THE WEEK IN CHESS 793 18th January 2010 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Jan Mazuch, George Mirijanian, John Hillery, Ronald Scott, John Saunders, Justin Davis, Denis Vretenar Adolivio Capece, Dave Clayton and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Wijk aan Zee has got under way and after three rounds Alexei Shirov has 3/3 including two wins with black, Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen are on 2.5/3 and Vassily Ivanchuk is on 2/3. World Champion Viswanathan Anand and former champion Vladimir Kramnik have drawn all there games so far. I'm really looking forward to seeing how the event stacks up. Russia won the World Team Championship ahead of the USA.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Corus Wijk aan Zee 2010

The 2010 Corus tournament takes place in Wijk aan Zee Friday 15th January 2010 - Sunday 31st January 2010.

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

Corus A Wijk aan Zee (NED), 16-31 i 2010														cat. XIX (2719)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2723	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	1	.	.	.	3
2.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2810	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	1	1	.	2½	2926
3.	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2708	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	½	1	2½	2937
4.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2749	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	½	½	.	.	1	.	2	2789
5.	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2712	.	.	.	.	*	½	½	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2766
6.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2720	.	.	.	.	½	*	½	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	1½	2747
7.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2790	.	.	.	.	½	½	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	1½	2709
8.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2788	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	*	.	½	½	.	.	.	1½	2708
9.	Tiviakov, Sergei	g	NED	2662	0	½	.	½	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	1	2635
10.	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2675	0	.	.	½	.	.	.	½	.	*	.	.	.	.	1	2628
11.	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2739	0	.	.	.	.	½	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	.	1	2618
12.	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2641	.	0	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	1	1	2613
13.	Smeets, Jan	g	NED	2657	.	0	½	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	½	2482
14.	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2696	.	.	0	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	0	.	*	½	2440

Round 1 (January 16, 2010)
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	23	C42	Petroff's Defence
Karjakin, Sergey	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	40	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Tiviakov, Sergei	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	27	C77	Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Caruana, Fabiano	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	34	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Leko, Peter	- Shirov, Alexei	0-1	64	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Van Wely, Loek	- Short, Nigel D	1-0	46	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Smeets, Jan	- Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	34	B98	Sicilian Najdorf
Round 2 (January 17, 2010)
Shirov, Alexei	- Caruana, Fabiano	1-0	64	C80	Ruy Lopez Open
Carlsen, Magnus	- Smeets, Jan	1-0	41	D44	Anti-Meran Gambit
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Van Wely, Loek	1-0	39	B96	Sicilian Najdorf
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Tiviakov, Sergei	½-½	57	B01	Centre Counter
Karjakin, Sergey	- Dominguez Perez, Leinier	½-½	31	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Anand, Viswanathan	- Short, Nigel D	½-½	57	D38	QGD Ragozin
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Leko, Peter	½-½	33	E15	Queens Indian
Round 3 (January 18, 2010)
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	77	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Tiviakov, Sergei	- Shirov, Alexei	0-1	31	B23	Sicilian Closed
Caruana, Fabiano	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	31	C42	Petroff's Defence
Leko, Peter	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	36	E15	Queens Indian
Van Wely, Loek	- Carlsen, Magnus	0-1	40	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Smeets, Jan	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	0-1	36	B96	Sicilian Najdorf
Short, Nigel D	- Nakamura, Hikaru	0-1	43	B58	Sicilian Boleslavsky

Corus B Wijk aan Zee (NED), 16-31 i 2010														cat. XVI (2629)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2588	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	.	.	.	.	½	2½	2915
2.	Ni Hua	g	CHN	2657	.	*	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	1	.	2½	2911
3.	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	2687	.	.	*	.	.	½	½	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	2	2760
4.	L'Ami, Erwin	g	NED	2615	.	½	.	*	.	.	½	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	1½	2656
5.	Howell, David W L	g	ENG	2606	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	½	½	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2658
6.	Negi, Parimarjan	g	IND	2621	.	.	½	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	1½	2605
7.	So, Wesley	g	PHI	2656	.	.	½	½	.	.	*	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	1½	2643
8.	Harikrishna, P	g	IND	2672	0	.	.	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	.	1	.	.	1½	2572
9.	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	ROU	2681	0	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	1	.	1½	2612
10.	Sutovsky, Emil	g	ISR	2657	.	0	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	1	1½	2615
11.	Akobian, Varuzhan	g	USA	2628	.	.	0	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	*	½	.	.	1	2497
12.	Muzychuk, Anna	m	SLO	2523	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	0	.	.	½	*	.	.	1	2515
13.	Nyback, Tomi	g	FIN	2643	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	0	.	.	.	*	1	1	2512
14.	Reinderman, Dimitri	g	NED	2573	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0	.	.	0	*	½	2356

Round 1 (January 16, 2010)
Giri, Anish	- Harikrishna, P	1-0	55	D17	Slav Defence
Ni Hua	- L'Ami, Erwin	½-½	65	C07	French Tarrasch
Naiditsch, Arkadij	- So, Wesley	½-½	111	A28	English Four Knights
Howell, David W L	- Negi, Parimarjan	½-½	61	D17	Slav Defence
Sutovsky, Emil	- Reinderman, Dimitri	1-0	52	B04	Alekhine's Defence
Muzychuk, Anna	- Akobian, Varuzhan	½-½	20	B00	Owen or Nimzowitsch Defence
Nyback, Tomi	- Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	0-1	32	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Round 2 (January 17, 2010)
Ni Hua	- Sutovsky, Emil	1-0	57	C07	French Tarrasch
L'Ami, Erwin	- So, Wesley	½-½	23	D27	QGA
Negi, Parimarjan	- Muzychuk, Anna	½-½	41	B41	Sicilian Paulsen
Harikrishna, P	- Howell, David W L	½-½	51	D80	Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	- Giri, Anish	0-1	31	C42	Petroff's Defence
Akobian, Varuzhan	- Naiditsch, Arkadij	0-1	37	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Reinderman, Dimitri	- Nyback, Tomi	0-1	39	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Round 3 (January 18, 2010)
Giri, Anish	- Reinderman, Dimitri	½-½	31	A90	Dutch Classical
Naiditsch, Arkadij	- Negi, Parimarjan	½-½	39	B96	Sicilian Najdorf
Howell, David W L	- Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	½-½	23	B40	Sicilian Classical
So, Wesley	- Akobian, Varuzhan	½-½	33	D34	Tarrasch Defence, Main Line
Sutovsky, Emil	- L'Ami, Erwin	½-½	24	C12	French MacCutcheon
Muzychuk, Anna	- Harikrishna, P	0-1	89	B17	Caro Kann
Nyback, Tomi	- Ni Hua	0-1	38	D86	Gruenfeld Simagin

Corus C Wijk aan Zee (NED), 16-31 i 2010														cat. IX (2455)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Vocaturo, Daniele	g	ITA	2495	*	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1	.	2½	2719
2.	Robson, Ray	g	USA	2570	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	½	.	.	.	1	2½	2694
3.	Li Chao2	g	CHN	2604	½	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	.	2½	2638
4.	Gupta, Abhijeet	g	IND	2577	.	.	.	*	.	1	.	½	.	½	.	.	.	.	2	2552
5.	Peng Zhaoqin	g	NED	2402	.	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	1	.	½	.	.	.	2	2631
6.	Kuipers, Stefan	f	NED	2340	.	.	.	0	.	*	1	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2546
7.	Grandelius, Nils	m	SWE	2515	.	.	.	.	½	0	*	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	1½	2396
8.	Swinkels, Robin	m	NED	2495	.	0	.	½	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	1	1½	2490
9.	Lie, Kjetil A	g	NOR	2547	.	.	.	.	0	½	.	.	*	.	.	1	.	.	1½	2354
10.	Muzychuk, Mariya	m	UKR	2447	.	½	.	½	.	.	0	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	1	2429
11.	Van Kampen, Robin	m	NED	2456	0	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	.	1	2281
12.	Bok, Benjamin	f	NED	2322	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	0	.	½	*	.	.	½	2262
13.	Plukkel, Sjoerd		NED	2279	0	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	½	½	2201
14.	Soumya, Swaminathan	wg	IND	2323	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	½	*	½	2175

Round 1 (January 16, 2010)
Vocaturo, Daniele	- Plukkel, Sjoerd	1-0	50	C24	Bishop's Opening
Robson, Ray	- Soumya, Swaminathan	1-0	51	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Peng Zhaoqin	- Van Kampen, Robin	½-½	35	D12	Slav Defence
Kuipers, Stefan	- Lie, Kjetil A	½-½	89	B36	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Swinkels, Robin	- Gupta, Abhijeet	½-½	49	B67	Sicilian Rauzer
Muzychuk, Mariya	- Grandelius, Nils	0-1	73	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Bok, Benjamin	- Li Chao2	0-1	65	B56	Sicilian Defence
Round 2 (January 17, 2010)
Robson, Ray	- Swinkels, Robin	1-0	66	C87	Ruy Lopez
Li Chao2	- Vocaturo, Daniele	½-½	39	C45	Scotch Game
Gupta, Abhijeet	- Muzychuk, Mariya	½-½	57	A81	Dutch Leningrad
Grandelius, Nils	- Kuipers, Stefan	0-1	49	A11	Reti Opening
Lie, Kjetil A	- Peng Zhaoqin	0-1	53	B48	Sicilian Paulsen
Van Kampen, Robin	- Bok, Benjamin	½-½	31	C99	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Soumya, Swaminathan	- Plukkel, Sjoerd	½-½	61	B65	Sicilian Rauzer
Round 3 (January 18, 2010)
Vocaturo, Daniele	- Van Kampen, Robin	1-0	23	B94	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Bg5
Peng Zhaoqin	- Grandelius, Nils	½-½	29	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Kuipers, Stefan	- Gupta, Abhijeet	0-1	40	B67	Sicilian Rauzer
Swinkels, Robin	- Soumya, Swaminathan	1-0	29	A20	English Opening
Muzychuk, Mariya	- Robson, Ray	½-½	30	E35	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Bok, Benjamin	- Lie, Kjetil A	0-1	55	B38	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Plukkel, Sjoerd	- Li Chao2	0-1	27	B50	Sicilian Defence

3) World Team Championship

The World Team Championship took place in Bursa, Turkey 3rd-14th January 2010. The event has taken place every 4 years since 1985. The official title for the event is the World Team Championship 2009 as it should have taken place last year.

