2015-05-29

The Swedish trade and Industry meet the suburbs


Näringslivet tillsammans med Förorten

On May the 29th chess interested Business highs and the astronaut/space traveller Christer Fuglesang will play an exhibition tournament together with school children from the Swedish suburbs. The event called Näringslivet tillsammans med Förorten was created to promote integration and counter-act segregation through the help of chess since it is a sport that all people can play and meet around no matter of background or prerequisites.
The tournament is a couple chess tournament with the rules that each business top is paired with a child from the suburbs, than they play couple chess together meaning that they play every other move without discussing the moves within the team. Totally 16 teams compete and the format of the tournament is group stage 4groups with 4 teams and all play all, with the group winner qualifying for semifinal and there it is knockout until one winner is crowned.
The tournament is organized by the Swedish Chess Academy www.schackakademien.se and played open to the public with live transmission of the games, a moderator and live commentary in the famous (Sergel Gallerian) Sergel Mall in central Stockholm.
Some of the players are Jan Stahlberg, Partner of EQT, Soren Mellstig, Chairman of Trelleborg Group, Christer Fuglesang, Sweden's first astronaut, Carina Björkefors Entercard Swedens VD (The company that sponsored the qualification tournament to Norway Chess with Magnus Carlsen as the Expert) Kare Gillstring and Jockum Wahlberg two well-known angel investors and chess sponsors.
In the The Chess Academy we want to show that chess is a great way to in pleasant circumstances meet people of different age, culture and background. Chess has taught me to see other people's interests and thoughts and to have a strategic perspective on many decisions in life” says Jan Stahlberg, Chairman of the Swedish Chess Academy.
It is an international game, I have met people all over the world through chess. From a mountain hut in Norway to Istanbul, even from space, I played” says Christer Fuglesang, member of the Swedish Chess Academy.
The schedule in Swedish time and the games are live transmitted through www.schack.se
14:45 Interview and introduction with Christer Fuglesang
15:00 Group games starts
16:20 Semifinal
16:45 Final
17:10 Awards Ceremony!
Contact: GM Pontus Carlsson p.carlssonchess@gmail.com

The Swedish Chess Academy aims to show how chess can be a meeting point on equal terms, regardless of background and circumstances. With the game as a motivator chess has the potential to create new relationships and friendships between people who otherwise rarely would meet, or have few points of contact.

2015-05-27

Grand Prix 2014/2015: Nakamura and Caruana qualify for Candidates 2016



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In the final 11th round of the FIDE Grand Prix in Khanty-Mansiysk Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura drew their respective games to take the top two spots in the overall Grand Prix standings and qualify for the 2016 FIDE Candidates Tournament. Congratulations!

Results - Khanty-Mansiysk

Caruana, Jakovenko and Nakamura shared the first place in the last Grand Prix tournament with 6,5/11 points each.
#NamePtsSB
1Jakovenko, Dmitry6.534.5
Caruana, Fabiano6.533.5
Nakamura, Hikaru6.533.5
4Dominguez Perez, Leinier634
Gelfand, Boris632.75
6Grischuk, Alexander5.529.75
Svidler, Peter5.529.75
Giri, Anish5.528.75
Karjakin, Sergey5.528.5
10Tomashevsky, Evgeny526.5
11Jobava, Baadur422.75
12Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime3.518.75


Results - Grand Prix 2014/2015





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Luna Park 2015 winner



After the end of the chess festival Llucmajor, the tournament Luna Park took place, where 10 players earned the grandmaster title, among players from Spain, India, Russia, England, Denmark and Argentina.

  The youngster Adrian Ponce, has been promoted by the FBE and achieved a total of 2.5 points.

  The winner of the race is the Spanish Grandmaster Angel Arribas, and has won with 7 points, one point ahead of the second-placed GM of India, Vishnu Prasanna, followed by the English GM Lawrence Trent with 5.5 points.  

This tournament ends WinterChess season and first cycle of 2015, with a total of 3 closed and 2 International Open tournaments.

2015-05-25

LIVE GM commentary on Caruana-Nakamura in round 10 of Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk 2015



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2015-05-21

Khanty-Mansiysk Grand Prix 2015: LIVE!



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2015-05-20

European Women Chess Championship 2015: LIVE!



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Schedule


Tuesday May 19 15:00 1st Round
Wednesday May 20 15:00 2nd Round
Thursday May 21 15:00 3rd Round
Friday May 22 15:00 4th Round
Saturday May 23 15:00 5th Round
Sunday May 24 15:00 6th Round
Monday May 25 15:00 7th Round
Tuesday May 26 Free day
Wednesday May 27 15:00 8th Round
Thursday May 28 15:00 9th Round
Friday May 29 15:00 10th Round
Saturday May 30 11:00 11th Round
Saturday May 30 20:00 Closing Ceremony



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Round 6 of Khanty-Mansiysk Grand Prix 2015: LIVE!



