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NEWSLETTER 119 (June 10, 2013)

EDUCATION THROUGH CHESS – INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR IN BUCHAREST, ROMANIA

The Romanian Chess Federation organized

together with the National Education

Ministry the "Education through chess"

seminar in Bucharest which was held on

June 4-5, 2013 at the Romanian Academy.

This event was honored by the presence of

the Minister of Education, Mr. Remus

Pricopie, the Deputy Minister of

Education, Mrs. Stefania Duminica, six

members of the Romanian Parliament, two famous members of the Romanian Academy,

managers of education authorities and schools and many chess lovers.

The event was supported by the important contribution of some great friends from

abroad: there were present Boyko Hristov, Press Director of the European Chess

Union and Sergei Bargan, General Secretary of the Moldovan Chess Federation, who

shared during the two days of the seminar their expertize and useful information

from their organizations.

The other contributions were the Garry Kasparov's video message addressed to the

participants and skype live presentations of the President of the European Chess

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Union Silvio Danailov, Tomasz Sielicki, Deputy President of ECU, Kevin O'Connell -

Executive Secretary of FIDE CIS Commission, Alessandro Dominici - Federal

Instructor, member of the Italian Chess in School Commission.

The organizers have received relevant information regarding chess in schools from

the USA by the courtesy of Mrs. Susan Houston, US Chess, from Mr. Esteban

Jaureguizar, Uruguayan Chess Federation, from Mr. Leo Battesti, France and, of

course, from many Romanian collaborators.

The key support was offered by the Educational Sciences Institute of Romania, the

national authority in the field of educational system curriculum.

The organizers concluded that the seminar was extremely useful in achieving its

goals, thanked everybody who supported the event and expressed hopes to improve

in the near future the developing of chess in Romanian schools.

In the picture below – from left to right: Delia Duca, Mariana Ionita, President of the

Romanian Chess Federation, Mihaela Sandu and the member of the Romanian

Parliament, Sorin Iacoban.

Delia Duca and Mihaela Sandu are two of the Romania's chess beauties. Mihaela

Sandu (right), WGM, member of the Romania's Olympic team, graduated in

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cybernetics at the Economic Science Academy.

Delia Duca (left), a chess player representing Romania at several championships for

problems solving, ranked VI-th at the last National Championships for problems

solving, was crowned Miss Universe Romania 2012, has a master degree in computer

science and works as a software engineer.

Official website: www.frsah.ro

BIDDING PROCEDURE FOR ECU COMPETITIONS IN 2015

In the Circular Letter No. 1/2013

European Chess Union published the

Invitation for Bids for the competitions

in its calendar in 2015. You can find

complete documentation and more

details on the website in the section

"Resources – Bidding Procedure".

All the bids must reach the ECU office by 01 July 2013, 4 p.m. (CET). According to

the decision of the European Chess Union Board, competitions related to national

federations – members of the European Union or other groups of countries (EU

Youth Championship, EU Individual Championship, Mitropa Cup) will not be part

of the calendar of the European Chess Union, nor will there be any bidding

procedure open for them.

In addition, these competitions will be excluded from the existing bidding procedure

for 2015 and no bids for them will be collected.

Official website: www.ecuonline.net

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THE SPANISH WOMEN CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE SPANISH

RAPID CHAMPIONSHIP WILL BE INTERNATIONAL OPEN

TOURNAMENTS IN 2013

The historic Chess City of Linares will be the

venue of a big Chess Festival this summer. Five

Spanish Chess Championships: Individual,

Women, and Rapid, as well as the Teams:

Primera Division (“First League”) and Division

de Honor (“Honor League”), will be held in

Linares from August 19th until September 14th.

The playing hall will be the Auditorium “El Pósito”

http://elpositolinares.es/posito_edificio.html (Information in Spanish).

The schedule will be as follows:

19th to 25th August:

Spanish Women Chess Championship (International) (nine rounds)

Spanish Team Championship ”PRIMERA DIVISION” (“First League”)

26th and 27th August

Spanish Rapid Chess Championship (International)

29th August to 6th September:

Individual Spanish Chess Championship

8th to 14th September:

Spanish Team Championship ” DIVISION DE HONOR” (“Honor League”)

International Women Tournament (Round Robin valid for WGM norms)

Both the Women and the Rapid Chess Championship will be played consecutively

and will be open for any foreign player.

The Women Championship will be played by Swiss system (9 rounds) and will be

valid for norms.

