NEWSLETTER 30 (June 27, 2011)

GM RUSLAN PONOMARIOV WON THE 80TH UKRAINIAN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP!

GM Ruslan Ponomariov won the 80th Ukrainian Chess Championship with final result of 8.5 points after 11 rounds.

With one point less his first runner up is GM Pavel Eljanov. Third in the ranking is GM Zahar Efimenko with final result of 7 points.

GM Pavel Eljanov GM Ruslan Ponomariov GM Zahar Efimenko

Twelve grand masters participated in the strongest Championship ever in the history of independent Ukraine. The ELO rating of the players was between 2754 and 2558. The organizer of the Championship is the Ukrainian Chess Federation, the Chief- Arbiter was IA Leonid Bodankin.

The prize fund of the tournament was 50 000 EURO.

Final Ranking Crosstable

Rk Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 . 1 Ponomariov Ruslan * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 8,5 41,5 0 6 2 Eljanov Pavel ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7,5 38 0 4 3 Efimenko Zahar ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 7 37,3 0 3 4 Moiseenko Alexander 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 7 33,8 0 4 5 Volokitin Andrei ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 6,5 32,8 0 3 6 Kryvoruchko Yuriy ½ 0 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 6 27,5 0 4 7 Areshchenko Alexander ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5 23 0 2 8 Miroshnichenko Evgenij 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ 5 22,8 0 2 9 Korobov Anton 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 4,5 19 0 2 10 Vysochin Spartak 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 4 21,3 0 0 11 Vovk Yuri 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ * ½ 2,5 13 0 0 12 Kovchan Alexander 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 2,5 12,8 0 0

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

HIGHER LEAGUE MEN’s 64TH RUSSIAN CHAMPIONSHIP’2011

GM Alexander Morozevich won the Higher League Men’s 64 Russian Championship’2011with 8 points from possible 11. On the second place is GM Artyom Timofeev. Third is GM Alexander Galkin. They both have gained 7.5 points.

The tournament was played in 11 rounds according to the Swiss system in the town of Taganrog. The prize fund was 62.300 EURO. Chief-Arbiter was IA Victor Berezin.

GM Alexander Morozevich

Final Ranking after 11 rounds- first 15 positions

Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Morozevich Alexander 8 63 48 5 2 Timofeev Artyom 7,5 67 47 5 3 Galkin Alexander 7,5 66 47 4 4 Tomashevsky Evgeny 7 66 44 3 5 Sjugirov Sanan 7 65 48 5 6 Matlakov Maxim 7 64 44 3 7 Inarkiev Ernesto 7 64 41 5 8 Volkov Sergey 7 63 45 3 9 Zvjaginsev Vadim 7 62 45 3 10 Grachev Boris 7 61 41 3 11 Rublevsky Sergei 7 60 40 4 12 Fedoseev Vladimir 7 55 36 6 13 Vitiugov Nikita 6,5 63 42 2 14 Alekseev Evgeny 6,5 62 42 3 15 Kornev Alexei 6,5 59 36 4

Official web site: http://russiachess.org/

HIGHER LEAGUE WOMEN’S 61ST RUSSIAN CHAMPIONSHIP

IM Elena Zaiatz won the Higher League Women’s 61st Russian Championship’2011 with final result of 7.5 points from possible 9. The silver was taken by WGM Baira Kovanova with 6.5 points. Third is IM Valentina Gunina with 6 points.

The tournament was played in 9 rounds according to the Swiss system in the town of Taganrog. The prize fund was 12.500 EURO. Chief-Arbiter was IA Victor Berezin.

IM Elena Zaiatz

Final Ranking after 9 rounds-first 15 positions

Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Zaiatz Elena 7,5 44 40 6 2 Kovanova Baira 6,5 43 30 5 3 Gunina Valentina 6 47 36 6 4 Charochkina Daria 6 46 34 5 5 Shadrina Tatiana 6 44 27 5 6 Girya Olga 6 39 26 5 7 Ovod Evgenija 5,5 44 29 5 8 Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 5,5 43 30 3 9 Bodnaruk Anastasia 5,5 41 30 5 10 Tomilova Elena 5 41 29 3 11 Vasilevich Irina 5 41 26 4 12 Romanko Marina 5 41 29 3 13 Severiukhina Zoja 5 40 24 4 14 Pustovoitova Daria 5 39 25 3 15 Kostrikina Anna 5 38 25 4

Official web site: http://russiachess.org/

MAGNUS CARLSEN WON BAZNA KINGS’2011

The Norwegian GM Magnus Carlsen won Bazna Kings. The 5th edition of the strong tournament was held on June 11-22. 2011 in Medias, Romania. First runner up became the Russian grand master Sergey Karjakin after a draw in the last round against the leader Carlsen. They both finished with final result of 6.5 points. The silver was taken by the GM from USA Hikaru Nakamura.

