Gens Una Sumus!
Irina Krush
From the article Abolish Womens Chess Titles by Barbara Jepson ( Wall Street Journal, October 14, 2009)
1) Mechanics Institute Chess Club News
2) Anna Zatonskih wins US Womens Championship
3) Anand vs Topalov World Championship Match
4) Bobby Fischer videos
5) Here and There
Due to the USCL match on Wednesday and Western States Open this weekend the Newsletter is coming out early this week. It will return to its regularly publication schedule next week.
MI member GM Josh Freidel has 3.5 from 4 in the Unive Open in Hoogoveen, Netherlands, and is tied for second. Here is a very pretty game he won in round 4.
Hoogeveen , 2009
Those of you who remember Batchimeg "Chimi", Tuvshintugs, who moved back to her native Mongolia last fall after playing at the Mechanics for several years, will be pleased to know that FIDE recently awarded her the Womens Grandmaster title.
This event, held at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, was made possible by the very generous support of Rex Sinquefield who has already announced he will be sponsoring the 2010 US Championship and 2010 US Womens Championship.
1. Anna Zatonskih 8½/9,
2. Camille Baginskaite 6½,
3-4. Alisa Melekhina and Irina Krush 5 ½
5. Tatev Abrahamyan 4
6-7. Sabina-Francesca Foisor and Rusudan Goletiani 3.5
8. Irina Zenyuk 3
9-10. Tsagaan Battsetseg and Yun Fan 2.5
2009 during the FIDE Congress in Halkidiki, Greece. The other two bidders to host the world chess title match were Turkey and Singapore. The holding of the World Championship Match in Sofia has been financially guaranteed by the Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, who pledged 100% backing by the Bulgarian state for the initiative. The World Championship Match in 2010 will be the single greatest chess event to ever take place in Bulgaria.
1. World Wide Premiere of "Bobbie Fischer Live" Scheduled for November 10, 2009 http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.mmdnewswire.com/bobbie-fischer-live-5997.html&ct=ga&cd=xkw9ST2C9sE&usg=AFQjCNF1HDr42GppgKunG2N84hecyCKQGQ; Mass Media Distribution LLC (press release) Los Angeles, CA -- Controversial Producer Director Damian Chapa will host the world Premiere of 'Bobby Fischer Live' about the life story of Bobby Fischer. ...See all stories on this topic http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.mmdnewswire.com/bobbie-fischer-live-5997.html&hl=en
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdA7I9nPhSU&feature=related
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPlXC3M8hbg&feature=related
Many Americans received titles at the 80th FIDE Congress held 11-17 October 2009 in Kallithea Halkidike, Greece, among them were a GM title for Ben Finegold and IM titles for Florin Felecan and Marc Esserman. More on this later.
John Smail was the surprise winner of the Fremont Open held last weekend. Smail who scored 3.5 from 4 finished ahead of a group of players that finished with 3 including IM Ricardo DeGuzman who was upset in the first round by Class A player Farid Mark Watson. 61 players participated in the 4 section event organized and directed by Kenneth Zowall and Richard Koepcke.
U.S. Junior Champion Ray Robson earned his final Grandmaster norm at the Pan-American Junior Championship in Montevideo, Uruguay. He racked up a perfect 7/7 and drew his eighth round game on October 11 to clinch the title.
This third norm comes just in time for Robson's 15th birthday on October 25, making him the youngest-ever GM to play for America. Italian-American GM Fabiano Caruana, who plays for Italy, clinched his norm at 14-years old and 350 days. In days of old, Bobby Fischer became a Grandmaster at age 15 by qualifying for the Candidates at the 1958 Interzonal in Portoroz.
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