THE WEEK IN CHESS 826 6th September 2010 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Luis Blasco de la Cruz, Manfred Mussnig,Aaron Kiedes, Herman Van de Wynkele, Andrei Olsen, Jack Peters, Ilgar Bajarani, Tony Ficzere and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Another hugely busy week of chess. In Shanghai Shirov and Aronian look like the qualifiers for Bilbao after Kramnik lost a favourable position against Shirov in his opponents time trouble.

The biggest news of the day is that Kirsan Ilyumzhinov will not be the leader of Kalmykia after his term expires in October. A cause for rejoicing for them I have no doubt. Now it is time for him to be removed as FIDE President. His record in Kalymkia is so bad I find it impossible to understand how delegates can even consider voting for him. As one Russia article stated today " Even by Russian standards, they haven't built a normal system of government in Kalmykia, but deliberately murdered because Ilyumzhinov fears even the least competition.". Well now his base of operations will be FIDE. His style has always been autocratic and about his self-interest, this will only get worse now this post is his only one.

The upcoming deal with Chess Lane will remove most of the financial side of the organisation into private hands, along with any oversight. This may well be the very last chance of removing Ilyumzhinov who has been in charge many years too long. The campaigning has been ugly, but such is the grip that he has on the organisation it is absolutely the only way. Today he was whining about the style of campaigning the Karpov team has been using. He may have been smoother about it and more private but his tactics have been no less rough. For him to pretend to have clean hands is a total joke. Indeed it is his politicising of FIDE, no-one surely could have elected him on his chess policies, is the reason things have to be this way. For instance since he started throwing money around (the precise source of which can only be speculated upon) it suddenly becomes necessary to raise huge amounts of money even to stand, this should not be the case, and this change is entirely down to Ilyumzhinov. This election is not really even that much about Karpov, its just about who can take back FIDE for chess. It is an election for FIDE President, FIDE being an organisation, the real campaigning issues being almost nothing to do with chess but the self-interest of the electorate, the delegates, its about preserving or overthowing the status quo within an organisation, and the privileges of it's supporters, that alone may make the electoral maths tricky for Karpov, effectively there hasn't been a change of administration since Campomanes took power in 1982. However if Ilyumzhinov does not go this time, a catastrophe will overtake chess. Mark my words.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Shanghai Masters 2010

The Shanghai Masters takes place 3rd-8th September 2010 just prior to the Olympiad. 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 compete for two places in the Bilbao Masters final after the Olympiad.

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

Shanghai Masters Shanghai (CHN), 2010.09.03 - 2010.09.08
Name	Ti	FED	Elo	+	=	-	Pts	Gms
Shirov, Alexei	GM	ESP	2749	2	2	0	8	4
Aronian, Levon	GM	ARM	2783	1	3	0	6	4
Kramnik, Vladimir	GM	RUS	2780	0	3	1	3	4
Wang Hao	GM	CHN	2724	0	2	2	2	4

Round 1 (September 3, 2010)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Shirov, Alexei	½-½	58	D52	Queens Gambit Cambridge Springs
Wang Hao	- Aronian, Levon	0-1	35	E06	Catalan
Round 2 (September 4, 2010)
Aronian, Levon	- Shirov, Alexei	½-½	54	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Wang Hao	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	47	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 3 (September 5, 2010)
Shirov, Alexei	- Wang Hao	1-0	65	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	38	D19	Slav Defence
Round 4 (September 6, 2010)
Shirov, Alexei	- Kramnik, Vladimir	1-0	38	E20	Nimzo Indian
Aronian, Levon	- Wang Hao	½-½	50	E06	Catalan

3) Baku Open

The Baku Open took place 23rd-31st August 2010. Gata Kamsky in spite of a loss to Rauf Mamedov secured victory alone with 7.5/9 half a point clear of the field.

Additional coverage at www.ulvichess.az with Photos from the event.

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

Open Baku (AZE), 23-31 viii 2010 Leading Round 9 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Kamsky Gata	GM	USA	2713	7,5	2486	7	0,0
2	Sutovsky Emil	GM	ISR	2665	7,0	2445	5	0,0
3	Aleksandrov Aleksej	GM	BLR	2642	7,0	2411	5	0,0
4	Golizadeh Asghar	FM	IRI	2481	7,0	2389	6	0,0
5	Abasov Nijat Azad Oglu	IM	AZE	2517	7,0	2274	5	0,0
6	Mamedov Rauf	GM	AZE	2660	6,5	2488	5	0,0
7	Miroshnichenko Evgenij	GM	UKR	2686	6,5	2420	5	0,0
8	Agaragimov Djakhangir	FM	AZE	2311	6,5	2410	5	0,0
9	Savchenko Boris	GM	RUS	2623	6,5	2395	6	0,0
10	Abbasov Farid	GM	AZE	2549	6,5	2377	6	0,0
11	Guseinov Gadir	GM	AZE	2611	6,5	2327	5	0,0
12	Esen Baris	IM	TUR	2518	6,5	2317	6	0,0
13	Ibrahimov Rasul	GM	AZE	2534	6,5	2313	5	0,0
14	Smirin Ilia	GM	ISR	2646	6,5	2311	5	0,0
15	Rahmanov Shahriyar Teymur Oglu		AZE	2245	6,5	2265	6	0,0
16	Durarbeyli Vasif	GM	AZE	2501	6,5	2236	5	0,0
17	Sulashvili Malkhaz	IM	GEO	2498	6,5	2226	4	0,0
18	Javakhishvili Leyla	IM	GEO	2469	6,5	2174	5	0,0
19	Safarli Eltaj	GM	AZE	2603	6,0	2494	4	0,0
20	Mammadov Ayaz Arzu oglu	FM	AZE	2327	6,0	2364	4	0,0
21	Rasulov Vugar Ural Oglu	IM	AZE	2442	6,0	2332	5	0,0
22	Shanava Konstantine	GM	GEO	2556	6,0	2240	6	0,0
23	Orujov Shujaat Ismiali Oglu		AZE	2077	6,0	2235	6	0,0
24	Paichadze Luka	FM	GEO	2467	6,0	2213	5	0,0
25	Nigalidze Gaioz	IM	GEO	2478	6,0	2193	5	0,0
26	Mamedjarova Zeinab	WGM	AZE	2231	6,0	2188	6	0,0
158 players

4) Russian Higher League 2010

The 63rd Russian Championships Higher League takes place in Irkutsk, Siberia starting 25th August 2010 (arrival) and running to September 5th . More than 50 GMs play. The top 5 qualify for the final in December. Ian Nepomniachtchi took clear first place with 7/9 half a point clear of a large group half a point behind.

Official site: http://russiachess.org/

ch-RUS Higher League Irkutsk (RUS), 26 viii - 5 ix 2010 Leading Round 10 (of 10) Standings:
Rank	Name	Ti	Fed.	Elo	Pts	TPR	W-We	BH
1	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	GM	RUS	2706	7.0	2788	+1.10	59.0
2	Khismatullin, Denis	GM	RUS	2667	6.5	2749	+1.09	60.0
3	Potkin, Vladimir	GM	RUS	2626	6.5	2741	+1.60	59.0
4	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	GM	RUS	2656	6.5	2742	+1.19	58.5
5	Kurnosov, Igor	GM	RUS	2662	6.5	2746	+1.15	58.0
6	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	GM	RUS	2708	6.5	2740	+0.44	58.0
7	Riazantsev, Alexander	GM	RUS	2682	6.5	2718	+0.48	56.0
8	Khairullin, Ildar	GM	RUS	2620	6.5	2744	+1.70	56.0
9	Alekseev, Evgeny	GM	RUS	2691	6.5	2728	+0.51	54.0
10	Belov, Vladimir	GM	RUS	2625	6.5	2704	+1.06	52.5
11	Maletin, Pavel	GM	RUS	2617	6.0	2728	+1.54	57.0
12	Yevseev, Denis	GM	RUS	2531	6.0	2672	+1.93	50.0
13	Timofeev, Artyom	GM	RUS	2690	5.5	2677	-0.17	61.0
14	Frolyanov, Dmitry	GM	RUS	2587	5.5	2676	+1.22	59.0
15	Inarkiev, Ernesto	GM	RUS	2671	5.5	2639	-0.42	56.5
16	Shomoev, Anton	GM	RUS	2561	5.5	2643	+1.13	52.5
17	Kryakvin, Dmitry	GM	RUS	2603	5.5	2613	+0.15	50.5
18	Sjugirov, Sanan	GM	RUS	2610	5.5	2629	+0.27	49.0
19	Bocharov, Dmitry	GM	RUS	2618	5.0	2606	-0.17	55.5
20	Rychagov, Andrey	GM	RUS	2538	5.0	2620	+1.11	54.0
21	Galkin, Alexander	GM	RUS	2597	5.0	2586	-0.16	53.5
22	Grigoriants, Sergey	GM	RUS	2566	5.0	2611	+0.61	51.5
23	Rublevsky, Sergei	GM	RUS	2688	5.0	2595	-1.27	51.0
24	Grachev, Boris	GM	RUS	2668	5.0	2576	-1.26	51.0
25	Kokarev, Dmitry	GM	RUS	2629	5.0	2558	-0.95	50.0
26	Volkov, Sergey	GM	RUS	2597	5.0	2593	-0.04	49.5
48 players

5) Russian Women's Higher League 2010

The Russian Women's Higher League took place in St Petersburg 26th August - 3rd September 2010. Nazi Paikidze took clear first place with 7/9 half a point clear of Olga Girya and Tatiana Sharina.

