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THE WEEK IN CHESS 1054 19th January 2015 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) 77th Tata Steel 2015
3) Vladimir Dvorkovich Memorial 2015
4) Andranik Margaryan Memorial 2015
5) 13th Parsvnath Delhi International 2015
6) 14th Prague Open 2015
7) ch-CRO 2015
8) Karpov vs Morovic Match 2015
9) 75th ch-ARM Highest League 2015
10) 70th ch-ARM w Highest League 2015
11) 70th ch-AZE 2015
12) 74th ch-GEO 2015
13) 81st ch-BLR 2015
14) 14th Marienbad Open 2015
15) 81st ch-BRA 2015
16) Baltic zt Tallinn 2015
17) Chess in Kecskemet New Year GM 2015
18) Floripa Open 2015
19) Gelendzhik Open 2015
20) XYChess January 2015
21) Zicosur Open 2015
22) ch-POL Academic 2015
23) 130th-132nd MGU Open 2015
24) 10th Gazi Open 2014
25) 7th Beirut International Open 2014
26) Zaw Win Lay Myanmar Open 2014
27) TCh-HUN 2014-15
28) TCh-CZE 2014-15
29) TCh-SVK 2014-15
30) TCh-GER 2014-15
31) Active Team Events
32) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
77th Tata Steel 201570 games
Vladimir Dvorkovich Memorial 201516 games
Andranik Margaryan Memorial 201525 games
13th Parsvnath Delhi International 2015247 games
14th Prague Open 2015133 games
ch-CRO 201542 games
Karpov vs Morovic Match 20154 games
75th ch-ARM Highest League 201530 games
70th ch-AZE 201533 games
74th ch-GEO 201544 games
81st ch-BLR 201542 games
14th Marienbad Open 201540 games
81st ch-BRA 201518 games
Baltic zt Tallinn 201566 games
Chess in Kecskemet New Year GM 201560 games
Floripa Open 201599 games
Gelendzhik Open 201518 games
XYChess January 201545 games
Zicosur Open 2015353 games
ch-POL Academic 2015127 games
130th-132nd MGU Open 201566 games
10th Gazi Open 2014172 games
7th Beirut International Open 2014331 games
Zaw Win Lay Myanmar Open 2014570 games
TCh-HUN 2014-1560 games
TCh-SVK 2014-1596 games
3837 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Roland Wimmer, Olexandr Prohorov, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Mitko Iliev, Azer Mirzoev, Peter Long and everyone else who helped with this issue.

Magnus Carlsen started the Tata Steel tournament slowly but has now scored 5 wins in a row. Carlsen isn't that far in front with the impressive Wesley So, Vachier-Lagrave and Liren Ding just half a point behind. The event is boiling up very nicely. There is plenty of chess elsewhere in this issue and I've also caught up with a number of older tournaments. Plenty to enjoy but Tata Steel clearly dominates.

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2) 77th Tata Steel 2015

The 77th Tata Steel Tournament takes place 9th-25th January 2015. The venue is the traditional De Moriaan building in Wijk aan Zee. However two rounds will take place in satellite venues. Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana and Levon Aronian are the top seeds in a strong masters group.

77th Tata Steel GpA Wijk aan Zee NED Fri 9th Jan 2015 - Sun 25th Jan 2015. Category: 20. Ave: (2746)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts TPR
1 Carlsen, Magnus GM NOR 2862 # = 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 6 2940
2 So, Wesley GM USA 2762 = # 1 = = = 1 = 1 5.5 2900
3 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime GM FRA 2757 # 1 0 = 1 1 1 = = 5.5 2853
4 Ding, Liren GM CHN 2732 0 # = 1 0 1 1 1 1 5.5 2861
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily GM UKR 2715 0 1 = # = = = 1 1 5 2824
6 Radjabov, Teimour GM AZE 2734 = = 0 = # 1 = 1 = 4.5 2771
7 Caruana, Fabiano GM ITA 2820 0 = 1 # 0 = = 1 1 4.5 2795
8 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw GM POL 2744 1 = 0 1 # = = = 0 4 2755
9 Giri, Anish GM NED 2784 = 0 = = = # = = 1 4 2761
10 Aronian, Levon GM ARM 2797 0 0 = = = # = = = 3 2660
11 Hou, Yifan GM CHN 2673 0 = 0 0 = = = # = 2.5 2622
12 Saric, Ivan GM CRO 2666 0 0 = 0 0 = = # 1 2.5 2603
13 Van Wely, Loek GM NED 2667 0 = 0 0 = 0 = = # 2 2577
14 Jobava, Baadur GM GEO 2727 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 0 # 1.5 2502
Round 1. Sat 10th Jan 2015
Radjabov, Teimour 1/2-1/2 Van Wely, Loek 36 B09 Pirc
Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 Jobava, Baadur 43 B32 Sicilian
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1-0 Hou, Yifan 58 C13 French
Giri, Anish 1/2-1/2 Carlsen, Magnus 31 A40 Modern defence
Ding, Liren 0-1 Caruana, Fabiano 41 D78 Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6
Saric, Ivan 1/2-1/2 Aronian, Levon 32 C50 Giuoco Piano
So, Wesley 1/2-1/2 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 70 B90 Sicilian
Round 2. Sun 11th Jan 2015
Van Wely, Loek 1/2-1/2 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 81 A08 Reti
Aronian, Levon 1/2-1/2 Giri, Anish 49 D97 Gruenfeld
Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 Saric, Ivan 43 C92 Ruy Lopez
Carlsen, Magnus 1/2-1/2 So, Wesley 35 E46 Nimzo-Indian
Jobava, Baadur 1/2-1/2 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 23 B34 Sicilian
Radjabov, Teimour 1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk, Vassily 53 A05 Reti
Hou, Yifan 0-1 Ding, Liren 59 B13 Caro-Kann
Round 3. Mon 12th Jan 2015
Ding, Liren 1-0 Jobava, Baadur 22 A41 Queen's Pawn
Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 Van Wely, Loek 38 B45 Sicilian
Giri, Anish 1/2-1/2 Caruana, Fabiano 98 D37 QGD
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 1-0 Carlsen, Magnus 52 A41 Queen's Pawn
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1/2-1/2 Radjabov, Teimour 41 D37 QGD
So, Wesley 1-0 Aronian, Levon 54 C45 Scotch
Saric, Ivan 1/2-1/2 Hou, Yifan 31 B27 Sicilian
Round 4. Tue 13th Jan 2015
Jobava, Baadur 0-1 Saric, Ivan 39 D43 QGD semi-Slav
Radjabov, Teimour 0-1 Ding, Liren 41 E90 King's Indian
Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 30 B90 Sicilian
Van Wely, Loek 0-1 Carlsen, Magnus 45 E60 King's Indian, 3.Nf3
Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 So, Wesley 31 C84 Ruy Lopez
Hou, Yifan 1/2-1/2 Giri, Anish 21 C55 Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)
Aronian, Levon 1/2-1/2 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 48 A13 English
Round 5. Thu 15th Jan 2015
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1/2-1/2 Van Wely, Loek 61 B84 Sicilian
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 1-0 Caruana, Fabiano 47 A88 Dutch
Ding, Liren 1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk, Vassily 26 D11 QGD Slav
So, Wesley 1/2-1/2 Hou, Yifan 67 D38 QGD
Giri, Anish 1-0 Jobava, Baadur 36 E97 King's Indian
Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 Aronian, Levon 47 D38 QGD
Saric, Ivan 0-1 Radjabov, Teimour 61 C65 Ruy Lopez
Round 6. Fri 16th Jan 2015
Van Wely, Loek 1/2-1/2 Aronian, Levon 30 A45 Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)
Jobava, Baadur 0-1 So, Wesley 40 C53 Giuoco Piano
Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2-1/2 Saric, Ivan 49 D11 QGD Slav
Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 Carlsen, Magnus 40 B31 Sicilian
Hou, Yifan 1/2-1/2 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 36 B20 Sicilian
Radjabov, Teimour 1/2-1/2 Giri, Anish 26 B48 Sicilian
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1-0 Ding, Liren 45 B12 Caro-Kann
Round 7. Sat 17th Jan 2015
Saric, Ivan 0-1 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 33 B90 Sicilian
Ding, Liren 1-0 Van Wely, Loek 79 A35 English
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 0-1 Jobava, Baadur 38 E11 Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation
Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 Hou, Yifan 54 B32 Sicilian
Giri, Anish 1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk, Vassily 103 D43 QGD semi-Slav
So, Wesley 1/2-1/2 Radjabov, Teimour 41 D37 QGD
Aronian, Levon 1/2-1/2 Caruana, Fabiano 47 E53 Nimzo-Indian
Round 8. Sun 18th Jan 2015
Hou, Yifan 1/2-1/2 Aronian, Levon 55 C54 Giuoco Piano
Ding, Liren 1-0 Saric, Ivan 34 D11 QGD Slav
Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 So, Wesley 27 C88 Ruy Lopez
Jobava, Baadur 0-1 Carlsen, Magnus 51 A01 Nimzovich-Larsen attack
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1-0 Giri, Anish 33 C65 Ruy Lopez
Van Wely, Loek 0-1 Caruana, Fabiano 82 A48 King's Indian
Radjabov, Teimour 1-0 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 59 B90 Sicilian
77th Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee NED Sat 10th Jan 2015 - Sun 25th Jan 2015. Category: 13. Ave: (2561)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts TPR
1 Navara, David GM CZE 2729 # = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2795
2 Wei, Yi GM CHN 2675 = # = 1 1 1 1 1 = 6.5 2806
3 Shankland, Samuel L GM USA 2652 = = # 1 = = 1 = = 5 2680
4 Van Kampen, Robin GM NED 2615 0 0 # = 1 = 1 1 1 5 2627
5 L'Ami, Erwin GM NED 2613 = = # = = 1 1 0 = 4.5 2638
6 Potkin, Vladimir GM RUS 2608 0 = = # 0 = 1 1 1 4.5 2601
7 Sevian, Samuel GM USA 2511 0 0 = 1 # = 0 1 1 4 2592
8 Salem, A.R. Saleh GM UAE 2603 = 0 = = # 1 = 0 1 4 2510
9 Michiels, Bart GM BEL 2563 0 0 0 1 # 0 1 = 1 3.5 2482
10 Klein, David GM NED 2517 0 = 0 0 0 1 # 1 = 3 2501
11 Haast, Anne WIM NED 2352 0 0 0 = 0 # 1 1 = 3 2481
12 Gunina, Valentina GM RUS 2538 0 1 0 0 1 = 0 0 # 2.5 2414
13 Timman, Jan H GM NED 2593 0 0 = 0 = = 0 # 1 2.5 2415
14 Dale, Ari IM AUS 2291 0 = = 0 0 0 = 0 # 1.5 2347
Round 1. Sat 10th Jan 2015
Shankland, Samuel L 1/2-1/2 Wei, Yi 31 D78 Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6
Dale, Ari 1/2-1/2 Haast, Anne 51 A65 Benoni
Navara, David 1/2-1/2 L'Ami, Erwin 49 A35 English
Timman, Jan H 1/2-1/2 Klein, David 56 E70 King's Indian
Van Kampen, Robin 1-0 Sevian, Samuel 60 C65 Ruy Lopez
Michiels, Bart 1/2-1/2 Gunina, Valentina 64 D12 QGD Slav
Salem, A.R. Saleh 1/2-1/2 Potkin, Vladimir 49 E12 Queen's Indian
Round 2. Sun 11th Jan 2015
Haast, Anne 0-1 Navara, David 43 B90 Sicilian
Sevian, Samuel 0-1 Michiels, Bart 92 C11 French
Klein, David 1/2-1/2 Van Kampen, Robin 23 C45 Scotch
Gunina, Valentina 1-0 Salem, A.R. Saleh 46 E81 King's Indian
L'Ami, Erwin 1/2-1/2 Timman, Jan H 37 E32 Nimzo-Indian
Wei, Yi 1-0 Potkin, Vladimir 36 C11 French
Shankland, Samuel L 1/2-1/2 Dale, Ari 47 B12 Caro-Kann
Round 3. Mon 12th Jan 2015
Michiels, Bart 0-1 Klein, David 52 E32 Nimzo-Indian
Potkin, Vladimir 1-0 Gunina, Valentina 27 A27 English
Dale, Ari 1/2-1/2 Wei, Yi 31 E52 Nimzo-Indian
Van Kampen, Robin 1/2-1/2 L'Ami, Erwin 67 C64 Ruy Lopez
Navara, David 1/2-1/2 Shankland, Samuel L 32 C11 French
Salem, A.R. Saleh 1/2-1/2 Sevian, Samuel 45 D44 QGD semi-Slav
Timman, Jan H 0-1 Haast, Anne 31 D20 QGA
Round 4. Tue 13th Jan 2015
Sevian, Samuel 1-0 Potkin, Vladimir 91 B48 Sicilian
Klein, David 0-1 Salem, A.R. Saleh 43 B50 Sicilian
Shankland, Samuel L 1/2-1/2 Timman, Jan H 56 C19 French
Dale, Ari 0-1 Navara, David 38 E52 Nimzo-Indian
Wei, Yi 1-0 Gunina, Valentina 64 B12 Caro-Kann
Haast, Anne 0-1 Van Kampen, Robin 37 C00 French
L'Ami, Erwin 1-0 Michiels, Bart 100 D52 QGD
Round 5. Thu 15th Jan 2015
Salem, A.R. Saleh 0-1 L'Ami, Erwin 53 E46 Nimzo-Indian
Van Kampen, Robin 0-1 Shankland, Samuel L 24 C11 French
Michiels, Bart 1-0 Haast, Anne 67 D20 QGA
Gunina, Valentina 0-1 Sevian, Samuel 70 C77 Ruy Lopez
Potkin, Vladimir 1-0 Klein, David 50 A53 Old Indian
Timman, Jan H 1-0 Dale, Ari 38 D32 QGD
Navara, David 1/2-1/2 Wei, Yi 66 A15 English opening
Round 6. Fri 16th Jan 2015
Dale, Ari 0-1 Van Kampen, Robin 24 E54 Nimzo-Indian
Navara, David 1-0 Timman, Jan H 19 E11 Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation
Wei, Yi 1-0 Sevian, Samuel 32 B90 Sicilian
Shankland, Samuel L 1-0 Michiels, Bart 33 C06 French
Haast, Anne 1/2-1/2 Salem, A.R. Saleh 44 B66 Sicilian
L'Ami, Erwin 1/2-1/2 Potkin, Vladimir 30 D78 Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6
Klein, David 1-0 Gunina, Valentina 77 B19 Caro-Kann
Round 7. Sat 17th Jan 2015
Timman, Jan H 0-1 Wei, Yi 36 D91 Gruenfeld
Gunina, Valentina 1-0 L'Ami, Erwin 67 E17 Queen's Indian
Salem, A.R. Saleh 1/2-1/2 Shankland, Samuel L 37 C11 French
Potkin, Vladimir 1-0 Haast, Anne 43 D20 QGA
Michiels, Bart 1-0 Dale, Ari 124 D34 QGD
Sevian, Samuel 1-0 Klein, David 47 C65 Ruy Lopez
Van Kampen, Robin 0-1 Navara, David 35 B11 Caro-Kann
Round 8. Sun 18th Jan 2015
Haast, Anne 1-0 Gunina, Valentina 45 C56 Two knights defence
Dale, Ari 0-1 Salem, A.R. Saleh 32 E92 King's Indian
Navara, David 1-0 Michiels, Bart 38 C06 French
Wei, Yi 1-0 Klein, David 34 C50 Giuoco Piano
Timman, Jan H 0-1 Van Kampen, Robin 41 B48 Sicilian
Shankland, Samuel L 1/2-1/2 Potkin, Vladimir 33 A34 English
L'Ami, Erwin 1/2-1/2 Sevian, Samuel 59 D85 Gruenfeld

