Updated February 11, 1997
Subsriptions to 3rd Open Thematic Tournament are open until Sunday 2 March, absolutely free
To subscribe, send a message to Vito Calvani , specifying :
First Name
Last Name
City
Country
ELO rating ( nc. if not available )
E-mail address
Snail Mail Address ( optional )
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
Dan Stolin (Stdann@aol.com) USA 1300
Francisco Sterling (pacost@redestb.es) SPA 2110
Fabrice Albrecht ( albrecht@ceb.etca.fr) FRA 1000
Calvani - 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5/6.0
Stolin 0.5 - 0.5 0.0 1.0/6.0
Sterling 2.0 1.5 - 1.5 5.0/6.0
Albrecht 2.0 2.0 0.5 - 4.5/6.0
Stolin-Sterling 0-1 Stolin-Albrecht 0-1 Stolin-Calvani 0.5-0.5
Albrecht-Calvani 1-0 Albrecht-Stolin 1-0
Calvani Albrecht 0-1 Sterling-Stolin 0.5-0.5
Sterling-Albrecht 0.5-0.5 Calvani-Sterling 0-1
Albrecht-Sterling 0-1 Sterling-Calvani 1-0
ROUND B
Jaroslaw Lustyk (lustyk@it.com.pl) POL 1000
Hilario Atienza (hilario.atienza@gate71.be) BEL 1850
Dinesh Rajan (ee93147@ee.iimt.ernet.in) IND 1000
Manuel Farina ( faloria@softcom.it) ITA 1016
Lustyk - 1.0 2.0 0 3.0/6.0
Atienza 0.0 - 2.0 0 2.0/6.0
Rayan 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0/6.0
Farina 0 0 2.0 0 2.0/6.0
Dinesh Rayan Squalificato
Atienza-Lustyk 0-1
ROUND C
Marco Arata (marco1@digicolor.lognet.it) ITA 1000
Ercio Perocco (erciopjr@dglnet.com.br) BRA 1000
Li Na (lina@pubms.pku.edu.cn) CHI 1000
John Conte (nightmare@sprintmail.com) USA 1000
Arata
Perocco
Na
Conte
John Conte squalificato
Round D Girone D
Geoffrey Borg (gdborg@keyworld.net) MAL 2487
Savino Pepe (pepesavi@mbox.lol.it) ITA 1016
Richard Wing (rswing@ime.net) USA 1000
Adelord Laramee (llaramee@knox.knox.edu) USA 1000
Borg - 1.5 0 2.0 3.5/6.0
Pepe 0.5 - 2.0 2.0 4.5/6.0
Wing 0 0.0 - 2.0 2.0/6.0
Laramee 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0/6.0
Adelord Laramee Squalificato
Pepe-Borg 0.5-0.5
Pepe-Wing 1-0
Wing-Pepe 0-1
Borg-Pepe 1-0
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[Event "SICILIAN-06"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Round "1"]
[Date "1997.03.12"]
[White "Stolin, Dan"]
[Black "Sterling, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0-0
8.Bc4 Nc6 9.Qd2 Bd7 10.0-0-0 Ne5 11.Bb3 Qa5 12.Nde2 Be6 13.Nd4 Nc4
14.Bxc4 Bxc4 15.Kb1 Rfc8 16.a3 Rab8 17.Nb3 Qa6 18.Nc1 b5 19.Nd3 b4
20.Nxb4 Rxb4 21.axb4 Nxe4 22.fxe4 Bxc3 23.Qxc3 Ba2+ 24.Kc1 Rxc3
25.bxc3 Qe2 26.Bxa7 Qxg2 27.Rde1 Bc4 28.Bd4 Bb5 29.Kb2 Bd3 0-1
[Event "Sicilian-06"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Round "1"]
[Date "1997.03.10"]
[White "Sterling, Francisco"]
[Black "Albrecht, Fabrice"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 e6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Qb6 7.Nbd2 cxd4
8.Nc4 Qc7 9.cxd4 b5 10.Na3 Bxa3 11.bxa3 0-0 12.Rc1 a6 13.Qb3 Bb7
14.Be2 Qb6 15.Qd3 Rfc8 16.0-0 Na5 17.Bd2 Nc4 18.Ng5 f5 19.exf6 Nxf6
20.Bb4 Nd6 21.Bc5 Qc7 22.Qe3 Bd5 23.Bf3 Nc4 24.Qe2 Qf4 25.Bxd5 Nxd5
26.Ne4 Rd8 27.Rfe1 Qf5 28.Nd6 Nxd6 29.Bxd6
{Game drawn by mutual agreement} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Sicilian-06"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Date "1997.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Calvani, Vito"]
