THE WEEK IN CHESS 758 18th May 2009 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) 5th M-Tel Masters
3) US Championships
4) 39th Bosna tournament
5) First Saturday May
6) Young Stars of the World
7) XI Vila de Salou Open
8) Mitropa Cup
9) Spanish Universities Championship
10) Uruguayan Championship
11) 31st Banicky kahanec
12) 84th Argentine Championships
13) 17th World Computer Chess Championship
14) IV Campeonato de Espana de Selecciones Autonomicas
15) 8th Asian Continental
16) Zone 2.3 Guayaquil Ecuador
17) 116th Scottish Chess Championships (International Open) and other Edinburgh events
18) Calgary International
19) 27th Liechtenstein International Chess Open
20) China's 2009 World Cup Qualification
21) De Caguas Categoria Internacional
22) 27th Elba Island Festival
23) III La Laguna Open
24) 22nd Damiano de Odemira Open
25) III Cerrado Manises
26) The London Chess Classic in December
27) Navara vs Ivanchuk Rapid
28) 42nd Biel International Chess Festival
29) 3rd ACP World Rapid Cup
30) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
5th M-Tel Masters15 games
US Championships107 games
39th Bosna tournament18 games
First Saturday May31 games
Young Stars of the World30 games
XI Vila de Salou Open35 games
Mitropa Cup152 games
Spanish Universities Championship30 games
Uruguayan Championship66 games
31st Banicky kahanec30 games
84th Argentine Championships36 games
17th World Computer Chess Championship45 games
IV Campeonato de Espana de Selecciones Autonomicas84 games
8th Asian Continental318 games
Edinburgh Congress35 games
Calgary International50 games
Dutch Teams50 games
1082 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Adolivio Capece, Luis Blasco de la Cruz, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, Patricia Claros Aguillar, Pavel Matocha, Jonathan Grant, Olivier Breisacher, Bela Lengyel, Miklos Orso and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Another very busy week of chess. The MTel Masters has reached the half way stage with little settled. Magnus Carlsen, Alexei Shirov and Veselin Topalov all have 3/5 with all to play for. Last year's winner Vassily Ivanchuk is out of sorts and only has 1/5. The US Championship was won by Hikaru Nakamura who won clearly with 7/9. Pavel Eljanov won the Bosna tournament in Sarajevo. I had a birthday and a major computer crash this week. I lost a lot of e-mails and contact addresses so if something hasn't appeared in this issue or I don't get in touch for a while that could be the reason. Fingers crossed it's all fixed now. I will be backing up from now on! Finally there is exciting news about the London Chess Classic in December with the field filling out very nicely with Carlsen, Kramnik, Ni Hua, Adams, Short and McShane with a couple of names to come which should make it category 19 .

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 5th M-Tel Masters

The 5th M-Tel Masters takes place in Sofia 12th-23rd May 2009 (rest day 18th May).

The Category XXI event sees Veselin Topalov, Magnus Carlsen, Vassily Ivanchuk, Wang Yue, Leinier Dominguez Perez and Alexei Shirov play in a double round robin format. The games will be played in a glass pavilion on the square in front of the National Theatre Ivan Vazov.

The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves per player and 60 minutes per player till the end of the game. The maximum period for a single game is 5 hours. "Sofia rules" will again be used. They are that: Opponents cannot communicate during the games and cannot offer a draw. Proposals for a draw can be made only through the Chief Arbiter in three cases: triple repetition, eternal chess and theoretical draw position. When making the decisions the Chief Arbiter will be consulted by Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Vice President of FIDE.

Official site: http://www.mtelmasters.com - including live coverage.

Preview: http://previews.chessdom.com/mtel-masters-2009


5th Mtel Masters Sofia (BUL), 13-23 v 2009 cat. XXI (2755)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2770 * * ½ . 1 . ½ . ½ . ½ . 3 2823
2. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2745 ½ . * * ½ . ½ . ½ . 1 . 3 2828
3. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2812 0 . ½ . * * ½ . 1 . 1 . 3 2815
4. Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2717 ½ . ½ . ½ . * * ½ . ½ . 2762
5. Wang Yue g CHN 2738 ½ . ½ . 0 . ½ . * * 1 . 2758
6. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2746 ½ . 0 . 0 . ½ . 0 . * * 1 2516

Round 1 (May 13, 2009)
Carlsen, Magnus - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 36 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Wang Yue - Dominguez Perez, Leinier ½-½ 65 D82 Gruenfeld 4.Bf4
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 24 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 2 (May 14, 2009)
Shirov, Alexei - Topalov, Veselin ½-½ 57 C64 Ruy Lopez Classical
Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ 30 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Wang Yue 0-1 51 C42 Petroff's Defence
Round 3 (May 15, 2009)
Carlsen, Magnus - Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½ 54 D11 Slav Defence
Topalov, Veselin - Dominguez Perez, Leinier ½-½ 51 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Wang Yue - Shirov, Alexei ½-½ 39 D86 Gruenfeld Simagin
Round 4 (May 16, 2009)
Carlsen, Magnus - Shirov, Alexei ½-½ 39 D44 Anti-Meran Gambit
Topalov, Veselin - Wang Yue 1-0 33 D17 Slav Defence
Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½ 49 B41 Sicilian Paulsen
Round 5 (May 17, 2009)
Shirov, Alexei - Dominguez Perez, Leinier ½-½ 43 B99 Sicilian Najdorf
Wang Yue - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ 25 D82 Gruenfeld 4.Bf4
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 54 B99 Sicilian Najdorf

3) US Championships

The 2009 US Chess Championship took place in Saint Louis, United States, May 7th-17th 2009. 24 players competed. Hikaru Nakamura won the US Championship beating Josh Friedel in the final round. Robert Hess couldn't overcome a drawish bishops of opposite colour ending against Akobian and had to settle for a draw. Alexander Onischuk tied with Hess on 6.5/9. Gata Kamsky was a further half point back. I've corrected the games to the versions give in the official bulletin.

The women's championship takes place 2nd-12th October 2009 at the same venue.

Note Anna Zatonskih was been taken ill (minor ailment) and withdrew after three rounds.

Live coverage at the St Louis Chess Club website, TWIC, ICC and ChessBase.

Official site: http://www.saintlouischessclub.org/.

Round 4 (May 11, 2009)
Shulman, Yuri - Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ 84 D27 QGA
Brooks, Michael A - Benjamin, Joel ½-½ 25 C41 Philidor's Defence
Hughes, Tyler B - Lawton,Charles 1-0 33 A41 Modern Defence
Christiansen, Larry M - Shabalov, Alexander ½-½ 49 E76 King's Indian Four Pawns
Akobian, Varuzhan - Becerra Rivero, Julio 1-0 46 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Onischuk, Alexander - Hess, Robert L ½-½ 47 E56 Nimzo Indian
Kamsky, Gata - Friedel, Joshua E ½-½ 69 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Robson, Ray - Ibragimov, Ildar 1-0 36 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Sevillano, Enrico - Shankland, Samuel L 0-1 68 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Kaidanov, Gregory S - Ehlvest, Jaan ½-½ 53 E98 King's Indian Classical
Gulko, Boris F - Eckert, Doug D 1-0 21 D82 Gruenfeld 4.Bf4
Khachiyan, Melikset - Krush, Irina 1-0 58 B57 Sicilian Sozin Attack
Round 5 (May 12, 2009)
Ehlvest, Jaan - Akobian, Varuzhan 0-1 40 C05 French Tarrasch
Friedel, Joshua E - Shulman, Yuri 0-1 35 C19 French Winawer
Krush, Irina - Christiansen, Larry M ½-½ 45 A40 Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Benjamin, Joel - Hughes, Tyler B 1-0 26 B40 Sicilian Classical
Shankland, Samuel L - Onischuk, Alexander 0-1 22 C45 Scotch Game
Becerra Rivero, Julio - Brooks, Michael A 0-1 84 B05 Alekhine's Defence
Eckert, Doug D - Lawton,Charles 1-0 46 E93 King's Indian Classical
Robson, Ray - Kaidanov, Gregory S ½-½ 37 C80 Ruy Lopez Open
Shabalov, Alexander - Sevillano, Enrico 0-1 39 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Ibragimov, Ildar - Gulko, Boris F ½-½ 32 E48 Nimzo Indian
Hess, Robert L - Khachiyan, Melikset 1-0 44 B81 Sicilian Keres Attack
Nakamura, Hikaru - Kamsky, Gata ½-½ 35 A10 Dutch, QI and KID Systems
Round 6 (May 13, 2009)
Lawton,Charles - Gulko, Boris F 0-1 36 B43 Sicilian Paulsen
Shabalov, Alexander - Eckert, Doug D 1-0 25 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Hughes, Tyler B - Ibragimov, Ildar 0-1 34 E20 Nimzo Indian
Krush, Irina - Becerra Rivero, Julio 1-0 40 D44 Anti-Meran Gambit
Christiansen, Larry M - Robson, Ray 0-1 36 D31 Semi-Slav Defence
Sevillano, Enrico - Ehlvest, Jaan ½-½ 69 C64 Ruy Lopez Classical
Kaidanov, Gregory S - Shankland, Samuel L 1-0 49 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Khachiyan, Melikset - Benjamin, Joel 0-1 49 C50 Giuoco Piano
Brooks, Michael A - Friedel, Joshua E 0-1 40 C69 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Onischuk, Alexander - Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ 43 E43 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Kamsky, Gata - Hess, Robert L ½-½ 35 B72 Sicilian Dragon
Akobian, Varuzhan - Shulman, Yuri ½-½ 33 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Round 7 (May 14, 2009)
Gulko, Boris F - Shabalov, Alexander ½-½ 46 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Shankland, Samuel L - Hughes, Tyler B 0-1 67 B43 Sicilian Paulsen
Becerra Rivero, Julio - Lawton,Charles 1-0 39 B07 Pirc Defence
Ibragimov, Ildar - Khachiyan, Melikset 1-0 38 D81 Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Robson, Ray - Brooks, Michael A 0-1 76 B96 Sicilian Najdorf
Ehlvest, Jaan - Krush, Irina 1-0 93 A07 Barcza System
Eckert, Doug D - Christiansen, Larry M 0-1 46 A40 Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Sevillano, Enrico - Kaidanov, Gregory S 1-0 60 C02 French Advance
Friedel, Joshua E - Hess, Robert L 0-1 29 C72 Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
Benjamin, Joel - Kamsky, Gata 0-1 50 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
Nakamura, Hikaru - Akobian, Varuzhan 1-0 40 C11 French Defence
Shulman, Yuri - Onischuk, Alexander 0-1 58 E94 King's Indian Classical
Round 8 (May 16, 2009)
Lawton,Charles - Shankland, Samuel L ½-½ 78 B99 Sicilian Najdorf
Khachiyan, Melikset - Eckert, Doug D 0-1 47 B23 Sicilian Closed
Shabalov, Alexander - Krush, Irina 1-0 24 B97 Sicilian Najdorf
Gulko, Boris F - Becerra Rivero, Julio ½-½ 36 E73 King's Indian Averbakh
Christiansen, Larry M - Hughes, Tyler B 1-0 50 B40 Sicilian Classical
Kaidanov, Gregory S - Ibragimov, Ildar ½-½ 33 E00 Catalan
Robson, Ray - Sevillano, Enrico 1-0 62 C17 French Winawer
Friedel, Joshua E - Ehlvest, Jaan 1-0 38 B93 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.f4
Akobian, Varuzhan - Benjamin, Joel 1-0 47 E15 Queens Indian
Brooks, Michael A - Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 34 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Hess, Robert L - Shulman, Yuri 1-0 67 C01 French Exchange
Kamsky, Gata - Onischuk, Alexander ½-½ 30 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 9 (May 17, 2009)
Hess, Robert L - Akobian, Varuzhan ½-½ 43 C11 French Defence
Shulman, Yuri - Kaidanov, Gregory S ½-½ 37 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Ibragimov, Ildar - Brooks, Michael A 1-0 42 E10 Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Sevillano, Enrico - Christiansen, Larry M 0-1 38 C41 Philidor's Defence
Benjamin, Joel - Shabalov, Alexander ½-½ 56 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Shankland, Samuel L - Gulko, Boris F 0-1 35 B64 Sicilian Rauzer
Becerra Rivero, Julio - Khachiyan, Melikset ½-½ 20 C43 Petroff's Defence
Nakamura, Hikaru - Friedel, Joshua E 1-0 22 C58 Two Knights Defence
Krush, Irina - Lawton,Charles ½-½ 31 B08 Pirc Defence
Hughes, Tyler B - Eckert, Doug D 1-0 27 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Onischuk, Alexander - Robson, Ray 1-0 67 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Ehlvest, Jaan - Kamsky, Gata ½-½ 57 C48 Four Knights Rubinstein

