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THE WEEK IN CHESS 1108 1st February 2016 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) 78th Tata Steel 2016
3) Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016
4) Moscow Open 2016
5) 75th ch-GEO 2016
6) 2nd Floripa Open 2016
7) 3rd Floripa Masters 2016
8) January Lviv Tradition 2016
9) ch-CRO 2016
10) ch-IRI 2016
11) Turkish Cup 2016
12) 7th 4NCL Congress 2016
13) African Junior Chess Championships 2015
14) Chess in Kecskemet January 2016
15) IIFL Wealth Mumbai Open 2016
16) Land of the Sky Open 2016
17) 4th Circuito CBX Natal GM 2016
18) 54th Baltimore Open 2016
19) 6th Ferdowsi Open 2016
20) 21st HIT Open 2016
21) 38th Bulgarian Open 2016
22) TCh-CZE 2015-16
23) 4NCL 2015-16
24) TCh-AUT 2nd Bundesliga 2015-16
25) Belgian Interclubs 2015-16
26) Active Team Events
27) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
78th Tata Steel 2016115 games
Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 20161023 games
Moscow Open 201657 games
75th ch-GEO 20162 games
2nd Floripa Open 2016199 games
3rd Floripa Masters 201690 games
January Lviv Tradition 201660 games
ch-CRO 201624 games
ch-IRI 201624 games
Turkish Cup 2016180 games
7th 4NCL Congress 201676 games
African Junior Chess Championships 2015105 games
Chess in Kecskemet January 201645 games
IIFL Wealth Mumbai Open 2016247 games
Land of the Sky Open 201611 games
4th Circuito CBX Natal GM 201618 games
54th Baltimore Open 20163 games
6th Ferdowsi Open 201647 games
21st HIT Open 2016104 games
4NCL 2015-16128 games
Belgian Interclubs 2015-1648 games
2606 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Olexandr Prohorov, Holger Lieske, Michael Regan, Kenneth Regan, Milan Maros, Alex Holowczak and everyone else who helped with this issue.

Magnus Carlsen did indeed complete victory in the Tata Steel Masters, by a point, the result was in doubt until the final round but he was on the better side of a draw against one of his rivals Ding Liren and Fabiano Caruana got into early trouble and eventually lost to Evgeny Tomashevsky. Caruana will be reasonably pleased at this final outing before the Candidates, Anish Giri and Sergey Karjakin were definitely under-par but none of this should really matter in March. The Gibraltar Chess Festvial is heading to a finish, Hikaru Nakamura is a bit sub-par but for Viswanathan Anand it has been a torrid with two losses against up and coming players who he outgraded by a lot. Elsewhere there are a number of interesting opens with the one in Moscow being the strongest.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

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2) 78th Tata Steel 2016

The 78th Tata Steel Masters took place 15th to 31st January 2016. Magnus Carlsen won the Tata Steel Masters for the fifth time after a safe draw against Ding Liren. Ding could catch Carlsen with a win but this seemed unlikely with the black pieces and especially after Carlsen chose a solid line against his Open Spanish. Fabiano Caruana could have caught Carlsen with a win against the struggling Evgeny Tomashevsky but his choice of 4...b6 in the Nimzo-Indian wasn't a normal one for him and he eventually lost. In the B-Group Baskaran Adhiban took first on tie-break from Eltaj Safarli and Aleksey Dreev after all scored 9/13. Adhiban will play in the Masters group next year.

