IX . Gyorgy Marx Memorial : Wojtaszek , wins title ; Kashlinskaya takes Women's title

GM Women
    Élő 1 2 3 4 5 6
 1. Kashlinskaya, Alina wg 2360   ½0 ½1 10 11 ½1 6½
 2. Mádl, Ildikó m 2405 1½   10 ½½ 10 1½ 6
3. Mkrtchian, Lilit m 2468 0½ 10   ½½ 11 ½1 6
 4. Rudolf, Anna wg 2355 10 ½½ ½½   ½0 1½ 5
 5. Dudás, Eszter wf 2194 00 10 00 1½   10 3½
 6. Sharevich, Anna wg 2378 0½ ½0 0½ ½0 10   3

GRANDMASTER
     Élő 1 2 3 4 5 6
  1. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g 2721   1½ ½½ 1½ 11 11 8
2. Berkes, Ferenc g 2693 ½0   ½½ 11 ½1 1½ 6½
 3. Smirin, Ilia g 2661 ½½ ½½   ½1 ½1 1½ 6½
4. Salgado Lopez, Ivan g 2623 ½0 00 0½   01 1½ 3½
 5. Bologan, Viktor g 2678 00 0½ 0½ 01   ½1 3½
6. Ács, Péter g 2606 00 ½0 ½0 ½0 0½   2





GROUP "A"
       Élő 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
 1. Czebe, Attila g 2473 +9 +11 =3 +12 =2 +5 +6 6
2. Bokros, Albert m 2483 =8 +6 +5 =3 =1 +7 =4 5
 3. Horváth, Ádám g 2502 +7 +10 =1 =2 =4 =9 =5 4½
 4. Medvegy, Zoltán g 2536 =6 +8 =12 =7 =3 +10 =2 4½
 5. Balázs, Gábor   2361 +15 =12 -2 +11 +8 -1 =3 4
6. Habibi, Ali m 2304 =4 -2 +9 -8 +14 +11 -1 3½
7. Amstadt, Áron   2267 -3 +14 +10 =4 =11 -2 =9 3½
8. Antal, Tibor Kende   2251 =2 -4 +14 +6 -5 +16   3½
 9. Straubinger, Dániel   2235 -1 +16 -6 =13 +15 =3 =7 3½
10. Krutti, Valér m 2379 +14 -3 -7 +15 +12 -4 =11 3½
 11. Pataki, Győző m 2365 +16 -1 +13 -5 =7 -6 =10 3
12. Lizák, Péter f 2383 +13 =5 =4 -1 -10 =15 =16 3
13. Tóth, Gergely   2132 -12 +15 -11 =9 -16 =14 +Bye 3
14. Medvegyné Balogh, Emese wf 2118 -10 -7 -8 +16 -6 =13 +15 2½
15. Loberg, Jo Kristian   2018 -5 -13 +16 -10 -9 =12 -14 1½
16. Dankházi, András   2070 -11 -9 -15 -14 +13 -8 =12 1







 

Round 9 AAI Int'l Grandmasters Chess Tournament: 1st loss for Caruana after 9 rounds!

Round 9
 Victor Laznicka dealt Fabiano Caruana his first loss winning in 40 moves of a Gruenfeld Fianchetto.
The two other games ended in a draw , Sasikiran - Negi game ended in a 48 moves draw while So- Hou Yifan also ended in a 47 moves draw.

STANDINGS AFTER ROUND 9
Caruana,Fabiano         6.5 points
Sasikiran ,Krishnan     5.5 points
Laznicka,Victor            5.0 points
Wesley So                      4.5 points
Parimarjan Negi           3.0 points
Hou Yifan                      2.5 points


