Author: Ramón Martínez
Date: 06:00:04 12/23/99
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On December 23, 1999 at 02:01:49, John Warfield wrote: >On December 22, 1999 at 13:37:16, Ramón Martínez wrote: > >>The first game of the Century-Russek match, announced in this message board >>about a month ago, will take place on Sunday, December 26, 1999, at 15:00 local >>time (Mexico City). For those who never heard about this match, it will be a 6 >>game match, 40/2, 20/1, G/1. Rebel Century will play on a PII-333, 256 RAM, 100 >>mb Hash, and the same settings that were used against GM Baburin. Mr. Russek >>(2395), who defeated GM Francisco Vallejo (2515), drew GM Anthony Miles and GM >>Reynaldo Vera on the last few days at the Carlos Torre Memorial, seems to be in >>very good shape for this private event. Games 2 and 3 will be played before >>December 31 1999. >>Vicente F. Herrasti > > > Is the match being held over the internet, or will it be in person? I imagine >I.M Russek will be rated higher than 2395 after the excellent results you >reported against miles , and Vallejo. The game will be held in person and transmited through ICC. Yes, the results of Mr. Russek have been good. Recently, at a tournament in Los Angeles, (If I remember well) he tied with Ivanov and the US Junior Champion (Martinez?), and lost to Yermolinsky. His maximum Elo was 2435, about a year ago.
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