Sunday, July 14, 2013

Chess Femme News

Unless otherwise noted, information from The Week in Chess.

Judit Polgar sighting!  She surprised me by coming out of retirement to play in this event.  She cut her eye teeth playing rapid and blitz chess, as did 12th Women's World Chess Champion GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, who also played in this event.  It was evident Polgar was rusty.

Geneva Chess Masters 2013 (Geneva SUI) Mon 24th Jun 2013 - Sun 30th Jun 2013 -Official Site - Live
Geneva Masters GpA (4 players 3 Rds DRR Indiv TC:25m+10spm) - Games in PGN: GpA Games
Geneva Masters GpB (4 players 3 Rds DRR Indiv TC:25m+10spm) - Games in PGN: GpB Games
Geneva Masters KO (4 players 2 Rds KO Indiv TC:25m+10spm) - Games in PGN: KO Games
Geneva Open A 2013 (43 players 9 Rds Swiss Indiv ) - Games in PGN: Open A

Geneva Masters GpA Geneva SUI Mon 24th Jun 2013 - Sun 30th Jun 2013
Leading Final Round 3 Standings:
RkNameRtg1234PtsTB1
1Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar2753*11138
2Kramnik, Vladimir28030*1125
2Pelletier, Yannick257400*114
4Polgar, Judit2696000*01
4 players

Geneva Masters GpB Geneva SUI Mon 24th Jun 2013 - Sun 30th Jun 2013
Leading Final Round 3 Standings:
RkNameRtg1234PtsTB1
1Nakamura, Hikaru2784*11138
2Bacrot, Etienne27250*1126
3Kosteniuk, Alexandra248900*113
4Edouard, Romain2666000*01
4 players

 In the Open, two chess femmes finished in the top 10:

Geneva Open A 2013 Geneva SUI Mon 24th Jun 2013 - Sun 30th Jun 2013
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Cornette MatthieuGMFRA25788.042.055.52724
2Bauer ChristianGMFRA26378.039.054.52730
3Hambleton AmanIMCAN24616.535.053.52455
4Cherniaev AlexanderGMRUS24476.033.551.52427
5Manea AlexandruIMROU23896.030.048.52423
6Mamedjarova TurkanWGMAZE22496.029.049.02339
7Le Roux Jean-PierreGMFRA25765.533.055.52468
8Bondar YevgenSUI23075.531.053.02417
9Mamedjarova ZeinabWGMAZE22645.530.051.52340


WGM Deysi Cori and her brother both played in the 21st Montacado Open (101 players):

21st Montcada Open Montcada i Reixac ESP Tue 25th Jun 2013 - Wed 3rd Jul 2013
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Flores Rios MauricioGMCHI24927.540.50.040.0
2Cabrera AlexisGMESP25257.036.50.037.0
3Cori JorgeGMPER25497.035.50.038.5
4Gleizerov EvgenyGMRUS25537.034.00.035.5
5Burmakin VladimirGMRUS25756.536.00.042.0
6Nisipeanu Liviu-DieterGMROU26676.534.00.039.5
7Cuartas Jaime AlexanderGMCOL24846.533.50.037.0
8Guerra Mendez Jose AngelIMCUB25056.530.50.034.0
9Saptarshi RoyIMIND24476.529.00.034.5
10Ortiz Suarez Isan ReynaldoGMCUB26126.035.00.042.5
11Ulibin MikhailGMRUS25236.030.50.035.0
12Fluvia Poyatos JordiIMESP24456.029.00.033.0
13Anurag MhamalFMIND24016.027.50.030.5
14Cruz CristhianGMPER24995.531.50.036.5
15Cori T. DeysiWGMPER24375.531.00.036.0


If I were the organizers, I would consider coming up with a somewhat different name for this tournament (45 players).  Okay, it's probably just in American English that "Lazy" is lazy (meaning something similar to no-account slothfulness) - sorry, I couldn't resist!

9th Lazy Open 2013 Lazy POL Sat 29th Jun 2013 - Mon 8th Jul 2013
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg+PtsTB1TB2
1SHISHKIN, VadimGMUKR250246.539.5050.00
2WARAKOMSKI, TomaszIMPOL248856.538.5046.50
3MAJDAN-GAJEWSKA, JoannaWGMPOL237556.536.0046.00
4SIECIECHOWICZ, MarcinIMPOL246236.040.0050.00
5WEICHHOLD, Pawelk+POL238256.039.0049.50
6URBAN, KlaudiuszIMPOL246246.039.0048.50
7ALIAVDIN, NikolaiIMBLR234946.035.5045.00
8KANAREK, MarcelIMPOL247846.035.0043.00
9BUGALSKI, MichalkPOL216155.536.5045.50
10EGGINK, RyszardI++POL212155.535.5046.00

WGM Joanna Majdan-Gajewska -- I'm not familiar with her but she finished plus 5 and in 3rd place overall.  Now if I could ever achieve a result like this I'd next run for President of the United States.  Holy Hathor! 


The top finishing female in the 41st World Open  took place 29th June to 7th July 2013) was IM Irina Krush. There was a 10 way tie on 6/9. Varuzhan Akobian drew with black in an Armageddon game vs Yuniesky Quesada to win the event. (113 players)

41st Annual World Op Arlington USA Sat 29th Jun 2013 - Sun 7th Jul 2013
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiRtgPts
1Akobian, VaruzhanGM26126
2Yuniesky, QuesadaGM26396
3Bruzon Batista, LazaroGM26896
3Laznicka, ViktorGM26846
3Negi, ParimarjanGM26346
3Erenburg, SergeyGM26156
3Gelashvili, TamazGM25726
3Holt, ConradGM25316
9Milov, VadimGM26435.5
10Shankland, SamGM26015.5
11Panchanathan, MageshGM25835.5
12Ramirez, AlejandroGM25835.5
13Mikhalevski, VictoGM25525.5
14Shulman, YuryGM25425.5
15Arnold, Marc TylerGM25255.5
16Fishbein, AlexanderGM25045.5
17Robson, RayGM26285
18Kacheishvili, GiorgiGM25885
19Izoria, ZviadGM25745
20Shabalov, AlexGM25535
21Lenderman, AleksandrGM25485
22Molner, Mackenzie SIM25015
23Yang, DarwinIM24855
24Krush, IrinaIM24805
25Vioreanu, BogdanIM24045
26Neimer, VitalyIM23935
27Harmon-Vellotti, Luke CFM23685

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