THE WEEK IN CHESS 841 20th December 2010 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) 2nd London Chess Classic
3) 63rd ch-RUS Superfinal
4) 10th Amplico Life 2010
5) World Chess Championship Women 2010
6) 2nd Balkan Grand Prix Final 2010
7) 48th Indian Championships 2010
8) 7th UTD GM
9) Bansko Grand Chess Open 2010
10) Tancat Magistral 2010
11) XX Elgoibar GM
12) Zadar Open 2010
13) Australian Masters 2010
14) First Saturday December 2010
15) Marcel Duchamp International 2010
16) Moscow Teams 2010
17) TCh-SVK Extraliga 2010-11
18) Active Team Events
19) 31st Crespi Memorial 2010
20) 46th American Open 2010
21) Bondarevsky Memorial 2010
22) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
2nd London Chess Classic272 games
63rd ch-RUS Superfinal36 games
10th Amplico Life 2010801 games
World Chess Championship Women 201013 games
2nd Balkan Grand Prix Final 201045 games
48th Indian Championships 2010154 games
7th UTD GM30 games
Bansko Grand Chess Open 2010250 games
Tancat Magistral 201030 games
XX Elgoibar GM35 games
Zadar Open 2010192 games
Australian Masters 201041 games
First Saturday December 2010181 games
Marcel Duchamp International 201070 games
Moscow Teams 201054 games
TCh-SVK Extraliga 2010-1196 games
31st Crespi Memorial 20102 games
46th American Open 201015 games
2315 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Luis Blasco de la Cruz, Dave Clayton, Yuri Vovk, Dragan Babic, Jack Peters, Mitko Iliev, Jovan Petronic, Stanislaw Zawadzki, Michael Kopylov, Holger Lieske, Miklos Orso, Douglas Griffin, Tim Dickinson, Martin Matthiesen, Ivan Kocovski, Daniel Mueller, Georgios Souleidis and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Magnus Carlsen won the London Chess Classic after winning four games, losing two and drawing just one. He won alone as the system of three points for a win and one for a draw was used. A conventional scoring system with Sonneborn-Berger tie-break would have relegated him to third place behind World Champion Viswanathan Anand and Luke McShane, however a different tie-break of number of wins would have seen him in first again. Carlsen turned 20 on November 30th and wasn't quite at his best, but mostly it is due to some real experimentation and over-aggression with black. I think it true to say that he still regards himself as work in progress, he doesn't really seem to try and maximise his results. It shows great self-belief to take the long view. World Champion Anand also could regard himself as a bit unlucky. He almost won a couple more games and looked in good form. Luke McShane is 26 and still finding his way back after returning to the professional circuit just over a year ago. He has just entered the top 100 again and he is clearly on the move up. Top 25 or better is within his reach. Elsewhere there was the European Blitz and Rapidplay with many strong players. I doubt the blitz section games are up to much but the rapid section games seemed pretty to be accurately broadcast online. Seasonal Greetings to Everyone.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 2nd London Chess Classic

Magnus Carlsen defended his London Chess Classic title with a very easy win against Nigel Short. World Champion Viswanathan Anand shared second with Luke McShane as they had exactly the same tie-break. Hikaru Nakamura took fourth place by virtue of his win against Vladimir Kramnik who also finished on the same score.

2nd London Chess Classic London ENG Mon 6th Dec 2010 - Wed 15th Dec 2010. Category: 19. Ave: (2725)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts GmBl WiBl Wins TPR
1 Carlsen, Magnus GM NOR 2802 # 0 0 1 = 1 1 1 13 4 1 4 2816
2 McShane, Luke J GM ENG 2645 1 # = = = = = 1 11 3 1 2 2838
3 Anand, Viswanathan GM IND 2804 1 = # = = = = 1 11 3 1 2 2815
4 Nakamura, Hikaru GM USA 2741 0 = = # 1 = = 1 10 4 1 2 2772
5 Kramnik, Vladimir GM RUS 2791 = = = 0 # = 1 1 10 4 1 2 2765
6 Adams, Michael GM ENG 2723 0 = = = = # 1 = 8 3 0 1 2725
7 Howell, David W L GM ENG 2611 0 = = = 0 0 # = 4 4 0 0 2583
8 Short, Nigel D GM ENG 2680 0 0 0 0 0 = = # 2 3 0 0 2422
Round 1. Wed 8th Dec 2010
Adams, Michael 1-0 Howell, David W L 28 C67 Ruy Lopez
Short, Nigel D 0-1 Kramnik, Vladimir 38 C24 Bishop's opening
McShane, Luke J 1-0 Carlsen, Magnus 39 A37 English
Anand, Viswanathan 1/2-1/2 Nakamura, Hikaru 74 C67 Ruy Lopez
Round 2. Thu 9th Dec 2010
Short, Nigel D 0-1 McShane, Luke J 52 B76 Sicilian
Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 Adams, Michael 49 A29 English
Howell, David W L 1/2-1/2 Anand, Viswanathan 50 B52 Sicilian
Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 Nakamura, Hikaru 54 A17 English
Round 3. Fri 10th Dec 2010
Nakamura, Hikaru 1/2-1/2 Howell, David W L 42 D72 Neo-Gruenfeld, 5.cd, main line
Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 Carlsen, Magnus 77 C95 Ruy Lopez
Adams, Michael 1/2-1/2 Short, Nigel D 50 B17 Caro-Kann
McShane, Luke J 1/2-1/2 Kramnik, Vladimir 139 C67 Ruy Lopez
Round 4. Sat 11th Dec 2010
McShane, Luke J 1/2-1/2 Adams, Michael 44 A07 Reti
Short, Nigel D 0-1 Anand, Viswanathan 43 B23 Sicilian
Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 Nakamura, Hikaru 59 A10 English
Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 Howell, David W L 42 D85 Gruenfeld
Round 5. Sun 12th Dec 2010
Howell, David W L 0-1 Carlsen, Magnus 55 B90 Sicilian
Nakamura, Hikaru 1-0 Short, Nigel D 34 C89 Ruy Lopez
Anand, Viswanathan 1/2-1/2 McShane, Luke J 41 C67 Ruy Lopez
Adams, Michael 1/2-1/2 Kramnik, Vladimir 45 C65 Ruy Lopez
Round 6. Tue 14th Dec 2010
Adams, Michael 1/2-1/2 Anand, Viswanathan 54 B92 Sicilian
McShane, Luke J 1/2-1/2 Nakamura, Hikaru 50 A00 Benko's opening
Short, Nigel D 1/2-1/2 Howell, David W L 41 C39 KGA
Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 Carlsen, Magnus 86 D07 QGD
Round 7. Wed 15th Dec 2010
Nakamura, Hikaru 1/2-1/2 Adams, Michael 63 C89 Ruy Lopez
Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 Short, Nigel D 40 C10 French
Howell, David W L 1/2-1/2 McShane, Luke J 38 B76 Sicilian
Anand, Viswanathan 1/2-1/2 Kramnik, Vladimir 39 C67 Ruy Lopez
FIDE Open London ENG Mon 6th Dec 2010 - Wed 15th Dec 2010
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg123456789PtsTPR
1Jones, Gawain C BGMENG257511½11½11½7.52699
2Williams, Simon KGMENG249311111101½7.52684
3Avrukh, BorisGMISR26251111011017.02633
4Gormally, Daniel WGMENG24701111½½1017.02594
5McDonald, NeilGMENG244910111½11½7.02550
6Hanley, Craig AIMENG2428½½111½½117.02465
7Thorhallsson, ThrosturGMISL23671½1½½1½117.02538
8Greenfeld, AlonGMISR25641101½1½1½6.52491
9Hebden, Mark LGMENG25601111½½½½½6.52526
10Grover, SahajIMIND2432111011½016.52525
11Ansell, Simon TIMENG2417½1½=1½11½6.52429
12Astaneh Lopez, AlexFMIRL24051101110½16.52461
13Barle, JanezIMSLO240311011½½½16.52466
14Hennigan, Michael TIMENG23881½½11½0116.52406
15Gupta, AbhijeetGMIND260011½101½106.02491
16Llaneza Vega, MarcosIMESP247901111½½106.02414
17Roy Chowdhury, SaptarshiIMIND24481½1½1001+6.02359
18Summerscale, Aaron PGMENG243411011½1½06.02458
19Pena Gomez, ManuelIMESP2429½110½½11½6.02345
20Cox, John JIMENG23981½=11=½106.02423
21Quillan, GaryIMENG238510½111=016.02347
22Andersen, MadsFMDEN238211½1½1½0½6.02479
23Crouch, Colin SIMENG2335110½1=1016.02408
24Wall, GavinIMIRL23251111100016.02284
25Getz, NicolaiFMNOR23171101011½½6.02400
26Dukaczewski, PiotrIMPOL22971½1½011016.02382
27Afek, YochananIMISR22831101100116.02338
28Prosviriakov, VladimirIMUSA22801½101½=½16.02343
29Willmoth, Robert FENG22381010½111½6.02342
30Arkell, Keith CGMENG2431½11½½½10½5.52325
31Slavin, AlexeiIMRUS24251110100½15.52340
32Rendle, Thomas EIMENG240011½½010½15.52313
33Berry, NeilFMSCO23461½101½01½5.52242
34Piper, Matthew SENG2343110101½½½5.52325
35Webb, Laurence EFMENG23221½½½100115.52214
36Eggleston, David JFMENG2307½1½10½1105.52272
37Rodriguez Lopez, RafaelIMESP23051110½01105.52402
38Ledger, Dave JFMENG2261100111½015.52192
39Rudd, JackIMENG22531011011½05.52353
40Coleman, David JCMENG224710110110½5.52289
41Wallace, PaulIRL22311½0½1110½5.52298
42Anderton, Matthew NENG22271010½1½1½5.52202
43Stone, Andrew MENG222310½½1½1015.52259
44Grant, Jonathan I MSCO2201101½010115.52265
45Lasinskas, PovilasFMLTU21621½½½001115.52242
46Grassie, DuncanSCO2096½1=½1½=105.52144
47Gullaksen, EirikIMNOR23641½½101½0½5.02250
48Zhou, Yang-FanFMENG23261101010015.02255
49Roberson, Peter TENG22911½1½0½½½½5.02183
50Chapman, Terry P DENG224910110½1=-5.02254
51Tate, AlanSCO2234½1½0½11½05.02177
52Britton, Richard LFMENG2229½101½½½105.02119
53Haydon, David LENG22181110½½½½05.02385
54Remmler, Hans-PeterGER2209101=½0½1½5.02141
55Hodgson, John HENG22061010½=½½15.02160
56Harari, ZakiENG219710100½½115.02092
57Yeo, Michael JENG218311001½0½15.02222
58Gavriel, Tryfon CCMENG217010100½½115.02079
59Ernst, MichaelAUT21691½0½1=0½15.02140
60Pedersen, CarstenDEN21541010½1½½½5.02218
61Quinn, John MENG21491000111015.02035
62Zymberi, AstritALB21481001101105.02165
63Tozer, Philip A AENG21231½½0101105.02220
64Hebbes, TimENG21081½01½01105.02209
65Bass, John WENG206401½½0½11½5.02196
66Fegan, ChrisENG20030101011105.02091
67Doran, ChrisENG1988100110½1½5.02202
68Malhotra, TarunENG191300½1011½15.02049
69Wadsworth, Matthew JENG1889+0=½10=½15.01897
70Kamis, KamarunsalehinBRU1825011½10==½5.01992
71Jones, Steven AENG1801010½+½½½15.02020
72Stoma, PawelPOL235111100100½4.52247
73Radovanovic, JovicaFMSRB2276111=½½00-4.52291
74White, Michael J RFMENG224710110½1004.52189
75Spivack, Simon S YENG218910101010½4.52129
182 players
Women's Invitational London ENG Mon 6th Dec 2010 - Wed 15th Dec 2010. Category: None. Ave: (2044)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Van Weersel, Arlette WIM NED 2186 # 1 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 1 8 2380
2 Hegarty, Sarah N WFM ENG 2080 0 # = 1 = 1 0 1 1 1 6 2165
3 Ikonomopoulou, Maria WFM GRE 2160 0 = # 0 1 1 1 1 = 1 6 2157
4 Lalic, Susan K IM ENG 2294 = 0 1 # = = 1 0 1 1 5.5 2097
5 Steil-Antoni, Fiona WIM LUX 2147 0 = 0 = # = 1 = 1 1 5 2076
6 Hoare, Amy ENG 1921 0 0 0 = = # = 1 = 1 4 2015
7 Norinkeviciute, Rasa WFM LTU 2028 0 1 0 0 0 = # 1 = = 3.5 1966
8 Oliver, Shannon WFM AUS 1926 = 0 0 1 = 0 0 # = = 3 1933
9 Fairley, Natasha WFM NZL 1785 0 0 = 0 0 = = = # = 2.5 1907
10 Messam-Sparks, Lateefah ENG 1917 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = = # 1.5 1786
Round 1. Wed 8th Dec 2010
Steil-Antoni, Fiona 1-0 Messam-Sparks, Lateefah 29 B51 Sicilian
Ikonomopoulou, Maria 0-1 Van Weersel, Arlette 46 C98 Ruy Lopez
Oliver, Shannon 1-0 Lalic, Susan K 31 B22 Sicilian
Hoare, Amy 1/2-1/2 Norinkeviciute, Rasa 24 B22 Sicilian
Hegarty, Sarah N 1-0 Fairley, Natasha 40 C50 Giuoco Pianissimo
Round 2. Thu 9th Dec 2010
Hegarty, Sarah N 1-0 Hoare, Amy 39 C78 Ruy Lopez
Norinkeviciute, Rasa 1-0 Oliver, Shannon 43 A15 English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)
Lalic, Susan K 1-0 Ikonomopoulou, Maria 26 C47 Four knights
Van Weersel, Arlette 1-0 Steil-Antoni, Fiona 52 C19 French
Fairley, Natasha 1/2-1/2 Messam-Sparks, Lateefah 40 B20 Sicilian defence
Round 3. Fri 10th Dec 2010
Messam-Sparks, Lateefah 0-1 Van Weersel, Arlette 54 E32 Nimzo-Indian
Steil-Antoni, Fiona 1/2-1/2 Lalic, Susan K 10 B10 Caro-Kann
Ikonomopoulou, Maria 1-0 Norinkeviciute, Rasa 27 B87 Sicilian
Oliver, Shannon 0-1 Hegarty, Sarah N 40 B39 Sicilian
Hoare, Amy 1/2-1/2 Fairley, Natasha 55 C23 Bishop's opening
Round 4. Sat 11th Dec 2010
Hoare, Amy 1-0 Oliver, Shannon 56 B22 Sicilian
Hegarty, Sarah N 1/2-1/2 Ikonomopoulou, Maria 52 B90 Sicilian
Norinkeviciute, Rasa 0-1 Steil-Antoni, Fiona 46 A15 English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)
Lalic, Susan K 1-0 Messam-Sparks, Lateefah 31 B23 Sicilian
Fairley, Natasha 0-1 Van Weersel, Arlette 50 C77 Ruy Lopez
Round 5. Sun 12th Dec 2010
Van Weersel, Arlette 1/2-1/2 Lalic, Susan K 45 B19 Caro-Kann
Messam-Sparks, Lateefah 1/2-1/2 Norinkeviciute, Rasa 86 B50 Sicilian
Steil-Antoni, Fiona 1/2-1/2 Hegarty, Sarah N 26 B02 Alekhine's defence
Ikonomopoulou, Maria 1-0 Hoare, Amy 23 B01 Scandinavian
Oliver, Shannon 1/2-1/2 Fairley, Natasha 33 C45 Scotch game
Round 6. Mon 13th Dec 2010
Oliver, Shannon 0-1 Ikonomopoulou, Maria 42 B22 Sicilian
Hoare, Amy 1/2-1/2 Steil-Antoni, Fiona 47 C02 French
Hegarty, Sarah N 1-0 Messam-Sparks, Lateefah 28 B83 Sicilian
Norinkeviciute, Rasa 0-1 Van Weersel, Arlette 48 A13 English
Fairley, Natasha 0-1 Lalic, Susan K 37 B12 Caro-Kann defence
Round 7. Mon 13th Dec 2010
Messam-Sparks, Lateefah 0-1 Hoare, Amy 64 D88 Gruenfeld
Ikonomopoulou, Maria 1/2-1/2 Fairley, Natasha 47 C44 Scotch gambit
Steil-Antoni, Fiona 1/2-1/2 Oliver, Shannon 25 B23 Sicilian
Lalic, Susan K 1-0 Norinkeviciute, Rasa 40 B25 Sicilian
Van Weersel, Arlette 1-0 Hegarty, Sarah N 37 B37 Sicilian
Round 8. Tue 14th Dec 2010
Ikonomopoulou, Maria 1-0 Steil-Antoni, Fiona 60 C50 King's pawn game
Oliver, Shannon 1/2-1/2 Messam-Sparks, Lateefah 22 B22 Sicilian
Hoare, Amy 0-1 Van Weersel, Arlette 38 C24 Bishop's opening
Hegarty, Sarah N 1-0 Lalic, Susan K 82 C12 French
Fairley, Natasha 1/2-1/2 Norinkeviciute, Rasa 50 B22 Sicilian
Round 9. Wed 15th Dec 2010
Steil-Antoni, Fiona 1-0 Fairley, Natasha 59 C28 Vienna game
Messam-Sparks, Lateefah 0-1 Ikonomopoulou, Maria 67 E39 Nimzo-Indian
Lalic, Susan K 1/2-1/2 Hoare, Amy 66 C42 Petrov
Van Weersel, Arlette 1/2-1/2 Oliver, Shannon 81 B38 Sicilian
Norinkeviciute, Rasa 1-0 Hegarty, Sarah N 22 A15 English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)
FIDE Open Busy London ENG Sat 11th Dec 2010 - Sun 12th Dec 2010
Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg12345PtsTPR
1Wall, GavinIMIRL2325111115.02710
2Grassie, DuncanSCO2096½1=½13.51958
3Kamis, KamarunsalehinBRU1825011½13.51990
4Kikoyo, AliENG2016 *110103.02061
5Wadsworth, Matthew JENG188910=½13.01827
6Andreev, PeterENG1864101103.01957
7Mollison, JamieSCO1976½1½0½2.51936
8Ponting, AndrewENG18601010½2.51958
9Jones, Stephen AENG1801010½12.51682
10Roy, SoumenENG1864 *½1½002.01750
11Keuneke, HannoGER1745½0=012.02088
12Pattni, KishanENG1714 *001102.01812
13Keuneke, TobiasGER1560 *010102.01124
14Chidi, Lovinia SylviaGER1814½00101.51792
15Othman, MustaphaNGR1699½00011.51099
16Banda, GrahamZAM1640 *00+001.01052
16 players