Official site: http://russiachess.org/

ch-RUS Higher League w St Petersburg (RUS), 26 viii - 3 ix 2010 Leading Round 9 (of 9) Standings:
Rank	Name	Ti	Fed.	Elo	Pts	TPR	W-We	1
1	Paikidze, Nazi	WGM	GEO	2346	7.0	2534	+2.16	1
2	Girya, Olga	WGM	RUS	2376	6.5	2479	+1.25	1
3	Shadrina, Tatiana	WGM	RUS	2374	6.5	2413	+0.54	1
4	Zaiatz, Elena	IM	RUS	2398	6.0	2447	+0.57	0
5	Matveeva, Svetlana	IM	RUS	2379	6.0	2462	+0.99	½
6	Nebolsina, Vera	WGM	RUS	2349	6.0	2440	+1.16	½
7	Romanko, Marina	IM	RUS	2411	5.5	2422	+0.15	1
8	Savina, Anastasia	WGM	RUS	2392	5.5	2359	-0.35	½
9	Manakova, Maria	WGM	SRB	2306	5.5	2456	+1.87	1
10	Ivakhinova, Inna	WIM	RUS	2279	5.5	2373	+1.17	½
11	Molchanova, Tatjana	WGM	RUS	2381	5.0	2294	-1.03	½
12	Kovanova, Baira	WGM	RUS	2376	5.0	2347	-0.36	½
13	Stepovaia, Tatiana	WGM	RUS	2375	5.0	2367	-0.13	1
14	Kharashuta, Ekaterina	WIM	RUS	2298	5.0	2356	+0.71	½
15	Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina	IM	RUS	2447	4.5	2270	-2.00	0
16	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	IM	RUS	2397	4.5	2321	-0.93	½
17	Kashlinskaya, Alina	WGM	RUS	2352	4.5	2173	-2.06	0
18	Severiukhina, Zoja	WIM	RUS	2341	4.5	2339	+0.01	1
19	Pustovoitova, Daria		RUS	2338	4.5	2265	-0.85	0
20	Demina, Julia	WGM	RUS	2336	4.5	2226	-1.28	½
21	Tomilova, Elena	WIM	RUS	2311	4.0	2256	-0.61	0
22	Gromova, Iulia	WIM	RUS	2241	4.0	2226	-0.18	0
23	Shaydullina, Sandugach	WGM	RUS	2210	4.0	2246	+0.45	½
24	Bezgodova, Maria	WFM	RUS	2170	4.0	2301	+1.48	½
25	Bezgodova, Svetlana		RUS	2114	4.0	2236	+1.40	0
26	Fominykh, Maria	WIM	RUS	2313	3.5	2293	-0.24	1
34 players

6) 1st Campomanes Memorial Cup Open

The 1st Campomanes Memorial Cup Open took place in Manila 28th August - 3rd September 2010. Zhao Jun took first place on tie-break from Le Quang Liem after both finished with 7/9. Games from rounds 3 and 6-9 are not available.

Official site: http://www.ncfphilippines.org/ (Under construction when I last checked)

Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr37569.aspx

1st Campomanes Memorial Cup Open Manila (PHI), 28 viii - 3 ix 2010 Leading Round 9 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	ZHAO Jun	GM	CHN	2586	7,0	2612	2643	2651
2	LE Quang Liem	GM	VIE	2681	7,0	2542	2564	2592
3	DING Liren	GM	CHN	2574	6,5	2598	2627	2635
4	ZHOU Jianchao	GM	CHN	2668	6,5	2554	2569	2581
5	GAGUNASHVILI Merab	GM	GEO	2596	6,5	2537	2557	2581
6	FILIPPOV Anton	GM	UZB	2609	6,5	2468	2482	2493
7	SO Wesley	GM	PHI	2674	6,0	2558	2577	2596
8	LAYLO Darwin	GM	PHI	2522	6,0	2542	2576	2610
9	GHAEM MAGHAMI Ehsan	GM	IRI	2585	6,0	2528	2556	2584
10	KAZHGALEYEV Murtas	GM	KAZ	2619	6,0	2514	2526	2542
11	LI Chao B	GM	CHN	2629	6,0	2492	2502	2511
12	BITOON Richard	IM	PHI	2447	6,0	2491	2524	2563
13	GELASHVILI Tamaz	GM	GEO	2605	6,0	2436	2447	2457
14	NI Hua	GM	CHN	2645	5,5	2507	2523	2537
15	ZHANG Zhong	GM	SIN	2582	5,5	2496	2522	2544
16	SENADOR Emmanuel		PHI	2393	5,5	2479	2522	2563
17	BARBOSA Oliver	IM	PHI	2458	5,5	2427	2449	2473
18	NOLTE Rolando	IM	PHI	2425	5,0	2477	2502	2534
19	SHARAVDORJ Dashzegve	GM	MGL	2448	5,0	2463	2496	2534
20	DABLEO Ronald	IM	PHI	2448	5,0	2453	2474	2498
21	SAPTARSHI Roy	IM	IND	2387	5,0	2451	2479	2508
22	LOU Yiping		CHN	2425	5,0	2450	2476	2507
23	SANDIPAN Chanda	GM	IND	2637	5,0	2448	2460	2477
24	TORRE Eugenio	GM	PHI	2489	5,0	2435	2461	2492
25	ANKIT R Rajpara		IND	2362	5,0	2429	2454	2481
26	IRWANTO Sadikin	IM	INA	2419	5,0	2420	2441	2466
72 players

7) US Chess League

The US Chess League takes place August 23rd - 20th November 2010.

Time Controls range from 60+30 to 90+30 depending on the start time and time zone. Games take place on ICC.

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

USCL ICC (INT), 23 viii - 20 xi 2010
8/30/2010
New Jersey				vs	New York
1.	GM	Boris Gulko	NJ	vs	GM	Giorgi Kacheishvili	NY	1-0
2.	GM	Alex Lenderman	NY	vs	IM	Dean Ippolito	NJ	1/2-1/2
3.	FM	Victor Shen	NJ	vs	FM	Alec Getz	NY	1-0
4.	NM	Aleksandr Ostrovskiy	NY	vs	FM	Arthur Shen	NJ	1-0
Carolina				vs	New England
1.	IM	Jonathan Schroer	CAR	vs	IM	Robert Hungaski	NE	1/2-1/2
2.	IM	David Vigorito	NE	vs	FM	Ron Simpson	CAR	1-0
3.	NM	Chris Mabe	CAR	vs	FM	Charles Riordan	NE	0-1
4.	NM	Carey Thiel	NE	vs	NM	Craig Jones	CAR	0-1
Miami				vs	San Francisco
1.	GM	Julio Becerra	MIA	vs	GM	Patrick Wolff	SF	1/2-1/2
2.	IM	David Pruess	SF	vs	GM	Renier Gonzalez	MIA	1/2-1/2
3.	NM	Eric Rodriguez	MIA	vs	FM	Daniel Naroditsky	SF	0-1
4.	NM	Yian Liou	SF	vs	NM	Robert Perez	MIA	1-0
Arizona				vs	Seattle
1.	IM	Levon Altounian	ARZ	vs	FM	Costin Cozianu	SEA	1/2-1/2
2.	FM	Slava Mikhailuk	SEA	vs	IM	Rogelio Barcenilla	ARZ	0-1
3.	FM	Robby Adamson	ARZ	vs	WGM	Katerina Rohonyan	SEA	1/2-1/2
4.		Michael Wang	SEA	vs	NM	Nick Thompson	ARZ	0-1
9/1/2010
Boston				vs	Philadelphia
1.	GM	Larry Christiansen	BOS	vs	GM	Magesh Panchanathan	PHI	1/2-1/2
2.	IM	Bryan Smith	PHI	vs	GM	Eugene Perelshteyn	BOS	0-1
3.	SM	Denys Shmelov	BOS	vs	FM	Tom Bartell	PHI	0-1
4.		Kavinayan Sivakumar	PHI	vs		Grant Xu	BOS	0-1
Baltimore				vs	Manhattan
1.	GM	Sergey Erenburg	BAL	vs	GM	Alex Stripunsky	MAN	1-0
2.	IM	Lev Milman	MAN	vs	GM	Larry Kaufman	BAL	0-1
3.	IM	Tegshsuren Enkhbat	BAL	vs	IM	Eli Vovsha	MAN	0-1
4.		James Black	MAN	vs	NM	Ian Schoch	BAL	0-1
Chicago				vs	St. Louis
1.	GM	Dmitry Gurevich	CHC	vs	GM	Hikaru Nakamura	STL	0-1
2.	GM	Yury Shulman	STL	vs	IM	Florin Felecan	CHC	0-1
3.	IM	Angelo Young	CHC	vs	GM	Ben Finegold	STL	0-1
4.		Spencer Finegold	STL	vs	WIM	Cindy Tsai	CHC	0-1
Los Angeles				vs	Dallas
1.	GM	Melikset Khachiyan	LA	vs	GM	Alejandro Ramirez	DAL	1/2-1/2
2.	NM	Tyler Hughes	DAL	vs	FM	Alexandre Kretchetov	LA	1-0
3.	FM	Joel Banawa	LA	vs	FM	Keaton Kiewra	DAL	1/2-1/2
4.	NM	Nelson Lopez	DAL	vs	NM	Ankit Gupta	LA	1-0

8) Fermo Porto San Giorgio

The 1st Fermo Chess Festival took place in Porto San Giorgio International Open 21st-29th August 2010, at the Astoria Hotel in Fermo, Italy. Roland Salvador took first place on tie-break from a group of 6 players on 7/9.