Laznicka Viktor - Caruana Fabiano [D78]
AAI Int'l Grandmasters Chess Tournament New Delhi/India (9), 01.07.2011
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.Qb3 0-0 7.0-0 Qb6 8.Nc3 Rd8 9.Rd1 Bf5 10.Ne1 Be6 11.c5 Qc7 12.Nd3 Bf5 13.Bf4 Qc8 14.Ne5 Be6 15.f3 Nfd7 16.Qa3 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Bh6 18.e4 Na6 19.exd5 Bxd5 20.Nxd5 Rxd5 21.g4 Rd8 22.h3 Nc7 23.f4 Bg7 24.Qe3 Rd7 25.f5 Qf8 26.Qg3 Ne8 27.Rf1 g5 28.h4 h6 29.hxg5 hxg5 30.Qe3 Rad8 31.Rae1 Rxd4 32.f6 Bxf6 33.Rxf6 Rxg4 34.Rf2 Qh6 35.Qf3 Qh5 36.Bc3 Ng7 37.Rff1 Ne6 38.Rxe6 fxe6 39.Qe2 Kh7 40.Qxe6 1-0


Sasikiran Krishnan - Negi Parimarjan [D46]
AAI Int'l Grandmasters Chess Tournament New Delhi/India (9), 01.07.2011

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.h3 Re8 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5 16.Be3 a6 17.a4 Rac8 18.Rac1 Qe7 19.f3 Bb8 20.Qf2 g6 21.Ne2 Nd7 22.b3 bxa4 23.bxa4 c5 24.Ng3 Ne5 25.Bc4 Nxc4 26.Rxc4 f5 27.f4 Bxe4 28.Nxe4 fxe4 29.Rxc5 Rxc5 30.Bxc5 e3 31.Bxe3 Qxe3 32.Qxe3 Rxe3 33.Rd8+ Kg7 34.Rxb8 Re4 35.Rb7+ Kg8 36.a5 Ra4 37.Kh2 Rxa5 38.Kg3 g5 39.Kg4 gxf4 40.Kxf4 h5 41.g4 hxg4 42.hxg4 Rb5 43.Ra7 Rb4+ 44.Kf5 Rb5+ 45.Kg6 Rb6+ 46.Kh5 Rb5+ 47.g5 Rb6 48.g6 1/2-1/2

So Wesley - Hou Yifan [E05]
AAI Int'l Grandmasters Chess Tournament New Delhi/India (9), 01.07.2011
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Rd1 Bc6 10.Nc3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nc6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Bg5 a5 14.e3 Rb8 15.Qe2 h6 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Qxc4 Rxb2 18.Qxc6 Qd6 19.Qf3 Qb4 20.Rac1 Be7 21.Qc6 Bd6 22.Rb1 Qb3 23.Rxb2 Qxb2 24.Nb5 Qb3 25.Ra1 Rb8 26.Nxc7 Qb2 27.Rf1 Bxc7 28.Qxc7 Qb6 29.Qxb6 Rxb6 30.Ra1 Rb4 31.Kg2 h5 32.Kf3 Kf8 33.Ra2 Ke7 34.Kf4 f6 35.Ke4 Kd6 36.f4 f5+ 37.Kf3 g6 38.h3 Kd5 39.Ra1 Rc4 40.Ra3 Rb4 41.Ra1 Rc4 42.g4 h4 43.Ra2 Rb4 44.g5 Rc4 45.Ra1 Rb4 46.Ra2 Rc4 47.Ra1 Rb4 1/2-1/2




Another loss for Wesley ; Caruana increases lead  Round 8

Tail ender Parimarjan Negi stuns 2nd running  GM Wesley So of the Philippines in the 8th round of the AAI International, the win propels Negi into solo 5th in the standings ahead of Hou Yi fan who loss to front running Fabiano Caruana of Italy.

