Hans-Gerd Schaefer September 1999 I.B.C.A. Secretary I B E R C A J A Breslauer Str. 12 I.B.S.A. Chess Committee D 63571 Gelnhausen Avenida Federico Soto No.9 E 03003 Alicante TEL/FAX: 0049/6051|68127 SWIFT Code Cazres2ZA c.c.c. 2085-9915-07-03-000020-231 INTERNATIONAL BRAILLE CHESS ASSOCIATION Circular - II 1999 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, dear Chess Friends! Firstly, our warmest congratulation goes to the world chess organization FIDE the I.B.C.A. is associated with. The (r)F괺굍ation Internationale des'릀hecs� was founded in the French capital Paris 75 years ago, the 20th July 1924. Its President was up to 1949 the legendary Dutch Alexander Rueb (1882-1959). 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Here the latest news from Poland, from the IInd Vice-President Tadeus Milewski: The XIth Chess Olympiad for the Blind and Visually Impaired is to take place from 28th August to the 8th September 2000 in the mountain resort of Zakopane, famous all over the world for its incomparable skiing areas. The distance from the international airport in Krakow to the town of Zakopane amounts to about 120 kilometres. More details will follow in the next circular. 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 An invitation tournament for the ten best players of the I.B.C.A. - Individual WORLD CUP with considerable prizes - is to take place, parallel to the further down announced (r)international Open�, at Benasque / Huesca (Spain, high up in the Pyrenees. the FIDE-President Iljumshinov will grant his protection to the event of the I.B.C.A. 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Ist Panamerican Championship for the Blind and Visually Impaired Caracas (Venezuela) 18-21 June 1999 A hopeful beginning! Over the weekend in June, 22 competitors of the following eight [8] Latin American countries Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Cuba, Honduras, Venezuela, Peru and Puerto Rico met near the capital of Venezuela in a top class hotel. The championship was organized in five [5] rounds Swiss system. Here are the results combined with names we don't know but some. We certainly shall meet several of them soon participating in other I.B.C.A. competitions. It is a pity that the northern part of the continent was not at all represented. Rank Name Country Points Evaluation 1. Pedro Tamayo ....... (CUB) ....... 5.0 2. Edgar Rico Hernandez (COL) ....... 4.0 ..... 14.0 3. Antonio Salazar .... (PER) ....... 4.0 ..... 12.0 Further table: 3.5 Points 2,0 Points 4. Rodrigo Russinque (COL) 14. Hector Paris ... (PUR) 15. P. d C. Jaunario (BRA) 3.0 Points 16. German Perez ... (PUR) 5. Norlys Tamayo ... (CUB) 17. Domingo Ascencio (HON) 6. Edgardo Medina .. (VEN) 18. Marcos T. Lopez (HON) 7. Marcos L. Segura (PER) 8. Saulo Torres .... (COL) 1,0 Points 9. Felipe Zelaya ... (HON) 19. Nestor Cardozo . (VEN) 10. J. Beat. Gonzalez (ARG) 20. Rafael Recio ... (DOM) 11. Ever Garc죂 ..... (VEN) 21. Mario Singares . (PAN) 2,0 Points 0.0 Points 12. Nelson Carrero . (VEN) 22. Narciso Estrada (PAN) 13. Cr. Villas B. .. (BRA) 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The same place is to host another I.B.C.A. event, the (r)Vth Ladies' World Championship for the Blind and Visually Impaired� in 2001. 