Appartiene anche lui alla ristretta cerchia di “Rising Stars” per le quali è già stata pronunciata la fatidica frase: “un giorno potrebbe diventare Campione del Mondo”.

Sanan in posa tra i suoi trofei

Si tratta di Sanan Sjugirov, 17enne (è nato il 31 gennaio 1993 in un villaggio vicino nientemeno che ad Elista in Calmucchia!, dal 2007 però vive a Lipetsk in Russia, più vicino a Mosca che ad Elista, soprattutto per essere più facilmente seguito dal suo allenatore, il GM ucraino Andrej Zontakh che da alcuni risiede appunto a Lipetsk) carico di titoli giovanili e che ora sta cominciando a farsi valere anche nelle massime competizioni open.

La carriera di Sanan comincia presto. Nel 2001 vince il primo Campionato Russo Under8 (con 8.5 su 9), nel 2002 è la volta del Campionato Russo Under10.

Il piccolo Sanan con uno dei suoi allenatori

Chiaro che con simili credenziali non può fallire fuori dalla Russia e infatti nel 2003 diventa Campione del Mondo Under10; nel 2004 e nel 2005 vince il Campionato Europeo Under12, nel 2007 l’Under14; di nuovo Campione del Mondo nel 2007 tra gli Under14. A 15 anni compie l’impresa di vincere il Campionato Russo ‘Under20’!

Un ‘palmares’ davvero importante, forse il più ricco in assoluto tra i giovani talenti del Terzo Millennio.

Consegue il titolo di Maestro Internazionale a 13 anni e quello di GM a 15 anni e 10 mesi.

Questo articolo (in russo) presenta anche le difficoltà che spesso devono affrontare questi giovani talenti e le loro famiglie: nel 2006 Sanan ebbe una serie di cattivi risultati (partecipa tra l’altro al “4th Young Stars of the World” non ottenendo nemmeno il 50% dei punti ma battendo Fabiano Caruana), i suoi genitori presero la non facile decisione di trasferirsi a Mosca per meglio farlo seguire da allenatori di spicco, ma il risultato non fu quello desiderato: Sanan non trasse giovamento da quel periodo e quindi venne presa le decisione di fargli frequentare un’altra scuola di scacchi, “Perspektiva” appunto quella di Zontakh a Lipetsk. Altro trasferimento, centinaia di chilometri, per fortuna gli esiti sono stati positivi.

Sanan con il suo attuale allenatore, Andrey Zontakh (foto tal.russia.chess.org)

Raggiunto il titolo di GM, a fine 2008, in occasione del Grand Prix FIDE disputatosi ad Elista, Sanan svolge lo speciale ruolo di commentatore ufficiale del torneo, cosa non da poco per un 15enne che deve giudicare il gioco di alcuni dei protagonisti degli scacchi contemporanei.

Sanan ha affiancato Boris Spassky nei commenti per il pubblico al GP FIDE di Elista

Ormai è pronto per giocare stabilmente con i “grandi”.

Nel marzo 2009 strepitoso Campionato Europeo: 7.5 su 11, con vittorie tra gli altri con Cheparinov (qui la bellissima partita) e van Wely. Nel settembre alla SemiFinale al Campionato Russo centra l’obiettivo, conquistando l’accesso alla SuperFinale con 7 su 11 e vittorie su Kurnosov, Inarkiev, Nepomniachtchi e Motylev! Nella World Cup 2009 però viene subito estromesso da Laurent Fressinet. A fine 2009 partecipa per la prima volta alla SuperFinale del Campionato Russo: 3 su 9 in un torneo fortissimo dove si prende la soddisfazione di battere Svidler (il cui abbandono appare precoce a gran parte degli appassionati che seguono la partita in diretta online, le successive analisi dimostreranno però che Peter non aveva sottovalutato la sua posizione) e Vitiugov.

Uno Svidler perplesso: in effetti la partita con Sanan durerà poco...

Dopo una prestazione non esaltante al Mosca Open, si distingue nel febbraio 2010 all’Aeroflot: 4.5 su 9 nel prestigioso Open A1 con vittorie contro Naiditsch ed Efimenko. Nel marzo 2010 ottiene un soddisfacente risultato al Campionato Europeo: 7 su 11 e vittoria contro Bologan.

foto chesspro.ru

Attualmente si sta ben destreggiando al Campionato del Mondo Under20 in corso a Chotowa in Polonia: il suo principale rivale sembra essere Dmitry Andreikin.

Sjugirov è attualmente impegnato nel Campionato del Mondo Junior 2010 (foto Marek Skrzypczak)

Sanan Sjugirov, medaglia d'argento (dietro Dmitry Andreikin) al Campionato del Mondo Junior 2010 (foto Marek Skrzypczak)

Sanan ha superato nell'ultimo periodo 'quota 2600', ma certo questo livello è solamente una tappa

FIDE Card di Sanan Sjugirov

Si affrontano in matches a squadre molto combattuti fin dal 2001 (ma solo dal 2006 a cadenza annuale), si tratta di due colossi del panorama scacchistico mondiale: Cina e Russia. Stavolta il confronto avviene a Yinzhou, nella Cina più orientale, dal 5 al 15 agosto (l’edizione 2009 si era svolta a Dagomys, sul Mar Nero). Formula di poco cambiata rispetto al solito: cinque partite a cadenza classica per ciascun componente delle due squadre, ben venti ‘rapid’ (e questa è una novità, sono state infatti abolite le blitz). Il confronto, come sempre, avviene sia in campo maschile che femminile.

Queste le formazioni (nome-Elo-posizione in graduatoria nazionale e mondiale):

China Men

Wang Hao      2724      1      22
Wang Yue     2716     2     29
Bu Xiangzi     2676     3     59
Zhou Jinchao     2668     4     68
Ni Hua          2645      5      96

Wang Yue

Wang Hao (foto sports.sina.com.cn)

Zhou Jianchao (foto sports.sina.com.cn)

Bu Xiangzhi (foto sports.sina.com.cn)

Ni Hua (foto sports.sina.com.cn)

China Women

Ju Wenjun      2496      2      18
Tan Zhongqyi     2461     6     36
Huang Qian     2447     7     42
Ding Yixin     2385     10     77
Wang Yu         2369     11     97

Ju Wenjun (foto sports.sina.com.cn)

Xin Ding (foto sports.sina.com.cn)

Wang Yu (foto sports.sina.com.cn)

Russia Men

Malakhov Vladimir      2732      5      17
Vitiugov Nikita     2722     7     24
Timofeev Artem     2690     12     45
Rublevsky Sergei     2688     13     48
Potkin Vladimir     2626     29     130

Vladimir Malakhov (foto sports.sina.com.cn)

Artyom Timofeev (foto sports.sina.com.cn)

Sergey Rublevsky (foto http://blog.sina.com.cn/zhangjilin)

Vladimir Potkin (foto sports.sina.com.cn)

Russia Women

Kosintseva Nadezhda      2551      2      6
Pogonina Natalia     2501     4     15
Gunina Valentina     2462     6     35
Bodnaruk Anastasia     2397     11     68
Kashlinskaya Alina     2352     20     106

Nadezhda Kosintseva (foto sports.sina.com.cn)

Natalia Pogonina

Valentina Gunina (sports.sina.com.cn)

Anastasia Bodnaruk (foto sports.sina.com.cn)

Secondo Pogonina.com (attendibile, visto che Natalia partecipa al confronto) ‘Russia Men’ doveva schierare Motylev in quinta, ma quest’ultimo è stato colpito dall’aviaria (!) e quindi è stato rimpiazzato da Potkin. Come al solito i confronti si preannunciano equilibratissimi.

Un po’ di storia

A dire il vero ci sono precedenti al ciclo di matches iniziato nel 2001. L’imprescindibile Olimpbase ci dice che altri quattro matches (ovviamente tra Unione Sovietica e Cina) si tennero dal 1958 al 1965, quando il gap tra le due realtà scacchistiche era enorme.

Comunque, per attenerci ai confronti più recenti, nel 2001 a Shangai la Russia superò la Cina per 41.5 a 30.5, ma non c’era confronto tra le due formazioni, ciascuna delle quali composta da 6 giocatori, 3 giocatrici e 3 junior: tra i giocatori Dreev, Grischuk, Khalifman, Motylev, Rublevsky e Svidler vs. Xu Jun, Ye Jiangchuan, Zhang Zhong, Peng Xiaomin, Liang Chong, Zhang Pengxiang, tra le giocatrici Kovalevskaya, Stepovaia-Dianchenko, Zimina vs. Wang Lei, Wang Pin, Xu Yuhua e tra gli junior (maschi e femmine) Kosteniuk, Shaposhnikov e Smirnov vs. Bu Xiangzhi, Ni Hua e Xu Yuanyuan.

La Cina si prese qualche anno di riflessione e poi nel 2004 si prese la rivincita (ovviamente a sorpresa, anche perchè il match si disputò a Mosca) battendo la Russia per 37.5 a 34.5 (la sconfitta fu dovuta essenzialmente allo strapotere delle scacchiste cinesi, nella squadra femminile russa si salvò solo la nostra Olga Zimina; tra i maschietti i Russi rischiarono ma i risultati diedero loro ragione: avevano infatti schierarono i 14enni Nepomniachtchi e Andreikin, ma i due, specialmente Nepo, ottennero ottimi risultati).

Terzo confronto nel 2006, che stavolta si disputa a metà strada, in Mongolia a Ergun: i Russi hanno una squadra maschile di tutto rispetto, ma sono ancora le scacchiste cinesi a risultare decisive, imponendo il risultato finale di 31.5 a 28.5 in favore della Cina; nel 2007 si torna in Russia a Nizhniy Novgorod, ma il risultato è ancora favorevole ai Cinesi: 52.5 – 47.5 (men 25.5-24.5, women 27-23).

Edizione 2008 in Cina, a Ningbo: nel computo complessivo del match (secondo i criteri adottati cioè 1 punto assegnato per ogni vittoria di squadra sia in campo maschile che in quello femminile) la Russia s’impone per 3.5 (vittorie nel ‘classico’ femminile, nel ‘rapid’ maschile e nel ‘blitz’ femminile) a 2.5 (vittorie nel ‘classico’ e nel ‘blitz’ maschile; unico pareggio nel ‘rapid’ femminile); se fossero stati presi solo in considerazione i risultati individuali il match sarebbe finito 85.5 a 84.5 sempre per la Russia.

Nel 2009 la sede è quella tradizionale degli incontri a squadre in territorio russo: a Dagomys, vicino a Sochi sul Mar Nero. E’ ancora in vigore il calcolo dell’esito del match in base ai risultati parziali: la Russia si aggiudica complessivamente il match per 3 a 2, le sue vittorie sono tutte al maschile (cadenza classica, rapid e blitz), mentre al Femminile la Cina ha vinto sia nella cadenza classica che blitz, pareggio nel rapid.

Edizione 2010

Sito ufficiale

Partite live (da noi in prima mattinata per quelle a cadenza classica che si disputano dal 5 al 9 agosto; le rapid di disputano dall’11 al 14 agosto, cinque al giorno)

In their annual match, China beat Russia 128-122 this year. On home ground, Yinzhou, Ningbo the Chinese were the strongest over five classical games and twenty rapid games.

Bu Xiangzhi, who scored 4/5 in the classical games, receives the 2010 Yinzhou Cup | Photo courtesy of www.sina.sports.com.cn

The traditional match between China and Russia took place August 4-15 at the New Century Grand Hotel Ningbo in Yinzhou, Ningbo, China. Just like the current NH Tournament, these matches follow a ‘Scheveningen’ format in which all members of each team play all members of the other team once.

In the men’s section, the Chinese team had Bu Xiangzhi (2676), Wang Yue (2716), Wang Hao (2724), Ni Hua (2645) and Zhou Jianchao (2668) versus Vladimir Malakhov (2732), Nikita Vitiugov (2722), Artyom Timofeev (2690), Sergei Rublevsky (2688) and Vladimir Potkin (2626) for Russia.

The women’s section saw the clash between Ju Wenjun (2496) Tan Zhongyi (2461), Huang Qian (2447), Ding Yixin (2385) and Wang Yu A (2369) versus Russians Nadezhda Kosintseva (2551), Natalija Pogonina (2501), Valentina Gunina (2462), Anastasia Bodnaruk (2397) and Alina Kashlinskaya (2352).

In the classical time control, over five rouds the Chinese men beat their Russian opponents 15.5-9.5. The Russian women did better, and won the match 13.5-11.5.

The twenty rounds of rapid were devided over four days. The Chinese men also narrowly won this match, with 51.5-48.5. The Russian women defeated their Chinese opponents with the smallest possible margin: 50.5-49.5. The overall rapid score was China 101, Russia 99 and so the overall match score was China 128, Russia 128.

The total prize fund was US$ 45,000; the men and women team winners took 10,000$ each, non-winners took 5,000$ each.

To change our habits a bit, this time we’ll have a look at one game that resulted in an interesting ending Rook and Pawn versus Queen. It’s quite instructive, since the Black player couldn’t manage to win the game because he didn’t use the Zugzwang theme (enough).

Ni Hua-Timofeev
Ningbo 2010

First we’ll see how this ending appeared: 64…Rb4! 65. a5 Ra4! 66. Rxa4 d1Q 67.Rb4 and now for a long time Timofeev played the strongest moves. 67. Rb4 Qa1 68. Rb5 Kd3 69. Rc5 Kd4 70. Kb6 Qa3 71. Rc7 Qb4+ 72. Ka6 Kd5 73. Rb7 Qa4 74. Kb6 Kd6 75. Rb8 Qc6+ 76. Ka7 Qc7+ 77. Ka6 Qc4+ 78. Kb6 Qd4+ 79. Ka6 Kc7 80. Rb7+ Kc8 81. Rb6 Qd5 82. Rb5 Qd3 83. Kb6

Now Timofeev goes for a move that looks logical, but in fact slows down the winning process: 83…Kb8?! Instead, 83… Qd6+ 84. Ka7 Qc7+ 85. Ka6 Qc4! 86. Kb6 Kd7!

87. Rc5 (87.a6 allows mate in one) 87…Qb4+ 88. Rb5 Qd4+ 89. Kb7 Qc4 90. Rb6 Qd5+ 91. Ka6 Kc7!

and White loses the rook because of Zugzwang, e.g. 92. Rb2 Qa8+ 93. Kb5 Qb8+. The game continued 84. Rc5 Qd7 85. Rc6 Qd8+ 86. Kb5 Qd5+ 87. Kb6 Qe4 88. Kb5 Qb1+ 89. Kc5 Ka7 90. a6

90…Qf5+?! Here strong was 90… Qd3! 91. Rd6 Qe4! 92. Rc6 Qe5+ 93. Kc4 Kb8! 94. Kb4 Qd5 95. Rc5

and now 95…Qd6 already wins the a-pawn. The game ended in a draw on move 113. Below are all classical games of the men’s section; as always all games are available for download below.

Classical games (men)

Game viewer by ChessTempo

Links

• Official website
• Games in PGN: Standard, Women Standard, Rapid, Women Rapid via TWIC

The gap between Magnus Carlsen (2826) and Veselin Topalov (2803) has increased to 23 points on the July 1 FIDE rating list. The Norwegian won 13 points whereas the Bulgarian dropped 9. Third is World Champion Viswanathan Anand, now with 2800 points exactly. Wang Yue dropped from 8th to 28th.

FIDE has published its July 1st rating list and since all the big events were entered in time, there’s no difference between the official top 10 and the “live” top 10 of Hans Arild Runde (which you can also find in the far right column on this website). In fact there aren’t very big changes in the top 10 compared to the previous list either.

Carlsen’s fine victory in Romania last week got him another 13 rating points and because Topalov lost 9 points in his match with Anand, the gap between the world’s number one and two is now 23 points. Those 9 points went to Anand, who thereby surpassed Kramnik to regain the 3rd spot, at a nice 2800 precisely.

At the Kings’ Tournament Gelfand lost twice to Radjabov; the two switched places on the rankings between spots 10 and 13. Malakhov and Navara are in the top 20 on this list – the latter thanks to a stunning 8.5/9 at the Czech Championship.

Vugar Gashimov, who was still 7th in the world on the January 2010 list, dropped further to a 26th spot. The biggest skydive was performed by Wang Yue, who lost 36 points and went down from 8th to 28th. Winning 16 points, Wang Hao surpassed him to become China’s number one at 2724.

After entering the top 100 on the May list, Anish Giri won 30 more points to climb to a 62nd place at 2672, but the highest rated Dutch player is Loek van Wely with five points more. Ivan Cheparinov is back in the top 100 with 2661.

The women’s list is still very stable, with very few changes in the top 10. Judit Polgar again didn’t play, but Humpy Koneru did. The Indian lost 22 points at the 3rd FIDE Grand Prix in Nalchik and so the gap increased from 60 to 82 points. Below you’ll find the new top 100, the top 100 women, the top 20 juniors and the top 20 girls. We give the first two lists including the changes with the previous lists.

FIDE JULY 2010 RATING LIST: TOP 100 PLAYERS
Legend:
black color – player remained on the same position
green color – player moved up in the list
red color – player moved down in the list
blue color – player is new to the current Top list
Old represents player’s position in the previous period list

Rank		Old	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games
	1	1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2826 (+13)	10 (+10)
	2	2	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2803 (-9)	12 (+2)
	3	4	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2800 (+11)	13 (+11)
	4	3	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2790 (0)	0 (0)
	5	5	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2783 (0)	0 (-10)
	6	6	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2761 (-2)	13 (+9)
	7	7	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2760 (0)	0 (-18)
	8	9	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2755 (+4)	16 (-4)
	9	10	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2749 (+7)	7 (-3)
	10	13	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2748 (+8)	23 (+23)
	11	14	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2747 (+8)	11 (+4)
	12	12	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2739 (-2)	25 (+15)
	13	11	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2739 (-2)	23 (+7)
	14	18	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2734 (+1)	23 (+16)
	15	15	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2734 (-1)	18 (+3)
	16	16	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2734 (-1)	13 (+13)
	17	22	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	2732 (+10)	16 (+4)
	18	24	Navara, David	g	CZE	2731 (+13)	9 (-15)
	19	19	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2729 (-4)	10 (+6)
	20	21	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2726 (+1)	27 (+17)
	21	23	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	2724 (+2)	36 (+26)
	22	30	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2723 (+13)	12 (-3)
	23	25	Movsesian, Sergei	g	SVK	2723 (+6)	2 (-33)
	24	32	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	2722 (+15)	18 (0)
	25	29	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2720 (+10)	11 (-14)
	26	17	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	2719 (-15)	17 (+3)
	27	20	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	2717 (-8)	2 (-9)
	28	8	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	2716 (-36)	29 (+22)
	29	28	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2716 (+3)	10 (+10)
	30	27	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2715 (0)	0 (0)
	31	36	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2713 (+11)	10 (+1)
	32	26	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	2710 (-5)	17 (+6)
	33	31	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	2708 (0)	0 (-18)
	34	42	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2706 (+11)	20 (0)
	35	41	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2706 (+9)	15 (-4)
	36	38	Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	2701 (+2)	21 (+12)
	37	40	Nielsen, Peter Heine	g	DEN	2700 (+2)	2 (-7)
	38	39	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	2699 (0)	0 (-3)
	39	57	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2697 (+22)	21 (0)
	40	45	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	2697 (+8)	8 (-20)
	41	35	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	2697 (-6)	4 (-26)
	42	64	Bologan, Viktor	g	MDA	2695 (+27)	28 (+7)
	43	37	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2691 (-9)	23 (+3)
	44	43	Akopian, Vladimir	g	ARM	2691 (-3)	13 (+2)
	45	54	Timofeev, Artyom	g	RUS	2690 (+13)	18 (0)
	46	48	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2690 (+5)	14 (+5)
	47	53	Efimenko, Zahar	g	UKR	2689 (+12)	10 (-19)
	48	34	Rublevsky, Sergei	g	RUS	2688 (-16)	13 (+4)
	49	49	Miroshnichenko, Evgenij	g	UKR	2686 (+2)	10 (+6)
	50	33	Motylev, Alexander	g	RUS	2685 (-19)	14 (-7)
	51	47	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	2684 (-2)	18 (-16)
	52	59	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	ROU	2683 (+11)	21 (+2)
	53	58	Riazantsev, Alexander	g	RUS	2682 (+8)	15 (-5)
	54	50	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2682 (0)	0 (0)
	55	46	Le, Quang Liem	g	VIE	2681 (-6)	9 (-4)
	56	44	Sasikiran, Krishnan	g	IND	2679 (-11)	9 (+3)
	57	84	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2677 (+24)	27 (+14)
	58	51	Bu, Xiangzhi	g	CHN	2676 (-5)	26 (+23)
	59	74	Georgiev, Kiril	g	BUL	2675 (+13)	13 (-11)
	60	67	So, Wesley	g	PHI	2674 (+9)	18 (+18)
	61	55	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	2673 (-4)	16 (+5)
	62	97	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2672 (+30)	25 (+1)
	63	70	Najer, Evgeniy	g	RUS	2672 (+9)	12 (-16)
	64	61	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	2671 (+2)	13 (-5)
	65	56	Berkes, Ferenc	g	HUN	2670 (-6)	8 (-11)
	66	77	Smeets, Jan	g	NED	2669 (+10)	9 (+3)
	67	86	Zhou, Jianchao	g	CHN	2668 (+16)	35 (+31)
	68	65	Grachev, Boris	g	RUS	2668 (+1)	13 (-4)
	69	78	Khismatullin, Denis	g	RUS	2667 (+10)	9 (-9)
	70	62	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2667 (-2)	7 (-10)
	71	90	Fedorchuk, Sergey A.	g	UKR	2665 (+19)	27 (+14)
	72	75	Sutovsky, Emil	g	ISR	2665 (+4)	20 (+9)
	73	71	Areshchenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2664 (+1)	1 (-21)
	74	72	Bareev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2663 (0)	0 (-11)
	75	73	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	g	POL	2663 (0)	0 (-5)
	76	52	Kurnosov, Igor	g	RUS	2662 (-18)	9 (-19)
	77	101	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	2661 (+21)	7 (-4)
	78	69	Volokitin, Andrei	g	UKR	2661 (-3)	4 (-21)
	79	81	Dreev, Alexey	g	RUS	2660 (+5)	33 (+12)
	80	85	Mamedov, Rauf	g	AZE	2660 (+7)	10 (-1)
	81	87	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	2657 (+8)	6 (-7)
	82	89	Zhigalko, Sergei	g	BLR	2656 (+9)	8 (-12)
	83	79	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	g	RUS	2656 (0)	0 (-18)
	84	60	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	g	IND	2655 (-17)	9 (+9)
	85	63	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	g	CUB	2653 (-15)	10 (-17)
	86	95	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	2650 (+7)	10 (+5)
	87	-	Gharamian, Tigran	g	FRA	2650 (+)	9 (+)
	88	-	Meier, Georg	g	GER	2648 (+)	13 (+)
	89	88	Kobalia, Mikhail	g	RUS	2648 (0)	0 (-20)
	90	76	Harikrishna, P.	g	IND	2646 (-14)	18 (+18)
	91	-	Smirin, Ilia	g	ISR	2646 (+)	16 (+)
	92	92	Socko, Bartosz	g	POL	2646 (+2)	9 (-9)
	93	66	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	2645 (-22)	35 (+28)
	94	82	Fridman, Daniel	g	GER	2645 (-9)	23 (-13)
	95	68	Roiz, Michael	g	ISR	2645 (-19)	11 (-16)
	96	94	Milov, Vadim	g	SUI	2644 (0)	0 (0)
	97	100	Gustafsson, Jan	g	GER	2643 (+3)	11 (-13)
	98	-	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	g	BLR	2642 (+)	31 (+)
	99	83	Sokolov, Ivan	g	BIH	2641 (-13)	25 (0)
	100	-	Macieja, Bartlomiej	g	POL	2639 (+)	16 (+)

