NEWSLETTER 35 (August 01, 2011)

ECU BOARD MEETING

The European Chess Union Board meeting was held in Iasi, Romania from 1922 July 2011. The meeting was very constructive and successful organised by the Romanian Chess Federation and Iasi Chess Association.

The European Chess Union Board meeting was held in Iasi from 1922 July 2011. The meeting was very constructive and successful organised by the Romanian Chess Federation and Iasi Chess Association.

MOST IMPORTANT DECISION MADE BY THE ECU BOARD :

The report on the activities between the two meetings was adopted

The Board made a decision on signing the contract with Convekta Company concerning the mutual organization of chess tournaments on the internet

The report on the work of the Commissions for Sofia Rule, Dress Code and Copyright on the use of chess games from the ECU competitions created by President Danailov was adopted

Members of the working group were appointed 1. Dirk de Ridder, Almog Burstein, Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou. They will prepare the proposal on the changes of the ECU Tournament Rules and Regulations until the next Board meeting

The extension of cooperation with the University of Dallas was accepted with great pleasure

Important decisions concerning the bidding procedure for 2013 were made

The organization of the following competitions for 2013 was granted solo bidders:

European Youth Rapid and Blitz Championships Budva, Montenegro

European Amateur Championship Pardubice, Czech Republic

European Individual School Championship, Subotica, Serbia

The organization of the following competitions in 2012 was granted:

European Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship Warsaw, Poland

European Youth Rapid and Blitz Championships Banja Vrucica, Teslic Bosnia & Herzegovina

The next Board meeting will be held in Albena, Bulgaria from 1314 September, 2011.

ECU Board met with the Mayor of Iasi

POLAND AND ROMANIA WON THE EUROPEAN YOUTH TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP-U 18’2011

Poland and Romania won the European Youth Team Championship U 18. The event, organized by the European Chess Union, Romanian Chess Federation and Municipality of Iasi, was held in the town of Iasi, Romania on July 1422, 2011.

The team of Poland The team of Romania 1

In the Open section of the tournament the final ranking is the following: Poland, Turkey, Romania 1, Hungary, Croatia, Romania 2, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Germany, Israel, Romania 3, Moldova. The team composition of the new European Champions was: IM Marcel Kanarek, FM Zbigniew Strzemiecki, FM Daniel Sadzikowski and Pawel Weichhold.

In the girls section of the tournament the final ranking is the following: Romania 1, Hungary 1, Hungary 2, Bulgaria, Romania 2, Poland, Slovenia, Romania 3. The team composition of the new European Champions was: WIM Irina Bulmaga and WFM MihaelaVeronica Foisor.

President Silvio Danailov

All Board members of the European Chess Union were present at the closing ceremony of the Championship. The first prize to the champions of Poland was given by Mr. Silvio Danailov, President of ECU. Mr. Danailov and the Board members met also with the Mayor of Iasi, Mr. Gheorghe Nichita.

Ion Dobronauteanu-

ECU Vice President

Official web site of the Championship: www.ajsiasi.ro

118-TH SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIPS

The 118th Scottish Chess Champion is GM Keti ArakhamiaGrant. On the joint second place finished: IM Craig Pritchett, Clement Sreeves, Jonathan Grant and Anthony Dempsey. Keti Grant finished on 7/9 a half point ahead of the following players.

Rank Name Rating Score

GM ArakhamiaGrant, 2464 7.0 1

Keti

2 IM Pritchett, Craig 2342 6.5

3 Grant, Jonathan 2204 6.5

4 Dempsey, Anthony 2201 6.5

5 Sreeves, Clement 2169 6.5

6 CM Roberts, Paul 2231 6.0

7 Green, Andrew 2155 6.0 The Scottish Champion

8 Doyle, James 2049 5.5

Cross table after 9 rounds-first 15 9 O'Neill, Jim 1980 5.5 positions

10 Scott, Jonathan 1810 5.5

11 Burnett, Walter 2020 5.0 The 118th Scottish Championships

12 McKerracher, Douglas 1984 5.0 was held on July 0917, 2011 in

LifeCare Centre, Edinburgh. 13 Kynoch, Richard 1966 5.0 Tournament director was IA Alex

14 Will, Douglas 1946 5.0 McFarlane.

15 Grove, Michael 1851 * 5.0

Official web site: www.chessscotland.com

The other winners:

Boys Champion and Grading Prize winner: Jonathan Scott

Girls Champion: Alice Lampard

Player of the Year: FM Alan Tate

The winners in the other sections are the following Senior Champion: Donald Heron; U1500 Champion: Mike Mitchell; U1500 Boys Champion: Carl Milton, U1500 Girls Champion: Anna Milton.