Final Round 9. The USA drew 2-2 with Azerbaijan to guarantee the silver medals. Russia beat Israel 3-1 to guarantee Gold. India took the Bronze medal. Some puzzlement has been expressed that Radjabov didn't play the last round for Azerbaijan (they also rather understandably dropped Gashimov who has been in miserable form) I can only assume that he was not available.

Teams: Russia, Brazil, Egypt, India, Armenia, Israel, USA, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Greece.

Official site: http://wtcc2009.tsf.org.tr/

7th World Team Championship Bursa (TUR), 5-13 i 2010
Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank	Team	Gam.	+	=	-	MP	Pts.	Res.	SB.
1	RUSSIA	9	7	1	1	15	24	0	127,75
2	UNITED STATES	9	6	1	2	13	21½	0	103,00
3	INDIA	9	6	1	2	13	21	0	103,25
4	AZERBAIJAN	9	5	2	2	12	22	0	93,75
5	ARMENIA	9	5	2	2	12	20½	0	97,00
6	GREECE	9	4	0	5	8	18	0	68,50
7	ISRAEL	9	3	1	5	7	17	0	53,50
8	BRAZIL	9	2	0	7	4	12½	0	23,50
9	EGYPT	9	1	1	7	3	12	0	23,75
10	TURKEY	9	1	1	7	3	11½	0	23,00

7th World Team Championship Bursa (TUR), 5-13 i 2010
Round 9 13th January 2010
9.1	5	EGYPT		1 - 3	10	ARMENIA
1	GM	Adly Ahmed	2591	0 : 1	GM	Aronian Levon	2781
2	GM	Amin Bassem	2544	0 : 1	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2678
3	IM	Ezat Mohamed	2471	0 : 1	GM	Pashikian Arman	2647
4	IM	Abdel Razik Khaled	2468	1 : 0	GM	Petrosian Tigran L	2627
9.2	6	ISRAEL		1 - 3	4	RUSSIA
1	GM	Gelfand Boris	2761	½ : ½	GM	Grischuk Alexander	2736
2	GM	Roiz Michael	2657	0 : 1	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2705
3	GM	Sutovsky Emil	2657	½ : ½	GM	Malakhov Vladimir	2716
4	GM	Rodshtein Maxim	2622	0 : 1	GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2692
9.3	7	BRAZIL		½ - 3½	3	INDIA
1	GM	Leitao Rafael	2620	½ : ½	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2653
2	GM	Fier Alexandr	2601	0 : 1	GM	Harikrishna P	2672
3	GM	Milos Gilberto	2618	0 : 1	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2654
4	GM	Diamant Andre	2497	0 : 1	GM	Geetha Narayanan Gopal	2584
9.4	8	GREECE		2½ - 1½	2	TURKEY
1	GM	Papaioannou Ioannis	2625	½ : ½	GM	Haznedaroglu Kivanc	2498
2	GM	Halkias Stelios	2566	½ : ½	IM	Can Emre	2442
3	GM	Mastrovasilis Dimitrios	2571	½ : ½	IM	Esen Baris	2513
4	GM	Mastrovasilis Athanasios	2510	1 : 0	FM	Firat Burak	2413
9.5	9	UNITED STATES		2 - 2	1	AZERBAIJAN
1	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2708	½ : ½	GM	Guseinov Gadir	2614
2	GM	Onischuk Alexander	2670	½ : ½	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2741
3	GM	Shulman Yuri	2624	½ : ½	GM	Mamedov Rauf	2640
4	GM	Akobian Varuzhan	2628	½ : ½	GM	Mamedov Nidjat	2610
Round 8 12th January 2010
8.1	10	ARMENIA		2½ - 1½	9	UNITED STATES
1	GM	Aronian Levon	2781	1 : 0	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2708
2	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2678	½ : ½	GM	Onischuk Alexander	2670
3	GM	Pashikian Arman	2647	½ : ½	GM	Shulman Yuri	2624
4	GM	Petrosian Tigran L	2627	½ : ½	GM	Akobian Varuzhan	2628
8.2	1	AZERBAIJAN		3 - 1	8	GREECE
1	GM	Gashimov Vugar	2759	½ : ½	GM	Kotronias Vasilios	2599
2	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2733	1 : 0	GM	Banikas Hristos	2608
3	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2741	1 : 0	GM	Halkias Stelios	2566
4	GM	Mamedov Rauf	2640	½ : ½	GM	Mastrovasilis Athanasios	2510
8.3	2	TURKEY		1½ - 2½	7	BRAZIL
1	GM	Haznedaroglu Kivanc	2498	1 : 0	GM	Vescovi Giovanni	2660
2	IM	Yilmaz Mustafa	2478	0 : 1	GM	Leitao Rafael	2620
3	IM	Can Emre	2442	½ : ½	GM	Fier Alexandr	2601
4	IM	Esen Baris	2513	0 : 1	GM	Lima Darcy	2481
8.4	3	INDIA		2½ - 1½	6	ISRAEL
1	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2653	½ : ½	GM	Gelfand Boris	2761
2	GM	Harikrishna P	2672	½ : ½	GM	Roiz Michael	2657
3	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2654	1 : 0	GM	Postny Evgeny	2648
4	GM	Arun Prasad S	2567	½ : ½	GM	Rodshtein Maxim	2622
8.5	4	RUSSIA		3½ - ½	5	EGYPT
1	GM	Grischuk Alexander	2736	½ : ½	GM	Amin Bassem	2544
2	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2730	1 : 0	IM	Ezat Mohamed	2471
3	GM	Malakhov Vladimir	2716	1 : 0	IM	Abdelnabbi Imed	2448
4	GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2692	1 : 0	IM	Sarwat Walaa	2386

7th World Team Championship Bursa (TUR), 5-13 i 2010 Top Individual Results
Board 1
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	%	Pts.	Games
1	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2708	UNITED STATES	75,0	6	8	2851
2	GM	Aronian Levon	2781	ARMENIA	66,7	6	9	2789
3	GM	Grischuk Alexander	2736	RUSSIA	64,3	4½	7	2797
Board 2
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	%	Pts.	Games
1	GM	Onischuk Alexander	2670	UNITED STATES	72,2	6½	9	2809
2	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2733	AZERBAIJAN	71,4	5	7	2808
3	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2678	ARMENIA	66,7	6	9	2762
Board 3
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	%	Pts.	Games
1	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2654	INDIA	71,4	5	7	2804
2	GM	Banikas Hristos	2608	GREECE	56,3	4½	8	2688
3	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2680	ARMENIA	50,0	3	6	2613
Board 4
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	%	Pts.	Games
1	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2741	AZERBAIJAN	88,9	8	9	2950
2	GM	Sutovsky Emil	2657	ISRAEL	64,3	4½	7	2689
3	GM	Pashikian Arman	2647	ARMENIA	58,3	3½	6	2671
Board 5
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	%	Pts.	Games
1	GM	Malakhov Vladimir	2716	RUSSIA	71,4	5	7	2771
2	GM	Mamedov Rauf	2640	AZERBAIJAN	50,0	3	6	2599
3-4	GM	Arun Prasad S	2567	INDIA	50,0	2½	5	2604
	GM	Postny Evgeny	2648	ISRAEL	50,0	2½	5	2547
Board 6
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	%	Pts.	Games
1	GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2692	RUSSIA	91,7	5½	6	2939
2-3	GM	Mastrovasilis Athanasios	2510	GREECE	50,0	2	4	2601
	FM	Firat Burak	2413	TURKEY	50,0	2	4	2520

4) Australian Championship 2010

The Australian Championship took place in Sydney 2nd-13th January 2010. Favourite Zhao Zong-Yuan took clear first with 10/11.

Official site: http://www.australianchesschampionship.com/pm/pmwiki.php?n=Main.Schedule

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr28954.aspx

ch-AUS Sydney (AUS), 2-13 i 2010 Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk.	Ti	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1
1	GM	Zhao Zong-Yuan	AUS	2572	10,0	61,0
2	IM	Xie George Wendi	AUS	2448	9,0	58,0
3	GM	Jones Gawain C B	ENG	2561	7,5	44,0
4	GM	Johansen Darryl K	AUS	2453	7,0	44,5
5	FM	Smirnov Vladimir	RUS	2392	6,5	42,0
6	IM	Solomon Stephen J	AUS	2428	6,5	40,0
7		Illingworth Max	AUS	2248	6,5	35,5
8		Ikeda Junta	AUS	2275	6,0	41,0
9	IM	Lane Gary W	AUS	2377	6,0	39,5
10	IM	Wohl Aleksandar H	AUS	2458	6,0	36,0
11	FM	Hamilton Douglas G	AUS	2193	6,0	29,0
12		Yuan Yi	AUS	2129	5,5	35,5
13	FM	Rej Tomek	AUS	2364	5,5	33,5
14		Ly Moulthun	AUS	2335	5,5	32,0
15	FM	Nakauchi Gene	AUS	2081	5,5	29,5
16	IM	Morris James	AUS	2305	5,5	29,0
17	FM	Levi Eddy	AUS	2271	5,0	33,5
18	IM	Feldman Vladimir	AUS	2271	5,0	32,0
19		Morris Michael	AUS	2016	4,5	30,5
20		Bird Andrew	AUS	2182	4,5	27,5
21		Wallis Christopher	AUS	2246	4,5	26,5
22		Matheson Laurence	AUS	2048	4,5	24,5
23		Brown Andrew	AUS	2114	4,0	26,0
24		Schon Eugene	AUS	2167	4,0	23,0
25		Pyke Malcolm	AUS	2164	4,0	20,0
26		Charles Gareth	AUS	2175	3,5	15,0
27		Atzmon-Simon Barak	ISR	2182	3,0	19,5
28		Lazarus Ben	AUS	2162	3,0	16,0

5) New Zealand Championship

The New Zealand Championship took place in Auckland 2nd-14th 2010. Anthony Ker took clear first place with 8.5/11.