Prizes:

Women: 3.400 € (total)

Rapid: 4.750 € (total)

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Oficial Hotels- LINARES

Hotel RL Aníbal****, Hotel Santiago****, Hotel Victoria***

All three offer special prices for the event. Please consult to the Spanish Chess

Federation.

Further information in the Spanish Chess Federation web site: www.feda.org or

by email: info@feda.org. Sponsors: Diputación de Jaén: www.dipujaen.es,

Ayuntamiento de Linares: www.ciudaddelinares.es, Spanish Chess Federation:

www.feda.org.

Official website: www.feda.org

JUGOVIC WINS THE SERBIAN CLUB CUP

‘SVETOZAR GLIGORIC’

The team of Jugovic (Kac) won the Serbian

Club Cup ‘Svetozar Gligoric‘ with the final

result of 20.5 game points. Novosadski ŠK

DDOR was second in the final ranking

with 19.5 game points, while Vodovod

(Kragujevac) won the third place with 18

game points.

The tournament was held from 20-26 May,

2013 in Banja Koviljaca.

The Serbian Club Cup was played in 7 rounds, according to the Swiss system with

time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game + 30

seconds increment per move, starting for move one.

Chief Arbiter of the tournament was Bozidar Petrovic, IA, 910520.

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Final Ranking after 7 rounds

Rk. Team + = - PM3 Pts.

1. Jugovic, Kac 6 0 1 18 20½

2. Novosadski ŠK DDOR 6 0 1 18 19½

3. Vodovod, Kragujevac 4 2 1 14 18

4. Lasta, Beograd 4 1 2 13 16½

5. Metalac Takovo, G Milanovac 3 2 2 11 15

6. B A S, Beograd 3 2 2 11 14½

7. Jasenice, Sm Palanka 3 1 3 10 14½

8. Banovci Dunav 3 1 3 10 14

9. Srbobran 3 1 3 10 13

10. Stara Pazova 3 1 3 10 12

11. Crvena zvezda, Beograd 3 0 4 9 12½

12. Trepca, K Mitrovica 3 0 4 9 10

13. VŠK 2005, Valjevo 2 2 3 8 12½

14. Loznica 2 1 4 7 12

15. Romanticari, Beograd 1 0 6 3 5½

Official website: www.serbiachess.net

GM DAVID NAVARA WINS CZECH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

GM David Navara won the Czech Chess

Championship with the final result of 8 points out of

maximum 9. GM Vlastimil Babula finished second

with 5.5 points, whereas GM Igors Rausis was third

with the same result like the second in the ranking.

The Championship was held from 21-29 May, 2013 in

Ledeč nad Sázavou.

Chief Arbiter of the tournament was FA Ing. Petr Záruba.

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Final Ranking after 9 rounds

Rk. Title Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3

1 GM Navara David 8 32.5 0 0

2 GM Babula Vlastimil 5.5 25.5 0 0

3 GM Rausis Igors 5.5 21.5 0 0

4 IM Bernášek Jan 5 20.3 0 0

5 IM Plát Vojtěch 4.5 19.8 0 0

6 GM Krejčí Jan 4 16 0 0

7 GM Kislinsky Alexej 4 15.3 0 0

8 IM Žilka Štěpán 3.5 14.8 0 0

9 GM Polák Tomáš 3.5 14 0 0

10 GM Cvek Robert 1.5 6.5 0 0

In the women’s section the winner was WFM Martina

Mareckova, who gained 4.5 points out of maximum 7

and had a better tie-break than the second in the

ranking WFM Hana Kubikova. WIM Karolina

Olsarova finished third with 4 points.

The women championship was held from 23-29 May,

2013.

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Final Ranking after 7 rounds – first 5 positions

Rk. Title Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB 3

1 WFM Marečková Martina 4.5 15.3 0 0

2 WFM Kubíková Hana 4.5 14.5 0 0

3 WIM Olšarová Karolína 4 13 0 0

4 Folková Martina 3.5 11.5 0 0

5 WIM Orságová Silvie 3 10.5 0.5 1

Official website: www.chess-svetla.cz

IM NINO KHURTSIDZE WINS THE 70TH GEORGIAN WOMEN

CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

IM Nino Khurtsidze (ELO 2428) won the 70th Georgian Women

Chess Championship with the final result of 8.5 points out of

maximum 11. GM Nino Batsiashvili (ELO 2390) finished

second with 8 points, while IM Salome Melia (ELO 2423) was

third in the final ranking with 7.5 points.

