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NEWSLETTER 118 (May 27, 2013)

MR. SERZH SARGSYAN RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE ARMENIAN CHESS FEDERATION

The President of the Republic of Armenia Mr. Serzh

Sargsyan was re-elected as President of the Armenian

Chess Federation.

The elections of the federation’s governing bodies were

held on 18th May, 2013 at the Chess House Tigran

Petrosian in Yerevan during Conference of the Armenian

Chess Federation.

The conference summarized the work of the federation within the previous two

years.

The ECU President Silvio Danailov congratulated Mr. Sargsyan on his re-election.

20th May, 2013

To: His Excellency

Mr. Serzh Sargsyan

President of Armenian Chess

Federation

Dear Mr. Sargsyan,

Allow me to extend my warmest and heartfelt congratulations on your re-election as

President of the Armenian Chess Federation.

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I believe that your re-election comes as a recognition of the outstanding

achievements you have made in popularising and promoting chess in your country,

making Armenia one of the chess-leading countries in the world, and a reward for

your earnest efforts to assist in numerous ways the development and improvement

of the game of chess.

It is my hope that your new term will provide an opportunity to further strengthen

the cordial and friendly relations between the Armenian Chess Federation and the

European Chess Union while continuing to work positively and cooperatively

towards the common goals of chess promotion and development in Europe and

worldwide.

The European Chess Union and myself once more send you our best wishes for

continued great success in your duties.

Yours respectfully,

Silvio Danailov

ECU President

Official website: www.chessfed.am

WEBSITE OF THE OFFICIAL ECU TOURIST AGENCY AVAsa

STARTS WORKING WWW.ECUTRAVEL.NET

It is our pleasure to inform you that the website of

the official tourist agency of the European Chess

Union AVAsa has started working.

The website www.ECUtravel.net offers plane

tickets at excellent price.

In addition, the agency provides chess players all over the world with all the other

offers related to tourism services.

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Official website: www.ecuonline.net

OFFICIAL CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE FIRST SCHOOL

CHESS YEAR IN SLIVNITSA

The first school chess year in Slivnitsa,

Bulgaria officially finished. The official

closing ceremony was held on 22nd May,

2013 at the school “St.st. Cyril and

Methodius”.

Official guests of the event were: the world

class grandmaster Kiril Georgiev, the mayor

of Slivnitsa municipality Vasko Stoilkov and

Boyko Hristov, Press Director of the European Chess Union.

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On the occasion of their successful graduation the young students received diplomas

and chess sets, suitable for playing chess during the summer holidays.

GM Kiril Georgiev encouraged the young students by telling them some successful

moments from his career and told them about the benefits of learning chess as a

school subject.

The President of the European Chess Union Silvio Danailov greeted students with an

official letter on the occasion of the completion of the first school chess year in

Slivnitsa.

As you have been already informed, the ECU President Silvio Danailov officially

opened the first school chess year in the town of Slivnitsa, Bulgaria. The official

ceremony was held on 26th October, 2012 at the school “St.st. Cyril and Methodius”.

Slivnitsa became the first municipality in the European Union to introduce chess as a

subject in its schools according to the ECU program - "Chess in Schools".

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Eighty children out of 240 students of the school "St.st. Cyril and Methodius" chose to

study chess as a subject during the school year 2012-2013.

The news about the joint initiative of the European Chess Union and the municipality

of Slivnitsa received wide international response and was reported by many media,

even by European political newspapers like the Brussels based edition New Europe

(www.neurope.eu/article/first-eu-municipality-introduces-chess-school-subject) and

others.

The Famous German TV Channel ZDF made a big report about the ECU’s Chess in

School program in the town of Slivnitsa, Bulgaria.

Official website: www.ecuonline.net

GM MIKHAIL PANARIN WINS THE RUSSIAN RAPID CHESS

CHAMPIONSHIP 2013

GM Mikhail Panarin won the Russian Rapid

Chess Championship with the final result of

6.5 points out of maximum 9 and better tie-

break than the second and the third in the final

ranking – GM Aleksey Dreev and GM

Vladimir Fedoseev.

