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THE WEEK IN CHESS 1041 20th October 2014 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Baku FIDE Grand Prix 2014
3) Tashkent FIDE Grand Prix 2014
4) 18th Unive Chess 2014
5) Millionaire Chess 2014
6) World Juniors 2014
7) Chigorin Memorial 2014
8) American Continental 2014
9) 18th Corsican Circuit 2014
10) 12th Cap D'Agde 2014
11) 18th Copa Mercosur 2014
12) BDO Chess tournament 2014
13) XTRACON GM 2014
14) Lady Chess 2014
15) 24th European Youth Championship 2014
16) 40th Guernsey Chess Festival 2014
17) VIII Universidad Central Elite 2014
18) First Saturday October 2014
19) Pankrac Cup 2014
20) TCEC Season 7 2014
21) Larsen Memorial of North Jutland 2014
22) POL vs UKR Akademickie Match 2014
23) Lichtenrader Herbst 2014
24) Hradec Kralove Open 2014
25) US Chess League 2014
26) TCh-HUN 2014-15
27) TCh-NOR 2014
28) TCh-SUI 2014
29) Bundesliga 2014-15
30) Belgian Interclubs 2014-15
31) TCh-FIN 2014-15
32) Active Team Events
33) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
Baku FIDE Grand Prix 20146 games
18th Unive Chess 2014301 games
Millionaire Chess 201466 games
World Juniors 2014625 games
Chigorin Memorial 2014531 games
American Continental 2014281 games
18th Corsican Circuit 2014103 games
18th Copa Mercosur 201431 games
BDO Chess tournament 201460 games
XTRACON GM 201425 games
Lady Chess 201425 games
24th European Youth Championship 201431 games
40th Guernsey Chess Festival 20142 games
VIII Universidad Central Elite 201420 games
First Saturday October 20141 game
Pankrac Cup 201412 games
Larsen Memorial of North Jutland 201470 games
POL vs UKR Akademickie Match 201494 games
Lichtenrader Herbst 201440 games
US Chess League 201416 games
TCh-HUN 2014-1560 games
TCh-SUI 201477 games
Bundesliga 2014-15128 games
Belgian Interclubs 2014-1596 games
2699 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Roland Wimmer, Olexandr Prohorov, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Zoltan Budai, Luis Rodi, Miklos Orso, Lennart Ootes, Macauley Peterson, and everyone else who helped with this issue.

Viswanathan Anand played his final event before challenging Magnus Carlsen in Sochi. He was in Corisica and reached the semi-final winning all his games to that point before losing a game to Sergey Fedorchuk. However he looks ready.

There were many other quality events this week. Wesley So won the Millionaire Chess event in Las Vegas, he was top seed and looked the best player on show there. The Bundesliga started this weekend. The German league is the strongest in the world and there was an interesting start. Lu Shanglei of China won the World Junior title with 10/13 half a point clear of his compatriot Wei Yi. Anish Giri beat Alexei Shirov 4.5-1.5 in a match in Hoogeveen. Giri starts playing in the Tashkent FIDE Grand Prix tomorrow and this event will take us almost to the Petrosian Memorial in Moscow and that event will take us to the World Chess Championship. In fact I can see quality chess ahead right until Christmas now.

TWIC turned 20 on September 17th. You can read my article 20 years of TWIC. which includes a full listing of all issues including all the texts. I have all the PGNs but that's a very large file but a ChessBase cbv archive format can be bought for £30 which will help me head out from this landmark. The cost of TWIC is basically my wage so any support would be very welcome as it's very tough surviving on pure advertising, although that has been essential too and I thank them too.

If you also wish to donate to help me keep TWIC going and move it forward then you can do so via PayPal at:

Send a £30 donation via Paypal and contact me via email (Email Mark Crowther - mdcrowth@btinternet.com) I'll send you an address for a ChessBase cbv file of my personal copy of every issue of the games in one database.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Baku FIDE Grand Prix 2014

The Baku FIDE Grand Prix took place 2nd (Round 1) to 14th October 2014. This was the first of four in the series where Candidates places are at stake. Players: Caruana, Grischuk, Nakamura, Karjakin, Mamedyarov, Dominguez Perez, Gelfand, Svidler, Andreikin, Radjabov, Kasimdzhanov and Tomashevsky.

Boris Gelfand and Fabiano Caruana shared first place in the FIDE Grand Prix in Baku. Gelfand was satisfied with this result but pointed out he will have to follow it with two more good results in the series, Caruana said "I can't say it's bad to tie for first." but was really disatisfied with the level of his play.

Baku FIDE Grand Prix 2014 Baku AZE Thu 2nd Oct 2014 - Wed 15th Oct 2014. Category: 21. Ave: (2752)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts TPR
1 Gelfand, Boris GM ISR 2748 # = = = 1 = = 1 0 = 1 = 6.5 2817
2 Caruana, Fabiano GM ITA 2844 = # = = 0 1 1 = 1 = 0 1 6.5 2808
3 Tomashevsky, Evgeny GM RUS 2701 = = # = = = = = = = 1 = 6 2792
4 Nakamura, Hikaru GM USA 2764 = = = # = 0 = = = 1 1 = 6 2787
5 Grischuk, Alexander GM RUS 2797 0 1 = = # = = 0 = 1 = 1 6 2784
6 Karjakin, Sergey GM RUS 2767 = 0 = 1 = # = = = = = 1 6 2786
7 Svidler, Peter GM RUS 2732 = 0 = = = = # = 1 = = 1 6 2790
8 Radjabov, Teimour GM AZE 2726 0 = = = 1 = = # = = = = 5.5 2754
9 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar GM AZE 2764 1 0 = = = = 0 = # = = = 5 2715
10 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam GM UZB 2706 = = = 0 0 = = = = # 1 = 5 2720
11 Andreikin, Dmitry GM RUS 2722 0 1 0 0 = = = = = 0 # 1 4.5 2690
12 Dominguez Perez, Leinier GM CUB 2751 = 0 = = 0 0 0 = = = 0 # 3 2577
Round 1. Thu 2nd Oct 2014
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2-1/2 Radjabov, Teimour 31 A20 English opening
Karjakin, Sergey 0-1 Caruana, Fabiano 38 D37 QGD
Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1/2-1/2 Grischuk, Alexander 32 D97 Gruenfeld
Gelfand, Boris 1-0 Andreikin, Dmitry 23 E15 Queen's Indian
Nakamura, Hikaru 1/2-1/2 Svidler, Peter 32 C84 Ruy Lopez
Dominguez Perez, Leinier 1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 31 A15 English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)
Round 2. Fri 3rd Oct 2014
Andreikin, Dmitry 0-1 Nakamura, Hikaru 49 A80 Dutch
Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 Gelfand, Boris 38 B90 Sicilian
Grischuk, Alexander 1/2-1/2 Karjakin, Sergey 47 E15 Queen's Indian
Dominguez Perez, Leinier 1/2-1/2 Tomashevsky, Evgeny 101 C84 Ruy Lopez
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2-1/2 Radjabov, Teimour 42 C67 Ruy Lopez
Svidler, Peter 1-0 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 36 D31 QGD
Round 3. Sat 4th Oct 2014
Gelfand, Boris 1-0 Grischuk, Alexander 61 E17 Queen's Indian
Radjabov, Teimour 1/2-1/2 Svidler, Peter 31 A32 English
Nakamura, Hikaru 1/2-1/2 Caruana, Fabiano 51 D31 QGD
Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 44 D85 Gruenfeld
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2-1/2 Andreikin, Dmitry 36 D45 QGD semi-Slav
Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 Dominguez Perez, Leinier 41 A07 Reti
Round 4. Sun 5th Oct 2014
Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 34 D11 QGD Slav
Grischuk, Alexander 1/2-1/2 Nakamura, Hikaru 49 E97 King's Indian
Dominguez Perez, Leinier 1/2-1/2 Gelfand, Boris 34 B33 Sicilian
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2-1/2 Svidler, Peter 45 C69 Ruy Lopez
Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1/2-1/2 Karjakin, Sergey 31 E00 Catalan opening
Andreikin, Dmitry 1/2-1/2 Radjabov, Teimour 41 E71 King's Indian
Round 5. Tue 7th Oct 2014
Gelfand, Boris 1/2-1/2 Tomashevsky, Evgeny 31 D30 Queen's gambit declined
Radjabov, Teimour 1/2-1/2 Caruana, Fabiano 34 D56 QGD
Svidler, Peter 1/2-1/2 Andreikin, Dmitry 31 C07 French
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2-1/2 Grischuk, Alexander 31 A86 Dutch
Nakamura, Hikaru 1/2-1/2 Dominguez Perez, Leinier 57 A37 English
Karjakin, Sergey 1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 31 A33 English
Round 6. Wed 8th Oct 2014
Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 Svidler, Peter 33 D70 Neo-Gruenfeld defence
Karjakin, Sergey 1/2-1/2 Gelfand, Boris 31 B90 Sicilian
Dominguez Perez, Leinier 1/2-1/2 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 39 C88 Ruy Lopez
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0 Andreikin, Dmitry 36 C41 Philidor
Grischuk, Alexander 0-1 Radjabov, Teimour 37 A05 Reti
Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1/2-1/2 Nakamura, Hikaru 40 D56 QGD
Round 7. Thu 9th Oct 2014
Gelfand, Boris 1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 67 D37 QGD
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2-1/2 Tomashevsky, Evgeny 31 D11 QGD Slav
Andreikin, Dmitry 1-0 Caruana, Fabiano 64 B01 Scandinavian
Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 Karjakin, Sergey 61 D01 Richter-Veresov attack
Radjabov, Teimour 1/2-1/2 Dominguez Perez, Leinier 32 D70 Neo-Gruenfeld defence
Svidler, Peter 1/2-1/2 Grischuk, Alexander 31 B51 Sicilian
Round 8. Fri 10th Oct 2014
Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1/2-1/2 Radjabov, Teimour 31 D85 Gruenfeld
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2-1/2 Caruana, Fabiano 32 D97 Gruenfeld
Gelfand, Boris 1/2-1/2 Nakamura, Hikaru 31 A88 Dutch
Dominguez Perez, Leinier 0-1 Svidler, Peter 78 C84 Ruy Lopez
Grischuk, Alexander 1/2-1/2 Andreikin, Dmitry 77 C67 Ruy Lopez
Karjakin, Sergey 1/2-1/2 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 39 D45 QGD semi-Slav
Round 9. Sun 12th Oct 2014
Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 Grischuk, Alexander 53 E60 King's Indian defence
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0 Gelfand, Boris 37 E60 King's Indian, 3.Nf3
Svidler, Peter 1/2-1/2 Tomashevsky, Evgeny 22 C88 Ruy Lopez
Nakamura, Hikaru 1-0 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 24 C65 Ruy Lopez
Radjabov, Teimour 1/2-1/2 Karjakin, Sergey 31 A35 English
Andreikin, Dmitry 1-0 Dominguez Perez, Leinier 56 A45 Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)
Round 10. Mon 13th Oct 2014
Gelfand, Boris 1-0 Radjabov, Teimour 28 E06 Catalan
Karjakin, Sergey 1/2-1/2 Svidler, Peter 28 C88 Ruy Lopez
Nakamura, Hikaru 1/2-1/2 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 32 D10 QGD Slav defence
Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1-0 Andreikin, Dmitry 41 D17 QGD Slav
Dominguez Perez, Leinier 0-1 Caruana, Fabiano 35 A36 English
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 0-1 Grischuk, Alexander 34 D31 QGD
Round 11. Tue 14th Oct 2014
Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 Tomashevsky, Evgeny 34 C88 Ruy Lopez
Svidler, Peter 1/2-1/2 Gelfand, Boris 31 B90 Sicilian
Andreikin, Dmitry 1/2-1/2 Karjakin, Sergey 33 E15 Queen's Indian
Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 Dominguez Perez, Leinier 40 B90 Sicilian
Radjabov, Teimour 1/2-1/2 Nakamura, Hikaru 31 E63 King's Indian
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 31 D20 QGA

3) Tashkent FIDE Grand Prix 2014

The 2nd tournament in the FIDE Grand Prix series 2014-15 takes place in the Gallery of Fine Art in Tashkent Monday 20th October (opening ceremony) to 3rd November 2014. This follows hard on the heels of last week's event in Baku. Remaining tournaments are in Tbilsi, Georgia 14th-28th February 2015 and Moscow, Russia 13th-27th May 2015. The prize fund is €120,000 with the winner getting €20,000. Round 1 Tuesday 21st October likely at 11am BST. Players: Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Sergey Karjakin, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Boris Gelfand, Dmitri Jakovenko, Dmitry Andreikin, Teimour Radjabov, Baadur Jobava and Rustam Kasimdzhanov.