The 70th Georgian Women Chess Championship was held from 27th May to 7th June,

2013 in Tbilisi. Chief Arbiter of the tournament was Margalita Tandashvili.

Final Ranking after 11 rounds – first 5 positions

Rk. Title Name Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3

1 IM Khurtsidze Nino 2428 8.5 41.8 6 0

2 WGM Batsiashvili Nino 2390 8 39.5 6 0

3 IM Melia Salome 2423 7.5 34 5 0

4 IM Guramishvili Sopiko 2426 6.5 33.3 6 0

5 IM Lomineishvili Maia 2345 6.5 31.3 4 0

Official website: www.gcf.org.ge

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TOP 50 PLAYERS JUNE 2013

Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year

1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2864 9 1990

2 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2813 18 1982

3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2803 9 1975

4 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 18 1969

5 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2784 9 1987

6 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2784 9 1975

7 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2782 9 1990

8 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2779 0 1983

9 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2774 0 1992

10 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2760 0 1977

11 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2759 18 1976

12 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2755 9 1968

13 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2753 1 1969

14 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2753 0 1985

15 Wang, Hao g CHN 2746 9 1989

16 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2743 2 1983

17 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2741 9 1974

18 Adams, Michael g ENG 2740 12 1971

19 Leko, Peter g HUN 2737 0 1979

20 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2734 13 1987

21 Giri, Anish g NED 2734 0 1994

22 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2733 9 1987

23 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2727 10 1983

24 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2725 0 1983

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25 Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2717 11 1990

26 Korobov, Anton g UKR 2715 13 1985

27 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2714 11 1985

28 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2713 11 1983

29 Andreikin, Dmitry g RUS 2713 10 1990

30 Le, Quang Liem g VIE 2712 9 1991

31 Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2711 11 1980

32 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2710 0 1980

33 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2710 0 1985

34 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2709 11 1987

35 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2708 18 1987

36 Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2708 14 1986

37 Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2708 0 1985

38 Navara, David g CZE 2707 22 1985

39 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2707 21 1976

40 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2707 11 1983

41 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2706 21 1990

42 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2706 11 1982

43 Wang, Yue g CHN 2706 0 1987

44 So, Wesley g PHI 2705 0 1993

45 Shirov, Alexei g LAT 2703 8 1972

46 Ding, Liren g CHN 2702 9 1992

47 Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2700 13 1981

48 Movsesian, Sergei g ARM 2699 16 1978

49 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2699 0 1979

50 McShane, Luke J g ENG 2697 1 1984

Official website: www.fide.com

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CROATIA WINS MITROPA CUP 2013

Croatia won the Mitropa Cup 2013 with

the final result of 13 match points.

Germany was second with 12 match

points, whereas the Czech Republic

finished third with 11 match points.

Mitropa Cup was held in Meissen, Germany, from May 31st to June 9th. It is a team

event for ten European federations playing a Round Robin tournament in two

sections, open section and women’s section.

Final Ranking after 9 rounds – Open section

Rk. Team TB1 TB2 TB3

1 Croatia 13 22 379

2 Germany 12 21 365

3 Czech Republic 11 20 340

4 Slovakia 11 19 338

5 Hungary 9 18 311

6 Slovenia 8 17 305

7 Italy 7 18 327

8 France 7 18 310

9 Austria 7 15 259

10 Switzerland 5 14 245

Final Ranking after 9 rounds - Women section

Rk. Team TB1 TB2 TB3

1 Slovakia 15 13 106

2 Germany 13 13 103

3 Italy 12 11 83.3

4 Czech Republic 10 9.5 78.3

5 Slovenia 9 9.5 78.5

6 Poland 9 8.5 70.3

7 Switzerland 7 8 71

8 Croatia 7 8 68

9 Hungary 7 7 55.5

10 Austria 1 3.5 29.3

In the open section each team consisted of four players, while in the women’s section

of two women. One reserve player in each team was allowed.

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The rate of play was 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game

with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one.

In the open section there were 21 holders of GM title and 19 holders of IM title,

whereas in the women’s section there were 3 holders of IM title and 2 holders of

WGM title.

Mitropa Cup 2013 was organised under the patronage of the German Chess

Federation in cooperation with Umweltgerechte Kraftanlagen GmbH & Co. KG

(UKA).

Mitropa Cup is a European chess tournament, gathering especially strong young

players. It was held for the first time in France, in 2011, and last year it took place in

Croatia. This year the tournament was brought to Germany.

