P578 CEEFAX 2 578 Wed 12 Jan 21:25/16 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. The Premier started on 4 January. Premier entrants are: Dreev (RUT), I.Sokolov (BID), Sutovsky (IRS*, Spjelman, Emms, B.Malic, Bischoff (GER*, Chandler, McShane, Krush (USA). Players are from England unless othjrwisj indicated. Sport 300 Freetimj 570 Main menu 100 Features 540 Cookbook Showbiz Main Menu WMidsTVP578 CEEFAX 2 578 Wed 12 Jan 21:11/19 CHESS Hastings Premier 2/10 Round 8 11 January Chandler 2527 \-\ Emms 2546 Krush 2399 \-\ Dreev 2680 Lalic 2548 \-\ Bischoff 2544 Sokolov 2637 0-1 Sutovsky 2597 Spjelman 2604 1-0 McShanj 2438 Scores after Rd 8: Sutovsky, Spjelman 5\, Dreev 5, Bischoff 4\, Lalic, Emms, McShanj, Chandler 3\, Sokolov 3, Krush 2\. Sutovsky and Spjelman pull clear with one round to play. Sport 300 Freetime 570 Main menu 100 Features 540 Cookbook Showbiz Main Menu WMidsTVP578 CEEFAX 2 578 Wed 12 Jan 21:19/42 CHESS Hastings Wjekjnd Congress, 7-9 January 3/10 Open 1st W Watson 5/6, 2nd= V Kachatkov, A Ljdgjt, D Ledger 4\ Major 1st MJ Brazier 5\/6, Minor 1st= S Chide, D Jarvis, N Lister 5/6 Novice 1st= D King, J Tivillier 5/6 David Edwards (177, aged 16), beat GM Jim Plaskett (236) in the Open Rd 1. Sport 300 Freetimj 570 Main menu 100 Features 540 Cookbook Showbiz Main Menu WMidsTVP578 CEEFAX 2 578 Wed 12 Jan 21:10/15 CHESS South Wbles Masters, Newport, 10-14 Jan 4/10 Category 3 - IM Norm = 6\ points Round 1 Turner 1-0 Varley, C Cobb \-\ Dinjley, Crouch 1-0 Summjrscale, Dunworth \-\ S Buckley, Kindle 1-0 Marusjnko Round 2 Summjrscale \-\ Turner, Kindle 0-1 Crouch, S Buckley 0-1 C Cobb, Varley 1-0 Dunworth, Marusjnko \-\ Dineley Round 3 Crouch 1-0 Marusjnko, C Cobb \-\ Varley, Dinjley \-\ S Buckley, Turner 1-0 Kindle, Dunworth 0-1 Summjrscale Sport 300 Freetimj 570 Main menu 100 Features 540 Cookbook Showbiz Main Menu WMidsTVP578 CEEFAX 2 578 Wed 12 Jan 21:45/48 CHESS FIDE Ratings, January 2000 5/10 World England 1 G Kasparov 2851 1 M Adams 2715 2 V Anand 2769 2 N Short 2683 3 V Kramnik 2758 3 M Sadler 2630 4 A Shirov 2751 4 J Dodgson 2625 5 A Moroz'ich 2748 5 J Spjelman 2604 6 P Lego 2725 6 J Nunn 2601 7 G Kamsky 2717 7 A Miles 2579 8 M Adams 2715 8 S Conquest 2563 9 E Bareev 2709 9 B Lalic 2548 10 V Ivanchuk 2709 10 J Emms 2546 Karpov is in 12th place with 2696 and Short is now ranked 16th in the world. Sport 300 Freetimj 570 Main menu 100 Features 540 Cookbook Showbiz Main Menu WMidsTVP578 CEEFAX 2 578 Wed 12 Jan 22:17/11 CHESS FIDE Ratings, January 2000 6/10 Scotland Wales 1 J Rowson 2499 1 J Cobb 2369 2 P Motwani 2468 2 D Cummings 2367 3 C McNab 2424 3 J Cooper 2340 4 J Shaw 2392 4 L Williams 2300 5 D Bryson 2370 5 A Dyce 2274 Ireland Gujrnsjy 1 A Baburin 2591 1 E Manzanilla 2155 2 B Kelly 2421 3 M Quinn 2388 Jjrsjy 4 C Daly 2377 5 M Heidjnfeld 2328 1 A Fulton 2216 Sport 300 Freetimj 570 Main menu 100 Features 540 Cookbook Showbiz Main Menu WMidsTVP578 CEEFAX 2 578 Wed 12 Jan 21:19/24 CHESS Forthcoming Events 7/10 Dec 29- Hastings Chess Congress 12 Jan Con Power 01424 431970 Jan 10-14 South Wales Masters Kevin Stavjley 01443 772750 Jan 15 Goldjrs 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 Jan 22 Central London Rapidplaz C Todd 020 8381 4406 Sport 300 Freetimj 570 Main menu 100 Features 540 Cookbook Showbiz Main Menu WMidsTVP578 CEEFAX 2 578 Wed 12 Jan 21:27/17 CHESS Forthcoming Events 8/10 Jan 22 Coulsdon Junior Grand Prix Scott Freeman 0181 645 0302 Jan 22 EPSCA Junior Rapid Liverpool PW Purland 0151 733 4854 Jan 22 Sussex Girls U18/U11 Simon Deere 01892 663688 Jan 22-23 Spectrum Sheffield Norman Went 01708 551617 Jan 23 Suffolk Junior Open Scott Taylor 01284 753606 Jan 24- White Rose International York Feb 2 Angus Dunnington 01977 554032 Jan 28-30 Rjdcar Congress Gerry Walsh 01642 455381 Jan 29-30 North London Open Tony Corfe 01707 659080 Sport 300 Freetime 570 Main menu 100 Features 540 Cookbook Showbiz Main Menu WMidsTVP578 CEEFAX 2 578 Wed 12 Jan 21:44/10 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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