Liepājas Rokāde

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

gollark: You can stun it for trading, I think.
gollark: I think most people would, because you know, 2G prize.
gollark: Kill it as an example to the others?
gollark: Try and get a prizeswap?
gollark: Cöül.

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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