THE WEEK IN CHESS 822 9th August 2010 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Luis Blasco de la Cruz, Mitko Iliev, Dave Clayton, Alain Dekker, Christian Sanchez, Harun Taner, Peter Long, Rodolfo Arias, Gujuan Tzu, Hector Francovig, Mihajlo Savic, Rodolfo Arias, Sandor Videki and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Another big week of Summer Chess. Gata Kamsky came first in a field of 701 players at the Mainz Chess Classic ahead of Alexander Grischuk and defending Champion Levon Aronian. Michael Adams had considerably less trouble taking care of winning the British Championships but his partitication was certainly excellent news for the event. The FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Ulaanbaatar is a closely fought affair with Hou Yifan heading the field with a couple rounds to go. The World Juniors is coming up to the half way stage Dariusz Swiercz and Dmitry Andreikin lead the World Juniors coming up to the half way stage. There is plenty of other chess to look at too.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Chess Classic Mainz 2010

The 17th Chess Classic Mainz took place 6th-8th August 2010. The festival has suffered from the general economic slowdown with the Grenke Rapid World Championship Open taking the lead along with simuls by World Champions Viswanathan Anand and Alexandra Kosteniuk.

Aronian, Grischuk Shirov, Movsesian, Kamsky, Kasimdzhanov, Bologan, Inarkiev, Bareev and Zvjaginsev played the main open tournament. Gata Kamsky took clear first place with 10/11, he started with 9/9 before draws with Gashimov and Grischuk saw him home. Vugar Gashimov, defending champion Levon Aronian and Evgeny Bareev were half a point further back.

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

GRENKE Rapid WCh Mainz (GER), 7 - 8 viii 2010 Leading Round 11 (of 11) Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	FED	Elo	+	=	-	Pts	PtSum	MBuch
1.	Kamsky,Gata	GM	USA	2713	9	2	0	10,0	64,5	73,5
2.	Gashimov,Vugar	GM	AZE	2719	8	3	0	9,5	62,0	70,5
3.	Aronian,Levon	GM	ARM	2783	9	1	1	9,5	58,0	69,5
4.	Bareev,Evgeni	GM	RUS	2663	9	1	1	9,5	58,0	68,0
5.	Karjakin,Sergey	GM	RUS	2747	8	2	1	9,0	59,0	75,5
6.	Kempinski,Robert	GM	POL	2612	9	0	2	9,0	58,0	70,0
7.	Grischuk,Alexander	GM	RUS	2760	8	2	1	9,0	57,5	69,5
8.	Shirov,Alexey	GM	ESP	2749	8	2	1	9,0	55,0	69,5
9.	Naiditsch,Arkadij	GM	GER	2684	9	0	2	9,0	50,0	62,0
10.	Kasimdzhanov,Rustam	GM	UZB	2704	8	1	2	8,5	58,5	69,0
11.	Gustafsson,Jan	GM	GER	2643	8	1	2	8,5	57,5	71,0
12.	Bologan,Viktor	GM	MDA	2713	8	1	2	8,5	57,5	69,5
13.	Markowski,Tomasz	GM	POL	2628	8	1	2	8,5	56,5	67,5
14.	Inarkiev,Ernesto	GM	RUS	2671	8	1	2	8,5	56,0	68,0
15.	Movsesian,Sergei	GM	SVK	2723	6	5	0	8,5	55,0	68,0
16.	Howell,David	GM	ENG	2619	7	3	1	8,5	55,0	63,0
17.	Tregubov,Pavel	GM	RUS	2610	7	3	1	8,5	54,5	67,5
18.	Istratescu,Andrei	GM	ROU	2620	8	1	2	8,5	54,5	66,0
19.	Andersson,Ulf	GM	SWE	2567	7	3	1	8,5	54,5	65,5
20.	Pelletier,Yannick	GM	SUI	2589	8	1	2	8,5	54,0	66,5
21.	Ghaem Maghami,Ehsan	GM	IRI	2585	8	1	2	8,5	54,0	66,0
22.	Volokitin,Andrej	GM	UKR	2674	6	5	0	8,5	53,5	63,0
23.	Zvjaginsev,Vadim	GM	RUS	2656	8	1	2	8,5	53,0	61,5
24.	Berczes,David	GM	HUN	2551	8	1	2	8,5	52,5	65,5
25.	Gozzoli,Yannick	IM	FRA	2520	7	3	1	8,5	52,0	66,0
26.	Zatonskih,Anna	IM	USA	2470	8	1	2	8,5	52,0	65,5
701 players

3) 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.	Hou Yifan	g	CHN	2577	*	½	.	½	½	½	1	½	.	1	1	1	6½	2642
2.	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2600	½	*	1	½	1	.	.	1	0	½	1	½	6	2602
3.	Stefanova, Antoaneta	g	BUL	2560	.	0	*	1	½	0	1	1	1	½	1	.	6	2622
4.	Kosintseva, Tatiana	m	RUS	2562	½	½	0	*	½	1	½	½	1	1	.	.	5½	2583
5.	Chiburdanidze, Maia	g	GEO	2514	½	0	½	½	*	0	1	.	1	.	1	1	5½	2571
6.	Zhao Xue	g	CHN	2462	½	.	1	0	1	*	0	0	½	1	.	1	5	2517
7.	Xu Yuhua	g	CHN	2488	0	.	0	½	0	1	*	.	1	½	½	1	4½	2480
8.	Shen Yang	wg	CHN	2435	½	0	0	½	.	1	.	*	0	½	½	1	4	2447
9.	Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	wg	MGL	2421	.	1	0	0	0	½	0	1	*	.	0	1	3½	2406
10.	Zhu Chen	g	QAT	2476	0	½	½	0	.	0	½	½	.	*	1	0	3	2368
11.	Sebag, Marie	g	FRA	2519	0	0	0	.	0	.	½	½	1	0	*	½	2½	2312
12.	Yildiz, Betul Cemre	wm	TUR	2235	0	½	.	.	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	*	2	2279

Round 5 (August 4, 2010)
Hou Yifan	- Sebag, Marie	1-0	35	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Stefanova, Antoaneta	- Kosintseva, Tatiana	1-0	27	A45	Trompowsky
Chiburdanidze, Maia	- Xu Yuhua	1-0	32	E12	Queens Indian Petrosian
Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	- Zhao Xue	½-½	68	C87	Ruy Lopez
Zhu Chen	- Koneru, Humpy	½-½	37	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Yildiz, Betul Cemre	- Shen Yang	0-1	36	C11	French Defence
Round 6 (August 5, 2010)
Koneru, Humpy	- Chiburdanidze, Maia	1-0	108	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Zhao Xue	- Stefanova, Antoaneta	1-0	39	D10	Slav Defence
Xu Yuhua	- Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	1-0	38	B80	Sicilian Scheveningen
Shen Yang	- Kosintseva, Tatiana	½-½	57	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Sebag, Marie	- Zhu Chen	0-1	43	C60	Ruy Lopez
Yildiz, Betul Cemre	- Hou Yifan	0-1	70	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 7 (August 6, 2010)
Hou Yifan	- Shen Yang	½-½	44	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Stefanova, Antoaneta	- Xu Yuhua	1-0	58	E06	Catalan
Kosintseva, Tatiana	- Zhao Xue	1-0	59	C64	Ruy Lopez Classical
Chiburdanidze, Maia	- Sebag, Marie	1-0	42	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	- Koneru, Humpy	1-0	41	B80	Sicilian Scheveningen
Zhu Chen	- Yildiz, Betul Cemre	0-1	36	D20	QGA
Round 8 (August 7, 2010)
Hou Yifan	- Zhu Chen	1-0	50	C60	Ruy Lopez
Koneru, Humpy	- Stefanova, Antoaneta	1-0	35	D10	Slav Defence
Xu Yuhua	- Kosintseva, Tatiana	½-½	23	C95	Ruy Lopez Breyer
Shen Yang	- Zhao Xue	1-0	79	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Sebag, Marie	- Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	1-0	33	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Yildiz, Betul Cemre	- Chiburdanidze, Maia	0-1	38	B00	Owen or Nimzowitsch Defence
Round 9 (August 8, 2010)
Stefanova, Antoaneta	- Sebag, Marie	1-0	31	A09	Reti Opening
Kosintseva, Tatiana	- Koneru, Humpy	½-½	49	C41	Philidor's Defence
Chiburdanidze, Maia	- Hou Yifan	½-½	17	D38	QGD Ragozin
Zhao Xue	- Xu Yuhua	0-1	69	E17	Queens Indian
Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	- Yildiz, Betul Cemre	1-0	68	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Zhu Chen	- Shen Yang	½-½	22	D10	Slav Defence

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.

4) 7th China vs Russia Match 2010

The 7th China vs Russia Match takes place 4th-16th August 2010. Round 1 on Thursday. Vladimir Malakhov g 2732, Wang Hao g 2724, Ni Hua g 2645, Kosintseva Nadezhda im 2551, Ju Wenjun wg 2496 etc. 5 Rapid Games and if last year's pattern is followed 10 rapid and 20 blitz (it may be that the match is shorter in these phases this year).

