THE WEEK IN CHESS 801 15th March 2010 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Miklos Orso, Adolivio Capece, Md. Haroon Or Rashid, David Holt, Etienne Van Leeuwen, Paul Depaepe, Richard Forster, Mikhail Golubev, Nigel Freeman, Richard Reich, Victor Mikhalevski and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Another very busy week of chess saw the start of the Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament which sees many of the top players in the world compete. The start saw the favourite, Magnus Carlsen, lose 2-0 against Vassily Ivanchuk in the first round and then complete two whitewashes himself. There is usually a fair share of interesting games in this tournament with no rating points at stake so there is plenty to look forward to. The European Individual Championships are coming towards a conclusion with just two rounds to go. The mercurial Ian Nepomniachtchi leads with 7.5/9. Elsewhere Anatoly Karpov has announced his candidacy for the FIDE Presidency. However his challenge may not get off the starting blocks if he doesn't get the nomination of the Russian Chess Federation, who might be expected to endorse the current president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 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.

Official site: http://www.amberchess2010.com/

Round 1 saw Vassily Ivanchuk defeat World Number One Magnus Carlsen 2-0. Ruslan Ponomariov beat Boris Gelfand by the same score. All the blindfold games were decisive.

Round 2 saw Magnus Carlsen return to 50% with a 2-0 win against Levon Aronian, Vassily Ivanchuk and Ruslan Ponomariov drew both their games against Svidler and Grischuk respectively which leaves them on 3/4. Svidler and Kramnik are half a point behind this.

Round 3. Magnus Carlsen won 2-0 for a second day in a row, this time against Peter Svidler. Vassily Ivanchuk retains the over-all lead with 4.5/6 and also leads the blindfold competition. Kramnik leads the rapid with 2.5/3.

19th Amber Blindfold Nice (FRA), 13-25 iii 2010															cat. XX (2746)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2748	*	.	.	1	.	½	.	.	1	.	.	.	2½	3035
2.	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2756	.	*	½	.	½	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	2	2884
3.	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2737	.	½	*	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	2	2864
4.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2813	0	.	.	*	.	1	.	.	.	1	.	.	2	2885
5.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2750	.	½	0	.	*	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	1½	2744
6.	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2750	½	.	.	0	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	1	1½	2737
7.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2790	.	0	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	.	1	.	1½	2736
8.	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	2740	.	.	.	.	0	.	½	*	.	.	1	.	1½	2751
9.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2725	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	1	.	½	1½	2727
10.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2782	.	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	0	*	.	1	1	2604
11.	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2713	.	.	½	.	.	.	0	0	.	.	*	.	½	2482
12.	Smeets, Jan	g	NED	2651	.	.	.	.	.	0	.	.	½	0	.	*	½	2479

Round 1 (March 13, 2010)
Grischuk, Alexander	- Kramnik, Vladimir	1-0	43	D38	QGD Ragozin
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Gelfand, Boris	1-0	41	D10	Slav Defence
Carlsen, Magnus	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	0-1	31	A00	Irregular Openings
Svidler, Peter	- Smeets, Jan	1-0	50	D10	Slav Defence
Karjakin, Sergey	- Aronian, Levon	1-0	42	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	- Gashimov, Vugar	0-1	48	E00	Catalan
Round 2 (March 14, 2010)
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Svidler, Peter	½-½	24	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Grischuk, Alexander	½-½	30	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Gelfand, Boris	- Gashimov, Vugar	1-0	48	D10	Slav Defence
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Dominguez Perez, Leinier	1-0	42	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Aronian, Levon	- Carlsen, Magnus	0-1	28	E98	King's Indian Classical
Smeets, Jan	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	57	C60	Ruy Lopez
Round 3 (March 15, 2010)
Grischuk, Alexander	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	33	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Svidler, Peter	- Carlsen, Magnus	0-1	25	B74	Sicilian Dragon
Gashimov, Vugar	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	29	B00	Owen or Nimzowitsch Defence
Karjakin, Sergey	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	0-1	41	B46	Sicilian Paulsen
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	½-½	31	C70	Ruy Lopez
Smeets, Jan	- Aronian, Levon	0-1	59	C60	Ruy Lopez

19th Amber Rapid Nice (FRA), 13-25 iii 2010															cat. XX (2746)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2790	*	.	.	.	.	½	.	1	.	.	.	1	2½	3009
2.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2813	.	*	0	.	1	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	2	2885
3.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2748	.	1	*	.	.	.	.	.	½	½	.	.	2	2887
4.	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2737	.	.	.	*	.	½	1	½	.	.	.	.	2	2864
5.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2782	.	0	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	1	1	.	2	2854
6.	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2713	½	.	.	½	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	½	1½	2755
7.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2750	.	.	.	0	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	1	1½	2744
8.	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2756	0	.	.	½	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	1	2634
9.	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2750	.	0	½	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	1	2612
10.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2725	.	.	½	.	0	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	1	2602
11.	Smeets, Jan	g	NED	2651	.	.	.	.	0	.	.	.	½	½	*	.	1	2627
12.	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	2740	0	.	.	.	.	½	0	.	.	.	.	*	½	2478

Round 1 (March 13, 2010)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Grischuk, Alexander	1-0	56	D38	QGD Ragozin
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Carlsen, Magnus	1-0	49	B97	Sicilian Najdorf
Aronian, Levon	- Karjakin, Sergey	1-0	42	E55	Nimzo Indian
Gelfand, Boris	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	0-1	47	D80	Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Smeets, Jan	- Svidler, Peter	½-½	40	C95	Ruy Lopez Breyer
Gashimov, Vugar	- Dominguez Perez, Leinier	½-½	37	C54	Giuoco Piano
Round 2 (March 14, 2010)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Aronian, Levon	1-0	68	C48	Four Knights Rubinstein
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	88	B07	Pirc Defence
Grischuk, Alexander	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	½-½	32	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Svidler, Peter	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	32	B31	Sicilian Rossolimo
Karjakin, Sergey	- Smeets, Jan	½-½	63	C24	Bishop's Opening
Gashimov, Vugar	- Gelfand, Boris	0-1	89	A22	English Opening
Round 3 (March 15, 2010)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Gashimov, Vugar	1-0	53	D15	Slav Defence
Carlsen, Magnus	- Svidler, Peter	1-0	34	D97	Gruenfeld Russian
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	44	D11	Slav Defence
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Dominguez Perez, Leinier	½-½	47	D86	Gruenfeld Simagin
Aronian, Levon	- Smeets, Jan	1-0	37	D10	Slav Defence
Gelfand, Boris	- Grischuk, Alexander	½-½	52	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit

19th Amber Combined Nice (FRA), 13-25 iii 2010																				cat. XX (2746)
					1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12
1.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2748	*	*	1	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	½	1	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	4½	2955
2.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2813	0	0	*	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	1	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	2885
3.	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2737	.	.	.	.	*	*	.	.	½	½	1	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	½	.	.	.	.	4	2864
4.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2790	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	*	0	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	½	½	1	.	.	4	2861
5.	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2756	.	.	.	.	½	½	1	0	*	*	½	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2759
6.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2750	.	.	.	.	0	0	.	.	½	½	*	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	.	.	3	2744
7.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2782	.	.	0	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	*	.	.	0	1	.	.	.	.	1	1	3	2729
8.	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2750	½	½	0	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	½	2½	2680
9.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2725	0	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0	.	.	*	*	.	.	.	.	½	½	2½	2670
10.	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2713	.	.	.	.	½	½	0	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	*	0	½	.	.	2	2630
11.	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	2740	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	0	.	.	0	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	½	*	*	.	.	2	2626
12.	Smeets, Jan	g	NED	2651	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0	0	0	½	½	½	.	.	.	.	*	*	1½	2559

3) 11th European Individual 2010

The European Individual Championships for men and women take place 6th-18th March 2010 in Rijeka. Leading entries include: Etienne Bacrot, Zoltan Almasi, Sergei Movsesian, David Navara, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Evgeny Alekseev, Alexander Motylev, Michael Adams, Viktor Bologan, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Gabriel Sargissian, Vladimir Akopian, Alexander Moiseenko, Fabiano Caruana, Kiril Georgiev etc.

Official site: http://www.eurorijeka2010.com - http://chess-results.com/tnr29567.aspx

