THE WEEK IN CHESS 742 26th January 2009 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) 71st Corus Chess tournament
3) 2nd Queenstown Chess Classic
4) Australian Open Manly
5) Gurgon International Open
6) 7th Parsvnath Open
7) Arcapita International Bahrain
8) Prague Open
9) Marienbad Open
10) Azerbaijan Championships
11) Georgian Championships
12) Cuban Championship
13) Belarus Championship
14) Nassau County Championship 2008
15) 35th Eastern Open
16) Bela Perenyi Memorial
17) LIX Verano Tournament
18) Helio da Motta Filho Cup
19) Seville International Open
20) Gibraltar's Gibtelecom Chess Festival
21) GM Hector Rosseto 1922-2009
22) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
71st Corus Chess tournament105 games
2nd Queenstown Chess Classic342 games
Australian Open Manly403 games
Gurgon International Open133 games
7th Parsvnath Open30 games
Prague Open134 games
Marienbad Open350 games
Azerbaijan Championships15 games
Georgian Championships47 games
Belarus Championship90 games
Nassau County Championship 2008127 games
35th Eastern Open31 games
Bela Perenyi Memorial132 games
Helio da Motta Filho Cup15 games
1953 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Varlam Vepkhvishvili, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Michiel Abeln, Peter Doggers, Aram Hajian, Ronald Scott, Christian Rohrer, Eldar Mukhametov, Mikhail Golubev, Jozsef Horvath, Jan Mazuch, Lawrence Tamarkin, Michael Atkins, Laszlo Nagy, Pavel Makevich, Jorge A T Chaves, Vadim Daskevics and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The Corus Chess tournament continues with Sergei Movsesian the surprise leader with five rounds to go. The favourites are all struggling, Magnus Carlsen at least still has some chances having drawn all his games, Vassily Ivanchuk had the great news that his missed drugs test at the Dresden Olympiad will be ignored due to procedural errors but his -1 score doesn't reflect his normal standard of play, although his self destruction in three of these games in time trouble is an unwelcome return to a previous habit, worse still is Alexander Morozevich's performance, totally out of touch he's on 2.5 points. The Corus tournament tends to be rather unlucky in its invitations to mercurial performers, tending to see their very worst not their brilliant best. Last year the tournament was guaranteed until 2013, its to be hoped this will continue to be so after the terrible news over the last few days for the group. Not least because not only has the A-Group been fun, the B-Group is an exciting tournament with Nigel Short holding a narrow lead and the C-Group has just been a blood bath with hardly any draws.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 71st Corus Chess tournament

The 71st Corus Chess tournament takes place Friday, January 16th to Sunday, February 1st, 2009 in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands.

As from January 2009, the rate of play in Grandmaster groups A, B and C will change. The rate of play will be: 40 moves in 2 hours, then 20 moves in 1 hour, followed by 15 minutes with 30 seconds per move increment to finish the game.

Official site: http://www.coruschess.com/

Daily video reports: http://www.chessvibes.com/

Library of photos: http://www.fredlucas.eu/gallery/agroup/ - Photos and reports: http://www.chessvista.com/ - http://www.chessdom.com has some new features with a forum and commentators.

Corus A Wijk aan Zee (NED), 17 i-1 ii 2009 cat. XIX (2716)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2751 * 0 . ½ . ½ ½ . 1 . ½ 1 . 1 5 2809
2. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2750 1 * ½ . ½ ½ . ½ . . ½ ½ ½ . 2761
3. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2761 . ½ * ½ ½ ½ . 0 ½ 1 . 1 . . 2766
4. Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2717 ½ . ½ * . . ½ ½ ½ ½ . . ½ 1 2753
5. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2706 . ½ ½ . * ½ ½ . . . 1 0 ½ 1 2766
6. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2776 ½ ½ ½ . ½ * . ½ . ½ ½ ½ . . 4 2713
7. Smeets, Jan g NED 2601 ½ . . ½ ½ . * ½ ½ ½ . 1 . 0 4 2723
8. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2625 . ½ 1 ½ . ½ ½ * . . ½ . ½ 0 4 2715
9. Adams, Michael g ENG 2712 0 . ½ ½ . . ½ . * ½ ½ . 1 ½ 4 2709
10. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2725 . . 0 ½ . ½ ½ . ½ * ½ . ½ 1 4 2711
11. Stellwagen, Daniël g NED 2612 ½ ½ . . 0 ½ . ½ ½ ½ * ½ . . 2685
12. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2779 0 ½ 0 . 1 ½ 0 . . . ½ * 1 . 2669
13. Wang Yue g CHN 2739 . ½ . ½ ½ . . ½ 0 ½ . 0 * 1 2680
14. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2771 0 . . 0 0 . 1 1 ½ 0 . . 0 * 2556

Round 4 (January 20, 2009)
Movsesian, Sergei - Dominguez Perez, Leinier ½-½ 34 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Radjabov, Teimour - Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ 21 D15 Slav Defence
Carlsen, Magnus - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 65 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Smeets, Jan - Kamsky, Gata ½-½ 22 B19 Caro Kann
Stellwagen, Daniël - Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½ 32 C11 French Defence
Wang Yue - Van Wely, Loek ½-½ 46 E04 Catalan
Morozevich, Alexander - Adams, Michael ½-½ 50 E37 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 5 (January 22, 2009)
Aronian, Levon - Movsesian, Sergei 1-0 58 D15 Slav Defence
Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 36 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Karjakin, Sergey - Stellwagen, Daniël 1-0 52 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Van Wely, Loek - Radjabov, Teimour 1-0 31 E97 King's Indian Classical
Adams, Michael - Smeets, Jan ½-½ 39 C42 Petroff's Defence
Kamsky, Gata - Wang Yue ½-½ 24 C42 Petroff's Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ 24 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Round 6 (January 23, 2009)
Movsesian, Sergei - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 34 B19 Caro Kann
Aronian, Levon - Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½ 56 E16 Queens Indian
Radjabov, Teimour - Kamsky, Gata 1-0 41 B18 Caro Kann
Carlsen, Magnus - Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ 79 D11 Slav Defence
Smeets, Jan - Dominguez Perez, Leinier ½-½ 23 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Stellwagen, Daniël - Van Wely, Loek ½-½ 43 B96 Sicilian Najdorf
Wang Yue - Adams, Michael 0-1 65 D58 Queens Gambit Tartakover
Round 7 (January 24, 2009)
Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Wang Yue ½-½ 35 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Karjakin, Sergey - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 18 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Van Wely, Loek - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ 37 A17 English Opening
Adams, Michael - Radjabov, Teimour ½-½ 15 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Kamsky, Gata - Stellwagen, Daniël ½-½ 71 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Movsesian, Sergei 0-1 35 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Morozevich, Alexander - Smeets, Jan 1-0 49 D11 Slav Defence
Round 8 (January 25, 2009)
Movsesian, Sergei - Smeets, Jan ½-½ 32 C42 Petroff's Defence
Aronian, Levon - Van Wely, Loek ½-½ 50 D11 Slav Defence
Radjabov, Teimour - Dominguez Perez, Leinier ½-½ 14 A33 English Symmetrical
Carlsen, Magnus - Kamsky, Gata ½-½ 16 D15 Slav Defence
Stellwagen, Daniël - Adams, Michael ½-½ 29 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 41 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Wang Yue - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 45 D85 Gruenfeld Defence

Corus B Wijk aan Zee (NED), 17 i-1 ii 2009 cat. XVI (2641)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Short, Nigel D g ENG 2663 * ½ . . . 1 1 . 1 0 ½ ½ 1 . 2778
2. Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2671 ½ * . . ½ ½ . . ½ ½ ½ 1 1 . 5 2726
3. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2676 . . * 0 ½ ½ . ½ 1 ½ 1 1 . . 5 2740
4. Navara, David g CZE 2638 . . 1 * 0 1 ½ 1 0 . ½ ½ . . 2690
5. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2646 . ½ ½ 1 * 0 ½ 0 . . 1 . . 1 2697
6. Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2702 0 ½ ½ 0 1 * . ½ . . . . 1 1 2680
7. Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2687 0 . . ½ ½ . * ½ . 1 ½ 1 ½ . 2677
8. Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2688 . . ½ 0 1 ½ ½ * 0 . ½ . . 1 4 2640
9. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2603 0 ½ 0 1 . . . 1 * ½ . . ½ ½ 4 2645
10. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2711 1 ½ ½ . . . 0 . ½ * . 0 ½ 0 3 2536
11. Werle, Jan g NED 2607 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 . ½ ½ . . * . . ½ 3 2567
12. Hou Yifan wg CHN 2571 ½ 0 0 ½ . . 0 . . 1 . * 0 1 3 2558
13. Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2549 0 0 . . . 0 ½ . ½ ½ . 1 * ½ 3 2559
14. Mecking, Henrique g BRA 2567 . . . . 0 0 . 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ * 2493

