DOCSLIB.ORG

ECU NEWSLETTER September 2015

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
ECU NEWSLETTER September 2015 NL SEPTEMBER 2015 EUROPEAN CHESS UNION ECU CONGRESS & ECU ECU PRESIDENT SOCIAL CHESS FIDE WORLD GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT FIDE ENTREPRENEUR CHESS CUP BAR 2015 CONGRESS BOOTCAMP BAKU 2015 ABU DHABI 2015 LONDON 2015 EUROPEAN CHESS UNION NEWSLETTER European Youth Chess Championship 2015 The 25th European Youth Chess Championship, the most numerous Championship in the ECU calendar finished yesterday in Porec/Croatia. After 10 days of great fights, 12 new European Youth Champions were crowned. 1 NL SEPTEMBER 2015 EUROPEAN CHESS UNION In Open U18 IM Ali Marandi Cemil Can (TUR 2422) with 7 points. Silver and bronze went to IM Petrosyan Manuel (ARM 2443) and IM Stremavicius Titas (LTU 2466) respectively, with 6.5 points and best tie-breaks. WFM Khomeriki Nino (GEO 2296) triumphed with 8 points in Girls U18, followed by WFM Harazinska Ewa (POL 2055) with 7.5 points, and WIM Tijana Blagojevic (MNE 230) with 6.5 points. The 24th seed German Sawlin Leonid (2258) surprised and took the gold in Open U16 with 7.5 points, while the first seed IM Kelires Andreas (2432) from Cyprus had to be satisfied with silver with half a point behind. Bronze went to Tuncer Tuna (TUR 2243) with the best tie-break in the group with 6.5 points. WFM Kazarian Anna-Maja (NED 2259) won the Championship in Girls group U16 with 7.5 points, ahead of Drogovoz Irina (RUS 2253) and Antolak Julia (POL 1945) who took second and third place respectively with 6.5 points. In Open U14 gold went to Lobanov Sergei (RUS 2394) with 7.5 points and better tie-breaks than his compatriot FM Esipenko Andrey (2384). Bronze went to FM Hakobyan Aram (ARM 2348) with 7 points. In group Girls U14 Russians were dominant in battle for all three medals. WFM Kochukova Anna (2049) won the title with 7.5 points, followed by Maltsevskaya Aleksandra (2107) and WFM Obolentseva Alexandra (2084) with 7 points. Shubin Kirill (RUS 2176) triumphed in Open U12 with 7.5 points. Ognean Mihnea-Ionut (ROU 2164) scored the same amount of points, but he had worse tie-break than the Romanian. The bronze went to the Slovenian Subelj Jan (1964) with 7 points. In Girls U12 WFM Solozhenkina Elizaveta (RUS 2061) took the title with 7.5 points. WCM Beydullayeva Govhar (AZE 1828) came second, while Garifullina Leya (RUS 1776) came third, both with 7 points. Last year’s Champion from U8 category, talented Russian Makoveev Ilya (1942) triumphed again, but in older category with convincing 8.5 points. Silver medal went to Antonica Dragos-Andrei (ROU 1800) and bronze to Stukan Martin (RUS 1804), both with 7 points. 2 NL SEPTEMBER 2015 EUROPEAN CHESS UNION WCM Mironenko Galina (RUS 1792) became the winner in Girls U10 with 7.5 points, followed by Allahverdiyeva Ayan (AZE 1613) and Trifoi Mihaela-Ioana (ROU 1547), both with 7 points. In Open U8 the title went to Navumenka Mikhei from Belarus, who scored 8 points. Silver medal went to Samadov Read (AZE 1409) with 7.5 points, while Lystsov Leonid (RUS 1633) took bronze with 7 points. In the youngest Girls category Veremyuk Veronika from Ukraine became the European Champion and the only player who managed to score 9 out of 9! Markus Molli Amina (HUN 1330) came second with 7.5 points, and Gadasi Noam (ISR) came third with 7 points. Full Standings on Chess-Results In total medal count, Russia is the absolute winner with 13 medals (6 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze). Turkey got 1 gold and 1 bronze medal, Azerbaijan got 3 silver medals, Romania 2 silver and 1 bronze, while Poland and Armenia have 1 silver and 1 bronze each. The