CHESS CAMP at Palma Beach Resort in Umm Al Quwain
The Expat Chess Club (ECC) under the auspices of UAE Chess Federation will conduct a FREE Chess Clinic, an Introduction to Chess for beginners and FREE Orientation regarding some changes in FIDE Chess Tournament Rules for the benefits of all chess enthusiast. The event is set to kick-off on February 27, 2009, Friday, from 2:00 - 6:00 P.M. at Palma Beach Resort in Umm Al Quwain.
One of the highlight in this chess camp is the exhibition match of Filipina chess players Anita Valerio (13), her sister Carissa Joy Valerio (11) from Sharjah against Jordanian chess players Saed Alaghbar (13) and his sister Sabina Alaghbar (9) of Umm Al Quwain. They will showcase their talent in chess in an exciting two on two scheveningen system on the Giant Chess Board.
Another exciting features in this event is the simultaneous chess exhibition game of Axel Valerio (14 years old) against 20 chess players. Axel, a Filipino chess prodigy from Sharjah started playing chess at the age of 6 years old. He gained his FIDE Rating at the age of 11 and presently holding a "Champion" title of two prestigious event in United Arab Emirates; The UAE U-14 Open Individual Chess Tournament held in Sharjah and the annual Abu Dhabi Chess Festival Open Individual Chess Tournament (U-16 Category) held last year in Abu Dhabi.
The objective of this event is to promote the game of chess to all expatriate, likewise enhance the skill of expat chess players residing in Umm Al Quwain.
For further details, please contact the organizer @ 050-8618734 or e-mail at info.expatchess@gmail.com
Monday, February 16, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Filipino GMs celebrates New Years Day at Reef Mall in Dubai
Filipino chess delegation celebrates their New Years Day with the Filipino Chess Players League at Reef Mall in Dubai. GM Wesley So (standing center in blue and orange stripes), GM Mark Paragua (to Wesley’s right), GM Darwin Laylo (kneeling center in red sweater) and GM John Paul Gomez (standing third from left) with NCFP Director Willy Abalos (fourth from left) and Inquirer sports writer Roy Luarco.
Filipino chess delegation celebrates their New Years Day with the Filipino Chess Players League at Reef Mall in Dubai. GM Wesley So (standing center in blue and orange stripes), GM Mark Paragua (to Wesley’s right), GM Darwin Laylo (kneeling center in red sweater) and GM John Paul Gomez (standing third from left) with NCFP Director Willy Abalos (fourth from left) and Inquirer sports writer Roy Luarco.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
A World Conference on Chess in Schools
Friday, 06 February 2009 11:10
TURIN – ITALY, 25th – 27th FEBRUARY 2009 CHESS: A GAME TO GROW UP WITHA WORLD CONFERENCE ON CHESS IN SCHOOLS
The Role of Chess in the Development of Personality and Cognitive CapacitiesTeaching Chess in schools: a comparison among different methods and ExperiencesWorking Language: English
DRAFT PROGRAMME(Please download Draft Programme in PDF format)25th February 2009 9.30/10.00 Welcome Address
- by Avv. Mariastella Gelmini, Italian Minister of Education, t.b.c. (or by a representative of Italian Ministry of Education)- by Prof. Mercedes Bresso, President of Piedmont Region, t.b.c. (or by a representative of Piedmont Region)- by Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, President of World Chess Federation (FIDE), President and Head of Republic of Kalmykia- by Mr. Gianpietro Pagnoncelli, President of Italian Chess Federation (FSI)- by Mr. Flavio Brugnoli, Coordinator of the institutional activities of the Compagnia di San Paolo- by Prof. Roberto Rivello, President of the Piedmont Committee of Italian Chess Federation10.00/10.20 Introductive Remarks
- by Mr. Francesco De Sanctis, Direttore generale dell’Ufficio scolastico regionale del Piemonte (Piedmont Scholastic Office)- by Ms. Giovanna Pentenero, Assessore all’Istruzione e alla Formazione professionale, Piedmont Region- by Mr. Luigi Saragnese, Assessore alle risorse educative, City of Turin- by Gianfranco Porqueddu, President of the Piedmont Committee of the CONI, tbc- by Mr. Gianfrancesco Lupatelli, President of the MSP – ItaliaPlenary Session 1 – The role of chess in the development of personalityTime: 10.20 – 11.00, 11.20 – 13.00 (11.00/11.20: Coffee Break)Chair: prof. Roberto Rivello (University of Turin, President of the FSI Piedmont Committee, Chairman of the FIDE Ethics Commission)Keynote Speakers
- Dr. Sulaiman Abul Kareem Mohammad Al-Fahim (President of the United Arab Emirates Chess Federation, CEO of Hydra Properties, component of The Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment that bought Manchester City Football Club on 2008, IIMSAM Goodwill Ambassador), The Development of Chess in Schools in Arabian Countries. The Role of Learning Chess for the Education of Arabian Girls- IGM Maurice Ashley (1st African-American International Grandmaster, he was the coach of the “Raging Rooks” and of the “Dark Knights” of Harlem, winners of many U.S.A. National Junior High School Championships), Chess for Success - Using an Old Game to Build New Strengths in Children and TeensPlenary Session 2 – Teaching Chess in Schools: a Comparison among different Methods and Experiences – ITime: 14.30 – 16.00, 16.30 – 19.00 (16.00 - 16.20: Coffee Break)Chair: Damir Levacic (International Master, Member of the ECU Board, President of the Mediterranean Chess Association)Keynote Speakers:
