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NEWSLETTER 121 (June 26, 2013) NEWSLETTER 121 (June 26, 2013) ECU PRESIDENT SILVIO DANAILOV PARTICIPATES IN I UNICEF ORIGAMI FESTIVAL FOR CHESS IN SCHOOL ECU President Silvio Danailov took part in I UNICEF ORIGAMI FESTIVAL, dedicated to the promotion of the ECU project “Chess in school” in Galicia and Spain. The event was organized by the Higher school “Pedro Floriani” in collaboration with the city of Redondela and Vigo Chess Club "Xadrez Galego" and was held on June 20-21, 2013 in Redondela, Galicia. On Thursday June 20th, at 18:30, after the official reception at the City Hall, in the Auditorium Redondela, Mr. Silvio Danailov explained in a very clear and instructive way all the details about the project "Chess in School" of the European Chess Union and focused on the benefits from the introduction of the game of chess in the schools. The official ceremony was attended by Mr. Javier Bas, Mayor, the Councillors for culture, Mr. Julio Monteagudo, and education, Mrs. Teresa Paris, besides the Director General of Education, Mr. Manuel Corredoira, representing the Galician Government. On Friday 21st at the Higher school “Pedro Floriani” origami and chess festival was held, which was done with the collaboration of ONCE (National Organization of Spanish Blind). A few games for blind people were played and also a © Ecuonline.net Page 1 simultaneous game, played by the chess team of the University of Vigo – Galician chess champions for 2012 and 2013. More than 500 attendees enjoyed the origami workshops, the magic and music performances. The main event was the setting a world record with Chess set, made by paper, weighing nearly 100 kilograms, which was presented by Mr. Silvio Danailov. All the economic profits collected from the sale of the origami products and participation in the workshops were donated to UNICEF. © Ecuonline.net Page 2 GM YURIY KRYVORUCHKO IS THE NEW UKRAINIAN CHESS CHAMPION GM Yuriy Kryvoruchko (ELO 2659) won the Ukrainian Chess Championship with the final result of 7.5 points out of 11 and better tie- break than the second in the ranking GM Ruslan Ponomariov (ELO 2743). GM Anton Korobov (ELO 2715) finished third with 7 points. The Ukrainian Chess Championship was held from 15-26 June, 2013 in Kiеv. Final Ranking after 11 rounds Rk. Title Name Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2659 7.5 38 0 4 2 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2743 7.5 36.8 0 4 3 GM Korobov Anton 2715 7 33.8 0 4 4 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2711 6.5 32.3 0 3 5 GM Areshchenko Alexander 2708 6.5 31.8 0 4 6 GM Efimenko Zahar 2651 6 30.5 0 1 7 GM Volokitin Andrei 2687 5.5 27.8 0 2 8 GM Eljanov Pavel 2707 5.5 26.5 0 2 9 IM Bogdanovich Stanislav 2567 5.5 24.5 0 3 10 GM Kravtsiv Martyn 2626 4.5 21.5 0 1 11 GM Baryshpolets Andrey 2547 3 15.5 0 0 12 GM Neverov Valeriy 2515 1 4.25 0 0 Chief Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the Ukrainian Chess Federation, was IA Oleg Tovchyga, tournament director - IO, FA Yury Gnyp. © Ecuonline.net Page 3 In the women’s section, the winner was IM Mariya Muzychuk with 7.5 points out of 9. GM Natalia Zhukova finished second with 6 points, whereas WFM Oksana Gritsayeva was third with 5 points. The Ukraine Women's Championship was held from 17-26 June, 2013 in Kiev. Chief Arbiter was IA Rimma Antonova, and tournament director – YaroslavMazurenko. Final Ranking after 9 rounds Rk. Title Name Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 IM Muzychuk Mariya 2484 7.5 30.5 0 6 2 GM Zhukova Natalia 2471 6 22.8 0 4 3 WFM Gritsayeva Oksana 2340 5 22.5 0 2 4 IM Gaponenko Inna 2393 5 18.5 0 3 5 IM Kononenko Tatiana 2369 4.5 19.8 0 2 6 WIM Tantsiura Maria 2195 4.5 19 0 2 7 WGM Kalinina Olga 2292 3.5 13.8 0 2 8 WFM Osmak Iulija 2210 3 13.3 0 1 9 WIM Andrenko Irina 2253 3 12 0 1 10 WIM Dolzhykova Kateryna 2301 3 11 0 1 Official website: www.ukrchess.org.ua © Ecuonline.net Page 4 IM GAIOZ NIGALIDZE WINS THE 72ND GEORGIAN CHAMPIONSHIP IM Gaioz Nigalidze (ELO 2456) won the 72nd Georgian Championship with the final result of 9 points out of 11. GM Luka Paichadze (ELO 2516) finished second on a point distance from the winner, while the third one was GM Davit Jojua (ELO 2548) with 7.5 points. The 72nd Georgian Championship was held from 12-23 June, 2013 in Tbilisi. Chief Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the Georgian Chess Federation, was Evgeni Melikset-Begi. Final Ranking after 11 rounds Rk. Title Name Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 