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 11 26 0 5 2 Malakhit Chess Club 11 24.5 0 4 3 Yugra 10 25 0 4 4 PGMB Rostov 10 24 0 5 5 Economist-SGSEU 9 26 0 4 6 Navigator 8 24.5 0 3 7 Zhiguli 8 24 0 3 8 SHSM "Nashe Nasledie" Moskow 8 23 0 3 9 AGU - Belorechensk 7 23.5 0 3 10 Atom 7 16.5 0 3

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.

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 1 Yugra 8 14 0 2 SHSM "Nashe Nasledie" Moskow 8 12.5 0 3 AGU – Belorechensk 4 10.5 0 4 M.I.Chigorin Chess Club 4 7.5 1 5 Economist Saratov 4 7.5 1 6 Ladya Kazan 2 8 0 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 15th April, 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.

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.

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

1 GM Nabaty Tamir 2564 6.5 0 41 2 GM Smirin Ilia 2663 6 1 44 3 GM Mikhalevski Victor 2530 6 1 43 4 GM Avrukh Boris 2572 6 1 43 5 GM Postny Evgeny 2635 5.5 0 45 6 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2639 5.5 0 44 7 GM Golod Vitali 2573 5.5 0 42 8 GM Roiz Michael 2623 5.5 0 38 9 IM Raznikov Danny 2488 5 0 41 10 GM Soffer Ram 2516 5 0 40

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 1 WIM Vasiliev Olga 2243 7 0 24 2 WIM Tsifanskaya Ludmila 2085 6 0 18 3 WGM Borsuk Angela 2256 5 0.5 18 4 WGM Klinova Masha 2330 5 0.5 14 5 Len Irina 2091 4.5 0 15 6 WFM Dotan Valeria 2056 3 0 8.3 7 Vardi Shlomit 2003 2.5 0 8 8 Bejashvili Irma 1876 2 0 4.8 9 Lian Marina 1874 1 0 2.5 Official website: www.chess.org.il

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 Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Dragomirescu Robin 6.5 23.5 0 0 1 Bulmaga Irina 8 21 24 48 2 Pop Alexandru 6.5 21.8 0 0 2 Vasilescu Maria 3.5 25 10.3 17 3 Hajbok Robert 5 15.5 0 0 3 Lolici Iselin 3.5 25 9.25 23

Boys – U 18 Girls – U 18 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Malureanu Costin 7 38 35.5 36 1 Serbanescu Diana 7.5 35 33.3 40 2 Vasile Claudiu 7 35 34.5 34 2 Morea Georgiana 7 29 25.5 33 3 Doros Radu 6 39 33.3 34 3 Gelip Ioana 6.5 35 28.3 35

Boys – U 16 Girls – U 16 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Neagu Mihai 6.5 38 34 29 1 Bulmaga Elena 8 36 39 41 2 Toma Radu 6.5 37 31.3 36 2 Cosman Andreea 6 35 27.8 29 3 Bunta Andrei 6.5 35 32 32 3 Cusmuliuc Diana 6 34 24.5 31

Boys – U 14 Girls – U 14 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Dolana Andrei 8 42 47 43 1 Jakab Kincso 7.5 37 39.5 38 2 Geiger Alex 7.5 39 38.5 38 2 Stanciu Andreea 7 37 35.8 35 3 Acsinte Matei 7 42 40.3 36 3 Cimpean Andra 7 36 34.3 34

Boys – U 12 Girls – U 12 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Deac Bogdan 9 38 49 45 1 Nastase Andreea 8.5 37 44 42 2 Negulici Andrei 6.5 38 33.3 36 2 Coman Emilia 7 38 37.3 39 3 Calin Alexandru 6.5 37 31 36 3 Bucur Denisa 6.5 36 32 29

Boys – U 10 Girls – U 10 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Gavrilescu David 8 39 42.8 39 1 Lehaci Miruna 7 41 38.3 42 2 Ognean Mihnea 7.5 38 39 39 2 Cristache Ana 7 40 39.3 37 3 Codreanu Alex 6 39 29 35 3 Boboc Thea 7 35 32.5 33

Boys – U 08 Girls – U 08 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Bulgariu Andrei 8 38 40.5 41 1 Vulpe Raisa 8 38 39.5 40 2 Panturu Octavian 6.5 40 35 37 2 Trifoi Mihaela 6.5 40 35.8 40 3 Antonica Dragos 6.5 35 31.3 30 3 Obada Ema 6.5 36 30.3 32

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 Briana- Cleopatra; 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 Mihaela- Veronica; 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 Andreea- Loredana; U-08 Bighiu Rares, Obada Ema. Official website: www.frsah.ro

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.

Saturday 04.05 Arrival of participants Saturday 04.05 at 22.00 Opening ceremony Saturday 04.05 at 23.00 Technical Meeting Sunday 05.05 at 15.00 1st round Monday 06.05 at 15.00 2nd round Tuesday 07.05 at 15.00 3rd round Wednesday 08.05 at 15.00 4th round Thursday 09.05 at 15.00 5th round Friday 10.05 at 15.00 6th round Saturday 11.05 at 15.00 7th round Sunday 12.05 Rest day Monday 13.05 at 15.00 8th round Tuesday 14.05 at 15.00 9th round Wednesday 15.05 at 15.00 10th round Thursday 16.05 at 13.00 11th round Friday 16.05 at 21.00 Closing Ceremony Friday 17.05 at 12.00 Departures

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:

(a) Average Rating cut-1, the highest number wins;

(b) Buchholz cut-1, the highest number wins;

(d) 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) Buchholz cut-1, the highest number wins;

(b) Buchholz, 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.