- Umberto Magnoni (I.T.E.R. Director – City of Turin), Chess in Schools, the Turin Experience- Marcello Perrone (Italian Chess Federation), Chess in Schools, the Italian Experience- Ali Nihat Yazici (President of Turkish Chess Federation, FIDE Vice-President), Chess in Schools, the Turkish Experience- Léo Battesti (President of the “Ligue Corse”, Corsican Chess Federation), Chess in Schools, the Corsican Experience - Damir Levacic (French Chess Federation) and Jérôme Mauffras (Académie de Créteil - France), Chess in Schools, the French Experience- Alessandro Dominici (Italian Chess Federation), Chess in Schools, the Piedmont Experience- Paola Russo (FSI Instructor), Chess for very young Students: a Psicomotricity Experience26th February 2009Plenary Session 3 – The role of chess in the development of cognitive capacitiesTime: 9.30 – 11.00, 11.20 – 13.00 (11.00/11.20: Coffee Break)Chair: prof. Uvencio BLANCO H. (Chairman of the FIDE Committee on Chess in Schools)Keynote Speakers
- prof. Fernand Gobet (Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Director of the Centre for the Study of Expertise at Brunel University, West London)- prof. Roberto Trinchero (Professor of Experimental Pedagogy at the Faculty of Forming Sciences of the University of Turin)- prof. Domenico Parisi (Chairman of the Italian Association of Cognitive Sciences, works at the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies of the CNR - Rome)- prof. Philippe Chassy (Researcher on Psychology – University of Toulouse)- dott. comm. Piero Angela (Scientific Journalist – RAI) (video contribution from Rome)Plenary Session 4 – Teaching Chess in Schools: a Comparison among different Methods and Experiences – ITime: 14.30 – 16.30Chair: Damir LevacicKeynote Speakers
- Boris Shedulin (Russian Chess Federation), Chess in Schools, the Siberian Experience of distance learning - Rikard Medancic (Croatian Chess Federation), Chess in Schools, the Croatian Experience- Daniel Yarur (President of the Chilean Chess Federation), Chess in Schools, the Chilean Experience - Walter Radler (President of the German Chess in Schools Foundation) and Patrick Wiebe (German Chess Federation), Chess in Schools, the German Experience16.30 – 16.45 Coffee BreakParallel Sessions A - B – Teaching Chess in Schools: a Comparison among different Methods and Experiences – IIITime: 16.45 – 19.00
A. Italian Experiences (Chair: Maurizio Perrone)B. International Experiences (Chair: Uvencio Blanco)Keynote Speakers
- Sebastiano Paulesu (FSI Instructor), The Ideographic Method- Carlo Alberto Cavazzoni (FSI Instructor), The Castle of Chess- Alexander Wild (FSI Instructor), Basic Chess Teaching27th February 2009Conclusive Plenary SessionTime: 9.30 – 11.00, 11.20 – 13.00 (11.00/11.20: Coffee Break)Keynote Speakers
- Valery Bovaev (Vice President of the Russian Chess Federation, President of the Kalmyk Chess Federation, Vice Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Kalmykia), Chess in Schools in Kalmykia- Tian Hongwei (Chinese Chess Federation), Chess in Schools, the Chinese Experience- Prof. Filippo Spagnolo (University of Palermo) – Giuliano d’Eredità (University of Palermo), Chess and Mathematics Education - Michel Noir (former Minister of the French Government, organiser of the 1990 World Chess Championship in Lyon, expert and author of publications on Brain Training), Chess and Brain Training
Conclusive Remarks: Uvencio Blanco, Marcello Perrone,Roberto Rivello
For more detailed information please visit the Official Site.
Friday, 06 February 2009 11:10
TURIN – ITALY, 25th – 27th FEBRUARY 2009 CHESS: A GAME TO GROW UP WITHA WORLD CONFERENCE ON CHESS IN SCHOOLS
The Role of Chess in the Development of Personality and Cognitive CapacitiesTeaching Chess in schools: a comparison among different methods and ExperiencesWorking Language: English
DRAFT PROGRAMME(Please download Draft Programme in PDF format)25th February 2009 9.30/10.00 Welcome Address
- by Avv. Mariastella Gelmini, Italian Minister of Education, t.b.c. (or by a representative of Italian Ministry of Education)- by Prof. Mercedes Bresso, President of Piedmont Region, t.b.c. (or by a representative of Piedmont Region)- by Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, President of World Chess Federation (FIDE), President and Head of Republic of Kalmykia- by Mr. Gianpietro Pagnoncelli, President of Italian Chess Federation (FSI)- by Mr. Flavio Brugnoli, Coordinator of the institutional activities of the Compagnia di San Paolo- by Prof. Roberto Rivello, President of the Piedmont Committee of Italian Chess Federation10.00/10.20 Introductive Remarks
