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NEWSLETTER 115 (May 2, 2013)

GM BOBAN BOGOSAVLJEVIC WINS THE SERBIAN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

GM Boban Bogosavljevic won the Serbian Chess

Championship with the final result of 10 points out of

maximum 13. IM Aleksandar Indjic finished second with 8

points, while GM Branko Damljanovic won the third place

on a half point distance from the second.

The 7th Serbian Individual Chess Championship was held

from 15-27April, 2013 in Vrnjačka Banja.

Chief Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the Serbian Chess Federation, was IA

Zoran Bojović.

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Final Ranking after 13 rounds – first 5 positions Rk. Title Name Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3

1 GM Bogosavljevic Boban 2512 10 0 55.5 0

2 IM Indjic Aleksandar 2519 8 0 43.5 0

3 GM Damljanovic Branko 2536 7.5 0 41 0

4 GM Popovic Dusan 2558 6.5 0 37.8 0

5 GM Kovacevic Aleksandar 2571 6.5 0 34 0

Official website: www.serbiachess.net

OBIETTIVO RISARCIMENTO RADOVA WIN THE 45TH ITALIAN

TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova won the 45th

Italian Team Chess Championship with the

final result of 12 match points (18.5 game

points). The team of Accademia Bologna

finished second with 9 points (16 game

points), whereas the bronze was won by

Scacchistica Milanese with 9 points (15.5

game points).

The 45th Italian Team Chess Championship

was held from 27thApril to 1st May, 2013 in Bratto (near Bergamo, Lombardia region).

In the men's section 14 teams (4 players each) played in a 7-round Swiss. Obiettivo

Risarcimento Padova won the competition for the 5th time. For the third place, a blitz

tournament was played between Scacchistica Milanese, Latina and Portlab Club 64

Modena. Team composition of the winners was: GMs Ivan Cheparinov (BUL), Kiril

Georgiev (BUL), Michele Godena (ITA), Daniele Vocaturo (ITA) and IMs Danyyil

Dvirnyy (ITA), Fabio Bellini (ITA), Duilio Collutiis (ITA) and Alessio Valsecchi (ITA).

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Final Ranking after 7 rounds – first 5 positions - Men

Rk Team + = - Score GamPnt

1 Obiettivo Risarcimento Pd 5 2 0 12 18.5

2 Accademia Bologna 4 1 2 9 16

3 Scacchistica Milanese 4 1 2 9 15.5

4 Latina 3 3 1 9 15.5

5 Portlab Modena 3 3 1 9 15.5

In the women's section, 6 teams played in a single round robin tournament. The

winner was the team of Fischer Chieti 1 with 10 points, Scacchisti.It finished second

with 7 points, while Arrocco came third with 6 points.

Team composition of the winners was: WGM Martha Fierro (ECU), IM Olga Zimina

(ITA) and WIM Marina Brunello (ITA).

Final Ranking – Women

Rk Team + = - Score GamPnt SB_MM SB_MG

1 Fischer Chieti 1 5 0 0 10 12.5 40 48

2 Scacchisti.It 3 1 1 7 10.5 21 37.5

3 Arrocco 3 0 2 6 8 14 22.5

4 Fischer Chieti U16 2 1 2 5 8 11 21.5

5 Vitinia 1 0 4 2 6 0 22

6 Centurini 0 0 5 0 0 0 0

Official website: www.45finalecismasterfsi2013.it

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GM DARIUS ZAGORSKIS WINS THE LITHUANIAN CHESS

CHAMPIONSHIP 2013

GM Darius Zagorskis won the Lithuanian

Chess Championship with the final result of

7.5 points out of maximum 11, followed by

IM Mindaugas Beinoras who took the

second place with 6.5 points. FM Tautvydas

Vedrickas, who scored 6.5 points, won the

bronze.

The Lithuanian Chess Championship was

held from April 20-28 in Vilnius.

Chief Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the Lithuanian Chess Federation, was

FA Arvydas Baltrunas.

Final Ranking after 11 rounds – first 5 positions - Men

Rk. Title Name Rtg TB1 TB2 TB3

1 GM Zagorskis Darius 2482 7.5 40 0

2 IM Beinoras Mindaugas 2359 6.5 33.8 0

3 FM Vedrickas Tautvydas 2279 6.5 33.5 0

4 GM Malisauskas Vidmantas 2459 6.5 33 0

5 IM Labeckas Kestutis 2354 6 30.8 0

In the women’s section, the winner was WGM Deimante Daulyte with 8 points out of

maximum 9. WIM Salomeja Zaksaite finished second with 6.5 points, while WFM

Vesta Kaspute was third with 5.5 points. The Championship was held from 20-26

April at the same site.

