NEWSLETTER 76 (May 21, 2012)

GM DAVID NAVARA IS THE CZECH CHESS CHAMPION’2012

GM David Navara is the Czech Chess Champion’ 2012. He won the championship with the final result of 7 points. Second finished GM Alexej Kislinsky with the same result, third was GM Vlastimil Babula with half a point less than the winner.

The Czech Championship for men and women’ 2012 – Open tournament was held GM David Navara in Kouty nad Desnou, hotel Dlouhé Stráně, Czech Republic on May 12-20, 2012. This is the 4th national title for GM Navara.

WIM Tereza Olsarova, the best placed woman with the final result of 5 points, is the new Czech Women Chess Champion’2012.

WIM Tereza Olsarova

Final Ranking after 9 rounds – first 10 positions Rk. Title Name ELO Pts. TB 1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Navara David 2706 7 40.5 51.5 2472 2 GM Kislinsky Alexej 2532 7 38.5 49.5 2479 3 GM Babula Vlastimil 2563 6.5 40.5 52 2476 4 GM Cvek Robert 2563 6 37.5 48.5 2461 5 IM Bernášek Jan 2476 6 35.5 46 2440 6 IM Rašík Vítězslav 2495 6 31 40.5 2303 7 IM Černoušek Lukáš 2440 6 29 37 2244 8 GM Polák Tomáš 2514 5.5 38 48.5 2428 9 GM Jansa Vlastimil 2454 5.5 35 45 2416 10 IM Žilka Štěpán 2513 5.5 34 45 2432

The Chief-Arbiter of the tournament was FA Jiří Siebenbűrger. Forty seven players competed for the title.

Official website: www.chess-svetla.cz

NOVOSADSKI SK DDOR WON SERBIA FINAL CUP’2012

Novosadski sk DDOR won the Serbia Final Cup’2012 with final result of 19 points. Second finished the team of Vodovod Kragujevac with 18 points, third was Lasta Beograd with 13 points.

Serbia Final Cup was held in Kragujevac, Serbia on May 14-20, 2012. The team composition of the winners was: GMs Robert Markus (SRB), Dragan Solak (TUR), Aleksandar Kovacevic (SRB), Dusan Popovic (SRB) and Miroljub Lazic (SRB).

Serbia Final Cup was played in 7 Rounds, according to the Swiss system with time control 90 minutes for 40 moves+15 minutes for the rest of the game+30 seconds increment per move, starting from move one. The Chief-Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the Serbian Chess Federation, was Mr. Bogoljub Dankovic, IA.

Final Ranking after 7 Rounds – first 10 positions TB TB TB Rk. Team + = - 1 2 3 1 Novosadski sk DDOR 6 1 0 19 21 0 2 Vodovod Kragujevac 6 0 1 18 20 0 3 Lasta Beograd 4 1 2 13 17 0 4 Radnicki Kragujevac 4 0 3 12 14 0 5 Stara Pazova 3 2 2 11 14 0 6 Jugovic Kac 2 4 1 10 15 0 7 Metalac Takovo G. Milanovac 3 1 3 10 14 0 8 Valjevski sk 2005 3 1 3 10 14 0 9 PTT Beograd 3 1 3 10 14 0 10 BAS Beograd 3 1 3 10 14 0

Official website: www.serbiachess.net

LITHUANIAN YOUTH RAPID CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS – U 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 Lithuanian Youth Rapid Chess Championships for Boys & Girls was held in Nemenčinė, Lithuania, on May 18-19, 2012.

Two hundred and thirteen young players participated in the tournament. The Chief- Arbiter was IA Raimondas Paliulionis.

Final Rankings- first 3 positions U 18 U 16 Rk. Name Pts. Rk. Name Pts. 1 Svitojus Zygimantas 6 1 Stremavicius Titas 8 2 Vaicekauskas Gytis 6 2 Vicas Marijus 7 3 Velioniskis Robertas 5 3 Brazdzionis Andrius 7

U 14 U 12 Rk. Name Pts. Rk. Name Pts. 1 Bucinskas Lukas 7.5 1 Pultinevicius Paulius 7.5 2 Eigminas Kipras 7 2 Samulionis Matas 7 3 Sidabras Ignas 6 3 Stauskas Lukas 7

U 10 U 8 Rk. Name Pts. Rk. Name Pts. 1 Vaskevicius Augustas 8 1 Gucaga Augustas 7.5 2 Sibajeva Marija 7.5 2 Vasiliauskas Ignas 7 3 Mickus Benas 7.5 3 Meskenas Paulius 7

Official website: www.chessfed.lt

13TH INDIVIDUAL YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP OF BOSNIA&HERZEGOVINA FOR BOYS AND GIRLS – U 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20

The 13th Individual Youth Chess Championship of Bosnia & Herzegovina was held in Neum, on May 12-15, 2012.