- by Mr. Francesco De Sanctis, Direttore generale dell’Ufficio scolastico regionale del Piemonte (Piedmont Scholastic Office)- by Ms. Giovanna Pentenero, Assessore all’Istruzione e alla Formazione professionale, Piedmont Region- by Mr. Luigi Saragnese, Assessore alle risorse educative, City of Turin- by Gianfranco Porqueddu, President of the Piedmont Committee of the CONI, tbc- by Mr. Gianfrancesco Lupatelli, President of the MSP – ItaliaPlenary Session 1 – The role of chess in the development of personalityTime: 10.20 – 11.00, 11.20 – 13.00 (11.00/11.20: Coffee Break)Chair: prof. Roberto Rivello (University of Turin, President of the FSI Piedmont Committee, Chairman of the FIDE Ethics Commission)Keynote Speakers
- Dr. Sulaiman Abul Kareem Mohammad Al-Fahim (President of the United Arab Emirates Chess Federation, CEO of Hydra Properties, component of The Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment that bought Manchester City Football Club on 2008, IIMSAM Goodwill Ambassador), The Development of Chess in Schools in Arabian Countries. The Role of Learning Chess for the Education of Arabian Girls- IGM Maurice Ashley (1st African-American International Grandmaster, he was the coach of the “Raging Rooks” and of the “Dark Knights” of Harlem, winners of many U.S.A. National Junior High School Championships), Chess for Success - Using an Old Game to Build New Strengths in Children and TeensPlenary Session 2 – Teaching Chess in Schools: a Comparison among different Methods and Experiences – ITime: 14.30 – 16.00, 16.30 – 19.00 (16.00 - 16.20: Coffee Break)Chair: Damir Levacic (International Master, Member of the ECU Board, President of the Mediterranean Chess Association)Keynote Speakers:
- Umberto Magnoni (I.T.E.R. Director – City of Turin), Chess in Schools, the Turin Experience- Marcello Perrone (Italian Chess Federation), Chess in Schools, the Italian Experience- Ali Nihat Yazici (President of Turkish Chess Federation, FIDE Vice-President), Chess in Schools, the Turkish Experience- Léo Battesti (President of the “Ligue Corse”, Corsican Chess Federation), Chess in Schools, the Corsican Experience - Damir Levacic (French Chess Federation) and Jérôme Mauffras (Académie de Créteil - France), Chess in Schools, the French Experience- Alessandro Dominici (Italian Chess Federation), Chess in Schools, the Piedmont Experience- Paola Russo (FSI Instructor), Chess for very young Students: a Psicomotricity Experience26th February 2009Plenary Session 3 – The role of chess in the development of cognitive capacitiesTime: 9.30 – 11.00, 11.20 – 13.00 (11.00/11.20: Coffee Break)Chair: prof. Uvencio BLANCO H. (Chairman of the FIDE Committee on Chess in Schools)Keynote Speakers
- prof. Fernand Gobet (Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Director of the Centre for the Study of Expertise at Brunel University, West London)- prof. Roberto Trinchero (Professor of Experimental Pedagogy at the Faculty of Forming Sciences of the University of Turin)- prof. Domenico Parisi (Chairman of the Italian Association of Cognitive Sciences, works at the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies of the CNR - Rome)- prof. Philippe Chassy (Researcher on Psychology – University of Toulouse)- dott. comm. Piero Angela (Scientific Journalist – RAI) (video contribution from Rome)Plenary Session 4 – Teaching Chess in Schools: a Comparison among different Methods and Experiences – ITime: 14.30 – 16.30Chair: Damir LevacicKeynote Speakers
- Boris Shedulin (Russian Chess Federation), Chess in Schools, the Siberian Experience of distance learning - Rikard Medancic (Croatian Chess Federation), Chess in Schools, the Croatian Experience- Daniel Yarur (President of the Chilean Chess Federation), Chess in Schools, the Chilean Experience - Walter Radler (President of the German Chess in Schools Foundation) and Patrick Wiebe (German Chess Federation), Chess in Schools, the German Experience16.30 – 16.45 Coffee BreakParallel Sessions A - B – Teaching Chess in Schools: a Comparison among different Methods and Experiences – IIITime: 16.45 – 19.00
A. Italian Experiences (Chair: Maurizio Perrone)B. International Experiences (Chair: Uvencio Blanco)Keynote Speakers
- Sebastiano Paulesu (FSI Instructor), The Ideographic Method- Carlo Alberto Cavazzoni (FSI Instructor), The Castle of Chess- Alexander Wild (FSI Instructor), Basic Chess Teaching27th February 2009Conclusive Plenary SessionTime: 9.30 – 11.00, 11.20 – 13.00 (11.00/11.20: Coffee Break)Keynote Speakers
- Valery Bovaev (Vice President of the Russian Chess Federation, President of the Kalmyk Chess Federation, Vice Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Kalmykia), Chess in Schools in Kalmykia- Tian Hongwei (Chinese Chess Federation), Chess in Schools, the Chinese Experience- Prof. Filippo Spagnolo (University of Palermo) – Giuliano d’Eredità (University of Palermo), Chess and Mathematics Education - Michel Noir (former Minister of the French Government, organiser of the 1990 World Chess Championship in Lyon, expert and author of publications on Brain Training), Chess and Brain Training
Conclusive Remarks: Uvencio Blanco, Marcello Perrone,Roberto Rivello
For more detailed information please visit the Official Site.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
GM WESLEY SO IS 2009 CORUS CHAMPION
posted on : Wed Feb 04 2009, 06:32AM
by: Patrick Lee
