NEWSLETTER 75 (May 14, 2012) THE CROATIAN CHESS FEDERATION RECEIVED THE ECU SILVER MEDAL ON THE OCCASION OF 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FOUNDING A ceremony was held at Four points by Sheraton Hotel in Zagreb on the occasion of 100th anniversary of the founding of the Croatian Chess Federation. Many famous people from the history and present of the Croatian chess attended the celebration, as well as the Mayor of Zagreb, Mr. Milan Bandic and the member of the International Olympic Committee, Mr. Anton Vrdoljak. ECU Executive Director Mr. Vladimir Sakotic also attended the ceremony on behalf of the President of the European Chess Union, Mr. Silvio Danailov. © Europechess.net Page 1 On the occasion of this great jubilee, the European Chess Union awarded the highest recognition to the Croatian Chess Federation – the silver medal. Presenting this award to the President of the Croatian Chess Federation Mr. Stjepan Sturlan, Mr. Sakotic said: - We are very pleased with the cooperation with the Croatian Chess Federation. I believe that a new and strong partnership is ahead of us – the implementation of chess in schools in Croatia. Thereby we would lay a strong foundation for another century of the Croatian chess. At the end of ceremony, deserving individuals and institutions received appropriate recognitions. A special recognition for the contribution to the development of chess in Croatia was awarded to the European Chess Union. Official website: www.europechess.net IM BELA KHOTENASHVILI WON THE 69TH GEORGIAN WOMEN’S CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP IM Bela Khotenashvili won the 69th Georgian Women’s Chess Championship with the final result of 8 points from possible 11. Second finished WIM Meri Arabidze on a point distance from the winner. Third is WGM Nino Batsiashvili with 6.5 points. This is the first title for Khotenashvili. The Championship was held in Anaklia, Zugdidi, Georgia from 28 April to 9 May, 2012. Final Ranking-after 11 Rounds-first 10 positions Rk. Title Name Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2490 8 42.3 6 0 2 WIM Arabidze Meri 2337 7 35.3 5 0 3 WGM Batsiashvili Nino 2438 6.5 32.8 5 0 4 IM Paikidze Nazi 2406 6 32.5 4 0 5 IM Melia Salome 2400 5.5 29.5 2 0 6 WGM Guramishvili Sopiko 2395 5.5 27.8 3 0 7 IM Lomineishvili Maia 2366 5 28.3 0 0 8 IM Gvetadze Sofio 2334 5 25.5 2 0 9 WFM Bokuchava Madona 2058 4.5 26.8 2 0 10 WGM Charkhalashvili Inga 2334 4.5 25.5 1 0 © Europechess.net Page 2 The Chief-Arbiter of the 69th Georgian Women’s Chess Championship was IA Tandashvili Margalita. Official website: www.gcf.org.ge GM EVGENIJ MIROSHNICHENKO WON THE SEMIFINAL OF THE UKRAINIAN MEN’S CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP’2012 GM Evgenij Miroshnichenko won the Semifinal of the Ukrainian Men’s Chess Championship’2012. His final result was 7 points. Second finished GM Yuriy Kuzubov, third – GM Anton Korobov – both with 7 points. The semifinal, organized by the Ukrainian Chess Federation, was held on May 04-12, 2012 in Alushta, Ukraine. The Chief- Arbiter was IA Sergey Polessky. GM Evgenij Miroshnichenko The tournament was played in 9 Rounds, according to the Source of the photo: Wikipedia Swiss system with time control 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game+30 seconds increment per move, starting from move one. The total number of participants was 125. © Europechess.net Page 3 Final Ranking-first 10 positions Pt TB TB TB Rk. Title Name Rtg s. 1 2 3 262 1 GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij 1 7 55 43 31 262 2 GM Kuzubov Yuriy 3 7 54 42 30 267 3 GM Korobov Anton 8 7 53 42 29 261 4 GM Zubov Alexander 7 7 53 41 30 256 5 GM Vovk Yuri 2 6.5 56 45 32 257 6 GM Kovchan Alexander 6 6.5 53 41 30 263 7 GM Zherebukh Yaroslav 2 6.5 52 40 28 245 8 IM Kharchenko Boris 3 6.5 50 39 28 248 9 IM Kovalev Denis 4 6.5 49 38 27 251 10 GM Onischuk Vladimir 6 6.5 48 37 27 Official website: www.ukrchess.org.ua GM ANTON KOROBOV WON THE UKRAINIAN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP-RAPID’ 2012 GM Anton Korobov won the Ukrainian Men’s Chess Championship-Rapid with final result of 9.5 points from possible 11. Second is GM Alexander Zubov, third – GM Igor Kovalenko – both with 8 points. The tournament was held in