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Chessdom Chess Arena, the brand new free online chess platform, is gaining speed every day. Despite being in early beta, with very limited functionality, Chess Arena presents multiple nice features to the users. One of the favorite aspects is the Master Challenge where all players have a chance to play against IMs, WGMs, and GMs.
So far in the Master Challenge have played GM Tamir Nabaty, GM Avetik Grigoryan, GM Alexander Ipatov, GM elect Petar Arnaudov, IM Spas Kozhuharov, IM Aman Hambleton, WGM Iva Videnova, and IM Veselin Pantev. All of them share a general feeling that Chess Arena is currently the platform with strongest players online, the average ELO estimated of well over 2000.
Today is a Double Master Challenge day. In 4 consecutive hours titled IM and GM will play against all active Arena players.
In order to participate join here, it is free!
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The 10th South Wales International Open is taking place on 14-19th July at the Penarth Conservative Club, 15, Stanwell Rd, Penarth, South Glamorgan.
The Venue is situated just a few hundred metres from Penarth Railway Station. 15 minutes from the M4 (Junction 33) making the venue easily reached by road or rail.
The tournament is a British Championship qualifier, with the top prizes being: 1st £1000, 2nd £500, 3rd £300.
Top rated players: GM Vladimir Petkov (Bulgaria), GM Jonathan Hawkins (England), GM Marijan Petrov (Bulgaria), GM Peter Wells (England), etc.
Official website
Participants (top seeds):
1 GM Vladimir Petkov BUL 2544
2 IM Jonathan Hawkins ENG 2517
3 GM Peter K Wells ENG 2479
4 GM Marijan Petrov BUL 2478
5 GM Keith C Arkell ENG 2444
6 IM Craig A Hanley ENG 2433
7 IM Andrew N Greet SCO 2427
8 FM Carl Strugnell FRA 2302
9 FM Paul Cooksey ENG 2293
10 IM Jack Rudd ENG 2280
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The student campus of DVFU in Vladivostok will host three chess tournaments from 18th to 30th July.
The “Pacific Meridian” (Tikhookeanskiy Meridian) will be played as 11-round swiss with the time control 15′+10” on 18-21st July. The event is a stage of the Rapid Grand Prix Cup of Russia.
The total prize fund is 10,600 EUR, with 2400 EUR reserved for the winner.
Confirmed participants include Grandmasters Alexey Dreev, Dmitry Bocharov, Denis Khismatullin, Yuri Yakovich, Vasily Papin, Artyom Timofeev, Evgeny Romanov and Pavel Smirnov.
The “Seaside Opening” (Primorskiy Debyut) will take place on 21-29th July as a 9-round swiss open. The tournament is a stage of the Cup of Russia in classical chess.
The prize fund of 14,100 EUR will be divided into 21 regular and several special prizes. First place is 3500 EUR worth.
The “Russkiy Island” (Ostrov Russkiy), the stage of the Cup of Russia among boys and girls, is set for 21-30th July.
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The fifth edition of the International Open Vitoria-Gasteiz will be played on 21st-28th July at the Gran Hotel Lakua in the capital city of the province of Álava and of the autonomous community of the Basque Country in northern Spain.
It is a 9 rounds Swiss open with a time control of 90 minutes to finish the game plus 30 seconds increments per move.
The first prizes will be awarded as follows: 2.000 € / 1.500 € / 1.000 € / 800 €. There will also be money prizes for different rating categories and trophies for best junior, veteran and local player.
Ukrainian GM Yuri Solodovnichenko is the first seed, followed by local GM Salvador del Rio de Angelis.
Tournament website
Registered players (top seeds):
1 GM SOLODOVNICHENKO Yuri UKR 2555
2 GM DEL RIO DE ANGELIS Salvador G ESP 2505
3 IM ARDELEAN George-Catalin ROU 2505
4 GM MANOLACHE Marius ROU 2504
5 IM FRANCO ALONSO Alejandro ESP 2471
6 GM DEEPAN Chakkravarthy J. IND 2468
7 FM GONZALEZ PEREZ Arian FID 2467
8 GM NEELOTPAL Das IND 2445
9 IM DONCEA Vladimir ROU 2423
10 IM CARMACIU Lucian-Catalin ROU 2416
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Russian Internet giant “Yandex” has presented a list of ten most popular sports in Russia. The list was composed after examining queries in the Yandex search engine.
The two most popular sports are football (5-10 million queries per month, depending on season) and hockey (6-8 million per month).
The other sports in the top ten list are motosports, basketball, biathlon, boxing, volleyball, athletics, tennis and chess (with expected 2-3 million per month).
Interest in various sports depends on the regions. South of Russia is more interested in football, while Chelyabinsk Oblast and Urals prefer hockey.
Belgorod Oblast follows volleyball, thanks to the successes of the local team.
