The Eighth International chess tournament among jouniors - "Young stars of the world - 2010".
Vanja Somov's memorial. Participants.

Town of Kirishi, Russia 08.05 - 20.05.10

Eighth day of May in Kirishi started VIIIth International Chess Tournament of the VIIIth category memory Vanya Somov. What's mean? Three number "8"? I do not know while. Maybe you, dear readers, will see this sign, and will be able to correctly interpret it without waiting for the forum? Write to the organizing committee, or personally to me its variants. Maybe this is a sign of this coming spring, which is finally "escaped from captivity? Warm air, warm atmosphere of goodwill and sportsmanship prevail in Kirishi. In the first day of the tournament reached the draft age is one of the winners of the last memorial Petersburg grandmaster Alexander Shimanov. Birthday boy by friendly applause received a trophy from the hands of tournament director Gennady Nesis. Signed competition began as always with the opening ceremony. It was held at the Palace of Culture "KINEF", and traditionally consisted of two parts: the theatrical and formal. Of far greater impact than many believe, a man has music. Before the opening, this time made a quartet of musicians and played the enchanting music of Mozart, though they would travel back in time 300 years ago. We know that the music of the great Austrian composer has the ability to heal and cleanse souls. Peter I and his wife, Catherine, paying tribute to court etiquette, "approved" list of participants, proposed by one of the favorite companions of the Emperor, Alexander Menshikov. Winner of the memorial was promised a generous reward in the form of a sword and cocked hat, Peter's, as well as the universal esteem and respect! However, all juniors invited to participate, they deserve their accomplishments and titles. Beautiful poems, songs, dances, reflecting the identity of the five chess powers were chosen director with exquisite taste. Then the word of the "emperor" was transferred to the Mayor DoD Kirishsk district "A.N Antsiferov. Alexei saying welcome speech, declared the tournament open! Tournament Director, Gennady Nesis. congratulated everyone on the tournament, thanked the General Sponsor company Kirishinefteorgsintez, as well as other sponsor Promsvyazbank without the help of which this competition could not possibly hold. It was also read out a greeting from the tournament in Nice:
"The tournament in Kirishi is respected worldwide as one of the strongest competitions in this age category. Obviously, participation in round-robin tournament of this level leads to increased mastery of very young players. And it is not surprising that the composition of national teams of various countries at the Olympics you can see the names familiar to Kirishi tournaments. We wish all participants of the tournament sporting success brilliant musical discoveries. "Grandmasters: Levon Aronian, Vugar Gashimov, Boris Gelfand and Alexander Grischuk, Leyner Dominguez, Fabiano Caruana, Sergey Karjakin, Vladimir Kramnik, Ruslan Ponomariov, Svidler.
Tournament Director noting the important role the tournament for the growth of sports skills, but also delivered a message from the Chairman of the Supervisory Council of the Russian Chess Federation AV Dvorkovich. Then the floor was given the permanent Chief Justice of the tournament, a veteran of World War II, the international arbiter J. D. Zinder. Yakov Davidovich confidently and concisely in the military with the same sense of humor, described the regulations, has drawn lots of competition. The first issue went to "master field" A. Ganichev.
I remind you, in a tournament involving four Grandmaster J. Zherebukh (Ukraine), A. Shimanov, D. Linchevskiy (both - Russia), S.Ter-Sahakyan (Armenia), A. Kashlinskaya (Russia) has the title of grandmaster among women, Ulvi Badzharani (Azerbadzhan) and S. Seturaman (India) - International master: Representative Kirishi A. Ganichev candidate master. Alexander became the champion of last year's Northwestern Federal District Junior up to 16 years ... Perhaps the most successfully launched this year's favorite ELO-Ya Zherebukh, winning in traditionally strong Open tournament Cappelle-la-Grande (France). Let's see, Will Yaroslav continue its winning streak and who "challenge him" in our tournament. Victory Day tournament participants, the Organizing Committee, Judges and representatives of the press attended the rally, a festive parade and laying of wreaths and flowers to celebrate the 65 th anniversary of Victory in Great Patriotic War.

Played the first round, he went without surprises, GMs have to step forward. Let's play, but there are no losers here, everyone can win a victory and make a step forward in its development of chess!

Participants.

Photoreporting - 1. Before opening ceremony.

Photoreporting - 2. Opening ceremony.

Photoreporting - 3 with simultaneous chess.

Photoreporting - 4. Victory Day! Laying flowers at the Alley of Heroes in Kirishi.

Photoreporting - 5. Start is given in the Victory Day. Everyday work of "Young stars of the World."

Table. Search games.

Video.

Official site.

update 17-05-2010