NEWSLETTER 120 (June 18, 2013)

CLICHY ECHECS 92 WINS THE TOP 12 OF THE FRENCH LEAGUE Clichy Echecs 92 won the Top 12 of the French League with the final result of 33 points. The team of Chalons en Champagne finished second with 29 points, whereas Bischwiller came third with 28 points.

The 34th edition of the Top 12 of the French League was held from 30th May to 9th June, 2013 in the town of Haguenau.

The tournament was played as a round robin event between the best 12 French teams.

Team compositions of the winners were: Dmitry Jakovenko, Maxime Vachier-

Lagrave, Laurent Fressinet, Loek van Wely, Richard Rapport, Pavel Tregubov, Hicham Hamdouchi, Yannick Pelletier, Axel Delorme, Almira Skripchenko and Jean-Baptiste Mullon. Final Ranking Team Pts j. d. p. c. Rk.

1 Clichy 33 11 50 54 4

2 Chalons en Champagne 29 11 22 37 15

3 Bischwiller 28 11 15 30 15

4 Evry Grand Roque 27 11 15 31 16

5 Mulhouse Philidor 26 11 8 27 19

6 Metz Fischer 23 11 -6 20 26

7 Marseille Echecs 22 11 4 25 21

8 Rueil Malmaison 17 11 -21 17 38

9 Strasbourg 16 11 -19 18 37

10 Vandoeuvre 16 11 -9 21 30

11 Grasse 16 11 -11 18 29

12 Migne Echecs 11 11 -48 8 56

Official website: http://echecs.asso.fr/

GM HANNES STEFANSSON WINS THE ICELANDIC CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP GM Hannes Stefansson won the Icelandic Chess Championship. He finished with the same result like IM Bjorn Thorfinnsson in the final ranking and beat him in a rapid tiebreak. This is the 12th national title for GM Stefansson.

The championship was held from 31st May to 8th June, 2013 in Reykjavik, with which the Reykjavik Chess Club celebrated the 100th anniversary of the national championships. Chief Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the Icelandic Chess Federation, was IA Rikhardur Sveinsson. Sixty-nine chess players competed for the title.

The Icelandic Chess Championship was played in 10 rounds, according to the Swiss system with time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game + 30 seconds increment per move, starting from the move one. The total prize fund was 6 000 EURO.

Final Ranking after 10 rounds – first 10 positions Rk. Title Name Rtg FED Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3

1 IM Thorfinnsson Bjorn 2377 ISL 8 62 54 51.8

2 GM Stefansson Hannes 2507 ISL 8 62 54 51.3

3 IM Gretarsson Hjorvar Steinn 2516 ISL 7.5 60 52 47.3

4 GM Steingrimsson Hedinn 2558 ISL 7.5 58 50 45.5

5 GM Danielsen Henrik 2500 ISL 7 58 50 39.5

6 FM Gislason Gudmundur 2321 ISL 7 56 48 39

7 IM Thorfinnsson Bragi 2478 ISL 7 54 46 36.5

8 GM Kristjansson Stefan 2494 ISL 6.5 61 53 40.3

9 FM Bjornsson Sigurbjorn 2397 ISL 6.5 55 47 34.3

10 Steindorsson Sigurdur P. 2234 ISL 6.5 54 46 32.8 Official website: http://icelandicopen.com/

GK BASZTA MOS ŻNIN – I WINS THE POLISH TEAM BLITZ CHAMPIONSHIP GK Baszta MOS Żnin – I won the Polish Team Blitz Championship with the final result of 21 match points. KSz "HETMAN" Katowice finished in the second place with 20 match points, while BKS Chemik Bydgoszcz was third with 15 match points. The Championship was held on 8th June, 2013 in Bydgoszcz.

Chief Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the Polish Chess Federation, was IA Aleksander Sokólski. Twenty-one teams took part in the competition. Team composition of the winners was: GMs Bartlomiej Heberla (POL, ELO-2543), Pawel

Jaracz (POL, ELO- 2556), Rafal Antoniewski (POL, ELO- 2558) and MAKSIMENKO Andrei Maksimenko (UKR, ELO-2543). Final Ranking after 11 rounds – first 10 positions Rk. Team TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GK Baszta MOS Żnin - I 21 38 0 2 KSz "HETMAN" Katowice 20 35 0 3 BKS Chemik Bydgoszcz 15 29 0 4 IMPACT TEAM Ostróda 13 27 0 5 OTSz Ostrów Wielkopolski 13 25 0 6 KSz Pod Wieżą Szczecin 12 24 0 7 SzUKS GOSTMAT 83 Gostynin - I 12 24 0 8 UKS Rotmistrz Grudziądz 11 24 0 9 GK Baszta MOS Żnin - II 11 22 0 10 NOK Nakło nad Notecią 11 22 0