Official site: http://chess.sport.org.cn/

Live: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

7th CHN-RUS Ningbo MEN (CHN), 5-9 viii 2010
Round 1 8am UK Time (August 5, 2010)
China				3 - 2	Russia
1.1	GM	Wang Hao	2724	½-½	GM	Malakhov Vladimir	2732
1.2	GM	Wang Yue	2716	1-0	GM	Potkin Vladimir	2626
1.3	GM	Bu Xiangzhi	2676	½-½	GM	Rublevsky Sergei	2688
1.4	GM	Zhou Jianchao	2668	½-½	GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2722
1.5	GM	Ni Hua	2645	½-½	GM	Timofeev Artyom	2690
Round 2 8am UK Time (August 6, 2010)
Russia				½ - 4½	China
1.1	GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2722	0-1	GM	Wang Hao	2724
1.2	GM	Malakhov Vladimir	2732	0-1	GM	Wang Yue	2716
1.3	GM	Timofeev Artyom	2690	0-1	GM	Bu Xiangzhi	2676
1.4	GM	Rublevsky Sergei	2688	0-1	GM	Zhou Jianchao	2668
1.5	GM	Potkin Vladimir	2626	½-½	GM	Ni Hua	2645
Round 3 8am UK Time (August 7, 2010)
China				2½-2½	Russia
1.1	GM	Wang Hao	2724	½-½	GM	Timofeev Artyom	2690
1.2	GM	Wang Yue	2716	½-½	GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2722
1.3	GM	Bu Xiangzhi	2676	1-0	GM	Malakhov Vladimir	2732
1.4	GM	Zhou Jianchao	2668	0-1	GM	Potkin Vladimir	2626
1.5	GM	Ni Hua	2645	½-½	GM	Rublevsky Sergei	2688
Round 4 8am UK Time (August 8, 2010)
Russia				2½-2½	China
1.1	GM	Rublevsky Sergei	2688	½-½	GM	Wang Hao	2724
1.2	GM	Timofeev Artyom	2690	½-½	GM	Wang Yue	2716
1.3	GM	Potkin Vladimir	2626	½-½	GM	Bu Xiangzhi	2676
1.4	GM	Malakhov Vladimir	2732	½-½	GM	Zhou Jianchao	2668
1.5	GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2722	½-½	GM	Ni Hua	2645
Round 5 8am UK Time (August 9, 2010)
China				3-2	Russia
1.1	GM	Wang Hao	2724	1-0	GM	Potkin Vladimir	2626
1.2	GM	Wang Yue	2716	½-½	GM	Rublevsky Sergei	2688
1.3	GM	Bu Xiangzhi	2676	1-0	GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2722
1.4	GM	Zhou Jianchao	2668	0-1	GM	Timofeev Artyom	2690
1.5	GM	Ni Hua	2645	½-½	GM	Malakhov Vladimir	2732

7th CHN-RUS Ningbo WOMEN (CHN), 5-9 viii 2010
Round 1 8am UK Time (August 5, 2010)
Russia				3½-1½	China
1.1	IM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	2551	0-1	WGM	Ju Wenjun	2496
1.2	WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2501	½-½	IM	Wang Yu A	2369
1.3	WGM	Gunina Valentina	2462	1-0	WFM	Ding Yixin	2385
1.4	IM	Bodnaruk Anastasia	2397	1-0	WGM	Tan Zhongyi	2461
1.5	WGM	Kashlinskaya Alina	2352	1-0	WGM	Huang Qian	2447
Round 2 8am UK Time (August 6, 2010)
China				2½-2½	Russia
1.1	WGM	Tan Zhongyi	2461	½-½	IM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	2551
1.2	WGM	Ju Wenjun	2496	½-½	WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2501
1.3	WGM	Huang Qian	2447	1-0	WGM	Gunina Valentina	2462
1.4	WFM	Ding Yixin	2385	0-1	IM	Bodnaruk Anastasia	2397
1.5	IM	Wang Yu A	2369	½-½	WGM	Kashlinskaya Alina	2352
Round 3 8am UK Time (August 7, 2010)
Russia				2½-2½	China
1.1	IM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	2551	1-0	WGM	Huang Qian	2447
1.2	WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2501	0-1	WGM	Tan Zhongyi	2461
1.3	WGM	Gunina Valentina	2462	0-1	WGM	Ju Wenjun	2496
1.4	IM	Bodnaruk Anastasia	2397	½-½	IM	Wang Yu A	2369
1.5	WGM	Kashlinskaya Alina	2352	1-0	WFM	Ding Yixin	2385
Round 4 8am UK Time (August 6, 2010)
China				2-3	Russia
1.1	WFM	Ding Yixin	2385	0-1	IM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	2551
1.2	WGM	Huang Qian	2447	0-1	WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2501
1.3	IM	Wang Yu A	2369	0-1	WGM	Gunina Valentina	2462
1.4	WGM	Ju Wenjun	2496	1-0	IM	Bodnaruk Anastasia	2397
1.5	WGM	Tan Zhongyi	2461	1-0	WGM	Kashlinskaya Alina	2352
Round 5 8am UK Time (August 8, 2010)
Russia				2-3	China
1.1	IM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	2551	½-½	IM	Wang Yu A	2369
1.2	WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2501	0-1	WFM	Ding Yixin	2385
1.3	WGM	Gunina Valentina	2462	1-0	WGM	Tan Zhongyi	2461
1.4	IM	Bodnaruk Anastasia	2397	0-1	WGM	Huang Qian	2447
1.5	WGM	Kashlinskaya Alina	2352	½-½	WGM	Ju Wenjun	2496

5) World Juniors

The prestigious World Junior Championships take place in Chotowa, Poland 3rd-16th August 2010. Dmitry Andreikin, Jon Ludvig Hammer and Parimarjan Negi are the top seeds in the Open event and Anna Muzychuk the Girls. The event has a history going back to 1951 and the first winner Borislav Ivkov. Boris Spassky, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov and Viswanathan Anand went on to be World Chess Champion. In recent times Shakhriyar Mamedyarov found it worth his while to win it twice. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won it last year in Puerto Madryn, Argentina.

Official site: http://www.wjcc2010.pl/en

49th WJun Chotowa (POL), 3-16 viii 2010 Leading Round 6 (of 13) Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	NAT.	RtgI	Pts	∑Rn-1	Prog.
1	Swiercz, Dariusz	GM	POL	2492	5.0	12428	19.0
2	Andreikin, Dmitry	GM	RUS	2650	5.0	12403	17.5
3	Blomqvist, Erik	IM	SWE	2407	4.5	12499	15.5
4	Volodin, Aleksandr	IM	EST	2422	4.5	12498	16.0
5	Baryshpolets, Andrey	IM	UKR	2450	4.5	12448	17.5
6	Tomczak, Jacek	IM	POL	2509	4.5	12425	18.0
7	Delorme, Axel	IM	FRA	2455	4.5	12419	18.0
8	Dimitrov, Radoslav	IM	BUL	2380	4.5	12376	16.0
9	Bindrich, Falko	GM	GER	2522	4.5	12268	17.5
10	Cordova Daza, Emilio Arturo	GM	PER	2560	4.5	12229	17.0
11	Stupak, Kirill	IM	BLR	2504	4.5	12213	18.0
12	Matlakov, Maxim	GM	RUS	2603	4.5	12212	16.0
13	Lalith, Babu Musunuri Rohit	IM	IND	2502	4.5	12144	16.0
14	Sjugirov, Sanan	GM	RUS	2610	4.5	12078	16.0
15	Hovhannisyan, Robert	GM	ARM	2529	4.5	12018	15.0
16	Negi, Parimarjan	GM	IND	2615	4.5	9878	16.5
17	Yilmaz, Mustafa	IM	TUR	2479	4.5	9787	16.0
18	Sieciechowicz, Marcin	IM	POL	2445	4.0	12728	15.0
19	Kanarek, Marcel	FM	POL	2387	4.0	12532	14.0
20	Kasyan, Aleksandr	FM	UZB	2326	4.0	12471	13.0
21	Dragun, Kamil	FM	POL	2379	4.0	12465	15.0
22	Salem, A.R. Saleh	GM	UAE	2469	4.0	12304	16.5
23	Saric, Ivan	GM	CRO	2584	4.0	12090	14.5
24	Hammer, Jon Ludvig	GM	NOR	2636	4.0	12053	14.0
25	Panjwani, Raja	IM	CAN	2395	4.0	12041	14.0
26	Martinovic, Sasa	IM	CRO	2505	4.0	11804	13.0
122 players