3) 63rd ch-RUS Superfinal

There are four players in contention for the Russian Championships with two rounds to go in Moscow. Sergey Karjakin and Ian Nepomniachtchi lead on 6/9, half a point clear of Alexander Grischuk and former leader Peter Svidler who lost to Nepomniachtchi in Round 9.

63rd ch-RUS Moscow RUS Fri 10th Dec 2010 - Wed 22nd Dec 2010. Category: 19. Ave: (2706)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts TPR
1 Karjakin, Sergey GM RUS 2760 # 1 = = = = 1 = 1 = 6 2826
2 Nepomniachtchi, Ian GM RUS 2720 0 # 1 1 = = = = 1 1 6 2822
3 Grischuk, Alexander GM RUS 2771 = # = = = = 1 1 = = 5.5 2776
4 Svidler, Peter GM RUS 2722 = 0 # = = 1 = 1 = 1 5.5 2775
5 Tomashevsky, Evgeny GM RUS 2699 0 = = # 1 = = = = = 4.5 2699
6 Potkin, Vladimir GM RUS 2646 = = = = 0 # = = = = 4 2679
7 Jakovenko, Dmitry GM RUS 2726 = = = = # 0 = = = = 4 2660
8 Kurnosov, Igor GM RUS 2676 0 = = 0 = 1 # = = = 4 2673
9 Vitiugov, Nikita GM RUS 2709 = 0 = = = = = # 0 1 4 2665
10 Malakhov, Vladimir GM RUS 2712 = 0 0 = = = 1 # = = 4 2660
11 Zvjaginsev, Vadim GM RUS 2676 0 0 = = = = = = = # 3.5 2635
12 Khismatullin, Denis GM RUS 2659 = 0 = 0 = = = 0 = # 3 2597
Round 1. Sat 11th Dec 2010
Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1/2-1/2 Malakhov, Vladimir 48 D10 QGD Slav defence
Karjakin, Sergey 1/2-1/2 Potkin, Vladimir 34 C11 French
Kurnosov, Igor 1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev, Vadim 40 C11 French
Khismatullin, Denis 0-1 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 28 D74 Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O
Vitiugov, Nikita 1/2-1/2 Svidler, Peter 38 A15 English opening
Grischuk, Alexander 1/2-1/2 Jakovenko, Dmitry 29 D37 QGD
Round 2. Sun 12th Dec 2010
Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 Vitiugov, Nikita 36 C02 French
Svidler, Peter 1-0 Khismatullin, Denis 45 B00 King's pawn opening
Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1/2-1/2 Kurnosov, Igor 45 C67 Ruy Lopez
Zvjaginsev, Vadim 0-1 Karjakin, Sergey 33 B53 Sicilian, Chekhover variation
Potkin, Vladimir 0-1 Tomashevsky, Evgeny 40 D38 QGD
Jakovenko, Dmitry 1/2-1/2 Malakhov, Vladimir 36 C67 Ruy Lopez
Round 3. Mon 13th Dec 2010
Malakhov, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 Potkin, Vladimir 78 A13 English opening
Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev, Vadim 27 E46 Nimzo-Indian
Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 49 B90 Sicilian
Kurnosov, Igor 0-1 Svidler, Peter 41 B42 Sicilian
Vitiugov, Nikita 1/2-1/2 Jakovenko, Dmitry 25 D16 QGD Slav
Khismatullin, Denis 1/2-1/2 Grischuk, Alexander 18 A13 English
Round 4. Tue 14th Dec 2010
Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2-1/2 Malakhov, Vladimir 19 B36 Sicilian
Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1-0 Tomashevsky, Evgeny 51 C45 Scotch game
Svidler, Peter 1/2-1/2 Karjakin, Sergey 22 C65 Ruy Lopez
Jakovenko, Dmitry 1/2-1/2 Potkin, Vladimir 45 D45 QGD semi-Slav
Grischuk, Alexander 1/2-1/2 Kurnosov, Igor 41 E60 King's Indian defence
Vitiugov, Nikita 1-0 Khismatullin, Denis 60 E81 King's Indian
Round 5. Wed 15th Dec 2010
Khismatullin, Denis 1/2-1/2 Jakovenko, Dmitry 26 D45 QGD semi-Slav
Kurnosov, Igor 1/2-1/2 Vitiugov, Nikita 38 C19 French
Karjakin, Sergey 1/2-1/2 Grischuk, Alexander 15 B90 Sicilian
Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1/2-1/2 Svidler, Peter 27 D82 Gruenfeld
Malakhov, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 108 B53 Sicilian, Chekhover variation
Potkin, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev, Vadim 38 D37 QGD
Round 6. Thu 16th Dec 2010
Khismatullin, Denis 1/2-1/2 Kurnosov, Igor 42 D70 Neo-Gruenfeld defence
Vitiugov, Nikita 1/2-1/2 Karjakin, Sergey 37 A45 Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)
Grischuk, Alexander 1/2-1/2 Tomashevsky, Evgeny 24 C89 Ruy Lopez
Svidler, Peter 1-0 Malakhov, Vladimir 41 C67 Ruy Lopez
Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1/2-1/2 Potkin, Vladimir 22 B48 Sicilian
Jakovenko, Dmitry 1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev, Vadim 30 B09 Pirc
Round 7. Sat 18th Dec 2010
Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1/2-1/2 Vitiugov, Nikita 32 D39 QGD
Karjakin, Sergey 1/2-1/2 Khismatullin, Denis 38 C41 Philidor
Kurnosov, Igor 1-0 Jakovenko, Dmitry 36 C65 Ruy Lopez
Zvjaginsev, Vadim 0-1 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 68 B50 Sicilian
Potkin, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 Svidler, Peter 42 D85 Gruenfeld
Malakhov, Vladimir 0-1 Grischuk, Alexander 56 E70 King's Indian
Round 8. Sun 19th Dec 2010
Kurnosov, Igor 0-1 Karjakin, Sergey 63 C67 Ruy Lopez
Khismatullin, Denis 1/2-1/2 Tomashevsky, Evgeny 48 E48 Nimzo-Indian
Vitiugov, Nikita 0-1 Malakhov, Vladimir 41 D15 QGD Slav
Grischuk, Alexander 1/2-1/2 Potkin, Vladimir 42 A11 English
Svidler, Peter 1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev, Vadim 52 C11 French
Jakovenko, Dmitry 1/2-1/2 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 42 A15 English opening
Round 9. Mon 20th Dec 2010
Malakhov, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 Khismatullin, Denis 63 B07 Pirc defence
Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1/2-1/2 Kurnosov, Igor 18 A15 English opening
Karjakin, Sergey 1/2-1/2 Jakovenko, Dmitry 47 C67 Ruy Lopez
Potkin, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 Vitiugov, Nikita 47 B06 Robatsch (modern) defence
Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1-0 Svidler, Peter 39 C45 Scotch
Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2-1/2 Grischuk, Alexander 12 B53 Sicilian, Chekhover variation

