Kramnik wins Sparkassen Chess 2011 title!!

Round 1:
Georg Meier	1/2	Quang Liem Le
Vladimir Kramnik	1-0	Ruslan Ponomariov
Anish Giri	1/2	Hikaru Nakamura

Round 2:
Quang Liem Le	1/2	Hikaru Nakamura
Ruslan Ponomariov	1-0	Anish Giri
Georg Meier	0-1	Vladimir Kramnik

Round 3:
Vladimir Kramnik	1/2	Quang Liem Le
Anish Giri	1-0	Georg Meier
Hikaru Nakamura	0-1	Ruslan Ponomariov

Round 4:
Anish Giri	1/2	Quang Liem Le
Hikaru Nakamura	0-1	Vladimir Kramnik
Ruslan Ponomariov	1/2	Georg Meier

Round 5:
Quang Liem Le	1-0	Ruslan Ponomariov
Georg Meier	1/2	Hikaru Nakamura
Vladimir Kramnik	1-0	Anish Giri

Round 6:
Quang Liem Le	1/2	Georg Meier
Ruslan Ponomariov	1/2	Vladimir Kramnik
Hikaru Nakamura	1/2	Anish Giri

Round 7:
Hikaru Nakamura	1/2	Quang Liem Le
Anish Giri	1-0	Ruslan Ponomariov
Vladimir Kramnik	1-0	Georg Meier

Round 8:
Quang Liem Le	1/2	Vladimir Kramnik
Georg Meier	1/2	Anish Giri
Ruslan Ponomariov	1-0	Hikaru Nakamura

Round 9:
Ruslan Ponomariov	1/2	Quang Liem Le
Hikaru Nakamura	1-0	Georg Meier
Anish Giri	1/2	Vladimir Kramnik

Round 10:
Quang Liem Le	1/2	Anish Giri
Vladimir Kramnik	0-1	Hikaru Nakamura
Georg Meier	1/2	Ruslan Ponomariov

FINAL STANDINGS
NAME                 W     D      L       TOTAL
Kramnik               5       4      1       7.0 points
Le Quang Liem    1       9      0       5.5 points
Giri A                   2       6      2       5.0 points
Ponomariov R      3       4      3       5.0 points
Nakamura H         2       5      3       4.5 points
Meier G.               0       6      4       3.0 points


[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, W."]
[Black "Nakamura, H."]
King's Indian Defense
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. c5 Nf4 11. a4 f5 12. Bc4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 h6 14. Re1 Bg4 15. Ra3
g5 16. h3 Bh5 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. g3 Rf8 19. a5 Kh8 20. Kg2 Rb8 21. Qd2 b6 22.
axb6 axb6 23. Nfxg5 hxg5 24. Qxg5 Bg6 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. Ra7 Rc8 27. Rxe7 Rxc4
28. f3 Rc2+ 29. Kg1 Rc8 30. Ra1 Rf7 31. Qxg6 Qxe7 32. Ng5 Kg8 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34.
Ne6+ Ke8 35. Qh5 Bf6 36. g4 Qb7 37. Rd1 Qa6 38. Qg6 Ke7 39. g5 Bh8 40. Re1 Qa3
41. Nd4 Qxb4 42. Nf5+ Kf8 43. Rd1 Rc2 44. Nd4 exd4 45. Qxc2 Qc3 46. Qe4 Qe3+
47. Qxe3 dxe3 48. Kg2 Bc3 49. Kf1 Rxf3+ 50. Ke2 Rxh3 0-1
[Round "10"]

[White "Le Quang, L."]
[Black "Giri, A."]
Queen's Indian Defense
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 Ba6 11. a4 c5 12. Na3 Bb7 13. Qb2 Rc8 14. Rac1 Ne4 15.
Be1 Bf6 16. e3 Qc7 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Qb8 19. cxd5 cxd4 20. exd4 Bxd5 21.
Bxd5 exd5 22. Nb5 a6 23. Nc3 Qb7 24. Qe3 Nb8 25. Qf3 Rcd8 26. b4 Bg5 27. Bd2
Bxd2 28. Rxd2 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Ra2 Na6 31. Ra5 Nc7 32. Qd3 Ra8 33. Rca1
Rxa5 34. Rxa5 Rb8 35. Ne2 Ne6 36. Nc3 Nc7 37. Ne2 Ne6 38. Nc3 Nc7 1/2-1/2

WORLD CUP 2011 : ROUND 1 Pairings

Round 1 pairings

1 GM Karjakin, Sergey RUS - IM Kaabi, Mejdi TUN 
2 GM Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR - FM Steel, Henry Robert RSA 
3 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE - Ibrahim, Hatim EGY 
4 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR - IM Gwaze, Robert ZIM 
5 GM Gashimov, Vugar AZE - IM Hansen, Eric CAN 
6 GM Grischuk, Alexander RUS - IM Genba, Vladimir RUS 
7 GM Radjabov, Teimour AZE - GM De La Paz Perdomo, Frank CUB 
8 GM Kamsky, Gata USA - IM Di Berardino, Diego Rafael BRA 
9 GM Svidler, Peter RUS - GM Lima, Darcy BRA
10 GM Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS - GM Salem, A.R. Saleh UAE 

HOW TO ORGANIZE ACHESS TOURNAMENT AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL

PHILIPPINE BLITZ CHESS ASSOCIATION
GUIDELINES:
1.Assign a person the sole responsibility for organizing the chess tournament.He/she maybe given the title Chairman of the Organizing Committee.
2.The Chairman of the Organizing Committee should select the members of the Committee.
3.After consultation with his committee,the Chairman of the Organizing Committee should appoint a Tournament Director.
4.It would be advisable to check with the National Federation before appointing a Tournament Director.

