Sestao Bizkaialde takes Spanish Team Championship

by André Schulz
8/16/2018 – Sestao Xake Taldea's team narrowly won the Spanish team championship in Linares with one point lead, relegating Cac Beniajan Duochess and Solvay A. Elisabeth Pähtz was the best player of the tournament. | Photos: FEDA

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Extra Spanish Team Championship

Last week Linares hosted the Spanish Team Championship. In the honorary group, which determines the national title, eight teams participated, each playing on six boards in a team-round-robin format. The league rules require that one board must be played by a woman. This year, each team also had to use a roster that allowed them to put forward three Spanish players per round. After seven rounds the tournament winner and champion was Sestao Bizkaialde (also known as Sestao Xake Taldea), which took the title for the third time in a row and for the fifth time overall.

The team prevailed with a lone team point advantage and scored 12 of 14 possible points in all ahead of the two co-favourites by rating: Cac Beniajan Duochess and Solvay A.

Cac Beniajan Duochess

The top teams played to a 3 : 3 draw with each other; Solvay also gave up a point by drawing in the first round against Ajoblanco Extremadura. Sestao and Cac Beniajan Duochess were on par in the last round, with Cac Beniajan Duochess drawing and scoring one team point against Magic Extremaduro, while Sestao scored a clear win over Jaime Casas Monzon 4½ : 1½.

The highest scoring player overall was Elisabeth Paehtz, who scored 6 out of 7 points for the team of Cac Beniajan Duochess.

Paehtz

Elisabeth Paehtz


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Winning team roster

1 GM Vitiugov, Nikita RUS 2730 3.0
2 GM Rodshtein, Maxim ISR 2678 3.5
3 GM Jones, Gawain C B ENG 2666 4.5
4 GM Edouard, Romain FRA 2638 1.0
5 GM Santos Ruiz, Miguel ESP 2517 4.5
6 GM Del Rio De Angelis, Salvador G  ESP 2525 4.5
7 FM Iruzubieta Villaluenga, Jesus ESP 2430 0
8 IM Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina ESP 2390 4.0
9 FM Trigo Urquijo, Sergio ESP 2374 0
10   Garcia Bolanos, Irene ESP 1394 0
11   Tamayo Aguirre, Inaki ESP 0 0
12   Del Olmo Alonso, Miguel Angel  ESP 0 0

Final standings

Pos. Rank Name FED Points Game Pnt SB_MG Rating average
1 2 SESTAO BIZKAIALDE ESP 12.0 25 149 2626
2 3 CAC BENIAJAN DUOCHESS ESP 11.0 27 149 2649
3 1 SOLVAY "A" ESP 11.0 25 144 2642
4 5 MAGIC EXTREMADURA ESP 8.0 22 135.5 2529
5 8 AJOBLANCO EXTREMADURA ESP 8.0 21.5 125 2600
6 7 ESCOLA D'ESCACS DE BARCELONA ESP 4.0 21.5 134 2587
7 6 JAIME CASAS MONZON ESP 2.0 14 87.5 2545
8 4 OROMANA SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC ESP 0.0 12 94 2438

