- 1999 in chess
Events in
chess in1999 :Top players
FIDE top 10 players byElo rating - January 1999;#
Garry Kasparov RUS 2812
#Viswanathan Anand IND 2781
#Vladimir Kramnik RUS 2751
#Alexei Shirov ESP 2726
#Alexander Morozevich RUS 2723
#Michael Adams ENG 2716
#Vasily Ivanchuk UKR 2714
#Peter Svidler RUS 2713
#Anatoly Karpov RUS 2710
#Veselin Topalov BUL 2700Chess news in brief
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FIDE World Chess Championship is won byAlexander Khalifman in Las Vegas. Many leading players (includingGarry Kasparov ,Viswanathan Anand ,Alexander Morozevich ,Anatoly Karpov ) boycott the event and there is talk of legal action against FIDE by Karpov.
*The proposed 'Ultimate Championship' between Kasparov and Anand is postponed when the sponsorship deal is withdrawn.
*FIDE'sWomen's World Chess Championship is won byXie Jun , as she defeatsAlisa Galliamova in the final. The proceedings are described as chaotic and unsatisfactory by the world press followingZsuzsa Polgar being stripped of her title and Galliamova defaulting in the Candidates Final.
*TheLinares chess tournament is dominated by a rampant Kasparov (10½/14), 2½ clear points ahead of Kramnik and Anand (both 8/14).citation|last=Crowther|first=Mark|url=http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic227.html|title=THE WEEK IN CHESS 227|date=15 March 1999|accessdate=2008-06-08]
*Kasparov wins atSarajevo with 7/9, ahead ofEvgeny Bareev andAlexei Shirov (both 6/9).
*Michael Adams (6/9) achieves a career-best tournament result, winning atDos Hermanas ahead ofVladimir Kramnik (5½). Surprisingly, Anand is in joint last place (3½).
*Peter Leko (5/7) wins theDortmund super-tournament, ahead of Kramnik (4½/7).citation|last=Crowther|first=Mark|url=http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic245.html|title=THE WEEK IN CHESS 245|date=19 July 1999|accessdate=2008-06-15]
*At the annual Hoogovens tournament inWijk aan Zee , Kasparov runs out the winner from Anand and Kramnik.citation|last=Crowther|first=Mark|url=http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic221.html|title=THE WEEK IN CHESS 221|date=01 February 1999|accessdate=2008-06-08]
*TheFrankfurt Giants takes the form of a 4-player, 4-round, all-play-all rapid event and is won by Kasparov, 1½ points ahead of Anand, Kramnik and Karpov.citation|last=Crowther|first=Mark|url=http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic243.html|title=THE WEEK IN CHESS 243|date=05 July 1999|accessdate=2008-06-15]
*TheEuropean Team Chess Championship is held inBatumi , Georgia.Armenia take gold,Hungary silver andGermany bronze.
*AnAdvanced Chess Match between Vishwanathan Anand andAnatoly Karpov results in a crushing 5-1 victory for the Indian Grandmaster.
*Kasparov plays and wins an internet game against The World. The game is followed closely by the world media.Irina Krush wins much respect for her analysis and steering of the World side. Daniel King commentates onMSN .
*At theMelody Amber tournament inMonte Carlo , Kramnik is the overall winner, while Anand wins the 'rapid' section and Shirov the 'blindfold'.citation|last=Crowther|first=Mark|url=http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic228.html|title=THE WEEK IN CHESS 228|date=22 March 1999|accessdate=2008-06-08]
*Pamplona is won byAlexander Morozevich , ahead ofMichal Krasenkow andLoek Van Wely .citation|last=Crowther|first=Mark|url=http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic218.html|title=THE WEEK IN CHESS 218|date=11 January 1999|accessdate=2008-06-08]
*Konstantin Sakaev wins theRussian Chess Championship held inMoscow .
*Julian Hodgson wins his thirdBritish Chess Championship title inScarborough, North Yorkshire .Harriet Hunt makes it her fourth victory in the Ladies event.