The Chief-Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the Chess Union of Bosnia & Herzegovina was FA Aleksandra Dimitrijevic. Ninety boys and girls took part in the competition.

Final Rankings- first 3 positions

U 20-Boys U 20-Girls

Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Jefic Srdjan 4.5 1.5 4 0 1 Nesic Dragana 3.5 0.5 3 0 2 Matijevic Jure 4 1.5 3 0 2 Boric Masa 2.5 0.5 2 0 3 Delic Jasmin 3 0 3 0 3 Sudzum Natasa 1.5 1 1 0

U 18-Boys U 18-Girls

Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Kokotovic Aleksandar 6 1 6 1 1 Popadic Mirjana 5 3.5 4 0 2 Kadric Denis 6 1 6 0 2 Milicevic Dajana 4 2 3 0 3 Pastar Slaven 4 1 3 0 3 Mahmudbegovic Nad. 3.5 1.5 3 0

U 16-Boys U 16-Girls

Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Marjanovic Dejan 9 4 9 0 1 Jacimovic Sara 4.5 2 4 0 2 Sesar Dario 6 1.5 5 1 2 Tomic Milanaka 3.5 1 3 0 3 Becirbasic Atif 6 1.5 5 0 3 Maric Sanja 2.5 0 2 0

U 14-Boys U 14-Girls

Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 1 Hadzialic Ben. 6 3 6 0 1 Babic Tijana 3 1 3 2 Sinanovic Ermin 4 2 4 0 2 Kokanovic Zana 2.5 1.5 2 3 Salkic Mahir 3.5 0.5 3 0 3 Topic Aja 2 0.5 1

U 12-Boys U 12-Girls

Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Burovic Rijad 8.5 2 8 0 0 1 Djuric Anja 5 1.5 4 0 2 Simic Dragan 7 0.5 6 0.5 1 2 Tomic Jelena 5 1 5 0 3 Markovic Dino 7 0.5 6 0.5 0 3 Tomic Vladanka 4.5 0.5 4 0

U 10-Boys U 10-Girls

Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 Mahmutbegovic M. 7 4 7 0 1 Bojanic Bojana 2.5 1.5 2 0.5 1 2 Maksimovic Bojan 4.5 2.5 4 0 2 Softic Nejra 2.5 1.5 2 0.5 0 3 Sestic Nedim 4.5 1.5 3 0 3 Hrle Eyma 2 2 2 0 0

U 8-Boys

Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Vujovic Vladan 4 2 4 0 2 Vuksan Nemanja 3 1 3 0 3 Cinjarevic Bakir 2 0 2 0

Official website: www.sshb.ba

GM SEBASTIAN BOGNER WON THE 30TH LIECHTENSTEIN – OPEN 2012

GM Sebastian Bogner from Germany won the 30th Liechtenstein Open’ 2012 with the final result of 7 points. Second finished GM Imre Hera (HUN) with half a point less than the winner. Third was GM Sergei Ovsejevitsch (UKR) with the same result.

Liechtenstein Open was held in Triesen, on

May 11-19, 2012.

The tournament was played in 9 Rounds, according to the Swiss system with time control 90 minutes for 40 moves+30 minutes for the rest of the game+30 seconds increment pre move, starting from move one. One hundred and five chess players competed for the title. The Chief-Arbiter was IA Albert Baumberger.

Final Ranking-first 10 positions

Rk. Name Rtg FED Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Bogner Sebastian 2569 GER 7 53 42 39.5 2 GM Hera Imre Jr 2567 HUN 6.5 53 42 37 3 GM Ovsejevitsch Sergei 2572 UKR 6.5 53 42 36.8 4 IM Froewis Georg 2394 AUT 6.5 52 40 36 5 FM Wagner Dennis 2424 GER 6.5 51 41 34.3 6 GM Dgebuadze Alexandre 2558 BEL 6.5 51 40 35.8 7 GM Van Der Weide Karel 2456 NED 6.5 51 39 35.3 8 IM Colovic Aleksandar 2433 MKD 6.5 48 39 34 9 GM Cebalo Miso 2437 CRO 6.5 48 38 33.3 10 GM Paehtz Thomas 2438 GER 6.5 40 32 29.3

The playing hall

In the Senior section the winner is GM Vladimir Okhotnik (FRA) with the final result of 8 points. IM Josef Pribyl (CZE) won the silver medal with 6.5 points, Kenneth Norman (ENG), who finished the tournament with 6.5 points, won the bronze medal. Fifty five chess players competed in the senior section of the tournament.

