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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Opatija, Croatia has been a Great Place for World Senior Chess Championship: GM Miso Cebalo
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013
Hello everyone,
The World Senior Chess Championship 2013 begins next week in Opatija (Croatia). Here is an interesting interview with Grandmaster Miso Cebalo, former World Senior Chess Champion, one of the most representative players of Croatia.
GM Cebalo, so “Opatija is back!”. This nice town of Croatia will host again the World Senior Championship only after two years from the previous edition. In your opinion which is the ‘plus’ owing to Opatija was chosen again for this event?
A: There are several reasons why Opatija was chosen again, but the most important one are the good impressions of all the players who have participated two years ago. There is no better advertising than what is called in latin "fama per urbem".
There are already more than 250 players that confirmed their participation. They are coming from all over the world, from the 5 continents and 50 different countries. There are some important ‘new comers’ and many well known champions. It would be nice if you can give us a portrait of some of them.
The number of players oscillates from one day to another, today there are 242 registered ( 27 women, 215 men ). Speaking about "new comers", there are 3 players who will considerably sharpen the fight for medals. They are Viktor Kupreichik from Belarus, Branko Rogulj (CRO) and the last, but of course not least, a new Danish GM Jens Kristiansen, who appeared for the first time last year in Greece and won the Championship convincingly. Some other illustrious names are: Evgeny Sveshnikov (LAT), Yuri Balashov (RUS) and Krunoslav Hulak (CRO). There will be also a couple of former Senior World Champions like Evgeny Vasiukov (RUS), Oleg Chernikov (RUS), Mihai Suba (ROU), Anatoly Vaisser (FRA) and Yours Truly (CRO).
Except all these well known names I would like to present to our readers another player who is a very interesting person. His name is Mihail Davidov and he is playing under the German flag. He started to play in senior competition in 1995, which means that the Championship in Opatija will be his 18th appearance in a row! Quite an achievement I would say. By the way, he was one of those players who, two years ago thanks to the very nice weather, enjoyed almost every day a bath in Adriatic sea.
What about the female championship? In your opinion will Nona Gaprindashvili will succeed in regain the world senior title?
I would like such an outcome very much indeed, but in the senior competition, besides playing strength where Nona is an absolute favourite, there are two other important factors - the number of years on your shoulders and your health condition - which are not in her favour.
Opatija is known for its fine weather: we remember that two years ago many players enjoyed to take a bath in the sea. Do you know if the organizers have already made the weather forecast for the days when the world senior championship will take place?
I don't know for the organizers, but it's easy to find such information on the internet. According to what I found today, temperatures will be a bit lower than two years ago, from 11-13 degrees, but the good news is that we will have at least 10 sunny days.
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World Senior Chess Championships 2013 in Rijeka, Croatia Nov 11-24
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013
Hello everyone,
There's even more strong chess happening this November, around the world, along with the Carlsen vs Anand World Chess Championship as we told you yesterday. One such event is the 23rd Individual World Senior Chess Championship to be held in Opatija, Rijeka, Croatia under the organization of Chess Club Rijeka from November 11 to 24.
More than 250 players from all over the world and the 5 Continents will play (about 30 women, among them Nona Gaprindashvili). The 23rd World senior chess championship for men and women is open to all players representing the FIDE Chess Federations, regardless of their title or rating, providing that the men are older than 60 and women are older than 50 years of age. For example, each male participant in the 23rd World senior Championship must be born in 1953 or earlier (women -1963) to be allowed to participate. There is also no limit of participants per federation.
Accommodation will be provided by the Grand Hotel Milenij and the championship will take place in the Congress centre Tamaris which is located within the hotel complex practically next to the hotel rooms.
The total prize fund of the 23rd individual senior chess championship 2013 amounts to 18.000,00 euro, of which 14.000,00 will be paid to the male players, while 4.000,00 euro will be reserved for female players. For all information about the competition and registration, visit worldsenior2013.rijekachess.com.
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I always play to win, says women's chess legend Nona Gaprindashvili
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hello everyone,
Nona Gaprindashvili is considered a ‘chess legend’. She was the Women’s World Chess Champion for 16 years (1962-1978). She won the title defeating Elisabetta Bykova (world champion 1953-1961) and lost the title to Maya Chiburdanidze.
