NEWSLETTER 25 (May 23, 2011)

EUROPEAN WOMEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP-TBILISI’2011 VIKTORIJA CMILYTE IS THE NEW EUROPEAN CHAMPION!!!

Lithuanian grandmaster Viktorija Cmilyte is the new European women chess champion. She won the 12-th EWCC-Tbilisi’2011 with 9 points in the final ranking.

GM Viktorija Cmilyte

The Former World Champion GM Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria) took the silver medal with 8.5 points. GM Elina Danielian (Armenia) won the bronze medal with 8 points.

GM Antoaneta Stefanova GM Elina Danielian

Place and date: Tbilisi, Georgia; May 6-18, 2011

Prize fund: € 110,000

System: 11-round, Swiss

Rate of play : 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one.

The opening ceremony was attended by the Georgian Minister of Sports and Youth Mr. Lado Vardzelashvili, the Mayor of Tbilisi Mr. Gigi Ugulava and Mr. Mahir Mammedov, Director General of the oil company SOCAR Energy Georgia – General Sponsor of the tournament. The European Individual Women’s Chess Championship - Tbilisi’2011 was officially closed by the President of the European Chess Union Silvio Danailov.

Official web-site: www.tbilisi2011.ge

Final Ranking (first 27 players) :

Rank Title Name FED Rating Points TB1 TB2 TB3 N K rtg+/- 1 GM Cmilyte Viktorija LTU 2504 9 2692 65 78 11 10 24,3 2 GM Stefanova Antoaneta BUL 2506 8,5 2637 65 80 11 10 18,4 3 GM Danielian Elina ARM 2506 8 2629 65 80 11 10 17,5 4 IM Matveeva Svetlana RUS 2380 8 2413 49 61 11 10 8,3 5 IM Khotenashvili Bela GEO 2470 7,5 2580 66 80 11 10 16,9 6 GM Lahno Kateryna UKR 2530 7,5 2565 64 77 11 10 5,8 7 IM Javakhishvili Lela GEO 2454 7,5 2553 61 75 11 10 15,2 8 GM Kosintseva Tatiana RUS 2559 7,5 2539 60 73 11 10 -1,9 9 GM Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan SCO 2462 7,5 2535 56 70 11 10 11,4 10 IM Muzychuk Anna SLO 2537 7,5 2533 63 77 11 10 0,4 11 IM Foisor Cristina-Adela ROU 2414 7,5 2490 57 69 11 10 12,5 12 IM Bodnaruk Anastasia RUS 2419 7,5 2489 56 69 11 10 11,7 13 WGM Pogonina Natalija RUS 2448 7,5 2383 52 63 11 10 -6 14 IM Kosintseva Nadezhda RUS 2567 7 2513 62 76 11 10 -7,1 15 IM Ovod Evgenija RUS 2404 7 2509 62 74 11 10 16,2 16 GM Cramling Pia SWE 2468 7 2506 61 75 11 10 5,5 17 IM Romanko Marina RUS 2387 7 2487 58 71 11 10 15,4 18 IM Khurtsidze Nino GEO 2436 7 2456 58 70 11 10 3,8 19 GM Hoang Thanh Trang HUN 2456 7 2452 52 64 11 10 -0,2 20 IM Muzychuk Mariya UKR 2473 7 2439 54 65 11 10 -4,5 21 IM Mkrtchian Lilit ARM 2468 7 2432 55 67 11 10 -5,1 22 IM Khukhashvili Sopiko GEO 2421 7 2428 53 66 11 10 1,4 23 WGM Zawadzka Jolanta POL 2400 7 2425 56 67 11 10 5 24 WIM Tsatsalashvili Keti GEO 2280 7 2418 53 64 11 15 30,9 25 IM Gaponenko Inna UKR 2455 7 2412 54 66 11 10 -5,6 26 WIM Abdulla Khayala Mardan Qizi AZE 2168 7 2366 53 64 11 15 42,8 27 GM Zhukova Natalia UKR 2428 7 2298 48 59 11 10 -16,2

Organizers: European Chess Union, Georgian Chess Federation

EUROPEAN SENIOR TEAMS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2011 RUSSIA IS THE WINNER!!!