Round 4 (January 20, 2009)
Caruana, Fabiano - Navara, David 1-0 44 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Mecking, Henrique 1-0 56 C91 Ruy Lopez
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Efimenko, Zahar ½-½ 27 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
L'Ami, Erwin - Volokitin, Andrei ½-½ 93 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Sasikiran, Krishnan - Reinderman, Dimitri ½-½ 48 A81 Dutch Leningrad
Werle, Jan - Motylev, Alexander 0-1 56 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Hou Yifan - Short, Nigel D ½-½ 27 B03 Alekhine's Defence
Round 5 (January 22, 2009)
Short, Nigel D - Sasikiran, Krishnan 0-1 35 B54 Sicilian Rauzer
Volokitin, Andrei - Hou Yifan 1-0 49 C19 French Winawer
Motylev, Alexander - Vallejo Pons, Francisco ½-½ 46 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Navara, David - Werle, Jan ½-½ 39 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Efimenko, Zahar - Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 41 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Reinderman, Dimitri - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam ½-½ 14 C42 Petroff's Defence
Mecking, Henrique - L'Ami, Erwin ½-½ 20 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Round 6 (January 23, 2009)
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Navara, David 0-1 45 D70 Gruenfeld Defence
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Caruana, Fabiano ½-½ 46 D17 Slav Defence
L'Ami, Erwin - Motylev, Alexander 0-1 37 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Sasikiran, Krishnan - Volokitin, Andrei ½-½ 65 D20 QGA
Werle, Jan - Efimenko, Zahar ½-½ 78 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Hou Yifan - Mecking, Henrique 1-0 83 C86 Ruy Lopez Worrall Attack
Reinderman, Dimitri - Short, Nigel D 0-1 37 C69 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Round 7 (January 24, 2009)
Short, Nigel D - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0 50 C50 Giuoco Piano
Volokitin, Andrei - Reinderman, Dimitri 1-0 46 A81 Dutch Leningrad
Motylev, Alexander - Hou Yifan 1-0 44 B20 Sicilian Wing Gambit
Navara, David - L'Ami, Erwin 0-1 42 E35 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Caruana, Fabiano - Werle, Jan 1-0 40 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Efimenko, Zahar - Vallejo Pons, Francisco ½-½ 43 B66 Sicilian Rauzer
Mecking, Henrique - Sasikiran, Krishnan 1-0 38 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Round 8 (January 25, 2009)
Short, Nigel D - Volokitin, Andrei ½-½ 57 C46 Four Knights
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 30 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Werle, Jan ½-½ 72 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
L'Ami, Erwin - Efimenko, Zahar 1-0 66 E20 Nimzo Indian
Sasikiran, Krishnan - Motylev, Alexander ½-½ 32 D12 Slav Defence
Hou Yifan - Navara, David ½-½ 31 B83 Sicilian Scheveningen
Reinderman, Dimitri - Mecking, Henrique ½-½ 28 C69 Ruy Lopez Exchange

Corus C Wijk aan Zee (NED), 17 i-1 ii 2009 cat. XI (2521)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2586 * . 0 . . 1 . 1 ½ . ½ 1 1 1 6 2726
2. So, Wesley g PHI 2627 . * ½ 0 . . ½ ½ 1 . . 1 ½ 1 5 2619
3. Gupta, Abhijeet g IND 2569 1 ½ * 1 1 1 0 . 0 0 . . . . 2569
4. Holzke, Frank g GER 2524 . 1 0 * . . ½ ½ . ½ 1 1 . 0 2549
5. Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2418 . . 0 . * 1 ½ ½ 1 . . 0 ½ 1 2580
6. Howell, David W L g ENG 2622 0 . 0 . 0 * . ½ 1 . 1 . 1 1 2556
7. Harika, Dronavalli m IND 2473 . ½ 1 ½ ½ . * . . ½ ½ 0 . ½ 4 2506
8. Giri, Anish f RUS 2469 0 ½ . ½ ½ ½ . * ½ ½ . . 1 . 4 2533
9. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2560 ½ 0 1 . 0 0 . ½ * . 1 . ½ . 2490
10. Bitalzadeh, Ali m NED 2400 . . 1 ½ . . ½ ½ . * 0 0 0 1 2467
11. Pruijssers, Roeland m NED 2444 ½ . . 0 . 0 ½ . 0 1 * 1 ½ . 2487
12. Leon Hoyos, Manuel g MEX 2542 0 0 . 0 1 . 1 . . 1 0 * . 0 3 2413
13. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2533 0 ½ . . ½ 0 . 0 ½ 1 ½ . * . 3 2428
14. Iturrizaga, Eduardo g VEN 2528 0 0 . 1 0 0 ½ . . 0 . 1 . * 2383

Round 4 (January 20, 2009)
Hillarp Persson, Tiger - Romanishin, Oleg M 1-0 59 E44 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
So, Wesley - Gupta, Abhijeet ½-½ 27 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Holzke, Frank - Leon Hoyos, Manuel 1-0 60 E17 Queens Indian
Bosboom, Manuel - Giri, Anish ½-½ 34 A07 Barcza System
Howell, David W L - Nijboer, Friso 1-0 60 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Bitalzadeh, Ali - Iturrizaga, Eduardo 1-0 40 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Pruijssers, Roeland - Harika, Dronavalli ½-½ 62 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 5 (January 22, 2009)
Gupta, Abhijeet - Bosboom, Manuel 1-0 72 A42 Modern Defence
Harika, Dronavalli - Holzke, Frank ½-½ 76 D72 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Giri, Anish - Hillarp Persson, Tiger 0-1 31 D12 Slav Defence
Nijboer, Friso - Pruijssers, Roeland 1-0 56 C95 Ruy Lopez Breyer
Leon Hoyos, Manuel - Bitalzadeh, Ali 1-0 52 E81 King's Indian Saemisch
Romanishin, Oleg M - Howell, David W L 0-1 38 A49 King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Iturrizaga, Eduardo - So, Wesley 0-1 48 E15 Queens Indian
Round 6 (January 23, 2009)
Hillarp Persson, Tiger - Gupta, Abhijeet 0-1 44 D91 Gruenfeld 5.Bg5
So, Wesley - Leon Hoyos, Manuel 1-0 38 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Bosboom, Manuel - Iturrizaga, Eduardo 1-0 43 A30 English Symmetrical
Howell, David W L - Giri, Anish ½-½ 47 C42 Petroff's Defence
Nijboer, Friso - Romanishin, Oleg M ½-½ 42 C96 Ruy Lopez
Bitalzadeh, Ali - Harika, Dronavalli ½-½ 30 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Pruijssers, Roeland - Holzke, Frank 0-1 80 C11 French Defence
Round 7 (January 24, 2009)
Gupta, Abhijeet - Howell, David W L 1-0 57 D80 Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Holzke, Frank - Bitalzadeh, Ali ½-½ 12 E10 Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Harika, Dronavalli - So, Wesley ½-½ 45 D12 Slav Defence
Giri, Anish - Nijboer, Friso ½-½ 34 A81 Dutch Leningrad
Leon Hoyos, Manuel - Bosboom, Manuel 1-0 54 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Romanishin, Oleg M - Pruijssers, Roeland ½-½ 21 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Iturrizaga, Eduardo - Hillarp Persson, Tiger 0-1 44 A40 Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Round 8 (January 25, 2009)
Hillarp Persson, Tiger - Leon Hoyos, Manuel 1-0 44 E41 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
So, Wesley - Holzke, Frank 0-1 42 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Bosboom, Manuel - Harika, Dronavalli ½-½ 20 A30 English Symmetrical
Howell, David W L - Iturrizaga, Eduardo 1-0 41 B14 Caro Kann Panov
Nijboer, Friso - Gupta, Abhijeet 1-0 36 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Pruijssers, Roeland - Bitalzadeh, Ali 1-0 23 B94 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Bg5
Romanishin, Oleg M - Giri, Anish 0-1 99 A05 Various

3) 2nd Queenstown Chess Classic

Queenstown Chess Classic took place in Queenstown, South Island of New Zealand 15th-24th January 2009. David Smerdon took clear first with 8/10 in spite of losing in the final round to Gawain Jones.