Individual blitz champion of Poland became GM Kacper Piorun, who gained 11 points out of maximum 15. The first 5 players in the ranking scored the same points. The winner and the second, and the third in the final ranking, GM Krzysztof Bulski and GM Miroslaw Grabarczyk, were determined after tie-break matches. The men’s section of the Individual Polish Blitz Championship was held at the same site on 9th June. Ninety-nine chess players competed for the title.

Final Ranking after 15 rounds-first 5 positons - MEN Rk. Title Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM PIORUN Kacper 11 1 125 142 2 GM BULSKI Krzysztof 11 2 118 136 3 GM GRABARCZYK Miroslaw 11 3 118 136 4 GM JAKUBOWSKI Krzysztof 11 4 118 135 5 GM HEBERLA Bartlomiej 11 5 117 135 In the women’s section the winner was GM Monika Socko with the final result of 9.5 points out of maximum 11. WIM Joanna Worek finished second with 8.5 points, while WIM Klaudia Kulon won the third place with the same result and worse tie- break than the second. The championship was held on the same date and at the same site like the men’s section. Eighteen chess players took part in the battle for the title.

Final Ranking after 11 rounds – first 5 positions- WOMEN Rk. Title Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM SOCKO Monika 9.5 73 59 9 2 WIM WOREK Joanna 8.5 71 58 8 3 WIM KULON Klaudia 8.5 69 56 8 4 WGM ZAWADZKA Jolanta 7.5 74 59 6 5 WGM JARACZ Barbara 6.5 68 57 6 Official website: www.pzszach.org.pl TERMO EKO/RŠF WINS LATVIAN TEAMS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP – HIGHER LEAGUE Termo Eko/RŠF won the Latvian Teams Chess Championship – Higher League with the final result of 34 game points, Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte finished second with 30 game points. EST Chess Team won the third place with 28 points.

The Championship was held from 27th March to 9th June, 2013 at various sites. Chief Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the Latvian Chess Federation, was IA Alberts Cimins.

Final Ranking after 9 rounds Rk. Team TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Termo Eko/RŠF 16 34 0 2 Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte 13 30 0 3 EST Chess Team 13 28 0 4 Liepāja 13 26 0 5 Mālpils/Vangaži 9 24 0 6 Rīgas Šaha skola 9 20 0 7 Ventspils 8 25 0 8 Venta 6 15 0 9 Šaha skola Cerība 3 15 0 10 Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte/Juniors 0 8.5 0 Team composition of the winners was: GMs Fedoseev Vladimir, Starostits Ilmars, Kiselev Vitaliy, Sulskis Sarunas, WGM Daulyte Deimante, IM Kovalev Vladislav, WIM Dolgova Olga, FM Meskovs Nikita, Nikolajev Denis, Karklins Imants and Klimakovs Sergejs. Official website: www.sahafederacija.lv

IM MIKA KARTTUNEN WINS THE FINNISH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP IM Mika Karttunen won the Finnish Chess Championship with the final result of 7.5 points out of maximum 9. IM Vilka Sipilä finished second with 7 points, while FM Daniel Ebeling was third with 6 points. The Finnish Chess Championship was held from 10-18 June, 2013 in Mänttä. Chief Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the Finnish Chess Federation, was Jouni Lehtivaara. Source of the photo: www.fide.com Final Ranking after 9 rounds Rk. Title Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 IM Karttunen Mika 7.5 0 0 6 30.8 2 IM Sipilä Vilka 7 0 0 6 29.8 3 FM Ebeling Daniel 6 0 0 5 24.3 4 IM Mäki-Uuro Miikka 5.5 0 0 2 22.8 5 FM Niemi Kalle 5 0 0 3 19.3 6 IM Nyysti Sampsa 4 0 0 2 13.5 7 FM Luukkonen Tommi 3.5 0 0 3 11.5 8 Ahvenjärvi Jani 3 0 0 1 13.3 9 FM Järvenpää Jari 2 0 0 1 7 10 FM Hartikainen Markku 1.5 0 0 1 5 The Finnish Women Chess Championship was held from 13-16 June, 2013 in Mänttä. WIM Tanja Tuominen was the winner with the final result of 5.5 points, WFM Heini Puuska came second with 3.5 points, while WCM Anastasia Nazarova finished third with 2.5 points. Final Ranking after 6 rounds Rk. Title Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 WIM Tuominen Tanja 5.5 0 0 5 2 WFM Puuska Heini 3.5 0 0 3 3 WCM Nazarova Anastasia 2.5 0 0 2 4 Ristoja Aulikki 0.5 0 0 0 The Finnish Senior Chess Championship was held from 13-16 June, 2013. The winner was FM Harri Hurme, who scored 6 points out of maximum 7. Olavi Niemi finished second with 5.5 points, whereas Jouko Äijälä won the third place with 4.5 points. Final Ranking after 7 rounds – first 5 positions Rk. Title Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 FM Hurme Harri 6 27 22.3 0 2 Niemi Olavi 5.5 25 17.5 0 3 Äijälä Jouko 4.5 29 18 0 4 Pursiainen Erkki 4 26 9.5 0 5 Hall Raimo 3.5 24 11.5 0 Official website: www.mantanshakki.suntuubi.com

