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My thanks to Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Miklos Orso, Attila Csonka, Dave Clayton, Ivan Kocovski, Joaquim Deus Filho, George Mirijanian and everyone else who helped with the issue.
The Russian Championships is heading towards a conclusion. Alexander Grischuk has a one point lead with just a round to go. He needs just a draw with black against Evgeny Alekseev to assure himself of the title, Peter Svidler, the only player who can catch him also has black, against Evgeny Tomashevsky. Boris Spassky who hasn't played seriously in many years managed to hold Viktor Korchnoi 4-4 in their match in Elista, he rather surprised me at the level of chess he managed and if he hadn't have horribly blundered away a favourable position may very well have won. The Christmas period is always busy, I list a huge number of events below, only a few have games selections at the moment but I imagine files will emerge for most of them at the end. It only remains for me to wish everyone the best for 2010 and in a year of economic turmoil that we can put 2009 behind us. This has been a tough year of studying for me, I hope that improved computing skills will eventually translate into a vastly improved website and format for TWIC. TWIC has been very much in transition all year as I have tried to introduce things I think are important, and have plans for further improvements. Best wishes to everyone.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Russian Championships run 20th-30th December 2009. Both men's and women's events are 10 player round robins. Peter Svider, Alexander Grischuk and Dmitry Jakovenko star in the men's tournament.
The venue is the Central Chess House on Gogolevsky Boulevard in Moscow. The prizefund is $100,000.
After eight of the nine rounds Alexander Grischuk is a point clear of Peter Svidler.
Official site: http://tal.russiachess.org/
62nd ch-RUS Moscow (RUS), 20-29 xii 2009 | cat. XVIII (2691) | |||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | |||||||
1. | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2736 | * | ½ | ½ | . | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2875 |
2. | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2754 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | . | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2776 |
3. | Vitiugov, Nikita | g | RUS | 2694 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | . | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2696 |
4. | Alekseev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2715 | . | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 4 | 2682 |
5. | Khismatullin, Denis | g | RUS | 2643 | ½ | 0 | . | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2696 |
6. | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2708 | 0 | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4 | 2681 |
7. | Timofeev, Artyom | g | RUS | 2651 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | . | 3½ | 2656 |
8. | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2736 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | . | ½ | 3½ | 2652 |
9. | Sjugirov, Sanan | g | RUS | 2612 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | . | * | 0 | 3 | 2608 |
10. | Riazantsev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2661 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | . | ½ | 1 | * | 3 | 2612 |
Round 3 (December 22, 2009) | ||||||
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Grischuk, Alexander | - Khismatullin, Denis | ½-½ | 18 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
Svidler, Peter | - Riazantsev, Alexander | 1-0 | 41 | B12 | Caro Kann Advanced | |
Timofeev, Artyom | - Tomashevsky, Evgeny | ½-½ | 60 | C88 | Ruy Lopez Closed | |
Jakovenko, Dmitry | - Alekseev, Evgeny | 1-0 | 45 | A33 | English Symmetrical | |
Sjugirov, Sanan | - Vitiugov, Nikita | 1-0 | 83 | C81 | Ruy Lopez Open Keres Variation | |
Round 4 (December 23, 2009) | ||||||
Svidler, Peter | - Grischuk, Alexander | ½-½ | 30 | C89 | Ruy Lopez Marshall | |
Vitiugov, Nikita | - Timofeev, Artyom | 1-0 | 84 | A32 | English Symmetrical | |
Khismatullin, Denis | - Sjugirov, Sanan | 1-0 | 40 | E63 | King's Indian 6...Nc6 | |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny | - Jakovenko, Dmitry | ½-½ | 22 | E46 | Nimzo Indian Rubinstein | |
Riazantsev, Alexander | - Alekseev, Evgeny | 0-1 | 46 | D38 | QGD Ragozin | |
Round 5 (December 24, 2009) | ||||||
Grischuk, Alexander | - Riazantsev, Alexander | 1-0 | 31 | B04 | Alekhine's Defence | |
Alekseev, Evgeny | - Tomashevsky, Evgeny | ½-½ | 54 | A62 | Benoni | |
Timofeev, Artyom | - Khismatullin, Denis | 1-0 | 62 | B52 | Sicilian Rossolimo | |
Jakovenko, Dmitry | - Vitiugov, Nikita | 0-1 | 64 | D12 | Slav Defence | |
Sjugirov, Sanan | - Svidler, Peter | 1-0 | 23 | B12 | Caro Kann Advanced | |
Round 6 (December 26, 2009) | ||||||
Grischuk, Alexander | - Sjugirov, Sanan | 1-0 | 32 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
Svidler, Peter | - Timofeev, Artyom | 1-0 | 40 | C10 | French Rubinstein | |
Vitiugov, Nikita | - Alekseev, Evgeny | ½-½ | 51 | A19 | English Opening | |
Khismatullin, Denis | - Jakovenko, Dmitry | ½-½ | 28 | D11 | Slav Defence | |
Riazantsev, Alexander | - Tomashevsky, Evgeny | ½-½ | 28 | E18 | Queens Indian | |
Round 7 (December 27, 2009) | ||||||
Alekseev, Evgeny | - Khismatullin, Denis | ½-½ | 60 | B53 | Sicilian Hungarian | |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny | - Vitiugov, Nikita | ½-½ | 55 | A29 | English Four Knights | |
Timofeev, Artyom | - Grischuk, Alexander | ½-½ | 58 | B92 | Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2 | |
Jakovenko, Dmitry | - Svidler, Peter | ½-½ | 20 | C88 | Ruy Lopez Closed | |
Sjugirov, Sanan | - Riazantsev, Alexander | 0-1 | 59 | C07 | French Tarrasch | |
Round 8 (December 28, 2009) | ||||||
Grischuk, Alexander | - Jakovenko, Dmitry | 1-0 | 44 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
Svidler, Peter | - Alekseev, Evgeny | ½-½ | 39 | C42 | Petroff's Defence | |
Khismatullin, Denis | - Tomashevsky, Evgeny | ½-½ | 30 | A62 | Benoni | |
Sjugirov, Sanan | - Timofeev, Artyom | ½-½ | 37 | B81 | Sicilian Keres Attack | |
Riazantsev, Alexander | - Vitiugov, Nikita | 1-0 | 32 | D45 | Anti-Meran Variations |
59th ch-RUS w Moscow (RUS), 20-29 xii 2009 | cat. VIII (2439) | |||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | |||||||
1. | Galliamova, Alisa | m | RUS | 2460 | * | ½ | . | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2771 |
2. | Kosintseva, Nadezhda | m | RUS | 2518 | ½ | * | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6½ | 2669 |
3. | Gunina, Valentina | wf | RUS | 2446 | . | 0 | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5½ | 2576 |
4. | Kosintseva, Tatiana | m | RUS | 2522 | ½ | . | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5 | 2513 |
5. | Zaiatz, Elena | m | RUS | 2390 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | . | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3½ | 2393 |
6. | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | wg | RUS | 2372 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | . | 3½ | 2402 |
7. | Pogonina, Natalija | wg | RUS | 2501 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | . | 1 | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3½ | 2393 |
8. | Manakova, Maria | wg | SRB | 2344 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | . | 1 | 2 | 2264 |
9. | Stepovaia, Tatiana | wg | RUS | 2384 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | * | 1 | 2 | 2264 |
10. | Romanko, Marina | m | RUS | 2449 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1½ | 2194 |
Round 3 (December 22, 2009) | ||||||
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Galliamova, Alisa | - Pogonina, Natalija | 1-0 | 37 | A58 | Volga Gambit | |
Kosintseva, Nadezhda | - Zaiatz, Elena | 1-0 | 39 | C96 | Ruy Lopez | |
Kosintseva, Tatiana | - Gunina, Valentina | ½-½ | 66 | B12 | Caro Kann Advanced | |
Bodnaruk, Anastasia | - Stepovaia, Tatiana | 1-0 | 66 | B48 | Sicilian Paulsen | |
Manakova, Maria | - Romanko, Marina | 1-0 | 55 | B60 | Sicilian Rauzer | |
Round 4 (December 23, 2009) | ||||||
Zaiatz, Elena | - Bodnaruk, Anastasia | ½-½ | 56 | E73 | King's Indian Averbakh | |
Pogonina, Natalija | - Kosintseva, Nadezhda | ½-½ | 56 | C89 | Ruy Lopez Marshall | |
Manakova, Maria | - Galliamova, Alisa | 0-1 | 20 | B01 | Centre Counter | |
Stepovaia, Tatiana | - Kosintseva, Tatiana | 0-1 | 38 | B26 | Sicilian Closed | |
Romanko, Marina | - Gunina, Valentina | 0-1 | 41 | B19 | Caro Kann | |
Round 5 (December 24, 2009) | ||||||
Galliamova, Alisa | - Romanko, Marina | 1-0 | 38 | E72 | King's Indian with g2-g3 and Nge2 | |
Kosintseva, Nadezhda | - Manakova, Maria | ½-½ | 69 | B32 | Sicilian Labourdonnais | |
Gunina, Valentina | - Stepovaia, Tatiana | 1-0 | 36 | A85 | Dutch | |
Kosintseva, Tatiana | - Zaiatz, Elena | 1-0 | 65 | C96 | Ruy Lopez | |
Bodnaruk, Anastasia | - Pogonina, Natalija | 0-1 | 37 | C48 | Four Knights Rubinstein | |
Round 6 (December 26, 2009) | ||||||
Galliamova, Alisa | - Kosintseva, Nadezhda | ½-½ | 77 | E06 | Catalan | |
Zaiatz, Elena | - Gunina, Valentina | 1-0 | 52 | D16 | Slav Lasker/Smyslov | |
Pogonina, Natalija | - Kosintseva, Tatiana | 0-1 | 78 | C95 | Ruy Lopez Breyer | |
Manakova, Maria | - Bodnaruk, Anastasia | 0-1 | 56 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
Romanko, Marina | - Stepovaia, Tatiana | 0-1 | 55 | B48 | Sicilian Paulsen | |
Round 7 (December 27, 2009) | ||||||
Kosintseva, Nadezhda | - Romanko, Marina | 1-0 | 78 | B22 | Sicilian Alapin | |
Gunina, Valentina | - Pogonina, Natalija | 1-0 | 68 | E11 | Bogo Indian Defence | |
Kosintseva, Tatiana | - Manakova, Maria | ½-½ | 103 | B30 | Sicilian Rossolimo | |
Bodnaruk, Anastasia | - Galliamova, Alisa | 0-1 | 72 | B80 | Sicilian Scheveningen | |
Stepovaia, Tatiana | - Zaiatz, Elena | 0-1 | 56 | C65 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
Round 8 (December 28, 2009) | ||||||
Galliamova, Alisa | - Kosintseva, Tatiana | ½-½ | 52 | E02 | Catalan | |
Kosintseva, Nadezhda | - Bodnaruk, Anastasia | 1-0 | 59 | B22 | Sicilian Alapin | |
Pogonina, Natalija | - Stepovaia, Tatiana | 0-1 | 0 | |||
Manakova, Maria | - Gunina, Valentina | 0-1 | 80 | B12 | Caro Kann Advanced | |
Romanko, Marina | - Zaiatz, Elena | 1-0 | 80 | C46 | Four Knights |
Boris Spassky vs Viktor Korchnoi is an 8 game Match Elista, Russia, 17th-27th Dec, 2009. 400th Aniversary Kalmykia - Russia. Prize Fund US$ 20.000. Time control 90 minutes + 30 seconds per move.
Match Kalmykia | ||||||
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Korchnoi, Viktor | - | Spassky, Boris V | 1-0 | 47 | E21 | Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3 |
Spassky, Boris V | - | Korchnoi, Viktor | ½-½ | 46 | C00 | French Defence |
Korchnoi, Viktor | - | Spassky, Boris V | ½-½ | 50 | E21 | Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3 |
Spassky, Boris V | - | Korchnoi, Viktor | ½-½ | 22 | C14 | French Classical |
Korchnoi, Viktor | - | Spassky, Boris V | 0-1 | 26 | A28 | English Four Knights |
Spassky, Boris V | - | Korchnoi, Viktor | 0-1 | 35 | C49 | Four Knights Metger |
Korchnoi, Viktor | - | Spassky, Boris V | 0-1 | 46 | E11 | Bogo Indian Defence |
Spassky, Boris V | - | Korchnoi, Viktor | ½-½ | 11 | C42 | Petroff's Defence |
Match Kalmykia (RUS), 19-27 ix 2009 | |||||||||||||||||
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Name | Ti | NAT | Rtng | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total | Perf | ||||
Korchnoi, Viktor | g | SUI | 2567 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 4 | 2548 | ||||
Spassky, Boris V | g | FRA | 2548 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 4 | 2567 |
19th Pamplona tournament takes place 21st-29th December 2009. There is a four way tie between Georg Meier, Julio Granda Zuniga, Viktor Laznicka and Kiril Georgiev on 5.5/8 with one round to go.