ECU Treasurer, Mr. Martin Huba, represented the European Chess Union at the closing ceremony. He greeted all the present and congratulated the winners for the great games. The Championship was organized by the Croatian Chess Federation, under the auspices of the European Chess Union. Official Website 3 NL SEPTEMBER 2015 EUROPEAN CHESS UNION Karjakin and Svidler in all-Russian final of FIDE World Chess Cup Fide World Chess Cup 2015 in Baku is heading towards the end. The Azeri capital hosted 128 players who started the competition on 11th September, and 20 days later, after 6 exciting rounds, only two players are left to fight for the prestigious title. Like in 2013, we are facing the all-Russian final between Sergey Karjakin (2762) and Peter Svidler (2727). Karjakin defeated Ukrainian Pavel Eljanov (2717) in a dramatic semi-final with 3.5-2.5, while Svidler defeated Anish Giri (NED 2793) with 1.5-0.5, without going into tie-breaks. The final match consists of 4 games, and if the result is tied, tie-breaks will decide the Champion. The finalists of the FIDE World Chess Cup, Karjakin and Svidler, also qualified for the 2016 FIDE Candidates Tournament. Photo Gallery Official Website 4 NL SEPTEMBER 2015 EUROPEAN CHESS UNION ECU NEWS Zurab Azmaiparashvili at 86th FIDE Congress in Abu Dhabi ECU President, Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili took part at the 86th FIDE Congress, which was held in Abu Dhabi/United Arab Emirates, from 1-9 September, 2015. The Congress consisted of Commissions’, Continental, Presidential Board and Executive Board meetings, and ended with Blitz tournament and FIDE awards. Congress was held at Hotel Novotel Abu Dhabi Al Bustan and was organized by the United Arab Emirates Chess Federation. Mr. Azmaiparashvili represented the European Chess Union at all the meetings. 86th FIDE Congress Executive Board decisions 1st ECU Congress and ECU General Assembly in Bar The 1st ECU Congress and the Annual ECU General Assembly will be held in Bar/Montenegro, 7- 11 October, 2015. The host federation is Montenegro Chess Federation, and the official venue will be Castle of King Nikola and Hotel Princess Bar. 5 NL SEPTEMBER 2015 EUROPEAN CHESS UNION Schedule: 10.00-13.00 16:00-20:00 8th October Events Commission Arbiters Council Women’s Constitutional Committee Commission 9th October ECU Board ECU Board Educational Commission 10th October 09.30-13.00 & 14.00-18.00 ECU General Assembly Official Invitation Social Chess Entrepreneur Bootcamp in London The European Chess Union and Chess in Schools and Communities, a UK registered charity, are joining forces to provide the first ever professional program for social entrepreneurs in chess. As part of the London Chess Classic with its London Chess and Education Conference 2015 on the theme „Chess and Society“ the best applicants will come together for a professional crash course in social entrepreneurship and a best project competition. The ECU is offering six stipendia to be decided after the submission deadline of 23 September. On Saturday and Sunday, 5 and 6 December, the participants will, along with following the conference, pitch their project or project idea first to an expert jury and then to the conference audience at large. The best voted project shall receive an award. On the first day, Friday, 4 December, throughout the afternoon and evening, experts will lecture and give workshops on these crucial topics: 6 NL SEPTEMBER 2015 EUROPEAN CHESS UNION Business Plan Organization and Stakeholders Pitching and Presenting Social Media Marketing The Social Investor´s Perspective The recipients of the six ECU stipendia, reserved for applicants from European countries apart from