The Championship was held on May 21-22,

2013 in Saint Petersburg.

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Fourty-three chess players took part in the competition. Chief Arbiter of the

tournament was IA Viatcheslav Ivanov.

Final ranking after 9 rounds – first 10 positions – MEN

Rk. Title Name Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3

1 GM Panarin Mikhail 2577 6.5 51 33 5

2 GM Dreev Aleksey 2726 6.5 49 34 5

3 GM Fedoseev Vladimir 2614 6.5 43 32 6

4 GM Shomoev Anton 2557 6.5 40 28 6

5 GM Sjugirov Sanan 2668 6 54 34 5

6 GM Lysyj Igor 2658 6 47 34 3

7 GM Khairullin Ildar 2661 6 47 33 3

8 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2722 6 45 28 4

9 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2688 5.5 53 35 4

10 GM Matlakov Maxim 2669 5.5 43 28 4

In the women section, the winner was GM Valentina Gunina

with the final result of 7.5 points out of maximum 9. FM Daria

Pustovoitova finished second on a half point distance from the

winner. IM Anastasia Bodnaruk finished in the third place

with 6 points.

Twenty-eight chess players took part in the competition.

Final Ranking after 9 rounds – first 10 positions - WOMEN

Rk. Title Name Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3

1 GM Gunina Valentina 2531 7.5 48 37 6

2 FM Pustovoitova Daria 2398 7 49 36 6

3 IM Bodnaruk Anastasia 2443 6 48 33 5

4 WGM Sudakova Irina 2264 6 45 29 5

5 WGM Girya Olga 2365 5.5 50 33 4

6 WIM Ubiennykh Ekaterina 2325 5.5 50 32 5

7 WGM Charochkina Daria 2384 5.5 46 30 5

8 WGM Pogonina Natalija 2420 5.5 45 29 5

9 IM Ovod Evgenija 2323 5.5 42 26 4

10 WGM Kashlinskaya Alina 2383 5 46 29 4

Official website: http://russiachess.org

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CLUBUL DE SAH AL MUNICIPIULUI BAIA MARE WINS THE

CUP OF ROMANIA FOR TEAMS – RAPID

Clubul de Sah al Municipiului Baia Mare won the Cup of

Romania for teams – rapid with the final result of 16

matchpoints. CS Politehnica Iasi finished second with 15

matchpoints, while CS AEM Luxten Timisoara was third with

the same result.

The Cup of Romania was held on May 25-26, 2013 in Snagov. Chief Arbiter of the

tournament was IA Dinu-Ioan Nicula. Twenty-two male teams and six female teams

took part in the competition.

In the women section, the winner was the team of CS Politehnica Iasi with the final

result of 17 matchpoints. The silver medal was taken by ACS Sah Apa Nova

Bucuresti with 15 matchpoints, whereas the bronze went to CSM Bucuresti – 14 pts.

Final Ranking after 9 rounds – first 5 positions – MEN

Rk. Team TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4

1 Clubul de Sah al Municipiului Baia Mare 16 0 28 554

2 CS Politehnica Iasi 15 2 26 531

3 CS AEM Luxten Timisoara 15 0 26 527

4 Clubul Central de Sah Bucuresti 11 0 22 386

5 CSM Lugoj 10 0 24 438

Team composition of Clubul de Sah al Municipiului Baia Mare was: GMs Liviu-

Dieter Nisipeanu (ELO 2625), Levente Vajda (ELO 2550), Gergely-Andras-Gyula

Szabo (ELO 2555), George-Gabriel Grigore (ELO 2491) and FMs Robert Hajbok (ELO

2365), Attila Szabo (ELO 2290).