4) 18th Unive Chess 2014

The 18th Unive Chess tournament took place 11th to 18th October 2014. The main events were 6 game matches. Anish Giri 4.5-1.5 Alexei Shirov and Baadur Jobava 4.5-1.5 Jan Timman. Alongside was the traditional open.

Unive Match
Shirov, Alexei - Giri, Anish 0-1 34 C50 Giuoco Piano
Giri, Anish - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 75 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Shirov, Alexei - Giri, Anish ½-½ 61 D38 QGD Ragozin
Giri, Anish - Shirov, Alexei ½-½ 40 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Shirov, Alexei - Giri, Anish ½-½ 19 E54 Nimzo Indian
Giri, Anish - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 46 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov

Unive Match Hoogeveen (NED), 12 - 18 x 2014
Name Ti FED Rtg 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts Perf
Giri, Anish g NED 2768 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 2884
Shirov, Alexei g LAT 2691 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 2575
Unive Match
Timman, Jan H - Jobava, Baadur ½-½ 27 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Jobava, Baadur - Timman, Jan H 1-0 34 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Timman, Jan H - Jobava, Baadur ½-½ 55 E70 King's Indian Fianchetto
Jobava, Baadur - Timman, Jan H ½-½ 54 C53 Giuoco Piano
Timman, Jan H - Jobava, Baadur 0-1 50 B43 Sicilian Paulsen
Jobava, Baadur - Timman, Jan H 1-0 34 A29 English Four Knights

Unive Match Hoogeveen (NED), 12 - 18 x 2014
Name Ti FED Rtg 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts Perf
Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2717 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 2794
Timman, Jan H g NED 2601 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 2524
18th Unive Open 2014 Hoogeveen NED Sat 11th Oct 2014 - Sat 18th Oct 2014
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg123456789PtsTPR
1Mikhalevski, VictorGMISR2550111½1½½½17.02674
2Beliavsky, Alexander GGMSLO261811110½½1½6.52646
3Vovk, AndreyGMUKR263711½11½½½½6.52631
4Roiz, MichaelGMISR258511½½½11½½6.52624
5Stocek, JiriGMCZE2551½11½1½½½16.52539
6Hansen, EricGMCAN2574111½0101½6.02577
7Heberla, BartlomiejGMPOL25671110½1½½½6.02528
8Romanishin, Oleg MGMUKR2490½1½1½1½½½6.02508
9Kasparov, SergeyGMBLR24840½1111½016.02388
10Gonzalez De La Torre, SantIMESP24401½01½01116.02386
11Van Osch, MeesNED2188011½½½1105.52469
12Hambleton, AmanIMCAN245611½½½½01½5.52479
13Ernst, SipkeGMNED2555½11½10½015.52443
14Guramishvili, SopikoIMGEO23811101011½05.52432
15Raghavi, NagarajanWIMIND225310101½1½½5.52387
16Ris, RobertIMNED242711½0½½½1½5.52375
17Malaniuk, Vladimir PGMUKR24951011½½½½½5.52355
18Franco Alonso, AlejandroIMESP245401011½1015.52316
19De Ruiter, DannyNED2235110½½0½1½5.02372
20Pranav VijayIND21970111½0½½½5.02371
21Rudolf, AnnaWGMHUN2314011101½½05.02357
22Mueer, SebastianGER2185½0101011½5.02336
23Bezemer, ArnoFMNED22751011½0½½½5.02324
24Antoli Royo, Joaquin MigueIMESP2450110½100½15.02325
25Van Foreest, LucasNED2314110½0½1015.02261
26Groetzbach, JulianGER21690011½11½05.02229
27Van der Lende, IliasNED2277010½111½05.02242
28Tondivar, BabakFMNED2288½½½10½½1½5.02242
29Schoorl, RobFMNED2330½½½½½1½½½5.02217
30Kramer, JulianGER21471½01100½½4.52344
31Boer, AlefNED216710½½0½½1½4.52264
32Boersma, JanNED20671010-½1014.52329
33Szostko, JakubPOL210210½½½00114.52247
34De Jong, MigchielIMNED23211½½01½0014.52226
35Colijn, StefanNED22591001½10½½4.52223
36Wunnink, MichaelNED228610½½½01014.52196
37Vogel, JaapFMNED22391010½0½½14.52164
38Vereggen, LarsNED22061010½0½1½4.52140
39Vedder, RichardFMNED2283½½½0110104.52180
40Mellema, AndriesNED21360-101½1104.52211
67 players

5) Millionaire Chess 2014

The Millionaire Chess tournament took place in Las Vegas 9th to 13th October 2014. American razzmatazz and a million dollar prize fund. Leading players Wesley So, Bu Xiangxi, Le Quang Liem, Yu Yangyi, Rauf Mamedov, Aleksey Dreev were at the top of the draw. Top seed Wesley So beat fellow St Louis student Ray Robson in the final.

Millionaire Chess Open 2014 Las Vegas USA Thu 9th Oct 2014 - Mon 13th Oct 2014
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1
18AZAROV SergeiBLR26396.50.0
10SHANKLAND Samuel LUSA26336.50.0
12GAREEV TimurUSA26126.50.0
13ORTIZ SUAREZ Isan ReynaldoCUB26116.50.0
14NARODITSKY DanielUSA26016.50.0
37BERCZES DavidHUN24716.50.0
71SO WesleyPHI27556.00.0
2BU XiangzhiCHN27106.00.0
6DREEV AlekseyRUS26546.00.0
7AKOBIAN VaruzhanUSA26406.00.0
9NAJER EvgeniyRUS26356.00.0
11ROBSON RayUSA26286.00.0
17SADORRA Julio CatalinoPHI25926.00.0
18LENDERMAN AleksandrUSA25896.00.0
20FELGAER RubenARG25776.00.0
21RAMIREZ AlejandroUSA25746.00.0
23KAIDANOV Gregory SUSA25696.00.0
24KULAOTS KaidoEST25646.00.0
27CHIRILA Ioan-CristianROU25296.00.0
36FISHBEIN AlexanderUSA24726.00.0
213LE Quang LiemVIE27065.50.0
4YU YangyiCHN26975.50.0
15KACHEISHVILI GiorgiGEO25975.50.0
16GHAEM MAGHAMI EhsanIRI25945.50.0
19ZHOU JianchaoCHN25805.50.0
25BRUNELLO SabinoITA25525.50.0
26MARGVELASHVILI GiorgiGEO25405.50.0
28MATAMOROS FRANCO Carlos S.ECU25175.50.0
31IVANOV AlexanderUSA25085.50.0
34CHANDRA AkshatUSA24885.50.0
35KADRIC DenisBIH24735.50.0
38XIONG JefferyUSA24705.50.0
41DROZDOWSKI KacperPOL24585.50.0
45KJARTANSSON GudmundurISL24395.50.0
355MAMEDOV RaufAZE26675.00.0
22HOLT ConradUSA25715.00.0
29STOPA JacekPOL25155.00.0
30PAKLEZA ZbigniewPOL25095.00.0
32SHABALOV AlexanderUSA24995.00.0
33WAN YunguoCHN24895.00.0
129 players
Millionaire Chess KO 2014 Las Vegas USA Mon 13th Oct 2014 - Mon 13th Oct 2014
Leading Final Round 2 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg123456Pts
1So, WesleyGMPHI2755=11.5
1Robson, RayGMUSA2628=00.5
3Yu, YangyiGMCHN2697====114.0
3Zhou, JianchaoGMCHN2580====002.0
1So, WesleyGMPHI2755==113.0
2Zhou, JianchaoGMCHN2580==001.0
1Robson, RayGMUSA26281=1.5
2Yu, YangyiGMCHN26970=0.5
8 players
Millionaire Chess TB 2014 Las Vegas USA Sun 12th Oct 2014 - Sun 12th Oct 2014. Category: 16. Ave: (2629)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 Pts TPR
1 Zhou, Jianchao GM CHN 2580 # = 1 1 2.5 2919
2 Yu, Yangyi GM CHN 2697 = # = 1 2 2732
3 Naroditsky, Daniel GM USA 2601 0 = # = 1 2514
4 Azarov, Sergei GM BLR 2639 0 0 = # 0.5 2353
Round 1. Sun 12th Oct 2014
Azarov, Sergei 1/2-1/2 Naroditsky, Daniel 52 C97 Ruy Lopez
Zhou, Jianchao 1/2-1/2 Yu, Yangyi 36 D38 QGD
Round 2. Sun 12th Oct 2014
Naroditsky, Daniel 1/2-1/2 Yu, Yangyi 38 B40 Sicilian defence
Azarov, Sergei 0-1 Zhou, Jianchao 51 B84 Sicilian
Round 3. Sun 12th Oct 2014
Zhou, Jianchao 1-0 Naroditsky, Daniel 49 E32 Nimzo-Indian
Yu, Yangyi 1-0 Azarov, Sergei 59 C77 Ruy Lopez

6) World Juniors 2014

The World Junior Chess Championships took place in Pune, India 6th to 19th October 2014. Top seeds in the open: Vladimir Fedoseev, Robin Van Kampen, Wei Yi, Vidit Gujrathi. Jorge Cori, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Benjamin Bok, Karen H. Grigoryan etc. In the Girls event Aleksandra Goryachkina and Meri Arabidze are the top seeds. Games and results. Lu Shanglei of China took the title with 10/13 half a point clear of his compatriot Wei Yi who edged out top seed Vladimir Fedoseev who took bronze on tie-break from Jan-Krzysztof Duda. Aleksandra Goryachkina of Russia dominated the Girls event winning with 11/13 one and half points clear of Sarasadat Khademalsharieh of Iran and Ann Chumpitaz of Peru.

