NEWSLETTER 78 (June 04, 2012)

GM ANTOANETA STEFANOVA WON THE WOMEN’S WORLD RAPID CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP’2012

GM Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL) won the Women’s World Rapid Chess Championship with the final result of 8.5 points from possible 11. Second finished GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS) with a half point less than the winner, the third was GM Humpy Koneru (IND) with the same result.

The Women’s World Rapid Chess Championship was held in Batumi, Georgia, from 31 May - 3 June, 2012.

It was held in 11 rounds according to the Swiss system with time control 25 minutes + 10 seconds increment per move. The total prize fund was 59,000 USD.

The Chief-Arbiter of the Championship was IA Nana Alexandria, the Deputy Chief- Arbiter – IA Sava Stoisavljevic. Fifty chess players competed for the title of the Women’s World Rapid Champion.

Final Ranking after 11 rounds – first 15 positions

Rk. Name Rtg FED Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2518 BUL 8.5 62 75 2700 2 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2457 RUS 8 62 75 2672 3 GM Koneru Humpy 2589 IND 8 61 75 2630 4 GM Lahno Kateryna 2546 UKR 8 58 71 2639 5 GM Muzychuk Anna 2598 SLO 7.5 60 71 2554 6 GM Harika Dronavalli 2508 IND 7.5 53 64 2563 7 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2547 GEO 7 53 66 2562 8 GM Cramling Pia 2478 SWE 6.5 58 68 2545 9 GM Zhao Xue 2549 CHN 6.5 56 70 2535 10 WGM Guo Qi 2360 CHN 6.5 56 69 2562 11 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2491 GER 6.5 55 65 2491 12 WGM Tan Zhongyi 2430 CHN 6.5 54 66 2528 13 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2449 GEO 6.5 52 64 2514 14 GM Zhukova Natalia 2442 UKR 6.5 52 63 2527 15 GM Zhu Chen 2491 QAT 6.5 52 63 2485 Official website: www.e2e4.ge

ROMANIAN RAPID CHESS TEAM CUP’2012

Romanian Rapid Chess Team Cup for men and women was held in Bucharest, on June 02-03, 2012.

In the men’s section the winner is the team of ACS Sah Apa Nova Bucuresti 1 with 15 match points. Second with the same result finished Politehnica Iasi, CSM Baia Mare took the bronze medal.

In the women’s section the winner is the team of AEM Luxten Timisoara, second finished Politehnica Iasi, third was ACS Sah Apa Nova Bucuresti.

The Chief-Arbiter of the tournament was FA Dinu-Ioan Nicula. Eight women’s teams and twenty six men’s teams competed for the title.

The team composition of the winners was:

ACS Sah Apa Nova Bucuresti 1: GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (ROU-2648), GM Levente Vajda (ROU-2600), GM Mihail Marin (ROU-2540) and CM Dan-Sebastian Horvat (ROU-2229).

AEM Luxten Timisoara: IM Anna Zatonskih (USA-2510), IM Cristina-Adela Foisor (ROU-2417) and WCM Andreea-Marioara Cosman (ROU-1913).

Final Ranking after 9 rounds- first 10 positions-MEN

Rk. Team TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 ACS Sah Apa Nova Bucuresti 1 15 2 24 500 2 Politehnica Iasi 15 0 24 507 3 CSM Baia Mare 14 0 24 490 4 ACS Sah Apa Nova Bucuresti 2 12 0 24 444 5 CSU Ploiesti 11 0 23 427 6 CS Victoria Techirghiol 11 0 22 394 7 Clubul Central de Sah Bucuresti 1 11 0 21 403 8 CSM Lugoj 10 0 21 404 9 Conpet Ploiesti 1 10 0 20 369 10 Chindia Targoviste 10 0 20 276

Final Ranking-WOMEN

Rk. Team TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 AEM Luxten Timisoara 13 0 17 142 2 Politehnica Iasi 12 0 18 146 3 ACS Sah Apa Nova Bucuresti 9 2 13 101 4 CSM Bucuresti 9 0 14 113 5 Clubul Central de Sah Bucuresti 7 0 9.5 77 6 CS Otopeni 4 0 7.5 39 7 CSU Arad 1 1 3 21 8 CS Spartac Bucuresti 1 1 3 17.8 Official website: www.frsah.ro

G D DIANA ‘A’ WON THE PORTUGUESE NATIONAL RAPID CHAMPIONSHIP FOR TEAMS’2012

The team of G D Diana ‘A’ won the Portuguese National Rapid Championship for teams’ 2012. Second finished Fc Barreirense, third was CX Montemor-o-velho/ctga 'A'. The Championship was held in Figueiró dos Vinhos, on 02 June, 2012. The Chief- Arbiter was Altino Costa.

Team composition of G D Diana ‘A’ was: GM Ibragim S. Khamrakulov (ESP-2517), GM António Manuel de A Fernandes (POR-2403), IM Luis Manuel Coutinho P Santos (POR-2359), FM Antonio M L F Pereira Santos (POR-2298), Gómez Francisco Javier Gómez (ESP-2169) and Miguel António Neto Pir Silva (POR-2059).

