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C h il l in g h a m A r m s , N e w c a s t l e U p o n Ty n e .

28th A u g u s t September 1996

Annotations by •. Tim Wall, Leon Pliester, and the players

C H E S S B A S E O P E R A T O R : M A R K H O U L 5 B Y

EDITOR

1ST NORTHUMBRIAN MASTERS The Chillingham, Newcastle upon Tyne
28 August - 1 September 1996

After the successful all-play-alls and Scheveningen team events held in Newcastle over the past year, I felt it was time to hold a bigger Swiss event which aimed to give opportunities to a broader group of players. Not knowing quite what sort of response to expect, I was very pleased when we attracted 40 players from 8 different countries, including International Masters Leon Pliester (Netherlands), Steffen Pedersen (Denmark), Douglas Bryson and Jonathan Rowson (Scotland), Graeme Buckley and Andrew Whiteley (England) as well as English IM Elect Simon Ansell.

In the end, out of the various contenders, two players stood out by their consistency and professional approach: Leon Pliester, in contrast to some of the other faltering IMs, kept himself at the top of the table and didn't look back. From the moment he arrived at Newcastle Airport and took out his laptop, Leon was a picture of concentration throughout, clearly relishing the challenge and getting a well-deserved tournament victory. In second place was young Londoner Danny Gormally (19), registering his first IM norm (with half a point to spare!), who demonstrated quick thinking and alevel-headed approach that augurs well for the future.

Other notable performances were achieved by John Shaw (Scotland),Gavin Wall and James Cobb (both England) who all narrowly missed EMnorms. I understand that John has come very close once or twice before, so like Robert the Bruce and his spider. I'm sure he’ll succeed in the end!

Juniors also did well, with FM Karl Mah finishing 3rd equal and some very young players making bold progress in the world of International chess: Kanwal Bhatia (Newcastle) aged 15, completed a full International rating of 2024; Martyn Jones (Durham) aged 11, made a part rating of 2100; Tania Sachdev (New Delhi, India) aged 10, made a part rating of 2060; and Gawain Jones (York) aged 8 (!), scored 2/9 in his first ever International event.

Flying the flag for the North-East on 5/9 were Charlie Storey (Newcastle) and Chris Ray (Cramlington) with very good performances, Charlie defeating top seed Jonathan Rowson in an exciting battle. As for yours truly... ? Well, I must confess that I’m not really "Wonderwall" and I did find the pressure of trying to play and organise a bit too much this time, but I still enjoyed the chess and the friendly atmostphere as always.

A lot of good work by several people is always needed if any event is going to run smoothly and this tournament was no exception. In particular, the Arbiting team of Simon GiUam and Lara Barnes were exceptional, with Lara also putting in many hours at the computer, sending out invitations, preparing for the tournament, printing out results and inputting games. Simon even helped out by playing a game in the tournament, thereby making it possible for "KC’Joshi to complete his full rating. We were helped by the computer expertise of Mark Houlsby (Games Editor) and John Tumock (Computerised Pairings Mastermind) who enabled us to understand the workings of "Protos" and produce fast, accurate pairings in time for the next round. Working behind the scenes to make sure that things happened was our Treasurer, Nigel Johnson, helping me to stay on budget and guiding me through the maze of forecasting and cashflow problems.

I would also like to thank the following people for their support: The British Chess Federation Chess Events Limited Durham County Chess Association
The Friends of Chess Northumberland Chess Association Tynebridge Office Equipment
Bill Penny, Clive Waters, Lara Barnes, Stefan Hartman, Mark Houlsby, Dave Ledger and Jonathan King for being such generous hosts to visiting players -and- (last but not least!) The staff at the Chillingham Arms for their warm welcome!

We hope to run the 2nd Northumbrian Masters at the same time next year (9 rounds in 6 days, in the last week of August) with maybe a new Tournament Director (if I am otherwise engaged!) Till then, happy hacking and best wishes!

Tim Wall Tournament Director September 1996

(Many apologies for the late appearance of the bulletin. This was due to technical problems with computer disks, but happily GM Julian Hodgson came to the rescue to supply a back-up copy when all else failed! Many thanks, Jules and Lizette ...!)

  • 2
  • 1st Northumbrian Masters

  • A96
  • B08

23.Re1 Kf7 24.Kc2 c6 25.Kd3 g5 26.hg6+ Ng6 27.Re8 Nf4+ 28.Ke3 Ng2+ 29.Kf3 Ke8 30.Kg2 Kf7 31.Kg3 Kf6 32.f4 c5 33.Kh4 Kg6 34.Kg3 c4 35.Kh4 b5 36.a3

□ Ledger,D.J.

