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Groningen chess festival
26th - 30th December , 2013,
Groningen, The Netherlands
Open A , 103 players ( Elo > 2000 ) , Open B, Open C tournaments 9 rounds and Karpov - Timman match ( 26th - 30th December )
Time control : 90 minutes per 40 moves + 30 minutes till the end, increment 30 seconds per move
Karpov - Timman match ( 26th - 30th December )
40 mn + 30 seconds per move
Final score: Karpov - Timman: 4 - 3
Game 4: Karpov - Timman : 1 - 0 ( Queen's Indian - Nimzovich variation )
Game 3: Timman - Karpov : 0.5 - 0.5 ( Ruy Lopez - Berlin defence )
Game 2: Karpov - Timman : 0.5 - 0.5 ( Bogo Indian Defence )
Game 1: Timman - Karpov : 0.5 - 0.5 ( Scandinavian Defence )
Watch the games
Open A - Final Standings - top 10
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- | Andriasian, Zaven | ARM | 7 |
| 2- | L'Ami, Erwin | NED | 7 |
| 3- | Bok, Benjamin | NED | 7 |
| 4- | Ernst, Sipke | NED | 7 |
| 5- | Romanov, Evgeny | RUS | 6.5 |
| 6- | Rodshtein, Maxim | ISR | 6.5 |
| 7- | Greenfeld, Alon | ISR | 6.5 |
| 8- | Michalik, Peter | SVK | 6 |
| 9- | Stukopin, Andrey | RUS | 6 |
| 10- | Kovchan, Alexander | UKR | 6 |
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World Mind Games - Chess
SportAccord World Mind Games - Chess tournaments: Rapid ( 12th - 13th December ), Blitz ( 14th- 16th December ) and Basque system (A player will play with white and black pieces simultaneously against the same opponent ) ( 17th- 18th December ) tournaments in Beijing, China.
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European Rapid Chess Championship 2013
14th - 15th December , 2013,
Warsaw,Poland
Time control: 15 mn + 10 sec per move
Rapport (HUN) won the tournament thanks to his tie-break score.
Final standings
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- | Rapport, Richard | HUN | 9.5 |
| 2- | Malakhov, Vladimir | RUS | 9.5 |
| 3- | Petrosian, Tigran | ARM | 9.5 |
| 4- | Moiseenko, Alexander | UKR | 9 |
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5th London Chess Classic 2013 - Super Sixteen
11th - 15th December , 2013, London, UK
Rapid games
Groups: Double round robin . Semi final and final knock out system.
Nakamura won the tournament.
Nakamura - Gelfand: 1.5 - 0.5
Final :
Boris Gelfand - Hikaru Nakamura: 0.5 - 0.5
Hikaru Nakamura - Boris Gelfand: 1 - 0
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Snowdrops vs Oldhands
30th November - 8th December, 2013
Prague , Czech Rep.
2 round scheveningen match of two four-members teams.
Time control : 90 minutes per 40 moves + 30 minutes till the end, increment 30 seconds per move
Oldhands :Legendary grandmasters: Uhlmann Wolfgang, Ivkov Borislav , Gulko Boris , Dorfman Iossif
Snowdrops: Kashlinskaya Alina, Cmilyte Viktorija , Muzychuk Mariya , Ziaziulkina Nastassia
Final score : Snowdrops - Oldhands : 17.5 - 14.5
Individual results:
Snowdrops
Uhlmann Wolfgang : 2.5
Ivkov Borislav : 3
Gulko Boris: 4.5
Dorfman Iossif: 4.5
Oldhands
Kashlinskaya Alina : 5
Cmilyte Viktorija: 4.5
Muzychuk Mariya: 3.5
Ziaziulkina Nastassia : 4.5
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World Team Chess Championship
24th November - 5th December , 2013
Antalya ,Turkey
10 teams, round robin tournament.
Russia is the World Teams Champion.
Final Round ( 9 )
Russia - Egypt : 2.5 - 1.5
Armenia - Ukraine : 1.5 - 2.5
USA - Netherlands : 2 - 2
China -Turkey : 3 - 1
Azerbaijan - Germany :1 - 3
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Italian Chess Championship
21st November - 2nd December, 2013
Roma, Italy
Round robin tournament
Average rating : 2478
Final Round ( 11 )
IM Caprio Guido - Brunello Sabino : 0.5 - 0.5
David Alberto - De Filomeno Simone : 0.5 - 0.5
Garcia Palermo Carlos - Godena Michele : 0.5 - 0.5
Cocchi Andrea - Rombaldoni Denis : 0 - 1
Bruno Fabio - Dvirnyy Danyyil : 0 - 1
Rombaldoni Axel - Stella Andrea: 0.5 - 0.5
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European Small Nation Team Champ.
24th November - 1st December , 2013
Monaco
10 teams, round robin tournament.
Final standings
| Rank |
Country | Points |
| 1- | Faroe Islands | 16 |
| 2- | Andorra | 14 |
| 3- | Monaco | 13 |
| 4- | Cyprus | 12 |
| 5- | Luxembourg | 10 |
| 6- | Malta | 8 |
| 7- | Liechenstein | 8 |
| 8- | San Marino | 5 |
| 9- | Guernsey | 4 |
| 10- | Jersey | 0 |
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World Chess Championship 2013
7th - 28th November, 2013
Chennai, India .
Carlsen ( NOR ) is World Chess Champion.
Carlsen - Anand : 6.5 - 3.5
10th game : Carlsen - Anand : 0.5 - 0.5 ( Sicilian defence )
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European Team Chess Championship
7th - 18th November, 2013
Warsaw, Poland
Swiss system, 9 rounds
One open section and one section for the women’s teams
Open 38 teams
Women: 32 teams
Azerbaijan won the Open section with 14 points. Ukraine won the Women's section with 15 points.
Open section - Final Round - top 5 boards:
Armenia - Azerbaijan : 2 - 2
Russia - France : 2½ - 1½
Czech Republic - Georgia : 2 - 2
Hungary - Belarus : 3 - 1
Greece - Italy : 2 - 2
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Cap d'Agde Karpov Trophy 2013
20th October - 2nd November, 2013
Cap d'Agde France
8 players
Average rating: 2568
Closed rapid tournament : 25 minutes + 10 seconds/move ,
Bacrot won the tournament after beating Karpov: 3 - 1
Tie-break Blitz games 3 min.
