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Grand Prix Thessaloniki round 1

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:36:49 +0200

Round 1

Topalov Veselin - Grischuk Alexander : 0.5 - 0.5
Kamsky Gata - Dominguez Perez Leinier : 1 - 0
Ponomariov Ruslan - Caruana Fabiano : 0.5 - 0.5
Ivanchuk Vassily - Morozevich Alexander : 0.5 - 0.5
Svidler Peter - Bacrot Etienne : 1 - 0
Kasimdzhanov Rustam - Nakamura Hikaru : 1 - 0
Live games & Standings

Russian Rapid Chess Championship final day

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:34:48 +0200

Men - Final Standings

Rank	Players	Points	Tie-break
1-	Panarin Mikhail	6.5	51
2-	Dreev Aleksey	6.5	48.51
3-	Fedoseev Vladimir	6.5	42.5
4-	Shomoev Anton	6.5	39.5
5-	Sjugirov Sanan	6	53.5

Russian Rapid Chess Championship day 1

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:04:10 +0200

Inarkiev leads after 5th round.
Men - Standings after Round 5

Rank	Players	Points
1-	Inarkiev Ernesto	4.5
2-	Sjugirov Sanan	4
3-	Khairullin Ildar	4
4-	Lysyj Igor	4
5-	Panarin Mikhail	3.5

Grand Prix Thessaloniki

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:20:15 +0200

21st May - 4th June, 2013
Thessaloniki, Greece
Round robin system
12 players
Average rating: 2753

Players

Bacrot, Etienne FRA 2725
Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2774
Dominguez Perez, Leinier CUB 2723

Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2779
Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 2755
Kamsky, Gata USA 2741

Kasimdzhanov, Rustam UZB 2699
Morozevich, Alexander RUS 2760
Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2775

Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2742
Svidler, Peter RUS 2769
Topalov, Veselin BUL 2793

Russian Rapid Chess Championship

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:54:20 +0200

21st - 22nd May 2013
St. Petersburg ( Russia )
9 rounds
Swiss system

Time control: 15 minutes + 10 seconds per move starting from the first one
Men: 48 players; Average rating: 2534
Women: 31 players; Average rating: 2204

Norway Chess 2013 final round

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:40:05 +0200

Karjakin ( RUS ) won with 6 points.

Final Round ( 9)

Aronian, Levon - Carlsen, Magnus : 0.5 - 0.5
Hammer, Jon Ludvig - Nakamura, Hikaru : 0 - 1
Karjakin, Sergey - Topalov, Veselin : 0.5 - 0.5
Radjabov, Teimour - Svidler, Peter : 0.5 - 0.5
Wang, Hao - Anand, Viswanathan : 1 - 0
Live games & Standings

Norway Chess 2013 r-8

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:01:35 +0200

Round 8

Anand, Viswanathan - Hammer, Jon Ludvig : 1 - 0
Carlsen, Magnus - Wang, Hao : 0 - 1
Nakamura, Hikaru - Radjabov, Teimour : 1 - 0
Svidler, Peter - Karjakin, Sergey : 1 - 0
Topalov, Veselin - Aronian, Levon : 0.5 - 0.5
Live games & Standings

European Individual Chess Championship

Fri, 17 May 2013 05:15:11 +0200

Moiseenko (UKR) is champion.
Final standings , top 3

Rank	Players	Country	Points	Tie-break
1-	Moiseenko Alexander	UKR	8	2643
2-	Alekseev Evgeny	RUS	8	2639
3-	Romanov Evgeny	RUS	8	2637

Norway Chess 2013 r-7

Thu, 16 May 2013 05:50:16 +0200

Round 7

Hammer, Jon Ludvig - Carlsen, Magnus : 0 - 1
Karjakin, Sergey - Nakamura, Hikaru : 1 - 0
Radjabov, Teimour - Anand, Viswanathan : 0 - 1
Svidler, Peter - Topalov, Veselin : 0.5 - 0.5
Wang, Hao - Aronian, Levon : 0.5 - 0.5
Live games & Standings

Women Grand Prix - Geneva final round

Thu, 16 May 2013 05:49:13 +0200

Khotenashvili (GEO9) won with 8 pts.

Final round ( 11 )
Anna Muzychuk - Alexandra Kosteniuk : 0.5 - 0.5
Olga Girya - Viktorija Cmilyte : 0 - 1
Kateryna Lagno - Tuvshintugs Batchimeg: 0.5 - 0.5
Anna Ushenina - Bela Khotenashvili : 0.5 - 0.5
Wenjun Ju - Tatiana Kosintseva : 1 - 0
Yifan Hou - Nana Dzagnidze : 0 - 1
Live games & Standings

Norway Chess 2013 r-6

Wed, 15 May 2013 06:53:32 +0200

Round 6

Anand, Viswanathan - Karjakin, Sergey : 0.5 - 0.5
Aronian, Levon - Hammer, Jon Ludvig : 1 - 0
Carlsen, Magnus - Radjabov, Teimour : 1 - 0
Nakamura, Hikaru - Svidler, Peter : 0.5 - 0.5
Topalov, Veselin - Wang, Hao : 0.5 - 0.5
Live games & Standings

Women Grand Prix - Geneva r-10

Wed, 15 May 2013 06:52:37 +0200

Round 10
Alexandra Kosteniuk - Yifan Hou : 0.5 - 0.5
Nana Dzagnidze - Wenjun Ju : 1 - 0
Tatiana Kosintseva - Anna Ushenina : 0.5 - 0.5
Bela Khotenashvili - Kateryna Lagno : 1 - 0
Tuvshintugs Batchimeg - Olga Girya : 0.5 - 0.5
Viktorija Cmilyte - Anna Muzychuk : 0.5 - 0.5
Live games & Standings