Official site: http://www.aucklandchesscentre.co.nz/news

Additional info: http://www.newzealandchess.co.nz/NZChamp117/NZChamp117.html

ch-NZL Auckland (NZL), 2-13 i 2010 Final Round 11 Standings:
Pl	Name	Fed	Rtg	Loc	Score
1	Ker, Anthony	NZL	2321	2423	8.5
2	Croad, Nicholas	NZL	2271	2332	8
3	Shen, Daniel	NZL	2142	2221	7.5
4	Watson, Bruce	NZL	2270	2297	7
5	Steadman, Michael	NZL	2263	2337	7
6	Han, Daniel	NZL	2200	2200	6.5
7	Thornton, Gino	NZL	2167	2214	6.5
8	Smith, Robert	NZL	2289	2368	6.5
9	McLaren, Leonard	NZL	2227	2258	6.5
10	Depasquale, Chris	AUS	2274	2274	6
11	Davis, Justin	NZL	1939	2035	6
12	Hart, Ralph	NZL	2244	2276	5.5
13	Steffenello, Leonard	BRA	2184	2184	5.5
14	Milligan, Helen	NZL	1972	2018	5.5
15	Garbett, Paul	NZL	2302	2350	5.5
16	Krstev, Mario	NZL	2103	2122	5.5
17	Barlow, Matthew	NZL	2161	2144	5.5
18	Nijman, Brian	NZL	2165	2168	5.5
19	Fuatai, Fuatai	NZL	2022	2020	5
20	Krstev, Antonio	NZL	2040	2057	4.5
21	Gunn, Neil	NZL	2040	2064	4.5
22	Nyberg, Michael	NZL	1955	2033	4
23	Stuart, Peter	NZL	2041	2057	4
24	Marner, Gavin	NZL	2039	2071	4
25	Bennett, Hilton	NZL	2003	2089	4
26	Lim, Benjamin	NZL	2075	2069	3.5
27	Jackson, Ross	NZL	2008	2013	3.5
28	Fraemohs, Peter	NZL	1981	2028	3

6) Campinas International

The I Memorial Vanderley Cason Melo (Canarinho) takes place in Campinas 16th-24th January 2010.

Official site: http://krikorsm.blogspot.com/

Vanderley Cason Melo Mem Campinas (BRA), 16-22 i 2010														cat. VIII (2445)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Rodriguez Vila, Andres	g	URU	2521	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	1	1	2½	2514
2.	Flores, Diego	g	ARG	2599	.	*	.	1	.	.	.	½	½	.	.	.	.	.	2	2570
3.	Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag	m	BRA	2486	.	.	*	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	1	.	2	2487
4.	Mareco, Sandro	m	ARG	2526	.	0	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1	2	2537
5.	Leitao, Rafael	g	BRA	2620	.	.	½	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	1½	2633
6.	Fier, Alexandr	g	BRA	2601	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	½	.	.	1	.	1½	2470
7.	El Debs, Felipe de Cresce	m	BRA	2480	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	½	.	1	1½	2511
8.	Stamenkovic, Dragan	m	SRB	2394	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	½	.	.	.	1½	2469
9.	Saldano Dayer, Horacio	m	ESP	2415	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	½	.	.	1½	2486
10.	Zambrana, Oswaldo	g	BOL	2481	½	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	1	2561
11.	Santos, Marcus Vinicius Moreira	m	BRA	2394	.	.	½	.	0	.	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	.	1	2375
12.	Matsuura, Everaldo	m	BRA	2467	.	.	.	0	.	.	½	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	1	2348
13.	De Nucci, Gilberto		BRA	2073	0	.	0	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	0
14.	Name, Gabriel Ricardo Salim		BRA	2170	0	.	.	0	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	0

Round 1 (January 16, 2010)
Flores, Diego	- Stamenkovic, Dragan	½-½	40	A29	English Four Knights
Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag	- Santos, Marcus Vinicius Moreira	½-½	31	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Matsuura, Everaldo	- Saldano Dayer, Horacio	½-½	54	C82	Ruy Lopez Open Italian Variation
De Nucci, Gilberto	- Rodriguez Vila, Andres	0-1	54	C06	French Tarrasch
Name, Gabriel Ricardo Salim	- Mareco, Sandro	0-1	47	E46	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Round 2 (January 17, 2010)
Rodriguez Vila, Andres	- Zambrana, Oswaldo	½-½	15	E14	Queens Indian
Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag	- Leitao, Rafael	½-½	27	E20	Nimzo Indian
Mareco, Sandro	- Matsuura, Everaldo	1-0	41	E05	Catalan
Fier, Alexandr	- De Nucci, Gilberto	1-0	44	D35	QGD Exchange
El Debs, Felipe de Cresce	- Name, Gabriel Ricardo Salim	1-0	51	A30	English Symmetrical
Saldano Dayer, Horacio	- Flores, Diego	½-½	19	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Santos, Marcus Vinicius Moreira	- Stamenkovic, Dragan	½-½	19	D46	Semi-Slav Defence
Round 3 (January 17, 2010)
Flores, Diego	- Mareco, Sandro	1-0	58	E46	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Leitao, Rafael	- Santos, Marcus Vinicius Moreira	1-0	36	D76	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Stamenkovic, Dragan	- Saldano Dayer, Horacio	½-½	16	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Zambrana, Oswaldo	- Fier, Alexandr	½-½	72	B77	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Matsuura, Everaldo	- El Debs, Felipe de Cresce	½-½	34	B49	Sicilian Paulsen
De Nucci, Gilberto	- Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag	0-1	41	D80	Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Name, Gabriel Ricardo Salim	- Rodriguez Vila, Andres	0-1	57	A87	Dutch Leningrad

7) Prague Open

The Prague Open took place 8th-15th January 2010. The Open A (Chladek & Tintera Open) was won by Viacheslav Zakhartsov with 7/9.

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

Open Prague (CZE), 8-15 i 2010 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Zakhartsov Viacheslav	GM	RUS	2562	7	51	40.5	2337
2	Malaniuk Vladimir	GM	UKR	2573	6.5	54	43	2408
3	Kanovsky David	IM	CZE	2471	6.5	53.5	42	2408
4	Maslak Konstantin	GM	RUS	2571	6.5	53	42	2419
5	Ivanov Alexey	IM	RUS	2405	6.5	52	40.5	2390
6	Drazic Sinisa	GM	SRB	2540	6.5	51.5	40	2381
7	Yatsenko Alexey	IM	RUS	2468	6.5	51	40	2354
8	Grabarczyk Miroslaw	GM	POL	2475	6.5	50.5	39.5	2331
9	Danielsen Henrik	GM	ISL	2495	6.5	48.5	39	2334
10	Kulhanek Tomas	IM	CZE	2441	6.5	48	37.5	2314
11	Bejtovic Jasmin	FM	BIH	2338	6	51.5	40.5	2336
12	Zvara Petr	IM	CZE	2419	6	50.5	40	2329
13	Kislik Erik Andrew	FM	USA	2336	6	49.5	39	2316
14	Ivanov Mikhail M.	GM	RUS	2465	6	49	38.5	2347
15	Chetverik Maxim	IM	RUS	2351	6	49	38.5	2286
16	Bodiroga Predrag	IM	SRB	2420	6	48.5	37.5	2306
17	Vokac Marek	GM	CZE	2479	6	48	37.5	2290
18	Khaetsky Roman	IM	UKR	2375	6	48	37	2278
19	Nguyen Piotr		POL	2360	6	46	36	2218
20	Marholev Dimitar	IM	BUL	2431	6	45.5	35.5	2257
21	Dolezal Radoslav	IM	CZE	2402	6	45.5	35.5	2214
22	Nyysti Sampsa	IM	FIN	2363	6	45.5	35	2264
23	Agopov Mikael	IM	FIN	2459	6	45	35	2203
24	Kovar Vojtech		CZE	2365	6	43.5	33.5	2198
25	Gorbatov Alexey	IM	RUS	2377	6	40	31.5	2138
26	Schmidt-Schaeffer Sebastian		GER	2393	5.5	49.5	39.5	2347
27	Golubka Petr	FM	UKR	2336	5.5	49	38	2306
28	Teplyi Igor		DEN	2305	5.5	47.5	37.5	2250
29	Szablowski Pawel		POL	2230	5.5	47	39	2282
30	Kochetkova Julia	WGM	RUS	2309	5.5	47	36.5	2235
31	Studnicka Tomas	FM	CZE	2320	5.5	45.5	36	2223
32	Dvorak Tomas	FM	CZE	2296	5.5	44.5	36	2201
33	Juptner Jan	FM	CZE	2361	5.5	44.5	34.5	2220
34	Bednar Marcel		CZE	2185	5.5	44	34.5	2152
35	Koykka Pekka		FIN	2166	5.5	41.5	33.5	2123
36	Smid Miroslav		CZE	2186	5.5	40	30.5	2109
37	Pochinkov Andrey		CZE	2197	5.5	37.5	29	2088
38	Volodin Viktor	IM	RUS	2206	5	47	37	2264
39	Mertanen Janne	FM	FIN	2295	5	46.5	37.5	2263
40	Bielczyk Jacek	IM	POL	2299	5	46.5	37	2275
41	Schula Michal	FM	CZE	2275	5	46.5	36.5	2209
42	Ganaus Hannes	IM	AUT	2282	5	45.5	36	2269
43	Sadzikowski Daniel		POL	2287	5	45.5	35	2239
44	Simonsen Hans Kristian		FAI	2240	5	43.5	34	2196
45	Corke Anya	WGM	ENG	2284	5	43.5	33.5	2206
46	Pflantz Mike		GER	2167	5	42.5	33	2177
47	Hamrakulova Yulduz	WIM	UZB	2254	5	42	32.5	2161
48	Leks Maria	WCM	POL	1914	5	41	32	2159
49	Ter-Karapetian Alex		GEO	2178	5	40.5	31.5	2100
50	Umanec Filip		CZE	2200	5	40.5	31	2123
51	Corvi Marco	FM	ITA	2279	5	40	30.5	2168
52	Gaerths Ronny		GER	2235	5	39.5	32	2162
53	Soucek Milan		CZE	2167	5	39.5	31	2137
54	Veres Andrej		SVK	2175	5	39	31	2028
55	Roehl Rainer		GER	2183	5	38.5	30.5	2127
56	Kosmo Santul		FIN	2216	5	38.5	30	2122
57	Hantak Adam		GER	2195	5	38	30.5	2122
58	Cuhra Martin		CZE	2141	5	35	26.5	2028
134 players

8) 8th Parsvnath International Open

The 8th Parsvnath International Open takes place in New Delhi 14th-22nd January 2010.

