THE WEEK IN CHESS 794 25th January 2010 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Michiel Abeln, Jan Mazuch, Adolivio Capece, John Saunders, Herman Van de Wynkele, Pierre Becker and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The first five rounds of the Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee saw Alexei Shirov dominate. Shirov's run was halted with a draw against Nigel Short and then a loss to Hikaru Nakamura. Shirov still leads, by half a point from Vladimir Kramnik who has had 3.5/4 in the last few rounds including a demolition of Hikaru Nakamura in Round 8 and Magnus Carlsen who drew against the leader. The tournament looks like being between these four players although Viswanathan Anand, who has drawn all his games so far, hasn't played any of the bottom three against whom all the top players have been scoring heavily. There should be an exciting finish.

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	*	½	.	0	1	.	.	.	.	1	½	1	1	1	6	2891
2.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2810	½	*	.	½	.	.	.	1	½	.	½	½	1	1	5½	2844
3.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2788	.	.	*	1	½	½	.	.	.	½	½	½	1	1	5½	2827
4.	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2708	1	½	0	*	.	.	.	½	½	.	1	.	1	½	5	2826
5.	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2739	0	.	½	.	*	½	½	.	½	1	.	½	.	1	4½	2758
6.	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2712	.	.	½	.	½	*	½	.	½	½	.	1	½	½	4½	2752
7.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2720	.	.	.	.	½	½	*	.	½	½	1	½	½	½	4½	2739
8.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2749	.	0	.	½	.	.	.	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	4½	2747
9.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2790	.	½	.	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	.	.	.	4	2726
10.	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2675	0	.	½	.	0	½	½	½	½	*	.	1	.	.	3½	2692
11.	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2696	½	½	½	0	.	.	0	½	½	.	*	.	0	.	2½	2600
12.	Tiviakov, Sergei	g	NED	2662	0	½	½	.	½	0	½	½	.	0	.	*	.	.	2½	2598
13.	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2641	0	0	0	0	.	½	½	0	.	.	1	.	*	.	2	2545
14.	Smeets, Jan	g	NED	2657	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	.	.	.	.	.	*	1½	2492

Round 4 (January 19, 2010)
Shirov, Alexei	- Smeets, Jan	1-0	37	C42	Petroff's Defence
Carlsen, Magnus	- Short, Nigel D	½-½	47	B01	Centre Counter
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Tiviakov, Sergei	½-½	36	E21	Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	- Leko, Peter	½-½	36	C89	Ruy Lopez Marshall
Karjakin, Sergey	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	45	C69	Ruy Lopez Exchange
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Van Wely, Loek	1-0	26	B96	Sicilian Najdorf
Anand, Viswanathan	- Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	33	A81	Dutch Leningrad
Round 5 (January 21, 2010)
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	59	C77	Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Leko, Peter	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	28	C64	Ruy Lopez Classical
Caruana, Fabiano	- Dominguez Perez, Leinier	½-½	58	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Short, Nigel D	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	63	B40	Sicilian Classical
Tiviakov, Sergei	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	43	C77	Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Van Wely, Loek	- Shirov, Alexei	0-1	59	A29	English Four Knights
Smeets, Jan	- Kramnik, Vladimir	0-1	40	B07	Pirc Defence
Round 6 (January 22, 2010)
Shirov, Alexei	- Short, Nigel D	½-½	31	C96	Ruy Lopez
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Van Wely, Loek	1-0	56	E92	King's Indian Classical
Leko, Peter	- Caruana, Fabiano	1-0	45	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	- Tiviakov, Sergei	1-0	38	E00	Catalan
Karjakin, Sergey	- Smeets, Jan	½-½	25	C42	Petroff's Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	16	D17	Slav Defence
Anand, Viswanathan	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	19	B77	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Round 7 (January 23, 2010)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	1-0	35	D10	Slav Defence
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Shirov, Alexei	1-0	41	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Caruana, Fabiano	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	33	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Short, Nigel D	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	63	C43	Petroff's Defence
Tiviakov, Sergei	- Leko, Peter	½-½	31	C77	Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Van Wely, Loek	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	16	E15	Queens Indian
Smeets, Jan	- Dominguez Perez, Leinier	½-½	30	B96	Sicilian Najdorf
Round 8 (January 24, 2010)
Shirov, Alexei	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	33	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Nakamura, Hikaru	1-0	44	A88	Dutch Leningrad
Leko, Peter	- Smeets, Jan	1-0	45	C42	Petroff's Defence
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	- Van Wely, Loek	½-½	45	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Karjakin, Sergey	- Short, Nigel D	1-0	61	C96	Ruy Lopez
Anand, Viswanathan	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	25	B36	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Caruana, Fabiano	- Tiviakov, Sergei	1-0	69	B01	Centre Counter

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	*	½	½	.	1	1	.	.	1	1	1	.	½	.	6½	2889
2.	Ni Hua	g	CHN	2657	½	*	½	½	.	0	½	.	1	1	.	1	.	.	5	2716
3.	L'Ami, Erwin	g	NED	2615	½	½	*	½	½	.	.	1	½	½	.	.	.	1	5	2735
4.	So, Wesley	g	PHI	2656	.	½	½	*	½	.	½	½	.	.	1	.	1	½	5	2736
5.	Harikrishna, P	g	IND	2672	0	.	½	½	*	½	1	½	.	.	.	1	.	½	4½	2658
6.	Howell, David W L	g	ENG	2606	0	1	.	.	½	*	.	½	0	1	½	.	1	.	4½	2679
7.	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	2687	.	½	.	½	0	.	*	½	½	.	1	.	½	1	4½	2686
8.	Negi, Parimarjan	g	IND	2621	.	.	0	½	½	½	½	*	.	.	½	½	.	1	4	2633
9.	Sutovsky, Emil	g	ISR	2657	0	0	½	.	.	1	½	.	*	0	.	½	1	.	3½	2568
10.	Nyback, Tomi	g	FIN	2643	0	0	½	.	.	0	.	.	1	*	0	½	1	.	3	2525
11.	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	ROU	2681	0	.	.	0	.	½	0	½	.	1	*	½	.	½	3	2532
12.	Muzychuk, Anna	m	SLO	2523	.	0	.	.	0	.	.	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	3	2554
13.	Reinderman, Dimitri	g	NED	2573	½	.	.	0	.	0	½	.	0	0	.	½	*	1	2½	2482
14.	Akobian, Varuzhan	g	USA	2628	.	.	0	½	½	.	0	0	.	.	½	½	0	*	2	2435

Round 4 (January 19, 2010)
Ni Hua	- Giri, Anish	½-½	44	C42	Petroff's Defence
L'Ami, Erwin	- Akobian, Varuzhan	1-0	52	D34	Tarrasch Defence, Main Line
Harikrishna, P	- Naiditsch, Arkadij	1-0	42	A08	Barcza System
Negi, Parimarjan	- So, Wesley	½-½	37	B43	Sicilian Paulsen
Sutovsky, Emil	- Nyback, Tomi	0-1	45	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	- Muzychuk, Anna	½-½	38	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Reinderman, Dimitri	- Howell, David W L	0-1	83	A20	English Opening
Round 5 (January 21, 2010)
Giri, Anish	- Sutovsky, Emil	1-0	38	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
So, Wesley	- Harikrishna, P	½-½	44	E06	Catalan
Howell, David W L	- Ni Hua	1-0	56	B10	Caro Kann
Naiditsch, Arkadij	- Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	1-0	38	B14	Caro Kann Panov
Nyback, Tomi	- L'Ami, Erwin	½-½	33	E04	Catalan
Muzychuk, Anna	- Reinderman, Dimitri	½-½	36	B04	Alekhine's Defence
Akobian, Varuzhan	- Negi, Parimarjan	0-1	47	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Round 6 (January 22, 2010)
Ni Hua	- Muzychuk, Anna	1-0	48	B01	Centre Counter
L'Ami, Erwin	- Negi, Parimarjan	1-0	35	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Harikrishna, P	- Akobian, Varuzhan	½-½	86	A41	Modern Defence
Sutovsky, Emil	- Howell, David W L	1-0	81	C99	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Nyback, Tomi	- Giri, Anish	0-1	37	D12	Slav Defence
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	- So, Wesley	0-1	35	A07	Barcza System
Reinderman, Dimitri	- Naiditsch, Arkadij	½-½	77	A18	English Opening
Round 7 (January 23, 2010)
Giri, Anish	- L'Ami, Erwin	½-½	61	E04	Catalan
So, Wesley	- Reinderman, Dimitri	1-0	36	A81	Dutch Leningrad
Howell, David W L	- Nyback, Tomi	1-0	23	C45	Scotch Game
Naiditsch, Arkadij	- Ni Hua	½-½	52	A16	English Opening
Negi, Parimarjan	- Harikrishna, P	½-½	33	B17	Caro Kann
Muzychuk, Anna	- Sutovsky, Emil	½-½	46	B10	Caro Kann
Akobian, Varuzhan	- Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	½-½	21	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Round 8 (January 24, 2010)
Giri, Anish	- Howell, David W L	1-0	40	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Ni Hua	- So, Wesley	½-½	17	B52	Sicilian Rossolimo
L'Ami, Erwin	- Harikrishna, P	½-½	127	A14	Reti Opening
Sutovsky, Emil	- Naiditsch, Arkadij	½-½	49	C48	Four Knights Rubinstein
Nyback, Tomi	- Muzychuk, Anna	½-½	43	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	- Negi, Parimarjan	½-½	24	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Reinderman, Dimitri	- Akobian, Varuzhan	1-0	39	D33	Tarrasch Defence