Karpov - Bacrot : 0 - 1
Bacrot - Karpov : 1 - 0
Rapid games 25 min. games
Karpov - Bacrot : 0.5 - 0.5
Bacrot - Karpov : 0.5 - 0.5
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Magistral Ciutat de Barcelona Chess Tournament
25th - 31st October, 2013
Barcelona, Spain
8 players
Average rating: 2579
time control: 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment for the first 40 moves plus 30 minutes +
30 seconds increment per move remaining.
Draw offers not allowed before 40 moves.
Balogh (HUN) won with 4.5 points.
Final round ( 7 )
Ftacnik Lubomir - Alsina Leal Daniel: 0 - 1
Lopez Josep Manuel - Balogh Csaba : 0 - 1
Hansen Eric - Narciso Marc : 1 - 0
Shankland Samuel - Edouard Romain : 0.5 - 0.5
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29th European Club Cup
20th - 26th October 2013,
Rodos Palace Conference Center, Rhodes, Greece
7 rounds
53 teams
Average Elo: 2268
Time control : 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one.
Top 10 teams according to the average rating:
1 SOCAR AZE 2753
2 Malachite RUS 2729
3 Saint-Petersburg RUS 2710
4 Ugra RUS 2700
5 G-Team Novy Bor CZE 2667
6 PGMB-Rostov RUS 2663
7 O.R. Padova ITA 2633
8 Odlar Yurdu AZE 2596
9 Clichy Echecs 92 FRA 2579
10 Peristeri GRE 2512
G-Team Novy Bor won with 13 points.
Final Standings top 5
| Rank |
Teams | Country | Points |
| 1- | G-Team Novy Bor | CZE | 13 |
| 2- | Malachite | RUS | 12 |
| 3- | SOCAR | AZE | 11 |
| 4- | Clichy Echecs 92 | FRA | 11 |
| 5- | Saint-Petersburg | RUS | 11 |
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Unive chess tournament - The Crown Group
20th - 26th October , Hoogeveen , The Netherlands
4 players
Round robin
Average rating: 2690
So ( PHI ) won with 4.5 pts.
Final Round ( 6 )
Van Wely, Loek - Van Kampen, Robin : 0.5 - 0.5
So, Wesley - Adams, Michael : 0.5 - 0.5
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Kings chess tournament
6th - 17th October,
Bucharest, Romania
5 players
Double round robin
Average rating: 2730
Time control: 120 mn + 60 mn+(15'+30''/per move)
Draws forbidden until move 30
Caruana ( ITA ) won the tournament with 5 points.
Final Round ( 10 )
Radjabov - Caruana: 0.5 - 0.5
Hao - Ponomariov: 1 - 0
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Russian Chess Championship Super Final - Men
October 5-14, 2013
Nizhny Novgorod , Russia,
10 players,
Round robin
Average rating: 2696
Svidler won the Russian Championship title after tie-break games.
Tie-break - Rapid games:
Peter Svidler -
Ian Nepomniachtchi: 1-0
Ian Nepomniachtchi - Peter Svidler: 0.5 - 0.5
Final Round ( 9 )
Nepomniachtchi, Ian - Kramnik, Vladimir : 1-0
Vitiugov, Nikita - Andreikin, Dmitry : 1-0
Karjakin, Sergey - Svidler, Peter : 0.5-0.5
Inarkiev, Ernesto - Goganov, Aleksey : 1-0
Motylev, Alexander - Shomoev, Anton : 1-0
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Russian Super Final - Women
October 5-14, 2013
Nizhny Novgorod , Russia,
10 players,
Round robin
Average rating: 2448
Final Round ( 9 )
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Gunina, Valentina : 0.5-0.5
Pogonina, Natalija - Kosintseva, Tatiana: 1-0
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina - Kovanova, Baira : 0.5-0.5
Goryachkina, Aleksandra - Bodnaruk, Anastasia : 0.5-0.5
Kashlinskaya, Alina - Charochkina, Daria : 0.5-0.5
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Chess Masters Bilbao
7th - 12 th October , 2013,
Bilbao, Spain
Double round robin tournament
Average rating: 2762
Aronian won the tournament with 10 points.
Final round ( 6 )
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Michael Adams: 0 - 1
Levon Aronian - Shakhriyar Mamedyarov: 0.5 - 0.5
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FIDE - Grand Prix - Paris
21st September - 5th October, 2013
Paris, France
Round robin system
12 players
Average rating: 2746
Players who have qualified for the Candidates Tournament until now :
Vladimir Kramnik and Dmitry Andreikin ( from the World Chess Cup 2013 ) ,
Veselin Topalov and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov ( from the FIDE Grand Prix ) ,
Levon Aronian and Sergey Karjakin ( rating )
Loser of the 2013 World Chess Championship Match ( Anand or Carlsen )
One player nominated by the Organiser
Final Round (11)
Wang Hao - Fressinet Laurent : 0.5 - 0.5
Bacrot Etienne - Grischuk Alexander : 0.5 - 0.5
Dominguez Perez Leinier - Caruana Fabiano : 0.5 - 0.5
Tomashevsky Evgeny - Ivanchuk Vassily : 0.5 - 0.5
Giri Anish - Nakamura Hikaru : 0.5 - 0.5
Gelfand Boris - Ponomariov Ruslan : 0.5 - 0.5
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Fide Women's Grand-Prix Tashkent
17th September - 1st October 2013,
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
12 players
Average ELO: 2479
Round robin
Players
Koneru Humpy 2607
Zhao Xue 2579 CHN
Ju Wenjun 2535 CHN
Lagno Kateryna 2532
Khotenashvili Bela 2514 GEO
Stefanova Antoaneta 2496
Kosteniuk Alexandra 2495
Dronavalli Harika 2475 IND
Danielian Elina 2470
Girya Olga 2439 RUS
Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2307 KAZ
Muminova Nafisa 2293 UZB
Koneru ( IND ) won with 8 points.
Final Round ( 11 )
Muminova Nafisa - Kosteniuk Alexandra : 0 - 1
Zhao Xue - Dronavalli Harika : 1 - 0
Khotenashvili Bela - Stefanova Antoaneta: 1 - 0
Nakhbayeva Guliskhan - Lagno Kateryna : 0 - 1
Girya Olga - Koneru Humpy : 0.5 - 0.5
Ju Wenjun - Danielian Elina : 0.5 - 0.5
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Topalov vs Laznicka
19th - 25 th September,
Novi Bor , Czech Republic ,
6 games
Topalov (BUL) 2769 - Laznicka (CZE) 2677
Game 6, Laznicka - Topalov: 0 - 1
Aggregate score: Topalov - Laznicka: 4 - 2
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Women's world chess championship
10th to 28th September 2013
Ushenina Anna vs Hou Yifan
Hou Yifan becomes the World Champion.