78th Tata Steel GpA Wijk aan Zee NED Fri 15th Jan 2016 - Sun 31st Jan 2016. Category: 20. Ave: (2748)
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 2844 # = = = = 1 = = = = 1 1 1 1 9 2881
2 Caruana, Fabiano GM USA 2787 = # 1 = = 1 1 = = 0 0 = 1 1 8 2831
3 Ding, Liren GM CHN 2766 = 0 # = = 1 = = 1 = 1 = 1 = 8 2833
4 So, Wesley GM USA 2773 = = = # 1 = = = = = = = = = 7 2775
5 Giri, Anish GM NED 2798 = = = 0 # = = 1 = = = = = 1 7 2773
6 Eljanov, Pavel GM UKR 2760 0 0 0 = = # = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 7 2776
7 Wei, Yi GM CHN 2706 = 0 = = = = # = = 1 = = = = 6.5 2751
8 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar GM AZE 2747 = = = = 0 0 = # = = = 1 1 = 6.5 2748
9 Karjakin, Sergey GM RUS 2769 = = 0 = = = = = # = 1 = 0 = 6 2717
10 Navara, David GM CZE 2730 = 1 = = = 0 0 = = # = 0 = = 5.5 2692
11 Tomashevsky, Evgeny GM RUS 2728 0 1 0 = = = = = 0 = # = = = 5.5 2692
12 Hou, Yifan GM CHN 2673 0 = = = = 0 = 0 = 1 = # = 0 5 2666
13 Adams, Michael GM ENG 2744 0 0 0 = = = = 0 1 = = = # = 5 2661
14 Van Wely, Loek GM NED 2640 0 0 = = 0 0 = = = = = 1 = # 5 2669
Round 1. Sat 16th Jan 2016
Navara, David 1/2-1/2 Carlsen, Magnus 32 D37 QGD
So, Wesley 1-0 Giri, Anish 37 A36 English
Hou, Yifan 1/2-1/2 Karjakin, Sergey 41 A07 Reti
Ding, Liren 1-0 Adams, Michael 61 A20 English opening
Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 Eljanov, Pavel 38 D37 QGD
Wei, Yi 1/2-1/2 Tomashevsky, Evgeny 24 C88 Ruy Lopez
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2-1/2 Van Wely, Loek 76 D11 QGD Slav
Round 2. Sun 17th Jan 2016
Carlsen, Magnus 1/2-1/2 Caruana, Fabiano 33 A00 Benko's opening
Giri, Anish 1/2-1/2 Ding, Liren 34 D11 QGD Slav
Adams, Michael 1/2-1/2 Navara, David 31 B12 Caro-Kann
Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1/2-1/2 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 34 D06 QGD
Hou, Yifan 1/2-1/2 So, Wesley 54 C65 Ruy Lopez
Karjakin, Sergey 1/2-1/2 Van Wely, Loek 20 B35 Sicilian
Eljanov, Pavel 1/2-1/2 Wei, Yi 37 E60 King's Indian
Round 3. Mon 18th Jan 2016
Wei, Yi 1/2-1/2 Carlsen, Magnus 60 C89 Ruy Lopez
Navara, David 1/2-1/2 Giri, Anish 43 D97 Gruenfeld
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1 Eljanov, Pavel 39 D45 QGD semi-Slav
Van Wely, Loek 1/2-1/2 Tomashevsky, Evgeny 31 E17 Queen's Indian
Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 Adams, Michael 64 E21 Nimzo-Indian
So, Wesley 1/2-1/2 Karjakin, Sergey 45 E10 Queen's pawn game
Ding, Liren 1/2-1/2 Hou, Yifan 37 D38 QGD
Round 4. Tue 19th Jan 2016
Carlsen, Magnus 1/2-1/2 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 37 E60 King's Indian
Giri, Anish 1/2-1/2 Caruana, Fabiano 63 C80 Ruy Lopez
Adams, Michael 1/2-1/2 Wei, Yi 52 A37 English
Hou, Yifan 1-0 Navara, David 40 B12 Caro-Kann
So, Wesley 1/2-1/2 Ding, Liren 41 D11 QGD Slav
Eljanov, Pavel 1-0 Van Wely, Loek 38 D11 QGD Slav
Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 Tomashevsky, Evgeny 37 C50 Giuoco Piano
Round 5. Thu 21st Jan 2016
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0 Adams, Michael 50 E21 Nimzo-Indian
Van Wely, Loek 0-1 Carlsen, Magnus 40 D83 Gruenfeld
Wei, Yi 1/2-1/2 Giri, Anish 39 B91 Sicilian
Navara, David 1/2-1/2 So, Wesley 47 D38 QGD
Ding, Liren 1-0 Karjakin, Sergey 55 E15 Queen's Indian
Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 Hou, Yifan 80 C42 Petrov
Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1/2-1/2 Eljanov, Pavel 38 E00 Catalan opening
Round 6. Fri 22nd Jan 2016
Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 Tomashevsky, Evgeny 30 A46 Queen's pawn game
Giri, Anish 1-0 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 66 A13 English
Karjakin, Sergey 1/2-1/2 Eljanov, Pavel 28 E00 Catalan opening
So, Wesley 1/2-1/2 Caruana, Fabiano 80 C50 Giuoco Piano
Ding, Liren 1/2-1/2 Navara, David 41 E60 King's Indian
Hou, Yifan 1/2-1/2 Wei, Yi 67 A15 English opening
Adams, Michael 1/2-1/2 Van Wely, Loek 39 B91 Sicilian
Round 7. Sat 23rd Jan 2016
Eljanov, Pavel 0-1 Carlsen, Magnus 35 E10 Queen's pawn game
Van Wely, Loek 0-1 Giri, Anish 46 D11 QGD Slav
Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1/2-1/2 Adams, Michael 35 D35 QGD
Wei, Yi 1/2-1/2 So, Wesley 71 C80 Ruy Lopez
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0 Hou, Yifan 55 D38 QGD
Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 Ding, Liren 83 C84 Ruy Lopez
Navara, David 1/2-1/2 Karjakin, Sergey 36 D45 QGD semi-Slav
Round 8. Sun 24th Jan 2016
Karjakin, Sergey 1/2-1/2 Carlsen, Magnus 32 C60 Ruy Lopez
Giri, Anish 1/2-1/2 Tomashevsky, Evgeny 58 A07 Reti
Hou, Yifan 0-1 Van Wely, Loek 44 B90 Sicilian
Ding, Liren 1/2-1/2 Wei, Yi 27 D97 Gruenfeld
Navara, David 1-0 Caruana, Fabiano 55 E32 Nimzo-Indian
So, Wesley 1/2-1/2 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 38 C50 Giuoco Piano
Adams, Michael 1/2-1/2 Eljanov, Pavel 85 C67 Ruy Lopez
Round 9. Tue 26th Jan 2016
Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 Adams, Michael 66 C50 Giuoco Piano
Eljanov, Pavel 1/2-1/2 Giri, Anish 48 E04 Catalan
Wei, Yi 1-0 Navara, David 28 C65 Ruy Lopez
Van Wely, Loek 1/2-1/2 So, Wesley 26 D38 QGD
Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 Karjakin, Sergey 60 C65 Ruy Lopez
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2-1/2 Ding, Liren 31 D47 QGD semi-Slav
Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1/2-1/2 Hou, Yifan 47 E53 Nimzo-Indian
Round 10. Wed 27th Jan 2016
Giri, Anish 1/2-1/2 Carlsen, Magnus 35 D38 QGD
Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 Wei, Yi 32 C83 Ruy Lopez
So, Wesley 1/2-1/2 Tomashevsky, Evgeny 40 A29 English
Ding, Liren 1/2-1/2 Van Wely, Loek 65 D97 Gruenfeld
Karjakin, Sergey 0-1 Adams, Michael 32 A45 Queen's pawn game
Hou, Yifan 0-1 Eljanov, Pavel 69 C53 Giuoco Piano
Navara, David 1/2-1/2 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 32 C76 Ruy Lopez
Round 11. Fri 29th Jan 2016
Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 Hou, Yifan 54 C42 Petrov
Adams, Michael 1/2-1/2 Giri, Anish 42 B31 Sicilian
Van Wely, Loek 1/2-1/2 Navara, David 38 A04 Reti opening
Eljanov, Pavel 1/2-1/2 So, Wesley 61 D92 Gruenfeld
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2-1/2 Caruana, Fabiano 50 B22 Sicilian
Tomashevsky, Evgeny 0-1 Ding, Liren 54 D30 Queen's gambit declined
Wei, Yi 1/2-1/2 Karjakin, Sergey 73 C67 Ruy Lopez
Round 12. Sat 30th Jan 2016
So, Wesley 1/2-1/2 Carlsen, Magnus 28 A30 English
Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 Van Wely, Loek 37 B90 Sicilian
Hou, Yifan 1/2-1/2 Adams, Michael 43 C67 Ruy Lopez
Wei, Yi 1/2-1/2 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 33 C95 Ruy Lopez
Ding, Liren 1-0 Eljanov, Pavel 38 E15 Queen's Indian
Karjakin, Sergey 1/2-1/2 Giri, Anish 31 A01 Nimzovich-Larsen attack
Navara, David 1/2-1/2 Tomashevsky, Evgeny 32 E15 Queen's Indian
Round 13. Sun 31st Jan 2016
Carlsen, Magnus 1/2-1/2 Ding, Liren 99 C80 Ruy Lopez
Giri, Anish 1/2-1/2 Hou, Yifan 96 A46 Queen's pawn game
Eljanov, Pavel 1-0 Navara, David 36 E12 Queen's Indian
Van Wely, Loek 1/2-1/2 Wei, Yi 32 A15 English opening
Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1-0 Caruana, Fabiano 63 E44 Nimzo-Indian
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2-1/2 Karjakin, Sergey 31 D27 QGA
Adams, Michael 1/2-1/2 So, Wesley 33 C80 Ruy Lopez
78th Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee NED Fri 15th Jan 2016 - Sun 31st Jan 2016. Category: 13. Ave: (2569)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts TPR
1 Adhiban, Baskaran GM IND 2653 # 1 1 = = = 0 1 = = 1 = 1 1 9 2704
2 Safarli, Eltaj GM AZE 2653 0 # = 1 1 = 1 = = 1 = 1 = 1 9 2704
3 Dreev, Aleksey GM RUS 2644 0 = # 1 1 = = = = 1 1 1 = 1 9 2705
4 Bok, Benjamin GM NED 2607 = 0 0 # = = 0 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 7 2595
5 Antipov, Mikhail Al. GM RUS 2567 = 0 0 = # = 1 = 1 0 0 1 1 1 7 2598
6 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter GM GER 2679 = = = = = # = = = = = 1 = 0 6.5 2561
7 Van Foreest, Jorden IM NED 2541 1 0 = 1 0 = # 0 1 1 0 0 = 1 6.5 2571
8 Abasov, Nijat GM AZE 2556 0 = = = = = 1 # = 0 1 0 = 1 6.5 2570
9 L'Ami, Erwin GM NED 2627 = = = 0 0 = 0 = # 1 = = 1 1 6.5 2565
10 Sevian, Samuel GM USA 2578 = 0 0 = 1 = 0 1 0 # 1 1 0 1 6.5 2569
11 Ju, Wenjun GM CHN 2548 0 = 0 0 1 = 1 0 = 0 # = 1 1 6 2542
12 Batsiashvili, Nino IM GEO 2485 = 0 0 = 0 0 1 1 = 0 = # 1 0 5 2489
13 Admiraal, Miguoel IM NED 2441 0 = = 0 0 = = = 0 1 0 0 # 1 4.5 2469
14 Haast, Anne WGM NED 2391 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 # 2 2287
Round 1. Sat 16th Jan 2016
Haast, Anne 0-1 Van Foreest, Jorden 38 B56 Sicilian
Antipov, Mikhail Al. 0-1 Ju, Wenjun 38 B40 Sicilian defence
Dreev, Aleksey 1-0 Bok, Benjamin 45 D83 Gruenfeld
L'Ami, Erwin 1-0 Admiraal, Miguoel 34 D10 QGD Slav defence
Adhiban, Baskaran 1-0 Abasov, Nijat 35 E34 Nimzo-Indian
Safarli, Eltaj 1-0 Sevian, Samuel 56 A15 English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1-0 Batsiashvili, Nino 49 D31 QGD
Round 2. Sun 17th Jan 2016
Abasov, Nijat 1/2-1/2 Safarli, Eltaj 41 A50 Queen's Indian accelerated
Van Foreest, Jorden 0-1 Batsiashvili, Nino 61 A80 Dutch, 2.Bg5 variation
Haast, Anne 0-1 Antipov, Mikhail Al. 50 B90 Sicilian
Sevian, Samuel 1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 26 C19 French
Bok, Benjamin 1-0 L'Ami, Erwin 38 A88 Dutch
Ju, Wenjun 0-1 Dreev, Aleksey 48 A07 Reti
Admiraal, Miguoel 0-1 Adhiban, Baskaran 44 C50 Giuoco Pianissimo
Round 3. Mon 18th Jan 2016
L'Ami, Erwin 1/2-1/2 Ju, Wenjun 70 E53 Nimzo-Indian
Adhiban, Baskaran 1/2-1/2 Bok, Benjamin 71 A32 English
Safarli, Eltaj 1/2-1/2 Admiraal, Miguoel 95 B19 Caro-Kann
Antipov, Mikhail Al. 1-0 Van Foreest, Jorden 30 B50 Sicilian
Batsiashvili, Nino 0-1 Sevian, Samuel 59 E04 Catalan
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1/2-1/2 Abasov, Nijat 27 C67 Ruy Lopez
Dreev, Aleksey 1-0 Haast, Anne 54 D20 Queen's gambit accepted
Round 4. Tue 19th Jan 2016
Admiraal, Miguoel 1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 68 C55 Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)
Haast, Anne 0-1 L'Ami, Erwin 68 C45 Scotch
Van Foreest, Jorden 1-0 Sevian, Samuel 25 B23 Sicilian
Bok, Benjamin 0-1 Safarli, Eltaj 74 E11 Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation
Antipov, Mikhail Al. 0-1 Dreev, Aleksey 47 B12 Caro-Kann
Ju, Wenjun 0-1 Adhiban, Baskaran 47 E10 Queen's pawn game
Abasov, Nijat 0-1 Batsiashvili, Nino 60 A07 Reti
Round 5. Wed 20th Jan 2016
Sevian, Samuel 1-0 Abasov, Nijat 41 C67 Ruy Lopez
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1/2-1/2 Bok, Benjamin 48 C53 Giuoco Piano
L'Ami, Erwin 0-1 Antipov, Mikhail Al. 55 E47 Nimzo-Indian
Dreev, Aleksey 1/2-1/2 Van Foreest, Jorden 14 E81 King's Indian
Adhiban, Baskaran 1-0 Haast, Anne 31 D16 QGD Slav
Batsiashvili, Nino 1-0 Admiraal, Miguoel 45 D37 QGD
Safarli, Eltaj 1/2-1/2 Ju, Wenjun 52 B47 Sicilian
Round 6. Fri 22nd Jan 2016
Antipov, Mikhail Al. 1/2-1/2 Adhiban, Baskaran 41 B40 Sicilian defence
Admiraal, Miguoel 1-0 Sevian, Samuel 54 B83 Sicilian
Bok, Benjamin 1/2-1/2 Batsiashvili, Nino 40 D34 QGD
Dreev, Aleksey 1/2-1/2 L'Ami, Erwin 37 E11 Bogo-Indian defence
Ju, Wenjun 1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 45 A21 English, Kramnik-Shirov counterattack
Haast, Anne 0-1 Safarli, Eltaj 32 C61 Ruy Lopez
Van Foreest, Jorden 0-1 Abasov, Nijat 76 B12 Caro-Kann
Round 7. Sat 23rd Jan 2016
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 0-1 Haast, Anne 35 C53 Giuoco Piano
Adhiban, Baskaran 1-0 Dreev, Aleksey 24 D45 QGD semi-Slav
Abasov, Nijat 1/2-1/2 Admiraal, Miguoel 55 A40 Queen's pawn
Batsiashvili, Nino 1/2-1/2 Ju, Wenjun 62 E32 Nimzo-Indian
Safarli, Eltaj 1-0 Antipov, Mikhail Al. 22 C12 French
L'Ami, Erwin 0-1 Van Foreest, Jorden 62 D10 QGD Slav defence
Sevian, Samuel 1/2-1/2 Bok, Benjamin 63 B94 Sicilian
Round 8. Sun 24th Jan 2016
Dreev, Aleksey 1/2-1/2 Safarli, Eltaj 24 E11 Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation
Bok, Benjamin 1/2-1/2 Abasov, Nijat 24 C50 Giuoco Piano
Ju, Wenjun 0-1 Sevian, Samuel 50 E60 King's Indian
Haast, Anne 1-0 Batsiashvili, Nino 20 C70 Ruy Lopez
Van Foreest, Jorden 1/2-1/2 Admiraal, Miguoel 57 A40 Queen's pawn
Antipov, Mikhail Al. 1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 57 B12 Caro-Kann
L'Ami, Erwin 1/2-1/2 Adhiban, Baskaran 49 D31 QGD
Round 9. Tue 26th Jan 2016
Sevian, Samuel 1-0 Haast, Anne 37 C78 Ruy Lopez
Safarli, Eltaj 1/2-1/2 L'Ami, Erwin 30 C50 Giuoco Pianissimo
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1/2-1/2 Dreev, Aleksey 32 B10 Caro-Kann defence
Adhiban, Baskaran 0-1 Van Foreest, Jorden 42 D17 QGD Slav
Batsiashvili, Nino 0-1 Antipov, Mikhail Al. 70 E32 Nimzo-Indian
Admiraal, Miguoel 0-1 Bok, Benjamin 34 B51 Sicilian
Abasov, Nijat 1-0 Ju, Wenjun 62 A05 Reti
Round 10. Wed 27th Jan 2016
Van Foreest, Jorden 1-0 Bok, Benjamin 39 B90 Sicilian
Ju, Wenjun 1-0 Admiraal, Miguoel 41 D30 Queen's gambit declined
Adhiban, Baskaran 1-0 Safarli, Eltaj 62 A45 Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)
Haast, Anne 0-1 Abasov, Nijat 38 C70 Ruy Lopez
L'Ami, Erwin 1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 35 E10 Queen's pawn game
Dreev, Aleksey 1-0 Batsiashvili, Nino 33 D31 QGD
Antipov, Mikhail Al. 0-1 Sevian, Samuel 41 C50 Giuoco Piano
Round 11. Fri 29th Jan 2016
Batsiashvili, Nino 1/2-1/2 L'Ami, Erwin 47 E52 Nimzo-Indian
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1/2-1/2 Adhiban, Baskaran 111 B50 Sicilian
Admiraal, Miguoel 1-0 Haast, Anne 41 C54 Giuoco Piano
Safarli, Eltaj 1-0 Van Foreest, Jorden 62 C16 French
Sevian, Samuel 0-1 Dreev, Aleksey 73 B12 Caro-Kann
Abasov, Nijat 1/2-1/2 Antipov, Mikhail Al. 48 A46 Queen's pawn game
Bok, Benjamin 1-0 Ju, Wenjun 37 E87 King's Indian
Round 12. Sat 30th Jan 2016
Antipov, Mikhail Al. 1-0 Admiraal, Miguoel 36 B40 Sicilian defence
Dreev, Aleksey 1/2-1/2 Abasov, Nijat 55 E32 Nimzo-Indian
Van Foreest, Jorden 0-1 Ju, Wenjun 45 C36 KGA
Adhiban, Baskaran 1/2-1/2 Batsiashvili, Nino 63 E31 Nimzo-Indian
Haast, Anne 0-1 Bok, Benjamin 41 B90 Sicilian
Safarli, Eltaj 1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 39 C07 French
L'Ami, Erwin 1-0 Sevian, Samuel 44 D37 QGD
Round 13. Sun 31st Jan 2016
Ju, Wenjun 1-0 Haast, Anne 35 A22 English
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1/2-1/2 Van Foreest, Jorden 31 D02 Queen's bishop game
Batsiashvili, Nino 0-1 Safarli, Eltaj 37 C01 French
Admiraal, Miguoel 1/2-1/2 Dreev, Aleksey 46 B10 Caro-Kann
Sevian, Samuel 1/2-1/2 Adhiban, Baskaran 46 B94 Sicilian
Abasov, Nijat 1/2-1/2 L'Ami, Erwin 24 E11 Bogo-Indian defence
Bok, Benjamin 1/2-1/2 Antipov, Mikhail Al. 45 E11 Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation
Tata Steel Tienkamp 1 Wijk aan Zee NED Fri 15th Jan 2016 - Sun 31st Jan 2016
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameRtgPtsTB1TPR
1Dobrov, Vladimir25186.527.002533
2Hendriks, Willy23946.025.252498
2Guramishvili, Sopiko23746.023.252500
4Pijpers, Arthur24635.019.752409
5Ruiter, Danny de23104.520.252382
5Beukema, Stefan23574.518.002378
7Lende, Ilias van der23364.013.002338
8Rudolf, Anna23323.518.252298
9Hopman, Pieter23893.010.252253
10Brink, Barry23602.09.002156
10 players
Tata Steel Tienkamp 1 Wijk aan Zee NED Fri 15th Jan 2016 - Sun 31st Jan 2016. Category: 6. Ave: (2383)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Dobrov, Vladimir GM RUS 2518 # 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 = 6.5 2534
2 Hendriks, Willy IM NED 2394 1 # = 0 = 1 1 0 1 1 6 2507
3 Guramishvili, Sopiko IM GEO 2374 0 = # 1 = = 1 = 1 1 6 2509
4 Pijpers, Arthur IM NED 2463 0 1 0 # = = 1 = = 1 5 2417
5 De Ruiter, Danny FM NED 2310 1 = = = # 0 0 = = 1 4.5 2391
6 Beukema, Stefan FM BEL 2357 0 0 = = 1 # 1 0 1 = 4.5 2386
7 Van der Lende, Ilias FM NED 2336 0 0 0 0 1 0 # 1 1 1 4 2346
8 Rudolf, Anna IM HUN 2332 0 1 = = = 1 0 # 0 0 3.5 2309
9 Hopman, Pieter FM NED 2389 0 0 0 = = 0 0 1 # 1 3 2258
10 Brink, Barry NED 2360 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 # 2 2166
Round 1. Fri 22nd Jan 2016
Van der Lende, Ilias 0-1 Hendriks, Willy 29 E68 King's Indian
Dobrov, Vladimir 1-0 Guramishvili, Sopiko 30 D30 Queen's gambit declined
Pijpers, Arthur 1/2-1/2 De Ruiter, Danny 20 B20 Sicilian
Rudolf, Anna 1-0 Beukema, Stefan 48 C84 Ruy Lopez
Brink, Barry 0-1 Hopman, Pieter 58 A41 Queen's Pawn
Round 2. Sat 23rd Jan 2016
Hendriks, Willy 0-1 Rudolf, Anna 26 C13 French
Hopman, Pieter 1/2-1/2 De Ruiter, Danny 33 A00 Benko's opening
Guramishvili, Sopiko 1-0 Van der Lende, Ilias 40 D31 QGD
Brink, Barry 1/2-1/2 Dobrov, Vladimir 40 D27 QGA
Beukema, Stefan 1/2-1/2 Pijpers, Arthur 41 B74 Sicilian
Round 3. Sun 24th Jan 2016
Rudolf, Anna 1/2-1/2 Guramishvili, Sopiko 15 A12 English
Dobrov, Vladimir 1-0 Hopman, Pieter 30 A41 Queen's Pawn
Pijpers, Arthur 1-0 Hendriks, Willy 35 B43 Sicilian
De Ruiter, Danny 0-1 Beukema, Stefan 43 A81 Dutch defence
Van der Lende, Ilias 1-0 Brink, Barry 49 B40 Sicilian defence
Round 4. Mon 25th Jan 2016
Hendriks, Willy 1/2-1/2 De Ruiter, Danny 35 A45 Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)
Guramishvili, Sopiko 1-0 Pijpers, Arthur 33 A11 English
Dobrov, Vladimir 1-0 Van der Lende, Ilias 38 D15 QGD Slav
Hopman, Pieter 0-1 Beukema, Stefan 44 A00 Benko's opening
Brink, Barry 1-0 Rudolf, Anna 59 D31 QGD
Round 5. Tue 26th Jan 2016
Beukema, Stefan 0-1 Hendriks, Willy 41 A02 Bird's opening
Pijpers, Arthur 1-0 Brink, Barry 39 B48 Sicilian
Van der Lende, Ilias 1-0 Hopman, Pieter 50 C41 Philidor
De Ruiter, Danny 1/2-1/2 Guramishvili, Sopiko 41 A09 Reti
Rudolf, Anna 0-1 Dobrov, Vladimir 46 B22 Sicilian
Round 6. Wed 27th Jan 2016
Guramishvili, Sopiko 1/2-1/2 Beukema, Stefan 46 A10 English
Hopman, Pieter 0-1 Hendriks, Willy 42 E61 King's Indian
Brink, Barry 0-1 De Ruiter, Danny 40 A05 Reti opening
Van der Lende, Ilias 1-0 Rudolf, Anna 34 A47 Queen's Indian defence
Dobrov, Vladimir 1-0 Pijpers, Arthur 37 E61 King's Indian defence, 3.Nc3
Round 7. Fri 29th Jan 2016
De Ruiter, Danny 1-0 Dobrov, Vladimir 19 D43 QGD semi-Slav
Rudolf, Anna 0-1 Hopman, Pieter 33 C41 Philidor
Pijpers, Arthur 1-0 Van der Lende, Ilias 27 B01 Scandinavian defence
Hendriks, Willy 1/2-1/2 Guramishvili, Sopiko 97 B51 Sicilian
Beukema, Stefan 1/2-1/2 Brink, Barry 58 B48 Sicilian
Round 8. Sat 30th Jan 2016
Van der Lende, Ilias 1-0 De Ruiter, Danny 34 B47 Sicilian
Dobrov, Vladimir 1-0 Beukema, Stefan 30 A81 Dutch defence
Hopman, Pieter 0-1 Guramishvili, Sopiko 40 D31 QGD
Rudolf, Anna 1/2-1/2 Pijpers, Arthur 60 C07 French
Brink, Barry 0-1 Hendriks, Willy 61 B27 Sicilian
Round 9. Sun 31st Jan 2016
De Ruiter, Danny 1/2-1/2 Rudolf, Anna 13 A15 English opening
Hendriks, Willy 1-0 Dobrov, Vladimir 30 B14 Caro-Kann
Guramishvili, Sopiko 1-0 Brink, Barry 41 A34 English
Pijpers, Arthur 1/2-1/2 Hopman, Pieter 47 C60 Ruy Lopez
Beukema, Stefan 1-0 Van der Lende, Ilias 45 A02 Bird's opening

3) Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016

The Tradewise Chess Festival Masters takes place 26th January to 4th February 2016. Top seeds Hikaru Nakamura, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Viswanathan Anand, Pentala Harikrishna, Li Chao, Yu Yangyi, Dmitry Jakovenko, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Richard Rapport, Laurent Fressinet, Etienne Bacrot, Ni Hua, Arkadij Naiditsch, Markus Ragger, David Howell, Zoltan Almasi, Nigel Short, Lazaro Bruzon Batista, Gata Kamsky, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Emil Sutovsky etc

Gibraltar Masters 2016 Caleta ENG Mon 25th Jan 2016 - Thu 4th Feb 2016
Leading Round 7 (of 10) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1
124Anton Guijarro DavidESP26396.02777
214Ragger MarkusAUT26895.52816
32Vachier-Lagrave MaximeFRA27855.52805
411Bacrot EtienneFRA26975.52793
54Harikrishna P.IND27555.52769
8Wojtaszek RadoslawPOL27275.52769
725Sethuraman S.P.IND26395.52760
32Gupta AbhijeetIND26135.52760
918Bruzon Batista LazaroCUB26665.52749
106Yu YangyiCHN27475.52741
43Tari AryanNOR25565.52741
1212Ni HuaCHN26975.52736
35Maze SebastienFRA25915.52736
145Li Chao BCHN27515.52698
1526Grandelius NilsSWE26355.52696
1623Vidit Santosh GujrathiIND26425.52694
1733Lenic LukaSLO26115.02762
1857Gledura BenjaminHUN25155.02729
191Nakamura HikaruUSA27875.02712
2028Jones Gawain C BENG26255.02690
219Rapport RichardHUN27215.02679
2244Muzychuk MariyaUKR25545.02639
2338Grigoriants SergeyRUS25805.02625
2445Lalith Babu M RIND25535.02617
2519Kamsky GataUSA26655.02613
2691Padmini RoutIND24275.02605
2717Short Nigel DENG26845.02582
2836Sandipan ChandaIND25835.02576
2979Krush IrinaUSA24585.02572
3055Libiszewski FabienFRA25155.02543
3158Harika DronavalliIND25114.52664
327Jakovenko DmitryRUS27324.52652
3356Stefanova AntoanetaBUL25154.52625
3451Gopal G.N.IND25254.52622
3530Edouard RomainFRA26174.52606
40Vazquez Igarza RenierESP25724.52606
3716Almasi ZoltanHUN26844.52604
67Gunina ValentinaRUS24964.52604
3948Demuth AdrienFRA25354.52603
4087Akesson RalfSWE24354.52593
255 players
Gibraltar Challenger A Caleta ENG Mon 25th Jan 2016 - Thu 4th Feb 2016
Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1
12Longa Yauca JavierPER22344.52479
222Paronen PetteriFIN21224.52452
31Menna Barreto Felipe KubiakiBRA22474.02365
430Pabalan RockyPHI20894.02362
516Campbell CharlesNGR21574.02286
626Omoifo Osemekhian IUSA21064.02285
732Erdelyi Tamas Dr.HUN20824.02266
821Dolzhikova OlgaNOR21264.02261
96Walton Alan JENG22064.02256
1039Ungureanu SanduROU20513.52279
115Midonet MatthieuFRA22113.52186
1217Severijnen ArjonNED21513.52176
139Pinho PauloPOR21973.52168
1425Kandic MilanSRB21093.52162
1544Odeh KennethNGR20143.02265
1637Hamer MartynENG20583.02264
1738Schouten FreekNED20533.02209
1829Har-Even AbirISR20943.02185
1964Lafortune EmerickFRA19233.02170
2057Bryant Richard B EENG19613.02151
214House Glenn LENG22263.02135
228Bendayan Claros AaronESP22043.02111
2313Gonzalez Gonzalez AlfonsoESP21733.02098
2411Gueler SebastianGER21893.02086
2514Ajele RotimiNGR21633.02079
2633Burrows ZacharyCAN20743.02078
2724Burrows Martin PENG21153.02050
2823Boado Rodriguez MartinESP21213.01973
2947Samaganova AlexandraKGZ19922.52137
3045Maloberti DavidFRA20062.52126
3120Osuna Vega EnriqueESP21272.52120
3215Ranaivoharisoa AlainMAD21602.52101
55Petersson Baldur TeodorSWE19802.52101
3470Cramling Bellon AnnaSWE18302.52070
3536Wilen EeroFIN20652.52060
3635Kozarcanin SeadCRO20732.52049
3754Mottonen AriFIN19812.52024
3810Gaerths RonnyGER21922.52012
3948Lawson Dominic RalphENG19882.51977
4018Lung Liviu-CatalinROU21412.51939
73 players
Gibraltar Challenger B Caleta ENG Mon 25th Jan 2016 - Thu 4th Feb 2016
Leading Round 3 (of 5) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1
11Menna Barreto Felipe KubiakiBRA22473.02911
24Longa Yauca JavierPER22343.02876
320Boado Rodriguez MartinESP21213.02875
417Dolzhikova OlgaNOR21263.02861
57Verneuil PascalFRA22053.02842
654Broekman WillemNED19782.52400
75House Glenn LENG22262.52349
835Hamer MartynENG20582.52281
932Carlsten PeterSWE20742.52272
1033Kozarcanin SeadCRO20732.52243
1175Gaspar Ioan-DanROU14862.52159
1221Del Amo Carbo JordiESP21132.50
1368Henderson De La Fuente AndreaESP18662.02237
149Gueler SebastianGER21892.02227
153Romero Berruezo FranciscoESP22412.02211
162Lercel MichalPOL22452.02208
1762George Lolomari ENGR19372.02207
1829Mohorea VasileROU20872.02175
1919Vinas Guerrero Carlos A.ESP21232.02165
2014Campbell CharlesNGR21572.02157
2111Gonzalez Gonzalez AlfonsoESP21732.02151
2227Jameson DavidWLS20952.02144
2328Pabalan RockyPHI20892.02143
2438Ungureanu SanduROU20512.02135
2512Ajele RotimiNGR21632.02118
268Pinho PauloPOR21972.02116
2725Martin Macias DanielESP21042.02069
2837Schouten FreekNED20532.01998
2956Vardi ShlomitISR19662.00
3050Samaganova AlexandraKGZ19921.52127
3163Lafortune EmerickFRA19231.52102
3224Omoifo Osemekhian IUSA21061.52059
3348Maloberti DavidFRA20061.52031
346Midonet MatthieuFRA22111.52020
3536Romero Valencia FernandoESP20541.52018
3613Ranaivoharisoa AlainMAD21601.52014
3722Sanghera ParminderSCO21121.51996
3816Osuna Vega EnriqueESP21271.51984
3915Lung Liviu-CatalinROU21411.51982
45Odeh KennethNGR20141.51982
76 players

4) Moscow Open 2016

The Moscow Open takes place 28th January to 8th February 2016.

