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ECU NEWSLETTER December 2015 NL DECEMBER 2015 EUROPEAN CHESS UNION EUROPEAN RAPID & LONDON CHESS EUROPEAN EUROPEAN BLITZ CHAMPIONSHIP CONFERENCE CHESS CHAMPIONS 2015 2015 2015 UNIVERSITIES PHOTO GALLERY 2016 EUROPEAN CHESS UNION NEWSLETTER POPOV AND MAMEDOV WIN EUROPEAN RAPID & BLITZ CHAMPIONSHIP 2015 European Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship 2015 took place in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, 18- 20 December in Sports Palace, with the participation of more than 700 players from 30 European federations. 1 NL DECEMBER 2015 EUROPEAN CHESS UNION Blitz championship was first on schedule and was held on 18th December, starting from 11.00 am. After 22 exciting games, Azeri Grandmaster Rauf Mamedov became the new European Blitz Champion by defeating Vladimir Belous from Russia with 2-0 in the final round. Mamedov scored 18 points, the same as the Russian GM Boris Savchenko, who defeated Sergey Zhigalko with the same result, but thanks to better tie-break gold went to Mamedov. Bronze medal went to Alexander Riazantsev from Russia with 17 points. The best female player was GM Valentina Gunina from Russia who finished on 23rd place with 15.5 points in such a strong competition. Final Standings At the opening ceremony, which was held shortly before the 1st round, the participants were addressed by Mr. Aleksandr Shamko, Minister of Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Belarus and Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili, President of the European Chess Union. Russian GM Ivan Popov became the winner of the European Rapid Chess Championship 2015, which was held after Blitz tournament, 19-20 December. Popov defeated Ilia Smirin from Israel in the direct encounter of the last round and triumphed with 10 points out of 11 games. Silver medal went to Armenian Grandmaster Hrant Melkumyan who came sole second with 9.5 points, by defeating Nigel Short in the final round. Bronze went to the Ukrainian Vadim Rasin who is probably the biggest surprise in the tournament. He defeated Ernest Inarkiev with Black in the last round and took the medal thanks to the best tie-break in the group with 9 points. The best ranked female players were Olga Girya, Anastasia Bodnaruk and Nina Sirotkina who scored 8 points and shared 27th place. Final Rapid Standings Official Website 2 NL DECEMBER 2015 EUROPEAN CHESS UNION ECU at London Chess Conference London Chess Conference, as a part of the London Chess Classic program was held 4-6 December in London. The conference started on 4th December with the big attendance in the Hilton Olympia in Kensington. This year’s theme of the conference was “Chess and Society”, with the various sessions and a number of academic and chess specialist lecturers. The Chief Executive of Chess in Schools and Communities, Mr. Malcolm Pein in his opening speech thanked the European Chess Union for the support to the conference and emphasized this is the first time that an official International Chess body takes active part in the conference. The Social Chess Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, supported by the ECU was running parallel to the conference. Business model analysis, team working and case studies were presented by the key speakers. The ECU Secretary General, Mr. Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou opened the bootcamp while the ECU Chairman of Educational Commission, Mr. Jesper Hall presented the ECU “Chess in Schools Study”, the strategy and the next goals of the Commission. Mr. Alexander Kostyev, Mr. John Foley and Ms. Magdalena Zielinska from the ECU Educational Commission also participated in the thematic panels of the conference. More information at http://londonchessconference.com/ 3 NL DECEMBER 2015 EUROPEAN CHESS UNION UPCOMING IN 2016 European Chess Universities Games in Zagreb-Rijeka 2016 The largest university sport event in Europe, the European Universities Games, also feature chess tournament next year. European university teams are invited to participate in the 3rd European Universities Games, which will be organised in Zagreb and Rijeka, Croatia in July 2016. The Games will be held in two Croatian cities, the capital Zagreb and the coastal city of Rijeka, encompassing the event slogan Heart Believes – Mind Achieves. European Universities Games will feature competitions for men and women in 21 sports: Badminton, Basketball, Basketball 3×3, Beach Volleyball, Bridge, Chess, Football, Futsal, Golf, Handball, Judo, Karate, Rowing, Rugby 7’s, Sport Climbing, Swimming, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Volleyball and Water Polo. Two of the sports – Table Tennis and Swimming – will also include competitions for students with disabilities. Apart of the sports competitions, the Games will be accompanied by the Rector’s Conference, educational side-events, cultural program and other activities. Chess competitions feature Open and Women’s tournament, with Blitz as a side event, and will be held in Zagreb. The tournament starts on July 11 with the General Technical Meeting and finishes on July 15 with the finals. University teams representing any higher educational institute in Europe may register through their national university sports bodies in any of the 45 