World Junior Open 2014 Pune IND Mon 6th Oct 2014 - Sun 19th Oct 2014
Leading Final Round 13 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
113Lu ShangleiCHN253310.00.0100.5106.5
23Wei YiCHN26419.50.0100.0106.5
31Fedoseev VladimirRUS26619.50.0100.0105.5
46Duda Jan-KrzysztofPOL25999.50.093.599.5
54Vidit Santosh GujrathiIND26359.00.094.5100.5
612Dragun KamilPOL25469.00.092.597.5
728Narayanan SrinathIND24439.00.091.597.0
819Karthikeyan MuraliIND24999.00.085.591.0
918Ghosh DiptayanIND25088.50.097.0103.0
1037Bai JinshiCHN24068.50.095.5100.0
117Bok BenjaminNED25918.50.093.598.0
1230Kriebel TadeasCZE24288.50.093.098.0
132Van Kampen RobinNED26418.50.090.095.5
1420Bajarani UlviAZE24968.50.088.594.0
1536Csonka BalazsHUN24098.50.085.090.0
165Cori JorgePER26128.00.098.5104.5
178Grigoryan Karen H.ARM25918.00.098.0104.5
1825Tari AryanNOR24508.00.094.599.5
1910Oparin GrigoriyRUS25528.00.094.599.5
2011Kovalev VladislavBLR25488.00.093.598.0
2115Antipov Mikhail Al.RUS25248.00.092.597.5
2222Ducarmon QuintenNED24878.00.089.593.5
239Indjic AleksandarSRB25548.00.089.093.5
2414Abasov NijatAZE25288.00.088.094.0
2527Das SayantanIND24458.00.088.093.5
2634Gagare ShardulIND24198.00.088.093.0
2726Prasanna Raghuram RaoIND24478.00.085.091.0
2866Gahan M.G.IND22528.00.081.584.0
2932Sunilduth Lyna NarayananIND24207.50.098.5103.5
3017Ankit R. RajparaIND25087.50.092.599.0
3140Ider BoryaFRA23947.50.091.095.5
3248Arat Ufuk SezenTUR23577.50.090.596.5
3323Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.IND24857.50.090.594.5
3421Grover SahajIND24917.50.090.095.0
3583Sai Vishwesh.CIND21517.50.089.595.5
3643Bersamina PauloPHI23807.50.089.094.0
3762Kumaran BIND22797.50.088.594.0
3861Visakh NrIND22827.50.088.093.5
3929Anurag MhamalIND24427.50.086.591.5
4053Koksal EgeTUR23217.50.085.089.5
137 players
World Junior Girls 2014 Pune IND Mon 6th Oct 2014 - Sun 19th Oct 2014
Leading Final Round 13 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Goryachkina AleksandraRUS243011.00.097.0103.0
23Khademalsharieh SarasadatIRI23669.50.598.5103.5
315Chumpitaz AnnPER22019.50.597.0102.0
46Padmini RoutIND23319.00.098.5104.0
55Zhai MoCHN23398.50.095.5101.5
69Iwanow AnnaPOL22798.50.095.0100.0
711Ibrahimova SabinaAZE22718.50.092.097.5
82Arabidze MeriGEO24098.50.089.595.5
914Kurbonboeva SarvinozUZB22128.50.081.086.0
1030Srija SeshadriIND20998.00.091.096.0
1119Gevorgyan MariaARM21608.00.089.093.5
1210Brunello MarinaITA22758.00.089.093.5
1320Gelip IoanaROU21548.00.086.592.0
1423Fronda Jan JodilynPHI21278.00.081.586.5
157Ni ShiqunCHN23128.00.080.085.0
164Pustovoitova DariaRUS23547.50.0101.5107.0
1718Ivana Maria FurtadoIND21657.50.092.597.5
1841Gu TianluCHN20557.50.091.596.5
1921Frayna Janelle MaePHI21407.50.090.595.0
2013Petrukhina IrinaRUS22187.50.086.591.5
218Nguyen Thi Mai HungVIE22997.50.086.091.5
2228Saranya JIND21077.50.083.589.0
2325Vaishali RIND21207.50.079.584.5
2433Mahalakshmi MIND20837.50.077.082.0
2517Nandhidhaa PvIND21747.00.092.097.5
2634Pratyusha BoddaIND20787.00.090.095.5
2736Monnisha GkIND20697.00.087.593.0
2876Potluri SupreethaIND17387.00.083.588.0
2935Imeeva AysaRUS20777.00.083.086.5
3066Tarini GoyalIND18687.00.082.588.0
3143San Diego Marie AntoinettePHI20337.00.080.584.0
3231Michelle Catherina PIND20997.00.080.084.5
3312Varga KlaraHUN22327.00.075.580.5
3429Gueci TeaITA20997.00.074.579.5
3527Pujari RuchaIND21136.50.088.093.5
3616Mona KhaledEGY21916.50.087.092.5
3747Madhurima ShekharIND20006.50.086.091.5
3826Monpeurt CyrielleFRA21156.50.082.586.0
3963Shweta GoleIND18816.50.081.086.0
4038Varshini VIND20666.50.080.582.5
78 players

7) Chigorin Memorial 2014

The Chigorin Memoral takes place Fri 17th Oct to Mon 27th Oct 2014,. Denis Khismatullin won the blitz event on the first day. The top seeds in the open are: Maxim Matlakov, Evgeny Alekseev, Denis Khismatullin, Maxim Rodshtein, Boris Grachev, Sanan Sjugirov, Ilia Smirin, Ildar Khairullin, Aleksandr Rakhmanov, Dmitry Kokarev, Ivan Ivanisevic, Zaven Andriasian etc

Chigorin Memorial 2014 St Petersburg RUS Fri 17th Oct 2014 - Mon 27th Oct 2014
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Matlakov MaximRUS26922.02.00.03.0
6Sjugirov SananRUS26642.02.00.03.0
10Ivanisevic IvanSRB26232.02.00.03.0
11Andriasian ZavenARM26222.02.00.03.0
13Bukavshin IvanRUS26162.02.00.03.0
14Ganguly Surya ShekharIND26132.02.00.03.0
18Goganov AlekseyRUS26082.02.00.03.0
20Wen YangCHN26012.02.00.03.0
21Volkov SergeyRUS25992.02.00.03.0
24Aleksandrov AleksejBLR25832.02.00.03.0
27Kazhgaleyev MurtasKAZ25662.02.00.03.0
28Bernadskiy VitaliyUKR25582.02.00.03.0
29Gabrielian ArturRUS25572.02.00.03.0
33Lalith Babu M.R.IND25472.02.00.03.0
35Stupak KirillBLR25452.02.00.03.0
36Zontakh AndreyUKR25392.02.00.03.0
38Batchuluun TsegmedMGL25232.02.00.03.0
45Predke AlexandrRUS25112.02.00.03.0
46Levin Evgeny A.RUS25072.02.00.03.0
48Ulko JaroslavRUS24892.02.00.03.0
49Matsenko SergeiRUS24852.02.00.03.0
51Chekhov SergeiRUS24742.02.00.03.0
54Smirnov ArtemRUS24502.02.00.03.0
58Munguntuul BatkhuyagMGL24332.02.00.03.0
63Hayrapetyan HovikARM24262.02.00.03.0
67Tunik GennadyRUS24172.02.00.03.0
79Pasiev RakhimRUS23932.02.00.03.0
80Chashchev SergeyRUS23902.02.00.03.0
82Iljin TimofeyUKR23882.02.00.03.0
83Svetlov DmitryRUS23872.02.00.03.0
90Lobanov SergeiRUS23722.02.00.03.0
118Kashtanov RuslanRUS23162.02.00.03.0
333Khismatullin DenisRUS26812.01.50.03.0
34Popov ValerijRUS25462.01.50.03.0
42Pridorozhni AlekseiRUS25142.01.50.03.0
61Gochelashvili DavidRUS24272.01.50.03.0
66Smirnov TimofeyRUS24192.01.50.03.0
75Nezad Husein AzizQAT24002.01.50.03.0
77Slavin AlexeyRUS23972.01.50.03.0
97Akkozov BerikKAZ23612.01.50.03.0
368 players
Chigorin Mem Blitz 2014 St Petersburg RUS Fri 17th Oct 2014 - Fri 17th Oct 2014
Leading Final Round 13 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
14Khismatullin DenisRUS267410.5102.587.068.5
21Smirin IliaISR273210.0111.094.576.0
37Shimanov AleksandrRUS265810.0107.092.070.0
43Kazhgaleyev MurtasKAZ26799.5111.094.074.5
59Demidov MikhailRUS26449.5110.593.071.5
612Rakhmanov AleksandrRUS26179.5110.094.576.5
72Andriasian ZavenARM26919.5109.593.072.0
88Ponkratov PavelRUS26549.5108.091.573.0
95Bukavshin IvanRUS26589.5108.091.568.5
1024Lalith Babu M.R.IND25419.5103.587.068.0
116Potkin VladimirRUS26589.5100.585.563.0
1234Rozum IvanRUS24959.599.584.564.5
1315Ivanisevic IvanSRB25929.594.580.064.5
1413Timofeev ArtyomRUS26059.0108.091.571.0
1517Ganguly Surya ShekharIND25859.0100.084.063.0
1618Aleksandrov AleksejBLR25719.099.583.565.5
26Burmakin VladimirRUS25339.099.583.565.5
1822Stupak KirillBLR25599.099.085.065.0
1919Gabrielian ArturRUS25649.097.583.061.5
2050Paravyan DavidRUS24329.097.582.060.0
2137Yemelin VasilyRUS24839.097.581.561.0
2229Hayrapetyan HovikARM25209.096.081.562.5
2335Matsenko SergeiRUS24858.5109.093.069.0
2411Alekseev EvgenyRUS26248.5102.586.063.5
2533Golubov SaveliyRUS25098.5101.586.066.0
2627Harika DronavalliIND25318.599.084.563.0
2745Zubritskiy ArtyomRUS24538.599.084.061.0
2830Bernadskiy VitaliyUKR25198.598.083.062.0
2944Moiseenko VadimRUS24568.596.080.058.0
3055Airapetian GorRUS23928.595.079.557.5
3114Al-Modiahki MohamadQAT25978.592.578.558.0
3236Goganov AlekseyRUS24848.590.576.556.5
3339Caprio GuidoITA24718.589.075.057.0
3441Dzhumagaliev YanRUS24668.0107.090.567.0
3542Sethuraman S.P.IND24598.0105.590.567.0
3621Smirnov PavelRUS25598.0104.589.065.5
3723Volkov SergeyRUS25428.0103.087.066.0
3847Guseva MarinaRUS24428.0102.087.061.0
3916Demchenko AntonRUS25888.0101.585.563.5
4040Batchuluun TsegmedMGL24668.0101.085.562.5
215 players

8) American Continental 2014

The American Continental Championship takes place in Praia da Pipa in Brazil. Games and results daily at http://chess-results.com/tnr147485.aspx and reports from Luis Rodi at: http://xadrezdiarionews.blogspot.com.br/. Top seeds: Lazaro Bruzon Batista, Jukio Granda Zuniga, Axel Bachmann, Rafael Leitao, Sam Shankland, Emilio Cordova, Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suarez etc

American Continental 2014 Praia da Pipa BRA Sat 18th Oct 2014 - Sun 26th Oct 2014
Leading Round 3 (of 11) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
13Bachmann AxelPAR26453.00.06.06.00
7Ortiz Suarez Isan ReynaldoCUB26113.00.06.06.00
39Felgaer RubenARG25773.00.05.55.50
23Terry RenatoPER24543.00.05.55.50
55Shankland Samuel LUSA26333.00.05.05.00
8Delgado Ramirez NeurisPAR26073.00.05.05.00
12Cruz CristhianPER25573.00.05.05.00
17Shabalov AlexanderUSA24993.00.05.05.00
22Henriquez Villagra CristobalCHI24703.00.05.05.00
24Barbosa Evandro AmorimBRA24493.00.05.05.00
1118Matsuura EveraldoBRA24863.00.04.54.50
19Gonzalez Acosta BernalCRC24783.00.04.54.50
21Pichot AlanARG24733.00.04.54.50
25Krysa LeandroARG24463.00.04.54.50
1515El Debs Felipe De CresceBRA25143.00.04.04.00
161Bruzon Batista LazaroCUB26792.50.06.55.25
172Granda Zuniga Julio EPER26742.50.06.04.75
34Valdes Escobar AlvaroCHI23782.50.06.04.75
1913Perez Ponsa FedericoARG25362.50.05.54.25
14Hernandez Guerrero GilbertoMEX25312.50.05.54.25
16Alonso SalvadorARG25052.50.05.54.25
26Martinez Alcantara Jose EduarPER24402.50.05.54.25
27Paveto KevinARG24262.50.05.54.25
29Cori T. DeysiPER24112.50.05.54.25
47Llorens Sepulveda MarceloCHI22752.50.05.54.25
264Leitao RafaelBRA26362.50.05.03.75
2710Kaidanov Gregory SUSA25692.50.04.53.75
2840Abarca Gonzalez NicolasCHI23282.50.04.53.50
2943Cuellar DiegoPER23022.50.04.53.25
3011Mekhitarian Krikor SevagBRA25582.50.04.03.25
41Perez Gormaz MatiasCHI23272.50.04.03.25
76Mafra Kaiser LuizBRA21482.50.04.03.25
3330Leiva GiuseppePER24092.00.06.53.50
3428Molina Roberto Junio BritoBRA24252.00.06.03.00
31Roselli Mailhe BernardoURU24042.00.06.03.00
32Santiago Yago De MouraBRA23972.00.06.03.00
65Cavalcanti Francisco De AssisBRA21862.00.06.03.00
3833Ruiz C Joshua DCOL23962.00.05.53.00
3990Abdalla Jose Lucas AurelliBRA21002.00.05.52.50
4035Quintiliano Pinto Renato R.BRA23782.00.05.52.50
200 players

9) 18th Corsican Circuit 2014

The 18th Corsican Circuit takes place 18th-22nd Oct 2014. A rapid open qualified for a knockout event with Viswanathan Anand and Hou Yifan. All rounds in Bastia except the final in Ajaccio on the 22nd. The final will be between Sergey Fedorchuk (who beat Anand in the semi-final) and Hou Yifan. Games from the first round of the 18th Oscaro.com Open had significant issues (it looks like many were assigned the wrong players) so I don't give them.