11th EICC Men Rijeka (CRO), 6-17 iii 2010 Leading Round 9 (of 11) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp
1	Nepomniachtchi Ian	GM	RUS	2656	7.5	40	51.5	6	2864
2	Efimenko Zahar	GM	UKR	2640	7	42	53.5	5	2832
3	Jobava Baadur	GM	GEO	2695	7	41.5	53.5	6	2844
4	Sokolov Ivan	GM	BIH	2638	7	40	51	5	2822
5	Mamedov Rauf	GM	AZE	2639	7	39	51	5	2797
6	Timofeev Artyom	GM	RUS	2655	7	38	48.5	6	2799
7	Khismatullin Denis	GM	RUS	2657	7	37	48.5	5	2757
8	Akopian Vladimir	GM	ARM	2688	7	37	48	5	2800
9	Movsesian Sergei	GM	SVK	2709	6.5	41.5	53.5	4	2748
10	Alekseev Evgeny	GM	RUS	2700	6.5	39	50	4	2748
11	Ragger Markus	GM	AUT	2572	6.5	39	49.5	4	2777
12	Fressinet Laurent	GM	FRA	2670	6.5	38.5	49	5	2730
13	Berkes Ferenc	GM	HUN	2659	6.5	37.5	48.5	4	2727
14	Lysyj Igor	GM	RUS	2615	6.5	37.5	48	4	2726
	Potkin Vladimir	GM	RUS	2606	6.5	37.5	48	4	2766
16	Inarkiev Ernesto	GM	RUS	2667	6.5	37	49	5	2740
17	Sutovsky Emil	GM	ISR	2650	6.5	37	48	5	2729
18	Salgado Lopez Ivan	GM	ESP	2592	6.5	34.5	44.5	5	2647
19	Macieja Bartlomiej	GM	POL	2625	6.5	34	44	4	2685
20	Caruana Fabiano	GM	ITA	2680	6	41	53	4	2708
21	Vallejo Pons Francisco	GM	ESP	2708	6	41	52.5	3	2732
22	Naiditsch Arkadij	GM	GER	2691	6	40.5	52	5	2713
23	Adams Michael	GM	ENG	2704	6	40	51.5	3	2711
24	Lupulescu Constantin	GM	ROU	2598	6	39.5	51.5	4	2688
25	Popov Valerij	GM	RUS	2585	6	39.5	50	4	2669
26	Almasi Zoltan	GM	HUN	2720	6	39.5	49.5	4	2650
27	Oleksienko Mikhailo	GM	UKR	2525	6	39.5	48.5	3	2692
28	Halkias Stelios	GM	GRE	2580	6	39	49	3	2689
29	Melkumyan Hrant	GM	ARM	2582	6	38.5	50.5	5	2720
30	Kurnosov Igor	GM	RUS	2674	6	38.5	49	4	2708
31	Grachev Boris	GM	RUS	2667	6	38.5	49	3	2691
32	Zvjaginsev Vadim	GM	RUS	2643	6	38.5	48.5	4	2697
33	Hracek Zbynek	GM	CZE	2615	6	38.5	48.5	3	2658
34	Tomashevsky Evgeny	GM	RUS	2701	6	38	49	3	2685
35	Stocek Jiri	GM	CZE	2591	6	38	48	4	2728
36	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	GM	ROU	2661	6	37.5	48.5	4	2692
37	Vuckovic Bojan	GM	SRB	2630	6	37.5	48.5	4	2677
38	Sargissian Gabriel	GM	ARM	2675	6	37.5	48.5	4	2667
39	Tregubov Pavel V	GM	RUS	2625	6	37.5	48	3	2691
40	Georgiev Kiril	GM	BUL	2669	6	37.5	47.5	5	2677
41	Delchev Aleksander	GM	BUL	2625	6	37.5	47.5	3	2662
42	Moiseenko Alexander	GM	UKR	2668	6	37	47.5	5	2674
43	L'Ami Erwin	GM	NED	2628	6	37	47.5	3	2632
44	Parligras Mircea	GM	ROU	2551	6	37	47	3	2693
45	Petrosian Tigran L	GM	ARM	2612	6	36.5	47.5	4	2671
46	Motylev Alexander	GM	RUS	2705	6	36.5	47	3	2655
47	Safarli Eltaj	GM	AZE	2606	6	36.5	46.5	4	2680
48	Gyimesi Zoltan	GM	HUN	2586	6	36.5	46.5	3	2683
49	Berg Emanuel	GM	SWE	2594	6	36.5	46	4	2650
50	Navara David	GM	CZE	2708	6	36	47	4	2693
51	Rodshtein Maxim	GM	ISR	2609	6	35.5	46	5	2652
52	Vorobiov Evgeny E	GM	RUS	2616	6	35.5	45.5	4	2634
53	Belov Vladimir	GM	RUS	2619	6	35	44.5	3	2617
54	Savchenko Boris	GM	RUS	2652	6	34.5	44.5	5	2651
55	Socko Bartosz	GM	POL	2637	6	34.5	44.5	4	2636
56	Balogh Csaba	GM	HUN	2622	6	34.5	44.5	4	2621
57	Svetushkin Dmitry	GM	MDA	2554	6	34.5	44	5	2603
58	Markus Robert	GM	SRB	2618	6	34.5	44	4	2632
59	Roiz Michael	GM	ISR	2652	6	34.5	44	3	2642
60	Kotronias Vasilios	GM	GRE	2593	6	34	45	6	2609
61	Volkov Sergey	GM	RUS	2612	6	34	44	5	2611
62	Khairullin Ildar	GM	RUS	2617	6	34	44	4	2610
63	Sjugirov Sanan	GM	RUS	2602	6	33.5	44.5	5	2615
64	Zhigalko Sergei	GM	BLR	2648	6	33.5	43.5	4	2658
65	Drozdovskij Yuri	GM	UKR	2627	6	33	42	3	2608
66	Kobalia Mikhail	GM	RUS	2637	6	32.5	42.5	5	2619
67	Giri Anish	GM	NED	2624	6	32.5	41.5	3	2649
68	Edouard Romain	GM	FRA	2617	6	31.5	41	4	2607
69	Gagunashvili Merab	GM	GEO	2582	6	31.5	41	4	2581
70	Pashikian Arman	GM	ARM	2652	6	30.5	40	4	2613
71	Maiorov Nikita	GM	BLR	2510	5.5	41.5	51.5	4	2649
72	Riazantsev Alexander	GM	RUS	2660	5.5	40.5	51	4	2652
73	Podolchenko Evgeniy		BLR	2502	5.5	39	48	3	2618
74	Bareev Evgeny	GM	RUS	2667	5.5	38	48.5	3	2650
75	Iordachescu Viorel	GM	MDA	2621	5.5	38	48	3	2659
76	Aleksandrov Aleksej	GM	BLR	2601	5.5	38	48	3	2633
77	Brkic Ante	GM	CRO	2543	5.5	38	47.5	3	2630
78	Mastrovasilis Athanasios	GM	GRE	2511	5.5	38	47.5	2	2634
79	Hovhannisyan Robert	IM	ARM	2498	5.5	38	46.5	3	2612
80	Gustafsson Jan	GM	GER	2646	5.5	37.5	48.5	3	2619
81	Reinderman Dimitri	GM	NED	2576	5.5	37	46.5	4	2625
82	Najer Evgeniy	GM	RUS	2665	5.5	36.5	46.5	4	2469
83	Zelcic Robert	GM	CRO	2547	5.5	36.5	46	4	2562
84	Mastrovasilis Dimitrios	GM	GRE	2574	5.5	36.5	45.5	3	2625
85	Womacka Mathias	IM	GER	2452	5.5	36.5	45.5	3	2634
86	Grigoryan Avetik	GM	ARM	2565	5.5	36	46	4	2585
	Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel	GM	ESP	2548	5.5	36	46	4	2556
88	Mamedov Nidjat	GM	AZE	2623	5.5	36	45.5	4	2600
89	Meier Georg	GM	GER	2663	5.5	35.5	46	3	2596
90	Predojevic Borki	GM	BIH	2639	5.5	35.5	45.5	2	2611
91	Howell David W L	GM	ENG	2612	5.5	35	46	4	2573
92	Lenic Luka	GM	SLO	2603	5.5	35	45	3	2629
93	Nikolov Momchil	IM	BUL	2550	5.5	35	44.5	4	2600
94	Erdos Viktor	GM	HUN	2593	5.5	35	44.5	3	2607
95	Levin Evgeny A	IM	RUS	2486	5.5	34.5	42.5	3	2532
96	Pantsulaia Levan	GM	GEO	2588	5.5	34	44	4	2574
97	Gelashvili Tamaz	GM	GEO	2621	5.5	34	43.5	3	2570
98	Sanikidze Tornike	GM	GEO	2566	5.5	33.5	43.5	5	2564
99	Evdokimov Alexander A	GM	RUS	2564	5.5	33.5	43	5	2566
100	Nyback Tomi	GM	FIN	2624	5.5	33.5	43	3	2520
101	Romanov Evgeny	GM	RUS	2600	5.5	33	42.5	4	2556
102	Smirin Ilia	GM	ISR	2647	5.5	32.5	42.5	4	2553
103	Beliavsky Alexander G	GM	SLO	2657	5.5	32.5	42	4	2573
104	Laznicka Viktor	GM	CZE	2659	5.5	32.5	41.5	4	2565
105	Guliyev Namig	GM	AZE	2516	5.5	32	41.5	4	2559
106	Maslak Konstantin	GM	RUS	2560	5.5	31	40.5	4	2543
107	Babula Vlastimil	GM	CZE	2554	5.5	31	40.5	3	2571
108	Neverov Valeriy	GM	UKR	2542	5.5	31	40	4	2525
109	Cheparinov Ivan	GM	BUL	2657	5.5	30.5	39.5	5	2504
110	Andriasian Zaven	GM	ARM	2609	5.5	30.5	39	3	2489
111	Ruck Robert	GM	HUN	2570	5.5	29.5	39	3	2504
112	Brunello Sabino	IM	ITA	2476	5.5	29	39	4	2480
113	Berbatov Kiprian	IM	BUL	2481	5.5	28.5	36	5	2350
114	Nijboer Friso	GM	NED	2562	5.5	27.5	36	3	2455
115	Shimanov Aleksandr	GM	RUS	2553	5.5	27	36	5	2447
116	Skoberne Jure	IM	SLO	2509	5	42	52	4	2596
117	Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula	GM	ROU	2525	5	40	50	3	2621
118	Prohaszka Peter	GM	HUN	2501	5	39.5	48	2	2580
119	Areshchenko Alexander	GM	UKR	2670	5	39	50	3	2620
120	Grigoriants Sergey	GM	RUS	2562	5	38.5	48.5	2	2624
121	Sedlak Nikola	GM	SRB	2570	5	38	48	3	2590
122	Chirila Ioan-Cristian	GM	ROU	2487	5	38	46	3	2515
123	Pelletier Yannick	GM	SUI	2611	5	37.5	48.5	3	2602
124	Makarov Marat	GM	RUS	2510	5	37.5	47	3	2558
125	Volokitin Andrei	GM	UKR	2687	5	37	47.5	3	2577
126	Gdanski Jacek	GM	POL	2527	5	37	47	4	2575
127	Durarbeyli Vasif	IM	AZE	2476	5	37	46	4	2589
128	Bologan Viktor	GM	MDA	2684	5	36.5	46.5	4	2577
129	Zhigalko Andrey	GM	BLR	2587	5	36.5	46	3	2582
130	Gallagher Joseph G	GM	SUI	2486	5	36.5	44.5	4	2474
131	Narciso Dublan Marc	GM	ESP	2530	5	36	46.5	2	2617
132	Petrosian Davit G	GM	ARM	2468	5	36	46.5	2	2627
133	Hera Imre Jr	GM	HUN	2574	5	36	46	4	2399
134	Pavasovic Dusko	GM	SLO	2579	5	35.5	46	3	2558
135	Papaioannou Ioannis	GM	GRE	2630	5	35.5	46	2	2534
136	Godena Michele	GM	ITA	2561	5	35.5	45	4	2541
137	Swiercz Dariusz	GM	POL	2488	5	35.5	44.5	4	2520
138	Kovacevic Aleksandar	GM	SRB	2574	5	35.5	42.5	2	2465
139	Bacrot Etienne	GM	FRA	2714	5	35	45.5	1	2560
140	Golod Vitali	GM	ISR	2590	5	35	44.5	1	2524
141	Ekstroem Roland	IM	SUI	2491	5	35	43	3	2451
142	Bajarani Ulvi	FM	AZE	2395	5	35	43	3	2564
143	Kozul Zdenko	GM	CRO	2602	5	34.5	45	5	2539
144	Iotov Valentin	GM	BUL	2568	5	34.5	45	3	2579
145	Stefansson Hannes	GM	ISL	2574	5	34.5	44.5	4	2581
146	Horvath Adam	GM	HUN	2501	5	34.5	44	4	2497
147	Minasian Artashes	GM	ARM	2568	5	34.5	44	4	2522
148	Stevic Hrvoje	GM	CRO	2610	5	34.5	44	2	2515
149	Maiwald Jens-Uwe	GM	GER	2474	5	34	43.5	2	2558
150	Arutinian David	GM	GEO	2576	5	34	42.5	3	2559
151	Jovanic Ognjen	GM	CRO	2538	5	34	42.5	2	2529
152	Korobov Anton	GM	UKR	2663	5	33.5	43.5	3	2547
153	Anisimov Pavel	IM	RUS	2519	5	33.5	43.5	3	2561
154	Postny Evgeny	GM	ISR	2641	5	33.5	43.5	3	2461
155	Fercec Nenad	GM	CRO	2492	5	33.5	42	4	2457
156	Benidze Davit	IM	GEO	2499	5	33	42	4	2445
157	Sebenik Matej	IM	SLO	2504	5	33	42	3	2499
158	Todorovic Goran M	GM	SRB	2453	5	33	41.5	3	2482
159	Saric Ante	GM	CRO	2483	5	33	39.5	2	2367
160	Sulskis Sarunas	GM	LTU	2572	5	32.5	43.5	3	2466
161	Gajewski Grzegorz	GM	POL	2567	5	32.5	42.5	4	2505
162	Nevednichy Vladislav	GM	ROU	2572	5	32.5	42.5	3	2535
163	Landa Konstantin	GM	RUS	2635	5	32.5	42.5	2	2554
164	Nanu Ciprian-Costica	IM	ROU	2505	5	32.5	42	3	2525
165	Banusz Tamas	IM	HUN	2517	5	32	41.5	4	2489
166	Kokarev Dmitry	GM	RUS	2622	5	32	41.5	3	2537
167	Nigalidze Gaioz	IM	GEO	2486	5	32	39.5	3	2383
168	Buhmann Rainer	GM	GER	2587	5	31.5	41	2	2477
169	Nedilko Vasily		UKR	2400	5	31.5	40.5	5	2438
170	Carlsson Pontus	GM	SWE	2478	5	31	40.5	4	2357
171	Jankovic Alojzije	GM	CRO	2569	5	31	40	3	2467
172	Loncar Robert	IM	CRO	2424	5	30.5	41	4	2443
173	Neubauer Martin	IM	AUT	2465	5	30.5	40	4	2487
174	Guseinov Gadir	GM	AZE	2609	5	30.5	40	4	2347
175	Damljanovic Branko	GM	SRB	2550	5	30	39	4	2478
176	Danielsen Henrik	GM	ISL	2494	5	30	38.5	4	2427
177	Reutsky Sergei	IM	RUS	2404	5	29	38.5	4	2436
178	Yemelin Vasily	GM	RUS	2576	5	29	37.5	3	2403
179	Jurcik Marian	IM	SVK	2510	5	29	37.5	3	2446
180	Sahitaj Naim		EUR	0	5	29	37	5	2461
181	Djukic Nikola	GM	MNE	2509	5	28.5	37	4	2378
182	Martic Zlatko	FM	CRO	2404	5	27.5	37.5	5	2384
183	Ortega Lexy	GM	ITA	2479	5	27	36	4	2370
184	Goganov Aleksey	FM	RUS	2492	5	25.5	35	3	2356
185	Nabaty Tamir		ISR	2485	4.5	39.5	51	3	2460
186	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel	GM	ARM	2513	4.5	38	47	3	2554
187	Dvirnyy Daniyyl	IM	ITA	2450	4.5	37.5	47	2	2557
188	Krasenkow Michal	GM	POL	2652	4.5	37	48.5	3	2542
189	Jovanovic Zoran	GM	CRO	2526	4.5	37	47	2	2525
190	Sulashvili Malkhaz	IM	GEO	2490	4.5	37	44.5	3	2476
191	Morchiashvili Bachana	IM	GEO	2345	4.5	36.5	46	3	2525
192	Iakemov Vladimir		UKR	2463	4.5	36	47	2	2501
193	Fridman Daniel	GM	GER	2650	4.5	36	46	2	2538
194	Mrva Martin	GM	SVK	2485	4.5	35.5	44.5	4	2370
195	Martinovic Sasa	IM	CRO	2509	4.5	35.5	43.5	3	2492
196	Caspi Israel	IM	ISR	2426	4.5	35	46	4	2539
197	Smirnov Artem	IM	RUS	2435	4.5	35	45	3	2606
198	Hamitevici Vladimir	FM	MDA	2401	4.5	35	44	3	2549
199	Stern Rene	IM	GER	2501	4.5	35	43.5	3	2441