■ Williams,S. 1st Northumbrian Masters (1)

□ Ray,C. ■ Young,J.J.

  • 1st Northumbrian Masters (1)
  • 1996
  • 1996

l.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5 Nf3 d6 6.0-0 0-0 7.Nc3 a5 8.Qc2 Nc6 9.e4 e5 10.de5 de5 11.Rd1 Qe8 12.Nb5 Qh5 13.h3 fe4 14.Ng5 Nb4
1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Be3 Nf6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Qd2 Bg4 7.Ng5 e5 8.de5 de5 9.Qd8 Rd8 10.Bc4 Rd7 11.h3 h6 12.Nf7

l A-'A

D97
□ Pedersen,S. ■ GormallyJO.

  • 1st Northumbrian Masters (1)
  • 1996

l.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dc4 6.Qc4 0-0 7.e4 Na6 8.Be2 c5 9.d5 e6 10.0-0 ed5 11.ed5 Bf5 12.Rd1 Nd7 13.Bg5 Ne5 14.Qf4

  • Qd6
  • 15.Nb5 Nf3+
  • 16.Qf3
  • Qe5

17.Rd2 Nb4 18.Bf4 Qf6 19.Nd6 h5 20.Nf5 Qf5 21B e3 Qf3 22.Bf3 c4 23.Bc5 c3

15.Qa4 h6 16.Ne4 Ne4 17.Be4 Bc5 18.Be3 Be3 19.fe3 Qh3 20.Bg2 Qg3 21 Kh1 Rf2 22.Nc7 Qg2# Dave must

have thought: why prolong the agony?

0-1

b5 13.Nb5 Rdl+

1-0

COO
□ Sachdev,T. ■ McMlchael,R.
A20

  • 1st Northumbrian Masters (1)
  • 1996

□ Jones,G.

■ Campbell,E.S. 1st Northumbrian Masters (1)

l.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 Be7 5.g3 b6 Black delays 0-0 because

he suddenly recognises a position familiar to him, but from White's point-of-view. (I.b3 often leads to this kind of position.)

6.Bg2 Bb7 7.e5 Nfd7 8.0-0 c5 9.Re1

1996

l.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.Nf3 f5 6.d3 Nf6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.Qd2 c6 10.Rfe1 Rf7 11.a3 Qf8 12.b4 h6 13.Bf6 Nf6 14.h4 Be6 15.c5 e4 16.Nh2 dc5 17.bc5 Qc5 18.de4 fe4 19.Rac1 Qa3 20.Ne4 Kh7 21.Nc5 Bc8 22.Nf3 Nd5 23.Ne4 Bf5
24.Bf8 Rf8 25.bc3 Bc3 26.Rad1 Bd2 27.Rd2 b6 28.h3 Rd8 29.d6 Na6 30.Re2

'A-'A

  • Nc6
  • 10.Nf1

Usual but effective, especially if Black ca3tles short This £) oft

en finds a good home on g4. Qc7 11.Bf4 h6 12.h4 0-0-0 ...going for it! Black plans to open O g & » h . 13.Ne3 [A£)d5]
A80
□ OkosiemeJ.

  • Nf8
  • 14.h5
  • g5
  • 15.hg6
  • Ng6+
  • ■ Bhatia,K.S.

[A h5-h 4 ; Xe5] 16.C3

  • hS
  • 17.Ng5?

  • 1st Northumbrian Masters (1)
  • 1996

Giving up a &, but the White position looks somewhat uncomfortable in any

case. Nf4 18.gf4 Bg5 19.fg5 Ne5
1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.e3 c6 4.Nd2 d5 5.Ngf3 Be6 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Ndf3 g6 8.c3 Ne4 9.Bf4 Bg7 10.Bd3 Ndf6 11.h4 Qc8 12.Qe2 Ng4 13.Ng4 fg4 14.Ne5 Rf8 15.f3 gf3 16.gf3 Rf4 17.fe4 Rf8 18.ed5 Be5 19.de6 Bg3+ 20.Kd1 Qe6 21.Qd2 Rf2 22.Be2 0-0-0 23.Qd3 c5 24.h5 Qc6 25.e4 cd4
20.d4 [Q 21...1dg8->] 22.Qg3 Qg3 23.fg3 Ng2 24.Ng2 Rhg8 25.Re5 Rg7

  • Ng6
  • 21.Q13
  • Nh4?