Relative to the total numbers, chess is most popular in Pskov Oblast, Republic of Kalmykia and Altai Republic.
Udmurt Republic is home to biathlon and bowling fans.
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Hello Susan, Following our successful Kickstarter campaign, I thought I would update you on ALGORITHMS, our documentary about blind chess players in India.
The response so far has been fantastic. Really, we have been blown away by how well the audience has taken to the film at film festivals around the world. This culminated in Algorithms winning the Audience Award at the RAI International Festival of Ethnographic Films which was held in Edinburgh last month!
http://raifilmfest.org.uk/film/festival/2013/festival/film-prizes
Whether it be in Edinburgh or at the World Premiere in the International Film Festival of India in Goa, or at the International Premiere at Sydney Film Festival, every post-screening Q&A, has been really great with engaged discussions about the issues raised in the film. Most viewers feel they have seen a world they never knew existed and are amazed at the characters in the film. The three youths, Darpan, Sai Krishna and Anant Nayak, and their mentor, Charudatta Jadhav, have emerged as real heroes!
Here are some reviews of ALGORITHMS that have come out.
02 June 2013:
Algorithms: Ian McDonald reminds us, four moves in we are all blind –
Sydney Film Festival Review
http://lisathatcher.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/algorithms-ian-mcdonald-reminds-us-four-moves-in-we-are-all-blind-sydney-film-festival-review/
06 June 2013
Panorama: Algorithms by Ian McDonald - Desistfilm
http://desistfilmblog.wordpress.com/2013/06/06/panorama-algorithms-by-ian-mcdonald-eng/
02 Jan 2013:
Ian McDonald’s “Algorithms”: An Exemplary Documentary – Dear Cinema
http://dearcinema.com/news/ian-mcdonalds-algorithms-an-exemplary-documentary/3816
And here are a couple of responses to the film by eminent filmmakers that we received following the screenings in Goa and Edinburgh respectively.
"I loved this film. It is all that a documentary should be. Unobtrusive and compassionate without being sentimental, sympathetic without being condescending".
Shyam Benegal, Filmmaker from India.
"Algorithms is a splendid film that succeeds in the very difficult task of following a number of characters over several years in diverse locations. In tracking the fortunes of young blind chess players in India, it shows a deep respect for the individuals involved, the game of chess itself, and above all for the audience, never succumbing to the temptation to oversimplify or sensationalize its subject."
Prof David MacDougall, Filmmaker and Anthropologist from Australia.
And Algorithms was featured on the FIDE website. FIDE have been very supportive of the film as you will see here:
http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/7190-algorithms.html.
Going forward, we are now looking forward to more screenings in different parts of the world. Geetha and I are getting ready to go to South Africa where Algorithms is screening in competition at the Durban International Film Festival in South Africa (on July 24 & 26).
http://www.durbanfilmfest.co.za/2013/documentary-films/algorithms
Algorithms has also been selected for the competition section of the International Ethnographic Film Festival in Belgrade in October, as also in competition at the prestigious Jean Rouch International Film festival in Paris in November. http://comitedufilmethnographique.com/
We are still waiting for a screening to be confirmed in the USA! We will keep you posted!
Thanks so much for all your support. Its really appreciated. I hope we can continue to rely on your support in letting as many people as possible know about the film, and about the incredibly talented young blind chess players of India..
Best wishes
Ian
Geetha J. – Producer
Ian McDonald - Director
Algorithms
Four Moves in, We Are All Blind
www.algorithmsthedocumentary.com
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Source: http://www.sportstaronnet.com
It rained medals for India at the recently-concluded Asian youth chess championship in Sari, Iran. The Indians pocketed as many as 49 medals including 20 gold in all three segments — standard, rapid and blitz — in the girls’ and Open categories. The overwhelming show by the youngsters is encouraging news as the players lived up to the expectations.
“Good results are coming from the age-groups for quite sometime. Several top GMs like Pendyala Harikrishna, Koneru Humpy and Dronavalli Harika made their mark in age-group tournaments during their formative years. Chess has become the favourite game for the middle class and modern-day parents strongly believe that the game enhances the intelligence quotient in children,” said veteran Grandmaster and seven-time national champion Pravin Mahadeo Thipsay from Pune. He felt that many parents preferred chess to other popular games like cricket, hockey, football, tennis and badminton. “The mushrooming of academies in the country is also a reason for the surge witnessed by the game”.
Koneru Ashok, a Dronacharya and World No. 2 women player Humpy’s father, said the patronage (to chess) offered was not on merit but on personal basis. “These children will face the reality when they grow up as sponsorship will become a major issue to participate in the rated tournaments aboard to enhance their ratings”.
He said many talented players gave up chess after achieving good rating due to lack of financial support. “When it comes to employment, only oil companies are offering jobs presently. The corporate and the government sector should come forward and offer jobs to talented players thus giving them a sense of security,” Ashok added.
