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NEWSLETTER 154 (May 01, 2014)

IM MICHAEL WIEDENKELLER WINS THE 1ST EUROPEAN

SMALL NATIONS INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

IM Michael Wiedenkeller from Luxembourg won

the 1st European Small Nations Individual Chess

Championship with final result of 9 points out of

11 and better tie-break than the second in the

ranking GM Igor Efimov from Monaco. Third

finished GM Oscar De La Riva from Andorra

with 8.5 points.

The Championship was held on April 21-30, 2014

at Museum Historical Archives in Larnaca,

Cyprus.

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The main sponsor of the competition was the European Chess Union, which helped

its organization with 15 000 Euro. The European Chess Union was the main sponsor

also of another Small Nations event – the European Small Nations Team

Championship, which was held in Monaco last year.

The host of the Championship was Cyprus Chess Federation, Tournament Director

was Mr. Paris Klerides, Chief-Arbiter - IA Sotiris Logothetis. The average ELO

rating was 2116.

The tournament was played as a Round Robin one, with 12 players in 11 rounds.

The time control was 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for

the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move

one.

The ECU President Silvio Danailov had a speech during the official closing event

and took part in the awarding ceremony together with the Mayor of Larnaca, Mr.

Andreas Louroutziatis, who strongly support chess. In his speech Mr. Danailov

recalled when he was elected as ECU President, he promised that together with his

team they will work very hard for the European chess and especially for the so

called small nations and they have fulfilled their promise.

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The European Chess Union expresses its special thanks for the brilliant

organization to the main motor of the championship Mr. Paris Klerides,

Tournament Director of the competition and General Secretary of Cyprus Chess

Federation and to Mr. Christoforos Tornaritis, President of Cyprus Chess

Federation.

Final Ranking after 11 rounds

Rk. Title Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4

1 IM Wiedenkeller Michael LUX 2475 9 1 8 42.8 3

2 GM Efimov Igor MNC 2395 9 0 8 41.5 3.5

3 GM De La Riva Aguado Oscar AND 2529 8.5 0 6 38.8 3

4 IM Berend Fred LUX 2369 8 0 7 35.8 3

5 FM Berg Olaf FAI 2306 7 0 6 26.5 1.5

6 Kelires Andreas CYP 2224 6 0 5 24.5 1

7 Frick Renato LIE 2049 4.5 0.5 4 17.8 1

8 FM Antoniou Antonis CYP 2201 4.5 0.5 1 21.8 2

9 Said Oliver MLT 1969 3 0.5 2 8.5 0

10 CM Kirby Peter J. GCI 1990 3 0.5 2 7.25 0

11 CM Maccapani Massimiliano SMR 2054 2 0 1 6.75 0

12 Kahn Tito JCI 1995 1.5 0 0 6.25 0.5

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Photos from Larnaca

Official website: http://larnaca2014.fide.com/

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TOP 50 PLAYERS MAY 2014

Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year

1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2882 1 1990

2 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2815 3 1982

3 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2792 7 1983

4 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2785 0 1969

5 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2783 0 1992

6 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2783 0 1975

7 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2772 0 1987

8 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2772 0 1975

9 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2770 7 1990

10 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2768 6 1983

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11 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2760 0 1985

12 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2758 0 1990

13 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2753 6 1976

14 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2753 0 1968

15 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2753 0 1969

16 Adams, Michael g ENG 2750 3 1971

17 Giri, Anish g NED 2746 4 1994

18 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2742 6 1987

19 Leko, Peter g HUN 2737 7 1979

20 Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2735 6 1990

21 Wang, Hao g CHN 2734 3 1989

22 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2732 0 1983

23 So, Wesley g PHI 2731 8 1993

24 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2730 5 1983

25 Harikrishna, P. g IND 2726 0 1986

26 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2724 9 1987

27 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2723 0 1983

28 Andreikin, Dmitry g RUS 2722 0 1990

29 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2721 3 1983

30 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2719 6 1977

31 Ding, Liren g CHN 2714 4 1992

32 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2713 16 1974

33 Wang, Yue g CHN 2713 4 1987

34 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2713 0 1987

35 Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2712 7 1983

36 Le, Quang Liem g VIE 2712 3 1991

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37 Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2711 0 1981

38 Li, Chao b g CHN 2711 0 1989

39 Navara, David g CZE 2708 8 1985

40 Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2707 0 1980

41 Shirov, Alexei g LAT 2703 8 1972

42 Kryvoruchko, Yuriy g UKR 2703 3 1986

43 Rapport, Richard g HUN 2701 12 1996

44 Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2701 0 1986

45 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2700 12 1985

46 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2700 9 1979

47 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2700 9 1982

48 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2698 5 1974

49 Korobov, Anton g UKR 2696 9 1985

50 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2695 6 1987

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FORTHCOMING TOURNAMENTS

THE 7th NY INTERNATIONAL “SUPER SWISS” INVITES ALL

EUROPEAN CHESS PLAYERS

AN INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT ORGANIZED BY THE WORLD FAMOUS MARSHALL CHESS CLUB!

June 18-22, 2014 $21,000 projected-$16,750 guaranteed!

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The Seventh New York International Chess Tournament will take place from June

18-22, 2014.

Since its premiere in 2008, the event has grown every year in size and strength and

is an excellent opportunity for both established Grandmasters (the $12,500 prize

fund in the Championship section is unconditionally guaranteed) and younger

players who seek to obtain IM and GM norms. Last year, players from 19 different

federations, including 27 Grandmasters and International Masters, took part,

ensuring norm possibilities independent of pairings with foreign players. Two GM

norm and three IM norms were awarded!

We again expect FIDE titled players from all over the world to compete, ensuring

that the 7th NY International will be again a “Super Swiss”, one of only a handful

held in the U.S. each year.

The New York International is organized by the historic Marshall Chess Club and

will take place at a luxurious private club in Midtown Manhattan under impeccable

playing conditions.

For complete details please visit the official tournament website at:

http://www.marshallchessclub.org/tournaments/international2014.

Please do not hesitate to contact us by email (admin@marshallchessclub.org) or

telephone (+1-212-477-3716) with any questions or concerns you might have.

We would be delighted to welcome you to the Marshall and the Seventh New York

International.

Sincerely,

Dr. Frank Brady,

International Arbiter

Stuart Chagrin,

President, Marshall Chess Club

Dr. Marcus Fenner

Executive Director, Marshall Chess Club