4) 10th Amplico Life 2010

The European Rapid and Blitz Championships took place in Warsaw 18th-19th December 2010. The European Blitz Championship took place in Warsaw on December 17th 2010. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won ahead of Vassily Ivanchuk, there were 13 double rounds, there are some games, not sure what the quality is like. The Rapid Championships saw 6 players tie on 10.5/13. There was a quick blitz playoff (The rate of play in tie-breaks was 5 minutes for white and 4 minutes for black for a game, with an increment of 1 second per move and with draw odds for black. Just one game each round.). Vasily Ivanchuk beat Alexei Shirov in the 3rd-4th playoff. Zoltan Almasi defeated Vugar Gashimov after a wildly fluctuating game in which he was winning, losing and then finally winning again to take the title.

European Rapid Warsaw POL Sat 18th Dec 2010 - Sun 19th Dec 2010
Leading Final Round 13 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsMBchBchTB1TB2
17Almasi, ZoltanGMHUN272110.5100.50119.00878.5
21Ivanchuk, VassilyGMUKR276410.599.00116.50878.0
34Gashimov, VugarGMAZE273310.598.50115.50977.5
414Korobov, AntonGMUKR268410.597.00112.00980.5
53Shirov, AlexeiGMESP273510.596.00112.00976.0
613Naiditsch, ArkadijGMGER268510.595.00109.501074.5
727Bartel, MateuszGMPOL261710.096.50113.50875.0
820Mchedlishvili, MikheilGMGEO263710.096.00112.50974.5
915Rublevsky, SergeiGMRUS267810.096.00112.50874.0
1024Lysyj, IgorGMRUS262710.094.00110.00874.0
1131Jussupow, ArturGMGER258910.093.50111.00972.0
126Movsesian, SergeiGMSVK272110.092.50108.00871.5
1328Romanov, EvgenyGMRUS260510.090.00106.50871.5
148Jobava, BaadurGMGEO270710.087.00103.00968.0
1535Halkias, SteliosGMGRE25789.599.50116.00775.0
1632Andriasian, ZavenGMARM25859.599.50114.50875.5
1719Fridman, DanielGMGER26459.595.00112.00776.0
1810Riazantsev, AlexanderGMRUS26899.594.50110.50970.0
1912Polgar, JuditGMHUN26869.594.00111.00770.0
202Ponomariov, RuslanGMUKR27449.594.00111.00670.0
215Wojtaszek, RadoslawGMPOL27269.593.50109.50970.5
2239Gajewski, GrzegorzGMPOL25559.593.00110.00971.0
2311Bologan, ViktorGMMDA26869.593.00108.50870.5
2447Nyzhnyk, IllyaIMUKR25359.592.50109.00870.0
2538Popov, ValerijGMRUS25599.592.50107.00770.0
2637Zhigalko, AndreyGMBLR25709.591.00108.00969.5
2717Inarkiev, ErnestoGMRUS26679.591.00106.00871.0
2851Stupak, KirillIMBLR25309.590.50108.00968.5
2923Tkachiev, VladislavGMFRA26369.590.00106.50872.0
309Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeGMFRA27039.589.50105.00869.0
3126Krasenkow, MichalGMPOL26219.589.00104.00870.0
32175Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFMPOL22479.589.00104.00767.0
3334Moranda, WojciechGMPOL25789.588.50105.00868.5
3474Malakhov, IgorFMRUS24259.587.50103.50964.0
3571Okhotnik, VladimirIMFRA24289.585.50101.50865.0
3641Maiorov, NikitaGMBLR25469.585.00101.50969.0
3718Socko, BartoszGMPOL26609.585.00100.00963.5
38139Maevsky, NikolayRUS23099.585.00100.00862.5
3970Boricsev, OlegIMHUN24299.577.0090.50955.5
4030Kempinski, RobertGMPOL25979.0102.00119.00675.5
4157Neiksans, ArtursIMLAT25039.097.50114.00874.0
4221Macieja, BartlomiejGMPOL26369.094.50111.00774.0
4316Moiseenko, AlexanderGMUKR26709.094.50111.00773.5
4444Vovk, YuriGMUKR25399.094.00111.00871.5
4536Jones, Gawain C BGMENG25759.093.50110.00871.5
4655Piorun, KacperIMPOL25139.092.50109.00868.5
4752Tazbir, MarcinIMPOL25279.092.50109.00768.0
4840Vovk, AndreyGMUKR25469.091.00107.00867.5
4982Nedilko, VasilyUKR24139.090.50106.00867.5
5059Socko, MonikaGMPOL24959.090.00106.00868.5
5169Grabarczyk, MiroslawGMPOL24389.089.50104.50765.0
5283Samolins, VitalijsIMLAT24129.089.00105.00866.5
53113Reprintsev, AlexanderIMUKR23599.089.00105.00863.5
54131Janaszak, DawidFMPOL23199.089.00104.00964.0
5576Dobrowolski, PiotrIMPOL24239.088.00102.50865.5
5664Bagrationi, AlexanderIMUKR24609.088.00102.50765.5
5772Zavgorodniy, SergiyIMUKR24289.087.50104.00962.0
5862Simonian, HrairGMARM24759.086.00103.00864.5
5985Szymanski, MarcinIMPOL24109.085.00100.00862.5
60169Jaroch, Karolk+POL22529.085.0098.50862.5
61127Kuraszkiewicz, MichaelFMGER23259.081.0096.50860.0
62137Kochetkova, JuliaWGMSVK23119.076.5089.50857.5
63146Laurusas, TomasLTU22999.075.0090.00958.0
6422Edouard, RomainGMFRA26368.597.00114.00674.5
6549Lintchevski, DaniilGMRUS25328.596.50112.50770.0
6654Shimanov, AleksandrGMRUS25168.596.50112.50769.5
6725Markowski, TomaszGMPOL26258.595.00112.00871.0
6845Gritsak, OrestGMUKR25398.594.50111.50770.5
6948Olszewski, MichalGMPOL25328.594.00110.00770.0
7061Levin, Evgeny A.GMRUS24838.593.00110.50868.0
7191Kanarek, MarcelFMPOL23998.592.50108.00865.5
72122Krzyzanowski, MarcinmPOL23428.592.00107.50763.5
7346Tomczak, JacekIMPOL25398.591.50107.00769.5
7453Swiercz, DariuszGMPOL25228.590.50107.00767.0
7567Sieciechowicz, MarcinIMPOL24468.590.50106.50767.5
7629Tregubov, Pavel V.GMRUS25988.589.50106.50768.5
77104Mikrut, DariuszIMPOL23728.589.50104.50665.0
7856Stern, ReneIMGER25048.589.00105.00763.0
7989Sakalauskas, VaidasIMLTU24058.588.50104.00766.5
80115Kashtanov, RuslanIMRUS23518.588.00104.00763.5
8181Lovkov, RomanIMRUS24148.587.50102.50765.0
8250Anisimov, PavelIMRUS25328.587.00102.50764.0
83128Solys, LaimutisFMLTU23238.586.00101.50864.0
8495Bobula, MateuszIMPOL23938.586.00101.50763.0
85119Przybylski, WojciechFMPOL23448.586.00101.00862.0
8663Warakomski, TomaszIMPOL24728.585.50102.00861.5
87192Kalinina, OlgaWIMUKR22228.585.50100.50760.0
8842Jaracz, PawelGMPOL25438.585.00100.50765.0
89112Majdan-Gajewska, JoannaWGMPOL23598.584.00100.00861.5
90101Kolosowski, MateuszFMPOL23758.584.00100.00762.5
9190Zambo, ZoltanFMHUN24038.583.50100.50863.5
92190Berzinsh, IvarsLAT22248.583.5098.50860.0
93173Skawinski, ArkadiuszI++POL22498.583.5098.50859.5
94168Mustaps, MatissLAT22568.583.5098.00859.5
95126Zapolskis, AntanasIMLTU23278.583.0098.50862.5
9699Serov, MaksimRUS23798.582.5098.00760.5
97121Kantans, TomsFMLAT23428.582.5097.50860.5
9860Bernasek, JanIMCZE24908.582.5097.50760.0
99120Mickiewicz, PiotrmPOL23448.582.5097.00861.5
100111Matuszewski, MichalmPOL23618.582.5096.50858.0
10166Krysztofiak, MarcinIMPOL24498.581.5097.00562.5
102153Daulyte, DeimanteWGMLTU22838.581.5096.50859.0
10394Nguyen, PiotrmPOL23948.581.0096.50862.0
104194Jakubowski, MarcinFMPOL22208.581.0096.50858.5
105179Szczepkowska-Horowska, KarinaWGMPOL22418.581.0094.50760.0
106123Maciejewski, AndrzejIMPOL23348.580.5096.50859.0
107157Jaracz, BarbaraWGMPOL22748.579.0093.00756.5
108239Goluch, PiotrI++POL21238.579.0092.50857.0
109267Bernotas, ArtursLAT20818.579.0092.50856.5
110148Moskovic, David MFMENG22938.578.0092.00857.0
111186Kudzma, LaimonasLTU22328.576.5090.00857.0
11280Chayka, VitalyIMUKR24178.576.0089.50852.5
11358Jakubowski, KrzysztofGMPOL25028.092.50107.50765.0
11478Castaldo, FolcoIMITA24198.092.00108.00666.5
11577Shkapenko, PavelIMRUS24198.091.00107.50765.5
116171Safranska, AndaWGMFRA22508.088.50104.50661.5
117143Drozdowski, KacperFMPOL23038.088.50102.50761.0
11879Pedzich, DominikIMPOL24188.088.00104.50663.5
119105Sadzikowski, DanielmPOL23718.087.50103.00761.0
120107Pankov, GermanFMRUS23688.087.50103.00661.5
121185Gruvaeus, CurtSWE22338.087.50102.00863.0
122117Gashimov, SarkhanAZE23518.087.00102.50761.5
123147Putka, VernerLAT22978.086.50101.00762.0
124145Bartel, MichalkPOL22998.086.00101.00760.5
125180Wandzik, WojciechkPOL22418.086.00100.50761.0
126283Kuciel, WladyslawI+POL20508.085.50101.50857.0
12792Schmidt, WlodzimierzGMPOL23968.085.50101.00762.5
128144Baghdasaryan, VaheARM23038.085.50100.50760.5
129533Kovalevskis, ArkadijsLAT08.084.50100.50755.0
130161Doluhanova, EvgeniyaWGMUKR22668.084.5099.50762.0
131149Napoli, Nicolo'FMITA22918.084.5099.00658.5
13288Dragun, KamilFMPOL24078.084.00101.00862.0
133176Tregubov, VadimUKR22478.083.5099.50763.5
134124Hrzica, RokFMSLO23338.083.5098.50760.5
135158Paterek, MichalFMPOL22728.082.5097.00758.5
136150Castiglione, MarioSVK22888.082.5096.50661.0
137177Setkauskas, VaidasLTU22478.082.5095.50757.5
138132Kukawski, MaciejmPOL23188.082.0097.00761.0
139182Chalupnik, Marcink++POL22368.081.0095.50759.0
140274Adamek, PrzemyslawI+POL20658.081.0094.50655.0
141187Dumanski, AleksanderkPOL22298.080.5097.00554.5
142100Czerwonski, AleksanderIMPOL23778.080.5096.50856.0
143159Ruckschloss, KarolFMSVK22718.080.5095.50858.0
144152Ondrus, MartinSVK22848.080.0095.00757.5