Official site: http://www.queenstownchess.com

Queenstown Chess Classic (NZL), 15-24 i 2009
Final Round 10 Standings:
1 Smerdon, David C im AUS 2463 8
2 Rozentalis, Eduardas gm LTU 2590 7.5
3 Mikhalevski, Victor gm ISR 2608 7.5
4 Bischoff, Klaus gm GER 2545 7.5
5 Jones, Gawain gm ENG 2540 7.5
6 Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios gm GRE 2580 7.5
7 Johannessen, Leif Erlend gm NOR 2539 7.5
8 Wohl, Aleksander H im AUS 2342 7
9 Dragicevic, Domagoj AUS 2205 7
10 Chow, Samuel AUS 2267 7
11 Johansen, Darryl K gm AUS 2455 7
12 Goldenberg, Igor fm AUS 2398 6.5
13 Wells, Peter gm ENG 2513 6.5
14 Hecht, Hans-Joachim gm GER 2394 6.5
15 Ker, Anthony im NZL 2321 6.5
16 Solomon, Stephen J im AUS 2460 6.5
17 Brown, Andrew AUS 1987 6.5
18 Saw, Geoffrey fm AUS 2257 6.5
19 Reilly, Tim fm AUS 2256 6.5
20 Lyell, Mark fm ENG 2287 6.5
21 Drummond, Matthew AUS 2236 6.5
22 Ikeda, Junta AUS 2247 6.5
23 Stojic, Dusan AUS 2219 6.5
24 Illingworth, Max AUS 2250 6.5
25 West, Guy im AUS 2346 6
26 Motoc, Alina wgm ROU 2358 6
27 Shen, Daniel NZL 2098 6
28 Smith, Robert W fm NZL 2281 6
29 Garbett, Paul im NZL 2329 6
30 Bakker, Sven NED 2233 6
31 Steadman, Michael NZL 2273 6
32 Van Riemsdijk, Herman im BRA 2392 6
33 Zawadzka, Jolanta wgm POL 2385 6
34 van der Elburg, Freddie NED 2277 6
35 Levi, Eddy L fm AUS 2219 6
36 Hohler, Peter fm SUI 2214 6
37 Goldsmith, Alan D AUS 2226 6
38 Krivec, Jana wgm SLO 2343 5.5
120 players

4) Australian Open Manly

The Australian Open took place in Manly, Sydney 2nd-11th January 2009. Alex Wohl and George Xie finished on 9/11.

Official site: http://www.nswca.org.au/AO2009/index.shtml

Australian Open Manly Sydney (AUS), 2-11 i 2009
Final Round 9 Standings:
1Wohl, Aleksander H mAUS 2342 9 65.5 80.5 57.5
2Xie, George mAUS 2397 9 63.0 77.0 51.0
3Chapman, Mark mAUS 2402 8 63.5 77.0 52.0
4Schon, Eugene AUS 2115 8 62.5 75.5 51.0
5Hu, Jason AUS 2182 8 55.0 68.0 47.5
6Smirnov, Vladimir fAUS 2372 7.5 63.5 77.5 51.5
7Mandla, Blair AUS 2116 7.5 63.5 77.5 47.0
8Stojic, Dusan AUS 2219 7.5 57.0 70.0 43.5
9Lyell, Mark fENG 2287 7.5 50.0 61.5 41.5
10Sales, Jesse Noel fAUS 2340 7 63.5 77.5 53.0
11Rej, Tomek fAUS 2330 7 58.5 71.5 47.0
12Illingworth, Max AUS 2250 7 56.5 68.5 47.5
13Sheldrick, Kevin USA 2161 7 53.5 65.5 42.0
14Lovejoy, David AUS 2014 7 52.5 65.5 39.0
15Nilsson, Lars Kjoller DEN 2030 7 50.0 62.5 38.5
16Ayvazyan, Armen AUS 2232 7 50.0 62.0 40.5
17Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija AUS 2102 7 50.0 59.5 36.0
18Caron, Damien FRA 1914 6.5 53.5 67.0 35.0
19Ali, Mosaddeque AUS 1943 6.5 52.0 62.5 33.5
20Mortensen, Henrik AUS 2022 6.5 50.5 60.5 37.5
21Mcgregor, Allan AUS 6.5 50.0 60.5 34.0
22Rout, Ian C AUS 1949 6 62.0 73.5 42.5
23Broekhuyse, Paul AUS 2116 6 58.0 70.0 44.0
24Morris, James fAUS 2089 6 57.0 68.5 45.0
25Voon, Richard AUS 1976 6 55.0 67.5 39.0
26Bolens, Johny AUS 2180 6 52.0 63.5 41.5
27Furst, Andrew AUS 2062 6 51.5 64.5 37.5
28Tan, Kevin AUS 6 51.0 64.0 34.0
29Encel, Benjamin AUS 1781 6 50.5 63.0 33.0
30Abbott, Peter AUS 1858 6 47.5 57.5 31.0
31Jakirlic, Nermin AUS 2162 6 46.5 57.5 36.5
32Ruan, Harry AUS 6 45.5 55.5 30.5
33Javor, Stephen AUS 6 41.5 50.5 26.0
76 players

5) Gurgon International Open

The Gurgon International Open takes place 21st-29th January 2009.

Official site: http://www.delhichess.com/ and results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr18973.aspx

1st Open Gurgon (IND), 21-29 i 2009
Leading Round 7 of 10 Standings:
Rk.NameFEDRtgPts.TB1 TB2 TB3
1Areshchenko AlexanderGMUKR26736.531.52329
2Kuzubov YuriyGMUKR2626632.524.527.5
3Solodovnichenko YuriGMUKR2571631.52326.5
4Laxman R RIMIND247863122.526
5Sengupta DeepIMIND2445629.521.525
6Neelotpal DasGMIND2490629.521.524.75
7Ismagambetov AnuarGMKAZ25235.53323.525.25
8Ulibin MikhailGMRUS25115.532.523.524.75
9Lalith Babu M RIND24775.53223.523
10Iuldachev SaidaliGMUZB25205.5322324.5
11Kunte AbhijitGMIND25275.53222.524.5
12Murali Krishnan B TIMIND24445.530.52222.75
13Gleizerov EvgenyGMRUS25445.530.521.522.75
14Shyam Sundar MIMIND24265.53021.522.75
15Shivananda B SIND23475.529.52321
16Narayanan SrinathIMIND23975.5292020.5
17Shashikant KutwalIND22855.528.52120.25
18Sangma RahulIND23225.5282020.25
19Himanshu SharmaIMIND24055.526.51920.5
20Anwesh UpadhyayaIND22695.5262019.75
21Murshed NiazGMBAN2429535.52623.25
22Girinath P D SIMIND24045342522.5
23Sethuraman S PIMIND24155342522.25
24Prathamesh Sunil MokalIMIND2389533.524.521.5
25Saptarshi RoyIMIND2410533.52421.75
26Adhiban BIMIND25045322321.75
27Saravana Krishnan PIND2243531.523.521
28Premnath RIND23035312319.5
29P Magesh ChandranGMIND249053122.521.75
30Das ArghyadipIMIND240453121.520.25
31Konguvel PonnuswamyIMIND2462530.52221
32Vaibhav SuriIND2193529.521.520
33Debashis DasIND2365529.519.519
34Mishra SoumyaranjanIND2296528.521.518
35Sarkar JustinIMUSA245552820.519
36Navin Kanna T UIND23025282018.5
Purushothaman TIND22675282018.5
38Arindam MukherjeeIND2259527.520.518.5
39Akshayraj KoreIMIND2403527.52019.5
40Tiwari ArjunIND2256527.519.518.25
41Thejkumar M SIND2424527.519.517.75
42Ibrayev NurlanGMKAZ24075271918
43Singh S VikramjitIND22475271917.5
44Sagar ShahIND2283526.518.517
45Mehar Chinna Reddy C HIND2246526.51817
46Ramnathan BalasubramaniamIMIND22825262016
47Djuraev SokhibFMTJK23535261918.5
48Praveen Kumar CIND23605261917.25
49Jain Shreyansh DakliaIND225052518.516
50Soumya SwaminathanWGMIND2343524.517.517.75
51Nitin SFMIND23654.53324.519.25
52Thipsay Praveen MGMIND24534.5332420.5
53Safin ShukhratGMUZB25184.532.52320
298 players

6) 7th Parsvnath Open

The 7th Parsvnath Open took place 10th-20th January 2009. Surya Shekhar Ganguly edged out Mikhail Ulibin on tie-break after both finished on 8½/10. Extra games now available from the final round.

