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NEWSLETTER 119 (June 10, 2013) EDUCATION THROUGH CHESS – INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR IN BUCHAREST, ROMANIA The Romanian Chess Federation organized together with the National Education Ministry the "Education through chess" seminar in Bucharest which was held on June 4-5, 2013 at the Romanian Academy. This event was honored by the presence of the Minister of Education, Mr. Remus Pricopie, the Deputy Minister of Education, Mrs. Stefania Duminica, six members of the Romanian Parliament, two famous members of the Romanian Academy, managers of education authorities and schools and many chess lovers. The event was supported by the important contribution of some great friends from abroad: there were present Boyko Hristov, Press Director of the European Chess Union and Sergei Bargan, General Secretary of the Moldovan Chess Federation, who shared during the two days of the seminar their expertize and useful information from their organizations. The other contributions were the Garry Kasparov's video message addressed to the participants and skype live presentations of the President of the European Chess © Ecuonline.net Page 1 Union Silvio Danailov, Tomasz Sielicki, Deputy President of ECU, Kevin O'Connell - Executive Secretary of FIDE CIS Commission, Alessandro Dominici - Federal Instructor, member of the Italian Chess in School Commission. The organizers have received relevant information regarding chess in schools from the USA by the courtesy of Mrs. Susan Houston, US Chess, from Mr. Esteban Jaureguizar, Uruguayan Chess Federation, from Mr. Leo Battesti, France and, of course, from many Romanian collaborators. The key support was offered by the Educational Sciences Institute of Romania, the national authority in the field of educational system curriculum. The organizers concluded that the seminar was extremely useful in achieving its goals, thanked everybody who supported the event and expressed hopes to improve in the near future the developing of chess in Romanian schools. In the picture below – from left to right: Delia Duca, Mariana Ionita, President of the Romanian Chess Federation, Mihaela Sandu and the member of the Romanian Parliament, Sorin Iacoban. Delia Duca and Mihaela Sandu are two of the Romania's chess beauties. Mihaela Sandu (right), WGM, member of the Romania's Olympic team, graduated in © Ecuonline.net Page 2 cybernetics at the Economic Science Academy. Delia Duca (left), a chess player representing Romania at several championships for problems solving, ranked VI-th at the last National Championships for problems solving, was crowned Miss Universe Romania 2012, has a master degree in computer science and works as a software engineer. Official website: www.frsah.ro BIDDING PROCEDURE FOR ECU COMPETITIONS IN 2015 In the Circular Letter No. 1/2013 European Chess Union published the Invitation for Bids for the competitions in its calendar in 2015. You can find complete documentation and more details on the website in the section "Resources – Bidding Procedure". All the bids must reach the ECU office by 01 July 2013, 4 p.m. (CET). According to the decision of the European Chess Union Board, competitions related to national federations – members of the European Union or other groups of countries (EU Youth Championship, EU Individual Championship, Mitropa Cup) will not be part of the calendar of the European Chess Union, nor will there be any bidding procedure open for them. In addition, these competitions will be excluded from the existing bidding procedure for 2015 and no bids for them will be collected. Official website: www.ecuonline.net © Ecuonline.net Page 3 THE SPANISH WOMEN CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE SPANISH RAPID CHAMPIONSHIP WILL BE INTERNATIONAL OPEN TOURNAMENTS IN 2013 The historic Chess City of Linares will be the venue of a big Chess Festival this summer. Five Spanish Chess Championships: Individual, Women, and Rapid, as well as the Teams: Primera Division (“First League”) and Division de Honor (“Honor League”), will be held in Linares from August 19th until September 14th. The playing hall will be the Auditorium “El Pósito” http://elpositolinares.es/posito_edificio.html (Information in Spanish). The schedule will be as follows: 19th to 25th August: Spanish Women Chess Championship (International) (nine rounds) Spanish Team Championship ”PRIMERA DIVISION” (“First League”) 26th and 27th August Spanish Rapid Chess Championship (International) 29th August to 6th September: Individual Spanish Chess Championship 8th to 14th September: Spanish Team