Official site: http://delhichess.org

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr29389.aspx

8th Parsvnath Open New Delhi (IND), 14-22 i 2010 Leading Round 6 (of 11) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan	GM	IRI	2589	6	24.5	21	17.5
2	Turov Maxim	GM	RUS	2584	5.5	26	23.5	19.5
3	Bitoon Richard	IM	PHI	2458	5.5	23.5	21	18.5
4	Lalith Babu M R	IM	IND	2457	5.5	21.5	19	16.5
5	Iuldachev Saidali	GM	UZB	2519	5	26.5	23.5	19.5
6	Dimakiling Oliver	IM	PHI	2435	5	24.5	21.5	18.5
7	Dzhumaev Marat	GM	UZB	2515	5	23.5	21	17
8	Girinath P D S	IM	IND	2370	5	23	20.5	18
9	Tolstikh Nikolay	IM	RUS	2364	5	22.5	20.5	17
10	Muminova Nafisa	WIM	UZB	2347	5	22.5	20	16.5
11	Grover Sahaj	FM	IND	2448	5	22.5	19.5	16.5
12	Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi	IM	IND	2413	5	22.5	19.5	16
13	Swapnil S Dhopade		IND	2429	5	22.5	19	15.5
14	Tania Sachdev	IM	IND	2398	5	21	18.5	15.5
15	Lenic Luka	GM	SLO	2595	5	20	18.5	16
16	Kryakvin Dmitry	GM	RUS	2575	4.5	25.5	22.5	18.5
17	Thakur Akash		IND	2331	4.5	24.5	22	18.5
18	Thejkumar M S	IM	IND	2435	4.5	24.5	21.5	18
19	Priyadharshan K	IM	IND	2362	4.5	24.5	21.5	17.5
20	Sai Krishna G V	FM	IND	2238	4.5	24	21.5	18.5
21	Sengupta Deep	IM	IND	2480	4.5	24	21.5	17.5
	Ashwin Jayaram	IM	IND	2434	4.5	24	21.5	17.5
23	Swayams Mishra		IND	2340	4.5	24	21	17.5
24	Le Quang Liem	GM	VIE	2647	4.5	24	21	17
	Laxman R R	GM	IND	2503	4.5	24	21	17
26	Shiven Khosla		IND	2291	4.5	23.5	21	18
27	Konguvel Ponnuswamy	IM	IND	2420	4.5	23.5	21	17.5
28	Gutov Andrey	GM	RUS	2444	4.5	23.5	20.5	17
29	Rajesh V A V	FM	IND	2321	4.5	23	20.5	17
30	Vaibhav Suri		IND	2326	4.5	23	20.5	17
31	Rahman Ziaur	GM	BAN	2548	4.5	22.5	20.5	18
32	Kamble Vikramaditya	IM	IND	2364	4.5	22.5	20.5	17
33	Karthikeyan P	IM	IND	2408	4.5	22.5	20.5	16.5
34	Das Arghyadip	IM	IND	2396	4.5	22.5	19.5	16
35	Saravana Krishnan P		IND	2323	4.5	22	20	17
36	Kravtsiv Martyn	GM	UKR	2545	4.5	22	19	15.5
37	Murali Krishnan B T	IM	IND	2385	4.5	21.5	19.5	17
38	Jumabayev Rinat	GM	KAZ	2536	4.5	21.5	19	16.5
39	Suvrajit Saha	IM	IND	2343	4.5	21.5	18.5	15.5
40	Matta Vinay Kumar		IND	2283	4.5	21	18.5	15.5
	Santu Mondal		IND	2195	4.5	21	18.5	15.5
42	Deshpande Aniruddha		IND	2256	4.5	20.5	18.5	15.5
43	Kotsur Pavel	GM	KAZ	2568	4.5	20	18	15
	Bitan Banerjee		IND	2316	4.5	20	18	15
45	Manik Mikulas	GM	SVK	2435	4.5	20	17.5	15
46	Saptarshi Roy	IM	IND	2407	4.5	20	17.5	14.5
47	Koshy Varugeese	IM	IND	2281	4.5	19.5	18	15
48	Arun Karthik R		IND	2345	4.5	19.5	17.5	14
49	Thipsay Praveen M	GM	IND	2469	4.5	18	15.5	13
50	Arkhangelsky Boris	IM	RUS	2291	4.5	16.5	14.5	12.5
51	Himanshu Sharma	IM	IND	2457	4	25	23.5	19.5
52	Deepan Chakkravarthy J	GM	IND	2492	4	24.5	21	17.5
53	Abhishek Das		IND	2326	4	24	22	18.5
54	Mohota Nisha	WGM	IND	2330	4	23.5	20.5	17
55	Arun Prasad S	GM	IND	2567	4	23	20.5	17
56	Lakshmanrao D		IND	2213	4	22.5	20.5	17
57	Tilak Sharad S	IM	IND	2318	4	22.5	19	15.5
58	Babu N Sudhakar	IM	IND	2330	4	22	19	16
59	Maheswaran P	FM	IND	2355	4	22	19	15.5
60	Anilkumar O T		IND	2255	4	21.5	19.5	16.5
378 players

9) 4NCL

The 4NCL takes place Sat 24th Oct 2009 - 3rd May 2010. 16th-17th January sees rounds 3 and 4. Pride & Prejudice (possibly Adams, Rowson, Haslinger, Hebden etc) v Wood Green (McShane, Hammer, Baburin, Pert etc) which is 1st v 2nd. Teams won't be known until 2 hours before the start of play.

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

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

4NCL 2009-10 Sunningdale (ENG), 24 x 2009 - 3 v 2010 Division 1A Round 3 Results:
RD 3		CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1	2268	½-7½	WOOD GREEN HILSMARK KINGFISHER 1	2539
1	w	Mah, Karl CC	2417	½ - ½	McShane, Luke J	2615
2	b	Pinter, Gabor	2349	0 - 1	Hammer, Jon-Ludvig	2585
3	w	Dearing, Edward J	2406	0 - 1	Gordon, Stephen J	2535
4	b	Bisby, Daniel L	2297	0 - 1	Baburin, Alexander	2552
5	w	Moskovic, David M	2307	0 - 1	Pert, Nicholas	2541
6	b	Churm, Rohan M	2167	0 - 1	Speelman, Jon S	2525
7	w	Spencer, Carl J	2136	0 - 1	Pert, Richard G	2457
8	b	Chevannes, Sabrina L (F)	2062	0 - 1	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan E (F)	2499
RD 3		PRIDE AND PREJUDICE	2423	7 - 1	OXFORD 1	2180
1	w	Rowson, Jonathan W	2579	1 - 0	White, Michael JR	2227
2	b	Hebden, Mark L	2503	1 - 0	Milovanovic, Aleksander	2246
3	w	Flear, Glenn C	2497	0 - 1	Rawlinson, Aidan M	2207
4	b	Emms, John M	2484	1 - 0	Eckersley-Waites, Tom	2247
5	w	Ward, Chris G	2431	1 - 0	Dickinson, Tim R	2151
6	b	Grafl, Florian	2426	1 - 0	Tidman, Sophie E (F)	2110
7	w	Hunt, Harriet V (F)	2452	1 - 0	Burt, William	2162
8	b	Auckland, Elliott	2010	1 - 0	Nitz, Tomos	2090
RD 3		JUTES OF KENT	2204	3½-4½	THE ADS	2208
1	w	Williams, Simon K	2545	0 - 1	Mestel, A Jonathan	2473
2	b	Harakis, Alexis M	2263	0 - 1	Richardson, John R	2298
3	w	Mack, Andrew L	2237	1 - 0	Wheeler, Darren P	2240
4	b	Naylor, John	2189	½ - ½	Snape, Ian L	2189
5	w	Rich, Mark C	2151	1 - 0	Anderton, David W	2211
6	b	Donovan, Nigel P	2059	0 - 1	Swindells, Jonathan E	2170
7	w	Rice, Chris B	2103	½ - ½	Bellin, Jana (F)	2151
8	b	Wilson, Alexandra (F)	2083	½ - ½	Ray, Bill *	1930
RD 3		GUILDFORD-A&DC 2	2183	2 - 6	BARBICAN 4NCL 2	2265
1	w	Thompson, Ian D	2266	½ - ½	Berry, Neil	2301
2	b	Anderton, Matthew N	2232	0 - 1	Piper, Matthew S	2304
3	w	Granat, Russell G	2250	0 - 1	Morrison, Graham	2353
4	b	Jackson, Adrian	2216	½ - ½	Rogers, Jonathan W	2329
5	w	Allinson, Julian RJ	2135	0 - 1	Chapman, Terry PD	2222
6	b	Punnett, Alan K	2094	0 - 1	Coleman, David J	2244
7	w	Stimpson, Philip M	2085	1 - 0	Ynojosa, Felix Jose	2197
8	b	default		0 - 1	Regan, Natasha K (F)	2170