Alushta, Ukraine on May 13-14, 2012. GM Anton Korobov Source of the photo: Chessvibes Final Ranking after 11 rounds-first 10 positions Rk. Title Name Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Korobov Anton 2678 9.5 78 64 50 2 GM Zubov Alexander 2617 8 79 65 51 3 GM Kovalenko Igor 2560 8 78 63 50 4 GM Solodovnichenko Yuri 2570 8 76 63 49 5 GM Tukhaev Adam 2547 8 74 62 49 6 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2711 7.5 80 65 51 7 GM Vysochin Spartak 2550 7.5 73 59 46 8 IM Sivuk Vitaly 2454 7.5 68 56 44 9 GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij 2621 7.5 68 56 43 10 IM Pavlov Sergey 2460 7.5 68 56 43 © Europechess.net Page 4 In the women’s section winner is IM Anna Ushenina with 7.5 points from possible 9. WIM Olga Kalinina finished on the second place with 6.5 points, third was WIM Irina Andrenko – with 6 points. IM Anna Ushenina Source of the photo:Wikipedia Final Ranking-after 9 Rounds-first 10 positions Rk. Name Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 IM Ushenina Anna 2454 7.5 49 38 28 2 WIM Kalinina Olga 2297 6.5 47 37 27 3 WIM Andrenko Irina 2226 6 49 38 27 4 Tantsiura Marja 2212 6 47 37 26 5 WGM Huda Maryana 2194 6 42 34 26 6 Zingaylo Anastasiya 2047 5.5 34 26 18 7 Kalinina Marianna 2050 5 40 30 22 8 WFM Mamonova Yulia 2019 5 35 27 19 9 Kasharina Olga 1827 4.5 42 34 26 10 WIM Zinkevich Julia 2202 4.5 40 33 25 Official website: www.ukrchess.org.ua FM ALEXANDR BORTNIK WON THE UKRAINIAN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP-BLITZ’2012 FM Alexandr Bortnik won the Ukrainian Chess Championship – Blitz’2012 with final result of 9.5 points. Second finished IM Andrey Baryshpolets with 8.5 points, GM Alexander Moiseenko was third with 8 points. The tournament was held in Alushta, Ukraine on 15 May, 2012. In the women’s section the winner is IM Anna Ushenina with 8 points from possible 9. Marja Tantsiura won the silver medal with 6.5 points, the bronze - WIM Julia Zinkevich with 6 points. © Europechess.net Page 5 Final Ranking after 11 Rounds-first 10 positions-MEN Rk. Title Name Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 FM Bortnik Alexandr 2367 9.5 79 65 67.5 2 IM Baryshpolets Andrey 2487 8.5 73 60 52.8 3 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2711 8 75 61 49.3 4 GM Korobov Anton 2678 8 71 57 47.3 5 GM Kovchan Alexander 2576 8 68 55 47.3 6 GM Goloshchapov Alexander 2582 7.5 76 64 48.8 7 GM Zinchenko Yaroslav 2544 7.5 64 51 40 8 GM Vovk Yuri 2562 7.5 61 51 42.5 9 GM Zubov Alexander 2617 7 76 62 42.8 10 IM Kharchenko Boris 2453 7 68 55 43.3 Final Ranking after 9 rounds-first 10 positons-WOMEN Rk. Title Name Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 IM Ushenina Anna 2454 8 45 35 39 2 Tantsiura Marja 2212 6.5 47 36 30.5 3 WIM Zinkevich Julia 2202 6 44 35 26.8 4 WIM Andrenko Irina 2226 5.5 48 37 25.3 5 WIM Kalinina Olga 2297 5.5 43 34 21 6 WFM Petrova Irina 2105 5 46 36 24.3 7 Zingaylo Anastasiya 2047 5 44 35 18 8 Vasina Olena 2002 4.5 39 30 15.8 9 WFM Mamonova Yulia 2019 4.5 38 28 15.8 10 Protsiuk Svetlana 1731 4.5 33 25 13.8 Official website: www.ukrchess.org.ua IM PETR PISK WON THE RAPID TOURNAMENT DURING THE CZECH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP’2012 IM Petr Pisk won the Rapid Tournament during the Czech Chess Championship’2012 with the final result of 8 points from possible 9. Jan Macháň won the silver with 7 points, the bronze - Jiří Zapletal with 6.5 points. The tournament was held in Kouty nad Desnou, hotel Dlouhé Stráně, Czech Republic on 13 May, 2012. The Chief-Arbiter of the tournament was FA Jiří Siebenbűrger. © Europechess.net Page 6 Final Ranking after 9 Rounds Rk. Title Name Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 IM Pisk Petr 2389 8 31.3 7 0 2 Macháň Jan 2017 7 25.5 6 0 3 Zapletal Jiří 2131 6.5 22 5 0 4 Strašil Pavel 2109 6 19.8 5 0 5 Vykydal František 2120 5 16.8 4 0 6 Siebenbürger Vlastimil 2111 4.5 12.5 4 0 7 Janáček Jaroslav 2064 3 12.3 2 0 8 Eichler Břetislav 1612 2 4.5 2 0 9 Kropáč Zdeněk 1730 1.5 3.75 1 0 10 Kubíček Martin 1512 1.5 2.75 1 0 Official website: www.chess.cz CZECH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP FOR BOYS&GIRLS U8 The Czech Chess Championship for Boys and Girls U8 was held at Hotel Petr Bezruč in Malenovice, Czech Republic on May 12-13, 2012.