NEWSLETTER 82 (July 02, 2012)

DMITRY ANDREIKIN WON THE 65TH RUSSIAN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP HIGHER LEAGUE’ 2012

GM Dmitry Andreikin won the 65th Russian Chess Championship Higher League’ 2012 with the final result of 7.5 points from possible 11. GM Daniil Dubov and GM Nikita Vitiugov finished with the same score, but because of the tiebreak, Dubov took the silver medal and Vitiugov the bronze.

nd GM Dmitry Andreikin In the women’s section - 62 Russian Chess Championship Higher League - WGM Baira Kovanova became winner with 9 points from possible 11, second finished WGM Natalija Pogonina with 8 points, third – WIM Ekaterina Ubiennykh with 7.5 points.

Final Ranking – first 5 positions – MEN

Rk. Name Rtg. Pts. TB1 TB2

1 Dmitry Andreikin 2700 7.5 70 46

2 Daniil Dubov 2569 7.5 69 52

3 Nikita Vitiugov, 2703 7.5 68.5 44.5

4 Sanan Sjugirov 2625 7 70.5 45

5 Vladimir Potkin 2642 7 68 41

The Championship was held in Tyumen, Russia on June 15-28, 2012.

It was played in 11 rounds, according to the Swiss system with the rate of play 90 minutes for 40 moves+30 minutes for the rest of the game+30 seconds increment per move, starting from move one. The Chief-Arbiter was Alexander Hasin.

The Higher League is a qualifier for the Superfinal of the Russian Championship which is going to be held in Moscow on August 02-13, 2012. The first 5 players from both sections are qualified for the Superfinal.

Final Ranking – first 5 positions – WOMEN

Rk. Name Rtg. Pts. TB1 TB2

1 Kovanova, Baira 2391 9 73 58

2 Pogonina, Natalija 2447 8 73.5 48.5

3 Ubiennykh, Ekaterina 2336 7.5 71.5 48

4 Ovod, Evgenija 2410 7.5 70.5 42.5

5 Girya, Olga 2414 7 72.5 45.5

Official website: www.russiachess.org

SWISS YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP – U 14, 12, 10 The Swiss Youth Chess Championship’2012 – U 14, 12, 10 was held in Männedorf, Switzerland from 28 June to 01 July.

The Chief-Arbiter of the tournament was Gerhard Jöri.

Forty children took part in the competition organized by the Swiss Chess Federation.

Fina+l rankings-after 7 rounds-first 3 positions

U14 U12 Rk. Name TB1 TB2 TB3 Rk. Name TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Hoang Harry 5.5 29 198 1 Brandis Benjamin 5.5 30 183 2 Arcuti Davide 5.5 29 198 2 Goldie Thomas 5.5 28 180 3 Rohrer Christophe 4.5 30 196 3 Mégret Jean 4.5 29 173

U10 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Tezayak Matthias 5 16 0 5 2 Bänziger Fabian 5 14 0 5 3 Fischer Daniel 5 13 0 5

Official website: www.swisschess.ch

HUNGARIAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP’2012 – U 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8 The Hungarian Youth Chess Championship for boys and girls – U 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8 was held in Budapest, Hungary on June 22-30, 2012. 115 children participated in the championship.

The Chief-Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the

Hungarian Chess Federation, was IA Marti Gyorgy.

Final Rankings – first 3 positions-Classical Boys - U18 Girls - U18 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 1 Nagy Gabor 7 27.8 1 Varga Klara 5.5 15 2 Horvath David 6.5 25.8 2 Kabai Zsuzsanna 5 16 3 Odor Istvan 5 22.3 3 Bea Boglarka 5 15

Boys - U16 Girls - U16 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 1 Amstadt Aron 7 29.5 1 Horvath Ilona Klara 5 12.3 2 Csonka Balazs 6.5 25.5 2 Szente Varga Fruzsina 4 10.3 3 Eltigani Omar 6 22.3 3 Gombos Bettina 3.5 8

Boys - U14 Girls - U14 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 1 Korpa Bence 6 25.8 1 Gal Hanna Krisztina 7.5 31.3 2 Zsirai Peter 6 25.3 2 Egyed Viktoria 6 23.5 3 Kantor Gergely 6 23.8 3 Werner Anna 6 22.3

Boys - U12 Girls - U12 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 1 Marosi Levente 8 31.8 1 Erseki Tamara 7.5 29.5 2 Havasi Gergo 6.5 25 2 Kurcsics Erika 7.5 29.3 3 Kovacs Bence 6 24.3 3 Egyed Judit 5.5 23

