THE WEEK IN CHESS 821 2nd August 2010 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Luis Blasco de la Cruz, Mitko Iliev, Dave Clayton, Harun Taner, Peter Long, Patricia Claros Aguilar, Yana Melnikova, Emmanuel Variniac, Hans Groffen, Rodolfo Arias and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Another manic week of international chess. The Biel Chess Festival Young Grandmasters tournament was won by Fabiano Caruana after a couple of blitz playoffs. Alexander Morozevich returned to international chess in an obscure chess tournament that didn't even have a proper website. His 4/9 was probably an indication as to why he hasn't played in a while. Worrying form for one of my favourite players. The FIDE Women's Grand Prix has probably been one of the best advertisements for the women's game in recent times. These have been both covered well by their websites and provided some interesting chess. The latest is in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and after 4 rounds Zhao Xue leads on 3.5/4, favourite Humpy Koneru is a half a point back. The British Championships are being dominated by the overwhelming Elo favourite Michael Adams who has 6.5/7. The Politiken Cup, Arctic Chess Challenge and Dutch Open are just some of the international opens that continue on.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 43rd Biel International Chess Festival 2010

The Biel Chess Festival took place 17th-30th July 2010. The main Grandmaster tournament saw a three way tie between Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Fabiano Caruana and they played off on Thursday morning. Caruana beat Vachier in a blitz match 2-1. He then went on to beat Nguyen in a 10m+10spm rapid playoff for the title. Alexander Riazantsev took first place in the MTO Open from Kosintseva, Kritz, Feller, Bauer, Golod and Maze on tie-break after all scored 8/11.

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

YGM Biel (SUI), 19-28 vii 2010															cat. XVII (2658)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	g	VIE	2617	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	5½	2742
2.	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2723	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	5½	2730
3.	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2697	½	½	*	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	5½	2733
4.	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	2650	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	5	2702
5.	So, Wesley	g	PHI	2674	½	½	0	½	*	½	1	0	1	½	4½	2656
6.	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	2708	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	4½	2652
7.	Rodshtein, Maxim	g	ISR	2609	½	0	½	½	0	½	*	1	½	1	4½	2663
8.	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2672	0	½	½	½	1	½	0	*	½	½	4	2613
9.	Howell, David W L	g	ENG	2616	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	*	1	3½	2582
10.	Negi, Parimarjan	g	IND	2615	½	½	0	½	½	0	0	½	0	*	2½	2496

Round 8 (July 27, 2010)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Rodshtein, Maxim	1-0	54	D76	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Andreikin, Dmitry	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	55	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Tomashevsky, Evgeny	- Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	0-1	45	A27	English Dutch System
Giri, Anish	- So, Wesley	1-0	44	A29	English Four Knights
Howell, David W L	- Negi, Parimarjan	1-0	52	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Round 9 (July 28, 2010)
Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	- Giri, Anish	1-0	59	A05	Various
Caruana, Fabiano	- Howell, David W L	½-½	26	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
So, Wesley	- Andreikin, Dmitry	½-½	86	A55	Old Indian Defence
Rodshtein, Maxim	- Tomashevsky, Evgeny	½-½	60	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Negi, Parimarjan	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	24	B48	Sicilian Paulsen

YGM Playoff 2 Biel (SUI), 29 vii 2010
1	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2697	=	1	1.5	2810
2	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	g	VIE	2617	=	0	0.5	2504

Game 1 (July 29, 2010)
Caruana, Fabiano	- Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	1/2	51	D12	Slav Defence
Game 2 (July 29, 2010)
Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	- Caruana, Fabiano	0-1	73	D00	Queen's Pawn Game

YGM Playoff 1 Biel (SUI), 29 vii 2010
1	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2697	1	0	1	2	2848
2	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2723	0	1	0	1	2572

Game 1 (July 29, 2010)
Caruana, Fabiano	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	1-0	32	E81	King's Indian Saemisch
Game 2 (July 29, 2010)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Caruana, Fabiano	1-0	40	D00	Queen's Pawn Game
Game 3 (July 29, 2010)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Caruana, Fabiano	0-1	51	A46	Queen's Pawn Opening

MTO Biel (SUI), 19 - 30 vii 2010 Leading Round 11 (of 11) Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	FED	Elo	+	=	-	Pts	TB1	TB2
1.	Riazantsev,Alexan	GM	RUS	2682	5	6	0	8.0	74.5	690.5
2.	Kosintseva,Nadezh	IM	RUS	2551	5	6	0	8.0	73.5	686.5
3.	Kritz,Leonid	GM	GER	2618	6	4	1	8.0	72.0	682.0
4.	Feller,Sebastien	GM	FRA	2611	7	2	2	8.0	71.5	702.0
5.	Bauer,Christian	GM	FRA	2612	5	6	0	8.0	71.5	681.0
6.	Golod,Vitali	GM	ISR	2585	6	4	1	8.0	71.0	665.0
7.	Maze,Sebastien	GM	FRA	2573	7	2	2	8.0	64.0	629.5
8.	Hauchard,Arnaud	GM	FRA	2526	5	5	1	7.5	71.5	675.0
9.	Mikhalevski,Victo	GM	ISR	2610	5	5	1	7.5	70.0	668.5
10.	Roiz,Michael	GM	ISR	2645	5	5	1	7.5	66.5	660.0
11.	Gleizerov,Evgeny	GM	RUS	2573	5	5	1	7.5	63.5	642.5
12.	Lysyj,Igor	GM	RUS	2631	5	4	2	7.0	71.5	671.5
13.	Ulibin,Mikhail	GM	RUS	2540	6	2	3	7.0	71.5	666.5
14.	Kaplan,Sasha	IM	ISR	2422	7	0	4	7.0	69.5	637.5
15.	Pavlovic,Milos	GM	SRB	2534	5	4	2	7.0	66.5	652.0
16.	Bok,Benjamin	FM	NED	2449	6	2	3	7.0	66.5	645.0
17.	Pelletier,Yannick	GM	SUI	2589	5	4	2	7.0	66.0	658.0
18.	Onoprienko,Vladim	IM	RUS	2343	7	0	4	7.0	64.5	623.0
19.	Al-Sayed,Mohammed	GM	QAT	2498	5	4	2	7.0	64.5	611.0
20.	Cebalo,Miso	GM	CRO	2500	4	6	1	7.0	64.0	636.5
21.	Domont,Alex	IM	SUI	2328	6	2	3	7.0	64.0	625.5
22.	Nezad,Husein Aziz	IM	QAT	2398	6	2	3	7.0	61.5	601.0
23.	Efroimski,Marsel	WFM	ISR	2169	5	4	2	7.0	58.0	595.0
24.	Eichhorn,Andreas	FM	GER	2294	5	3	3	6.5	64.5	606.0
25.	Nedilko,Vasyl		UKR	2408	3	7	1	6.5	64.0	616.0
26.	Kamber,Bruno	FM	SUI	2302	5	3	3	6.5	63.0	620.5
115 players

3) IV Torneo Internacional A.D.San Juan

Radoslaw Wojtaszek edged out Laurent Fressinet on tie-break after both finsihed on 6.5/9 in the 4th AD San Juan International 2010. The main interest was the return of Alexander Morozevich who hasn't played very much recently. He failed with a score of only 4/9. Morozevich has at various times expressed disillusionment with life as a professional so it does make you wonder when he might play again. He is at his best one of the most exciting players in the World so one would hope that this isn't an indication of a major decline.

Games from the final round of the main event and final two rounds of the open are not yet available.

Chess Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr34216.aspx

Chess Results Open: http://chess-results.com/tnr34215.aspx

Official site: http://www.clubajedrezorvina.com/Foro.aspx?postid=3208#3208

IV AD San Juan GM Pamplona (ESP), 24 vii-1 viii 2010															cat. XVI (2637)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	g	POL	2663	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	½	6½	2799
2.	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	2697	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	6½	2795
3.	Fedorchuk, Sergey A	g	UKR	2665	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	5½	2713
4.	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	g	RUS	2656	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	5½	2714
5.	Iturrizaga, Eduardo	g	VEN	2614	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	4½	2639
6.	Granda Zuniga, Julio E	g	PER	2639	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	4½	2636
7.	Kurnosov, Igor	g	RUS	2662	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	4½	2633
8.	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2715	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	*	1	1	4	2584
9.	Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel	g	ESP	2543	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	*	½	2	2426
10.	Reinaldo Castineira, Roi	m	ESP	2511	½	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	*	1½	2377

Round 3 (July 26, 2010)
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	- Iturrizaga, Eduardo	½-½	54	A61	Benoni
Fressinet, Laurent	- Kurnosov, Igor	½-½	41	D80	Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Granda Zuniga, Julio E	- Fedorchuk, Sergey A	½-½	47	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel	- Zvjaginsev, Vadim	0-1	33	B06	Modern Defence
Reinaldo Castineira, Roi	- Morozevich, Alexander	0-1	26	E04	Catalan
Round 4 (July 27, 2010)
Fedorchuk, Sergey A	- Fressinet, Laurent	½-½	24	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Iturrizaga, Eduardo	- Granda Zuniga, Julio E	½-½	18	E06	Catalan
Kurnosov, Igor	- Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel	½-½	57	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Morozevich, Alexander	- Zvjaginsev, Vadim	½-½	49	C11	French Defence
Reinaldo Castineira, Roi	- Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	½-½	40	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Round 5 (July 28, 2010)
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	- Morozevich, Alexander	1-0	64	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Fressinet, Laurent	- Iturrizaga, Eduardo	1-0	55	A61	Benoni
Zvjaginsev, Vadim	- Kurnosov, Igor	½-½	23	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Granda Zuniga, Julio E	- Reinaldo Castineira, Roi	1-0	35	A65	Benoni
Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel	- Fedorchuk, Sergey A	½-½	18	E17	Queens Indian
Round 6 (July 29, 2010)
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	- Granda Zuniga, Julio E	1-0	44	D20	QGA
Fedorchuk, Sergey A	- Zvjaginsev, Vadim	½-½	20	B35	Sicilian Defence
Iturrizaga, Eduardo	- Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel	1-0	69	E94	King's Indian Classical
Morozevich, Alexander	- Kurnosov, Igor	½-½	22	D97	Gruenfeld Russian
Reinaldo Castineira, Roi	- Fressinet, Laurent	0-1	57	A20	English Opening
Round 7 (July 30, 2010)
Fressinet, Laurent	- Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	½-½	34	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Zvjaginsev, Vadim	- Iturrizaga, Eduardo	½-½	20	B18	Caro Kann
Granda Zuniga, Julio E	- Morozevich, Alexander	½-½	71	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Kurnosov, Igor	- Fedorchuk, Sergey A	½-½	16	E25	Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel	- Reinaldo Castineira, Roi	½-½	17	E52	Nimzo Indian
Round 8 (July 31, 2010)
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	- Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel	1-0	37	A56	Old Indian Defence
Iturrizaga, Eduardo	- Kurnosov, Igor	½-½	9	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Granda Zuniga, Julio E	- Fressinet, Laurent	½-½	26	A07	Barcza System
Morozevich, Alexander	- Fedorchuk, Sergey A	0-1	37	E25	Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Reinaldo Castineira, Roi	- Zvjaginsev, Vadim	0-1	51	A43	Old Benoni
Round 9 (August 1, 2010)
Fressinet, Laurent	- Morozevich, Alexander	1-0	0
Fedorchuk, Sergey A	- Iturrizaga, Eduardo	½-½	0
Zvjaginsev, Vadim	- Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	½-½	0
Kurnosov, Igor	- Reinaldo Castineira, Roi	1-0	0
Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel	- Granda Zuniga, Julio E	½-½	0

IV AD San Juan Open Pamplona (ESP), 26 vii - 1 viii 2010 Leading Round 9 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name		FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB2	TB3
1	Bruzon Batista Lazaro	GM	CUB	2653	7,0	50,0	40,50
2	Oleksienko Mikhailo	GM	UKR	2548	7,0	48,0	40,00
3	Almeida Quintana Omar	GM	CUB	2559	7,0	44,5	35,25
4	Delchev Aleksander	GM	BUL	2632	6,5	48,0	37,25
5	Vazquez Igarza Renier	GM	ESP	2527	6,5	47,5	34,25
6	Pavlovic Milos M	IM	SRB	2483	6,5	47,0	35,25
7	Ninov Nikolai	IM	BUL	2512	6,5	45,5	34,25
8	Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo Reynaldo	GM	CUB	2513	6,5	44,5	32,25
9	Konguvel Ponnuswamy	IM	IND	2416	6,5	41,5	31,75
10	Shchekachev Andrei	GM	FRA	2546	6,5	41,0	31,50
11	Cori Jorge	GM	PER	2486	6,5	40,0	30,50
12	Epishin Vladimir	GM	RUS	2598	6,0	48,5	33,25
13	Ipatov Alexander	IM	ESP	2507	6,0	47,0	31,50
14	Nanu Ciprian-Costica	GM	ROU	2515	6,0	46,0	30,75
15	Riff Jean-Noel	IM	FRA	2500	6,0	45,0	29,75
16	Paunovic Dragan	GM	SRB	2553	6,0	44,5	31,00
17	Alvarez Pedraza Aramis	IM	CUB	2496	6,0	44,5	29,25
18	Vega Gutierrez Sabrina	WGM	ESP	2373	6,0	44,5	28,50
19	Fierro Baquero Martha L	IM	ECU	2372	6,0	43,5	27,75
20	Mullon Jean-Baptiste	IM	FRA	2442	6,0	43,0	29,25
21	Cori T Deysi	WGM	PER	2403	6,0	41,0	28,50
22	Schneider Veronika	WIM	HUN	2292	6,0	40,0	23,50
23	Balogh Csaba	GM	HUN	2628	5,5	50,5	32,75
24	Tregubov Pavel V	GM	RUS	2610	5,5	48,0	32,25
25	Del Rio De Angelis Salvador G	GM	ESP	2521	5,5	45,5	29,50
26	Cabrera Trujillo Jorge	IM	ESP	2365	5,5	44,0	25,75
27	Alberto Manuel		ANG	2140	5,5	43,0	27,25
28	Mogranzini Roberto	IM	ITA	2387	5,5	43,0	24,50
29	Yeo Michael J		ENG	2163	5,5	41,5	24,25
30	Kogan Artur	GM	ISR	2541	5,5	41,5	23,75
31	Fernandez Garcia Jose Luis	GM	ESP	2435	5,5	41,0	24,00
32	Bottema Martin		NED	2080	5,5	41,0	22,50
33	Burguete Archel Eduardo		ESP	2206	5,5	40,5	20,75
34	Agostinho Tito Andre Quiela		ANG	0	5,5	39,5	24,75
35	Zamarbide Inarrea Borja		ESP	2193	5,5	39,0	23,00
36	Ferreira Kleber Victor		BRA	2107	5,5	39,0	21,25
37	Pogorelov Ruslan	GM	UKR	2424	5,5	39,0	19,00
38	Mestre Bellido Hector	FM	ESP	2404	5,0	42,0	22,50
39	Yaben Munoz Javier		ESP	1971	5,0	42,0	20,50
40	Do Santos Julio Joao Manuel		ANG	2122	5,0	42,0	20,00
130 players

4) 21st Czech Open

The 21st Czech Open took place in Pardubice 15th July - 1st August 2010. The main Czech Open was won by Anton Korobov with 8/9.