200	Delorme Axel	IM	FRA	2429	4.5	34.5	44	3	2459
201	Zaslavsky Mikhail	FM	ISR	2391	4.5	34.5	44	2	2481
202	Djurovic Goran	FM	CRO	2276	4.5	34.5	41	3	2396
203	Bosiocic Marin	GM	CRO	2577	4.5	34	45	3	2469
204	Doric Darko	IM	CRO	2464	4.5	34	43	3	2437
205	Schroll Gerhard	IM	AUT	2411	4.5	34	42.5	2	2490
206	Erdogdu Mert	IM	TUR	2502	4.5	33.5	43	4	2419
207	Azarov Sergei	GM	BLR	2621	4.5	33.5	42	2	2480
208	Raznikov Danny	FM	ISR	2331	4.5	33.5	41.5	2	2475
209	Baron Tal	FM	ISR	2415	4.5	33	42.5	3	2460
210	Rakhmanov Aleksandr	GM	RUS	2584	4.5	33	42.5	1	2427
211	Pavlidis Anastasios	FM	GRE	2338	4.5	33	41	4	2442
212	Petre Nad-Titus	FM	ROU	2410	4.5	33	41	3	2416
213	Drazic Sinisa	GM	SRB	2545	4.5	32.5	42.5	3	2438
214	Vernay Clovis	IM	FRA	2440	4.5	32.5	41.5	4	2492
215	Firat Burak	FM	TUR	2398	4.5	32.5	41	4	2480
216	Kargin Arseny	IM	RUS	2400	4.5	32.5	41	4	2410
	Kozlitin Roman	FM	RUS	2344	4.5	32.5	41	4	2395
218	Sakaev Konstantin	GM	RUS	2635	4.5	32.5	40.5	3	2435
219	Manea Alexandru	IM	ROU	2392	4.5	32	41.5	3	2391
220	Butnorius Algimantas	GM	LTU	2437	4.5	32	41	3	2494
	Zavgorodniy Sergiy	IM	UKR	2409	4.5	32	41	3	2446
222	Cvitan Ognjen	GM	CRO	2550	4.5	32	41	2	2436
223	Plat Vojtech	IM	CZE	2395	4.5	32	41	2	2430
224	Bodiroga Predrag	IM	SRB	2422	4.5	32	40.5	3	2436
225	Miron Lucian-Costin	IM	ROU	2482	4.5	32	40	2	2323
226	Solak Dragan	GM	SRB	2553	4.5	31.5	42	4	2432
227	Arkell Keith C	GM	ENG	2474	4.5	31.5	41	4	2388
228	Papin Vasily	IM	RUS	2532	4.5	31.5	40.5	3	2437
229	Piscopo Pierluigi	IM	ITA	2418	4.5	31	40.5	3	2436
230	Shytaj Luca	IM	ITA	2472	4.5	30.5	39.5	4	2405
231	Szabo Krisztian	IM	HUN	2513	4.5	30.5	39	3	2415
232	Boskovic Drasko	IM	SRB	2434	4.5	30.5	39	3	2480
233	Kalegin Evgenij	IM	RUS	2456	4.5	30.5	38.5	4	2422
234	Saric Ivan	GM	CRO	2607	4.5	30	39	4	2394
235	Kreisl Robert	IM	AUT	2389	4.5	30	39	4	2219
236	Sale Srdjan	IM	CRO	2396	4.5	30	38.5	4	2368
237	Boehnisch Manfred	FM	GER	2316	4.5	30	38.5	4	2356
238	Gutov Andrey	GM	RUS	2437	4.5	29.5	39	3	2407
239	Bartel Mateusz	GM	POL	2634	4.5	29.5	38	3	2321
240	Yilmaz Mustafa	IM	TUR	2468	4.5	29	38.5	4	2443
241	Pesotskyi Vitalii	IM	UKR	2282	4.5	29	38	4	2320
242	Bakalarz Mietek	IM	LUX	2300	4.5	28.5	36.5	4	2322
243	Bach Adrian-Kalman	FM	ROU	2251	4.5	28	37	4	2175
244	Mihok Oliver	FM	HUN	2403	4.5	28	36.5	4	2403
245	Dimitrijevic Darko	FM	CRO	2272	4.5	28	36.5	3	2351
246	San Segundo Carrillo Pablo	GM	ESP	2534	4.5	28	36	1	2375
247	Malakhov Igor	FM	RUS	2425	4.5	27	37	3	2373
248	Potapov Pavel	IM	RUS	2427	4	37	47	3	2543
249	Golubovic Boris	IM	CRO	2392	4	36.5	47	0	2520
250	Berczes David	GM	HUN	2510	4	36	45.5	2	2461
251	Azaladze Shota	IM	GEO	2433	4	35	44.5	2	2496
252	Kurmann Oliver	IM	SUI	2432	4	35	44	3	2486
253	Llaneza Vega Marcos	IM	ESP	2514	4	34	43	3	2401
254	Gasanov Eldar	GM	UKR	2514	4	33.5	43	3	2403
255	Lekic Dusan	IM	MNE	2396	4	33	42.5	3	2298
256	Zufic Miroslav	IM	CRO	2445	4	33	42	4	2398
257	Sarbok Torsten	FM	GER	2319	4	33	42	4	2376
258	Janssen Ruud	IM	NED	2516	4	33	41.5	3	2406
259	Buss Ralph	FM	SUI	2416	4	33	41.5	2	2455
260	Kadric Denis		BIH	2171	4	32.5	42	3	2450
261	Barle Janez	IM	SLO	2415	4	32	41.5	2	2407
262	Ris Robert	IM	NED	2422	4	32	40.5	3	2401
263	Medancic Rikard	IM	CRO	2311	4	32	39.5	2	2347
264	Popilski Gil	CM	ISR	2441	4	31.5	40.5	4	2227
265	Potapov Alexander	GM	RUS	2446	4	31.5	40	3	2332
266	Feher Adam		HUN	2260	4	31.5	39.5	2	2363
267	Berescu Alin	GM	ROU	2486	4	31.5	39	2	2132
268	Onoprienko Vladimir	IM	RUS	2346	4	31	40	4	2297
269	Voiteanu Gabriel	FM	ROU	2254	4	31	39.5	2	2288
270	Medvegy Zoltan	GM	HUN	2556	4	30.5	40.5	2	2380
271	Rukavina Josip	IM	CRO	2409	4	30.5	39.5	3	2298
272	Rasulov Vugar Ural Oglu	IM	AZE	2457	4	30.5	39	3	2396
273	Tosic Miroslav	GM	SRB	2439	4	30.5	38.5	4	2269
274	Dragomirescu Robin-Alexandru	FM	ROU	2372	4	30.5	38.5	3	2339
275	Slavin Alexei	FM	RUS	2368	4	30	39	3	2389
276	Valsecchi Alessio	FM	ITA	2360	4	30	38.5	4	2328
277	Holzke Frank	GM	GER	2526	4	30	38.5	3	2347
278	Pavlidis Antonios		GRE	2376	4	29.5	38.5	3	2358
279	Grimberg Boris	FM	GER	2352	4	29.5	38.5	2	2380
280	Banikas Hristos	GM	GRE	2617	4	29.5	38	2	2389
281	Boros Denes	GM	HUN	2485	4	29	38.5	1	2200
282	Schiendorfer Emanuel	FM	SUI	2340	4	29	37.5	3	2226
283	Mazi Leon	IM	SLO	2375	4	28.5	36.5	3	2350
284	Wittmann Walter	IM	AUT	2302	4	28.5	36	3	2206
285	Kunze Carlo	FM	GER	2306	4	28.5	36	3	2218
286	Sandalakis Angelos		GRE	2319	4	28	37.5	3	2286
287	Baumegger Siegfried	IM	AUT	2442	4	28	35.5	3	2202
288	Tate Alan		SCO	2215	4	27.5	37	3	2345
289	Schmidt Raul	IM	ROU	2387	4	27.5	35.5	2	2346
290	Civric Zdravko		SRB	2207	4	27	34.5	4	2226
291	Berkovich Mark A	IM	ISR	2401	4	26	36	2	2266
292	Juranic Bruno		CRO	2220	4	26	33	4	2239
293	Ramesa Davor	FM	CRO	2339	4	26	33	3	2254
294	Elkin Leonid		BLR	2189	4	25.5	33.5	3	2231
295	Baghdasaryan Vahe		ARM	2284	4	25.5	32.5	4	2065
296	Monjac Mislav		CRO	1882	4	23.5	31	3	2192
297	Schweitzer Werner		AUT	2081	4	23	28.5	4	2012
298	Guidi Maurizio		ITA	2067	4	22	27.5	4	1989
299	Szamoskozi Gabor	FM	HUN	2347	3.5	34	43.5	0	2389
300	Maevsky Nikolay		RUS	2275	3.5	33	42	2	2367
301	Pankov German	FM	RUS	2353	3.5	33	41.5	2	2386
302	Nakar Eylon		ISR	2264	3.5	32.5	41.5	2	2306
303	Fucak Emilijo	FM	CRO	2280	3.5	32	41	2	2311
304	Ernst Michael		AUT	2166	3.5	31.5	39	2	2297
305	Bentivegna Francesco	FM	ITA	2361	3.5	31	40	2	2246
306	Lanzani Mario	IM	ITA	2371	3.5	31	39	2	2346
307	Chudinovskikh Alexander M	IM	RUS	2314	3.5	31	38	2	2296
308	Cioara Andrei-Nestor	IM	ROU	2430	3.5	30.5	39.5	3	2281
309	Jakovljevic Vlado	IM	BIH	2412	3.5	30.5	39	3	2299
310	Hoffmann Paul	FM	GER	2361	3.5	30.5	38.5	3	2305
311	Sheskin Matan		ISR	2207	3.5	30.5	38	3	2258
312	Plenca Julijan	FM	CRO	2323	3.5	30	38.5	3	2199
313	Lorscheid Gerhard	FM	GER	2328	3.5	30	38	2	2213
314	Pancevski Filip	IM	MKD	2423	3.5	29.5	39	2	2231
315	Veleski Robert		MKD	2278	3.5	29	35	3	2221
316	Mihalinec Damir		CRO	2232	3.5	28	35.5	2	2236
317	Zueger Beat	IM	SUI	2425	3.5	27.5	36.5	2	2235
318	Hamiti Gani		EUR	0	3.5	27.5	36	3	2327
319	Milonakis Georgios		GRE	2154	3.5	27.5	35.5	2	2182
320	Katzir Moshe		ISR	2288	3.5	27.5	35	3	2223
321	Jelecevic Ivo		CRO	2203	3.5	27.5	35	3	2159
322	Astengo Corrado		ITA	2136	3.5	27	35.5	2	2268
323	Levine Yonatan		ISR	2100	3.5	27	35.5	2	2254
324	Hartung Jerry		LUX	2191	3.5	27	35	3	2212
325	Cucancic Sinisa		CRO	2271	3.5	26.5	34.5	3	2194
326	Sgnaolin Davide		ITA	2234	3.5	26.5	34.5	3	2053
327	Zelic Mladen	FM	CRO	2306	3.5	26	34	3	2227
328	Porfireanu Serban		ROU	2034	3.5	26	33	3	2151
329	Tassopoulos Marios	FM	GRE	2245	3.5	25	33.5	2	2183
330	Pogosian Vladimir		ARM	2204	3.5	24.5	31.5	3	2189
331	Pfeifer Antun		CRO	1900	3.5	23	29	3	2127
332	Bozinovic Boban		AUT	2086	3.5	23	28.5	3	2024
333	Pejic Igor		CRO	1912	3.5	21.5	27.5	3	1963
334	Srdoc Nenad		FRA	1954	3.5	21	27	3	2024
335	Nastic Milorad		CRO	2009	3.5	20.5	26	2	1922
336	Stefan Mario		CRO	1973	3.5	20	27	3	1991
337	Kanarek Marcel	FM	POL	2388	3	33	43	2	2194
338	Wintzer Joachim Dr	FM	GER	2361	3	31	39.5	1	2294
339	Beletic Daniel		SLO	2232	3	31	39.5	1	2267
340	Bente Bjoern		GER	2245	3	30.5	37.5	2	2094
341	Platzgummer Fabian	FM	AUT	2383	3	30	38.5	1	2101
342	Bakin Alexander	FM	RUS	2232	3	29.5	37.5	1	2220
343	Gebigke Martin		GER	2232	3	29	37.5	3	2174
344	Nedochetov Mikhail	IM	RUS	2299	3	29	37.5	1	2210
345	Neagos Raul-Alexandru		ROU	2110	3	28.5	37	1	2179
346	Sikanjic Bojan		CRO	2170	3	28.5	36	2	2185
347	Kinez Ivo		CRO	2138	3	28.5	36	2	2157
348	Kostanjsek Zorko		CRO	2204	3	28	35.5	2	2159
349	Malachi Avraham		ISR	2188	3	27.5	34.5	2	2087
350	Lazic Dusko		CRO	2050	3	27	35	3	2022
351	Pantaleoni Claudio		ITA	2179	3	27	35	2	2087
352	Barlocco Carlo	FM	ITA	2173	3	27	34	3	2052
353	Krauss Josef		GER	2102	3	27	34	2	2079
354	Hayes Peter J		IRL	2046	3	26.5	34	2	2104
355	Partys Petr		CZE	1977	3	26	34.5	2	2172
356	Ofstad Per		NOR	2197	3	26	33.5	2	1806
357	Valkovic Kristian		CRO	2027	3	25.5	33.5	2	2121
358	Demel Paul		GER	2155	3	25.5	31	3	2077
359	Nakas Spyridon		GRE	1949	3	25	30.5	2	1929
360	Winkler Stefan		GER	1877	3	24	32	1	2055
361	Jacobsen Bo		DEN	2375	3	24	31	3	2067
362	Chubar Vladimir	IM	UKR	2124	3	24	29.5	3	1989
363	Klasan Elvis		CRO	1995	3	23	29	2	1947
364	Jokic Miljenko		CRO	1949	3	22.5	29	3	1907
365	Lekic Lazar		MNE	1849	3	22	28.5	3	1923
366	Zrilic Bozo		CRO	1968	3	22	27.5	3	1928
367	Jambresic Jurica		CRO	1898	3	21.5	27.5	3	1768
368	Durandeau Jean-Marie		FRA	2040	3	21	27.5	2	1916
369	Lanzani Giuliano		ITA	1992	3	21	27.5	1	1912
370	Camber Ivan		CRO	1921	3	18.5	25	2	1752
371	Spichkin Alexander		RUS	2241	2.5	28.5	37	2	2131
372	Welz Peter Dr	FM	GER	2148	2.5	27	35	1	2118
	Bar Aviv		ISR	2022	2.5	27	35	1	2157
374	Dubrovic Mihovil		CRO	1876	2.5	26	33.5	2	2051
375	Spika Ivica		CRO	2086	2.5	26	33	2	2006
376	Papadakis Michalis		GRE	2244	2.5	25.5	33.5	2	2020
377	Hetzer Volkhard		GER	2091	2.5	25.5	32	2	1913
378	Burstein Almog		ISR	2100	2.5	25	32	2	1976
379	Gradiser Dragoljub		CRO	1964	2.5	25	32	2	2035
380	Reinwald Patrick		AUT	2096	2.5	24.5	32	2	2013
381	Piro Valerio		ITA	2069	2.5	24.5	31	2	1970
382	Mravic Filip		CRO	1769	2.5	23.5	31	1	1992
383	Di Lazzaro Gabriele		ITA	1911	2.5	23	31	2	1944
384	Faika Michael		GER	2114	2.5	23	30	2	1957
385	Krsnik Cohar Ivan Vihor		CRO	1780	2.5	21.5	28	2	1945
386	Vdovenko Volodymyr		UKR	0	2.5	21.5	28	1	1854
387	Dubrovic Gabriel		CRO	1687	2.5	21	28	2	1934
388	Plenca Jadranko		CRO	1718	2	24	30.5	2	1772
389	Mateta Marin		CRO	1718	2	23	28.5	2	1848
390	Tica Sven		CRO	1562	2	22	30	0	1831
391	Gandolfi Gianfranco		ITA	1855	2	22	27.5	2	1758
392	Russo Carmelo		ITA	1739	2	22	27.5	2	1717
393	Antoniacci Riccardo		ITA	1934	2	20.5	26.5	2	1736
394	Rakita Risto		CRO	0	2	20	26.5	2	1754
395	Dubrovic Rafael		CRO	1577	2	20	25.5	2	1654
396	Rafaelic Denis		CRO	1714	2	19.5	25	2	1668
397	Tomulic Teo		CRO	1598	1.5	22	27	0	1553
398	Dujic Davor		CRO	1606	1.5	21.5	28.5	1	1796
399	Von Mahren Bivoj		CZE	0	1.5	20.5	27	0	1530
400	Cabrijan Ivan		CRO	1811	1.5	18.5	23.5	1	1563
401	Dubrovic Romuald		CRO	0	1.5	16	22	0	1519
402	Jadrijevic Ante		CRO	2244	1	31.5	37	1	0
403	Valenti Giuseppe	FM	ITA	2130	1	27.5	35.5	1	2108
404	Dinter Brian		CRO	2124	1	23.5	31.5	0	2062
405	Samanic Patrik		CRO	0	1	21.5	27	0	1165
406	Zivkovic Elvis		CRO	0	1	19.5	25.5	0	1348
407	Haznedaroglu Kivanc	GM	TUR	2501	0	31.5	40.5	0	0

