2014-07-23

World Chess Olympiad 2014



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The 41st World Chess Olympiad - Open and Women, will be held in Tromsø, Norway, between 1st and 14th August 2014. The number of rounds in the Open and the Women's Olympiad shall be 11.

Time control: The time control will be 90 minutes for 40 moves and 30 minutes until the end of the game, with 30 seconds additional time per move, starting from move 1, per player. The players are not allowed to offer a draw to their opponent before thirty (30) moves have been completed by both players.

Regulations for the Chess Olympiad

Teams - Open

Teams - Women


Schedule

Sat, 2 Aug 2014 15:00 Round 1
Sun, 3 Aug 2014 14:00 Round 2
Mon, 4 Aug 2014 14:00 Round 3
Tue, 5 Aug 2014 14:00 Round 4
Wed, 6 Aug 2014 14:00 Round 5
Thu, 7 Aug 2014 REST DAY
Fri, 8 Aug 2014 14:00 Round 6
Sat, 9 Aug 2014 14:00 Round 7
Sun, 10 Aug 2014 14:00 Round 8
Mon, 11 Aug 2014 14:00 Round 9
Tue, 12 Aug 2014 14:00 Round 10
Wed, 13 Aug 2014 REST DAY
Thu, 14 Aug 2014 11:00 Round 11

Previous winners

Year Event Host Gold Silver Bronze
2012 40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul,Turkey Armenia,19 Russia,19 Ukraine,18
2010 39th Chess Olympiad Khanty-Mansiysk,Russia Ukraine,19 Russia,18 Israel,17
2008 38th Chess Olympiad Dresden,Germany Armenia,19 Israel,18 United States,17
2006 37th Chess Olympiad Turin,Italy Armenia,36 China,34 United States,33
2004 36th Chess Olympiad Calvià,Spain Ukraine,39½ Russia36½ Armenia,36½
2002 35th Chess Olympiad Bled,Slovenia Russia,38½ Hungary,37½ Armenia,35
2000 34th Chess Olympiad Istanbul,Turkey Russia,38 Germany,37 Ukraine,35½

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2014-07-20

Stockfish won at the TCEC Season 6 Special Event - Fischer Random Chess



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Stockfish won the TCEC Season 6 Special Event - Fischer Random Chess computer tournament with 25/28 points.

Fischer Random Chess computer tournament presented the 8 best engines which support Chess960 from Season 6. In Fischer Random Chess (Chess960) the pieces at the starting position are placed randomly in one of the 960 possible ways. In this particular competition opening books won't be used. The engines will play from move 1. The tournament started on 28th June, 2014 at 16:00 CEST in a quad robin format with a total of 112 games.

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2014-07-15

Biel Chess Festival - Grandmasters - Results



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GM Vachier-Lagrave is the winner of the Biel International Festival 2014 - Grandmasters.

Final Standings after round 10




Elo Fed Points SoBerg win
1 Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime GM 2766 FRA 6 28.25 3
2 Wojtaszek,Radoslaw GM 2733 POL 5.5 26.25 2
3 Harikrishna,P GM 2726 IND 5 25.5 2
4 Giri,Anish GM 2750 NED 5 24.5 3
5 Hou,Yifan GM 2629 CHN 5 23.75 2
6 Motylev,Alexander GM 2698 RUS 3.5 18.25 1

Players' analysis after the games (video)


Pairings and results

14.07.2014 14:00: Round 1
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ½-½ Pentala Harikrishna
Alexander Motylev 0-1 Radoslaw Wojtaszek
Yifan Hou 1-0 Anish Giri

15.07.2014 14:00: Round 2
Pentala Harikrishna 1-0 Anish Giri
Radoslaw Wojtaszek ½-½ Yifan Hou
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ½-½ Alexander Motylev

16.07.2014 14:00: Round 3
Alexander Motylev 1-0 Pentala Harikrishna
Yifan Hou 0-1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Anish Giri 1-0 Radoslaw Wojtaszek

17.07.2014 14:00: Round 4
Yifan Hou ½-½ Pentala Harikrishna
Anish Giri 1-0 Alexander Motylev
Radoslaw Wojtaszek ½-½ Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

18.07.2014 14:00: Round 5
Pentala Harikrishna ½-½ Radoslaw Wojtaszek
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1-0 Anish Giri
Alexander Motylev ½-½ Yifan Hou

19.07.2014 14:00: Round 6
Pentala Harikrishna ½-½ Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Radoslaw Wojtaszek ½-½ Alexander Motylev
Anish Giri ½-½ Yifan Hou

20.07.2014: Rest Day!