Negi Parimarjan - So Wesley [C43]   Petroff's Defense
AAI Int'l Grandmasters Chess Tournament New Delhi/India (8), 30.06.2011

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.0-0 Bd6 8.c4 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 0-0 12.Qh5 g6 13.Qxd5 Qc7 14.g3 Be6 15.Qf3 Qxc3 16.Rb1 Qxd4 17.Be4 Qc4 18.Bb2 Be7 19.Rfc1 Qxa2 20.Rc7 Bd8 21.Rxb7 Rc8 22.Qe3 f6 23.Ra1 Qc4 24.Rc1 Qa2 25.Rxc8 Bxc8 26.Rxa7 Qe6 27.Ba3 1-0



Laznicka Viktor - Sasikiran Krishnan [E15]
AAI Int'l Grandmasters Chess Tournament New Delhi/India (8), 30.06.2011
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 d5 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Be7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Nc3 0-0 10.0-0 Re8 11.Rc1 Bb7 12.Bf4 Na6 13.Ne5 c5 14.Nb5 Ne4 15.dxc5 Bxc5 16.Nd3 Qd7 17.a4 Re7 18.Qe1 g5 19.Be5 d4 20.f3 Rae8 21.fxe4 Rxe5 22.Nxe5 Rxe5 23.Kh1 Bxe4 24.Bxe4 Rxe4 25.Qd2 h6 26.Rf2 Nb4 27.Rcf1 Re7 28.Rf6 Qd5+ 29.R1f3 g4 30.R6f5 gxf3 0-1


Caruana Fabiano - Hou Yifan [B80]  Sicilian Defense
AAI Int'l Grandmasters Chess Tournament New Delhi/India (8), 30.06.2011

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.Qd2 b4 9.Nce2 e5 10.Nb3 Nc6 11.c4 Be6 12.Ng3 Qc7 13.Be2 Be7 14.0-0 0-0 15.Nc1 a5 16.b3 Nd7 17.Nd3 Nc5 18.Rab1 Rfb8 19.f4 Nxd3 20.Qxd3 exf4 21.Bxf4 Ne5 22.Qd2 Qc6 23.Nf5 Re8 24.Rbd1 Bxf5 25.exf5 Rad8 26.Qd5 Qa6 27.Qb5 Qxb5 28.cxb5 d5 29.Bxe5 Bc5+ 30.Bd4 Bxd4+ 31.Rxd4 Rxe2 32.Rc1 Kf8 33.b6 Rb8 34.Rc6 Rxa2 35.Rxd5 a4 36.bxa4 b3 37.Rb5 Re8 38.h4 Ree2 39.Kh2 Rxg2+ 40.Kh3 Rh2+ 41.Kg3 Rhg2+ 42.Kf4 Rgf2+ 43.Ke5 g6 44.Kf6 Rac2 45.Rxc2 bxc2 46.b7 1-0

19th Shell National Youth Active Chess Championship 2011: NCR Leg : July 2-3 2011 Skydome Event Center, SM North EDSA

The five-leg regional eliminations of the 19th Shell National Youth Active Chess Championship  kicks off with the National Capital Region  leg July 2-3 2011 at the Skydome Event Center at SM North EDSA. A total of 500 participants will vie for the top two slots for the Grand Finals in the Junior division (Boys 20-under)
 ; Kiddies division (Boys 14- under) , Junior division (Girls 20-under) and the Kiddies division (Girls-under 14).
Three hundred (300) players will fight it out in the Kiddies Boys , one hundred (100 ) players in the Junior Boys and Fifty (50 ) players each in the Girls Kiddies and Girls Junior divisions.

2009 and 2010 NCR Shell finalist Melwyn Kenneth Baltazar (left) against Christian Nanola  in the 2010 Grand Finals National Youth Active Chess Championship held in SM Mega Mall.

Melwyn Kenneth with GM's Jayson Gonzales and Eugene Torre  and Miss Aileen of Shell Philippines.

July4,2011 Chess Update 19th SNYACC

19th Shell National Youth Active Chess Championship : 3rd straight final appearance for Kenneth!!