[Black "Albrecht, Fabrice"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O
8.Nb3 Nc6 9.O-O Be6 10.f4 Qd7 11.Qe1 Ng4 12.Qd2 Nxe3 13.Qxe3 Bxb3
14.Nb5 Bxc2 15.Rac1 a6 16.Nc3 Bd4 17.Qxd4 Nxd4
{Vito Calvani resign} 0-1
[Event "Sicilian-06"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Date "1997.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Albrecht, Fabrice"]
[Black "Calvani, Vito"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd2 e5 7.Nf3 Nc6
8.Bc4 a6 9.O-O O-O 10.Nd5 Nd4 11.Bxb4 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Qe8 13.Nc7 Qd8
14.Nxa8 d5 15.exd5 b5 16.Bxf8 Kxf8 17.Qa3+ Ke8 18.Rfe1 Ng4 19.Be2 Bf5
20.Bxg4 Bxg4 21.Rxe5+ Kd7 22.Qc5 Qxa8 23.Re7+ Kd8 24.Qc7#
{Vito Calvani checkmated} 1-0
[Event "Sicilian-06"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Date "1997.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stolin, Dan"]
[Black "Albrecht, Fabrice"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N1c3 a6
8.Na3 Be7 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Bd7 11.Nc2 Rc8 12.Be3 Na5 13.b3 b5 14.Qd4
bxc4 15.Bxc4 Nxc4 16.bxc4 Qc7 17.Nb4 Qxc4 18.Rfc1 Qxd4 19.Bxd4 Rc4
{Dan Stolin resign} 0-1
[Event "Sicilian-06"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Date "1997.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Albrecht, Fabrice"]
[Black "Stolin, Dan"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2
Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.f5 e5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Nd5 Qxa2 13.Rd1 Ra7 14.Qc3 Bd7
15.Qc7 Ra8 16.Nxf6+ Ke7 17.Nc6+ bxc6 18.Nxd7
{Dan Stolin resign} 1-0
[Event "Sicilian-06"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Date "1997.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Albrecht, Fabrice"]
[Black "Sterling, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6
8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.Qf3 Nd4 13.Nc7+ Qxc7
14.Qxa8+ Ke7 15.c3 b4 16.cxb4 Bh6 17.Qxh8 Qb7 18.Bb5 Qe4+ 19.Kf1 axb5
20.h4 Qd3+
{Fabrice Albrecht resign} 0-1
[Event "SICILIAN-06"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Date "11/03/97"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Savino, Pepe"]
[Black "Geoffrey, BORG"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.exd5 Nf6 7.Bb5+ Nbd7
8.d6 O-O 9.dxe7 Qxe7+ 10.Qe2 Re8 11.Nc3 Qd6 12.Be3 a6 13.Bc4 b5
14.Bb3 Bb7 15.O-O h6 16.h3 Re7 17.Rfe1 Rae8 18.Rac1 Nb6 19.Ne5 Nbd5
20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Qf3 Bxe5 22.dxe5 Rxe5 23.Bd2 h5 24.Re3 R8e7 25.Rxe5 Rxe5 1/2-1/2
[Event "SICILIAN-06"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Date "11/03/97"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Savino, Pepe"]
[Black "Richard, WING"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O d5
8.exd5 exd5 9.Nxd5 Nxd5 10.Qh5 Be7 11.Bxd5 O-O 12.Re1 Nd7 13.Nf5 Bf6
14.Be4 g6 15.Nh6+ Kg7 16.Qf3 Nc5 17.Bd5 Bg5 18.Nxf7 Bg4 19.Qxg4 Qxd5
20.Qxg5 Qxg5 21.Nxg5 Rad8 22.Be3 Rf5 23.Bxc5 Rd2 24.Be3 Rxc2 25.Rac1 Rc6
26.Rxc6 bxc6 27.Rd1 Rd5 28.Rxd5 cxd5 29.Ne6+ Kf6 30.Nc7 Ke5 31.Nxa6 d4
32.Bxd4+ Kxd4 33.b4 Kc4 34.a4 1-0
[Event "SICILIAN-06"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Date "11-03-97"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hilario Atienza"]