Moscow Open A 2016 Moscow RUS Thu 28th Jan 2016 - Mon 8th Feb 2016
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
111Eliseev UriiRUS25823.05.54.03.0
23Artemiev VladislavRUS26733.05.04.03.0
6Khismatullin DenisRUS26263.05.04.03.0
9Goganov AlekseyRUS25913.05.04.03.0
18Bernadskiy VitaliyUKR25463.05.04.03.0
61Korobov AntonUKR27103.05.03.53.0
722Ivanov Oleg VUKR25193.04.53.53.0
153Elistratov SemenRUS22773.04.53.53.0
912Timofeev ArtyomRUS25703.04.04.03.0
112Natacheev PeterRUS23413.04.04.03.0
1171Korchmar VasiliyRUS24053.03.53.53.0
124Grachev BorisRUS26522.56.54.52.0
132Inarkiev ErnestoRUS26762.56.04.52.0
214Aslanov FaridAZE20892.56.04.52.0
15104Vokhidov ShamsiddinUZB23522.55.54.52.0
1629Gordievsky DmitryRUS25062.55.04.02.0
62Shtembuliak EvgenyUKR24202.55.04.02.0
1872Oganian MiranRUS24052.54.54.02.0
1917Pridorozhni AlekseiRUS25502.54.53.52.0
49Kostenko PetrKAZ24492.54.53.52.0
55Moskalenko AlexanderRUS24422.54.53.52.0
101Gevorgyan David Sh.ARM23562.54.53.52.0
2325Meskovs NikitaLAT25152.54.53.02.0
247Kokarev DmitryRUS26192.54.03.52.0
2527Paravyan DavidRUS25092.54.03.02.0
2637Matinian NikitaRUS24762.53.53.02.0
44Zakhartsov VladimirRUS24622.53.53.02.0
60Faizrakhmanov RamilRUS24262.53.53.02.0
29186Parvanyan AshotARM21972.53.53.01.0
3051Vavulin MaksimRUS24482.53.03.02.0
3142Golubov SaveliyRUS24692.06.05.02.0
58Sarana AlexeyRUS24352.06.05.02.0
3316Alekseenko KirillRUS25602.06.04.52.0
3440Iljiushenok IliaRUS24702.06.04.01.0
3570Litvinov MaximRUS24082.05.55.02.0
3675Kopylov Alexander A.RUS24012.05.54.52.0
3719Yudin SergeiRUS25452.05.54.51.0
99Palachev PetrRUS23582.05.54.51.0
160Karpenko ArtemRUS22582.05.54.51.0
408Turov MaximRUS26102.05.54.01.0
229 players

5) 75th ch-GEO 2016

The 75th Georgian Championship was a knockout that took place 15th to 26th January 2016. Davit Jojua beat Tornike Sanikidze 2-0 in a tie-break for the title after drawing both of the normal time control games in the final.

75th ch-GEO 2016 Tbilisi GEO Fri 15th Jan 2016 - Tue 26th Jan 2016
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Mchedlishvili, Mikheil GM GEO 2626 13600966
2 Pantsulaia, Levan GM GEO 2598 13602071
3 Jojua, Davit GM GEO 2579 13602543
4 Paichadze, Luka GM GEO 2564 13602934
5 Gagunashvili, Merab GM GEO 2541 13601652
6 Dzagnidze, Nana GM GEO 2535 13601903
7 Maghalashvili, Davit GM GEO 2524 13602276
8 Shanava, Konstantine GM GEO 2521 13601784
9 Sanikidze, Tornike GM GEO 2513 13602608
10 Javakhishvili, Lela IM GEO 2486 13601458
11 Benidze, Davit GM GEO 2466 13603086
12 Quparadze, Giga IM GEO 2444 13602250
13 Beradze, Irakli GEO 2427 13604597
14 Sibashvili, Giorgi IM GEO 2364 13602799
15 Tutisani, Noe GEO 2356 13602853
16 Morchiashvili, Bachana IM GEO 2340 13602535

6) 2nd Floripa Open 2016

The 2nd Floripa Open took place 16th to 22nd January 2016. Julio Granda Zuniga won with 8.5/10. Games from the final rounds now available.

2nd Floripa Open 2016 Florianopolis BRA Sat 16th Jan 2016 - Fri 22nd Jan 2016
Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Granda Zuniga Julio EPER26838.50.044.071.0
23Delgado Ramirez NeurisPAR26098.00.042.569.5
35El Debs Felipe De CresceBRA25148.00.042.068.5
49Supi Luis PauloBRA24498.00.041.568.0
56Di Berardino Diego RafaelBRA25128.00.039.564.0
616Carneiro Vitor Roberto CastroBRA23958.00.039.064.0
714Stamenkovic DraganSRB24128.00.038.564.0
811Perdomo LeandroARG24308.00.038.062.5
98Matsuura EveraldoBRA24867.50.043.070.5
1018Slavin AlexeyRUS23697.50.041.567.0
1110Molina Roberto Junio BritoBRA24367.50.039.566.0
1219Mahia GustavoARG23627.50.038.564.5
1313Cubas Jose FernandoPAR24257.50.038.063.5
1420Rodi Luis ErnestoURU23467.50.038.063.0
1515Della Morte GermanARG24047.50.034.558.0
162Bachmann AxelPAR26107.00.042.070.0
1728Aranha Filho Alvaro Z.BRA22937.00.040.066.0
187Rodriguez Vila AndresURU24877.00.040.065.5
1917Umetsubo Cesar HidemitsuBRA23707.00.038.563.5
2036Villalba MarceloPAR22447.00.038.063.5
2121Matsuura FredericoBRA23217.00.038.062.5
2231Martins CarlosBRA22597.00.037.561.5
2325Pereira Silvio CunhaBRA23057.00.037.559.5
2424Mandetta Joao DaniloBRA23077.00.037.062.5
2532Muniz RafaelURU22587.00.037.062.0
2623Larrea ManuelURU23087.00.036.062.0
274Mekhitarian Krikor SevagBRA25557.00.036.061.5
2838Viana DirceuBRA22387.00.036.061.0
2946Souza Neves Andrey M.BRA22057.00.036.060.5
3012Quintiliano Pinto Renato R.BRA24307.00.036.060.0
3164Pottker Gustavo SartoriBRA21007.00.036.060.0
3229Cruz William Ferreira DaBRA22747.00.035.560.5
3322Cunha Lucas AguiarBRA23157.00.035.059.5
3442Trois Francisco R.T.BRA22217.00.034.559.5
3541Sztokbant Bernardo VainzoffBRA22227.00.034.055.5
3626Gazel FredericoBRA23007.00.034.054.0
3730Pires Marcos Vinicius TorsaniBRA22626.50.037.061.5
3880Goncalves Davi SulzbacherBRA20356.50.036.059.0
39100Frois Vitor AmorimBRA19656.50.036.057.0
4096Quevedo Naissinger WillianBRA19746.50.035.558.0
298 players

7) 3rd Floripa Masters 2016

The 3rd Floripa Masters took place 23rd to 28th January 2016. Neuris Delgado Ramirez edged out Jose Fernando Cubas on tie-break after both scored 7/9.

3rd Floripa Masters 2016 Florianopolis BRA Sat 23rd Jan 2016 - Thu 28th Jan 2016
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
13Delgado Ramirez Neuris26097.00.5625.75
29Cubas Jose Fernando24257.00.5526.00
310Rodriguez Vila Andres24876.50.5525.25
42Quintiliano Pinto Renato R.24306.50.5522.75
55Molina Roberto Junio Brito24365.00.0414.00
66Di Berardino Diego Rafael25124.50.0312.50
77Umetsubo Cesar Hidemitsu23704.00.0216.50
81Gauche Charles22503.00.035.50
98Dejeanne Francisco22491.00.002.25
104Rezende Guilherme Vilela21300.50.000.50
10 players
3rd Floripa Masters 2016 Florianopolis BRA Sat 23rd Jan 2016 - Thu 28th Jan 2016. Category: 6. Ave: (2390)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Cubas, Jose Fernando GM PAR 2425 # = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 7 2606
2 Delgado Ramirez, Neuris GM PAR 2609 = # 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 7 2585
3 Rodriguez Vila, Andres GM URU 2487 = 1 # = = 1 0 1 1 1 6.5 2545
4 Quintiliano Pinto, Renato R. IM BRA 2430 = 0 = # 1 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2551
5 Molina, Roberto Junio Brito IM BRA 2436 0 0 = 0 # = 1 1 1 1 5 2428
6 Di Berardino, Diego Rafael IM BRA 2512 0 = 0 0 = # = 1 1 1 4.5 2376
7 Umetsubo, Cesar Hidemitsu FM BRA 2370 = 0 1 = 0 = # 0 = 1 4 2349
8 Gauche, Charles FM BRA 2250 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 # 1 1 3 2280
9 Dejeanne, Francisco ARG 2249 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 # = 1 2054
10 Rezende, Guilherme Vilela BRA 2130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = # 0.5 1975
Joao Cordioli IM 2016 Florianopolis BRA Sat 23rd Jan 2016 - Thu 28th Jan 2016
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
18Perdomo Leandro24307.00.0528.50
27Stamenkovic Dragan24126.50.0427.25
33Cunha Lucas Aguiar23156.00.5520.25
44Mandetta Joao Danilo23076.00.5324.00
59Goncalves Davi Sulzbacher20354.50.0216.50
61Kropff Ricardo22243.50.0116.25
710Pereira Silvio Cunha23053.01.0211.25
82Sztokbant Bernardo Vainzoff22223.01.0211.00
96Nery Junior Jose Antonio21533.01.0211.00
105Vargas Gabriela20912.50.0010.00
10 players
Joao Cordioli IM 2016 Florianopolis BRA Sat 23rd Jan 2016 - Thu 28th Jan 2016. Category: None. Ave: (2249)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Perdomo, Leandro IM ARG 2430 # = = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 7 2449
2 Stamenkovic, Dragan IM SRB 2412 = # = 1 1 = 1 = = 1 6.5 2397
3 Mandetta, Joao Danilo FM BRA 2307 = = # = = = 1 1 1 = 6 2368
4 Cunha, Lucas Aguiar BRA 2315 0 0 = # = 1 1 1 1 1 6 2367
5 Goncalves, Davi Sulzbacher BRA 2035 0 0 = = # = 1 1 = = 4.5 2273
6 Kropff, Ricardo IM PAR 2224 = = = 0 = # 0 0 1 = 3.5 2172
7 Pereira, Silvio Cunha FM BRA 2305 = 0 0 0 0 1 # 0 1 = 3 2118
8 Nery Junior, Jose Antonio AGM BRA 2153 0 = 0 0 0 1 1 # 0 = 3 2135
9 Sztokbant, Bernardo Vainzoff FM BRA 2222 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 1 # 1 3 2127
10 Vargas, Gabriela WFM PAR 2091 0 0 = 0 = = = = 0 # 2.5 2101

8) January Lviv Tradition 2016

The January Lviv Tradition took place 25th to 31st January 2016. Artur Frolov won with 8/11.