Boys – U10 Girls - U10 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 1 Krstulovic Alex 7.5 33.8 1 Kocsis Anett 8 30.3 2 Vanczak Tamas 6 27.8 2 Lengyel Andrea 8 30 3 Kozak Adam 6 24 3 Kovacs Judit 6 25.3

Boys - U8 Girls - U8 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 1 Karacsonyi Gellert 8 34 1 Majoros Rozsa 6 11 2 Lakatos Tamas 6 24 2 Juhasz Judit 5.5 13 3 Dibusz Domonkos 6 20.3 3 Hajdo Hanna 5 12

Official website: http://chess.hu

GREEK YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP FOR BOYS AND GIRLS – U 16, 14, 12, 10, 08 The Greek Youth Chess Championship for boys and girls – U 16, 14, 12, 10, 08 was held in Porto Rio hotel, Achaia on June 24-29, 2012.

The Chief-Arbiter of the championship, organized by the Greek Chess Federation, was IA Sotiris Logothetis. Final rankings – first 3 positions

Boys – U16 Girls – U16 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 1 Ivannis Stathopoulos 6 0 1 Dimitra Amoiridou 5.5 0 2 Aleksandros Papasimakopoulos 5.5 0 2 Despina Serefidou 4.5 0 3 Dimitrios Papakonstantinu 5.5 0 3 Anna-Maria Drakakis 4 0.5

Boys – U14 Girls – U14 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 1 Dimitrios Ladopoulos 6 0 1 Rebeka Salachidi 5.5 1 2 Nikolaos Gouloutis 5.5 0 2 Angeliki Kafetzi 5.5 0 3 Polychronis Drakopoulos 5.5 0 3 Elizabeth Iliopoulu 5 0

Boys – U12 Girls – U12 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 1 Nikolaos Theodoru 6 0 1 Anastasia Avramidou 6.5 0.5 2 Chrysovalantis Danis 6 0 2 Stavrula Tsolakidou 6.5 0.5 3 Grigorios Drakoulakos 6 0 3 Evangelia Mastrakouli 5 0

Boys – U10 Girls – U10 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 1 Dimitrios Katopodis 6.5 0 1 Atanasia Chrysogelos 7 0 2 Nikolaos Theodorakis 5.5 0 2 Kuriaki Kaluba 5 0.5 3 Nikolaos Serpetsidakis 5.5 0 3 Evgenia Tsivelekidou 5 0.5

Boys – U8 Girls – U8 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 1 Evangelos Patrelakis 6.5 0 1 Anastasia Beratze 5 0 2 Stavros Ampelakiotis 5.5 0 2 Evangelia Karavitakis 4 0 3 Dimitrois Kollias 5 0 3 Nicoletta Pasoglou 4 0

Official website: www.chessfed.net

FIDE TOP 50 PLAYERS - JULY’ 2012

Ran Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year k

1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2837 9 1990

2 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2816 15 1982

3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2799 15 1975

4 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2788 9 1987

5 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2780 12 1969

6 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2779 0 1990

7 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2778 23 1987

8 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2775 22 1992

9 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2770 9 1977

10 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2769 15 1969

11 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2763 9 1983

12 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2752 0 1975

13 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2749 4 1976

14 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2744 11 1974

15 Wang, Hao g CHN 2739 10 1989

16 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2738 12 1968

17 Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2737 0 1986

18 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2736 0 1983

19 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2733 9 1987

20 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2732 9 1971

21 Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2730 10 1983

22 Leko, Peter g HUN 2730 7 1979

23 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2726 0 1985

24 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2726 0 1983

25 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2725 10 1983

26 Adams, Michael g ENG 2723 14 1971

27 Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2720 13 1985

28 Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2718 10 1990

29 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2717 0 1987

30 Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2714 9 1981

31 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2713 14 1983

32 McShane, Luke J g ENG 2713 10 1984

33 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2713 0 1976

34 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2712 0 1980

35 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro g CUB 2711 0 1982

36 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2709 0 1976

37 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2707 8 1981

38 Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2707 0 1985

39 Shirov, Alexei g LAT 2706 10 1972

40 Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2706 5 1980

41 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2704 5 1965

42 Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2704 0 1986

43 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2703 0 1987

44 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2700 15 1985

45 Andreikin, Dmitry g RUS 2700 0 1990

46 Movsesian, Sergei g ARM 2698 0 1978

47 Wang, Yue g CHN 2697 8 1987

48 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2697 0 1982

49 Giri, Anish g NED 2696 14 1994

50 Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2694 15 1985

Official website: www.fide.com