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(meta data) TITLE: First International Carinthian Chess Festival | ChessBase Toggle navigation Chess News # First International Carinthian Chess Festival I like it! | 0 Comments 7/10/2007 – The Carinthian (German: Kärnten) town of Velden has 2000 inhabitants and is famous for its mountains and lakes. And swans. And sports car festivals. And a chess tournament, which will hopefully become an annual event. This year it was equipped with eight GMs, one WGM, ten IMs, two WIMs, ten FMs and one WFM. Big photo report by Meri Grigoryan. new: Mega Database 2019 The "Mega" is the database every serious chessplayer needs. The database contains 7.6 million games from 1500 to 2018, in highest quality standard, full of top level analyses and completely classified. ChessBase 15 - Mega package Find the right combination! ChessBase 15 program + new Mega Database 2019 with 7.6 million games and more than 70,000 master analyses. Plus ChessBase Magazine (DVD + magazine) and CB Premium membership for 1 year! More... ## First International Carinthian Chess Festival, Austria ### Pictorial report by Meri Grigoryan If you wish to combine your holiday and chess activity then Velden is the right place for you In fact the holiday part was so right for me, that I decided not to play in the tournament but follow the games and prepare a pictorial report for you. A little bit about the geographical orientation of Velden: the Carinthian town of Velden has 2000 inhabitants and 7000 within its suburbs. Carinthia (German: Kärnten) is one of Austira's nine provinces, and its capital is Klagenfurt. It is a southern province and is chiefly famous for its mountains and lakes. The Karawanken and Carnian Alps making up the border between Italy and Slovenia. Carnian Alps: south-west border with Italy Carinthia's next important town is Villach and of course Pörtschach for its celebrity guests. Apparently, Princess Diana and The Iron Lady (Margaret Thatcher) stayed at this hotel, which is in Pörtschach and 15 minutes away by ferry from Velden. You may be pleased to know that you can take as many ferry trips as you like and go to the lakeside for a swim free of charge with your Carinthia card, providing you stay for three or more nights at any hotel, pension or guest house in a Carinthian town. Can you spot the ferry in this picture? No? Then let us zoom in closer... The pleasures of a 72x zoom lens. Okay, it's on a Panasonic DMC-FZ8 Velden hosted two candidate matches in the past; in 1980 when Korchnoi beat Petrosian and in 1983 when Smyslov beat Hübner in a tie-break by the spin of a roulette wheel at Casino Velden. The venue of the chess festival ### Extracts from my diary The weather was not so promising when we arrived in Velden, but I knew that wherever I'd go the sunny weather should follow me (apart from London). While trying to find our lodgings we saw a huge crowd in the centre of the town, to be more precise in front of the Casino Velden To our great surprise there was a sport's car festival! A Morgen Aero 8, I believe A Lambor genie? Well, genies can surely fly! Pleased to make your acquaintance. Ferrari, I assume? Well assumed! A town of parks and fountains Always a great attraction: the floating marble ball How the Italians love chess – they name their cafés after their favourite player! Actually the nickname for Morozevich is "Moroz", which aptly means "frost" in Russian. The above café sold mainly ice-cream. All simply a coincidence. The beautiful façade of another restaurant in Velden Hotel Schloss Velden on the banks of Lake Wörthersee The playing hall, where the International Carinthian Chess Festival was Now let's focus on Velden's brief chess news! The International Carinthian Chess Festival was held from June 24 to July 1st. The field of the main tournament was equipped with eight GMs, one WGM, ten IMs, two WIMs, ten FMs and one WFM. Austrian IM Markus Rager (Elo 2498) scored 6.5 points out of 7 and looked like a potential winner. But in round eight Slovenian GM Dusko Povasovic (Elo 2567) and Austiran IM Georg Danner (Elo 2421) caught up with him and at the end and all three scored 7.0/9. ### Final standings for top 16 Rk. Pts. Ragger Markus Pavasovic