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THE WEEK IN CHESS 1187 7th August 2017 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) 5th Sinquefield Cup 2017
3) 50th Biel Chess Festival 2017
4) Tower of Concord Chess Festival 2017
5) Ding Liren vs Giri Match 2017
6) 104th British Chess Championships 2017
7) 21st Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament 2017
8) Riga Technical University Open 2017
9) 43rd Badalona Open 2017
10) Dutch Open 2017
11) German Masters and ZMDI Open 2017
12) 13th Gazi-Heraklion Open 2017
13) 10th Arad Open 2017
14) 10th Calgary International 2017
15) 6th Arber Open 2017
16) CellaVision Cup 2017
17) ChessMine Rapid Open 2017
18) China Zonal 3.5 Women 2017
19) 25th Troya Open 2017
20) Letnji Open Jezero 2017
21) 51st Mislata Open 2017
22) 3rd Zhongfu Chess Open 2017
23) First Saturday August 2017
24) Grafica Yael GM 2017
25) Huocheng Xinjiang Rapid 2017
26) Liepajas Rokade 2017
27) St-Denis Chess Festival 2017
28) ch-EST 2017
29) 4th Prague Summer Open 2017
30) 21st Wasselonne Open 2017
31) 5th Brazil Open 2017
32) 30th Kiel Open 2017
33) 14th Plancoet Open 2017
34) 26th Kavala Open 2017
35) 2nd Erfurt Women's Chess Festival 2017
36) 6th Fano Summer Open 2017
37) 8th Terre degli Elimi 2017
38) Pays de Charleroi Open 2017
39) 118th US Open 2017
40) ch-IRL 2017
41) 3rd Sabbiadoro Open 2017
42) 22nd Creon Open 2017
43) TCh-TUR Super League 2017
44) Active Team Events
45) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
5th Sinquefield Cup 201725 games
50th Biel Chess Festival 201750 games
Tower of Concord Chess Festival 20177 games
104th British Chess Championships 2017307 games
21st Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament 2017157 games
Riga Technical University Open 201735 games
43rd Badalona Open 201756 games
Dutch Open 2017166 games
German Masters and ZMDI Open 201748 games
13th Gazi-Heraklion Open 201799 games
10th Arad Open 2017120 games
10th Calgary International 201752 games
6th Arber Open 2017419 games
CellaVision Cup 2017119 games
China Zonal 3.5 Women 201718 games
Huocheng Xinjiang Rapid 201747 games
Liepajas Rokade 201744 games
St-Denis Chess Festival 2017126 games
ch-EST 201770 games
4th Prague Summer Open 2017143 games
21st Wasselonne Open 201728 games
5th Brazil Open 201793 games
30th Kiel Open 201771 games
26th Kavala Open 201780 games
2nd Erfurt Women's Chess Festival 2017316 games
6th Fano Summer Open 201796 games
Pays de Charleroi Open 2017126 games
118th US Open 201746 games
ch-IRL 201755 games
3rd Sabbiadoro Open 2017107 games
TCh-TUR Super League 2017288 games
3414 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Olexandr Prohorov, Holger Lieske, Hugh Brodie, David Clayton, Gerard Demuydt and everyone else who helped with this issue.

Magnus Carlsen's patchy year continued with a loss to MVL in the Sinquefield Cup from a winning position. Carlsen struck back immediately to beat Wesley So with the black pieces and that result combined with other results actually consolidated Carlsen's lead in the rating list. No-one is finding it easy, even the world champion to maintain consistantly good results. Elsewhere Hou Yifan scored one of the best results by a woman ever in winning the Biel tournament alone. Many more interesting events than these two also.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

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2) 5th Sinquefield Cup 2017

The 5th Sinquefield Cup takes place 2nd to 12th August 2017. Players: Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Sergey Karjakin, Hikaru Nakamura, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Viswanathan Anand, Wesley So, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Levon Aronian and Peter Svidler.

5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA Mon 31st Jul 2017 - Sat 12th Aug 2017. Category: 22. Ave: (2788)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime GM FRA 2791 # 1 = = = 1 3.5 2945
2 Carlsen, Magnus GM NOR 2822 0 # = = 1 1 3 2865
3 Anand, Viswanathan GM IND 2783 = # = 1 = = 3 2868
4 Aronian, Levon GM ARM 2809 = = # 0 = 1 2.5 2779
5 Caruana, Fabiano GM USA 2807 = 0 1 # = = 2.5 2786
6 Karjakin, Sergey GM RUS 2773 0 = = # 1 = 2.5 2786
7 Nakamura, Hikaru GM USA 2792 = = # = 0 = 2 2703
8 Svidler, Peter GM RUS 2749 = = 0 = # = 2 2718
9 Nepomniachtchi, Ian GM RUS 2742 0 = = 1 # 0 2 2726
10 So, Wesley GM USA 2810 0 0 = = 1 # 2 2707
Round 1. Wed 2nd Aug 2017
Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 Carlsen, Magnus 43 C84 Ruy Lopez
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1-0 So, Wesley 43 C50 Giuoco Piano
Aronian, Levon 1-0 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 29 A34 English
Anand, Viswanathan 1/2-1/2 Nakamura, Hikaru 30 C65 Ruy Lopez
Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 Svidler, Peter 39 C53 Giuoco Piano
Round 2. Thu 3rd Aug 2017
Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 Karjakin, Sergey 42 A05 Reti opening
Aronian, Levon 0-1 Caruana, Fabiano 110 D27 QGA
Nakamura, Hikaru 1/2-1/2 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 33 B90 Sicilian
Svidler, Peter 1/2-1/2 Anand, Viswanathan 31 A35 English
Nepomniachtchi, Ian 0-1 So, Wesley 39 A10 English opening
Round 3. Fri 4th Aug 2017
Anand, Viswanathan 1/2-1/2 Carlsen, Magnus 66 C78 Ruy Lopez
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1/2-1/2 Svidler, Peter 43 C84 Ruy Lopez
Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 38 B23 Sicilian
So, Wesley 1/2-1/2 Nakamura, Hikaru 69 C50 Giuoco Piano
Karjakin, Sergey 1/2-1/2 Aronian, Levon 23 C53 Giuoco Piano
Round 4. Sat 5th Aug 2017
Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 71 A34 English
Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 Karjakin, Sergey 31 C65 Ruy Lopez
Aronian, Levon 1/2-1/2 Anand, Viswanathan 27 A35 English
Svidler, Peter 1/2-1/2 So, Wesley 29 C53 Giuoco Piano
Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1-0 Nakamura, Hikaru 33 D37 QGD
Round 5. Sun 6th Aug 2017
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1/2-1/2 Aronian, Levon 45 C50 Giuoco Piano
Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 Caruana, Fabiano 29 A29 English
So, Wesley 0-1 Carlsen, Magnus 29 C45 Scotch game
Karjakin, Sergey 1/2-1/2 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 60 B09 Pirc
Nakamura, Hikaru 1/2-1/2 Svidler, Peter 53 C88 Ruy Lopez

3) 50th Biel Chess Festival 2017

The 50th Biel Chess Festival took place 23rd July to 2nd August 2017. Players main GM event: David Navara, Pentala Harikrishna, Etienne Bacrot, Ruslan Ponomariov, Peter Leko, Alexander Morozevich, Hou Yifan, Rafael Vaganian, Nico Georgiadis and Noel Studer. There was an initial 8 player Rapid tournament including Anatoly Karpov. Hou Yifan scored the finest result of her career in taking clear first place with 6.5/9. For a similar result by a woman one would have to go back to Judit Polgar's shared first at the Essent tournament of 2006 or even Polgar's first place alone in April / May 2000 in the Japfa Classic Denpasar (Cat 16).

50th Biel GM 2017 Biel SUI Sun 23rd Jul 2017 - Wed 2nd Aug 2017. Category: 16. Ave: (2646)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Hou, Yifan GM CHN 2666 # 1 0 = = 1 1 1 1 = 6.5 2810
2 Bacrot, Etienne GM FRA 2715 0 # 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 6 2763
3 Harikrishna, Pentala GM IND 2737 1 0 # 1 = = = = = 1 5.5 2716
4 Ponomariov, Ruslan GM UKR 2699 = = 0 # 1 = 0 1 = 1 5 2683
5 Leko, Peter GM HUN 2678 = = = 0 # = 1 0 1 1 5 2685
6 Georgiadis, Nico IM SUI 2496 0 = = = = # = = 1 1 5 2705
7 Morozevich, Alexander GM RUS 2675 0 0 = 1 0 = # 1 1 1 5 2686
8 Navara, David GM CZE 2737 0 = = 0 1 = 0 # 1 = 4 2593
9 Vaganian, Rafael A GM ARM 2562 0 0 = = 0 0 0 0 # 1 2 2435
10 Studer, Noel IM SUI 2493 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 # 1 2312
Round 1. Mon 24th Jul 2017
Bacrot, Etienne 1/2-1/2 Ponomariov, Ruslan 44 B11 Caro-Kann
Vaganian, Rafael A 1/2-1/2 Harikrishna, Pentala 21 D39 QGD
Georgiadis, Nico 1/2-1/2 Navara, David 59 B84 Sicilian
Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 Hou, Yifan 37 A08 Reti
Studer, Noel 0-1 Leko, Peter 66 A62 Benoni
Round 2. Tue 25th Jul 2017
Bacrot, Etienne 1-0 Vaganian, Rafael A 33 C17 French
Harikrishna, Pentala 1/2-1/2 Georgiadis, Nico 55 A05 Reti opening
Navara, David 0-1 Morozevich, Alexander 40 A62 Benoni
Hou, Yifan 1/2-1/2 Studer, Noel 57 C11 French
Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 Leko, Peter 46 C53 Giuoco Piano
Round 3. Wed 26th Jul 2017
Vaganian, Rafael A 1/2-1/2 Ponomariov, Ruslan 40 D73 Neo-Gruenfeld, 5.Nf3
Georgiadis, Nico 1/2-1/2 Bacrot, Etienne 37 C67 Ruy Lopez
Morozevich, Alexander 1/2-1/2 Harikrishna, Pentala 41 E37 Nimzo-Indian
Studer, Noel 1/2-1/2 Navara, David 83 A62 Benoni
Leko, Peter 1/2-1/2 Hou, Yifan 30 C42 Petrov
Round 4. Thu 27th Jul 2017
Harikrishna, Pentala 1-0 Studer, Noel 24 C11 French
Navara, David 1-0 Leko, Peter 39 D38 QGD
Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2-1/2 Hou, Yifan 49 C24 Bishop's opening
Bacrot, Etienne 1-0 Morozevich, Alexander 40 B52 Sicilian
Vaganian, Rafael A 0-1 Georgiadis, Nico 39 A48 King's Indian
Round 5. Fri 28th Jul 2017
Georgiadis, Nico 1/2-1/2 Ponomariov, Ruslan 29 B35 Sicilian
Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 Vaganian, Rafael A 43 C16 French
Studer, Noel 0-1 Bacrot, Etienne 46 E06 Catalan
Leko, Peter 1/2-1/2 Harikrishna, Pentala 57 C88 Ruy Lopez
Hou, Yifan 1-0 Navara, David 40 B90 Sicilian
Round 6. Sun 30th Jul 2017
Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 Navara, David 39 B90 Sicilian
Harikrishna, Pentala 1-0 Hou, Yifan 52 B36 Sicilian
Bacrot, Etienne 1/2-1/2 Leko, Peter 37 C84 Ruy Lopez
Vaganian, Rafael A 1-0 Studer, Noel 55 A13 English
Georgiadis, Nico 1/2-1/2 Morozevich, Alexander 42 C92 Ruy Lopez
Round 7. Mon 31st Jul 2017
Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 Ponomariov, Ruslan 29 D43 QGD semi-Slav
Studer, Noel 0-1 Georgiadis, Nico 60 E15 Queen's Indian
Leko, Peter 1-0 Vaganian, Rafael A 65 C10 French
Hou, Yifan 1-0 Bacrot, Etienne 36 C65 Ruy Lopez
Navara, David 1/2-1/2 Harikrishna, Pentala 24 C07 French
Round 8. Tue 1st Aug 2017
Ponomariov, Ruslan 0-1 Harikrishna, Pentala 58 C09 French
Bacrot, Etienne 1/2-1/2 Navara, David 43 B90 Sicilian
Vaganian, Rafael A 0-1 Hou, Yifan 33 A46 Queen's pawn
Georgiadis, Nico 1/2-1/2 Leko, Peter 22 B91 Sicilian
Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 Studer, Noel 31 D20 QGA
Round 9. Wed 2nd Aug 2017
Studer, Noel 0-1 Ponomariov, Ruslan 40 D30 Queen's gambit declined
Leko, Peter 1-0 Morozevich, Alexander 66 C92 Ruy Lopez
Hou, Yifan 1-0 Georgiadis, Nico 29 B53 Sicilian, Chekhover variation
Navara, David 1-0 Vaganian, Rafael A 42 C09 French
Harikrishna, Pentala 0-1 Bacrot, Etienne 29 C53 Giuoco Piano
50th Biel Master Open Biel SUI Sun 23rd Jul 2017 - Wed 2nd Aug 2017
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
110Bartel MateuszGMPOL26087.045.0426.0
212Baklan VladimirGMUKR26007.044.0413.0
33Ganguly Surya ShekharGMIND26586.545.5422.0
423Kuljasevic DavorinGMCRO25466.545.5420.0
54Salem A.R. SalehGMUAE26386.545.0426.5
614Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.GMIND25936.543.5429.0
716Antipov Mikhail Al.GMRUS25806.542.0412.5
811Perunovic MilosGMSRB26066.541.5403.5
98Hera Imre (junior)GMHUN26116.048.5420.5
1035Bellaiche AnthonyIMFRA24636.047.5405.5
1125Ali Marandi Cemil CanIMTUR25156.046.5416.5
1217Karthikeyan MuraliGMIND25796.044.5406.5
1313Banusz TamasGMHUN26006.044.0420.5
145Erdos ViktorGMHUN26286.044.0411.5
1519Rambaldi FrancescoGMITA25686.043.5399.0
1620Demuth AdrienGMFRA25586.043.5392.5
1726Al-Sayed MohammedGMQAT25086.041.0396.5
189Lagarde MaximeGMFRA26096.039.0395.5
1927Shevchenko KirillIMUKR25025.548.5394.0
201Shankland Samuel LGMUSA26715.545.5417.5
212Kovalenko IgorGMLAT26595.545.5410.0
2224Vishnu Prasanna. VGMIND25385.545.0388.0
2332Hambleton AmanIMCAN24715.544.5401.5
2445Mroziak MaciejIMPOL24015.543.0382.5
2521Vaibhav SuriGMIND25585.542.0385.5
2615Goganov AlekseyGMRUS25925.540.5405.5
2736Saduakassova DinaraIMKAZ24445.540.5382.5
2852Baenziger FabianFMSUI23545.540.0390.0
297Dragun KamilGMPOL26215.539.5393.5
3054Radovanovic MihajloIMSRB23375.539.0351.5
3130Henrichs ThomasIMGER24915.538.5382.5
3234Romanishin Oleg MGMUKR24635.538.5378.0
3329Dragnev ValentinIMAUT24955.537.5374.5
3437Swayams MishraIMIND24405.045.5388.0
3542Mesaros FlorianIMAUT24155.042.5386.5
3633Bellahcene BilelIMFRA24665.042.5384.5
3728Korpa BenceIMHUN24975.042.0397.0
3843Wallace John PaulIMAUS24115.040.5371.0
396Ivanisevic IvanGMSRB26235.039.5389.5
4053Schnepp GunnarFMAUT23485.039.5383.0
109 players

4) Tower of Concord Chess Festival 2017

Tower of Concord Chess Festival takes place 2nd to 13th August 2017. The main event is an 18 game match between Boris Gelfand and Ernesto Inarkiev over one classical and two rapid time controls.