FM GEORGE FROEWIS AND IM EVA MOSER WON THE AUSTRIAN STATE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS’2011

21yearold FM Georg Frowis won the Austrian Chess Championship’2011with final result of 7.5 points. The silver took Andreas Diermair with 7 points, the bronze is for Georg Danner, who finished with 6.5 points. In women's section, IM Eva Moser defends her title with 8 points final result. With the same points finshed the tournament the silver holder WIM AnnaChristina Kopinits. The third place is for Barbara Schink6.5 points.

The Austrian State Chess Championships was held on July 2331, 2011 in Linz.

All medal winners

Final Ranking after 9 rounds-Open section-first 12 positions

Rg. Name Pkt. Wtg1 Wtg2 Wtg3 Rp 1 FM Fröwis Georg 7,5 50,5 39 41 2630 2 IM Diermair Andreas 7 53,5 41 40,3 2568 3 IM Danner Georg 6,5 53,5 42 36 2479 4 FM Schachinger Mario 6,5 50,5 38,5 35 2484 G 5 M Shengelia David 6,5 47 36 31 2480 6 Schwabeneder Florian 6,5 42,5 34 28 2458 7 IM Neubauer Martin Mag. 6 48,5 37,5 29,8 2424 8 FM Poetz Florian 6 45,5 34 30 2376 9 IM Kummer Helmut 6 45 35,5 29 2322 10 Menezes Christoph 6 42,5 35 26,5 2417 11 IM Schroll Gerhard Dr. MMag. 5,5 49,5 38,5 28 2318 12 FM Halvax Georg 5,5 45,5 34,5 25,5 2356

Official web site: www.chess.at

Final Ranking after 9 rounds-Women’s section

Rg. Name Pkt. Wtg1 Wtg2 Wtg3 Rp 1 IM Moser Eva 8 41,5 31,5 34,3 2387 2 WIM Kopinits AnnaChristina 8 37 27,5 29,8 2366 3 Schink Barbara 6,5 41,5 32 26,5 2203 4 WFM Newrkla Katharina 6 36,5 27 19 2124 5 WFM Exler Veronika 5 42,5 33 15,3 2101 6 Hapala Lisa 4,5 42,5 33 18 2058 7 WFM Horvath Maria 4 42 32 13,3 2025 8 WFM Novkovic Julia 3,5 42,5 33 8,5 1949 WM 9 K Nagy Laura 3 35 27 5,5 1849 WM 10 K Hackbarth Christa 2 42,5 33 4,75 1838 11 Schnegg AnnaLena 2 42 32,5 6,75 1812 12 Fritz Rebecca 1,5 40,5 30,5 5,5 1752

FM JANNE MERTANEN WON THE OPEN FINNISH CHAMPIONSHIP’2011

FM Janne Mertanen won the Open Finnish Championship’2011 with final result of 8.5 points. The silver took FM Tero Kokkila 7 points, the bronze – FM Tommi Luukkonen – 6 points.

Final Ranking after 9 rounds

Rk. Name Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 FM Mertanen Janne 2360 8,5 49 46,3 0 2 FM Kokkila Tero 2351 7 50 35,5 0 3 FM Luukkonen Tommi 2297 6 52 31 0 4 Kiltti Jyrki 2309 6 51 30,5 0 5 Ahvenjärvi Jani 2149 6 51 29,8 0 6 Pudas Teemu 2313 5,5 48 27 0 7 Kilpelä Panu 2067 5,5 46 24,8 0 8 Torkkola Henri 2068 5,5 45 25,5 0 9 Hosia Akseli 1963 5,5 39 20,8 0 10 Alho Sauli 2138 5 52 25,5 0 11 Kiili Markus 2221 5 50 25,3 0 12 Tauriainen Marko 2118 5 43 21,3 0 13 Rantanen Ari 2061 5 41 20,5 0 14 Vättö Jouko 1817 5 39 20,8 0 15 Riihimäki Pekka 1956 4,5 44 18 0 The tournament was held on July 2531, 2011. Tournament director was Rantala Pentti, ChiefArbiter – Markkula Mikko.