Final standings:9.5 points – W. So (RP)8.5 – T. Persson (Sweden), A. Giri (Russia) 7.5 – D., Howell (England), A. Gupta (India) 6.5 – F. Holzke (Germany)6 -- D. Harika (India) 5.5 -- F. Nijboer (Netherlands), E. Iturrizaga (Venezulea), A. Bitalzadeh (Netherlands), M. Bosboom (Netherlands), R. Pruijssers (Netherlands)5 – M. Hoyos (Mexico)4.5 – O. Romanishin (Ukraine) WIJK AAN ZEE, Netherlands -- Mission accomplished for GM Wesley So of the Philippines.So capped another storybook campaign by winning the overall title in Group C in the 71st Corus Chess Tournament at the De Moriaan Community Centre here Sunday.The 15-year-old Filipino champion, who made history by becoming the world's youngest GM during the Pichay Cup chess championship in Paranaque City in 2006, quickly drew with second seed GM David Howell of England to clinch the title with a 13-round total of 9.5 points out of a possible 13.Overall, So finished with seven wins, five draws and only one loss in his debut in one of the world's most prestiigious tournaments staged annually in this small seaside town in the province of North Holland.A high school student of St, Francis (Bacoor), So finished a full point ahead of GM Tiger Hillarp Persson of Sweden, who trounced IM Manuel Bosboom of the Netherlands, and GM-elect Anish Giri of Russia, who halved the point with WGM Dronavaili Harika of India.Howell, the seocnd highest-rated player here behind So, and GM Abhijit Gupta of India, shared fourth to fifth places with 7.5 points.GM Frank Holzke of Germany, who dealt So's only setback during the eighth round, clinched solo sixth place with 6.5 points.“Masayang-masaya po ako sa panalo kong ito ngayong bagong taon,” said So, who added the prestigious Corus trophy to the Dubai Open championship he won in United Arab Emirates last year.“Nagpapasalamat po ako sa lahat ng patuloy na sumusuporta sa akin, lalo na sa aking mga magulang na sina William at Leny So at kay (NCFP president) Butch Pichay,” added So.So, who is now ranked as the ninth highest junior player in the world with an ELO of 2627, won over GM Friso Nijober of the Netherlands in the first round, No. 8 seed GM Eduardo Iturrizaga of Venezuela in the fifth round, No. 6 seed GM Manuel Leon Hoyos of Mexico in the sixth round, No. 14 IM Ali Bitalzadeh of the Netherlands in the ninth round, No. 12 seed IM Roeland Pruijssers of the Netherlands, Bosboom and Persson.He drew his matches against seventh seed GM Oleg Romanishin of Ukraine in the second round, No. 11 seed FM Anish Giri of Russia in the third round, fourth seed GM Abhijeet Gupta of India in the fourth round, WGFM Dronavaili Harika of India in the seventh round and Howell.Pichay and NCFP secretary-general Tagaytay City Mayor Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino immediately congratulated So for his newest achievement in the international stage and vowed full support in his campaign to attain super GM status iwith ELO 2700 plus rating n the coming months.“Wesley's triumph is also the triumph for the Filipino people. The whole nation congratulates him for this newest accomplishment, which is a good source of pride and joy in this times,” said Pichay, who has already produced four GMs in less than three years in office.In the centerpiece Group A, GM Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine emerged as a the solo winner following a hard-earned tirumph over GM Leinier Dominguez of Cuba.Karjakin, the same player who battled So to a draw during the Asian Club Cup in Al Ain, UAE late last year, finished with eight points.GMs Levon Aronian of Armenia, Teymour Radjabov of Uzbeistan and Sergey Movsesian of Slovakia shared second to fourth places with 7.5 points.Aronian drew with Jan Smeets of Netherlands, Radjabov halved the point with Daneil Stellwagen of Netherlands and Movsesian split the point with GM Gata Kamsky of the United States.World No. 4 GM Magnus Carlssen of Norway one of six players who shared the lead after the penultimate round, dropped out of contention when he bowed to GM Wang Yue of China.In group B, Italian-American GM Fabiano Caruana overtook GM Nigel Short of England after the latter blundered in a winning position. Caruana's win left him on top of the Group B with 8.5 points.Three players -- Short, GM Alexander Motylev and GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov – sahred second to fourth with eight points.A total of 42 players divided into three groups saw action in this prestigious tournamenrt more popularly known as the Hoogovens tournament.Among the prominent winners were Max Euwe, Bent Larsen, Tigran Petrosian, Paul Keres, Efim Geller, Lajos Portisch, Boris Spassky, Mikhail Botvinnik, Mikhail Tal, Viktor Korchnoi, Jan Timman, Anatoly Karpov, Vladimir Kramnik, Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand and Veselin Topalov. Anand is the only player to have won five titles of the Hoogovens/Corus chess tournament in its long history, although three of these were shared wins.The Indian champion also holds the record of most consecutive games played at this tournament without a loss (70) -- from 1998–2004. Euwe, Portisch and Korchnoi won Corus four times each.