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

1st Fermo Open Porto san Giorgio (ITA), 21-29 viii 2010 Leading Round 9 (of 9) Standings:
Pos	NAME	T	Fed	PRtg	Pts	Buc1	BucT	ARO
1	Salvador Roland	IM	PHI	2585	7.0	51.00	55.50	2365.33
2	Epishin Vladimir	GM	RUS	2585	7.0	50.00	54.00	2365.22
3	Prohaszka Peter	GM	HUN	2559	7.0	49.50	54.00	2338.56
4	Meijers Viesturs	GM	LAT	2542	7.0	49.50	53.00	2322.22
5	David Alberto	GM	LUX	2523	7.0	47.50	50.00	2302.67
6	Leon Hoyos Manuel	GM	MEX	2457	7.0	43.50	45.00	2236.67
7	Naumkin Igor	GM	RUS	2437	6.5	47.50	51.50	2271.00
8	Mogranzini Roberto	IM	ITA	2444	6.5	46.50	50.00	2277.56
9	Raineri Valerio	--	ITA	2298	6.5	38.50	41.50	2132.33
10	Vezzosi Paolo	IM	ITA	2497	6.0	49.50	54.00	2371.89
11	Fierro Baquero Marth	IM	ECU	2432	6.0	48.50	52.50	2306.89
12	Pap Gyula	IM	HUN	2377	6.0	47.00	52.00	2252.11
13	Cordova Emilio	GM	PER	2350	6.0	44.50	48.50	2225.44
14	Dervishi Erald	GM	ALB	2323	6.0	44.00	48.50	2198.00
15	Calavalle Giulio	--	ITA	2297	6.0	44.00	47.00	2171.56
16	Calandri Fausto	--	ITA	2177	6.0	40.00	43.50	2052.44
17	Vuelban Virgilio	IM	PHI	2218	6.0	39.00	42.50	2092.56
18	Certic Branimir	IM	SRB	2352	5.5	47.00	50.50	2271.89
19	Panjkovic Aleksandar	CM	SRB	2290	5.5	44.50	48.00	2209.89
20	Martinez Rolly	IM	PHI	2316	5.5	43.00	46.50	2235.67
21	Borgiani Flavio	--	ITA	2211	5.5	42.00	45.50	2130.78
22	Spornberger Maximili	--	ITA	2251	5.5	42.00	44.00	2171.00
23	Boscolo Marco	--	ITA	2197	5.5	40.00	43.50	2116.67
24	Damia Angelo	FM	ITA	2131	5.5	39.00	42.00	2051.11
25	Tomini Marco	--	ITA	2130	5.5	37.00	40.00	2049.56
26	Garro Beraza Haritz	--	ESP	2104	5.5	35.50	38.50	2023.67
27	GRAZIANI Claudio	CM	MC	2258	5.0	45.00	49.00	2215.33
103 players

9) 7th Kalamaria Open

The 7th Kalamaria Open took place 25th August - 1st September 2010. Zaven Andriasian won with 7/9.

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

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr37041.aspx

7th Open Kalamaria (GRE), 25 viii - 1 ix 2010 Leading Round 9 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	Andriasian Zaven	GM	ARM	2588	7,0	0,0	42,0
2	Atalik Suat	GM	TUR	2607	6,5	0,0	42,5
3	Drozdovskij Yuri	GM	UKR	2624	6,5	0,0	42,0
4	Nikolaidis Ioannis	GM	GRE	2493	6,5	0,0	41,5
5	Radulski Julian	GM	BUL	2574	6,5	0,0	41,5
6	Mastrovasilis Dimitrios	GM	GRE	2583	6,5	0,0	40,5
7	Mastrovasilis Athanasios	GM	GRE	2539	6,0	0,0	41,5
8	Iotov Valentin	GM	BUL	2581	6,0	0,0	38,5
9	Petrov Marijan	GM	BUL	2535	6,0	0,0	38,5
10	Fakhiridou Ekaterini	WIM	GRE	2238	6,0	0,0	32,5
11	Pavlidis Antonios		GRE	2369	5,5	0,0	44,0
12	Zdebskaja Natalia	WGM	UKR	2383	5,5	0,0	41,0
13	Malikentzos Sotirios		GRE	2239	5,5	0,0	40,0
14	Grigorov Grigor	IM	BUL	2503	5,5	0,0	39,5
15	Shavtvaladze Nikoloz	IM	GEO	2424	5,5	0,0	39,5
16	Argiroudis Stamatis		GRE	2315	5,5	0,0	39,0
17	Baghdasaryan Vahe		ARM	2229	5,5	0,0	38,5
18	Atalik Ekaterina	IM	TUR	2444	5,5	0,0	38,5
19	Raykhman Alexander	FM	GER	2362	5,5	0,0	37,0
20	Ntiloudi Despina		GRE	2046	5,5	0,0	33,0
21	Radovanovic Jovica	FM	SRB	2329	5,0	0,0	38,5
22	Erdogdu Mert	IM	TUR	2448	5,0	0,0	37,0
23	Exizoglou Dimitrios		GRE	2262	5,0	0,0	35,5
24	Moshoutas Nikolaos		GRE	1867	5,0	0,0	35,5
25	Spirliadis Achileas		GRE	2015	5,0	0,0	34,0
26	Papadopoulos Panayotis		GRE	1951	5,0	0,0	34,0
68 players

10) 17th Graz Chess Festival

The 17th Graz Festival took place 28th August - 5th September 2010. The 17th Graz International Open was won by Georg Mohr with 7/9. Patrick Zelbel won the IM event with 6/9. Carolina Lujan won the WGM event with 8/9. My thanks to Manfred Mussnig for the games.

Official site: http://styria.chess.at/grazopen/info.html

Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr31920.aspx

17th Open Graz (AUT), 28 viii - 5 ix 2010 Leading Round 9 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Mohr Georg	GM	SLO	2511	7,0	52,5	41,0	40,75
2	Shengelia David	GM	AUT	2582	6,5	52,5	41,5	37,00
3	Kasparov Sergey	GM	BLR	2492	6,5	51,5	40,0	35,50
4	Fauland Alexander	IM	AUT	2406	6,5	51,5	40,0	35,25
5	Lanka Zigurds	GM	LAT	2468	6,5	49,5	40,0	32,50
6	Rabiega Robert	GM	GER	2508	6,5	45,0	35,0	29,50
7	Danner Georg	IM	AUT	2418	6,0	48,5	38,0	29,00
8	Fahrner Kurt	FM	AUT	2314	6,0	45,5	36,0	28,50
9	Schachinger Mario	FM	AUT	2353	6,0	44,5	35,5	30,25
10	Diermair Andreas	IM	AUT	2312	6,0	40,0	31,0	25,75
11	Buzeti Jernej		SLO	2251	5,5	46,5	36,0	24,25
12	Basagic Zlatko	IM	SLO	2327	5,5	44,0	34,0	25,25
13	Tomazini Aljosa		SLO	2234	5,5	43,5	34,5	19,25
14	Halvax Georg		AUT	2255	5,5	42,0	32,5	25,00
15	Tomazini Zan		SLO	2188	5,5	41,5	32,5	23,00
16	Sakelsek Tadej	IM	SLO	2407	5,0	48,5	39,0	22,00
17	Krumpacnik Domen	IM	SLO	2331	5,0	47,5	37,5	21,75
18	Webersberger Johann	FM	AUT	2368	5,0	45,5	36,5	20,50
19	Huber Martin Christian		AUT	1951	5,0	44,5	35,0	23,00
20	Mihevc Ivo	NM	SLO	2193	5,0	43,5	34,0	19,00
21	Kreiner Stefan		AUT	1926	5,0	42,0	33,0	20,75
22	Wertjanz David		AUT	2175	5,0	40,5	31,0	20,50
23	Schweitzer Werner		AUT	2089	5,0	40,0	31,0	16,50
24	Stagl Marco		AUT	2106	5,0	40,0	30,5	14,25
25	Wiedermann Daniel	NM	AUT	2198	5,0	38,0	30,0	17,50
26	Wegerer Fred Ing	FM	AUT	2207	5,0	38,0	29,0	16,50
27	Zankl Thomas		GER	2122	5,0	37,5	27,5	19,00
28	Toefferl Heimo	MK	AUT	2131	5,0	36,5	27,5	17,25
29	Bensch Patrick		GER	2213	5,0	34,5	28,0	17,75
30	Nickl Klaus	MK	AUT	2162	4,5	44,5	35,5	19,75
31	Wallner Dieter Dr.	MK	AUT	2117	4,5	44,0	34,0	15,25
32	Teuschler Hugo Mag.		AUT	2043	4,5	38,5	31,0	14,75
33	Loebler Heimo Mag.	NM	AUT	2167	4,5	37,5	31,0	16,75
34	Brandstetter Dieter		AUT	2082	4,5	32,5	25,0	14,00
35	Strobel Matthias		GER	2086	4,0	40,5	32,5	16,00
36	Huber Adolf		AUT	2072	4,0	39,0	31,0	15,00
37	Trummer Robert		AUT	0	4,0	38,5	30,5	16,25
38	Holzbauer Johannes Mag.		AUT	2036	4,0	38,5	30,5	14,75
39	Steininger Friedrich		AUT	2129	4,0	37,0	28,5	11,50
40	Boehmer Ernst DI		AUT	2128	4,0	36,5	28,0	13,00
62 players

