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THE WEEK IN CHESS 1169 3rd April 2017 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Du Te Cup 2017
3) ch-USA 2017
4) 1st Sharjah Masters 2017
5) Polish Chess Championship 2017
6) Moscow Championship Final 2017
7) 19th Dubai Open 2017
8) Karpos Open 2017
9) Polar Capital Jersey Open 2017
10) Queen City IM Norm 2017
11) ch-GER Women 2017
12) Shanghai Gulf Cup 2017
13) 11th Serbian Championship 2017
14) 28th NATO Chess 2017
15) ch-St Petersburg 2017
16) ch-ROU 2017
17) World Amateur Championship 2017
18) 33rd Mukachevo Rating 2017
19) Chebanenko Memorial Rapid 2017
20) Norberto La Porta Cup 2017
21) ch-URU 2017
22) 11th ch-SRB Women 2017
23) 184th MGU Open 2017
24) First Saturday April 2017
25) Societat Coral Colon IM 2017
26) ch-KAZ Women 2017
27) TCh-AUT 2nd Bundesliga 2016-17
28) Belgian Interclubs 2016-17
29) TCh-CAT 2017
30) TCh-CZE 2016-17
31) Dutch League 2016-17
32) Active Team Events
33) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
Du Te Cup 201715 games
ch-USA 201760 games
1st Sharjah Masters 2017139 games
Polish Chess Championship 201720 games
Moscow Championship Final 201770 games
19th Dubai Open 201739 games
Karpos Open 201796 games
Polar Capital Jersey Open 201739 games
Queen City IM Norm 20173 games
ch-GER Women 201744 games
Shanghai Gulf Cup 201720 games
11th Serbian Championship 201725 games
28th NATO Chess 2017168 games
ch-St Petersburg 20176 games
ch-ROU 2017241 games
World Amateur Championship 201795 games
33rd Mukachevo Rating 201745 games
Chebanenko Memorial Rapid 201720 games
Norberto La Porta Cup 201775 games
ch-URU 201735 games
11th ch-SRB Women 201725 games
184th MGU Open 201738 games
Societat Coral Colon IM 201738 games
ch-KAZ Women 20175 games
Belgian Interclubs 2016-178 games
TCh-CZE 2016-17144 games
Dutch League 2016-1739 games
1558 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Olexandr Prohorov, Holger Lieske, Lennart Ootes, Alex Relyea, Matthew Phelps, Mitko Iliev and everyone else who helped with this issue.

Ding Liren won the Du Te Cup a point clear of Anish Giri and Peter Svidler. The US Championship has got underway in St Louis with the first five rounds. Today the Dubai Open also started. Plenty of strong chess to look at.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

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2) Du Te Cup 2017

The Du Te Cup took place 22nd March to 3rd April 2017. Ding Liren won with 6.5/9.

Du Te Cup 2017 Shenzhen CHN Wed 22nd Mar 2017 - Mon 3rd Apr 2017
Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
14Ding, LirenGMCHN27596.50.030.753
26Giri, AnishGMNED27695.51.026.751
35Svidler, PeterGMRUS27415.51.025.252
43Yu, YangyiGMCHN27504.51.022.250
52Harikrishna, PentalaGMIND27584.51.020.252
61Adams, MichaelGMENG27613.50.019.250
6 players
Du Te Cup 2017 Shenzhen CHN (CHN), 22 iii-3 iv 2017 cat. XXI (2756)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Ding, Liren g CHN 2759 * * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 2865
2. Giri, Anish g NED 2769 ½ ½ * * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 2789
3. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2741 0 ½ ½ ½ * * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 2795
4. Yu, Yangyi g CHN 2750 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * * ½ ½ ½ ½ 2721
5. Harikrishna, Pentala g IND 2758 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * * 1 1 2720
6. Adams, Michael g ENG 2761 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 * * 2645
Round 1 (March 23, 2017)
Yu, Yangyi - Ding, Liren ½-½ 88 A11 Reti Opening
Harikrishna, Pentala - Svidler, Peter ½-½ 30 D78 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Adams, Michael - Giri, Anish ½-½ 31 C80 Ruy Lopez Open
Round 2 (March 24, 2017)
Giri, Anish - Ding, Liren ½-½ 37 D11 Slav Defence
Svidler, Peter - Yu, Yangyi ½-½ 24 C48 Four Knights Rubinstein
Adams, Michael - Harikrishna, Pentala 0-1 51 A14 Reti Opening
Round 3 (March 25, 2017)
Ding, Liren - Svidler, Peter 1-0 44 D11 Slav Defence
Yu, Yangyi - Adams, Michael ½-½ 37 E21 Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Harikrishna, Pentala - Giri, Anish 0-1 56 B54 Sicilian Rauzer
Round 4 (March 26, 2017)
Ding, Liren - Harikrishna, Pentala ½-½ 30 D38 QGD Ragozin
Svidler, Peter - Adams, Michael ½-½ 29 C53 Giuoco Piano
Yu, Yangyi - Giri, Anish ½-½ 31 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Round 5 (March 27, 2017)
Giri, Anish - Svidler, Peter ½-½ 39 A31 English Symmetrical
Harikrishna, Pentala - Yu, Yangyi ½-½ 102 D53 Queens Gambit
Adams, Michael - Ding, Liren ½-½ 44 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Round 6 (March 29, 2017)
Ding, Liren - Yu, Yangyi 1-0 51 A07 Barcza System
Giri, Anish - Adams, Michael ½-½ 31 E15 Queens Indian
Svidler, Peter - Harikrishna, Pentala 1-0 44 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Round 7 (March 30, 2017)
Ding, Liren - Giri, Anish ½-½ 57 A07 Barcza System
Yu, Yangyi - Svidler, Peter ½-½ 47 A48 King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Harikrishna, Pentala - Adams, Michael 1-0 67 A07 Barcza System
Round 8 (March 31, 2017)
Giri, Anish - Harikrishna, Pentala ½-½ 41 D39 QGD Ragozin
Svidler, Peter - Ding, Liren ½-½ 18 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Adams, Michael - Yu, Yangyi ½-½ 25 C43 Petroff's Defence
Round 9 (April 1, 2017)
Ding, Liren - Adams, Michael ½-½ 31 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Svidler, Peter - Giri, Anish ½-½ 29 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Yu, Yangyi - Harikrishna, Pentala ½-½ 31 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Round 10 (April 2, 2017)
Giri, Anish - Yu, Yangyi ½-½ 35 C42 Petroff's Defence
Harikrishna, Pentala - Ding, Liren 0-1 53 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Adams, Michael - Svidler, Peter 0-1 32 B12 Caro Kann Advanced

3) ch-USA 2017

The US Chess Championships take place in Saint Louis 29th March to 9th April 2017. Play 13:00 local time and 19:00 UK time. Rest day April 3rd. Players in men's section: Caruana, So, Nakamura, Robson, Shankland, Xiong, Kamsky, Onischuk, Naroditsky, Akobian, Zherebukh and Shabalov. Leading players in the women's Krush, Zatonskih, Paikidze, Abrahamyan, etc.

ch-USA 2017 Saint Louis USA Wed 29th Mar 2017 - Sun 9th Apr 2017. Category: 18. Ave: (2685)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts TPR
1 So, Wesley GM USA 2822 # = = 1 = 1 3.5 2811
2 Naroditsky, Daniel GM USA 2646 # = = 1 = = 3 2748
3 Nakamura, Hikaru GM USA 2793 = # 1 = = = 3 2765
4 Zherebukh, Yaroslav GM USA 2605 = = # = = 1 3 2742
5 Akobian, Varuzhan GM USA 2645 0 # = 1 1 = 3 2712
6 Robson, Ray GM USA 2668 = 0 # = 1 1 3 2738
7 Caruana, Fabiano GM USA 2817 = = # = = = 2.5 2724
8 Onischuk, Alexander GM USA 2667 0 = = # = 1 2.5 2701
9 Xiong, Jeffery GM USA 2674 = = = = # 0 2 2644
10 Shankland, Samuel L GM USA 2666 = = 0 = = # 2 2639
11 Kamsky, Gata GM USA 2659 = = 0 0 1 # 2 2605
12 Shabalov, Alexander GM USA 2556 0 0 = 0 0 # 0.5 2315
Round 1. Wed 29th Mar 2017
So, Wesley 1-0 Shabalov, Alexander 29 D11 QGD Slav
Shankland, Samuel L 1/2-1/2 Caruana, Fabiano 37 E32 Nimzo-Indian
Robson, Ray 0-1 Nakamura, Hikaru 65 C65 Ruy Lopez
Akobian, Varuzhan 1/2-1/2 Xiong, Jeffery 68 D85 Gruenfeld
Onischuk, Alexander 1/2-1/2 Naroditsky, Daniel 34 E20 Nimzo-Indian
Zherebukh, Yaroslav 1/2-1/2 Kamsky, Gata 30 B28 Sicilian
Round 2. Thu 30th Mar 2017
Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 Nakamura, Hikaru 58 B31 Sicilian
Shankland, Samuel L 1/2-1/2 So, Wesley 37 C67 Ruy Lopez
Kamsky, Gata 0-1 Akobian, Varuzhan 22 C07 French
Naroditsky, Daniel 1/2-1/2 Zherebukh, Yaroslav 66 B90 Sicilian
Xiong, Jeffery 1/2-1/2 Robson, Ray 30 B90 Sicilian
Shabalov, Alexander 0-1 Onischuk, Alexander 44 E06 Catalan
Round 3. Fri 31st Mar 2017
So, Wesley 1/2-1/2 Caruana, Fabiano 49 C67 Ruy Lopez
Nakamura, Hikaru 1/2-1/2 Xiong, Jeffery 31 C50 Giuoco Piano
Onischuk, Alexander 1/2-1/2 Shankland, Samuel L 34 D45 QGD semi-Slav
Akobian, Varuzhan 0-1 Naroditsky, Daniel 58 D30 QGD
Zherebukh, Yaroslav 1-0 Shabalov, Alexander 49 A07 Reti
Robson, Ray 1-0 Kamsky, Gata 58 B32 Sicilian defence
Round 4. Sat 1st Apr 2017
So, Wesley 1-0 Onischuk, Alexander 45 A14 English
Kamsky, Gata 1/2-1/2 Nakamura, Hikaru 30 A46 Queen's pawn game
Naroditsky, Daniel 1/2-1/2 Robson, Ray 30 B90 Sicilian
Shankland, Samuel L 1/2-1/2 Zherebukh, Yaroslav 16 A15 English opening
Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 Xiong, Jeffery 58 C65 Ruy Lopez
Shabalov, Alexander 1/2-1/2 Akobian, Varuzhan 33 A13 English
Round 5. Sun 2nd Apr 2017
Zherebukh, Yaroslav 1/2-1/2 So, Wesley 31 C07 French
Nakamura, Hikaru 1/2-1/2 Naroditsky, Daniel 31 A20 English opening
Onischuk, Alexander 1/2-1/2 Caruana, Fabiano 90 A41 Queen's Pawn
Akobian, Varuzhan 1-0 Shankland, Samuel L 58 D30 QGD
Xiong, Jeffery 0-1 Kamsky, Gata 72 B06 Robatsch (modern) defence
Robson, Ray 1-0 Shabalov, Alexander 31 B06 Robatsch defence
ch-USA w 2017 Saint Louis USA Wed 29th Mar 2017 - Sun 9th Apr 2017. Category: 2. Ave: (2295)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts TPR
1 Krush, Irina GM USA 2444 # 1 1 0 = 1 3.5 2382
2 Zatonskih, Anna IM USA 2451 # 1 0 1 = 1 3.5 2421
3 Paikidze, Nazi IM USA 2369 0 # 1 1 1 = 3.5 2445
4 Abrahamyan, Tatev WGM USA 2364 0 # 1 = = 1 3 2344
5 Foisor, Sabina-Francesca WGM USA 2272 0 # 0 1 1 1 3 2363
6 Yu, Jennifer R WIM USA 2196 1 1 # 0 = 0 2.5 2330
7 Feng, Maggie WCM USA 2162 = 0 1 # = = 2.5 2339
8 Sharevich, Anna WGM USA 2257 = 0 1 = # = 2.5 2271
9 Yip, Carissa WFM USA 2234 0 = 0 = # 1 2 2203
10 Virkud, Apurva WFM USA 2262 0 0 0 1 # 1 2 2239
11 Nemcova, Katerina WGM USA 2359 = 0 0 = = # 1.5 2153
12 Nguyen, Emily WIM USA 2173 0 0 = 0 0 # 0.5 1986
Round 1. Wed 29th Mar 2017
Yu, Jennifer R 1-0 Zatonskih, Anna 58 D35 QGD
Feng, Maggie 1/2-1/2 Krush, Irina 41 A05 Reti
Nguyen, Emily 1/2-1/2 Paikidze, Nazi 30 E17 Queen's Indian
Abrahamyan, Tatev 1-0 Virkud, Apurva 34 B90 Sicilian
Sharevich, Anna 1/2-1/2 Nemcova, Katerina 40 E10 Queen's pawn game
Foisor, Sabina-Francesca 1-0 Yip, Carissa 64 E60 King's Indian, 3.Nf3
Round 2. Thu 30th Mar 2017
Krush, Irina 1-0 Foisor, Sabina-Francesca 64 D37 QGD
Yip, Carissa 1/2-1/2 Abrahamyan, Tatev 21 C03 French
Virkud, Apurva 1-0 Yu, Jennifer R 32 D16 QGD Slav accepted
Nemcova, Katerina 0-1 Paikidze, Nazi 52 B50 Sicilian
Sharevich, Anna 1/2-1/2 Feng, Maggie 37 A84 Dutch defence, Rubinstein variation
Zatonskih, Anna 1-0 Nguyen, Emily 23 B40 Sicilian defence
Round 3. Fri 31st Mar 2017
Abrahamyan, Tatev 0-1 Krush, Irina 52 B15 Caro-Kann
Paikidze, Nazi 0-1 Zatonskih, Anna 129 D78 Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6
Foisor, Sabina-Francesca 1-0 Sharevich, Anna 46 D37 QGD
Feng, Maggie 1/2-1/2 Nemcova, Katerina 70 A37 English
Nguyen, Emily 0-1 Virkud, Apurva 49 D31 QGD
Yu, Jennifer R 1/2-1/2 Yip, Carissa 47 A05 Reti opening
Round 4. Sat 1st Apr 2017
Krush, Irina 0-1 Yu, Jennifer R 48 D11 QGD Slav
Nemcova, Katerina 1/2-1/2 Zatonskih, Anna 22 A40 Queen's pawn
Virkud, Apurva 0-1 Paikidze, Nazi 57 E06 Catalan
Feng, Maggie 1-0 Foisor, Sabina-Francesca 46 A07 Reti
Sharevich, Anna 1/2-1/2 Abrahamyan, Tatev 58 E18 Queen's Indian
Yip, Carissa 1-0 Nguyen, Emily 39 B43 Sicilian
Round 5. Sun 2nd Apr 2017
Zatonskih, Anna 1-0 Virkud, Apurva 29 D37 QGD
Paikidze, Nazi 1-0 Yip, Carissa 35 E04 Catalan
Abrahamyan, Tatev 1-0 Feng, Maggie 60 B47 Sicilian
Yu, Jennifer R 0-1 Sharevich, Anna 91 D00 Queen's pawn, Mason variation
Nguyen, Emily 0-1 Krush, Irina 62 D37 QGD
Foisor, Sabina-Francesca 1-0 Nemcova, Katerina 38 A84 Dutch defence