THE MEDALLISTS
Girls: Standard: Gold: B. Pratyusha (u-18), S. Riya (u-14), R. B. Vaishali (u-12), D. Divya (u-8), B. Savithashri (u-6); Silver: Srija Seshadri (u-16), N. Priyanka (u-12), C. Lakshmi (u-10); Bronze: S. Ananya (u-14), F. K. Stella (u-10).
Rapid: Gold: M. K. Mahalakshmi (u-16), S. Ananya (u-14), C. Lakshmi (u-10), D. Divya (u-8), B. Savithashri (u-6); Silver: P. V. Nandhidaa (u-18), P. Supreetha (u-12), B. Swera Ana (u-10); Bronze: P. M. Catherina (u-18), G. Tarini (u-12), P. P. Bhagyashree (u-8).
Blitz: Gold: Srija Seshadri (u-16), N. Priyanka (u-12), C. Lakshmi (u-10), P. P. Bhagyashree (u-8); Silver: P. V. Nandhidaa (u-18), M. K. Mahalakshmi (u-16), F. K. Stella (u-10), B. Savithashri (u-6); Bronze: J. Saranya (u-18), S. Riya (u-14), R. B. Vaishali (u-12).
Open: Standard: Gold: K. G. Arun (u-16), N. Letchumanan (u-10), Praggnanandhaa (u-8); Silver: A. Ghosh (u-10); Bronze: K. V. Narayanan (u-14), K. Mohan (u-10).
Rapid: Bronze: K. G. Arun (u-16), K. V. Narayanan (u-14), R. B. Praggnanandhaa (u-8).
Blitz: Gold: V. Aravindh (u-14), N. Letchumanan (u-10), R. B. Praggnanandhaa (u-8); Silver: P. P. Pravin (u-18), Sayantan Das (u-16), Murali Karthekiyan (u-12), A. Ghosh (u-10).
J. R. Shridharan
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Last night, I made the announcement that I will personally sponsor an additional $5,000 cash prizes for the top 3 finishers of the 10th annual Susan Polgar Foundation Girls' Invitational. You can read what I wrote below.
Today, one of the sponsors / partners of the Susan Polgar Foundation just donated another special prize for the winner, valued at approximately $2,400! The official announcement will be made at the Opening Ceremony.
This means that the winner can potentially win the following:
- Full tuition and fees scholarship to Webster University (approximately $100,000)
- Cash scholarship ($3,000)
- iPad mini (approximately $340)
- Another special prize (approximately $2,400)
- Champion's trophy
Here is what I wrote yesterday:
Around 12-13 years ago, the Executive Director of the United States Chess Federation (USCF) visited me at my Chess Center in Queens, NY, to ask me to help the federation in various important areas. Two of the things I was asked to help were:
- To create a serious US Women's Olympiad chess program as no women's team from the US has ever won any medal before that.
- To help boost girls' chess popularity in the US as they were being ignored at that time.
I said yes and immediately began to work to improve a number of different aspects. The first official business was to create the Susan Polgar Foundation (SPF).
Then, the Women's Olympiad training program was created in late 2002 / early 2003. The program included IM Irina Krush, IM Anna Zatonskih (at that time was a WGM), IM Rusa Goletiani (at that time was a WGM), and WGM Jennifer Shahade (at that time was a WIM). I even came out of retirement after nearly 9 years of hiatus to participate and lead this team.
In 2004, the US Women's team captured 4 medals (2 gold and 2 silver) at the Calvia Chess Olympiad. Since 2003, every single US Women's Champion has come from this Women's Olympiad training program which I created.
Also in 2003, I created the Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls (it is now called the SPF Girls' Invitational), the most prestigious all-girls national championship in the US. This was the first all-girls national championship created in the United States and it was unanimously approved by the Executive Director and the USCF Executive Board.
A few months later, I persuaded the USCF to approve the All-Girls National Championship (sponsored by KCF). I also created two additional events: the Susan Polgar National Open for Girls and the Susan Polgar World Open for Girls (both sponsored by the SPF).
Since then, nearly $2 million in scholarships (through SPF and our partners) have been awarded to girls in events which my foundation organized and sponsored. This is the 10th year of the SPF Girls' Invitational, and it will be the largest one ever, with 58 young ladies qualified. To celebrate the tremendous success of this event, I decided to expand it by inviting some additional young female players from North, Central, and South America.
The total budget / prizes / scholarships for this championship is almost $250,000! It is unprecedented for girls' chess anywhere. All state representatives and qualifiers will receive free rooms and meals for the entire duration of the event, plus many extra goodies. Over the years, thousands of girls have competed all across the United States to earn spots in the invitationals.
I am very proud to lead the charge to get more girls involved in chess, and to revolutionize girls' chess in America. To celebrate the special 1oth anniversary, I have just decided to personally sponsor $5,000 cash scholarship to the top 3 finishers ($3,000 to 1st, $1,500 to 2nd, and $500 to 3rd).