28th WJun Girls Chotowa (POL), 3-16 viii 2010 Leading Round 6 (of 13) Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	NAT.	RtgI	Pts	∑Rn-1	Prog.
1	Muzychuk, Anna	IM	SLO	2527	5.5	11250	19.5
2	Padmini, Rout	WGM	IND	2275	5.5	11052	19.5
3	Muminova, Nafisa	WIM	UZB	2290	5.0	11426	18.5
4	Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan	WIM	KAZ	2216	5.0	11000	17.0
5	Mammadova, Gulnar Marfat	WFM	AZE	2260	4.5	11571	17.5
6	Ziaziulkina, Nastassia	WIM	BLR	2293	4.5	11437	18.5
7	Girya, Olga	WGM	RUS	2376	4.5	11216	19.0
8	Ohme, Melanie	WIM	GER	2326	4.5	11056	18.0
9	Pavlidou, Ekaterini	WIM	GRE	2182	4.5	10779	16.5
10	Guramishvili, Sopiko	WGM	GEO	2298	4.5	10604	14.0
11	Gosciniak, Maria	WFM	POL	2149	4.0	11375	17.0
12	Abdulla, Khayala Mardan		AZE	2193	4.0	11282	15.5
13	Iwanow, Anna	WFM	POL	2097	4.0	11071	13.0
14	Heredia Serrano, Carla Sofia	WIM	ECU	2080	4.0	10929	12.0
15	Kulon, Klaudia	WFM	POL	2230	4.0	10875	15.0
16	Bhakti, Kulkarni Pradip	CM	IND	2249	4.0	10809	16.0
17	Melekhina, Alisa	WIM	USA	2265	4.0	10798	16.0
18	Severiukhina, Zoja	WIM	RUS	2341	4.0	10782	14.0
19	Toth, Sarolta	WFM	HUN	2207	4.0	10697	15.0
20	Warakomska, Anna	WFM	POL	2192	4.0	10362	14.5
21	Corke, Anya	WGM	ENG	2257	4.0	10356	12.0
22	Exler, Veronika	WFM	AUT	2143	4.0	10252	12.0
23	Nemcova, Katerina	WGM	CZE	2282	3.5	11020	15.5
24	Labedz, Patrycja	WFM	POL	2076	3.5	11018	10.5
25	Newrkla, Katharina		AUT	2105	3.5	10983	12.5
26	Tsirulnik, Maritsa		UKR	2153	3.5	10968	13.5
81 players

6) 14th Hogeschool Zeeland

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

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

14th HZ Open Vlissingen (NED), 7 - 14s viii 2010 Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
Rank	Name	Ti	Elo	Pts	TPR	W-We	1
1	L'Ami, Erwin	GM	2620	3.0	3013	+0.35	1
2	Erdos, Viktor	GM	2592	3.0	2987	+0.35	1
3	Nijboer, Friso	GM	2582	3.0	2975	+0.35	1
4	Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav	GM	2578	3.0	2963	+0.33	1
5	Haslinger, Stewart	GM	2552	3.0	2951	+0.36	1
6	Hoffmann, Michael	GM	2517	3.0	2913	+0.35	1
7	Henrichs, Thomas	IM	2490	3.0	2885	+0.35	1
8	Zaragatski, Ilja	IM	2472	3.0	2894	+0.42	1
9	Pruijssers, Roeland	IM	2462	3.0	2857	+0.35	1
10	Bosboom, Manuel	IM	2455	3.0	2879	+0.43	1
11	Bitalzadeh, Ali	IM	2415	3.0	2845	+0.44	1
12	Roeder, Matthias	IM	2392	3.0	2778	+0.22	1
13	Tan, Matthew	FM	2381	3.0	2805	+0.42	1
14	De Jong, Migchiel	FM	2358	3.0	2773	+0.40	1
15	Kuipers, Stefan	FM	2354	3.0	2750	+0.35	1
16	Zelbel, Patrick	FM	2345	3.0	2758	+0.39	1
17	Bezemer, Arno	FM	2322	3.0	2733	+0.26	1
18	Van Eijk, Sander	FM	2322	3.0	3085	+1.04	1
19	Sasikiran, Krishnan	GM	2679	2.5	2602	-0.17	1
20	Van den Doel, Erik	GM	2591	2.5	2514	-0.17	1
21	Brandenburg, Daan	IM	2514	2.5	2372	-0.26	1
22	Burg, Twan	IM	2449	2.5	2382	-0.15	1
23	Kohlweyer, Bernd	IM	2436	2.5	2340	-0.18	1
24	Guidarelli, Laurent	IM	2433	2.5	2390	-0.09	1
25	Michalczak, Thomas	FM	2367	2.5	2349	-0.02	1
26	Freeke, Matthieu	FM	2315	2.5	2490	+0.65	1
248 players

7) VIII Marx Gyorgy Memorial

The VIII Marx Gyorgy Memorial takes place in Paks 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

XIV. Paks open

XIV. Paks open 11th-15th August 2010

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

8th Gyorgy Marx GM Paks (HUN), 6-16 viii 2010											cat. XVI (2629)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Laznicka, Viktor	g	CZE	2638	*	*	½	.	1	.	.	.	½	.	1	.	3	2826
2.	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	2717	½	.	*	*	.	.	½	.	1	.	½	.	2½	2692
3.	Berkes, Ferenc	g	HUN	2670	0	.	.	.	*	*	½	.	1	.	½	.	2	2597
4.	Acs, Peter	g	HUN	2602	.	.	½	.	½	.	*	*	0	.	½	.	1½	2546
5.	Robson, Ray	g	USA	2562	½	.	0	.	0	.	1	.	*	*	.	.	1½	2569
6.	Timman, Jan H	g	NED	2586	0	.	½	.	½	.	½	.	.	.	*	*	1½	2569

Round 1 (August 6, 2010)
Laznicka, Viktor	- Timman, Jan H	1-0	46	E00	Catalan
Almasi, Zoltan	- Acs, Peter	½-½	39	B65	Sicilian Rauzer
Berkes, Ferenc	- Robson, Ray	1-0	39	D00	Queen's Pawn Game
Round 2 (August 7, 2010)
Laznicka, Viktor	- Berkes, Ferenc	1-0	35	E00	Catalan
Robson, Ray	- Almasi, Zoltan	0-1	46	C96	Ruy Lopez
Timman, Jan H	- Acs, Peter	½-½	49	C69	Ruy Lopez Exchange
Round 3 (August 8, 2010)
Almasi, Zoltan	- Laznicka, Viktor	½-½	41	B46	Sicilian Paulsen
Berkes, Ferenc	- Timman, Jan H	½-½	25	A22	English Opening
Acs, Peter	- Robson, Ray	0-1	72	C02	French Advance
Round 4 (August 9, 2010)
Almasi, Zoltan	- Timman, Jan H	½-½	50	C80	Ruy Lopez Open
Acs, Peter	- Berkes, Ferenc	½-½	18	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Robson, Ray	- Laznicka, Viktor	½-½	68	B46	Sicilian Paulsen

8th Gyorgy Marx WGM Paks (HUN), 6-16 viii 2010											cat. IV (2347)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Galojan, Lilit	wg	ARM	2384	*	*	½	.	.	.	1	.	½	.	½	.	2½	2434
2.	Kononenko, Tatiana	m	UKR	2374	½	.	*	*	½	.	.	.	½	.	1	.	2½	2421
3.	Vajda, Szidonia	m	HUN	2338	.	.	½	.	*	*	½	.	½	.	1	.	2½	2434
4.	Madl, Ildiko	m	HUN	2401	0	.	.	.	½	.	*	*	1	.	1	.	2½	2421
5.	Gaprindashvili, Nona	g	GEO	2348	½	.	½	.	½	.	0	.	*	*	.	.	1½	2287
6.	Toth, Lili	wm	HUN	2235	½	.	0	.	0	.	0	.	.	.	*	*	½	2052

Round 1 (August 6, 2010)
Kononenko, Tatiana	- Galojan, Lilit	½-½	69	E15	Queens Indian
Vajda, Szidonia	- Gaprindashvili, Nona	½-½	42	B15	Caro Kann
Madl, Ildiko	- Toth, Lili	1-0	40	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 2 (August 7, 2010)
Vajda, Szidonia	- Madl, Ildiko	½-½	32	B67	Sicilian Rauzer
Gaprindashvili, Nona	- Galojan, Lilit	½-½	23	E20	Nimzo Indian
Toth, Lili	- Kononenko, Tatiana	0-1	28	C19	French Winawer
Round 3 (August 8, 2010)
Galojan, Lilit	- Toth, Lili	½-½	71	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Kononenko, Tatiana	- Vajda, Szidonia	½-½	45	D27	QGA
Madl, Ildiko	- Gaprindashvili, Nona	1-0	25	B15	Caro Kann
Round 4 (August 9, 2010)
Galojan, Lilit	- Madl, Ildiko	1-0	27	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Kononenko, Tatiana	- Gaprindashvili, Nona	½-½	94	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Toth, Lili	- Vajda, Szidonia	0-1	44	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto

8) 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 now 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 9 (August 1, 2010)
Fressinet, Laurent	- Morozevich, Alexander	1-0	44	A56	Old Indian Defence
Fedorchuk, Sergey A	- Iturrizaga, Eduardo	½-½	8	B18	Caro Kann
Zvjaginsev, Vadim	- Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	½-½	28	B17	Caro Kann
Kurnosov, Igor	- Reinaldo Castineira, Roi	1-0	58	C63	Ruy Lopez Schliemann
Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel	- Granda Zuniga, Julio E	½-½	47	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin

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

9) British Championships

The British Championships took place in Canterbury, Kent 25th July - 7th August 2010. Michael Adams was the top seed and dominated throughout eventually finishing a comfortable 1.5 points clear of the Nicholas Pert who finish 2nd on his own. He even had chances to win his final game against Peter Wells before deciding to play safe for a draw.

