NEWSLETTER 62 (February 06, 2012) ECU PRESIDENT SILVIO DANAILOV ASSISTED IN THE 1ST FIDE PRESIDENTIAL BOARD IN AL-AIN, UAE ECU President Silvio Danailov assisted in the 1st FIDE Presidential Board, which was held on February 3rd-6th, 2012 in Al- Ain, United Arab Emirates. During the meeting Mr. Danailov informed FIDE Board members about the ECU activities for the last 6 months and the development of the Chess in School project in the European Parliament. Together with the FIDE President, Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and the Continental President for Asia Sheikh Sultan Bin Khalifa Al-Nehyan, Silvio Danailov attended the closing ceremony and price giving of the open tournament in Al-Ain Mall. During the Presidential Board were presented the three candidatures of Bulgaria, Azerbaijan and United Kingdom for hosting of the 2012 FIDE Candidates Tournament. The Board decided that the winner will be announced on 28th of February. Official web site: www.europechess.net © Europechess.net Page 1 GM DRAGAN SOLAK AND WGM KUBRA OZTURK ARE THE TURKISH CHESS CHAMPIONS GM Dragan Solak is the new Turkish Chess Champion. He won the Championship with final result of 8.5 points from possible 10. Silver is for IM Mert Erdogdu, bronze – for IM Burak Firat – both finished on a half point distance from the winner. In the women’s section – winner is WGM Kubra Ozturk, who finished with 8 points from possible 9. Second GM Dragan Solak finished – WIM Cemre Yildiz Betul with the same result, third is Busra Arig with 6.5 points. The Turkish Chess Championship was held from 28th of January to 5th of February, 2012 in Kemer, Antalya. 309 chess players in the men’s section and 69 chess players in the women’s section competed for the title of the Turkish Chess Champion. WGM Kubra Ozturk Final Ranking after 10 Rounds-MEN-first 10 positions Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM SOLAK DRAGAN 9 62 58 54,8 2 IM ERDOĞDU MERT 8 64 59 53,8 3 IM FIRAT BURAK 8 62 57 50 4 GM ESEN BARIŞ 8 62 56 50,8 5 FM YILMAZYERLİ MERT 8 59 54 49,3 6 IM KANMAZALP OĞULCAN 8 59 53 51,8 7 CM DAŞTAN MUHAMMED BATUHAN 8 58 53 47,3 8 ARAT UFUK SEZEN 8 57 52 48,8 9 ŞENGÜL CENGİZ 8 57 51 48,3 10 EMINOV ORKHAN 8 55 50 45,3 © Europechess.net Page 2 Final ranking after 9 Rounds-WOMEN-first 10 positions Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 WGM ÖZTÜRK KÜBRA 8 49 43½ 47,00 2 WIM YILDIZ BETUL CEMRE 8 46½ 42½ 42,00 3 ARIĞ BÜŞRA 6½ 50½ 45½ 36,75 4 WCM CEMHAN KARDELEN 6½ 47½ 42½ 35,75 5 MENZİ NEZİHE EZGİ 6½ 46½ 41½ 33,25 6 AKSOY AYCA 6½ 43½ 39½ 31,75 7 ULUSOY NİSAN 6½ 39½ 36 28,75 8 PATEL YEŞİM 6 48 43½ 32,75 9 ÖZTÜRK HİLAL 6 43½ 38½ 30,00 10 FIRAT DENİZ 6 42 38 27,50 Official web site: www.tsf.org.tr HRUND HAUKSDOTTIR AND SVANDIS ROS RIKHARDSDOTTIR WON THE ICELANDIC CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP’2012 FOR GIRLS Hrund Hauksdottir and Svandis Ros Rikhardsdottir won the Icelandic Chess Championship’2012 for girls. Hrund Hauksdottir won the senior class, Svandis Ros Rikhardsdottir is the winner in junior category. The Championship, organized by the Reykjavik Chess Academy, was held on 5th of February in Sjóminjasafnið. In the tournament participated 26 girls. Tournament director was Stefan Thordarson, Chief-Arbiter - IA Gunnar Björnsson. © Europechess.net Page 3 Official web site: http://skak.blog.is/ THE TEAM OF OSG BADEN-BADEN LEADS IN THE GERMAN CHESS BUNDESLIGA The team of OSG Baden-Baden leads in the German Chess Bundesliga with 16 points. Second is the team of Werder Bremen with 15 points, third is SC Epping with 15 match points. The 8th and 9th round of the Chess Bundesliga was held on February 4th and 5th. The team composition was: GMs Svidler Peter (RUS), Vallejo Pons Francisco (ESP), Adams Michael (ENG), Shirov Alexei (ESP), Bacrot Etienne (FRA), Naiditsch Arkadij (GER), Movsesian Sergei (ARM), Nielsen Peter Heine (DEN), Kasimdzhanov Rustam (UZB), Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter (ROU), Gustafsson Jan (GER), Dautov Rustem (GER), Schlosser Philipp (GER). © Europechess.net Page 4 Ranking after 9 rounds Rk. Team TB1 TB2 1 Baden 16 48 2 Bremen 15 46 3 Eppingen 15 42 4 Solingen 13 43 5 Wattenscheid 11 38 6 Katernberg 11 34 7 Berlin 10 36 8 Trier 9 38 9 Muelheim 9 37 10 Hockenheim 8 36 Sixteen teams participate in the German Chess Bundesliga. Six more rounds remains to the