Official site: http://www.delhichess.com/

7th Parsvnath Open (IND), 10-20 i 2009
Leading Final 10 Standings:
Rank Name TiFED Rtg Pts BH.
1Ganguly Surya Shekhar GM IND 261469
2Ulibin Mikhail GM RUS 251168½
3Kostenko Petr GM KAZ 2501870½
4Karthikeyan P IM IND 2450870½
5Sethuraman S P IM IND 2415869½
6Kuzubov Yuriy GM UKR 2626866
7Neelotpal Das GM IND 2490864
8Laxman R R IM IND 2478863½
9Ismagambetov Anuar GM KAZ 2523862½
10Kunte Abhijit GM IND 252767
11Prathamesh Sunil Mokal IM IND 238967
12Sriram Jha IM IND 244266½
13Praveen Kumar C IND 236066
14Negi Parimarjan GM IND 260065½
15Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi IM IND 244465
16Thejkumar M S IND 242463½
17Thipsay Praveen M GM IND 245363
18Gleizerov Evgeny GM RUS 254463
19Solodovnichenko Yuri GM UKR 257162½
20Arindam Mukherjee IND 225962
21Areshchenko Alexander GM UKR 267359½
22Premnath R IND 230359
23Ibrayev Nurlan GM KAZ 240757
425 players

7) Arcapita International Bahrain

The Arcapita International Chess Championship takes place 23rd January - 3rd February 2009 in Manama, Bahrain. No games available at the moment.

Official site: http://www.bahrainchessclub.com/ and daily results at: http://chess-results.com/tnr19055.aspx

Arcapita International Chess Championship Manama (BRN), 23 i - 3 ii 2009
Round 1 Standings:
Rk.NameFEDRtgPts.
1Tregubov Pavel VGMRUS26471
2Malakhatko VadimGMBEL26101
3Adly AhmedGMEGY25681
4Ibrahimov RasulGMAZE25681
5Amin BasemGMEGY25621
6Pelletier YannickGMSUI25601
7Filippov AntonGMUZB25561
8Iotov ValentinGMBUL25561
9El Gindy EssamGMEGY25271
10Kveinys AloyzasGMLTU25221
11Moradiabadi ElshanGMIRI25051
12Kasparov SergeyGMBLR24881
13Golubev MikhailGMUKR24871
14Bagheri AmirGMIRI24861
15Jojua DavitIMGEO24841
16Roy Chowdhury SaptarshiIMIND24441
17Sulashvili MalkhazIMGEO24441
18Sriram JhaIMIND24411
19Ezat MohamedIMEGY24211
20Frhat AliIMEGY24081
21Shoker SamyIMFRA23991
22Sharma Dinesh KIMIND23941
23KishpalIMHUN23891
24Sarwat WalaaIMEGY23881
25Zozulia AnnaIMBEL23761
26Adnani MoklisFMMAR23261
27Othman A MoussaFMUAE23241
28Hassan AbdullahIMUAE23201
29Shetty RahulIMIND23101
30Akshat KhampariaFMIND23061
31Alhuwar JasemFMUAE22701
32Kasparova TatianaWIMBLR21901
33Al Sulaiti AliBRN21361
34Al-Ghasra AliCMBRN21331
35Khouri Ibrahim MohamedFMUAE21321
36Ayyad Husain Abdulgalil SalehFMBRN21111
37Ibrahim IsmailUAE21091
38Al-Marzouqi Abdulla MUAE19671
39Mansour AbbasUAE19571
40Khouri Ahmed AbbasFMUAE19341
41Jumma Al MuhairiUAE19331
42Saleh Nora MohdWFMUAE18791
43Bukhalaf KhalafBRN18701
44Zayed Ali Al-HamedUAE18601
45Essa KuloodUAE18291
46Abasolo JoelPHI01
47Abdulateef AhmedEGY01
48Ortiz WoonirPHI01
49Sridhar PranavIND01
50Tabuzo JimmyPHI01
104 players

8) Prague Open

The 8th Prague International Chess Festival took place 9th-16th January 2009 in the capital of the Czech Republic. Milko Popchev edged out Stepan Zilka on tie-break after both finished on 7/9. Games now available.

Official site: http://www.czechtour.net/prague-open/.

8th Prague Open (CZE), 9-16 i 2009
Rk.NameFEDRtgIPts.TB1 TB2
1Popchev MilkoGMBUL2444751.540
2Zilka StepanIMCZE2471747.538
3Grabarczyk MiroslawGMPOL24776.55543.5
4Clery NicolasFMFRA23736.552.541.5
5Vokac MarekGMCZE24546.551.540.5
6Kulhanek TomasIMCZE24096.55039
7Simutowe AmonIMZAM24856.54939
8Colin VincentIMFRA24156.548.537.5
9Rasik VitezslavIMCZE24456.54837
10Meduna EduardGMCZE24616.54837
11Kjartansson GudmundurFMISL23656.547.537
12Plischki SebastianIMGER24186.54635.5
13Dolezal RadoslavIMCZE24366.54232.5
14Trichkov VasilIMCZE233665241
15Vavra PavelIMCZE2319651.540.5
16Petr JanCZE2199644.534.5
17Marholev DimitarIMBUL2449643.534
18Liuba VolodymyrUKR064132.5
19Gorin AlexandrRUS200463730
20Andonov BogomilIMBUL23165.550.539
116 players

9) Marienbad Open

8th International Chess Festival MARIENBAD OPEN 2009 took place 17th-25th January 2009 in Marienbad (the second biggest spa town in the Czech Republic). Bartlomiej Heberla won the main GM Group with 7.5/11.

Official site: http://www.czechtour.net/marienbad-open/).

The Czech tour: http://www.czechtour.net/news/

GM Marianske Lazne (CZE), 17-25 i 2009 cat. VIII (2427)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Heberla, Bartlomiej g POL 2500 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 2553
2. Krejci, Jan2 f CZE 2426 ½ * ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 2492
3. Roganovic, Milos f SRB 2475 0 ½ * ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2487
4. Vokac, Marek g CZE 2454 ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 2460
5. Moor, Olivier m SUI 2369 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 6 2468
6. Simacek, Pavel m CZE 2493 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 * 1 0 1 1 0 ½ 2421
7. Kurmann, Oliver m SUI 2415 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 1 ½ 1 0 2428
8. Ivanov, Mikhail M g RUS 2497 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 * 0 ½ ½ ½ 5 2384
9. Dobrowolski, Piotr m POL 2421 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 1 * 0 1 ½ 5 2391
10. Hedman, Erik f SWE 2367 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 * 1 1 5 2396
11. Kashlinskaya, Alina wm RUS 2303 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 * ½ 4 2336
12. Biolek, Richard jr m CZE 2406 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 2296

IMA Marianske Lazne (CZE), 17-25 i 2009 cat. I (2267)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Rojicek, Vojtech f CZE 2375 * 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 2389
2. Kersten, Uwe f GER 2259 1 * 0 1 1 ½ 0 0 1 1 1 1 2400
3. Marholev, Dimitar m BUL 2449 0 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 7 2352
4. Jurek, Josef m CZE 2344 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 7 2361
5. Gajic, Mladen SWE 2182 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 2339
6. Babula, Milan m CZE 2298 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 6 2299
7. Wieczorek, Oskar POL 2265 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 2266
8. Krupa, Monika wg POL 2215 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 2271
9. Antipov, Mikhail Al RUS 2194 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * 0 0 1 4 2171
10. Arsenault, Nicolas CAN 2229 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 * 0 1 2137
11. Baum, Bernd f GER 2222 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 * ½ 2137
12. Weinwurm, Wolfgang AUT 2167 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ * 2064

