NEWSLETTER 87 (August 06, 2012)

GM GAWAIN JONES IS THE NEW BRITISH CHESS CHAMPION

GM Gawain Jones won the 99th edition of the British Chess Championship. Gawain Jones and GM Stephen Gordon finished with 9 points and the winner was determined after two playoff games of rapid chess. Third finished GM David Howell with final score of 8.5 points.

The 99th British Chess Championship was held from 22nd of July to 4th of August, 2012 in North Shields. Source of the photo: yorkshirechess.org Sixty five chess players competed for the title.

Final Ranking after 11 rounds – first 10 positions Rk. Name Pts. FED. Rating TPR W-We

1 GM Jones, Gawain C 9.0 ENG 2655 2687 +0.54

2 GM Gordon, Stephen 9.0 ENG 2539 2655 +1.66

3 GM Howell, David W 8.5 ENG 2620 2621 +0.33

4 GM Gormally, Daniel 7.5 ENG 2505 2472 -0.11

5 IM Hawkins, Jonathan 7.5 ENG 2499 2456 -0.18

6 GM Arkell, Keith C 7.5 ENG 2441 2462 +0.61

7 GM Turner, Matthew 7.0 SCO 2508 2468 -0.39

8 GM Conquest, Stuart 7.0 ENG 2501 2388 -1.25

9 IM Palliser, Richard 7.0 ENG 2482 2274 -2.39

10 IM Hanley, Craig A 6.5 ENG 2419 2302 -1.27

IM Jovanka Houska (ENG) became the new British women chess champion after her finish on the 11th place in the general ranking with score of 6.5 points. Second is WIM Sue Maroroa (NZL), who finished on the 38th place with score of 5.5 points, third Radha Jain (ENG) – 57th place with 4 points. Final Ranking after 11 rounds-WOMEN Rk. Name Pts. FED. Rating TPR W-We

11 IM Houska, Jovanka 6.5 ENG 2406 2332 -0.83

38 WIM Maroroa, Sue 5.5 NZL 2035 2141 +1.34

57 Jain, Radha 4.0 ENG 1868 2070 +2.32

58 WFM Bhatia, Kanwal K 3.5 ENG 2103 1944 -2.08

64 Hoare, Amy B 1.5 ENG 1958 1693 -2.55

Source of the photo: Wikipedia The British Junior Chess Championship was held in 8 categories: U-16, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8 with total number of two hundred and sixty young players.

Results – first 3 positions U-16 Boys Girls Rk. Name Pts. Rating TPR W-We Rk. Name Pts. Rating TPR W-We