3) Vladimir Dvorkovich Memorial 2015

The Vladimir Dvorkovich Memorial takes place 18th to 26th January 2015 and is part of the Russian Cup.

Vladimir Dvorkovich Mem Taganrog RUS Sun 18th Jan 2015 - Mon 26th Jan 2015
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Riazantsev AlexanderRUS26842.02.01.02
2Khismatullin DenisRUS26732.02.01.02
3Fedoseev VladimirRUS26682.02.01.02
7Korneev OlegESP25912.02.01.02
8Shimanov AleksandrRUS25912.02.01.02
9Smirnov PavelRUS25852.02.01.02
11Belous VladimirRUS25772.02.01.02
12Shomoev AntonRUS25762.02.01.02
13Bocharov DmitryRUS25692.02.01.02
14Timofeev ArtyomRUS25682.02.01.02
16Gabrielian ArturRUS25542.02.01.02
17Zontakh AndreyUKR25402.02.01.02
18Kharchenko BorisUKR24832.02.01.02
19Airapetian GorRUS24702.02.01.02
20Girya OlgaRUS24662.02.01.02
1621Tunik GennadyRUS24212.01.51.02
1725Lugovskoy MaximRUS24012.01.01.02
186Goganov AlekseyRUS26151.52.51.51
15Lintchevski DaniilRUS25571.52.51.51
2010Maletin PavelRUS25781.52.01.51
36Pushkov NikolaiRUS23031.52.01.51
2227Golubov SaveliyRUS23771.51.51.51
52Aivazian GrigoryRUS21391.51.51.51
244Kokarev DmitryRUS26451.51.51.01
255Volkov SergeyRUS26181.03.02.01
2622Zakhartsov VladimirRUS24211.02.02.01
23Sarana AlexeyRUS24131.02.02.01
24Korchmar VasiliyRUS24051.02.02.01
26Gevorgyan DavidARM23951.02.02.01
28Lopukhin AnatolyRUS23611.02.02.01
29Rozhko DmitryRUS23541.02.02.01
30Grigorjev IljyaRUS23491.02.02.01
32Mikhailov SergeyRUS23261.02.02.01
33Rjabzev KonstantinRUS23121.02.02.01
35Oganisian RomanRUS23041.02.02.01
37Kovalchuk AlexeyRUS22801.02.02.01
38Osoblivi GrigoryRUS22721.02.02.01
39Esipenko AndreyRUS22711.02.02.01
40Dmitriev IgorRUS22611.02.02.01
41Dordzhieva DinaraRUS22441.02.02.01
82 players

4) Andranik Margaryan Memorial 2015

The Andranik Margaryan Memorial took place 8th to 16th January 2015. Kirill Alekseenko won with 6.5/9.

Andranik Margaryan Mem Yerevan ARM Thu 8th Jan 2015 - Fri 16th Jan 2015
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
14Alekseenko KirillRUS24996.526.0040.0
28Hayrapetyan HovikARM24516.024.2550.0
35Chigaev MaksimRUS24945.524.7540.0
42Petrosyan ManuelARM24135.522.2540.0
53Harutyunian Tigran K.ARM24395.020.5040.0
61Bernadskiy VitaliyUKR25564.014.7540.0
76Martirosyan Hayk M.ARM23893.516.0050.0
87Babujian LevonARM24793.014.2550.0
99Baghdasaryan VaheARM23723.011.7550.0
1010Matviishen ViktorUKR23643.011.5050.0
10 players
Andranik Margaryan Mem Yerevan ARM Thu 8th Jan 2015 - Fri 16th Jan 2015. Category: 8. Ave: (2446)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Alekseenko, Kirill FM RUS 2499 # 1 0 = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2606
2 Hayrapetyan, Hovik GM ARM 2451 0 # 1 = = 1 1 0 1 1 6 2570
3 Chigaev, Maksim IM RUS 2494 1 0 # 1 1 0 = 1 = = 5.5 2520
4 Petrosyan, Manuel IM ARM 2413 = = 0 # = 1 1 = 1 = 5.5 2529
5 Harutyunian, Tigran K. IM ARM 2439 = = 0 = # 1 0 1 = 1 5 2489
6 Bernadskiy, Vitaliy GM UKR 2556 0 0 1 0 0 # = = 1 1 4 2390
7 Martirosyan, Haik M. FM ARM 2389 = 0 = 0 1 = # 0 0 1 3.5 2372
8 Babujian, Levon GM ARM 2479 0 1 0 = 0 = 1 # 0 0 3 2317
9 Baghdasaryan, Vahe IM ARM 2372 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 1 # 0 3 2329
10 Matviishen, Viktor FM UKR 2364 0 0 = = 0 0 0 1 1 # 3 2330

5) 13th Parsvnath Delhi International 2015

The 13th Parsvnath Delhi International took place 9th to 16th January 2015. Andrey Baryshpolets edged out Ivan Popov and Alberto David on tie-break after all scored 8/10.

13th Parsvnath Open New Delhi IND Fri 9th Jan 2015 - Fri 16th Jan 2015
Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
18Baryshpolets AndreyUKR25418.059.554.550.00
22Popov IvanRUS26228.058.053.548.25
34David AlbertoITA25728.055.551.545.75
45Mozharov MikhailRUS25577.561.056.047.00
57Cruz CristhianPER25467.555.050.043.50
612Nguyen Duc HoaVIE25187.552.547.542.25
714Rombaldoni AxelITA25097.552.046.542.75
827Nguyen Van HuyVIE24457.060.054.543.25
93Demchenko AntonRUS26117.060.054.044.25
1020Deepan Chakkravarthy J.IND24847.059.054.040.00
111Gupta AbhijeetIND26317.057.051.542.00
1228Neelotpal DasIND24377.056.051.038.75
1316Debashis DasIND25037.054.549.040.75
1419Kunte AbhijitIND24867.054.049.039.75
1530Sunilduth Lyna NarayananIND24377.053.048.040.50
1632Karthikeyan P.IND24357.052.547.537.50
176Brunello SabinoITA25527.052.047.538.75
1831Prasanna Raghuram RaoIND24367.051.046.535.00
1944Krishna C.R.G.IND23506.560.555.539.50
2021Narayanan SrinathIND24776.557.553.536.50
2135Satyapragyan SwayangsuIND24106.557.052.037.25
2240Rathnakaran K.IND23876.554.049.535.50
2350Gusain HimalIND23226.554.049.034.50
2425Saptarshi RoyIND24486.553.548.536.50
2515Rahman ZiaurBAN25076.552.547.037.00
2617Neverov ValeriyUKR25016.552.047.036.00
2745Visakh NrIND23466.551.547.532.25
2834Swapnil S. DhopadeIND24246.550.046.031.75
2918Shyam Sundar M.IND24896.549.545.033.50
3011Gasanov EldarUKR25206.548.044.032.75
3123Shyam Nikil P.IND24556.547.043.031.50
3262Abhishek KelkarIND22806.059.053.036.25
3342Nitin S.IND23556.058.554.533.75
3448Ravi Teja SIND23386.057.552.533.75
3533Himanshu SharmaIND24276.056.552.534.00
3610Grover SahajIND25286.056.551.535.75
3790Krishna Teja NIND21586.055.550.533.50
3870Chakravarthi Reddy MIND22396.055.050.032.75
3956Pradeep Kumar R.A.IND22916.055.050.031.25
4036Ramnath Bhuvanesh.RIND24056.054.550.032.50
179 players

6) 14th Prague Open 2015

The 14th Prague Open took place 9th to 16th January 2015. Aleksandr Nosenko scored 8/9.

Prague Open 2015 Prague CZE Fri 9th Jan 2015 - Fri 16th Jan 2015
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
13Nosenko AleksandrUKR25068.041.552.57
21Danin AlexandreRUS25657.544.056.06
39Grishchenko SergeyRUS24177.043.556.55
45Andreev EduardUKR24587.040.050.05
57Jirka JiriCZE24297.038.048.56
615Suran JanCZE23847.037.049.06
72Demidov MikhailRUS25196.540.552.56
818Lokander MartinSWE23576.538.550.55
9130Bashirli NailAZE19636.538.548.55
1012Ivanov Mikhail M.RUS23946.538.050.04
1167Nikolov RumenBUL21506.538.047.06
1256Gadimbayli AbdullaAZE21846.537.049.05
1322Sodoma JanCZE23306.041.552.04
146Simantsev MikhailUKR24326.041.052.55
1514Almasi IstvanHUN23916.041.052.54
1611Nilsen Joachim BirgerNOR23986.040.553.04
1716Abdumalik ZhansayaKAZ23696.040.052.55
1810Plischki SebastianGER23996.039.049.53
31Mohammad Nubairshah ShaikhIND22756.039.049.53
2013Schmidt-Schaeffer SebastianGER23936.039.049.05
21117Anaskin ArsenijCZE19796.039.048.05
2244Machan JanCZE22406.038.048.54
2325Salomon JohanNOR23196.038.047.04
2437Chudinovskikh Alexander M.RUS22586.037.048.04
2536Racz ZoltanHUN22626.036.547.05
2630Constantinou PeterENG22846.036.046.54
2746Daels MarcBEL22376.036.045.55
2827Stachanczyk JacekPOL23066.035.044.54
2917Fang YuxiangCHN23656.035.044.04
3039Cuhra MartinCZE22476.034.544.54
3166Bartos JanCZE21596.033.043.05
3233Prandstetter EduardCZE22716.032.042.05
3372Martynkova OlenaUKR21246.030.039.05
3419Hauge Lars OskarNOR23565.541.553.55
354Teske HenrikGER25005.541.552.53
3638Shevchenko KirillUKR22475.540.051.03
3748Nguyen Thai Dai VanCZE22125.540.050.02
3820Rydl JiriCZE23545.539.550.54
3921Kulhanek TomasCZE23415.539.549.54
4026Yildiz Betul CemreTUR23085.539.050.54
193 players

7) ch-CRO 2015

The Croatian Championship takes place 10th to 22nd January 2015.

ch-CRO 2015 Opatija CRO Sat 10th Jan 2015 - Thu 22nd Jan 2015
Leading Round 8 (of 11) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Jankovic AlojzijeCRO25345.00.019.500.0
24Jovanovic ZoranCRO25414.50.018.000.0
36Stevic HrvojeCRO25964.50.017.750.0
49Bosiocic MarinCRO25534.50.017.500.5
10Saric AnteCRO25634.50.017.500.5
612Zelcic RobertCRO25354.00.015.250.0
77Kozul ZdenkoCRO26314.00.015.000.0
811Palac MladenCRO25814.00.014.750.0
93Cvitan OgnjenCRO25263.50.015.000.0
105Kuljasevic DavorinCRO25583.50.013.750.0
111Martinovic SasaCRO25293.50.012.750.0
128Brkic AnteCRO26022.50.010.250.0
12 players
ch-CRO 2015 Opatija CRO Sat 10th Jan 2015 - Thu 22nd Jan 2015. Category: 13. Ave: (2562)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts TPR
1 Jankovic, Alojzije GM CRO 2534 # = = = = 1 = 1 = = 5.5 2647
2 Stevic, Hrvoje GM CRO 2596 = # = = = 1 = = = = 5 2605
3 Jovanovic, Zoran GM CRO 2541 = = # = = = = = 1 = 5 2596
4 Saric, Ante GM CRO 2563 = = # = = 1 = = = = 5 2612
5 Bosiocic, Marin GM CRO 2553 = = = # = = = 1 = = 5 2614
6 Kozul, Zdenko GM CRO 2631 = 0 = = # 0 = 1 1 1 5 2601
7 Zelcic, Robert GM CRO 2535 = = 0 = 1 # = 0 = 1 4.5 2560
8 Palac, Mladen GM CRO 2581 0 = = = = = # = = 1 4.5 2567
9 Kuljasevic, Davorin GM CRO 2558 = = = 0 = = # = = = 4 2509
10 Martinovic, Sasa GM CRO 2529 0 = 0 = 0 1 = # 1 = 4 2521
11 Cvitan, Ognjen GM CRO 2526 = = = = 0 = = = 0 # 3.5 2483
12 Brkic, Ante GM CRO 2602 = = = = 0 0 0 = = # 3 2439

8) Karpov vs Morovic Match 2015

Anatoly Karpov and Ivan Morovic played a 2 game classical match and a two game rapid match in Chile. Karpov won the Classical section 1.5-0.5 and Morovic the rapid by the same score.

