Σκακιστικά νέα

The Chess Club Vodovod held its traditional rapid chess tournament on 22nd December at Dom Penzionera in Kragujevac, Serbia.

The tournament format was 9-round Swiss with time control 15 minutes per player. The tournament had 145 participants.

Grandmaster Dusan Popovic from Novi Sad emerged clear winner after concluding the tournament with 7,5/9 points.

The total prize fund was 1600 EUR.

Grandmaster Axel Bachmann from Paraguay convincingly won the “Copa Norberto La Porta” open tournament which was held on 14-21st December at the Salon Dorado de la Legislatura de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires.

Bachmann concluded the event with 8,0/9 points leaving the chasing pack a full point behind. Twelve players shared the second place with 7,0 points each.

Grandmaster Daniel Alsina Leal emerged winner of the Magistral Elgoibar round robin tournament after defeating the legendary GM Oleg Romanishin with black pieces in the last 9th round.

Croatian Grandmaster Robert Zelcic has won the 2013 Zadar Open Group A after edging Ivan Saric, Andrey Sumets and Borki Predojevic on tie-break. The four players finished on 6,5/9 points each.

Zadar Open 2013 took place on 15-21st December at the Falkensteiner Hotels & Resorts Borik in Zadar, Croatia.

The Group A was reserved for the players rated above 2200 FIDE, while Group B accepted participants rated under 2300.

Former European Champion Dmitry Jakovenko won the 2013 Russian Cup for men after defeating the talented 18-years old Vladimir Fedoseev 1,5-0,5 in the final match.

The Russian Cup Final took place from 11th to 19th December in Khanty-Mansiysk. Sixteen players with the best results throughout 2013 competed in the knock-out format.

The UAE Chess Federation and Al Ain Chess Club, under the auspices of FIDE, organize the World Youth Chess Championships 2013 (Under 8, 10,12, 14, 16 and 18 years old – open and girls) from 17 (arrival) – 29 (departure) December 2013 in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.

Three rounds have been played and Saturday will have the only double round of the event.

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

The 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.

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

IM Goran Arsovic

The City of Cacak and chess club “Borac” have organized the 8th Grand Prix Cacak tournament on 15th December in restaurant Radovanje in Preljina, Cacak.

The World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen will hold a simultaneous exhibition hosted by Nordic Semiconductor during the CES 2014, where Carlsen plays multiple games at a time with 20 other players.