Liepājas Rokāde ("Liepāja Castling") is international "open" chess championship, annually held in Liepāja, Latvia in August. The first Liepājas rokāde was held in 1994, the last in 2018. [1]

List of winners

YearOpen TournamentSuper TournamentBlitz tournamentTeam Tournament
1994 Latvia Viesturs Meijers
1995 Latvia Edvīns Ķeņģis
1996 Latvia Guntis Jankovskis
1997 Latvia Normunds Miezis
1998 Latvia Daniel Fridman Latvia Juzefs Petkēvičs
1999 Latvia Rolands Bērziņš
2000 Latvia Evgeny Sveshnikov Kazakhstan Darmen Sadvakasov
United States Maxim Dlugy
2001 Latvia Evgeny Sveshnikov Spain Alexei Shirov Latvia Normunds Miezis
2002 Latvia Evgeny Sveshnikov Latvia Evgeny Sveshnikov Latvia Daniel Fridman
2003 Latvia Arnolds Luckāns Russia Alexander Khalifman United States Maxim Dlugy
2004 Estonia Meelis Kanep Estonia Kaido Külaots
2005 Lithuania Darius Zagorskis Netherlands Loek van Wely Lithuania Vaidas Sakalauskas Švyturys
2006 Lithuania Šarūnas Šulskis Bulgaria Kiril Georgiev Bulgaria Kiril Georgiev Švyturys
2007 Lithuania Vytautas Vaznonis Germany Arkadij Naiditsch Lithuania Šarūnas Šulskis Joker
2008 Latvia Valdis Troņenkovs (Open A)
Latvia Aleksandrs Smirnovs (Open B)
Russia Evgeny Levin (Open C)		 Russia Evgeny Romanov Germany Daniel Fridman Joker
2009 Latvia Arturs Neikšāns Latvia Verners Putka Joker
2010 Latvia Oleg Krivonosov United States Jaan Ehlvest Joker
2011 Latvia Normunds Miezis United States Jaan Ehlvest Terrabalt
2012 Russia Alexander Khalifman Germany Daniel Fridman Terrabalt
2013 Lithuania Emilis Pileckis Bulgaria Kiril Georgiev Latvia Igor Kovalenko MRU–Gintars
2014 Latvia Igor Kovalenko Latvia Igor Kovalenko Terrabalt
2015 Russia Evgeny Romanov[2] Latvia Igor Kovalenko Russia Andrey Esipenko Terrabalt
2016 Russia Vladimir Fedoseev Russia Daniil Lintchevski United States Jaan Ehlvest Terrabalt
2017 Belarus Vladislav Kovalev Germany Daniel Fridman Germany Daniel Fridman Terrabalt
2018 Estonia Kaido Külaots Germany Daniel Fridman Lithuania Tomas Laurušas Terrabalt

Super Tournament is not played in 2009-2012 and 2014.

Liepājas Rokāde 2009

The Liepājas rokāde 2009 was opened on August 6, 2009. The tournament taking place in Liepāja Biedrības nams. The ceremony started from the speech of tournament director Āris Ozoliņš and Vita Hartmane, which read a letter of the Liepāja mayor Uldis Sesks to participants of the tournament. In 2009 there were 147 players from Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Portugal and Czech Republic, 7% of whom were women.[3] The open tournament was held on 79 chess tables. The championship utilizes FIDE rules and uses Swiss pairing system in 13 rounds.[4] The tournaments judged three referee — Dashkevics, Borisovs and A. Cimiņš. Overall prize fund — 2410 LVL and cups for the first 3 places. The competition traditionally has a large number of sponsors, including Liepājas Metalurgs and Liepāja City Council, additionally there was participation fee about 10 EUR for the players. Tournament results:

References

  1. ↑ Kurzemes Vārds
  2. ↑ FIDE President at Liepajas Rokade chess festival in Latvia
  3. ↑ Riga chess federation, news 06.08.2009
  4. ↑ Liepājas rokāde 2009 booklet
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