NEWSLETTER 78 (June 04, 2012)

NEWSLETTER 78 (June 04, 2012)
GM ANTOANETA STEFANOVA WON THE WOMEN’S WORLD
RAPID CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP’2012
GM Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL) won the Women’s
World Rapid Chess Championship with the final result of
8.5 points from possible 11.
Second finished GM
Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS) with a half point less than
the winner, the third was GM Humpy Koneru (IND) with
the same result.
The Women’s World Rapid Chess Championship was
held in Batumi, Georgia, from 31 May - 3 June, 2012.
It was held in 11 rounds according to the Swiss system with time control 25 minutes
+ 10 seconds increment per move. The total prize fund was 59,000 USD.
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The Chief-Arbiter of the Championship was IA Nana Alexandria, the Deputy ChiefArbiter – IA Sava Stoisavljevic. Fifty chess players competed for the title of the
Women’s World Rapid Champion.
Final Ranking after 11 rounds – first 15 positions
Rk.
Rtg
FED
Pts.
TB1
TB2
TB3
1
GM
Name
Stefanova Antoaneta
2518
BUL
8.5
62
75
2700
2
GM
Kosteniuk Alexandra
2457
RUS
8
62
75
2672
3
GM
Koneru Humpy
2589
IND
8
61
75
2630
4
GM
Lahno Kateryna
2546
UKR
8
58
71
2639
5
GM
Muzychuk Anna
2598
SLO
7.5
60
71
2554
6
GM
Harika Dronavalli
2508
IND
7.5
53
64
2563
7
GM
Dzagnidze Nana
2547
GEO
7
53
66
2562
8
GM
Cramling Pia
2478
SWE
6.5
58
68
2545
9
GM
Zhao Xue
2549
CHN
6.5
56
70
2535
10
WGM
Guo Qi
2360
CHN
6.5
56
69
2562
11
IM
Paehtz Elisabeth
2491
GER
6.5
55
65
2491
12
WGM
Tan Zhongyi
2430
CHN
6.5
54
66
2528
13
IM
Javakhishvili Lela
2449
GEO
6.5
52
64
2514
14
GM
Zhukova Natalia
2442
UKR
6.5
52
63
2527
15
GM
Zhu Chen
2491
QAT
6.5
52
63
2485
Official website: www.e2e4.ge
ROMANIAN RAPID CHESS TEAM CUP’2012
Romanian Rapid Chess Team Cup for men
and women was held in Bucharest, on June
02-03, 2012.
In the men’s section the winner is the team of
ACS Sah Apa Nova Bucuresti 1 with 15
match points. Second with the same result
finished Politehnica Iasi, CSM Baia Mare took
the bronze medal.
In the women’s section the winner is the team of AEM Luxten Timisoara, second
finished Politehnica Iasi, third was ACS Sah Apa Nova Bucuresti.
The Chief-Arbiter of the tournament was FA Dinu-Ioan Nicula. Eight women’s teams
and twenty six men’s teams competed for the title.
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The team composition of the winners was:
ACS Sah Apa Nova Bucuresti 1: GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (ROU-2648), GM
Levente Vajda (ROU-2600), GM Mihail Marin (ROU-2540) and CM Dan-Sebastian
Horvat (ROU-2229).
AEM Luxten Timisoara: IM Anna Zatonskih (USA-2510), IM Cristina-Adela Foisor
(ROU-2417) and WCM Andreea-Marioara Cosman (ROU-1913).
Final Ranking after 9 rounds- first 10 positions-MEN
Rk.
Team
TB1
TB2
TB3
TB4
1
ACS Sah Apa Nova Bucuresti 1
15
2
24
500
2
Politehnica Iasi
15
0
24
507
3
CSM Baia Mare
14
0
24
490
4
ACS Sah Apa Nova Bucuresti 2
12
0
24
444
5
CSU Ploiesti
11
0
23
427
6
CS Victoria Techirghiol
11
0
22
394
7
Clubul Central de Sah Bucuresti 1
11
0
21
403
8
CSM Lugoj
10
0
21
404
9
Conpet Ploiesti 1
10
0
20
369
10
Chindia Targoviste
10
0
20
276
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Final Ranking-WOMEN
Rk.
Team
TB1
TB2
TB3
TB4
1
AEM Luxten Timisoara
13
0
17
142
2
Politehnica Iasi
12
0
18
146
3
ACS Sah Apa Nova Bucuresti
9
2
13
101
4
CSM Bucuresti
9
0
14
113
5
Clubul Central de Sah Bucuresti
7
0
9.5
77
6
CS Otopeni
4
0
7.5
39
7
CSU Arad
1
1
3
21
8
CS Spartac Bucuresti
1
1
3
17.8
Official website: www.frsah.ro
G D DIANA ‘A’ WON THE PORTUGUESE NATIONAL RAPID
CHAMPIONSHIP FOR TEAMS’2012
The team of G D Diana ‘A’ won the Portuguese National Rapid Championship for
teams’ 2012. Second finished Fc Barreirense, third was CX Montemor-o-velho/ctga
'A'. The Championship was held in Figueiró dos Vinhos, on 02 June, 2012. The ChiefArbiter was Altino Costa.
Team composition of G D Diana ‘A’ was: GM Ibragim S. Khamrakulov (ESP-2517),
GM António Manuel de A Fernandes (POR-2403), IM Luis Manuel Coutinho P
Santos (POR-2359), FM Antonio M L F Pereira Santos (POR-2298), Gómez Francisco
Javier Gómez (ESP-2169) and Miguel António Neto Pir Silva (POR-2059).
Final Ranking after 8 rounds-first 10 positions
Rk.