ch-USA Saint Louis (USA), 8-17 v 2009
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2701 +14 =10 +2 =7 =4 =3 +5 +16 +6 7 2807
2. Hess, Robert L m USA 2485 +9 +18 -1 =3 +22 =4 +6 +7 =5 2789
3. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2684 =6 +19 =10 =2 +21 =1 +7 =4 +11 2699
4. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2720 +8 +5 =7 =6 =1 =2 +12 =3 =10 6 2725
5. Akobian, Varuzhan g USA 2612 +25 -4 +11 +18 +10 =7 -1 +12 =2 6 2709
6. Friedel, Joshua E g USA 2516 =3 +13 +12 =4 -7 +16 -2 +10 -1 5 2650
7. Shulman, Yuri g USA 2632 +17 +22 =4 =1 +6 =5 -3 -2 =13 5 2640
8. Ibragimov, Ildar g USA 2586 -4 =25 =9 -11 =15 +19 +22 =13 +16 5 2557
9. Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2588 -2 =21 =8 =14 =20 -11 +23 +19 +17 5 2490
10. Ehlvest, Jaan g USA 2606 +16 =1 =3 =13 -5 =17 +20 -6 =4 2584
11. Robson, Ray m USA 2465 -18 +15 -5 +8 =13 +9 -16 +17 -3 2579
12. Benjamin, Joel g USA 2583 =21 +20 -6 =16 +19 +22 -4 -5 =14 2506
13. Kaidanov, Gregory S g USA 2595 =20 -6 +25 =10 =11 +21 -17 =8 =7 2520
14. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2569 -1 -16 +24 =9 -17 +23 =15 +20 =12 2460
15. Gulko, Boris F g USA 2561 -19 -11 -20 +23 =8 +24 =14 =18 +21 2403
16. Brooks, Michael A m USA 2463 -10 +14 =17 =12 +18 -6 +11 -1 -8 4 2529
17. Sevillano, Enrico m USA 2520 -7 +24 =16 -21 +14 =10 +13 -11 -9 4 2441
18. Becerra Rivero, Julio g USA 2609 +11 -2 +19 -5 -16 -20 +24 =15 =22 4 2380
19. Hughes, Tyler B USA 2230 +15 -3 -18 +24 -12 -8 +21 -9 +23 4 2438
20. Krush, Irina m USA 2452 =13 -12 +15 -22 =9 +18 -10 -14 =24 2437
21. Shankland, Samuel L m USA 2446 =12 =9 =22 +17 -3 -13 -19 =24 -15 3 2353
22. Khachiyan, Melikset g USA 2546 +24 -7 =21 +20 -2 -12 -8 -23 =18 3 2327
23. Eckert, Doug D f USA 2275 . . . -15 +24 -14 -9 +22 -19 2 2290
24. Lawton,Charles USA ---- -22 -17 -14 -19 -23 -15 -18 =21 =20 1 2116
25. Zatonskih, Anna m USA 2461 -5 =8 -13 . . . . . . ½ 2324

ch-USA Saint Louis (USA), 8-17 v 2009
Official final standings:
No. Ti Name St Rate Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 Rd7 Rd8 Rd9 Score TB1 TB2 Prize
1. GM Nakamura, Hikaru (2) NY 2757 W14 D10 W2 D6 D4 D3 W5 W16 W7 7.0 39.5 48.0 $40,000.00
2. IM Hess, Robert (17) NY 2545 W9 W19 L1 D3 W22 D4 W7 W6 D5 6.5 40.5 47.5 $12,500.00
3. GM Onischuk, Alexander (3) VA 2736 D7 W17 D10 D2 W21 D1 W6 D4 W11 6.5 38.5 45.5 $12,500.00
4. GM Kamsky, Gata (1) NY 2798 W8 W5 D6 D7 D1 D2 W13 D3 D10 6.0 41.0 50.0 $ 7,500.00
5. GM Akobian, Varuzhan (7) CA 2664 W25 L4 W11 W19 W10 D6 L1 W13 D2 6.0 38.0 46.0 $ 7,500.00
6. GM Shulman, Yury (4) IL 2697 W18 W22 D4 D1 W7 D5 L3 L2 D12 5.0 41.0 48.0 $ 4,650.00
7. GM Friedel, Joshua (15) NH 2568 D3 W12 W13 D4 L6 W16 L2 W10 L1 5.0 40.0 48.0 $ 4,650.00
8. GM Ibragimov, Ildar (13) CT 2628 L4 D25 D9 L11 D15 W17 W22 D12 W16 5.0 32.0 39.0 $ 4,650.00
9. GM Christiansen, Larry (5) MA 2681 L2 D21 D8 D14 D20 L11 W23 W17 W18 5.0 32.0 38.5 $ 4,650.00
10. GM Ehlvest, Jaan (10) NY 2649 W16 D1 D3 D12 L5 D18 W20 L7 D4 4.5 25.0 46.0 $ 2,833.33
11. IM Robson, Ray (18) FL 2542 L19 W15 L5 W8 D12 W9 L16 W18 L3 4.5 22.5 43.0 $ 2,833.33
12. GM Kaidanov, Gregory (8) KY 2662 D20 L7 -X- D10 D11 W21 L18 D8 D6 4.5 21.5 34.5 $ 2,833.33
13. GM Benjamin, Joel (9) NJ 2650 D21 W20 L7 D16 W17 W22 L4 L5 D14 4.5 21.0 39.0 $ 2,833.33
14. GM Shabalov, Alexander (14) PA 2620 L1 L16 W24 D9 L18 W23 D15 W20 D13 4.5 20.5 37.0 $ 2,833.33
15. GM Gulko, Boris (12) NJ 2631 L17 L11 L20 W23 D8 W24 D14 D19 W21 4.5 19.5 33.0 $ 2,833.33
16. IM Brooks, Michael (22) MO 2419 L10 W14 D18 D13 W19 L7 W11 L1 L8 4.0 31.0 43.0 $ 2,375.00
17. Hughes, Tyler (24) CO 2293 W15 L3 L19 W24 L13 L8 W21 L9 W23 4.0 25.5 37.0 $ 2,375.00
18. IM Sevillano, Enrico (16) CA 2549 L6 W24 D16 L21 W14 D10 W12 L11 L9 4.0 25.5 35.5 $ 2,375.00
19. GM Becerra, Julio (6) FL 2672 W11 L2 W17 L5 L16 L20 W24 D15 D22 4.0 24.5 37.0 $ 2,375.00
20. IM Krush, Irina (20) NY 2496 D12 L13 W15 L22 D9 W19 L10 L14 D24 3.5 25.5 35.0 $ 2,000.00
21. IM Shankland, Samuel (21) CA 2464 D13 D9 D22 W18 L3 L12 L17 D24 L15 3.0 24.5 36.0 $ 2,000.00
22. GM Khachiyan, Melikset (11) CA 2632 W24 L6 D21 W20 L2 L13 L8 L23 D19 3.0 24.5 36.0 $ 2,000.00
23. FM Eckert, Doug D (25) IL 2278 -U- -U- -U- L15 W24 L14 L9 W22 L17 2.0 12.5 22.0 $ 2,000.00
24. Lawton, Charles (23) MO 2350 L22 L18 L14 L17 L23 L15 L19 D21 D20 1.0 25.0 34.0 $ 2,000.00
25. IM Zatonskih, Anna (19) NY 2503 L5 D8 -F- -U- -U- -U- -U- -U- -U- 0.5 0.0 11.0 $ 2,000.00

4) 39th Bosna tournament

The 39th Bosna tournament in Sarajevo took place May 8th-18th 2009. The 6 player double round robin was won by Pavel Eljanov with 7/10 who dominated throughout and finished a point and a half clear of the field. Nikola Sedlak edged out Bojan Vuckovic and Milan Drasko on tie-break after all finished on 7/9 in the open. I will wait and see if a better PGN file for the open becomes available.

Official site: http://www.skbosna.ba/?jezik=bos&x=47


39th Bosna Sarajevo (BIH), 8-18 v 2009 cat. XVIII (2691)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2693 * * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7 2839
2. Predojevic, Borki g BIH 2652 ½ ½ * * ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 2734
3. Wang Hao g CHN 2696 0 ½ ½ ½ * * 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 2725
4. Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2747 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 * * ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 2679
5. Harikrishna, P g IND 2686 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * * ½ 1 4 2619
6. Sokolov, Ivan NED g NED 2669 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * * 3 2545

Round 5 (May 13, 2009)
Predojevic, Borki - Eljanov, Pavel ½-½ 14 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Wang Hao - Sokolov, Ivan NED ½-½ 46 D17 Slav Defence
Harikrishna, P - Movsesian, Sergei ½-½ 64 D15 Slav Defence
Round 6 (May 14, 2009)
Eljanov, Pavel - Wang Hao ½-½ 32 D12 Slav Defence
Predojevic, Borki - Harikrishna, P 1-0 37 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Movsesian, Sergei - Sokolov, Ivan NED ½-½ 29 D34 Tarrasch Defence, Main Line
Round 7 (May 15, 2009)
Wang Hao - Harikrishna, P 1-0 41 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Movsesian, Sergei - Predojevic, Borki 1-0 29 C90 Ruy Lopez
Sokolov, Ivan NED - Eljanov, Pavel 0-1 24 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Round 8 (May 16, 2009)
Eljanov, Pavel - Movsesian, Sergei ½-½ 16 D15 Slav Defence
Predojevic, Borki - Wang Hao ½-½ 9 B96 Sicilian Najdorf
Harikrishna, P - Sokolov, Ivan NED 1-0 51 D32 Tarrasch Defence
Round 9 (May 17, 2009)
Eljanov, Pavel - Predojevic, Borki ½-½ 67 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Movsesian, Sergei - Harikrishna, P ½-½ 55 C42 Petroff's Defence
Sokolov, Ivan NED - Wang Hao 0-1 40 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Round 10 (May 18, 2009)
Predojevic, Borki - Sokolov, Ivan NED ½-½ 13 C55 Two Knights Defence
Wang Hao - Movsesian, Sergei 1-0 45 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Harikrishna, P - Eljanov, Pavel ½-½ 54 C46 Four Knights

39th Bosna Open Sarajevo (BIH), 12-18 v 2009
PlSBr.NameRtgFEDPtsBK.
12GMSedlak Nikola2572SRB742½
23GMVuckovic Bojan2572SRB739
37GMDrasko Milan2527MNE737
411IMSzabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula2510ROU43
51GMIotov Valentin2581BUL41½
610GMPavlovic Milos2511SRB39
75GMBlagojevic Dragisa2548MNE34½
813GMCabrilo Goran2504SRB34
918IMMiron Lucian-Costin2444ROU641
109GMAntic Dejan2513SRB640½
1119IMRunic Zoran2443BIH639
1216IMBogut Zeljko2467BIH639
1315IMSebenik Matej2482SLO637
148GMDizdarevic Emir2519BIH634
1532Dautovic Smail2265BIH633
1621IMDimitrov Pavel2396BUL632½
176GMSavic Miodrag R2539SRB38½
1817IMStojanovic Dalibor2464BIH38
194GMChatalbashev Boris2571BUL38
2030Batricevic Sasa2275MNE36½
2136Konjicanin Muris2245BIH36
2222IMDimitrov Radoslav2388BUL35½
2326Muratovic Efim2328BIH34
2427FMRasidovic Sead2324BIH34
2520IMJakovljevic Vlado2416BIH33
2629FMMujic Hamza2292BIH33
2740FMKamberovic Senad2216BIH32½
2823IMLekic Dusan2386MNE32
2928FMTrkulja Goran2312BIH31½
3031FMTerzic Ilijas2270BIH31
3133FMStavnjak Lazar2263BIH29½
96 players

5) First Saturday May

The First Saturday tournaments took place 2nd-15th May in Budapest. No GM group this month, just an IM and two FM sections. Miklos Galyas won the IM Group with 6/9.

Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/

FSIM May Budapest (HUN), 2-11 v 2009 cat. II (2283)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2458 * 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 6 2388
2. Kislik, Erik Andrew USA 2314 0 * 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 5 2322
3. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2268 0 1 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 2284
4. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2255 1 0 ½ * 0 0 1 0 1 1 2285
5. Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2272 ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ 0 ½ 0 1 2283
6. Hedke, Fred f GER 2310 0 1 0 1 ½ * 1 0 0 1 2279
7. Szabo, Bence HUN 2220 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 * 1 ½ 1 2289
8. Koczo, Kristof HUN 2244 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 * 1 0 4 2243
9. Szalanczy, Emil m HUN 2295 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 * 1 4 2238
10. Denisov, Ivan RUS 2189 1 ½ 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 2212

FSFMA May Budapest (HUN), 2-11 v 2009
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Mayer, Istvan f HUN 2124 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 2229
2. Sipos, Gabor HUN 2126 ½ * ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 2229
3. Kapferer, Romed AUT 2044 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 2238
4. Probst, Albert GER 2104 0 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 6 2191
5. Letay, Gyula f HUN 2067 ½ 1 0 0 * 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 2150
6. Schenkerik, Csaba HUN 2215 0 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 1 2053
7. Katona, Jozsef3 HUN 1951 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 3 1958
8. Heyl, Thomas GER 2051 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1906
9. Nagy, Laszlo1 HUN 2046 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 1906
10. Henrichsen, Jens DEN 1971 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 * 1807

FSFMB May Budapest (HUN), 2-11 v 2009
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Mendege, Andras HUN 1818 * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1963
2. Farkas, Richard HUN 1709 ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 7 1922
3. Szoukup, Istvan HUN 1839 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 1 1768
4. Szecsi, Peter HUN ---- ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1750
5. Juhasz, Armin HUN 1828 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5 1732
6. Lajtos, Levente HUN 1632 0 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 1 1 1 5 1754
7. Pollak, Andras HUN 1711 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 1 1 1702
8. Horvath, Zoltan3 HUN 1424 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 * 1 1 3 1609
9. Klein, Rafael ISR 1617 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 1 1361
10. Szabo, Miklos HUN 1453 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 1379

6) Young Stars of the World

The Young Stars of the World, Vanya Somov Memorial takes place 8th-21st May 2009 in Kirishi city (Leningrad region) in the Culture Palace. Twelve of the strongest young chess players in the world and Russia.

Official site: http://www.somovs-memorial.ru/

Further information: http://www.bs-chess.com/russian.html (RUS) and http://www.bs-chess.com/latin/english.html

Young Stars of the World Kirishi (RUS), 9-20 v 2009 cat. V (2368)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Dubov, Daniil f RUS 2372 * 0 . ½ 1 1 1 1 . ½ . 1 6 2531
2. Narayanan, Srinath m IND 2381 1 * . 1 0 0 . . 1 ½ ½ 1 5 2440
3. Shimanov, Aleksandr m RUS 2519 . . * ½ 1 0 1 0 ½ . 1 1 5 2448
4. Bukavshin, Ivan f RUS 2365 ½ 0 ½ * 1 . ½ 1 . ½ ½ . 2436
5. Fedoseev, Vladimir3 f RUS 2318 0 1 0 0 * 1 . . 1 1 ½ . 2442
6. Belous, Vladimir RUS 2414 0 1 1 . 0 * . ½ 0 ½ 1 . 4 2388
7. Chan Yi-Ren, Daniel f SIN 2375 0 . 0 ½ . . * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 4 2366
8. Stukopin, Andrey f RUS 2380 0 . 1 0 . ½ 0 * 1 . ½ 1 4 2377
9. Naroditsky, Daniel f USA 2335 . 0 ½ . 0 1 ½ 0 * 1 . 1 4 2357
10. Kovalev, Vladislav f BLR 2320 ½ ½ . ½ 0 ½ ½ . 0 * . 1 2296
11. Ipatov, Alexander ESP m ESP 2486 . ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ . . * 1 3 2276
12. Ganichev, Alexander RUS 2154 0 0 0 . . . ½ 0 0 0 0 * ½ 1952

7) XI Vila de Salou Open

XI Open Internacional d'escacs "Vila de Salou" (Tarragona) took place 5th-13th May 2009. Vladimir Burmakin won the event with 7½/9.

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

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr21706.aspx?lan=2

XI Vila de Salou Open (ESP), 5-13 v 2009
PlNameFEDEloPtsBUC
1Burmakin VladimirGMRUS260550
2Moskalenko ViktorGMUKR252852½
3Nataf Igor-AlexandreGMFRA253351½
4Iturrizaga EduardoGMVEN252251½
5Berg EmanuelGMSWE2610653½
6Lemos DamianGMARG2512653
7Khamrakulov Ibragim SGMESP2552650½
8Libiszewski FabienGMFRA2505650
9Pogorelov RuslanGMUKR2420649½
10Lopez Martinez Josep ManuelGMESP2557649
11Kalegin EvgenijIMRUS2490647
12Narciso Dublan MarcGMESP2534646½
13Cuartas Jaime AlexanderGMCOL251850
14Cornette MatthieuGMFRA257350
15Spassov LiubenGMBUL243348½
16Lapicki RaulARG225446
17Karlsson LarsGMSWE244645
18Draghici Flutur GravrilESP214141½
19Trepat Herranz JoanCMESP225141
20Fenollar Jorda ManuelFMESP2373548
21Ibarra Chami Luis FernandoIMMEX2393545
22Westerinen Heikki M JGMFIN2344544½
23Marholev DimitarIMBUL2396544½
24Collas SilviaIMFRA2316543½
25Montell Lorenzo Joan CarlosCMESP2276542
26Hutchinson Paul AENG2222542
27Videnova IvaWFMBUL2160541½
28Pham Guerrero SergiESP2212541
29Aranzana Areste AlbertoESP2022539
30Adel Lahchaichi OussamaFMESP2298539
31Tscharotschkin MichaelGER220947½
67 players

8) Mitropa Cup

The Mitropa Cup took place May 9th-17th 2009 in Rogaska Slatina (Slovenia). Mitropa is short for MITtel euROPA. Croatia won the men's event ahead of Italy (Caruana) and Hungary. Germany took 4th place due to a better result against Slovenia (after these two teams tied other tie-breakers).

Men's tournament: 10 national teams from Italy, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Germany, Switzerland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic and France.

Women's tournament 7+1 national teams from Italy, Germany, Hugary, Austria, France, Croatia and Slovenia 1 and 2.

Official site: http://www.sah-zveza.si/mitropa/

Mitropa Cup Rogaska Slatina (SLO), 9-17 v 2009
NTeamRatingNat. Rat.123456789ScoreMP
1Croatia2516.5B 4 3.5W 6 2.5B 3 1W 2 3B 5 2.5W 7 2B 10 2.5W 8 2B 9 3.522.514
1.1Bosiocic, Marin25712571= 4. 1+ 6. 1- 3. 1+ 2. 1= 5. 1= 7. 1=10. 1- 8. 1+ 9. 15.0/9
1.2Jovanovic, Zoran25252525+ 4. 2= 6. 2= 3. 2= 2. 2+ 5. 2= 7. 2=10. 2+ 8. 2= 9. 26.0/9
1.3Saric, Ante25022502+ 4. 3= 6. 3- 3. 3- 5. 3= 7. 3+ 9. 33.0/6
1.4Doric, Darko24682468+ 4. 4= 6. 4= 2. 3+ 5. 4=10. 4- 8. 33.5/6
1.5Martinovic, Sasa24832483= 3. 4+ 2. 5= 7. 4+10. 5+ 8. 5+ 9. 45.0/6
2Italy2526.5B 10 3.5W 9 2B 6 2B 1 1W 7 3B 8 3.5W 4 1.5B 3 2.5W 5 3.522.512
2.1Caruana, Fabiano26492649=10. 1+ 9. 1+ 6. 1- 1. 1+ 7. 1+ 8. 1= 4. 1+ 5. 16.0/8
2.2Godena, Michele25382538= 9. 2+ 6. 2= 1. 2+ 7. 2= 8. 2- 4. 2= 3. 1= 5. 24.5/8
2.3Brunello, Sabino24772477+10. 3= 9. 3- 6. 3= 1. 4= 7. 3+ 8. 3+ 4. 3+ 3. 2+ 5. 36.5/9
2.4Rombaldoni, Denis24422442+10. 4- 6. 4= 7. 4+ 8. 4- 4. 4+ 3. 3+ 5. 44.5/7
2.5Mogranzini, Roberto24222422+10. 5- 9. 4- 1. 5- 3. 41.0/4
3Hungary2532.3W 8 2.5B 4 1.5W 1 3W 5 3B 10 3.5W 9 2B 6 2.5W 2 1.5B 7 1.52111
3.1Erdos, Viktor25812581= 8. 1- 4. 1+ 1. 1= 5. 1=10. 1= 9. 1= 6. 2= 2. 2+ 7. 15.0/9
3.2Papp, Gabor25242524= 8. 3= 4. 2= 1. 2+ 5. 2+10. 2= 9. 2+ 6. 3- 2. 3- 7. 25.0/9
3.3Berczes, David25132513= 4. 3+ 1. 3+ 5. 3+10. 3= 9. 3= 6. 4- 2. 4- 7. 34.5/8
3.4Prohaszka, Peter25112511+ 8. 4= 4. 4= 1. 5= 5. 4= 9. 4+ 2. 5= 7. 44.5/7
3.5Rapport, Richard23712371= 8. 5+10. 4= 6. 52.0/3
4.-5.Slovenia2558.3W 1 0.5W 3 2.5B 5 1.5W 10 3B 9 3.5W 6 2B 2 2.5W 7 3.5B 8 1.520.511
4.1Pavasovic, Dusko26072607= 1. 1+ 3. 1= 5. 1=10. 1= 9. 1= 6. 2= 2. 1+ 7. 2= 8. 15.5/9
4.2Borisek, Jure25812581- 1. 2= 3. 2+ 5. 2=10. 2+ 9. 2= 6. 3+ 2. 2= 7. 3- 8. 25.0/9
4.3Lenic, Luka25742574- 1. 3= 3. 3- 5. 3+10. 4+ 9. 3= 6. 4- 2. 3+ 7. 4- 8. 34.0/9
4.4Skoberne, Jure24712471- 1. 4= 3. 4- 5. 4+10. 5+ 9. 4= 6. 5+ 2. 4+ 7. 5+ 8. 46.0/9
4.5Mohr, Georg249624960.0/0
4.-5.Germany2572.8W 7 2B 8 3.5W 4 2.5B 3 1W 1 1.5W 10 3B 9 3.5W 6 3B 2 0.520.511
5.1Gustafsson, Jan26312631= 7. 1= 8. 1= 4. 1= 3. 1= 1. 1+10. 1= 9. 1= 6. 1- 2. 14.5/9
5.2Braun, Arik25642564= 7. 2+ 8. 3- 4. 2- 3. 2- 1. 2=10. 2+ 9. 2+ 6. 2= 2. 24.5/9
5.3Prusikin, Michael25492549+ 4. 3- 3. 3+ 1. 3+10. 3+ 9. 3+ 6. 3- 2. 35.0/7
5.4Baramidze, David25472547+ 7. 3+ 8. 4+ 4. 4= 3. 4- 1. 4=10. 5+ 9. 4= 6. 4- 2. 45.5/9
5.5Boensch, Uwe25232523- 7. 4+ 8. 51.0/2
6Czech Republic2450.5B 9 2.5B 1 1.5W 2 2B 7 3W 8 2B 4 2W 3 1.5B 5 1W 10 2.5189
6.1Petr, Martin24602460- 9. 1- 1. 1- 2. 1= 7. 1= 8. 1= 5. 1+10. 12.5/7
6.2Kanovsky, David24732473= 9. 2= 1. 2- 2. 2+ 7. 2= 8. 2= 4. 1= 3. 1- 5. 2-10. 23.5/9
6.3Cernousek, Lukas24392439+ 9. 3= 1. 3+ 2. 3= 7. 3- 8. 3= 4. 2- 3. 2- 5. 33.5/8
6.4Krejci, Jan24302430+ 9. 4= 1. 4+ 2. 4+ 7. 4+ 8. 5= 4. 3= 3. 3= 5. 4=10. 46.5/9
6.5Konopka, Michal24502450= 4. 4= 3. 5+10. 52.0/3
7Slovakia2464.5B 5 2W 10 3.5B 9 1.5W 6 1B 2 1B 1 2W 8 3.5B 4 0.5W 3 2.517.58
7.1Vavrak, Peter24872487= 5. 1=10. 1- 9. 1= 6. 1- 2. 1= 1. 1= 8. 1- 3. 12.5/8
7.2Macak, Stefan24942494= 5. 2+10. 3+ 9. 2- 6. 2- 2. 2= 1. 2+ 8. 2- 4. 1+ 3. 25.0/9
7.3Jurcik, Marian24682468- 5. 4+10. 4- 9. 3= 6. 3= 2. 3= 1. 3+ 8. 3= 4. 2+ 3. 35.0/9
7.4Michalik, Peter24092409+ 5. 5+10. 5= 9. 4- 6. 4= 2. 4= 1. 5+ 8. 4- 4. 3= 3. 45.0/9
7.5Plachetka, Jan23892389- 4. 40.0/1
8Austria2430B 3 1.5W 5 0.5B 10 3W 9 3.5B 6 2W 2 0.5B 7 0.5B 1 2W 4 2.5168
8.1Ragger, Markus25442544= 3. 1= 5. 1=10. 1+ 9. 1= 6. 1- 2. 1= 7. 1+ 1. 1= 4. 15.0/9
8.2Neubauer, Martin24142414+10. 3= 9. 2= 6. 2= 2. 2- 7. 2- 1. 2+ 4. 23.5/7
8.3Kreisl, Robert23892389= 3. 2- 5. 2=10. 4+ 9. 3+ 6. 3- 2. 3- 7. 3+ 1. 4+ 4. 35.0/9
8.4Pilaj, Herwig23732373- 3. 4- 5. 4+ 9. 4- 2. 4- 7. 4- 4. 41.0/6
8.5Schachinger, Mario23502350= 3. 5- 5. 5+10. 5- 6. 4- 1. 51.5/5
9France2450.3W 6 1.5B 2 2W 7 2.5B 8 0.5W 4 0.5B 3 2W 5 0.5B 10 2.5W 1 0.512.56
9.1Cossin, Sebastien24712471+ 6. 1- 2. 1+ 7. 1- 8. 1= 4. 1= 3. 1= 5. 1-10. 1- 1. 13.5/9
9.2Terrieux, Kevin24492449= 6. 2= 2. 2- 7. 2= 8. 2- 4. 2= 3. 2- 5. 2+10. 2= 1. 23.5/9
9.3Philippe, Christophe24352435- 6. 3= 2. 3+ 7. 3- 8. 3- 4. 3= 3. 3- 5. 3+10. 3- 1. 33.0/9
9.4Vitoux, Colomban24462446- 6. 4+ 2. 5= 7. 4- 8. 4- 4. 4= 3. 4- 5. 4=10. 4- 1. 52.5/9
10Switzerland2402.8W 2 0.5B 7 0.5W 8 1B 4 1W 3 0.5B 5 1W 1 1.5W 9 1.5B 6 1.590
10.1Jenni, Florian25162516= 2. 1= 7. 1= 8. 1= 4. 1= 3. 1- 5. 1= 1. 1+ 9. 1- 6. 14.0/9
10.2Ekstroem, Roland24812481= 4. 2- 3. 2= 5. 2= 1. 2- 9. 2+ 6. 22.5/6
10.3Huss, Andreas23402340- 2. 3- 7. 2- 8. 2- 3. 3- 5. 3- 9. 30.0/6
10.4Schiendorfer, Emanuel22742274- 2. 4- 7. 3= 8. 3- 4. 3- 3. 5= 1. 4= 9. 4= 6. 42.0/8
10.5Gaehwiler, Gabriel22262226- 2. 5- 7. 4- 8. 5- 4. 4= 5. 4- 1. 5- 6. 50.5/7
Mitropa Cup Women Rogaska Slatina (SLO), 9-16 v 2009
NTeamRatingNat. Rat.1234567ScoreMP
1.Slovenia 12302.5 B 2 1W 8 1.5B 5 1.5W 6 1.5B 4 1.5W 3 1.5B 7 19.512
1.1Krivec, Jana23222322= 2. 1+ 8. 1= 5. 1+ 6. 1= 4. 1= 3. 1= 7. 14.5/7
1.2Srebrnic, Ana22832283= 2. 2= 8. 2+ 5. 2= 6. 2+ 4. 3+ 3. 2= 7. 25.0/7
2.Slovenia 22211.5 W 1 1W 5 1B 4 1.5W 7 1.5B 8 1.5W 6 1.5B 3 1911
2.1Rozic, Vesna22492249= 1. 1= 5. 1= 4. 2= 7. 1= 8. 1+ 6. 1= 3. 24.0/7
2.2Novak, Ksenija21742174= 1. 2= 5. 2+ 4. 3+ 7. 2+ 8. 2= 6. 2= 3. 35.0/7
3.Italy2340.5 B 5 1W 4 1B 7 1.5W 8 0.5B 6 2B 1 0.5W 2 17.57
3.1Sedina, Elena23512351= 5. 1= 4. 1 - 8. 2+ 6. 1= 1. 1 2.5/5
3.2Zimina, Olga23302330= 5. 2 + 7. 1 + 6. 2- 1. 2= 2. 13.0/5
3.3Brunello, Marina21662166 = 4. 2= 7. 2= 8. 3 = 2. 22.0/4
4.Hungary2140.5 W 6 2B 3 1W 2 0.5B 5 0.5W 1 0.5W 7 2B 8 17.56
4.1Papp, Petra21412141+ 6. 1= 3. 1 - 5. 1= 1. 1+ 7. 1+ 8. 14.0/6
4.2Dudas, Eszter21402140+ 6. 2= 3. 3= 2. 1= 5. 2 + 7. 2- 8. 33.5/6
4.3Erdos, Boglarka21292129 - 2. 2 - 1. 2 0.0/2
5.Germany2240.0 W 3 1B 2 1W 1 0.5W 4 1.5B 7 1W 8 1.5B 6 0.577
5.1Ohme, Melanie22422242= 3. 1= 2. 1= 1. 1+ 4. 1= 7. 1+ 8. 1= 6. 14.5/7
5.2Fuchs, Judith22382238= 3. 2= 2. 2- 1. 2= 4. 2= 7. 2= 8. 2- 6. 22.5/7
6.France2169.5 B 4 0W 7 2B 8 2B 1 0.5W 3 0B 2 0.5W 5 1.56.56
6.1Flear, Christine21722172- 4. 1+ 7. 1+ 8. 1- 1. 1- 3. 1- 2. 1= 5. 12.5/7
6.2Nicoara, Malina21672167- 4. 2+ 7. 2+ 8. 3= 1. 2- 3. 2= 2. 2+ 5. 24.0/7
7.Croatia2247.5 W 8 2B 6 0W 3 0.5B 2 0.5W 5 1B 4 0W 1 154
7.1Franciskovic, Borka22622262+ 8. 1- 6. 1- 3. 2= 2. 1= 5. 1- 4. 1= 1. 12.5/7
7.2Solic, Kristina22332233+ 8. 2- 6. 2= 3. 3- 2. 2= 5. 2- 4. 2= 1. 22.5/7
7.3Macek, Vlasta22342234 0.0/0
8.Austria2086.0 B 7 0B 1 0.5W 6 0B 3 1.5W 2 0.5B 5 0.5W 4 143
8.1Novkovic, Julia21432143- 7. 1- 1. 1- 6. 1 = 2. 1- 5. 1- 4. 10.5/6
8.2Schink, Barbara20292029- 7. 2= 1. 2 + 3. 1- 2. 2= 5. 2 2.0/5
8.3Bauer, Marie-Christine18711871 - 6. 2= 3. 3 + 4. 21.5/3

