Kirishi, 8th of May. The seventh International youth tournament "Young Stars of the World" in memory Vanya Somov has started 8th of May in Kirishi. The tournament will last up to November 21st in the Palace of the Culture. This time there are twelve the strongest chessplayer from six countries playing here. Among the participants they are International Grandmaster Shimanov, Aleksandr (Russia, St.Petersburg), w.b. 1992, ELO 2519, International masters Ipatov, Alexander (Spain), w.b. 1993, ELO 2486, Narayanan, Srinath, (India) w.b. 1994, ELO 2381, Fide Masters Bukavshin, Ivan, (Russia, Tolyatti), w.b.1995, ELO 2365, Fedoseev, Vladimir, (Russia, St.Petersburg), w.b. 1995, ELO 2318, Naroditsky, Daniel, (USA), w.b. 1995, ELO 2335, Kovalev, Vladislav, (Byelorussia), w.b. 1994, ELO 2320, Chan, Yi-Ren Daniel (Singapore), w.b. 1994, ELO 2375, Stukopin, Andrey (Russia, Moscow), ðîä. 1994, ELO 2380, Dubov, Daniil (Russia, Moscow), w.b. 1996, ELO 2372, and Belous, Vladimir, (Russia, Moscow) w.b. 1993, ELO 2414, Ganichev, Alexander (Russia, Kirishi) w.b. 1994, ELO 2154. A big sports and cultural program is assigned for the present tournament.Photoreporting-1.
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Photoreporting with the last round.Final photoreporting.
Chess Stars come out in Kirishi!Games with annotation.
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Seach games & table.
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St.Petersburg, 21st of March.The 10th European Individual Women's Chess Championship took place from March 7 – 21, 2009, in St Petersburg, Russia. The venue was the Park Inn Pulkovskaya Hotel (Pobedy Square, 2) in a huge Soviet style playing hall. The rate of play was 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move from move number one. The prize fund was 87,500 Euros, with ˆ 10,000 going to the winner, ˆ 7500 for second place, ˆ 6000 ˆ for third, etc., with ˆ 1000 going to the twentieth place. At the end of the tournament two participants were tied for first: IM Tatiana Kosintseva, Russia, and IM Lilit Mkrtchian, Armenia, both with 8.5/11 points. They were followed by seven players with 8.0 points each, and then ten players with half a point less. A number of tiebreak matches were thus required. The tiebreak for the title in St Petersburg was won by Russian IM Tatiana Kosintseva, who beat her Armenian rival IM Lilit Mkrtchian 1,5:0,5. There was also a seven-player tiebreak for bronze, which was won by WGM Natalija Pogonina of Russia. And finally a playoff for the 14th place in the next World Championship, which was taken by Ukrainian IM Mariya Muzychuk. We are congratulate of winners of the Championship!
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St.Petersburg, January, 25th 2009.In January 25 a meeting young chessplayers with the International Grandmaster Viktor Korchnoi living at present in Switzerland took place in the Anichkov Palace. It is curious that event happened at the same eve of the New Year according to the eastern calendar (a year of the Yellow Bull begins in January 26) and also of the sun eclipse as well. Grandmaster during two hours was saying about him and his creation and intense sports life, answered numerous questions. His chess game with Boris Spassky was displayed (the USSR 27th Championship in Leningrad).
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Viktor L’vovich arrived in his native city in January 19, invited by the North-West Association of combat action participants to celebrate the 65th anniversary of running the Leningrad blockade. He gave a press-conference which of order 30 representatives of the mass-media (TV, newspapers and sites) participated in. In January 22 a “100 TV” channel showed a reporting of the meeting and a small interview with the famous chessplayer. Beside the studies with Petersburg Grandmaster Nikita Vityugov, Viktor L’vovich is planning to visit the colony of minor criminals near Vologda where the Grandmaster was present already three years ago.
St.Petersburg, January, 21st 2009.In January 15, 2009 a meeting with International Grandmaster Valery Salov, second of the matches Karpov-Kasparov, took place at 18.00 in the City. Chess club named after Chigorin (B.Konyushennaya, 25). There is so little information of this event that I’ve decided to relate about it. It continued approximately during two hours. It is not so simple to describe its course. But I shall try to make it objectively to the maximum. The fact itself of the meeting of the famous Grandmaster, number 3 – rating chessplayer in the world, with chess amateurs and pupils of the SDYuShOR can only be greeted.
