Lublin Grandmaster Tournament Explained

The Lublin Grandmaster Tournament (in full Międzynarodowy Arcymistrzowski Turniej Szachowy im. Unii Lubelskiej meaning International Grandmasters' Tournament the Lublin Union Memorial) is an annual chess tournament, set up primarily as part of the city's bid to become the 2016 European Capital of Culture, which eventually went to Wroclaw instead.[1] The venue is the Crown Tribunal in Lublin.

Lublin Union Memorial 2009

The 2009 tournament was a ten-player single round robin held between 29 May and 6 June. Boris Grachev won the event, half a point ahead of Roiz and Wojtaszek.[2]

Position Participant Points
1 align=left 6
2-3 align=left 5.5
2-3 align=left 5.5
4 align=left 5
5 align=left 4.5
6-9 align=left 4
6-9 align=left 4
6-9 align=left 4
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10 align=left 2.5

Lublin Union Memorial 2010

The 2010 edition was held again as a ten-player round robin and took place from 9 to 18 May.[3] [4] [5] The tournament was won on Sonnenborn-Berger tiebreak by Bartłomiej Macieja, ahead of defending champion Grachev and Mateusz Bartel.

PlayerCountryRatingPoints
1Bartłomiej Macieja Poland26185,5
2Boris Grachev Russia26675,5
3Mateusz Bartel Poland26185,5
4Bartosz Soćko Poland26445
5Georg Meier Germany26385
6Marcin Dziuba Poland25764,5
7Vladimir Baklan Ukraine26334,5
8Sergei Tiviakov Netherlands26344
9Igor Kurnosov Russia26803,5
10Dariusz Swiercz Poland25012

Lublin Union Memorial 2011

The format changed slightly for the third edition, held between 15–21 May 2011. While still held as a single round robin, the field was shrunk to eight players from ten in the last edition. Top seed Shirov won, half a point ahead of Grachev and Zhigalko.[6]

PlayerCountryRatingPoints
1Alexei Shirov Spain27095
2Boris Grachev Russia26694.5
3Sergei Zhigalko Belarus26794.5
4Michael Roiz Israel26604
5Krishnan Sasikiran India26764
6Bartosz Socko Poland26542
7Radoslav Wojtaszek Poland27212
8Evgeny Alekseev Russia26732

Lublin Union Memorial 2012

For the fourth edition, the format was changed to a double Scheveningen match between Ukraine and Poland, where each member of one team plays twice against all members of the other team, one round being standard time control and the second being rapid games.[7] The Ukraine team won both 15.5-10.5 in the standard time control and 13.5-11.5 in the rapid.[8] [9] A two-game regular blitz match was held between the teams after the rapid section.[10]

Classical time control: Ukraine 15.5 - Poland 10.5

No.PlayerRatingU1U2U3U4U5P1P2P3P4P5Total
U1Zahar Efimenko2689XXXXX00.50.5113
U2Anton Korobov2678XXXXX111003
U3Yuriy Kryvoruchko2676XXXXX10.50.50.502.5
U4Sergey Fedorchuk2634XXXXX0.510.5114
U5Yaroslav Zherebukh2632XXXXX10.50.5002
P1Mateusz Bartel26771000.50XXXXX1.5
P2Bartosz Soćko26350.500.500.5XXXXX1.5
P3Kamil Mitoń26220.500.50.50.5XXXXX2
P4Bartłomiej Macieja2614010.501XXXXX2.5
P5Dariusz Świercz258501101XXXXX3
Rapid time control: Ukraine 13.5 - Poland 11.5
No.PlayerRatingU1U2U3U4U5P1P2P3P4P5Total
U1Zahar Efimenko2689XXXXX0.5100.50.52.5
U2Anton Korobov2678XXXXX10.510.514
U3Yuriy Kryvoruchko2676XXXXX0510.500.52.5
U4Sergey Fedorchuk2634XXXXX0.5100.502
U5Yaroslav Zherebukh2632XXXXX0501102.5
P1Mateusz Bartel26770.500.50.50.5XXXXX2
P2Bartosz Soćko263500.5001XXXXX1.5
P3Kamil Mitoń2622100.510XXXXX2.5
P4Bartłomiej Macieja26140.50.510.50XXXXX2.5
P5Dariusz Świercz25850.500.511XXXXX3
Blitz match: Ukraine 5.5 - Poland 4.5
UkraineScorePoland
Zahar Efimenko0.5 - 1.5Mateusz Bartel
Anton Korobov1.5 - 0.5Bartosz Socko
Yuriy Kryvoruchko1.5 - 0.5Kamil Miton
Sergey Fedorchuk1.5 - 0.5Bartlomiej Macieja
Yaroslav Zherebukh0.5 - 1.5Dariusz Swiercz