IMB Marianske Lazne (CZE), 17-25 i 2009 cat. I (2262)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Simutowe, Amon m ZAM 2485 * 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 2452
2. Oparin, Grigoriy RUS 2189 1 * 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 2443
3. Poliakov, Alexander f RUS 2302 ½ 1 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 7 2360
4. Vojta, Tomas f CZE 2376 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 7 2353
5. Havlikova, Kristyna wf CZE 2172 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 2270
6. Plischki, Sebastian m GER 2418 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 1 0 0 1 5 2211
7. Volodin, Viktor m RUS 2225 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 * ½ 0 0 1 ½ 2200
8. Terekhov, Andrey f RUS 2347 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ 0 2189
9. Robertsen, Thomas NOR 2275 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 * ½ 1 ½ 2195
10. Pochinkov, Andrey RUS 2186 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 2203
11. Vlasak, Lukas CZE 2163 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 4 2168
12. Johansson, Anders SWE 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ * 3 2110

Open Marianske Lazne (CZE), 17-25 i 2009
Rk.NameFEDPts.TB1 TB2 TB3
1Sadzikowski DanielPOL7.552.5422151
2Hantak AdamGER752.541.52156
3Golcman EvgenyRUS75038.52116
4Turner JanCZE750382077
5Ilandzis SpyridonGRE749.5382052
6Bebel ArkadiuszPOL74737.52042
7Zemerov VladimirIMRUS6.55543.52123
8Pisk PetrIMCZE6.552402066
9Pokrupa Marek Ing.CZE6.54837.52034
10Barski RadoslawPOL6.546362026
11Zapletal Jiri Mgr.CZE653.542.52151
12Zysko JanPOL65341.52126
13Wagner NorbertGER64937.52051
14Matejovsky OndrejCZE648.5382094
15Bartos JanFMCZE64837.52058
16Minina VeronikaRUS647.5372059
17Navratil Jiri sen.CZE64738.52050
18Welz Peter DrFMGER64737.52015
19Schumacher GottfriedGER64736.52034
20Wuensch UlrichGER645.535.52040
21Kopasov EvgenyRUS644.535.51986
22Ossipov VictorUSA64434.52005
23Dekic JosipFMSRB640.531.51930
24Lewicki MiroslawPOL640.531.51929
147 players

10) Azerbaijan Championships

The Azerbaijan Championships took place 13th-21st January 2009. Rashad Babaev won the event with 6½/9.

Gulnar Mammadova and Narmin Kazimova finished on 7.5/9 in the women's event. No games available from the women's tournament at the moment.

Some info at: http://ulvichess.az/

ch-AZE Baku (AZE), 13-21 i 2009 cat. XI (2507)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Babaev, Rashad g AZE 2491 * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 2674
2. Abbasov, Farid g AZE 2565 ½ * 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 6 2625
3. Rasulov, Vugar f AZE 2391 0 1 * 1 0 1 0 1 1 ½ 2599
4. Mamedov, Nidjat g AZE 2607 ½ 1 0 * ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 2575
5. Safarli, Eltaj g AZE 2564 0 ½ 1 ½ * 0 1 ½ 1 1 2580
6. Durarbeyli, Vasif m AZE 2439 0 0 0 1 1 * ½ ½ 0 1 4 2471
7. Ibrahimov, Rasul g AZE 2568 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 2420
8. Mirzoev, Azer g AZE 2564 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 2420
9. Guliev, Logman m AZE 2470 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ * 0 2344
10. Gasimov, Ragim m AZE 2409 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 * 2351

11) Georgian Championships

The Georgian Championships for men and women take place in Tbilisi 17th-30th January 2009. My thanks to Varlam Vepkhvishvili for the news and games.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr18907.aspx and official site in Georgian http://www.chesspoti.ge/

68th ch-GEO Tbilisi (GEO), 17-30 i 2009 cat. X (2492)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Mchedlishvili, Mikheil g GEO 2619 * . . ½ . ½ ½ ½ . 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 6 2589
2. Sanikidze, Tornike g GEO 2522 . * ½ . 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 . . 2569
3. Margvelashvili, Giorgi m GEO 2484 . ½ * ½ 1 1 . . ½ ½ ½ . ½ ½ 2541
4. Magalashvili, Davit m GEO 2490 ½ . ½ * ½ . 1 0 . 1 . ½ 1 0 5 2549
5. Gagunashvili, Merab g GEO 2585 . 1 0 ½ * ½ ½ . 1 ½ ½ . . ½ 5 2487
6. Azaladze, Shota GEO 2402 ½ ½ 0 . ½ * 1 ½ ½ . ½ ½ . . 2528
7. Nigalidze, Gaioz GEO 2458 ½ 1 . 0 ½ 0 * 0 ½ . . . 1 1 2504
8. Pantsulaia, Levan g GEO 2583 ½ 0 . 1 . ½ 1 * . 0 0 . ½ 1 2461
9. Bagaturov, Giorgi g GEO 2492 . 0 ½ . 0 ½ ½ . * ½ 1 ½ . 1 2465
10. Bregadze, Levan f GEO 2394 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ . . 1 ½ * . 1 0 . 4 2498
11. Benidze, Davit m GEO 2423 0 0 ½ . ½ ½ . 1 0 . * ½ 1 . 4 2488
12. Arutinian, David g GEO 2586 ½ 0 . ½ . ½ . . ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 4 2422
13. Shanava, Konstantine g GEO 2508 0 . ½ 0 . . 0 ½ . 1 0 ½ * 1 2406
14. Charkhalashvili, Inga wg GEO 2337 ½ . ½ 1 ½ . 0 0 0 . . 0 0 * 2367

66th ch-GEO w Tbilisi (GEO), 17-28 i 2009 cat. IV (2333)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Paikidze, Nazi wf GEO 2280 * ½ ½ ½ . . . . 1 1 . ½ 4 2432
2. Lomineishvili, Maia m GEO 2437 ½ * . ½ . . 1 . ½ ½ . 1 4 2436
3. Tsatsalashvili, Keti wm GEO 2231 ½ . * . 0 1 1 . 0 . . 1 2417
4. Mikadze, Miranda wm GEO 2287 ½ ½ . * 1 . . ½ . . ½ 0 3 2332
5. Gvetadze, Sopio m GEO 2377 . . 1 0 * ½ ½ ½ . ½ . . 3 2309
6. Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2421 . . 0 . ½ * ½ 1 . 0 1 . 3 2316
7. Khukhashvili, Sopiko m GEO 2416 . 0 0 . ½ ½ * 1 . . 1 . 3 2353
8. Guramishvili, Sopiko wm GEO 2281 . . . ½ ½ 0 0 * 1 1 . . 3 2357
9. Melia, Salome m GEO 2422 0 ½ 1 . . . . 0 * . ½ ½ 2251
10. Danelia, Mariam wm GEO 2219 0 ½ . . ½ 1 . 0 . * ½ . 2305
11. Gaprindashvili, Nona1 g GEO 2376 . . . ½ . 0 0 . ½ ½ * 1 2278
12. Arabidze, Meri wf GEO 2246 ½ 0 0 1 . . . . ½ . 0 * 2 2213

12) Cuban Championship

Cuban Championship - Final takes place 20th - 28th January in Las Tunas, Cuba There doesn't seem to be a source for more than the odd game.

Round 6 Standings: 1-2) Bruzon and Delgado 4,0 3-5) Fidel Corrales, Lelys Martinez and Yunieski Quesada 3,5 6) Yusnel Bacallao 3,0 7-9) Yuri Gonzalez, Omar Almeida and Holden Hernandez 2,5 10) Humberto Blanco 1,0

Official site: http://www.capablanca.co.cu

13) Belarus Championship

The Belarus Championship took place 13th-21st January 2009 Sergei Zhigalko won with 6.5/9 and the women's event 15th-23rd both in Minsk.

