NEWSLETTER 155 (May 07, 2014)

GM DAVID NAVARA – CZECH CHESS CHAMPION

GM David Navara won the Czech National Championship - Ostravský koník 2014 with final result of 8 points from possible 9. The silver went to IM Richard Biolek, who finished with 6.5 points and better tie- break than the bronze winner GM Martin Petr.

This is the sixth national title for David Navara.

The championship was held from 26th of April to 4th of May in Ostrava.

Chief-Arbiter of the tournament, organized by Ostrava Chess o.s., was FA Jiřina Prokopová, Tournament Director - Marek Jelínek. The average ELO rating was 2290. Eighty-seven chess players took part in the battle for the national title.

Final Ranking after 9 roudns – first 10 positions Rk. Title Name Rtg. Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Navara David 2706 8 39.5 50 42.5 2 IM Biolek Richard 2418 6.5 39.5 49.5 34 3 GM Petr Martin 2529 6.5 39 51 33 4 GM Oral Tomáš 2515 6.5 38.5 49.5 35.5 5 GM Štoček Jiří 2540 6.5 34 44 29.5 6 GM Hráček Zbyněk 2633 6 39 51.5 33.5 7 GM Cvek Robert 2519 6 38.5 48.5 30.5 8 GM Rausis Igors 2578 6 36.5 48.5 33 9 GM Babula Vlastimil 2553 6 36.5 48.5 30.5 10 GM Krejčí Jan 2518 6 35 45 31

In the women’s section winner became WGM Olga Sikorova with 5 points out of 9, second was WIM Karolina Olsarova with 4.5 points, third – WGM Eva Kulovana – 4.5 points

Source of the photos: www.nss.cz Official website: www.ostravskykonik.cz

OBIETTIVO RISARCIMENTO PADOVA WINS THE 46TH ITALIAN TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova won the 46th Italian Team Chess Championship with final result of 13 match points. On a point distance from the winner finished the team of Chieti. Third was Libertas Nereto with 9 match points.

Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova is the last- year winner of the tournament.

The championship was held from 30th of April to 4th of May, 2014 in Condino. Final Ranking after 7 rounds – first 10 positions Rk. Team TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova 13 20.5 165 2 Chieti 12 17.5 131.5 3 Libertas Nereto 9 16.5 116.5 4 Latina 8 13.5 98 5 WorldtradingLab Club 64 7 15 107 6 Augusta Perusia 7 14.5 93.5 7 Arrocco 7 14.5 82 8 SS Triestina 1904 7 14.5 78.5 9 SS Torinese A 7 14 88.5 10 S.S. Milanese 1881 7 14 80 © Ecuonline.net Page 2

The tournament was held as 7 round Swiss with a time control of 90 minutes for the first 40 moves plus 15 minutes to finish the game, with 30 seconds increments from the first move.

Team composition of the winners was: GM Fabiano Caruana (2783), GM Hikaru Nakamura (2772), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2758), GM Kiril Georgiev (2623), GM Michele Godena (2528), GM Daniele Vocaturo (2579), GM Danyyil Dvyrnyy (2560) and GM Roberto Morganzini (2499).

The team of Chieti won the 7th Italian Team Women Chess Championship with final result of 10 match points, second finished Scacchisti.it with the same result, third was Accademia Scacchi with 3 match points. Photos by Giorgio Gozzi Official website: www.scacchierando.it

GM IGOR KOVALENKO WINS THE LATVIAN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2014 GM Igor Kovalenko won the Latvian Chess Championship with 7 points out of 9. The silver medal was taken by GM Arturs Neiksans with 6.5 points. The bronze went to IM Toms Kantans – 6 points.

The Latvian Chess Championship was held from 29th of April to 5th of May, 2014 in Riga. Chief-Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the Latvian Chess Federation, was IA Cimins Alberts, Tournament Director - IO Lavendelis Egons. The average ELO rating was 2265. Thirty chess players competed for the title.

In the women’s section winner became WIM Katrina Skinke with 6 points out of 7. Second was WGM Laura Rogule with 5.5 points, third finished WGM Ilze Berzina – 4.5 points. The average ELO rating of the championship was 1895.