26.Nf4 Rdg8 27.g6! Black missed this

move when he swapped ®s. White's pieces

become very active. fg6 28.Re6 Rf8 29.Rd1 Rf5 30.Rde1 h4 3 1.Rg6 Rg6 32.Ng6 Rg5 33.Nh4 Rg3+ 34.Kf2 Rg4 35.Nf3 a5 36.Re7 Ba6 37.Re5 Bb7 38.Re7± It’s hard for White to find a

plan. Black went astray with 21...£lh4 when continuing the attack was a much more promising alternative.
"Fe Fi Fo Fum!" roared the Scottish giant to our plucky little hero. " I smell the bloo d of an Englishman!"

  • Suddenly the room was silent until
  • a

Knight whizzed through the air and little Gawain cried "Check!" "Oops!" cursed big Eoin under his breath. "Another blooming McShane/Macaulay Culkin/ child megastar - don't you just love'em!"

'A~'A

A80

24.Neg5+! hg5 25.Ng5+ Kg8 26.Nf7
□ Jones,M.

  • ■ King,J.
  • Bc3
  • 27.Nh6+
  • Kh7
  • 28.Qg5
  • Be1

29.Nf5 gf5 30.Qf5+ Kg7 31.Re1 Qe7 32.Bd5 cd5 33.Qd5 a5 34.Rb1 Rc8 35.Rb7 Rc7 36.Qd4+ Kh7 37.Qd3+ Kg7 38.Qc3+ Rc3 39.Re7+ Kg6 40.Ra7 Rc5 41.Kg2 Kh6 42.Kh3 Kg6 43.f3 Kh6 44.Ra6+ Kh7 45.g4 Kg7 46.g5 Kh7 47.Kg4 Kg7 48.f4 Kh7 49.Ra7+

  • 1st Northumbrian Masters (1)
  • 1996

26.Qg3 dc3+ 27.Ke1 Re2+ 28.Ke2
I. d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bg5 Nf6 4.Nbd2 Qe4+ 29.Kf2 Rd2+ 30.Kg1 Qd4+

Be7 5.c3 b6 6.Bf6 Bf6 7.e4 fe4 8.Ne4 0-0 9.Bd3 Ba6 10.Ba6 Na6 II. Qd3 Nb8 12.h4 Qe7 13.0-0-0 Nc6 14.Kb1 Qf7 15.h5 d5 16.Neg5 Bg5 17.Ng5 Qf5 18.Qf5 ef5 19.Ne6 Rf7 20.Rde1 Re7 21.Nf4 Rae8 22.Re7 Ne7

31.Kf1 Qc4+ 32.Kg1 cb2 33.Re1 Qc1 34.hg6 b1Q 35.Qg4+ Kd8

0-1

1-0

1st Northumbrian Masters

  • B26
  • instead of h6. Therefore he was now
  • better)16.b4! (A very clever idea - with the

threat of b5 Jonathan leverB open the Q—

side and disrupts Black's usual attacking ambitions on the kingside)
□ Shah,A.
Mah,K.
1st Northumbrian Masters (1)

  • satisfied with a draw. 36.Nf5
  • Nd3

  • ■
  • 37.Bd3 ed3 38.R d1 Ra7 39.Nd6 Kd6

40.Rd3 Ra2 41.Rf3 Ke5 [ 41...Kd5 42.Rf6 b5 43.Rf5+ Kc4 44.Rh5 b4 45.Rh8 b3 46.Rc8+ Kd3 47.Rd8+ Kc2 48.Rc8+ Kbl 49.Rb8 b2 50.Ke2 Kc2 51.g4 blQ 52.Rbl Kbl+ 53.Ke3 Kc2 54.g5 Kc3 55.f4 Kc4 56.Ke4 Kc5
1996
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Rb8 7.Qd2 b5 8.Nge2 Nd4 9.0-0 e6 10.Nc1 b4 11.Nd1 Qb6 12.c3 bc3 13.bc3 Nc6 14.Ne2 Ba6 15.f4 Nge7 16.Rc1 0-0 17.g4 f5 18.gf5 ef5 19.Ng3 fe4 20.Ne4 Nf5 21.Ng5 Nd8 22.Bf 2 Bb7 23.Ne4 Ne6 24.Ne3 d5 25.Rb1 Qc7 26.Rb7 Rb7 27.Nd5 Qa5 28.Ndf6+
57.Ke5 Kc6 42.Rb3 Rd2

'A-'A

58.Ke6 with a draw]

B21

□ Storey,C.H. ■ Joshi,K.C.