Official site: http://www.chesspamplona.com/English.html
XIX Magistral Pamplona (ESP), 21-29 xii 2009 | cat. XIII (2575) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1. | Meier, Georg | g | GER | 2653 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | . | ½ | 1 | 5½ | 2712 | |||||
2. | Granda Zuniga, Julio E | g | PER | 2640 | ½ | * | 1 | . | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5½ | 2695 | |||||
3. | Laznicka, Viktor | g | CZE | 2637 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | . | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5½ | 2702 | |||||
4. | Georgiev, Kiril | g | BUL | 2672 | ½ | . | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5½ | 2695 | |||||
5. | Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel | g | ESP | 2589 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | . | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4½ | 2626 | |||||
6. | Reinaldo Castineira, Roi | m | ESP | 2488 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | . | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4 | 2583 | |||||
7. | Mirzoev, Azer | g | AZE | 2617 | 0 | 0 | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4 | 2561 | |||||
8. | Alsina Leal, Daniel | m | ESP | 2523 | . | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 3 | 2484 | |||||
9. | Recuero Guerra, David | m | ESP | 2494 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | . | 2 | 2409 | |||||
10. | Huerga Leache, Mikel | m | ESP | 2435 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | . | * | ½ | 2158 |
Round 1 (December 21, 2009) | ||||||
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Meier, Georg | - Huerga Leache, Mikel | 1-0 | 53 | A07 | Barcza System | |
Laznicka, Viktor | - Granda Zuniga, Julio E | 0-1 | 73 | E05 | Catalan | |
Georgiev, Kiril | - Reinaldo Castineira, Roi | ½-½ | 67 | A46 | Queen's Pawn Opening | |
Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel | - Alsina Leal, Daniel | ½-½ | 40 | B33 | Sicilian Sveshnikov | |
Recuero Guerra, David | - Mirzoev, Azer | ½-½ | 32 | C69 | Ruy Lopez Exchange | |
Round 2 (December 22, 2009) | ||||||
Meier, Georg | - Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel | ½-½ | 52 | E99 | King's Indian Classical | |
Granda Zuniga, Julio E | - Recuero Guerra, David | 1-0 | 62 | A29 | English Four Knights | |
Reinaldo Castineira, Roi | - Laznicka, Viktor | 0-1 | 38 | B42 | Sicilian Paulsen | |
Alsina Leal, Daniel | - Georgiev, Kiril | 0-1 | 66 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
Huerga Leache, Mikel | - Mirzoev, Azer | 0-1 | 42 | C66 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
Round 3 (December 23, 2009) | ||||||
Laznicka, Viktor | - Alsina Leal, Daniel | ½-½ | 47 | D23 | QGA | |
Georgiev, Kiril | - Meier, Georg | ½-½ | 25 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel | - Huerga Leache, Mikel | 1-0 | 21 | B67 | Sicilian Rauzer | |
Mirzoev, Azer | - Granda Zuniga, Julio E | 0-1 | 53 | E20 | Nimzo Indian | |
Recuero Guerra, David | - Reinaldo Castineira, Roi | ½-½ | 16 | C01 | French Exchange | |
Round 4 (December 24, 2009) | ||||||
Meier, Georg | - Laznicka, Viktor | ½-½ | 45 | D27 | QGA | |
Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel | - Georgiev, Kiril | ½-½ | 87 | C65 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
Reinaldo Castineira, Roi | - Mirzoev, Azer | ½-½ | 74 | B04 | Alekhine's Defence | |
Alsina Leal, Daniel | - Recuero Guerra, David | ½-½ | 21 | B45 | Sicilian Classical | |
Huerga Leache, Mikel | - Granda Zuniga, Julio E | 0-1 | 32 | C12 | French MacCutcheon | |
Round 5 (December 25, 2009) | ||||||
Granda Zuniga, Julio E | - Reinaldo Castineira, Roi | 0-1 | 48 | A17 | English Opening | |
Laznicka, Viktor | - Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel | 1-0 | 56 | C58 | Two Knights Defence | |
Georgiev, Kiril | - Huerga Leache, Mikel | 1-0 | 26 | A11 | Reti Opening | |
Mirzoev, Azer | - Alsina Leal, Daniel | 1-0 | 38 | D90 | Gruenfeld Flohr | |
Recuero Guerra, David | - Meier, Georg | ½-½ | 22 | B17 | Caro Kann | |
Round 6 (December 26, 2009) | ||||||
Meier, Georg | - Mirzoev, Azer | 1-0 | 52 | D27 | QGA | |
Georgiev, Kiril | - Laznicka, Viktor | ½-½ | 23 | D27 | QGA | |
Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel | - Recuero Guerra, David | 1-0 | 60 | B48 | Sicilian Paulsen | |
Alsina Leal, Daniel | - Granda Zuniga, Julio E | ½-½ | 72 | B19 | Caro Kann | |
Huerga Leache, Mikel | - Reinaldo Castineira, Roi | 0-1 | 59 | B03 | Alekhine's Defence | |
Round 7 (December 27, 2009) | ||||||
Granda Zuniga, Julio E | - Meier, Georg | ½-½ | 19 | A13 | Reti Opening | |
Laznicka, Viktor | - Huerga Leache, Mikel | 1-0 | 23 | D15 | Slav Defence | |
Reinaldo Castineira, Roi | - Alsina Leal, Daniel | ½-½ | 41 | A07 | Barcza System | |
Mirzoev, Azer | - Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel | ½-½ | 13 | A00 | Irregular Openings | |
Recuero Guerra, David | - Georgiev, Kiril | 0-1 | 58 | C43 | Petroff's Defence | |
Round 8 (December 28, 2009) | ||||||
Meier, Georg | - Reinaldo Castineira, Roi | 1-0 | 38 | A30 | English Symmetrical | |
Laznicka, Viktor | - Recuero Guerra, David | 1-0 | 46 | D45 | Anti-Meran Variations | |
Georgiev, Kiril | - Mirzoev, Azer | ½-½ | 30 | D15 | Slav Defence | |
Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel | - Granda Zuniga, Julio E | ½-½ | 47 | C13 | French Classical | |
Huerga Leache, Mikel | - Alsina Leal, Daniel | ½-½ | 52 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation |
The 4th Edmonton International took place 17th-21st December 2009. In the end there was a 2 way tie for first, but GM Friedel took home the title of the 4th Edmonton International as he beat GM Mikhalevski in their game which was used as the tie-breaker.
Official site: http://edmontonchessclub.org/festival/ - Games: http://www.albertachess.org/EICF2009/EICF_Games.html
4th Int Edmonton (CAN), 17-21 xii 2009 | cat. VII (2412) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1. | Friedel, Joshua E | g | USA | 2551 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2616 | |||||
2. | Mikhalevski, Victor | g | ISR | 2607 | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2610 | |||||
3. | Esserman, Marc | m | USA | 2408 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6½ | 2578 | |||||
4. | Antal, Gergely | m | HUN | 2495 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2528 | |||||
5. | Kraai, Jesse | g | USA | 2509 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2444 | |||||
6. | Hansen, Eric | f | CAN | 2409 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2369 | |||||
7. | Porper, Edward | m | CAN | 2445 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 3½ | 2328 | |||||
8. | Haessel, Dale R | f | CAN | 2201 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 2½ | 2269 | |||||
9. | MacKinnon, Keith | CAN | 2125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 2 | 2224 | ||||||
10. | Pechenkin, Vladimir | f | CAN | 2372 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 1½ | 2143 |
Round 8 (December 21, 2009) | ||||||
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Friedel, Joshua E | - Pechenkin, Vladimir | 1-0 | 27 | B01 | Centre Counter | |
Esserman, Marc | - Haessel, Dale R | 1-0 | 39 | D87 | Gruenfeld Botvinnik | |
Hansen, Eric | - Mikhalevski, Victor | 0-1 | 51 | D90 | Gruenfeld Flohr | |
Porper, Edward | - Antal, Gergely | 0-1 | 32 | D87 | Gruenfeld Botvinnik | |
MacKinnon, Keith | - Kraai, Jesse | 1-0 | 37 | B03 | Alekhine's Defence | |
Round 9 (December 21, 2009) | ||||||
Mikhalevski, Victor | - Esserman, Marc | ½-½ | 30 | D84 | Gruenfeld 4.Bf4 | |
Antal, Gergely | - Hansen, Eric | 1-0 | 33 | C06 | French Tarrasch | |
Kraai, Jesse | - Friedel, Joshua E | ½-½ | 62 | D07 | Tchigorin Defence | |
Haessel, Dale R | - MacKinnon, Keith | ½-½ | 12 | A50 | Queen's Indian (without e7-e6) | |
Pechenkin, Vladimir | - Porper, Edward | ½-½ | 36 | A28 | English Four Knights |
The Hastings Chess Congress takes place Mon 28th Dec 2009 - Tues 5th Jan 2010.
Official site: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk
Hastings Chess Congress (ENG), 28 xii 2009 - 4 i 2010 Round 1 (of 9) Standings: | ||||||||||
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Rank | Ti | Name | Flags | Score | Fed. | M/F | Rating | TPR | W-We | 1 |
1 | GM | Drozdovskij, Yuri | 1.0 | UKR | M | 2625 | 3031 | +0.12 | 1 | |
2 | GM | Istratescu, Andrei | 1.0 | ROU | M | 2624 | 3009 | +0.11 | 1 | |
3 | GM | Edouard, Romain | 1.0 | FRA | M | 2620 | 3031 | +0.13 | 1 | |
4 | GM | Howell, David W L | 1.0 | ENG | M | 2597 | 2999 | +0.12 | 1 | |
5 | GM | Williams, Simon K | i | 1.0 | ENG | M | 2550 | 2993 | +0.15 | 1 |
6 | GM | Hebden, Mark L | 1.0 | ENG | M | 2522 | 2990 | +0.18 | 1 | |
7 | GM | Gormally, Daniel W | 1.0 | ENG | M | 2479 | 2864 | +0.11 | 1 | |
8 | GM | Arkell, Keith C | 1.0 | ENG | M | 2464 | 2987 | +0.23 | 1 | |
9 | IM | Collins, Sam E. | 1.0 | IRL | M | 2431 | 2975 | +0.25 | 1 | |
10 | IM | Breder, Dennis | 1.0 | GER | M | 2427 | 2962 | +0.24 | 1 | |
11 | IM | Greet, Andrew N | 1.0 | ENG | M | 2423 | 2886 | +0.17 | 1 | |
12 | IM | Bates, Richard A | 1.0 | ENG | M | 2383 | 2929 | +0.25 | 1 | |
13 | FM | Hawkins, Jonathan | 1.0 | ENG | M | 2383 | 2917 | +0.24 | 1 | |
14 | IM | Giffard, Nicolas | 1.0 | FRA | M | 2351 | 2906 | +0.26 | 1 | |
15 | IM | Knott, Simon J B | 1.0 | ENG | M | 2348 | 2905 | +0.27 | 1 | |
16 | FM | Webb, Laurence E | 1.0 | ENG | M | 2321 | 2888 | +0.28 | 1 | |
17 | WIM | Worek, Joanna | w | 1.0 | POL | F | 2226 | 3158 | +0.75 | 1 |
18 | Mitchell, Martin | 1.0 | SCO | M | 2195 | 3121 | +0.75 | 1 | ||
19 | Griffiths, Ryan Rhys | 1.0 | IRL | M | 2148 | 2753 | +0.32 | 1 | ||
20 | Goodger, Martyn | 1.0 | ENG | M | 2147 | 2749 | +0.32 | 1 | ||
21 | Franklin, Samuel G A | 1.0 | ENG | M | 2139 | 2722 | +0.30 | 1 | ||
22 | Nilsen, Joachim Birger | 1.0 | NOR | M | 2126 | 2704 | +0.29 | 1 | ||
23 | Straub, Peter | 1.0 | GER | M | 2122 | 2699 | +0.29 | 1 | ||
24 | De Coverly, Roger D | 1.0 | ENG | M | 2109 | 2645 | +0.24 | 1 | ||
25 | Tozer, Philip | 1.0 | ENG | M | 2106 | 2654 | +0.26 | 1 | ||
26 | WFM | Wilson, Alexandra | w | 1.0 | SUI | F | 2089 | 2637 | +0.26 | 1 |
27 | Demac, Elias | 1.0 | NOR | M | 2084 | 2563 | +0.19 | 1 | ||
28 | Horn, Stefan | 1.0 | GER | M | 2074 | 2544 | +0.18 | 1 | ||
29 | Sreeves, Clement | 1.0 | SCO | M | 2061 | 2512 | +0.16 | 1 | ||
30 | Foord, Dominic | 1.0 | ENG | M | 2051 | 2488 | +0.15 | 1 | ||
31 | Muheim, Sebastien | 1.0 | FRA | M | 2040 | 2470 | +0.14 | 1 | ||
32 | Atako, Chino | 1.0 | ENG | M | 2038 | 2453 | +0.13 | 1 | ||