Championship ” DIVISION DE HONOR” (“Honor League”) International Women Tournament (Round Robin valid for WGM norms) Both the Women and the Rapid Chess Championship will be played consecutively and will be open for any foreign player. The Women Championship will be played by Swiss system (9 rounds) and will be valid for norms. Prizes: Women: 3.400 € (total) Rapid: 4.750 € (total) © Ecuonline.net Page 4 Oficial Hotels- LINARES Hotel RL Aníbal****, Hotel Santiago****, Hotel Victoria*** All three offer special prices for the event. Please consult to the Spanish Chess Federation. Further information in the Spanish Chess Federation web site: www.feda.org or by email: [email protected]. Sponsors: Diputación de Jaén: www.dipujaen.es, Ayuntamiento de Linares: www.ciudaddelinares.es, Spanish Chess Federation: www.feda.org. Official website: www.feda.org JUGOVIC WINS THE SERBIAN CLUB CUP ‘SVETOZAR GLIGORIC’ The team of Jugovic (Kac) won the Serbian Club Cup ‘Svetozar Gligoric‘ with the final result of 20.5 game points. Novosadski ŠK DDOR was second in the final ranking with 19.5 game points, while Vodovod (Kragujevac) won the third place with 18 game points. The tournament was held from 20-26 May, 2013 in Banja Koviljaca. The Serbian Club Cup was played in 7 rounds, according to the Swiss system with time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game + 30 seconds increment per move, starting for move one. Chief Arbiter of the tournament was Bozidar Petrovic, IA, 910520. © Ecuonline.net Page 5 Final Ranking after 7 rounds Rk. Team + = - PM3 Pts. 1. Jugovic, Kac 6 0 1 18 20½ 2. Novosadski ŠK DDOR 6 0 1 18 19½ 3. Vodovod, Kragujevac 4 2 1 14 18 4. Lasta, Beograd 4 1 2 13 16½ 5. Metalac Takovo, G Milanovac 3 2 2 11 15 6. B A S, Beograd 3 2 2 11 14½ 7. Jasenice, Sm Palanka 3 1 3 10 14½ 8. Banovci Dunav 3 1 3 10 14 9. Srbobran 3 1 3 10 13 10. Stara Pazova 3 1 3 10 12 11. Crvena zvezda, Beograd 3 0 4 9 12½ 12. Trepca, K Mitrovica 3 0 4 9 10 13. VŠK 2005, Valjevo 2 2 3 8 12½ 14. Loznica 2 1 4 7 12 15. Romanticari, Beograd 1 0 6 3 5½ Official website: www.serbiachess.net GM DAVID NAVARA WINS CZECH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP GM David Navara won the Czech Chess Championship with the final result of 8 points out of maximum 9. GM Vlastimil Babula finished second with 5.5 points, whereas GM Igors Rausis was third with the same result like the second in the ranking. The Championship was held from 21-29 May, 2013 in Ledeč nad Sázavou. Chief Arbiter of the tournament was FA Ing. Petr Záruba. © Ecuonline.net Page 6 Final Ranking after 9 rounds Rk. Title Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Navara David 8 32.5 0 0 2 GM Babula Vlastimil 5.5 25.5 0 0 3 GM Rausis Igors 5.5 21.5 0 0 4 IM Bernášek Jan 5 20.3 0 0 5 IM Plát Vojtěch 4.5 19.8 0 0 6 GM Krejčí Jan 4 16 0 0 7 GM Kislinsky Alexej 4 15.3 0 0 8 IM Žilka Štěpán 3.5 14.8 0 0 9 GM Polák Tomáš 3.5 14 0 0 10 GM Cvek Robert 1.5 6.5 0 0 In the women’s section the winner was WFM Martina Mareckova, who gained 4.5 points out of maximum 7 and had a better tie-break than the second in the ranking WFM Hana Kubikova. WIM Karolina Olsarova finished third with 4 points. The women championship was held from 23-29 May, 2013. © Ecuonline.net Page 7 Final Ranking after 7 rounds – first 5 positions Rk. Title Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB 3 1 WFM Marečková Martina 4.5 15.3 0 0 2 WFM Kubíková Hana 4.5 14.5 0 0 3 WIM Olšarová Karolína 4 13 0 0 4 Folková Martina 3.5 11.5 0 0 5 WIM Orságová Silvie 3 10.5 0.5 1 Official website: www.chess-svetla.cz IM NINO KHURTSIDZE WINS THE 70TH GEORGIAN WOMEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP IM Nino Khurtsidze (ELO 2428) won the 70th Georgian Women Chess Championship with the final result of 8.5 points out of maximum 11. GM Nino Batsiashvili (ELO 2390) finished second with 8 points, while IM Salome Melia (ELO 2423) was third in the final ranking with 7.5 points. The 70th Georgian Women Chess Championship was held from 27th May to 7th June, 2013 in Tbilisi. Chief Arbiter of the tournament was Margalita Tandashvili. Final Ranking after 11 rounds – first 5 positions Rk. Title Name Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 IM Khurtsidze Nino 2428 8.5 41.8 6 0 2 WGM Batsiashvili Nino 2390 8 39.5 6 0 3 IM Melia Salome 2423 7.5 34 5 0 4 IM Guramishvili Sopiko 2426 6.5 33.3 6 0 5 IM Lomineishvili Maia 2345 6.5 31.3 4 0 Official website: www.gcf.org.ge © Ecuonline.net Page 8 TOP 50 PLAYERS JUNE 2013 Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year Rank 1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2864 9 1990 2 