Winning starts with what you know
The new version 18 offers completely new possibilities for chess training and analysis: playing style analysis, search for strategic themes, access to 6 billion Lichess games, player preparation by matching Lichess games, download Chess.com games with built-in API, built-in cloud engine and much more.
Georgian
Championship 2012 – part twoThe Georgian Men's Championship was held in the Chess Palace in the capital city of Tbilisi. Time limit: 40 moves in 90 min., then all moves in 30 min., with an increment of 30 sec after each move. Chief Arbiter was Evgeni (Tuga) Melikset-Begi. The prize fund of the twelve player round robin was 14,500 Georgian Lari, which translates to €7100 or US $9000.
Final rankings after eleven rounds:
Pl |
Name | Title |
Rtng |
Born |
Pts |
| 1 |
Jobava Baadur | GM |
2721 |
26.11.1983 |
10 |
| 2 |
Gagunashvili Merab | GM |
2570 |
03.01.1985 |
7.5 |
| 3 |
Zarkua Davit | IM |
2446 |
28.01.1987 |
7.5 |
| 4 |
Paichadze Luka | IM |
2480 |
06.03.1991 |
7.5 |
| 5 |
Shanava Konstantine | GM |
2589 |
05.05.1985 |
6.5 |
| 6 |
Beradze Irakli | 2298 |
02.02.1996 |
6 |
|
| 7 |
Lomsadze Davit | 2345 |
12.02.1991 |
5.5 |
|
| 8 |
Arutinian Davit | GM |
2561 |
31.05.1984 |
4.5 |
| 9 |
Quparadze Giga | IM |
2471 |
23.08.1987 |
4 |
| 10 |
Javakhadze Zurab | 2418 |
27.08.1993 |
4 |
|
| 11 |
Pantsulaia Levan | GM |
2581 |
26.02.1986 |
1.5 |
| 12 |
Chighladze Iveri | IM |
2390 |
18.10.1984 |
1.5 |
Irakli Beradze, untitled, rated 2298, 16 years old. Irakli still goes to
school,
but also likes to play musical instruments, singing, dancing
Davit Lomsadze, untitled, rated 2345, 24 years old, loves extreme sports
GM David Arutinian, 2561, 28 years old. Professional chess trainer, loves reading
and football.
IM Giga Quparadze, 2471, 24 years old, Professional chess trainer, likes to
play football.
Zurab Javakhadze, untitled, rated 2418, 18 years old. He is a student at the
Faculty of International Relations, and in his free time loves to play basketball.
GM Levan Pantsulaia, 2581, 26 years old, a journalist who likes horror movies.
Levan is married and has a little daughter, Qeta, and a son named David.
IM Iveri Chighladze, 2390, 27 years old, professional chess trainer, plays the
violin.
At the end of the Georgian Championship, on May 25th, the legendary World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov arrived in Georgia to meet with country's Education Ministry, Shota Rustaveli, and the National Science Foundation's General Director Sulkhan Sisauri.
Kasparov and Sisauri (above) at the signing of the memorandum of Understanding
between Kasparov's European Foundation for Chess in School and the Ministry
of Education of Georgia.
Kasparov with Georgia's Minister of Education and Science Dimitri Shashkin
The two meet with students of a Georgian school
The memorandum introduces the promotion of chess in schools program, using a training program that runs on computers. Georgia will be the first country in the world where this method will be introduced. The new program will be launched in September 2012 and the popularization of chess as well as contribute to improving the quality of teaching.
A mini simul, with the Minister watching with obvious enjoyment
Photo op for the chess playing kids with their hero
Garry Kasparov expressed his view that chess is not only a sport, but a new and inexpensive way to improve the educational system, serving to develop adolescent students' intellectual thinking and logic. The chess training system will help promote many talented kids, in the 800 Georgian schools where the program will be adopted.
LinksYou can also use ChessBase 11 or any of our Fritz compatible chess programs to replay the games in PGN. You can also download our free Playchess client, which will in addition give you immediate access to the chess server Playchess.com. |
|
