NEWSLETTER 68 (March 26, 2012)

EUROPEAN CHESS UNION WON THE COURT CASE AGAINST TURKISH CHESS FEDERATION IN CAS

In October 2011, the Turkish Chess Federation filed an Appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the decision of the ECU concerning the award of competitions during the bidding procedure for 2013.

According to the Appeal by the Turkish Chess Federation, the decision to award the European Youth Championship 2013 to the organizer from Budva, Montenegro was illegal. Also, the Appellant believed that they should have been awarded the organization of the European Senior Team Championship 2013 directly.

In the arbitration between the Turkish Chess Federation and the European Chess Union, the CAS and the Panel of three Arbitrators presided by Mr. Robert Reid from England delivered the Arbitral Award on March 22, 2012.

The Appeal filed by the Turkish Chess Federation was dismissed, while the decisions made by the European Chess Union Board were accepted as valid. In addition, according to CAS, ‘the costs of the arbitration... shall be borne by the Appellant’.

You can download the complete Arbitral Award from the ECU web site.

Official web site: http://www.europechess.net/

EUROPEAN CHESS UNION BOARD MEETING IN PLOVDIV

The European Chess Union Board meeting was held in "Novotel" hotel in Plovdiv during the European Individual Chess Championship. The main topic of the meeting was the endorsement of the Written Declaration ‘Chess in School’ in the European Parliament.

ECU President Silvio Danailov thanked the Board members and others who helped the Declaration to be adopted. Danailov believes that this is the historic step for chess which has now been recognized not only as a sport, but also as a school subject. Therefore, an important pre-election promise of the current ECU management has been fulfilled.

ECU PR Officer Boyko Hristov and ECU Commercial Director MarianaTodorova also attended the meeting. They gave their reports about their activities between the two meetings. The European Chess Union Board made the decision on the procedure concerning the changes of the ECU Tournament Rules in 2012.

1000 tn! NEW EDITION OF ‘CHESS INFORMANT’ SUPPORTED BY THE EUROPEAN CHESS UNION

A well-known publisher ‘Chess informant’ has published a publication ‘1000 tn!’ supported by the European Chess Union. The foreword for this edition was written by the President of the European Chess Union, Mr. Silvio Danailov.

The European Chess Union has 500 copies of this valuable book and they plan to give the copies to the national federations as a present, especially to those in which learning chess theory and publishing have been less developed.

In his foreword, Danailov says:

"It was with great pleasure that I accepted the invitation of our friends from the Chess Informant to the European Chess Union to become a partner in publishing the selection of 1000 most important theoretical novelties arising from chess games played in the last forty years. Chess Informant is one of the most eminent chess publishers in the world and certainly has laid foundation for good communication between the author and the readers. The language of the symbols in the Chess Informant represents the highest level of communication between chess players and chess fans throughout the world. We can only praise the idea to publish the book that highlights some of the most inspiring moments in the modern chess. What makes this comprehensive book so special is that it is not only a reminder of theoretical novelties, but also represents the whole development of the chess theory to date.

Certainly, the fact that the members of the jury during the whole period were the most eminent chess players makes us believe that the choice and evaluation of theoretical novelties were highly professional and authoritative.

First as a chess player and later as a coach and manager of two World Champions, I always paid special attention to theoretical background. Theoretical novelties from the previous period were always a very important factor during the preparation process. I am very much pleased that the European Chess Union will provide the national federations, chess players from small nations, trainers and young players with such a work of art and therefore contribute to their education."

The new book ‘1000 TN!’ collects the best 1000 theoretical novelties from Chess Informants 11 to 110 and provides an adventurous journey through the development of chess openings during the last forty years. Moreover, in every theoretical line, the latest word on the state of theory according to latest editions of Encyclopedia of chess openings was added. From 1971 to 2011 the Chess Informant jury convened to vote on the best theoretical novelty from the previous volume. Once, and only once, the nine-member jury was in complete concordance regarding the winning novelty. It was like a-once-in-a-lifetime moment that the stars align in perfect harmony, where one game scores above all others as a clear winner with the maximum ninety points!

