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Pictures of the Day Pictures of the Day Bathuyag Munguntuul (Mongolia) Julien Carron (Switzerland) Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (Brasil) Ana Fereira (Portugal) Stefan Kuipers (Netherlands) Zoja Severiukhina (Russia) 2 Day One The 11th World University Chess Championship two the silver medallist of 2008, Igor Lysyj started on Sunday morning with a splendid (Russia), fared less well. From the beginning he musical opening ceremony. Bernhard Burkhardt faced very stiff resistance by the Zurich student (president of the organising committee), Hassan Julien Carron. The Swiss international master Chick (vice-president of FISU) and Andreas played an excellent game and when he agreed to Fischer (rector of the University of Zurich) a draw at move 40, his advantage should welcomed the 150 participants and guests with probably even have brought him victory. Third brief and well-appreciated speeches. Felix seed Pavel Ponkratov also had a rough start to the Hindermann pronounced the oath of the athletes tournament, counting himself lucky to make a and Edmund Hofstetter the oath of the judges and draw after being put under strong pressure by referees. The chess art exhibition “Senso” by Jürg Germany’s Paul Hoffmann. On board four Jan Hassler was opened and the “Rules of the Game” Markos (Slovakia) was an exchange up in a tricky by Clinton Haycraft was performed, a musical endgame, but pressing too hard for a win he piece especially dedicated to the participants of miscalculated and lost to Stefan Kuipers the championship. Last but not least, the (Holland). “Quintetto Inflagranti” accompanied the ceremony beautifully. After the ceremony grandmaster In the women’s tournament the number of Vadim Milov played a simultaneous exhibition surprises was limited. On board one local hero against all-comers. Monika Seps put up a great fight against the Mongolian top player Bathuyag Munguntuul. After In the afternoon the first round started with a an imaginative exchange sacrifice by the Swiss a number of surprises. In the men’s tournament, the very sharp battle ensued. In the end the favourite six top seeds only scored fifty percent. On board prevailed but the game could well have ended the one the heavy favourite Wang Yue (China) won other way round. convincingly with the Black pieces, but on board Richard Forster 3 Results – Men: Round 1 Bd No Name Pts Result Pts Name No 1 30 FM Kukov Velislav 0 0 - 1 0 GM Wang Yue 1 2 2 GM Lysyj Igor 0 ½ - ½ 0 IM Carron Julien 31 3 32 FM Hoffmann Paul 0 ½ - ½ 0 GM Ponkratov Pavel 3 4 4 GM Markos Jan 0 0 - 1 0 FM Kuipers Stefan 33 5 34 FM Mohajerin Peyman 0 ½ - ½ 0 GM Popovic Dusan 5 6 6 GM Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag 0 ½ - ½ 0 Botvinnik Mikhail 35 7 36 Ma Yu 0 0 - 1 0 GM Nikolov Momchil 7 8 9 IM Papin Vasily 0 ½ - ½ 0 FM Poobalasingam Peter S 37 9 38 Erdene Ganzorig 0 0 - 1 0 GM Megaranto Susanto 10 10 11 IM Miljkovic Miroslav D 0 1 - 0 0 FM Hindermann Felix 39 11 40 FM Bueno