THE WEEK IN CHESS 780 19th October 2009 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Dragan Babic, Luis Scalise, Igor Glek, Miklos Orso, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, John Hillery, Christophe Philippe, Elie Houlichian, Arnaud Hauchard, Ted Strong, Alberto Mascarenhas, Yuri Vovk, Stewart Reuben, Dave Clayton and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The Unive tournament in Hoogevenn is under way. Vassily Ivanchuk is the favourite but the return of Judit Polgar and Anish Giri's performance will also be of interest. The first two rounds have seen all games drawn. The Bundesliga in Germany is under way. Coming this week are the European Team Championships and the World Juniors, and even stronger events such as the Tal Memorial are on their way. Plenty to get excited about.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Unive Tournament Hoogeveen

The Unive Tournament in Hoogeveen takes place 16th-24th October 2009 with a new sponsor.

The main four player tournament has: Vassily Ivanchuk, Judit Polgar, Sergei Tiviakov and Anish Giri. There is an open alongside.

Details: http://www.univechess.nl/

Unive Crown Hoogeveen (NED), 18-24 x 2009									cat. XVII (2666)
					1		2		3		4
1.	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2552	*	*	½	.	.	.	½	.	1	2713
2.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2756	½	.	*	*	½	.	.	.	1	2619
3.	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2687	.	.	½	.	*	*	½	.	1	2713
4.	Tiviakov, Sergei	g	NED	2670	½	.	.	.	½	.	*	*	1	2619

Round 1 (October 18, 2009)
Giri, Anish	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	22	D38	QGD Ragozin
Polgar, Judit	- Tiviakov, Sergei	½-½	53	B01	Centre Counter
Round 2 (October 19, 2009)
Giri, Anish	- Tiviakov, Sergei	½-½	52	E00	Catalan
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Polgar, Judit	½-½	75	E21	Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3

Unive Open Hoogeveen (NED), 16-24 x 2009
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1.	Brodsky, Michail	g	UKR	2530	+45	+32	+11	+8	.	.	.	.	.	4
2.	Kasparov, Sergey	g	BLR	2488	+41	+28	=4	+16	.	.	.	.	.	3½	2620
3.	Haslinger, Stewart G	g	ENG	2529	+47	=12	+40	+9	.	.	.	.	.	3½	2665
4.	Van Oosterom, Chiel	m	NED	2386	+54	+24	=2	+22	.	.	.	.	.	3½	2678
5.	Nijboer, Friso	g	NED	2540	+59	=16	+30	+14	.	.	.	.	.	3½	2650
6.	Friedel, Joshua E	g	USA	2555	=26	+51	+25	+12	.	.	.	.	.	3½	2610
7.	Romanishin, Oleg M	g	UKR	2515	+43	=36	=34	+31	.	.	.	.	.	3	2453
8.	Slingerland, Fred	m	NED	2395	+57	+17	+22	-1	.	.	.	.	.	3	2555
9.	Willemze, Thomas	m	NED	2391	+27	+58	+13	-3	.	.	.	.	.	3	2454
10.	Ulibin, Mikhail	g	RUS	2533	-24	+49	+47	+34	.	.	.	.	.	3	2375
11.	Caspi, Israel	m	ISR	2404	+62	+44	-1	+39	.	.	.	.	.	3	2397
12.	De Jong, Migchiel	f	NED	2373	+50	=3	+21	-6	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2431
13.	Riemersma, Li	m	NED	2431	+35	+31	-9	=17	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2354
14.	Gruenfeld, Yehuda	g	ISR	2474	=23	+26	+36	-5	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2404
15.	Genov, Petar	g	BUL	2470	+29	=21	-16	+38	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2321
16.	Grooten, Herman	m	NED	2328	+61	=5	+15	-2	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2489
17.	Timmermans, Ivo		NED	2237	+39	-8	+58	=13	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2293
18.	Van Delft, Merijn	m	NED	2374	-51	+57	+43	=19	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2309
19.	Ootes, Lars		NED	2384	-21	+62	+24	=18	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2316
20.	Bijlsma, Nick		NED	2028	-28	=29	+59	+46	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2347
21.	Mostertman, Milan		NED	2138	+19	=15	-12	=26	.	.	.	.	.	2	2364
22.	Kraai, Jesse	g	USA	2526	+42	+38	-8	-4	.	.	.	.	.	2	2309
23.	Kasparova, Tatiana	wm	BLR	2175	=14	=46	=32	=33	.	.	.	.	.	2	2377
24.	Hulshof, Peter		NED	2216	+10	-4	-19	+54	.	.	.	.	.	2	2360
25.	Vedder, Henk		NED	2364	=48	+37	-6	=41	.	.	.	.	.	2	2237
26.	Vinke, Andreas		GER	2232	=6	-14	+52	=21	.	.	.	.	.	2	2311
27.	Van der Veen, Jan		NED	2144	-9	=33	+49	=36	.	.	.	.	.	2	2261
28.	Klein, David		NED	2248	+20	-2	-39	+57	.	.	.	.	.	2	2174
29.	Kabos, Tobias		NED	2175	-15	=20	+53	=40	.	.	.	.	.	2	2222
30.	Heemskerk, Wim	f	NED	2236	=49	+48	-5	=37	.	.	.	.	.	2	2189
31.	Genova, Lyubka	wm	BUL	2250	+55	-13	+42	-7	.	.	.	.	.	2	2293
32.	Afek, Yochanan	m	ISR	2303	+56	-1	=23	=35	.	.	.	.	.	2	2229
33.	Bezemer, Arno	f	NED	2364	-44	=27	+54	=23	.	.	.	.	.	2	2141
34.	Vul, Arkadi Eremeevich	g	RUS	2309	=60	+52	=7	-10	.	.	.	.	.	2	2300
35.	Cako, Laszlo		NED	2159	-13	+55	=46	=32	.	.	.	.	.	2	2283
36.	Van Kooten, Luuk	f	NED	2292	+64	=7	-14	=27	.	.	.	.	.	2	2294
37.	Hendriks, Richard		NED	2117	=46	-25	+60	=30	.	.	.	.	.	2	2260
38.	Clemens, Adrian	f	NED	2264	+53	-22	+51	-15	.	.	.	.	.	2	2291
39.	Hummel, Joop		NED	2025	-17	+63	+28	-11	.	.	.	.	.	2	2222
40.	Vedder, Richard	f	NED	2349	=52	+60	-3	=29	.	.	.	.	.	2	2214
41.	Jellema, Yme Jan		NED	2177	-2	=53	+61	=25	.	.	.	.	.	2	2243
42.	Admiraal, Miguoel		NED	2194	-22	+56	-31	+51	.	.	.	.	.	2	2239
43.	Pijpers, Arthur		NED	2190	-7	+64	-18	+58	.	.	.	.	.	2	2218
44.	Hoffman, Ron		NED	2107	+33	-11	.	=47	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2324
45.	Haast, Anne		NED	2215	-1	=61	+48	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2236
46.	Tondivar, Babak	f	NED	2367	=37	=23	=35	-20	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2032
47.	Hovenga, Alje		NED	2206	-3	+50	-10	=44	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2236
48.	Akotchik, Viktor		NED	2102	=25	-30	-45	+60	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2135
49.	Stavast, Dick		NED	1998	=30	-10	-27	+61	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2160
50.	Mellema, Andries		NED	2125	-12	-47	=55	+56	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2078
51.	Fehr, Axel		GER	2128	+18	-6	-38	-42	.	.	.	.	.	1	2153
52.	Mol, Christiaan		NED	2079	=40	-34	-26	=53	.	.	.	.	.	1	2040
53.	Hortensius, Lisa		NED	2042	-38	=41	-29	=52	.	.	.	.	.	1	1980
54.	Galj('e), Hans		NED	2139	-4	+59	-33	-24	.	.	.	.	.	1	2103
55.	Beukema, Stefan		NED	2032	-31	-35	=50	=62	.	.	.	.	.	1	1979
56.	Ypma, Peter		NED	2052	-32	-42	+62	-50	.	.	.	.	.	1	2001
57.	Sadallah, Osama		NED	2156	-8	-18	+64	-28	.	.	.	.	.	1	2072
58.	Warmelink, Evie		NED	1941	+63	-9	-17	-43	.	.	.	.	.	1	2011
59.	Lagrotteria, Salvatore		ITA	2221	-5	-54	-20	+64	.	.	.	.	.	1	1994
60.	Sparenberg, Erik		NED	2076	=34	-40	-37	-48	.	.	.	.	.	½	1897
61.	Ellenbroek, Ton		NED	2078	-16	=45	-41	-49	.	.	.	.	.	½	1857
62.	Potze, Rudolf		NED	2156	-11	-19	-56	=55	.	.	.	.	.	½	1896
63.	BYE			----	-58	-39	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0
64.	Beijerinck, Nick		NED	2044	-36	-43	-57	-59	.	.	.	.	.	0

3) Corus Wijk aan Zee 2010

The field for the 2010 Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee has been announced. Dates Friday 15th January 2010 - Sunday 31st January 2010.

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

The A-Group is category XIX and once again is a pretty exciting field.

World Champion Viswanathan Anand plays in the event in which he has competed many times since his debut in 1989. Anand won or shared first in 1989, 1998, 2003, 2004 and 2006. He didn't play last year.

Magnus Carlsen has a history in the tournament going back to 2004. The organisers made a special effort to invite him but even they can't have expected him to run away with the C-Group with 10.5/13. In 2007 he played in the A-Group for the first time, finishing last, but without disgracing himself. It seems to have been an important learning experience as shortly after he finished in second place in the Linares tournament. He tied for 4th place last year but could easily start as the favourite for the tournament.

Former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik has had a quiet time of it recently but will play in London in December and now Wijk aan Zee in January. Kramnik shared first in 1998 but since then even though he has been a pretty regular visitor he hasn't repeated the success.

Peter Leko the champion from 2005 has also been a regular visitor to the tournament over the years.

Vassily Ivanchuk is another regular visitor to the event, although he's never been in the peak form required to win the tournament.

"Why does Nakamura never get invited to the top tournaments?" was a question I was asked a few times in recent years. Now he gets invited to everything and he naturally plays this year in Wijk. Will always produce excitement and has had a good run of results recently to back the invites up.

Alexei Shirov can best be described as mercurial. He generally hasn't been at his best at Wijk but one of these years will be, and maybe this will be the year.

Sergey Karjakin was born the same year as Magnus Carlsen but has been slightly left in his wake. But at 19 he hasn't done a lot wrong in his career so far and it will be interesting to see his response. But let's not forget that he is also the defending champion after winning the event last year.

Cuba has a great history for chess with a world champion in Capablanca and a great memorial tournament. Leinier Dominguez Perez is 22 in the world and is due an invitation such as this.

Nigel Short seemed to lose his way for a while and inexorably on his way down. However in the last couple of years he has found new energy and a new way of working which has taken him back to being England's number one. His secret seems to be to play a lot more than he did in the past and it is working. Short has a very recognisable style of play at his best and that has clearly returned with some tremendously entertaining stuff in recent times. Should be a great addition to the field.

Fabiano Caruana won the B-Group last year from Nigel Short, but only after the latter completely blew up at the end of their game in the final round. They both made it to the A-Group so no real damage was done. The youngest player in the field.

The Dutch contingent is headed by Sergei Tiviakov who will no doubt be incredibly difficult to beat. Loek van Wely has regularly flown the flag for Dutch chess, he's had his ups and downs but is always really well prepared for Wijk. Jan Smeets made his debut in the A-Group last year and will be no doubt hoping to at least match his middle ranking finish of last year.

Corus A Wijk aan Zee (NED), 15-31 i 2010				cat. XIX (2720)
Ti	Player	NAT	Elo Sept	WRk	DoB
GM	Viswanathan Anand	IND	2788	2	1969
GM	Magnus Carlsen	NOR	2772	4	1990
GM	Vladimir Kramnik	RUS	2772	5	1975
GM	Peter Leko	HUN	2762	6	1979
GM	Vassily Ivanchuk	UKR	2756	8	1969
GM	Hikaru Nakamura	USA	2735	16	1987
GM	Alexei Shirov	ESP	2730	18	1972
GM	Sergey Karjakin	RUS	2722	20	1990
GM	Leinier Dominguez Perez	CUB	2719	22	1983
GM	Nigel Short	ENG	2706	29	1965
GM	Sergey Tiviakov	NED	2670	57	1973
GM	Fabiano Caruana	ITA	2662	71	1992
GM	Loek van Wely	NED	2650	86	1972
GM	Jan Smeets	NED	2642	101	1985

The B-Group is a not too shabby category 16 and once again they have a mixed field of youth and experience that should provide some real entertainment.

Corus B Wijk aan Zee (NED), 15-31 i 2010			cat. XVI (2627)
Ti	Player	NAT	Elo Sept	DoB
GM	Ni Hua	CHN	2692	1983
GM	Arkadij Naiditsch	GER	2685	1985
GM	Emil Sutovsky	ISR	2676	1977
GM	Pentala Harikrishna	IND	2673	1986
GM	Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu	ROM	2664	1976
GM	Wesley So	PHI	2644	1993
GM	Varuzhan Akobian	USA	2637	1983
GM	David Howell	ENG	2624	1990
GM	Parimarjan Negi	IND	2615	1993
GM	Tomi Nyback	FIN	2615	1985
GM	Erwin l'Ami	NED	2606	1985
GM	Dimitri Reinderman	NED	2572	1972
GM	Anish Giri	NED	2552	1994
WGM	Anna Muzychuk	SLO	2533	1990

There will also be a C-Group, the field will be announced later.

4) Schachbundesliga 2009-10

The Schachbundesliga in Germany is the strongest league in the world. Although with the recession as it is we will have to see how their teams are affected. Games started on Friday 16th with some of the Round 7 games that were played on different dates for the teams. The real Round 1 and 2 were on Saturday and Sunday 17th-18th October 2009.

After two rounds (plus additional round 7 matches played on Friday night) Emsdetten have started with a perfect record of three wins and 6 points. Eppingham are a point behind after two wins and a draw. Bremen, top seeds Baden Baden and Hamberger SK are on two wins from two matches and 4 points.

Rounds 4 and 5 are on the 14th and 15th of November 2009.