Official site: http://www.czechopen.net/

21st Czech GM Open Pardubice (CZE), 23-31 vii 2010 Leading Round 9 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	Korobov Anton	GM	UKR	2657	8,0	2460	42,5
2	Tikkanen Hans	IM	SWE	2469	7,0	2491	41,5
3	Sethuraman S.P.	IM	IND	2513	7,0	2429	39,5
4	Kravtsiv Martyn	GM	UKR	2559	7,0	2428	39,0
5	Grigoriants Sergey	GM	RUS	2566	7,0	2427	37,5
6	Gabrielian Artur	GM	RUS	2559	7,0	2418	36,5
7	Rakhmanov Alexandr	GM	RUS	2590	6,5	2465	41,0
8	Maslak Konstantin	GM	RUS	2560	6,5	2458	40,0
9	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan	GM	IRI	2585	6,5	2445	37,5
10	Stocek Jiri	GM	CZE	2587	6,5	2437	37,5
11	Safarli Eltaj	GM	AZE	2603	6,5	2422	37,0
12	Jaracz Pawel	GM	POL	2541	6,5	2418	37,5
13	Kuljasevic Davorin	IM	CRO	2551	6,5	2417	39,5
14	Danin Alexandre	IM	RUS	2509	6,5	2415	38,5
15	Zakhartsov Viacheslav	GM	RUS	2608	6,5	2412	37,0
16	Pridorozhni Aleksei	IM	RUS	2553	6,5	2409	39,5
17	Baryshpolets Andrey	IM	UKR	2450	6,5	2389	36,0
18	Musunuri Rohit Lalith Babu	IM	IND	2502	6,5	2385	35,0
19	Schneider Ilja	IM	GER	2515	6,5	2376	37,0
20	Durarbeyli Vasif	GM	AZE	2501	6,5	2340	33,0
21	Michalik Peter	IM	SVK	2453	6,5	2337	32,5
22	Shomoev Anton	GM	RUS	2561	6,5	2334	35,5
23	Potapov Pavel	IM	RUS	2445	6,0	2491	41,0
24	Zaslavsky Mikhail	IM	ISR	2413	6,0	2463	42,5
25	Klovans Janis	GM	LAT	2444	6,0	2461	39,5
26	Richter Michael	IM	GER	2428	6,0	2458	40,5
27	Savitskiy Sergey		RUS	2245	6,0	2445	37,5
28	Schlosser Philipp	GM	GER	2575	6,0	2437	39,5
29	Chernyshov Konstantin	GM	RUS	2578	6,0	2430	38,5
30	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	IM	IND	2492	6,0	2427	40,0
31	Cvek Robert	GM	CZE	2473	6,0	2409	36,5
32	Nabaty Tamir	IM	ISR	2523	6,0	2401	37,0
33	Pileckis Emilis	IM	LTU	2438	6,0	2392	35,5
34	Baskaran Adhiban	IM	IND	2483	6,0	2387	37,5
35	Kunte Abhijit	GM	IND	2521	6,0	2381	36,0
36	Haba Petr	GM	CZE	2512	6,0	2379	36,5
37	Gutman Gennadi	GM	UKR	2502	6,0	2377	34,5
38	Suri Vaibhav		IND	2419	6,0	2370	36,5
39	Kononenko Dmitry	GM	UKR	2590	6,0	2367	38,0
40	Golichenko Illia	IM	UKR	2419	6,0	2334	33,5
310 players

5) British Championships

The British Championships take place in Canterbury, Kent 25th July - 7th August 2010. Michael Adams is the top seed and he duly beat Robert Eames in Round 1. Nick Pert, Stuart Conquest, Simon Williams and Peter Wells also won but Stephen J Gordon was held by Chris Dorrington.

Official site: http://www.britishchess2010.com/index.htm

Live Games - http://www.britishchess2010.com/live_games.htm

97th ch-GBR Canterbury (ENG), 26 vii - 7 viii 2010 Leading Round 7 (of 11) Standings:
Rank	Name	Ti	Fed.	Elo	Pts	TPR	W-We
1	Adams, Michael	GM	ENG	2706	6.5	2865	+0.80
2	Conquest, Stuart C	GM	ENG	2523	5.5	2612	+0.71
3	Pert, Nicholas	GM	ENG	2551	5.0	2578	+0.38
4	Williams, Simon K	GM	ENG	2511	5.0	2460	-0.31
5	Houska, Jovanka	IM	ENG	2433	5.0	2449	+0.30
6	Hunt, Adam C	IM	ENG	2408	5.0	2626	+1.76
7	Gordon, Stephen J	GM	ENG	2534	4.5	2429	-0.70
8	Wells, Peter K	GM	ENG	2488	4.5	2403	-0.66
9	Gormally, Daniel W	GM	ENG	2480	4.5	2485	+0.15
10	Arkell, Keith C	GM	ENG	2465	4.5	2287	-1.35
11	Pert, Richard G	IM	ENG	2460	4.5	2403	-0.35
12	Greet, Andrew N	IM	ENG	2451	4.5	2316	-0.99
13	Summerscale, Aaron P	GM	ENG	2428	4.5	2354	-0.49
14	Hawkins, Jonathan	FM	ENG	2423	4.5	2403	-0.04
15	Slavin, Alexei	FM	RUS	2417	4.5	2406	+0.02
16	Bates, Richard A	IM	ENG	2382	4.5	2273	-0.87
17	Littlewood, Paul E	IM	ENG	2361	4.5	2385	+0.37
18	Constantinou, Peter	FM	ENG	2302	4.5	2417	+1.14
19	Tymrakiewicz, Rafal	FM	POL	2301	4.5	2420	+1.12
20	Dorrington, Chris J		ENG	2255	4.5	2370	+1.06
21	Ynojosa-Aponte, Felix Jose		ENG	2224	4.5	2234	+0.12
22	Mason, Donald J		ENG	2219	4.5	2370	+1.43
23	Jaunooby, Ali R		ENG	2155	4.5	2317	+1.48
24	Rendle, Thomas E	IM	ENG	2391	4.0	2440	+0.51
25	McMichael, Richard J		ENG	2287	4.0	2273	-0.09
26	Griffiths, Ryan Rhys		IRL	2249	4.0	2252	-0.01
78 players

6) Politiken Cup 2010

The Politiken Cup takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark, 31st July - 8th August 2010. Pavel Eljanov is the lead player in the main Open. There will also be a celebration of the 75th year of Bent Larsen. Peter Svidler and Peter Heine Nielsen play a 6 game rapid match 2nd-3rd August 2010. They play in a two day blitz 4th-5th August 2010. On day 1 of the blitz they will play the Larsen's opening 1.b3.

Official site: http://www.ksu.dk/politiken_cup/

Politiken Cup Copenhagen (DEN), 31 vii - 8 viii 2010 Leading Round 4 (of 10) Standings:
Pl.	Name	Ti	NAT	IRat	Pts	MiBu	SoBer
1	Rodshtein, Maxim	GM	ISR	2609	4	6	10
2	Landa, Konstantin	GM	RUS	2598	4	5.5	11
3	Hector, Jonny	GM	SWE	2584	4	5.5	10.5
4	Postny, Evgeny	GM	ISR	2577	4	5.5	10.5
5	Carlstedt, Jonathan		GER	2379	4	5.5	9.5
6	Cmilyte, Viktoria	GM	LIT	2527	4	5	10
7	Hillarp-Persson, Tiger	GM	SWE	2538	4	5	9
8	Brunello, Sabino	IM	ITA	2488	4	4.5	9.5
9	Krasenkow, Michal	GM	POL	2628	4	4	9
10	Hansen, Sune Berg	GM	DEN	2595	3½	6	9.25
11	Eljanov, Pavel	GM	UKR	2755	3½	6	8.75
12	Danielsen, Henrik	GM	ISL	2512	3½	5.5	8.75
13	Baklan, Vladimir	GM	UKR	2638	3½	5.5	8.75
14	Meier, Georg	GM	GER	2648	3½	5	8.25
15	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	GM	IND	2655	3½	5	8.25
16	Macieja, Bartlomiej	GM	POL	2639	3½	5	8.25
17	Schandorff, Lars	GM	DEN	2491	3½	4.5	8.25
18	Rasmussen, Allan Stig	GM	DEN	2510	3½	4.5	8.25
19	Andersen, Jackie		DEN	2276	3½	4.5	7.75
20	Gislason, Gudmundur		ISL	2351	3½	4.5	7.75
21	Aagaard, Jacob	GM	DEN	2542	3½	4.5	7.75
22	Unzicker, Ferdinand		GER	2324	3½	4.5	7.75
23	Bejtovic, Jasmin	FM	BIH	2382	3½	4	7.25
24	Brynell, Stellan	GM	SWE	2495	3½	4	7
25	Mchedlishvili, Mikheil	GM	GEO	2625	3	6	7.5
26	Jepson, Christian	IM	SWE	2394	3	5.5	7.5
292 players

7) 5th FIDE Women's Grand Prix Ulaanbaatar

The 5th FIDE Women's Grand Prix takes place in Ulaanbaatar 29th July - 12th August 2010.

Official site: http://ulaanbaatar2010.fide.com/

5th FIDE GP w Ulaanbaatar (MGL), 30 vii-11 viii 2010															cat. X (2487)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Zhao Xue	g	CHN	2462	*	.	.	.	½	1	.	.	1	1	.	.	3½	2786
2.	Kosintseva, Tatiana	m	RUS	2562	.	*	.	.	½	½	.	.	1	.	1	.	3	2690
3.	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2600	.	.	*	.	½	.	.	1	.	½	.	1	3	2634
4.	Stefanova, Antoaneta	g	BUL	2560	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	.	½	.	1	1	3	2654
5.	Hou Yifan	g	CHN	2577	½	½	½	.	*	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2623
6.	Chiburdanidze, Maia	g	GEO	2514	0	½	.	½	.	*	.	.	.	.	1	.	2	2501
7.	Xu Yuhua	g	CHN	2488	.	.	.	.	0	.	*	½	½	1	.	.	2	2451
8.	Sebag, Marie	g	FRA	2519	.	.	0	.	.	.	½	*	.	½	.	½	1½	2352
9.	Zhu Chen	g	QAT	2476	0	0	.	½	.	.	½	.	*	.	.	.	1	2325
10.	Yildiz, Betul Cemre	wm	TUR	2235	0	.	½	.	.	.	0	½	.	*	.	.	1	2324
11.	Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	wg	MGL	2421	.	0	.	0	.	0	.	.	.	.	*	1	1	2324
12.	Shen Yang	wg	CHN	2435	.	.	0	0	.	.	.	½	.	.	0	*	½	2203

Round 1 (July 30, 2010)
Koneru, Humpy	- Shen Yang	1-0	46	D10	Slav Defence
Hou Yifan	- Kosintseva, Tatiana	½-½	87	C95	Ruy Lopez Breyer
Chiburdanidze, Maia	- Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	1-0	82	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Sebag, Marie	- Xu Yuhua	½-½	36	C07	French Tarrasch
Zhu Chen	- Stefanova, Antoaneta	½-½	60	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Yildiz, Betul Cemre	- Zhao Xue	0-1	51	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 2 (July 31, 2010)
Zhao Xue	- Hou Yifan	½-½	27	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Kosintseva, Tatiana	- Zhu Chen	1-0	60	C41	Philidor's Defence
Koneru, Humpy	- Sebag, Marie	1-0	48	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Stefanova, Antoaneta	- Chiburdanidze, Maia	½-½	47	E00	Catalan
Xu Yuhua	- Yildiz, Betul Cemre	1-0	47	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Shen Yang	- Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	0-1	45	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Round 3 (August 1, 2010)
Hou Yifan	- Xu Yuhua	1-0	29	C07	French Tarrasch
Chiburdanidze, Maia	- Kosintseva, Tatiana	½-½	42	D38	QGD Ragozin
Sebag, Marie	- Shen Yang	½-½	56	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Zhu Chen	- Zhao Xue	0-1	66	E39	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Yildiz, Betul Cemre	- Koneru, Humpy	½-½	74	B40	Sicilian Classical
Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	- Stefanova, Antoaneta	0-1	54	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 4 (August 2, 2010)
Zhao Xue	- Chiburdanidze, Maia	1-0	53	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Kosintseva, Tatiana	- Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	1-0	58	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Koneru, Humpy	- Hou Yifan	½-½	104	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Xu Yuhua	- Zhu Chen	½-½	59	C60	Ruy Lopez
Sebag, Marie	- Yildiz, Betul Cemre	½-½	65	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Shen Yang	- Stefanova, Antoaneta	0-1	58	D25	QGA

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. The 4th took place in Jermuk Nana Dzagnidze took clear first place with 9/11.

8) Arctic Chess Challenge 2010

The Arctic Chess Challenge takes place in Tromso 31st July - 8th August 2010. Loek van Wely, Alexander Moiseenko, Mikhail Kobalia, Bartosz Socko, Sandipan Chanda, Igor Khenkin, Yuri Drozdovskij etc

Official site: http://arcticchess.org/acc/

Arctic Chess Challenge Tomrso (NOR), 31 vii - 8 viii 2010 Leading Round 3 (of 10) Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	Fed	Pts	MBuch	i-Perf.
1	Loek Van Wely	GM	NED	3.0	2.0	3094
2	Bartosz Socko	GM	POL	3.0	2.0	3081
3	Chanda Sandipan	GM	IND	3.0	2.0	3069
4	Emanuel Berg	GM	SWE	3.0	2.0	3045
5	Vladimir Burmakin	GM	RUS	3.0	2.0	3036
6	Anatoly Bykhovsky	GM	ISR	3.0	2.0	2970
7	Frode Elsness	IM	NOR	3.0	2.0	2957
8	Levon Babujian	GM	ARM	3.0	2.0	2900
9	Ivan Ivanisevic	GM	SRB	3.0	1.5	3046
10	Manuel Leon Hoyos	GM	MEX	3.0	1.5	3014
11	Matthew J Turner	GM	ENG	3.0	1.5	2982
12	Mikhail Kobalia	GM	RUS	2.5	2.0	2654
13	Igor Khenkin	GM	GER	2.5	2.0	2636
14	Luca Shytaj	IM	ITA	2.5	2.0	2615
15	Zoltan Gyimesi	GM	HUN	2.5	2.0	2600
16	Julian Radulski	GM	BUL	2.5	2.0	2587
17	Olivier Moor	IM	SUI	2.5	2.0	2587
18	Kjetil Stokke	FM	NOR	2.5	2.0	2545
19	Yuri Drozdovskij	GM	UKR	2.5	1.5	2628
20	Mateusz Bartel	GM	POL	2.5	1.5	2576
21	Farid Abbasov	GM	AZE	2.5	1.5	2564
22	Sam E. Collins	IM	IRL	2.5	1.5	2556
23	Marijan Petrov	GM	BUL	2.5	1.5	2535
24	Monika Socko	GM	POL	2.5	1.5	2474
25	Torbjorn R. Hansen	IM	NOR	2.5	1.5	2425
26	Gediminas Sarakauskas	IM	LTU	2.5	1.0	2587
164 players

9) Dutch Open 2010

The Dutch Open takes place Tuesday July 27th (Sunday rest day) - Thursday August 6 2010. 9-round Swiss Open with 13 GMs and 12 IMs. Including: 2009 winner Erwin L'Ami, Sipke Ernst, Valentin Iotov, Viacheslav Ikonnikov, Elshan Moradiabadi, Leonid Milov and Valery Neverov.

Dutch Open (78 players 9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1))

Official site has live games, downloads, round-to-round reports (in Dutch) and videos by Peter Doggers from ChessVibes.