Nona is the current Women’s European Senior Champion and she won the Women’s World Senior Championship in 2009 (in 2010 she lost the title due to the worst technical tiebreak).
She was the first woman to get the title Grandmaster (‘absolute’).
Here is an interview with the Grandmaster on the sidelines of the world senior chess championship 2011 currently on in Opatija, Croatia
Q - Is this the first time you play in Opatija?A – No. It is my first tournament here, but when I was young, after playing in Belgrade and Zagreb, I came here to the coast to play simul and exhibitions; and beside some other places, I was also here in Opatija and in Rijeka. Moreover I played the Olympiads in Skopje and Novi Sad. I have to say that I always considered the former Yugoslavia as my second country; every year I came here to play and I always had a warm welcome by organizers and chess fans. And I have to say that this time also Chess Club Rijeka had a great affection for me which made me very happy and I would like to thank them and all the people in Opatija.
GM Gaprindashvili with her book 'Selected Games'
Q – When did you learn to play chess?
A – I was a little girl and I was learning to play looking at my four brothers. Honestly, I have to say that I did everything that my brothers did. So I played football, I played ping-pong, I played billiard: in billiard I am still very good, and I am a great supporter of Barcelona and Arsenal football clubs, as my whole family; I like to follow games and I appreciate good football players - I can say that I ‘understand’ football!
Moreover with my brothers I played chess! But I played my first important tournament when I was only 13 years old, and it happened almost by chance. A team event was organized in Tbilisi and each team was supposed to have a female chessboard. My brother played on the first chessboard for the team and he proposed me; so I had my beginning in an official event. I played very well and the club proposed to my parents a coach for me; I lived in a town far from Tbilisi, but I had an uncle there. So my parents send me to live with my uncle in Tbilisi. I started to study chess with a coach and in a couple of years I became the first Georgian women champion, and then the women champion of USSR (1956).
Now I try to teach chess my nephew Nicholas (5 years old); my son David and my other nephew Lary (16 years old) do not play chess.
Q- You were the first woman to get the title Grandmaster (absolute). How did you feel when you achieved this goal?
A- You can say the title ‘male’ Grandmaster! In the seventies, when I played tournaments (usually round robin tournaments, with 10, 12 or 14 players - at that time there were only few Swiss tournaments) all the men fought hard against me, because I was a woman. In almost equal position they went on and adjourned the game, one or even two times, while against man they would have made a draw. For me it was not easy. In any case I gained the Grandmaster title in the tournament of Lone Pine (USA) in 1977, where I played beautiful and interesting games. I remember for example my win against GM Peters. After this tournament all the players considered me in a different way. But this did not change my style of play: I always play to win!
Q- Among your games, do you remember any one in particular?
A- It might be the game against Velimirovic in Bela Crkva 1984; I played with black pieces and it was really a hard fight with continuous upsets, sacrifice and counter sacrifices. A lot of people were around the table looking at the game and when we agreed for a draw at the end they applauded both of us for a few minutes.
Q- And tournaments?
A- Oh, there are many. By the way I can mention Reggio Emilia 1982-83. I won the tournament (all the other players were men) and I played a very good game against Kapengut.
Q- Back to the world championship here in Opatija, 40 women participating, it is a record! What do you think about that? And what’s your goal in the tournament?
A- I think that the number of women in the Senior Championship will increase in the next few years, also because for women it is enough to be 50 years old. I think that it is a positive matter. As far as this tournament is concerned, I am confident - I am playing well, I feel good. In any case, as I told you, I always play to win, I never look to the opponent, I always look to the position!
Q- Your opinion about the playing time?
A- It is not a problem; in fact it is the same for all the players. I cannot say that it was better before; there were adjourned games and one game could last even 10-12 hours and we were supposed to have tough nerves! Now it is different, but surely it is better for organization!
Q- What about those new girls and women coming from China and India? Do you think that the traditional domination of female chess players from Georgia is finished or not?
A – Yes, female players from China and India are growing up, above all from China that always had good players. The problem is that after Xie Yun, the top player changed every year. Now there is young Hou Yifan: we will see if she can keep the world title for a few years. In my opinion she can improve, but I think that she has not yet found the right coach.
As far as Georgia is concerned, we dominated the world for around 40 years! We won everything, both individual and team events! It is normal that after such a long time something changes. In any case Georgia won the female Olympiad in 2008, so surely the Georgian tradition is not yet finished.