17th IM Graz (AUT), 21 viii-5 ix 2010															cat. III (2321)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Zelbel, Patrick	f	GER	2348	*	0	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	1	6	2442
2.	Poetz, Florian		AUT	2364	1	*	1	0	½	0	½	0	1	1	5	2359
3.	Csiszar, Csaba	m	HUN	2450	½	0	*	1	½	0	½	1	½	1	5	2349
4.	Handler, Lukas		AUT	2115	0	1	0	*	½	½	½	1	1	½	5	2386
5.	Lendwai, Reinhard	m	AUT	2424	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	4½	2309
6.	Schnider, Gert	f	AUT	2309	0	1	1	½	½	*	0	½	½	½	4½	2322
7.	Gruskovnjak, Tomislav	f	SLO	2363	0	½	½	½	½	1	*	½	½	½	4½	2316
8.	Schreiner, Peter		AUT	2188	½	1	0	0	½	½	½	*	½	1	4½	2335
9.	Cigan, Stefan	m	SLO	2374	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	3½	2235
10.	Wittmann, Walter	m	AUT	2274	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	*	2½	2160

17th WGM Graz (AUT), 21 viii-5 ix 2010
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Lujan, Carolina	m	ARG	2296	*	½	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	8	2577
2.	Moser, Eva	m	AUT	2440	½	*	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	7½	2483
3.	Schneider, Veronika	wm	HUN	2292	0	0	*	½	1	1	1	0	½	1	5	2270
4.	Limontaite, Simona	wm	LTU	2230	0	0	½	*	1	½	½	1	½	½	4½	2234
5.	Daulyte, Deimante	wm	LTU	2333	0	½	0	0	*	0	1	1	1	1	4½	2222
6.	Pertlova, Sona	wm	CZE	2206	0	0	0	½	1	*	½	½	1	1	4½	2236
7.	Kopinits, Anna-Christina	wm	AUT	2187	½	½	0	½	0	½	*	½	1	½	4	2195
8.	Exler, Veronika		AUT	2143	0	0	1	0	0	½	½	*	0	½	2½	2077
9.	Schink, Barbara		AUT	2052	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	1	*	½	2½	2087
10.	Novkovic, Julia	wf	AUT	2157	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	*	2	2022

11) Serbian League

The Serbian League took place in Vrnjacka Banja 21st-31st August 2010. Smederevski SK took first place.

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

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr35880.aspx

12) Akiba Rubinstein Memorial

The 46th Akiba Rubinstein Memorial Chess Festival took place in Polanica Zdroj 18th-28th August 2010. IM Kacper Piorun won on tie-break with 7.5/10 ahead of Zbigniew Strzemiecki. Extra games now available.

Official site: http://www.rubinstein.polanica.pl/

13) 26th Geraardsbergen Open

The 26th Geraardsbergen Open took place 11th-15th August 2010. Johan Goormachtigh took first place with 7.5/9.

Official site: http://users.skynet.be/vptd/

14) SCCF State Championship

Jack Peters reports that the SCCF State Championship took place in LA 14th-23rd August 2010. Philip Wang and Joel Banawa tie, Wang first on tiebreak.

Official site: http://www.scchess.westernchess.com/

15) Dean of Chess Academy FIDE Invitational 2010

The second annual Dean of Chess Academy FIDE Invitational was held from August 13-22nd. The idea is to give several types of often overlooked players the opportunity to achieve a FIDE rating. Academy members, long-time experts and masters, and up-and-coming nationally ranked scholastic players are the three groups meant to have this opportunity.

This year there were 3 FIDE hopefuls. All of them were successful in obtaining a FIDE rating. IM Dean Ippolito won the event with a 9/9 score. For the second year in a row David Grasso finished second, this year with 5.5/9. James West and Rahul Swaminathan finished tied for third with 5/9 points. All of the games can be found at: http://deanofchess.com

We would like to thank Aaron Kiedes who directed the event. More such events are planned as the second Dean of Chess Academy is opening next month in Flemington, NJ. Between both centers, more than 50 events will be run on a monthly basis in the 5,000+ square feet available. We are looking forward to attracting all types of players, and are holding Grand Prix events every week.

Here are the final standings: 1st-IM Dean Ippolito 9.0 2nd-NM David Grasso 5.5 3rd-4th- LM James West, Rahul Swaminathan 5.0 5th-Andrew Walker 4.5 6th-8th- FM Stephen Stoyko, Steve Ferrero, Daniel Zhu 4.0 9th-10th- Kevin Chen, Mattew O'Brien 2.0

Aaron Kiedes reports.

16) 6th Dieppe Chess Festival

The 6th Dieppe Chess Festival took place in France 22nd to 29th August 2010. Igor Rausis took first place from Kamran Shirazi on tie-break after both scored 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.chess-and-strategy.com/search/label/Dieppe%202010

17) 7th Knokke International Open

The 7th Knokke International Open took place August 26th-29th 2010, consisting of 7 rounds "Swiss system" - 2 hours K.O. Maaren Larmuseau finished first with 6/7. I couldn't see the games from the event but I will round them up next week if some turn up.

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

18) 11th World University Chess Championship

Zurich hosts the World University Chess Championship 2010 5th-11th September 2010.

The 11th World University Chess Championship takes place in Zuerich, Switzerland, 5th-11th September 2010. GM Wang Yue, Igor Lysyj, Pavel Ponkratov, Jan Markos, Dusan Popovic etc compete. Men's and Women's Groups.

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

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

11th WUCC Zuerich (SUI), 5-11 vii 2010 Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Khmelniker Ilya	IM	ISR	2483	3,0	3,0	2,0	5,0
2	Wang Yue	GM	CHN	2732	3,0	3,0	1,5	4,0
3	Megaranto Susanto	GM	INA	2516	2,5	2,5	2,0	6,5
4	Jurcik Marian	IM	SVK	2466	2,5	2,5	2,0	5,5
5	Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan		MGL	2460	2,5	2,5	1,5	5,5
6	Jumabayev Rinat	GM	KAZ	2547	2,5	2,5	1,5	5,0
	Miljkovic Miroslav D	IM	SRB	2510	2,5	2,5	1,5	5,0
	Mohajerin Peyman	FM	IRI	2366	2,5	2,5	1,5	5,0
9	Ismagambetov Anuar	GM	KAZ	2492	2,5	2,5	1,5	4,5
10	Benidze Davit	IM	GEO	2504	2,0	2,0	2,0	6,0
11	Popovic Dusan	GM	SRB	2565	2,0	2,0	2,0	5,0
	Nestorovic Nikola	IM	SRB	2420	2,0	2,0	2,0	5,0
13	Kuipers Stefan	FM	NED	2370	2,0	2,0	1,5	4,5
14	Papin Vasily	IM	RUS	2534	2,0	2,0	1,5	4,0
	Pruijssers Roeland	IM	NED	2483	2,0	2,0	1,5	4,0
	Swinkels Robin	GM	NED	2478	2,0	2,0	1,5	4,0
17	Nikolov Momchil	GM	BUL	2549	2,0	2,0	1,0	5,0
18	Pitra Andika		INA	2283	2,0	2,0	1,0	4,5
19	Lysyj Igor	GM	RUS	2638	2,0	2,0	1,0	4,0
	Erdene Ganzorig		MGL	2330	2,0	2,0	1,0	4,0
21	Darini Pouria		IRI	2430	2,0	2,0	1,0	3,5
	Panjwani Raja	IM	CAN	2429	2,0	2,0	1,0	3,5
23	Burg Twan	IM	NED	2455	2,0	2,0	1,0	3,0
24	Poobalasingam Peter S	FM	ENG	2332	1,5	1,5	2,0	6,0
25	Purnama Tirta Chandra	IM	INA	2400	1,5	1,5	2,0	5,0
57 players