Game 7:
Hou Yifan - Ushenina Anna : 1 - 0
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Sinquefield Cup
9th - 15th September,St Louis, USA,
4 players
Double round robin
Average ELO: 2795
Players
Magnus Carlsen 2862 Norway
Levon Aronian 2802 Armenia
Hikaru Nakamura 2774 United States
Gata Kamsky 2741 United States
Carlsen (NOR) won the tournament.
Final Round ( 6 )
Kamsky - Nakamura: 0.5 - 0.5
Carlsen - Aronian: 1 - 0
ACP Cup rapid
13th - 15th September, Riga,Latvia
16 players
Knock out system
Grischuk (RUS) won the tournament..
Finals
Grischuk - Nepomniachtchi: 3 - 2
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Linares Women's tournament
8th - 14th September,Linares, Spain
10 players
Round robin
Average ELO: 2292
Anastasia Savina (RUS) won the tournament.
Final Round ( 9 )
Aranaz Murillo Amalia - Collado Barbas Laura : 1 - 0
Guramishvili Sopiko - Hernandez Estevez Yudania : 1 - 0
Daulyte Deimante - Matnadze Ana : 0 - 1
Brunello Marina - Milliet Sophie : 0 - 1
Savina Anastasia - Martin Perez Laura : 1 - 0
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Poikovsky chess tournament
28th August - 7th September , 2013
Round robin tournament
10 players
Average ELO: 2686
Time Control: 100 '/ 40 moves + 50' / 20 moves + 15' + 30 "
Round 9
Nepomniachtchi, Ian - Motylev, Alexander : 0.5 - 0.5
Onischuk, Alexander - Jakovenko, Dmitry : 0.5 - 0.5
Bologan, Viktor - Inarkiev, Ernesto : 1-0
Laznicka, Viktor - Eljanov, Pavel : 0.5 - 0.5
Cheparinov, Ivan - Sutovsky, Emil : 1-0
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FIDE Chess World Cup 2013
10th August - 5th September, 2013
Tromso, Norway
128 players
Knock-Out system tournament.
Andreikin vs Kramnik
Kramnik wins the FIDE World Cup.
Kramnik Vladimir ( RUS ) - Andreikin, Dmitry ( RUS ): 2.5 - 1.5
Final
Game 4: Andreikin - Kramnik : 0.5 - 0.5
Game 3: Kramnik - Andreikin: 0.5 - 0.5
Game 2: Andreikin - Kramnik: 0.5 - 0.5
Game 1: Kramnik - Andreikin : 1-0
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88th French Championship
11th - 23rd August, 2013,
Nancy, France
National, National Women and Open tournaments
National tournament
Romain Edouard 2662
Vladislav Tkachiev 2637
Christian Bauer 2633
Hicham Hamdouchi 2613
Matthieu Cornette 2592
Jean-Pierre Le Roux 2588
Jean-Marc Degraeve 2563
Andreï Sokolov 2558
Anatoly Vaïsser 2544
Marie Sebag 2527
Manuel Apicella 2512
Anthony Wirig 2496
Hamdouchi is the champion.
Play-off
Degraeve - Hamdouchi : 0.5 - 0.5
Hamdouchi - Degraeve : 1-0
Final round ( 11 )
Sokolov, Andrei - Wirig, Anthony : 0.5 - 0.5
Hamdouchi, Hicham - Cornette, Matthieu : 1 - 0
Le Roux, Jean-Pierre - Degraeve, Jean-Marc : 0 - 1
Sebag, Marie - Vaisser, Anatoly : 0.5 - 0.5
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Edouard, Romain : 1 - 0
Bauer, Christian - Apicella, Manuel : 0.5 - 0.5
Final Standings
| Rank |
Players | Points |
| 1- | Degraeve, Jean-Marc | 7.5 |
| 2- | Hamdouchi, Hicham | 7.5 |
| 3- | Sokolov, Andrei | 7 |
| 4- | Edouard Romain | 6.5 |
| 5- | Tkachiev Vladislav | 6.5 |
| 6- | Bauer, Christian | 6.5 |
| 7- | Wirig, Anthony | 5.5 |
| 8- | Apicella, Manuel | 5 |
| 9- | Le Roux, Jean-Pierre | 4 |
| 11- | Cornette, Matthieu | 3.5 |
| 10- | Vaisser, Anatoly | 3.5 |
| 12- | Sebag, Marie | 3 |
Women:Maisuradze is the champion.
Play-off
Rapid:
Maisuradze - Congiu : 1-0
Congiu - Maisuradze : 1-0
Blitz
Maisuradze - Congiu : 1-0
Congiu - Maisuradze : 0-1
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Razuvaev Memorial
6th - 12th August, 2013,
Washington DC,
Chess Beauty vs Admirers of Chess Beauty
Admirers of Chess Beauty: 10.5 - Chess Beauty : 5.5
| Beauty | Admirers |
|---|
| Krush | USA | 2 | Gulko | USA | 3.5 |
| Kosteniuk | RUS | 1.5 | Alburt | USA | 2.5 |
| Zatonskih | USA | 1.5 | Mikhalchishin | SLO | 2.5 |
| Sedina | ITA | 0.5 | Tukmakov | UKR | 2 |
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100th British Championship
28th July - 10th August, 2013,
Riviera International Centre, Torquay, UK
106 players
Howell is the champion.
Final Standings , top 5,
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- | Howell, David | ENG | 9.5 |
| 2- | Jones, Gawain | ENG | 8 |
| 3- | Hebden, Mark | ENG | 8 |
| 4- | Gordon, Stephen | ENG | 8 |
| 5- | Gormally, Daniel | ENG | 7.5 |
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Politiken Cup
27th July - 4th August, 2013,
Helsingør, Denmark.
309 players
Final standings
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- | Negi Parimarjan | IND | 9 |
| 2- | Cheparinov Ivan | BUL | 8 |
| 3- | Edouard Romain | FRA | 8 |
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Politiken Cup
27th July - 4th August, 2013,
Helsingør, Denmark.