Official site: http://www.schachbundesliga.de/

Bundesliga (GER), 16 x 2009 - 11 iv 2010
SC Eppingen : SG Trier (5,5 : 2,5)
7.Round \| Fr., 16. 10. 2009, 16 Uhr
B	Fed	SC Eppingen	ELO	T	Rnr	Result	Fed	SG Trier	ELO	T	Rnr
1	ISR	Postny, Evgeny	2650	GM	32	1/2	ROU	Lupulescu, Constantin	2599	GM	55
2	HUN	Balogh, Csaba	2624	GM	39	1-0	POL	Bobras, Piotr	2533	GM	98
3	HUN	Gyimesi, Zoltan	2593	GM	58	1/2	POL	Cyborowski, Lukasz	2504	GM	133
4	HUN	Ruck, Robert	2553	GM	89	1-0	ENG	Gordon, Stephen	2535	GM	100
5	GER	Bindrich, Falko	2516	GM	122	1/2	POL	Jaracz, Pawel	2547	GM	91
6	HUN	Medvegy, Zoltan	2557	GM	80	1/2	HUN	Erdos, Viktor	2591	GM	59
7	AZE	Guliyev, Namig	2524	GM	113	1/2	HUN	Galyas, Miklos	2465	IM	155
8	GER	Paehtz, Elisabeth	2486	IM	146	1-0	ROU	Cioara, Andrei Nestor	2415	IM	185
Wattenscheid : Emsdetten (3,5 : 4,5)
7.Round \| Fr., 16. 10. 2009, 16 Uhr
B	Fed	Wattenscheid	ELO	T	Rnr	Result	Fed	Emsdetten	ELO	T	Rnr
1	RUS	Najer, Evgeniy	2677	GM	18	1/2	NED	Spoelman, Wouter	2558	GM	82
2	POL	Macieja, Bartlomiej	2614	GM	41	1/2	SWE	Hector, Jonny	2572	GM	71
3	POL	Bartel, Mateusz	2562	GM	47	0-1	GER	Feygin, Michael	2594	IM	92
4	POL	Czarnota, Pawel	2537	GM	97	1/2	NED	Janssen, Ruud	2520	IM	117
5	RUS	Rustemov, Alexander	2567	GM	104	1-0	NED	Brandenburg, Daan	2446	IM	149
6	GER	Appel, Ralf	2537	GM	87	1/2	GER	Fiebig, Thomas	2432	-	183
7	GER	Handke, Florian	2483	GM	124	0-1	NED	Pruijssers, Roeland	2445	IM	184
8	GRE	Souleidis, Georgios	2429	IM	174	1/2	GER	Zumsande, Martin	2413	IM	187
SG Trier : Katernberg (3,5 : 4,5)
1.Round \| Sa., 17. 10. 2009, 14 Uhr
B	Fed	SG Trier	ELO	T	Rnr	Result	Fed	Katernberg	ELO	T	Rnr
1	ROU	Lupulescu, Constantin	2599	GM	55	0-1	UKR	Volokitin, Andrei	2681	GM	19
2	POL	Bobras, Piotr	2533	GM	98	1/2	GER	Seel, Christian	2505	IM	139
3	POL	Cyborowski, Lukasz	2504	GM	133	1/2	GER	Bischoff, Klaus	2544	GM	75
4	ENG	Gordon, Stephen	2535	GM	100	1/2	GER	Zaragatski, Ilja	2480	IM	150
5	POL	Jaracz, Pawel	2547	GM	91	1/2	GER	Thesing, Matthias	2407	IM	181
6	HUN	Erdos, Viktor	2591	GM	59	1/2	GER	Siebrecht, Sebastian	2445	GM	159
7	HUN	Galyas, Miklos	2465	IM	155	1/2	GER	Hoolt, Sarah	2223	WM	255
8	GER	Seger, Ruediger	2407	IM	192	1/2	GER	Kotainy, Jens	2239	-	249
SG Solingen : Baden-Baden (3,5 : 4,5)
1.Round \| Sa., 17. 10. 2009, 14 Uhr
B	Fed	SG Solingen	ELO	T	Rnr	Result	Fed	Baden-Baden	ELO	T	Rnr
1	NED	Smeets, Jan	2633	GM	35	1/2	RUS	Svidler, Peter	2732	GM	4
2	BIH	Nikolic, Predrag	2597	GM	53	1/2	ESP	Shirov, Alexei	2736	GM	6
3	GER	Buhmann, Rainer	2591	GM	52	0-1	SVK	Movsesian, Sergei	2699	GM	10
4	NED	Werle, Jan	2572	GM	74	1-0	GER	Naiditsch, Arkadij	2694	GM	16
5	NED	L'Ami, Erwin	2610	GM	48	1/2	DEN	Nielsen, Peter-Heine	2690	GM	15
6	AUT	Ragger, Markus	2558	GM	76	0-1	GER	Gustafsson, Jan	2613	GM	38
7	GER	Naumann, Alexander	2532	GM	115	1/2	GER	Dautov, Rustem	2586	GM	57
8	GER	Hoffmann, Michael	2525	GM	123	1/2	GER	Schlosser, Philipp	2527	GM	81
SC Remagen : Heidelberg-HSH (5,5 : 2,5)
1.Round \| Sa., 17. 10. 2009, 14 Uhr
B	Fed	SC Remagen	ELO	T	Rnr	Result	Fed	Heidelberg-HSH	ELO	T	Rnr
1	ROU	Parligras, Mircea	2560	GM	90	1/2	RUS	Ikonnikov, Viacheslav	2567	GM	78
2	FRA	Degraeve, Jean-Marc	2567	GM	64	1/2	GER	Ginsburg, Gennadi	2542	GM	96
3	BEL	Dgebuadze, Alexandre	2534	GM	116	1/2	UKR	Gurevic, Vladimir	2484	GM	152
4	GER	Mainka, Romuald	2494	GM	135	1/2	ROU	Chernov, Vadim	2424	IM	172
5	GER	Teske, Henrik	2542	GM	93	1-0	GER	Gerigk, Erasmus	2331	FM	225
6	SRB	Popovic, Petar	2506	GM	138	1-0	GER	Schwalfenberg, Joerg	2320	FM	231
7	GER	Kipper, Jens	2406	-	196	1/2	GER	Vatter, Hans-Joachim	2313	FM	229
8	GER	Schulz, Klaus-Juergen	2413	IM	200	1-0	GER	Syska, Albert	2243	FM	245
Wattenscheid : Bay Muenchen (4,5 : 3,5)
1.Round \| Sa., 17. 10. 2009, 14 Uhr
B	Fed	Wattenscheid	ELO	T	Rnr	Result	Fed	Bay Muenchen	ELO	T	Rnr
1	RUS	Najer, Evgeniy	2677	GM	18	1-0	GER	Bromberger, Stefan	2524	IM	119
2	POL	Macieja, Bartlomiej	2614	GM	41	1/2	GER	Schenk, Andreas	2514	IM	128
3	POL	Bartel, Mateusz	2562	GM	47	1/2	HUN	Reiss, Tibor	2422	IM	186
4	POL	Czarnota, Pawel	2537	GM	97	1/2	UKR	Belezky, Alexander	2451	IM	156
5	RUS	Rustemov, Alexander	2567	GM	104	1-0	GER	Meissner, Bernd	2402	IM	191
6	GER	Appel, Ralf	2537	GM	87	1/2	GER	Meister, Peter	2432	IM	194
7	GER	Holzke, Frank Dr.	2542	GM	112	1/2	GER	Reich, Thomas	2376	IM	209
8	GER	Handke, Florian	2483	GM	124	0-1	GER	Jorczik, Julian	2370	FM	205
Emsdetten : Erfurter SK (6,5 : 1,5)
1.Round \| Sa., 17. 10. 2009, 14 Uhr
B	Fed	Emsdetten	ELO	T	Rnr	Result	Fed	Erfurter SK	ELO	T	Rnr
1	NED	Spoelman, Wouter	2558	GM	82	1-0	CZE	Haba, Petr	2535	GM	95
2	SWE	Hector, Jonny	2572	GM	71	1/2	BEL	Michiels, Bart	2480	IM	157
3	GER	Feygin, Michael	2594	IM	92	0-1	GER	Casper, Thomas	2383	IM	195
4	NED	Janssen, Ruud	2520	IM	117	1-0	GER	Enders, Peter	2477	GM	154
5	NED	Brandenburg, Daan	2446	IM	149	1-0	GER	Mueller, Matthias	2407	IM	190
6	GER	Fiebig, Thomas	2432	-	183	1-0	GER	Voekler, Bernd	2399	FM	197
7	NED	Pruijssers, Roeland	2445	IM	184	1-0	GER	Schoene, Maria	2258	WM	242
8	GER	Zumsande, Martin	2413	IM	187	1-0	GER	Schuetze, Norman	2268	-	241
Hamburger SK : SF Berlin (4,5 : 3,5)
1.Round \| Sa., 17. 10. 2009, 14 Uhr
B	Fed	Hamburger SK	ELO	T	Rnr	Result	Fed	SF Berlin	ELO	T	Rnr
1	IRI	Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan	2575	GM	63	0-1	GER	Lauber, Arnd	2519	IM	120
2	GER	Baramidze, David	2532	GM	106	1/2	GER	Polzin, Rainer	2474	GM	141
3	ROU	Rogozenco, Dorian	2540	GM	94	1/2	GER	Kraemer, Martin	2484	IM	147
4	DEN	Hansen, Sune Berg	2558	GM	84	1-0	GER	Schneider, Ilja	2510	IM	136
5	SVK	Ftacnik, Lubomir Dr.	2541	GM	105	1/2	GER	Berndt, Stephan	2450	IM	169
6	GER	Mueller, Karsten Dr.	2539	GM	114	1-0	FIN	Agopov, Mikail	2461	IM	162
7	GER	Heinemann, Thies	2470	IM	144	1/2	GER	Thiede, Lars	2453	IM	164
8	GER	Sebastian, Dirk	2418	-	168	1/2	GER	Abel, Dennes	2387	-	202
Bremen : Koenig Tegel (5,5 : 2,5)
1.Round \| Sa., 17. 10. 2009, 14 Uhr
B	Fed	Bremen	ELO	T	Rnr	Result	Fed	Koenig Tegel	ELO	T	Rnr
1	ENG	McShane, Luke James	2613	GM	44	1/2	GER	Rabiega, Robert	2531	GM	108
2	UKR	Efimenko, Zahar	2672	GM	31	1-0	GER	Stern, Rene	2501	IM	134
3	FRA	Fressinet, Laurent	2656	GM	28	1-0	CRO	Muse, Mladen	2449	GM	166
4	FIN	Nyback, Tomi	2607	GM	43	1-0	GER	Von Herman, Ulf	2424	IM	176
5	CZE	Hracek, Zbynek	2598	GM	50	1-0	CRO	Muse, Drazen	2358	IM	210
6	CZE	Babula, Vlastimil	2563	GM	69	0-1	GER	Fruebing, Stefan	2324	FM	224
7	ESP	Llaneza Vega, Marcos	2501	IM	132	0-1	GER	Sarbok, Torsten	2333	FM	230
8	FRA	Skripchenko, Almira	2441	IM	165	1-0	GER	Breier, Andreas	2431	FM	193
SC Eppingen : Muelheim (4 : 4)
1.Round \| Sa., 17. 10. 2009, 14 Uhr
B	Fed	SC Eppingen	ELO	T	Rnr	Result	Fed	Muelheim	ELO	T	Rnr
1	ISR	Postny, Evgeny	2650	GM	32	1/2	FRA	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2709	GM	8
2	HUN	Balogh, Csaba	2624	GM	39	1-0	RUS	Tregubov, Pavel V.	2644	GM	33
3	HUN	Gyimesi, Zoltan	2593	GM	58	1/2	RUS	Landa, Konstantin	2650	GM	30
4	HUN	Ruck, Robert	2553	GM	89	1/2	GER	Fridman, Daniel	2675	GM	27
5	GER	Bindrich, Falko	2516	GM	122	0-1	RUS	Potkin, Vladimir	2600	GM	49
6	HUN	Medvegy, Zoltan	2557	GM	80	1/2	GER	Berelowitsch, Alexander	2554	GM	86
7	AZE	Guliyev, Namig	2524	GM	113	1/2	GER	Hausrath, Daniel	2516	IM	111
8	GER	Paehtz, Elisabeth	2486	IM	146	1/2	UZB	Saltaev, Mihail	2507	GM	140
Bay Muenchen : Emsdetten (3 : 5)
2.Round \| So., 18. 10. 2009, 10 Uhr
B	Fed	Bay Muenchen	ELO	T	Rnr	Result	Fed	Emsdetten	ELO	T	Rnr
1	GER	Bromberger, Stefan	2524	IM	119	1/2	NED	Spoelman, Wouter	2558	GM	82
2	GER	Schenk, Andreas	2514	IM	128	1/2	SWE	Hector, Jonny	2572	GM	71
3	HUN	Reiss, Tibor	2422	IM	186	1/2	GER	Feygin, Michael	2594	IM	92
4	UKR	Belezky, Alexander	2451	IM	156	0-1	NED	Janssen, Ruud	2520	IM	117
5	GER	Meissner, Bernd	2402	IM	191	0-1	NED	Brandenburg, Daan	2446	IM	149
6	GER	Meister, Peter	2432	IM	194	1-0	GER	Fiebig, Thomas	2432	-	183
7	GER	Reich, Thomas	2376	IM	209	1/2	NED	Pruijssers, Roeland	2445	IM	184
8	GER	Jorczik, Julian	2370	FM	205	0-1	GER	Zumsande, Martin	2413	IM	187
Erfurter SK : Wattenscheid (1,5 : 6,5)
2.Round \| So., 18. 10. 2009, 10 Uhr
B	Fed	Erfurter SK	ELO	T	Rnr	Result	Fed	Wattenscheid	ELO	T	Rnr
1	CZE	Haba, Petr	2535	GM	95	0-1	RUS	Najer, Evgeniy	2677	GM	18
2	BEL	Michiels, Bart	2480	IM	157	1/2	POL	Macieja, Bartlomiej	2614	GM	41
3	GER	Casper, Thomas	2383	IM	195	0-1	POL	Bartel, Mateusz	2562	GM	47
4	GER	Enders, Peter	2477	GM	154	1/2	POL	Czarnota, Pawel	2537	GM	97
5	GER	Mueller, Matthias	2407	IM	190	0-1	RUS	Rustemov, Alexander	2567	GM	104
6	GER	Voekler, Bernd	2399	FM	197	1/2	GER	Appel, Ralf	2537	GM	87
7	GER	Schoene, Maria	2258	WM	242	0-1	GER	Holzke, Frank Dr.	2542	GM	112
8	GER	Schuetze, Norman	2268	-	241	0-1	GER	Handke, Florian	2483	GM	124
SF Berlin : Bremen (3,5 : 4,5)
2.Round \| So., 18. 10. 2009, 10 Uhr
B	Fed	SF Berlin	ELO	T	Rnr	Result	Fed	Bremen	ELO	T	Rnr
1	GER	Lauber, Arnd	2519	IM	120	1/2	ENG	McShane, Luke James	2613	GM	44
2	GER	Polzin, Rainer	2474	GM	141	0-1	UKR	Efimenko, Zahar	2672	GM	31
3	GER	Kraemer, Martin	2484	IM	147	1/2	FRA	Fressinet, Laurent	2656	GM	28
4	GER	Schneider, Ilja	2510	IM	136	1/2	FIN	Nyback, Tomi	2607	GM	43
5	GER	Berndt, Stephan	2450	IM	169	1/2	CZE	Hracek, Zbynek	2598	GM	50
6	FIN	Agopov, Mikail	2461	IM	162	1/2	CZE	Babula, Vlastimil	2563	GM	69
7	GER	Thiede, Lars	2453	IM	164	1/2	ESP	Llaneza Vega, Marcos	2501	IM	132
8	GER	Abel, Dennes	2387	-	202	1/2	FRA	Skripchenko, Almira	2441	IM	165
Koenig Tegel : Hamburger SK (3 : 5)
2.Round \| So., 18. 10. 2009, 10 Uhr
B	Fed	Koenig Tegel	ELO	T	Rnr	Result	Fed	Hamburger SK	ELO	T	Rnr
1	GER	Rabiega, Robert	2531	GM	108	1/2	IRI	Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan	2575	GM	63
2	GER	Stern, Rene	2501	IM	134	1/2	GER	Baramidze, David	2532	GM	106
3	CRO	Muse, Mladen	2449	GM	166	1/2	ROU	Rogozenco, Dorian	2540	GM	94
4	GER	Von Herman, Ulf	2424	IM	176	0-1	DEN	Hansen, Sune Berg	2558	GM	84
5	CRO	Muse, Drazen	2358	IM	210	0-1	SVK	Ftacnik, Lubomir Dr.	2541	GM	105
6	GER	Fruebing, Stefan	2324	FM	224	0-1	GER	Mueller, Karsten Dr.	2539	GM	114
7	GER	Sarbok, Torsten	2333	FM	230	1/2	GER	Heinemann, Thies	2470	IM	144
8	GER	Breier, Andreas	2431	FM	193	1-0	GER	Sebastian, Dirk	2418	-	168
Muelheim : SG Trier (5 : 3)
2.Round \| So., 18. 10. 2009, 10 Uhr
B	Fed	Muelheim	ELO	T	Rnr	Result	Fed	SG Trier	ELO	T	Rnr
1	FRA	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2709	GM	8	1/2	ROU	Lupulescu, Constantin	2599	GM	55
2	RUS	Tregubov, Pavel V.	2644	GM	33	1/2	ENG	Gordon, Stephen	2535	GM	100
3	RUS	Landa, Konstantin	2650	GM	30	1/2	HUN	Erdos, Viktor	2591	GM	59
4	GER	Fridman, Daniel	2675	GM	27	1-0	HUN	Galyas, Miklos	2465	IM	155
5	RUS	Potkin, Vladimir	2600	GM	49	1/2	GER	Seger, Ruediger	2407	IM	192
6	GER	Berelowitsch, Alexander	2554	GM	86	1-0	GER	Kolbus, Dietmar	2355	IM	215
7	GER	Hausrath, Daniel	2516	IM	111	0-1	ROU	Cioara, Andrei Nestor	2415	IM	185
8	UZB	Saltaev, Mihail	2507	GM	140	1-0	MDA	Goriachnik, Dmitry	2310	-	228
Katernberg : SC Eppingen (1,5 : 6,5)
2.Round \| So., 18. 10. 2009, 10 Uhr
B	Fed	Katernberg	ELO	T	Rnr	Result	Fed	SC Eppingen	ELO	T	Rnr
1	UKR	Volokitin, Andrei	2681	GM	19	1/2	ISR	Postny, Evgeny	2650	GM	32
2	GER	Seel, Christian	2505	IM	139	1/2	HUN	Balogh, Csaba	2624	GM	39
3	GER	Bischoff, Klaus	2544	GM	75	0-1	HUN	Gyimesi, Zoltan	2593	GM	58
4	GER	Zaragatski, Ilja	2480	IM	150	1/2	HUN	Ruck, Robert	2553	GM	89
5	GER	Thesing, Matthias	2407	IM	181	0-1	GER	Bindrich, Falko	2516	GM	122
6	GER	Siebrecht, Sebastian	2445	GM	159	0-1	HUN	Medvegy, Zoltan	2557	GM	80
7	GER	Hoolt, Sarah	2223	WM	255	0-1	AZE	Guliyev, Namig	2524	GM	113
8	GER	Kotainy, Jens	2239	-	249	0-1	GER	Paehtz, Elisabeth	2486	IM	146
Baden-Baden : SC Remagen (5 : 3)
2.Round \| So., 18. 10. 2009, 10 Uhr
B	Fed	Baden-Baden	ELO	T	Rnr	Result	Fed	SC Remagen	ELO	T	Rnr
1	RUS	Svidler, Peter	2732	GM	4	1/2	ROU	Parligras, Mircea	2560	GM	90
2	ESP	Shirov, Alexei	2736	GM	6	1-0	FRA	Degraeve, Jean-Marc	2567	GM	64
3	SVK	Movsesian, Sergei	2699	GM	10	1/2	BEL	Dgebuadze, Alexandre	2534	GM	116
4	GER	Naiditsch, Arkadij	2694	GM	16	1-0	GER	Mainka, Romuald	2494	GM	135
5	DEN	Nielsen, Peter-Heine	2690	GM	15	1-0	GER	Teske, Henrik	2542	GM	93
6	GER	Gustafsson, Jan	2613	GM	38	1/2	SRB	Popovic, Petar	2506	GM	138
7	GER	Dautov, Rustem	2586	GM	57	1/2	GER	Kipper, Jens	2406	-	196
8	GER	Schlosser, Philipp	2527	GM	81	0-1	GER	Schulz, Klaus-Juergen	2413	IM	200
Heidelberg-HSH : SG Solingen (2 : 6)
2.Round \| So., 18. 10. 2009, 10 Uhr
B	Fed	Heidelberg-HSH	ELO	T	Rnr	Result	Fed	SG Solingen	ELO	T	Rnr
1	RUS	Ikonnikov, Viacheslav	2567	GM	78	1/2	NED	Smeets, Jan	2633	GM	35
2	GER	Ginsburg, Gennadi	2542	GM	96	1/2	BIH	Nikolic, Predrag	2597	GM	53
3	UKR	Gurevic, Vladimir	2484	GM	152	1/2	GER	Buhmann, Rainer	2591	GM	52
4	ROU	Chernov, Vadim	2424	IM	172	0-1	NED	Werle, Jan	2572	GM	74
5	GER	Gerigk, Erasmus	2331	FM	225	0-1	NED	L'Ami, Erwin	2610	GM	48
6	GER	Schwalfenberg, Joerg	2320	FM	231	1/2	AUT	Ragger, Markus	2558	GM	76
7	GER	Vatter, Hans-Joachim	2313	FM	229	0-1	GER	Naumann, Alexander	2532	GM	115
8	GER	Syska, Albert	2243	FM	245	0-1	GER	Hoffmann, Michael	2525	GM	123

