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United States of America (All players) Only Women

Source: FIDE – September 2009

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Official website: http://www.chessmoscow.ru/

Moscow Blitz Chess Championship
Alexander Grischuk wins second consecutive title
Report by Chessdom.com

The 63rd Moscow Blitz Championship which was organized by the newspaper “Vechernaya Moskva” took place on Sunday, August 30th, in the capitol’s park Muzeon. For the second year in a row the winner was Alexander Grischuk, who collected 17 points from 21 games. Close behind were Alexander Morozevich and Sergey Karjakin with 16.5 points each.

Women’s World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk finished next to last with 5 points, a full 12 points behind the winner.

Alexander Grischuk – 17.0 points

Alexander Morozevich and Sergey Karjakin – 16.5

Mikhail Kobalia and Vladimir Malakhov -14.0

Boris Savchenko and Dmitry Jakovenko – 13.0

Alexander Riazantsev and Farrukh Amonatov – 12.5

Maxim Dlugy and Alexei Korotylev – 11.0

Evgeny Najer and Vadim Zvjagintsev – 10.5

Evgeny Dragomaretsky – 10.0

Boris Grachev – 9.0

Nikolai Vlasov – 8.5

Andrey Kalinichev and Georgy Kastanieda – 6.0

Alexandra Kosteniuk, Evgeny Vorobiov, Konstantin Mesropov – 5.0

Evgeny Vasiukov – 4.0 points

In the Moscow Blitz Championship for women, Valentina Gunina took the trophy with 13.5 points from 17 games, while Darya Charochkinoy finished second with 12. Oleg Pervakov won the Championship for journalists and GM Sergey Shipov was best among chess analysts. Oleg Zilbert wins among seniors and Daniil Dubov was the top junior.

All winners were awarded by the tournament’s special guest Anatoly Karpov. Official website.

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After closing the gap to 3 points in round 9, the Rising Stars need to score 4-1 today to even up the match. The young guns have White on all 5 boards. Not only they did not score 4-1, they did not even win the match. They were crushed by the score of 3.5 – 1.5! This was a complete shocker!

Here are the final match results:

Final standings

Experience   27½Rising stars 22½

Nielsen    6½Svidler    6Ljubojevic 5½Beliavsky  5Van Wely   4½

Smeets     6Caruana    5Stellwagen 4½Hou Yifan  3½Nakamura   3½

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Nakamura (2710) – Svidler (2739) [E60]
Rising Stars vs Experience (10), 31.08.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 Nc6 4.d5 Ne5 5.e4 d6 6.Ne2 Bg7 7.Nec3 0–0 8.Be2 e6 9.f4 Ned7 10.0–0 exd5 11.cxd5 Re8 12.Bf3 Nc5 13.Re1 h5 14.h3 b5 15.e5 dxe5 16.fxe5 Nfd7 17.e6 Ne5 18.Nxb5 Ncd3 19.exf7+ Kxf7 20.Rf1 Kg8 21.Be4 Nxc1 22.Qxc1 c6 23.N5c3 Ba6 24.Re1 Ng4 25.Qd2 Qb6+ 26.Kh1 Nf2+ 27.Kh2 Nxe4 28.Nxe4 Rxe4 29.Rxe4 Qxb2 30.d6 Rd8 31.d7 Be5+ 32.g3 Rxd7 Black wins 0–1
　
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Name: Peter Svidler
Age: 33 (6/17/1976)
FIDE Title: Grandmaster (gained his GM norms in 1994)
Current ELO rating: 2739 (FIDE rating list)
Current Chess960 rating: 2733
Current coach: IM Andrei Lukin
Hobbies: Listening to good music, reading, cricket and any kind of billiards