9) Spanish Universities Championship

The Spanish Universities Championship took place in La Pineda de Vila-Seca (Tarragona) 12th-14th May 2009. Jose Carlos Ibarra Jerez won with 8/9.

Official site: http://www.feda.org/

Spanish Universities La Pineda de Vila-Seca (Tarragona) (ESP), 12-14 v 2009
Rk.NameTiFIDEPts.Des 1 Des 2 Des 3
1Ibarra Jerez Jose CarlosIM2514846.539.551
2Antoli Royo Joaquin MiguelFM24167.5494253.5
3Aloma Vidal RobertIM237875244.556.5
4Cuenca Jimenez Jose FernandoIM2426749.541.553.5
5Martinez Martin DavidIM23907494253.5
6Rodriguez Guerrero EnriqueGM24687494252.5
7Vila Gazquez XavierIM2449746.539.549.5
8Almagro Llamas PabloFM24797463950
9Valmana Canto JaimeFM2341744.537.548
10Gutierrez Olivares Daniel2156743.536.546.5
11Fidalgo Fernandez Javier22856.553.545.558
12Camacho Collados JoseFM23796.55143.555
13Alonso Alvarez Aitor22476.543.536.546.5
14Hernandez Leon Alberto22546.5403443.5
15Torrado Quintela Julio2246647.540.552
16Eyo Castro-Rial Alberto2193647.54050.5
17Andres Gonzalez IvanFM2364647.539.550
18Garcia Brion Eduardo2164646.539.550.5
19Mayans Calvo Mariano2206645.538.550
20Jimenez Martinez Jose Vicente2219645.538.549
21Perez Campos Adria22016453849
22Ibarra Jerez Juan Miguel2237642.535.545.5
23Perez Felipe Marcos Adrian226664234.546.5
24Alcazar Jimenez Jesus AFM22776413545
25Lopez Rodriguez Walter2216640.533.544.5
26Rodriguez Perez Angel Mariano2027640.53343.5
27San Martin Ramos Lluis2173638.530.541
28Pena Gomez ManuelFM24566383241
29Perez Mauricio Xoel22416373139.5
30Fernandez Barrera VictorFM23185.547.539.552
150 players

10) Uruguayan Championship

The Uruguayan Championship took place 8th-17th May 2009. Bernardo Roselli Mailhe won the event with 8½/11.

Official site: http://www.fuajedrez.com/finalesuru/final_desarrollo.html

ch-URU Montevideo (URU), 8-17 v 2009
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo m URU 2379 * ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 2384
2. Donatti, Alvaro URU 2179 ½ * 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 8 2366
3. Izquierdo, Daniel f URU 2288 0 1 * ½ 0 1 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 7 2283
4. Carvalho, Guillermo URU 2239 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 7 2287
5. Larrea, Manuel f URU 2276 0 0 1 ½ * 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 7 2284
6. Lopez Azambuja, Nicolas URU ---- 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 * ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 6 2243
7. Saralegui, Mario URU 2148 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 5 2158
8. Guerrero, Alvaro URU 2197 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 5 2153
9. Oddone, Cristhian URU 2231 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ * 0 1 1 4 2084
10. Lopez Falcon, Jorge URU 2190 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 * ½ ½ 2057
11. Coppola, Claudio URU 2092 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 3 2024
12. Bustelo, Tabare URU 2065 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * 2 1939

11) 31st Banicky kahanec

The 31st Banicky kahanec took place in Prievidza, Slovakia 2nd-12th May 2009. Mateusz Bartel won the event with 8/10. I give the games again as there were some problems last week.

Official site: http://www.sachprievidza.sk/?lang=en&id=21&type=2

31st Banicky kahanec Prievidza (SVK), 2-12 v 2009 cat. XIII (2570)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Bartel, Mateusz g POL 2601 * * 1 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 8 2803
2. Babula, Vlastimil g CZE 2584 0 0 * * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 2603
3. Miton, Kamil g POL 2596 0 ½ ½ ½ * * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5 2564
4. Polak, Tomas g CZE 2508 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * * 0 0 ½ 1 2546
5. Ftácnik, Lubomir g SVK 2559 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 * * ½ ½ 4 2500
6. Markos, Jan g SVK 2571 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * * 3 2420

12) 84th Argentine Championships

The 84th Championships of Argentina 2009 take place in April and May. Semifinals: 30th April - 6th May, 2009 in La Plata. The Final: 11th-22nd May 2009. Place: Club Espanol in La Plata.