4) 1st Sharjah Masters 2017

The 1st Sharjah Masters took place 23rd to 31st March 2017. Wang Hao edged out Adhiban, Kravtsiv, Kryvoruchko, Sethuraman and Salem after all scored 7/9.

1st Sharjah Masters 2017 Sharjah UAE Thu 23rd Mar 2017 - Fri 31st Mar 2017
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
15Wang HaoCHN26837.00.047.050.0
26Adhiban B.IND26827.00.044.047.5
321Kravtsiv MartynUKR26417.00.044.046.5
42Kryvoruchko YuriyUKR27087.00.043.045.5
523Sethuraman S.P.IND26297.00.042.545.0
618Salem A.R. SalehUAE26527.00.041.042.5
74Naiditsch ArkadijAZE27026.50.046.549.0
816Fressinet LaurentFRA26626.50.045.047.5
917Amin BassemEGY26606.50.044.046.5
101Wojtaszek RadoslawPOL27456.50.043.546.0
1145Pichot AlanARG25566.50.043.545.0
1228Adly AhmedEGY25936.50.043.045.5
47Xu YinglunCHN25406.50.043.045.5
1413Sargissian GabrielARM26666.50.042.544.0
1536Maghsoodloo ParhamIRI25766.50.041.544.5
1615Mareco SandroARG26646.50.040.544.0
178Safarli EltajAZE26806.50.040.542.0
1822Bluebaum MatthiasGER26326.50.040.043.0
1954Xu XiangyuCHN25036.50.039.041.5
2012Iturrizaga Bonelli EduardoVEN26736.00.045.548.0
2111Akopian VladimirARM26756.00.044.547.5
227Areshchenko AlexanderUKR26826.00.042.545.0
2319Kuzubov YuriyUKR26436.00.042.544.5
2450Sunilduth Lyna NarayananIND25266.00.042.044.5
2531Gledura BenjaminHUN25886.00.041.545.0
2673Yakubboev NodirbekUZB24276.00.041.043.5
2720Oleksiyenko MykhayloUKR26436.00.040.543.5
72Abdusattorov NodirbekUZB24296.00.040.543.5
2964Narayanan SrinathIND24726.00.040.542.5
3059Debashis DasIND24806.00.040.042.5
3165Praggnanandhaa RIND24556.00.039.543.5
3227Bok BenjaminNED25966.00.039.542.5
3348Harika DronavalliIND25396.00.039.041.5
3442Santos Latasa JaimeESP25656.00.038.539.5
3555Stany G.A.IND24956.00.036.039.0
3610Jones Gawain C BENG26765.50.047.049.0
3757Deepan Chakkravarthy J.IND24835.50.044.047.0
3879Vignesh N RIND24055.50.042.546.0
3938Svane RasmusGER25705.50.041.544.5
49Vishnu Prasanna. VIND25345.50.041.544.5
230 players

5) Polish Chess Championship 2017

The Polish Chess Championship took place 21st to 30th March 2017. Kacper Piorun edged out Jacek Tomczak on tie-break after all scored 6/9.

ch-POL 2017 Warsaw POL Tue 21st Mar 2017 - Thu 30th Mar 2017
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiPtsTB1TB2
1Piorun, KacperGM6.026.004.0
2Tomczak, JacekGM6.022.753.0
3Gajewski, GrzegorzGM5.522.253.0
4Mista, AleksanderGM5.024.754.5
5Krasenkow, MichalGM5.018.502.5
6Bartel, MateuszGM4.518.002.0
7Heberla, BartlomiejGM4.517.252.0
8Socko, BartoszGM4.016.002.5
9Sadzikowski, DanielIM3.013.002.0
10Jarmula, LukaszIM1.56.501.0
10 players
ch-POL 2017 Warsaw POL Tue 21st Mar 2017 - Thu 30th Mar 2017. Category: 14. Ave: (2592)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Piorun, Kacper GM POL 2648 # 1 1 0 1 = = = = 1 6 2711
2 Tomczak, Jacek GM POL 2601 0 # 0 1 = = 1 1 1 1 6 2716
3 Gajewski, Grzegorz GM POL 2615 0 1 # = 1 0 = = 1 1 5.5 2669
4 Mista, Aleksander GM POL 2617 1 0 = # 1 1 1 = 0 0 5 2632
5 Krasenkow, Michal GM POL 2620 0 = 0 0 # 1 1 = 1 1 5 2632
6 Bartel, Mateusz GM POL 2638 = = 1 0 0 # 0 = 1 1 4.5 2587
7 Heberla, Bartlomiej GM POL 2577 = 0 = 0 0 1 # 1 = 1 4.5 2594
8 Socko, Bartosz GM POL 2590 = 0 = = = = 0 # = 1 4 2549
9 Sadzikowski, Daniel IM POL 2541 = 0 0 1 0 0 = = # = 3 2473
10 Jarmula, Lukasz IM POL 2473 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 = # 1.5 2332
Round 1. Tue 21st Mar 2017
Gajewski, Grzegorz 1/2-1/2 Socko, Bartosz 99 E21 Nimzo-Indian
Jarmula, Lukasz 0-1 Krasenkow, Michal 39 B30 Sicilian
Piorun, Kacper 1/2-1/2 Bartel, Mateusz 34 C84 Ruy Lopez
Tomczak, Jacek 1-0 Sadzikowski, Daniel 58 C53 Giuoco Piano
Mista, Aleksander 1-0 Heberla, Bartlomiej 59 C10 French
Round 2. Wed 22nd Mar 2017
Socko, Bartosz 0-1 Heberla, Bartlomiej 49 D35 QGD
Sadzikowski, Daniel 1-0 Mista, Aleksander 46 B90 Sicilian
Bartel, Mateusz 1/2-1/2 Tomczak, Jacek 39 C11 French
Krasenkow, Michal 0-1 Piorun, Kacper 41 D38 QGD
Gajewski, Grzegorz 1-0 Jarmula, Lukasz 35 D02 Queen's pawn game
Round 3. Thu 23rd Mar 2017
Jarmula, Lukasz 0-1 Socko, Bartosz 53 A17 English
Piorun, Kacper 1-0 Gajewski, Grzegorz 53 C45 Scotch
Tomczak, Jacek 1/2-1/2 Krasenkow, Michal 33 C81 Ruy Lopez
Mista, Aleksander 1-0 Bartel, Mateusz 49 C92 Ruy Lopez
Heberla, Bartlomiej 1/2-1/2 Sadzikowski, Daniel 52 A04 Reti opening
Round 4. Fri 24th Mar 2017
Socko, Bartosz 1/2-1/2 Sadzikowski, Daniel 48 B90 Sicilian
Bartel, Mateusz 0-1 Heberla, Bartlomiej 36 B40 Sicilian
Krasenkow, Michal 0-1 Mista, Aleksander 34 E10 Queen's pawn game
Gajewski, Grzegorz 1-0 Tomczak, Jacek 51 A49 King's Indian
Jarmula, Lukasz 0-1 Piorun, Kacper 28 D39 QGD
Round 5. Sat 25th Mar 2017
Piorun, Kacper 1/2-1/2 Socko, Bartosz 37 B65 Sicilian
Tomczak, Jacek 1-0 Jarmula, Lukasz 42 C43 Petrov
Mista, Aleksander 1/2-1/2 Gajewski, Grzegorz 31 C65 Ruy Lopez
Heberla, Bartlomiej 0-1 Krasenkow, Michal 41 B33 Sicilian
Sadzikowski, Daniel 0-1 Bartel, Mateusz 37 B10 Caro-Kann
Round 6. Sun 26th Mar 2017
Socko, Bartosz 1/2-1/2 Bartel, Mateusz 44 C67 Ruy Lopez
Krasenkow, Michal 1-0 Sadzikowski, Daniel 54 A33 English
Gajewski, Grzegorz 1/2-1/2 Heberla, Bartlomiej 33 D51 QGD
Jarmula, Lukasz 1-0 Mista, Aleksander 28 C73 Ruy Lopez
Piorun, Kacper 1-0 Tomczak, Jacek 74 A45 Queen's pawn game
Round 7. Mon 27th Mar 2017
Tomczak, Jacek 1-0 Socko, Bartosz 42 C95 Ruy Lopez
Mista, Aleksander 1-0 Piorun, Kacper 38 C65 Ruy Lopez
Heberla, Bartlomiej 1-0 Jarmula, Lukasz 53 A07 Reti
Sadzikowski, Daniel 0-1 Gajewski, Grzegorz 49 C67 Ruy Lopez
Bartel, Mateusz 0-1 Krasenkow, Michal 53 B40 Sicilian defence
Round 8. Tue 28th Mar 2017
Socko, Bartosz 1/2-1/2 Krasenkow, Michal 37 D85 Gruenfeld
Gajewski, Grzegorz 0-1 Bartel, Mateusz 47 A07 Reti
Jarmula, Lukasz 1/2-1/2 Sadzikowski, Daniel 30 B92 Sicilian
Piorun, Kacper 1/2-1/2 Heberla, Bartlomiej 21 B33 Sicilian
Tomczak, Jacek 1-0 Mista, Aleksander 59 B38 Sicilian
Round 9. Wed 29th Mar 2017
Mista, Aleksander 1/2-1/2 Socko, Bartosz 44 C08 French
Heberla, Bartlomiej 0-1 Tomczak, Jacek 41 B12 Caro-Kann
Sadzikowski, Daniel 1/2-1/2 Piorun, Kacper 21 C33 KGA
Bartel, Mateusz 1-0 Jarmula, Lukasz 32 B51 Sicilian
Krasenkow, Michal 0-1 Gajewski, Grzegorz 60 D38 QGD
ch-POL Women 2017 Warsaw POL Tue 21st Mar 2017 - Thu 30th Mar 2017
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiPtsTB1TB2
19Socko, MonikaGM7.029.004.0
27Kulon, KlaudiaWGM6.026.754.0
32Szczepkowska, KarinaIM5.520.002.0
41Majdan, JoannaWGM5.019.252.5
53Rajlich, IwetaIM5.017.251.5
610Kantane, AnnaWIM5.017.251.0
78Kiolbasa, OliwiaWIM4.017.752.0
84Zawadzka, JolantaWGM4.014.502.0
96Warakomska, AnnaWIM2.09.751.5
105Sliwicka, AlicjaWFM1.55.000.0
10 players
ch-POL Women 2017 Warsaw POL Tue 21st Mar 2017 - Thu 30th Mar 2017. Category: 4. Ave: (2347)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Socko, Monika GM POL 2466 # 0 1 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 7 2553
2 Kulon, Klaudia WGM POL 2371 1 # = 1 = 1 = 0 = 1 6 2469
3 Szczepkowska, Karina IM POL 2413 0 = # = = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2419
4 Majdan-Gajewska, Joanna WGM POL 2363 0 0 = # 1 1 1 0 = 1 5 2388
5 Kantane, Anna WIM POL 2230 0 = = 0 # 0 1 1 1 1 5 2403
6 Rajlich, Iweta IM POL 2389 0 0 = 0 1 # = 1 1 1 5 2385
7 Kiolbasa, Oliwia WIM POL 2204 = = = 0 0 = # 1 1 0 4 2319
8 Zawadzka, Jolanta WGM POL 2443 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 # 1 1 4 2293
9 Warakomska, Anna WIM POL 2343 = = 0 = 0 0 0 0 # = 2 2127
10 Sliwicka, Alicja WFM POL 2244 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = # 1.5 2085