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds-first 10 positions

Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Okhotnik Vladimir FRA 2463 8 52 41 45.5 2 IM Pribyl Josef CZE 2307 6.5 53 41 37.8 3 CM Norman Kenneth I ENG 2168 6.5 51 38 34 4 Jackson Oliver A ENG 2192 6.5 50 38 33.5 5 IM Eperjesi Laszlo Dr HUN 2218 6 49 38 29.8 6 Lang Ferdinand GER 2131 6 44 34 26.3 7 FM Karl Hans SUI 2163 6 44 32 26.8 8 Lutz Albert GER 2175 5.5 52 40 29 9 Peterlunger Erich AUT 1958 5.5 51 40 29.3 10 Hicker Harald AUT 2096 5.5 46 36 24 Official website: www.schach.li FORTHCOMING TOURNAMENTS

4TH EUROPEAN CHESS FESTIVAL – LUBLIN’2012

The 4th International Grandmaster's Tournament - The Lublin Union Memorial will take place in Lublin, Poland from 24-29 May, 2012. The place of chess struggles is traditional Crown Tribunal building in the center of Lublin's Old Town. 10 Grandmasters will participate in the event - Polish and Ukrainian Olympic Teams. The tournament will be played as a match between Polish and Ukrainian teams Scheveningen system (each player in one team plays each player in the other team).

Match will be held in the formula of both classical and rapid chess. The team compositions will be as follows:

- Poland: GMs Mateusz Bartel (2677), Bartosz Socko (2635), Kamil Miton (2622),

Bartlomiej Macieja (2614) and Dariusz Swiercz (2585).

They will play vs.

- Ukraine: GMs Zahar Efimenko (2689), Anton Korobov (2678), Yuriy Kryvoruchko (2676), Sergei Fedorchuk (2634) and Yaroslav Zherebukh (2632)

The time control will be: 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 min. for the rest of the game+ 30 seconds increment per move, starting from move one. Expected duration of one round - about 5 hours. Total prize fund of the tournament will be 6000 EURO.

The tournament will be held under the patronage of Mrs. Joanna Mucha - Sports and Tourism Minister and Mr. Krzysztof ZUK - Mayor of Lublin City.

Official website: www.festiwal2012.szachy.lublin.pl

INTERNATIONAL OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT ALBENA’2012

26 May - 03 June

The International Open Chess Tournament Albena’2012 will be held in the Black Sea resort of Albena, Bulgaria from 26 May - 03 June.

The total prize fund of the tournament will be 40,000 EURO.

Tournament rules: 9 rounds, Swiss System, 90 minutes for each player plus 30 seconds per move starting from the first move. Electronic clocks will be used.

Tournament venue: Albena Sports Hall

Official web site: www.albenachess.com

MATCH ON 50 BOARDS: SOFIA-ZAGREB

Two European capitals, Sofia (Bulgaira) and Zagreb (Croatia) will compete in a friendly chess match on 50 boards. The match will be held in Bankya, Bulgaria on May 27-28.

The event will be officially opened by the mayors of the two capitals – Mrs. Yordanka Fandakova (Sofia) and Mr. Milan Bandić (Zagreb).

Following that, Mrs. Fandakova and Mr. Bandić will sign agreement for cooperation between Sofia and Zagreb in different areas.

The Chess fans will have the opportunity to follow the games between the National Olympic teams of Bulgaria and Croatia, both – Men and Women.

The Bulgarians will be led by the world class GM Kiril Georgiev and former World Chess Champion GM Antoaneta Stefanova. Well- known GMs Mladen Palac, Hrvoje Stevic and others will play for the team of guests. Many VIPs from Sofia and Zagreb will participate in both teams.

During the official opening ceremony the President of the European Chess Union Mr. Silvio Danailov will give the official certificate to the rider of the mascot of the chess organization – the elite racehorse Ching van Berkenbroeck.

In 2011, the first of its kind, friendly chess mega tournament “Match on 100 boards”- Bankya’ 2011 between Sofia and Belgrade was held at the same venue.

Official website: www.europechess.net