309 players
Final standings
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- | Negi Parimarjan | IND | 9 |
| 2- | Cheparinov Ivan | BUL | 8 |
| 3- | Edouard Romain | FRA | 8 |
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Dortmund 2013
26th July - 4th August , 2013
Dortmund, Germany
Average ELO: 2709
Round robin tournament
Adams ( ENG ) won with 7 points.
Players:
Adams Michael ENG 2740
Andrejkin Dmitri RUS 2727
Caruana Fabiano ITA 2796
Fridman Daniel GER 2629
Hao Wang CHN 2752
Khenkin Igor GER 2605
Kramnik Vladimir RUS 2784
Leko Peter HUN 2737
Meier Georg GER 2610
Naiditsch Arkadij GER 2710
Final Round ( 9 )
Adams, Michael - Kramnik, Vladimir : 0.5 - 0.5
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Khenkin, Igor : 1 - 0
Andrejkin, Dmitry - Leko, Peter : 0.5 - 0.5
Caruana, Fabiano - Fridman, Daniel : 1 - 0
Wang, Hao - Meier, Georg : 1 - 0
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14th European Individual Women’s Chess Championship
23rd July - 3rd August 2013,
Belgrade, Serbia
Average ELO: 2207
169 players
11 rounds
Swiss system
Hoang Thanh Trang won the title with 9 points.
Final standings
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- | Hoang Thanh Trang | HUN | 9 |
| 2- | Melia Salome | GEO | 8 |
| 3- | Mkrtchian Lilit | ARM | 8 |
| 4- | Cmilyte Viktorija | LTU | 8 |
| 5- | Kosteniuk Alexandra | RUS | 8 |
| 6- | Khotenashvili Bela | GEO | 8 |
| 7- | Socko Monika | POL | 8 |
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Biel chess festival 2013 - Grandmasters Tournament
Chess festival: 20th July - 2nd August,Biel, Switzerland
Festival consists Grandmaster Tournament,Master Tournament, Main Tournament,
Rapid, Blitz, chess960, Vinetum Youth, simultaneous, chess-tennis tournaments
Grandmaster Tournament in memoriam Olivier Breisacher
( 22nd July - 1st August,Biel, Switzerland )
Average Elo : 2709
Players - Ratings
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave FRA 2719
Ian Nepomniachtchi RUS 2717
Etienne Bacrot FRA 2714
Ding Liren CHN 2714
Alexander Moiseenko UKR 2699
Richard Rapport HUN 2693
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won the tournament after tie-break games.
Tie-Break playoff
Final
Rapid games
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Alexander Moiseenko: 1 - 0
Alexander Moiseenko - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave: 0.5 - 0.5
Semi-final:
Blitz: two games with 5mn + 2sec ; if 1-1, one Armageddon game
Alexander Moiseenko - Etienne Bacrot: 1 - 0
Etienne Bacrot - Alexander Moiseenko: 0 - 1
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Ding Liren: 1 - 0
Ding Liren - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave: 0 - 1
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31st Andorra Open
20th - 28th July 2013,
Hotel St.Gothard, Andorra
Final standings
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- | Vovk Andrey | UKR | 7.5 |
| 2- | Rodshtein Maxim | ISR | 7 |
| 3- | Vazquez Igarza Renier | ESP | 7 |
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China - USA match
19th - 27th July 2013,
Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Classical games : 5 rounds - Scheveningen system ( Each player of the team plays the each player of the other team )
time control: 90 minutes for the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one
Rapid games : 10 rounds - Scheveningen system
time control: 25 minutes with 10 seconds increments per move
| China | USA |
|---|
| Women | Men | Women | Men |
|---|
Ju Wenjun 2531
Tan Zhongyi 2478
Guo Qi 2443
Ding Yixin 2432
Wang Jue 2399 |
Wang Yue 2705
Zhou Weiqi 2616
Wen Yang 2593
Xiu Deshun 2556
Lu Shanglei 2536 |
Tatev Abrahamyan 2316
Sabina-Francesca Foisor 2281
C Iryna Zenyuk 2250
F Alisa Melekhina 2216
Viktorija Ni 2173 |
Ray Robson 2628
Samuel L Shankland 2599
Gregory S Kaidanov 2577
Aleksandr Lenderman 2548
Yury Shulman 2542 |
Classical games : China - USA: 31 - 19
Rapid games : China - USA: 69.5 - 30.5 : ( Men: China - USA: 32.5 - 17.5 - Women: China - USA: 37 - 13)
Aggregate: China - USA: 100.5 - 49.5
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FIDE Grand Prix - Beijing 2013
3rd - 17th July, 2013
Beijing, China
Round robin system
12 players
Mamedyarov (AZE) won with 7 points.
Final Round ( 11 )
Ivanchuk Vassily - Karjakin Sergey : 0.5 - 0.5
Wang Hao - Kamsky Gata : 1 - 0
Grischuk Alexander - Leko Peter : 0.5 - 0.5
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar - Gelfand Boris : 0.5 - 0.5
Topalov Veselin - Morozevich Alexander : 1 - 0
Wang Yue - Giri Anish : 0.5 - 0.5
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Paris Championships
6th - 14th July 2013,
Paris, France
Adrien Demuth won with 7 points.
Final standings
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- | Demuth Adrien | FRA | 7 |
| 2- | Sanchez Joseph | PHI | 6.5 |
| 3- | Shchekachev Andrei | FRA | 6.5 |
| 4- | Le Roux Jean-Pierre | FRA | 6.5 |
| 5 - | Lagarde Maxime | FRA | 6.5 |
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Is Bankasi Turkish chess league 2013
29th - 10th July 2013,
Denizli,Turkey
Time control: 90 minutes + 30 mn after 40th move with
an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one.
13 teams
Final standings
1- Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu 20
2- Kahramanmaras Belediye Spor 17
3- Calli Spor 17
4- Akdeniz Belediyesi Spor 16
5- Pera Spor 15
6- T.S Alyans Spor 14
7- Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Spor 14
8- Aliaga Gençlik ve Spor 14
9- Tarsus Zeka Satranc 10
10- Ankara Demirspor 9
11- Ezgi Satranc 7
12- Er Bakir Spor 3
13- Ceyhan Belediye 0
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Geneva chess masters
26th - 30th June ,
Geneva , Switzerland
2 groups, 8 players
Each player will play 2 games against the opponent: 25 minutes + 10 seconds per move
tie break : 2 blitz : 4 minutes + 2 secondes
Mamedyarov ( AZE ) is the winner.