6) Moscow Championship Final 2017

The Moscow Championship takes place 1st to 9th April 2017.

ch-Moscow Final 2017 Moscow RUS Sat 1st Apr 2017 - Sun 9th Apr 2017
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Gordievskiy Dmitriy SergeevichRUS25963523
28Sychev KlementiyRUS246134.51.53
33Lomasov Semen GennadevichRUS24892.53.512
45Zakhartsov Vladimir VyacheslavovichRUS24702.52.50.52
54Gavrilov Aleksey OlegovichRUS24872722
66Sarana Aleksey VasilevichRUS246426.522
710Naumkin IgorRUS2426251.52
89Kozionov Kirill NikolaevichRUS2440251.51
918Savenkov Konstantin EvgenevichRUS23242512
107Ivanov OlegUKR2462241.51
1114Eletskiy Ivan StanislavovichRUS23672411
35Kovtunenko Aleksandr IgorevichRUS20972411
132Paravyan David ArturovichRUS253423.51.51
1416Apryshko Gleb SergeevichRUS233423.512
23Glukhovskiy Mark VladimirovichRUS226223.512
1621Kovalev Egor NikolaevichRUS229122.50.52
1730Cherenkov Andrey AndreevichRUS21901.561.51
1811Dvalishvili PavelRUS24231.55.521
1926Kalinin NikitaRUS22081.54.521
2017Denishev MaratRUS23331.541.51
2113Eritsyan AramRUS23721.5311
32Antonov AleksandrRUS21681.5311
2325Tarasov OlegRUS225215.51.50
2412Geyvondyan ArmanRUS23881521
2531Mikhaylovskiy VladislavRUS21751520
2620Shvedchikov AnatoliyRUS2293151.50
2733Kurdakov YuriyRUS215214.520
2815Obolentseva Aleksandra SergeevnRUS234614.51.50
2927Makaryan RudikRUS22071421
3028Koshevoy SergeyRUS220613.51.51
3134Voronkov DenisRUS214913.51.50
3222Ageychenko GennadiyRUS22640.56.52.50
3324Selivanov IvanRUS22590.5620
3419Salman PavelRUS229504.51.50
3529Kornilovich DmitriyRUS22020410
35 players
ch-Moscow Women 2017 Moscow RUS Sat 1st Apr 2017 - Sun 9th Apr 2017
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
13Dimitrova Aleksandra NikolaevnRUS224634.51.53
24Gvantseladze Anna AleksandrovnaRUS22382.56.522
36Smirnova EkaterinaRUS22022.54.51.52
7Drozdova DinaRUS21962.54.51.52
510Utyatskaya IrinaRUS2152251.52
612Akopova AnnaRUS211923.51.51
711Alieva Aleksandra AleksandrovnRUS213823.50.52
816Afanaseva AleksandraRUS1950230.52
918Zakariadze IrinaRUS18831.55.51.50
1019Yurovskikh QsminRUS18801.551.51
112Mirzoeva Elmira NazimovnaRUS22791.551.50
121Fominykh MariyaRUS23011.54.51.51
125Zherebtsova Aleksandra PetrovnaRUS22221.54.51.51
129Kharmunova Nadezhda PetrovnaRUS21561.54.51.51
1214Borisova Ekaterina SergeevnaRUS20781.54.51.51
1613Bogachkova AlenaRUS21051.541.51
1723Ilina LadaRUS162415.520
1822Kruglikova Viktoriya OlegovnaRUS179614.520
1915Zaytseva LyudmilaRUS195314.51.51
208Martynyuk Elizaveta AndreevnaRUS21650.551.50
2121Kirchey ViktoriyaRUS18140.54.51.50
2217Sayafarova AnnaRUS19020.53.51.50
2320Esaulova MarfaRUS182604.51.50
23 players

7) 19th Dubai Open 2017

The 19th Dubai Open takes place 3rd to 12th April 2017.

19th Dubai Open 2017 Dubai UAE Mon 3rd Apr 2017 - Wed 12th Apr 2017
Leading Round 1 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Areshchenko AlexanderGMUKR26861.00.00.00.0
3Safarli EltajGMAZE26801.00.00.00.0
4Anton Guijarro DavidGMESP26791.00.00.00.0
5Akopian VladimirGMARM26751.00.00.00.0
6Iturrizaga Bonelli EduardoGMVEN26711.00.00.00.0
7Jones Gawain C BGMENG26711.00.00.00.0
8Vidit Santosh GujrathiGMIND26701.00.00.00.0
9Sargissian GabrielGMARM26661.00.00.00.0
10Rakhmanov AleksandrGMRUS26651.00.00.00.0
11Amin BassemGMEGY26631.00.00.00.0
12Mareco SandroGMARG26551.00.00.00.0
14Oleksiyenko MykhayloGMUKR26431.00.00.00.0
15Salgado Lopez IvanGMESP26411.00.00.00.0
16Zhang ZhongGMSGP26411.00.00.00.0
17Zhigalko SergeiGMBLR26391.00.00.00.0
18Yilmaz MustafaGMTUR26141.00.00.00.0
19Gupta AbhijeetGMIND26071.00.00.00.0
20Bok BenjaminGMNED26051.00.00.00.0
21Mchedlishvili MikheilGMGEO26021.00.00.00.0
22Adly AhmedGMEGY25971.00.00.00.0
23Tari AryanGMNOR25971.00.00.00.0
24Indjic AleksandarGMSRB25891.00.00.00.0
25Pantsulaia LevanGMGEO25891.00.00.00.0
26Abasov NijatGMAZE25881.00.00.00.0
27Antipov Mikhail Al.GMRUS25861.00.00.00.0
28Can EmreGMTUR25781.00.00.00.0
30Lalith Babu M RGMIND25711.00.00.00.0
31Santos Latasa JaimeIMESP25651.00.00.00.0
32Fier AlexandrGMBRA25621.00.00.00.0
33Xu YinglunCHN25571.00.00.00.0
34Pichot AlanGMARG25561.00.00.00.0
35Sunilduth Lyna NarayananGMIND25511.00.00.00.0
37Mastrovasilis AthanasiosGMGRE25241.00.00.00.0
38Karthikeyan P.IMIND25071.00.00.00.0
40Xu XiangyuIMCHN25031.00.00.00.0
41Debashis DasGMIND25011.00.00.00.0
42Stany G.A.IMIND24951.00.00.00.0
43Firouzja AlirezaIMIRI24921.00.00.00.0
44Salomon JohanIMNOR24871.00.00.00.0
45Deepan Chakkravarthy J.GMIND24831.00.00.00.0
46Santos Ruiz MiguelIMESP24801.00.00.00.0
48Kotanjian TigranGMARM24691.00.00.00.0
51Praggnanandhaa RIMIND24471.00.00.00.0
52Pascua HaridasIMPHI24411.00.00.00.0
53Nitin S.IMIND24321.00.00.00.0
54Asadli VugarIMAZE24311.00.00.00.0
55Tania SachdevIMIND24291.00.00.00.0
56Vignesh N RIMIND24111.00.00.00.0
57Viani Antonio DcunhaIMIND24101.00.00.00.0
58Dimakiling OliverIMPHI24061.00.00.00.0
214 players

8) Karpos Open 2017

The Karpos Open takes place 1st to 7th April 2017.