Karpov vs Morovic m Arica CHI Sun 11th Jan 2015 - Mon 12th Jan 2015
Leading Final Round 2 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg12Pts
1Karpov, AnatolyGMRUS26281=1.5
2Morovic Fernandez, IvanGMCHI25680=0.5
2 players
Karpov vs Morovic Rapid m Arica CHI Wed 14th Jan 2015 - Wed 14th Jan 2015
Leading Final Round 2 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg12Pts
1Morovic Fernandez, IvanGMCHI2568=11.5
2Karpov, AnatolyGMRUS2628=00.5
2 players

9) 75th ch-ARM Highest League 2015

The 75th ch-ARM Highest League (I now think this is the actual championship but it's hard to tell with this name) takes place 12th to 21st January 2015.

75th ch-ARM HL 2015 Yerevan ARM Mon 12th Jan 2015 - Wed 21st Jan 2015
Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Mikaelyan ArmanARM23505.518.0030.0
24Grigoryan Karen H.ARM25875.014.0030.0
33Pashikian ArmanARM26144.014.0030.0
410Hovhannisyan Robert Ar.ARM25944.013.7540.0
55Andriasian ZavenARM26094.011.5030.0
68Ter-Sahakyan SamvelARM25803.010.0040.0
76Grigoryan AvetikARM25803.07.5040.0
89Gabuzyan HovhannesARM25602.57.0040.0
92Kotanjian TigranARM25012.07.5030.0
107Shahinyan DavidARM24312.06.2540.0
10 players
75th ch-ARM HL 2015 Yerevan ARM Mon 12th Jan 2015 - Wed 21st Jan 2015. Category: 12. Ave: (2541)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Mikaelyan, Arman ARM 2350 # 1 = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2789
2 Grigoryan, Karen H. GM ARM 2587 0 # 1 = = 1 1 1 5 2677
3 Pashikian, Arman GM ARM 2614 = 0 # = 1 1 = = 4 2590
4 Hovhannisyan, Robert GM ARM 2594 = = = # = 1 = = 4 2570
5 Andriasian, Zaven GM ARM 2609 = 0 # 1 = = = 1 4 2567
6 Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel GM ARM 2580 = 0 = 0 # 1 1 0 3 2518
7 Grigoryan, Avetik GM ARM 2580 0 0 = 0 # 1 = 1 3 2468
8 Gabuzyan, Hovhannes GM ARM 2560 0 = = 0 0 # 1 = 2.5 2455
9 Kotanjian, Tigran GM ARM 2501 0 0 = = = = 0 # 2 2398
10 Shahinyan, David FM ARM 2431 0 0 = 0 1 0 = # 2 2393

10) 70th ch-ARM w Highest League 2015

The 70th ch-ARM Women Highest League takes place 12th to 21st January 2015.

70th ch-ARM w HL 2015 Yerevan ARM Sun 11th Jan 2015 - Thu 22nd Jan 2015
Leading Round 6 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
110Sargsyan ShushannaARM20754.59.5030.0
28Hairapetian AnnaARM22084.013.5040.0
39Gaboyan SusannaARM20934.09.5030.0
44Ghukasyan SiranushARM21364.08.5030.0
55Gevorgyan MariaARM21683.58.0030.0
66Babayan ArmineARM21043.07.0040.0
72Karapetyan LusineARM19692.56.2520.5
3Gasparian NarineARM21382.56.2520.5
97Avetisyan MariamARM18941.03.7540.0
101Mirzabekyan SvetlanaARM18561.03.7520.0
10 players

11) 70th ch-AZE 2015

The 70th Azerbaiji Championship took place 6th to 15th January 2015. Rauf Mamedov edged out Eltaj Safarli and Vasif Durarbayli on tie-break after all scored 6.5/9.

70th ch-AZE 2015 Baku AZE Tue 6th Jan 2015 - Thu 15th Jan 2015
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Mamedov RaufBAK26426.52539447.5
22Safarli EltajBAK26356.52506447.0
33Durarbayli VasifSUM26356.52489448.5
44Guseinov GadirBAK26106.02520346.5
510Rasulov VugarGƏN24916.02498447.5
65Mirzoev AzerBAK25495.52525347.5
719Shahaliyev IsmayilBAK22735.02424440.5
89Bajarani UlviBAK24945.02408442.0
916Guliev LogmanBAK23855.02367441.0
1014Sadikhov UlviBAK24145.02338338.0
116Abasov NijatBAK25304.52457344.5
1222Bayramov ElvinQUB20514.52377439.0
1312Izzat KananBAK24244.02415340.0
1418Heydarli KananBAK22734.02390238.5
157Gasimov ParvizNAX25174.02371335.5
1611Mammadov ZaurBAK24873.52409238.0
1715Iskandarov MisratdinSUM24053.52408236.5
1821Asadli VugarBAK21273.52393237.0
1917Abdulov OrkhanBAK23423.52385134.0
2013Rzayev BahruzBAK24163.52363135.0
2120Shabanov NurlanBAK21652.02429133.5
228Sevdimaliyev UrfanNAX25051.52358133.5
22 players

12) 74th ch-GEO 2015

The 75th Georgian Championship takes place 10th to 24th January 2015. The men's event is a knockout and the women's an all-play-all. Mikheil Mchedlishvili and Levan Pantsulaia play for the title in a four game match 20th to 24th January. Merab Gagunashvili and Davit Jojua play for 3rd to 4th places. Nino Batsiashvili won the women's event with 7/9.

74th ch-GEO 2015 Tbilisi GEO Sat 10th Jan 2015 - Sat 24th Jan 2015
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Mchedlishvili, Mikheil GM GEO 2587 13600966
2 Jojua, Davit GM GEO 2585 13602543
3 Pantsulaia, Levan GM GEO 2583 13602071
4 Gagunashvili, Merab GM GEO 2579 13601652
5 Paichadze, Luka GM GEO 2561 13602934
6 Shanava, Konstantine GM GEO 2528 13601784
7 Maghalashvili, Davit GM GEO 2516 13602276
8 Sanikidze, Tornike GM GEO 2508 13602608
9 Azaladze, Shota IM GEO 2503 13603027
10 Quparadze, Giga IM GEO 2485 13602250
11 Benidze, Davit GM GEO 2473 13603086
12 Sibashvili, Giorgi FM GEO 2361 13602799
13 Chighladze, Iveri IM GEO 2337 13602039
14 Morchiashvili, Bachana IM GEO 2326 13602535
15 Chkhaidze, Nikoloz GEO 2226 13601750
16 Patsia, Zviad GEO 2204 13603485
72nd ch-GEO w 2015 Tbilisi GEO Sat 10th Jan 2015 - Sat 24th Jan 2015
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
19Batsiashvili NinoGEO24507.027.0050.0
24Khotenashvili BelaGEO25266.023.2540.0
35Khurtsidze NinoGEO24556.022.2550.0
46Melia SalomeGEO24735.522.5040.0
52Arabidze MeriGEO23665.520.5040.0
67Javakhishvili LelaGEO24865.017.0040.0
710Gvetadze SofioGEO23154.517.5030.0
81Kuchava AnaGEO21222.55.2520.0
98Vakhania AlexandraGEO21451.57.7510.0
103Zhorzholiani MeriGEO20731.54.5010.0
10 players
72nd ch-GEO w 2015 Tbilisi GEO Sat 10th Jan 2015 - Sat 24th Jan 2015. Category: 4. Ave: (2341)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Batsiashvili, Nino IM GEO 2450 # = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 7 2549
2 Khotenashvili, Bela GM GEO 2526 = # 0 = = 1 1 1 1 = 6 2446
3 Khurtsidze, Nino IM GEO 2455 = 1 # = 0 0 1 1 1 1 6 2453
4 Melia, Salome IM GEO 2473 0 = = # 1 = 1 1 0 1 5.5 2406
5 Arabidze, Meri IM GEO 2366 = = 1 0 # = 0 1 1 1 5.5 2418
6 Javakhishvili, Lela IM GEO 2486 0 0 1 = = # 0 1 1 1 5 2368
7 Gvetadze, Sofio IM GEO 2315 = 0 0 0 1 1 # = = 1 4.5 2344
8 Kuchava, Ana GEO 2122 0 0 0 0 0 0 = # 1 1 2.5 2199
9 Vakhania, Alexandra GEO 2145 0 0 0 1 0 0 = 0 # 0 1.5 2090
10 Zhorzholiani, Meri WFM GEO 2073 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 # 1.5 2098

13) 81st ch-BLR 2015

The 81st Belaru Championship takes place 12th to 22nd January 2015.

81st ch-BLR Men 2015 Minsk BLR Mon 12th Jan 2015 - Thu 22nd Jan 2015
Leading Round 8 (of 11) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
19Stupak KirillBLR25577.00.50.028.75
26Aleksandrov AleksejBLR25966.51.00.030.00
31Zhigalko SergeiBLR26816.00.50.020.75
410Kovalev VladislavBLR25485.00.50.018.25
53Ziaziulkina NastassiaBLR24294.50.51.018.00
65Zhigalko AndreyBLR25844.50.50.017.00
711Maiorov NikitaBLR25964.50.00.015.50
84Katashuk VladislavBLR21913.51.00.016.25
97Smolich PavelBLR22523.50.50.013.25
108Harshkou MikitaBLR22383.00.50.010.00
1112Filipets EgorBLR22403.00.00.010.25
122Kocheev AleksandrBLR23740.00.00.00.00
12 players
81st ch-BLR Men 2015 Minsk BLR Mon 12th Jan 2015 - Thu 22nd Jan 2015. Category: 8. Ave: (2441)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts TPR
1 Aleksandrov, Aleksej GM BLR 2596 # = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 6.5 2710
2 Stupak, Kirill GM BLR 2557 = # 1 1 = 0 1 1 1 6 2599
3 Zhigalko, Sergei GM BLR 2681 = # = = 1 = 1 1 1 6 2556
4 Ziaziulkina, Nastassia IM BLR 2429 0 = # 1 0 1 = = 1 4.5 2519
5 Zhigalko, Andrey GM BLR 2584 0 = 0 # = = 1 1 1 4.5 2495
6 Maiorov, Nikita GM BLR 2596 0 0 1 = # 0 1 1 1 4.5 2446
7 Kovalev, Vladislav GM BLR 2548 0 = 0 = # 1 0 1 1 4 2386
8 Katashuk, V FM BLR 2191 1 0 = 0 1 0 # 0 1 3.5 2458
9 Smolich, Pavel BLR 2252 0 0 = 0 1 # = = 1 3.5 2436
10 Filipets, Egor BLR 2240 0 0 = 0 1 = # 0 1 3 2322
11 Harshkou, Mikita BLR 2238 = 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 # 2 2314
12 Kocheev, Aleksandr BLR 2374 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 # 0 2446
ch-BLR Women 2015 Minsk BLR Mon 12th Jan 2015 - Thu 22nd Jan 2015
Leading Round 6 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
110Badelka OlgaBLR20484.51.00.013.00
23Stetsko LanitaBLR22974.50.00.011.00
34Bogdan EkaterinaBLR20163.50.00.09.00
41Revo TatianaBLR20443.01.00.08.50
58Kaliadzich MaryiaBLR20853.00.50.59.25
67Ilyuchyk YanaBLR18443.00.50.58.50
75Uzlavataya AnhelinaBLR19793.00.00.06.75
86Nevioselaya MariaBLR20422.50.00.06.75
99Prakapuk VeraBLR19741.50.01.02.75
102Beinenson KatsiarynaBLR19731.50.00.05.00
10 players
ch-BLR Women 2015 Minsk BLR Mon 12th Jan 2015 - Thu 22nd Jan 2015. Category: None. Ave: (2030)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Badelka, Olga BLR 2048 # 1 = = = 1 1 4.5 2241
2 Stetsko, Lanita FM BLR 2297 0 # 1 1 = 1 1 4.5 2216
3 Bogdan, Ekaterina BLR 2016 0 # 1 = 1 0 1 3.5 2093
4 Kaliadzich, Maryia BLR 2085 = 0 0 # = 1 1 3 2038
5 Ilyuchyk, Yana BLR 1844 = = = # = 0 1 3 2024
6 Revo, Tatiana BLR 2044 = = 0 # 0 1 1 3 2059
7 Uzlavataya, Anhelina BLR 1979 0 = 1 # 0 = 1 3 1994
8 Nevioselaya, Maria BLR 2042 0 0 1 0 1 # = 2.5 1939
9 Beinenson, Katsiaryna WFM BLR 1973 0 0 1 0 = # 0 1.5 1867
10 Prakapuk, Vera BLR 1974 0 0 0 0 = 1 # 1.5 1832

14) 14th Marienbad Open 2015

The 4th Marienbad Open, GM and IM Groups take place 17th to 24th January 2015.