Thank you very much GM Nona Gaprindashvili! You will always be in the heart of chess fans!
Thank you to Adolivio Capece for sending us this interview from the World Senior Chess Championship 2011 currently being played in Croatia. You can access the official website at this link.
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21st World Senior Chess Championship from Nov 14-27
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hi everyone,
The Chess club 'Rijeka', Croatia is organising the 21st World Senior Chess Championship in Opatija, Croatia, from November 14, 2011 (arrival of the participants) until November 27, 2011 (day of departure).
The 21st World senior chess championship for men and women is open to all players representing the FIDE Chess Federations, regardless of their title or rating, providing that the male tournament participants were born in 1951 or before, and that the female tournament participants were born in 1961 or before. There is no limit to the number of participants per federation.
The championship will be based on Swiss system in accordance with the FIDE Tournament Rules and FIDE Rules of Chess.
The playing time will be 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one.
In addition to the written registration, it is required that the participants make a personal registration prior to the comencement of the tournament. The personal registrations will be made on November 14, 2011 from 10:00 to 21:00 o`clock and on November 15, 2011, till 12:00 o'clock.
The organization fee is 140 Euro per participant and is obligatory for all the participants.
The total prize fund amounts to 15.000,00 euro, of which 12.000,00 will be paid to the male players, while 3.000,00 euro will be reserved for female players.
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World Senior Chess in Croatia from Nov 14
Chess blog for latest news and trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hello everyone,
The 21st World Senior Chess Championships will be held in Opatija, Croatia, from November 14, 2011 to November 27, 2011. You can find all the details here.
As per our updates, the national federations and/or the players have to fill the Application Form that can be downloaded from www.rijekachess.com. The form has to be emailed to the organisers at info@rijekachess.com by October 15, 2011. In addition to the written registration, it is required that the participants make a personal registration prior to the commencement of the tournament. The personal registrations will be made on November 14, 2011 from 10:00 to 21:00 o'clock and on November 15, 2011, till 12:00 o'clock.
All the best to everyone who is going to play at this special tournament. Chess is inspiring and surely can remain a lifelong passion. The legendary Viktor Korchnoi is a sterling example of that. You did see our www.chessblog.com post on him beating the young Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana just a few days back at the Gibraltar Chess Festival? Well, here is the link again.
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GM Vaisser Anatoly, WGM Khmiadashvili Tamar crowned World Senior Chess Champions
Chess news and chess trivia blog (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2010
 World Senior Champion GM Vaisser Anatoly of France.
 World Senior Champion WGM Khmiadashvili Tamar of Georgia.
Hello Everyone,
The Senior World Championships has been an exciting event concluding with the crowning of the World Senior Champions GM Vaisser Anatoly of France and WGM Khmiadashvili Tamar of Georgia.
GM Anatoly Vaisser shared first with Evgeny Sveshnikov at Sochi 1983, tied for 2nd–3rd with Viswanathan Anand, behind István Csom, at New Delhi 1987, and took second, behind Vladimir Malaniuk, at Budapest 1989.
Since 1991, Vaisser has represented France. He won the French championship at Narbonne 1997, and was twice Sub-Champion (1996 and 2001). Vaisser played twice for France in Chess Olympiads: In 1998, at fourth board in 33rd Chess Olympiad in Elista (+2 −1 =4); In 2002, at second reserve board in 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled (+2 −3 =1).[2]
Vaisser was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1982 and the Grandmaster (GM) title in 1985.