Karpos Open 2017 Skopje MKD Sat 1st Apr 2017 - Fri 7th Apr 2017
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Artemiev VladislavGMRUS26773.04.031276.0
26Hovhannisyan RobertGMARM26193.04.030806.0
37Korneev OlegGMESP25943.04.030566.0
430Bogdanovski VlatkoGMMKD23883.04.030416.0
514Blagojevic DragisaGMMNE24623.04.029986.0
621Erdogdu MertIMTUR24463.04.029656.0
720Nasuta GrzegorzIMPOL24473.04.029646.0
84Kozul ZdenkoGMCRO26313.03.530976.0
98Ter-Sahakyan SamvelGMARM25813.03.530606.0
1012Djukic NikolaGMMNE25153.03.530246.0
1146Paszewski MateuszPOL23093.03.528906.0
1223Petrov MartinIMBUL24383.03.528836.0
139Kovchan AlexanderGMUKR25773.03.030356.0
1416Anurag MhamalIMIND24543.03.029876.0
1522Nguyen PiotrIMPOL24443.03.029606.0
1651Gokerkan Cem KaanFMTUR22802.54.525895.5
1715Livaic LeonIMCRO24602.54.524585.5
1824Drazic SinisaGMSRB24312.54.524195.5
1911Petrosyan ManuelIMARM25462.54.505.5
43Urazayev ArystanbekCMKAZ23202.54.505.5
192Eftovski SashoMKD02.54.505.5
223Georgiev KirilGMBUL26332.54.025645.5
2328Tomazini ZanIMSLO23982.54.025215.5
2431Saraci NderimFMKOS23862.54.024805.5
2518Goryachkina AleksandraWGMRUS24522.54.024505.5
2644Goriatchkin JouriFMRUS23132.54.024145.5
2713Cossin SebastienIMFRA24992.53.524535.0
2810Aleksandrov AleksejGMBLR25682.53.524525.0
2934Klek Hanna MarieGER23762.53.023575.0
3038Petrov Vladimir SergeevIMBUL23532.53.022264.5
315Demchenko AntonGMRUS26282.05.024065.0
3225Percivaldi MartinIMDEN24292.05.023865.0
3329Rzayev BahruzIMAZE23912.05.023535.0
3436Rogac SrdjanFMSRB23592.05.023315.0
3517Sadikhov UlviIMAZE24532.05.023045.0
3688Gjorshev LjupchoMKD20802.05.022885.0
3739Nikolovski NikolaFMMKD23532.05.022845.0
3842Tuncer TunaFMTUR23252.05.005.0
3926Berzinsh RolandIMLAT24282.04.524015.0
4064Olsen Filip BoeFMDEN21972.04.523744.5
4127Zlatanovic BoroljubIMSRB24022.04.523725.0
4233Stathopoulos IoannisFMGRE23772.04.523175.0
4345Lazov ToniFMMKD23102.04.522145.0
4467Ilic LjubomirFMMKD21802.04.521674.0
452Savchenko BorisGMRUS26362.04.023764.0
4670Dorfanis IlarionGRE21642.04.023144.5
4752Ermeni AvniFMKOS22592.04.023134.0
4885Arda Cagil IrmakWCMTUR20892.04.023115.0
4941Bjerre JonasFMDEN23422.04.022765.0
5019Stopa JacekGMPOL24512.04.022624.5
197 players

9) Polar Capital Jersey Open 2017

The Polar Capital Jersey Open takes place 1st to 8th April 2017.

Polar Capital Jersey Open St Clement Bay JCI Sat 1st Apr 2017 - Sat 8th Apr 2017
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
17RUDD JackIMENG21774.09.55.09.50
25ABBAS DanielFMENG22853.010.55.06.50
32HILLARP PERSSON TigerGMSWE25033.010.04.06.00
44MERRY Alan BIMENG24123.09.04.06.50
53HEBDEN Mark LGMENG24943.07.53.54.50
61SPEELMAN Jon SGMENG25113.07.03.54.50
710HEPPELL Ian NENG20812.57.04.04.25
815RESNJANSKIJ DenisGER20422.010.05.04.50
911WADDINGTON Mike PFMENG20612.09.05.03.00
1019PLEASANTS Allan JWLS19822.09.04.54.50
119THALWITZER DavidGER21142.09.04.04.00
126HOUSE Glenn LFMENG22112.09.04.03.00
1325ANDERSEN Niels ErikDEN19002.08.54.04.25
148KLINGHER DominicAGMENG21162.08.54.03.50
29WEBSTER Jim JSCO18072.08.54.03.50
1613ROBERTSON Ian C.SCO20532.07.54.03.75
1724BROOKFIELD TobyCMGCI19032.07.04.03.00
1820WOJCIECHOWSKI PaulCMJCI19792.07.03.52.00
1917KIRBY Peter J.CMGCI19852.07.03.02.50
2027HICKMAN John EENG18972.06.53.53.00
2114ROSEN Daniel BCMENG20472.05.53.02.00
2212BELZO KrzysztofCMJCI20591.510.05.02.75
2322SIKKEL DirkNED19471.58.03.02.00
2421MORRISS PeteIRL19721.57.54.02.00
2528BAKKER JoopNED18701.56.54.02.00
2623SPANTON Tim RENG19271.56.53.51.75
2718BRYANT Richard B EENG19841.07.03.01.25
2826FORBES GarryCMJCI18981.06.03.01.00
2916BOXALL GrahamJCI19930.59.04.00.25
29 players

10) Queen City IM Norm 2017

The Queen City IM Norm tournament took place 23rd to 27th March 2017. Levan Bregadze won with 7/9.

Queen City IM Norm 2017 Manchester USA Thu 23rd Mar 2017 - Mon 27th Mar 2017
Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
RkNameRtg12345678910Pts
1Bregadze, Levan2551W5W6D2D3W4L5W6W2D4D37.0
2Ivanov, Alexander2567W6W3D1D4D5W6L3L1W5W46.5
3Sarkar, Justin Joe2446D4L2W5D1D6D4W2D5W6D16.0
4Shmelov, Denys2507D3W5D6D2L1D3D5W6D1L25.0
5Gorti, Akshita2315L1L4L3W6D2W1D4D3L2W64.5
6Kumar, Nikhil2394L2L1D4L5D3L2L1L4L3L51.0
6 players

11) ch-GER Women 2017

The German Women's Championship takes place 30th March to 8th April 2017.

ch-GER Women 2017 Bad Wiessee GER Thu 30th Mar 2017 - Sat 8th Apr 2017
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
13Schleining ZoyaGER23463.57.52120
24Schneider JanaGER22083.09.02181
32Osmanodja FilizGER23683.08.52124
41Michna MartaGER23833.07.52178
57Schulze LaraGER21573.06.52085
65Straub NataliaGER21882.58.52057
715Kluge HeidemarieGER19402.57.52083
89Frey AlisaGER20552.57.02017
916Zimmer ElkeGER19382.56.51972
1011Ries JuttaGER19832.55.51924
118Schmidt JadeGER21312.08.01918
1210Klotz SonjaGER20052.07.51954
1319Hielscher UrsulaGER17962.05.51973
146Jussupow NadiaGER21611.58.52108
1513Just Anita Dr.GER19711.57.01915
1620Mao YvonneGER17621.56.51961
1714Lange CeciliaGER19511.56.51927
1818Grund MelanieGER18041.07.51932
1922Arnhold SteffiGER15911.06.02009
2017Roos KarinGER18361.04.01850
2112Henrichs WenkeGER19730.57.01998
2221Morosova SvetlanaGER16740.55.51938
22 players

12) Shanghai Gulf Cup 2017

The Shanghai Gulf Cup Chinese Junior tournament took place 27th to 31st March 2017. Xu Yi won with 4.5/7.

Shanghai Gulf Cup 2017 Shanghai CHN Mon 27th Mar 2017 - Fri 31st Mar 2017
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Xu YiCHN24444.50.015.003
23Liu YanCHN24144.01.013.501
7Wang TongsenCHN23854.01.013.501
44Peng XiongjianCHN24234.01.012.502
52Xu MinghuiCHN22833.01.510.001
65Hu YuCHN20073.01.010.251
76Dai ChangrenCHN24383.00.511.251
88Chen Qi BCHN23282.50.08.500
8 players
Shanghai Gulf Cup 2017 Shanghai CHN Mon 27th Mar 2017 - Fri 31st Mar 2017. Category: 4. Ave: (2340)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts TPR
1 Xu, Yi IM CHN 2444 # = = 1 0 1 = 1 4.5 2427
2 Liu, Yan FM CHN 2414 = # = = = = 1 = 4 2380
3 Wang, Tongsen CHN 2385 = = # = = = 1 = 4 2384
4 Peng, Xiongjian CHN 2423 0 = = # 1 = = 1 4 2378
5 Dai, Changren CHN 2438 1 = = 0 # 0 = = 3 2276
6 Hu, Yu CHN 2007 0 = = = 1 # 0 = 3 2338
7 Xu, Minghui CHN 2283 = 0 0 = = 1 # = 3 2298
8 Chen, Qi b CHN 2328 0 = = 0 = = = # 2.5 2240

13) 11th Serbian Championship 2017

The 11th Serbian Championship took place 23rd to 31st March 2017. Ivan Ivanisevic took the title on tie-break from Robert Markus after all scored 6.5/9.

11th ch-SRB 2017 Kragujevac SRB Thu 23rd Mar 2017 - Fri 31st Mar 2017
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgTB1TB2TB3
19Ivanisevic IvanGMSRB26306.50.50
22Markus RobertGMSRB26716.50.50
34Perunovic MilosGMSRB26115.00.00
43Damljanovic BrankoGMSRB25484.50.00
55Milanovic DaniloGMSRB25024.00.00
61Pap MisaGMSRB24933.50.00
78Irizanin RadojeFMSRB23482.50.00
87Todorovic Goran MGMSRB24572.00.00
96Radovanovic MihajloIMSRB23571.50.00
9 players

14) 28th NATO Chess 2017

The 28th NATO Chess took place 26th March to 1st April 2017. Alexander Rosenkilde edged out Finn Pedersen on tie-break after both scored 6/7.

28th NATO Chess 2017 Budapest HUN Sun 26th Mar 2017 - Sat 1st Apr 2017
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
110Rosenkilde AlexanderDEN22466.031.023.50.0
27Pedersen FinnFMDEN22956.029.521.00.0
33Pavlidis AnastasiosIMGRE23805.532.523.00.0
413Valeinis JanisLAT22145.531.022.50.0
55Helbig MarkFMGER23425.529.520.50.0
612Sypien MateuszPOL22285.529.021.00.0
71Ladva OttomarGMEST25295.528.520.50.0
82Drabke Lorenz MaximilianIMGER24665.033.024.00.0
919Bohn UlrichGER21675.030.021.00.0
10105Williams AbiyeUSA05.029.521.00.0
1114Michos ThomasGRE22075.029.020.50.0
1239Cheung JanNED20455.026.519.00.0
1318Sycz DariuszPOL21765.026.518.00.0
144Przedmojski RafalPOL23604.531.522.00.0
17Werksma ArieNED21924.531.522.00.0
1611Pietruszewski MarcinPOL22344.530.022.50.0
1738Casteleijn DiederickNED20484.530.021.50.0
1815Andersen Hans-ChristophGER22054.529.521.00.0
1930Krainski SlawomirPOL20964.529.020.50.0
2027Marquardt ChristianGER21164.527.519.50.0
219Binder TamasFMHUN22474.527.019.00.0
2226Mestek IgorSLO21324.527.018.50.0
2329Graczyk DamianPOL21064.526.519.00.0
2425Kende Gyorgy Dr.CMHUN21364.525.518.50.0
2520Kersic MatejSLO21674.525.517.50.0
2650Dusak AljazSLO19844.032.523.50.0
2722Kedzierski SlawomirPOL21484.030.522.00.0
2821Pavlidou EkateriniWIMGRE21664.029.520.50.0
298Wantiez FabriceFMBEL22654.028.520.00.0
306Liptay LaszloIMHUN23204.028.020.50.0
3168Middaugh Jon SUSA18424.027.521.00.0
3244Wells Daniel JENG20094.026.520.00.0
3343Pirs MatjazSLO20244.025.518.50.0
3431Papista AkosHUN20964.025.518.00.0
3535Oltean GusztavHUN20544.025.518.00.0
3623Schott GuidoGER21464.025.518.00.0
3736Cichy KamilPOL20524.025.517.50.0
3852Randall Gordon JUSA19704.025.019.00.0
3932Aagaard GertDEN20654.024.517.50.0
4041Farrell John FUSA20314.024.016.50.0
105 players

15) ch-St Petersburg 2017

The 90th Championship of St Petersburg took place 21st to 30th March 2017. Evgeny Alekseev won with 8.5/11.