This is a surprise as it was not announced before. The winners can use the cash prizes toward school / tournament expenses, or additional coaching, however they wish. I also hope to attract additional sponsors next year to make this event even better.
http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2013/07/big-10th-anniversary-surprise-for-girls.html
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Standings after the 7th round has as follows: 1) Gasis (FM, Greece, 2263) 7 p. in 7 games, 2-3) Velicka (GM, Czech Republic, 2433), Kanellos (Greece, 1986) 6 p., 4-9) Kiselev (Russia, 2210), Rigopoulos-Tsigos (Greece, 2085), Nester (IM, Ukraine, 2307), Malikentzos (FM, Greece, 2347), Kondou (WIM, Greece, 2182), Frendzas (IM, Greece 2363) 5,5 p.
Eva Kondou (of S.O.Santorinis) seems to have secured the title of female Aegean Champion while the title of the Aegean Champion will be contested among Frendzas (S.O.Santorinis, 5,5 p.) and Poundzas, Heropoulos and Lazaridis (S.O.Ikarias, 5 p.).
Dances, Sightseeing and Exhibitions
After the very dense schedule of the first days of the tournament, the participants at last had plenty of free time on the afternoon of the 17th of July, the day of the celebrations for the liberation of Ikaria from Ottoman occupation and had a very good time at the local “panigiri” (festivities).
On the previous day some members of the local cultural club “Ioannis Melas” had taught the chess players the local dances and especially the widely famous “Ikariotikos” (the traditional dance of Ikaria). Members of “Ioannis Melas” also offered to the chessplayers a guided tour at the Cultural Museum of Aghios Kirykos.
On top of these activities, the organizes of “Ikaros 2013” with the help of the local cultural clubs staged at the playing venue an exhibition of photos and documents that aims to introduce the tournament participants to Ikaria, its beauties, history, culture and its unique traits.
The same material has been presented before during the Exhibitions of the Greek Popular Culture in 2008, 2009 and 2010 at the stand of the Ikarian Culture Clubs of Athens and were twice awarded with distinctions. The text accompanying this material was written by Marina Moula while the photos belong to Christos Malahias.
More events!
The last round of the 36th International Chess Tournament “Ikaros” 2013 – Aegean Open Championship will take place on Saturday morning.
The closing ceremony and the prize giving as well as the honorary awards to the past and present mayors of Aghios Kirykos and Ikaria will take place at 7.p.m.
After the closing ceremony the 4th Mediterranean Rapid Team Tournament will take place.
On Sunday and Monday there will be friendly matches between the teams of Ikaria and Samos as well as some events in the memory of the first Ikarian candidate master Manolis Stavrinadis.
All chess events of “Ikaros” 2013 are organized by the Municipality of Aghios Kirykos and Ikaria Chess Club at the Sports Center of Aghios Kirykos.
This year the promotion of the tournament has surpassed all previous records, with TV and radio spots on nationwide stations, articles in major newspapers (double-page article in the Friday, July 19, issue of the “Ethnos”), and extensive references at Ikarian and chess websites in Greece and worldwide!
More info about the 36th International Chess Tournament “Ikaros” 2013 can be found at: http://www.ikaroschess.gr
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The Janisch Gambit by GM Leonid KritzThe Janisch Gambit by GM Leonid KritzPosted on July 15,2013 By William in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos. The Janisch Gambit is one of the most aggressive systems that black can play against the Ruy Lopez, closely resembling a reverse Vienna Gambit or King's Gambit as black offers a very early pawn sacrifice with 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5!? The Janisch Gambit (also known as the Schliemann Defense) is an extremely effective way for black to immediately fight for the initiative and put the pressure on white. The Janisch Gambit may look completely c[...]
Caro-Kann, Exchange Variation by GM PerelshteynPosted on July 08,2013 By William in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos. The Caro-Kann Defense is an extremely tough nut to crack with the white pieces. Although it is certainly not one of the most popular chess openings ever played, you will see this eclectic system pop up from time to time at the Grandmaster level (and beginner/intermediate levels as well!). Notable Super-GMs playing the Caro-Kann Defense these days are Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Hikaru Nakamura, and they are achieving some pretty good results with i[...]
Ivan Sokolov vs Peter Leko – Tata Steel 2013 (GM Damian Lemos)Posted on July 05,2013 By William in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, Tournament Updates, All Articles w/ Videos, General Chess Articles. GM Damian LemosToday we’re going to review a game from the 10th round of the 2013 Tata Steel Chess Tournament, played between GMs Ivan Sokolov and Peter Leko. This game is an excellent example of the Nimzo-Indian Defense with the main line 4. e3, demonstrating a very aggressive plan for the white pieces by GM Sokolov who rapidly sought to expose the defects in Leko’s solid defensive set-up. The main factors in Sokolov’s attack are the various sho[...]
