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NEWSLETTER 58 (January 09, 2012) NEWSLETTER 58 (January 09, 2012) GREEK NATIONAL INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP 2012- BOYS AND GIRLS U20, U18 The Greek National Individual Chess Championship 2012 for boys and girls U20, U18 was held at the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Nikaia, Greece on January 03-09, 2012. The system and rate of play was: 7 rounds according to the Swiss system; 90 minutes for the first 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game + 30 seconds increment per move. The championship was organized by the Greek Chess Federation, the Chief-Arbiter was IA Sotiris Logothetis. Final Ranking-BOYS U20-first 5 positions Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5 1 FM Malikentzos Sotirios 6 0 28 23,3 25 0 2 FM Aggelis Nikolaos 6 0 29 22 21 0 3 Kazakos Emmanouil 5 1 30 16,3 19 0 4 Balokas Dimitrios 5 0 24 14 17 0 5 Megalios Konstantinos 4 0 28 14 18 0 Final Ranking-GIRLS U20-first 5 positions Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 WIM Pavlidou Ekaterini 6 17 5 0 2 Hristodoulaki Antonia 5 14 5 0 3 Fragkou Eleni 4 6,5 3 0 4 Iordanidou Zoi 3 6,3 2 0 5 Koutsogiannopoulou Theodora 3 5 3 0 © Europechess.net Page 1 Final Ranking-BOYS U18-first 5 positions Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5 1 Papakonstantinou Dimitrios 8 0 51 40,5 39 0 2 Theodorou Nikolas 7 1 52 39,3 36 0 3 Papasimakopoulos Alexandros 7 0 50 36,3 36 0 4 Naoum Spyridon 7 0 47 32 33 0 5 Liodakis Konstantinos-Spyros 6 0 51 32 32 0 Final Ranking-GIRLS U18-first 5 positions Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5 1 Papathanasiou Elisavet 7 1 49 36,8 39 0 2 Tsolakidou Stavroula 7 0 51 37,3 37 0 3 Drakaki Anna-Maria 7 1 46 29,8 35 0 4 Androni Konstantina 7 0 49 33,8 31 0 5 Serefidou Despina 6 0 51 30,8 34 0 Official web site: www.neanika2012.fysiolatris.gr SLOVAK JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2012 IM Stefan Mazur and Zsofia Edes are the Slovak Junior Chess Champions for 2012. The Slovak Junior Chess Championship was held in Bratislava, Slovakia from 26th of December, 2011 to 3rd of January, 2012. Boys played 9 rounds and girls played 12 rounds. The Chief-Arbiter of the tournament was FA Rastislav Diviak. Final Ranking-BOYS Rk. Name Rtg Team Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 IM Mazur Stefan 2375 Sk Zemplin Michalovce 7 26 0 0 2 Jacko Vladimir 2182 Liptovska Sachova Skola 7 26,8 0 0 3 FM Druska Juraj 2323 Liptovska Sachova Skola 7 25,3 0 0 4 Pagerka Martin 2208 Sk Osuske 6 24,3 0 0 5 Repka Christopher 2129 So Skm Stara Lubovna 6 17 0 0 6 Hajek Lukas 2032 Sk Doprastav Bratislava 4 14 0 0 7 Kimerling Martin 1990 Ksn Bratislava 3 9,25 0 0 8 Danada Tomas 2062 Sk Doprastav Bratislava 3 7,5 0 0 9 Dolnak Michal 2074 Sk Krasnany 3 10,3 0 0 10 Nemsak Denis 1900 Sk Kupele Piestany 2 6,25 0 0 © Europechess.net Page 2 Final Ranking-GIRLS Rk. Name Rtg Team Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Edes Zsofia 2014 Komarnansky Sc Komarno 8 15,8 0 0 2 Svaralova Monika 2025 Sk Levice 5 3,75 0 0 3 Celustkova Lubica 1754 Sk Stefanov 0 0 0 0 Official web site: http://chess.danadaipa.com/joomla/ GM ANISH GIRI AND WGM SOPIKO GURAMISHVILI WON THE 54TH TORNEO DI CAPODANNO IN REGGIO EMILIA GM Anish Giri and WGM Sopiko Guramishvili won the 54th Torneo di Capodanno. The tournament was held in Reggio Emilia, Italy from 27th of