18th Oscaro.com Open 2014 Bastia FRA Sat 18th Oct 2014 - Wed 22nd Oct 2014
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1Perf
1FEDORCHUK Sergey A.gUKR267347½2739
2KOVALENKO IgorgLAT265046½2670
3SWIERCZ DariuszgPOL2614746½2666
4TREGUBOV Pavel V.gRUS26077472644
5RUCK RobertgHUN2568746½2638
6SARIC IvangCRO2678745½2625
7BALOGH CsabagHUN2660744½2608
8KRAVTSIV MartyngUKR25637462570
9EDOUARD RomaingFRA2659742½2542
10DOURERASSOU JonathanmFRA24737452507
11MESZAROS TamasmHUN2424742½2402
12SKOMOROKHIN RomanmRUS2364741½2355
13DIMITROV RadoslavmBUL2445492599
14HORVATH AdamgHUN253945½2515
15DJURIC StefangSRB2397442395
16SELETSKY GrigoryfUKR2358442371
17VILLEGAS PierrefMNC2299412304
18DIMITROV PavelmBUL233141½2295
19MASSONI MichaelmFRA2338642½2306
20DRAGOJLOVIC AndjelkomSRB2290641½2289
21BRETHES FrancoisFRA2276641½2255
22BRESSAC StephanefFRA22866422242
23PODVIN Francois-XavierFRA21796442214
24LUCIANI ThibaultFRA20996402213
25PESOTSKYI VitaliimUKR2262641½2202
26MIHALJ Miroslav MfSRB22266402194
27PISCOPO PierluigimITA24266392186
28LJUBISAVLJEVIC Zivojin ZmSRB2145639½2123
29LABORDE StephaneFRA21446402105
30BOURSIER JulienFRA2072638½2035
31GERONIMI Pierre-FrancoisFRA20196392030
32UTA Adeline-RamonaffROU2063637½2029
33UTRERA LudovicFRA20296392010
34COSTA Pierre-MathieuFRA19726401973
35MORISON JulienFRA16336351792
36KUCHERYAVY VadymUKR1573633½1727
37KOZIAK VitalimUKR2456432330
38HUMEAU CyrilfFRA230741½2254
39ANGELOV ZvetomirBUL201642½2118
40DEUR SARIC ZrinkaffCRO211542½2085
168 players
Corsican Circuit Final 2014 Bastia FRA Sun 19th Oct 2014 - Wed 22nd Oct 2014
Leading Round 3 (of 4) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtg12345Pts
13.1Fedorchuk, Sergey A.GMUKR26731=1.5
23.1Anand, ViswanathanGMIND27850=0.5
13.2Hou, YifanGMCHN2673100113
23.2Ruck, RobertGMHUN2568011002
12.1Anand, ViswanathanGMIND2785112
22.1Tregubov, Pavel V.GMRUS2607000
12.2Fedorchuk, Sergey A.GMUKR2673===12.5
22.2Balogh, CsabaGMHUN2660===01.5
12.3Hou, YifanGMCHN267301113
22.3Kravtsiv, MartynGMUKR256310001
12.4Ruck, RobertGMHUN2568=11.5
22.4Saric, IvanGMCRO2678=00.5
11.1Saric, IvanGMCRO2678112
21.1Meszaros, TamasIMHUN2424000
11.2Anand, ViswanathanGMIND2785112
21.2Skomorokhin, RomanIMRUS2364000
11.3Hou, YifanGMCHN267301113
21.3Dimitrov, RadoslavIMBUL244510001
11.4Fedorchuk, Sergey A.GMUKR267301113
21.4Dourerassou, JonathanIMFRA247310001
11.5Ruck, RobertGMHUN2568112
21.5Kovalenko, IgorGMLAT2650000
11.6Balogh, CsabaGMHUN26601=1.5
21.6Horvath, AdamGMHUN25390=0.5
11.7Kravtsiv, MartynGMUKR2563=11.5
21.7Edouard, RomainGMFRA2659=00.5
11.8Tregubov, Pavel V.GMRUS2607=11.5
21.8Swiercz, DariuszGMPOL2614=00.5

10) 12th Cap D'Agde 2014

The 12th Cap D'Agde takes place 18th to 25th October 2014. There is an open all week and the international Karpov trophy rapid and blitz on the final weekend.

3rd Karpov Trophy Rapid Cap d'Agde FRA Sat 18th Oct 2014 - Sun 26th Oct 2014
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Edouard, Romain GM FRA 2659 633429
2 Karpov, Anatoly GM RUS 2623 4100026
3 Gunina, Valentina GM RUS 2530 4167570
4 Sebag, Marie GM FRA 2482 617822
3rd Karpov Trophy Blitz Cap d'Agde FRA Sat 18th Oct 2014 - Sun 26th Oct 2014
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Edouard, Romain GM FRA 2659 633429
2 Karpov, Anatoly GM RUS 2623 4100026
3 Gunina, Valentina GM RUS 2530 4167570
4 Sebag, Marie GM FRA 2482 617822
12th Cap D'Agde Open 2014 Cap d'Agde FRA Sat 18th Oct 2014 - Sat 25th Oct 2014
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1Perf
1BANIKAS Hristosg263832962
2GEORGIEV Krumg241432833
3PELLETIER Yannickg2574352932
4MAIOROV Nikitag2583352915
5CORNETTE Matthieug2548352906
6ROMBALDONI Axelg2502352878
7VELTEN Paulm2436352854
8LEMEAUX David2253352785
9DAVID Albertog256932894
10GRIMBERG Gilbertf227032830
11BAUER Christiang2637342946
12LALIC Bogdang2450342867
13GONZALEZ PEREZ Arianf2443342771
14BULMAGA Irinam23772528
15NEVEDNICHY Vladislavg256852521
16PALAC Mladeng256152467
17RENAZE Lucf230342319
18MEUNIER Clement22472360
19HOURIEZ Clementf23042347
20SAEZ Fredericf22702315
21VAN ELST Andreasf22372258
22MOAL Alainf2125262498
23GATINEAU Yovann1998262460
24ARIZA Thomas1934262313
25BOLLENGIER Andreeamf2291262260
26MILLIET Sophiem237922396
27RUSEV Rosen Yordanovf239322382
28FAVAREL Antoinef237222365
29FEDORYSHYN Ievgenii222822340
30DI NICOLANTONIO Lucasf232822330
31BELENKAYA Dinaff234022323
32ELISHEV Ivan219122293
33PETROV Marijang249522275
34BUSCARA Sevanf235722260
35GERTOSIO Franck2188252454
36PUCHER Sebastien2334252363
37LUTARD Theo1963252325
38RIBEIRO Romain2203252307
39HOOLT Sarahgf2332252301
40OUAKHIR Mehdi2160252285
170 players

11) 18th Copa Mercosur 2014

The 18th Copa Mercosur took place in Buenos Aires 6th to 15th October 2014. German Della Morte edged out Luis Paulo Supi and Leandro Krysa on tie-break after all scored 5.5/9.

18th Copa Mercosur 2014 Buenos Aires ARG Mon 6th Oct 2014 - Wed 15th Oct 2014
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
110Della Morte GermanARG23845.51.5425.75
23Supi Luis PauloBRA23845.51.0323.75
39Krysa LeandroARG24465.50.5322.25
41Valerga DiegoARG24685.01.0221.75
58Villanueva MarioARG24385.00.0419.75
66Cori Quispe KevinPER22784.01.5217.50
75Slipak SergioARG24204.01.0018.00
84Saldano Dayer HoracioESP24744.00.5117.50
97Rodriguez Vila AndresURU24343.50.0114.25
102Pichot AlanARG24733.00.0114.50
10 players
18th Copa Mercosur 2014 Buenos Aires ARG Mon 6th Oct 2014 - Wed 15th Oct 2014. Category: 7. Ave: (2418)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Della Morte, German IM ARG 2384 # 1 = 1 1 = 0 = 1 0 5.5 2502
2 Supi, Luis Paulo IM BRA 2384 0 # 1 = 1 = = = = 1 5.5 2502
3 Krysa, Leandro IM ARG 2446 = 0 # = = = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2495
4 Valerga, Diego GM ARG 2468 0 = = # 1 = 1 = = = 5 2455
5 Villanueva, Mario IM ARG 2438 0 0 = 0 # 1 1 1 1 = 5 2459
6 Slipak, Sergio GM ARG 2420 = = = = 0 # = = = = 4 2375
7 Cori Quispe, Kevin PER 2278 1 = 0 0 0 = # 1 = = 4 2390
8 Saldano Dayer, Horacio IM ESP 2474 = = = = 0 = 0 # = 1 4 2369
9 Rodriguez Vila, Andres GM URU 2434 0 = 0 = 0 = = = # 1 3.5 2336
10 Pichot, Alan IM ARG 2452 1 0 0 = = = = 0 0 # 3 2289

12) BDO Chess tournament 2014

The BDO Chess tournament took place in Haarlem 11th to 19th October 2014. Friso Nijboer won with 6.5/9.

