Levan Aroshidze winner. IM Renier Gonzalez gets GM norm

The drawn game on the first board between GM Jose Gonzalez and the IM Renier Gonzalez made sure that Renier got his third and definitive GM norm. Thus, Renier Gonzalez, started the Tournament as IM and he finishes with the title of Grandmaster.

This drawn game has allowed but that his immediatly followers got them. Thus, the GM Mihail Marin who has defeated the IM Deep Sengupta, the GM Viktor Moskalenko has taken revenge of IM Yuri Lapshun. Last year, in the last round, Yuri Lapshun defeated Moskalenko. And on the fourth board, Levan Aroshidze has defeated the Hindu Ashwin Jayaram.

In this way, 5 players has been tied in the first place with 7 points. The tie-break system applied, the Bucholz Medium, which counts the points of the opponents, excluding the worst and the best opponents, has given the victory to the GM from Georgia, Levan Aroshidze.
The Final Standings, ahead for Levan Aroshidze, and followed with the same points for Viktor Moskalenko, Renier Gonzalez, Mihail Marin and José Gonzalez.
The prize for the best player from Girona, with 500 euros, has been for the IM Jordi Fluvià.

The best woman player has been Ana Matnadze. This prize is 300 euros.

The best under-16 has been the catalan Àlvar Alonso of the Club Escacs Gerunda

In the B group, the final victory has been for the Italian Andrea Dini who has led the Tournament in every moment. A drawn game in the last round has been suficient to garantee the championship, tied in points with the Catalan Jordi Diaz Comas who in the final tie-break has been second.

In this B group, the final standings has been followed for: Hugues Lambert, the young girl from Netherlands sub-16 Yvonne Ferrier, the Italian Luca Bernardini and the also French girl Barbara Perrusset.



Results round 9 Group A

Final rank Group A



Results round 9 Group B

Final rank Group B

Exciting until the end

The drawn game between Renier Gonzalez and Levan Aroshide on the first board and the victories of GM Jose Gonzalez against IM Jordi Fluvia and IM Deep Sengupta against GM Javier Campos Moreno, do that just before start the last round three players are tied in the first position with 6,5 points: Renier Gonzalez, Jose Gonzalez and Deep Sengupta. Among them, probably, one will become the winner in the ninth and last round which will be played at 9.00h morning

Viktor Moskalenko has defeated IM French Giffard, Mihail Marin has defeated Den Kelder, Lapshun to Przybylski, and Ashwin to Sopio Nikoladze and do that these players are placed with 6 points, only half point behind the leaders.

In B group, the first boards drew and this do than there is a regrouping. Thus, Andrea Dini is still sole leader with 7 points, Jordi Diaz Comas follows him only behind half point with 6,5, and Simon Auvray, Yvonne Ferrier, Hugues Lambert, and Marco Meijer with 6 points.

From games of tomorrow, where some GM norms and IM norms can down, stands out: Renier Gonzalez against Jose Gonzalez, Mihail Marin against Deep Sengupta, Yury Lapshun against Viktor Moskalenko, Levan Aroshidze against Ashwin Jayaram.

In the B group, Andrea Dini fights against Yvonne Ferrier, Marco Meijer to Jordi Diaz and Hugues Lambert against Simon Auvray

 
Venue: Mirallac Hotel (photo Dafne Muratet)

Results round 8 Group A

Pairings round 9 Group A

Provisional rank Group A



Results round 8 Group B

Pairings rounda 9 Group B

Provisional rank Group B

IM Renier Gonzalez defeats IM Jordi Fluvià and he is the new leader of the Tournament

The International Master Renier Gonzalez has defeated in the first board the IM Jordi Fluvia and he has taken the leadership. In this way, Renier Gonzalez from USA is placed sole leader with 6 points.

With 5,5 points, there are, including Jordi Fluvia, the GM from Chile Javier Campos who has defeated GM Davit Shengelia, the GM from Mexico José Gonzalez who has defeated the French Nicolas Coursaget and the GM Levan Aroshidze and the IM Deep Sengupta who drew in the second board.

Thus, it is not clear who will be the final winner.