The team of Russia won the European Senior Teams Championship with 15 points. Germany won the silver, bronze is for the team of Montenegro.

Place and date: Thessaloniki, Greece; 03- 11.05.2011

System: 9 rounds in Swiss system

Rate of play: 40 moves in 90 minutes and 30 minutes to the end of the game. The player will additionaly receive 30 seconds for each move.

Official web-site: http://gamesfestival.chessdom.com/

The Teams of Russia and Austria

Final Ranking (first 26 teams):

Rk. SNo Team Games TB1 TB2 TB3 + = - 1 1 Russia 9 6 3 0 15 24 195 2 2 Germany 9 6 2 1 14 24 187 3 4 Montenegro 9 5 3 1 13 23 187 4 3 Israel 1 9 5 2 2 12 22 184 5 6 Austria 9 4 4 1 12 22 172 6 8 Denmark 1 9 5 2 2 12 21 189 7 7 Italy 9 4 3 2 11 21 176 8 18 Belgium 9 5 1 3 11 21 166 9 15 Niederoesterreich 9 5 1 3 11 21 157 10 5 Finland 1 9 3 4 2 10 21 177 11 12 Scotland 9 5 0 4 10 21 169 12 11 Switzerland 9 4 2 3 10 21 166 13 9 Sportfreunde, Katernberg 9 4 2 3 10 21 157 14 25 Greece 9 3 4 2 10 18 170 15 10 Catalonia 9 4 2 3 10 18 181 16 13 England 1 9 4 1 4 9 19 165 17 21 Norway 1 9 2 5 2 9 19 160 18 22 Wales 9 3 3 3 9 18 147 19 14 Steiermark, Austria 9 2 5 2 9 17 163 20 17 England 2 9 3 3 3 9 17 156 21 20 Polar Bears Iceland 9 3 3 3 9 16 167 22 19 Sweden 1 9 3 2 4 8 19 166 23 16 Stiftung BSW DBAG 1 9 3 2 4 8 18 156 24 30 Israel 2 9 2 4 3 8 16 154 25 26 Turkey 9 3 2 4 8 16 156 26 35 Stiftung BSW DBAG II 9 3 2 4 8 14 131

XX CHAMPIONSHIP OF FORMER YUG REP OF MACEDONIA THE WINNER IS GM TRAJKO NEDEV!!!

Place: Skopje, Former YUG Rep of Macedonia

Date: 10-19.05.2011

The winner of the Championship is GM Trajko Nedev.

GM Trajko Nedev

Final ranking crosstable:

Rank Title Name Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts. TB1 TB2 1 GM Nedev Trajko 2475 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7 0 5 2 GM Georgiev Vladimir 2574 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 6.5 0 4 3 IM Pancevski Filip 2399 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 5.5 0.5 3 4 GM Stanojoski Zvonko 2493 ½ ½ ½ * 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 5.5 0.5 3 5 IM Colovic Aleksandar 2451 ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5 0 2 6 FM Menkinoski Riste 2331 0 ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ 1 0 1 4.5 0 3 7 IM Stojanovski Dejan 2436 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 1 ½ 4 0 2 8 IM Mitkov Marjan 2374 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 * 1 1 3 0 2 9 Petrovski Igor 2232 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 0 * 0 2.5 0 2 10 Veleski Robert 2259 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 * 1.5 0 1

UKRAINE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP’12-21.05.2011 A DAN DZO & PGMB (Chernigiv) TEAM IS THE WINNER!!!

A DAN DZO & PGMB (Chernigiv) won the Ukraine Club Championship!

The team composition is: GM Baadur Jobava 2704, GM Anton Korobov 2660, GM Sergei Azarov 2635, GM Boris Savchenko 2630, Alexander Lastin 2617, GM Gadir Guseinov 2603, GM Alexander Zubarev 2600, GM Yaroslav Zherebukh 2586, IM Alexander Nosenko 2522, GM Alexey Kislinski 2507.