145162Weichhold, PawelI++POL22638.080.0094.50858.0
146196Najbar, Marcink+POL22108.080.0094.50857.0
147136Brzeski, MaciejmPOL23158.080.0094.50760.0
148202Swiech, PrzemyslawI++POL22078.079.5094.00857.0
14968Leniart, ArkadiuszFMPOL24428.078.5093.50754.5
150184Toma, KatarzynaWIMPOL22348.078.5092.00757.0
151195Lind, Jan-OlofSWE22158.078.0093.50852.0
152209Alvarado, CarlosPER21908.077.5092.50754.5
153164Krainski, AleksanderFMPOL22608.077.5091.50857.0
154244Wiewiora, EneaszI+POL21188.077.0090.50854.0
155189Baliasnyj, TimurLTU22248.076.5091.00852.0
156110Rogule, LauraWGMLAT23628.076.0091.50753.5
157237Pietocha, PawelI++POL21248.075.5089.50752.5
158172Przezdziecka, MartaWGMPOL22498.074.5088.00754.5
159339Stremavicius, TitasLTU19438.074.0087.50750.5
160203Lewandowski, RafalK+POL22028.073.5088.00754.0
161193Szymanska, MariaWIMPOL22208.073.0085.50849.0
162367Gora, JanII+POL18918.071.0086.50749.0
163231Adamowicz, KatarzynaWFMPOL21398.070.5084.00654.0
164108Strzemiecki, ZbigniewFMPOL23677.592.50107.50762.0
165114Kovalev, VladislavFMBLR23557.591.00106.50763.0
166262Klepaczka, TomaszI+POL20927.589.50105.50663.0
16793Antoms, GuntarsIMLAT23957.588.50105.50662.0
16887Staniszewski, PiotrIMPOL24077.587.50103.50561.5
16973Berzinsh, RolandIMLAT24277.587.50103.00762.0
170134Borsos, BogdanIMUKR23167.587.00103.50761.0
171130Zickus, SimonasFMLTU23207.585.50100.00759.5
172106Maier, ChristianIMGER23697.585.50100.00659.5
173254Licznerski, LukaszI+POL21037.585.5099.00761.5
174135Genutis, MindaugasFMLTU23167.585.00100.50659.5
175151Vlasov, EgorRUS22877.585.00100.50658.0
176103Sveshnikov, VladimirFMLAT23747.584.50101.00660.5
177280Krasiewicz, RobertI++POL20557.584.5099.00755.5
178163Meskovs, NikitaLAT22637.584.5099.00658.0
179116Kula, RobertFMPOL23517.584.0099.00761.0
180142Rajlich, Vasik G.IMUSA23037.584.0098.50759.0
181165Delekta, PiotrFMPOL22607.583.0096.50558.0
182141Dudzinski, PawelMPOL23067.582.5097.00757.5
183241Gosciniak, MariaWFMPOL21217.582.5096.50654.0
184140Swicarz, MaciejmPOL23087.582.0097.00758.5
185242Krasenkova, IlenaWIMRUS21217.582.0097.00656.5
186156Barski, RadoslawK+POL22787.582.0096.50757.5
187211Angelini, MarcoITA21897.581.0097.00653.5
188133Berzina, IlzeWGMLAT23187.581.0096.50758.5
189201Kulon, KlaudiaWFMPOL22087.581.0096.50757.0
190232Korchagina, ViktoriaWFMRUS21397.581.0094.00753.5
191282Chrzoszcz, MalvinakPOL20547.581.0094.00652.0
192233Sanz Losada, VictorianoESP21387.580.5095.50654.0
19386Cernousek, LukasIMCZE24107.580.0095.50658.5
194138Dudzinski, PiotrFMPOL23107.580.0095.00757.0
195155Chudinovskikh, Alexander MIMRUS22807.580.0095.00659.0
196230Sowul, BartoszI++POL21457.580.0094.50653.0
197215Flak, PawelI++POL21797.579.5094.50655.0
198252Gasik, PiotrkPOL21067.579.5093.50754.5
199170Jaroch, PawelkPOL22527.579.5093.00756.5
200216Zakoscielna, KingaWFMPOL21767.579.5092.50757.0
723 players
European Blitz Warsaw POL Fri 17th Dec 2010 - Fri 17th Dec 2010
Leading Final Round 13 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsMBchBchTB1TB2
17Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeGMFRA270322.0192.50226.5010156.5
21Ivanchuk, VassilyGMUKR276420.0179.00213.0010140.5
32Ponomariov, RuslanGMUKR274419.5192.50226.008147.5
45Movsesian, SergeiGMSVK272118.5186.50220.507133.5
53Gashimov, VugarGMAZE273318.5184.50210.008138.0
619Edouard, RomainGMFRA263618.5177.50213.508132.0
717Fridman, DanielGMGER264518.0185.50222.009141.5
813Rublevsky, SergeiGMRUS267818.0183.00217.006138.0
915Inarkiev, ErnestoGMRUS266718.0179.00214.507139.0
1018Mchedlishvili, MikheilGMGEO263718.0173.50207.507129.0
1110Polgar, JuditGMHUN268618.0170.00196.007134.0
1222Lysyj, IgorGMRUS262718.0166.50196.508127.5
1314Moiseenko, AlexanderGMUKR267018.0163.50190.009124.0
1434Jones, Gawain C BGMENG257517.5188.50221.508133.5
154Wojtaszek, RadoslawGMPOL272617.5188.00223.507142.0
1621Tkachiev, VladislavGMFRA263617.5188.00221.506144.0
1730Andriasian, ZavenGMARM258517.5185.00220.507135.5
1833Moranda, WojciechGMPOL257817.5182.50214.006134.5
1925Bartel, MateuszGMPOL261717.5176.00201.507128.5
2098Kovalev, VladislavFMBLR235517.5171.00201.008122.5
2129Jussupow, ArturGMGER258917.5170.50202.008125.0
2254Pakleza, ZbigniewIMPOL249517.0176.00207.008125.0
2327Tregubov, Pavel V.GMRUS259817.0173.00203.007128.0
2423Markowski, TomaszGMPOL262517.0172.00202.006128.0
2538Maiorov, NikitaGMBLR254617.0172.00201.506125.0
2648Swiercz, DariuszGMPOL252217.0172.00200.506124.0
2720Macieja, BartlomiejGMPOL263617.0171.00199.506125.5
2826Romanov, EvgenyGMRUS260517.0171.00198.006130.5
2932Halkias, SteliosGMGRE257817.0170.50200.506128.0
3043Nyzhnyk, IllyaIMUKR253517.0169.50200.506125.5
3146Stupak, KirillIMBLR253016.5181.50211.506128.0
3211Naiditsch, ArkadijGMGER268516.5178.50208.507132.0
3337Gajewski, GrzegorzGMPOL255516.5177.50209.006130.5
3416Socko, BartoszGMPOL266016.5177.00208.007129.0
3547Tazbir, MarcinIMPOL252716.5174.00201.006123.0
368Riazantsev, AlexanderGMRUS268916.5173.50204.006121.0
3745Anisimov, PavelIMRUS253216.5173.00204.007122.5
3852Neiksans, ArtursIMLAT250316.5172.50205.506120.5
3944Lintchevski, DaniilGMRUS253216.5168.00194.507120.5
4050Piorun, KacperIMPOL251316.5164.00192.005119.0
419Bologan, ViktorGMMDA268616.5163.00194.506122.5
4273Shkapenko, PavelIMRUS241916.5163.00192.508117.5
4368Zavgorodniy, SergiyIMUKR242816.5159.00187.006118.5
4470Berzinsh, RolandIMLAT242716.5149.00177.507112.0
45146Skawinski, ArkadiuszI++POL224916.5148.50170.008107.0
4649Shimanov, AleksandrGMRUS251616.0180.50210.008126.5
4736Popov, ValerijGMRUS255916.0179.00213.007126.0
4839Vovk, AndreyGMUKR254616.0175.00207.007124.5
4912Korobov, AntonGMUKR268416.0173.50203.506125.0
5031Dziuba, MarcinGMPOL258416.0170.50199.506122.0
5169Okhotnik, VladimirIMFRA242816.0166.00197.007117.0
52111Kuraszkiewicz, MichaelFMGER232516.0166.00195.506116.0
5324Krasenkow, MichalGMPOL262116.0164.50195.506122.5
54101Gashimov, SarkhanAZE235116.0160.50192.506114.0
5578Nedilko, VasilyUKR241316.0159.00188.506114.0
56103Przybylski, WojciechFMPOL234416.0157.50182.506111.0
5799Kashtanov, RuslanIMRUS235116.0157.00186.007112.0
586Jobava, BaadurGMGEO270715.5184.50217.506132.5
5940Jaracz, PawelGMPOL254315.5177.50208.506126.5
60127Putka, VernerLAT229715.5174.00202.505113.5
61118Brzeski, MaciejmPOL231515.5169.50197.505115.5
6242Vovk, YuriGMUKR253915.5169.00203.007122.5
6351Stern, ReneIMGER250415.5163.00193.006115.5
6455Bernasek, JanIMCZE249015.5158.50187.505115.0
6528Kempinski, RobertGMPOL259715.5158.00184.506117.0
6660Warakomski, TomaszIMPOL247215.5157.00187.505112.5
67119Kochetkova, JuliaWGMSVK231115.5156.50180.006108.0
6882Kuzmicz, KrystianIMPOL240615.5155.50181.006114.0
6993Maier, ChristianIMGER236915.5155.00183.508107.0
70150Wandzik, WojciechkPOL224115.5154.00179.005108.5
7196Rogule, LauraWGMLAT236215.5153.00181.007104.5
7281Cernousek, LukasIMCZE241015.5147.00176.507106.0
73212Szmidt, PrzemyslawI++POL202315.5140.00166.00692.0
7486Manik, MikulasGMSVK238915.0170.00196.507116.5
7556Levin, Evgeny A.GMRUS248315.0169.50199.507115.0
7674Castaldo, FolcoIMITA241915.0169.00198.506116.0
7767Grabarczyk, MiroslawGMPOL243815.0164.50192.507112.0
7835Zhigalko, AndreyGMBLR257015.0163.50193.506114.0
7989Kolosowski, MateuszFMPOL237515.0160.50190.006111.0
8072Ivanov, AlexeyIMRUS242415.0158.00187.006109.0
81114Janaszak, DawidFMPOL231915.0158.00186.006107.0
8292Sadzikowski, DanielmPOL237115.0156.50184.506106.5
8375Pedzich, DominikIMPOL241815.0156.00186.006109.0
84124Drozdowski, KacperFMPOL230315.0156.00184.505107.5
85104Mickiewicz, PiotrmPOL234415.0154.50183.506106.0
86100Kula, RobertFMPOL235115.0154.50180.505105.0
87106Krzyzanowski, MarcinmPOL234215.0154.00181.004107.0
88131Vlasov, EgorRUS228715.0153.50181.506104.5
8983Zambo, ZoltanFMHUN240315.0153.50176.504111.5
90109Hrzica, RokFMSLO233315.0150.00177.00599.0
9184Schmidt, WlodzimierzGMPOL239615.0147.50175.506102.0
9280Sotsky, AlexanderIMRUS241015.0144.50169.006101.0
9362Sarakauskas, GediminasIMLTU245015.0142.50167.505101.0
94125Baghdasaryan, VaheARM230314.5172.00200.005114.0
9579Samolins, VitalijsIMLAT241214.5165.00193.505111.5
96120Dudzinski, PiotrFMPOL231014.5165.00189.005109.5
9777Lovkov, RomanIMRUS241414.5164.50188.004111.5
98141Meskovs, NikitaLAT226314.5163.50187.506111.0
9995Strzemiecki, ZbigniewFMPOL236714.5159.00188.506103.0
10065Sieciechowicz, MarcinIMPOL244614.5156.50180.505111.0
349 players