Official Site

Results

Dutch Open Dieren (NED), 27 vii - 5 viii 2010 Leading Round 6 (of 9) Standings:
Rank	Name	Ti	Elo	Pts	TPR
1	Fargere, Francois	GM	2478	5.5	2819
2	Ernst, Sipke	GM	2583	5.0	2647
3	Moradiabadi, Elshan	GM	2571	5.0	2570
4	Pruijssers, Roeland	IM	2462	5.0	2649
5	L'Ami, Erwin	GM	2620	4.5	2589
6	Iotov, Valentin	GM	2581	4.5	2488
7	Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav	GM	2578	4.5	2585
8	Milov, Leonid	IM	2562	4.5	2527
9	Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag	IM	2511	4.5	2548
10	Van Delft, Merijn	IM	2364	4.5	2503
11	Zoler, Dan	IM	2474	4.0	2489
12	Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterba	IM	2461	4.0	2293
13	Siebrecht, Sebastian	GM	2417	4.0	2364
14	De Jong, Migchiel	FM	2358	4.0	2425
15	Heemskerk, Wim	FM	2249	4.0	2370
16	Rietveld, Renze		2238	4.0	2449
17	Haub, Thorsten Michael	IM	2518	3.5	2289
18	Brandenburg, Daan	IM	2514	3.5	2369
19	Swinkels, Robin	GM	2483	3.5	2223
20	Miedema, David	IM	2414	3.5	2433
21	Michalczak, Thomas	FM	2367	3.5	2308
22	Zelbel, Patrick	FM	2345	3.5	2260
23	Diepeveen, Vincent	FM	2294	3.5	2214
24	Stjazhkina, Olga	WGM	2273	3.5	2326
25	Kabos, Tobias		2214	3.5	2227
26	Hendrikx, Niels		2108	3.5	2429
74 players

10) Austrian Championships

The Austrian Championships took place in Vienna 24th July - 1st August 2010. Top seed Markus Ragger finished on 8/9 a point clear of David Shengalia and Alexander Fauland in a field of 155 players. Eva Moser won the women's championship with 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.chess.at/

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr32907.aspx

ch-AUT Vienna (AUT), 24 vii - 1 viii 2010 Leading Round 9 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Ragger Markus	GM	AUT	2614	8,0	53,0	41,5	46,25
2	Shengelia David	GM	AUT	2582	7,0	50,5	39,0	37,50
3	Fauland Alexander	IM	AUT	2406	7,0	47,0	36,5	36,50
4	Schroll Gerhard Dr. MMag.	IM	AUT	2441	6,5	48,5	36,5	34,25
5	Lehner Oliver	IM	AUT	2416	6,5	46,0	35,5	32,00
6	Kindermann Stefan	GM	AUT	2530	6,5	45,0	34,5	31,75
7	Diermair Andreas	IM	AUT	2312	6,0	50,5	39,5	31,25
8	Kummer Helmut	IM	AUT	2351	6,0	49,5	38,5	29,25
9	Baumegger Siegfried	IM	AUT	2389	6,0	49,5	37,5	30,50
10	Neumeier Klaus Mag.	FM	AUT	2380	6,0	49,0	37,5	30,25
11	Kilgus Georg	FM	AUT	2361	6,0	49,0	37,5	29,25
12	Neubauer Martin Mag.	IM	AUT	2433	6,0	47,5	38,0	30,50
13	Kreisl Robert	IM	AUT	2373	6,0	47,5	37,5	28,50
14	Poetz Florian	FM	AUT	2347	6,0	47,5	36,5	30,50
15	Hoelzl Franz	IM	AUT	2325	6,0	45,5	36,5	27,75
16	Knoll Hermann	IM	AUT	2378	6,0	45,0	35,0	28,50
17	Wallner Joachim	FM	AUT	2269	6,0	41,5	33,0	26,50
18	Kleissl Helmut	FM	AUT	2265	5,5	51,0	40,0	28,25
19	Mahdy Khaled	IM	AUT	2395	5,5	48,0	37,0	27,75
20	Druckenthaner Andreas Dr.	FM	AUT	2301	5,5	46,5	37,0	26,25
21	Danner Georg	IM	AUT	2418	5,5	45,5	35,5	25,50
22	Dueckstein Andreas Dr.	IM	AUT	2254	5,5	44,5	34,0	26,25
23	Ganaus Hannes	IM	AUT	2288	5,5	44,5	33,0	24,25
24	Duer Werner	FM	AUT	2262	5,5	42,5	34,0	23,75
25	Enoeckl Philipp		AUT	2281	5,5	42,0	32,0	24,75
26	Matt Fabian		AUT	2053	5,5	42,0	32,0	24,50
27	Binder Michael		AUT	2270	5,5	40,0	30,5	22,50
28	Kirschner Alexander Mag. Dr.	NM	AUT	2249	5,5	40,0	30,5	22,00
29	Pirker Georg		AUT	2136	5,5	39,5	32,0	22,75
30	Fauland Peter	MK	AUT	2243	5,5	39,0	30,0	21,00
31	Alvir Aco	IM	AUT	2369	5,5	37,5	28,5	22,50
32	Freitag Manfred	IM	AUT	2387	5,0	50,0	38,5	26,50
33	Schachinger Mario	FM	AUT	2353	5,0	46,5	35,5	23,00
34	Wagner Stefan	CM	AUT	2159	5,0	45,0	36,5	22,75
35	Halvax Georg		AUT	2255	5,0	45,0	35,0	22,50
36	Opl Klaus Dr.	FM	AUT	2360	5,0	45,0	34,5	24,25
37	Sadilek Peter		AUT	2213	5,0	44,5	34,0	22,50
38	Ernst Michael Mag.	MK	AUT	2166	5,0	42,5	34,5	21,25
39	Schnegg Daniel		AUT	2199	5,0	42,5	33,5	20,75
40	Sandhoefner Florian	FM	AUT	2229	5,0	42,0	34,0	21,00
112 players

ch-AUT w Vienna (AUT), 24 vii - 1 viii 2010 Leading Round 9 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Moser Eva	IM	AUT	2440	7,5	48,0	36,5	40,00
2	Kopinits Anna-Christina	WIM	AUT	2187	7,0	47,5	36,0	34,75
3	Mira Helene	WIM	AUT	2133	6,5	46,0	35,0	30,75
4	Newrkla Katharina		AUT	2105	6,0	45,5	34,5	27,50
5	Exler Veronika	WFM	AUT	2143	5,5	48,0	36,5	25,75
6	Horvath Maria	WFM	AUT	2013	5,0	46,0	35,5	21,50
7	Fröwis Annika		AUT	1968	5,0	44,5	33,5	22,25
8	Schmidbauer Andrea Mag.	WMK	AUT	0	5,0	36,5	29,0	16,75
9	Fritz Rebecca		AUT	1697	5,0	32,5	26,0	14,75
10	Kessler Michaela		AUT	2047	4,5	49,0	38,0	20,25
11	Klinkan Elisabeth	WMK	AUT	1963	4,5	47,0	36,5	19,00
12	Novkovic Julia	WFM	AUT	2146	4,5	44,5	34,0	21,00
13	Wunderl Eva	WMK	AUT	1798	4,5	42,0	32,0	19,00
14	Schink Barbara		AUT	2052	4,5	41,5	31,0	18,50
15	Hapala Lisa		AUT	1674	4,5	40,0	30,5	19,25
16	Schnegg Anna-Lena		AUT	1893	4,5	39,5	30,0	17,00
17	Bauer Marie-Christine	WMK	AUT	1854	4,5	38,0	30,0	16,00
18	Landl Margot		AUT	1792	4,5	32,5	26,5	13,50
19	Bauer Valentina		AUT	1688	4,0	36,5	28,5	11,75
20	Kopinits Silvia Mag.		AUT	1704	4,0	32,5	25,0	10,50
21	Hapala Michaela DDr.	WMK	AUT	1870	3,5	32,0	25,5	8,50
22	Fahrner Petra		AUT	0	2,0	32,5	26,0	5,00
23	Kaser Gabriele Mag.		AUT	0	1,5	33,0	26,0	3,50
23 players

11) 5th Edmonton Chess Festival

The 5th Edmonton Chess Festival takes place 28th July - 2nd August 2010. GM Magash Panchanathan started with 7/7 and eventually finished with 8.5/9.

Official Site

Results

5th Festival Edmonton (CAN), 28 vii-2 viii 2010															cat. IV (2329)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran	g	IND	2533	*	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8½	2750
2.	Kraai, Jesse	g	USA	2502	0	*	½	½	1	1	1	1	.	1	6	2526
3.	Porper, Edward	m	CAN	2441	½	½	*	½	1	½	.	1	½	1	5½	2454
4.	Kekelidze, Mikheil	g	GEO	2487	0	½	½	*	½	1	1	.	1	1	5½	2456
5.	Wang, Richard		CAN	2190	0	0	0	½	*	1	½	1	1	½	4½	2344
6.	Gardner, Robert		CAN	2151	0	0	½	0	0	*	½	½	1	.	2½	2221
7.	Pechenkin, Vladimir	f	CAN	2345	0	0	.	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	2½	2172
8.	Langer, Michael	f	USA	2280	0	0	0	.	0	½	½	*	.	1	2	2185
9.	Van Heirzeele, Daniel		BEL	2120	0	.	½	0	0	0	½	.	*	.	1	2084
10.	Haessel, Dale R	f	CAN	2243	0	0	0	0	½	.	½	0	.	*	1	2087

Round 1 (July 28, 2010)
Kekelidze, Mikheil	- Kraai, Jesse	½-½	45	E12	Queens Indian Petrosian
Wang, Richard	- Gardner, Robert	1-0	38	A46	Queen's Pawn Opening
Pechenkin, Vladimir	- Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran	0-1	21	E02	Catalan
Van Heirzeele, Daniel	- Porper, Edward	½-½	25	A92	Dutch Stonewall
Haessel, Dale R	- Langer, Michael	0-1	40	A34	English Symmetrical
Round 2 (July 29, 2010)
Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran	- Van Heirzeele, Daniel	1-0	29	B72	Sicilian Dragon
Kraai, Jesse	- Haessel, Dale R	1-0	38	A34	English Symmetrical
Porper, Edward	- Kekelidze, Mikheil	½-½	96	A56	Old Indian Defence
Wang, Richard	- Pechenkin, Vladimir	½-½	29	A96	Dutch Defence
Gardner, Robert	- Langer, Michael	½-½	28	A70	Benoni
Round 3 (July 29, 2010)
Kekelidze, Mikheil	- Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran	0-1	56	E04	Catalan
Pechenkin, Vladimir	- Gardner, Robert	½-½	46	A04	Dutch System
Langer, Michael	- Kraai, Jesse	0-1	40	B14	Caro Kann Panov
Van Heirzeele, Daniel	- Wang, Richard	0-1	23	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Haessel, Dale R	- Porper, Edward	0-1	42	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Round 4 (July 30, 2010)
Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran	- Haessel, Dale R	1-0	44	C42	Petroff's Defence
Porper, Edward	- Langer, Michael	1-0	61	A65	Benoni
Wang, Richard	- Kekelidze, Mikheil	½-½	46	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Gardner, Robert	- Kraai, Jesse	0-1	47	E20	Nimzo Indian
Pechenkin, Vladimir	- Van Heirzeele, Daniel	½-½	33	A02	From's Gambit and Bird's Opening
Round 5 (July 31, 2010)
Kraai, Jesse	- Porper, Edward	½-½	63	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Kekelidze, Mikheil	- Pechenkin, Vladimir	1-0	41	A96	Dutch Defence
Langer, Michael	- Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran	0-1	59	C45	Scotch Game
Van Heirzeele, Daniel	- Gardner, Robert	0-1	40	E04	Catalan
Haessel, Dale R	- Wang, Richard	½-½	30	D12	Slav Defence
Round 6 (July 31, 2010)
Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran	- Kraai, Jesse	1-0	31	A10	Dutch, QI and KID Systems
Wang, Richard	- Langer, Michael	1-0	39	D05	Colle System
Gardner, Robert	- Porper, Edward	½-½	67	A02	From's Gambit and Bird's Opening
Pechenkin, Vladimir	- Haessel, Dale R	½-½	30	A00	Irregular Openings
Van Heirzeele, Daniel	- Kekelidze, Mikheil	0-1	47	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Round 7 (August 1, 2010)
Kraai, Jesse	- Wang, Richard	1-0	26	A04	Dutch System
Porper, Edward	- Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran	½-½	58	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Kekelidze, Mikheil	- Gardner, Robert	1-0	39	E17	Queens Indian
Langer, Michael	- Pechenkin, Vladimir	½-½	29	B04	Alekhine's Defence
Round 8 (August 1, 2010)
Kekelidze, Mikheil	- Haessel, Dale R	1-0	23	D80	Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Wang, Richard	- Porper, Edward	0-1	44	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Gardner, Robert	- Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran	0-1	48	E25	Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Pechenkin, Vladimir	- Kraai, Jesse	0-1	26	A10	Dutch, QI and KID Systems
Round 9 (August 2, 2010)
Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran	- Wang, Richard	1-0	30	A04	Dutch System

12) Montenegro Premier League

The Montenegro Premier League took place in Cetinje, 24th July - 1st August 2010.

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

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr36429.aspx

Montenegro Premier League (MNE), 24 vii - 1 viii 2010 Leading Round 9 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Elektroprivreda	*	3½	4½	3½	5	4½	4	4½	3½	4½	18	37,5	0
2	Buducnost	2½	*	4½	6	2½	3	5	5	4½	3	12	36,0	0
3	Ljubomir Djurdjic	1½	1½	*	3½	4	3	3	3	3½	4	11	27,0	0
4	Herceg Novi	2½	0	2½	*	3½	3	5	3	4½	4½	10	28,5	0
5	Bemax	1	3½	2	2½	*	3½	3½	4	2½	4	10	26,5	0
6	Mimoza	1½	3	3	3	2½	*	3	3	3	4	8	26,0	0
7	Mornar	2	1	3	1	2½	3	*	3½	4½	3	7	23,5	0
8	Cetinje	1½	1	3	3	2	3	2½	*	3½	3½	7	23,0	0
9	Berane	2½	1½	2½	1½	3½	3	1½	2½	*	3½	5	22,0	0
10	Rudar	1½	3	2	1½	2	2	3	2½	2½	*	2	20,0	0

13) XXXVI Sitges Open

The XXXVI Open Internacional d'Escacs "Vila de Sitges" took place 22nd - 30th July 2010. Jose Gonzalez Garcia took clear first place with 7.5/9.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr34456.aspx

Official site: http://www.casinoprado.cat/

XXXVI Open Sitges (ESP), 22-30 vii 2010 Leading Round 9 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Gonzalez Garcia Jose	GM	2508	7,5	55,0	40,0	0,0
2	Barsov Alexei	GM	2505	7,0	57,5	39,5	0,0
3	Peralta Fernando	GM	2570	7,0	56,0	37,0	0,0
4	Martinez Duany Lelys Stanley	GM	2510	7,0	54,5	35,5	0,0
5	Karlsson Lars	GM	2449	7,0	51,5	36,0	0,0
6	Rojas Keim Luis	IM	2437	7,0	51,5	35,0	0,0
7	Movsziszian Karen	GM	2490	6,5	53,5	39,0	0,0
8	Gongora Reyes Maikel	IM	2451	6,5	51,5	35,0	0,0
9	Cuartas Jaime Alexander	GM	2529	6,5	50,0	32,5	0,0
10	Cruz Cristhian	IM	2536	6,5	49,5	34,0	0,0
11	Bukal Vladimir Jr	IM	2381	6,5	47,5	32,0	0,0
12	Capellades Subirana Marc	MK	2268	6,5	45,0	31,5	0,0
13	Gonzalez Perez Arian	FM	2403	6,0	53,5	37,0	0,0
14	Beltran Rueda Santiago	IM	2369	6,0	50,0	32,5	0,0
15	Lammers Markus		2386	6,0	49,5	33,5	0,0
16	Fernandez Aguado Enrique	IM	2343	6,0	48,5	33,0	0,0
17	Abreu Delgado Aryam	GM	2474	6,0	48,5	33,0	0,0
18	Cruz Filemon	IM	2456	6,0	47,5	33,0	0,0
19	Lettieri Giuseppe	FM	2374	6,0	46,5	31,5	0,0
20	Cruz Jonathan	IM	2437	6,0	46,5	31,0	0,0
21	Arvola Benjamin		2188	6,0	46,5	28,0	0,0
22	Alonso Garcia Rene Marcial	IM	2396	6,0	46,0	32,0	0,0
23	Rios Alejandro	IM	2308	6,0	45,0	31,0	0,0
24	Exposito Amaro Josue	MK	2263	6,0	44,0	27,5	0,0
25	Lorenzo De La Riva Lazaro	FM	2407	5,5	51,0	32,5	0,0
26	Lacasta Palacios Joaquim	MK	2139	5,5	47,5	28,0	0,0
27	Perez Mitjans Orelvis	FM	2424	5,5	46,5	29,5	0,0
28	Rabinovich Anton		2007	5,5	46,0	28,0	0,0
29	Montell Lorenzo Joan Carlos	MK	2270	5,5	44,0	30,0	0,0
30	Rabinovich Yacov		1773	5,5	42,5	22,5	0,0
31	Avila Jimenez Javier	MK	2240	5,5	42,0	29,0	0,0
32	Gallego Bergada Antoni		2110	5,5	41,5	26,0	0,0
33	Buxade Roca Guillermo	MK	2195	5,5	41,0	26,5	0,0
34	Getz Nicolai		2239	5,0	49,0	31,0	0,0
35	Lasinskas Povilas	FM	2180	5,0	48,0	28,0	0,0
36	Lehmann Holger		2168	5,0	47,0	28,0	0,0
37	Guerrero Olmos Sergio	FM	2360	5,0	46,5	30,0	0,0
38	Degerhammar Tomas		2042	5,0	45,5	25,0	0,0
39	Penas Hernandez Yolanda		2016	5,0	45,0	27,0	0,0
40	Rafols Albet Josep		2049	5,0	45,0	26,0	0,0
134 players

14) 3rd Paleohora Open

The 3rd Paleohora Open took place 22nd-29th July 2010. Yuriy Kryvoruchko edged out Alexander Zubarev and Dmitry Svetushkin on tie-break after all finished on 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.chaniachess.gr/International%20Tournament/Paleogora%20tournament/index_en.html