Bundesliga (GER), 16 x 2009 - 11 iv 2010 Leading Round 2 Standings:
Rd	Team	R	+	=	-	MP	BP
1	Emsdetten	3	3	0	0	6	16
2	SC Eppingen	3	2	1	0	5	16
3	Wattenscheid	3	2	0	1	4	14.5
4	Bremen	2	2	0	0	4	10
5	Baden-Baden	2	2	0	0	4	9.5
6	Hamburger SK	2	2	0	0	4	9.5
7	Muelheim	2	1	1	0	3	9
8	SG Solingen	2	1	0	1	2	9.5
9	SC Remagen	2	1	0	1	2	8.5
10	Katernberg	2	1	0	1	2	6
11	SF Berlin	2	0	0	2	0	7
12	Bay Muenchen	2	0	0	2	0	6.5
13	Koenig Tegel	2	0	0	2	0	5.5
14	SG Trier	3	0	0	3	0	9
15	Heidelberg-HSH	2	0	0	2	0	4.5
16	Erfurter SK	2	0	0	2	0	3

5) Anand - Topalov Sofia 2010

ChessBase and ChessDom are reporting that FIDE have accepted the Sofia bid to host the FIDE World Championship Match between World Champion Viswanathan Anand and his challenger Veselin Topalov. The dates quoted in their bid are April 5th-24th 2010 and there will be a 12 game match for the title. If the match is drawn there will be playoff starting with a tie-break of four rapid games.

FIDE announced on October 1st 2009 that after their first deadline they had received three bids had been received at the FIDE Secretariat in Athens. These bid were from Bulgaria, Singapore and Turkey. However they were not accompanied by accompanied by financial guarantees. However none of the bids provided such a guarantee and they extended the deadline until October 15th to meet this condition.

This deadline coincided with the 80th FIDE Congress in Halkidiki, Greece October 11th - 18th, 2009.

Today it has been announced (although not yet on the FIDE website) that the bid from Sofia, Bulgaria is the only bid to come up with a guarantee, in this case in the form of a letter from the Bulgarian PM Boiko Borisov. Thus FIDE unanimously accepted the bid.

According to ChessDom the bid is for a prize fund of 3 million euros and the venue NDK in Sofia which is the same building where the Topalov - Kamsky match took place, although in a larger hall.

Anand has indicated that he will obviously have to negotiate a contract for the event.

In distant past champions and challengers regularly refused to play venues they didn't like, but that was then, this is now.

Finally a word of warning. I've been covering chess on the internet for 15 years now. I haven't kept score, but I would say well over half such "announcements" of venues, dates and so forth for title matches, turned out to be wrong. I go right back to the PCA run Anand - Kasparov match where I had an "exclusive" that it was all fixed for Germany, turned out to be in USA. Since then it is FIDE that have quite a record of announcements that don't turn out to be that final. That said, it's really hard to see an alternative to Sofia in this case.

6) US Women's Championship

The US Women's Championship takes place in Saint Louis 4th-13th October 2009.

Official site: http://www.saintlouischessclub.org/US-Womens-Championship-2009http://www.saintlouischessclub.org/US-Womens-Championship-2009

ch-USA w Saint Louis (USA), 4-13 x 2009												cat. II (2292)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Zatonskih, Anna	m	USA	2462	*	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8½	2717
2.	Baginskaite, Camilla	wg	USA	2317	½	*	0	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	6½	2455
3.	Krush, Irina	m	USA	2458	0	1	*	½	0	1	1	½	½	1	5½	2353
4.	Melekhina, Alisa	wm	USA	2220	0	½	½	*	1	½	1	0	1	1	5½	2380
5.	Abrahamyan, Tatev	wf	USA	2275	0	0	1	0	*	½	½	1	0	1	4	2251
6.	Goletiani, Rusudan	wg	USA	2391	0	½	0	½	½	*	0	1	0	1	3½	2201
7.	Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	wg	USA	2320	0	0	0	0	½	1	*	1	1	0	3½	2209
8.	Zenyuk, Iryna	wf	USA	2285	0	0	½	1	0	0	0	*	1	½	3	2167
9.	Fan Yun		USA	1935	0	0	½	0	1	1	0	0	*	0	2½	2165
10.	Battsetseg, Tsagaan	wm	USA	2258	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	1	*	2½	2129

Round 9 (October 13, 2009)
Zatonskih, Anna	- Fan Yun	1-0	48	E04	Catalan
Baginskaite, Camilla	- Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	1-0	53	D10	Slav Defence
Melekhina, Alisa	- Battsetseg, Tsagaan	1-0	34	E91	King's Indian Classical
Abrahamyan, Tatev	- Krush, Irina	1-0	43	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Goletiani, Rusudan	- Zenyuk, Iryna	1-0	41	A26	English Sicilian Attack

7) First Saturday October

The First Saturday Budapest, Hungary, GM-IM-FM round robin tournaments took place 3rd-12th October 2009. Attila Czebe took clear first place in the GM group with 6/9.

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

FSGM October Budapest (HUN), 3-12 x 2009												cat. VIII (2437)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Czebe, Attila	g	HUN	2485	*	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	6	2556
2.	Esen, Baris	m	TUR	2494	½	*	1	½	0	½	½	½	1	1	5½	2510
3.	Shankland, Samuel L	m	USA	2474	0	0	*	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	5½	2512
4.	Szabo, Krisztian1	m	HUN	2489	½	½	0	*	1	0	0	1	1	1	5	2473
5.	Ilincic, Zlatko	g	SRB	2474	½	1	1	0	*	½	½	½	½	0	4½	2432
6.	Fodor, Tamas jr	f	HUN	2430	½	½	½	1	½	*	½	½	0	½	4½	2437
7.	Varga, Zoltan	g	HUN	2481	½	½	0	1	½	½	*	½	½	½	4½	2431
8.	Wittmann, Walter	m	AUT	2291	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	3½	2372
9.	Solomon, Kenny	m	RSA	2369	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	½	*	1	3½	2364
10.	Erdelyi, Zombor		HUN	2380	0	0	0	0	1	½	½	½	0	*	2½	2277

FSIMA October Budapest (HUN), 3-12 x 2009												cat. I (2259)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Le Thanh Tu	wg	VIE	2305	*	½	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	2474
2.	Dencsi, Tibor	f	HUN	2338	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	6½	2416
3.	Lengyel, Bela	m	HUN	2251	1	½	*	0	½	1	1	½	½	1	6	2385
4.	Adams, Nick A		USA	2221	½	½	1	*	½	½	0	1	½	½	5	2306
5.	Roberts, Paul		SCO	2193	0	0	½	½	*	½	1	½	½	1	4½	2266
6.	Rooze, Jan	f	BEL	2253	0	½	0	½	½	*	1	0	1	1	4½	2260
7.	Berczes, Csaba	m	HUN	2368	0	½	0	1	0	0	*	1	1	1	4½	2247
8.	Kahn, Evarth	m	HUN	2245	0	0	½	0	½	1	0	*	½	½	3	2136
9.	Vegh, Endre	m	HUN	2296	0	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	*	0	2	2035
10.	Dave, Dhyani	wf	IND	2124	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	1	*	2	2054

FSIMB October Budapest (HUN), 3-12 x 2009												cat. I (2274)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Papp, Petra		HUN	2192	*	0	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	6½	2448
2.	Ferkingstad, Sjur		NOR	2292	1	*	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	6	2396
3.	Turzo, Attila	m	HUN	2314	0	1	*	0	½	½	1	1	½	1	5½	2349
4.	Farago, Sandor	m	HUN	2236	½	1	1	*	1	0	½	0	0	1	5	2320
5.	Kislik, Erik Andrew	f	USA	2339	0	1	½	0	*	1	½	½	1	½	5	2309
6.	Nguyen, Thanh Son	m	VIE	2437	½	0	½	1	0	*	1	½	½	1	5	2298
7.	Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij	m	HUN	2256	½	0	0	½	½	0	*	1	1	½	4	2232
8.	Lyell, Mark	f	ENG	2217	0	0	0	1	½	½	0	*	1	1	4	2236
9.	Szalanczy, Emil	m	HUN	2354	0	0	½	1	0	½	0	0	*	0	2	2044
10.	Malinarski, Yehuda		ISR	2098	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	1	*	2	2073

8) Los Angeles Open

The 2009 Los Angeles Open, held at the LAX Hilton October 8th-11th 2009, attracted 92 players, including one GM and four IMs. Taking first place in the Open section with 4.5 out of 5 was IM Andranik Matikozyan, who defeated fellow IMs Tim Taylor and Enrico Sevillano. Next at 4-i were GM Melikset Khachiyan, IM Jack Peters, and master Alexandre Kretchetov. John Hillery directed for Western Chess. News: John Hillery.

Complete standings are available at http://www.westernchess.com/lao09/standings.html

9) Reykjavik Chessclub championship Group A

Reykjavik Chessclub championship Group A took place 20th September - 14th October 2009. Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson lead with 8/8 but did lose the final round. Games from round 8 are incomplete.

