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Chess club Rijeka has, under the sponsorship of the City of Opatija, City of Rijeka, Mountain litoral county, and tourist boards of Opatija and Kvarner, just organized the 23rd World Senior Chess Championship for men and women.
Opatija is a town in western Croatia, just southwest of Rijeka on the Adriatic coast. It is a popular summer and winter resort, and is surrounded by beautiful woods of bay laurel. The whole sea-coast to the north and south of Opatija is rocky and picturesque, and contains several smaller winter resorts.
The croatian town of Opatija
Maiden with the seagull
Opatija is known for the Maiden with the seagull, a statue by Zvonko Car (1956), which is positioned on a promontory by the Juraj Šporer art pavilion. It has turned into one of symbols of Opatija. A gilded variant of the statue Madonna, that once stood here but was demolished by communists after the end of World War II, now stands in front of Saint James's Church.
The opening ceremony gets the red carpet treatment
In the men's competition there were 201 participants from 40 countries of which ten were grandmasters, 25 international master and 33 FIDE masters.
After eleven rounds, first place was taken by GM Anatoly Vaisser, who ws undefeated with 8.5/11, which landed him the title for the second time after his win in 2010.
Checking the pairings board for the next victim
The bones may creak more, but not the brain
Second place was taken by last year's winner Jens Kristiansen with the same amount of points but due to the weaker tiebreak, this year it was not enough for the title. Croatian grandmaster Krunoslav Hulak ended on third place with 8.0/11.
Saving the moment
French IM Nicolas Giffard (left) was one of France's very first IMs
Hailing from distant Brazil is David Borenstajn with quite a vest!
In the women's tournament there were 25 players from nine countries and the first name of the tournament was the former women world champion and overall grandmaster Nona Gaprindashvili (Georgia).
The women's competition was no less hard-fought and awards the WGM title
to any winner who does not already have it
Surprisingly the title was won by the women's Fide master Yelena Ankudinova (Kazakhstan) with 7.5/9 who by winning this title became a women's grandmaster.
The tournament poster
Second place was taken by Nona Gaprindashvili (Georgia) with 6.5/9 and third by Tamar Khmidashvili (Georgia) with 6.0/9. Last year's winner Galina Strutinskaya ended the tournament with 6.0/9 but only sixth place due to a worse tiebreak.
The winners GM Anatoly Vaisser and WGM Yelena Ankudinova (formerly WFM)
There was also a blitz tournament won by GM Yuri Balashov with 10.5/11
The women's blitz tournament was won by WGM Galina Strutinskaya with 6.0/7
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Rk
|
SNo
|
Tit
|
Name |
FED
|
Rtg
|
Pts
|
TB
|
|
1
|
1
|
GM
|
Vaisser Anatoly |
2523
|
8.5
|
55.5
|
|
|
2
|
10
|
GM
|
Kristiansen Jens |
2407
|
8.5
|
50.0
|
|
|
3
|
2
|
GM
|
Hulak Krunoslav |
2473
|
8.0
|
52.0
|
|
|
4
|
8
|
GM
|
Suba Mihai |
2413
|
8.0
|
50.0
|
|
|
5
|
5
|
GM
|
Balashov Yuri S |
2440
|
8.0
|
49.0
|
|
|
6
|
15
|
FM
|
Herzog Adolf |
2379
|
8.0
|
47.0
|
|
|
7
|
6
|
IM
|
Rogulj Branko |
2420
|
7.5
|
52.0
|
|
|
8
|
12
|
IM
|
Mochalov Evgeny V |
2404
|
7.5
|
51.0
|
|
|
9
|
14
|
IM
|
Kakageldyev Amanmurad |
2384
|
7.5
|
48.5
|
|
|
10
|
24
|
IM
|
Van Riemsdijk Herman C. |
2347
|
7.5
|
48.5
|
|
|
11
|
21
|
IM
|
Berkovich Mark A |
2357
|
7.5
|
47.5
|
|
|
12
|
11
|
IM
|
Rukavina Josip |
2405
|
7.5
|
47.0
|
|
|
13
|
71
|
FM
|
Vokoun Jan |
2185
|
7.5
|
44.5
|
|
|
14
|
35
|
FM
|
Thormann Wolfgang |
2271
|
7.5
|
44.5
|
|
|
15
|
28
|
|
Wahlbom Magnus |
2304
|
7.5
|
44.5
|
|
|
16
|
20
|
IM
|
Pritchett Craig W |
2359
|
7.5
|
42.0
|
|
|
17
|
3
|
GM
|
Vasiukov Evgeni |
2457
|
7.0
|
49.0
|
|
|
18
|
61
|
|
Karason Askell O |
2220
|
7.0
|
46.5
|
|
|
19
|
18
|
IM
|
Mishuchkov Nikolai M. |
2367
|
7.0
|
46.5
|
|
|
20
|
32
|
IM
|
Filipenko Alexander V |
2288
|
7.0
|
46.0
|
|
|
21
|
13
|
GM
|
Chernikov Oleg L |
2400
|
7.0
|
46.0
|
|
Rk
|
SNo
|
Tit
|
Name |
FED
|
Rtg
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
9
|
WFM
|
Ankudinova Yelena |
KAZ
|
2121
|
7.0
|
|
2
|
1
|
GM
|
Gaprindashvili Nona |
GEO
|
2312
|
6.5
|
|
3
|
5
|
WGM
|
Khmiadashvili Tamar |
GEO
|
2158
|
6.0
|
|
4
|
3
|
WGM
|
Fatalibekova Elena |
RUS
|
2252
|
6.0
|
|
5
|
4
|
WIM
|
Miednikova Swietlana |
RUS
|
2166
|
6.0
|
|
6
|
2
|
WGM
|
Strutinskaya Galina N |
RUS
|
2299
|
6.0
|
|
7
|
11
|
WFM
|
Bogumil Tatiana |
RUS
|
2074
|
5.5
|
|
8
|
13
|
WFM
|
Khropova Larisa |
RUS
|
2009
|
5.5
|
|
9
|
8
|
WIM
|
Melashvili Nino |
GEO
|
2126
|
5.0
|
|
10
|
17
|
|
Baliuniene Margarita |
LTU
|
1885
|
5.0
|
|
11
|
10
|
WIM
|
Beltz Martina |
GER
|
2100
|
5.0
|
|
12
|
7
|
WIM
|
Lauterbach Ingrid |
ENG
|
2132
|
5.0
|
|
13
|
14
|
WFM
|
Kierzek Mira |
MKD
|
2005
|
5.0
|
|
14
|
15
|
CM
|
Milligan Helen |
NZL
|
1977
|
4.5
|
|
15
|
18
|
|
Khalturina Tatiana |
RUS
|
1823
|
4.5
|
|
16
|
12
|
WFM
|
Beliaeva Natalia |
RUS
|
2027
|
4.5
|
|
17
|
6
|
WIM
|
Titorenko Natalia I |
RUS
|
2143
|
4.0
|
Pictures from official site
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