NEWSLETTER 80 (June 18, 2012)

ECU BOARD MEETING IN BASTIA

The European Union Board meeting was held in Bastia on 07 and 08 June 2012.

The organizer of the Board meeting was Mr. Leo Battesti, the President of the Corsican Chess League.

Some of the decisions made at the meeting were:

1. Based on Article 2.7. regarding the ECU Bid procedure, the ECU Board decided to extend the deadline for one month for the ECU competitions for which the bid failed or all the bids are considered not to be qualified. All necessary information can be found in the section Bidding procedure.

2. The Bids of the Turkish Chess Federation for the European Club Cup 2014 and the European Team Championship 2015 are not valid because they reached the ECU office after the deadline. The bids were sent on 01 May 2012 at 10.19 PM CET.

3. As there was only one bid and the venues are well known, the Board already awarded the following competitions:

 European Team Championship 2015 to Reykjavik, Iceland

 European Individual Championship to Yerevan, Armenia

 European Youth Championship U8 – U18 to , Georgia

 European Senior Team Championship to Sibenik, Croatia

(The Bid fee was not paid by the Bidder from Porto Carras, )

 European Individual School Championship to Kalithea, Greece

(Croatian Chess Federation withdrew they bid)

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 EU Youth Championship to Malenovice, Czech Republic

4. The dates of the European Individual Championship 2013 and the European Youth Championship 2013 were changed. The ECU Board accepted the requests from the Polish Chess Federation and Montenegro Chess Federation to change the dates of the competitions. The Polish Chess Federation will organize the European Individual Championship from 04-17 May 2013, while Montenegro Chess Federation will organize the European Youth Championship 2013 from September 28 – October 09, 2013.

Official website: www.europechess.net

EUROPEAN RAPID AND BLITZ CLUB CUP CANCELED

Organizers of the European Rapid and Blitz Club Cup, the Tinerii Maestri Chess Club and the Romanian Chess Federation, have decided that, because of the lack of interest showed by European chess clubs in this new continental competition, they will cancel the 2012 edition which was supposed to be held in Bucharest, Romania from 08-12 August, 2012.

Official website: www.europechess.net

WIM TANJA TUOMINEN WON THE FINNISH WOMEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP’2012

WIM Tanja Tuominen won the Finnish Women Chess Championship’2012 with the final result of 5.5 points from possible 7. WFM Heini Puuska took the silver medal, she finished on a half point distance from the winner. Third was Anastasia Nazarova with 4.5 points. The Championship was held in Helsinki, on June 14-17, 2012.

The Chief-Arbiter of the tournament was Timo Munukka.

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Final Ranking after 7 rounds

Rk. Name Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 WIM Tuominen Tanja 2097 5,5 0 5 13 2 WFM Puuska Heini 1989 5 0 4 11 3 Nazarova Anastasia 1628 4,5 0 4 8,5 4 Tumanova Irina 1729 2 0,5 1 2,8 5 Larionova Maria 1559 2 0,5 1 2,3 6 Larionova Katariina 1461 1,5 0 1 1,5 7 Peltoniemi Milla 1385 0,5 0 0 1 Official website: http://sm2012.shakkiliitto.net

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 on June 09-19, 2012. The Chief-Arbiter of the tournament was IA Lutfiyar Rustamov. The total number of children who participated in the Championship was 74.

Final Rankings-after 11 rounds

Boys – U 12 Girls – U 12

Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Asadli Vugar 8,5 44,3 7 0 1 Mammadzada Gunay 9,5 51,3 9 0 2 Bashirli Nail 7,5 39 7 0 2 Ibrahimli Leyla 6,5 26 5 0 3 Abishli Oguz 7,5 36,8 6 0 3 Mustafazada Nigar Arif 6 27 5 0

Boys – U 10 Girls – U 10

Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Aliyev Ravan 9 45 7 0 1 Beydullayeva Govhar 11 63,5 10 0 2 Qadimbayli Abdulla 8 37 7 0 2 Heydarova Aytaj 11 67 9 0 3 Ibrahimli Murad 7,5 34,5 7 0 3 Tahirova Sevil 11 57,5 10 0

Boys – U 8 Girls – U 8

Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Manafov Vuqar 8 46 8 0 1 Rzali Sabina 11 63 11 0 2 Alizada Emin 8 39,5 8 0 2 Allahverdiyeva Ayan 9,5 42 9 0 3 Aliyev Rahim 8 36 8 0 3 Ismayil Malak 9 40 8 0

Official website: www.azerichess.az

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BEERSHEBA WON THE NATIONAL CLUB CUP OF – RAPID

The team of won the National Club Cup of Israel - Rapid with the final result of 29 points from possible 35. Second finished the winner’s strongest opponent – the team of Elite (Ashdod) with the same score, third was Rishon LeZion with 24.5 points.

The National Club Cup of Israel - Rapid was held in Netanya, on 15 June 2012.

The strongest forty teams competed for the title.

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Team composition of the winners was: GMs Michael Roiz, Maxim Rodshtein, Alexander Huzman, Evgenij Postnij, Alon Greenfeld and Tamir Nabaty.

The President of the Israel Chess Federation, Mr. Moshe Slav had two roles – he was the organizer of the tournament and a player for one of the teams.

Official website: www.chess.org.il

AZERBAIJAN DEFEATED GEORGIA IN A FRIENDLY MATCH

Azerbaijan defeated Georgia in a friendly match played between the national teams of the two countries. The final result was: Azerbaijan 14.5 – 10.5 Georgia.

The match was held on June 07-12, 2012 at Tbilisi Chess Palace, Georgia. It was played in 5 rounds according to the Scheveningen system with time control – 90 minutes for 40 moves+30 minutes for

the rest of the game+30 seconds increment per move, starting from move one.

The team compositions of both sides was:

Georgian National Team Azerbaijani National Team

1.Jobava Baadur (2721) 1.Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (2726)

2.Mchedlishvili Mikheil (2656) 2.Mamedov Rauf (2628)

3.Shanava Konstantine (2589) 3.Safarli Eltaj (2620)

4.Pantsulaia Levan (2581) 4.Guseinov Gadir (2609)

5.Gagunashvili Merab (2570) 5.Durarbayli Vasif (2579)

The first match between Georgia and Azerbaijan was held in 1972 and it ended with Georgian chess players’ victory 17,5 - 10,5.

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Website: www.gcf.org.ge

MAGNUS CARLSEN WON THE 7TH TAL MEMORIAL

Magnus Carlsen won the 7th Tal Memorial with the final result of 5.5 from possible 9. Second finished on a half point distance from the winner. Third was with the same score, but with worse tie-break.

The 7th Tal Memorial was held in , on June 07-18, 2012. The winners

The tournament was played as a 10-player round robin, with time control 100 minutes for 40 moves+50 minutes for the next 20 moves+15 minutes for the rest of the game+30 seconds increment per move, starting from move one. © Europechess.net Page 6

The prize fund of the memorial was 100.000 EURO, the first prize was 30.000 EURO.

Final Ranking

Rk. Name Rtg 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Pts SB 1 Magnus Carlsen 2835 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5.5 24.25 2 Fabiano Caruana 2770 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 5 21.5 3 Teimour Radjabov 2784 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5 21 4 Alexander Morozevich 2769 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 0 0 4.5 21.5 5 2825 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 4.5 20.5 6 2801 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 4.5 19.75 7 Alexander Grischuk 2761 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 4.5 19.75 8 2775 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 4 18.25 9 Luke McShane 2706 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 ½ ½ 4 17.25 10 Evgenij Tomashevsky 2738 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 3.5 15.75

Official website: http://russiachess.org

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