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NEWSLETTER 122 (July 09, 2013)
REPRESENTATIVES OF TURKEY MOST SUCCESSFUL AT
EUROPEAN SCHOOL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
The 6th European School Chess
Championship, which was held in Novi Sad,
Serbia from 20-28 June, 2013 was officially
closed in Master Center Hall of Novi Sad
Fair. The organizers provided a rich cultural
programme. During the prize giving
ceremony, the guests were welcomed, among
others, by Ms. Sava Stoisavljevic, Secretary General of the European Chess Union, on
behalf of the ECU President Silvio Danailov.
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“The reasons of my pleasure for being here are double this time: as Secretary General
of the European Chess Union, I am very satisfied with the fact that the European
School Championship has passed in excellent conditions and exceptional
organisation, but, first of all, let me say that it makes me especially pleased and
honoured to know that the remarkable host of this event has been Novi Sad, the city
where I was born.” - said Ms. Stoisavljevic.
The Championship was officially closed by Member of the City Council for Sports
and Youth Predrag Svilar on behalf of the city of Novi Sad - patron of this chess
event.
This year 274 players from 13 national federations participated in this event, which is
the highest number in the history of this competition. Among them, 2 title holders
participated, 1 IM and 1 FM.
Individual winners in each category are as follows:
Girls U7: Zavivaeva Emilia RUS 6.5
Girls U9: Caglar Sila TUR 8.0
Girls U11: Hereklioglu Sude TUR 7.0
Girls U13: Balajayeva Khanim AZE 7.5
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Girls U15: Menzi Nezihe Ezgi TUR 8.0
Girls U17: Utiatskaja Irina RUS 7.5
Boys U7: Aslanov Umid AZE 7.0
Boys U9: Ozenir Ekin Baris TUR 8.0
Boys U11: Murtuzov Rauf AZE 8.5
Boys U13: Temizkan Denizcan TUR 8.0
Boys U15: Ali Marandi Cemil Can TUR 8.5
Boys U17: Baglan Esat TUR 7.5
Team medalists are:
1. Turkey 30.5 points
2. Azerbaijan 2 28.7 points
3. Azerbaijan 1 27.5 points
Here are some statistics:
Participants per age group:
GROUP GIRLS BOYS
U7 9 21
U9 15 34
U11 24 49
U13 14 42
U15 13 24
U17 9 20
Federations and medals:
GROUP GOLD SILVER BRONZE
GIRLS U7 RUS AUT ALB
GIRLS U9 TUR AZE ISR
GIRLS U11 TUR TUR LTU
GIRLS U13 AZE TUR TUR
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GIRLS U15 TUR AZE TUR
GIRLS U17 RUS SRB SRB
BOYS U7 AZE ISR TUR
BOYS U9 TUR AZE SRB
BOYS U11 AZE AZE SRB
BOYS U13 TUR BLR SLO
BOYS U15 TUR SRB AZE
BOYS U17 TUR TUR BLR
FED GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL
TUR 7 3 3 13
AZE 3 4 1 8
RUS 2 - - 2
SRB - 2 3 5
ISR - 1 1 2
AUT - 1 - 1
ALB - - 1 1
LTU - - 1 1
SLO - - 1 1
One more edition of European School Chess Championship was successfully ended,
with the help of the organizers, sponsors, and all the people who contributed to
making this tournament possible. We are proud to say that this year the city of Novi
Sad was an excellent host, and we hope that all the players and their companions had
a pleasant stay and enjoyed the tournament.
Official website: www.school2013.org
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MOST MEDALS TO GEORGIA IN UREKI
European Youth Chess Cup successfully
ended in Ureki, a beautiful seaside town on
the Black Sea coast. Georgia, this year’s host,
took the most medals - 6 in total: 2 gold, 2
silver and 2 bronze. This year 258 children
from 10 national federations (ARM, AZE,
BUL, EST, GEO, LAT, LTU, RUS, SWE, UKR)
took part in the tournament.