the UK, will be selected by the ECU Educational Commission and decided during the ECU Board in Bar, Montenegro on 9th of October.In your application you shall demonstrate why you have the skills and personal resources to be a social innovator in chess and why your participation will be an asset to this programme and group of participants. Your application must include a CV and an essay in English of up to 500 words on your expertise and your project or project idea and make clear what social need it is addressing. Grammar and style won’t be judged beyond that your English is good enough to participate actively. No cover letter or reference letters are required. Applications are only accepted by e-mail: [email protected], with a copy to the ECU Educational Commission Chairman Jesper Hall [email protected] until Tuesday, 6 October 2015, 18.00 CET. The stipendia include free participation in the social entrepreneur training, competition and conference but do not cover travel, accomodation and food. If you don´t have the resources to pay these costs, please add a brief letter to your application, and we may be able to help. Successful applicants shall be informed by the mid of October. The programme will start on 4 December 14.00 and end on 6 December 17.30. If you are selected you will receive reading materials and links for 10-15 hours of preparation. Please keep in mind that you will also need to be prepared to deliver a ten-minute-presentation of your project or project idea. And be prepared to network at the conference. The Chess and Society conference strives to be relevant to federations. A social agenda helps to tap different resources. Incubating or managing social projects with chess is adding important stakeholders to the federation and improves its standing in society. Experiences and strategies will be discussed in the workshop "Social Opportunities for Chess Federations". More on the conference Chess and Society: www.londonchessconference.com Any queries should be directed to the Programme Director Stefan Löffler at [email protected] 7 NL SEPTEMBER 2015 EUROPEAN CHESS UNION FUN ZONE For September Fun Zone we prepared nice mate combinations with sacrifices. Try your luck and find out how good you are with these brain teasers! Black to play Black to play White to play Black to play 8 NL SEPTEMBER 2015 EUROPEAN CHESS UNION Solutions from the NL August 2015: The "Caterpillar Theme" G.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Download Preview
    Issue 19 Magazine Understand the French Isolani The Power of the Quiet Moves Brilliant Missed Opportunities Overlooking perpetual check Typical Structures after 1.d4 d5 Endgame Series 19 Opposite-colored Bishops Part 2 CONTENTS 3 The Power of the Quiet Moves (GM Pavel Eljanov) 3 Ivanchuk,Vassily (2726) - Lei,Tingjie (2531) / Gibraltar Masters 16th (9) 31.01.2018 5 Khismatullin,Denis Rimovich (2653) - Eljanov,Pavel (2727) / EU-ch 16th Jerusalem (10) 06.03.2015 6 Meier,Georg (2650) - Eljanov,Pavel (2711) / Wch Rapid Riadh (9) 27.12.2017 7 Eljanov,Pavel (2741) - Shirov,Alexei (2679) / Douglas IoM op (6) 06.10.2016 8 Harikrishna,Pentala (2763) - Eljanov,Pavel (2765) / Gashimov Memorial (5) 30.05.2016 9 Carlsen,Magnus (2851) - Eljanov,Pavel (2765) / Norway Chess 4th (9) 29.04.2016 10 Maze,Sebastien (2615) - Rambaldi,Francesco (2556) / FRA-chT Top 12 (3.7) 28.05.2018 11 Eljanov,Pavel (2681) - Malakhatko,Vadim (2558) / Chigorin Memorial 20th (7) 02.11.2012 12 Endgame Series 19 Opposite-colored Bishops: Part 2 (GM Davorin Kuljasevic) 12 jTopalov,Veselin (2740) - Shirov,Alexei (2710) / Linares 15th (10) 04.03.1998 18 Volkov,Sergey (2612) - Tomashevsky,Evgeny (2701) / EU-ch 11th Rijeka (6) 11.03.2010 29 Andreikin,D..(2723) - Malakhov,V..(2702) / TCh-RUS Blitz 2015 (8.1) 10.05.2015 40 Anand,Viswanathan (2770) - Karpov,Anatoly (2735) / FIDE-Wch k.o. f (8.4) 06.01.1998 49 Exercise 1 - 5 51 Brilliant Missed Opportunities - Overlooking Perpetual Check (IM Yochanan Afek) 51 Introduction + Question 1 - 14 57 Test 1 - 14 63 Conclusion 64 Understand the