Results http://chess-results.com/tnr36301.aspx

3rd Open Paleochora (GRE), 22-29 vii 2010 Leading Round 9 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB2	TB3
1	Kryvoruchko Yuriy	GM	UKR	2609	7,5	42,0	0,0
2	Zubarev Alexander	GM	UKR	2562	7,5	39,0	0,0
3	Svetushkin Dmitry	GM	MDA	2560	7,5	38,0	0,0
4	Rychagov Andrey	GM	RUS	2538	7,0	40,0	0,0
5	Banikas Hristos	GM	GRE	2591	7,0	37,0	0,0
6	Maiorov Nikita	GM	BLR	2532	7,0	37,0	0,0
7	Tukhaev Adam	GM	UKR	2518	7,0	37,0	0,0
8	Iordachescu Viorel	GM	MDA	2623	7,0	36,0	0,0
9	Lahno Kateryna	GM	UKR	2535	7,0	35,5	0,0
10	Pap Misa	IM	SRB	2509	6,5	39,5	0,0
11	Fontaine Robert	GM	FRA	2537	6,5	37,0	0,0
12	Orlov Andrey	GM	RUS	2502	6,5	36,0	0,0
13	Zinchenko Yaroslav	GM	UKR	2544	6,5	36,0	0,0
14	Parligras Mircea	GM	ROU	2574	6,5	35,5	0,0
15	Kharitonov Alexandr	GM	RUS	2548	6,5	35,0	0,0
16	Filip Lucian	IM	ROU	2470	6,5	35,0	0,0
17	Borovikov Vladislav	GM	UKR	2601	6,5	35,0	0,0
18	Georgiadis Ioannis	IM	GRE	2457	6,5	34,5	0,0
19	Prasanna Rao	FM	IND	2373	6,5	34,0	0,0
20	Khotenashvili Bela	IM	GEO	2423	6,5	34,0	0,0
21	Vorobiov Evgeny E	GM	RUS	2592	6,5	34,0	0,0
22	Polzin Rainer	GM	GER	2494	6,5	33,5	0,0
23	David Alberto	GM	LUX	2622	6,5	33,5	0,0
24	Batsiashvili Nino	WGM	GEO	2383	6,5	33,5	0,0
25	Bellia Fabrizio	IM	ITA	2376	6,5	33,0	0,0
26	Markidis Konstantinos		GRE	2342	6,5	32,5	0,0
27	Kourousis Epaminondas		GRE	2229	6,5	31,5	0,0
28	Sulashvili Malkhaz	IM	GEO	2498	6,0	36,0	0,0
29	Volkov Sergey	GM	RUS	2597	6,0	34,0	0,0
30	D`costa Lorin A R	IM	ENG	2456	6,0	33,5	0,0
31	Jerez Perez Alfonso	IM	ESP	2415	6,0	32,5	0,0
32	Dembo Yelena	IM	GRE	2470	6,0	32,0	0,0
33	Smirnov Artem	IM	RUS	2446	6,0	31,0	0,0
34	Vuilleumier Alexandre	IM	SUI	2361	6,0	31,0	0,0
35	Bulmaga Irina	WIM	ROU	2258	6,0	31,0	0,0
36	Vishnu Prasanna V	FM	IND	2341	6,0	31,0	0,0
37	Vrublevskaya Olga	WIM	RUS	2102	6,0	30,0	0,0
38	Gavasheli Ana	WIM	GEO	2168	6,0	29,0	0,0
39	Kazakos Emmanouil		GRE	2054	6,0	28,0	0,0
40	Naoum Spyridon		GRE	1884	6,0	27,5	0,0
238 players

15) XV Balaguer Open

The XV Balaguer Open took place 19th-27th July 2010. Daniele Vocaturo took clear first place with 7.5/9 half a point clear from Yuniesky Quesada Perez.

Official site: http://www.openbalaguer.org/htm/inici_e.htm

Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr36308.aspx

XV Open Balaguer (ESP), 19-27 vii 2010 Leading Round 9 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	Vocaturo Daniele	GM	ITA	2526	7,5	51,0	46,5
2	Quesada Perez Yuniesky	GM	CUB	2603	7,0	51,0	46,5
3	Maletin Pavel	GM	RUS	2617	6,5	54,5	49,5
4	Bhat Vinay S	GM	USA	2536	6,5	50,0	46,5
5	Corrales Jimenez Fidel	GM	CUB	2574	6,5	48,0	44,0
6	Oms Pallisse Josep	GM	ESP	2494	6,5	45,5	41,5
7	Neiksans Arturs	IM	LAT	2485	6,0	52,5	48,5
8	Leon Hoyos Manuel	GM	MEX	2556	6,0	52,5	48,5
9	Drozdovskij Yuri	GM	UKR	2624	6,0	50,0	45,0
10	Haslinger Stewart G	GM	ENG	2552	6,0	49,5	45,0
11	Aroshidze Levan	GM	GEO	2548	6,0	48,0	44,0
12	Kohlweyer Bernd	IM	GER	2436	6,0	46,5	44,0
13	Daskevics Vadims	FM	LAT	2414	6,0	46,0	43,0
14	Aloma Vidal Robert	IM	ESP	2445	6,0	46,0	43,0
15	Colovic Aleksandar	IM	MKD	2452	6,0	44,5	40,5
16	Rombaldoni Axel	IM	ITA	2448	6,0	41,5	38,0
17	Andriasian Zaven	GM	ARM	2588	5,5	49,5	45,0
18	Burmakin Vladimir	GM	RUS	2605	5,5	48,5	44,0
19	Gomez Ledo Roberto Carlos	IM	CUB	2445	5,5	47,5	44,0
20	Pogorelov Ruslan	GM	UKR	2424	5,5	47,5	43,5
21	Fluvia Poyatos Jordi	IM	ESP	2467	5,5	46,5	42,5
22	Roeder Matthias	IM	GER	2392	5,5	45,0	43,5
23	Fluvia Poyatos Joan	IM	ESP	2499	5,5	45,0	41,0
24	Berbatov Kiprian	IM	BUL	2455	5,5	44,0	41,5
25	Gomez Garrido Camilo	IM	CUB	2499	5,5	43,0	39,5
26	Anikaev Yuri N	IM	RUS	2411	5,5	42,0	40,5
27	Guerra Mendez Jose Angel	IM	CUB	2480	5,5	40,5	37,5
28	Melkumyan Hrant	GM	ARM	2606	5,0	53,0	48,5
29	Soumya Swaminathan	WGM	IND	2281	5,0	49,0	45,0
30	Ivanov Jordan	IM	BUL	2422	5,0	48,0	44,5
31	Linares Napoles Oleiny	WIM	CUB	2331	5,0	46,0	43,0
32	Pozo Vera Sandro	IM	CUB	2453	5,0	44,0	41,5
33	Samolins Vitalijs	IM	LAT	2408	5,0	44,0	40,5
34	Westerinen Heikki M J	GM	FIN	2347	5,0	43,5	40,5
35	Gabarro Sole Ramon		ESP	2159	5,0	43,0	39,5
36	Mateo Ramon	GM	DOM	2459	5,0	42,5	39,5
37	Moreno Gracia Daniel	FM	ESP	2294	5,0	41,0	40,5
38	Ramon Solans Albert		ESP	2196	5,0	40,5	38,0
39	Vilela De Acuna Jose Luis	IM	CUB	2329	5,0	40,0	38,5
40	Starostits Ilmars	IM	LAT	2486	5,0	40,0	36,5
92 players

16) 15th Creon International Open

The 15th Creon international chess tournament took place 26th July - 1st August 2010. Creon is near Bordeaux. 130 players 3 tournaments. One closed tournament for IM norm with 10 players and two open events. Ventzislav Inkiov won the IM tournament with 7/9.

Official website: http://creonechecs.free.fr/

IM Creon (FRA), 26 vii-1 viii 2010															cat. V (2357)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Inkiov, Ventzislav	g	BUL	2474	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	7	2563
2.	Lagarde, Maxime	f	FRA	2414	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	6½	2516
3.	Fomichenko, Eduard	m	RUS	2458	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	5½	2425
4.	Song, Julien	f	FRA	2347	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	0	1	5	2400
5.	Mohota, Nisha	wg	IND	2295	0	½	½	½	*	1	1	0	½	1	5	2406
6.	Sanduleac, Vasile	g	MDA	2451	½	½	½	½	0	*	0	0	1	1	4	2303
7.	Favarel, Antoine		FRA	2244	0	0	0	½	0	1	*	½	1	1	4	2326
8.	Jolly, Jean-Francois	f	FRA	2411	0	0	0	0	1	1	½	*	1	0	3½	2270
9.	Martin Alvarez, Inigo		ESP	2321	0	0	½	1	½	0	0	0	*	½	2½	2194
10.	Jaureguiberry, Cedric		FRA	2150	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	1	½	*	2	2159

Round 1 (July 26, 2010)
Inkiov, Ventzislav	- Mohota, Nisha	1-0	54	C50	Giuoco Piano
Lagarde, Maxime	- Jaureguiberry, Cedric	1-0	52	B09	Pirc Defence
Song, Julien	- Fomichenko, Eduard	½-½	41	D55	Queens Gambit Old Lasker Variation
Favarel, Antoine	- Sanduleac, Vasile	1-0	32	B08	Pirc Defence
Martin Alvarez, Inigo	- Jolly, Jean-Francois	0-1	39	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 2 (July 27, 2010)
Mohota, Nisha	- Lagarde, Maxime	½-½	32	D72	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Sanduleac, Vasile	- Inkiov, Ventzislav	½-½	21	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Jolly, Jean-Francois	- Fomichenko, Eduard	0-1	40	B85	Sicilian Scheveningen
Martin Alvarez, Inigo	- Favarel, Antoine	0-1	21	B11	Caro Kann Two Knights
Jaureguiberry, Cedric	- Song, Julien	0-1	17	C11	French Defence
Round 3 (July 27, 2010)
Inkiov, Ventzislav	- Martin Alvarez, Inigo	1-0	18	B06	Modern Defence
Lagarde, Maxime	- Sanduleac, Vasile	½-½	21	B15	Caro Kann
Fomichenko, Eduard	- Jaureguiberry, Cedric	½-½	32	E97	King's Indian Classical
Song, Julien	- Mohota, Nisha	½-½	42	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Favarel, Antoine	- Jolly, Jean-Francois	½-½	40	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Round 4 (July 28, 2010)
Mohota, Nisha	- Fomichenko, Eduard	½-½	60	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Sanduleac, Vasile	- Song, Julien	½-½	79	C00	French Defence
Favarel, Antoine	- Inkiov, Ventzislav	0-1	33	C63	Ruy Lopez Schliemann
Jolly, Jean-Francois	- Jaureguiberry, Cedric	0-1	26	E97	King's Indian Classical
Martin Alvarez, Inigo	- Lagarde, Maxime	0-1	36	B67	Sicilian Rauzer
Round 5 (July 29, 2010)
Inkiov, Ventzislav	- Jolly, Jean-Francois	1-0	44	A57	Volga Gambit
Lagarde, Maxime	- Favarel, Antoine	1-0	34	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Fomichenko, Eduard	- Sanduleac, Vasile	½-½	23	D14	Slav Exchange
Song, Julien	- Martin Alvarez, Inigo	0-1	38	A41	Modern Defence
Jaureguiberry, Cedric	- Mohota, Nisha	0-1	29	C45	Scotch Game
Round 6 (July 29, 2010)
Inkiov, Ventzislav	- Lagarde, Maxime	½-½	42	D93	Gruenfeld 5.Bf4
Sanduleac, Vasile	- Jaureguiberry, Cedric	1-0	30	B07	Pirc Defence
Favarel, Antoine	- Song, Julien	½-½	22	C03	French Tarrasch
Jolly, Jean-Francois	- Mohota, Nisha	1-0	60	D08	Albin Counter Gambit
Martin Alvarez, Inigo	- Fomichenko, Eduard	½-½	46	B48	Sicilian Paulsen
Round 7 (July 30, 2010)
Lagarde, Maxime	- Jolly, Jean-Francois	1-0	40	C18	French Winawer
Fomichenko, Eduard	- Favarel, Antoine	1-0	18	D25	QGA
Song, Julien	- Inkiov, Ventzislav	½-½	18	A13	Reti Opening
Mohota, Nisha	- Sanduleac, Vasile	1-0	52	A53	Old Indian Defence
Jaureguiberry, Cedric	- Martin Alvarez, Inigo	½-½	25	B06	Modern Defence
Round 8 (July 31, 2010)
Inkiov, Ventzislav	- Fomichenko, Eduard	½-½	21	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Lagarde, Maxime	- Song, Julien	½-½	35	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Favarel, Antoine	- Jaureguiberry, Cedric	1-0	38	A43	Old Benoni
Jolly, Jean-Francois	- Sanduleac, Vasile	1-0	70	A42	Modern Defence
Martin Alvarez, Inigo	- Mohota, Nisha	½-½	23	C68	Ruy Lopez Exchange
Round 9 (August 1, 2010)
Fomichenko, Eduard	- Lagarde, Maxime	½-½	56	E94	King's Indian Classical
Song, Julien	- Jolly, Jean-Francois	1-0	31	A57	Volga Gambit
Mohota, Nisha	- Favarel, Antoine	1-0	21	D20	QGA
Sanduleac, Vasile	- Martin Alvarez, Inigo	1-0	35	B07	Pirc Defence
Jaureguiberry, Cedric	- Inkiov, Ventzislav	0-1	52	B74	Sicilian Dragon

17) 25th Touraine International Open

The 25th Touraine International Open was biggest open in France this summer. The event took place in Avoine 17th-25th July 2010. 355 players in one tournament Two French IMs Hugo Tirard and Vincent David both scored 7.5/9.

Games from the final four rounds are not yet available.

Final Standings: http://echecsavoine.free.fr/20092010/25open/25emeopenGa.htm

Official Site: http://echecsavoine.free.fr/

25th Touraine Open Avoine (FRA), 17-25 vii 2010 Leading Round 9 Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	Elo	Fede	Pts	Tr.	Perf.	FFE
1	TIRARD Hugo	m	2443	FRA	7.5	46	2594	2600
2	DAVID Vincent	m	2407	FRA	7.5	43	2442	2398
3	DONCEA Vladimir	m	2474	ROU	7	46	2494	2483
4	DRENCHEV Petar	m	2514	BUL	7	45	2497	2462
5	FOMICHENKO Eduard	m	2458	RUS	7	44.5	2452	2442
6	TERRIEUX Kevin	m	2437	FRA	7	44	2460	2440
7	INKIOV Ventzislav	g	2474	BUL	7	41.5	2420	2387
8	PAYEN Arnaud	m	2372	FRA	7	40.5	2366	2337
9	STEPHAN Victor		2234	FRA	7	40.5	2291	2289
10	SHIRAZI Kamran	m	2428	FRA	7	39	2360	2300
11	PERRIN Guillaume	f	2301	FRA	6.5	44	2342	2341
12	GALDUNTS Sergey	g	2459	ARM	6.5	43	2382	2350
13	DIEU Bruno	f	2296	FRA	6.5	43	2326	2326
14	EDEN James		2090	FRA	6.5	43	2241	2298
15	SAATDJIAN Thomas	f	2369	FRA	6.5	42.5	2360	2341
16	DEBRAY Christopher	f	2362	FRA	6.5	42.5	2343	2327
17	GRIGORE George-Gabriel	g	2532	ROU	6.5	42	2488	2322
18	OLLIER Pablo		2293	FRA	6.5	41.5	2302	2302
19	DUHAYON Yves		2211	BEL	6.5	41.5	2255	2258
20	FOMICHENKO Svetlana	gf	2217	UKR	6.5	39.5	2242	2242
21	SANDULEAC Vasile	g	2451	MDA	6.5	39	2390
22	RALLE Pierre		2135	FRA	6.5	39	2160	2177
23	OEI Hway Ik		2148	NED	6.5	36.5	2124	2124
24	FRICK Christoph		2224	GER	6	45	2295	2295
25	PLACHETKA Jan	g	2351	SVK	6	44.5	2284	2284
26	BONN Thomas		2250	FRA	6	43.5	2286	2286
27	GODART Francois		2240	BEL	6	43.5	2279	2279
28	HERDIER Goulwenn		2112	FRA	6	43	2218	2218
29	RABINEAU Clement		2305	FRA	6	42.5	2339	2339
30	LUKASIEWICZ Grzegorz	m	2264	POL	6	41.5	2258	2258
31	DUBOUE Peio		2018	FRA	6	41.5	2156	2176
32	LE BORGNE Pierre		2216	FRA	6	41	2236	2236
33	OLLIER Milan		2116	FRA	6	40	2131	2131
34	BRUNEAU Francois		2032	FRA	6	40	2088	2104
35	PUCHER Sebastien		2251	FRA	6	39.5	2163	2163
36	VALETTE Christian		2088	FRA	6	39.5	2149	2166
37	MALOBERTI David		2136	FRA	6	39.5	2133	2130
38	DEVALLEE Jeremie		1990	FRA	6	39	2237	2237
39	VEKEMANS Denis		2022	FRA	6	38	2072	2090
40	LETEMPLE Frederic		2011	FRA	6	36.5	2007	2002
41	GOUSSEINOV Aguif		1979	FRA	6	36	2039	2059
42	HADET Emmanuel		2016	FRA	6	36	1967	1957
43	LE RAY Olivier		1927	FRA	6	36	1938	1937
44	GUINOVART Jose		1902	FRA	6	34.5	2010	2021
355 players

18) Quebec Open Championship

The Quebec Open Championship took place in Montreal 24th-31st July 2010. The main invitational saw Bator Sambuev, Anton Kovalyov and Merab Gagunashvili finish on 6/9.

