FM Pierre Villegas and WCM Mathilde Chung are the new Champions of Monaco!
They won the Monaco Chess Championship 2016 which finished yesterday.
GM David Marciano and WFM Noela-Joyce Lomanandong are the new Vice-Champions of Monaco.
Final Rankings :
1 MF Pierre Villegas 6
2 GM David Marciano 6
3 GM Algimantas Butnorius 4.5
4 Karl Ribbegren 4.5
5 GM Igor Efimov 4
6 Jean François Nelis 4
7 Hugo Apap 4
8 Wcm Mathilde Chung 4
9 IM Igor Berezovsky 4
10 FM Patrick Van hoolandt 4
11 Kenia Jose Pollanco 4
12 wfm Noela Joyce Lomandong 3.5
Pierre Villegas, who made a performance of 2511 ELO points, qualified for the 2nd European Small Nations Individual Chess Championship 2016, which will be held in Luxembourg 1-11 April.
Monaco Men’s Team for the Chess Olympiad 2016 in Baku :
1 FM Pierre Villegas, 2 GM Igor Efimov, 3 Karl Ribbegren, 4 GM Algimantas Butnorius,5 GM David Marciano.
Capitain : FM Patrick Van Hoolandt
Monaco Women’s Team for the Chess Olympiad 2016 in Baku :
1 WCM Mathilde Chung, 2 WFM Noela Joyce Lomandong, 3 Svetlana Berezovska, 4 WIM Julia Lebel-Arias
Capitain : IM Igor Berezovsky