    [Show full text]
  • Bulletin Round 8 -10.08.14
    Bulletin Round 8 -10.08.14 Trading blows Perhaps the man of the day - Paco Vallejo claimed the scalp of none other than Vladimir Kramnik Photo: Georgios Souleidis / chess24 Chess Olympiad Tromsø 2014 – Bulletin Round 8– 10.08.14 Vassily Ivanchuk came to the board ready for a fight Photo: Georgios Souleidis / chess24 Round 8 interim report: Only the missing Today we finally saw no surprises in terms of zero tolerance forfeits, but a mystery about attendance remains. As mentioned in previous reports, one member of the Libyan Open team is paired though never here, and this arrangement now also applies to the Burundi Open team - their second board has now been excluded from the event, along with the Burundi Women's team, for repeated non- appearance. By GM Jonathan Tisdall The organizers have promised a statement at advantage against the hottest man in the today's official evening press conference about Olympiad, Bulgaria's Valentin Iotov. the Burundians - who are not just not being paired, but actually missing. To sum up - it Two dull draws were recorded on the top half of appears that everyone who is here arrived at the the China-Azerbaijan match, and the remaining board on time today. games looked better for the white players, so an evenly balanced and tense match. The Azeris lead The attention-grabbing match in the Open the event on match points, the only team with section turned out to be second seeds Ukraine 13/14, while China, Czech Republic, Bulgaria and floating up to meet 18th ranked Bulgaria. The Romania are chasing with 12.
    [Show full text]
  • NEWSLETTER 158 (May 29, 2014)
    NEWSLETTER 158 (May 29, 2014) ECU PRESIDENT SILVIO DANAILOV MEETS WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN CHESS FEDERATION, MR. GIANPIETRO PAGNONCELLI On 21st of May, 2014 in Milan, the ECU President Silvio Danailov met with the Presidеnt of the Italian Chess Federation, Mr. Gianpietro Pagnoncelli. In a pleasant conversation at the office of the Italian Chess Federation they discussed the work done by Silvio Danailov and his team during the last 4 years. Silvio Danailov expressed his special thanks to Mr. Pagnoncelli for his great contribution in mobilization of the Italian members of the European Parliament during the campaign for adoption of the ECU program “Chess in School”. As we have already informed you the Italian MEP, Mr. Mario Mauro, was among the most active deputies, who supported the efforts of Mr. Danailov. Both Presidents discussed also the new joint project between ECU and UNESCO, “Chess as UNESCO intangible world heritage”. Silvio Danailov proposed one member of the commission, which will be responsible for this topic, to be elected by the Italian Chess Federation. Mr. Pagnoncelli said that this will be decided on the next ICF Board meeting. ECU President congrtulated Mr. Gianpietro Pagnoncelli for his sucessful 10-year career as President of the Italian Chess Federation, at the beginning of which Italy had just 2 grandmasters. Now ICF can be proud with 11 GMs, one of them, Fabiano Caruana is currently No 5 in the world. Silvio Danailov congratulated Mr. Pagnoncelli also for the acceptance of the ICF for a member of the Italian Olympic Committee rightly aloud. This achievement happened for the first time in the history of chess.