90th ch-St Petersburg St Petersburg RUS Tue 21st Mar 2017 - Thu 30th Mar 2017
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
17Alekseev EvgenyRUS26188.543.2560.0
28Levin Evgeny A.RUS25187.538.7550.0
34Saveliev AlexeiRUS23626.031.2540.0
43Duzhakov IlyaRUS24246.030.7550.0
51Alekseenko KirillRUS25886.029.2550.0
611Fraiman DmitryRUS22555.028.5030.0
75Usmanov VasilyRUS24435.027.2530.0
82Lobanov SergeiRUS24295.026.5030.0
910Dilmukhametov ArturRUS22984.524.5020.0
1012Azimov IlyasRUS21384.521.5040.0
116Pershin DenisRUS23064.020.2530.0
129Schekachikhin MaksimRUS23804.020.2520.0
12 players
90th ch-St Petersburg St Petersburg RUS Tue 21st Mar 2017 - Thu 30th Mar 2017. Category: 6. Ave: (2397)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts TPR
1 Alekseev, Evgeny GM RUS 2618 # = = 1 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 8.5 2587
2 Levin, Evgeny A. GM RUS 2518 = # = = 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 = 7.5 2519
3 Saveliev, Alexei RUS 2362 = = # 0 0 1 1 = = 1 0 1 6 2436
4 Duzhakov, Ilya FM RUS 2424 0 = 1 # 1 = 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 2430
5 Alekseenko, Kirill GM RUS 2588 0 0 1 0 # 1 1 1 0 = 1 = 6 2415
6 Fraiman, Dmitry RUS 2255 = 1 0 = 0 # = 1 = 0 0 1 5 2373
7 Usmanov, Vasily IM RUS 2443 = = 0 1 0 = # 0 = 1 0 1 5 2356
8 Lobanov, Sergei RUS 2429 = 0 = 1 0 0 1 # = 0 1 = 5 2358
9 Dilmukhametov, Artur RUS 2298 0 0 = 1 1 = = = # 0 = 0 4.5 2341
10 Azimov, Ilyas RUS 2138 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 1 1 # 1 0 4.5 2355
11 Pershin, Denis RUS 2306 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 = 0 # = 4 2303
12 Schekachikhin, Maksim FM RUS 2380 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 1 = # 4 2296
ch-St Petersburg w 2017 St Petersburg RUS Tue 21st Mar 2017 - Thu 30th Mar 2017
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
15Korchagina ViktoriaRUS21067.046.544.06.0
23Styazhkina AnnaRUS22196.548.544.05.0
32Chernyak ViktoriaRUS22486.044.542.04.0
412Zavgorodniaya AlenaRUS20326.044.541.55.0
57Tskhadadze AnnaRUS20695.549.047.03.0
613Shakirova RenataRUS20145.549.045.04.0
71Belenkaya DinaRUS23385.546.542.54.0
84Petrochenko MariaRUS21115.546.042.53.0
96Illina NataliaUKR21025.538.536.54.0
108Azimova KarinaRUS20605.048.545.05.0
1118Yurasova DariaRUS18105.047.042.54.0
1224Titievskaya ElizavetaRUS17235.035.533.55.0
139Chuprova IrinaRUS20594.543.040.03.0
1415Shapar TatianaRUS19844.541.538.54.0
1525Kovalenko KleopatraRUS16054.536.534.54.0
1610Kiseleva ArinaRUS20454.042.040.02.0
1711Nazarova AnastasiaFIN20424.040.538.53.0
1823Protasova AnastasiaRUS17554.031.029.03.0
1921Pankova JuliaRUS17883.537.535.53.0
2022Bodnaruk KseniyaRUS17643.532.030.02.0
2126Grubova SofiaRUS15813.033.031.03.0
2217Berdashkevich SvetlanaRUS18692.538.536.52.0
2319Borunova TatianaRUS17962.532.030.01.0
2420Shkalikova MarinaRUS17952.530.528.51.0
2514Kolesnikova KristinaRUS20102.037.534.51.0
2616Zhivotovskaya AsyaRUS18850.026.025.00.0
26 players

16) ch-ROU 2017

The Romanian Championship took place 25th March to 2nd April 2017. Andrei Istratescu won with 7.5/9.

ch-ROU 2017 Calimanesti-Caciulata ROU Sat 25th Mar 2017 - Sun 2nd Apr 2017
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
14Istratescu AndreiROU25797.546.026730.0
21Lupulescu ConstantinROU26207.048.526730.0
38Manolache MariusROU24966.549.025880.0
42Parligras Mircea-EmilianROU26016.547.525910.0
53Deac Bogdan-DanielROU25846.546.025320.0
617David Alexandru-VasileROU23796.542.025470.0
715Anton TeodorROU24126.048.025000.0
812Costachi MihneaROU24606.047.024460.0
95Nevednichy VladislavROU25476.045.524740.0
1022Dolana Andrei-TheodorROU23106.038.023200.0
1111Georgescu Tiberiu-MarianROU24655.545.024350.0
1229Banzea Alexandru-BogdanROU22325.545.024290.0
136Marin MihailROU25395.545.024190.0
147Miron Lucian-CostinROU25025.543.023530.0
1518Toma Radu-CristianROU23785.542.523580.0
1616Dobre Claudiu-CristianROU23875.542.023930.0
1713Badea BelaROU24565.541.523830.0
189Ardelean George-CatalinROU24935.541.523310.0
1923Vrencian LehelROU22965.541.522790.0
2027Ionescu MihaiROU22745.541.023700.0
2120Bonte Andrei-MihaiROU23255.539.022500.0
2235Chima Radu-NiculinROU21415.535.522370.0
2330Pisu Robert-DanielROU22295.041.023360.0
2414Bida Mihai-EugenROU24495.041.023160.0
2531Vasiesiu VictorROU22285.040.022920.0
2624Stanciu Alexandru-OvidiuROU22855.039.522520.0
2726Martian Dragos-DanielROU22755.037.022170.0
2857Isfan Ioan-MariusROU19555.036.522600.0
2945Olinici EmanuelROU20695.036.022250.0
3033Toma Andreica AlinROU21995.035.021480.0
3140Talu MirceaROU20914.542.522540.0
3219Posedaru BogdanROU23384.542.022490.0
3328Gilea LucianROU22554.540.522720.0
3446Gulie CosminROU20574.540.022160.0
3525Patrascu Catalin-LucianROU22754.540.021670.0
3634Ursan Petru-SebastianROU21554.538.521700.0
3737Raducanu Andrei-AugustinROU21324.538.021750.0
3832Daianu Cristian-ClementROU22094.537.522340.0
3943Antonica Dragos-AndreiROU20884.536.022020.0
4038Ognean Mihnea-IonutROU21284.040.520760.0
70 players
ch-ROU w 2017 Calimanesti-Caciulata ROU Sat 25th Mar 2017 - Sun 2nd Apr 2017
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Peptan Corina-Isabela23908.045.025300.0
22Bulmaga Irina23888.043.525270.0
38Cosman Andreea-Marioara21206.046.022990.0
43Cosma Elena-Luminita23136.044.022720.0
57Dragomirescu Angela22105.542.521260.0
64Sgircea Silvia-Raluca22765.047.021650.0
79Visanescu Daria-Ioana20365.046.522360.0
86Ionescu Irina22535.035.019870.0
914Nastase Andreea-Cristina18885.033.519930.0
1019Bogdan Elizaveta17634.542.020080.0
1111Jakab Kincso19734.536.019360.0
1216Panainte Andreea-Bianca18504.529.518300.0
135Sandu Mihaela22614.039.520020.0
1418Balan Briana-Cleopatra18064.035.518910.0
1512Ciocan Maria-Alexandra18974.035.518590.0
1613Aciu Malina-Andreea18934.033.519060.0
1710Stanciu Ioana-Georgiana20294.033.018880.0
1817Firaru Roxana-Maria18353.533.518120.0
1915Didiliuc Dariana-Gabriela18763.031.517730.0
2021Cristocea Gabriela14983.031.516480.0
2120Porcoleanu Doina-Olga15842.529.516050.0
21 players

17) World Amateur Championship 2017

The World Amateur Championship takes place in Spoleto 1st to 8th April 2017.

World Amateur U2300 Spoleto ITA Sat 1st Apr 2017 - Sat 8th Apr 2017
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
111Ugrenovic BozidarSRB22253.00.04.05.5
26Pahomov RuslanRUS22563.00.04.04.0
312Skreno VladimirSVK22233.00.03.55.0
435Itgelt KhuyagtsogtMGL20992.50.04.05.5
55Alhuwar JasemFMUAE22602.50.04.05.5
622Bigabylov ZhubanKAZ21862.50.04.05.0
73Gutierrez RenzoPER22822.50.04.05.0
82Zhunussov BibekKAZ23062.50.03.04.5
98Ghannoum MarcFMCAN22342.50.03.03.5
101Pogosyan StefanRUS23872.50.03.03.5
114Gunbayar MyagmarsurenFMMGL22782.00.05.07.0
129Win TunMYA22302.00.05.06.0
1329Karmov MazhmudinRUS21352.00.04.55.5
1417Bayarmaa BayarjargalWFMMGL21932.00.04.04.5
1532Grinev BorisRUS21292.00.03.54.0
1614Maddens MartijnCMBEL22062.00.03.53.5
1710Rahul Kumar PuneIND22282.00.03.04.5
1823Caprino MarcoITA21862.00.03.04.0
36Guerrero Fuentes CarlosFMECU20732.00.03.04.0
2026Bognar Csaba Dr.FMHUN21662.00.03.03.5
2119Verrascina RobertoITA21901.50.05.06.0
2231Hurtado Bahamonde RodrigoCHI21331.50.05.05.5
2348Ehab MohamedEGY20241.50.04.55.5
2443Grapsa GeorgiaWFMGRE20491.50.04.55.0
257Cmiel ThorstenFMGER22341.50.04.05.5
15Lam Daniel King-WaiFMHKG22021.50.04.05.5
2720Nannelli PaoloCMITA21891.50.04.05.0
2824Kanep SiimEST21731.50.04.04.5
2944Isaakidis AlexandrosCYP20421.50.04.04.5
3057Adamova TuyaraRUS19841.50.03.55.0
3142Tolibayev TimurKAZ20531.50.03.55.0
52Paolillo GaiaWFMITA20111.50.03.55.0
3337Battistella StefanoITA20671.50.03.54.0
61Taksrud VidarNOR19301.50.03.54.0
3513Sahil TickooIND22221.50.03.54.0
34Calandri FaustoITA21071.50.03.54.0
3747Dudin GlebRUS20311.50.03.04.0
3828Sie ThuMYA21441.50.03.04.0
3925Cech DominikSVK21721.50.03.04.0
4021Sprotte NorbertGER21891.50.02.53.5
64 players

18) 33rd Mukachevo Rating 2017

The 33rd Mukachevo Rating tournament took place 27th to 31st March 2017. Robert Oros edged out Viktor Skliarov on tie-break after both scored 6.5/9.

