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WUCC 2010: The Film |
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Saturday, 09 October 2010 20:19 |
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A pictorial review of the 11th World University Chess Championship 2010 in Zurich. By Bernie Forster, forsterfilm.ch |
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A Talk with the Winner: GM Wang Yue |
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Friday, 24 September 2010 17:41 |
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Although Wang Yue has secured tournament victory with one round to go, the Chinese superstar remains tense on the final day of the competition. Would he be able to crown his triumph with yet another victory, in the last round, against the third seed, Pavel Ponkratov? Yes, he would. In the afternoon we finally meet a relaxed Wang and a very satisfied Chinese team for a casual chat in the press office. |
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Sunday, 12 September 2010 16:09 |
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All the final standings are now available (including a correction to the team ranking). |
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Day 6: Wang Yue and Batkhuyag Munguntuul |
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Saturday, 11 September 2010 18:04 |
Wang Yue and Batkhuyag Munguntuul win the World University Chess Championships
The 11th World University Championships in Zurich finished with an incredibly combative 9th round. “Grandmaster draws” seemed to be forbidden and almost every game finished in a decisive result. In the men’s tournament GM Wang Yue led the way. Although he had secured a decisive 1½ point lead already before the final game, he showed up in a fighting mood. Against GM Pavel Ponkratov (Russia) he quickly seized space and the initiative, winning first a pawn on the queenside and then quickly following up with a decisive attack on the kingside. Again it all seemed incredibly easy! With 8½ points out of 9 games and a rating performance of 2957 Wang Yue clearly overfilled the high expectations he and his fans had set before the tournament. With the 15,5 rating points won in Zurich, he makes a substantial step in direction of the top ten again, reaching place 13 or 14 of the “live rating” list.
Second place went to GM Anuar Ismagambetov (Kazakhstan) and third place to IM Davit Benidze (Georgia), both on 6,5 points.
In the women’s tournament the outcome was far less clear-cut than in the men’s. In the end, however, top seed IM (and WGM) Batkhuyag Munguntuul prevailed. Going into the final round, the 23-year-old Mongolian had a half-point lead.
As she did not have a good tie-break score and was chased by no less than seven players, she knew she had to win this last game in order to become champion. And win she did in excellent style. In an Open Spanish she went for an all-out attack against which WGM Irine Kharisma Sukandar (Indonesia) found no recipe. Silver and bronze medals go to Ljilja Drljevic (Serbia) and Sopiko Guramishvili (Georgia) who both won their last round games as White too. In fact the first five boards of the women’s tournament all saw the first player succeed!
In the combined nations’ ranking (one man and two women or vice versa) the race was even closer. At the end of the day the calculations gave the following result: 1 Mongolia 19; 2 Georgia 18½ (113) and 3 Russia 18½ (101).
A number of players fulfilled title norms. Grandmaster norms were achieved by Davit Benidze (Georgia) and by Lijlja Drljevic (Serbia, women’s grandmaster norm). International Master norms were achieved by Andika Pitra (Indonesia), Jonas Wyss (Switzerland), Peiman Mohajerin (Iran), Peter Poobalasingam (England) and Marco Gähler (Switzerland).
Final standings
Men: 1. GM Wang Yue (China) 8,5. 2. GM Anuar Ismagambetov (Kaz) 6,5 (38,5). 3. IM Davit Benidze (Geo) 6,5 (38,0, GM norm). 4. Bayarsaikhan Gundavaa (Mgl) 6,5 (37,5). 5. IM Vasily Papin (Rus) 6,5 (32,5) - 57 participants.
Women: 1. WGM Batkhuyag Munguntuul (Mgl) 7,0. 2. WIM Ljilja Drljevic (Srb, WGM norm) 6,5 (37,5). 3. WGM Sopiko Guramishvili (Geo) 6,5 (37,0). 4. WIM Judith Fuchs (Ger) 6,5 (36,0). 5. Tamara Cheremnova (Rus) 6,0 (32,0) - 39 participants.
Nations' ranking: 1. Mongolia 19. 2. Georgia 18,5 (113). 3. Russia 18,5 (101). 4. Kazakhstan 18. 5. China 17. - 10. Switzerland 14,5. - 17 nations.
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Blitz tournament (Thursday) |
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Friday, 10 September 2010 11:15 |
| Rk. | SNr | | Name | Elo | FED | Pts. | BH | | 1 | 1 | GM | Swinkels Robin | 2470 | NED | 8 | 54½ | | 2 | 10 | | Gombosuren Munkhgal | 2289 | MGL | 8 | 50½ | | 3 | 2 | | Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan | 2460 | MGL | 7 | 53 | | 4 | 3 | IM | Burg Twan | 2455 | NED | 7 | 53 |
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Tuesday, 07 September 2010 16:23 |
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The daily tournament bulletin can now be found in the download area. |
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Special Events and Exhibitions |
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Friday, 27 August 2010 15:04 |
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Watch out for various attactive events and side exhibitions held during the championship week! |
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Message from the FISU president |
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Thursday, 22 July 2010 10:39 |
Dear friends,
You are gathered here in Zurich today to take part in, or witness, the 11th World University Chess Championship 2010.
The International University Sports Federation and the Swiss University Sports Federation thank you for coming, and hope you will find the conditions here welcoming and right for your sport.
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Welcome to Zurich |
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Wednesday, 05 March 2008 22:24 |
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The International Federation of University Sports has awarded the 11th World University Chess Championship to the Swiss University Sports Federation. The academic chess club Réti will organize the event. In the name of the organizing committee we invite all members of FISU to delegate a full and competitive team to Switzerland. The competition will take place in Zurich from 4 to 12 September 2010. Zurich is often referred to as the smallest major city in the world; small in population but of major economic and cultural importance. Its two institutes of higher learning – one of which just celebrated its 175th anniversary – are internationally renowned and teach over 40’000 students from all over the world. The city has 19 chess clubs, among them the oldest in the world which has celebrated its 200th birthday in summer 2009. University sport and chess are both firmly established in Zurich. The official announcement and further particulars will follow. The University of Zurich, the Federal Institute of Technology and the chess community look forward to these world championships. The organising committee will do everything to offer competitors and officials first class conditions and an unforgettable stay in Switzerland. Bernhard Burkhardt
President of the organising committee
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Vice-President of the organising committee |
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