Official website: http://mitropa-cup.de/

SERGEY KARJAKIN WINS SBERBANK TOURNAMENT

Source of the photo:www.russiachess.org

Sergey Karjakin won the Sberbank rapid

tournament with the final result of 6.5 points

out of maximum 9. Veselin Topalov finished

second with 6 points, while Peter Leko was

third with 5 points.

The Sberbank rapid tournament was held from

5-8 June, 2013 in Kiev, Ukraine.

The tournament was a 10-player 9 round-robin event.

The time control was 25 minutes for all moves + 10 seconds increment per move,

starting from move one.

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Final Ranking after 9 rounds

Rk. Name Rtg Pts SB

1 Sergey Karjakin 2782 6.5 27.25

2 Veselin Topalov 2784 6 24

3 Peter Leko 2737 5 23.5

4 Sergei Zhigalko 2661 5 19

5 Pavel Eljanov 2707 4.5 21

6 Evgeny Tomashevsky 2709 4.5 18

7 Anton Korobov 2715 4.5 16.25

8 Alexander Areshchenko 2708 4 15.25

9 Anatoly Karpov 2619 3 14.75

10 Arkadij Naiditsch 2710 2 8

Official website: http://en.sberbank.ua

GM TIGRAN PETROSIAN WINS GRAND EUROPE ALBENA

OPEN 2013

Source of the photo: Wikipedia

GM Tigran Petrosian (ARM) won the Grand Europe

Albena Tournament with the final result of 8 points out of

maximum 9. GM Mircea-Emilian Parligras (ROU) finished

second with 7 points and a better tie-break than the third

in the final ranking – GM Hrant Melkumyan (ARM).

Grand Europe Albena Open was held from 01-09 June,

2013 in the Black Sea resort Albena, Bulgaria.

Chief Arbiter of the tournament was IA Nikolay Yordanov. One hundred and fifty

chess players took part in the competition.

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The tournament was played in 9 rounds, according the the Swiss system with time

control of 90 minutes for all moves + 30 seconds increment per move, starting from

move one.

Grand Europe Albena Open was held under the patronage of Mr. Silvio Danailov,

President of the European Chess Union and the Bulgarian Chess Federation.

The total prize fund was 30.000 EURO.

Final Ranking after 9 roudns – first 15 positions

Rk. Title Name FED Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3

1 GM Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 8 41 50 7

2 GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian ROU 7 41 54 5

3 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 7 41 53 5

4 GM Nabaty Tamir ISR 7 37 47 6

5 IM Bernadskiy Vitaliy UKR 7 36 47 6

6 GM Nevednichy Vladislav ROU 6.5 44 56 5

7 GM Spasov Vasil BUL 6.5 41 53 5

8 GM Mareco Sandro ARG 6.5 40 53 5

9 GM Vajda Levente ROU 6.5 40 52 5

10 GM Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag BRA 6.5 38 49 5

11 GM Lupulescu Constantin ROU 6.5 36 47 6

12 GM Solak Dragan TUR 6.5 35 44 5

13 GM Sveshnikov Evgeny LAT 6 40 51 5

14 GM Chatalbashev Boris BUL 6 39 51 5

15 IM Ashwin Jayaram IND 6 38 49 3

Official website: www.albena.bulchesssummer.eu

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FORTHCOMING TOURNAMENTS

EUROPEAN INDIVIDUAL WOMEN'S CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

2013

The 14th edition of European Individual

Women's Chess Championship will take place at

the hotel Metropol in Belgrade, from July 22nd to

August 4th, 2013.

151 players from 30 countries are registered so far

and will compete for the prestigious title.

The top seed is GM Nana Dzagnidze from Georgia, with rating 2550 and apart from

her, there are 7 more players with rating 2500 or higher.

The country with the largest number of participants is Russia, with 37 registered

players, followed by Serbia with 25, and Georgia with 15.

12 holders of GM title, 23 holders of IM title, and 41 holders of WGM title will

compete in this Championship.

It is worth mentioning that two former Women’s World Champions are among the

participants: GM Antoaneta Stefanova (ELO 2531) and GM Alexandra Kosteniuk

(ELO 2489).

The official hotel of the Championship is hotel Metropol, which is located in the very

centre of the city, and you will need only 15 minutes on foot to the main street and

the pedestrian zone – Knez Mihajlova.

European Individual Women's Championship is organised under the patronage of

the Serbian Ministry of Youth and Sports.