4NCL 2009-10 Sunningdale (ENG), 24 x 2009 - 3 v 2010 DIVISION 1B Round 3 Results:
RD 3		GUILDFORD-A&DC 1	2390	5 - 3	BETSSON.COM	2271
1	w	Conquest, Stuart C *	2563	1 - 0	Hunt, Adam C	2422
2	b	King, Daniel J	2494	0 - 1	Ledger, Andrew J	2431
3	w	Kosten, Anthony C	2497	1 - 0	Ansell, Simon T	2380
4	b	Berzinsh, Roland	2424	1 - 0	Baker, Chris W	2357
5	w	Buckley, Graeme N	2388	0 - 1	Ledger, Dave J	2245
6	b	Povah, Nigel E	2336	½ - ½	Nelson, Jonathan P	2245
7	w	Wall, Gavin	2296	1 - 0	Ledger, Stephen C	2106
8	b	Grigoryan-Lyell, Meri (F)	2122	½ - ½	Yurenok, Maria S (F)	1981
RD 3		PANDORA'S BOX GRANTHAM	2152	2½-5½	BARBICAN 4NCL 1	2386
1	w	Slaby, Jerzy	2463	1 - 0	Turner, Matthew J	2508
2	b	Slavin,Alexei	2331	½ - ½	D'Costa, Lorin AR	2479
3	w	Cumbers, Paul	2218	0 - 1	Collinson, Adam R	2393
4	b	McCarthy, Kevin C	2106	0 - 1	Collins, Sam E	2431
5	w	Burrows, Martin P	2172	½ - ½	Cox, John J	2378
6	b	Birtwistle, Nigel	2179	½ - ½	Devereaux, Maxim L	2387
7	w	Walton, Alan J	2147	0 - 1	Knott, Simon JB	2348
8	b	Milson, Amy F (F)	1602	0 - 1	Lauterbach, Ingrid (F)	2163
RD 3		WOOD GREEN HILSMARK KINGFISHER 2	2359	8 - 0	POISONED PAWNS 1	2135
1	w	Greet, Andrew N	2433	1 - 0	Swanson, Stephen	2263
2	b	Houska, Jovanka (F)	2381	1 - 0	Posazhennikov, Alex	2252
3	w	Martin, Andrew D	2423	1 - 0	Harley, Andrew D	2204
4	b	McDonald, Neil	2412	1 - 0	Dunn, Andrew	2220
5	w	Hanley, Craig A	2429	1 - 0	Richter, Hans S	2180
6	b	Tiller, Bjorn	2378	1 - 0	McEwan, Ken B	2142
7	w	Sowray, Peter J	2318	1 - 0	Borman, Philip J	2218
8	b	Hegarty, Sarah N (F)	2096	1 - 0	Mountford, Corinne (F)	1602
RD 3		SOUTH WALES DRAGONS	2210	3½-4½	WHITE ROSE 1	2332
1	w	Cobb, James E	2415	½ - ½	Wells, Peter K	2489
2	b	Cooper, John G	2346	½ - ½	McNab, Colin A	2466
3	w	Rees, Ioan	2336	0 - 1	Palliser, Richard JD	2435
4	b	Zeidler, Sven P	2221	½ - ½	Van de Griendt, Jan W	2352
5	w	Redmond, John P	2196	½ - ½	Buckley, Simon T	2348
6	b	O'Neill, Paul	2163	½ - ½	Barrett, Stephen J	2212
7	w	James, David J	2110	1 - 0	Gayson, Peter M	2240
8	b	Wilson, Julie C (F)	1890	0 - 1	Fidalgo Fernandez, Lucia (F)	2115

4NCL 2009-10 Sunningdale (ENG), 24 x 2009 - 3 v 2010 Division 1A Round 4 Results:
RD 4		WOOD GREEN HILSMARK KINGFISHER 1	2570	4 - 4	PRIDE AND PREJUDICE	2519
1	w	Bacrot, Ettienne *	2709	0 - 1	Adams, Michael	2682
2	b	Hammer, Jon-Ludvig	2585	1 - 0	Haslinger, Stewart G	2529
3	w	McShane, Luke J	2615	½ - ½	Rowson, Jonathan W	2579
4	b	Baburin, Alexander	2552	½ - ½	Hebden, Mark L	2503
5	w	Gordon, Stephen J	2535	½ - ½	Flear, Glenn C	2497
6	b	Speelman, Jon S	2525	½ - ½	Emms, John M	2484
7	w	Pert, Nicholas	2541	1 - 0	Grafl, Florian	2426
8	b	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan E (F)	2499	0 - 1	Hunt, Harriet V (F)	2452
RD 4		THE ADS	2137	3½-4½	GUILDFORD-A&DC 2	2183
1	w	Richardson, John R	2298	0 - 1	Thompson, Ian D	2266
2	b	Swindells, Jonathan E	2170	½ - ½	Anderton, Matthew N	2232
3	w	Wheeler, Darren P	2240	½ - ½	Granat, Russell G	2250
4	b	Snape, Ian L	2189	½ - ½	Jackson, Adrian	2216
5	w	Anderton, David W	2211	½ - ½	Allinson, Julian RJ	2135
6	b	Bellin, Jana (F)	2151	½ - ½	Punnett, Alan K	2094
7	w	Patel, Ravi *	1698	0 - 1	Stimpson, Philip M	2085
8	b	Anderton, Doreen *	2141	1 - 0	default
RD 4		OXFORD 1	2201	2½-5½	CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1	2268
1	w	Rose, Matthew	2282	0 - 1	Dearing, Edward J	2406
2	b	Savage, Ben DM	2296	0 - 1	Pinter, Gabor	2349
3	w	White, Michael JR	2227	½ - ½	Mah, Karl CC	2417
4	b	Rawlinson, Aidan M	2207	0 - 1	Bisby, Daniel L	2297
5	w	Milovanovic, Aleksander	2246	½ - ½	Moskovic, David M	2307
6	b	Dickinson, Tim R	2151	½ - ½	Churm, Rohan M	2167
7	w	Tidman, Sophie E (F)	2110	½ - ½	Spencer, Carl J	2136
8	b	Nitz, Tomos	2090	½ - ½	Chevannes, Sabrina L (F)	2062
RD 4		BARBICAN 4NCL 2	2265	6 - 2	JUTES OF KENT	2204
1	w	Morrison, Graham	2353	0 - 1	Williams, Simon K	2545
2	b	Piper, Matthew S	2304	1 - 0	Harakis, Alexis M	2263
3	w	Berry, Neil	2301	1 - 0	Mack, Andrew L	2237
4	b	Rogers, Jonathan W	2329	1 - 0	Naylor, John	2189
5	w	Chapman, Terry PD	2222	½ - ½	Rich, Mark C	2151
6	b	Coleman, David J	2244	1 - 0	Wilson, Alexandra (F)	2083
7	w	Ynojosa, Felix Jose	2197	1 - 0	Rice, Chris B	2103
8	b	Regan, Natasha K (F)	2170	½ - ½	Donovan, Nigel P	2059

4NCL 2009-10 Sunningdale (ENG), 24 x 2009 - 3 v 2010 Division 1B Round 4 Results:
RD 4		BARBICAN 4NCL 1	2402	5½-2½	GUILDFORD-A&DC 1	2390
1	w	Parker, Jonathan F	2523	1 - 0	Kosten, Anthony C	2497
2	b	D'Costa, Lorin AR	2479	½ - ½	King, Daniel J	2494
3	w	Turner, Matthew J	2508	1 - 0	Conquest, Stuart C *	2563
4	b	Collins, Sam E	2431	1 - 0	Berzinsh, Roland	2424
5	w	Cox, John J	2378	1 - 0	Buckley, Graeme N	2388
6	b	Devereaux, Maxim L	2387	0 - 1	Povah, Nigel E	2336
7	w	Knott, Simon JB	2348	0 - 1	Wall, Gavin	2296
8	b	Lauterbach, Ingrid (F)	2163	1 - 0	Grigoryan-Lyell, Meri (F)	2122
RD 4		WHITE ROSE 1	2332	1 - 7	WOOD GREEN HILSMARK KINGFISHER 2	2404
1	w	Wells, Peter K	2489	0 - 1	Greet, Andrew N	2433
2	b	McNab, Colin A	2466	½ - ½	Houska, Jovanka (F)	2381
3	w	Palliser, Richard JD	2435	0 - 1	Hanley, Craig A	2429
4	b	Van de Griendt, Jan W	2352	0 - 1	Pert, Richard G	2457
5	w	Buckley, Simon T	2348	½ - ½	Martin, Andrew D	2423
6	b	Barrett, Stephen J	2212	0 - 1	McDonald, Neil	2412
7	w	Gayson, Peter M	2240	0 - 1	Sowray, Peter J	2318
8	b	Fidalgo Fernandez, Lucia (F)	2115	0 - 1	Tiller, Bjorn	2378
RD 4		BETSSON.COM	2271	6 - 2	PANDORA'S BOX GRANTHAM	2152
1	w	Hunt, Adam C	2422	0 - 1	Slaby, Jerzy	2463
2	b	Ledger, Andrew J	2431	½ - ½	Slavin,Alexei	2331
3	w	Ansell, Simon T	2380	1 - 0	Walton, Alan J	2147
4	b	Baker, Chris W	2357	1 - 0	Birtwistle, Nigel	2179
5	w	Ledger, Dave J	2245	1 - 0	Cumbers, Paul	2218
6	b	Nelson, Jonathan P	2245	1 - 0	McCarthy, Kevin C	2106
7	w	Ledger, Stephen C	2106	½ - ½	Burrows, Martin P	2172
8	b	Yurenok, Maria S (F)	1981	1 - 0	Milson, Amy F (F)	1602
RD 4		POISONED PAWNS 1	2137	2 - 6	SOUTH WALES DRAGONS	2210
1	w	Harley, Andrew D	2204	½ - ½	Cobb, James E	2415
2	b	Posazhennikov, Alex	2252	0 - 1	Cooper, John G	2346
3	w	Swanson, Stephen	2263	½ - ½	Rees, Ioan	2336
4	b	Dunn, Andrew	2220	0 - 1	Zeidler, Sven P	2221
5	w	Richter, Hans S	2180	0 - 1	Redmond, John P	2196
6	b	Borman, Philip J	2218	1 - 0	O'Neill, Paul	2163
7	w	Byway, Paul V	2158	0 - 1	James, David J	2110
8	b	Mountford, Corinne (F)	1602	0 - 1	Wilson, Julie C (F)	1890