12 players: current champion + 3 top rating in Argentina + 5 from Semifinal + 2 invited players + 1 local player After the draw of lots (pairings from round 1)

Official site: http://www.ajedrez.com.ar/

84th ch-ARG La Plata (ARG), 11-12 v 2009 cat. IX (2467)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Flores, Diego g ARG 2579 * . . 1 . . ½ ½ . 1 ½ 1 2610
2. Felgaer, Ruben g ARG 2561 . * . 0 ½ . . 1 . 1 1 ½ 4 2546
3. Lafuente, Pablo g ARG 2524 . . * ½ ½ ½ . . ½ ½ 1 . 2501
4. Mareco, Sandro m ARG 2503 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ . . ½ . . . 3 2517
5. Peralta, Fernando g ARG 2545 . ½ ½ ½ * ½ . . ½ . ½ . 3 2475
6. Slipak, Sergio g ARG 2452 . . ½ ½ ½ * . ½ . ½ ½ . 3 2448
7. Valerga, Diego m ARG 2523 ½ . . . . . * ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 3 2416
8. Perez Ponsa, Federico f ARG 2390 ½ 0 . . . ½ ½ * ½ . . 1 3 2486
9. Alonso, Salvador m ARG 2441 . . ½ ½ ½ . 0 ½ * . . 1 3 2474
10. Orsini, Antonio ARG 2352 0 0 ½ . . ½ 1 . . * . ½ 2443
11. Claverie, Raul ARG 2374 ½ 0 0 . ½ ½ ½ . . . * . 2 2405
12. Lujan, Carolina m ARG 2364 0 ½ . . . . ½ 0 0 ½ . * 2281

Round 1 (May 11, 2009)
Flores, Diego - Mareco, Sandro 1-0 33 A14 Reti Opening
Felgaer, Ruben - Peralta, Fernando ½-½ 22 B09 Pirc Defence
Slipak, Sergio - Lafuente, Pablo ½-½ 35 E15 Queens Indian
Perez Ponsa, Federico - Alonso, Salvador ½-½ 34 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Valerga, Diego - Claverie, Raul ½-½ 27 A90 Dutch Classical
Lujan, Carolina - Orsini, Antonio ½-½ 31 C12 French MacCutcheon
Round 2 (May 12, 2009)
Mareco, Sandro - Felgaer, Ruben 1-0 50 D17 Slav Defence
Peralta, Fernando - Slipak, Sergio ½-½ 45 E45 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Perez Ponsa, Federico - Lujan, Carolina 1-0 56 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
Alonso, Salvador - Lafuente, Pablo ½-½ 64 C95 Ruy Lopez Breyer
Orsini, Antonio - Valerga, Diego 1-0 40 B56 Sicilian Defence
Claverie, Raul - Flores, Diego ½-½ 18 A04 Dutch System
Round 3 (May 13, 2009)
Flores, Diego - Orsini, Antonio 1-0 32 E94 King's Indian Classical
Felgaer, Ruben - Claverie, Raul 1-0 39 A21 English Opening
Lafuente, Pablo - Peralta, Fernando ½-½ 26 A11 Reti Opening
Slipak, Sergio - Mareco, Sandro ½-½ 36 A17 English Opening
Valerga, Diego - Perez Ponsa, Federico ½-½ 21 E97 King's Indian Classical
Lujan, Carolina - Alonso, Salvador 0-1 36 A04 Dutch System
Round 4 (May 14, 2009)
Mareco, Sandro - Lafuente, Pablo ½-½ 36 E49 Nimzo Indian
Perez Ponsa, Federico - Flores, Diego ½-½ 24 B84 Sicilian Scheveningen
Alonso, Salvador - Peralta, Fernando ½-½ 31 B08 Pirc Defence
Orsini, Antonio - Felgaer, Ruben 0-1 29 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Claverie, Raul - Slipak, Sergio ½-½ 10 B01 Centre Counter
Lujan, Carolina - Valerga, Diego ½-½ 21 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Round 5 (May 16, 2009)
Flores, Diego - Lujan, Carolina 1-0 68 E61 King's Indian Defence
Felgaer, Ruben - Perez Ponsa, Federico 1-0 41 B81 Sicilian Keres Attack
Lafuente, Pablo - Claverie, Raul 1-0 73 A93 Dutch Stonewall
Peralta, Fernando - Mareco, Sandro ½-½ 29 E55 Nimzo Indian
Slipak, Sergio - Orsini, Antonio ½-½ 56 A45 Trompowsky
Valerga, Diego - Alonso, Salvador 1-0 39 D17 Slav Defence
Round 6 (May 17, 2009)
Valerga, Diego - Flores, Diego ½-½ 20 E92 King's Indian Classical
Perez Ponsa, Federico - Slipak, Sergio ½-½ 49 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Alonso, Salvador - Mareco, Sandro ½-½ 47 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Orsini, Antonio - Lafuente, Pablo ½-½ 69 C68 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Claverie, Raul - Peralta, Fernando ½-½ 51 A05 Various
Lujan, Carolina - Felgaer, Ruben ½-½ 31 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation

13) 17th World Computer Chess Championship

17th World Computer Chess Championship took place in Pamplona 11th-18th May 2009. Rest day 15th. Rybka won with an undefeated 8/9. The top three all used a Intel Xeon W5580 @ 3.2GHz x 8 processor.

Official site: http://www.respuestadigital.es/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=17&Itemid=21 and some other daily coverage at: http://software.chessdom.com/world-computer-chess-championship and live on ChessBase's playchess.com


17th WCCC Pamplona (ESP), 11-17 v 2009
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Pts
1. RYBKA USA * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 8
2. JUNIOR ISR 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1
3. SHREDDER GER ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1
4. DEEP SJENG BEL 0 ½ ½ * 1 1 ½ 1 1 1
5. HIARCS GBR ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 1 1 1 6
6. JONNY GER 0 0 ½ 0 0 * 1 1 1 1
7. THE BARON NED 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 * 1 ½ 1 3
8. EQUINOX ITA 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 * ½ 1 2
9. PANDIX 2009 HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ * ½
10. JOKER NED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ * ½

Round 1 (May 11, 2009)
RYBKA - DEEP SJENG 1-0 49 D15 Slav Defence
HIARCS - EQUINOX 1-0 44 B17 Caro Kann
JONNY - THE BARON 1-0 30 C43 Petroff's Defence
PANDIX 2009 - SHREDDER 0-1 54 E60 King's Indian without Nc3
JOKER - JUNIOR 0-1 60 B40 Sicilian Classical
Round 2 (May 11, 2009)
JUNIOR - PANDIX 2009 1-0 28 B40 Sicilian Classical
SHREDDER - JONNY ½-½ 78 D11 Slav Defence
DEEP SJENG - EQUINOX 1-0 40 B81 Sicilian Keres Attack
THE BARON - HIARCS 0-1 35 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
JOKER - RYBKA 0-1 47 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 3 (May 12, 2009)
RYBKA - EQUINOX 1-0 55 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
HIARCS - SHREDDER ½-½ 47 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
JONNY - JUNIOR 0-1 51 D20 QGA
THE BARON - DEEP SJENG ½-½ 20 C02 French Advance
PANDIX 2009 - JOKER ½-½ 90 C42 Petroff's Defence
Round 4 (May 12, 2009)
JUNIOR - HIARCS 1-0 32 B81 Sicilian Keres Attack
SHREDDER - DEEP SJENG ½-½ 85 E16 Queens Indian
EQUINOX - THE BARON 0-1 52 C50 Giuoco Piano
PANDIX 2009 - RYBKA 0-1 41 B23 Sicilian Closed
JOKER - JONNY 0-1 68 B57 Sicilian Sozin Attack
Round 5 (May 14, 2009)
RYBKA - THE BARON 1-0 45 D24 QGA
DEEP SJENG - JUNIOR ½-½ 78 B20 Sicilian Wing Gambit
HIARCS - JOKER 1-0 46 C42 Petroff's Defence
JONNY - PANDIX 2009 1-0 40 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
EQUINOX - SHREDDER 0-1 59 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 6 (May 16, 2009)
JUNIOR - EQUINOX ½-½ 71 C76 Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
JONNY - RYBKA 0-1 61 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
THE BARON - SHREDDER 0-1 53 D58 Queens Gambit Tartakover
PANDIX 2009 - HIARCS 0-1 90 D46 Semi-Slav Defence
JOKER - DEEP SJENG 0-1 50 B01 Centre Counter
Round 7 (May 16, 2009)
RYBKA - SHREDDER ½-½ 57 D38 QGD Ragozin
JUNIOR - THE BARON 1-0 29 C43 Petroff's Defence
DEEP SJENG - PANDIX 2009 1-0 46 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
HIARCS - JONNY 1-0 49 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
EQUINOX - JOKER 1-0 56 C42 Petroff's Defence
Round 8 (May 17, 2009)
SHREDDER - JUNIOR ½-½ 65 D28 QGA
HIARCS - RYBKA ½-½ 38 B18 Caro Kann
JONNY - DEEP SJENG 0-1 72 C10 French Rubinstein
PANDIX 2009 - EQUINOX ½-½ 77 D27 QGA
JOKER - THE BARON 0-1 79 C42 Petroff's Defence
Round 9 (May 17, 2009)
RYBKA - JUNIOR 1-0 56 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
SHREDDER - JOKER 1-0 58 C41 Philidor's Defence
DEEP SJENG - HIARCS 1-0 57 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
THE BARON - PANDIX 2009 ½-½ 64 E14 Queens Indian
EQUINOX - JONNY 0-1 38 B97 Sicilian Najdorf

14) IV Campeonato de Espana de Selecciones Autonomicas

The IV Campeonato de Espana de Selecciones Autonomicas took place 30th April - 3rd May 2009 in Villava, Navarra. Cataluna (Illescas, Lopez Martinez, Narciso Dublan, Oms Pallisse etc) took first place from Aragon (Llorente Zaro). Games from rounds 5 and 6 now available.

Official site: http://www.fnajedrez.com/index.php/competiciones-oficiales/cto-espana.html

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr21519.aspx

15) 8th Asian Continental

The 8th Asian Continental / Individual Open and Women's Championships take place in Subic, Philippines 12th - 24th May 2009.

The Asian Open and Women's Championships starts 12th May in Subic Freeport, Philippines. Same as in the previous cycle, to the World Cup scheduled 20th Nov. to 15 Dec. 2009 in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia and to the Women's World Championship next year.

86 Players from 15 Coutries include 40 GM's , 15 IM's and 8 FM's compete in Open Section and 45 Players from 11 countries include 1GM, 13 WGM's, 1 IM, 8 WIM and 10 WFM compete in Women Section .

Games, Pairings and photo's publish on http://www.asia-chess.com

Official site; http://asia-chess.com/main/ - preview: http://previews.chessdom.com/asia-continental-chess-championship

8th Asian Continental Open Subic Bay (PHI), 13-23 v 2009
Round 5 of 11 Standings:
Rk.NameFEDRtgPts. TB1 TB2
1GMSandipan ChandaIND25584,025622581
2GMLe Quang LiemVIE25914,025332548
3GMRahman ZiaurBAN25234,025272552
4GMMoradiabadi ElshanIRI25264,025112527
5GMGanguly Surya ShekharIND26254,025082522
6GMYu ShaotengCHN25043,526382662
7GMDao Thien HaiVIE25463,526102654
8IMBitoon RichardPHI24793,525812608
9GMSasikiran KrishnanIND26823,525372552
10GMGupta AbhijeetIND25703,525342548
11Gao RuiCHN25003,525252574
12GMTu Hoang ThongVIE25063,525132581
13IMToufighi HomayoonIRI24783,525002554
14GMFilippov AntonUZB25843,524702499
15GMHou YifanCHN25903,524672481
16GMZhou WeiqiCHN25633,524552470
17GMAntonio Rogelio JrPHI25183,524322444
18Ding LirenCHN24583,026072614
19IMSadorra Julio CatalinoPHI24513,025922610
20Yu YangyiCHN24333,025812591
21IMDimakiling OliverPHI24263,025672574
22GMIuldachev SaidaliUZB24973,025622583
23GMLaylo DarwinPHI25093,025552637
24GMMurshed NiazBAN24073,025372546
25GMGomez John PaulPHI25383,025292581
26IMKhamrakulov DzhurabekUZB25243,025112541
27GMSo WesleyPHI26413,025052509
28IMAl Sayed Moh Mad NQAT24963,024992544
29GMNegi ParimarjanIND25923,024912508
30GMMahjoob MortezaIRI24983,024792529
31GMKunte AbhijitIND25133,024732521
32GMBui VinhVIE25223,024572474
33GMNguyen Ngoc Truong SonVIE25883,024462453
34IMNolte RolandoPHI24793,024242475
35GMHossain EnamulBAN25313,024122416
36GMGonzales JaysonPHI24652,526272659
86 players
8th Asian Continental Women Subic Bay (PHI), 13-23 v 2009
Round 5 of 11 Standings:
Rk.NameFEDRtgPts. TB1 TB2
1WIMZhang XiaowenCHN23404,524032466
2Ju WenjunCHN24544,523682388
3WFMDing YixinCHN22814,024042426
4WGMSwathi GhateIND23304,024012439
5WGMHoang Thi Bao TramVIE22394,023952425
6WGMSukandar Irine KharismaINA23003,523622466
7WGMMohota NishaIND23043,523492391
8IMTania SachdevIND24233,523122317
9WGMGu XiaobingCHN23363,522842344
10WGMLe Thanh TuVIE23263,023862414
11WGMMunguntuul BatkhuyagMGL24403,023652397
12WFMCua SherilyPHI21433,023392370
13WGMZhang JilinCHN23353,023312364
14WFMNguyen Thi Mai HungVIE22953,023102392
15WGMNguyen Thi Thanh AnVIE23243,022992343
16WGMMeenakshi SubbaramanIND23033,022822331
17WGMKaravade EeshaIND23593,022662293
18Wang XiaohuiCHN22653,022262320
19WGMHuang QianCHN24103,022122235
45 players

16) Zone 2.3 Guayaquil Ecuador

Zone 2.3 takes place in Guayaquil Ecuador 10th-21st May 2009. Although I couldn't find anything about it on the website below when I last looked.

Details: http://www.ajedrezenecuador.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=443

17) 116th Scottish Chess Championships (International Open) and other Edinburgh events

Jonathan Grant sends news of events in Scotland including the Scottish Championships which will be strong as outside entries will play in the tournament as an international open.