14th Marienbad GM 2015 Marianske Lazne CZE Sat 17th Jan 2015 - Sat 24th Jan 2015
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
14Simantsev MikhailUKR24322.00.500.0
23Kim AlexeyKOR24772.00.000.0
31Andreev EduardUKR24581.51.500.0
45Erenberg ArielISR22511.50.750.0
510Kargin ArsenyRUS24441.01.000.0
62Studer NoelSUI24031.00.000.0
77Zawadzka JolantaPOL24120.50.750.0
86Berend FredLUX23630.50.500.0
98Stachowiak KamilPOL24460.00.000.0
9Dobrowolski PiotrPOL24340.00.000.0
10 players
14th Marienbad GM 2015 Marianske Lazne CZE Sat 17th Jan 2015 - Sat 24th Jan 2015. Category: 7. Ave: (2412)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Simantsev, Mikhail GM UKR 2432 # 1 1 2412
2 Erenberg, Ariel FM ISR 2251 # 1 1 2363
3 Studer, Noel IM SUI 2403 # 1 1 2434
4 Kim, Alexey GM KOR 2477 # 1 1 2446
5 Andreev, Eduard GM UKR 2458 # = 0.5 2444
6 Kargin, Arseny IM RUS 2444 = # 0.5 2458
7 Stachowiak, Kamil IM POL 2446 0 # 0 2477
8 Zawadzka, Jolanta WGM POL 2412 0 # 0 2432
9 Dobrowolski, Piotr IM POL 2434 0 # 0 2403
10 Berend, Fred IM LUX 2363 0 # 0 2251
Round 1. Sat 17th Jan 2015
Andreev, Eduard 1/2-1/2 Kargin, Arseny 21 B76 Sicilian
Studer, Noel 1-0 Dobrowolski, Piotr 46 C03 French
Kim, Alexey 1-0 Stachowiak, Kamil 48 B47 Sicilian
Simantsev, Mikhail 1-0 Zawadzka, Jolanta 31 D45 QGD semi-Slav
Erenberg, Ariel 1-0 Berend, Fred 49 A54 Old Indian
14th Marienbad Open 2015 Marianske Lazne CZE Sat 17th Jan 2015 - Sat 24th Jan 2015
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Ivanov, Mikhail M GM RUS 2394 4114906
2 Strebkovs, Andrejs IM LAT 2335 11601310
3 Gasthofer, Viktor IM GER 2323 4646207
4 Kolbus, Dietmar IM GER 2319 4610628
5 Bretsnajdr, Vladimir FM CZE 2288 300942
6 Haugli, Petter IM NOR 2278 1500104
7 Swicarz, Maciej POL 2276 1113585
8 Heydarli, Kanan IM AZE 2273 13404423
9 Chudinovskikh, Alexander M IM RUS 2258 4106083
10 Shevchenko, Kirill CM UKR 2247 14129574
11 Gergel, Vladimir P FM UKR 2232 14100550
12 Stigar, Petter FM NOR 2213 1500341
13 Nguyen, Thai Dai Van CM CZE 2212 358878
14 Monin, Nikolay IM RUS 2200 4104013
15 Janik, Igor POL 2197 1159259
16 Volodin, Viktor IM RUS 2186 4108701
17 Pedersen, Henrik Bolding DEN 2181 1401700
18 Eriksson, Christian DEN 2164 1412159
19 Bartos, Jan FM CZE 2159 315060
20 Najart, David FRA 2154 623954
21 Johnsen, Gunnar NOR 2150 1500511
22 Kirsanova, Ekaterina WFM RUS 2129 4168810
23 Golcman, Evgeny RUS 2117 4173287
24 Lukasiewicz, Anna POL 2102 1104756
25 Moncayo Romero, Evelyn WIM ECU 2101 3600424
26 Grela, Kacper POL 2096 1154141
27 Kolovratnik, Milos CZE 2087 318876
28 Grove, Michael SCO 2081 2403943
29 Fokin, Stanislav RUS 2063 4176090
30 Lukasiewicz, Krzysztof POL 2051 1166042
31 Jiruse, Josef CZE 2045 309273
32 Malinovsky, Petr CZE 2033 314307
33 Dadello, Aleksandra POL 2032 1177362
34 Vavra, Pavel CZE 2029 307270
35 Janska, Jitka CZE 2021 345563
36 Paldus, Petr CZE 2016 317950
37 Kulas, Szymon POL 2015 1178989
38 Janiszewski, Maciej POL 1999 1120620
39 Voloshin, Pavel RUS 1998 24168017
40 Danko, Jiri CZE 1993 323845
41 Tejaswini, Sagar WCM IND 1992 5054290
42 Wozniak, Mariola WCM POL 1983 1152050
43 Nitish Belurkar CM IND 1967 5084768
44 Millward, Kevin P ENG 1964 404721
45 Antolak, Julia POL 1964 1159569
46 Bashirli, Nail AZE 1963 13406809
47 Westphal, Norbert GER 1962 12973610
48 Zienkiewicz, Geoffroy FRA 1954 26026228
49 Hoke, Petr CZE 1948 305006
50 Vacha, Jaroslav CZE 1947 346454
51 German, Nikita RUS 1935 24175501
52 Dmochowska, Agnieszka WCM POL 1913 1142984
53 Polak, Jiri CZE 1893 392219
54 Nowak, Kamil POL 1892 1168681
55 Anjali R. Sagar IND 1873 5007089
56 Dwilewicz, Katarzyna POL 1868 1148486
57 Horyna, Josef CZE 1866 316369
58 Kuhn, Morten DEN 1862 1442015
59 De Graaf, Arnoud NED 1855 1017918
60 Jennewein, Norbert GER 1851 12907952
61 Allory, Pierre-jean FRA 1848 618896
62 Simkin, Alexander RUS 1844 4160428
63 Muecke, Michael GER 1829 12989010
64 Dadello, Andrzej POL 1816 1177370
65 Kasik, Miroslav CZE 1801 322091
66 Svec, Jan CZE 1800 335657
67 Kucera, Jan CZE 1797 383813
68 Mc Aleenan, Charles SCO 1795 2461617
69 Bublik, Frantisek CZE 1783 382540
70 Klucznik, Andre FRA 1782 642576
71 von Keyserlingk, Chanda GER 1779 1270299
72 Dolezal, Rudolf CZE 1777 302945
73 Kurzok, Zenon POL 1776 1159780
74 Ruzicka, Tomas CZE 1764 338184
75 Svoboda, Frantisek CZE 1754 348937
76 Krajinski, Lutz GER 1733 4657055
77 Berka, Lubos CZE 1724 368571
78 Brunova, Blanka CZE 1719 360384
79 Kucera, Tomas CZE 1696 383872
80 Czernek, Tymon POL 1695 1199510
81 Griec, Milan CZE 1690 336440
82 Froehlich, Manuel GER 1689 24693529
83 Ornet, Tomas CZE 1686 337765
84 Bardin, Christian FRA 1676 638749
85 Friedel, Roland GER 1674 24651150
86 Kral, Ladislav CZE 1671 333280
87 Lichii, Elizaveta MDA 1642 13905007
88 Kirs, Pavel CZE 1636 326569
89 Rychtecky, Pavel CZE 1635 334235
90 Lipski, Lukasz POL 1633 1186701
91 Bebel, Agnieszka POL 1627 1166697
92 Voith, Walter GER 1613 24614181
93 Zvereva, Margarita WCM RUS 1610 34177741
94 Lotz, Kolja Alecsander GER 1603 12907561
95 Kubelova, Sona CZE 1590 367486
96 Nepomnyaschaya, Mariya RUS 1547 34130087
97 Luczak, Filip POL 1535 1193686
98 Dwilewicz, Agata POL 1535 1163965
99 Kalinowska, Karolina POL 1529 1172743
100 Karlov, Egor RUS 1520 34133400
101 Wolaniecki, Patryk POL 1473 1193783
102 Saurabh, Sable IND 1470 5053072
103 Schoebel, Thomas GER 1462 12960624
104 Studer, Urs SUI 1458 1327542
105 Trembowiecka-Wysota, Aleksandra POL 1444 1184180
106 Korolewicz, Pawel POL 1388 1188194
107 Szulc, Patrycja POL 1367 1172913
108 Smyka, Wiktor POL 1364 1199790
109 Krzyzosiak, Marta POL 1350 21820449
110 Kraszewski, Grzegorz POL 1312 21805008
111 Borkowski, Marcin POL 1283 21826811
112 Dolharz, Jakub POL 1263 21808090
113 Dadello, Barbara POL 1189 1199773
114 Sagar, Siya IND 1164 25098160
115 Szewc, Dobromila POL 1013 21820481
14th Marienbad IM1 2015 Marianske Lazne CZE Sat 17th Jan 2015 - Sat 24th Jan 2015
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
16Repka ChristopherSVK24172.02.000.0
28Demidov MikhailRUS25192.00.000.0
310Gadimbayli AbdullaAZE21841.01.001.0
41Martynkova OlenaUKR21241.01.00-1.0
5Gumularz SzymonPOL22561.01.00-1.0
62Lokander MartinSWE23571.00.000.0
7Ioannidis EvgeniosGRE20871.00.000.0
83Jurek JosefCZE22910.00.00-1.0
4Gungl TheoGER21510.00.00-1.0
9Mazja Aleksandr G.RUS22970.00.00-1.0
10 players
14th Marienbad IM1 2015 Marianske Lazne CZE Sat 17th Jan 2015 - Sat 24th Jan 2015. Category: 1. Ave: (2268)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Demidov, Mikhail IM RUS 2519 # 1 1 2291
2 Repka, Christopher SVK 2417 # 1 1 2256
3 Gadimbayli, Abdulla FM AZE 2184 # 1 1 2124
4 Ioannidis, Evgenios FM GRE 2087 # 1 1 2151
5 Lokander, Martin FM SWE 2357 # 1 1 2297
6 Martynkova, Olena WFM UKR 2124 0 # 0 2184
7 Gumularz, Szymon POL 2256 0 # 0 2417
8 Gungl, Theo GER 2151 0 # 0 2087
9 Jurek, Josef IM CZE 2291 0 # 0 2519
10 Mazja, Aleksandr G. IM RUS 2297 0 # 0 2357
Round 1. Sat 17th Jan 2015
Martynkova, Olena 0-1 Gadimbayli, Abdulla 43 D11 QGD Slav
Lokander, Martin 1-0 Mazja, Aleksandr G. 34 D20 QGA
Jurek, Josef 0-1 Demidov, Mikhail 52 D25 QGA, 4.e3
Gungl, Theo 0-1 Ioannidis, Evgenios 40 B97 Sicilian
Gumularz, Szymon 0-1 Repka, Christopher 52 E19 Queen's Indian
14th Marienbad IM2 2015 Marianske Lazne CZE Sat 17th Jan 2015 - Sat 24th Jan 2015
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
15Asadli VugarAZE21272.01.500.0
24Kulkarni BhaktiIND22921.51.250.0
31Paramzina AnastasiaRUS20831.50.750.5
2Grishchenko SergeyRUS24171.50.750.5
58Burnett AndrewSCO22741.01.000.0
63Piotrowski PrzemyslawPOL21911.00.000.0
6Biolek-Sen. RichardCZE24241.00.000.0
87Menezes ChristophAUT22960.50.750.0
99Nayhebaver MartinSVK23380.00.000.0
10Varitski IgorUKR22250.00.000.0
10 players
14th Marienbad IM2 2015 Marianske Lazne CZE Sat 17th Jan 2015 - Sat 24th Jan 2015. Category: 1. Ave: (2267)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Burnett, Andrew SCO 2274 # 1 1 2191
2 Asadli, Vugar CM AZE 2127 # 1 1 2424
3 Paramzina, Anastasya WFM RUS 2083 # 1 1 2225
4 Grishchenko, Sergey IM RUS 2417 # 1 1 2338
5 Kulkarni, Bhakti CM IND 2292 # = 0.5 2296
6 Menezes, Christoph FM AUT 2296 = # 0.5 2292
7 Biolek, Richard IM CZE 2424 0 # 0 2127
8 Varitski, Igor IM UKR 2225 0 # 0 2083
9 Nayhebaver, Martin SVK 2338 0 # 0 2417
10 Piotrowski, Przemyslaw POL 2191 0 # 0 2274
Round 1. Sat 17th Jan 2015
Paramzina, Anastasya 1-0 Varitski, Igor 17 B19 Caro-Kann
Grishchenko, Sergey 1-0 Nayhebaver, Martin 31 E46 Nimzo-Indian
Piotrowski, Przemyslaw 0-1 Burnett, Andrew 34 A43 Old Benoni defence
Kulkarni, Bhakti 1/2-1/2 Menezes, Christoph 15 E42 Nimzo-Indian
Asadli, Vugar 1-0 Biolek, Richard 55 C45 Scotch

15) 81st ch-BRA 2015

The 81st Brazilian Championship takes place 17th to 25th January 2015. Live video commentary from Darcy Lima.