*Boris Gulko wins theSalt Lake City U. S. Chess Championship after a playoff.Anjelina Belakovskaia takes the Women's title.
*Joel Benjamin wins theManhattan Chess Club Championship for the sixth time.
*TheWorld Junior Chess Championship (Under 20) is won byAlexander Galkin inYerevan , Armenia.
*The annualGroningen tournament contains a strong field of grandmasters.Sergei Tiviakov wins, ahead ofVadim Milov andZoltan Almasi . The women's event is headed byNatalia Zhukova , closely followed byAntoaneta Stefanova andPeng Zhaoqin . Armenia'sSergei Movsesian takes first place in the Open.citation|last=Crowther|first=Mark|url=http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic217.html|title=THE WEEK IN CHESS 217|date=04 January 1999|accessdate=2008-06-08]
*Tony Miles (8½/13) wins the Capablanca Memorial inHavana , ahead ofSuat Atalik andLazaro Bruzon (both 8/13).citation|last=Crowther|first=Mark|url=http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic237.html|title=THE WEEK IN CHESS 237|date=24 May 1999|accessdate=2008-06-08]
*Prominent Chess publisher Batsford (formerly B. T. Batsford) ceases business activities.
*Bobby Fischer gives a series of radio interviews inBaguio City , Philippines. Much of the material is branded distasteful and offensive. Chess journalist Bobby Ang asks that listeners make some allowance for Fischer's state of mind following his recent losses; both his mother and sister had recently died and the U.S. authorities had auctioned all of his personal belongings and memorabilia.citation|last=Crowther|first=Mark|url=http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic220.html|title=THE WEEK IN CHESS 220|date=25 January 1999|accessdate=2008-06-08]
*Tonu Oim wins the 14thCorrespondence Chess World Championship (1994-99).
*In Hungary,Judit Polgar loses a (30 minute) rapid match to Fritz 5.32 by a 2½-5½ score.citation|last=Crowther|first=Mark|url=http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic234.html|title=THE WEEK IN CHESS 234|date=03 May 1999|accessdate=2008-06-08]
*Shredder wins the 9th World Chess Computer Championship inPaderborn , Germany.
*Eight-year-old David Howell defeatsJohn Nunn in a blitz game at the 3rdMind Sports Olympiad .citation|last=Crowther|first=Mark|url=http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic252.html|title=THE WEEK IN CHESS 252|date=06 September 1999|accessdate=2008-06-15]
*FIDE , the governing body of international chess, celebrates its 75th Anniversary. A number of FIDE's member federations, including Argentina, are excluded over the non-payment of fees.citation|last=Crowther|first=Mark|url=http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic259.html|title=THE WEEK IN CHESS 259|date=25 October 1999|accessdate=2008-06-15]
*Alexander Baburin launches "Coffee-break Chess", an online newspaper for chess fans and a forerunner to his "Chess Today" and "Grandmaster Square" ventures.citation|last=Crowther|first=Mark|url=http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic256.html|title=THE WEEK IN CHESS 256|date=04 October 1999|accessdate=2008-06-15]Deaths
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Lodewijk Prins , Dutch chess master and arbiter - November 11
*Lembit Oll , Estonian Grandmaster and world top 50 player - May 17
*Ortvin Sarapu , "Mr New Zealand Chess", 20-time NZ chess champion – April 13
*Gary Koshnitsky , Australian Master - September 17
*Catharina Roodzant , three-time winner of the women's Dutch championship – February 24
*Ramchandra Sapre , former national champion of India and chess columnist - May 18
*Francisco José Pérez Pérez , Spanish/Cuban master – September 11Notes
References
*cite book | author=Burgess, Graham | title=Chess Highlights of the 20th Century | publisher=Gambit Publications | year=1999 | id=ISBN 1901983218
* [http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7378/history.txt Chess History & Chronology - Bill Wall]
* [http://www.olimpbase.org Olimpbase - Olympiads and other Team event information]
* [http://wwwcs.uni-paderborn.de/~wccc99/ World Computer Chess Championship]
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