The strongest ever Scottish Championship is International Open 116th Scottish Chess Championships ( International Open) - 11th to 19th July 2009 Prestigious central venue, Edinburgh City Chambers, hosts the strongest ever Scottish Chess Championships 2009 from 11th to 19th July. One of the oldest continually running chess events in the world, this international open event will welcome strong players from countries as diverse as India and Slovakia. In the Year of Homecoming Scotland, Belgium-based GM Paul Motwani and London-based GM Jonathan Rowson will be among the favourites. Play takes place from 14:00 to 20:00 BST every day and games will be transmitted live to the web. With over £5000 in prizes, excellent IM and GM norm opportunities, and a sparkling new venue, the 2009 Scottish Chess Championship is set to become the strongest open in the UK this year.

116th Scottish Chess Championships (International Open) Edinburgh (SCO), 11-19 vii 2009.
Top ten entrants so far are:
1 GM Jonathan RowsonScotland2589
2 GM Jan MarkosSlovakia2571
3 GM S. Arun PrasadIndia2552
4 GM Jacob AagaardScotland2535
5 GM Mark HebdenEngland2510
6 GM Paul MotwaniScotland2501
7 GM Keti Arakhamia-GrantScotland2492
8 GM Colin McNabScotland2472
9 GM John ShawScotland2469
10GM Magesh Chandran PanchanathanIndia2462

The Scottish Championship is the highpoint of the year as Chess Scotland continues to strengthen its international level chess activity.

Already the Edinburgh Congress took place 3rd-5th April 2009 This popular annual FIDE rated weekend event run by Chess Edinburgh had 3 GMs, 1 IM and 2 FMs amongst the 36 players competing in the Premier section. 1st= IM Vlad-Victor Barnaure; GM Keti Arakhamia-Grant; GM Colin A McNab and Charles H Storey - all on 4/5. Games available.

Tiger Hillarp Persson training seminar - 7 to 10 May 2009 The latest in Chess Scotland’s series of training events, which has included top trainers IM Mark Dvoretsky, GM Artur Yusupov, GM Mihai Marin, GM Jacob Aagaard, GM Csaba Horvath and IM Tibor Karolyi, saw about 25 players take part in a a series of four lectures in the Edinburgh Chess Club by Sweden’s highest rated player, Grandmaster Tiger Hillarp Persson on the subject of creativity.

1st Chess Scotland International Open Chess Challenge - 23/24 May and 6/7 June 2009 IM Andrew Greet heads the field for an 8 round FIDE rated Swiss, supported by the Scottish Junior Chess Association Educational Trust (SJCAET), in the Edinburgh Chess Club.

http://www.chessscotland.com/international/CS_FIDE_ECC.htm

Simul by GM Keti Arakhamia-Grant - 13 June 2009

A 12 board rolling simultaneous display by GM Keti Arakhamia-Grant from 11 am to 4 pm on Saturday 13 June in the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh (home of the Lewis chessmen in Scotland).

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

18) Calgary International

Calgary, Alberta (Canada) stages a small 9 round international norm event May 14th-18th, 2009. 9 round swiss.

Official site:http://www.albertachess.org/Calgary_International.html

19) 27th Liechtenstein International Chess Open

The 27th Liechtenstein International Chess Open takes place 15th-23rd May 2009 in the Gemeindesaal in Triesen. I couldn't find any games.

Official site: http://www.schach.li/

27th Liechtenstein International Chess Open Triesen LIE 15-23 v 2009
Round 3 of 9 Standings:
Rg.NameFEDEloPkt.
1Farago IvanGMHUN24913
2Hera Imre JrGMHUN25333
Hommeles TheoFMNED24153
4Siebrecht SebastianGMGER24333
5Bogner SebastianIMGER25113
6Dgebuadze AlexandreGMBEL25392.5
Van Der Weide KarelGMNED24972.5
Kohlweyer BerndIMGER24352.5
Foisor Cristina-AdelaIMROU24232.5
Bezler RainerAUT22812.5
11Klings PeterGER21522.5
12Hirneise TobiasFMGER24072.5
13Foisor Ovidiu-DoruIMROU24082.5
Peredy FerencIMHUN22342.5
15Brestian EgonIMAUT23922.5
Raykhman AlexanderGER22972.5
17Neuberger GuidoGER21652.5
18Popa ClaudioCMITA22182.5
19Poettinger HaraldAUT22072.5
20Pribyl JosefIMCZE23462
Hug MarcelSUI23002
Habibi AliIMGER22902
107 players

20) China's 2009 World Cup Qualification

China's 2010 World Cup Qualification events for Men and Women took place 17th - 28th April 2009 in Beijing. 12 men competed for 2 places and Zhou Jianchao and Wang Hao finished level on 7/11. 12 women played for 4 places Ruan Lufei and Shen Yang made 7.5/11, Huang Qian and Ju Wenjun made 7. Wang Yue, Ni Hua, Bu Xiangzhi, Hou Yifan, Zhao Xue and Xu Yuhua are already qualified by rating. (Info: China Chess Association). I'm hoping a game file turns up. I gather the World Cup is in fact at the end of 2009 not 2010 as I stated last week.

News: http://blog.sina.com.cn/chessnews

Official site: http://chess.sport.org.cn/

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr21467.aspx - http://chess-results.com/tnr21468.aspx

FIDE results http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=43340 but still no games.

21) De Caguas Categoria Internacional

The Casa del Ajedrez en Caguas took place in Puerto Rico 14th-17th May 2009. Carlso Matamoros Franco won on tie-break from Jacek Stopa and Alonso Zapata Ramirez after all scored 6/8. No games available.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr21847.aspx?lan=2

Casa del Ajedrez en Caguas PUR 14-17 v 2009
Rk.NameTiFEDFIDEPts.Des 1
1Matamoros Franco Carlos S.GMECU253561.5
2Stopa JacekIMPOL247161
3Zapata Ramirez AlonsoGMCOL251460.5
4Montalvo Rosario AlejandroIMPUR225150
5Almedina Ortiz Edgardo JPUR20874.50
6Santana Alvarado MiguelPUR21684.50
7Montañez Nazario RobertoPUR20554.50
8Santa Torres JuanIMPUR224540
9Fierro Baquero Martha L.IMECU241140
10Campiz Jimenez LeonardoPUR208240
11Diaz Montes EdwinPUR040
12Freyre Forest JorgePUR210040
13Segarra Choe TammyPUR18253.50.5
14Sosa Trani LuisFMPUR21333.50.5
15Rabin Evan Z.USA203330
16Camacho Fabre RafaelPUR030
17Perez Borrero GeorgePUR030
18Pressman LeifUSA20572.50
19Molina Millan AlbertoPUR02.50
20Yagiz BoraUSA19102.50
21Ortiz Vives Carlos R.PUR020
22Aldama Degurnay DionisioIMMEX245800

22) 27th Elba Island Festival

The 27th International Chess Festival of Elba Island "Luigi Amalfi", took place at the Hotel Lacona 10th-17th May 2009. I don't have news or results.

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

23) III La Laguna Open

The III La Laguna Open took place 4th-10th May 2009. Julio Granda Zuniga won the event with 8/11. The game file was somewhat corrupted and I'm still waiting for a definitive one to appear with all the rounds.

Official site; http://www.lalagunainternacionalajedrez.com and Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr21480.aspx

24) 22nd Damiano de Odemira Open

The 22nd Damiano de Odemira Open took place 16th-17th May 2009. Eduardo Iturrizaga won with 8.5/9. No games available.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr21897.aspx

25) III Cerrado Manises

The III Cerrado Manises took place in Manises - Valencia (Spain) 20th April - 10th May 2009. Jhoel Garcia won with 7/9. Final round games are still missing.

Official site: http://www.escuelavalencianadeajedrez.com/ - Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr21095.aspx

26) The London Chess Classic in December

The dates for the London Chess Classic at the end of the year are now confirmed with the tournament taking place 7th-16th December 2009. The field is being finalised but it can be announced that Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik, Nigel Short, Ni Hua and Luke McShane will be competing.There will be 8 players in a 7 round all-play-all.

1st London Chess Classic (ENG), 8-16 xii 2009. Cat IXX (2704) Players list
NoName Ti NAT April Elo DoB
1Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2770 1990
2Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2759 1975
3Ni, Hua g CHN 2724 1983
4Adams, Michael g ENG 2703 1971
5Short, Nigel D g ENG 2674 1965
6McShane, Luke J g ENG 2596 1984
7To be announced
8To be announced
Dates of the London Chess Classic. 7th-16th December 2009
Monday 7th December 2009 Press Conference and drawing of lots
Tuesday 8th December 2009 Round 1
Wednesday 9th December 2009 Round 2
Thursday 10th December 2009Round 3
Friday 11th December 2009 Rest day
Saturday 12th December 2009 Round 4
Sunday 13th December 2009 Round 5
Monday 14th December 2009 Round 6
Tuesday 15th December 2009 Round 7 + Closing ceremony, charity simultaneous

Cream of world chess to play in new London tournament. [Press release 9th March 2009]

London Chess Centre is proud to announce a world-class chess tournament to be held in London in December, 2009. The event will be an elite eight-player all-play-all in the most prestigious tournament in the capital since former world champion Anatoly Karpov won the Phillips and Drew Masters in 1984.

Since then, despite London hosting three world title contests, there has not been a tournament in which England's leading players could lock horns with the world's best on home soil. The December 09 tournament will be the first in a series of events designed to reinvigorate UK chess and promote the game and its undoubted educational benefits in schools and communities.

The tournament will be FIDE Category 19 with an average FIDE rating of 2700 and a minimum prize fund of €100,000. The eight players will comprise of three English and five world-class Grandmasters from abroad. Included in the prize fund will be a €10,000 Brilliant Game award along with separate prizes for each victory with the White and Black pieces. Matches will be covered live online where fans will be able to vote for Game of the Day.

The tournament has applied for membership of the prestigious annual Grand Slam of Chess which culminates in Bilbao and boasts a €400,000 prize fund.

The games will be under Classical Chess time control; 40 moves in two hours, 20 in the subsequent hour then an additional 15 minutes plus an increment of 30 seconds a move until the end of the game. The tournament will further benefit from the use of Sofia Rules which disallow early draws. Players will receive three points for a win and one for a draw.

Malcolm Pein (IM) Director London Chess Centre

Notes for editors: All communications to Malcolm Pein IM at London Chess Centre: 020 7388 2404. E-Mail: info@chess.co.uk. Website: www.chess.co.uk

27) Navara vs Ivanchuk Rapid

GM David Navara and GM Vassily Ivanchuk play a rapid match of 8 games in Prague 27th-31st May 2009.

Details: http://www.praguechess.cz/en/poradane_akce.php?nazev_akce=15&akce=uvod

28) 42nd Biel International Chess Festival

The 42nd Biel International Chess Festival takes place 18th-31st July 2009. There will be around 10 different Tournaments (Open, Rapid, Blitz, Youth and for the first time Chess 960). The main Category IXX tournament sees Morozevich, Ivanchuk, Gelfand, Alekseev, Vachier-Lagrave and Caruana compete.

Official site: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch

Biel Grandmaster Tournament (SUI), 18-31 vii 2009 cat. IXX (2713)
NameNATElo points W Rank Age Past results
Alexander Morozevich RUS 2751 No 8 32 Winner in Biel in 2003, 2004, 2006
Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2746 No 12 40 Winner in Biel in 1989
Boris Gelfand ISR 2733 No 15 41 Winner in Biel in 1993 (Interzonal Tournament), 2005
Evgeny Alekseev RUS 2716 No 25 23 Winner in Biel in 2008
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave FRA 2684 No 47 18 1st time in Biel
Fabiano Caruana ITA 2649 No 78 16 1st time in Biel

29) 3rd ACP World Rapid Cup

Press release Mikhail Golubev

The 3rd ACP World Rapid Cup will be organised by the Pivdenny Bank in Odessa, Ukraine 22nd-24th May 2009. The venue will be the Odessa National Academy of Law. As usual, it will be a KO tournament with 16 participants. There will be two-game matches at all stages, prior to the final. In the final, four games will be played. The time control will be 20 minutes per game with an increment of 5 seconds per move.

In accordance with the rules of the Association of Chess Professionals (http://www.chess-players.org), 13 of 16 spots are given to the players who qualified from the ACP Tour 2007/08.

The field of 16 players is now announced:

3rd ACP World Rapid Cup (UKR), 22-24 v 2009. Cat XVIII (2693)
Players list
GM Dmitry Jakovenko RUS2753
GM Alexander Grischuk RUS2748
GM Sergei Movsesian SVK2747
GM Boris Gelfand ISR2733
GM Vugar Gashimov AZE2730
GM Etienne Bacrot FRA2728
GM Peter Svidler RUS2726
GM Arkadij Naiditsch GER2700
GM Pavel Eljanov UKR2693
GM Alexander Moiseenko UKR2690
GM Zahar Efimenko UKR2682
GM Evgeniy Najer RUS2669
GM Anatoly Karpov RUS2644
GM Pavel Tregubov RUS2628
GM Mikhail Gurevich TUR2613
GM Yuri Drozdovskij UKR2603

GM Viktor Korchnoi has been invited as a commentator for the spectators.

