***** 1999-LIBS ***** Libraries of all major chess events played in 1999! Thanks to the volunteers who created those libraries so you can play over all those games. "help libraries" has info on how libraries work. For informa- tion about a particular library, do "finger" like in "finger Wijk99". Do "liblist " to see the list of games in the library. Do "finger " to see some info about the games or a crosstable. Do "examine %5" to examine game 5 in one of the libraries. Do "mailstore %5" to email game 5 to yourself. Please note that library game numbers have a % (percent) sign in front. The following files contain even more library names: "help 1997-libs" Major events 1997. "help 1998-libs" Major events 1998. "help 2000-libs" Major events 2000. "help 2001-libs" Major events 2001. "help hist-libs" Historical chess events. "help WC-libs" All world championships. **** 1999 Events **** KasparovVSWorld Kasparov vs World Russek-Rebel Rebel Computer 3.0 - IM Russek 1.0 Mexico City Rilton99 Rilton Cup Stockholm Sweden Sergey Ivanov won. Pamplona99 City of Pamplona, Spain tournament. Short won. Reggio99 Reggio Emilia, Italy Yudasin won. about Winning games of monthly about.com/ICC best game contest Eastern99 Eastern Open Washington D.C Alexander Ivanov won Gron99 Groningen, Netherlands Tiviakov won IM norm : Aviv Friedman York99 York Viking Hillarp won on tie-break Barsov GM norm York99B York Viking Section B Gormally first Belfort99 4th Comtois Bologan won Torre99 Carlos Torre Memorial Miles won on tie-break Batumi Europe Team Tournament Batumi, Georgia Armenia won. AR99 Argentina Championship Ricardi won. NCC99 National Chess Congress Philadelphia 4 tie for first DE99 Germany Championship Hubner won Monarch99 Monarch Assurance Open, Isle of Man Sutovsky won DCC99 Dutch Computer Chess Championship 11 rounds Quest won BadWiessee99 Bad Wiessee Germany Ibragimov Shabalov tie for first WYC99 World Youth Championship Oropesa de Mar, Spain JPEB Etienne Bacrot defeated Judit Polgar 3-1 ECC99 European Chess Club - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina won Flamenco Marabella, Spain Veternam GM vs Ladies 30.5-19.5 PLDB Peter Leko defeated Dimitrij Bunzmann 4.0-2.0 Qingdao Qingdao, China Bu Xiangzhi (age 13) scored his third GM norm VAM99 VAM at Hoogeveen, Netherlands Polgar Timman tie for first JR99 World Junior Championships ManCC99 Manhattan Chess Club Championship, GM Benjamin won on tiebreak IS99 Iceland Championship, Gretarsson Stefansson tie for first ABEB Beliavsky defeats Bacrot 3.5 - 2.5 EYC99 European Youth Championship Litohoro, Greece CA99 Canadian Championship Lesiege wins US99 US Championship Gulko won, Serper second US99Women US Women's Championship Belalovskaia won Shahade 2nd OPENSANTS Open Internacional de Sants Hostafrancs, Korneev won PZ99 Polanica Zdroj Van Wely won ES99 Spanish Championship 3 tie for first FR99 French Championship Bacrot won FIDE99 FIDE World Championship Khalifman won FIDE99-Women FIDE Women's Championship. Xie Jun won 8.5-6.5 USOpen99 US Open Reno, Nevada Yermolinsky won playoff USJR99 US Junior Closed. Marcel Martinez won. Korinthos Korinthos, Greece Novikov first, Solak second TanCN99 Shenyang, China Dreev, Ye tied for first USCadet99 US players under 16. Jordy Mont-Reynaud won USJROpen99 US Junior Open Tucson, Arizona. Whatley won the playoff EuroTel99 Prague, Czech Rebublic Shirov 5.5 - J.Polgar 0.5 Dortmund99 Dortmund Germany Leko wins, Kramnik second SmartChess GM Ftacnik vs Irina Krush 3.0 - 1.0 WO99 World Open Philadelphia 10 tie for 1st, Serper won playoff DasGiants Frankfurt Germany Giants' section game/25 Kasparov won DasMasters Frankfurt Germany Masters' section game/25 Fritz 6 won TPmemorial Tigran Petrosian memorial tournament Moscow FanAdams99 Fan Adams Memorial IM norms : Gustafsson Morrison WCCC99 World Computer Chess Championship Shredder won Ferret 2nd TR99 Turkish Championships three tie for first CCA-Chesswise CCA-Chesswise Bologan Ehlvest tie for first Sig99 Sigeman tournament at Malmo Sweden. Gelfand won AKVA Anand 5.0-Karpov 1.0 Both sides could consult computers. NL99 Dutch Championship Nikolic won Chi99 Chicago Open Seven tie for first. Sara99 Sarajevo Bosnia, Kasparov won, Bareev Shirov second Havana99 Capblanca memorial tournament, Tony Miles won ICC-GMFights1 game/10 played on ICC Svidler won, Piket second Israel99 1st Israeli Supertournament, Gelfand, Psakhis Smirin tie. JRvsIsrael Junior vs GMs in Israel Fritz532-Polgar Fritz532 defeated Judit Polgar 5.5-2.5 game/30 minutes DosHer99 Dos Hermanas, Spain. Adams won. Losers99 1999 Loser's Chess (wild 17) Championship. Foxwoods99 Foxwoods Open Chess Tournament, 6 tie for first Amber99 Melody Amber, Monaco, Kramnik won. Enghien99 Enghien les Bains, France Lautier won. ManhattanMar99 Manhattan International, Timoshenko won. Ashley GM norm. Linares99 Linares, Spain Kasparov won. AKvsJP Anatoly Karpov vs Jeroen Piket 8 game match - drawn Kolty99 Koltanowski Team Match 1 GM norm 5 IM norms Bermuda99 12 round GM Invitational tournament Bacrot won MAYS Adams-Seirawan 10 game match drawn Wijk99 Hoogovens at Wijk aan Zee Kasparov wins. See also: libraries, 1997-libs, 1998-libs, 2000-libs, 2001-libs, hist-libs, WC-libs, search, history, examine, sposition [Kiebitz, 01/11/01]