In the contest of TN’s, who actually won the game was of lesser importance than whose idea contributed the most to chess theory.

Official web site: www.europechess.net

GM JEVGENIJS SVESNIKOVS WON THE LATVIAN SENIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP’2012

GM Jevgenijs Svesnikovs won the Latvian Senior Chess Championship’2012 with the final result of 7 points from possible 7. Jānis Visockis finished second with 5.5 points, third was Vitālijs Ļevčenkovs with 5 points.

The Latvian Senior Chess Championship was held on March 16-18, 2012. The Chief-Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the Latvian Chess Federation, was Alberts Cimiľš. Source of the photo: Wikipedia

Final Ranking after 7 rounds-first 10 positions

Rk. Name Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Svesnikovs Jevgenijs 2530 7 22 31 28 2 Visockis Jānis 2230 5,5 22 32 22 3 Ļevčenkovs Vitālijs 2233 5 23 31 21 4 Čehlovs Aleksandrs 2300 5 22 32 23 5 Kronlaks Olafs 2037 5 19 25 20 6 Daudzvārdis Jānis 2270 4,5 22 32 20 7 Batakovs Oļegs 2143 4,5 20 29 18 8 Priednieks Eriks 2168 4,5 19 26 18 9 Stavickis Isaks 1948 4,5 19 26 15 10 Ľevickis Arturs 2109 4 20 28 19

Official web site: www.sahafederacija.lv

11TH EUROPEAN SENIOR TEAMS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP’2012

The 11th European Senior Teams Chess Championship began in Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia on March 26th and it

will last until 5th of April, 2012.

The system and rate of play of the tournament is: 9 rounds, according to the Swiss system; 90 minutes for 40 moves+30 minutes for the rest of the game+30 seconds increment per move, starting from move one.

Ranking after Round 1-first 15 positions

Rk. SNo Team Games TB1 TB2 TB3 + = - 1 1 RUSSIA 1 1 1 0 0 2 4 0 2 21 NETHERLANDS – VAS 1 1 0 0 2 4 0 3 2 GERMANY 1 1 1 0 0 2 3,5 0,5 4 4 MONTENEGRO 1 1 0 0 2 3,5 0,5 5 6 SWITZERLAND 1 1 0 0 2 3,5 0,5 6 9 GERMANY – HESSEN 1 1 0 0 2 3,5 0,5 7 12 SWEDEN 1 1 1 0 0 2 3,5 0,5 8 14 AUSTRIA - WIEN 1 1 1 0 0 2 3,5 0,5 9 18 AUSTRIA – NIEDEROSTERREICH 1 1 0 0 2 3,5 0,5 10 22 ENGLAND 2 1 1 0 0 2 3,5 0,5

The total prize fund is 3000 EURO in cash and 5000 EURO as presents. The total number of participating teams is 46.

Official web site: www.sent2012.sahohlacnik.com

LATVIAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP’2012

The Latvian Youth Chess Championships’2012 for boys and girls was held in Teika Secondary School, Riga, on March 12-16. The tournament was organized by the Latvian Chess Federation and the Riga Chess School. The Chief-Arbiter was Diāna Matisone.

Final Rankings-BOYS

Boys - U18 Boys - U16

Rk. Name Pts. Rk. Name Pts. 1 Meškovs Ľikita fm 7.0 1.-2. Marutkins Oļegs mk 8.0 2 Bernotas Artūrs mk 6.0 1.-2. Starcevs Dmitrijs mk 8.0 3 Krilovs Nikolajs mk 5.5 3. Dunaveckis Deniss mk 7.0

Boys - U14 Boys - U12

Rk. Name Pts. Rk. Name Pts. 1 Tokranovs Dmitrijs mk 7.5 1 Bataševs Arsens 1 8.5 2 Širokovs Jevgēnijs mk 6.5 2 Zuj-Zajkovskis Ľikita 1 7.0 3 Petrovskis Oļegs mk 6.0 3 Stabulnieks Klāvs 1 6.0