FIDE JULY 2010 RATING LIST: TOP 100 WOMEN

Rank		Old	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games
	1	1	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2682 (0)	0 (0)
	2	2	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2600 (-22)	11 (+11)
	3	3	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2577 (-12)	36 (+24)
	4	7	Kosintseva, Tatiana	g	RUS	2562 (+28)	11 (0)
	5	4	Stefanova, Antoaneta	g	BUL	2560 (0)	0 (-16)
	6	5	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	m	RUS	2551 (-2)	10 (-1)
	7	9	Lahno, Kateryna	g	UKR	2535 (+8)	4 (+1)
	8	8	Muzychuk, Anna	m	SLO	2527 (-2)	21 (-1)
	9	12	Cmilyte, Viktorija	m	LTU	2527 (+13)	7 (-17)
	10	10	Sebag, Marie	g	FRA	2519 (-5)	7 (-7)
	11	11	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	g	RUS	2519 (0)	0 (-6)
	12	6	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2517 (-19)	25 (+4)
	13	13	Chiburdanidze, Maia	g	GEO	2514 (0)	0 (0)
	14	18	Harika, Dronavalli	m	IND	2504 (+13)	29 (+20)
	15	14	Pogonina, Natalija	wg	RUS	2501 (0)	0 (-6)
	16	16	Zhukova, Natalia	g	UKR	2499 (0)	0 (-17)
	17	25	Dzagnidze, Nana	g	GEO	2498 (+20)	23 (+12)
	18	15	Ju, Wenjun	wg	CHN	2496 (-4)	26 (+26)
	19	22	Xu, Yuhua	g	CHN	2488 (+4)	2 (0)
	20	20	Paehtz, Elisabeth	m	GER	2485 (0)	0 (-30)
	21	19	Galliamova, Alisa	m	RUS	2482 (-5)	9 (+9)
	22	28	Ruan, Lufei	wg	CHN	2480 (+6)	6 (+5)
	23	21	Socko, Monika	g	POL	2477 (-8)	4 (-17)
	24	41	Krush, Irina	m	USA	2476 (+21)	24 (+1)
	25	27	Zhu, Chen	g	QAT	2476 (0)	12 (+12)
	26	23	Hoang Thanh Trang	g	HUN	2474 (-8)	11 (0)
	27	31	Dembo, Yelena	m	GRE	2470 (0)	0 (-11)
	28	30	Zatonskih, Anna	m	USA	2470 (0)	0 (-27)
	29	24	Javakhishvili, Lela	m	GEO	2469 (-13)	9 (-2)
	30	26	Mkrtchian, Lilit	m	ARM	2468 (-9)	11 (0)
	31	32	Ushenina, Anna	m	UKR	2468 (0)	0 (-15)
	32	34	Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman	m	IND	2466 (0)	0 (0)
	33	35	Gaponenko, Inna	m	UKR	2465 (0)	0 (-20)
	34	17	Zhao, Xue	g	CHN	2462 (-31)	26 (+18)
	35	39	Gunina, Valentina	wg	RUS	2462 (+5)	9 (-6)
	36	37	Tan, Zhongyi	wg	CHN	2461 (-3)	26 (+24)
	37	36	Skripchenko, Almira	m	FRA	2458 (-6)	8 (-9)
	38	45	Hunt, Harriet V	m	ENG	2454 (+2)	10 (+10)
	39	43	Muzychuk, Mariya	m	UKR	2452 (0)	0 (-32)
	40	46	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	g	SCO	2451 (+2)	9 (-7)
	41	40	Polgar, Sofia	m	HUN	2450 (-7)	5 (+5)
	42	51	Huang, Qian	wg	CHN	2447 (+10)	17 (+14)
	43	48	Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina	m	RUS	2447 (0)	0 (-16)
	44	38	Rajlich, Iweta	m	POL	2446 (-14)	6 (-16)
	45	49	Atalik, Ekaterina	m	TUR	2444 (0)	0 (-5)
	46	47	Khurtsidze, Nino	m	GEO	2443 (-5)	18 (+7)
	47	33	Melia, Salome	m	GEO	2442 (-24)	17 (-3)
	48	50	Moser, Eva	m	AUT	2440 (0)	0 (-32)
	49	44	Shen, Yang	wg	CHN	2435 (-17)	13 (+10)
	50	52	Repkova, Eva	m	SVK	2434 (0)	0 (-29)
	51	56	Houska, Jovanka	m	ENG	2433 (+16)	12 (-5)
	52	29	Danielian, Elina	m	ARM	2431 (-42)	11 (-1)
	53	62	Khotenashvili, Bela	m	GEO	2423 (+13)	18 (-2)
	54	65	Matnadze, Ana	m	GEO	2422 (+13)	9 (-1)
	55	59	Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	m	MGL	2421 (+8)	11 (-2)
	56	57	Peptan, Corina-Isabela
http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/carlsen-23-points-ahead-of-topalov/
Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:50:48 +0000
Karjakin wins on tiebreak in Poikovsky
He needed a little help from his opponent in the last round, but after winning the ACP World Rapid Cup Sergey Karjakin also managed to finish first in Poikovsky. Finishing with three out of three, Viktor Bologan also scored 7/11, but the Moldav GM had a slightly worse tiebreak. The 11th edition of the tournament named after 12th World Champion Anatoly Karpov took place June 2-13 in Poikovsky, Russia. For the first time the tournament had not 10, but 12 players. See our first report for more info. Rounds 9-11 In round 9 Vitiugov managed to surprise Rublevsky in the opening – in a well-known QGA position. Vitiugov-Rublevsky White went 6.d5!? and after 6…b5 7.Bb3 exd5 (7…c4 8.dxe6! Qxd1+ 9.Bxd1) 8.Bxd5 Ra7 9.e4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Nc6 12.O-O Be6 13.a4 Black fell into a trap with the careless 13…Be7? Can you see how? See the game viewer below. Karjakin couldn’t beat Onischuk, who defended a rook ending superbly. After reaching the following position, the American easily found a few only moves. Karjakin-Onischuk 72…Kf4! 73.Ra4+ Kf3 74.Ra3+ Kf4 75.Kc6 g5 76.Kd5 g4 77.Ra4+ Kf3 78.Ke5 g3 79.Ra3+ Kg4 80.Kf6 and Karjakin offered a draw. Without Black’s f-pawn the ending is lost, but with it it’s a draw, the reason being that it protects the black king from a check on f8! Fireworks in the following game. Sutovsky-Vitiugov White couldn’t resist the temptation and went 22.Rxf7!? Qxf7 23.Bxg6 and here Black should have given back a piece with 23…Qf6!! 24.Be4+ Qg5 25.Bxc7 Qxg3 26.Bxg3. Instead, after 23…Qf2+ 24.Qxf2 Rxf2 25.Kxf2 Rf8+ with 26.Kg1 White could have kept an advantage. But Sutovsky missed another trick by playing 26.Kg3? – can you see what was wrong with that move? Karjakin had been under pressure in a Winawer French, but again luck was not on Sutovsky’s side. Karjakin-Sutovsky By now the ending should end in a draw, but with 47…Rh3? Black didn’t give his rook enough checking distance. 47…Kd6 48.Kf5 Rf1+ is equal. 48.g5! Kd6 49.Kf5 and White won. After two strong wins Bologan got yet another full point in a bishop ending against last year’s winner Motylev, who this time finished at the bottom of the standings. Bologan-Motylev Black erred with 61…f4? (61…g5! is a draw) 62.Bc3+ Kg5 63.Bxg7 Kxh5 64.Bd4 Kh4 65.Bc5 Bb8 66.Kd4 Kg5 67.d6 a5 68.Kd5 a4 69. Bb6 1-0 Karpov Tournament (Poikovsky) 2010 | Round 11 (Final) Standings Games rounds 9-11 Game viewer by ChessTempo Links Official website Games in PGN via TWIC
http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/karjakin-wins-on-tiebreak-in-poikovsky/
Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:26:16 +0000
Poikovsky: Jakovenko in sole lead
Dmitry Jakovenko leads the Karpov tournament in Poikovsky with 5.5/8. In round 8 he beat Alexander Motylev with Black, while co-leader Alexander Riazantsev lost to Sergey Karjakin with the white pieces in a spectacular game. The top seed is now half a point behind the leader. The 11th edition of the tournament named after 12th World Champion Anatoly Karpov takes place June 2-13 in Poikovsky, Russia. For the first time the tournament has not 10, but 12 players. See our first report for more info. Rounds 7-8 In our previous report we complained a little bit about the many (short) draws in Poikovsky, but there’s no reason to be unhappy about what happened on Wednesday and Thursday. Many great fights, and three black victories in the last round, brought Jakovenko in sole lead. The following game was an interesting draw. Vitiugov-Riazantsev White should be winning. However, after 32.Bxf8 Black managed to complicate matters with 32…Rb3!? 33.Qa5 (33.Qc5!) 33…Bd3+! 34.Rxd3 Rxd3 and now instead of 35.Bh6! White went 35.Qa6? gxf5! and Black saved himself. Yesterday Riazantsev wasn’t so lucky anymore against Karjakin, who managed to defend against a strong, prepared piece sacrifice. Riazantsev-Karjakin White came up with 12.Nf5!?. Karjakin took the knight, defended by playing his king to the queenside and all the way to d2 and eventually won! Karpov Tournament (Poikovsky) 2010 | Round 8 Standings Games rounds 7-8 Game viewer by ChessTempo Links Official website Games in PGN via TWIC
http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/poikovsky-jakovenko-in-sole-lead/
Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:24:07 +0000
Poikovsky chess LIVE! - Round 7 with Jakovenko and Riazantsev as leaders
The 11th International Poikovsky chess tournament is taking place from 31st May to 14th June, 2010. After six rounds Jakovenko and Riazantsev are leading the standings ahead of Sutovski, Karjakin, and Vitiugov. Round 7 is today, follow the live games with analysis at Chessdom Chessbomb live platform.
http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2010/poikovski-chess-2010-round-7
Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:59:09 +0200
Poikovsky: Bologan, Jakovenko, Karjakin, Riazantsev on 1.5/2
Viktor Bologan, Dmitry Jakovenko, Sergei Karjakin and Alexander Riazantsev started with one draw and one win at the Karpov tournament in Poikovsky, Russia. The other participants are Ivan Sokolov, Emil Sutovsky, Alexander Onischuk, Baadur Jobava, Sergei Rublevsky, Arkadij Naiditsch, Nikita Vitiugov and Alexander Motylev. The 11th edition of the tournament named after 12th World Champion Anatoly Karpov takes place June 2-13 in Poikovsky, Russia. For the first time the tournament now has not 10, but 12 players. In this round-robin of 11 rounds, the rest day is on June 8th. Poikovsky is located in the Nefteyugansk region of the Khanty-Mansiysk autonomous area. It’s about 150km eastern of Khanty-Mansiysk. Its name comes from the nearby river Poyka. The population is close to 30,000 people and the main economic drive is the extraction of oil and gas. Eleven years ago local authorities decided that a big chess tournament would do the region well. A year later a chess school for children was opened, like the tournament named after Anatoly Karpov. This year the chess school celebrated its 10th anniversary on June 1st, International Children’s Day. The festivities were opened by Karpov himself. In the 11th tournament there are two players who never missed a single event in Poikovsky: Bologan and Onischuk. Jobava, Karjakin and Vitiugov make their debut this year. Motylev is defending his 2009 title. Evgeny Surov posted a first photo report on Chesspro, where many players can be seen planting a tree in Poikovsky, including Anatoly Karpov himself. Top seed this year is Sergei Karjakin, who just finished the ACP World Rapid Cup successfully a few days ago. He and the other finalist in Odessa, Dmitry Jakovenko, started with 1.5/2, and so did Viktor Bologan and Alexander Riazantsev. Karpov Tournament (Poikovsky) 2010 | Round 2 Standings Games rounds 1-2 Game viewer by ChessTempo Links Official website Games in PGN via TWIC
http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/poikovsky-bologan-jakovenko-karjakin-riazantsev-on-1-52/
Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:03:37 +0000
11th Poikovsky round 2
Round 2 Jakovenko, Dmitry - Jobava, Baadur : 1 - 0 Riazantsev, Alexander - Sutovsky, Emil : 0,5 - 0,5 Karjakin, Sergey - Naiditsch, Arkadij : 1 - 0 Vitiugov, Nikita - Bologan, Viktor : 0,5 - 0,5 Motylev, Alexander - Sokolov, Ivan : 0,5 - 0,5 Onischuk, Alexander - Rublevsky, Sergei : 0,5 - 0,5 Round 1 Bologan, Viktor - Sokolov, Ivan : 1 - 0 Sutovsky, Emil - Jakovenko, Dmitry : 0,5 - 0,5 Onischuk, Alexander - Motylev, Alexander : 0,5 - 0,5 Jobava, Baadur - Karjakin, Sergey : 0,5 - 0,5 Naiditsch, Arkadij - Vitiugov, Nikita : 0,5 - 0,5 Rublevsky, Sergei - Riazantsev, Alexander : 0 - 1 Standings
http://www.usefulchess.com/others/poikovsky.html
Thu, 03 Jun 2010 23:39:02 +0200
11° torneo Karpov Poikovsky, dopo 4 turni in testa Jakovenko e Karjakin
Dopo 4 turni conducono con 3 punti i favoriti Karjakin e Jakovenko con 3 punti. Ecco il campo partenti di questa fortissima competizione, che rende omaggio ad Anatoly Karpov e che prevede un round robin con 12 giocatori: GM Sergey Karjakin (RUS 2739) GM Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS 2725) GM Nikita Vitiugov (RUS 2707) GM Sergei Rublevsky (RUS 2704) GM Alexander Motylev (RUS 2704) GM Alexander Riazantsev (RUS 2674) GM Viktor Bologan (MDA 2668) GM Alexander Onischuk (USA 2699) GM Baadur Jobava (GEO 2715) GM Arkadij Naiditsch (GER 2686) GM Emil Sutovsky (ISR 2661) GM Ivan Sokolov (BIH, 2654) Quarto turno Jakovenko, Dmitry - Bologan, Viktor 1-0 58 E21 Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3 Karjakin, Sergey - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 44 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin Riazantsev, Alexander - Naiditsch, Arkadij ½-½ 36 D37 QGD 5.Bf4 Motylev, Alexander - Vitiugov, Nikita ½-½ 16 C11 French Defence Rublevsky, Sergei - Sutovsky, Emil ½-½ 85 B84 Sicilian Scheveningen Onischuk, Alexander - Jobava, Baadur ½-½ 24 D56 Queens Gambit Lasker’s Defence Terzo turno Sutovsky, Emil - Onischuk, Alexander 1-0 26 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence Bologan, Viktor - Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ 16 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation Naiditsch, Arkadij - Jakovenko, Dmitry ½-½ 34 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin Jobava, Baadur - Riazantsev, Alexander ½-½ 18 A18 English Opening Rublevsky, Sergei - Motylev, Alexander ½-½ 14 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin Sokolov, Ivan - Vitiugov, Nikita ½-½ 40 E46 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein Secondo turno: Jakovenko, Dmitry - Jobava, Baadur 1-0 50 D53 Queens Gambit Karjakin, Sergey - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1-0 36 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin Riazantsev, Alexander - Sutovsky, Emil ½-½ 37 D93 Gruenfeld 5.Bf4 Vitiugov, Nikita - Bologan, Viktor ½-½ 45 E53 Nimzo Indian Motylev, Alexander - Sokolov, Ivan ½-½ 28 C64 Ruy Lopez Classical Onischuk, Alexander - Rublevsky, Sergei ½-½ 32 D20 QGA Ecco il primo turno: Bologan, Viktor - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 45 C64 Ruy Lopez Classical Jobava, Baadur - Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ 38 D15 Slav Defence Naiditsch, Arkadij - Vitiugov, Nikita ½-½ 33 C11 French Defence Onischuk, Alexander - Motylev, Alexander ½-½ 44 D45 Anti-Meran Variations Sutovsky, Emil - Jakovenko, Dmitry ½-½ 58 D31 Semi-Slav Defence Rublevsky, Sergei - Riazantsev, Alexander 0-1 56 C07 French Tarrasch Rublevsky - Riazantsev Il bianco ha appena giocato 49.h4 creando la possibile minaccia Dh8 matto, illudendosi di tenere legato il nero, che però vince con 49…Da1+ 50.Rg2, Ce1+ 51.Rg3, Dxa3+ 52.Rf4, Dc3! mettendo sotto controllo e5 e minacciando la semplice Cg2 matto 53.Df8+, Rh5 54.f3, Cg2+ 55.Rg3, Dxf3+ 56.Rh2, Cf4 con matto imparabile Le partite in diretta con aiuto del motore qui: http://livechess.chessdom.com/site/
http://soloscacchi.altervista.org/?p=9742
Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:00:21 +0000
Surfing On the Net - Giugno
GIUGNO Poikovsky RUSSIA. Si svolge dal 2 al 14 Giugno il fortissimo 11° Karpov Tournament. 6 dei 12 giocatori sono over 2700! Tra i nomi più prestigiosi troviamo i tre nazionali russi Karjakin (fresco campione del mondo RAPID), Jakovenko, Vitiugov e il Georgiano  Jobava (medaglia d'oro Olimpica nel 2004 e Vicecampione Olimpico con la sua nazionale a Dresda nel 2008). A chiudere il lotto dei partecipanti c'è Ivan Sokolov, forte GM che negli ultimi mesi ha vinto l'Open di Rejkiavik, battuto Caruana all'Europeo e organizzato il recente e prestigiosissimo Bosna Open... Nome Titolo NAZ Elo Anno Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2739 1990 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2725 1983 Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2715 1983 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2707 1987 Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2704 1979 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2704 1974 Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2699 1975 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2686 1985 Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2674 1985 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2668 1971 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2661 1977 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2654 1968 Sito Ufficiale [Darkstorm– 01-06] Xinghua-Cina - E' in corso il Campionato Cinese che quest'anno si svolge a Xinghua dal 24 Maggio al 4 Giugno. Torneo che vede partecipare i più forti giocatori del Paese tra cui i nazionali Bu, Ni Hua e Wang Hao.Presente anche Ding Liren che l'anno scorso vinse a sorpresa il Campionato.Quest'anno invece è il GM Li Shilong (classe '77) a soprendere, infatti dopo 7 turni è primo con Bu a quota 5. Nel femminile è invece Ju Wenjun (2500) in testa con 6 su 7. CLASSIFICHE DOPO 7 TURNI Campionato Cinese Maschile , Xinghua (CHN) cat. XIII (2561) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 1. Li Shilong g CHN 2514 * . 0 . 1 0 . 1 1 1 . 1 5 2744 2. Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2681 . * ½ ½ . . ½ 1 . ½ 1 1 5 2683 3. Ni Hua g CHN 2667 1 ½ * ½ . 1 ½ . . . 0 1 4½ 2608 4. Zhou Jianchao g CHN 2652 . ½ ½ * . . 1 ½ 0 1 1 . 4½ 2660 5. Wang Hao g CHN 2722 0 . . . * 1 ½ ½ . ½ 1 ½ 4 2538 6. Ding Liren g CHN 2547 1 . 0 . 0 * ½ 1 . ½ . ½ 3½ 2558 7. Zhang Ziyang m CHN 2422 . ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * . ½ . ½ . 3 2550 8. Hou Yifan g CHN 2589 0 0 . ½ ½ 0 . * 1 . . 1 3 2532 9. Zhou Weiqi g CHN 2585 0 . . 1 . . ½ 0 * ½ 1 0 3 2453 10. Li Chao b g CHN 2619 0 ½ . 0 ½ ½ . . ½ * ½ . 2½ 2476 11. Lu Shanglei CHN 2349 . 0 1 0 0 . ½ . 0 ½ * . 2 2463 12. Ji Dan CHN 2379 0 0 0 . ½ ½ . 0 1 . . * 2 2457 Campionato Cinese Femminile cat. V (2373) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 1. Ju Wenjun CHN 2500 * . ½ 1 . . 1 ½ 1 . 1 1 6 2646 2. Huang Qian wg CHN 2437 . * ½ 1 1 0 . ½ 1 1 . . 5 2532 3. Wang Yu A m CHN 2337 ½ ½ * . ½ 1 ½ . . ½ ½ . 4 2456 4. Ding Yixin wf CHN 2327 0 0 . * 0 1 . . 1 1 1 . 4 2452 5. Zhao Xue g CHN 2493 . 0 ½ 1 * . 1 . 0 1 . 0 3½ 2339 6. Tan Zhongyi CHN 2464 . 1 0 0 . * ½ . 0 . 1 1 3½ 2348 7. Shen Yang wg CHN 2452 0 . ½ . 0 ½ * 1 . . ½ 1 3½ 2373 8. Gu Xiaobing wg CHN 2361 ½ ½ . . . . 0 * 1 0 ½ ½ 3 2305 9. Zhang Xiaowen wm CHN 2426 0 0 . 0 1 1 . 0 * 1 . . 3 2349 10. Wang Doudou CHN 2216 . 0 ½ 0 0 . . 1 0 * . 1 2½ 2263 11. Zhang Jilin wg CHN 2280 0 . ½ 0 . 0 ½ ½ . . * ½ 2 2216 12. Wang, Jue CHN 2180 0 . . . 1 0 0 ½ . 0 ½ * 2 2237 VISORE WANG HAO LI SHILONG, in testa con 5 su 7 DING LIREN, Campione 2009 Ju Wenjun, in testa con 6 su 7 Sito Ufficiale [Darkstorm– 01-06] Avellino - E' in corso di svolgimento il 2° Festival Internazionale "Torre di Bisaccia".  Ai nastri di partenza dell'Open A ci sono ben sei GM: Epishin, Tratatr, Kosic, Lazic, Naumkin e Sanchez. Completano il lotto dei giocatori titolati otto MI, tra i quali spicca il nome di Pierluigi Piscopo, quattro MF e la WFM Maria De Rosa. La manifestazione si disputa dal 29 maggio al 2 giugno ed è suddivisa in tre Open nei quali partecipano complessivamente 110 giocatori. Il montepremi è di 7.970 euro, 900 dei quali andranno al vincitore dell'Open A . Open A, migliori 20 iscritti per elo (50 partecipanti) 1 Epishin Vladimir GM 2611 2 Tratar Marko GM 2507 3 Kosic Dragan GM 2501 4 Lazic Miroljub GM 2494 5 Salvador Roland IM 2485 6 Naumkin Igor GM 2480 7 Sanchez Joseph GM 2478 8 Laketic Gojko IM 2453 9 Piscopo Pierluigi IM 2426 10 Dragojlovic Andjelko IM 2403 11 Kizov Atanas IM 2394 12 Aleksic Nenad IM 2372 13 Vuelban Virgilio IM 2369 14 Seletsky Grigory FM 2337 15 Gromovs Sergejs FM 2319 16 Martorelli Antonio IM 2259 17 Passerotti Pierluigi FM 2258 18 Caprio Guido -- 2224 19 Fiore Mario FM 2223 20 Quimi Marco -- 2163 Vladimir Epishin, numero uno del tabelonne Pierluigi Piscopo, il miglior italiano nel ranking di partenza   la WFM Maria De Rosa   una panoramica della sede di gioco sito ufficiale [Megalovic– 29-05]