Tower of Concord Match Nazran RUS Wed 2nd Aug 2017 - Sun 13th Aug 2017
Leading Round 3 (of 6) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg12356Pts
1Gelfand, BorisGMISR27291==2
2Inarkiev, ErnestoGMRUS27020==1
2 players

5) Ding Liren vs Giri Match 2017

Ding Liren plays Anish Giri in a four game match which I believe starts Tuesday 8th and runs until 12th August 2017.

6) 104th British Chess Championships 2017

The 104th British Chess Championships took place in Llandudno, Wales, 29th July to 6th August 2017. Leading players: David Howell, Gawain Jones, Luke McShane, Jonathan Hawkins, Nicolas Pert, James Adair, Mark Hebden etc. There was a four way tie on 7/9 leading to a rapid tie-break. Gawain Jones beat Craig Hanley in the first round and Luke McShane in the final to take the title.

104th ch-GBR 2017 Llandudno WLS Sat 29th Jul 2017 - Sun 6th Aug 2017
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiRtgPts
11Howell David WlGM27027.0
2Jones Gawain CbGM26607.0
3Mcshane Luke JGM26447.0
15Hanley Craig AIM24417.0
58Emms John MGM24686.5
10Ghasi Ameet KIM24676.5
21Palliser Richard JdIM24086.5
84Hawkins JonathanGM25826.0
5Pert NicholasGM25586.0
6Adair James RIM24816.0
7Hebden Mark LGM24776.0
9Zhou Yang-FanIM24686.0
11Gormally Daniel WGM24626.0
12Trent LawrenceIM24456.0
16Wells Peter KGM24346.0
20Haria RaviFM24176.0
24Eggleston David JIM23946.0
29Horton Andrew PFM23246.0
1913Williams Simon KGM24425.5
17Merry Alan BIM24275.5
18Arkell Keith CGM24245.5
19Hunt Adam CIM24245.5
22Houska JovankaIM24025.5
23Mcphillips JosephFM24005.5
30Longson AlexanderFM23235.5
31Batchelor Peter JFM23095.5
32Kolbus DietmarIM23065.5
35Claridge-Hansen WilliamFM22675.5
53Moore Graham J21555.5
54Murphy Conor E21545.5
3114Ward Chris GGM24415.0
26Zakarian DavidFM23605.0
33Jackson James PFM22865.0
37Toma KatarzynaWGM22525.0
39Richardson John RFM22375.0
40Golding Alex22225.0
43Willmoth Robert FCM22115.0
71Shaw Peter21035.0
74Longson Sarah NWFM20745.0
101Jina Taran17775.0
103 players
104th ch-GBR TB 2017 Llandudno WLS Sat 29th Jul 2017 - Sun 6th Aug 2017
Leading Final Round 2 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg12Pts
1McShane, Luke JGMENG2644112
2Howell, David W LGMENG2702000
1Jones, Gawain C BGMENG2660112
2Hanley, Craig AIMENG2441000
1Jones, Gawain C BGMENG26601=1.5
2McShane, Luke JGMENG26440=0.5
6 players

7) 21st Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament 2017

The 21st Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament takes place 5th to 12th August 2017.

21st HZ Open 2017 Vlissingen NED Sat 5th Aug 2017 - Sat 12th Aug 2017
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg1234PtsTPR
1Iturrizaga Bonelli, EduardGMVEN266211114.03137
2Landa, KonstantinGMRUS262311114.03095
3Pruijssers, RoelandGMNED248911114.03016
4Praggnanandhaa RIMIND248711114.03030
5Bok, BenjaminGMNED2615111½3.52624
6Van Foreest, JordenGMNED2600111½3.52606
7Czebe, AttilaGMHUN2465111½3.52597
8Admiraal, MiguoelIMNED24471½113.52464
9Lai, Hing TingFMNED2388111½3.52553
10Warmerdam, MaxFMNED2387111½3.52528
11Gonzales, JaysonGMPHI2378½1113.52389
12Lammens, TimFMNED2304½1113.52277
13Stillger, BernhardFMGER22621½113.52415
14Frayna, Janelle MaeWGMPHI224811½13.52508
15Muehlenhaus, SvenFMGER2199½11+3.52133
16Ernst, SipkeGMNED25531½1½3.02406
17Ikonnikov, VyacheslavGMRUS253210113.02332
18Hausrath, DanielGMGER249111½½3.02393
19Leenhouts, KoenIMNED248611103.02483
20Ten Hertog, HugoIMNED246611½½3.02362
21Beerdsen, ThomasIMNED244711103.02406
22Kuipers, StefanIMNED239911103.02428
23Breukelman, JanFMNED23951½1½3.02276
24Van Delft, MerijnIMNED239311½½3.02311
25Maatman, NickFMNED238611½½3.02253
26Vedder, HenkIMNED234011103.02300
27De Jong, MigchielIMNED233811013.02398
28Vaishali RWIMIND23271½1½3.02243
29Bezemer, ArnoFMNED2310½½113.02169
30Amdouni, ZoubaierFMTUN22991½1½3.02319
31Tikranian, AlikNED228010113.02171
32Hummel, Erik-JanFMNED22641½½13.02200
33Van den Berg, BramNED225711013.02337
34Bluhm, Sonja MariaWFMGER225511½½3.02397
35Bollen, GuusNED224511013.02271
36Van Leent, DimitriFMNED224411013.02278
37Keetman, MaaikeNED2243½1½13.02114
38Nguyen, KevinNED222411½½3.02358
39Brouwer, DennisNED222311013.02241
40Cordes, Hans-Joerg, Dr.FMGER222111013.02238
41Boel, MarcelNED221211013.02224
42Klepke, RicardoNED22051½1½3.02229
43Amesz, JaapCMNED220111½½3.02313
44Grochal, JoeyNED218610113.02239
45Lacrosse, MarcFMBEL21731=1½3.02284
46Nieuwelink, KeesNED217310113.02238
47Marzano, CarloITA215811013.02304
48Sparenberg, ErikNED21581½½13.02203
49Coenen, EduardNED212010113.02262
50Boelhouwer, CollinNED209610113.02239
226 players

8) Riga Technical University Open 2017

The Riga Technical University Open takes place 7th to 13th August 2017.

Riga Tech Open A 2017 Riga LAT Mon 7th Aug 2017 - Sun 13th Aug 2017
Leading Round 1 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Nabaty TamirGMISR26541.00.00.00
3Shirov AlexeiGMLAT26481.00.00.00
5Smirin IliaGMISR26341.00.00.00
6Jumabayev RinatGMKAZ26101.00.00.00
7Onischuk VladimirGMUKR26101.00.00.00
8Bogner SebastianGMSUI26001.00.00.00
10Tregubov Pavel V.GMRUS25931.00.00.00
11Kovchan AlexanderGMUKR25871.00.00.00
13Stocek JiriGMCZE25831.00.00.00
14Neiksans ArtursGMLAT25821.00.00.00
15Braun ArikGMGER25771.00.00.00
16Kulaots KaidoGMEST25771.00.00.00
17Alekseenko KirillGMRUS25751.00.00.00
18Vorobiov Evgeny E.GMRUS25691.00.00.00
19Brunello SabinoGMITA25661.00.00.00
20Ghosh DiptayanGMIND25621.00.00.00
22Boruchovsky AvitalGMISR25561.00.00.00
23Kunin VitalyGMGER25511.00.00.00
24Shyam Sundar M.GMIND25471.00.00.00
27Sanal VahapGMTUR25391.00.00.00
28Schroeder Jan-ChristianGMGER25391.00.00.00
29Zakhartsov Viacheslav V.GMRUS25391.00.00.00
30Vishnu Prasanna. VGMIND25381.00.00.00
31Zeng ChongshengGMCHN25371.00.00.00
32Bailet PierreIMFRA25361.00.00.00
33Ladva OttomarGMEST25321.00.00.00
34Dastan Muhammed BatuhanGMTUR25291.00.00.00
35Berelowitsch AlexanderGMGER25271.00.00.00
36Ali Marandi Cemil CanIMTUR25261.00.00.00
37Blomqvist ErikGMSWE25251.00.00.00
38Sulskis SarunasGMLTU25191.00.00.00
39Schneider IljaIMGER25191.00.00.00
40Godena MicheleGMITA25171.00.00.00
41Lei TingjieGMCHN25141.00.00.00
42Kollars DmitrijIMGER25141.00.00.00
43Kvon AndreyIMUZB25001.00.00.00
45Meskovs NikitaIMLAT24951.00.00.00
46Valsecchi AlessioIMITA24931.00.00.00
47Wan YunguoGMCHN24821.00.00.00
50Tang AndrewIMUSA24751.00.00.00
52Fedorovsky MichaelIMGER24671.00.00.00
53Thybo Jesper SondergaardIMDEN24641.00.00.00
54Hambleton AmanIMCAN24611.00.00.00
55Thorfinnsson BragiIMISL24611.00.00.00
57Wieczorek OskarIMPOL24601.00.00.00
58Grinberg EyalIMISR24551.00.00.00
59Yankelevich LevIMGER24471.00.00.00
60Goh Wei Ming KevinIMSGP24461.00.00.00
61Gusain HimalIND24461.00.00.00
62Berzinsh RolandIMLAT24441.00.00.00
319 players

9) 43rd Badalona Open 2017

The 43rd Badalona Open takes place 2nd to 10th August 2017.

43rd Badalona Open 2017 Badalona ESP Wed 2nd Aug 2017 - Thu 10th Aug 2017
Leading Round 6 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
117Salinas Herrera PabloIMCHI24116.014.519.0
21Grigoryan Karen H.GMARM25705.016.021.0
15Petrosyan Tigran S.IMARM24305.016.021.0
420Iniyan PIMIND24045.015.520.5
54Krysa LeandroGMARG25375.015.520.0
625Motuz KarolFMSVK23855.012.516.5
78Gascon Del Nogal Jose RafaelIMVEN24984.515.521.5
85Vera Siguenas DeivyIMPER25254.515.019.5
11Narciso Dublan MarcGMESP24674.515.019.5
1026Perpinya Rofes Lluis MariaIMESP23664.514.519.5
34Escalante Ramirez Brian SebasFMPER23264.514.519.5
1224Panelo MarceloIMARG23864.514.519.0
49Srijit PaulIND22554.514.519.0
147Gonzalez Garcia JoseGMMEX25134.514.018.0
1528Gukesh DCMIND23654.513.517.5
166Himanshu SharmaIMIND25144.513.018.0
179Oliva Castaneda KevelIMCUB24974.513.017.5
12Fernandez FernandoIMPER24554.513.017.5
72Vergara Jofre FelipeFMCHI21194.513.017.5
2013Fluvia Poyatos JordiIMESP24384.512.016.5
213Peralta FernandoGMARG25404.017.523.5
2238Karthik VenkataramanFMIND23164.014.519.5
2339Abhishek DasIND23144.014.519.0
2432Morales Jhon AlexanderCOL23434.014.019.0
2514Diaz Camallonga CarlesFMESP24374.014.018.0
2629Grafl FlorianIMGER23644.013.518.5
2760Cimer EmanuelARG21844.013.018.0
2842Akash Pc IyerIND23044.012.517.5
2947Deshmukh Anup M.IMIND22604.012.517.0
51Gomez Jurado Luis AlbertoFMESP22464.012.517.0
3110Rios Cristhian CamiloIMCOL24754.012.016.0
3261Blasco Coll AndreuMKESP21814.011.516.0
3358Vignesh BIND22084.010.514.0
3435Fenil ShahAGMIND23263.517.023.0
3521Quirhuayo Chumbe German GonzaFMPER23973.516.022.0
362Ortiz Suarez Isan ReynaldoGMCUB25563.515.521.0
3727Arjun KalyanIND23663.515.019.5
3816Lorenzo De La Riva LazaroIMESP24153.515.019.0
3950Escandell Juan CFMESP22513.514.519.5
4063Gonzalez Saguillo OriolESP21573.514.018.5
79Del Amo Carbo JordiESP21033.514.018.5
94Purushothaman ThirumalaiFMIND20053.514.018.5
4323Dhulipalla Bala Chandra PrasadIND23923.513.518.0
4453Ossa OrlandoIMCOL22403.513.018.0
4556Rodriguez Alvarez VidalCMVEN22243.513.017.5
59Ajay KarthikeyanIND22023.513.017.5
4774Anuj ShrivatriIND21153.512.517.0
4889Riu Lopez DanielESP20463.512.018.0
4937Guichard PaulineWGMFRA23223.512.016.5
40Uribe Arteaga DanielMKCOL23133.512.016.5
143 players

10) Dutch Open 2017

The Dutch Open took place in Dieren 25th July to 3rd August 2017. Chanda Sandipan edged out Koen Leenhouts on tie-break after both scored 7/9.