5) World Chess Championship Women 2010

The Women's World Chess Championships 2010 takes place in Hatay, Turkey 2nd-25th December 2010. Defending Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk was eliminated. Top seed Humpy Koneru followed her losing to 2008 finalist Hou Yifan. She plays fellow Chinese player Ruan Lufei for the title starting on 20th Monday December. The final is over 4 games and the first game was drawn.

World Chess Championship Women 2010 (Antakya) TUR Thur 2nd Dec 2010 - Sun 24th Dec 2010
Final
Name FED T Rtg G1 G2 G3 G4 Total
Ruan, Lufei CHN WGM 2480 ½ ½
Hou, Yifan CHN GM 2591 ½ ½
World Chess Championship Women 2010 (Antakya) TUR Thur 2nd Dec 2010 - Sun 24th Dec 2010
Round 5 Results:
Name FED T Rtg G1 G2 Rp1 Rp2 Bz1 Bz2 SD Total
Round 5 Match 01
Ruan, Lufei CHN WGM 2480 ½ ½ ½ 1
Zhao, Xue CHN GM 2474 ½ ½ ½ 0
Round 5 Match 02
Koneru, Humpy IND GM 2600 0 ½ ½
Hou, Yifan CHN GM 2591 1 ½
World Chess Championship Women 2010 (Antakya) TUR Thur 2nd Dec 2010 - Sun 24th Dec 2010
Round 4 Results:
Name FED T Rtg G1 G2 Rp1 Rp2 Bz1 Bz2 SD Total
Round 4 Match 01
Ruan, Lufei CHN WGM 2480 ½ ½ 1 ½
Harika, Dronavalli IND IM 2525 ½ ½ 0 ½
Round 4 Match 02
Koneru, Humpy IND GM 2600 1 ½
Ju, Wenjun CHN WGM 2524 0 ½ ½
Round 4 Match 03
Hou, Yifan CHN GM 2591 1 ½
Lahno, Kateryna UKR GM 2522 0 ½ ½
Round 4 Match 04
Zhao, Xue CHN GM 2474 ½ 1
Skripchenko, Almira FRA IM 2460 ½ 0 ½
World Chess Championship Women 2010 (Antakya) TUR Thur 2nd Dec 2010 - Sun 24th Dec 2010
Round 3 Results:
Name FED T Rtg G1 G2 Rp1 Rp2 Bz1 Bz2 SD Total
Round 3 Match 01
Kosteniuk, Alexandra RUS GM 2507 ½ ½ 0 ½
Ruan, Lufei CHN WGM 2480 ½ ½ 1 ½
Round 3 Match 02
Koneru, Humpy IND GM 2600 1 ½
Zatonskih, Anna USA IM 2478 0 ½ ½
Round 3 Match 03
Hou, Yifan CHN GM 2591 1 0 ½ 1
Zhu, Chen QAT GM 2477 0 1 ½ 0
Round 3 Match 04
Zhao, Xue CHN GM 2474 1 ½
Dembo, Yelena GRE IM 2454 0 ½ ½
Round 3 Match 05
Cmilyte, Viktorija LTU GM 2514 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 2
Skripchenko, Almira FRA IM 2460 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 4
Round 3 Match 06
Lahno, Kateryna UKR GM 2522 1 ½
Huang, Qian CHN WGM 2402 0 ½ ½
Round 3 Match 07
Muzychuk, Anna SLO IM 2530 0 ½ ½
Ju, Wenjun CHN WGM 2524 1 ½
Round 3 Match 08
Harika, Dronavalli IND IM 2525 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 1 4
Muzychuk, Mariya UKR IM 2462 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 0 3

6) 2nd Balkan Grand Prix Final 2010

The 2nd Balkan Grand Prix Final in Belgrade was won by Vlad-Cristian Jianu with 5.5/9.

2nd Balkan GP Final Belgrade SRB Mon 13th Dec 2010 - Sun 19th Dec 2010. Category: 12. Ave: (2529)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Jianu, Vlad-Cristian GM ROU 2538 # = = = = 1 = = 1 = 5.5 2608
2 Blagojevic, Dragisa GM MNE 2482 = # = 1 = = = = = = 5 2578
3 Rusev, Krasimir GM BUL 2530 = = # = = = = 1 = = 5 2572
4 Chatalbashev, Boris GM BUL 2611 = 0 = # 1 = 0 = 1 1 5 2563
5 Drasko, Milan GM MNE 2479 = = = 0 # = 1 = = = 4.5 2535
6 Miladinovic, Igor GM SRB 2560 0 = = = = # = = = 1 4.5 2526
7 Drenchev, Petar IM BUL 2507 = = = 1 0 = # 0 = = 4 2489
8 Stojanovic, Dalibor IM BIH 2496 = = 0 = = = 1 # 0 = 4 2490
9 Radulski, Julian GM BUL 2606 0 = = 0 = = = 1 # = 4 2478
10 Dizdarevic, Emir GM BIH 2485 = = = 0 = 0 = = = # 3.5 2454
Round 1. Fri 12th Nov 2010
Radulski, Julian 1/2-1/2 Dizdarevic, Emir 64 C07 French
Drenchev, Petar 1/2-1/2 Blagojevic, Dragisa 16 A13 English opening
Stojanovic, Dalibor 1/2-1/2 Drasko, Milan 26 C03 French
Rusev, Krasimir 1/2-1/2 Jianu, Vlad-Cristian 21 A61 Benoni defence
Chatalbashev, Boris 1/2-1/2 Miladinovic, Igor 18 D07 QGD
Round 2. Tue 14th Dec 2010
Chatalbashev, Boris 1/2-1/2 Rusev, Krasimir 11 D20 Queen's gambit accepted
Jianu, Vlad-Cristian 1/2-1/2 Stojanovic, Dalibor 14 A37 English
Drasko, Milan 1-0 Drenchev, Petar 36 A04 Reti opening
Blagojevic, Dragisa 1/2-1/2 Radulski, Julian 12 D37 QGD
Miladinovic, Igor 1-0 Dizdarevic, Emir 41 D00 Queen's pawn, Mason variation
Round 3. Wed 15th Dec 2010
Dizdarevic, Emir 1/2-1/2 Blagojevic, Dragisa 10 A07 Reti
Radulski, Julian 1/2-1/2 Drasko, Milan 56 C03 French
Drenchev, Petar 1/2-1/2 Jianu, Vlad-Cristian 38 B50 Sicilian
Stojanovic, Dalibor 1/2-1/2 Chatalbashev, Boris 18 B06 Robatsch (modern) defence
Rusev, Krasimir 1/2-1/2 Miladinovic, Igor 19 D02 Queen's pawn game, Chigorin variation
Round 4. Wed 15th Dec 2010
Rusev, Krasimir 1-0 Stojanovic, Dalibor 54 D10 QGD Slav defence
Chatalbashev, Boris 0-1 Drenchev, Petar 44 D38 QGD
Jianu, Vlad-Cristian 1-0 Radulski, Julian 42 D30 Queen's gambit declined
Drasko, Milan 1/2-1/2 Dizdarevic, Emir 12 A40 Queen's pawn
Miladinovic, Igor 1/2-1/2 Blagojevic, Dragisa 13 A13 English opening
Round 5. Thu 16th Dec 2010
Blagojevic, Dragisa 1/2-1/2 Drasko, Milan 11 A07 Reti
Dizdarevic, Emir 1/2-1/2 Jianu, Vlad-Cristian 40 E62 King's Indian
Radulski, Julian 0-1 Chatalbashev, Boris 54 B07 Robatsch defence
Drenchev, Petar 1/2-1/2 Rusev, Krasimir 17 D85 Gruenfeld
Stojanovic, Dalibor 1/2-1/2 Miladinovic, Igor 24 B15 Caro-Kann
Round 6. Fri 17th Dec 2010
Stojanovic, Dalibor 1-0 Drenchev, Petar 46 B23 Sicilian
Rusev, Krasimir 1/2-1/2 Radulski, Julian 11 D30 Queen's gambit declined
Chatalbashev, Boris 1-0 Dizdarevic, Emir 1 A10 English opening
Jianu, Vlad-Cristian 1/2-1/2 Blagojevic, Dragisa 16 E04 Catalan
Miladinovic, Igor 1/2-1/2 Drasko, Milan 34 A46 Queen's pawn
Round 7. Fri 17th Dec 2010
Drasko, Milan 1/2-1/2 Jianu, Vlad-Cristian 10 A04 Reti opening
Blagojevic, Dragisa 1-0 Chatalbashev, Boris 52 A41 Queen's Pawn
Dizdarevic, Emir 1/2-1/2 Rusev, Krasimir 13 D04 Queen's pawn game
Radulski, Julian 1-0 Stojanovic, Dalibor 38 C65 Ruy Lopez
Drenchev, Petar 1/2-1/2 Miladinovic, Igor 30 B10 Caro-Kann
Round 8. Sat 18th Dec 2010
Drenchev, Petar 1/2-1/2 Radulski, Julian 14 D55 QGD
Stojanovic, Dalibor 1/2-1/2 Dizdarevic, Emir 23 C07 French
Rusev, Krasimir 1/2-1/2 Blagojevic, Dragisa 14 A55 Old Indian
Chatalbashev, Boris 1-0 Drasko, Milan 33 E21 Nimzo-Indian
Miladinovic, Igor 0-1 Jianu, Vlad-Cristian 40 A45 Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)
Round 9. Sun 19th Dec 2010
Jianu, Vlad-Cristian 1/2-1/2 Chatalbashev, Boris 33 A62 Benoni
Drasko, Milan 1/2-1/2 Rusev, Krasimir 10 A07 Reti
Blagojevic, Dragisa 1/2-1/2 Stojanovic, Dalibor 12 D10 QGD Slav defence
Dizdarevic, Emir 1/2-1/2 Drenchev, Petar 48 E62 King's Indian
Radulski, Julian 1/2-1/2 Miladinovic, Igor 92 B15 Caro-Kann