81st ch-BRA 2015 Joao Pessoa BRA Sat 17th Jan 2015 - Sun 25th Jan 2015
Leading Round 3 (of 11) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
19Leitao RafaelBRA26363.00.01.500.0
211Macedo Maximo IackBRA23232.50.02.500.0
38Cavalcanti Francisco De AssisBRA21512.50.01.250.0
412Umetsubo Cesar HidemitsuBRA23112.00.02.500.0
510El Debs Felipe De CresceBRA25122.00.01.750.0
67Rodrigues EdgarBRA23381.50.01.250.0
73Mekhitarian Krikor SevagBRA25651.01.01.000.0
81Andrade Roberto Luiz CostaBRA22161.00.51.500.0
2Brito LuismarBRA22541.00.51.500.0
104Reis Paulo F. Jatoba De OliveiBRA23871.0-1.02.250.0
115Mendonca Mateus NakajoBRA24260.50.01.000.0
126Fiaes Mario Henrique AndradeBRA21510.00.00.000.0
12 players
81st ch-BRA 2015 Joao Pessoa BRA Sat 17th Jan 2015 - Sun 25th Jan 2015. Category: 5. Ave: (2356)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts TPR
1 Leitao, Rafael GM BRA 2636 # 1 1 1 3 2321
2 Macedo, Maximo Iack IM BRA 2323 # = 1 1 2.5 2675
3 Cavalcanti, Francisco de Assis FM BRA 2151 # = 1 1 2.5 2578
4 Umetsubo, Cesar Hidemitsu FM BRA 2311 # 1 = = 2 2394
5 El Debs, Felipe de Cresce GM BRA 2512 # = 1 = 2 2584
6 Rodrigues, Edgar FM BRA 2338 = 0 # 1 1.5 2204
7 Reis, Paulo F. Jatoba de Oliveira FM BRA 2387 0 = = # 1 2365
8 Andrade, Roberto Luiz Costa FM BRA 2216 = # = 0 1 2252
9 Brito, Luismar FM BRA 2254 0 = = # 1 2158
10 Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag GM BRA 2565 0 0 1 # 1 2225
11 Mendonca, Mateus Nakajo FM BRA 2426 0 0 = # 0.5 2160
12 Fiaes, Mario Henrique Andrade BRA 2151 0 0 0 # 0 2375
Round 1. Sat 17th Jan 2015
Andrade, Roberto Luiz Costa 1/2-1/2 Umetsubo, Cesar Hidemitsu 76 B19 Caro-Kann
Brito, Luismar 0-1 Macedo, Maximo Iack 41 C19 French
Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag 0-1 El Debs, Felipe de Cresce 41 A07 Reti
Reis, Paulo F. Jatoba de Oliveira 0-1 Leitao, Rafael 42 E46 Nimzo-Indian
Mendonca, Mateus Nakajo 0-1 Cavalcanti, Francisco de Assis 35 D43 QGD semi-Slav
Fiaes, Mario Henrique Andrade 0-1 Rodrigues, Edgar 38 E10 Queen's pawn game
Round 2. Sun 18th Jan 2015
Umetsubo, Cesar Hidemitsu 1-0 Rodrigues, Edgar 43 A67 Benoni
Cavalcanti, Francisco de Assis 1-0 Fiaes, Mario Henrique Andrade 81 A17 English
Leitao, Rafael 1-0 Mendonca, Mateus Nakajo 53 D11 QGD Slav
El Debs, Felipe de Cresce 1/2-1/2 Reis, Paulo F. Jatoba de Oliveira 37 E92 King's Indian
Macedo, Maximo Iack 1-0 Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag 20 B20 Sicilian defence
Andrade, Roberto Luiz Costa 1/2-1/2 Brito, Luismar 42 B43 Sicilian
Round 3. Sun 18th Jan 2015
Brito, Luismar 1/2-1/2 Umetsubo, Cesar Hidemitsu 51 C47 Four knights
Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag 1-0 Andrade, Roberto Luiz Costa 38 D11 QGD Slav
Reis, Paulo F. Jatoba de Oliveira 1/2-1/2 Macedo, Maximo Iack 32 A40 Queen's pawn
Mendonca, Mateus Nakajo 1/2-1/2 El Debs, Felipe de Cresce 59 D14 QGD Slav
Fiaes, Mario Henrique Andrade 0-1 Leitao, Rafael 60 E12 Queen's Indian
Rodrigues, Edgar 1/2-1/2 Cavalcanti, Francisco de Assis 61 D04 Queen's pawn game

16) Baltic zt Tallinn 2015

The final Baltic Zonal event took place in Tallinn 12th to 19th January 2015. Igot Kovalenko won with 8.5/11. I don't know who won the qualification from the three events unless there were three places for the winner.

Baltic zt Tallinn 2015 Tallinn EST Mon 12th Jan 2015 - Mon 19th Jan 2015
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
13Kovalenko IgorLAT26538.542.2570.0
27Sulskis SarunasLTU25577.037.2550.0
31Neiksans ArtursLAT25677.036.5030.0
44Kulaots KaidoEST25567.033.0050.0
55Kantans TomsLAT24386.531.0040.0
612Kveinys AloyzasLTU25225.028.0010.0
72Ladva OttomarEST24045.025.2520.0
810Miezis NormundsLAT24994.523.0020.0
98Beinoras MindaugasLTU23654.521.7510.0
106Seeman TarvoEST24294.520.7520.0
119Laurusas TomasLTU24184.020.0000.0
1211Jezov RomanEST22382.512.7500.0
12 players
Baltic zt Tallinn 2015 Tallinn EST Mon 12th Jan 2015 - Mon 19th Jan 2015. Category: 9. Ave: (2471)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts TPR
1 Kovalenko, Igor GM LAT 2653 # 0 = 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2665
2 Sulskis, Sarunas GM LTU 2557 1 # = = 0 0 1 1 1 1 = = 7 2565
3 Neiksans, Arturs GM LAT 2567 = = # 1 = = = = 1 = = 1 7 2564
4 Kulaots, Kaido GM EST 2556 0 = 0 # 1 1 = 1 = = 1 1 7 2565
5 Kantans, Toms IM LAT 2438 0 1 = 0 # = = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2538
6 Kveinys, Aloyzas GM LTU 2522 = 1 = 0 = # 0 = = = = = 5 2430
7 Ladva, Ottomar IM EST 2404 0 0 = = = 1 # 0 = 1 = = 5 2441
8 Miezis, Normunds GM LAT 2499 = 0 = 0 = = 1 # 0 0 = 1 4.5 2403
9 Beinoras, Mindaugas IM LTU 2365 0 0 0 = = = = 1 # = = = 4.5 2415
10 Seeman, Tarvo IM EST 2429 0 0 = = 0 = 0 1 = # = 1 4.5 2409
11 Laurusas, Tomas IM LTU 2418 0 = = 0 0 = = = = = # = 4 2373
12 Jezov, Roman EST 2238 0 = 0 0 0 = = 0 = 0 = # 2.5 2281
Round 1. Mon 12th Jan 2015
Neiksans, Arturs 1/2-1/2 Kveinys, Aloyzas 8 A07 Reti
Ladva, Ottomar 1/2-1/2 Jezov, Roman 25 A61 Benoni
Kovalenko, Igor 1/2-1/2 Miezis, Normunds 79 A43 Old Benoni
Kulaots, Kaido 1-0 Laurusas, Tomas 22 D17 QGD Slav
Kantans, Toms 1/2-1/2 Beinoras, Mindaugas 58 C47 Four knights
Seeman, Tarvo 0-1 Sulskis, Sarunas 72 A04 Reti opening
Round 2. Tue 13th Jan 2015
Kveinys, Aloyzas 1-0 Sulskis, Sarunas 24 A46 Queen's pawn game
Beinoras, Mindaugas 1/2-1/2 Seeman, Tarvo 44 A45 Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)
Laurusas, Tomas 0-1 Kantans, Toms 37 E60 King's Indian defence
Miezis, Normunds 0-1 Kulaots, Kaido 59 B13 Caro-Kann
Jezov, Roman 0-1 Kovalenko, Igor 24 C77 Ruy Lopez
Neiksans, Arturs 1/2-1/2 Ladva, Ottomar 80 A13 English
Round 3. Tue 13th Jan 2015
Ladva, Ottomar 1-0 Kveinys, Aloyzas 31 D63 QGD
Kovalenko, Igor 1/2-1/2 Neiksans, Arturs 59 E11 Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation
Kulaots, Kaido 1-0 Jezov, Roman 34 B43 Sicilian
Kantans, Toms 1/2-1/2 Miezis, Normunds 17 B41 Sicilian
Seeman, Tarvo 1/2-1/2 Laurusas, Tomas 33 C44 Inverted Hanham
Sulskis, Sarunas 1-0 Beinoras, Mindaugas 31 C34 King's knight's gambit
Round 4. Wed 14th Jan 2015
Kveinys, Aloyzas 1/2-1/2 Beinoras, Mindaugas 39 C63 Ruy Lopez
Laurusas, Tomas 1/2-1/2 Sulskis, Sarunas 19 E15 Queen's Indian
Miezis, Normunds 0-1 Seeman, Tarvo 63 C00 French defence, Steiner variation
Jezov, Roman 0-1 Kantans, Toms
Neiksans, Arturs 1-0 Kulaots, Kaido 67 B35 Sicilian
Ladva, Ottomar 0-1 Kovalenko, Igor 31 D44 QGD semi-Slav
Round 5. Thu 15th Jan 2015
Kovalenko, Igor 1/2-1/2 Kveinys, Aloyzas 7 C49 Four knights
Kulaots, Kaido 1/2-1/2 Ladva, Ottomar 28 E10 Queen's pawn game
Kantans, Toms 1/2-1/2 Neiksans, Arturs 8 B40 Sicilian defence
Seeman, Tarvo 1-0 Jezov, Roman 30 A04 Reti opening
Sulskis, Sarunas 1-0 Miezis, Normunds 71 B42 Sicilian
Beinoras, Mindaugas 1/2-1/2 Laurusas, Tomas 12 A30 English
Round 6. Thu 15th Jan 2015
Kveinys, Aloyzas 1/2-1/2 Laurusas, Tomas 22 B90 Sicilian
Miezis, Normunds 0-1 Beinoras, Mindaugas 52 C00 French defence, Steiner variation
Jezov, Roman 1/2-1/2 Sulskis, Sarunas 55 C77 Ruy Lopez
Neiksans, Arturs 1/2-1/2 Seeman, Tarvo 51 C41 Philidor
Ladva, Ottomar 1/2-1/2 Kantans, Toms 52 D85 Gruenfeld
Kovalenko, Igor 1-0 Kulaots, Kaido 56 E21
Round 7. Fri 16th Jan 2015
Kulaots, Kaido 1-0 Kveinys, Aloyzas 47 B43 Sicilian
Kantans, Toms 0-1 Kovalenko, Igor 58 C06 French
Seeman, Tarvo 0-1 Ladva, Ottomar 59 A00 Benko's opening
Sulskis, Sarunas 1/2-1/2 Neiksans, Arturs 86 E35 Nimzo-Indian
Beinoras, Mindaugas 1/2-1/2 Jezov, Roman 53 B38 Sicilian
Laurusas, Tomas 1/2-1/2 Miezis, Normunds 54 A52 Budapest defence
Round 8. Sat 17th Jan 2015
Kveinys, Aloyzas 1/2-1/2 Miezis, Normunds 7 A37 English
Jezov, Roman 1/2-1/2 Laurusas, Tomas 62 B93 Sicilian
Neiksans, Arturs 1-0 Beinoras, Mindaugas 36 A11 English
Ladva, Ottomar 0-1 Sulskis, Sarunas 68 E45 Nimzo-Indian
Kovalenko, Igor 1-0 Seeman, Tarvo 111 E71 King's Indian
Kulaots, Kaido 1-0 Kantans, Toms 32 B01 Scandinavian
Round 9. Sat 17th Jan 2015
Kantans, Toms 1/2-1/2 Kveinys, Aloyzas 48 B41 Sicilian
Seeman, Tarvo 1/2-1/2 Kulaots, Kaido 19 A07 Reti
Sulskis, Sarunas 1-0 Kovalenko, Igor 35 B12 Caro-Kann
Beinoras, Mindaugas 1/2-1/2 Ladva, Ottomar 12 A32 English
Laurusas, Tomas 1/2-1/2 Neiksans, Arturs 9 A84 Dutch defence
Miezis, Normunds 1-0 Jezov, Roman 46 A36 English
Round 10. Sun 18th Jan 2015
Kveinys, Aloyzas 1/2-1/2 Jezov, Roman 18 A43 Old Benoni defence
Neiksans, Arturs 1/2-1/2 Miezis, Normunds 30 B41 Sicilian
Ladva, Ottomar 1/2-1/2 Laurusas, Tomas 47 D20 Queen's gambit accepted
Kovalenko, Igor 1-0 Beinoras, Mindaugas 66 A11 English
Kulaots, Kaido 1/2-1/2 Sulskis, Sarunas 38 E40 Nimzo-Indian
Kantans, Toms 1-0 Seeman, Tarvo 36 B27 Sicilian
Round 11. Mon 19th Jan 2015
Seeman, Tarvo 1/2-1/2 Kveinys, Aloyzas 9 A05 Reti opening
Sulskis, Sarunas 0-1 Kantans, Toms 39 C70 Ruy Lopez
Beinoras, Mindaugas 1/2-1/2 Kulaots, Kaido 30 D83 Gruenfeld
Laurusas, Tomas 0-1 Kovalenko, Igor 40 D91 Gruenfeld
Miezis, Normunds 1-0 Ladva, Ottomar 58 C00 French defence, Steiner variation
Jezov, Roman 0-1 Neiksans, Arturs 59 B20 Sicilian defence

17) Chess in Kecskemet New Year GM 2015

The Chess in Kecskemet New Year GM took place 27th December 2014 to 5th January 2015.

