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Tuzla Interzonal (Women) (1987) "Although many expected the Soviet women to triumph and advance, this success is still a good feeling for them. This is what Nana Ioseliani, an outstanding representative of the Georgian chess school, said after the tournament. She spoke with joy about her young rival, 19-year-old Ketevan Arakhamia, and praised the only non-Soviet advancer, the Polish Agnieszka Brustman, who defeated Semenova 4:1 in the playoff match that decided the advance, thus becoming one of the world champion candidates for the second time in a row. ... There was a very big fight for the 2nd-3rd place after me. And it seemed that Brustman and Semenova were the surest candidates for advancing. This seemed logical, since they were one point ahead of Arakhamia. However, it seems that these kinds of World Championship interzonal tournaments with advancement have a special atmosphere. A lot depends on nerves, and it is not surprising that in the battle of nerves the young Arakhamia had an unassailable advantage. Undoubtedly, this little girl is the hero of Tuzla. It was her first time playing in such a high-level tournament, and she not only showed brilliant offensive play, but also surprised with her fighting skills." (Ioseliani in Sakkélet, transl.) Tuzla, Yugoslavia (Bosnia), 18 July - 7 August 1987 Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Ioseliani 25 2450 ● 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 13 2 Arakhamia 19 2375 0 ● 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 =3 Semenova 35 2230 ½ 1 ● ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 11½ =3 Brustman 25 2320 ½ 1 ½ ● 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 11½ 5 Sachs 24 2350 ½ 0 ½ 0 ● 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 10½ =6 Veroci 38 2360 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ● 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 10 =6 Hoiberg 31 2295 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ● 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 10 =8 Ivanka 37 2320 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ● ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 9 =8 Matveeva 18 2380 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ● ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 9 10 Liu 25 2335 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ● 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 8½ =11 Petrovic 33 2200 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ● ½ 1 0 1 1 0 1 7½ =11 Maksimovic 25 2345 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ ● 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 7½ =13 Khadilkar 24 2220 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ● ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 7 =13 Trabert 18 2225 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ● 0 ½ ½ 1 7 =15 Nikolin 26 2325 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ● 0 1 0 6 =15 Canela 28 2100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ● ½ ½ 6 17 Frometa 24 2220 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ● ½ 4½ 18 Lebel-Arias 41 2140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ● 2½ ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— This event and the Smederevska Palanka Interzonal (Women) (1987) were held in order to qualify six players for the Candidates. The 18 players in Tuzla had qualified from about 15 zonal tournaments. Seventeen rounds in 21 days, starting on Saturday 18 July. Rest days 22 & 27 July, 1 & 6 August (153 games). Chief arbiter: Bijader Atic. Ioseliani won ahead of Arakhamia, and after a playoff in Tuzla 9-13 August, 1 Brustman ½ 1 1 ½ 1 4 2 Semenova ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 Brustman also qualified for the Tskaltubo Candidates (Women) (1988). Sources Wikipedia article: Tuzla Olimpbase (https://olimpbase.org/ind-wwcc/wwc1...) Mark Weeks (https://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/87...) *FIDE rating list July 1987 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022112...) Sakkélet, 1/1988, pp. 11-15 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...) Tidskrift för Schack, 7/1987, p. 250 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1987...) Skakbladet, 10/1987, pp. 197-198 (https://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/...) ПОЛИТИКА (Politics), 1987.07.19, p. 17 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Pol...) Борба (Borba), 20 July 1987, p. 8 (https://istorijskenovine.unilib.rs/...) Борба, 8 August 1987, p. 12 (https://istorijskenovine.unilib.rs/...) Other Borba issues (available at https://pretraziva.rs/search)  page 4 of 7; games 76-100 of 153  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 76. R Khadilkar vs N Ioseliani   ½-½ 57 1987 Tuzla Interzonal (Women) B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 77. S Liu vs K Arakhamia-Grant   0-1 36 1987 Tuzla Interzonal (Women) B33 Sicilian 78. S Maksimovic vs Z Frometa Castillo   1-0 55 1987 Tuzla Interzonal (Women) B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 79. S Matveeva vs B Trabert   1-0 39 1987 Tuzla Interzonal (Women) D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 80. G Sachs vs M Ivanka   ½-½ 41 1987 Tuzla Interzonal (Women) E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 81. L Semenova vs M Petrovic   0-1 44 1987 Tuzla Interzonal (Women) E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 82. K Arakhamia-Grant vs R Khadilkar   1-0 28 1987 Tuzla Interzonal (Women) A57 Benko Gambit 83. A Brustman vs S Liu   ½-½ 26 1987 Tuzla Interzonal (Women) B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 84. Z Frometa Castillo vs Z Veroci   1-0 35 1987 Tuzla Interzonal (Women) B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 85. N Ioseliani vs S Matveeva   1-0 35 1987 Tuzla Interzonal (Women) B33 Sicilian 86. M Ivanka vs L Semenova   0-1 40 1987 Tuzla Interzonal (Women) A14 English 87. J Lebel-Arias vs N Hoiberg   0-1 63 1987 Tuzla Interzonal (Women) A40 Queen's Pawn Game 88. S Maksimovic vs Z Nikolin   ½-½ 9 1987 Tuzla Interzonal (Women) D02 Queen's Pawn Game 89. M Petrovic vs T Canela Gimenez   1-0 31 1987 Tuzla Interzonal (Women) D02 Queen's Pawn Game 90. B Trabert vs G Sachs   1-0 41 1987 Tuzla Interzonal (Women) B22 Sicilian, Alapin 91. Z Nikolin vs Z Frometa Castillo   1-0 41 1987 Tuzla Interzonal (Women) B03 Alekhine's Defense 92. T Canela Gimenez vs M Ivanka   ½-½ 45 1987 Tuzla Interzonal (Women) A22 English 93. N Hoiberg vs S Maksimovic   1-0 42 1987 Tuzla Interzonal (Women) B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 94. R Khadilkar vs A Brustman   1-0 42 1987 Tuzla Interzonal (Women) B22 Sicilian, Alapin 95. S Liu vs J Lebel-Arias   1-0 50 1987 Tuzla Interzonal (Women) C00 French Defense 96. S Matveeva vs K Arakhamia-Grant   1-0 43 1987 Tuzla Interzonal (Women) D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6 97. G Sachs vs N Ioseliani   ½-½ 41 1987 Tuzla Interzonal (Women) A90 Dutch 98. L Semenova vs B Trabert   1-0 46 1987 Tuzla Interzonal (Women) C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O 99. Z Veroci vs M Petrovic   1-0 44 1987 Tuzla Interzonal (Women) B06 Robatsch 100. Z Nikolin vs N Hoiberg   0-1 39 1987 Tuzla Interzonal (Women) C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical  page 4 of 7; games 76-100 of 153    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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