    [Show full text]
  • GM Camp with GM Aleksandr Lenderman
    https://www.pnwchesscenter.org [email protected] Pacific Northwest Chess Center GM camp with GM Aleksandr Lenderman April 8, 9 - 2019 @ Pacific Northwest Chess Center Description We are very thrilled to welcome GM Aleksandr Lenderman, the coach of Team USA that won gold and silver in 2016 and 2018 Chess Olympiad. GM Aleksandr Lenderman will lead a camp a PNWCC for 2 days. GM Aleksandr Lenderman • USCF 2716/FIDE 2636 • World Youth Under-16 Champion, 2005, Belfort, France • USCF Grand Prix Winner of 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2013 • Marshall Chess Club Champion of 2009 and 2013 • Third place in the US Chess Championship, 2014 • Gold medal on the second board, 2015 World Team Chess Championship (Team USA) • Champion of World Open 2015 and US Open 2017 • Chess Life magazine cover figure several times • 3rd round of the 2017 Fide World Cup in Tbilisi, Georgia, beating elite GM Pavel Eljanov and the current World Junior Champion, Aryan Tari, before losing in the tiebreaks to top 10 player in the world, Maxime Vachier- Lagrave • Coach of the silver medalist Team USA in 2018 Chess Olympiad, Batumi, Georgia • Coach of the gold medalist Team USA in 2016 Chess Olympiad, Baku, Azerbaijan Daily Schedule 09:30 AM – 16:30 PM Topics: Thinking in critical positions Calculations Chess culture Logical thinking Prophylaxis Piece play End games Psychology Questions and answers 12:00-13:00 – Lunch break https://www.pnwchesscenter.org [email protected] Site PNWCC 12020 113th Ave NE #C-200, Kirkland, WA 98034 Tuition Fee per student: $150/day. Registration Open to both juniors and adults, required chess rating of 1800+(NW or USCF).
    [Show full text]
  • Aleksandra Kosteniuk Mandag Den 27
    2008 /8 kakbladet Medlemsblad for Dansk Skak Union VM Aleksandra Kosteniuk Mandag den 27. oktober 2008 • Politiken Cup • Baltic Sea Cup • Grand Slam Bilbao • • Vesterhavsturneringen • Efim Bogoljubov • kakbladet ISSN 0037-6043 Indhold 104. årgang, nr. 8, 2008. Årgangen omfatter 9 numre. Tag stilling ......................................... 3 Udgivet af Dansk Skak Union Politiken Cup ..................................... 6 Redaktion Thorbjørn Rosenlund, Baltic Sea Cup ................................. 20 Kongestien 16, 2830 Virum. Tlf./fax 44 49 42 10. Vesterhavsturneringen ..................... 26 Email: [email protected]. Annoncer / Skakspillerne sagde ......................... 33 turneringsindbydelser Merano og deromkring .................... 34 Sendes til redaktionen. Indsendelsesfrister Efim Bogoljubov ............................. 38 Nr. Deadline Udkommer Junior-skak....................................... 48 9 4/11 6/12 1 9/12 17/1 20 træk til skafottet .......................... 55 2 20/1 21/2 Abonnement og ekspedition En russisk stumfilm ......................... 56 Danmark: kr. 220 pr. år inkl. moms og fors. Udlandet: kr. 300 Korrespondanceskak ........................ 57 pr. år, inkl. forsendelse. Bestilles hos Skakbladets Bøger ............................................... 58 ekspedition (se Medlems- og Problemskak .................................... 61 ratingkartotek nederst på siden) Sats og montage Kommende turneringer.................... 63 TR-Text, tlf. 44 49 42 10. Tryk Schultz Hafnia, tlf. 43 22 52 00. Forsiden: Aleksandra Kosteniuk, Rusland, VM for kvinder 2008. (Foto: Cathy Rogers). Dansk Skak Union ... Formand: Erik Søbjerg, Kongevejen 6A, 7430 Ikast. Tlf. 86 13 38 41. Email: [email protected]. Kasserer: René Baarup Christensen, Heldbjergvej 3, 6200 Aabenraa. Tlf. 20 88 56 62. Email: [email protected]. Ungdom: Esmat Guindy, Stadionvej 16, 8830 Tjele. Email: [email protected]. Bankforbindelse: Nordea IT: Lars Wisler Pedersen, Tingparken 36, st.tv., 7200 Grindsted. reg.nr. 2191 Tlf. 20 75 08 13. Email: [email protected].