Alfeu Junior Varela 0 0 - 1 0 IM Benidze Davit 12 12 13 IM Sulashvili Malkhaz 0 ½ - ½ 0 Soozankar Amohammad 41 13 42 Gaehler Marco 0 ½ - ½ 0 IM Roganovic Milos 14 14 16 IM Khmelniker Ilya 0 1 - 0 0 Pitra Andika 45 15 46 Wyss Jonas 0 0 - 1 0 IM Pruijssers Roeland 17 16 18 GM Swinkels Robin 0 ½ - ½ 0 FM Otte Marijn 47 17 48 Surya Wahyudi 0 0 - 1 0 IM Jurcik Marian 19 18 21 IM Burg Twan 0 0 - 1 0 Viela Andre Filipe Folha 49 19 50 Costa Joao Guerra 0 0 - 1 0 IM Kurmann Oliver 22 20 23 FM Pacher Milan 0 1 - 0 0 Kalugampitiya R S 51 21 52 Fernando S K Akila 0 0 - 1 0 Darini Pouria 24 22 25 IM Panjwani Raja 0 1 - 0 0 Meier Peter 53 23 54 Koggala W S V K 0 0 - 1 0 IM Nestorovic Nikola 26 24 27 FM Ahmadinia Ebrahim 0 ½ - ½ 0 Kumar Vedantha 55 25 56 Herath H M L Y 0 0 - 1 0 Nadj Hedjesi Balind 28 26 29 IM Purnama Tirta Chandra 0 1 - 0 0 Orgil Gantumur 57 27 8 GM Jumabayev Rinat 0 ½ - - 0 - 28 15 GM Ismagambetov Anuar 0 ½ - - 0 - 29 20 Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan 0 ½ - - 0 - 30 43 Munkhgal Gombosuren 0 ½ - - 0 - 31 44 FM Akkozov Berik 0 ½ - - 0 - 4 Results – Women: Round 1 Bd No Name Pts Result Pts Name No 1 1 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 0 1 - 0 0 WIM Seps Monika 19 2 20 Lestari Baiq Vina 0 0 - 1 0 WGM Tsereteli Tamar 2 3 3 WGM Sukandar Irine Kharisma 0 ½ - ½ 0 Van Nies Pauline 21 4 22 WCM Lindiawati Evi 0 0 - 1 0 WGM Guramishvili Sopiko 4 5 5 WGM Stojanovic Andjelija 0 1 - 0 0 WFM Hegarty Sarah N 23 6 24 WFM Salman Mahini Mona 0 1 - 0 0 WGM Tuvshintugs Batchimeg 6 7 7 WIM Severiukhina Zoja 0 1 - 0 0 Alavi Homa 25 8 26 Martinez Janine 0 0 - 1 0 WIM Kharashuta Ekaterina 8 9 9 WIM Borosova Zuzana 0 1 - 0 0 Heinatz Maria 27 10 28 Naydenova Yordanka 0 0 - 1 0 WIM Drljevic Ljilja 10 11 11 WIM Melekhina Alisa 0 ½ - ½ 0 Garcia Liria Aetano 29 12 30 WCM Kadek Iin Dwijayanti 0 0 - 1 0 WIM Hoolt Sarah 12 13 13 WIM Fuchs Judith 0 1 - 0 0 Hemmatizadeh Nina 31 14 32 WCM Liyanagedara L G A 0 0 - 1 0 WFM Cheremnova Tamara 14 15 15 WIM Yanjindulam Dulamsuren 0 1 - 0 0 Ferreira Ana Margarida 33 16 34 Rajapaksha Ashanti K. 0 0 - 1 0 Zhang Ying 16 17 17 Lkhamsuren Uuganbayar 0 1 - 0 0 De Silva Himeshi 36 18 37 Gunawardena Shanila 0 0 - 1 0 Djukic Sandra 18 19 35 Dale Hannah 0 ½ - - 0 - 5 Participants – Men No Name Elo Fed Age Fide-No 1 GM Wang Yue 2732 CHN 23 8601429 2 GM Lysyj Igor 2638 RUS 23 4150120 3 GM Ponkratov Pavel 2592 RUS 22 4157800 4 GM Markos Jan 2566 SVK 25 14903474 5 GM Popovic Dusan 2565 SRB 27 927031 6 GM Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag 2550 BRA 24 2107660 7 GM Nikolov Momchil 2549 BUL 25 2905710 8 GM Jumabayev Rinat 2547 KAZ 21 13702661 9 IM Papin Vasily 2534 RUS 22 4143183 10 GM Megaranto Susanto 2516 INA 23 7101384 11 IM Miljkovic Miroslav D 2510 SRB 25 922722 12 IM Benidze Davit 2504 GEO 19 13603086 13 IM Sulashvili Malkhaz 2500 GEO 24 13602284 14 IM Roganovic Milos 2497 SRB 19 937614 15 GM Ismagambetov Anuar 2492 KAZ 24 13701525 16 IM Khmelniker Ilya 2483 ISR 25 2805340 17 IM Pruijssers Roeland 2483 NED 21 1013068 18 