1992 (5th) Oakham Young Masters International, 24 March - 1 April 1992

1992 Oakham Young Masters		Fed	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
1	Alexei Shirov	LAT	2655g	b21+	w39+	b8+	w15+	b5+	w2-	b17+	w4+	b3=	7½
2	Vladimir Kramnik	USSR	2590f	w10+	b23=	w22=	b27+	w46+	b1+	w4=	b3=	b6=	6½
3	Viktor Bologan	USSR	2585g	b29+	w26+	b15-	w33+	b11+	w17=	b5+	w2=	w1=	6½
4	Vladimir Akopian	USSR	2605g	b7=	w18=	b42+	w24+	b15+	w9+	b2=	b1-	w16+	6½
5	Sergei Tiviakov	USSR	2575g	b42+	w25+	b16+	w19=	w1-	b12+	w3-	b17+	w9+	6½
6	Jacek Gdanski	POL	2435m	b44=	w34=	b18=	w7+	b25+	w16+	b9=	b15+	w2=	6½
7	Alexander Volzhin	USSR	2370	w4=	b9-	w37+	b6-	w47+	b23+	b24+	w8=	w19+	6
8	Sergei Rublevsky	USSR	2505	w30+	b46+	w1-	b23+	w17-	b19=	w22+	b7=	w15+	6
9	Jean Marc Degraeve	FRA	2470m	b18=	w7+	b24=	w10+	b19+	b4-	w6=	w25+	b5-	5½
10	Jesper Hall	SWE	2370	b2-	w14+	b20+	b9-	w28+	w24=	b16=	w18+	b12=	5½
11	Karsten Mueller	GER	2460m	w47+	b22=	w27=	b13+	w3-	b33+	w15-	b14=	w28+	5½
12	Mikhail Ulibin	USSR	2585g	w22-	b47+	w17=	b28+	w38+	w5-	b41+	b19=	w10=	5½
13	Jayant Suresh Gokhale	IND	2325	w15-	b50+	b26+	w11-	b24-	w18=	w40+	b41+	b25+	5½
14	Matthew J Turner	ENG	2250	w23-	b10-	w48+	w36+	b41=	b31=	w46+	w11=	b26+	5½
15	Aleksej Aleksandrov	USSR	2460	b13+	w41+	w3+	b1-	w4-	b46+	b11+	w6-	b8-	5
16	Michael Adams	ENG	2620g	w33=	b28+	w5-	b30+	w23+	b6-	w10=	w26+	b4-	5
17	Arnaud Hauchard	FRA	2420m	b34=	w52+	b12=	w22+	b8+	b3=	w1-	w5-	b21=	5
18	Adam Collinson	ENG	2335f	w9=	b4=	w6=	b40=	w27=	b13=	w31+	b10-	w33+	5
19	Michael T Hennigan	ENG	2375f	w51+	b35=	b40+	b5=	w9-	w8=	b20+	w12=	b7-	5
20	Peter Svidler	USSR	2465m	w28=	b33=	w10-	b34=	w30+	b29+	w19-	b22=	w35+	5
21	Dharshan Kumaran	ENG	2375f	w1-	b37=	w45+	b43-	w34=	w36+	b38+	b23=	w17=	5
22	Ronen Har Zvi	ISR	2350	b12+	w11=	b2=	b17-	w40+	w26=	b8-	w20=	b24=	4½
23	Rune Djurhuus	NOR	2420m	b14+	w2=	b38+	w8-	b16-	w7-	b43+	w21=	b29=	4½
24	Dimitri Reinderman	NED	2420f	w43=	b51+	w9=	b4-	w13+	b10=	w7-	w35=	w22=	4½
25	Tomas Polak	CSR	2410m	w48+	b5-	w35=	b44+	w6-	b43+	w27+	b9-	w13-	4½
26	Alisa Galliamova	USSR	2410wg	w49+	b3-	w13-	b50+	w43+	b22=	w35+	b16-	w14-	4½
27	Mariusz Bus	POL	2390m	b52=	w44+	b11=	w2-	b18=	w38=	b25-	w32=	b39+	4½
28	Gurunath B Prakash	IND	2335	b20=	w16-	b52+	w12-	b10-	w49+	b36+	w39+	b11-	4½
29	Artur Kogan	ISR	2370f	w3-	b48+	w31=	b38-	w37+	w20-	b32=	b46+	w23=	4½
30	Pontus Sjodahl	SWE	2345	b8-	w32+	b39=	w16-	b20-	w37=	b50+	w42+	w31=	4½
31	Jean Luc Chabanon	FRA	2410m	b38-	w45=	b29=	w49+	b42=	w14=	b18-	w34+	b30=	4½
32	Chong Ghee Ong	SIN	2205	w46-	b30-	w50-	b51=	b48+	w44+	w29=	b27=	w40+	4½
33	Alexandre Lesiege	CAN	2375f	b16=	w20=	b36+	b3-	w35=	w11-	b34=	w38+	b18-	4
34	Raffi Topakian	AUT	2255	w17=	b6=	w46-	w20=	b21=	b40=	w33=	b31-	w47+	4
35	Demis Hassabis	ENG	2290	b36=	w19=	b25=	w41=	b33=	w39+	b26-	b24=	b20-	4
36	George Gabriel Grigore	ROU	2430m	w35=	b43=	w33-	b14-	w50+	b21-	w28-	b51+	w41+	4
37	Eloi Relange	FRA	2275	b39-	w21=	b7-	w52+	b29-	b30=	w51=	b47=	w46+	4
38	Nino Khurtsidze	USSR	2220wf	w31+	b40=	w23-	w29+	b12-	b27=	w21-	b33-	b44=	3½
39	Peter Heine Nielsen	DEN	2420m	w37+	b1-	w30=	b46-	w44+	b35-	w42+	b28-	w27-	3½
40	Milos Jirovsky	CSR	2425m	b45+	w38=	w19-	w18=	b22-	w34=	b13-	w43+	b32-	3½
41	Martin Borriss	GER	2395m	w50+	b15-	w43=	b35=	w14=	b42+	w12-	w13-	b36-	3½
42	Andrew A Webster	ENG	2350f	w5-	b49+	w4-	b45+	w31=	w41-	b39-	b30-	w48+	3½
43	Li Yang Hsu	SIN	2290f	b24=	w36=	b41=	w21+	b26-	w25-	w23-	b40-	w49+	3½
44	Ron Livshits	CAN	2310	w6=	b27-	w47+	w25-	b39-	b32-	w48=	b45+	w38=	3½
45	Joshua Waitzkin	USA	2290	w40-	b31=	b21-	w42-	b49=	w47=	b52+	w44-	w51+	3½
46	Konstantinos Moutousis	GRE	2405m	b32+	w8-	b34+	w39+	b2-	w15-	b14-	w29-	b37-	3
47	Stephen J Cullip	ENG	2320f	b11-	w12-	b44-	w48+	b7-	b45=	w49+	w37=	b34-	3
48	Kim Le Quang	BEL	2250	b25-	w29-	b14-	b47-	w32-	w52+	b44=	w50+	b42-	2½
49	Denes Martinidesz	SUI	2215	b26-	w42-	w51+	b31-	w45=	b28-	b47-	w52+	b43-	2½
50	Graeme N Buckley	ENG	2205	b41-	w13-	b32+	w26-	b36-	b51+	w30-	b48-	w52-	2
51	Matthew S Piper	ENG	2275	b19-	w24-	b49-	w32=	b52+	w50-	b37=	w36-	b45-	2
52	Roger Beckett	IRL	(2205)	w27=	b17-	w28-	b37-	w51-	b48-	w45-	b49-	b50+	1½