The final standings are as follows: ----------------------------------------
1. GM Vaisser Anatoly FRA 2507 8,5 8,5 0,0 55,0 2. GM Jansa Vlastimil CZE 2499 8,5 8,5 0,0 54,0 3. GM Dydyshko Viacheslav BLR 2547 8,5 8,5 0,0 54,0 4. GM Kaufman Larry C USA 2413 8,5 8,5 0,0 49,5 5. IM Shvedchikov Anatoli I RUS 2421 8,0 8,0 0,0 51,5 6. GM Timoscenko Gennadij SVK 2499 8,0 8,0 0,0 51,5 7. IM Rukavina Josip CRO 2423 8,0 8,0 0,0 51,0 8. IM Filipenko Alexander V RUS 2327 8,0 8,0 0,0 50,5 9. GM Pushkov Nikolai RUS 2466 8,0 8,0 0,0 50,0 10. IM Van Riemsdijk Herman C BRA 2390 8,0 8,0 0,0 49,0 11 GM Cebalo Miso CRO 2493 8,0 8,0 0,0 47,0
Women's section ------------------------
1. WGM Khmiadashvili Tamar GEO 2162 7,0 7,0 1,0 37,5 2. GM Gaprindashvili Nona GEO 2363 7,0 7,0 1,0 34,0 3. WIM Fomina Tatyana EST 2256 7,0 7,0 1,0 34,0 4. WGM Fatalibekova Elena RUS 2270 6,5 6,5 0,0 31,0 5. WFM Miednikova Swietlana RUS 2146 5,0 5,0 0,0 27,0 6. WFM Khropova Larisa RUS 2037 5,0 5,0 0,0 27,0 7. WIM Borisova Borislava SWE 2096 5,0 5,0 0,0 27,0 8. WFM Komysheva Margarita RUS 2084 5,0 5,0 0,0 24,0 9. Tsygankova Enni UZB 0 5,0 5,0 0,0 23,0 10. Chireykina Natalia RUS 1799 5,0 5,0 0,0 21,5
You can find the complete results here and check more details at the official homepage here. You can also find some very nice games from the championship here. You can find a lot of details about the history of the World Senior Chess Championships here.
The Championship was played over 11 rounds (9 rounds in Women ch) of the Swiss System. The time control was 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one (FIDE rules 2006).
Former World Champion and defending Senior World Champion Nona Gaprindashvili started the last round with a half-point advantage but had to settle for a draw with Black against WFM Margarita Komysheva.
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Senior Chess - Who will be world champion?
Chess news and chess trivia blog (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2010
 A scenic shot of Arco, Italy
Hi Everyobody,
Are you ready for the World Chess Championship 2010? This one's not about Anand and Topalov. It's about some nice chess masters - par excellence - of the senior category.
The World Senior Chess Championship 2010 is here! It begins in Arco, Trentino, Italy on October 26. You can check the official website for lots of information, photos and videos as the action unfolds. You can also find a nice preview at www.chessdom.com.
The participants have to be older than 60 in the men's category and older than 50 in the women's category.
Arco is a comune in the province of Trento in northeast Italy. The town is surrounded on one side by sheer limestone cliffs jutting up like a wall protecting it and its ancient hilltop castle.
The Championship will be played over 11 rounds of the Swiss System. The time control is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one (FIDE rules 2006).
The title of 'Grandmaster' will be conferred upon the winner of the 20th FIDE World Senior Chess Championship 2010.
The reigning European Senior Chess Champions WGM Tamar Khmiadashvili and GM Vitaly Tseshkovsky, and 2009 World Senior Champions GM Nona Gaprindashvili and GM Miso Cebalo, are also competing in this tournament.
Seniors World Championship 2010 Open
Top 15 seeds
 GM Vitaly Tseshkovsky
1 GM Tseshkovsky Vitaly RUS 2564 2 GM Dydyshko Viacheslav BLR 2547 3 GM Tukmakov Vladimir B UKR 2547 4 GM Rashkovsky Nukhim N RUS 2519 5 GM Vaisser Anatoly FRA 2507 6 GM Jansa Vlastimil CZE 2499 7 GM Timoscenko Gennadij SVK 2499 8 GM Cebalo Miso CRO 2493 9 GM Pushkov Nikolai RUS 2466 10 GM Suba Mihai ROU 2464 11 IM Fradkin Boris RUS 2454 12 GM Rajkovic Dusan SRB 2443 13 GM Ermenkov Evgenij PLE 2442 14 GM Butnorius Algimantas LTU 2439 15 GM Chernikov Oleg L RUS 2425
Women's section top 10
 GM Nona Gaprindashvili
1 GM Gaprindashvili Nona GEO 2363 2 WGM Kozlovskaya Valentina RUS 2278 3 WGM Fatalibekova Elena RUS 2270 4 WIM Fomina Tatyana EST 2256 5 WGM Khmiadashvili Tamar GEO 2162 6 WIM Titorenko Natalia I RUS 2158 7 WFM Miednikova Swietlana RUS 2146 8 WIM Mira Helene AUT 2133 9 WIM Borisova Borislava SWE 2096 10 WFM Bogumil Tatiana RUS 2096
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