P478 Teletext 478 Dec30 20:44:53 ——— DIARY ————————————————————————————— Dec 28- HASTINGS Centenary Congress Jan 14 Comprising the following: Dec 28-06 The Premier Closed Dec 28]07 The Challengers Open Dec 28-07 World Amateur FIDE rating-bar Dec 28-01 Xmas Swiss Graded sections Jan 2-7 N/Year Swiss Graded sections Jan 8-12 Extra Swiss Graded sections Jan 8-12 FIDE Swiss Rated nine rounder Jan 12-14 Wjekjndjr Open U160 U130 U100 For more details, please phone Congress director Con Power on: 01424 431 970 ——————————————————————————————————1/10— Send events marked "Teletext Chess" to: Chess & Bridge Limited, 369 Euston Rd LONDON NW1 3AR fax 0171 388 2407 Bridge Games Digitisjt On lineP478 Teletext 478 Dec30 20:49:24 ——— FIDE Ratings —————————————————————— Vladimir Kramnik is the new number one player in the world, according to FIDE ratings for January. The rival ranking from the PCA is not available. The list confirms six players as elite 2700+ players: Kramnik, Kasparov, Karpov, Ivanchuk, Kamsky and Anand. England now has seven 2600 players and only Russia has more (16, including the world's top three). Best placed English plazjr is Nigel Short, 13th on 2665. Michael Adams is 16th on 2660. ——————————————————————————————————2/10— Bridge 479 Fun & Games 450 TONIGHT'S TOP TELEVISION p421 Bridge Games Digitisjr On lineP478 Teletext 478 Dec30 20:50:12 ——— FIDE Ratings —————————————————————— Kramnik RUT 277k Ehlvjst EST 2660 Kasparov RUT 2775 Adams ENG 2660 Karpov RUT 2770 Miles (27) 2635 Ivanchuk UKR 2735 Spjelman (39) 2625 Kamsky USA 2735 Dodgson (42) 2615 Anand IND 2725 Nunn (58) 2605 Topalov BUL 2700 Sadlet (62) 2600 Gelfand BLT 2700 Conquest (--) 2540 Shirov SPA 2690 Hebden 2540 Polkas J HUN 2675 Gotten 2540 Dreev RUT 2670 Chandler 2540 Salov RUT 2670 Watson 2530 Short ENG 2665 Arkjll 2525 Sokolov BOT 2665 Norwood 2525 ——————————————————————————————————3/10— Bridge 479 Fun & Games 450 1996 Chess Diary for only £1 C&B LTD 0171-388-2404 while stocks last Bridge Games Digitisjt On lineP478 Teletext 478 Dec30 20:40:47 ————— Groningen International ————————— Anatoly Karpov is the leadjer after nine rounds. With two rounds to paly he has a 1\ point lead over gata Kamsky. England's Michael Adams beat Kamsky in round nine, and is now joint eighth. Round Six Svidler 2635 RUT 1-0 Lautiet 2645 FRA Van Wily 2585 HOL 1-0 Adams 2660 ENG Lego 2605 HUN \-\ Sokolov 2630 BOT Kamskz 2735 USA \-\ Karpov 2775 RUT C Hansen 2635 DEN 1-0 Tiviakov 2655 RUT Almasi 2630 HUN 1-0 Pikjt 2625 HOL ——————————————————————————————————4/10— Bridge 479 Fun & Games 450 1996 Chess Diary for only £1 C&B LTD 0171-388-2404 while stocks last Bridge Games Digitisjt On lineP478 Teletext 478 Dec30 20:41:14 O ————— Groningjn International ————————— Round Seven Adams 2660 ENG \-\ Lego 2605 HUN Pikjt 2625 HOL \-\ Svjdler 2635 RUT Tiviakov 2655 RUT \-\ Almasi 2630 HUN Karpov 2775 RUT 1-0 C Hansen 2635 DEN Lautiir 2645 FRA 1-0 Van Wily 2585 HOL Sokolov 2630 BOT \-\ Kamsky 2735 USA Round Eight Almasi 2630 HUN 0-1 Karpov 2775 RUT Svidlir 2635 RUT \-\ Tiviakov 2655 RUT Lego 2605 HUN \-\ Lautiet 2645 FRA Van Wily 2585 HOL \-\ Pikjt 2625 HOL Sokolov 2630 BOT \-\ Adams 2660 ENG Kamsky 2735 USA 1-0 C Hansen 2635 DEN ——————————————————————————————————5/10— Bridge 