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NEWSLETTER 31 (July 4, 2011)

THE HOPES OF THE WORLD VIII EUROPEAN FESTIVAL OF

THE SCHOOL CHAMPIONS U8,10,12,14-16 – VARNA’2011

Place and date: Bulgaria, Varna, “Golden Sands”

Hotel “Admiral”; June 22 – 29, 2011

Organizers: European Chess Union, Bulgarian

Chess Federation, Municipality of Varna

Official web site: www.euroschoolchess.org

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U8-RESULTS

First place – Tsvetan Stoyanov – 7 points, second place – Anton Petrov – 5 points, third place – Oleg

Bezrukavnikov – 4.5 points.

Final Ranking after 7 rounds-first 15 positions

Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3

1 Stoyanov Tsvetan 7 23 31 7

2 Petrov Anton 5 22 31 4

3 Bezrukavnikov Oleg 4,5 23 31 4

4 Peycheva Gergana 4,5 21 31 4

5 Belyshkov Petr 4,5 20 27 4

6 Akhunov Nur 4,5 20 30 4

7 Granovskaia Ekaterina 4,5 19 28 4

8 Sizov Vladislav 4,5 19 26 4

9 Kozinets Alla 4 18 26 4

10 Styazhkin Nikita 4 16 24 4

11 Liyko Ilya 4 15 22 4

12 Ivanov Ivan 3,5 14 19 3

13 Genov Ivajlo 3 20 27 3

14 Chitiashvili Koba 3 19 29 3

15 Pavlov Viktor 3 16 20 3

U10-RESULTS

First place – Stefan Raykov – 7 points, second place – German Tikhonov – 5 points, third place –

Alexey Levdanskiy – 5 points.

Final Ranking after 7 rounds-first 15 positions

Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3

1 Raykov Stefan 7 23 32 7

2 Tikhonov German 5 22 32 5

3 Levdanskiy Alexey 5 21 30 4

4 Shinkevich Maxim 5 20 30 5

5 Chinchenko Georgii 5 19 26 5

6 Golikov Daniil 4,5 22 31 4

7 Dichev Kaloyan 4,5 22 29 4

8 Nazarova Anastasiia 4,5 20 29 4

9 Ulanov Dmitry 4,5 20 28 3

10 Vlasenko Ksenia 4,5 18 25 4

11 Yordanov Lachezar 4,5 17 24 3

12 Kazantsev Mark 4 23 34 3

13 Ivanov Vladislav 4 20 28 3

14 Barkouski Dzmitry 4 19 25 3

15 Kuleshov Georgyi 4 18 25 3

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U12-RESULTS

First place – Alexander Shirokov – 7 points, second place – Vladimir Petrov – 5 points, third place –

Vladislav Dyakov – 4.5 points.

Final Ranking after 7 rounds-first 15 positions

Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3

1 Shirokov Alexander 7 20 29 7

2 Petrov Vladimir Sergeev 5 19 27 4

3 Dyakov Vladislav 4,5 19 28 4

4 Semionov Viktor 4,5 17 22 4

5 Petrov Martin Sergeev 4 22 32 3

6 Chernukhin Alexander 4 20 30 2

7 Poljakov Fedor 4 19 27 2

8 Dinev Evgeni 4 15 20 3

9 Kolovski Marsel 3,5 20 29 3

10 Vaitsiakhouski Yauheni 3,5 18 27 3

11 Neff Artemiy 3,5 18 25 3

12 Tishova Svetlana 3,5 18 24 2

13 Emdin Grigory 3 18 23 1

14 Todorova Magdalena 3 16 21 2

15 Yakov Emil 2 16 20 2

U14-16 - RESULTS

First place – WFM Anna Styazhkina – 6.5 points, second place – Mark Emdin – 5 points, third place –

Mikhail Subbotsky – 4.5 points.

Final Ranking after 7 rounds-first 15 positions

Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3

1 WFM Styazhkina Anna 6,5 20 26 6

2 Emdin Mark 5 19 29 4

3 Subbotsky Mikhail 4,5 21 31 3

4 Rybalov Danil 4 21 30 3

5 Dimitrov Ivo 4 19 27 2

6 Zakrzheuski Vladislav 4 19 26 4

7 Mukovozchik Evgeny 4 18 26 3

8 Filatov Semen 4 18 26 3

9 Mihalev Daniil 4 16 22 3

10 Sverdlov Mikhail 3,5 17 22 1

11 Zograbyan David 3,5 17 21 2

12 Shoshin Valeriy 3,5 16 21 3

13 Kulikov Mikhail 3,5 16 21 2

14 Pozdnyakov Nikolay 3 20 30 3

15 Malyshev Pavel 3 18 22 1

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DUTCH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP’2011

