2nd Server24 Chess Festival Ortisei 2013: Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Sergey Volkov Tie for First

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Hi everyone, 

The Ortisei Chess Open held from June 1-9 saw top seeds Grandmasters Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Romania) and Sergey Volkov (Russia) tie for first with 7,0/9 points. The tournament was held in the quaint town of Ortisei, Val Gardena, South Tyrol, Italy. Five players shared the third place with 6,5 points each, including the talented Canadian juniors Eric Hansen and Aman Hambleton. Rounding up the good performance for team Canada Elias Oussedik won the top U2100 prize.

After the World Chess Championship Match in Merano 1981 between Karpov and Korchnoi this event is the biggest tournament in the history of South Tyrol chess since the Second World War. Full results on the official website.

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GM Sergey Volkov wins 2nd Livigno Chess Open

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Hello everyone,

The latest chess news from www.chessdom.com is that GM Sergey Volkov has won the 2nd International Livigno Chess Open. He was leading after Round 8 and finished off the final games nicely even though two players were right behind him barely half a point away.

During the final game, though, it was enough for him to draw against GM Svetushkin Dmitry (Hotel Cervo). Svetushkin was the winner on Thursday evening of the Grand Prix Distillati Mazzetti d’Altavilla, a blitz tournament among invited GMs which took place at Hotel Lac Salin. The blitz tournament earned him a precious crystal chessboard with pieces being little bottles with liqueur inside. The first three players also won a luxury watch each!

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