4NCL 2009-10 Sunningdale (ENG), 24 x 2009 - 3 v 2010 Division 1A Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE	3	1	0	7
WOOD GREEN HILSMARK KINGFISHER 1	3	1	0	7
BARBICAN 4NCL 2	2	1	1	5
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1	2	0	2	4
THE ADS	1	1	2	3
GUILDFORD-A&DC 2	1	1	2	3
OXFORD 1	1	0	3	2
JUTES OF KENT	0	1	3	1

4NCL 2009-10 Sunningdale (ENG), 24 x 2009 - 3 v 2010 Division 1B Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
WOOD GREEN HILSMARK KINGFISHER 2	3	0	1	6
GUILDFORD-A&DC 1	3	0	1	6
BARBICAN 4NCL 1	3	0	1	6
WHITE ROSE 1	3	0	1	6
BETSSON.COM	2	0	2	4
SOUTH WALES DRAGONS	1	0	3	2
PANDORA'S BOX GRANTHAM	1	0	3	2
POISONED PAWNS 1	0	0	4	0

10) Austrian Bundesliga

The second weekend of the Austrian Bundesliga (11 rounds) took place 14th-17th January 2010 in Graz, Austria.

Time control: 100 minutes for 40 moves an additional 50 minutes with 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.

Remaining fixtures: 27th-30th March 2010 in Baden.

Official site: http://www.chess.at/staatsligen/stl_a.htm

Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr21147.aspx

TCh-AUT 2009-10 Graz (AUT), 6 xi 2009 - 15 xi 2010 Leading Round 7 (of 11) Standings:
Rg.	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Wtg1	Wtg2	Wtg3
1	Sparkasse Jenbach	*	4½				5	6	3½	4		5	4½	14	32,5	0
2	Holz Dohr	1½	*	5	3½			5½	3	3½	4			11	26,0	0
3	SK Kl.Ztg.MPÖ Maria Saal		1	*	3½	2	3½				4½	4½	3½	10	22,5	0
4	SK Sparkasse Fuerstenfeld		2½	2½	*	3				4½	3½	4½	5½	9	26,0	0
5	SK Advisory Invest Baden			4	3	*	2½	2	4		5	4		9	24,5	0
6	ASVÖ Wulkaprodersdorf	1		2½		3½	*		2	4	4		5	8	22,0	0
7	ASVÖ SK Lackenbach	0	½			4		*	1	4	4½		5½	8	19,5	0
8	Styria Graz	2½	3			2	4	5	*	2½			4½	7	23,5	0
9	SK Hohenems	2	2½		1½		2	2	3½	*		3		3	16,5	0
10	Mayrhofen/Zillertal		2	1½	2½	1	2	1½			*	4		2	14,5	0
11	ASVÖ Pamhagen	1		1½	1½	2				3	2	*	3	2	14,0	0
12	Husek Wien	1½		2½	½		1	½	1½			3	*	1	10,5	0

11) Gibtelecom Masters 2010

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

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

Gibtelecom Masters (ENG), 26 i - 4 ii 2010 Leading Entries
Name	Fed	Rating	Ti
Bacrot, Etienne	FRA	2713	g
Movsesian, Sergei	SVK	2708	g
Vallejo Pons, Francisco	ESP	2705	g
Adams, Michael	ENG	2694	g
Kamsky, Gata	USA	2693	g
Laurent Fressinet	FRA	2670	g
Cheparinov, Ivan	BUL	2660	g
Michael Roiz	ISR	2657	g
Daniel Fridman	GER	2654	g
Sandipan, Chanda	IND	2622	g
Humpy Koneru	IND	2614	g
Edouard, Romain	FRA	2608	g
Istratescu, Andrei	ROU	2607	g
Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel	ESP	2593	g
Vitali Golod	ISR	2591	g
Hou Yifan	CHN	2590	g
Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan	IRI	2589	g
Gopal, Geetha Narayanan	IND	2584	g
Halkias, Stelios	GRE	2566	g
Moradi Abadi, Elshan	IRI	2562	g
Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav	RUS	2560	g
Lenderman, Alex	USA	2560	(g)
Lemos Sarro, Damian	ARG	2556	g
Vadim Malakhatko	BEL	2549	g
Antoaneta Stefanova	BUL	2545	g
Vinay S Bhat	USA	2540	g
Yu Shaoteng	CHN	2529	g
Pia Cramling	SWE	2528	g
Jon Speelman	ENG	2525	g
Kosteniuk, Alexandra	RUS	2523	g
Guliyev, Namig	AZE	2516	g
Michael Hoffman	GER	2508	g
Nana Dzagnidze	GEO	2506	g
Javakhishvili, Lela	GEO	2493	m
Shankland, Samuel L	USA	2491	m
Viktorija Cmilyte	LTU	2489	m
Galego, Luis	POR	2487	g
Harika Dronavalli	IND	2471	m
Ketevan Arakhamia	SCO	2470	g
Siebrecht, Sebastian	GER	2468	g
Anna Zatonskih	USA	2466	m
Natalia Zhukova	UKR	2462	wg
Cori Tello, Jorge Moises	PER	2462	m
Almira Skripchenko	FRA	2456	m
Irina Krush	USA	2455	m
Boskovic, Drasko	SRB	2454	m
Juan-Manuel Bellon Lopez	ESP	2440	g
Hirneise, Tobias	GER	2421	m
Nezad, Husein Aziz	QAT	2408	m
Karavade, Eesha	IND	2405	wg
Sachdev Tania	IND	2398	m
Kharous, Ernest	RUS	2382	m
Sarkar, Justin	USA	2378	m
Cori Tello, Deysi Estela	PER	2374	wg
Degtiarev, Evgeny	GER	2374	f
Kenny Solomon	RSA	2368	m
Calzetta Ruiz, Monica	ESP	2359	wg
Saravanan, Venkatachalam	IND	2356	m

12) 35th Seville Open

The 35th Seveille Open took place 8th-16th January 2010. Renier Vazquez Igarza took first place on tie-break from Hicham Hamdouchi, Vinay Bhat, Kiprian Berbatov and Kevin Spraggett after all finished on 7/9.

Official site: http://www.fsajedrez.com/torneos/2010/open/open.htm

XXXV Open Seville (ESP), 8-16 i 2010 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	BH.	Prog
1	Vazquez Igarza Renier	GM	ESP	2560	7	46	40
2	Hamdouchi Hicham	GM	FRA	2601	7	46	37½
3	Bhat Vinay S	GM	USA	2540	7	43	36½
4	Berbatov Kiprian	IM	BUL	2455	7	42½	36
5	Spraggett Kevin	GM	CAN	2586	7	42	35
6	Burmakin Vladimir	GM	RUS	2590	6½	46	37
7	Hickl Joerg	GM	GER	2572	6½	45	37
8	Rizouk Aimen	GM	ALG	2532	6½	44	36½
9	Starostits Ilmars	IM	LAT	2471	6½	44	36½
10	Mirzoev Azer	GM	AZE	2594	6½	44	36
11	Matamoros Franco Carlos S	GM	ECU	2545	6½	43½	36½
12	Korneev Oleg	GM	RUS	2573	6½	43½	34
13	Komljenovic Davorin	GM	CRO	2431	6½	43	36
14	Campora Sivori Daniel H.	GM	ARG	2483	6½	42½	36
15	Razmyslov Alexander	IM	UKR	2431	6½	42½	34½
16	Pogorelov Ruslan	GM	UKR	2474	6½	42	36
17	Rivas Pastor Manuel	GM	ESP	2531	6½	42	35
18	Saravanan V	IM	IND	2356	6½	42	33½
19	Lanzani Mario	IM	ITA	2369	6½	40½	33
20	Fernandez Romero Ernesto	IM	ESP	2458	6½	40	34
21	Barria Zuniga Daniel	IM	CHI	2430	6½	38½	31
22	Blanco Cristobal J	IM	VEN	2379	6½	37½	30½
23	Durao Joaquim	IM	POR	2043	6½	35½	30
24	Andersson Ulf	GM	SWE	2575	6	45½	34½
25	Lemos Damian	GM	ARG	2544	6	45	37½
26	Teran Alvarez Ismael	IM	ESP	2425	6	44	34½
27	Ivanov Jordan	IM	BUL	2409	6	43½	33½
28	Lalic Bogdan	GM	CRO	2494	6	42	34½
29	Diogo Vasco	FM	POR	2303	6	42	33½
30	Franco Ocampos Zenon	GM	PAR	2535	6	41	33
31	Codenotti Marco		ITA	2169	6	39½	30½
32	Hamdouchi Adina-Maria	WGM	ROU	2295	6	39½	30½
33	Cabrera Trujillo Jorge Juan	IM	ESP	2384	6	39½	30½
34	Medina Carrasco Santiago		ESP	2186	6	39	32
35	Barrios Munoz Rafael Carlos		ESP	2152	6	39	30
36	Romero Lopez Cristina		ESP	1819	6	39	29
37	Sgnaolin Davide		ITA	2220	6	38½	32
38	Munoz Martin Pablo		ESP	2255	6	38½	31½
39	Pena Dieguez Manuel		ESP	2095	6	38½	30½
40	Steinhauser Thomas		GER	2128	6	38½	28½
41	Carretero Ortiz Francisco		ESP	2243	6	37½	31½
42	Torres Ventosa Pedro Eugenio		ESP	2148	6	37½	31
43	Diaz Castro Sergio		ESP	2231	6	37½	30½
44	Scharrer Patrick	FM	ITA	2289	6	37	30
45	Morales Araujo Francisco Javie		ESP	2138	6	36	30
46	Barrios Munoz Antonio Oscar		ESP	2131	6	36	28
215 players

13) Dresden Porzellan-Cup

The Dresden Porzellan-Cup took place 16th-17th January 2010. Igor Khenkin took clear first with 7/9.

