Saturday, May 4, 2013

New title for Michael Kevin Baltazar : Congratulations !!

Michael Kevin Baltazar , Philippine College of Criminology top chess player will graduate this afternoon at the PICC, Manila with a new title and degree in Bachelor of Science in Criminology.
Kevin Baltazar is the individual gold medalist in the 2011-12 PISCUAA Meet and a former Manila Youth Games Champion and Manila Division and District Meet champion.


Happy graduation! Here is wishing that you turn what you have learned from school into golden opportunities for further learning and education.










Monday, April 29, 2013

Renova FIDE GP Zug : Round 11 FINAL STANDINGS

Final Ranking
Rank Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts
1 Topalov Veselin * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 8
2 Nakamura Hikaru 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1
3 Ponomariov Ruslan ½ ½ * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 6
4 Caruana Fabiano 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 6
5 Kamsky Gata ½ ½ 0 0 * 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½
6 Morozevich Alexander 0 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½
7 Karjakin Sergey 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5
8 Giri Anish ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 5
9 Leko Peter 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 5
10 Radjabov Teimour ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½
11 Kasimdzhanov Rustam ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½
12 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ *

3rd  ZUG FIDE GRAND PRIX 
Organizer(s) : FIDE
Tournament Director : IO Geoffrey Borg (MLT)
Chiefarbiter : IA Panagiotis  Nikolopoulos (GRE)
Arbiter : IA Sainbayar  Tserendorj (MGL)
Category : 21 (Rating-O : 2756)
Date : 2013/04/18 To 2013/04/30
Final Ranking
Rank SNo.   Name Rtg FED Pts Res. vict SB Koya
1 8 GM Topalov Veselin 2771 BUL 8 0 5 43,00 4
2 9 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2767 USA 0 3 33,00
3 11 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2733 UKR 6 1 2 33,50
4 3 GM Caruana Fabiano 2772 ITA 6 0 3 30,25 2
5 7 GM Kamsky Gata 2741 USA 1 3 29,50 2
6 1 GM Morozevich Alexander 2758 RUS 0 3 27,25 1
7 4 GM Karjakin Sergey 2786 RUS 5 1 1 26,00 2
8 5 GM Giri Anish 2727 NED 5 1 0 27,75
9 6 GM Leko Peter 2744 HUN 5 1 0 26,50
10 10 GM Radjabov Teimour 2793 AZE 1 1 25,25 2
11 12 GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2709 UZB 1 1 24,50 2
12 2 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2766 AZE 1 0 25,00



[Event "Renova FIDE GP Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.28"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2733"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8.
Be3 Qd7 9. Nbc3 O-O-O 10. a4 Nxe5 11. Be4 f5 12. a5 Nbc4 13. Bxb7+ Kxb7 14.
Qb3+ Ka8 15. dxe5 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Qd5 18. Qxd5+ Rxd5 19. Kf2 g6 20.
Rhd1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Bg7 22. Rd5 Rb8 23. Nd4 Rxb2+ 24. Kf3 Kb7 25. Ne6 Bh8 26.
Rc5 c6 27. Nd8+ Ka6 28. Rxc6+ Kxa5 29. Re6 Ka4 30. Rxe7 a5 31. Re8 Bg7 32. Ne6
Bh6 33. Re7 Rb5 34. Nd4 Bg5 35. Re8 Rc5 36. Ne2 Ka3 37. g3 a4 38. h4 Bh6 39. e6
Re5 40. Nf4 Bxf4 41. Kxf4 Re4+ 42. Kg5 Rxe3 43. Kf6 Rxg3 44. e7 Re3 45. Rb8 Ka2
46. Rb6 Rxe7 47. Kxe7 a3 48. Kf6 Ka1 49. Kg7 a2 50. Kxh7 f4 51. Rb3 1-0


[Round "9.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. O-O Re8
9. Nd2 Na6 10. Re1 Nc7 11. Rb1 exd5 12. cxd5 a6 13. a4 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. b4
Ng4 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. Qxg4 Bxc3 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. Qf3 b4 20. Rd1 Nb5 21. Nc4
Bd4 22. Bd2 Nc3 23. Bxc3 bxc3 24. Rbc1 Ra4 25. Ne3 Ra6 26. Nc2 Bg7 27. Ra1 Rxa1
28. Rxa1 Qb6 29. g3 Qb2 30. Qd1 Bh6 31. f4 Rxe4 32. Ra8+ Kg7 33. d6 Rd4 34.
Nxd4 1-0

[Round "9.3"]

[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Be3 O-O 10. axb5 axb5 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Qe2 c6 13. h3 Rxa1 14. Rxa1 h6 15.
Qd2 c5 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Nh2 Be6 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Bxb3 20. cxb3 Qb7 21. g3
Qd7 22. Qf3 Bg5 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. Qf5 Qe7 25. Kg2 g6 26. Qf3 Rb8 27. Ra5 Kg7
28. Rxb5 Ra8 29. Nd5 Nxd5 30. exd5 Qa7 31. b4 cxb4 32. Rxb4 Rh8 33. Qe3 Qa1 34.
Kf3 Qd1+ 35. Qe2 Qh1+ 36. Ke3 Qxd5 37. Qc2 Rh1 38. Qb3 Qg2 39. Qc3 Rf1 40. Qd2
d5 0-1


