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The Riga Chess Federation has a pleasure to announce Mikhail Tal Memorial. The aim of the tournament is to pay the tribute the brightest representative of Latvian Chess ever. It will be held at Semarah hotel Lielupe in Jurmala (Latvia)
The festival will feature leading Latvian grandmasters as well as a few strong players and many chess lovers from all around the world.
It begins with a blitz tournament the evening of March 3, 11 rounds with a rate of play of 3 minutes for all moves + 3 seconds increment.
This is followed by a rapids tournament on Friday, March 4 (6 rounds) and Saturday, March 5 (5 rounds). The rate of play is 12 minutes for all moves + 5 seconds increment.
1. Laznicka, Viktor CZE
2. Bok, Benjamin NED
3. Kovalenko, Igor LAT
4. Onischuk, Vladimir IKR
5. Shirov, Alexei LAT 6. Hansen, Eric CAN
7. Gunina, Valentina RUS
8. Fridman, Daniel GER
9. Jumabayev, Rinat KAX
10. Glud Jakob VAng DEN and 155 others
The live games were not available as promised. The results after eleven rounds:
Final Ranking after 11 Rounds
Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts.
1 GM Shirov Alexei LAT 2624 9.5
2 GM Kovalenko Igor LAT 2665 8.5
3 GM Fridman Daniel GER 2568 8.5
4 GM Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2566 8.5
5 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2529 8.5
6 IM Kollars Dmitrij GER 2443 8.5
7 IM Meskovs Nikita LAT 2561 8
8 GM Laznicka Viktor CZE 2706 8
9 GM Ladva Ottomar EST 2514 8
10 GM Gleizerov Evgeny RUS 2528 8
11 Bogdanov Egor UKR 2430 8
12 GM Neiksans Arturs LAT 2549 7.5
13 GM Bok Benjamin NED 2665 7.5
14 GM Gunina Valentina RUS 2595 7.5
15 GM Van Wely Loek NED 2521 7.5
16 GM Glud Jakob Vang DEN 2562 7.5
17 GM Onischuk Vladimir UKR 2629 7.5
18 GM Starostits Ilmars LAT 2447 7.5
19 GM Solodovnichenko Yuri UKR 2440 7.5 20 GM Hansen Eric CAN 2606 7.5
21 NM Nikolajev Denis LAT 2400 7.5
22 FM Esipenko Andrey RUS 2489 7.5
23 GM Stocek Jiri CZE 2479 7.5
24 Nasibullin Iskander RUS 2076 7.5
25 GM Ismagambetov Anuar KAZ 2524 7
26 GM Ehlvest Jaan USA 2536 7
27 FM Gorodetzky David ISR 2378 7
28 CM Nogerbek Kazybek KAZ 2071 7
29 FM Lavendelis Egons LAT 2338 7
30 IM Sveshnikov Vladimir LAT 2394 7
31 GM Sveshnikov Evgeny RUS 2488 7
32 IM Panchenko Dmitry RUS 2429 7
33 NM Reimanis Ritvars LAT 2370 7
34 IM Shevchenko Kirill UKR 2516 7
35 FM Shishkov Andrei EST 2326 7
36 IM Carlstedt Jonathan GER 2394 7
37 FM Sylvan Jacob DEN 2392 7
38 FM Boe Mads DEN 2394 7
39 IM Krupenski Juri EST 2413 7
40 Dubrovin Robert EST 2234 7
41 GM Shvyrjov Igor EST 2257 7
42 IM Smirnov Artem RUS 2333 6.5
43 FM Mustaps Matiss LAT 2327 6.5
44 GM Zhukova Natalia UKR 2387 6.5
45 Kiltti Jyrki FIN 2299 6.5
46 IM Barskij Vladimir RUS 2327 6.5
47 FM Vovk Ilja EST 2258 6.5
48 NM Indricans Olgerts LAT 2225 6.5
49 Chukavin Kirill EST 2215 6.5
50 FM Shulman Vladlen LAT 2261 6.5
51 IM Berzinsh Roland LAT 2338 6.5
52 FM Solys Laimutis LTU 2281 6.5
53 Shirshov Nikolay RUS 1982 6.5
54 MK Zenchanka Pavel BLR 2049 6.5
55 FM Krustkalns Kristaps LAT 2149 6.5
56 FM Bernotas Arturs LAT 2392 6.5
57 MK Auzins Artis LAT 2093 6.5
58 FM Percivaldi Martin DEN 2099 6
59 Thogersen Rasmus DEN 1930 6
60 NM Kretainis Kristaps LAT 2157 6
61 IM Sotsky Alexander RUS 2222 6