11th EICC Women Rijeka (CRO), 6-17 iii 2010 Round 9 (of 11) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp
1	Cmilyte Viktorija	IM	LTU	2485	7.5	39	49	6	2658
2	Muzychuk Anna	IM	SLO	2533	7	42	52.5	5	2626
3	Stefanova Antoaneta	GM	BUL	2555	7	40.5	53	5	2624
4	Cramling Pia	GM	SWE	2523	7	38	48	6	2612
5	Socko Monika	GM	POL	2465	6.5	43	54.5	5	2578
6	Kosintseva Tatiana	GM	RUS	2524	6.5	41	51.5	5	2586
7	Zawadzka Jolanta	WGM	POL	2404	6.5	40.5	51.5	5	2520
8	Galojan Lilit	WGM	ARM	2380	6.5	40	51	5	2559
9	Sebag Marie	GM	FRA	2506	6.5	38	47.5	4	2536
10	Romanko Marina	IM	RUS	2409	6.5	37.5	47	6	2532
11	Ushenina Anna	IM	UKR	2452	6.5	36	46	5	2510
12	Dembo Yelena	IM	GRE	2457	6.5	33.5	44	4	2524
13	Muzychuk Mariya	IM	UKR	2444	6	40.5	52	3	2550
14	Zhukova Natalia	WGM	UKR	2492	6	38.5	49	4	2503
15	Khurtsidze Nino	IM	GEO	2434	6	38.5	48.5	4	2517
16	Skripchenko Almira	IM	FRA	2456	6	38	48.5	5	2492
17	Hoang Thanh Trang	GM	HUN	2487	6	37.5	49	4	2447
18	Sedina Elena	IM	ITA	2334	6	36.5	47.5	5	2517
19	Ziaziulkina Nastassia	WFM	BLR	2188	6	36.5	47	5	2522
20	Moser Eva	IM	AUT	2437	6	36	47	5	2526
21	Rajlich Iweta	IM	POL	2459	6	36	46.5	4	2468
22	Savina Anastasia	WGM	RUS	2391	6	35.5	45.5	4	2483
23	Javakhishvili Lela	IM	GEO	2500	6	35.5	45	5	2462
24	Gunina Valentina	WFM	RUS	2457	6	35	46	5	2422
25	Kovalevskaya Ekaterina	IM	RUS	2438	6	35	45	5	2460
26	Girya Olga	WGM	RUS	2362	6	34.5	44.5	5	2402
27	Bodnaruk Anastasia	WGM	RUS	2384	6	33	41.5	4	2326
28	Kovanova Baira	WGM	RUS	2385	6	31.5	42	6	2393
29	Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan	GM	SCO	2447	5.5	44	55.5	5	2527
30	Kosintseva Nadezhda	IM	RUS	2554	5.5	41.5	53	4	2487
31	Nebolsina Vera	WGM	RUS	2310	5.5	38	48	5	2436
32	Guramishvili Sopiko	WGM	GEO	2266	5.5	37.5	47	5	2478
33	Dzagnidze Nana	GM	GEO	2479	5.5	36.5	46.5	4	2449
34	Matveeva Svetlana	IM	RUS	2373	5.5	35.5	46	4	2462
35	Molchanova Tatjana	WIM	RUS	2369	5.5	35.5	45.5	4	2405
36	Danielian Elina	IM	ARM	2491	5.5	34.5	45	4	2404
37	Manakova Maria	WGM	SRB	2315	5.5	34.5	43.5	4	2403
38	Paehtz Elisabeth	IM	GER	2486	5.5	33.5	43	5	2372
39	Peng Zhaoqin	GM	NED	2401	5.5	33	42.5	3	2387
40	Melia Salome	IM	GEO	2467	5.5	32.5	42.5	4	2381
41	Charkhalashvili Inga	WGM	GEO	2338	5.5	31.5	40.5	4	2385
42	Vasilevich Tatjana	IM	UKR	2414	5.5	31.5	40	3	2310
43	Khotenashvili Bela	IM	GEO	2448	5.5	30.5	39.5	5	2342
44	Chelushkina Irina	WGM	SRB	2319	5	39	48.5	4	2421
45	Berend Elvira	WGM	LUX	2299	5	39	47.5	3	2376
46	Gvetadze Sopio	IM	GEO	2342	5	37.5	48	3	2424
47	Schneider Veronika	WIM	HUN	2314	5	36.5	46.5	4	2408
48	Cosma Elena-Luminita	WGM	ROU	2346	5	36.5	46.5	3	2404
49	Gaponenko Inna	IM	UKR	2472	5	36	46	2	2358
50	Lomako Anna	WFM	RUS	2258	5	35.5	44	4	2339
51	Arabidze Meri	WIM	GEO	2292	5	35	46	3	2397
52	Melnikova Yana	WGM	RUS	2272	5	35	45.5	4	2394
53	Purtseladze Maka	IM	GEO	2299	5	35	44	3	2412
54	Mkrtchian Lilit	IM	ARM	2503	5	34	44	3	2311
55	Dolzhykova Kateryna	WIM	UKR	2290	5	33.5	43.5	3	2377
56	Vojinovic Jovana	WGM	MNE	2296	5	33.5	42	5	2252
57	Schut Lisa	WIM	NED	2224	5	33	42	5	2331
58	Sikorova Olga	WIM	CZE	2256	5	33	41.5	4	2319
59	Borosova Zuzana	WIM	SVK	2307	5	32.5	41	4	2319
60	Worek Joanna	WIM	POL	2245	5	32	41.5	4	2379
61	Butuc Maria	WIM	RUS	2194	5	32	41	4	2360
62	Kochetkova Julia	WGM	RUS	2313	5	32	41	2	2330
63	Zdebskaja Natalia	WGM	UKR	2390	5	32	40	3	2313
64	Franciskovic Borka	WIM	CRO	2245	5	31.5	40	4	2284
65	Tarasova Viktoriya	WIM	RUS	2261	5	31	41.5	3	2391
66	Majdan Joanna	WGM	POL	2364	5	31	39	4	2360
67	Mrvova Alena		SVK	2239	5	30	37.5	4	2268
68	Mamedjarova Zeinab	WGM	AZE	2289	5	29.5	39.5	4	2239
69	Medic Mirjana	WGM	CRO	2279	5	25.5	34.5	4	2239
70	Vega Gutierrez Sabrina	WGM	ESP	2314	4.5	35.5	45.5	2	2329
71	Doluhanova Evgeniya	WGM	UKR	2297	4.5	35	43.5	2	2319
72	Kursova Maria	WGM	RUS	2296	4.5	35	42.5	3	2279
73	Kashlinskaya Alina	WGM	RUS	2332	4.5	34.5	45	4	2343
74	Calzetta Ruiz Monica	WGM	ESP	2296	4.5	34	42.5	3	2233
75	Ozturk Kubra	WIM	TUR	2260	4.5	34	42.5	3	2321
76	Papadopoulou Vera	WIM	GRE	2228	4.5	33.5	43	2	2275
77	Bojkovic Natasa	IM	SRB	2384	4.5	33.5	42.5	2	2282
78	Dworakowska Joanna	IM	POL	2356	4.5	33	42.5	3	2249
79	Kostiuk Tatiana	WGM	UKR	2294	4.5	33	41	4	2179
80	Papp Petra		HUN	2263	4.5	32.5	40.5	4	2228
81	Pavlidou Ekaterini		GRE	2135	4.5	31.5	41	4	2298
82	Przezdziecka Marta	WGM	POL	2254	4.5	30.5	40	4	2320
83	Danelia Mariam	WIM	GEO	2199	4.5	30.5	38.5	2	2263
84	Lomineishvili Maia	IM	GEO	2385	4.5	30	39	3	2244
85	Ivakhinova Inna	WIM	RUS	2218	4.5	30	38.5	3	2328
86	Fakhiridou Ekaterini	WIM	GRE	2252	4.5	29.5	38	4	2218
87	Kazimova Narmin	WIM	AZE	2212	4.5	29.5	37.5	4	2208
88	Gromova Iulia	WIM	RUS	2226	4.5	29.5	37.5	3	2291
89	Aginian Nelly	WGM	ARM	2296	4.5	29.5	37.5	3	2200
90	Abdulla Khayala		AZE	2141	4.5	27.5	35.5	3	2282
91	Kopinits Anna-Christina	WIM	AUT	2183	4.5	26	33	3	2177
92	Kadziolka Beata	WGM	POL	2311	4	37	47.5	2	2314
93	Mammadova Gulnar	WFM	AZE	2299	4	35.5	44	3	2218
94	Motoc Alina	WGM	ROU	2348	4	34	45	4	2224
95	Foisor Cristina-Adela	IM	ROU	2433	4	34	44.5	3	2258
96	Mamedjarova Turkan	WGM	AZE	2269	4	34	43	3	2277
97	Milliet Sophie	IM	FRA	2391	4	34	43	2	2227
98	Kouvatsou Maria	WGM	GRE	2161	4	33.5	43.5	3	2297
99	Makropoulou Marina	WGM	GRE	2225	4	31	40	3	2290
100	Paikidze Nazi	WIM	GEO	2322	4	31	39.5	2	2162
101	Tsatsalashvili Keti	WIM	GEO	2326	4	30	38.5	2	2161
102	Semenova Irina	WGM	RUS	2272	4	30	38	2	2190
103	Kushka Alena	WFM	RUS	2164	4	29.5	37.5	3	2235
104	Haast Anne		NED	2235	4	29	38	3	2215
105	Solic Kristina	WIM	CRO	2192	4	29	37.5	3	2255
106	Hoolt Sarah	WIM	GER	2215	4	29	37.5	3	2134
107	Yildiz Betul Cemre	WIM	TUR	2244	4	29	36	3	2177
108	Videnova Iva	WIM	BUL	2258	4	28.5	37	3	2181
109	Umudova Nargiz	WIM	AZE	2211	4	28	36.5	4	2181
110	Berke Ana	WFM	CRO	2097	4	28	36	3	2223
111	Toma Katarzyna	WIM	POL	2259	4	27.5	36.5	4	2177
112	Shaydullina Sandugach	WGM	RUS	2218	4	27.5	36.5	1	2239
113	Djukic Sandra		SRB	2214	4	27.5	36	3	2214
114	Partac Elena	WGM	MDA	2172	4	27	33.5	3	2055
115	Severiukhina Zoja	WIM	RUS	2355	4	26.5	35	3	2008
116	Jelica Mara	WIM	CRO	2235	4	26.5	34.5	4	2077
117	Bogumil Tatiana	WFM	RUS	2201	4	25	34.5	3	2176
118	Nemcova Katerina	WGM	CZE	2264	4	25	33	3	2116
119	Fuchs Judith	WIM	GER	2222	3.5	34.5	44.5	1	2242
120	Kachiani-Gersinska Ketino	IM	GER	2346	3.5	30.5	40	2	2200
121	Sargac Rajna	WIM	CRO	2157	3.5	30.5	39.5	2	2196
122	Paulet Iozefina	WGM	ROU	2303	3.5	30	39	3	2153
123	Pertlova Sona	WIM	CZE	2262	3.5	29	37.5	2	2165
124	Zimina Olga	IM	ITA	2319	3.5	28.5	36.5	2	2133
125	Sandu Mihaela	WGM	ROU	2278	3.5	28	37.5	2	2158
126	Isgandarova Khayala	WIM	AZE	2224	3.5	28	36	2	2097
127	Cherednichenko Svetlana	WGM	UKR	2337	3.5	28	36	2	2136
128	Cherednichenko Elena	WFM	UKR	2100	3.5	27.5	36.5	0	2171
129	Baciu Diana	WFM	MDA	2146	3.5	27.5	35	3	1956
130	Boyarchenko Marie		LUX	2009	3.5	27.5	34.5	2	2064
131	Trofimova Antonina	WIM	RUS	2182	3.5	25.5	33	1	2114
132	Drljevic Ljilja	WIM	SRB	2248	3.5	22.5	30.5	3	1950
133	Brunello Marina	WIM	ITA	2217	3	31.5	40.5	1	2131
134	Zakurdjaeva Irina	WGM	RUS	2313	3	31	39.5	2	2093
135	Nikolova Adriana	WIM	BUL	2348	3	29	38.5	1	2132
136	Borsuk Angela	IM	ISR	2338	3	27.5	38	2	2103
137	Van Weersel Arlette	WIM	NED	2197	3	27.5	35	2	2058
138	Brunello Roberta		ITA	2043	3	27	34	2	2029
	Yusuphanova Sadi-Carolin		ISR	1843	3	27	34	2	2040
140	Efroimski Marsel	WFM	ISR	2178	3	26	33.5	2	2060
141	Kharatyan Anahit		ARM	2117	3	26	33	3	1992
142	De Seroux Camille		SUI	2019	3	25	31.5	3	1938
143	Makka Ioulia	WIM	GRE	2180	3	24.5	30.5	3	1972
144	Ikonomopoulou Maria		GRE	2081	3	21	27.5	2	1830
145	Semenova Elena	WFM	RUS	2195	2.5	27	35	2	1982
146	Coimbra Margarida	WFM	POR	2123	2.5	26	34	1	2047
147	Kanceljak Dalia		CRO	1939	2.5	26	33	2	1941
148	Tonel Giulia		ITA	2023	2.5	26	31.5	1	1980
149	Kukic Lora		CRO	1723	2.5	25.5	32	2	1898
150	Racki Barbara		CRO	1698	2.5	24	30	2	1873
151	Tomulic Vesna		CRO	1930	2.5	22	28	1	1766
152	Samanic Lorena		CRO	0	2	22.5	30	1	1739
153	Samanic Verena		CRO	1607	2	22.5	28.5	2	1715
154	Rakipov Natasa		CRO	0	2	22	28.5	1	1731
155	Starcevic Andrea		CRO	1712	2	20	26	1	1700
156	Goslawska Cecylia		POL	1683	2	17.5	23	1	1556
157	Hrlec Mia		CRO	0	1.5	18.5	24.5	1	1675
158	Batory Lucija		CRO	1575	1	18	24.5	0	1524