Boys - U10 Boys - U8

Rk. Name Pts. Berger Rk. Name Pts. TB1 1 Morozļi Grigorijs 1 7.5 30.25 1 Horobrijs Daniils 2 6.0 15.00 2 Semjonovs Iļja 1 6.5 25.50 2 Vissarionovs Artjoms 2 4.0 11.00 3 Antonivs Vladislavs 1 6.5 21.75 3 Tokranovs Artūrs 3 4.0 9.00

Final Rankings-GIRLS

Girls – U18 Girls – U16

Rk. Name Pts. Berger Rk. Name Punkti 1 Vasiljeva Sofija 1 4.5 11.25 1 Kurbānova Dagmāra 1 6.5 2 Kāne Marta 1 3.0 9.00 2 Orliľa Laura 1 5.5 3 Matisone Dana 1 3.0 6.00 3 Djogteva Jekaterina 1 5.0

Girls – U14 Girls U – 12

Rk. Name Pts. Rk. Name Pts. 1 Ţiļaeva Veronika 1 6.5 1 Limanovska Elizabete 1 6.0 2 Parhomenko Margarita 1 6.0 2 Jablonska Anastasija 1 5.5 3 Golubeva Marija 1 5.0 3 Migunova Aleksandra 1 5.0

Girls – U10 Girls – U8

Rk. Name Pts. Berger Rk. Name Pts. 1 Vaivade Līva 1 6.0 18.5 1 Rastorgueva Alina 3 8.0 2 Nikolajeva Marija 1 5.5 20.0 2 Babska Jelizaveta 4 5.0 3 Vambute Dana 1 5.5 19.0 3 Lukjanova Marija 3 4.0

Official web site: www.sahafederacija.lv

SLOVAKIAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP’2012 Slovakian Youth Chess Championship was held in Hotel Sorea, Ľubovnianske kúpele on March 17-24, 2012. The Chief-Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the Slovak Chess Federation, was FA Rastislav Diviak, the Tournament director - Patrik Nemergut.

Final Rankings-BOYS

Boys-U18 Boys-U16

Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Druska Juraj 7,5 44 36 7 1 Dolnak Michal 7 46 37 5 2 Straka Jozef 7 45 38 5 2 Sosovicka Matej 6,5 47 36 5 3 Pagerka Martin 6 44 31 5 3 Takacs Laszlo 6,5 46 35 6

Boys-U14 Boys-U12

Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Nayhebaver Martin 8 47 40 7 1 Gazik Viktor 7,5 44 38 7 2 Puskar Peter 7 44 34 6 2 Pechac Jergus 7 45 40 6 3 Repka Christopher 6,5 48 35 5 3 Haring Viktor 7 44 33 7

Boys-U10 Boys-U8

Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Sahidi Samir 7,5 46 39 7 1 Gazik Jakub 6,5 25 27 6 2 Haring Filip 7 45 38 7 2 Sosovicka Jakub 6 26 24 6 3 Viczencz Peter 6,5 46 33 6 3 Valigursky Michal 4,5 24 17 4

Final Rankings-GIRLS

Girls-U18 Girls-U16

Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Turkova Karolina 6 21,5 0 0 1 Koloditsova Renata 5,5 14,3 0 0 2 Koselova Zuzana 5,5 16 0 0 2 Kopnicka Henrieta 4 9 0 0 3 Skrabakova Katarina 4,5 10,8 0 0 3 Halamova Maria 4 7,5 0 0

Girls-U14 Girls-U12

Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Gazikova Veronika 6,5 25 26 6 1 Vrtiakova Anna 6,5 25 26 6 2 Meszarosova Eva 5 27 21 5 2 Krivkova Adriana 5 26 18 5 3 Dzurjaninova Hana 4,5 28 17 4 3 Liscinska Lucia 4,5 27 18 4

Girls-U10 Girls-U8

Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Miklasova Emma 7 24 0 0 1 Vozarova Adriana 9 27 0 0 2 Ferkova Dominika 6 18 0 0 2 Sevcikova Lucia 4 10 0 0 3 Rudinska Veronika 5,5 19 0 0 3 Subjakova Kristina 3 8 0 0

