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New York Open (1998) "Artashes Minasian, a 30-year-old Armenian grandmaster, won the prestigious New York Open Tournament, which ended on March 22 at the New Yorker Hotel. He was awarded the $14,000 first prize for his top score of 8-1. With a 7 1/2-1 1/2 score, Minasian's compatriot, the grandmaster Smbat Lputian, took the $7,000 second prize in the nine-round, Swiss-system event. Third place was shared by the grandmasters Vladimir Akopian, also of Armenia, and Vladimir Epishin of Russia, who were each awarded $2,625 for a 7-2 tally. The tourney sponsor and organizer, Jose Cuchi, proved his love for quality by loading the roster of 194 players with 65 grandmasters." Robert Byrne in The New York Times, April 28, 1998, Section F, p. 6. "The New York Open started on Monday 16th March finishing March 22nd. There were 65 GMs and Michael Atkins covered the event on the internet. Artashes Minasian the 31st seed for the event won the New York Open after scoring 6 consecutive wins to round up the event. In fact the whole event looked like a victory for Armenian chess with Lputian taking clear second and Akopian a share of 3rd. Prizes started at 1st $14,000 (+ another $1000 for being clear winner) and dive to 2nd $7,000, etc.) also the winner took a porcelan chess set with a beautiful inlaid wooden board valued at $2000. In the final half Minasian took out Ziatdinov in round 5, Alexsandrov in round 6, Shabalov in round 7, Mikhail Gurevich in round 8 and Kiril Georgiev in the final round for a performance of 2837." Source: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi....  page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 244  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Granda Zuniga vs I Nogueira   1-0 25 1998 New York Open C33 King's Gambit Accepted 2. B Kreiman vs Movsesian   0-1 30 1998 New York Open B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 3. Movsesian vs R Tischbierek 1-0 32 1998 New York Open B58 Sicilian 4. Shulman vs Movsesian 0-1 40 1998 New York Open E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 5. Movsesian vs M Gurevich 0-1 49 1998 New York Open C02 French, Advance 6. D H Campora vs Movsesian   0-1 39 1998 New York Open B42 Sicilian, Kan 7. Movsesian vs Lputian   ½-½ 16 1998 New York Open C02 French, Advance 8. Ehlvest vs Movsesian   ½-½ 22 1998 New York Open B41 Sicilian, Kan 9. Movsesian vs Granda Zuniga   ½-½ 55 1998 New York Open B58 Sicilian 10. Lputian vs Dlugy 1-0 23 1998 New York Open D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted 11. E Schiller vs Yakovich 1-0 33 1998 New York Open A09 Reti Opening 12. Smirin vs N Gamboa 1-0 17 1998 New York Open A10 English 13. J A Torres vs Smirin   0-1 37 1998 New York Open B42 Sicilian, Kan 14. Smirin vs Onischuk   ½-½ 19 1998 New York Open A28 English 15. Shabalov vs Smirin 0-1 60 1998 New York Open B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 16. Smirin vs K Georgiev 0-1 26 1998 New York Open B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 17. N Miezis vs Smirin 0-1 30 1998 New York Open A22 English 18. Smirin vs Hracek   ½-½ 39 1998 New York Open C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 19. A Aleksandrov vs Smirin   ½-½ 40 1998 New York Open E91 King's Indian 20. Kharlov vs E Perelshteyn   1-0 42 1998 New York Open E71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3) 21. Chernin vs Kharlov   ½-½ 56 1998 New York Open A10 English 22. Kharlov vs M Berkovich   1-0 48 1998 New York Open A10 English 23. Hracek vs Kharlov   1-0 27 1998 New York Open B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 24. Tiviakov vs Kharlov   ½-½ 23 1998 New York Open B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 25. B Kreiman vs Blatny   0-1 68 1998 New York Open C10 French  page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 244    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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