11th WUCC w Zuerich (SUI), 5-11 vii 2010 Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Severiukhina Zoja	WIM	RUS	2313	3,0	3,0	2,0	5,0
2	Borosova Zuzana	WIM	SVK	2277	3,0	3,0	2,0	4,5
3	Tsereteli Tamar	WGM	GEO	2384	2,5	2,5	2,0	6,0
4	Lkhamsuren Uuganbayar		MGL	2206	2,5	2,5	1,5	4,5
5	Hoolt Sarah	WIM	GER	2251	2,0	2,0	2,0	6,0
6	Guramishvili Sopiko	WGM	GEO	2343	2,0	2,0	2,0	5,5
7	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	IM	MGL	2412	2,0	2,0	2,0	5,0
	Stojanovic Andjelija	WGM	SRB	2337	2,0	2,0	2,0	5,0
9	Cheremnova Tamara	WFM	RUS	2225	2,0	2,0	2,0	4,5
10	Yanjindulam Dulamsuren	WIM	MGL	2212	2,0	2,0	2,0	4,0
11	Fuchs Judith	WIM	GER	2237	2,0	2,0	1,5	5,0
12	Drljevic Ljilja	WIM	SRB	2273	2,0	2,0	1,5	4,5
13	Zhang Ying		CHN	2210	2,0	2,0	1,0	5,0
14	Djukic Sandra		SRB	2198	2,0	2,0	1,0	4,5
15	Sukandar Irine Kharisma	WGM	INA	2372	2,0	2,0	1,0	3,5
	Tuvshintugs Batchimeg	WGM	MGL	2333	2,0	2,0	1,0	3,5
	Melekhina Alisa	WIM	USA	2273	2,0	2,0	1,0	3,5
18	Seps Monika	WIM	SUI	2184	2,0	2,0	0,5	2,5
19	Salman Mahini Mona	WFM	IRI	2001	1,5	1,5	2,0	5,5
20	Kharashuta Ekaterina	WIM	RUS	2298	1,5	1,5	1,5	5,0
21	Lestari Baiq Vina		INA	2177	1,5	1,5	1,5	4,5
22	Nakhbayeva Guliskhan	WFM	KAZ	2243	1,5	1,5	1,5	4,0
23	Lindiawati Evi	WCM	INA	2133	1,5	1,5	1,5	3,5
	Hemmatizadeh Nina		IRI	1891	1,5	1,5	1,5	3,5
25	Alavi Homa		IRI	1953	1,0	1,0	2,0	5,5
39 players

19) Croatian Teams

The 19th Croatian Team Championships take place in Sibenik 4th-12th September 2010. Pavel Eljanov, Vladimir Malakhov, Sergei Movsesian, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Vugar Gashimov, Arkadij Naiditsch, Viktor Bologan, Boris Grachev, Alexey Dreev, Sergei Tiviakov etc make it a strong event.

19th Croatian Teams 2010 (Sibenik CRO)

Sat 4th Sep 2010 - Sun 12th Sep 2010 - Official Site - Results - Live

20) 7th Dato Tan Malaysia Open

The 7th IGB Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open 2010 takes place in Kuala Lumpur 1st-7th September 2010.

Malaysian Open 2010 (Kuala Lumpur MAS)

Wed 1st Sep 2010 - Tue 7th Sep 2010 - Official Site - Results - Live

7th IGB Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open Kuala Lumpur (MAS), 1-7 ix 2010 Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Zhou Weiqi	GM	CHN	2570	6,0	31,0	22,0	26,50
2	Gupta Abhijeet	GM	IND	2587	5,5	33,5	24,5	25,50
	Wen Yang	GM	CHN	2507	5,5	33,5	24,5	25,50
4	Cao Sang	GM	VIE	2540	5,5	33,0	24,5	25,25
5	Wan Yunguo		CHN	2453	5,5	30,5	22,0	23,00
6	Guo Qi		CHN	2165	5,5	30,0	21,5	23,50
7	Sethuraman S P	IM	IND	2513	5,5	29,0	21,5	21,50
8	Nguyen Duc Hoa	FM	VIE	2360	5,0	33,0	24,0	21,50
9	Nguyen Van Huy	IM	VIE	2426	5,0	31,5	23,0	20,50
10	Nadanian Ashot	IM	ARM	2411	5,0	31,0	22,0	20,50
11	Swayangsu Satyapragyan	IM	IND	2444	5,0	30,5	22,0	20,00
12	Wang Chen		CHN	2411	5,0	30,0	21,5	19,25
13	Xu Yuhua	GM	CHN	2488	5,0	30,0	21,0	21,00
14	Nguyen Anh Dung	GM	VIE	2500	5,0	29,0	21,0	19,25
15	Smerdon David	GM	AUS	2526	5,0	29,0	20,5	20,25
16	Yu Ruiyuan		CHN	2387	5,0	28,5	21,0	20,00
17	Wang Li		CHN	2390	5,0	27,5	19,0	17,00
18	Mok Tze-Meng	IM	MAS	2416	5,0	26,0	18,5	17,75
19	Pham Chuong	FM	VIE	2375	5,0	24,0	17,0	14,50
20	Dzhumaev Marat	GM	UZB	2484	4,5	30,5	21,0	17,25
21	Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman	IM	IND	2466	4,5	30,0	21,0	17,50
22	Gao Rui	IM	CHN	2455	4,5	29,5	20,5	16,75
23	Lim Chuin Hoong Ronnie		MAS	2302	4,5	29,0	21,0	18,75
24	Swapnil S Dhopade	IM	IND	2426	4,5	28,5	20,5	16,25
25	Das Neelotpal	GM	IND	2437	4,5	28,5	20,0	16,75
26	Iuldachev Saidali	GM	UZB	2496	4,5	28,0	19,5	16,00
133 players

21) Spanish Championships 2010

The Spanish Championships take place in El Sauzal, Tenerife, 4th-12th September 2010. Francisco Vallejo Pons, Ivan Salgado Lopez, Miguel Illescas Cordoba, Jordi Magem Badals, Marc Narciso Dublan and Julen Luis Arizmendi Martinez are the top seeds in this 9 round swiss.

Spanish Championships 2010 (El Sauzal ESP)

Sat 4th Sep 2010 - Sun 12th Sep 2010 - Official Site - Results - Live

ch-ESP El Sauzal (ESP), 4 - 12 ix 2010 Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	ARIZMENDI MARTINEZ Julen Luis	GM	ESP	2540	3,0	4,0	2,0	6,0
	REINALDO CASTINEIRA Roi	IM	ESP	2502	3,0	4,0	2,0	6,0
3	HERRAIZ HIDALGO Herminio	GM	ESP	2480	3,0	4,0	2,0	5,5
4	VALLEJO PONS Francisco	GM	ESP	2697	3,0	4,0	2,0	5,0
	FRANCO ALONSO Alejandro	IM	ESP	2490	3,0	4,0	2,0	5,0
6	ILLESCAS CORDOBA Miguel	GM	ESP	2591	3,0	3,5	1,5	4,5
	ALONSO ROSELL Alvar	IM	ESP	2485	3,0	3,5	1,5	4,5
8	MAGEM BADALS Jordi	GM	ESP	2589	3,0	3,0	1,0	3,5
9	NARCISO DUBLAN Marc	GM	ESP	2553	2,5	4,5	2,0	6,0
10	ALSINA LEAL Daniel	GM	ESP	2523	2,5	4,5	2,0	5,5
	SAN SEGUNDO CARRILLO Pablo	GM	ESP	2511	2,5	4,5	2,0	5,5
	ESPINOSA ARANDA Angel	FM	ESP	2403	2,5	4,5	2,0	5,5
	DEL REY Diego	FM	ESP	2396	2,5	4,5	2,0	5,5
	VEGA GUTIERREZ Sabrina	WGM	ESP	2368	2,5	4,5	2,0	5,5
15	SALGADO LOPEZ Ivan	GM	ESP	2595	2,5	4,5	2,0	5,5
16	ESPINEIRA GONZALEZ Diego	FM	ESP	2305	2,5	4,0	1,5	5,0
17	MORENO RUIZ Javier	IM	ESP	2491	2,5	3,5	1,5	5,0
18	ARRIBAS LOPEZ Angel	FM	ESP	2454	2,5	3,0	1,5	4,0
	PENA GOMEZ Manuel	IM	ESP	2421	2,5	3,0	1,5	4,0
20	RECUERO GUERRA David	IM	ESP	2457	2,0	5,0	2,0	6,0
	ARGANDONA RIVEIRO Inigo	IM	ESP	2408	2,0	5,0	2,0	6,0
	ANTON GUIJARRO David	FM	ESP	2403	2,0	5,0	2,0	6,0
23	LEON VARELA Luis		ESP	2168	2,0	5,0	2,0	5,0
	RODRIGUEZ LAPETRA Pablo		ESP	2105	2,0	5,0	2,0	5,0
25	GUTIERREZ OLIVARES Daniel		ESP	2175	2,0	4,5	2,0	4,5
26	VASSALLO BARROCHE Mauricio	IM	ESP	2422	2,0	4,5	1,5	5,5
114 players

22) Sunny Beach

The 9th Georgiev-Kesarovsky's Memorial - Sunny Beach, Bulgaria took place 28th August - 5th September 2010. Krasimir Rusev edged out Radoslav Dimitrov on tie-break after both finished on 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.sunnybeach-chess.com/2010_games.html