Official web site: www.kolumbus.fi/shakkiliitto/ © Europechess.net Page 8

IM FILIP PANCEVSKI WON THE OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP OF FYR OF MACEDONIA’2011

IM Filip Pancevski won the Open Chess Championship of FYR of Macedonia’2011 with final result of 7.5 points. The silver took the Bulgarian IM Sasho Nikolov, who finished with 6.5 points. On the shared third place with 6 points finished FM Riste Menkinoski, IM Orce Dancevski and GM Vlatko Bogdanovski.

The Championship was held on July 1624, 2011 in Struga and organized by the Chess Federation of FYR of Macedonia and Alkaloid.

The winner-IM Filip Pancevski

Final Ranking after 9 rounds

Rank Title Name Rtg FED Points TB1 TB2 TB3 1 IM Pancevski Filip 2410 MKD 7,5 40 52 6 2 IM Nikolov Sasho 2412 BUL 6,5 39 51 5 3 FM Menkinoski Riste 2345 MKD 6 39 50 4 4 IM Dancevski Orce 2384 MKD 6 39 50 3 5 GM Bogdanovski Vlatko 2411 MKD 6 36 47 4 6 Koteski Djorgji 2277 MKD 5,5 38 50 4 7 IM Stojanovski Dejan 2427 MKD 5,5 38 49 2 8 FM Zmijanac Dusko 2179 SRB 5,5 38 48 4 9 Veleski Robert 2241 MKD 5,5 38 48 3 10 GM Jacimovic Dragoljub 2443 MKD 5,5 37 48 3 11 GM Stanojoski Zvonko 2491 MKD 5,5 35 44 4 12 FM Popovic Aleksandar M 2321 SRB 5,5 34 43 4 13 Petrovski Igor 2234 MKD 5,5 33 43 4 14 FM Andonovski Ljubisa 2317 MKD 5,5 29 38 4 15 IM Borsos Bogdan 2253 UKR 5 34 44 3

Official web site: www.chess.com.mk

ROMANIAN NATIONAL TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS (8-20 YEARS)’2011

The Romanian National Team Chess Championships for boys and girls (820 years) was held in the city of Iasi on July 2431, 2011. The Championships was played in classic, rapid and

blitz.

RESULTS – Ranking cross tables-Classic chess

Boys-U 20

Rk. Team 1 2 3 4 5 TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 CS Politehnica Iasi * 2 3 1½ 2½ 7 0 9 46 2 CSS nr.1 Timisoara 1 * 2 2 2½ 6 0 7,5 37 3 CS Conpet Ploiesti 0 1 * 2 2½ 4 0 5,5 25 4 CS Petrolul Ploiesti 1½ 1 1 * 2½ 3 0 6 32 5 ASC Corona 2010 Brasov ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 0 2 14

Girls-U 20

Rk. Team 1a 1b 2a 2b 3a 3b TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 CSM Bucuresti * * 1 3 2½ 3 6 2 9,5 35 2 Clubul Central de Sah Bucuresti 2 0 * * 3 3 6 2 8 22 3 CS Vointa Buzau ½ 0 0 0 * * 0 0 0,5 4,8 Boys-U 18

Rk. Team 1a 1b 2a 2b 3a 3b TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 CS Politehnica Iasi * * 1½ 1½ 1½ 2½ 5 0 7 38 2 CS Palatul Copiilor Buzau 1½ 1½ * * 2 1 4 0 6 36 3 CS Sah Club Galati 1½ ½ 1 2 * * 3 0 5 32 Girls-U 18

Rk. Team 1a 1b 2a 2b 3a 3b 4a 4b TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 CS Politehnica Iasi * * 3 2 3 3 2½ 2 12 0 16 107 2 CSM Craiova 0 1 * * 1½ 3 2 2 7 0 9,5 62,8 3 CS Botosani 0 0 1½ 0 * * 2½ 2½ 5 0 6,5 36,8 4 CS Sergentul Vaslui ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ * * 0 0 4,5 48,8

