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Subject: Re: Fritz leads by 8/11!!! - one point ahead of Topalov now.

Author: James Robertson

Date: 15:24:21 07/01/99

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On July 01, 1999 at 17:52:27, KarinsDad wrote:

>On July 01, 1999 at 16:55:53, Christoph Fieberg wrote:
>
>>http://chess2.lostcity.nl/chessclassic1999/
>>
>>Schedule and results masters
>>
>>
>>FRANKFURT-WEST MASTERS 99
>>
>>
>>Ergebnisse zur Runde  1  am 29. 6.1999
>>
>>  1  Lutz, Christopher    - Svidler, Peter           0:1
>>  2  Topalov, Veselin     - Adams, Michael          remis
>>  3  Fritz 6              - Leko, Peter             remis
>>  4  Morozevich,Alexander - Polgar, Judith           0:1
>>
>>
>>Ergebnisse zur Runde  2  am 29. 6.1999
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>>  1  Svidler, Peter       - Polgar, Judith           0:1
>>  2  Leko, Peter          - Morozevich,Alexander     1:0
>>  3  Adams, Michael       - Fritz 6                 remis
>>  4  Lutz, Christopher    - Topalov, Veselin         0:1
>>
>>
>>Ergebnisse zur Runde  3  am 29. 6.1999
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>>  1  Topalov, Veselin     - Svidler, Peter           0:1
>>  2  Fritz 6              - Lutz, Christopher        1:0
>>  3  Morozevich,Alexander - Adams, Michael          remis
>>  4  Polgar, Judith       - Leko, Peter             remis
>>
>>
>>Ergebnisse zur Runde  4  am 30. 6.1999
>>
>>  1  Svidler, Peter       - Leko, Peter              1:0
>>  2  Adams, Michael       - Polgar, Judit            0:1
>>  3  Lutz, Christopher    - Morozevich,Alexander     1:0
>>  4  Topalov, Veselin     - Fritz 6                  0:1
>>
>>
>>Ergebnisse zur Runde  5  am 30. 6.1999
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>>  1  Fritz 6              - Svidler, Peter           1:0
>>  2  Morozevich,Alexander - Topalov, Veselin         0:1
>>  3  Polgar, Judit        - Lutz, Christopher        0:1
>>  4  Leko, Peter          - Adams, Michael          remis
>>
>>
>>Ergebnisse zur Runde  6  am 30. 6.1999
>>
>>  1  Svidler, Peter       - Adams, Michael          remis
>>  2  Lutz, Christopher    - Leko, Peter              0:1
>>  3  Topalov, Veselin     - Polgar, Judit            1:0
>>  4  Fritz 6              - Morozevich,Alexander     0:1
>>
>>
>>Ergebnisse zur Runde  7  am 30. 6.1999
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>>  1  Morozevich,Alexander - Svidler, Peter          remis
>>  2  Polgar, Judit        - Fritz 6                  0:1
>>  3  Leko, Peter          - Topalov, Veselin         1:0
>>  4  Adams, Michael       - Lutz, Christopher        0:1
>>
>>
>>Ergebnisse zur Runde  8  am  1. 7.1999
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>>  1  Svidler, Peter       - Lutz, Christopher        1:0
>>  2  Adams, Michael       - Topalov, Veselin         0:1
>>  3  Leko, Peter          - Fritz 6                  0:1
>>  4  Polgar, Judit        - Morozevich,Alexander     0:1
>>
>>
>>Ergebnisse zur Runde  9  am  1. 7.1999
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>>  1  Polgar, Judit        - Svidler, Peter           1:0
>>  2  Morozevich,Alexander - Leko, Peter             remis
>>  3  Fritz 6              - Adams, Michael           1:0
>>  4  Topalov, Veselin     - Lutz, Christopher        1:0
>>
>>
>>Ergebnisse zur Runde 10  am  1. 7.1999
>>
>>  1  Svidler, Peter       - Topalov, Veselin         0:1
>>  2  Lutz, Christopher    - Fritz 6                 remis
>>  3  Adams, Michael       - Morozevich,Alexander     0:1
>>  4  Leko, Peter          - Polgar, Judit            1:0
>>
>>
>>Ergebnisse zur Runde 11  am  1. 7.1999
>>
>>  1  Leko, Peter          - Svidler, Peter          remis
>>  2  Polgar, Judit        - Adams, Michael          remis
>>  3  Morozevich,Alexander - Lutz, Christopher        0:1
>>  4  Fritz 6              - Topalov, Veselin        remis
>>
>>
>>
>>    Aktueller Stand nach vorhandenen Ergebnissen
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>>    Name                 F-T Rd  g  u  v  Pkte SoBe_I
>>
>>  1 Fritz 6                  11  6  4  1   8.0  42.00
>>  2 Topalov, Veselin     IGM 11  6  2  3   7.0  32.50
>>  3 Leko, Peter          IGM 11  4  5  2   6.5  34.00
>>  4 Svidler, Peter       IGM 11  4  3  4   5.5  29.50
>>  5 Polgar, Judit        IGM 11  4  2  5   5.0  23.25
>>  6 Morozevich,Alexander IGM 11  3  3  5   4.5  23.50
>>  7 Lutz, Christopher    IGM 11  4  1  6   4.5  21.00
>>  8 Adams, Michael       IGM 11  0  6  5   3.0  18.25
>
>Topalov looked like he was outclassed after the first few days (tied for 5th
>after day 1, tied for 4th after day 2), but he went 3.5-0.5 on the third day to
>capture 2nd place (so far). However, day 4 will be tough for him since he will
>be playing Leko (0-1), Polgar (1-0), and Morozevich (1-0), whereas Fritz will be
>playing Svidler (1-0), Polgar (1-0), and Morozevich (0-1); a slightly easier
>road to hoe (but only slightly due to the current standings and not the records
>against the remaining opponents). It seems very unlikely that Topalov will go
>3-0 and Fritz will go 1.5-1.5 and Topalov will win it.
>
>Although, it is interesting that Sergey Shipov's opinion of him before the
>tournament was "Veselin still cannot return to his former level. Time passes,
>more young competitors are pressing him, and it is becoming more and more
>difficult for him to stay at the top. Topalov's submissive loss to Morozevich
>with White in Sarajevo is very characteristic! This experienced Bulgarian chess
>player will have to live through difficult times. I wish I were mistaken, but it
>seems to me that he can not fight for the first prize.". This opinion seems to
>be mistaken as he is practically the only person who has a chance against Fritz
>and then only if his opponents help him out (by losing to him and beating
>Fritz). Maybe Svidler, Polgar, and Morozevich will have enough examples of GM
>vs. Fritz games to take Fritz out on the last day, but it is doubtful.
>
>KarinsDad :)

Topalov seems to have these rapid games wrapped up. Didn't he get second (behind
Kramnik) at the 8th Amber Rapidplay and Blinfold?

James



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