Final :
Mamedyarov Shakriyar - Kramnik Vladimir : 1 - 0
Kramnik Vladimir - Mamedyarov Shakriyar : 0.5 - 0.5
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Carlsen vs Predojevic - Rapid match
28th - 29th June 2013,
Lillehammer, Norway
Time control: 25 minutes plus 10 seconds per move.
Carlsen, Magnus ( NOR , 2864 ) - Predojevic, Borki ( NOR , 2616 ) : 2.5 - 1.5
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Fide Women Grand-Prix Dilijan
15th - 29th June 2013,
Dilijan, Armenia
12 players
Round robin
Average rating: 2505
Koneru ( IND ) won with 8 points.
Final round ( 11 )
Kosintseva Tatiana - Cmilyte Viktorija : 1 - 0
Khotenashvili Bela - Ushenina Anna : 0.5 - 0.5
Muzychuk Anna- Danielian Elina : 0.5 - 0.5
Stefanova Antoaneta - Harika Dronavalli: 0.5 - 0.5
Koneru Humpy - Batchimeg Tuvshintugs : 1 - 0
Dzagnidze Nana - Girya Olga : 1 - 0
Round 10
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Ukrainian chess championship
14th - 26th June, Kyýv, Ukraine
12 players
Round robin
Average ELO: 2653
Kryvoruchko won the tournament with 7.5 points.
Final round ( 11 )
Alexander Areshchenko - Martyn Kravtsiv : 1 - 0
Alexander Moiseenko - Stanislav Bogdanovich : 0.5 - 0.5
Andrei Volokitin - Zahar Efimenko : 0.5 - 0.5
Andrey Baryshpolets - Ruslan Ponomariov : 0 - 1
Anton Korobov - Pavel Eljanov : 0.5 - 0.5
Yuriy Kryvoruchko - Valeriy Neverov : 1 - 0
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8th Mikhail Tal Memorial 2013
12th - 24th June, Moscow , Russia
10 players
Round robin
Players
Carlsen 2864 NOR
Kramnik 2803 RUS
Anand 2786 IND
Nakamura 2784 USA
Karjakin 2782 RUS
Caruana 2774 ITA
Morozevich 2760 RUS
Gelfand 2755 ISR
Mamedyarov 2753 AZE
Andreikin 2713 RUS
Gelfand (ISR) won with 6 points.
Final round
Caruana, Fabiano - Andreikin, Dmitry : 0.5 - 0.5
Karjakin, Sergey - Anand, Viswanathan : 0.5 - 0.5
Kramnik, Vladimir - Gelfand, Boris : 0.5 - 0.5
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Carlsen, Magnus : 0.5 - 0.5
Nakamura, Hikaru - Morozevich, Alexander : 0 - 1
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World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship
World Blitz Championship
9th - 10 th June, 2013
60 players
Swiss system
15 rounds
Time control: 3 minutes + 2 seconds additional time per move, starting from move 1.
Le Quang Liem ( VIE ) is the World Blitz Chess Champion.
World Rapid Chess Championship
6th - 8th June, 2013
58 players
Swiss system
15 rounds
Mamedyarov (AZE) became the World Rapid Chess Champion.
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Ivanchuk vs Giri -- The Magistral Ciudad de Leon
6th - 10th June , Leon, Spain
Vassily Ivanchuk ( UKR ) vs Anish Giri ( NED )
07 June : 2 games Classic chess (45m+15 seconds for the whole game )
08 June : 4 games rapid chess (20 minutes+10 seconds/move for the whole game)
09 June : 10 games Blitz chess (5 minutes+3 seconds/move for the whole game.)
Classic chess:A. Giri (NED) - V. Ivanchuk (UKR): 1.5 - 0.5
Rapid chess:A. Giri (NED) - V. Ivanchuk (UKR): 3.5 - 0.5
Blitz chess:A. Giri (NED) - V. Ivanchuk (UKR): 2.5 - 7.5
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French Team Championship 2013
30th May - 9th June, 2013
Haguenau, France
Round robin system
12 teams
Clichy won with 33 points.
Final Round 11
Clichy - Vandoeuvre : 3 - 1
Grasse - Rueil Malmaison : 4 - 1
Marseille Echecs - Migne Echecs : 7 - 0
Strasbourg -Evry Grand Roque : 0 - 4
Metz Fischer - Mulhouse Philidor : 1 - 1
Chalons en Champagne - Bischwiller : 1 - 1
Final Standings
| Rank |
Teams | Points |
| 1 | Clichy | 33 |
| 2 | Chalons en Champagne | 29 |
| 3 | Bischwiller | 28 |
| 4 | Evry Grand Roque | 27 |
| 5 | Mulhouse Philidor | 26 |
| 6 | Metz Fischer | 23 |
| 7 | Marseille Echecs | 22 |
| 8 | Rueil Malmaison | 17 |
| 9 | Strasbourg | 16 |
| 10 | Vandoeuvre | 16 |
| 11 | Grasse | 16 |
| 12 | Migne Echecs | 11 |
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Sberbank Open Rapid Chess
5th - 8th June, 2013
Kiev , Ukraine
Round robin system
9 rounds
Final Standings
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Karjakin, Sergey |
RUS | 6.5 |
| 2- |
Topalov, Veselin |
BUL | 6 |
3- |
Leko, Peter |
HUN | 5 |
| 4- |
Zhigalko, Sergei |
BLR | 5 |
| 5- |
Eljanov, Pavel |
UKR | 4.5 |
| 6- |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny |
RUS | 4.5 |
| 7- |
Korobov, Anton |
UKR | 4.5 |
| 8- |
Areshchenko, Alexander |
UKR | 4 |
| 9- |
Karpov, Anatoly |
RUS | 3 |
| 10- |
Naiditsch, Arkadij |
GER | 2 |
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FIDE Grand Prix - Thessaloniki 2013
21st May - 4th June, 2013
Thessaloniki, Greece
Round robin system
12 players
Average rating: 2753
Dominguez (CUB) won with 8 points.