Official site: http://www.schachfestival.de/www_festival/3e0ae347d3f5af0fff72ffb96b06aef8.php

Porzellancup Dresden (GER), 16-17 i 2010 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	Elo	NAT	+	=	-	Pts	T/B1	T/B2
1	Khenkin,Igor	GM	2594	GER	7	2	0	9.0	54.0	48.50
2	Zumsande,Martin	IM	2413	GER	4	4	1	8.0	54.0	34.50
3	Malaniuk,Vladimir	GM	2573	UKR	6	1	2	7.5	55.5	37.75
4	Drazic,Sinisa	GM	2540	SRB	6	3	0	7.5	50.0	42.25
5	Jaracz,Pawel	GM	2532	POL	7	1	1	7.5	50.0	41.50
6	Graf,Alexander	GM	2593	GER	5	2	2	7.0	53.5	35.25
7	Paehtz,Thomas	GM	2440	GER	6	3	0	7.0	46.0	37.50
8	Bindrich,Falko	GM	2514	GER	6	1	2	6.5	48.5	34.00
9	Schoeneberg,Manfred	FM	2269	GER	6	1	2	6.5	48.0	33.00
10	Roos,Michael	IM	2364	GER	5	3	1	6.5	46.5	34.50
11	Piotraschke,Jens,Dr.		2168	GER	6	1	2	6.5	42.5	30.00
12	Bodiroga,Predrag	IM	2420	SRB	5	1	3	6.0	48.0	28.25
13	Hoffmann,Hendrik	FM	2252	GER	5	2	2	6.0	46.5	29.50
14	Jandke,Manfred		2182	GER	5	1	3	6.0	46.5	28.25
15	Tischbierek,Raj	GM	2438	GER	5	2	2	6.0	46.0	30.75
16	Karius,Thomas		2234	GER	5	2	2	6.0	45.0	31.00
17	Bindrich,Oswald		2173	GER	5	2	2	6.0	45.0	29.75
18	Jaracz,Barbara	WGM	2284	POL	4	3	2	6.0	43.5	27.25
19	Sprotte,Norbert		2215	GER	5	2	1	6.0	43.0	29.50
20	Nosek,Reinhard		1944	GER	6	0	3	6.0	41.0	24.50
21	Knaak,Joachim		1961	GER	5	2	2	6.0	39.5	28.00
22	Wichmann,Cliff	FM	2367	GER	5	2	2	5.5	49.5	33.25
23	Epishin,Vladimir	GM	2607	RUS	5	1	3	5.5	48.0	28.75
24	Neef,Maximilian		2023	GER	3	5	1	5.5	45.5	27.50
25	Schulz,Karsten	FM	2384	GER	5	1	3	5.5	45.0	27.25
26	Wendling,Hannes		2175	GER	4	4	1	5.5	44.5	30.75
27	Schlierkamp,Ferdinand		2189	GER	5	1	3	5.5	43.5	25.75
28	Berthold,Andreas		2219	GER	4	3	2	5.5	43.0	24.50
29	Moehn,Hans		2015	GER	4	3	2	5.5	42.0	23.25
30	Gasik,Piotr		2131	POL	5	1	3	5.5	41.0	22.25
31	Poenisch,Johannes		1849	GER	5	1	3	5.5	41.0	21.25
32	Hutschenreiter,Joerg,Dr.		2066	GER	5	1	3	5.5	38.5	22.00
33	Schroedter,Axel		1980	GER	5	2	2	5.5	35.5	22.00
34	Hess,Christian	FM	2250	GER	4	2	3	5.0	46.5	24.25
35	Glasewald,Stefan		2077	GER	4	2	3	5.0	45.0	22.00
215 players

14) Cuban Championship

The 46th Cuban Championship takes place in Ciego de Avila 13th-22nd January 2010.

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

46th ch-CUB Ciego de Avila (CUB), 13-22 i 2010 Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Ti	Name	ELO	FED	Prov	Pts.
1	GM	Bruzon Batista Lazaro	2615	CUB	T	4
1	GM	Quesada Perez Yuniesky	2565	CUB	VC	4
3	IM	Gomez Garrido Camilo	2497	CUB	HOL	3½
4	GM	Delgado Ramírez Neuris	2595	CUB	GR	2½
5	GM	Nogueiras Santiago Jesús	2570	CUB	VC	2½
6	IM	Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo	2527	CUB	HOL	2½
7	GM	Arencibia Rodríguez Walter	2499	CUB	HOL	2½
8	GM	Corrales Jimenez Fidel	2602	CUB	PR	2½
9	GM	Gonzalez Vidal Yuri	2523	CUB	CH	2½
10	FM	Bacallao Alonso Yusnel	2512	CUB	MTZ	2½
11	GM	Martinez Duany Lelys S.	2506	CUB	SC	2½
12	FM	Jimenez Fraga Pedro A.	2453	CUB	SS	2½
13	FM	Quesada Perez Yasser	2401	CUB	VC	2½
14	GM	Almeida Quintana Omar	2538	CUB	CH	2½
15	GM	Vera Reynaldo	2499	CUB	MTZ	2½
16	GM	Perez Rodríguez Luis Manuel	2487	CUB	HOL	2
17	GM	Hernandez Holden	2567	CUB	HAB	1
18	GM	De La Paz Perdomo Frank	2488	CUB	VC	½

15) Women's Bundesliga

The Women's Bundesliga takes place 7th November 2009 - 28th March 2010. OSG Baden Baden leads the tournament after 5 rounds. I couldn't find a game file for the tournament.

Results: http://www.schachbund.de/SchachBL/bedh.php?liga=fb1

Bundesliga Women (GER), 7 xi 2009 - 28 iii 2010 Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
Pl	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Sp	MP	BP
1.	OSG Baden Baden	+			5½		3			5	4		5½	5	9	23
2.	Hamburger SK 1830		+	2½					4½	4		5½	5	5	8	21½
3.	USV Volksbank Halle		3½	+		2		4½	5			3½		5	8	18½
4.	SK Grosslehna	½			+	3½	3½	4			3½			5	8	15
5.	SC Bad Koenigshofen			4	2½	+		2½			4	5		5	6	18
6.	Karlsruher SF 1853	3			2½		+			3½	2		4	5	5	15
7.	Rodewischer Schachmiezen			1½	2	3½		+			5	2½		5	4	14½
8.	SK Lehrte		1½	1					+	3		4	3	5	4	12½
9.	SV Wolfbusch	1	2				2½		3	+			5	5	3	13½
10.	SC Leipzig Gohlis	2			2½	2	4	1			+			5	2	11½
11.	SAV Torgelow		½	2½		1		3½	2			+		5	2	9½
12.	SV Medizin Erfurt	½	1				2		3	1			+	5	1	7½

16) Georgian Championship

The 69th Championship of Georgia takes place in Tbilisi 11th-24th Janaury 2010. Games from rounds 1 and 3 only are available.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr29278.aspx

Official site: http://www.chesspoti.ge/

Games in PGN

69th ch-GEO Tbilisi (GEO), 11-24 i 2010														cat. XI (2519)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Gagunashvili, Merab	g	GEO	2582	*	½	.	½	1	½	.	½	.	½	.	.	.	1	4½	2605
2.	Paichadze, Luka	f	GEO	2424	½	*	.	.	.	.	½	1	.	½	1	½	½	.	4½	2638
3.	Shanava, Konstantine	g	GEO	2551	.	.	*	1	½	.	.	½	.	½	0	1	.	1	4½	2613
4.	Gelashvili, Tamaz	g	GEO	2614	½	.	0	*	.	1	½	.	1	½	.	.	½	.	4	2592
5.	Jojua, Davit	g	GEO	2535	0	.	½	.	*	1	½	.	½	.	½	.	1	.	4	2580
6.	Nigalidze, Gaioz	m	GEO	2462	½	.	.	0	0	*	.	½	.	1	.	1	.	1	4	2580
7.	Benidze, Davit	m	GEO	2491	.	½	.	½	½	.	*	.	½	.	½	½	½	.	3½	2527
8.	Pantsulaia, Levan	g	GEO	2598	½	0	½	.	.	½	.	*	1	½	.	.	.	½	3½	2496
9.	Arutinian, David	g	GEO	2566	.	.	.	0	½	.	½	0	*	.	1	½	.	1	3½	2506
10.	Margvelashvili, Giorgi	m	GEO	2527	½	½	½	½	.	0	.	½	.	*	.	.	.	½	3	2463
11.	Jobava, Beglar	m	GEO	2444	.	0	1	.	½	.	½	.	0	.	*	0	1	.	3	2475
12.	Sulashvili, Malkhaz	m	GEO	2497	.	½	0	.	.	0	½	.	½	.	1	*	½	.	3	2457
13.	Sanikidze, Tornike	g	GEO	2615	.	½	.	½	0	.	½	.	.	.	0	½	*	½	2½	2379
14.	Javakhadze, Zurab		GEO	2363	0	.	0	.	.	0	.	½	0	½	.	.	½	*	1½	2327

17) Century West Open

Though attendance was a bit disappointing, the top section of the Century West Open, held January 8th-10th at the LAX Hilton in Los Angeles, saw a remarkably strong field. Tying for first with 4-1 were GM Melikset Khachiyan and IMs Andranik Matikozyan, Enrico Sevillano, and Puchen Wang. Next at 3.5 were IMs Jack Peters and Emory Take, along with masters Alexandre Kretchetov and Ron Hermansen. A file of games is attached, and complete standings may be found at: http://www.westernchess.com/cwo10/standings.html. John Hillery directed.