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 11 (of 11) Standings:
Rank	Name	Ti	Fed.	Elo	Pts	TPR	W-We
1	Adams, Michael	GM	ENG	2706	9.5	2757	+0.62
2	Pert, Nicholas	GM	ENG	2551	8.0	2612	+0.95
3	Conquest, Stuart C	GM	ENG	2523	7.5	2559	+0.60
4	Greet, Andrew N	IM	ENG	2451	7.5	2369	-0.88
5	Hawkins, Jonathan	FM	ENG	2423	7.5	2452	+0.61
6	Hunt, Adam C	IM	ENG	2408	7.5	2624	+2.88
7	Pert, Richard G	IM	ENG	2460	7.5	2474	+0.39
8	Slavin, Alexei	FM	RUS	2417	7.5	2468	+0.88
9	Arkell, Keith C	GM	ENG	2465	7.0	2319	-1.83
10	Gordon, Stephen J	GM	ENG	2534	7.0	2474	-0.62
11	Mason, Donald J		ENG	2219	7.0	2387	+2.41
12	Rendle, Thomas E	IM	ENG	2391	7.0	2445	+0.86
13	Summerscale, Aaron P	GM	ENG	2428	7.0	2351	-0.91
14	Wells, Peter K	GM	ENG	2488	7.0	2457	-0.37
15	Bates, Richard A	IM	ENG	2382	6.5	2316	-0.84
16	Dorrington, Chris J		ENG	2255	6.5	2288	+0.49
17	Eames, Robert S	FM	ENG	2287	6.5	2228	-0.83
18	Griffiths, Ryan Rhys		IRL	2249	6.5	2317	+0.90
19	Houska, Jovanka	IM	ENG	2433	6.5	2372	-0.68
20	Littlewood, Paul E	IM	ENG	2361	6.5	2388	+0.55
21	Williams, Simon K	GM	ENG	2511	6.5	2457	-0.60
22	Baker, Chris W	IM	ENG	2307	6.0	2231	-1.13
23	Constantinou, Peter	FM	ENG	2302	6.0	2322	+0.29
24	Cumbers, Paul		ENG	2218	6.0	2199	-0.26
25	Gormally, Daniel W	GM	ENG	2480	6.0	2407	-0.98
26	Haydon, David L		ENG	2187	6.0	2342	+2.06
78 players

10) Politiken Cup 2010

The Politiken Cup took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, 31st July - 8th August 2010. Elo favourite Pavel Eljanov took clear first place with 8.5/10 half a point clear of Maxim Rodshtein and Konstantin Landa.

The also celebrated of the 75th year of Bent Larsen. Peter Svidler and Peter Heine Nielsen played a 6 game rapid match 2nd-3rd August 2010 which Svidler won 4.5-1.5. They also play in a two day blitz 4th-5th August 2010. On day 1 of the blitz they played the Larsen's opening 1.b3 (Svidler won 7-3) and on the second day they played any opening (drawn 5-5).

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

Politiken Cup Copenhagen (DEN), 31 vii - 8 viii 2010 Leading Round 10 (of 10) Standings:
Pl.	Name	Ti	NAT	IRat	Pts	MiBu	SoBer
1	Eljanov, Pavel	GM	UKR	2755	8½	55.5	55.75
2	Rodshtein, Maxim	GM	ISR	2609	8	58	56
3	Landa, Konstantin	GM	RUS	2598	8	56	53.25
4	Macieja, Bartlomiej	GM	POL	2639	8	54	52.5
5	Meier, Georg	GM	GER	2648	7½	57.5	51.25
6	Danielsen, Henrik	GM	ISL	2512	7½	55.5	50
7	Hector, Jonny	GM	SWE	2584	7½	54.5	48.75
8	Rasmussen, Allan Stig	GM	DEN	2510	7½	54.5	48
9	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	GM	IND	2655	7½	54	46.75
10	Mchedlishvili, Mikheil	GM	GEO	2625	7½	53.5	48.5
11	Hansen, Sune Berg	GM	DEN	2595	7½	53	47
12	Portisch, Lajos	GM	HUN	2539	7½	51	46
13	Baklan, Vladimir	GM	UKR	2638	7½	51	45
14	Cmilyte, Viktoria	GM	LIT	2527	7½	50	45.25
15	Brynell, Stellan	GM	SWE	2495	7½	50	44.75
16	Kovchan, Alexander	GM	UKR	2571	7½	48.5	44.75
17	Postny, Evgeny	GM	ISR	2577	7	55	45.5
18	Aagaard, Jacob	GM	DEN	2542	7	53	45.25
19	Hillarp-Persson, Tiger	GM	SWE	2538	7	53	44.25
20	Brunello, Sabino	IM	ITA	2488	7	52.5	44.75
21	Krasenkow, Michal	GM	POL	2628	7	52.5	43.25
22	Bulski, Krzysztof	FM	POL	2434	7	52.5	42.5
23	Antonsen, Mikkel Djernaes	IM	DEN	2463	7	50.5	40.5
24	Bejtovic, Jasmin	FM	BIH	2382	7	50.5	40
25	Andersen, Jackie		DEN	2276	7	50	40.5
26	Sorensen, Torben N.	IM	MLT	2419	7	49	40.5
292 players

Politiken Larsen Rapid Copenhagen
Nielsen, Peter Heine	-	Svidler, Peter	½-½	26	E94	King's Indian Classical
Svidler, Peter	-	Nielsen, Peter Heine	1-0	23	B37	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Nielsen, Peter Heine	-	Svidler, Peter	0-1	41	E63	King's Indian 6...Nc6
Svidler, Peter	-	Nielsen, Peter Heine	½-½	57	C48	Four Knights Rubinstein
Nielsen, Peter Heine	-	Svidler, Peter	0-1	33	A41	Modern Defence
Svidler, Peter	-	Nielsen, Peter Heine	½-½	24	D11	Slav Defence

Politiken Larsen Rapid Copenhagen (DEN), 2-3 viii 2010
Name	Ti	NAT	Rtng	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	Perf
Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2739	½	1	1	½	1	½	4½	2873
Nielsen, Peter Heine	g	DEN	2680	½	0	0	½	0	½	1½	2546

Politiken Larsen 1.b3 Blitz Copenhagen
Nielsen, Peter Heine	-	Svidler, Peter	½-½	37	A01	Larsen Opening
Svidler, Peter	-	Nielsen, Peter Heine	½-½	47	A01	Larsen Opening
Nielsen, Peter Heine	-	Svidler, Peter	1-0	25	A01	Larsen Opening
Svidler, Peter	-	Nielsen, Peter Heine	1-0	45	A01	Larsen Opening
Nielsen, Peter Heine	-	Svidler, Peter	0-1	29	A01	Larsen Opening
Svidler, Peter	-	Nielsen, Peter Heine	0-1	36	A01	Larsen Opening
Nielsen, Peter Heine	-	Svidler, Peter	0-1	32	A01	Larsen Opening
Svidler, Peter	-	Nielsen, Peter Heine	1-0	30	A01	Larsen Opening
Nielsen, Peter Heine	-	Svidler, Peter	0-1	30	A01	Larsen Opening
Svidler, Peter	-	Nielsen, Peter Heine	1-0	34	A01	Larsen Opening

Politiken Larsen 1.b3 Blitz Copenhagen (DEN), 4 viii 2010
Name	Ti	NAT	Rtng	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Perf
Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2739	½	½	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	7	2829
Nielsen, Peter Heine	g	DEN	2680	½	½	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	2590

Politiken Larsen Blitz Copenhagen
Svidler, Peter	-	Nielsen, Peter Heine	0-1	37	B01	Centre Counter
Nielsen, Peter Heine	-	Svidler, Peter	1-0	27	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Svidler, Peter	-	Nielsen, Peter Heine	1-0	51	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Nielsen, Peter Heine	-	Svidler, Peter	1-0	30	D82	Gruenfeld 4.Bf4
Svidler, Peter	-	Nielsen, Peter Heine	½-½	37	C64	Ruy Lopez Classical
Nielsen, Peter Heine	-	Svidler, Peter	0-1	50	E63	King's Indian 6...Nc6
Svidler, Peter	-	Nielsen, Peter Heine	½-½	52	A33	English Symmetrical
Nielsen, Peter Heine	-	Svidler, Peter	½-½	42	E94	King's Indian Classical
Svidler, Peter	-	Nielsen, Peter Heine	½-½	45	D56	Queens Gambit Lasker's Defence
Nielsen, Peter Heine	-	Svidler, Peter	0-1	36	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4

Politiken Larsen Blitz Copenhagen (DEN), 5 viii 2010
Name	Ti	NAT	Rtng	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Perf
Nielsen, Peter Heine	g	DEN	2700	1	1	0	1	½	0	½	½	½	0	5	2734
Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2734	0	0	1	0	½	1	½	½	½	1	5	2700

11) Arctic Chess Challenge 2010

The Arctic Chess Challenge took place in Tromso 31st July - 8th August 2010. Mikhail Kobalia took first place on tie-break from Manuel Leon Hoyos after defeating Loek van Wely in the final round. Both players scored 7.5/9.