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“Chỉ có một chút hồi hộp, còn lại tương đối thoải mái”, nhà vô địch cờ chớp thế giới 2013 Lê Quang Liêm cho biết như vậy sau khi anh hoàn tất thủ tục cho chuyến du học Mỹ vào tháng 8 tới.
Xem lại môn toán bằng tiếng Anh
Ngoại ngữ là nỗi lo hàng đầu của những ai chuẩn bị đi du học. Đối với Lê Quang Liêm, do đã có sự đầu tư từ nhỏ nên anh khá tự tin với vốn tiếng Anh của mình. “Từ khi bắt đầu thi đấu quốc tế năm 10 tuổi ở Ấn Độ, tôi đã ý thức về việc tự rèn luyện khả năng tiếng Anh. Được đi nhiều quốc gia là một lợi thế vì tôi có cơ hội thường xuyên thực hành tiếng Anh với người nước ngoài. Ban đầu cũng có nhiều khó khăn, nhưng rồi tôi học tiếng Anh ở trường và được mẹ khuyến khích, hướng dẫn thêm nên tự tin hơn”, Quang Liêm chia sẻ.
Kiện tướng Lê Quang Liêm bật mí bí quyết nâng cao kỹ năng ngoại ngữ. “Là một kỳ thủ, việc thông thạo tiếng Anh giúp tôi rất nhiều. Tuy rằng lúc thi đấu không được phép nói chuyện, nhưng bên ngoài bàn cờ, tôi có thể trao đổi, giao lưu kết bạn với nhiều kỳ thủ đến từ các quốc gia khác”, Liêm cho biết. Nhờ đó, theo Quang Liêm, anh biết được văn hóa nước bạn và có nhiều bạn bè. Anh cũng có thể hiểu rõ những thông báo của ban tổ chức, cập nhật tin tức cờ vua và đọc những tài liệu chuyên ngành viết bằng tiếng Anh để nâng cao khả năng chuyên môn. Quang Liêm còn cho rằng, một sinh viên giỏi tiếng Anh sẽ có thuận lợi lớn trong việc học và tìm kiếm việc làm sau này. Vì vậy, không có gì ngạc nhiên khi anh khẳng định: “Tiếng Anh có vai trò đặc biệt quan trọng đối với tôi”.
Lê Quang Liêm chọn học ngành tài chính Trường ĐH Webster (bang Missouri, Mỹ). Để đáp ứng tiêu chuẩn nhập học của trường này, Liêm cho biết phải làm quen với kiểu tiếng Anh học thuật chuyên dùng để thuyết trình, viết bài luận… Vào tháng 3 năm nay, anh đã dự thi IELTS và đạt số điểm 6,5, thừa 0,5 điểm so với chuẩn tối thiểu Trường Webster yêu cầu.
Chuẩn bị cho chuyến du học, song song với tiếng Anh, Quang Liêm còn ôn lại một số kiến thức phổ thông, nhất là môn toán vì đây là môn nền tảng. “Trước đây mình học toán chỉ bằng tiếng Việt. Vì vậy, giờ cần phải tìm hiểu trong môn toán, người ta sử dụng từ ngữ tiếng Anh như thế nào”, Quang Liêm giải thích.
Bàn học - bàn cờ
Theo kế hoạch, ngày 26.8 Trường ĐH Webster sẽ khai giảng, do đó Liêm phải có mặt trước một tuần. Liêm cho biết học bổng này đến với anh cũng khá bất ngờ. Trường Webster hiện có đội tuyển cờ vua hàng đầu nước Mỹ, với 5-6 đại kiện tướng đang theo học và một học viện cờ vua do cô Susan Polgar (cựu vô địch thế giới nữ, người Hungary hiện đang sống tại Mỹ) đứng đầu. Cô Susan Polgar năm ngoái mời Liêm sang thi đấu giải SPICE CUP, nhân đó giới thiệu về trường. Cô ấy cũng làm cầu nối để nhà trường cấp cho Liêm học bổng toàn phần trong 4 năm với ngành học tự chọn. Bù lại, Liêm sẽ thi đấu cho Trường Webster trong những giải đấu giữa các trường ĐH Mỹ. “Tôi nghĩ đây là cơ hội rất tốt để mình được tiếp cận với nền giáo dục hiện đại. Bên cạnh đó, một lý do khác mà tôi chọn trường này vì mình sẽ có điều kiện nâng cao khả năng cờ vua. Ngoài giờ học, thời gian rảnh tôi có thể tập luyện cờ. Ở đây có nguồn tư liệu, sách cờ rất phong phú cũng như có nhiều đối thủ xứng tầm để cùng nhau nghiên cứu”, Quang Liêm nói. Nhà vô địch cờ chớp thế giới bộc bạch thêm: “Trong thời gian học ở Mỹ, có lẽ tôi sẽ phải giảm bớt một số giải thi đấu cho phù hợp với lịch học. Thời gian nghỉ hè từ tháng 5 đến tháng 8, tôi về Việt Nam nên sẽ sắp xếp tham dự được nhiều giải hơn”.