December, 2011 to 6th of January, 2012. The system and rate of play was: 6-player double round robin with 100 minutes for the first 40 moves+50 minutes for the rest of the game+30 seconds increment, starting from move one. In the men’s section the participants were: Vassily Ivanchuk, Hikaru Nakamura, Alexander Morozevich, Nikita Vitiugov, Fabiano Caruana and Anish Giri. In the women’s section the participants were: Mariagrazia De Rosa, Sopiko Guramishvili, Iva Videnova, Anna Sharevich, Marina Brunello and Marianna Chierici. © Europechess.net Page 3 *************************************** *************************************** © Europechess.net Page 4 Final Ranking-MEN Rk. Name FED Pts. SB 1. Anish Giri NED 6 27.75 2. Alexander Morozevich RUS 5.5 28 3. Hikaru Nakamura USA 5.5 24.75 4. Fabiano Caruana ITA 5.5 24.5 5. Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 4.5 23.75 6. Nikita Vitiugov RUS 3 15.25 Final Ranking-WOMEN Rk. Name FED Pts. SB 1. Sopiko Guramishvili GEO 8 32.5 2. Anna Sharevich BLR 7 29 3. Marina Brunello ITA 6.5 24.25 4. Iva Videnova BUL 3.5 13.25 5. Mariagrazia De Rosa ITA 3 11.5 6. Marianna Chierici ITA 2 9.0 Official web site: www.ippogrifoscacchi.it © Europechess.net Page 5 GM ANDREI VOLOKITIN WON DONOSTIA CHESS FESTIVAL GM Andrei Volokitin (UKR) won Donostia Chess Festival. In the final match he defeated Viktor Laznichka (CZE) with score 2:0. He took for his victory 20.000 EURO and electric motorbike. Donostia Chess Festival was held in Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain from December 28th, 2011 - January 6th, 2012. Prize fund at the festival was 100,000 EURO. The system and rate of play: matches of two games played Photo by Anastasiya Karlovich simultaneously in 7 rounds with 120 minutes for the entire game+30 seconds increment per move. Official web site: www.donostiachess.com GM ALEXEI SHIROV WON THE 21ST PAUL KERES MEMORIAL GM Alexei Shirov won the 21st Paul Keres Memorial. The tournament was held in Tallinn, Estonia on January 06-08, 2012. The main event was 8-player round robin tournament. Four invited players participated at the tournament: Alexei Shirov, Jaan Ehlvest, Tomi Nyback and Kaido Kulaots + four top finishers from Photo by Boyko Hristov the preliminary event. Total number of players in the preliminary tournament was 86. GM Alexei Shirov defended his last year’s title. © Europechess.net Page 6 Final Ranking after 7 rounds-main tournament Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 1 GM Shirov Aleksei LAT 2710 5 17,3 2 GM Fedosejev Vladimir RUS 2525 5 14,8 3 GM Ehlvest Jaan USA 2594 4 11,8 4 GM Halifman Aleksander RUS 2632 3,5 11 5 GM Nybäck Tomi FIN 2634 3,5 10,5 6 GM Volodin Aleksandr EST 2491 3 9,25 7 GM Külaots Kaido EST 2581 2,5 7,75 8 IM Seeman Tarvo EST 2399 1,5 5,75 Official web site: www.eestimale.ee VESELIN TOPALOV AND GATA KAMSKY WILL PLAY FOR SOCAR-Azerbaijan The Super GMs Veselin Topalov and Gata Kamsky will play for the chess team of SOCAR-Azerbaijan in the new season. GM Veselin Topalov GM Gata Kamsky Photo: Bulgarian Chess Federation Photo: Wikipedia Eight team players are already known: Teimour Radjabov, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Alexander Grischuk, Veselin Topalov, Gata Kamsky and Emil Sutovsky. Head coach of the team will continue to be the Ukrainian specialist Vladimir Tukmakov. © Europechess.net Page 7 .
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