Updated February 11, 1997
Subsriptions to 7th Open Thematic Tournament are open until Sunday 2 March, absolutely free
To subscribe, send a message to Vito Calvani , specifying :
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1) The Tournament regards the Slav defence, so first two moves of every match must be:
2)Due to peculiarity of E-mail playing, is impossible to control all ways to play a match ( i mean, if you play with computer help, opening books help and so on ), so there are NOT limitations about using every help you need to play the game.
3)The tournament will consist of three Rounds:
a) A knock-out round, in which every player will play both Black and White
simultaneously
b) 2 Italian rounds, where the 8 players who will survive to a) will meet
3 other players, playing both Black and White simoultaneously. In this rounds, every Win will count as 1 point, a draw will be 1/2- 1/2 , a lose will be 0 points.
c) The winners of rounds will meet each other in the Final, playing simultaneously black and white.
Winner is the first player who will reach 5 points ( 1 point win, 1/2 draw, 0 lose)
5) The official notation of tournament is English notation. If players agree in using a local notation, white player must tell it to the tournament director, together with 1st move of the match, showing ALL the meanings of chosen Notation
ENGLISH NOTATION: d4 pawn from d2 to d4 Nf3 k(N)ight in f3 Bb4 Bishop in b4 Rb1 Rook in b1 Qd3 Queen in d3 Kh1 King in h1 0-0 king-side castling 0-0-0 queen-side castling + check # checkmate Rad1 Rook from a1 to d1
5) The miminum play-time is 10 moves in 30 days.
The White player must send his first move in cc to the director
( vito.calvani@iol.it )
At the end of 10th Black move, the White player must send to director a message containing all moves done in the match ( Better if in PGN format)
The director will immediately confirm the received message, and the play-time will restart from 0 for other 10 moves in 30 days.
6) If a player can't play the minimum play-time required, he must advise both opponent and director, telling how many days he'll be out of playing. The director reserves the right to decide if player request is good enough to let him go on play.
7) The tournament will start Monday 3 March. Director will send to all players the Knock-out List of matches. If possible, he will send each player name and E-mail address of opponent. If not possible, he'll write all E-mail addresses in the Knock-Out List.
TOURNAMENT FAQ
A) I sent my move to opponent, but it seem that his E-mail Address is not existing.
- Look at the correct address.
- resend your move the day after
- If nothing happens, wait for three days, send again your move and send a
cc message to director explaining the problem.
B) I sent my move, but i didn't receive any answer
- Wait 7 days and if nothing happens, resend your move
- wait 7 days again, resend your move and communicate problem to director, sending him a cc mail
C) My opponent send me an illegal move
- Check moves done previously, be sure of illegality and communicate it at
your opponent
D) I realize my last move was illegal or wrong in my plain
- If move is illegal, send correction to your opponent
- if move is wrong but legal... well... What is done is done...no way to correct it.
I hope this is sufficiently clear as Rules of Tournament. I'm sorry for my bad English, but I'm sure you can understand it all. If you have some doubts about rules, contact me at: vito.calvani@iol.it
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Round A
Vito Calvani ( vito.calvani@iol.it) ITA 1372
Ralaison Ainga ( ralaison@imaginet.fr ) FRA 1670