    [Show full text]
  • A Turbulent Year for Ukraine Urbulent Was the Way to Describe 2009 for Ukraine, Which Plunged Into Financial Crisis
    No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 2010 5 2009: THE YEAR IN REVIEW A turbulent year for Ukraine urbulent was the way to describe 2009 for Ukraine, which plunged into financial crisis. No other European country suffered as much as TUkraine, whose currency was devalued by more than 60 percent since its peak of 4.95 hrv per $1 in August 2008. In addition, the country’s industrial production fell by 31 percent in 2009. Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko con- fronted the challenge of minimizing the crisis fallout, while at the same time campaigning for the 2010 presi- dential elections. Her critics attacked her for pursuing populist policies, such as increasing wages and hiring more government staff, when the state treasury was broke as early as the spring. Ms. Tymoshenko herself admitted that her gov- ernment would not have been able to make all its pay- ments without the help of three tranches of loans, worth approximately $10.6 billion, provided by the International Monetary Fund. Her critics believe that instead of borrowing money, Ms. Tymoshenko should have been introducing radical reforms to the Ukrainian economy, reducing government waste, eliminating out- dated Soviet-era benefits and trimming the bureaucracy. The year began with what is becoming an annual tra- Offi cial Website of Ukraine’s President dition in Ukraine – a natural gas conflict provoked by the government of Russian Federation Prime Minister President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko at the heated February 10 meeting of Vladimir Putin. Whereas the New Year’s Day crisis of the National Security and Defense Council.
    [Show full text]
  • Monarch Assurance International Open Chess
    Isle of Man (IoM) Open The event of 2016 definitely got the Isle of Man back on the international chess map! Isle of Man (IoM) Open has been played under three different labels: Monarch Assurance International Open Chess Tournament at the Cherry Orchard Hotel (1st-10th), later Ocean Castle Hotel (11th-16th), always in Port Erin (1993 – 2007, in total 16 annual editions) PokerStars Isle of Man International (2014 & 15) in the Royal Hall at the Villa Marina in Douglas Chess.com Isle of Man International (since 2016) in the Royal Hall at the Villa Marina in Douglas The Isle of Man is a self-governing Crown dependency in the Irish Sea between England and Northern Ireland. The island has been inhabited since before 6500 BC. In the 9th century, Norsemen established the Kingdom of the Isles. Magnus III, King of Norway, was also known as King of Mann and the Isles between 1099 and 1103. In 1266, the island became part of Scotland and came under the feudal lordship of the English Crown in 1399. It never became part of the Kingdom of Great Britain or its successor the United Kingdom, retaining its status as an internally self-governing Crown dependency. http://iominternationalchess.com/ For a small country, sport in the Isle of Man plays an important part in making the island known to the wider world. The principal international sporting event held on the island is the annual Isle of Man TT motorcycling event: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_in_the_Isle_of_Man#Other_sports Isle of Man also organized the 1st World Senior Team Chess Championship, In Port Erin, Isle Of Man, 5-12 October 2004 http://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/worldseniorteam2004/ Korchnoi who had to hurry up to the forthcoming 2004 Chess Olympiad at Calvià, agreed to play the first four days for the team of Switzerland which took finally the bronze medal, performing at 3.5/4, drawing vs.
