NEWSLETTER 121 - European Chess Union

NEWSLETTER 121 (June 26, 2013)
ECU PRESIDENT SILVIO DANAILOV PARTICIPATES IN I
UNICEF ORIGAMI FESTIVAL FOR CHESS IN SCHOOL
ECU President Silvio Danailov took part in I
UNICEF ORIGAMI FESTIVAL, dedicated to the
promotion of the ECU project “Chess in school”
in Galicia and Spain.
The event was organized by the Higher school
“Pedro Floriani” in collaboration with the city of
Redondela and Vigo Chess Club "Xadrez Galego" and was held on June 20-21, 2013
in Redondela, Galicia.
On Thursday June 20th, at 18:30, after the official reception at the City Hall, in the
Auditorium Redondela, Mr. Silvio Danailov explained in a very clear and instructive
way all the details about the project "Chess in School" of the European Chess Union
and focused on the benefits from the introduction of the game of chess in the schools.
The official ceremony was attended by Mr. Javier Bas, Mayor, the Councillors for
culture, Mr. Julio Monteagudo, and education, Mrs. Teresa Paris, besides the Director
General of Education, Mr. Manuel Corredoira, representing the Galician
Government.
On Friday 21st at the Higher school “Pedro Floriani” origami and chess festival was
held, which was done with the collaboration of ONCE (National Organization of
Spanish Blind). A few games for blind people were played and also a
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simultaneous game, played by the chess team of the University of Vigo – Galician
chess champions for 2012 and 2013.
More than 500 attendees enjoyed the origami workshops, the magic and music
performances. The main event was the setting a world record with Chess set, made
by paper, weighing nearly 100 kilograms, which was presented by Mr. Silvio
Danailov.
All the economic profits collected from the sale of the origami products and
participation in the workshops were donated to UNICEF.
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GM YURIY KRYVORUCHKO IS THE NEW UKRAINIAN CHESS
CHAMPION
GM Yuriy Kryvoruchko (ELO 2659) won the
Ukrainian Chess Championship with the final
result of 7.5 points out of 11 and better tiebreak than the second in the ranking GM
Ruslan Ponomariov (ELO 2743). GM Anton
Korobov (ELO 2715) finished third with 7
points.
The Ukrainian Chess Championship was held
from 15-26 June, 2013 in Kiеv.
Final Ranking after 11 rounds
Rk.
Title
Name
Rtg
Pts.
TB1
TB2
TB3
1
GM
2
GM
Kryvoruchko Yuriy
2659
Ponomariov Ruslan
2743
7.5
38
0
4
7.5
36.8
0
3
GM
Korobov Anton
4
2715
7
33.8
0
4
4
GM
5
GM
Moiseenko Alexander
2711
6.5
32.3
0
3
Areshchenko Alexander
2708
6.5
31.8
0
6
4
GM
Efimenko Zahar
2651
6
30.5
0
1
7
GM
Volokitin Andrei
2687
5.5
27.8
0
2
8
GM
Eljanov Pavel
2707
5.5
26.5
0
2
9
IM
Bogdanovich Stanislav
2567
5.5
24.5
0
3
10
GM
Kravtsiv Martyn
2626
4.5
21.5
0
1
11
GM
Baryshpolets Andrey
2547
3
15.5
0
0
12
GM
Neverov Valeriy
2515
1
4.25
0
0
Chief Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the Ukrainian Chess Federation, was
IA Oleg Tovchyga, tournament director - IO, FA Yury Gnyp.
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In the women’s section, the winner was IM Mariya Muzychuk with 7.5 points out of
9. GM Natalia Zhukova finished second with 6 points, whereas WFM Oksana
Gritsayeva was third with 5 points. The Ukraine Women's Championship was held
from 17-26 June, 2013 in Kiev. Chief Arbiter was IA Rimma Antonova, and
tournament director – YaroslavMazurenko.
Final Ranking after 9 rounds
Rk.
Title
Name
Rtg
Pts.