http://www.scacchierando.net/dblog/articolo.asp?articolo=1872
2010-05-31T13:59:00+01:00
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( 3-7/6 ) ?? ??????? ??????????? ?? ???? ???-???? 4 ???????? ??: Levon Aronian Boris Gelfand Francisco Vallejo Leinier Dominguez ???? ?????????? ??????????? ??? 4 ???????? ?? ????? ?????? 20'+10''. ?? ????????? ????????? ????????? ?????? 5?????? ?????? ??? ?? ??? ???????? ?????????? http://www.elajedrezdelfuturo.com/ * ????? ???? ????? ??? 9 ??? 22 ??????? ?? ??????? ??: Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 2748 Dominguez Perez, Leinier CUB 2713 Alekseev, Evgeny RUS 2700 Short, Nigel D ENG 2686 Nepomniachtchi, Ian RUS 2656 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro CUB 2641 ??? ?? ?????? ????? ??? 45? Capablanca Memorial. http://www.capablanca.co.cu/?q=node/911 * ??????? ??? ?????????? ??? ??? ?????? ?? ????????????? ???? 11/6 ??: Malakhov, Vladimir 2722 RUS Sargissian, Gabriel 2677 ARM Caruana, Fabiano 2675 ITA Cheparinov, Ivan 2640 BUL Salgado Lopez, Ivan 2606 ESP Cramling, Pia 2536 SWE Perez Candelario, Manuel 2527 ESP Cori T, Deysi 2409 PER ????? ???? ?? ????????? ?? 4? ??????? ???????? 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http://skakistiko.blogspot.com/2010/05/blog-post_434.html
Wed, 26 May 2010 08:20:00 +0000
Eljanov is Ukraine’s number one
Magnus Carlsen (2813) tops the world rankings by one point. On the May 1 FIDE rating list Veselin Topalov has won seven rating points to reach 2812. Vassily Ivanchuk is not the highest rated Ukrainian anymore; Pavel Eljanov confirmed his steady progress and surpassed him to enter the world’s top 10. And Alexei Shirov is back there too. FIDE published its May 1st rating list and this time there’s not a big difference between the official top 10 and the “live” top 10 of Hans Arild Runde (which you can also find in the far right column on this website). Only Anand’s and Topalov’s ratings are different because of the current World Championship match: virtually speaking Topalov has dropped back to 2806 and Anand is just 3.6 points away from the 2800 barrier. The biggest news this time is that Vassily Ivanchuk isn’t Ukraine’s number one player anymore, for the first time in years. Winning another 15 points in 20 games, on the May 2010 list Pavel Eljanov has reached a 9th spot, while Ivanchuk lost seven points and dropped slightly from 11 to 12. With solid results in not so many games Wang Yue climbed from 10 to 8, and the 10th place is now occupied by Alexei Shirov. Boris Gelfand is out of the top 10 again but only lost 9 rating points. Sergey Karjakin might see the first results of his switch of federations and trainers: he climbed from 21 to 14. Alexander Morozevich didn’t play this period but still dropped three places, to 27 now. Anand’s seconds Rustam Kasimdzhanov and Peter Heine Nielsen can be found next to each other on the list: numbers 39 and 40. One of the biggest climbers was Ian Nepomniachtchi, who won no less than 39 points and went up from 78 to 42. Reaching 97, Anish Giri is a top 100 player for the first time. The women’s list has been stable for a long time now, with very few changes in the top 10. Both Judit Polgar and Humpy Koneru didn’t play, so the gap is still 60 points. Below you’ll find the new top 100, the top 100 women, the top 20 juniors and the top 20 girls. We give the first two lists including the changes with the previous lists. All data courtesy of FIDE. FIDE MAY 2010 RATING LIST: TOP 100 PLAYERS Legend: black color – player remained on the same position green color – player moved up in the list red color – player moved down in the list blue color – player is new to the current Top list Old represents player’s position in the previous period list Rank   Old    Name Title Country Rating Games  1  1  Carlsen, Magnus  g  NOR  2813 (0)  0 (-13)  2  2  Topalov, Veselin  g  BUL  2812 (+7)  10 (+10)  3  3  Kramnik, Vladimir  g  RUS  2790 (0)  0 (-13)  4  4  Anand, Viswanathan  g  IND  2789 (+2)  2 (-11)  5  5  Aronian, Levon  g  ARM  2783 (+1)  10 (+1)  6  6  Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar  g  AZE  2763 (+3)  4 (-5)  7  7  Grischuk, Alexander  g  RUS  2760 (+4)  18 (+2)  8  10  Wang, Yue  g  CHN  2752 (+3)  7 (+7)  9  16  Eljanov, Pavel  g  UKR  2751 (+15)  20 (+20)  10  14  Shirov, Alexei  g  ESP  2742 (+5)  10 (-3)  11  9  Gelfand, Boris  g  ISR  2741 (-9)  16 (+9)  12  11  Ivanchuk, Vassily  g  UKR  2741 (-7)  10 (-3)  13  13  Radjabov, Teimour  g  AZE  2740 (0)  0 (-7)  14  21  Karjakin, Sergey  g  RUS  2739 (+14)  7 (-6)  15  8  Svidler, Peter  g  RUS  2735 (-15)  15 (+6)  16  18  Leko, Peter  g  HUN  2735 (0)  0 (-13)  17  12  Gashimov, Vugar  g  AZE  2734 (-6)  14 (+7)  18  15  Ponomariov, Ruslan  g  UKR  2733 (-4)  7 (+7)  19  17  Nakamura, Hikaru  g  USA  2733 (-2)  4 (-17)  20  23  Almasi, Zoltan  g  HUN  2725 (+5)  11 (+2)  21  20  Jakovenko, Dmitry  g  RUS  2725 (0)  10 (-4)  22  22  Malakhov, Vladimir  g  RUS  2722 (+1)  12 (+5)  23  25  Wang, Hao  g  CHN  2722 (+7)  10 (+10)  24  31  Navara, David  g  CZE  2718 (+10)  24 (+24)  25  29  Movsesian, Sergei  g  SVK  2717 (+8)  35 (+25)  26  40  Jobava, Baadur  g  GEO  2715 (+20)  11 (+2)  27  24  Morozevich, Alexander  g  RUS  2715 (0)  0 (-6)  28  27  Dominguez Perez, Leinier  g  CUB  2713 (0)  0 (-13)  29  26  Bacrot, Etienne  g  FRA  2710 (-4)  25 (+6)  30  19  Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime  g  FRA  2710 (-17)  15 (+6)  31  36  Tomashevsky, Evgeny  g  RUS  2708 (+7)  18 (+4)  32  28  Vitiugov, Nikita  g  RUS  2707 (-3)  18 (+3)  33  32  Motylev, Alexander  g  RUS  2704 (-1)  21 (+3)  34  38  Rublevsky, Sergei  g  RUS  2704 (+7)  9 (+1)  35  30  Vallejo Pons, Francisco  g  ESP  2703 (-5)  30 (+20)  36  34  Kamsky, Gata  g  USA  2702 (0)  9 (-19)  37  37  Alekseev, Evgeny  g  RUS  2700 (0)  20 (+11)  38  44  Onischuk, Alexander  g  USA  2699 (+12)  9 (0)  39  35  Kasimdzhanov, Rustam  g  UZB  2699 (-3)  3 (+3)  40  39  Nielsen, Peter Heine  g  DEN  2698 (+1)  9 (+9)  41  33  Adams, Michael  g  ENG  2697 (-7)  19 (+9)  42  78  Nepomniachtchi, Ian  g  RUS  2695 (+39)  20 (+2)  43  43  Akopian, Vladimir  g  ARM  2694 (+6)  11 (+2)  44  46  Sasikiran, Krishnan  g  IND  2690 (+4)  6 (-27)  45  56  Fressinet, Laurent  g  FRA  2689 (+19)  28 (+18)  46  42  Le, Quang Liem  g  VIE  2687 (-2)  13 (-22)  47  41  Naiditsch, Arkadij  g  GER  2686 (-5)  34 (+12)  48  47  Short, Nigel D  g  ENG  2685 (-1)  9 (-4)  49  48  Miroshnichenko, Evgenij  g  UKR  2684 (-2)  4 (+4)  50  51  Polgar, Judit  g  HUN  2682 (0)  0 (0)  51  50  Bu, Xiangzhi  g  CHN  2681 (-1)  3 (-15)  52  54  Kurnosov, Igor  g  RUS  2680 (+6)  28 (+19)  53  -  Efimenko, Zahar  g  UKR  2677 (+)  29 (+)  54  80  Timofeev, Artyom  g  RUS  2677 (+22)  18 (0)  55  53  Sargissian, Gabriel  g  ARM  2677 (+2)  11 (-4)  56  73  Berkes, Ferenc  g  HUN  2676 (+17)  19 (+19)  57  52  Caruana, Fabiano  g  ITA  2675 (-5)  21 (-1)  58  71  Riazantsev, Alexander  g  RUS  2674 (+14)  20 (+11)  59  68  Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter  g  ROU  2672 (+11)  19 (+6)  60  55  Ganguly, Surya Shekhar  g  IND  2672 (0)  0 (-13)  61  63  Inarkiev, Ernesto  g  RUS  2669 (+2)  18 (+9)  62  59  Moiseenko, Alexander  g  UKR  2669 (+1)  17 (+8)  63  -  Bruzon Batista, Lazaro  g  CUB  2668 (+)  27 (+)  64  49  Bologan, Viktor  g  MDA  2668 (-16)  21 (+3)  65  60  Grachev, Boris  g  RUS  2667 (0)  17 (-10)  66  62  Ni, Hua  g  CHN  2667 (0)  7 (-6)  67  64  So, Wesley  g  PHI  2665 (0)  0 (-22)  68  86  Roiz, Michael  g  ISR  2664 (+12)  27 (+21)  69  45  Volokitin, Andrei  g  UKR  2664 (-23)  25 (+16)  70  65  Najer, Evgeniy  g  RUS  2663 (-2)  28 (+10)  71  57  Areshchenko, Alexander  g  UKR  2663 (-7)  22 (+22)  72  61  Bareev, Evgeny  g  RUS  2663 (-4)  11 (-7)  73  70  Wojtaszek, Radoslaw  g  POL  2663 (+3)  5 (-13)  74  58  Georgiev, Kiril  g  BUL  2662 (-7)  24 (+6)  75  89  Sutovsky, Emil  g  ISR  2661 (+11)  11 (-9)  76  69  Harikrishna, P.  g  IND  2660 (0)  0 (-27)  77  87  Smeets, Jan  g  NED  2659 (+8)  6 (-8)  78  76  Khismatullin, Denis  g  RUS  2657 (0)  18 (0)  79  101  Zvjaginsev, Vadim  g  RUS  2656 (+13)  18 (+9)  80  79  Avrukh, Boris  g  ISR  2656 (0)  0 (0)  81  82  Dreev, Alexey  g  RUS  2655 (+2)  21 (+12)  82  90  Fridman, Daniel  g  GER  2654 (+4)  36 (+26)  83  -  Sokolov, Ivan  g  BIH  2654 (+)  25 (+)  84  -  Van Wely, Loek  g  NED  2653 (+)  13 (+)  85  -  Mamedov, Rauf  g  AZE  2653 (+)  11 (+)  86  91  Zhou, Jianchao  g  CHN  2652 (+2)  4 (-5)  87  66  Korobov, Anton  g  UKR  2649 (-14)  13 (+4)  88  -  Kobalia, Mikhail  g  RUS  2648 (+)  20 (+)  89  93  Zhigalko, Sergei  g  BLR  2647 (-1)  20 (-9)  90  92  Fedorchuk, Sergey A.  g  UKR  2646 (-3)  13 (-5)  91  77  Beliavsky, Alexander G  g  SLO  2645 (-12)  25 (+25)  92  -  Socko, Bartosz  g  POL  2644 (+)  18 (+)  93  88  Seirawan, Yasser  g  USA  2644 (-7)  3 (+2)  94  98  Milov, Vadim  g  SUI  2644 (0)  0 (0)  95  96  Andreikin, Dmitry  g  RUS  2643 (-2)  5 (-4)  96  100  Lastin, Alexander  g  RUS  2643 (0)  0 (-9)  97  -  Giri, Anish  g  NED  2642 (+)  24 (+)  98  83  Savchenko, Boris  g  RUS  2642 (-10)  17 (-1)  99  -  Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son  g  VIE  2642 (+)  0 (+)  100  95  Gustafsson, Jan  g  GER  2640 (-6)  24 (+14)  101  75  Cheparinov, Ivan  g  BUL  2640 (-17)  11 (-8)  102  -  Vuckovic, Bojan  g  SRB  2640 (+)  11 (+)  103  -  Sandipan, Chanda  g  IND  2640 (+)  2 (+) FIDE MAY 2010 RATING LIST: TOP 100 WOMEN Rank   Old    Name Title Country Rating Games  1  1  Polgar, Judit  g  HUN  2682 (0)  0 (0)  2  2  Koneru, Humpy  g  IND  2622 (0)  0 (-10)  3  3  Hou, Yifan  g  CHN  2589 (+19)  12 (-6)  4  4  Stefanova, Antoaneta  g  BUL  2560 (+5)  16 (+6)  5  5  Kosintseva, Nadezhda  m  RUS  2553 (-1)  11 (-7)  6  9  Cramling, Pia  g  SWE  2536 (+13)  21 (0)  7  7  Kosintseva, Tatiana  g  RUS  2534 (+10)  11 (-7)  8  6  Muzychuk, Anna  m  SLO  2529 (-4)  22 (+9)  9  10  Lahno, Kateryna  g  UKR  2527 (+9)  3 (+3)  10  12  Sebag, Marie  g  FRA  2524 (+18)  14 (+5)  11  8  Kosteniuk, Alexandra  g  RUS  2519 (-5)  6 (-4)  12  23  Cmilyte, Viktorija  m  LTU  2514 (+29)  24 (+14)  13  11  Chiburdanidze, Maia  g  GEO  2514 (0)  0 (0)  14  16  Pogonina, Natalija  wg  RUS  2501 (+5)  6 (-1)  15  15  Ju, Wenjun  wg  CHN  2500 (0)  0 (-9)  16  17  Zhukova, Natalia  wg  UKR  2499 (+7)  17 (+7)  17  19  Zhao, Xue  g  CHN  2493 (+3)  8 (-10)  18  28  Harika, Dronavalli  m  IND  2491 (+18)  9 (-15)  19  20  Galliamova, Alisa  m  RUS  2487 (0)  0 (-9)  20  22  Paehtz, Elisabeth  m  GER  2485 (-1)  30 (+21)  21  33  Socko, Monika  g  POL  2485 (+20)  21 (+13)  22  26  Xu, Yuhua  g  CHN  2484 (+6)  2 (+2)  23  21  Hoang Thanh Trang  g  HUN  2482 (-5)  11 (+11)  24  14  Javakhishvili, Lela  m  GEO  2482 (-18)  11 (-8)  25  24  Dzagnidze, Nana  g  GEO  2478 (-1)  11 (-9)  26  13  Mkrtchian, Lilit  m  ARM  2477 (-26)  11 (+11)  27  27  Zhu, Chen  g  QAT  2476 (0)  0 (-7)  28  25  Ruan, Lufei  wg  CHN  2474 (-5)  1 (+1)  29  18  Danielian, Elina  m  ARM  2473 (-18)  12 (+10)  30  36  Zatonskih, Anna  m  USA  2470 (+9)  27 (+17)  31  39  Dembo, Yelena  m  GRE  2470 (+13)  11 (+11)  32  44  Ushenina, Anna  m  UKR  2468 (+16)  15 (+15)  33  30  Melia, Salome  m  GEO  2466 (-1)  20 (-11)  34  31  Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman  m  IND  2466 (0)  0 (-11)  35  29  Gaponenko, Inna  m  UKR  2465 (-7)  20 (+15)  36  41  Skripchenko, Almira  m  FRA  2464 (+8)  17 (+17)  37  34  Tan, Zhongyi  wg  CHN  2464 (0)  2 (+2)  38  37  Rajlich, Iweta  m  POL  2460 (+1)  22 (+14)  39  38  Gunina, Valentina  wf  RUS  2457 (0)  15 (-3)  40  40  Polgar, Sofia  m  HUN  2457 (0)  0 (0)  41  35  Krush, Irina  m  USA  2455 (-6)  23 (-1)  42  42  Tairova, Elena  m  RUS  2455 (0)  0 (0)  43  49  Muzychuk, Mariya  m  UKR  2452 (+8)  32 (+19)  44  50  Shen, Yang  wg  CHN  2452 (+8)  3 (+3)  45  43  Hunt, Harriet V  m  ENG  2452 (0)  0 (0)  46  47  Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan  g  SCO  2449 (+2)  16 (+6)  47  56  Khurtsidze, Nino  m  GEO  2448 (+14)  11 (-2)  48  52  Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina  m  RUS  2447 (+9)  16 (+7)  49  48  Atalik, Ekaterina  m  TUR  2444 (-1)  5 (+5)  50  53  Moser, Eva  m  AUT  2440 (+3)  32 (+25)  51  51  Huang, Qian  wg  CHN  2437 (-2)  3 (+3)  52  57  Repkova, Eva  m  SVK  2434 (0)  29 (+29)  53  54  Zhang, Xiaowen  wg &nb   http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/eljanov-is-ukraines-number-one/ Sat, 01 May 2010 08:28:59 +0000       Gold for ShSM-64 at Russian Team Championship Chess Club “64″ from Moscow Saturday won the Russian Team Championship. The event was more or less decided on Friday when they held their main rival St Petersburg to a 3-3 tie. As expected, an easy win against Economist II in the last round secured the gold medals. The 17th Russian Team Championship took place from April 1st to 10th in hotel complex “Dagomys”, close to Sochim Russia. The rate of play was 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 50 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 10 minutes to end the game with 30 seconds increment for each move. The “Premier League” was a single round-robin consisting of ten teams, with no less than three of the nine teams have an average rating of 2700 or higher. The lineups: 1. Economist-SGSEU – 1 (2704) – Wang Yue, Eljanov, Tomashevsky, Alekseev, Ni Hua, Moiseenko, Roiz, Andreikin 2. SPb Chess Fed (2700) – Ivanchuk, Svidler, Vitiugov, Movsesian, Zvjaginsev, Efimenko, Sakaev, Yemelin 3. ShSM-64 (2700) – Gelfand, Karjakin, Wang Hao, Caruana, Grachev, Riazantsev, Najer, Savchenko 4. Yugra (2689) - Grischuk, Jakovenko, Malakhov, Rublevsky, Landa, Sjugirov, Pridorozhni, Kabanov 5. Tomsk-400 (2687) – Ponomariov, Motylev, Bologan, Kurnosov, Inarkiev, Khismatullin, Timofeev, Amonatov 6. Ural (2618) – Nepomniachtchi, Belov, Kobalia, Lysyj, Ponkratov, Deviatkin, Shariyazdanov, Rashkovsky 7. M.Chigorin Chess Club (2584) – Khairullin, Matlakov, Romanov, Popov, Ionov, Shimanov, Anisimov, Levin 8. Etude-Contact (2555) – Khenkin, Rakhmanov, Chadaev, Papin, Krylov, Gabrielian, Chernobay, Orlinkov 9. Economist-SGSEU – 2 (2548) – Kovchan, Evdokimov, Novikov, Dyachkov, Iljushin, Lushenkov, Shukh, Sharafiev 10. BelGU (2493) – Ivanov, Potkin, Gasanov, Panarin, Bryzgalin, Uzhva, Fomichenko, Khoroshilov Rounds 8-9 A day before El Clásico the chess version of the Russian clasico was held in Dagomys, where the teams of Moscow and St Petersburg finally met. But where in football on Saturday night the Bernabeu stadium saw a great match, in which the coastal town defeated the capital 2-0 (with yet again an important role for Lionel Messi), in Dagomys the encounter was disappointing, with short draws on all six boards: Gelfand-Ivanchuk, Karjakin-Svidler, Wang Hao-Vitiugov, Caruana-Movsesian, Grachev-Zvjaginsev and Savchenko-Efimenko. Thus, with a 3-3 match score the capital held on to their 2-point lead in the standings. On the same day there was a small incident in the match Economist 1 vs Chigorin Chess Club. Economist’s board 2 Pavel Eljanov had already left Dagomys, on his way to the German Bundesliga, and apparently because of some sloppy paper work the team couldn’t play with their reserve player. Maxim Matlakov scored a full point for Chigorin without playing, but Economist won the match 3.5-2.5 anyway. On Saturday “64″ crushed Economist 2 with a 1-5 score to claim the gold medals. St Petersburg took silver after a narrow 3.5-2.5 victory over Economist 1. Russian Team Ch 2010 | Premier League | Round 9 Standings Best indivdual perfomances Karjakin (ShSM-64, board 2) – 5½/7 Riazantsev (ShSM-64, boardd 6) – 6/7 Khenkin (Etude-Contact, board 1) – 4/6 Eljanov (Economist-1, board 1) – 5/7 Efimenko (SPb Fed, board 6) – 6/8 Motylev (Tomsk-400, board 2) – 5½/8 Najer (ShSM-64, reserve 1) – 5½/7 Thanks to Chess Today for some of the info. Game selection rounds 8-9 Game viewer by ChessTempo Photos © Eldar Mukhatemov, more here Links Official site All details Live games Games in PGN via TWIC   http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/gold-for-shsm-64-at-russian-team-championship/ Sun, 11 Apr 2010 10:52:37 +0000       Last, decisive weekend Bundesliga This weekend the 14th and 15th round of the Schachbundesliga will be played. At the playing venues Baden-Baden and Bremen most probably it will be decided who will win the championship. Two rounds before the end of the season Baden-Baden, Solingen and Bremen are fighting for the title in the Schachbundesliga. Most probably the following pairings will decide who will win the championship. 