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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. © Europechess.net Page 1 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 © Europechess.net Page 2 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 © Europechess.net Page 3 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 © Europechess.net Page 4 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 © Europechess.net Page 5 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 © Europechess.net Page 6 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 © Europechess.net Page 7 .
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