NEWSLETTER 35 (August 01, 2011) ECU BOARD MEETING The European Chess Union Board meeting was held in Iasi, Romania from 1922 July 2011. The meeting was very constructive and successful organised by the Romanian Chess Federation and Iasi Chess Association. The European Chess Union Board meeting was held in Iasi from 1922 July 2011. The meeting was very constructive and successful organised by the Romanian Chess Federation and Iasi Chess Association. MOST IMPORTANT DECISION MADE BY THE ECU BOARD : The report on the activities between the two meetings was adopted The Board made a decision on signing the contract with Convekta Company concerning the mutual organization of chess tournaments on the internet The report on the work of the Commissions for Sofia Rule, Dress Code and Copyright on the use of chess games from the ECU competitions created by President Danailov was adopted Members of the working group were appointed - 1. Dirk de Ridder, Almog Burstein, Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou. They will prepare the proposal on the changes of the ECU Tournament Rules and Regulations until the next Board meeting © Europechess.net Page 1 The extension of cooperation with the University of Dallas was accepted with great pleasure Important decisions concerning the bidding procedure for 2013 were made The organization of the following competitions for 2013 was granted - solo bidders: European Youth Rapid and Blitz Championships Budva, Montenegro European Amateur Championship Pardubice, Czech Republic European Individual School Championship, Subotica, Serbia The organization of the following competitions in 2012 was granted: European Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship Warsaw, Poland European Youth Rapid and Blitz Championships Banja Vrucica, Teslic Bosnia & Herzegovina The next Board meeting will be held in Albena, Bulgaria from 13-14 September, 2011. ECU Board met with the Mayor of Iasi © Europechess.net Page 2 POLAND AND ROMANIA WON THE EUROPEAN YOUTH TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP-U 18’2011 Poland and Romania won the European Youth Team Championship U 18. The event, organized by the European Chess Union, Romanian Chess Federation and Municipality of Iasi, was held in the town of Iasi, Romania on July 14-22, 2011. The team of Poland The team of Romania 1 In the Open section of the tournament the final ranking is the following: Poland, Turkey, Romania 1, Hungary, Croatia, Romania 2, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Germany, Israel, Romania 3, Moldova. The team composition of the new European Champions was: IM Marcel Kanarek, FM Zbigniew Strzemiecki, FM Daniel Sadzikowski and Pawel Weichhold. In the girls section of the tournament the final ranking is the following: Romania 1, Hungary 1, Hungary 2, Bulgaria, Romania 2, Poland, Slovenia, Romania 3. The team composition of the new European Champions was: WIM Irina Bulmaga and WFM MihaelaVeronica Foisor. © Europechess.net Page 3 President Silvio Danailov All Board members of the European Chess Union were present at the closing ceremony of the Championship. The first prize to the champions of Poland was given by Mr. Silvio Danailov, President of ECU. Mr. Danailov and the Board members met also with the Mayor of Iasi, Mr. Gheorghe Nichita. Ion Dobronauteanu- ECU Vice President Official web site of the Championship: www.ajsiasi.ro © Europechess.net Page 4 118-TH SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIPS The 118th Scottish Chess Champion is GM Keti ArakhamiaGrant. On the joint second place finished: IM Craig Pritchett, Clement Sreeves, Jonathan Grant and Anthony Dempsey. Keti Grant finished on 7/9 a half point ahead of the following players. Rank Name Rating Score GM Arakhamia-Grant, 2464 7.0 1 Keti 2 IM Pritchett, Craig 2342 6.5 3 Grant, Jonathan 2204 6.5 4 Dempsey, Anthony 2201 6.5 5 Sreeves, Clement 2169 6.5 6 CM Roberts, Paul 2231 6.0 7 Green, Andrew 2155 6.0 The Scottish Champion 8 Doyle, James 2049 5.5 Cross table after 9 rounds-first 15 9 O'Neill, Jim 1980 5.5 positions 10 Scott, Jonathan 1810 5.5 11 Burnett, Walter 2020 5.0 The 118th Scottish Championships 12 McKerracher, Douglas 1984 5.0 was held on July 09-17, 2011 in LifeCare Centre, Edinburgh. 13 Kynoch, Richard 1966 5.0 Tournament director was IA Alex 14 Will, Douglas 1946 5.0 McFarlane. 