Edward Burrell (eb0001@jove.acs.unt.edu) USA 2141
Henri Heres ( 0heres01@almere.flnet.nl ) NED 1000
Calvani - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0/6.0
Ralaison 1.0 - 0.0 1.0 2.0/6.0
Burrell 2.0 1.0 - 2.0 5.0/6.0
Heres 2.0 1.0 0.0 - 3.0/6.0
Burrell-Heres 1-0 Heres-Ralaison 1-0
Burrell-Calvani 1-0 Ralaison-Heres 1-0
Burrell-Ralaison 1-0 Heres-Calvani 1-0
Calvani-Burrell 0-1 Ralaison-Calvani 1-0
Calvani-Heres 0-1 Heres-Burrell 0-1
ROUND B
Jaroslaw Lustyk (lustyk@it.com.pl) POL 1000
Joseph Bradley (cisko@ix.netcom.com) USA 1900
Roberto Riva (Orloch@iol.it) ITA 1046
Manuel Farina ( faloria@softcom.it) ITA 1016
Lustyk - 1.0 2.0 0 3.0/6.0
Bradley 0.0 - 2.0 0 2.0/6.0
Riva 0.0 0.0 - 1.0 1.0/6.0
Farina 0 0 0.0 - 0.0/6.0
Riva-Bradley 0-1
Riva-Farina 1-0
Riva-Lustyk 0-1
Lustyk-Riva 1-0
Bradley-Riva 1-0
Lustyk-Bradley 1-0
ROUND C
Hilario Atienza (hilario.atienza@gate71.be) BEL 1850
Marco Arata (marco1@digicolor.lognet.it) ITA 1000
Asrul Sharaff (zack@airod.po.my) MAY 1000
Atienza - 0.0 0 0.0/4.0
Arata 1.0 - 0.0 1.0/4.0
Sharaff 0 1.0 - 1.0/4.0
Arata-Atienza 1-0
Sharaff-Arata 1-0
ROUND D
Stefano Dietrich (stefano@scientist.com) ITA 1800
Dinesh Rajan (ee93147@ee.iimt.ernet.it) IND 1000
Savino Pepe (pepesavi@mbox.lol.it) ITA 1000
Dietrich - 2.0 0 2.0/4.0
Rayan 0.0 - 0.0 0.0/4.0
Pepe 0 2.0 - 2.0/4.0
Dinesh Rayan disqualified.
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[Event "PIRC-05"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Round "1"]
[Date "1997/03/10"]
[White "Riva R."]
[Black "Farina M."]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be3 Na6 7.e5 dxe5 8.dxe5
Qxd1+ 9.Rxd1 Ne8 10.Bxa6 bxa6 11.Nd5 e6 12.Ne7+ Kh8 13.Nxc8 Rxc8 14.Bc5 Rg8
15.Ng5 Bh6 16.Nxf7 Kg7 17.Rd7 Rb8 18.Ng5+ 1-0
[Event "PIRC-05"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Round "1"]
[Date "1997.03.10"]
[White "Burrell, Edward"]
[Black "Heres, Henri"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Bd3 6
7.O-O Bg4 8.e5 dxe5 9.dxe5 Nd5 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nxc3
12.bxc3 f6 13.Rb1 Rb8 14.Rd1 Qc8 15.exf6 exf6 16.Be3 f5
17.Bc4+ Kh8 18.Bd5 Rf6 19.c4 a6 20.Bf2 Qe8 21.c5 a5
22.Re1 Qf8 23.c3 a4 24.Qd1 a3 25.Rb5 Nd8 26.Qa4 Ra6
27.Qxa6 28.Rxb8 h6 29.Rc8 Bxc3 30.Rxc7 Bf6 31.c6 g5
32.Ra7 g4 33.c7 1-0
[Event "PIRC-05"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Round "2"]
[Date "1997.03.DD"]
[White "Heres, Henri"]
[Black "Burrell, Edward"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 c6 6.0-0 6.O-O
7.a4 Nbd7 8.Be3 Re8 9.Ng5 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.f4 Neg4 12.Bc1 Qb6+
13.Kh1 Nf2+ 14.Rxf2 Qxf2 15.Qd2 h6 16.Nxf7 Nxe4 17.Nxh6 Kh7 0-1
[Event "PIRC-05"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Round "1"]
[Date "1997.03.10"]
[White "Ainga, Ralaison"]
[Black "Henri, Heres"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f3 Bg7 5.Be3 0-0 6. Qd2 e5 Nge2 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Dxh6 c6 11. O-O-O cxd5 12. exd5 Qa5 13. Qd2 Bd7 14.Ng3 Rfc8
15. Nge4 Ne8 16. h4 b5 17. h5 b4 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Qh6 bxc3 20. Qxh7+ Kf8
21. Ng5 cxb2 22. Kb1 Ng7 23.Qh8+ Ng8 24. Rh7 Black resign 1-0
[Event "PIRC-05"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Round "2"]
[Date "1997.03.DD"]
[White "Henri, Heres"]
[Black "Ainga, Ralaison"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 0-0 6.0-0 Nc6 .d5 Nb8 8.Be3 c6
9.Qd2 b5 10. Bd3 a6 11. Bh6 Bb7 12.Qg5 b4 13.dxc6 Bxc6 14.Nd5 Bxh6
15.Nxf6+ exf6 16.Qxh6 Re8 17.Rfe1 Nd7 18.Nd4 Bb7 19.Re3 Qb6 20. Nf5
Black resign 1-0
[Event "PIRC-05"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Round "2"]
[Date "1997/03/11"]
[White "Riva R."]