January Lviv Tradition IM Lviv UKR Mon 25th Jan 2016 - Sun 31st Jan 2016
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
110Frolov ArturUKR24998.040.750.05
26Sabuk PiotrPOL24167.539.750.05
39Shkuran DaniilUKR24267.535.500.05
47Goluch PiotrPOL23087.535.000.05
51Kiolbasa OliwiaPOL22365.526.500.03
64Nester IhorUKR23035.525.500.02
712Bondarets VadimUKR22995.027.000.02
83Bunyatov RustamAZE21985.026.500.01
92Szostko JakubPOL21985.023.750.02
108Pugachov IliaUKR21144.017.750.02
115Krykun YuriyUKR23263.517.750.01
1211Vasina OlenaUKR20952.09.750.01
12 players
January Lviv Tradition IM Lviv UKR Mon 25th Jan 2016 - Sun 31st Jan 2016. Category: 2. Ave: (2285)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts TPR
1 Frolov, Artur IM UKR 2499 # = = 1 = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 8 2440
2 Sabuk, Piotr POL 2416 = # 1 = 1 1 0 = = 1 1 = 7.5 2406
3 Shkuran, Daniil IM UKR 2426 = 0 # = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2405
4 Goluch, Piotr POL 2308 0 = = # = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2416
5 Kiolbasa, Oliwia WFM POL 2236 = 0 0 = # = = 1 = 1 0 1 5.5 2289
6 Nester, Ihor IM UKR 2303 0 0 = = = # = = = 1 = 1 5.5 2283
7 Bondarets, Vadim IM UKR 2299 = 1 = 0 = = # = 0 0 = 1 5 2248
8 Bunyatov, Rustam FM AZE 2198 = = 0 = 0 = = # 1 = = = 5 2257
9 Szostko, Jakub FM POL 2198 0 = = 0 = = 1 0 # = = 1 5 2257
10 Pugachov, Ilia UKR 2114 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 = = # = 1 4 2198
11 Krykun, Yuriy FM UKR 2326 0 0 0 0 1 = = = = = # 0 3.5 2148
12 Vasina, Olena WFM UKR 2095 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 # 2 2040

9) ch-CRO 2016

The Croatian Championship took place 18th to 30th January 2016. The experienced Zdenko Kozul took first on tie-break from Ante Brkic and Ivan Saric after all scored 6.5/9.

ch-CRO 2016 Porec CRO Mon 18th Jan 2016 - Sat 30th Jan 2016
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Kozul ZdenkoCRO26076.54.033.251.0
22Brkić AnteCRO25936.54.033.251.0
4Sarić IvanCRO26506.54.033.251.0
48Jovanović ZoranCRO25076.05.034.000.0
59Stević HrvojeCRO26006.04.032.250.5
65Palac MladenCRO25746.04.032.250.5
76Sarić AnteCRO26006.03.530.000.0
87Cvitan OgnjenCRO24975.54.030.250.0
910Janković AlojzijeCRO25605.53.528.500.0
1012Bosiocić MarinCRO25674.53.523.000.0
113Kovacević BlaEimirCRO24884.53.024.000.0
1211Žaja IvanCRO24752.52.014.000.0
12 players
ch-CRO 2016 Porec CRO Mon 18th Jan 2016 - Sat 30th Jan 2016. Category: 13. Ave: (2560)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts TPR
1 Kozul, Zdenko GM CRO 2607 # = = 0 = = 1 = = = 1 1 6.5 2621
2 Brkic, Ante GM CRO 2593 = # = = = = = = = 1 = 1 6.5 2622
3 Saric, Ivan GM CRO 2650 = = # = = = = = = = 1 1 6.5 2617
4 Jovanovic, Zoran GM CRO 2507 1 = = # = = 1 = = = 0 = 6 2601
5 Stevic, Hrvoje GM CRO 2600 = = = = # = = = = = 1 = 6 2592
6 Palac, Mladen GM CRO 2574 = = = = = # = = = 1 = = 6 2595
7 Saric, Ante GM CRO 2600 0 = = 0 = = # = 1 = 1 1 6 2592
8 Cvitan, Ognjen GM CRO 2497 = = = = = = = # = 1 0 = 5.5 2566
9 Jankovic, Alojzije GM CRO 2560 = = = = = = 0 = # = = 1 5.5 2560
10 Kovacevic, Blazimir IM CRO 2488 = 0 = = = 0 = 0 = # 1 = 4.5 2501
11 Bosiocic, Marin GM CRO 2567 0 = 0 1 0 = 0 1 = 0 # 1 4.5 2494
12 Zaja, Ivan GM CRO 2475 0 0 0 = = = 0 = 0 = 0 # 2.5 2357

10) ch-IRI 2016

The Iranian Championship took place 20th to 28th January 2016. Alireza Firouzja won with 8/11.

ch-IRI 2016 Tehran IRI Wed 20th Jan 2016 - Thu 28th Jan 2016
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Firouzja AlirezaIRI24558.00.05.03.5
26Gholami AryanIRI23987.01.04.03.0
310Maghsoodloo ParhamIRI24507.00.05.04.0
49Ghaem Maghami EhsanIRI25946.52.04.02.5
55Lorparizangeneh ShahinIRI24426.52.03.03.5
68Darini PouriaIRI24746.51.04.02.5
73Javanbakht NimaIRI24226.51.04.02.0
812Mosadeghpour MasoudIRI24755.01.04.01.0
92Mousavi Seyed KhalilIRI24255.00.03.02.5
107Noroozi OmidIRI23994.50.02.02.0
114Khamisi S JafarIRI22792.00.01.01.0
1211Bagheri MaziarIRI22621.50.01.01.5
12 players
ch-IRI 2016 Tehran IRI Wed 20th Jan 2016 - Thu 28th Jan 2016. Category: 7. Ave: (2423)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts TPR
1 Firouzja, Alireza IRI 2455 # = = = = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 8 2595
2 Maghsoodloo, Parham IRI 2450 = # 0 = 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 0 7 2522
3 Gholami, Aryan FM IRI 2398 = 1 # = 0 = = = 1 1 = 1 7 2527
4 Lorparizangeneh, Shahin IM IRI 2442 = = = # = 1 = 0 1 = 1 = 6.5 2486
5 Darini, Pouria GM IRI 2474 = 0 1 = # = 0 1 = 1 = 1 6.5 2483
6 Javanbakht, Nima FM IRI 2422 = 0 = 0 = # = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2488
7 Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan GM IRI 2594 0 0 = = 1 = # = = 1 1 1 6.5 2472
8 Mousavi, Seyed Khalil IM IRI 2425 0 = = 1 0 0 = # 0 = 1 1 5 2387
9 Mosadeghpour, Masoud IM IRI 2475 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 # 1 1 1 5 2382
10 Noroozi, Omid IM IRI 2399 = = 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 # 1 1 4.5 2360
11 Khamisi, S Jafar IRI 2279 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 # 1 2 2174
12 Bagheri, Maziar IRI 2262 0 1 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 # 1.5 2129

11) Turkish Cup 2016

The Turkish Cup takes place 30th January to 6th February 2016.

Turkish Cup 2016 Manavgat TUR Sat 30th Jan 2016 - Sat 6th Feb 2016
Leading Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
RkNameTiRtgPtsTB1TB2
1HAZNEDAROGLU KIVANCGM2467489
2YILMAZYERLI MERTIM2438491
3FIRAT BURAKIM245247
4ALI MARANDI CEMIL CANIM245015
5ERDOGDU MERTIM2438630
6KANMAZALP OGULCANIM24434810
7ARAT UFUK SEZENIM242144
8KERIGAN DEMREIM2378369
9TUNCER TUNAFM235331031
10SOYSAL SERKANFM234916
11YURTSEVEN MELIHFM2332492
12KOKSAL EGEFM233127
13APAYDIN FETHIFM223417
14EMINOV ORKHANFM226345
15OZKAN ERVIN2242914
16DOGAN ALI EKBER2140386
17BAGLAN ESATFM2238488
18ERDOGAN HAKANFM21702215
19GULDEN EGEMEN22292150
20BURCU CAGATAY2193395
21DEMIRCIOGLU EMRE220718
22METIN MEHMET2149493
23GOKERKAN CEM KAAN222046
24YARAN SIARCM21953694
25MARASLI TUTKU KAHRAMAN214512
26KARAGOLLU AHMET2113362
27ERERDEM GANI EREN21523850
28KUCUKSARI KAAN22005139
29SEVGI VOLKANFM2197334
30DONMEZ YUSUF20713778
31METIN OGUZ2134333
32MECIT EMRE20927122
33ZOR ALBER KADIR21343942
34CAMCI ALI AMMAR20743935
35SARI YASIN20882157
36OZALP BURAK21313941
37OZEN DENIZFM2061820
38KUCUK DOGAN206626
39GUNDOGAN CEM2076345
40AFYONCU OMER20373847
385 players

12) 7th 4NCL Congress 2016

The 7th 4NCL Congress took place 29th to 31st January 2016. Jahongir Vakhidov won with 4.5/5.

7th 4NCL Congress 2016 Birmingham ENG Fri 29th Jan 2016 - Sun 31st Jan 2016
Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
RkSNoNameRtgPts
11Vakhidov Jahongir25544.5
22Gormally Daniel W25064.0
5Sowray Peter J23244.0
43Arkell Keith C24743.5
6Poobalasingam Peter S22393.5
10Kalavannan Koby21443.5
77Delaney Killian21803.0
8Mason Donald J21623.0
9Mihalik Agoston21543.0
13Pleasants Allan J20493.0
14Page Mark E20363.0
20Paterson Andrew I20023.0
34Modi Shyam Jagdish14993.0
1411Jarmany John21012.5
12Shaw Meyrick20802.5
21Rice Chris B19992.5
22Arkell Nicholas D19872.5
23Wells Jonathan C19862.5
25Jayawarna Nugith19622.5
27Baxter Harry18612.5
2115Okhai Shabir20302.0
16Savage Nicholas W20202.0
18Brackmann Hendrik20032.0
19Marsh Roger Dw20032.0
24Truman Richard G19682.0
30Benson Sean T17702.0
32Guha Chirag16402.0
33Camp Imogen15972.0
294Merry Alan B23761.5
17Gregory Keith D F20081.5
26Abbott Mark V18731.5
3228Rowan Daniel18101.0
29Cavendish Joshua18011.0
3431Brooke John17700.0
34 players

13) African Junior Chess Championships 2015

The African Junior Chess Championships took place 28th December 2015 to 5th January 2016. David Silva won with 8/9.

ch-African Junior 2015 Victoria, Mahe Island SEY Mon 28th Dec 2015 - Tue 5th Jan 2016
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
15SILVA DavidANG21648.00.0423.536.5
21FAWZY AdhamEGY24847.00.0414.538.5
36AGUIAR CristianoANG20786.00.0404.538.0
47BEZUIDENHOUT Roland ReinholdRSA19646.00.0399.536.5
524ZHEMBA JemusseZIM06.00.0387.537.5
62RAKOTOMAHARO Fy AntenainaMAD24435.50.0420.540.0
74ANWULI DanielNGR21825.50.0375.534.5
88FAMOROSA SilvioANG19325.00.0410.539.5
93NASSR AliALG22105.00.0408.039.5
1012MULAUZI JoshuaZAM18435.00.0373.533.0
1110MUSONDA EliasZAM19125.00.0372.532.5
1211EL FEZARI Mohamed AminMAR18485.00.0360.030.0
1313CHAMBERS EzraBDI15895.00.0356.528.5
149CRISMANN Alessandro ClaudioRSA19265.00.0347.530.0
1520MOHAMUD HUSSEIN AliSOM04.50.0346.530.5
1615ALI Abdullahi FarahSOM04.00.0345.525.5
1719MASHIRI DonaldZIM04.00.0338.031.0
1814MAINA WANJIRU MosesKEN15073.51.0339.529.0
1923VITAL KeithSEY03.50.0326.525.5
2016CHETTY AakashSEY03.00.0343.032.5
2117KATE TimothySEY03.00.0322.026.5
2221NATELLAMBY SamuelSEY02.00.0305.025.0
2322PILLAY HarishSEY01.50.0314.022.5
2418KRISHNAMOORTHY RichirajSEY00.00.0314.024.0
24 players

14) Chess in Kecskemet January 2016

The Chess in Kecskemet tournament took place 22nd to 31st January 2016. Fang Yuxiang won with 7/9.