33 | WFM | Norinkeviciute, Rasa | w | 1.0 | LTU | F | 2027 | 2426 | +0.12 | 1 |
34 | Spanton, Tim R | 1.0 | ENG | M | 2026 | 2411 | +0.11 | 1 | ||
35 | Brechin, Hugh R | 1.0 | SCO | M | 2025 | 2706 | +0.42 | 1 | ||
36 | Grant, David J | 1.0 | ENG | M | 2020 | 0 | +0.00 | + | ||
37 | Williams, Peter A | 1.0 | ENG | M | 2012 | 2881 | +0.68 | 1 | ||
38 | Niloy, Chakraborty | 1.0 | IND | M | 1800 * | 2805 | 0 | 1 | ||
39 | GM | Hracek, Zbynek | 0.5 | CZE | M | 2624 | 2276 | -0.39 | ½ | |
40 | IM | Philippe, Christophe | 0.5 | FRA | M | 2430 | 2236 | -0.25 | ½ | |
41 | WGM | Zdebskaja, Natalia | w | 0.5 | UKR | F | 2408 | 2223 | -0.24 | ½ |
42 | IM | Kjartansson, Gudmundur | 0.5 | ISL | M | 2391 | 2219 | -0.23 | ½ | |
43 | IM | Ansell, Simon T | 0.5 | ENG | M | 2387 | 2209 | -0.23 | ½ | |
44 | FM | Eggleston, David J | 0.5 | ENG | M | 2367 | 2176 | -0.25 | ½ | |
45 | IM | Kolbus, Dietmar | 0.5 | GER | M | 2355 | 2174 | -0.24 | ½ | |
46 | FM | Lorscheid, Gerhard | 0.5 | GER | M | 2348 | 2162 | -0.24 | ½ | |
47 | IM | Prosviriakov, Vladimir | 0.5 | USA | M | 2311 | 2248 | -0.09 | ½ | |
48 | FM | Eames, Robert S | 0.5 | ENG | M | 2276 | 2624 | +0.39 | ½ | |
49 | CM | Kwiatkowski, Feliks J | 0.5 | ENG | M | 2248 | 2311 | +0.09 | ½ | |
50 | Grant, Alan G | 0.5 | SCO | M | 2236 | 2430 | +0.25 | ½ | ||
51 | FM | Furman, Boris | 0.5 | RUS | M | 2223 | 2408 | +0.24 | ½ | |
52 | Sugden, John N | 0.5 | ENG | M | 2219 | 2391 | +0.23 | ½ | ||
53 | Anderson, John | 0.5 | ENG | M | 2209 | 2387 | +0.23 | ½ | ||
54 | Snape, Ian L | 0.5 | ENG | M | 2176 | 2367 | +0.25 | ½ | ||
55 | Almond, Richard J | 0.5 | ENG | M | 2174 | 2355 | +0.24 | ½ | ||
56 | Salimbeni, George P W | 0.5 | ENG | M | 2162 | 2348 | +0.24 | ½ | ||
57 | McKenna, Jason P | 0.5 | ENG | M | 2147 | 2014 | -0.18 | ½ | ||
58 | FM | Cafferty, Bernard | 0.5 | ENG | M | 2141 | 1994 | -0.20 | ½ | |
59 | Barton, R Alan | 0.5 | ENG | M | 2119 | 1932 | -0.24 | ½ | ||
60 | Hansen, Victor | 0.5 | NOR | M | 2113 | 1963 | -0.20 | ½ | ||
61 | Jackson, James P | 0.5 | ENG | M | 2067 | 1797 | -0.33 | ½ | ||
62 | Pickersgill, Adrian O | 0.5 | ENG | M | 2014 | 2147 | +0.18 | ½ | ||
63 | Kirk, Jason | 0.5 | FRA | M | 1994 | 2141 | +0.20 | ½ | ||
64 | Doran, Chris | 0.5 | ENG | M | 1963 | 2113 | +0.20 | ½ | ||
65 | Tari, Aryan | 0.5 | NOR | M | 1932 | 2119 | +0.24 | ½ | ||
66 | Hoare, Amy | w | 0.5 | ENG | F | 1797 | 2067 | +0.33 | ½ | |
67 | GM | Shalnev, Nikolai | 0.0 | GER | M | 2450 | 0 | +0.00 | - | |
68 | IM | Martin, Andrew D | 0.0 | ENG | M | 2423 | 1491 | -0.75 | 0 | |
69 | FM | Strunski, Andreas | 0.0 | GER | M | 2386 | 1460 | -0.75 | 0 | |
70 | IM | Rudd, Jack | 0.0 | ENG | M | 2296 | 1885 | -0.13 | 0 | |
71 | FM | Druckenthaner, Andreas | 0.0 | AUT | M | 2296 | 1890 | -0.12 | 0 | |
72 | Getz, Nicolai | 0.0 | NOR | M | 2270 | 1885 | -0.11 | 0 | ||
73 | WGM | Arutyunova, Diana | w | 0.0 | UKR | F | 2266 | 0 | +0.00 | - |
74 | IM | Marusenko, Petr | 0.0 | UKR | M | 2264 | 1862 | -0.12 | 0 | |
75 | Addison, Bret C | 0.0 | ENG | M | 2258 | 1815 | -0.15 | 0 | ||
76 | Mason, Donald J | 0.0 | ENG | M | 2255 | 1787 | -0.18 | 0 | ||
77 | Talsma, Paul | 0.0 | NED | M | 2252 | 1729 | -0.23 | 0 | ||
78 | Martinsen, Stig K | 0.0 | NOR | M | 2240 | 1696 | -0.25 | 0 | ||
79 | FM | Ledger, Dave J | 0.0 | ENG | M | 2227 | 1692 | -0.24 | 0 | |
80 | Chowdhury, Sohel | 0.0 | BAN | M | 2194 | 1648 | -0.25 | 0 | ||
81 | Maduekwe, Chiedu | i | 0.0 | NGR | M | 2182 | 1648 | -0.24 | 0 | |
82 | Jaunooby, Ali R | 0.0 | ENG | M | 2171 | 1616 | -0.26 | 0 | ||
83 | Lock, Gavin R | 0.0 | ENG | M | 2170 | 1613 | -0.27 | 0 | ||
84 | WIM | Shalnyeva, Olga | w | 0.0 | GER | F | 2153 | 0 | +0.00 | - |
85 | Rayner, Francis | 0.0 | WLS | M | 2153 | 1586 | -0.28 | 0 | ||
86 | Green, Andrew D | 0.0 | SCO | M | 2151 | 1688 | -0.17 | 0 | ||
87 | O'Toole, George E | 0.0 | ENG | M | 2146 | 1277 | -0.68 | 0 | ||
88 | Hartl, Aldo | 0.0 | GER | M | 2136 | 0 | +0.00 | - | ||
89 | Gregory, Stephen J | 0.0 | ENG | M | 2126 | 0 | +0.00 | - | ||
90 | Calvert, D Ian | 0.0 | ENG | M | 2070 | 0 | +0.00 | 0 | ||
91 | Obiamiwe, Paul | 0.0 | NGR | M | 2046 | 1661 | -0.11 | 0 | ||
92 | Safarian, Alek | 0.0 | AUS | M | 2018 | 1413 | -0.32 | 0 | ||
93 | McDonnell, James J. | 0.0 | IRL | M | 2014 | 1412 | -0.32 | 0 | ||
94 | Webb, Matthew | 0.0 | ENG | M | 1987 | 1404 | -0.30 | 0 | ||
95 | Young, Mel J | i | 0.0 | ENG | M | 1971 | 1290 | -0.42 | 0 | |
96 | Cumming, Rhys | 0.0 | ENG | M | 1969 | 1391 | -0.29 | 0 | ||
97 | WFM | Yurenok, Maria S | w | 0.0 | ENG | F | 1968 | 0 | +0.00 | - |
98 | Gibson, Christopher A | 0.0 | ENG | M | 1964 | 1387 | -0.29 | 0 | ||
99 | Kirk, Ezra | 0.0 | FRA | M | 1919 | 1371 | -0.26 | 0 | ||
100 | Campbell, Eoin | 0.0 | SCO | M | 1910 | 1374 | -0.24 | 0 | ||
101 | Moore, Gillian A | w | 0.0 | ENG | F | 1902 | 1354 | -0.26 | 0 | |
102 | Haria, Ravi | 0.0 | ENG | M | 1840 | 0 | +0.00 | - | ||
103 | Lenier, Jude | 0.0 | ENG | M | 1828 | 1349 | -0.19 | 0 | ||
104 | Nomat, Emil-Lion | 0.0 | IRQ | M | 1809 | 1339 | -0.18 | 0 | ||
105 | Sanders, Isaac B | 0.0 | ENG | M | 1777 | 1326 | -0.16 | 0 | ||
106 | Macrae, James S | 0.0 | SCO | M | 1753 | 1316 | -0.15 | 0 | ||
107 | Tarun, Malhotra | 0.0 | IND | M | 1735 | 1305 | -0.14 | 0 | ||
108 | Dean, Michael | 0.0 | ENG | M | 1718 | 1303 | -0.13 | 0 | ||
109 | Devoille, Hugo | 0.0 | FRA | M | 1691 | 1292 | -0.12 | 0 | ||
110 | O'Neil, Tom C | 0.0 | SCO | M | 1523 | 1138 | -0.11 | 0 | ||
111 | Jafari, Mohammad Javad | 0.0 | IRI | M | 1500 * | 0 | 0 | - |
The XXXIX Rilton Cup takes place 27th December 2009 - 5th January 2010.
Official: http://www.rilton.se
XXXIX Rilton Cup Stockholm (SWE), 27 xii 2009 - 5 i 2010 Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings: |
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Rk. | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | ||||
1 | Rozentalis Eduardas | GM | LTU | 2611 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Ulibin Mikhail | GM | RUS | 2548 | 2 | 3 | |||||
Ivanov Sergey | GM | RUS | 2530 | 2 | 3 | |||||
Handke Florian | GM | GER | 2513 | 2 | 3 | |||||
Akesson Ralf | GM | SWE | 2454 | 2 | 3 | |||||
Richter Michael | IM | GER | 2412 | 2 | 3 | |||||
7 | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | GM | POL | 2637 | 1.5 | 2.5 | ||||
Mcshane Luke | GM | ENG | 2615 | 1.5 | 2.5 | |||||
Popov Valerij | GM | RUS | 2588 | 1.5 | 2.5 | |||||
Ionov Sergey | GM | RUS | 2545 | 1.5 | 2.5 | |||||
Shimanov Aleksandr | GM | RUS | 2535 | 1.5 | 2.5 | |||||
Miezis Normunds | GM | LAT | 2530 | 1.5 | 2.5 | |||||
Cramling Pia | GM | SWE | 2525 | 1.5 | 2.5 | |||||
Berczes David | GM | HUN | 2512 | 1.5 | 2.5 | |||||
Lauber Arnd | IM | GER | 2503 | 1.5 | 2.5 | |||||
Karlsson Lars | GM | SWE | 2491 | 1.5 | 2.5 | |||||
Semcesen Daniel | IM | SWE | 2460 | 1.5 | 2.5 | |||||
Bellon Juan | GM | ESP | 2435 | 1.5 | 2.5 | |||||
Gagarin Vasily | IM | RUS | 2422 | 1.5 | 2.5 | |||||
Pohjala Henri | FIN | 2153 | 1.5 | 2.5 | ||||||
21 | Lysyj Igor | GM | RUS | 2609 | 1.5 | 2 | ||||
Hammer Jon Ludvig | GM | NOR | 2588 | 1.5 | 2 | |||||
Evgeny Gleizerov | GM | RUS | 2566 | 1.5 | 2 | |||||
Brynell Stellan | GM | SWE | 2472 | 1.5 | 2 | |||||
Yuneev Alexey | IM | RUS | 2428 | 1.5 | 2 | |||||
Gorovykh Eduard | IM | RUS | 2410 | 1.5 | 2 | |||||
Lindberg Bengt | IM | SWE | 2407 | 1.5 | 2 | |||||
28 | Ponkratov Pavel | IM | RUS | 2575 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Grandelius Nils | IM | SWE | 2540 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Gavrilov Alexei | IM | RUS | 2481 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Berczes Csaba | IM | HUN | 2379 | 1 | 2 | |||||
de Verdier Michael | SWE | 2270 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Svensson Leif | SWE | 2195 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
34 | Cramling Dan | IM | SWE | 2408 | 1 | 1.5 | ||||
Markevich Ilya | RUS | 2162 | 1 | 1.5 | ||||||
36 | Molchanova Tatjana | WIM | RUS | 2368 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Jacobsen Bo | DEN | 2306 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Angskog Kent | SWE | 2229 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Gromova Iulia | WIM | RUS | 2222 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Kopasov Alexander | RUS | 2221 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Niemi Mikko | FIN | 2219 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rosenkilde Alexander | DEN | 2201 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Wiander Michael | SWE | 2195 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Nguyen Michael | DEN | 2187 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Agrest Inna | WIM | SWE | 2180 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Vaarala Eric | SWE | 2032 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
47 | Andersen Mads | FM | DEN | 2294 | 0.5 | 1 | ||||
Kauppila Osmo | FM | FIN | 2279 | 0.5 | 1 | |||||
Jakobsen Kovachev Daniel | NOR | 2243 | 0.5 | 1 | ||||||
Satonen Arto | FIN | 2177 | 0.5 | 1 | ||||||
Hobber Anders | NOR | 2132 | 0.5 | 1 | ||||||
Bryntze Stefan | SWE | 2073 | 0.5 | 1 | ||||||
Grochowalski Pawel | POL | 2072 | 0.5 | 1 | ||||||
54 | Nithander Victor | FM | SWE | 2434 | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||||
Johansson Gunnar | SWE | 2234 | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||||||
Kiuttu Roope | FIN | 2194 | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||||||
Mardell Jimmy | SWE | 2182 | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||||||
58 | Von Bahr Oskar | SWE | 2316 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Glimbrant Torbjoern | SWE | 2263 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Loegdahl Harald | FM | SWE | 2214 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Koskela Niina | WGM | FIN | 2189 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Ask Josef | SWE | 2183 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Evertsson Lennart | SWE | 2159 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Vovk Oksana | WIM | DEN | 2145 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Janse Love | SWE | 2141 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Adahl Mattias | SWE | 2133 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Nordlander Sven | SWE | 1894 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Lokander Martin | SWE | 1820 | 0 | 0 |
The 52nd Reggio Emilia Tournament, category XV, takes place 28th December 2009 - 6th January 2010. The tournament consists of 10 players in a round robin at the 4-star Mercure Grand Hotel Astoria in the center of Reggio Emilia. January 1st is a rest day.