Norway Chess 2013 r-5

Tue, 14 May 2013 08:02:38 +0200

Round 5

Hammer, Jon Ludvig - Wang, Hao : 1 - 0
Karjakin, Sergey - Carlsen, Magnus : 0 - 1
Nakamura, Hikaru - Topalov, Veselin : 0.5 - 0.5
Radjabov, Teimour - Aronian, Levon : 0.5 - 0.5
Svidler, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan : 0.5 - 0.5
Live games & Standings

Women Grand Prix - Geneva r-9

Tue, 14 May 2013 08:01:30 +0200

Round 9
Cmilyte, Viktorija - Kosteniuk, Alexandra ½-½
Girya, Olga - Khotenashvili, Bela : 0 - 1
Ju, Wenjun - Hou, Yifan : 0.5 - 0.5
Lagno, Kateryna - Kosintseva, Tatiana : 0 - 1
Muzychuk, Anna - Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs : 1 - 0
Ushenina, Anna - Dzagnidze, Nana : 0.5 - 0.5
Live games & Standings

US chess championship r-9

Tue, 14 May 2013 02:47:56 +0200

Krush won with 8 points.

Final Round ( 9 )
Robson, Ray - Kamsky, Gata : 0.5 - 0.5
Ramirez, Alejandro - Christiansen, Larry : 1 - 0
Gareev, Timur - Holt, Conrad : 1 - 0
Onischuk, Alexander - Troff, Kayden : 0.5 - 0.5
Benjamin, Joel - Shankland, Samuel : 0.5 - 0.5
Akobian, Varuzhan - Kaidanov, Gregory : 1 - 0
Finegold, Benjamin - Shabalov, Alexander : 0 - 1
Sevian, Samuel - Hess, Robert : 0.5 - 0.5
Bryant, John Daniel - Norowitz, Yaacov : 0 - 1
Shulman, Yury - Sammour-Hasbun, Jorge : 1 - 0
Stripunsky, Alexander - Ivanov, Alexander : 0 - 1
Khachiyan, Melikset - Arnold, Marc : 0.5 - 0.5
Live games & Standings

US Women chess championshipfinal round

Tue, 14 May 2013 02:41:46 +0200

Krush won with 8 points.

Round 9
Zatonskih, Anna - Foisor, Sabina : 1 - 0
Belakovskaia, Anjelina - Zenyuk, Iryna : 0.5 - 0 .5
Chiang, Sarah - Kats, Alena : 1 - 0
Krush, Irina - Baginskaite, Camilla : 0.5 - 0 .5
Ni, Viktorija -Abrahamyan, Tatev : 0 - 1
Live games & Standings

Norway Chess 2013 r-4

Mon, 13 May 2013 10:05:42 +0200

Round 4:

Anand, Viswanathan - Nakamura, Hikaru : 0 - 1
Aronian, Levon - Karjakin, Sergey : 0 - 1
Carlsen, Magnus - Svidler, Peter : 0.5 - 0.5
Topalov, Veselin - Hammer, Jon Ludvig : 0.5 - 0.5
Wang, Hao - Radjabov, Teimour : 0.5 - 0.5
Live games & Standings

US chess championship r-8

Mon, 13 May 2013 05:34:31 +0200

Round 8
Kamsky, Gata - Gareev, Timur : 0.5 - 0.5
Ramirez, Alejandro - Onischuk, Alexander : 0.5 - 0.5
Holt, Conrad - Benjamin, Joe : 1 - 0
Christiansen, Larry - Shankland, Samuel : 1 - 0
Shabalov, Alexander - Robson, Ray : 0 - 1
Kaidanov, Gregory - Finegold, Benjamin : 0.5 - 0.5
Troff, Kayden - Bryant, John Daniel : 1 - 0
Sammour-Hasbun, Jorge - Akobian, Varuzhan : 0 - 1
Norowitz, Yaacov - Sevian, Samuel : 0.5 - 0.5
Hess, Robert - Stripunsky, Alexander : 1 - 0
Arnold, Marc - Shulman, Yury : 0.5 - 0.5
Khachiyan, Melikset - Ivanov, Alexander : 0.5 - 0.5
Live games & Standings

US Women chess championship r-8

Mon, 13 May 2013 05:32:07 +0200

Round 8
Zenyuk, Iryna - Foisor, Sabina : 1 - 0
Zatonskih, Anna - Kats, Alena : 1 - 0
Belakovskaia, Anjelina - Baginskaite, Camilla : 0.5 - 0 .5
Chiang, Sarah - Abrahamyan, Tatev : 0.5 - 0 .5
Krush, Irina - Ni, Viktorija : 1 - 0
Live games & Standings

Women Grand Prix - Geneva r-8

Sun, 12 May 2013 12:06:49 +0200

Round 8
Alexandra Kosteniuk - Wenjun Ju : 1 - 0
Yifan Hou - Anna Ushenina : 0 - 1
Nana Dzagnidze - Kateryna Lagno : 0 - 1
Tatiana Kosintseva - Olga Girya : 1 - 0
Bela Khotenashvili - Anna Muzychuk : 0.5 - 0.5
Tuvshintugs Batchimeg - Viktorija Cmilyte : 0.5 - 0.5
Live games & Standings