Kosteniuk Swiss Chess960 Champion!

Hi everybody!

I’m glad to announce that today I won the Swiss Chess960 Championship in Biel, with 5.5/7, with wins against GM Sebastien Feller (2611), GM Mikhail Ulibin (2540), Marco Gähler (2334), Jonas Wyss (2277), and Markus Kerz (2120), a draw against GM Michael Roiz (2645), and only one loss against GM Vitali Golod (2585). Let me remind you that Chess960 is the variant of chess invented by World Champion Robert Fischer, in which the starting position of the main pieces is chosen at random. Find out more about Chess960 on Wikipedia.

More photos of the event and of the winners can be found below.

The full results are as follows:

Rank	Name	Title	Elo		Points	Buchh
1.	Roiz,Michael	GM	2645	ISR	5.5	31.5
2.	Kosteniuk,Alexand	GM	2523	SUI	5.5	30.5
3.	Maze,Sebastien	GM	2573	FRA	5.5	29.0
4.	Feller,Sebastien	GM	2611	FRA	5.0	32.0
5.	Golod,Vitali	GM	2585	ISR	5.0	32.0
6.	Gallagher,Joseph	GM	2499	SUI	5.0	30.0
7.	Gähler,Marco		2334	SUI	5.0	28.5
8.	Mikhalevski,Victo	GM	2610	ISR	4.5	27.5
9.	Cebalo,Miso	GM	2500	CRO	4.5	27.5
10.	Lehmann,Marco	FM	2302	SUI	4.0	30.5
11.	Ulibin,Mikhail	GM	2540	RUS	4.0	28.5
12.	Eppinger,Georg	FM	2237	GER	4.0	27.5
13.	Ekström,Roland	IM	2511	SUI	4.0	27.0
14.	Schiendorfer,Eman	FM	2331	SUI	4.0	26.5
15.	Ermeni,Avni		2255	SRB	4.0	25.0
16.	Kudryavtsev,Eugèn		2207		3.5	26.5
17.	Patuzzo,Fabrizio	FM	2294	SUI	3.5	23.0
18.	Huss,Andreas	IM	2304	SUI	3.5	23.0
19.	Kribben,Matthias,		2128	GER	3.5	23.0
20.	Aklin,Heinz		1843		3.5	20.5
21.	Fassnacht,Peter		2164	GER	3.0	26.5
22.	Wyss,Jonas		2277	SUI	3.0	25.0
23.	Muheim,Sebastian		2164	SUI	3.0	24.5
24.	Kerz,Markus		2120	GER	3.0	24.5
25.	Perruchoud,Benoît		2140		3.0	24.0
26.	Barnier,Alain		2041	FRA	3.0	23.0
27.	Muheim,Markus		2099	SUI	3.0	21.5
28.	Srinivasan,Varada		1812	SUI	3.0	16.5
29.	Manoukian,Alexand		1907	SUI	2.5	21.5
30.	Tcheau,Alain		1987	SUI	2.5	20.0
31.	Walther,Frédéric		1790		2.5	18.5
32.	Giger,Eduard		1653		2.5	17.0
33.	Nguyen,Nam-Khang		1441		2.0	20.0
34.	Planchet,Thomas		1356		2.0	16.5
35.	Perruchoud, Sophi				1.0	18.0

This is me playing (an winning) against GM Sebastien Feller. Look at black’s knight on h8, not  a great position 😉 I am threatening Rd8, and if Black plays …Qxe7 I take back fxe7 and there is no defence to Rd8, winning.

Just before my game against GM Ulibin (I won this game). Click on the photo to see it bigger, and look at the starting position carefully, the “Queen’s side” looks fine, but the “King’s side” is quite different.

Also, you can see the podium of overall winners

1. Roiz 2. Kosteniuk 3. Maze

and of the Swiss players

1. Kosteniuk 2. Gallagher 3.Gähler

Posted by Alexandra Kosteniuk
Women’s World Chess Champion
www.chessqueen.com

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