Many norms earned in Groningen

14 year old Nyzhnyk earned his final GM norm

Final top 25

Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TPR
1	Bojkov, Dejan	GM	BUL	2542	6.5	2631
2	Nyzhnyk, Illya	IM	UKR	2535	6.5	2671
3	Bluvshtein, Mark	GM	CAN	2587	6.5	2606
4	Brandenburg, Daan	IM	NED	2515	6.5	2639
5	Ernst, Sipke	GM	NED	2590	6.5	2628
6	Van Kampen, Robin	IM	NED	2454	6.5	2627
7	Andriasian, Zaven	GM	ARM	2585	5.5	2540
8	Prohaszka, Peter	GM	HUN	2536	5.5	2550
9	Gupta, Abhijeet	GM	IND	2600	5.5	2550
10	Rotstein, Arkadij	GM	GER	2538	5.5	2551
11	Lobzhanidze, Davit	IM	GEO	2496	5.5	2471
12	Grover, Sahaj	IM	IND	2432	5.5	2475
13	Bok, Benjamin	IM	NED	2458	5.5	2390
14	Baklan, Vladimir	GM	UKR	2613	5.5	2502
15	Naroditsky, Daniel	FM	USA	2425	5.5	2474
16	Van Oosterom, Chiel	IM	NED	2426	5.5	2398
17	Baghdasaryan, Vahe		ARM	2303	5.0	2474
18	Werle, Jan	GM	NED	2578	5.0	2466
19	Romanishin, Oleg M	GM	UKR	2534	5.0	2437
20	Nijboer, Friso	GM	NED	2583	5.0	2423
21	Shiven, Khosla		IND	2354	5.0	2467
22	Herman, Matthew		USA	2149	5.0	2429
23	Poetsch, Hagen	FM	GER	2408	5.0	2377
24	Ashwin, Jayaram	IM	IND	2420	5.0	2367
25	Stjazhkina, Olga	WGM	RUS	2240	5.0	2310

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8 way tie for the lead in Groningen

Leaders after 6 rounds

Nr	Naam	Score	Federatie	M/V	Rating	TPR	W-We
1	GM Bluvshtein, Mark	4.5	CAN	M	2587	2575	+0.01
2	GM Andriasian, Zaven	4.5	ARM	M	2585	2628	+0.36
3	GM Bojkov, Dejan	4.5	BUL	M	2542	2618	+0.62
4	GM Rotstein, Arkadij	4.5	GER	M	2538	2645	+0.89
5	GM Prohaszka, Peter	4.5	HUN	M	2536	2667	+1.06
6	IM Nyzhnyk, Illya	4.5	UKR	M	2535	2675	+1.15
7	IM Brandenburg, Daan	4.5	NED	M	2515	2626	+1.00
8	IM Bok, Benjamin	4.5	NED	M	2458	2424	-0.09
9	GM Baklan, Vladimir	4.0	UKR	M	2613	2496	-0.73
10	GM Gupta, Abhijeet	4.0	IND	M	2600	2553	-0.35
11	GM Ernst, Sipke	4.0	NED	M	2590	2560	-0.21
12	GM Werle, Jan	4.0	NED	M	2578	2523	-0.27
13	GM Romanishin, Oleg M	4.0	UKR	M	2534	2477	-0.27
14	IM Van Kampen, Robin	4.0	NED	M	2454	2525	+0.65

Full standings here: http://www.schaakstadgroningen.nl/festival/2010/Open%20A/SMWSite/index.html

6 way tie for the lead in Groningen

Nyzhnyk and Brandenburg on pace for GM norm.