Final Ranking after 10 rounds - Women Rk. Team TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4

1 CS Politehnica Iasi 17 0 25 299

2 ACS Sah Apa Nova Bucuresti 15 0 22 234

3 CSM Bucuresti 14 0 20 212

4 Clubul Central de Sah Bucuresti 8 0 13 114

5 CS Otopeni 6 0 12 91.3

6 CS Snagov 0 0 0 0

Team composition of CS Politehnica Iasi was: WGMs Irina Bulmaga (ELO 2363),

Alina L'ami (ELO 2405), WIM Ioana-Smaranda Padurariu (ELO 2208) and WCM

Ioana Gelip (ELO 2047).

Official website: www.frsah.ro

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IM GABRIEL MIULESCU WINS ROMANIAN NATIONAL

SENIOR BLITZ CHAMPIONSHIP

IM Gabriel Miulescu won the Romanian

National Senior Blitz Championship with the

final result of 6.5 points out of maximum 7. FM

Adrian-Florian Sasu-Ducsoara finished second

with 6 points, while CM Stefan Leustian was

third with 4.5 points.

The Championship was held on 18th May,

2013.

Chief Arbiter was FA Radu Sofran. Twenty-four chess players took part in the

competition.

Final Ranking after 7 rounds – first 5 positions Rk. Title Name Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3

1 IM Miulescu Gabriel 2102 6.5 30 21 27.3

2 FM Sasu-Ducsoara Adrian-Florian 2144 6 31 21 24.5

3 CM Leustian Stefan 2055 4.5 32 23 18.3

4 NM Tacu Victor-Mihail-Gabriel 2090 4.5 29 20 15.3

5 CM Cernea Radu-Gheorghe 1973 4.5 28 19 15.3

Official website: www.frsah.ro

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SERGEY KARJAKIN WINS THE NORWAY CHESS

TOURNAMENT

Sergey Karjakin won the Norway Chess

Tournament with the final result of 6 points out

of maximum 9. Magnus Carlsen finished second

on a half point distance from the winner. He had

a better tie-break than the third in the ranking

Hikaru Nakamura.

The Norway Chess Tournament was held from 07-18 May, 2013 in different locations

in Stavanger region.

Final Ranking after 9 rounds

Rk. Name Rtg Pts SB

1 Sergey Karjakin 2767 6 24

2 Magnus Carlsen 2868 5.5 22.75

3 Hikaru Nakamura 2775 5.5 21.25

4 Peter Svidler 2769 5 21.5

5 Levon Aronian 2813 5 20.5

6 Viswanathan Anand 2783 5 19.25

7 Wang Hao 2743 4.5 21.5

8 Veselin Topalov 2793 4 18

9 Teimour Radjabov 2745 3 10.75

10 Jon Ludvig Hammer 2608 1.5 6.5

Official website: http://norwaychess.com

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THE 1ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE

APPLICATIONS OF CHESS AND EDUCATION

THE 1ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE

APPLICATIONS OF CHESS AND EDUCATION

WILL BEGIN WITH ADDRESSES BY SUSAN

POLGAR, JOSÉ ANTONIO MARINA, AND

LEONTXO GARCÍA.

The 1st International Conference on the Applications of Chess and Education will

take place in Buitrago de Lozoya from June 25th to June 29th at the GSD Buitrago

Campus. It will be organized by the Gredos San Diego Cooperative and by the

National Distance Education University (UNED). An International School Chess

Tournament, subject to official ELO rankings, will take place simultaneously.

Gredos San Diego Cooperative and the National Distance Education University

believe in the educational role of chess as a tool to teach thinking, and are proud to

recognize Spain as a leader in socially applied chess. With this vision in mind, the

conference will include international speakers at the forefront of the field. Gredos

San Diego and the UNED are confident that the event will be a turning point for the

recognition of chess as an educational tool.

The Conference will be led by Leontxo García, FIDE Master, journalist, and

researcher, together with Maria José Albert, PhD in Educational Science with a

degree in Psychology, Assistant Dean of Postgraduate Studies and psycho-

pedagogical specialist at the UNED, and author of the book Educational Research (La

Investigación Educativa).

The Conferences, workshops, and round tables will be guided by distinguished

persons including José Antonio Marina, Susan Polgar, Juan Blanco, Juan Antonio

Montero, Joaquín Fernández Amigó, Pep Suárez, Adriana Salazar, Ramón Aciego,

Joaquín Pérez de Arriaga, Daniel Escobar, José Ángel López de Turiso, Juan Carlos

Antón, and Anna Rudolf.