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.	Robson, Ray	g	USA	2570	*	.	.	0	1	1	.	.	.	1	½	1	½	1	6	2580
2.	Gupta, Abhijeet	g	IND	2577	.	*	½	1	½	½	.	.	.	1	½	½	1	.	5½	2564
3.	Li Chao2	g	CHN	2604	.	½	*	½	.	.	0	1	½	.	.	1	1	1	5½	2580
4.	Vocaturo, Daniele	g	ITA	2495	1	0	½	*	½	.	1	0	1	.	.	.	1	.	5	2600
5.	Swinkels, Robin	m	NED	2495	0	½	.	½	*	½	.	.	.	½	1	1	.	1	5	2529
6.	Peng Zhaoqin	g	NED	2402	0	½	.	.	½	*	½	1	½	1	½	.	.	.	4½	2536
7.	Grandelius, Nils	m	SWE	2515	.	.	1	0	.	½	*	.	1	0	1	0	1	.	4½	2461
8.	Lie, Kjetil A	g	NOR	2547	.	.	0	1	.	0	.	*	½	½	.	1	½	½	4	2402
9.	Van Kampen, Robin	m	NED	2456	.	.	½	0	.	½	0	½	*	.	.	½	1	1	4	2435
10.	Kuipers, Stefan	f	NED	2340	0	0	.	.	½	0	1	½	.	*	1	.	.	½	3½	2441
11.	Muzychuk, Mariya	m	UKR	2447	½	½	.	.	0	½	0	.	.	0	*	½	.	1	3	2356
12.	Bok, Benjamin	f	NED	2322	0	½	0	.	0	.	1	0	½	.	½	*	.	.	2½	2385
13.	Plukkel, Sjoerd		NED	2279	½	0	0	0	.	.	0	½	0	.	.	.	*	½	1½	2259
14.	Soumya, Swaminathan	wg	IND	2323	0	.	0	.	0	.	.	½	0	½	0	.	½	*	1½	2216

Round 4 (January 19, 2010)
Robson, Ray	- Kuipers, Stefan	1-0	39	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Gupta, Abhijeet	- Peng Zhaoqin	½-½	57	D10	Slav Defence
Swinkels, Robin	- Muzychuk, Mariya	1-0	54	A04	Dutch System
Grandelius, Nils	- Bok, Benjamin	0-1	21	A16	English Opening
Lie, Kjetil A	- Vocaturo, Daniele	1-0	33	A10	Dutch, QI and KID Systems
Van Kampen, Robin	- Plukkel, Sjoerd	1-0	22	C41	Philidor's Defence
Soumya, Swaminathan	- Li Chao2	0-1	26	B67	Sicilian Rauzer
Round 5 (January 21, 2010)
Li Chao2	- Van Kampen, Robin	½-½	30	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Vocaturo, Daniele	- Grandelius, Nils	1-0	83	C53	Giuoco Piano
Peng Zhaoqin	- Robson, Ray	0-1	36	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Kuipers, Stefan	- Swinkels, Robin	½-½	47	B47	Sicilian Paulsen
Muzychuk, Mariya	- Soumya, Swaminathan	1-0	67	B19	Caro Kann
Bok, Benjamin	- Gupta, Abhijeet	½-½	62	B67	Sicilian Rauzer
Plukkel, Sjoerd	- Lie, Kjetil A	½-½	79	B28	Sicilian Early a7-a6
Round 6 (January 22, 2010)
Robson, Ray	- Bok, Benjamin	1-0	35	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Gupta, Abhijeet	- Vocaturo, Daniele	1-0	37	A56	Old Indian Defence
Swinkels, Robin	- Peng Zhaoqin	½-½	43	A20	English Opening
Grandelius, Nils	- Plukkel, Sjoerd	1-0	26	C42	Petroff's Defence
Lie, Kjetil A	- Li Chao2	0-1	63	C43	Petroff's Defence
Muzychuk, Mariya	- Kuipers, Stefan	0-1	47	B23	Sicilian Closed
Soumya, Swaminathan	- Van Kampen, Robin	0-1	24	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 7 (January 23, 2010)
Li Chao2	- Grandelius, Nils	0-1	28	A18	English Opening
Vocaturo, Daniele	- Robson, Ray	1-0	40	C11	French Defence
Peng Zhaoqin	- Muzychuk, Mariya	½-½	72	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Van Kampen, Robin	- Lie, Kjetil A	½-½	57	B27	Sicilian Early Fianchetto
Kuipers, Stefan	- Soumya, Swaminathan	½-½	47	B19	Caro Kann
Bok, Benjamin	- Swinkels, Robin	0-1	33	B66	Sicilian Rauzer
Plukkel, Sjoerd	- Gupta, Abhijeet	0-1	52	B50	Sicilian Defence
Round 8 (January 24, 2010)
Robson, Ray	- Plukkel, Sjoerd	½-½	58	B64	Sicilian Rauzer
Gupta, Abhijeet	- Li Chao2	½-½	101	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Swinkels, Robin	- Vocaturo, Daniele	½-½	27	A05	Various
Grandelius, Nils	- Van Kampen, Robin	1-0	33	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Kuipers, Stefan	- Peng Zhaoqin	0-1	54	C15	French Winawer
Muzychuk, Mariya	- Bok, Benjamin	½-½	78	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Soumya, Swaminathan	- Lie, Kjetil A	½-½	57	B35	Sicilian Defence

3) Armenian Championship

The 70th Armenian Championships 2010 takes place in Yerevan Thursday 21st Jan 2010 - Sunday 31st Jan 2010. Lia Martirosyan and Siranush Andriasian lead on 3/4 in the women's event but there don't, as yet, appear to be games available for the women's tournament.