Final Ranking after 9 rounds – first 5 positions - Women

Rk. Title Name Rtg TB1 TB2 TB3

1 WGM Daulyte Deimante 2317 8 31 0

2 WIM Zaksaite Salomeja 2152 6.5 26 0

3 WFM Kaspute Vesta 2100 5.5 23.3 0

4 Apanaviciute Kristina 1950 5 20 0

5 Paulauskaite Gintare 2065 5 16.5 0

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Official website: www.chessfed.lt

IM DENIS KADRIC WINS THE 7TH OPEN INDIVIDUAL

CHAMPIONSHIP OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

IM Denis Kadric won the 7th Open Individual

Championship of Bosnia & Herzegovina with the final

result of 5.5 points out of maximum 7. GM Emir

Dizdarevic finished second with 5 points, whereas IM

Muhamed Boric came third with the same result.

The Championship was held from 25-28 April, 2013 in Cazin. Chief Arbiter of the

tournament, organized by the Chess Federation of Bosnia & Herzegovina, was IA

Mirza Miralem. Nineteen chess players took part in the competition.

Final Ranking after 7 rounds – first 10 positions

Rk. Title Name Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3

1 IM Kadric Denis 2465 5.5 21 29 0

2 GM Dizdarevic Emir 2511 5 21 30 0

3 IM Boric Muhamed 2371 5 19 26 0

4 Salihovic Amar 2212 4.5 22 28 0

5 GM Kurajica Bojan 2527 4.5 22 31 0

6 IM Trkulja Goran 2387 4.5 21 30 0

7 Hadziselimovic Bernardina 1853 4 17 22 0

8 Hebilovic Mirsad 0 4 15 22 0

9 Sutkovic Damir 2344 3.5 20 28 0

10 Popovic Darko 2160 3.5 20 27 0

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IM STANISLAV BOGDANOVICH WINS THE UKRAINIAN

CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP - RAPID

IM Stanislav Bogdanovich won the Ukrainian Chess

Championship – Rapid with the final result of 8.5 points

and better tie-break than the second and third in the

final ranking, who finished with the same result – IM

Vitaliy Bernadskiy and GM Alexander Zubov.

The Ukrainian Rapid Chess Championship was held from 30th April to 1st May, 2013

in Alushta. Chief Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the Ukrainian Chess

Federation, was NA Artem Khripach. Eighty two chess players took part in the

competition.

Final Ranking after 11 rounds – first 10 positions – Men

Rk. Title Name Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3

1 IM Bogdanovich Stanislav 2582 8.5 78 64 51

2 IM Bernadskiy Vitaliy 2504 8.5 78 64 50

3 GM Zubov Alexander 2629 8.5 77 62 48

4 GM Kharchenko Boris 2482 8 80 66 52

5 GM Vysochin Spartak 2578 8 75 61 47

6 GM Kuzubov Yuriy 2631 8 74 62 49

7 IM Shalimov Valery 2365 7.5 72 61 49

8 Budnikov Oleg 2422 7.5 72 58 45

9 GM Onischuk Vladimir 2565 7.5 70 58 45

10 FM Bortnyk Olexandr 2449 7.5 67 55 42

In the women’s section, the winner was IM Inna Gaponenko with the final result of

8.5 points and better tie-break than the second in the ranking WIM Kateryna

Dolzhykova. WIM Maria Tantsiura finished third with 8 points. Chief Arbiter was

NA Oleh Horodyskyi. Twenty one chess players competed for the title.

Final Ranking after 11 rounds – first 10 positions - Women Rk. Title Name Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3

1 IM Gaponenko Inna 2397 8.5 72 58 45

2 WIM Dolzhykova Kateryna 2241 8.5 71 57 44

3 WIM Tantsiura Maria 2163 8 72 58 45

4 WFM Gritsayeva Oksana 2340 7.5 72 58 45

5 WIM Kalinina Olga 2332 7.5 71 58 45

6 WIM Andrenko Irina 2224 6.5 68 58 45

7 WFM Pischal Yulia 2083 6.5 68 58 45

8 WIM Zinkevich Julia 2161 6.5 66 53 40

9 Vasina Olena 2009 6 48 40 31

10 WFM Petrova Irina 2163 5.5 67 56 43

The blitz championship was held on 2nd May. The rankings are as follows:

Men: 1. GM Alexander Zubov – 9 points; 2. Oleg Budnikov – 9 points; 3. IM Stanislav

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Bogdanovich – 8 points.

Women: 1.WIM Kateryna Dolzhykova; 2. IM Inna Gaponenko – 7.5 points; 3. WIM

Anastasiya Rakhmangulova – 7.5 points.

Official website: www.ukrchess.org.ua

TOP 50 PLAYERS – MAY’2013

Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year

1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2868 14 1990

2 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2813 16 1982

3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2811 14 1975

4 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2793 11 1975

5 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2783 0 1969

6 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2779 20 1983

7 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2775 11 1987

8 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2774 18 1992

9 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2769 24 1976

10 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2767 17 1990

11 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2760 17 1977

12 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2755 19 1969

13 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2753 17 1985

14 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2745 25 1987

15 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2744 14 1968

16 Wang, Hao g CHN 2743 0 1989

17 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2742 11 1983

18 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2741 18 1974

19 Leko, Peter g HUN 2737 17 1979

20 Giri, Anish g NED 2734 20 1994

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21 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2731 7 1983