3rd ACP World Rapid Cup (UKR), 22-24 v 2009. Cat XVIII (2693)
Schedule of rounds:
DateRoundTime
22 May1/8 final matchesfrom 12:00; 14:30; 17:00; 19:30
23 May1/4 final matchesfrom 12:00; 14:30
23 May1/2 final matchesfrom 18:00
24 MayFinalfrom 12:00
The local time is GMT +3.

The prize fund is USD $57,000. The winner receives USD $10,000. There will be a special prize, named after the Odessa IM Mikhail Podgaets who passed away on 14 May 2009.

A transmission of games will be organised at the official tournament website, http://worldcup.pivdenny.com

Media contact: Mikhail Golubev, gmi@europe.com +38-050.4957046

30) Forthcoming Events and Links

VIII Benidorm International Chess Festival

VIII Benidorm International Chess Festival 2009 takes place 27th November - 8th December 2009.

Website: http://www.ajedrezbali.com

Poikovsky Tournament

Chess Today reports that the Karpov tournament tkes place in Poikovsky Russia 3rd-12th June 2009. There is a free day on 8th June.

Players: Bologan, Efimenko, Gashimov, Inarkiev, Motylev, Naiditsch, Onischuk, Shirov, Sutovsky and Rublevsky.

7th Howard Staunton Memorial 2009 fields announced

The 7th Howard Staunton Memorial takes place 7th (opening ceremony) - 17th August 2009. This year there will be a UK vs The Netherlands double round Scheveningen match and an interesting Category IX all-play-all. The UK has a small Elo rating advantage in the Scheveningen match but the teams are well matched. The tournament is taking place in its usual venue - Simpson's In The Strand. The opening ceremony will take place on the evening of Friday 7th August. The final rounds and the closing ceremony will take place on Monday 17th August.

The organisers are hoping that the tournament will be a big media event with the Chinese and the Dutch Ambassadors hoping to attend the opening ceremony and surprise guest visits from other chess loving celebrities throughout. They thank their generous benefactor.

There will be live coverage of the games this year.

Official site: http://howardstaunton.com/index.shtm.

7th Staunton Memorial Scheveningen London (ENG), 8-17 viii 2009
UK NETHERLANDS
GM Michael Adams 2703 GM Ivan Sokolov 2669
GM Nigel Short 2674 GM Jan Smeets 2626
GM David Howell 2613 GM Loek Van Wely 2622
GM Jonathan Rowson 2589 GM Erwin L'ami 2598
GM Gawain Jones 2550 GM Jan Werle 2583
UK Elo Ave. 2626 NED Elo Ave. 2620

7th Staunton Memorial International Challenge London
(ENG), 8-17 viii 2009 - cat. IX (2453)
GM Jonathan Speelman ENG2534
GM Jan Timman NED2566
GM Peter Wells ENG2489
GM Victor Korchnoi SUI2552
GM Nigel Davies ENG2487
IM Willy Hendriks NED2447
Terence Chapman ENG2232
IM Eelke Wiersma NED2406
IM Malcolm Pein ENG2391
GM Alex Cherniaev RUS 2423

Torch Real Estate Cup

The Chinese team competition the Torch Real Estate Cup started in Chengdu China on 4th May 2009. I'm hoping for a full game file.

Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess/tfd.htm

Official site: http://chess.sport.org.cn/

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr21650.aspx

3rd ACP World Rapid Cup

The 3rd ACP World Rapid Cup will be organised by the Pivdenny Bank in Odessa, Ukraine 22nd-24th May 2009. As usual, it will be a KO tournament with 16 participants. In accordance with the ACP rules, 13 of 16 spots are given to the players who qualified from the ACP Tour 2007/08. The total prize fund will be USD $57,000. The winner receives USD $10,000. Viktor Korchnoi has been invited as a commentator for the spectators. According to the tournament director, WGM Masha Klinova, as of 27th April the following 13 Grandmasters have confirmed their participation: Jakovenko (2753), Grischuk (2748), Movsesian (2747), Gashimov (2730), Bacrot (2728), Svidler (2726), Naiditsch (2700), Eljanov (2693), Efimenko (2682), Najer (2669), Karpov (2644), Tregubov (2628) and Drozdovskij (2603).

The official tournament website (in Russian) is the chess site of the Pivdenny Bank, http://worldcup.pivdenny.com.

Zonal 2.5 Asuncion

Zonal 2.5 with 2 qualification places for the Word Cup takes place in Asuncion, Paraguay, June 10th-18th 2009. Zone 2.5 includes Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Paraguay.

Official web is http://www.winner.com.py/feparaj - Details

Acropolis Open

The Acropolis Open takes place 10th-18th August 2009 in Chalkida, Greece. Organizers: Greek Chess Federation (GCF), Ministry of Tourism in Attiki, Chalkida Chess Academy.

Regulations: Swiss System 9 rounds, invitational FIDE rated tournament, 70-80 players, minimum required FIDE rating 2200 (women 2000), GM & IM title norms possible, FIDE time-control (90 minutes for 40 moves followed by 30 minutes until the end of the game plus increment of 30 seconds per move from move 1).

Contact info: Sotiris Logothetis (Tournament Coordinator) Tel: (+30) 6947324933, Email: middlewave74@gmail.com Greek Chess Federation (GCF) Tel.: (+30) 2109221465, Fax: (+30) 2109221620, Email: info@chessfed.gr

Official site: http://www.chessfed.gr/acropolis2009

III Ruy Lopez International Chess Festival

The main event of the Festival is the master Tournament (from 13th to 19th June 2009) with the participation of Adams, Cheparinov, Pía Cramling, Koneru, Granda, Lariño, Caruana and Candelario. The games will be transmitted on Internet with commentaries by Leontxo García who will be present in the analysis room (open to all fans).

To complete the Children´s Tournament (13th and 14th June) and the III Open "Ruy López Opening" (20th and 21st June 2009) where all the games will start in the following order:- 1. e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Ab5 with more than 11,000 Euros as prizes.

Official site: http://ruylopez.juntaextremadura.net/modules/news/

Leiden Chess Tournament

The Leiden Chess Tournament takes place 9th-19th August 2009.

Official site: http://www.leidenchess.nl/

Brescia International

The Brescia International Tournament takes place June 6th-14th 2009.

Details: http://www.puntoesclamativo.org/

French League Top 16

The French Team Championship (TOP 16) took place in Mulhouse (group A) and Chalons-en-Champagne (group B) 30th April - 3rd May 2009. The Poule Haute and Basse take place 28th-31st May 2009. The top 4 teams in each group take forward the three results against each other and play off against the teams from the other group to produce a final winner.

Official site: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/Equipes.aspx

French Team Championship Group A (FRA), 20 iii-3 v 2009
Pl. Equipe Pts j. d. p. c.
1 Evry Grand Roque 21 7 33 36 3
2 Clichy 19 7 20 29 9
3 Mulhouse Philidor 16 7 5 18 13
4 Noyon 15 7 -1 17 18
5 Marseille Echecs 14 7 1 14 13
6 Drancy 11 7 -10 14 24
7 Lutece Echecs 9 7 -23 11 34
8 Bois-Colombes 7 7 -25 5 30
French Team Championship Group B (FRA), 20 iii-3 v 2009
Pl. Equipe Pts j. d. p. c.
1 Montpellier 19 7 15 23 8
2 Cannes 18 7 14 22 8
3 Vandoeuvre 16 7 10 23 13
4 Chalons en Champagne 16 7 12 27 15
5 Metz Fischer 15 7 1 18 17
6 Strasbourg 11 7 -8 11 19
7 Antibes 10 7 -13 9 22
8 Grasse 7 7 -31 6 37

Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament

The Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2009 takes place 3rd - 7th June 2009.

For 17 years in a row the tournament has been played in Malmo, Sweden and this time will be no different. The tournament will be played at the classical Hipp Theater in central Malmo, for the twelfth time. This year, the tournament has a new format, with only six players playing five rounds.

Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament Malmo (SWE), 3-7 vi 2009
1.GM Nigel ShortENG 2674
2.GM Ivan Sokolov BIH 2669
3.GM Tomi Nyback FIN 2655
4.GM Tiger Hillarp Persson SWE 2618
5.GM Emanuel Berg SWE 2610
6.IM Nils Grandelius SWE 2491

Tournament Schedule Round 1 3 June 14.00-21.00 CET Round 2 4 June 14.00-21.00 CET Round 3 5 June 14.00-21.00 CET Round 4 6 June 14.00-21.00 CET Round 5 7 June 12.00-19.00 CET

Official site: http://www.sigeman-chess.com

Historical Elo Ratings

http://www.shakki.net/history/elotop.htm has a list of historical top ten FIDE lists. The text is in Finnish but is understandable anyhow.

Chess Classic Mainz

The Chess Classic Mainz takes place 27th July - 2nd August 2009 in the Rheingoldhalle in Mainz.

The world championships in rapid chess and Chess960 will be staged in a tried and trusted double round robin format with four players, after which the players battle it out in mini-matches to determine the top spot. The players for the main events have already been contracted.

The GRENKELEASING Rapid World Championship sees the World Chess Champion and Chess Classic serial winner Vishy Anand will try to defend his title for the 11th time in a row. He faces Levon Aronian, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Arkadij Naiditsch.

Other events include the gigantic ORDIX rapid chess Open, the FiNet Ches960 Open, the open tournaments for U14 talents, the 40 board simultaneous exhibition with Levon Aronian, the Livingston Chess960 Computer World Championship, etc., etc.

Full details: http://www.chesstigers.de

XXXV Sitges Open

The XXXV Open Internacional d'Escacs "Vila de Sitges" takes place 22nd-30th July 2009.

Official site: http://www.casinoprado.cat/open.html

Details: http://chess-results.com/tnr20620.aspx?lan=2

"King's Gambit" in Lipetsk

There will be an international chess festival called "King's Gambit" in Lipetsk, Russia, between June 22nd (arrival day) and July 3rd, 2009. The festival consists of two round-robin tournaments (one with GM norm and one with IM norm) and an open for FIDE rating. Opening ceremony: 2.30 p.m. on July 23, 1st round at 3 p.m. Festival director: Zimmerman, Yuri . Tel.: +7-4742-720064, or +7-919-255-9764. E-mail: zimmerman@lipetsk.ru."

Reno Far West Open

The Far West Open Chess Tournament took place April 10th-12th 2009 in Reno Nevada. Sergey Kudrin edged out Enrico Sevillano and Gergerly Antal who finished on 5/6. Games should follow.

Official site: http://www.renochess.org/fwo/index.html

32nd Taminco Gent Open

The 32nd Taminco Open International Chess Tournament Gent (Belgium) takes place 18th-22nd July 2009, 9 rounds Swiss, two hours KO chess, prize money 8400 euro for 400 participants. This traditional open tournament takes place near the center of the medieval town of Gent in the week of the famous annual Gent festivities. Email: open2009@kgsrl.be

Information and registration: http://www.kgsrl.be

Info Gent annual festivities: http://www.gentsefeesten.be/

Voronezh-2009

The 13th "Voronezh-2009" traditional chess festival takes place 10th-21st June 2009.

Details: http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open

13th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament 2009

The 13th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament takes place August 1st-8th 2009 in Vlissingen, Netherlands.

Official site: http://www.hztoernooi.nl and contact e-mail: hgroffen@zeelandnet.nl.

Canadian Open

The Canadian Open takes place in Edmonton, Alberta Canada July 11th-19th 2009. Alexei Shirov adn Michael Adams are among the early entrants.

Details: http://monroi.com/2009-canadian-open-chess-championship-home.html

San Sebastian GM

There is a tournament in San Sebastian July 6th-16th 2009.

GMA San Sebastian (ESP), 6-16 vii 2009
cat. XVIII (average elo: 2687)
Sergei Movsesian2747SVK
Peter Svidler2726RUS
Rustam Ponomariov2726UKR
Hikaru Nakamura2701USA
Rustam Kasimzhanov2695UZB
Francisco Vallejo2688SPA
Maxime Vachier-Lagraeve2684FRA
Anatoly Karpov2644RUS
Julio Granda2610PER
Pablo San Segundo2560SPA

Prizes in Euros: 1.- 9.000 2.- 6.000 3.- 4.000 4.- 3.500 5.- 3.000 6.- 2.500 7.- 2.000 8.- 1.500 9.- 1.000 10.- 500

There will be also a B tournament (cat. XI), C tournament (cat. VIII), and D tournament (female players). The games will be played in the same hall that held the historic tournament in 1911 won by Capablanca and the organisers are hoping for a special event to commemorate the centenary. News David Llada. Website to be announced.