Dusko Danner Georg Stanec Nikolaus Ermenkov Evgenij Jedynak Radoslaw Sebenik Matej Szabolcsi Janos Horvath Jozsef Belouadah Saad Buhmann Rainer Dziuba Marcin Praznik Niko Henni Mohamed Kavcic Zan Praznik Anton 192 players took part in the tournament I must say that I was disappointed not being able to take any picture of the winner Markus Rager as he drew his last four games so swiftly, while others had spent just about five minutes on their clock. And I didn't even know what he looked like, so I could not track him down in the playing hall Second place: Slovenian GM Dusko Povasovic Polish GM Radoslaw Jedynak (Elo 2538) and next to him Hungarian GM Jozsef Horvath (2539) WGM Anya Corke (Elo 2154) from Hong-Kong shared women's 1st prize The youngest competitor, nine-year-old Alexandra Kogler of Austria, playing in group C Doodling while waiting for my pizza! And now enjoy some more scenic pictures from Velden… A view from a ferry trip Beautiful houses on the waterfront Peninsula Maria-Wörth am Wörthersee A family of swans on the lake That's me, posing on the ferry The full moon "hanging over the Velden" on June 30, 2007 (the DMC-FZ8 has excellent image stabilisation) The organisers told me that they were thinking of making this tournament an annual event but it would be either in June or in September. If it is in June 2008 then see you all there! Official web site ### About the author Born on 02.09.77 in Yerevan, Armenia, Meri Grigoryan was taught chess by her father and only coach. She became: Woman Champion of Yerevan at the age of 12½ years Yerevan boys under 21 champion at the age of 15 Armenian girls champion in all age groups Girls U18 Olympiad of the USSR, 6th place (Spartakiada Narodov SSSR, Leningrad, 1990) Left Armenia in the mid 90s and moved to London UK British Grand Prixette 2002-2003 British Ladies Blitz Champion in 2004 Education: BA in Russian and Scandinavian Studies, Diploma in Translation. Spoken languages: Armenian, Russian, English, Danish, Czech, Polish, French. Work: Chess teacher and interpreter. Hobbies: Painting, photography, opera, taking guitar lessons, travelling, and above all writing. << Aronian: the world championship should be decided in a match Outstanding play in Lesiege vs Gershon >> Discussion and Feedback Join the public discussion or submit your feedback to the editors ## See also # GCT Zagreb: Round 11 7/7/2019 – We saw history in the making, as Magnus Carlsen won his eighth tournament in a row at the second leg of the Grand Chess Tour in Zagreb. The world champion defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave from the white side of a Grüenfeld to finish in clear first place a full point ahead of his closest pursuer with a 'plus five' score. Carlsen's official rating in August will equal his own peak rating of 2882 points — the highest ever achieved. Wesley So finished in sole second place. Express report. | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour More... ## See also # Altibox Norway Chess, Round 9 6/14/2019 – The 2019 Altibox Norway Chess Tournament is a ten-player single round robin taking place on June 3rd-15th in Stavanger. Every single match will have a winner: if the classical game ends in a draw Armageddon will follow, White has ten minutes, Black seven, but White needs to win. Magnus Carlsen won the tournament with one round to spare but there is still money and prestige stake. In the ninth and final round Carlsen will play against Caruana. The last round starts Friday at 17:00 CEST (15:00 UTC, 11:00 EDT). Follow the games live, with commentary by Judit Polgar and Anna Rudolf. | Photo: Lennart Ootes / norwaychess.no More... ## Video # The Botvinnik System in the English opening The setup for White recommended by Valeri Lilov is solid and easy to play – the thematic moves are almost always the same ones: Nge2, 0-0, Bg5 (or Be3), Nd5, Qd2. Later, according to Black's setup, things continue with f4 or even Rac1, b4 and play on the queenside. Starting with the classic Botvinnik-Spassky, Leiden 1970, the author describes this universally employable setup in 7 videos (+ intro and conclusion). ## Discuss Rules for reader comments Not registered yet? Register
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