4) 81st German Championship 2010

The 81st German Championship took place in Bad Liebenzell, 5th-13th March 2010. Igor Khenkin and Leonid Milov were the top seeds but there was a surprise winner 18 year old Niclas Huschenbeth who finished with 7/9 half a point clear of Khenkin.

Official site: http://www.schachwochebadliebenzell.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=59

81st ch-GER Bad Liebenzell (GER), 5-13 iii 2010
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1.	Huschenbeth, Niclas	m	GER	2404	+37	=4	-3	+29	+9	+14	=2	+8	+7	7	2677
2.	Khenkin, Igor	g	GER	2597	+36	+13	+6	+8	=3	=4	=1	=7	=5	6½	2629
3.	Milov, Leonid	m	GER	2556	+14	=18	+1	=5	=2	-15	+36	+19	=4	6	2562
4.	Naumann, Alexander	g	GER	2528	+31	=1	+18	=16	+19	=2	=8	=5	=3	6	2578
5.	Bogner, Sebastian	m	GER	2522	+43	+10	=16	=3	=8	=7	+13	=4	=2	6	2589
6.	Tischbierek, Raj	g	GER	2433	+33	+32	-2	-19	+34	=18	+14	=10	+15	6	2496
7.	Hirneise, Tobias	f	GER	2438	=38	+25	=9	=14	+20	=5	+15	=2	-1	5½	2506
8.	Bindrich, Falko	g	GER	2532	+41	+26	+15	-2	=5	+10	=4	-1	=12	5½	2537
9.	Baramidze, David	g	GER	2528	=23	+21	=7	=13	-1	=19	+33	+22	=10	5½	2440
10.	Strunski, Andreas	f	GER	2378	+28	-5	+38	+15	+16	-8	=18	=6	=9	5½	2505
11.	Kotainy, Jens		GER	2243	=20	=17	-14	+32	=22	=26	=16	+35	+19	5½	2467
12.	Siebrecht, Sebastian	g	GER	2457	=25	=38	+22	=20	-14	=33	+32	+18	=8	5½	2445
13.	Meister, Peter	m	GER	2407	+40	-2	+42	=9	=18	+16	-5	=17	+26	5½	2523
14.	Lubbe, Nikolas		GER	2353	-3	+39	+11	=7	+12	-1	-6	+23	=20	5	2433
15.	Heimann, Andreas	m	GER	2458	+29	+35	-8	-10	+27	+3	-7	+21	-6	5	2450
16.	Zeller, Frank	m	GER	2420	+42	+30	=5	=4	-10	-13	=11	+36	=17	5	2425
17.	Prusikin, Michael	g	GER	2542	-21	=11	=27	=39	=29	+43	+20	=13	=16	5	2379
18.	Fiebig, Thomas		GER	2428	+19	=3	-4	+24	=13	=6	=10	-12	=21	4½	2403
19.	Mueller, Oliver	f	GER	2297	-18	+28	+26	+6	-4	=9	+35	-3	-11	4½	2412
20.	Lentrodt, Thomas	f	GER	2367	=11	=24	+37	=12	-7	=23	-17	+34	=14	4½	2341
21.	Heinig, Wolfram	f	GER	2345	+17	-9	=34	=30	=40	+24	=22	-15	=18	4½	2356
22.	Feuerstack, Aljoscha		GER	2382	=24	+23	-12	=33	=11	+40	=21	-9	=27	4½	2327
23.	Schulze, Ulrich	m	GER	2320	=9	-22	+25	-34	+39	=20	=26	-14	+35	4½	2359
24.	Dauenheimer, Torsten		GER	2233	=22	=20	+32	-18	=35	-21	=27	+41	=25	4½	2356
25.	Schoene, Ralf	m	GER	2316	=12	-7	-23	=43	=28	=41	+30	+33	=24	4½	2311
26.	Figura, Atila Gajo	f	GER	2418	+39	-8	-19	+37	=33	=11	=23	+31	-13	4½	2329
27.	Schwing, Hans-Elmar	f	GER	2308	-30	=40	=17	+42	-15	=31	=24	+32	=22	4½	2334
28.	Hager, Joshua Aarash		GER	2221	-10	-19	=43	=41	=25	+39	-31	+37	+36	4½	2323
29.	Ritscher, Jan-Paul	f	GER	2316	-15	+44	=30	-1	=17	-32	=37	+39	+34	4½	2330
30.	Roehl, Rainer		GER	2182	+27	-16	=29	=21	=36	-35	-25	+42	=31	4	2294
31.	Vatter, Hans-Joachim	f	GER	2328	-4	-34	-39	+44	+37	=27	+28	-26	=30	4	2256
32.	Tabatt, Hendrik		GER	2347	+34	-6	-24	-11	+42	+29	-12	-27	+38	4	2266
33.	Natsidis, Christoph	f	GER	2270	-6	+43	=35	=22	=26	=12	-9	-25	+42	4	2347
34.	Engelmann, Jakob		GER	2213	-32	+31	=21	+23	-6	-36	+40	-20	-29	3½	2259
35.	Kummerow, Heiko	f	GER	2361	+44	-15	=33	=40	=24	+30	-19	-11	-23	3½	2198
36.	Bastian, Herbert	m	GER	2351	-2	-42	+44	+38	=30	+34	-3	-16	-28	3½	2257
37.	Koller, Jens		GER	2270	-1	+41	-20	-26	-31	+44	=29	-28	+43	3½	2252
38.	Issing, Peter		GER	2291	=7	=12	-10	-36	=43	-42	=44	+40	-32	3	2219
39.	Hirneise, Jens	f	GER	2294	-26	-14	+31	=17	-23	-28	+43	-29	=41	3	2227
40.	Krassowizkij, Jaroslaw		GER	2244	-13	=27	+41	=35	=21	-22	-34	-38	=44	3	2199
41.	Raykhman, Alexander	f	GER	2352	-8	-37	-40	=28	+44	=25	=42	-24	=39	3	2171
42.	Schloetzer, Waldemar		GER	2293	-16	+36	-13	-27	-32	+38	=41	-30	-33	2½	2159
43.	Namyslo, Holger	f	GER	2326	-5	-33	=28	=25	=38	-17	-39	=44	-37	2	2112
44.	Vogel, Christian		GER	2263	-35	-29	-36	-31	-41	-37	=38	=43	=40	1½	2042

5) Belgrade Women's Tournament

The traditional Belgrade Women's Tournament has suffered a bit in strength in recent times from the clash with the European Individual Championships but it reached its 42nd edition which deserves respect. Jovana Eric edged out Margarita Voiska on tie-break after both finished on 6.5/9.

Official site: http://www.beochess.rs/2010/8mart2010/8mart2010en.htm

42nd WGM Belgrade (SRB), 3-11 iii 2010
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Voiska, Margarita	wg	BUL	2320	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	6½	2385
2.	Eric, Jovana	wf	SRB	2183	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	6½	2400
3.	Grabuzova, Tatiana	wg	RUS	2347	½	½	*	½	1	1	0	1	1	½	6	2341
4.	Benderac, Ana	wg	SRB	2299	½	½	½	*	1	0	1	½	1	1	6	2347
5.	Boric, Elena	wm	BIH	2263	½	½	0	0	*	1	½	1	1	½	5	2269
6.	Petrovic, Marija	wm	SRB	2182	0	0	0	1	0	*	1	1	½	1	4½	2235
7.	Petrenko, Svetlana	m	MDA	2268	0	0	1	0	½	0	*	½	1	1	4	2182
8.	Maksimovic, Suzana	wg	SRB	2272	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	*	0	1	3	2100
9.	Miladinovic, Lena		SRB	2038	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	*	½	2	2031
10.	Stefanidi, Maria-Anna	wf	GRE	2125	0	0	½	0	½	0	0	0	½	*	1½	1968

Round 7 (March 9, 2010)
Voiska, Margarita	- Maksimovic, Suzana	½-½	17	E00	Catalan
Grabuzova, Tatiana	- Boric, Elena	1-0	51	A89	Dutch Leningrad
Benderac, Ana	- Eric, Jovana	½-½	66	B52	Sicilian Rossolimo
Petrovic, Marija	- Stefanidi, Maria-Anna	1-0	52	A46	Queen's Pawn Opening
Miladinovic, Lena	- Petrenko, Svetlana	0-1	45	C45	Scotch Game
Round 8 (March 10, 2010)
Eric, Jovana	- Miladinovic, Lena	1-0	41	B47	Sicilian Paulsen
Grabuzova, Tatiana	- Petrovic, Marija	1-0	57	E71	King's Indian 5.h3
Boric, Elena	- Maksimovic, Suzana	1-0	37	B21	Sicilian Morra Gambit
Petrenko, Svetlana	- Voiska, Margarita	0-1	41	B32	Sicilian Labourdonnais
Stefanidi, Maria-Anna	- Benderac, Ana	0-1	27	C07	French Tarrasch
Round 9 (March 11, 2010)
Voiska, Margarita	- Eric, Jovana	½-½	10	D11	Slav Defence
Benderac, Ana	- Grabuzova, Tatiana	½-½	11	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Petrovic, Marija	- Boric, Elena	0-1	38	A80	Dutch
Maksimovic, Suzana	- Petrenko, Svetlana	½-½	10	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Miladinovic, Lena	- Stefanidi, Maria-Anna	½-½	6	B50	Sicilian Defence

6) SPICE Cup

The SPICE Spring International 2010 takes place March 13th-19th 2010 on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX.

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

SPICE Spring Inv Lubbock (USA), 13-19 iii 2010												cat. X (2491)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Yang, Darwin	f	USA	2378	*	.	.	.	1	.	.	½	.	1	2½	2765
2.	Becerra Rivero, Julio	g	USA	2538	.	*	½	1	.	½	.	.	.	.	2	2639
3.	Ippolito, Dean	m	USA	2466	.	½	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	1	2	2623
4.	Papp, Gabor	m	HUN	2542	.	0	½	*	.	.	.	.	1	.	1½	2504
5.	Kuljasevic, Davorin	m	CRO	2552	0	.	.	.	*	.	1	.	½	.	1½	2449
6.	Finegold, Benjamin	m	USA	2534	.	½	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	.	1	2524
7.	Krush, Irina	m	USA	2461	.	.	.	.	0	.	*	1	.	.	1	2531
8.	Antal, Gergely	m	HUN	2511	½	.	.	.	.	½	0	*	.	.	1	2332
9.	Kraai, Jesse	g	USA	2508	.	.	.	0	½	.	.	.	*	½	1	2378
10.	Hansen, Eric	f	CAN	2415	0	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	½	*	½	2177

Round 1 (March 13, 2010)
Papp, Gabor	- Becerra Rivero, Julio	0-1	50	C55	Two Knights Defence
Kuljasevic, Davorin	- Kraai, Jesse	½-½	17	E52	Nimzo Indian
Antal, Gergely	- Yang, Darwin	½-½	50	C07	French Tarrasch
Hansen, Eric	- Ippolito, Dean	0-1	43	D58	Queens Gambit Tartakover
Round 2 (March 14, 2010)
Yang, Darwin	- Kuljasevic, Davorin	1-0	54	A57	Volga Gambit
Ippolito, Dean	- Papp, Gabor	½-½	11	A59	Volga Gambit
Finegold, Benjamin	- Becerra Rivero, Julio	½-½	16	A48	King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Krush, Irina	- Antal, Gergely	1-0	47	D91	Gruenfeld 5.Bg5
Kraai, Jesse	- Hansen, Eric	½-½	21	A30	English Symmetrical
Round 3 (March 15, 2010)
Becerra Rivero, Julio	- Ippolito, Dean	½-½	48	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Papp, Gabor	- Kraai, Jesse	1-0	56	B35	Sicilian Defence
Kuljasevic, Davorin	- Krush, Irina	1-0	30	D20	QGA
Antal, Gergely	- Finegold, Benjamin	½-½	107	B31	Sicilian Rossolimo
Hansen, Eric	- Yang, Darwin	0-1	55	D44	Anti-Meran Gambit

7) First Saturday March 2010

The First Saturday tournaments for March takes place 6th-18th March 2010.

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

FSGM March Budapest (HUN), 6-14 iii 2010												cat. VII (2423)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Gonda, Laszlo	m	HUN	2482	*	.	½	½	.	1	1	1	1	1	6	2723
2.	Czebe, Attila	g	HUN	2479	.	*	½	½	1	½	1	½	.	1	5	2586
3.	Varga, Zoltan	g	HUN	2483	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	.	5	2517
4.	Simantsev, Mikhail	g	UKR	2524	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	.	1	.	4½	2508
5.	Sharma, Dinesh K	m	IND	2361	.	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	3½	2379
6.	Yu Lie		CHN	2407	0	½	½	0	½	*	.	.	½	1	3	2372
7.	Kislik, Erik Andrew	f	USA	2370	0	0	½	½	½	.	*	0	.	1	2½	2353
8.	Sipos, Istvan	f	HUN	2491	0	½	0	.	½	.	1	*	.	0	2	2298
9.	Olape, Bunmi		NGR	2263	0	.	0	0	½	½	.	.	*	1	2	2312
10.	Konnyu, Janos	m	HUN	2366	0	0	.	.	½	0	0	1	0	*	1½	2177

FSIM March Budapest (HUN), 6-16 iii 2010
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Berczes, Csaba	m	HUN	2376	*	½	.	1	1	½	.	1	1	.	1	.	6	2558
2.	Turzo, Attila	m	HUN	2290	½	*	½	.	1	.	0	½	1	1	.	1	5½	2387
3.	Szalanczy, Emil	m	HUN	2280	.	½	*	½	.	.	1	.	1	½	1	½	5	2365
4.	Nguyen Thi Mai Hung	wf	VIE	2224	0	.	½	*	.	.	1	0	½	1	½	1	4½	2275
5.	Kojima, Shinya	f	JPN	2312	0	0	.	.	*	1	0	1	½	.	1	1	4½	2282
6.	Farago, Sandor	m	HUN	2256	½	.	.	.	0	*	1	½	0	1	.	1	4	2291
7.	Lyell, Mark	f	ENG	2179	.	1	0	0	1	0	*	.	.	0	1	1	4	2241
8.	Lengyel, Bela	m	HUN	2267	0	½	.	1	0	½	.	*	½	.	½	½	3½	2207
9.	Kovacs, Lajos2		HUN	2192	0	0	0	½	½	1	.	½	*	.	.	.	2½	2184
10.	Baba, Masahiro		JPN	2213	.	0	½	0	.	0	1	.	.	*	0	1	2½	2124
11.	Tran, Tuan Minh	f	VIE	2203	0	.	0	½	0	.	0	½	.	1	*	.	2	2106
12.	Arsenault, Nicolas		CAN	2153	.	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	.	0	.	*	1	1930

8) Parachute Advansed International 2010

The Parachute Advansed International took place in Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh. Organised by GM Niaz Murshed of organisation Six Seasons Chess Tornaments. Dates: March 8th-14th 2010. Manisha Mohanty Kiran was the convincing winner by a point and a half on 7/9.