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

* Chess960 World Champion (Mainz 2003, 04 & 05)
* FIDE World Chess Championship Semifinalist (Moscow 2001)
* Russian Champion: 1994, 95, 97, 2003 & 2008
* Olympic Champion: 1994, 96, 98, 2000 & 2002 / Silver medal: 36th Chess Olympiad (2004)
* Co-winner of Tilburg 1997 & Dortmund 1998 & 2006
* Bunratty Masters: 2008, 09

Official website: http://www.psvidler.net/

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World Chess Champion Inspires Batswana

Mosah Mokganedi
Correspondent
Monday, 31 August 2009

Former president Festus Mogae encouraged 40 chess players beaten by the world champion Viswanathan Anand on Saturday to pride themselves in having the chance to play the best man in the game. Mogae said it is a rare opportunity to play a champion.

Mogae was officiating at an event where the Indian Grand Master (GM) beat 40 players in Gaborone in simultaneous games. “Never mind that he beat you. He did that to everyone he played before. Be proud that you have played and lost to a world champion,” Mogae told a cheering crowd.

The former president who was in his element kept the crowd laughing and said Botswana journalists have had the opportunity to report about the world’s best chessman.

“Shakespeare said some people are born great, others achieve great things and others have greatness cast upon them and that is us today,” he said.

After beating the 40 players, Anand told Monitor Sport that most of them showed a lot of potential and with proper development, Botswana can go a long way in chess. He said the players showed a lot of enthusiasm. Anand was in the country courtesy of NIIT and Botswana Chess Federation (BCF). He said through NIIT, he is prepared to help Botswana chess grow. He added that there are lessons that Botswana can learn from his country as India plays high-level chess.

Anand said his visit is the beginning of good things for Botswana and India in chess. He was grateful for the warm welcome he got in Botswana.

He said the lesson that he will take home is that Batswana are a relaxed people.

BCF president, Tshepo Sitale said they will forever remain grateful for Anand’s visit. He added that chess in Botswana has shown a lot of potential and with proper investment, it can grow to greater heights. He said BCF hopes to roll-out chess to all parts of the country in the near future. Anand was expected to play 30 players in simultaneous games yesterday.

Source: http://www.mmegi.bw

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Official website: http://nhchess.com/index.html

The good news is the Rising Stars won today. The bad news is they only closed the gap by 1 point. They are still trailing the Experience team by 3 going into the final match tomorrow. The consolation is the Rising Stars will have White on all 5 board tomorrow. Can they make the valiant effort to overcome this deep deficit?

Score after Round 9

Experience   24Rising stars 21

Nielsen    5½Ljubojevic 5Svidler    5Beliavsky  4½Van Wely   4

Smeets     5½Caruana    4½Stellwagen 4Hou Yifan  3½Nakamura   3½

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European Youth Chess Championship 2009
Under-18 Chess Championships
Fermo, August 30 – September 10, 2009

Official website: http://www.euroyouth2009.com/

Participants

Boys U10 / Boys U12 / Boys U14 / Boys U16 / Boys U18

Girls U10 / Girls U12 / Girls U14 / Girls U16 / Girls U18

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GM Alexander Fier wins Open Sants chess tournament
Krasenkow takes silver, Fargere bronze
Report by Chessdom

The Brazilian chess star GM Alexandr Fier won the Open Sants tournament. GM Fier achieved a score of 8,5/10 without losing a single game. He started with the amazing seven consecutive wins, bringing him solid advantage and a performance of 3172. Then he continued with three solid draws to secure the first place.

Second place was shared by GM Michal Krasenkow and IM Francois Fargere. Both finished with 8,0/10, but the silver went to GM Krasenkow with better tiebreak score.

Places 4 to 14 were for the players with 7,5/10. AMong them are many established grandmasters such as Almeida Quintana, Narciso Dublan, Lars Karlsson, Jaime Cuartas, Sergey Grigoriants, and Vyacheslav Ikonnikov. In the same group there were many pleasant surprises, such as our good friend from Bergensjakk.no IM Eirik Gullaksen (who managed to defeat GM Solodovnichenko and finished undefeated) and FM Martinez Duany (who defeated GM Ikonnikov and GM Kunin).