Final Round ( 11 )
Kasimdzhanov Rustam - Grischuk Alexander : 0.5 - 0.5
Nakamura Hikaru - Svidler Peter : 1 - 0
Bacrot Etienne - Ivanchuk Vassily : 0 - 1
Morozevich Alexander - Ponomariov Ruslan : 0.5 - 0.5
Caruana Fabiano - Kamsky Gata : 1 - 0
Dominguez Perez Leinier - Topalov Veselin : 1 - 0
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Sigeman & Co 2013 Chess Tournament
22nd - 28th May , 2012
Malmö, Sweden
Round robin , 7 rounds
Average ELO: 2607
The time control : 100 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for 20 moves, then
15 minutes for the remaining moves with 30 seconds cumulative increment for each
move starting from the first move.
Final Round ( 7 ) :
Emanuel Berg - Loek van Wely: 0.5 - 0.5
Nils Grandelius - Ivan Sokolovr: 1 - 0
Nigel Short - Hans Tikkanen: 0.5 - 0.5
Jonny Hector - Richard Rapport: 0 - 1
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Russian Rapid Chess Championship
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
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 |
Women - Final Standings
| Rank |
Players | Points |
| 1- | Gunina Valentina | 7.5 |
| 2- |
Pustovoitova Daria |
7 |
| 3- |
Bodnaruk Anastasia |
6 |
| 4- |
Sudakova Irina |
6 |
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Norway Chess 2013 supertournament
7th - 18th May,
Stavanger, Norway
10 players
Round robin
Average rating: 2770
Players
Carlsen, Magnus - NOR - 2872
Aronian, Levon - ARM - 2809
Radjabov, Teimour - AZE - 2793
Karjakin, Sergey - RUS - 2786
Anand, Viswanathan - IND - 2783
Topalov, Veselin - BUL - 2771
Nakamura, Hikaru - USA - 2767
Svidler, Peter - RUS - 2747
Wang, Hao - CHN - 2743
Hammer, Jon Ludvig - NOR - 2631
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
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European Individual Chess Championship
4th - 17th May 2013
Legnica ( Poland )
11 rounds
Average rating: 2450
286 players
time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with
an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one.
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 |
Tie-break: Rating average of the opponents
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Fide - Foundation Neva Women Grand-Prix Geneva
2nd - 16th May 2013,
Geneva, Switzerland
12 players
Round robin
Average rating: 2511
Players
Hou, Yifan CHN 2617
Muzychuk, Anna SLO 2585
Lagno, Kateryna UKR 2548
Dzagnidze, Nana GEO 2545
Ju, Wenjun CHN 2544
Cmilyte, Viktorija LTU 2522
Kosintseva, Tatiana RUS 2517
Khotenashvili, Bela GEO 2505
Kosteniuk, Alexandra RUS 2491
Ushenina, Anna UKR 2491
Girya, Olga RUS 2463
Batchimeg Tuvshintugs MGL 2298
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
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U.S. chess championship 2013
2nd - 13th May 2013
St.Louis, The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis
10 players
Round robin
Average ELO: 2538
US chess champion: Kamsky . He defeats Ramirez in Armageddon game
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
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U.S. Women chess championship 2013
2nd - 13th May 2013
St.Louis, The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis
24 players
Swiss system
Average ELO: 2280
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
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Capablanca Memorial
20th April - 1st May,
La Havana, Cuba
6 players
Round robin
Average rating: 2688
Players
Dmitry Andreikin ( RUS ) 2727
Inarkiev Ernesto ( RUS ) 2688
Harikrishna Pentala ( IND ) 2705
Almasi Zoltan ( HUN ) 2689
Leinier Dominguez ( CUB ) 2723
Yuniesky Quesada ( CUB ) 2596
Almasi Zoltan (HUN) won with 6.5 points.
Final Round ( 10 )
Pentala Harikrishna - Ernesto Inarkiev : 0.5 - 0.5
Yuniesky Quesada Perez - Leinier Dominguez Perez : 0.5 - 0.5
Zoltan Almasi - Dmitry Andreikin : 0.5 - 0.5
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Alekhine Memorial 2013
20th - 26th April 2013 , Paris,France / 27th April - 2nd May, St. Petersburg , Russia.
10 players
Round robin
Average rating: 2745
Aronian won with better tie-break (Sonneborn-Berger) point.
Final Round ( 9 )
Aronian - Vachier-Lagrave : 1 - 0
Gelfand - Anand: 0.5 - 0.5
Adams - Kramnik: 0 - 1
Vitiugov - Ding: 0.5 - 0.5
Svidler - Fressinet: 0.5 - 0.5
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Renova Group Grand Prix - Zug 2013
17th April - 1st May, 2013
Zug, Switzerland
Round robin system
12 players
Average rating: 2755
Topalov won with 8 points.
Final round ( 11 )
Leko Peter - Kasimdzhanov Rustam : 0.5 - 0.5
Kamsky Gata - Giri Anish : 0.5 - 0.5
Topalov Veselin - Karjakin Sergey : 1 - 0
Nakamura Hikaru - Caruana Fabiano : 0.5 - 0.5
Radjabov Teimour - Mamedyarov Shakhriyar : 0.5 - 0.5
Ponomariov Ruslan - Morozevich Alexander : 0.5 - 0.5
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Russian Team Championship
6th - 14th April , 2013
Loo, Krasnodar-Krai , Russia.
Men:
Round robin, 7 rounds,
time control: 90 mn /40 moves + 30 mn + 30s increments per move, starting from move one.
Average rating: 2527
7 rounds
Swiss system
The players cannot agree to a draw before move 40.
Round 7
SPb Chess Fed - PGMB Rostov: 2.5 - 3.5
Malakhit Chess Club - SHSM Nashe Nasledie: 3 - 3
AGU - Belorechensk - Yugra: 1.5 - 4.5
Economist-SGSEU - Politekhnik: 5 - 1
Navigator - Kazan: 3.5 - 2.5
Rakita Chess Club - Atom: 2.5 - 3.5
Zhiguli - Tverskaya : 4.5 - 1.5
Yamal - EGU-Perspektiva: 4.5 - 1.5
Kaluzhskaya - M.I.Chigorin Chess Club: 1 - 5
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54th Mexican International Championship
26th-31st March, 2013
Pueblo, Mexico
9 rounds, Swiss system.
192 players
Final standings , top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Otero Acosta, Diasmany |
CUB | 7.5 |
2- |
Ramirez, Alejandro |
USA | 7.5 |
| 3- |
Onischuk, Alexander |
USA | 7.5 |
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Candidates Tournament 2013
Carlsen and Kramnik lost their game in the final round. Thus Calsen won on tie-break rule:
He has more wins (5) than Kramnik (4).
