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© Ecuonline.net Page 1
NEWSLETTER 134 (October 29, 2013)
NOVY BOR AND MONTE CARLO NEW EUROPEAN CLUB
CHAMPIONS
Chess Club G-Team Novy Bor from
Czech Republic in Men's Group and
Cercle d'Echecs de Monte Carlo are the
winners of the 29th European Chess
Club Cup, which was held in Rhodes
19-27 October, 2013, in Rodos Palace.
Novy Bor defeated Minsk in the last round with 4.5-1.5, and with 6 wins, including
the victory against last year's champion SOCAR, and one draw with Russian
Malachite, they won the title with one point ahead.
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Second place went to Malachite, who assured the silver medal with 4-2 win in the
last round against Rostov. Bronze medal went to SOCAR, who tied with Saint
Petersburg and Clichy Echecs 92, but due to the better tie-break they took the medal.
In Women's Section CE de Monte Carlo defended the title and became the
Cahmpion for the fifth time. This great achievement was possible thanks to the great
team Monte Carlo has: Hou Yifan, Humpy Koneru, Anna Muzychuk, Pia Cramling
and Almira Skripchenko. They won all their matches and with 14 points they
assured the title even one round before the end.
Final ranking after 7 rounds – first 10 positions – OPEN
Rk. FED Team TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5
1 CZE G-Team Novy Bor 13 236 29 181 165
2 RUS Malachite 12 211 32 152 125
3 AZE SOCAR 11 244 29 180 137
4 FRA Clichy Echecs 92 11 206 29 169 126.8
5 RUS Saint-Petersburg 11 200 29 166 123
6 RUS Ugra 10 204 29 175 118
7 RUS PGMB-Rostov 10 196 28 169 108
8 BLR Minsk 10 187 28 151 96.5
9 SUI Reichenstein SSB 10 175 29 135 84
10 ITA O.R. Padova 10 168 24 183 125
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Silver went to Ugra with 10 points, and bronze went to another Russian team SHSM
Nashe Nsledie, who tied with Mika for the third place, but thaks to the better tie-
break they won the medal.
Final ranking after 7 rounds – WOMEN Rk. FED Team TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5
1 MNC Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo 14 155 24 104 104
2 RUS Ugra 10 89.5 16 110 71
3 RUS SHSM Nashe Nasledie 9 108 19 98 51
4 ARM Mika Chess Club 9 104 16 97.5 58
5 ROU CS Politechnica-Antibiotice Iasi 7 102 17 107 43
6 LTU MRU - Vilniaus Fortas 7 56 14 73 22
7 SRB Jelica PEP 6 72.5 15 79 21
8 SRB Chess Club BAS 6 67.5 12 92 26
9 ITA Fischer Chieti 5 31 11 85 12
10 BIH "Rudar" Prijedor 3 24.5 7.5 76.5 4
11 AUT ASVOE Pamhagen 1 23 4 78 0
Official website: http://euro2013.chessdom.com
FIRST OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT OF THE PROGRAM “CHESS
IN SCHOOL” HELD IN SLIVNITSA
School "St. St. Cyril and Methodius"to be twinned with a Spanish school from
Vigo, Galicia in order to develop the program of the European Chess Union
On 23rd of October, 2013 at the school
"St. St. Cyril and Methodius", Slivnitsa,
was held the first official chess
tournament of the program "Chess in
School" of the European Chess Union.
The best players among the students
who have chosen to study chess as a
subject according to the project of the
European Chess Union showed their knowledge and strength in seven rounds rapid
chess.
The competition was held in two age categories - 2nd - 4th grade and 5th - 7th
grade. The winners are as follows:
- 2nd - 4th grade: 1. Rosen Videnov 2. Elina Vangelova 3.Vanyo Nikolov
- 5th - 7th grade: 1. Dimitar Krastanov 2. Konstantin Petrov 3. Alexander Pavlov
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The tournament was held under the auspices of the European Chess Union and was
officially opened by the Mayor of Slivnitsa Mr. Vasko Stoilkov, the ECU Press
Director Mr. Boyko Hristov and the Executive Director of the local chess club
"Slivnishki geroi", Mr. Emil Mladenov.
On 26th of October, 2012 the ECU President Silvio Danailov officially opened the
first school chess year in 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 School”.
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” and others.
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Impressed by the introduction of chess as a subject in school "St. St. Cyril and
Methodius" influential German public television station ZDF sent a team of
journalists in the city and broadcast a great story about an interesting initiative.
