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Results of the
1st World WW Progressive Fischer Random Chess Tournament

Preliminary rounds

Group A

1 2 3

4

5 6 7 Total
1. Alessandro Castelli x 1 -

 -

1 0.5 1

3.5

2. Roberto Cassano 0 x -

 -

1 1 1

3

3. Ken White - - x

-

- - -

0

4. Alec Goudreau - - -

x

0 - -

0

5. Fred Kok 0 0 - (1) x 0 0

0*

6. Modest Solans 0.5 0 -

 -

1 x 1

2.5

7. Robert Sasata 0 0 -

 -

1 0 x

1

Ken White and Alec Goudreau have withdrawn from the tournament. Goudreau lost a game from Kok; White did not finish any game. The game Sasata-Cassano was declared a win for Cassano `on time'.

Final results
in group A

1 Alessandro Castelli 3.5
2 Roberto Cassano 3
3 Modest Solans 2.5
4 Robert Sasata 1
5 Fred Kok 1 (0)
6 Ken White 0
6 Alec Goudreau 0

Alessandro Castelli and Roberto Cassano go to the finals.

Group B

  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total
1. David Nazarian x 0 1 0 0 0 0

1

2. Andrea Mori 1 x 1 0 0 1 1

4

3. Roy Peters 0 0 x 0 0 1 1

2

4. Blazsik Zoltan 1 1 1 x 0 1 1

5

5. Alfred Pfeiffer 1 1 1 1 x 0 1

5

6. Joao Pedro Neto 1 0 0 0 1 x 1

3

7. Fabio Forzoni 1 0 0 0 0 0 x

1

Final results
in group B

1 Alfred Pfeiffer 5
2 Blazsik Zoltan 5
3 Andrea Mori 4
4 Joao Pedro Neto 3
5 Roy Peters 2
6 David Nazarian 1
6 Fabio Forzoni 1

Alfred Pfeiffer and Blazsik Zoltan go to the finals.

Group C

  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total
1. Deumo Polacco x 1 - - - - 1

2

2. Jouni Tolonen 0* x 0 1 1 0 1

3

3. Timo Honkela - 1 x 0 1 1 1

4

4. Gilberto Montero - 0 1 x 0 0 1

2

5. Bent Hansen - 0 0 1 x 0 0

1

6. Fabio Santoni - 1 0 1 1 x 1

4

7. Daniele Ferri 0* 0 0 0 1 0 x

1

Final results
in group C

1 Timo Honkela 4
2 Fabio Santoni 4
3 Jouni Tolonen 3
4 Deumo Polacco 2
4 Gilberto Montero 2
6 Brent Hansen 1
6 Daniele Ferri 1

Honkela and Santoni go to the finals.

Deumo Polacco has withdrawn from the tournament. He only had finished and won games against Tolonen and Ferri.

Finals

1 2 3 4 5 6

Total

1. Alessandro Castelli

x

0

0

0

0

0

0

2. Roberto Cassano

1

x

0

1

1

1

4

3. Alfred Pfeiffer

1

1

x

1

1

1

5

4. Blazsik Zoltan

1

0

0

x

1

0

2

5. Timo Honkela

1

0

0

0

x

0

1

6. Fabio Santoni

1

0

0

1

1

x

3

Final results
in finals

1 Alfred Pfeiffer 5
2 Roberto Cassano 4
3 Fabio Santoni 3
4 Blazsik Zoltan 2
5 Timo Honkela 1
6 Alessandro Castelli 0

Due to personal circumstances, Alessandro Castelli resigned the games in the finals and withdrew from the tournament. Alfred Pfeiffer had won a game against Castelli before this resignation.

Congratulations to Alfred Pfeiffer, who is a deserved winner of the tournament! He won all games in the finals, and only lost one game in the first round.


Last modified: October 28, 1997.