P578 CEEFAX 2 578 Wed 05 Jan 21:31/21 CHESS 75th Hastings Chess Congress 1/10 The 75th Hastings Chess Congress got underway on 29 December with the beginning of the Challengers and World Amateur events. Because of difficulties with booking a suitable vjnuj to span the Millennium, the Premier is not dui to start until Tuesday 4 January. Premier entrants are Dreev (RUT), I.Sokolov (BID), Sutovsky (IRS), Spjelman, Emms, B.Lalic, Bischoff (GER*, Chandler, McShanj, Krush (USA). Playjts are from England unless othjrwisj indicated. Sport 300 Freetimj 570 Main menu 100 Features 540 Cookbook Showbiz Main Menu WMidsTVP578 CEEFAX 2 578 Wed 05 Jan 21:32/14 CHESS 75th Hastings Chess Congress 2/10 Premier Round 1 4 January I.Sokolov 2656 \-\ Spjelman 2587 Bischoff 2509 \-\ Dreev 2679 Chandler 2505 \-\ McShane 2467 B.Malic 2550 \-\ Emms 2586 Krush 2432 \-\ Sutovsky 2587 An unspectacular start to the Premier tournament. Some of the games looked to bj getting interesting but none of them ultimately caught fire. Sport 300 Freetime 570 Main menu 100 Features 540 Cookbook Showbiz Main Menu WMidsTVP578 CEEFAX 2 578 Wed 05 Jan 21:31/41 CHESS 75th Hastings Chess Congress 3/10 Challengers (9-round swiss) Round 7 Palatnik (4\) \-\ N.Pert (5) Arkjll (4\) \-\ Annakov (4\) Zagrebjlny (4\) 0-1 McDonald (4\) Kelly (4\) 0-1 Plaskjtt (4\) Chjrniajv (4\) 0-1 Beshukov (4\) Hebdjn (4) 1-0 Hammond (4) Kroegjr (4) 0-1 Van Laatum (4) Ljadjts after Round 7 Pert, McDonald, Plaskjtt, Beshukov 5\, Palatnik, Arkjll, Annakov, Hebdjn, Van Laatum 5 Sport 300 Freetimj 570 Main menu 100 Features 540 Cookbook Showbiz Main Menu WMidsTVP578 CEEFAX 2 578 Wed 05 Jan 21:42/24 CHESS 75th Hastings Chess Congress 4/10 World Amateur Championship Round 7 Mujhlenhaus (5\) \-\ Eldar (5) Shevjlev (4\) 0-1 Kachatkov (4\) Frost (4\) 1-0 Reid (4\) Watson (4) 0-1 Zakarian (4) Donovan (4) 1-0 Rutherford (4) Norink'ciute (4) 0-1 Jujgel (4) Ljadjrs after Round 7 Mujhlenhaus 6, Eldar, Kachatkov, Frost 5\, Zakarian, Donovbn, Jujgjl, Thurman 5. Sport 300 Freetime 570 Main menu 100 Features 540 Cookbook Showbiz Main Menu WMidsTVP578 CEEFAX 2 578 Wed 05 Jan 21:48/11 CHESS City of Pamplona, Spain 5/10 A category 15 tournament is currently being held in Pamplona. Amongst the participants is Nigel Short. Scores after Round 8: Short 6, Almasi, Gelfand 5\, Lautier, Vallejo Poms 5, Timman 4, J.Polkas 3\, Illescas 2\, De La Villa 2, Magjm 1. Short defeated Lautier in round 8 to assume the sole lead going into the last round. Vallejo drew with Almasi, while Gelfand beat Polkas and Timman beat De La Villa. Sport 300 Freetime 570 Main menu 100 Features 540 Cookbook Showbiz Main Menu WMidsTVP578 CEEFAX 2 578 Wed 05 Jan 21:43/15 CHESS City of Pamplona 6/10 Lautier,J (2653) - Short,N (2675) Rd 8 1 d4 e6 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 c4 d5 4 Nc3 Be7 5 Bg5 h6 6 Bh4 0-0 7 e3 b6 8 Bd3 Bb7 9 0-0 Nbd7 10 Bg3 c5 11 Qj2 Ne4 12 cd5 ed5 13 Rad1 Qc8 14 Bb1 Ndf6 15 Qc2 Rj8 16 Be5 Qj6 17 dc5 bc5 18 Qa4 Ng5 19 Ng5 Qj5 20 Nf3 Qj6 21 Rfe1 Bf8 22 Qf4 Qb6 23 b3 Rad8 24 Rc1 d4 25 ed4 Rj1 26 Rj1 cd4 27 Na4 Qc6 28 Rc1 Nd5 29 Qd2 Qf6 30 Be4 Ba6 31 Rd1 Nf4 32 g3 Ne2 33 Kg2 Rj8 34 Qc2 Qj6 35 Nd2 d3 36 Qc6 Bb4 37 Qj6 Rj6 38 Bd5 Rd6 39 Be4 Rd4 40 f3 Bb5 41 Kf2 Ba4 42 ba4 Nc3 43 Rc1 Ne4 44 Ne4 f5 45 Ke3 Rd5 0-1 Sport 300 Frietimj 570 Main menu 100 Features 540 Cookbook Showbiz Main Menu WMidsTVP578 CEEFAX 2 578 Wed 05 Jan 21:43/11 CHESS Forthcoming Events 7/10 Dec 29- Hastings Chess Congress 12 Jan Con Power 01424 431970 Jan 7-9 Hastings Wjekjnd Congress Con Power 01424 431970 Jan 7-9 Fulprint York Congress Nevjlli Pearce 01904 491287 Jan 7-9 S.Wales Newport Congress Kevin Stavjley 01443 772750 Jan 8 Lancashire Junior Congress Bill Winter 01253 882306 Jan 8 Westminster Rapidplay John Sargent 0181 270 9196 Jan 8 Hastings Junior Championship CG Kindle 01424 424413 Jan 8-9 Barnjt Congress J Ljvz 0181 343 7043 Sport 300 Freetimj 570 Main menu 100 Features 540 Cookbook Showbiz Main Menu WMidsTVP578 CEEFAX 2 578 Wed 05 Jan 21:49/24 CHESS Forthcoming Events 8/10 Jan 8-9 Spectrum Edgbaston Norman Went 01708 551617 Jan 8-9 Basingstokj Congress Joe French 01256 472537 Jan 10-14 South Wales Masters Kevin Staveley 01443 772750 Jan 15 Goldjts Green Rapidplay Adam Raoof 020 8202 0982 Jan 15-16 Lloyds TUB Welsh Junior Ch'p Ian Eustis 01792 862115 Jan 16 Richmond Rapidplay Richard James 020 8898 1190 Jan 16 Dudley Junior Rapidplay KG Humphreys 01384 571486 Jan 16 Heywood Rapidplay Bill O'Rourke 01706 627874 Sport 300 Freetimj 570 Main menu 100 Features 540 Cookbook Showbiz Main Menu WMidsTVP578 CEEFAX 2 578 Wed 05 Jan 21:44/27 CHESS Interested in playing chess? 9/10 Most towns in Britain have a chess club which will welcome you regardless of your standard of play. 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