A total of 278 players participated in the event. Here are the full standings, you can find more information at the official site and a video from the event at the round 4 report.

Here are the top finishers:

1 GM Fier Alexandr BRA 2604 8.5
2 GM Krasenkow Michal POL 2631 8
3 IM Fargere Francois FRA 2480 8
4 GM Almeida Quintana Omar CUB 2524 7.5
5 GM Ikonnikov Vyacheslav RUS 2556 7.5
6 FM Martinez Duany Lelys Stanley CUB 2507 7.5
7 GM Grigoriants Sergey RUS 2564 7.5
8 GM Cuartas Jaime Alexander COL 2521 7.5
9 IM Cruz Cristhian PER 2525 7.5
10 GM Karlsson Lars SWE 2468 7.5
11 IM Gullaksen Eirik NOR 2396 7.5
12 GM Narciso Dublan Marc ESP 2553 7.5
13 GM Lemos Damian ARG 2547 7.5
14 FM Bacallao Alonso Yusnel CUB 2467 7.5
15 GM Gonzalez Garcia Jose MEX 2509 7
16 IM Ipatov Alexander ESP 2454 7
17 IM Alonso Rosell Alvar ESP 2461 7
18 IM Vila Gazquez Xavier ESP 2457 7
19 IM Pitl Gregory GER 2405 7
20 FM Perez Mitjans Orelvis CUB 2404 7
21 FM Vitoux Colomban FRA 2423 7
22 IM Mihailovs Jurijs LAT 2408 7
23 IM Matnadze Ana GEO 2413 7
24 IM Bergez Luc FRA 2371 7
25 Brethes Francois FRA 2255 7
26 IM Munoz Pantoja Miguel PER 2427 7
27 FM Lorenzo De La Riva Lazaro ESP 2331 7
28 IM Huerga Leache Mikel ESP 2456 7
29 FM Oms Fuentes Lluis ESP 2351 7
30 Scharrer Patrick ITA 2280 7

Full standings here.

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Dableo earns GM norm in Malaysian chess tilt
abs-cbnNEWS.com 08/30/2009 12:28 AM

MANILA – Filipino International Master (IM) Ronald Dableo beat Indon Grandmaster Susanto Megaranto to earn his third GM norm in the ninth and final round of the 2009 Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Friday.

Dableo used the disadvantageous black pieces to beat Megaranto. He thus earned 7.0 points to tie with Indian GM Parimarjan Negi at top place of the competition.

Negi, however, won the overall championship trophy after edging Dableo through tie break points (49.5 points against 48 points).

Dableo won his first GM norm after winning the 2003 Asian Zonal qualifying round in Vietnam. He scored his second norm three years later in the 2006 PGMA Cup.

Dableo, who has an ELO rating of 2417, would now only need to increase his rating to 2500 to formally join RP’s elite group of GMs which includes Eugene Torre, Rogelio “Joey” Antonio Jr., Buenaventura “Bong” Villamayor, Nelson Mariano II, Mark Paragua, Wesley So, Darwin Laylo, Jayson Gonzales, John Paul Gomez, Joseph Sanchez, Rogelio Barcenilla and the late Rosendo Balinas Jr.

Meanwhile, IM Emanuel Senador faltered against eventual overall champion Negi during their final round match up.

Senador was leading the pack with 6.5 points after the eighth round. He, however, failed to progress after losing to the Indian GM.

National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) president Prospero “Butch” Pichay Jr. hailed the performance of Dableo and Senador in the Malaysian chess tilt.

“Ronald (Dableo) and Emmanuel (Senador) and company once again brought honor to the country. Their victory serves as an inspiration to the nation particularly to the Filipino youth pawnpushers,” said Pichay Jr.

Marlon Bernardino

Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com

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