| Chess Festival M.Chigorin Memorial |
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| Wednesday, 29 September 2010 11:13 |
The Chess Festival M.Chigorin Memorial is held in "Moskva" hotel (2 Al. Nevsky square) and consists of two tournaments. A. Rapid chess tournament, October 26-27, starts at 17:00Time control 15 minutes per game + 5 seconds increment for each move, 9 round Swiss. Entry fee: 1000 roubles (for juniors under 16, seniors and women - 800 roubles). Registrations are accepted on October 26, 9:30 - 16:45. The prizes are paid out in Russian roubles (official rate on August 17 is 1 euro = 39.11 roubles).
Total prize fund (granted by St. Petersburg Chess Federation) - 400 000 roubles: Main prizes: Special prizes: The prizes are not shared, a player can win only one prize. B. Classical chess tournament - stage of Cup Russia, October 28 - November 05The schedule: Registrations are accepted on October 27 from 9:00 till 20:00, October 28 from 9:00 till 13:45. There will be additional 1st round pairing for players registered on October 28 between 13:45 and 16:45. Time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves, 30 minutes for the rest of the game with 30 seconds increment per move, starting from move 1. Entry fees: There is a 20% discount for the following categories of players with ELO: Total prize fund (granted by St. Petersburg Chess Federation and Russian Chess Federation) - 1 400 000 roubles: Main prizes: Special prizes: In case of a tie the main prizes are shared equally, prizes less than 500 roubles are not paid. Special prizes are not shared. A player can win only one prize, except for the case a woman wins a 'best women' and one of the main prizes. The winners are qualified to the final stage of Russian Cup according to the Russian Cup 2010 regulations. Organizers offer accommodation in "Moskva" hotel at special price: Accommodation at hotel St. Petersburg is also possible – from 600 roubles per person per day (breakfast included). The players who are willing to accept this offer should register before September 25. For more information please contact Irina Sudakova by e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or phones +7 (812) 275 98 57, +7 (903) 098 39 44. Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin, (12 November 1850 (31 October old style), St.-Petersburg, Russia - 25 January 1908, Lublin, Poland) was a leading Russian chess player. He served as a major source of inspiration for the "Soviet school of chess", which dominated the chess world in the middle and latter parts of the 20th century. Through his original talent, lively games and prolific teachings, many Russians regard Mikhail Chigorin as the founder of their 'School of Chess', later to become known as the Soviet School of Chess. Overshadowed to some extent in the 1920s by the exciting new theories of the hypermodern movement, Chigorin's influence nevertheless demands a prominent and permanent place in the Soviet chess hegemony of the 20th century. Chigorin has several chess openings or variations of openings named after him, the two most important being the Chigorin Variation of the Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5) and the Chigorin Defence to the Queen's Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6). Whilst the former has remained popular through the 1900s, the latter struggled to attract a great many devotees until relatively recently. Igor Miladinović has used the Chigorin Defence with great regularity, but its current revival owes much to the efforts of Alexander Morozevich, who has championed the opening both in play and in his book - The Chigorin Defence According To Morozevich (published 2007). |