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 IIth Individual European Chess Championship for the Blind and Visually Impaired . . . . . . . . Krynica (Poland) 4th to 15th July 1999 The (r)IIth European Chess Championship for the Blind and Visually Impaired� - one of the great I.B.C.A. competitions - was held at Krynica (Poland) from 4th to 15th July. Krynica is the most famous and largest spa in Poland; there are about 13,000 Inhabitants and the town is - surrounded by forest - situated high up in the mountains, the Beskid Sadecki mountains in the valley of the torrent Kryniczanka. The name of the town is firstly documented in 1547, since 1807 an official mountain resort. By help of the mineral waters - you can try in the well-house - the Dutch queen JULIANE already took successfully a cure against her infertility. We were lodged in a spacious dwelling area for holiday guests which contained a playground and installed barbecue as well. It was also crossed by a brook and once belonged to a big Warszawa chemical plant. Playing conditions in a sort of big and bright and with many panes of glas equiped gymnasium were good. For the first time, chess friends from Turkey took part in an I.B.C.A. competition. The weather wasn't always optimal; but that is something you cannot blame the always friendly hosts for. The first days were very hot; then followed rain, thunderstorm and hail. Under the long-proven guidance of the I.B.C.A. Chief Arbiter Frantizek Blatny (Czech Republic) and with the given time of two [2] hours for 40 moves plus one hour for the whole remaining game, thus at maximum six [6] hours, the event was organized in nine [9] rounds Swiss system. Here are the winners of the Event: Rank Name Points Evaluation Country 1. FM Tadeusz ZOLTEK .... 7.0 ..... 37,0 ......... Poland 2. Piotr STRIJNEV .... 7.0 ..... 33,0 ......... Russia 3. WIM Lubow ZSILTZOVA ... 7.0 ..... 32,0 ......... Ukraine The I.B.C.A. heartily congratulates them. Further Table 6.5 Points 4.0 Points 4th Kai Bjerring ...... (DEN) 44th Artigas Pere M s . (ESP) 5th Leonid Gaponenko .. (KAZ) 45th Tomasz Wolak ..... (POL) 6th Sergej Krylow ..... (RUS) 46th Bengt I. Wikman .. (FIN) 7th Roberto Enjuto .... (ESP) 47th Miroslav Murin ... (SVK) 8th Rouslan Draganow .. (RUS) 48th Hartmut Kauzky ... (AUT) 9th Manfred Heinich ... (GER) 49th Franco Antonini .. (ITA) 50th Jan Holestak ..... (SVK) 6.0 Points 51st Chr. Papadopoulos (GR-E) 10th Viktor Konef ..... (UKR) 52nd Arnold Gerold .... (AUT) 11th Rafal Gunajew .... (POL) 53rd. Jos� A. Berenguer (ESP) 54th Ari Tonteri ...... (FIN) 5.5 Points 55th Radomir Rehorek .. (CZE) 12th Piotr Dukaczewski (POL) 56th Didier Dalschaert (BEL) 13th Olaf Dobierzin ... (GER) 14th Sergej Wassin .... (UKR) 3.5 Points 15th Sergej Smirnow ... (RUS) 57th Jozsef Denes ..... (HUN) 16th Teresa Debowska .. (POL) 58th Peter Kopriva .... (CZE) 17th Alexej Mikhalew .. (RUS) 59th Mumin Aksu ....... (TUR) 18th Jacek Ruszczycki . (POL) 60th Kerim O. Altinok . (TUR) 19th Ryszard Suder .... (POL) 61st Selim E. Altinok . (TUR) 20th Manfred M걄ler ... (GER) 62nd Daniel Vonr갺en .. (GER) 21st Jos� Martinez .... (ESP) 22nd Franc Mlacnik .... (SLO) 3.0 Points 63rd Viach. Khokhlov .. (MDA) 5.0 Points 64th Andr� Schmeisser . (FRA) 23rd Adi Akman ........ (ISR) 65th Sergej Ivanenka .. (BLR) 24th J걊gen Pohlers ... (GER) 66th Jan Boer ......... (NED) 25th Ged. Rutkauskas .. (LTU) 67th Idamis Kibitzis .. (GRE) 26th Iwan Jatyczyin ... (UKR) 68th Sylv. Barnovski .. (POL) 27th Miklos Rev ....... (HUN) 69th Alfred Gromme .... (SUI) 28th Dieter Bischoff .. (GER) 29th Anton Lindenmair . (GER) 2.5 Points 30th Sevilla D. Aguilar (ESP) 70th Gerasim Mynzatu .. (MDA) 31st Anatol. Novikovas (LTU) 71st Werner Fries ..... (GER) 4.5 Points 2.0 Points 32nd Paul Er"s ........ (HUN) 72nd Elisabeth Fries .. (GER) 33rd Jan Tartarczak ... (POL) 34th Heinz Engl ....... (GER) 1.0 Point 35th Zdzisl. Wojcieszyn (POL) 73rd George Plechaty .. (ENG) 36th F. Raul Blasco ... (ESP) 37th Milenko Cabarkapa (YUG) 0.5 Point 38th Ivan Janez Mlacnik (SLO) 74th Remzi Colak ...... (TUR) 4.5 Points 39th Alexandru Pirosca (ROM) 40th Frank Schellmann . (GER) 41st Ludwig Beutelhoff (GER) 42nd Jan Van Gelder ... (NED) 43rd Tanja Vonr갺en ... (GER) 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Youth WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP of the I.B.C.A. for the Blind and Visually Impaired Kortrijk (Belgium) 21st-30th August 1999 From 21st to 30th August 1999, The Youth WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP of the I.B.C.A. for the Blind and Visually Impaired took place with 43 players from 16 countries in Kortrijk (Belgien) in a school for the blind. there were five young ladies. The tournament is - according to our tournament regulations - open to players not older than 21 years of age before 31st december of the year the event is held. Youngest participant was with 11 years Anna Stolarczyk (Poland), who ended on rank three. The tournament was a seven [7] round Swiss with forty moves in two [2] hours and one additional hour for each player. Here are the results: Rank Name Country Points 1. Piet Devos .......... (BEL) ...... 7,0 2. Adrien Hervais ...... (FRA) ...... 5,5 3. Anna Stolarczyk ..... (POL) ...... 5,5 Congratulation of the whole I.B.C.A. and: Be successful players in future! 5,0 Points 3,0 Points Karel Vlach ......... (CZE) Helmut Wasserbauer .. (AUT) Josef Polnar ........ (CZE) Pero Pavlovic ....... (CRO) Miroslav Pavlovic ... (CRO) Bohdan Moysa ........ (UKR) Francese Canals ..... (ESP) Miroslav Pavlik ..... (CZE) Perica Mihaljevic ... (CRO) Rosa Sanchez ........ (ESP) Mark Kirkham ........ (ENG) 4,5 Points Andriy Pavlenko ..... (UKR) 2,5 Points Sylvester Barnowski . (POL) Rachel Hall ......... (ENG) Steffan Matthias .... (GER) 4,0 Points Eileen Langendiekhoff (GER) Veronika Subertova .. (CZE) Lengenvelder Viljoen (RSA) Gadodia Gaurav ...... (IND) David Mrstina ....... (CZE) 2,0 Points Jan Vanur ........... (SVK) Kevin Djerdi ........ (BEL) Ali Yunusov ......... (RUS) Joris Verhulst ...... (BEL) Willem Liebenberg ... (RSA) Jacobus Bierman ..... (RSA) Lubos Chlanda ....... (CZE) Karol Jakubik ....... (SVK) Bojan Neskovic ...... (YUG) Peter Koleno ........ (SVK) Edward Green ........ (ENG 3.5 Points 1.5 Points Miroslav Bernik ..... (SVK) Willem Waegeman ..... (BEL) Jordi Arcas ......... (ESP) Andrei Lomaev ....... (RUS) Stefan Filo ......... (SVK) Marek Pedaz ......... (CZE) 1,0 Points Luke Hewitt ......... (ENG) Gustavo Vargas ...... (VEN) David Fernandez ..... (ESP) 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Austria The 10th under-21-championship and for pupils of the (r)Austrian Braille Chess Association� ((tm)BSB) saw 15 Participants. It was this year organized from 17th to 20th May in the (r)Guest House for the Youth� at Saalbach-Jausern. The competition for the youth was won by Helmut Wasserbauer. The 48th championship of the (r)Wiener Schachrunde� was dominated by Hartmut Kautzky. He scored 18.0 followed by Johann Pasteiner and Arnold Gerold with 16.5 points each. Danmark The North Championship a traditional team competition between the Braille chess organizations of the Skandinavian states and Finland