21.07.2014 14:00: Round 7
Anish Giri ½-½ Pentala Harikrishna
Yifan Hou ½-½ Radoslaw Wojtaszek
Alexander Motylev 0-1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

22.07.2014 14:00: Round 8
Pentala Harikrishna ½-½ Alexander Motylev
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ½-½ Yifan Hou
Radoslaw Wojtaszek ½-½ Anish Giri

23.07.2014 14:00: Round 9
Radoslaw Wojtaszek 1-0 Pentala Harikrishna
Anish Giri 1-0 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Yifan Hou 1-0 Alexander Motylev

24.07.2014 14:00: Round 10
Pentala Harikrishna 1-0 Yifan Hou
Alexander Motylev ½-½ Anish Giri
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ½-½ Radoslaw Wojtaszek



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2014-07-12

Dortmund 2014 - results



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Participants

Schedule

Final Results


NameELOPtsSB
1 Fabiano Caruana 2789 5.5 17.5
2 Peter Leko 2737 4 13.75
3 Georg Meier 2632 4 12.25
4 Arkadij Naiditsch 2705 3.5 10.75
5 Michael Adams 2743 3.5 10.5
6 Ruslan Ponomariov 2723 3 9.25
7 Vladimir Kramnik 2777 2.5 9.25
8 David Baramidze 2616 2 6.75


Results

Round 1

WhiteResultBlack
 Baramidze0-1 Caruana
 Naiditsch½-½ Adams
 Kramnik0-1 Meier
 Leko½-½ Ponomariov

Round 2

WhiteResultBlack
 Caruana1-0 Ponomariov
 Meier½-½ Leko
 Adams½-½ Kramnik
 Baramidze0-1 Naiditsch

Round 3

WhiteResultBlack
 Naiditsch½-½ Caruana
 Kramnik½-½ Baramidze
 Leko½-½ Adams
 Ponomariov½-½ Meier

Round 4

WhiteResultBlack
 Caruana1-0 Meier
 Adams  ½-½ Ponomariov
 Baramidze½-½ Leko
 Naiditsch½-½ Kramnik

Round 5

WhiteResultBlack
 Kramnik½-½ Caruana
 Leko1-0 Naiditsch
 Ponomariov½-½ Baramidze
 Meier½-½ Adams

Round 6

WhiteResultBlack
 Caruana1-0 Adams
 Baramidze½-½ Meier
 Naiditsch1-0 Ponomariov
 Kramnik½-½ Leko

Round 7

WhiteResultBlack
 Leko½-½ Caruana
 Ponimariov 1-0 Kramnik
 Meier1-0 Naiditsch
 Adams1-0 Baramidze



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2014-07-10

Biel International Festival 2014



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The 47th edition of Biel International Chess Festival is held between 12th and 25th July 2014 in Biel, Switzerland.

Among the multiple past winners are Anatoly Karpov (3 wins between 1990 and 1996), Alexander Morozevich (3 wins in 2003, 2004 and 2006), Magnus Carlsen (2 wins in 2007 and 2011), Viktor Kortchnoi (2 wins in 1979 and 2011), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2 wins in 2009 and 2013), Boris Gelfand (1993 and 2005).

Schedule



The event includes various tournaments listed below.

Grandmaster Tournament

July 16th - 25th 2014; 2 p.m. (July 25th: 11 a.m.). Rest day on July 20th.

9 round Swiss system.

Cadence: 40/90 min, then 30 min + increment of 30 sec per move.

Players

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, FRA, 24 years, Elo 2766, FIDE #10
Anish Giri, NED, 20 years, Elo 2750, FIDE #14, Junior #1
Radoslaw Wojtaszek, POL, 27 years, Elo 2733, FIDE #22
Pentala Harikrishna, IND, 28 years, Elo 2726, FIDE #27
Alexander Motylev, RUS, 35 years, Elo 2698, FIDE #48, European champion
Yifan Hou, CHN, 20 years, Elo 2629, FIDE Women #2, World champion

The tournament has an average of 2717 Elo points (category 19) and will be held according to the Double Round Robin System.

Pairings

14.07.2014 14:00: Round 1
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Pentala Harikrishna
Alexander Motylev - Radoslaw Wojtaszek
Yifan Hou - Anish Giri

15.07.2014 14:00: Round 2
Pentala Harikrishna - Anish Giri
Radoslaw Wojtaszek - Yifan Hou
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Alexander Motylev

16.07.2014 14:00: Round 3
Alexander Motylev - Pentala Harikrishna
Yifan Hou - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Anish Giri - Radoslaw Wojtaszek

17.07.2014 14:00: Round 4
Yifan Hou - Pentala Harikrishna
Anish Giri - Alexander Motylev
Radoslaw Wojtaszek - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

18.07.2014 14:00: Round 5
Pentala Harikrishna - Radoslaw Wojtaszek
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Anish Giri
Alexander Motylev - Yifan Hou

19.07.2014 14:00: Round 6
Pentala Harikrishna - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Radoslaw Wojtaszek - Alexander Motylev
Anish Giri - Yifan Hou

20.07.2014: Rest Day!

