ГоБиблиотека: Турниры/Европа/Фудзицу/1997

V European Fujitsu Finals 1997

EGCC, Amstelveen, 13-14.12.1997
Country
Str.
1st round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Winner
Romania 2pCatalin Taranu Taranu
France 6dFarid Ben Malek? Taranu
Russia 6dVictor Bogdanov Sorin
Romania 6dSorin Gherman
Taranu
Russia 6dAlexei Lazarev Soldan
Poland 6dLeszek Soldan Guo
Czech 6dRadek Nechanicky Guo
Netherland 7dGuo Juan
Taranu
Netherland 7dRob van Zeijst van Zeijst
Russia 6dRuslan Saifullin Yatsenko
Ukraine 6dDmitrii Yatsenko Yatsenko
Czech 6dVladimir Danek
Pop
Romania 6dCristian Pop Pop
United Kingdom6dMatthew Macfadyen Pop
Netherland 5dEmil Nijhuis Nijhuis
Germany 1pHans Pietsch
Catalin Taranu, winner 1997

With a similair line-up as last year, four players of professional strength and the rest renowned European top players, many people expected again an interesting tournament. However, nobody could expect the excitement and the upsets as they were this time.

Round 1 saw the biggest upset, Hans Pietsch, strong favorite for a final place (like last year), lost by resignation to the seventeen-year old Emil Nijhuis. This was a huge dissappointment for Hans Pietsch, because he came to win this time, after being runner-up last year.
Surprisingly, all Russian participants were eliminated too, so the quarter finals started with three Romanians, three Dutch, a Pole and a Ukrainian. And this Ukrainian guy, Dmitrii Yatsenko, was responsible for the second main upset of the tournament. Four time finalist and two time winner, Rob van Zeijst had a bad day. After a disastrous start he almost came back in the game, but eventually he lost by 2,5 points.
In the upper half of the draw, both seeded players, Guo and Taranu, came through. With an 16-9 record (1997) as a professional player, it was interesting to see if Catalin Taranu could match Guo Juan. Taranu won by 5,5 points to meet his friend and fellow countryman, Cristian Pop in the final. Pop won by 1,5 points after a dramatic game, which looked a winning game for Yatsenko for a long time.
The final was a relatively easy game for Taranu, who will bring Pop with him as insei to Nagoya in January. With this win Catalin qualified for the Fujitsu Cup, which will be played next year in Japan.