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RSSU Chess Cup
27.01.2012 - 05.02.2012. Moscow, Russia
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Publication date: 08/02/2012
Such result to a chess forum passing during ten days was awarded at a closing ceremony of tournament by the president of Moscow chess federation, the rector of the Russian state social university the academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vasiliy Ivanovich Zhukov.
«Moscow became capital of the chess world for these ten days. People from a great number of the countries in this time learn each other better, find new friends. Chess does more richly and more strongly all our mankind», – convinced the head of Moscow chess.
Besides Zhukov, in the Award ceremony it took part Andjey Filipowicz, the international arbitrator, the honorary member of the International chess federation and Sergey Afanasiev, the President of the State fund of development of the Northwest.
Filipowicz congratulated the rector of one of the greatest universities of the world and all his team for the organization of such remarkable festival and has expressed hope that tradition of carrying out of RSSU Cup «Moscow Open 2012» will safe for a long years.
Publication date: 07/02/2012
A qualifying tournament of the World Blitz Championship took place on February 6, the day after the end of the main competition of RSSU Cup Moscow Open 2012. Ninety nine chess players engaged in a competition for three places in a semi-final of the world championship. It was a Swiss-system tournament run in 11 rounds with a 3-min time control till the end of the game with extra two seconds added for every move beginning with the first one.
Nikolay Chadaev, a Russian grandmaster, decisively won the tournament. Having gained 9 points, he secured his victory a round before the end of the tournament. The chess players with 8,5 points shared from second to sixth places.
The situation has been more favourable for two Russians – Vasiliy Papin became a runner-up, and Andrey Rychagov got the third prize.
Ukrainian Stanislav Bogdanovich, Rustam Khusnutdinov from Kazakhstan and also the Russian Nickolay Shukh from Penza fell behind in an attempt to win the prizes.
Publication date: 06/02/2012
Nino Batsiashvili - chess-player from Georgian city Batumi, winner of RSSU Student Grandmaster Cup among women, - answered the questions of official web-site reporter Maria Manakova.
– Nino, did you know you would win?
– Well, I was rating-favorite of the tournament, I meant to win. But only after my victory over Severina in eighth round and becoming a sole leader – I realised: this is it, now I’m definitely first!
– You had no loses, was it a specific attitude for the tournament?
– Yes: to go straight and win wherever I can.
– Did you have luck?
– Not really.
– Who is your coach?
– For many years already my coach is Leonid Nevronov. He is also from Batumi.
– What is your style?
– Positional style, I guess.
– What is your favorite Opening?
– Caro-Kann.
– That was obvious... Don’t you think that in Georgia you are a future star?
– I began to play good only in last two years. Gained about one hundred ELO points.
Publication date: 05/02/2012
Russian Marina Romanko has win the stage of the Cup of Russia among women – «Moscow Open 2012». In last round chess player from Moscow had to win, unique among participants from the lead group, that allowed her to scores 7.5 points, and edge the rivals by half of point.
The 4-7 places were shared by the participants who have scored 7 points. On tie-breaks the second place was won by the Chinese Huang Qian, the third – Russian Daria Charochkina. Russians Kovanova Baira, Elmira Mirzoeva, Ekaterina Atalik from Turkey and Nazi Paikidze from Georgia did not enter into medal-winners.
The competition was spent by the Swiss system with 9 rounds. 154 chess players from 11 countries, including 14 grandmasters struggled for a victory.
Publication date: 05/02/2012
A dramatic final was open tournament of RSSU Cup «Moscow Open 2012» – National Cup stage among men.
Leading in the second part of the tournament Russian Dmitry Kokarev in the last round lost to his compatriot Igor Lysyj and let him the head the table. The winner scored 7,5 points, half-point more than his three competitors.
Three Russian chess-players shared 2-4 places: Dmitry Kokarev, Ernesto Inarkiev and 15 years old Urii Eliseev – due to tie-breaks.
10 chess-players scored 6,5 each.
190 participants from 15 countries including 62 international grandmasters took part in competition.
Publication date: 05/02/2012
Suren Poghosyan from Armenia, won the most numerous tournament of «Moscow Open 2012» – RSSU Amateur Chess Cup. During the nine rounds he lost one point only.
Six participants from Russia scored 7.5 points and are half-point behind the leader. Anatoliy Lopukhin from Penza became second due to tie-breaks, Muscovite Gleb Apryshko became third.
Alexander Zhurikhin from Penza, Muscovites Konstantin Kostin and Arsen Kukhmazov, Nariman Mustafin from Yakutiya are behind the medal-winners.
415 players whose rating was under 2300, from 16 countries participated in the competition.
Publication date: 05/02/2012
Granmaster Vasily Papin from Shakhty, Rostov region was out of competition at RSSU Cup "Moscow Open 2012" among students. Without loses he scored 7 points.