Osena tops 2011 Shell NCR leg Girls Division !!

Alexis Anne Osena scores 6.5 in 7 games to top the NCR leg of the 19th Shell National Youth Active chess Championship Kiddies Girls Division.Jellie Ann Magro of Taytay Natonal High School finished 2nd half point behind the winner. Both advanced to the Grand Finals to be held from October 8-9,2011.

RANK
1		OSENA ALEXIS ANNE P.	PHI	1768	SAN ANTONIO CENTRAL SC	6.5
2		MAGRO JELLIE ANN A.	PHI	0	TAYTAYNHS	6.0
3		CANAPE YNNA SOPHIA C.	PHI	1688	ARELLANO UNIV.	5.5
4		BASBAS JANELL-AN P.	PHI	0	INT'L MONTESSORI School	5.5
5		GUICO SHAYXANTHE LOIS M.	PHI	0	JJ LEIDO JR NHS	5.0
6		FUERTE MARY JOYCE T.	PHI	1731	LETRAN	5.0
7		NEBATO SHIELA JOY R.	PHI	0	AMELLANO HS	5.0
8		SUEDE ALEXIS CHARLOTTE	PHI	1604	Nemesio Yabut E.S.	5.0
9		VENTINILLA COLEENE R.	PHI	1614	LICS	5.0
10		GUTIERREZ MYKA SOFIA A.	PHI	0	IMMACULATE CONCEPTION	4.5
11		RUAYA VIRGENIE C.	PHI	1731	TAYTAY NHS	4.5
12		AQUINO ANGEL A.	PHI	1619	LICS	4.5
13		VICENTE VENICE H.	PHI	1593	TANZA NHS	4.5
14		DOCENA JESCA	PHI	1700	WESLEYAN college of mla	4.5
15		GUTIERREZ MIKAELA BIANCA A.	PHI	1568	STELLA MARIS AADEMY	4.0
16		PAEZ CHARLOTTE BRITNEY S.	PHI	0	MARY MARGARET SCHOOL	4.0
17		COLUMNA DHEYVERN LEE KATE	PHI	1568	GOV FERRER NHS	4.0
18		JARDELIZA ROSE ANN D.	PHI	1612	LICS	4.0
19		CASIANO MARTINA SOPHIA P.	PHI	1680	T. DOMINIC ACADEMY	4.0
20		DONGUINES CHERRY LYN G.	PHI	1591	LICS	4.0
21		CORPUZ ANGEL CARMELLA M.	PHI	0	DIFON WEST CENTRAL SCH	4.0
22		ABUZO NATALIE KYLE B.	PHI	1636	ST. MARY'S COLLEGE	4.0
23		MAGPILY FRANCOIS MARIE E.	PHI	1677	MAXIMO ESTRELLA E.S.	4.0
24		LIM PAULA C.	PHI	1607	LICS	3.5
25		ADRIANO PATRICIA	PHI	1616	BULONG MALAKI E.S.	3.5
26		SANTOS YOMIKO A.	PHI	0	SUNWHA INTL SCH	3.5
27		DURANA CHIARI I.	PHI	1591	Children of Mary Immacula	3.5
28		REYES LOVELY IRIS D.	PHI	0	GEN LUCERIO GERONIMO	3.5
29		LUMACAD MARYLAINE M.	PHI	0	LICS	3.0
30		CABUAL MAGINA GRACE	PHI	0	SAN AGUSTIN E.S.	3.0
31		LOPEZ PRINCESS HYUNLI C.	PHI	1585	SUNWHA INT ACADEMY	3.0
32		BERNALES MAYEN P.	PHI	1503	UE	3.0
33		GACUSAN KIMBERLY SHANE M.	PHI	1552	T. SIMON MONTESSORI SCH	3.0
34		NG JENNY SZE MUI	PHI	0	LICS	3.0
35		DELA CRUZ NICOLE RAVEN A.	PHI	0	PACO CATHOLIC SCH	3.0
36		TEJADA RIZALYN JASMINE M.	PHI	0	BAGTAS E.S.	3.0
37		CABUAL DEANNE L.	PHI	1581	SAN AGUSTIN E.S.	3.0
38		CAMILLO FRANCINE JHNEA E.	PHI	1609	PASIG SCIENCE HS	3.0
39		SANTIANO ALINA G.	PHI	1606	LICS	3.0
40		LACAMBRA JAREL RENZ A.	PHI	1527	BAGONG BRGY E.S.	2.5
41		CATAGUE APRIL A.	PHI	0	GOV FERRER NHS	2.0
42		COCHING CRISTIA	PHI	0	BAGONG TANYAG	2.0
43		ATIENZA KASHINA CHANEL B.	PHI	0	Mary immacula	2.0
44		BUTCON ASHLEY MAIVE	PHI	1553	BAGONG TANYAG	2.0
45		MARIANO CELINE ROCEL	PHI	0	UE	2.0
46		CASTILLO GABRIELLE M.	PHI	0	ESPIRITU SANTO	1.5
47		SAMANTILA DANIELLE RAY R.	PHI	1565	ADU	1.5
48		MEDINA CARMELITA MAE C.	PHI	0	ESPIRITU SANTO	1.0
49		OLIVARES FRANCHESCA	PHI	0	NORQUINS LIVING	1.0
50		CAMILLO FRANCINE JHNCES E.	PHI	0	FRANCISCO LEGASPI	0.0