Results http://chess-results.com/tnr25606.aspx

Games: http://hornid.com/cgi-bin/mwf/topic_show.pl?tid=9818

Official site: http://www.taflfelag.is

ch-ChessClub A Reykjavik (ISL), 20 ix-14 x 2009
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn		ISL	2320	*	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	8	2586
2.	Ptacnikova, Lenka	wg	ISL	2285	0	*	½	1	½	1	1	1	½	1	6½	2405
3.	Johannesson, Ingvar Thor	f	ISL	2323	0	½	*	1	½	1	1	½	1	½	6	2360
4.	Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn	f	ISL	2287	1	0	0	*	½	1	1	1	½	½	5½	2319
5.	Sigfusson, Sigurdur	f	ISL	2335	0	½	½	½	*	1	½	½	1	1	5½	2313
6.	Ragnarsson, Johann		ISL	2118	0	0	0	0	0	*	1	1	1	1	4	2215
7.	Omarsson, Dadi		ISL	2099	0	0	0	0	½	0	*	1	1	1	3½	2180
8.	Edvardsson, Kristjan		ISL	2255	0	0	½	0	½	0	0	*	1	½	2½	2076
9.	Halldorsson, Jon Arni		ISL	2202	0	½	0	½	0	0	0	0	*	1	2	2028
10.	Fridjonsson, Julius		ISL	2216	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	½	0	*	1½	1974

10) Panamerican U20 Championship

The Panamericano U20 took place in Montevideo 6th-12th October 2009. Ray Robson scored 8/9 to win the Pan-American juniors by a point and a half. This result earned him the GM title.

Official site: http://www.fuajedrez.com/panam_sub20/index.html

Panamericano U20 Montevideo (URU), 6-12 x 2009
Rank	SNo.	Name		FED	Elo	Pts	Res.	Prog	BUC	BUC
1	1	Robson Ray	IM	USA	2527	8	0	43½	39	48
2	3	Tristan Leonardo	IM	ARG	2412	6½	½	33	40	53
3	2	Diamant Andre	GM	BRA	2526	6½	½	31	38½	51
4	5	Ibarra Chami Luis	IM	MEX	2393	6	1	33	39½	50½
5	12	Pulvett Daniel		VEN	2237	6	0	27½	37	46
6	4	Gallego Andres		COL	2404	5½	0	31½	37	49
7	6	Macias Bryan	FM	ECU	2363	5½	0	29½	38	50
8	7	Diaz Ciro		ECU	2323	5½	0	29½	34½	45
9	9	Krysa Leandro		ARG	2284	5½	0	27	34½	43½
10	20	Mamani Joan		PER	2060	5½	0	25	32½	42
11	13	Garcia Guerrero Isaac		MEX	2156	5	0	29	34½	46
12	8	Garcia Cardenas Pablo		CHI	2312	5	0	28	37	49
13	14	Vazquez Reyes Raul		PUR	2137	5	0	26½	32	41
14	29	Carbone Diego		URU	1912	5	0	20½	30½	39½
15	16	Arcos Facio Mateo		URU	2109	4½	0	24½	32½	41
16	17	Coppola Claudio		URU	2105	4½	0	24½	33	42½
17	15	Sanguinetti Luis		URU	2116	4½	0	23	29	38
18	10	Meza Hugo	FM	ARG	2276	4½	0	20½	31	40
19	19	Silveira Shubert		URU	2065	4½	0	19½	26½	35½
20	33	Gieseler Ronny		BRA	0	4½	0	18	26½	34½
21	11	Uribe Daniel		COL	2264	4	0	24	33½	41½
22	30	Michailov Matias		URU	1886	4	0	20½	31	39
23	23	Izquierdo Sebastian		URU	2018	4	0	19	29½	38
24	21	Decuadro Sebastian		URU	2034	4	0	18½	27½	35½
25	25	Ibanez Rodrigo		URU	1934	4	0	17	27	34½
26	27	Hurtado Matias		CHI	1920	3½	0	17½	27	35
27	24	Cucchi Nicolas		URU	1963	3½	0	15½	26	34
28	22	Vaz Leonardo		URU	2028	3	1	17½	29½	38
29	28	Gonzalez Reyes Gabriel		CHI	1917	3	0	16	28	36½
30	32	Augoustis Alexis		URU	0	2½	0	15½	26	33
31	34	Pugliese Facundo		URU	0	2½	0	11½	22½	30
32	26	Cabezas Gonzalo		CHI	1929	2½	0	10½	24½	32½
33	18	Carlo Daniel		BOL	2091	2½	0	9	23	33½
34	31	Arrieta Gonzalo		URU	0	2½	0	8½	23½	31

11) World Chess Tour Moscow 2009

Igor Glek reports: Two round-robin tournaments took place in Moscow 4th-12th as part of the Classical Chess WCT non-stop tournaments series in Moscow.

In the GM tournament (the third GM event since series started in July) the first GM Norm has been made! The happy winner was IM Alexei Gavrilov with 6.5 in 9 games who made a great comeback after his unlucky participation in the first GM tournament in July. The other norms were made for a second time by 17-year-old Ivan Aldokhin (of IM) and Anastasia Savina (of WGM).

Rating favorite GM Vitaly Kunin (GER) finished in 2nd place on 6 points. 13 year old IM Illya Nyzhnik from Ukraine had excellent chances for a GM norm after a 2/2 start, but finally fell just a 1 point short with 5.5 points Illya finished in 3rd place, missing good opportunity to became youngest GM in the World.

In the IM event WIM Alexandra Shumilina became a winner as well as making a WGM norm.

The games will be available soon.

Official site: http://www.chess-events.org/

3rd GM World Chess Tour Moscow (RUS) 4-12 x 2009												cat. VIII (2440)
Rank	Norm	Title	Name	Fed.	Born	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points
9-10			Arslanov. Shamil	RUS	1992	2392		½	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	0	3
1	GM	IM	Gavrilov. Alexei	RUS	1960	2464	½		½	1	1	1	1	½	0	1	6.5
5-6		GM	Krivoshey. Sergey	UKR	1971	2497	½	½		½	½	½	½	½	½	½	4.5
3		IM	Nyzhnyk. Illya	UKR	1996	2491	½	0	½		0	1	1	1	½	1	5.5
2		GM	Kunin. Vitaly	GER	1983	2544	1	0	½	1		1	½	1	½	½	6
7-8		IM	Stukopin. Andrey	RUS	1994	2404	½	0	½	0	0		1	0	1	½	3.5
9-10		GM	Khruschiov. Alexey	MDA	1982	2399	1	0	½	0	½	0		0	½	½	3
5-6	WGM		Savina. Anastasia	RUS	1992	2382	½	½	½	0	0	1	1		0	1	4.5
4	IM	FM	Aldokhin. Ivan	RUS	1992	2406	½	1	½	½	½	0	½	1		½	5
7-9		FM	Dubov. Daniil	RUS	1996	2416	1	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	½		3.5

1st IM World Chess Tour Moscow (RUS) 4-12 x 2009												cat. II (2294)
Rank	Norm	Title	Name	Fed.	Born	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points
10		IM	Zakharchenko. Arnold	UKR	1939	2255		0	½	0	0	0	0	1	0	½	2
9		WIM	Paikidze. Nazi	GEO	1993	2279	1		0	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	3
1	WGM	WIM	Shumilina. Alexandra	RUS	1986	2276	½	1		1	½	½	0	1	½	1	6
5			Inants. Aghasi	ARM	1990	2192	1	1	0		1	½	0	1	½	-	5
2-4			Varnavski. Sergei	BLR	1988	2303	1	½	½	0		½	1	1	½	½	5.5
2-4		FM	Dvalishvili. Pavel S.	RUS	1973	2476	1	½	½	½	½		1	½	1	0	5.5
6-7		WGM	Kashlinskaya. Alina	RUS	1993	2286	1	½	1	1	0	0		0	1	0	4.5
8		IM	Losev. Dmitry	RUS	1956	2287	0	1	0	0	0	½	1		½	½	3.5
6-7		IM	Chudinovskikh. Alexander	RUS	1957	2363	1	1	½	½	½	0	0	½		½	4.5
2-4			Li. Vladimir	RUS	1988	2223	½	½	0	+	½	1	1	½	½		5.5

12) Chigorin Memorial 2009

The Chigorin Memorial takes place in St Petersburg 14th-25th October 2009. The Rapid tournament finished with a win for Zaven Andriasian. The Open tournament has got under way.

The Chigorin Memorial 2009 (St Petersburg RUS) takes place Wed 14th Oct 2009 - Sun 25th Oct 2009.

Open (264 players 9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1))

Rapid (159 players 11 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:15m+5spm)

Blitz (22 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:5m)

Official site: http://www.totalchess.spb.ru/

Chigorin Memorial Open St Petersburg (RUS), 16-24 x 2009 Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
Rank	Name	Ti	Fed.	Rating	Score	TPR
1	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	GM	KAZ	2643	3.5	2812
2	Fedorov, Alexei	GM	BLR	2600	3.5	2773
3	Chadaev, Nikolai	IM	RUS	2561	3.5	2719
4	Dreev, Alexey	GM	RUS	2659	3.5	2809
5	Deviatkin, Andrei	GM	RUS	2593	3.5	2752
6	Romanov, Evgeny	GM	RUS	2588	3.5	2764
7	Kurnosov, Igor	GM	RUS	2669	3.5	2819
8	Maletin, Pavel	GM	RUS	2576	3.5	2739
9	Volkov, Sergey	GM	RUS	2616	3.5	2793
10	Yemelin, Vasily	GM	RUS	2570	3.5	2715
11	Negi, Parimarjan	GM	IND	2615	3.5	2779
12	Evdokimov, Alexander A.	GM	RUS	2556	3.5	2718
13	Yakovich, Yuri	GM	RUS	2576	3.5	2674
14	Savchenko, Boris	GM	RUS	2638	3	2650
15	Turov, Maxim	GM	RUS	2595	3	2584
16	Azarov, Sergei	GM	BLR	2625	3	2628
17	Zinchenko, Yaroslav	GM	UKR	2539	3	2650
18	Rychagov, Andrey	GM	RUS	2552	3	2668
19	Klimov, Sergey	GM	RUS	2501	3	2694
20	Kokarev, Dmitry	GM	RUS	2630	3	2648
21	Lysyj, Igor	GM	RUS	2612	3	2617
22	Kobalia, Mikhail	GM	RUS	2648	3	2658
23	Vorobiov, Evgeny E.	GM	RUS	2606	3	2576
24	Popov, Valerij	GM	RUS	2595	3	2613
25	Epishin, Vladimir	GM	RUS	2590	3	2587
26	Kryakvin, Dmitry	GM	RUS	2571	3	2542
27	Alavkin, Arseny	IM	RUS	2428	3	2653
28	Burmakin, Vladimir	GM	RUS	2599	3	2599
29	Khairullin, Ildar	GM	RUS	2604	3	2619
30	Zhou, Weiqi	GM	CHN	2593	3	2578
31	Vysochin, Spartak	GM	UKR	2550	3	2580
32	Simonian, Hrair	GM	ARM	2513	3	2624
33	Romanenko, Vladimir	IM	BLR	2505	3	2572
34	Areshchenko, Alexander	GM	UKR	2667	3	2614
35	Svetlov, Dmitry	FM	RUS	2399	3	2646
36	Gabrielian, Artur	IM	RUS	2513	3	2616
37	Petrosian, Davit G.	GM	ARM	2504	3	2576
38	Rozum, Ivan	IM	RUS	2457	3	2608
39	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	FM	IND	2423	3	2669
40	Andriasian, Zaven	GM	ARM	2612	3	2588
41	Sjugirov, Sanan	GM	RUS	2585	3	2576
42	Malakhatko, Vadim	GM	BEL	2569	3	2537
43	Wen, Yang	GM	CHN	2538	3	2570
44	Bellaiche, Anthony	IM	FRA	2435	3	2551
45	Nukin, Askhat	FM	KAZ	2353	3	2596
46	Vokarev, Sergey	GM	RUS	2505	3	2531
47	Goganov, Aleksey	FM	RUS	2442	3	2600
48	Kovalenko, Igor	IM	UKR	2484	3	2524
49	Skomorokhin, Roman	IM	RUS	2413	3	2569
50	Danin, Alexandre	IM	RUS	2517	3	2571
51	Pankov, German	FM	RUS	2359	3	2602
52	Grigoriants, Sergey	GM	RUS	2564	3	2530
53	Babujian, Levon	IM	ARM	2474	3	2620
54	Tunik, Gennady	GM	RUS	2493	3	2532
55	Harikrishna, P.	GM	IND	2673	3	2588
56	Melkumyan, Hrant	GM	ARM	2569	3	2504
57	Del Rio De Angelis, Salvad	GM	ESP	2559	3	2520
58	Hovhannisyan, Robert	IM	ARM	2463	3	2557
59	Anisimov, Pavel	IM	RUS	2518	3	2495
60	Badmatsyrenov, Oleg	FM	RUS	2437	3	2481
61	Makarov, Marat	GM	RUS	2505	3	2449
62	Papin, Vasily	IM	RUS	2529	3	2522
63	Yankovsky, Roman		RUS	2314	3	2517
64	Amonatov, Farrukh	GM	TJK	2643	3	2467
65	Yudin, Sergei	IM	RUS	2599	3	2484
66	Shimanov, Aleksandr	GM	RUS	2508	3	2457
67	Zherebukh, Yaroslav	GM	UKR	2544	2.5	2486
159 players

Chigorin Memorial Rapid St Petersburg (RUS), 14-15 x 2009 Final Round 11 Standings:
Rank	Name	Ti	Fed.	Rating	Score	TPR
1	Andriasian, Zaven	GM	ARM	2612	9.5	2873
2	Khairullin, Ildar	GM	RUS	2604	8.5	2737
3	Kovalenko, Igor	IM	UKR	2484	8.5	2771
4	Vorobiov, Evgeny E.	GM	RUS	2606	8.5	2715
5	Epishin, Vladimir	GM	RUS	2590	8	2676
6	Dreev, Alexey	GM	RUS	2659	8	2736
7	Vysochin, Spartak	GM	UKR	2550	8	2690
8	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	GM	BLR	2639	8	2674
9	Shomoev, Anton	GM	RUS	2566	8	2653
10	Savchenko, Boris	GM	RUS	2638	8	2643
11	Zhigalko, Andrey	GM	BLR	2601	8	2641
12	Matlakov, Maxim	IM	RUS	2574	7.5	2644
13	Bareev, Evgeny	GM	RUS	2633	7.5	2670
14	Melkumyan, Hrant	GM	ARM	2569	7.5	2655
15	Yudin, Sergei	IM	RUS	2599	7.5	2630
16	Ovetchkin, Roman	GM	RUS	2556	7.5	2622
17	Sakaev, Konstantin	GM	RUS	2625	7.5	2625
18	Negi, Parimarjan	GM	IND	2615	7.5	2607
19	Chadaev, Nikolai	IM	RUS	2561	7.5	2675
20	Iordachescu, Viorel	GM	MDA	2607	7	2647
21	Harikrishna, P.	GM	IND	2673	7	2637
22	Kokarev, Dmitry	GM	RUS	2630	7	2612
23	Sandipan, Chanda	GM	IND	2611	7	2639
24	Amonatov, Farrukh	GM	TJK	2643	7	2619
25	Danin, Alexandre	IM	RUS	2517	7	2628
26	Zherebukh, Yaroslav	GM	UKR	2544	7	2568
27	Lafuente, Pablo	GM	ARG	2559	7	2607
28	Lysyj, Igor	GM	RUS	2612	7	2568
29	Pavlov, Sergey	IM	UKR	2507	7	2552
30	Romanov, Evgeny	GM	RUS	2588	7	2526
31	Kryakvin, Dmitry	GM	RUS	2571	7	2555
32	Yemelin, Vasily	GM	RUS	2570	7	2549
33	Maletin, Pavel	GM	RUS	2576	7	2531
34	Rozum, Ivan	IM	RUS	2457	7	2607
35	Shimanov, Aleksandr	GM	RUS	2508	7	2599
36	Popov, Valerij	GM	RUS	2595	7	2527
37	Klimov, Sergey	GM	RUS	2501	7	2451
38	Azarov, Sergei	GM	BLR	2625	6.5	2619
159 players

13) 10th Veselin Boskovic Memorial

Chess Club Veselin Boskovic in cooperation with Belgrade Chess Federation organised the 10th Veselin Boskovic Memorial tournament. It took place 29th September- 3rd October Belgrade, Serbia. Grandmaster Nikola Sedlak won the event beating Dejan Pekula . The event was a knockout.