Official site: http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/

COQ Invitational Open Montreal (CAN), 24 - 31 vii 2010 Leading Round 9 (of 9) Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	Elo	Pts	T/B1	T/B2
1	Bator Sambuev	GM	2478	6.0	33	47.5
2	Anton Kovalyov	GM	2599	6.0	33	43.5
3	Merab Gagunashvili	GM	2596	6.0	28	44
4	Pascal Charbonneau	GM	2513	5.5	30.5	47.5
5	Matthieu Cornette	GM	2544	5.5	30.5	45.5
6	Vladimir Malaniuk	GM	2543	5.5	30	47
7	Leonid Gerzhoy	IM	2471	5.5	28.5	46.5
8	Nikolay Noritsyn	IM	2401	5.5	26	40.5
9	Louie Jiang	FM	2312	5.5	25	42
10	Alex Lenderman	GM	2553	5.0	27	46.5
11	Alexander Martchenko		2138	5.0	19	37
12	Sylvain Barbeau	FM	2337	4.5	25	42
13	Jean Hebert	IM	2429	4.5	24	41
14	Francois Leveille	FM	2284	4.5	23	38
15	Ioulia Makka	WIM	2175	4.5	19.5	35.5
16	Nikita Kraiouchkine		2155	4.5	19.5	33
17	Arthur Calugar		2144	4.5	14.5	33
18	Aman Hambleton	FM	2131	4.0	21	36
19	Zi Yi [joey] Qin		2117	3.0	17.5	36.5
20	Pauline Guichard	WIM	2320	3.0	17	37
21	Roman Sapozhnikov		2248	3.0	16.5	37
22	Sankalp Modwal		2177	2.5	14.5	39.5
23	Daniel Rousseau		2093	2.5	13.5	30
24	Marc Ghannoum	FM	2230	2.5	4.5	22
25	Thomas Roussel-roozmon	IM	2488	0.5	4.5	2.5
26	Renier Castellanos	IM	2475	0.0	0	0
26 players

19) Brunei Chess Centre IM tournaments

Peter Long reports that there are back to back international 10 player round robin tournaments played in the Brunei Chess Centre, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam from 25th July - 4th August 2010.

The first IM tournament saw Irine Kharisma Sukandar and R Ramnath Bhuvanesh finish on 7/9.

Results: IM 1 tournament http://www.chess-results.com/tnr35656.aspx

Results: IM 2 tournament http://www.chess-results.com/tnr36348.aspx

Brunei Inv IM Bandar Seri Begawan (BRU), 26-30 vii 2010															cat. II (2281)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Sukandar, Irine Kharisma	wg	INA	2311	*	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	7	2497
2.	Ramnath Bhuvanesh, R	f	IND	2376	0	*	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	2490
3.	Duong The Anh	m	VIE	2415	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	6½	2431
4.	Nguyen Van Huy	m	VIE	2426	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	6	2389
5.	Barbosa, Oliver PHI	m	PHI	2433	½	0	½	½	*	½	1	1	1	1	6	2388
6.	Yee Soon Wei	f	BRU	2260	0	0	½	½	½	*	1	0	1	1	4½	2283
7.	Vakhidov, Nodir		UZB	2134	½	0	0	½	0	0	*	1	½	1	3½	2217
8.	Hj, Azahari Md Aliuddin		BRU	2049	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	*	½	½	2	2086
9.	Hj, Azahari Siti Nur Fatimah		BRU	2065	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	*	1	2	2084
10.	Hj, Sulaiman Hj Md Baharuddin		BRU	2339	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	*	½	1830

Round 2 (July 26, 2010)
Sukandar, Irine Kharisma	- Ramnath Bhuvanesh, R	1-0	40	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Duong The Anh	- Yee Soon Wei	½-½	20	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Vakhidov, Nodir	- Nguyen Van Huy	½-½	31	E84	King's Indian Saemisch
Hj, Azahari Md Aliuddin	- Barbosa, Oliver PHI	0-1	69	B01	Centre Counter
Hj, Azahari Siti Nur Fatimah	- Hj, Sulaiman Hj Md Baharuddin	1-0	22	C46	Four Knights
Round 3 (July 27, 2010)
Ramnath Bhuvanesh, R	- Hj, Azahari Siti Nur Fatimah	1-0	61	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Nguyen Van Huy	- Hj, Azahari Md Aliuddin	1-0	38	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Barbosa, Oliver PHI	- Duong The Anh	½-½	10	B52	Sicilian Rossolimo
Yee Soon Wei	- Sukandar, Irine Kharisma	0-1	64	C54	Giuoco Piano
Hj, Sulaiman Hj Md Baharuddin	- Vakhidov, Nodir	0-1	28	B34	Sicilian Defence
Round 4 (July 27, 2010)
Sukandar, Irine Kharisma	- Barbosa, Oliver PHI	½-½	15	C01	French Exchange
Nguyen Van Huy	- Hj, Sulaiman Hj Md Baharuddin	1-0	23	A21	English Opening
Vakhidov, Nodir	- Ramnath Bhuvanesh, R	0-1	31	E86	King's Indian Saemisch
Hj, Azahari Md Aliuddin	- Duong The Anh	0-1	35	C03	French Tarrasch
Hj, Azahari Siti Nur Fatimah	- Yee Soon Wei	0-1	20	B56	Sicilian Defence
Round 5 (July 28, 2010)
Ramnath Bhuvanesh, R	- Nguyen Van Huy	½-½	25	B14	Caro Kann Panov
Duong The Anh	- Sukandar, Irine Kharisma	½-½	15	D00	Queen's Pawn Game
Barbosa, Oliver PHI	- Hj, Azahari Siti Nur Fatimah	1-0	14	B10	Caro Kann
Yee Soon Wei	- Vakhidov, Nodir	1-0	31	B07	Pirc Defence
Hj, Sulaiman Hj Md Baharuddin	- Hj, Azahari Md Aliuddin	½-½	10	C41	Philidor's Defence
Round 6 (July 28, 2010)
Nguyen Van Huy	- Yee Soon Wei	½-½	16	A09	Reti Opening
Vakhidov, Nodir	- Barbosa, Oliver PHI	0-1	44	D41	Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Hj, Azahari Md Aliuddin	- Sukandar, Irine Kharisma	0-1	46	C47	Four Knights
Hj, Azahari Siti Nur Fatimah	- Duong The Anh	0-1	46	B00	Owen or Nimzowitsch Defence
Hj, Sulaiman Hj Md Baharuddin	- Ramnath Bhuvanesh, R	0-1	35	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 7 (July 29, 2010)
Sukandar, Irine Kharisma	- Hj, Azahari Siti Nur Fatimah	1-0	42	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Ramnath Bhuvanesh, R	- Hj, Azahari Md Aliuddin	1-0	37	C91	Ruy Lopez
Duong The Anh	- Vakhidov, Nodir	1-0	76	A45	Trompowsky
Barbosa, Oliver PHI	- Nguyen Van Huy	½-½	15	B34	Sicilian Defence
Yee Soon Wei	- Hj, Sulaiman Hj Md Baharuddin	1-0	46	C62	Ruy Lopez Old Steinitz
Round 8 (July 29, 2010)
Ramnath Bhuvanesh, R	- Yee Soon Wei	1-0	38	C91	Ruy Lopez
Nguyen Van Huy	- Duong The Anh	½-½	18	D14	Slav Exchange
Vakhidov, Nodir	- Sukandar, Irine Kharisma	½-½	28	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Hj, Azahari Md Aliuddin	- Hj, Azahari Siti Nur Fatimah	½-½	15	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Hj, Sulaiman Hj Md Baharuddin	- Barbosa, Oliver PHI	0-1	35	B34	Sicilian Defence
Round 9 (July 30, 2010)
Sukandar, Irine Kharisma	- Nguyen Van Huy	½-½	18	B19	Caro Kann
Duong The Anh	- Hj, Sulaiman Hj Md Baharuddin	1-0	28	D11	Slav Defence
Barbosa, Oliver PHI	- Ramnath Bhuvanesh, R	0-1	68	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Yee Soon Wei	- Hj, Azahari Md Aliuddin	0-1	68	C42	Petroff's Defence
Hj, Azahari Siti Nur Fatimah	- Vakhidov, Nodir	½-½	17	B35	Sicilian Defence

Brunei Inv IM2 Bandar Seri Begawan (BRU), 31 vii-4 viii 2010															cat. II (2287)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Sukandar, Irine Kharisma	wg	INA	2311	*	.	1	½	½	.	.	1	1	1	5	2555
2.	Ramnath, Bhuvanesh		IND	2387	.	*	.	½	½	½	1	1	1	.	4½	2454
3.	Yee Soon Wei	f	BRU	2260	0	.	*	½	1	½	1	.	1	.	4	2438
4.	Duong The Anh	m	VIE	2415	½	½	½	*	.	½	.	1	.	1	4	2412
5.	Barbosa, Oliver PHI	m	PHI	2433	½	½	0	.	*	½	1	.	1	.	3½	2337
6.	Nguyen Van Huy	m	VIE	2426	.	½	½	½	½	*	.	½	.	1	3½	2362
7.	Hj, Azahari Md Aliuddin		BRU	2049	.	0	0	.	0	.	*	1	½	1	2½	2220
8.	Azizi, Munir		BRU	----	0	0	.	0	.	½	0	*	.	½	1	2048
9.	Ansari, Mohd Athar		IND	2247	0	0	0	.	0	.	½	.	*	½	1	2023
10.	Leong, Voon Choon		BRU	2340	0	.	.	0	.	0	0	½	½	*	1	1968

Round 1 (July 31, 2010)
Yee Soon Wei	- Barbosa, Oliver PHI	1-0	70	B96	Sicilian Najdorf
Duong The Anh	- Sukandar, Irine Kharisma	½-½	20	D51	Queens Gambit Cambridge Springs
Nguyen Van Huy	- Ramnath, Bhuvanesh	½-½	22	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Azizi, Munir	- Hj, Azahari Md Aliuddin	0-1	31	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Leong, Voon Choon	- Ansari, Mohd Athar	½-½	15	B09	Pirc Defence
Round 2 (July 31, 2010)
Sukandar, Irine Kharisma	- Azizi, Munir	1-0	81	B70	Sicilian Dragon
Ramnath, Bhuvanesh	- Barbosa, Oliver PHI	½-½	22	C42	Petroff's Defence
Nguyen Van Huy	- Duong The Anh	½-½	22	D12	Slav Defence
Hj, Azahari Md Aliuddin	- Leong, Voon Choon	1-0	56	B60	Sicilian Rauzer
Ansari, Mohd Athar	- Yee Soon Wei	0-1	26	C41	Philidor's Defence
Round 3 (August 1, 2010)
Yee Soon Wei	- Hj, Azahari Md Aliuddin	1-0	34	B14	Caro Kann Panov
Duong The Anh	- Ramnath, Bhuvanesh	½-½	21	A45	Trompowsky
Barbosa, Oliver PHI	- Ansari, Mohd Athar	1-0	30	B23	Sicilian Closed
Azizi, Munir	- Nguyen Van Huy	½-½	74	B40	Sicilian Classical
Leong, Voon Choon	- Sukandar, Irine Kharisma	0-1	38	B21	Sicilian Morra Gambit
Round 4 (August 1, 2010)
Sukandar, Irine Kharisma	- Yee Soon Wei	1-0	62	C77	Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Ramnath, Bhuvanesh	- Ansari, Mohd Athar	1-0	22	B35	Sicilian Defence
Duong The Anh	- Azizi, Munir	1-0	38	D11	Slav Defence
Nguyen Van Huy	- Leong, Voon Choon	1-0	34	A04	Dutch System
Hj, Azahari Md Aliuddin	- Barbosa, Oliver PHI	0-1	43	B01	Centre Counter
Round 5 (August 2, 2010)
Yee Soon Wei	- Nguyen Van Huy	½-½	21	B38	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Barbosa, Oliver PHI	- Sukandar, Irine Kharisma	½-½	20	C69	Ruy Lopez Exchange
Azizi, Munir	- Ramnath, Bhuvanesh	0-1	28	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Ansari, Mohd Athar	- Hj, Azahari Md Aliuddin	½-½	17	C41	Philidor's Defence
Leong, Voon Choon	- Duong The Anh	0-1	61	C02	French Advance
Round 6 (August 2, 2010)
Sukandar, Irine Kharisma	- Ansari, Mohd Athar	1-0	40	B54	Sicilian Rauzer
Ramnath, Bhuvanesh	- Hj, Azahari Md Aliuddin	1-0	36	C24	Bishop's Opening
Duong The Anh	- Yee Soon Wei	½-½	20	D11	Slav Defence
Nguyen Van Huy	- Barbosa, Oliver PHI	½-½	20	D13	Slav Exchange
Azizi, Munir	- Leong, Voon Choon	½-½	18	B09	Pirc Defence

20) Antakya Open

The Antakya Open took place 15th-20th July 2010. Tamaz Gelashvili edged out Iveri Chighladze on 7.5/9. 153 players.

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

21) 6th World School Chess Championship

The 6th World School Chess Championship took place in Kayseri, Turkey 20th-31st July 2010. 355 players and 506 participants took part in the tournament with open and girls sections for U7, U9, U11, U13, U15 and U17. Medals were awarded to the top three finishers for each section along with other prizes. Burak Firat won the Boys U17 tournament and I give the games from this section. There is a game for all the sections on the official site.

Official site: http://wscc2010.tsf.org.tr/

6th WSCC U17 Kayseri (TUR), 21-30 vii 2010 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	RtgSum	Fide
1	Firat Burak	FM	TUR	2420	8	16990	38½
2	Javakhadze Zurab		GEO	2354	7½	17492	36
3	Atabayev Yusup	FM	TKM	2313	6	17516	34
4	Atabayev Maksat	FM	TKM	2323	6	17289	32
5	Sipahioglu Irmak		TUR	2059	5½	17542	28
6	Kerigan Demre		TUR	2184	5	16675	23
7	Bolat Ahmet		TUR	2016	5	16252	24
8	Okay Ilkin Ege		TUR	1872	4½	17054	24
9	Okay Arda Efe		TUR	1845	4½	16585	23½
10	Tekeli Taylan Can		TUR	1912	4½	16347	21
11	Gor Onur		TUR	1871	4½	15393	20
12	Topak Engin		TUR	2269	4	16862	23
13	Burneckas Yunus		TUR	1948	4	16772	21½
14	Komut Kaan		TUR	1937	4	16340	20½
15	Yapici Kadir Gokberk		TUR	1848	4	15314	16
16	Komut Burak		TUR	2012	3½	16406	22½
17	Toksoz Levent		TUR	1895	3	15498	16
18	Olcum Berk		TUR	1910	2½	15562	14
19	Ganeev Fidan		RUS	0	2	15605	3½
20	Sagbas Cagdas Gurkan		TUR	1782	2	15309	9

22) XIV "Battle Of Senta 1697"

The XIV "Battle Of Senta 1697" took place 17th-24th July 2010. Sergey Pavlov won the event with 7.5/9. Games from the middle rounds are not yet available.

Official site: http://www.chess-senta.org.rs/

XIV "Battle Of Senta 1697" Senta (SRB), 17-24 vii 2010 Leading Round 9 (of 9) Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	BK.	BK.	Rtg+/-
1	Pavlov Sergey	IM	UKR	2524	7.5	50	40.5	14
2	Simantsev Mikhail	GM	UKR	2539	7	52	40	3
3	Kryakvin Dmitry	GM	RUS	2603	6.5	51	38.5	-7
4	Dragovic Momcilo	FM	SRB	2380	6.5	48.5	37.5	14
5	Andrijevic Milan	IM	SRB	2375	6	47.5	36.5	7
6	Bodiroga Predrag	IM	SRB	2406	6	46.5	35.5	2
7	Sutorikhin Vladimir	IM	RUS	2333	6	46	35.5	9
8	Radovanovic Dusan		SRB	2369	5.5	49	38	6
9	Ardeleanu Alin	IM	ROU	2399	5.5	49	37.5	-1
10	Strebkovs Andrejs	IM	LAT	2325	5.5	48	37.5	11
11	Tomilova Elena	WIM	RUS	2311	5.5	46.5	37	16
12	Nadj Hedjesi Balind		SRB	2426	5.5	45.5	36	-8
13	Petkovic Radosav	FM	SRB	2281	5.5	44	36.5	23
14	Domany Zsofia	WIM	HUN	2175	5.5	43	33.5	19
15	Dimitrijevic Radmilo		SRB	2211	5.5	42.5	33.5	19
16	Jones Iolo C	CM	WLS	2289	5.5	42	33.5	5
17	Nestorovic Lazar		SRB	2310	5.5	39	29.5	-1
18	Vujic Mihailo	FM	SRB	2328	5	48	37.5	2
19	Nestorovic Dejan	IM	SRB	2423	5	45.5	35.5	-15
20	Pantic Ivica		SRB	2269	5	44	33.5	0
21	Cerovic Danilo	FM	SRB	2300	5	43.5	34.5	2
22	Balla Tamas-Kristof	FM	ROU	2373	5	43	33.5	-7
23	Dudukovic Nikola		SRB	2244	5	41.5	32.5	-7
24	Popov Stevan	FM	SRB	2208	5	41.5	32	16
25	Savic Dragan		SRB	2182	5	41	33.5	21
26	Farkas Tibor	IM	SRB	2246	5	40.5	31.5	2
27	Siclovan Cristian-Daniel		ROU	2027	5	38	29.5	39
28	Tancik Kristijan		SRB	2258	5	37.5	29	-5
58 players

23) 19th Kavala Open

The 19th Kavala Open takes place 31st July - 7th August 2010. Gabriel Sargissian is the top seed.

