Romanian
Cup – National rapid team championship
This event, played in two groups (men and women) took place from June 3rd to
5th, 2011 in the Brasov Aro Palace Complex in Brasov, Romania. The teams consisted
of four players and two reserves – three players and two reserves in the
women's section. One of the players had to be a Romanian junior. Females were
allowed to play in the men's section, but no men in the female section.
The teams could assign players to boards as they liked, except for one condition:
anyone who was pver 100 points higher than another could not play on a lower
board than him or her. The board order had to be fixed at the start of the tournament
and could not be changed after that.
The rate of play was 15 minutes for all moves plus an increment of ten seconds
per move. The organisers specified that if electronic clocks were not available
then the rate of play would be 25 minutes for the entire game.
At the start of each match all players had to be present at the boards. If
a player had not turned up fifteen minutes after the official start then the
entire team would lose the match by forfeit. The scoring system was two points
for a team win, one point for a draw and zero for a loss. If in the end two
teams had the same score the result of their direct encounter would break the
tie, and if it didn't the sum of points by the individual players and then Sonneborn
would be used. If all of these failed to break the tie there would be a drawing
of lots to do so.
Results of the Cupa Romaniei la sah rapid pe echipe – masculin
The winners ACS de Sah Apanova Bucuresti (with GM Mihail Marin raising the
trophy)
In second place: Politehnica Iasi, with Erwin l'Ami (middle, background)
Erwin (right) played on board one, scoring 8.0 out of 9, with only two draws
Cupa Romaniei la sah rapid pe echipe – femini
| Rk. |
Team |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
TB1 |
TB2 |
TB3 |
| 1 |
CS AEM Luxten Timisoara |
* |
1½ |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
9 |
1 |
12.5 |
| 2 |
CS Politehnica Iasi |
1½ |
* |
2 |
2 |
2½ |
3 |
9 |
1 |
11.0 |
| 3 |
CS Spartac Bucuresti |
0 |
1 |
* |
1½ |
2½ |
3 |
5 |
0 |
8.0 |
| 4 |
CSM Bucuresti |
1 |
1 |
1½ |
* |
1½ |
3 |
4 |
0 |
8.0 |
| 5 |
Clubul Central de Sah Bucuresti |
0 |
½ |
½ |
1½ |
* |
2½ |
3 |
0 |
5.0 |
| 6 |
CS Conpet Ploiesti |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
* |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
The team of CS AEM Luxten Timisoara (left) during a round
The winners: CS AEM Luxten Timisoara
Anna Zatonskih and Cristina Foisor from Aem Luxten. Cristina's
daughter Sabina came all the way from USA and played here as well.
In second place: our club team Politehnica Iasi
WGM Alina l'Ami, married to Erwin, author of this report
The beautiful city of Brasov
By WGM Alina l'Ami
Braşov (medieval Latin: Brassovia or Corona, German Kronstadt) is a city
of 300,000 residents, located in the central part of Romania, about 166 km north
of Bucharest. It is surrounded by the Southern Carpathians and is part of the
Transylvania region. The city is notable for hosting the Golden Stag International
Music Festival.
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Brasov is incredibly beautiful. The architecture makes me feel like I am somewhere
else, surely not in Romania, surely not surrounded by the gray comunist house
blocks.
The architecture and atmosphere are great in Brasov; they even have a slogan
which says: "Brasov, probably the best city in the world"; I wouldn't
go that far, but for sure you would love it here, it's wonderful, surrounded
by mountains, with plenty of things to do during any season.
Houses on the hillside, surrounded by trees
St. Nicholas Church at the city center (Piata Sfatului), "Swiss guards"
Biserica Neagra – the Black Church
A typical street scene in Brasov
The town hall
The view from my hotel window
The same view at night
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Alina l'Ami/ChessBase