Official site: http://www.beochess.rs/

14) 1st Duchamp Memorial

The 1st Duchamp Memorial took place in Buenos Aires 4th-13th October 2009. Federico Perez Ponsa and Jorge Cori finished on 6½/9.

Official site: http://www.cargentinodeajedrez.com.ar/2009/torneos/1magistral_duchamps/duchamps.htm

1st Duchamp Mem Buenos Aires (ARG), 4-13 x 2009												cat. IX (2457)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Perez Ponsa, Federico	m	ARG	2422	*	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	6½	2626
2.	Cori, Jorge	f	PER	2445	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	6½	2624
3.	Mareco, Sandro	m	ARG	2525	0	½	*	½	½	0	1	1	1	1	5½	2529
4.	Liascovich, Lucas	m	ARG	2454	½	½	½	*	½	0	1	½	½	1	5	2500
5.	Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto	g	MEX	2540	½	½	½	½	*	1	1	0	½	0	4½	2447
6.	Slipak, Sergio	g	ARG	2468	0	0	1	1	0	*	0	1	½	1	4½	2455
7.	Garcia Palermo, Carlos	g	ITA	2475	½	0	0	0	0	1	*	½	1	1	4	2412
8.	Obregon, Andres Carlos		ARG	2439	0	0	0	½	1	0	½	*	1	½	3½	2379
9.	Goldwaser, Christian		ARG	2441	½	½	0	½	½	½	0	0	*	0	2½	2292
10.	Cori T., Deysi	wm	PER	2361	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	½	1	*	2½	2301

Round 1 (October 4, 2009)
Perez Ponsa, Federico	- Slipak, Sergio	1-0	46	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Cori, Jorge	- Obregon, Andres Carlos	1-0	53	B85	Sicilian Scheveningen
Garcia Palermo, Carlos	- Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto	0-1	35	D78	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Goldwaser, Christian	- Mareco, Sandro	0-1	45	A17	English Opening
Cori T., Deysi	- Liascovich, Lucas	0-1	37	D90	Gruenfeld Flohr
Round 2 (October 5, 2009)
Mareco, Sandro	- Liascovich, Lucas	½-½	18	D26	QGA
Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto	- Cori, Jorge	½-½	30	C55	Two Knights Defence
Slipak, Sergio	- Garcia Palermo, Carlos	0-1	82	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Obregon, Andres Carlos	- Cori T., Deysi	½-½	81	C06	French Tarrasch
Goldwaser, Christian	- Perez Ponsa, Federico	½-½	27	D46	Semi-Slav Defence
Round 3 (October 6, 2009)
Perez Ponsa, Federico	- Mareco, Sandro	1-0	84	B87	Sicilian Sozin Attack
Cori, Jorge	- Slipak, Sergio	1-0	69	C90	Ruy Lopez
Liascovich, Lucas	- Obregon, Andres Carlos	½-½	33	A12	Reti Opening
Garcia Palermo, Carlos	- Goldwaser, Christian	1-0	25	D20	QGA
Cori T., Deysi	- Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto	1-0	42	E69	King's Indian Fianchetto
Round 4 (October 7, 2009)
Perez Ponsa, Federico	- Garcia Palermo, Carlos	½-½	54	C10	French Rubinstein
Mareco, Sandro	- Obregon, Andres Carlos	1-0	46	A23	English Opening
Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto	- Liascovich, Lucas	½-½	29	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Slipak, Sergio	- Cori T., Deysi	1-0	77	D61	Queens Gambit Main Line with 7.Qc2
Goldwaser, Christian	- Cori, Jorge	½-½	24	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Round 5 (October 8, 2009)
Cori, Jorge	- Perez Ponsa, Federico	½-½	39	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Liascovich, Lucas	- Slipak, Sergio	0-1	22	A21	English Opening
Garcia Palermo, Carlos	- Mareco, Sandro	0-1	36	A12	Reti Opening
Obregon, Andres Carlos	- Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto	1-0	29	B49	Sicilian Paulsen
Cori T., Deysi	- Goldwaser, Christian	1-0	63	D24	QGA
Round 6 (October 9, 2009)
Perez Ponsa, Federico	- Cori T., Deysi	1-0	48	C18	French Winawer
Mareco, Sandro	- Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto	½-½	36	E90	King's Indian Classical
Slipak, Sergio	- Obregon, Andres Carlos	1-0	61	B23	Sicilian Closed
Garcia Palermo, Carlos	- Cori, Jorge	0-1	44	D46	Semi-Slav Defence
Goldwaser, Christian	- Liascovich, Lucas	½-½	21	D97	Gruenfeld Russian
Round 7 (October 11, 2009)
Cori, Jorge	- Mareco, Sandro	½-½	54	B84	Sicilian Scheveningen
Liascovich, Lucas	- Perez Ponsa, Federico	½-½	66	D78	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto	- Slipak, Sergio	1-0	35	A45	Trompowsky
Obregon, Andres Carlos	- Goldwaser, Christian	1-0	27	B96	Sicilian Najdorf
Cori T., Deysi	- Garcia Palermo, Carlos	0-1	45	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Round 8 (October 12, 2009)
Perez Ponsa, Federico	- Obregon, Andres Carlos	1-0	42	B03	Alekhine's Defence
Cori, Jorge	- Cori T., Deysi	1-0	52	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Mareco, Sandro	- Slipak, Sergio	0-1	40	E18	Queens Indian
Garcia Palermo, Carlos	- Liascovich, Lucas	0-1	31	A20	English Opening
Goldwaser, Christian	- Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto	½-½	14	A41	Modern Defence
Round 9 (October 13, 2009)
Liascovich, Lucas	- Cori, Jorge	½-½	42	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto	- Perez Ponsa, Federico	½-½	10	D79	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Slipak, Sergio	- Goldwaser, Christian	½-½	53	D23	QGA
Obregon, Andres Carlos	- Garcia Palermo, Carlos	½-½	17	C10	French Rubinstein
Cori T., Deysi	- Mareco, Sandro	0-1	26	E11	Bogo Indian Defence

15) Chess in Lebanon

The 5th Arab Women Chess InterClubs Championship 2009 took place in Beirut - Lebanon 8th - 14th October 2009. AlMouhafaza (Syria) won the tournament. I will try and round the games up next week. Already the Beirut 3rd International Open Chess Championship 2009 is under way.

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

16) US Chess League

The US Chess League got under way on August 31st 2009. Reaches week 7.

http://www.uschessleague.com/

US Chess League ICC (INT), 31 viii - 5 xii 2009
EASTERN DIVISION	W	L	Game Points	Opps Avg Rating	Opps Record
@ - Boston	6.0	1.0	19.0/28 (68%)	2398	13.0-25.0 (34%)
@ - New Jersey	6.0	1.0	17.5/28 (63%)	2405	19.0-21.0 (48%)
New York	3.5	3.5	15.5/28 (55%)	2415	24.0-16.0 (60%)
Baltimore	3.0	4.0	13.0/28 (46%)	2410	21.0-21.0 (50%)
Philadelphia	2.5	4.5	12.0/28 (43%)	2415	20.5-21.5 (49%)
Queens	2.0	5.0	11.0/28 (39%)	2424	21.0-19.0 (53%)
Carolina	1.0	6.0	8.5/28 (30%)	2422	21.5-18.5 (54%)
WESTERN DIVISION	W	L	Game Points	Opps Avg Rating	Opps Record
@ - Seattle	6.0	1.0	17.0/28 (61%)	2410	21.0-21.0 (50%)
Arizona	4.0	3.0	16.0/28 (57%)	2403	23.0-19.0 (53%)
San Francisco	4.0	3.0	15.0/28 (54%)	2416	23.0-17.0 (58%)
Miami	4.0	3.0	15.0/28 (54%)	2404	17.5-22.5 (44%)
Dallas	2.5	4.5	12.5/28 (45%)	2419	22.5-19.5 (54%)
Chicago	2.5	4.5	11.5/28 (41%)	2414	20.0-20.0 (50%)
Tennessee	2.0	5.0	12.5/28 (45%)	2402	17.0-23.0 (43%)

US Chess League ICC (INT), 31 viii - 5 xii 2009
Week1: Monday, August 31st 2009
1	Queens Pioneers	vs	Boston Blitz	Boston	3-1
2	Miami Sharks	vs	Dallas Destiny	Miami	3-1
3	San Francisco Mechanics	vs	Seattle Sluggers	Tie	2-2
Week1: Wednesday, September 2nd 2009
4	New York Knights	vs	New Jersey Knockouts	New Jersey	2.5-1.5
5	Carolina Cobras	vs	Baltimore Kingfishers	Carolina	3-1
6	Philadelphia Inventors	vs	Tennessee Tempo	Tennessee	2.5-1.5
7	Arizona Scorpions	vs	Chicago Blaze	Arizona	3.5-0.5
Week2: Tuesday, September 8th 2009
1	New Jersey Knockouts	vs	Philadelphia Inventors	New Jersey	2.5-1.5
2	Queens Pioneers	vs	Baltimore Kingfishers	Tie	2-2
3	Seattle Sluggers	vs	New York Knights	Tie	2-2
Week2: Wednesday, September 9th 2009
4	Boston Blitz	vs	Carolina Cobras	Boston	3-1
5	Chicago Blaze	vs	Miami Sharks	Miami	3-1
6	San Francisco Mechanics	vs	Dallas Destiny	San Francisco	3-1
7	Tennessee Tempo	vs	Arizona Scorpions	Tie	2-2
Week3: Monday, September 14th 2009
1	Carolina Cobras	vs	New Jersey Knockouts	New Jersey	3-1
2	Queens Pioneers	vs	New York Knights	New York	3.5-0.5
3	Baltimore Kingfishers	vs	Philadelphia Inventors	Philadelphia	2.5-1.5
4	Dallas Destiny	vs	Boston Blitz	Dallas	4-0
Week3: Wednesday, September 16th 2009
5	Tennessee Tempo	vs	Chicago Blaze	Chicago	2.5-1.5
6	Miami Sharks	vs	San Francisco Mechanics	San Francisco	3-1
7	Arizona Scorpions	vs	Seattle Sluggers	Seattle	2.5-1.5
Week4: Monday, September 21st 2009
1	Miami Sharks	vs	Tennessee Tempo	Tie	2-2
2	Chicago Blaze	vs	San Francisco Mechanics	San Francisco	2.5-1.5
3	Baltimore Kingfishers	vs	Arizona Scorpions	Baltimore	2.5-1.5
Week4: Wednesday, September 23rd 2009
4	New Jersey Knockouts	vs	New York Knights	New Jersey	2.5-1.5
5	Carolina Cobras	vs	Queens Pioneers	Queens	2.5-1.5
6	Boston Blitz	vs	Philadelphia Inventors	Boston	3.5-0.5
7	Dallas Destiny	vs	Seattle Sluggers	Seattle	3-1
Week5: Monday, September 28th 2009
1	Baltimore Kingfishers	vs	Boston Blitz	Boston	2.5-1.5
2	Miami Sharks	vs	Carolina Cobras	Miami	2.5-1.5
Week5: Wednesday, September 30th 2009
3	Philadelphia Inventors	vs	Queens Pioneers	Tie	2-2
4	New Jersey Knockouts	vs	Chicago Blaze	New Jersey	2.5-1.5
5	New York Knights	vs	SF Mechanics	New York	3-1
6	Arizona Scorpions	vs	Dallas Destiny	Tie	2-2
7	Seattle Sluggers	vs	Tennessee Tempo	Seattle	2.5-1.5
Week6: Monday, October 5th 2009
1	New York Knights	vs	Baltimore Kingfishers	Tie	2-2
2	Chicago Blaze	vs	Philadelphia Inventors	Tie	2-2
3	Arizona Scorpions	vs	New Jersey Knockouts	Arizona	3-1
Week6: Wednesday, October 7th 2009
4	Carolina Cobras	vs	Boston Blitz	Boston	4-0
5	Tennessee Tempo	vs	Dallas Destiny	Dallas	2.5-1.5
6	San Francisco Mechanics	vs	Miami Sharks	Tie	2-2
7	Queens Pioneers	vs	Seattle Sluggers	Seattle	2.5-1.5
Week7: Monday, October 12th 2009
1	New York Knights	vs	Philadelphia Inventors	Tie	2-2
2	Carolina Cobras	vs	Dallas Destiny	Carolina	3-1
Week7: Wednesday, October 14th 2009
3	Boston Blitz	vs	Queens Pioneers	Boston	2.5-1.5
4	Baltimore Kingfishers	vs	NJ Knockouts	New Jersey	3.5-0.5
5	Chicago Blaze	vs	Tennessee Tempo	Chicago	2.5-1.5
6	Seattle Sluggers	vs	Miami Sharks	Seattle	2.5-1.5
7	Arizona Scorpions	vs	SF Mechanics	Arizona	2.5-1.5
Week8: Monday, October 19th 2009
1	New Jersey Knockouts	vs	Boston Blitz	7:00 PM ET
2	Dallas Destiny	vs	Miami Sharks	8:00 PM ET
3	Chicago Blaze	vs	Arizona Scorpions	9:00 PM ET
Week8: Wednesday, October 21st 2009
4	New York Knights	vs	Carolina Cobras	7:00 PM ET
5	Philadelphia Inventors	vs	Baltimore Kingfishers	7:15 PM ET
6	San Francisco Mechanics	vs	Queens Pioneers	8:30 PM ET
7	Tennessee Tempo	vs	Seattle Sluggers	9:00 PM ET
Week9: Monday, October 26th 2009
1	Queens Pioneers	vs	Carolina Cobras	7:00 PM ET
2	Dallas Destiny	vs	Chicago Blaze	8:00 PM ET
3	San Francisco Mechanics	vs	Tennessee Tempo	9:00 PM ET
Week9: Wednesday, October 28th 2009
4	Philadelphia Inventors	vs	NJ Knockouts	7:00 PM ET
5	Baltimore Kingfishers	vs	New York Knights	7:15 PM ET
6	Boston Blitz	vs	Miami Sharks	7:30 PM ET
7	Seattle Sluggers	vs	Arizona Scorpions	9:00 PM ET
Week10: Wednesday, November 4th 2009
1	Boston Blitz	vs	New York Knights	7:00 PM ET
2	New Jersey Knockouts	vs	Queens Pioneers	7:15 PM ET
3	Philadelphia Inventors	vs	Carolina Cobras	7:30 PM ET
4	Tennessee Tempo	vs	Baltimore Kingfishers	8:00 PM ET
5	Dallas Destiny	vs	San Francisco Mechanics	8:45 PM ET
6	Seattle Sluggers	vs	Chicago Blaze	9:00 PM ET
7	Miami Sharks	vs	Arizona Scorpions	9:15 PM ET

US Chess League ICC (INT), 31 viii - 5 xii 2009
Quarterfinals: Wednesday, November 11th 2009
1	1st Place East	vs	4th Place East	1st Place East gets draw odds and chooses colors
2	2nd Place East	vs	3rd Place East	2nd Place East gets draw odds, 3rd Place East chooses colors
3	1st Place West	vs	4th Place West	1st Place West gets draw odds and chooses colors
4	2nd Place West	vs	3rd Place West	2nd Place West gets draw odds, 3rd Place West chooses colors
Semifinals: Wednesday, November 18th 2009
1	Eastern QF Winner 1	vs	Eastern QF Winner 2	Higher seed gets draw odds, color choice based on seeding
2	Western QF Winner 1	vs	Western QF Winner 2	Higher seed gets draw odds, color choice based on seeding
Championship: Saturday, December 5th 2009
1	Winner of Eastern Semifinals	vs	Winner of Western Semifinals	No draw odds, better regular season record chooses colors Tie results in playoff

17) European Club Cup Correction

The European Club Cup took place in Ohrid 4th-10th October 2009. The games from Evry - Aarhus (4) were all mixed up in the original file. My thanks to Hauchard Arnaud for the corrected gamescores.