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2015-05-19

European Women Chess Championship 2015 starting today: LIVE GAMES!



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Schedule


Tuesday May 19 15:00 1st Round
Wednesday May 20 15:00 2nd Round
Thursday May 21 15:00 3rd Round
Friday May 22 15:00 4th Round
Saturday May 23 15:00 5th Round
Sunday May 24 15:00 6th Round
Monday May 25 15:00 7th Round
Tuesday May 26 Free day
Wednesday May 27 15:00 8th Round
Thursday May 28 15:00 9th Round
Friday May 29 15:00 10th Round
Saturday May 30 11:00 11th Round
Saturday May 30 20:00 Closing Ceremony



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Khanty-Mansiysk Grand Prix: Round 5



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The Turkish IM Ogulcan - Champion of the 4th International Open LLucmajor



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At the tournament LLucamjor, against all odds, the the surprise came from the German player Kohlweyer and the Turkish IM Ogulcan, both starting from positions 37 and 23 respectively, who were not the favourites in a tournament where 22 Grand Masters took part, some with FIDE rating of over 2600.


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Both players played an exciting final game where the German was half a point ahead of the Turkish IM, however had to tilt the king against Ogulcan who thus won the title with 7.5/9 points.  
The winner was followed by a group of 6 players with 7/9 points, among whom we see Sergio Estremera, who has done a splendid tournament, however after applying tie-breaking rules GM Prasanna of India and the Ukrainian Sumets came in second and third place respectively.  

The winner Kohlweyer gets the title of Grandmaster while Marta Michna, Titas Stremavicius, and Thiel Tomas get the title of International Master in this tournament where German players have had an important role showing very good results.  

The Mayor of Llucmajor Juan Jaume, with Toni Campos - tourism councilor, Carles Vich Balearic Chess Federation president, John Oliver - Llucmajor club president and International Organizer Sebastià Nadal attended the awards ceremony.  

Sebastià Nadal
International Organizer
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2015-05-14

Khanty-Mansiysk Grand Prix 2015 Round 1: LIVE!



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2015-05-12

Final stage of Grand Prix Series 2014/15 starting in Khanty-Mansiysk



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Very soon the capital of Ugra will host the final leg of FIDE Grand Prix Series 2014/15. The opening ceremony of the tournament will take place on May 13th.

The tournament consists of 11 rounds. Chess players will have 2 days-off - there will be no games on May 18th and May 22nd. The final games will be played on May 26th. On the same day the closing ceremony and the awarding of the winners will take place.

12 world best chess players will play in the tournament. Russia will be represented by five grand masters: Sergey Karyakin, Alexander Grischuk, Peter Svidler, Evgeny Tomashevsky and Dmitry Yakovenko. Besides, chess players from USA, Cuba, France, Georgia, Israel, Italy and the Netherlands will be playing in Khanty-Mansiysk.

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Players

NAMERATING
1 Fabiano Caruana (ITA)2803
2 Hikaru Nakamura (USA)2799
3 Alexander Grischuk (RUS)2780
4 Anish Giri (NED)2776
5 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)2754
6 Sergey Karjakin (RUS)2753
7 Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS)2749
8 Boris Gelfand (ISR)2744
9 Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS)2738
10 Peter Svidler (RUS)2734
11 Leinier Domínguez (CUB)2734
12 Baadur Jobava (GEO)2699

Schedule

Date Time Event Venue
12.05.2015 Tu Arrival
13.05.2015 We Arrival
18:00 Player’s meeting «Ugra Chess Academy»
19:00 Opening Ceremony «Ugra Chess Academy»
14.05.2015 Th 15:00 Round 1 «Ugra Chess Academy»
15.05.2015 Fr 15:00 Round 2
16.05.2015 Sa 15:00 Round 3
17.05.2015 Su 15:00 Round 4
18.05.2015 Mon 15:00 Day off
19.05.2015 Tu 15:00 Round 5
20.05.2015 We 15:00 Round 6
21.05.2015 Th 15:00 Round 7
22.05.2015 Fr 15:00 Day off
23.05.2015 Sa 15:00 Round 8
24.05.2015 Su 15:00 Round 9
25.05.2015 Mon 15:00 Round 10
26.05.2015 Tu 15:00 Round 11
21:00 Closing Ceremony «Ugra Chess Academy»
27.05.2015 We Departure




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