BDO Premier 2014 Haarlem NED Sat 11th Oct 2014 - Sun 19th Oct 2014
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg123456789PtsTPR
1Nijboer, FrisoGMNED25311½1½1½½1½6.52643
2Kuzmicz, KrystianIMPOL2457½½0½11½116.02610
3Reinderman, DimitriGMNED259211½½0½1½½5.52550
4Sumets, AndreyGMUKR2589½½1½10½½½5.02513
5Burg, TwanIMNED2518½½½½001½14.52478
6De Jong, Jan-WillemIMNED2454½1½½010½½4.52485
7Wagner, DennisIMGER24900½0½101½½4.02438
8Monroy, CharlesIMFRA2427½0½½1½½0½4.02445
9Kuipers, StefanIMNED23890½½½010½03.02367
10Picard, RomainIMFRA2374½0½½0½0002.02274
10 players
BDO Challenger 2014 Haarlem NED Sat 11th Oct 2014 - Sun 19th Oct 2014
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg123456789PtsTPR
1Kevlishvili, RobbyFMNED23201½1010½116.02486
2Van Oosterom, ChielIMNED2384½½01½111½6.02479
3Umudova, NargizWIMAZE22191½½11100½5.52452
4Jackson, James PFMENG23361½01½01015.02402
5Admiraal, MiguoelFMNED23360½1½½0½115.02402
6Haast, AnneWIMNED23570½½½½10½½4.02314
7Bosboom, ManuelIMNED2442½½1½½00104.02305
8Kohlweyer, BerndIMGER2407½½½½01½½04.02309
9Hopman, PieterFMNED2431½1½001½003.52269
10Kerigan, DemreFMTUR23390000½010½2.02139
10 players
BDO Open 2014 Haarlem NED Sat 11th Oct 2014 - Sun 19th Oct 2014
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg123456789PtsTPR
1Brink, BarryNED22091101011117.02412
2Ootes, LarsNED236110110=1116.52369
3Plukkel, SjoerdFMNED2275½11½11½106.52349
4Strating, SyboltFMNED22641100½11116.52288
5Goudriaan, EtienneIMNED23551111½½½½06.02317
6Kohler, AranFMNED2222101½011015.52176
7Blees, EnricoNED21641=01100115.52252
8Galje, HansNED2132½½10½1½½15.52134
9Vos, TjarkAHO224010½110½015.02122
10Vroombout, EnricoNED2158101½101½05.02148
11Kerkvliet, MaxNED2156111½½10005.02248
12Breedveld, AndryNED20951½00½1½½15.02056
13Koelewijn, AlexNED207310½00111½5.02011
14Ritsema, RonaldNED20200011½½½1½5.02136
15Stolwijk, ColinNED221711011½0004.52190
16Polak, IndraNED214711100½0014.52105
17Bloothoofd, GerrieNED201701½10110-4.52171
18Burggraaf, Jan-TheodoorNED2014½½=1=½=½04.52122
19Van Den Bergh, JanNED19920101½½01½4.52031
20Nieland, WimNED1880½½½0110½½4.52029
21De Bruijn, AadNED19990000101114.01880
22Steenbergen, PepijnNED189801001½½104.01991
23Bottema, TomNED2192101010½--3.52115
24Kelder, SjoerdNED20020½½01½==03.51904
25Bloem, MarkNED197900010=0113.51883
26Van Tuyl, WimNED1931000½011½½3.51879
27Breedveld, ErikNED18860011½01003.51939
28Dekker, AlbertNED1931 *0½½01000+3.01770
29Holwijn, MelvinNED19270=½=10½0-3.01897
30Bekedam, TyroNED18510½10010½03.01870
31Schilstra, LaurensNED1842010½001002.51717
32Mestrom, WolfNED1808==010000½2.51805
33Finkenflugel, RenzoNED19250½½0000--1.01578
34Arp, FransNED2042------½--0.52020
35Merbis, MaxNED2159-----0---0.01332
35 players

13) XTRACON GM 2014

The XTRACON GM tournament was a swiss that took place in Koge 11th to 18th October 2014. Alexandr Fier and Peter Prohaszka tied for first on 7/9.

XTRACON GM 2014 Koge DEN Sat 11th Oct 2014 - Sat 18th Oct 2014
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiRtgPts
1Fier, AlexandrGM25897
1Prohaszka, PeterGM25887
3Rozentalis, EduardasGM2600
3Hoi, CarstenGM2395
5Baklan, VladimirGM26566
5Krasenkow, MichalGM26316
5Carstensen, JacobFM23576
5Claussen, Bjorn BrinckIM22276
9Danielsen, HenrikGM2490
9Semcesen, DanielGM2480
9Smith, AxelIM2474
9Ahlander, BjornIM2401
9Percivaldi, MartinFM2324
9Jensen, David BekkerFM2289
9Stojanovski, Sandi2167
9Andersen, Morten2115
17Bermudez, Sergio AdanFM23575
17Akdag, Dara21935
17Nielsen, Jorgen Lovgren21115
17Nielsen, Viktor20525
17Karlsson, Ulf20095
17Bojesen, Villads Ussing18385
23Pedersen, Henrik Dahl2175
23Pedersen, Hans Dahl2171
23Madsen, Michael Ole2071
23Henriksen, Kasper2055
23Nielsen, John Holm2022
23Christensen, Casper1988
23Sorensen, Dick1982
23Stuhr, Peter Sebastian1927
23Nielsen, Jens Holm1811
32Grabow, Pouelsten Holm21244
32Jacobsen, Mikkel Manosri19444
32Andersen, DanielFM19574
32Undheim, Bjarne19124
32Moller, Arne18714
32Hansen, Verner18704
32Anghel, Mihai Ursta18354
32Severinsen, Frank17924
40Hansen, Lars-Henrik Bech2001
55 players

14) Lady Chess 2014

The Lady Chess tournament was an all-play-all that took place in Koge 11th to 18th October 2014. Karina Ambartsumova won with 7/9.

Lady Chess 2014 Koge DEN Sat 11th Oct 2014 - Sat 18th Oct 2014. Category: None. Ave: (2199)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Ambartsumova, Karina WGM RUS 2278 # 1 1 0 = = 1 1 1 1 7 2410
2 Daulyte, Deimante IM LTU 2356 0 # = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2347
3 Frisk, Ellinor WIM SWE 2311 0 = # = 1 1 1 = = 1 6 2311
4 Maisuradze, Nino WGM FRA 2349 1 = = # 0 0 1 = = 1 5 2225
5 Ptacnikova, Lenka WGM ISL 2265 = 0 0 1 # 1 = 0 1 1 5 2234
6 Krasenkova, Ilena WIM RUS 2067 = = 0 1 0 # 0 = = 1 4 2170
7 Guindy, Esmat WFM DEN 2062 0 0 0 0 = 1 # 1 1 = 4 2171
8 Frey, Alisa WFM GER 2098 0 0 = = 1 = 0 # 0 1 3.5 2130
9 Tomnikova, Lidia WIM RUS 2240 0 0 = = 0 = 0 1 # 1 3.5 2114
10 Baliuniene, Margarita DEN 1961 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 # 0.5 1781

15) 24th European Youth Championship 2014

The 24th European Youth Championship takes place in Batumi 19th to 28th October 2014.