Carlsen will be challenger of Viswanathan Anand for World Chess Champion title.
14th March - 2nd April
London, UK
8 players
Double round robin
Average rating: 2786
The Prize Fund : €510,000.
Players:
Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2872
Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2810
Aronian, Levon ARM 2809
Radjabov, Teimour AZE 2793
Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2764
Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 2757
Svidler, Peter RUS 2747
Gelfand, Boris ISR 2740
Final Round - 14
Carlsen Magnus - Svidler Peter: 0 - 1
Ivanchuk Vassily - Kramnik Vladimir: 1 - 0
Gelfand Boris - Grischuk Alexander: 0.5 - 0.5
Aronian Levon - Radjabov Teimour: 1 - 0
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Women's World Chess Team Championship
2nd - 13th March, 2013,
Astana, Kazakistan
Round robin system
Final round ( 9 )
China - India : 2.5 - 1.5
France - Turkey : 3.5 - 0.5
Georgia - Kazakhstan : 2.5 - 1.5
USA - Romania : 2 - 2
Russia - Ukraine : 2 - 2
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27th Cannes Chess Festival
25th February - 3rd March,
Cannes , France
9 rounds, Swiss system.
Average rating: 2324
92 players
Final standings , top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Akshayraj Kore |
IND | 7.5 |
2- |
Lgaer Ruben |
ARG | 7 |
| 3- |
Safarli Eltaj |
AZE | 7 |
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29th International Chess Open Capelle-la-Grande 2013
23rd February - 2nd March , 2013
Cappelle la Grande, France.
9 rounds , Swiss system
560 players
Time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with a 30 seconds increment per move.
Final standings , top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Sjugirov Sanan |
RUS | 7 |
2- |
Negi Parimarjan |
IND | 7 |
| 3- |
Rodshtein Maxim |
ISR | 7 |
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Zurich Chess Challenge
23 rd February - 1st March,
Zurich , Switzerland
4 players
Round robin
Average rating: 2772
Fabiano Caruana won with 4 points.
Final Round ( 6 ):
Anand - Kramnik: 1 - 0
Caruana - Gelfand: 1 - 0
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Reykjavik Open 2013
19th - 27th February, 2013
Reykjavik, Iceland
10 rounds , Swiss system
113 players
Time control: 90 min for 40 moves + 30 minutes after 40 moves. Increment of 30 sec. for every move.
Players whose rating is over 2700
Giri Anish NED 2722
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2715
Navara David CZE 2710
Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2709
Ding Liren CHN 2709
Yu Yangyi CHN 2688
So Wesley PHI 2684
Eljanov Pavel UKR 2678
Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2675
Gajewski Grzegorz POL 2644
Sokolov Ivan NED 2644
Socko Bartosz POL 2643
Jones Gawain C B ENG 2637
Amin Bassem EGY 2631
Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2622
L'ami Erwin NED 2622
Baklan Vladimir UKR 2609
Solak Dragan TUR 2603
Dziuba Marcin POL 2602
Final standings , top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Eljanov Pavel |
UKR | 8 |
2- |
So Wesley |
PHI | 8 |
| 3- |
Amin Bassem |
EGY | 8 |
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French blitz championship
17th February, 2013
Paris, France
13 rounds , Swiss system
125 players
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is the champion. ( 12 out of 13 )
Final standings , top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime |
FRA | 12 |
2- |
Bacrot Etienne |
FRA | 11.5 |
| 3- |
Fedorchuk Sergey A. |
FRA | 10 |
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Grenke Chess 2013
7th - 17th February, 2013
Baden-Baden , Germany
6 players
Double Round robin
Average rating: 2715
Anand won the tournament with 6.5 points.
Final Round (10) :
Fridman Daniel - Caruana Fabiano : 0.5 - 0.5
Adams Michael - Meier Georg : 0.5 - 0.5
Naiditsch Arkadij - Anand Viswanathan : 0 - 1
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Aeroflot Open
11st - 18th, February, 2013
Moscow, Russia
Schedule
12nd -13th February, Qualifications of the rapid tournament
14th February, Blitz tournament
15th February, Rapid: Knockout tournament with 32 winners of the qualifying rounds
16th - 17 th February, Grand final : 8 winners of the qualifying competition + 8 guest stars ( Alexander Grischuk, Peter Svidler, Dmitry Andreikin, Sergey Karjakin, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Wang Hao and Shahriyar Mammadyarov )
Aeroflot Open - Rapid - knouck out final :
8 players are qualified to the final :
Alexander Shimanov, Sanan Sjugirov, Dmitry Frolyanov (RUS),
Anton Korobov, Pavel Eljanov (UKR),
Gata Kamsky (USA), Le Quang Liem (VIE) & Rauf Mamedov (AZE)
Other 8 invited players : Alexander Grischuk, Peter Svidler, Dmitry Andreikin, Sergey Karjakin, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Wang Hao, and Anatoly Karpov
Final
Karjakin is winner
Karjakin Sergey - Grischuk Alexander : 2 - 1 ( 1-1 regular game; Armageddon tiebreak game 1 - 0 )
Semi final
Kamsky Gata - Grischuk Alexander : 0.5 - 1.5
Karjakin Sergey - Nepomniachtchi Ian : 2 - 1
Quarter final
Grischuk Alexander - Mamedyarov Shakhriyar : 1.5 - 0.5
Svidler Peter - Nepomniachtchi Ian: 1 - 2
Wang Hao - Karjakin Sergey: 1.5 - 0.5
Eljanov Pavel - Kamsky Gata: 0.5 - 1.5
Aeroflot Open - Blitz
Final Standings
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Nepomniachtchi Ian |
RUS | 15.5 |
| 2- |
Svidler Peter |
RUS | 14.5 |
| 3- |
Grischuk Alexander |
RUS | 14 |
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Moscow Open 2013
2nd - 10th, February, 2013
Moscow, Russia
Group A
Swiss system
233 players
Savchenko (RUS) won with 7.5 points.