  • 1st Northumbrian Masters (1)
  • 1996
  • Ng4?
  • (Trying in my usual subde way to

hack the top seed off the board in the first

  • round, this just decentralises for an attack
  • 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7

5.Bc4 e6 6.d3 Nge7 7.a4 0-0 8.0-0 Nd4 9.Nd4 Bd4+ 10.Kh1 d5 11.Bb3 Bg7 12.f5 gf5 13.ef5 Nf5 14.Rf5 ef5 15.Nd5 Be6 16.Qf3 Qh4 17.Be3 Kh8 18.Bc5 Rg8 19.Bf2 Qg4 20.Bc4 Be5 21.Re1 Bb2 22.Qg4 Rg4 23.h3

  • that doesn't work!)[ 16...Nb4
  • 17.Nb5!

ab5 18.Bf6 leaves White clearly better but Black could try; 17.Nd4 Bd4 18.ed4 Nb4 with a reasonable position. Rowson suggested another energetic move at this point: 19.d5 but after Nbd5 20.Nd5 Nd5 21.Bf3 Rad8 22.Rfdl Nf4 23.Rd8 Rd8 24.Rd8+ Qd8 25.Bb7 Ba2 26.Qal Ne6 27.Ba6 Bd5 the position peters out to a draw] 17.b5 Na5 18.Nd5 Bd5 19.Rd5 Nc4 [ 19...Ne3? 20.fe3 Re3 21.Bd4 Re2 22.b6 wins. This was the point I’d missed at move 16. I tried to gain some positional compensation for the pawn, but Jonathan's position was rock solid] 20. Bc1! Nf6 21.Rd3 Ne4 22.ba6 ba6 23.Qc2 Rac8 24.Rdd1 Ned6 25.Bd3 Qa5 26.Qe2 Qh5 (Trying to hover around the kingside menacingly, but there are no concrete threats)27.Nd4 Qh4
Kh8 31.Kg2 Nf2
29.Ng5 Ng5 30.Bb7 Nh3+
32.Nd7 Ng4 33.Nf8
Nge3+ 34.Kg1 Nf1 35.Kf1 Bf8 36.Qe1 Qc7 37.Qe4 Qe7 38.Qc6 Nd6 39.Ba6 Qe3 40.Qa8 Qf4+

0-1

□ PUester,Leon ■ Whlteley,Andrew

  • 1st Northumbrian Masters (1)
  • 1996

l.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bf6 Qf6 7.e3 g6 8.Bd3 Bg7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Qc2 dc4 11.Bc4 Nd7 12.Rac1 b6 13.Rfd1 Bb7 14.e4 Rad8 15.Qa4 [O l5.e5 Qe7 16.Qe2 c5 17.d5 ed5 18.Bd5 Bd5 19.Rd5 ] 15...a6 16.Be2 e5 17.d5 Nc5 18.Qc4

a5 19.b4 [ 19.dc6 Ba6 ( 19...R dl+

Rc4 24 dc4 Rc8 25.c3 Rc4 26.Rb1

  • Bd5
  • 27.Rb2
  • Ra4
  • 28.Rd2
  • Be4

  • 28.Qf3 Ne5
  • 29.Qd5
  • Bb8
  • 30.g3

29.Bd4+ f6 30.Bf6+ Kg8 31.Kh2 Kf7 32.Bd4 a5 33.Kg3 Rc4 34.Kf4 Kg6 35.g4 Bc6 36.gf5+ Kf7 37.Rd1 a4 38.Rg1 a3 39.Rg7+ Kf8 40.Rh7 a2 41.Rh8+ Kf7 42.Rh7+ Ke8 43.Rh8+ Kd7 44.Rh7+ Kd6 45.Rh6+ Kd5
(Now the White Queen can always come back to g2 to defend)Qh3 31.Ba6 Rc3 32.Be2 Ng6 33.Qg2 Qc8 (Run away! Brave Sir Tim turned and fled ...)34.Bb2 Rc5 35.Rc1 Ne4 36.Rc5 Qc5 37.Bd3 Nd2 One last lunge into enemy territory! 38.Rd1 Qb4? 39.Qc6! Rd8 40.Qc3

  • 20.
  • R dl
  • B a6

21.N d5) 20.Rd8 Bc4

46.Re6 Rd4+ 47.cd4 a1Q
21.Rf8+ Kf8 22.c7 Qc6 23.Bc4 Qc7 24.Nd2 and White has some compensation for the material deficit]

0-1

  • Qc3
  • 41.Bc3
  • Ouch! Black goes down

without landing a punch ...

