NEWSLETTER 46 (October 17, 2011)

ECU PRESIDENT SILVIO DANAILOV VISITED ARMENIA AND MET WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA, MR. SERZH SARGSIAN

On Saturday 15th, 2011, the ECU President, Mr. Silvio Danailov, visited Erevan (Armenia) and assisted as a VIP guest of the 60 birthday Jubilee of the legendary Armenian Grandmaster Rafael Vaganian at the Opera house in Erevan.

After the celebration, Mr. Danailov had a dinner with the President of the Republic of Armenia, Mr. Serzh Sargsian, who is on the same time President of the Armenian Chess Federation.

Armenia is the first state in Europe where chess is obligatory discipline in the School curriculum.

During the formal dinner, one of the main topics was the further development of chess in this country. They discussed also the possibilities Erevan to host one of the big European Championships in 2013.

During his stay in Yerevan, Mr. Danailov also visited schools where he observed chess classes following which he visited the Chess House after Tigran Petrosian and Chess Academy where he had discussions with the authorities of the Armenian Chess Federation, Vice President Smbat Lputian and Secretary General Mr. Gaguik Oganessian.

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C.S. AEM LUXEN TIMISOARA AND C.S. POLITEHNICA IASI - CHAMPIONS OF ROMANIA

C.S. AEM Luxen Timisoara with Gata Kamsky won the Romanian Superliga Masculina with gained 17 match points. The silver was for the team of A.C.S. de Sah Apa Nova Bucuresti with gained 15 match points. The bronze was for C.S.Studentesc Medicina Timisoara with 14 match points.

C.S. Politehnica Iasi won the Romanian Superliga Feminina with 16 match points. Second finished the team of C.S. AEM Luxten Timisoara with final result of 16 match points, after their loss in the direct game against C.S. Politehnica Iasi. Third finished the team of C.S.M. Bucuresti with result of 15 match points.

The Romanian Superliga Masculina and Feminina was held on October 08-16, 2011 in Brasov and was played as a round robin with 10 teams.

The Champions

Final Ranking crosstable-Masculina

Rk. Team TB1 TB2 TB3 1 C.S AEM LUXTEN TIMISOARA 17 0 40 2 A.C.S DE SAH APA NOVA BUCURESTI 15 0 34 3 C.S STUDENTESC MEDICINA TIMISOARA 14 0 32 4 C.S POLITEHNICA IASI 11 0 29 5 C.S UNIVERSITAR PLOIESTI 10 0 27 6 CLUBUL DE SAH AL MUN. BAIA MARE 8 0 24 7 C.S VICTORIA TECHIRGHIOL 4 4 23 8 C.S.M LUGOJ 4 1 21 9 C.S MUNCITORUL RESITA 4 1 20 10 C.S CONPET PLOIESTI 3 0 21 The team composition of C.S.AEM Luxten Timisoara was: GMs Gata Kamsky (USA), Andrei Volokitin (UKR), Mircea-Emilian Parligras (ROU), Constantin Lupulescu (ROU), Vladislav Nevednichy (ROU), GM Berescu Alin-Mile (ROU) and IMs Mihai- Lucian Grunberg (ROU) and Robin Dragomirescu-Alexander (ROU).

Final Ranking crosstable-Feminina

Rk. Team TB1 TB2 TB3 1 C.S POLITEHNICA IASI 16 2 22 2 C.S AEM LUXTEN TIMISOARA 16 0 23 3 C.S.M BUCURESTI 15 0 21 4 C.S STUDENTESC MEDICINA TIMISOARA 12 0 16 5 C.S.M LUGOJ 9 0 13 6 A.C.S DE SAH APA NOVA BUCURESTI 8 0 11 7 C.S SICILIANA EFORIE 6 0 11 8 CLUBUL CENTRAL DE SAH 5 0 9 9 C.S.M CRAIOVA 3 0 8 10 C.S.U ARAD 0 0 3,5

The team composition of C.S. Politehnica Iasi was: WGM Alina L’ami (ROU), WIM Irina Bulmaga (ROU), WIM Ioana-Smaranda Padurariu (ROU) and WCM Ioana Gelip (ROU).