Final ranking crosstable: Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TB1 TB2 TB3 1 A DAN DZO & PGMB (Chernigiv) * 4 5 4½ 4½ 6 5 6 5½ 6 18 47 0 2 Law Academy (Kharkiv) 2 * 4 4 5 5 4½ 6 5½ 5½ 16 42 0 3 Podillya-Region (Khmelnitsky) 1 2 * 4 2 3½ 4½ 6 5 6 12 34 2 4 CRIMEA GAZ 1½ 2 2 * 4 4 5 5 5½ 5 12 34 0 5 Shtrafbat (Lugansk) 1½ 1 4 2 * 4 4 5½ 5 4½ 12 32 0 6 Nika (Nikopol) 0 1 2½ 2 2 * 3½ 4 4½ 5 8 25 0 7 With no mercy (Chernigiv) 1 1½ 1½ 1 2 2½ * 5 5½ 5 6 25 0 8 Kashtan (Kyiv) 0 0 0 1 ½ 2 1 * 4 4½ 4 13 0 9 Chess Shcool (Simferopol) ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1½ ½ 2 * 3½ 2 11 0 10 Crimea stars 0 ½ 0 1 1½ 1 1 1½ 2½ * 0 9 0

Official web site: http://ukrchess.org.ua/

CZECH REPUBLIC INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP WIM KAROLINA OLSAROVA AND GM JIRI STOCEK ARE THE NEW CHAMPIONS!!!

WIM Karolina Olsarova and GM Jiri Stocek won the gold in the Czech Republic Individual Chess Championship!

Place and date: Pardubice, Czech Republic; 12-20 May 2011.

Source of the photos: http://www.chessdom.com/

Final ranking crosstable-men:

Rank Title Name Rtg 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points TB1 1 GM Štoček Jiří 2600 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 6 25.5 2 IM Krejčí Jan 2489 ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 5.5 22.3 3 GM Polák Tomáš 2526 ½ 1 * ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 22.5 4 GM Babula Vlastimil 2566 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5 22.3 5 GM Mirumian Viguen 2513 ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ 0 1 1 5 20 6 GM Votava Jan 2541 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 4.5 18.8 7 IM Kaňovský David 2472 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 4.5 18.5 8 IM Šimáček Pavel 2462 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ 1 4.5 1 9 IM Rašík Vítězslav 2485 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 3 12.8 10 GM Jansa Vlastimil 2518 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ * 2 9.5

Final ranking-women: 1st – 2nd place

Name Rating Result Name Rating Result Olšarová Pirklová WIM Karolína 2242 2 Hana 2153 0

3rd - 4th place

Title Name Rating Result Title Name Rating Result Havlíková Kubíková WIM Kristýna 2288 1,5 WFM Alena 2121 0,5

FIDE WORLD CUP – QUALIFIERS FROM EUROPE

FIDE has forwarded to the ECU Office the official list of World Cup qualifiers from Europe. The World Cup will take place from 26th August to 21st September in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia.