21.07.2014 14:00: Round 7
Anish Giri - Pentala Harikrishna
Yifan Hou - Radoslaw Wojtaszek
Alexander Motylev - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

22.07.2014 14:00: Round 8
Pentala Harikrishna - Alexander Motylev
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Yifan Hou
Radoslaw Wojtaszek - Anish Giri

23.07.2014 14:00: Round 9
Radoslaw Wojtaszek - Pentala Harikrishna
Anish Giri - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Yifan Hou - Alexander Motylev

24.07.2014 14:00: Round 10
Pentala Harikrishna - Yifan Hou
Alexander Motylev - Anish Giri
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Radoslaw Wojtaszek


Master Tournament (Swiss championship U18 included)

July 14th - 25th 2014; 2 p.m. (July 25th: 11 a.m.). Rest day on July 20th.

11 round Swiss system.

Cadence: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.

Players

1.GMViktor ErdosHUN2648
2.GMMateusz BartelPOL2644
3.GMDragan SolakTUR2639
4.GMSamuel ShanklandUSA2632
5.GMAleksandr RakhmanovRUS2626
6.GMSurya GangulyIND2619
7.GMDariusz SwierczPOL2617
8.GMBaskaran AdhibanIND2610
9.GMTamas BanuszHUN2595
10.GMBenjamin BokNED2586
11.GMMichael RoizISR2572
12.GMAleksandar KovacevicSRB2564
13.GMVictor MikhalevskiISR2539
14.GMNijat AbasovAZE2536
15.GMOgnjen CvitanCRO2535
16.GMMatej SebenikSLO2516
17.GMMackenzie MolnerUSA2504
18.IMAlexander DonchenkoGER2499
19.GMJoseph GallagherSUI2484
20.GMVladislav VorotnikovRUS2480

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Swiss Chess960 Championship

Mode of playing: Chess960

July 12th 2014, 1.00 p.m.

7 round Swiss system. 15' + 5" per move and per player.

Playing schedule: 1.00 - 7.00 p.m.

Simultaneous

July 12th 2014: 1.00 p.m.

Simultan against Women's World Champion Hou Yifan (CHN, Elo 2629).

Chess-Tennis Tournament

July 13th 2014, 9 a.m., Tenniscenter Scheuren. Teams with 2 players.

Swiss Rapid Chess Championship

July 13th 2014, 9.30 a.m.

9 round Swiss system.

Cadence: 15' + 5'' per move and per player.

Playing schedule: 1st - 3rd round: 9.30 a.m. - 12.15 p.m. , 4th - 9th round: 1.30 - 6.45 p.m.

Swiss Blitz Chess Championship

July 20th 2014, 2 p.m.

13 round Swiss system.

Cadence: 3' + 2'' per move and per player.

Playing schedule: 1st - 5th round: 2 p.m. - 3.30 p.m., 6th - 10th round: 3.45 p.m.-5.15 p.m., 11th - 13th round: 5.30 p.m.-6.15 p.m.

Youth Tournament

Sunday, July 20th 2014, 10 a.m.

Three categories:
U18 (born 1996-2000)
U13 (born 2001-2003)
U10 (born 2004 or later)

7 round Swiss System, 15 minutes

Previous winners - Grandmasters

2013 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)
2012 Wang Hao (CHN)
2011 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)
2010 Fabiano Caruana (ITA)
2009 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)
2008 Evgeny Alekseev (RUS)
2007 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)

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Previous winners - Masters

2013 Pentala Harikrishna (IND)
2012 Igor Kurnosov (RUS)
2011 Ni Hua (CHN)
2010 Alexander Riazantsev (RUS)
2009 Boris Grachev (RUS)
2008 Vladimir Belov (RUS)
2007 Mikhail Ulibin (RUS)

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2014-07-09

Sparkassen Chess Meeting Dortmund 2014



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The 42nd Sparkassen Chess Meeting will be held in Dortmund, Germany, between 12th and 20th July 2014. It is an elite annual chess event by invitation. The first tournament was held in 1973.

The player with most wins at Dortmund - Vladimir Kramnik, who won 10 times, individually or jointly, between 1995 and 2011 - is among the players this year as well.