7) 48th Indian Championships 2010

The 48th Indian Championship head to the final stages with Parimarjan Negi leading with 8/11 with two rounds to go.

48th ch-IND New Delhi IND Thu 9th Dec 2010 - Wed 22nd Dec 2010
Leading Round 11 (of 13) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Negi ParimarjanGMIND26038.066.561.059.0
2Gopal G NGMIND26097.567.061.559.0
3Thipsay Praveen MGMIND24657.562.057.054.0
4Adhiban BGMIND25157.065.060.057.0
5Vidit Santosh GujrathiIMIND24897.063.559.555.5
6Lalith Babu M RIMIND24817.063.559.555.5
7Arun Prasad SGMIND25197.060.555.553.0
8Kunte AbhijitGMIND25177.059.054.052.0
9Bakre TejasGMIND25257.059.054.051.5
10Venkatesh M RIMIND24346.563.558.555.5
11Sundararajan KidambiGMIND24496.562.058.054.0
12Shyam Sundar MIMIND24396.560.555.553.0
13Vaibhav SuriIMIND24186.560.555.553.0
14Deepan Chakkravarthy JGMIND24806.558.553.550.5
15Stany G AIND23296.061.056.053.5
16Neelotpal DasGMIND24866.057.052.049.5
17Sengupta DeepGMIND25586.055.551.548.5
18Sethuraman S PIMIND25475.567.062.059.0
19Laxman R RGMIND24795.560.056.052.0
20Thejkumar M SIMIND24485.558.054.051.0
21Soumya SwaminathanWGMIND23325.555.051.047.5
22Kamble VikramadityaIMIND23745.554.550.547.0
23Singh D PIMIND23265.554.550.048.0
24Navin Kanna T UIND23695.550.047.043.5
25Tiwari ArjunIND23415.547.543.540.5
26Shyam Nikil PIMIND23735.064.559.057.0
27Konguvel PonnuswamyIMIND24215.062.057.055.0
28Saptarshi RoyIMIND23825.059.554.552.0
29Debashis DasIMIND24115.058.554.551.5
30Babu N SudhakarIMIND23185.057.553.550.0
31Karthikeyan PIMIND23825.056.552.549.0
32Prathamesh Sunil MokalIMIND24085.054.050.046.5
33Padmini RoutWGMIND23525.052.048.044.5
34Sangma RahulIMIND24004.552.548.544.5
35Ramakrishna JFMIND22534.551.048.044.0
36Rajesh V A VFMIND22954.551.047.043.5
37Matta Vinay KumarIND22744.550.046.043.5
38Joshi G BIND22924.054.550.547.5
39Suvrajit SahaIMIND23924.052.548.545.5
40Sharma Dinesh KIMIND23714.052.049.044.5
41Thakur AkashIND23584.051.547.544.5
42Vishnu Prasanna VIMIND24064.047.544.540.0
43Shashikant KutwalIND23033.046.542.540.0
44Anilkumar O TIND22891.548.044.041.5
44 players

8) 7th UTD GM

Alexey Dreev leads with 5.5/6 at the 7th UTD Dallas GM tournament in Ricardson.

7th UTD GM Dallas USA Thu 16th Dec 2010 - Tue 21st Dec 2010. Category: 10. Ave: (2476)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Dreev, Alexey GM RUS 2674 # 1 1 = 1 1 1 5.5 2847
2 Ramirez, Alejandro GM CRC 2577 0 # 1 = 1 1 1 4.5 2652
3 Sadorra, Julio Catalino IM PHI 2473 0 # 1 = 0 1 1 3.5 2548
4 Bercys, Salvijus IM USA 2447 = 0 # 1 = = 1 3.5 2519
5 Chirila, Ioan-Cristian GM ROU 2492 0 = 0 # 1 1 1 3.5 2521
6 Wang, Puchen IM NZL 2468 0 1 0 # 0 1 1 3 2478
7 Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran GM IND 2546 = 0 = 1 # 0 = 2.5 2398
8 Yang, Darwin FM USA 2417 0 0 = 0 0 # 1 1.5 2300
9 Zierk, Steven C FM USA 2403 0 0 0 1 0 # = 1.5 2303
10 Hughes, Tyler B FM USA 2267 0 0 0 0 = = # 1 2246
Round 1. Thu 16th Dec 2010
Zierk, Steven C 0-1 Dreev, Alexey 47 D43 QGD semi-Slav
Bercys, Salvijus 1-0 Hughes, Tyler B 48 E94 King's Indian
Sadorra, Julio Catalino 1-0 Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran 40 D11 QGD Slav
Chirila, Ioan-Cristian 0-1 Ramirez, Alejandro 41 C19 French
Yang, Darwin 0-1 Wang, Puchen 55 A57 Benko gambit half accepted
Round 2. Fri 17th Dec 2010
Ramirez, Alejandro 1-0 Sadorra, Julio Catalino 7 A84 Dutch defence
Wang, Puchen 0-1 Dreev, Alexey 59 D12 QGD Slav
Yang, Darwin 0-1 Chirila, Ioan-Cristian 45 D31 QGD
Hughes, Tyler B 1/2-1/2 Zierk, Steven C 31 D12 QGD Slav
Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran 1/2-1/2 Bercys, Salvijus 44 C03 French
Round 3. Fri 17th Dec 2010
Bercys, Salvijus 1/2-1/2 Ramirez, Alejandro 47 D12 QGD Slav
Zierk, Steven C 1-0 Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran 49 C45 Scotch
Chirila, Ioan-Cristian 1-0 Wang, Puchen 57 C11 French
Dreev, Alexey 1-0 Hughes, Tyler B 23 E81 King's Indian
Sadorra, Julio Catalino 1-0 Yang, Darwin 31 A13 English
Round 4. Sat 18th Dec 2010
Ramirez, Alejandro 1-0 Zierk, Steven C 34 D11 QGD Slav
Wang, Puchen 1-0 Hughes, Tyler B 48 B48 Sicilian
Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran 1/2-1/2 Dreev, Alexey 55 A07 Reti
Yang, Darwin 1/2-1/2 Bercys, Salvijus 55 D45 QGD semi-Slav
Chirila, Ioan-Cristian 1/2-1/2 Sadorra, Julio Catalino 42 C19 French
Round 5. Sat 18th Dec 2010
Zierk, Steven C 0-1 Yang, Darwin 42 C10 French
Bercys, Salvijus 1-0 Chirila, Ioan-Cristian 48 D30 Queen's gambit declined
Dreev, Alexey 1-0 Ramirez, Alejandro 73 D12 QGD Slav
Hughes, Tyler B 1/2-1/2 Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran 38 E25 Nimzo-Indian
Sadorra, Julio Catalino 0-1 Wang, Puchen 37 D85 Gruenfeld
Round 6. Sun 19th Dec 2010
Ramirez, Alejandro 1-0 Hughes, Tyler B 20 E61 King's Indian defence, 3.Nc3
Wang, Puchen 0-1 Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran 53 A13 English
Yang, Darwin 0-1 Dreev, Alexey 28 D45 QGD semi-Slav
Sadorra, Julio Catalino 1-0 Bercys, Salvijus 53 E76 King's Indian
Chirila, Ioan-Cristian 1-0 Zierk, Steven C 41 A07 Reti

9) Bansko Grand Chess Open 2010

The Bansko Grand Chess Open took place in Bulgaria 12th-19th December 2010. Avetik Grigoryan took clear first with 8/9 half a point clear of Tamir Nabaty.

