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Groningen Young Masters (1999) "The chess-loving people of Groningen, true to their tradition, organized three international tournaments between 19 and 30 December 1999 - with the Christmas holiday on the 25th. Several grandmasters and international masters took part in the open grandmaster tournament with a hundred participants, including Zoltan Gyimesi and Nora Medvegy. Albert Bokros and Ádám Horváth represented Hungary in the invitational, round-robin tournament for twelve "young masters", ... six ladies also fought a high-level battle in the ... ten-round women's grandmaster tournament. It is interesting that there were also a few girls in the boys' field, while Nona Gaprindashvili from Georgia, a former multiple world champion, chose the Open, where she finished in a respectable fifteenth place with seven points. ... Albert Bokros for the first time - after this trip to the Netherlands - received the "Good Student and Good Athlete of the Hungarian Republic" award from Zoltán Pokorni, Minister of Education, in an intimate ceremony in December last year." (Sakkélet, transl.) Groningen, the Netherlands, 19-30 December 1999 Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 —————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Bokros 17 2405 • ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 8 =2 Navara 14 2406 ½ • 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 6 =2 Horváth 18 2412 ½ 0 • 1 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 0 6 =2 Mastrovasilis 16 2384 0 ½ 0 • ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 6 =2 Volokitin 13 2307 ½ ½ 1 ½ • ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 6 =2 Efimenko 14 2332 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ • ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 6 =2 Xue Zhao 14 2374 0 0 1 0 1 ½ • ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6 8 Matnadze 16 2280 0 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ • 0 ½ 1 1 5½ 9 Stellwagen 12 2254 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 • 0 ½ 1 5 10 Ovod 17 2303 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 • 1 0 4½ =11 Werle 15 2216 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 • 0 3½ =11 Ma Yu 11 2375 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 • 3½ —————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Eleven rounds in 12 days, starting on Sunday 19 December (66 games). Rest day 25 December. Bokros won with 8/11. Sources Dutchbase (https://maxeuwe.nl/files-dutchbase/...) TWIC 269 (https://web.archive.org/web/2023043...) *FIDE rating list July 1999 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022112...) Sakkélet, 5-6/2000, pp. 159-160 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...) Previous: Groningen (1998)  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Matnadze Bujiashvili vs Navara   1-0 34 1999 Groningen Young Masters D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 2. E Ovod vs Y Ma   0-1 64 1999 Groningen Young Masters D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 3. J Werle vs A Bokros   1-0 26 1999 Groningen Young Masters B23 Sicilian, Closed 4. Efimenko vs Stellwagen   ½-½ 25 1999 Groningen Young Masters C05 French, Tarrasch 5. A Horvath vs A Volokitin   0-1 42 1999 Groningen Young Masters B54 Sicilian 6. X Zhao vs D Mastrovasilis   0-1 37 1999 Groningen Young Masters A15 English 7. Navara vs J Werle   ½-½ 28 1999 Groningen Young Masters B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 8. A Horvath vs A Matnadze Bujiashvili   ½-½ 56 1999 Groningen Young Masters B61 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2 9. Stellwagen vs X Zhao   ½-½ 33 1999 Groningen Young Masters B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 10. A Bokros vs Efimenko   1-0 35 1999 Groningen Young Masters B54 Sicilian 11. D Mastrovasilis vs E Ovod   1-0 24 1999 Groningen Young Masters C44 King's Pawn Game 12. A Volokitin vs Y Ma   1-0 37 1999 Groningen Young Masters B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 13. J Werle vs A Horvath   0-1 31 1999 Groningen Young Masters B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 14. Y Ma vs D Mastrovasilis   ½-½ 117 1999 Groningen Young Masters D02 Queen's Pawn Game 15. E Ovod vs Stellwagen   1-0 21 1999 Groningen Young Masters A67 Benoni, Taimanov Variation 16. X Zhao vs A Bokros   0-1 36 1999 Groningen Young Masters A22 English 17. A Matnadze Bujiashvili vs A Volokitin   1-0 36 1999 Groningen Young Masters E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation 18. Efimenko vs Navara ½-½ 78 1999 Groningen Young Masters C05 French, Tarrasch 19. A Volokitin vs D Mastrovasilis   ½-½ 19 1999 Groningen Young Masters B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 20. Navara vs X Zhao   1-0 56 1999 Groningen Young Masters B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation 21. A Horvath vs Efimenko   1-0 46 1999 Groningen Young Masters C19 French, Winawer, Advance 22. A Matnadze Bujiashvili vs J Werle   1-0 38 1999 Groningen Young Masters A46 Queen's Pawn Game 23. Stellwagen vs Y Ma   1-0 56 1999 Groningen Young Masters C14 French, Classical 24. A Bokros vs E Ovod   1-0 36 1999 Groningen Young Masters C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 25. X Zhao vs A Horvath   1-0 41 1999 Groningen Young Masters A15 English  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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