Được biết, bên cạnh cờ vua, Quang Liêm còn có sự đam mê đối với lĩnh vực kinh doanh, đặc biệt là tài chính. Theo Liêm, việc học ĐH là bước để anh tích lũy kiến thức và kinh nghiệm cho tương lai. Sau này nếu không còn là vận động viên chuyên nghiệp nữa, có thể anh sẽ chọn một trong hai lối đi: trở thành huấn luyện viên để truyền lại hiểu biết, kinh nghiệm cho những thế hệ sau hoặc thử sức trong lĩnh vực kinh doanh.
Source: http://www.thanhnien.com.vn
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By Frank 'Boy' Pestaño and Frank 'Boy' Pestaño
Chessmoso
Thursday, July 18, 2013
ACCORDING to Wikipedia, securing a perfect score (100 percent) in a world-class tournament is very rare. These were achieved mostly by world champions.
Those who did it are Gustav Neumann at Berlin in 1865 (34/34); Henry Atkins in Amsterdam 1899 (15/15); Emanuel Lasker in New York in 1893 (13/13); José Raúl Capablanca in New York in 1913 (13/13); Alexander Beliavsky in Alicante in 1978 (13/13); Alexander Alekhine in Moscow in 1919–20 (11/11) and Bobby Fischer in the US Championship of 1963/64 (11/11).
Vera Menchik won four consecutive Women’s World Chess Championship tournaments with perfect scores, a total of 45 games (8-0 in Prague 1931, 14-0 in Folkestone 1933, 9-0 in Warsaw 1935, and 14-0 in Stockholm 1937) . She was a British-Czech chess player who gained renown as the world’s first women’s chess champion. She also competed in Open chess tournaments, defeating many of men’s players, including future World Champion Max Euwe.
Another woman, Valentina Gunina won the Women’s section of the 2010 Moscow Blitz tournament with a 17/17 score.
Carlos Juarez has won the national championship of Guatemala 24 times, an all- time record in National championships. He was here in Cebu in 1992 at the invitation of Cepca to play a simul tournament together with Jaime Sunye-Neto of Brazil , Walter Arencibia of Cuba and Eugene Torre.
The Philippines’ pride Wesley So scored 9/9 in the 2011 Inter-Provincial Chess Team Championship, He won the gold medal in men’s blitz in the 2011 SEA Games 2011 in Indonesia with a score of 9/9 and a rating performance of 3183,and also won the 2013 Calgary International Blitz Championship with a score of 9/9.
Incidentally last July 15 Wesley , a student at the Webster University in Saint Louis, captured the gold medal at the 27th Summer Universiade in Kazan after tie-breaks.
After nine rounds of play in the men’s section, nine players shared the first place with 6.5 points each.
Wesley So won the gold medal, Zaven Andriasian from Armenia took the silver, while the previous winner Li Chao from China, got with bronze.
The tournament director required Wesley to play an Armageddon game with Andriasan, although according to Susan Polgat, it was not necessary and a breach in the rules.
Wesley still won despite playing with the black pieces.
Bobby Fischer had a string of 19 consecutive wins against some of the very best players in the world. He won his last six games n the 1970 Palma de Mallorca Interzonal . In the quarterfinals of the Candidates Matches leading to the world championship, he blanked Mark Taimanov 6-0. In the semifinals, Fischer clobbered Bent Larsen by the same score. In the Candidates Match final, Fischer beat former World Champion Tigran Petrosian in the first game before Petrosian snapped the streak by beating Fischer in the second match game.
Garry Kasparov placed first or tied for first in 15 individual super-tournaments, from 1981 to 1990. This amazing performance was broken by Vasily Ivanchuk at Linares 1991, where Kasparov placed second, half a point behind him, Capablanca played for eight years without a loss (1916 to 1924) in 63 games , including his World Chess Championship 1921 victory over Emanuel Lasker.
Mikhail Tal had a string of 95 tournament games without a loss (46 wins and 49 draws) in 1973-74.
Cepca. The monthly tournament will be held this Sunday July 21 at 1 p.m. at the Deepblue Cafe, SM City.
The format is five-round Swiss and the handicapping time control is 15 minutes for Class A players and 20 minutes for Class B.