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

Arctic Chess Challenge Tomrso (NOR), 31 vii - 8 viii 2010 Leading Round 9 (of 9) Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	i-Rtg	Pts	MBuch	i-Perf.
1	Mikhail Kobalia	GM	2648	7.5	40.5	2724
2	Manuel Leon Hoyos	GM	2556	7.5	40.0	2749
3	Chanda Sandipan	GM	2637	7.0	44.5	2709
4	Loek Van Wely	GM	2677	7.0	43.5	2742
5	Bartosz Socko	GM	2646	7.0	42.5	2745
6	Marijan Petrov	GM	2535	7.0	36.0	2624
7	Matthew J Turner	GM	2506	7.0	35.5	2598
8	Julian Radulski	GM	2574	6.5	40.0	2616
9	Ivan Ivanisevic	GM	2611	6.5	40.0	2615
10	Yuri Drozdovskij	GM	2624	6.5	39.5	2625
11	Anatoly Bykhovsky	GM	2487	6.5	38.5	2563
12	Igor Khenkin	GM	2632	6.5	38.0	2552
13	Alexander Moiseenko	GM	2667	6.5	37.0	2559
14	Sergei Azarov	GM	2600	6.5	35.5	2549
15	Normunds Miezis	GM	2518	6.5	34.5	2466
16	Emanuel Berg	GM	2612	6.0	43.0	2595
17	Levon Babujian	GM	2485	6.0	42.0	2590
18	Sam E. Collins	IM	2408	6.0	40.0	2597
19	Roman Khaetsky	IM	2385	6.0	39.0	2481
20	Farid Abbasov	GM	2549	6.0	38.5	2480
21	Zoltan Gyimesi	GM	2598	6.0	38.0	2515
22	Frode Elsness	IM	2485	6.0	38.0	2502
23	Hans Klip	FM	2366	6.0	37.0	2495
24	Torbjorn R. Hansen	IM	2419	6.0	37.0	2492
25	Mateusz Bartel	GM	2613	6.0	35.5	2535
26	Espen Lie	IM	2464	6.0	35.5	2474
164 players

12) Dutch Open 2010

The Dutch Open took place Tuesday July 27th (Sunday rest day) - Thursday August 6 2010. 9-round Swiss Open with 13 GMs and 12 IMs. There was a shock result as French GM Francois Fargere took clear first place with 7.5/9 a full point clear of Sipke Ernst, 2009 winner Erwin L'Ami, Krikor Mekhitarian, Valentin Iotov, Elshan Moradiabadi, Dan Zoler, Leonid Milov and Robin Swinkels all of whom scored 6.5/9.

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

http://onk.schaakbond.nl

Dutch Open Dieren (NED), 27 vii - 5 viii 2010 Leading Round 9 (of 9) Standings:
Rank	Name	Ti	Elo	Pts	TPR
1	Fargere, Francois	GM	2478	7.5	2729
2	Ernst, Sipke	GM	2583	6.5	2600
3	L'Ami, Erwin	GM	2620	6.5	2599
4	Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag	IM	2511	6.5	2571
5	Iotov, Valentin	GM	2581	6.5	2553
6	Moradiabadi, Elshan	GM	2571	6.5	2550
7	Zoler, Dan	IM	2474	6.5	2545
8	Milov, Leonid	IM	2562	6.5	2533
9	Swinkels, Robin	GM	2483	6.5	2396
10	Brandenburg, Daan	IM	2514	6.0	2445
11	Visser, Yge	GM	2469	6.0	2348
12	Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav	GM	2578	5.5	2504
13	Pruijssers, Roeland	IM	2462	5.5	2505
14	Van Delft, Merijn	IM	2364	5.5	2432
15	De Jong, Migchiel	FM	2358	5.5	2458
16	Michalczak, Thomas	FM	2367	5.5	2323
17	Neverov, Valeriy	GM	2544	5.5	2414
18	Klein, David		2297	5.5	2298
19	Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterba	IM	2461	5.5	2321
20	Siebrecht, Sebastian	GM	2417	5.5	2341
21	Kollen, Zyon		2002	5.0	2377
22	Heemskerk, Wim	FM	2249	5.0	2340
23	Miedema, David	IM	2414	5.0	2398
24	Huhndorf, Arnold	FM	2311	5.0	2255
25	Haub, Thorsten Michael	IM	2518	5.0	2321
26	Rijnaarts, Sjef	FM	2264	5.0	2225
74 players

13) 5th Edmonton Chess Festival

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

Official site: http://www.albertachess.org/2010ECF/2010ECFHome.html

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	1	7	2530
3.	Porper, Edward	m	CAN	2441	½	½	*	½	1	½	1	1	1	½	6½	2482
4.	Kekelidze, Mikheil	g	GEO	2487	0	½	½	*	½	1	1	1	1	1	6½	2477
5.	Wang, Richard		CAN	2190	0	0	0	½	*	1	1	½	½	1	4½	2344
6.	Gardner, Robert		CAN	2151	0	0	½	0	0	*	½	½	1	1	3½	2269
7.	Langer, Michael	f	USA	2280	0	0	0	0	0	½	*	½	1	1	3	2209
8.	Pechenkin, Vladimir	f	CAN	2345	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	2½	2161
9.	Haessel, Dale R	f	CAN	2243	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	*	1	2	2118
10.	Van Heirzeele, Daniel		BEL	2120	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	0	*	1	2001

14) Brunei Chess Centre IM tournaments

Peter Long reports that there were 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.

The second IM tournament saw Bhuvanesh Ramnath 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

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.	Ramnath, Bhuvanesh		IND	2387	*	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	7	2495
2.	Yee Soon Wei	f	BRU	2260	½	*	0	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	6½	2455
3.	Sukandar, Irine Kharisma	wg	INA	2311	0	1	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	6½	2450
4.	Nguyen Van Huy	m	VIE	2426	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	6	2396
5.	Duong The Anh	m	VIE	2415	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	1	6	2397
6.	Barbosa, Oliver PHI	m	PHI	2433	½	0	½	½	½	*	1	1	1	1	6	2395
7.	Hj, Azahari Md Aliuddin		BRU	2049	0	0	0	0	½	0	*	1	½	1	3	2188
8.	Azizi, Munir		BRU	----	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	*	½	½	1½	2045
9.	Ansari, Mohd Athar		IND	2247	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	*	½	1½	2018
10.	Leong, Voon Choon		BRU	2340	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	*	1	1929

15) 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. All Games now 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

16) 19th Kavala Open

The 19th Kavala Open took place 31st July - 7th August 2010. Adam Tukhaev took first place on tie-break from Abhijeet Gupta after both scored 7/9. Top seed Gabriel Sargissian was in a group of 6 players half a point further back.

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 9 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	Tukhaev Adam	GM	UKR	2518	7,0	0,5	35,5
2	Gupta Abhijeet	GM	IND	2587	7,0	0,5	35,5
3	Andriasian Zaven	GM	ARM	2588	6,5	0,0	36,5
4	Melkumyan Hrant	GM	ARM	2606	6,5	0,0	34,0
5	Mamedov Nidjat	GM	AZE	2604	6,5	0,0	33,0
6	Sargissian Gabriel	GM	ARM	2673	6,5	0,0	33,0
7	Graf Alexander	GM	GER	2590	6,5	0,0	32,5
8	Danielian Elina	IM	ARM	2431	6,5	0,0	30,5
9	Bakre Tejas	GM	IND	2509	6,0	0,0	36,5
10	Rychagov Andrey	GM	RUS	2538	6,0	0,0	36,0
11	Jojua Davit	GM	GEO	2530	6,0	0,0	30,5
12	Harika Dronavalli	IM	IND	2504	6,0	0,0	30,5
13	Yakovich Yuri	GM	RUS	2570	6,0	0,0	30,5
14	Paichadze Luka	FM	GEO	2467	6,0	0,0	30,0
15	David Alberto	GM	LUX	2622	6,0	0,0	29,5
16	Hess Robert L	GM	USA	2588	5,5	0,0	32,0
17	Zubarev Alexander	GM	UKR	2562	5,5	0,0	31,0
18	Vorobiov Evgeny E	GM	RUS	2592	5,5	0,0	30,5
19	Borovikov Vladislav	GM	UKR	2601	5,5	0,0	30,5
20	Nikolov Momchil	GM	BUL	2552	5,5	0,0	30,0
21	Baghdasaryan Vahe		ARM	2229	5,5	0,0	29,5
22	Rozentalis Eduardas	GM	LTU	2631	5,5	0,0	29,0
23	Khismatullin Denis	GM	RUS	2667	5,5	0,0	28,0
24	Alsina Leal Daniel	GM	ESP	2546	5,5	0,0	28,0
25	Pavlidis Antonios		GRE	2369	5,5	0,0	27,0
26	Atalik Suat	GM	TUR	2607	5,5	0,0	27,0
27	Deepan Chakkravarthy J	GM	IND	2498	5,5	0,0	26,5
28	Enchev Ivajlo	FM	BUL	2441	5,5	0,0	24,0
29	Friedel Joshua E	GM	USA	2527	5,0	0,0	29,0
30	Zablotsky Sergei	GM	RUS	2553	5,0	0,0	28,0
31	Nevednichy Vladislav	GM	ROU	2592	5,0	0,0	27,5
32	Zinchenko Yaroslav	GM	UKR	2544	5,0	0,0	27,5
33	Grover Sahaj	IM	IND	2411	5,0	0,0	27,0
34	Marjanovic Slavoljub	GM	SRB	2505	5,0	0,0	25,5
35	Pap Misa	IM	SRB	2509	5,0	0,0	25,5
36	Tania Sachdev	IM	IND	2396	5,0	0,0	25,0
37	Atalik Ekaterina	IM	TUR	2444	5,0	0,0	25,0
38	Botsari Anna-Maria	WGM	GRE	2318	5,0	0,0	24,5
39	Svetushkin Dmitry	GM	MDA	2560	5,0	0,0	24,0
40	Javakhishvili Lela	IM	GEO	2469	5,0	0,0	22,5
94 players

17) 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/

18) 1st Grafica Yael International

The 1st Grafica Yael International took place in Torre Blanca 24th July - 1st August 2010. Andres Rodriguez Vila took clear first place with 7/9.