Team
TB1
TB2
TB3
1
G D Diana 'A'
27
0
130
2
Fc Barreirense
22
0
136
3
CX Montemor-o-velho/ctga 'A'
22
0
136
4
Adrc Mata de Benfica
19
0
141
5
Aa de Coimbra 'A'
19
2
127
6
Casa Povo Bombarral
19
0
120
7
Clube Tap
18
2
140
8
AX Pedro Hispano
18
0
108
9
GX Porto
18
0
136
10
Cine Clube Torres Novas
18
0
115
Official website: http://rapidas.fpx.pt
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RUSSIAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP FOR BOYS AND
GIRLS – U 8
Valerij Skachkov won the Russian Youth
Chess Championship for boys – U 8 with
the final result of 10 points from possible 11.
Second finished Dmitrij Coj with 9.5 (11),
third was Demjan Shumilov with 9 (11).
The Russian Youth Chess Championship
for boys and girls – U-8 was held in
Kostroma, on May 23-28, 2012.
Three hundred seventy eight young chess players from 61 regions of the Russian
Federation competed for the title.
In the girl’s section the winner was Taisiya Tereshechkina, who finished with 10.5
(11), followed by Maria Girshgorn (9.5/11) and Lea Garifulina (9/11).
Official website: www.russiachess.org
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RTU / JUNIORS WON THE LATVIAN TEAMS CHESS
CHAMPIONSHIP-FIRST LEAGUE’2012
RTU / Juniors won the Latvian Teams
Chess Championship-First League’2012.
Second finished the team of TermoEko/Juniors, while Liepājas KSS took
the bronze medal.
The Championship was held in various
sites, from 10 March to 03 June, 2012.
The Chief-Arbiter of the tournament was IA Alberts Cimins. Eight teams took part in
that competition. The team composition of the winner was: MK Mihail Gutmans, MK
Karlis Dagis, MK Eriks Mierins, MK Juris Krastins, MK Eriks Priednieks, M Vija
Rozlapa, MK Agnija Rogule, I Jana Larionova and FM Toms Kantans.
Final Ranking after 10 rounds
Rk.
Team
TB1
TB2
TB3
1
RTU/Juniors
17
28
0
2
Termo-Eko/Juniors
13
27
0
3
Liepājas KSS
13
21
0
4
ŠK Kuldīga
11
24
0
5
Tukums
10
21
0
6
Kuldīgas novada Sporta skola
6
14
0
7
Rīgas Šaha skola Kauguri
5
14
0
8
Jēkabpils
5
13
0
Official website: www.sahafederacija.lv
GM VLADIMIR AKOPIAN WON ALBENA MASTERS’2012
GM Vladimir Akopian (ARM) won Albena
Masters’2012 with the final result of 7 points
from possible 9. Silver and bronze medalists
are GM Ivan Cheparinov (BUL) and GM
Tigran Petrosian (ARM) respectively – both
with the same result like the winner.
Source of the photo: Chessvibes
Albena Masters was held in the Bulgarian
Black sea resort Albena, from 26 May to 03
June.
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One hundred twenty three chess players participated in the competition with the
total prize fund 40,000 EURO. Albena Masters was played in 9 rounds according to
the Swiss system with time control 90 minutes for the entire game + 30 seconds
increment per move, starting from move one.
The Chief-Arbiter of the tournament was IA Radislav Atanasov.
Final Ranking-first 15 positions
Rk.
Name
FED
Pts.
TB1
TB2
TB3
1
GM
Akopian Vladimir
ARM
7
42
54
5
2
GM
Cheparinov Ivan
BUL
7
41
53
5
3
GM
Petrosian Tigran L
ARM
7
38
49
6
4
GM
Nabaty Tamir
ISR
7
36
47
6
5
IM
Grigoryan Karen H
ARM
7
36
47
6
6
GM
Tikkanen Hans
SWE
6.5
40
50
6
7
IM
Gabuzyan Hovhannes
ARM
6.5
39
49
5
8
GM
Nikolov Momchil
BUL
6.5
38
49
4
9
IM
Das Arghyadip
IND
6.5
37
49
5
10
IM
Thejkumar M S
IND
6.5
36
46
5
11
GM
Melkumyan Hrant
ARM
6
43
54
4
12
GM
Xiu Deshun
CHN
6
39
50
4
13
IM
Qashashvili Alexandre
GEO
6
39
48
4
14
GM
Grigorov Grigor
BUL
6
39
49
3
15
GM
Lu Shanglei
CHN
6
37
47
3
The tournament in Albena was played in two sections – Masters and Junior. In the
Junior section, the final ranking after 7 rounds is as follows:
Final Ranking-first 5 positions
Rk.
Name
FED
Pts.
TB1
TB2
TB3
1
Zhang Jiabao
CHN
6.5
19
29
6
2
Li Zhaoyang
CHN
6
21
31
5
3
Dyulgerov Dimitar
BUL
4.5
20
30
4
4
Hereklioglu Sude
TUR
4.5
17
24
3
5
Yordanov Lachezar
BUL
4.5
16
23
3
Official website: www.albenachess.com
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1ST GRAND EUROPE OPEN GOLDEN SANDS’2012
1st Grand Europe Open Golden
Sands’2012 started today, 4 th of June, in
the elite Black sea resort Golden Sands,
Bulgaria and will continue until 12th of
June, 2012.
The tournament is running under the patronage of the President of the European
Chess Union and the Bulgarian Chess Federation, Mr. Silvio Danailov.
The Open will be played in 9 rounds according to the Swiss system with time control
90 minutes for the entire game+30 seconds increment per move, starting from move
one.
The total prize fund of the tournament is 50,000 EURO. Chief-Arbiter is Vladimir
Sakotic.
For more information about the tournament, please visit the official website:
http://golden-sands-2012.chessmix.com
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