18) Floripa Open 2015

The Floripa Open took place 14th to 18th January 2015. Andres Rodriguez Vila won with 8.5/10. Games from only the first two rounds are currently available.

Floripa Open 2015 Florianopolis BRA Wed 14th Jan 2015 - Sun 18th Jan 2015
Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
17Rodriguez Vila AndresURU24448.50.043.570.0
212Molina Roberto Junio BritoBRA24088.00.041.067.5
34Di Berardino Diego RafaelBRA24848.00.039.566.0
45Cubas Jose FernandoPAR24598.00.039.563.5
526Gauche CharlesBRA22298.00.038.063.5
61Bachmann AxelPAR26297.50.043.570.5
72Delgado Ramirez NeurisPAR26047.50.041.069.0
83Matsuura EveraldoBRA25057.50.040.567.5
913Quintiliano Pinto Renato R.BRA23647.50.039.065.0
1015Gazel FredericoBRA22927.50.038.563.0
1111Stamenkovic DraganSRB24097.50.038.561.5
1210Supi Luis PauloBRA24147.50.038.064.0
1321Menna Barreto Felipe KubiakiBRA22477.00.039.064.5
1431Villalba MarceloPAR22017.00.037.562.5
158Paveto KevinARG24377.00.037.560.0
1638Souza Rafael Cabral DeBRA21737.00.036.560.5
1748Starke Bruno OrlandoBRA21037.00.036.560.0
1816Matsuura FredericoBRA22897.00.036.558.0
1919Delgado Lidio DiasBRA22627.00.035.560.0
2029Dias Anderson TatschBRA22127.00.035.558.0
2140Abrantes Tiago GarridoBRA21477.00.035.060.0
2234Paniagua Chnelik SebastianARG21977.00.033.056.5
2341Gotz Klaus Seiji FuruchoBRA21437.00.032.052.5
2428Caetano Hugo Zanotti MendoncaBRA22156.50.038.563.5
2523Cruz William Ferreira DaBRA22386.50.038.563.0
2691De Carvalho ChristopherBRA19656.50.038.059.0
2739Oliveira Fernando HenriqueBRA21626.50.037.562.5
2847Pottker Gustavo SartoriBRA21096.50.037.561.5
2942Borges Victor Hugo MoreiraBRA21436.50.037.062.0
3022Dejeanne FranciscoARG22406.50.037.061.5
3132Born Carlos RodrigoBRA21996.50.036.561.5
3245Mendonca Campelo Higor CarlosBRA21196.50.035.559.5
3327Guimaraes Diogo DuarteBRA22216.50.035.559.0
3453Zini Jhone MarceloBRA20826.50.035.059.0
35206Albuquerque Junior WellingtonBRA06.50.035.059.0
3637Faig CristianARG21766.50.035.058.0
3758Rocha Vitor Firmo De SouzaBRA20406.50.035.058.0
3857Luz Arthur NaderBRA20416.50.035.057.0
3920Bueno Alfeu Junior VarelaBRA22516.50.034.559.0
4069Cadilhac Igor Tokuichi KikuchBRA20156.50.034.557.5
261 players

19) Gelendzhik Open 2015

The Gelendzhik Open took place 3rd to 13th January 2015. Maxim Lugovskoy edged out Melor Bedia on tie-break after both scored 7.5/9.

Gelendzhik Open 2015 Gelendzhik RUS Sat 3rd Jan 2015 - Tue 13th Jan 2015
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Lugovskoy MaximRUS24017.554.040.049.0
21Bedia MelorRUS24287.553.037.548.0
34Erzhanov ArmanKAZ22356.552.037.048.5
413Akmalov DaniilRUS20346.552.035.048.5
59Lugovoy DmitryRUS20756.547.032.544.0
66Shandrygin NikitaRUS21516.053.535.049.5
77Sokolov OlegRUS20886.050.030.546.0
812Shemyakin ValeriyUKR20356.049.533.046.5
93Shemeakin AlexanderUKR22666.048.031.043.5
1022Kravchenko DaniilRUS17776.047.531.044.5
115Makhnev VladimirRUS21965.549.031.046.5
1226Badalian DanielRUS17035.545.027.541.0
1329Esipenko AleksandrRUS16465.544.525.542.0
1415Abdrashev ArlenKAZ18725.544.027.041.0
1518Makoveev IlyaRUS18315.542.528.540.0
1621Bocharova UlyanaRUS17805.542.027.040.0
1724Pedashenko VladislavRUS17395.539.524.536.5
1820Rolgeizer GenrikhRUS17865.047.029.043.0
1910Semenov ViktorRUS20655.047.029.042.5
2011Pedashenko AnatolyRUS20475.044.529.041.0
2130Karabet EvgeniuRUS16415.043.023.040.0
2216Liubavsky GrigoryRUS18545.041.525.039.0
2314Globa ViktorRUS19505.040.524.537.5
2427Zhanazarov IskanderRUS16825.035.524.033.0
2525Peregudov MikhailRUS17044.546.026.542.0
2653Timofeev LevRUS04.545.527.041.0
2731Kleimenov IvanRUS16204.540.524.538.0
2817Abrosimov NikolayRUS18404.539.525.037.0
2939Ativanov PetrRUS04.539.020.036.0
3019Kondratiev SergeyRUS18024.534.021.533.0
3154Tonkushin KonstantinRUS04.532.017.529.5
3251Surkova EkaterinaRUS04.530.016.029.0
338Pedashenko AnastasiaRUS20854.044.525.541.0
3435Sargsyan AnatolyRUS15284.044.023.042.0
3536Ivanov ArtemRUS14444.042.520.040.5
3634Balashov EgorRUS15474.038.020.037.0
3738Anosov ValeryRUS04.038.020.036.0
3841Gavdan ViacheslavRUS04.036.017.534.0
3952Terentev YanRUS04.035.518.033.5
4055Vilkov NikolayRUS04.033.017.030.5
57 players

20) XYChess January 2015

The 2nd XYChess January tournament took place in Malta 9th to 15th January 2015. Keith Arkell edged out Peter Lombaers on tie-break after both scored 6.5/9.

XYChess January IM 2015 Sliema MLT Fri 9th Jan 2015 - Thu 15th Jan 2015
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
13Arkell Keith CENG24976.526.000.05
24Lombaers PeterNED22916.525.500.05
310Ekstroem RolandSUI23965.523.250.02
49Kirk EzraENG23165.019.000.04
56Kerigan DemreTUR23115.017.000.04
68Przedmojski RafalPOL23674.523.750.02
77Ahlander BjornSWE24064.015.000.03
82Kaim PiotrPOL22123.515.000.02
95House Glenn LENG22302.59.500.01
101Oliveira Carlos Andre RamalhoPOR20752.07.500.01
10 players
XYChess January IM 2015 Sliema MLT Fri 9th Jan 2015 - Thu 15th Jan 2015. Category: 3. Ave: (2310)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Arkell, Keith C GM ENG 2497 # = = 1 1 0 = 1 1 1 6.5 2455
2 Lombaers, Peter NED 2291 = # = = 1 0 1 1 1 1 6.5 2478
3 Ekstroem, Roland IM SUI 2396 = = # 1 = = = = = 1 5.5 2381
4 Kirk, Ezra FM ENG 2316 0 = 0 # 1 = 1 0 1 1 5 2352
5 Kerigan, Demre FM TUR 2311 0 0 = 0 # = 1 1 1 1 5 2353
6 Przedmojski, Rafal POL 2367 1 1 = = = # 0 = = 0 4.5 2304
7 Ahlander, Bjorn IM SWE 2406 = 0 = 0 0 1 # 0 1 1 4 2256
8 Kaim, Piotr POL 2212 0 0 = 1 0 = 1 # 0 = 3.5 2241
9 House, Glenn L FM ENG 2230 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 1 # = 2.5 2153
10 Oliveira, Carlos Andre Ramalho POR 2075 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = = # 2 2116

21) Zicosur Open 2015

The Zicosur Open took palce 5th to 11th January 2015. Julio Granda Zuniga won with 8/10.

Zicosur Open 2015 Antofagasta CHI Mon 5th Jan 2015 - Sun 11th Jan 2015
Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11GRANDA ZUNIGA Julio EPER26408.00.0267366.5
28VASQUEZ SCHROEDER RodrigoCHI25127.50.0264368.0
36MARECO SandroARG25837.50.0261967.0
414SALINAS HERRERA PabloCHI24117.50.0261965.0
57FELGAER RubenARG25757.50.0260863.0
612VERA SIGUENAS DeivyPER24557.00.0254264.5
74DELGADO RAMIREZ NeurisPAR26047.00.0252766.0
85CORI JorgePER26037.00.0251266.5
99PICHOT AlanARG24807.00.0249862.5
1013RODRIGUEZ VILA AndresURU24447.00.0247060.5
113BACHMANN AxelPAR26297.00.0242062.0
1211ZAMBRANA OswaldoBOL24657.00.0235458.0
132LEITAO RafaelBRA26366.50.0251766.5
1410HENRIQUEZ VILLAGRA CristobalCHI24716.50.0237863.5
1515GARCIA CARDENAS PabloCHI24096.50.0236657.0
1623SOZA DE LA CARRERA JoseCHI22356.50.0236158.5
1727BELMONTE Diego MarianoARG22176.50.0231555.5
1833GARNIER ReneARG21336.50.0228657.5
1926AGUIRRE CONTRERAS CristianCHI22226.50.0226058.5
2016ABARCA GONZALEZ NicolasCHI23656.50.0223657.0
2136ESCALANTE RAMIREZ Brian SebasPER20916.50.0222857.5
2217FERNANDEZ FernandoPER23616.50.0222558.5
2331SANCHEZ SANDOVAL GonzaloCHI21556.50.0213951.5
2419ALARCON BAHAMONDES RobertoCHI22586.00.0224960.0
2541GUTIERREZ MONTES SebastianCHI20556.00.0224955.0
2628TAPIA FUENTES JaimeCHI22136.00.0219358.5
2768CARSTENS DOBUCHAK ThiagoBRA18166.00.0218853.5
2822DIAZ VASQUEZ MartinCHI22436.00.0217654.5
2929HENRIQUEZ ACUNA JulioCHI21586.00.0214551.5
3038FLORES HONORES PatricioCHI20866.00.0212453.5
3139VERGARA JOFRE FelipeCHI20776.00.0211754.0
3244SUASNABAR JesusPER20236.00.0207953.0
3321CERDA ALBORNOZ GuillermoCHI22435.50.0223261.0
3440HURTADO BAHAMONDE RodrigoCHI20735.50.0222457.0
3549GARMENDIA VEGA GabrielCHI19895.50.0212753.0
3632VARGAS MALIQUEO Ivan PatricioCHI21475.50.0212155.0
3724MESIAS ROJAS RabindranathCHI22305.50.0211356.0
3842BARRIA YAITUL ArminCHI20545.50.0209753.0
3947SUAREZ OHIGGINS LuisCHI20035.50.0207050.0
4025VALENZUELA GOMEZ FernandoCHI22265.50.0206051.0
105 players

22) ch-POL Academic 2015

The Acedemic Championship of Poland was a rapid and blitz event with team and individual tournaments. The strongest seemed to be the rapid individual which I give below. Round 7 is missing.

ch-POL Academic Men 2015 Zabrze POL Sat 10th Jan 2015 - Sun 11th Jan 2015
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiRtg+PtsTB1TB2
12WARAKOMSKI, TomaszIM256177.543.0054.50
21SWIERCZ, DariuszGM261277.542.5053.50
34DRAGUN, KamilGM250477.541.5053.00
49BRODOWSKI, Piotrm242667.541.5053.00
549REZA, WojciechI++213277.045.0055.50
613KRZYZANOWSKI, MarcinIM238077.042.0054.00
718BRZESKI, Maciejm233277.036.0046.50
83PIORUN, KacperGM254866.544.5056.00
911KLEKOWSKI, Maciejm240366.541.5053.00
106LUCH, MichalIM245466.540.5052.50
1134LEWICKI, MiroslawCM221566.540.5052.00
12100ZIAJA, KrystianI185766.540.5051.00
1319PIESIK, Piotrm231666.540.0052.50
1417MATUSZEWSKI, MichalIM233856.539.5051.00
1512SADZIKOWSKI, DanielIM238656.538.0050.00
1616WANDZIK, Wojciechm235656.535.5046.00
1714WIECZOREK, OskarIM238066.535.0046.50
1826BARSKI, Radoslawk++225066.535.0046.50
1952DUDYS, JakubI++211466.533.5043.00
205KOLOSOWSKI, MateuszIM248156.043.5054.00
2120BEBEL, Arkadiuszk+230756.041.0052.50
2236DUBINSKI, MateuszCM220366.040.0052.50
2333KOPCZYNSKI, Michalk222566.039.5051.00
2456KUMALA, AleksanderI++210146.039.0050.00
2515BARGLOWSKI, FilipFM236666.037.0049.00
2622DOWGIRD, Filipk229956.037.0048.50
2731MROZIAK, Maciejk+223256.037.0047.00
2830SZYMANSKI, Piotrk+223556.036.5047.50
2937CAJBEL, Maciejk219866.036.5047.00
307LENIART, ArkadiuszIM245456.035.5045.50
3121BUDREWICZ, Krzysztofm230256.035.0043.50
3245POLOK, Kacperk215956.034.5043.50
3351PASZEWSKI, Mateuszk212266.034.0044.50
3481WOROBIEJ, DanielI++195166.029.0037.00
3538SIWIEC, ArkadiuszI++218255.539.0049.50
3628NAJBAR, Marcink++224645.538.0049.00
3723WIEWIORA, Eneaszk229755.538.0048.50
3853GRYGIERCZYK, WojciechI++211245.537.5048.00
3972SIEDLINSKI, Piotrk203055.536.5045.50
408KANAREK, MarcelIM242845.536.0046.50
173 players

23) 130th-132nd MGU Open 2015

The 130th MGU Open took place 3rd to 4th January. 131st 10th to 11th and 132nd 17th to 18th. My thanks to Mitko Iliev for the games and results.

