Victor Bologan wins European Parliamentary Tournament

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4/19/2021 – Friday, 16 April, 32 Members of Parliament from a total of 15 European countries played "European Parliamentary Friendship Online Chess Tournament", a seven-round 10+2 online tournament on the Tornelo platform. Among the participants were three Grandmasters: Victor Bologan (Moldova), Loek van Wely (Netherlands) and Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria). Bologan won the tournament with 6.0/7, van Wely finished second with 5.5/7 and Stefanova finished fifth with 4.5/7. | Photos: European Chess Union
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In 2001 Loek van Wely (born 7 October 1972) had a rating of 2714 and was one of the world's ten best players. After the end of his career as an active player he turned to politics, and in March 2019, he was elected to the Dutch Senate.

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Moldova, the home country of the tournament winner Victor Bologan, lies in south-eastern Europe, squeezed between Romania and Ukraine and was once a "Soviet republic". Bologan, who in August 2012 had a peak rating of 2734, and in 1996 graduated with a PhD from the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism sits for the Socialist Party in parliament, where he is a member of the Culture Committee.

Bologan and van Wely were the top seeds and they met in round 4. Bologan won after a tactical oversight by van Wely:

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Bc2 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 g6 8.0-0 Bg7 9.d3 0-0 10.Qd1 Nd7 11.Be3 b5 12.Nd2 Rb8 13.Rc1 e6 14.Nf3 Nde5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.f4 Nc6 17.Qd2 b4 18.Ba4 Ne7 19.Bb3 bxc3 20.bxc3 Rc8 21.g4 d5 22.f5 gxf5 23.exf5 exf5 24.gxf5 Qd6 25.Bf4 Be5 26.Rce1 Nc6? This loses. After 26...Bxf4 27.Qxf4 Qxf4 28.Rxf4 things look bad for Black but he has the saving resource c4! 29.dxc4 dxc4 30.Bxc4 Nxf5 and White is only slightly better. 27.Rxe5 Nxe5 28.d4 cxd4 29.cxd4 Rfe8 30.Bxe5 Rxe5 31.dxe5 Qxe5 32.Qxd5 Qe3+ 33.Kh2 Kh8 34.Qf3 Qe5+ 35.Qf4 Qf6 36.Re1 1–0
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Bologan,V-Van Wely,L-1–02021B50EPOCC 20214.1

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With a 72-move win in round 7 against Stefanova, who had drawn in round 6 against van Wely, Bologan won the tournament. Stefanova, Women's World Champion from 2004 to 2006, was recently elected to the National Assembly of Bulgaria.

Armenia won the team competition.