TB1
TB2
TB3
1
IM
Muzychuk Mariya
2484
7.5
30.5
0
6
2
GM
Zhukova Natalia
2471
6
22.8
0
4
3
WFM
Gritsayeva Oksana
2340
5
22.5
0
2
4
IM
Gaponenko Inna
2393
5
18.5
0
3
5
IM
Kononenko Tatiana
2369
4.5
19.8
0
2
6
WIM
Tantsiura Maria
2195
4.5
19
0
2
7
WGM
Kalinina Olga
2292
3.5
13.8
0
2
8
WFM
Osmak Iulija
2210
3
13.3
0
1
9
WIM
Andrenko Irina
2253
3
12
0
1
10
WIM
Dolzhykova Kateryna
2301
3
11
0
1
Official website: www.ukrchess.org.ua
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IM GAIOZ NIGALIDZE WINS THE 72ND GEORGIAN
CHAMPIONSHIP
IM Gaioz Nigalidze (ELO 2456) won the 72nd Georgian
Championship with the final result of 9 points out of 11.
GM Luka Paichadze (ELO 2516) finished second on a point
distance from the winner, while the third one was GM
Davit Jojua (ELO 2548) with 7.5 points.
The 72nd Georgian Championship was held from 12-23
June, 2013 in Tbilisi. Chief Arbiter of the tournament,
organized by the Georgian Chess Federation, was Evgeni
Melikset-Begi.
Final Ranking after 11 rounds
Rk.
Title
Name
Rtg
Pts.
TB1
TB2
TB3
1
IM
2
GM
Nigalidze Gaioz
2456
9
42.8
8
0
Paichadze Luka
2516
8
35.8
6
0
3
4
GM
Jojua Davit
2548
7.5
35.3
6
0
GM
Shanava Konstantine
2563
7
31
4
0
5
IM
Quparadze Giga
2486
6.5
31.3
3
0
6
GM
Mchedlishvili Mikheil
2637
6.5
30.3
3
0
7
GM
Gagunashvili Merab
2601
6.5
27.3
4
0
8
GM
Pantsulaia Levan
2567
5.5
22.5
3
0
9
IM
Maghalashvili Davit
2521
4
16
1
0
Lomsadze Davit
2342
3
10.3
1
0
Zarkua Davit
2441
2
5.75
1
0
Qalagashvili Pridon
2171
0.5
1.5
0
0
10
11
12
IM
Official website: www.gcf.org.ge
RISHON LEZION WINS THE ISRAEL NATIONAL WOMEN
LEAGUE 2013
Rishon Lezion won the Israeli National Women League 2013
with 15 game points. CC Ashdod A finished second with 14.5
game-points, while CC Herzliya was third with 11.5 points.
The Israeli National Women League was held from 2nd February
to 15th June, 2013.
Chief Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the Israel Chess Federation, was IA
Abraham Dorner, while tournament director was IA Almog Burstein.
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Team composition of the winners was: WIM Marsel Efroimski (ELO 2183), Nadejda
Reprun (ELO 2139), Shlomit Vardi (ELO 2003), Adi Zimmerman (ELO 1421), Inna
Goldenberg, Adi Federovski (ELO 1826) and Michal Lahav (ELO 1768).
Final Ranking after 7 rounds
Rk.
TB1
TB2
1
Team
Rishon Lezion
15
106.8
2
CC Ashdod A
14.5
107.3
3
CC Herzliya
11.5
76.8
4
CC Beer Sheva
9.5
54.8
5
CC Ashdod B
6
Hapoel Kfar Sava
7
Bnot Herzliya
5
32.5
4.5
21.3
3
22.8
Official website: www.chess.org.il
ŠK BOSNA WINS THE 12TH PREMIER LEAGUE OF BOSINA &
HERZEGOVINA
SK Bosna, Sarajevo won the 12th Premier
League of Bosnia & Herzegovina with the
final result of 17 matchpoints. SK Siroki
Brijeg finished second with 12 matchpoints
and better tie-break than the third in the
ranking SK Rudar, Prijedor.
The 12th Premier League of Bosnia &
Herzegovina was held from 15-23 June, 2013
in Sarajevo.
Chief Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the Chess Federation of Bosnia and
Herzegovina, was IA Emin Kemura, while tournament director was Mr. Harun
Jasarevic.
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Final Ranking
Rk.