Official site: http://www.chessfed.am/ and http://www.armchess.am/

70th ch-ARM Yerevan (ARM), 22-31 i 2010														cat. XII (2538)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Grigoryan, Avetik	g	ARM	2534	*	½	½	1	.	.	.	1	.	.	3	2777
2.	Andriasian, Zaven	g	ARM	2613	½	*	½	.	.	.	1	.	1	.	3	2720
3.	Petrosian, Tigran L	g	ARM	2627	½	½	*	½	.	1	.	.	.	.	2½	2667
4.	Minasian, Artashes	g	ARM	2561	0	.	½	*	.	.	.	1	.	1	2½	2644
5.	Hovhannisyan, Robert		ARM	2473	.	.	.	.	*	.	1	0	½	1	2½	2591
6.	Melkumyan, Hrant	g	ARM	2583	.	.	0	.	.	*	.	1	½	½	2	2529
7.	Chibukhchian, Artur	m	ARM	2498	.	0	.	.	0	.	*	.	1	½	1½	2422
8.	Kotanjian, Tigran	g	ARM	2537	0	.	.	0	1	0	.	*	.	.	1	2344
9.	Kalashian, David	m	ARM	2451	.	0	.	.	½	½	0	.	*	.	1	2348
10.	Petrosian, Davit G	m	ARM	2501	.	.	.	0	0	½	½	.	.	*	1	2335

Round 1 (January 22, 2010)
Grigoryan, Avetik	- Kotanjian, Tigran	1-0	32	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Petrosian, Tigran L	- Andriasian, Zaven	½-½	61	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Minasian, Artashes	- Petrosian, Davit G	1-0	26	A34	English Symmetrical
Hovhannisyan, Robert	- Chibukhchian, Artur	1-0	73	C63	Ruy Lopez Schliemann
Melkumyan, Hrant	- Kalashian, David	½-½	58	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Round 2 (January 23, 2010)
Andriasian, Zaven	- Chibukhchian, Artur	1-0	36	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Petrosian, Tigran L	- Grigoryan, Avetik	½-½	23	A84	Dutch
Kotanjian, Tigran	- Minasian, Artashes	0-1	64	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Kalashian, David	- Hovhannisyan, Robert	½-½	32	B23	Sicilian Closed
Petrosian, Davit G	- Melkumyan, Hrant	½-½	41	C45	Scotch Game
Round 3 (January 24, 2010)
Grigoryan, Avetik	- Andriasian, Zaven	½-½	21	D10	Slav Defence
Minasian, Artashes	- Petrosian, Tigran L	½-½	35	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Hovhannisyan, Robert	- Petrosian, Davit G	1-0	41	C16	French Winawer
Melkumyan, Hrant	- Kotanjian, Tigran	1-0	70	D10	Slav Defence
Chibukhchian, Artur	- Kalashian, David	1-0	49	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Round 4 (January 25, 2010)
Grigoryan, Avetik	- Minasian, Artashes	1-0	39	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Andriasian, Zaven	- Kalashian, David	1-0	43	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Petrosian, Tigran L	- Melkumyan, Hrant	1-0	41	C53	Giuoco Piano
Kotanjian, Tigran	- Hovhannisyan, Robert	1-0	45	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Petrosian, Davit G	- Chibukhchian, Artur	½-½	8	B43	Sicilian Paulsen

4) 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

5) 76th Belarusian Chess Championship

The 76th Belarusian Chess Championship took place in Minsk 12th-22nd January 2010. Untitled Evgeny Podolchenko was the shock winner.

Report: http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/4297-belarusian-chess-championship - http://www.openchess.by/news/97.html

76th ch-BLR Minsk (BLR), 12-22 i 2010													cat. XI (2514)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Podolchenko, Evgeniy		BLR	2450	*	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	8	2695
2.	Zhigalko, Sergei	g	BLR	2668	0	*	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	7½	2633
3.	Fedorov, Alexei	g	BLR	2619	½	0	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	7	2606
4.	Azarov, Sergei	g	BLR	2622	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	6½	2569
5.	Teterev, Vitaly	g	BLR	2527	0	½	½	½	*	½	1	1	½	0	1	½	6	2549
6.	Stupak, Kirill	m	BLR	2459	½	½	½	½	½	*	0	½	½	1	½	1	6	2555
7.	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	g	BLR	2617	½	½	½	½	0	1	*	½	1	½	0	½	5½	2505
8.	Zhigalko, Andrey	g	BLR	2600	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	*	0	1	1	½	5½	2506
9.	Tihonov, Jurij	g	BLR	2472	½	0	0	½	½	½	0	1	*	0	1	1	5	2482
10.	Lutsko, Igor	g	BLR	2415	0	0	0	½	1	0	½	0	1	*	0	0	3	2348
11.	Kolesnik, Eduard	m	BLR	2374	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	0	1	*	½	3	2352
12.	Kovalev, Vladislav	f	BLR	2349	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	1	½	*	3	2354

Round 1 (January 12, 2010)
Fedorov, Alexei	- Teterev, Vitaly	½-½	27	B44	Sicilian Paulsen
Azarov, Sergei	- Tihonov, Jurij	½-½	36	B96	Sicilian Najdorf
Zhigalko, Andrey	- Zhigalko, Sergei	½-½	17	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Lutsko, Igor	- Stupak, Kirill	0-1	71	B28	Sicilian Early a7-a6
Kolesnik, Eduard	- Podolchenko, Evgeniy	0-1	50	C90	Ruy Lopez
Kovalev, Vladislav	- Aleksandrov, Aleksej	½-½	60	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 2 (January 13, 2010)
Zhigalko, Sergei	- Fedorov, Alexei	1-0	43	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Teterev, Vitaly	- Azarov, Sergei	½-½	26	A30	English Symmetrical
Stupak, Kirill	- Zhigalko, Andrey	½-½	16	A36	English Botvinnik
Aleksandrov, Aleksej	- Podolchenko, Evgeniy	½-½	40	E59	Nimzo Indian
Tihonov, Jurij	- Kolesnik, Eduard	1-0	58	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Kovalev, Vladislav	- Lutsko, Igor	1-0	49	B47	Sicilian Paulsen
Round 3 (January 14, 2010)
Podolchenko, Evgeniy	- Tihonov, Jurij	½-½	14	A30	English Symmetrical
Fedorov, Alexei	- Stupak, Kirill	½-½	23	C42	Petroff's Defence
Azarov, Sergei	- Zhigalko, Sergei	½-½	31	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Zhigalko, Andrey	- Kovalev, Vladislav	½-½	62	E97	King's Indian Classical
Lutsko, Igor	- Aleksandrov, Aleksej	½-½	46	D38	QGD Ragozin
Kolesnik, Eduard	- Teterev, Vitaly	0-1	29	B48	Sicilian Paulsen
Round 4 (January 15, 2010)
Zhigalko, Sergei	- Kolesnik, Eduard	1-0	44	C95	Ruy Lopez Breyer
Teterev, Vitaly	- Podolchenko, Evgeniy	0-1	38	A34	English Symmetrical
Stupak, Kirill	- Azarov, Sergei	½-½	54	D77	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Aleksandrov, Aleksej	- Tihonov, Jurij	1-0	59	E71	King's Indian 5.h3
Lutsko, Igor	- Zhigalko, Andrey	0-1	61	E98	King's Indian Classical
Kovalev, Vladislav	- Fedorov, Alexei	0-1	28	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Round 5 (January 16, 2010)
Podolchenko, Evgeniy	- Zhigalko, Sergei	1-0	74	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Fedorov, Alexei	- Lutsko, Igor	1-0	43	B44	Sicilian Paulsen
Azarov, Sergei	- Kovalev, Vladislav	1-0	35	C97	Ruy Lopez
Zhigalko, Andrey	- Aleksandrov, Aleksej	½-½	36	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Tihonov, Jurij	- Teterev, Vitaly	½-½	11	D36	QGD Exchange
Kolesnik, Eduard	- Stupak, Kirill	½-½	30	B28	Sicilian Early a7-a6
Round 6 (January 17, 2010)
Zhigalko, Sergei	- Tihonov, Jurij	1-0	39	B53	Sicilian Hungarian
Stupak, Kirill	- Podolchenko, Evgeniy	½-½	12	D23	QGA
Aleksandrov, Aleksej	- Teterev, Vitaly	0-1	70	E94	King's Indian Classical
Zhigalko, Andrey	- Fedorov, Alexei	½-½	21	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Lutsko, Igor	- Azarov, Sergei	½-½	44	D87	Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Kovalev, Vladislav	- Kolesnik, Eduard	½-½	44	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Round 7 (January 18, 2010)
Podolchenko, Evgeniy	- Kovalev, Vladislav	1-0	42	E99	King's Indian Classical
Fedorov, Alexei	- Aleksandrov, Aleksej	½-½	8	C90	Ruy Lopez
Azarov, Sergei	- Zhigalko, Andrey	½-½	17	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Teterev, Vitaly	- Zhigalko, Sergei	½-½	26	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Tihonov, Jurij	- Stupak, Kirill	½-½	35	E90	King's Indian Classical
Kolesnik, Eduard	- Lutsko, Igor	1-0	75	B48	Sicilian Paulsen
Round 8 (January 19, 2010)
Fedorov, Alexei	- Azarov, Sergei	½-½	13	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Stupak, Kirill	- Teterev, Vitaly	½-½	7	D78	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Aleksandrov, Aleksej	- Zhigalko, Sergei	½-½	54	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Zhigalko, Andrey	- Kolesnik, Eduard	1-0	44	C84	Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Lutsko, Igor	- Podolchenko, Evgeniy	0-1	33	E44	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Kovalev, Vladislav	- Tihonov, Jurij	0-1	49	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 9 (January 20, 2010)
Podolchenko, Evgeniy	- Zhigalko, Andrey	½-½	22	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Zhigalko, Sergei	- Stupak, Kirill	½-½	34	C43	Petroff's Defence
Azarov, Sergei	- Aleksandrov, Aleksej	½-½	40	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Teterev, Vitaly	- Kovalev, Vladislav	½-½	21	E67	King's Indian Fianchetto
Tihonov, Jurij	- Lutsko, Igor	0-1	50	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Kolesnik, Eduard	- Fedorov, Alexei	0-1	37	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Round 10 (January 21, 2010)
Fedorov, Alexei	- Podolchenko, Evgeniy	½-½	44	C11	French Defence
Azarov, Sergei	- Kolesnik, Eduard	1-0	35	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Aleksandrov, Aleksej	- Stupak, Kirill	1-0	25	E49	Nimzo Indian
Zhigalko, Andrey	- Tihonov, Jurij	0-1	62	B82	Sicilian Scheveningen
Lutsko, Igor	- Teterev, Vitaly	1-0	52	E94	King's Indian Classical
Kovalev, Vladislav	- Zhigalko, Sergei	0-1	40	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 11 (January 22, 2010)
Podolchenko, Evgeniy	- Azarov, Sergei	½-½	26	E35	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Zhigalko, Sergei	- Lutsko, Igor	1-0	42	B08	Pirc Defence
Teterev, Vitaly	- Zhigalko, Andrey	1-0	61	B52	Sicilian Rossolimo
Stupak, Kirill	- Kovalev, Vladislav	1-0	42	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Tihonov, Jurij	- Fedorov, Alexei	0-1	44	E92	King's Indian Classical
Kolesnik, Eduard	- Aleksandrov, Aleksej	1-0	27	C50	Giuoco Piano