Place and date: Boxtel,The Netherlands; June 25 – July 05.2011

Prize fund: 1st prize – 7.500 Euro (Open section), 1st prize – 1.800

Euro (Women’s section)

Rate of play: 90 min. for the first 40 moves + 30 min. for the rest

of the game + 30 seconds per move from move 1

Organizer: Dutch Chess Federation

GM Anish Giri

Standings after 7 rounds-Open section

Nr Naam Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1 GM Giri, Anish 5.5 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1

2 GM Ernst, Sipke 4.5 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½

3 GM Sokolov, Ivan 4.0 1 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½

4 GM Spoelman, Wouter 4.0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 0 0

5 GM Swinkels, Robin 4.0 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 0

6 GM Nijboer, Friso 3.5 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1

7 GM Smeets, Jan 3.0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0

8 GM L'Ami, Erwin 2.5 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½

9 IM Brandenburg, Daan 2.5 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½

10 IM Janssen, Ruud 1.5 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1

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The number of players in the Open section is 10, in the Women’s section – 6. The top

participants in the Open section are the Dutch Champion Jan Smeets, Anish Giri,

Erwin l’Ami and Ivan Sokolov. The last 9th round is tomorrow, July 5 starting from

11.00 am.

GM Zhaoqin Peng

Standings after 8 rounds-Women’s section

Nr Naam Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1 GM Peng, Zhaoqin 7.0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1

2 WIM Haast, Anne 5.5 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 ½

3 Middelveld, Martine 4.0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½

1 ½

4 Hortensius, Lisa 4.0 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½

1 1

5 Volkers, Annemarie 2.0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 0

6 WIM Van Weersel, Arlette 1.5 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 0

Official web site: http://nk.schaakbond.nl/

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TURKISH ISBANK CHESS LEAGUE’2011

Place and date: Konya, Turkey; June 28 – July 9,

2011.

Rate of play: 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes

to the end of the game + 30 seconds increment.

Organizer: Turkish Chess Federation

In Turkey Is Bank Chess League’2011 participate the following teams:

1. Adana Truva Chess Club 2. Antalya Deniz Genclik Sport Club 3. BJK 4. Bursa Tophane Endustri Meslek Lisesi Sport Club 5. Buyuk Cekmece Mersin Ezgi Chess Club 6. Celikkol Turizm Pamukkale University Sport Club 7. Gazi University Chess Club 8. Isek Aquamatch Club 9. ITU Sport Club 10. Manisa Doruk College Chess Club 11. Tarsus Zeka Chess Club 12. Turkish Airlines Sport Club 13. Yapi Kredi Sport Club 14. Yesilkoy Sport Club

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The total number of players is 276, 36 from which are GMs. The strongest players are:

GM Pavel Eljanov, GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov, GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu and GM

Ernesto Inarkiev.

Official web site: http://satrancligi2011.tsf.org.tr/

FIDE JULY 2011 RATING LIST

TOP 50 PLAYERS

Ran

k Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year

1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2821 10 1990

2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2817 0 1969

3 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2805 4 1982

4 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2788 10 1990

5 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2781 8 1975

6 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2768 20 1969

7 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2768 11 1983

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8 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2768 4 1975

9 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2766 10 1987

10 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2765 4 1985

11 Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2760 0 1986

12 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2746 14 1968

13 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2746 14 1983

14 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2744 14 1987

15 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2741 12 1974

16 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2739 0 1976

17 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2736 6 1983

18 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2733 0 1987

19 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2726 8 1976

20 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2724 18 1982

21 Navara, David g CZE 2722 30 1985

22 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2722 13 1990

23 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2719 10 1983

24 Wang, Hao g CHN 2718 15 1989

25 Leko, Peter g HUN 2717 0 1979

26 Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2715 24 1980

27 Le, Quang Liem g VIE 2715 22 1991

28 Adams, Michael g ENG 2715 14 1971

29 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2714 12 1972

30 Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2713 13 1983

31 Dreev, Aleksey g RUS 2711 12 1969

32 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2711 9 1992

33 Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2711 0 1990

34 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2710 11 1983

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35 Wang, Yue g CHN 2709 24 1987