SWISS YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP FOR GIRLS – U 12, 16 The Swiss Youth Chess Championship for girls – U12, 16 was held on June 15-16, 2013 in Siebnen, Switzerland. Chief Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the Swiss Chess Federation, was Rahel Umbach. Fifty-six young chess players competed for the title.

Final Ranking – first 5 positions U 16 U 12 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 1 Georgescu Lena 6.5 35 203 1 Tamrazyan Gohar 6 29 2 Adzic Anna 6.5 32 213 2 Villanyi Alexia 5 32 3 Tamrazyan Gohar 6 29 210 3 Seliner Kira 5 30.5 4 Thode Gilda 5 34 196 4 Overney Alodie 5 25 5 Villanyi Alexia 5 32 194 5 Ortegon Melissa 4.5 24

Official website: http://rahelumbach.wix.com

AZERBAIJANI YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP FOR BOYS AND GIRLS – U 8, 10, 12 Azerbaijani Youth Chess Championship for Boys and Girls – U 8, 10, 12 was held from 04-14 June, 2013 in Baku. Chief Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the Azerbaijani Chess Federation, was IA Məmmədzadə Nurəli. Seventy-two children took part in the tournament.

Final Rankings – first 3 positions U 12 – Boys U 12 – Girls Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Asadli Vugar 9.5 8 47.8 0 1 Balacayeva Xanım 10 9 48.3 0 2 Mustafin Andrey 7.5 6 34 0 2 Mustafazadə Nigar 9 8 41.3 0 3 Gadimbayli Abdulla 7.5 5 34.8 0 3 Heydərova Aytac 8.5 8 38.5 0

U 10 – Boys U 10 – Girls Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Muradlı Məhəmməd 9.5 9 43.3 0 1 Beydullayeva Göv. 10 9 48.5 0 2 Əhmədzadə Əhməd 9 7 45.8 0 2 İsmayıl Məl. 10 9 46.5 0 3 Mustafayev Fərid 8.5 7 36.8 0 3 İsmayılzadə Z. 9 8 40.5 0

U 8 – Boys U 8 – Girls Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Süleymanlı Aydın 9.5 9 47.5 0 1 Allahverdiyeva A. 9.5 9 45.8 0 2 Əliyev Sənan 9 8 41.3 0 2 Behbudova Biк. 8 8 34 0 3 Babazadə Xəzər 8 7 35.8 0 3 Həsənova Nəz. 8 8 33.5 0

Official website: www.azerichess.az

FM KAROL RUCKSCHLOSS WINS SLOVAK SENIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP FM Karol Rückschloss won the Slovak Senior Chess Championship with the final result of 7 points out of maximum 9. The second and the third in the ranking, FM Vladimír Karlík and Igor Prívara, finished with the same result, but had worse tie-breaks than the winner.