Leaders after 5 rounds

Nr	Naam	Score	Federatie	M/V	Rating	TPR	W-We
1	GM Bluvshtein, Mark	4.0	CAN	M	2587	2591	+0.08
2	GM Bojkov, Dejan	4.0	BUL	M	2542	2643	+0.63
3	GM Rotstein, Arkadij	4.0	GER	M	2538	2674	+0.88
4	GM Prohaszka, Peter	4.0	HUN	M	2536	2705	+1.09
5	IM Nyzhnyk, Illya	4.0	UKR	M	2535	2701	+1.08
6	IM Brandenburg, Daan	4.0	NED	M	2515	2653	+0.97
7	GM Baklan, Vladimir	3.5	UKR	M	2613	2487	-0.62
8	GM Andriasian, Zaven	3.5	ARM	M	2585	2600	+0.15
9	GM Nijboer, Friso	3.5	NED	M	2583	2491	-0.42
10	GM Romanishin, Oleg M	3.5	UKR	M	2534	2449	-0.38
11	IM Lobzhanidze, Davit	3.5	GEO	M	2496	2460	-0.10
12	IM Bok, Benjamin	3.5	NED	M	2458	2293	-0.76
13	Shiven, Khosla	3.5	IND	M	2354	2567	+1.42

Full results here: http://www.schaakstadgroningen.nl/festival/2010/Open%20A/SMWSite/index.html

Two share lead in Groningen

Leaders after 4 rounds

Nr	Naam	Score	Fed	Rating
1	GM Bojkov, Dejan	3.5	BUL	2542
2	IM Nyzhnyk, Illya	3.5	UKR	2535
3	GM Gupta, Abhijeet	3.0	IND	2600
4	GM Ernst, Sipke	3.0	NED	2590
5	GM Bluvshtein, Mark	3.0	CAN	2587
6	GM Andriasian, Zaven	3.0	ARM	2585
7	GM Werle, Jan	3.0	NED	2578
8	GM Rotstein, Arkadij	3.0	GER	2538
9	GM Prohaszka, Peter	3.0	HUN	2536
10	IM Brandenburg, Daan	3.0	NED	2515
11	IM Lobzhanidze, Davit	3.0	GEO	2496
12	IM Pruijssers, Roeland	3.0	NED	2487
13	IM Van Kampen, Robin	3.0	NED	2454
14	GM Baklan, Vladimir	2.5	UKR	2613
15	GM Nijboer, Friso	2.5	NED	2583
16	GM Romanishin, Oleg M	2.5	UKR	2534
17	IM Bok, Benjamin	2.5	NED	2458
18	IM Van Oosterom, Chiel	2.5	NED	2426
19	IM Willemze, Thomas	2.5	NED	2394
20	IM Donchenko, Anatoly	2.5	GER	2391
21	Shiven, Khosla	2.5	IND	2354
22	Baghdasaryan, Vahe	2.5	ARM	2303

Full standings here: http://www.schaakstadgroningen.nl/festival/2010/Open%20A/SMWSite/index.html

Andriasian half point behind leaders in Groningen

Groningen Chess Festival: Andriasian half point behind leaders

GM Zaven Andriasian has scored 3 points out of 4 in the main tournament of Groningen Chess Festival. Andriasian is half a point behind the leaders, GM Dejan Bojkov (Bulgaria) and IM Ilya Nyzhnyk (Ukraine). Vahe Baghdasaryan has scored 2.5 points.

Anna-Maja Kazarian (Netherlands) has got 3.5 points and stays in the lead in the Open C along with three other participants, armchess.am said.

Source: http://www.aysor.am

Groningen Chess Video

Nyzhnyk leads Groningen

Leaders after 3 rounds:

1	Nyzhnyk, Illya	IM	UKR	2535	3.0
2	Ernst, Sipke	GM	NED	2590	2.5
3	Andriasian, Zaven	GM	ARM	2585	2.5
4	Bojkov, Dejan	GM	BUL	2542	2.5
5	Rotstein, Arkadij	GM	GER	2538	2.5
6	Prohaszka, Peter	GM	HUN	2536	2.5
7	Brandenburg, Daan	IM	NED	2515	2.5
8	Van Kampen, Robin	IM	NED	2454	2.5
9	Baghdasaryan, Vahe		ARM	2303	2.5
10	Baklan, Vladimir	GM	UKR	2613	2.0
11	Gupta, Abhijeet	GM	IND	2600	2.0
12	Bluvshtein, Mark	GM	CAN	2587	2.0
13	Nijboer, Friso	GM	NED	2583	2.0
14	Werle, Jan	GM	NED	2578	2.0
15	Romanishin, Oleg	GM	UKR	2534	2.0
16	Lobzhanidze, Davit	IM	GEO	2496	2.0
17	Pruijssers, Roeland	IM	NED	2487	2.0
18	Van Oosterom, Chiel	IM	NED	2426	2.0
19	Naroditsky, Daniel	FM	USA	2425	2.0
20	Poetsch, Hagen	FM	GER	2408	2.0
21	De Jong, Migchiel	IM	NED	2406	2.0
22	Donchenko, Anatoly	IM	GER	2391	2.0
23	Ootes, Lennart		NED	2173	2.0
24	Herman, Matthew		USA	2149	2.0

Official website: http://www.schaakstadgroningen.nl

Groningen Chess Festival

Groningen Chess Festival
21st to 30th December at the Sportcentrum Rijksuniversiteit and Hanzehogeschool in Groningen, Netherlands

The Groningen Chess Festival is set to take place from 21st to 30th December at the Sportcentrum Rijksuniversiteit & Hanzehogeschool in Groningen, Netherlands. The Festival is traditionally organized around Christmas and runs for 47 consecutive years.

The Festival consists of Open A with the prize fund of 6500 EUR, Open B (1700-2200 elo, 2000 EUR), Open C (U1800 elo, 1000 EUR) and Groningen Compact, a five-round swiss event from 26th to 30th December.

Top rated players in the Open A are GM Vladimir Baklan UKR 2613, GM Abhijeet Gupta IND 2600, GM Sipke Ernst NED 2590, GM Mark Bluvshtein CAN 2585, GM Zaven Andriasian ARM 2585, GM Friso Nijboer NED 2583, GM Jan Werle NED 2578, GM Dejan Bojkov BUL 2542 and GM Arkadij Rotstein GER 2538.

In addition, a number of the young stars are also participating, 18-years old GM Peter Prohaszka HUN 2536, 14-years old IM Illya Nyzhnyk UKR 2535, 15-years old IM Benjamin Bok NED 2458, 16-years old IM Robin van Kampen NED 2454, 15-years old IM Sahaj Grover IND 2432 and 15-years old FM Daniel Naroditsky USA 2425.

Groningen Chess Festival

Groningen Chess Festival

21st to 30th December at the Sportcentrum Rijksuniversiteit and Hanzehogeschool in Groningen, Netherlands

The Groningen Chess Festival is set to take place from 21st to 30th December at the Sportcentrum Rijksuniversiteit & Hanzehogeschool in Groningen, Netherlands. The Festival is traditionally organized around Christmas and runs for 47 consecutive years.

The Festival consists of Open A with the prize fund of 6500 EUR, Open B (1700-2200 elo, 2000 EUR), Open C (U1800 elo, 1000 EUR) and Groningen Compact, a five-round swiss event from 26th to 30th December.

Top rated players in the Open A are GM Vladimir Baklan UKR 2613, GM Abhijeet Gupta IND 2600, GM Sipke Ernst NED 2590, GM Mark Bluvshtein CAN 2585, GM Zaven Andriasian ARM 2585, GM Friso Nijboer NED 2583, GM Jan Werle NED 2578, GM Dejan Bojkov BUL 2542 and GM Arkadij Rotstein GER 2538.

In addition, a number of the young stars are also participating, 18-years old GM Peter Prohaszka HUN 2536, 14-years old IM Illya Nyzhnyk UKR 2535, 15-years old IM Benjamin Bok NED 2458, 16-years old IM Robin van Kampen NED 2454, 15-years old IM Sahaj Grover IND 2432 and 15-years old FM Daniel Naroditsky USA 2425.