Final Ranking after 8 rounds-first 10 positions

Rk. Team TB1 TB2 TB3 1 G D Diana 'A' 27 0 130 2 Fc Barreirense 22 0 136 3 CX Montemor-o-velho/ctga 'A' 22 0 136 4 Adrc Mata de Benfica 19 0 141 5 Aa de Coimbra 'A' 19 2 127 6 Casa Povo Bombarral 19 0 120 7 Clube Tap 18 2 140 8 AX Pedro Hispano 18 0 108 9 GX Porto 18 0 136 10 Cine Clube Torres Novas 18 0 115 Official website: http://rapidas.fpx.pt

RUSSIAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP FOR BOYS AND GIRLS – U 8

Valerij Skachkov won the Russian Youth Chess Championship for boys – U 8 with the final result of 10 points from possible 11. Second finished Dmitrij Coj with 9.5 (11), third was Demjan Shumilov with 9 (11).

The Russian Youth Chess Championship for boys and girls – U-8 was held in Kostroma, on May 23-28, 2012.

Three hundred seventy eight young chess players from 61 regions of the Russian Federation competed for the title.

In the girl’s section the winner was Taisiya Tereshechkina, who finished with 10.5 (11), followed by Maria Girshgorn (9.5/11) and Lea Garifulina (9/11).

Official website: www.russiachess.org

RTU / JUNIORS WON THE LATVIAN TEAMS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP-FIRST LEAGUE’2012

RTU / Juniors won the Latvian Teams Chess Championship-First League’2012. Second finished the team of Termo- Eko/Juniors, while Liepājas KSS took the bronze medal.

The Championship was held in various sites, from 10 March to 03 June, 2012.

The Chief-Arbiter of the tournament was IA Alberts Cimins. Eight teams took part in that competition. The team composition of the winner was: MK Mihail Gutmans, MK Karlis Dagis, MK Eriks Mierins, MK Juris Krastins, MK Eriks Priednieks, M Vija Rozlapa, MK Agnija Rogule, I Jana Larionova and FM Toms Kantans.

Final Ranking after 10 rounds

Rk. Team TB1 TB2 TB3 1 RTU/Juniors 17 28 0 2 Termo-Eko/Juniors 13 27 0 3 Liepājas KSS 13 21 0 4 ŠK Kuldīga 11 24 0 5 Tukums 10 21 0 6 Kuldīgas novada Sporta skola 6 14 0 7 Rīgas Šaha skola Kauguri 5 14 0 8 Jēkabpils 5 13 0 Official website: www.sahafederacija.lv

GM VLADIMIR AKOPIAN WON ALBENA MASTERS’2012

GM Vladimir Akopian (ARM) won Albena Masters’2012 with the final result of 7 points from possible 9. Silver and bronze medalists are GM Ivan Cheparinov (BUL) and GM Tigran Petrosian (ARM) respectively – both with the same result like the winner.

Albena Masters was held in the Bulgarian Source of the photo: Chessvibes Black sea resort Albena, from 26 May to 03 June.

One hundred twenty three chess players participated in the competition with the total prize fund 40,000 EURO. Albena Masters was played in 9 rounds according to the Swiss system with time control 90 minutes for the entire game + 30 seconds increment per move, starting from move one.

The Chief-Arbiter of the tournament was IA Radislav Atanasov.

Final Ranking-first 15 positions

Rk. Name FED Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 7 42 54 5 2 GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 7 41 53 5 3 GM Petrosian Tigran L ARM 7 38 49 6 4 GM Nabaty Tamir ISR 7 36 47 6 5 IM Grigoryan Karen H ARM 7 36 47 6 6 GM Tikkanen Hans SWE 6.5 40 50 6 7 IM Gabuzyan Hovhannes ARM 6.5 39 49 5 8 GM Nikolov Momchil BUL 6.5 38 49 4 9 IM Das Arghyadip IND 6.5 37 49 5 10 IM Thejkumar M S IND 6.5 36 46 5 11 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 6 43 54 4 12 GM Xiu Deshun CHN 6 39 50 4 13 IM Qashashvili Alexandre GEO 6 39 48 4 14 GM Grigorov Grigor BUL 6 39 49 3 15 GM Lu Shanglei CHN 6 37 47 3

The tournament in Albena was played in two sections – Masters and Junior. In the Junior section, the final ranking after 7 rounds is as follows:

Final Ranking-first 5 positions

Rk. Name FED Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Zhang Jiabao CHN 6.5 19 29 6 2 Li Zhaoyang CHN 6 21 31 5 3 Dyulgerov Dimitar BUL 4.5 20 30 4 4 Hereklioglu Sude TUR 4.5 17 24 3 5 Yordanov Lachezar BUL 4.5 16 23 3

Official website: www.albenachess.com

1ST GRAND EUROPE OPEN GOLDEN SANDS’2012

1st Grand Europe Open Golden Sands’2012 started today, 4th of June, in the elite Black sea resort Golden Sands, Bulgaria and will continue until 12th of

June, 2012.

The tournament is running under the patronage of the President of the European Chess Union and the Bulgarian Chess Federation, Mr. Silvio Danailov.

The Open will be played in 9 rounds according to the Swiss system with time control 90 minutes for the entire game+30 seconds increment per move, starting from move one.

The total prize fund of the tournament is 50,000 EURO. Chief-Arbiter is Vladimir Sakotic.

For more information about the tournament, please visit the official website: http://golden-sands-2012.chessmix.com