Open Bansko BUL Sun 12th Dec 2010 - Sun 19th Dec 2010
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Grigoryan AvetikGMARM25808.040.052.07
2Nabaty TamirIMISR25297.541.553.56
3Grigorov GrigorIMBUL24797.038.548.56
4Cheparinov IvanGMBUL26686.541.554.04
5Mastrovasilis AthanasiosGMGRE25566.541.051.56
6Dobrev NankoIMBUL23766.541.050.56
7Korobkov PiotrUKR24846.540.052.06
8Arnaudov G PetarIMBUL24686.539.551.05
9Danielsen HenrikGMISL25166.539.049.05
10Zaslavsky MikhailIMISR24246.537.547.05
11Savchenko BorisGMRUS26326.044.557.04
12Georgiev VladimirGMMKD25826.043.055.05
13Petrov MarijanGMBUL25346.042.553.04
14Nikolaidis IoannisGMGRE25526.040.052.04
15Strelnikov SergeyUKR24196.038.548.05
16Berbatov KiprianIMBUL24616.037.547.04
17Kukov VelislavFMBUL23556.037.047.05
18Collas SilviaIMFRA23006.036.044.55
19Ashwin JayaramIMIND24206.035.045.05
20Dimitrov RadoslavIMBUL24106.035.044.04
21Velchev HristoFMBUL23226.034.043.05
22Maksimovic BranimirIMSRB24215.540.051.54
23Georgiev KrumGMBUL24225.538.548.04
24Perunovic MiodragIMSRB24655.538.050.05
25Malikentzos SotiriosGRE23125.538.049.54
26Galburd YanISR23225.538.048.55
27Fazulyanov SergeyFMRUS23655.536.546.54
28Pavlidis AnastasiosFMGRE23525.536.046.03
29Dounis AlexandrosGRE22075.535.045.04
30Aggelis NikolaosFMGRE23375.534.544.05
31Videnova IvaWIMBUL22695.534.045.55
32Gochev MladenNMBUL22615.534.043.05
33Dichev NedelchoNMBUL21425.531.039.55
34Harokopakis GeorgiosGRE19845.530.539.55
35Kolev VasilBUL19915.528.035.05
36Kanakaris GeorgiosGRE22855.038.549.53
37Hristodoulou PanagiotisGRE22075.036.045.55
38Pavlidou EkateriniWIMGRE21885.036.044.04
39Zygouris HristosGRE22255.035.545.55
40Collas DidierIMFRA24205.035.545.54
41Sotirov NikolajBUL21095.035.045.54
42Nikolova AdrianaWIMBUL23285.034.044.54
Ljangov PetarNMBUL20905.034.044.54
44Gvetadze SopioIMGEO23505.034.044.05
45Tomov GeorgiNMBUL22865.033.545.04
46Iskos AlexandrosGRE20805.033.541.54
47Yakimenko Alexander ARUS21945.033.043.55
48Todorov MomchilBUL22055.032.541.05
49Angelov ZvetomirBUL21265.032.041.03
50Ivanov BogidarBUL21795.031.539.04
51Krastev KalinBUL18485.029.538.05
52Madzharov AntonBUL05.029.036.54
53Spasov VasilGMBUL26064.541.052.03
54Kjurkchiiski GeorgiNMBUL22654.535.546.04
55Grapsa GeorgiaGRE20604.534.043.53
56Stefanov EvtimBUL19444.531.040.54
57Stojanov AlexandarBUL21484.531.039.04
58Hristov KaloyanBUL16084.531.038.04
59Pingov KrasenBUL04.530.039.03
60Dimitrov Aleksander TodorovBUL04.529.538.04
61Anev AsenNMBUL20904.529.037.04
62Bozilov NovicaSRB20304.529.036.52
63Koroglou ViktorGRE19074.528.038.04
64Glavchev StanislavBUL21294.034.042.54
65Petrov Vladimir SergeevBUL17784.032.542.54
66Bozilov DraganSRB19154.032.041.03
67Vasiliadis TheodorosGRE16714.032.040.54
68Petrov MartinBUL19394.032.040.04
69Rizov BorislavBUL04.031.541.03
70Georgiev DimitarBUL18734.030.539.54
71Gachev RumenBUL04.029.038.03
72Shivacheva DonikaBUL16904.028.538.03
73Stefanov EmilBUL16954.028.537.53
74Chaushev IbrahimBUL04.027.035.03
75Tabakova ElenaBUL04.026.534.53
76Velikov GeorgiBUL17374.026.533.53
77Simov Simo TsanyovBUL04.026.033.54
78Charpidou AnnaGRE16864.024.032.04
79Milonas HrisovalantisGRE04.022.530.04
80Kolev Atanas TonchevBUL20493.535.544.03
81Atanasova ElitsaBUL17483.530.539.53
82Gogov KirilBUL15203.528.536.51
83Ganev NikolaBUL15233.528.037.03
84Hatzipanteli TheodoraGRE15793.528.036.03
85Vasiliyadis AntoniBUL03.528.036.01
86Dichev DragomirBUL16133.527.536.03
87Dodov Tsvetan PetrovBUL03.527.535.02
88Kioutsoukos DimitriosGRE16173.526.534.52
89Antova GabrielaBUL03.525.534.03
90Miradzhev AleksandarBUL03.523.530.53
91Dichev KaloyanBUL03.522.028.53
92Mehandzhiev BoichoBUL03.031.541.53
93Stoyanov YordanBUL03.030.038.53
94Kamenov ValentinBUL18153.028.037.03
95Sabotinov VentsislavBUL16473.026.034.52
96Najdenova JanaBUL14663.026.034.03
97Kachakov VenelinBUL03.025.533.01
98Gavrilov PetarBUL03.025.532.53
99Dodov PetarBUL03.024.032.03
100Vasilev Georgi YBUL03.023.530.53
101Vachkov Mladen SandevBUL03.022.529.51
102Taskov IvoBUL14803.022.028.52
103Pavlidis PavlosGRE14112.527.535.52
104Petrov AntonBUL02.526.535.02
105Manchevski DanielBUL02.523.530.52
106Petkova NadezhdaBUL02.026.032.52
107Nedyalkov VladislavBUL02.022.529.52
108Strugov KristianBUL02.018.024.51
109Petkova LiliaBUL02.017.524.02
110Osmanoglou HalilGRE21841.026.534.01
111Ninov KirilIMBUL24231.026.033.01
112Belinski Ivo GanchevBUL01.023.032.01
113Diviziev JordanBUL00.021.027.50
114Panin GeorgiBUL00.021.026.50
115Petrov Nikolay PetrovBUL00.019.524.50
116Stoyanov KaloianBUL00.018.023.50
116 players

10) Tancat Magistral 2010

The Tancat Magistral tournament is led by Fernando Peralta with 5/6.

Tancat Magistral Sabadell ESP Tue 14th Dec 2010 - Wed 22nd Dec 2010. Category: 9. Ave: (2462)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Peralta, Fernando GM ARG 2595 # = 1 = 1 1 1 5 2731
2 Vila Gazquez, Xavier IM ESP 2469 # = = = 1 1 1 4.5 2648
3 Alonso Rosell, Alvar IM ESP 2491 = = # = = 1 1 4 2574
4 Gonzalez Garcia, Jose GM MEX 2521 0 = = # 1 1 = 3.5 2556
5 Panelo, Marcelo IM ARG 2432 = = # = = 1 = 3.5 2518
6 Moskalenko, Viktor GM UKR 2587 0 = 0 = # 1 1 3 2475
7 Jerez Perez, Alfonso IM ESP 2418 0 0 = # = = = 2 2297
8 Mestre Bellido, Hector FM ESP 2397 0 0 0 = # = 1 2 2315
9 Aloma Vidal, Robert IM ESP 2435 0 0 = 0 = = # 1.5 2305
10 Gonzalez, Raul Omar FM ESP 2279 0 0 0 = = 0 # 1 2194
Round 1. Tue 14th Dec 2010
Vila Gazquez, Xavier 1/2-1/2 Gonzalez Garcia, Jose 32 C84 Ruy Lopez
Mestre Bellido, Hector 1/2-1/2 Aloma Vidal, Robert 59 B63 Sicilian
Panelo, Marcelo 1/2-1/2 Moskalenko, Viktor 22 A84 Dutch defence
Gonzalez, Raul Omar 1/2-1/2 Jerez Perez, Alfonso 61 A45 Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)
Alonso Rosell, Alvar 1/2-1/2 Peralta, Fernando 80 D17 QGD Slav
Round 2. Wed 15th Dec 2010
Alonso Rosell, Alvar 1-0 Gonzalez, Raul Omar 33 A56 Benoni defence
Jerez Perez, Alfonso 1/2-1/2 Panelo, Marcelo 24 B22 Sicilian
Moskalenko, Viktor 1-0 Mestre Bellido, Hector 38 A25 English
Aloma Vidal, Robert 0-1 Vila Gazquez, Xavier 85 D76 Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6
Peralta, Fernando 1-0 Gonzalez Garcia, Jose 35 E43 Nimzo-Indian
Round 3. Thu 16th Dec 2010
Gonzalez Garcia, Jose 1/2-1/2 Aloma Vidal, Robert 40 E97 King's Indian
Vila Gazquez, Xavier 1/2-1/2 Moskalenko, Viktor 33 D30 Queen's gambit declined
Mestre Bellido, Hector 1/2-1/2 Jerez Perez, Alfonso 18 B18 Caro-Kann
Panelo, Marcelo 1/2-1/2 Alonso Rosell, Alvar 67 D45 QGD semi-Slav
Gonzalez, Raul Omar 0-1 Peralta, Fernando 27 D00 Queen's pawn
Round 4. Fri 17th Dec 2010
Gonzalez, Raul Omar 1/2-1/2 Panelo, Marcelo 41 D57 QGD
Alonso Rosell, Alvar 1-0 Mestre Bellido, Hector 37 D17 QGD Slav
Jerez Perez, Alfonso 0-1 Vila Gazquez, Xavier 37 E10 Queen's pawn game
Moskalenko, Viktor 0-1 Gonzalez Garcia, Jose 53 D27 QGA
Peralta, Fernando 1-0 Aloma Vidal, Robert 95 E92 King's Indian
Round 5. Sat 18th Dec 2010
Aloma Vidal, Robert 0-1 Moskalenko, Viktor 74 D78 Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6
Gonzalez Garcia, Jose 1-0 Jerez Perez, Alfonso 57 D85 Gruenfeld
Vila Gazquez, Xavier 1/2-1/2 Alonso Rosell, Alvar 26 C16 French
Mestre Bellido, Hector 1-0 Gonzalez, Raul Omar 56 B56 Sicilian
Panelo, Marcelo 1/2-1/2 Peralta, Fernando 31 D17 QGD Slav
Round 6. Sun 19th Dec 2010
Panelo, Marcelo 1-0 Mestre Bellido, Hector 35 C77 Ruy Lopez
Gonzalez, Raul Omar 0-1 Vila Gazquez, Xavier 34 A56 Czech Benoni defence
Alonso Rosell, Alvar 1/2-1/2 Gonzalez Garcia, Jose 13 E21 Nimzo-Indian
Jerez Perez, Alfonso 1/2-1/2 Aloma Vidal, Robert 12 B03 Alekhine's defence
Peralta, Fernando 1-0 Moskalenko, Viktor 58 A35 English

11) XX Elgoibar GM

Mikel Huerga Leache leads with 5/7 at the GM tournament in Elgoibar.

