NEWSLETTER 97 (November 05, 2012)
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NEWSLETTER 97 (November 05, 2012) THE ECU PRESIDENT SILVIO DANAILOV OFFICIALLY OPENED THE KING’S TOURNAMENT IN BUCHAREST UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE ROMANIAN PRIME MINISTER VICTOR PONTA The ECU President Silvio Danailov officially opened the King’s Tournament, which is held from 07th to 14th of November, 2012 in Bucharest under the patronage of the Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta. During his visit, Mr. Danailov met with the Romanian Ministers of education and sport – Ekaterina Andronesku and Carmen Tocala. Besides President Danailov, FIDE Executive Director Mr.Nigel Freeman, ISCU President Mr.Alexander Kostiev, ECU Vice President Mr.Ion Serban Dobronauteanu, together with Mrs.Elisabeta Polihroniade (organizer of the tournament) attended the meeting. The discussion was mainly focused on the "Chess in Schools" program. The guests were assured that the program will soon become active in Romania. © Europechess.net Page 1 King’s Tournament is part of the Grand Slam chain, founded by Silvio Danailov in Sofia in 2006. The tournament belongs to the super category 20, according to the rating system of FIDE. Four grandmasters are playing between each other in two rounds: Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), Fabiano Caruana (Italy), Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) and Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu (Roumania). This is the sixth edition of the King’s Tournament. Winners in the previous editions were: Alexander Khalifman (2007), Nigel Short (2008), Vassily Ivanchuk (2009) and Magnus Carlsen (2010 and 2011). For more information about the King’s Tournament you can visit its official website: www.turneulregilor.com Official website: www.ecuonline.net AUSTRIAN CHAMPIONS (BLITZ, RAPID) ARE RAGGER AND MOSER The Austrian Championships in Blitz and Rapid Chess were held on 27th and 28th October in Bad Vöslau. Fifty five men and eleven women participated in the Blitz tournament. After 11 rounds Markus Ragger and Eva Moser won the titles. Harald Casagrande and Andreas Diermair took the silver and bronze medal. The women played in the same tournament but with separate ranking. Top player Eva Moser, ranked 4th in the open tournament, won the gold medal for women followed by Veronika Exler and youngster Anna-Lena Schnegg. © Europechess.net Page 2 The next day Ragger and Moser were once again successful, this time in the Rapid tournament. Mario Schachinger and Robert Kreisl became 2nd and 3rd. In the women's ranking list Barbara Schink, who had a baby a few months ago, and Veronika Exler won silver and bronze. Attention should be paid to 11-year-old Bardhyl Ukisni who won the 17th place with a performance of 2308. Final Ranking after 9 rounds – first 10 positions – Rapid Rk. Title Name Rtg. Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Ragger Markus 2629 8 52 40 46 2 FM Schachinger Mario 2397 7.5 49 38 39.5 3 IM Kreisl Robert 2372 7 52 40 37.5 4 IM Diermair Andreas 2389 7 45.5 36 34.5 5 IM Alvir Aco 2330 6.5 53 41 35.8 6 FM Dietmayer-Kraeutler Marco 2203 6.5 51 41.5 35.5 7 IM Weiss Christian 2402 6.5 49 38 33.8 8 GM Shengelia David 2509 6.5 47 36 32.3 9 IM Moser Eva 2402 6.5 44.5 34 30.8 10 CM Neff Gregor Ing. 2198 6.5 44 35 30.3 ******* Final Ranking after 11 rounds – first 10 positions – Blitz Rk. Title Name Rtg. Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Ragger Markus 2629 10 80 66 71 2 IM Casagrande Harald 2280 9.5 78 63 64.3 3 IM Diermair Andreas 2397 9 78.5 63.5 61.5 4 IM Moser Eva 2402 7.5 82 66 51 5 FM Dietmayer-Kraeutler Marco 2223 7.5 75.5 61.5 44.3 6 IM Fröwis Georg 2395 7.5 75 60 45.3 7 Hofmann Thomas 2134 7.5 69 56 46 8 FM Schachinger Mario 2397 7 78 63 44.8 9 IM Knoll Hermann 2290 7 73.5 59 42 10 FM Aschenbrenner Robert 2246 7 71.5 57.5 40 Organizer Robert Baumfrisch offered perfect conditions in Bad Vöslau. Kristof Kaweh was the Arbiter of both tournaments that will be rated in FIDE rapid and blitz lists. Austrian President Kurt Jungwirth opened the event, while Vice-President Robert Zsifkovits participated in the closing ceremony. Official website: www.chess.at © Europechess.net Page 3 BOLUNGARVIK CHESS CLUB LEADS IN THE ICELANDIC TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2012-2013 Bolungarvik Chess Club leads in the Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2012-2013 with 22.5 game points after 4 rounds. On the second position is the Viking Club with 22 points, third is Reykjavik Chess Club with 21.5 points. The Icelandic Team Chess Championship started on 5th of October, 2012 and will end on 2nd of March, 2013 in Reykjavik, Iceland. Chief-Arbiter