Kecskemet GM Jan 2016 Kecskemet HUN Fri 22nd Jan 2016 - Sun 31st Jan 2016
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1
110Fang YuxiangCHN24357.028.75
23Mihok OliverHUN25066.526.25
37Orosz AndrasHUN22716.023.50
48Marek MatyasCZE24264.518.00
52Nguyen Thai Dai VanCZE24104.517.50
65Varga ZoltanHUN24454.016.25
71To Nhat MinhHUN23174.015.25
86Ilincic ZlatkoSRB24053.013.50
94Radlovacki JovanSRB23473.012.75
109Nadj Hedjesi BalindSRB23822.59.25
10 players
Kecskemet GM Jan 2016 Kecskemet HUN Fri 22nd Jan 2016 - Sun 31st Jan 2016. Category: 6. Ave: (2394)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Fang, Yuxiang CHN 2435 # = 1 = = 1 1 = 1 1 7 2610
2 Mihok, Oliver GM HUN 2506 = # = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2548
3 Orosz, Andras FM HUN 2271 0 = # = 1 1 1 1 0 1 6 2533
4 Marek, Matyas FM CZE 2426 = 0 = # = = 0 1 1 = 4.5 2391
5 Nguyen, Thai Dai Van FM CZE 2410 = = 0 = # 0 0 1 1 1 4.5 2393
6 Varga, Zoltan GM HUN 2445 0 = 0 = 1 # = = = = 4 2346
7 To, Nhat Minh IM HUN 2317 0 0 0 1 1 = # = = = 4 2360
8 Ilincic, Zlatko GM SRB 2405 = = 0 0 0 = = # = = 3 2268
9 Radlovacki, Jovan IM SRB 2347 0 0 1 0 0 = = = # = 3 2275
10 Nadj Hedjesi, Balind IM SRB 2382 0 0 0 = 0 = = = = # 2.5 2230

15) IIFL Wealth Mumbai Open 2016

The IIFL Wealth Mumbai Open takes place 28th January to 5th February 2016.

IIFL Wealth Mumbai Open Mumbai IND Thu 28th Jan 2016 - Fri 5th Feb 2016
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
13Stany G.A.IND24215.00.016.514.0
22Swapnil S. DhopadeIND24884.50.018.516.0
39Gusain HimalIND23354.50.015.513.5
41Gagare ShardulIND24974.50.015.513.5
57Akshat KhampariaIND23664.50.012.511.0
65Himanshu SharmaIND23854.00.017.515.0
78Sharma Dinesh K.IND23584.00.015.013.0
820Praggnanandhaa RIND21744.00.014.513.0
915Deshmukh AnupIND22254.00.012.511.0
1022Matta Vinay KumarIND21634.00.012.011.0
1132Bharambe Bhavik CIND20644.00.012.011.0
1235Gukesh DIND20414.00.011.011.0
134Nitin S.IND24003.50.018.016.0
1421Harikrishnan.A.RaIND21723.50.017.014.5
156Ravi Teja S.IND23853.50.016.514.5
1641Ojas KulkarniIND20003.50.015.013.0
1731Satkar ChiragIND20703.50.014.512.5
1877Nikhil MagizhnanIND16013.50.014.013.0
1954Likhit ChilukuriIND18673.50.014.013.0
2030Boricha KetanIND20743.50.014.012.5
2113Muthaiah AlIND22723.50.013.512.0
2217Abhishek DasIND22103.50.013.511.5
2349Pavan B N BIND19233.50.013.511.5
2433Audi AmeyaIND20613.50.013.511.5
2540Parnali S DhariaIND20023.50.012.512.0
2628Dahale AtulIND20883.50.012.511.0
2723Sanjeev KumarIND21563.50.012.510.5
2819Chakravarthi Reddy MIND21763.50.012.510.5
2914Krishna Teja NIND22463.50.012.010.0
3079Ankur Mahesh GokhaleIND15763.00.015.513.5
3166Patil KetanIND16923.00.015.513.5
3216Navalgund NiranjanIND22233.00.015.013.5
3339Manush ShahIND20033.00.014.513.0
3438Adhithya SIND20183.00.014.513.0
3511Kulkarni VikramadityaIND22973.00.014.512.5
3659Aravind Babu LIND17843.00.014.012.5
3737Kothari SwapnilIND20253.00.012.511.0
84Adarsh TripathiIND15183.00.012.511.0
3952Sapale SaloniIND18923.00.012.511.0
4047Sameer GhotaneIND19383.00.012.510.5
113 players

16) Land of the Sky Open 2016

The Land of the Sky Open took place 29th to 31st January 2016. Elshan Moradiabadi won with 4.5/5.

Land of the Sky Open 2016 Asheville USA Fri 29th Jan 2016 - Sun 31st Jan 2016
Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg12345Pts
1Moradiabadi, ElshanGMFID2597W4W5D2W3W74.5
2Ivanov, AlexanderGMUSA2515W17W16D1W6L33.5
3Lederer, YoavISR2308W12D10W13L1W23.5
4Moon, BenjaminUSA2104L1W17W8D12W103.5
5Balleisen, Aaron SUSA2238W19L1W9HD63
6Wang, TianqiUSA2192W9W14D7L2D53
7Bereolos, PeterFMUSA2220W8D13D6W10L13
8Panuganti, Kireet VUSA1908L7W11L4W15W133
9Carter, EmmanuelUSA2026L6W15L5D11W142.5
10Mabe, Chris JUSA2181W15D3HL7L42
11Pohl, Klaus AUSA2052L14L8HD9B2
12Guo, ArthurCMUSA2010L3W19D16D4U2
13Peatman, Carter FUSA2042XD7L3D14L82
14Wu, LoganUSA1776W11L6D17D13L92
15Hyatt, DougUSA2021L10L9BL8W172
16Ghatti, SanjayUSA2154W18L2D12UU1.5
17Mc Cartney, PatrickUSA2042L2L4D14BL151.5
18Myers, David GL16UUHU0.5
19Ardaman, MilesFMUSA2195L5L12UUU0
19 players

17) 4th Circuito CBX Natal GM 2016

The 4th Circuito CBX Natal GM takes place 27th January to 4th February 2016.

4th Circuito CBX Natal GM Natal BRA Wed 27th Jan 2016 - Thu 4th Feb 2016
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Barbosa Evandro AmorimBRA24613.50.06.500.0
22Alonso SalvadorARG24912.50.04.000.0
38Hungaski Robert AndrewUSA24782.50.03.000.0
43Reis Paulo F. Jatoba De OliveiBRA23802.00.04.000.0
55Lima DarcyBRA25112.00.03.500.0
610Galego LuisPOR24512.00.02.500.0
79Macedo Maximo IackBRA23161.00.01.000.0
84Fernando DiogoPOR24751.00.00.500.0
6Brito LuismarBRA22351.00.00.500.0
107Martins Vinicius TineBRA23160.50.01.000.0
10 players
4th Circuito CBX Natal GM Natal BRA Wed 27th Jan 2016 - Thu 4th Feb 2016. Category: 7. Ave: (2411)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Barbosa, Evandro Amorim IM BRA 2461 # 1 = 1 1 3.5 2784
2 Alonso, Salvador GM ARG 2491 0 # 1 = 1 2.5 2497
3 Hungaski, Robert Andrew GM USA 2478 # = 0 1 1 2.5 2495
4 Reis, Paulo F. Jatoba de Oliveira FM BRA 2380 = 0 = # 1 2 2437
5 Lima, Darcy GM BRA 2511 1 # 1 2 2397
6 Galego, Luis GM POR 2451 0 = # 1 = 2 2376
7 Macedo, Maximo Iack IM BRA 2316 0 0 0 # 1 1 2271
8 Fernando, Diogo IM POR 2475 0 0 0 # 1 1 2200
9 Brito, Luismar FM BRA 2235 0 0 # 1 1 2290
10 Martins, Vinicius Tine FM BRA 2316 = 0 0 # 0.5 2114
Round 1. Wed 27th Jan 2016
Barbosa, Evandro Amorim 1-0 Galego, Luis 32 B42 Sicilian
Alonso, Salvador 1-0 Macedo, Maximo Iack 32 C10 French
Reis, Paulo F. Jatoba de Oliveira 1/2-1/2 Hungaski, Robert Andrew 36 A37 English
Fernando, Diogo 1-0 Martins, Vinicius Tine 33 A16 English opening
Round 2. Thu 28th Jan 2016
Galego, Luis 1-0 Brito, Luismar 26 D02 Queen's bishop game
Hungaski, Robert Andrew 1-0 Fernando, Diogo 58 A17 English
Macedo, Maximo Iack 0-1 Reis, Paulo F. Jatoba de Oliveira 47 E94 King's Indian
Barbosa, Evandro Amorim 1-0 Alonso, Salvador 48 B48 Sicilian
Round 3. Thu 28th Jan 2016
Alonso, Salvador 1/2-1/2 Galego, Luis 11 B08 Pirc
Reis, Paulo F. Jatoba de Oliveira 1/2-1/2 Barbosa, Evandro Amorim 25 A37 English
Fernando, Diogo 0-1 Macedo, Maximo Iack 30 C02 French
Lima, Darcy 1-0 Hungaski, Robert Andrew 79 C41 Philidor
Brito, Luismar 1-0 Martins, Vinicius Tine 50 A00 Dunst (Sleipner, Heinrichsen) opening
Round 4. Fri 29th Jan 2016
Galego, Luis 1/2-1/2 Martins, Vinicius Tine 44 B23 Sicilian
Hungaski, Robert Andrew 1-0 Brito, Luismar 38 A30 English
Macedo, Maximo Iack 0-1 Lima, Darcy 24 B20 Sicilian defence
Barbosa, Evandro Amorim 1-0 Fernando, Diogo 24 B54 Sicilian
Alonso, Salvador 1-0 Reis, Paulo F. Jatoba de Oliveira 30 B08 Pirc

18) 54th Baltimore Open 2016

The 54th Baltimore Open took place 29th to 31st January 2016. Ruifeng Li won with 4.5/5.

54th Baltimore Open 2016 Linthicum USA Fri 29th Jan 2016 - Sun 31st Jan 2016
Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg12345Pts
1Li, RuifengIMUSA2462W23W10D17W14W34.5
2Erenburg, SergeyGMUSA2587W13D5D4W18D83.5
3Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr AIMUSA2396W25D8W5W15L13.5
4Ganbold, OdondooIMMGL2311W26D7D2W17D93.5
5Dehmelt, KarlFMUSA2271W24D2L3W23W143.5
6Paul, JustinUSA1964W28L14W10D8W133.5
7Enkhbat, TegshsurenIMUSA2418W19D4L14D13W153
8Sarkar, JustinIMUSA2407W21D3D18D6D23
9Kumar, AravindFMUSA2317L15W16D23W12D43
10Zimmer, RalphFMUSA2240W22L1L6W26W203
11Zheng, AndrewUSA2177L17HD21W16W223
12Niemann, Hans MUSA2278W20D17L15L9W212.5
13Garcia, Erick GUSA2191L2W20W19D7L62.5
14Yu, Jennifer RWFMUSA2182HW6W7L1L52.5
15Huang, AndyUSA1954W9HW12L3L72.5
16Bennett, David MichaelCMUSA2098HL9W26L11W232.5
17Chandra, AkshatIMUSA2510W11D12D1L4U2
18Nydick, BrandonUSA2121W27D25D8L2U2
19Shen, Christopher YCMUSA2092L7W22L13L21W272
20Sharp, Dale EugeneUSA1972L12L13W24W27L102
21Jian, AlexUSA1998L8D27D11W19L122
22Kobla, VishalCMUSA1897L10L19BW25L112
23Sinha, SahilUSA2014L1W24D9L5L161.5
24Strenzwilk, DenisUSA1822L5L23L20BU1
25Photiadis, DouglasUSAL3D18D27L22U1
26Fischer, RobertUSA2044L4BL16L10U1
27Schenk, SamUSA1579L18D21D25L20L191
28Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr AIMUSA2396L6UUUU0
28 players

19) 6th Ferdowsi Open 2016

The 6th Ferdowsi Open takes place 28th January to 5th February 2016.

