GM Aleksej Aleksandrov wins 1st Minsk Chess Open 2014
Hello chess blog friends, chess-news.ru reports that GM Aleksej Aleksandrov has won the first Minsk Chess Open. He scored a cool 7.5 in 9 rounds for a clear first ahead of five other players 1/2 a point behind. The second place was shared by Lintchevski of Russia, Podolchenko and Stupak of Belarus, Ukrainian Nosenko and FIM Trifonov. The legendary Viktor Kupreichik finished 12th with six points.
You cannot speak about chess in Belarus without mentioning Kupreichik. Viktor Davidovich Kupreichik (born 3 July 1949) at the beginning of his career, won individual gold medal at Ybbs 1968 (the 15th World Student Team Chess Championship). He was twice the winner of the Belarusian Chess Championship in 1972 and 2003. He also placed first at Wijk aan Zee (Masters' tournament) 1977, Kirovakan 1978 (jointly), Reykjavik 1980, Plovdiv 1980, Medina del Campo 1980, and Hastings International Chess Congress in 1981/82.
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Zimbabwe 1st FIDE Rated Chess Event: GM Sergey Kasparov wins Easter Chess Open
Hello everyone,
Yes, they have chess apart from cricket in Zimbabwe now. A chess news update via Zimbabwe states GM Kasparov from Belarus has won the Easter Chess event - the first FIDE rated event in the country!
HARARE - Grandmaster Sergey Kasparov of Belarus won the closely -contested 2014 Zimbabwe Easter Open Fide Rated A Section which ended on Monday in Harare.
Kasparov, who narrowly avoided a defeat from Mozambican Candidate Master Persson Abrantes in the second round, had to fight a bruising battle to accumulate a total 5.5 points out of a possible seven.
The Belarusian won the title on a superior tie break after Botswana International Master IM Providence Oatlhotse, also finished on 5.5 points.
The two walked away with $1250 each.
International Master Rodwell Makoto, who led the Zimbabwe team, missed the first round but managed to finish on fourth position with five points, same points with Zambian Andrew Kayonde.
For their efforts Makoto and Kayonde pocketed $675 each.
South African GM designate IM Kenny Solomon shared the spoils on joint fifth position with Zimbabwean top players Elisha Chimbamu, Dion James Moyo and Thabo Elisha on 4.5 points each player winning $212.
“This is the first Fide rated event in the country and it has been a great success. Going forward, the Zimbabwe Chess federation is going to ensure that all chess players in our country are properly registered with Fide so that all tournaments will become rated,” Charles Kuwaza, the Zimbabwe Chess Fedration president, said after the event.
“We are also going to ensure that through our Chess In Schools programs, all our juniors will also properly register with the federation so that we do not miss talent out there.
“The Chess Federation wishes to extend its gratitude to all the sponsors, including the Holiday Inn who made this event a resounding success.” (http://www.dailynews.co.zw/)
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GM Baadur Jobava wins David Bronstein Chess Memorial 2014
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2014
Hello everyone,
GM Baadur Jobava has won the David Bronstein Chess Memorial 2014 held in Minsk from Feb 11-19. The Belarus Chess Federation organises the event every year. David Bronstein was the former World Chess Championship challenger who nearly dethroned Mikhail Botvinnik in 1951. He was born in 1924 in Ukraine and passed away in 2006 in Minsk.
Georgian Grandmaster Baadur Jobava won the tournament after beating Sergey Fedorchuk and Mikhailo Oleksienko (both Ukraine) on tie-break. The three players completed the event with 7,0/9 points each. The Open A had 139 participants from 21 countries, including 65 Grandmasters and 33 International Masters.
The Open B had 98 players from nine countries. Mikhail Sadovski (BLR 2093) and Nail Qoshqar Bashirli (AZE 1940) shared the first place with 7,5/9 points each.
Here is an interesting game from the Bronstein Chess Memorial this year. Do you remember that GM Jobava had recommended that Viswanathan Anand play 1.b3 against Magnus Carlsen in Chennai at the World Chess Championship 2013? It's called the Nimzowitsch-Larsen attack ;)
[...] 1.b3 e5 2.♗b2 ♘c6 3.e3 g6 4.h4 h5 5.♘f3 ♗g7 6.c4 d6 7.d3 ♘ge7 8.♘bd2 a5 9.a3 O-O 10.♕c2 ♖b8 11.♗e2 ♗g4 12.♘e4 ♕d7 13.O-O-O b5 14.cxb5 ♖xb5 15.d4 ♖b6 16.♘c5 ♕f5 17.♗d3 ♕c8 18.♘a4 ♖b8 19.d5 ♘a7 20.♗c4 c6 21.dxc6 ♕xc6 22.e4 ♘b5 23.♔b1 ♖fc8 24.♔a2 ♗e6 25.♖c1 ♗h6 26.♘g5 ♗xc4 27.♕xc4 ♕e8 28.♕d3 f6 29.f4 fxg5 30.hxg5 ♗f8 31.fxe5 dxe5 32.♗xe5 ♖xc1 33.♖xc1 ♖c8 34.♘c5 ♘c6 35.♘d7 ♘xe5 36.♕d5+ Kh8 or Kg8... but... 36...♕f7 37.♕xf7+
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