24th EY BU18 2014 Batumi GEO Sun 19th Oct 2014 - Tue 28th Oct 2014
Leading Round 1 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Boruchovsky AvitalISR25011.00.00.00.00
2Chigaev MaksimRUS24951.00.00.00.00
5Yuffa DaniilRUS24491.00.00.00.00
7Zenzera AlexeyRUS24321.00.00.00.00
8Laurusas TomasLTU24221.00.00.00.00
9Korchmar VasiliyRUS24121.00.00.00.00
10Studer NoelSUI24121.00.00.00.00
12Ladva OttomarEST23921.00.00.00.00
13Kobo OriISR23801.00.00.00.00
14Khegay DmitriyRUS23741.00.00.00.00
15Mikaelyan ArmanARM23721.00.00.00.00
16Radovanovic NikolaSRB23651.00.00.00.00
17Faizrakhmanov RamilRUS23641.00.00.00.00
18Yurtseven MelihTUR23641.00.00.00.00
19Oganian MiranRUS23601.00.00.00.00
20Sanzhaev DarsenRUS23481.00.00.00.00
21Torosyan NorayrARM23481.00.00.00.00
24Farkas RichardHUN23141.00.00.00.00
26Menezes ChristophAUT22631.00.00.00.00
27Soysal SerkanTUR22451.00.00.00.00
28Eggink RyszardPOL22261.00.00.00.00
29Iovcov ValeriiMDA22241.00.00.00.00
30Malka SamuelFRA22161.00.00.00.00
31Hovhannisyan KarenARM22151.00.00.00.00
32Pirverdiyev AgilAZE22091.00.00.00.00
36Kumsiashvili NikolozGEO21791.00.00.00.00
43Monjac MislavCRO21391.00.00.00.00
54Danielyan VaheARM20261.00.00.00.00
293Santos Latasa JaimeESP24950.50.50.00.25
6Harutyunian Tigran K.ARM24410.50.50.00.25
23Kirk EzraENG23150.50.50.00.25
25Nielsen Hogni EgilstoftFAI22730.50.50.00.25
35Tomici StefanROU21940.50.50.00.25
38Brazdzionis AndriusLTU21700.50.50.00.25
55Hakobyan Hovhannes H.ARM19970.50.50.00.25
57Machlik JonNOR19180.50.50.00.25
374Georgiadis NicoSUI24590.01.00.00.00
11Lugovskoy MaximRUS24000.01.00.00.00
22Bogdanov EgorUKR23460.01.00.00.00
33Marek MatyasCZE22000.01.00.00.00
64 players
24th EY GU18 2014 Batumi GEO Sun 19th Oct 2014 - Tue 28th Oct 2014
Leading Round 1 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Mammadzada GunayAZE23161.00.00.00.00
4Styazhkina AnnaRUS22051.00.00.00.00
5Rodionova PolinaRUS21821.00.00.00.00
6Imnadze NatoGEO21751.00.00.00.00
7Stoeri LauraSUI21691.00.00.00.00
8Chernyak ViktoriaRUS21661.00.00.00.00
9Ivanova KarinaRUS21511.00.00.00.00
10Bezkorovaina MariiaUKR21471.00.00.00.00
11Amrayeva AytanAZE21441.00.00.00.00
12Richterova NatasaCZE21221.00.00.00.00
13Navrotescu Andreea-CristianaFRA21181.00.00.00.00
14Fataliyeva UlviyyaAZE21171.00.00.00.00
15Ivanova SimonetaBUL21081.00.00.00.00
16Blagojevic TijanaMNE20881.00.00.00.00
17Fuskova MartinaCZE20821.00.00.00.00
19Kaliadzich MaryiaBLR20651.00.00.00.00
20Turk TajanaCRO20641.00.00.00.00
21Hoare Amy BENG20631.00.00.00.00
23Ratsma RosaNED20601.00.00.00.00
25Gaboyan SusannaARM20351.00.00.00.00
26Jacimovic SaraBIH20291.00.00.00.00
27Heinemann JosefineGER20211.00.00.00.00
29Visanescu Daria-IoanaROU20101.00.00.00.00
243Velikic AdelaSRB22060.50.50.00.25
18Hincu OlgaMDA20700.50.50.00.25
22Vanagaite GiedreLTU20620.50.50.00.25
24Ruiz Font ElisabetESP20560.50.50.00.25
28Shamatava AnaGEO20150.50.50.00.25
31Utiatskaja IrinaRUS20010.50.50.00.25
46Kakutia AdaGEO17470.50.50.00.25
50Serpetsidaki EvaGRE16500.50.50.00.25
52Sen Beril BerfinTUR16190.50.50.00.25
56Movsesyan AstghikARM00.50.50.00.25
341Tantsiura MariaUKR23520.01.00.00.00
30Franca VeronikaSLO20060.01.00.00.00
32Choladze MariamGEO19660.01.00.00.00
33Voischeva ZinaidaRUS19590.01.00.00.00
34Federovski AdiISR19530.01.00.00.00
35Machlik EditNOR19460.01.00.00.00
36Maruszczak JoannaPOL19230.01.00.00.00
56 players
24th EY GU16 2014 Batumi GEO Sun 19th Oct 2014 - Tue 28th Oct 2014
Leading Round 1 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
167Levi ShovalISR01.00.00.00.50
21Drogovoz IrinaRUS22571.00.00.00.00
4Khomeriki NinoGEO21681.00.00.00.00
5Harazinska EwaPOL21661.00.00.00.00
7Lingur ZalinaRUS21461.00.00.00.00
8Mammadova NarminAZE21241.00.00.00.00
9Narva MaiEST21231.00.00.00.00
10Hojjatova AydanAZE21041.00.00.00.00
12Arvai EszterHUN20871.00.00.00.00
14Wozniak MariolaPOL20611.00.00.00.00
18Malatsilava VolhaBLR19881.00.00.00.00
19Georgescu LenaSUI19871.00.00.00.00
22Chung MathildeMNC19721.00.00.00.00
23Kanakova NatalieCZE19451.00.00.00.00
24Fiadosenka RahnedaBLR19411.00.00.00.00
25Pychova NelaCZE19321.00.00.00.00
28Mirzaeva GulnaraRUS19151.00.00.00.00
29Shivacheva DonikaBUL18911.00.00.00.00
31Dadello AleksandraPOL18631.00.00.00.00
32Imanly MagruraAZE18531.00.00.00.00
33Trippold DeniseAUT18451.00.00.00.00
36Auvray HonorineFRA18391.00.00.00.00
39Lahav MichalISR18241.00.00.00.00
54Javakhishvili MariamGEO16141.00.00.00.00
63Chkhaidze AniGEO15281.00.00.00.00
262Dordzhieva DinaraRUS22380.50.50.00.25
11Ghukasyan SiranushARM20890.50.50.00.25
13Drogovoz MariaRUS20620.50.50.00.25
15Egorova AyyynaRUS20520.50.50.00.25
16Paramzina AnastasyaRUS20510.50.50.00.25
17Garcia Porlan BeatrizESP20220.50.50.00.25
20Vidic TejaSLO19850.50.50.00.25
26Altshul LimorISR19320.50.50.00.25
27Khrapko MarharytaBLR19220.50.50.00.25
35Vangsgaard FrejaDEN18420.50.50.00.25
44Firidunlu LalaAZE17910.50.50.00.25
46Golubeva MarijaLAT17580.50.50.00.25
48Varney ZoeENG17410.50.50.00.25
49Salahidou RevekaGRE17220.50.50.00.25
50Ciungan Diana-AlexandraROU17120.50.50.00.25
67 players
24th EY BU16 2014 Batumi GEO Sun 19th Oct 2014 - Tue 28th Oct 2014
Leading Round 1 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
189Sajaia LashaGEO15951.00.00.00.50
21Sanal VahapTUR24591.00.00.00.00
2Bellahcene BilelFRA24431.00.00.00.00
3Vavulin MaksimRUS24311.00.00.00.00
4Schroeder Jan-ChristianGER24151.00.00.00.00
8Kelires AndreasCYP23951.00.00.00.00
10Suarez Gomez JulioESP23581.00.00.00.00
11Sibashvili GiorgiGEO23501.00.00.00.00
12Gajek RadoslawPOL23461.00.00.00.00
15Beerdsen ThomasNED23331.00.00.00.00
16Santos Ruiz MiguelESP23291.00.00.00.00
17Antal Tibor KendeHUN23241.00.00.00.00
20Plenca JadrankoCRO23001.00.00.00.00
21Dolana Andrei-TheodorROU22971.00.00.00.00
22Huber Martin ChristianAUT22861.00.00.00.00
24Barseghyan HarutyunARM22611.00.00.00.00
27Drygalov SergeyRUS22241.00.00.00.00
28Tutisani NoeGEO22241.00.00.00.00
30Shahaliyev IsmayilAZE22061.00.00.00.00
31Radovic JankoSRB21931.00.00.00.00
32Johannesson OliverISL21921.00.00.00.00
34Tokranovs DmitrijsLAT21711.00.00.00.00
35Ghvamberia NikaGEO21511.00.00.00.00
36Drygalov AndreyRUS21471.00.00.00.00
37Mamedov ElminRUS21421.00.00.00.00
38Filipets EgorBLR21411.00.00.00.00
39Tomczak MikolajPOL21321.00.00.00.00
40Hoang HarrySUI21291.00.00.00.00
41Kratochvil VitCZE21181.00.00.00.00
42Klepikov NikitaRUS21141.00.00.00.00
43Yayloyan KonstantinARM21141.00.00.00.00
44Briata FedericoITA21101.00.00.00.00
58Can Melih KaanTUR20111.00.00.00.00
62Karaoglan KivancTUR19621.00.00.00.00
69Licheli LukaGEO18581.00.00.00.00
70Mammadov GulamAZE18531.00.00.00.00
375Ali Marandi Cemil CanTUR24130.50.50.00.25
6Petrosyan ManuelARM24060.50.50.00.25
7Kozionov KirillRUS23990.50.50.00.25
9Stremavicius TitasLTU23700.50.50.00.25
89 players
24th EY BU14 2014 Batumi GEO Sun 19th Oct 2014 - Tue 28th Oct 2014
Leading Round 1 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
199Theocharous MikisCYP01.00.00.00.50
22Martirosyan Haik M.ARM23911.00.00.00.00
3Moroni Luca JrITA23341.00.00.00.00
4Erenberg ArielISR23081.00.00.00.00
5Nikitenko MihailBLR22951.00.00.00.00
6Gazik ViktorSVK22911.00.00.00.00
7Fakhrutdinov TimurRUS22901.00.00.00.00
8Nguyen Thai Dai VanCZE22561.00.00.00.00
13Elistratov SemenRUS22271.00.00.00.00
16Warmerdam MaxNED21851.00.00.00.00
19Perez Garcia AlejandroESP21651.00.00.00.00
21Wadsworth Matthew JENG21351.00.00.00.00
27Buzas BertalanHUN21161.00.00.00.00
29Nizamov BulatRUS20921.00.00.00.00
30Plazuelo Pascual JuanESP20881.00.00.00.00
32Konaplev AntonRUS20771.00.00.00.00
36Naghdiyev NiyaziAZE20501.00.00.00.00
40Ozen DenizTUR20291.00.00.00.00
41Lukiyanchuk VladislavUKR20271.00.00.00.00
42Moller Sophus MechlenburgDEN20181.00.00.00.00
43Drori SaarISR20151.00.00.00.00
45Goldie ThomasSUI20021.00.00.00.00
46Baskakov EgorRUS19981.00.00.00.00
48Pozgaj HrvojeCRO19901.00.00.00.00
49Tepe Efe CanTUR19901.00.00.00.00
58Gasimov ParvizAZE19491.00.00.00.00
59Parvanyan AshotARM19421.00.00.00.00
60Tsomaia NikolozGEO19301.00.00.00.00
61Feldman AntonyISR19281.00.00.00.00
63Hoghmrtsyan ArturARM19171.00.00.00.00
67Mirzoyan DavidARM19061.00.00.00.00
72Savic Mihailo SSRB18581.00.00.00.00
74Akhvlediani IrakliGEO18551.00.00.00.00
75Polyakov FedorLAT18411.00.00.00.00
77Stauskas LukasLTU18351.00.00.00.00
80Harutyunyan ErikARM17861.00.00.00.00
84Zhu RichardENG17511.00.00.00.00
86Ziroyan DavidARM17451.00.00.00.00
87Karelidze VakhtangGEO17251.00.00.00.00
88Khvadagiani NikaGEO17231.00.00.00.00
99 players

16) 40th Guernsey Chess Festival 2014

The 40th Guernsey Chess Festival takes place 19th to 25th October 2014.

40th Guernsey Open 2014 Vale GCI Sun 19th Oct 2014 - Sat 25th Oct 2014
Leading Round 1 (of 7) Standings:
RkNameTiRtgPts
1Collier, David 20431
2de Haan, EricFM22821
3Dijksterhuis, Rolf 19711
4Dilleigh, Stephen 21281
5Goris, Ton 20391
6Grieve, Harry 17381
7Hallerod, Ralph 21151
8Hambleton, AmanIM24561
9Hansen, EricGM25741
10Havenaar, Jan 20501
11Hillarp-Persson, TigerGM25551
12Jackson, OliverFM21421
13Lochte, Thomas 20711
14Maloberti, David 20631
15Norman, KennethCM21531
16Rosen, DanielCM20681
17Tjiam, DharmaIM23861
18van den Boogaart, Jan-Maarten 20411
19Wager, John 20881
20Wustefeld, Carl 22561
21Bakker, Joop 19510.5
22Broek, Thomas 22010.5
23Campbell, Ian 19800.5
24Canonne, Antoine 19450.5
25Cummins, John 18190.5
26Curtis, John 21000.5
27Da Ces, Philippe 19690.5
28De Boer, Albert 20170.5
29De Kruif, Kees 19270.5
30Fulton, Tony 20260.5
31Gieben, Stijn 21570.5
32Goris-Schouwstra, Adry 18850.5
33Gravett, Alan 18710.5
34Hamperl, FredFM21140.5
35Heppell, Ian 20870.5
36Hess, ChristianFM21850.5
37Hewson, Brian 20660.5
38Hickman, John 18930.5
39Ippel, Cornelius 18910.5
40Johnsen, Gunnar 21400.5
76 players

17) VIII Universidad Central Elite 2014

The VIII Universidad Central Elite took place in Bogota 9th to 13th October 2014. Alexey Fernandez Cardoso won with 7.5/9. Final round 9 games now available but still no round 6.

VIII Universidad Central Open 2014 Bogota COL Thu 9th Oct 2014 - Mon 13th Oct 2014
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
16Fernandez Cardoso AlexeyCUB24357.5396.052.56
22Gomez Garrido Camilo ErnestoCUB25277.0447.053.55
33Hevia Alejano Carlos AntonioCUB24937.0443.054.06
41Cordova EmilioPER26247.0437.553.06
54Alvarez Pedraza AramisCUB24767.0427.052.55
65Barrientos Sergio ECOL24747.0420.552.07
77Pozo Vera SandroCUB24307.0417.047.05
812Prasca Sosa Rafael FelipeVEN23777.0412.052.57
911Sanchez Sebastian FelipeCOL23976.5431.552.04
108Arenas DavidCOL24296.5429.552.05
119Ruiz Sanchez OrlenCUB24296.5411.048.06
1213Castro Oscar H.COL23596.5403.047.56
1314Sanz Alonso Francisco J.ESP23516.5396.553.05
1422Arribas Robaina MaritzaCUB22956.5395.548.05
1527Pina Vega SulennisCUB22706.5356.051.05
1637Valle EfrainCOL22296.5279.544.05
1721Barros Rivadeneira CristhianECU23026.0423.553.55
1817Rodriguez Rueda Paula AndreaCOL23356.0407.048.06
1920Sariego Figueredo WilfredoCUB23246.0406.546.03
2010Martinez Romero MartinCOL24086.0405.554.05
2149Becerra Juan DavidCOL21556.0397.547.05
2233Hernandez Moya YuleisyCUB22486.0395.548.04
2323Marrero Lopez YanietCUB22916.0391.044.05
2415Torres Juan CamiloCOL23376.0390.050.55
2535Saladen Dulce RafaelCOL22306.0384.046.06
2648Mateus MarthaCOL21576.0372.543.56
2754Orozco Lina YomayraCOL21236.0353.041.06
2825Hernandez Sanchez Jairo AndreCOL22856.0333.540.56
2940Llaudy Pupo LisandraCUB22055.5403.047.55
3030Garavito Miguel AngelCOL22575.5401.046.05
3128Ruiz Aguilar Pablo AlexanderCOL22645.5399.548.05
3244Franco Valencia AngelaCOL21865.5392.548.54
3341Pena Duarte Fabian DarioCOL22035.5381.544.55
3434Perez Olarte Cesar CamiloCOL22315.5381.542.55
3531Munoz Jhon EdisonCOL22575.5381.045.05
3632Pazos Gambarrotti PlinioECU22545.5377.539.55
3752Gutierrez RamonCOL21435.5371.043.05
3824Vittorino Carlo GiovanniCOL22915.5368.548.55
3958Suarez Luis HumbertoCOL20815.5358.039.55
4050Jaramillo GonzaloCOL21515.5351.041.05
155 players

18) First Saturday October 2014

The First Saturday October events took place 4th to 14th October 2014. Konstantin Chernyshov won the GM group with 7/10.