RESULTS BY ROUNDRound 1 - Saturday the 17thT. Hillarp Persson - R. Pruijssers ½-½D. Howell - M. Bosboom 0-1F. Nijboer - W. So 0-1O. Romanishin - A. Bitalzadeh 1-0A. Giri - F. Holzke ½-½A. Gupta - D. Harika 0-1E. Iturrizaga - M. Leon Hoyos 1-0Round 2 - Sunday the 18thR. Pruijssers - M. Leon Hoyos 1-0D. Harika - E. Iturrizaga ½-½F. Holzke - A. Gupta 0-1A. Bitalzadeh - A. Giri ½-½W. So - O. Romanishin ½-½M. Bosboom - F. Nijboer 1-0T. Hillarp Persson - D. Howell 1-0Round 3 - Monday the 19thD. Howell - R. Pruijssers 1-0F. Nijboer - T. Hillarp Persson ½-½O. Romanishin - M. Bosboom ½-½A. Giri - W. So ½-½A. Gupta - A. Bitalzadeh 0-1E. Iturrizaga - F. Holzke 1-0M. Leon Hoyos - D. Harika 1-0Round 4 - Tuesday the 20thR. Pruijssers - D. Harika ½-½F. Holzke - M. Leon Hoyos 1-0A. Bitalzadeh - E. Iturrizaga 1-0W. So - A. Gupta ½-½M. Bosboom - A. Giri ½-½T. Hillarp Persson - O. Romanishin 1-0D. Howell - F. Nijboer 1-0Round 5 - Thursday the 22ndF. Nijboer - R. Pruijssers 1-0O. Romanishin - D. Howell 0-1A. Giri - T. Hillarp Persson 0-1A. Gupta - M. Bosboom 1-0E. Iturrizaga - W. So 0-1M. Leon Hoyos - A. Bitalzadeh 1-0D. Harika - F. Holzke ½-½Round 6 - Friday the 23rdR. Pruijssers - F. Holzke 0-1A. Bitalzadeh - D. Harika ½-½W. So - M. Leon Hoyos 1-0M. Bosboom - E. Iturrizaga 1-0T. Hillarp Persson - A. Gupta 0-1D. Howell - A. Giri ½-½F. Nijboer - O. Romanishin ½-½Round 7 - Saturday the 24thO. Romanishin - R. Pruijssers ½-½A. Giri - F. Nijboer ½-½A. Gupta - D. Howell 1-0E. Iturrizaga - T. Hillarp Persson 0-1M. Leon Hoyos - M. Bosboom 1-0D. Harika - W. So ½-½F. Holzke - A. Bitalzadeh ½-½Round 8 - Sunday the 25thR. Pruijssers - A. Bitalzadeh 1-0W. So - F. Holzke 0-1M. Bosboom - D. Harika ½-½T. Hillarp Persson - M. Leon Hoyos 1-0D. Howell - E. Iturrizaga 1-0F. Nijboer - A. Gupta 1-0O. Romanishin - A. Giri 0-1Round 9 - Tuesday the 27thA. Giri - R. Pruijssers 1-0A. Gupta - O. Romanishin 1-0E. Iturrizaga - F. Nijboer 1-0M. Leon Hoyos - D. Howell 0-1D. Harika - T. Hillarp Persson ½-½F. Holzke - M. Bosboom 1-0A. Bitalzadeh - W. So 0-1Round 10 - Wednesday the 28thR. Pruijssers - W. So 0-1M. Bosboom - A. Bitalzadeh 1-0T. Hillarp Persson - F. Holzke 1-0D. Howell - D. Harika 0-1F. Nijboer - M. Leon Hoyos 0-1O. Romanishin - E. Iturrizaga 0-1A. Giri - A. Gupta 1-0Round 11 - Friday the 30thA. Gupta - R. Pruijssers 0-1E. Iturrizaga - A. Giri 0-1M. Leon Hoyos - O. Romanishin 1-0D. Harika - F. Nijboer 0-1F. Holzke - D. Howell ½-½A. Bitalzadeh - T. Hillarp Persson 1-0W. So - M. Bosboom 1-0Round 12 - Saturday the 31stR. Pruijssers - M. Bosboom 1-0T. Hillarp Persson - W. So 0-1D. Howell - A. Bitalzadeh 1-0F. Nijboer - F. Holzke 1-0O. Romanishin - D. Harika 1-0A. Giri - M. Leon Hoyos 1-0A. Gupta - E. Iturrizaga 1-0Round 13 - Sunday the 1stE. Iturrizaga - R. Pruijssers 1-0M. Leon Hoyos - A. Gupta 0-1D. Harika - A. Giri ½-½F. Holzke - O. Romanishin ½-½A. Bitalzadeh - F. Nijboer 1-0W. So - D. Howell ½-½M. Bosboom - T. Hillarp Persson 0-1
posted on : Wed Feb 04 2009, 06:32AM
by: Patrick Lee
Final standings:9.5 points – W. So (RP)8.5 – T. Persson (Sweden), A. Giri (Russia) 7.5 – D., Howell (England), A. Gupta (India) 6.5 – F. Holzke (Germany)6 -- D. Harika (India) 5.5 -- F. Nijboer (Netherlands), E. Iturrizaga (Venezulea), A. Bitalzadeh (Netherlands), M. Bosboom (Netherlands), R. Pruijssers (Netherlands)5 – M. Hoyos (Mexico)4.5 – O. Romanishin (Ukraine) WIJK AAN ZEE, Netherlands -- Mission accomplished for GM Wesley So of the Philippines.So capped another storybook campaign by winning the overall title in Group C in the 71st Corus Chess Tournament at the De Moriaan Community Centre here Sunday.The 15-year-old Filipino champion, who made history by becoming the world's youngest GM during the Pichay Cup chess championship in Paranaque City in 2006, quickly drew with second seed GM David Howell of England to clinch the title with a 13-round total of 9.5 points out of a possible 13.Overall, So finished with seven wins, five draws and only one loss in his debut in one of the world's most prestiigious tournaments staged annually in this small seaside town in the province of North Holland.A high school student of St, Francis (Bacoor), So finished a full point ahead of GM Tiger Hillarp Persson of Sweden, who trounced IM Manuel Bosboom of the Netherlands, and GM-elect Anish Giri of Russia, who halved the point with WGM Dronavaili Harika of India.Howell, the seocnd highest-rated player here behind So, and GM Abhijit Gupta of India, shared fourth to fifth places with 7.5 points.GM Frank Holzke of Germany, who dealt So's only setback during the eighth round, clinched solo sixth place with 6.5 points.