Georg Meier

Georg Meier plays for the chess school Barcelona and scored 3½ points

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1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 Qe7 7.b3 A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation d5 8.d4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 c5 11.Qf4 LiveBook: 5 Games Be6N Predecessor: 11...0-0 12.Bb2 d4 13.0-0-0 dxe3 14.Re1 Qe4 15.Qxe3 ½-½ (40) Svidler,P (2753)-Navara,D (2741) Biel 2018 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Bb5+ Bd7 14.Qc4 0-0-0 Strongly threatening ...Bxb5. 15.Bxd7+ Rxd7 16.0-0 White wants to play Ba3. Kb8 17.Bb2 f6 18.Rfc1 Rc8 19.Ba3 Qd8 20.Qe4 Qa5 21.Qf5 Rdd8 22.Bb2 g6 23.Qf3 f5! 24.e4 fxe4 25.Qxe4 Nb4 26.Rd1 Nc6 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Bf6 Rc8 28...Rd7= 29.Qe6 a6 29...Qd2!= 30.Bh4 White should try 30.h4!± 30...Qc3 30...Rh8 31.Rf1       Threatens to win with Bg3+. Keeping Black busy. Qh8 32.Qd6+ Ka8 33.Qxc5 Nd4 34.Qd5 Nf5 35.Bg5 Qe8 36.g4 h6 37.gxf5 White should play 37.Bf4+- Nh4 38.Be3 38.Bxh6 Rd8= 37...hxg5 38.f6       Qf8
38...Rd8± was worth a try. 39.Qa5 39.Qxg5 Qe6± 39...Qh8 39.Qd7!+- But not 39.Qxg5?! Rc6± 39...Kb8?
39...Rd8 40.Qg7 Qxg7 41.fxg7 Rg8 40.f7! aiming for Re1.White is clearly winning. Rd8 41.Qe6 Ka7 42.Re1 Precision: White = 67%, Black = 32%.
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Navara,D2741Kuzubov,Y26471–02018A28ESP-chT Div Honor 20181
Harikrishna,P2739Kryvoruchko,Y2711½–½2018C67ESP-chT Div Honor 20181
Vitiugov,N2730Leko,P2691½–½2018A31ESP-chT Div Honor 20181
Saric,I2690Adhiban,B2671½–½2018B47ESP-chT Div Honor 20181
Anton Guijarro,D2652Forcen Esteban,D25691–02018E00ESP-chT Div Honor 20181
Edouard,R2638Rakhmanov,A2629½–½2018C42ESP-chT Div Honor 20181
Meier,G2638Rodshtein,M2678½–½2018E10ESP-chT Div Honor 20181
Kokarev,D2608Oparin,G2609½–½2018B15ESP-chT Div Honor 20181
Antipov,M2598Volkov,S2557½–½2018C11ESP-chT Div Honor 20181
Baklan,V2596Ponomariov,R2686½–½2018C72ESP-chT Div Honor 20181
Santos Latasa,J2582Alshameary Puente,I2343½–½2018C92ESP-chT Div Honor 20181
Ibarra Jerez,J2570Osmak,I24101–02018C07ESP-chT Div Honor 20181
Muzychuk,A2564Korneev,O2513½–½2018C44ESP-chT Div Honor 20181
Del Rio de Angelis,S2525Moskalenko,V2504½–½2018A84ESP-chT Div Honor 20181
Mirzoev,A2510Perez Candelario,M2611½–½2018A48ESP-chT Div Honor 20181
Cuenca Jimenez,J2506Magem Badals,J2531½–½2018D02ESP-chT Div Honor 20181
Aroshidze,L2504Santos Ruiz,M25170–12018B90ESP-chT Div Honor 20181
Ubilava,E2485Cornette,D24631–02018A06ESP-chT Div Honor 20181
Suarez Garcia,C2468De la Villa Garcia,J24681–02018A06ESP-chT Div Honor 20181
Ramiro Ovejero,J2382Lopez Martinez,J2585½–½2018C95ESP-chT Div Honor 20181
Matnadze,A2378Vega Gutierrez,S2390½–½2018B20ESP-chT Div Honor 20181
Assaubayeva,B2346Collazo Hidalgo Gato,N21991–02018E88ESP-chT Div Honor 20181
Gines Esteo,P2336Paehtz,E25000–12018D12ESP-chT Div Honor 20181
Silva Lucena,C2237Moreno Tejera,E24290–12018C47ESP-chT Div Honor 20181
Vidit,S2715Vitiugov,N2730½–½2018C17ESP-chT Div Honor 20182
Kryvoruchko,Y2711Oparin,G2609½–½2018E20ESP-chT Div Honor 20182
Leko,P2691Navara,D2741½–½2018C65ESP-chT Div Honor 20182