Norms achieved: GM - Kramnik; IM - Turner, Alexandrov, Hennigan (his 4th), Hall, Volzhin, Gokhale, Har Zvi; IWM - Khurtsidze.

January 1992 FIDE Rating List

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1993 British Chess Federation Yearbook, ppn 70-71

5th OAKHAM 'YOUNG MASTERS' INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT

Oakham School, Rutland, 24th March - 1st April 1992

Widely acclaimed as the strongest junior tournament of all time, the Oakham Young Masters, for players aged 21 and under, was decisively won by the number one seed Aleksej Shirov from Riga.

Although unconvincing in some of the early rounds, the Latvian emerged as the sole leader on 5/5 with wins against Kumaran, Nielsen, Rublevsky, Alexandrov and Tiviakov. His only loss came in round 6 when 16-year-old Kramnik, the world's highest-rated untitled¹ player, won with black. [¹ in fact, he was an FM]

With three rounds to play, Shirov, Kramnik and World Junior Champion Akopian shared the lead, just ahead of Hauchard, Tiviakov, Bologan and Gdanski. Wins against Hauchard and, in a tense endgame, against Akopian, meant a brief draw with friend Bologan in the last round was sufficient to win him the tournament.

The 52 players came for 27 countries. Apart from Shirov and Adams (both in the world top 20), they included the three medal winners from the last World Junior Championship (Akopian, Ulibin, Tiviakov), the World Under-18 Champion (Kramnik), the World Under-16 Champion (Kumaran), the World Under-16 Girls' Champion (Khurtsidze), the European Junior Champion (Djurhuus) and a former World Girls' Champion (Galliamova).

What of the English players? With several unable to play (including Sadler, Ansell, Parker, Bibby), only the two Michaels (Adams and Hennigan) were in the top half of the draw. Adams lost an early game and never came into contention. Hennigan, seeking the rating points to take him to 2400 and his IM title, stayed on the high boards and had wins against Jirovsky and Svidler and draws with Tiviakov and Rublevsky. A last round loss will probably keep him tantalisingly short of his target.

Adam Collinson and Demis Hassapis were the 'draw kings'. Demis drew his first six and Adam his first seven games, before both had a win and loss sequence. Despite their relatively low ratings, five English players were well up in the final placings. Michael Adams (not low-rated), Michael Hennigan, Dharshan Kumaran and Adam Collinson were in the group 15th = with 5/9.

With a stunning finish, the highest Englishman was 16-year-old Matthew Turner from Bottesford, Lincolnshire. Matthew recovered from 0/2 to go to 4½/8. In round 9, he needed to win with black against WGM Alisa Galliamova to record his first IM norm. He did just that! Other norms were achieved by Kramnik (GM); Alexandrov, Hennigan (his 4th), Hall, Volzhin, Gokhale, Har-zvi (all IM); and Khurtsidze (IWM).

Richard Furness

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File Updated

Date	Notes
21 January 2025	First upload - 233 games and 1 stub (Volzhin ½-½ Rublevsky, rd 8). Various errors identified in the Mega Database file corrected and games fully dated, plus a full crosstable.