FSGM October 2014 Budapest HUN Sat 4th Oct 2014 - Tue 14th Oct 2014
Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
15Chernyshov KonstantinRUS25207.031.500.0
22Szabo KrisztianHUN25396.027.000.0
36Tran Tuan MinhVIE23416.026.000.0
44Ferreira Jorge ViterboPOR24225.021.500.0
51Flumbort Andras Dr.HUN24694.016.000.0
63Englert FabianGER23332.012.000.0
6 players
FSIM October 2014 Budapest HUN Sat 4th Oct 2014 - Tue 14th Oct 2014
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
19To Nhat MinhHUN23297.530.500.0
23Papp PetraHUN22576.023.500.0
34Horvath DavidHUN23625.522.750.0
48Szeberenyi AdamHUN23145.522.500.0
57Lyell MarkENG22904.516.250.0
610Yao LanCHN20154.515.500.0
75Chekletsov IlyaRUS21523.513.500.0
81Szalanczy EmilHUN22423.013.000.0
96Pesotskyi VitaliiUKR22622.511.000.0
102Marosi LeventeHUN21852.59.500.0
10 players
FSFMA October 2014 Budapest HUN Sat 4th Oct 2014 - Tue 14th Oct 2014
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
17Furedi ErikHUN21247.028.750.06
210Tran Minh ThangVIE20536.022.500.06
31Juracsik JozsefHUN21135.522.250.04
48Marta DominikHUN19825.521.750.04
56Toth-Katona TamasHUN20384.518.250.03
63Nagy LaszloHUN18684.013.501.04
79Chekletsov EgorRUS19054.013.500.03
85Mester AttilaHUN19963.015.250.02
94Lukacs AlbertHUN19273.010.250.02
102Hocevar NikolaSLO19641.56.500.01
10 players
FSFMB October 2014 Budapest HUN Sat 4th Oct 2014 - Tue 14th Oct 2014
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
110Marcu SimonSVK18847.028.000.0
23Onur CemTUR16905.523.250.0
36Bacsi AndrasHUN17455.520.250.0
41Szurkos AndrasHUN17075.022.500.0
58Gruz JanosHUN17565.020.500.0
62Szlenka AttilaHUN17824.517.500.0
79Steer JozsefHUN18434.016.000.0
85Oberfrank IstvanHUN17784.015.000.0
97Vasilev SergeyRUS15333.512.000.0
104Forgacs AndrasHUN15531.05.000.0
10 players

19) Pankrac Cup 2014

The Pankrac Cup takes place 16th September to 4th November 2014.

Pankrac Cup 2014 Prague CZE Tue 16th Sep 2014 - Tue 4th Nov 2014
Leading Round 5 (of 8) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
13Studnicka TomasCZE23595.015.07.512.0
21Neuman PetrCZE24654.012.08.013.5
32Cernousek LukasCZE24533.511.010.017.5
420Rydl JiriCZE22033.510.07.011.0
55Vavra PavelCZE23333.010.510.518.0
67Matsenko AndreiRUS22943.09.08.014.0
711Postupa PavelCZE22603.08.07.512.5
815Vetrovsky MichalCZE22273.07.07.512.0
94Juptner JanCZE23552.510.09.016.0
108Netusil MiloslavCZE22902.58.57.013.0
116Bednar MarcelCZE23062.58.08.014.0
1217Matras OndrejCZE22102.57.07.513.0
1322Prochazka DaliborCZE21782.57.07.511.5
1410Haba ZdenekCZE22692.56.56.511.5
1518Kacmarik LukasCZE22082.55.07.511.0
169Znamenacek KvetoslavCZE22892.07.58.013.5
1719Masek MiroslavCZE22062.07.57.512.0
1814Vanek TomasCZE22302.06.07.513.5
1912Kovar VojtechCZE22382.06.06.011.5
2024Salac JiriCZE21202.06.05.58.5
2121Gregor JiriCZE21992.04.55.59.0
2216Vokoun JanCZE22141.03.07.012.5
2313Smutny JanCZE22341.03.06.510.5
2423Soural JanCZE21750.52.05.08.5
24 players

20) TCEC Season 7 2014

The TCEC Season 7 computer chess tournament takes place 19th September until approximately 15th December 2014.

21) Larsen Memorial of North Jutland 2014

The Larsen Memorial of North Jutland took place 13th to 19th October 2014. Jens Kristiansen and Vladimir Okhotnik finished on 5.5/7.

Larsen Mem North Jutland 2014 Aalborg DEN Mon 13th Oct 2014 - Sun 19th Oct 2014
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkSNoNameRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Kristiansen, Jens24055.10.42410
21Okhotnik, Vladimir24065.150.352410
315Pedersen, Jan Rode21953.80.72175
44Sloth, Jorn23185.1-0.62294
53Rooze, Jan23415.25-0.752326
641Schadd, Jan18111.81.71862
733Knudsen, Ole19552.451.051911
824Hvenekilde, Jorgen20872.750.752088
927Bauner, Jan20323.20.31973
1025Wuertz, Jacob20693.30.22048
1123Pedersen, Borge21023.55-0.052031
1219Nielsen, John B.21544.05-0.552091
1311Pedersen, Svend22304.2-0.72196
1417Kristiansen, Erling21834.7-1.22159
1516Malmdin, Nils Aake22084.8-1.32182
169Sorensen, Bent22435.55-2.052196
1736Larsen, Henning19181.850.651840
1834Svensson, Soren19424-1.51897
1928Willumsen, Niels Henrik20264.55-2.051884
2022Sztercsco, Sztyepan21094.6-2.12067
2118Jorgensen, Jorgen217753.61.42167
228Andreasen, Per225253.71.32266
237Wahlbom, Magnus228354.10.92301
245Pritchett, Craig231554.350.652328
256Lauridsen, Jesper M.229554.50.52301
2612Borsos, Bogdan222455.15-0.152221
2737Andersen, Carl Johan191642.71.31863
2814Hammar, Bengt219943.30.72213
2940Rasmussen, Morten Thor182843.60.41846
3020Nyberg, Ulf213543.70.32141
3113Nielsen, Jens Hartung221644.85-0.852169
3210Kolbak, Jens223245.35-1.352185
3335Zachariassen, John193831.61.41961
3442Hansen, Norman A.180331.71.31701
3538Holmstrom, Johan Ravnborg188532.450.551840
3629Davidsen, Niels Chr.20163301950
3726Olesen, Poul Erik Norgaard205733.05-0.051976
3821Christiansen, Jens Jorgen212233.1-0.12068
3930Andersson, Kaj201033.1-0.12008
4031Munch, Esben-197534.05-1.051944
46 players

22) POL vs UKR Akademickie Match 2014

The Poland vs Ukraine Akademickie match took place 8th to 9th October 2014.

POL vs UKR Akademickie m Katowice POL Wed 8th Oct 2014 - Thu 9th Oct 2014
Leading Final Round 4 Standings:
RkTeam12345678TB1TB2TB3
1Uniwersytet Warszawski*17.08171.5
2Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Kato*16.06156.0
3Politechnika Slaska Gliwice*23312.54119.3
4Ternopil National Economic Uni½4*412.06156.5
5Lviv State University of Physi3*10.53140.8
6Young Poland2*3310.52102.8
7Kyiv Tazas Shevchenko National33*10.02135.5
8Odessa National Medical Univer3*7.5199.8
8 teams

23) Lichtenrader Herbst 2014

The Lichtenrader Herbst takes place 18th to 26th October 2014.

Lichtenrader Herbst 2014 Berlin GER Sat 18th Oct 2014 - Sun 26th Oct 2014
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiRtg+-=PtsTB1TB2
1Perunovic, MilosGM26202002.02.02.00
1Danin, AlexandreGM25632002.02.02.00
1Stopa, JacekIM25152002.02.02.00
1Milanovic, DaniloGM24852002.02.02.00
1Kovalev, AndreiGM24752002.02.02.00
1Kurayan, RuslanIM24042002.02.02.00
1Kalinitschew, SergeyGM23862002.02.02.00
1Lerch, Philipp22972002.02.02.00
1Sawlin, Leonid21432002.02.02.00
1Dimitrijeski, Kristian22052002.02.02.00
1Kierzek, Matthias22302002.02.02.00
1Schmidek, Emil21082002.02.02.00
1Bolk, Matthias20952002.02.02.00
1Gebigke, Martin21622002.02.02.00
1Krefenstein, Sergej21022002.02.02.00
1Nowka, Oliver2002.02.02.00
1Welz, PeterFM21032002.02.02.00
1Sukhar, Vitali2002.02.02.00
1Brunner, Karl19942002.02.02.00
20Meister, JakobGM24632002.01.51.50
20Giemsa, StephanFM23312002.01.51.50
20Schnabel, Ralf21952002.01.51.50
20Pixa, Richard19762002.01.51.50
20Noetzel, Felix20892002.01.51.50
20Hoermann, David19732002.01.51.50
20Lawrenz, Sebastian18142002.01.51.50
27Figura, Atila GajoIM23722002.01.01.00
27De Andres Gonalons, Fer20372002.01.01.00
27Kunz, Andre20112002.01.01.00
27Ziese, Gerhard19522002.01.01.00
31Gressmann, Moritz19772002.00.50.50
32Rietze, ClemensFM22501011.52.51.75
32Federau, JuergenFM21861011.52.51.75
34Lagunow, Raphael21721011.52.01.25
34Buttkus, Andre20441011.52.01.25
36Halfhide, Sebastian20831011.51.51.00
36Bach, Markus20871011.51.51.00
38Triebus, Bruno19641011.51.50.75
38Kunze, Michael19451011.51.50.75
38Jaeger, Andre19501011.51.50.75
173 players

24) Hradec Kralove Open 2014

The Hradec Kralove Open takes place 18th to 26th October 2014.

Hradec Kralove Open 2014 Hradec Kralove CZE Sat 18th Oct 2014 - Sun 26th Oct 2014
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Grishchenko SergeyRUS24422.00.02.02
7Jedlicka AlesCZE22492.00.02.02
17Kotva MilanCZE20692.00.02.02
18Grela KacperPOL20632.00.02.02
81Mechlinski JakubPOL14172.00.02.02
62Kraus TomasCZE24052.00.01.52
6Piankov EvgenijUKR22782.00.01.52
33Szucs MatyasCZE19482.00.01.52
916Meszaros LudekCZE21192.00.01.02
22Jiruse JosefCZE20142.00.01.02
23Wolf AndreasGER20142.00.01.02
124Jirasek PavelCZE23061.50.02.51
9Bartos JanCZE22211.50.02.51
11Vorobyov YrijUKR21861.50.02.51
15Happel HenkNED21411.50.02.51
35Zochowski JanuszPOL19191.50.02.51
175Constantinou PeterENG23001.50.02.01
13Kozusek DanielCZE21531.50.02.01
14Skorna UllrichGER21531.50.02.01
28Flasar JaroslavCZE19891.50.02.01
53Von Keyserlingk ChandaGER17421.50.02.01
228Chudinovskikh Alexander MRUS22431.50.01.51
27Kohtz AndreasGER19951.50.01.51
32Voelz StephanGER19541.50.01.51
34Pultorak JanPOL19291.50.01.51
36Woloch OskarPOL19151.50.01.51
2712Yakimenko Alexander A.RUS21591.50.01.01
20Rojikova LenkaCZE20351.50.01.01
24Paldus PetrCZE20101.50.01.01
3010Volodin ViktorRUS22061.00.03.01
19Malinovsky PetrCZE20461.00.03.01
80Oberbacher MichaelGER15031.00.03.01
3325Vlckova KaterinaCZE19971.00.02.51
37Sedlacek JanCZE19121.00.02.51
353Ivanov Mikhail M.RUS23881.00.02.50
85Ivanov SvetlenBUL01.00.02.50
3721Vodicka PavelCZE20351.00.02.01
26Jandl VojtechCZE19961.00.02.01
29Holecek VladimirCZE19711.00.02.01
30Green PerSWE19611.00.02.01
85 players

25) US Chess League 2014

The US Chess League takes place 26th August to 3rd December 2014.