Final Ranking after 9 rounds – first 10 positions - MEN Rk. Title Name Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Kovalenko Igor 2611 7 39 51 2649 2 GM Neiksans Arturs 2568 6.5 39 50 2582 3 IM Kantans Toms 2437 6 36 47 2517 4 GM Sveshnikov Evgeny 2523 5.5 38 49 2474 5 GM Miezis Normunds 2551 5.5 37 48 2455 6 FM Meskovs Nikita 2440 5.5 37 48 2481 7 GM Starostits Ilmars 2463 5.5 37 48 2485 8 NM Jankovskis Guntis 2302 5.5 36 47 2457 9 NM Putka Verners 2323 5.5 36 45 2447 10 MK Bernotas Arturs 2266 5 35 43 2323

******* Final Ranking after 7 rounds – first 5 positions – WOMEN Rk. Title Name Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 WIM Skinke Katrina 2219 6 19 27 2233 2 WGM Rogule Laura 2326 5.5 18 25 2172 3 WGM Berzina Ilze 2265 4.5 19 26 1987 4 MK Otikova Elina 1939 4 20 29 2024 5 WFM Ungure Liga 2019 4 16 25 1800 Official website: www.sahafederacija.lv

KAIDO KÜLAOTS AND MAI NARVA WIN ESTONIAN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2014 The 2014 Estonian Chess Championships took place from April 28 to May 4, in Tallinn. This year's event was also important in determining the Olympic team composition, additionally, the results of the Men's tournament will also determine who will have the right to play in the revived Baltic Zonal Tournaments. Spectators could hope for a week of uncompromising and fighting chess which the chess players did not fail to deliver as there were few quick draws.

Men's tournament gathered 10 participants. The main favorites were GM Kaido Külaots and last year's winner FM Ottomar Ladva. The drawing of lots ensured an intriguing finish – Külaots and Ladva were to play in the last round.

By that time both were beyond the reach of other players, with Külaots half a point ahead. Ladva had the Black pieces and chose risky continuations which gave Külaots a large advantage. The GM, however, forced a draw which was sufficient for win him his eigth national title. The silver medal went to Ladva and bronze to IM Tarvo Seeman. Final Ranking after 9 rounds Rk. Title Name Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 1 GM Külaots Kaido 2569 7.5 30 4 2 FM Ladva Ottomar 2353 7 28.5 3.5 3 IM Seeman Tarvo 2394 5.5 19 2 4 Jezov Roman 2218 5.5 18.5 2 FM Vovk Ilja 2319 5.5 18.5 2 6 FM Krupenski Juri 2280 5 16.8 1.5 7 Valner Uku 2227 3.5 9.75 1 8 Dubrovin Robert 2255 2.5 11.3 1.5 9 Siroš Ilja 2086 2 3.5 0 10 Nahkur Madis 0 1 4.75 0.5 The Women's tournament had 7 players. The winner, 14-year-old WCM Mai Narva, became the youngest player to win the Women's title. Her mother, WFM Regina Narva, won the bronze medal, and sister, WCM Triin Narva, was fourth. The Narva chess family might have gathered all three medals were it not for WIM Monika Tsõganova who won the silver medal.

Final Ranking after 7 rounds Rk. Title Name Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 1 WCM Narva Mai 2002 5 13 2 2 WIM Tsõganova Monika 2081 4.5 10.3 2 3 WFM Narva Regina 2047 3 7 1 WCM Narva Triin 2080 3 7 1 5 WIM Pärnpuu Leili 2076 2.5 6.5 1 6 Viikmaa Karmen 1688 2.5 5 1.5 7 WFM Brokko Margit 2045 0.5 1.25 0 Official website: www.maleliit.ee

GM SARUNAS ŠULSKIS – THE NEW LITHUANIAN CHESS CHAMPION GM Sarunas Sulskis won the Lithuanian Chess Championship with 7.5 points out of 9. The silver medal went GM Aloyzas Kveinys – 6 points, the bronze was for IM Tomas Laurusas, who finished with 5.5 points.

The championship was held from 24th

of April to 1st of May, 2014 in Vilnius.