Final standings after 7 rounds

Rk. SNo     Name FED Rtg Club/City Pts.  TB1   TB2 
1 2
 
 GM Bologan Victor MDA 2574 Republic of Moldova 6,0 28,0 29,0
2 1
 
 GM Van Wely Loek NED 2620 Netherlands 5,5 28,0 31,0
3 5
 
   Manukian Artak ARM 2196 Armenia 5,0 28,0 28,5
4 29
 
   Shtepa Sergey UKR 2142 Ukraine 5,0 27,5 30,5
5 3
 
 GM Stefanova Antoaneta BUL 2470 Bulgaria 4,5 29,0 32,5
6 26
 
   Hayrapetyan Mkhitar ARM 0 Armenia 4,5 25,0 28,0
7 19
 
   Garcia Del Blanco Iban ESP 0 European 4,5 24,0 26,5
8 4
 
 WFM Movileanu Daniela* ITA 2239 European 4,5 23,5 25,5
9 18
 
   Mamoulakis Haralabos GRE 0 Greece 4,5 21,0 21,5
10 7
 
   Surplys Giedrius LTU 2010 Lithuania 4,0 26,0 28,0
11 8
 
   Sefcik Marek SVK 2001 Slovakia 4,0 25,0 25,5
12 12
 
   Davtyan Artur ARM 0 Armenia 4,0 22,0 23,0
13 32
 
   Batrincea Vlad MDA 0 Republic of Moldova 3,5 24,0 26,5
14 25
 
   Brglez Milan SLO 1756 European 3,0 27,0 30,5
15 9
 
   Klaus Vaclav CZE 1964 Czech Republic 3,0 23,5 26,0
16 14
 
   Nielsson Brynjar Thor ISL 0 Iceland 3,0 23,5 24,0
17 11
 
   Darau Ambrozie Irineu ROU 0 Romania 3,0 21,5 22,5
18 17
 
   Lubinets Dmytro UKR 0 Ukraine 3,0 19,5 20,0
19 27
 
   Pasichnyi Oleksandr UKR 0 Ukraine 3,0 18,5 19,0
20 28
 
   Magnusson Pall ISL 0 Iceland 2,5 20,5 21,0

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1.d4 0 Nf6 9 2.c4 2 d6 20 3.Nf3 4 g6 3 4.Nc3 2 Bg7 3 5.e4 2 0-0 3 6.Be2 2 Nbd7 25 7.0-0 8 Ne8 3 8.Bg5 16 c5 42 9.Qd2 36 cxd4 19 10.Nxd4 2 Nef6 13 11.Rfd1 19 Nc5 13 12.f3 7 Re8 10 13.Be3 30 a6 15 14.b4 6 Ne6 3 15.Nb3 4 Bd7 21 16.Rac1 8 Rc8 3 17.Nd5 21 Nxd5 21 18.cxd5 41 Nf8 3 19.Na5 9 Ba4 30 20.Nxb7 1:36 Qd7 11 21.Bxa6 2 Bxd1 16 22.Qxd1 51 Rxc1 6 23.Qxc1 28 Rc8 13 24.Nc5 58 dxc5 20 25.Bxc8 2 Qxc8 4 26.bxc5 2 Nd7 6 27.c6 10 Ne5 15 28.Qb1 34 Nc4 7 29.Qb7 9 Qxb7 14 30.cxb7 2 Be5 3 31.Ba7 2 Kf8 38 32.b8Q+ 4 Bxb8 3 33.Bxb8 1 Ke8 3 34.Kf2 6 Kd7 3 35.g4 12 Kc8 7 36.Ba7 2 Kd7 7 37.Ke2 5 e6 6 38.dxe6+ 5 Kxe6 5 39.Bd4 6 f5 4 40.exf5+ 6 gxf5 2 41.Kd3 2 Na5 7 42.g5 15 Kf7 13 43.Bc3 6 Nc6 5 44.Kc4 9 Kg6 7 45.f4 2 h6 8 46.gxh6 4 Kxh6 2 47.a4 1 Kh5 5 48.Kc5 3 Nb8 5 49.a5 5 Kg4 11 50.Be5 1 Nd7+ 10 51.Kd5 9 Nxe5 7 52.Kxe5 2 Kh3 10 53.Kxf5 3 Kxh2 3 54.a6 3 Kg3 5 55.a7 1 Kf3 2 56.a8Q+ 2 Ke3 2 57.Qd5 4 Ke2 2 58.Qb3 5 Kd2 2 59.Ke4 2 Ke2 3 60.Qc2+ 2 Kf1 2 61.Kf3 1 Kg1 2 62.Qg2# 2 1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Van Wely,L-Davtyan,A-1–02021E91EPOCC 20211.1
Ferjencik,M-Bologan,V-0–12021B21EPOCC 20211.2
Stefanova,A-Garcia Del Blanco,I-1–02021A46EPOCC 20211.3
Hayrapetyan,M-Movileanu,D-1–02021B21EPOCC 20211.4
Manukian,A-Kostiuk,D-1–02021C44EPOCC 20211.5
Liubota,D-Surplys,G-0–12021B21EPOCC 20211.6
Sefcik,M-Lubinets,D-1–02021C68EPOCC 20211.7
Magnusson,P-Klaus,V-0–12021A17EPOCC 20211.8
Hjaltason,K-Mamoulakis,H-0–12021B07EPOCC 20211.9
Nielsson,B-Batrincea,V-0–12021B22EPOCC 20211.10
Brglez,M-Pasichnyi,O-1–02021A00EPOCC 20211.11
Shtepa,S-Darau,A-1–02021C50EPOCC 20211.12
Klaus,V-Van Wely,L-0–12021D85EPOCC 20212.1
Bologan,V-Brglez,M-1–02021B09EPOCC 20212.2
Batrincea,V-Stefanova,A-0–12021B13EPOCC 20212.3
Mamoulakis,H-Manukian,A-0–12021D02EPOCC 20212.4
Surplys,G-Hayrapetyan,M-1–02021C27EPOCC 20212.5
Valainis,V-Sefcik,M-0–12021B40EPOCC 20212.6
Movileanu,D-Shtepa,S-0–12021C05EPOCC 20212.7
Kostiuk,D-Hjaltason,K-0–12021C24EPOCC 20212.8
Darau,A-Liubota,D-1–02021C23EPOCC 20212.9