Here are the winners:
Girls U8: 1. Diana Lomaia, Georgia 9, 2. Lile Gumberidze, Georgia 8, 3. Anna
Poghosyan, Armenia 7
Boys U8: 1. Arsen M. Davtyan, Armenia 8, 2. Elshan Aydin Suleymanli, Azerbaijan 8,
3. Robert Muradyan, Armenia 7.5
Girls U10: 1. Tamar Esadze, Georgia 8, 2. Zeynab Ismayilzada, Azerbaijan 8, 3. Nia
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Donghvani, Georgia 6.5
Boys U10: 1. Artem Trubchaninov, Russia 8, 2. Farid Farman Mustafayev, Azerbaijan
7, 3. Vugar Manafov, Azerbaijan 7
Girls U12: 1. WFM Gabriela Antonova, Bulgaria 6.5, 2. Elene Kostava, Georgia 6.5, 3.
Anastasia Sidamonidze, Georgia 6
Boys U12: 1. Vugar Asadli, Azerbaijan 8, 2. Shant Sargsyan, Armenia 7.5, 3. Kanan
Garayev, Azerbaijan 6.5
Medals:
FED GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL
GEORGIA 2 2 2 6
AZERBAIJAN 1 3 2 6
ARMENIA 1 1 2 4
BULGARIA 1 - - 1
RUSSIA 1 - - 1
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Number of participants in each category:
AGE GROUP BOYS GIRLS
U8 57 34
U10 59 29
U12 61 18
The closing ceremony was attended by Ms. Sava Stoisavljevic, Secretary General of
the European Chess Union and Chief Arbiter of the Tournament, Mr. Levan Kipiani,
Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs of Georgia, Mr. Giorgi Giorgadze, President of
Georgian Chess Federation and Tournament Director, and famous Georgian
Grandmaster and Deputy of the Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs of Georgia Mr.
Zurab Azmaiparashvili.
This year the organizers provided many nice awards for the participants and their
coaches. All the winners received valuable prizes: I-II place laptop computer, III
place photo camera, IV-V place mobile phone, and the coaches received money
prizes.
Official website: http://e2e4.ge/
GM ERNESTO INARKIEV WINS THE RUSSIAN HIGHER LEAGUE
GM Ernesto Inarkiev won the Russian Higher
League with the final score of 6.5 points and
better tie-break than the second in the
ranking GM Ian Nepomniachtchi.
The bronze was taken by Alexander Motylev,
who scored 6 points out of 9.
The 66th Russian Higher League was held from 19-30 June, 2013 at the business
center “President” in Yekaterinburg.
The Championship was held in 9 rounds, according to the 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.
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First 5 chess players in the ranking qualified for the Russian Championship Super
Final which will be held in October. Fifty chess players took part in the competition.
Chief Arbiter was IA Kriukov M.B. Total prize fund in the men’s section was 58 300
EURO.
Final Ranking after 9 rounds – first 10 positions
Rk. Name Rtg. Pts TB1 TB2 TB3
1. Ernesto Inarkiev 2680 6.5 48 36.0 2622
2. Ian Nepomniachtchi 2717 6.5 45 30.5 2598
3. Alexander Motylev 2655 6 48.5 32.5 2639
4. Aleksey Goganov 2562 6 47.5 34.5 2623
5. Anton Shomoev 2565 6 45 33.0 2604
6. Dmitry Jakovenko 2713 6 44 31.0 2635
7. Urii Eliseev 2557 6 38 27.0 2545
8. Anton Demchenko 2639 5.5 48.5 28.0 2639
9. Evgeny Tomashevsky 2709 5.5 46 31.0 2603
10. Maxim Matlakov 2665 5.5 46 28.0 2632
In the women’s section, the winner was IM Anastasia Bodnaruk – 7.5/9 points.
WGM Alina Kashlinskaya finished second – 6.5/9, whereas WGM Aleksandra
Goryachkina was third – 6.5/9.