Dutch Open 2017 Dieren NED Tue 25th Jul 2017 - Thu 3rd Aug 2017
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg123456789PtsTB1TB2TPR
1Sandipan, ChandaGMIND25751½11½½½117.051.038.52675
2Leenhouts, KoenIMNED2486111½½½11½7.051.038.02685
3L'Ami, ErwinGMNED2610111½½1½106.552.535.752623
4Iturrizaga, EduardoGMVEN2664111½½1½016.552.535.52642
5Annaberdiev, MeilisIMTKM248511½½1½0116.548.533.752557
6Reinderman, DimitriGMNED2573½11½1½½½16.547.533.752556
7Gavrilov, AlexeiGMRUS24911½½½11½½16.546.032.02566
8Schoppen, CasperIMNED2432½1101½1016.047.529.252464
9Pruijssers, RoelandGMNED25081½11½01016.047.528.752529
10Shyam, Sundar M.GMIND25341011½½1½½6.047.029.752492
11Brodowski, PiotrIMPOL24421½½½101½16.041.026.52415
12Ikonnikov, VyacheslavGMRUS2538011½1½½½16.041.026.252423
13Elgersma, SimonNED2120010½½11116.038.525.02359
14Butkiewicz, LukaszIMPOL24551½1½1½1005.548.026.52497
15Van Foreest, LucasIMNED24731½1½½1½½05.547.527.252490
16Hausrath, DanielGMGER2482110½½½1105.547.526.752440
17Vrolijk, LiamFMNED24191½1½0101½5.546.026.52361
18De Jong, MigchielIMNED23381½0½½11105.546.025.752386
19Baglan, EsatFMTUR23051½½10101½5.546.025.252455
20Van Dael, SiemNED2132½0110½11½5.542.023.752421
21Buckels, ValentinFMGER233210101½0115.541.022.02344
22Roy, PrantikIMIND235111½½10½½05.050.525.52493
23Hendriks, WillyIMNED24111101001105.048.525.02332
24Beukema, StefanIMBEL24001½10110½05.047.523.52309
25Lai, Hing TingFMNED23931011½010½5.046.522.52375
26Warmerdam, MaxFMNED23571½010101½5.046.022.02345
27Zwirs, NicoNED239911010½1½05.046.021.52385
28Bosboom, ManuelIMNED24051½½01½10½5.044.523.252317
29Maris, IvoFMNED2332101½1001½5.043.521.752370
30Stillger, BernhardFMGER22621½&fracfrac12;½½½0½15.042.522.02326
31Kooijmans, JermoNED22721011½01½05.041.519.752398
32Van Meegen, RuudNED22391½01½10015.040.519.02340
33Caglar, SilaWFMTUR1976+0½0½½1½15.040.020.52151
34Beerdsen, ThomasIMNED2452½½½10011½5.039.020.52221
35Beukema, JasperFMBEL221801011½0½15.039.018.252290
36Wiersma, EelkeIMNED23521½010½01½4.546.519.52260
37Luch, MichalIMPOL239310101½½0½4.545.521.252234
38Vos, TjarkAHO21711½0½1010½4.543.521.52383
39Kokje, JorisNED21120101½10104.540.519.52342
40Grieve, HarryENG207601100011½4.539.517.02231
41Wedda, DriesNED209401100½1014.539.516.752265
42Ojas KulkarniIND23511000½½½114.537.516.02136
43De Boer, BasNED2079½100½½1½½4.536.516.752260
44De Boer, EelkeNED216101001½0114.536.514.752194
45Kollen, ZyonFMNED23071½½01½½004.045.018.52335
46Maatman, NickFMNED2386½½1½½10004.044.518.52187
47Van Baar, EsperNED20670½110½1004.041.516.02212
48Muehlenhaus, SvenFMGER2199½½½01010½4.040.516.252187
49Rietveld, RenzeFMNED2312½1001100½4.040.514.52133
50Mesman, EdwynNED22300110½½0½½4.038.513.52149
79 players

11) German Masters and ZMDI Open 2017

The German Masters and ZMDI Open took place 29th July to 6th August 2017. Falko Bindrich edged out Rainer Buhmann in the GM group after both scored 4.5/7.

German Masters 2017 Dresden GER Sat 29th Jul 2017 - Sun 6th Aug 2017
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
15Bindrich FalkoGER25854.520.54
21Buhmann RainerGER25804.520.53
34Meier GeorgGER26444.030.03
46Huschenbeth NiclasGER25854.020.04
53Svane RasmusGER25833.520.03
62Nisipeanu Liviu-DieterGER26833.000.03
77Blübaum MatthiasGER26422.500.04
88Heimann AndreasGER25912.000.04
8 players
German Masters 2017 Dresden GER Sat 29th Jul 2017 - Sun 6th Aug 2017. Category: 15. Ave: (2612)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts TPR
1 Buhmann, Rainer GM GER 2580 # = = 1 1 = = = 4.5 2718
2 Bindrich, Falko GM GER 2585 = # = = = = 1 1 4.5 2717
3 Huschenbeth, Niclas GM GER 2585 = = # 0 1 = 1 = 4 2665
4 Meier, Georg GM GER 2644 0 = 1 # 0 1 = 1 4 2657
5 Svane, Rasmus GM GER 2583 0 = 0 1 # = = 1 3.5 2616
6 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter GM GER 2683 = = = 0 = # = = 3 2551
7 Bluebaum, Matthias GM GER 2642 = 0 0 = = = # = 2.5 2505
8 Heimann, Andreas GM GER 2591 = 0 = 0 0 = = # 2 2457
Round 1. Mon 31st Jul 2017
Buhmann, Rainer 1/2-1/2 Heimann, Andreas 36 A34 English
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1/2-1/2 Bluebaum, Matthias 65 A45 Queen's pawn game
Svane, Rasmus 0-1 Huschenbeth, Niclas 74 D25 QGA, Janowsky-Larsen variation
Meier, Georg 1/2-1/2 Bindrich, Falko 41 E01 Catalan
Round 2. Tue 1st Aug 2017
Heimann, Andreas 0-1 Bindrich, Falko 57 C67 Ruy Lopez
Huschenbeth, Niclas 0-1 Meier, Georg 34 C00 French
Bluebaum, Matthias 1/2-1/2 Svane, Rasmus 34 D16 QGD Slav
Buhmann, Rainer 1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 18 D27 QGA
Round 3. Wed 2nd Aug 2017
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1/2-1/2 Heimann, Andreas 60 A35 English
Svane, Rasmus 0-1 Buhmann, Rainer 53 A19 English
Meier, Georg 1/2-1/2 Bluebaum, Matthias 54 C01 French
Bindrich, Falko 1/2-1/2 Huschenbeth, Niclas 84 D20 Queen's gambit accepted
Round 4. Thu 3rd Aug 2017
Heimann, Andreas 1/2-1/2 Huschenbeth, Niclas 61 A06 Reti opening
Bluebaum, Matthias 0-1 Bindrich, Falko 39 D35 QGD
Buhmann, Rainer 1-0 Meier, Georg 40 B81 Sicilian
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1/2-1/2 Svane, Rasmus 29 C07 French
Round 5. Fri 4th Aug 2017
Svane, Rasmus 1-0 Heimann, Andreas 50 A35 English
Meier, Georg 1-0 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 58 A04 Reti opening
Bindrich, Falko 1/2-1/2 Buhmann, Rainer 60 E36 Nimzo-Indian
Huschenbeth, Niclas 1-0 Bluebaum, Matthias 69 A45 Queen's pawn game
Round 6. Sat 5th Aug 2017
Heimann, Andreas 1/2-1/2 Bluebaum, Matthias 90 C11 French
Buhmann, Rainer 1/2-1/2 Huschenbeth, Niclas 41 D25 QGA, Janowsky-Larsen variation
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1/2-1/2 Bindrich, Falko 41 C65 Ruy Lopez
Svane, Rasmus 1-0 Meier, Georg 31 D37 QGD
Round 7. Sun 6th Aug 2017
Meier, Georg 1-0 Heimann, Andreas 38 D84 Gruenfeld
Bindrich, Falko 1/2-1/2 Svane, Rasmus 45 D12 QGD Slav
Huschenbeth, Niclas 1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 35 B10 Caro-Kann
Bluebaum, Matthias 1/2-1/2 Buhmann, Rainer 40 D45 QGD semi-Slav
ZMDI Open 2017 Dresden GER Sat 29th Jul 2017 - Sun 6th Aug 2017
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
11Onischuk VladimirGMUKR26107.553.0430.5
22Ovsejevitsch SergeiGMUKR26027.050.5430.0
35Wagner DennisGMGER25637.046.5338.0
414Zakhartsov VladimirIMRUS24306.553.5416.5
53Kovchan AlexanderGMUKR25876.550.5426.0
610Dann MatthiasIMGER24966.549.0338.0
79Zakhartsov Viacheslav V.GMRUS25396.544.0415.0
811Poetsch HagenIMGER24816.544.0402.5
94Khenkin IgorGMGER25656.051.5325.5
108Kantans TomsIMLAT25316.051.0407.5
1118Zeller FrankIMGER23746.047.5310.0
127Danin AlexandreGMRUS25596.046.5413.0
1312Bilguun SumiyaIMMGL24606.046.5307.0
1413Izsak GyulaIMHUN24366.043.5393.5
1516Bräuer FranzIMGER24106.042.5386.5
1627Kaiser DieterGER22256.042.5372.5
176Nikolov MomchilGMBUL25615.549.0382.5
1821Sawlin LeonidFMGER23315.548.5307.0
1917Farago IvanGMHUN23895.547.5380.5
2019Lagunow RaphaelFMGER23485.546.5303.0
2124Legde GeorgFMGER22985.546.0352.5
2215Keymer VincentGER24115.544.5308.0
2320Urban KonstantinGER23325.544.0400.0
2425Kantane AnnaWIMPOL22865.543.0378.5
2540Puschendorf SteffenGER21155.541.0377.5
2623Hoffmann HendrikFMGER22985.540.5296.5
2726Wilhelm TillGER22425.538.5371.0
2830Herbrig AlexanderGER22025.043.5389.5
2943Bräuer FelixGER21025.043.5361.0
3048Bleecke SebastianGER19285.040.5358.5
3122Förster JonasGER23305.039.5363.5
3233Roseneck JonasGER21685.038.5361.0
3336Knaak JoachimGER21385.037.5372.5
3441Fehmer CarstenGER21125.036.0342.5
3564Nguyen Alex Dac-VuongGER19954.548.5377.5
3654Weishäutel MoritzGER19834.541.5353.5
3758Huber BenediktGER19924.540.5361.5
3842Reinemer FrankGER21034.540.0346.5
3937Wong GengchunGER21164.539.5366.5
4039Ronge Tim HendrikGER21254.539.5354.5
76 players

12) 13th Gazi-Heraklion Open 2017

The 13th Gazi-Heraklion Open took place 28th July to 5th August 2017. Andrey Rychagov won with 7.5/9.

13th Gazi-Heraklion Open Gazi GRE Fri 28th Jul 2017 - Sat 5th Aug 2017
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
14Rychagov AndreyGMRUS25367.50.053.042.75
25Kelires AndreasGMGRE25057.00.056.042.75
33Zinchenko YaroslavGMUKR25477.00.055.041.50
46Kotronias VasiliosGMGRE24897.00.051.038.75
51Kharitonov AlexandrGMRUS25586.50.055.538.25
610Gevorgyan MariaWIMARM22566.50.053.535.50
712Kouskoutis Georgios-AlexandrosGRE22376.50.052.034.25
82Borovikov VladislavGMUKR25536.50.051.035.50
97Galopoulos NikolaosGRE23716.50.050.034.75
108Mitsis GeorgiosGRE22786.00.053.032.25
1113Balokas DimitriosGRE22136.00.051.531.75
129Galojan LilitIMARM22776.00.051.030.50
1314Milonakis GeorgiosGRE21936.00.048.029.50
1421Serpetsidakis NikolaosGRE20136.00.046.027.25
1528Ragios KonstantinosGRE19206.00.045.527.00
1616Kudriashova IrinaWFMRUS21036.00.044.028.00
1719Lazaridis StavrosGRE20385.50.049.528.50
1811Megalios KonstantinosGRE22545.50.048.526.75
1917Grapsa GeorgiaWFMGRE20715.50.048.526.25
2023Maris IoannisFMGRE19815.50.047.025.25
2115Lirindzakis TimotheosIMGRE21725.50.046.026.25
2222Stefanidi Maria-AnnaWFMGRE19945.50.046.026.00
2330Vitsaxakis NikolaosGRE19045.50.045.023.25
2425Salahidou RevekaGRE19515.50.044.524.25
2533Palchuk AndriiUKR18475.50.044.523.25
2618Marountas IoannisGRE20395.50.041.524.50
2763Kotsinis AlexandrosGRE12875.50.040.523.50
2837Pelantakis MihailGRE17995.00.046.022.50
2935Betsakos KonstantinosGRE18325.00.044.521.50
3038Papidakis GeorgiosGRE16415.00.043.520.75
3144Tsihlis IoannisGRE15305.00.043.520.50
3231Tolias FotisGRE18845.00.043.022.75
3324Petraki MariaWFMGRE19755.00.042.521.75
3436Brokalakis - Gounaris ChristosGRE18185.00.042.519.50
3532Vidalis EvagelosGRE18725.00.042.021.00
3639Grammatikaki AggelikiGRE16235.00.042.020.00
3740Serpetsidaki EvaGRE16215.00.041.018.00
3850Sipsis Tsatsoulis GeorgiosGRE14695.00.040.519.00
3945Koutis PavlosGRE15155.00.039.018.00
4053Koutsaftis EfstratiosGRE14435.00.036.016.50
93 players

13) 10th Arad Open 2017

The 10th Arad Open takes place 6th to 13th August 2017.

10th Arad Open 2017 Arad ROU Sun 6th Aug 2017 - Sun 13th Aug 2017
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
113Kovacevic AleksandarGMSRB24813.025211.54.50
27Antal GergelyGMHUN25213.025012.05.50
32Istratescu AndreiGMROU26043.024352.05.00
416Bida Mihai-EugenIMROU24293.023831.04.00
515Vedmediuc SergheiIMMDA24593.021382.05.00
647Florescu Codrut-ConstantinIMROU22693.018322.06.00
759Nastase Robert-PaulFMROU22173.017131.03.50
876Vasiesiu VictorCMROU21692.526132.04.25
958Takacs LaszloSVK22292.525721.02.75
1060Ileana GeorgeFMROU22052.525721.02.50
1121Sanduleac VasileGMMDA24032.525501.53.75
126Nevednichy VladislavGMROU25252.525291.53.50
135Damljanovic BrankoGMSRB25412.524752.05.25
1461Rusan Paul-CristianFMROU22052.524561.53.75
1520Soltanici RuslanIMMDA24082.523762.04.25
1656Stoleriu GeorgeCMROU22332.523292.04.25
174Jianu Vlad-CristianGMROU25582.523031.54.25
1854Ganaus HannesIMAUT22412.523021.54.25
1933Marjanovic AnnamariaWFMHUN23542.522962.05.25
203Szabo Gergely-Andras-GyulaGMROU25592.522152.04.75
218Stefansson HannesGMISL25212.521931.53.75
2236Vrencian LehelFMROU23362.521921.03.00
2318Sundararajan KidambiGMIND24222.521521.02.75
2444Terbe JuliannaWIMHUN22822.521501.53.50
2510Korpa BenceIMHUN24972.521152.04.25
261Zubov AlexanderGMUKR26142.520781.03.25
2730Baratosi DanielIMROU23702.520741.53.75
2845Weinzettl ErnstIMAUT22792.520152.05.25
2938Schitco IvanMDA23152.519621.53.75
3011Manolache MariusGMROU24952.519341.53.75
3141Velickovic SasaIMSRB22972.518991.53.75
3224Dolana Andrei-TheodorFMROU23932.518801.53.25
3326Toma Radu-CristianCMROU23772.518721.53.75
3443Banzea Alexandru-BogdanFMROU22832.518671.53.50
3537Secheres Adrian-SimionFMROU23152.518652.04.75
3651Dicu Razvan-StefanFMROU22512.518491.53.25
3753Sandu MihaelaWGMROU22492.518031.52.75
3842Stanciu Alexandru-OvidiuFMROU22912.518002.05.25
399Zajic MilanGMSRB24992.517862.04.25
4039Yao StefanoFMITA23022.517682.04.25
245 players

14) 10th Calgary International 2017

The 10th Calgary International took place 2nd to 7th August 2017. With a final round win Victor Mikhalevski won the event with 7.5/9.