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2813 18 1982 3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2803 9 1975 4 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 18 1969 5 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2784 9 1987 6 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2784 9 1975 7 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2782 9 1990 8 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2779 0 1983 9 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2774 0 1992 10 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2760 0 1977 11 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2759 18 1976 12 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2755 9 1968 13 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2753 1 1969 14 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2753 0 1985 15 Wang, Hao g CHN 2746 9 1989 16 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2743 2 1983 17 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2741 9 1974 18 Adams, Michael
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    Compiled by Boris Postovsky Devoted to Chess The Creative Heritage of Yuri Razuvaev New In Chess 2019 Contents Preface – From the compiler . 7 Foreword – Memories of a chess academic . 9 ‘Memories’ authors in alphabetical order . 16 Chapter 1 – Memories of Razuvaev’s contemporaries – I . 17 Garry Kasparov . 17 Anatoly Karpov . 19 Boris Spassky . 20 Veselin Topalov . .22 Viswanathan Anand . 23 Magnus Carlsen . 23 Boris Postovsky . 23 Chapter 2 – Selected games . 43 1962-1973 – the early years . 43 1975-1978 – grandmaster . 73 1979-1982 – international successes . 102 1983-1986 – expert in many areas . 138 1987-1995 – always easy and clean . 168 Chapter 3 – Memories of Razuvaev’s contemporaries – II . 191 Evgeny Tomashevsky . 191 Boris Gulko . 199 Boris Gelfand . 201 Lyudmila Belavenets . 202 Vladimir Tukmakov . .202 Irina Levitina . 204 Grigory Kaidanov . 206 Michal Krasenkow . 207 Evgeny Bareev . 208 Joel Lautier . 209 Michele Godena . 213 Alexandra Kosteniuk . 215 5 Devoted to Chess Chapter 4 – Articles and interviews (by and with Yuri Razuvaev) . 217 Confessions of a grandmaster . 217 My Gambit . 218 The Four Knights Opening . 234 The gambit syndrome . 252 A game of ghosts . 258 You are right, Monsieur De la Bourdonnais!! . 267 In the best traditions of the Soviet school of chess . 276 A lesson with Yuri Razuvaev . 283 A sharp turn . 293 Extreme . 299 The Botvinnik System . 311 ‘How to develop your intellect’ . 315 ‘I am with Tal, we all developed from Botvinnik . ’. 325 Chapter 5 – Memories of Razuvaev’s contemporaries – III . .331 Igor Zaitsev . 331 Alexander Nikitin . 332 Albert Kapengut . 332 Alexander Shashin . 335 Boris Zlotnik . 337 Lev Khariton . 337 Sergey Yanovsky .
  • Bergführer Feierten Zünftig Fünf Grad Unter Dem Durch- Die Vernissage in Appenzell

    Bergführer Feierten Zünftig Fünf Grad Unter Dem Durch- Die Vernissage in Appenzell

    AZ 3900 Brig Dienstag, 6. Juni 2006 Auflage: 26 849 Ex. 166. Jahrgang Nr. 130 Fr. 2.— Stöpfer’s Einsatz-Wechselwannen für Bad und Dusche Badewannenreparaturen Beat Stöpfer, SCHNITTWUNDE? Hauptstrasse, 3937 Baltschieder Ihre Apotheke. Der erste Schritt zur Besserung. Tel. 027 946 48 00 / Fax 043 843 73 14 Mobile 079 365 67 18 E-Mail: [email protected] Oberwalliser www.stoepferbad.ch Apotheker/Innen www.walliserbote.ch Redaktion: Tel. 027 922 99 88 Abonnentendienst: Tel. 027 948 30 50 Mengis Annoncen: Tel. 027 948 30 40 Drei Wetterzonen an Pfingsten Z ü r i c h. – (AP) Die Schweiz hat sich über die Pfingsttage meteorologisch dreigeteilt präsentiert. Während es öst- lich von Bern meist bewölkt und kühl war, schien im Wes- ten des Landes mehrheitlich die Sonne, wie der Meteorolo- ge Christophe Voisard von MeteoSchweiz am Montag auf Anfrage sagte. Im Süden und im Wallis war es zwar auch ziemlich sonnig, der star- ke Nordwind führte jedoch zu so genannten Leewellen, wo- Eine festliche Lötschentaler durch sich vermehrt Wolken Frauentracht. Foto wb bildeten. Zumindest was die Temperaturen betrifft, lohnte Die Trachten ins sich aber die durch die Sper- rung der Gotthardautobahn er- Zentrum gerückt schwerte Reise in den Süden. W i l e r. – (wb) Unter dem Im Tessin wurden bis zu 25 Titel «Trachten tragen. Ap- Grad gemessen, während die penzell Lötschental überall» Höchstwerte in der Ost- präsentieren das Lötschenta- schweiz 18 Grad betrugen. Im ler Museum und das Museum Die Segnung von Pickeln und Seilen stand im Zentrum des Festgottesdienstes am Pfingstsonntag. Foto wb Westen erreichte das Thermo- Appenzell eine Doppelaus- meter die 20-Grad-Marke.