Boys-U 16

Rk. Team 1 2 3 4 5 TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 CS Politehnica Iasi * 1½ 2 3 2½ 7 0 9 41 2 CSS nr. 1 Timisoara 1½ * 1½ 3 3 6 0 9 38 3 CS Petrolul Ploiesti 1 1½ * 2½ 2½ 5 0 7,5 34 4 CS Vointa Buzau 0 0 ½ * 2 2 0 2,5 7,8 5 CS de Sah Ioios Brasov ½ 0 ½ 1 * 0 0 2 11

Girls-U 16

Rk. Team 1a 1b 2a 2b 3a 3b TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 CSM Focsani 2007 * * 1 2½ 3 3 6 0 9,5 34 2 Clubul Central de Sah Bucuresti 2 ½ * * 1½ 3 5 0 7 31 3 CSS Targu Mures 0 0 1½ 0 * * 1 0 1,5 11

Boys-U 14

Rk. Team Games TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 + = - 1 Clubul Central de Sah Bucuresti 7 6 1 0 13 0 15 152 2 CS Politehnica Iasi 1 7 5 0 2 10 0 16 144 3 CSS Palatul Copiilor Constanta 7 4 1 2 9 0 12 136 4 CSS Odorheiu Secuiesc 7 2 4 1 8 1 12 110 5 Club de Sah Diana Galati 7 3 2 2 8 1 11 89,3 6 CS Logic 64 Brasov 7 3 1 3 7 0 13 111 7 CS Politehnica Iasi 2 7 3 1 3 7 0 11 84 8 CSS nr. 1 Timisoara 7 2 1 4 5 0 8,5 71 9 CS Cimentul Bicaz 7 1 1 5 3 0 4,5 30,3 10 CS Sergentul Vaslui 7 0 0 7 0 0 3,5 29

Girls-U 14

Rk. Team 1a 1b 2a 2b 3a 3b TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 CS Politehnica Iasi * * 2 1½ 3 3 7 0 9,5 30 2 CSM Craiova 1 1½ * * 3 3 5 0 8,5 24 3 CSS Targu Mures 0 0 0 0 * * 0 0 0 0

Boys-U 12-first 3 places

Rk. Team Games TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 + = - 1 CS Politehnica Iasi 1 7 6 1 0 13 0 17 200 2 LPS Satu Mare 7 5 0 2 10 0 15 155 3 CSS nr. 1 Timisoara 7 5 0 2 10 0 15 123

Girls-U 12

Rk. Team 1 2 3 4 5 TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 CS Partyum Marghita * 2 2 2 1 6 2 7 42 2 CSM Craiova 1 * 2 2½ 3 6 0 8,5 42 3 Clubul Central de Sah Bucuresti 1 1 * 2 2 4 0 6 33 4 CSS Palatul Copiilor Constanta 1 ½ 1 * 2 2 2 4,5 25 5 CS Politehnica Iasi 2 0 1 1 * 2 0 4 25

Boys-U 10-first 3 places

Rk. Team Games TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 + = - 1 CS Logismart Sibiu 7 6 1 0 13 0 18 203 2 Clubul Central de Sah Bucuresti 7 5 2 0 12 0 15 175 3 CS Logic 64 Brasov 7 4 1 2 9 1 13 131

Girls-U 10

Rk. Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 CS Conpet Ploiesti * 2 2 2 2 2 10 0 10 70 2 CS Politehnica Iasi 1 * 1½ 1½ 3 2 6 1 9 60 3 Sah Club Ramnicu Valcea 1 1½ * 1½ 2 2 6 1 8 56 4 CS Unio Satu Mare 1 1½ 1½ * 1½ 2½ 5 0 8 55 5 CS Petrolul Ploiesti 1 0 1 1½ * 2 3 0 5,5 39 6 CS S nr. 1 Timisoara 1 1 1 ½ 1 * 0 0 4,5 37

Boys-U 8-first 3 places

Rk. Team Games TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 + = - 1 CS Sah Club Galati 7 7 0 0 14 0 18 189 2 CS Micul Sahist Iasi 1 7 4 1 2 9 1 14 151 3 CS SIGMAR Sighetul Marmatiei 7 4 1 2 9 1 12 121 Girls-U 8