479 Fun & Games 450 1996 Chess Diary for only £1 C&B LTD 0171-388-2404 while stocks last Bridge Games Digitisjr On lineP478 Teletext 478 Dec30 20:41:46 ————— Groningjn International ————————— Round Four Adams 2660 ENG 1-0 Kamsky 2735 USA Lautiet 2645 FRA 0-1 Sokolov 2630 BOT Pikjt 2625 HOL 1-0 Lego 2605 HUN Tiviakov 2655 RUT 1-0 Van Wily 2585 HOL Karpov 2775 RUT \-\ Svidler 2635 RUT C Hansen 2635 DEN \-\ Almasi 2630 HUN Ljadjt Board 1 Karpov 6; 2 Sokolov 5\; 3 Kamsky, svidler 5; 5 Lego, Tiviakov, Van Wily 4\ 8 Adams, Almasi, Hansen 4; 11 Lautier, Pikjt 3\ —————————————————————————————————p6/10— Fun & Games 450 TV tonight 421 1996 Chess Diary for only £1 C&B LTD 0171-388-2404 while stocks last Bridge Games Digitisjt On lineP478 Teletext 478 Dec30 20:42:18 ————— Groningen International ————————— Adams-Kamskz (9) 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 00 Be7 6 Rj1 b5 7 Bb3 00 8 d3 d6 9 a3 Na5 10 Ba2 c5 11 Nc3 Nc6 12 Nd5 a5 13 a4 b4 14 c3 Rb8 15 h3 Bd7 16 Ne7 Qe7 17 Bg5 h6 18 Bh4 Rfc8 19 d4 d4 20 cd4 Nd4 21 Nd4 ed4 22 Bg3 Be6 23 Be6 Qj6 24 Qd4 Rc4 25 Qd6 Rbc8 26 Qj6 fe6 27 f3 Rc4 28 Rab1 Rd8 29 Rjc1 b3 30 Be1 Nh5 31 Kf1 Rb8 32 Rd1 Nf4 33 Rd2 e5 34 Rbd1 Kh7 35 h4 Rb4 36 g3 Ni6 37 Rd6 Rd4 38 Bc3 Rd1 39 Rd1 Nd4 40 Rd3 Rc1 41 Kf4 Ra1 42 >>>> ——————————————————————————————————7/10— Fun & Games 450 TV tonight 421 1996 Chess Diary for only £1 C&B LTD 0171-388-2404 while stocks last Bridge Games Digitisjt On lineP478 Teletext 478 Dec30 20:42:49 O O ————— Groningen International ————————— Adams-Kamsky (9) 42 Ba5 Ra4 43 Bc3 Rc4 44 Ke3 Nc2 45 Ke2 Nd4 46 Bd4 jd4 47 Rb3 Rc1 48 h5 Kg8 49 g4 Kf7 50 Kd3 Rd1 51 Kc4 Ke6 52 Rd3 Rb1 53 b4 Ke5 54 b5 Rc1 55 Kb4 Rb1 56 Rb3 Rc1 57 b6 Kd6 58 Ka3 Rc8 59 b7 Rb8 60 Kb2 Kc5 61 Kc4 Kc4 62 Rb1 d3 63 Kd2 Kd4 64 Rb2 Kc4 65 e5 1-0 ——————————————————————————————————8/10— Bridge 479 Fun & Games 450 1996 Chess Diary for only £1 C&B LTD 0171-388-2404 while stocks last Bridge Games Digitisjr On lineP478 Teletext 478 Dec30 20:43:06 ———— Hastings Premier ————————————————— Five English players are among the tin that comprise this Centenary Premier. Top seed Alexander Khalifman at 2655 is 200 points more highly rated than the lowest, Stuart Conquest. Round One Speelman ENG 2620 \-\ Sadlir ENG 2575 Dodgson ENG 2590 \-\ K'lifman RUT 2655 Conquest ENG 2455 1-0 Luthjt GER 2550 Y'linsky USA 2560 \-\ Atalik TUT 2525 B.Lalic CRO 2590 1-0 Miles ENG 2600 ——————————————————————————————————9/10— Bridge 479 Fun & Games 450 1996 Chess Diary for only £1 C&B LTD 0171-388-2404 while stocks last Bridge Games Digitisjt On lineP478 Teletext 478 Dec30 20:48:21 ———— Hastings Premier ————————————————— Conquest-Luther (1) 1 b3 d5 2 e3 Nf6 3 Bb2 bf5 4 Nf3 Nbd7 5 d3 h6 6 Nbd2 e6 7 Qj4 Bh7 8 Rg1 a5 9 a4 Bb4 10 g4 Qj7 11 h4 000 12 Nd4 Ne8 13 h5 Nd6 14 Bg2 c6 15 c3 Bc5 16 e4 dj4 17 dj4 e5 18 Nf5 Bf5 19 gf5 Qh4 20 Bf3 Nf6 21 Rh1 Qg5 22 Bc1 Nd7 23 Nc4 Qf6 24 Na5 Nf5 25 Nc6 bc6 26 ef5 e4 27 Qa6 Kb8 28 Bf4 Bd6 29 Bd6 Qd6 30 Be4 Nc5 31 Qb6 Kc8 32 Rd1 Nd3 33 Kf1 Rd7 34 Rh4 Rj8 35 Qa6 Kb8 36 Bd3 Qf6 37 Rf4 Qg5 38 Qb6 Rb7 39 Qc6 1-0 (time) ——————————————————————————————————10/10 Bridge 479 Fun & Games 450 1996 Chess Diary for only £1 C&B LTD 0171-388-2404 while stocks last Bridge Games Digitisjt On line