Official website: http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it/default.asp
52nd It Reggio Emilia ITA (ITA), 28 xii 2009 - 6 i 2010 | cat. XV (2624) | |||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | |||||||
1. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2652 | * | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | |
2. | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2695 | . | * | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | |
3. | Safarli, Eltaj | g | AZE | 2592 | . | . | * | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | |
4. | Almasi, Zoltan | g | HUN | 2704 | . | . | . | * | ½ | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | 2537 |
5. | Godena, Michele | g | ITA | 2537 | . | . | . | ½ | * | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | 2704 |
6. | Jobava, Baadur | g | GEO | 2696 | . | . | . | . | . | * | ½ | . | . | . | ½ | 2664 |
7. | Landa, Konstantin | g | RUS | 2664 | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | * | . | . | . | ½ | 2696 |
8. | Bologan, Viktor | g | MDA | 2692 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | * | . | . | 0 | |
9. | Brunello, Sabino | m | ITA | 2507 | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | * | . | 0 | |
10. | Vocaturo, Daniele | m | ITA | 2500 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | * | 0 |
Round 1 (December 28, 2009) | ||||||
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Almasi, Zoltan | - Godena, Michele | ½-½ | 88 | C78 | Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence | |
Landa, Konstantin | - Jobava, Baadur | ½-½ | 34 | E00 | Catalan | |
Bologan, Viktor | - Caruana, Fabiano | 0-1 | 41 | C78 | Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence | |
Brunello, Sabino | - Safarli, Eltaj | 0-1 | 50 | E60 | King's Indian without Nc3 | |
Vocaturo, Daniele | - Kamsky, Gata | 0-1 | 50 | B42 | Sicilian Paulsen |
The Groningen Chess Festival takes place 21st-30th December 2009.
There are a number of open events with the A-Group having Vladimir Baklan, Sipke Ernst, Anish Giri, Dmitri Reinderman etc
After Christmas there is a four game challenge match between Jan Timman and Robin van Kampen.
Official site: http://www.schaakstadgroningen.nl
Match Groningen | ||||||
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Timman, Jan H | - | Van Kampen, Robin | 1-0 | 39 | D17 | Slav Defence |
Van Kampen, Robin | - | Timman, Jan H | 1-0 | 50 | C11 | French Defence |
Timman, Jan H | - | Van Kampen, Robin | ½-½ | 32 | D17 | Slav Defence |
Match Groningen (NED), 26-29 xii 2009 | |||||||||||||||
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Name | Ti | NAT | Rtng | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Perf | ||||||
Timman, Jan H | g | NED | 2591 | 1 | 0 | ½ | . | 1½ | 2470 | ||||||
Van Kampen, Robin | m | NED | 2470 | 0 | 1 | ½ | . | 1½ | 2591 |
Open A Groningen (NED), 21-30 xii 2009 Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings: |
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No. | Name | Score | WP | SB | PS | rat. | Ch | +/- | |
1. | Reinderman,Dimitri | 5.0 | 23.5 | 18.75 | 19.5 | 2575 | 2731 | +1.12 | |
Nyzhnyk, Illya | 5.0 | 21.0 | 17.00 | 18.0 | 2494 | 2685 | +1.39 | ||
3. | Werle, Jan | 4.5 | 24.5 | 17.25 | 17.5 | 2565 | 2675 | +0.86 | |
Swinkels, Robin | 4.5 | 20.0 | 14.25 | 16.5 | 2500 | 2598 | +0.78 | ||
Greenfeld, Alon | 4.5 | 20.0 | 14.25 | 15.5 | 2559 | 2574 | +0.16 | ||
Chadaev, Nikolai | 4.5 | 20.0 | 13.25 | 16.0 | 2567 | 2609 | +0.29 | ||
Nijboer, Friso | 4.5 | 19.0 | 13.75 | 16.5 | 2561 | 2587 | +0.23 | ||
Brandenburg, Daan | 4.5 | 18.5 | 14.00 | 15.5 | 2481 | 2565 | +0.74 | ||
Giri, Anish | 4.5 | 18.5 | 13.00 | 15.5 | 2585 | 2611 | +0.25 | ||
10. | Baklan, Vladimir | 4.0 | 20.0 | 13.25 | 14.0 | 2655 | 2509 | -0.94 | |
Meijers, Viesturs | 4.0 | 19.5 | 11.50 | 14.5 | 2488 | 2480 | -0.02 | ||
Kantans, Toms | 4.0 | 18.5 | 11.50 | 11.5 | 2281 | 2565 | +2.15 | ||
Deviatkin, Andrei | 4.0 | 18.0 | 11.50 | 12.0 | 2608 | 2432 | -0.85 | ||
14. | Bok, Benjamin | 3.5 | 23.0 | 12.25 | 14.5 | 2337 | 2520 | +1.46 | |
Kleijn, Christov | 3.5 | 22.0 | 10.75 | 13.0 | 2383 | 2427 | +0.40 | ||
Ernst, Sipke | 3.5 | 21.0 | 11.75 | 13.0 | 2587 | 2422 | -1.10 | ||
Assendelft van,F. | 3.5 | 21.0 | 10.50 | 13.0 | 2325 | 2476 | +1.19 | ||
Podzielny,K.-H. | 3.5 | 21.0 | 9.75 | 13.5 | 2456 | 2393 | -0.35 | ||
Popilski, Gil | 3.5 | 20.5 | 9.50 | 13.5 | 2441 | 2452 | +0.19 | ||
Genov, Petar | 3.5 | 19.5 | 10.00 | 14.5 | 2476 | 2393 | -0.50 | ||
Pruijssers, Roeland | 3.5 | 19.0 | 9.75 | 12.0 | 2413 | 2377 | -0.18 | ||
Pijpers, Arthur | 3.5 | 17.5 | 7.25 | 10.0 | 2201 | 2334 | +1.07 | ||
Hoffmann, Michael | 3.5 | 17.0 | 8.75 | 12.0 | 2509 | 2322 | -1.25 | ||
Grover, Sahaj | 3.5 | 16.5 | 7.00 | 12.5 | 2372 | 2440 | +0.64 | ||
Racherbaumer,Marcel | 3.5 | 15.5 | 7.75 | 10.0 | 2301 | 2349 | +0.37 | ||
Poetsch, Hagen | 3.5 | 14.0 | 6.50 | 11.5 | 2361 | 2276 | -0.54 | ||
27. | Burg, Twan | 3.0 | 25.0 | 11.75 | 14.5 | 2460 | 2427 | -0.19 | |
Saravanan, V. | 3.0 | 23.5 | 10.50 | 15.0 | 2356 | 2454 | +0.78 | ||
Klein, David | 3.0 | 18.5 | 7.75 | 9.0 | 2262 | 2334 | +0.50 | ||
Caspi, Israel | 3.0 | 18.5 | 6.75 | 11.5 | 2423 | 2314 | -0.77 | ||
Wiel van der, John | 3.0 | 18.0 | 7.00 | 11.5 | 2475 | 2353 | -0.89 | ||
Theulings, P.P. | 3.0 | 17.5 | 6.50 | 11.0 | 2135 | 2357 | +1.62 | ||
Berkovich, Mark A | 3.0 | 17.5 | 6.50 | 10.0 | 2406 | 2234 | -1.25 | ||
Bijlsma, Nick | 3.0 | 16.5 | 6.75 | 9.0 | 2075 | 2304 | +1.68 | ||
Haast, Anne | 3.0 | 15.0 | 6.00 | 7.5 | 2251 | 2195 | -0.51 | ||
Efroimski, Marsel | 3.0 | 14.0 | 5.25 | 7.5 | 2150 | 2249 | +0.75 | ||
Hirth, Ulrich | 3.0 | 12.0 | 4.00 | 6.0 | 2108 | 2198 | +0.70 | ||
38. | Genova, Lyubka | 2.5 | 21.0 | 7.50 | 9.5 | 2263 | 2329 | +0.40 | |
Mostertman, Milan | 2.5 | 18.5 | 7.00 | 7.5 | 2169 | 2289 | +0.78 | ||
Hertog ten, Hugo | 2.5 | 18.5 | 6.75 | 8.5 | 2159 | 2283 | +0.81 | ||
Heemskerk, Wim | 2.5 | 18.5 | 6.25 | 9.0 | 2236 | 2268 | +0.16 | ||
Lyell, Mark | 2.5 | 18.0 | 6.00 | 8.0 | 2245 | 2234 | -0.24 | ||
Nabuurs, Joep | 2.5 | 17.5 | 6.75 | 9.0 | 2191 | 2230 | +0.21 | ||
Hoeksema, Erik | 2.5 | 17.5 | 6.50 | 11.0 | 2331 | 2208 | -1.02 | ||
Paulet, Iozefina | 2.5 | 17.5 | 4.50 | 8.5 | 2312 | 2212 | -0.85 | ||
Donker, Roel | 2.5 | 17.0 | 6.75 | 11.0 | 2140 | 2275 | +0.77 | ||
Piasetski, Leon | 2.5 | 16.5 | 5.00 | 7.5 | 2269 | 2130 | -0.99 | ||
Schiffer, Kai Uwe | 2.5 | 15.0 | 7.50 | 9.5 | 2318 | 2122 | -1.25 | ||
Groenewold, J.J. | 2.5 | 12.0 | 2.75 | 5.5 | 2145 | 2189 | +0.29 | ||
50. | Afek, Yochanan | 2.0 | 21.0 | 6.50 | 10.0 | 2285 | 2284 | -0.15 | |
Jellema, Yme Jan | 2.0 | 19.0 | 5.50 | 6.5 | 2193 | 2127 | -0.67 | ||
Balje, Jan | 2.0 | 16.5 | 5.00 | 7.5 | 2188 | 2148 | -0.30 | ||
Sparenberg, Erik | 2.0 | 16.0 | 3.50 | 8.0 | 2072 | 2201 | +0.84 | ||
Rauw, Gert Jan | 2.0 | 15.0 | 3.25 | 6.5 | 2070 | 2086 | +0.12 | ||
Cako, Laszlo | 2.0 | 14.5 | 1.50 | 6.0 | 2155 | 2179 | +0.13 | ||
Slagter, David | 2.0 | 14.0 | 3.00 | 6.0 | 2108 | 2103 | -0.05 | ||
57. | Potze, Rudolf | 1.5 | 16.0 | 2.25 | 5.0 | 2132 | 2126 | -0.06 | |
Warmelink, Evie | 1.5 | 14.5 | 0.75 | 5.5 | 1970 | 1853 | -0.50 | ||
59. | Danielian, Elina | 1.0 | 18.5 | 9.50 | 6.0 | 2499 | 2364 | -0.36 | |
Aginian, Nelly | 1.0 | 17.0 | 7.00 | 6.0 | 2304 | 2229 | -0.14 | ||
Vergert ten,Paul | 1.0 | 16.5 | 2.75 | 5.5 | 2071 | 2007 | -0.43 | ||
Holm, Sejer | 1.0 | 16.0 | 0.50 | 2.0 | 2256 | 1939 | -2.41 | ||
Thompson, Ian D | 1.0 | 13.0 | 0.25 | 1.0 | 2266 | 1483 | -2.87 | ||
64. | Herwaarden van, A. | 0.5 | 12.5 | 0.50 | 0.5 | 2162 | 1808 | -2.20 |
The Asian Team Championship took place in Kolkata, India 20th-29th December 2009. India took first place from Vietnam in the Men's event and the reverse was the case in the Women's. Iran finished 3rd in both events.