[Black "Lustyk J."]
[Result "0-1"]
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.h3 O-O 6.Be2 c6 7.a4 Nbd7 8.O-O Qc7
9.Bg5 e5 10.Qd2 exd4 11.Qxd4 Re8 12.Qc4 Nxe4 13.Nd5 Qb8 14.Ne7+ Kf8 15.Qxe4
f6 16.Nxg6+ hxg6 17.Qxe8+ Kxe8 18.Bf4 Ne5 19.Rfe1 Qc7 20.Rad1 Bd7 21.b3 c5
22.Bd3 Kf7 23.Bxe5 dxe5 24.Nd2 f5 25.Bc4+ Kf8 26.Nf1 f4 27.Nd2 Bf5 28.Ne4
Rd8 29.Bd5 b6 30.resign 0-1
[Event "PIRC-05"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Round "2"]
[Date "1997/03/10"]
[White "Bradley J."]
[Black "Riva R."]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be3 Nbd7 7.Be2 c5 8.dxc5
Nxc5 9.e5 Ng4 10.Bg1 Qa5 11.Nd2 f5 12.Nc4 Qd8 13.h3 Nh6 14.Bxc5 dxc5
15.Qd5+ e6 16.Qxc5 Nf7 17.Rd1 Bd7 18.O-O b6 19.Qd4 Bc6 20.Nd6 Qe7 21.Qc4
Be8 22.Bf3 Rb8 23.g3 b5 24.Qb3 a6 25.Kh1 Rd8 26.Rfe1 Nxd6 27.exd6 Qa7
28.Qxe6+ Bf7 29.Qe3 Qb8 30.Qc5 Rfe8 31.Rxe8+ Bxe8 32.Nd5 Bd7 33.c3 Kh8
34.Nb4 Qc8 35.Qc7 Rf8 36.Bc6 Qxc7 37.dxc7 resign 1-0
[Event "PIRC-05"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Round "1"]
[Date "1997/03/10"]
[White "Riva R."]
[Black "Bradley J."]
[Result "0-1"]
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.e5 Ng4 8.e6 fxe6
9.Ng5 Bxb5 10.Nxb5 Qa5+ 11.c3 Qxc5 12.Nxe6 Na6 13.Nxg7+ Kf7 14.Qxg4
Kxg715.f5 Rae8 16.Be3 Qxb2 17.O-O Rhf8 18.fxg6 hxg6 19.Qh3 Kg8 20.Qe6+ Kg7
21.Rab1 Qxc3 22.Rfc1 Qd3 23.Rxb7 cxd4 24.Bg5 Rf7 25.Bxe7 Qe3+ 26.Qxe3 dxe3
27.Rxa7 Nc5 28.Bf6+ Kf8 29.Rxf7+ Kxf7 30.Bc3 e2 31.Be1 Nd3 32.Ra1 d5 33.a4
Nxe1 34.Rxe1 d4 35.Kf2 d3 36.a5 d2 37.resign 0-1
[Event "Pirc"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Date "1997.03.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Burrell"]
[Black "Calvani"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. fxe5 dxe5
9. d5 Ne7 10. Nxe5 Nfxd5 11. Nxf7 Nxc3 12. Nxd8 Nxd1 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. Nf7+ Kg8
15. Rxd1 Bg4 16. Nh6+ Kh8 17. Nxg4 Bd4+ 18. Rxd4 1-0
[Event "Pirc"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Date "1997.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Calvani"]
[Black "Burrell"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. Qe2 Nc6 6. e5 Ng4 7. Bb5 O-O 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. h3 Nh6 10. Nf3 Rb8 11. O-O Nf5 12. Ne4 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nd4 14. Qd1 Nxf3+
15. Qxf3 Qd5 16. b3 Bf5 17. c4 Qxe4 18. Bb2 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Bxh3 20. Rfd1 Rfd8
21. Kh2 Be6 22. Kg1 a5 23. f4 Bh6 24. Rac1 Bxf4 25. Rc2 Rxd1+ 26. Kg2 0-1
[Event "Pirc"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Date "1997.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Calvani"]
[Black "Heres"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. e5 dxe5
9. dxe5 Nd5 10. Be3 Nxe3 11. Qe1 Nxf1 12. Kxf1 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qd7 14. e6 fxe6
15. Qe4 e5 16. a3 Qh3+ 17. Kg1 Rxf4 18. Qd5+ e6 19. Bf1 Qxf1+ 20. Rxf1 exd5
21. Nxd5 Rf7 22. b4 Nd4 23. c3 Nxf3+ 24. Kg2 e4 25. h3 Raf8 26. Kg3 Be5+
27. Kg4 h5# 0-1