[Round "9.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 Qb6 14. Rhe1 O-O
15. Nf5 exf5 16. Rxe7 Qd8 17. Re2 Ne4 18. g3 Ndf6 19. Nh4 Qd7 20. Qf3 Qxd4 21.
Nxf5 Qe5 22. Bc1 Rfe8 23. Rde1 Re6 24. g4 Rae8 25. Ka1 Qd5 26. Qa3 Nxg4 27.
Nxg7 Kxg7 28. f3 Nef6 29. Rxe6 Rxe6 30. Rxe6 Qxe6 31. fxg4 Qxg4 32. Qxa7 Qxh5
33. Qxb7 Qh1 34. Kb1 h5 35. Qc7 h4 36. Qf4 Ne4 37. a4 h3 38. a5 Qe1 39. a6 Nd2+
40. Ka2 Qxc1 41. Qg5+ Kh7 42. Qh5+ Kg7 43. Qg5+ Kh7 44. Qh5+ Kg7 45. Qg5+
1/2-1/2


[Round "9.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ 8.
Kf1 Ne6 9. b4 cxb4 10. Ne2 Nc5 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Qd3+ 13. Kg1 Nxe6 14. Bb2
Nc6 15. Rc1 Rd8 16. h4 h5 17. Kh2 Nf4 18. Ne5 Qb5 19. Rxc6 bxc6 20. Qf3 f6 21.
Qxf4 fxe5 22. Bxe5 Rd3 23. Nf5 Rg8 24. Nd4 Qc4 25. Rc1 Qxc1 26. Ne6 Qc4 27. Qf5
g6 28. Nc7+ Kd8 29. Ne6+ Kd7 30. Nxf8+ Ke8 31. Nxg6 Rd7 32. Bb8 Qf7 33. Qxf7+
Kxf7 34. Ne5+ Ke6 35. Nxd7 Kxd7 36. Bxa7 Ra8 37. Bc5 Rxa2 38. Bxb4 Ra4 39. Bc5
Rxe4 40. Kh3 Ke6 41. f3 Rc4 42. Be3 Kf5 43. Bg5 e5 44. Be3 Ra4 45. Bf2 Rc4 46.
Be3 c5 47. g4+ Kg6 48. Kg3 Rc1 49. Kf2 c4 50. Bg5 Ra1 51. Ke3 Re1+ 52. Kf2 Ra1
53. Ke3 Ra4 54. gxh5+ Kxh5 55. Bf6 Ra3+ 56. Ke4 c3 57. dxc3 Rxc3 58. Bxe5 Rxf3
59. Kxf3 Kxh4 1/2-1/2


[Round "9.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg2
c6 9. e4 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bf4 Na5 14. Rc1 Ba3 15.
Rb1 Bb4 16. Ne2 Nc6 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Nf4 Ne4 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21.
Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Re1 Qf6 23. Rc1 Bb7 24. Re2 Rae8 25. Rc7 Ba8 26. Rxa7 Bc6 27. Rc2
Qd6 28. Qc1 Qb8 29. Ra3 Bb7 30. b4 Qd6 31. Rb3 Qf6 32. Qb2 g5 33. Nd3 Nd6 34.
a4 Nf5 35. Ne5 Nxd4 36. Qxd4 Qxe5 37. Qxe5 Rxe5 38. Re3 Ree8 39. Rc7 Ba8 40.
Ra7 Rc8 41. h3 d4 42. Re5 d3 43. Rxg5+ Kh8 44. Bxa8 Rxa8 45. Rd7 Rfd8 46. Rgd5
Rxd7 47. Rxd7 Rxa4 48. b5 Rb4 49. Kg2 Rxb5 50. Rxd3 Kg7 51. Rd6 Rb4 52. g4 Rb1
53. Kg3 b5 54. Rb6 b4 55. Kf4 Rh1 56. Rxb4 Rxh3 57. Ke4 1/2-1/2


[Round "8.3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. c5 Qc6 10. f3 b6 11. Bf4 Ng6 12. Bd6 bxc5 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 a5 15.
e5 Nd5 16. Bd3 f6 17. Bxg6+ hxg6 18. Qd3 Kf7 19. Nd2 c4 20. Qd4 Qb6 21. Qxb6
Nxb6 22. Rb1 Nd5 23. Ne4 g5 24. Kd2 Rh3 25. Nf2 Rh5 26. Rb5 a4 27. h3 Ba6 28.
Rc5 Bb7 29. Rb1 Bc6 30. Rxc4 Ne7 31. g4 Rhh8 32. Ke3 Ra5 33. exf6 Nd5+ 34. Kd2
gxf6 35. f4 gxf4 36. Bxf4 Rb5 37. Rxb5 Bxb5 38. Rd4 Bc6 39. Bg3 e5 40. Rc4 Rb8
41. Nd3 Rb3 42. g5 e4 43. Nf4 Nxf4 44. Bxf4 Rxa3 45. Rc5 fxg5 46. Bxg5 Ra2+ 47.
Ke3 a3 48. Bf4 Ra1 49. Rf5+ Ke6 50. Re5+ Kf6 51. Ra5 d5 52. Kd4 a2 53. Bd2 Bb5
54. Kxd5 Rd1 55. Kxe4 a1=Q 0-1