130th MGU Open 2015 Sofia BUL Sat 3rd Jan 2015 - Sun 4th Jan 2015
Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPts
12Orev PetarBUL21035.0
24Bozilov DraganSRB19284.0
31Banov BoilBUL21304.0
43Andreev DobrotichBUL19583.5
55Patev PetkoBUL19053.5
69Punchev IvanBUL17663.5
77Kolev NikolaBUL17763.5
811Milanov PetarBUL02.0
96Kostov NikolayBUL18861.5
1010Georgiev NikolayBUL16391.5
118Kosturkov KrasimirBUL17700.0
11 players
131st MGU Open 2015 Sofia BUL Sat 10th Jan 2015 - Sun 11th Jan 2015
Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPts
11Petrov Vladimir SergeevBUL20925
22Vassilev MartinBUL19805
35Kolev NikolaBUL17764
47Koleva AleksandrinaBUL16663.5
53Ivanov OlegBUL18093.5
64Kamenov ValentinBUL18023
79Georgiev NikolayBUL16393
810Stoyanov GeorgiBUL15892.5
96Tashev AleksandarBUL17252.5
1012Bakalov MilkoBUL15402
118Petrov AntonBUL16472
1213Sabov BorislavBUL15312
1315Genov EmanuilBUL12621.5
1414Bakalov VladimirBUL14911
1511Grabcheva NataliaBUL15550.5
15 players
132nd MGU Open 2015 Sofia BUL Sat 17th Jan 2015 - Sun 18th Jan 2015
Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPts
12Metev MartinBUL20265.0
23Vassilev MartinBUL19814.5
311Koleva AleksandrinaBUL16664.0
41Gelemerov YaneBUL20664.0
55Kostov NikolayBUL18863.5
64Andreev DobrotichBUL19583.5
710Tashev AleksandarBUL17253.0
88Punchev IvanBUL17663.0
96Kolev NikolaBUL17762.5
1012Georgiev NikolayBUL16392.5
1115Sabov BorislavBUL15312.0
1214Grabcheva NataliaBUL15551.0
139Krastev Krasimir NaidenovBUL17571.0
147Kosturkov KrasimirBUL17701.0
1516Krumov OrlinBUL00.5
1613Popvasilev KaloyanBUL15940.0
16 players

24) 10th Gazi Open 2014

The 10th Gazi Open took place 30th July to 6th August 2014. I don't normally like to go back this far in time but the games were sent and in reasonable shape.

10th Gazi Open 2014 Gazi GRE Wed 30th Jul 2014 - Wed 6th Aug 2014
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
1Petrov MarijanGMBUL24387.555.545.5
2Zubarev AlexanderGMUKR258375440
3Kharitonov AlexandrGMRUS2554753.541.5
4Mirzoev AzerGMAZE2554752.540.5
5Gavrilov AlexeiGMRUS249475238.5
6Rychagov AndreyGMRUS25436.556.539.5
7Stefanidi Maria-AnnaWFMGRE19986.54832.5
8Aggelis NikolaosFMGRE233865433
9Townsend M PaulENG223965231.5
10Sienczewski ZbigniewWFMGRE206064831.5
11Konstantelias KonstantinosWFMGRE197564727.5
12Fahouri NidalJOR1853646.527.5
13Anagnostopoulos KonstantinosGRE2190646.527
14Papadakis MichalisGRE220964627.75
15Grapsa GeorgiaWFMGRE203264627.5
16Lampadariou NikolaosGRE20335.54725.75
17Serpetsidakis NikolaosGRE17145.545.524.25
18Androni KonstantinaGRE19125.54324.75
19Gratsea EkateriniGRE17585.54323.5
20Kolomvakis SteliosGRE18445.54223.5
21Georgantas AntoniosGRE18145.54020.25
22Dounis AlexandrosGRE2246551.525.5
23Kadianis GeorgiosGRE165355025
24Sideris NikiforosGRE204854924
25Zygourakis ThemistoklisGRE160954524
26Stefanatos NikolaosGRE189154522.75
27Vidalis EvagelosGRE1898544.521.5
28Mastrakouli EvageliaGRE150254320.5
29Halkiadakis MariosGRE177254319.5
30Despotakis VasiliosGRE1763539.518
31Vitsaxaki IrisGRE104253417
32Moshovakis AggelosGRE14194.54920.25
33Fragiadakis EmanouelGRE19254.545.520.25
34Douni MariaGRE15174.545.518.25
35Petrakis EmmanouelGRE14624.544.519.25
36Predeftakis GeorgiosGRE16464.54419
37Serpetsidaki EvaGRE15374.54318.25
38Petrakis NikolaosGRE16674.541.516.75
39Mastrakoulis DimitriosGRE17474.540.518
40Stiakakis Ioannis-LeonidasGRE13834.540.516.75
82 players

25) 7th Beirut International Open 2014

The 7th Beirut International Open took place 6th to 13th May 2014. I covered the event at the time but had no games.

7th Beirut Open 2014 Beirut LIB Tue 6th May 2014 - Tue 13th May 2014
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
13Mirzoev AzerAZE25537.01.0543.5
5Stupak KirillBLR24867.01.0543.5
31Tiviakov SergeiNED26577.01.0542.0
47Raetsky AlexanderRUS24296.50.0541.5
54Kotanjian TigranARM25456.50.0540.5
614Najjar AhmadLIB22416.50.0536.5
717El Jawich AmroLIB21486.50.0533.5
82Rausis IgorsCZE25816.50.0441.0
918Chahrour IbrahimLIB21176.00.0638.0
1025Tarboush HusamSYR20506.00.0632.0
116Karpatchev AleksandrRUS24456.00.0543.0
1211Boricsev OlegHUN23196.00.0537.0
1315Iyti BasherSYR22266.00.0536.5
1429Sharbel MarwanLIB19876.00.0532.5
1510Kiss PalHUN23486.00.0438.5
168Strebkovs AndrejsLAT23566.00.0438.0
12Al-Tarbosh WardSYR22556.00.0438.0
1816Kassis AntoineLIB21786.00.0433.5
1923Kaouri MahdiLIB20725.50.0538.0
2021Abdulaziz MahmoudLIB20945.50.0537.5
2119Bassel CharafLIB21155.50.0534.5
2262Hanna NajiLIB05.50.0430.0
2367Khalil AdnanLIB05.00.0538.0
2422Shamieh JamalLIB20915.00.0534.5
32Muhssen Fared SalehIRQ19385.00.0534.5
2626Khechen Nabil ELIB20385.00.0533.0
2741Oknayan KrikorLIB17485.00.0532.0
2828Berbari ImadLIB19885.00.0529.5
2974Nassar MarcLIB05.00.0529.0
3042Yousef Abu-KhalafJOR17565.00.0528.5
3127Asmar ElieLIB20095.00.0436.0
3233Hammoud NadimLIB19205.00.0434.0
3336Bohlok HoussamLIB18545.00.0430.5
3420Shihab KhaledLIB21115.00.0337.0
3537Jawhar OussamaLIB18505.00.0330.5
3624Nassar MarwanLIB20584.50.0436.5
3739Ghannam KotaybaSYR17954.50.0432.0
3840Ahmad SaadahJOR17934.50.0429.5
52Bahaa Eddin DarwishSYR04.50.0429.5
4038Elayyash RawadLIB18014.50.0335.0
79 players

26) Zaw Win Lay Myanmar Open 2014

The Zaw Win Lay Myanmar Open took place 24th to 29th November 2014. My thanks to Peter Long for the games.

Zaw Win Lay Myanmar Open Yangon MYA Mon 24th Nov 2014 - Sat 29th Nov 2014
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Short Nigel DENG26617.551.041.040.50
23Belous VladimirRUS25787.551.040.042.50
34Nguyen Duc HoaVIE25077.056.544.542.00
46Arun Prasad S.IND24827.055.043.540.25
57Venkatesh M.R.IND24777.053.041.540.50
68Vishnu Prasanna. VIND24637.052.540.539.50
71Tiviakov SergeiNED26777.051.042.037.75
85Vakhidov JahongirUZB25026.551.039.034.25
921Zaw OoMYA22596.549.037.533.00
109Fominyh AlexanderRUS24386.547.537.532.00
1110Djuric StefanSRB24026.547.036.531.75
1218Nay Oo Kyaw TunMYA22806.053.541.533.00
1313Gong QianyunSIN23496.051.040.029.50
1420Kongsee UaychaiTHA22696.050.040.029.00
1519Myint HanMYA22776.048.538.529.00
1611Wynn Zaw HtunMYA23966.047.537.530.00
1734Lee Qing AunSIN20646.046.536.528.25
1817Aung Aung Aung Myo HlaingMYA22996.045.535.026.50
19128ZeyarMYA06.045.034.528.75
2014Htun Htun ThanMYA23446.044.534.526.25
2128Saeheng BoonsuebTHA22176.044.036.526.25
2222Kyaw Lin NaingMYA22506.044.035.028.00
2344Tin Tun ZawMYA19276.043.533.026.00
24116Thi Han SoeMYA06.043.033.528.00
2594Myo Kyaw HlaingMYA06.034.527.520.00
2612Tin JingyaoSIN23585.552.541.028.50
2725Ram S. KrishnanIND22405.550.039.026.25
2862Aung NaingMYA05.549.038.026.00
29115Thet NaungMYA05.548.539.026.50
3030Kyi TheinMYA21425.546.535.526.25
3172Htay Min LwinMYA05.546.037.025.50
3216Myo NaingMYA23045.545.536.523.25
3329Liu XiangyiSIN21865.545.536.025.75
34112Than Win AMYA05.544.535.025.00
3531Kyaw Myint LayMYA21355.543.033.525.00
3639Than Htike Zaw MdyMYA19945.543.032.522.75
3727Nyi Nyi LwinMYA22275.541.533.521.00
3823Sie ThuMYA22445.541.532.524.25
3924Pitirotjirathon JirapakTHA22435.050.539.025.75
4067Han Min SoeMYA05.048.036.523.50
128 players

27) TCh-HUN 2014-15

The Hungarian Team Championship takes place 12th October to 26th April 2014. Round 4 14th December, games now available. 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 4 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeam12345678910Bpts
1HVSE-Infraplan-4.55.598.527.5
2Aquaprofit-NTSK-98.5724.5
3ASE Paks7.5-6.57.521.5
4Dunaharaszti MTK6.53-5620.5
5ASS-Makoi SVSE5.57-719.5
6Budapesti Titanok3.5-410.518
7Penzugyor SE4.56-7.518
8MLTC584.5-17.5
9HUSI SC35-614
10Szigetszentmiklos3.51.56-11
10 teams

28) TCh-CZE 2014-15

The Czech Extraleague takes place 1st November 2014 to 29th March 2015. In addition the 1st league Zapad and Vychod leagues have already started. There were matches on the 17th and 18th of January. Games to follow.

TCh-CZE Extraliga 2014-15 Prague CZE Sat 1st Nov 2014 - Sun 29th Mar 2015
Leading Round 6 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
11. SK Novoborsky*5671835.512.0
2Vystavistě Lysa nad Labem*5551530.57.0
3Labortech Ostrava*571530.09.0
4Rapid Pardubice*1225.06.0
5Zikuda Turnov3*451024.53.5
6Slavoj Ostrava - Poruba*55926.07.0
7BSS Frydek-Mistek3*56924.55.0
8AD Mahrla Praha33*2923.55.5
9Ancora Tatran Litovel336*5624.05.0
10SK Karvina23*316.02.0
11TZ Třinec½43*116.01.0
122222 SK Polabiny11323*012.52.0
12 teams
TCh-CZE 1 Liga Zapad Prague CZE Sat 1st Nov 2014 - Sun 29th Mar 2015
Leading Round 6 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1SK AD Jicin*461628.09.5
2Unichess A*671533.012.0
3SK Joly Lysa nad Labem B*66731532.011.5
4SK Sokol Vysehrad*551227.08.5
5QCC Ceske Budějovice23*5451024.57.5
61. Novoborsky SK B33*44823.05.5
7TJ Bohemians Praha*4725.59.0
8TJ Praha-Pankrac24*5722.56.0
9TJ Spartak Vlasim44*5519.55.5
10Karlovarsky sachklub Tietz214*418.56.5
11TJ Slavia Hradec Kralove2543*418.04.5
12Unichess B133*016.54.0
12 teams
TCh-CZE 1 Liga Vychod Prague CZE Sat 1st Nov 2014 - Sun 29th Mar 2015
Leading Round 6 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1SK Duras BVK „A“*6646661634.013.0
2SK Slavia Orlova „A“*5631529.510.5
3SK Stare Město „A“*541329.010.5
4SK Zlin „A“*451328.011.5
5Beskydska sachova skola z.s. „B“23*51225.57.5
6Slavia Kroměřiž „A“4*1025.58.5
7Agentura 64 Grygov „A“*927.08.5
8KVS EKODIVIZE Opava "A"2233*5619.55.0
9Sachovy klub Lokomotiva Brno. o.s. „A“43*421.06.5
10TJ SO Chrudim24*419.05.5
11SK Duras BVK „B“25½*314.04.0
12Region Panda Rychnov nad Kněžnou23*016.04.5
12 teams

29) TCh-SVK 2014-15

The TCh-SVK takes place 25th October 2014 to 22nd March 2015. Rounds 5-6 were 17th-18th January 2015.