GM Swinkels Robin 2478 NED 21 1010824 19 IM Jurcik Marian 2466 SVK 23 14907518 20 Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan 2460 MGL 21 4901045 21 IM Burg Twan 2455 NED 20 1010697 22 IM Kurmann Oliver 2452 SUI 25 1308173 23 FM Pacher Milan 2449 SVK 20 14907445 24 Darini Pouria 2430 IRI 12502200 25 IM Panjwani Raja 2429 CAN 20 2604493 26 IM Nestorovic Nikola 2420 SRB 21 934526 27 FM Ahmadinia Ebrahim 2414 IRI 24 12501891 28 Nadj Hedjesi Balind 2407 SRB 25 934003 6 No Name Elo Fed Age Fide-No 29 IM Purnama Tirta Chandra 2400 INA 24 7101422 30 FM Kukov Velislav 2395 BUL 27 2906139 31 IM Carron Julien 2394 SUI 25 1308572 32 FM Hoffmann Paul 2372 GER 26 4664450 33 FM Kuipers Stefan 2370 NED 20 1018400 34 FM Mohajerin Peyman 2366 IRI 12501956 35 Botvinnik Mikhail 2337 ISR 27 2805650 36 Ma Yu 2336 CHN 22 8601755 37 FM Poobalasingam Peter S 2332 ENG 21 410683 38 Erdene Ganzorig 2330 MGL 22 4901240 39 FM Hindermann Felix 2323 SUI 27 1305212 40 FM Bueno Alfeu Junior Varela 2303 BRA 23 2108879 41 Soozankar Amohammad 2299 IRI 12503029 42 Gaehler Marco 2292 SUI 21 1310089 43 Munkhgal Gombosuren 2289 MGL 22 4901266 44 FM Akkozov Berik 2288 KAZ 20 13704214 45 Pitra Andika 2283 INA 7103255 46 Wyss Jonas 2270 SUI 23 1311387 47 FM Otte Marijn 2264 NED 21 1013971 48 Surya Wahyudi 2233 INA 7102542 49 Viela Andre Filipe Folha 2224 POR 21 1903748 50 Costa Joao Guerra 2186 POR 23 1901737 51 Kalugampitiya R S 2095 SRI 22 9901124 52 Fernando S K Akila 2053 SRI 22 9906339 53 Meier Peter 2047 SEY 25 9800158 54 Koggala W S V K 2026 SRI 22 9905979 55 Kumar Vedantha 1983 ENG 20 414875 56 Herath H M L Y 1884 SRI 22 9901230 57 Orgil Gantumur 0 MGL 23 0 7 Participants – Women Nr Name Elo Fed Age Fide-Nr 1 IM Munguntuul 2412 MGL 23 4900758 2 WGM Tsereteli 2384 GEO 25 13602470 3 WGM Sukandar 2372 INA 7101937 4 WGM Guramishvili 2343 GEO 19 13602888 5 WGM Stojanovic 2337 SRB 23 928682 6 WGM Tuvshintugs 2333 MGL 24 4900839 7 WIM Severiukhina 2313 RUS 20 24108065 8 WIM Kharashuta 2298 RUS 21 4193172 9 WIM Borosova 2277 SVK 22 14905779 10 WIM Drljevic 2273 SRB 26 928879 11 WIM Melekhina 2273 USA 19 2022613 12 WIM Hoolt 2251 GER 22 24606812 13 WIM Fuchs 2237 GER 20 24605611 14 WFM Cheremnova 2225 RUS 21 4175026 15 WIM Yanjindulam 2212 MGL 22 4900952 16 Zhang 2210 CHN 22 8602069 17 Lkhamsuren 2206 MGL 19 4901347 18 Djukic 2198 SRB 22 931390 19 WIM Seps 2184 SUI 24 1308521 20 Lestari 2177 INA 7102496 21 Van 2167 NED 21 1011944 22 WCM Lindiawati 2133 INA 7101449 23 WFM Hegarty 2084 ENG 22 2501465 24 WFM Salman 2001 IRI 12503010 25 Alavi 1953 IRI 12507547 26 Martinez 1949 BRA 21 2111551 27 Heinatz 1935 SUI 19 1312073 28 Naydenova 1924 BUL 20 2910926 8 Nr Name Elo Fed Age Fide-Nr 29 Garcia 1908 BRA 22 2111292 30 WCM Kadek 1889 INA 7101066 31 Hemmatizadeh 1885 IRI 0 32 WCM Liyanagedara 1844 SRI 23 9900560 33 Ferreira 1816 POR 23 1907000 34 Rajapaksha 1790 SRI 21 9900926 35 Dale 1779 ENG 20 407755 36 De 0 SRI 20 0 37 Gunawardena 0 SRI 25 0 Games Round 1 – Men 0 11.
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