end of the Championship. Official web site: www.schachbundesliga.de © Europechess.net Page 5 GM NIGEL SHORT WON THE 10TH TRADEWISE CHESS FESTIVAL IN GIBRALTAR GM Nigel Short won the 10th edition of the Tradewise Chess Festival in Gibraltar. He beat Hou Yifan from China in a blitz playoff. After 10 rounds the both chess players finished with final result of 8 points. They played two games with time control of 10 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move. The tournament was held from 24th of January to 2nd of February, 2012 in Gibraltar, United Kingdom. The system and rate of play was: 10 rounds according to the Swiss system; 100 minutes for 50 moves + 15 minutes for the rest of the game + 30 seconds increment per move, starting from move one. © Europechess.net Page 6 Final Ranking – first 15 positions - MASTERS Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 1 GM Short Nigel D ENG 2677 8 2838 2 GM Hou Yifan CHN 2605 8 2872 3 GM Adams Michael ENG 2724 7,5 2807 4 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2747 7,5 2783 5 GM Bologan Viktor MDA 2680 7,5 2734 6 GM Sutovsky Emil ISR 2703 7,5 2669 7 GM Le Quang Liem VIE 2714 7 2733 8 GM Almasi Zoltan HUN 2717 7 2730 9 GM Howell David W L ENG 2603 7 2725 10 GM Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2700 7 2717 11 GM Movsesian Sergei ARM 2700 7 2711 12 GM Svidler Peter RUS 2749 7 2700 13 GM Negi Parimarjan IND 2641 7 2694 14 GM Polgar Judit HUN 2710 7 2693 15 GM Laznicka Viktor CZE 2704 7 2681 Official web site: www.gibraltarchesscongress.com GM IVAN CHEPARINOV WON THE 34TH BULGARIAN OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP–GM GEORGI TRINGOV MEMORIAL GM Ivan Cheparinov (BUL) won the 34th Bulgarian Open Chess Championship-GM Georgi Tringov Memorial with final result of 8 points. Second finished IM Davit Benidze (GEO), third is GM Kiril Georgiev – both with the same score like the winner. th The Championship was held from 29 of January to 5th of February, 2012 in Plovdiv, Photo by Boyko Hristov Bulgaria. The total prize fund of the Championship, organized by the Bulgarian Chess Federation and Chess Club Lokomotiv Plovdiv, was 10 000 EURO. Chief-Arbiter was IA Rumen Angelov. One hundred and fifty chess players from different federations competed for the title. © Europechess.net Page 7 Final Ranking after 9 Rounds Rk. Name Rtg. FED Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2659 BUL 8 45 57 7 2 IM Benidze Davit 2516 GEO 8 45 55 6 3 GM Georgiev Kiril 2658 BUL 8 44 56 6 4 GM Tadic Branko 2487 SRB 8 44 56 6 5 GM Antic Dejan 2504 SRB 7 44 56 6 6 GM Stanojoski Zvonko 2455 MKD 7 42 54 6 7 FM Lilov Valeri 2411 BUL 7 41 52 6 8 GM Petrov Marijan 2521 BUL 7 40 51 5 9 Vlashki Nino 2235 BUL 7 34 44 6 10 GM Spasov Vasil 2570 BUL 7 44 56 5 Official web site: www.chessbg.com GM IGOR LYSYJ AND IM MARINA ROMANKO WON THE RSSU INTERNATIONAL CHESS CUP MOSCOW OPEN 2012 GM Igor Lysyj and IM Marina Romanko won Group A and Group B of the RSSU International Chess Cup Moscow Open 2012 with final result for both 7.5 points. Second in Group A finished GM Ernesto Inarkiev with 7 points, third is GM Dmitry Kokarev with the same score. Second in Group B is WGM Qian Huang, third is Daria Charochkina – both finished with 7 points. The tournament was held from 28th of January to 5th of February in Moscow, Russia. The system and rate of play was: 9 rounds according to the Swiss system; 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game+30 seconds increment per move, starting from move one. More than 1400 chess players from 26 countries competed for the title and the prize fund of approximately 80 000 EURO. Moscow Open was played in 8 groups – A,B,C,D,E,F,G and H. © Europechess.net Page 8 Final Ranking after 9 Rounds-GROUP A-first 10 positions Rk. Name Rtg FED Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Lysyj Igor 2633 RUS 7,5 51 6 39 2 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2689 RUS 7 52 5 37 3 GM Kokarev Dmitry 2618 RUS 7 49 6 40 4 Eliseev Urii 2435 RUS 7 49 5 36 5 GM Maletin Pavel 2575 RUS 6,5 50 5 34 6 GM Lastin Alexander 2538 RUS 6,5 49 4 34 7 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej 2612 BLR 6,5 48 5 34 8 GM Socko Bartosz 2636 POL 6,5 48 4 34 9 GM Svetushkin Dmitry 2598 MDA 6,5 47 5 33 10 GM Dubov Daniil 2498 RUS 6,5 47 4 35 Final Ranking after 9 Rounds-GROUP B-first 10 positions Rk.