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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- © Ecuonline.net Page 1 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. © Ecuonline.net Page 2 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 © Ecuonline.net Page 3 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. © Ecuonline.net Page 4 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. © Ecuonline.net Page 5 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 © Ecuonline.net Page 6 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 © Ecuonline.net Page 7 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.
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    Oslo, 22.3.16 Pressemelding Altibox Norway Chess 2016: Kvalifiseringsturnering på Fagernes i påsken starter opp onsdag 23.4! Kvalifiseringsturneringen for den siste plassen i superturneringen Altibox Norway Chess 2016 spilles som annonsert tidligere på Thon Hotell Fagernes parallelt med TV2 Fagernes International turneringene. Se vedlagte pressemelding fra 1.2.16 for bakgrunn. Siden forrige pressemelding ble sendt ut har for øvrig GM Hou Yifan, (CHN, 2667) tatt tilbake VM tittelen for kvinner ved å beseire ukrainske GM Maria Muzychuk 6-3 (UKR, 2563) i VM.matchen som ble spilt i Lviv, Ukraina 2.-14.3.16. Åpningsseremoni og trekning for Altibox Norway Chess Qualifier fant sted tirsdag 22.3.16 kl 18, med følgende utfall: Runde 1: onsdag 23.3 kl 14:30: Tari - Hou Yifan, Hammer - Grandelius Runde 2: torsdag 24.3 kl 14:30: Tari – Hammer, Hou Yifan - Grandelius Runde 3: fredag 25.3 kl 14:30: Grandelius – Tari, Hammer – Hou Yifan Runde 4-6 (hurtigsjakk): lørdag 26.3 kl 11:00, 14:00 og 16:00; som runde 1-3 men med motsatte farger Eventuelt omspill om førsteplass: lynpartier: Lørdag 26.3 kl 18:00 Avslutning/premieutdeling: lørdag 26.3 kl 19:30 Alle partier sendes direkte på internett her: http://www.akademisk.org/live/ Turneringen sendes også på en svensk nett-TV, se http://www.schack.se/byline/pressmeddelande/ Vedlegg: bilde fra åpningsseremoni/trekning (byline: Norges Sjakkforbund): fra venstre Nils Grandelius, Hou Yifan, Jon Ludvig Hammer, Aryan Tari Pressekontakt: Geir Nesheim, gensek NSF, [email protected]/482 22 572 Oslo, 1.2.16 PRESSEMELDING Altibox Norway Chess 2016: Kvalifiseringsturnering på Fagernes i påsken! Sjakkturneringen Norway Chess 2016 arrangeres i år for 4.
  • E-Magazine March 2019

    E-Magazine March 2019

    E-MAGAZINE MARCH 2019 0101 ECU meetings in Skopje ECU BOARD MEETING AND ECU EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY ARTEMIEV VLADISLAV IS ANDORRA WINS EUROPEAN SMALL NATIONS TEAM CHESS THE EUROPEAN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2019 CHAMPION 2019 Editorial WHY SPORTING BODIES SHOULD MAINTAIN AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES POLICY AND DISCRIMINATORY FREE ENVIRONMENT The latest ECU General Assembly discuss a case of racial discrimination occurred in a tournament in Sweden and took a unanimous resolution. Unfortunately, the denial of a player to play a game was not the only negative in the story. The action was promoted at the highest level, the player becomes an example who fulfilled his dream to meet the country leader and the message of hate was sent through chess is clear enough. There is a view till now with many supporters, even in official positions, that tolerating these actions, we protect and give the chance to more people to play chess as also more states to support financially our sport. ECU Secretary General Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou But is this our role in chess? When we adjust in silence our rules, we do not the same time justify and these policies? We do not encourage, political leaders or chief priests of any religion or extreme groups to apply more rules for us and promote their hate policies through sports? European Chess Union has its seat in Switzerland, Address: Rainweidstrasse 2, CH-6333, Hunenberg If we wish a "fair play" in chess, is not enough to strengthen our anti- See, Switzerland cheating measures. We should maintain an equal opportunities policy and European Chess Union is an independent discriminatory free environment, adopting related policies.