QUALIFIERS for the WORLD CUP 2011: Total = 128 players

a) From World Championship Match 2010: 38. A. Pashikian (ARM) 2010 01. V. Anand (IND) 39. R. Mamedov (AZE) 2010 40. S. Movsesian (ARM) 2010 b) From World Cup 2009: 41. V. Akopian (ARM) 2010 02. B. Gelfand (ISR) 42. E. Alekseev (RUS) 2010 03. R. Ponomariov (UKR) 43. S. Halkias (GRE) 2010 04. V. Malakhov (RUS) 44. F. Berkes (HUN) 2010 05. S. Karjakin (RUS) 45. V. Potkin (RUS) 2010 46. B. Grachev (RUS) 2010 c) Women’s World Champion 2010: 47. B. Socko (POL) 2010 06. Hou Yifan (CHN) 48. L. Nisipeanu (ROU) 2010 49. E. Vorobiov (RUS) 2010 d) Junior World Champions 2009 & 2010: 50. Y. Drozdovskij (UKR) 2010 07. M. Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 51. V. Babula (CZE) 2010 08. D. Andreikin (RUS) 52. R. Wojtaszek (POL) 2011 53. J. Polgar (HUN) 2011 d) From FIDE Rating List, 20 players, average 7/2010 & 54. A. Moiseenko (UKR) 2011 1/2011: 55. F. Vallejo Pons (ESP) 2011 09. M. Carlsen (NOR) 2820,00 56. M. Ragger (AUT) 2011 10. L. Aronian (ARM) 2805,00 57. S. Feller (FRA) 2011 11. V. Topalov (BUL) 2789,00 58. N. Vitiugov (RUS) 2011 12. V. Kramnik (RUS) 2787,00 59. S. Zhigalko (BLR) 2011 13. A. Grischuk (RUS) 2766,50 60. A. Korobov (UKR) 2011 14. S. Mamedyarov (AZE) 2766,50 61. E. Inarkiev (RUS) 2011 15. V. Ivanchuk (UKR) 2751,50 62. E. Postny (ISR) 2011 16. T. Radjabov (AZE) 2746,00 63. S. Azarov (BLR) 2011 17. H. Nakamura (USA) 2740,00 64. I. Khairullin (RUS) 2011 18. P. Eljanov (UKR) 2739,50 65. M. Kobalia (RUS) 2011 19. A. Shirov (ESP) 2735,50 66. N. Guliyev (AZE) 2011 20. P. Svidler (RUS) 2732,00 67. Y. Zherebukh (UKR) 2011 21. V. Gashimov (AZE) 2727,50 68. A. Riazantsev (RUS) 2011 22. Wang Hao (CHN) 2727,50 69. V. Iordachescu (MDA) 2011 23. P. Leko (HUN) 2725,50 70. C. Lupulescu (ROU) 2011 24. Wang Yue (CHN) 2725,00 71. L. McShane (ENG) 2011 25. D. Jakovenko (RUS) 2722,00 72. D. Fridman (GER) 2011 26. G. Kamsky (USA) 2721,50 73. A. Motylev (RUS) 2011 27. E. Bacrot (FRA) 2721,50 74. I. Ivanisevic (SRB) 2011 28. D. Navara (CZE) 2719,50 f) 19 players from Americas e) 46 players from European Championships 2010 & 2011 g) 19 players from Asia/Oceania 29. I. Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 2010 30. B. Jobava (GEO) 2010 g) 6 players from Africa 31. A. Timofeev (RUS) 2010 32. Z. Efimenko (UKR) 2010 h) 6 nominees of the FIDE President

33. I. Lysyj (RUS) 2010 i) 4 nominees of the local Organising Committee 34. Z. Almasi (HUN) 2010 35. E. Tomashevsky (RUS) 2010 36. M. Rodshtein (ISR) 2010 37. I. Salgado Lopez (ESP) 2010

EUROPEAN INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2011

Place and date: Antalya-Turkey; 11th-19th October 2011

1. INVITATION The Government of Turkey and the Turkish Chess Federation (TCF), have the honour to invite all the ECU member Chess Federations to participate in the European School Chess Championship 2011 (under 7, under 9, under 11, under 13, under 15 and under 17 years old – open and girls) which will take place in Antalya, Türkiye, from 11th October (Arrival) to 19th October (Departure) 2011. TCF aims to organize an excellent event with your participation.

2. PARTICIPATION 2.1 All players are obliged to stay in official hotels. If accompanying persons, coach and relatives need an invitation letter for visa from the organizer then they are also obligated to stay in the official hotels.

2.2 Access to playing areas, venues and the hotels will be allowed only to accredited people by the organization. No participant will be allowed to book directly in the official hotels. All bookings must be through the organizers.

2.3 Each National Federation or School Association or Schools may enter an unlimited number of players in each of the 12 age groups. In case that one girl group is less than 10 participants then it will be merged with the same open age group category.