33rd Mukachevo Rating IM Mukachevo UKR Mon 27th Mar 2017 - Fri 31st Mar 2017
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
14Oros RobertFMUKR22306.527.000.04
26Skliarov ViktorFMUKR23796.524.000.05
35Matviishen ViktorFMUKR24056.023.250.03
410Shkuran DanyloIMUKR24525.522.000.02
58Boricsev OlegIMHUN23435.024.250.01
63Tiba VladyslavUKR23025.017.250.03
71Kagramanianz VartanIMARM22923.515.000.00
87Vachylya AndriyUKR22313.512.250.01
99Sevostianov PavelIMRUS22483.09.500.01
102Ganze LaszloHUN20200.51.750.00
10 players
33rd Mukachevo Rating IM Mukachevo UKR Mon 27th Mar 2017 - Fri 31st Mar 2017. Category: 2. Ave: (2290)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Oros, Robert FM UKR 2230 # 1 = = = 1 = = 1 1 6.5 2463
2 Skliarov, Viktor FM UKR 2379 0 # = = = 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2446
3 Matviishen, Viktor FM UKR 2405 = = # = = = = 1 1 1 6 2402
4 Shkuran, Danylo IM UKR 2452 = = = # = = = 1 = 1 5.5 2352
5 Boricsev, Oleg IM HUN 2343 = = = = # = = = = 1 5 2327
6 Tiba, Vladyslav UKR 2302 0 0 = = = # 1 = 1 1 5 2332
7 Kagramanianz, Vartan IM ARM 2292 = 0 = = = 0 # = = = 3.5 2210
8 Vachylya, Andriy UKR 2231 = 0 0 0 = = = # = 1 3.5 2217
9 Sevostianov, Pavel IM RUS 2248 0 0 0 = = 0 = = # 1 3 2170
10 Ganze, Laszlo HUN 2020 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 # 0.5 1876

19) Chebanenko Memorial Rapid 2017

The Chebanenko Memorial Rapid took place 31st March to 1st April 2017. Olexandr Bortnyk scored 7.5/9 half a point clear of Evgeny Postny and Vitaliy Bernadskiy but it seems he didn't win the event as the top two met in a blitz tie-break and Postny won 2-0. Very odd rules if you ask me.

Chebanenko Rapid Open Chisinau MDA Fri 31st Mar 2017 - Sat 1st Apr 2017
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Bortnyk OlexandrUKR26777.541.042.0039.0
25Postny EvgenyISR25967.042.037.7539.5
33Bernadskiy VitaliyUKR26617.039.033.5035.5
44Romanov EvgenyRUS25986.038.530.7530.0
516Gashimov SarkhanAZE23716.038.523.5028.5
612Komliakov ViktorMDA24246.037.026.2528.5
71Short Nigel DENG27445.541.529.7528.5
87Bologan VictorMDA25725.531.019.7521.5
99Svetushkin DmitryMDA25325.042.524.5031.0
1014Djuric StefanSRB23955.039.520.5028.0
118Vovk YuriUKR25635.038.017.5025.0
1211Hasangatin RamilRUS24735.035.520.7524.5
1318Fingerov DmitryUKR23005.035.519.2522.5
1415Soltanici RuslanMDA23805.034.518.0024.0
1517Zajarnyi AnatolyiMDA23184.537.521.7525.0
1613Zhu ChenQAT24094.537.520.5026.0
1719Itkis BorisROU22994.535.518.7522.0
186Stupak KirillBLR25944.535.020.0026.0
1920Macovei AndreiMDA22544.533.017.7522.0
2023Ianocichin VictorMDA21734.531.015.2519.5
2121Morozov NichitaMDA22324.039.514.5023.0
2210Kovalev DenisUKR25024.036.016.2523.0
2331Talmaci AlexandruMDA18264.028.510.0017.0
2422Mashinskaya IuliaRUS22153.531.010.7515.5
2529Gitu Paula-AlexandraMDA19143.528.56.7515.5
2627Gasik PiotrPOL20023.528.08.5015.0
2725Chircu VadimMDA21253.032.59.0017.0
2826Voloshchuk IliyaUKR20653.028.55.008.0
2930Nicora CristiMDA19043.027.55.5012.0
3028Martinovici IlieMDA19512.534.07.7515.0
3124Petrenko SvetlanaMDA21622.527.05.7512.5
3232Martinenco SergiuMDA17680.027.00.000.0
32 players
Chebanenko Blitz TB Chisinau MDA Fri 31st Mar 2017 - Sat 1st Apr 2017
Leading Final Round 2 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg12Pts
1Postny, EvgenyGMISR2606112
2Bortnyk, OlexandrGMUKR2570000
2 players

20) Norberto La Porta Cup 2017

The Norberto La Porta Cup took place 25th to 31st March 2017. Axel Bachmann won with 8/9.

Norberto La Porta Cup Buenos Aires ARG Sat 25th Mar 2017 - Fri 31st Mar 2017
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Bachmann AxelGMPAR26468.00.051.548.00
26Hoffman AlejandroGMARG24887.50.048.542.50
35Hernandez Guerrero GilbertoGMMEX24997.00.051.042.75
42Perez Ponsa FedericoGMARG25777.00.050.543.25
510Real De Azua ErnestoIMARG24787.00.048.539.50
616Acosta Pablo IsmaelIMARG24287.00.048.539.00
714Sosa TomasIMARG24597.00.047.042.75
811Slipak SergioGMARG24657.00.046.040.25
925Julia ErnestoIMARG23607.00.045.036.50
1027Benedetti JulioIMARG23407.00.041.537.25
114Mekhitarian Krikor SevagGMBRA25446.50.051.538.75
123Flores DiegoGMARG25686.50.050.537.50
137Hungaski Robert AndrewGMUSA24886.50.050.036.75
1419Perez MaximilianoIMARG24066.50.050.035.75
158Cuenca Jimenez Jose FernandoGMESP24796.50.049.538.00
1621Dolezal CristianIMARG23896.50.048.035.75
1723Mahia GustavoIMARG23656.50.047.534.00
1835Mayorga NicolasFMARG22846.50.046.534.75
1939Cimer EmanuelARG22586.50.046.534.75
2038Zapata Charles SantiagoFMARG22736.50.046.033.25
2115Villanueva MarioIMARG24386.50.045.535.25
2220Pierrot FacundoIMARG23926.50.045.033.00
2330Perelman HernanFMARG23276.50.043.533.50
2431Fell SebastianFMARG23096.50.043.532.75
2513Valerga DiegoGMARG24606.50.043.034.25
2634Cuevas AlexFMARG22886.50.043.033.00
2724Martinez Martin DavidIMESP23656.50.042.532.25
2847Perez Pietronave CarlosFMARG22146.50.042.028.25
2963Carraro DeniseWIMARG21286.50.041.032.50
3026Llanos GuillermoIMARG23526.50.039.531.25
3112Salinas Herrera PabloIMCHI24646.00.047.532.50
3240Contin DanielIMITA22566.00.047.032.50
3317Paveto KevinIMARG24096.00.045.531.00
3455Sica MauroCMARG21626.00.045.028.50
35114Grillo Juan CruzARG20186.00.045.028.50
3662Palu AndresFMARG21456.00.044.026.00
3749Ocantos ManuelLUX22136.00.043.528.00
3893Ferrara EnzoARG20646.00.043.526.50
39112Calens DiegoARG20206.00.042.527.75
4076Meza AnahiWFMARG21016.00.042.028.00
305 players

21) ch-URU 2017

The Uruguayan Championship took place 25th March to 2nd April 2017. Bernardo Roselli Mailhe edged out Nicolas Lopez Azambuja on tie-break after both scored 6.5/9.

ch-URU 2017 Montevideo URU Sat 25th Mar 2017 - Sun 2nd Apr 2017
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
110Roselli Mailhe Bernardo24266.51.03.026.75
26Lopez Azambuja Nicolas22676.50.03.025.50
33Oddone Cristhian22395.51.02.521.50
42Larrea Manuel22745.50.03.022.25
51Kimelman Gabriel21814.51.02.018.75
64Coppola Claudio22674.50.01.517.25
78Benoit Rodrigo21144.00.03.017.50
87Ulaneo Nicolas21673.50.01.013.25
95Carbone Diego21492.50.01.010.75
109Saralegui Mario21112.00.01.07.50
10 players
ch-URU 2017 Montevideo URU Sat 25th Mar 2017 - Sun 2nd Apr 2017. Category: None. Ave: (2220)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo IM URU 2426 # 1 0 1 = = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2363
2 Lopez Azambuja, Nicolas FM URU 2267 0 # 1 1 = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2380
3 Larrea, Manuel FM URU 2274 1 0 # 0 1 1 0 1 = 1 5.5 2293
4 Oddone, Cristhian URU 2239 0 0 1 # 1 = 1 = 1 = 5.5 2297
5 Kimelman, Gabriel CM URU 2181 = = 0 0 # 1 = 1 = = 4.5 2224
6 Coppola, Claudio IM URU 2267 = = 0 = 0 # 0 1 1 1 4.5 2214
7 Benoit, Rodrigo URU 2114 0 = 1 0 = 1 # 0 0 1 4 2188
8 Ulaneo, Nicolas URU 2167 = 0 0 = 0 0 1 # = 1 3.5 2145
9 Carbone, Diego CM URU 2149 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 = # 0 2.5 2061
10 Saralegui, Mario URU 2111 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 1 # 2 2012

22) 11th ch-SRB Women 2017

The 11th Serbian Women's Championship takes place 29th March to 5th April 2017.

11th ch-SRB w 2017 Zemun SRB Wed 29th Mar 2017 - Wed 5th Apr 2017
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
17Chelushkina IrinaWGMSRB22364.09.501.03
25Eric JovanaWIMSRB21994.09.500.04
31Milosevic JovanaWFMSRB20753.56.250.03
43Velikic AdelaSRB21933.55.000.03
54Miladinovic LenaWFMSRB21682.54.500.01
69Gajcin MarinaWFMSRB22032.53.250.02
78Drljevic LjiljaWIMSRB22572.05.750.00
86Djukic SandraWIMSRB21821.52.000.01
910Nestorovic KatarinaSRB21341.02.250.00
102Kovacevic RadmilaWFMSRB21700.50.500.00
10 players
11th ch-SRB w 2017 Zemun SRB Wed 29th Mar 2017 - Wed 5th Apr 2017. Category: None. Ave: (2171)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Chelushkina, Irina WGM SRB 2235 # 1 1 = 1 = 4 2410
2 Eric, Jovana WIM SRB 2232 0 # 1 1 1 1 4 2425
3 Milosevic, Jovana WFM SRB 2085 0 # 1 = 1 1 3.5 2306
4 Velikic, Adela SRB 2167 0 # 1 = 1 1 3.5 2297
5 Miladinovic, Lena WFM SRB 2168 0 = # = = 1 2.5 2186
6 Gajcin, Marina WFM SRB 2203 0 0 = # 1 1 2.5 2180
7 Drljevic, Ljilja WIM SRB 2237 = 0 = = # = 2 2121
8 Djukic, Sandra WIM SRB 2165 0 0 0 = # 1 1.5 2042
9 Nestorovic, Katarina SRB 2046 = 0 0 0 # = 1 1924
10 Kovacevic, Radmila WFM SRB 2170 0 0 0 0 = # 0.5 1768

23) 184th MGU Open 2017

The 184th MGU Open took place 1st to 2nd April 2017. Hristo Hristov and Elif Mehmed scored 5/6.