US Chess League 2014 ICC INT Tue 26th Aug 2014 - Wed 3rd Dec 2014
Leading Round 8 (of 10) Standings:
RkTeamGms+-Mpts
1New Jersey326.02.019.0
2New York325.52.517.5
3Manhattan325.52.517.0
4Philadelphia324.53.516.0
5Boston322.55.513.5
6New England320.57.511.5
1St. Louis325.52.519.0
2Miami324.53.515.5
3Atlanta323.54.516.5
4Connecticut323.05.015.0
5Baltimore323.05.015.0
6Carolina322.55.513.5
1Dallas326.02.021.0
2San Francisco325.03.017.0
3Rio Grande324.53.515.5
4Arizona324.04.015.0
5Seattle323.54.517.0
6Los Angeles322.55.513.5
18 teams

26) TCh-HUN 2014-15

The Hungarian Team Championship takes place 12th October to 26th April 2014. Round 1 was 12th October, games now available. Next Round 2 16th November.

Round 3 30th November. Round 4 14th December. Round 5 25th Jan. Round 6 8th Feb. Round 7 1st March. Round 8 22nd March. Round 9 26th April.

TCh-HUN 2014-15 Hungary HUN Sun 12th Oct 2014 - Sun 26th Apr 2015
Leading Round 1 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeam12345678910Pts
1Aquaprofit-NTSK 99
2HVSE 8.5 8.5
3MLTC 8 8
4ASE Paks 7.5 7.5
5ASS-Makoi SVSE 7 7
6HUSI SC 5 5
7Penzugyor SE 4.5 4.5
8Budapesti Titanok 4 4
9Szigetszentmiklos 3.5 3.5
10Dunaharaszti MTK3 3
10 teams

27) TCh-NOR 2014

The Norwegian Team Championship took place in Oslo 17th to 19th October 2014. OSS 1 took the title and they take one of the two Norwegian places in the European Club Cup. The other will be from the league which starts in November. Games may follow.

TCh-NOR 2014 Oslo NOR Fri 17th Oct 2014 - Sun 19th Oct 2014
Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
RkTeamRtgMptsBptsTB1TB2
1 OSS-124171219.53844
2 1911-1239611183843
3 Valerenga-123331017.54145
4 SK962077817.53844
5 Nordstrand-123291016.54346
6 Moss-12038915.53640
7 Stavanger-12120815.54147
8 Black Knights2186715.53945
9 Sevland-121429154449
10 OSS-221578153741
11 Asker23177154346
12 Bergens-122367154147
13 SOSS-122927153741
14 Nordstrand-219687153540
15 1911-21944714.54349
16 Stjernen-119047143742
17 Honefoss20467143741
18 Akademisk-120737143641
19 SOSS-21729813.53032
20 OSS-Jr17687133538
21 Modum-117346133131
22 Alta-117886133032
23 Nordstrand-41658712.53236
24 Akademisk-31573612.53641
25 Stjernen-21745612.53436
26 Bergens-21781512.53739
27 Nordstrand-318067122832
28 Kristiansund-115486123236
29 Akademisk-21714611.54045
30 Eidsvoll1437611.52831
31 Kirkegata1497611.52731
32 1911-4 Kd1392511.52830
33 Moss-Lp13187112326
34 1911-313676113135
35 Kampen13106112628
36 Molde1450610.53538
37 Lorenskog1532610.53335
38 1911-5 Lp1423610.53033
39 Arendal SS1814510.53234
40 Groruddalen11755102731
56 teams

28) TCh-SUI 2014

The Swiss Team Championship took place 16th March to 12th October 2014. Final Rounds 8-9 were on 11th-12th October 2014. Games from the final weekend now available. Team Reti won the title.

TCh-SUI 2014 Switzerland SUI Sun 16th Mar 2014 - Sun 12th Oct 2014
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkTeamMptsBpts
1Reti1647½
2Riehen1646½
3Zuerich1446½
4Genf1442
5Luzern1041
6Winterthur736
7Schwarz-Weiss630½
8Neuenburg527½
9Mendrisio224½
10Trubschachen018
10 teams

29) Bundesliga 2014-15

The very strong German Schachbundesliga takes place Sat 18th Oct 2014 to Sun 12th Apr 2015. The next rounds are Friday 7th November for the first of the split round 7 (a retrograde step in my view, rather than finishing with three rounds they split one round in this very untidy way I can only think that there are financial considerations) and November 8th and 9th for rounds 3-4.

Bundesliga 2014-15 Germany GER Sat 18th Oct 2014 - Sun 12th Apr 2015
Leading Round 2 (of 15) Standings:
RkNameGms+-=MptsBpts
1Werder Bremen2200412
2SG Trier2200410.5
3SK Turm Emsdetten2200410
4OSG Baden-Baden2200410
5SV Muelheim Nord2101310.5
6SV 1930 Hockenheim210139.5
7SK Schwaebisch Hall210139
8USV TU Dresden211029
9SG Solingen211028
10SC Eppingen211027
11SF Katernberg201116.5
12SF Berlin 1903202006
13Hamburger SK202005.5
14SC Hansa Dortmund202005.5
15SSC Rostock 07202004.5
16FC Bayern Muenchen202004.
16 teams

30) Belgian Interclubs 2014-15

The Belgian Interclubs 2014-15 takes place 28th September 2014 to 29th Match 2015. Next rounds 10th October 2014.

TCh-BEL 2014-15 Belgium BEL Sun 28th Sep 2014 - Sun 29th Mar 2015
Leading Round 2 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeamMptsBpts
1KSK47-Eynatten 1443
2KBSK 1441
3Amay 1440
4KGSRL 1337
5Wirtzfeld 1333
6KSK Rochade 1233
7Fontaine 1229
8CRELEL 1228
9Borgerhout 1030
10Temse 1026
11CREC 1024
12Namur 1020
12 teams

31) TCh-FIN 2014-15

The Finnish Team Championship takes place 27th September 2014 to 15th March 2015. Rounds 3-4 18th to 19th October 2014. Rounds 5-6 15th to 16th November 2014.

TCh-FIN 2014-15 Finland FIN Sat 27th Sep 2014 - Sun 15th Mar 2015
Leading Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeamGms+-=MptsBpts
1MatSK I, Espoo4301711
2Aatos, Helsinki4310616
3JyS, Jyvaskyla4310611
4Tammer-Shakki, Tampere421157
5TuTS , Turku4220411
6VammSK, Sastamala4220410
7EtVaS, Vantaa4220410
8HSK, Helsinki411247
9SalSK, Salo422048
10MatSK II, Espoo412139
11Velhot, Porvoo403116
12OSS, Oulu404004
12 teams

32) Active Team Events

A list of ongoing team events without an update this week.

Fraubundesliga 2014-15

The German Fraubundesliga takes place 27th September 2014 to 19th April 2015. It will be interesting to see how many games become available. Next Rounds: 3-4 29th-30th November.

Round: 5 2014-12-14 Round: 6 2015-01-24 Round: 7 2015-01-25 Round: 8 2015-03-28 Round: 9 2015-03-29 Round: 10 2015-04-18 Round: 11 2015-04-19

Fraubundesliga 2014-15 Germany GER Sat 27th Sep 2014 - Sun 19th Apr 2015
Leading Round 2 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112MptsBpts
1USV VB Hallexxx6410½
2SK Grosslehnaxxx55410
3SK Schwaebisch Hallxxx44
4OSG Baden-Badenxxx44
5Bad Koenigshofenxxx62
6Rodewischer SM2xxx2
7Hamburger SK2xxx527
8SF Friedberg1xxx627
9Allianz Leipzig1xxx0
10SG Leipzig01xxx01
11SF Deizisau0½xxx0½
11SK Lehrte½0xxx0½
12 teams

TCh-ISL 2014-15

The first half of the Icelandic championships took place starting 2nd October. Games should follow. The second half will be in March 2015.

TCh-ISL Div 1 2014-15 Reykjavik ISL Thu 2nd Oct 2014 - Sat 21st Mar 2015
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeam12345678910TB1TB2TB3
1Skakfelagd Huginn a-sveit*567728.580
2Taflfelag Reykjavikur3*5728.080
3Taflfelag Vestmannaeyja3*627.580
4Skakdeild Fjölnis*723.060
5Taflfelag Bolungarvikur2*521.560
5Skakfelagid Huginn b-sveit1*4618.050
7Skakfelag Akureyrar*518.040
8Vikingaklubburinn123*512.520
9Skakfelag Reykjanesbaejar1143*312.010
10Skakfelag Islands½½235*11.020
10 teams

Dutch League 2014-15

The Dutch League takes place 27th September to 25th April 2014. Next round 1st November 2014.

Dutch League 2014-15 Netherlands NED Sat 27th Sep 2014 - Sat 25th Apr 2015
Leading Round 1 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeamRtg12345678910MptsBpts
1En Passant2446 727
2Pathena Rotterdam2245 6 26
3Charlois Europoort2406 6 26
4BSG2360 6 26
5Voerendaal2329 2
6LSG2383 0
7HMC Calder2416 4 04
8Utrecht2258 4 04
9Groninger Combinatie2327 4 04
10SISSA22863 03
10 teams

TCh-CHN 2014

The Chinese Team Championship takes place 12th April to 9th December 2014. Rounds 5-7 took place 3rd to 5th June 2014. Rounds 8-11 24th to 27th July 2014. Rounds 12-15 10th to 13th September 2014. Not all the games were broadcast. Rounds 16-18 14th to 16th November 2014.

TCh-CHN 2014 Beijing CHN Sat 12th Apr 2014 - Tue 9th Dec 2014
Leading Round 15 (of 22) Standings:
RkTeam1a1b2a2b3a3b4a4b5a5b6a6b7a7b8a8b9a9b10a10bTB1TB2
1Jiangsu**2333333342546.0
2Shanghai3**3233332449.5
3Tianjing2**332349.0
4Chongqing22**233342146.5
5Beijing23**333232041.5
6Shandong2232**2331539.0
7Zhejiang222232**321238.5
8Hebei222½22**3431236.0
9Qingdao Experimental School22½3221**31133.5
10Guangdong122122322**932.5
11Chengdu20½½121½32825.5
12Qingdao Qingwei000½½021½½1012.5
12 teams

33) Forthcoming Events and Links

SPICE Cup Open 2014

World Seniors 2014

Yuri Privalov Memorial 2014

Petrosian Memorial 2014

World Chess Championship 2014

ch-UKR 2014

5th Remco Heite Tournament 2014

4NCL 2014-15

MSI Chess Championships 2014

Harkany Spa Open 2014

Zonal 4.2 2014

28th Belgrade Trophy 2014

Qatar Masters Open 2014

67th ch-RUS Superfinal 2014

13th Benidorm Festival 2014

1st Etna International Chess Festival 2014

6th London Chess Classic 2014

SportAccord World Mind Games 2014

European Rapid and Blitz Championships 2014

11th Vandoeuvre Open 2014

Czech Christmas 2014-15

Lisbon Christmas International Chess Open 2014

90th Hastings Congress 2014-15

122nd New Zealand Open 2015

Australian Open 2015

77th Tata Steel 2015

4th Zurich Chess Challenge 2015

Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix 2015

13th Nancy Blitz and Rapid 2015

N1 Reykjavik Open 2015

Cork Congress 2015

Moscow FIDE Grand Prix 2015

FIDE World Cup 2015

42nd World Chess Olympiad 2016

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