2.4 Entitled to participate are players (Boys & Girls) who shall not have reached the age:

Of 7, by 1st January 2011 (date of Birth – January 1st, 2004 and after) – Tournament Under 7, Of 9, by 1st January 2011 (date of Birth – January 1st, 2002 and after) – Tournament Under 9; Of 11, by 1st January 2011 (date of Birth– January 1st, 2000 and after) – Tournament Under 11; Of 13, by 1st January 2011 (date of Birth – January 1st, 1998 and after) – Tournament Under 13; Of 15, by 1st January 2011 (date of Birth – January 1st, 1996 and after) – Tournament Under 15; Of 17, by 1st January 2011 (date of Birth – January 1st, 1994 and after) – Tournament Under 17; Upon arrival, captains or players may be requested to present the passports of their players for verification of age eligibility.

2.5 All participants should cover own accommodation and travel expenses by themselves (or; their federations, schools, sponsors). Delegations of players must be accompanied at least by an adult (chief, coach or parent), who is taking care about the travel details.

2.6 In order to provide appropriate tournament conditions, the Federations must complete carefully the official registration form (attached to this file) and send it back Page 3 European Individual School Chess Championships 2011 to the organizing committee by 15th September 2011. Any other form will not be accepted.

3. ECU ENTRANCE FEES 3.1 In accordance with the ECU regulations, an entrance fee of 20 ⁄ (Euros) is asked for every player and must be sent directly to ECU by the national Federation before the event either to their National Federation (proved by a receipt document) or to the Organizing Committee in Türkiye.

4. REGISTRATION & TRAVEL 4.1 The deadline for registration is 15th September 2011. After this date a penalty of 100 € (Euros) for each late registration will be charged to participants till 01st October 2011 latest. After this date, organizers reserve the right to refuse or decline late registrations or charge higher hotel costs for participants.

4.2 The registration form must include the Federation, FIDE ID, surname, first name, players’ category(age group and open or girls), international rating and FIDE title and the passport details of every player and every accompanying person. It must also include the name, details and phone number/ address/ fax/ email of the head of the delegation. An identity photo (2x3 cm) must also be sent for each player (guest, additional or qualified) and each accompanying person by 15th September 2011. The photo can also be taken on arrival at the Hotel at the cost of 3 € (Euros).

4.3 Each player and each accompanying person must pay to the organizing committee the amount of 100 ⁄ (Euros) at the moment of their registration (before 15th September 2011). This payment is compulsory and represents a confirmation of participation. This payment includes transportation from Antalya Airport to hotel, accreditation, identification badges and organization cost.

4.4 TRAVEL DETAILS. The venue is the Limra Hotel (*****) in Kemer, Antalya. The venue is 70 km west of Antalya Airport. Antalya is a tourism city very well known, and has a large number of charter flights from main points of Europe. Another way to come to Antalya is via Istanbul. There are daily 20- 30 flights connecting Istanbul Atatürk Airport to Antalya Airport. On the following web sites you may get more information for domestic flights in Turkey and you may make online registrations. We propose to our guests to book with Turkish Airlines, and arrive via Istanbul. http://www.thy.com/ http://www.onurair.com.tr/onurair/ http://www.atlasjet.com.tr/ http://www.pegasusairlines.com/

4.5 A player registered in a lower category of age due to a mistake in specifying his / her birthday will have his / her registration suspended until rectification. Page 4 European Individual School Chess Championships 2011 5.PAYMENT

5.1 BANK TRANSFERS. When registering for any category, the above mentioned amount of 100 € (Euros) must be transferred to the following account:

Bank Name : Turkiye Is Bankasi Branch Name : Ankara Address : Ulus – Ankara Account Holder : Turkiye Satranc Federasyonu IBAN Euro : TR500006400000242003881023 SWIFT CODE : ISBKTRISXXX

All bank commissions should be paid by sender, although even if it is paid by the sender, there is usually a transfer cost on Turkish side (18 € (Euros) for each transfer), this will be charged to sender.