14th round: Saturday, April 10, 2010, 2 pm Playing venue Bremen: Werder Bremen – Solingen Playing venue Baden-Baden: OSG Baden-Baden – SV Mülheim Nord These are the four best teams of the league so anything can happen. In the case that two teams have the same team points at the end of the season there will be a tiebreak at the end of April. The board points are not relevant as second criteria for the title. As in the previous rounds the Schachbundesliga publishes the lineups of the teams involved at the venue, where Baden-Baden is playing: 14th round: Saturday, April 10, 2010, 2 pm Playing venue Baden-Baden OSG Baden-Baden SV Mülheim Nord 1 Alexei Shirov 2730* Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2718 2 Etienne Bacrot 2709 Pavel Tregubov 2649 3 Michael Adams 2682 Daniel Fridman 2661 4 Arkadij Naiditsch 2685 Vitali Golod 2602 5 Francisco Vallejo Pons 2696 Alexander Berelowitsch 2551 6 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 2664 Felix Levin 2481 7 Jan Gustafsson 2622 Daniel Hausrath 2528 8 Rustem Dautov 2596 Gerhard Schebler 2486 SK Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim SF Katernberg 1 Viacheslav Ikonnikov 2558 Vladimir Chuchelov 2598 2 Gennadi Ginsburg 2537 Christian Seel 2493 3 Vladimir Gurevic 2470 Klaus Bischoff 2561 4 Vadim Chernov 2433 Ilja Zaragatski 2475 5 Erasmus Gerigk 2335 Sebastian Siebrecht 2456 6 Jörg Schwalfenberg 2317 Christian Scholz 2373 7 Hans-Joachim Vatter 2321 Sarah Hoolt 2225 8 Jean-Luc Roos 2260 Jens Kotainy 2243 *Ratings at the beginning of the season This match and of course all other matches of the Schachbundesliga will be covered live on the internet. At the day of the matches you can get access via the website of the Schachbundesliga. Here are all matches of the 14th and 15th round of the Schachbundesliga. Playing venue Bremen Werder Bremen - SG Solingen Hamburger SK - SC Remagen Playing venue Eppingen SC Eppingen - SV Wattenscheid SG Trier - SK Turm Emsdetten Playing venue Erfurt Erfurter SK - SF Berlin Bayern München - SK König Tegel 15th round: Sunday, April 11, 2010, 10 am Playing venue Baden-Baden SF Katernberg OSG Baden-Baden 1 Vladimir Chuchelov 2598 Alexei Shirov 2730 2 Christian Seel 2493 Etienne Bacrot 2709 3 Klaus Bischoff 2561 Michael Adams 2682 4 Ilja Zaragatski 2475 Arkadij Naiditsch 2685 5 Sebastian Siebrecht 2456 Francisco Vallejo Pons 2696 6 Christian Scholz 2373 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 2664 7 Sarah Hoolt 2225 Jan Gustafsson 2622 8 Jens Kotainy 2243 Rustem Dautov 2596 SV Mülheim Nord SK Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim 1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2718 Viacheslav Ikonnikov 2558 2 Pavel Tregubov 2649 Gennadi Ginsburg 2537 3 Daniel Fridman 2661 Vladimir Gurevic 2470 4 Vitali Golod 2602 Vadim Chernov 2433 5 Alexander Berelowitsch 2551 Erasmus Gerigk 2335 6 Felix Levin 2481 Jörg Schwalfenberg 2317 7 Daniel Hausrath 2528 Hans-Joachim Vatter 2321 8 Gerhard Schebler 2486 Jean-Luc Roos 2260 Playing venue Bremen SG Solingen - Hamburger SK SC Remagen - Werder Bremen Playing venue Eppingen SV Wattenscheid - SG Trier SK Turm Emsetten - SC Eppingen Playing venue Erfurt SF Berlin - Bayern München SK König Tegel - Erfurter SK Live coverage All games of the Schachbundesliga are covered live in the internet. At the particular date of the matches you can get access to the games via this website. Bundesliga 0910 | Current Standings Teams 1. OSC Baden-Baden 1 Anand, Viswanathan GM IND 2788 2 Carlsen, Magnus GM NOR 2772 3 Svidler, Peter GM RUS 2739 4 Shirov, Alexei GM ESP 2732 5 Bacrot, Etienne GM FRA 2721 6 Movsesian, Sergej GM SVK 2716 7 Adams, Michael GM ENG 2699 8 Naiditsch, Arkadij GM GER 2697 9 Vallejo Pons, Francisco GM ESP 2693 10 Nielsen, Peter-Heine GM DEN 2680 11 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter GM ROU 2675 12 Caruana, Fabiano GM ITA 2670 13 Gustafsson, Jan GM GER 2622 14 Dautov, Rustem GM GER 2596 15 Doettling, Fabian GER 2571 16 Schlosser, Philipp GER 2560 17 Dinger, Florian GER 2391 18 Hager, Joshua Aarasch GER 2217 9. SF Katernberg 1 Volokitin, Andrei GM UKR 2678 2 Chuchelov, Vladimir GM BEL 2598 3 Firman, Nazar IM UKR 2571 4 Seel, Christian IM GER 2493 5 Bischoff, Klaus GM GER 2551 6 Halkias, Stelios GM GRE 2564 7 Glek, Igor V GM GER 2528 8 Zaragatski, Ilja IM GER 2472 9 Senff, Martin IM GER 2469 10 Ris, Robert IM NED 2421 11 Thesing, Matthias IM GER 2436 12 Siebrecht, Sebastian GM GER 2458 13 Scholz, Christian IM GER 2373 14 Hoolt, Sarah WIM GER 2240 15 Rosen, Bernd FM GER 2355 16 Geilmann, Ulrich GER 1837 17 Kotainy, Jens GER 2270 2. Werder Bremen 1 Gashimov, Vugar GM AZE 2740 2 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar GM AZE 2717 3 McShane, Luke James GM ENG 2620 4 Eljanov, Pavel GM UKR 2716 5 Efimenko, Zahar GM UKR 2654 6 Fressinet, Laurent GM FRA 2667 7 Meier, Georg GM GER 2658 8 Areshchenko, Alexander GM UKR 2651 9 Roiz, Michael GM ISR 2658 10 Nyback, Tomi GM FIN 2627 11 Hracek, Zbynek GM CZE 2608 12 Babula, Vlastimil GM CZE 2566 13 Llaneza Vega, Marcos IM ESP 2521 14 Fish, Gennadij GM GER 2508 15 Skripchenko, Almira IM FRA 2450 16 Knaak, Rainer GM GER 2484 17 Lichman, Peter GER 2317 10. SK Turm Emsdetten 1 Mchedlishvili, Mikheil GM GEO 2592 2 Giri, Anish GM NED 2518 3 Spoelman, Wouter IM NED 2546 4 Hector, Jonny GM SWE 2556 5 Feygin, Michael IM GER 2546 6 Janssen, Ruud IM NED 2527 7 Cramling, Pia GM SWE 2525 8 Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel GM ESP 2445 9 Brandenburg, Daan IM NED 2463 10 Breder, Dennis IM GER 2435 11 Fiebig, Thomas GER 2426 12 Pruijssers, Roeland IM NED 2401 13 Kabatianski, Alexandr IM GER 2425 14 Richter, Christian FM GER 2417 15 Zumsande, Martin IM GER 2403 16 Bosman, Michiel FM NED 2356 3. SC Eppingen 1 Tiviakov, Sergei GM NED 2674 2 Postny, Evgeny GM ISR 2647 3 Berkes, Ferenc GM HUN 2647 4 Balogh, Csaba GM HUN 2595 5 Gyimesi, Zoltan GM HUN 2591 6 Ruck, Robert GM HUN 2561 7 Acs, Peter GM HUN 2550 8 Braun, Arik GM GER 2529 9 Bindrich, Falko GM GER 2516 10 Medvegy, Zoltan GM HUN 2547 11 Guliyev, Namig GM AZE 2555 12 Muzychuk, Anna IM SLO 2542 13 Paehtz, Elisabeth IM GER 2474 14 Mann, Christian IM GER 2454 15 Vogt, Lothar GM GER 2422 16 Dekan, Hans GER 2179 17 Noe, Christopher GER 1798 11. SF Berlin 1 Nataf, Igor-Alexandre GM FRA 2529 2 Markos, Jan GM SVK 2555 3 Miezis, Normunds GM LAT 2572 4 Lauber, Arnd IM GER 2517 5 Polzin, Rainer GM GER 2491 6 Kraemer, Martin IM GER 2481 7 Schneider, Ilja IM GER 2508 8 Berndt, Stephan IM GER 2442 9 Agopov, Mikail IM FIN 2442 10 Brynell, Stellan GM SWE 2471 11 Thiede, Lars IM GER 2452 12 Thinius, Marco IM GER 2375 13 Degtiarev, Evgeny FM GER 2373 14 Rudolf, Henrik FM GER 2353 15 Wintzer, Joachim Dr. FM GER 2384 16 Lundin, Jan FM SWE 2382 17 Abel, Dennes GER 2328 18 Glantz, Robert GER 2239 4. SV Mülheim-Nord 1 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam GM UZB 2672 2 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime GM FRA 2703 3 Motylev, Alexander GM RUS 2710 4 Tregubov, Pavel V. GM RUS 2652 5 Landa, Konstantin GM RUS 2655 6 Fridman, Daniel GM GER 2665 7 Potkin, Vladimir GM RUS 2619 8 Golod, Vitali GM ISR 2599 9 Malakhatko, Vadim GM BEL 2570 10 Berelovich, Alexander GM GER 2550 11 Levin, Felix GM GER 2491 12 Hausrath, Daniel GM GER 2519 13 Saltaev, Mihail GM UZB 2505 14 Schebler, Gerhard GM GER 2486 15 Litwak, Aleksej FM GER 2268 16 Kaufeld, Juergen FM GER 2274 17 Wittenberg, Andreas GER 2129 18 Kahleys, Kevin GER 1986 12. SG Trier 1 Lupulescu, Constantin GM ROU 2620 2 Bobras, Piotr GM POL 2568 3 Cyborowski, Lukasz GM POL 2498 4 Haslinger, Stewart GM ENG 2538 5 Gordon, Stephen IM ENG 2537 6 Jaracz, Pawel GM POL 2539 7 Erdoes, Viktor GM HUN 2565 8 Flumbort, Andras IM HUN 2507 9 Gonda, Laszlo IM HUN 2499 10 Galyas, Miklos IM HUN 2457 11 Seger, Ruediger IM GER 2405 12 Kolbus, Dietmar IM GER 2383 13 Cioara, Andrei Nestor IM ROU 2437 14 Goriachnik, Dmitry MDA 2324 15 Rat, Dan Ovidiu FM ROU 2315 16 Jeitz, Christian LUX 2221 17 Korman, Maxim GER 2172 5. SG Solingen 1 Stellwagen, Daniel GM NED 2630 2 Smeets, Jan GM NED 2632 3 Nikolic, Predrag GM BIH 2602 4 Buhmann, Rainer GM GER 2603 5 Werle, Jan GM NED 2575 6 Edouard, Romain GM FRA 2597 7 Jussupow, Artur GM GER 2570 8 L'Ami, Erwin GM NED 2593 9 Ragger, Markus GM AUT 2563 10 Ernst, Sipke GM NED 2598 11 Naumann, Alexander GM GER 2522 12 Hoffmann, Michael GM GER 2502 13 Gabriel, Christian GM GER 2507 14 Drabke, Lorenz Maximilian IM GER 2455 15 Wegerle, Joerg IM GER 2430 16 Schaefer, Markus IM GER 2378 17 Hobusch, Alexander GER 2103 18 Hannewald, Anton GER 1931 13. FC Bayern München 1 Bezold, Michael GM GER 2517 2 Bromberger, Stefan IM GER 2510 3 Schenk, Andreas IM GER 2509 4 Marcelin, Cyril GM FRA 2498 5 Boensch, Uwe GM GER 2511 6 Stangl, Markus GM GER 2455 7 Reiss, Tibor IM HUN 2414 8 Renner, Christoph IM GER 2431 9 Belezky, Alexander IM UKR 2446 10 Meissner, Bernd IM GER 2410 11 Meister, Peter IM GER 2396 12 Reich, Thomas IM GER 2368 13 Rodewis, Thomas Dr. GER 2367 14 Unzicker, Ferdinand Dr. GER 2332 15 Deglmann, Ludwig FM GER 2329 16 Lentrodt, Thomas FM GER 2304 17 Jorczik, Julian FM GER 2352 18 Graf, Felix GER 2291 6. Hamburger SK 1 Wojtaszek, Radoslav GM POL 2637 2 Kempinski, Robert GM POL 2601 3 Ghaem, Maghami Ehsan GM IRI 2589 4 Baramidze, David GM GER 2527 5 Adly, Ahmed GM EGY 2548 6 Rogozenco, Dorian GM ROU 2541 7 Hansen, Sune Berg HDEN 2554 8 Rasmussen, Allan Stig GM DEN 2536 9 Ftacnik, Lubomir Dr. GM SVK 2525 10 Mueller, Karsten Dr. GM GER 2523 11 Heinemann, Thies IM GER 2484 12 Chevelevitch, Evgueni Dr. IM GER 2461 13 Reeh, Oliver IM GER 2442 14 Huschenbeth, Niclas IM GER 2416 15 Sebastian, Dirk GER 2443 16 Van Delft, Merijn IM NED 2360 17 Carlstedt, Jonathan GER 2309 18 Bracker, Frank GER 2280 14. Erfurter SK 1 Romanov, Evgeny GM RUS 2589 2 Haba, Petr GM CZE 2533 3 Michiels, Bart IM BEL 2451 4 Kuczynski, Robert GM POL 2505 5 Casper, Thomas IM GER 2395 6 Votava, Jan GM CZE 2561 7 Enders, Peter GM GER 2467 8 Mueller, Matthias IM GER 2410 9 Voekler, Bernd FM GER 2393 10 Schoene, Maria WIM GER 2274 11 Troyke, Christian IM GER 2350 12 Schuetze, Norman GER 2278 13 Brueggemann, Joachim IM GER 2356 14 Krueger, Rainer Dr. GER 2211 15 Troyke, Doreen WFM GER 2105 16 Duzy, Stefan GER 1545 17 Friedt, Marius GER 1885 7. SV Wattenscheid 1 Vitiugov, Nikita GM RUS 2681 2 Najer, Evgeniy GM RUS 2663 3 Macieja, Bartlomiej GM POL 2612 4 Bartel, Mateusz GM POL 2619 5 Czarnota, Pawel GM POL 2530 6 Rustemov, Alexander GM RUS 2532 7 Johannessen, Leif Erlend GM NOR 2553 8 Appel, Ralf GM GER 2552 9 Holzke, Frank Dr. GM GER 2526 10 Handke, Florian GM GER 2513 11 Souleidis, Georgios IM GRE 2435 12 Dinstuhl, Volkmar Dr. IM GER 2417 13 Tereick, Benjamin FM GER 2378 14 Straeter, Timo FM GER 2347 15 Thiel, Thomas FM GER 2280 16 Gohla, Ulf GER 2181 17 Koerber, Matthias GER 1898 15. SK Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim 1 Ikonnikov, Viacheslav GM RUS 2556 2 Svetushkin, Dmitry GM MDA 2607 3 Ginsburg, Gennadi GM GER 2537 4 Gurevic, Vladimir GM UKR 2470 5 Chernov, Vadim IM ROU 2433 6 Solomunovic, Igor IM GER 2421 7 Gerigk, Erasmus FM GER 2335 8 Schwalfenberg, Joerg FM GER 2317 9 Maier, Christian IM GER 2347 10 Vatter, Hans-Joachim FM GER 2302 11 Syska, Albert FM GER 2268 12 Nippgen, Georg GER 2272 13 Roos, Jean-Luc IM FRA 2250 14 Neunhoeffer, Helmut Dr FM GER 2281 15 Pielmeier, Thomas GER 2231 16 Schott, Reimund FRA 2019 8. SC Remagen 1 Ivanchuk, Vassily GM UKR 2703 2 Fedorchuk, Sergey GM UKR 2655 3 Gharamian, Tigran GM FRA 2615 4 Goloshchapov, Alexander GM UKR 2580 5 Parligras, Mircea GM ROU 2557 6 Huebner, Robert Dr. GM GER 2605 7 Degraeve, Jean-Marc GM FRA 2559 8 Dgebuadze, Alexandre GM BEL 2516 9 Mainka, Romuald GM GER 2521 10 Swinkels, Robin IM NED 2516 11 Teske, Henrik GM GER 2536 12 Popovic, Petar GM SRB 2496 13 Polaczek, Richard IM BEL 2381 14 Kipper, Jens GER 2393 15 Schulz, Klaus-Juergen IM GER 2385 16 Bok, Benjamin FM NED 2360 16. SK König Tegel 1 Rabiega, Robert GM GER 2551 2 Stern, Rene IM GER 2498 3 Muse, Mladen GM CRO 2448 4 Von Herman, Ulf IM GER 2400 5 Muse, Drazen IM CRO 2374 6 Fruebing, Stefan FM GER 2305 7 Tomczak, Rainer FM GER 2287 8 Mielitz, Heinz GER 9 Sarbok, Torsten FM GER 2319 10 Breier, Andreas FM GER 2405 11 Giemsa, Stephan FM GER 2301 12 Jahnz, Fabian GER 2191 13 Jaehnisch, Frank GER 2230 14 Roth, Josef GER 2152 15 Schulz, Stefanie GER 2109 16 Rausch, Manfred GER 1689 17 Kachibadze, Georg GER 2224   http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/last-decisive-weekend-bundesliga/ Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:14:37 +0000       64 (Moscow) leads in Dagomys, meets St Petersburg today Chess Club “64″ from Moscow is the favourite to win the Russian Team Championship. The team with Boris Gelfand on first board leads with a 2-point margin. They play their nearest rival today, St Petersburg, whose women’s team won already. Again we selected 14 games and annotated them. The 17th Russian Team Championship takes place from April 1st to 10th in hotel complex “Dagomys”, close to Sochim Russia. Play starts daily at 15:00 local time which is 13:00 CET (GMT/UTC +3) with a rest day on April 6th. The rate of play is 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 50 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 10 minutes to end the game with 30 seconds increment for each move. The “Premier League” is a single round-robin consisting of ten teams, with no less than three of the nine teams have an average rating of 2700 or higher. The lineups: 1. Economist-SGSEU – 1 (2704) – Wang Yue, Eljanov, Tomashevsky, Alekseev, Ni Hua, Moiseenko, Roiz, Andreikin 2. SPb Chess Fed (2700) – Ivanchuk, Svidler, Vitiugov, Movsesian, Zvjaginsev, Efimenko, Sakaev, Yemelin 3. ShSM-64 (2700) – Gelfand, Karjakin, Wang Hao, Caruana, Grachev, Riazantsev, Najer, Savchenko 4. Yugra (2689) - Grischuk, Jakovenko, Malakhov, Rublevsky, Landa, Sjugirov, Pridorozhni, Kabanov 5. Tomsk-400 (2687) – Ponomariov, Motylev, Bologan, Kurnosov, Inarkiev, Khismatullin, Timofeev, Amonatov 6. Ural (2618) – Nepomniachtchi, Belov, Kobalia, Lysyj, Ponkratov, Deviatkin, Shariyazdanov, Rashkovsky 7. M.Chigorin Chess Club (2584) – Khairullin, Matlakov, Romanov, Popov, Ionov, Shimanov, Anisimov, Levin 8. Etude-Contact (2555) – Khenkin, Rakhmanov, Chadaev, Papin, Krylov, Gabrielian, Chernobay, Orlinkov 9. Economist-SGSEU – 2 (2548) – Kovchan, Evdokimov, Novikov, Dyachkov, Iljushin, Lushenkov, Shukh, Sharafiev 10. BelGU (2493) – Ivanov, Potkin, Gasanov, Panarin, Bryzgalin, Uzhva, Fomichenko, Khoroshilov Rounds 6-7 After the rest day on Tuesday, the Russian Team Championship resumed on Wednesday with the 6th round. Co-leader “64″ from Moscow continued strongly with a 4.5-1.5 victory over Economist 1. Karjakin defeated former compatriot Eljanov to reach a score of 4/5. Wang Hao (also 64) beat Tomashevsky and Riazantsev deafeted Ni Hua; the other three games ended in draws, including Gelfand-Wang Yue. St Petersburg lost a tough match against Ural 3.5-2.5, where all games ended in a draw except for Ponkratov-Zvjaginsev, where Black sacrificed a rook on c3 in a Sicilian but couldn’t get enough compensation. The next day 64 won their sixth match, a 1-5 victory over the Chigorin Chess Club, to reach a score of 13 match points. St Petersburg recoved with a narrow 3.5-2.5 win against Yugra, with a theoretically important victory for Ivanchuk against Grischuk’s Najdorf (Poisened Pawn). Russian Team Ch 2010 | Premier League | Round 7 Standings Today, in the 8th round, the big clash between number one “64″ and St Petersburg is scheduled, with the following games: Gelfand-Ivanchuk, Karjakin-Svidler, Wang Hao-Vitiugov, Caruana-Movsesian, Grachev-Zvjaginsev and Savchenko-Efimenko. Number three Economist plays the Chigorin Chess Club. Selection rounds 6-7 Game viewer by ChessTempo In the women’s section the Championship only lasted seven rounds. In the decisive last round, St Petersburg overtook Giprorechtrans with a 2.5-3.5 victory and so the team led by Cmilyte and Socko finished 1 match point ahead. Links Official site All details Live games Games in PGN via TWIC   http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/64-leads-in-dagomys-meets-st-petersburg-today/ Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:44:33 +0000       Campionato russo a squadre: diretta del VIII turno VIII turno  Movsesian - Caruana 1/2 la squadra di Fabiano ad un passo dal titolo domani IX ed ultimo turno Live h. 13 Dopo il turno di riposo concesso dal suo capitano nel settimo turno, Fabiano Caruana torna in pista nell'ottavo e penultimo turno della "Premier League" del Campionato Russo che prevede lo scontro diretto tra la squadra di Fabiano e l'SPb Chess Fed di Ivanchuk e Svidler, sfida che probabilmente sarà decisiva per le sorti di questo Campionato. Il nostro portacolori se la vedrà con il Grande Maestro slovacco Sergei Movsesian.  Nel frattempo si è conclusa l'11esima edizione del Campionato Russo a squadre Femminile che ha visto la vittoria del SPb Chess Fed della Cmilyte e della Socko. Delusione per le favorite della vigilia dell'AVS  (Stefanova, Anna e Mariya Muzycuk e Pogonina), giunte solo terze.  Cmilyte, Socko, Ketevan, Atalik e Bodnaruk, le vincitrici del campionato femminile Movsesian, Sergei (SVK, 2705) -  Caruana, Fabiano (ITA, 2680)   17th Capionato russo a squadre, Premier League. VIII turno. Dagomys (Sochi/Russia), 09.04.2010 1. e4 c5 2. Cf3 d6 3. Ab5+ Ad7 4. Axd7+ Dxd7 5. c4 Cf6 6. Cc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Cxd4 Ag7 9. h3 Dc7 10. b3 Da5 11. Ad2 Cxe4 12. Cxe4 De5 13. Db1 f5 14. Ac3 Dxe4+ 15. Qxe4 fxe4 16. Cb5 Axc3+ 17. Cxc3 Rf8 18. Cxe4 tutto come la Movsesian - Dominguez Perez 1/2 Corus A 2009 18.. Ca6 Dominguez Perez sviluppò il cavallo in c6 . Lo sviluppo del cavallo in a6, anche se dopo qualche mossa, si ebbe nella partita Stevic - Predojevic 1/2, campionato sloveno a squadre del 2009. 19. Td1 Tf5 20. 0-0 adesso con 20...Rd7 si rientrerebbe nella partita del campionato sloveno citata, che subito dopo terminò con una patta d'accordo  1/2 una patta veloce per Fabiano che ha indovinato la preparazione casalinga della partita l'avversario odierno di Caruana VIII turno gli incontri della squadra di Caruana 4   3 [28.5]   ShSM-64 3-3 SPb Chess Fed   [26.5] 6 1 [3.0] 2750 Gelfand, Boris 1/2 Ivanchuk, Vassily 2748 [3.0] 1 2 [4.0] 2725 Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 Svidler, Peter 2750 [3.5] 2 3 [3.0] 2715 Wang, Hao 1/2 Vitiugov, Nikita 2710 [3.5] 3 4 [3.5] 2680 Caruana, Fabiano 1/2 Movsesian, Sergei 2709 [4.5] 4 5 [2.5] 2667 Grachev, Boris 1/2 Zvjaginsev, Vadim 2643 [3.0] 5 8 [3.0] 2652 Savchenko, Boris 1/2 Efimenko, Zahar 2640 [4.5] 6 Classifica dopo 8 turni Place SNo. Team Local Match Points Total vs+ Wins B.1 1 3 ShSM-64 2700 14.0 31.5 8;9;2;10;4;5; 6 4.5 2 4 Economist-SGSEU - 1 2704 12.0 30.5 7;9;2;10;5; 5 6.0 3 6 SPb Chess Fed 2700 12.0 29.5 5;10;7;9;2; 5 4.0 4 2 Yugra 2689 10.0 26.5 9;1;10;5;7; 5 4.5 5 1 Ural 2618 9.0 25.5 10;6;7; 3 5.0 6 8 Tomsk-400 2687 8.0 26.0 10;9; 2 4.5 7 9 Etude-Contact 2555 6.0 22.5 5;7;10; 3 5.0 8 5 M.Chigorin Chess Club 2584 6.0 19.5 7;8;1; 3 3.0 9 7 Economist-SGSEU - 2 2548 3.0 16.5 10; 1 2.5 10 10 BelGU 2493 0.0 12.0 0 1.0 Classifica Finale del campionato femminile Place SNo. Team Local Match Points Total vs+ Wins B.1 1 1 SPb Chess Fed 2461 9.0 15.0 2;3;5;7; 4 4.0 2 7 Giprorechtrans 2409 8.0 13.0 2;4;5; 3 3.0 3 4 AVS 2507 7.0 14.5 1;2;3; 3 4.0 4 6 ShSM 2448 6.0 13.0 5; 1 3.0 5 3 Economist-SGSEU 2446 6.0 11.5 2;5; 2 3.5 6 5 Dvorets 2294 3.0 9.0 4; 1 1.5 7 2 M.Chigorin Chess Club 2296 3.0 8.0 6; 1 2.0 Regolamento I dieci Team si affrontano in un girone all'italiana di sola andata. Le sfide si disputano su sei scacchiere. Calendario si gioca dal 1 al 10 aprile. Unico giorno di riposo il 6. Inizio delle partite previsto per le ore 15 locali (13 in Italia) Tempo di riflessione 100' x 40 mosse + 50' x 20 mosse + 30" di incremento per mosse dalla prima mossa SITI UTILI Articolo di presentazione di Darkstorm Risultati Sito Federazione Scacchistica Russa VISORE   http://www.scacchierando.net/dblog/articolo.asp?articolo=1792 2010-04-09T12:00:00+01:00       St Petersburg and Moscow lead at Russian Team Ch The team of the St Petersburg Chess Federation and Chess Club “64″ from Moscow are sharing the lead at the Russian Team Championship. After five rounds the two teams scored 9 match points. We selected 14 games and annotated many of them. The 17th Russian Team Championship takes place from April 1st to 10th in hotel complex “Dagomys”, close to Sochim Russia. Play starts daily at 15:00 local time which is 13:00 CET (GMT/UTC +3) with a rest day on April 6th. The rate of play is 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 50 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 10 minutes to end the game with 30 seconds increment for each move. The “Premier League” is a single round-robin consisting of ten teams, with no less than three of the nine teams have an average rating of 2700 or higher. The lineups: 1. Economist-SGSEU – 1 (2704) – Wang Yue, Eljanov, Tomashevsky, Alekseev, Ni Hua, Moiseenko, Roiz, Andreikin 2. SPb Chess Fed (2700) – Ivanchuk, Svidler, Vitiugov, Movsesian, Zvjaginsev, Efimenko, Sakaev, Yemelin 3. ShSM-64 (2700) – Gelfand, Karjakin, Wang Hao, Caruana, Grachev, Riazantsev, Najer, Savchenko 4. Yugra (2689) - Grischuk, Jakovenko, Malakhov, Rublevsky, Landa, Sjugirov, Pridorozhni, Kabanov 5. Tomsk-400 (2687) – Ponomariov, Motylev, Bologan, Kurnosov, Inarkiev, Khismatullin, Timofeev, Amonatov 6. Ural (2618) – Nepomniachtchi, Belov, Kobalia, Lysyj, Ponkratov, Deviatkin, Shariyazdanov, Rashkovsky 7. M.Chigorin Chess Club (2584) – Khairullin, Matlakov, Romanov, Popov, Ionov, Shimanov, Anisimov, Levin 8. Etude-Contact (2555) – Khenkin, Rakhmanov, Chadaev, Papin, Krylov, Gabrielian, Chernobay, Orlinkov 9. Economist-SGSEU – 2 (2548) – Kovchan, Evdokimov, Novikov, Dyachkov, Iljushin, Lushenkov, Shukh, Sharafiev 10. BelGU (2493) – Ivanov, Potkin, Gasanov, Panarin, Bryzgalin, Uzhva, Fomichenko, Khoroshilov Rounds 4-5 The 4th round saw a tough fight between reigning champions Tomsk-400 and St Petersburg which ended in 3-3. Ponomariov defeated Ivanchuk on board one, but Tomsk’s Movsesian beat Kurnosov to level the score. Ural and Economist also drew 3-3, while “64″ defeated Yugra 2-4. In round 5 “64″ continued strongly with a 5-1 victory over BelGu while St Petersburg won 3.5-2.5 against Etude-Contact. Tomsk-400 was held 3-3 by Economist-2. Today is a rest day in Dagomys. In round 6 St Petersburg meets Ural, while “64″ plays Economist 1. The 8th round will see the clash between the current leading teams. Russian Team Ch 2010 | Premier League | Round 5 Standings Selection of games & fragments Game viewer by ChessTempo Links Official site All details Live games Games in PGN via TWIC   http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/st-petersburg-and-moscow-lead-at-russian-team-ch/ Tue, 06 Apr 2010 10:10:40 +0000       Die Russischen Mannschaftsmeisterschaften in Dagomys Vom 31. März bis 11. April führt der russische Schachverband seine Mannschaftsmeisterschaften durch. Austragungsort ist wie in den vergangenen Jahren das Hotel Dagomys in Sotschi am Schwarzen Meer. Zehn Mannschaften bilden das Feld in der Premier League. Parallel wird auch noch ein Turnier für die zweite Liga sowie die Mannschaftsmeisterschaften der Frauen mit sieben Teams gespielt. Nach drei Runden führt in der Premier League die Mannschaft SPb Chess Fed (Ivanchuk, Swidler, Vitiugov, Movsesian, etc.) mit drei Siegen. Bei der Frauenmeisterschaft führt Giprorechtrans das Feld an. Turnierseite... Teams, Tabellen, Partien...   