18) Romanian League

The Romanian League took place in Eforie Nord 19th-27th September 2009. 10 teams in each of the men's and women's tournaments. I will try and round up the event next week.

Official site: http://www.frsah.ro/

19) 52nd World Congress of Chess Composition

The 52nd World Congress of Chess Composition took place in Rio de Janeiro 10th-17th October 2009.

They had individual and team events, for compositions and for solving chess problems. Details about the participants, countries, results and so on on the official website. For example, Jonathan Mestel (England) won of the main individual events and Poland took first place in the team event (Germany took 2nd and Russia 3rd).

There is a film with subtitles as the event appeared on Brazilian TV. News: FM Alberto Mascarenhas.

Official site: http://ubp.org.br/wccc2009/

20) World Cup 2009

The World Cup takes place in Khanty-Mansiysk 20th November - 15th December 2009. The event is part of the next world championship cycle. 7 rounds of knockout chess produce the winner.

FIDE World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk (Khantiy Mansiysk RUS)

Fri 20th Nov 2009 - Tue 15th Dec 2009 - Official Site

World Cup (128 players 7 Rds KO Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1))

World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk (RUS), 20 xi - 15 xii 2009 128 players:
A from World Cup 2007
01	G. Kamsky	USA
02	A. Shirov	ESP
03	S. Karjakin	UKR
B) Women's World Champion 2008:
04	A. Kosteniuk	RUS
C) Junior World Champions 2007 & 2008:
05	A. Adly	EGY
06	A. Gupta	IND
D) From FIDE Rating List, 22 players, average 7/2008 & 1/2009:
07	V. Ivanchuk	UKR	2780,00
08	A. Morozevich	RUS	2779,50
09	T. Radjabov	AZE	2752,50
10	D. Jakovenko	RUS	2734,50
11	S. Mamedyarov	AZE	2733,00
12	P. Svidler	RUS	2730,50
13	A. Grischuk	RUS	2730,50
14	B. Gelfand	ISR	2726,50
15	R. Ponomariov	UKR	2722,00
16	Wang Yue	CHN	2721,50
17	V. Gashimov	AZE	2720,00
18	E. Alekseev	RUS	2713,00
19	L. Dominguez Perez	CUB	2712,50
20	Ni Hua	CHN	2707,00
21	E. Bacrot	FRA	2706,50
22	Bu Xiangzhi	CHN	2706,00
23	P. Eljanov	UKR	2704,50
24	J. Polgar	HUN	2702,00
25	S. Rublevsky	RUS	2700,50
26	K. Sasikiran	IND	2697,50
27	Wang Hao	CHN	2691,00
28	V. Malakhov	RUS	2690,50
E) 46 players from European Championships 2008 & 2009
29	S. Tiviakov	NED	2008
30	S. Movsesian	SVK	2008
31	S. Volkov	RUS	2008
32	P. Tregubov	RUS	2008
33	E. L'Ami	NED	2008
34	M. Vachier-Lagrave	FRA	2008
35	B. Grachev	RUS	2008
36	V. Baklan	UKR	2008
37	Y. Kryvoruchko	UKR	2008
38	T. Nyback	FIN	2008
39	E. Sutovsky	ISR	2008
40	V. Laznicka	CZE	2008
41	D. Pavasovic	SLO	2008
42	Z. Efimenko	UKR	2008
43	I. Papaioannou	GRE	2008
44	A. Khalifman	RUS	2008
45	E. Najer	RUS	2008
46	D. Andreikin	RUS	2008
47	G. Sargissian	ARM	2008
48	J. Gustafsson	GER	2008
49	L. Fressinet	FRA	2008
50	I. Smirin	ISR	2008
51	V. Bologan	MDA	2008
52	E. Tomashevsky	RUS	2009
53	B. Jobava	GEO	2009
54	E. Inarkiev	RUS	2009
55	I. Sokolov	NED	2009
56	A. Naiditsch	GER	2009
57	D. Navara	CZE	2009
58	M. Kobalia	RUS	2009
59	G. Guseinov	AZE	2009
60	G. Meier	GER	2009
61	F. Nijboer	NED	2009
62	S. Fedorchuk	UKR	2009
63	A. Timofeev	RUS	2009
64	S. Sjugirov	RUS	2009
65	M. Bartel	POL	2009
66	R. Mamedov	AZE	2009
67	B. Savchenko	RUS	2009
68	K. Sakaev	RUS	2009
69	N. Vitiugov	RUS	2009
70	T. L. Petrosian	ARM	2009
71	L. Nisipeanu	ROU	2009
72	C. Lupulescu	ROU	2009
73	A. Motylev	RUS	2009
74	A . Areshchenko	UKR	2009
F) 19 players from Americas
75	I. Morovic Fernandez	CHI	Zonal 2.5
76	A. Rodriguez Vila	URU	Zonal 2.5
77	R. Hess	USA	Zonal 2.1
78	A. Onischuk	USA	Zonal 2.1
79	V. Akobian	USA	Zonal 2.1
80	Y. Shulman	USA	Zonal 2.1
81	J. Friedel	USA	Zonal 2.1
82	A. Fier	BRA	Zonal 2.4
83	R. Leitao	BRA	Zonal 2.4
84	L. Bruzon	CUB	Zonal 2.3
85	E. Iturrizaga	VEN	Zonal 2.3
86	J. Hebert	CAN	Zonal 2.2
87	J. Ehlvest	USA	Continental 2008
88	A. Shabalov	USA	Continental 2009
89	F. Corrales Jimenez	CUB	Continental 2009
90	J. Granda Zuniga	PER	Continental 2009
91	G. Milos	BRA	Continental 2009
92	D. Flores	ARG	Continental 2009
93	A. Ivanov	USA	Continental 2009
G) 19 players from Asia/Oceania
94	S. Ganguly	IND	Continental
95	Zhou Weiqi	CHN	Continental
96	Yu Yangyi	CHN	Continental
97	Yu Shaoteng	CHN	Continental
98	Le Quang Liem	VIE	Continental
99	A. Rogelio Jr	PHI	Continental
100	Hou Yifan	CHN	Continental
101	C. Sandipan	IND	Continental
102	A. Kunte	IND	Continental
103	Negi Parimarjan	IND	Continental
104	Zhou Jianchao	CHN	Zonal 3.5
105	Li Chao	CHN	Zonal 3.5
106	D. Smerdon	AUS	Zonal 3.6
107	J. Sriram	IND	Zonal 3.2
108	D. Laylo	PHI	Zonal 3.3
109	Wesley So	PHI	Zonal 3.3
110	Al Sayed, Mohamed N.	QAT	Zonal 3.1
111	Amonatov, A.	TJK	Zonal 3.4
112	Filipov, A.	UZB	Zonal 3.4
H) 6 players from Africa
113	B. Amin	EGY
114	K. Abdel Razik	EGY
115	E. El Gindy	EGY
116	W. Sarwat	EGY
117	M. Ezat	EGY
118	A. Rizouk	ALG
I) 6 nominees of the FIDE President
119	Robson, Ray	USA
120	Tkachiev, Vladislav	FRA
121	Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan	IRI
122	Caruana, Fabiano	ITA
123	Cheparinov, Ivan	BUL
124	Pelletier, Yannick	SUI
J) 4 nominees of the local Organising Committee
125	Pridorozhni, Alexei	RUS
126	Bezgodov, Alexei	RUS
127	Kabanov, Nikolai	RUS
128	Obodchuk, Andrei	RUS

21) Tal Memorial

The Tal Memorial takes place 4th-19th November 2009. Players: Viswanathan Anand, Levon Aronian, Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Leko, Boris Gelfand, Vassily Ivanchuk, Alexander Morozevich, Peter Svidler and Ruslan Ponomariov. The main event will be followed by the World Blitz Championship.

Tal Memorial 2009 (Moscow RUS)
Mon 5th Oct 2009 - Wed 14th Oct 2009 - Official Site

Tal Mem (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:120:60:15+30spm(61))

Tal Memorial Moscow (RUS), 5-14 xi 2009				cat. XXI (2761)
Name	Ti	NAT	Elo Sept	DoB
Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2788	1969
Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2773	1982
Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2772	1990
Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2772	1975
Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2762	1979
Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2756	1968
Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2756	1969
Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2750	1977
Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2741	1976
Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2741	1983

22) World Blitz Championship

The World Blitz Championship takes place in Moscow following the Tal Memorial. 20 players compete.

V World Blitz 2009 (Moscow RUS)
Mon 16th Nov 2009 - Wed 18th Nov 2009 - Official Site

World Blitz (20 players 19 Rds SRR Indiv TC:5m)

World Blitz Moscow (RUS), 16-18 xi 2009				cat. XIX (2715)
Tal Memorial Players
Name	Ti	NAT	Elo Sept	DoB	Note
Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2788	1969
Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2773	1982
Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2772	1990
Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2772	1975
Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2762	1979
Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2756	1968
Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2756	1969	(2007 Champion)
Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2750	1977
Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2741	1976
Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2741	1983
Qualified from Aeroflot Blitz
Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2722	1990
Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	2740	1986
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2721	1985
Bareev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2633	1966
Tkachiev, Vladislav	g	FRA	2669	1973
Zhou, Jianchao	g	CHN	2623	1988
Invitees
Karpov, Anatoly	g	RUS	2619	1951
Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2733	1983	(2006 Champion)
Kosteniuk, Alexandra	g	RUS	2516	1984	(current WCh w)
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2719	1983	(2008 Champion)

23) BNbank Blitz 2009

On October 31 the stage is set for a great chess spectacle in Norway. In six citys - Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, Tromsø, Trondheim and Porsgrunn - there will be arranged blitz tournaments in shopping malls. The winner from each city will earn a spot in the final in Oslo on November 28 where he or she will compete against ten invited world class players for a prize fund of 74 000 NOK. You do not have to be a member of a federation or a chess club to participate in these qualifiers. Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura star in the final.

Official site: http://www.sjakk.no/bnbankblitz/index_en.html

24) 48th World Junior Championships

The 48th World Junior Championships (27th for Girls) take place in Mar del Plata, Argentina 21st October - November 4th 2009. No website yet.

There are many junior titles but this is the only one of historic importance. Borislav Ivkov was the first champion, Oscar Panno, Boris Spassky, William Lombardy, Anatoly Karpov, Alexander Beliavsky, Tony Miles, Artur Jussupow, Yasser Seirawan, Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand and Levon Aronian are by no means the only well known players to have taken the title over the years. The event is for players under-20. (List: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Junior_Chess_Championship)

World Juniors Puerto Madryn (ARG), 21 x - 4 xi 2009
No	Name	Ti	Cat	ELO	Country
1	BINDRICH, Falko		Official	2516	Alemania
2	SOARES, Erikson		Official		Angola
3	JOAO, Mario		Extra		Angola
4	JOAO, Amaral		Extra		Angola
5	AGUINAGA, Maximiliano		Extra		Argentina
6	CRESPO, Eugenio		Extra		Argentina
7	TRISTAN, Leonardo		Extra		Argentina
8	MEZA, Hugo	FM	Official		Argentina
9	MALDONADO, Federico		Extra		Argentina
10	GRIGORYAN, Avetik	GM	Official	2515	Armenia
11	GUO-YUTHOK, Sherab		Official	1966	Australia
12	SAFARLI, Eltaj	GM	Extra	2587	Azerbaijan
13	BAJARANI, Ulvi	FM	Official	2392	Azerbaijan
14	ZHIGALKO, Sergei	GM	Official	2646	Belarusia
15	MAENHOUT, Thibaut		Official	2303	Belgica
16	BOMANS, Arno		Extra	2085	Belgica
17	GRYSON, Wouter		Extra	2145	Belgica
18	HUGAERT, Arthur		Extra	2066	Belgica
19	CARLO MIRANDA, Daniel		Official	2116	Bolivia
20	PIZZOCARO GOMEZ, Gustavo		Extra	2176	Brasil
21	DIAMANT, Andre	GM	Official	2526	Brasil
22	GOMEZ, Gustavo		Extra	2176	Brasil
23	MACHADO GONCALVES, Marcus		Extra	1985	Brasil
24	VALENZUELA GOMEZ, Fenando		Exta	2099	Chile
25	SALINAS HERRERA, Pablo		Official	2129	Chile
26	LI, Chao	GM	Official	2320	China
27	YU, Yangyi		Extra		China
28	GALLEGO, Andres		Official		Colombia
29	MACIAS, Bryan		Extra		Ecuador
30	DIAZ, Ciro		Official		Ecuador
31	WAGEIH, Kareim	IM	Official	2324	Egipto
32	KOKOL, Peter	FM	Official	2322	Eslovenia
33	SO, Wesley	GM	Official	2644	Filipinas
34	FLORENDO, Paulo James		Extra	2262	Filipinas
35	LEHTIMAKI, Tero		Official	2000	Finlandia
36	HOURIEZ, Clement		Official	2304	Francia
37	VACHIER-LAGRAVE, Maxime		Extra	2718	Francia
38	MARGVELASHVILI, Giorgi	IM	Official	2509	Georgia
39	HOWELL, David	GM	Official	2624	Gran Bretana
40	STAVRIANAKIS, Ioannis		Official	2273	Grecia
41	GARCIA FUENTES, Sergio M.		Official	2119	Guatemala
42	JAYARAM, Ashwin	IM	Official	2451	India
43	BASKARAN, Adhiban	IM	Official	2490	India
44	MUSURUNI, Rohit Lalit Babu		Official		India
45	PANDIAN, Karthikeyan		Extra		India
46	MOHANRAHJ, Shyamsundar		Extra		India
47	VASHANTAN PERUMAL, Vishnu		Extra		India
48	RODSHTEIN, Maxim	GM	Official	2623	Israel
49	ZASLAVSKY, Michael	FM	Extra	2392	Israel
50	OFIR, Aharon		Extra	2192	Israel
51	BRUNELLO, Sabino	IM	Extra	2533	Italia
52	VOCATURO, Daniele	IM	Extra	2510	Italia
53	STELLA, Andrea	FM	Official	2330	Italia
54	JUMABAYEV, Rinat	GM	Official	2548	Kazastan
55	TOLOGON TEGIN, Semetei	FM	Official	2367	Kyrgyzstan
56	GATOR, Mosab		Extra	2139	Libia
57	TAHER, ami		Extra		Libia
58	MOCHOTI, Khalil		Extra		Libia
59	BEN FAHARAT, Ramadan		Extra		Libia
60	GARNELIS, Julius		Official	2228	Lituania
61	IBARRA CHAMI, Luis Fernando	IM	Official		Mexico
62	HOYOS, Manuel Leon	GM	Extra		Mexico
63	ALVAREZ RAMIREZ, Miguel A.		Extra	2259	Mexico
64	BAYAR, Anu		Official	1876	Mongolia
65	BAYARSAIKHAN, Gundavaa		Extra	2477	Mongolia
66	LASSE OSTEBO, Lovik	FM	Official	2320	Noruega
67	CORI TELLO, Jorge	FM	Official	2445	Peru
68	OLSZWSKI, Michael	GM	Official	2544	Polonia
69	SWIERCZ, Dariusz	GM	Extra	2492	Polonia
70	RAMOS, Vasco		Official	1915	Portugal
71	VAZQUEZ REYES, Raul		Official	2137	Puerto Rico
72	CHIRILA IOAN, Cristian	GM	Official	2504	Rumania
73	ANDREYKIN, Dmitri	GM	Official		Russia
74	POTAPOV, Pavel		Extra		Russia
75	POPOV, Ivan		Extra		Russia
76	KRSTIC, Petar		Official	2333	Serbia
77	ONDRUS, Martin		Official	2304	Slovakia
78	DOLE, Annant		Official	2068	Sudafrica
79	SCHIENDORFER, Emanuel	FM	Official	2311	Suiza
80	CAN, Emre	IM	Official	2455	Turquia
81	YILMAZ, Mustafa	FM	Extra	2475	Turquia
82	SALEH, Salem A.R.	GM	Official	2478	UAE
83	KHARCHENGO, Borys		Official		Ucrania
84	DECUADRO, Sebastian		Official	2034	Uruguay
85	ROBSON, Ray	IM	Official	2527	USA
86	LENDERMAN, Alex	IM	Extra	2548	USA
87	ITURRIZAGA, Eduardo	GM	Official	2605	Venezuela