Team
TB1
TB2
TB3
1
ŠK Bosna, Sarajevo
17
41
0
2
ŠK Široki Brijeg, Široki Brijeg
12
33
0
3
ŠK Rudar, Prijedor
12
30
0
4
ŠK Alpong, Sarajevo
11
28
0
5
ŠK Slavija, Istočno Sarajevo
8
26
2
6
HŠK Napredak, Sarajevo
8
26
0
7
ŠK Glasinac, Sokolac
8
25
0
8
ŠK Čelik, Zenica
8
24
0
9
ŠK Drina, Zvornik
6
26
0
10
ŠK Željezničar, Sarajevo
0
12
0
Team composition of the winners was GMs Viktor Erdos (HUN), Milos Perunovic
(SRB), Borki Predojevic (BIH), Predrag Nikolic (BIH), Ibro Saric (BIH), Dalibor
Stojanovic (BIH) and FMs Resad Tutic (BIH) and Neven Jakupovic (BIH).
Official website: www.bihchess.ba
BORIS GELFAND WINS THE 8TH TAL MEMORIAL
Boris Gelfand won the 8th edition of Tal
Memorial with the score of 6 points out of
9. Magnus Carlsen finished on a half point
distance from the winner. The third place
was won by Shakhriyar Mamedyarov with
5 points.
The 8th Tal Memorial was held from 12-24
June, 2013 in Moscow.
The total prize fund was 100 000 EURO. The following chess players took part in the
tournament: Boris Gelfand, Magnus Carlsen, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Dmitry
Andreikin, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Sergey Karjakin, Alexander
Morozevich, Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik.
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Final Rankig after 9 rounds
Rk.
Name
Rtg
Pts
SB
1
Boris Gelfand
2755
6
26
2
Magnus Carlsen
2864
5.5
22.75
3
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
2753
5
22.25
4
Dmitry Andreikin
2713
5
21.5
5
Fabiano Caruana
2774
5
21
6
Hikaru Nakamura
2784
4.5
18
7
Sergey Karjakin
2782
4
18.25
8
Alexander Morozevich
2760
3.5
15.75
9
Viswanathan Anand
2786
3.5
15
10
Vladimir Kramnik
2803
3
13.5
Official website: http://russiachess.org
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THE BULGARIAN CHESS FEDERATION CONSIDERS THE CASE
BORISLAV IVANOV CLOSED
The chess player did not appear in the headquarters of the Federation to prove his
innocence
The Bulgarian Chess Federation considered the case Borislav Ivanov closed after the
chess player did not appear in the headquarters of the Federation to prove his
innocence.
On 19th June, 2013, Wednesday, Borislav Ivanov had to be subjected to "special tests
with technical resources (lie detector) to prove objectively with scientific means that
the chess player does not use any unfair means during his chess games."
The president of Bulgarian Chess Federation, Mr. Silvio Danailov, the managerial
body of the Federation, officials of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, representatives
of the Borislav Ivanov’s Chess Club "Victory"-Blagoevgrad, chess figures and
journalists were present at the headquarters on this occasion .
In a special declaration dated 22nd May, 2013, addressed to the President of the Board
of the Bulgarian Chess Federation, Borislav Ivanov gave his explicit consent to be
subjected to these tests. Borislav Ivanov was informed promptly, personally and with
the help of his chess club about the date and venue of the tests.
Borislav Ivanov’s failure to appear is a rude violation of the disciplinary code. Тhe
Bulgarian Chess Federation is an associate member of the International Olympic
Committee, according to which rules, if a competitor does not appear for a doping or
other control by the competent authorities, he loses his racing rights for at least 2
years without parole.
The Bulgarian Chess Federation considered the case Borislav Ivanov closed and will
give no further comments on the case.
Be advised also that:
The Administrative Court - Sofia disregarded the appeal of Borislav Ivanov against
the decision of the Bulgarian Chess Federation to impose on him the penalty of
"temporary suspension from participation in competitions under the auspices of the
BChF for a period of 4 months, because of the reason: continuous media interviews
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and other actions that are incompatible with the sports ethics, undermine the
prestige of the BChF and the chess figures as a whole" and disregarded his request to
suspend the preliminary execution of the decision of the Board of BChF.
Official website: www.chessbg.com
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