Official site: http://www.asianteamchess09.com
Results Men: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr28559.aspx?lan=1
Results Women: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr28569.aspx?lan=1
Tata Steel TCh-Asia Kolkata (IND), 22-27 xii 2009 | |||||||||
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Rk. | SNo | Team | Games | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
1 | 1 | INDIA A | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 156,0 | 101,5 |
2 | 2 | VIETNAM | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 145,0 | 102,5 |
3 | 3 | IRAN | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 103,0 | 94,5 |
4 | 5 | INDONESIA | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 65,0 | 91,5 |
5 | 4 | INDIA B | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 57,0 | 87,5 |
6 | 6 | BANGLADESH | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 56,0 | 84,0 |
7 | 7 | SINGAPORE | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 42,0 | 102,0 |
8 | 9 | SRILANKA | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12,0 | 96,5 |
9 | 8 | YEMEN | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 18,0 | 85,0 |
10 | 10 | NEPAL | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12,5 | 87,0 |
Tata Steel TCh-Asia w Kolkata (IND), 22-27 xii 2009 | |||||||||
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Rk. | SNo | Team | Games | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
1 | 3 | VIETNAM | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 129,5 | 95,5 |
2 | 1 | INDIA A | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 120,5 | 83,0 |
3 | 4 | IRAN | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 118,5 | 80,5 |
4 | 2 | INDIA B | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 89,0 | 94,0 |
5 | 6 | SINGAPORE | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 74,5 | 83,0 |
6 | 7 | BANGLADESH | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 42,0 | 74,5 |
7 | 5 | INDONESIA | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 58,0 | 85,5 |
8 | 8 | SRILANKA | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12,0 | 80,5 |
9 | 9 | NEPAL | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0,0 | 86,0 |
The Poltava Open took place in Poltava, Ukraine, 4th-11th December 2009. Anton Korobov edged out Dmitry Kononenko on tie-break after both scored 7/9.
Official site: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/t212.html
Poltava Open (UKR), 4-11 xii 2009 | |||||||||
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Pl | Name | Fed | T | rating | tot | Rc | N | W | W-We |
1 | Korobov, Anton | UKR | GM | 2642 | 7.0 | 2470 | 9 | 7 | +0.56 |
2 | Kononenko, Dmitry | UKR | GM | 2566 | 7.0 | 2426 | 9 | 7 | +0.98 |
3 | Zubarev, Alexander | UKR | GM | 2535 | 6.5 | 2435 | 9 | 6.5 | +0.89 |
4 | Gasanov, Eldar | UKR | GM | 2530 | 6.5 | 2403 | 9 | 6.5 | +0.59 |
5 | Zinchenko, Yaroslav | UKR | GM | 2526 | 6.5 | 2493 | 8 | 5.5 | +1.17 |
6 | Maximov, Dmitry | UKR | GM | 2513 | 6.0 | 2336 | 8 | 5 | -0.67 |
7 | Kovalenko, Igor | UKR | IM | 2507 | 4.5 | 2344 | 8 | 3.5 | -2.11 |
8 | Pavlov, Sergey | UKR | IM | 2477 | 5.5 | 2346 | 8 | 4.5 | -0.69 |
9 | Matjushin, Gennady | UKR | GM | 2466 | 6.5 | 2372 | 7 | 5 | +0.73 |
10 | Kislinsky, Alexey | UKR | GM | 2446 | 6.5 | 2347 | 7 | 4.5 | +0.22 |
11 | Kurochkin, Valery | UKR | IM | 2397 | 5.5 | 2255 | 7 | 3.5 | -1.22 |
12 | Tverdohlebov, Viktor | UKR | 2383 | 6.0 | 2361 | 8 | 5 | +0.88 | |
13 | Alexikov, Alexander | UKR | IM | 2364 | 6.5 | 2297 | 7 | 4.5 | +0.44 |
14 | Boroday, Sergey | UKR | 2362 | 5.5 | 2289 | 6 | 3 | -0.47 | |
15 | Shtanko, Dmitro | UKR | 2346 | 5.0 | 2274 | 7 | 3.5 | -0.54 | |
16 | Polyakov, Maxim | UKR | FM | 2343 | 5.5 | 2381 | 6 | 3.5 | +0.83 |
17 | Odnorozhenko, Evgenyi | UKR | IM | 2315 | 5.5 | 2271 | 6 | 3 | -0.30 |
18 | Solovchuk, Alexey | UKR | 2294 | 5.0 | 2297 | 8 | 4 | +0.11 | |
19 | Bilokha, Sergey | UKR | 2244 | 4.5 | 2291 | 6 | 1.5 | -1.20 | |
20 | Kamenets, Anatolij | UKR | IM | 2227 | 6.0 | 2396 | 5 | 2 | +0.49 |
21 | Padalka, Artem | UKR | 2170 | 5.0 | 2291 | 5 | 1 | -0.86 | |
22 | Matjushin, Oleg | UKR | 2167 | 5.0 | 2319 | 3 | 1 | +0.05 | |
23 | Muhtarov, Leonid | UKR | 2165 | 5.5 | 2429 | 4 | 1.5 | +0.76 | |
24 | Varchenko, Grigory | UKR | 2165 | 4.5 | 2280 | 5 | 1 | -0.80 | |
25 | Romaniv, Dmytro | UKR | 2131 | 5.5 | 2267 | 4 | 2.5 | +1.13 | |
26 | Bondar, Wladimir | UKR | 2128 | 4.5 | 2253 | 5 | 0.5 | -1.25 | |
27 | Chumachenko, Alexander | UKR | 2106 | 5.0 | 2276 | 5 | 1.5 | -0.01 | |
28 | Gorbatenko, Kateryna | UKR | WFM | 2099 | 4.0 | 2176 | 4 | 1.5 | -0.14 |
29 | Naboka, Sergey | UKR | 2087 | 5.5 | 2305 | 6 | 2.5 | +1.12 | |
30 | Andreev, Volodymyr | UKR | 2017 | 4.5 | 2231 | 2 | 0 | -0.50 | |
31 | Petrova, Irina | UKR | WFM | 2010 | 4.0 | 2228 | 4 | 0.5 | -0.48 |
32 | Romaniv, Mykola | UKR | 2005 | 4.0 | 2282 | 5 | 0 | -0.87 | |
33 | Kol`ba, Anastasiya | UKR | 1996 | 5.0 | 2294 | 4 | 1 | +0.38 | |
34 | Tantsiura, Marja | UKR | 1995 | 4.0 | 2245 | 6 | 2 | +0.78 | |
35 | Bilozer, Leonid | UKR | 0000 | 3.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
36 | Bogdanovsky, Svyatoslav | UKR | 0000 | 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
37 | Brailko, Julia | UKR | 0000 | 5.0 | 2158 | 7 | 3 | 2108 | |
38 | Dzyuban, Alexey | UKR | 0000 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
39 | Gnitko, Vladislav | UKR | 0000 | 5.0 | 2217 | 5 | 1.5 | 2068 | |
40 | Guseynov, Ulvi | UKR | 0000 | 4.0 | 2251 | 4 | 0 | 1516 | |
41 | Ilyashyk, Semen | UKR | 0000 | 3.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
42 | Kuvenev, Boris | UKR | 0000 | 4.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
43 | Litvinenko, Oleg | UKR | 0000 | 4.5 | 2213 | 5 | 0.5 | 1847 | |
44 | Lobach, Vladimir | UKR | 0000 | 4.5 | 2156 | 7 | 2.5 | 2054 | |
45 | Mikhaylichenko, Dmitry | UKR | 0000 | 2.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
46 | Minenko, Andrey | UKR | 0000 | 4.0 | 2129 | 4 | 0 | 1394 | |
47 | Nestorenko, Dmitry | UKR | 0000 | 2.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
48 | Olukuvatyy, Volodymyr | UKR | 0000 | 3.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
49 | Palazhenko, Valentin | UKR | 0000 | 3.5 | 2078 | 3 | 0 | 1343 | |
50 | Perepelitsa, Natalia | UKR | 0000 | 2.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
51 | Plyushko, Alexey | UKR | 0000 | 4.0 | 2160 | 3 | 0 | 1425 | |
52 | Radevich, Yuriy | UKR | 0000 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
53 | Shelukhin, Maxim | UKR | 0000 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
54 | Tsushko, Volodymyr | UKR | 0000 | 4.0 | 2130 | 6 | 2 | 2005 | |
55 | Vashchenko, Dmitry | UKR | 0000 | 3.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
56 | Velichko, Alexander | UKR | 0000 | 3.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
57 | Yurchishyn, Nikolay | UKR | 0000 | 5.0 | 2193 | 6 | 3 | 2193 | |
58 | Zhurba, Valery | UKR | 0000 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
59 | Zuykov, Oleg | UKR | 0000 | 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
60 | Andrusenko, Pavel | UKR | 0000 | 3.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
61 | Nayda, Olga | UKR | 0000 | 3.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
62 | Golovko, Vladimir | UKR | 0000 | 3.0 | 2044 | 3 | 0.5 | 1771 | |
63 | Doyanovskaya, Zinaida | UKR | 0000 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
64 | Lobintseva, Larisa | UKR | 0000 | 3.5 | 2227 | 3 | 0 | 1492 |
The North American Open takes place 26th-29th December 2009. Varuzhan Akobian, Alexander Shabalov, Victor Mikhalevski, Sundarajan Kidambi, Alex Yermolinsky, Lev Milman and Mesgen Amanov are amongst the leading players.
Official site: http://chesstournamentservices.com/cca/north-american-open/
North American Open Las Vegas (USA), 26-29 xii 2009 Leading Round 3 (of 7) Standings: |
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# | Name | Ti | Rtng | Tot |
1 | Varuzhan Akobian | GM | 2690 | 3 |
2 | Alex Yermolinsky | GM | 2583 | 3 |
3 | Daniel Naroditsky | FM | 2375 | 3 |
4 | Alexander Shabalov | GM | 2669 | 2½ |
5 | Victor Mikhalevski | GM | 2666 | 2½ |
6 | Mesgen Amanov | GM | 2448 | 2½ |
7 | Charles R Riordan | FM | 2411 | 2½ |
8 | Michael Lee | FM | 2399 | 2½ |
9 | Steven C Zierk | FM | 2387 | 2½ |
10 | Jim H Dean | FM | 2263 | 2½ |
11 | Sundararajan Kidambi | GM | 2616 | 2 |
12 | Joshua Ed Friedel | GM | 2609 | 2 |
13 | Lev Milman | IM | 2510 | 2 |
14 | Sidd Ravichandran | 2489 | 2 | |
15 | Alexander Kretchetov | FM | 2444 | 2 |
16 | Mark Ginsburg | IM | 2427 | 2 |
17 | Anatoly Y Lein | GM | 2355 | 2 |
18 | Robby Adamson | FM | 2337 | 2 |
19 | Khamroev Ravshan | 2298 | 2 | |
20 | Alex Cherniack | 2280 | 2 | |
21 | Gregory Young | 2272 | 2 | |
22 | Cornelius Rubsamen | 2263 | 2 | |
23 | Vadim Kudryavtsev | 2261 | 2 | |
24 | Renard W Anderson | FM | 2249 | 2 |
25 | Andrew Karklins | FM | 2247 | 2 |
26 | Giovanni Carreto | 2237 | 2 | |
27 | Yian Liou | 2226 | 2 | |
28 | Vincent Huang | 2188 | 2 | |
29 | Ryan J Moon | 2188 | 2 | |
30 | Joseph Kruml | 2181 | 2 | |
31 | Dereque D Kelley | 2147 | 2 | |
32 | Aldo F Lopez | 2119 | 2 | |
75 players |
The 18th Donau Open takes place in Aschach, Austria, 26th-31st December 2009.
Details: http://www.aschach.at/schach/
The Czech Chess Christmas Open takes place in 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.
Official site: http://www.a64.cz/tournaments/litomysl2009/
The Nice Christmas Open takes place 26th December - 30th December 2009. Vladimir Epishin is the top seed.
Official site: http://echiquiernicois.centerblog.net/
The Bethune Christmas Open takes place 26th-30th December 2009. Boris Grachev, Tigran Gharamian, Vladimir Burmakin, Vladimir Malaniuk, Jean-Marc Degraev etc play.
Official site: http://www.bethunechess.com/
The 33rd Zurich Open takes place 26th-30th December 2009. Rainer Buhmann and Yannick Pelletier top the listings.
Official site: http://www.kradolfer-informatik.ch/schach/wop/
The Pan American Intercollegiate takes place on South Padre Island, Texas December 27th-30th 2009.
Official site: http://www.utb.edu/sa/chess/Pages/standings.aspx
The 19th Radisson Blu Christmas Festival takes place in Efurt 26th-30th December 2009. Thomas Luther is the top seed.
Official site: http://www.schach-info.de/erfurt/
The 25th Post Open takes place in Duesseldorf 26th-31st December 2009. Top seed Daniel Hausrath is the top seed.
Official site: http://www.post-sv-duesseldorf.de/schach/default.htm
The 26th Travemuender Open takes place 27th-30th December 2009. Jiri Stocek is the top seed.
Official site: http://schachopen.com/open/
The 6th Open and 18th IPCCC (International Paderborn Computer Chess Championships) take place in Paderborn, Germany, for the Schachtuerken-Cups 27th-30th December 2009. 7 Round Swiss System.
Official site: http://www.schachtuerken-cup.de/
The Boeblinger Open takes place 26th-30th December 2009. Top seed Vladislav Borovikov.
Official site: http://www.boeblinger-open.de/einzelseiten/ergebnisse/2009/ergebnisse_2009.htm
The Baroque Chess Open takes place in Buchen 26th-31st December 2009. Mihajlo Stojanovic is the top seed.
