NEWSLETTER 113 (April 18, 2013)

NEWSLETTER 113 (April 18, 2013)

SPb CHESS FED WINS THE RUSSIAN NATIONAL TEAMS
CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2013

The team of SPb Chess Fed won the Russian National Teams Chess Chamiponship 2013 with 11 match points and better tie-break than the second team in the final ranking Malakhit Chess Club. The third place was won by Yugra with 10 match points. The Championship was held from 07-13 April, 2013 in Loo, Russia.
Chief Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the Russian Chess Federation, was Khasin Alexander.

Team composition of the winners was: GMs Peter Svidler (ELO-2747), Nikita Vitiugov (ELO-2712), Perez Leinier Dominguez (ELO-2723), Sergei Movsesian (ELO- 2695), Zahar Efimenko (ELO-2697), Vadim Zvjaginsev (ELO-2658), Ildar Khairullin (ELO-2660) and Maxim Matlakov (ELO-2653).

Final Ranking after 7 rounds – first 10 positions

Rk.

Team

TB1

TB2

TB3

TB4

1

SPb Chess Fed

Malakhit Chess Club Yugra
11 11 10 10 9
26
24.5
25
0000000000
5445433333
23

4

PGMB Rostov

Economist-SGSEU Navigator
24

5

26

6

8

24.5

24

7

Zhiguli

8

SHSM "Nashe Nasledie" Moskow

AGU - Belorechensk Atom

8

23

9

7

23.5

16.5

10

7

In the women section, the winner was the team of Yugra which finished with 8 match points and better tie-break than the second in the ranking, SHSM "Nashe Nasledie" Moskow. AGU – Belorechensk finished third with 4 match points.

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Team composition of the winners was: GM Anna Ushenina (ELO-2488), WGM Natalija Pogonina (ELO-2473), WGM Baira Kovanova (ELO-2377), IM Marina Romanko (ELO-2367) and WGM Tatiana Shadrina (ELO-2372).

Final Ranking after 5 rounds

Rk.

Team

TB1

TB2

TB3

123456

Yugra

8

84442
14
12.5 10.5 7.5 7.5
8
000110
SHSM "Nashe Nasledie" Moskow AGU – Belorechensk M.I.Chigorin Chess Club Economist Saratov Ladya Kazan

Official website: www.russiachess.org

THE BULGARIAN NATIONAL CHAMPION U 12, MATEJ PETKOV, PLAYS PRESENTATIONAL GAME OF CHESS AGAINST THE IBM‘S COMPUTER SYSTEM PURE FLEX
SYSTEMS ON THE BOARD OF THE IBM’S TECHOLOGY TRUCK

On 15^thApril, 2013 the Bulgarian National Chess Champion U12, Matej Petkov, played presentational game of chess against the IBM’s computer system Pure Flex Systems on

the board of the IBM’s technology truck - STG

Truck.
The event took place during the press conference given by IBM Bulgaria, on the occasion of the arrival to Bulgaria of the "demo center on wheels" - IBM System Technology Truck and is a result of the good cooperation between IBM Bulgaria and the Bulgarian Chess Federation.

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IBM Bulgaria is a great friend of the Bulgarian chess and welcomes the program "Chess in Schools" of the European Chess Union.

In the presence of the Country Sales Leader of IBM Bulgaria Mr. Kalin Dimtchev, foreign guests and journalists, Matej Petkov and IBM’s computer competed in Scottish Gambit with blitz time control. The game was commented by the Executive Director of the Bulgarian Chess Federation, Mr. Nikolay Velchev, who was an official guest of this high tech event.

"We can see increasingly clearly how active technologies enter into the business, making it more dynamic and even more aggressive. But they also changed the way we live our lives, leading us to a smarter future. Future, which is based on the technologies, which we will present during the exhibition, as well as all innovations and solutions of IBM, created in the

centennial history of the company." - said Mr. Dimtchev during the press conference. The journalists and guests had the opportunity to learn about the benefits and capabilities of the IBM’s server systems and software in a real environment. Among them are Pure Flex Systems, Power Systems, Blade Center, Smart Applications, Smart Cloud solutions and more.

This is the first time the exhibition truck IBM STG Truck has been in Bulgaria. It is impressive in size - weighing 36 tons, 17 meters long and 16 meters in diameter and possesses impressive technological features. Its construction took six months, and has now travelled more than 350,000 kilometers and performed in more than 120 countries worldwide.

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GM TAMIR NABATY WINS ISRAELI CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
2013

GM Tamir Nabaty won the Israeli Chess Championship 2013 with the final result of 6.5 points out of maximum 9. GM Ilia Smirin finished second on a half point distance from the winner, whereas GM Victor Mikhalevski was third with the same result.
The championship was held from April 06-14, 2013 in Acre. Chief Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the Israeli Chess Federation, was IA Malkiel Peretz.

Final Ranking after 9 rounds – first 10 positions - MEN

Title

Rk.