Sergey Matsenko from Chelyabinsk scored 6,5 points and became second but due to tie-breaks he outrun Muscovite Alexander Kharitonov who had the same result.
Valeriya Ryanova from Saratov, Yulia Gorozhankina from Zelenodolsk and Muscovite Anastasia Zaryvkina scored 5.5 points each – best result among women. Due to tie-breaks «gold» was given to Ryanova, «silver» – Gorozhankina, «bronze» – Zaryvkina.
46 chess-players from 5 countries participated in the competition.
Moreover in the tournament among school graduates succeeded Ruslan Avdeev from Rybinsk and Sergei Savitskiy from Salekhard, in the round tournament they scored 7.5 points out of 9. Due to tie-breaks the victory was given to Avdeev. «Bronze» was taken by Gennady Pranizin from Salekhard, he scored 6 points.
Publication date: 05/02/2012
Being victorious in his last six games in a row, Ukrainian grandmaster Yaroslav Zherebukh won RSSU Student Grandmaster Cup among men within the program of International RSSU Chess Cup «Moscow Open 2012». Ukrainian chess-player scored 7 points out of 9. Russian Maxim Matlakov scored 6 points and became second.
In the final round Zherebukh overplayed Russian Alexei Reshetnikov, Matlakov had a draw with American Ray Robson, who scored 5,5 points and became third.
Avetik Grigoryan from Armenia scored 5 points and became fourth.
Publication date: 05/02/2012
Georgian Nino Batsiashvili won RSSU Student Grandmaster Cup among women. One round before finish she scored half-point more than her main competitor Nastassia Ziaziulkina from Belarus and held her leadership till the end.
In the end Batsiashvili scored 7 points which is half-point more than silver medalist Nastassia Ziaziulkina. In the final round Georgian chess-player defeated Russian Dina Drozdova. Ziaziulkina overplayed Russian Alina Kashlinskaya.
Karina Szczepkowska-Horowska from Poland won bronze medal, having a draw in the game with Russian Alexandra Goryachkina in the final round, and scored 6 points.
Alexandra Goryachkina scored 5,5 points – half-point less than bronze winner, - the best result among Russians.
Moreover, Ziaziulkina and Goryachkina fulfilled the grandmaster norm.
Publication date: 05/02/2012
Organizing committee of Moscow Open together with RSSU faculty of improvement of professional skill and professional retraining has spent the course of advanced training for the second time. As well as last year among attendees there were coaches, teachers and arbiters not only from Russia, but also from Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Afghanistan.
The greatest attention was traditionally attracted to the referees’ and FIDE arbiters, which involved more than 20 attendees.
The head of a seminar the international arbiter A.Filipowicz from Poland has told in detail about rules of chess and the additions which are coming into force since July, 1st, 2012.
Publication date: 04/02/2012
Absolutely uneasy to predict, who becomes the winner in the stage of the Cup of Russia among women, which passing in the frameworks of RSSU Cup «Moscow Open 2012». Five participants scored on 6,5 points from 8 at once till a round to the end of competitions, they are Russians Marina Romanko and Maria Fominyh, Georgian Paikidze Nazi, Chinese Huang Qian and Ekaterina Atalik from Turkey.
Romanko and Huang in the eighth round played with draw in internal games, also like Atalik and Fominyh. Paikidze became stronger than Russian Mirzoeva Elmira.
Russian Dmitry Kokarev still keeps a leadership in a stage of the Cup of Russia among men. After eight rounds he has 7 points. Two more Russian grandmasters have on a half of point less – Ernesto Inarkiev and Igor Lysyj. Pole Bartosz Socko, Russians Alexander Lastin, Urii Eliseev, and Pavel Maletin scored on 6 points.
Publication date: 04/02/2012
Ukrainian Yaroslav Zherebukh and Georgian Batsiashvili Nino became the sole leaders in the tournaments of young grandmasters till one round to finish, among young men and women accordingly.
In penultimate round Zherebukh has won against Alexander Ipatov from Spain and on a half of point has outscore other applicant for a victory – Russian Maxim Matlakov, who has finished the game with Pole Dariusz Sviercz with draw. American Ray Robson takes the third position in the table; in 9th round he became stronger than Russian Andrey Stukopin and makes up ground from Matlakov with half of point.
Batsiashvili Nino became a sole leader in the women tournament, having won Russian Maria Severina in the eighth round. The second and third places, lagging behind the leader on a half of point, share Nastassia Ziaziulkina from Belarus and Karina Szczepkowska-Horowska from Poland, both of them in this round played with draw. Ziaziulkina shared points with Irina Bulmaga from Romania, Szczepkowska-Horowska – with Russian Daria Pustovoitova.
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