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 9 050 EUR 1 14 000 1 000 2 11 000 900 3 9 000 850 4 7 000 800 5 5 500 750 6 4 700 700 7 4 200 650 8 3 700 600 9 3 300 550 10 2 850 500 11 2 550 450 12 2 350 400 13 2 200 350 14 2 100 300 15 2 000 250 16 1 900 17 1 800 18 1 700 19 1 600 20 1 500 21 1 400 22 1 300 23 1 200 24 1 100 25 1 000

A player can get one prize only. If a prize-winner is absent during the closing ceremony, than the money prize will be reduced by 20% with a minimum of 100 EUR. The first 3 places will be awarded cups and medals. According to Article 4.4 of the ECU Tournament Rules and regulations, the money prizes will be equally shared among the players with the same score. The ECU will transfer the prizes to the participants’ bank accounts.

12. REGISTRATION Entry form should be filled at the official website of the championship not later than March 15, by the national federation. This date is the registration deadline. After that, federations will not be able to register or modify any registrations. After this date all the registrations have to be confirmed by the ECU.

13. ECU FEE In accordance with the ECU regulations, GM, IM, FM (as well as WGM, WIM, WFM) are required to pay a fee in the amount of 65 €/person, while other players are obliged to make the payment of 130 €/person for the fee.

According to the ECU regulations (Art. B.9.5.1), the entry fee shall be paid by the federations to the ECU before or at the start of the competition. If the entry fee is not paid until end of round 2, these participants will not be paired in subsequent rounds.

14. ORGANIZATION FEE The organization fee is 80 EUR per player. Organization fee includes:

- transfer from and to Wroclaw airport (80 km) by bus - water, coffee and tea for players in the playing hall during the rounds All organization fees have to be paid before the deadline for registration - March 15.

15. ACCOMMODATION Accommodation will be provided on full board per person for the period 04-17.05 as follows: Hotels recommended by the organizer: Hotel Room Whole price Price per per person night with with fullboard fullboard triple 845 € 65 € Hotel Qubus 4* Double 1040 € 80 € Single 1235 € 95 € Hotel Ksiazecy 3* Double 845 € 65 €

Single 80 € (5 minutes from Qubus) 1040 € Hotel Kamieniczka 2* Triple 585 € 45 € Double 650 € 50 € (10 minutes from Qubus) Single 845 € 65 € Triple 585 € 45 € Hotel Parkowy 2* (5 Double minutes from Qubus) 650 € 50 € Single 845 € 65€ Dorm (15 minutes from Double 364 € 28 € Qubus) Single 455 € 35 €

Reservations for accommodation will be confirmed only after all costs are paid to the bank account of Polonia Wroclaw Chess Club.

16. TRANSFER If accompanying persons request transfer the organizer will provide transfer from Wroclaw airport (80 km) - 60 € return ticket per person by bus.

These transport services will be available on May 4 (arrival) and on May 17 (departure). If it is necessary the organizer can accept special request from Federations for other dates.

Players and accompanying persons who make private transport arrangements should clearly indicate this in writing at the time of registration. They will be fully responsible for any problems experienced during their arrival or departure and particularly for the possibility of a late start to the Championship.

17. PAYMENT ECU fees must be paid to the following account:

European Chess Union Bank: Credit Suisse Postfach 357, CH-6301 Zug Account: 1835105-42 National Bank Code: 4835 BIC: CRESCHZZXXX IBAN Code: CH3604835183510542000

Till March 15th the organization fees, accommodation and transfers costs must be transferred to the following account:

KLUB SZACHOWY POLONIA WROCŁAW SP. Z O.O. AL. WIŚNIOWA 47, 53-126 WROCŁAW BANK: ING BANK SLASKI UL. SOKOLSKA 34, 40-086 KATOWICE SWIFT (BIC): INGBPLPW IBAN: PL 91 1050 1575 1000 0023 5707 5312

Please, indicate the number of the Proforma Invoice at the payment order.

All bank commissions must be paid by sender, if it is not paid, the organizers will produce an invoice which must be paid before the start of the second round.

18. VISAS The Federations or players who need assistance with their visas are asked to register at the online registration form and attach scanned copy of the passport, before April 15, 2013 in order that the organizers can help. NO visa invitations will be made until scanned copy of the passport is sent and payments are done. Visa invitations will be sent to accompanying persons only if they are accommodated in the official hotels.

Important: The Schengen visa is valid for Poland. 19. ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS Analyzing is not allowed in the playing hall.

During the game the players are not allowed to go to the analyzing room or to the press room.

Flashes may be used only in the first ten minutes of each round. Only players and arbiters shall be allowed to enter the actual playing area, except with the expressed permission of the Chief Arbiter.

Players are not allowed to enter the closed area of the top boards if they don’t play there themselves.

As long as the game is in progress a player may talk only to an arbiter or with his opponent as permitted by the Laws of Chess.

In case of pre-arranged results the Chief Arbiter can decide that the result of the respective game is 0 - 0.

We assume that all the players have read the Tournament Regulations and are obliged to obey them.

The English text of these Tournament Regulations is the authentic version.

20. MEDICAL CARE During the rounds there will be Medical Services according to the FIDE Tournament Regulations.

21. TOURNAMENT OFFICE All necessary information participants can get on the official tournament website: www.eicc2013.pl

Tournament Director: Mr. Artur Czyz E-mail: [email protected]