6) Campinas International

The I Memorial Vanderley Cason Melo (Canarinho) took place in Campinas 16th-24th January 2010. Alexander Fier, Felipe de Cresce El Debs and Everaldo Matsuura finished on 9/13.

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.	Fier, Alexandr	g	BRA	2601	*	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	0	1	1	9	2573
2.	El Debs, Felipe de Cresce	m	BRA	2480	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	9	2583
3.	Matsuura, Everaldo	m	BRA	2467	0	½	*	0	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	9	2584
4.	Mareco, Sandro	m	ARG	2526	½	½	1	*	½	½	0	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	8½	2548
5.	Leitao, Rafael	g	BRA	2620	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	8½	2541
6.	Zambrana, Oswaldo	g	BOL	2481	½	0	0	½	½	*	1	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	8½	2552
7.	Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag	m	BRA	2486	½	½	0	1	½	0	*	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	7½	2498
8.	Saldano Dayer, Horacio	m	ESP	2415	½	0	½	½	½	0	½	*	½	1	½	½	1	1	7	2476
9.	Flores, Diego	g	ARG	2599	0	½	½	1	½	0	0	½	*	½	½	1	1	1	7	2461
10.	Rodriguez Vila, Andres	g	URU	2521	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	*	1	1	1	1	6	2409
11.	Stamenkovic, Dragan	m	SRB	2394	0	½	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	*	½	1	1	4½	2338
12.	Santos, Marcus Vinicius Moreira	m	BRA	2394	1	½	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	*	0	½	3½	2273
13.	Name, Gabriel Ricardo Salim		BRA	2170	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	1	*	½	2	2169
14.	De Nucci, Gilberto		BRA	2073	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	*	1	2072