Official site: http://www.schachclub-buchen.de/
The 6th Hamburg Christmas Open takes place 27th-30th December 2009. Michael Kopylov is the top seed.
Official site: http://www.ani-cup.de/
The Geneve Christmas Open takes place 26th-30th December 2009. Igor Khenkin, Andrei Sokolov, Vladislav Vorotnikov etc play.
Official site: http://www.fge-echecs.ch/
The 7th Schwalbacher Christmas Open takes place 26th-30th December 2009. Fred Berend is the top seed.
Official site: http://www.frajos.org/
The Vietnam Master Championships for men and women took place in Chi Minh City, 10th-16th December 2009. Duong The Anh took the men's title and Hoang Thi Bao Tram the women's.
Official site: http://www.vietnamchess.com.vn/component/content/article/131-natevent/275-vnmaster-ch2009
Results Men: http://chess-results.com/tnr28083.aspx - Women: http://chess-results.com/tnr28096.aspx
ch-VIE Men Masters Ho Chi Minh City (VIE), 10-16 xii 2009 | ||||||||||
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Rk. | Ti | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
1 | IM | Duong The Anh | VIE | 2426 | 7,0 | 37,0 | 5 | 0 | ||
2 | IM | Nguyen Van Huy | VIE | 2405 | 6,5 | 34,5 | 5 | 0 | ||
3 | IM | Nguyen Thanh Son | VIE | 2441 | 6,5 | 34,5 | 4 | 0 | ||
4 | IM | Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy | VIE | 2475 | 6,0 | 31,5 | 4 | 0 | ||
5 | Tran Quoc Dung | VIE | 2198 | 5,5 | 28,5 | 5 | 0 | |||
6 | CM | Nguyen Hoang Nam | VIE | 2368 | 5,0 | 26,5 | 3 | 0 | ||
7 | Nguyen Thanh Nghia | VIE | 2191 | 5,0 | 25,5 | 4 | 0 | |||
8 | CM | Tran Thanh Tu | VIE | 2310 | 5,0 | 24,5 | 3 | 0 | ||
9 | Phan Trong Binh | VIE | 2072 | 5,0 | 24,0 | 4 | 0 | |||
10 | Nguyen Manh Truong | VIE | 2140 | 5,0 | 24,0 | 3 | 0 | |||
11 | CM | Nguyen Van Hai | VIE | 2283 | 5,0 | 19,5 | 3 | 0 | ||
12 | Pham Xuan Dat | VIE | 2180 | 4,5 | 24,5 | 3 | 0 | |||
13 | FM | Pham Duc Thang | VIE | 2256 | 4,5 | 24,0 | 3 | 0 | ||
14 | Vo Thanh Ninh | VIE | 2350 | 4,5 | 24,0 | 2 | 0 | |||
15 | Doan Van Duc | VIE | 2099 | 4,5 | 21,0 | 2 | 0 | |||
16 | FM | Ton That Nhu Tung | VIE | 2272 | 4,5 | 20,0 | 1 | 0 | ||
17 | GM | Tu Hoang Thong | VIE | 2509 | 4,5 | 19,5 | 3 | 0 | ||
18 | Phan Anh Son | VIE | 2116 | 4,0 | 20,5 | 3 | 0 | |||
19 | CM | Huynh Lam Binh Nguyen | VIE | 2027 | 4,0 | 17,0 | 2 | 0 | ||
20 | Dang The Nam | VIE | 2098 | 3,5 | 16,0 | 1 | 20 | |||
21 | Tong Thai Hung | VIE | 0 | 3,5 | 16,0 | 1 | 21 | |||
22 | Nguyen Sy Hung | VIE | 2051 | 2,5 | 11,5 | 1 | 0 | |||
23 | Nguyen Anh Tuan | VIE | 1987 | 1,0 | 7,0 | 0 | 0 |
ch-VIE Women Masters Ho Chi Minh City (VIE), 10-16 xii 2009 | ||||||||||
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Rk. | Ti | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
1 | WGM | Hoang Thi Bao Tram | VIE | 2286 | 7,0 | 35,0 | 5 | 0 | ||
2 | WFM | Hoang Thi Nhu Y | VIE | 2150 | 6,5 | 35,5 | 4 | 0 | ||
3 | WFM | Pham Bich Ngoc | VIE | 2145 | 6,5 | 26,0 | 6 | 0 | ||
4 | WFM | Nguyen Thi Mai Hung | VIE | 2244 | 6,0 | 31,0 | 4 | 0 | ||
5 | WIM | Le Kieu Thien Kim | VIE | 2221 | 5,5 | 31,0 | 4 | 0 | ||
6 | WGM | Nguyen Thi Thanh An | VIE | 2334 | 5,5 | 30,0 | 4 | 0 | ||
7 | Huynh Mai Phuong Dung | VIE | 2093 | 5,5 | 26,5 | 4 | 0 | |||
8 | Huynh Thi Hong Suong | VIE | 1830 | 5,0 | 21,0 | 4 | 8 | |||
9 | WFM | Nguyen Thi Diem Huong | VIE | 1993 | 5,0 | 21,0 | 4 | 9 | ||
10 | WIM | Nguyen Thi Tuong Van | VIE | 2227 | 4,5 | 22,5 | 2 | 0 | ||
11 | Nguyen Hoang Anh | VIE | 0 | 4,5 | 22,0 | 3 | 0 | |||
12 | Le Thi Thu Huong | VIE | 0 | 4,5 | 19,5 | 3 | 0 | |||
13 | WIM | Bui Kim Le | VIE | 2170 | 4,0 | 22,5 | 3 | 0 | ||
14 | Ho Thi Anh Tien | VIE | 0 | 3,5 | 19,0 | 1 | 0 | |||
15 | Nguyen Thi Thu Huyen | VIE | 2131 | 2,5 | 15,0 | 0 | 0 | |||
16 | Do Thi Diem Thuy | VIE | 1920 | 2,5 | 14,0 | 1 | 0 | |||
17 | Tran Le Tu Uyen | VIE | 0 | 2,5 | 13,5 | 1 | 0 |
The 2nd Dragon Capital Vietman Chess Open tournament took place in Ho Chi Minh City 3rd-8th December 2009. Le Quang Liem won the event with 8/9.
Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr27690.aspx
Official site: http://www.vietnamchess.com.vn/component/content/article/130-interevent/273-vieopen-ch2009
2nd Dragon Capital Ho Chi Minh City (VIE), 3-8 xii 2009 | ||||||||||||||
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Rk. | Ti | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | n | w | we | w-we | K | rtg+/- |
1 | GM | Le Quang Liem | VIE | 2624 | 8,0 | 47,5 | 38,0 | 41,75 | 9 | 8 | 6,95 | 1,05 | 10 | 10,5 |
2 | GM | Dao Thien Hai | VIE | 2524 | 6,0 | 49,5 | 37,5 | 30,50 | 9 | 6 | 5,81 | 0,19 | 10 | 1,9 |
3 | GM | Tu Hoang Thong | VIE | 2509 | 6,0 | 47,0 | 36,0 | 29,50 | 9 | 6 | 5,82 | 0,18 | 10 | 1,8 |
4 | WIM | Pham Le Thao Nguyen | VIE | 2295 | 6,0 | 45,0 | 33,5 | 25,75 | 9 | 6 | 3,99 | 2,01 | 15 | 30,1 |
5 | IM | Nguyen Thanh Son | VIE | 2441 | 6,0 | 41,0 | 31,5 | 27,25 | 9 | 6 | 6,48 | -0,48 | 10 | -4,8 |
6 | IM | Tu Hoang Thai | VIE | 2380 | 5,5 | 48,5 | 37,0 | 27,50 | 9 | 5,5 | 4,47 | 1,03 | 10 | 10,3 |
7 | IM | Sharma Dinesh K | IND | 2329 | 5,5 | 46,0 | 39,0 | 25,75 | 9 | 5,5 | 3,80 | 1,70 | 0 | 0,0 |
8 | IM | Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy | VIE | 2475 | 5,5 | 46,0 | 35,5 | 27,50 | 9 | 5,5 | 5,89 | -0,39 | 10 | -3,9 |
9 | GM | Nguyen Anh Dung | VIE | 2447 | 5,5 | 45,0 | 33,5 | 26,50 | 9 | 5,5 | 5,69 | -0,19 | 10 | -1,9 |
10 | IM | Mas Hafizulhelmi | MAS | 2419 | 5,5 | 44,0 | 35,0 | 25,50 | 9 | 5,5 | 5,42 | 0,08 | 10 | 0,8 |
11 | IM | Ashwin Jayaram | IND | 2448 | 5,0 | 49,5 | 37,5 | 24,25 | 9 | 5 | 5,12 | -0,12 | 10 | -1,2 |
12 | IM | Nguyen Van Huy | VIE | 2405 | 5,0 | 44,5 | 33,0 | 20,50 | 9 | 5 | 5,50 | -0,50 | 10 | -5,0 |
13 | FM | Pham Chuong | VIE | 2371 | 5,0 | 44,0 | 33,0 | 20,50 | 9 | 5 | 5,10 | -0,10 | 15 | -1,5 |
14 | FM | Ton That Nhu Tung | VIE | 2272 | 5,0 | 41,5 | 33,0 | 22,00 | 8 | 4,5 | 3,15 | 1,35 | 15 | 20,3 |
15 | IM | Lim Yee-Weng | MAS | 2336 | 5,0 | 39,5 | 31,0 | 21,75 | 9 | 5 | 5,63 | -0,63 | 0 | 0,0 |
16 | IM | Duong The Anh | VIE | 2426 | 5,0 | 38,5 | 30,0 | 20,75 | 9 | 5 | 6,34 | -1,34 | 10 | -13,4 |
17 | Le Quang Long | VIE | 2286 | 5,0 | 37,5 | 31,0 | 17,25 | 9 | 5 | 4,42 | 0,58 | 15 | 8,7 | |
18 | FM | Lo Kin Mun Dominic | SIN | 2174 | 4,5 | 43,5 | 34,0 | 20,00 | 9 | 4,5 | 2,77 | 1,73 | 15 | 26,0 |
19 | FM | Otte Marijn | NED | 2300 | 4,5 | 42,0 | 32,5 | 20,50 | 8 | 3,5 | 3,41 | 0,09 | 15 | 1,4 |
20 | CM | Nguyen Hoang Nam | VIE | 2368 | 4,5 | 42,0 | 32,5 | 19,75 | 9 | 4,5 | 5,58 | -1,08 | 15 | -16,2 |
21 | FM | Fernandez Daniel Howard | SIN | 2230 | 4,5 | 41,0 | 32,0 | 20,00 | 8 | 3,5 | 2,74 | 0,76 | 15 | 11,4 |
22 | FM | Chan Wei Xuan Timothy | SIN | 2384 | 4,5 | 40,5 | 31,0 | 17,50 | 9 | 4,5 | 5,90 | -1,40 | 15 | -21,0 |
23 | WIM | Le Kieu Thien Kim | VIE | 2221 | 4,5 | 38,0 | 31,5 | 15,25 | 9 | 4,5 | 3,56 | 0,94 | 15 | 14,1 |
24 | FM | Nguyen Duc Hoa | VIE | 2357 | 4,5 | 35,0 | 27,0 | 16,25 | 8 | 3,5 | 5,69 | -2,19 | 15 | -32,8 |
25 | CM | Nguyen Van Hai | VIE | 2283 | 4,0 | 39,0 | 32,0 | 13,75 | 8 | 3 | 3,41 | -0,41 | 15 | -6,2 |
26 | WGM | Nguyen Thi Thanh An | VIE | 2334 | 4,0 | 35,5 | 29,0 | 11,50 | 9 | 4 | 5,72 | -1,72 | 15 | -25,8 |
27 | Vo Dai Hoai Duc | VIE | 2175 | 4,0 | 35,0 | 28,5 | 11,50 | 8 | 4 | 3,68 | 0,32 | 15 | 4,8 | |
28 | WIM | Bui Kim Le | VIE | 2170 | 4,0 | 29,5 | 24,0 | 9,50 | 9 | 4 | 4,48 | -0,48 | 15 | -7,2 |
29 | WIM | Nguyen Quynh Anh | VIE | 2148 | 3,5 | 43,0 | 34,0 | 13,25 | 9 | 3,5 | 3,20 | 0,30 | 15 | 4,5 |
30 | Bao Khoa | VIE | 2207 | 3,5 | 43,0 | 33,5 | 16,25 | 9 | 3,5 | 2,79 | 0,71 | 0 | 0,0 | |
31 | WIM | Nguyen Thi Tuong Van | VIE | 2227 | 3,5 | 38,5 | 29,5 | 12,25 | 9 | 3,5 | 3,95 | -0,45 | 15 | -6,8 |
32 | Dang Hoang Son | VIE | 2040 | 3,5 | 34,0 | 28,5 | 11,25 | 9 | 3,5 | 2,27 | 1,23 | 0 | 0,0 | |
33 | Tan Weiliang | SIN | 2168 | 3,5 | 33,5 | 27,0 | 8,25 | 9 | 3,5 | 4,29 | -0,79 | 15 | -11,9 | |
34 | Tong Thai Hung | VIE | 0 | 3,5 | 31,5 | 26,0 | 8,00 | 9 | 3,5 | |||||
35 | WFM | Hoang Thi Nhu Y | VIE | 2150 | 3,5 | 31,5 | 25,0 | 6,75 | 8 | 2,5 | 3,66 | -1,16 | 15 | -17,4 |
36 | Nguyen Minh Tuan | VIE | 2082 | 3,0 | 44,0 | 34,0 | 14,25 | 9 | 3 | 1,71 | 1,29 | 0 | 0,0 | |
37 | Wolfaardt Francois | RSA | 1802 | 1,0 | 32,0 | 26,0 | 2,25 | 8 | 1 | 0,91 | 0,09 | 25 | 2,3 | |
38 | Do Hoang Lam | VIE | 2017 | 0,5 | 32,5 | 26,5 | 0,50 | 8 | 0,5 | 2,70 | -2,20 | 0 | 0,0 |
The Open Championship of Skopje took place 12th-20th December 2009. Orce Dancevski took the title on tie-break from Marjan Mitkov, Robert Veleski and Riste Menkinoski after all scored 6.5/9. My thanks to Ivan Kocovski for the news.