9th Georgiev-Kesarovsky's Memorial Sunny Beach (BUL), 28 viii - 5 ix 2010 Leading Round 9 (of 9) Standings:
Rank	SNo.	Name	Ti	IRtg	FED	Pts	BH.	BH.	vict	Rtg+/-
1	1	Rusev Krasimir	GM	2543	BUL	7.5	43	55.5	6	9
2	13	Dimitrov Radoslav	IM	2380	BUL	7.5	38.5	50	7	22
3	7	Ermenkov Evgenij	GM	2431	PLE	7	43	55.5	5	16
4	2	Nanu Ciprian-Costica	GM	2515	ROU	7	42.5	53.5	5	1
5	3	Drenchev Petar	IM	2514	BUL	6.5	41	52.5	4	-1
6	9	Nikolov Sasho	IM	2409	BUL	6.5	41	52	5	13
7	4	Vasilev Milen	GM	2473	BUL	6.5	40.5	52	5	1
8	15	Pantev Veselin	FM	2371	BUL	6.5	38.5	50	6	16
9	23	Todorov Ognjan	IM	2303	BUL	6.5	36	44.5	5	4
10	25	Lamorelle Julien		2278	FRA	6.5	35.5	46	6	8
11	19	Hadzimanolis Antonios	FM	2341	GRE	6.5	33.5	43.5	5	4
12	8	Faibisovich Vadim Z	IM	2410	RUS	6	39	50	3	-1
13	11	Kizov Atanas	IM	2397	MKD	6	38	49	5	-5
14	20	Kosanovic Dragan	FM	2324	SRB	6	37	48.5	5	11
15	17	Markidis Konstantinos		2342	GRE	6	37	48	4	0
16	27	Nikolaou Georgios		2275	GRE	6	37	47.5	4	7
17	18	Galunov Todor	FM	2341	BUL	6	37	46	5	-6
18	37	Orev Petar	IM	2224	BUL	6	37	46	5	28
19	21	Estrada Nieto Julian	IM	2320	MEX	6	36.5	47	5	8
20	29	Golcman Evgeny		2270	RUS	6	36.5	47	5	0
21	24	Raeva Elitsa	WIM	2286	BUL	6	36.5	47	5	-9
22	72	Ninov Dayan		2020	BUL	6	33	43	5	59
23	5	Filip Lucian	IM	2470	ROU	5.5	39.5	50	4	-10
24	57	Nikolov Jordan		2097	BUL	5.5	38.5	48.5	3	33
25	14	Spassov Liuben	GM	2376	BUL	5.5	37.5	48	4	-7
26	30	Spiridonov Nikola	GM	2262	BUL	5.5	36.5	47.5	4	-1
27	40	Sokalsky Alexander		2211	UKR	5.5	36.5	46.5	4	14
28	16	Vasilev Vasil Aleksandrov		2368	BUL	5.5	36	47	4	-19
29	38	Ivanov Stojan Lubomirov		2223	BUL	5.5	36	46.5	4	9
30	34	Popov Petar	IM	2240	BUL	5.5	35.5	45.5	3	9
31	28	Kjurkchiiski Georgi		2271	BUL	5.5	35	45	4	-6
32	71	Daskalov Dimitar		2021	BUL	5.5	35	45	4	27
33	26	Rusev Jeliazko		2276	BUL	5.5	34.5	45	3	-3
34	6	Georgiev Krum	GM	2445	BUL	5.5	34.5	44	4	-19
35	88	Danov Lyubomir		1941	BUL	5.5	33	41	4
36	36	Ivelinov Hristo		2228	BUL	5.5	33	40	5	-3
37	31	Manolov Ivan	IM	2261	BUL	5.5	31	40.5	4	-18
38	62	Janev Pavel		2062	BUL	5.5	28.5	37.5	5	3
39	10	Mitkov Marjan	IM	2398	MKD	5	40.5	52.5	4	-4
40	32	Zwardon Vojtech		2247	CZE	5	39	49	3	-1
41	53	Monev Alexander		2107	BUL	5	37	46.5	3	22
42	41	Yakimenko Alexander A		2211	RUS	5	36.5	48	3	-17
43	44	Ni Viktorija	WFM	2199	LAT	5	36.5	47	4	-7
44	52	Melich Jindrich		2123	CZE	5	36	47	4	15
45	42	Kostadinov Rumen		2207	BUL	5	35.5	45	5	-5
46	64	Dimitrov Dejan		2053	BUL	5	35.5	45	4	14
47	82	Somova Nadezda		1968	LAT	5	34.5	44	3	27
48	33	Popovic Aleksandar M	FM	2244	SRB	5	34	44	4	-12
49	51	Dalmau Jorgen		2138	SWE	5	34	43.5	4	9
50	66	Novosadova Kristyna		2043	CZE	5	33.5	44	4	11
51	87	Koelbl Wolfgang		1943	GER	5	33.5	42.5	4	12
52	47	Ivanov Bogidar		2188	BUL	5	33	43.5	4	-11
53	59	Asparuhov Parvan		2074	BUL	5	33	42	3	-2
54	54	Kanazirev Pavel		2104	BUL	5	33	41	5	11
55	45	Kaderabek Jiri		2192	CZE	5	32.5	42	4	-13
56	65	Kolev Atanas Tonchev		2048	BUL	5	31	39.5	5	1
57	92	Valev Valentin		1911	BUL	5	31	39.5	4	33
58	75	Nadrchal Tomas		2010	CZE	5	31	39	4	6
59	73	Hristov Petar		2015	BUL	5	28.5	37.5	4	-12
60	35	Angelov Angel		2230	BUL	4.5	35	43	4	-27
61	58	Bassel Charaf		2089	LIB	4.5	34.5	44.5	4	2
62	43	Popov Georgi		2202	BUL	4.5	34.5	44	4	-18
63	48	Johansson Thomas		2173	SWE	4.5	34.5	43	3	-9
64	106	Sirpas Argiris		1825	GRE	4.5	33.5	42	4	34
65	81	Hronik Petr		1978	CZE	4.5	32	41	4	-3
66	114	Pantev Tsvetelin		1747	BUL	4.5	31.5	39.5	3	58
67	63	Kirchev Krasimir		2062	BUL	4.5	31	38	3	-15
68	56	Todorov Todor Kost		2103	BUL	4.5	31	37.5	4	-32
69	55	Ljangov Petar		2103	BUL	4.5	30	37.5	4	-20
70	50	Gschwendtner Klaus		2139	GER	4.5	29.5	38	3	-16
71	108	Kosturski Ivan		1794	BUL	4.5	29	36.5	4	39
72	90	Hacaperka Michal		1938	CZE	4.5	29	36	3	-1
73	39	Randjelovic Boban		2222	SRB	4.5	28.5	37	3	-69
74	100	Badik Maksym		1836	UKR	4.5	26	34	4	12
133 players

23) InventiChess 2010

The InventiChess tournament takes place in Antwerp 3rd-11th September 2010.

Official site: http://www.inventichess.com/inventichess2010/

InventiChess GM Antwerp (BEL), 3-11 ix 2010															cat. X (2478)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Meier, Georg	g	GER	2659	*	.	½	½	.	.	½	.	1	.	2½	2642
2.	Hautot, Stephane	f	BEL	2409	.	*	½	.	½	.	½	1	.	.	2½	2579
3.	De Jong, Jan-Willem	m	NED	2444	½	½	*	.	.	.	½	.	1	.	2½	2640
4.	Istratescu, Andrei	g	ROU	2631	½	.	.	*	½	½	.	.	.	1	2½	2542
5.	Michiels, Bart	m	BEL	2459	.	½	.	½	*	.	.	½	.	1	2½	2535
6.	Docx, Stefan	f	BEL	2342	.	.	.	½	.	*	1	0	½	.	2	2534
7.	Sokolov, Ivan	g	BIH	2641	½	½	½	.	.	0	*	.	.	.	1½	2376
8.	Van der Stricht, Geert	m	BEL	2392	.	0	.	.	½	1	.	*	.	0	1½	2298
9.	Hovhanisian, Mher	m	ARM	2474	0	.	0	.	.	½	.	.	*	1	1½	2356
10.	Piceu, Tom	f	BEL	2330	.	.	.	0	0	.	.	1	0	*	1	2296

Round 1 (September 3, 2010)
Meier, Georg	- De Jong, Jan-Willem	½-½	46	C63	Ruy Lopez Schliemann
Michiels, Bart	- Istratescu, Andrei	½-½	38	B18	Caro Kann
Docx, Stefan	- Sokolov, Ivan	1-0	32	D11	Slav Defence
Van der Stricht, Geert	- Hautot, Stephane	0-1	71	E97	King's Indian Classical
Piceu, Tom	- Hovhanisian, Mher	0-1	63	D38	QGD Ragozin
Round 2 (September 4, 2010)
Hautot, Stephane	- De Jong, Jan-Willem	½-½	31	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Istratescu, Andrei	- Piceu, Tom	1-0	47	B96	Sicilian Najdorf
Sokolov, Ivan	- Meier, Georg	½-½	46	E42	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Van der Stricht, Geert	- Michiels, Bart	½-½	39	D20	QGA
Hovhanisian, Mher	- Docx, Stefan	½-½	38	C48	Four Knights Rubinstein
Round 3 (September 5, 2010)
Meier, Georg	- Hovhanisian, Mher	1-0	46	A14	Reti Opening
De Jong, Jan-Willem	- Sokolov, Ivan	½-½	24	D17	Slav Defence
Michiels, Bart	- Hautot, Stephane	½-½	24	B01	Centre Counter
Docx, Stefan	- Istratescu, Andrei	½-½	47	E00	Catalan
Piceu, Tom	- Van der Stricht, Geert	1-0	50	B50	Sicilian Defence
Round 4 (September 6, 2010)
Hautot, Stephane	- Sokolov, Ivan	½-½	30	C44	Scotch Gambit
Istratescu, Andrei	- Meier, Georg	½-½	25	C10	French Rubinstein
Michiels, Bart	- Piceu, Tom	1-0	56	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Van der Stricht, Geert	- Docx, Stefan	1-0	33	E58	Nimzo Indian
Hovhanisian, Mher	- De Jong, Jan-Willem	0-1	36	A56	Old Indian Defence

24) Bratto Chess Open

The 28th Bratto Chess Open took place 22nd-30th August 2010. Vladimir Burmakin won with 7/9. Sabino Brunello made his final GM norm finishing with 6/9. Final results and games not available at the time of writing as the offical site was still down.