GM Magnus Carlsen Ivanchuk-Nakamura GM Sergey Karjakin

The Chief-Arbiter of Bazna Kings’2011 was IA Faig Gasanov.

Final Ranking Crosstable after 10 rounds

Rk Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 . 1 Carlsen Magnus *** ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 6,5 6,5 3 1 2 Karjakin Sergey ½ ½ *** ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 6,5 6,5 3 1 3 Nakamura Hikaru 0 ½ ½ ½ *** ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 4,5 4,5 1 0 4 Radjabov Teimour ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ *** 0 ½ ½ ½ 4,5 4,5 0 0 5 Ivanchuk Vassily ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ *** 0 ½ 4 4 2 0 6 Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ *** 4 4 1 0

Official web site: www.turneulregilor.com

GM TIGRAN KOTANJIAN WON FOR THE SECOND YEAR KAREN ASRIAN MEMORIAL

GM Tigran Kotanjian won for the second year Karen Asrian Memorial. The 4th edition of the tournament, organized by the Armenian Chess Federation, was held on June 15-25 in the town of Jermuk. 71 players took part in the tournament with prize fund of

15 000 USD.

GM Tigran Kotanjian

Photo by Chessdom

Five players shared the second place with 6.5 points – Robert Hovhannisyan, Levon Babujian, Mikhail Ulibin, Maxim Turov and Konstantine Shanava.

Final Ranking Crosstable after 9 rounds – first 15 positions

Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Kotanjian Tigran 7 47 51 5 2 Shanava Konstantine 6,5 48 52 4 3 Turov Maxim 6,5 46 51 4 4 Ulibin Mikhail 6,5 46 49 4 5 Hovhannisyan Robert 6,5 45 50 5 6 Babujian Levon 6,5 38 41 4 7 Nadanian Ashot 6 46 50 4 8 Idani Pouya 6 45 50 5 9 Azaladze Shota 6 45 49 5 10 Dubov Daniil 6 44 47 4 11 Gleizerov Evgeny 6 43 47 4 12 Chibukhchian Artur 6 40 44 5 13 Petrosian Davit G 6 37 41 4 14 Hayrapetian Ovik 5,5 44 48 4 15 Maghalashvili Davit 5,5 43 47 5

Official web site: www.chessfed.am

SERBIAN GM ALEKSANDAR KOVACEVIC WON THE 25TH INTERNATIONAL OPEN TOURNAMENT PULA 2011

Serbian GM Aleksandar Kovacevic won the 25th International Open Tournament Pula 2011. Pula Open took place on June 18-25, 2011 in the town of Pula, Croatia. In the tournament with prize fund of 11.000 EURO participated 360 players. The Chief- Arbiter was IA Sulejman Islamovic.

GM Aleksandar Kovacevic

After him in the ranking with the same result of 7.5 points are 3 more grand masters: Davorin Kuljasevic, Gergely Antal and Dusan Popovic.

Final Ranking Crosstable after 9 rounds- first 15 positions

Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 Rp 1 GM Kovacevic Aleksandar 7,5 52 47 56 45,3 2661 2 GM Kuljasevic Davorin 7,5 52 46 57 45,8 2598 3 GM Antal Gergely 7,5 50 45 54 44,3 2598 4 GM Popovic Dusan 7,5 46 41 50 40,8 2576 5 GM Drazic Sinisa 7 52 47 57 42,3 2586 6 IM Mencinger Vojko 7 51 46 55 39,5 2528 7 GM Jovanovic Zoran 7 51 46 55 40,3 2561 8 GM Zelcic Robert 7 51 45 56 41,5 2569 9 GM Tratar Marko 7 49 44 54 40,5 2521 10 IM Kovacevic Blazimir 7 49 44 54 39,5 2511 11 GM Shengelia David 7 48 44 52 39,5 2493 12 IM Leer-Salvesen Bjarte 7 47 42 51 38,3 2444 13 IM Porper Edward 7 44 40 48 36 2382 14 IM Doric Darko 6,5 51 46 55 36,8 2452 15 IM Bellia Fabrizio 6,5 51 46 55 36 2457