Official site: http://www.chesskavala.gr/open/

Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr36513.aspx

19th Open Kavala (GRE), 30 vii - 7 viii 2010 Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	Bakre Tejas	GM	IND	2509	4,0	0,0	10,0
2	Andriasian Zaven	GM	ARM	2588	3,5	0,0	9,5
3	Rychagov Andrey	GM	RUS	2538	3,5	0,0	9,5
4	Borovikov Vladislav	GM	UKR	2601	3,5	0,0	8,5
5	Melkumyan Hrant	GM	ARM	2606	3,5	0,0	8,5
6	Nikolov Momchil	GM	BUL	2552	3,0	0,0	9,0
7	Vishnu Prasanna V	FM	IND	2341	3,0	0,0	8,5
8	Gupta Abhijeet	GM	IND	2587	3,0	0,0	8,0
9	Sargissian Gabriel	GM	ARM	2673	3,0	0,0	8,0
10	Yakovich Yuri	GM	RUS	2570	3,0	0,0	8,0
11	Hess Robert L	GM	USA	2588	3,0	0,0	8,0
	Friedel Joshua E	GM	USA	2527	3,0	0,0	8,0
13	Khismatullin Denis	GM	RUS	2667	3,0	0,0	7,5
14	Grover Sahaj	IM	IND	2411	3,0	0,0	7,5
15	Vorobiov Evgeny E	GM	RUS	2592	3,0	0,0	7,5
16	Graf Alexander	GM	GER	2590	3,0	0,0	7,5
17	Mamedov Nidjat	GM	AZE	2604	3,0	0,0	7,0
18	Tukhaev Adam	GM	UKR	2518	3,0	0,0	7,0
19	Jojua Davit	GM	GEO	2530	3,0	0,0	7,0
20	Zubarev Alexander	GM	UKR	2562	2,5	0,0	8,0
21	David Alberto	GM	LUX	2622	2,5	0,0	7,5
22	Rozentalis Eduardas	GM	LTU	2631	2,5	0,0	7,0
23	Paichadze Luka	FM	GEO	2467	2,5	0,0	7,0
24	Zablotsky Sergei	GM	RUS	2553	2,5	0,0	7,0
25	Zinchenko Yaroslav	GM	UKR	2544	2,5	0,0	6,5
26	Deepan Chakkravarthy J	GM	IND	2498	2,5	0,0	6,5
27	Aloma Vidal Robert	IM	ESP	2445	2,5	0,0	6,5
28	Harika Dronavalli	IM	IND	2504	2,5	0,0	6,5
29	Atalik Ekaterina	IM	TUR	2444	2,5	0,0	6,5
30	Grigorov Grigor	IM	BUL	2503	2,5	0,0	6,5
31	Nevednichy Vladislav	GM	ROU	2592	2,5	0,0	6,5
32	Botsari Anna-Maria	WGM	GRE	2318	2,5	0,0	6,5
33	Alsina Leal Daniel	GM	ESP	2546	2,5	0,0	6,5
34	Bernal Moro Luis Javier	IM	ESP	2443	2,5	0,0	6,0
35	Michelakos Panagiotis		GRE	1996	2,5	0,0	6,0
36	Tania Sachdev	IM	IND	2396	2,5	0,0	6,0
37	Marjanovic Slavoljub	GM	SRB	2505	2,5	0,0	6,0
38	Shyam Sundar M	IM	IND	2414	2,5	0,0	5,0
39	Vafiadis Kleanthis		GRE	2227	2,5	0,0	4,5
40	Baghdasaryan Vahe		ARM	2229	2,0	0,0	7,0
94 players

24) 1st Negroponte International Open

The 1st Negroponte International Open takes place 9th-17th August 2010. Denis Khismatullin, Igor Kurnosov, SS Ganguly, Sandipan Chanda, Eduardas Rozentalis etc compete.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr33842.aspx

Official site: http://www.negroponte2010.gr/

25) Open Women's Bulgarian championship

The Thracian Princess Open Women's Bulgarian championship took place in Vratsa, 25th-31st July 2010. Elitsa Raeva finished first with 6.5/9 on tie-break from Lyubka Genova, Margarita Voiska and Angela Dragomirescu.

Official site: http://openwomen2010.hit.bg/

26) 1st Grafica Yael International

The 1st Grafica Yael International takes place in Torre Blanca 24th July - 1st August 2010.

Official site: http://www.torreblanca.org.ar/

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr36433.aspx

1st Grafica Yael Torre Blanca (ARG), 24 vii-1 viii 2010															cat. VI (2398)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Rodriguez Vila, Andres	g	URU	2522	*	½	0	.	1	1	1	1	1	1	6½	2628
2.	Slipak, Sergio	g	ARG	2452	½	*	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	.	5½	2562
3.	Perez Ponsa, Federico	f	ARG	2390	1	0	*	½	.	½	½	½	½	1	4½	2453
4.	Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel	m	ARG	2443	.	½	½	*	½	0	1	1	½	½	4½	2420
5.	Blit, Jacques		ARG	2307	0	½	.	½	*	½	1	½	½	1	4½	2453
6.	Sorin, Ariel	g	ARG	2484	0	0	½	1	½	*	0	.	½	1	3½	2342
7.	Zapata Ferrada, Marco	f	CHI	2378	0	½	½	0	0	1	*	½	.	1	3½	2353
8.	Labollita, Martin	m	ARG	2413	0	0	½	0	½	.	½	*	1	1	3½	2342
9.	Saldano Dayer, Horacio	m	ESP	2433	0	½	½	½	½	½	.	0	*	0	2½	2255
10.	Bassan, Remo		VEN	2160	0	.	0	½	0	0	0	0	1	*	1½	2170

Round 1 (July 24, 2010)
Slipak, Sergio	- Perez Ponsa, Federico	1-0	70	B50	Sicilian Defence
Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel	- Bassan, Remo	½-½	52	D90	Gruenfeld Flohr
Blit, Jacques	- Sorin, Ariel	½-½	29	C47	Four Knights
Zapata Ferrada, Marco	- Rodriguez Vila, Andres	0-1	57	A04	Dutch System
Labollita, Martin	- Saldano Dayer, Horacio	1-0	26	B01	Centre Counter
Round 2 (July 25, 2010)
Rodriguez Vila, Andres	- Bassan, Remo	1-0	40	A05	Various
Perez Ponsa, Federico	- Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel	½-½	10	C66	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Sorin, Ariel	- Slipak, Sergio	0-1	36	D20	QGA
Zapata Ferrada, Marco	- Labollita, Martin	½-½	17	A85	Dutch
Saldano Dayer, Horacio	- Blit, Jacques	½-½	19	B08	Pirc Defence
Round 3 (July 26, 2010)
Slipak, Sergio	- Saldano Dayer, Horacio	½-½	23	E53	Nimzo Indian
Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel	- Sorin, Ariel	0-1	28	C53	Giuoco Piano
Blit, Jacques	- Zapata Ferrada, Marco	1-0	46	B74	Sicilian Dragon
Labollita, Martin	- Rodriguez Vila, Andres	0-1	42	C45	Scotch Game
Bassan, Remo	- Perez Ponsa, Federico	0-1	33	B26	Sicilian Closed
Round 4 (July 27, 2010)
Rodriguez Vila, Andres	- Perez Ponsa, Federico	0-1	56	A31	English Symmetrical
Sorin, Ariel	- Bassan, Remo	1-0	45	D80	Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Zapata Ferrada, Marco	- Slipak, Sergio	½-½	16	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Labollita, Martin	- Blit, Jacques	½-½	48	E83	King's Indian Saemisch
Saldano Dayer, Horacio	- Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel	½-½	55	B40	Sicilian Classical
Round 5 (July 28, 2010)
Slipak, Sergio	- Labollita, Martin	1-0	35	D11	Slav Defence
Perez Ponsa, Federico	- Sorin, Ariel	½-½	85	C80	Ruy Lopez Open
Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel	- Zapata Ferrada, Marco	1-0	55	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Blit, Jacques	- Rodriguez Vila, Andres	0-1	39	C02	French Advance
Bassan, Remo	- Saldano Dayer, Horacio	1-0	64	B07	Pirc Defence
Round 6 (July 29, 2010)
Rodriguez Vila, Andres	- Sorin, Ariel	1-0	34	C53	Giuoco Piano
Blit, Jacques	- Slipak, Sergio	½-½	30	C55	Two Knights Defence
Zapata Ferrada, Marco	- Bassan, Remo	1-0	39	A45	Trompowsky
Labollita, Martin	- Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel	0-1	32	A42	Modern Defence
Saldano Dayer, Horacio	- Perez Ponsa, Federico	½-½	39	B07	Pirc Defence
Round 7 (July 30, 2010)
Slipak, Sergio	- Rodriguez Vila, Andres	½-½	10	B08	Pirc Defence
Perez Ponsa, Federico	- Zapata Ferrada, Marco	½-½	48	D15	Slav Defence
Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel	- Blit, Jacques	½-½	12	D13	Slav Exchange
Sorin, Ariel	- Saldano Dayer, Horacio	½-½	25	D38	QGD Ragozin
Bassan, Remo	- Labollita, Martin	0-1	52	C11	French Defence
Round 8 (July 31, 2010)
Rodriguez Vila, Andres	- Saldano Dayer, Horacio	1-0	46	B00	Owen or Nimzowitsch Defence
Slipak, Sergio	- Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel	½-½	17	E15	Queens Indian
Blit, Jacques	- Bassan, Remo	1-0	31	B03	Alekhine's Defence
Zapata Ferrada, Marco	- Sorin, Ariel	1-0	42	C96	Ruy Lopez
Labollita, Martin	- Perez Ponsa, Federico	½-½	10	C42	Petroff's Defence

27) 15th Pannonia-Nitrokemia Cup

The 15th Pannonia-Nitrokemia Cup took place in Balatonalmadi 28th July - 1st August 2010.

Zoltan Medvegy, and Miklos Galyas finished on 6/7. No games available.

Official site: http://fancsyimi.fw.hu

28) XXXVI Badalona Open

The XXXVI Badalona Open takes place 2nd-8th August 2010.

Official site: http://www.cesantjosep.com/open/

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr32550.aspx

29) Hungarian Championships

In a very confusing championships Chess Today reports that "Elo-favourites GMs Ferenc Berkes (2670) and Zoltan Gyimesi (2598) advanced to the final, where Berkes won 1.5-0.5. GM Zoltan Medvegy took third place by beating GM David Berczes with the same score."

This was after group stages where the winners met in the final. No games seem to be available.

Results GpA http://chess-results.com/tnr35833.aspx?lan=1

Results GpB http://chess-results.com/tnr35834.aspx?lan=1

This I presume reports the final standings but is also a bit confusing: http://chess-results.com/tnr35838.aspx

30) HSG Open

The HSG Open took place in Hilversum 26th June - 4th July 2010. Leading players: Konstantin Landa, Friso Nijboer and Hedinn Steingrimsson. Friso Nijboer took clear first place with 7/9.

Herman van Engen has sent a much fuller selection of games from the event.

Official site: http://www.hsgopen.nl/

31) 14th Hogeschool Zeeland

The 14th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament takes place in Vlissingen August 7th-14th 2010.

Leading entries are the GMs Krishnan Sasikiran (IND, 2679), Sergey Fedorchuk (UKR, 2665), Erwin L'Ami (NED, 2620), Viktor Erdos (HUN, 2592), Erik van den Doel (NED, 2591), Friso Nijboer (NED, 2582), Vyacheslav Ikonnikov (RUS, 2578), Stewart Haslinger (ENG, 2552) and Michael Hoffmann (GER, 2517).

On August 6 Erwin L'Ami will give a lecture in the Hogeschool Zeeland about his experience as a second of Topalov in the match against Anand.

Official site: http://www.hztoernooi.nl/hz/

32) Vitoria-Gasteiz Open

The Vitoria-Gasteiz Open took place 26th July 2010 - 1st August 2010. Aimen Rizouk took first place with 7.5/9. No games available.

Details: http://sites.google.com/site/openvitoriagasteiz2010/Home/bases-del-torneo-1

33) Shanghai and Bilbao Masters

The Shanghai and Bilbao Masters takes place in two stages. The First stage is in Shanghai September 3rd-8th 2010. The Final in Bilbao, October 9th-15th 2010.

The four players who will participate in the first stage in Shanghai are: Wang Hao, as best Chinese player (20th ranked); Alexei Shirov, as best Spanish player (9th ranked); Levon Aronian, as winner of the Final Chess Masters 2009 (5th ranked);and Vladimir Kramnik, as fourth ranked in the world ranking (4th ranked).

The top two qualified in Shanghai will play in Bilbao along with Magnus Carlsen, winner of the tournaments of Wijk aan Zee, Nankin and Bazna, and current number one of the world (1st ranked) and Viswanathan Anand, current World Champion (3rd ranked). Among the best players of the world, only Veselin Topalov (winner of Linares and number 2 of the world) will miss the Final, due to personal reasons.

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

34) World Correspondence Chess Championships

The 22nd World Correspondence Chess Championships finals for men was won by Aleksandr Dronov on tie-break from Juergen Buecker after both scored 11.5/16. Olga Mikhailovna Sukhareva won the women's tournament with 7.5/10.

