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NEWSLETTER 68 (March 26, 2012) 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/ © Europechess.net Page 1 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. © Europechess.net Page 2 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. © Europechess.net Page 3 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 © Europechess.net Page 4 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 © Europechess.net Page 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 © Europechess.net Page 6 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.
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