Players


NameELO
1Fabiano Caruana2789
2Vladimir Kramnik2777
3Michael Adams2743
4Peter Leko2737
5Ruslan Ponomariov2723
6Arkadij Naiditsch2705
7Georg Meier2632
8David Baramidze2616


Schedule

Day Time Round
Sat, 12th July 15:00 Round 1
Sun, 13th July 15:00 Round 2
Tue, 15th July 15:00 Round 3
Wed, 16th July 15:00 Round 4
Fri, 18th July 15:00 Round 5
Sat, 19th July 15:00 Round 6
Sun, 20th July 13:00 Round 7


Pairings and results

Round 1

WhiteResultBlack
 Baramidze- Caruana
 Naiditsch½-½ Adams
 Kramnik0-1 Meier
 Leko½-½ Ponomariov

Round 2

WhiteResultBlack
 Caruana- Ponomariov
 Meier- Leko
 Adams- Kramnik
 Baramidze- Naiditsch

Round 3

WhiteResultBlack
 Naiditsch- Caruana
 Kramnik- Baramidze
 Leko- Adams
 Ponomariov- Meier

Round 4

WhiteResultBlack
 Caruana- Meier
 Adams  - Ponomariov
 Baramidze- Leko
 Naiditsch- Kramnik

Round 5

WhiteResultBlack
 Kramnik- Caruana
 Leko- Naiditsch
 Ponomariov- Baramidze
 Meier- Adams

Round 6

WhiteResultBlack
 Caruana- Adams
 Baramidze- Meier
 Naiditsch- Ponomariov
 Kramnik- Leko

Round 7

WhiteResultBlack
 Leko- Caruana
 Ponimariov - Kramnik
 Meier- Naiditsch
 Adams- Baramidze

Previous winners

2013 - GM Michael Adams (ENG)
2012 - GM Fabiano Caruana (ITA) and GM Sergey Karyakin (RUS)
2011 - GM Vladimir Kramnik (RUS)
2010 - GM Ruslan Ponomarion (UKR)
2009 - GM Vladimir Kramnik (RUS)
2008 - GM Peter Leko (HUN)

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2014-07-04

Hou Yifan - winner of Women's Grand Prix in Lopota



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Hou Yifan was the clear winner of the Women's Grand Prix in Lopota with 9/11 points.
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Final results

Rank Name Rtg FED Pts Res. Vict
1 GM Hou Yifan 2629 CHN 9 0 7
2 WGM Ju Wenjun 2532 CHN 7 1 5
3 GM Danielian Elina 2460 ARM 7 0 4
4 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2541 GEO 0 4
5 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2488 BUL 6 ½ 4
6 GM Dronavalli Harika 2503 IND 6 ½ 2
7 GM Muzychuk Anna 2561 UKR 3
8 GM Koneru Humpy 2613 IND 1 3
9 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2532 RUS ½ 3
10 GM Zhao Xue 2538 CHN 0 1
11 GM Khotenashvili Bela 2518 GEO 3 0 1
12 WGM Muminova Nafisa 2332 UZB 0 1

 


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GM Alexander Delchev won Ciudad De Jaen Open!



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A second victory in a row for GM Alexander Delchev of Bulgaria, who won the Forni di Sopra Tournament with 7.0/9 points, and now the Festival De Ajedrez "Ciudad De Jaen" with 8/9 points.

Final results

Rk.
Name FED Pts.
1 GM Delchev Aleksander BUL 8
2 FM Santos Latasa Jaime ESP 7.5
3 IM Trent Lawremce ENG 7
4 IM Gamundi Salamanca Antonio ESP 6.5
5 IM Granero Roca Antonio ESP 6
6 IM Gonzalez De La Torre Santiago ESP 6
7 IM Franco Alonso Alejandro ESP 6
8 IM Marholev Dimitar BUL 6
9 GM Suba Mihai ROU 6
10
Fernandez De Bobadilla Gabriel ESP 6
11 GM Komljenovic Davorin CRO 5.5
12 FM Gavilan Diaz Mario ESP 5.5
13
Gonzalez Garcia Francisco ESP 5.5
14
Mercado Larrea Adrian ESP 5.5
15
Puertas Martin Savins ESP 5.5
16 IM Espinosa Aranda Angel ESP 5
17
Redondo Benavente Jose Carlos ESP 5
18
Cano Padilla Ruben Jesus ESP 5
19 CM Fernandez De Bobadilla Jaime ESP 5
20
Fernandez Garcia Francisco Jose ESP 5
21
Hernandez Perez Juan Carlos ESP 5
22
Castellanos Bogalo Antonio ESP 5
23
Lerma Moreno Juan Manuel ESP 5
24
Henderson De La Fuente Lance ESP 5
25
Carrillo Castillo Jose Luis ESP 5

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