1 Hackner, Oskar A 5.0 2017 1947 -0.46 6 Foster, Chantelle L 4.5 1809 1934 +0.66

2 Taylor, Adam C 5.0 1962 2044 +0.56 10 Wang, Maria 4.0 1743 1894 +1.17

3 Broadley, Henry 5.0 1898 1926 +0.30 14 Head, Louise 3.0 1745 1749 +0.00

U-14 Boys Girls Rk. Name Pts. Rating TPR W-We Rk. Name Pts. Rating TPR W-We

1 Malhotra, Tarun 6.0 177 464 +2.31 7 Kalaiyalahan, Akshaya 3.5 152 141 -0.11

2 Taylor, Adam C 5.5 168 389 +1.91 10 Keen, Cosima 3.5 140 1 -0.92

3 Horton, Andrew P 5.5 167 384 +1.87 12 Wen, Jessica 3.5 103 -7 -0.73

U-13 Boys Girls Rk. Name Pts. Rating TPR W-We Rk. Name Pts. Rating TPR W-We

1 Oyama, Akito 6.0 156 456 +2.42 4 Ashworth, Michael 4.5 149 229 +0.80

2 Claridge-Hansen, William 5.0 175 300 +1.17

3 Wang, X Anna 5.0 162 296 +1.27

U-12 Boys Girls Rk. Name Pts. Rating TPR W-We Rk. Name Pts. Rating TPR W-We

1 Zhang, Anthony Y 6.5 145 554 +2.87 12 Ressel, Eva 4.0 127 116 -0.10

14 Espinosa, Monica 4.0 111 173 +0.43 2 Higgs, Joshua 5.0 137 291 +1.47

16 Purvis, Anna 3.5 111 88 -0.19

3 McLachlan, Matthew 4.5 141 234 +0.91

U-11

Boys Girls

Rk. Name Pts. Rating TPR W-We Rk. Name Pts. Rating TPR W-We

1 Gupta, Arul 6.0 153 429 +2.18 3 Kalaiyalahan, Ak. 5.0 152 284 +1.25

2 Haridas, Girinath 5.5 130 330 +1.55 9 Ivanov, Elizabeth 4.5 114 165 +0.45

3 Zhang, Zheming 5.0 150 274 +1.17 23 Jina, Asha 3.0 102 -14 -0.93

U-10

Boys Girls

Rk. Name Pts. Rating TPR W-We Rk. Name Pts. Rating TPR W-We

1 McLaren, Charlie 6.0 114 402 +2.29 28 Somton, Anita 3.5 0 * -79 -79

2 Averbukh, Adam W 5.5 121 302 +1.39 32 Chan, Megan 3.0 0 -52 -52

3 Balouka Myers, Gabriel 5.5 105 279 +1.33 37 Wang, Emily 2.5 14 -45 -0.44

U-9

Boys Girls

Rk. Name Pts. Rating TPR W-We Rk. Name Pts. Rating TPR W-We

1 Brozel, Sacha 6.5 114 458 +1.86 7 Raghavendra, Mah 5.0 51 * 194 +0.50

2 Altman, Joshua A 6.0 115 297 +0.94 14 Lutchman-Singh, A 4.0 80 * -632 0

3 Pastukhov, Boris 5.5 108 324 +1.33 21 Gilbert, Isabelle F 3.5 92 -641 -1.00

U-8

Boys Girls

Rk. Name Pts. Rating TPR W-We Rk. Name Pts. Rating TPR W-We

1 Verma, Aditya 5.5 135 356 +0.79 6 Ramaiya, Arushi 4.5 76 794 +0.96

2 Altman, Joshua A 5.0 107 329 +1.38 11 Wang, Eva 4.0 73 197 +0.49

3 Sanitt, Leo 5.0 98 803 +0.92 23 Somton, Anita 3.0 40 * -48 -48

In the Senior’s section the first five positions in the final ranking was as follows:

Rk. Name Pts. Rating TPR W-We

1 Hutchinson, Norman A 6.0 2080 2368 +2.30

2 Emerson, Roger 5.5 2170 2284 +0.90

3 Habershon, Paul F 5.0 2134 2115 -0.14

4 White, Alastair F 5.0 2090 2146 +0.42

5 Myall, Ivan J 5.0 2071 2152 +0.92 The only woman in the tournament Gillian Moore finished on the 24th place with score 3.5 points.

Official website: http://britishchesschampionships.co.uk

GM ANTON KOROBOV WON THE FINAL OF THE 81ST UKRAINIAN MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP

GM Anton Korobov won the final of the 81st Ukrainian Men’s Championship with final result of 8 points. The silver medal is for GM Alexander Areshchenko, who finished with 7 points. Third with the same score is GM Andrei Volokitin.

The Championship was held from 27th of July to 7th of August, 2012 in Kiev.

Chief-Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the Ukrainian Chess Federation, was IA Oleg Tovchyga. The final was played in 11 rounds 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.

Final Ranking – first 10 positions

Rk. Title Name Rtg. Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Korobov Anton 2683 8 39.8 0 5 2 GM Areshchenko Alexander 2691 7 37 0 3 3 GM Volokitin Andrei 2704 7 35.8 0 5 4 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2726 6 32.3 0 3 5 GM Fedorchuk Sergey A 2630 5.5 31.5 0 3 6 GM Efimenko Zahar 2694 5.5 29 0 2 7 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2706 5.5 28.3 0 4 8 GM Eljanov Pavel 2693 5 24.8 0 3 9 GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij 2632 4.5 23 0 2 10 GM Vovk Yuri 2584 4.5 22 0 3 Official website: http://ukrchess.org.ua

BULGARIAN STATE TEAM YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP FOR BOYS AND GIRLS – U 16, 12

The Bulgarian State Team Youth Championship for boys and girls – U 16, 12 was held on August 1-5, 2012 in Veliko Tarnovo.

Chief-Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the Bulgarian Chess Federation, was FA Nikolay Yordanov. Thirty four teams took part in the competition.

Photo by Ivischess.wordpress.com

Final Rankings - first 3 positions

Boys – U16 Girls – U16

Rk. Team TB1 TB2 TB3 Rk. Team TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Etar 9 16 205 1 Etar 9 11 0 2 Victory 9 16 163 2 Mihail Tal 8 12 0 3 Pleven ХХI 8 16 205 3 Shumen 5 7.5 0

Boys – U12 Girls – U12

Rk. Team TB1 TB2 TB3 Rk. Team TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Chess ХХI 12 21 247 1 Lokomotiv Sofia 8 13 0 2 Lokomotiv Sofia 9 16 186 2 Asenovec 2006 8 12 0 3 Pleven ХХI 9 13 176 3 Chess ХХI 8 12 0

Official website: www.chessbg.com © Europechess.net Page 6

GM IVAN CHEPARINOV WON POLITIKEN CUP’2012

GM Ivan Cheparinov (BUL) won Politiken Cup’2012 with final result of 8 points. Second, with the same score, finished GM Ivan Sokolov (NED), third – GM Jonny Hector (SWE).