World Juniors Girls Puerto Madryn (ARG), 21 x - 4 xi 2009
No	Name	Ti	Cat	ELO	Country
1	FUCHS, Judith		Official	2207	Alemania
2	ROSALINO, Sonia		Official		Angola
3	ROCHA, Valquiria		Extra	1812	Angola
4	LOPES, Nelme		Extra		Angola
5	AMED, Stephanie	WFM	Official		Argentina
6	FERNANDEZ, Maria Florencia		Extra		Argentina
7	HAYRAPETYAN, Anna	WFM	Official	2212	Armenia
8	GUO, Emma		Official	1920	Australia
9	ANTON, Sarah		Extra	1820	Australia
10	UMUDOVA, Nargiz	WIM	Official	2254	Azerbaijan
11	CORDERO LOUP, Daniela		Official	1969	Bolivia
12	MARTINEZ, Janine		Official	1948	Brasil
13	HEINRICHS, Vivian		Extra		Brasil
14	JORQUERA CABELLO, Valentina		Official	1997	Chile
15	ZHANG, Xiaowen	WFM	Official	2391	China
16	HERRERA, Milena		Official		Colombia
17	TREJOS PEREZ, Shirley	WFM	Official	2039	Costa Rica
18	HEREDIA, Carla		Official		Ecuador
19	ROMERO, Abigail		Extra		Ecuador
20	MONA, Khaled	WGM	Official	2094	Egipto
21	BUCAR, Natasa		Official	1972	Eslovenia
22	DOCENA, Jedara		Official	1987	Filipinas
23	CONGIU, Mathilde		Official	2149	Francia
24	MIKADZE, Miranda	WIM	Official	2317	Georgia
25	PAIKIDZE, Nazi	WIM	Extra	2279	Georgia
26	OIKONOMOPOULOU, Maria		Official	2065	Grecia
27	GOMES, Mary Ann	WGM	Official	2396	India
28	SWAMINATHAN, Soumya	WGM	Official	2297	India
29	ROUT, Padmini	WIM	Extra	2331	India
30	MOHANTY, Kiran Manisha	WIM	Extra	2153	India
31	SANKARAN, Harini		Extra	2109	India
32	REGINATO, Sabrina		Official	1880	Italia
33	DAULYTE, Deimante	WGM	Official	2307	Lituania
34	STEIL-ANTONI, Fiona	WFM	Official	2152	Luxemburgo
35	MENDOZA VELAZQUEZ, Lorena	WIM	Official		Mexico
36	ALTANULZII, Enkhtuul		Official	2091	Mongolia
37	TJOLSEN, Katrine	WFM	Official	2178	Noruega
38	CORI TELLO, Deisy	WIM	Official	2361	Peru
39	LEKS, Hanna	WIM	Official	2169	Polonia
40	FERREIRA, Susana		Official	1660	Portugal
41	SEGARRA CHOE, Tammy		Official	1947	Puerto Rico
42	OLSAROVA, Tereza		Official	2150	Rca. Checa
43	PAULET, Iozefina	WGM	Official	2342	Rumania
44	IVAKHINOVA, Inna	WIM	Official	2249	Russia
45	SEVERYUKHINA, Zoya		Extra		Russia
46	MOTYCAKOVA, Monika		Official	2038	Slovakia
47	HATTINGH, Angelique		Official	1790	Sudafrica
48	GREEF, Melissa	WIM	Official	2081	Sudafrica
49	YILDIZ, Betul Cemre	WIM	Official	2224	Turquia
50	OZTURK, Kubra	WIM	Extra	2176	Turquia
51	KALININA, Olga	WIM	Official	2229	Ucrania
52	COLOMBO, Camila	WFM	Extra	2129	Uruguay
53	DE LEON, Patricia		Official	1741	Uruguay

25) 17th European Team Championship

The 17th European Team Championship takes place in Novi Sad (Serbia) October 21st-31st 2009.

Topalov, Aronian, Radjabov, Morozevich, Jakovenko, Svidler, Gashimov, Grischuk, Shirov etc.

Sadly Magnus Carlsen withdrew at the last moment after his effort in the Pearl Spring tournament and in preparation for the Tal Memorial that follows.

Official site: http://www.eurons2009.com/

26) Forthcoming Events and Links

Hastings Chess Congress 2009-10

The Hastings Chess Congress takes place 28th December 2009 - 5th January 2010.

Contact details conpowr@aol.com

Official site: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk

Hastings Chess Congress (ENG), 28 xii 2009 - 4 i 2010 Leading Entries
DRODZOVSKIJ Yuri	UKR	gm	2627
EDOUARD Roman	FRA	gm	2620
HOWELL David	ENG	gm	2620
STRATESCU Andrei	ROM	gm	2620
WILLIAMS Simon	ENG	gm	2520
HEBDEN Mark	ENG	gm	2500
ARKELL Keith	ENG	gm	2478
PHILIPPE Christophe	FRA	im	2430
ZDEBSKAJA Natalia	UKR	wgm	2410
KOLBUS Dietmar	GER	im	2355
MARUSENKO Petr	UKR	im	2300
RUDD Jack	ENG	im	2296

Gibtelecom Masters 2010

The Gibtelecom Masters takes place 26th January - 4 February 2010.

Contact details: hotel conf.banq@caletahotel.gi; technical stewartreuben@aol.com.

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

Gibtelecom Masters (ENG), 26 i - 4 ii 2010 Leading Entries
Zhu Chen	QTR	GM	2473
Al-Modiahki Mohamad	QTR	GM	2570
Cmilyte Victorja	LTU	IM	2475
Zhukova Natalia	UKR	WGM	2465
Skripchenko Almira	FRA	IM	2450
Fressinet Laurent	FRA	GM	2667
Zatonskih Anna	USA	IM	2466
Fridman Daniel	GER	GM	2665
Dzagnidze Nana	GEO	GM	2536
Krush Irina	USA	IM	2458
Zozulia Anna	BEL	IM	2341
Malakhatko Vadim	BEL	GM	2573
Cramling Pia	SWE	GM	2531
Bellon Juan	ESP	GM	2430
Sachdev Tania	IND	IM	2410
Muzychuk Mariya	UKR	IM	2441
Houska Jovanka	ENG	IM	2380+
Roiz Michael	ISR	GM	2662
Golod Vitali	ISR	GM	2592
Calzetta Monica	ESP	WGM	2344
Koneru Humpy	IND	GM	2611
Siebrecht Sebastian	GER	GM	2456
Hoffmann Michael	GER	GM	2513
Stefanova Antoaneta	BUL	GM	2522
Dronavalli Harika	IND	IM	2449
Kruttika Nadig	IND	WGM	2264
Karavade Eesha	IND	WGM	2391
Mohota Nisha	IND	WGM	2336
Speelman Jon	ENG	GM	2525
Agdestein Simen	NOR	GM	2570
Arakhamia Ketevan	SCO	GM	2500
Sedina Elena	ITA	IM	2335
Adams Michael	ENG	GM	2682
Romain Edouard	FRA	GM	2622
Istratescu Andrei	ROU	GM	2624
Movsesian Sergey	CZE	GM	2711
Kosteniuk Alexandra	RUS	GM	2516
Gopal Naravanyan	IND	GM	2586
Sandipan Chandra	IND	GM	2585
Vitiugov Nikita	RUS	GM	2689
Romanov Evgeny	RUS	GM	2591

World Memory Championship 2009

The World Memory Championship takes place 12th-14th November 2009, plus training day 11th. Strand Palace Hotel, London Required voluntary staff as 'arbiters' from 11am-5pm on the 11th and 9am-6pm on 12-14. Skills required reading, writing and recognising playing cards. RECOMPENSE : £125 total including own refreshments.

Further details: http://www.worldmemorychampionships.com/schedule.asp

Contact RDKOBE@aol.com

Moscow Non-Stop Chess Events of the World Chess Tour

Following round-robin tournaments (GM. IM. rating) of the "World Chess Tour 2009/10" series. Autumn / Winter 2009/10:

2009: 1-12.11. 15-26.11. 29.11-10.12. 13-22.12.

2010: 2-13.01. 17-28.01. 9-20.02 etc.

Since November 2009 also "Non-stop" events are available. in different formats (depending of participant’s wish: 1) 5-6 days 2) 7-8 days 3) 9-11 days 4) 12-15 days 5) 16-21 days 6) 22-31 days 7) more than 1 month.

Contact: GM Igor GLEK: worldchesstour@gmail.com. Fax (7)495-4336634. Phone moblie (7)903-5593052.

Official site: http://www.chess-events.org/

II World Chess Open In Leon

The II WORLD CHESS OPEN in Leon (Spain) takes place 1st-3rd January 2010, from Friday to Sunday.

31st December 2009 sees a special dinner and a party, which will be of course optional for the players and companion and which will have an special price. We hope that all chess legends invited by the organisation will come and enjoy this celebration.

1st day of January first game starts at 17.00 pm and ches players who cannot arrive in time can ask 2 byes for both games of 1st of january (2 half points).

Total Prizes are around 30.000€, and first is 5000€. Prizes for players below 2350 ELO FIDE (10 prizes and 1st is 1000 €), below 2200 ELO FIDE, and below 2000 ELO FIDE.

TIME CONTROL: Players will have 35 minutes plus 3 additional seconds per move so they are not so rapid games as usual.

Amongst the players who can be invited by the organisation this time are Nigel Short, Robert Hubner, Mark Taimanov, Vlastimil Hort, Henrique Mecking, Bent Larsen, Eugene Torre, Jan Elhvest, Borislav Ivkov, Svetozar Gligoric, Maia Chiburdanidze, Oleg Romanishin, Lev Psakhis, Gyula Sax, Gheorguiu, Uhlmann, Sveshnikov, Smejkal, Vasiukov, Vaganian, Unzicker, Kurajica, Suba, Lilienthal…We will invite 8-10 players.

Official web page, http://www.openmundialdeleon.com

Contact: GM Alfonso Romero Holmes, Tournament Director aromero64@yahoo.es

8th Nancy Chess Festival

The 8th Nancy (France) Chess Festival takes place 22nd-28th February 2010.

Website (with english informations page) : http://echecs54.free.fr Contact : philippe.chr@free.fr

Serie of closed tournaments round-robins 10 players each : Group A for GM-norm (in 2009 : category 13, average 2557, winner Harikrishna), group B for IM-norms, group C for 10 players over 2200 elo, group D for 10 players over 2100 elo, group E for 10 players over 2000 elo, group F for 10 players over 1900 elo ...etc...18 groups with 174 players in 2009. 9 rounds 90min/40moves+30min(+30sec). Entry fee : adult 56 euros young 28 euros. Possibilities of hotels with special chess prices : see tournament website.

12) Icelandic Teams

The Icelandic Team Championship takes place 25th September 2009 - 3rd March 2010. Rounds 1-4 have taken place.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr25745.aspx

Official site in Icelandic: http://www.skaksamband.is

4NCL

The 4NCL starts Sat 24th Oct - Sun 25th Oct. 2009.

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

Live games: http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/livechess/4ncl/0910/index.htm

Sydney International and Doeberl Cup

Entries are invited for the 2010 Sydney International Open and Challengers Chess Tournaments, to be held 7-11 April 2010.

The organisers have received financial support from a variety of sources and the principal sponsor for 2010 is GM Murray Chandler.

The venue is again the historic Parramatta Town Hall in Western Sydney and free hotel accommodation (twin share room) is offered to International Chess Grandmasters. There are two nine-round FIDE-rated swiss tournaments, the Sydney International Open (SIO) and the Sydney International Challengers (SIC). Cash prizes exceed A$16,000 and visas can be arranged on request for overseas players (please provide passport details). More Information is available at http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/index.cfm?site=open

For those players that want even more chess, the Doeberl Cup will be held in Canberra from 1-5 April 2010. See http://www.doeberlcup.com.au Transport from Canberra to Sydney on Tuesday 6 April 2010 will be provided free of charge for all overseas players.

18th Donau Open

The 18th Donau Open takes place in Aschach, Austria, 26th-31st December 2009.

Details: http://www.aschach.at/schach/

Contact: Guenter Mitterhuemer, Seebach 19, 4070 Eferding Tel.: 07272 / 4398 (Vorwahl Österreich: 0043) Email: guenter.mitterhuemer@schach.at

Leocity Cup

Leocity Cup Round Robin GM Tournament takes place November 25th - December 3rd 2009 Lviv , Ukraine

ORGANIZERS: GM Yuri Vovk (tournament director) IM Grabinsky Volodymyr (honorable coach of Ukrainian Youth team) The playing time will be 90 minutes with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. Under the auspices of Lviv Chess Federation.