Round 1 (January 16, 2010)
Matsuura, Everaldo	- Saldano Dayer, Horacio	½-½	54	C82	Ruy Lopez Open Italian Variation
Leitao, Rafael	- Fier, Alexandr	½-½	40	D89	Gruenfeld Alekhine
Zambrana, Oswaldo	- El Debs, Felipe de Cresce	0-1	56	B48	Sicilian Paulsen
Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag	- Santos, Marcus Vinicius Moreira	½-½	31	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Flores, Diego	- Stamenkovic, Dragan	½-½	40	A29	English Four Knights
Name, Gabriel Ricardo Salim	- Mareco, Sandro	0-1	47	E46	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
De Nucci, Gilberto	- Rodriguez Vila, Andres	0-1	54	C06	French Tarrasch
Round 2 (January 17, 2010)
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
Mareco, Sandro	- Matsuura, Everaldo	1-0	41	E05	Catalan
Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag	- Leitao, Rafael	½-½	27	E20	Nimzo Indian
Saldano Dayer, Horacio	- Flores, Diego	½-½	19	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Rodriguez Vila, Andres	- Zambrana, Oswaldo	½-½	15	E14	Queens Indian
Santos, Marcus Vinicius Moreira	- Stamenkovic, Dragan	½-½	19	D46	Semi-Slav Defence
Round 3 (January 17, 2010)
Matsuura, Everaldo	- El Debs, Felipe de Cresce	½-½	34	B49	Sicilian Paulsen
Leitao, Rafael	- Santos, Marcus Vinicius Moreira	1-0	36	D76	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Zambrana, Oswaldo	- Fier, Alexandr	½-½	72	B77	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Flores, Diego	- Mareco, Sandro	1-0	58	E46	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Stamenkovic, Dragan	- Saldano Dayer, Horacio	½-½	16	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Name, Gabriel Ricardo Salim	- Rodriguez Vila, Andres	0-1	57	A87	Dutch Leningrad
De Nucci, Gilberto	- Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag	0-1	41	D80	Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Round 4 (January 18, 2010)
Fier, Alexandr	- Name, Gabriel Ricardo Salim	1-0	22	C13	French Classical
El Debs, Felipe de Cresce	- Flores, Diego	½-½	33	E92	King's Indian Classical
Mareco, Sandro	- Stamenkovic, Dragan	1-0	30	D46	Semi-Slav Defence
Leitao, Rafael	- De Nucci, Gilberto	1-0	32	B46	Sicilian Paulsen
Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag	- Zambrana, Oswaldo	0-1	32	A65	Benoni
Rodriguez Vila, Andres	- Matsuura, Everaldo	0-1	48	A03	Bird's Opening
Santos, Marcus Vinicius Moreira	- Saldano Dayer, Horacio	½-½	29	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Round 5 (January 19, 2010)
Matsuura, Everaldo	- Fier, Alexandr	0-1	74	A16	English Opening
Zambrana, Oswaldo	- Leitao, Rafael	½-½	45	B46	Sicilian Paulsen
Saldano Dayer, Horacio	- Mareco, Sandro	½-½	18	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Flores, Diego	- Rodriguez Vila, Andres	½-½	12	A39	English Symmetrical
Stamenkovic, Dragan	- El Debs, Felipe de Cresce	½-½	12	A47	Queen's Indian without c2-c4
Name, Gabriel Ricardo Salim	- Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag	½-½	53	A37	English Symmetrical
De Nucci, Gilberto	- Santos, Marcus Vinicius Moreira	½-½	15	D80	Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Round 6 (January 19, 2010)
Fier, Alexandr	- Flores, Diego	1-0	45	E99	King's Indian Classical
El Debs, Felipe de Cresce	- Saldano Dayer, Horacio	1-0	55	D24	QGA
Leitao, Rafael	- Name, Gabriel Ricardo Salim	1-0	25	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag	- Matsuura, Everaldo	0-1	39	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Rodriguez Vila, Andres	- Stamenkovic, Dragan	1-0	27	A34	English Symmetrical
Santos, Marcus Vinicius Moreira	- Mareco, Sandro	0-1	29	E04	Catalan
De Nucci, Gilberto	- Zambrana, Oswaldo	0-1	22	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Round 7 (January 20, 2010)
Matsuura, Everaldo	- Leitao, Rafael	½-½	19	B85	Sicilian Scheveningen
Mareco, Sandro	- El Debs, Felipe de Cresce	½-½	26	D17	Slav Defence
Zambrana, Oswaldo	- Santos, Marcus Vinicius Moreira	1-0	16	C24	Bishop's Opening
Saldano Dayer, Horacio	- Rodriguez Vila, Andres	1-0	68	C06	French Tarrasch
Flores, Diego	- Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag	0-1	62	A37	English Symmetrical
Stamenkovic, Dragan	- Fier, Alexandr	0-1	47	A46	Queen's Pawn Opening
Name, Gabriel Ricardo Salim	- De Nucci, Gilberto	½-½	13	A56	Old Indian Defence
Round 8 (January 21, 2010)
Fier, Alexandr	- Saldano Dayer, Horacio	½-½	16	C42	Petroff's Defence
Leitao, Rafael	- Flores, Diego	½-½	12	E70	King's Indian Fianchetto
Zambrana, Oswaldo	- Name, Gabriel Ricardo Salim	1-0	30	B17	Caro Kann
Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag	- Stamenkovic, Dragan	1-0	50	B65	Sicilian Rauzer
Rodriguez Vila, Andres	- Mareco, Sandro	0-1	52	A04	Dutch System
Santos, Marcus Vinicius Moreira	- El Debs, Felipe de Cresce	½-½	42	D78	Gruenfeld 3.g3
De Nucci, Gilberto	- Matsuura, Everaldo	0-1	50	E92	King's Indian Classical
Round 9 (January 21, 2010)
El Debs, Felipe de Cresce	- Rodriguez Vila, Andres	1-0	53	B07	Pirc Defence
Matsuura, Everaldo	- Zambrana, Oswaldo	1-0	32	B49	Sicilian Paulsen
Mareco, Sandro	- Fier, Alexandr	½-½	32	E95	King's Indian Classical
Saldano Dayer, Horacio	- Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag	½-½	17	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Flores, Diego	- De Nucci, Gilberto	1-0	33	A56	Old Indian Defence
Stamenkovic, Dragan	- Leitao, Rafael	0-1	46	A46	Queen's Pawn Opening
Name, Gabriel Ricardo Salim	- Santos, Marcus Vinicius Moreira	1-0	45	A58	Volga Gambit
Round 10 (January 22, 2010)
Fier, Alexandr	- El Debs, Felipe de Cresce	½-½	26	B35	Sicilian Defence
Leitao, Rafael	- Saldano Dayer, Horacio	½-½	18	D38	QGD Ragozin
Zambrana, Oswaldo	- Flores, Diego	1-0	32	B43	Sicilian Paulsen
Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag	- Mareco, Sandro	1-0	36	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Santos, Marcus Vinicius Moreira	- Rodriguez Vila, Andres	0-1	49	E44	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Name, Gabriel Ricardo Salim	- Matsuura, Everaldo	0-1	31	A43	Old Benoni
De Nucci, Gilberto	- Stamenkovic, Dragan	0-1	32	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Round 11 (January 23, 2010)
El Debs, Felipe de Cresce	- Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag	½-½	13	A34	English Symmetrical
Matsuura, Everaldo	- Santos, Marcus Vinicius Moreira	1-0	31	C45	Scotch Game
Mareco, Sandro	- Leitao, Rafael	½-½	15	E15	Queens Indian
Saldano Dayer, Horacio	- De Nucci, Gilberto	1-0	48	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Flores, Diego	- Name, Gabriel Ricardo Salim	1-0	44	A25	English Sicilian Attack
Rodriguez Vila, Andres	- Fier, Alexandr	0-1	31	B50	Sicilian Defence
Stamenkovic, Dragan	- Zambrana, Oswaldo	½-½	77	A43	Old Benoni
Round 12 (January 23, 2010)
Matsuura, Everaldo	- Flores, Diego	½-½	48	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Leitao, Rafael	- El Debs, Felipe de Cresce	½-½	24	D78	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Zambrana, Oswaldo	- Saldano Dayer, Horacio	1-0	40	C42	Petroff's Defence
Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag	- Rodriguez Vila, Andres	½-½	68	C11	French Defence
Santos, Marcus Vinicius Moreira	- Fier, Alexandr	1-0	38	B23	Sicilian Closed
Name, Gabriel Ricardo Salim	- Stamenkovic, Dragan	0-1	24	D46	Semi-Slav Defence
De Nucci, Gilberto	- Mareco, Sandro	0-1	24	E52	Nimzo Indian
Round 13 (January 24, 2010)
Fier, Alexandr	- Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag	½-½	26	B99	Sicilian Najdorf
El Debs, Felipe de Cresce	- De Nucci, Gilberto	1-0	40	A30	English Symmetrical
Mareco, Sandro	- Zambrana, Oswaldo	½-½	37	A77	Benoni
Saldano Dayer, Horacio	- Name, Gabriel Ricardo Salim	1-0	37	B17	Caro Kann
Flores, Diego	- Santos, Marcus Vinicius Moreira	1-0	40	A39	English Symmetrical
Rodriguez Vila, Andres	- Leitao, Rafael	½-½	10	B18	Caro Kann
Stamenkovic, Dragan	- Matsuura, Everaldo	0-1	59	D46	Semi-Slav Defence

7) 8th Parsvnath International Open

The 8th Parsvnath International Open took place in New Delhi 14th-22nd January 2010. Ehsan Ghaem Maghami took first place on tie-break from Dmitry Kryakvin and Pavel Kotsur after all finished on 9/11.