Official site: http://chess-results.com/tnr31218.aspx - Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr31218.aspx

Parachute Advansed Int Dhaka (BAN), 8-14 iii 2010
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Kiran, Manisha Mohanty	wm	IND	2259	*	½	1	1	½	½	1	½	1	1	7	2421
2.	Abu Sufian, Shakil	f	BAN	2320	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	5½	2274
3.	Rahman, Syed Mahfuzur	f	BAN	2294	0	½	*	½	0	½	1	1	1	1	5½	2277
4.	Shamima, Akter Liza	wf	BAN	2092	0	½	½	*	1	½	1	½	½	½	5	2263
5.	Minina, Veronika		RUS	2130	½	½	1	0	*	1	0	0	1	1	5	2258
6.	Long, Peter	f	MAS	2331	½	½	½	½	0	*	½	1	½	½	4½	2193
7.	Mohammed Abdul, Malek	f	BAN	2272	0	½	0	0	1	½	*	½	1	1	4½	2200
8.	Dave, Dhyani	wf	IND	2140	½	½	0	½	1	0	½	*	0	½	3½	2134
9.	Uddin, Saif		BAN	2177	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	1	*	½	2½	2044
10.	Parveen, Tanima	wf	BAN	2058	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	*	2	2003

Round 1 (March 8, 2010)
Abu Sufian, Shakil	- Mohammed Abdul, Malek	½-½	5	B01	Centre Counter
Minina, Veronika	- Long, Peter	1-0	37	A30	English Symmetrical
Dave, Dhyani	- Kiran, Manisha Mohanty	½-½	28	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Uddin, Saif	- Rahman, Syed Mahfuzur	0-1	46	A00	Irregular Openings
Parveen, Tanima	- Shamima, Akter Liza	½-½	5	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Round 2 (March 9, 2010)
Abu Sufian, Shakil	- Uddin, Saif	1-0	24	B89	Sicilian Sozin Attack
Rahman, Syed Mahfuzur	- Parveen, Tanima	1-0	31	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Shamima, Akter Liza	- Minina, Veronika	1-0	54	E73	King's Indian Averbakh
Long, Peter	- Dave, Dhyani	1-0	23	B07	Pirc Defence
Mohammed Abdul, Malek	- Kiran, Manisha Mohanty	0-1	19	D94	Gruenfeld Closed
Round 3 (March 10, 2010)
Kiran, Manisha Mohanty	- Long, Peter	½-½	63	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Minina, Veronika	- Rahman, Syed Mahfuzur	1-0	37	A11	Reti Opening
Dave, Dhyani	- Shamima, Akter Liza	½-½	77	B31	Sicilian Rossolimo
Uddin, Saif	- Mohammed Abdul, Malek	0-1	39	A00	Irregular Openings
Parveen, Tanima	- Abu Sufian, Shakil	0-1	34	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Round 4 (March 10, 2010)
Abu Sufian, Shakil	- Minina, Veronika	½-½	28	B43	Sicilian Paulsen
Rahman, Syed Mahfuzur	- Dave, Dhyani	1-0	35	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Shamima, Akter Liza	- Kiran, Manisha Mohanty	0-1	56	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Mohammed Abdul, Malek	- Long, Peter	½-½	6	A57	Volga Gambit
Uddin, Saif	- Parveen, Tanima	½-½	20	A00	Irregular Openings
Round 5 (March 11, 2010)
Kiran, Manisha Mohanty	- Rahman, Syed Mahfuzur	1-0	38	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Minina, Veronika	- Uddin, Saif	1-0	30	A11	Reti Opening
Long, Peter	- Shamima, Akter Liza	½-½	55	D03	Queen's Pawn Game
Dave, Dhyani	- Abu Sufian, Shakil	½-½	43	B01	Centre Counter
Parveen, Tanima	- Mohammed Abdul, Malek	0-1	44	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Round 6 (March 12, 2010)
Abu Sufian, Shakil	- Kiran, Manisha Mohanty	½-½	20	B74	Sicilian Dragon
Rahman, Syed Mahfuzur	- Long, Peter	½-½	17	B44	Sicilian Paulsen
Mohammed Abdul, Malek	- Shamima, Akter Liza	0-1	19	D48	Queens Gambit Meran
Uddin, Saif	- Dave, Dhyani	1-0	23	A03	Bird's Opening
Parveen, Tanima	- Minina, Veronika	0-1	59	C02	French Advance
Round 7 (March 12, 2010)
Kiran, Manisha Mohanty	- Uddin, Saif	1-0	31	B01	Centre Counter
Shamima, Akter Liza	- Rahman, Syed Mahfuzur	½-½	19	D64	Queens Gambit
Minina, Veronika	- Mohammed Abdul, Malek	0-1	58	E04	Catalan
Long, Peter	- Abu Sufian, Shakil	½-½	2	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Dave, Dhyani	- Parveen, Tanima	½-½	19	C54	Giuoco Piano
Round 8 (March 13, 2010)
Abu Sufian, Shakil	- Shamima, Akter Liza	½-½	21	B49	Sicilian Paulsen
Minina, Veronika	- Dave, Dhyani	0-1	43	A87	Dutch Leningrad
Mohammed Abdul, Malek	- Rahman, Syed Mahfuzur	0-1	52	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Uddin, Saif	- Long, Peter	½-½	5	A46	Queen's Pawn Opening
Parveen, Tanima	- Kiran, Manisha Mohanty	0-1	31	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Round 9 (March 14, 2010)
Kiran, Manisha Mohanty	- Minina, Veronika	½-½	11	C10	French Rubinstein
Rahman, Syed Mahfuzur	- Abu Sufian, Shakil	½-½	7	D18	Slav Defence
Shamima, Akter Liza	- Uddin, Saif	½-½	9	A44	Old Benoni
Long, Peter	- Parveen, Tanima	½-½	7	A13	Reti Opening
Dave, Dhyani	- Mohammed Abdul, Malek	½-½	10	B01	Centre Counter

9) Francisco Benko Memorial

The Francisco Benko Memorial took place in Buenos Aires 8th-14th March 2010. The final round results are not yet available.

Official site: http://www.cargentinodeajedrez.com.ar/2010/torneos/itt_benko/magistral_ITT_benko.htm

ITT Benko Club Argentino Buenos Aires (ARG), 8-14 iii 2010												cat. IV (2331)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Barreto Filho, Carlos Alberto	f	BRA	2362	*	½	.	.	½	1	1	.	.	1	4	2570
2.	Cuevas, Alex	f	ARG	2272	½	*	.	½	½	.	.	1	.	1	3½	2497
3.	Perelman, Hernan		ARG	2312	.	.	*	.	½	1	½	.	1	½	3½	2468
4.	Dos Santos, Ramiro	f	ARG	2436	.	½	.	*	½	0	.	1	.	1	3	2384
5.	Ginzburg, Maximiliano	m	ARG	2400	½	½	½	½	*	.	.	½	.	.	2½	2343
6.	Bueno, Alfeu Junior Varela		BRA	2349	0	.	0	1	.	*	.	.	1	.	2	2331
7.	Liascovich, Lucas	m	ARG	2422	0	.	½	.	.	.	*	.	1	.	1½	2297
8.	Quiroga, Facundo	m	ARG	2334	.	0	.	0	½	.	.	*	1	.	1½	2244
9.	Filion, Charles		CAN	2217	.	.	0	.	.	0	0	0	*	1	1	2085
10.	Granara Barreto, Sebastian A	f	URU	2209	0	0	½	0	.	.	.	.	0	*	½	1953

10) XIV Memorial Fernando De Almeida Vasconcelos

The XIV Memorial Fernando De Almeida Vasconcelos took place in Brasilia 8th-14th March 2010. The event marked the 50th Anniversary of Brasilia. Darcy Lima won with 7½/9.

Official site: http://www.fbx.org.br/2010/xiv_memorial_vasconcelos_2010.php

XIV Vasconcellos Mem Brasilia (BRA), 8-15 iii 2010												cat. II (2282)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Lima, Darcy	g	BRA	2486	*	1	1	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	7½	2532
2.	Hobaica, Juan Pablo	m	ARG	2405	0	*	1	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	6½	2434
3.	Shumyatsky, Victor	f	BRA	2288	0	0	*	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	6	2406
4.	Stamenkovic, Dragan	m	SRB	2384	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	0	1	1	5½	2350
5.	Barbosa, Evandro Amorim		BRA	2365	1	½	0	½	*	½	0	½	½	1	4½	2272
6.	Rodi, Luis Ernesto	f	ARG	2311	0	0	0	½	½	*	½	1	1	1	4½	2278
7.	Valle, Adriano	f	BRA	2290	0	0	0	0	1	½	*	1	1	1	4½	2280
8.	Aguiar, Lucas		BRA	2059	0	0	½	1	½	0	0	*	1	1	4	2263
9.	Chauca, Jose		PER	2063	0	½	0	0	½	0	0	0	*	½	1½	2033
10.	Lucena, Lincoln	f	BRA	2167	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	*	½	1850

Round 1 (March 8, 2010)
Hobaica, Juan Pablo	- Valle, Adriano	1-0	35	E06	Catalan
Shumyatsky, Victor	- Aguiar, Lucas	½-½	24	C50	Giuoco Piano
Stamenkovic, Dragan	- Lima, Darcy	½-½	9	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Rodi, Luis Ernesto	- Barbosa, Evandro Amorim	½-½	60	B32	Sicilian Labourdonnais
Chauca, Jose	- Lucena, Lincoln	½-½	82	E16	Queens Indian
Round 2 (March 9, 2010)
Lima, Darcy	- Rodi, Luis Ernesto	1-0	51	A73	Benoni
Hobaica, Juan Pablo	- Chauca, Jose	½-½	36	A52	Budapest Defence Main Line
Valle, Adriano	- Barbosa, Evandro Amorim	1-0	31	D91	Gruenfeld 5.Bg5
Aguiar, Lucas	- Stamenkovic, Dragan	1-0	25	D48	Queens Gambit Meran
Lucena, Lincoln	- Shumyatsky, Victor	0-1	27	A43	Old Benoni
Round 3 (March 10, 2010)
Shumyatsky, Victor	- Hobaica, Juan Pablo	0-1	33	B85	Sicilian Scheveningen
Stamenkovic, Dragan	- Lucena, Lincoln	1-0	57	A45	Trompowsky
Barbosa, Evandro Amorim	- Lima, Darcy	1-0	48	C60	Ruy Lopez
Rodi, Luis Ernesto	- Aguiar, Lucas	1-0	70	B43	Sicilian Paulsen
Chauca, Jose	- Valle, Adriano	0-1	28	C01	French Exchange
Round 4 (March 10, 2010)
Hobaica, Juan Pablo	- Stamenkovic, Dragan	½-½	11	D46	Semi-Slav Defence
Valle, Adriano	- Lima, Darcy	0-1	27	D91	Gruenfeld 5.Bg5
Aguiar, Lucas	- Barbosa, Evandro Amorim	½-½	76	E30	Nimzo Indian Leningrad
Chauca, Jose	- Shumyatsky, Victor	0-1	51	D27	QGA
Lucena, Lincoln	- Rodi, Luis Ernesto	0-1	67	B15	Caro Kann
Round 5 (March 11, 2010)
Lima, Darcy	- Aguiar, Lucas	1-0	29	D35	QGD Exchange
Shumyatsky, Victor	- Valle, Adriano	1-0	19	C05	French Tarrasch
Stamenkovic, Dragan	- Chauca, Jose	1-0	28	C10	French Rubinstein
Barbosa, Evandro Amorim	- Lucena, Lincoln	1-0	23	C41	Philidor's Defence
Rodi, Luis Ernesto	- Hobaica, Juan Pablo	0-1	58	B80	Sicilian Scheveningen
Round 6 (March 12, 2010)
Hobaica, Juan Pablo	- Barbosa, Evandro Amorim	½-½	45	A65	Benoni
Shumyatsky, Victor	- Stamenkovic, Dragan	½-½	37	A01	Larsen Opening
Valle, Adriano	- Aguiar, Lucas	1-0	36	E05	Catalan
Chauca, Jose	- Rodi, Luis Ernesto	0-1	25	A83	Dutch Staunton Gambit
Lucena, Lincoln	- Lima, Darcy	0-1	52	E61	King's Indian Defence
Round 7 (March 13, 2010)
Lima, Darcy	- Hobaica, Juan Pablo	1-0	55	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Stamenkovic, Dragan	- Valle, Adriano	1-0	39	C15	French Winawer
Barbosa, Evandro Amorim	- Chauca, Jose	½-½	60	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Rodi, Luis Ernesto	- Shumyatsky, Victor	0-1	44	B48	Sicilian Paulsen
Aguiar, Lucas	- Lucena, Lincoln	1-0	35	C41	Philidor's Defence
Round 8 (March 14, 2010)
Hobaica, Juan Pablo	- Aguiar, Lucas	1-0	30	E09	Catalan
Shumyatsky, Victor	- Barbosa, Evandro Amorim	1-0	41	A34	English Symmetrical
Stamenkovic, Dragan	- Rodi, Luis Ernesto	½-½	11	B75	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Valle, Adriano	- Lucena, Lincoln	1-0	33	D09	Albin Counter Gambit
Chauca, Jose	- Lima, Darcy	0-1	38	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Round 9 (March 15, 2010)
Lima, Darcy	- Shumyatsky, Victor	1-0	28	B66	Sicilian Rauzer
Barbosa, Evandro Amorim	- Stamenkovic, Dragan	½-½	11	E92	King's Indian Classical
Rodi, Luis Ernesto	- Valle, Adriano	½-½	51	C18	French Winawer
Aguiar, Lucas	- Chauca, Jose	1-0	29	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Lucena, Lincoln	- Hobaica, Juan Pablo	0-1	46	E66	King's Indian Fianchetto

11) Chess.MN 3rd FIDE Invitational

The Chess.MN 3rd FIDE Invitational Rating Tournament took place in St. Paul, Minnesota 27th February - 7th March 2010. Pete Karagianis was the convincing winner with 7/9. News: Richard Reich. Broadcast: Monroi.

3rd Inv FIDE MN Saint Paul (USA), 27 ii- 7 iii 2010
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Karagianis, Pete	USA	2203	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	7	2288
2.	Iwu, Okechukwu N	USA	2175	½	*	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	6½	2237
3.	Wasiluk, Kevin M	USA	2214	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	6½	2233
4.	Mattson, Dane M	USA	2080	½	½	½	*	½	½	0	1	1	1	5½	2162
5.	Dahl, Matthew D	USA	2054	0	0	½	½	*	1	1	1	½	1	5½	2165
6.	Amarasinghe, Prashantha N	SRI	1959	½	0	½	½	0	*	½	1	1	½	4½	2095
7.	Purcell, Brendan	USA	1997	0	½	0	1	0	½	*	1	1	0	4	2048
8.	Odeh, Kenneth	NGR	2012	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	*	½	1	2	1870
9.	Ratliff, David J	USA	2060	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	*	1	2	1864
10.	Hortillosa, Andres D	USA	2068	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	0	*	1½	1810

12) OGASA Rector’s Cup

On 11 March 2010 in an event, devoted to 85th birthday of Grandmaster Efim Geller (1925-1998), the chess team of Odessa journalists played against the team of the Odessa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture (OGASA).

