Yopal 1997

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Yopal 1997
Compiled by Phony Benoni

A cozy little Category 12 tournament, giving players from Colombia and other Central/South American countries a little taste of competition with the European crowd. Let's see who we've got here:

Walter Arencibia Rodriguez (Cuba); Stuart Conquest (United Kingdom); Nelson Gamboa (Columbia); Gildardo Garcia (Colombia); Peter Leko (Hungary); Tony Miles (United Kingdom); Gilberto Milos (Brazil); Ivan Morovic Fernandez (Chile); Amador Rodriguez (Cuba); Alonso Zapata (Colombia)

The 17-year-old Leko leaps out of this group, and he indeed led from the start. Milos kept up until fellow countryman Gamboa got his only win of the event by defeating Milos in round 8.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 Leko * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 6.5 2 Milos ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 0 5.5 3 Morovic Fernandez ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 5.0 4 Miles ½ ½ ½ * 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 4.5 5 Conquest 0 ½ ½ 1 * ½ 0 0 1 1 4.5 6 Arencibia ½ 0 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 4.0 7 Zapata 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 4.0 8 Garcia 0 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ * 0 1 4.0 9 Rodriguez-Cepedes 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 * 1 4.0 10 Gamboa ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 * 3.0

A couple of interesting games from my biased point of view: Leko vs S Conquest, 1997 from round 1 and Miles vs A Rodriguez, 1997 from round 5.

Round 1 (Friday, June 20, 1997)
A Rodriguez vs G Milos, 1997
(B44) Sicilian, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 1 (Friday, June 20, 1997)
I Morovic Fernandez vs N Gamboa, 1997
(B33) Sicilian, 42 moves, 1-0
Round 1 (Friday, June 20, 1997)
Leko vs S Conquest, 1997
(B07) Pirc, 50 moves, 1-0
Round 1 (Friday, June 20, 1997)
A Zapata vs W Arencibia Rodriguez, 1997
(B15) Caro-Kann, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 1 (Friday, June 20, 1997)
Miles vs G Garcia, 1997
(A13) English, 52 moves, 1-0
Round 2 (Saturday, June 21, 1997)
G Milos vs G Garcia, 1997
(A17) English, 37 moves, 1-0
Round 2 (Saturday, June 21, 1997)
W Arencibia Rodriguez vs Miles, 1997
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 43 moves, 1-0
Round 2 (Saturday, June 21, 1997)
S Conquest vs A Zapata, 1997
(B40) Sicilian, 39 moves, 0-1
Round 2 (Sunday, June 21, 1997)
N Gamboa vs Leko, 1997
(A57) Benko Gambit, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 2 (Saturday, June 21, 1997)
A Rodriguez vs I Morovic Fernandez, 1997
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 3 (Sunday, June 22, 1997)
I Morovic Fernandez vs G Milos, 1997
(B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 3 (Sunday, June 22, 1997)
Leko vs A Rodriguez, 1997
(B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 41 moves, 1-0
Round 3 (Sunday, June 22, 1997)
A Zapata vs N Gamboa, 1997
(B85) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 3 (Sunday, June 22, 1997)
Miles vs S Conquest, 1997
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 48 moves, 0-1
Round 3 (Sunday, June 22, 1997)
G Garcia vs W Arencibia Rodriguez, 1997
(C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 4 (Monday, June 23, 1997)
G Milos vs W Arencibia Rodriguez, 1997
(C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 56 moves, 1-0
Round 4 (Monday, June 23, 1997)
S Conquest vs G Garcia, 1997
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 49 moves, 0-1
Round 4 (Monday, June 23, 1997)
N Gamboa vs Miles, 1997
(E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 4 (Monday, June 23, 1997)
A Rodriguez vs A Zapata, 1997
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 4 (Monday, June 23, 1997)
I Morovic Fernandez vs Leko, 1997
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 12 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 5 (Tuesday, June 24, 1997)
Leko vs G Milos, 1997
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 5 (Tuesday, June 24, 1997)
A Zapata vs I Morovic Fernandez, 1997
(B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 5 (Tuesday, June 24, 1997)
Miles vs A Rodriguez, 1997
(A28) English, 25 moves, 1-0
Round 5 (Tuesday, June 24, 1997)
G Garcia vs N Gamboa, 1997
(B33) Sicilian, 42 moves, 1-0
Round 5 (Tuesday, June 24, 1997)
W Arencibia Rodriguez vs S Conquest, 1997
(A48) King's Indian, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 6 (Thursday, June 26, 1997)
G Milos vs S Conquest, 1997
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 6 (Thursday, June 26, 1997)
N Gamboa vs W Arencibia Rodriguez, 1997
(D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 64 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 6 (Thursday, June 26, 1997)
A Rodriguez vs G Garcia, 1997
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 35 moves, 1-0
Round 6 (Thursday, June 26, 1997)
I Morovic Fernandez vs Miles, 1997
(C42) Petrov Defense, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 6 (Thursday, June 26, 1997)
Leko vs A Zapata, 1997
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 83 moves, 1-0
Round 7 (Friday, June 27, 1997)
A Zapata vs G Milos, 1997
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 41 moves, 0-1
Round 7 (Friday, June 27, 1997)
Miles vs Leko, 1997
(D85) Grunfeld, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 7 (Friday, June 27, 1997)
G Garcia vs I Morovic Fernandez, 1997
(B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 41 moves, 1-0
Round 7 (Friday, June 27, 1997)
W Arencibia Rodriguez vs A Rodriguez, 1997
(C42) Petrov Defense, 16 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 7 (Friday, June 27, 1997)
S Conquest vs N Gamboa, 1997
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 42 moves, 1-0
Round 8 (Saturday, June 28, 1997)
G Milos vs N Gamboa, 1997
(B33) Sicilian, 52 moves, 0-1
Round 8 (Saturday, June 28, 1997)
A Rodriguez vs S Conquest, 1997
(B15) Caro-Kann, 40 moves, 0-1
Round 8 (Saturday, June 28, 1997)
I Morovic Fernandez vs W Arencibia Rodriguez, 1997
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 49 moves, 1-0
Round 8 (Saturday, June 28, 1997)
Leko vs G Garcia, 1997
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 52 moves, 1-0
Round 8 (Saturday, June 28, 1997)
A Zapata vs Miles, 1997
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 9 (Sunday, June 29, 1997)
Miles vs G Milos, 1997
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 9 (Sunday, June 29, 1997)
G Garcia vs A Zapata, 1997
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 9 (Sunday, June 29, 1997)
W Arencibia Rodriguez vs Leko, 1997
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 16 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 9 (Sunday, June 29, 1997)
S Conquest vs I Morovic Fernandez, 1997
(A22) English, 17 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 9 (Sunday, June 29, 1997)
N Gamboa vs A Rodriguez, 1997
(E12) Queen's Indian, 51 moves, 0-1
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