http://chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=10229 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT       A game of kings Working on an update of the Russian Team Championship, we came across a marvelous game. A game between two current Russian kings of chess: Ian Nepomniachtchi, the reigning European Champion, and Alexander Grischuk, the winner of the Amber Blindfold tournament. Besides, in this game both kings played an important role. Enjoy a thorough analysis. The 17th Russian Team Championship takes place from April 1st to 10th in hotel complex “Dagomys”, close to Sochim Russia. Play starts daily at 15:00 local time which is 13:00 CET (GMT/UTC +3) with a rest day on April 6th. The rate of play is 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 50 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 10 minutes to end the game with 30 seconds increment for each move. The “Premier League” is a single round-robin consisting of ten teams, with no less than three of the nine teams have an average rating of 2700 or higher. The lineups: 1. Economist-SGSEU – 1 (2704) – Wang Yue, Eljanov, Tomashevsky, Alekseev, Ni Hua, Moiseenko, Roiz, Andreikin 2. SPb Chess Fed (2700) – Ivanchuk, Svidler, Vitiugov, Movsesian, Zvjaginsev, Efimenko, Sakaev, Yemelin 3. ShSM-64 (2700) – Gelfand, Karjakin, Wang Hao, Caruana, Grachev, Riazantsev, Najer, Savchenko 4. Yugra (2689) - Grischuk, Jakovenko, Malakhov, Rublevsky, Landa, Sjugirov, Pridorozhni, Kabanov 5. Tomsk-400 (2687) – Ponomariov, Motylev, Bologan, Kurnosov, Inarkiev, Khismatullin, Timofeev, Amonatov 6. Ural (2618) – Nepomniachtchi, Belov, Kobalia, Lysyj, Ponkratov, Deviatkin, Shariyazdanov, Rashkovsky 7. M.Chigorin Chess Club (2584) – Khairullin, Matlakov, Romanov, Popov, Ionov, Shimanov, Anisimov, Levin 8. Etude-Contact (2555) – Khenkin, Rakhmanov, Chadaev, Papin, Krylov, Gabrielian, Chernobay, Orlinkov 9. Economist-SGSEU – 2 (2548) – Kovchan, Evdokimov, Novikov, Dyachkov, Iljushin, Lushenkov, Shukh, Sharafiev 10. BelGU (2493) – Ivanov, Potkin, Gasanov, Panarin, Bryzgalin, Uzhva, Fomichenko, Khoroshilov Photos © Eldar Mukhatemov, more here After three rounds Yugra (Khanty-Masniysk) and the team of the St Petersburg Chess Federation lead with three victories; the latter has collected most board points so far. Russian Team Ch 2010 | Premier League | Round 3 Standings Below is the game we mentioned in the lead of the article. A great fight. Nepomniachtchi-Grischuk Russian Team Ch (02) 2010 Game viewer by ChessTempo Links Official site All details Live games Games in PGN via TWIC   http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/a-game-of-kings/ Sun, 04 Apr 2010 09:17:56 +0000       17th Russian Team Championship starts Today the 17th Russian Team Championship takes off. In the mens’ section ten teams play a round-robin of nine rounds; the women’s section has seven teams. Favourites in the men’s section are Economist (with Wang Yue and Eljanov on top boards), 64 (with Gelfand and Karjakin), St Petersburg (with Ivanchuk and Svidler) and reigning champs Tomsk-400 (with Ponomariov and Motylev). The Russian Team Championship takes place from April 1st to 10th with a rest day on the 6th. The men’s section has a “Major League” and a “Premier League”; the women’s section is called “Major League” as well. The Premier League has been put back from seven rounds last year to nine rounds this year. The championship takes place in Sochi, Russia – the city where the 2nd FIDE Grand Prix tournament was held, and which has been selected to be the host of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in 2014. It’s a resort city situated in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, just north of the northern Republic of Georgia border and the southern Russian border fronting the Black Sea. The championship is held in hotel complex “Dagomys”. Dagomys is a microraion of Sochi, located about 18 km north of the city centre. It’s known for its resorts, vacation spots and tea plantations. It was developed as a resort since before the Russian Revolution, when a botanical garden was founded by order of Nicholas II. The hotel complex was opened there in 1982. In the Premier League no less than three of the nine teams have an average rating of 2700 or higher. The lineups: 1. Economist-SGSEU – 1 (2704) – Wang Yue, Eljanov, Tomashevsky, Alekseev, Ni Hua, Moiseenko, Roiz, Andreikin 2. SPb Chess Fed (2700) – Ivanchuk, Svidler, Vitiugov, Movsesian, Zvjaginsev, Efimenko, Sakaev, Yemelin 3. ShSM-64 (2700) – Gelfand, Karjakin, Wang Hao, Caruana, Grachev, Riazantsev, Najer, Savchenko 4. Yugra (2689) - Grischuk, Jakovenko, Malakhov, Rublevsky, Landa, Sjugirov, Pridorozhni, Kabanov 5. Tomsk-400 (2687) – Ponomariov, Motylev, Bologan, Kurnosov, Inarkiev, Khismatullin, Timofeev, Amonatov 6. Ural (2618) – Nepomniachtchi, Belov, Kobalia, Lysyj, Ponkratov, Deviatkin, Shariyazdanov, Rashkovsky 7. M.Chigorin Chess Club (2584) – Khairullin, Matlakov, Romanov, Popov, Ionov, Shimanov, Anisimov, Levin 8. Etude-Contact (2555) – Khenkin, Rakhmanov, Chadaev, Papin, Krylov, Gabrielian, Chernobay, Orlinkov 9. Economist-SGSEU – 2 (2548) – Kovchan, Evdokimov, Novikov, Dyachkov, Iljushin, Lushenkov, Shukh, Sharafiev 10. BelGU (2493) – Ivanov, Potkin, Gasanov, Panarin, Bryzgalin, Uzhva, Fomichenko, Khoroshilov The women’s section has seven teams this year. The strongest teams are SPb Chess Fed (with Cmilyte, Socko and Arakhamia-Grant), Economist-SGSEU (Zhao Xue, Ushenina), AVS (Stefanova, Muzychuk) and ShSM (Kosteniuk, Kovalevskaya). Apparently the Kosintseva sisters don’t participate. Play starts 15:00 local time which is 13:00 CET (GMT/UTC +3). The rate of play is 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 50 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 10 minutes to end the game with 30 seconds increment for each move. Links Official site All details Live games Games in PGN via TWIC   http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/17th-russian-team-championship-starts/ Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:35:12 +0000       Caruana nel Campionato a squadre Russo 2010 ! Caruana nel Campionato Russo a Squadre! Sarà possibile ammirare dal 1 aprile a Dagomys, nei pressi di Sochi sul Mar Nero, la "Premier League" del Campionato Russo a squadre (10 team), competizione di livello assoluto che per il secondo anno consecutivo annovera tra i propri protagonisti il nostro Fabiano Caruana, una delle punte del team di ShSM-64. In squadra con lui ci saranno campioni del calibro di Gelfand e Karjakin, l'italiano in terza e poi Wang Hao e Grachev. Jakovenko,campione 2009 come prima scacchiera del Tomsk-400, è passato invece nella squadra di Ugra dove milita anche Malakhov. Quest'ultimo  russo sta attraversando un buon periodo di forma, infatti si è messo in mostra nelle ultime uscite ed in particolare nella recente World Cup arrivando fino alle fasi finali. Tra le favorite vanno sicuramente citate l'Ural (con Grischuk e Shirov) e San Pietroburgo (con Ivanchuk e Svidler). Tra i giovani russi si segnala Vitiugov (San Pietroburgo) e Tomashevsky (Ekonomist) che hanno contribuito fortemente alla vittoria della Russia al recente Mondiale a Squadre. Il loro apporto è stato fondamentale per riportare la loro nazionale ad una medaglia d'oro dopo alcuni anni di cocenti delusioni. In quell'occasione inoltre hanno sfoderato anche alcune partite di bellezza assoluta. Tra i possibili protagonisti da tenere d'occhio anche il teenager Sjugirov, ormai qualcosa in più di una promessa. Tornando a Fabiano va ricordato che l'anno scorso fu il miglior giocatore in termini di perfomance, infatti giocando in terza e quarta scacchiera realizzò un ottimo 5 su 6  ottenendo una perfomance pari a 2856 punti elo. Purtroppo la sua squadra vide svanire i sogni di vittoria facendolo riposare all'ultimo turno e la ShSM-64 perse contro SPbChFed a causa della sconfitta in ultima scacchiera dove Efimenko(SPbChFed) ebbe la meglio su Savchenko(ShSm-64). Classifica finale 2009: 1 Tomsk-400 11.0 23.5 2 ShSM-64 9.0 24.5 3 Ural 9.0 24.0 4 Economist-SGSEU - 1 9.0 23.5 5 SPbChFed 8.0 23.0 6 TPS 6.0 20.5 7 Eurasia-Logistic 4.0 19.5 8 M.Chigorin CC 0.0 9.5 Ad impreziosire la manifestazione ci saranno come al solito altri due tornei in contemporanea:la "Higher League" e il Campionato a squadre femminile, entrambi a 7 squadre. Probabilmente sarà possibile seguire alcune fasi del Campionato Femminile sul blog della Kosteniuk e sul suo canale youtube (http://www.youtube.com/user/chessqueen). Caruana premiato nel 2009 Riportiamo ora la composizione dei team, anche se da oggi all' 1 Aprile potrebbero ancora avere luogo dei piccoli cambiamenti. Premier League Ekonomist SGSEU-1 (Saratov): Alexander Morozevich Wang Yue Ni Hua Pavel Eljanov Evgeny Tomashevsky Evgeny Alekseev Michael Roiz Dmitry Andreikin Alexander Morozevich Ural (Sverdlovsk): Alexander Grischuk Alexei Shirov Emil Sutovsky Evgeny Bareev Alexei Dreev Vadim Milov Igor Khenkin Vladimir Epishin Alexander Grischuk ShSM-64 (Moscow): Boris Gelfand, Sergey Karjakin Fabiano Caruana Wang Hao, Boris Grachev Boris Savchenko Evgeniy Najer Alexander Riazantsev Vladimir Potkin Boris Gelfand Sankt-Petersburg Chess Federation: Vassily Ivanchuk, Peter Svidler Nikita Vitiugov Sergei Movsesian Zahar Efimenko Konstantin Sakaev Vadim Zvjagintsev V.Emelin Vitiugov (3° scacchiera dietro Ivanchuk e Svidler) Ugra (Khanty-Mansiysk): Dmitry Jakovenko Vladimir Malakhov Alexander Khalifman Sergei Rublevsky Sanan Sjugirov Konstantin Landa Malakhov  (2° scacchiera) Tomsk-400: Ruslan Ponomariov Alexander Motylev Ernesto Inarkiev Viktor Bologan Denis Khismatullin Farrukh Ammonatov Artyom Timofeev Sergei Tiviakov Igor Kurnosov Motylev (2° scacchiera) In gara ci saranno anche altre 4 squadre, ovvero: BelGU (Belgorod), Ekonomist SGSEU-2 (Saratov), Chigorin Club (Sankt-Petersburg) e Etud-Kontakt (Moscow) Tomsk-400: vincitori del campionato 2009  La squadra di Fabiano, ShSM-64, 2° classificata nel 2009 Women's Premier League AVS: Antoaneta Stefanova, Anna Muzychuk, Natalia Pogonina Maria Muzychuk Antoaneta Stefanova Anna Muzychuk Natalija Pogonina Moscow Chess Federation: Alexandra Kosteniuk, Ekaterina Kovalevskaya, Valentina Gunina Svetlana Matveeva Kosteniuk, Campionessa del Mondo Ekonomist SGSEU (Saratov): Zhao Xue, Elisabeth Paehtz, Anna Ushenina Baira Kovanova Ushenina Sankt-Petersburg Chess Federation: Viktorija Cmilyte, Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, Monika Socko Ekaterina Atalik Monika Socko ( POL) , fresca Campionessa Europea LINKS UTILI: Diretta online Sito Federazione Scacchistica Russa   http://www.scacchierando.net/dblog/articolo.asp?articolo=1771 2010-03-23T00:15:00+01:00       12th and 13th round Bundesliga This weekend the 12th and 13th round of the Schachbundesliga are being played. Baden-Baden is playing with Shirov, Bacrot and Naiditsch on top boards. Since many years there was no such tension in the Schachbundesliga as this year. Four rounds before the end of the season three teams have the chance to win the German championship – Baden-Baden, Werder Bremen and SG Solingen. The German champion Baden-Baden faces Emsdetten and Wattenscheid and is odds-on favourite just like Solingen, who faces the relegation candidates SK König Tegel and SF Berlin. The most interesting encounter of the whole weekend will take place in Essen-Katernberg, where Werder Bremen meets Mülheim. Both teams are expected to play with many grandmasters. Mülheim is trying to save the fourth place in order to qualify for the European Club Cup. At least six teams are fighting against relegation. Especially at the playing venues Munich and Berlin-Tegel we can await some really hard-fought battles. As in the previous rounds the Schachbundesliga publishes the lineups of the teams involved at the venue, where Baden-Baden is playing: 12th round: Saturday, 20th of March 2010, 2 pm Playing venue Emsdetten SK Turm Emsdetten OSG Baden-Baden 1 Mikheil Mchedlishvili 2613* Alexei Shirov 2741 2 Anish Giri 2552 Etienne Bacrot 2709 3 Wouter Spoelman 2554 Arkadij Naiditsch 2685 4 Michael Feygin 2546 Francisco Vallejo Pons 2696 5 Ruud Janssen 2520 Peter Heine Nielsen 2687 6 Daan Brandenburg 2480 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 2664 7 Roeland Pruijssers 2415 Jan Gustafsson 2622 8 Christian Richter 2412 Philipp Schlosser 2555 SV Wattenscheid SK Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim 1 Evgeniy Najer 2681 Viacheslav Ikonnikov 2558 2 Mateusz Bartel 2609 Gennadi Ginsburg 2537 3 Pawel Czarnota 2537 Vladimir Gurevic 2470 4 Leif Erlend Johannessen 2532 Vadim Chernov 2433 5 Ralf Appel 2551 Erasmus Gerigk 2335 6 Florian Handke 2513 Jörg Schwalfenberg 2317 7 Georgios Souleidis 2429 Christian Maier 2350 8 Timo Sträter 2347 Hans-Joachim Vatter 2321 *Ratings at the beginning of the season This match and of course all other matches of the Schachbundesliga will be covered live on the internet. At the day of the matches you can get access via the website of the Schachbundesliga. Here are all matches of the 12th and 13th round of the Schachbundesliga. Playing venue Essen-Katernberg SF Katernberg – Hamburger SK SV Mülheim Nord – Werder Bremen Playing venue Berlin-Tegel SK König Tegel – SG Solingen SF Berlin – SC Remagen Playing venue Munich Bayern München – SC Eppingen Erfurter SK – SG Trier 13th round: Sunday, 21th of March 2010, 10 am Playing venue Emsdetten OSG Baden-Baden SV Wattenscheid 1 Alexei Shirov 2741 Evgeniy Najer 2681 2 Etienne Bacrot 2709 Mateusz Bartel 2609 3 Arkadij Naiditsch 2685 Pawel Czarnota 2537 4 Francisco Vallejo Pons 2696 Leif Erlend Johannessen 2532 5 Peter Heine Nielsen 2687 Ralf Appel 2551 6 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 2664 Florian Handke 2513 7 Jan Gustafsson 2622 Georgios Souleidis 2429 8 Philipp Schlosser 2555 Timo Sträter 2347 SK Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim SK Turm Emsdetten 1 Viacheslav Ikonnikov 2558 Mikheil Mchedlishvili 2741 2 Gennadi Ginsburg 2537 Anish Giri 2552 3 Vladimir Gurevic 2470 Wouter Spoelman 2554 4 Vadim Chernov 2433 Michael Feygin 2546 5 Erasmus Gerigk 2335 Ruud Janssen 2520 6 Jörg Schwalfenberg 2317 Daan Brandenburg 2480 7 Christian Maier 2350 Thomas Fiebig 2416 8 Hans-Joachim Vatter 2321 Roeland Pruijssers 2415 Playing venue Essen-Katernberg Hamburger SK – SV Mülheim Nord Werder Bremen – SF Katernberg Playing venue Berlin-Tegel SG Solingen – SF Berlin SC Remagen – SK König Tegel Playing venue Munich SC Eppingen – Erfurter SK SG Trier – Bayern München Live coverage All games of the Schachbundesliga are covered live in the internet. At the particular date of the matches you can get access to the games via this website. Bundesliga 0910 | Current Standings Teams 1. OSC Baden-Baden 1 Anand, Viswanathan GM IND 2788 2 Carlsen, Magnus GM NOR 2772 3 Svidler, Peter GM RUS 2739 4 Shirov, Alexei GM ESP 2732 5 Bacrot, Etienne GM FRA 2721 6 Movsesian, Sergej GM SVK 2716 7 Adams, Michael GM ENG 2699 8 Naiditsch, Arkadij GM GER 2697 9 Vallejo Pons, Francisco GM ESP 2693 10 Nielsen, Peter-Heine GM DEN 2680 11 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter GM ROU 2675 12 Caruana, Fabiano GM ITA 2670 13 Gustafsson, Jan GM GER 2622 14 Dautov, Rustem GM GER 2596 15 Doettling, Fabian GER 2571 16 Schlosser, Philipp GER 2560 17 Dinger, Florian GER 2391 18 Hager, Joshua Aarasch GER 2217 9. SF Katernberg 1 Volokitin, Andrei GM UKR 2678 2 Chuchelov, Vladimir GM BEL 2598 3 Firman, Nazar IM UKR 2571 4 Seel, Christian IM GER 2493 5 Bischoff, Klaus GM GER 2551 6 Halkias, Stelios GM GRE 2564 7 Glek, Igor V GM GER 2528 8 Zaragatski, Ilja IM GER 2472 9 Senff, Martin IM GER 2469 10 Ris, Robert IM NED 2421 11 Thesing, Matthias IM GER 2436 12 Siebrecht, Sebastian GM GER 2458 13 Scholz, Christian IM GER 2373 14 Hoolt, Sarah WIM GER 2240 15 Rosen, Bernd FM GER 2355 16 Geilmann, Ulrich GER 1837 17 Kotainy, Jens GER 2270 2. Werder Bremen 1 Gashimov, Vugar GM AZE 2740 2 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar GM AZE 2717 3 McShane, Luke James GM ENG 2620 4 Eljanov, Pavel GM UKR 2716 5 Efimenko, Zahar GM UKR 2654 6 Fressinet, Laurent GM FRA 2667 7 Meier, Georg GM GER 2658 8 Areshchenko, Alexander GM UKR 2651 9 Roiz, Michael GM ISR 2658 10 Nyback, Tomi GM FIN 2627 11 Hracek, Zbynek GM CZE 2608 12 Babula, Vlastimil GM CZE 2566 