In the B group, Andrea Dini has defeated Marco Meijer from Netherland and he is still being leader with 6,5 points, followed for the Catalan Jordi Diaz Comas who has defeated the French Hugues Lambert and he is still being second with 6 points. The French Simon Auvray and the French girl Yvonne Ferrier have won their games and they are in the following group with 5,5 points.

The matches of tomorrow, in A group, stands out: IM Renier Gonzalez against GM Levan Aroshidze, GM Jose Gonzalez against IM Jordi Fluvià, IM Deep Sengupta against GM Javier Campos, GM Moskalenko against IM Nicolas Giffard, FM Wojciech Przybylski against GM Yuri Lapshun and GM Davit Shengelia against the Catalan Josep Maria Lillo.

In the B group, Andrea Dini will fight with black against Simon Auvray, Jordi Diaz against Yvonne Ferrier, Oriol Sanchez against Hugues Lambert and Marco Meijer against Daniel Marquès.

 
IM Renier Gonzalez and GM Javier Campos Moreno (photo Dafne Muratet)

Results round 7 Group A

Pairings round 8 Group A

Provisional rank Group A

Results round 7 Group B

Pairings rounda 8 Group B

Provisional rank Group B

Jordi Fluvia beats Deep Sengupta and he is the new leader. Nigel Short has to leave the Tournament for medical reasons

The young Catalan International Master Jordi Fluvià leads the Banyoles Tournament after defeating, today, the Hindu International Master Deep Sengupta who, until today, was first.

In the following group, stand out the victories of the IM Renier Gonzalez in front of the IM Leon Piasetski from Canada that it places him in the second position with 5 points, with the same points than Deep Sengupta, and Levan Aroshidze who today drew in the second board against the GM Jose Gonzalez from Mexico.

The provisional standings are leadered by IM Jordi Fluvià with 5,5 points, followed by IM Deep Sengupta, IM Renier Gonzalez and GM Levan Aroshidze with 5 points, followed with 4,5 by a group of players such as: GM Nigel Short, GM Mihail Marin, GM Jose Gonzalez, GM Davit Shengelia, GM Javier Campos Moreno, GM Viktor Moskalenko, the International Master Sebastian Feller and the FIDE Masters Fide Wojciech Prybylski and Nicolas Coursaget.

Nigel Short has to leave the Tournament

Nigel Short, who today has defeated Nisha Mohota and he placed with 4,5 points inside the group following the leaders, has to leave the tournament by medical reasons. A painful lumbar lession that he is suffering from time ago doesn't allow to him stay in active in the Tournament and he must come back to his country following medical criterias.

Stands out that, in the Chess Festival, Nigel Short has played 15 games with 10 victories, 5 drawn games and nothing lost and he amazed everybody with his magistral class of the 17th of August.

In the B group, Andrea Dini has signed draw with the Catalan Jordi Diaz and he is in front of the standings with 5,5 points, followed by Jordi Diaz, the French Hugues Lambert who today has defeated Francesc Xavier Saurina and Meijer Marco who has defeated Fernando Olmos.

The defeat of Deep Sengupta in A group and the drawn game of Andrea Dini in the B group, make that, this year, nobody can win the special prize in Memory of Lluís Muratet.

Azer Mirzoev will be, for the moment, the sole player who, in 2004, achieved this prize.

From the matches of tomorrow in the A group, stand out: IM Jordi Fluvià against IM Renier Gonzalez, GM Levan Aroshidze against IM Deep Sengupta, GM Javier Campos against GM Davit Shengelia, FM Wojciech Przybylski against GM Viktor Moskalenko, FM Nicolas Coursaget against GM José Gonzalez, GM Mihail Marin against IM Sebastien Feller, Op Den Kelder against IM Joan Fluvià and GM Yuri Lapshun against the young girl world champion under-16 Sopiko Guramishvili

In the B group, fight: Andrea Dini with Meijer Marco, Hugues Lambert with Jordi Diaz, Simon Auvray with Laura Boulan and Yvonne Ferrier with Luca Bernardini.