Official site: http://bychess.com/news/vysshaja-liga-2009-sroki

ch-BLR Minsk (BLR), 13-21 i 2009 cat. X (2483)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Zhigalko, Sergei g BLR 2587 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 2637
2. Romanenko, Vladimir m BLR 2478 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 6 2608
3. Zhigalko, Andrey g BLR 2572 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 6 2598
4. Stupak, Kirill m BLR 2458 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 2565
5. Teterev, Vitaly g BLR 2530 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 1 5 2520
6. Maiorov, Nikita1 g BLR 2524 0 0 ½ 1 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 5 2521
7. Tihonov, Jurij g BLR 2460 0 0 0 0 1 ½ * ½ 1 1 4 2442
8. Podolchenko, Evgeniy BLR 2475 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 2403
9. Sidorenja, Alexander BLR 2362 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 2330
10. Smirnov, Valerij m BLR 2383 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ * 1 2143

ch-BLR w Minsk (BLR), 15-23 i 2009
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Popova, Natalija wm BLR 2266 * 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 2378
2. Azarova, Nadezhda wm BLR 2314 0 * 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 2373
3. Stetsko, Lanita BLR 2096 ½ 0 * 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 2204
4. Homiakova, Ekaterina wf BLR 2110 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 2202
5. Sharova, Alexandra wf BLR 2084 ½ 0 1 0 * ½ 0 ½ 1 1 2125
6. Homiakova, Elena wf BLR 2101 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 1 0 ½ 4 2080
7. Kovaleva, Ekaterina BLR 2124 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 * 1 0 ½ 3 1996
8. Ziaziulkina, Nastassia BLR 1950 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 * ½ ½ 1974
9. Shilo, Evgenija BLR 2048 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 ½ * 0 1963
10. Klimets, Elena wf BLR 2123 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * 1955

14) Nassau County Championship 2008

The Annaul Nassau championship was a 10 round swiss event taking place October 10th 2008 - December 22nd 2008 in Mineola, NY in Long Island, NY, in the 1st Presbyterian church of Mineola, as it has done for many years now.

IM Alex Lenderman dominated for the 2nd year running, scoring 8.5 out of his 9 played games he could afford the forfeit in the last round to still be guaranteed the outright win & $800 fist prize. I.M. Jay Bonin and N.M. Tim Mirable tied for 2nd. and 3rd. with 7.5 pts. each. Leanard B Chipkin was clear 4th with 6.5 pts.

Complete info: http://main.uschess.org/assets/msa_joomla/XtblMain.php?200812227111

Information on the Nassau chess club's schedule and other tournaments during the year can be found at: http://192.220.96.194/chess/nassau/schedule.html and http://192.220.96.194/

As in 2006 and 2007, Lawrence S. Tamarkin compiled the bulletin's for this event. If interested in a set in PGN., CBH and Word 2003 format with extensive annotations of some of the top games in each round contact: Email Larry at, Harrydylan@msn.com.

ch-Nassau Mineola (USA), 20 x-22 xii 2008
Final Round 10 Standings:
1. Lenderman, Alex m USA 2443 8.5
2. Bonin, Jay R m USA 2353 7.5
3. Mirabile, Tim USA 2180 7.5
4. Chipkin, Leonard USA 2061 6.5
5. Solonkovich, Ilya USA 2116 5.5
6. Guevara, Robert N USA 2080 5.5
7. Luchan, Jason USA 2123 5.5
8. Stenzel, Harold USA 2071 5.5
9. Zardus, David L USA 2020 5.5
10. Berg, George P USA 2101 5.0
11. Tamarkin, Larry S USA 2151 5.0
12. Felber, Joseph J USA 2061 5.0
13. Parascandolo, Andrew USA ---- 5.0
14. Romero, Steve USA 2047 5.0
15. De Moore, Scott T USA ---- 5.0
16. Kan, Andrew USA ---- 5.0
17. Bellon,Neal F USA ---- 5.0
18. Weser, Adam USA 2107 4.5
19. Mennella, James USA ---- 4.5
20. Shanbhag, Arun N USA ---- 4.5
21. Kreitner, Ilan USA 2053 4.0
22. McQuillan,Peter USA ---- 4.0
23. Kaplan, Ivan USA 1783 3.5
24. Slyper,Andrew J USA ---- 2.0
25. Lerman,Mark USA ---- 1.5

15) 35th Eastern Open

The 35th Eastern Open took place 27th-30th December 2008. Alex Yermolinsky took clear first with 6.5/7.

35th Eastern Open Washington DC (USA), 27-30 xii 2008
Final Round 7 Standings:
#NameTiRtngTotPrize
1YermolinskyAlexGM25726.51500
2KudrinSergeyGM26056783.33
3RobsonRayIM25316783.33
4LudwigDaniel24556783.33
5SmithBryan GIM24835.5210
6KleimanJakeFM23655.5210
7YeagerDaniel AFM23435.5210
8FiglerIlyeFM23415.5210
9BetaneliAlexFM23185.5210
10ShenVictor C22545.5725
11EnkhbatTegshsureFM24275
12AndrewsTodd DFM23795
13ZhaoParker23285
14UesugiShinsaku23155
15ThalerMichael22835
16PrivmanBorisFM22315
17StrenzwilkDenis22005
18Camarga MouraPedro20135
19IvanovAlexanderGM26114.5
20SantariusErik F22994.5
21GetzAlecFM22604.5
22SamuelsonAndrew22104.5
23ShermanDavid22014.5
69 players

16) Bela Perenyi Memorial

The Bela Perenyi Memorial took place 8th-17th January 2009. Gabor Kovacs won the event with 7.5/9. My thanks to Jozsef Horvath.

Results: http://www.chess.hu/download/hirek/perenyi_bela_evadnyito_vegeredmeny_20090117_154652.txt

Bela Perenyi Mem Budapest (HUN), 8-17 i 2009
Final Round 9 Standings:
1 Kovacs, Gabor 2504 7.5 53.5 2660
2 Paschall, William M. 2354 7.0 53.5 2438
Koczo, Kristof 2220 7.0 51.5 2360
4 Zentai, Peter 2228 6.5 48.5 2329
Horvath, Kalman 2130 6.5 52.0 2314
Szabo, Bence Jr 2229 6.5 46.0 2248
To, Nhat Minh Jr 2356 6.5 45.0 2251
8 Csapo, Zoltan SR 2093 6.0 50.5 2300
Kislik, Erik Andrew 2310 6.0 55.0 2319
Orso, Miklos 2349 6.0 49.0 2357
Juhasz, Kristof Jr 2181 6.0 46.0 2205
Bacso, Gabor SR 2123 6.0 47.0 2307
Keschitz, Gyorgy 2210 6.0 46.0 2198
Suto, Gabor 2257 6.0 46.5 2218
Torok, Tamas Titusz 2087 6.0 45.0 2262
Llopis de Aysa, Manuel 2155 6.0 41.0 2132
17 Gadacsi, Miklos Jr 2096 5.5 50.5 2280
Metaxasz, Vaszilisz 2132 5.5 47.5 2190
Horvath, David Jr 2154 5.5 50.5 2202
Kormos, Adam Jr 2176 5.5 46.5 2203
Papagorasz, Takisz 2224 5.5 46.5 2176
Teglas, Balazs 2127 5.5 43.0 2208
Meixner, Ferenc 2126 5.5 43.0 2125
Feher, Attila 2187 5.5 41.5 2132
Borda, Lajos 2142 5.5 40.5 2109
Gal, Janos 2022 5.5 40.0 2099
Medvegyne Balogh, Emese 2031 5.5 42.0 2106
28 Ritter, Gabor Dr. 2131 5.0 46.5 2075
Simonyi, Zoltan 2226 5.0 50.0 2178
Antos, Zoltan 2082 5.0 47.0 2197
Bea, Boglarka Jr 1810 5.0 43.5 2179
Sipos, Gabor Jr 2115 5.0 44.0 2139
Tessedik, Karoly SR 2025 5.0 48.0 2170
Somogyi, Istvan SR 2224 5.0 44.0 2070
Kiss, Kinga Jr 2129 5.0 45.5 2079
Kiss, Emese 2139 5.0 38.5 2017
Czibulka, Zoltan 2103 5.0 40.0 2048
Mester, Attila 2116 5.0 40.5 1971
Szendeff, Miklos 0000 5.0 38.5 2108
Kiss, Pal Vac 2027 5.0 40.0 2013
41 Vargyas, Zoltan 2174 4.5 47.0 1989
90 players

17) LIX Verano Tournament

The LIX Verano Tournament takes place in Villa Ballester 19th-31st January 2009. Jorg Cori Tello and Cristian Goldwaser lead with 4,5/6. I will round up the event next week.

Plenty of news, results and games at: http://www.ballesterajedrez.org.ar/blog/index.php

18) Helio da Motta Filho Cup

The Helio da Motta Filho Cup took place in Rio de Janeiro 9th-17th December 2008. Dan Cramling and Leandro Perdomo finished on 7.5/9. Games from rounds 3, 8 and 9 are now available. The event was reported in TWIC 737. My thanks to Jorge A T Chaves.