5.2. As soon as the payment transfer is confirmed, the organizing committee will send to the respective chess Federation the confirmation of the hotel reservations. Also all confirmed registrations will be declared on the official web site, where Federations may check their participants’ situation on a daily basis.

5.3 Players will not be paired until all the payments are effected to the organizers.

6. ACCOMMODATION 6.1 All inclusive (excluding alcohol) accommodation will be offered in the hotels in Kemer-Antalya booked by the organizing committee. In the hotel there will be free wireless connection in the lobby to all participants.

6.2 The accommodation charges must be paid in advance. The payment will be done only in Euros.

6.3 All accommodation cost will be paid for 8 nights as a total package plus registration cost for whoever will be coming on the 11rd October and leaving on the 19th October. If someone comes later or leaves earlier, they will pay also this cost as a total cost. If any participants will be arriving earlier or leaving later they will pay the difference of the nights mentioned below.

Hotels: ALL INCLUSIVE Hotel Limra & Limra aparts 5 stars (8 nights) four p/r room 58 €/ day per person 464€ + 100€ = 564 € total minimum triple room 60 €/ day per person 480€ + 100€ = 580 € total minimum double room 65 €/ day per person, 520€ + 100€ = 620 € total minimum single room 100 €/ day per person, 800€ + 100€ = 900 € total minimum

Rooms will be booked on the principle of FCFS (First Come First Served). ALL PLAYERS ARE OBLIGED TO STAY IN OFFICIAL HOTELS AND BOOKINGS MUST BE VIA TURKISH CHESS FEDERATION.

7. TECHNICAL SUBJECTS 7.1 The tournament will be played according to the Swiss System in 9 rounds. National ratings will not be taken into consideration for the pairings.

7.2 Rate of play is 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.

7.3 Participants who have not confirmed their participation by Monday 12th October 12:00 will not be paired for the first round.

7.4 All tie break and medal rules will be declared with technical regulations.

8. TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Tuesday 11 October Arrival of Delegations

21:30 Technical Meeting

Wednesday 12 16:00 Opening Ceremony October 16:30 1st Round

Thursday 13 October 10:00 2nd Round

16:30 3rd Round

Friday 14 October 16:30 4th Round

Saturday 15 October 16:30 5th Round

Sunday 16 October 10:00 6th Round

16:30 7th Round

Monday 17 October 16:30 8th Round

Tuesday 18 October 10:00 9th Round

17:00 Closing Ceremony

Wednesday 19 Departure of Delegations October

9. JOURNALISTS All journalists who wish to participate in the event may contact the organizers and should be accredited. The press room will have ADSL internet connection as well as other facilities.

10. STANDS Anyone who wishes to rent a promotional stand on location should contact the organisers for rental conditions. No one will be allowed any promotional space (except ECU and Continental Unions) or to have a stand for merchandise or other services, without approval of the TCF.

11. INFORMATION ABOUT VISAS 11.1 The Federations or players who need assistance with their visas are asked to contact the Organizing Committee before 15th September 2011.

11.2 The Tournament Director will supply official letters of invitation only after all the payments are effected (registration and accommodation fees for every member of the delegation).

12. WEATHER CONDITIONS

In October, the weather of Antalya is warm and around 20-25º C, however there may be rain showers during this time. We propose to all participants to have a rain coat and some protective / warm clothing.

13. ELECTRICITY The standard voltage in Turkey is 220 Volts. The plugs used for appliances are twin round plug.

14. CURRENCY & EXCHANGE The local currency is the Turkish Lira. At the time of publication exchange rates are : 1€ (Euro) = 2.1614 Turkish Lira (TL) (15 Feb 2011) 1USD (American Dollar) = 1.5989 Turkish Lira (TL) (15 Feb 2011)

15. PRIZES-TITLES 15.1 . The first European winner in each open age category is the European School Champion for 2011 and the first European girl in each girl age category is the European Girl School Champions for 2011. They awarded with trophies and special

15.2 The champions of each category (12 categories) will receive a Netbook Computer. All 2nd places of those categories will receive Video Mp3/Mp4 Player. Third places will receive special chess set.

