World Seniors Championship - Vilnius, Lithuania

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Re: World Seniors Championship - Vilnius, Lithuania

Post by Mick Norris » Sat Jul 19, 2014 7:31 am

Round 5 on 2014/07/17 at 10:00
Bo. 1 Lithuania 1 Rtg - 3 Logika Lithuania Rtg 4 : 0
1.1 GM Kveinys, Aloyzas 2527 - Novikov, Vitalij 2302 1 - 0
1.2 GM Malisauskas, Vidmantas 2409 - Rastenis, Gediminas 2333 1 - 0
1.3 IM Dambrauskas, Virginijus 2277 - Gefenas, Vladas 2280 1 - 0
1.4 FM Solys, Laimutis 2310 - Mikenas, Alius 2162 1 - 0
Bo. 14 Marijampole Lithuania Rtg - 6 Rositsan ir Maccabi Lithuania Rtg 1½:2½
2.1 Valiunas, Rimantas 2038 - FM Rositsan, Boris 2101 ½ - ½
2.2 Zygmanta, Eugenijus 1877 - IM Zapolskis, Antanas 2297 0 - 1
2.3 Arulis, Algimantas 2040 - Pavlovicius, Vladimir 2191 ½ - ½
2.4 Buzas, Narvydas Antanas 1789 - Cirtautas, Saulius 0 ½ - ½
Bo. 4 Russia Women Rtg - 2 England 1 Rtg 1½:2½
3.1 WGM Strutinskaia, Galina 2306 - GM Arkell, Keith C 2433 ½ - ½
3.2 WGM Saunina, Ludmila 2186 - GM Plaskett, H James 2477 0 - 1
3.3 WGM Kozlovskaya, Valentina 2161 - IM Pein, Malcolm 2357 1 - 0
3.4 WIM Titorenko, Natalia I 2129 - FM Chapman, Terry P D 2291 0 - 1
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Re: World Seniors Championship - Vilnius, Lithuania

Post by Mick Norris » Sat Jul 19, 2014 7:32 am

Round 6 on 2014/07/18 at 10:00
Bo. 5 Moldova Rtg - 1 Lithuania 1 Rtg 1 : 3
1.1 IM Nevednichy, Boris M 2192 - GM Kveinys, Aloyzas 2527 ½ - ½
1.2 FM Zhadko, Vladimir 2157 - GM Malisauskas, Vidmantas 2409 0 - 1
1.3 IM Romcovici, Victor 2106 - IM Dambrauskas, Virginijus 2277 ½ - ½
1.4 IM Gyrlea, Viktor 2417 - FM Solys, Laimutis 2310 0 - 1
Bo. 2 England 1 Rtg - 6 Rositsan ir Maccabi Lithuania Rtg 2 : 2
2.1 GM Arkell, Keith C 2433 - FM Rositsan, Boris 2101 1 - 0
2.2 GM Plaskett, H James 2477 - IM Zapolskis, Antanas 2297 0 - 1
2.3 IM Cox, John J 2392 - Pavlovicius, Vladimir 2191 0 - 1
2.4 IM Pein, Malcolm 2357 - Cirtautas, Saulius 0 1 - 0
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Re: World Seniors Championship - Vilnius, Lithuania

Post by Mick Norris » Sat Jul 19, 2014 7:33 am

Round 7 on 2014/07/19 at 10:00
Bo. 1 Lithuania 1 Rtg - 14 Marijampole Lithuania Rtg 0 : 0
1.1 GM Kveinys, Aloyzas 2527 - Valiunas, Rimantas 2038
1.2 GM Malisauskas, Vidmantas 2409 - Zygmanta, Eugenijus 1877
1.3 IM Dambrauskas, Virginijus 2277 - Arulis, Algimantas 2040
1.4 FM Solys, Laimutis 2310 - Usakovas, Jevgenijus 2084
Bo. 3 Logika Lithuania Rtg - 2 England 1 Rtg 0 : 0
2.1 Novikov, Vitalij 2302 - GM Arkell, Keith C 2433
2.2 Rastenis, Gediminas 2333 - GM Plaskett, H James 2477
2.3 Gefenas, Vladas 2280 - IM Cox, John J 2392
2.4 Mikenas, Alius 2162 - IM Pein, Malcolm 2357

Rank after Round 6
Rk. SNo Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4
1 1 Lithuania 1 6 5 1 0 11 124.0 19.0 78.5
2 2 England 1 6 4 1 1 9 97.5 16.0 85.5
3 6 Rositsan ir Maccabi Lithuania 6 4 1 1 9 73.5 13.5 83.0
4 14 Marijampole Lithuania 6 4 0 2 8 78.5 14.0 75.5
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Re: World Seniors Championship - Vilnius, Lithuania