Participants may register at www.chesshelpsyouthink.com, where a complete

schedule for the Conference and Tournament, information on fees, and contact

details to request more information may be found.

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The program is designed in such a way that all participants may provide their

comments and ideas both during the Q&A sessions following morning conferences

and in the workshops and round tables in the afternoons. All participants will

receive two academic credits from the UNED.

International School Tournament, open to boys and girls and subject to official ELO

rankings, will be held alongside the Conference. The tournament will include

categories from SUB 8 to SUB 18 and will be arbitrated by Luis Blasco de la Cruz, a

national senior chess coach and international arbiter.

Younger participants staying on the GSD Campus will enjoy a fun cultural program

focused on getting to know the area, as well as Spanish cinema and cuisine.

Accompanying adults will have the option of attending the round tables and the

opening and closing speeches of the Conference.

GSD Buitrago is a comfortable, all-inclusive, and modern facility perfect for relaxing

outside conference hours.

Gredos San Diego Cooperative

The Gredos San Diego Cooperative of Madrid is an educational enterprise owned

and operated by the employees themselves based on a cooperative model, and

dedicated to social responsibility and the provision of a public service while

maintaining the efficiency of a private company. Gredos San Diego was founded in

1985 by a group of 19 employees who assumed ownership of the school in

anticipation of the owner, D. Julio López Herrero's retirement.

The Gredos San Diego Cooperative currently employs over 1,300 individuals, both

teaching faculty and staff, of whom 925 are cooperative members, making it the

largest non-tertiary educational institution in the Community of Madrid with a 5%

market share, and the largest Spanish enterprise dedicated to the model of social

economics.

On May 2nd 2010, GSD was honored with the Medalla de Plata by the Community of

Madrid for its "work in developing educational systems and in creating jobs".

The Gredos San Diego schools are secular with a vision of fostering tolerance and

freedom of thought while instilling educational values based on respect for human

dignity and promoting interest in research and discovery both in the sciences and the

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humanities. The Cooperative currently operates seven schools in the Community of

Madrid. The Gredos San Diego School of Alcalá is operated through a collaborative

agreement with the Educación Activa Complutense cooperative, under the same

GSD management model.

Gredos San Diego also has two Nature Classrooms: the Milky Way Nature

Classroom in Casavieja (Ávila), and the Sendas del Riaza Nature Classroom in

Valdevacas de Montejo (Segovia). These projects serve dual functions of providing

education oriented toward respect for the environment, and promoting local

development. Over the course of 28 years, the Gredos San Diego Cooperative has

achieved the objectives for which it was created and has risen to new challenges with

the creation of the GSD Cooperative Group, designed to generate initiatives within

the framework of social responsibility. It is the largest cooperative in the

Community of Madrid and one of the few currently operating in Spain.

BULGARIAN CHESS FEDERATION TEMPORARILY

DISQUALIFIES FM BORISLAV IVANOV FOR AN

INVESTIGATION

The website of the Bulgarian Chess Federation announced that,

at the reunion of the Board members, it was decided to

disqualify FM Borislav Ivanov for a period of 4 months.

Ivanov has been suspected of cheating over the past months

and faced numerous accusations after he has shown great play

against high level players and achieved impressive results at

both national and international tournaments.

At several occasions, Grandmasters claimed that Ivanov's play was based on first line

by "Houdini" and "Rybka", and refused to show up at their games against the

Bulgarian. The Bulgarian Chess Federation will start an investigation of his games

and tournaments played in the period of the last 9 months.

Ivanov himself rejects all the charges, explaining his outstanding play as a result of

hard work and trainings. He was searched at one of the tournaments, but no

evidence of the accusations could be found. Thus, it can be stated that the decision

regarding the temporary disqualification of Ivanov was merely taken on the basis of

aroused suspicions.

Source of the information: http://chess-news.ru