PARTICIPATION 10 players participate in the tournament .11 rounds will be played. Players can participate only according to prior negotiations with tournament director.Also all non-GM players must pay entry fee according to the following table. ELO USD >2500 50 2500-2480 60 2480-2460 70 2460-2440 80 2440-2420 90 2420-2400 100 2400-2350 125 2350-2300 150 2300-2200 200 <2200 300

To participate the tournament please contact the tournament director IGM Yuri Vovk (English,Ukrainian,Russian languages ) via: e-mail:wolfisthegreatestpredator@gmail.com mobile phone:+380 673912027 skype:Imperator15chess

World Youth Championships

World Youth Championships takes place in Kemer-Antalya, Turkey, November 11th 2009 (arrival) - November 23rd 2009 (departure). These are of less historic interest although the under-18 group is always pretty well fought, there are way too many sections (I'd cut off at under-16 or under-14 and have a more fun based festival for the younger players) the idea of a World under-8 Championship of anything is just not right.

Official site: http://wycc2009.tsf.org.tr/

Computer events in Italy

The first event will be hosted in Genoa (Genova) on November 1st. It will start at 2.30 pm in the central "Biblioteca Berio" (Via del Seminario 16). After the conference, the chess program "Equinox" (it took part to the world championship in pamplona soe months ago) will challenge GM Igor Efimov and WGM Elena Sedina. http://www.festivalscienza.it/

The second event will be hosted in Carugate, a village near Milano, on November 6, 7 and 8. In the night of November 6, there will be the conference (Auditorium Atrium). On Saturday, November 7, afternoon there will be an international tournament for computer programs at the Commercial Centre Carosello. This tournament will go on and end on Sunday, November 8, at Auditorium Atrium, and at the end the first two programs classified will challenge GM Djuric and WGM Olga Zimina. http://alfierecarugate.altervista.org

CECLUB Spanish Teams

The Spanish Teams CECLUB Division de Honor - Grupo I took place 20th-24th September 2009 in Lugo. Escuela Internacional Kasparov Marcote (Gashimov, Vallejo) took first place ahead of Kutxa-Gros (Gelfand, Kasimdzhanov etc) Grupo 2 took place in Montcada 16th-20th September 2009 and saw Linex Magic, Ponomariov, Shirov, Adams etc win.

The final will be in Linares 7th-8th November 2009.

Officials site: http://www.feda.org/ - Results: http://chess-results.com/Tnr25154.aspx

The London Chess Classic in December

The London Chess Classic takes place in the Olympia Conference Centre 7th-15th December 2009

A star studded field comprising England's four leading Grandmasters; Nigel Short, Michael Adams, Luke McShane and David Howell, former world champion Vladimir Kramnik, 18 year old Magnus Carlsen widely seen as a future champion, one of China's finest players; Ni Hua and the US Champion Hikaru Nakamura completes the field.

The London Chess Classic 2009 will offer free admission to children for the duration of the event which runs from December 8th to 15th.

Adult tickets are just £10 per day or just £50 for all seven rounds. Adult and junior ticket holders receive admission to the tournament, which is being staged at London's prestigious Olympia Conference Centre, plus a guaranteed seat in the auditorium and access to the Commentary Room where some of the UK's leading Grandmasters will give insights into the play and answer questions.

Full details at: http://www.londonchessclassic.com or call the London Chess Center on 0207 388 2404.

Press Release Malcolm Pein 26th September 2009

A week long chess festival including a FIDE Rated Open with a guaranteed £8000 prize fund will run alongside the London Chess Classic 2009 which takes place at the Olympia Conference Centre from December 8-15 2009. The tournament has been scheduled to allow players to watch the opening moves of the Classic before their games in the Open begin. A minimum of six Grandmasters will be invited to the Open Classic and title norm opportunities will be available.

There will also be a weekend tournament, a one day Rapidplay and every evening, Blitz in the foyer. Anyone entering the Open, Rapidplay or Weekend Classic will receive free entry to the auditorium to watch the main event and they will also be able to access the Grandmaster Commentary Room. In addition the games will be relayed on screens throughout the Olympia Conference Centre.

Details on how to enter and the tournament regulations are at www.Londonchessclassic.com I am delighted to announce that there will be no entry fees to any Classic tournament for children under the age of 16.

For those who would rather just watch, tickets are now on sale and again, admission for children under 16 will be free throughout the event.

Adult tickets are just £10 per day or just £50 for all seven rounds. Adult and junior ticket holders receive admission to the tournament plus a guaranteed seat in the auditorium and access to the Commentary Room where some of the UK's leading Grandmasters will give insights into the play and answer questions. Tickets can be purchased from the London Chess Centre on 0207 388 2404 or online at www.Londonchessclassic.com

The London Chess Classic is the strongest all play all tournament to be held in Britain for 25 years with four of the world's finest players and England's leading quartet of Grandmasters. Heading the field is the fourteenth world champion Vladimir Kramnik and 18 year old Norwegian Magnus Carlsen already hailed as a future champion by Garry Kasparov who has recently agreed to train the chess genius.

Malcolm Pein (IM)

London Chess Centre

Official website: http://www.londonchessclassic.com

1st London Chess Classic (ENG), 8-16 xii 2009. Cat XIX (2699.75) Players list (September ratings)
No	Name	Ti	NAT	Sept Elo	DoB
1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2772	1990
2	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2772	1975
3	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2735	1987
4	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	2692	1983
5	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2682	1971
6	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2706	1965
7	McShane, Luke J	g	ENG	2615	1984
8	Howell, David W L	g	ENG	2624	1990

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 2009	Round 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

Cappelle-la-Grande 2010

The 26th International Open of Cappelle-la-Grande will take place 13th-20th February 2010.

For every players wishing to be invited, please contact Mr GOUVART at the following address: stephanegouvart@gmail.com phone: +33671624629

Official site : http://www.cappelle-chess.fr/

IV Open Internacional Ciutat de Palma

The IV International Open Chess City of Palma, Iberostar Trophy takes place 21st-28th November 2009.

Official site: http://www.chesspalma.com/index.php?le=en

Czech Chess Christmas 2009-10

Czech Chess Christmas 2009 Litomysl (CZE) 26th December - 2nd January 2010

11th christmas chess FIDE tournament, swiss system of 9 round, rate of game 2 x 1,5h + 30s/move, prize fund 64.000 CZK (1st prize 20.000 CZK = 800 EUR), special conditions for IM, WGM and GM, New Year’s Eve programme.

Contact: Proclient s.r.o., Jaroslav Fuksik, Svedska 3, 772 00 Olomouc, mobile: +420 608 364 664, e-mail: a64@proclient.cz, web: http://www.a64.cz/tournaments/litomysl2009/

Hungarian Tournaments October 2009 - April 2010

First Saturday chess tournaments, GM-IM-FM sections, 50-60-70 players usually out of 10-15 countries, for 9...14 days here.

Upcoming tournaments:

1. 3rd-15th of October, GM-IM-FM First Saturday Budapest, org: Nagy Laszlo, firstsat@hu.inter.net,

2. 23rd-31st of October, GM tmt, Pecs, 250 km West from Budapest,

3. 7th-19th of November, GM-IM-FM, First Saturday, Budapest, 4. 26th of Nov-3rd of Dec, Harkany Open, 250 km South-West from Budapest, org: Mr.Fulop, e-mail to: fulopcsa@invitel.hu

5. 5th-17th of December, GM-IM-FM, First Saturday, Budapest,

6. 8th-16th of January 2010 Perenyi memorial Open, 9 rounds Swiss, Budapest, info: Nagy Laszlo,

7. 6th-18th of February 2010 FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest,

8. 6th-18th of March 2010, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest,

9. 19th-28th of March 2010 26th Budapest Spring Festival, 9 rounds Swiss Open, org: Nagy Laszlo

10.3rd-16th of April 2010 FS GM-IM-FM Budapest

Contact: Nagy, Laszlo International chess organizer, member of the FIDE organizers' committee, "GENS UNA SUMUS" ET "PACTA SUND SERVANDA" http://www.firstsaturday.hu

Possible in the website online chat also... Mobile: +36-30-230-19-14 Phone-fax: +36-1-263-28-59 E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net ICC, SKYPE, YAHOO, MSN, www.chess.com nickname: mrfirstsaturday

Tal Memorial 2009

The Tal Memorial takes place something like 4th-19th November 2009. Viswanathan Anand, Levon Aronian, Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Leko, Boris Gelfand, Vassily Ivanchuk, Alexander Morozevich, Peter Svidler and Ruslan Ponomariov seem to be in the field. The main event will be followed by a blitz tournament.

2nd Haye Kramer Invitation tournament

The 2nd Haye Kramer Invitation tournament and 27th Waling Dijkstra tournament Friday 13th - Sunday 15th November 2009 in Provincial Library ‘Tresoar’, Leeuwarden, Holland.

Haye Kramer Invitation tournament This 5-round tournament features GMs Yge Visser, Sipke Ernst, Jan Werle, IMs Daan Brandenburg and Mark van der Werf, and FM Migchiel de Jong.

Waling Dijkstra Open tournament. This 6-round Open has 2 level groups. Starting fees for International (Woman) Grandmasters and free entry for (Woman) International Masters as well as youth players under 18. For the latter, cheap boarding can also be arranged (10 euros for 2 nights). Students pay an entry fee of 20 euros. Participants in the Waling Dijkstra Open will include grandmasters Malakhatko, Zherebukh, Y. Vovk, Swinkels, Peng, Kravtsiv, Zozulia, Kunin, Rusev, V. Georgiev and M. Ivanov.

For more information: mail info@philidor1847.nl, or see website http://www.philidor162.nl.

Kasparov and Karpov in Paris 2009

In addition to their match in Valencia, Kasparov and Karpov will play again in December 11th-13th 2009 as part of fund raising for medical research and UNICEF. There will be a whole host of activities. Full details in French and now a nice video in English.

Czech Coal Match 2009

Jan Timman, Viktor Korchnoi, Robert Huebner and Vlastimil Hort play against a team of ladies in the Czech Coal Match event which takes place 28th November - 5th December 2009 in the hotel Crystal Palace in Marianske Lazne. The final lineup is waiting for the women players and a potential clash with the FIDE Women's Grand Prix.

Details - Likely official site: http://www.praguechess.cz/

Milano

Milano (Italy), December 5th-13th 2009 - International tournament "Memorial Crespi" - edition number 30 details: http://www.scacchisticamilanese.it

Mundial Chess Internet Tournament

The organising Committee Mundial Chess invites all the players (from the amateurs to Grandmasters) to take part in the 1st Internet tournament with the prize fund of more than 130.000 EUR in cash and many special prizes. The 1st prize in the main tournament will be not less than 10.000 EUR.

Registration (and information in English) in the tournament is possible following the link - http://www.mundialchess.com/chess-online/en/zvfdxt6 Registration and information in Spanish - http://www.mundialchess.com/chess-online/es/zvfdxt6 Registration and information in Russian - http://www.mundialchess.com/chess-online/ru/zvfdxt6

Commonwealth Chess Championships

The Masterskill Commonwealth Chess Championships take place 9th-15th December 2009 in conjunction with the 6th Singapore International Chess Festival.

Details of the change: http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/3991-commonwealth-chess-championship-2009

Ajedrez 21 English site

Ajedrez 21 now has an English site: http://www.ajedrez21.com/en/

World Youth Championship

The World Youth Chess Championship 2009 (under 8, under 10, under 12, under 14, under 16 and under 18 years old - open and girls) which will take place in Kemer-Antalya, Turkey, between November the 11th, 2009 (arrival) and November the 23th, 2009 (departure).

Official site: http://wycc2009.tsf.org.tr/

FIDE World Cup Nov-Dec 2009

FIDE have announced some of the qualifiers for the FIDE World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, 20 November to 15 December 2009. In a few days the list with qualifiers from the Continental and Zonal Championships 2008-09 will also be published.

FIDE announcement: http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/4037-list-of-qualifiers-for-world-cup

Khanty-Mansiysk (RUS), 20 xi - 15 xii 2009 Qualifiers:
a) From World Championship Match 2008:
1.	V. Anand	IND	World Champion
b) From World Cup 2007:
2.	G. Kamsky	USA
3.	A. Shirov	ESP
4.	M. Carlsen	NOR
5.	S. Karjakin	UKR
c) Women's World Champion 2008:
6.	A. Kosteniuk	RUS
d) Junior World Champions 2007 & 2008:
7.	A. Adly	EGY
8.	A. Gupta	IND
d) From FIDE Rating List, 20 players, average 7/2008 & 1/2009:
09.	V. Topalov	BUL	2786,50
10.	V. Ivanchuk	UKR	2780,00
11.	A. Morozevich	RUS	2779,50
12.	V. Kramnik	RUS	2773,50
13.	T. Radjabov	AZE	2752,50
14.	P. Leko	HUN	2746,00
15.	L. Aronian	ARM	2743,50
16.	S. Movsesian	SVK	2737,00
17.	D. Jakovenko	RUS	2734,50
18.	S. Mamedyarov	AZE	2733,00
19.	P. Svidler	RUS	2730,50
20.	A. Grischuk	RUS	2730,50
21.	B. Gelfand	ISR	2726,50
22.	M. Adams	ENG	2723,50
23.	R. Ponomariov	UKR	2722,00
24.	Wang Yue	CHN	2721,50
25.	V. Gashimov	AZE	2720,00
26.	E. Alekseev	RUS	2713,00
27.	L. Dominguez Perez	CUB	2712,50
28.	Ni Hua	CHN	2707,00
e) 90 players from the Continental & Zonal Championships 2008 & 2009:
(to be published soon)...
Reserve players who may qualify by rating, average 7/2008 & 1/2009:
1.	E. Bacrot	FRA	2706,50
2.	Bu Xiangzhi	CHN	2706,00
3.	P. Eljanov	UKR	2704,50
4.	J. Polgar	HUN	2702,00
5.	S. Rublevsky	RUS	2700,50
6.	H. Nakamura	USA	2698,00
7.	K. Sasikiran	IND	2697,50
8.	Wang Hao	CHN	2691,00
9.	V. Malakhov	RUS	2690,50
10.	M. Vachier-Lagrave	FRA	2688,50
11.	V. Milov	SUI	2687,00
12.	V. Bologan	MDA	2686,50
13.	V. Akopian	ARM	2686,50
14.	L. Nisipeanu	ROU	2683,50
15.	R. Kasimdzhanov	UZB	2683,00
16.	I. Cheparinov	BUL	2683,00
17.	Z. Efimenko	UKR	2679,00
18.	A. Naiditsch	GER	2679,00
19.	F. Vallejo Pons	ESP	2676,00
20.	A. Motylev	RUS	2675,00

Kingpin Magazine

The humourous and satirical chess magazine Kingpin has a new website.

New website address: http://www.kingpinchess.net

VIII Benidorm International Chess Festival

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

Website: http://www.ajedrezbali.com

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

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.

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

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

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