62 Orndahl Markus SWE 2220 6
63 Olkhovskiy Alexander RUS 2130 6
64 NM Stasans Aivars LAT 2087 6
65 WGM Berzina Ilze LAT 2174 6
66 Blauhut Holger GER 2052 6
67 FM Jacobsen Mikkel Manosri DEN 2092 6
68 FM Olsen Filip Boe DEN 2039 6
69 MK Indricans Vadims LAT 2023 6
70 FM Kristensen Kaare Hove DEN 2361 6
71 Gorodetzky Matan ISR 2123 6
72 MK Bekasovs Rihards LAT 2004 6
73 MK Isakovs Janis LAT 1900 6
74 Kovalevsky Stanislav BLR 2066 6
75 NM Daudzvardis Janis LAT 1984 6
76 Zhukov Anton RUS 1886 6
77 FM Bjerre Jonas DEN 1993 5.5
78 FM Thybo Jesper Sondergaard DEN 2123 5.5
79 IM Kashtanov Ruslan RUS 2291 5.5
80 MK Zhuravlev Stepan RUS 2127 5.5
81 Poleshchuk Dmitriy BLR 2124 5.5
82 Ulasevich Sergei BLR 2178 5.5
83 MK Mitskevich Yauheniya BLR 1762 5.5
84 MK Baliasnyj Timur LTU 2095 5.5
85 NM Semjonovs Ilja LAT 2070 5.5
86 Kali Yelimzhan KAZ 1877 5.5
87 CM Sanz Losada Victoriano ESP 2085 5.5
88 MK Gudovskis Konstantins LAT 1927 5.5
89 IM Karttunen Mika FIN 2453 5.5
90 Nakhodkin Gennadiy RUS 2038 5.5
91 AGM Naumovich Yaroslav BLR 1615 5.5
92 NM Putka Verners LAT 2416 5.5
93 Petrov Dmitri EST 2153 5.5
94 Gasik Piotr POL 2025 5.5
95 Tsaruk Maksim BLR 2011 5.5
96 Pedmanson Albert EST 1774 5.5
97 Martynov Alexander RUS 2043 5.5
98 Kaatiala Pekka FIN 2017 5.5
99 MK Zemba Viktors LAT 1976 5.5
100 I Vilums Aldis LAT 1942 5.5
The play of the blitz tournament never seemed to get online.
The first round of the rapids did not appear either but rounds 2 to 6 have.
Rumour has it that the DGT electronic boards are not communicating with the controlling software. This would explain a lot.
There appear to be only six electronic boards anyway and the rest are conventional. One game in Round 6 (Shabalov-Onischuk) is only reported to move 18 and the comment online is “crashed server??”.
After the first day of play in the rapids, this is the standing table:
1 Sveshnikov Evgeny RUS 2458 - 5.5
2 Ehlvest Jaan USA 2558 - 5.5
3 Neiksans Arturs LAT 2605 - 5.5
4 Stocek Jiri CZE 2530 - 5
5 Bok Benjamin NED 2606 - 5
6 Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2619 - 5
7 Onischuk Vladimir UKR 2702 - 5
8 Fridman Daniel GER 2663 - 4.5
9 Panchenko Dmitry RUS 2402 - 4.5
10 Fedorov Alexei BLR 2611 - 4.5
11 Kovalenko Igor LAT 2664 - 4.5
12 Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2599 - 4.5
13 Ladva Ottomar EST 2473 - 4.5
14 Meskovs Nikita LAT 2534 - 4.5
15 Bogdanov Egor UKR 2213 - 4.5
16 Miezis Normunds LAT 2548 - 4.5
17 Laznicka Viktor CZE 2662 - 4.5
18 Shirov Alexei LAT 2723 - 4.5
19 Krivonosov Oleg LAT 2468 - 4.5
20 Van Wely Loek NED 2639 - 4
21 Glud Jakob Vang DEN 2511 - 4 22 Hansen Eric CAN 2635 - 4
23 Kantans Toms LAT 2511 - 4
24 Orndahl Markus SWE 2230 - 4
25 Zhukova Natalia UKR 2343 - 4
26 Zuckovs Aleksejs LAT 2302 - 4
27 Notkin Maksim RUS 2465 - 4
28 Vavulin Maksim RUS 2512 - 4
29 Nasibullin Iskander RUS 2111 - 4
30 Karttunen Mika FIN 2389 - 4
31 Shabalov Alexander USA 2570 - 4
32 Casper Thomas GER 2369 - 4
33 Carlstedt Jonathan GER 2357 - 4
34 Sveshnikov Vladimir LAT 2424 - 4
35 Krupenski Juri EST 2403 - 4
Three Eric Hansen games:
Tal Memorial A 2017 Rapid
Jurmala, Latvia
12+5
Round 2, Mar. 4, 2017
Hansen, Eric- Bjerre, Jones
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack
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