Archive for March, 2009
Interview: the European Champion 2009
GM Evgeny Tomashevsky (Saratov, Russia), the new European chess champion 2009, was born on 01.07.1987. He started playing chess at the age of four. In an interview with the Bulgarian GM Dejan Bojkov he talks about his chess career in general and the European Championship in Budva in particular:
“Everything was perfectly organized, including the small [...]
European Women’s Champion 2009: IM Tatiana Kosintseva (Russia)
Tatiana Kosintseva (Russia) won the final tie-break match for the title in the 10th European Women’s Chess Championship in St. Petersburg, Russia. Natalia Pogonina (Russia) had to win 3 tie-break matches before she got the bronze medal.The Russian TV Channel “100 TB” produced a video about the results of the exciting tie-break matches: www.tv100.ru
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The medalists [...]
St. Petersburg: Tie-Breaks for Title, Medals and Qualifications
After the final 11th round in the European Women’s Chess Championship in St. Petersburg, Russia, tie-breaks are necessary. At 10 a.m. local time start the matches for the bronze medal, two hours later the match for the 14th qualifying place and at 2 p.m. the match for the title.In the match for the champion title [...]
Tie-Breaks: an Idea of Amateur Officials?
The number of online spectators in the tie-break matches after the final round 11 of the 10th European Individual Chess Championship in Budva, Montenegro, was on the official website twice as much as in the rounds before. Nevertheless GM Miso Cebalo, in his final commentary, raised the legitimate question about the regularity of such a [...]
Tie-Breaks: an Answer for GM Cebalo
ECU knows very well that a final decision found by rapid or blitz games is an enormous stress for the chess players.
The players qualify for this final stage by a long-time tournament and the final is played with very short-time matches. One may call it another kind of tournament, I agree personally.
What are the other [...]
European Champion 2009: GM Evgeny Tomashevsky (Russia)
9 tie-break matches after the final round 11 in the 10th European Individual Chess Championship in Budva, Montenegro, produced the final and the match for the 3rd place.
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ECU President Boris Kutin and the medalists: GM Baadur Jobava (Georgia; 3rd place/bronze), GM Evgeny Tomashevsky (Russia; 1st place/gold), GM Vladimir Malakhov (Russia; 2nd place/silver).
Further 7 tie-break matches [...]
Budva: Tie-Breaks for Title, Medals and Qualifications
After the final round 11 in the 10th European Individual Chess Championship in Budva, Montenegro, eleven players are leading with 8.0 points each. According to the regulations tie-break matches will be organized to establish the champion and the medal winners.
During a Technical Meeting it was decided that these matches will start on Wednesday, 18th March [...]
St. Petersburg: 7 Players on Top
After 9 rounds in the European Women’s Chess Championship in St. Petersburg, Russia, seven players lead with 7/9.Round 10 today at 3 pm local time with the top 7 pairings:
IM Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina (RUS/2442/7) – GM Hoang Thanh Trang (HUN/2483/7)
IM Rajlich, Iweta (POL/2399/7) – IM Mkrtchian, Lilit (ARM/2460/7)
GM Socko, Monika (POL/2449/7) – IM Lomineishvili, Maia (GEO/2437/7)
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St. Petersburg: Female Logic
Bulletin No. 7 of the European Women’s Chess Championship in St. Petersburg, Russia, offers further answers (in Russian) to the question: “What is the specific character of ‘female chess’?” Round 9 today at 3 pm local time with the top 7 pairings:
GM Hoang Thanh Trang (HUN/2483/6.5) – IM Rajlich, Iweta (POL/2399/6.5)
IM Mkrtchian, Lilit (ARM/2460/6) – [...]
Budva: a new European Champion!
GM Miso Cebalo started his commentary of round 10 in the 10th European Individual Chess Championship in Budva, Montenegro, with the statement: “compliments to all the players from first ten boards for their exemplary fighting spirit that resulted with seven decided games !”
The top pairings of round 11, the last round, today at 3 pm [...]