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

25) 3rd Sabadell Open

The 3rd Sabadell Open takes place 1st-10th September 2010.

Official site: http://www.coralcolon.net/entitat/index.php

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr33828.aspx

26) 4th Annual Battle at the Border

The 4th Annual Battle at the Border 2010 is a 6 Round Swiss which is made special by the participation of Hikaru Nakamura. GM Charbonneau, IM Hansen, IM Teplitsky, FM Jack Yoos also play.

BATB Open 2010 (Lloydminster CAN)

Sat 4th Sep 2010 - Mon 6th Sep 2010 - Official Site - Results - Live

27) Persoonlijk Kampioenschap Noord-Brabant 2010

The Persoonlijk Kampioenschap Noord-Brabant took place in Roosendaal, Netherlands 27th-29th August 2010. Erik van den Doel took first place. I seem to have given the games twice last week.

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

28) RAW Chess Challenge

The RAW World Chess Challenge under the tag-line "CAN YOU BEAT MAGNUS CARLSEN?" takes place the Cooper Star Hotel in New York City in New York City on Friday September 10th 2010. This one day match is part of Magnus Carlsen's G-Star fashion sponsorship (their RAW brand) and represents some of the best news for chess in years. The challenge see Carlsen take on registered viewers from throughout the world, they will receive help from Maxime Vachier-Lagrave from France, Hikaru Nakamura from the United States and Judit Polgar from Hungary who will suggest moves that will be voted on. The event is just one day but is similar to the hugely successful Kasparov versus the World in 1999. Kasparov will also be on hand as an Ambassador for this match.

Official site: http://rwcc.g-star.com/en/rawchess/

29) Gouda Open

The Gouda Open took place on the 4th September 2010. 7 Round Rapid. Anish Giri, Erik van den Doel, Sipke Ernst, Daniel Fridman, Anna Zatonskih, Matthew Sadler play. Dimitri Reinderman took first place on tie-break from Erik van den Doel, both scored 6/7. Daniel Fridman and Anna Zatonskih finished on 5.5, Anish Giri and Matthew Sadler on 5/7. There don't seem to have been any games recorded.

Official site: http://www.messemaker-1847.nl/OKG2010/

30) 6th European Union championship

The 6th European Union championship takes place in ARVIER (Aosta Valley) - September, 4th-12th 2010. (open, 9 rounds)

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

31) First Saturday September

First Saturday September tournaments are under way.

Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/1009/index.htm

32) September 2010 FIDE Rating List

The September rating list didn't see a lot of dramatic changes.

It was steady as you go at the top with Carlsen, Topalov, Anand and Aronian not playing any rated games. Aronian did move from 5 to 4 because of Kramnik's lost rating points in Dortmund. Ivanchuk and Gelfand move back into the top 10.

Sergey Zhigalko, Michael Roiz and Ivan Sokolov dropped out of the top 100. Viktor Laznicka, Luke McShane and Sebastien Feller came in.

The rating required to be in the top 100 moved up from 2639 to 2642. Michael Adams moves up to 18 from 35, Laurent Freseeinet from 40 to 27 both in part from becoming their national champions. Radoslaw Wojtaszek moved up from 75 to 42.

Full list available at: http://ratings.fide.com/

FIDE Rating List September 2010 Top 100
Rk	PlJl	Name	Ti	NAT	BYear	ju09	se09	no09	ja10	Mr10	My10	Jl10	IRat	Gms
1	1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	1990	2772	2772	2801	2810	2813	2813	2826	2826	0
2	2	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	1975	2813	2813	2810	2805	2805	2812	2803	2803	0
3	3	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	1969	2788	2788	2788	2790	2787	2789	2800	2800	0
4	5	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	1982	2768	2773	2786	2781	2782	2783	2783	2783	0
5	4	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	1975	2759	2772	2772	2788	2790	2790	2790	2780	10
6	8	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	1983	2716	2717	2729	2736	2736	2751	2755	2761	10
7	7	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	1983	2733	2733	2736	2736	2756	2760	2760	2760	0
8	6	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	1985	2717	2721	2719	2741	2760	2763	2761	2756	10
9	12	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	1969	2703	2756	2739	2749	2748	2741	2739	2754	9
10	13	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	1968	2755	2756	2758	2761	2750	2741	2739	2751	10
11	14	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	1983	2727	2741	2739	2737	2737	2733	2734	2749	10
12	9	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	1972	2732	2730	2719	2723	2737	2742	2749	2749	0
13	10	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	1987	2756	2757	2748	2733	2740	2740	2748	2748	0
14	11	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	1990	2717	2722	2723	2720	2725	2739	2747	2747	0
15	19	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	1987	2710	2735	2715	2708	2735	2733	2729	2733	10
16	28	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	1987	2736	2736	2734	2749	2749	2752	2716	2732	8
17	15	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	1976	2739	2741	2754	2744	2750	2735	2734	2731	10
18	35	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	1971	2699	2682	2698	2694	2704	2697	2706	2728	21
19	20	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	1983	2760	2742	2736	2730	2725	2725	2726	2726	0
20	17	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	1980	2707	2715	2706	2716	2721	2722	2732	2725	8
21	16	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	1979	2756	2762	2752	2739	2735	2735	2734	2724	10
22	21	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	1989	2690	2690	2708	2715	2715	2722	2724	2724	8
23	23	Movsesian, Sergei	g	SVK	1978	2716	2711	2718	2708	2709	2717	2723	2723	0
24	18	Navara, David	g	CZE	1985	2687	2692	2707	2708	2708	2718	2731	2722	7
25	22	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	1990	2703	2718	2718	2730	2727	2710	2723	2721	10
26	26	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	1986	2740	2740	2758	2759	2740	2734	2719	2719	0
27	40	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	1981	2667	2658	2653	2670	2670	2689	2697	2718	20
28	25	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	1983	2721	2709	2700	2713	2714	2710	2720	2716	11
29	29	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	1983	2716	2719	2719	2712	2713	2713	2716	2716	0
30	32	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	1983	2684	2696	2696	2704	2695	2715	2710	2710	0
31	24	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	1987	2681	2681	2694	2692	2710	2707	2722	2709	5
32	27	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	1976	2684	2685	2704	2710	2720	2725	2717	2707	10
33	34	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	1990	2632	2632	2626	2658	2656	2695	2706	2706	0
34	31	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	1974	2717	2692	2695	2693	2702	2702	2713	2705	9
35	33	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	1987	2689	2688	2708	2705	2701	2708	2708	2701	9
36	39	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	1992	2670	2662	2652	2675	2680	2675	2697	2700	19
37	30	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	1977	2751	2750	2750	2732	2715	2715	2715	2700	9
38	41	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	1982	2693	2696	2711	2705	2708	2703	2697	2697	9
39	58	Bu, Xiangzhi	g	CHN	1985	2702	2702	2682	2673	2682	2681	2676	2695	8
40	55	Le, Quang Liem	g	VIE	1991	2602	2602	2624	2647	2689	2687	2681	2694	10
41	50	Motylev, Alexander	g	RUS	1979	2710	2710	2695	2697	2705	2704	2685	2694	3
42	75	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	g	POL	1987	2637	2640	2637	2639	2660	2663	2663	2692	18
43	44	Akopian, Vladimir	g	ARM	1971	2712	2698	2700	2678	2688	2694	2691	2691	0
44	43	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	1985	2714	2725	2715	2703	2700	2700	2691	2691	0
45	--	Laznicka, Viktor	g	CZE	1988	2617	2634	2637	2652	2659	2636	2638	2690	19
46	42	Bologan, Viktor	g	MDA	1971	2689	2688	2692	2692	2684	2668	2695	2690	13
47	45	Timofeev, Artyom	g	RUS	1985	2681	2668	2651	2652	2655	2677	2690	2690	5
48	46	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	1965	2684	2706	2707	2696	2686	2685	2690	2690	0
49	36	Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	1975	2699	2699	2672	2670	2687	2699	2701	2688	7
50	53	Riazantsev, Alexander	g	RUS	1985	2647	2646	2661	2661	2660	2674	2682	2686	11
51	59	Georgiev, Kiril	g	BUL	1965	2645	2663	2672	2672	2669	2662	2675	2685	22
52	38	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	1979	2672	2702	2705	2702	2702	2699	2699	2685	13
53	47	Efimenko, Zahar	g	UKR	1985	2654	2654	2668	2657	2640	2677	2689	2683	6
54	48	Rublevsky, Sergei	g	RUS	1974	2703	2703	2697	2697	2697	2704	2688	2683	5
55	52	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	ROU	1976	2675	2664	2677	2681	2661	2672	2683	2683	0
56	54	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	1976	2687	2687	2680	2682	2682	2682	2682	2682	0
57	56	Sasikiran, Krishnan	g	IND	1981	2669	2661	2664	2653	2686	2690	2679	2681	9
58	85	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	g	CUB	1982	2619	2619	2619	2615	2641	2668	2653	2679	44
59	57	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	1972	2655	2650	2652	2641	2639	2653	2677	2679	28
60	65	Berkes, Ferenc	g	HUN	1985	2647	2663	2661	2659	2659	2676	2670	2678	19
61	62	Giri, Anish	g	NED	1994	2518	2552	2585	2588	2624	2642	2672	2677	19
62	61	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	1983	2667	2678	2676	2680	2675	2677	2673	2677	18
63	49	Miroshnichenko, Evgenij	g	UKR	1978	2696	2690	2686	2686	2686	2684	2686	2677	13
64	51	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	1985	2697	2685	2689	2687	2691	2686	2684	2674	23
65	71	Fedorchuk, Sergey A.	g	UKR	1981	2655	2643	2619	2641	2649	2646	2665	2671	27
66	64	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	1985	2675	2664	2645	2649	2667	2669	2671	2671	0
67	37	Nielsen, Peter Heine	g	DEN	1973	2680	2687	2697	2697	2697	2698	2700	2670	17
68	81	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	1985	2623	2633	2642	2648	2663	2649	2657	2670	9
69	86	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	1990	2648	2659	2636	2635	2645	2643	2650	2669	22
70	66	Smeets, Jan	g	NED	1985	2632	2642	2650	2657	2651	2659	2669	2669	0
71	60	So, Wesley	g	PHI	1993	2646	2640	2640	2656	2665	2665	2674	2668	19
72	68	Grachev, Boris	g	RUS	1986	2669	2684	2652	2653	2667	2667	2668	2668	0
73	72	Sutovsky, Emil	g	ISR	1977	2675	2676	2666	2657	2650	2661	2665	2665	0
74	83	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	g	RUS	1976	2635	2635	2641	2642	2643	2656	2656	2664	9
75	73	Areshchenko, Alexander	g	UKR	1986	2651	2667	2664	2670	2670	2663	2664	2664	0
76	74	Bareev, Evgeny	g	RUS	1966	2634	2633	2634	2643	2667	2663	2663	2663	0
77	77	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	1986	2678	2667	2671	2660	2657	2640	2661	2661	0
78	78	Volokitin, Andrei	g	UKR	1986	2678	2681	2691	2692	2687	2664	2661	2661	0
79	67	Zhou, Jianchao	g	CHN	1988	2623	2623	2629	2632	2650	2652	2668	2660	8
80	80	Mamedov, Rauf	g	AZE	1988	2645	2626	2626	2640	2639	2653	2660	2660	0
81	88	Meier, Georg	g	GER	1987	2658	2664	2653	2658	2663	2638	2648	2659	19
82	76	Kurnosov, Igor	g	RUS	1985	2669	2669	2666	2668	2674	2680	2662	2659	9
83	70	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	1980	2682	2694	2677	2677	2668	2669	2667	2658	18
84	87	Gharamian, Tigran	g	FRA	1984	2615	2611	2614	2609	2597	2632	2650	2658	9
85	--	McShane, Luke J	g	ENG	1984	2620	2615	2615	2616	2628	2623	2624	2657	17
86	63	Najer, Evgeniy	g	RUS	1977	2663	2681	2666	2665	2665	2663	2672	2657	9
87	91	Smirin, Ilia	g	ISR	1968	2650	2648	2662	2668	2647	2634	2646	2657	9
88	92	Socko, Bartosz	g	POL	1978	2656	2637	2643	2643	2637	2644	2646	2657	9
89	89	Kobalia, Mikhail	g	RUS	1978	2645	2648	2643	2637	2637	2648	2648	2656	9
90	69	Khismatullin, Denis	g	RUS	1984	2604	2614	2643	2651	2657	2657	2667	2654	27
91	84	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	g	IND	1983	2637	2634	2654	2654	2672	2672	2655	2650	28
92	100	Macieja, Bartlomiej	g	POL	1977	2612	2618	2627	2624	2625	2618	2639	2649	34
93	--	Feller, Sebastien	g	FRA	1991	2576	2570	2570	2579	2576	2593	2611	2649	21
94	79	Dreev, Alexey	g	RUS	1969	2660	2662	2655	2650	2653	2655	2660	2649	5
95	97	Gustafsson, Jan	g	GER	1979	2622	2622	2622	2627	2646	2640	2643	2646	9
96	90	Harikrishna, P.	g	IND	1986	2679	2673	2672	2672	2660	2660	2646	2645	18
97	94	Fridman, Daniel	g	GER	1976	2665	2661	2649	2654	2650	2654	2645	2645	9
98	96	Milov, Vadim	g	SUI	1972	2659	2659	2652	2644	2644	2644	2644	2644	0
99	93	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	1983	2701	2692	2665	2657	2667	2667	2645	2643	8
100	98	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	g	BLR	1973	2616	2639	----	2617	2601	2604	2642	2642	0