Rk. Team 1a 1b 2a 2b 3a 3b TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 CS Micul Sahist Iasi * * 3 1 2 3 6 0 9 40 2 CS Politehnica Iasi 0 2 * * 2½ 1 4 0 5,5 30 3 ACS Philidor Iasi 1 0 ½ 2 * * 2 0 3,5 23

The Romanian National Team Chess Championships was organized by the Romanian Chess Federation and the Chess Association of Iasi County. ChiefArbiter was IA Chirila RaduCatalin, Tournament Director Dr. Ing. Manole Vasile.

Official web site: www.frsah.ro

TURKISH YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS’2011

The Turkish Youth Chess Championships’ 2011 took place on July 2228, 2011 in the capital Istanbul. The tournaments were played for ages U13U18 (boys and girls) in 7 rounds, according to the Swiss system.

The full scale of the Championships, organized by the Turkish Chess Federation, was divided in two different events U8U12 (boys and girls) and U13U18 (boys and girls). More than 1000 participants played in the first part of the Championships which was held on February in Kemer, Antaliya. In U13U18 part of the Championships participated 380 chess players.

Final Ranking (first 3 places in each category)

B-U13 G-U13

Sıra Đsim ELO Kulüp Puan BH-1 Sıra Đsim ELO Kulüp Puan BH-1

1 TA Çı ONUR 1646 ESKI EHIR 7½ 48½ 1 YıLMAZ FATMA ZÜMRÜT 1562 ANKARA 6 25½

2 YARAN IAR 1746 ĐSTANBUL 7 49 2 KESKIN UARA 1699 MERSIN 5½ 27

3 YAVER FAIK EMRE 1752 ANKARA 7 48½ 3 ULUSOY NISAN 1578 MERSIN 5½ 23½

B-U14 G-U14

Sıra Đsim ELO Kulüp Puan Sıra Đsim ELO Kulüp Puan BH-1

1 GÜVEN BARı 1856 ĐZMIR 7½ 1 MENZI NEZIHE EZGI 1875 MERSIN 5½ 28

2 DIRIL DO ĞU 1612 MANISA 7 2 PATEL YE IM 1801 MANISA 5 29½

3 SARı YASIN 1800 ANTALYA 6½ 3 ABDIMANO ĞLU BESTE BA AK 1756 MERSIN 5 29

B-U15 G-U15

Sıra Đsim ELO Kulüp Puan BH-1 Sıra Đsim ELO Kulüp Puan

1 BÜYÜKA IK D ĐYAP 1994 HATAY 7½ 48 1 CEMHAN KARDELEN 1815 DENIZLI 7

2 YURTSEVEN MELIH 2098 ANTALYA 6½ 50½ 2 GÜRCAN AYTOLUN 1673 DENIZLI 5

3 BULDUK ĐBRAH ĐM EGE 1764 ANKARA 6½ 47 3 YĐĞĐ T ALEYNA 1732 ĐSTANBUL 4½

B-U16 G-U16

Sıra Đsim ELO Kulüp Puan BH-1 Sıra Đsim ELO Kulüp Puan

1 KÖKSAL EGE 2034 ANKARA 7½ 43 1 DURMAZ AYÇA FATMA 1825 ANTALYA 6

2 ÖZDÖVER MUSTAFA BERKAY 1842 GAZIANTEP 6½ 45 2 SOYDAN BÜ RA 1750 YALOVA 5½

3 SÜMER GÜN 1837 SIVAS 6½ 44 3 GÜNEY GAMZE NUR 1729 KOCAELI 5

B-U17 G-U17

Sıra Đsim ELO Kulüp Puan BH-1 Sıra Đsim ELO Kulüp Puan SB

1 KOMUT BURAK 1981 ĐZMIR 6½ 46 1 SANAL SUNA 1685 ĐZMIR 6 17,25

2 AIKUZUN BERKAY 1842 ĐSTANBUL 6½ 45½ 2 SOP SELEN 1981 ĐZMIR 6 16,50

3 SAVRAN SÜLEYMAN 1874 DENIZLI 6 46 3 TÜLAY SERAY 1778 MERSIN 5 12,25

B-U18

Sıra Đsim ELO Kulüp Puan BH-1 BH-2 SB GS.

