China (Men), Russia (Women) Win Gold 41st Olympiad Tromso 2014

 

List of all prizes in 41st Olympiad Tromso 2014 (official)
Categoryegoriy prizes		Rank	Federation	Matchpoints	Sonneborn Berger	Points
Category E	open	1	Pakistan	11	173	19
Category E	women	1	Thailand	10	151.5	23
Categoryegoriy prizes		Rank	Federation	Matchpoints	Sonneborn Berger	Points
Category D	open	1	Sri Lanka	12	205	22.5
Category D	women	1	Tajikistan	12	226	24
Categoryegoriy prizes		Rank	Federation	Matchpoints	Sonneborn Berger	Points
Category C	open	1	Kyrgyzstan	14	247.5	29
Category C	women	1	Egypt	13	258.5	26
Categoryegoriy prizes		Rank	Federation	Matchpoints	Sonneborn Berger	Points
Category B	open	1	Egypt	15	284	28
Category B	women	1	Mongolia	15	307	29
Categoryegoriy prizes		Rank	Federation	Matchpoints	Sonneborn Berger	Points
Category A	open	1	Russia	17	352	28.5
Category A	women	1	Georgia	17	390	32
Board prizes		Rank	Name	Federation	TPR
Board 5 open	open	3	GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian	Russia	2650
		2	GM Moiseenko, Alexander	Ukraine	2714
		1	GM Shankland, Samuel L	United States of America	2831
Board 5 Women	women	3	WIM Dauletova, Gulmira	Kazakhstan	2486
		2	WGM Guo, Qi	China	2520
		1	WGM Padmini, Rout	India	2584
Board prizes		Rank	Name	Federation	TPR
Board 4 Open	open	3	GM Ni, Hua	China	2723
		2	GM Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo	Cuba	2766
		1	GM Sedlak, Nikola	Serbia	2773
Board 4 Women	women	3	IM Bulmaga, Irina	Romania	2433
		2	WGM Bartel, Marta	Poland	2439
		1	GM Zhukova, Natalia	Ukraine	2512
Board prizes		Rank	Name	Federation	TPR
Board 3 Open	open	3	GM Eljanov, Pavel	Ukraine	2745
		2	GM Sasikiran, Krishnan	India	2753
		1	GM Yu, Yangyi	China	2912
Board 3 Women	women	3	WFM Frisk, Ellinor	Sweden	2432
		2	IM Matnadze, Ana	Spain	2445
		1	GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra	Russia	2639
Board prizes		Rank	Name	Federation	TPR
Board 2 Open	open	3	GM Ding, Liren	China	2831
		2	GM Balogh, Csaba	Hungary	2839
		1	GM Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son	Vietnam	2843
Board 2 Women	women	3	WGM Ju, Wenjun	China	2564
		2	GM Khotenashvili, Bela	Georgia	2589
		1	GM Gunina, Valentina	Russia	2651
Board prizes		Rank	Name	Federation	TPR
Board 1 Open	open	3	GM Giri, Anish	Netherland	2836
		2	GM Adams, Michael	England	2839
		1	GM Topalov, Veselin	Bulgaria	2872
Board 1 Women	women	3	GM Cramling, Pia	Sweden	2659
		2	GM Hou, Yifan	China	2671
		1	GM Dzagnidze, Nana	Georgia	2719
				Matchpoints	Matchpoints	MP
			Team	Men	Women	Sum
Gaprindashvilcup			China	19	18	37
Team-Women		Rank	Team	Matchpoints
Rank 3		3	Ukraine	18
Rank 2		2	China	18
Rank 1 (Vera Menchik cup)		1	Russia	20
Team open		Rank	Team	Matchpoints
Rank 3		3	India	17
Rank 2		2	Hungary	17
Rank 1 (Hamilton Russell cup)		1	China	19

China won the team open event with 19 Matchpoints while the Russian Women won the gold with 20 Matchpoints.

Malaysia ended in 72nd position with 12 points in the Open event and in 54th position with 12 points in the women event.

Both Malaysian chess teams played some sterling ties with the Men holding the mighty 51st ranked Swiss to a 2-2 draw while the women winning against the Bosnian women team, 41st ranked team.

 

Links: http://chess-results.com/tnr140380.aspx?lan=1&art=0&rd=11&flag=30&wi=821 or, women - http://chess-results.com/tnr140381.aspx?lan=1&art=0&flag=30&wi=821

101st British Chess Championship 2014, Wales

 

The 101st British Chess Championships take place in Aberystwyth 19th to 30th July 2014.

101st British Chess Championships 2014 (Aberystwyth WLS)
Sat 19th Jul 2014 - Sat 2nd Aug 2014 - Official Site

101st ch-GBR 2014 (11 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:100:50:15+30spm(1))

101st ch-GBR 2014 (11 Rds Swiss Indiv TC: 100:50:15+30spm(1))

Kejohanan Catur Terbuka Politeknik Malaysia 2014 (National Rated)

19th July 2014, Kuala Lumpur – A chess tournament in the month of September 2014 located in Pahang Malaysia will be organised by Polytechnic Malaysia in collaboration of the Ministry of Education Malaysia. Details follow:-

Registration Form:

Contact persons: Mohd Faiz b Razali, 019-7119369 or Mohd Huzairi Husin, 013-5959350.

RSC Junior Open 2014 in August 2014

16th July 2014, Kuala Lumpur - The Royal Selangor Club (RSC) is organising a junior chess tournament in August 2014. Details follow:-

DATE: 17TH AUGUST (SUNDAY) , TIME: 9.00 AM TO 6.00 PM

VENUE: RSC DATARAN MERDEKA, CARD ROOM

FORMAT: 7 ROUNDS RAPID SWISS, TIME LIMIT: 25 MINS.

