Congratulations to Richard on this precious achievement!
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GM Arno Nickel (GER), after 2 years and one month, became winner of Paul Keres – 95 Memorial (cat.13). He’s a winner another event, candidate tournament of World Championship 30 section3 (cat.11), and gained promotion for the final!
GM Nikolai Papenin (UKR) finished candidate tournament of World Championship 30 section5 (cat.11) at the first position and gained promotion for the final!
Congratulations!
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On 10.06.2013 starts the 18th World Championship Final with participation of our 4 colleagues:
- Ljubičić, Ing. Leonardo (CRO)
- Nickel, Arno (GER)
- Papenin, Nikolai (UKR)
- Wunderlich, Dr. Hans-Dieter (GER)
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Lately GM norms achieved:
- Nickel, Arno (GER) on 26.01.2013 in WC30/ct03 and on 11.02.2013 in Paul Keres – 95 Memorial. He has currently 10x GM norms!
- Papenin, Nikolai (UKR) on 21.01.2013 in WC30/ct05 and on 10.03.2013 in RUS/Diamond (2010). He has currently 9x GM norms!
- Wunderlich, Dr. Hans-Dieter (GER) on 13.03.2013 in RUS/Diamond (2010). He has currently 11x GM norms!
- Wilczek, Tadeusz (POL) on 10.01.2013 in CL/2010/B2-b1 winning his board. This is his first GM norm and not the last one 🙂
Congratulations!
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Current GM norm statistics for Witold Bielecki Memorial participants are following:
| #GM Norms | Title | Name, First Name | Nat | GM-since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | GM | Wunderlich, Dr. Hans-Dieter | GER | 2006 |
| 10 | GM | Nickel, Arno | GER | 2001 |
| 9 | GM | Voss, Maximilian | GER | 2003 |
| 9 | GM | Papenin, Nikolai | UKR | 2011 |
| 7 | GM | Busemann, Dr. Stephan | GER | 1996 |
| 7 | GM | Hall, Richard V. M. | ENG | 2002 |
| 7 | GM | Lafarga Santorromán, David | ESP | 2008 |
| 6 | GM | Hoeven, David A. van der | NED | 2004 |
| 6 | GM | Langeveld, Ron A. H. | NED | 2006 |
| 5 | GM | Ljubičić, Ing. Leonardo | CRO | 2011 |
| 3 | GM | Szczepański, Zbigniew | POL | 2011 |
| 2 | GM | Starke, Dr. René-Reiner | GER | 2012 |
| 1 | SIM | Wilczek, Tadeusz | POL | – |
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Short biographical notes and statistics for MT-Bielecki participants have been updated accordingly.
Biographies
| Short biographical notes of participants | click here (kliknij tutaj) | updated (zaktualizowano) 2013-05-20 |
| Krótkie notki biograficzne uczestników |
Statistics
| Some statistics for MT-Bielecki participants | click here (kliknij tutaj) | updated (zaktualizowano) 2013-05-20 |
| Wybrane statystyki uczestników Memoriału Bieleckiego |
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MT-Bielecki/Top results report as of 2013-05-20:
| No | White | Black | Result | Result date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 210773 | Hall, Richard V. M. | 370921 | Hoeven, David A. van der | Draw | 2013-02-11 |
| 46 | 940817 | Papenin, Nikolai | 85201 | Starke, Dr. René-Reiner | Draw | 2013-02-24 |
| 47 | 85201 | Starke, Dr. René-Reiner | 421366 | Wilczek, Tadeusz | Draw | 2013-02-27 |
| 48 | 160789 | Lafarga Santorromán, David | 81282 | Nickel, Arno | Draw | 2013-03-01 |
| 49 | 81348 | Voss, Maximilian | 160789 | Lafarga Santorromán, David | Draw | 2013-03-02 |
| 50 | 80888 | Busemann, Dr. Stephan | 370930 | Langeveld, Ron A. H. | Draw | 2013-03-09 |
| 51 | 421366 | Wilczek, Tadeusz | 940817 | Papenin, Nikolai | Draw | 2013-03-12 |
| 52 | 210773 | Hall, Richard V. M. | 420534 | Szczepański, Zbigniew | Draw | 2013-03-14 |
| 53 | 940817 | Papenin, Nikolai | 370930 | Langeveld, Ron A. H. | Draw | 2013-04-09 |
| 54 | 370930 | Langeveld, Ron A. H. | 85201 | Starke, Dr. René-Reiner | Draw | 2013-04-14 |
| 55 | 421366 | Wilczek, Tadeusz | 210773 | Hall, Richard V. M. | Draw | 2013-05-01 |
| 56 | 160789 | Lafarga Santorromán, David | 370930 | Langeveld, Ron A. H. | Draw | 2013-05-03 |
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Full report of all results can be found at page “MT-Bielecki/Top games“.
After 56 games out of 78 (72%) leaders are (remaining games in brackets):
- Nickel-5,5 (+2)
- Voss-5,5 (+1)
- Hoeven-5,0 (+3)
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Rating development of MT-Bielecki/Top players has been updated for the Rating List 2013/2:
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