ICC Help: 1998-libs

Libraries of all major chess events played in 1998! Thanks to the
volunteers who created those libraries so you can play over all those
games. help libraries has info on how libraries work. For informa-
tion about a particular library, do "finger <name>" like in
finger Amber98.

Do "liblist <name>" to see the list of games in the library.
Do "finger <name>" to see some info about the games or a crosstable.
Do "examine <name> %5" to examine game 5 in one of the libraries.
Do "mailstore <name> %5" to email game 5 to yourself.

Please note that library game numbers have a % (percent) sign in front.

The following files contain even more library names:
help 1997-libs           Major events 1997.
help 1999-libs           Major events 1999.
help 2000-libs           Major events 2000.
help 2001-libs           Major events 2001.
help hist-libs           Historical chess events.
help WC-libs             All world championships.

  **** 1998 Events ****

USOpen98          US Open 1998.  Judit Polgar, Boris Gulko won.
Hastings98        Hastings, England  Sokolov first
Pamplona98        Pamplona, Spain  Morozevich wins
Gron98            Groningen Invitational: Milov, Tiviakov tie for first
Groningen98       Groningen Open section: Movsesian, Baklan, Epishin tie
PanAm98           Pan Am Intercollegiate  won by UMBC
Kramnik           Kasparov-Kramnik blitz match final score 12-12
NCC98             National Chess Congress, Philadelphia
JR98              World Junior Championship
ASZH              Shirov vs Hracek 5.0-1.0
US98              US championship, GM Nick de Firmian won
USOpen98          US Open 1998.  Judit Polgar, Boris Gulko won.
Germany98         Germany championship, 3 tie for first.
Zone11            FIDE Zonal for western Europe, 6 tie for the FIDE slots.
Zone32a           FIDE zonal for south east Asia.  2 advanced to FIDE.
US98women         US womens' championship  Krush won, Khan second
Tilburg98-1       Fonty's at Tilburg Netherlands. Anand won, Leko second
VAM               Hoogeveens Netherlands - Judit Polgar won
ManhattanIntl98   Manhattan International Chess Tourney
OL98              1998 Olympiad. All games for USA.
HC98              Holy City tournament in England GM Plaskett wins
ICC-France        GM Match played on ICC
CanCan            Match: 6 "veteran" men vs 6 ladies.
GKJT              Kasparov vs Timman 6 game match
Atlantic98        Atlantic Open 7 tie for first
FR98              French Championship, Dorfman first, Bacrot second
PZ98              Polonica Zdroj, Gelfand first, Shirov second
Hampstead98       Hampstead, England  won by GM Plaskett
Harplinge98       Harplinge, Sweden  Hansen, Lautier tie for first
LB98              Lost Boys Open, won by GM Stefansson
UK98              British Championship, Short won playoff with Sadler
RU98              Russian Championship, Morozevich won on tiebreak
USBlind98         US Blind Championship.
Bad98             Bad Homburg.  Korchnoi over Svidler, Yusupov, etc.
Rebel10           Rebel10 program.  Matches with Anand and Junior 5.0
MI98              Mechanics Intstiute GM Invitational won by Hogsdon.
USJR98            US Junior Championship won by Shliperman.
USCadet98         US Championship for players under 16 years old .
WorldOpen98       World Open in Philadelphia. Goldin first, Smirin second
Eurotel98         Eurotel Match  Kasparov 4.0 - Timman 2.0
Dortmund98        Dortmund Germany.  Won by Adams, Kramnik, Svidler.
AgencyGM-698      Agency Grandmaster Tournament in June.
Sigeman98         Malmo, Sweden, won by Miladinovic and Lautier
WCC98             World Chess Council.  Shirov-Kramnik 5.5-3.5
GKVT              Computer-assisted match between Kasparov and Topalov.
Bosnia98          Tournament in Bosnia won by Korchnoi.
IsraelAt50        2 Kasparov-Svidler ICC blitz games and Moscow-TelAviv.
Elista98-1        32-player knockout tournament in May, won by Ivanchuk.
Madrid9           Madrid May 11-21.  Anand wins ahead of 9 GMs.
GKvsIsrael        Kasparov versus the Israeli national Team, May 19-21
LVWvsJT           Loek Van Wely versus Jan Timman, May 7-19.
GKVT              Kasparov defeats Topalov 4-0 in Bulgaria.
DosHer98-1        Dos Hermanas, Seville, Spain, April 17-25.
Adams-Rowson      Match: Michael Adams versus Jonathan Rowson 3.5-0.5
Iceland98         Reykjavik, Christiansen wins over deFirmian.
NYOpen98          New York Open 1998.  Selected Games.
Linares98         Anand wins over Kasparov, Shirov, Kramnik, etc.
Wijk98            Hoogovens at Wijk aan Zee. Kramnik, Anand win
FIDE1, FIDE2, ... FIDE World Championship Knockouts, including the
FIDE9             Karpov-Anand finals in "FIDE9".

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