184th MGU Open 2017 Sofia BUL Sat 1st Apr 2017 - Sun 2nd Apr 2017
Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiRtgPts
11HRISTOV Hristo M.21345.0
25MEHMED Elif19455.0
310VLADOV Lyubomir17204.0
47KOLEV Nikola Vl.18754.0
53ANDREEV DobrotichNM19864.0
62METEV Martin20103.5
74GELEMEROV YaneNM19763.0
89IVANOV SvetlenCM17833.0
911BABATOV Martin17093.0
108TIMEV Anzhelo18133.0
17NAYMANOVA Patricie14993.0
1214GRABCHEVA Natalia16243.0
136TZONEV Kirjl18922.5
1416MLADENOV Andrey15522.5
1513KOSTOV Nikolay16682.5
1612PUNCHEV Ivan17082.5
1718SAPAREVA Magdalena14722.5
1822KULEV Zefir02.5
1915GEORGIEV Nikolay15742.0
2020ARSHINKOVA Boryana12511.5
2119HRISTOV Ivan12791.0
2221NAYDENOV KristiyanACM00.0
22 players

24) First Saturday April 2017

The First Saturday April tournaments take place 1st to 11th April 2017.

FSGM April 2017 Budapest HUN Sat 1st Apr 2017 - Tue 11th Apr 2017
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Aczel GergelyIMHUN25472.02.000.02
21Belous MikhailFMUKR23491.01.000.01
39Yelisieiev YevheniiFMUKR22951.00.500.01
10Golubov SaveliyIMRUS25051.00.500.01
58Kozak AdamFMHUN23901.00.500.00
63Paschall William M.IMUSA23810.50.500.00
4Farago IvanGMHUN24050.50.500.00
85Czebe AttilaGMHUN24760.50.250.50
6Munkhgal GombosurenIMMGL24420.50.250.50
107Kosic DraganGMMNE24760.00.000.00
10 players
FSIM April 2017 Budapest HUN Sat 1st Apr 2017 - Tue 11th Apr 2017
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Primbetov KazbekKAZ22971.51.750.01
29Terbe JuliannaWFMHUN22771.50.750.01
35Zlatin AlexanderISR21951.50.500.01
8Lyell MarkFMENG22491.50.500.01
54Stigar PetterFMNOR22351.01.250.50
7Nemeth ZoltanIMHUN22671.01.250.50
71Turzo AttilaIMHUN23301.01.000.01
810Ilincic ZlatkoGMSRB24011.00.000.01
93Hill AlistairENG22090.00.000.00
6Rydstrom TomFMSWE23130.00.000.00
10 players
FSFM April 2017 Budapest HUN Sat 1st Apr 2017 - Tue 11th Apr 2017
Leading Round 2 (of 10) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
16Steincamp Isaac KUSA20091.51.500.01
24Szalanczy EmilIMHUN22171.01.250.00
33Hradeczky TamasFMHUN22181.01.000.00
45Havaskori LaszloHUN18791.00.750.00
51Selim TareqHUN17241.00.500.01
62Lukacs AlbertHUN19520.50.500.00
6 players

25) Societat Coral Colon IM 2017

The Societat Coral Colon IM tournament took place 3rd February to 31st March 2017. Luis Aguero Jimenez edged out Juan David Becerra Morales and Carles Diaz Camallonga on tie-break after all scored 6.5/9.

Societat Coral Colon IM Sabadell ESP Fri 3rd Feb 2017 - Fri 31st Mar 2017
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
16Aguero Jimenez Luis LazaroCUB24396.525.750.54
8Becerra Morales Juan DavidCOL23416.525.750.54
34Diaz Camallonga CarlesESP24376.525.250.04
41Muñoz Pantoja Miguel AngelESP25315.022.000.01
55Iglesias JorgeARG23705.019.500.02
610Gonzalez Rodriguez Raul OmarESP23234.014.500.02
73Cruz Estrada FilemonPER24403.515.750.00
89Morros Faura RicardESP23313.510.500.03
97Villar Reymundo Juan AntonioPER22972.511.000.00
102Pozanco Romasanta MarcESP22382.07.500.00
10 players

26) ch-KAZ Women 2017

The Kazakhstan women's championship takes place 3rd to 11th April 2017.

ch-KAZ Women 2017 Almaty KAZ Mon 3rd Apr 2017 - Tue 11th Apr 2017
Leading Round 1 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
14Davletbayeva MadinaKAZ22911.00.000.01
6Abdumalik ZhansayaKAZ24421.00.000.01
8Nakhbayeva GuliskhanKAZ23041.00.000.01
9Ankudinova YelenaKAZ21661.00.000.01
51Kairbekova AminaKAZ17680.50.250.50
10Bauyrzhan ArnashKAZ20500.50.250.50
72Rysbayeva KorlanKAZ20430.00.000.00
3Mukhit AisezymKAZ20160.00.000.00
5Barmagambetova SakypzhamaKAZ18290.00.000.00
7Karabayeva ZhannaKAZ20660.00.000.00
10 players

27) TCh-AUT 2nd Bundesliga 2016-17

The Austrian Second Bundesliga Mitte took place 7th October to 26th March 2017. The Ost Division finished on 2nd April.

TCh-AUT 2nd Mitte 2016-17 Austria AUT Fri 7th Oct 2016 - Sun 26th Mar 2017
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1Spg. Grieskirchen/Schallerbach*333451742.00
2Schachfreunde Graz3*4343451741.00
3SC MPOE Maria Saal 2*23631440.50
4Leoben24*231335.50
5RbEJ Gleisdorf*2431332.00
6Union Ansfelden34*344541237.00
7SPG Spk. Fürstenfeld/Hartberg32343*3331234.50
8SC DieKlagenfurter3302*441231.50
9SPG Sauwald3232*51034.00
10ESV Austria Graz22323*5831.50
11SV Wolfsberg½½132*5320.50
12SV Gmunden11½32111*116.00
12 teams
TCh-AUT 2nd West 2016-17 Austria AUT Fri 7th Oct 2016 - Sun 26th Mar 2017
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1SIR Bernhard 1*5553652150.50
2Zillertal*5445452048.50
3Hohenems II1½*3341437.50
4Ranshofen113*23431334.00
5Rochade Rum*433541235.00
6Jenbach 2242*41233.50
7Dornbirn1½33*41031.50
8Kufstein/Wörgl3222*31031.00
9Pradl13323*5931.50
10ASK Salzburg0½11*4620.50
11Götzis 212232*4527.50
12Bregenz 2½1½½½22*015.00
12 teams
TCh-AUT 2nd Ost 2016-17 Austria AUT Fri 7th Oct 2016 - Sun 26th Mar 2017
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1ASVÖ Pamhagen*254451845.00
2tschaturanga4*3335361640.00
3SK Austria13*333335461437.50
4SC Data Technology Pressbaum/E.23*532351336.00
5SK Advisory Invest Baden31*1335.50
6SK Hietzing2333*422541135.00
7ASVÖ Mattersburg3342*433431133.00
8SK Sparkasse Bad Vöslau332*34441132.00
9SC Donaustadt1433*331033.50
10ASVOE VHS Poechlarn114323*41030.00
11SZ Favoriten321½1223*422.00
12Blackburne Nickelsdorf 2½002322*116.50
12 teams

28) Belgian Interclubs 2016-17

The Belgian Interclubs season takes place 2nd October 2016 to 23rd April 2017.

TCh-BEL 2016-17 Belgium BEL Sun 2nd Oct 2016 - Sun 23rd Apr 2017
Leading Round 10 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeamMptsBpts
1KSK47-Eynatten 11856.5
2Amay 11751.5
3KGSRL 11347
4Wirtzfeld 11347
5KSK Rochade 11138.5
6Fontaine 1938
7CREC 1938
8KBSK 1836
9Wachtebeke 1737.5
10CRELEL 1638
11Borgerhout 1526
12The Belgian CC 1426
12 teams

29) TCh-CAT 2017

The Catalan League took place 21st January to 1st April 2017. Colon Sabadell Chessy won the title.

TCh-CAT Gp2 2017 Barcelona ESP Sat 21st Jan 2017 - Sat 1st Apr 2017
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkTeamPtsBpts
4CERDANYOLA VALLES332.5
7BANYOLES222
2BARBERA644
1COLON SABADELL CHESSY6.547
5FOMENT2.530.5
8TERRASSA124
3ESCOLA D'ESCACS BCN547.5
6SANT JOSEP232.5
8 players
TCh-CAT Gp1 2017 Barcelona ESP Sat 21st Jan 2017 - Sat 1st Apr 2017
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkTeamPtsBpts
1MOLLET6.548.5
2TRES PEONS4.540
3SANT ANDREU437
4PEONA I PEO3.531
5GERUNDA3.530.5
6FIGUERES334
7LLEIDA231
8MONTCADA128
8 players
TCh-CAT GpA Final 2017 Barcelona ESP Sat 21st Jan 2017 - Sat 1st Apr 2017
Leading Final Round 4 Standings:
RkTeamPtsTB1
1COLON SABADELL CHESSY10½74.5
2MOLLET70
3BARBERA968.5
4ESCOLA D'ESCACS BCN769.5
5TRES PEONS58.5
6SANT ANDREU553
7CERDANYOLA VALLES449.5
8PEONA I PEO44
8 players
TCh-CAT GpB Final 2017 Barcelona ESP Sat 21st Jan 2017 - Sat 1st Apr 2017
Leading Final Round 4 Standings:
RkTeamPtsTB1
1FOMENT55
2GERUNDA51
3SANT JOSEP556.5
4FIGUERES51
5LLEIDA451
6BANYOLES42.5
7MONTCADA345
8TERRASSA140.5
8 players

30) TCh-CZE 2016-17

The Czech League Extraliga Division took place 8th October 2016 to 2nd April 2017. 1. Novoborsky SK won the title.