IM Jordi Fluvià (photo Dafne Muratet)

Results round 6 Group A

Pairings round 7 Group A

Provisional rank Group A

Results round 6 Group B

Pairings rounda 7 Group B

Provisional rank Group B

Thanks to EscacsGerunda, we can show some videos of the Festival

Nigel Short in the Rapid Tournament Lluis Muratet

Relax during the Rapid Tournament

GM Karen Movsziszian lost a rook ending in the Rapid Tournament Lluis Muratet

Giving prize of the Rapid Tournament Lluis Muratet

Deep Sengupta leader

The young Hindu under-20 and International Master Deep Sengupta is the sole leader after defeating the young under-16 French International Master Sebastien Feller. Thus, Deep is placed with 5 points of 5 possibles

In the next boards, the Catalan International Master Jordi Fluvià has defeated the Grandmaster from Georgia and number 2 in the starting ranking, Davit Shengelia, and he is second with 4,5 points, the same points as the Georgian GM Levan Aroshidze who has beaten the GM and number 3 in the starting rank, Viktor Moskalenko.

Nigel Short had his third consecutive drawn game, this time against the International Master Renier Gonzalez from USA.

In the rest of boards, the drawn game among the young Catalan player Alvar Alonso and GM Ruslan Pogorelov stands out.

In the B group, the Italian Andrea Dini has beaten the French Hugues Lambert and he is sole leader with 5 points. Jordi Diaz has beaten the French girl Marie Cheype and he is in the second position, alone, with 4,5 points.

Deep Sengupta in the A group, and Andrea Dini in the B group are, thus, the only players who, nowadays, can win the special prize Lluis Muratet, consisting in double the first prize if the player achieves 9 of 9.

Tomorrow, the games that stand out are: In the first board: IM Deep Sengupta (5 points) against IM Jordi Fluvià (4,5), in the second board: GM José Gonzalez (México) with 4 against GM Levan Aroshidze (Georgia) with 4,5 points, in the third board IM Sebastien Feller against FM Wojciech Przybylski, both with 4 points, in the fourth IM Renier Gonzalez against IM Leon Piasetski, in the fifth Jayaram Ashwin against GM Mihail Marin, and in the sixth WGM Nisha Mohota against GM Nigel Short.

In the B group, Andrea Dini with 5 points and with black will play against the Catalan Jordi Diaz with 4,5. With 4 points, fight: Hugues Lambert against Francesc Xavier Saurina, Laura Boulan against Yvonne Ferrier, Luca Bernardini against Oriol Sanchez and Marco Meijer against Fernando Olmos, this one with 3,5 points.

 
IM Jordi Fluvià and GM Levan Aroshidze (photos Dafne Muratet)

Results round 5 Group A

Pairings round 6 Group A

Provisional rank Group A

Results round 5 Group B

Pairings rounda 6 Group B

Provisional rank Group B

The youngs Deep Sengupta and Sebastien Feller leaders

The drawn game in the first board among the Georgian players Shengelia and Aroshidze and the victories of IM Deep Sengupta against the IM Joan Fluvià, and the young 15 years old, the French IM Sebastien Feller against Jayaram Ashwin, do that these two young International Masters, Sengupta and Feller are located in the first place with 4 points.

Nigel Short couldn't win against Peter Sowray, signed a drawn game, and he is with 3 points.

Other remarkable results are: the victory of Viktor Moskalenko in front of Christopher Debray, Jordi Fluvià against Robert Alomà, and Renier Gonzalez front Sebastian Smits. They are, with 3,5 point in the next group, together with Shengelia and Aroshidze.

Today, other results which stand out are the drawn game of the young player from Poland Wojciech Przybylski against GM Mihail Marin, the drawn game of WGM Nisha Mohota against GM Javier Campos, and the drawn game of Felipe Vera front the International Master Ana Matnadze.

Tomorrow, the two young player will play in the first board: Feller - Sengupta.

In the B group, Andrea Dini defeated the French girl Laura Boulan, and the French Hugues Lambert defeated the Italian Bernardini Luca and they are located with 4 points.

Tomorrow, in the pairings of A group stands out: Sengupta - Feller with 4 points. Jordi Fluvià - Shengelia, and Aroshidze - Moskalenko, with 3,5 points, and Nigel Short, with 3 points against Renier Gonzalez from USA with 3,5 points.

