The
Second Gran Fiesta UNAM is taking place in Mexico City from November 16th to
25th, 2012. The Festival started with a women's rapid chess tournament and an
Open. The main attraction, however, is a rapid and blindfold knockout tournament
with Magnus Carlsen, Lazaro Bruzon, Judit Polgar and Manuel Leon Hoyos. Carlsen
will also give a simul display and play an interactive Carlsen vs The World
game on Saturday, November 25th. The final of the quadrangular knockout will
be on Sunday.
The UNAM chess festival is one of the largest in the world, with thousands of chess fans, many tournaments – e.g. the Second Grand International Tournament Chess Open UNAM 2012, the First National University Chess Tournament "Schools Included" – simultaneous exhibitions, workshops, art and science competitions, etc.
The main events included the Magistral Grandes Maestras Female tournament with
18 titled players from three continents. For the qualification heats the participants
were divided in three groups of six players each. The semifinals and finals
are from Friday Nov. 23 to Sunday Nov. 25.
The Magistral Grandes Maestras Female heats under way
The first qualifier was won by IM Olga Alexandrova, who hails from Ukraine but lives in Barcelona, married to GM Miguel Illescas. WGM Sulennis Pina Vega from Cuba took second place.
Rk. |
Player |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
TB1 |
TB2 |
1 |
Olga Alexandrova IM 2409 ESP | * |
3½ |
1½ |
3½ |
4 |
3½ |
8 |
16.0 |
2 |
Sulennis Pina Vega WGM 2332 CUB | ½ |
* |
2½ |
2½ |
4 |
3½ |
8 |
13.0 |
3 |
Guliskhan Nakhbayeba WGM 2334 KAZ | 2½ |
1½ |
* |
3 |
4 |
2 |
7 |
13.0 |
4 |
Arlette Van Weersel WIM 2168 NED | ½ |
1½ |
1 |
* |
3 |
4 |
4 |
10.0 |
5 |
Yelizaveta Orlova WCM 1961 CAN | 0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
* |
2½ |
2 |
3.5 |
6 |
Marina Rizzo WFM 2054 ARG | ½ |
½ |
2 |
0 |
1½ |
* |
1 |
4.5 |
IM Sopiko Guramishvili, Georgia, took first place in the B group
Rk. |
Player |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
TB1 |
TB2 |
1 |
Sopiko Guramishvili IM 2403 GEO | * |
3 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
8 |
14.0 |
2 |
Nafisa Muminova WIM 2349 UZB | 1 |
* |
2 |
2½ |
3½ |
4 |
7 |
13.0 |
3 |
Nargiz Umodova WIM 2220 AZE | 2 |
2 |
* |
0 |
2½ |
4 |
6 |
10.5 |
4 |
Iva VIdenova WGM 2318 BUL | 1 |
1½ |
4 |
* |
2 |
4 |
5 |
12.5 |
5 |
Elena Partac WGM 2086 MDA | 2 |
½ |
1½ |
2 |
* |
4 |
4 |
10.0 |
6 |
Aurora Esquivel De Leon WIM 1965 MEX | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
0 |
0.0 |
WGM Lisandra Teresa Ordaz Valdes was dominant in the C group
Rk. |
Player |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
TB1 |
TB2 |
1 |
Lisandra Teresa Ordaz Valdes WGM 2350 | * |
2½ |
2½ |
2 |
4 |
4 |
9 |
15.0 |
2 |
Ticia Gara WGM 2377 HUN | 1½ |
* |
3 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
12.5 |
3 |
Nino Maisuradze WGM 2315 FRA | 1½ |
1 |
* |
2½ |
3 |
4 |
6 |
12.0 |
4 |
Irina Andrenko WIM 2233 UKR | 2 |
2 |
1½ |
* |
2 |
3 |
5 |
10.5 |
5 |
Alexandra Botez WCM 2015 CAN | 0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
* |
2 |
3 |
7.0 |
6 |
Maria Jose Toro Pradenas WFM 2009 CHI | 0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
* |
1 |
3.0 |
Olga Alexandrova, Sopiko Guramishvili, and Lisandra Teresa Ordaz Valdes continue to the semifinals, where they are joined by the best second placed player, WGM Sulennis Pina Vega (above). You can download all the games of the qualifier here.
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On the first day of the Quadrangular Rapid and Blindfold tournament Magnus Carlsen knocked out Cuban GM Lázaro Bruzón by winning the first rapid game and drawing the second bkindfold one. Below are the two games for replay on our Javascript player.
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Photos by Graciela Manteiga
LinksThe games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the chess server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download a free Playchess client there and get immediate access. You can also use ChessBase 11 or any of our Fritz compatible chess programs. |
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