Post by Keith Arkell » Sat Jul 19, 2014 8:25 pm

I took the risk of playing in the Rapidplay Championship on Friday evening. I say 'risk' because, had It affected my play for England, then I would have opened myself up for criticism. However, I'm happy to say that I won the rapidplay, and have a score of 4 wins and 3 draws ( all vs GMs ) on top board for my country. Here is a link to the rapidplay:

http://chess-results.com/tnr140442.aspx ... ENG&wi=821

Hopefully, although we seem to have blown Gold, we are very likely to come away with silver - ironically the same medal our best team from the 80s often ended up with.

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Re: World Seniors Championship - Vilnius, Lithuania

Post by Mick Norris » Sat Jul 19, 2014 9:26 pm

well done Keith :D
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Re: World Seniors Championship - Vilnius, Lithuania

Post by Mick Norris » Sat Jul 19, 2014 9:28 pm

Round 7 on 2014/07/19 at 10:00
Bo. 1 Lithuania 1 Rtg - 14 Marijampole Lithuania Rtg 4 : 0
1.1 GM Kveinys, Aloyzas 2527 - Valiunas, Rimantas 2038 1 - 0
1.2 GM Malisauskas, Vidmantas 2409 - Zygmanta, Eugenijus 1877 1 - 0
1.3 IM Dambrauskas, Virginijus 2277 - Arulis, Algimantas 2040 1 - 0
1.4 FM Solys, Laimutis 2310 - Usakovas, Jevgenijus 2084 1 - 0
Bo. 3 Logika Lithuania Rtg - 2 England 1 Rtg ½ :3½
2.1 Novikov, Vitalij 2302 - GM Arkell, Keith C 2433 0 - 1
2.2 Rastenis, Gediminas 2333 - GM Plaskett, H James 2477 ½ - ½
2.3 Gefenas, Vladas 2280 - IM Cox, John J 2392 0 - 1
2.4 Mikenas, Alius 2162 - IM Pein, Malcolm 2357 0 - 1

Rank after Round 7
Rk. SNo Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4
1 1 Lithuania 1 7 6 1 0 13 168.0 23.0 106.0
2 2 England 1 7 5 1 1 11 134.0 19.5 110.0
3 6 Rositsan ir Maccabi Lithuania 7 5 1 1 11 101.0 16.0 112.0
4 4 Russia Women 7 4 1 2 9 113.0 16.5 108.0
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Re: World Seniors Championship - Vilnius, Lithuania

Post by Mick Norris » Sat Jul 19, 2014 9:28 pm

Round 8 on 2014/07/20 at 10:00
Bo. 7 Georgia Women Rtg - 1 Lithuania 1 Rtg 0 : 0
1.1 GM Gaprindashvili, Nona 2300 - GM Kveinys, Aloyzas 2527
1.2 WGM Khmiadashvili, Tamar 2076 - GM Malisauskas, Vidmantas 2409
1.3 WIM Kasoshvili, Tsiala 2144 - IM Dambrauskas, Virginijus 2277
1.4 WIM Melashvili, Nino 2127 - FM Solys, Laimutis 2310
Bo. 6 Rositsan ir Maccabi Lithuania Rtg - 4 Russia Women Rtg 0 : 0
2.1 FM Rositsan, Boris 2101 - WGM Strutinskaia, Galina 2306
2.2 IM Zapolskis, Antanas 2297 - WGM Saunina, Ludmila 2186
2.3 Pavlovicius, Vladimir 2191 - WGM Fatalibekova, Elena 2243
2.4 Cirtautas, Saulius 0 - WGM Kozlovskaya, Valentina 2161
Bo. 2 England 1 Rtg - 5 Moldova Rtg 0 : 0
3.1 GM Arkell, Keith C 2433 - IM Nevednichy, Boris M 2192
3.2 GM Plaskett, H James 2477 - FM Zhadko, Vladimir 2157
3.3 IM Pein, Malcolm 2357 - IM Romcovici, Victor 2106
3.4 FM Chapman, Terry P D 2291 - Chirpii, Alexandru 1880
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Re: World Seniors Championship - Vilnius, Lithuania