Official web site: www.frsah.ro

WIM KATERYNA DOLZHYKOVA WON THE UKRAINIAN WOMEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

WIM Kateryna Dolzhykova won the Ukrainian Women Chess Championship with 7 points. Second finished WIM Irina Andrenko with final result of 6.5 points. Third, on a point distance from the winner, finished IM Inna Gaponenko.

The Championship was held on October 07-15, 2011 in Poltava, Ukraine. It was played in 9

rounds, using the Swiss system.

Among the 26 participants was the members of the Ukrainian national team – Inna Gaponenko and Tatjana Vasilevich. Time control was 90 minutes for the first 40 moves + 30 minutes to the end of the game + 30 seconds increment for each move, starting from move one.

The winners

Final Ranking-first 10 positions

Rank Name Score W-We BH PS

1 WIM Kateryna Dolzhykova 7.0 +1.50 47.0 35.0

2 WIM Irina Andrenko 6.5 +1.71 46.0 34.5

3 IM Inna Gaponenko 6.0 -0.90 48.0 30.5

4 Anastasiya Rakhmangulova 5.5 +0.78 47.5 30.0

5 WGM Evgeniya Doluhanova 5.5 +0.49 46.5 27.5

6 IM Tatjana Vasilevich 5.5 -1.09 44.0 24.5

7 WGM Alyona Goreskul 5.5 +0.83 42.0 29.5

8 WFM Oksana Gritsayeva 5.0 -0.44 50.0 32.0

9 WGM Maryana Huda 5.0 -0.11 44.5 25.0

10 Marija Bezkorovaina 5.0 +2.07 43.0 26.5

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

ETIENNE BACROT WON THE 12TH KARPOV TOURNAMENT IN POIKOVSKY

Etienne Bacrot won the 12th Karpov tournament, which was held on October 04-13, 2011 in Poikovsky, Russia. With the same result of 5.5 points finished Sergei Karjakin, but he was declared on the second place on tie-break. Fabiano Caruana finished third with 5 points. The tournament was 10-player round robin.

Final Ranking crosstable

# Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Pt SB s 1 Etienne Bacrot ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5.5 24 2 Sergei Karjakin ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 5.5 23.75 3 Fabiano Caruana 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5 21 4 Alexander Motylev ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 4.5 20.75 5 Alexander Onischuk ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4.5 20.25 6 Lazaro Bruzon Batista ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 4.5 19.75 7 Victor Laznicka ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 4.5 19.25 8 Dmitrij Jakovenko ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4 18 9 Sergei Rublevsky ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 3.5 16 10 Zahar Efimenko 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 3.5 15.25 Official web site: http://admoil.ru

GERMANY AND ITALY WON MITROPA CUP OPEN’2011

The team of Germany won the men section of Mitropa Cup Open’ 2011, Italy is the winner in the women section of the tournament. In the men section as silver medalists finished the team of Italy, as bronze medalists – Austria. In the women section second finished the team of Germany, third is Hungary.

The Mitropa Cup took place on October 07-16, 2011 in Merlimont, France.

In the tournament participated the national teams of: Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia and Switzerland. Each team was composed of four men plus one reserve (for men´s section) and two women plus one reserve (for women's section) and one team captain. The time control was 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to finish the game, with 30 seconds increment after each move starting from move 1.

Final Ranking-men section Team Pts. 1. Germany 23

2. Italy 22

3. Austria 21

4. Hungary 20

5. Czech Republic 18 6.. Switzerland 16

7. France C 16

8. France A 15

9. France B 15

10. Slovakia 14

Final Ranking-women section

Team Pts. 1. Italy 28 2. Germany 26 3. Hungary 18 4. Czech Republic 17 5. Austria 16 6. Slovakia 15

Official web site: www.echecs.asso.fr