Name

Rtg

TB1

TB2

TB3

12
GM GM GM GM GM GM GM GM IM
Nabaty Tamir Smirin Ilia
2564 2663 2530 2572 2635 2639 2573 2623 2488 2516
6.5
6
0111000000
41 44 43 43 45 44 42 38 41 40

3

Mikhalevski Victor

Avrukh Boris Postny Evgeny Rodshtein Maxim Golod Vitali
6

4

6

5

5.5

5.5 5.5 5.5
5
67

8

Roiz Michael

Raznikov Danny Soffer Ram
9

10

GM

5

In the women section, the winner was WIM Olga Vasiliev with the final result of 7 points. WIM Ludmila Tsifanskaya finished second with 6 points, while WGM Angela Borsuk was third with 5 points.

Final Ranking after 9 rounds - WOMEN

Rk.

Title

Name

Rtg

TB1

TB2

TB3

123456789
WIM WIM WGM WGM
Vasiliev Olga Tsifanskaya Ludmila Borsuk Angela Klinova Masha Len Irina
2243 2085 2256 2330 2091 2056 2003 1876 1874
76
00
24 18 18 14 15 8.3
8

5

0.5

0.5
0
5
4.5

3

WFM

Dotan Valeria

Vardi Shlomit Bejashvili Irma Lian Marina
0
2.5
2
0

0

4.8

2.5

1

0

Official website: www.chess.org.il

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ROMANIAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP FOR BOYS AND
GIRLS – U 08,10,12,14,16,18,20

The Romanian Youth Chess Championship for boys and girls – U 08,10,12,14,16,18,20 was held from 02-08April, 2013 in Calimanesti - Caciulata.

Chief Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the Romanian Chess Federation, was FA Dragomanu Vasile.

Final rankings – first 3 positions – Classic chess

Boys – U 20

Girls – U 20

Rk.

Name

Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3

Rk. Name

123
Dragomirescu Robin Pop Alexandru
6.5 6.5
5
23.5 21.8 15.5
000
000
123

Bulmaga Irina

8

21

25 25

24

48

17 23
Vasilescu Maria Lolici Iselin
3.5 3.5
10.3

9.25

Hajbok Robert

Boys – U 18

Girls – U 18

Rk. Name

Rk.

Name

Pts. TB1

TB2 TB3

123

Malureanu Costin

7

76
38 35 39
35.5 34.5 33.3
36 34 34
123
Serbanescu Diana Morea Georgiana Gelip Ioana
7.5
7
35 29 35
33.3 25.5 28.3
40 33 35
Vasile Claudiu

Doros Radu

6.5

Boys – U 16

Girls – U 16

Rk.

Name

Pts. TB1 TB2

TB3

Rk.

Name

Pts.

TB1

TB2

TB3

123
Neagu Mihai Toma Radu Bunta Andrei
6.5 6.5 6.5
38 37 35
34
31.3
32
29 36 32
123

Bulmaga Elena

8

66
36 35 34

39

41

29 31
Cosman Andreea Cusmuliuc Diana
27.8 24.5

Boys – U 14

Girls – U 14

Rk.

Name

Rk.

Name

Pts. TB1

TB2 TB3

123
Dolana Andrei Geiger Alex
8
7.5
7
42 39 42

47

43

38 36
123

Jakab Kincso

7.5

7
37 37 36
39.5 35.8 34.3
38 35 34
38.5 40.3
Stanciu Andreea

Cimpean Andra

Acsinte Matei

7

Boys – U 12

Girls – U 12

Rk.

Name

Pts.

TB1

TB2

TB3

Rk. Name

Pts. TB1 TB2

TB3

123

Deac Bogdan

9

38

49

33.3
31
45 36 36
123

Nastase Andreea

8.5

7
37 38 36
44
37.3
32
42 39 29
Negulici Andrei Calin Alexandru
6.5 6.5
38 37
Coman Emilia

Bucur Denisa

6.5

Boys – U 10

Girls – U 10

Rk. Name

Pts. TB1 TB2

TB3

Rk.

Name

Pts. TB1

TB2 TB3

123

Gavrilescu David

8

7.5
6
39 38 39
42.8
39
39 39 35
123
Lehaci Miruna Cristache Ana Boboc Thea
777
41 40 35
38.3 39.3 32.5
42 37 33
Ognean Mihnea

Codreanu Alex

29

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Boys – U 08

Girls – U 08

Rk.

Name

Rk.