Final Ranking after 9 rounds Rk. Title Name Rtg. Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3

1 GM Šulskis Šarūnas 2533 7.5 30.25 0.0 6

2 GM Kveinys Aloyzas 2543 6.0 25.25 0.0 3

3 IM Laurušas Tomas 2418 5.5 21.75 0.0 3

4 IM Beinoras Mindaugas 2404 4.5 20.00 0.0 2

5 IM Pileckis Emilis 2461 4.0 16.75 0.0 2

6 Stremavičius Titas 2284 4.0 15.25 0.0 3

7 Šetkauskas Vaidas 2208 4.0 15.00 0.0 2

8 FM Vedrickas Tautvydas 2330 3.5 13.50 0.0 2

9 GM Mališauskas Vidmantas 2436 3.0 13.50 0.0 0

10 FM Kalvaitis Sigitas 2263 3.0 12.75 0.0 1

Official website: www.chessfed.lt

17TH CUP OF BULGARIA “THE QUEEN OF TARNOVO” The 17th Cup of Bulgaria “The Queen of Tarnovo” took place on May 01-02, 2014 in Veliko Tarnovo. Two hundred fifty five young chess players from forty-seven clubs competed in the tournament, which was organized by the chess club Etar, Municipality of Veliko Tarnovo and the Bulgarian Chess Federation.

Chief-Arbiter of the event was IA Nikolay Yordanov. The average ELO rating was 1458.

Final Rankings: Final ranking under 14

Rk. Title Name Rtg C lub Pts BH. BH. Vict Fide

1 Petrov Martin 1965 Stolichen centar 6 30½ 34½ 5 26½

2 WCM Radeva Viktoria 1761 Spartak Pd 5½ 27½ 30½ 5 24½

3 FM Stoyanov Tsvetan 1718 Burgas 64 5½ 25½ 28 5 22½

4 Boev Viktor 1732 Plovdiv 5½ 25 28 5 19½

5 Tsvetanov David 1669 Pleven 21 5 25 28 5 19

6 Ganchev Georgi 1491 Shumen 5 25 26 5 19

Final ranking under 12

Rk. Title Name Rtg Club Pts BH. BH. Vict Fide

1 WFM Antova Gabriela 1710 Shah21 6 30½ 34 6 27

2 Peycheva Gergana 1613 An Pasan 6 30 33 5 25½

3 Neikov Radostin 1558 Pristis 5½ 29½ 32½ 5 24

4 Petkov Matey 1742 Lokomotiv Sf 5½ 28 31 5 23

5 Varbanov Vladimir 1628 Spartak Pleven 21 5½ 24 27 5 21

6 Ivanov Iliyan V 1500 Lokomotiv Sf 5 29½ 31½ 4 24

Final ranking under 10

Rk. Name Rtg Club Pts BH. BH. Vict Fide

1 Mitev Valentin 1518 Pleven 21 6½ 28½ 29 6 27½

2 Kolev Lachezar 1393 An Pasan 5½ 29 32 4 23

3 Portokalski Yordan 1606 Victory 5½ 28½ 32 4 22

4 Krasteva Beloslava 1350 Shah 21 5½ 28½ 30½ 4 22 Dimitrov Dimitar 5 1638 Energiya 21 5½ 28 31 5 25½ Gen. 6 Genov Ivaylo 1524 Kaisa 5½ 27 30½ 5 21½

Final ranking under 8

Rk. Name Rtg Club Pts BH. BH. Vict Fide

1 Tashev Aleksandar 1536 Transmariska 7 29½ 31½ 7 28

2 Botev Stanislav 0 Pristis 6 30½ 34½ 6 24

3 Kulev Atanas 1372 Asenovets 2006 5½ 30 34 5 23½

4 Zhelev Nikolay 0 Burgas 64 5½ 27 28½ 5 23

5 Vasilev Plamen 0 Pleven 21 5½ 23½ 25 5 21½

6 Ralchev Lachezar 0 Feniks 5½ 23½ 23½ 5 19½

The 17th Cup of Bulgaria “The Queen of Tarnovo” was held as part of the candidature of the town of Veliko Tarnovo to become European capital of culture in 2019. More information can be found here: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr131297.aspx?lan=1&wi=821&turdet=YES