“Masayang-masaya po ako sa panalo kong ito ngayong bagong taon,” said So, who added the prestigious Corus trophy to the Dubai Open championship he won in United Arab Emirates last year.“Nagpapasalamat po ako sa lahat ng patuloy na sumusuporta sa akin, lalo na sa aking mga magulang na sina William at Leny So at kay (NCFP president) Butch Pichay,” added So.So, who is now ranked as the ninth highest junior player in the world with an ELO of 2627, won over GM Friso Nijober of the Netherlands in the first round, No. 8 seed GM Eduardo Iturrizaga of Venezuela in the fifth round, No. 6 seed GM Manuel Leon Hoyos of Mexico in the sixth round, No. 14 IM Ali Bitalzadeh of the Netherlands in the ninth round, No. 12 seed IM Roeland Pruijssers of the Netherlands, Bosboom and Persson.He drew his matches against seventh seed GM Oleg Romanishin of Ukraine in the second round, No. 11 seed FM Anish Giri of Russia in the third round, fourth seed GM Abhijeet Gupta of India in the fourth round, WGFM Dronavaili Harika of India in the seventh round and Howell.Pichay and NCFP secretary-general Tagaytay City Mayor Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino immediately congratulated So for his newest achievement in the international stage and vowed full support in his campaign to attain super GM status iwith ELO 2700 plus rating n the coming months.“Wesley's triumph is also the triumph for the Filipino people. The whole nation congratulates him for this newest accomplishment, which is a good source of pride and joy in this times,” said Pichay, who has already produced four GMs in less than three years in office.In the centerpiece Group A, GM Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine emerged as a the solo winner following a hard-earned tirumph over GM Leinier Dominguez of Cuba.Karjakin, the same player who battled So to a draw during the Asian Club Cup in Al Ain, UAE late last year, finished with eight points.GMs Levon Aronian of Armenia, Teymour Radjabov of Uzbeistan and Sergey Movsesian of Slovakia shared second to fourth places with 7.5 points.Aronian drew with Jan Smeets of Netherlands, Radjabov halved the point with Daneil Stellwagen of Netherlands and Movsesian split the point with GM Gata Kamsky of the United States.World No. 4 GM Magnus Carlssen of Norway one of six players who shared the lead after the penultimate round, dropped out of contention when he bowed to GM Wang Yue of China.In group B, Italian-American GM Fabiano Caruana overtook GM Nigel Short of England after the latter blundered in a winning position. Caruana's win left him on top of the Group B with 8.5 points.Three players -- Short, GM Alexander Motylev and GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov – sahred second to fourth with eight points.A total of 42 players divided into three groups saw action in this prestigious tournamenrt more popularly known as the Hoogovens tournament.Among the prominent winners were Max Euwe, Bent Larsen, Tigran Petrosian, Paul Keres, Efim Geller, Lajos Portisch, Boris Spassky, Mikhail Botvinnik, Mikhail Tal, Viktor Korchnoi, Jan Timman, Anatoly Karpov, Vladimir Kramnik, Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand and Veselin Topalov. Anand is the only player to have won five titles of the Hoogovens/Corus chess tournament in its long history, although three of these were shared wins.The Indian champion also holds the record of most consecutive games played at this tournament without a loss (70) -- from 1998–2004. Euwe, Portisch and Korchnoi won Corus four times each.
RESULTS BY ROUNDRound 1 - Saturday the 17thT. Hillarp Persson - R. Pruijssers ½-½D. Howell - M. Bosboom 0-1F. Nijboer - W. So 0-1O. Romanishin - A. Bitalzadeh 1-0A. Giri - F. Holzke ½-½A. Gupta - D. Harika 0-1E. Iturrizaga - M. Leon Hoyos 1-0Round 2 - Sunday the 18thR. Pruijssers - M. Leon Hoyos 1-0D. Harika - E. Iturrizaga ½-½F. Holzke - A. Gupta 0-1A. Bitalzadeh - A. Giri ½-½W. So - O. Romanishin ½-½M. Bosboom - F. Nijboer 1-0T. Hillarp Persson - D. Howell 1-0Round 3 - Monday the 19thD. Howell - R. Pruijssers 1-0F. Nijboer - T. Hillarp Persson ½-½O. Romanishin - M. Bosboom ½-½A. Giri - W. So ½-½A. Gupta - A. Bitalzadeh 0-1E. Iturrizaga - F. Holzke 1-0M. Leon Hoyos - D. Harika 1-0Round 4 - Tuesday the 20thR. Pruijssers - D. Harika ½-½F. Holzke - M. Leon Hoyos 1-0A. Bitalzadeh - E. Iturrizaga 1-0W. So - A. Gupta ½-½M. Bosboom - A. Giri ½-½T. Hillarp Persson - O. Romanishin 1-0D. Howell - F. Nijboer 1-0Round 5 - Thursday the 22ndF. Nijboer - R. Pruijssers 1-0O. Romanishin - D. Howell 0-1A. Giri - T. Hillarp Persson 0-1A. Gupta - M. Bosboom 1-0E. Iturrizaga - W. So 0-1M. Leon Hoyos - A. Bitalzadeh 1-0D. Harika - F. Holzke ½-½Round 6 - Friday the 23rdR. Pruijssers - F. Holzke 0-1A. Bitalzadeh - D. Harika ½-½W. So - M. Leon Hoyos 1-0M. Bosboom - E. Iturrizaga 1-0T. Hillarp Persson - A. Gupta 0-1D. Howell - A. Giri ½-½F. Nijboer - O. Romanishin ½-½Round 7 - Saturday the 24thO. Romanishin - R. Pruijssers ½-½A. Giri - F. Nijboer ½-½A. Gupta - D. Howell 1-0E. Iturrizaga - T. Hillarp Persson 0-1M. Leon Hoyos - M. Bosboom 1-0D. Harika - W. So ½-½F. Holzke - A. Bitalzadeh ½-½Round 8 - Sunday the 25thR. Pruijssers - A. Bitalzadeh 1-0W. So - F. Holzke 0-1M. Bosboom - D. Harika ½-½T. Hillarp Persson - M. Leon Hoyos 1-0D. Howell - E. Iturrizaga 1-0F. Nijboer - A. Gupta 1-0O. Romanishin - A. Giri 0-1Round 9 - Tuesday the 27thA. Giri - R. Pruijssers 1-0A. Gupta - O. Romanishin 1-0E. Iturrizaga - F. Nijboer 1-0M. Leon Hoyos - D. Howell 0-1D. Harika - T. Hillarp Persson ½-½F. Holzke - M. Bosboom 1-0A. Bitalzadeh - W. So 0-1Round 10 - Wednesday the 28thR. Pruijssers - W. So 0-1M. Bosboom - A. Bitalzadeh 1-0T. Hillarp Persson - F. Holzke 1-0D. Howell - D. Harika 0-1F. Nijboer - M. Leon Hoyos 0-1O. Romanishin - E. Iturrizaga 0-1A. Giri - A. Gupta 1-0Round 11 - Friday the 30thA. Gupta - R. Pruijssers 0-1E. Iturrizaga - A. Giri 0-1M. Leon Hoyos - O. Romanishin 1-0D. Harika - F. Nijboer 0-1F. Holzke - D. Howell ½-½A. Bitalzadeh - T. Hillarp Persson 1-0W. So - M. Bosboom 1-0Round 12 - Saturday the 31stR. Pruijssers - M. Bosboom 1-0T. Hillarp Persson - W. So 0-1D. Howell - A. Bitalzadeh 1-0F. Nijboer - F. Holzke 1-0O. Romanishin - D. Harika 1-0A. Giri - M. Leon Hoyos 1-0A. Gupta - E. Iturrizaga 1-0Round 13 - Sunday the 1stE. Iturrizaga - R. Pruijssers 1-0M. Leon Hoyos - A. Gupta 0-1D. Harika - A. Giri ½-½F. Holzke - O. Romanishin ½-½A. Bitalzadeh - F. Nijboer 1-0W. So - D. Howell ½-½M. Bosboom - T. Hillarp Persson 0-1
GM Vadim Malakhatko wins Arcapita open chess championship
the Chessdom.com commentator GM Valentin Iotov takes second place
The Belgian GM Vadim Malakhatko won clear first place at the Arcapita open chess championship in Bahrain. He collected 7,5/9, with 6 victories and 3 draws, without losing a single game.
Second place was for GM Valentin Iotov, who commented live on Chessdom.com the first part of Corus Chess 2009. GM Iotov, with 5 victories and 4 draws, took the silver ahead of GM Moradiabadi, who finished with the same score, but worse tiebreak.
The rating favorite GM Tregubov finished 13th with 6,0/9. Full standings and round by round results here.
Final Standings
1 GM Malakhatko Vadim 2610 BEL 7.5 2 GM Iotov Valentin 2556 BUL 7 3 GM Moradiabadi Elshan 2505 IRI 7 4 GM Amin Basem 2562 EGY 6.5 5 IM Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi 2444 IND 6.5 6 GM Filippov Anton 2556 UZB 6.5 7 GM Ibrahimov Rasul 2568 AZE 6.5 8 IM Jojua Davit 2484 GEO 6.5 9 GM El Gindy Essam 2527 EGY 6.5 10 GM Adly Ahmed 2568 EGY 6.5 11 GM Kveinys Aloyzas 2522 LTU 6 12 GM Kasparov Sergey 2488 BLR 6 13 GM Tregubov Pavel V 2647 RUS 6 14 GM Pelletier Yannick 2560 SUI 6 15 FM Adnani Moklis 2326 MAR 6 16 IM Ezat Mohamed 2421 EGY 6 17 GM Bagheri Amir 2486 IRI 6 18 IM Sriram Jha 2441 IND 6 19 IM Sharma Dinesh K 2394 IND 6 20 IM Zozulia Anna 2376 BEL 6 21 IM Hassan Abdullah 2320 UAE 6 22 GM Golubev Mikhail 2487 UKR 5.5 23 IM Shoker Samy 2399 FRA 5.5 24 IM Sulashvili Malkhaz 2444 GEO 5.5 25 IM Frhat Ali 2408 EGY 5.5 26 IM Kiss Pal 2389 HUN 5.5 27 FM Othman A Moussa 2324 UAE 5.5 28 IM Sarwat Walaa 2388 EGY 5.5 29 Roshan Dsouza 0 IND 5.5 30 IM Shetty Rahul 2310 IND 5.5 31 FM Alhuwar Jasem 2270 UAE 5.5 32 Tabuzo Jimmy 0 PHI 5 33 WIM Kasparova Tatiana 2190 BLR 5 34 FM Akshat Khamparia 2306 IND 5 35 Dineshan 0 IND 5 36 Abdulateef Ahmed 0 EGY 5 37 Al Sulaiti Ali 2136 BRN 5 38 CM Al-Ghasra Ali 2133 BRN 5 39 Mansour Abbas 1957 UAE 5 40 Bukhalaf Khalaf 1870 BRN 5 41 Abdullah Waheed 0 BRN 5 42 Ortiz Woonir 0 PHI 4.5 43 FM Khouri Ibrahim Mohamed 2132 UAE 4.5
Total of 94 players (full standings and round by round results here)
the Chessdom.com commentator GM Valentin Iotov takes second place
The Belgian GM Vadim Malakhatko won clear first place at the Arcapita open chess championship in Bahrain. He collected 7,5/9, with 6 victories and 3 draws, without losing a single game.