Melwyn Kenneth A. Baltazar, a 2nd year high school student of Collegio de San Juan de Letran score 7.5 points in 8 games to take the champion's crown, an outright berth in the October national grand finals and the top purse of P 4,000.00 + trophy in the 19th Shell National Youth Active Chess Championship 2011 NCR leg concluded at the SM North EDSA-SKYDOME Event Center in Quezon City. Baltazar's round 5 opponent,12th ASEAN Age Group Chess Championship 2011 Rapid Open-14 gold medalist Jerad Docena, settled for runner-up plus a seat in the national grand finals and the first runner-up prize of P3,000.00.Docena also booked 7.5 points and a lower  tie-break score.Provincial entry Jhoemar Mendiogarin wounded up 2nd runner-up with 6.5 points while Gino Divino Cabual took 3rd runner-up honor. Stalled by a draw after four straight wins, Baltazar whacked Istaraelito Rilloraza , Gino Divino Cabual and John Fleer Donguines in his last three games. In the 20 -under bracket Jerich Cajeras went undeafeated in eight outings to book 7.5 points He defeated Kevin Arquero in the last round to emerged as champion.Cajeras receives P5,000.00 plus a seat in the national grand finals. Sherwin Tiu eked wins in his last four games to log 7.0 points. He took 1st runner-up honors ,P4,000.00 plus a seat in the national grand finals.Rolly Parondo Jr took 2nd runner-up to earned P3,000.00 + trophy.

19TH SHELL NATIONAL YOUTH ACTIVE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