[Event "Pirc"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Date "1997.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Heres"]
[Black "Calvani"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 e5
9. d5 Ne7 10. Rad1 Bd7 11. Bh6 Ng4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qg5 Re8 14. Qh4 f6
15. Bb5 c6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Rxd6 cxb5 18. Rfd1 g5 19. Nxg5 fxg5 20. Qxg5+ Ng6
21. Rxd7+ 1-0
[Event "PIRC-05"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Round "2"]
[Date "1997.03.DD"]
[White "Edward, Burrell"]
[Black "Ainga, Ralaison"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Bg4 8.e5 dxe5
9.dxe5 Nd5 10.h3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bf5 12.Ba3 Qd7 13.Rb1 Rfd8 14.Rxb7 Bxd3
15.cxd3 Qxd3 16.Qxd3 Rxd3 17.Rxc7 Rxc3 18.Bxe7 Rc2 19.Bd6 Rb8 20.Rxc6 1-0
[Event "Pirc"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Date "1997.03.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ralaison"]
[Black "Calvani"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. Qd2 O-O 7. h4 h5 8. Be2 Nbd7
9. O-O-O e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Qxd6 Nfd7 12. f4 Nb6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Rxd8+ Kh7
15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. Nf3 Nd5 17. exd5 1-0
[Event "PIRC-05"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Date "1997.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Asrul, Sharaff"]
[Black "Marco, Arata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 O-O 6. O-O-O c6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 b4 9. Nce2 Qa5 10. Kb1 Be6
11. Nc1 c5 12. d5 Bd7 13. h4 h5 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 hxg4 16. h5 Nxh5 17. Rxh5 gxh5 18. Qg5+ Kh7
19. Qxh5+ Kg7 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Rd2 1-0
[Event "PIRC-05"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Round "1"]
[Date "1997/03/11"]
[White "Lustyk J."]
[Black "Bradley J."]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 c6 6.Nge2 Nbd7 7.0-0 0-0 8.a4 e5 9.a5 Re8 10.h3 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nf4 d4 15.a6 Rb8 16.axb7 Bxb7 17.Rxa7 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Qb6 19.Ra1 Rbc8 20.Ne1 h6 21.Ra4 Nd7 22.Ra3 Qc6 23.f4 Nc5 24.Raf3 Ne4 25.Kh2 Qc4 26.Rg1 Rc5 27.b3 Qe6 28.Nd3 Rh5 29.g4 Ra5 30.Re1 Ra2 31.Rf2 Qc8 32.Rfe2 f5 33.gxf5 Qxf5 34.Rg2 Bf6 35.Qg4 Kf7 36.Reg1 Ra6 37.Qxg6+ Qxg6 38.Rxg6 Rc8 39.R1g2 Ra2 40.c4 Rxg2 41.Rxg2 Nc5 42.Nxc5 Rxc5 43.Kg3 Rc8 44.Rd2 Ke6 45.Kf3 Kf5 46.Rd3 Re8 47.Bd2 Ra8 48.c5 Ra2 49.c6 Ke6 50.c7 Kd7 51.Bc3 Kxc7 52.Bxd4 Bxd4 53.Rxd4 Ra3 54.Rd3 Ra5 55.Ke4 Ra8 56.f5 Black resign (1-0)
[Event "PIRC-05"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Date "11-03-97"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Marco Arata"]
[Black "Hilario Atienza"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nge2 Nbd7 7.Bg5 c5 8.O-O cxd4
9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.Qd2 a6 11.Nb3 Rb8 12.Nxc5 dxc5 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.e5 Ng4 15.Bxe7 *
Black resign