1-0

D41
□ Rowson,J. ■ Wall.TJ*.

B30

  • 1st Northumbrian Masters (1)
  • 1996

□ RlzoukjR- ■ Ray,C.

  • 1st Northumbrian Masters (2)
  • l.d4
  • Nf6
  • 2.c4
  • a6 (Aiming for a
  • 1996

transposition into the Benko after 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 b5, this isn't so daft as it looks)3.e3 c5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Nc3 d5 (Transposing into a Tarrasch. Hopefully I'd move-ordered Jonathan into unfamiliar territory, but as us ual he comes up the latest idea)6.cd5 ed5 7.Be2 Nc6 8.0-0 Bd6 9.dc5 Bc5 10.b3 0-0 11.Bb2 Re8 12.Rc1 Ba7 13.Rc2!? (Looks awkward, but aims at the d5 pawn with Rd2, Qbl and maybe Rfdl) Be6 [ 13...d4!? 14.ed4 (Not 14.Rd2 dc3! and White loses material after 15.Rxd8 Rxd8) Nd4 15.Nd4 Qd4=] 14.Rd2 Qc7 (Maybe the Queen should be on e7 to avoid White's rooks. I hoped to use the Queen against h2 and leave open the possibility of rook sacs on the e file)l 5.Qb1 h6?! (W orried about Ng5 - but 15... Rad8 is
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 e6 4.d4 d5 5.ed5 ed5 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.dc5 Bc5 8.0-0 Nge7 9.Nbd2 0-0 10.Nb3 Bd6 11.Nbd4 a6 12.Bd3 Qc7 13.h3 Bd7 14.Re1 Na5 15.Ng5 g6 16.Ngf3 Nec6 17.Bh6 Rfe8 18.Qd2 Nc4 19.Bc4 dc4 20.Nc6 Bc6 21.Qd4 Re1+ 22.Re1 Bf8 23.Bf8 Rf8 24.Nh2 Re8 25.Re8+ Be8 26.Ng4 h5 27.Nf6+ Kf8 28.Nd5

1-0

19...cd5 20.Nd5 Bd5 21.Rd5 Rd5 22.ed5 ab4 23.Qb4 Ra8 24.Qd2 e4 25.Ne1 Qd4 26.Qd4 Bd4 27.Nc2 Be5 [27...Bb2 28.Rbl Ra2 29.Bc4 Ra4 30.Bb5 Ra2 31.Bc4 would lead to a repetition of moves] 28.Bc4 Ra7 29.Ne3 Rb7 30.g3 Kf8 31.Kf1 Bd6 32.h4 Ke7 33.h5 gh5 34.Nf5+ Kd7 35.Nh6

  • f6
  • Here my opponent realised he had

suffered from a hallucination; in his head my knight would now have been on h5

1st Northumbrian Masters

  • A26
  • B23

□ Young,J.J.
□ Bisby,D.
■ Storey,C.H.

1st Northumbrian Masters (2)

■ Jones,M.

  • 1st Northumbrian Masters (2)
  • 1996
  • 1996

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 e5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.d3 d6 6.Nf3 f5 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Bd2 0-0 9.Ne1 f4 10.Nc2 g5 11.b4 Qe8 12.Nd5 Nd5 13.cd5 Ne7 14.Na3 Bd7 15.Rc1 Rc8 16.e4 Rf6 17.Bc3 g4 18.Re1 Qh5 19.h4 f3 20.Bf1 Ng6 21.Nc4
I.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 g6 6.f4 Bg7 7.Nf3 Bd7 8.0-0 Qc8 9.Bd2 Rb8 10.Nh4 Ng4

  • II.
  • Khl Bd4 12.Qel bS 13.h3 Nf6

14.Kh2 h6 15.Ndl Nh5 16.c3 Bf6 17.NO e5 18.Nf2 Kf8 19.Rcl Qe8 20.Be3 ef4 21.gf4 gS

O

Rc1 55.Rc1 Rc1 56.Kc1 Ka3 57.Kb1 a4 58.Ka1 b3

0-1

C44

  • □
  • Cobb,C.