Group A, Final round ( 9 ), top 10 boards,
Kokarev Dmitry - Nepomniachtchi Ian : 0.5 - 0.5
Mamedov Rauf - Smirnov Pavel : 0.5 - 0.5
Maletin Pavel - Khairullin Ildar : 0.5 - 0.5
Ponkratov Pavel - Savchenko Boris : 0 - 1
Ibragimov Ildar - Iturrizaga Eduardo : 0 - 1
Kovalev Vladislav - Guseinov Gadir : 0.5 - 0.5
Goganov Aleksey - Sandipan Chanda : 0 - 1
Nyzhnyk Illya - Matinian Nikita : 0 - 1
Demchenko Anton - Vidit Santosh Gujrathi : 0.5 - 0.5
Gabuzyan Hovhannes - Ganguly Surya Shekhar : 0.5 - 0.5
Group A, Final Standings, top 5
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Savchenko Boris |
RUS | 7.5 |
| 2- |
Nepomniachtchi Ian |
RUS | 7 |
| 3- |
Maletin Pavel |
RUS | 7 |
| 4- |
Mamedov Rauf |
AZE | 7 |
| 5- |
Kokarev Dmitry |
RUS | 7 |
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Turkish chess championship
2nd - 9th, February, 2013
Kemer-Antalya, Turkey
11 rounds , Swiss system
320 players
Chess champion of Turkey : Dragan Solak
Final round (11), top 5 boards,
Solak Dragan - Sanal Vahap : 1 - 0
Atakisi Umut - Ipatov Alexander : 0.5 - 0.5
Seyhanoglu Deniz - Esen Baris : 0 - 1
Can Emre - Ali Marandi Cemil Can : 0.5 - 0.5
Haznedaroglu Kivanc - Kinsiz Onur : 0.5 - 0.5
Final standings , top 6
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Solak Dragan |
TUR | 9.5 |
2- |
Esen Baris |
TUR | 9 |
| 3- |
Ipatov Alexander |
TUR | 9 |
| 4- |
Can Emre |
TUR | 8.5 |
| 5- |
Yilmazyerli Mert |
TUR | 8.5 |
| 6- |
Ali Marandi Cemil Can |
TUR | 8.5 |
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Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2013 - Masters
21st - 31st, January, 2013
Gibraltar,
5 tournaments : Masters, Challenger A, Challenger B, Amateur A, Amateur B
Masters tournament: 246 players ; Average rating:2210
Players whose ratings are over 2700
1- Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2758
2- Kamsky Gata USA 2740
3- Adams Michael ENG 2725
4- Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2723
5-Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2711
6- Navara David CZE 2710
7- Shirov Alexei LAT 2708
8- Le Quang Liem VIE 2705
Final round , top 10 boards,
Vitiugov Nikita - Vachier-Lagrave Maxime : 0.5 - 0.5
Navara David - Short Nigel : 0.5 - 0.5
Zhao Xue - Ivanchuk Vassily : 0.5 - 0.5
Georgiev Kiril - Adams Michael : 0.5 - 0.5
Le Quang Liem - Sandipan Chanda : 0 - 1
Kamsky Gata - Ibarra Jerez Jose Carlos : 1 - 0
Felgaer Ruben - Wojtaszek Radoslaw : 0.5 - 0.5
Cramling Pia - Yu Yangyi : 0 - 1
Gordon Stephen - Fridman Daniel : 0 - 1
Jones Gawain - Gallagher Joseph G. : 0.5 - 0.5
Final standings , top 7
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Vitiugov Nikita |
RUS | 8 |
| 2- |
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime |
FRA | 8 |
| 3- |
Sandipan Chanda |
IND | 8 |
| 4- |
Short Nigel |
ENG | 8 |
| 5- |
Georgiev Kiril |
BUL | 7.5 |
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Asian zone 3.3 chess championship
22nd - 29th, January, 2013
Tagaytay City, Phlipinnes
Final standings, top 4
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son |
VIE | 7.5 |
| 2- |
So Wesley |
PHI | 7 |
| 3- |
Megaranto Susanto |
INA | 6 |
| 4- |
Antonio Rogelio Jr |
PHI | 6 |
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Tata steel chess 2013
12th - 27th January, 2013
Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands
Three main groups with 14 players each.
Grandmaster Group A : Average rating : 2732
Category : 20
Group B : Average rating : 2620
Category : 15
Group C : Average rating : 2476
Category : 10
Round robin system
round 13
Karjakin - van Wely: 1 - 0
Hou - Leko: 0.5 - 0.5
L'Ami - Sokolov: 0.5 - 0.5
Wang - Anand: 1 - 0
Nakamura - Harikrishna: 0.5 - 0.5
Giri - Carlsen: 0.5 - 0.5
Caruana - Aronian: 0.5 - 0.5
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73rd Armenian Championship
12th - 21st, January, 2013
Yerevan, Armenia
10 players
Round robin.
Average rating: 2574
Players
Melkumyan Hrant 2656
Petrosian Tigran L. 2648
Hovhannisyan Robert 2615
Pashikian Arman 2607
Grigoryan Avetik 2599
Andriasian Zaven 2598
Ter-Sahakyan Samvel 2567
Kotanjian Tigran 2518
Hayrapetyan Hovik 2488
Aghasaryan Robert 2443
Petrosian won with 7 points.
Final standings , top 3,
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Petrosian Tigran L. |
ARM | 7 |
| 2- |
Grigoryan Avetik |
ARM | 6.5 |
| 3- |
Hovhannisyan Robert |
ARM | 6.5 |
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11th Delhi International Open Chess Festival
5th - 13th, January, 2013
New Delhi, India
105 players
10 rounds of Swiss system.
Time control: 90 Minutes plus 30 second increment from move 1 for entire game.
Average rating: 2307
Aleksandrov (BLR) won with 8 pts.
Final Standings, top 5,
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Aleksandrov Aleksej |
BLR | 8 |
| 2- |
Dzhumaev Marat |
UZB | 7.5 |
| 3- |
Teske Henrik |
GER | 7.5 |
| 4- |
Vaibhav Suri |
IND | 7.5 |
| 5- |
Lalith Babu M.R. |
IND | 7 |
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Basel Chess Festival 2013
1st - 5th January, 2013
Basel, Switzerland.
90 players
7 rounds of Swiss system.
Grachev (RUS) won the tournament.
Final standings, top 5,
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points | Tie break |
| 1- |
Grachev,Boris |
RUS | 5.5 | 25 |
| 2- |
Vajda, Levente |
NED | 5.5 | 23.5 |
| 3- |
Van Kampen, Robin |
NED | 5.5 | 23 |
| 4- |
Istratescu,Andrej |
FRA | 5.5 | 22.5 |
| 5- |
Vachier-Lagrave,M |
FRA | 5 | 22.5 |
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