In the B group, the pairings stand out are: Andrea Dini - Hugues Lambert with 4 points, Marie Cheype from France with 3 points against the Catalan Jordi Diaz Comas with 3,5 points, and Alexandra Muratet against Laura Boulan, both girls with 3 points, too.

 
IM Deep Sengupta (IND) and IM Sebastien Feller (FRA) (photos Dafne Muratet)

Results round 4 Group A

Pairings round 5 Group A

Results round 4 Group B

Pairings round 5 Group B

Nigel Short, Moskalenko & Marin can't achieve their victories

The grandmaters: Nigel Short, Viktor Moskalenko and Mihail Marin, main favourites to the final winning, couldn't win today theirs opononents and they have to signed a drawn game. In this way, Nigel Short made draw against the Polish Wojciech Przybylski, Victor Moskalenko made draw against the young Catalan FM Robert Alomà, and Romanian grandmaster Mihail Marin made draw against the WGM from India Nisha Mohota.

In the rest of boards, stands out: the drawn game of the Catalan WFM Mònica Vilar against the GM José Gonzalez and the drawn game of the young Martí Mayo against the IM from Georgia Ana Matnadze.

With 3 points and thus with option to win the special prize Lluis Muratet which improve the first prize to 4.000 euros if the winner score 9 points, are: the GM from Georgia and ranked 2 Davit Senghelia, the Catalan IM Joan Fluvià, the young French IM Sebastien Feller, the GM Levan Aroshidze and the hindues Jayaram Ashwin and IM Deep Sengupta

In the B group with 3 point there are: the Italian Andrea Dini, the French girl Laura Boulan, the French also Hugues Lambert, the Italian Luca Bernardini, and the French girl Barbara Perrusset who tomorrow will play againts the Catalan Jordi Diaz who has 2,5 points.

Tomorrow the interesting games: Davit Shengelia - Levan Aroshidze, Joan Fluvià - Deep Sengupta, Sebastian Feller - Jayaram Ashwin, Peter Sowray - Nigel Short, Viktor Moskalenko - Christopher Debray, Prybylski - Mihail Marin, Jordi Fluvià - Robert Alomà, Nisha Mohota - Javier Campos Moreno.

Results round 3 Group A

Pairings round 4 Group A

Results round 3 Group B

Pairings round 4 Group B

Some titled players can't achieve their victories

Today, Nigel Short defeated in a hard game to the Russian WGM Eugenia Chasovnikova. Some International Masters couldn't win their games, such as GM José Gonzalez, from Mexico who drew with the Italian Omeri Silvan, the GM from Chile, Javier Campos who drew with the young promise of the Catalan chess, Martí Mayo, and the Ukranian Grandmaster Ruslam Pogorolov who drew against the young Robin Van Kampen. The International Master Jordi Fluvia couldn't won and drew with the exchampion Spanish-women WFM Monica Vilar

The most interesting pairings of tomorrow are: GM Nigel Short - FM Przybylski from Poland in the first board, French IM Nicolas Giffard - Georgian GM Davit Shengelia, Catalan FM Robert Alomà - GM Viktor Moskalenko.

With two victories, ahead the catalan players: Robert Alomà, IM Joan Fluvià and Àlvar Alonso.

Results round 2 Group A

Pairings round 3 Group A

Results round 2 Group B

Pairings round 3 Group B

First surprises in the first boards

The first round started. Stands out the victory of the Catalan Jordi Morcillo against the North-American International Master Yuri Lapshun, ranked 9 and who last year was one of the best players in this tournament.

In the rest of the boards, there weren't too many surprises, only except the drawn game of the IM Ana Matnadze against Pablo Arranz and the young international promise, the WMF Sopiko Guramishvili who also drew against Peter Svendsen

The Organization has achieved a minimum of not presentation in the first round.

Results round 1 Group A

Pairings round 2 Group A

Results round 1 Group B

Pairings round 2 Group B

Viktor Moskalenko wins the Rapid Tournament. Nigel Short is sencond and Javier Campos third

Viktor Moskalenko won.

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