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    Foreword Dear Chess Friends As I started this report I had just heard the sad news that IM Bob Wade had died aged 87. I first met Bob at one of the Whitby Congresses and in 1972 he played in the Teesside GM Tournament where I recall he beat the three Hungarian players Portisch, Bilek and Sax. Earlier in the year we also had the loss of a great servant of the Federation John Dunleavy. I seemed to have known John for such a long time. He was renowned for his wisdom and courtesy and I regarded him as a true friend. 2008 saw more changes in the ECF Board with four resignations after the April Council. A new Board was soon elected and ECF continued to operate. I want to thank the four people who came on to ECF Board in 2006 because they did at least try to bring about changes in ECF, maybe it was too much too quick. Stewart Reuben found a sponsor for the English teams in the Dresden Olympiad, I have thanked LV= for their generous support and hope that it may continue. The chess for schools project remained in the headlines for quite some time, I hope that as you read this year book all issues have been resolved. As I write we are in the midst of an economic crisis and it is too early to say if there has been any impact on The JR Trust or The PIF. Liverpool as part of City of Culture celebrations staged the EU Championship as well as our own British Championships.
  • Chief Arbiters Report on Women's World Chess Championship

    Chief Arbiters Report on Women's World Chess Championship

    1 WOMEN’S WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP NALCHIK, 28th AUGUST- 18TH SEPTEMBER 2008. In the Presidental Board Meeting, held in Athen 31st May & 1st June, 2008 the FIDE President, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov advised that the Women’s World Championship would be organized in Nalchik, Kabardino- Balkaria, Russia from 28th August to 18th September, 2008. The FIDE PB has approved the list of qualifiers and the schedule of the World Women's Championship 2008. All qualifiers must send signed Undertaking to the FIDE Secretariat by the deadline of 17 June 2008. The list of 64 Players was published on the FIDE website, then 3rd July 2008 the pairings of the 1st Round and the Pairings Tree for the Championship. On 1st August American player, Irina Krush inform the FIDE about her withdrawal from the Women’s World Championship, then the organizers has a big problem after the unfortunate events in South Ossetia, the Georgian players not get permission from their govornment. Before this crisis emerged, there were some speculations that Nalchik is not a safe place and some of the players were afraid to travel there. Statement of the Chairman of Organizing Commitee of the WWCC 2008, Arsen Kanokov on 14th August: „Organizing Committee of the Women’s World Chess Championship 2008 is deeply disappointed and bewildered by the attempts of some circles by no means spots ones to break up the competition of the strongest women chess players of the world scheduled to be held in Nalchik. Sharing entirely and fully attitude of FIDE and European Chess Union toward an open letter of Georgian women chess players, we believe that representatives of a famous chess school shouldn't be pawns in somebody's unworthy game.
  • Commonwealth Chess Championship

    Commonwealth Chess Championship

    commonwealth Chess Championship Start list Date: 28 Sep 05:15 Rank Name Rating Club 1 Dreev Aleksey 2655 2 Negi Parimarjan 2636 3 Kovalyov Anton 2615 4 Kokarev Dmitry 2612 5 Safarli Eltaj 2610 6 Bocharov Dmitry 2592 7 Lafuente Pablo 2587 8 Maletin Pavel 2584 9 Gupta Abhijeet 2570 10 Kravtsiv Martyn 2546 11 Khusnutdinov Rustam 2525 12 Kunte Abhijit 2523 13 Iuldachev Saidali 2511 14 Adhiban B. 2510 15 Sriram Jha 2507 16 Hossain Enamul 2499 17 Dzhumaev Marat 2495 18 Lalith Babu M R 2493 19 Harika Dronavalli 2491 20 Bakre Tejas 2483 21 Laxman R.R. 2476 22 Satyapragyan Swayangsu 2463 23 Ashwin Jayaram 2457 24 Swapnil S. Dhopade 2457 25 Pogorelov Ruslan 2454 Rank Name Rating Club 26 Venkatesh M.R. 2452 27 Himanshu Sharma 2440 28 Paciencia Enrique 2429 29 Murshed Niaz 2426 30 Anwesh Upadhyaya 2419 31 Grover Sahaj 2416 32 Konguvel Ponnuswamy 2412 33 Debashis Das 2400 34 Tania Sachdev 2398 35 Ratnakaran K. 2397 36 Swayams Mishra 2397 37 Narayanan Srinath 2393 38 Shivananda B.S. 2387 39 Shyaamnikhil P 2385 40 Suvrajit Saha 2380 41 Lodhi Mahmood 2377 42 Shyam Sundar M. 2372 43 Nitin S. 2363 44 Kannappan Priyadharshan 2362 45 Ankit R. Rajpara 2350 46 Ramnath Bhuvanesh.R 2350 47 Meenakshi Subbaraman 2348 48 Vaibhav Suri 2347 49 Abhishek Das 2331 50 Stany G.A. 2330 51 Padmini Rout 2319 52 Bitan Banerjee 2311 53 Mohota Nisha 2311 54 Koshy Varugeese 2310 Rank Name Rating Club 55 Prasanna Raghuram Rao 2309 56 Abu Sufian Shakil 2305 57 Agaragimov Djakhangir 2304 58 Mohammad Minhaz Uddin 2304 59 Rajesh V A V 2302 60 Deshmukh Anup 2301 61 Joshi Govind Ballabh 2293 62 Kiran Manisha Mohanty 2291 63 Soumya Swaminathan 2288 64 Mehdi Hasan Parag 2287 65 Shreyansh Daklia 2287 66 De Villiers Charles 2284 67 Prasenjit Dutta 2283 68 Sai Krishna G V 2282 69 Gomes Mary Ann 2280 70 Girish A.
  • No. of Questions: 15 Correct: Full Mark: 15 Wrong: Time: 15 Min Mark Secured