    [Show full text]
  • Emirate of UAE with More Than Thirty Years of Chess Organizational Experience
    DUBAI Emirate of UAE with more than thirty years of chess organizational experience. Many regional, continental and worldwide tournaments have been organized since the year 1985: The World Junior Chess Championship in Sharjah, UAE won by Max Dlugy in 1985, then the 1986 Chess Olympiad in Dubai won by USSR, the Asian Team Chess Championship won by the Philippines. Dubai hosted also the Asian Cities Championships in 1990, 1992 and 1996, the FIDE Grand Prix (Rapid, knock out) in 2002, the Arab Individual Championship in 1984, 1992 and 2004, and the World Blitz & Rapid Chess Championship 2014. Dubai Chess & Culture Club is established in 1979, as a member of the UAE Chess Federation and was proclaimed on 3/7/1981 by the Higher Council for Sports & Youth. It was first located in its previous premises in Deira–Dubai as a temporarily location for the new building to be over. Since its launching, the Dubai Chess & Culture Club has played a leading role in the chess activity in UAE, achieving for the country many successes on the international, continental and Arab levels. The Club has also played an imminent role through its administrative members who contributed in promoting chess and leading the chess activity along with their chess colleagues throughout UAE. “Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup” The Dubai Open championship, the SHEIKH RASHID BIN HAMDAN BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM CUP, the strongest tournament in Arabic countries for many years, has been organized annually as an Open Festival since 1999, it attracts every year over 200 participants. Among the winners are Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (in the edition when Magnus Carlsen made his third and final GM norm at the Dubai Open of 2004), Wang Hao, Wesley So, or Gawain Jones.
    [Show full text]
  • Chess Festival
    Boris Gelfand’s Remarkable Comeback Yochanan Afek reports back from the star-studded Netanya International Chess Festival A big International Festival was organised in the coastal Israeli city of Netanya by the Israeli Chess Federation and the local municipality, supported by the generosity of businessman Roman Abramovich, likely best known to the readers as the owner of Chelsea Football Club. It has been quite a while since Netanya last hosted a strong international chess event, but the city has a long and respectable tradition of grandmaster tournaments. They were initially part of the popular Schach-Kait (Chess & Holiday) festival. Over the years various master tournaments were held as well as many editions of a grandmaster crown group, whose winners included the world- class icons Bobby Fischer (1968), Sammy Reshevsky (1969), Lubomir Kavalek (1971 and 1973), and Jan Timman (1975), as well as local heroes Yair Kraidman (1964) and Moshe Czerniak (1965). Played in the VIP room of the city’s Ilya Smirin might be in his fifties, but still produces plenty of attacking and exciting games. football stadium and consisting of two major sections, this year’s edition of the Netanya International Festival was both the biggest beaten in just 25 moves by Tamir Nabaty, 66 g5! Îh4+ 67 Êf3 Îxh5 68 Îxe3+ Êd4 and the strongest individual event ever to be who thus claimed the overall lead despite 69 Îe4+ Êd5 70 Îa4! (this skewer is the held in Israel. The remarkable production was having missed a study-like opportunity in the tactical device that was missed; naturally, superbly run by an experienced team headed opening round.
    [Show full text]
  • 2010: the Year in Review
    No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 16, 2011 5 2010: THE YEAR IN REVIEW vicious political maneuvers to undermine Ms. Tymoshenko’s campaign. On January 26 Mr. For Ukraine, Yushchenko nominated Oleksander Osadchuk, a bureau- crat loyal to the Volodymyr Lytvyn Bloc, to replace a a new regime Tymoshenko ally, Anatolii Pysarenko, on the Central Election Commission (CEC), giving the Party of Regions he year 2010 brought dramatic changes to and 8-to-4 advantage. Parliament confirmed Mr. Ukrainian life and society. The policies of Osadchuk’s nomination on February 2, with support from President Viktor Yanukovych, who was elected on groups within the pro-presidential Our Ukraine – TFebruary 7, placed Ukrainian independence under threat People’s Self-Defense (OU-PSD) parliamentary faction. before an imperialist Russian government, restricted the A January 28 parliamentary vote to dismiss Yurii individual rights of Ukrainians, decimated the rule of law Lutsenko as internal affairs minister was supported by in favor of authoritarian rule and introduced unprecedent- the president’s brother, National Deputy Petro ed cultural Russification policies not seen since Soviet Yushchenko, as well as the Single Center group within era. the OU-PSD faction, which is led by Viktor Baloha, the Indeed Mr. Yanukovych’s approach to governing is head of the Presidential Secretariat at the time. The often described as neo-Soviet, reviving old practices such Yanukovych campaign was intent on dismissing the for- as selective persecution, framing innocent suspects in mer police chief because of his strong loyalty to Ms. crimes and using threats of dismissal or revocation of Tymoshenko and his ability to protect against potential business licenses to make people comply.