Ponomariov,R2686Meier,G2638½–½2018C24ESP-chT Div Honor 20182
Rodshtein,M2678Adhiban,B2671½–½2018D20ESP-chT Div Honor 20182
Kuzubov,Y2647Kokarev,D2608½–½2018A05ESP-chT Div Honor 20182
Shirov,A2631Jones,G2666½–½2018C72ESP-chT Div Honor 20182
Rakhmanov,A2629Anton Guijarro,D2652½–½2018A05ESP-chT Div Honor 20182
Antipov,M2598Saric,I2690½–½2018B06ESP-chT Div Honor 20182
Lopez Martinez,J2585Aroshidze,L25041–02018E18ESP-chT Div Honor 20182
Santos Latasa,J2582Cuenca Jimenez,J2506½–½2018A13ESP-chT Div Honor 20182
Forcen Esteban,D2569Mirzoev,A25101–02018B12ESP-chT Div Honor 20182
Volkov,S2557Banusz,T26120–12018D45ESP-chT Div Honor 20182
Magem Badals,J2531Del Rio de Angelis,S2525½–½2018C41ESP-chT Div Honor 20182
Santos Ruiz,M2517Muzychuk,A2564½–½2018D45ESP-chT Div Honor 20182
Korneev,O2513Perez Candelario,M26111–02018C92ESP-chT Div Honor 20182
Moskalenko,V2504Ibarra Jerez,J25701–02018D00ESP-chT Div Honor 20182
Paehtz,E2500Matnadze,A23781–02018A35ESP-chT Div Honor 20182
Cornette,D2463Moreno Tejera,E2429½–½2018C84ESP-chT Div Honor 20182
Osmak,I2410Silva Lucena,C22371–02018A45ESP-chT Div Honor 20182
Vega Gutierrez,S2390Ubilava,E2485½–½2018A55ESP-chT Div Honor 20182
Assaubayeva,B2346Suarez Garcia,C24681–02018E15ESP-chT Div Honor 20182
Alshameary Puente,I2343Ramiro Ovejero,J2382½–½2018D20ESP-chT Div Honor 20182
Collazo Hidalgo Gato,N2199Gines Esteo,P23361–02018B18ESP-chT Div Honor 20182
Navara,D2741Harikrishna,P2739½–½2018D31ESP-chT Div Honor 20183
Vitiugov,N2730Kryvoruchko,Y2711½–½2018E06ESP-chT Div Honor 20183
Saric,I2690Rodshtein,M2678½–½2018C65ESP-chT Div Honor 20183
Adhiban,B2671Ponomariov,R2686½–½2018A56ESP-chT Div Honor 20183
Jones,G2666Korneev,O25131–02018B46ESP-chT Div Honor 20183
Anton Guijarro,D2652Shirov,A2631½–½2018D45ESP-chT Div Honor 20183
Meier,G2638Volkov,S25571–02018D15ESP-chT Div Honor 20183
Banusz,T2612Antipov,M25981–02018A05ESP-chT Div Honor 20183
Perez Candelario,M2611Forcen Esteban,D25690–12018C07ESP-chT Div Honor 20183
Oparin,G2609Kuzubov,Y2647½–½2018A33ESP-chT Div Honor 20183
Kokarev,D2608Leko,P2691½–½2018B96ESP-chT Div Honor 20183
Ibarra Jerez,J2570Magem Badals,J2531½–½2018C50ESP-chT Div Honor 20183
Muzychuk,A2564Lopez Martinez,J25851–02018C67ESP-chT Div Honor 20183
Del Rio de Angelis,S2525Cornette,D2463½–½2018E51ESP-chT Div Honor 20183
Mirzoev,A2510Rakhmanov,A26290–12018E10ESP-chT Div Honor 20183
Cuenca Jimenez,J2506Santos Ruiz,M2517½–½2018E32ESP-chT Div Honor 20183
Aroshidze,L2504Alshameary Puente,I23431–02018B90ESP-chT Div Honor 20183
Ubilava,E2485Paehtz,E25000–12018A35ESP-chT Div Honor 20183
Suarez Garcia,C2468Vega Gutierrez,S23900–12018B30ESP-chT Div Honor 20183
Moreno Tejera,E2429Osmak,I24101–02018C11ESP-chT Div Honor 20183
Ramiro Ovejero,J2382Santos Latasa,J25820–12018C95ESP-chT Div Honor 20183
Matnadze,A2378Collazo Hidalgo Gato,N21990–12018B06ESP-chT Div Honor 20183
Gines Esteo,P2336Assaubayeva,B23460–12018E73ESP-chT Div Honor 20183
Silva Lucena,C2237Moskalenko,V25040–12018B06ESP-chT Div Honor 20183
Harikrishna,P2739Kokarev,D26081–02018B90ESP-chT Div Honor 20184
Vitiugov,N2730Navara,D2741½–½2018E06ESP-chT Div Honor 20184