Official site: http://www.iccf-webchess.com

22nd WCh-Corr Final (Postal), 2007-10																						cat. XIII
Pl	FED	No	Ti	Name	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pts	SB	RG	Pl
1	RUS	140915	GM	Dronov, Aleksandr Surenovich	2617		1	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	1A	11.5	87.25	0	1
2	GER	89932	SM	Buecker, Juergen	2528	0		½	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	11.5	80.25	0	2
3	NED	370241	GM	Oosterom, Joop J. van	2771	½	½		½	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	½	½A	11	83	0	3
4	CZE	131077	SM	Vrkoc, David	2566	0	½	½		½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	10.5	73.5	0	4
5	RUS	141211	GM	Mikeshin, Sergey Alekseevich	2591	½	½	½	½		½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	½A	1A	10	74.25	0	5
6	EST	930148	GM	Kukk, Raul	2591	½	½	½	½	½		½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1A	1A	9.5	69.5	0	6
7	ARG	20823	SM	Buraschi, Osvaldo	2571	½	½	½	½	½	½		1	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	0A	9	71	0	7
8	USA	511491	SM	Murray, Tim	2617	½	0	0	½	½	½	0		½	½	1	½	1	1	1	½A	½	8.5	60.25	0	8
9	BRA	70294	GM	Oliveira, Marcio Barbosa de	2457	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	½		1	½	1	½	½	½	½A	1A	8	56.5	0	9
10	ESP	160643	GM	Drake Diez de Rivera, Pedro	2574	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	0		½	½	½	½	½	½	1	7.5	56.25	0	10
11	GER	81956	SM	Kurth, Wilfried	2538	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	0	½	½		½	½	1	0	1A	½A	7	52	0	11
12	HUN	230576	GM	Sasvari, Tamas	2578	½	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	½	½		½	½	1	1A	½A	7	48.75	0	12
13	GER	80710	SM	Firnhaber, Ingo	2520	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	½		½	½	½	1A	6.5	45.75	0	13
14	GUA	720001	GM	Blanco Gramajo, Cesar Augusto	2579	½	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	½		½	1	1A	6	40	0	14
15	USA	510552	IM	Myers, David R.	2400	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	1	0	½	½		1	½	5	31.25	0	15
16	CZE	130825	SM	Machycek, Lubomir	2430	0	0	½	0	½A	0A	0	½A	½A	½	0A	0A	½	0	0		1	4	29.25	0	16
17	SWE	450589	GM	Holmberg, Rune	2513	0A	0	½A	0	0A	0A	1A	½	0A	0	½A	½A	0A	0A	½	0		3.5	28.25	0	17

8th WCh-Corr w Final (Postal), 2007-10																	cat. XIV
Pl	FED	No	Ti	Name	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	Pts	SB	RG	Pl
1	RUS	470175	LG	Sukhareva, Olga Mikhailovna	2344		½	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	7.5	35	0	1
2	CZE	130507	LG	Bazantova, Marie	2332	½		½	0	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	6.5	28.75	0	2
3	GER	85328	LM	Fluegel, Ricarda	2408	½	½		½	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	6	28.25	0	3
4	LTU	920256	LG	Dambrauskaite, Vilma	2308	0	1	½		½	½	1	½	½	1	½	6	28	0	4
5	ENG	210282	LG	Jones, Mary E.	2237	0	½	½	½		½	½	1	½	½	1	5.5	24.5	0	5
6	GER	84950	LG	Siewert, Myrna	2333	½	0	½	½	½		½	½	½	½	½	4.5	22	0	6
7	BUL	50332	LG	Bocheva, Margarita	2364	½	½	0	0	½	½		½	½	1	½	4.5	21	0	7
8	ITA	241121		Saviano, Caterina	2280	0	½	½	½	0	½	½		½	1	0	4	19.25	0	8
9	RUS	140146	LG	Shchebenyuk, Nina Grigorievna	1961	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	½		0	1	4	18.25	0	9
10	KAZ	990044	LM	Litvinenko, Natalia	2246	½	0	½	0	½	½	0	0	1		½	3.5	17.25	0	10
11	CZE	130499		Babulova, Mariola	2224	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	1	0	½		3	13.25	0	11

35) 111th US Open 2010

The 111th US Open takes place 31st July - 8th August 2010. No strong players in the listings just yet but a full list of entries not yet available. 9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:120m:60m)

Official Site

Results

Live

36) Bogota International

The Bicentenario tournament took place in Bogota 10th-20th July 2010. The strongest event in Colombia for some time was won by Neuris Delgado Ramirez with 8/10.

GM Bogota (COL), 10-20 vii 2010												cat. XII (2528)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1
1.	Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	g	CUB	2575	*	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	8	2763
2.	Flores, Diego	g	ARG	2584	½	*	½	½	1	1	1	½	½	1	1	7½	2715
3.	Bachmann, Axel	g	PAR	2552	0	½	*	½	1	½	1	1	1	½	1	7	2674
4.	Vescovi, Giovanni	g	BRA	2632	0	½	½	*	½	0	1	½	1	½	1	5½	2553
5.	Zambrana, Oswaldo	g	BOL	2515	½	0	0	½	*	0	½	1	1	1	1	5½	2565
6.	Arenas, David	m	COL	2364	0	0	½	1	1	*	½	0	1	0	1	5	2544
7.	Becerra Rivero, Julio	g	USA	2557	½	0	0	0	½	½	*	1	½	1	½	4½	2489
8.	Escobar Forero, Alder	m	COL	2474	0	½	0	½	0	1	0	*	½	1	0	3½	2423
9.	Barrientos, Sergio E	m	COL	2477	½	½	0	0	0	0	½	½	*	1	½	3½	2423
10.	Cordova, Emilio	g	PER	2560	0	0	½	½	0	1	0	0	0	*	1	3	2375
11.	Romero Holmes, Alfonso	g	ESP	2518	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	0	*	2	2289

37) Forthcoming Events and Links

Villa Martelli Bicentenary

The bicentenary tournament in Villa Martelli takes place 4th-13th August 2010. Anatoly Karpov will give a simul on 7th August.

Official site: http://ajedrezmartelli.org.ar/

Villa Martelli Bicentenary (ARG), 4-13 viii 2010 Leading Round 9 (of 9) Standings:
Ti	Name	Elo	FED
GM	Leitao Rafael	2629	BRA
GM	Milos Gilberto	2606	BRA
GM	Flores Diego	2584	ARG
GM	Felgaer Ruben	2584	ARG
GM	Fier Alexandr	2570	BRA
GM	Morovic Ivan	2566	CHI
GM	Bachmann Axel	2552	PAR
GM	Rodriguez Andres	2508	URU
GM	Valerga Diego	2506	ARG
GM	Diaz Nahuel	2474	ARG

9th Mario Covas 2010

The 9th Mario Covas takes place 13th-19th August 2010 in Sao Paulo Brazil. Rafael Leitao and Gilberto Milos compete. The VII Regina Helena Marques Prol women's event also takes place alongside.

Official site: http://www.fpx.com.br/2010/paulistao2010/9covas.html

Official site: http://www.fpx.com.br/2010/paulistao2010/7regina.htm

9th Mario Covas Sao Paulo (BRA), 13-19 viii 2010				cat. XI (2522)
Name	FED	Rating	ID FIDE
GM	Rafael Leitao	BRA	2629	2101246
GM	Gilberto Milos	BRA	2606	2100029
GM	Alexandr Fier	BRA	2570	2107139
GM	Axel Bachmann	PAR	2552	3700488
GM	Sandro Mareco	ARG	2527	112275
GM	Andres Rodriguez	URU	2508	3000010
GM	Felipe El Debs	BRA	2499	2106981
IM	Diego Di Berardino	BRA	2492	2105446
IM	Jose Cubas	PAR	2463	3700267
IM	Luis Coelho	BRA	2381	2105314

X Benidorm Chess Festival 2010

The X Benidorm Chess Festival takes place 3rd-12th December 2010.

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

VIII Marx Gyorgy Memorial

The VIII Marx Gyorgy Memorial takes place 5th-16th August, 2010.

Double Round Robin with 6 players.

Time limit: 100 minutes/40 moves+40minutes+30 seconds/move from the first move. Sophia rule: The players can offer a draw in the first 40 moves only with arbiter's permission in particular cases. Criteria used for tie: 1. more wins, 2. result against each other, 3. Berger.

Official site: http://www.ase.hu/marxgy

Kristiansund Rapid with Carlsen, Anand, Polgar and Hammer

There is a Rapid chess tournament in Kristiansund (Norway) taking place 28th-30th August 2010. Players: Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Judit Polgar and Jon Ludvig Hammer.

25 minutes for a game with an increment of 10 seconds per move. The 4 players will meet 2 times, 3 games each on both Saturday and Sunday. Finals on Monday 30th August 2010.

No website available yet.

Chess Classic Mainz 2010

The 17th Chess Classic Mainz takes place 6th-8th August 2010. The festival has suffered from the general economic slowdown with the open taking the lead along with simuls.

The rapid chess open has been upgraded to the Grenke Rapid World Championship. The tenth edition of the Chess Classic in Mainz is sponsored by GRENKE Group, FiNet AG, Livingston GmbH, Hilton Mainz, Congress Centre Mainz, Stadtwerke Mainz AG and our Prime-Partners ChessBase, DGT and Schach Niggemann.

The prize fund for the rapid chess world championship is no less than Euro 30.000. Chess960 has to take a break for a year.

On the first day of the event, 6th August 2010, Anand will play a standard simul on 40 boards. On the same day, Alexandra Kosteniuk will play a 20-board Chess960 simul.

The Grenke Rapid World Championship will also be a treat for chess lovers: Levon Aronian, who is the current rapid chess world champion and the winner of the 2009 ORDIX Open, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, will play the open tournament to face a unique mixture of numerous world-class grandmasters and amateurs.

The Open will be played in the same established format as in the previous editions. On 7th-8th August 2010 11 rounds will be played, in which the time control is 20 minutes + 5 seconds per move.

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

Vasylyshyn Memorial

The Vasylyshyn Memorial Chess Festival takes place in Lviv, Ukraine November 23rd - December 1st 2010. Men's and women's events.

For more details:

Men's event tournament director GM Yuri Vovk (English, Ukrainian, Russian languages ) via: e-mail:wolfisthegreatestpredator@gmail.com mobile phone:+380 673912027 skype:Imperator15chess ICC: Imperator15 Playchess: JohnConnor

Women's tournament director IM Vladimir Grabinsky (English, Ukrainian, Russian languages) via: e-mail:perfectchess@ukr.net mobile phone:+380 977471673 skype: perfectchess ICC: grandcoach

Transkarpathian Cup 2010

The Transkarpathian Cup 2010 Chess Festival takes place 10th-18th August 2010 in Mukachevo, Ukraine.

There is a six game classical match between GM Efimenko vs GM Naiditsch 11th-18th August (free day 15th August), two Opens on 10th-14th August, and also rapid, blitz and children's tournaments.

Schedule of all events (English): http://www.chess32x64.org/Tournaments/2010/Tr23/SheduleTC2010.htm

Efimenko vs Naiditsch Match - main page (English): http://efimenko.chess32x64.org/Najditch2010/eng/chessmatch2010.htm

Regulations - Open (English): http://www.chess32x64.org/Tournaments/2010/Tr23/TransCup-2010(eng).doc

XL Rilton Cup 2010-11

The XL Rilton Cup takes place in Stockholm, Sweden 27th December 2010 - 5th January 2211.

Details: http://www.rilton.se

PDF Invitation: http://www.rilton.se/1011/inbjudan_eng/XL_RILTON_CUP_eng.pdf

First Saturday August 2010

The First Saturday GM-IM-FM events take place 7th-17th August 2010. Places still available.

If you wish to play contact Laszlo Nagy by Mobile phone: +(36)-30-230-19-14 Office phone from 12:00 (noon) until 22:00 hour Central European Time: +(36)-1-263-28-59 E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net

Website: http://www.firstsaturday.hu

August GM (Min 9, max 13 games)

IGM VARGA, Zoltan /HUN/, IGM KOSIC, Dragan /MNE/, IGM GENOV, Petar /BUL/, IGM HOANG, Trang /HUN/, IM MIHOK, Oliver /HUN/, IM EID, Fadi /LEB/, IM LORSCHEID, Gerd /GER/, FM KISLIK, Erik Andrew /USA/, SZABO, Bence /HUN/ IM KARGIN, Arseny /RUS, 2394/ Reserves: IGM BERCZES, David /HUN/, IGM PROHASZKA, Peter /HUN/, IM KONNYU, Janos /HUN/, IM TO, Nhat Minh /HUN/, PAPP, Gellert /HUN/, FEHER, Adam /HUN/,

August IM tournament: (Min 9, max 11 games)

IM MARYASIN, Boris /ISR, 2339/. IM TO, Nhat Minh /HUN, 2441/, IM LENGYEL, Bela /HUN, 2251/, IM KAUFMAN, Raymond /USA, 2333/, IM HARDICSAY, Peter /HUN, 2271/, IM PETRAN, Pal /HUN, 2372/, IM FARAGO, Sandor /HUN,2243/, IM SZALANCZY, Emil /HUN, 2272/, IM KASHTANOV, Ruslan /HUN 2319/, FM LYELL, Mark /ENG, 2162/, ZHAO, Parker /USA, 2267/, PRIVITERA, Franco /ITA, 2131/, ERDELYI, Zombor /HUN, 2336/, OMARSSON, Dadi /ISL, 2150/, WFM GRIGORYAN,Meri /ENG, 2099/, FM TRAN, Tuan Minh /VIE, 2244/, WIM NGUYEN, Thi Mai Hung /VIE, 2240/, BATTEY, Alex /USA, 2150/, QU, Yanqiao /CHN, 2149/, MARTYNOV, Pavel /RUS, 2190/, MARTINI, Balazs /HUN,2310/, ADAMS, Nick /USA, 2244/. Reserves: IM KAHN, Evarth /HUN/, IM SZEBERENYI, Adam /HUN/. All ELO average: 2250.

25th open Teteven

25th open Teteven, Bulgarian takes place 14th-22nd August 2010.

Details: http://chessbul.hit.bg/teteven25/25tetevenen.htm

8th Davos Open

After one year Davos and "Sunstar Park Hotel" host again the International Chess Tournament. Switzerland is the famous tourist country particular popular is tremendous Davos. European's summers starting to be very hot, more than 40 C. In Davos you can face 25C maximum 28C always with a fresh area.

8th Davos Open, 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end). Prize is: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. Natural prizes for 5 and more points. Special prizes. Entry fee 140 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, GMs and IMs free; juniors lodging at Sunstar Park Hotel free; at the door 20 SF more. Time table: Registration desk 12.00-17.30 August 8th; Rounds 1 18.00-23.00 August 8th; Round 2/6 15.00-20.00 August 9th-13th; Round 7 9.30-14.30 August 14th. Venue: "Sun star Park Hotel" Congress Center. Closing ceremony August 14th, 3 p.m. Unbelievable chess-rates.

All information at: http://www.sinchess.com/davos or http://www.beochess.ch E-mail: davos@sinchess.com or event@beochess.ch Tel: +381 63 346 128 (Sinisa Joksic) or

+41 62 965 46 59 (Robert Spoerri)

25th Schwarzacher Open

The 25th Schwarzacher Open takes place 21st-29th August 2010. Mladen Palac and Robert Zelcic are the top seeds.

Official site: http://www.jacoby-info.at/herg/SchwarzacherOpen/index.htm

Results: http://www.jacoby-info.at/herg/SchwarzacherOpen/index.htm

Euro Chess Tournament 2010

The Euro Chess Tournament takes place 9th-14th August 2010 including the University of Twente Young Masters invitation tournament and the 36th Open Dutch Youth Championships. This year it is also part of the ECU Youth Grand Prix.

Invite for all European Youth players to take part in the Open Dutch Youth Tournament. Registration via the website and no upper limit to participants!

Details: http://www.onjk.nl. Or contact the secretary at secretaris@onjk.nl.

NH Chess Tournament

The NH Chess Tournament Rising Stars vs. Experience

The fifth NH Chess Tournament, organized by NH Hoteles in close cooperation with the Association Max Euwe of Dutch chess maecenas Joop van Oosterom in Monaco, is held from August 12-22 at the NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in Amsterdam.

The NH Chess Tournament is a 'Scheveningen' team tournament between an 'Experience' team and a 'Rising Stars' team. All members of each team play all members of the other team twice, once with the white pieces and once with the black pieces. There's a special prize for the best Rising Star (provided he has a positive score): an invitation to the prestigious 2011 Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament.

The 'Experience' team consists of Boris Gelfand (Israel, 2739), Peter Svidler (Russia, 2734), Peter Heine Nielsen (Denmark, 2700), Loek van Wely (The Netherlands, 2677) and Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Serbia, 2572). The 'Rising Stars' are Hikaru Nakamura (United States, 2729), Fabiano Caruana (Italy, 2697), Wesley So (The Philippines, 2674), Anish Giri (The Netherlands, 2672) and David Howell (England, 2616).

Spectators are welcome at the venue, where they can watch the games live and there is daily expert commentary. The entry is free.

Further information you can find at the tournament website: http://www.nhchess.com

XI Figueres Open "Miquel Mas"

The XI Figueres Open "Miquel Mas" takes place 11th-18th August 2010.

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

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr33579.aspx

Chinese Chess League Division A

The Youngor Chinese Chess League Division A takes place April 16th - December 30th 2010 in China. 10 teams compete in the Double Round-Robin event.

Time control: 1 hour 30 minutes for the whole game with an incremental time of 30 seconds per move.

Prize: 500,000 yuan or Euro 50,000.

The first 3 rounds took place in Ningbo city.

Official website : http://ccl.sports.cn/ - http://games.sports.cn/chessorg.ccl2010/index.html

The live games broadcast : http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

Archive of games should be here eventually: http://ccl.sports.cn/2010/news/2010-04-01/1995059.html

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr32818.aspx

Rounds 4-6 take place June 6th - June 9th 2010 in Shenzhen

Rounds 7-9 July 23rd - July 26th 2010 in Shanghai

Rounds 10-12 9th-11th Sept 2010 in Guangzhou

Rounds 13-15 in Oct. 10th-13th 2010

Round 16-18 in Dec. 28th-30th 2010 in Beijing.