Final Ranking after 11 Rounds -Blitz-first 5 positions

Rk. Name Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Krak Tomas 2283 11 63 74 10 2 Pagerka Martin 2215 9 64 76 9 3 Takacs Laszlo 1998 7,5 63 73 7 4 Jablonicky Frantisek 2188 7,5 62 71 7 5 Nemergut Matej 1954 7 60 66 7

Official web site: www.msr2012chess.sk

IVAN POPOV AND DINA DROZDOVA WON THE MOSCOW CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP’2012 Ivan Popov and Dina Drozdova won the Moscow Chess Championship’2012. The men’s section of the tournament was held on March 10-18, the women’s section on March 17-25.

The tournaments, organized by the Moscow Chess Federation were played in 9 rounds, according to the Swiss system. The top four GM Ivan Popov – photo by the Russian chess players have qualified for the Premier Chess Federation League of the 2012 Russian Championship.

Final Ranking-MEN-first 10 positions

Rk. Title Name ELO Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Popov Ivan 2605 8 54 39 4 2 GM Dubov Daniil 2536 7 51 36 5 3 IM Stukopin Andrey 2485 6,5 44,5 34,5 5 4 IM Mozharov Mikhail 2474 6 48 32,5 4 5 GM Korotylev Alexey 2574 6 47,5 28 4 6 Eliseev Urii 2473 6 45,5 34,5 4 7 GM Nikolenko Oleg 2532 6 42 29 4 8 FM Seliverstov Vladimir 2377 5,5 45,5 26 5 9 Gordievsky Dmitry 2397 5,5 45,5 25 4 10 GM Novikov Stanislav 2552 5,5 42 25,5 4

Final Ranking-WOMEN-first 10 positions

Rk. Title Name ELO Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Drozdova Dina 2214 7,5 36,5 37 5 2 FM Pustovoitova Daria 2308 6 37,5 32,5 5 3 IM Vasilevich Irina 2380 6 35,5 33 4 4 WFM Grigoryeva Olga A 2157 6 33 27 5 5 Frolova Ekaterina 2005 5,5 38 29 4 6 WIM Kharmunova Nadejda 2191 5,5 37,5 32,5 4 7 WGM Ambartsumova Karina 2318 5,5 35 29,5 4 8 WGM Burtasova Anna 2276 5 33,5 25 3 9 Zizlova Sofia 2149 5 30,5 23 5 10 WGM Mirzoeva Elmira 2258 5 30 21,5 5

Official web site: http://icce.su

Grand-Prix 2012 of French Chess Federation

Nancy, France, 28-29 April, 2012

On Saturday, come to play a very strong international Rapid tournament, open to all players of any nationality and strength

On Sunday, stay to watch the exciting final matches, between the 8 very strong qualified players !

Tournament hall : building of "Grand Nancy", 22-24 Viaduc Kennedy, 54000 NANCY, FRANCE (at 200 meters from the Nancy-railway station).

Saturday 28 April, 2012 at 2pm: International rapid open Open to any category of players, young or adults, beginners to grandmasters! 9 rapid games of 15 minutes (+ 3 seconds per move) per player. Final checking (obligatory) until 1:30pm. Game 1 at 2pm. Prize giving ceremony at about 8:30/9:00 pm. The best 7 players are qualified for the final matches in Sunday.

Registration: Only by email to [email protected] Please give your full name, Elo, FIDE Elo (or national by default) and email. Payment of the entry fee between 11am and 1:30pm at the tournament hall.