TCh-CZE Extraliga 2016-17 Czech Republic CZE Sat 8th Oct 2016 - Sun 2nd Apr 2017
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
11. Novoborsky SK*5576683364.524.0
2Vystaviste Lysa nad Labem*556665883065.523.0
3SK Rapid Pardubice33*4552550.012.5
4SK Slavoj Poruba33*45355551946.09.5
5BSS Frydek Mistek24*451745.512.5
6Labortech Ostrava434*44551645.08.5
7SK AD Jicin25*31546.011.5
8SK mesta Lysa nad Labem1234*4361136.06.5
9SK DURAS BVK Kralovo Pole23344*45941.09.0
10Prestige Photo Unichess½½3354*4834.06.5
11Tatran Litovel203353*5631.04.5
12Lokomotiva Brno00333243*123.53.0
12 teams
TCh-CZE 1 Liga Zapad Czech Republic CZE Sat 8th Oct 2016 - Sun 2nd Apr 2017
Leading Round 10 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1SK ZIKUDA Turnov*55482856.019.5
2SK AD Jicin B*4667352555.021.0
3TJ Neratovice34*44451944.012.0
42222 SK Polabiny24*145551738.511.5
5GROP Praha37*57141641.014.5
6Bohemians Texbase.cz Praha43*44451340.012.0
7SK Sokol Vysehrad244*3461238.013.5
8SK OAZA Praha014145*2561131.58.0
9QCC Ceske Budejovice446*64939.512.5
10TJ Pankrac53743*4837.010.0
11SK AD JC Smichov½33422*4526.05.0
12TJ Slavia Hradec Kralove3332444*333.57.0
12 teams
TCh-CZE 1 Liga Vychod Czech Republic CZE Sat 8th Oct 2016 - Sun 2nd Apr 2017
Leading Round 10 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1Agentura 64 Grygov*532449.015.0
2TZ Třinec*45362248.016.5
3Moravska Slavia Brno4*65652247.514.5
4Slavia Kroměřiž*6461948.516.5
5BSS Frydek-Mistek "B"2*551842.513.5
6SK Gordic Jihlava3*536451643.012.5
7TJ Ostrava3*5661541.010.0
8Region Panda353*651539.513.5
9KVS EKODIVIZE Opava24322*551334.58.0
10SK Stare Město553433*4835.59.5
11Banik Haviřov232*324.54.0
12SK Zlin2323234*126.57.5
12 teams

31) Dutch League 2016-17

The Dutch League takes place 17th September to 6th May 2016. Final Round 9 6th May 2017.

Dutch League 2016-17 Netherlands NED Sat 17th Sep 2016 - Sat 6th May 2017
Leading Round 8 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeam12345678910MptsBpts
1Kennemer CombinatieXX 61450½
2LSG IntelliMagicXX7 1246½
3SISSAXX666 1042½
4HMC CalderXX6 5939
5Pathena Rotterdam4XX 8843
6Groninger Combinatie 44XX558841½
7MuConsult Apeldoorn3 5XX6738½
8En Passant4 5XX7737½
9Charlois Europoort 524XX5431
10HWP Sas van Gent4 235XX130
10 teams

32) Active Team Events

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

TCh-AUT 2016-17

The Austrian League takes place 20th October 2016 to 22nd April 2017. Next rounds 5-8: 23rd to 26th March 2017. Final rounds 9-11 20th to 22nd April 2017.

TCh-AUT 2016-17 Austria AUT Thu 20th Oct 2016 - Sat 22nd Apr 2017
Leading Round 8 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1SC MPÖ Maria Saal*2561433.50
2SV Raika Rapid Feffernitz*334541430.50
3Schachklub Sparkasse Jenbach4*345551332.00
4SK Hohenems3*51128.00
5mpimmo Wien - SK Ottakring32*33928.00
6SV Pillenkönig St. Veit33*3926.50
7Schachklub Absam213*43821.50
8ASVÖ Wulkaprodersdorf12*5622.50
9Schachclub Sparkasse Götzis1½*5420.00
10Bregenz*418.00
11ASK St. Valentin0113½*314.00
12Blackburne Nickelsdorf21311*113.50
12 players

Fraubundesliga 2016-17

The Fraubundesliga takes place 22nd October 2016 to 1st May 2017. Always a difficult event to cover with live broadcasts, games, schedules and results scattered all over the place.

Frauenbundesliga 2016-17 Germany GER Sat 22nd Oct 2016 - Mon 1st May 2017
Leading Round 8 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112MptsBpts
1SK Schwaebisch Hallxxx346661536½
2OSG Baden-Baden3xxx535651437
3SC Bad Koenigshofenxxx44501230
4Rodewischer SM2xxx235551133
5SF Deizisau124xxx61028
6Hamburger SK323xxx451026½
7Karlsruher SFxxx44823
8SV Medizin Erfurt010xxx616½
9SK Lehrte0111xxx5417½
10TuRa Harksheide006½xxx2214
11SG Augsburg½½½224xxx213½
12FC Bayern München1112½1xxx212½
12 teams

TCh-SUI 2017

The Swiss Team Championship takes place 19th March to 15th October 2017.

TCh-SUI 2017 Switzerland SUI Sun 19th Mar 2017 - Sun 15th Oct 2017
Leading Round 1 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeamMptsBpts
1Riehen 127
2Winterthur 126
3Genève 125.5
3Zurich 125.5
5Luzern 114
5Reti 114
7Mendrisio 102.5
7Neuchatel 102.5
9Wollishofen 102
10Bodan 101
10 teams

TCh-HUN 2016-17

The Hungarian Team Championship takes place 30th October 2016 to 9th April 2017. Final Rounds 8 and 9 take place 8th-9th April 2017.

TCh-HUN 2016-17 Hungary HUN Sun 30th Oct 2016 - Sun 9th Apr 2017
Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeam12345678910Pts
1Aquaprofit-NTSK I-6.58.57.5101089.560
2DVTK-77.5877.56952
3ASE Paks5.55-7.55.58.57.5746.5
4Dunaharaszti MTK3.54.5-6.56.576640
5Penzugyor SE4.54.56.5-5.55.56.56.539.5
6Aquarena Kobanya SC245.56.5-76839
7Duocor-Makoi SVSE255.56.55-7.5738.5
8HVSE-Infraplan4.53.555.56-8.5538
9HASE-Lila Futo I464.565.54.53.5-34
10Z.Csuti-Hydrocomp SK2.5356457-32.5
10 teams

Bundesliga 2016-17

The Bundesliga takes place 15th October 2016 to 1st May 2017.

Bundesliga 2016-17 Germany GER Sat 15th Oct 2016 - Mon 1st May 2017
Leading Round 10 (of 15) Standings:
RkTeamGms+-=MptsBpts
1OSG Baden-Baden1010002059
2SK Schwaebisch Hall108111750
3SG Solingen108201654.5
4SV 1930 Hockenheim107211548.5
5SV Muelheim Nord106311342.5
6USV TU Dresden105321246
7SV Werder Bremen106401245.5
8Hamburger SK105411142.5
9SG Trier10343939.5
10DJK Aufwaerts Aachen10451936.5
11SF Berlin 190310352840.5
12SG Speyer-Schwegenheim10271531.5
13SV Griesheim 197610280425
14FC Bayern Muenchen10181327.5
15SK Koenig Tegel10082225.5
16MSA Zugzwang 8210082223.5
16 teams

2nd Bundesliga 2016-17

The German Bundesliga 2nd Division has four divisions. They take place 15th October to 7th May 2017.

2nd Bundesliga Nord 2016-17 Germany GER Sat 15th Oct 2016 - Sun 7th May 2017
Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeamGms+-=MptsBpts
1SK Norderstedt 197575021220
2SV Glueck auf Ruedersdorf74121017.5
3SG Turm Kiel7421916.5
4Hamburger SK II7322816
5SV Werder Bremen II7007714
6SF Berlin 1903 II7331711.5
7SK Zehlendorf7232613.5
8HSK Lister Turm Hannover7133512.5
9Preetzer TSV7142411.5
10Rotation Pankow705227
10 players
2nd Bundesliga West 2016-17 Germany GER Sat 15th Oct 2016 - Sun 7th May 2017
Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeamGms+-=MptsBpts
1Schachgemeinschaft Porz77001442
2SV 1920 Hofheim75201037
3SV Wuerselen 192674121031.5
4Duesseldorfer SK 1914/19257421932
5SG Bochum 317331722.5
6SC Hansa Dortmund7331721.5
7SG Solingen II7241526
8Aachener SV 18567142425
9SF Katernberg7043323
10SV Muelheim Nord II7061119.5
10 players
2nd Bundesliga Ost 2016-17 Germany GER Sat 15th Oct 2016 - Sun 7th May 2017
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkTeamGms+-=MptsBpts
1BCA Augsburg97021649.5
2ESV Nickelhuette Aue97021647
3Erfurter SK96031543.5
4TSV Bindlach-Aktionär95401035.5
5SC Erlangen9351733
6SC Forchheim9351731
7SC Garching 19809252631
8SK Koenig Plauen9360627
9SK Passau 18699162430.5
10SF Anderssen Bad Mergentheim9171332
10 players
2nd Bundesliga Sud 2016-17 Germany GER Sat 15th Oct 2016 - Sun 7th May 2017
Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeamGms+-=MptsBpts
1Schachfreunde Deizisau77001443.5
2SC Viernheim75201035
3SC Eppingen75201034
4SC Emmendingen7430831.5
5SC Heusenstamm7430829
6TSV Schoenaich7430827.5
7TSV Schott Mainz7250425
8SC Untergrombach 19467250424.5
9Schachfreunde Schoeneck7160216
10SC Caissa Schwarzenbach7160214
10 players

4NCL 2016-17

The 4NCL takes place 19th November 2016 to 1st May 2017. Next rounds 5-6: 11th to 12th March 2017.

4NCL 2016-17 Reading ENG Sat 19th Nov 2016 - Mon 1st May 2017
Leading Round 8 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam12345678MptsBpts
1Guildford 15-37-16½-1½7½-½826
2Cheddleton 15½-2½6-25-35½-2½822
33Cs 12½-5½4½-3½5½-2½4½-3½617
4White Rose 13-55-34-44-4416
5Wood Green HK1-73½-4½3-55-3212½
6Guildford 21½-6½2-62½-5½4½-3½210½
7Barbican 4NCL 13-53½-4½4-43½-4½114
8Grantham Sharks 1½-7½2½-5½4-43-5110
1Barbican 4NCL 26-26-25½-2½5½-2½823
2Blackthorne Russia5-34½-3½5½-2½4½-3½819½
3Oxford 12-66-25½-2½6½-1½620
4Celtic Tigers3-54½-3½4½-3½2½-5½414½
5South Wales Dragons3½-4½2-63½-4½5½-1½214½
6North East England2-62½-5½3½-4½5½-2½213½
7Kings Head2½-5½2½-5½5½-2½1½-5½212
8Anglian Avengers 12½-5½3½-4½1½-6½2½-5½010
16 teams

33) Forthcoming Events and Links

Chess King and Queen Summit Match 2017

40th San Sebastian International Open 2017

18th European Women's Championship 2017

GRENKE Chess Classic 2017

Korchnoi Zurich Chess Challenge 2017

1st Rottal Chess Open 2017

20th Heraklion Open 2017

TCh-CHN 2017

18th Karpov Poikovsky 2017

Reykjavik Open 2017

4th Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2017

Chinese Championships 2017

World Senior Teams 2017

ch-LAT 2017

Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2017

Moscow Grand Prix 2017

6th Llucmajor Open 2017

22nd Stuttgart Open 2017

6th CHN w Masters 2017

18th European Individual Championship 2017

5th Norway Chess 2017

Silver Lake Open 2017

27th Gros Open 2017

30th Leon Chess 2017

Solta Amateur Open 2017

Geneva Grand Prix 2017

8th Hainan Danzhou GM 2017

36th St Veit Open 2017

5th Kings Place Festival 2017

MetLife Warsaw Najdorf Chess Festival 2017

VMCG Schachfestival 2017

28th Czech Open 2017

45th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2017

40th Eastman Open 2017

9th Vitoria-Gasteiz Open 2017

ch-CHN GpB 2017

2nd Silk Road Chess Masters 2017

11th Portoroz Open 2017

35th Andorra Open 2017

6th Fano Summer Open 2017

4th Prague Summer Open 2017

3rd Zhongfu Chess Open 2017

Riga Technical University Open 2017

20th Olomouc Chess Summer 2017

FIDE World Cup 2017

21st Heraklion Open 2017

1st Shaoxing Open 2017

2nd Hainan Open 2017

Palma De Mallorca Grand Prix 2017

European Rapid and Blitz Championships 2017

Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2018

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