    [Show full text]
  • ECU NEWSLETTER March 2015
    NL MARCH 2015 EUROPEAN CHESS UNION CHESS OFFICIAL MEETING IN BANK OF GEORGIA SPORT AT ECU PRESIDENT IN DRESDEN FOR OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF EUROPEAN SENIOR CHESS REYKJAVIK THE ECU UNIVERSITIES EUROPEAN CHESS UNION NEWSLETTER NAJER IS THE EUROPEAN CHAMPION! Russian GM Evgeny Najer won the European Individual Chess Championship 2015, which was held in Jerusalem/Israel from 23 February to 8 March, 2015. The new champion scored 8.5 points ahead of Navara, Bartel and Khismatullin 8 each. 22 players scored 7.5 points each securing a place in the world cup games next October in the Azeri capital of Baku. 1 NL MARCH 2015 EUROPEAN CHESS UNION The great upset of the championship was the poor finish of the former continental champion, Russian Ian Nepomnianchtchi; who had led the field to what seemed to be a second title but managed to score just half a point in the last three rounds with painful defeat against Polish Mateusz Bartel in the final round. The complete results and the final standings may be seen here The prize giving was attended by the board of the European Chess Union and started with a projected greeting by the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Speeches were made by President of the ECU, GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili (himself a former European champion) and ACP (Association of chess professionals) president GM Emil Sutovsky who both praised the superb organization of the event expressing their hope for more such major tournaments in Israel soon enough. Together with Moshe Slav chairman of the Israel chess federation and Amiram Kaplan, chairman of the organizing committee and secretary of the ECU Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou awarded the 120.000 Euros prize-fund and the huge trophies.
    [Show full text]
  • The Ukrainian Weekly, 2015
    INSIDE: l Biden on cooperation with Russia, war in Ukraine – page 3 l Soyuzivka Heritage Center: a progress report – page 5 l “Conflict Zone: Ukraine” photo exhibit in Chicago – page 11 THEPublished U by theKRAINIAN Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationEEKLY Vol. LXXXIII No. 23 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 2015 $2.00 NEWS ANALYSIS Out with a whimper: Poroshenko appoints Saakashvili to lead Odesa by Zenon Zawada Novorossiya, 2014-2015 KYIV – In an unexpected move, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko appointed for- by Daisy Sindelar mer Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili RFE/RL as head of the Odesa Oblast State Administration to lead the president’s initia- Novorossiya has a flag, an anthem tives in the region, as well as oversee the and a news service. But it may no lon- spending of funds earmarked by the central ger have a future, if it ever did. Kyiv budget. The project – to combine breakaway Though he was placed under arrest in regions of Ukraine into an indepen- his native Georgia, Mr. Saakashvili is among dent, pro-Russian state known as New the most popular post-Soviet politicians in Russia, or Novorossiya – appeared to Ukraine and the West after leading reforms breathe its last this week with an that turned Georgia into a competitive announcement by a top separatist offi- economy. He has a long history in Ukraine, cial. having studied alongside Mr. Poroshenko in Oleg Tsarev, speaker of what sepa- Kyiv and learned the Ukrainian language. ratists call the “joint parliament” of the A key supporter of the maidans in Kyiv, Mr.
    [Show full text]