18) Portsmouth Open

George Mirijanian reports: The Portsmouth Open took place January 16-17, 2010 at the Holiday Inn in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA. Two of Massachusetts strongest players, GM Alexander Ivanov of Newton and IM David Vigorito of Somerville, tied for 1st-2nd place with scores of 4.5-0.5, including a draw with one another in the penultimate round. Finishing in third place and winning the top Under 2250 prize with a 4-1 tally was U.S. Chess Federation-rated Class A entrant Raymond Paulson of Lowell, Massachusetts, who has returned to rated tournament chess after an absence of 14 years! As a result of his performance, he has advanced his national rating to that of expert. Matthew Fishbein, a Class B-rated player from Cape Elizabeth, Maine, captured fourth place and won the top Under 2000 prize with a 3.5-1.5 score. The tournament drew 47 players and was directed by FIDE arbiter F. Alexander Relyea of Bedford, New Hampshire, with assistance from his wife, Nita Patel.

19) Polish Championship

The Polish Championship took place in Warsaw 9th-17th January 2010. Mateusz Bartel won the event with 7/9 half a point clear of Radoslaw Wojtaszek.

ch-POL (28 players 9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC: 90m:30m+30spm(1))

Official site: http://www.mp2010.pl/m/index.html

ch-POL Warsaw (POL), 9-17 i 2010
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1.	Bartel, Mateusz	g	POL	2614	+28	+8	-2	+17	=13	+7	=4	+3	+9	7	2792
2.	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	g	POL	2639	+9	+16	+1	+4	=7	=3	=5	-6	+11	6½	2754
3.	Dziuba, Marcin	g	POL	2587	+12	-15	=24	+8	+10	=2	+13	-1	=5	5½	2617
4.	Macieja, Bartlomiej	g	POL	2624	+11	+24	+15	-2	=9	=5	=1	=8	=6	5½	2629
5.	Markowski, Tomasz	g	POL	2629	=22	+19	-10	+14	+15	=4	=2	=7	=3	5½	2603
6.	Socko, Bartosz	g	POL	2643	=19	+22	=17	-9	=14	=10	+15	+2	=4	5½	2586
7.	Krasenkow, Michal	g	POL	2656	-8	+28	+16	+10	=2	-1	+20	=5	=12	5½	2619
8.	Gdanski, Jacek	g	POL	2509	+7	-1	=18	-3	+26	+24	=9	=4	+19	5½	2649
9.	Pakleza, Zbigniew	m	POL	2498	-2	+25	+20	+6	=4	-13	=8	+17	-1	5	2610
10.	Swiercz, Dariusz	g	POL	2474	=13	+21	+5	-7	-3	=6	=14	=16	+22	5	2588
11.	Piorun, Kacper	m	POL	2489	-4	+27	=26	=24	=17	+19	=16	+13	-2	5	2587
12.	Hnydiuk, Aleksander	m	POL	2432	-3	-18	+25	=23	=16	=15	+24	+22	=7	5	2543
13.	Kempinski, Robert	g	POL	2617	=10	+26	=14	=15	=1	+9	-3	-11	=17	4½	2505
14.	Strzemiecki, Zbigniew	f	POL	2333	+20	=17	=13	-5	=6	=21	=10	=15	=16	4½	2540
15.	Rutkowski, Maciej	m	POL	2405	+18	+3	-4	=13	-5	=12	-6	=14	+28	4½	2541
16.	Bobras, Piotr	g	POL	2554	+25	-2	-7	=21	=12	+18	=11	=10	=14	4½	2477
17.	Miton, Kamil	g	POL	2586	+23	=14	=6	-1	=11	=20	+21	-9	=13	4½	2507
18.	Gajewski, Grzegorz	g	POL	2568	-15	+12	=8	=22	-19	-16	=27	+21	+23	4½	2445
19.	Jakubowski, Krzysztof	g	POL	2502	=6	-5	-21	+27	+18	-11	+23	+20	-8	4½	2501
20.	Olszewski, Michal	g	POL	2562	-14	+23	-9	+26	+22	=17	-7	-19	=25	4	2441
21.	Kanarek, Marcel	f	POL	2393	=26	-10	+19	=16	=24	=14	-17	-18	=27	3½	2408
22.	Stopa, Jacek	m	POL	2494	=5	-6	+28	=18	-20	=23	+25	-12	-10	3½	2417
23.	Bulski, Krzysztof	f	POL	2416	-17	-20	=27	=12	+28	=22	-19	+25	-18	3½	2386
24.	Heberla, Bartlomiej	g	POL	2516	+27	-4	=3	=11	=21	-8	-12	-28	=26	3	2356
25.	Gumula, Daniel	f	POL	2312	-16	-9	-12	=28	+27	+26	-22	-23	=20	3	2348
26.	Mista, Aleksander	g	POL	2563	=21	-13	=11	-20	-8	-25	-28	+27	=24	2½	2293
27.	Dragun, Kamil		POL	2300	-24	-11	=23	-19	-25	+28	=18	-26	=21	2½	2300
28.	Leniart, Arkadiusz	m	POL	2439	-1	-7	-22	=25	-23	-27	+26	+24	-15	2½	2309

20) Forthcoming Events and Links

24th Pula Open 2010

The 24th International Chess Tournament "Pula Open 2010" takes place 19th-26th June 2010 in Hotel Histria, Pula, Croatia. Swiss system 9 rounds, 90 minutes + 30 seconds per every move (from the beginning of the game). Prize fund is 11 000 EUR net (in Croatian kunas). There are 53 prizes in total. The prizes are not cumulative. Entry fee is 50 EUR but players younger that 18 years pay 25 EUR and IM-s and GM-s do not pay. Last year 295 players from 25 counties participated.

Details: http://www.skpula.hr

E-mail: pulaopen@gmail.com

You can also contact the tournament director Mr. Denis Vretenar: +385/ 91/ 5268340

2010 Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament

The 19th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament takes place at the Palais de la Mediterranée, a legendary hotel on the world-famous Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, March 12th-25th 2010. The event is organized by the Association Max Euwe of chess maecenas Joop van Oosterom, which is based in Monaco. The new number one in the world rankings, Magnus Carlsen, is the top-seed in Nice. Also present are Levon Aronian, the winner of the past two Amber tournaments, and Vladimir Kramnik, who won the Amber tournament a record six times.

Likely website: http://www.amberchess2010.com/

19th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Nice (FRA), 12-25 iii 2010				cat. XX (2746)
WRk	Name	Title	NAT	B-Year	Ja2010
1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	1990	2810
4	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	1975	2788
5	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	1982	2781
6	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	1968	2761
7	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	1986	2759
8	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	1969	2749
10	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	1976	2744
13	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	1983	2737
17	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	1977	2732
21	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	1990	2720
25	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	1983	2712
73	Smeets, Jan	g	NED	1985	2657

Aeroflot Open 2010

The 9th International Chess Festival "Aeroflot Open 2010" takes place in Moscow 8th February (the day of arrival) - 19th February 2010 (the day of departure). For the fifth year the festival will take place in the major tourist complex "Izmailovo", hotel "Gamma - Delta".

The festival has the same total prize fund as in 2009: € 180 000 (the prizes for the World Blitz Qualification Tournament included).

Four Open Tournaments (A1,A2, B and C) are made up according to the rating of the participants.

Tournament A1 for chessplayers with a FIDE rating higher than 2549. Prize fund 70000 €

Tournament A2 for chessplayers with a FIDE rating less than 2550, but higher than 2399. Prize fund: € 36000

Tournament B:for chessplayers with a FIDE rating less than 2400, but higher than 2199. Prize fund € 19500

Tournament C:for chessplayers with a FIDE rating lower than 2200 or without rating. Prize fund Group C: € 12000

All information regarding registration, the package payment details and the World Blitz QualificationTournament are published on the official site: http://www.aeroflotchess.com.

Contact details: e-mail: aeroflotchess@gmail.com

tel/fax: +7 (495) 691-8578 tel.: +7 (495) 690-6084

II Genset Cup

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

Dutch League

The Dutch League takes place 26th September 2009 - 18th April 2010. Round 5 took place on the 9th January 2010, Games are not yet available. A couple of matches were postponed.

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 5 Standings:
Pl	Team	Mp	Bp	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1	Groningen 1/Hotels.nl	10	32	x	6	.	.	.	7.5	6	6	6.5	.
2	Schrijvers Rotterdam	8	29½	4	x	.	.	6	5.5	.	6.5	7.5	.
3	Utrecht	7	26½	.	.	x	1.5	5	.	5.5	.	7.5	7
4	HSG	6	28½	.	.	8.5	x	7	8.5	.	.	4.5	.
5	LSG	5	25	.	4	5	3	x	.	7.5	.	.	5.5
6	Homburg Apeldoorn	4	24½	2.5	4.5	.	1.5	.	x	8	.	.	8
7	Braceland ESGOO	2	20	4	.	4.5	.	2.5	2	x	7	.	.
8	HMC Calder	2	16½	4	3.5	.	.	.	.	3	x	.	6
9	SMB	2	14	3.5	2.5	2.5	5.5	.	.	.	.	x	.
10	HWP Sas van Gent	0	13½	.	.	3	.	4.5	2	.	4	.	x

Dutch League (NED), 26 ix 2009 - 18 iv 2010 Round 5 Standings:
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	2½	-	7½
03	LSG	-	Schrijvers Rotterdam	4	-	6
04	Utrecht	-	Braceland ESGOO	5½	-	4½
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		-

9th Czech Tour 2009/2010

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/

Anand - Topalov World Championship is in Sofia in April/May 2010

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.

Linares 2010

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).

International Correspondence Chess Federation

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

Reykjavik Open

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

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

Schachbundesliga 2009-10

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/

Bermuda open

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

South Lakes Congress

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.

Two Hungarian events

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

Czech Tour 2009-10

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/.

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: 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

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.

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

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.

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/

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

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

Ajedrez 21 English site

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

Kingpin Magazine

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

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

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