The champion will qualify for the grand finals this December. Those who already qualified are Lawyer Jong Melendez (January), NM Arnold Cadiz (February), Percival Fiel (March), Maggi Dionson (April), Manuel Abucay (May), and Jun Kidlat (June).Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph
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Team China (Men)
Wang Yue (2705)
Zhou Weiqi (2616)
Wen Yang (2593)
Xiu Deshun (2556)
Lu Shanglei (2536)
Team China (Women)
Ju Wenjun (2531)
Tan Zhongyi (2478)
Guo Qi (2446)
Ding Yixin (2432)
Wang Jue (2399)
Team USA (Men)
Ray Robson (2628) - Webster University
Sam Shankland (2599)
Gregory Kaidanov (2577)
Alex Lenderman (2548)
Yuri Shulman( 2542)
Team USA (Women)
Tatev Abrahamyan (2316)
Sabina Foisor (2281)
Iryna Zenyuk (2250)
Alisa Melekhina (2216)
Victorija Ni (2173) The format will be 1 classical game and 2 rapid games against each opponent (15 games total). The men and women will not be competing against each other.
LIVE games: http://sports.sina.com.cn/go/chesslive.html
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White to move. How should White proceed?
Source: ChessToday.net
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Original letter http://www.sah-zveza.si/news/1307/Dajmo%20Vesna.pdf. You can use http://translate.google.com to translate the letter. She needs help from the chess community.
The father of the WIM sent a letter asking for help:
Dear Sir,
I turn to you with a request for a donation for the cancer treatment of my 26-year-old daughter Vesna Rožič. Vesna is a final year student of the Faculty of Medicine and a permanent member of the Slovenian chess team. In May this year she became seriously ill. The doctors diagnosed metastatic peritoneal carcinoma. Since Vesna fighter by nature, she has decided that we shall all work together to combat the cancer.
Vesna’s treatment was initiated in Slovenia, where she has already received two cycles of systemic chemotherapy. This is not enough to cure the disease. We contacted the Medias Klinikum GmbH, Burghausen, Germany, where Vesna will receive further treatment. Doctors estimate that it will require at least three cycles of local chemotherapy. Each cycle costs between 15,000 and 20,000 Euros. These treatment costs are very high. We are able to pay for the first cycle of local chemotherapy in Germany, but turn to you and ask you to help us collect donations to pay the remaining costs of Vesna’s treatment.
Maybe I did not say everything I wanted at the moment, but my distress and the hardship in our family is so great that I cannot do any better.
Yours sincerely,
Adrijan Rožič
Donations should be addressed to the Regional Association of the Red Cross Maribor, IBAN: SI56 0451 5000 0397 432, Ref: 50751, purpose: Vesna Rožic (Bank details: Nova Kreditna Banka Maribor, Vita Kraigherja 4, 2505 Maribor, BIC/Swift code: KBMASI2XXXX). All funds received will be reserved exclusively for the payment of expenses for Vesna’s treatment in Germany. In the event that more funds than necessary will be raised the remaining money will be allocated to the development of young chess players and chess activities of the Slovenia Chess Federation. – Primoz Kokalj, Secretary of the Slovenian Chess Federation.
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The 24th International Chess and Games Festival from the Czech Republic is taking place on 11th – 27th July in Pardubice, a city that lies on the river Elbe, 96 kilometres east of Prague.
A huge number of event are running concurrently. The main attractions are the A and B chess open tournaments. They are being held on 19th – 27th July.
The A group is reserved for players with an Elo rating above 2200. It is a 9 rounds Swiss open. The time control is 2×1,5 h/40 +30 min + 30s/move.
The B group is reserved for players with an Elo rating above 1800. It is also being played during 9 rounds under the Swiss system. Time control: 2x2h + 30s/move.
Viktor Laznicka is the first seed, followed by a strong group of GMs that includes players such as Liviu-Ditier Nisipeanu, Tamir Nabaty, Evgeny Vorobiov, among others.
