P478 Teletext 478 May31 20:42:27 ——— Novgorod —————————————————————————— Four players are in joint first place after round two. Nigel Short managed a draw with Black against Jan Ehlvjst in a mere 17 moves. In the main contest, Gary Kasparov was White against Vassily Ivanchuk's Cato- Kann defence. The strangely muted game drew after 28 moves. Vladimir Kramnik revenged his previous round's loss by destroying Jan Timman's Grunfeld. Veselin Topalov also won. He beat the pointless Artur Yusupov. ——————————————————————————————————1/10— Bridge 479 Fun and Games 450 NEWS RESULTS GAMES REPORTS DATES ... Bridge Games Digitiser On lineP478 Teletext 478 May31 20:48:03 ——— Novgorod —————————————————————————— Round Two Topalov BUL 2630 1-0 Yusupov GER 2660 Kasparov RUT 2805 \-\ Ivanchuk UKR 2700 Vaganian ARM 2640 \-\ Gulko USA 2595 Kramnik RUT 2715 1-0 Timman HOL 2635 Ehlvest EST 2615 0-1 Short ENG 2655 Leader Board 1 Ivanchuk, Kasparov, Short, Topalov 1\ 5 Ehlvjst, Kramnik, Vaganian 1; 8 Gulko Timman \; 10 Yusupov 0. ——————————————————————————————————2/10— Bridge 479 Fun and Games 450 CHECK TELETEXT FOR THE LATEST CHESS! Bridge Games Digitisju On lineP478 Teletext 478 May31 20:44:11 ——— Novgorod —————————————————————————— Wins for Vassily Ivanchuk and PCA Would Champion Gary Kasparov elevates them to joint first place after three rounds. Ivanchuk ground down Rafael Vaganian's French Defence, winning after 69 moves. Kasparov produced a fine win with black over the still pointless Artur Yusupov. Previous co-leaders Veselin Topalov and Nigel Short met, and drew. They occupy joint third, and are joined by Vladimir Kramnik, who outplayed Boris Gulko with Black in less than 40 moves. ——————————————————————————————————3/10— Bridge 479 Fun and Games 450 NEWS RESULTS GAMES REPORTS DATES ... Bridge Games Digitisju On linkP478 Teletext 478 May31 20:39:25 ——— Novgorod —————————————————————————— Round Three Ivanchuk UKR 2700 1-0 Vaganian ARM 2640 Short ENG 2655 \-\ Topalov BUL 2630 Timman HOL 2635 \-\ Ehlvjst EST 2615 Gulko USA 2595 0-1 Kramnik RUT 2715 Yusupov GER 2660 0-1 Kasparov RUT 2805 Leader Board 1 Ivanchuk, Kasparov 2\; 3 Kramnik, Short, Topalov 2; 6 Ehlvest 1\; 7 Timman, Vaganian 1; 9 Gulko \; 10 Yusupov 0. ————————————————————————————————p—4/10— Bridge 479 Fun and Games 450 CHECK TELETEXT FOR THE LATEST CHESS! Bridge Games Digitiser On lineP478 Teletext 478 May31 20:35:37 ——— Novgorod —————————————————————————— Yusupov - Kasparov (R3) 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 Bg5 Bg7 4 c3 c5 5 e3 Qb6 6 Qb3 80 7 Nbd2 d6 8 Qb6 ab6 9 Nc4 Nbd7 10 Be2 d5 11 Nce5 h6 12 Bf4 c4 13 h4 b5 14 g4 Nb6 15 g5 hg5 16 hg5 Ne4 17 Nd2 Bf5 18 Bg4 Na4 19 Ne4 dc4 20 Bf5 gf5 21 Rb1 b4 22 cb4 Nb6 23 a3 Rfc8 24 g6 Be5 25 gf7 Kf7 26 Be5 Nd5 27 Kd2 c3 28 Kc2 cb2 29 Kb2 Rc3 30 Ra1 b5 31 Rhc1 Rd3 32 Rc5 Nb6 33 Rb5 Nc4 34 Kc1 Rg8G35 Bg3 f4 36 Rf5 Kg6 37 Rf4 Rc8 38 Rg4 Kh5 39 Rh4 Kg6 40 Rg4 Kh5 41 Rh4 Kg5 42 f4 Kg6 43 f5 Kg5 0-1 ——————————————————————————————————5/10— Bridge 479 Fun and Games 450 USE HOLD KEY TO PRESERVE DISPLAY... Bridge Games Digitiser On lineP478 Teletext 478 