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

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

1st Grafica Yael Torre Blanca ARG (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	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	2604
2.	Slipak, Sergio	g	ARG	2452	½	*	½	1	½	1	½	1	½	½	6	2517
3.	Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel	m	ARG	2443	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	0	½	½	5	2436
4.	Perez Ponsa, Federico	f	ARG	2390	1	0	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	5	2442
5.	Blit, Jacques		ARG	2307	0	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	½	1	5	2451
6.	Labollita, Martin	m	ARG	2413	0	0	0	½	½	*	½	1	1	1	4½	2396
7.	Zapata Ferrada, Marco	f	CHI	2378	0	½	0	½	0	½	*	1	½	1	4	2357
8.	Sorin, Ariel	g	ARG	2484	0	0	1	½	½	0	0	*	½	1	3½	2308
9.	Saldano Dayer, Horacio	m	ESP	2433	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	*	0	3	2269
10.	Bassan, Remo		VEN	2160	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	0	1	*	2	2204

Round 9 (August 1, 2010)
Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel	- Rodriguez Vila, Andres	½-½	45	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Perez Ponsa, Federico	- Blit, Jacques	½-½	9	B23	Sicilian Closed
Sorin, Ariel	- Labollita, Martin	0-1	41	A80	Dutch
Saldano Dayer, Horacio	- Zapata Ferrada, Marco	½-½	7	D56	Queens Gambit Lasker's Defence
Bassan, Remo	- Slipak, Sergio	½-½	26	B14	Caro Kann Panov

19) XXXVI Badalona Open

The XXXVI Badalona Open takes place 2nd-10th August 2010.

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

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

36th Open Badalona (ESP), 2-10 viii 2010 Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	Corrales Jimenez Fidel	GM	CUB	2574	26,0	25,0	0,0
2	Quesada Perez Yuniesky	GM	CUB	2603	26,0	25,0	0,0
3	Bruzon Batista Lazaro	GM	CUB	2653	26,0	24,0	0,0
4	Almeida Quintana Omar	GM	CUB	2559	25,5	23,0	0,0
5	Narciso Dublan Marc	GM	ESP	2540	15,0	23,5	0,0
6	Larino Nieto David	IM	ESP	2461	15,0	22,0	0,0
7	Munoz Pantoja Miguel	IM	PER	2494	14,5	22,0	0,0
8	Bhat Vinay S	GM	USA	2536	14,5	21,5	0,0
9	Karlsson Lars	GM	SWE	2449	5,5	20,0	0,0
10	Cruz Jonathan	IM	PER	2437	5,0	21,5	0,0
11	Gonzalez Garcia Jose	GM	MEX	2508	5,0	21,0	0,0
12	Ipatov Alexander	IM	ESP	2507	5,0	21,0	0,0
13	Cruz Filemon	IM	PER	2456	5,0	20,0	0,0
14	Bromberger Stefan	IM	GER	2537	5,0	18,5	0,0
15	Abreu Delgado Aryam	GM	CUB	2474	5,0	17,0	0,0
16	Van Kooten Luuk	FM	NED	2304	4,5	21,0	0,0
17	Perez Mitjans Orelvis	FM	ESP	2424	4,5	20,5	0,0
18	Grafl Florian	IM	GER	2416	4,5	19,0	0,0
19	Pomes Marcet Juan	IM	ESP	2361	4,5	19,0	0,0
20	Rojas Keim Luis	IM	CHI	2437	4,5	17,5	0,0
21	Hernandez Ivan	FM	PER	2310	4,5	17,5	0,0
22	Spielmann Alain	FM	FRA	2286	4,5	17,5	0,0
23	Getz Nicolai		NOR	2239	4,5	17,5	0,0
24	Wantiez Fabrice	FM	BEL	2342	4,5	17,0	0,0
25	Gomez Jurado Luis Alberto	FM	ESP	2287	4,5	16,5	0,0
26	Gonzalez Perez Arian	FM	CUB	2403	4,0	20,5	0,0
27	Konguvel Ponnuswamy	IM	IND	2416	4,0	20,0	0,0
28	Anikaev Yuri N	IM	RUS	2411	4,0	19,5	0,0
29	Mestre Bellido Hector	FM	ESP	2404	4,0	19,0	0,0
30	Bukal Vladimir Jr	IM	CRO	2381	4,0	19,0	0,0
31	Mohota Nisha	WGM	IND	2295	4,0	18,5	0,0
32	Abdalla Luiz Guilherme Aurelli		BRA	2253	4,0	18,0	0,0
33	Gongora Reyes Maikel	IM	CUB	2451	4,0	18,0	0,0
34	Alberto Manuel		ANG	2140	4,0	17,5	0,0
35	Pitl Gregory	IM	GER	2396	4,0	17,0	0,0
36	Perpinya Rofes Lluis Maria	FM	ESP	2344	4,0	17,0	0,0
37	Ramon Solans Albert	MK	ESP	2196	4,0	16,5	0,0
38	Marie Maxime		FRA	2267	4,0	16,0	0,0
39	Van Gelder Bart		NED	2152	4,0	13,5	0,0
40	Garcia Mosquera David		ESP	2083	4,0	11,0	0,0
105 players

20) Minsk Open

The Minsk Open takes place 4th-12th August 2010.

Official site: http://openchess.by/hide/eventnews/225.html

Minsk Open (BLR), 4-12 viii 2010 Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
Pl	Name	Elo	Pts	WP	SB	PS	TPR
1	Khalifman, Alexander	2625	4.5	17	15.25	13	2670
	Prizant, Jaroslav	2489	4.5	17	14.75	14.5	2620
	Lintchevski, Daniil	2507	4.5	16	13.75	14.5	2647
	Glidzhain, Gor	2369	4.5	14.5	13	13	2547
5	Zhigalko, Sergei	2656	4	16.5	12.75	13.5	2602
	Tihonov, Jurij	2469	4	16.5	12.75	12.5	2514
	Zhigalko, Andrey	2591	4	14.5	11.25	12.5	2549
	Meribanov, Vitaly	2171	4	14	9.5	13	2520
	Bogachkov, Igor	2347	4	13.5	10.5	11	2351
	Bakin, Alexander	2247	4	13	9.5	11	2411
	Podolchenko, Evgeniy	2514	4	11.5	9	11	2433
12	Teterev, Vitaly	2520	3.5	17.5	11.25	13	2434
	Daulyte, Deimante	2333	3.5	16.5	10.25	13	2415
	Kolesnik, Eduard	2351	3.5	15.5	10.5	11	2348
	Belyakov, Bogdan	2225	3.5	15.5	9.25	10.5	2301
	Grib, Roman	2219	3.5	15	9.75	11	2336
	Zaiatz, Elena	2398	3.5	15	9	13	2490
	Smirnov, Valerij	2361	3.5	15	9	11	2376
	Kovalev, Vladislav	2329	3.5	14.5	8.75	11.5	2385
	Bykov, Alexey	2257	3.5	14.5	8.25	10	2358
	Mochalov, Evgeny V	2408	3.5	14.5	9.25	9.5	2261
	Sharevich, Anna	2253	3.5	14.5	8.75	9.5	2236
	Gazizov, Iljas	2220	3.5	14	8.25	10.5	2300
	Leontiev, Aleksandr V.	2304	3.5	13.5	8.25	11.5	2338
	Lomako, Pavel	2431	3.5	13.5	9	11.5	2351
	Kurukin, Dmitry	2258	3.5	13.5	7.25	11.5	2343
	Lutsko, Igor	2421	3.5	13	8.75	11	2330
	Zamruk, Aleksandar	2394	3.5	13	9	10	2246
	Harshkou, Mikita	2175	3.5	11.5	6.5	10	2306
	Homiakova, Ekaterina	2147	3.5	9.5	5.75	9.5	2199
31	Kholopov, Alexander A.	2315	3	16.5	8.75	11.5	2333
	Kocheev, Aleksandr	2259	3	15.5	7	12	2338
	Bulanov, Dmitri	2379	3	15.5	8	10.5	2245
	Litvinov, Vladimir	2277	3	15.5	8	10.5	2227
	Stetsko, Lanita	2132	3	14.5	8	10.5	2317
	Ulasevich, Sergei	2157	3	14	7	10	2258
	Omariev, Maksim	2311	3	13.5	8	9	2100
	Abramenko, Sergey	2155	3	13.5	6.75	9	2140
	Cherepov, Alexej	2238	3	13	5	10	2246
	Homiakova, Elena	2142	3	13	5.75	9	2231
	Revo, Tatiana	1968	3	13	7.25	7.5	2201
	Filipets, Egor	2072	3	12.5	5	9	2080
	Polovkov, Valery	2062	3	12.5	6.5	10	2346
	Khodas, Vikentsi	2036	3	12.5	4.5	8	2058
	Davidchik, Alexandr	1977	3	12	5	7	2090
	Nasybullina, Alfia	1916	3	12	5	7	2072
	Chernikova, Svetlana	2090	3	11	6.25	9	2176
	Ayvazyan, Nikita	1888	3	11	5.5	8	2149
49	Mukhin, Pavel	2214	2.5	15.5	6.75	10	2321
122 players

21) 111th US Open 2010

The 111th US Open took place in Irvine 31st July - 8th August 2010. Alejandro Ramirez won with 8/9. I've done my best with the games but I can't pretend that this multiple re-entry, schedules, random naming of players in the game files is really going to produce a good result.