13 Llaneza Vega, Marcos IM ESP 2521 14 Fish, Gennadij GM GER 2508 15 Skripchenko, Almira IM FRA 2450 16 Knaak, Rainer GM GER 2484 17 Lichman, Peter GER 2317 10. SK Turm Emsdetten 1 Mchedlishvili, Mikheil GM GEO 2592 2 Giri, Anish GM NED 2518 3 Spoelman, Wouter IM NED 2546 4 Hector, Jonny GM SWE 2556 5 Feygin, Michael IM GER 2546 6 Janssen, Ruud IM NED 2527 7 Cramling, Pia GM SWE 2525 8 Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel GM ESP 2445 9 Brandenburg, Daan IM NED 2463 10 Breder, Dennis IM GER 2435 11 Fiebig, Thomas GER 2426 12 Pruijssers, Roeland IM NED 2401 13 Kabatianski, Alexandr IM GER 2425 14 Richter, Christian FM GER 2417 15 Zumsande, Martin IM GER 2403 16 Bosman, Michiel FM NED 2356 3. SC Eppingen 1 Tiviakov, Sergei GM NED 2674 2 Postny, Evgeny GM ISR 2647 3 Berkes, Ferenc GM HUN 2647 4 Balogh, Csaba GM HUN 2595 5 Gyimesi, Zoltan GM HUN 2591 6 Ruck, Robert GM HUN 2561 7 Acs, Peter GM HUN 2550 8 Braun, Arik GM GER 2529 9 Bindrich, Falko GM GER 2516 10 Medvegy, Zoltan GM HUN 2547 11 Guliyev, Namig GM AZE 2555 12 Muzychuk, Anna IM SLO 2542 13 Paehtz, Elisabeth IM GER 2474 14 Mann, Christian IM GER 2454 15 Vogt, Lothar GM GER 2422 16 Dekan, Hans GER 2179 17 Noe, Christopher GER 1798 11. SF Berlin 1 Nataf, Igor-Alexandre GM FRA 2529 2 Markos, Jan GM SVK 2555 3 Miezis, Normunds GM LAT 2572 4 Lauber, Arnd IM GER 2517 5 Polzin, Rainer GM GER 2491 6 Kraemer, Martin IM GER 2481 7 Schneider, Ilja IM GER 2508 8 Berndt, Stephan IM GER 2442 9 Agopov, Mikail IM FIN 2442 10 Brynell, Stellan GM SWE 2471 11 Thiede, Lars IM GER 2452 12 Thinius, Marco IM GER 2375 13 Degtiarev, Evgeny FM GER 2373 14 Rudolf, Henrik FM GER 2353 15 Wintzer, Joachim Dr. FM GER 2384 16 Lundin, Jan FM SWE 2382 17 Abel, Dennes GER 2328 18 Glantz, Robert GER 2239 4. SV Mülheim-Nord 1 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam GM UZB 2672 2 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime GM FRA 2703 3 Motylev, Alexander GM RUS 2710 4 Tregubov, Pavel V. GM RUS 2652 5 Landa, Konstantin GM RUS 2655 6 Fridman, Daniel GM GER 2665 7 Potkin, Vladimir GM RUS 2619 8 Golod, Vitali GM ISR 2599 9 Malakhatko, Vadim GM BEL 2570 10 Berelovich, Alexander GM GER 2550 11 Levin, Felix GM GER 2491 12 Hausrath, Daniel GM GER 2519 13 Saltaev, Mihail GM UZB 2505 14 Schebler, Gerhard GM GER 2486 15 Litwak, Aleksej FM GER 2268 16 Kaufeld, Juergen FM GER 2274 17 Wittenberg, Andreas GER 2129 18 Kahleys, Kevin GER 1986 12. SG Trier 1 Lupulescu, Constantin GM ROU 2620 2 Bobras, Piotr GM POL 2568 3 Cyborowski, Lukasz GM POL 2498 4 Haslinger, Stewart GM ENG 2538 5 Gordon, Stephen IM ENG 2537 6 Jaracz, Pawel GM POL 2539 7 Erdoes, Viktor GM HUN 2565 8 Flumbort, Andras IM HUN 2507 9 Gonda, Laszlo IM HUN 2499 10 Galyas, Miklos IM HUN 2457 11 Seger, Ruediger IM GER 2405 12 Kolbus, Dietmar IM GER 2383 13 Cioara, Andrei Nestor IM ROU 2437 14 Goriachnik, Dmitry MDA 2324 15 Rat, Dan Ovidiu FM ROU 2315 16 Jeitz, Christian LUX 2221 17 Korman, Maxim GER 2172 5. SG Solingen 1 Stellwagen, Daniel GM NED 2630 2 Smeets, Jan GM NED 2632 3 Nikolic, Predrag GM BIH 2602 4 Buhmann, Rainer GM GER 2603 5 Werle, Jan GM NED 2575 6 Edouard, Romain GM FRA 2597 7 Jussupow, Artur GM GER 2570 8 L’Ami, Erwin GM NED 2593 9 Ragger, Markus GM AUT 2563 10 Ernst, Sipke GM NED 2598 11 Naumann, Alexander GM GER 2522 12 Hoffmann, Michael GM GER 2502 13 Gabriel, Christian GM GER 2507 14 Drabke, Lorenz Maximilian IM GER 2455 15 Wegerle, Joerg IM GER 2430 16 Schaefer, Markus IM GER 2378 17 Hobusch, Alexander GER 2103 18 Hannewald, Anton GER 1931 13. FC Bayern München 1 Bezold, Michael GM GER 2517 2 Bromberger, Stefan IM GER 2510 3 Schenk, Andreas IM GER 2509 4 Marcelin, Cyril GM FRA 2498 5 Boensch, Uwe GM GER 2511 6 Stangl, Markus GM GER 2455 7 Reiss, Tibor IM HUN 2414 8 Renner, Christoph IM GER 2431 9 Belezky, Alexander IM UKR 2446 10 Meissner, Bernd IM GER 2410 11 Meister, Peter IM GER 2396 12 Reich, Thomas IM GER 2368 13 Rodewis, Thomas Dr. GER 2367 14 Unzicker, Ferdinand Dr. GER 2332 15 Deglmann, Ludwig FM GER 2329 16 Lentrodt, Thomas FM GER 2304 17 Jorczik, Julian FM GER 2352 18 Graf, Felix GER 2291 6. Hamburger SK 1 Wojtaszek, Radoslav GM POL 2637 2 Kempinski, Robert GM POL 2601 3 Ghaem, Maghami Ehsan GM IRI 2589 4 Baramidze, David GM GER 2527 5 Adly, Ahmed GM EGY 2548 6 Rogozenco, Dorian GM ROU 2541 7 Hansen, Sune Berg HDEN 2554 8 Rasmussen, Allan Stig GM DEN 2536 9 Ftacnik, Lubomir Dr. GM SVK 2525 10 Mueller, Karsten Dr. GM GER 2523 11 Heinemann, Thies IM GER 2484 12 Chevelevitch, Evgueni Dr. IM GER 2461 13 Reeh, Oliver IM GER 2442 14 Huschenbeth, Niclas IM GER 2416 15 Sebastian, Dirk GER 2443 16 Van Delft, Merijn IM NED 2360 17 Carlstedt, Jonathan GER 2309 18 Bracker, Frank GER 2280 14. Erfurter SK 1 Romanov, Evgeny GM RUS 2589 2 Haba, Petr GM CZE 2533 3 Michiels, Bart IM BEL 2451 4 Kuczynski, Robert GM POL 2505 5 Casper, Thomas IM GER 2395 6 Votava, Jan GM CZE 2561 7 Enders, Peter GM GER 2467 8 Mueller, Matthias IM GER 2410 9 Voekler, Bernd FM GER 2393 10 Schoene, Maria WIM GER 2274 11 Troyke, Christian IM GER 2350 12 Schuetze, Norman GER 2278 13 Brueggemann, Joachim IM GER 2356 14 Krueger, Rainer Dr. GER 2211 15 Troyke, Doreen WFM GER 2105 16 Duzy, Stefan GER 1545 17 Friedt, Marius GER 1885 7. SV Wattenscheid 1 Vitiugov, Nikita GM RUS 2681 2 Najer, Evgeniy GM RUS 2663 3 Macieja, Bartlomiej GM POL 2612 4 Bartel, Mateusz GM POL 2619 5 Czarnota, Pawel GM POL 2530 6 Rustemov, Alexander GM RUS 2532 7 Johannessen, Leif Erlend GM NOR 2553 8 Appel, Ralf GM GER 2552 9 Holzke, Frank Dr. GM GER 2526 10 Handke, Florian GM GER 2513 11 Souleidis, Georgios IM GRE 2435 12 Dinstuhl, Volkmar Dr. IM GER 2417 13 Tereick, Benjamin FM GER 2378 14 Straeter, Timo FM GER 2347 15 Thiel, Thomas FM GER 2280 16 Gohla, Ulf GER 2181 17 Koerber, Matthias GER 1898 15. SK Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim 1 Ikonnikov, Viacheslav GM RUS 2556 2 Svetushkin, Dmitry GM MDA 2607 3 Ginsburg, Gennadi GM GER 2537 4 Gurevic, Vladimir GM UKR 2470 5 Chernov, Vadim IM ROU 2433 6 Solomunovic, Igor IM GER 2421 7 Gerigk, Erasmus FM GER 2335 8 Schwalfenberg, Joerg FM GER 2317 9 Maier, Christian IM GER 2347 10 Vatter, Hans-Joachim FM GER 2302 11 Syska, Albert FM GER 2268 12 Nippgen, Georg GER 2272 13 Roos, Jean-Luc IM FRA 2250 14 Neunhoeffer, Helmut Dr FM GER 2281 15 Pielmeier, Thomas GER 2231 16 Schott, Reimund FRA 2019 8. SC Remagen 1 Ivanchuk, Vassily GM UKR 2703 2 Fedorchuk, Sergey GM UKR 2655 3 Gharamian, Tigran GM FRA 2615 4 Goloshchapov, Alexander GM UKR 2580 5 Parligras, Mircea GM ROU 2557 6 Huebner, Robert Dr. GM GER 2605 7 Degraeve, Jean-Marc GM FRA 2559 8 Dgebuadze, Alexandre GM BEL 2516 9 Mainka, Romuald GM GER 2521 10 Swinkels, Robin IM NED 2516 11 Teske, Henrik GM GER 2536 12 Popovic, Petar GM SRB 2496 13 Polaczek, Richard IM BEL 2381 14 Kipper, Jens GER 2393 15 Schulz, Klaus-Juergen IM GER 2385 16 Bok, Benjamin FM NED 2360 16. SK König Tegel 1 Rabiega, Robert GM GER 2551 2 Stern, Rene IM GER 2498 3 Muse, Mladen GM CRO 2448 4 Von Herman, Ulf IM GER 2400 5 Muse, Drazen IM CRO 2374 6 Fruebing, Stefan FM GER 2305 7 Tomczak, Rainer FM GER 2287 8 Mielitz, Heinz GER 9 Sarbok, Torsten FM GER 2319 10 Breier, Andreas FM GER 2405 11 Giemsa, Stephan FM GER 2301 12 Jahnz, Fabian GER 2191 13 Jaehnisch, Frank GER 2230 14 Roth, Josef GER 2152 15 Schulz, Stefanie GER 2109 16 Rausch, Manfred GER 1689 17 Kachibadze, Georg GER 2224   http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/12th-and-13th-round-of-the-schachbundesliga/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:05:04 +0000       FIDE publishes March 1 ratings, Linares not counted Just a few days ago Veselin Topalov won the Linares tournament and narrowed the gap with Magnus Carlsen on the live rating list to just one point. On the March 1st FIDE rating list the Norwegian leads with a personal record of 2813 and is still 8 points ahead of Topalov. It’s already an improvement to have six rating lists a year instead of four, but today we are reminded again of the fact that a monthly, or even weekly official list might be even better. While Carlsen and Topalov are just one (in fact 0.7) rating point away from each other on the “live list” by Hans Arild Runde (which you can also find in the far right column on this website), on the official list the distance is 8 points because Linares hasn’t been counted yet. World Champion Viswanathan Anand lost his third place to Vladimir Kramnik; between them there are just three points. This means that the upcoming World Championship match in Sofia will be played between the current world’s number 2 and 4. Vugar Gashimov was Azerbaijan’s number one player briefly, but he’s out of the top 10 again. His 6th place is now occupied by his compatriot Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, who is back among the elite after a lesser period. Grischuk and Svidler climbed to spots number 7 and 8. Vassily Ivanchuk is out of the top 10 again; he dropped slightly from 8 to 11. Hikaru Nakamura saw a strong period awarded with a 17th place. Alexander Morozevich’ decline continued; the former World’s number 2 can now be found on spot 24. There are now 37 players with a rating of 2700 or higher. In the women’s list nothing much changed. The difference between Judit Polgar and Humpy Koneru decreased a bit further, from 68 to 60 points. Below you’ll find the new top 100, the top 100 women, the top 20 juniors and the top 20 girls. We give the first two lists including the changes with the previous lists. All data courtesy of FIDE. FIDE MARCH 2010 RATING LIST: TOP 100 PLAYERS Legend: black color – player remained on the same position green color – player moved up in the list red color – player moved down in the list blue color – player is new to the current Top list Old represents player’s position in the previous period list Rank   Old    Name Title Country Rating Games  1  1  Carlsen, Magnus  g  NOR  2813 (+3)  13 (-3)  2  2  Topalov, Veselin  g  BUL  2805 (0)  0 (-4)  3  4  Kramnik, Vladimir  g  RUS  2790 (+2)  13 (-3)  4  3  Anand, Viswanathan  g  IND  2787 (-3)  13 (+4)  5  5  Aronian, Levon  g  ARM  2782 (+1)  9 (-8)  6  11  Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar  g  AZE  2760 (+19)  9 (-10)  7  15  Grischuk, Alexander  g  RUS  2756 (+20)  16 (+8)  8  10  Svidler, Peter  g  RUS  2750 (+6)  9 (-18)  9  6  Gelfand, Boris  g  ISR  2750 (-11)  7 (-18)  10  9  Wang, Yue  g  CHN  2749 (0)  0 (-8)  11  8  Ivanchuk, Vassily  g  UKR  2748 (-1)  13 (0)  12  7  Gashimov, Vugar  g  AZE  2740 (-19)  7 (-14)  13  16  Radjabov, Teimour  g  AZE  2740 (+7)  7 (-6)  14  20  Shirov, Alexei  g  ESP  2737 (+14)  13 (-6)  15  13  Ponomariov, Ruslan  g  UKR  2737 (0)  0 (-25)  16  14  Eljanov, Pavel  g  UKR  2736 (0)  0 (-14)  17  28  Nakamura, Hikaru  g  USA  2735 (+27)  21 (+14)  18  12  Leko, Peter  g  HUN  2735 (-4)  13 (+4)  19  18  Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime  g  FRA  2727 (-3)  9 (-12)  20  19  Jakovenko, Dmitry  g  RUS  2725 (-5)  14 (-3)  21  21  Karjakin, Sergey  g  RUS  2725 (+5)  13 (+1)  22  22  Malakhov, Vladimir  g  RUS  2721 (+5)  7 (-8)  23  26  Almasi, Zoltan  g  HUN  2720 (+10)  9 (+2)  24  17  Morozevich, Alexander  g  RUS  2715 (-17)  6 (-13)  25  23  Wang, Hao  g  CHN  2715 (0)  0 (-10)  26  24  Bacrot, Etienne  g  FRA  2714 (+1)  19 (+1)  27  25  Dominguez Perez, Leinier  g  CUB  2713 (+1)  13 (+9)  28  41  Vitiugov, Nikita  g  RUS  2710 (+18)  15 (+7)  29  29  Movsesian, Sergei  g  SVK  2709 (+1)  10 (+8)  30  31  Vallejo Pons, Francisco  g  ESP  2708 (+3)  10 (0)  31  27  Navara, David  g  CZE  2708 (0)  0 (-15)  32  35  Motylev, Alexander  g  RUS  2705 (+8)  18 (+12)  33  39  Adams, Michael  g  ENG  2704 (+10)  10 (-7)  34  40  Kamsky, Gata  g  USA  2702 (+9)  28 (+22)  35  34  Kasimdzhanov, Rustam  g  UZB  2702 (0)  0 (-2)  36  30  Tomashevsky, Evgeny  g  RUS  2701 (-4)  14 (0)  37  33  Alekseev, Evgeny  g  RUS  2700 (-3)  9 (-4)  38  36  Rublevsky, Sergei  g  RUS  2697 (0)  8 (+4)  39  37  Nielsen, Peter Heine  g  DEN  2697 (0)  0 (0)  40  32  Jobava, Baadur  g  GEO  2695 (-9)  9 (-6)  41  44  Naiditsch, Arkadij  g  GER  2691 (+4)  22 (+9)  42  93  Le, Quang Liem  g  VIE  2689 (+42)  35 (+15)  43  49  Akopian, Vladimir  g  ARM  2688 (+10)  9 (-1)  44  57  Onischuk, Alexander  g  USA  2687 (+17)  9 (+5)  45  42  Volokitin, Andrei  g  UKR  2687 (-5)  9 (+1)  46  83  Sasikiran, Krishnan  g  IND  2686 (+33)  33 (+29)  47  38  Short, Nigel D  g  ENG  2686 (-10)  13 (+6)  48  45  Miroshnichenko, Evgenij  g  UKR  2686 (0)  0 (0)  49  43  Bologan, Viktor  g  MDA  2684 (-8)  18 (+12)  50  52  Bu, Xiangzhi  g  CHN  2682 (+9)  18 (+12)  51  46  Polgar, Judit  g  HUN  2682 (0)  0 (-4)  52  51  Caruana, Fabiano  g  ITA  2680 (+5)  22 (+4)  53  48  Sargissian, Gabriel  g  ARM  2675 (-5)  15 (+3)  54  60  Kurnosov, Igor  g  RUS  2674 (+6)  9 (-1)  55  80  Ganguly, Surya Shekhar  g  IND  2672 (+18)  13 (+9)  56  55  Fressinet, Laurent  g  FRA  2670 (0)  10 (-2)  57  56  Areshchenko, Alexander  g  UKR  2670 (0)  0 (-6)  58  53  Georgiev, Kiril  g  BUL  2669 (-3)  18 (+18)  59  50  Moiseenko, Alexander  g  UKR  2668 (-9)  9 (+9)  60  82  Grachev, Boris  g  RUS  2667 (+14)  27 (+9)  61  98  Bareev, Evgeny  g  RUS  2667 (+24)  18 (+8)  62  72  Ni, Hua  g  CHN  2667 (+10)  13 (+3)  63  89  Inarkiev, Ernesto  g  RUS  2667 (+18)  9 (+3)  64  77  So, Wesley  g  PHI  2665 (+9)  22 (+14)  65  61  Najer, Evgeniy  g  RUS  2665 (0)  18 (+14)  66  91  Korobov, Anton  g  UKR  2663 (+15)  9 (-8)  67  68  Meier, Georg  g  GER  2663 (+5)  9 (-3)  68  47  Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter  g  ROU  2661 (-20)  13 (+1)  69  54  Harikrishna, P.  g  IND  2660 (-12)  27 (+27)  70  -  Wojtaszek, Radoslaw  g  POL  2660 (+)  18 (+)  71  63  Riazantsev, Alexander  g  RUS  2660 (-1)  9 (+9)  72  84  Laznicka, Viktor  g  CZE  2659 (+7)  9 (-7)  73  66  Berkes, Ferenc  g  HUN  2659 (0)  0 (-9)  74  -  Lautier, Joel  g  FRA  2658 (+)  0 (+)  75  65  Cheparinov, Ivan  g  BUL  2657 (-3)  19 (+4)  76  86  Khismatullin, Denis  g  RUS  2657 (+6)  18 (+2)  77  70  Beliavsky, Alexander G  g  SLO  2657 (0)  0 (-18)  78  69  Nepomniachtchi, Ian  g  RUS  2656 (-2)  18 (+8)  79  76  Avrukh, Boris  g  ISR  2656 (0)  0 (-8)  80  85  Timofeev, Artyom  g  RUS  2655 (+3)  18 (+14)  81  62  Tiviakov, Sergei  g  NED  2653 (-9)  13 (+11)  82  87  Dreev, Alexey  g  RUS  2653 (+3)  9 (0)  83  -  Savchenko, Boris  g  RUS  2652 (+)  18 (+)  84  94  Pashikian, Arman  g  ARM  2652 (+5)  15 (+9)  85  78  Krasenkow, Michal  g  POL  2652 (-4)  9 (+9)  86  75  Roiz, Michael  g  ISR  2652 (-5)  6 (-2)  87  73  Smeets, Jan  g  NED  2651 (-6)  14 (+4)  88  90  Seirawan, Yasser  g  USA  2651 (+2)  1 (-1)  89  74  Sutovsky, Emil  g  ISR  2650 (-7)  20 (+11)  90  79  Fridman, Daniel  g  GER  2650 (-4)  10 (+2)  91  -  Zhou, Jianchao  g  CHN  2650 (+)  9 (+)  92  -  Fedorchuk, Sergey A.  g  UKR  2649 (+)  18 (+)  93  58  Zhigalko, Sergei  g  BLR  2648 (-20)  29 (+16)  94  59  Smirin, Ilia  g  ISR  2647 (-21)  14 (+3)  95  -  Gustafsson, Jan  g  GER  2646 (+)  10 (+)  96  -  Andreikin, Dmitry  g  RUS  2645 (+)  9 (+)  97  81  Baklan, Vladimir  g  UKR  2644 (-10)  9 (+7)  98  96  Milov, Vadim  g  SUI  2644 (0)  0 (-6)  99  -  Granda Zuniga, Julio E  g  PER  2643 (+)  18 (+)  100  67  Lastin, Alexander  g  RUS  2643 (-16)  9 (+5)  101  -  Zvjaginsev, Vadim  g  RUS  2643 (+)  9 (+) FIDE MARCH 2010 RATING LIST: TOP 100 WOMEN Rank   Old    Name Title Country Rating Games  1  1  Polgar, Judit  g  HUN  2682 (0)  0 (-4)  2  2  Koneru, Humpy  g  IND  2622 (+8)  10 (+2)  3  3  Hou, Yifan  g  CHN  2570 (-20)  18 (+4)  4  4  Stefanova, Antoaneta  g  BUL  2555 (+10)  10 (+3)  5  5  Kosintseva, Nadezhda  m  RUS  2554 (+21)  18 (+9)  6  7  Muzychuk, Anna  m  SLO  2533 (+10)  13 (-12)  7  10  Kosintseva, Tatiana  g  RUS  2524 (+9)  18 (+10)  8  8  Kosteniuk, Alexandra  g  RUS  2524 (+1)  10 (0)  9  6  Cramling, Pia  g  SWE  2523 (-5)  21 (+17)  10  9  Lahno, Kateryna  g  UKR  2518 (0)  0 (-16)  11  11  Chiburdanidze, Maia  g  GEO  2514 (0)  0 (0)  12  13  Sebag, Marie  g  FRA  2506 (-4)  9 (+1)  13  16  Mkrtchian, Lilit  m  ARM  2503 (0)  0 (-9)  14  19  Javakhishvili, Lela  m  GEO  2500 (+7)  19 (+12)  15  12  Ju, Wenjun  wg  CHN  2500 (-12)  9 (+5)  16  17  Pogonina, Natalija  wg  RUS  2496 (-5)  7 (+7)  17  32  Zhukova, Natalia  wg  UKR  2492 (+30)  10 (+2)  18  18  Danielian, Elina  m  ARM  2491 (-4)  2 (-9)  19  15  Zhao, Xue  g  CHN  2490 (-14)  18 (+14)  20  -  Galliamova, Alisa  m  RUS  2487 (+)  9 (+)  21  21  Hoang Thanh Trang  g  HUN  2487 (0)  0 (0)  22  22  Paehtz, Elisabeth  m  GER  2486 (+2)  9 (0)  23  20  Cmilyte, Viktorija  m  LTU  2485 (-4)  10 (+1)  24  14  Dzagnidze, Nana  g  GEO  2479 (-27)  20 (+1)  25  23  Ruan, Lufei  wg  CHN  2479 (0)  0 (-2)  26  24  Xu, Yuhua  g  CHN  2478 (0)  0 (-3)  27  28  Zhu, Chen  g  QAT  2476 (+6)  7 (+3)  28  25  Harika, Dronavalli  m  IND  2473 (+2)  24 (+13)  29  26  Gaponenko, Inna  m  UKR  2472 (+2)  5 (-11)  30  53  Melia, Salome  m  GEO  2467 (+36)  31 (+22)  31  -  Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman  m  IND  2466 (+)  11 (+)  32  29  Qin, Kanying  wg  CHN  2466 (0)  0 (0)  33  41  Socko, Monika  g  POL  2465 (+15)  8 (-6)  34  31  Tan, Zhongyi  wg  CHN  2464 (0)  0 (-3)  35  37  Krush, Irina  m  USA  2461 (+6)  24 (+19)  36  30  Zatonskih, Anna  m  USA  2461 (-5)  10 (+10)  37  36  Rajlich, Iweta  m  POL  2459 (+4)  8 (-5)  38  42  Gunina, Valentina  wf  RUS  2457 (+9)  18 (+11)  39  34  Dembo, Yelena  m  GRE  2457 (0)  0 (-8)  40  -  Polgar, Sofia  m  HUN  2457 (+)  0 (+)  41  35  Skripchenko, Almira  m  FRA  2456 (0)  0 (0)  42  38  Tairova, Elena  m  RUS  2455 (0)  0 (0)  43  40  Hunt, Harriet V  m  ENG  2452 (0)  0 (0)  44  39  Ushenina, Anna  m  UKR  2452 (0)  0 (-6)  45  33  Khotenashvili, Bela  m  GEO  2448 (-13)  13 (+5)  46  43  Korbut, Ekaterina  m  RUS  2448 (0)  0 (0)  47  27  Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan  g  SCO  2447 (-23)  10 (+1)  48  45  Atalik, Ekaterina  m  TUR  2445 (0)  0 (0)  49  44  Muzychuk, Mariya  m  UKR  2444 (-3)  13 (+13)  50  46  Shen, Yang  wg  CHN  2444 (0)  0 (-2)  51  48  Huang, Qian  wg  CHN  2439 (0)  0 (-3)  52  54  Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina  m  RUS  2438 (+10)  9 (+5)  53  56  Moser, Eva  m  AUT  2437 (+13)  7 (-1)  54  50  Zhang, Xiaowen  wg  CHN  2437 (0)  0 (-24)  55   http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/fide-publishes-march-1-ratings-linares-not-counted/ Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:32:56 +0000       Gashimov-Anand today’s top game in the Bundesliga This weekend the 10th and 11th round of the Schachbundesliga are being played. On board one of the top match between Baden-Baden and Werder Bremen, Vugar Gashimov (Werder Bremen), who travelled from Linares to Heidelberg, plays the World Champ, Viswanathan Anand. In the 10th round of the Bundesliga the German champion OSG Baden-Baden faces the most serious contender Werder Bremen. It will be the most exciting match in the history of the Schachbundesliga, and both Baden-Baden and Werder Bremen will play with their nearly best possible lineup. The elo average of Baden-Baden is 2717 and of Bremen 2679. Both teams will have only top 100 players from the current world ranking at their disposal. Bremen will play on the first two boards with the Azerbaijani GMs Vugar Gashimov and Shakhriyar Mamedayrov, both known for their uncompromising style. Laurent Fressinet and Tomi Nyback will also defend the “green-white coloured”. After nine rounds they belong to the five top scorers of the league. Undoubtedly the biggest attraction of the whole weekend is World Champion Viswanathan Anand. Two months before his match against Veselin Topalov in Sofia he makes a “break” in his preparation to support his team in Germany. For many years he’s maintained friendly relations to the environment of Baden-Baden so his appearance doesn’t come as a big suprise. Etienne Bacrot and Germay’s number one Arkadij Naiditsch will also play for Baden-Baden. They belong to the five best performers of the whole league so far in this season. Here are the line-ups and the pairings of the match Baden-Baden – Werder Bremen: Saturday, 27th of February 2010, 2 pm Playing venue: Kongresshaus Stadthalle Heidelberg, Neckarstaden 24, 69117 Heidelberg OSG Baden-Baden – Werder Bremen 1 Viswanathan Anand 2788* Vugar Gashimov 2740 2 Peter Svidler 2741 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2721 3 Alexei Shirov 2730 Pavel Eljanov 2717 4 Etienne Bacrot 2709 Zahar Efimenko 2654 5 Sergei Movsesian 2711 Laurent Fressinet 2658 6 Michael Adams 2682 Alexander Areshchenko 2667 7 Arkadij Naiditsch 2685 Michael Roiz 2658 8 Peter-Heine Nielsen 2687 Tomi Nyback 2615 *Rating at the beginning of the season This match and of course all other matches of the Schachbundesliga will be covered live on the internet. At the day of the matches you can get access via the website of the Schachbundesliga. Here are all matches of the 10th and 11th round of the Schachbundesliga. 