    No. of Questions: 15 Correct: Full Mark: 15 Wrong: Time: 15 Min Mark Secured

    DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ : ( 29 DECEMBER TO 31 DECEMBER 2019) No. of Questions: 15 Correct: Full Mark: 15 Wrong: Time: 15 min Mark Secured: 1. The first edition of Mandu Festival 5. ____________ has organized the begins at Mandu, picturesque fort city National Symposium of Poets 2020. of ? a) All India Radio a) Uttar Pradesh b) Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium b) Maharashtra Enterprises c) Arunachal Pradesh c) Ministry of Communications d) Madhya Pradesh d) Ministry of Human Resource e) Andhra Pradesh Development 2. Which country has deployed its 1st e) Ministry of Electronics and Avangard Hypersonic missile system Information Technology with latest strategic missiles of 6. Name the mobile app recently launched intercontinental range? by Raksha Mantri for the forthcoming a) Russia DefExpo 2020. b) China a) DefSpeaker 2020 c) Japan b) DefSeminar 2020 d) US c) DefExpo 2020 e) India d) DefWebinar 2020 3. The Reserve Bank of India has directed e) DefApp 2020 large cooperative banks to report all 7. Name the Veteran Political cartoonist exposures of ______ and more to the who also worked as a staff cartoonist at Central Repository of Information on various newspapers, including the Times Large Credits (CRILC). of India and the Mid-day, passed away a) Rs 15 Crore recently. b) Rs 10 Crore a) R. K. Laxman c) Rs 6 Crore b) K. Shankar Pillai d) Rs 5 Crore c) Abu Abraham e) Rs 4 Crore d) O. V. Vijayan 4. Noted Economist and Political Analyst S e) Vikas Sabnis Gurumurthy released a book titled 8.
  • Gunina Wins Inaugural CAIRNS CUP the United States’ Largest Chess Specialty Retailer

    Gunina Wins Inaugural CAIRNS CUP the United States’ Largest Chess Specialty Retailer

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  • Annual Report 2010-2011

    Annual Report 2010-2011

    ANNUAL REPORT 2010-2011 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS Department of Youth Affairs Department of Sports Chapter 1 CONTENTS Page No. ORGANISATION i-vi DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AFFAIRS 1. Youth Development 1 2. National Youth Policy 2 3. Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan 3-7 4. National Service Scheme 8-12 5. Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development 13-15 6. Youth Hostels 16-17 7. National Programme for Youth and Adolescent Development 18-21 8. International Cooperation 22-23 9. National Youth Corps 24-25 Chapter 1 CONTENTS Page No. DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS 10. Sports 29 11. Major Sports Achievements of Indian Teams in International Events 30-32 12. Sports Authority of India 33-56 13. Lakshmibai National University of Physical Education, Gwalior 57-60 14. Panchayat Yuva Krida Aur Khel Abhiyan (PYKKA) 61-69 15. Scheme relating to Promotion of Excellence in Sports 70-71 16. Scheme relating to Incentives to Sportspersons 72-77 17. Scheme relating to Participative Sports 78 18. Anti-Doping Measures 79-81 19. Commonwealth Games 2010 82-83 20. International Exchange of Sports and Physical Education Teams/Experts 84 21. National Playing Fields Association of India 85-86 22. Recent Initiatives/Achievements at a Glance 87-90 Chapter 1 ANNEXURES Page No. I. Organizational Chart 93-94 II. Financial Outlays 2011-112 95-97 III. Detail of NGOs from Whom Utilization Certificates (UCs) pending 99-104 IV. Statement showing details of pending CAG audit paras and action taken thereon. 105 V. List of Youth Hostels constructed 106-107 VI. List of Youth Hostles are which transferred to NYKS/SAI/Respective State Governments 108 VII.
  • Details of Special Cash Award During 2015-2016