ENTRY FEE: RM 25 (TOURNAMENT A); RM 30 (TOURNAMENT B)

 

TOURNAMENT A : UNDER-12

TOURNAMENT B: UNDER-17

 

MAIN PRIZES

MAIN PRIZES

1st 

RM 200 CASH  +TROPHY

RM 300 CASH + TROPHY

2nd

RM 150 CASH + TROPHY

RM 200 CASH +TROPHY

3rd  

RM 100 CASH + TROPHY

RM 150 CASH +TROPHY

4th 

RM 70 CHESS VOUCHER

RM 80 CHESS VOUCHER

5th 

RM 60 CHESS VOUCHER

RM 70 CHESS VOUCHER

6th 

RM 50 CHESS VOUCHER

-

7th 

RM 40 CHESS VOUCHER

-

8th 

RM 30 CHESS VOUCHER

-

       

SPECIAL PRIZES : U-10 & U-8

SPECIAL PRIZES : U-15 & U-13

1st 

RM 100 CASH +TROPHY

RM 150 CASH + TROPHY

2nd 

RM 60 CHESS VOUCHER

RM 70 CHESS VOUCHER

3rd 

RM 50 CHESS VOUCHER

RM 60 CHESS VOUCHER

4th 

RM 40 CHESS VOUCHER

RM 50 CHESS VOUCHER

5th 

RM 30 CHESS VOUCHER

RM 40 CHESS VOUCHER

RSC Rules: no outside food to be brought in; wear proper attire , preferably collared shirt (no slippers allowed)

Lunch coupons will be made available for Purchase at RM 12 per pax

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------REGISTRATION SLIP (For RSC Members you may leave this at BKSA Reception)

Name:__________________   Date of Birth: ______________

Tournament : A  /  B   (circle one) HP Number: __________________

Royal Selangor Club Membership No (if applicable):______________

Organizer Contact Details: Jax Tham (013-3141913/013-3232280); exceljax@hotmail.com;  Maybank a/c  THAM HON SENG 114440019091

3rd Round Opening ACP Golden Classic

14th July 2014, Kuala Lumpur - the 3rd round opening of the ACP Golden Classic in Bergamo, Italy.

In the photo: Daniela Masseroni from Bergamo, 4 times winner of Rhythmic gymnastics world championships, made the first move of the 3rd round game between Baadur Jobava and Ian Napomniachtchi, who turns 24 today

More photos and reports: http://acpgoldenclassic.com/.

Golden Classic in Bergamo, Italy

 

PRESS RELEASE

GOLDEN CLASSIC STARTING WITH FIREWORKS

Bergamo, July 12 2014 – Last night, during the open ceremony hosted in the Hotel San Marco in Bergamo, the seven players of the ACP Golden Classic performed the drawing of lots to decide the pairings in presence of International arbiter Francesco De Sio. The tournament will take place in Auditorium of Piazza della Libertà in Bergamo from Saturday, July 12 till Sunday, July 20. The field promises an amazing fight, starring five international top level players of and two of the best Italian players.

There will be fireworks right from the very first round, with Hungary's Zoltan Almasi playing Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi, Filipino Wesley So facing Israeli Emil Sutovsky and Georgian Baadur Jobava against Italian Sabino Brunello. Italy's Daniele Vocaturo received the BYE for the first round, which means that he will not play. However, he will join International Master Alessio Valsecchi, from Bergamo, in the commentary room. Live commentary and analysis will be provided on the official website (http://acpgoldenclassic.com), where the visitors are invited to chat about the games and to ask questions to the commentators. On the website you can also find the complete list of pairings http://acpgoldenclassic.com/pairings.

Today the round starts at 2 a.m. and President of Italian Chess Federation, Gianpietro Pagnoncelli, will play the first symbolic move on the first board.

At the end of each round, the players will meet in the Hotel San Marco where a press conference will be held to share their commentary and thoughts about the games of the day and will answer to journalists' questions.

The access to the playing venue is free.

OFFICIAL WEB-SITES

ACP Golden Classic – http://acpgoldenclassic.com/

International open – http://www.scacchibergamo.it/

SCHEDULE

Friday 11 July 19.00 hrs Opening Ceremony and Drawing of Lots - Cocktail/Dinner

Saturday 12 July 14.00 - 19.00 hrs round 1

Sunday 13 July 14.00 - 19.00 hrs round 2

Monday 14 July 14.00 - 19.00 hrs round 3

Tuesday 15 July 14.00 hrs adjourned games (rest day)

Wednesday 16 July 14.00 - 19.00 hrs round 4

Thursday 17 July 14.00 - 19.00 hrs round 5

Friday 18 July 14.00 - 19.00 hrs round 6

Saturday 19 July 14.00 hrs adjourned games (rest day)

Sunday 20 July 11.00 - 19.00 hrs round 7

Sunday 20 July 19.00 hrs closing ceremony

Germany are World Champions in Brazil

14th July 2014, Kuala Lumpur - Germany emerged as the new soccer World Cup Champions for the next four years after defeating Argentina 1-0 in extra time in Maracana, Brazil.

The winning goal was scored by Mario Goetze. This fourth win for Germany but the first as a united Germany. As a result, Argentina finished second while Lionel Messi of Argentina won the best player of the World Cup tournament.

Meanwhile Holland finished in third as they thrashed Brazil 3-0 a day earlier. Brazil finished in fourth.

Top scorer award went to James Rodriguez of Colombia with 6 goals while best goalkeeper award went to Manuel Neuer of Germany. Best Fairplay team went to Colombia. Young player of the tournament went to Paul Pogba of France.