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German Chess Championships The German Championships ended on Saturday and saw former World Championship Challenger Robert Hübner clinching the title ahead of an impressive field. Final top standings: 1.Robert Hübner 7.0 2.Rustem Dautov 6.5 3-7.Klaus Bischoff, Roman Slobodjan, Christopher Lütz, Karsten Müller and Lev Gutman 6. Annotated games and more here: Results and games at: http://www.gm-schach.de/news/dm99/dm99.html *****World Senior Chess Championships Latvian Grandmaster Janis Klovans became the first player to take the title twice by winning this year’s World Senior Championships in Gladenbach, Germany. After suffering a surpising defeat in round three, Klovans put together a blistering finish with six wins and two draws. Final standings:1.Janis Klovans, Latvia 9.0 2-4.Vladimir Bagirov, Latvia, Anatoly Lein, USA and Mark Taimanov, Russia 8,5 (192 players). Annotated games and more here: Results and games at: http://teleschach.de/swm-1999/stand.htm *****Spanish Team Championships C.A. Marcote won a surprising victory in this year's event, but even more surprising was the Spanish chess federation's decision to test some of the players for drugs! More here: Results and games at: http://195.235.97.120/equipos99/html/index.html *****Battle of the Riviera France’s latest import Vladislav Tkachiev, formerly of Kazakhstan, outclassed Holland’s John van der Wiel by 7-3 in a ten game match-up in Cannes. Results and games at: http://www.cannes-echecs.org/ *****Najdorf Memorial The Najdorf Memorial Tournament, which also counts as this year’s Argentine Championship, is currently underway in Buenos Aires. Daily coverage at: http://roldan-casafus.com/ *****Italian Chess Championships Results and games at: http://www.netvallee.it/scacchi/campionato_italiano/1999/risultati.htm *****Tournament of the Future The "Tournament of the Future" is currently underway in Hertogenbosch, Holland. Standings after round 3: 1.GM Friso Nijboer, Holland 3.0 2-3.GM Ian Rogers, Australia and IM Jeroen Bosch, Holland 2.0 4-7.IM Dean Hergott, Canada, IM Gerard Welling, Holland, GM Paul van der Sterren, Holland and IM John Donaldson, USA 1.5 8-9.Paul Span, Holland and FM Stefan Buecker, Germany 1.0 10.FM Raymond Stone, Canada 0.0. Daily coverage at: http://www.kw1c.nl/chess/index2.htm *****Khalifman vs Leko FIDE World Champion Alexander
Khalifman and the world number 8 will be facing off in a six game match
in Budapest from January 3 to 9, 2000. - Einar Gausel
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