[Black "Lustyk Jaroslaw"]
[Result "*"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nc6 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.e5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bf2 Nd5 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.exd6 Bxd6 14.Bd4 Rg8 15.Qh5 Qc7 16.Bd3 gxf4 17.O-O e5 18.Rae1 Be6 19.Bxe5 Rg5 20.Qxh6 Qa7+ 21.Kh1 Rxe5 22.Rec1 Re3 23.Qg5 Kd7 0 - 1
[Event "SICILIAN-06"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Round "1"]
[Date "1997.03.11"]
[White "Sterling, Francisco"]
[Black "Stolin, Dan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.0-0 e6 6.d3 Ne7 7.Re1 0-0
8.c3 Nbc6 9.Nbd2 Qc7 10.Qe2 Bd7 11.Nf1 e5 12.a3 a5 13.a4 f5 14.Ne3 Nd8
15.Nc2 Ne6 16.b3 Rf7 0,5 - 0,5 black offered a draw and it was accepted.
[Event "SICILIAN-06"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Date "10/03/97"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Richard, WING"]
[Black "Savino, Pepe"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bd3 Nxd4
8.e5 Nd5 9.Bxe7 Nxe7 10.Qg4 Ndf5 11.O-O-O O-O 12.f4 d5 13.h4 Ne3
14.Qe2 Nxd1 15.Nxd1 Bd7 16.g4 Rc8 17.g5 Nf5 18.h5 Ng3 19.Qg2 Nxh1
20.Qxh1 Qb6 21.g6 h6 22.Qg2 Qd4 23.gxf7+ Rxf7 24.Qg6 Qxf4+ 25.Kb1 Qd2
26.Qg1 Bb5 27.Bg6 Rf1 0-1
[Event "SICILIAN-06"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Date "11/03/97"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Geoffrey, BORG"]
[Black "Savino, Pepe"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 Ne7
8.O-O Ng6 9.Be3 Be7 10.Qh5 O-O 11.f4 Rb8 12.Rab1 d6 13.Ne2 c5 14.Rf3 h6
15.Rh3 d5 16.f5 c4 17.Bxh6 exf5 18.exf5 cxd3 19.Bg5 1-0
[Event "Sicilian"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Date "1997.03.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Calvani"]
[Black "Sterling"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8. O-O Be7
9. Nc3 Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd8 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd3 b6 13. Rfc1 Bb7 14. Ng5 Qd7
15. Bf4 a6 16. d5 Nb4 17. Rc7 Nxd3 18. Rxd7 Nxf4 19. Rxe7 Nxe2+ 20. Kf1 Bxd5
21. Nc7 Nf4 22. Nxa8 Bxg2+ 23. Kg1 Bxa8 24. Rd1 h6 25. Nf3 Bxf3 26. Rd6 Rc8 27. h4
Rc1+ 28. Kh2 Ne4 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Rh8+ Kxh8 31. Re8+ Kh7 0-1
[Event "Sicilian"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Date "1997.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sterling"]
[Black "Calvani"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nc6 8. c3 Qe7
9.Nd2 Qe6 10. O-O O-O-O 11. a3 d5 12. b4 d4 13. b5 Ne7 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Nc4 Ng6
16. Bf4 Ne7 17. e5 Ned5 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Rfe1 Nxf4 20. Qxb7# 1-0
[Event "Sicilian"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Date "1997.03.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stolin"]
[Black "Calvani"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 a6 8. O-O Be7
9. Kh1 O-O 10. Be3 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. h3 Qc7 13. f4 Bb7 14. Kh2 c5 15. Nd5 Bxd5
16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Rab8 18. Rab1 Rfd8 19. c4 1/2-1/2