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THE WEEKLY KNIGHT
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(for October 9, 1993)
Ready or not, here comes yet another Hungarian prodigy...His
name is Zoltan Almasi, he's 17 years old and will probably be
rated over 2600 on the next FIDE rating list, making him one
of the top 30 or so players in the world. When that happens,
he will become one of the youngest members of an elite club
of players under age 21 with ratings over the benchmark 2600:
Vladimir Kramnik, 18, rated 2710; Veselin Topalov, 18, rated
2650; 19 year old Gata Kamsky at 2645; 20 year old Sergei
Tiviakov, 2635; Judit Polgar, 17, 2630 and Joel Lautier, age
20, rated 2620. Almasi will be the only member who is not a
Grandmaster--at the moment. Considering that he surpassed the
GM norm by 1.5 points in convincingly winning a recent
tournament held in Altensteig, Germany, there is little doubt
that he will soon join the ranks of the world's Grandmasters.
Almasi's performance at Altensteig was particularly
impressive, however. Not only did he win a tournament nearly
as strong as this summer's Hudson International in
Pleasantville, NY, (the highest ranked FIDE event ever held
on American soil), but he won by an unusually large margin of
1.5 points. He also scored victories over the top two seeds,
Yusupov and Romanishin and was the only player to post an
undefeated record.
The final standings reflected Almasi's domination as he
scored 6 wins and had 5 draws for 8.5 out of 11 points.
Yusupov was alone in second at 7-4 (4 wins, 1 loss and 6
draws), while German GM Rainer Knaak and IM Michael Bezold
tied for third at 6-5. GMs Romanishin, Bonsch and L.B.Hansen
all finished in the bottom half of the standings.
In the seventh round, Almasi demonstrated grandmasterly
technique in deftly converting an initiative into a full
point. Apparently, Black had counted only on 41.Rxa7 Rxg4
42.h7 Rh4, preventing further advance of the h pawn. However,
the young Hungarian's clever shot 41.Re7+! won a tempo and the
game along with it, since the pawn proceeds unencumbered to the
eighth rank, regardless if the rook is captured.
White: Z.Almasi Black: B.Zuger French Defense
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Be7 Qe7
7.f4 O-O 8.Nf3 c5 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.dc5 Qc5 11.O-O-O Nb6 12.h4
Bd7 13.h5 Rfc8 14.h6 g6 15.Nh2 Na5 16.Qd4 Qe7 17.Ng4 Rc7
18.Nf6 Kh8 19.Nfd5 Nd5 20.Nd5 ed5 21.e6 f6 22.ed7 Rd7
23.Bb5 Nc6 24.Bc6 bc6 25.Rhe1 Qd6 26.c4 Rc8 27.g4 Kg8 28.f5
Qf8 29.Qe3 Qf7 30.Qc3 Qf8 31.Kb1 Re8 32.cd5 cd5 33.Re8 Qe8
34.Qf6 d4 35.Qe6 Qe6 36.fe6 Rd5 37.Re1 Kf8 38.Rf1 Ke7
39.Rf7 Ke6 40.Rh7 Rg5 41.Re7 Ke7 42.h7 1-0
Glenn Budzinski
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