    Details of Special Cash Award During 2015-2016

    Details of Special Cash Award during 2015-2016 Weightlifting Name of Disciplines/Event Category Medal Remarks S. Sportspersons/ No. Coaches 1 Achyutananda 2013, Individual Silver 80000 Sahoo Commonwealth Medal Junior(Men) Weightlifting Championships held at Penang, Malaysia from 24-30 Nov 2013 2 Sita Prasad 2013 Individual Silver 40000 Patnaik Commonwealth Medal coach of Junior(Men) Achyutananda Weightlifting Sahoo Championships held at Penang, Malaysia from 24-30 Nov 2013 3 Dilli 2013 commonwealth Individual Bronze 150000 Senthamizh Senior (Men) Medal Selvan Weightlifting Championship at Penang, Malaysia from 24-30 Nov 2013 4 Paramjit 2013 commonwealth Individual Bronze 75000 Sharma coach Senior(Men) Medal of Weightlifting Dilli Championship at Senthamizh Penang, Malaysia Selvan from 24-30 Nov 2013 5 Apurba Chetia 27th Men Asian Individual Silver 80000 Junior Medal Weightlifting Championships held at, Bishkek,Krygyzstan From 2-7 July 2013 6. Paramjit 27th Men Asian Individual Silver 40000 Sharma Junior Medal coach of Weightlifting Apurba Chetia Championships held at Bishkek,Krygyzstan From 2-7 July 2013 7. Papul 27th Men Asian Individual Bronze 60000 Changmai Junior Medal Weightlifting Championships held at Bishkek,Krygyzstan From 2-7 July 2013 8. Sandip Kumar 27th Men Asian Individual Bronze 30000 coach of Junior Medal Papul Weightlifting Changmai Championships held at Bishkek, Krygyzstan From 2-7 July 2013 9. Vikas Thakur 27th Men Asian Individual Silver 80000 Junior Medal Weightlifting Championships held at Bishkek, Krygyzstan From 2-7 July 2013 10. Narendra 27th Men Asian Individual Silver 40000 Kumar Junior Medal coach of Weightlifting Vikas Thakur Championships held at Bishkek,Krygyzstan From 2-7 July 2013 11.
  • NEWSLETTER 49 (November 07, 2011)

    NEWSLETTER 49 (November 07, 2011)

    NEWSLETTER 49 (November 07, 2011) ECU GENERAL ASSEMBLY HELD IN PORTO CARRAS, GREECE The ECU General Assembly was held in Porto Carras, Greece on November 5, 2011 on the occasion of the 18th European Team Chess Championship. ECU President Mr. Silvio Danailov and ECU Board members as well as delegates from 48 countries - members of the European Chess Union were present at the meeting. At the beginning of the GA meeting, the delegates saw a 20-minute video presentation which was basically the summary of the activities performed by the ECU President Mr. Silvio Danailov, Secretary General Ms. Sava Stoisavljevic and other ECU Board members and officers. The delegates were very much pleased with the presentation. © Europechess.net Page 1 General Assembly accepted the ECU financial report for 2010 with the discharge of the ECU Board and approved the annual budget for 2012 – both unanimously. According to the decision made at the extraordinary General Assembly in Aix-les- Bains, the ECU President Mr. Silvio Danailov established Committees for Sofia rule, Dress Code for participants and officials in the ECU competitions and Copyrights on the use of chess games from the ECU competitions. Following the presentations by Herman Hamers and Tomasz Sielicki, the proposals were accepted by the General Assembly. The important decisions were made concerning the Dress code as well as the rule which states that in the official ECU competitions it will not be possible to offer a draw before the 40th move. The decisions will come into effect starting from January 01, 2012. During the meeting, the list of amendments to the current ECU Tournament Rules also received the approval of the General Assembly.
  • Download Free PDF Copy of CHESS Magazine March 2020

    Download Free PDF Copy of CHESS Magazine March 2020

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