Official site: http://delhichess.org

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

8th Parsvnath Open New Delhi (IND), 14-22 i 2010 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rank	Ti	Name	IRtg	FED	Pts	BH.	BH.	BH.
1	GM	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan	2589	IRI	9	83	77½	71
2	GM	Kryakvin Dmitry	2575	RUS	9	78	72	66
3	GM	Kotsur Pavel	2568	KAZ	9	76½	71½	66
4	GM	Lenic Luka	2595	SLO	8½	78½	74	68
5	GM	Rahman Ziaur	2548	BAN	8½	78½	73½	67
6	IM	Sengupta Deep	2480	IND	8½	77	71	65
7	GM	Kravtsiv Martyn	2545	UKR	8½	77	71	64½
8	GM	Le Quang Liem	2647	VIE	8½	76½	71½	65½
9	GM	Zubarev Alexander	2544	UKR	8½	76	70	64
10	GM	Iuldachev Saidali	2519	UZB	8½	74½	69	63
11	GM	Jumabayev Rinat	2536	KAZ	8½	73	68	62
12	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J	2492	IND	8	78	72	65½
13	GM	Dzhumaev Marat	2515	UZB	8	77½	73½	67½
14	IM	Konguvel Ponnuswamy	2420	IND	8	77½	72	66
15	IM	Murali Krishnan B T	2385	IND	8	77	72½	67
16	IM	Thejkumar M S	2435	IND	8	76½	70½	64½
17	GM	Arun Prasad S	2567	IND	8	76	72	66½
18	IM	Karthikeyan P	2408	IND	8	76	70½	64
19	IM	Himanshu Sharma	2457	IND	8	74	69	63½
20	GM	Laxman R R	2503	IND	8	73½	68	62
21	WIM	Muminova Nafisa	2347	UZB	8	72	67½	61½
22	GM	Turov Maxim	2584	RUS	7½	82½	77½	71½
23	IM	Tolstikh Nikolay	2364	RUS	7½	81½	77	71½
24	IM	Girinath P D S	2370	IND	7½	79½	74	67½
25	IM	Lalith Babu M R	2457	IND	7½	78	72½	66½
26		Swapnil S Dhopade	2429	IND	7½	77½	72½	66
27	IM	Bitoon Richard	2458	PHI	7½	77	72½	66
28	IM	Koshy Varugeese	2281	IND	7½	76½	72	66
29	IM	Das Arghyadip	2396	IND	7½	76	71	65½
30	IM	Priyadharshan K	2362	IND	7½	75	72	66
31	IM	Suvrajit Saha	2343	IND	7½	75	70	64
32	IM	Rathnakaran K	2402	IND	7½	72½	67½	62½
33	GM	Thipsay Praveen M	2469	IND	7½	72	67	61½
34		Abhishek Kelkar	2246	IND	7½	72	67	61½
35		Gupte Meghan	2207	IND	7½	71½	67½	62
36	GM	Manik Mikulas	2435	SVK	7½	71½	67	62
37	IM	Babu N Sudhakar	2330	IND	7½	71½	67	61½
38	GM	Gutov Andrey	2444	RUS	7½	71	66	60½
39	WIM	Kiran Manisha Mohanty	2234	IND	7½	71	65½	60
40	IM	Hegde Ravi Gopal	2208	IND	7½	70	66	61
41		Shivananda B S	2396	IND	7½	70	65	60
42		Sangma Rahul	2387	IND	7½	68	64	58½
43	IM	Sarkar Justin	2378	USA	7½	68	63	58
44		Chattarjee Laltu	2192	IND	7½	67	64½	60
45	GM	Murshed Niaz	2419	BAN	7½	63½	59	54
46	IM	Dimakiling Oliver	2435	PHI	7	80½	76	70
47	IM	Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi	2413	IND	7	80	74½	68½
48		Deshpande Aniruddha	2256	IND	7	77½	72½	67
49	IM	Saptarshi Roy	2407	IND	7	75	70	64½
50		Abhishek Das	2326	IND	7	75	70	64½
51	FM	Grover Sahaj	2448	IND	7	74½	70	64
52		Thakur Akash	2331	IND	7	74½	69	63½
53		Mehar Chinna Reddy C H	2258	IND	7	74	69½	64
54	IM	Gokhale Chandrashekhar	2271	IND	7	73	68½	63½
55		Ankit R Rajpara	2298	IND	7	72	67½	62
56	IM	Ravi Lanka	2373	IND	7	72	67	61½
57	FM	Vishnu Prasanna V	2358	IND	7	71½	65½	59½
58		Phadke Sohan	2201	IND	7	71	66	61
59	IM	Ashwin Jayaram	2434	IND	7	70½	66	60½
60	FM	Prasenjit Datta	2278	IND	7	70½	65½	60
61		Roop Saurav	2011	IND	7	69½	65½	60
62	IM	Tilak Sharad S	2318	IND	7	69½	64½	59
63	FM	Ramakrishna J	2242	IND	7	69½	64½	59
64		Divyasri Ch	2083	IND	7	68½	66	61
65		Shreyans K Shah	2148	IND	7	68½	64½	60
66	FM	Vinoth Kumar M	2245	IND	7	67½	64	58½
67		Singh Pritam	2201	IND	7	67½	63½	59
68		Patil Pratik	2060	IND	7	66	61½	56½
69		Haribalu V	2196	IND	7	64½	62½	57½
70		Karma Pandya	2116	IND	7	64½	62	57½
71		Sidhant Mohapatra	2029	IND	7	64½	60½	56
72	GM	Vul Arkadi Eremeevich	2311	RUS	7	64	59½	54½
73		Abhilash Reddy M L	2120	IND	7	63½	59½	55½
74	IM	Arkhangelsky Boris	2291	RUS	7	63½	59½	54½
75	IM	Lim Yee-Weng	2289	MAS	7	62½	58½	53½
76		Karthikeyan Murali	1953	IND	7	62	58½	55
77	IM	Tania Sachdev	2398	IND	6½	80½	75	68½
378 players

8) Cuban Championship

The initial stages of the 46th Cuban Championship took place in Ciego de Avila 13th-21st January 2010. The top four players moved on to a knockout. Lazaro Bruzon Batista beat Omar Almeida Quintana 2-0 in one semi-final and Jesus Nogueiras Santiago beat Yuniesky Quesada Perez 1.5-0.5 in the other. In the final Jesus Nogueiras Santiago drew with Lazaro Bruzon Batista in game 1. No games beyond round 7 of the initial swiss are currently available.

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

Results of the final: http://chess-results.com/tnr29728.aspx

46th ch-CUB Ciego de Avila (CUB), 13-22 i 2010 Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Ti	Name	ELO	FED	Pts.
1	GM	Quesada Perez Yuniesky	2565	CUB	7
1	GM	Bruzon Batista Lazaro	2615	CUB	7
3	GM	Almeida Quintana Omar	2538	CUB	5½
4	GM	Nogueiras Santiago Jesus	2570	CUB	5
5	FM	Quesada Perez Yasser	2401	CUB	5
6	GM	Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo Reynaldo	2499	CUB	5
7	GM	Delgado Ramirez Neuris	2595	CUB	5
8	GM	Martinez Duany Lelys Stanley	2506	CUB	5
9	IM	Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo	2527	CUB	4½
10	GM	Corrales Jimenez Fidel	2602	CUB	4½
11	IM	Gomez Garrido Camilo	2497	CUB	4
12	GM	Arencibia Rodriguez Walter	2499	CUB	4
13	GM	Perez Rodriguez Luis Manuel	2487	CUB	4
14	GM	Gonzalez Vidal Yuri	2523	CUB	4
15	FM	Jimenez Fraga Pedro Alejandro	2453	CUB	4
16	FM	Bacallao Alonso Yusnel	2512	CUB	3½
17	GM	Hernandez Carmenates Holden	2567	CUB	3½
18	GM	De La Paz Perdomo Frank	2488	CUB	½

9) Georgian Championship

The 69th Championship of Georgia took place in Tbilisi 11th-24th Janaury 2010. Merab Gagunashvili and Tamaz Gelashvili both finished on 9/13. I'm unsure if there was a playoff or tie-break. Only the games from rounds 1 and 3 I gave last week are currently 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)
Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pts.
1	GM	Gagunashvili Merab	2582	GEO	*	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	9,0
	GM	Gelashvili Tamaz	2614	GEO	½	*	1	0	1	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	9,0
3	GM	Arutinian David	2566	GEO	½	0	*	½	1	1	½	0	½	½	1	1	+	1	8,5
4	GM	Shanava Konstantine	2551	GEO	0	1	½	*	0	1	½	½	1	1	½	0	+	1	8,0
	IM	Nigalidze Gaioz	2462	GEO	½	0	0	1	*	0	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	8,0
6	FM	Paichadze Luka	2424	GEO	½	0	0	0	1	*	1	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	7,5
7	GM	Jojua Davit	2535	GEO	0	½	½	½	1	0	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	7,0
	GM	Pantsulaia Levan	2598	GEO	½	½	1	½	½	0	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	7,0
9	IM	Benidze Davit	2491	GEO	½	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	6,0
10	IM	Sulashvili Malkhaz	2497	GEO	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	1	5,5
	IM	Margvelashvili Giorgi	2527	GEO	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	5,5
12	IM	Jobava Beglar	2444	GEO	½	0	0	1	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	*	1	½	4,5
13	GM	Sanikidze Tornike	2615	GEO	0	½	-	-	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	*	½	3,5
14		Javakhadze Zurab	2363	GEO	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	*	2,0

10) 2nd Kirov Memorial Open

The 2nd Kirov Memorial Open took place in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria 11th-17th January 2010. Evgeni Janov edged out Julian Radulski, Kiril Georgiev, Marijan Petrov, Petar Drenchev and Grigor Grigorov after all finished on 6.5/9. My thanks to Herman Van de Wynkele for the games.