15.3 Other special gifts (books or toys) will be given to the 4th, 5th, 6th places.

15.4 Prize Giving Ceremony will be only for the top 6 players of each category, plus the youngest boy and the youngest girl in the tournament.

15.5 Three special trophies for country or school delegations of 5 participants, which will play at least in 2 ages groups (winners will be named according to the best 5 individual results).

16. CONTACT INFORMATION The Director of Tournament: Mr. Melih SAGIT Phone : (+90) 309 75 94 / 119 Fax : (+90) 312 310 96 20 Mobile phone : (+90) 530 640 05 50 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

9th EUROPEAN UNION YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 8 - 14 Under the patronage of the European Chess Union

Place and date: Mureck, August 2 –11, 2011

GENERAL REGULATIONS

1. Invitation The Austrian Chess Federation has the honour of inviting your Chess Federation to participate in the European Union Youth Chess Championship 2011 at Mureck.

2. Participation Each Federation can enter one player, boy or girl in any of the categories of under 8, 10, 12 and 14 as of January 1st, 2011.

Boys and girls will play in the same tournament, but with two separate scores. So we will have two European Union Youth Champions, one for the girls and one for the boys. Additional (extra) players can also be registered.

Only citizens of a member state of the European Union or of Schengen state are allowed to participate.

All participants including parents, coaches, observers and relatives are obliged to stay in official hotels or guesthouses and will not be allowed to book directly their accommodation or food.

All bookings must be made through the organizers, otherwise players have to pay an extra organizing fee of Euros 50,- in advance or in cash on arrival at Mureck.

3. Registration - Conditions of participation Entry forms must be sent back not later than June 30th, 2011 by telefax or email.

Registration must mention the surname/s, first name/s, FIDE ID number, FIDE or National rating of each player. We also need the telephone, email/fax number of the delegation chief and of the person in charge of the federation.

Please use the registration form enclosed. All travel expenses must be paid by the participants or their National Federation. Each player (invited or extra) and the invited coach has to pay the amount of Euros 70,- to the Organizing Committee when registering or on arrival at Mureck. Transport from Graz airport or central station to Mureck and back will be free of charge.

4. Accommodation and meals Board and lodging will be provided at Mureck or in its close surroundings. The rooms Organising Committee can accommodate invited participants and a coach in double or triple or in apartments. Free board and lodging is offered to players as well as to one coach per federation from Tuesday 2 (dinner) to Thursday 11 August (lunch).

Payments (Euros only) for all extra players and accompanying persons must be made in advance or in cash on arrival at Mureck. The cost of lodging for additional (extra) players and accompanying persons for full board per day is the following:

in double and triple rooms: 44 Euros per person

in single rooms: 54 Euros per person

Bank Account: Bank: Steiermärkische Bank & Sparkassen AG IBAN: AT792081507500187997 BIC/SWIFT: STSPAT2G BANK CODE: 20815 ACCOUNT NUMBER: 07500187997 BANK ADDRESS: 8480 Mureck, Hauptplatz 2 ACCOUNT HOLDER: Österreichischer Schachbund, Landesverband Steiermark 5. Tournament hall and meeting point on arrival A-8480 Mureck, Kulturzentrum, 50 km south of Graz on the Austrian-Slovenian board

Schedule Tuesday 02 August afternoon arrival of delegations Wednesday 03 August 14:30 opening ceremony 15:00 1st round Thursday 04 August 15:00 2nd round Friday 05 August 15:00 3rd round Saturday 06 August 15:00 4th round Sunday 07 August 15:00 5th round Monday 08 August 15:00 6th round Tuesday 09 August 15:00 7th round Wednesday 10 August 15:00 8th round Thursday 11 August 08:30 9th round 13:45 closing ceremony, departure

6. Rules and regulations The tournament will be played according to the Swiss System in 9 rounds. National ratings will not be taken into consideration for the pairings. The rate of play will be according to FIDE regulations 90 min for the whole game + 30 sec increase for each move played.