Entry Fee : * Free for GM, IM, WGM, WIM (if registration by email) and no other invitation condition. * 14 € for players over 20 years old. * 7€ for players under 20 years old, FM, WFM

27 prizes will be given on Saturday evening : Three best women : 400 € 250 € 150 € Three best young (under 20 y.o) : 150 € 100 € 50 € Three best Veteran (over 60 y.o) : 150 € 100 € 50 € Three best Elo under 2400 : 150 € 100 € 50 € Three best Elo under 2200 : 150 € 100 € 50 € Three best Elo under 2000 : 150 € 100 € 50 € Three best Elo under 1800 : 150 € 100 € 50 € Three best Elo under 1600 : 150 € 100 € 50 € Three best Elo under 1400 : 150 € 100 € 50 €

Sunday 29 April, 2012 from 10:30am : Final matches "cup system"

With the 7 qualified players from Saturday open + 1 player "wild card" : GM Christian BAUER, ELO 2679, French number 4. 2 rapid games 15min+3 sec per match, and then if necessary 2 blitz games 3min+2sec. Free entry. Live games broadcasting on giant screen in the tournament hall, and on internet on French federation website. Quarterfinal at 10:30am, Semi-final at 2pm, Final at 4pm and final ceremony at the end of the match.

8 prizes will be given after the final : 4 Quarter-finalist : 700 €, 2 Semi -finalist : 1 250 €, 1 Looser in Final : 2 500 €, 1 Winner : 4 000 €

Hotel : Hôtel ibis-Nancy-gare ** Address : 3 rue Crampel, 54000 Nancy (at 200 meters from tournament) Tel. 00 33 3 83 32 90 16 - Email : [email protected]

Special prize : 34 euros (ask the chess rate) per room for 1 or 2 person (2 beds possible). Breakfast : 9€/pers. Taxe : 0.70€ par personne. free internet by WIFI.

The 5 steps of Grand Prix FFE : Paris - Le Port-Marly 7-8 janvier 2012, Nancy 28-29 avril 2012, Aix-les-Bains 21-22 juillet 2012, Tours - Villandry 6-7 octobre 2012, Finale à Ajaccio et Bastia 29 au 31 octobre 2012.

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Yuri Razuvaev dies at 66 GM Yuri Sergeyevich Razuvaev was born on October 10th, 1945 in Moscow, Russia. A historian by profession, Razuvaev also distinguished himself as a player, coach and a talented chess journalist.

Razuvaev became an International Master in 1973, a Grandmaster in 1976 and an Honoured Coach of Russia in 1977. In 2005 he was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer. Razuvaev's tournament wins included Dubna 1978, Polanica-Zdrój 1979, London 1983, Dortmund 1985, Jūrmala 1987, Pula 1988, Protvino 1988, Reykjavik Yuri Razuvaev 1990, Leningrad 1992, Tiraspol 1994, Reggio Emilia 1996 and San Sebastian 1996. (photo by the Russian Chess Federation)

At the second USSR vs Rest of the World match in 1984, he substituted for Tigran Petrosian, who was absent because of illness.

Razuvaev limited his opponent, the much higher rated Robert Hübner, to four straight draws. Razuvaev was the coach of Alexandra Kosteniuk at Women's World Chess Championship 2008. Kosteniuk won this tournament and became the women's world champion.

At his peak, in the July 1991 FIDE list, he had an Elo rating of 2590. According to unofficial Chessmetrics, at his peak in December 1984 Razuvaev's play was equivalent to a rating of 2690, and he was ranked number 28 in the world.

His best single performance was at Reykjavik (Open), 1990, where he scored 6.5 of 9 possible points (72%) against 2616-rated opposition, for a performance rating of 2706.

Notable games:

- Yuri Razuvaev vs Lev Gutman, URS-ch otbor 1976, Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange, Classical Variation, 1-0 - Yuri Razuvaev vs Zvonimir Mestrovic, Keszthely 1981, Queen's Gambit Accepted: Janowski- Larsen Variation, 1-0 - Yuri Razuvaev vs Efim Geller, USSR 1988, Catalan Opening: Open Defense, 1-0 - Fernando Prada-Rubin vs Yuri Razuvaev, Las Palmas op 1996, Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack , 0-1

For many years, Razuvaev headed the FIDE Trainers Committee and he co-authored popular books, as well as numerous articles. He was also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Chess Federation and did many things for the development of chess in Russia.

Source of information: http://en.wikipedia.org