IM Nigalidze Gaioz 2456 9 42.8 8 0 2 GM Paichadze Luka 2516 8 35.8 6 0 3 GM Jojua Davit 2548 7.5 35.3 6 0 4 GM Shanava Konstantine 2563 7 31 4 0 5 IM Quparadze Giga 2486 6.5 31.3 3 0 6 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2637 6.5 30.3 3 0 7 GM Gagunashvili Merab 2601 6.5 27.3 4 0 8 GM Pantsulaia Levan 2567 5.5 22.5 3 0 9 IM Maghalashvili Davit 2521 4 16 1 0 10 Lomsadze Davit 2342 3 10.3 1 0 11 IM Zarkua Davit 2441 2 5.75 1 0 12 Qalagashvili Pridon 2171 0.5 1.5 0 0 Official website: www.gcf.org.ge RISHON LEZION WINS THE ISRAEL NATIONAL WOMEN LEAGUE 2013 Rishon Lezion won the Israeli National Women League 2013 with 15 game points. CC Ashdod A finished second with 14.5 game-points, while CC Herzliya was third with 11.5 points. nd The Israeli National Women League was held from 2 February to 15th June, 2013. Chief Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the Israel Chess Federation, was IA Abraham Dorner, while tournament director was IA Almog Burstein. © Ecuonline.net Page 5 Team composition of the winners was: WIM Marsel Efroimski (ELO 2183), Nadejda Reprun (ELO 2139), Shlomit Vardi (ELO 2003), Adi Zimmerman (ELO 1421), Inna Goldenberg, Adi Federovski (ELO 1826) and Michal Lahav (ELO 1768). Final Ranking after 7 rounds Rk. Team TB1 TB2 1 Rishon Lezion 15 106.8 2 CC Ashdod A 14.5 107.3 3 CC Herzliya 11.5 76.8 4 CC Beer Sheva 9.5 54.8 5 CC Ashdod B 5 32.5 6 Hapoel Kfar Sava 4.5 21.3 7 Bnot Herzliya 3 22.8 Official website: www.chess.org.il ŠK BOSNA WINS THE 12TH PREMIER LEAGUE OF BOSINA & HERZEGOVINA SK Bosna, Sarajevo won the 12th Premier League of Bosnia & Herzegovina with the final result of 17 matchpoints. SK Siroki Brijeg finished second with 12 matchpoints and better tie-break than the third in the ranking SK Rudar, Prijedor. The 12th Premier League of Bosnia & Herzegovina was held from 15-23 June, 2013 in Sarajevo. Chief Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the Chess Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was IA Emin Kemura, while tournament director was Mr. Harun Jasarevic. © Ecuonline.net Page 6 Final Ranking Rk. Team TB1 TB2 TB3 1 ŠK Bosna, Sarajevo 17 41 0 2 ŠK Široki Brijeg, Široki Brijeg 12 33 0 3 ŠK Rudar, Prijedor 12 30 0 4 ŠK Alpong, Sarajevo 11 28 0 5 ŠK Slavija, Istočno Sarajevo 8 26 2 6 HŠK Napredak, Sarajevo 8 26 0 7 ŠK Glasinac, Sokolac 8 25 0 8 ŠK Čelik, Zenica 8 24 0 9 ŠK Drina, Zvornik 6 26 0 10 ŠK Željezničar, Sarajevo 0 12 0 Team composition of the winners was GMs Viktor Erdos (HUN), Milos Perunovic (SRB), Borki Predojevic (BIH), Predrag Nikolic (BIH), Ibro Saric (BIH), Dalibor Stojanovic (BIH) and FMs Resad Tutic (BIH) and Neven Jakupovic (BIH). Official website: www.bihchess.ba BORIS GELFAND WINS THE 8TH TAL MEMORIAL Boris Gelfand won the 8th edition of Tal Memorial with the score of 6 points out of 9. Magnus Carlsen finished on a half point distance from the winner. The third place was won by Shakhriyar Mamedyarov with 5 points. The 8th Tal Memorial was held from 12-24 June, 2013 in Moscow. The total prize fund was 100 000 EURO. The following chess players took part in the tournament: Boris Gelfand, Magnus Carlsen, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Dmitry Andreikin, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Sergey Karjakin, Alexander Morozevich, Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik. © Ecuonline.net Page 7 Final Rankig after 9 rounds Rk. Name Rtg Pts SB 1 Boris Gelfand 2755 6 26 2 Magnus Carlsen 2864 5.5 22.75 3 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2753 5 22.25 4 Dmitry Andreikin 2713 5 21.5 5 Fabiano Caruana 2774 5 21 6 Hikaru Nakamura 2784 4.5 18 7 Sergey Karjakin 2782 4 18.25 8 Alexander Morozevich 2760 3.5 15.75 9 Viswanathan Anand 2786 3.5 15 10 Vladimir Kramnik 2803 3 13.5 Official website: http://russiachess.org © Ecuonline.net Page 8 THE BULGARIAN CHESS FEDERATION CONSIDERS THE CASE BORISLAV IVANOV CLOSED The chess player did not appear in the headquarters of the Federation to prove his innocence The Bulgarian Chess Federation considered the case Borislav Ivanov closed after the chess player did not appear in the headquarters of the Federation to prove his innocence. On 19th June, 2013, Wednesday, Borislav Ivanov had to be subjected to "special tests with technical resources (lie detector) to prove objectively with scientific means that the chess player does not use any unfair means during his chess games." The president of Bulgarian Chess Federation, Mr.
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