Post by Mick Norris » Sun Jul 20, 2014 1:55 pm

Board Pairings
Round 8 on 2014/07/20 at 10:00
Bo. 7 Georgia Women Rtg - 1 Lithuania 1 Rtg 1 : 3
1.1 GM Gaprindashvili, Nona 2300 - GM Kveinys, Aloyzas 2527 ½ - ½
1.2 WGM Khmiadashvili, Tamar 2076 - GM Malisauskas, Vidmantas 2409 0 - 1
1.3 WIM Kasoshvili, Tsiala 2144 - IM Dambrauskas, Virginijus 2277 0 - 1
1.4 WIM Melashvili, Nino 2127 - FM Solys, Laimutis 2310 ½ - ½
Bo. 6 Rositsan ir Maccabi Lithuania Rtg - 4 Russia Women Rtg 2 : 2
2.1 FM Rositsan, Boris 2101 - WGM Strutinskaia, Galina 2306 ½ - ½
2.2 IM Zapolskis, Antanas 2297 - WGM Saunina, Ludmila 2186 ½ - ½
2.3 Pavlovicius, Vladimir 2191 - WGM Fatalibekova, Elena 2243 ½ - ½
2.4 Cirtautas, Saulius 0 - WGM Kozlovskaya, Valentina 2161 ½ - ½
Bo. 2 England 1 Rtg - 5 Moldova Rtg 2½:1½
3.1 GM Arkell, Keith C 2433 - IM Nevednichy, Boris M 2192 ½ - ½
3.2 GM Plaskett, H James 2477 - FM Zhadko, Vladimir 2157 1 - 0
3.3 IM Pein, Malcolm 2357 - IM Romcovici, Victor 2106 0 - 1
3.4 FM Chapman, Terry P D 2291 - Chirpii, Alexandru 1880 1 - 0

Bo. 9 England 2 Rtg - 13 Scotland Rtg 3 : 1
7.1 Quinn, John M 2148 - Findlay, David John 2187 1 - 0
7.2 Thurstan, Tim M 2159 - White, Alastair F 2033 ½ - ½
7.3 Fraser-Mitchell, Jeremy N 2060 - Dawson, Alastair 1911 1 - 0
7.4 Majer, Chris E 1982 - Hilton, Stephen H 1921 ½ - ½

Rank after Round 8
Rk. SNo Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4
1 1 Lithuania 1 8 7 1 0 15 222.5 26.0 138.5
2 2 England 1 8 6 1 1 13 183.0 22.0 142.0
3 6 Rositsan ir Maccabi Lithuania 8 5 2 1 12 126.0 18.0 142.5
4 4 Russia Women 8 4 2 2 10 158.0 18.5 143.5

I assume with the tiebreaks that Lithuania have won with a round to spare

Team pairings
Round 9 on 2014/07/21 at 10:00
No. SNo Team MP Res. : Res. MP Team SNo
1 1 Lithuania 1 15 : 8 Latvia 8
2 10 Latvia Women 9 : 13 England 1 2
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Re: World Seniors Championship - Vilnius, Lithuania

Post by Mick Norris » Mon Jul 21, 2014 9:23 am

Round 9 on 2014/07/21 at 10:00
Bo. 1 Lithuania 1 Rtg - 8 Latvia Rtg 0 : 0
1.1 GM Rozentalis, Eduardas 2603 - Stasans, Aivars 2135
1.2 GM Kveinys, Aloyzas 2527 - Skuja, Aivars 2145
1.3 GM Malisauskas, Vidmantas 2409 - Matvieks, Nikolajs 2066
1.4 IM Dambrauskas, Virginijus 2277 - Priednieks, Eriks 2124

Bo. 10 Latvia Women Rtg - 2 England 1 Rtg 0 : 0
2.1 WIM Voronova, Tatiana 2176 - GM Plaskett, H James 2477
2.2 WGM Vilerte, Tamara 2085 - IM Cox, John J 2392
2.3 WFM Ungure, Liga 1997 - IM Pein, Malcolm 2357
2.4 Rozlapa, Vija 2012 - FM Chapman, Terry P D 2291

I assume Keith is on his way to Wales?
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Re: World Seniors Championship - Vilnius, Lithuania

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:32 am

From the final results I see England came second. Excellent performance by Terry Chapman. Did he get a board prize if those were awarded?

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Re: World Seniors Championship - Vilnius, Lithuania

Post by Mick Norris » Thu Jul 24, 2014 7:44 am

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Re: World Seniors Championship - Vilnius, Lithuania

Post by Leonard Barden » Fri Jul 25, 2014 4:39 pm

The Guardian's take on the World Senior Teams:

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/j ... nior-teams

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Re: World Seniors Championship - Vilnius, Lithuania

Post by Michael Farthing » Sat Jul 26, 2014 3:48 pm

A very nice photograph of the team relaxing on the ECF website

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