Remaining rounds: Round: 7 2015-02-21 09:00 Round: 8 2015-02-22 09:00 Round: 9 2015-03-20 17:00 Round: 10 2015-03-21 12:00 Round: 11 2015-03-22 08:00

TCh-SVK 2014-15 Slovakia SVK Sat 25th Oct 2014 - Sun 22nd Mar 2015
Leading Round 6 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1SKM Angelus Stara Lubovna*561833.00
2SK Dunajska Streda*5561832.50
3SK Slovan Bratislava A*851229.00
4TJ Slavia UPJS Kosice*561227.00
5SKS Dubnica n/V0*41021.00
6Liptovska sachova skola*356925.50
7SK Prakovce335*45723.50
8SK Strelec DNV33*45723.00
9SK Caissa Cadca½34*721.00
10TJ INBEST Dunajov33*7323.50
11SK Slovan Bratislava B22224*115.50
12SK Doprastav Bratislava431*113.50
12 players

30) TCh-GER 2014-15

In addition to the Bundesliga there are other regional leagues. I will eventually round up some interesting material from these events.

31) Active Team Events

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

Belgian Interclubs 2014-15

The Belgian Interclubs 2014-15 takes place 28th September 2014 to 29th Match 2015. Next round Round: 7 2015-01-25.

Remaining rounds: Round: 8 2015-02-08 Round: 9 2015-03-01 Round: 10 2015-03-15 Round: 11 2015-03-22

TCh-BEL 2014-15 Belgium BEL Sun 28th Sep 2014 - Sun 29th Mar 2015
Leading Round 6 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeamMptsBpts
1KSK47-Eynatten 112123
2Amay 112119
3Wirtzfeld 19107
4KSK Rochade 18101
5Fontaine 1895
6KBSK 17103
7CRELEL 1589
8KGSRL 1494
9Borgerhout 1393
10CREC 1279
11Temse 1174
12Namur 1173
12 teams

4NCL 2014-15

The 4NCL takes place 15th November 2014 to 4th May 2015. Games from the first two rounds available.

4NCL 2014-15 Hinckley Island ENG Sat 15th Nov 2014 - Mon 4th May 2015
Leading Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
RkName12345678Mpts
1White Rose 14-44½-3½6½-1½6-27
2Barbican 4NCL 14-44½-3½5½-2½6½-1½7
3Guildford 23½-4½5-34½-36-26
4Blackthorne Russia3-54½-26½-1½5-36
5Wood Green HK3½-4½3-4½2-4½4½-3½2
6The AD's1½-6½2½-5½3-55-32
7South Wales Dragons2-61½-6½1½-6½5-32
8Warwickshire Select 12-63-53½-4½3-50
1Guildford 16-26½-1½7-16½-1½8
2Cheddleton 14½-3½4½-3½6-25-38
3Grantham Sharks 12-63½-4½5-36½-1½4
4Oxford 13½-4½4½-3½3-55-34
5Cambridge University 12-63½-4½4½-3½5½-2½4
6e2e4.org.uk 11½-6½3-55-33½-4½2
7Barbican 4NCL 21-73-53-55-32
8Hackney 11½-6½1½-6½2½-5½3-50
16 teams

TCh-NOR League 2014

The Norwegian League takes place 31st October 2014 to 8th March 2015. Games from the 3rd round were incomplete and remained so. I give those available now.

TCh-NOR Elite 2014-15 Norway NOR Fri 31st Oct 2014 - Sun 8th Mar 2015
Leading Round 6 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeamRtgPtsBptsTB1
1 Valerenga2447122925
2 OSS23701225.526
3 SK 191123731023.516
4 Asker237771912.5
5 Stavanger226062016
6 Bergens2258616.57
7 Tromso222251612.5
8 Black Knights2234515.56.5
9 SOSS Selvaagbygg23175158.5
10 Nordstrand2312313.52.5
11 SK 962227110.52.5
12 Akademisk22170120
12 teams

53rd TCh-DEN ExtraCon 2014-15

The 53rd TCh-DEN ExtraCon takes place 25th October 2014 to 8th March 2015. There don't seem to be games this year.

53rd TCh-DEN Ex 2014-15 Copenhagen DEN Sat 25th Oct 2014 - Sun 8th Mar 2015
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeamMptsBpts
1Skanderborg 11028
2Bronshoj 1822
3-4Jetsmark 1621
3-4Nordkalotten621
5Nordre521
6Hillerod520
7Obro 1218
8SK 1968 1217
9Aarhus/Skolerne416
10Esbjerg08
10 teams

Dutch League 2014-15

The Dutch League takes place 27th September to 25th April 2014. Round 4 was on Round 4 13th December 2014. Round: 5 2015-02-07. Final 10 games from last week now available.

Remaining fixtures: Round: 6 2015-03-07 Round: 7 2015-03-21 Round: 8 2015-04-11 Round: 9 2015-04-25.

Dutch League 2014-15 Netherlands NED Sat 27th Sep 2014 - Sat 25th Apr 2015
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeamRtg12345678910MptsBpts
1En Passant2434667824½
2Charlois Europoort23546467623
3HMC Calder24014621½
4BSG2369466621½
5Utrecht225146420
6Pathena Rotterdam223266419
7LSG2404220
8Voerendaal230444218
9SISSA2284344216½
10Groninger Combinatie234334016
10 teams

Bundesliga 2014-15

The very strong German Schachbundesliga takes place Sat 18th Oct 2014 to Sun 12th Apr 2015.

Round: 7 2015-01-30 15:00 Round: 8 2015-01-31 13:00 Round: 9 2015-02-01 09:00 Round: 10 2015-02-21 13:00 Round: 11 2015-02-22 09:00 Round: 12 2015-03-14 13:00 Round: 13 2015-03-15 09:00 Round: 14 2015-04-11 13:00 Round: 15 2015-04-12 09:00

Bundesliga 2014-15 Germany GER Sat 18th Oct 2014 - Sun 12th Apr 2015
Leading Round 6 (of 15) Standings:
RkTeamGms+-=MptsBpts
1OSG Baden-Baden77001437.5
2SK Schwaebisch Hall75111133.5
3Werder Bremen64021029.5
4USV TU Dresden7421930.5
5SK Turm Emsdetten6303927
6SG Solingen7322828.5
7SC Eppingen7430827.5
8SC Hansa Dortmund7331729
9SV Muelheim Nord7232631
10SV 1930 Hockenheim7124627.5
11SG Trier7232626.5
12SF Berlin 19037133526
13SF Katernberg7241525
14Hamburger SK7250429.5
15FC Bayern Muenchen7160218.5
16SSC Rostock 077070013
16 teams

Fraubundesliga 2014-15

The German Fraubundesliga takes place 27th September 2014 to 19th April 2015. Next Round: 5 2014-12-14 Round: 6 2015-01-24. More games now available.

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 5 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112MptsBpts
1OSG Baden-Badenxxx541023½
2SK Schwaebisch Hallxxx4441021
3USV VB Halle2xxx346719½
4SK Grosslehna3xxx355618½
5Bad Koenigshofenxxx464616½
6Hamburger SK22xxx5616
7SF Deizisau10xxx½5411
8SF Friedberg2231xxx6314
9Rodewischer SM2xxx3313
10SG Leipzig½011xxx42
11SK Lehrte½203xxx18
12Allianz Leipzig½12xxx0
12 teams

TCh-AUT 2nd Bundesliga 2014-15

The Austrian 2nd Bundesliga takes place 3rd October 2014 to 19th April 2015.

TCh-AUT 2nd Mitte 2014-15 Austria AUT Fri 3rd Oct 2014 - Sun 19th Apr 2015
Leading Round 5 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1SC MPÖ Maria Saal II*4551023.00
2Spg. Sauwald*3919.00
3Spg.Sparkasse Fürstenfeld/Hartberg2*444817.50
4SV Steyregg*3717.00
5RbEJ Gleisdorf½2*44615.00
6ASK St. Valentin*3515.00
7Schachfreunde Graz*5416.00
8Union Ansfelden3*3414.50
9SC Die Klagenfurter½33*3312.00
10Union Hartkirchen - Sektion Schach33*212.50
11Union Styria Graz122*211.00
12Strassenbahn Graz1221*07.50
12 teams
TCh-AUT 2nd West 2014-15 Austria AUT Fri 3rd Oct 2014 - Sun 19th Apr 2015
Leading Round 5 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1SIR Bernhard 2*3719.00
2Rochade Rum*43335718.00
3Hohenems II*616.50
4Dornbirn*2616.02
5Götzis*4616.00
Ranshofen2*44616.00
7HAK/HAS Innsbruck3*432615.50
8Kufstein Wörgl32*5516.00
9Sparkasse Neumarkt342*2312.50
10Schwarzach½324*312.00
11Schwaz13*311.50
12Bregenz241*211.00
12 teams
TCh-AUT 2nd Ost 2014-15 Austria AUT Fri 3rd Oct 2014 - Sun 19th Apr 2015
Leading Round 5 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1ASVÖ Pamhagen*5354921.50
2SG Hietzing/Ottakring*364921.00
3SK Austria1*45818.00
4Zwettl3*554718.50
5SC Data Technology Pressbaum/E.3*4716.50
6Blackburne Nickelsdorf*54617.50
7ASVÖ Mattersburg1*34514.00
8SC Donaustadt121*411.00
9ASVOE VHS Poechlarn3*4313.50
10SV Stockerau012*29.00
11tschaturanga222*011.00
12SK Advisory Invest Baden2122*08.50
12 teams

TCh-AUT 2014-15

The Austrian Team Championship takes place 20th November 2014 to 21st March 2015. First four rounds 20th to 24th November 2014.

Remaining rounds: Round: 5 2015-02-26 15:00 Round: 6 2015-02-27 13:00 Round: 7 2015-02-28 13:00 Round: 8 2015-03-01 09:00 Round: 9 2015-03-19 15:00 Round: 10 2015-03-20 13:00 Round: 11 2015-03-21 11:00

TCh-AUT 2014-15 Austria AUT Thu 20th Nov 2014 - Sat 21st Mar 2015
Leading Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1Sparkasse Jenbach*5820.50
2SV Jacques Lemans St. Veit*34714.00
3SK Hohenems*445615.50
4SIR Royal Salzburg½*44612.00
5Schachclub MPÖ Maria Saal2*36514.50
6ASVÖ Wulkaprodersdorf23*3412.50
7SK Absam*1411.50
8SV Raika Rapid Feffernitz35*312.00
9Spk. Grieskirchen/Schallerbach3*2311.00
10SV Wolfsberg½24*29.00
11Mayrhofen/SK Zell/Zillertal22*08.00
12ASVÖ Pamhagen110*03.50
12 teams

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. Games now available.

Remaining rounds: Round: 7 2015-02-07 Round: 8 2015-02-08 Round: 9 2015-03-13 Round: 10 2015-03-14 Round: 11 2015-03-15

TCh-FIN 2014-15 Finland FIN Sat 27th Sep 2014 - Sun 15th Mar 2015
Leading Round 6 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeamGms+-=MptsBpts
1MatSK I, Espoo64-21019
2JyS, Jyvaskyla65-01020
3Tammer-Shakki, Tampere64-1919
4Aatos, Helsinki64-1922
5TuTS , Turku63-0616
6EtVaS, Vantaa63-0614
7HSK, Helsinki62-2611
8SalSK, Salo63-0612
9VammSK, Sastamala62-0414
10MatSK II, Espoo61-1310
11OSS, Oulu61-029
12Velhot, Porvoo60-1110
12 teams

TCh-SWE Elitserien 2014-15

The Swedish Team Championship takes place 21st November 2014 to 22nd March 2015. No games available yet although a few were broadcast live.

TCh-SWE Elitserien Sweden SWE Fri 21st Nov 2014 - Sun 22nd Mar 2015
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeamGms+-=MptsBpts
1SK Team Viking3300618.5
2SK Rockaden, Sthlm3300617
3Lunds ASK3300616
4Farsta SK3111312.5
5Kungstornet3120213.5
6Eksjo SK3120212
7Vasteraas SK312029.5
8Limhamns SK312029
9Solna SS302116
10Orgryte SK303006
10 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. My thanks to Gunnar Bjornsson for the games.

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

32) Forthcoming Events and Links

133rd MGU Open 2015

79th ch-BUL SF 2015

January Lviv Tradition 2014

Moscow Open 2015

37th Bulgarian Open 2015

3rd GRENKE Chess Classic 2015

18th Lienz Open 2015

4th Zurich Chess Challenge 2015

Batumi FIDE Grand Prix 2015

13th Nancy Blitz and Rapid 2015

Vladimir Petrov Memorial 2015

N1 Reykjavik Open 2015

2nd Nazari Chess Festival 2015

Cork Congress 2015

15th Bangkok Chess Club Open 2015

Russian Team Championship 2015

Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE Grand Prix 2015

FIDE World Cup 2015

42nd World Chess Olympiad 2016

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