10th Calgary Int 2017 Calgary CAN Wed 2nd Aug 2017 - Mon 7th Aug 2017
Leading Round 8 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiRtg12345678Pts
1Sambuev, BatorGM2522W13W12D3W23W2L4W7W106.5
2Mikhalevski, VictorGM2533W17W15W10D3L1W16W4W116.5
3Gareyev, TimurGM2620W18W11D1D2W15D6D8D45.5
4Preotu, RazvanGM2501W14L23W21W9W7W1L2D35.5
5Haessel, DaleFM2205W33L10W32L11D13W20W22W125.5
6Becerra, JulioGM2539W24D7D23D12W9D3D10D85
7Cao, JasonFM2328W31D6W16W8L4D11L1W175
8Moradiabadi, ElshanGM2530W21D16W20L7W12D10D3D65
9Clement, Agnieszka MatrasWIM2230D19D20W27L4L6W25W21W165
10Foisor, Sabina FrancescaWGM2358W22W5L2W17D11D8D6L14.5
11Ratte, Olivier Kenta ChikuFM2332W30L3W14W5D10D7D15L24.5
12Niemann, Hans MokeFM2254W27L1W19D6L8W29W13L54.5
13Kostadinov, Georgi1997L1L27W18W31D5W24L12W154.5
14Willis, Bradley J.1991L4W34L11D19D32W27D18W224.5
15Zhang, YuanchenFM2272W25L2W30W22L3D17D11L134
16Shi, DiwenFM2261W26D8L7W20W23L2D17L94
17Malek, Omid2090L2W25W24L10W27D15D16L74
18Perron, Sean2080L3D19L13L28W31W30D14W254
19Timmerman, Brian1615D9D18L12D14L29W31D20W244
20Findlay, IanFM2226W34D9L8L16W30L5D19D213.5
21Shirazi, Behrooz Ebrahim2037L8W31L4L27W34W32L9D203.5
22Gold, Itohan1988L10W33W29L15W24D23L5L143.5
23Yoo, Christopher2242W28W4D6L1L16D22U---U---3
24Booker, Brad2114L6W26L17W25L22L13W27L193
25Zhao, Ian1844L15L17W34L24W28L9W32L183
26Dave, Bhavik1771L16L24D28L29L33W34D31W303
27Chandra, Anand Rishi1682L12W13L9W21L17L14L24W333
28Sharma, Vishruth1454L23L30D26W18L25L33D34W323
29Daniluk, Jim1909H---L32L22W26W19L12U---U---2.5
30Franco, Juan Carlos Garcia1842L11W28L15D32L20L18W33L262.5
31Gashgarian, Rob1679L7L21W33L13L18L19D26W342.5
32Mikhalevski, BinyaminU---W29L5D30D14L21L25L282
33Miller, ReubenL5L22L31L34W26W28L30L272
34Sklenka, Steve1533L20L14L25W33L21L26D28L311.5
34 players

15) 6th Arber Open 2017

The 6th Arber Open took place 29th July to 6th August 2017. Misa Pap edged out a big group on tie-break all of whom scored 7/9.

6th Arber Open 2017 Bayerisch Eisenstein GER Sat 29th Jul 2017 - Sun 6th Aug 2017
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg+-=PtsTB1TB2
1Pap, MisaGMSRB24915047.0225919.0
2Prusikin, MichaelGMGER25175047.0223619.0
3Sergeev, VladimirGMUKR24185047.0220419.0
4Milov, LeonidGMGER24445047.0216919.0
5Meijers, ViestursGMLAT24726127.0216420.0
6Ehmann, ThiloFMGER22946127.0209020.0
7Pirrot, DieterIMGER23716127.0207520.0
8Schelle, ArturGER21906216.5201619.0
9Medunova, VeraWIMCZE21036216.5200919.0
10Bensch, PatrickFMGER21776216.5190819.0
11Womacka, MathiasGMGER24365226.0221417.0
12Hausner, IvanIMCZE23635226.0216517.0
13Knechtel, RolandFMGER22356306.0209318.0
14Reis, GerhardGER21855226.0209017.0
15Babiy, OlgaWGMUKR23885226.0208917.0
16Terhorst, JochenGER21645226.0199717.0
17Richter, GeraldBEL20555226.0196717.0
18Krastev, AlexanderGER20715226.0191917.0
19Comes, BrunoGER21695226.0187317.0
20Kasueschke, LarsGER19164146.0186016.0
21Schmidt, OlafGER21204146.0184616.0
22Palmi, HerbertGER20985226.0178017.0
23Hopman, PieterFMNED23315315.5214916.0
24Miesbauer, JanCZE21865315.5214616.0
25Stinka, JakubCZE5315.5201716.0
26Schunk, ThomasFMGER21524235.5201315.0
27Schwenkreis, ThomaGER21025315.5201016.0
28Zepke, ArminGER21203155.5199714.0
29Frank, BjoernGER21255315.5192316.0
30Hoffmann, SebastiaGER18654235.5191415.0
31Gower, SamENG21085315.5187316.0
32Kucuk, DogukanTUR17644235.5180215.0
33Huber, FlorianGER18573245.0205213.0
34Friedel, MarcusGER21883245.0204013.0
35Herbold, ManfredCMGER21704225.0199214.0
36Villani, CristianGER19934325.0198214.0
37Schnicke, RobertCMGER21514325.0194214.0
38Fuchs, MichaelGER20964325.0193814.0
39Schleich, Theodor,GER19665405.0193715.0
40Kolb, WolfgangGER20634325.0193014.0
120 players

16) CellaVision Cup 2017

The CellaVision Cup took place 4th to 6th August 2017. Alexei Shirov won on tie-break from Zeng Chongsheng after both scored 7/8.

CellaVision Cup 2017 Lund SWE Fri 4th Aug 2017 - Sun 6th Aug 2017
Leading Final Round 8 Standings:
RkNameTiRtgGms+-=PtsTB1
1Shirov, AlexeiGM26488602741.5
2Chongsheng, ZengGM25378710735.5
3Dziuba, MarcinGM256885036.542
4Sumets, AndreyGM257685036.541
5Turner, Matthew J.GM253885036.540
6Grandelius, NilsGM264485036.539.5
7Saric, IvanGM263286116.538.5
8Prasanna, V. VishnuGM25388512641
9Ghosh, DiptayanGM25628512640.5
10Yunguo, WanGM24828620638.5
11Hillarp Persson, TigerGM25228620638
12Semcesen, DanielGM24768512638
13Tingjie, LeiGM25148512637
14Greenfeld, AlonGM25468404637
15Yuffa, DaniilGM25158512637
16Brunello, SabinoGM25668512636.5
17Cramling, PiaGM24488512636
18Kristiansen, JensGM23998512635.5
19Smith, AxelGM25078404635.5
20Pakleza, ZbigniewGM24948512634
21Thybo, JesperIM24648620633.5
22Gholamiourimi, AryanIM24348620633
23Miedema, DavidIM23738620631.5
24Ahlander, BjornIM243284135.540
25Tikkanen, HansGM252284135.538
26Ornstein, AxelIM233985215.537.5
27Chatalbashev, BorisGM254284135.537.5
28Burmakin, VladimirGM252085215.537.5
29Volkov, SergeyGM263785215.537
30Das, SayantanIM243685215.535.5
31Sagit, RauanIM240885215.535.5
32Kucuksari, KaanFM233385215.535
33Vorobiov, Evgeny EGM256984135.534.5
34Hector, JonnyGM248285215.534
35Arman, DenizFM227085215.533
36Hansen, Sune BergGM258785215.532.5
37Maras, Gurpreet Singh224784135.532.5
38Jogstad, MartinFM226185215.532
39Wedberg, TomGM246184135.532
40Bromann, ThorbjørnIM239085215.531.5
238 players

17) ChessMine Rapid Open 2017

The ChessMine Rapid Open took place 5th to 6th August 2017. This strong rapid event in India was won by GN Gopal on tie-break from Koushik Girish, Krishna Sai and Abhijeet Gupta all of whom scored 8.5/11. It doesn't seem any games were saved.

ChessMine Rapid Open 2017 Bangalore IND Sat 5th Aug 2017 - Sun 6th Aug 2017
Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
15Gopal G.N.IND25388.50.066.060.5
234Girish A. KoushikIND23198.50.064.058.5
324Sai Krishna G VIND23698.50.062.557.0
44Gupta AbhijeetIND25688.50.061.556.5
57Sengupta DeepIND25298.00.066.059.5
62Sethuraman S.P.IND26008.00.062.557.0
713Deepan Chakkravarthy J.IND24528.00.061.556.5
811Kunte AbhijitIND24608.00.061.556.0
931Karthikeyan MuraliIND23288.00.061.055.0
1016Stany G.A.IND23928.00.060.055.0
119Nitin S.IND24658.00.059.553.5
1217Satyapragyan SwayangsuIND23888.00.058.553.5
1315Karthikeyan P.IND24298.00.055.050.0
1468Nihal SarinIND20327.50.068.062.0
1535Rathanvel V SIND23197.50.066.560.5
1638Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.IND22967.50.062.556.5
1721Sriram JhaIND23727.50.062.556.5
1827Puranik AbhimanyuIND23437.50.062.056.5
1940Sadhwani RaunakIND22697.50.061.556.5
203Swayams MishraIND25697.50.061.556.0
2130Mohammad Nubairshah ShaikhIND23317.50.061.056.0
2237Rajesh V A VIND23017.50.061.055.5
231Vidit Santosh GujrathiIND27187.50.061.055.0
2443Abhishek KelkarIND22477.50.060.556.0
2512Rathnakaran K.IND24547.50.060.555.5
2610Shyaamnikhil PIND24637.50.060.054.5
2729Viani Antonio DcunhaIND23337.50.060.054.0
2820Krishna C R GIND23757.50.059.554.5
2939Ravi Teja S.IND22917.50.059.554.5
3045Shetty RahulIND22387.50.057.552.0
3132Prasad Devaki VIND23277.00.060.554.5
3261Raghunandan Kaumandur SrihariIND20747.00.060.554.5
3322Neelotpal DasIND23697.00.060.054.0
3419Anwesh UpadhyayaIND23857.00.059.554.5
3514Gagare ShardulIND24407.00.059.554.5
3664Vinay Raj BhattIND20407.00.059.054.5
3742Soumya SwaminathanIND22667.00.059.054.0
3879Mohammed DilshadIND19257.00.058.053.0
3925Saravana Krishnan P.IND23577.00.058.052.5
4056Yashas D.IND21237.00.057.552.5
466 players

18) China Zonal 3.5 Women 2017

The China Zonal 3.5 Women takes place 7th to 14th August 2017.

China zt 3.5 Women 2017 Zibo CHN Mon 7th Aug 2017 - Mon 14th Aug 2017
Leading Round 1 (of 11) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
14Wang JueCHN23651.00.00.00.0
6Ren XiaoyiCHN22531.00.00.00.0
12Zhao ShengxinCHN20991.00.00.00.0
14Sun FanghuiCHN20681.00.00.00.0
18Zhang XiaoCHN19911.00.00.00.0
61Ni ShiqunCHN24321.00.00.00.0
3Zhu JinerCHN23671.00.00.00.0
5Zhai MoCHN23171.00.00.00.0
7Ning KaiyuCHN22091.00.00.00.0
9Gu TianluCHN21801.00.00.00.0
11Xu YuzeCHN21421.00.00.00.0
13Nie XinCHN20841.00.00.00.0
15Li YunshanCHN20291.00.00.00.0
16Hong XingCHN20281.00.00.00.0
17Yang YijingCHN20031.00.00.00.0
19Zhou ZirunCHN19871.00.00.00.0
21Hu YueCHN19401.00.00.00.0
29Zhao YuxuanCHN18121.00.00.00.0
198Li XueyiCHN21920.50.50.50.0
2027Wan QianCHN18400.50.50.50.0
212Guo QiCHN24040.00.01.00.0
10Xu TongCHN21790.00.01.00.0
20Fu Yuting (chn)CHN19530.00.01.00.0
22Cai YouyangCHN19340.00.01.00.0
24Guo WeibaoCHN18820.00.01.00.0
26Bai XueCHN18580.00.01.00.0
28Chen YiruCHN18190.00.01.00.0
30Gao HanxueCHN17170.00.01.00.0
32Mu ChenchenCHN16390.00.01.00.0
34Wang YiruCHN15850.00.01.00.0
36Ha YihanCHN15380.00.01.00.0
38Wang ShunshunCHN14370.00.01.00.0
3323Yan TianqiCHN18980.00.01.00.0
25Zhang YuxuanCHN18610.00.01.00.0
31Xue YueCHN16840.00.01.00.0
33Wang XuwenCHN16190.00.01.00.0
35Zhang Jing BCHN15530.00.01.00.0
37Lu MiaoyiCHN15370.00.01.00.0
38 players

19) 25th Troya Open 2017

The 25th Troya Open takes place 7th to 12th August 2017.

20) Letnji Open Jezero 2017

The Letnji Open Jezero takes place 7th to 13th August 2017.