was this year organized by Danmark from 12th to 14th February 1999 in the hotel for the blind in Fredericia at six [6] boards. It was won by the Danish team with 10 points in a close finish followed by Sweden (9,5) and Norway (9,0); Finland could only score 7,5 points due to the fact that they hadn't but five [5] players available. Germany The first chess event for the blind and visually handicapped in the millenium to come is the biennual (r)International German Open� from 1st to 9th January 2000 in the town of Gelsenkirchen (Ruhr district) Hotel MARITIM Telefon: 004 9/ 0209 | 1760 Am Stadtgarten 1 Telefax: .. / .. | 1762091 D 45849 Gelsenkirchen-Ruhr The price per person for the whole time is 680.-- DM in a double room and 720.-- DM in a single room respektively; that includes accommodation on half board basis. The entry fee amounts to 50.-- DM per player. Closing date is the 15th october 1999. Your application should include 100.-- DM payment on the costs to: D B S B Dresdener Bank Bankleitzahl: 500 | 800 | 00 Kontonummer: 90.749.200 Key Word: DBSB-Open The following prizes are to win: 1st Rank DM 600.-- 4. Rank DM 100.-- 2nd Rank DM 400.-- and six prizes more in money. 3rd Rank DM 200.-- Germany You can reach the venue by local trains from the international airports Duesseldorf, Koeln-Bonn or Moenchengladbach. You can also make your way to the M A R I T I M Hotel directly from the main stations either in Gelsenkirchen (six minutes) or in Essen (35 minutes) by tram (Line 107 starting as underground - Stopp FELDMARK, two times the hour). By car you leave the Autobahn (r)A� at A2 Gelsenkirchen-Buer, A40 (or partly B1 - (r)B� = Bundesstra�e) Gelsenkirchen, A42 Gelsenkirchen-Schalke. For further details please apply to: Werner Fries Telephone: 0049 / 69 | 5.481.111 Gie�ener Str. 70 Telefax: 0049 / 69 | 546.666 D 60435 Frankfurt a.M. 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� Norway The championship of the Norske Synshemmedes Sjakkforbund was organized over Whitsun tide in a remote area high up - about 1,000 m in the mountains. 15 participants played in two [2] divisions. The old and new champion is Svein Tore Fesche (5,0 points (out of five [5] Rounds), 2nd Ivan Wiken (4.0 Points), 3rd Niels Setterberge (2.0). Odd Urvik was in the congress confirmed as chairman. Switzerland The Swiss Braille Chess Association organized its championship 1999 in the (r)Holiday Centre for the Blind� Solsana at Saanen. The time was over Whitsun, from 22nd to 24th May. Arbiter Bernhard Holzer made the event with 30 players in two [2] divisions - group 1: 24 and group 2: 6 players - a great success. It was played in 5 rounds (Swiss system in Group 1). Name Hometown Points Buchh. Verf. B. 1. Adrian B걊ge ...... (Basel) . 4.0 ..... 14.0 ........ 9.5 2. Bernhard Suess .... (Bern) .. 4.0 ..... 14.0 ........ 9.0 The two are followed with 3.5 points each: 3rd Fritz Boliger (Z걊ich), 4th Willi Boliger (Z걊ich), 5th Arthur Honn (Z걊ich) und 6th Jean Michel Blatter (Lausanne). Bernhard Suess was confirmed as President in the obligatory congress afterwards. Spain The O.N.C.E. (Organisaci줻 Nacional de Ciegos Espanoles) intends to organize an international open for the blind and visually impaired at Benasque / Huesca in the pyrenees as one of several chess events from 5th to 15th July in the year 2000. Everybody who wants to participate in this event should apply preferably by telefax to the I.B.C.A. President (0034 / 96 | 5.140.010) or to the Secretary (see above).