Details: http://2nd-kirov-memorial.chessmix.com/

2nd Kirov Memorial Open Blagoevgrad (BUL), 11-17 i 2010 Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank	Name	Ti	Rtg	FED	Pts	vict	BH.	BH.	Fide
1	Janev Evgeni	GM	2461	BUL	6.5	6	32	40.5	29
2	Radulski Julian	GM	2577	BUL	6.5	6	32	40.5	27.5
3	Georgiev Kiril	GM	2672	BUL	6.5	5	38	49.5	36.5
4	Petrov Marijan	IM	2500	BUL	6.5	5	36	46.5	34.5
5	Drenchev Petar	IM	2477	BUL	6.5	5	36	46	32
6	Grigorov Grigor	IM	2508	BUL	6.5	4	38	49	31.5
7	Bratanov Zsivko	IM	2463	BUL	6	5	38.5	50	32.5
8	Nikolova Adriana	WIM	2336	BUL	6	5	32.5	42.5	27.5
9	Panbukchian Valentin	IM	2361	BUL	6	5	32	41.5	27.5
10	Petkov Vladimir	GM	2490	BUL	6	4	38.5	50	34
11	Vasilev Milen	GM	2466	BUL	6	4	35	46	31.5
12	Nikolaou Georgios		2292	GRE	6	4	28.5	37	26
13	Stanoev Atanas		2202	BUL	5.5	4	35	44	27
14	Nikolov Sasho	IM	2403	BUL	5	4	40	50	31.5
15	Badev Kiril	FM	2369	BUL	5	4	39	49	28.5
16	Argiroudis Stamatis		2284	GRE	5	4	36	44.5	27
17	Kukov Velislav	FM	2367	BUL	5	4	35.5	45.5	28
18	Todorov Ognjan	IM	2309	BUL	5	4	33	41.5	25
19	Daels Marc		2207	BEL	5	4	31.5	41	23.5
20	Gochev Mladen	NM	2248	BUL	5	4	27.5	35	22
21	Rusev Krasimir	GM	2547	BUL	5	3	41	52	32.5
22	Velikov Petar	GM	2433	BUL	5	3	38	47.5	30
23	Stoinev Metodi	NM	2268	BUL	5	3	35.5	44.5	27
24	Dimitrov Pavel	IM	2361	BUL	5	3	35	44	28.5
25	Andonov Bogomil	IM	2302	BUL	5	2	34	44	26
26	Veleski Robert		2289	MKD	4.5	4	34.5	43.5	23.5
27	Ljangov Petar	NM	2107	BUL	4.5	4	31.5	40.5	20
28	Menkinoski Riste	FM	2355	MKD	4.5	4	29	38	21.5
29	Lichkov Ivan		2109	BUL	4.5	4	28	35.5	17
30	Bednikova Stefi	NM	2094	BUL	4.5	3	37	47	24.5
31	Ivanov Borislav		2128	BUL	4.5	3	34	44	19.5
32	Gavrilidis Georgios		2100	GRE	4.5	3	31.5	39.5	20.5
33	Arnaudov G Petar	IM	2413	BUL	4.5	3	28.5	37	22.5
34	Dimitrov Radoslav	IM	2394	BUL	4.5	2	35.5	45	25
35	Vachev Vladimir	FM	2145	BUL	4	4	34	42.5	21
36	Kostadinov Rumen	NM	2200	BUL	4	3	35	44	23.5
37	Vrban Rok		2005	SLO	4	3	34	43.5	21
38	Karadimov Marin	NM	2081	BUL	4	3	32.5	41	21
39	Gantar Jan		2077	SLO	4	3	31.5	40	21.5
40	Georgieva Emilia	NM	1934	BUL	4	3	24.5	33.5	13.5
41	Dimitrov Ivan		1849	BUL	3.5	3	26	33	14.5
42	Stankov Stanimir		1975	BUL	3.5	3	25	32	14.5
43	Alexiou Andomahi		0	GRE	3.5	2	29.5	38	17
44	Lalev Ivan		2026	BUL	3.5	2	26.5	34.5	15
45	Simeonov Ventsislav		2021	BUL	3.5	2	24.5	32.5	14
46	Angelov Georgi	NM	2257	BUL	3	3	28	38	20
47	Vakavchiev Ivan		1898	BUL	3	3	26	34	13
48	Davidov Stefan		2138	BUL	3	2	29.5	38.5	16.5
49	Savov Zheljazko		1989	BUL	3	2	29	38.5	14
50	Petrovski Igor		2032	MKD	3	2	27.5	35.5	16
51	Ismail Tamer		1746	BUL	3	1	22.5	29	11.5
52	Krastev Krasimir Naidenov		1825	BUL	2.5	2	25	32.5	12.5
53	Vezenkov Stoyan		1786	BUL	2.5	2	19.5	26.5	7.5
54	Mandzhukov Stoyan		2004	BUL	2	2	24.5	31.5	11
55	Chorapinov Marian		1800	BUL	2	1	24.5	33	5
56	Manov Jordan		1809	BUL	1.5	1	18.5	25	7

11) Marianske Lazne

There were several tournaments in Marianske Lazne 16th-23rd January 2010. Dminik Orzech won the GM tournament with 6½/9. My thanks to Jan Mazuch for the news.

Official site: http://www.czechtour.net/marienbad-open/results-and-games/

GMA Marianske Lazne (CZE), 16-23 i 2010												cat. VIII (2429)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Orzech, Dominik		POL	2411	*	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	6½	2597
2.	Simacek, Pavel	m	CZE	2513	½	*	1	0	0	1	1	½	1	½	5½	2500
3.	Rapport, Richard	f	HUN	2444	0	0	*	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	5½	2507
4.	Sieciechowicz, Marcin		POL	2386	½	1	½	*	½	½	½	0	½	1	5	2477
5.	Danielsen, Henrik	g	ISL	2495	0	1	½	½	*	1	½	1	0	½	5	2465
6.	Oparin, Grigoriy	f	RUS	2343	½	0	0	½	0	*	½	1	1	1	4½	2438
7.	Grabarczyk, Miroslaw	g	POL	2475	½	0	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	3½	2344
8.	Vokac, Marek	g	CZE	2479	0	½	½	1	0	0	½	*	½	½	3½	2343
9.	Vavra, Pavel1	m	CZE	2367	0	0	0	½	1	0	½	½	*	1	3½	2356
10.	Thinius, Marco	m	GER	2380	½	½	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	*	2½	2268

IMB1 Marianske Lazne (CZE), 16-23 i 2010												cat. II (2290)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Flumbort, Andras	m	HUN	2515	*	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	7	2485
2.	Wieczorek, Oskar		POL	2310	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	6½	2453
3.	Cherednichenko, Svetlana	wg	UKR	2349	½	½	*	½	½	0	1	½	1	0	4½	2283
4.	Bielczyk, Jacek	m	POL	2299	0	½	½	*	½	1	1	½	0	½	4½	2289
5.	Zier, Oliver		LIE	2101	½	0	½	½	*	½	0	1	½	1	4½	2311
6.	Kersten, Uwe	f	GER	2309	0	½	1	0	½	*	0	1	1	0	4	2245
7.	Rosko, Lubos	f	CZE	2306	½	0	0	0	1	1	*	0	½	1	4	2245
8.	Vlasak, Lukas		CZE	2214	0	½	½	½	0	0	1	*	½	1	4	2255
9.	Volodin, Viktor	m	RUS	2206	0	0	0	1	½	0	½	½	*	1	3½	2219
10.	Novotny, Michal1		CZE	2292	0	0	1	½	0	1	0	0	0	*	2½	2123

IMB2 Marianske Lazne (CZE), 16-23 i 2010												cat. II (2291)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Plischki, Sebastian	m	GER	2364	*	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	6½	2449
2.	Geske, Julian		GER	2276	½	*	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	1	6½	2459
3.	Bejtovic, Jasmin	f	BIH	2338	0	½	*	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	6½	2452
4.	Marholev, Dimitar	m	BUL	2431	½	0	½	*	½	1	½	1	½	½	5	2318
5.	Natsidis, Christoph	f	GER	2304	½	½	½	½	*	0	½	½	½	½	4	2246
6.	Antipov, Mikhail Al		RUS	2194	0	0	0	0	1	*	½	1	½	1	4	2259
7.	Ganaus, Hannes	m	AUT	2282	½	0	0	½	½	½	*	½	1	0	3½	2212
8.	Bebel, Arkadiusz		POL	2285	0	½	0	0	½	0	½	*	1	1	3½	2212
9.	Corke, Anya	wg	ENG	2284	½	½	0	½	½	½	0	0	*	½	3	2167
10.	Havlikova, Kristyna	wf	CZE	2155	0	0	0	½	½	0	1	0	½	*	2½	2140