Letnji Open Jezero 2017 Belgrade SRB Mon 7th Aug 2017 - Sun 13th Aug 2017
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Tosic MiroslavSRB24382.01.00.02.0
2Ostojic NikolaSRB24162.01.00.02.0
4Martic IvanSRB23242.01.00.02.0
6Vrbljanac AleksandarSRB23042.01.00.02.0
8Rajkovic MladenSRB22972.01.00.02.0
11Skare GoranSRB22682.01.00.02.0
15Kocic SasaSRB22392.01.00.02.0
17Chelushkina IrinaSRB22382.01.00.02.0
18Pucarevic MilenkoSRB22332.01.00.02.0
19Savic Mihailo SSRB22322.01.00.02.0
21Maric DraganSRB22102.01.00.02.0
22Vulinovic RadivojeMNE22102.01.00.02.0
25Maksimovic MarkoSRB21842.01.00.02.0
26Jeremic MilanSRB21802.01.00.02.0
31Savic NemanjaSRB21572.01.00.02.0
1616Radivojevic Milan RSRB22392.01.00.01.5
175Djokic NenadSRB23172.01.00.01.5
1810Andrijevic MilanSRB22892.01.00.01.0
24Svicevic RastkoSRB21912.01.00.01.0
34Becelic DejanSRB21352.01.00.01.0
44Jakovljevic DejanSRB20682.01.00.01.0
53Jevtic MiroljubSRB20162.01.00.01.0
63Nestorovic KatarinaSRB19412.01.00.01.0
67Sevkusic UrosSRB19162.01.00.01.0
69Mrdak MilomirSRB18942.01.00.01.0
73Zhukov AntonRUS18632.01.00.01.0
277Popchev MilkoBUL23001.51.50.02.5
13Cvetkovic NemanjaSRB22491.51.50.02.5
64Radovic GoranSRB19271.51.50.02.5
86Matovic AndjelaSRB17801.51.50.02.5
313Nestorovic DejanSRB23711.51.50.02.5
20Zivkovic MarkoSRB22221.51.50.02.5
30Grcic VukasinSRB21661.51.50.02.5
32Al Atarji SamiSRB21511.51.50.02.5
115Djordjevic NevenaSRB14811.51.50.02.5
3640Jovanovic Dejan RSRB20881.51.50.02.0
72Damjanovic VukSRB18781.51.50.02.0
38112Mitrovic StefanSRB15241.51.50.02.0
3935Miladinovic LenaSRB21301.51.50.01.5
39Krstic MilosSRB20921.51.50.01.5
145 players

21) 51st Mislata Open 2017

The 51st Mislata Open takes place 7th to 13th August 2017.

22) 3rd Zhongfu Chess Open 2017

The 3rd Zhongfu Chess Open takes place 7th to 16th August 2017 although I have no confirmation it has started.

23) First Saturday August 2017

The First Saturday August events take place 5th to 15th August 2017.

FSGM August 2017 Budapest HUN Sat 5th Aug 2017 - Tue 15th Aug 2017
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
17Kaczur FlorianHUN24462.00.000.0
28Nguyen Thai Dai VanCZE24791.50.500.0
36Hoeglauer PatrickGER23101.50.250.0
43Grimm DanielHUN23261.01.250.0
59Cuhendi Sean WinshandINA24171.00.750.0
610Ivanov Mikhail MRUS23910.50.750.0
72Dobrov VladimirRUS25100.50.500.0
81Farago IvanHUN23890.00.000.0
4Minko VladimirRUS24110.00.000.0
5Balint VilmosHUN22550.00.000.0
10 players
FSIM August 2017 Budapest HUN Sat 5th Aug 2017 - Tue 15th Aug 2017
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
17Kantsler BorisISR24272.01.000.0
22Nguyen Van ThanhVIE22712.00.500.0
35Nazarenus OlafGER20891.01.000.0
46Lyell MarkENG21931.00.500.0
58Ilincic ZlatkoSRB24361.00.000.0
61Dushyant SharmaIND21000.50.250.5
10Becskei ZoltanHUN22850.50.250.5
83Yao LanCHN22530.00.000.0
4Citra Dewi Ardhiani AnastasiaINA22640.00.000.0
9Radlovacki JovanSRB23820.00.000.0
10 players
FSFM August 2017 Budapest HUN Sat 5th Aug 2017 - Tue 15th Aug 2017
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
14Eperjesi Laszlo Dr.HUN20982.01.500.0
21Cimpean AndraROU19591.01.000.0
2Lantos AttilaHUN20401.01.000.0
10Juhasz AgostonHUN20351.01.000.0
56Zoltan AndrasHUN19131.00.500.0
68Sivanesan SubramanianMAS19981.00.000.0
75Zoldy RobertHUN18840.50.250.5
7Hana Jamal Qadir GhaffooriIRQ19440.50.250.5
93Nagy ZoltanHUN18950.00.000.0
9Farago SandorHUN22700.00.000.0
10 players

24) Grafica Yael GM 2017

The Grafica Yael GM takes place 5th to 13th August 2017.

Grafica Yael GM 2015 Buenos Aires ARG Sat 5th Aug 2017 - Sun 13th Aug 2017
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
13Iermito SebastianIMARG25012.01.000.02
22Acosta Pablo IsmaelIMARG24152.00.500.02
37Perez MaximilianoIMARG23851.50.750.01
46Sorin ArielGMARG24171.00.750.50
10Liascovich LucasIMARG24721.00.750.50
68Molina Roberto Junio BritoIMBRA24531.00.500.01
74Menna Barreto Felipe KubiakiFMBRA22930.50.750.00
81Hungaski Robert AndrewGMUSA25110.50.500.00
5Rodriguez Vila AndresGMURU24830.50.500.00
109Llorens Silvio AndresARG21350.00.000.00
10 players

25) Huocheng Xinjiang Rapid 2017

The Huocheng Xinjiang Rapid took place 1st to 5th August 2017. Yu Yangyi beat Wei Yi 2-0 in a tie-break match after both scored 6/9.

Huocheng Xinjiang Rapid Huocheng County CHN Tue 1st Aug 2017 - Sat 5th Aug 2017
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameFEDRtgPts
1Wei, YiCHN26646.0
2Yu, YangyiCHN27956.0
3Zhou, JianchaoCHN26475.5
4Lu, ShangleiCHN26025.5
5Wen, YangCHN26025.0
6Wang, YueCHN26995.0
7Li, Chao BCHN26974.5
8Tan, ZhongyiCHN24884.0
9Bu, XiangzhiCHN26983.5
10Abudureheman, NamaitiCHN20080.0
10 players
Huocheng Xinjiang Rapid Huocheng County CHN Tue 1st Aug 2017 - Sat 5th Aug 2017. Category: 14. Ave: (2599)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Yu, Yangyi GM CHN 2744 # = 1 = = = = 1 = 1 6 2708
2 Wei, Yi GM CHN 2753 = # = = = 1 1 = = 1 6 2707
3 Zhou, Jianchao GM CHN 2597 0 = # = = 1 1 = = 1 5.5 2679
4 Lu, Shanglei GM CHN 2628 = = = # 0 = = 1 1 1 5.5 2676
5 Wen, Yang GM CHN 2602 = = = 1 # = 1 0 0 1 5 2642
6 Wang, Yue GM CHN 2699 = 0 0 = = # = 1 1 1 5 2631
7 Li, Chao b GM CHN 2744 = 0 0 = 0 = # 1 1 1 4.5 2583
8 Tan, Zhongyi GM CHN 2506 0 = = 0 1 0 0 # 1 1 4 2566
9 Bu, Xiangzhi GM CHN 2710 = = = 0 1 0 0 0 # 1 3.5 2507
10 Abudureheman, Namaiti CHN 2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 # 0 2665
Huocheng Xinjiang TB Huocheng County CHN Tue 1st Aug 2017 - Sat 5th Aug 2017
Leading Final Round 2 Standings:
RkNameFEDRtg12Pts
1Yu, YangyiCHN2795112
2Wei, YiCHN2664000
2 players

26) Liepajas Rokade 2017

The Liepajas Rokade tournament took place 3rd to 6th August 2017. Vladimir Kovalev won the open with 10.5/13. There was then a super tournament won by Daniel Fridman on tie-break from Igor Kovalenko. Unfortunately I forgot about this second super event and can't find an archive of games from it anywhere. Hopefully they were all saved somewhere but I fear they may be lost forever. At such a busy time merely broadcasting games and hoping someone saves them is not good enough and Latvian organisers have been particularly poor at documenting and saving material from their own events.

Liepajas Rokade Open 2017 Liepaja LAT Thu 3rd Aug 2017 - Sun 6th Aug 2017
Leading Final Round 13 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
13Kovalev VladislavBLR257110.5106.5114.02583
25Meskovs NikitaLAT250210.0103.5108.52545
32Lintchevski DaniilRUS26099.5108.0115.02507
46Lugovskoy MaximRUS25019.5104.0110.52448
51Chigaev MaksimRUS26319.5103.5109.52456
615Lavendelis EgonsLAT23019.5101.5108.52434
721Tokranovs DmitrijsLAT22469.0105.5111.02426
820Zuckovs AleksejsLAT22559.0102.5108.52425
931Makovskis GeorgijsLAT21239.0100.0106.52347
1010Mustaps MatissLAT23649.098.5103.52302
119Bernotas ArtursLAT23889.098.0104.02309
1211Rogule LauraLAT23449.097.0103.52291
1318Berzinsh IvarsLAT22769.095.0100.52257
144Kanep MeelisEST25158.5108.5115.02441
1527Zatonskih V.UKR21548.5102.5108.02344
1613Berzinsh RolandLAT23378.5101.5107.02348
178Zatonskih AnnaUSA24188.596.5103.02280
1824Viskelis DariusLTU21698.591.096.52193
197Cmilyte ViktorijaLTU24518.095.0101.02166
2017Tronenkovs ValdisLAT22848.095.0100.02191
2114Muhamadejevs RinatsLAT23138.094.0100.52168
2212Pultinevicius PauliusLTU23438.091.597.02161
2330Baliasnyj TimurLTU21408.091.096.52171
2429Dr Agafonov YuriLAT21428.089.594.52152
2532Mierins EriksLAT21168.089.093.52120
2644Kolesnikovs IvansLAT20188.088.091.52126
2719Stepins EdgarsLAT22748.087.593.02034
2841Daudzvardis JanisLAT20478.086.091.52074
2950Kapce ViestursLAT19778.085.590.52063
3060Auzins ArtisLAT18958.084.587.52023
3123Chernyak ViktoriaRUS21757.596.0102.52162
3236Terentiev SergeiLAT20867.595.599.52169
3334Laimins LaurisLAT20947.594.099.02192
3437Bolsakovs VadimsLAT20717.592.595.52135
3540Ivanov IgorLAT20487.591.597.52149
3625Ungurs EdgarsLAT21627.591.597.02110
3751Salna AleksandrasLTU19767.590.094.02136
3846Zukauskas Arnas PovilasLTU20057.586.590.52066
3954Vaitkevicius PauliusLTU19647.585.589.51936
4067Lielmezs GirtsLAT18267.584.088.01999
130 players

27) St-Denis Chess Festival 2017

The St-Denis Chess Festival took place 22nd to 30th July 2017. Tejas Bakre won with 7.5/9.

Mont-Royal Open 2017 Montreal CAN Sat 22nd Jul 2017 - Sun 30th Jul 2017
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPts
15BAKRE TejasGMIND24497.5
21SAMBUEV BatorGMCAN26267.0
2MIKHALEVSKI VictorGMISR26007.0
43CHIKU-RATTÉ Olivier KentaFMCAN24926.5
510KAUFMAN RaymondIMUSA22616.0
64YU Zong YangFMCAN24795.5
6LÉVEILLÉ FrancoisFMCAN23105.5
9HUANG QiuyuCAN22655.5
11VOSKANYAN VahagnFMCAN22555.5
108RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX ShawnFMCAN22855.0
13ROBICHAUD LouisCAN21525.0
19MARIN SamCAN20245.0
1312DUONG Thanh NhaIMCAN22514.5
14SAHA AnandaCAN21444.5
16DURETTE FrancisCAN20944.5
17JOHNSON-CONSTANTIN MatthieuCAN20484.5
23ABBAS TalalCAN19234.5
24HAJI GHANBARI NaderIRI18594.5
27YAGIZ BoraTUR18374.5
2021GAUTHIER DenisCAN19443.5
22GUIPI BOPALA Prince Éric Jr.CAN19413.5
25JOANIS Marc-AndréCAN18493.5
29GOLDNER JohnCAN17663.5
247LOPEZ LINARES Lizandro F.CAN22903.0
26VIGNALOU JosephCAN18483.0
28STEINBERG EllisCAN18153.0
2715BASSEL CharafLBN21092.5
30GIL Bernardo JoséCAN17622.5
2918KURTZ Eric MUSA20331.0
20GAGNON BorisCAN19621.0
31NICA IonCAN17431.0
31 players

28) ch-EST 2017

The Estonian Championship took place 1st to 6th August 2017. Ilja Siros won with 5.5/7.

ch-EST 2017 Tallinn EST Tue 1st Aug 2017 - Sun 6th Aug 2017
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
14Siros IljaEST22995.521.526.523.5
25Petrov DmitriEST22155.021.527.023.5
8Chukavin KirillEST21595.021.527.023.5
41Krupenski JüriEST24134.522.027.524.0
52Jezov RomanEST23194.521.527.023.5
66Garanin AlekseiEST21924.519.525.021.5
712Medar MartiEST19804.019.024.021.0
811Pedoson Georg AleksanderEST20364.017.522.520.0
93Vovk IljaEST23074.016.521.018.0
107Lelumees BraitEST21723.520.025.022.0
1110Haavamäe HenrikEST20643.519.524.521.5
1215Vaino NikitaEST17803.512.517.516.5
139Kortsagin OlegEST21583.018.524.021.0
1413Ivanov Platon-JaanEST19783.017.021.519.0
1520Sild Eero KristjanEST03.016.520.518.0
1614Teemäe LeoEST19213.014.019.518.5
1716Orgse Karl KristoferEST16332.516.521.018.5
1817Kõlar Johan-EerikEST16232.512.516.015.0
1919Ioganson OlegEST01.014.518.516.0
2018Shvedov AndreiEST13620.516.021.018.5
20 players

29) 4th Prague Summer Open 2017

The 4th Prague Summer Open takes place 4th to 11th August 2017.