Lublin Union Memorial 2013

The fifth edition returned to a ten-player round robin format and was held on 15–23 June 2013 at the Crown Tribunal. Draws before 40 moves were banned.[11]

PlayerCountryRating12345678910Points
1Kirill Stupak Belarus2510XX0.50.511010116
2Kamil Dragun Poland25230.5XX00.50.511110.56
3Daniel Semcesen Sweden24310.51XX0.50.50.5010.515,5
4Kacper Drozdowski Poland244100.50.5XX0.50.50.51115.5
5Daniel Sadzikowski Poland244800.50.50.5XX11010.55
6Jan-Krzysztof Duda Poland2539100.50.50XX10.50.515
7Oleg Romanishin Ukraine25030010.500XX10.514
8Jolanta Zawadzka Poland2391100010.50XX0.50.53.5
9Oleksandr Sulypa Ukraine2508000.5000.50.50.5XX0.52.5
10Monika Soćko Poland245800.5000.5000.50.5XX2

Lublin Union Memorial 2014

The format was similar to the 2012 format with four players per team with one round classical and one round rapid (no blitz match) on 6–11 May 2014.[12] Again Ukraine and Poland competed, Ukraine dominating the classical round 12.5-3.5 but Poland convincingly won the rapid 10-6.

Classical match: Ukraine 12.5 - Poland 3.5

No.PlayerRatingU1U2U3U4P1P2P3P4Total
U1Alexander Moiseenko2707XXXX1110.53.5
U2Alexander Areshchenko2701XXXX10.5113.5
U3Zahar Efimenko2648XXXX010.50.52
U4Mikhailo Oleksienko2618XXXX1110.53.5
P1Radoslaw Wojtaszek27240010XXXX1
P2Grzegorz Gajewski264100.500XXXX0.5
P3Dariusz Swiercz2608000.50XXXX0.5
P4Jan-Krzysztof Duda25870.500.50.5XXXX1.5

Rapid match: Ukraine 6 - 10 Poland

No.PlayerRatingU1U2U3U4P1P2P3P4Total
U1Alexander Moiseenko2699XXXX0.5000.51
U2Alexander Areshchenko2684XXXX0.50000.5
U3Zahar Efimenko2677XXXX0.510.50.52.5
U4Mikhailo Oleksienko2578XXXX0.5100.52
P1Radoslaw Wojtaszek27100.50.50.50.5XXXX2
P2Grzegorz Gajewski26331100XXXX2
P3Dariusz Swiercz2609110.51XXXX3.5
P4Jan-Krzysztof Duda24670.510.50.5XXXX2.5

Lublin Union Memorial 2015

Similar to the previous edition it was held as a match format with Lublin facing Lviv, Ukraine. A two-round classical match was followed by a seven-round rapid contest between all twelve players and the addition of Polish player Marcin Maka. A round-robin blitz event completed the programme but with Ukrainian Roman Korman substituting Maka.

Lublin convincingly won the Classical match,[13] Marcin Dziuba won the rapid and Pawel Stoma won the blitz.[14] [15]

Classical match

C1LvivRtgRes.LublinRtg
1Andriy Shankovsky23021-0Marcin Dziuba2564
2Vsevolod Rytenko22430-1Pawel Stoma2359
3Taras Panchyshyn21430-1Zbigniew Księski2348
4Roman Davymuka21401-0Piotr Polkowski2129
5Julia Savchuk18640-1Agata Topolan1746
6Andriy Prydun16780-1Weronika Frazcek1711
C2LublinRtgRes.LvivRtg
1Marcin Dziuba25641-0Andriy Shankovsky2302
2Pawel Stoma23590-1Vsevolod Rytenko2243
3Zbigniew Księski23480.5-0.5Taras Panchyshyn2143
4Piotr Polkowski21291-0Roman Davymuka2140
5Agata Topolan17461-0Julia Savchuk1864
6Weronika Frazcek17111-0Andriy Prydun1678
Rapid tournament: 7 rounds
PlayerCountryRatingScore
1Marcin DziubaPOL25706.5
2Andriy ShankovskyUKR23025
3Vsevolod RytenkoUKR22174.5
4Zbigniew KsięskiPOL23284
5Taras PanchyshynUKR21344
6Pawel StomaPOL23634
7Marcin MakaPOL20984
8Roman DavymukaUKR20804
9Piotr PolkowskiPOL22973.5
10Andriy PrydunUKR17063
11Julia SavchukUKR18373
12Agata TopolanPOL17072
13Weronika FraczekPOL16761.5
Blitz section
BPlayerCountryRatingScore
1Pawel StomaPOL236311.5
2Marcin DziubaPOL255711
3Taras PanchyshynUKR21248
4Roman DavymukaUKR21008
5Piotr PolkowskiPOL22397
6Zbigniew KsięskiPOL23287
7Agata TopolanPOL18046.5
8Vsevolod RytenkoUKR22176.5
9Olexandr ProhorovUKR21274
10Weronika FraczekPOL16393
11Andriy PrydunUKR18252.5
12Julia SavchukUKR18882
13Roman KormanUKR19521