IMB3 Marianske Lazne (CZE), 16-23 i 2010												cat. II (2285)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Gorbatov, Alexej	m	RUS	2377	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	6½	2440
2.	Babula, Milan	m	CZE	2306	½	*	1	0	½	½	1	1	½	1	6	2407
3.	Sadzikowski, Daniel		POL	2287	½	0	*	0	1	1	1	1	½	1	6	2409
4.	Jurek, Josef	m	CZE	2343	½	1	1	*	½	0	0	1	½	1	5½	2358
5.	Kashlinskaya, Alina	wg	RUS	2315	½	½	0	½	*	½	1	0	1	1	5	2324
6.	Steiner, Bruno		AUT	2180	0	½	0	1	½	*	½	0	1	1	4½	2296
7.	Lundin, Jan	f	SWE	2370	½	0	0	1	0	½	*	½	½	½	3½	2195
8.	Hantak, Adam		GER	2195	0	0	0	0	1	1	½	*	½	½	3½	2214
9.	Roesemann, Rainer		GER	2261	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	½	*	1	3½	2207
10.	Kolesar, Milan	f	SVK	2211	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	*	1	1941

Open C Marianske Lazne (CZE), 16-23 i 2010
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp
1	Stojanovic Mihajlo	GM	SRB	2588	8	56	43	2226	2577
2	Ivanov Mikhail M	GM	RUS	2465	8	52.5	41	2197	2548
3	Turner Radek		CZE	2099	6.5	52	41.5	2172	2338
4	Golcman Evgeny		RUS	2290	6.5	51	39	2133	2299
5	Iwanow Anna	WFM	POL	2039	6.5	50	40	2162	2328
6	Opl Klaus	FM	AUT	2360	6.5	50	39.5	2123	2289
7	Matras Ondrej		CZE	2276	6.5	50	38	2134	2300
8	Senkyr Vladimir		CZE	2203	6.5	50	38	2104	2270
9	Turner Jan		CZE	2323	6.5	48.5	38.5	2075	2241
10	Chetverik Maxim	IM	RUS	2351	6.5	48.5	36.5	2031	2197
11	Ammerlaan Richard		NED	2200	6.5	46.5	36.5	2022	2188
12	Spaan Nathanael		NED	2199	6.5	46	37	2103	2269
13	Maryasin Boris	IM	ISR	2340	6	54.5	42	2197	2322
14	Hamrakulova Yulduz	WIM	UZB	2254	6	51.5	40.5	2140	2265
15	Safyanowsky Mark	IM	GER	2293	6	51	39	2135	2260
16	Van Der Plas Rob		NED	2173	6	49.5	39.5	2145	2270
17	Vales Vaclav		CZE	2193	6	49.5	37.5	2084	2209
18	Adamek Przemyslaw		POL	2082	6	49	39	2120	2245
19	Vorobyov Yrij	FM	UKR	2259	6	48	38	2044	2169
20	Tsifanskaya Ludmila	WIM	ISR	2129	6	48	37	2093	2218
21	Kirsanova Ekaterina	WFM	RUS	2133	6	46.5	36.5	2011	2136
22	Loew Gerald	FM	GER	2306	6	44.5	35	2002	2127
23	Christensen Henrik		DEN	2064	6	43	31.5	1977	2102
24	Ilandzis Spyridon		GRE	2142	5.5	49	37	2091	2171
25	Johansson Anders		SWE	2032	5.5	48.5	38	2105	2185
26	Sobeck Guenter		GER	2116	5.5	47	37	2088	2168
27	Pokrupa Marek		CZE	2169	5.5	46	35.5	1983	2123
28	Jensen Leif		DEN	2057	5.5	45	36	2034	2114
29	Wimmer Miroslav		CZE	2064	5.5	45	35.5	2064	2144
30	Ter-Karapetian Alex		GEO	2178	5.5	45	35	2000	2080
31	Paldus Petr		CZE	2051	5.5	44.5	36	2054	2134
32	Lampir Tomas		CZE	2027	5.5	44.5	35.5	1998	2078
33	Khamidov Komil		POL	1999	5.5	44	34	2040	2120
34	Kredl Karel		CZE	2073	5.5	44	33.5	1982	2062
35	Stankovic Zeljko		SUI	2179	5.5	43	33	2036	2116
36	Mazja Aleksandr G.	IM	RUS	2319	5.5	42.5	33	1970	2050
37	Vacha Jaroslav		CZE	1932	5.5	42.5	33	1959	2039
38	Meschke Andreas		GER	2135	5.5	42.5	33	1929	2009
39	Ter-Karapetian Armen		GEO	2063	5.5	42	31	1987	2067
40	Hubka Roland		CZE	2014	5.5	41.5	32.5	1967	2047
41	Snorek Milan		CZE	2146	5.5	41.5	31	1966	2046
42	Didi Jan		CZE	2047	5.5	38.5	29.5	1876	1956
146 players

12) Turin Scheveningen

The Torino (Turin) 'scheveningen' tournament took place in the club Scacchistica Torinese. 5 italians and 5 foreign players. The World Team dominated and won 32.5-17.5. Final round games and one round 5 game now available.

Time Control: 90 minutes x 40 moves, then 30 minutes, plus 30 seconds/move starting from the 1st move.

Official site: http://www.scacchisticatorinese.it - Live Games: http://www.scacchisticatorinese.it/nuovo_portale/upload/partite_live/partite_online.php

Games in PGN

Scheveningen Turin (ITA), 3-10 i 2010 Final Round 10 Standings
Turin Team								17.5
1	Castaldo,F	2401	\|					6.0/10
2	Pepino,E	2167	\|	\|				4.0/10
3	Molina,Fa	2228	\|	\|	\|			3.0/10
4	Pulito,A	2283	\|	\|	\|	\|		2.5/10
5	Gallucci,A	2161	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	2.0/10
World Team								32.5
1	Naumkin,I	2484	½½	½1	11	1½	11	8.0/10
2	Vuelban,V	2353	½½	½1	1½	½1	½1	7.0/10
3	Mrdja,M	2392	½½	1½	½1	1½	1½	7.0/10
4	Voiska,M	2325	0½	½½	½½	1½	11	6.0/10
5	Ljubisavljevic,Z	2296	0½	½0	½½	½1	01	4.5/10

13) 4NCL

The 4NCL took place Sat 24th Oct 2009 - 3rd May 2010. 16th-17th January saw rounds 3 and 4. Pride & Prejudice (Adams, Rowson, Haslinger, Hebden) v Wood Green (Bacrot, McShane, Hammer, Baburin) which was 1st v 2nd. The match was tied 2-2.

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

14) Forthcoming Events and Links

XXVIII Metz Open

The XXVIII Metz International Chess Open organised by the Metz Alekhine chess club takes place Saturday, April 10th - Friday, April 16th 2010. 9 Round Swiss over 7 days. Rate of play : 90min. + 30 spm (40 moves), f.b. 30 min. + 30 spm for each player.

Chief Tournament Officer : Salvatore CENTONZE - (+33) 6 10 87 86 95 - salvat.111@free.fr 37 Rue de Queuleu 57070 METZ

Deputy Tournament Officer : Christophe HOLLER - (+33) 6 72 93 08 15 - ch.holler@numericable.fr

Details: http://www.metzalekhine57.fr/opmetz2010_1578.htm

11th European Individual 2010

The 11th European Individual Men and Women's Chess Championship takes place 5th-19th March 2010 in Rijeka, Croatia. Applications through the individual Federations can only be made not later than 10th February 2010.

Details: http://www.eurorijeka2010.com/home/Services/Accommodation

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

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

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

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