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Twenty-nine chess players took part in the competition. The total prize fund was
11660 EURO.
Official website: www.russiachess.org
CHESS CLUB BUDUCNOST WINNER OF PREMIER LEAGUE OF
MONTENEGRO 2013
Chess Club Buducnost from Podgorica is
the winner of the Premier League of
Montenegro, which was held in Cetinje,
Montenegro June 24th - 2nd July, 2013 in
Hotel Grand. CC Buducnost scored 15
match points (36.5 points). They won 7
matches, drew one and lost one match.
Members of the winning team were:
1. GM Georgiev Kiril 2636 BUL
2. GM Miladinovic Igor 2556 SRB
3. GM Djukic Nikola 2539 MNE
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4. IM Kalezic Blazo 2418 MNE
5. FM Pajkovic Vladimir 2426 MNE
6. IM Nikac Predrag 2333 MNE
7. FM Djukanovic Sreten 2316 MNE
CC Mimoza from Tivat and CC Rumija from Bar tied for second and third place with
14 match points, but due to better tie-break - more points, silver medal went to chess
players from CC Mimoza, and bronze medal went to their colleagues from CC
Rumija.
The trophies and the medals were awarded to the winning teams by Mr Vladimir
Sakotic, President of Chess Federation of Montenegro and Executive Director of
European Chess Union. He addressed the players and the audience at the closing
ceremony, congratulated the winners and all the other teams for their fair play and
behaviour, and said that this has been one of the most exciting and most militant
championships held so far.
The Tournament was played as a Round Robin one, with 10 teams and 9 rounds.
Time control was 40 moves in 90 minutes and 30 minutes to the end of the game + 30
seconds increment per move, starting from move one. Each team consisted of 6
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players and 4 reserves.
Here are the final standings:
1. CC Buducnost (Podgorica) 15 match points (36.5)
2. CC Mimoza (Tivat) 14 match points (33.5)
3. CC Rumija (Bar) 14 match points (30.5)
4. CC Bemax (Podgorica) 11 match points (29.5)
5. CC Elektroprivreda (Niksic) 9 match points (30)
6. CC Ljubomir Djurdjic (Bijelo Polje) 8 match points (27)
7. CC Bijela Kruso niskogradnja (Bijela) 6 match points (22.5)
8. CC Herceg Novi (Herceg Novi) 5 match points (21.5)
9. CC Niksic (Niksic) 5 match points (21)
10. CC Mornar (Bar) 3 match points (18)
Officical website: www.cgsah.org
GM EVGENY SVESHNIKOV WINS THE LATVIAN RAPID CHESS
CHAMPIONSHIP 2013
GM Evgeny Sveshnikov won the Latvian
Rapid Chess Championship with the final
score of 7.5 out of 9 and better tie-break
than GM Arturs Neiksans, who finished
second.
IM Vitalijs Samolins was third in the final
ranking – 6.5/9.
The Latvian Rapid Chess Championship was held on June 29-30, 2013 in Mezezers.
Chief Arbiter of the tournament was Cimins Alberts, and tournament director -
Skinke Katrina.
Women Rapid Chess Champion of Latvia became WGM Ilze Berzina – 5.5 points out
of 9. The silver medal was taken by WGM Dana Reizniece-Ozola – 5/9, while the
bronze by WGM Laura Rogule – 5/9.
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Final Ranking after 9 rounds – first 5 positions
Rk. Title Name Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1 GM Sveshnikov Evgeny 2541 7.5 40 52 2572
2 GM Neiksans Arturs 2561 7.5 39 50 2533
3 IM Samolins Vitalijs 2448 6.5 39 50 2336
4 NM Mustaps Matiss 2274 6.5 38 49 2352
5 FM Kantans Toms 2356 6.5 34 45 2313
The Latvian Blitz Chess Championship was held on 28th June at the same site. In the
men’s section the winner was GM Evgeny Sveshnikov – 11 out of 13, GM Alexei
Shirov was second – 9.5/13, while GM Arturs Neiksans was third – 9.5/13.