Official web site: www.skpula.hr

FORTHCOMING TOURNAMENS FOR JULY

6th INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL NANA ALEKSANDRIA’S CUP-2011

Place and date: Poti, Georgia; July 10-19, 2011

Prize fund: 12.658 EURO

Festival events: Open, U8, U10, U12 B&G

System and rate of play: 9 rounds in Swiss system; Open - The playing time will be 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. U8, U10, U12 B&G - 90 minutes + 30 seconds per move.

Organizers: Local Management of Poti, Georgian Chess Federation, Chess and Draughts complex sport school of Poti “Nana”

Tournament Director: David Kodua

Contact Information: phone: +995 93 399 264, e-mail: [email protected], web site: www.chesspoti.ge

2ND FC ST. PAULI CHESS OPEN 2011

Place and date: Hamburg, Germany; July 09-17, 2011

Prize fund: 15.000 EURO

System and rate of play: 9 rounds in Swiss system; 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes to the end of the game (waiting time 30 minutes)

Organizer: FC St. Pauli Chess Department

Head of the Department: Thomas Schuttler

Contact Information: phone: 0162 2577887, e-mail: info@fcstpauli- open.de, web site: http://fcstpauli-open.de/

33RD INTERNATIONAL CHESS OPEN CITY MUNICIPAL OBERWART

Place and date: Oberwart, Austria; July 09-17, 2011

Prize fund: 15.400 EURO

System and rate of play: 9 rounds in Swiss system; 90 minutes for the entire game plus 30 seconds per move

Contact Information: Schulgasse 31, 7400 Oberwart, phone: 03352/328 66, fax: 03352/328 66-22, e-mail: [email protected], web site: www.oberwart.gv.at

SCIENCE PARK AMSTERDAM CHESS TOURNAMENT

Place and date: Amsterdam, The Netherlands; July 09- 17, 2011

Prize fund: 10.000 EURO

System and rate of play: 9 rounds in Swiss system; 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game; with an increment of 30 seconds per move from the start

Tournament Director&Chief-Arbiter: Aart Strik

Contact Information: phone: +31 0624477636, e-mail: [email protected], web site: www.spachess.nl

MIGUEL NAJDORF INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL

Place and date: Warsaw, Poland; July 14-22, 2011

Prize fund: 10.158 EURO

System and rate of play: 9 rounds in Swiss system; 90 min. for 40 moves + 30 min. for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1

Organizer: Warsaw Foundation for Chess Development

Festival Director: Maria Macieja

Contact Information: phone: +48-603-391-318, fax: +48 22 887 67 06, e-mail: [email protected], web site: www.poloniachess.pl

XXIX ANDORRA CHESS OPEN

Place and date: Andorra, Andorra; July 16-24, 2011

Prize fund: 10.000 EURO

System and rate of play: 9 rounds in Swiss system; The time control is 40 moves in 90 minutes and 30 minutes to finish with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from the first move

Organizer: Chess Federation of Andorra Contact Information: phone: +376 824465 (18:00 - 20:00h), +376 347085 (17:00 - 22:00h), e-mail: [email protected], web site: www.escacsandorra.com

5TH INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT A.D. SAN JUAN-PAMPLONA Place and date: Pamplona, Spain; July 25-31, 2011

Prize fund: 12.000 EURO

System and rate of play: 9 rounds; 1 hour and 30 minutes plus 30 seconds per move

Contact Information: phone: 696 18 51 05, e-mail: [email protected], web site: http://clubajedrezsanjuan.blogspot.com

POLITIKEN CUP’2011

Place and date: Copenhagen, Denmark; July 30th - August 07th , 2011

Prize fund: 17.429 EURO

System and rate of play: 10 rounds in Swiss system; 90 min for 40 moves + 30 min for the rest of the game + 30 sec increment for every move played starting from the first move

Contact Information: e-mail: [email protected], web site: www.ksu.dk/politiken_cup/