Official site: http://www.uschess.org/tournaments/2010/usopen/

22) Villa Martelli Bicentenary

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

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

Bicentenario GM Villa Martelli (ARG), 4-12 viii 2010															cat. XIII (2558)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Rodriguez Vila, Andres	g	URU	2508	*	½	.	1	1	.	.	½	.	1	4	2780
2.	Flores, Diego	g	ARG	2584	½	*	½	.	½	.	.	1	1	.	3½	2693
3.	Felgaer, Ruben	g	ARG	2584	.	½	*	½	.	.	½	.	1	1	3½	2705
4.	Morovic Fernandez, Ivan	g	CHI	2566	0	.	½	*	.	½	1	.	1	.	3	2647
5.	Fier, Alexandr	g	BRA	2570	0	½	.	.	*	½	½	1	.	.	2½	2566
6.	Leitao, Rafael	g	BRA	2629	.	.	.	½	½	*	.	½	0	1	2½	2533
7.	Milos, Gilberto	g	BRA	2606	.	.	½	0	½	.	*	.	½	1	2½	2549
8.	Valerga, Diego	m	ARG	2506	½	0	.	.	0	½	.	*	.	1	2	2481
9.	Bachmann, Axel	g	PAR	2552	.	0	0	0	.	1	½	.	*	.	1½	2444
10.	Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel	m	ARG	2474	0	.	0	.	.	0	0	0	.	*	0

Round 1 (August 4, 2010)
Rodriguez Vila, Andres	- Morovic Fernandez, Ivan	1-0	50	B00	Owen or Nimzowitsch Defence
Fier, Alexandr	- Flores, Diego	½-½	21	A56	Old Indian Defence
Leitao, Rafael	- Bachmann, Axel	0-1	37	E68	King's Indian Fianchetto
Milos, Gilberto	- Felgaer, Ruben	½-½	48	B00	Owen or Nimzowitsch Defence
Valerga, Diego	- Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel	1-0	35	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 2 (August 5, 2010)
Flores, Diego	- Felgaer, Ruben	½-½	30	A28	English Four Knights
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan	- Leitao, Rafael	½-½	10	A13	Reti Opening
Fier, Alexandr	- Valerga, Diego	1-0	53	B81	Sicilian Keres Attack
Bachmann, Axel	- Milos, Gilberto	½-½	31	B56	Sicilian Defence
Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel	- Rodriguez Vila, Andres	0-1	52	A04	Dutch System
Round 3 (August 6, 2010)
Rodriguez Vila, Andres	- Fier, Alexandr	1-0	45	B50	Sicilian Defence
Felgaer, Ruben	- Bachmann, Axel	1-0	90	C41	Philidor's Defence
Leitao, Rafael	- Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel	1-0	40	E16	Queens Indian
Milos, Gilberto	- Morovic Fernandez, Ivan	0-1	25	C02	French Advance
Valerga, Diego	- Flores, Diego	0-1	42	E39	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 4 (August 8, 2010)
Flores, Diego	- Bachmann, Axel	1-0	89	A25	English Sicilian Attack
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan	- Felgaer, Ruben	½-½	54	D14	Slav Exchange
Fier, Alexandr	- Leitao, Rafael	½-½	20	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Valerga, Diego	- Rodriguez Vila, Andres	½-½	15	C42	Petroff's Defence
Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel	- Milos, Gilberto	0-1	49	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Round 5 (August 8, 2010)
Rodriguez Vila, Andres	- Flores, Diego	½-½	13	A22	English Opening
Felgaer, Ruben	- Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel	1-0	40	C90	Ruy Lopez
Leitao, Rafael	- Valerga, Diego	½-½	74	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Milos, Gilberto	- Fier, Alexandr	½-½	21	C89	Ruy Lopez Marshall
Bachmann, Axel	- Morovic Fernandez, Ivan	0-1	57	C75	Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz

XIV Republica Villa Martelli (ARG), 4-12 viii 2010															cat. VII (2401)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Mareco, Sandro	m	ARG	2527	*	1	.	½	½	.	1	.	.	.	3	2577
2.	Real de Azua, Ernesto	m	ARG	2432	0	*	.	.	1	.	.	½	1	.	2½	2513
3.	De Dovitiis, Alejo	m	ARG	2361	.	.	*	½	.	½	.	.	1	?	2	2520
4.	Slipak, Sergio	g	ARG	2440	½	.	½	*	.	½	.	.	.	?	1½	2402
5.	Barrionuevo, Pablo	f	ARG	2337	½	0	.	.	*	.	.	1	.	?	1½	2447
6.	Trois, Francisco R.T	m	BRA	2319	.	.	½	½	.	*	½	.	?	.	1½	2376
7.	Barreto Filho, Carlos Alberto	f	BRA	2329	0	.	.	.	.	½	*	1	.	?	1½	2409
8.	Fusco, Leonardo	m	ARG	2383	.	½	.	.	0	.	0	*	½	.	1	2188
9.	Saldano Dayer, Horacio	m	ESP	2428	.	0	0	.	.	?	.	½	*	.	½	2119
10.	Garcia Palermo, Carlos	g	ITA	2450	.	.	?	?	?	.	?	.	.	*	0

56th Aniv ITT Villa Martelli (ARG), 4-12 viii 2010															cat. II (2281)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Liascovich, Lucas	m	ARG	2427	*	.	.	.	1	.	.	1	1	1	4
2.	Della Morte, German	m	ARG	2351	.	*	½	.	1	1	1	.	.	.	3½	2592
3.	Tristan, Leonardo		ARG	2393	.	½	*	1	½	.	1	.	.	.	3	2436
4.	Fabian, Gaston		ARG	2260	.	.	0	*	.	1	½	.	1	.	2½	2376
5.	Menna Barreto, Felipe Kubiaki		BRA	2154	0	0	½	.	*	.	.	1	.	.	1½	2278
6.	Guerrero, Alvaro		URU	2267	.	0	.	0	.	*	.	1	.	.	1	2176
7.	Ibar, Marcelo	f	ARG	2210	.	0	0	½	.	.	*	.	.	½	1	2109
8.	Espinoza Palomino, Willyam		PER	2292	0	.	.	.	0	0	.	*	1	.	1	2082
9.	Szmetan, Ricardo	f	BAR	2255	0	.	.	0	.	.	.	0	*	1	1	2103
10.	Zuriel, Marisa	wm	ARG	2205	0	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	0	*	½	2024

Round 1 (August 4, 2010)
Della Morte, German	- Menna Barreto, Felipe Kubiaki	1-0	32	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Tristan, Leonardo	- Fabian, Gaston	1-0	36	B23	Sicilian Closed
Guerrero, Alvaro	- Espinoza Palomino, Willyam	1-0	45	E20	Nimzo Indian
Ibar, Marcelo	- Zuriel, Marisa	½-½	31	E62	King's Indian 6...Nc6
Szmetan, Ricardo	- Liascovich, Lucas	0-1	30	A01	Larsen Opening
Round 2 (August 5, 2010)
Della Morte, German	- Tristan, Leonardo	½-½	28	B23	Sicilian Closed
Fabian, Gaston	- Ibar, Marcelo	½-½	24	E06	Catalan
Menna Barreto, Felipe Kubiaki	- Liascovich, Lucas	0-1	53	A04	Dutch System
Espinoza Palomino, Willyam	- Szmetan, Ricardo	1-0	23	B75	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Round 3 (August 6, 2010)
Liascovich, Lucas	- Espinoza Palomino, Willyam	1-0	60	A46	Queen's Pawn Opening
Tristan, Leonardo	- Menna Barreto, Felipe Kubiaki	½-½	72	C41	Philidor's Defence
Guerrero, Alvaro	- Fabian, Gaston	0-1	40	D87	Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Ibar, Marcelo	- Della Morte, German	0-1	43	B09	Pirc Defence
Szmetan, Ricardo	- Zuriel, Marisa	1-0	41	A21	English Opening
Round 4 (August 8, 2010)
Della Morte, German	- Guerrero, Alvaro	1-0	43	B10	Caro Kann
Tristan, Leonardo	- Ibar, Marcelo	1-0	33	C06	French Tarrasch
Fabian, Gaston	- Szmetan, Ricardo	1-0	38	B41	Sicilian Paulsen
Menna Barreto, Felipe Kubiaki	- Espinoza Palomino, Willyam	1-0	27	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Zuriel, Marisa	- Liascovich, Lucas	0-1	37	B47	Sicilian Paulsen

23) Arad Open

The Arad Open (Romania) takes place 6th-12th August 2010.