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Kirishi, 27th of November. The sixth International junior tournament "Young Stars of the World" in memory Vany Somov has finished. Pleasantly note that incandescence of the struggle in it was high very much. Games’ quality was too in according to rating of participants. In 10th round both leaders has black, and have done draws. So, was accordingly, A.Shimanov with V.Kovalev, and Ya.ZHerebuh with D.Lintchevski. At the last round was begun in 10 o’clock. Ya.Zherebuh has overacted beautifully in tactical play of I.BUKAVSHIN, and A.Shimanov, having tuned in the long struggle, on 45th move done checkmated of B.FIRAK. In result both juniors have taken 9,5 points in 11 games, but winner of the tournament was declared Alexander. Our congratulation to him! Second place took Ya.Zherebuh, the third one - A.Giri. He has seven points. By the way, Anish wait of getting International master rank! Final photoreporting.
Interview with tournament director Gennady Nesis
Video which was done during blitztournament "G.Nesis's Cup",..
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Kirishi, 22nd of November. Blitz tournament "Gennady Nesis’s Cup" took place in the Palace of the Culture "KINEF" within the framework of traditional competitions "Young Stars of the World" in memory Vanya Somov. Sixteen chessplayers have played round robin of six prizes. There are six Grandmasters, seven International Masters and three master candidates. The former champions of Russia Konstantin Sakaev and Eugenie Alekseev, as well as Maxim Novik have arrived specially from Petersburg. Grandmasters Sergei Yanovsky (Moscow), Valery Popov and Arman Pashikian (Armenia) are with their own pupil during the main competition. A lot of kind words was told to address of Gennady Nesis, awarded trainer of Russia, International Grandmaster of the ICCF, world vice-champion of the ICCF, Awarded sports master and FIDE Senior Trainer by him friends, which connected many years of chess cooperation.
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Tournament table.
Official site.
Kirishi, 15th of November. The six International youth tournament "Young Stars of the World" in memory Vanya Somov has started In Kirishi. The tournament will last up to November 28 in the Palace of the Culture. There are the strongest chessplayer of the World of Russia, including young girl (Georgia). Among the participants they are International masters D.Lintchevski, A.Shimanov (both from Russia), D.Swiercz (Poland), Ya.Zherebukh (Ukraine), FIDE Master A.Giri, V.Fedoseev, I.Bukavshin (all the three from Russia). And Nazi Paikidze (Georgia), A.Ganichev (Kirishi, Russia), R.Aghasaryan (Armenia), V.Kovalev (Belorussia)and F.Burak (Turkey) as well. Grandmaster lighting tournament "Gennady Nesis's Cup" tournament director, coach FIDE Senior will take place within the framework of traditional competitions. A big sports and cultural program is assigned for the present tournament.
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St.Petersburg, 12nd of October.Yesterday in city chess club their passed the XVI festival named after Michael Chigorin. 139 chessplayers represented nine federacy fought many prizes presented. Having got 7 points Grandmasters have Vladimir Belov (Moscow, is on the photo at the centre), Farruh Amonatov (Tadzhikistan) and Valery Popov (St.Petersburg, is on the photo at the left) each took the first and third places. Another grandmaster Sergey Ionov hared with the fourth on tenth places with 6,5 points. The tournament was not badly organized, and organizers fulfilled all obligation. However, during the festival it was somewhat noisy, and it closing was boring, and resembled the payment of the salaries.I think the faults will be eliminated in a near future!.
Photoes with festival and the interview with vice-president
of St.Petesburg’s Chess Federation Vladimir BYKOV(Rus).
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Total results.
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St.Petersburg, 20th of September.In September 19, 2008 a report-electoral conference of St.Petersburg Chess Federation (SPbCF) took place in a big hall of the Lensovet house of Culture. St.Petersburg chess public waited long with impatience for this meeting...Vladimir Bykov who presided over a meeting put a problem for voting and the delegates, who decided unanimously to vote a list i.e. to vote for a chairman and three vice-chairman, elected at once G.A.Fokin a new chairman of the SBpCF chess federation and V.V.Bykov,I.Ya.Blekhtcin and Yu.S.Yakovlev vice-chairmen as well.
I congratulate them all with that! Further on however there took place, something unexpected.
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Peterhof, 2nd of August.The Festival "Petrovskaya Ladya - 2008: Chess versus drug" started in the town of fountain Petrodvoretc! Young chessplayers are at once fighting in five tournaments (from the fifth to first category) in the morning. And in the evening a rating-tournament gathered a strong body this time with rich geography. Representatives of four federations, six International masters raffle a set of prizes. Seekers of title will have a chance to fulfil a master point norm, theoretically though.
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The Sail of "Petrovskaya Ladya".Battles are continued.Interview with festival director of Pavel Drugov.
The photo's reporting with closing ceremony of the festival.
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