36 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2707 0 1987

37 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2706 24 1985

38 Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2706 12 1985

39 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2706 3 1980

40 Giri, Anish g NED 2701 12 1994

41 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2700 15 1977

42 Movsesian, Sergei g ARM 2700 6 1978

43 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2699 0 1976

44 Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2698 14 1981

45 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2697 21 1983

46 Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2696 20 1985

47 Andreikin, Dmitry g RUS 2696 10 1990

48 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2694 0 1977

49 Zhigalko, Sergei g BLR 2689 7 1989

50 Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2688 11 1985

TOP 50 WOMEN

Ran

k Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year

1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2699 0 1976

2 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2614 0 1987

3 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2575 24 1994

4 Kosintseva, Nadezhda g RUS 2560 11 1985

5 Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2557 11 1986

6 Muzychuk, Anna m SLO 2538 12 1990

7 Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2537 11 1987

8 Lahno, Kateryna g UKR 2536 11 1989

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9 Cmilyte, Viktorija g LTU 2528 11 1983

10 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2524 11 1979

11 Zatonskih, Anna m USA 2522 11 1978

12 Danielian, Elina g ARM 2521 14 1978

13 Ju, Wenjun wg CHN 2515 6 1991

14 Harika, Dronavalli m IND 2513 12 1991

15 Sebag, Marie g FRA 2510 11 1986

16 Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2500 0 1961

17 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2497 11 1984

18 Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2492 0 1972

19 Socko, Monika g POL 2490 3 1978

20 Krush, Irina m USA 2487 26 1983

21 Khotenashvili, Bela m GEO 2487 11 1988

22 Gunina, Valentina wg RUS 2487 0 1989

23 Zhu, Chen g QAT 2485 0 1976

24 Ruan, Lufei wg CHN 2479 0 1987

25 Xu, Yuhua g CHN 2477 2 1976

26 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2472 14 1963

27 Dembo, Yelena m GRE 2471 0 1983

28 Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2470 11 1976

29 Zhao, Xue g CHN 2470 5 1985

30 Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2469 11 1984

31 Muzychuk, Mariya m UKR 2469 11 1992

32 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan g SCO 2464 21 1968

33 Mkrtchian, Lilit m ARM 2463 11 1982

34 Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2463 3 1985

35 Hoang, Thanh Trang g HUN 2459 20 1980

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36 Ushenina, Anna m UKR 2459 11 1985

37 Shen, Yang wg CHN 2459 6 1989

38 Munguntuul, Batkhuyag m MGL 2457 8 1987

39 Gaponenko, Inna m UKR 2442 18 1976

40 Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2442 11 1985

41 Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2440 11 1975

42 Melia, Salome m GEO 2437 11 1987

43 Rajlich, Iweta m POL 2436 3 1981

44 Atalik, Ekaterina m TUR 2436 0 1982

45 Moser, Eva m AUT 2432 11 1982

46 Bodnaruk, Anastasia m RUS 2431 11 1992

47 Matnadze, Ana m GEO 2428 2 1983

48 Foisor, Cristina-Adela m ROU 2427 11 1967

49 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina m RUS 2427 0 1974

50 Khukhashvili, Sopiko m GEO 2426 19 1985

GM IVAN CHEPARINOV WON THE INTERNATIONAL OPEN

CHESS TOURNAMENT ALBENA’2011

Place and date: Albena Black Sea Resort, Bulgaria; 25.06-03.07.2011 Prize fund: 40 000 Euro, 1st place – 8000 Euro

System and rate of play: FIDE Swiss, Open 9 rounds, Rate of play: 90 m + 30 sec

Organizers: Bulgarian Chess Federation, Albena JSCo

The Bulgarian GM Ivan Cheparinov won the International Open Chess Tournament

Albena’2011 with 7.5 points. With the same result on the second place finished

another Bulgarian GM - Atanas Kolev.

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The Israeli GM Maxim Rodshtein took the bronze with final result of 7 points. The

total number of participants was 274.

Final Ranking – first 15 positions

Rk. Name Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3

1 Cheparinov Ivan 7,5 43 54 6

2 Kolev Atanas 7,5 41 52 6

3 Rodshtein Maxim 7 46 58 6

4 Lupulescu Constantin 7 43 55 5

5 Svetushkin Dmitry 7 43 54 5

6 Grigoryan Avetik 7 43 54 6

7 Arnaudov G Petar 7 41 53 5

8 Carlsson Pontus 7 41 52 7

9 Radulov Ivan 7 37 48 7

10 Farago Ivan 7 37 48 6

11 Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula 6,5 45 59 6

12 Delchev Aleksander 6,5 43 54 5

13 Jaracz Pawel 6,5 42 53 4

14 Chatalbashev Boris 6,5 41 53 5

15 Soltanici Ruslan 6,5 41 52 4

GM Ivan Cheparinov

Source of the photos: Chessdom

Official web site: http://www.albenachess.com/