Tournament website
Participants – A Group (top seeds):
1 GM Laznicka Viktor CZE 2684
2 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter ROU 2670
3 GM Kononenko Dmitry UKR 2610
4 GM Schlosser Philipp GER 2602
5 GM Nabaty Tamir ISR 2586
6 GM Vorobiov Evgeny E. RUS 2585
7 GM Babula Vlastimil CZE 2583
8 GM Michalik Peter SVK 2579
9 GM Stocek Jiri CZE 2576
10 GM Lalith Babu IND 2571
11 GM Oleksienko Mikhailo UKR 2568
12 GM Piorun Kacper POL 2566
13 GM Bernasek Jan CZE 2551
14 GM Geller Jakov RUS 2549
15 GM Gonda Laszlo HUN 2538
16 GM Mirzoev Azer AZE 2536
17 GM Jaracz Pawel POL 2531
18 GM Lintchevski Daniil RUS 2529
19 GM Cvek Robert CZE 2527
20 IM Rozum Ivan RUS 2527
21 GM Petr Martin CZE 2523
22 GM Haba Petr CZE 2522
23 GM Neuman Petr CZE 2522
24 GM Stefansson Hannes ISL 2522
25 GM Krejci Jan CZE 2521
26 GM Teske Henrik GER 2517
27 IM Stukopin Andrey RUS 2517
28 GM Chernyshov Konstantin RUS 2514
29 IM Gretarsson Hjoerrar Steinn ISL 2511
30 GM Stupak Kirill BLR 2510
31 GM Shyam Sundar IND 2505
32 GM Boros Denes HUN 2504
33 IM Mozharov Mikhail RUS 2495
34 GM Neverov Valery UKR 2492
35 GM Harika Dronavalli IND 2489
36 GM Lalic Bogdan CRO 2489
37 GM Galego Luis POR 2488
38 IM Das Debashis IND 2478
39 GM Gutman Gennadi UKR 2477
40 IM Dourerassou Jonathan FRA 2476
41 IM Idani Pouya IRI 2476
42 IM Narayanan Srinath IND 2475
43 GM Simantsev Mikhail UKR 2473
44 IM Sipos Istvan HUN 2471
45 IM Toth Ervin HUN 2471
46 GM Bryzgalin Kirill RUS 2470
47 GM Kovalev Andrei BLR 2470
48 IM Richter Michael GER 2470
49 GM Akesson Ralf SWE 2469
50 IM Breder Dennis GER 2465
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A large amount of events will take place in the festival, and the action begins on Saturday the 20th. The first attraction will be the rapid chess tournament, which will create even more anticipation to the main Grandmaster tournament that begins on Monday 22nd with a very strong line-up.
Swiss Rapid Chess Championship
July 21st 2013, 9.30 a.m. 9 round Swiss system.
Cadence: 7′ + 7” per move and per player.
Prizes: CHF 1’200, 800, 600, 500, 400, 300, 200, 150, 2×100, natural prizes for players with 5½ points and more, best lady, best senior (1953-), best junior (1995+): each CHF 200, best child (1997+), best player without title: each CHF 100, best Swiss (with Swiss-passport): CHF 400, 300, 200, 2×100, best players with Elo <2000 100="" 200="" 2="" 300="" and="" br="" chf="">
Total prize fund: CHF 7’650 + natural prizes.
More information available on the official website. Last year winner was Wang Hao.2000>
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The Pacific Meridian (Tikhookeanskiy Meridian) rapid tournament was held on 18-20th July at the student campus of DVFU in Vladivostok, Russia.
The event was 11-round swiss with the time control 15′+10”. The results are valid for the Rapid Grand Prix Cup of Russia.
Grandmaster Vladimir Onischuk started furiously with eight straight wins before routinely drawing the last three games to maintain a clear first place with 9,5/11 points.
Onischuk earned 2400 EUR from the total prize fund of 10,600 EUR.
Grandmasters Sergey Volkov and Dmitry Bocharov shared the second place a full point behind the winner. Standings below.
The chess festivities in Vladivostok continue with the “Seaside Opening”, a 9-round swiss open, on 21-29th July. The tournament is a stage of the Cup of Russia in classical chess. The “Russkiy Island”, the stage of the Cup of Russia among boys and girls, will be held concurrently with the adults’ event.
Final standings:
1 GM Onischuk Vladimir UKR 2619 – 9.5
2 GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2620 – 8.5
3 GM Bocharov Dmitry RUS 2597 – 8.5
4 GM Gleizerov Evgeny RUS 2615 – 8
5 GM Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2654 – 7.5
6 GM Ulibin Mikhail RUS 2521 – 7.5
7 GM Smirnov Pavel RUS 2667 – 7.5
8 GM Yakovich Yuri RUS 2520 – 7.5
9 GM Korneev Oleg ESP 2590 – 7
10 GM Papin Vasily RUS 2476 – 7
11 GM Khismatullin Denis RUS 2685 – 7
12 FM Rychkov Oleg RUS 2325 – 7
13 FM Tsigelnitskiy Ilusha RUS 2332 – 7
14 GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2567 – 6.5
15 FM Bogachkov Igor RUS 2359 – 6.5
16 IM Batsanin Dmitry RUS 2394 – 6.5
17 FM Tsydypov Zhamsaran RUS 2423 – 6.5
18 Sek Konstantin RUS 2441 – 6.5
19 Chuhachev Vladimir RUS 2176 – 6.5
20 IM Korniushin Nikolay RUS 2364 – 6.5
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http://sports.sina.com.cn/go/chesslive.html
Men's results
Zhou 0-1 Robson
Shankland 0-1 Wang Yue
Wen 1/2 Kaidanov
Xiu 0-1 Lenderman
Shulman 0-1 Lu
China 2.5 - 2.5 USA
Women's results
Tan 1/2 Abrahamyan
Foisor 1/2 Ju
Guo 1/2 Zenyuk
Ding 1-0 Melekhina
Ni 0-1 Wang
China 3.5 - 1.5 USA
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