Name

Pts. TB1

TB2 TB3

123
Bulgariu Andrei Panturu Octavian Antonica Dragos

8

38

40 35
40.5
35
41 37 30
123
Vulpe Raisa Trifoi Mihaela Obada Ema

8

38

40 36
39.5 35.8 30.3
40 40 32
6.5 6.5
6.5

6.5

31.3

The rapid section of the tournament was held on 10-11 April, 2013 at the same venue. Winners in the different categories are: U-20 Hajbok Robert, Bulmaga Irina; U-18 Dicu Razvan-Stefan, Gelip Ioana; U-16 Bunta Andrei, Cosman Andreea-Marioara; U- 14 Costachi Mihnea, Stanciu Andreea-Briana; U-12 Stoleriu George, Balan BrianaCleopatra; U-10 Gavrilescu David, Nistor Gabriela; U-08 Panturu Octavian-Nicu, Obada Ema;

The blitz section of the tournament was held on 11-12 April, 2013 at the same venue. Winners in the different categories are: U-20 Hajbok Robert, Foisor MihaelaVeronica; U-18 Vasile Claudiu-Daniel, Serbanescu Diana-Maria; U-16 Tomici Stefan, Cirlig Ioana-Andreea; U-14 Costachi Mihnea, Dumitras Teodora-Iarina; U-12 Stoleriu George, Nastase Andreea-Cristina; U-10 Gavrilescu David, Stan AndreeaLoredana; U-08 Bighiu Rares, Obada Ema.

Official website: www.frsah.ro

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FORTHCOMING TOURNAMENTS

EUROPEAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

Legnica (POLAND) 4-17 May 2013

GENERAL REGULATIONS

1.

ORGANIZERS

Polonia Wroclaw Chess Club under the auspices of the European Chess Union. Polonia Wroclaw Chess Club, 1, P53-126 Wroclaw Al. Wisniowa 47

E-mail: [email protected] URL: http://www.polonia.wroclaw.pl 2. VENUE, DATE, SCHEDULE The Championship will be held in Legnica, Poland from May 04 (day of arrival) until May 17 (day of departure) 2013. The tournament will be held at Qubus Hotel 4*

After consultations with the ECU and the Organizers, the Chief Arbiter can make changes in the above tournament schedule. Such changes will be announced in due time.

3. PARTICIPATION The European Individual Chess Championship is open to all players representing Chess Federations which comprise the European Chess Union (FIDE zones 1.1 to 1.10) regardless of their title or rating. There is also no limit in the number of participants per federation; however applications have to be sent by the national federations only.

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Saturday Saturday Saturday Sunday

04.05

Arrival of participants

Opening ceremony Technical Meeting 1st round
04.05 at 22.00 04.05 at 23.00 05.05 at 15.00 06.05 at 15.00 07.05 at 15.00 08.05 at 15.00 09.05 at 15.00 10.05 at 15.00 11.05 at 15.00 12.05
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
2nd round 3rd round 4th round 5th round 6th round

7th round

Saturday

Sunday

Rest day

8th round

Monday

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
13.05 at 15.00 14.05 at 15.00 15.05 at 15.00 16.05 at 13.00 16.05 at 21.00 17.05 at 12.00
9th round 10th round 11th round Closing Ceremony

Departures

Friday

4. QUALIFIERS The European Individual Championship 2013 is a qualification event for the next World Cup. According to FIDE regulations and the decision of the ECU Board, 23 players will qualify.

5. SYSTEM AND RATE OF PLAY The championship will be organized in 11-round Swiss system in accordance with the ECU Tournament Rules and FIDE Laws of Chess.

The rate of play will be 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one.

Players may only agree to a draw after the 40th move has been made by black. Players violating this rule will be forfeited. If a player is offered a draw before the 40th move has been made by black, he should call an arbiter. His opponent shall be punished for distracting, according to the FIDE Laws of Chess.

Zero–tolerance rule will be applied for each round. 6. TIE-BREAK SYSTEM The order of players that finish with the same number of points shall be determined by application of the following tie-breaking procedures in sequence, proceeding from (a) to (b) to (c) to (d) the extent required:

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(a) (b) (c) (d)
Average Rating cut-1, the highest number wins; Buchholz cut-1, the highest number wins; Buchholz, the highest number wins; Number of wins, the highest number wins.
In the case of unplayed games for the calculation of (a), (b) and (c) the current FIDE Tournament Rules shall be applied.

In the case there are less than 75% rated players, the following criteria will be applied:

(a) (b) (c)
Buchholz cut-1, the highest number wins; Buchholz, the highest number wins; Number of wins, the highest number wins.
7. DRESS CODE The ECU Rule related to dress code – Chapter B Article 13 - will be applied at this competition.

8. CHIEF ARBITER The Chief Arbiter will be appointed by the ECU President before 1st March 2013.

9. APPEALS COMMITTEE The names of the chairman and members of the Appeals Committee will be published by 1st March, 2013.

10. APPEALS PROCEDURE Protests against the decisions of the Chief Arbiter must be submitted in written form to the Chairman of the appeals committee within one hour after completion of the playing session.

The protest must be accompanied with the sum of 100 €, as a deposit from the signatory. The deposit must be handed to the Chairman of the appeals committee. If the appeal is granted, the sum shall be returned immediately.

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If the appeal is refused, the deposit is forfeited to the European Chess Union. The appeal has to be lodged by the player. The decisions of the Appeals Committee are final.

11. PRIZES The prize fund is 100 000 EUR

Main prizes:

Special (Performance minus Rating):

Rank
90 950 EUR