Dortmund

The Dortmund Chess Meeting takes place 2nd-12th July 2009. Players: Kramnik, Leko, Carlsen, Jakovenko, Bacrot, and Naiditsch play.

Details: http://www.chess-international.de/?p=429

Brno Chess Festival

The Duras Chess Club organises the Brno Chess Festival in the Czech Republic. The GM Brno, IM Tespo Engineering and IM Dopravni stavby tournaments take place 26th June - 5th July 2009. Open tournaments start on the 27th June 2009.

Applications and details contact Rudolf Moulis: e-mail: moulis@kroknet.cz , phone +420 548 522 186, mobile phone: +420 607 900 656

Further info at: http://www.skduras.cz/cz/propozice.html and http://www.skduras.cz/cz/brnensky-sachovy-festival-2009.html

World Open

The World Open Chess Tournament takes place June 29th - July 5th 2009 in Philadelphia.

Details: http://www.chesstour.com/wo09.htm and http://monroi.com/2009-world-open-chess-tournament-home.html

British Championships

The 96th British Chess Championships take place 26th July - 8th August 2009 in Torquay.

Official site: http://www.britishchess09.com/

14th Pannonia - Nitrokemia Cup

The 14th Pannonia - Nitrokemia Cup takes place in Balatonalmadi, 29th July - 2nd August, 2009.

Group A: International Open Tournament for FIDE ratings. Group B: International Open Tournament for FIDE ratings, for players under 2000 ELO System used: 7 Rounds Swiss without age limit for both Groups Venue: The air-conditioned Conference Hall of Pannonia Cultural Centre & Library Address: Balatonalmadi, Városház Square 6. Organiser: Recreation Association of Vorosbereny Time Limit: Group A: 90-90 minutes + 30sec after each move Group B: 120-120 minutes for all moves

Details: http://fancsyimi.fw.hu. Entries and further information IM Fancsy Imre E-mail: almadikupa@freemail.hu

14th International Stuttgart Championship

The 14th "International Stuttgart Championship" in Germany takes place 21th-24th May 2009. Contact Michael Meier e-mail: info@stuttgarter-stadtmeisterschaft.de

For further information on the event: http://www.stuttgarter-stadtmeisterschaft.de

20th International Chess and Games Festival Czech Open

The 20th International Chess and Games Festival Czech Open 2009 takes place 16th July - 2 August 2009 in Pardubice (the Czech Republic). There are more than 100 tournaments in chess and other games, eg. European Youth Chess Teams Championship, ISCU Children Clubs Chess Championship and European Amateurs Championship in Chess.

More detailed information: http://www.czechopen.net/news/index.php. the festival website will be ready at the end of April.

6th Summer Catalan Chess Circuit

The 6th Summer Catalan Chess Circuit takes place May - September every year as part of the Catalan Chess Circuit, which is composed of 28 International Tournaments, and held in Spain, extended beyond Catalonia.

In 2009 there will be 14 Opens with traditional time control to be played over 9-10 days, as well as 14 Opens in Rapid Chess, played over 1-2 days (see Tournament Calendar).

During 120 days of tournaments, around 22.000 chess games will be played with selected ones broadcast.

Approximately 3,000 players from more than 30 different countries. The prize fund will reach 175.000 euros.

Apart from the traditional tournament prizes, the Catalan Chess Federation establishes a special classification composed of player´s results in each Circuit tournament, based on which players will be able to claim such special Circuit Prizes as General Final Standings, Prizes by Categories, Specific Prizes for best Catalan Players.

Prizegiving Ceremony will be held at Fiesta Catalana (Catalan Chess Party), on September, 27th, 2009

For more information please contact the Catalonia Chess Federation on federacio@escacs.cat or visit the official website: http://escacs.cat/circuit2009/torneigs.html

6th Summer Catalan Chess Circuit (ESP), 5 v - 20 ix 2009
5-13 May VILA DE SALOU SALOU 9 Rd Swiss B CFrancesc Linan 616094289
17 May VILA DE CANOVELLES CANOVELLES 9 Rd Swiss b bDaniel Flores 938493564
24 May VILA DE L'AMPOLLA L'AMPOLLA 9 Rd Swiss a bEnric Gallimo 666187061
31 May VILA DE STA COLOMA DE QUERALT SANTA COLOMA DE QUERALT 8 Rd Swiss a a supSalvador Barrot 654095338
20 June CIUTAT DE REUS REUS 9 Rd Swiss a a supJoan Pinol 649341056
21 June MOLLET DEL VALLES MOLLET DEL VALLES 9 Rd Swiss b aFrancesc Fernandez 647625832
24 June-2 July VILA DE SORT SORT 9 Rd Swiss B CJoan A. Conesa 609825066
25 June-3 July VILA DE MONTCADA MONTCADA 9 Rd Swiss A AReyes Cantero 938152902
4-12 July BARBERÀ DEL VALLES BARBERA DEL VALLES 9 Rd Swiss A A supVíctor Pont 629386528
4-12 July TORREDEMBARRA TORREDEMBARRA 9 Rd Swiss C BJordi Salvat 649061984
13-22 July CIUTAT DE BALAGUER BALAGUER 10 Rd Swiss A sup AAntoni Montoliu 679082837
18-26 July ANDORRA LES ESCALDES 9 Rd Swiss A sup A supOscar la Riva 00376-347085
22-30 July VILA DE SITGES SITGES 9 Rd Swiss A AFrancesc González 600923277
25 July CERVELLO CERVELLO 8 Rd Swiss b bJuan Mª Santiago 936840402
26 July OLOT OLOT 8 Rd Swiss b bJosep Ma Mir 606119678
1-8 August FIGUERES "MIQUEL MAS" FIGUERES 9 Rd Swiss C AJordi Serra 699848479
1-9 August CIUTAT DE BADALONA BADALONA 9 Rd Swiss A A supManel Triquell 609683157
2-10 August LA POBLA DE LILLET LA POBLA DE LILLET 9 Rd Swiss C CJosep Salvador 630625152
15-16 August VILA DE POBLENOU BARCELONA 10 Rd Swiss a sup aJoan Lorda 659529581
21-30 August SANTS BARCELONA 10 Rd Swiss A sup A supCotxeres 932918701
22-23 August AJEDREZND BARCELONA 9 Rd Swiss a sup aJordi Morcillo 620341266
1-10 September FESTIVAL DE SABADELL SABADELL 9 Rd Swiss B BIvan Aguilar 666346958
6 September VILA DE SANTPEDOR SANTPEDOR 9 Rd Swiss b bJosep Mascaro 616477533
11 September DIADA DE L'11 DE SETEMBRE SABADELL 9 Rd Swiss a a supIvan Aguilar 666346958
12 September RIBERA D'EBRE MORA D'EBRE 8 Rd Swiss a aJosep Terrones 696204203
13 September CIUTAT DE TORTOSA TORTOSA 8 Rd Swiss b bAbraham Pla 680532570
19-20 September VALLFOGONA DE BALAGUER VALLFOGONA DE BALAGUER Suís 11 rondes a sup aJaume Parramon 649960831
Potential
13-21 July SANT MARTI BARCELONA 9 Rd Swiss Ricard Llerins 933082425

XXVII Andorra International Chess Open

The XXVII Andorra International Chess Open takes place 18th-26th July 2009. Contact: open@escacsandorra.com

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

Masterskill Commonwealth Chess Championships

The Masterskill Commonwealth Chess Championships takes place 14th-21st July 2009 in Ipoh, Malaysia.

Details: http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/3827-commonwealth-chess-championship-2009-in-malaysia

Maia Chiburdanidze Cup

The "Maia Chiburdanidze Cup" (International Open Women's Chess Tournament) takes place in the Chess Palace, Tbilisi (Georgia) 4th-13th June 2009. The Tournament is open to all women players. Each player must herself (or her federation) cover all her expenses: entry fee, transportation, accommodation and board. 9 round Swiss. Rate of play: 90 min for all moves, increment 30 seconds per move. Details available from the addresses below.

Contact IA, FM Varlam Vepkhvishvili E-mail: chessgeorgia@hotmail.com or chessvarlam@hotmail.com.

Phone:
(995)32-997736 - Federation
(995)32-960199 - Home
(995)99-771974 - Mobile

Official site: http://www.gcf.org.ge

1st International Open Tbilisi

The 1st International Open Tbilisi Chess Tournament takes place 14th-24th June 2009.

Official site: http://www.chess.tbilisi.ge (not yet up and running)

9 round Swiss. Rate of play: 90 min for all moves, increment 30 seconds per move. Details available from the addresses below.

e-mail: chessvarlam@hotmail.com - Varlam Vepkhvishvili
e-mail: ggrs92@hotmail.com - Giorgi Khomeriki

Varna Chess Festival

The 1st International Chess Festival Varna, takes place at the Grand Hotel Varna 11th-20th June 2009. Contact: seahorse@abv.bg for more details.

Website: http://euroschoolchess.org/ (although I couldn't find the event myself)

European Youth Championships

The European Youth Championships (U10 - U18) takes place in Fermo/Italy 30th August - 10th September 2009.

Details: http://www.euroyouth2009.com

European Senior Championships

The European Individual Senior Championship takes place in Rogaska Slatina/Slovenia 22nd - 31st July 2009. For the first time just before the event a European Senior Rapid Championship will be organised. The dates are 19th - 21st July.

Further details are published under http://www.sahohlacnik.com/eu-sen/

European Union Website

The European Chess Union Website ECU website has changed address to http://www.europechess.org

Alushta Diary 2009

Alushta Diary 2009:

GM Norm events: 23.05 - 1.06, 2.06 - 12.06, 15.06 - 25.06, 2.09 - 12.09, 14.09 - 24.09, 26.09 - 6.10, IM Norm: 23.05 - 1.06, 2.06 - 12.06, 15.06 - 25.06, 2.09 - 12.09, 14.09 - 24.09, 26.09 - 6.10, Rating tournament: 4.06 - 12.06, 22.06 - 27.06, 5.09 - 13.09, Open tournament (under 16 years) 3.06 - 11.06, 13.06 - 21.06, Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament First prize - 1000$ First prize (woman) - 500$ 28.06 - 6.07, 10.07 - 18.07, 20.07 - 28.07, 22.08 - 30.08, Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Blitz tournament 7.07, 19.07, 29.07, Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament (rapid chess) 8.07 - 9.07, 30.07 - 31.07, Alushta Session of school of Gennadi Kuzmin 21.06 - 27.06, 15.07 - 24.07. Individual and group studying Further information: http://www.kaissa.com.ua phone +38 (06560)5-05-32, +380505828911 (for Russian speaking), + 380506692604 (for English speaking) e-mail: info@kaissa.com.ua

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

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

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.

Hungarian Chess Tournaments March-October 2009

1. 7th-19th of February, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM Budapest FIRST SATURDAY Budapest, GM-IM-FM round robins (BERGER), 9-13 games, GM-IM norm possibilities in Budapest, venue: Hungarian Chess Federation, Falk Miksa Str.10. 2nd floor. Organisation: Nagy Laszlo, FIDE International Chess Organizer /NL/, E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net Website: http://www.firstsaturday.hu Phone-fax: +(361)-2632859, cellphone: +(36)-30-230-1914 /From 12:00 a.m. until midnight - Central European Time = GMT+1/

2.20th-28th of February IM-Rating Caissa, Kecskemet, org: Dr.Erdelyi, Tamas, cellphone: +36-30-271-33-38, Landline phone-fax: +36-76-481-685 e-mail: postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu Website: http://www.caissachessbooks.hu Usually also in the second half of the month IM and rating tournaments in Kecskemet, a city 80 km South-East from Budapest.

3.7th-19th of March, First Saturday, Budapest, GM-IM-FM, org Nagy L.

4.20th-28th of March, 25th BUDAPEST SPRING FESTIVAL 9 rounds Swiss Open, org: Nagy L. - e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net

5.4th-16th of April First Saturday Budapest, org.Nagy L.

6.18th-26th of April Caissa, IM + rating Kecskemet, Org.Erdelyi,

7.2nd-14th of May, First Saturday GM-IM-FM Budapest, org Nagy L.

Kecskemet Caissa IM + rating tournaments more: 16th-25th of May, 20th-28th of June, 18th-27th of July, 15th-24th of August, 19th-28th of September. FIRST SATURDAY Budapest GM-IM-FM tournaments more: 6th-18th of June, 4th-16th of July, 1st-13th of August, 5th-17th of September.

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

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