4th Prague Summer Open Prague CZE Fri 4th Aug 2017 - Fri 11th Aug 2017
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Iordachescu ViorelGMMDA25814.05.59.54
211Brokken DennisNED24013.55.510.53
32Xiu DeshunGMCHN25323.55.510.03
45Lin ChenGMCHN24503.55.010.53
54Neuman PetrGMCZE24573.55.010.03
69Kraus TomasIMCZE24243.54.510.03
73Chernyshov KonstantinGMRUS24963.54.58.53
15Saiyn ZhanatIMKAZ23813.54.58.53
918Aliyev RavanFMAZE23463.05.511.02
1053Zlatin AlexISR21493.05.59.02
1110Urtnasan NasanjargalFMMGL24193.05.010.03
28Matras OndrejFMCZE22643.05.010.03
138Mammadov ZaurGMAZE24243.05.010.02
24Mammadova NarminWIMAZE22773.05.010.02
1517Hoefelsauer ThomasFMGER23573.05.09.52
1630Pauly CarloGER22613.04.59.52
177Vichnar DavidFMCZE24283.04.59.02
1814Plischki SebastianIMGER23833.04.09.53
1934Karayev KananFMAZE22283.04.09.03
206Campora DanielGMARG24363.04.09.02
2167Mustafayev FaridAZE20763.04.08.03
2261Slovak KilianCZE21013.04.07.52
2312Domogaev SergeyGMRUS24003.03.58.03
2460Domanski LukaszPOL21023.03.57.03
2548Baasansuren ErdeneFMMGL21693.03.57.02
2616Lamorelle JulienFMFRA23583.03.56.52
2719Chkhaidze NikolozFMGEO23412.55.511.02
2835Sbarra MarcoFMITA22282.55.510.02
2921Petran PeterIMSVK23082.55.010.02
3013Yagupov IgorGMRUS23952.55.09.02
3145Haase PavelCZE21772.54.59.52
71Pulpan MatejCZE20542.54.59.52
3337Egorov PavelRUS22052.54.59.02
3431Mikes JanCZE22532.54.59.01
3544Egorov KonstantinRUS21802.54.58.52
3641Yuan YeCHN21972.54.58.51
3747Richterova NatasaWIMCZE21722.54.58.02
3866Zoldan MatteoCMITA20822.54.58.01
3927Nitish BelurkarFMIND22692.54.09.02
40117Hu ZhihengCHN18292.54.08.51
135 players

30) 21st Wasselonne Open 2017

The 21st Wasselonne Open took place 3rd to 6th August 2017. There was a large tie on 5.5/7 with Azer Mirzoev having the best tie-break.

21st Wasselonne Open 2017 Wasselonne FRA Thu 3rd Aug 2017 - Sun 6th Aug 2017
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2Perf
1MIRZOEV AzergAZE25355.534252550
2LE ROUX Jean-PierregFRA25435.532.5252530
3BELLAHCENE BilelmFRA24815.53223.52500
4WIRIG AnthonygFRA24945.531.5232493
5RIFF VincentfFRA23815.529.5232404
6REINHART EmmanuelfFRA24055.52922.52417
7GSCHNITZER AdrianGER233053222.52342
8MALASSAGNE RaphaelFRA2213531.522.52398
9LERCH PatricemFRA2403529.5222335
10BRIET AntoinefFRA2174528192219
11PUCHER SebastienfFRA2360527.5192211
12LEFEBVRE HervefFRA2282522162134
13PETER SebastienfFRA22444.53120.52280
14FAERBER DavidGER22854.53021.52262
15BRAEUNING Rudolf WilhelmfGER23264.53019.52231
16THOMAS AnysiaFRA20694.530192286
17ZILBERMAN PolinamfGER21494.528.5202201
18KRANZL JulianAUT21094.526.518.52202
19WIELAND OliverGER20414.526.5182169
20DAESCHLER FlorianFRA21614.526.5182160
21POURQUET MatthieuFRA20964.526162195
22BABAEV EldenizAZE20204.525.5182128
23DE SILVA Joel NielsGER20564.525.5172177
24MULLER EtienneFRA21394.52516.52061
25DA SILVA QuentinFRA21104.522.518.52061
26SCHMIDER NiklasGER2122429192127
27POUCHON JoffreyFRA2111428.5192120
28ELLIS AntoineFRA1885428.5162161
29SCHALL DenisFRA2042427.5182159
30FRANTZ NicolasFRA2071427.5172124
31WENDLER DavidGER2056425.5172068
32JEANNE MickaelFRA2196425.5162037
33NUDING MatthiasGER210342415.51996
34CAHEN AlexisFRA1970424152139
35BETHKE RobertGER178442413.52063
36FISCHER DanielGER198542412.52084
37VIGNALE StephaneFRA206442314.52019
38SEEGER KlausGER1999423142051
39NAILLOU ThomasFRA1967418121982
40COFMANN VeaceslavGER21833.531.518.52175
94 players

31) 5th Brazil Open 2017

The 5th Brazil Open took place 4th to 6th August 2017. Rafael Leitao won with 5.5/6.

5th Brazil Open 2017 Teresina BRA Fri 4th Aug 2017 - Sun 6th Aug 2017
Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Leitao RafaelBRA26235.50.021.023.5
22Barbosa Evandro AmorimBRA25095.00.021.024.0
33Perdomo LeandroARG24575.00.018.020.0
418Librelato Kathie GoulartBRA20484.50.021.022.0
56Rocha Vitor Firmo De SouzaBRA22124.50.020.022.0
68Januario Severino PereiraBRA21784.50.020.021.5
710Souza Rafael Cabral DeBRA21624.50.019.521.5
814Pirola Claudionor Alcides LimBRA21044.00.021.023.5
95Brito LuismarBRA22264.00.019.521.5
109Albuquerque Junior WellingtonBRA21714.00.017.520.5
1117Araujo Sergio MuriloBRA20784.00.017.520.5
124Macedo Maximo IackBRA23644.00.017.519.5
1341Pinheiro Francisco Das ChagasBRA17784.00.016.518.0
1420Alves Campelo Danilo Cesar DeBRA20004.00.016.518.0
1512Silva Sobrinho Agostinho JoseBRA21434.00.015.517.5
1626Carvalho Lazaro MirandaBRA19314.00.015.516.5
1716Bastos Werton AlvarengaBRA20904.00.013.014.5
1811Parente Renan BrazBRA21593.50.021.023.5
1922Alves Da Silva ThiagoBRA19773.50.020.022.5
2015Chang SuzanaBRA20963.50.018.520.5
2124Torres Eduardo LisboaBRA19393.50.017.519.5
2231Frankental DavidBRA18553.50.017.018.0
2321Amorim Gidelson FerreiraBRA20003.50.016.018.0
2442De Araujo Maxdeilly MouraBRA17773.50.015.517.5
257Amorim Daniel Madson De MedeiBRA21803.50.015.016.5
2628Leite Italo Andre MedeirosBRA18943.50.014.516.0
2725De Araujo Sergio C MendesBRA19323.00.019.520.5
2823Meneses Lourenco Teixeira DeBRA19723.00.017.017.5
2946Silva Junior Marcelo ValerianBRA16873.00.016.518.0
3027Lima Fo Jose PacificoBRA18983.00.016.517.5
3137Sales Luis CarlosBRA18053.00.016.017.0
3247De Souza Francisco FerreiraBRA16533.00.015.016.0
3353Born AryBRA14123.00.012.013.5
3433Correa Luca SoaresBRA18332.50.018.019.5
3519Oliveira Francinato Menezes DBRA20032.50.017.520.0
3613Luz Edmundo ReisBRA21292.50.017.018.5
3740Carmo E Silva Jammes WillianBRA17942.50.016.517.0
3839Assuncao Darlane BritoBRA17942.50.015.517.0
3945Da Paixao Irineu VieiraBRA17122.50.015.017.0
55Luz Christian OliveiraBRA12832.50.015.017.0
4130Prado Filho Ricardo De AlmeidBRA18842.50.015.016.5
4249Gomes Genildo De SouzaBRA15802.50.012.513.5
4332Serafim Junior ArnorBRA18452.00.019.022.0
4435Farias EdilsomBRA18312.00.015.518.0
4538Da Luz Fabio RodolfoBRA17962.00.015.516.0
4643Da Silva Jose GomesBRA17382.00.014.516.0
4759Coutinho Nielly RuthBRA02.00.014.515.5
4856Costa Normando Mario AlexandreBRA02.00.013.514.5
4960Silva Marcelo ValerianoBRA02.00.013.014.5
5051Costa Francisco Sergio VieiraBRA15502.00.013.014.0
60 players

32) 30th Kiel Open 2017

The 30th Kiel Open took place 29th July to 4th August 2017. Benedict Krause won with 7.5/9.

30th Kiel Open 2017 Kiel GER Sat 29th Jul 2017 - Fri 4th Aug 2017
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameRtgPtsTB1TB2
1Krause, Benedict24217.591
2Krause, Jonah2310793
3Jahncke, Giso2300791
4Lanka, Zigurds24056.592
5Uksini, Bardhyl23036.592
6Voloshin, Leonid23426.595
7Kopylov, Michael24016.594
8Wichmann, Cliff22686.597
9Kopylov, Daniel20896.598
10Bente, Bjoern22726.596
11Syrov, Arkadi22236911
12Light, Bjarne21336913
13Gaede, Derek2299693
14Junge, Ralph, Dr.2239699
15Boehm, Thomas21036914
16Beeck, Mats21456912
17Kuberczyk, Christo21775.595
18Fernandez, Michael22365.5910
19Weber, Samuel21465.594
20Buchholz, Sebastia20755.5916
21Pluska, Alexander21305.596
22Arndt, Magnus20475.5910
23Rieper, Julian20225.5919
24Oltzen, Samuel19745.5915
25Mueller, Jan Hendri20565.5918
26Lenhardt, Manfred20195.597
27Niering, Martin2170598
28Bendel, Ralf20185920
29Dittmann, Hans-Ado19445912
30Tresch, Lukas19935911
31Horn, Peter20785921
32Roettig, Hans-Peter203258
33Wanner, Lukas20465923
34Hartwig, Frank19295917
35Besenthal, Klaus-G2051599
36Basey, Matthew19405926
37Haffner, Alexander20615917
38Moeller, Dustin20785922
39Gutschenreiter, Do17065913
40Sasaki, Yu17325914
103 players

33) 14th Plancoet Open 2017

The 14th Plancoet Open took place 30th July to 5th August 2017. Sebastien Feller edged out Pierre Bailet and Sergey Grishchenko after all scored 7/9. I couldn't find any games.

14th Plancoet Open 2017 Plancoet FRA Sun 30th Jul 2017 - Sat 5th Aug 2017
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1Perf
1FELLER SebastiengFRA25697442568
2BAILET PierremFRA25257442501
3GRISHCHENKO SergeymRUS24397432525
4MONROY CharlesmFRA242842½2475
5BERNARD ChristophemFRA224738½2251
6GRIGORIAN RoudolphFRA214537½2206
7MAIOROV NikitagBLR2531641½2409
8KONGUVEL PonnuswamymIND23886412287
9IBRAHIM HatimmEGY23096412250
10DEMANGHON JonathanFRA2212640½2260
11MARIETTE LucasFRA21246372199
12DAVID AlexandreFRA2124636½2131
13DUPEUX DenisFRA18256332062
14YANKELEVICH LevmGER245341½2301
15BOGDANOV EgorUKR229241½2226
16JACKSON ThomasFRA204340½2103
17ROSELLE TristanFRA2134402201
18DURAND-LE LUDEC Brendan-BudokFRA218439½2199
19GOUANELLE FranckFRA211037½2143
20LAMBERT AdrienFRA2156372033
21JOURDREN KevinFRA200935½1990
22MARTIN Paul GuidoGER1991342036
23LARGE LaurentFRA22285422218
24VAILLANT StephaneFRA1837539½2098
25LE MONTAGNER YoannFRA2002539½2094
26MEVEL AlbericfFRA21895382068
27FERRET-LEGER GaspardFRA1897535½1913
28CHEIKH-BOUKAL ZiyadALG1699533½1986
29LUCAS Jean-ChristianFRA1996533½1950
30VASQUEZ GeorgesFRA19825321923
31HURSTEL AlexisFRA1711529½1845
32GUYON LE BOUFFY JosephFRA17775291846
33BRAULT GabrielFRA1807381997
34GRALL AlbaFRA168637½1931
35LE PEN StevenFRA206337½1917
36SAUVAGET FranckFRA2065371920
37CONSTANTIN FrancoisFRA182635½1811
38ONEY FatmanurTUR1724341918
39BRAULT MaximeFRA185433½1896
40DELABBEY FlorianFRA1964331827
41BARON DanielFRA194232½1928
42MINET JulienBEL192232½1819
43MARUEJOLS ClaudeFRA1888321788
44GUEUNING ThomasBEL180331½1853
45ROUILLE MichelFRA186531½1784
46CAVAILLES EvanFRA1806311873
47DROSSART JonathanBEL1670301854
48MOURGUES Jean-MarieFRA19164371794
49ROBERT LoicFRA1811436½1957
50RIDER PalmerFRA18474361815
82 players

34) 26th Kavala Open 2017

The 26th Kavala Open took place 28th July to 4th August 2017. Olexandr Bortnyk edged out Vitaliy Bernadskiy and Vladimir Dobrov on tie-break after all scored 7/9.

26th Kavala Open 2017 Kavala GRE Fri 28th Jul 2017 - Fri 4th Aug 2017
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Bortnyk OlexandrGMUKR25857.00.049.541.50
25Bernadskiy VitaliyGMUKR25437.00.047.538.50
310Dobrov VladimirGMRUS24967.00.045.037.50
434Prince BajajCMIND23446.50.047.033.75
52Stupak KirillGMBLR25706.50.044.532.50
616Gusain HimalIND24616.50.044.032.25
76Moskalenko AlexanderIMRUS25286.50.043.033.25
814Livaic LeonIMCRO24666.50.042.531.50
922Mu KeCHN24166.00.047.531.25
107Kadric DenisGMBIH25156.00.047.033.25
1121Cabarkapa NovakIMSRB24266.00.045.031.75
1212Enchev IvajloIMBUL24776.00.045.027.75
1325David Alexandru-VasileROU24016.00.044.530.00
1436Stathopoulos IoannisFMGRE23436.00.042.527.00
1538Gouloutis NikolaosGRE23216.00.042.029.50
168Fodor Tamas Jr.GMHUN25026.00.039.527.50
1751Nikolaou SpiridonGRE22316.00.039.024.00
1830Kanakaris GeorgiosGRE23596.00.037.024.25
193Svetushkin DmitryGMMDA25635.50.046.029.25
209Nenezic MarkoIMSRB25015.50.045.528.75
2127Markidis KonstantinosGRE23705.50.045.525.50
2246Hristodoulou PanagiotisFMGRE22525.50.043.023.00
2333Dolana Andrei-TheodorFMROU23485.50.041.525.25
2490Wang JiaqiCHN19915.50.041.524.75
2545Livaja MarioSRB22605.50.041.524.25
2611Mastrovasilis AthanasiosGMGRE24925.50.040.526.25
2741Georgakopoulos NikolaosGRE23095.50.036.023.00
2852Ladopoulos DimitriosGRE22295.50.035.521.25
2932Macovei AndreiFMMDA23525.50.035.020.00
3035Kourkoulos-Arditis StamatisFMGRE23435.00.049.528.00
3139Charkhalashvili IngaWGMGEO23175.00.044.526.00
3219Morozov NichitaIMMDA24375.00.043.524.50
3317Danielian ElinaGMARM24515.00.043.024.25
3415Stefanov EmilIMBUL24665.00.042.520.25
3528Tsolakidou StavroulaWGMGRE23655.00.040.521.25
3620Costachi MihneaIMROU24275.00.040.022.25
374Nikolaidis IoannisGMGRE25615.00.039.523.50
3818Malikentzos SotiriosFMGRE24405.00.039.522.75
3944Naoum SpyridonGRE22675.00.037.519.75
4024Harsha BharathakotiIMIND24045.00.037.519.00
107 players

35) 2nd Erfurt Women's Chess Festival 2017

The 2nd Erfurt Women's Chess Festival took place 29th July to 6th August 2017. Elisabeth Paehtz beat Alexandra Kosteniuk 5.75-4.25 according to the complex scoring system across classical, rapid and blitz games.