10th round: Saturday, 27th of February 2010, 2 pm Playing venue Heidelberg OSG Baden-Baden – Werder Bremen SK Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim – Hamburger SK Playing venue Mülheim SV Mülheim Nord – Bayern München SF Katernberg – Erfurter SK Playing venue Solingen SG Solingen – SV Wattenscheid SC Remagen – SK Turm Emsdetten Playing venue Trier SG Trier – SF Berlin SC Eppingen – SK König Tegel 11th round: Sunday, 28th of February 2010, 2 pm Playing venue Heidelberg Hamburger SK – OSG Baden-Baden Werder Bremen – SK Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim Playing venue Mülheim Bayern München – SF Katernberg Erfurter SK – SV Mülheim Nord Playing venue Solingen SV Wattenscheid – SC Remagen SK Turm Emsdetten – SG Solingen Playing venue Trier SF Berlin – SC Eppingen SK König Tegel – SG Trierem> SC Remagen – SG Solingen (5pm) Bundesliga 0910 | Current Standings Teams 1. OSC Baden-Baden 1 Anand, Viswanathan GM IND 2788 2 Carlsen, Magnus GM NOR 2772 3 Svidler, Peter GM RUS 2739 4 Shirov, Alexei GM ESP 2732 5 Bacrot, Etienne GM FRA 2721 6 Movsesian, Sergej GM SVK 2716 7 Adams, Michael GM ENG 2699 8 Naiditsch, Arkadij GM GER 2697 9 Vallejo Pons, Francisco GM ESP 2693 10 Nielsen, Peter-Heine GM DEN 2680 11 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter GM ROU 2675 12 Caruana, Fabiano GM ITA 2670 13 Gustafsson, Jan GM GER 2622 14 Dautov, Rustem GM GER 2596 15 Doettling, Fabian GER 2571 16 Schlosser, Philipp GER 2560 17 Dinger, Florian GER 2391 18 Hager, Joshua Aarasch GER 2217 9. SF Katernberg 1 Volokitin, Andrei GM UKR 2678 2 Chuchelov, Vladimir GM BEL 2598 3 Firman, Nazar IM UKR 2571 4 Seel, Christian IM GER 2493 5 Bischoff, Klaus GM GER 2551 6 Halkias, Stelios GM GRE 2564 7 Glek, Igor V GM GER 2528 8 Zaragatski, Ilja IM GER 2472 9 Senff, Martin IM GER 2469 10 Ris, Robert IM NED 2421 11 Thesing, Matthias IM GER 2436 12 Siebrecht, Sebastian GM GER 2458 13 Scholz, Christian IM GER 2373 14 Hoolt, Sarah WIM GER 2240 15 Rosen, Bernd FM GER 2355 16 Geilmann, Ulrich GER 1837 17 Kotainy, Jens GER 2270 2. Werder Bremen 1 Gashimov, Vugar GM AZE 2740 2 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar GM AZE 2717 3 McShane, Luke James GM ENG 2620 4 Eljanov, Pavel GM UKR 2716 5 Efimenko, Zahar GM UKR 2654 6 Fressinet, Laurent GM FRA 2667 7 Meier, Georg GM GER 2658 8 Areshchenko, Alexander GM UKR 2651 9 Roiz, Michael GM ISR 2658 10 Nyback, Tomi GM FIN 2627 11 Hracek, Zbynek GM CZE 2608 12 Babula, Vlastimil GM CZE 2566 13 Llaneza Vega, Marcos IM ESP 2521 14 Fish, Gennadij GM GER 2508 15 Skripchenko, Almira IM FRA 2450 16 Knaak, Rainer GM GER 2484 17 Lichman, Peter GER 2317 10. SK Turm Emsdetten 1 Mchedlishvili, Mikheil GM GEO 2592 2 Giri, Anish GM NED 2518 3 Spoelman, Wouter IM NED 2546 4 Hector, Jonny GM SWE 2556 5 Feygin, Michael IM GER 2546 6 Janssen, Ruud IM NED 2527 7 Cramling, Pia GM SWE 2525 8 Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel GM ESP 2445 9 Brandenburg, Daan IM NED 2463 10 Breder, Dennis IM GER 2435 11 Fiebig, Thomas GER 2426 12 Pruijssers, Roeland IM NED 2401 13 Kabatianski, Alexandr IM GER 2425 14 Richter, Christian FM GER 2417 15 Zumsande, Martin IM GER 2403 16 Bosman, Michiel FM NED 2356 3. SC Eppingen 1 Tiviakov, Sergei GM NED 2674 2 Postny, Evgeny GM ISR 2647 3 Berkes, Ferenc GM HUN 2647 4 Balogh, Csaba GM HUN 2595 5 Gyimesi, Zoltan GM HUN 2591 6 Ruck, Robert GM HUN 2561 7 Acs, Peter GM HUN 2550 8 Braun, Arik GM GER 2529 9 Bindrich, Falko GM GER 2516 10 Medvegy, Zoltan GM HUN 2547 11 Guliyev, Namig GM AZE 2555 12 Muzychuk, Anna IM SLO 2542 13 Paehtz, Elisabeth IM GER 2474 14 Mann, Christian IM GER 2454 15 Vogt, Lothar GM GER 2422 16 Dekan, Hans GER 2179 17 Noe, Christopher GER 1798 11. SF Berlin 1 Nataf, Igor-Alexandre GM FRA 2529 2 Markos, Jan GM SVK 2555 3 Miezis, Normunds GM LAT 2572 4 Lauber, Arnd IM GER 2517 5 Polzin, Rainer GM GER 2491 6 Kraemer, Martin IM GER 2481 7 Schneider, Ilja IM GER 2508 8 Berndt, Stephan IM GER 2442 9 Agopov, Mikail IM FIN 2442 10 Brynell, Stellan GM SWE 2471 11 Thiede, Lars IM GER 2452 12 Thinius, Marco IM GER 2375 13 Degtiarev, Evgeny FM GER 2373 14 Rudolf, Henrik FM GER 2353 15 Wintzer, Joachim Dr. FM GER 2384 16 Lundin, Jan FM SWE 2382 17 Abel, Dennes GER 2328 18 Glantz, Robert GER 2239 4. SV Mülheim-Nord 1 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam GM UZB 2672 2 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime GM FRA 2703 3 Motylev, Alexander GM RUS 2710 4 Tregubov, Pavel V. GM RUS 2652 5 Landa, Konstantin GM RUS 2655 6 Fridman, Daniel GM GER 2665 7 Potkin, Vladimir GM RUS 2619 8 Golod, Vitali GM ISR 2599 9 Malakhatko, Vadim GM BEL 2570 10 Berelovich, Alexander GM GER 2550 11 Levin, Felix GM GER 2491 12 Hausrath, Daniel GM GER 2519 13 Saltaev, Mihail GM UZB 2505 14 Schebler, Gerhard GM GER 2486 15 Litwak, Aleksej FM GER 2268 16 Kaufeld, Juergen FM GER 2274 17 Wittenberg, Andreas GER 2129 18 Kahleys, Kevin GER 1986 12. SG Trier 1 Lupulescu, Constantin GM ROU 2620 2 Bobras, Piotr GM POL 2568 3 Cyborowski, Lukasz GM POL 2498 4 Haslinger, Stewart GM ENG 2538 5 Gordon, Stephen IM ENG 2537 6 Jaracz, Pawel GM POL 2539 7 Erdoes, Viktor GM HUN 2565 8 Flumbort, Andras IM HUN 2507 9 Gonda, Laszlo IM HUN 2499 10 Galyas, Miklos IM HUN 2457 11 Seger, Ruediger IM GER 2405 12 Kolbus, Dietmar IM GER 2383 13 Cioara, Andrei Nestor IM ROU 2437 14 Goriachnik, Dmitry MDA 2324 15 Rat, Dan Ovidiu FM ROU 2315 16 Jeitz, Christian LUX 2221 17 Korman, Maxim GER 2172 5. SG Solingen 1 Stellwagen, Daniel GM NED 2630 2 Smeets, Jan GM NED 2632 3 Nikolic, Predrag GM BIH 2602 4 Buhmann, Rainer GM GER 2603 5 Werle, Jan GM NED 2575 6 Edouard, Romain GM FRA 2597 7 Jussupow, Artur GM GER 2570 8 L’Ami, Erwin GM NED 2593 9 Ragger, Markus GM AUT 2563 10 Ernst, Sipke GM NED 2598 11 Naumann, Alexander GM GER 2522 12 Hoffmann, Michael GM GER 2502 13 Gabriel, Christian GM GER 2507 14 Drabke, Lorenz Maximilian IM GER 2455 15 Wegerle, Joerg IM GER 2430 16 Schaefer, Markus IM GER 2378 17 Hobusch, Alexander GER 2103 18 Hannewald, Anton GER 1931 13. FC Bayern München 1 Bezold, Michael GM GER 2517 2 Bromberger, Stefan IM GER 2510 3 Schenk, Andreas IM GER 2509 4 Marcelin, Cyril GM FRA 2498 5 Boensch, Uwe GM GER 2511 6 Stangl, Markus GM GER 2455 7 Reiss, Tibor IM HUN 2414 8 Renner, Christoph IM GER 2431 9 Belezky, Alexander IM UKR 2446 10 Meissner, Bernd IM GER 2410 11 Meister, Peter IM GER 2396 12 Reich, Thomas IM GER 2368 13 Rodewis, Thomas Dr. GER 2367 14 Unzicker, Ferdinand Dr. GER 2332 15 Deglmann, Ludwig FM GER 2329 16 Lentrodt, Thomas FM GER 2304 17 Jorczik, Julian FM GER 2352 18 Graf, Felix GER 2291 6. Hamburger SK 1 Wojtaszek, Radoslav GM POL 2637 2 Kempinski, Robert GM POL 2601 3 Ghaem, Maghami Ehsan GM IRI 2589 4 Baramidze, David GM GER 2527 5 Adly, Ahmed GM EGY 2548 6 Rogozenco, Dorian GM ROU 2541 7 Hansen, Sune Berg HDEN 2554 8 Rasmussen, Allan Stig GM DEN 2536 9 Ftacnik, Lubomir Dr. GM SVK 2525 10 Mueller, Karsten Dr. GM GER 2523 11 Heinemann, Thies IM GER 2484 12 Chevelevitch, Evgueni Dr. IM GER 2461 13 Reeh, Oliver IM GER 2442 14 Huschenbeth, Niclas IM GER 2416 15 Sebastian, Dirk GER 2443 16 Van Delft, Merijn IM NED 2360 17 Carlstedt, Jonathan GER 2309 18 Bracker, Frank GER 2280 14. Erfurter SK 1 Romanov, Evgeny GM RUS 2589 2 Haba, Petr GM CZE 2533 3 Michiels, Bart IM BEL 2451 4 Kuczynski, Robert GM POL 2505 5 Casper, Thomas IM GER 2395 6 Votava, Jan GM CZE 2561 7 Enders, Peter GM GER 2467 8 Mueller, Matthias IM GER 2410 9 Voekler, Bernd FM GER 2393 10 Schoene, Maria WIM GER 2274 11 Troyke, Christian IM GER 2350 12 Schuetze, Norman GER 2278 13 Brueggemann, Joachim IM GER 2356 14 Krueger, Rainer Dr. GER 2211 15 Troyke, Doreen WFM GER 2105 16 Duzy, Stefan GER 1545 17 Friedt, Marius GER 1885 7. SV Wattenscheid 1 Vitiugov, Nikita GM RUS 2681 2 Najer, Evgeniy GM RUS 2663 3 Macieja, Bartlomiej GM POL 2612 4 Bartel, Mateusz GM POL 2619 5 Czarnota, Pawel GM POL 2530 6 Rustemov, Alexander GM RUS 2532 7 Johannessen, Leif Erlend GM NOR 2553 8 Appel, Ralf GM GER 2552 9 Holzke, Frank Dr. GM GER 2526 10 Handke, Florian GM GER 2513 11 Souleidis, Georgios IM GRE 2435 12 Dinstuhl, Volkmar Dr. IM GER 2417 13 Tereick, Benjamin FM GER 2378 14 Straeter, Timo FM GER 2347 15 Thiel, Thomas FM GER 2280 16 Gohla, Ulf GER 2181 17 Koerber, Matthias GER 1898 15. SK Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim 1 Ikonnikov, Viacheslav GM RUS 2556 2 Svetushkin, Dmitry GM MDA 2607 3 Ginsburg, Gennadi GM GER 2537 4 Gurevic, Vladimir GM UKR 2470 5 Chernov, Vadim IM ROU 2433 6 Solomunovic, Igor IM GER 2421 7 Gerigk, Erasmus FM GER 2335 8 Schwalfenberg, Joerg FM GER 2317 9 Maier, Christian IM GER 2347 10 Vatter, Hans-Joachim FM GER 2302 11 Syska, Albert FM GER 2268 12 Nippgen, Georg GER 2272 13 Roos, Jean-Luc IM FRA 2250 14 Neunhoeffer, Helmut Dr FM GER 2281 15 Pielmeier, Thomas GER 2231 16 Schott, Reimund FRA 2019 8. SC Remagen 1 Ivanchuk, Vassily GM UKR 2703 2 Fedorchuk, Sergey GM UKR 2655 3 Gharamian, Tigran GM FRA 2615 4 Goloshchapov, Alexander GM UKR 2580 5 Parligras, Mircea GM ROU 2557 6 Huebner, Robert Dr. GM GER 2605 7 Degraeve, Jean-Marc GM FRA 2559 8 Dgebuadze, Alexandre GM BEL 2516 9 Mainka, Romuald GM GER 2521 10 Swinkels, Robin IM NED 2516 11 Teske, Henrik GM GER 2536 12 Popovic, Petar GM SRB 2496 13 Polaczek, Richard IM BEL 2381 14 Kipper, Jens GER 2393 15 Schulz, Klaus-Juergen IM GER 2385 16 Bok, Benjamin FM NED 2360 16. SK König Tegel 1 Rabiega, Robert GM GER 2551 2 Stern, Rene IM GER 2498 3 Muse, Mladen GM CRO 2448 4 Von Herman, Ulf IM GER 2400 5 Muse, Drazen IM CRO 2374 6 Fruebing, Stefan FM GER 2305 7 Tomczak, Rainer FM GER 2287 8 Mielitz, Heinz GER 9 Sarbok, Torsten FM GER 2319 10 Breier, Andreas FM GER 2405 11 Giemsa, Stephan FM GER 2301 12 Jahnz, Fabian GER 2191 13 Jaehnisch, Frank GER 2230 14 Roth, Josef GER 2152 15 Schulz, Stefanie GER 2109 16 Rausch, Manfred GER 1689 17 Kachibadze, Georg GER 2224   http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/gashimov-anand-todays-top-game-in-the-bundesliga/ Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:33:51 +0000       8th and 9th round of the Bundesliga The 8th and 9th round of the Schachbundesliga and three matches from round 7 will take place from the 5th to the 7th of February 2010. We provide you with the pairings at the playing venues Munich, Mülheim, Berlin and Remagen. Some famous Wijk aan Zee and Gibraltar participants are joining for their Baden-Baden team… OSG Baden-Baden is the only team of the Schachbundesliga left without any loss of points. The upcoming weekend the German champion will face the two teams of Berlin and is odds-on favourite. Under the same precondition starts the only serious competitor for the title Werder Bremen. Bremen is facing the teams of München and Erfurt. Both of them are relegation candidates. Some interesting derbies are taking place in Mülheim, where the host is facing Katernberg and Wattenscheid for the “hegemony in the West”. All line-ups of the teams in Berlin, e.g. OSG Baden-Baden, are published two days in advance. This is carried out due to the new rule, which was implemented from the beginning of this season. Live coverage All games of the Schachbundesliga are covered live on the Internet. At the particular date of the matches you can get access to the games via the website of the Schachbundesliga. 8th round: Saturday, 6th of February 2010, 2 pm Playing venue Munich Bayern München – Hamburger SK Erfurter SK – Werder Bremen Playing venue Mülheim SV Mülheim Nord – SV Wattenscheid SF Katernberg – SK Turm Emsdetten Playing venue Berlin SK König Tegel – SK Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim SF Berlin - OSG Baden-Baden 1 Jan Markos (2565) - Etienne Bacrot (2709) 2 Arnd Lauber (2517) - Sergei Movsesian (2711) 3 Rainer Polzin (2491) - Michael Adams (2682) 4 Martin Krämer (2482) - Arkadij Naiditsch (2685) 5 Ilja Schneider (2500) - Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (2664) 6 Stephan Berndt (2442) - Fabiano Caruana (2662) 7 Mikail Agopov (2452) - Jan Gustafsson (2622) 8 Lars Thiede (2450) - Philipp Schlosser (2555) Playing venue Remagen SC Remagen – SC Eppingen SG Solingen – SG Trier 9th round: Sunday, 7th of February 2010, 10 am Playing venue Munich Hamburger SK – Erfurter SK Werder Bremen – Bayern München Playing venue Mülheim SV Wattenscheid – SF Katernberg SK Turm Emsdetten – SV Mülheim Nord Playing venue Berlin OSG Baden-Baden – SK König Tegel SK Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim – SF Berlin Playing venue Remagen SC Eppingen – SG Solingen SG Trier – SC Remagen Matches of the 7th round: Friday, 5th of February 2010 Playing venue Mülheim SV Mülheim Nord – SF Katernberg (4pm) Playing venue Berlin SF Berlin – SK König Tegel (4pm) Playing venue Remagen SC Remagen – SG Solingen (5pm) Bundesliga 0910 | Current Standings Teams 1. OSC Baden-Baden 1 Anand, Viswanathan GM IND 2788 2 Carlsen, Magnus GM NOR 2772 3 Svidler, Peter GM RUS 2739 4 Shirov, Alexei GM ESP 2732 5 Bacrot, Etienne GM FRA 2721 6 Movsesian, Sergej GM SVK 2716 7 Adams, Michael GM ENG 2699 8 Naiditsch, Arkadij GM GER 2697 9 Vallejo Pons, Francisco GM ESP 2693 10 Nielsen, Peter-Heine GM DEN 2680 11 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter GM ROU 2675 12 Caruana, Fabiano GM ITA 2670 13 Gustafsson, Jan GM GER 2622 14 Dautov, Rustem GM GER 2596 15 Doettling, Fabian GER 2571 16 Schlosser, Philipp GER 2560 17 Dinger, Florian GER 2391 18 Hager, Joshua Aarasch GER 2217 9. SF Katernberg 1 Volokitin, Andrei GM UKR 2678 2 Chuchelov, Vladimir GM BEL 2598 3 Firman, Nazar IM UKR 2571 4 Seel, Christian IM GER 2493 5 Bischoff, Klaus GM GER 2551 6 Halkias, Stelios GM GRE 2564 7 Glek, Igor V GM GER 2528 8 Zaragatski, Ilja IM GER 2472 9 Senff, Martin IM GER 2469 10 Ris, Robert IM NED 2421 11 Thesing, Matthias IM GER 2436 12 Siebrecht, Sebastian GM GER 2458 13 Scholz, Christian IM GER 2373 14 Hoolt, Sarah WIM GER 2240 15 Rosen, Bernd FM GER 2355 16 Geilmann, Ulrich GER 1837 17 Kotainy, Jens GER 2270 2. Werder Bremen 1 Gashimov, Vugar GM AZE 2740 2 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar GM AZE 2717 3 McShane, Luke James GM ENG 2620 4 Eljanov, Pavel GM UKR 2716 5 Efimenko, Zahar GM UKR 2654 6 Fressinet, Laurent GM FRA 2667 7 Meier, Georg GM GER 2658 8 Areshchenko, Alexander GM UKR 2651 9 Roiz, Michael GM ISR 2658 10 Nyback, Tomi GM FIN 2627 11 Hracek, Zbynek GM CZE 2608 12 Babula, Vlastimil GM CZE 2566 13 Llaneza Vega, Marcos IM ESP 2521 14 Fish, Gennadij GM GER 2508 15 Skripchenko, Almira IM FRA 2450 16 Knaak, Rainer GM GER 2484 17 Lichman, Peter GER 2317 10. SK Turm Emsdetten 1 Mchedlishvili, Mikheil GM GEO 2592 2 Giri, Anish GM NED 2518 3 Spoelman, Wouter IM NED 2546 4 Hector, Jonny GM SWE 2556 5 Feygin, Michael IM GER 2546 6 Janssen, Ruud IM NED 2527 7 Cramling, Pia GM SWE 2525 8 Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel GM ESP 2445 9 Brandenburg, Daan IM NED 2463 10 Breder, Dennis IM GER 2435 11 Fiebig, Thomas GER 2426 12 Pruijssers, Roeland IM NED 2401 13 Kabatianski, Alexandr IM GER 2425 14 Richter, Christian FM GER 2417 15 Zumsande, Martin IM GER 2403 16 Bosman, Michiel FM NED 2356 3. SC Eppingen 1 Tiviakov, Sergei GM NED 2674 2 Postny, Evgeny GM ISR 2647 3 Berkes, Ferenc GM HUN 2647 4 Balogh, Csaba GM HUN 2595 5 Gyimesi, Zoltan GM HUN 2591 6 Ruck, Robert GM HUN 2561 7 Acs, Peter GM HUN 2550 8 Braun, Arik GM GER 2529 9 Bindrich, Falko GM GER 2516 10 Medvegy, Zoltan GM HUN 2547 11 Guliyev, Namig GM AZE 2555 12 Muzychuk, Anna IM SLO 2542 13 Paehtz, Elisabeth IM GER 2474 14 Mann, Christian IM GER 2454 15 Vogt, Lothar GM GER 2422 16 Dekan, Hans GER 2179 17 Noe, Christopher GER 1798 11. SF Berlin 1 Nataf, Igor-Alexandre GM FRA 2529 2 Markos, Jan GM SVK 2555 3 Miezis, Normunds GM LAT 2572 4 Lauber, Arnd IM GER 2517 5 Polzin, Rainer GM GER 2491 6 Kraemer, Martin IM GER 2481 7 Schneider, Ilja IM GER 2508 8 Berndt, Stephan IM GER 2442 9 Agopov, Mikail IM FIN 2442 10 Brynell, Stellan GM SWE 2471 11 Thiede, Lars IM GER 2452 12 Thinius, Marco IM GER 2375 13 Degtiarev, Evgeny FM GER 2373 14 Rudolf, Henrik FM GER 2353 15 Wintzer, Joachim Dr. FM GER 2384 16 Lundin, Jan FM SWE 2382 17 Abel, Dennes GER 2328 18 Glantz, Robert GER 2239 4. SV Mülheim-Nord 1 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam GM UZB 2672 2 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime GM FRA 2703 3 Motylev, Alexander GM RUS 2710 4 Tregubov, Pavel V. GM RUS 2652 5 Landa, Konstantin GM RUS 2655 6 Fridman, Daniel GM GER 2665 7 Potkin, Vladimir GM RUS 2619 8 Golod, Vitali GM ISR 2599 9 Malakhatko, Vadim GM BEL 2570 10 Berelovich, Alexander GM GER 2550 11 Levin, Felix GM GER 2491 12 Hausrath, Daniel GM GER 2519 13 Saltaev, Mihail GM UZB 2505 14 Schebler, Gerhard GM GER 2486 15 Litwak, Aleksej FM GER 2268 16 Kaufeld, Juergen FM GER 2274 17 Wittenberg, Andreas GER 2129 18 Kahleys, Kevin GER 1986 12. SG Trier 1 Lupulescu, Constantin GM ROU 2620 2 Bobras, Piotr GM POL 2568 3 Cyborowski, Lukasz GM POL 2498 4 