Croatia World Senior Chess Round 7: Rogulij, Vaisser, Hulak in Joint Lead

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Hello everyone,

The World Senior Chess Championship 2013 is being held in Croatia. Three players - IM Rogulij (Cro), GM Vaisser (Fra) and GM Hulak (Cro) - are in joint lead after seven rounds in the open section. Trailing by a half a point are IM Berkovic (Isr) GM Balashov (Rus) and GM Kristiansen (Den).

In the women's section, the leader is WFM Ankudinova (Kaz) with 5,5 points. Three players are right behind on 5: Khmiadashvili (Geo) Fatalibekova (Rus) and the legendary Nona Gaprindashvili (Geo).

The 23rd Individual World Senior Championship is being held in Opatija, Rijeka under the organization of Chess Club Rijeka. Accommodation is at the Grand Hotel Milenij and the championship is taking place in the Congress centre Tamaris which is located within the hotel complex. 

The total prize fund of the 23rd individual senior chess championship 2013 amounts to 18.000,00 euro, of which 14.000,00 is to be distributed in the open section, while 4.000,00 euro will be given away in the women's section. Find or all information about the competition and registration please visit worldsenior2013.rijekachess.com.

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World Seniors Chess 2012 Round 7: IM Jens Kristiansen in Sole Lead

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Jens Kristiansen at the World Seniors 

Chess Championship 2012 in Greece.

Round 7 of the World Seniors Chess Championship was played in the 5 star Galini Hotel in Kamena Vourla, Greece, on Tuesday. In the open section, IM Jens Kristiansen is in sole lead. In the women's section, the competition is pretty close and again there are WFM Ankudinova, WGM Fatalibekova and WIM Titorenko sharing the lead with 5,0/7. While Ankudinova and Fatalibekova drew their game, WIM Titorenko is back to the first position after defeating with black WGM Strutinskaya. GM Nona Gaprindashvili was held to a draw by WGM Khmiadashvili and WIM Melashvili drew with WIM Beltz.

IM Jens Kristiansen defeated Round 6 co-leader GM Yuri Balashov and jumped into clear first position. The other co-leader of last round and rating favorite of the tournament GM Anatoly Vaisser signed a draw with the legendary GM Evgeny Sveshnikov. They now share the second position with the winners of R7 GM Vladimir Okhotnik and GM Yrjo Rantanen, all with 5,5/7. IM Jens Kristiansen half a point clear of competitors on top of the table with 6,0/7. Track the games live at the official website of the World Seniors Chess Championship 2012.

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Olga Rubtsova Memorial Tournament

Today I was invited to the Moscow Central Chess Club on Gogol street to honor the veteran lady players participating in the Olga Rubtsova Memorial Tournament, taking place exactly 100 years after her birth.

Olga Rubtsova was the fourth Women's World Chess Champion in history (1956-1958), see the Wikipedia article about her.

All the participating ladies next to me in the photo below are true pioneers of Soviet and Russian chess, and it is with great emotion that I was among them. The veteran of the tournament was Kira Zvorykina (see her Wikipedia page), who will turn 90 years old next week, she was 5-time champion of the USSR, and was married to GM Alexei Suetin. It's very impressive to be playing a chess tournament at 90 years old... I hope I will be able to do that...

The winner of the tournament was no one else than Elena Fatalibekova, who actually is the daughter of Olga Rubtsova and you can see me here giving her the first prize trophy.

Every single woman in that group deserve most warm congratulations. They were simply amazing! The results table is below.

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12th Women's World Chess Champion

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