1 KER ĐGAN DEMRE 2197 MU ĞLA 6 24½ 21½ 22,75 5

2 SĐPAHIO ĞLU IRMAK 2092 ĐSTANBUL 5 26½ 23½ 20,00 3

3 KAZDA ĞLI BENAN 1895 ĐSTANBUL 4½ 26 23 17,00 3

G-U18

Sıra Đsim ELO Kulüp Puan SB BH-1 GS.

1 KAPLAN EBRU 1815 GIRESUN 5½ 13,00 15½ 5

2 ARI Ğ BÜ RA 1791 SAKARYA 5 11,00 16 4

3 ASAN ELVAN 1812 ĐSTANBUL 4½ 8,50 16½ 4

Official web site: http://yildizlar2011.tsf.org.tr/

VLADIMIR KRAMNIK WON THE 39 TH SPARKASSEN CHESS MEETING – DORTMUND

GM Vladimir Kramnik won the 39 th Sparkassen Chess Meeting. This is his 10 th title in the tournament – a record that will probably never be broken.

The 39 th Sparkassen Chess Meeting was held on July 2131, 2011 in the City Theater of Dortmund, Germany. This year in the event participated the following chess players: Vladimir Kramnik, Hikaru Nakamura, Ruslan Ponomariov, Anish Giri, Le Quang Liem and Georg Meier. For the second time in the tournament the players were not allowed to offer a draw during the game.

Final Ranking

Place Title Name Fed. FIDE Total S.B. Wins

1 GM Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2781 7,0 31,00 5,00

2 GM Le, Quang Liem VIE 2715 5,5 27,00 1,00

3 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2764 5,0 23,25 3,00

4 GM Giri, Anish NED 2701 5,0 23,00 2,00

5 GM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2770 4,5 22,00 2,00

6 GM Meier, Georg GER 2656 3,0 15,25 0,00

Official web site: www.sparkassen chessmeeting.de

MAGNUS KARLSEN WON THE 44 TH BIEL CHESS FESTIVAL

GM Magnus Karlsen won the 44 th Biel Chess Festival with final result of 7 points. Second is GM Alexander Morozevich on a half point distance to the winner. Third finished GM Maxime VachierLagrave with 5 points.

From left to right: Al.Morozevich, M.Carlsen, M.Lagrave

The tournament was held on July 1629, 2011 in Biel, Switzerland. The rate of play was 2 hours for 40 moves+1 hour 20 moves+15 minutes to the end of the game+30 seconds increment, starting from move 61.

The participants in the ACCENTUS Grandmaster tournament were: Magnus Karlsen, Alexander Morozevich, Maxime VachierLagrave, Alexei Shirov, Fabiano Caruana and Yannick Pelletier.

Final Standings (after 10 Rounds) Name ELO Points

1. Magnus Carlsen NOR 2821 19

2. Alexander Morozevich RUS 2694 17

3. Maxime VachierLagrave FRA 2722 12

4. Alexei Shirov ESP 2714 12

5. Fabiano Caruana ITA 2711 10

6. Yannick Pelletier SUI 2590 5

The games were scored 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss.

Official web site: http: www.bielchessfestival.ch

22 ND INTERANTIONAL CHESS AND GAMES FESTIVAL CZECH OPEN’2011

EUROPEAN AMATEURS CHAMPIONSHIPS’2011

The International Chess and Games Festival Czech Open’2011 took place on July 14 31, 2011 in Pardubice, Czech Republic. The festival included 25 different tournaments, as in the main 5 chess events participated 1193 players from 40 countries.

OPEN A

The Grandmaster Open A tournament was played in 9 rounds under the Swiss system rules. The rate of play was 2x 1,5 h/40 + 30 min + 30 s/move, waiting time in case of late coming was 1 h.

The name of the winner is GM Dmitry Kononenko from Ukraine, who finished the tournament with result of 7.5 points. On a half point distance from the ranking leader finished four GMs: Konstantine Shanava (Georgia), Viacheslav Zakhartsov (Russia), Hannes Stefansson (Iceland) and Zoran Jovanovic (Croatia).