The official website of the Championship is http://belgrade2013.org

List of registered players can be seen here http://chess-

results.com/tnr98226.aspx?art=0&lan=1&turdet=YES&flag=30&wi=984

Short history of the Championship:

European Individual Women's Chess Championship was held for the first time in

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2000, in Batumi, Georgia, as a 32-player knockout event. Since 2001 the Tournament

has had a Swiss system format, and apart from a short switch to a 12-round schedule

in 2004-2005, was played with an 11-round schedule.

The list of European Women's Chess Champions is as follows:

•2000: Natalia Zhukova (Ukraine)

•2001: Almira Skirpchenko (Moldova)

•2002: Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria)

•2003: Pia Cramling (Sweden)

•2004: Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia)

•2005: Katheryna Lahno (Ukraine)

•2006: Ekatarina Atalik (Turkey)

•2007: Tatiana Kositnseva (Russia)

•2008: Katheryna Lahno (Ukraine)

•2009: Tatiana Kositnseva (Russia)

•2010: Pia Cramling (Sweden)

•2011: Viktorija Cmilyte (Lithuania)

•2012: Valentina Gunina (Russia)

EUROPEAN YOUTH CHESS CUP 2013

European Youth Chess Cup will take place

in Ureki, Georgia, from 16-26 June, 2013.

The championship will be held in 3

categories for girls and boys (up to 8, 10, 12

years old). The players should fulfill the

conditions that they have not reached the

age of 8, 10 and 12 by January 1st, 2013.

The championship will be played according to the Swiss system in 9 rounds, in

accordance with the ECU Tournament Rules and Fide Rules of Chess. The time

control will be 90 minutes for the whole game with an increment of 30 seconds per

move, starting from move one.

All players and guests are invited to stay in the official hotel of the European Youth

Cup hotel “Kolhida” *** http://kolkhida.ge/. Ureki is a seaside town and a resort on

the Black Sea coast. Black Sea water temperature at this time will be about +28.

Subtropical climate, warm sea, sun and unique magnetic sand – this true magic of the

nature offers magnificent possibilities for tourist rest, health and treatment.

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Contact information:

Tournament director Giorgi Giorgadze – President of GCF

Mobile : +995 599 56 17 67

Technical Director – Akaki Iashvili (GCF Secretary General)

Mobile : + 995 577 41 41 21

Email : akaki.iashvili@yahoo.com

Official website of EYC is http://e2e4.ge/

CHESS TRAIN 2013

(October 2013, Prague – Regensburg – Innsbruck –

Salzburg – Český Krumlov - Prague)

Prague Chess Society and České Dráhy are preparing

another year of the chess tournament associated with a trip

around five beautiful Central European cities.

Chess Train 2013 has chosen the trail Prague – Regensburg (Germany) – Innsbruck

(Austria) - Salzburg (Austria) – Český Krumlov (Czech Republic) – Prague in the

period between 11th and 15th October 2013.

From Friday to Tuesday again, you will have the possibility to play 5 days rapid

chess tournament in a specially launched train and to see several nice towns –

ancient Regensburg, Innsbruck sunk in the Alps, thereafter Mozart´s Salzburg and

also two most beautiful Czech towns - Český Krumlov and Prague.

Tournament regulations

- 13-round rapid chess open tournament by Swiss System

- rate of play: 2x 20 min with increment of 10 s per move

- number of participants limited by the capacity of the train (the organizer decides

about the acceptance based on the order of received applications)

- all games are played in the train

- entry fee 1.490 CZK (60 EUR)

- train ticket 2.990 CZK (120 EUR)

Prize money: 50.000 CZK (2.000 EUR) and other material prizes and services in the

value of at least 50.000 CZK (2.000 EUR).

October 11-th from Prague (departure at 10 a.m. from the Main Station) to

Regensburg (1st – 3rd rounds)

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October 12-th – from Regensburg to Innsbruck (4th – 5th rounds)

October 13-th – from Innsbruck to Salzburg (6th round)

October 14-th – from Salzburg to Český Krumlov (7th – 10th rounds)

October 15-th – from Český Krumlov to Prague (11th – 13th rounds)

The exact departure times (every day at about 10 a.m.) and the train stations will be

specified. The schedule of individual rounds on particular days as well as the

location of train stations may be changed according to the actual situation on the

railway.

- organized by the Prague Chess Society in cooperation with Czech Railways

- director of the tournament Mgr. Pavel Matocha

Chess train 2012

Official website: www.praguechess.cz