6th Ferdowsi Open 2016 Mashhad IRI Thu 28th Jan 2016 - Fri 5th Feb 2016
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
114Darini PouriaIRI24744.00.021658.5
26Maletin PavelRUS25804.00.021459.0
31Guseinov GadirAZE26464.00.021199.0
48Zubarev AlexanderUKR25534.00.020189.0
52Tiviakov SergeiNED26114.00.019569.0
64Ghaem Maghami EhsanIRI25944.00.018889.0
77Bocharov DmitryRUS25673.50.019818.5
83Grigoryan Karen H.ARM26023.50.018159.5
99Gagunashvili MerabGEO25413.50.018158.5
1012Rasulov VugarAZE24933.50.017788.0
1116Mousavi Seyed KhalilIRI24253.50.017607.5
1211Chigaev MaksimRUS25263.50.016747.0
1315Polyakov MaximUKR24443.50.015927.0
145Gabuzyan HovhannesARM25853.00.021478.5
1510Mirzoev AzerAZE25393.00.0213110.0
1647Mousavi Ghods HosseinIRI19223.00.021057.5
1718Grabliauskas VirginijusLTU23223.00.020539.0
1835Vassalam Mohammad TaghiIRI20533.00.020078.0
1921Fendereski NimaIRI22393.00.019648.5
2013Mosadeghpour MasoudIRI24753.00.019568.0
2146Tafakori Mohammad RezaIRI19403.00.019248.0
2224Rahimian RastinIRI21303.00.019178.5
2325Godarz KasraIRI21233.00.019068.0
2417Khodashenas MersadIRI23933.00.019029.0
2544Hejrati Mohammad MahdiIRI19673.00.018858.0
2627Amini AmerIRI21113.00.018768.0
2722Molaei MohammadaminIRI22303.00.018588.5
2860Latifpour MohammadIRI17833.00.018476.5
2920Ismael Namir Mohammed IsmaelIRQ22543.00.017989.0
3023Gholami Orimi MahdiIRI22263.00.017818.0
3149Poormosavi Seyed KianIRI19043.00.017808.0
3248Sakhtkar MiladIRI19173.00.017568.0
3319Bagheri MaziarIRI22623.00.017467.5
3428Kazemiyan Eski AbolfazlIRI20933.00.017418.5
3531Ansar Jaafari AbbasIRI20663.00.017038.5
3629Abedi AbolfazlIRI20853.00.016777.5
3750Ghesmati AryanIRI18883.00.016766.5
3843Karimi YeganehIRI19713.00.016206.0
3951Taghavi Amir AbbasIRI18873.00.015957.0
4069Gerayeli KiarashIRI17133.00.015877.0
178 players

20) 21st HIT Open 2016

The 21st HIT Open takes place 29th January to 4th February 2016.

21st HIT Open 2016 Nova Gorica SLO Fri 29th Jan 2016 - Thu 4th Feb 2016
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1
1Blagojevic, DragisaGMMNE24884.514.0
2Tratar, MarkoGMSLO24764.511.5
3Dastan, Muhammed BatuhIMTUR24744.015.5
4Epishin, VladimirGMRUS25494.014.5
5Zorko, JureIMSLO24664.014.5
6Banusz, TamasGMHUN26124.014.0
7Drazic, SinisaGMSRB24254.013.5
8Gonda, LaszloGMHUN25324.013.5
9Mencinger, VojkoIMSLO23524.013.0
10Blechzin, IgorIMRUS23494.013.0
11Bodiroga, PredragIMSRB23254.013.0
12Ceschia, IvanoFMITA22294.012.5
13Pregarac, ValterMKSLO20994.012.0
14Jelen, IgorIMSLO24024.011.5
15Titan, MatejMKSLO22304.011.5
16Lerch, PhilippFMGER23103.514.5
17Manca, FedericoIMITA24023.514.0
18Stevanic, DavidISLO20883.513.0
19Bharadwaj, DhanushIND19423.512.0
20Beletic, DanijelFMSLO23253.511.5
21Tica, SvenFMCRO21873.511.5
22Mazi, LeonIMSLO24113.511.0
23Kersic, MatejMKSLO21203.013.0
24Unuk, LauraWIMSLO22463.012.0
25Sonis, FrancescoFMITA23523.012.0
26Zuttioni, FedericoITA21603.011.0
27Schmidek, EmilGER21283.011.0
28Capaliku, AleksITA19763.011.0
29Riccobon, EliaITA19713.011.0
30Papadakis, MichalisGRE22663.011.0
31Hrescak, IvanaWMSLO20423.011.0
32Markocic, TineIISLO19863.011.0
33Vidic, TejaWMKSLO21853.010.5
34Janzelj, LaraWMKSLO22053.010.5
35Zamar Kodelja, JurijIISLO20803.010.5
36Suc, TimothyMKSLO20253.010.5
37Vodopivec, VladimirISLO19623.010.0
38Blagojevic, TijanaWIMMNE22533.010.0
39Ivsek, CvetoISLO18543.09.0
40Rusjan, DusanMKSLO20563.09.0
104 players

21) 38th Bulgarian Open 2016

The 38th Bulgarian Open takes place 31st January to 7th February 2016.

38th Bulgarian Open 2016 Plovdiv BUL Sun 31st Jan 2016 - Sun 7th Feb 2016
Leading Round 1 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11FIER AlexandrBRA26071.000.00.0
2RUSEV KrasimirBUL25471.000.00.0
3NEVEDNICHY VladislavROU25391.000.00.0
4SPASOV VasilBUL25371.000.00.0
5HEBERLA BartlomiejPOL25311.000.00.0
6DIMITROV RadoslavBUL24961.000.00.0
7PETKOV VladimirBUL24921.000.00.0
8VALSECCHI AlessioITA24821.000.00.0
9ANTIC DejanSRB24811.000.00.0
10PETROV MarianBUL24651.000.00.0
11GEORGESCU Tiberiu-MarianROU24491.000.00.0
12TILICHEEV ViacheslavRUS24371.000.00.0
13BRATANOV ZsivkoBUL24231.000.00.0
14PANTEV VeselinBUL24131.000.00.0
15STELLA AndreaITA24131.000.00.0
16GEORGIEV KrumBUL24111.000.00.0
17COSTACHI MihneaROU24091.000.00.0
18RADOVANOVIC MihajloSRB23821.000.00.0
19MRDJA MilanCRO23691.000.00.0
20NIKOLOV SashoBUL23571.000.00.0
21VUTOV MarioBUL23561.000.00.0
22DIMITROV AtanasGRE23311.000.00.0
23VOISKA MargaritaBUL23231.000.00.0
24DIMIC PavleSRB23231.000.00.0
25POSEDARU BogdanROU23231.000.00.0
26NIKOLOVA AdrianaBUL23211.000.00.0
28MIKALSEN ErlendNOR23141.000.00.0
29BADEV KirilBUL23091.000.00.0
31PAPADOPOULOS ArgiriosGRE22841.000.00.0
33GRIGORIADIS MihailGRE22561.000.00.0
34BILJANIC LjubomirSRB22551.000.00.0
35PISKUR MitjaSLO22551.000.00.0
36HUHNDORF ArnoldGER22501.000.00.0
37AVRAMIDOU AnastasiaGRE22451.000.00.0
38LAZOV ToniMKD22261.000.00.0
39RAEVA ElitsaBUL22221.000.00.0
41VELESKI RobertMKD22111.000.00.0
42ILCHOV RosenBUL22111.000.00.0
43GAVRILESCU DavidROU22021.000.00.0
44INJAC TeodoraSRB22001.000.00.0
241 players

22) TCh-CZE 2015-16

The Czech League takes place 7th November 2015 to 16th April 2016. Next Extraliga rounds 6th to 7th February 2016.

TCh-CZE Extraliga 2015-16 Czech Republic CZE Sat 7th Nov 2015 - Sat 16th Apr 2016
Leading Round 6 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
11. Novoborsky SK*5571834.512.0
2Vystaviste Lysa nad Labem*461632.59.5
3BSS Frydek-Mistek*54661329.09.0
4SK Slavoj Poruba3*451024.55.5
5Rapid Pardubice43*64825.06.0
6AD Mahrla Praha½4*64823.57.0
7Labortech Ostrava32*455722.56.0
8SK mesta Lysa nad Labem B424*4624.55.5
9Tatran Litovel12*618.05.0
10TZ Trinec24*4521.55.5
11SK Duras BVK234*5420.04.5
12Zikuda Turnov34433*220.53.5
12 players
TCh-CZE 1 Liga Zapad Czech Republic CZE Sat 7th Nov 2015 - Sat 16th Apr 2016
Leading Round 7 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1Unichess*762140.516.0
2AD Jicin*5451632.010.5
32222 SK Polabiny3*61533.512.0
4SK Sokol Vysehrad4*4551129.510.5
5TJ Praha-Pankrac4*4351128.57.5
6GROP Praha*5741030.08.5
71. Novoborsky SK B143*5661028.57.5
8TJ Neratovice3*5926.59.0
9QCC Ceske Budejovice513*54722.06.5
10TJ Slavia Hradec Kralove33*5623.06.0
11Sokol Praha-Kobylisy34233*422.06.0
12Spartak Vlasim22243*120.06.0
12 players
TCh-CZE 1 Liga Vychod Czech Republic CZE Sat 7th Nov 2015 - Sat 16th Apr 2016
Leading Round 7 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1Slavia Kromeriz A*4571937.012.0
2Lokomotiva Brno A4*4671735.512.5
3SK Stare Mesto A*6351534.012.0
4SK Slavia Orlova A*46441231.59.5
5TJ Ostrava A32*5641029.09.0
6Moravska Slavia Brno A4*51028.58.5
7KVS EKODIVIZE Opava154*271028.08.5
8SK Zlin A23*924.58.0
9SK Karvina A22*623.57.0
10A64 VALOZ Grygov43*423.56.0
11Beskydska sachova skola F-M B46*422.56.0
12TJ Stefanydes Policka1341*418.54.5
12 players

23) 4NCL 2015-16

The 4NCL takes place 14th November 2015 to 2nd May 2016.

4NCL 2015-16 Birmingham ENG Sat 14th Nov 2015 - Mon 2nd May 2016
Leading Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam12345678MptsBpts
1Cheddleton 15½-2½5-35½-2½5½-2½821½
2Barbican 4NCL 12½-5½5-34½-3½7-1619
3Guildford 23-54-44½-3½7½-½519
43Cs 14-43½-4½4½-3½6½-1½518½
5Wood Green HK3-53½-4½6-27½-½420
6Oxford 12½-5½3½-4½4½-3½6-2416½
7Spirit of Atticus A2½-5½1-73½-4½2-609
8White Rose 2½-7½1½-6½½-7½2-60
1Guildford 16-24½-2½8-08-0826½
2White Rose 14-45-37½-½6-2722½
3Blackthorne Russia2-64-44-3½7-1517
4Barbican 4NCL 22½-4½3½-44½-3½5½-2½416
5Grantham Sharks 10-83-54-46-2313
6South Wales Dragons½-7½3½-4½4-45-3313
7Cambridge University 12-62-63-56-2213
8Sussex Martlets 10-81-72½-5½2-60
16 teams

24) TCh-AUT 2nd Bundesliga 2015-16

The Austrian Bundesliga second division started on October 2nd with the Mitte Division. The events run until April. Mitte League next rounds 6-8 26th-28th February 2016. West 22nd to 24th January 2016. East 20th to 21st Januart 2016.