Paehtz-Kosteniuk Match Erfurt GER Sat 29th Jul 2017 - Sun 6th Aug 2017
RkNameRtgGms1234567891011121314Pts
1Paehtz, Elisabeth24861411½10½01½100017.5
2Kosteniuk, Alexandra25521400½01½10½011106.5
2 players
Erfurt Women's Open 2017 Erfurt GER Sat 29th Jul 2017 - Sun 6th Aug 2017
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgTB1TB2TB3
114Sandu MihaelaWGMROU22437.521746.0
213Kulkarni BhaktiCMIND22557.020576.0
39Fuchs JudithWIMGER22857.020346.0
45Rapport JovanaWGMSRB23106.521885.0
57Khomeriki NinoWIMGEO23056.521495.0
612Harazinska EwaWIMPOL22696.519406.0
74Doluhanova EvgeniyaWGMUKR23146.021854.0
83Hejazipour MitraWGMIRI23516.021734.0
92Majdan JoannaWGMPOL23696.021254.0
1020Krumina LindaLAT20676.020166.0
1111Havlikova KristynaWIMCZE22745.521794.0
1210Olsarova KarolinaWIMCZE22755.521584.0
1315Frayna Janelle MaeWGMPHI22355.520784.0
1418Sazonova Elena N.WIMRUS21025.520154.0
1530Ziegenfuss AntoniaGER18795.518825.0
161Vijayalakshmi SubbaramanIMIND23705.022075.0
1725Patil Mitali MadhukarWFMIND19285.020644.0
1823Muetsch AnnmarieGER20495.020054.0
1921Limanovska ElizabeteLAT20565.020023.0
2017Sazonova AnastasiaWFMRUS21865.019774.0
2116Miturova MagdalenaWIMCZE22035.019494.0
2219Birkholz OlgaWFMGER20765.018844.0
2326Harazinska MagdalenaPOL19175.018354.0
2428Koehler InkenGER18935.018014.0
2527Vanduyfhuys DariaWCMBEL18935.017834.0
2631Dellert LenaGER18515.017694.0
276Berzina IlzeWGMLAT23084.520154.0
2836Kinzel TiffanyGER17554.519223.0
2922Otikova ElinaLAT20544.518844.0
3024Erofeev AnastasiaGER19684.518173.0
3138Hagenbeck-Huebert LaraGER16944.517593.0
3246Caliebe NankeGER14274.516794.0
3334Nguyen Ha ThanhGER18054.019892.0
3433Leib BrittaGER18384.018382.0
3540Reuter ElisaGER16484.018113.0
3632Maklakova NellijaLAT18514.017314.0
3735Huttl SofieBEL17604.017223.0
3842Mundt AlexandraGER15634.016483.0
3957Guder SibylleGER04.016273.0
4039Ziegenfuss LarissaGER16734.016033.0
58 players
Erfurt Young Masters Erfurt GER Sat 29th Jul 2017 - Sun 6th Aug 2017
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgTB1
11Brunello MarinaFMITA23677.0
28Bulmaga IrinaIMROU24126.5
35Szczepkowska KarinaIMPOL23966.0
47Pourkashiyan AtousaWGMIRI22895.5
56Heinemann JosefineWIMGER22945.0
63Sieber FionaWFMGER22874.5
9Hoolt SarahWGMGER24394.5
810Schneider JanaFMGER22583.0
94Osmanodja FilizWIMGER22732.5
102Rogozenco TeodoraWFMGER21690.5
10 players
Erfurt Young Masters Erfurt GER Sat 29th Jul 2017 - Sun 6th Aug 2017. Category: 3. Ave: (2318)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Brunello, Marina FM ITA 2367 # = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7 2533
2 Bulmaga, Irina IM ROU 2412 = # = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2474
3 Szczepkowska, Karina IM POL 2396 = = # 1 = = 1 1 0 1 6 2435
4 Pourkashiyan, Atousa WGM IRI 2289 = 1 0 # 0 1 = 1 = 1 5.5 2402
5 Heinemann, Josefine WIM GER 2294 0 = = 1 # = 0 1 1 = 5 2364
6 Hoolt, Sarah WGM GER 2439 = 0 = 0 = # 1 0 1 1 4.5 2305
7 Sieber, Fiona WFM GER 2287 0 0 0 = 1 0 # 1 1 1 4.5 2322
8 Schneider, Jana FM GER 2258 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 # 1 1 3 2200
9 Osmanodja, Filiz WIM GER 2273 0 0 1 = 0 0 0 0 # 1 2.5 2157
10 Rogozenco, Teodora WFM GER 2169 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 # 0.5 1891

36) 6th Fano Summer Open 2017

The 6th Fano Summer Open took place 29th July to 5th August 2017. Sergey Fedorchuk won with 7.5/9.

6th Fano Summer Open A Fano ITA Sat 29th Jul 2017 - Sat 5th Aug 2017
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgTB1TB2TB3
11Fedorchuk Sergey A.UKR26287.550.541.00
22Korneev OlegESP25637.050.537.50
33Nemeth MiklosHUN24726.550.533.50
413Vojtek VladimirSVK22716.049.532.00
58Kleinman MichaelCAN23666.048.529.00
67Sabuk PiotrPOL23816.046.530.00
711Meessen RudolfBEL22836.045.027.75
89Senders MischaNED23056.044.528.00
94Nguyen PiotrPOL24446.042.526.50
105Dijkhuis TychoNED24175.547.026.25
1112Brancaleoni MaurizioITA22755.546.025.25
1216Mollema ThomasNED22215.541.022.00
1324D`avino GianfrancoITA21025.539.021.50
1447Squadrani GiovanniITA18805.047.023.75
1521Landi AlbertoITA21235.046.523.25
1617Larsen KarstenDEN22125.045.022.75
1715Nowicki BartoszPOL22625.044.020.50
186Djuric StefanSRB24115.043.521.75
1923Partac ElenaMDA21085.040.020.50
2025Zaika DaniilRUS21015.039.019.50
2110Ivanov MikeCAN22864.548.019.50
2227Rago RiccardoITA20824.541.017.25
2314Szukics AdamHUN22694.540.519.25
2440Scarpa SilviaITA19334.540.018.25
2535Wieringa HelmerNED19664.538.516.50
2619Bombek PeterSVK21934.042.517.00
2737Pastuszko KingaPOL19614.040.516.75
2829Chan JamesCAN20544.040.515.75
2922Maddens MartijnBEL21214.039.013.50
3038Beccarini GiacomoITA19564.038.516.25
3120Rendboe JohnDEN21754.038.014.75
3232Russo LeonardoITA19864.036.013.50
3333Di Cataldo CesareITA19794.035.512.50
3434Harstad ChristianNOR19704.034.011.25
3530Thurstan Tim MENG20464.032.012.00
3618Drei AndreaITA21983.542.512.75
3746Antoniacci RiccardoITA18863.538.012.00
3831Marta DanieleITA20123.537.014.75
3942Rezzuti VincenzoITA19303.535.512.75
4028Esposti FedericoITA20613.535.09.00
48 players

37) 8th Terre degli Elimi 2017

The 8th Terre degli Elimi took place 28th July to 4th August 2017. Mihail Marin won with 7/9.

8th Terre degli Elimi Erice ITA Fri 28th Jul 2017 - Fri 4th Aug 2017
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3Perf
1Marin MihailGMROU2529747.0051.5039.002608
2Castellanos Rodriguez RenierIMESP24836.545.0049.5035.002479
3Basso Pier LuigiIMITA24506.544.0048.0033.502476
4Glud Jakob VangGMDEN2521648.0052.5034.002509
5Rotstein ArkadijGMGER2500646.0050.0031.252471
6Gilevych ArtemFMITA2411645.0049.0030.502446
7Levin FelixGMGER24835.543.5047.0026.002377
8Devereaux Maxim LIMNOR23545.543.5047.0025.252353
9Damia AngeloFMITA23785.540.5044.0025.002255
10Begelman BorisRUS22595.540.5043.5025.002284
11Santagati AlessandroFMITA2314543.0046.5023.252290
12BIFULCO MichelMITA2249542.5045.0023.002325
13Sgircea Silvia-RalucaWIMROU2220542.0045.5023.252311
14Maes ThomasBEL2201538.5042.0021.252205
15Sahl Sheila BarthWIMNOR2183538.0041.5021.002171
16GRASSO GaetanoMITA2123538.0041.0020.752160
17Favaloro AndreaITA2265537.5041.0022.002164
18Pisacane PietroITA2166537.0039.5017.502162
19Yugina MariaRUS20744.537.5041.0018.002133
20Gueci LauraITA20304.537.5040.5017.502127
21Steil-Antoni FionaWIMLUX22054.536.5040.0019.002066
22Pitica Silviu ValentinITA21014.536.0039.5019.002096
23MASTRORILLI NicolaCMITA19624.535.0038.5017.502078
24GUIDOBENE DavideCMITA20014.535.0036.0014.252079
25VALGUARNERA GirolamoMITA20854.534.5037.5015.002090
26Suleimanov Marat M.RUS2068440.5044.0018.002163
27Guccione CristoforoITA2042438.5041.0017.252102
28SAVALLA PietroCMITA2021438.0041.0015.502072
29BERTINO GiacomoCMITA1927437.5041.0017.002124
30Egartner WolfgangAUT2027437.5040.0014.502073
31Novak KsenijaWFMSLO20863.535.5036.5010.502044
32MARINCOLO Piercarlo1NITA19833.535.0036.0010.752006
33Villa AlessandroITA19663.534.5035.5011.001978
34Wynarczyk RaymondENG19453.532.0035.0012.751942
35Debrouwere JeroenBEL19003.532.0033.009.501926
36APRILE MartinoCMITA19613.531.5034.0010.501895
37Tricoli MarcoITA19493.531.0032.009.751905
38GELARDI Davide1NITA19473.530.0033.0012.001907
39ARENA IGNAZIO1NITA1904330.5031.507.501852
40PUGLIA FRANCESCO1NITA1910327.0028.008.251807
42 players

38) Pays de Charleroi Open 2017

The Pays de Charleroi Open took place 29th July to 5th August 2017. Tigran Gharamian edged out Alexandre Dgebuadze on tie-break after both scored 7.5/9.

Pays de Charleroi Open Charleroi BEL Sat 29th Jul 2017 - Sat 5th Aug 2017
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameRtgGmsPtsTB1TB2TB3Perf
1Gharamian Tigran261697.5382355432638
2Dgebuadze Alexandre252497.537232738.52625
3Eden James236196.534233332.752499
4Sagar Shah239196.533.52298352464
5Sochacki Christophe24519636240132.252518
6Godart Francois24119633234329.752460
7Kveinys Aloyzas254296332321302441
8Miezis Normunds24479633227330.52390
9Le Quang Kim22799630220928.52326
10Navrotescu Andreea-Cristiana22079629.5227028.252387
11Fontaine Quentin23298626212326.52316
12Inkiov Ventzislav245995.532.5229028.52370
13Kukov Velislav238695.530.5229526.252375
14Real Thibault217895.527.52220212300
15Vesin Jean-Robert223795.526.5223422.252314
16Hamblok Roel23059528222623.252262
17Verstraeten Rein23169527.5220723.52243
18Tomov Georgi22739527.5217219.752208
19Capone Nicola23299526.52219242255
20Decrop Benjamin21779526.5221121.752247
21Herman Jean22399526.52176212212
22Hautot Stephane23799526218720.752237
23Schuermans Robert21729526212017.52156
24Van Mechelen Jan22479525.52258242294
25Henris Luc21279525226221.52289
26Mastalerz Xavier22529524.5219421.752230
27De Villers Mourad21529523.5205418.252090
28Cappon John21979523.52024202060
29Gijsen Stief219495232074202110
30Werner Ivan21319521205916.52095
31Bauduin Etienne217994.5242117172117
32Barbier Wim210794.522220722.252205
33Van Uytven Eric205994.521.5217220.52172
34Koelmans Jan Willem191694.521.5215516.52132
35Jamar Vadim203594.519.5207916.752079
36Godde Matthias195184.514198313.252026
37Sclacmender Julien22619425220817.752165
38Lacroix Bruno215094242129152086
39Dauw Sterre18469422215817.52099
40Marte Sebastien20889421.5220916.752166
66 players

39) 118th US Open 2017

The 118th US Open took place 29th July to 6th August 2017. Aleksandr Lenderman won with 8/9.