Lublin Union Memorial 2016

The format was adjusted from previous editions, being held as a six-player Scheveningen match between Poland and a Europe team under classical time control.[16] The Europe team won the six round event 7-5 in match points.[17] [18]

NoPlayerFed.RatingE1E2E3P1P2P3Total
E1David Navara Czech Rep.2744XXX1.51.525
E2Martyn Kravtsiv Ukraine2634XXX10.51.53
E3Dimitrios Mastrovasilis Greece2606XXX010.51.5
P1Kacper Piorun Poland26760.512XXX3.5
P2Mateusz Bartel Poland26400.51.51XXX3
P3Jacek Tomczak Poland258800.51.5XXX2

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wrocław Chosen as European Capital of Culture 2016 - Article - Culture.pl. Culture.pl. 2016-04-11.
  2. Web site: 1st International Grandmasters' Tournament - Lublin 2009. lzszach.lublin.pl. 2016-04-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20160324033843/http://www.lzszach.lublin.pl/arc2009/en/index.html. 24 March 2016. dead.
  3. Web site: II Międzynarodowy Arcymistrzowski Turniej Szachowy im. Unii Lubelskiej - Lublin 2010 . Lzszach.lublin.pl . 2014-01-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120721175945/http://www.lzszach.lublin.pl/arc2010/info.html . 21 July 2012 . dead .
  4. Web site: Lublin Grandmaster Tournament . FIDE.com . 2010-04-28 . 2014-01-24 . 3 May 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100503001520/http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/4492-lublin-grandmaster-tournament.html . dead .
  5. Web site: 2nd International Grandmasters' Tournament the Lublin Union Memorial - Lublin 2010. lzszach.lublin.pl. 2016-04-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20160308103039/http://www.lzszach.lublin.pl/arc2010/en/index.html. 8 March 2016. dead.
  6. Web site: The Week in Chess 863. TheWeekInChess.com. The Week in Chess. 10 April 2016.
  7. Web site: 4th Lublin Grandmasters’ Tournament (Updated) - Chessdom. chessdom.com. 2016-04-10.
  8. Web site: The Week in Chess 916. TheWeekInChess.com. 2016-04-10.
  9. Web site: The Week in Chess 918. TheWeekInChess.com. 2016-04-10.
  10. Web site: Tournament table. Administrator. szachy.lublin.pl. 2016-04-10.
  11. Web site: Regulations. szachy.lublin.pl. 2016-04-10.
  12. Web site: Homepage. szachy.lublin.pl. 2016-04-11.
  13. Web site: VII Grandmasters Tournament of the LUBLIN Union Memorial, match Lublin-Lviv. Herzog. Heinz. Chess-Results.com. 2016-04-12.
  14. Web site: VII International Grandmasters Tournament of the LUBLIN Union Memorial - Rapid. Herzog. Heinz. Chess-Results.com. 2016-04-12.
  15. Web site: VII International Grandmasters Tournament of the LUBLIN Union Memorial - Blitz. Herzog. Heinz. Chess-Results.com. 2016-04-12.
  16. Web site: Homepage. szachy.lublin.pl. 2016-06-15.
  17. Web site: VIIIth International Grandmasters Tournament - The Lublin Union Memorial. Herzog. Heinz. Chess-Results.com. 2016-06-20.
  18. Web site: Chess Festival Lublin: Europe wins against Poland. Chessbase.com. 2016-06-23. en-US. 2016-06-23.

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