Pavlodar Chess Open 2013: GM Rinat Jumabayev wins on Tiebreak

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Hello everyone,

The Pavlodar Chess Open 2013 took place from 10-19th December at the Estaya St. 83 in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan.

The chess tournament was devoted to the Republic of Kazakhstan Independence Day and organized by the Kazakhstan Chess Federation, Management of tourism, physical training and sports of the Pavlodar area, and Pavlodar Chess Federation.

A total of 104 players competed in the 10-rounds Swiss event. Among them were 15 Grandmasters and 10 International Masters.

Grandmasters Rinat Jumabayev, Semen Dvoirys and Andrey Zhigalko shared the first place with 7,5/9 points each, but the trophy goes to the local star Jumabayev who had the best tie-break. (FIDE)

Final standings:
1-3. GM Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2561, GM Dvoirys Semen RUS 2562 and GM Zhigalko Andrey BLR 2628 – 7,5
4-13. GM Solak Dragan TUR 2618, GM Kostenko Petr KAZ 2497, GM Zubarev Alexander UKR 2546, GM Ovetchkin Roman RUS 2542, GM Vokarev Sergey RUS 2464, IM Amanov Zhanibek KAZ 2362, GM Zablotsky Sergei RUS 2522, GM Burmakin Vladimir RUS 2585, FM Khegay Dmitriy RUS 2348 and FM Kazakov Konstantin KAZ 2339 – 7,0 etc

Tournament website

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Pavlodar Chess Open in Kazakhstan from Nov 29

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Hi everyone,

Here's some more tournament chess news. The Pavlodar Chess Open 2012, dedicated to the Republic of Kazakhstan Independence Day, will take place from November 29 to December 9 at the Kazakhstan Chess Palace in Pavlodar, according to Chessdom. The tournament is organised by the Kazakhstan Chess Federation, Management of tourism, physical training and sports of the Pavlodar area, and Pavlodar Chess Federation.

The playing format is 10-round Swiss and the tournament will be valid for FIDE rating and norms. Tournament director is GM Kotsur Pavel. The prize fund is 12000 $, with the first prize being 3000 $. More information is available on the tournament website

Pavlodar is a city in northeastern Kazakhstan and the capital of Pavlodar Province. It is located 350 km northeast of the national capital Astana, and 400 km southeast of the Russian city of Omsk along the Irtysh River. As of 2010, the city has a population of 331,710.

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