Second place was for GM Valentin Iotov, who commented live on Chessdom.com the first part of Corus Chess 2009. GM Iotov, with 5 victories and 4 draws, took the silver ahead of GM Moradiabadi, who finished with the same score, but worse tiebreak.
The rating favorite GM Tregubov finished 13th with 6,0/9. Full standings and round by round results here.
Final Standings
1 GM Malakhatko Vadim 2610 BEL 7.5 2 GM Iotov Valentin 2556 BUL 7 3 GM Moradiabadi Elshan 2505 IRI 7 4 GM Amin Basem 2562 EGY 6.5 5 IM Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi 2444 IND 6.5 6 GM Filippov Anton 2556 UZB 6.5 7 GM Ibrahimov Rasul 2568 AZE 6.5 8 IM Jojua Davit 2484 GEO 6.5 9 GM El Gindy Essam 2527 EGY 6.5 10 GM Adly Ahmed 2568 EGY 6.5 11 GM Kveinys Aloyzas 2522 LTU 6 12 GM Kasparov Sergey 2488 BLR 6 13 GM Tregubov Pavel V 2647 RUS 6 14 GM Pelletier Yannick 2560 SUI 6 15 FM Adnani Moklis 2326 MAR 6 16 IM Ezat Mohamed 2421 EGY 6 17 GM Bagheri Amir 2486 IRI 6 18 IM Sriram Jha 2441 IND 6 19 IM Sharma Dinesh K 2394 IND 6 20 IM Zozulia Anna 2376 BEL 6 21 IM Hassan Abdullah 2320 UAE 6 22 GM Golubev Mikhail 2487 UKR 5.5 23 IM Shoker Samy 2399 FRA 5.5 24 IM Sulashvili Malkhaz 2444 GEO 5.5 25 IM Frhat Ali 2408 EGY 5.5 26 IM Kiss Pal 2389 HUN 5.5 27 FM Othman A Moussa 2324 UAE 5.5 28 IM Sarwat Walaa 2388 EGY 5.5 29 Roshan Dsouza 0 IND 5.5 30 IM Shetty Rahul 2310 IND 5.5 31 FM Alhuwar Jasem 2270 UAE 5.5 32 Tabuzo Jimmy 0 PHI 5 33 WIM Kasparova Tatiana 2190 BLR 5 34 FM Akshat Khamparia 2306 IND 5 35 Dineshan 0 IND 5 36 Abdulateef Ahmed 0 EGY 5 37 Al Sulaiti Ali 2136 BRN 5 38 CM Al-Ghasra Ali 2133 BRN 5 39 Mansour Abbas 1957 UAE 5 40 Bukhalaf Khalaf 1870 BRN 5 41 Abdullah Waheed 0 BRN 5 42 Ortiz Woonir 0 PHI 4.5 43 FM Khouri Ibrahim Mohamed 2132 UAE 4.5
Total of 94 players (full standings and round by round results here)
Monday, February 2, 2009
Clear winners in all 3 Corus Groups
Sunday, February 01, 2009
Final standings:
Corus A
1. S. Karjakin 8 2. L. Aronian, T. Radjabov, S. Movsesian 7½ 5. M. Carlsen, L. Dominguez 7 7. G. Kamsky 6½ 8. L. van Wely, J. Smeets, Y. Wang 6 11. D. Stellwagen, V. Ivanchuk, M. Adams, A. Morozevich
Corus B
1. F. Caruana 8½ 2. N. Short, A. Motylev, R. Kasimdzhanov 8 5. A. Volokitin, F. Vallejo Pons 7½ 7. Z. Efimenko 7 8. D. Navara 6½ 9. Y. Hou, D. Reinderman 6 11. E. l'Ami 5½ 12. H. Mecking 4½ 13. K. Sasikiran, J. Werle 4
Corus C
1. W. So 9½ 2. T. Hillarp Persson, A. Giri 8½ 4. D. HowellA. Gupta 7½ 6. F. Holzke 6½ 7. D. Harika 6 8. F. Nijboer, E. Iturrizaga, A. Bitalzadeh, M. Bosboom, R. Pruijssers 5½ 13. M. Leon Hoyos 5 14. O. Romanishin 4½
Sunday, February 01, 2009
Final standings:
Corus A
1. S. Karjakin 8 2. L. Aronian, T. Radjabov, S. Movsesian 7½ 5. M. Carlsen, L. Dominguez 7 7. G. Kamsky 6½ 8. L. van Wely, J. Smeets, Y. Wang 6 11. D. Stellwagen, V. Ivanchuk, M. Adams, A. Morozevich
Corus B
1. F. Caruana 8½ 2. N. Short, A. Motylev, R. Kasimdzhanov 8 5. A. Volokitin, F. Vallejo Pons 7½ 7. Z. Efimenko 7 8. D. Navara 6½ 9. Y. Hou, D. Reinderman 6 11. E. l'Ami 5½ 12. H. Mecking 4½ 13. K. Sasikiran, J. Werle 4
Corus C
1. W. So 9½ 2. T. Hillarp Persson, A. Giri 8½ 4. D. HowellA. Gupta 7½ 6. F. Holzke 6½ 7. D. Harika 6 8. F. Nijboer, E. Iturrizaga, A. Bitalzadeh, M. Bosboom, R. Pruijssers 5½ 13. M. Leon Hoyos 5 14. O. Romanishin 4½
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