IM Vladimir Makarov of OGASA played a simul against five journalists while the captain of the journalists’ team, GM Mikhail Golubev was giving a simul to the OGASA players. The time control for IM Makarov and GM Golubev was1 hour 15 minutes for each game, and their opponents had 45 minutes for the game. Makarov won his simul with a score +4 =1, Golubev won his simul with a score +2 =3. So the overall score was: OGASA 6 - Journalists 4.

The OGASA team also won a blitz match with a score 9,5 - 3,5. Grandmasters Vladimir Tukmakov and Viacheslav Eingorn participated in the opening ceremony, which was headed by the Rector of the Academy, Prof. Vitaliy Dorofeev. More details about the event in Russian can be found at http://chessportal.od.ua

13) Karpov to stand for FIDE President

Anatoly Karpov has announced his intention to stand for the post of FIDE President the elections for which are during the General Assembly of the FIDE Congress which take place during the 39th Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk (September 19th - October 4th 2010). This announcement took place during an extraordinary meeting of the European Chess Union (ECU) on March 13th 2010.

Karpov has been officially nominated by the French Chess Federation as confirmed by Jean-Claude Moingt in the Europe-Echecs video. As far as I'm aware Karpov isn't a member of the French Chess Federation and I believe he will need the nomination of the Russian Chess Federation to stand as will current FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. Karpov noted that there were difficulties because two Russian Candidates wanted to stand but the Russian Federation can only nominate one. It is also the case that candidates need the support of their own federation to run (there is some wiggle room this "stipulation may be waived by the General Assembly only in exceptional cases") so someone is going to have a lot of problems when the Russians take their decision. Karpov seemed to imply that if he got the nomination Ilyumzhinov would probably run anyhow "FIDE can do whatever they want, they don't respect their own regulations and rules." although he didn't say anything about his own plans if he didn't get the nomination.

Europe Echecs Video Interview with Karpov and also with Danailov and Yazici.

Karpov says that FIDE should promote the current players better otherwise Kasparov, Fischer and Karpov would remain the most famous players to the wider public rather than Topalov, Anand and younger stars such as Carlsen and Nakamura. Also that the profile of the game as a whole needed to be raised and the game should be promoted in schools.

Karpov criticised Georgios Makropoulos, Zurab Azmaiparashvili even the president Kirsan Iljumzhinov of making money where the players are not.

He wants to reverse the fall in the prestige of chess. Like everyone he wants to promote chess in schools (that's a given with almost everyone in chess at the moment)

Change for the World Championship system.

The European Chess Union is also to see a Presidential Election at Khanty Mansiysk just before the FIDE Congress and Presidential election.

Candidates are: Ali Nihat Yazici (who announced his plan to run at Novi-Sad 5 months ago and has been in dispute with the current leadership)

Silvio Danailov (his campaign slogan "I know...") who has the support of the Bulgarian Chess Federation.

Yazici implied that he expected the president for the last 12 years Boris Kutin to stand and that there would be an additional western candidate who hadn't yet made an announcement (see: http://www.europe-echecs.com/).

Some relevant regulations

1.2 Nominations for the Presidential ticket and Continental Presidents must reach the FIDE Secretariat at least three months before the opening of the General Assembly. To be elected, each candidate shall be nominated by his federation. He/She should have been a member of their federation at least one year before the General Assembly.

No person can be elected to a FIDE-office against the will of his national federation. This stipulation may be waived by the General Assembly only in exceptional cases. Federations that are against the nomination of one of their members for a FIDE office, should raise their objections to such a nomination before the election.

A Federation is entitled to nominate only one candidate for one position

Links

Europe Echecs Video Interview with Karpov (TWIC link)

Europe Echecs Video Interview with Karpov

http://www.europe-echecs.com/

Brief article in Russian

ChessVibes Article

FIDE Regulations

ChessBase Article

14) Forthcoming Events and Links

Short Simul 20th March 2010 Ashton-Under-Lyne

David Holt reports:

Nigel Short is coming to Ashton-Under-Lyne, Near Manchester, to play a simul against 30 boards, he will also be doing a talk and going through a couple of games for an hour or so before starting the simul.

Players who wish to watch Nigel short’s talk and demonstration, and play in the simul will be charged £45 including entry. If I manage to get sponsorship before the event I will reduce the price, so if you know of a company, club or individual who may be interested in sponsoring our event please feel free to mention it and pass on my contact details. TV, press and other media will be attending.

Entry for those not wishing to play will be £5.

At the moment there are 14 places left for the simul.

The event is taking place on Saturday 20th March 2010 at 1pm, the venue is at:

New Charter Housing Trust Group
Cavendish 249
Cavendish Street
ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL6 7AT
England
UK

Further details: David Holt from davidholt@dentonchessclub.co.uk or Telephone : 0161 344 2205 / 07510209215

This event is being organised by Denton Chess Club.

Victor Mikhalevski Website

GM, author and coach Victor Mikhalevski has launched a new website at: http://vmikhalevski.webs.com/

Anand - Topalov World Championship Sofia 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.

WCh Anand - Topalov Sofia (BUL), 23 iv - 12 v 2010 All games start at 15:00 local time (1pm UK time).
Day	Round	Date
1	Opening Ceremony	22.04.2010
2	Gm 1	23.04.2010
3	Gm 2	24.04.2010
4	Rest Day	25.04.2010
5	Gm 3	26.04.2010
6	Gm 4	27.04.2010
7	Rest Day	28.04.2010
8	Gm5	29.04.2010
9	Gm6	30.04.2010
10	Rest Day	01.05.2010
11	Gm7	02.05.2010
12	Gm8	03.05.2010
13	Rest Day	04.05.2010
14	Gm9	05.05.2010
15	Gm10	06.05.2010
16	Rest Day	07.05.2010
17	Gm11	08.05.2010
18	Rest Day	09.05.2010
19	Gm12	10.05.2010
20	Rest Day	11.05.2010
21	Tie-Break	12.05.2010
22	Closing Ceremony *	13.05.2010

* The Closing Ceremony takes place the day after the final game. 13th May is the latest it can take place. ie if Tie-Breaks are required.

Women's Grand Prix 2009-10

The Women's Grand Prix series will see three four more events in 2010.

3rd Women's Chess Grand Prix Nalchuk

The 3rd Women's Chess Grand Prix takes place in Nalchuk, Russia, 25th April (arrival) - 8 May (departure) 2010.

The full list of participants for Nalchik is below:

3rd Women's Grand Prix Nalchuk (RUS), 25 iv - 8 v 2010
Name	Ti	NAT
Koneru, Humpy	GM	IND
Yifan, Hou	GM	CHN
Cramling, Pia	GM	SWE
Dzagnidze, Nana	GM	GEO
Xue, Zhao	GM	CHN
Kosintseva, Tatiana	IM	RUS
Chen, Zhu	GM	QTR
Danielian, Elina	IM	ARM
Batkhuyag, Munguntuul	WGM	MGL
Yildiz, Betul	WIM	TRK
Mrktchian, Lilit	IM	ARM
Kovanova, Baira	WGM	RUS

The 4th Grand Prix will take place in Jermuk, Armenia, on 23rd June - 6th July 2010

The 5th Grand Prix will take place in Ulanbaatar, Mongolia, on 29 July - 12 August 2010

The 6th Grand Prix will take place in Santiago, Chile, on 27th October - 9th November 2010

The first Grand Prix was in Istanbul 5th-20th March 2009 and was won by Humpy Koneru. The 2nd Grand Prix was in Nanjing, China, 27th Sept - 9th October 2009 and was won by Xu Yuhua.

33nd Taminco Open

33nd Taminco Open International Chess Tournament Gent (Belgium) takes place 17th-21st July 2010, 9 rounds Swiss, two hours KO chess, prize money 6875 Euros for 300 participants, first price 1800 Euros Guaranteed This traditional open tournament takes place near the center of the medieval town of Gent in the week of the famous annual Gent festivities. Organisers Royal Gent Chessclub (KGSRL).

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

Email: open2010@kgsrl.be

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

7th Knokke International Open

The 7th Knokke International Open takes place August 26th-29th 2010, consisting of 7 rounds "Swiss system" - 2 hours K.O.

Prize fund for a total amount of 3.730 Euros (increased by 1000 Euro this year)

Official site: http://www.knokkeschaak.be

email: knokkeschaak@knokkeschaak.be

11th World University Chess Championship

Zurich hosts the World University Chess Championship 2010 5th-11th September 2010. The Academic Chess Club Reti, which is organising the event, is expecting that up to 150 participants from over 25 countries will enter the contest, to be held at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. Many international masters and grandmasters between 18 and 28 years of age will fight for individual and team medals. The tournament will comprise nine rounds and will be played in accordance with the Swiss System.

The World University Chess Championship is held under the auspices of the Federation Internationale du Sport Universitaire (FISU). The organising club, the Academic Chess Club Reti in Zurich, will be celebrating its 50th anniversary next year. It is one of the four largest clubs in Zurich and has an ambitious team in the Swiss League. In 2009 many of the greatest champions and legends in the history of the game participated in the Zurich Chess Club’s 200-year jubilee. This year, some of the strongest champions of the future will be in Zurich.

Official site: http://www.wucc2010.ch

WUCC 2010 is an event of the FISU: http://www.fisu.net

1st Vaujany International Chess Festival

The 1st Vaujany International Chess Festival takes place July 10th-18th 2010.

Details: http://promoechecs.free.fr/

XXX Villa de Benasque Open

The XXX Open Internacional "Villa de Benasque" takes place 8th-17th July 2010.

Official site: http;//www.openbenasque.com

Icelandic Teams

The Icelandic Team Championship took place 25th September 2009 - 3rd March 2010. The final three rounds took place 1st-3rd March 2010.

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

Games should eventually appear at: http://www.skaksamband.is/?c=webpage&id=377&lid=304&option=links

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

Women's Bundesliga

The Women's Bundesliga takes place 7th November 2009 - 28th March 2010. OSG Baden Baden leads the tournament after 7 rounds.

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

Games: http://www.schachbund.de/chronik/meister/dfmm/2010/index.html

Bunratty Chess Festival 2010

The Bunratty Chess Festival took place 25th-27th February 2010. Alexander Baburin took clear first place with 5½/6. Games should follow.

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

4NCL

The 4NCL takes place Sat 24th Oct 2009 - 3rd May 2010. Rounds 7 and 8 takes place 27th-28th March 2010. Games from round 6 now available.

After 7 rounds, the top 4 teams in each preliminary pool qualify for the final championship pool. At the end of the season 4 teams will be relegated.

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

4NCL 2009-10 Hinckley Island (ENG), 24 x 2009 - 3 v 2010 Standings Round 5 of 7:
	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	GP	MP
1	Barbican 4NCL 1	xxx	3	5½	5½	6	5½		7½	33	10
2	White Rose 1	5	xxx	5	1	4½		4½	5	25	10
3	Guildford-A&DC 1	2½	3	xxx	6	5	7½	6		30	8
4	WGHK 2	2½	7	2	xxx		5	5	8	29½	8
5	Betsson.com	2	3½	3		xxx	6	6	6	26½	6
6	Pandora's Box Grantham	2½		½	3	2	xxx	5½	5½	19	4
7	S. Wales Dragons		3½	2	3	2	2½	xxx	6	19	2
8	Poisoned Pawns 1	½	3		0	2	2½	2	xxx	10	0

Dutch League

The Dutch League takes place 26th September 2009 - 18th April 2010. Round 7 took place on the 6th March 2010.

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	HSG	12	52½	x	.	8½	8½	7	7	.	8½	8½	4½
2	Groningen 1/Hotels.nl	12	42	.	x	3½	7½	6	6½	6	6	.	6½
3	Utrecht	11	41	1½	6½	x	.	8	5	.	5½	7	7½
4	Homburg Apeldoorn	8	39	1½	2½	.	x	4½	.	5½	8	8	9
5	Schrijvers Rotterdam	8	34½	3	4	2	5½	x	6	6½	.	.	7½
6	LSG	7	35	3	3½	5	.	4	x	6½	7½	5½	.
7	HMC Calder	4	31½	.	4	.	4½	3½	3½	x	3	6	7
8	Braceland ESGOO	4	27	1½	4	4½	2	.	2½	7	x	5½	.
9	HWP Sas van Gent	2	26½	1½	.	3	2	.	4½	4	4½	x	7
10	SMB	2	21	5½	3½	2½	1	2½	.	3	.	3	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	3	-	7
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	8½	-	1½
Round 6 - 6 February
01	HWP Sas van Gent	-	SMB	7	-	3
02	Braceland ESGOO	-	HSG	1½	-	8½
03	Schrijvers Rotterdam	-	Utrecht	2	-	8
04	Groningen 1/Hotels.nl	-	LSG	6½	-	3½
05	HMC Calder	-	Homburg Apeldoorn	4½	-	5½
Round 7 - 6 March
01	SMB	-	Homburg Apeldoorn	1	-	9
02	LSG	-	HMC Calder	6½	-	3½
03	Utrecht	-	Groningen 1/Hotels.nl	6½	-	3½
04	HSG	-	Schrijvers Rotterdam	7	-	3
05	HWP Sas van Gent	-	Braceland ESGOO	4½	-	5½
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		-

Schachbundesliga 2009-10

The 12th and 13th rounds of the Bundesliga take place 20th-21st March 2010.

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

11th Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas"

The 11th Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas" (Spain) will take place on the ICC Internet Chess Club playing zone (http://www.chessclub.com) from March 12th to 20th 2010.

The online event features twelve 12-round Swisses (3/0 games) qualifying 32 players to the knockout final stage. The 2.000 euro first prize will attract many top names (GM's Nakamura, Sargissian and Fridman are regular participants), in addition to all the class prizes and special cash prizes for amateur players.

Entry is completely free for all regular ICC members. New members can make out a free seven-day trial just before the event starts and also take part in some of the qualifiers.

Registrations should be made out at the Dos Hermanas website http://www.doshermanas.net/ where the full event rules can also be found. Last year nearly 2000 players participated in the biggest and most important chess tournament on the Internet.

31st annual Tournament Of Young Talents

The 31st annual Tournament Of Young Talents The event takes place from 1st April till 5th April 2010 in Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic. It is a festival of three tournaments: Tournament of young talents - several groups for youth players under 14 years Up to 8 years children championship - open Czech Championship under 8 years Pobeskydi - FIDE open and at least one round-robin with the possibility to achieve IM/WGM norms.