Final Ranking-first 15 places

Rk. Name FED Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Kononenko Dmitry UKR 7,5 2445 40 50 2 GM Shanava Konstantine GEO 7 2494 42 54 3 GM Zakhartsov Viacheslav V RUS 7 2471 41 52 4 GM Stefansson Hannes ISL 7 2469 41 53 5 GM Jovanovic Zoran CRO 7 2469 39 50 6 GM Panchanathan Magesh Chandran IND 6,5 2475 42 52 7 GM Teske Henrik GER 6,5 2464 38 48 8 GM Maslak Konstantin RUS 6,5 2431 39 49 9 GM Arutinian David GEO 6,5 2431 37 48 10 IM Rozum Ivan RUS 6,5 2430 37 48 11 GM Danin Alexandre RUS 6,5 2428 40 51 12 GM Stupak Kirill BLR 6,5 2414 39 49 13 GM Stocek Jiri CZE 6,5 2399 34 43 14 GM Sengupta Deep IND 6,5 2379 34 44 15 GM Kovalev Andrei BLR 6,5 2374 37 47

EUROPEAN AMATEURS CHAMPIONSHIPS-RESULTS

As a part of the festival were played the European Amateurs Championships in Chess (tournaments D, E, G2, G3). Here are the results:

European Amateurs Championship in Chess - men with ELO FIDE < 2000

1. Polich Sergei 2. Liberman Alexander 3. Kornaukhov Pavel

European Amateurs Championship in Chess - women with ELO FIDE < 2000

1. Zotova Natalia 2. Sonnhalter Stella 3. Semenova Anastasia

European Amateurs Championship in Chess - men with ELO FIDE and ELO national < 1800

1. Kuzmin Sergej 2. Staroverov Viatcheslav 3. Petr Ladislav

European Amateurs Championship in Chess - women with ELO FIDE and ELO national < 1800

1. Pavlova Nataliy 2. Potapova Margarita 3. Zoerklerova Eliska

European Amateurs Championship in Chess - men active chess with ELO FIDE < 2000

1. Fjodor Shabarov 2. Sergei Polich 3. Krystian Hasinski

European Amateurs Championship in Chess - women active chess with ELO FIDE < 2000

1. Inga Zakhartsova 2. Anastasia Semenova 3. Tatiana Potapova

European Amateurs Championship in Chess - men active chess with ELO FIDE < 1800

1. Piotr Maslanka 2. Milan Bohacek 3. Dmitrijs Tokranovs

European Amateurs Championship in Chess - women active chess with ELO FIDE < 1800

1. Margaryta Potapova 2. Ilya Kokhnover 3. Nataliy Pavlova

THE CHESS OSCAR’2010 GOES TO MAGNUS KARLSEN

GM Magnus Karlsen won for a second time the Chess Oscar. His first prize was in 2009. The prize is given by the Russian Chess Magazine 64 as a result of the votes of chess journalists from 36 countries. The Chess Oscar is the special award for the best chess player of the year.

The other holders of the prize are: Garry Kasparov – 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001 and 2002; Vishwanathan Anand – 1997, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2008; Vladimir Kramnik – 2000 and 2006; Veselin Topalov – 2005.

Magnus Karlsen

Source of the photo: www.chessvibes.com Final Ranking-TOP 10 Players

1. M agnus Karlsen 1264 points 2.Vishwanathan Anand 1244 points 3.Levon Aronian 767 points 4.Vladimir Kramnik 570 points 5. Sergey Karjakin 535 points 6. Veselin Topalov 437 points 7. Ian Nepomniachtchi 435 points 8.Vassily Ivanchuk 428 points 9.Hikaru Nakamura 215 points 10. Alexander Grischuk 169 points

CHESS IN SCHOOLS SURVEY MADE BY THE EUROPEAN CHESS UNION

Ion Dobronauteanu, a member of the European Chess Union Board and the ECU Chess in School Commission, prepared a survey abstract concerning Chess in School project in national chess federations

ALBANIA ANDORRA

Chess is accepted as a sport in schools Chess is accepted as a sport and an curriculum educational matter in schools curriculum No official chess manuals in schools 1 100 children are being taught chess is

kindergartens and schools

There are official chess manuals in schools

2 chess instructors

ARMENIA AUSTRIA

Chess is accepted as an educational Chess is accepted as an educational matter in schools curriculum matter in schools curriculum