Official site: http://chess.com.mk
Open Ch-Skopje Skopje (MKD), 12-20 xii 2009 | ||||||||||
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Pl | SBr. | Ti | Name | Rtg | FED | Pts | BK. | |||
1 | 4 | IM | Dancevski Orce | 2418 | MKD | 6½ | 40½ | |||
2 | 5 | IM | Mitkov Marjan | 2395 | MKD | 6½ | 40 | |||
3 | 9 | Veleski Robert | 2280 | MKD | 6½ | 38½ | ||||
4 | 6 | FM | Menkinoski Riste | 2326 | MKD | 6½ | 37½ | |||
5 | 2 | IM | Stojanovski Dejan | 2436 | MKD | 6 | 40½ | |||
6 | 3 | GM | Jacimovic Dragoljub | 2429 | MKD | 6 | 39½ | |||
7 | 10 | FM | Andonovski Ljubisa | 2278 | MKD | 6 | 38 | |||
8 | 7 | FM | Organdziev Oliver | 2317 | MKD | 6 | 36½ | |||
9 | 13 | Vladimirov Vladimir | 2217 | MKD | 6 | 28½ | ||||
10 | 1 | IM | Pancevski Filip | 2439 | MKD | 5½ | 39 | |||
11 | 18 | Glavinac Goran | 2175 | MKD | 5½ | 33 | ||||
12 | 12 | Simjanovski Saso | 2249 | MKD | 5 | 37½ | ||||
13 | 11 | FM | Ilic Ljubomir | 2257 | MKD | 5 | 34½ | |||
14 | 24 | Petrovski Igor | 2016 | MKD | 5 | 33 | ||||
15 | 14 | Stosevski Ilija | 2201 | MKD | 5 | 32½ | ||||
16 | 21 | Kukov Tode | 2072 | MKD | 5 | 32 | ||||
17 | 23 | Kostadinovski Zoran | 2040 | MKD | 5 | 32 | ||||
18 | 28 | Tausanov Mihail | 1948 | MKD | 5 | 31½ | ||||
19 | 19 | FM | Kacakovski Dimitar | 2139 | MKD | 5 | 31½ | |||
20 | 29 | Bejatovic Bojana | 1833 | MKD | 5 | 29 | ||||
21 | 27 | Tairi Asip | 1972 | MKD | 4½ | 29½ | ||||
22 | 20 | Hristovski Srdzan | 2132 | MKD | 4 | 37 | ||||
23 | 32 | Atanasovski Blazhe | 0 | MKD | 4 | 33 | ||||
24 | 31 | Ajrula Adnan | 0 | MKD | 4 | 31 | ||||
25 | 25 | Dimov Daniel | 2008 | MKD | 4 | 29½ | ||||
26 | 26 | Atanasov Sande | 1986 | MKD | 4 | 26½ | ||||
27 | 15 | Radicevski Ljupco | 2199 | MKD | 3½ | 32 | ||||
28 | 17 | Demirov Ajrus | 2176 | MKD | 3½ | 30½ | ||||
29 | 8 | FM | Mitkovski Krume | 2283 | MKD | 3½ | 28 | |||
30 | 30 | Tairi Krenar | 1619 | MKD | 3½ | 22½ | ||||
31 | 37 | Nikolovski Nikola | 0 | MKD | 3 | 28 | ||||
32 | 35 | Konstantinov Aleksandar | 0 | MKD | 3 | 27 | ||||
33 | 36 | Kostov Kosta | 0 | MKD | 3 | 24½ | ||||
34 | 39 | Zigic Gjuro | 0 | MKD | 3 | 23½ | ||||
35 | 38 | Peev Kosta | 0 | MKD | 2½ | 24½ | ||||
36 | 16 | FM | Petkovski Vlatko | 2181 | MKD | 2 | 29 | |||
37 | 33 | Dimov Trajce | 0 | MKD | 2 | 25½ | ||||
38 | 34 | Gjeorgjievski Done | 0 | MKD | 2 | 20½ | ||||
39 | 22 | Markovski Velo | 2043 | MKD | 0 | 28 |
The 3rd Asian Indoor Games took place in Ha Long, Vietnam at the start of November. There were a number of chess events. Vietname won the Blitz Team event. China the individual men and women's events and also the rapid team tournament. I could only find the rapid games from the team event.
Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr26722.aspx (with links to the other results). - Report: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6000
The Vandoeuvre Open took place 19th-23rd December 2009. Thorsten Michael Haub took first place on tie-break from Boris Grachev and Vladimir Epishin after all finished on 6.5/7. No games available.
Official site: http://www.vandoeuvre-echecs.com/tournois.php
Vandoeuvre Open (FRA), 19-23 xii 2009 Final Round 7 Standings: |
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Pl | Name | Ti | FED | Elo | Pts | Tr. | Bu. | Perf. |
1 | HAUB Thorsten Michael | m | GER | 2478 | 6.5 | 40 | 48 | 2617 |
2 | GRACHEV Boris | g | RUS | 2652 | 6.5 | 39.5 | 49 | 2625 |
3 | EPISHIN Vladimir | g | RUS | 2613 | 6.5 | 38 | 46.5 | 2577 |
4 | DGEBUADZE Alexandre | g | BEL | 2533 | 6 | 42 | 51 | 2594 |
5 | MARZOLO Cyril | m | FRA | 2465 | 6 | 41.5 | 49 | 2581 |
6 | BAUER Christian | g | FRA | 2594 | 6 | 38.5 | 47 | 2590 |
7 | GENZLING Alain | f | FRA | 2368 | 6 | 38.5 | 45 | 2528 |
8 | TERRIEUX Kevin | m | FRA | 2418 | 6 | 36.5 | 44 | 2517 |
9 | KARPATCHEV Aleksandr | g | RUS | 2496 | 6 | 34 | 40.5 | 2443 |
10 | MALANIUK Vladimir P | g | UKR | 2575 | 5.5 | 42 | 51.5 | 2547 |
11 | PRIE Eric | g | FRA | 2496 | 5.5 | 41 | 50 | 2520 |
12 | WIRIG Anthony | m | FRA | 2484 | 5.5 | 39.5 | 48.5 | 2538 |
13 | DONCEA Vladimir | m | ROM | 2493 | 5.5 | 38 | 45 | 2477 |
14 | BEDOUIN Xavier | f | FRA | 2351 | 5.5 | 37 | 44 | 2464 |
15 | CORNETTE Matthieu | g | FRA | 2577 | 5.5 | 36.5 | 43.5 | 2456 |
16 | NOVIKOV Stanislav | g | RUS | 2562 | 5 | 40 | 49 | 2495 |
54 players |
The 35th Anniversary of ALEX took place in Rio de Janeiro 16th-20th December 2009.
News: Joaquim Deus Filho.
Official site: http://maiakowsky.blogspot.com/2009/12/479-fide-35-anos-de-fundacao-da-alex.html
IRT 35th Ann ALEX Rio de Janeiro (ARG), 16-20 xii 2009 | |||||||||
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Rank | SNo. | Ti | Name | Rtg | FED | Pts | |||
1 | 1 | FM | Rodi Luis Ernesto | 2364 | ARG | 5 | |||
2 | 2 | FM | Dumont Sadi Glasser | 2321 | BRA | 4½ | |||
3 | 3 | FM | Guimaraes Wagner Peixoto | 2265 | BRA | 4 | |||
4 | 7 | Chauca Jose | 2057 | PER | 4 | ||||
5 | 9 | Rodrigues Nei Jorge | 2042 | BRA | 4 | ||||
6 | 5 | Santos Celso da Silva | 2145 | BRA | 4 | ||||
7 | 4 | FM | Mascarenhas Alberto Pinheiro | 2206 | BRA | 3 | |||
8 | 6 | Ferreira Kleber Victor | 2112 | BRA | 3 | ||||
9 | 11 | Farias Jose Carlos Mesquita | 2012 | BRA | 3 | ||||
10 | 12 | Mano Leonardo | 2001 | BRA | 2½ | ||||
11 | 10 | Junior Braulio dos Santos | 2040 | BRA | 2½ | ||||
12 | 13 | Rabello David Sousa | 1976 | BRA | 2½ | ||||
13 | 14 | Pereira Armando Scharlau | 1707 | BRA | 2 | ||||
14 | 8 | Chaves Jorge Antonio Torres | 2056 | BRA | 2 | ||||
15 | 15 | Leite Tarcísio Dantas Frota | 0 | BRA | 1 |
Press Release
12 million USD in governmental support to the Norwegian Chess Olympiad bid
The Minister of Sports and culture in Norway, Mrs. Anniken Huitfeldt has announced that the Norwegian government will support The City of Tromso’s bid for the Chess Olympiad in 2014.
Chairman of the Board of the Bidding Committee, Mr. Henrik Andenaes, states:
"The governmental support for the 2014 olympiad of NOK 70 million (USD 12 million) represents a fundamental foundation to the further enhancement of winning the international bidding competition in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, October 2010. This grant from the Minister of Culture secures sufficient financial and political support. With the City of Tromso as applicant city, we will deliver a high quality application in compliance with the FIDE (World Chess Federation) bidding conditions by the end of April 2010."
Former Vice President in FIDE and now international advisor for the Norwegian Bidding Committee, Mr. Morten Sand says:
The governmental support is very important. We are not sure which other countries will bid for the 2014 Chess Olympiad. Regardless of this, we will increase our efforts during the months to come, to make sure that the decision makers and the world of chess knows what Norway and the City of Tromso has to offer - being elected as host for the 41st Chess Olympiad in 2014.
For questions or comments to the bidding organization contact: · Henrik Andenaes, Chairman of the Board , 004795143830, henrik.andenas@dht.no · Borge Robertsen, General Manager, 004791647329, borge.robertsen@tromso2014.no
Homepage: http://www.tromso2014.no.
George Mirijanian reports: The Harry Lyman Memorial took place 19th December 2009 at the Boylston Chess Club in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. IM David Vigorito, 39, of Somerville tallied 3.5-0.5 to win first place. Tying for 2nd-4th place with 3-1 scores were GM Alexander Ivanov, 53, of Newton, Mass., who drew Vigorito in the third round; U.S. Chess Federation-rated expert Alan Price, 46, of Cambridge, Mass., who held Ivanov to a draw in the final round; and fellow expert Zongyuan Yuan, 11, of Brookline, Mass. The tournament drew 29 players in two sections and was directed by Bernardo Iglesias of Stoughton, Mass., one of New England's most experienced TDs. The event honored the memory of Henry "Harry" Lyman (1915-1999), who was considered the Dean of New England Chess and viewed by many as the "Maecenas" of the Boylston Chess Club, whose monetary contributions to the club were numerous for more than five decades.
The World Team Championship takes place Bursa, Turkey 3rd-14th January 2010.
Teams: Russia, Brazil, Egypt, India, Armenia, Israel, USA, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Greece.
Official site: http://wtcc2009.tsf.org.tr/
The Dutch League takes place 26th September 2009 - 18th April 2010. Round 4 took place on the 12th December 2009, the games are now available.
Rounds: Round 1 - 26th September, Round 2 - 31 October, Round 3 - 21st November, Round 4 - 12th December 2009. Round 5 - 9th January Round 6 - 6th February, Round 7 - 6th March, Round 8 - 27 March, Round 9 - 18 April 2010.
Official site: http://www.schaakbond.nl/wedstrijdschaak/knsb-competitie.