Kryvoruchko,Y2711Banusz,T2612½–½2018C42ESP-chT Div Honor 20184
Leko,P2691Oparin,G2609½–½2018C95ESP-chT Div Honor 20184
Ponomariov,R2686Rodshtein,M2678½–½2018C50ESP-chT Div Honor 20184
Jones,G2666Anton Guijarro,D2652½–½2018C81ESP-chT Div Honor 20184
Shirov,A2631Mirzoev,A25101–02018C10ESP-chT Div Honor 20184
Rakhmanov,A2629Perez Candelario,M2611½–½2018A49ESP-chT Div Honor 20184
Antipov,M2598Meier,G2638½–½2018C11ESP-chT Div Honor 20184
Baklan,V2596Saric,I2690½–½2018B90ESP-chT Div Honor 20184
Lopez Martinez,J2585Santos Ruiz,M2517½–½2018D43ESP-chT Div Honor 20184
Santos Latasa,J2582Aroshidze,L25041–02018A16ESP-chT Div Honor 20184
Volkov,S2557Vidit,S2715½–½2018E10ESP-chT Div Honor 20184
Magem Badals,J2531Silva Lucena,C22371–02018C76ESP-chT Div Honor 20184
Del Rio De Angelis,S2525Ibarra Jerez,J25701–02018D58ESP-chT Div Honor 20184
Korneev,O2513Forcen Esteban,D2569½–½2018B22ESP-chT Div Honor 20184
Moskalenko,V2504Moreno Tejera,E24291–02018A85ESP-chT Div Honor 20184
Paehtz,E2500Vega Gutierrez,S23901–02018B30ESP-chT Div Honor 20184
Cornette,D2463Osmak,I24101–02018C12ESP-chT Div Honor 20184
Ramiro Ovejero,J2382Cuenca Jimenez,J2506½–½2018C50ESP-chT Div Honor 20184
Assaubayeva,B2346Matnadze,A23781–02018E18ESP-chT Div Honor 20184
Alshameary Puente,I2343Muzychuk,A25641–02018A40ESP-chT Div Honor 20184
Gines Esteo,P2336Suarez Garcia,C24680–12018D02ESP-chT Div Honor 20184
Collazo Hidalgo-Gato,N2199Ubilava,E24850–12018B90ESP-chT Div Honor 20184
Navara,D2741Kryvoruchko,Y27111–02018E21ESP-chT Div Honor 20185
Navara,D2741Kryvoruchko,Y27112018E00ESP-chT Div Honor 20185
Saric,I2690Ponomariov,R2686½–½2018C65ESP-chT Div Honor 20185
Adhiban,B2671Antipov,M25980–12018A50ESP-chT Div Honor 20185
Jones,G2666Volkov,S2557½–½2018C06ESP-chT Div Honor 20185
Anton Guijarro,D2652Korneev,O2513½–½2018D55ESP-chT Div Honor 20185
Kuzubov,Y2647Leko,P2691½–½2018C67ESP-chT Div Honor 20185
Meier,G2638Baklan,V2596½–½2018A05ESP-chT Div Honor 20185
Perez Candelario,M2611Shirov,A2631½–½2018C42ESP-chT Div Honor 20185
Oparin,G2609Vidit,S27150–12018A08ESP-chT Div Honor 20185
Kokarev,D2608Rodshtein,M26781–02018C65ESP-chT Div Honor 20185
Ibarra Jerez,J2570Cornette,D24631–02018A06ESP-chT Div Honor 20185
Forcen Esteban,D2569Rakhmanov,A26290–12018C27ESP-chT Div Honor 20185
Muzychuk,A2564Santos Latasa,J25821–02018C95ESP-chT Div Honor 20185
Santos Ruiz,M2517Alshameary Puente,I23431–02018D70ESP-chT Div Honor 20185
Mirzoev,A2510Edouard,R2638½–½2018D27ESP-chT Div Honor 20185
Cuenca Jimenez,J2506Lopez Martinez,J2585½–½2018E10ESP-chT Div Honor 20185
Aroshidze,L2504Ramiro Ovejero,J23821–02018B41ESP-chT Div Honor 20185
Ubilava,E2485Assaubayeva,B23461–02018E63ESP-chT Div Honor 20185
Suarez Garcia,C2468Paehtz,E2500½–½2018D11ESP-chT Div Honor 20185
Moreno Tejera,E2429Magem Badals,J25311–02018C50ESP-chT Div Honor 20185
Osmak,I2410Moskalenko,V2504½–½2018C67ESP-chT Div Honor 20185
Vega Gutierrez,S2390Collazo Hidalgo-Gato,N21991–02018B06ESP-chT Div Honor 20185
Matnadze,A2378Gines Esteo,P23361–02018A41ESP-chT Div Honor 20185
Silva Lucena,C2237Del Rio De Angelis,S2525½–½2018B63ESP-chT Div Honor 20185
Navara,D2741Kokarev,D26081–02018E94ESP-chT Div Honor 20186