TCh-AUT 2nd Mitte 2015-16 Austria AUT Fri 2nd Oct 2015 - Sun 17th Apr 2016
Leading Round 5 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1SC MPOE Maria Saal 2*4551024.00
2SPG. Sparkasse Fürstenfeld/Hartberg*2444818.50
3SV Steyregg4*34717.00
4ASK Case IH SteyrSt. Valentin*446618.00
5Union Ansfelden2*33618.00
6Schachfreunde Graz23*43615.50
7ESV Austria Graz2*4615.50
8RbEJ Gleisdorf3*4515.50
9SV Wolfsberg132*313.00
10Union Hartkirchen222*211.00
11ESV Admira Villach1232*19.50
12SPG Sauwald 2½20½*04.50
12 teams
TCh-AUT 2nd West 2015-16 Austria AUT Fri 2nd Oct 2015 - Sun 17th Apr 2016
Leading Round 8 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1Bregenz*2441429.50
2Zillertal4*33341329.50
3Rochade Rum3*21327.00
4Kufstein/Wörgl24*41230.50
5Dornbirn3*51129.00
6SIR Bernhard 2½*441024.00
7Hohenems II*3726.50
8Schwarzach2½23*5723.00
9Götzis 232*4520.50
10SPG Völs/HAK/HAS Innsbruck112*216.50
11ASK Salzburg2*3117.00
12Pradl2½3*115.00
12 teams
TCh-AUT 2nd Ost 2015-16 Austria AUT Fri 2nd Oct 2015 - Sun 17th Apr 2016
Leading Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1ASVÖ Pamhagen*34716.00
2tschaturanga*45615.00
3SK Hietzing*35514.00
4Blackburne Nickelsdorf3*513.50
5ASVÖ Mattersburg*3511.50
6SK Austria*413.00
7SC Data Technology Pressbaum/E.2*412.50
8SC Donaustadt23*34412.00
9SK Purbach3*311.50
10ASVOE VHS Poechlarn*339.50
11SK Advisory Invest Baden133*28.50
12SV Stockerau12*07.00
12 teams

25) Belgian Interclubs 2015-16

The Belgian Interclubs take place 27th September 2015 to 24th April 2016. Next round 7 21st February 2016.

TCh-BEL 2015-16 Belgium BEL Sun 27th Sep 2015 - Sun 24th Apr 2016
Leading Round 6 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeamMptsBpts
1Wirtzfeld 11135.5
2KGSRL 11129.5
3KSK47-Eynatten 1926
4KBSK 1726
5Fontaine 1724
6Amay 1626.5
7CRELEL 1625
8Borgerhout 1623.5
9KSK Rochade 1424
10Jean Jaures 1419
11The Belgian CC 1115.5
12Namur 1013.5
12 teams

26) Active Team Events

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

54th TCh-DEN ExtraCon 2015-16

The 54th TCh-DEN ExtraCon 2015-16 takes place 31st October to 6th March 2016. Rounds 7 takes place 7rh February 2016.

54th TCh-DEN Ex 2015-16 Denmark DEN Sat 31st Oct 2015 - Sun 6th Mar 2016
Leading Round 6 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeamMptsBpts
1Philidor 11241
2Team Nordea Skanderborg 1930
3Nordkalotten 11028.5
4Bronshoj 1825.5
5Hillerod 1423
6Nordre 1521.5
7Arhus/Skolerne 1521.5
8Jetsmark 1217
9Obro 1217
10Bov 1315
10 teams

Fraubundesliga 2015-16

The German Fraubundesliga takes place 26th September 2015 to 20th March 2016. Next rounds 27th-28th February 2016.

Fraubundesliga 2015-16 Germany GER Sat 26th Sep 2015 - Sun 20th Mar 2016
Leading Round 7 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112MptsBpts
1Bad Koenigshofenxxx254561233
2SK Schwaebisch Hallxxx14551229½
3OSG Baden-Badenxxx3461129
4Hamburger SK43xxx3361127
5Schachmiezen15xxx441023½
6SF 1891 Friedberg23xxx54924½
7SF Deizisau2xxx6825½
8SK Grosslehna½13xxx5520
9Karlsruher SF½½2xxx4415½
10SK Lehrte 1919 eV1½½½½xxx29
11GW Niederwiesa½122102xxx0
12Doppelbauer Kiel00021xxx07
12 teams

TCh-SWE Elitserien 2015-16

The Swedish Team Championship takes place 6th November 2015 to 20th March 2016. Next rounds 18-20 Feb 2016.

TCh-SWE Elitserien 2015-16 Sweden SWE Fri 6th Nov 2015 - Sun 20th Mar 2016
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeamGms+-=MptsBpts
1SK Team Viking55001028.5
2SK Rockaden, Sthlm5401927
3Eksjo SK4310618
4Lunds ASK4211520
5Burgsvik Alva SK6132422.5
6SS Manhem4220411.5
7Limhamns SK4121315.5
8Kungstornet4130212.5
9Farsta SK4031112
10Vasteras SK404008.5
10 players

TCh-SVK 2015-16

The Slovakian Team Championships take place 10th October 2015 to 10th April 2016. Next rounds 27th to 28th February 2016.

TCh-SVK 2015-16 Slovakia SVK Sat 10th Oct 2015 - Sun 10th Apr 2016
Leading Round 6 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1SK Dunajska Streda*4561630.50
2Slovan Commander*5641331.50
3SKM Ferimex Stara Lubovna3*541328.50
4SKS Dubnica nad Vahom*41022.50
5REINTER Humenne*53923.00
6TJ INBEST Dunajov44*36825.00
7Liptovska sachova skola235*45722.50
8TJ Slavia UPJS Kosice5*4721.00
9SK Prakovce33*6622.50
10SK Modra244*5521.00
11SK Strelec Devinska Nova Ves42423*5520.00
12SK Caissa Cadca33*320.00
12 teams

TCh-NOR Eliteserien 2015-16

The Norwegian Elite Series takes place 30th October to 6th March 2016. Next and final rounds 4th to 6th March 2016.

TCh-NOR Elite 2015-16 Norway NOR Fri 30th Oct 2015 - Sun 6th Mar 2016
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeamRtgPtsTB1TB2
1SK 191123971025.519
2OSS234892422.5
3Valerenga245892324.5
4Asker230271716.5
5Stavanger215171714.5
6Black Knights21596188
7Bergens22715176.5
8Tromso22143123.5
9Sotra2040210.50
10Trondheim21390100
10 teams

Dutch League 2015-16

The Dutch League takes place 26th September 2015 to 23rd April 2016. Next rounds 13th February 2016.

Dutch League 2015-16 Netherlands NED Sat 26th Sep 2015 - Sat 23rd Apr 2016
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeamRtg12345678910MptsBpts
1SISSA2372XX 5 931
2En Passant2453 XX66 828½
3Charlois Europoort23755XX 7 727½
4Kennemer Combinatie2389 4 XX6 78627½
5LSG IntelliMagic2406 4 XX5 527½
6HMC Calder2394 45XX 525½
7BSG2358 XX6425
8HWP Sas van Gent2320 3 4XX 6423
9Pathena Rotterdam2352 3 XX 220
10Utrecht2186 2 4 XX014½
10 teams

TCh-HUN 2015-16

The Hungarian Team Championship takes place 7th November 2015 to 17th April 2016.

TCh-HUN 2015-16 Hungary HUN Sat 7th Nov 2015 - Sun 17th Apr 2016
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeam12345678910Pts
1Aquaprofit-NTSK I. 7.5 911.59.537.5
2ASE Paks 87.5 9 10.535
3HVSE-Infraplan 67.5 7.57.528.5
4Z.Csuti-Hydrocomp SK 4.5 85.57.5 25.5
5Budapesti Titanok4.54 7.57.5 23.5
6ASS-Makoi SVSE 4.56 4.5 621
7Aquarena Kobanya SC 4.54 6.54 19
8Penzugyor SE33 6.5 5.5 18
9HUSI SC0.5 4.54.5 8 17.5
10Dunaharaszti MTK2.51.54.5 6 14.5
10 teams

Bundesliga 2015-16

The German Bundesliga season opened on Friday 18th September with two matches from the floating round 7. The event runs until 24th April 2015. I've reworked the games from the first weekend with new fuller team names along with the additional games played this weekend. The next rounds 5-6 take place 6th-7th Feb 2016.

Bundesliga 2015-16 Germany GER Fri 18th Sep 2015 - Sun 24th Apr 2016
Leading Round 4 (of 15) Standings:
RkTeamGms+-=MptsBpts
1OSG Baden-Baden55001030
2SG Solingen55001029.5
3SK Schwaebisch Hall5410825.5
4SV Muelheim Nord4400821
5SV 1930 Hockenheim5320623.5
6SV Werder Bremen4310616.5
7SK Turm Emsdetten4211517
8Hamburger SK5230419
9SC Hansa Dortmund4220417
10FC Bayern Muenchen5131314.5
11SG Trier5022216.5
12SV Griesheim 19765140216
13Erfurter SK5032215.5
14USV TU Dresden4130212.5
15SK Norderstedt 19755041111
16SF Berlin 19034031111
16 teams

TCh-ISL 2015-16

The Icelandic Team Championships take place 24th September 2015 to 5th March 2016. The first 5 rounds were in September and games are now available, my thanks to Ular Lauk.

TCh-ISL Div 1 2015-16 Reykjavik ISL Thu 24th Sep 2015 - Sat 5th Mar 2016
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeam12345678910TB1TB2TB3
1Huginn Chess Club a-team*76632.0100
2Reykjavik Chess Club a-team*7831.5100
3Akureyri Chess Club a-team1*7623.060
4Fjolnir Chess Club2*5721.060
5The Viking Club3*620.560
6Huginn Chess Club b-team½*6518.560
7Bolungarvik Chess Club2*16.000
8KR Chess Club112*412.530
9Akureyri Chess Club b-team12*12.520
10Reykjavik Chess Club b-team0234*12.510
10 teams

TCh-FIN 2015-16

The Finnish Team Championship takes place 12th September 2015 to 13th March 2016.

TCh-FIN 2015-16 Finland FIN Sat 12th Sep 2015 - Sun 13th Mar 2016
Leading Round 6 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeamGms+-=MptsBpts
1TammerSh, Tampere66001225
2EtVaS, Vantaa65011126
3JyS, Jyvaskyla7421918
4MatSK, Espoo6312817
5SalSK, Salo6222612
6Velhot, Helsinki6231516
7TuTS, Turku6123513
8KymS, Kotka6231512
9Aatos, Helsinki6240411
10OSS, Oulu7142412
11Garde, Helsinki624049
12HSK, Helsinki605117
12 teams

TCh-AUT 2015-16

The Austrian Team Championships is under way with four days of play. It takes place 5th November 2015. to 2nd April 2016. Next rounds 25th to 28th February 2016.

TCh-AUT 2015-16 Austria AUT Thu 5th Nov 2015 - Sat 2nd Apr 2016
Leading Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1SC MPÖ Maria Saal*53½frac12;818.50
2SK Hohenems*54615.00
3ASVÖ Wulkaprodersdorf*334613.50
4Schachklub Absam1*36514.50
5SV Jacques Lemans St. Veit2*3513.00
6Schachklub Sparkasse Jenbach13*513.00
7Schachclub Sparkasse Götzis3*311.50
8Spk. Grieskirchen/Bad Schallerbach0*338.00
9SIR Royal Salzburg33*211.00
10L.A. Kraftanlage Ottakring2*210.50
11Spg Sauwald½*28.00
12SV Raika Rapid Feffernitz½3*17.50
12 teams

27) Forthcoming Events and Links

7th Pfalz Open 2016

Khazar Cup 2016

Zurich Chess Challenge 2016

Graz Open 2016

14th Festival da Uva 2016

32nd Cappelle-la-Grande Open 2016

Bunratty Chess Festival 2016

Chess in Kecskemet February 2016

e2e4 London Gatwick Congress 2016

Aeroflot Open 2016

Stockholm Chess Challenge 2016

Vladimir Petrov Memorial 2016

Reykjavik Open 2016

FIDE Candidates Tournament 2016

39th San Sebastian International Open 2016

GRENKE Chess Open 2016

College Final Four 2016

Karpos Open 2016

Polar Capital Jersey Open 2016

ch-USA 2016

Hasselbacken Chess Open 2016

17th Heraklion Open 2016

3rd Server24 Chessfestival 2016

Stiavnica Chess Festival 2016

3rd Gideon Japhet Memorial Open 2016

39th Eastman Open 2016

42nd World Chess Olympiad 2016

18th Heraklion Open 2016

British Rapidplay 2016

79th Tata Steel 2017

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