Further info: http://www.schakers.info/
Dutch League (NED), 26 ix 2009 - 18 iv 2010 Round 3 Standings: | |||||||||||||
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Pl | Team | Mp | Bp | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
1 | Groningen 1/Hotels.nl | 8 | 24½ | x | . | 6 | . | . | . | 6 | 6 | 6.5 | . |
2 | HSG | 6 | 28½ | . | x | . | 8.5 | 7 | 8.5 | . | . | 4.5 | . |
3 | Schrijvers Rotterdam | 6 | 23½ | 4 | . | x | . | . | 5.5 | 6.5 | . | 7.5 | . |
4 | Utrecht | 5 | 21 | . | 1.5 | . | x | 5 | . | . | . | 7.5 | 7 |
5 | LSG | 5 | 21 | . | 3 | . | 5 | x | . | . | 7.5 | . | 5.5 |
6 | Homburg Apeldoorn | 4 | 22 | . | 1.5 | 4.5 | . | . | x | . | 8 | . | 8 |
7 | HMC Calder | 2 | 16½ | 4 | . | 3.5 | . | . | . | x | 3 | . | 6 |
8 | Braceland ESGOO | 2 | 15½ | 4 | . | . | . | 2.5 | 2 | 7 | x | . | . |
9 | SMB | 2 | 14 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | . | . | . | . | x | . |
10 | HWP Sas van Gent | 0 | 13½ | . | . | . | 3 | 4.5 | 2 | 4 | . | . | x |
Dutch League (NED), 26 ix 2009 - 18 iv 2010 Round 3 Standings: | |||||||||||||
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Round 1 - 26 September | |||||||||||||
01 | SMB | - | Schrijvers Rotterdam | 2½ | - | 7½ | |||||||
02 | Groningen 1/Hotels.nl | - | Braceland ESGOO | 6 | - | 4 | |||||||
03 | HMC Calder | - | HWP Sas van Gent | 6 | - | 4 | |||||||
04 | Homburg Apeldoorn | - | HSG | 1½ | - | 8½ | |||||||
05 | LSG | - | Utrecht | 5 | - | 5 | |||||||
Round 2 - 31 October | |||||||||||||
01 | Utrecht | - | SMB | 7½ | - | 2½ | |||||||
02 | HSG | - | LSG | 7 | - | 3 | |||||||
03 | HWP Sas van Gent | - | Homburg Apeldoorn | 2 | - | 8 | |||||||
04 | Braceland ESGOO | - | HMC Calder | 7 | - | 3 | |||||||
05 | Schrijvers Rotterdam | - | Groningen 1/Hotels.nl | 4 | - | 6 | |||||||
Round 3 - 21 November | |||||||||||||
01 | SMB | - | Groningen 1/Hotels.nl | 3½ | - | 6½ | |||||||
02 | HMC Calder | - | Schrijvers Rotterdam | 3½ | - | 6½ | |||||||
03 | Homburg Apeldoorn | - | Braceland ESGOO | 8 | - | 2 | |||||||
04 | LSG | - | HWP Sas van Gent | 5½ | - | 4½ | |||||||
05 | Utrecht | - | HSG | 1½ | - | 8½ | |||||||
Round 4 - 12 December | |||||||||||||
01 | HSG | - | SMB | 4½ | - | 5½ | |||||||
02 | HWP Sas van Gent | - | Utrecht | 3 | - | 7 | |||||||
03 | Braceland ESGOO | - | LSG | 2½ | - | 7½ | |||||||
04 | Schrijvers Rotterdam | - | Homburg Apeldoorn | 5½ | - | 4½ | |||||||
05 | Groningen 1/Hotels.nl | - | HMC Calder | 6 | - | 4 | |||||||
Round 5 - 9 January | |||||||||||||
01 | SMB | - | HMC Calder | - | |||||||||
02 | Homburg Apeldoorn | - | Groningen 1/Hotels.nl | - | |||||||||
03 | LSG | - | Schrijvers Rotterdam | - | |||||||||
04 | Utrecht | - | Braceland ESGOO | - | |||||||||
05 | HSG | - | HWP Sas van Gent | - | |||||||||
Round 6 - 6 February | |||||||||||||
01 | HWP Sas van Gent | - | SMB | - | |||||||||
02 | Braceland ESGOO | - | HSG | - | |||||||||
03 | Schrijvers Rotterdam | - | Utrecht | - | |||||||||
04 | Groningen 1/Hotels.nl | - | LSG | - | |||||||||
05 | HMC Calder | - | Homburg Apeldoorn | - | |||||||||
Round 7 - 6 March | |||||||||||||
01 | SMB | - | Homburg Apeldoorn | - | |||||||||
02 | LSG | - | HMC Calder | - | |||||||||
03 | Utrecht | - | Groningen 1/Hotels.nl | - | |||||||||
04 | HSG | - | Schrijvers Rotterdam | - | |||||||||
05 | HWP Sas van Gent | - | Braceland ESGOO | - | |||||||||
Round 8 - 27 March | |||||||||||||
01 | Braceland ESGOO | - | SMB | - | |||||||||
02 | Schrijvers Rotterdam | - | HWP Sas van Gent | - | |||||||||
03 | Groningen 1/Hotels.nl | - | HSG | - | |||||||||
04 | HMC Calder | - | Utrecht | - | |||||||||
05 | Homburg Apeldoorn | - | LSG | - | |||||||||
Round 9 - 18 April | |||||||||||||
01 | LSG | - | SMB | - | |||||||||
02 | Utrecht | - | Homburg Apeldoorn | - | |||||||||
03 | HSG | - | HMC Calder | - | |||||||||
04 | HWP Sas van Gent | - | Groningen 1/Hotels.nl | - | |||||||||
05 | Braceland ESGOO | - | Schrijvers Rotterdam | - |
The II Genset Cup IM Tournament takes place 26th March - 3rd April 2010 Szombathely.
9 -11 round Robin 90 minutes/40 moves + 30 minutes , 30 sec addition after each move
INFORMATION: CSONKA Attila 0036-70-200-4233 attila_csonka@hotmail.com PERGEL László 0036-70-775-4901 pergell@citromail.hu
13-20.2. 2010 1st NOVY BOR OPEN (the Prazak Grandhotel) http://www.czechtour.net/novy-bor-open/
8.-15.1. 2010 9th PRAGUE OPEN (TOP HOTEL Praha) http://www.czechtour.net/prague-open/
16.-23.1. 2010 9th MARIENBAD OPEN (the Kossuth hotel) http://www.czechtour.net/marienbad-open/
Dates of the first tournaments of the 10th jubilee CZECH TOUR 2010 / 2011 Series:
15.-22.5. 2010 1st HRADEC KRALOVE OPEN (the Cernigov hotel)
15.7.-1.8. 2010 21st CZECH OPEN (Pardubice, CEZ Arena)
4.-12.8. 2010 13th OLOMOUC CHESS SUMMER (the Sigma hotel)
Official site: http://www.czechtour.net/news/
The World Chess Championship takes place in Sofia, Bulgaria 23 April (1st round) to 12 May 2010 (possible tiebreaks). The match is between World Champion Viswanathan Anand and Veselin Topalov. An agreement was signed by FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and the President of the Bulgarian Chess Federation Stefan Sergiev on the 16th December 2009. This was in the presence of the Prime Minister of Bulgaria Mr Boiko Borisov who is guaranteeing the match.
The Linares tournament takes place in Spain (a pairing with Dubai fell through) 12th-25th February 2010. Players invited so far are: Veselin Topalov, Levon Aronian, Alexander Grischuk, Francisco Vallejo Pons and for the first time in a super-tournament Vugar Gashimov who deserves his chance in this company. (Source ChessDom who also speculate that Boris Gelfand will make up the field).
The International Correspondence Chess Federation has announced the Preliminary Sections of the World Correspondence Chess Championship will start on March 10th. 2010.
Also Slovenia's 15 Years Membership of ICCF tournament semi-finals.
Details on the ICCF Official site: http://www.iccf.com/content/index.php
The Reykjavík Open 2010 takes place 24th February - 3rd March 2010.
Details: http://www.chess.is and the contact e-mail of the organize commitee is reykjavikopen2010@gmail.com.
FIDE World Amateur Chess Championship - an Official FIDE World Chess Championship! 9R-SS G/90 + 30/sec increment. Holiday Inn Hotel: 5300 W Touhy Ave Skokie, IL 60077. 847.679.8900. $20,000 Guaranteed. Open to players with no FIDE title and rated under 2000 FIDE. All players compete in a single section. Please see tournament website for more detailed rating regulations.
Prizes: Overall: $3000-2000-1600-1400; Top Women: $1000-600-400-200; (1799-1600): $1000-600-400-200; (1599-1400): $1000-600-400-200; (U1400): $1000-600-400-200; (Unrated): $1000-600-400-200;
EF: $120 by 6pm 02/15, $150 by 6pm 03/15; $200 thereafter and onsite. No re-entries allowed. No half-point byes allowed (zero point byes only). Onsite registration from 3-5pm 03/19.
Rds: 3/19 - 6:30pm; 3/20-21 - 12pm and 6:30pm per day; 3/22-25 - 6:30pm per night.
Mail entries with registration information to: North American Chess Association (make checks payable to) 4957 Oakton Street, Suite 113, Skokie, IL 60077.
More information and online registration available at: http://www.worldchesschamps.com. Questions via email only: sevan@worldchesschamps.com
The Schachbundesliga in Germany is the strongest league in the world.
Rounds 8 and 9 are on 6th and 7th of February 2010. Baden-Baden are the only team left on 100%.
Official site: http://www.schachbundesliga.de/
2010 BERMUDA INTERNATIONAL OPEN 5th-7th February 2009, Cocktail party & Blitz on the 4th Fairmont Southampton Resort & C.C.
FIDE event with FIDE ratings available; 60 GP pts. PRIZES: 1st $1,000; 2nd $800; 3rd $600; 4th $400; 5th $200; U2200, U2000, U1800, U1600: $250, $150, $100 each group
Also airfare from NY area and hotel for 2011 to 1st overall and 1st untitled player Trophy for first place in each category. Entry fee $100 on site only. Rds. Fri 8pm, S&S 9 & 3 Sunday evening free dinner buffet & bar for all players and spouses Hotel 1-800-441-1414; $179+tax
Contacts: Nigel Freeman nigelfreeman@fide.com, C. Jarecki carolj10280@yahoo.com
The South Lakes Congress is taking place on w/e of 11-13th June 2010 at The Grand Hotel, Grange-over-Sands. The contact for the event is: Trevor Blower, 18 Blackbutts Lane, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria LA14 3AP. email: trevor.blower@talktalk.net, Phone No 01229 472100.
The first weekend of the Austrian Bundesliga (11 rounds) took place 6th-8th November 2009 in Jenbach, Austria.
Time control: 100 minutes for 40 moves an additional 50 minutes with 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.
Remaining fixtures: 14th-17th January 2010 in Graz and 27th-30th March 2010 in Baden.
Official site: http://www.chess.at/staatsligen/stl_a.htm
Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr21147.aspx
1. 26th of Nov until 4th of Dec.Tenkes Cup, Harkany, Link to: http://baranyasakk.hu/index.php?cat=naptar&id=3&age=0&vid=15&lang=en&det=12 - Open 9 rounds Swiss, 250 km West from Budapest, free thermal bathes, Organizer: Mr. Fulop, Csaba e-mail address: fulopcsa@invitel.hu First rize: bruttó 1800 Euros (in HUF)
2,5th-16th of December Budapest, First Saturday GM-IM-FM ELO tournaments, 9...11 rounds, Org: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net - link to: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
5.-12.12. 2009 1st PILSEN OPEN (Central hotel) - http://www.czechtour.net/pilsen-open/
8-15.1. 2010 9th PRAGUE OPEN (TOP HOTEL Praha) - http://www.czechtour.net/prague-open/
16-23.1. 2010 9th MARIENBAD OPEN (Kossuth hotel) - http://www.czechtour.net/marienbad-open/
13-20.2. 2010 1st NOVY BOR OPEN (Grandhotel Prazak) - http://www.czechtour.net/novy-bor-open/
The registration deadline for 3rd SOUTH BOHEMIA OPEN, which takes place 14.-21.11. 2009 in the town of Cesky Krumlov (http://www.czechtour.net/south-bohemia-open/), which is one of the most beautiful places in the Czech Republic, has been prolonged without extra fee for the late enrolment till 9.11. 2009.
Preliminary starting lists on 4.11. 2009 should be found at http://www.czechtour.net/news/.
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.
Corus A Wijk aan Zee (NED), 15-31 i 2010 | cat. XIX (2720) | ||||
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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) | |||
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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.
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 | |||||
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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 |
Following round-robin tournaments (GM. IM. rating) of the "World Chess Tour 2009/10" series. Autumn / Winter 2009/10:
2009: 18-28.11, 29.11-10.12, 13-22.12.
2010: 2-13.01, 17-28.01, 9-19.02, 20.02-3.03 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. Phone mobile: Russia: (7)903-5593052, (7)926-0523889 Germany: (49)152-04014194 Phone/Fax (Russia): (7)495-4336634 Skype: Prinzflorisel E-mail: wlct06@gmail.com, worldchesstour@gmail.com
Official site: http://www.chess-events.org/
Official site: www.chess-events.org/en_US/rr-tur.html
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.esThe 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.
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
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
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.
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/
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
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
Ajedrez 21 now has an English site: http://www.ajedrez21.com/en/
The humourous and satirical chess magazine Kingpin has a new website.
New website address: http://www.kingpinchess.net
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
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.
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
The European Chess Union Website ECU website has changed address to http://www.europechess.org
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
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