The Slovak Senior Chess Championship was held from 02-09 June, 2013 in Tatranské Matliare. Chief Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the Slovak Chess Federation, was Faltan Peter. One hundred and eight chess players competed for the title. Final Ranking after 9 rounds – first 10 positions Rk. Title Name Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 FM Rückschloss Karol 2276 7 49 5 54 2 FM Karlík Vladimír 2294 7 49 5 53 3 Prívara Igor 2276 7 48 5 52 4 FM Mrva Vladimír 2176 7 47 5 52 5 Seelinger Lorenz 2172 6.5 48 6 52 6 FM Mikuláš Dušan 2108 6.5 47 5 52 7 Bakalár Ján 2009 6.5 46 4 50 8 Jerman Richard 2104 6.5 41 5 45 9 FM Szitkey Milan 2147 6 46 4 50 10 Milovník Juraj 1992 6 45 4 49 Official website: www.slovan-bratislava.com

GM NILS GRANDELIUS WINS 2ND GRAND EUROPE OPEN “GOLDEN SANDS 2013” GM Nils Grandelius (SWE) won the 2nd edition of Grand Europe Open “Golden Sands 2013” with the final result of 7.5 points out of maximum 9. GM Zbynek Hracek (CZE) finished second with 7 points and better tie-break than the third in the ranking

Source of the photo: soloscacchi.altervista.org GM Vladislav Nevednichy (ROU), who finished with the same result. The tournament was held from 10-18 June, 2013 in the Black Sea resort Golden Sands, Bulgaria. Chief Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the Bulgarian Chess Federation, was IA Vladimir Sakotic.

The total prize fund was 40 000 EURO. One hundred and fifty chess players took part in the competition, which was held under the patronage of Mr. Silvio Danailov,

President of the European Chess Union and Bulgarian Chess Federation.

Grand Europe Open “Golden Sands 2013” was played in 9 rounds, according to the Swiss system with time control of 90 minutes for the entire game + 30 seconds increment per move, starting from move one. Final Ranking after 9 rounds – first 15 positions Rk. Title Name Rtg FED Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Grandelius Nils 2544 SWE 7.5 41 51 6 2 GM Hracek Zbynek 2625 CZE 7 45 57 5 3 GM Nevednichy Vladislav 2580 ROU 7 42 53 6 4 GM Georgiev Vladimir 2532 MKD 7 40 51 5 5 GM Venkatesh M.R. 2506 IND 7 39 51 6 6 GM Solak Dragan 2598 TUR 6.5 43 54 5 7 GM Nabaty Tamir 2579 ISR 6.5 42 53 5 8 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2554 IND 6.5 42 53 4 9 IM Ashwin Jayaram 2472 IND 6.5 41 52 4 10 GM Arun Prasad S. 2522 IND 6.5 40 52 6 11 GM Spasov Vasil 2565 BUL 6.5 39 50 4 12 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2600 IND 6.5 39 50 4 13 GM Petrosian Tigran L. 2649 ARM 6.5 39 49 5 14 IM Raznikov Danny 2491 ISR 6.5 38 49 5 15 GM Rusev Krasimir 2556 BUL 6.5 38 47 4 Official website: http://goldensands.bulchesssummer.eu/

HOU YIFAN WINS CEZ CHESS TROPHY 2013 Hou Yifan won the Cez Chess Trophy 2013 after beating David Navara in the last Armageddon game. Before that, the two players finished their 4 classical games with draws and exchanged two wins in two blitz games.

The Cez Chess Trophy was held from 11-14 June, 2013 in Prague.

It was organized by the Prague Chess Society and took place at Michna Palace.

Official website: http://www.praguechess.cz BULGARIAN CHESS FEDERATION ON THE GUARD – ONE MORE CASE OF CHEATING DISCOVERED AT THE TOURNAMENT “GOLDEN SANDS 2013”

Based on the experience of previous cases, Bulgarian Chess Federation in cooperation with the Chief Arbiter Vladimir Sakotic undertook all the measures in order to avoid cheating at the tournament "Golden Sands 2013".

Considering the decision to control any suspicious behaviour of players, the arbiters reacted on time when during the third round the Bulgarian chess player Mladen Gotchev told arbiters of the tournament about the strange behaviour of his opponent Merkin German (ELO 1904, Russia). After they checked him, they found a mobile phone in the pocket of the Russian player. The arbiters also discovered that there was the position of the current chess game on the phone's screen.

"Considering that this is one of the most severe violations of Laws of Chess, I consider this measure as justified, to serve as an example for all players in the future, as well as an example for this young player, who chose to use these unauthorized means." – the Chief Arbiter Mr.Vladimir Sakotic wrote in an official statement posted on the website of the tournament.

The Russian Chess Federation and the FIDE Ethics Commission will be notified about the exclusion of the young chess player.

Official website: http://goldensands.bulchesssummer.eu/