EUSA- member European countries. European Universities Games are the largest multi-sport event in the European university sport and are held under the umbrella of European Universities Sports Association (EUSA). So far, EUG has been held twice (Cordoba 2012 and Rotterdam 2014). http://www.eusa.eu/ http://eug2016.com/ Polar Capital International Chess Tournament 2016 Jersey Chess Federation organizes the Polar Capital International Chess Tournament 2016, which will take place from Sunday 10th to Saturday 16th April 2016 in St Clement Bay in Jersey. The Open tournament will be played according to the Swiss System in 9 rounds, with time control 90 minutes for the whole game + 30 seconds increment per move. 4 NL DECEMBER 2015 EUROPEAN CHESS UNION The Highest ranked players who are not already qualified will qualify for the 2016 British Championship. The first prize at the Open tournament is £1500. Apart from the main event, the FIDE Holiday Tournament and Nautilus Jersey Blitz Championship will take place as well. FIDE tournament is for players with an ELO Rating under 1900 (under ECF 160) and will be played in 7 rounds. The first prize is £400. The Jersey Open Blitz Tournament is sponsored by Nautilus Trust Limited and will be held on Wednesday 13th April, starting at 7.00 pm. The first prize is £150. 2015 European winners – Photo Gallery European Individual winners in Men’s, Women’s and Senior categories European Team winners in Men’s, Women’s and Senior categories European Club Cup winners 5 NL DECEMBER 2015 EUROPEAN CHESS UNION European Youth winners European Youth Team winners European Amateur winners European Rapid & Blitz winners 6 NL DECEMBER 2015 EUROPEAN CHESS UNION European Youth Rapid, Blitz & Chess Solving winners 7 NL DECEMBER 2015 EUROPEAN CHESS UNION European Schools winners European Universities winners European Small Nations Team winners 8 NL DECEMBER 2015 EUROPEAN CHESS UNION 2015 European Champions European Individual Chess Championship Jerusalem 2015 GM Evgeniy Najer (RUS) European Individual Women’s Chess Championship Chakvi 2015 GM Natalia Zhukova (UKR) European Senior Chess Championship Eretria 2015 Open 50+ GM Zurab Sturua (GEO) Women 50+ WGM Svetlana Mednikova (RUS) Open 65+ IM Jan Rooze (BEL) Women 65+ GM Nona Gaprindashvili (GEO) European Team Chess Championship Reykjavik 2015 Open Section Russia Women Section Russia European Senior Team Chess Championship Vienna 2015 Sankt Petersburg (RUS) European Chess Club Cup Skopje 2015 Open Section Siberia (RUS) Women Section Nona (GEO) European Youth Chess Championship Porec 2015 Open U18 IM Ali Marandi Cemil Can (TUR) GirlsU18 WFM Khomeriki Nino (GEO) Open U16 Sawlin Leonid (GER) Girls U16 WFM Kazarian Anna-Maja (NED) Open U14 Lobanov Sergei (RUS) Girls U14 WFM Kochukova Anna (RUS) Open U12 Shubin Kirill (RUS) Girls U12 WFM Solozhenkina Elizaveta (RUS) Open U10 Makoveev Ilya (RUS) Girls U10 WCM Mironenko Galina (RUS) Open U8 Navumenka Mikhei (BLR) Girls U8 Veremyuk Veronika (UKR European Youth Team Chess Championship Karpacz 2015 Open Section Germany Girls Section Estonia European Amateur Chess Championship Kaunas 2015 Open Section Lukas Jonkus (LTU) Women Section Saule Gailiunaite (LTU) European Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship Minsk 2015 Rapid GM Ivan Popov (RUS) Blitz GM Rauf Mamedov (AZE) European Women Rapid Chess Championship Kutaisi 2015 GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS) European Youth Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship Novi Sad 2015 Rapid Individual Open U8 Stevanovic Jovan (SRB) Girls U8 Tadic Ana (SRB) 9 NL DECEMBER 2015 EUROPEAN CHESS UNION Open U10 Tsaruk Maksim (BLR) Girls U10 Zeliantsova Kseniya (BLR) Open U12 Persanyi Barnabas (HUN) Girls U12 Srdanovic Jovana (SRB) Open U14 FM Zarubitski Viachaslau (BLR) Girls U14 Badelka Olga (BLR) Open U16 IM Gledura Benjamin (HUN) Girls U16 Tishova Svetlana (RUS) Open U18 IM Ladva Ottomar (EST) Girls U18 WCM Gajcin Jasmina (SRB) Rapid Team U10 Belarus U14 Serbia U18 Hungary Blitz Individual Open U10 Tsaruk Maksim (BLR) Girls U10 Zeliantsova Kseniya (BLR) Open U14 Ivannikau Maksim (BLR) Girls U14 Badelka Olga (BLR) Open U18 Kazakovskiy Valeriy (BLR) Girls U18 WIM Narva Mai (EST) Solving Chess Open U10 Tsaruk Maksim (BLR) Girls U10 Felicia Ojog (MDA) Open U14 Artur Avalyan (RUS) Girls U14 Ana Afanasieva (RUS) Open U18 Zivojin Perovic (SRB) Girls U18 Ekatarina Diakonova (RUS) Superfinal – Rapid Open IM Gledura Benjamin (HUN) Girls WIM Unuk Laura (SLO) European Schools Chess Championship Konya 2015 Open U7 Svetlen Ivanov (BUL) Girls U7 Olesia Vlasova (RUS) Open U9 Suleyman Suleymanli (AZE) Girls U9 WCM Olga Melenchuk (RUS) Open U11 Unat Can Haktan (TUR) Girls U11 Duran Esma Doga (TUR) Open U13 Sahin Doga Boran (TUR) Girls U13 Citak Tuana Umay (TUR) Open U15 CM Bahadir Ozen (TUR) Girls U15 WFM Alexandra Obolentseva (RUS) Open U17 CM Siar Yaran (TUR) Girls U17 Buket Tandogan (TUR) European Universities Championship Yerevan 2015 Open & Women Section Ural State Mining University (RUS) Small Nations Team Chess Championship Guernsey 2015 Luxembourg 10 NL DECEMBER 2015 EUROPEAN CHESS UNION FUN ZONE In December Fun Zone we decided to present you nice and easy mate in two combinations, perfect for time pass during holidays.
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