The Politiken Cup was held from 28th of July to 5th of August, 2012 in Helsingør, Denmark. Source of the photo: Chessvibes;

Photo by Sigfred Haubro © Politiken Cup

One hundred and fifty players competed for the title. Chief-Arbiter was IA Lars- Henrik Bech Hansen.

The tournament was played in 10 rounds, according to the Swiss 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.

Final Ranking – first 15 positions

Rk. Title Name Rtg FED Pts. TB1 TB2 1 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2677 BUL 8 57 54.3 2 GM Sokolov Ivan 2676 NED 8 55 51.5 3 GM Hector Jonny 2530 SWE 8 54 51 4 GM Dreev Aleksey 2677 RUS 7.5 58 51.3 5 GM Popovic Dusan 2579 SRB 7.5 56 49.3 6 GM Halkias Stelios 2570 GRE 7.5 55 49 7 GM Malakhov Vladimir 2712 RUS 7.5 55 48.8 8 GM L'ami Erwin 2615 NED 7.5 55 48.8 9 GM Markus Robert 2599 SRB 7.5 55 48 10 GM Aagaard Jacob 2506 DEN 7.5 54 48 11 GM Hansen Sune Berg 2577 DEN 7.5 53 47.8 12 GM Timman Jan H 2575 NED 7.5 53 47.8 13 GM Burmakin Vladimir 2590 RUS 7.5 53 46.5 14 IM Bulski Krzysztof 2554 POL 7.5 53 46.5 15 GM Schandorff Lars 2516 DEN 7.5 52 47.3

Official website: www.ksu.dk

GM WANG HAO WON THE 45TH INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL OF BIEL

GM Wang Hao (CHN) won the 45th International Chess Festival of Biel with final result of 19 points. Second, on a point distance from the winner, finished GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR), on the shared third place are GM Anish Giri (NED) and GM Hikaru Nakamura (USA) – both with 16 points.

Biel Chess Festival was held from 23rd of July to 2nd of August, 2012 in Biel, Switzerland. Victor Bologan started the tournament from Round 3, after Morozevich retired from the tournament due to health reasons.

The tournament was 6-player round robin with time control 100 minutes for 40 moves+50 minutes for 20 moves+15 minutes for the rest of the game+30 seconds increment per move, starting from mover one.

Final Ranking

Rk. Name ELO FED Games Pt.s SoBerg 1. Wang Hao 2739 CHN 10 19 2. Magnus Carlsen 2837 NOR 10 18 3. Anish Giri 2696 NED 10 16 56.00 Hikaru Nakamura 2778 USA 10 16 56.00 5. Etienne Bacrot 2713 FRA 10 7 6. Victor Bologan 2732 MDA 8 4

Official website: www.bielchessfestival.ch

FIDE TOP 50 PLAYERS – AUGUST’ 2012

Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year

1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2837 0 1990

2 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2816 0 1982

3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2797 9 1975

4 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2788 0 1987

5 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2785 9 1990

6 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2780 0 1969

7 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2778 0 1987

8 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2773 15 1992

9 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2770 0 1977

10 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2769 0 1969

11 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2763 0 1983

12 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2752 0 1975

13 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2749 0 1976

14 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2746 9 1974

15 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2738 0 1968

16 Leko, Peter g HUN 2737 9 1979

17 Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2737 0 1986

18 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2734 10 1971

19 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2734 9 1983

20 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2730 5 1987

21 Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2730 0 1983

22 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2729 8 1985

23 Wang, Hao g CHN 2726 11 1989

24 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2725 0 1983

25 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2722 16 1983

26 Adams, Michael g ENG 2722 10 1971

27 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2717 0 1987

28 Andreikin, Dmitry g RUS 2715 14 1990

29 Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2714 0 1981

30 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2713 0 1976

31 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2713 0 1983

32 McShane, Luke J g ENG 2713 0 1984

33 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2712 9 1985

34 Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2712 6 1985

35 Giri, Anish g NED 2711 7 1994

36 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro g CUB 2711 0 1982

37 Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2709 2 1986

38 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2708 16 1980

39 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2707 0 1981

40 Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2706 0 1980

41 Shirov, Alexei g LAT 2706 0 1972

42 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2705 16 1987

43 Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2704 16 1990

44 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2698 12 1976

45 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2698 9 1965

46 Movsesian, Sergei g ARM 2698 0 1978

47 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2697 0 1982

48 Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2696 13 1968

49 Ding, Liren g CHN 2695 20 1992

50 Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2694 0 1985

Official website: www.fide.com