Official site: http://www16.brinkster.com/rjalex/

19) Seville International Open

The XXXIV Open Internacional "Ciudad de Sevilla" takes place 23rd-31st January 2009. Julio Granda Zuniga is the top rated player/

Official site: http://www.fsajedrez.com/

20) Gibraltar's Gibtelecom Chess Festival

The 7th edition of Gibraltar's Gibtelecom Chess Festival takes place from Tuesday 27 January to Thursday 5 February 2009 at the Caleta Hotel. Details: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/gib2009/index.html

21) GM Hector Rosseto 1922-2009

GM Hector Rosseto died at the age 86 in Argentina. Born 8th September 1922 - 22nd January 2009. He won the Argentine Championship six times.

News in Spanish by GM (ICCF) Juan Sebastian Morgado http://www.ajedrez-de-estilo.com.ar/ade/archives/00007101.htm

22) Forthcoming Events and Links

Moscow International Open

The Moscow Open takes place January 31st - 8th February 2009 in Russian State Social University, Moscow, Russia.

Total prize fund of the festival - 7 000 000 rubles - about 210 000 USD.

Moscow Open 2009 consists of 7 separate tournaments: "Open A", "Open B", women "Open C", school chess champions tournament "Open D", school chess teams tournament "Open E", The Rector of RSSU Cup among chess teams of Universities - "Open F", World Cup on chess compositions solving" - Open G". Arbiters' seminar under FIDE patronage and Scientific-Practical conference "Chess in the system of education of Russia and in the World" are held at the same time.

Dreev Alexey (2688 RUS), Tiviakov Sergei (2684 RUS), Sargissian Gabriel (2678 ARM), Areshchenko Alexander (2673 UKR), Timofeev, Artyom (2671 RUS), Inarkiev Ernesto (2656 RUS) will take part in "Open A". Muzychuk Anna (2540 SLO), Ushenina Anna 2499 UKR, Zhukova Natalia (2490 UKR), Pogonina Natalija (2467 RUS), Paehtz Elisabeth (2455 GER), Gaponenko Inna (2450 UKR), Shen Yang (2448 CHN) are participants of the Ladies tournament "Open C.

Detailed information: http://www.moscowchessopen.ru

First Saturday February

The First Saturday tournaments take place 7th-20th February in Budapest. There are 1-2 vacancies for players who wish to come to play for GM or IM-norms. Contact: Nagy Laszlo firstsat@hu.inter.net .

Aivars Gipslis Memorial

The Aivars Gipslis Memorial takes place 12th-18th February 2009. Organised by the Riga Chess Federation. They are looking for 1 foreign GM and one player with high motivation to get GM norm. Contact: Vadik Daskevics vadik.dashkevich@gmail.com

Aivars Gipslis Memorial Riga (LAT), 12 - 18 ii 2009
Players so far:
Ilmars StarostitsIMLAT2500
Juzefs PetkevichGMLAT2435
Samolins VitalijsLAT2430
Janis KlovansGMLAT2418
Mihailovs JurijsLAT2398
Abasov Nijat Azad olgu AZE2397
Vladimir SveshnikovFMLAT2397
Valdis SaulespurensFMUSA2384

Zuerich Chess Club 200th Anniversary

Dr. Christian Rohrer reports: The world's oldest chess club celebrates its 200th year with spectacular jubilee events, including World Champions Spassky, Kasparov and Anand.

The Schachgesellschaft Zuerich celebrates 200th anniversary with spectacular jubilee events

The Schachgesellschaft Zuerich, the world's oldest chess club, celebrates its 200th year in 2009 with spectacular jubilee events. To mark the anniversary, some of the greatest masters of the last five decades, including World Champions Spassky, Kasparov and Anand, will play at the event. Highlights will be a simultaneous exhibition and a rapid chess tournament on the 22nd and 23rd of August, held in Zurich Main Railway Station. With generous sponsor support from Credit Suisse the Schachgesellschaft Zuerich continues its long standing tradition of world class chess tournaments.

On Saturday the 22nd of August, in simultaneous games 200 amateurs will be honoured to face eight word-class chess players, who have made historical contributions to world chess over the last 50 years: Viswanathan Anand, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov, Viktor Korchnoi, Vladimir Kramnik, Boris Spassky, Ruslan Ponomariov and Veselin Topalov. On Sunday the 23rd of August, these champions will compete against each other in an exciting rapid chess format. Judit Polgar, the strongest female chess player ever, and Werner Hug of Schachgesellschaft Zuerich, former world junior chess champion, will replace Kasparov and Spassky, who have retired from competitive chess.

A huge number of spectators, from enthusiasts to the generally curious, is expected for the events at Zurich Railway Main Station. And no one need miss it: All commemorative events will be streamed live via Internet.

The jubilee commences with an open tournament; certain to be one of the most exciting open chess tournaments of 2009. Players of every skill level, from beginners to the elite world class, are expected and will be welcomed at the Zurich Kongresshaus from August 9th to the 15th, 2009. They will compete in two tournaments, 9 rounds each, for CHF 100.000 guaranteed prize money and many attractive prizes.

To further honour the occasion, Richard Forster, reputable chess historian, will release his comprehensive book, researched in great detail, on the unique history of the Schachgesellschaft Zuerich. Entitled "Schachgesellschaft Zuerich: 1809 bis 2009", Forster's work will analyze the development of the Schachgesellschaft Zuerich from the times of Napoleon to the present day.

Details: http://www.sgzurich2009.ch

5th Thessaloniki Games Festival

The 5th Thessaloniki Games Festival takes place 26th April - 4th May 2009.

Official site: http://www.gamesfestival.com/ (wasn't working when I checked) and a full listing of the event.

32nd Ikaros Chess Festival 2009

The traditional 32nd Ikaros Chess Festival 2009 takes place on Ikaria island.

The main event of the festival, the International Aegean Open Championship takes place 11th-19th July 2009. It is a 9 round swiss event with prize fund 3600 Euros in total (1st prize 1000 Euros, special money prizes for ladies and veterans). Special conditions for GMs/IMs and WGMs/WIMs are provided, special discounts for families and club teams are also offered (more information will be available in the official announcement of the festival that will be out soon on the official webpage.

Contact info: ikaros@chess.gr while to contact us on the phone one can try: +30 6932 478386 or +30 210 5010871 (Mr. Savas Kyriakou). For general information about the island of Ikaria one can also check at: http://www.island-ikaria.com

Official site: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros

32nd San Sebastian Open

32nd San Sebastian International Open, takes place 5th-12th April 2009 in the Spanish northern city of San Sebastian (near french border).

Info: http://www.fgajedrez.org/open/open.htm

Tancats de la Societat Coral

The Tancats de la Societat Coral Colon Grup GM takes place 23rd January - 20th March 2009.

Official site: http://chess-results.com/tnr18677.aspx

Pula Open 2009

The 23rd International Chess Tournament "Pula Open 2009" takes place 27th June - 4th July 2009 in Pula, Croatia. Official site: http://www.skpula.hr and contact e-mail: pulaopen@globalnet.hr.

Aeroflot Open 2009

The mega Aeroflot Open takes place in Moscow 16th February (the day of arrival) to 27th February 2009 (the day of departure). There are five tournaments the main ones being: A1 higher than 2549 70000 Euros, A2 higher than 2399, but lower than 2550 36000 Euros, B higher than 2199, but lower than 2400 19500 Euros and C lower than 2200 and unrated 12000 Euros. Time control: Tournament A 1 and A 2: 40 moves in 2 hours, then 20 moves in 1 hour, finally 15 minutes for the remaining moves with an increment of 30 seconds per move in the last period. Tournament B and C: 90 minutes for the whole game with an increment of 30 seconds per move from move 1.

Blitz Tournament 26 Feb. 2009 a double nine-round Swiss Blitz Tournament will be held in the same venue. It is a Qualification Tournament for the World Blitz Championship 2009 (Final). The final tournament will take place in Moscow from 15 to 17 Nov.2009.

Information e-mail: aeroflotchess@gmail.com tel/fax: +7 (495) 691-8578 tel.: +7 (495) 690-6084

Details at the official site: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/

4NCL

The 4NCL takes place 4th October 2008 - 4th May 2009. Rounds 3-4 took place 6th-7th December 2008 in the Barcelo Hotel, Hinckley Island. Next round 17th-18th January 2009.

Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk

Fixtures 2008-9

Rounds 1 and 2: 4th/5th October 2008 De Vere Venues, Sunningdale Divisions 1-2

Rounds 3-4: 6th/7th December 2008 Barcelo Hotel, Hinckley Island Divisions 1-3

Rounds 5-6: 17th/18th January 2009 De Vere Venues, Sunningdale Divisions 1-2

Rounds 7-8: 21st/22nd March 2009 Barcelo Hotel, Hinckley Island Divisions 1-3

Rounds 9-11: 2nd-4th May 2009 De Vere Venues, Staverton Park Divisions 1-2

Novi Sad Open

1) Open turnir , 10-11 jan. 2009 , Srpska Nova g. u N. Sadu , 5 kola , rejtinguje se !!, fide tempo http://www.drazic.co.rs

2) IM , berger, 10-18.jan.2009. , 10 rounds, fide tempo, Novi SAd, for elo and norms fide, http://www.drazic.co.rs

3) Open turnir , 16-18 jan.2009, Novi Sad "Zima u Novom Sadu", 5 kola , rejtinguje se !!, fide tempo http://www.drazic.co.rs

4) cuger turnir , Olimpik, 12. jan.2009, Novi Sad, start 20 h , http://www.drazic.co.rs

5) program of chess edukation, every day from 12-15 jan. 2009 chess lessons with varius GM and Im (available in 3 languages),,,, some of teachers GM Kosanovic G. , GM SEdlak Nikola, GM Kovacevic A , GM DRazic Sinisa etc...

6) Open t. , "Dunav-Drava -Sava" , Banja Junakovic(87km from N.Sad), 9 rounds, fide tempo, possible norms fide and elo, date - 21-25.01.2009., special package , only 130 eur, 4 days full board with available swiming pool, and include also entry fee !! more http://www.drazic.co.rs Special discount for people who take part in more than one events.

Luis Scalise

Luis Scalise's chess pages have moved to: http://scalise.fortunecity.com/

7th Nancy Chess Festival

The 7th International Chess Festival takes place in Nancy (France) 16th-22nd February 2009. It will be a category 13 with average elo over 2550 (with january-elo). With the indian number 3 Pentala Harikrishna, the french number 5 Christian Bauer, the young hope of Germany Georg Meier, and the numbers 2 and 3 under-20 in France : Edouard and Feller (born in 1990 and 1991)...

Players: GM Harikrishna, P 2659 India GM Tregubov, Pavel 2646 Russia GM Krasenkow, Michal 2624 Poland GM Bauer, Christian 2592 France GM Meier, Georg 2558 Germany IM Edouard, Romain 2531 France GM Feller, Sebastien 2526 France IM Gozzoli, Yannick 2503 France IM Brunner, Nicolas 2415 France IM Nezar, Mustapha 2399 France

The all Festival includes 14 closed tournaments (10 players each) for all levels of players. Web (in french and english) : http://echecs54.free.fr/

Grand Slam Masters Final

The 2nd edition of the Grand Slam Masters Final will be played in Bilbao, September 2-15th 2009. The winners of Corus-Wijk aan Zee, Ciudad de Linares and Mtel Masters-Sofia tournaments will qualify directly for the Masters Final in Bilbao, where the first edition (played at a central square, inside a glass cube) was a very big success last September.

More details on the 2009 tournament (number of players, system of play, etc) will be announced at the end of the Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee. The Grand Slam is in negotiations to include one more high level tournament in the 2009 circuit.

Grand Slam Chess Association (GSCA)

Dresden, 23 November 2008

The 7th edition of Gibraltar's Gibtelecom Chess Festival takes place from Tuesday 27 January to Thursday 5 February 2009 at the Caleta Hotel. Details: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/gib2009/index.html

Austrian Team Championship

The Austrian team championship started in St Veit 7th-9th November 2008, the 11 round competition has further rounds 22nd-25th January and 19th-22nd March 2009. Players in the first three rounds included: Sergei Movsesian, Hikaru Nakamura, Emil Sutovsky, Jan Gustafsson and Alexander Beliavsky.

Official site: http://www.chess.at/ and results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr12353.aspx

Chess Study

Dr Robert Howard is making a study of rated chess players.

The full article: http://education.arts.unsw.edu.au/fidestudy/results

If you would like to participate, please go to this website: http://education.arts.unsw.edu.au/fidestudy/

For any queries, please contact Dr Robert Howard, University of New South Wales, on rwh@unsw.edu.au

Bundesliga

The Schachbundesliga season 2008/09 runs 3rd-5th October and runs until March 2009. 16 Teams compete with team rosters of 16-18 players but only eight play each weekend. There will be live coverage of all the games.

Dates: 4th-5th October 2008 25th-26th October 2008 29th-30th November 2008 12th-14th December 2008 (Here the official seventh round will be played. Although some will be played at other times) 31st January 2008 - 1st February 2009. 28th February - 1st March 2009. 28th-29th March 2009.

Official site of the Schachbundesliga (http://www.schachbundesliga.de/index.aspx) Further information (in German) and the entrance site for the live coverage: http://www.schachbundesliga.de/index.aspx

European Youth U-16 winners Texas Scholarships

The University of Texas at Dallas (USA) has offered scholarships to the winners of the U-16 European Youth Chess Championships since 2007. The agreement with the European Chess Union has been extended for another three years. The total value of the scholarships during this five-year period will be approximately 1 million USD, said James A. Stallings, Director of the UTD chess program.

Interview on the ECU website: http://www.europechess.org/home518.aspx?art=ft

27th Elba Island Festival

The 27th International Chess Festival of Elba Island "Luigi Amalfi", takes place at the Hotel Lacona 10th-17th May 2009.

Details: http://www.tuscanhotels.it/en/cmsx.asp?IDPg=23

25th Bermuda Open

The 25th Bermuda Open takes place 30th January - 1st February 2009 at the luxurious Fairmont Southampton Resort on the South Shore with private tennis courts, golf course, beach, walking trails,  ferry into Hamilton for duty-free shopping 5 round Swiss. Register & pay on site.  For info contact Nigel Freeman at cadilly@northrock.bm or Carol Jarecki at carolj10280@yahoo.com  

Icelandic Team Championship

Icelandic Team Champ 1st div first half took place 3rd-5th October 2008. The 2nd set of games are March 21st-22nd March 2009 if I understand the website correctly. A small number of games are available.

Official site: http://www.skaksamband.is/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=5982&Itemid=499# and results: http://chess-results.com/tnr16443.aspx

Doeberl Cup and Sydney International 2009

The 2009 Doeberl Cup is in Canberra 9th-13th April 2009. See http://www.doeberlcup.com.au/

The 2009 Sydney International Open takes place 15th-19th April 2009. See http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/index.cfm?site=open

Free entry to GMs, IMs, WGMs and WIMs.

Free accommodation for selected GMs and WGMs.

For further information, please contact Brian Jones info@chessaustralia.com.au

So - Torre Match 2009

14-year-old Wesley So and 56-year-old Eugene Torre play a 12 game match starting February 10, 2009 at the Sulo Hotel in Quezon City. Two games each will be played in Quezon City, Davao and Iloilo, and if the match remains undecided, the protagonists will return to Quezon City and finish the match. A knockout game will be played if the duel ends up 6-6. The winner will take home P600,000 while the loser will earn P400,000.Another P100,000 goes to the winner of each provincial leg while the loser will get P50,000.

Hungarian Chess Tournaments January - March 2009

1.9th-17th of January, EVADNYITO Open 9 rounds Swiss, Budapest, org: IA FAZEKAS, info: firstsat@hu.inter.net

2.23rd of January - 2nd of February, BALASSAGYARMAT WINTER, GM-IM closed, 100 km North from Budapest, Org: Nagy Laszlo, info: firstsat@hu.inter.net

3.7th-19th of February, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM Budapest - org: Nagy Laszlo, www.firstsaturday.hu - info: firstsat@hu.inter.net

4.7th-19th of March, First Saturday, Budapest, GM-IM-FM, org Nagy L.

5.20th-28th of March, 25th BUDAPEST SPRING FESTIVAL 9 rounds Swiss Open, org: Nagy L. - e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net

GM Boris Alterman's Chess Lessons

GM Boris Alterman has a blog with free chess lessons on it.

Website: http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/

Etienne Bacrot's Website

Etienne Bacrot has a website at: http://www.chess22.fr/ with his analysis and news. Very worth while, especially when he's playing.

ICC and FICS client for mobile phones

Mats Luthman has written a program that connects to ICC and FICS, compatable with many modern mobile phones. I've been looking for something like this for a while for watching live tournaments if I'm out and about. Its a nice free solution, you can also play but I haven't tried that.

Website: http://www.luthman.nu/Mobi/Mobi.html