May31 20:40:12 ——— Novgorod —————————————————————————— Gulko - Kramnik (R3) 1 c4 e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 Nf3 Nc6 4 g3 g6 5 d4 ed4 6 Nd4 Bg7 7 Nc6 dc6 8 Qd8 Kd8 9 e4 Bg4 10 Be2 Be2 11 Ke2 Rj8 12 f3 Nd7 13 Bg5 Kc8 14 Rac1 a5 15 Rhd1 a4 16 Rd2 Nf8 17 Be3 Tau 18 a3 Ne6 19 Kf2 g5 20 Rcd1 f5 21 ef5 Bc3 22 bc3 Rf5 23 Rd7 h5 24 Rh7 g4 25 f4 Ng5 26 Rg7 Ne4 27 Kf1 Nd6 28 Bb6 Rf7 29 Rf7 Nf7 30 Bd4 Nd6 31 31 c5 Nc4 32 Kf2 b5 33 cb5 cb5 34 Bf6 b5 35 Rd4 Na3 36 Rd6 Kc7 37 Be5 Nc4 38 Rj6 Kd7 0-1 —————————————————————————————————p6/10— Bridge 479 Fun and Games 450 USE HOLD KEY TO PRESERVE DISPLAY... Bridge Games Digitiser On lineP478 Teletext 478 May31 20:46:22 Round 3 ——— Croydon Borough International ————— Team A Team B Franklin 2240 0-1 Britton 2320 Whiteley 2335 P-P Holland 2260 Dive 2295 \-\ Dunworth 2325 Tjlfer 2245 0-1 Wilson 2245 Crouch 2405 \-\ Tozjr 2335 Duxbury 2000 1-0 Baker 2260 Sedgwick 2170 0-1 McShanj 2145 Summjrscale 2435 \-\ Naylor 2245 Maduekwe 2270 \-\ Giddens 2290 Team A: 1 Crouch 2\; 2 Dive, Duxbury 1\ 4 Summjrscale, Whiteley \++; 6 ... \; Team B: 1 Tozjr 2\; 2 McShane, Holland 2+; 4 Naylor, Giddens 2; 6 ... 1\; ——————————————————————————————————7/10— Bridge 479 Fun and Games 450 IF IT'S CHESS - IT'S ON TELETEXT! Bridge Games Digitiser On lineP478 Teletext 478 May31 20:51:34 ——— Croydon Borough International ————— Sedgwick - McShanj (R3) 1 e4 c5 2 Bc4 e6 3 Qe2 Be7 4 d3 d5 5 Bb3 Nf6 6 Bg5 80 7 Nd2 Nc6 8 c3 b6 9 f4 dj4 10 dj4 h6 11 Bh4 Qc7 12 Nh3 Bb7 13 e5 Nd5 14 Be7 Nce7 15 c4 Nb4 16 a3 Nbc6 17 Nf3 Nf5 18 Qf2 Ncd4 19 Bd1 Ba6 20 g4 Nf3 21 Bf3 Nd4 22 Ba8 Ra8 23 g5 Qc6 24 000 h5 25 g5 fg6 26 Ng5 Bc4 27 Kb1 Bd3 28 Rd3 Qh1 29 Ka2 Rf8 30 b3 Qc1 31 Rd2 Qc3 32 Rb2 c4 33 b4 Rd8 34 Qg2 Nb5 35 Qg3 Qg3 36 hg3 Nc3 0-1 —————————————————————————————————p8/18p Bridge 479 Fun and Games 450 USE HOLD KEY TO PRESERVE DISPLAY... Bridge Games Digitiser On lineP478 Teletext 478 May31 20:47:43 ——— Tzneside International ———————————— Jonathan Rowson has won this inaugural Tzneside International with two rounds left to play. Not surprisingly, it has produced an IM norm for him. Two other players also have an outside chance of joining him: David Ledger is in contention, needing 1\/2; and David Walker requires a maximum score. Ljadjr Board 1 Rowson 6\; 2 A.Ledger, D.Ledger 4\; 4 Bryson, Walker 4; ... The IM norm requirement is 6/9. ——————————————————————————————————9/18— Bridge 479 Fun and Games 450 CHESS IS LIVE AND FREE ON TELETEXT! Bridge Games Digitiser On lineP478 Teletext 478 May31 20:47:11 ——— Tzneside International ———————————— Rowson - A.Ledger (R7) 1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 f3 e6 4 Be3 de4 5 Nd2 ef3 6 Ngf3 Nf6 7 Nc4 Nbd7 8 Bd3 Be7 9 00 Nd5 10 Bd2 00 11 Qj1 Bf6 12 Nce5 g6 13 h4 Ne5 14 de5 Bg7 15 h5 Bd7 16 c4 Ne7 17 Ba5 b6 18 Bc3 c5 19 Rd1 Qc7 20 Qh4 Bc6 21 Ng5 Nf5 22 Qh3 Nh6 23 hg6 hg6 24 Bg6 Qj7 25 Bh7 Kh8 26 Rf6 Rad8 27 Bd3 Kg8 28 Rh6 f5 29 ef6 Bf6 30 Rh8 Bh8 31 Qh8 1-0 —————————————————————————p————————10/10 Bridge 479 Fun and Games 450 WHERE TO PLAY? SEE THE CHESS DIARY! Bridge Games Digitiser On line