of the Championship, organized by the Icelandic Chess Federation, is Gunnar Bjornsson. The Icelandic Team Chess Championship is played over a period of two weekends. In the first half, which took part October 5-7, the first four of seven rounds were played. There are eight players in every team of which four can be foreign players. Unlike other chess leagues, the winner is determined by points, but not match points. The second half of the Icelandic Team Chess Championship will be held on the weekend of 1st and 2nd of March, right after the Reykjavik Open. Like the Reykjavik Open, the team event will be played in fabulous Harpa concert hall, by the harbour in downtown Reykjavik. Ranking after 4 rounds Rk. Team TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Taflfélag Bolungarvíkur A 22.5 7 0 2 Víkingaklúbburinn A 22 5 0 3 Taflfélag Reykjavíkur A 21.5 8 0 4 Taflfélag Vestmannaeyja A 20.5 4 0 5 Goðinn-Mátar A 17 6 0 6 Hellir A 13 2 0 7 Skákfélag Akureyrar A 7 0 0 8 Taflfélag Bolungarvíkur B 4.5 0 0 © Europechess.net Page 4 Here is the report of the President of the Icelandic Chess Federation and Chief- Arbiter of the Championship, Mr. Gunnar Bjornsson: “ Icelandic Team Chess Championship – A Close Battle Between Iceland´s “Big Four” The race to capture the Icelandic Team Chess Championship title has never been closer. Four clubs are fighting hard for victories and after four of the seven rounds, only two points separate these four teams. In the top division you can find 24 GMs, 10 of which are above 2600 ELO ratings. Almost all the strongest Icelandic chess players did participate in the league and among them also “inactive” grandmasters like Johann Hjartarson, Jon L. Arnason, Margeir Petursson, who played his first long games since 2004 and Fridrik Olafsson, former President of FIDE, who is becoming rather active again at 77! The Icelandic champions in each of the last four years, Bolungarvik Chess Club (BCC), is leading the pack with 22½points out of 32. BCC featured four foreign GMs on the top boards, with GM Hjartarson and GM Arnason on board 5 and 6. The Viking Club currently lies second with 22 points. The Vikings also featured four GMs with Pavel Eljanov, the highest rated player of the tournament this year, leading the team. GM Hannes Stefansson, eleven times Icelandic Chess Champion and five times winner of the Reykjavik Open on board five and the latest Icelandic GM Stefan Kristjansson on board six. Kristjansson was the only player, who won all his four games this weekend, and has an incredible 21½ points out of the 23 last games he has played in the Icelandic league. A truly high scoring machine! The Reykjavik Chess Club (RCC) is in third place with 21½ points. The RCC team surprised many people. The team featured four foreign players and “old heroes” Margeir Petursson and Fridrik Olafsson on boards 7 and 8. © Europechess.net Page 5 Petursson, who resides in that great chess city of Lviv in Ukraine, has been playing blitz there for some time and is not as rusty as he would like his opponents to believe. He, however, lost one game against low rated player, Magnus Teitsson, when his cell phone rang before they have played 20 moves. Fridrik Olafsson played a great game against Magnus Ulfarsson, of the Viking Club, in the first round. The fourth club, which has the chance to win, is Vestman Islands Chess Club (VICC). They also used four foreign GM´s and then two Icelandic GMs, the national chess “czar” Helgi Olafsson and also Henrik Danelsen. VICC has 20½ points.” Official website: www.skaksamband.is WGM LENKA PTACNIKOVA IS THE NEW ICELANDIC WOMEN CHESS CHAMPION WGM Lenka Ptacnikova won the Icelandic Women Chess Championship 2012 with final result of 6 points from possible 7. Second finished Tinna Kristin Finnboga- dottir with 5.5 points, third is Hallgerdur Thorsteinsdottir with 5 points. The Icelandic Women Chess Championship was held on October 19-31, 2012 in Reykjavik, Iceland. Chief-Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the Icelandic Chess Federation, was David Olafsson. Twelve chess players competed for the title. © Europechess.net Page 6 Final Ranking after 7 rounds – first 5 positions Rk. Name Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 WGM Ptacnikova Lenka 2225 6 29 21 23.8 2 Finnbogadottir Tinna Kristin 1858 5.5 27 21 19.5 3 Thorsteinsdottir Hallgerdur 1912 5 29 21 18.8 4 Johannsdottir Johanna Bjorg 1872 4 30 23 13.5 5 Kristinardottir Elsa Maria 1754 4 27 20 11.5 Official website: www.skaksamband.is GUIDO NEUBERGER WON THE NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP OF LICHTENSTEIN Guido Neuberger from Germany won the National Chess Championship of Lichtenstein’2012 with final result of 4 points from possible 5.