22 Adams, Michael g ENG 2729 9 1971

23 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2725 33 1983

24 Andreikin, Dmitry g RUS 2724 6 1990

25 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2723 7 1983

26 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2719 5 1987

27 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2718 11 1990

28 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2718 7 1987

29 Le, Quang Liem g VIE 2714 7 1991

30 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2710 24 1985

31 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2710 8 1980

32 Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2710 5 1990

33 Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2709 8 1986

34 Shirov, Alexei g LAT 2708 12 1972

35 Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2708 5 1985

36 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro g CUB 2707 0 1982

37 Ding, Liren g CHN 2707 0 1992

38 Wang, Yue g CHN 2706 0 1987

39 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2705 9 1971

40 So, Wesley g PHI 2705 8 1993

41 Korobov, Anton g UKR 2705 7 1985

42 Harikrishna, P. g IND 2702 9 1986

43 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2702 5 1983

44 Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2702 5 1983

45 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2701 9 1987

46 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2700 10 1985

47 Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2700 5 1986

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48 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2699 22 1979

49 Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2698 5 1980

50 Navara, David g CZE 2697 13 1985

Official website: www.fide.com

THE TALISMAN OF THE EUROPEAN CHESS UNION, CHING VAN

BERKENBROECK, WINS STRONG EVENTING TOURNAMENT

The talisman of the European Chess Union

Ching van Berkenbroeck and his rider

Christian Valev won the strong

international eventing tournament CCI 1 *.

The competition was held from 26-28

April, 2013 in Shumen, Bulgaria with the

participation of 50 elite horses and riders

from Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey.

The President of the European Chess Union, Silvio Danailov, congratulated the

champions and commented their success: "Ching and Christian are born champions and

they fit very well the image of the European Chess Union and its federations, which bring the

spirit of winners and organize some of the most prestigious events in the world of chess.

Eventing best meets the various tests offered by the game of chess. There is something

symbolic in the fact that only two days after the victory of Ching and Christian, Veselin

Topalov won the Grand Prix in Zug, Switzerland. Topalov is the only grandmaster who has

ridden Ching van Berkenbroeck."

Eventing is the most complete combined competition, which requires from the

athletes extensive experience in all disciplines of riding and precise knowledge of the

capabilities of his horse, and the level of training of the horse, resulting from correct

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and rational learning. Eventing consists of three separate tests: dressage, cross

country test and jumping.

About Christian Valev and Ching van Berkenbroeck

Ching van Berkenbroeck became mascot of the European Chess Union last year

during the friendly chess match between Sofia and Zagreb, which was held on May

27-28, 2012 in Bankya, Bulgaria. Then the President of the European Chess Union,

Silvio Danailov, gave the official certificate to Ching’s owner Yuri Vulev in the

presence of the mayor of Zagreb, Mr. Milan Bandic.

Ching van Berkenbroeck was born on 1st July in Belgium and he is the representative

of the famous local breed BWP. He comes from one of the most famous Belgian

stables and his grandfather was the Olympic champion in show jumping in 1996. His

rider Christian Valev defines him as very a temperamental, strong and energetic

jumper. They have been competing together since 2008 and their qualities and

excellent harmony have made them one of the most successful tandems of the

Bulgarian equestrian sport. In 2010 they became Youth Champions of Bulgaria and

won bronze medal at the Grand Prix in Campina, Romania. The next year Ching van

Berkenbroeck and his rider won the 4th place at a cycle of the World Cup and bronze

medal at the International tournament for show jumping in Magna Racino, Austria.

During the Balkan Championship in Zagreb, Croatia they finished in the third place

in the team prize category. Ching van Berkenbroeck and his rider Christian Valev are

part of the national team of Bulgaria.

GM VESELIN TOPALOV WINS RENOVA GRAND PRIX IN ZUG

GM Veselin Topalov won the Renova Group

Grand Prix with the final result of 8 points out

of maximum 11. GM Hikaru Nakamura finished

second with 6.5 points, while the bronze went to

Ruslan Ponomariov, who finished on a half

point distance from the second in the ranking.

The Renova Group Grand Prix was held from 17th April to 1st May, 2013 in Zug,

Switzerland. Twelve top GMs competed for the title in a round robin tournament

with time control of 120 minutes for 40 moves + 60 minutes for 20 moves + 15

minutes for the rest of the game + increment of 30 seconds per move.

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Final Ranking after 11 rounds

Rank Title Name Rtg FED Pts SB

1 GM Topalov Veselin 2771 BUL 8 43,00

2 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2767 USA 6½ 33,00

3 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2733 UKR 6 33,50

4 GM Caruana Fabiano 2772 ITA 6 30,25

5 GM Kamsky Gata 2741 USA 5½ 29,50

6 GM Morozevich Alexander 2758 RUS 5½ 27,25

7 GM Karjakin Sergey 2786 RUS 5 26,00

8 GM Giri Anish 2727 NED 5 27,75

9 GM Leko Peter 2744 HUN 5 26,50

10 GM Radjabov Teimour 2793 AZE 4½ 25,25

11 GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2709 UZB 4½ 24,50

12 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2766 AZE 4½ 25,00

Official website: http://zug2013.fide.com/