Leading players: Wang Yue g CHN 2749; Wang Hao g CHN 2713; Alexander Motylev g RUS 2705; Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2682; Zhou Jianchao g CHN 2650; Li Chao b g CHN 2613; Zhang Pengxiang g CHN 2605; Zhou Weiqi g CHN 2585; Peng Xiaominn g CHN 2581; Zhao Jun g CHN 2575; Yu Yangyi g CHN 2574; Hou Yifan g CHN 2570; Ding Liren g CHN 2564; Wen Yang g CHN 2520; Li Shilong g CHN 2514; Xu Jun g CHN 2513; Liang Chong g CHN 2502; Ju Wenjun wg CHN 2500; Xiu Deshun CHN 2493; Zhao Xue g CHN 2490; Ruan Lufei wg CHN 2479; Xu Yuhua g CHN 2478; Zhu Chen g QAT 2476; Tan Zhongyi wg CHN 2464; Wu Shaobin g SIN 2453; Lin Chen CHN 2448; Liu Qingnan m CHN 2445; Shen Yang wg CHN 2444; Huang Qian wg CHN 2439; Zhang Xiaowen wg CHN 2437; Le Thanh Tu wg VIE 2318

Gujuan Tzu Blog is http://blog.sina.com.cn/chessnews

6th TCh-CHN (CHN), 16 iv-30 xii 2010 Round 8 (of 18) Standings:
Rk.	Team	1a	1b	2a	2b	3a	3b	4a	4b	5a	5b	6a	6b	7a	7b	8a	8b	9a	9b	10a	10b	TB1	TB2
1	SHANGDONG Linglong	*	*	2½				3		3		3		3		4½		4		3½		15	26,5
2	SHANGHAI Jianqiao	2½		*	*	2		3		3		2½				2		3½		4		10	22,5
3	HEBEI			3		*	*	1		1½		1		3		3		4		3½		10	20,0
4	BEIJING Aigo	2		2		4		*	*			2		2½		3		4		4½		9	24,0
5	ZHEJIANG	2		2		3½				*	*	2½		1½		4		4		4		9	23,5
6	China Mobile CHONGQING	2		2½		4		3		2½		*	*	2½		2		3½				9	22,0
7	Lanpo JIANGSU	2				2		2½		3½		2½		*	*	2½		3		3		9	21,0
8	TIANJIN Nan Kai	½		3		2		2		1		3		2½		*	*			2½		6	16,5
9	GUANGDONG Huateng	1		1½		1		1		1		1½		2				*	*	4½		2	13,5
10	BEIJING Rendafuzhong	1½		1		1½		½		1				2		2½		½		*	*	1	10,5

Paignton Congress

This year's week-long Paignton Congress starts on Sunday September 5th, the 60th consecutive congress held in the same room, the magnificent Ballroom of Oldway Mansion. This record of consistency is probably unique in chess.

To commemorate this milestone, the committee has planned several extra features. Michael Adams is coming to put on a simultaneous display, and there will be a Junior International tournament held in the Mayor's Parlour.

In addition, Committee Member, Bob Jones, is publishing a book on the history of the event, which was won spectacularly by Harry Golombek after he beat the former World Champion, Max Euwe, on the very first day of the first congress. Since that day, many top players have tested the Paignton waters; from the likes of Barden, Wade, Yanofsky, Alexander and Clarke in the early days, to youngsters like Keene, Hartston, Adams, Hodgson, Norwood, Arkell, the list goes on.

Details can be found on the chessdevon website, or obtained from the Congress Secretary, Alan Crickmore on 01752-768206.

4th Rijeka open chess tournament "Mediterranean 2017"

The 4th Rijeka open chess tournament "Mediterranean 2017" takes place 13th-20th November 2010 in the city of Rijeka, located at the North-west part of the Croatian coast of the Adriatic sea.

The president of the Republic of Croatia, Ivo Josipovic, has accepted to be a sponsor of this chess event while the County primorsko-goranska and the City of Rijeka are the co-sponsors.

Details: http://www.mediteran2017.com/en/home/About_the_tournament/Application

IX Festival Internacional de Ajedrez Benidorm 2010

The IX Festival Internacional de Ajedrez Benidorm 2010 takes place 3rd-12th December 2010.

Further details: http://www.ajedrezenelbali.com

Entries: info@ajedrezenelbali.com

Information: festivaldebenidorm@gmail.com

Movil: 0034-615547567

Geller Memorial 2010

The 6th Efim Geller Memorial (Open) will take place in Odessa, Ukraine on 21-29 August 2010 (Open A, Open B), the children's open will take place on 16-19 August. There also will be a blitz tournament on 30 August.

Details in Russian: http://chessportal.od.ua/news.php?extend.758.10

Contact with organisers: chess@te.net.ua

X Savaria Summer Chess Festival

X Savaria Summer Chess Festival 27.07.2010.- 04.08.2010. Szombathely, Hungary GM,IM Round-Rubin, Open A,B,C Group Contact: Csonka Attila attila_csonka@hotmail.com

Details: http://chess-results.com/Tnr31363.aspx?lan=1

London Chess Classic 2010

Viswanathan Anand will become the first reigning world chess champion to play in a major tournament in London since Anatoly Karpov in 1984 when he joins the eight-player field for the second London Chess Classic, which runs from 8-15 December 2010 at the Olympia Conference Centre.

Alongside him will be World Number one Magnus Carlsen, former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, US number one Hikaru Nakamura and the top four English players Michael Adams, Nigel Short, Luke McShane and David Howell.

IM Malcolm Pein is back as tournament director.

Vishy Anand is the one change from the stellar field which brought spectators flocking to London to watch elite chess in December 2009. The great Indian player, who will turn 41 during the tournament, recently retained his title as the undisputed champion of the world by defeating Veselin Topalov in the latter's home city of Sofia, Bulgaria. In London he will meet his immediate predecessor as champion, Vladimir Kramnik, 36, of Russia, and also the young man who is currently riding high as the world's highest rated player and widely tipped to be Anand's next challenger � Magnus Carlsen of Norway, who will be 20 by the time the tournament starts.

London is thus privileged to witness a clash of the past, present and likely future chess champions. At the time of writing Carlsen is world number one on the FIDE (World Chess Federation) Rating List, Kramnik is number three and Anand number four. Looking forward, London is also bidding to host the 2012 World Championship title match, so Anand's clashes with Carlsen and Kramnik could well be a preview of what happens in London's Olympic year.

Five more players make up the field of eight, all of whom played in the exciting 2009 event. Each one earned his place for his fighting play last year. The fourth non-British player is Hikaru Nakamura, USA, who will turn 23 during the London event. The American is known as the 'H-Bomb' for his explosive and totally uncompromising style of play. He has won the US Championship twice and also won major events in San Sebastian and Gibraltar in the past couple of years. He is improving all the time and can be expected to press hard for wins against the leading trio of players.

England has an established quartet of elite players and all four will be playing in London. Michael Adams, 39, from Cornwall, has recently wrested back his position as England number one and he spent a number of years as the world number four. He is fresh from winning the prestigious Gibraltar International. Nigel Short, 45, became a chess legend when he broke the Kasparov-Karpov strangehold on world title matches, beating Anatoly Karpov on the way to a title match with Garry Kasparov in 1993. He is still one of the most entertaining players on the circuit � and not to be missed in the commentary room after the game! Luke McShane, 26, started a financial career after university but couldn't resist the lure of the international chess scene. He is now re-establishing his status as one of the most talented of the world's young grandmasters. David Howell, 20 in November, had a sensational elite tournament debut in this event last year when he finished third behind Carlsen and Kramnik. He had recently won the British Championship by a handsome margin and has subsequently shared first at Hastings and won the British Rapidplay Championship for the second year in succession. Tournament Line-Up

Name	Title	Country	Rating (May 2010)	World Rnk May	Date of Birth
Carlsen, Magnus	grandmaster	NOR	2813	1	30.11.1990
Kramnik, Vladimir	ex-world champion	RUS	2790	3	25.06.1975
Anand, Viswanathan	world champion	IND	2789	4	11.12.1969
Nakamura, Hikaru	grandmaster	USA	2733	19	09.12.1987
Adams, Michael	grandmaster	ENG	2697	41	17.11.1971
Short, Nigel	grandmaster	ENG	2685	48	01.06.1965
McShane, Luke	grandmaster	ENG	2623	138	07.01.1984
Howell, David	grandmaster	ENG	2620	144	14.11.1990

For more information and to buy tickets to The London Chess Classic, please go to www.londonchessclassic.com Tickets will go on sale in July.

For further information please call:

Malcolm Pein

Tournament Director, London Chess Classic

T: 020 7388 2404

E: info@chess.co.uk

14th Unive Tournament

The 14th Unive Tournament takes place in Hoogeveen, Netherlands Fri 22nd - Sat 30th Oct 2010.

The 4 player double round robin sees Alexei Shirov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri and Sergei Tiviakov compete.

There is an open alongside for which entry is invited on the official site. Both events don't have a rest day in order to accommodate travel to Bulgaria for the European Club Cup.

(4 players 6 Rds DRR Indiv TC: 90m:30m+30spm(1))

Official Site

14th Unive Chess Tournament (NED), 25-30 x 2010			cat. XVIII (2682)
Name	NAT	May Elo	World Rnk
Alexei Shirov	ESP	2742	10
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	FRA	2710	30
Anish Giri	NED	2642	97
Sergey Tiviakov	NED	2634	111

XIV. Paks open

XIV. Paks open 11th-15th August 2010

7 rounds swiss tournament A and B (under1900) groups, 90 minutes + 30 seconds/move.

Application and information Videki Sandor (0036-75421225; 0036-304012866 Email: videkis2001@yahoo.com )

Children-tournament 8th August, 2010 Rapid-tournament 10th August, 2010 Blitz-tournament 13th August, 2010

VIII Gyorgy Marx Memorial Men Paks (HUN), 5-16 viii 2010			cat. XVI (2627)
Ti	Name	Rating	Country
g	Almasi, Zoltan	2725	HUN
g	Berkes, Ferenc	2676	HUN
g	Laznicka, Viktor	2636	CZE
g	Timman, Jan	2586	NED
g	Acs, Peter	2569	HUN
g	Robson, Ray	2569	USA

VIII Gyorgy Marx Memorial Women Paks (HUN), 5-16 viii 2010			cat. IV (2343)
Ti	Name	Rating	Country
wg	Galojan, Lilit	2402	ARM
m	Madl, Ildiko	2393	HUN
m	Kononenko, Tatiana	2374	UKR
m	Vajda, Szidonia	2363	HUN
g	Gaprindashvili, Nona	2348	GEO
wm	Toth, Lili	2175	HUN

European Individual Senior Championship 2011

The European Individual Senior Championship 2011 has been awarded by the ECU to Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy 10th-20th April 2010.

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

11th World University Chess Championship

The 11th World University Chess Championship takes place in Zurich 5th-11th September 2010.

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

Chinese Events 2010

Gujuan Tzu sends new of events in China in 2010. At the moment if you don't grab the games live they have a tendency to disappear (although http://ccl.sports.cn/2010/news/2010-04-01/1995059.html does now seem to have the early rounds of the Chinese League). It would be nice to find one spot where the Chinese Federation archives all their games.

1. The 4th All China Games in cluding chess game in 17-23 May 2010 in Hefei, Anhui, China. 11 rounds rapid games, Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

2. Chinese Championships: in 23 May-4 June 2010 in Xinghua, Jiangsu, China. Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

3. Chinese League A, Round 4-6, in 6-9 June 2010 in Shenzhan, China. Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

4. The 1st Chinese GM Super Tournament in 10-20 June 2010 in Hainan, China. 10 players: Wang Hao 2722; Bu Xiangzhi 2682; Ni Hua 2667; Zhou Jianchao 2652; Li Chao b 2619; Hou Yifan 2589; Yu Yangyi 2585; Zhou Weiqi 2585; Zhao Jun 2575; Ding liren 2547. Prize fund: 500,000 yuan or 50,000€. Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

5. Hou Yifan vs Kapov Match : 4-game and 4-rapid game in 27 Oct - 2 Nov 2010 (postponed) in Hainan, China. Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

6. Asia Boys and Girls in 8-18 July 2010 in Beijing, China. Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

7. Chinese League A Round 7-9 in 23-25 July 2010 in Shanghai, China. Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

8. The 7th China vs Russia Match in 14-25 August 2010 in Ningbo, China. Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

9. The 2nd Chess King and Queen Matches in 29 August-3 Sept. 2010 in Jiangzhou, China. Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

10. Chinese League A Round 10-12 in 9-12 Sept. 2010 in Guangzhou, China. Live Games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

11. Chinese League A Round 13-15 in 10-13 October 2010 in Hangzhou, China. Live Games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

11. The 3rd Nanjing Super Chess Tournament in 18-28 October 2010 in Nanjing, China. 6 players, Official site: http://www.chess-pearlspring.com/www/chess_pk/2009/cn/index.htm

12. The second half of Bilbao Final Masters in 10-16 October 2010 in Shanghai, China. Official site: http://www.bilbaofinalmasters.com/

13. Chinese League A Round 16-18 in 28-30 December 2010 in Beijing, China. Live Games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

Gujuan Tzu Website: http://blog.sina.com.cn/chessnews

World Chess Tour Events

Tournaments, simuls and classes in Moscow.

Contact: Contact: Igor Glek, International Grandmaster, FIDE Trainer, Deputy Chairman of the RSUPES&T Chess Chair E-mail: worldchesstour@gmail.com Russia: (7)903-5593052, (Germany/World): (49)152-04014194

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

Swiss Team Championships 2010

The Nationalliga A of Switzerland takes place 14th February - 7th November 2010. Round 2 games not yet available.

Dates: Round 1 (2010.02.14), Round 2 (2010.03.21), Round 3 (2010.04.25), Round 4 (2010.06.13), Round 5 (2010.06.27), Round 6 (2010.08.28), Round 7 (2010.08.29), Round 8 (2010.11.06) and Round 9 (2010.11.07).

Details

TCh-SUI NatLigaA Switzerland (SUI), 14 ii-7 xi 2010
Round 2 21st March 2010
Tribschen 1	-	Wollishofen 1	2	:	6
Reichenstein 1	-	Bern 1	5½	:	2½
Zuerich 1	-	Gen�ve 1	6	:	2
Luzern 1	-	Riehen 1	5	:	3
Joueur 1	-	Winterthur 1	5½	:	2½

Mihajlo Savic Website

The international arbiter, FIDE master and international organizer, Mihajlo Savic, the author of the book Commentary on the Laws of chess, has launched a new column You ask, we answer at website: http://www.chessdiagonals.com

Arvier (Aosta Valley) - September

ARVIER (Aosta Valley) - September, 4-12 2010. 6th European Union championship (open, 9 rounds) - http://www.scacchivda.com Free to all the players of the countries belonging to European Union, plus players from Croatia, Fyrom and Turkey without the right to the title. Aosta Valley is one of the most famous touristic regions in Italy, very well known for its castles, food and wines

Livigno (Sondrio, Valtellina)

LIVIGNO (Sondrio, Valtellina) - September, 10-18 2010. Open A (players more than 2000 elo) Open B (players less than 2000 elo) Open C (players without elo) http://www.livignoscacchi.it - http://www.livigno.eu Livigno is very well known as touristic skying town. It is said "the little Tibet". A few km far there is the village of Trepalle at 2250 metres above sea level, the highest inhabited place of Europe!

Victor Mikhalevski Website

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

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

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, HEV�Z, 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.

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

Czech Tour 2010-11

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

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

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

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

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.

European Union Website

The European Chess Union Website ECU website has changed address to http://www.europechess.org

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 821 2nd August 2010 by Mark Crowther

Sponsored by the London Chess Centre

Villa Martelli Bicentenary

9th Mario Covas 2010

X Benidorm Chess Festival 2010

VIII Marx Gyorgy Memorial

Kristiansund Rapid with Carlsen, Anand, Polgar and Hammer

Chess Classic Mainz 2010

Vasylyshyn Memorial

Transkarpathian Cup 2010

XL Rilton Cup 2010-11

First Saturday August 2010

25th open Teteven

8th Davos Open

25th Schwarzacher Open

Euro Chess Tournament 2010

NH Chess Tournament

XI Figueres Open "Miquel Mas"

Chinese Chess League Division A

Paignton Congress

4th Rijeka open chess tournament "Mediterranean 2017"

IX Festival Internacional de Ajedrez Benidorm 2010

Geller Memorial 2010

X Savaria Summer Chess Festival

London Chess Classic 2010

14th Unive Tournament

XIV. Paks open

European Individual Senior Championship 2011

11th World University Chess Championship

Chinese Events 2010

World Chess Tour Events

Swiss Team Championships 2010

Mihajlo Savic Website

Arvier (Aosta Valley) - September

Livigno (Sondrio, Valtellina)

Victor Mikhalevski Website

7th Knokke International Open

11th World University Chess Championship

Hungarian Tournaments March - October 2010

8th Davos Open

Czech Tour 2010-11

9th Czech Tour 2009/2010

International Correspondence Chess Federation

FIDE World Amateur Chess Championship

Mundial Chess Internet Tournament

Ajedrez 21 English site

Kingpin Magazine

Historical Elo Ratings

European Union Website

Chess Study