In the women’s section the winner was WGM Ilze Berzina with 8.5 points out of 13,
WGM Laura Rogule was second with 7.5/13, whereas WGM Dana Reizniece-Ozola
finished third – 7.5/13.
Final Ranking after 13 rounds – first 5 positions Rk. Title Name Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1 GM Sveshnikov Evgeny 2435 11 83 99 2575
2 GM Shirov Alexei 2715 9.5 84 100 2508
3 GM Neiksans Arturs 2565 9.5 82 99 2457
4 MK Kalnins Kristaps 2275 9 80 95 2379
5 WGM Berzina Ilze 2215 8.5 82 99 2411
Official website: www.sahafederacija.lv
IM EMIL SZALANCZY WINS THE HUNGARIAN SENIOR
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP 2013
IM Emil Szalanczy won the Hungarian Senior
Individual Championship scoring 7.5 points
out of 9. IM Imre Horvath finished second in
the final ranking on one point distance from
the winner. With 6 points, IM Ferenc Portisch
won the third place.
The Hungarian Senior Inidividual
Championship was held from 17-23 June, 2013.
Tournament director of the Championship was Attila Mészáros, while Erzsébet
Szalainé Czingler acted as ChiefArbiter.
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Forty-four chess players competed for the title.
Final Ranking after 9 rounds – first 10 positions
Rk. Title Name Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1 IM Szalanczy Emil 2285 7.5 49 38 39.8
2 IM Horvath Imre 2283 6.5 46 37 32.8
3 IM Portisch Ferenc 2340 6 50 39 32
4 IM Boguszlavszkij Jevgenyij 2209 6 49 38 32
5 FM Harmatosi Jozsef 2240 6 42 33 26.5
6 FM Paksa Rudolf 2116 5.5 53 40 30.8
7 FM Lengyel Ferenc 2217 5.5 49 37 26.8
8 FM Csala Imre 2179 5.5 48 37 25.5
9 IM Kaposztas Miklos 2154 5.5 47 38 27.3
10 IM Hardicsay Peter 2258 5.5 47 37 26.3
Official website: http://chess.hu
TOP 50 PLAYERS - JULY 2013
Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2862 9 1990
2 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2813 0 1982
3 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2796 20 1992
4 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2784 9 1975
5 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2780 11 1983
6 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2776 9 1990
7 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2775 20 1987
8 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2775 9 1969
9 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2773 9 1968
10 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2767 11 1975
11 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2763 11 1974
12 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2761 9 1985
13 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2757 11 1983
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14 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2756 22 1983
15 Wang, Hao g CHN 2752 4 1989
16 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2746 11 1976
17 Adams, Michael g ENG 2740 0 1971
18 Leko, Peter g HUN 2737 0 1979
19 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2736 20 1977
20 Giri, Anish g NED 2734 0 1994
21 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2734 0 1987
22 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2733 11 1969
23 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2733 0 1987
24 Andreikin, Dmitry g RUS 2727 9 1990
25 Korobov, Anton g UKR 2720 11 1985
26 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2719 12 1990
27 Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2717 0 1990
28 Navara, David g CZE 2715 19 1985
29 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2714 17 1983
30 Ding, Liren g CHN 2714 9 1992
31 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2714 0 1985
32 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2713 3 1983
33 Le, Quang Liem g VIE 2712 0 1991
34 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2710 5 1985
35 Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2709 11 1986
36 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2709 4 1980
37 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2709 0 1987
38 So, Wesley g PHI 2708 18 1993
39 Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2708 11 1981
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40 Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2708 0 1985
41 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2707 0 1976
42 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2706 0 1982
43 Wang, Yue g CHN 2705 15 1987
44 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2702 14 1983
45 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2701 18 1972
46 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2701 11 1987
47 Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2699 14 1980
48 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2699 13 1979
49 Movsesian, Sergei g ARM 2699 0 1978
50 McShane, Luke J g ENG 2697 0 1984
Official website: www.fide.com