Davtyan,A-Magnusson,P-½–½2021A38EPOCC 20212.10
Lubinets,D-Ferjencik,M-1–02021C01EPOCC 20212.11
Garcia Del Blanco,I-Nielsson,B-1–02021D00EPOCC 20212.12
Pasichnyi,O-Orlovs,V-0–12021B12EPOCC 20212.13
Van Wely,L-Surplys,G-1–02021A52EPOCC 20213.1
Manukian,A-Bologan,V-0–12021B22EPOCC 20213.2
Stefanova,A-Sefcik,M-1–02021E60EPOCC 20213.3
Shtepa,S-Batrincea,V-½–½2021B75EPOCC 20213.4
Hayrapetyan,M-Klaus,V-1–02021C01EPOCC 20213.5
Hjaltason,K-Garcia Del Blanco,I-0–12021B30EPOCC 20213.6
Brglez,M-Mamoulakis,H-1–02021B08EPOCC 20213.7
Orlovs,V-Darau,A-0–12021D02EPOCC 20213.8
Lubinets,D-Valainis,V-1–02021B01EPOCC 20213.9
Ferjencik,M-Davtyan,A-0–12021C01EPOCC 20213.10
Magnusson,P-Kostiuk,D-1–02021A21EPOCC 20213.11
Liubota,D-Movileanu,D-0–12021B21EPOCC 20213.12
Nielsson,B-Pasichnyi,O-1–02021B30EPOCC 20213.13
Bologan,V-Van Wely,L-1–02021B50EPOCC 20214.1
Shtepa,S-Stefanova,A-1–02021B13EPOCC 20214.2
Darau,A-Manukian,A-0–12021B10EPOCC 20214.3
Surplys,G-Brglez,M-1–02021B08EPOCC 20214.4
Sefcik,M-Hayrapetyan,M-½–½2021C62EPOCC 20214.5
Garcia Del Blanco,I-Lubinets,D-1–02021D00EPOCC 20214.6
Batrincea,V-Magnusson,P-1–02021B54EPOCC 20214.7
Davtyan,A-Hjaltason,K-1–02021A22EPOCC 20214.8
Movileanu,D-Nielsson,B-1–02021B06EPOCC 20214.9
Klaus,V-Orlovs,V-1–02021A40EPOCC 20214.10
Mamoulakis,H-Valainis,V-1–02021A41EPOCC 20214.11
Kostiuk,D-Ferjencik,M-0–12021C06EPOCC 20214.12
Pasichnyi,O-Liubota,D-1–02021C41EPOCC 20214.13
Bologan,V-Shtepa,S-0–12021C00EPOCC 20215.1
Van Wely,L-Garcia Del Blanco,I-1–02021A52EPOCC 20215.2
Stefanova,A-Surplys,G-1–02021D02EPOCC 20215.3
Manukian,A-Sefcik,M-1–02021C02EPOCC 20215.4
Hayrapetyan,M-Batrincea,V-1–02021B01EPOCC 20215.5
Brglez,M-Davtyan,A-1–02021C34EPOCC 20215.6
Lubinets,D-Movileanu,D-0–12021B30EPOCC 20215.7
Darau,A-Klaus,V-0–12021C00EPOCC 20215.8
Magnusson,P-Mamoulakis,H-0–12021A16EPOCC 20215.9
Hjaltason,K-Pasichnyi,O-0–12021B30EPOCC 20215.10
Orlovs,V-Ferjencik,M-1–02021D02EPOCC 20215.11
Valainis,V-Nielsson,B-0–12021C41EPOCC 20215.12
Liubota,D-Kostiuk,D-1–02021C01EPOCC 20215.13
Manukian,A-Shtepa,S-1–02021C02EPOCC 20216.1
Stefanova,A-Van Wely,L-½–½2021D93EPOCC 20216.2
Hayrapetyan,M-Bologan,V-0–12021B21EPOCC 20216.3
Movileanu,D-Brglez,M-1–02021B08EPOCC 20216.4
Surplys,G-Garcia Del Blanco,I-0–12021B20EPOCC 20216.5
Klaus,V-Mamoulakis,H-0–12021E70EPOCC 20216.6
Sefcik,M-Batrincea,V-1–02021B30EPOCC 20216.7
Davtyan,A-Darau,A-1–02021A21EPOCC 20216.8
Nielsson,B-Lubinets,D-1–02021C41EPOCC 20216.9
Orlovs,V-Magnusson,P-0–12021A48EPOCC 20216.10
Pasichnyi,O-Valainis,V-1–02021B01EPOCC 20216.11
Ferjencik,M-Hjaltason,K-0–12021C42EPOCC 20216.12
Zamboch,R-Liubota,D-1–02021A00EPOCC 20216.13
Bologan,V-Stefanova,A-1–02021B12EPOCC 20217.1
Van Wely,L-Manukian,A-1–02021B37EPOCC 20217.2
Shtepa,S-Davtyan,A-½–½2021C01EPOCC 20217.3
Mamoulakis,H-Movileanu,D-½–½2021D76EPOCC 20217.4
Garcia Del Blanco,I-Sefcik,M-½–½2021A40EPOCC 20217.5
Nielsson,B-Hayrapetyan,M-0–12021C44EPOCC 20217.6
Surplys,G-Pasichnyi,O-1–02021C00EPOCC 20217.7
Batrincea,V-Klaus,V-1–02021D20EPOCC 20217.8
Magnusson,P-Lubinets,D-0–12021A21EPOCC 20217.9
Hjaltason,K-Orlovs,V-½–½2021B06EPOCC 20217.10
Darau,A-Ferjencik,M-1–02021C00EPOCC 20217.11
Kostiuk,D-Zamboch,R-0–12021B10EPOCC 20217.12
Valainis,V-Liubota,D-0–12021C41EPOCC 20217.13

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