Twinning between the school in Slivnitsa and a Spanish school from Vigo, Galicia in
order to cooperate according to the ECU program "Chess in School" is imminent in
the near future. The twinning will provide possibilities for realization of many very
interesting initiatives such as online events and tournaments, exchange of visits,
development of joint projects for European funding and many others.
Official website: www.ecuonline.net
GUIDO NEUBERGER WINS THE LIECHTENSTEIN NATIONAL
CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2013
Guido Neuberger (SUI, ELO-2096) won the Liechtenstein
National Chess Championship 2013 with final result of 4
points out of 5 and better tie-break than the second in the
ranking CM Marcel Mannhart (LIE, ELO-2070). Third was
CM Andras Guller (LIE, ELO-2093) – 3.5/5.
The Liechtenstein National Chess Championship was held on October 18-20, 2013 in
Bendern.
Chief-Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the Liechtenshtein Chess Federation,
was IA Albert Baumberger, the average ELO – 1940.
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Final Ranking after 5 rounds Rk. Title Name Rtg FED Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1 Neuberger Guido 2096 SUI 4 15 9 12.3
2 CM Mannhart Marcel 2070 LIE 4 12 7 7.5
3 CM Guller Andràs 2093 LIE 3.5 9.5 5 6
4 Frick Renato 1990 LIE 3 14 8.5 5.5
5 FM Kock Hans-Uwe 2001 LIE 3 11 6 4
6 Heinzelmann Herbert 1838 SUI 2.5 14 9 4.5
7 Schädler Martin 1949 LIE 2.5 13 8 4.75
8 Studer Kurt 1726 LIE 1.5 12 7.5 2.75
9 Döserich Reinhard 1701 SUI 1 14 8 0.5
Official website: www.schach.li
KLAUS SCHWARZMEIER WINS THE AUSTRIAN BLITZ
CHAMPIONSHIP 2013
Klaus Schwarzmeier (GER, ELO-2104) won the Austrian
Blitz Chess Championship 2013 with 11 points out of 13.
Second finished Alman Durakovic (BIH, ELO-2236) with
the same result. Third was FM Engelbert Schöppl (AUT-
ELO-2142) with 9 points.
The Austrian Blitz Chess Championship was held on 26th
of October in Salzburg.
Chief-Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the Austrian Chess Federation, was
IA Gerhard Herndl. The average ELO rating was 1706. Thirty eight players
competed for the title.
Final Ranking after 13 rounds – first 10 positions
Rk. Title Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1 Schwarzmeier Klaus GER 2104 11 103 86 82.8
2 Durakovic Alman BIH 2236 11 101 85 77
3 FM Schöppl Engelbert AUT 2142 9 105 89 69.3
4 MK Spiesberger Gerhard AUT 2051 8.5 104 88 65.3
5 Grausgruber Rene AUT 1804 8.5 103 88 61
6 Kücher Wolfgang AUT 2045 8 101 86 58.8
7 Misciasci Alessandro ITA 1945 8 95 80 49.5
8 Hamzic Vahidin AUT 1939 8 94 79 55.3
9 Cardaklija Mirsad BIH 1979 7.5 99.5 86 50.8
10 CM Maierhofer Johann AUT 2123 7.5 96.5 82 50.5
Official website: www.chess.at
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VLADIMIR BEZNOSIKOV WINS RUSSIAN SENIOR CHESS
CHAMPIONSHIP 2013
Vladimir Beznosikov (ELO-2290) won
the Russian Senior Chess Championship
with final result of 7 points out of 9.
Second finished Yurij Balashov (ELO-
2435) on a half point distance from the
winner. Third was Yurij Gorshkov
(ELO-2266) – 6.5/9.
The Russian Senior Chess Championship was held on October 15-25, 2013. Chief-
Arbiter was V. Miakutin. One hudred and six chess players took part in the
competition for the title.
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Final Ranking after 9 rounds – first 10 poisitons Rk. Name Rtg. Pts. TB1
1. Vladimir Beznosikov 2290 7 50.5
2. Yurij Balashov 2435 6.5 49.5
3. Yurij Gorshkov 2266 6.5 46.5
4. A.Filipenko 2288 6.5 45.5
5. V.Karasev 2377 6.5 45.5
6. A.Vul 2288 6.5 43.5
7. I.Dmitriev 2285 6.5 43
8. E.Vasiukov 2457 6 52
9. G.Tunik 2423 6 48.5
10. A.Zaharov 2356 6 47.5
Official website: http://ruchess.ru