118th US Open 2017 Norfolk USA Sat 29th Jul 2017 - Sun 6th Aug 2017
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiRtg123456789Pts
1Lenderman, AleksandrGM2649W193W90W79W71D4D65W38W8W108
2Nyzhnyk, Illia IGM2719W144W84W45W37D9D13W20D10W117.5
3Azarov, SergeiGM2678W153W170W111D14D11W6D37W22W197.5
4Postny, EvgenyGM2658W323W352W78W68D1D11W16W9D57.5
5Holt, ConradGM2647W245W96W75L18W110W21W26W7D47.5
6Arribas Lopez, AngelGM2581W240W62W166D65W46L3W30W68W187.5
7Gordievskiy, DmitryIM2699W325W173W162W17W12W18L10L5W397
8Shabalov, AlexanderGM2646W229W55D107W108D16W31W39L1W387
9Benjamin, JoelGM2644W230W270W72W67D2D16W28L4W407
10Li, RuifengGM2639W188W114W32W39D13W15W7D2L17
11Erenburg, SergeyGM2632W192W220W83W225D3D4W40W65L27
12Friedel, Joshua EGM2627W196W321W163W21L7D26W43W37D147
13Hilby, CraigIM2502W148W167W77W25D10D2D65W71-H-7
14Mulyar, Michael AIM2491W242W174W122D3L65W168W46W44D127
15Balakrishnan, PravIM2478W149W89W76D28W43L10D108W109W457
16Schmakel, Sam A FM2471W274W271W50W29D8D9L4W77W627
17Popilski, GilGM2623W197W180W81L7W163D66D44W42D236.5
18Barcenilla, Rogelio P, JrGM2608W200W183W53W5D66L7W31W25L66.5
19Hernandez, HoldenGM2595W232W117W269D24D40W29D25W69L36.5
20Kannappan, PriyadharshanGM2592W146W87W47D23D28W107L2D32W746.5
21Rao, Prasanna RaghuramIM2552W204W186W86L12W75L5W198W108D296.5
22Yang, Qindong2382W248D128W119D44W63D71W33L3W766.5
23Yu, Jennifer RWIM2366W235W91W115D20L31W84D54W78D176.5
24Sinha, SahilFM2341W103W172W35D19D107D30D53W112-H-6.5
25Bian, AlexFM2329W322W129W36L13W34W47D19L18W816.5
26Cremisi, Daniel Josef2312W255W152D123W59W112D12L5W54-H-6.5
27Dean, JimFM2304W244W97L63W90D79D78D166W117W826.5
28Ke, Ivan2303W324W64W116D15D20W74L9W115-H-6.5
29Liu, Hongtao2291W239W134W99L16W35L19W87W114D216.5
30Paul, Justin2273W280L99W229W129W87D24L6W88W836.5
31Rosenthal, Nicholas2257-H-W143W60W85W23L8L18W121-X-6.5
32Zhong, Howard2241W279W98L10W89W270L39W58D20W856.5
33Hernandez Padron, Jose2198W287D132D181W100D138-X-L22W171W676.5
34Dixon, Dakota E2178W288W353L39W95L25D127W91W175W686.5
35Teng, Jiarong2152W203W228L24W98L29D91W272W137W696.5
36Senft, Sean2126W253W337L25L138W188D179W95W154W726.5
37Kavutskiy, KonstantinIM2456W151W120W49L2W76W45D3L12D476
38Schuyler, JamesFM2396W157D130W233D63W113W70L1W49L86
39Guadalupe, Francisco L, Ii2370W189W125W34L10W50W32L8W51L76
40Wang, Justin2330D238W394W169W219D19W72L11W113L96
396 players

40) ch-IRL 2017

The Irish Championship took place 29th July to 6th August 2017. "FM Philip Short and IM Alex Lopez who share the 2017 Irish title. Short also earned an IM norm and Conor O'Donnell reached 2400."

ch-IRL 2017 Ennis IRL Sat 29th Jul 2017 - Sun 6th Aug 2017
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiRtg123456789PtsTB1TB2TPR
1Short, PhilipFM2283½½11111½½7.044.534.52496
2Lopez, AlexIM24311½1½011117.044.534.52467
3O'Donnell, ConorFM23891½½1½01116.545.535.02411
4Baburin, AlexanderGM24731½1½½½0116.044.034.52368
5Daly, ColmFM23011½½01½1015.546.036.02357
6Li, Henry22471½010101½5.043.533.52214
7Wall, GavinIM2329=½10½½1½04.547.036.52241
8MacElligott, GerardCM20150100110½14.533.524.52049
9Melaugh, Gavin19070½½0101104.034.525.51988
10Quinn, Rory21400101100½03.544.535.02096
11Delaney, Killian2247½½011½0003.542.533.02097
12Fox, Anthony20160½1½½01003.539.530.02023
13Scott, Luke1748=10000½013.037.026.01864
14Tirziman, Rudolf195500½½0½½013.034.526.51925
15Melaugh, Shane1928½01½0½0½03.034.525.01901
16Mirza, DianaWFM1919½00½010½02.534.025.01865
16 players

41) 3rd Sabbiadoro Open 2017

The 3rd Sabbiadoro Open took place 30th July to 6th August 2017. Daniel Beletic edged out Desiree >Di Benedetto on tie-break after both score 7/9.

3rd Sabbiadoro Open 2017 Lignano Sabbiadoro ITA Sun 30th Jul 2017 - Sun 6th Aug 2017
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
14Beletic DanielFMSLO23147.049.045.5
210Di Benedetto DesireeWIMITA22537.045.542.5
31Ostovic MatijaFMCRO23606.052.047.0
43Nester IhorIMUKR23206.050.546.5
58Mufic GoranIMCRO22656.044.541.5
620Ventura SalvatoreITA21055.549.545.0
72Abolianin ArthurIMBEL23295.549.045.0
813Loiacono LeonardoITA21885.542.039.0
95Vuelban VirgilioIMPHI22825.045.041.5
1011Zamar Kodelja JurijSLO22495.044.542.0
119Ventura Bolet MaximESP22625.044.541.5
1216Migliorini MatteoITA21645.038.536.0
1317Loiacono AntonioITA21625.036.534.0
146Difronzo AndreaITA22824.545.042.5
157Di Benedetto EdoardoFMITA22754.541.538.5
1622Ventura Bolet AlexandreESP20804.536.534.0
1725Cavalieri RiccardoITA20614.536.534.0
1818Bardone LorenzoITA21554.535.533.0
1912Siclari GiovanniITA22064.042.039.5
2021Monda LaszloFMHUN20864.041.538.5
2115Valenti GiuseppeFMITA21654.038.035.5
2223Laketic MilicaWFMSRB20744.034.532.0
2324Barlocco CarloFMITA20644.033.531.0
2431Sponchiado DarioITA19343.540.037.5
2519Kopisch MartinGER21383.536.534.0
2628Capaliku AleksITA20163.536.533.5
2714Zuttioni FedericoITA21773.532.530.0
2826Szep AttilaHUN20493.035.533.0
2929Chiarotto FilippoITA20163.034.032.0
3030Beltrame LeonardoITA19473.033.031.0
3127D Alfonso NicolaITA20463.032.029.5
31 players

42) 22nd Creon Open 2017

The 22nd Creon Open took place 31st July to 6th August 2017. Marcos Llaneza Vega won with 7.5/9.

22nd Creon Open 2017 Creon FRA Mon 31st Jul 2017 - Sun 6th Aug 2017
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2Perf
1LLANEZA VEGA MarcosmESP241642½52½2433
2KIRK EzrafENG2357741½502315
3TERNAULT MathieufFRA2361740½50½2319
4PRANAV VIND215844½53½2297
5JEREZ PEREZ AlfonsomESP24054454½2360
6JOLLY Jean-FrancoismFRA238144552307
7BRESSAC StephanefFRA236543½51½2278
8GVANCELADZE AnnaffRUS224440½47½2220
9RUIZ MARANA AlejandroESP223538472096
10GARDET ThomasFRA200337½45½2039
11LAURON WesleyFRA196634411875
12BELENKAYA DinagfRUS2323646½562328
13GOULESQUE CamilleFRA1909641502055
14LARAND ManuelFRA1948639½462024
15LLANEZA VEGA PatriciamfESP227163948½2065
16SUEZ-PANAMA GillesFRA2057638½472024
17CAIRO SergeFRA1737638½471872
18JAUREGUIBERRY CedricFRA2006637½461968
19HOURIEZ ClementfFRA234845½55½2290
20LAFARGUE AlixFRA18944249½1949
21GALAUD VincentFRA198940½492012
22DARRIGUES AlainFRA179240½481927
23GREGO PierreFRA189139½47½1949
24SCHMIT VincentFRA20433946½2017
25SOUEVAMANIEN PascalFRA21253946½1949
26LARONCHE ThomasFRA199738½46½2028
27GONZALEZ LoicFRA18693845½1907
28BALLAN GuillaumeFRA19273845½1869
29HORELLOU AlainFRA182938461845
30LATASTE YannFRA170037½451884
31LAPEYRE PierreFRA19963744½1961
32KUTCHOUKOV DanielNED17723744½1872
33DELLA RAGIONE EnzoFRA17053743½1803
34DONIAS OrlaneFRA170736½42½1809
35NEATHERWAY A PhilipENG184434½41½1802
36PEREZ PatrickFRA174833401720
37FOURNIER LoicFRA1893539½48½1902
38BLONDEL JeromeFRA1944538½46½1917
39ROLLIN PhilippeFRA1842538½46½1828
40PINSON ClementFRA1601535½41½1765
113 players

43) TCh-TUR Super League 2017

The Turkish Super League took place 26th July to 6th August 2017. Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu - Istanbul won the title.

TCh-TUR Super League 2017 Kocaeli TUR Wed 26th Jul 2017 - Sun 6th Aug 2017
Leading Final Round 13 Standings:
RkSNoNameGms+-=MptsBptsTB1TB2
14BESIKTAS JIMNASTIK KULUBU - ISTANBUL12101121570606.5
28TURK HAVA YOLLARI (THY) SPOR KULUBU - ISTANBUL1291220610619.5
32HATAY BUYUKSEHIR BELEDIYESI GENCLIK SPOR KULUBU - HATAY1281319580598
45PANELSAN GENC AKADEMISYENLER EGITIM KULTUR VE ARASTIRMA KULUBU - ANKARA127321652.50534
512T.S ALYANS SATRANC SPOR KULUBU - MANISA1263315520556.5
611KAHRAMANMARAS BUYUKSEHIR BELEDIYESI GENCLIK VE SPOR KULUBU DERNEGI - KAHRAMANMARAS1256111472494.5
79DENIZ SU AQUAMATCH SATRANC GENCLIK VE SPOR KULUBU DERNEGI - ISTANBUL1256111450467.5
86GOKCEADA SPOR KULUBU - CANAKKALE1246210460502.5
913KARAMAN BELEDIYE SPOR KULUBU - KARAMAN123728452526.5
1010TAS DUVAR SPOR KULUBU DERNEGI - IZMIR12480844.50468
117TARSUS ZEKA SATRANC KULUBU - MERSIN122826401471
121VARYANT (YONTEM) GENCLIK SATRANC VE SPOR KULUBU DERNEGI - SIVAS122826381422.5
133BOGAZICI UNIVERSITESI SPOR KULUBU - ISTANBUL122915380434
13 players

44) Active Team Events

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

TCh-CHN 2017

The Chinese Team Championship takes place 18th April to 5th December 2017.

TCh-CHN 2017 China CHN Tue 18th Apr 2017 - Tue 5th Dec 2017
Leading Round 11 (of 22) Standings:
RkTeam1a1b2a2b3a3b4a4b5a5b6a6b7a7b8a8b9a9b10a10bTB1TB2
1Beijing**434331733.5
2Chongqing1**3333231731.0
3Shanghai2**3241634.0
4Tianjin22**3431329.5
5Shandong2232**3231128.0
6Zhejiang22**31127.5
7Chengdu**1231127.0
8Shenzhen131134**21024.0
9Hangzhou223**926.0
10Jiangsu222223**725.0
11Hebei1322724.0
12Qingdao2320.5
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 5 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeamMptsBpts
1Winterthur829
2Zurich826.5
3Riehen826
4Genf823
5Reti519.5
6Luzern419
7Wollishofen416
8Mendrisio315.5
9Bodan215
10Neuenburg010.5
10 teams

TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2017

The first three rounds of the Polish Ekstraliga took place in Gorzow Wlkp. 5th to 7th May 2017. There are two more extended weekends, in Wroclaw 29th September to 1st October and Katowice 20th to 22nd October 2017.

TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2017 Poland POL Fri 5th May 2017 - Sun 22nd Oct 2017
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameRtgMptsBptsTB1TB2
1Wasko HETMAN GKS Katowice26476.014.02.52.5
2VOTUM SA POLONIA Wroclaw25716.013.52.02.0
3K.Sz. MIEDZ Legnica24786.011.52.02.0
4Akademia Szachowa ChessGrow Gliwice25114.09.51.01.0
5KSz STILON Gorzow Wlkp.25834.09.02.02.0
6WKS Kopernik25092.09.51.51.5
7TS Wisla Krakow23972.08.01.01.0
8UKS HETMAN Czestochowa23720.07.01.01.0
9KSz SILESIA JAS-FBG Raciborz23790.04.01.51.5
10Sz.S.O.N. Zaglebie Dabrowa Gornicza23270.04.00.50.5
10 teams

45) Forthcoming Events and Links

5th Pontevedra Open 2017

TCh-ESP 2nd Div 2017

18th Miquel Mas Open 2017

47th Annual Continental Open 2017

Wroclaw Chess Festival 2017

SS Manhem Chess Week 2017

Stare Mesto Open 2017

20th Olomouc Chess Summer 2017

33rd Faaker See Open 2017

6th Washington International 2017

La Palma Island Open 2017

Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2017

15th Kesan Open 2017

Bruges Masters 2017

Open Championship of Macedonia 2017

21st Copa Mercosur 2017

24th Abu Dhabi Masters 2017

Stockholm Open 2017

TCh-ESP Div Honor 2017

TCh-ESP Div Primera 2017

St Petersburg Summer 2017

19th Sants Open 2017

Goteborg Open 2017

32nd Schwarzacher Open 2017

37th Bratto Open 2017

53rd Rubinstein Memorial 2017

92nd ch-FRA 2017

Brasschaat Open 2017

Lichtenberger Sommer 2017

25th Poznan Chess Festival 2017

26th Feffernitz Open 2017

7th Split Open 2017

Herzliya Summer 2017

34th Collado Villalba 2017

28th Porto San Giorgio Open 2017

US Chess Masters 2017

26th TCh-MKD 2017

49th Atlantic Open 2017

5th Golden Apricot 2017

44th North Shore Open 2017

Ricany Open 2017

Wuerttemberg Championship 2017

FIDE World Cup 2017

139th Annual New York State Championship 2017

Kristianstad Chess Cup 2017

Pyramiden Cup 2017

19th Trieste Festival 2017

First Saturday September 2017

Lidkoping Open 2017

21st Heraklion Open 2017

27th European Youth Championship 2017

16th Kesarovski-Stanchev Memorial 2017

16th Sunny Beach Open 2017

8th Hatay Open 2017

15th 4NCL Congress 2017

Svenska Cup 2017

189th MGU Open 2017

31st Pula Open 2017

1st League Central SRB 2017

11th Highlands Open 2017

16th Lviv Tradition 2017

Brazil Telecom Sesc Open 2017

82nd ch-ESP 2017

TCh-SVK 2017-18

8th Hradec Kralove Open 2017

World Juniors 2017

33rd European Club Cup 2017

4NCL Rapidplay 2017

Tatry Open 2017

43rd Guernsey Chess Festival 2017

1st Shaoxing Open 2017

21st OIBM 2017

16th 4NCL Congress 2017

76th Nona Gaprindashvili Cup 2017

Northern Lights Open 2017

4NCL 2017-18

7th Brno Open 2017

2nd Hainan Open 2017

Palma De Mallorca Grand Prix 2017

9th Pilsen Open 2017

9th London Chess Classic 2017

European Rapid and Blitz Championships 2017

47th Rilton Cup 2017-18

Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2018

18th Liberec Open 2018

Haspa-Schachpokal 2018

6th Norway Chess 2018

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