15 Grove, Michael 1851 * 5.0 Official web site: www.chessscotland.com © Europechess.net Page 5 The other winners: Boys Champion and Grading Prize winner: Jonathan Scott Girls Champion: Alice Lampard Player of the Year: FM Alan Tate The winners in the other sections are the following - Senior Champion: Donald Heron; U1500 Champion: Mike Mitchell; U1500 Boys Champion: Carl Milton, U1500 Girls Champion: Anna Milton. © Europechess.net Page 6 FM GEORGE FROEWIS AND IM EVA MOSER WON THE AUSTRIAN STATE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS’2011 21year-old FM Georg Frowis won the Austrian Chess Championship’2011with final result of 7.5 points. The silver took Andreas Diermair with 7 points, the bronze is for Georg Danner, who finished with 6.5 points. In women's section, IM Eva Moser defends her title with 8 points final result. With the same points finshed the tournament the silver holder WIM AnnaChristina Kopinits. The third place is for Barbara Schink-6.5 points. The Austrian State Chess Championships was held on July 23-31, 2011 in Linz. All medal winners Final Ranking after 9 rounds-Open section-first 12 positions Rg. Name Pkt. Wtg1 Wtg2 Wtg3 Rp 1 FM Fröwis Georg 7,5 50,5 39 41 2630 2 IM Diermair Andreas 7 53,5 41 40,3 2568 3 IM Danner Georg 6,5 53,5 42 36 2479 4 FM Schachinger Mario 6,5 50,5 38,5 35 2484 G 5 M Shengelia David 6,5 47 36 31 2480 6 Schwabeneder Florian 6,5 42,5 34 28 2458 7 IM Neubauer Martin Mag. 6 48,5 37,5 29,8 2424 8 FM Poetz Florian 6 45,5 34 30 2376 9 IM Kummer Helmut 6 45 35,5 29 2322 10 Menezes Christoph 6 42,5 35 26,5 2417 11 IM Schroll Gerhard Dr. MMag. 5,5 49,5 38,5 28 2318 12 FM Halvax Georg 5,5 45,5 34,5 25,5 2356 Official web site: www.chess.at © Europechess.net Page 7 Final Ranking after 9 rounds-Women’s section Rg. Name Pkt. Wtg1 Wtg2 Wtg3 Rp 1 IM Moser Eva 8 41,5 31,5 34,3 2387 2 WIM Kopinits Anna-Christina 8 37 27,5 29,8 2366 3 Schink Barbara 6,5 41,5 32 26,5 2203 4 WFM Newrkla Katharina 6 36,5 27 19 2124 5 WFM Exler Veronika 5 42,5 33 15,3 2101 6 Hapala Lisa 4,5 42,5 33 18 2058 7 WFM Horvath Maria 4 42 32 13,3 2025 8 WFM Novkovic Julia 3,5 42,5 33 8,5 1949 WM 9 K Nagy Laura 3 35 27 5,5 1849 WM 10 K Hackbarth Christa 2 42,5 33 4,75 1838 11 Schnegg Anna-Lena 2 42 32,5 6,75 1812 12 Fritz Rebecca 1,5 40,5 30,5 5,5 1752 FM JANNE MERTANEN WON THE OPEN FINNISH CHAMPIONSHIP’2011 FM Janne Mertanen won the Open Finnish Championship’2011 with final result of 8.5 points. The silver took FM Tero Kokkila - 7 points, the bronze – FM Tommi Luukkonen – 6 points. Final Ranking after 9 rounds Rk. Name Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 FM Mertanen Janne 2360 8,5 49 46,3 0 2 FM Kokkila Tero 2351 7 50 35,5 0 3 FM Luukkonen Tommi 2297 6 52 31 0 4 Kiltti Jyrki 2309 6 51 30,5 0 5 Ahvenjärvi Jani 2149 6 51 29,8 0 6 Pudas Teemu 2313 5,5 48 27 0 7 Kilpelä Panu 2067 5,5 46 24,8 0 8 Torkkola Henri 2068 5,5 45 25,5 0 9 Hosia Akseli 1963 5,5 39 20,8 0 10 Alho Sauli 2138 5 52 25,5 0 11 Kiili Markus 2221 5 50 25,3 0 12 Tauriainen Marko 2118 5 43 21,3 0 13 Rantanen Ari 2061 5 41 20,5 0 14 Vättö Jouko 1817 5 39 20,8 0 15 Riihimäki Pekka 1956 4,5 44 18 0 The tournament was held on July 2531, 2011. Tournament director was Rantala Pentti, Chief-Arbiter – Markkula Mikko. Official web site: www.kolumbus.fi/shakkiliitto/ © Europechess.net Page 8 IM FILIP PANCEVSKI WON THE OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP OF FYR OF MACEDONIA’2011 IM Filip Pancevski won the Open Chess Championship of FYR of Macedonia’2011 with final result of 7.5 points. The silver took the Bulgarian IM Sasho Nikolov, who finished with 6.5 points. On the shared third place with 6 points finished FM Riste Menkinoski, IM Orce Dancevski and GM Vlatko Bogdanovski. The Championship was held on July 1624, 2011 in Struga and organized by the Chess Federation of FYR of Macedonia and Alkaloid. The winner-IM Filip Pancevski Final Ranking after 9 rounds Rank Title Name Rtg FED Points TB1 TB2 TB3 1 IM Pancevski Filip 2410 MKD 7,5 40 52 6 2 IM Nikolov Sasho 2412 BUL 6,5 39 51 5 3 FM Menkinoski Riste 2345 MKD 6 39 50 4 4 IM Dancevski Orce 2384 MKD 6 39 50 3 5 GM Bogdanovski Vlatko 2411 MKD 6 36 47 4 6 Koteski Djorgji 2277 MKD 5,5 38 50 4 7 IM Stojanovski Dejan 2427 MKD 5,5 38 49 2 8 FM Zmijanac Dusko 2179 SRB 5,5 38 48 4 9 Veleski Robert 2241 MKD 5,5 38 48 3 10 GM Jacimovic Dragoljub 2443 MKD 5,5 37 48 3 11 GM Stanojoski Zvonko 2491 MKD 5,5 35 44 4 12 FM Popovic Aleksandar M 2321 SRB 5,5 34 43 4 13 Petrovski Igor 2234 MKD 5,5 33 43 4 14 FM Andonovski Ljubisa 2317 MKD 5,5 29 38 4 15 IM Borsos Bogdan 2253 UKR 5 34 44 3 Official web site: www.chess.com.mk © Europechess.net Page 9 ROMANIAN NATIONAL TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS (8-20 YEARS)’2011 The Romanian National Team Chess Championships for boys and girls (820 years) was held in the city of Iasi on July 2431, 2011.