7. Chief arbiters Manfred MUSSNIG International Arbiter Wolfgang HORVATH National Arbiter

8. Organizing Committee Chairman Prof. Kurt JUNGWIRTH Honorary Vice President of FIDE President of the Austrian Chess Federation Tournament director FM Erich GIGERL

9. Prizes The first three players of each group will be awarded trophies. The best girls will be awarded trophies separately.

10. Contacts

Erich Gigerl, Tournament Director Sackstraße 17, 8010 Graz, Austria Telefon/Fax: 0043 316 - 877-3618 Mobile: 0043 0676-8666-3618 Mail: [email protected]

FORTHCOMING TOURNAMENTS FOR JUNE

5th ENCI LIMBURG OPEN

Place and date: Maastricht, Netherlands;10 - 13 june 2011 Prize fund: 10,000 Euro System: 7 rounds according to the Swiss system. Rate of play: 40 moves in 2 hours, plus 30 minutes extra for the remainder of the game. Contacts: Phone: + 31(0)6-4640 5935; e-mail: [email protected] Official web site of the tournament: www.limburgopen.nl

1st INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT FORNI DI SOPRA

Place and date: Forni di Sopra, Italy;12-18 of June, 2011 Prize fund: 10 000 Euro System: Swiss Rate of play: 90’ x 40 moves + 30’ until the end + 30’’ per move. For information:[email protected] or [email protected] Official web site: http://www.accademiainternazionalediscacchi.com/

4th ANNUAL KAREN ASRIAN MEMORIAL

Place and date: Jermuk, Armenia;15-25 June, 2011 Prize fund: 15 000 USD Rate of play: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves + 30 minutes for the remainder of the game (with 30 seconds increment starting from the first move). Director of the tournament - Hrachik Tavadyan.Tel:+ 374 10 52 64 64 Secretary - Vrej Ordian Tel:+ 374 10 55 36 30, Fax:+ 374 10 55 17 40, E-mail: [email protected] Official web site: www.chessfed.am

25th OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT "PULA OPEN 2011"

Place and date: Pula, Croatia; 18.06. - 25.06.2011 Prize fund: 11 000 Euro System and rate of play: SWISS, FIDE VARIANT, 9 rounds, 90 minutes + 30 seconds bonification for every move ( from the beginning of the game) Director of the tournament:Mr. Vretenar Denis [email protected] mob.00385 91 526 8340 Chess Club Pula, M. Laginje 3/IV,52100 Pula, tel 00385 52 211-101 Official web site: http://www.skpula.hr

1st INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL CHESS FESTIVAL’2011

Place and date: Corfu, Greece; June 19th - June 21st Prize fund: 15 000 Euro, System: Swiss System Rate of play: 15 minutes for the whole game and 10 seconds for each completed move. Tournament Director: International Arbiter Marietta Mourouti. Contacts: ARTIFEX K. Varnali 11 Chalandri - 152 33 Τel.: +30 210- 6596770 & +30 210-6896775; Fax: +30 210-6896711, e-mail: [email protected] Official web site: http://chessculturalfestival.com/

INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT ALBENA

Place and date: Albena Black Sea Resort, Bulgaria; 25.06. - 03.07.2011 Prize fund: 40 000 Euro, System: FIDE Swiss, Open 9 rounds, Rate of play: 90 m + 30 sec Registration:Margarita Petkova, Phone: +359 885 224156, E-mail: [email protected] Accomodation:Temenujka Ivanova, Phone: +359 579 62312 or +359 885 853085 E-mail: [email protected] Official web site: http://www.albenachess.com/

CITY OF LEON CHESS MASTERS TOURNAMENT-XXIV EDITION

Place and date: Leon, Spain; June 2-6, 2011 Participants: Vishy Anand, Alexey Shirov The match will be played under the FIDE Active Chess rules. Rate of play: 6 games, 45 minutes per game + 30 seconds increment after each move. Contacts: Leontxo Garcia- Press Chief, Cell: 666-51.64.24 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail of tournament: [email protected] Official web site: http://www.advancedchessleon.com/