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The Swedish Chess Federation of Visually Impaired

Welcome to the homepage of the Swedish Chess Federation of Visually Impaired. 

The Swedish Chess Federation of Visually Impaired was founded in 1946. We are a member of IBCA, International Braille Chess Association.

Jörgen Magnusson Swedish champion 2011 

The Swedish championship for visually impaired 2011 was played on Scandic CH in Gävle from 10:th to 13:th of March. 20 players participated in three groups. Group 1 played for the championship in five rounds berger. Group 2 also played five rounds berger. Group 3, with 8 participants, played five rounds monrad. In thath group four players tied for first and had a play off the last day.

Final standings

Group 1:
1) Jörgen Magnusson 5;
2) William Lyons 3;
3) Håkan Thomsson 3;
4) Dobrivoje Vukovic 2,5;
5) Olle Engström 1,5;
6) Richard Spele 0.

Group 2:
1) Fredrik Ljungdahl 5;
2-3) John Sollén 3;
2-3) Kourosh Javvi 3;
4) Viktoria Karlsson 2,5;
5) Per Svensson 1;
6) Roger Wittiko 0,5.

Group 3:
1) Bengt ERiksson 4 (3);
2) Hernan Sobredo 4 (2);
3) Peter Hjalmarson 4 (1);
4) Inga-Gerd Nilsson 4 (0);
5-6 Stefan Johansson 2
5-6) Georgibelle Fröjse 2;
7) AnneMarie Freij 1;
8) Ann-Marie Schulze 0.
 

Swedens Patrik Berggren won in Dublin

Irish open for visually impaired was played on Marine hotel in Sutton Cross, Dublin, 1-4 October 2010. In the main group four players tied for first with 4,5/6: Patrik Berggren and Markus Berggren from Sweden and Michael Delany and Philip Doyle from Ireland. Patrik Berggren, Sweden, won on tiebreak points. Other Swedish players: Håkan Thomsson and Olle Engström took 3,5/6 and Richard Spele took 3,0/6. 20 players participated.

The group for lower rated players was won by Fredrik Ljungdahl, Sweden. He took 6,0/6. Other Swedish players: Bengt Eriksson and Hernan Sobredo took 3,0/6. 13 players participated.
 

Irish victory in correspondence chess

Sweden lost to Ireland 2,5-9,5 in the e-mail match for visually impaired which was played from November 2009 to August 2010.

Results Sweden - Ireland 2009 – 2010:
Board 1: Olle Engström - Ernie McElroy 1,5-0,5
Board 2: Håkan Thomsson - Philip Doyle 0,5-1,5
Board 3: Viktoria Karlsson - Eamonn Casey 0-2
Board 4: Peter Hjalmarson - John Carroll 0-2
Board 5: Georgibelle Fröjse - Michael Meaney 0-2
Board 6: Arne Karlsson - Tony Murray 0,5-1,5

JWCC 2009

The Junior World Chess Championship for visually impaired 2009 was held at Scandic hotel in Täby, Sweden, from 19:th to 25:th of June. The tournament was organized by the Swedish Chess Federation of Visually Impaired and main sponsor was Scandinavian Chess Tournament. 34 players from 16 nations took part in the tournament.

The winner was Daniel Pulvett from Venezuela with 6,0/7 followed by Stanislav Babarykin, Russia, Igor Khmelevskoy, Russia, and Markus Berggren, Sweden 5,5/7. JWCC 2009 for visually impaired

Final standings:

1. Daniel Pulvett, Venezuela 6
2. Stanislav Babarykin, Russia 5,5
3. Igor Khmelevskoy, Russia 5,5
4. Markus Berggren, Sweden 5,5
5. Ugur Yuvarlak, Turkey 5
6. Patrik Berggren, Sweden 4,5
7. Pavle Dimic, Serbia 4,5
8. Piotr Renkowski, Poland 4,5
9. Dominik Szurgot, Poland 4,5
10. Lukasz Iwancio, Poland 4
11. Adam Czajkowski, Poland 4
12. S. T. Saikrishna, India 4
13. Ramon Escudeiro Tilve, Spain 4
14. Pavel Bulgakov, Russia 4
15. Damjan Jandric, Serbia 4
16. William Desmas, France 4
17. Luka Lopusina, Serbia 3,5
18. Stefan Janjic, Serbia 3,5
19. Nemanja Bjelanovic, Bosnia 3,5
20. Karl Martin Adam, USA 3
21. Koumtzis Argyris, Greece 3
22. Mohammad Devisti Mogouei, Iran 3
23. Gabiden Sadykov, Kazakhstan 3
24. Masoud Khodaei, Iran 3
25. Francisco Javier Gamiz Campana, Spain 2,5
26. Luis Diaz de la Guia, Spain 2,5
27. Petra Polakova, Czech republic 2,5
28. Vahideh Pourali, Iran 2
29. Alejandro Martinez Colomer, Spain 2
30. Viktoria Karlsson, Sweden 2
31. Stefan Marcin, Slovakia 2
32. Kisku Ganesh, India 2
33. Seddigheh Sargazi, Iran 1,5
34. Martin Miskeje, Slovakia 1

Material

• All matches from JWCC (pgn-file opens in a new window)
• All matches from JWCC (Word-file opens in a new window)
• Commented match between Ugur Yuvarlak and Daniel Pulvett (doc-file opens in a new window)
• JWCC programme (doc-file, opens in a new window)
• List of participants (doc-file, opens in a new window)

Last Updated 2011-03-21