Official site: http://www.vados.ro/

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr36912.aspx

24) First Saturday August 2010

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

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

25) 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.

26) 8th Davos Open

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

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

27) Slovenian Championships

The Slovenian Championships take place in Ljubljana 7th-15th August 2010.

Official site: http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/1008/si10chw/

ch-SLO Ljubljana SLO (SLO), 7-15 viii 2010															cat. VIII (2429)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Lenic, Luka	g	SLO	2602	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1
2.	Sebenik, Matej	m	SLO	2518	.	*	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	1
3.	Skoberne, Jure	m	SLO	2519	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	1
4.	Srebrnic, Marko	f	SLO	2331	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	1	1
5.	Gombac, Jan	f	SLO	2324	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	½	2437
6.	Zorko, Jure	m	SLO	2437	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	½	2324
7.	Crepan, Marjan	f	SLO	2317	.	0	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	0
8.	Gjuran, Denis	f	SLO	2351	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	0
9.	Jelen, Igor	m	SLO	2383	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	0
10.	Tratar, Marko	g	SLO	2505	.	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	*	0

Round 1 (August 7, 2010)
Lenic, Luka	- Jelen, Igor	1-0	38	A32	English Symmetrical
Skoberne, Jure	- Gjuran, Denis	1-0	34	E06	Catalan
Gombac, Jan	- Zorko, Jure	½-½	11	E01	Catalan
Crepan, Marjan	- Sebenik, Matej	0-1	55	C02	French Advance
Tratar, Marko	- Srebrnic, Marko	0-1	31	A41	Modern Defence

ch-SLO w Ljubljana SLO (SLO), 7-15 viii 2010
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Bajt, Indira	wf	SLO	2189	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1
2.	Krivec, Jana	wg	SLO	2318	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1
3.	Novak, Ksenija	wf	SLO	2200	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	1
4.	Bucar, Natasa		SLO	1989	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	.	.	.	½	2287
5.	Kolaric, Spela		SLO	1996	.	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	.	.	½	2129
6.	Rozic, Vesna	wm	SLO	2287	.	.	.	½	.	*	.	.	.	.	½	1989
7.	Stevanec, Lea	wf	SLO	2129	.	.	.	.	½	.	*	.	.	.	½	1996
8.	Nadvesnik, Maja		SLO	1826	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	0
9.	Urbanc, Suzana		SLO	1664	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	0
10.	Kralj, Manca		SLO	1791	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	0

Round 1 (August 7, 2010)
Bucar, Natasa	- Rozic, Vesna	½-½	29	C00	French Defence
Stevanec, Lea	- Kolaric, Spela	½-½	39	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Nadvesnik, Maja	- Novak, Ksenija	0-1	23	B45	Sicilian Classical
Urbanc, Suzana	- Bajt, Indira	0-1	16	B40	Sicilian Classical
Kralj, Manca	- Krivec, Jana	0-1	28	C41	Philidor's Defence

28) Stara Pazova-Ilindan 2010

The Stara Pazova-Ilindan tournament took place 1st-8th August 2010. The 18 participants played 5 rounds in three groups, robin round system and after that, all of them played 5 rounds in swiss system. IM Rudolf Sertic (CRO) took clear first place with 7/10 pts. FM Mladen Milenkovic achieved the third IM Norm. Chief Arbiter was Mihajlo Savic,IA.

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

Stara Pazova-Ilindan (SRB), 1-8 viii 2010 Leading Round 10 (of 10) Standings:
Rank	SNo.	Ti	Name	Rtg	FED	Gr	Pts	BH.	BH.	Fide	K	Rtg+/-	Ra	Rp
1	9	IM	Sertic Rudolf	2395	CRO	C	7	43	53½	40½	10	20	2393	2542
2	5	IM	Mazur Stefan	2419	SVK	B	6½	44½	54½	41½	10	12	2394	2504
3	10	FM	Milenkovic Mladen	2380	SRB	C	6½	42½	53½	39	15	29	2410	2520
4	3	GM	Cabrilo Goran	2455	SRB	B	6	45½	55½	34½	10	-1	2372	2444
5	1	GM	Kosic Dragan	2512	MNE	A	6	42½	51½	36½	10	-9	2367	2439
6	12	FM	Djurovic Goran	2348	CRO	B	6	41	50	27½	15	19	2367	2439
7	2	GM	Popchev Milko	2502	BUL	B	5½	42½	52	30	10	-14	2350	2386
8	8	IM	Todorovic Goran N	2398	SRB	B	5½	39½	48	26½	10	3	2381	2417
9	4	GM	Ilincic Zlatko	2455	SRB	A	5	43½	52½	30	10	-10	2377	2377
10	7	IM	Nurkic Sahbaz	2404	BIH	C	5	42	51	26	10	-3	2382	2382
11	6	IM	Bodiroga Predrag	2406	SRB	A	5	38	46	22½	10	-8	2342	2342
12	18		Indjic Aleksandar	2148	SRB	A	4½	38½	46½	22½	15	34	2378	2342
13	15	FM	Kovacevic Dragan	2282	SRB	A	4	38½	47	24	15	2	2366	2294
14	16		Avdic Mirza	2282	BIH	C	4	36½	45½	21	15	-7	2323	2251
15	17		Skoko Milan	2209	SRB	B	3	40½	49	15	15	-2	2357	2208
16	13	IM	Indjic Dusan	2329	SRB	A	2	39	48	15½	15	-42	2344	2104
17	11	IM	Goric Esad	2365	BIH	C	2	38	49	15	10	-6	2355	2283
18	14	IM	Novakovic Dragan	2312	CRO	C	1½	36	47	12½	10	-6	2365	2216

29) 13th Olomouc Chess Summer

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

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr36842.aspx

Official site: http://www.czechtour.net/olomouc-chess-summer/

30) Liepajas Rokade Open

The Liepajas Rokade Open took place 5th-8th August 2010. Ilmars Krums took first place from Aris Ozolins on tie-break after both scored 4/5.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr36885.aspx

31) 13th and 14th MGU Open Sofia

13th MGU Open 31st July - 1st August 2010. Won by Ilian Popov with 5.5/6.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr36553.aspx

14th MGU Open 7th-8th August 2010. Won by Ilian Popov and Martin Metev with 5/6.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr36757.aspx

News: Dimitar "Mitko" Iliev - rating officer of Bulgarian Chess federation

32) Forthcoming Events and Links

Baden-Baden Summer Open

The Baden-Baden Summer Open takes place 11th-15th August 2010.

Official site: http://www.schachzentrum-baden-baden.de

14th Mind Sports Olympiad

The 14th annual Mind Sports Olympiad takes place at the Soho Theatre, London. The dates are 21st-30th August, 2010.

Chess Olympiad Championship 21st Aug 2010 10:30-18:00 (30 minutes) Exchange Chess (Siamese / Bughouse) 21st Aug 2010 18:30-23:00 (5 minutes blitz) Chess 960 24th Aug 2010 10:30-18:00 (20 min + 5 sec)

There will also be a number of other high quality fields in Chinese Chess, Go, Entropy and many other games. Spectators are welcome (free entry).

Official website: http://www.boardability.com

Baku Open

The Baku Open takes place 23rd-31st August 2010. Gata Kamsky plays.

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

Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2011

The 2011 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival takes place at the Caleta Hotel, Gibraltar, from Monday 24 January to Thursday 3 February 2011. The new primary sponsors, Tradewise Insurance Company Ltd, have enabled the prize fund to be increased to £126,000, with £17,500 going to the winner of the Gibraltar Masters, £10,000 to the top woman scorer and two extra rating prizes (of £2,000 and £1,000) being awarded to each of two further rating bands (2000-2099 and under 2000) in the Masters. The tournament will be powered by previous primary sponsors Gibtelecom.

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

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)
Ti	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

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/

X Benidorm Chess Festival 2010

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

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

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.

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

25th open Teteven

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

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

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

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

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	-	Geneve 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, HEVIZ, 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.

Czech Tour 2010-11

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

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 822 9th August 2010 by Mark Crowther

Sponsored by the London Chess Centre

XIV. Paks open

Baden-Baden Summer Open

14th Mind Sports Olympiad

Baku Open

Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2011

9th Mario Covas 2010

Shanghai and Bilbao Masters

X Benidorm Chess Festival 2010

Kristiansund Rapid with Carlsen, Anand, Polgar and Hammer

Vasylyshyn Memorial

Transkarpathian Cup 2010

XL Rilton Cup 2010-11

25th open Teteven

25th Schwarzacher Open

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

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

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