For further details please visit http://www.chessfm.cz or send email to s.jasny@seznam.cz or reflexia2007@yandex.ru

Canadian Open Chess Championship 2010

The traditional Canadian Open Chess Championship takes place 10th-18th July, in Westin Harbour Castle, Downtown Toronto, Ontario. This year's event is a 9-round one-game-per-day single-section Swiss with a guaranteed prize fund of at least C$ 30,000. Additional side events will be included like Speed Chess Championship, GM simuls, and lectures, etc. Grandmasters E. Rozentalis, A. Shabalov, and J. Friedel have already confirmed their participation.

Contacts: Michael Barron ( barron045@yahoo.com ) and Brian Fiedler (fiedlerbrian@yahoo.com.au )

Registration form and more information is available at http://www.chess.ca/canopen.shtml, and http://www.monroi.com.

Hungarian Tournaments March - October 2010

The list of the HUN GM-IM norm and Open chess tournaments from March until October 2010:

1. 6th-18th of March, FIRST SATURDAY (FS) GM-IM-rating Budapest, Org: Nagy Laszlo, http://www.firstsaturday.hu

2. 19th-28th of March, 26th Budapest Spring Festival, 9 rounds Swiss Open, org: Nagy Laszlo

3. 19th-27th of March IM + rating CAISSA Kecskemet (85 km from Budapest), Org: Dr.Erdelyi, http://www.caissachessbooks.com

4. 3rd-16th of April FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-rating Budapest, org: Nagy L,

5. 17th-25th of April, CAISSA Kecskemet, IM + rating, org: Erdelyi,

6. 1st-13th May, FIRST SATURDAY, Budapest, GM-IM-rating - org: Nagy L,

7. 14th-22nd May CAISSA Kecskemet IM + rating, org: Erdelyi,

8. 26th May-3rd June ZALAKAROS open, org: IM Horvath, Tamas, http://www.csutisk.hu,

9. 5th-17th June, FIRST SATURDAY Budapest, GM-IM-rating, org Nagy L,

10.19th-27h June, Balaton Open, HÉVÍZ, GM-IM, org: IM Rigo, e-mail: me-ri@t-online.hu

11.19th-27th June, CAISSA Kecskemet, IM + rating, Org: Erdelyi,

12.3rd-15th July, FIRST SATURDAY Budapest, GM+IM+rating, org: Nagy L,

13.17th-25th July, CAISSA Kecskemet, GM+IM+rating, org: Erdelyi,

14.27th July-4th August, GM-IM + Open, Szombathely (250 km West from Budapest), org: Csonka, Attila, e-mail: attila.csonka@lamived.hu

15.7th-19th August, FIRST SATURDAY Budapest GM+IM+rating, org: Nagy L

16.21st-29th August, CAISSA Kecskemet, GM+IM+rating, org: Erdelyi

17.4th-16th Sept, FIRST SATURDAY GM+IM+rating Budapest, org: Nagy L

18.17th-25th Sept CAISSA Kecskemet IM+rating, org: Erdelyi.

La Laguna Open

The La Laguna takes place 5th-11th April 2010.

Details: http://www.lalagunainternacionalajedrez.com/

8th Davos Open

The 8th Davos Open takes place August, 8th-14th 2010, in the Hotel "Sunstar". Sinisa Joksic will organise the event which he hopes to be an old fashioned friendly tournament.

All information at: http://www.sinchess.com/davos

XXIII Leon Tournament 2010

The XXIII Leon Tournament takes place 3rd-7th June 2010. Levon Aronian, Boris Gelfand, Lenier Dominguez Perez and Francisco Vallejo Pons play in the knockout event. Each match will be played the best of four games (20 minutes per player + 10 seconds increment after each move). However, all four games will be played, even if the match winner has been already decided. If the result after four games is 2-2, a five minute games tiebreak match will be played immediately after the fourth normal game.

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

Bosna 2010

The Sarajevo "Bosna 2010" takes place May, 5th-14th with more than 100.000 euro in prizes.

Official site: http://open2010.skbosna.ba

Aosta Valley

Championship of Francophone countries, July 3th-10th 2010.

UE Championship, September 4th-12th 2010.

Official site: http:\\www.scacchivda.com

III Magistral Ciudad de Asuncion

The III Magistral Ciudad de Asuncion, "Copa Roggio chess tournament takes place in Asuncion, Paraguay, May 19th-29th 2010.

Official site: http://www.ajedrezciudaddeasuncion.com.py/

The organizer is Eng. Julio Ingolotti, Secretary-General of the Feparaj. Email: julioingolotti@gmail.com

III Magistral Ciudad de Asuncion A Group (PAR), 19-29 v 2010 Provisional list
Rozentalis, Eduardas	g	LTU	2623
Delgado Ramírez, Neuris	g	CUB	2595
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan	g	CHI	2561
Bachmann, Axel	g	PAR	2553
Mareco, Sandro	m	ARG	2525
Zambrana, Oswaldo	g	BOL	2481
Cubas, Jose Fernando	m	PAR	2481
Wohl, Aleksandar H.	m	AUS	2458
Díaz Hollemaert, Nahuel	m	ARG	2456
Kropff, Ricardo	m	PAR	2306

III Magistral Ciudad de Asuncion B Group (PAR), 19-29 v 2010 Provisional list
Soppe, Guillermo	m	ARG	2434
Rosselli Mailhe, Bernardo	m	URU	2386
Brito, Luismar	f	BRA	2335
Larrea, Manuel	f	URU	2333
Peralta, Eduardo	f	PAR	2282
Ferreira, Oscar	f	PAR	2282
Valiente, Cristobal	m	PAR	2258
Zacarías, M Ruben	f	PAR	2213

II Genset Cup

The II Genset Cup IM Tournament takes place 26th March - 3rd April 2010 Szombathely.

Player list: http://chess-results.com/tnr30990.aspx?l

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 Lászlo 0036-70-775-4901 pergell@citromail.hu

European Chess Solving Championship

The European Chess Solving Championship takes place at the De Vere Sunningdale Park Hotel, at Sunningdale near Windsor on the outskirts of London. The event takes place from Friday April 9th to Monday April 12th, with the main European Championship competitions on the Saturday and Sunday mornings.

Contact: The ECSC Organiser Paul Valois at paulvalois@yahoo.co.uk or on 0113 2620609, or Ian Watson at ian@irwatson.demon.co.uk or on 07768 847476.

Favourite for the individual is the current European and World Champion Piotr Murdzia from Poland, but solving Grandmasters from Russia, Great Britain, Germany and many others will be keen to unseat him. Poland also hold the team title, but are likely to be outgraded by Russia who should start as favourites. Great Britain, with two former World Champions in their squad, are also expected to contend for the title.

Competitors have to solve chess problems and endgame studies, against the clock, and each round includes orthodox two-, three- and more-movers, as well as selfmates, helpmates and studies. Titles and gradings for chess solving are similar to the over-the-board system, with Grandmasters, International Masters and Fide Masters of solving. Murdzia is currently the highest rated solver with a rating of 2843.

Full details on the ECSC website: http://www.bstephen.me.uk/ecsc2010/home

22nd Lenk International Chess Festival

Unfortunately it will be the last tournament in the current venue, the Hotel Kreuz, Lenk.

The organisers have decided to withdrew after tournament and a replacement will need to be found.

The 21 previous editions of the Lenk Open have seen around 5.000 chess players compete.

So the Hotel Kreuz will be the venue for the Lenk Open 2010. Swiss system, 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end). The prizes: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 800, 600, 400, 2x300 and 3x200 SF. Special prizes: Ladies, senior (1949), junior(1990-93), schoolboy (1994) and amateur (under 2000) for all: 200 CHF. Entry fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 20 SF more, GMs and IMs free. Venue: Hotel "Kreuz". Time table: Round 1st 18.00-23.00 April 1,; Rounds 2/3 09.30-14.30 and 15.30-20.30 April 2,; Round 4 14.00-19.00 April 3,; Rounds 5/6 09.30-14.30 and 15.30-20.30 April 4,; Round 7 09.30-14.30 April 5. Closing ceremony April 5 at 15.00. Info: Beochess +41+62+965-46-50 (Robert Spoerri) or event@beochess.ch or site http://www.beochess.ch for more details.

Chess Summer in Varna 2010

V European OPEN Chess ClubTeams Championship and the VII European OPEN Festival "The Hopes of the World" - for school champions and IV International Open Chess Festival Varna takes place 11th-21st and 22nd-29th June 2010 in "Grand Hotel Varna", located in the Black Sea resort named "St. Constantine and Elena", 8 kilometers away from the city of Varna, Bulgaria.

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

31st annual Tournament Of Young Talents

The 31st annual Tournament Of Young Talents takes place 1st-5th April 2010 in Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic. It is a festival of three tournaments: Tournament of young talents - several groups for youth players under 14 years Up to 8 years children championship - open Czech Championship under 8 years Pobeskydi - FIDE open and at least one round-robin with the possibility to achieve IM/WGM norms.

Further details please visit http://www.chessfm.cz or send email to s.jasny@seznam.cz or reflexia2007@yandex.ru

3rd Kuala Lumpur Chess Championship 2010

The 3rd Kuala Lumpur Chess Championship takes place 7th-12th April 2010.

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

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr29862.aspx?lan=1

3rd Kuala Lumpur Chess Championship (MAS), 7-12 iv 2010 Leading players
No.	Ti	Name	FED	Elo
1	GM	Mchedlishvili Mikheil	GEO	2634
2	GM	Iuldashev Saidali	UZB	2519
3	GM	Vakhidov Tahir	UZB	2516
4	GM	Marat Dzhumaev	UZB	2515
5	IM	Franco Alonso Alejandro	ESP	2472
6	IM	Wohl Aleksandar H	AUS	2458
7	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung	VIE	2445
8	GM	Murshed Niaz	BAN	2419
9	GM	Wong Meng Kong	SIN	2416
10	FM	Chan Nicholas	MAS	2398
11	GM	Zaw Win Lay	MYA	2382

XXVIII Andorra International Chess Open

The XXVIII Andorra International Chess Open takes place 17th-25th July 2010. Prizes: 10.000 Euros / 1st Prize: 2.100 Euros

Details: http://www.escacsandorra.com

Contact: open@escacsandorra.com - FEVA - Tel/Fax: 00.376.824465

Czech Tour 2010-11

The 10th International Chess Festivals Series Czech Tour 2010-11 has the following preliminary list. (Subject to small changes.)

1st HRADEC KRALOVE OPEN (FIDE open, active chess, blitz tournament). 15th-22nd May 2010.

21st CZECH OPEN - Pardubice (European Youth Chess Teams Championship, European Amateurs Championship, GM open taken in ACP-TOUR, 4 FIDE opens, Open Championship of the Czech Republic in active chess taken in ACP-TOUR, Open Championship of the Czech Republic of 4-member teams, in blitz marathon, bughouse and Fischerandom chess, problem solving competition, blitz tournaments for individuals, pairs and teams, pairs active chess, youth tournament etc.). 15th July - 1st August 2010. http://www.czechopen.net

13th OLOMOUC CHESS SUMMER - Olomouc (FIDE open, closed GM and IM tournaments, seniors tournament, active chess, blitz chess tournament). 4th-12th August 2010.

9th Georgiev's and Kesarovsky´s Memorial - Sunny Beach, Bulgaria (FIDE open, active chess, blitz tournament). 28th August - 5th September 2010.

7th HIGHLANDS OPEN - Zdar nad Sazavou (FIDE open, active chess, blitz tournament). 25th September - 2nd October 2010.

11th LIBEREC OPEN (FIDE open, active chess, blitz tournament). 23rd-30th October 2010.

1st BRNO OPEN (FIDE open, active chess, blitz tournament). 14th-20th November 2010

4th SOUTH BOHEMIA OPEN - Cesky Krumlov (FIDE open, active chess, blitz tournament). 21st-27th November 2010.

2nd PILSNER OPEN (FIDE open, active chess, blitz tournament).4th-11th December 2010.

10th PRAGUE OPEN (2 FIDE opens, one of them with IM norm, active chess, blitz tournament). 7th-14th January 2011.

10th MARIENBAD OPEN (FIDE open, closed GM and IM tournaments, active chess, blitz tournament). 15th-22nd January 2011.

2nd NOVY BOR OPEN (FIDE open, active chess, blitz tournament). 12th-19th February 2011.

More detailed information: AVE-KONTAKT s.r.o., Sukova 1556, 530 02 Pardubice, Czech Republic tel./fax + 420 466 535 200, mobile phone + 420 608 203 007 e-mail: j.mazuch@avekont.cz

http://www.czechtour.net

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

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

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

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/

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

THE WEEK IN CHESS 801 15th March 2010 by Mark Crowther

Sponsored by the London Chess Centre

Some relevant regulations

Links

Short Simul 20th March 2010 Ashton-Under-Lyne

Victor Mikhalevski Website

Anand - Topalov World Championship Sofia April/May 2010

Women's Grand Prix 2009-10

3rd Women's Chess Grand Prix Nalchuk

33nd Taminco Open

7th Knokke International Open

11th World University Chess Championship

1st Vaujany International Chess Festival

XXX Villa de Benasque Open

Icelandic Teams

Women's Bundesliga

Bunratty Chess Festival 2010

4NCL

Dutch League

Schachbundesliga 2009-10

11th Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas"

31st annual Tournament Of Young Talents

Canadian Open Chess Championship 2010

Hungarian Tournaments March - October 2010

La Laguna Open

8th Davos Open

XXIII Leon Tournament 2010

Bosna 2010

Aosta Valley

III Magistral Ciudad de Asuncion

II Genset Cup

European Chess Solving Championship

22nd Lenk International Chess Festival

Chess Summer in Varna 2010

31st annual Tournament Of Young Talents

3rd Kuala Lumpur Chess Championship 2010

XXVIII Andorra International Chess Open

Czech Tour 2010-11

XXVIII Metz Open

24th Pula Open 2010

Austrian Bundesliga

9th Czech Tour 2009/2010

International Correspondence Chess Federation

FIDE World Amateur Chess Championship

South Lakes Congress

Czech Tour 2009-10

Moscow Non-Stop Chess Events of the World Chess Tour

Sydney International and Doeberl Cup

Mundial Chess Internet Tournament

Ajedrez 21 English site

Kingpin Magazine

Torch Real Estate Cup

Historical Elo Ratings

Reno Far West Open

European Union Website

Alushta Diary 2009

Chess Study