Haslinger, Stewart GM ENG 2538 5 Gordon, Stephen IM ENG 2537 6 Jaracz, Pawel GM POL 2539 7 Erdoes, Viktor GM HUN 2565 8 Flumbort, Andras IM HUN 2507 9 Gonda, Laszlo IM HUN 2499 10 Galyas, Miklos IM HUN 2457 11 Seger, Ruediger IM GER 2405 12 Kolbus, Dietmar IM GER 2383 13 Cioara, Andrei Nestor IM ROU 2437 14 Goriachnik, Dmitry MDA 2324 15 Rat, Dan Ovidiu FM ROU 2315 16 Jeitz, Christian LUX 2221 17 Korman, Maxim GER 2172 5. SG Solingen 1 Stellwagen, Daniel GM NED 2630 2 Smeets, Jan GM NED 2632 3 Nikolic, Predrag GM BIH 2602 4 Buhmann, Rainer GM GER 2603 5 Werle, Jan GM NED 2575 6 Edouard, Romain GM FRA 2597 7 Jussupow, Artur GM GER 2570 8 L’Ami, Erwin GM NED 2593 9 Ragger, Markus GM AUT 2563 10 Ernst, Sipke GM NED 2598 11 Naumann, Alexander GM GER 2522 12 Hoffmann, Michael GM GER 2502 13 Gabriel, Christian GM GER 2507 14 Drabke, Lorenz Maximilian IM GER 2455 15 Wegerle, Joerg IM GER 2430 16 Schaefer, Markus IM GER 2378 17 Hobusch, Alexander GER 2103 18 Hannewald, Anton GER 1931 13. FC Bayern München 1 Bezold, Michael GM GER 2517 2 Bromberger, Stefan IM GER 2510 3 Schenk, Andreas IM GER 2509 4 Marcelin, Cyril GM FRA 2498 5 Boensch, Uwe GM GER 2511 6 Stangl, Markus GM GER 2455 7 Reiss, Tibor IM HUN 2414 8 Renner, Christoph IM GER 2431 9 Belezky, Alexander IM UKR 2446 10 Meissner, Bernd IM GER 2410 11 Meister, Peter IM GER 2396 12 Reich, Thomas IM GER 2368 13 Rodewis, Thomas Dr. GER 2367 14 Unzicker, Ferdinand Dr. GER 2332 15 Deglmann, Ludwig FM GER 2329 16 Lentrodt, Thomas FM GER 2304 17 Jorczik, Julian FM GER 2352 18 Graf, Felix GER 2291 6. Hamburger SK 1 Wojtaszek, Radoslav GM POL 2637 2 Kempinski, Robert GM POL 2601 3 Ghaem, Maghami Ehsan GM IRI 2589 4 Baramidze, David GM GER 2527 5 Adly, Ahmed GM EGY 2548 6 Rogozenco, Dorian GM ROU 2541 7 Hansen, Sune Berg HDEN 2554 8 Rasmussen, Allan Stig GM DEN 2536 9 Ftacnik, Lubomir Dr. GM SVK 2525 10 Mueller, Karsten Dr. GM GER 2523 11 Heinemann, Thies IM GER 2484 12 Chevelevitch, Evgueni Dr. IM GER 2461 13 Reeh, Oliver IM GER 2442 14 Huschenbeth, Niclas IM GER 2416 15 Sebastian, Dirk GER 2443 16 Van Delft, Merijn IM NED 2360 17 Carlstedt, Jonathan GER 2309 18 Bracker, Frank GER 2280 14. Erfurter SK 1 Romanov, Evgeny GM RUS 2589 2 Haba, Petr GM CZE 2533 3 Michiels, Bart IM BEL 2451 4 Kuczynski, Robert GM POL 2505 5 Casper, Thomas IM GER 2395 6 Votava, Jan GM CZE 2561 7 Enders, Peter GM GER 2467 8 Mueller, Matthias IM GER 2410 9 Voekler, Bernd FM GER 2393 10 Schoene, Maria WIM GER 2274 11 Troyke, Christian IM GER 2350 12 Schuetze, Norman GER 2278 13 Brueggemann, Joachim IM GER 2356 14 Krueger, Rainer Dr. GER 2211 15 Troyke, Doreen WFM GER 2105 16 Duzy, Stefan GER 1545 17 Friedt, Marius GER 1885 7. SV Wattenscheid 1 Vitiugov, Nikita GM RUS 2681 2 Najer, Evgeniy GM RUS 2663 3 Macieja, Bartlomiej GM POL 2612 4 Bartel, Mateusz GM POL 2619 5 Czarnota, Pawel GM POL 2530 6 Rustemov, Alexander GM RUS 2532 7 Johannessen, Leif Erlend GM NOR 2553 8 Appel, Ralf GM GER 2552 9 Holzke, Frank Dr. GM GER 2526 10 Handke, Florian GM GER 2513 11 Souleidis, Georgios IM GRE 2435 12 Dinstuhl, Volkmar Dr. IM GER 2417 13 Tereick, Benjamin FM GER 2378 14 Straeter, Timo FM GER 2347 15 Thiel, Thomas FM GER 2280 16 Gohla, Ulf GER 2181 17 Koerber, Matthias GER 1898 15. SK Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim 1 Ikonnikov, Viacheslav GM RUS 2556 2 Svetushkin, Dmitry GM MDA 2607 3 Ginsburg, Gennadi GM GER 2537 4 Gurevic, Vladimir GM UKR 2470 5 Chernov, Vadim IM ROU 2433 6 Solomunovic, Igor IM GER 2421 7 Gerigk, Erasmus FM GER 2335 8 Schwalfenberg, Joerg FM GER 2317 9 Maier, Christian IM GER 2347 10 Vatter, Hans-Joachim FM GER 2302 11 Syska, Albert FM GER 2268 12 Nippgen, Georg GER 2272 13 Roos, Jean-Luc IM FRA 2250 14 Neunhoeffer, Helmut Dr FM GER 2281 15 Pielmeier, Thomas GER 2231 16 Schott, Reimund FRA 2019 8. SC Remagen 1 Ivanchuk, Vassily GM UKR 2703 2 Fedorchuk, Sergey GM UKR 2655 3 Gharamian, Tigran GM FRA 2615 4 Goloshchapov, Alexander GM UKR 2580 5 Parligras, Mircea GM ROU 2557 6 Huebner, Robert Dr. GM GER 2605 7 Degraeve, Jean-Marc GM FRA 2559 8 Dgebuadze, Alexandre GM BEL 2516 9 Mainka, Romuald GM GER 2521 10 Swinkels, Robin IM NED 2516 11 Teske, Henrik GM GER 2536 12 Popovic, Petar GM SRB 2496 13 Polaczek, Richard IM BEL 2381 14 Kipper, Jens GER 2393 15 Schulz, Klaus-Juergen IM GER 2385 16 Bok, Benjamin FM NED 2360 16. SK König Tegel 1 Rabiega, Robert GM GER 2551 2 Stern, Rene IM GER 2498 3 Muse, Mladen GM CRO 2448 4 Von Herman, Ulf IM GER 2400 5 Muse, Drazen IM CRO 2374 6 Fruebing, Stefan FM GER 2305 7 Tomczak, Rainer FM GER 2287 8 Mielitz, Heinz GER 9 Sarbok, Torsten FM GER 2319 10 Breier, Andreas FM GER 2405 11 Giemsa, Stephan FM GER 2301 12 Jahnz, Fabian GER 2191 13 Jaehnisch, Frank GER 2230 14 Roth, Josef GER 2152 15 Schulz, Stefanie GER 2109 16 Rausch, Manfred GER 1689 17 Kachibadze, Georg GER 2224   http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/8th-and-9th-round-of-the-schachbundesliga/ Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:35:24 +0000       La chronique échecs de Samir Adyel Nous vous offrons tout d'abord ce bon café de notre ami photographe Charly Founes, histoire de bien commencer la journée avec Chess & Strategy. Ensuite, prenez le temps de lire le nouvel article sur les échecs du journal Paris-Normandie, un surprenant voyage dans le monde des cases blanches et noires, raconté avec passion chaque semaine sur notre site échiquéen par Samir Adyel. Au sommaire de cette chronique échecs très éclectique : un mat en deux coups signé de M. Lipton (of London ?), tiré du British Chess Magazine de 1963, Mikhaïl Tal : le Copperfield de l’échiquier, une partie contre Bobotsov où il excelle dans le jeu tactique avec ses sacrifices spectaculaires qui donnent le tournis, une devinette, un rendez-vous rapide à Doudeville, une finale de fous instructive entre Vitiugov (2694) et Timofeev (2651), une citation de David Bronstein et un piège d'ouverture dans la Partie du Centre. Merci Samir. Retrouvez la chronique échecs de Samir, le jeudi sur Chess & Strategy! 2007-2009 © Chess & Strategy - tous droits réservés   http://www.chess-and-strategy.com/2010/01/la-chronique-echecs-de-samir-adyel_28.html Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:46:00 +0000       Russia wins World Team Championship Russia won the World Team Champioinship Wednesday with a 3-1 victory against Israel. The USA drew 2-2 with Azerbaijan and edged out India by just half a board point to take silver. Games round 9 with notes. The 7th World Team Championship takes place at the Merinos Congress Centre in Bursa, Turkey from January 3rd till 14th, 2010. It’s a 9-round round-robin with 10 teams of 6 players: 4 players + 2 reserves, and one coach/captain. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves +30 minutes to end the game, with 30 seconds increment from the start. At the tournament the zero-tolerance rule is in effect, and draw offers are not allowed before move 30. Teams are Russia, Brazil, China India, Egypt (continental champions), Armenia, Israel, USA (Olympiad qualifiers), Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Greece (organizing country and two invited federations). Round 9 A 2-2 against Israel would probably have been enough for Russia, since the USA, 1 match point and 1.5 board points behind, would never score a 4-0 against Azerbaijan. Well… perhaps it was theoretically possible in the end, since the Azeri’s showed up without Gashimov and Radjabov. But Guseinov, Mamedyarov and the two Mamedovs held the Americans to 2-2 thanks to excellent opening preparation. And so the Russians won the title quite convincingly in the end. After their surprising loss against Greece in round 2 they won all their matches (including a 3-1 against main rival USA) and drew with Armenia. In the last round they were too strong for Israel, where Boris Gelfand is still in a class of his own. He drew with Grischuk, but boards 2-4 lost 2.5-0.5 and Sutovsky must have been losing too. Sutovsky-Malakhov Black just won an exchange and exchanged queens, but White managed to hold this. Vitiugov’s last move against Rodshtein was pretty: Vitiugov-Rodshtein 33.Qxf7+! 1-0 Their 3-1 win against Egypt paints a too rosy picture for the Armenians. OK, Adly was outplayed by Aronian, but Amin was doing alright for most of the game against Akopian and it looks like Ezat could have drawn against Pashikian with 57.Bf7. India finished an excellent tournament with a convincing 3.5-0.5 victory over Brazil. Both Egypt and Turkey scored one win and one draw in Bursa but Turkey finished last with just half a board point less. In the last round, Firat saw ghosts: Firat-Mastrovasilis Here White resigned, but 31.g3 is not clear at all. Mamedyarov seems to be fully back in the world elite. After some strong months at the end of 2009, he scored the highest tournament performance rating in Bursa: 2950. Although we were a bit skeptical about the tournament formula (and we still are about the way teams are being selected – where on earth was the Ukraine?) we must say that the combination of strong and weak teams at least led to very interesting fights, and several brilliant games. If this event set an example for the rest of the year, 2010 will see great chess. The next big one already starts in two days: the Corus Chess Tournament. Travelling from Bursa to Wijk aan Zee are Akobian, Harikrishna, Nakamura, Robson and Sutovsky. World Team Ch 2010 | Results round 9 World Team Ch 2010 | Round 9 (final) standings World Team Ch 2010 | Rating statistics after round 9 (top 20) Games round 9 Game viewer by ChessTempo Links Official website Games in PGN via TWIC   http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/russia-world-team-champion/ Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:32:32 +0000       Russia Wins World Team Chess Championship Russia beat Israel 3:1 in the last round of the World Team Chess Championship to successfully close the campaign and take home the gold medal. European Champion Evgeny Tomashevsky and Nikita Vitiugov brought the key points on the boards with white pieces. The team Russia collected 15 match points, having only lost against Greece in round two and tying the match against Armenia in round seven. Vitiugov brought 5.5 points from six games and Vladimir Malakhov contributed 5 points from seven games. The United States and India finished with 13 match points, but the silver medal goes to the United States thanks to the higher sum of individual points. It was a fantastic run for the young American team, who even held the lead in the Championship until succumbing to the Olympiad winners Armenia in round eight. Hikaru Nakamura was in marvelous form and scored many beautiful wins on the top board. With 6 points from 8 games, he took the gold individual medal, while his teammate Alexander Onischuk achieved the same feat on the second board, with 6.5 out of 9 games. The success is even greater because the US played without Gata Kamsky, one of their best players, who in the meantime won the strong Reggio Emilia tournament. The well rounded team of India fought hard and deservingly reached the third place and bronze medal. Krishnan Sasikiran held the top board well in the competition with the world's top players, while Asian Champion Ganguly Surya Shekhar contributed a lion's share of points on the third board, where he also claimed the individual gold medal. Greece played each match until the bare kings and signed four wins and five losses, without draws. They stunned the new World Champion Russia and 2008 Olympiad winner Armenia. The inexperienced but quickly progressing home team of Turkey finished the last, but they are boosting the victory against Olympiad silver medalists from Israel. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov from Azerbaijan had the best individual result in this Championship, with incredible 8 points on the fourth board. Round 9 results: EGYPT    1 - 3    ARMENIA ISRAEL    1 - 3    RUSSIA BRAZIL    ½ - 3½    INDIA GREECE    2½ - 1½    TURKIYE UNITED STATES    2 - 2    AZERBAIJAN Final standings (match and ind. points): 1. RUSSIA    - 15 (24) 2. UNITED STATES - 13 (21½) 3. INDIA - 13 (21) 4. AZERBAIJAN - 12 (22) 5. ARMENIA - 12 (20½) 6. GREECE - 8 (18) 7. ISRAEL - 7 (17) 8. BRAZIL - 4 (12½) 9. EGYPT - 3 (12) 10. TURKIYE - 3 (11½) Reports, statistics and photos on the official website Team Russia playing the final round   http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/4279-russia-wins-world-team-chess-championship Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:36:49 +0000       Bursa: Russia wins Gold, USA Silver, India Bronze Going into the final round with a one match point lead Russia cleared all doubts by defeating Israel 3-1. USA drew Azerbaijan on all four boards and came second, while India trounced Brazil 3.5:0.5 to overtake the Azeris and win Bronze. Best performers were Mamedyarov and Vitiugov, the best on the top boards was Hikaru Nakamura. Final report.   http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6058 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT       The Fabulous 10s: World Team 10, The New Chess The New Chess! When young Grandmasters whip out crazy theory backed by millions of pre-game CPU cycles, this is the new chess, Ladies and Gentlemen. [Event "World Team"] [Site "Turkey"] [Date "2010.01.12"] [White "Vitiugov, Nikita" (Russia)] [Black "Rodshtein, Maxim" (Israel)] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D15"] 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. d4 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e5!!? The New Chess, Indeed I believe Levon Aronian started to popularize this wild shot.  What follows is a sequence of bizarre and somewhat logical moves resulting in more computer-aided insanity. 9. dxe5 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Bb4 bxc4 13. Qg4 So far, so crazy modern theory.  Note that 13. bxc4 Nd7! (13…c5 14. Rd1!) 14. Rb1 Rb8 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Qd1 Qh4 17. g3 Nxg3 18. fxg3 Qe4 19. Rh2 a5 is equal! 13… c5 14. f3 Nc6 15. fxe4 Nxb4 16. Qxg7 Rf8 17. exd5 This?! 17…Qh4+ My computer, admittedly running on fewer cycles than the players, prefers the absolutely craven material grab 17…Nc2+ 18. Kf2 Nxa1 19. Bxc4 Nc2 20. Qxh7 Na3 – talk about a laborious capture-and-slink-back! -  and here is a sample absurd continuation: 21. d6 Nxc4 22. bxc4 Rb8 23. Rf1 Qg5 24. Rb1 Rxb1 25. Qxb1 Rg8 26. Qb7 Qh4+ 27. Kg1 Kf8 28. Qc8+ Kg7 and black is happy since his King has somehow found safety.  Well, if my computer is much newer, its shorter ponder time might have accomplished the same cycles.  The players and I need to compare computer benchmarks. 18. Ke2 Qe4 19. Kf2 (19. bxc4?! Nc2 20. Qh6 Nd4+ 21. Ke1 Rb8) 19… Nc2 20. Qh6 Qg6 21. Qf4 Nxa1 22. Bxc4 Nc2 23. d6 Rg8 24. g4! This is terrible for black.  White completely dominates.  I refer to the prior note on move 17 for a possible improvement. 24…Ra7 25. Rd1 Qg5 26. Qe4 Rg6 27. Ke2 h5 A nice win is to be had 28. Rd5? Here White missed a vicious win.  28. d7+!! Rxd7 (28… Kd8 29. Bxf7 Rh6 30. e6 Nb4 (30… Qe7 31. Qc6 wins) 31. e7+ Qxe7 32. Qxe7+ wins) 29. Bxf7+ Rxf7 (29… Kxf7 30. Rxd7+ Ke8 31. Qb7 Qxe3+ 32. Kd1 and wins, an amazing variation and the one most likely missed by white!) 30. Qa8+ Ke7 31. Qd8+ Ke6 32. Qd6 mate) 28… Kd8? In mild time trouble, black has to try the tricky 28… Qh4! – the only correct response is  29. Qxc2!.  Note after 29. Rxc5?? Qe1+! black turns the tables and wins! After 29. Qxc2!  Qxh3 30. Rxc5 white should take the point. 29. Qxc2 Now white wins without much trouble and even gets to finish it with a nice blow. 29…hxg4 30. e6 Qh6 31. e7+ Ke8 32. Qf5 Rd7 33. Qxf7+! Nice.  Mate in 8. The rather cruel computer points out that 33. Rxc5 is Mate in 7! At any rate, in the game, if black takes it is indeed mate: 33… Kxf7 34. Rf5+ Kg7 35. Rf7+ Kh8 36. e8=Q+ Rg8 37. Qe5+ Rg7 38. Rf8+ Kh7 39. Bd3+ Rg6 40. Qh8 mate. 1-0 A competitively important win for white – vive the New Chess!   http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/2010/01/13/the-fabulous-10s-world-team-10-the-new-chess/ Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:18:56 +0000       Russia Takes Gold at the World Team Chess Championship - USA is second, India claims bronze Russia beat Israel 3:1 in the last round of the World Team Chess Championship to successfully close the campaign and take home the gold medal. European Champion Evgeny Tomashevsky and Nikita Vitiugov brought the key points on the boards with white pieces. The team Russia collected 15 match points, having only lost against Greece in round two and tying the match against Armenia in round seven.   http://www.chessdom.com/news-2010/russia-world-team-chess-championship Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:01:11 +0100       The Fabulous 00s: Sadness and Despair at the 2010 World Team Tough Times in Turkey: USA Gaffes vs Russia The 2010 World Teams are in full swing in Bursa, Turkey. The USA came out of the gate very lame versus Russia and was severely trounced as two of our players uncharacteristically didn’t know the opening phase. [White "Malakhov, V."] [Black "Shulman, Y."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C05"] [WhiteElo "2716"] [BlackElo "2624"] [EventDate "2010.01.05"] [EventType "team ()"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "TUR"] [Source "Chess Today"] [SourceDate "2010.01.08"] Vladimir Malakhov is a rather conventional player and is best at opponents who commit senseless hara-kiri in well-known structures.  He is not very good in original strategic situations, as Mamedyarov has proved in the past.  Unfortunately, this important USA-Russia game belongs to the former category. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. Nb3 A bizarre move, wasting several tempi to close off the queenside. 7. Nb3 - This?! 7…c4 A livelier game results from 7…f6 with equal chances. 8. Nbd2 b5 9. Be2 Nb6 10. Nf1 Bd7 Nothing is wrong with the simple 10..Be7 and 11…O-O.  What is black attacking? 11. Ne3 Be7 12. O-O Qc7 12…O-O is fine for black. 13. Bd2 a5 13…O-O is fine for black. 14. g4? f6! and black has a small edge. 14. Be1 O-O-O? A huge lemon and very surprising from veteran GM Shulman. After any move not committing black’s king to the queenside, black is fine.  For example, 14… b4 15. c3 O-O 16. g4 f6 and black is all right. No... not king to the queenside! 15. b3 a4 16. Rb1 Qa7 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Bf2 Even the simple 18. c3 already gives white a huge and fairly automatic plus. 18… Na5 19. f5 g6 20. f6 Ba3 21. Ng5 Be8 22. Bg4 Nc6 23. Nxe6! Child’s play for any grandmaster.  Black could already resign. A total debacle, doubly so in a team event. fxe6 24. Bxe6+ Rd7 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Qf3 Nd8 27. Bxd5 Qa6 28. e6?! To show best this situation, 28. Bxc4! Qxc4 29. Qa8+ Kc7 30. Rb8 instantly won. 28… Rxd5 29. Qxd5 Nxe6 30. Bg3 Nc7 31