Vitiugov,N2730Oparin,G2609½–½2018C45ESP-chT Div Honor 20186
Vidit,S2715Kuzubov,Y2647½–½2018B30ESP-chT Div Honor 20186
Kryvoruchko,Y2711Leko,P2691½–½2018C65ESP-chT Div Honor 20186
Jones,G2666Perez Candelario,M26111–02018E71ESP-chT Div Honor 20186
Anton Guijarro,D2652Mirzoev,A25101–02018A06ESP-chT Div Honor 20186
Meier,G2638Saric,I2690½–½2018E97ESP-chT Div Honor 20186
Shirov,A2631Forcen Esteban,D2569½–½2018C11ESP-chT Div Honor 20186
Banusz,T2612Adhiban,B26710–12018A06ESP-chT Div Honor 20186
Antipov,M2598Rodshtein,M26780–12018C51ESP-chT Div Honor 20186
Santos Latasa,J2582Santos Ruiz,M25171–02018B53ESP-chT Div Honor 20186
Ibarra Jerez,J2570Silva Lucena,C22371–02018A05ESP-chT Div Honor 20186
Volkov,S2557Ponomariov,R2686½–½2018D20ESP-chT Div Honor 20186
Magem Badals,J2531Osmak,I2410½–½2018C07ESP-chT Div Honor 20186
Del Rio de Angelis,S2525Moreno Tejera,E24291–02018E22ESP-chT Div Honor 20186
Korneev,O2513Rakhmanov,A2629½–½2018C43ESP-chT Div Honor 20186
Aroshidze,L2504Cuenca Jimenez,J2506½–½2018C95ESP-chT Div Honor 20186
Cornette,D2463Moskalenko,V2504½–½2018C12ESP-chT Div Honor 20186
Ramiro Ovejero,J2382Muzychuk,A25640–12018B31ESP-chT Div Honor 20186
Matnadze,A2378Suarez Garcia,C24680–12018D02ESP-chT Div Honor 20186
Assaubayeva,B2346Vega Gutierrez,S23901–02018D30ESP-chT Div Honor 20186
Alshameary Puente,I2343Lopez Martinez,J25850–12018E46ESP-chT Div Honor 20186
Gines Esteo,P2336Ubilava,E24850–12018A54ESP-chT Div Honor 20186
Collazo Hidalgo Gato,N2199Paehtz,E25000–12018C92ESP-chT Div Honor 20186
Vidit,S2715Meier,G26381–02018D35ESP-chT Div Honor 20187
Leko,P2691Harikrishna,P27391–02018C65ESP-chT Div Honor 20187
Saric,I2690Volkov,S25571–02018C11ESP-chT Div Honor 20187
Ponomariov,R2686Antipov,M2598½–½2018D15ESP-chT Div Honor 20187
Rodshtein,M2678Baklan,V2596½–½2018E16ESP-chT Div Honor 20187
Kuzubov,Y2647Vitiugov,N2730½–½2018E10ESP-chT Div Honor 20187
Rakhmanov,A2629Shirov,A26311–02018D14ESP-chT Div Honor 20187
Perez Candelario,M2611Anton Guijarro,D2652½–½2018C81ESP-chT Div Honor 20187
Oparin,G2609Navara,D2741½–½2018A06ESP-chT Div Honor 20187
Kokarev,D2608Kryvoruchko,Y2711½–½2018C65ESP-chT Div Honor 20187
Lopez Martinez,J2585Santos Latasa,J2582½–½2018D38ESP-chT Div Honor 20187
Forcen Esteban,D2569Jones,G26660–12018B36ESP-chT Div Honor 20187
Muzychuk,A2564Aroshidze,L2504½–½2018B41ESP-chT Div Honor 20187
Santos Ruiz,M2517Ramiro Ovejero,J23821–02018B41ESP-chT Div Honor 20187
Mirzoev,A2510Korneev,O2513½–½2018D31ESP-chT Div Honor 20187
Cuenca Jimenez,J2506Alshameary Puente,I23430–12018E11ESP-chT Div Honor 20187
Moskalenko,V2504Magem Badals,J2531½–½2018A45ESP-chT Div Honor 20187
Paehtz,E2500Assaubayeva,B2346½–½2018E63ESP-chT Div Honor 20187
Ubilava,E2485Matnadze,A23781–02018A18ESP-chT Div Honor 20187
Suarez Garcia,C2468Collazo Hidalgo-Gato,N21991–02018A40ESP-chT Div Honor 20187
Moreno Tejera,E2429Ibarra Jerez,J2570½–½2018B40ESP-chT Div Honor 20187
Osmak,I2410Del Rio De Angelis,S2525½–½2018A40ESP-chT Div Honor 20187
Vega Gutierrez,S2390Gines Esteo,P23361–02018B12ESP-chT Div Honor 20187
Silva Lucena,C2237Cornette,D24630–12018B03ESP-chT Div Honor 20187

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