NEWSLETTER 131 (October 07, 2013)

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1 NEWSLETTER 131 (October 07, 2013) ECU PRESIDENT SILVIO DANAILOV MEETS WITH THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION AND SPORT OF CZECH REPUBLIC PH DR. JINDRICH FRYC The President of the European Chess Union, Mr.Silvio Danailov met with the Minister of Education and Sport of the Czech Republic, Ph Dr. Jindrich Fryc. Together with the President of the Czech Chess Federation, Mr.Viktor Novotny, and the General Secretary, Mr. Petr Pisk, they discussed the ECU program Chess in scholl and introduction of chess as educational tool. Mr. Danailov informed the Minister about the development of the program in different European countries. Minister of Education and Sport of the Czech Republic, Ph Dr. Jindrich Fryc expressed his strong support for the ECU project Chess in school. Ecuonline.net Page 1

2 23 RD EUROPEAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 The 23 rd European Youth Chess Championship started on 29 th September and will end on 8 th October in Budva, Montenegro. Chief Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the Montenegro Chess Federation and the European Chess Union is IA Jasna Sakotic, while Tournament Director is Dejan Milosevic. Rankings after 7 th round first 5 positions Open U18 1 GM Grigoryan Karen H. ARM GM Fedoseev Vladimir RUS Beradze Irakli GEO GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes ARM Mikaelyan Arman ARM Girls U18 1 Imnadze Nato GEO WGM Ziaziulkina Nastassia BLR WFM Tomnikova Lidia RUS WIM Efroimski Marsel ISR Kuchava Ana GEO Ecuonline.net Page 2

3 Open U16 Rk. Title Name FED Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 FM Alekseenko Kirill RUS FM Faizrakhmanov Ramil RUS FM Ladva Ottomar EST FM Kobo Ori ISR IM Zenzera Alexey RUS Girls U16 1 WIM Styazhkina Anna RUS WIM Nicolas Zapata Irene ESP Harazinska Ewa POL WFM Rodionova Polina RUS Hincu Olga MDA Open U14 1 Van Foreest Jorden NED Sarana Alexey RUS Kudelya Igor RUS Elistratov Semen RUS FM Gledura Benjamin HUN Girls U14 1 WCM Hojjatova Aydan AZE WFM Mammadzada Gunay AZE Pychova Nela CZE WCM Gazikova Veronika SVK WFM Kazarian Anna-Maja NED Ecuonline.net Page 3

4 Open U12 1 FM Esipenko Andrey RUS Matviishen Viktor UKR Nguyen Thai Dai Van CZE Yanichkin Artur UKR FM Ioannidis Evgenios GRE Girls U12 1 Shuvalova Polina RUS Goltseva Ekaterina RUS Badelka Olga BLR Kalaiyalahan Akshaya ENG Kozina Anastasia RUS Open U10 1 Nesterov Arseniy RUS Aydincelebi Kagan TUR Gavrilescu David ROU Muradli Mahammad AZE Barseghyan Armen Ar. ARM Girls U10 1 Vuller Anastasia ISR Peycheva Gergana BUL Vinokur Yuliya RUS Solozhenkina Elizaveta RUS Juhasz Judit HUN Ecuonline.net Page 4

5 Open U8 1 Suleymanli Aydin Elshan AZE Can Isik TUR Tsvetkov Andrey RUS Akhmetshin Alexander RUS Borhy Marcell HUN Girls U8 1 Czernikowska Laura POL Sovina Maria RUS Trifoi Mihaela-Ioana ROU Stepanyan Eva RUS Zavivaeva Emilia RUS One thousand and forty-five young players are competing in the tournament. Official website: FABIANO CARUANA WINS FIDE Grand Prix - Paris 2013 September to 5 th October, 2013 in Paris. Fabiano Caruana (ITA, ELO 2779) won FIDE Grand Prix Paris 2013 with the final result of 7 points out of 11 and better tie-break than Boris Gelfand (ISR, ELO 2764), who finished with the same result. Hikaru Nakamura (USA, ELO-2772) finished third with 6.5 points. The FIDE Grand Prix was held from 21 st Ecuonline.net Page 5

6 The winner of the Grand Prix series is the Bulgarian GM Veselin Topalov (ELO ), while Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE, ELO ) is second. This means that they have both qualified for the Candidates tournament in Final Ranking Rk Title Name Rtg FED Pts. SB Koya GP Points 1 GM Caruana Fabiano 2779 ITA 7 30,00 2½ GM Gelfand Boris 2764 ISR 7 30,00 3½ GM Nakamura Hikaru 2772 USA 6½ 28, GM Bacrot Etienne 2723 FRA 6½ 28, GM Grischuk Alexander 2785 RUS 5½ 23, GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2757 CUB 5½ 25, GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731 UKR 5 20,75 1½ 45 8 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2756 UKR 5 23,75 2½ 45 9 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2703 RUS 5 23,50 2½ GM Wang Hao 2736 CHN 5 24, GM Fressinet Laurent 2708 FRA 4½ 18,75 2½ GM Giri Anish 2737 NED 3½ 15, Official website: Ecuonline.net Page 6

7 RUSSIAN CHAMPIONSHIP SUPER FINALS The Russian Championship Super finals started on 5 th October and will end on 15 th October, It runs in the Rukavishnikov Museum, Nizhny Novgorod. In the men s section participants are: Vladimir Kramnik (ELO-2796), Sergey Karjakin (ELO-2762), Peter Svidler (ELO-2740), Nikita Vitiugov (ELO-2706), Dmitri Andreikin (ELO-2706), Ian Nepomniachtchi (ELO-2702), Ernesto Inarkiev (ELO-2695), Alexander Motylev (ELO-2676), Anton Shomoev (ELO-2579) and Aleksey Goganov (ELO-2575). In the women s section participants are: Tatiana Kosintseva (ELO-2515), Alexandra Kosteniuk (ELO-2506), Valentina Gunina (ELO-2506), Natalia Pogonina (ELO-2485), Anastasia Bodnaruk (ELO-2459), Aleksandra Goryachkina (ELO-2436), Alina Kashlinskaya (ELO-2435), Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (ELO-2410), Baira Kovanova (ELO-2396) and Daria Charochkina (ELO-2343). Official website: Ecuonline.net Page 7

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