There are official chess manuals in 4 000 chess players, under 18. schools There are official chess manuals in 1 500 instructors schools

12 A trainers, 32 B trainers and about 150 C trainers.

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA BULGARIA

1 000 children are being taught chess in Chess is accepted as a sport optional schools, mainly in Banja Luka, Sarajevo matter in schools curriculum and Siroki Brijeg

1 000 children are being taught chess in There are official chess manuals in schools, mainly in Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, schools Veliko Tarnovo, Blagoevgrad.

60 instructors There are several official manuals in schools

100 instructors.

CYPRUS FRANCE

Chess is accepted as sport in schools Chess is accepted as a sport and an educational matter in schools

curriculum

200300 000 children are being taught chess in schools, mainly in Corsica, Cretei, Cannes, paris, La Reunion

2 0003 000 instructors

FINLAND GEORGIA

Chess is played only in chess clubs, not Chess is accepted as an educational schools matter i

1 000 children are being taught chess in 300400 children in kindergartens and 5 schools, mainly in Helsinkiarea (Espoo, 000 in schools, mainly in Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Vantaa),Tampere, Turku, Jyväskylä Poti, Zugdidi, Batumi

There are official chess manuals in There are official manuals in schools schools 1 000 instructors 50 instructors

GREECE HUNGARY

Chess is accepted as sport in schools Chess is accepted as an educational matter in schools 50 000 children are being taught chess in schools mainly in Athens, Thessaloniki, 5 000 children are being taught chess in Creta, Kavala, Peloponisos schools, mainly in Budapest, Szeged, Szombathely, Debrecen, Miskolc, Gyor 500 instructors

IRELAND LITHUANIA

1 000 children are being taught chess in Chess is accepted as sport and schools, mainly in Kilkenny, Dublin, educational matter in schools Limerick, Galway, Cork. curriculum

1520 independent instructors There are official manuals in schools

MACEDONIA MOLDOVA

100 children are being taught chess in Chess is accepted as sport and schools and clubs, mainly in Skopje, educational matter in schools Prilep, Negotino, Struga, Kumanovo curriculum

10 instructors 3 000 children are being taught chess in schools, mainly in Chisinau, Beltsy,

villages 10 instructors

NETHERLANDS POLAND

Chess is accepted as sport in schools Chess is accepted as sport and curriculum educational matter ( in some schools)

10 000 children are being taught chess, 1020 000 children are being taught mainly in Amsterdam, Rotterdam,The chess, mainly in schools from Wrocław, Hague, Groningen, Arnhem Warszawa,Suwałki, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Rybnik, Katowice There are official chess manuals in Poznań, Skierniewice, Kielce, Koszalin schools There are official chess manuals 300500 instructors 400500 instructors

ROMANIA SLOVENIA

Chess is accepted as sport and Chess is accepted as educational matter educational matter (only in in schools curriculum kindergartens); 5 400 children are being 1 000 children are being taught chess in taught chess, mainly in Iasi, Brasov, schools Oradea, Vaslui, Ploiesti, Timisoara 200 instructors There are official chess manuals

100 instructors

RUSSIA SLOVAKIA

Chess is accepted as an educational Chess is accepted as sport and matter educational matter in schools curriculum There are official chess manuals 12 000 children will be taught chess in

schools in 34 years, mainly in Bratislava, Ruzomberok, Secovska Polianka, Liptovsky Mikulas

There are official chess manuals

500 instructors in 3 years

SAN MARINO UKRAINE

Chess is accepted as sport in schools Children are learning chess in schools, mainly in Kyiv, Kharkiv 20 children are being taught chess in schools 6 instructors Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Odessa, Lviv

EUROPEAN CHESS UNION SWEDEN Address: Masarikova 5/19, 11 000 Belgrade, Chess is accepted as educational matter Serbia in schools; 30 000 children are being Email: [email protected] taught chess in schools; There are Phone: +381 11 414 2470 (5 lines) official chess manuals Fax: +381 11 306 1319 Skype name: ECU.office 270 instructors Web site: www.europechess.net