KIDDIES BOYS DIVISION

Final Ranking
Rank	SNo.	Name	Rtg	FED	Pts	BH.
1	1	Baltazar Melwyn Kenneth	2050	PHI	7½	44½
2	2	Docena Jerad	2050	PHI	7½	41½
3	3	Mendiogarin Jhoemar	1900	PHI	6½	41½
4	4	Cabual Gino Divino	1990	PHI	6	43½
5	7	Donguines John Fleer	1900	PHI	6	41
6	6	Magpily John Michael	1880	PHI	6	41
7	5	Luchina Christian	1800	PHI	6	40
8	8	De Leon Haince Patrick	1890	PHI	6	38
9	9	Marce Jasper	1600	PHI	6	34½
10	10	Vergara Sudama Krishna Das	1830	PHI	6	34
11	12	Maliam Elijah	1940	PHI	5½	42½
12	11	Jallorina Alder Baldwin	1840	PHI	5½	42½
13	13	Viernes Howard Tucker	1850	PHI	5½	40
14	14	Balingit Hans Christian	1661	PHI	5½	39
15	15	Presente Juan Carlos	1890	PHI	5½	34
16	16	Caranyagan Carlo	1980	PHI	5	39½
17	17	Llantada Kyz	1860	PHI	5	39
18	18	Rilloraza Istraelito	1850	PHI	5	38½
19	19	Hernandez Sean Jeremy	1750	PHI	5	38½
20	20	Alanan Brent Lenard	1600	PHI	5	38
21	21	Marquez Christian Czar	1700	PHI	5	37½
22	22	Ramos Justin Joshua	1600	PHI	5	37
23	23	Marcos Jett Adams	1800	PHI	5	37
24	25	Sistoza Jester	1700	PHI	5	36½
25	24	Navarro Christian Michael	1800	PHI	5	36½
26	26	Saltorio Jefferson	1700	PHI	5	34
27	27	De Leon Luke Matthew	1750	PHI	5	32½
28	28	Dagan Raymond Karl	1600	PHI	5	31
29	29	Reyes King Alexander	1600	PHI	5	28½
30	30	Tan Joshua	1600	PHI	5	27
31	31	Lat Jose Lorenzo	1700	PHI	4½	35½
32	32	Palacio John Tristan	1700	PHI	4½	35
33	33	Bernales Carl Lemuel	1700	PHI	4½	34½
34	35	Ali Bin-Ali	1600	PHI	4½	34
35	34	Bautista Rothsen	1600	PHI	4½	33½
36	36	Miranda Stephen Matthew	1600	PHI	4½	33
37	37	Abo Jonathan	1463	PHI	4½	32½
38	38	Uy Philip	1700	PHI	4½	32
39	39	Macapagal Kianjoo	1700	PHI	4½	31½
40	40	Ignacio Robin	1700	PHI	4½	30
41	41	Caunca Louie	1700	PHI	4½	27½
42	42	Lumacad Jerome	1800	PHI	4	36½
43	43	Prado Dave Mar	1700	PHI	4	35½
44	44	Carlos Juan Pancho	1600	PHI	4	35½
45	45	Galan Colin Anand	1700	PHI	4	34½
46	46	Sol Cruz Raul Jr	1750	PHI	4	32½
47	48	Baldovia Avel Louise	1600	PHI	4	32½
48	47	Moje John David	1600	PHI	4	32
49	50	Parro Francis	1600	PHI	4	30½
50	49	Mateo Renz Carlo	1600	PHI	4	30
51	54	Blas Jico	1600	PHI	4	30
52	51	Alcon Marco	1600	PHI	4	30
53	52	Nasiad Vincent Frank	1600	PHI	4	28½
54	53	Macandili Dave	1600	PHI	4	28
55	56	Gutierrez Jan Cedric	1600	PHI	4	27
56	57	Gravillo Narciso	1600	PHI	4	26
57	55	De Leon Dominique	1600	PHI	4	26
58	58	Hernandez Joric Justine	1600	PHI	4	21
59	59	Garcia Edil Gester	1600	PHI	3½	34½
60	60	Paler Emmanuel Van	1700	PHI	3½	33½
61	61	Dasmarinas Andre Perry	1600	PHI	3½	31½
62	62	Lacambra Jalen Rhey	1600	PHI	3½	31
63	65	Perez Remdee Angiel	1600	PHI	3½	29½
64	63	Resuena Christian	1600	PHI	3½	29
65	66	Legaspi Ady	1600	PHI	3	37½
66	67	Batiancila Harold Jay	1600	PHI	3	32½
67	68	Acosta Carlo	1600	PHI	3	32
68	69	Caniones Jose Mar	1600	PHI	3	30½
69	70	Columna Cenard Jade	1600	PHI	3	30
70	71	Sayson Renmel Jeon	1600	PHI	3	28½
71	74	Gavaran Charles Myungshin	1600	PHI	3	27½
72	72	Castillo John Michael	1600	PHI	3	27
73	75	Perez Daniel	1600	PHI	3	25½
74	76	Mamaril Lance Theofel	1600	PHI	3	25½
75	77	Lirazan Jose	1600	PHI	3	25
76	73	Del Rosario Emer	1600	PHI	3	25
77	78	Resurrecion Carlos Angelo	1600	PHI	3	21
78	79	Gamayot Jazz	1600	PHI	3	20½
79	80	Esparagoza Elthom Adam Jamie	1600	PHI	2½	31
80	64	Tan Timothy	1600	PHI	2½	30
81	81	Castillo Rafael Marron	1600	PHI	2½	29
82	82	Mago Ian Rogel	1600	PHI	2	31
83	83	Aclan Charles	1600	PHI	2	31
84	85	Lomibao Adrian Gerard	1600	PHI	2	27½
85	86	Reyes Mark Gerald	1600	PHI	2	26½
86	84	Mariano Jio Oliver	1600	PHI	2	26
87	87	Tan Tyrone	1600	PHI	2	19½
88	89	Espiritu Paolo Edni Andryu	1600	PHI	1	26
89	88	Espiritu Jonash Dave	1600	PHI	1	25½
90	90	De Vera Ray Arvin	1600	PHI	1	24½
91	91	Mejia Giovanni	2010	PHI	0	33½
92	93	Navarro Daniel Vincent	1600	PHI	0	32½
93	94	Aguimbag Shannon	1600	PHI	0	32
94	99	Zamora Anfernee	1600	PHI	0	31½
95	98	Teves John Matthew	1600	PHI	0	30½
96	97	Matnog John	1600	PHI	0	30
97	92	Abucejo Francis Albert	1408	PHI	0	29½
98	96	Guico Japheth Jewel	1600	PHI	0	29½
99	100	Enguito Ezra Yuan	1600	PHI	0	26
100	95	Doroteo Arman	1600	PHI	0	17