33) Forthcoming Events and Links

4ncl Team and Individual Rapidplay Championship

The 4ncl Team and Individual Rapidplay Championship on takes place 9th-10th October 2010 at Harben House, Milton Keynes. Saturday - team championship Saturday - individual championship

Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/2010_rapidplay.htm

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.

Bansko Grand Chess Open

The Bansko Grand Chess Open 12th-19th December 2010, Bansko - Bulgaria.

Details: http://www.bansko.chessdom.com

Izmir Open

Izmir International Open Chess Tournament which was supposed to take place 28th August - 5th September 2010 has been postponed after it clashed with

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

Bilbao Masters Final 2010

The Bilbao Masters Final takes place October 9th-15th 2010. Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen plus two players from the Shanghai Masters compete in the four player double round robin.

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

Pearl Spring Masters Nanjing 2010

The Pearl Spring Masters (I'm assuming the sponsor remains the same) takes place in Nanjing 18th-30th October 2010. ChessDom reports that the field has been finalised and that it should be just about the strongest of the year with Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Veselin Topalov, Vugar Gashimov, Wang Yue and Etienne Bacrot. 6 players 10 Round Double Round Robin.

Official site: http://www.chess-pearlspring.com/

Gibraltar Masters

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

Tal Memorial 2010

The likely dates for the Tal Memorial are 4th-13th November 2010. As yet there seem to be no details at all as to the composition of the field. I would welcome any news as to any early indications of the players and confirmation of the dates.

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

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: http://www.grandcoach.com/en/students/11/blog/31/

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

Players in the GM event so far: GM round robin : Oleksienko, Mikhailo g UKR 2548 Vovk, Andrey g UKR 2522 Petr, Martin m CZE 2511 Semcesen, Daniel m SWE 2420 Smith, Axel m SWE 2416 Bernadskiy, Vitaliy m UKR 2414 Grabliauskas, Virginijus m LTU 2404

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

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

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

Mobile: 0034-615547567

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

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

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

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

4. 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

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

6. 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

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!

Hungarian Tournaments March - October 2010

1.21st-29th August, CAISSA Kecskemet, GM+IM+rating, org: Erdelyi

2.4th-16th Sept, FIRST SATURDAY GM+IM+rating Budapest, org: Nagy L

3.17th-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.)

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

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.

THE WEEK IN CHESS 826 6th September 2010 by Mark Crowther

Sponsored by the London Chess Centre

1) Introduction

2) Shanghai Masters 2010

3) Baku Open

4) Russian Higher League 2010

5) Russian Women's Higher League 2010

6) 1st Campomanes Memorial Cup Open

7) US Chess League

8) Fermo Porto San Giorgio

9) 7th Kalamaria Open

10) 17th Graz Chess Festival

11) Serbian League

12) Akiba Rubinstein Memorial

13) 26th Geraardsbergen Open

14) SCCF State Championship

15) Dean of Chess Academy FIDE Invitational 2010

16) 6th Dieppe Chess Festival

17) 7th Knokke International Open

18) 11th World University Chess Championship

19) Croatian Teams

20) 7th Dato Tan Malaysia Open

21) Spanish Championships 2010

22) Sunny Beach

23) InventiChess 2010

24) Bratto Chess Open

25) 3rd Sabadell Open

26) 4th Annual Battle at the Border

27) Persoonlijk Kampioenschap Noord-Brabant 2010

28) RAW Chess Challenge

29) Gouda Open

30) 6th European Union championship

31) First Saturday September

32) September 2010 FIDE Rating List

33) Forthcoming Events and Links

4ncl Team and Individual Rapidplay Championship

Paignton Congress

Bansko Grand Chess Open

Izmir Open

Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2011

Bilbao Masters Final 2010

Pearl Spring Masters Nanjing 2010

Gibraltar Masters

Tal Memorial 2010

Shanghai and Bilbao Masters

X Benidorm Chess Festival 2010

Vasylyshyn Memorial

XL Rilton Cup 2010-11

Chinese Chess League Division A

4th Rijeka open chess tournament "Mediterranean 2017"

IX Festival Internacional de Ajedrez Benidorm 2010

London Chess Classic 2010

14th Unive Tournament

European Individual Senior Championship 2011

Chinese Events 2010

World Chess Tour Events

Swiss Team Championships 2010

Livigno (Sondrio, Valtellina)

Hungarian Tournaments March - October 2010

Czech Tour 2010-11

Historical Elo Ratings