winner of the 6th OIBM:
Konstantin Landa
top-pairing of round 9:
Oratovsky (links) against Landa
Klaus Klundt became the prize for
the best participating chess-club
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Exciting event in Bad
Wiessee
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DWZ-calculations /German rating (TXT)
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games of round 1-9 (PGN)
The Open International Bavarian Masters in chess was holded in Bad
Wiessee for the sixth time already. And even in September
the 512 tournament-places we completely full-booked.
Therefore the organizers Horst and Thomas Leckner had to
inform a lot of interested players, that unfortunately no
further inscription was possible. Thus it was fairly
annoying, that more than 20 inscripted persons simply did
not come to the control of presense. It was surprising, that
also the Hungarian grandmasters Joszef Pinter and Gyula Sax
cancelled their inscription not before the day of the first
round.
After the opening-ceremony with traditional Bavarian music and a Swiss
folk performance the main-arbiter Willi Knebel started the
first round. In the beginning it seemed to be a clear
victory for the highest-rated player Vladimir Malakhov (ELO:
2670). Even after round 5 he had not a single draw and was
the definite leader in ranking. But in round 6 the Russian
grandmaster could not win against Michael Oratovsky (Isreal,
ELO: 2567) and gave the leadership to the grandmasters
Oratovsky, Golod and Landa. In round 7 the Russian
grandmaster Konstantin Landa became the only leader in
ranking, after he succeeded to win against Alik Gershon (ELO:
2562) from Israel. In round 8 the spectators were somehow
surprised about the early draw of Konstantin Landa against
Vladimir Malakhov. Most visitors expected an exciting game
between the two highest rated players, which would have been
decisive to the final ranking of the tournament. But instead
of this the game was over after only five minutes and 10
moves altogether. - Thus round 9 had to bring the decision.
Also for the special-prizedsthe tournament became more and more
interesting from round to round. In the category of best
senior Aleksander Kaminik (Ukraine, ELO: 2232) and FM Johann
Fischer (ELO: 2301) had a thrilling duel, in which the
71year-old Kaminik nearly managed to reach an IM-norm. But
Kaminik could not succeed to win against the strong IM Anton
Korobov (ELO: 2503) from the Ukraine chess-city Kramatorsk.
Also Johann Fischer could not win and resigned surprisingly
after only 11 moves against GM Konstantin Lerner. Because of
this Rafael Rodkin (Israel, ELO: 2252) had the chance to win
the prize for best senior. But also Rodkin could not win in
round 9 and therefore Aleksander Kaminik kept his prize for
best senior 2002, same to the 1st OIBM in 1997.
In the category of best female we saw the direct comparision between the
leaders WIM Barabara Jaracz-Grabarska (ELO: 2270) and the
Ukraine WGM Tatiana Kononenko (ELO: 2388) in round 8. The
match ended in a draw after estimately 30 moves. Therefore
also here round 9 had to bring the decision. Both Kononko
and Jaracz-Grabarska could not win in round 9. The German
WGM Oksana Sarana-Hungeling (ELO: 2291) used her chance and
succeeded to win the price for best female player.
Stefan Bromberger (ELO: 2414) was the positive surprise in the category
of best youth-players. After his victories against
grandmasters Romanishin (Ukraine, ELO: 2562) and Jaracz
(Poland, ELO: 2545) Bromberger also had the chance for his
first GM-norm. But therefore he had to win against the
Russian grandmaster Konstantin Aseev (ELO: 2571), too. Maybe
because of the pressure Bromberger played too aggressive and
even lost in round 9 against Aseev. In the end Levon Aronian
(Armenia, ELO: 2581) was the best player U20. But Aronian
also qualified for the prize of place 4 and therefore Zahar
Efimenko (ELO: 2567) from Ukraine got the trophy for best
youth-player.
Now back to the top-pairings: Due of the still open end of the tournament,
even the round 9 was exciting. Only Landa and Oratovsky on
board 1 agreed to an early draw. Grandmastera Khenkin,
Malakhov and Shabalov fighted hard against their lower-rated
opponents Womacka, Prusikhin and Naumann. Though Shabalov
(USA, ELO: 2621) tried nearly everything he could not win
against the German IM Alexander Naumann (ELO: 2513).
Malakhov and Khenkin succeeded in defeating their opponents
and reached rank 3 and 6 in the final ranking.
In the final result Konstantin Landa became the winner of the tournament
and title-holder of the OIBM 2002. But the victory was quite
close, because Landa and Oratovsky were not only equal in
points but also in Buchholz. Decisive for Landa’s victory
was the better average rating of his opponents!
For the 6th time in a row, the price for the best
participating chess-club went to the organising TV
Tegernsee. The team Khenkin, Hertneck, Beim and Bromberger
succeeded to gain two points more than the team of SG
Aljechin Solingen.
In the final closing ceremony Horst Leckner (tournament-director)
especially thanked the sponsors Kreissparkasse
Miesbach-Tegernsee and Bank Hofmann. Main-arbiter Willi
Knebel thanked the participants for the fair play during the
tournament. Also in 2002 the OIBM was an interesting and
successful event. During the sunny autumn days the
participants could both enjoy a well-organised tournament
and the beautiful landscape of Tegernsee valley.
Thomas Leckner
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