XX GM Elgoibar ESP Tue 14th Dec 2010 - Tue 21st Dec 2010. Category: 9. Ave: (2475)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Huerga Leache, Mikel IM ESP 2415 # = 1 = = = 1 1 5 2619
2 Mirzoev, Azer GM AZE 2546 = # 1 = = = = 1 4.5 2581
3 Larino Nieto, David IM ESP 2451 0 0 # = 1 1 1 = 4 2560
4 Munoz Pantoja, Miguel IM PER 2508 = = = # = 1 = = 4 2531
5 Franco Alonso, Alejandro IM ESP 2475 = = 0 # = 1 1 = 4 2505
6 Korneev, Oleg GM RUS 2582 = 0 = # = 1 0 1 3.5 2468
7 Franco Ocampos, Zenon GM PAR 2517 = 0 0 = = # 1 = 3 2401
8 Paunovic, Dragan GM SRB 2526 = = = 0 0 # = 1 3 2420
9 Argandona Riveiro, Inigo IM ESP 2397 0 0 0 1 0 = # 1 2.5 2383
10 Astasio Lopez, David FM ESP 2332 0 = = 0 = 0 0 # 1.5 2259
Round 1. Tue 14th Dec 2010
Huerga Leache, Mikel 1/2-1/2 Franco Ocampos, Zenon 27 C60 Ruy Lopez
Franco Alonso, Alejandro 1-0 Paunovic, Dragan 46 A04 Reti opening
Argandona Riveiro, Inigo 1-0 Korneev, Oleg 43 D12 QGD Slav
Astasio Lopez, David 1/2-1/2 Munoz Pantoja, Miguel 28 D13 QGD Slav
Mirzoev, Azer 1-0 Larino Nieto, David 22 A30 English
Round 2. Wed 15th Dec 2010
Franco Ocampos, Zenon 0-1 Larino Nieto, David 41 A15 English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)
Munoz Pantoja, Miguel 1/2-1/2 Mirzoev, Azer 39 B20 Sicilian
Korneev, Oleg 1-0 Astasio Lopez, David 44 B40 Sicilian defence
Paunovic, Dragan 1/2-1/2 Argandona Riveiro, Inigo 28 D34 QGD
Huerga Leache, Mikel 1/2-1/2 Franco Alonso, Alejandro 25 E04 Catalan
Round 3. Thu 16th Dec 2010
Franco Alonso, Alejandro 1/2-1/2 Franco Ocampos, Zenon 22 A35 English
Argandona Riveiro, Inigo 0-1 Huerga Leache, Mikel 54 D11 QGD Slav
Astasio Lopez, David 0-1 Paunovic, Dragan 33 A41 Queen's Pawn
Mirzoev, Azer 1/2-1/2 Korneev, Oleg 26 D31 QGD
Larino Nieto, David 1/2-1/2 Munoz Pantoja, Miguel 48 B25 Sicilian
Round 4. Fri 17th Dec 2010
Franco Ocampos, Zenon 0-1 Munoz Pantoja, Miguel 41 A31 English
Korneev, Oleg 0-1 Larino Nieto, David 32 C02 French
Paunovic, Dragan 1/2-1/2 Mirzoev, Azer 19 A04 Reti opening
Huerga Leache, Mikel 1-0 Astasio Lopez, David 69 B40 Sicilian
Franco Alonso, Alejandro 1-0 Argandona Riveiro, Inigo 34 D02 Queen's pawn game
Round 5. Sat 18th Dec 2010
Argandona Riveiro, Inigo 0-1 Franco Ocampos, Zenon 41 A37 English
Astasio Lopez, David 1/2-1/2 Franco Alonso, Alejandro 55 A46 Queen's pawn game
Mirzoev, Azer 1/2-1/2 Huerga Leache, Mikel 30 D15 QGD Slav
Larino Nieto, David 1/2-1/2 Paunovic, Dragan 23 B00 King's pawn opening
Munoz Pantoja, Miguel 1/2-1/2 Korneev, Oleg 15 B20 Sicilian
Round 6. Sun 19th Dec 2010
Franco Ocampos, Zenon 1/2-1/2 Korneev, Oleg 23 D02 Queen's pawn game
Paunovic, Dragan 1/2-1/2 Munoz Pantoja, Miguel 16 A37 English
Huerga Leache, Mikel 1-0 Larino Nieto, David 17 B17 Caro-Kann
Franco Alonso, Alejandro 1/2-1/2 Mirzoev, Azer 51 D12 QGD Slav
Argandona Riveiro, Inigo 1-0 Astasio Lopez, David 54 D11 QGD Slav
Round 7. Sun 19th Dec 2010
Astasio Lopez, David 1/2-1/2 Franco Ocampos, Zenon 41 A46 Queen's pawn game
Mirzoev, Azer 1-0 Argandona Riveiro, Inigo 50 A41 Old Indian defence
Larino Nieto, David 1-0 Franco Alonso, Alejandro 27 B25 Sicilian
Munoz Pantoja, Miguel 1/2-1/2 Huerga Leache, Mikel 17 B20 Sicilian
Korneev, Oleg 1-0 Paunovic, Dragan 28 B42 Sicilian

12) Zadar Open 2010

The Zadar Open was won by Ivan Saric with 7.5/9 a point clear of the field.

Zadar Open Zadar CRO Sun 12th Dec 2010 - Sat 18th Dec 2010
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Šarić IvanGMCRO25747.536.046.040.0
2Shengelia DavidGMAUT25786.539.050.537.0
3Berkes FerencGMHUN26806.039.551.533.5
4Jovanović ZoranGMCRO25276.036.546.531.5
5Predojević BorkiGMBIH26326.035.547.030.5
6Kovačević AleksandarGMSRB25946.033.543.529.0
7Dizdar GoranGMCRO25466.033.043.029.0
8Papp GaborIMHUN25265.538.048.029.0
9Sedlak NikolaGMSRB25465.536.046.028.5
10Stević HrvojeGMCRO26215.535.045.527.5
11Zelčić RobertGMCRO25395.532.541.528.5
12Bosiočić MarinGMCRO25645.530.039.525.5
13Biliškov VjekoslavFMCRO23195.530.039.524.0
14Brkić AnteGMCRO25645.038.049.029.5
15Fauland AlexanderIMAUT24515.034.044.528.5
16Kreisl RobertIMAUT23865.033.044.023.5
17Cebalo MišoGMCRO24955.033.043.025.5
18Kadric DenisBIH23315.033.041.524.5
19Šarić AnteGMCRO24925.030.038.023.5
20Bukal Vladimir Jr.IMCRO23904.535.545.025.0
21Cvitan OgnjenGMCRO25264.535.544.524.0
22Jakovljević VladoIMBIH23864.534.543.522.0
23Lekic DusanIMMNE23784.533.042.022.5
24Režan SašaIMCRO24234.533.041.523.5
25Bodiroga PredragIMSRB23994.532.041.522.0
26Đurović GoranFMCRO23284.528.537.020.0
27Franić MilanIMCRO23874.528.036.517.5
28Tomazini ZanSLO22574.526.534.018.0
29Kovačević BlažimirIMCRO24474.035.546.024.0
30Jakić IvanFMCRO23994.031.540.521.5
31Feletar DarkoIMCRO23814.031.041.519.5
32Hoelzl FranzIMAUT23274.031.040.520.0
33Ferčec NenadGMCRO24914.030.539.022.5
34Dražić SinišaGMSRB25244.030.538.522.5
35Szabo BenceHUN23754.030.038.019.0
36Paljušaj EdmondFMCRO23164.029.037.519.5
37Brigljević MilanFMCRO23034.028.036.018.5
38Tomazini AljosaSLO22844.025.532.014.5
39Kožul ZdenkoGMCRO25953.530.041.022.0
40Schachinger MarioFMAUT23593.528.537.519.5
41Plenković ZdenkoFMCRO23883.528.036.518.0
42Jovanić OgnjenGMCRO25323.526.534.018.0
43Šutković DamirBIH23563.526.034.515.0
44Žufić MiroslavIMCRO24423.524.031.513.5
45Ivanov Stojan EmilovBUL22053.029.538.019.0
46Somborski NebojsaFMSRB23863.026.034.014.0
47Titz HeimoFMAUT22033.025.532.510.0
48Mazi LeonIMSLO23753.024.533.013.5
49Zelić MladenFMCRO22803.024.532.513.0
50Martinović SašaIMCRO25020.528.037.04.0
50 players

13) Australian Masters 2010

Stephen Solomon won the Australian Masters with 8/9. Most of the games are now available.

Australian Masters Canterbury AUS Sat 4th Dec 2010 - Sun 12th Dec 2010. Category: 3. Ave: (2301)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Solomon, Stephen J. IM AUS 2397 # 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 8 2642
2 Cheng, Bobby FM AUS 2316 0 # 1 = = 1 1 0 1 1 6 2425
3 Smirnov, Vladimir FM RUS 2379 = 0 # 0 = 1 1 0 1 1 5 2336
4 Rujevic, Mirko IM AUS 2296 0 = 1 # 1 0 0 1 = 1 5 2345
5 Morris, James IM AUS 2240 0 = = 0 # 1 0 1 1 1 5 2351
6 Teichmann, Erik O M C FM ENG 2388 0 0 0 1 0 # 1 1 1 1 5 2335
7 Illingworth, Max FM AUS 2304 0 0 0 1 1 0 # 1 1 1 5 2344
8 Gorka, Carl ENG 2179 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 # 1 = 3.5 2235
9 Steadman, Michael FM NZL 2285 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 # 1 2 2083
10 Levi, Eddy FM AUS 2228 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 # 0.5 1865
Round 1. Sat 4th Dec 2010
Smirnov, Vladimir 1-0 Illingworth, Max 52 E15 Queen's Indian
Rujevic, Mirko 0-1 Teichmann, Erik O M C 59 B00 KP
Levi, Eddy 0-1 Cheng, Bobby 63 C01 French
Gorka, Carl 1-0 Steadman, Michael 54 C16 French
Round 2. Sun 5th Dec 2010
Teichmann, Erik O M C 1-0 Gorka, Carl 21 A00 Polish (Sokolsky) opening
Steadman, Michael 1-0 Levi, Eddy 43 A52 Budapest
Illingworth, Max 1-0 Morris, James 66 C78 Ruy Lopez
Cheng, Bobby 1-0 Smirnov, Vladimir 42 D30 Queen's gambit declined
Solomon, Stephen J. 1-0 Rujevic, Mirko 54 E10 Queen's pawn game
Round 3. Mon 6th Dec 2010
Smirnov, Vladimir 1-0 Steadman, Michael 38 A91 Dutch defence
Morris, James 1/2-1/2 Cheng, Bobby 27 C04 French
Levi, Eddy 0-1 Teichmann, Erik O M C 37 B00 KP
Illingworth, Max 0-1 Solomon, Stephen J. 94 C11 French
Gorka, Carl 0-1 Rujevic, Mirko 43 E91 King's Indian
Round 1. Tue 7th Dec 2010
Morris, James 0-1 Solomon, Stephen J. 47 A13 English
Round 4. Tue 7th Dec 2010
Morris, James 1/2-1/2 Smirnov, Vladimir
Steadman, Michael 1/2-1/2 Rujevic, Mirko
Solomon, Stephen J. 1-0 Teichmann, Erik O M C 45 B03 Alekhine's defence
Illingworth, Max 1-0 Levi, Eddy 59 C63 Ruy Lopez
Cheng, Bobby 0-1 Gorka, Carl 77 D30 QGD Slav
Round 5. Wed 8th Dec 2010
Teichmann, Erik O M C 1-0 Steadman, Michael 22 A00 Polish (Sokolsky) opening
Smirnov, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 Solomon, Stephen J. 40 D30 Queen's gambit declined
Rujevic, Mirko 1/2-1/2 Cheng, Bobby 35 C18 French
Levi, Eddy 0-1 Morris, James 38 B31 Sicilian
Gorka, Carl 0-1 Illingworth, Max 39 E20 Nimzo-Indian
Round 6. Thu 9th Dec 2010
Smirnov, Vladimir 1-0 Levi, Eddy
Solomon, Stephen J. 1/2-1/2 Steadman, Michael
Morris, James 1-0 Gorka, Carl 52 A30 English
Illingworth, Max 1-0 Rujevic, Mirko 57 C78 Ruy Lopez
Cheng, Bobby 1-0 Teichmann, Erik O M C 27 A40 Queen's pawn
Round 7. Fri 10th Dec 2010
Teichmann, Erik O M C 1-0 Illingworth, Max 41 A00 Polish (Sokolsky) opening
Steadman, Michael 0-1 Cheng, Bobby 31 C04 French
Rujevic, Mirko 1-0 Morris, James 34 B34 Sicilian
Levi, Eddy 0-1 Solomon, Stephen J. 38 B23 Sicilian
Gorka, Carl 1-0 Smirnov, Vladimir 41 D31 QGD
Round 8. Sat 11th Dec 2010
Solomon, Stephen J. 1-0 Cheng, Bobby 38 C06 French
Smirnov, Vladimir 0-1 Rujevic, Mirko 44 E73 King's Indian
Morris, James 1-0 Teichmann, Erik O M C 76 A00 Van't Kruijs opening
Levi, Eddy 1/2-1/2 Gorka, Carl 32 B43 Sicilian
Illingworth, Max 1-0 Steadman, Michael 33 C00 French
Round 9. Sun 12th Dec 2010
Teichmann, Erik O M C 0-1 Smirnov, Vladimir 68 A00 Polish (Sokolsky) opening
Steadman, Michael 0-1 Morris, James 47 E20 Nimzo-Indian
Rujevic, Mirko 1-0 Levi, Eddy 29 C63 Ruy Lopez
Gorka, Carl 0-1 Solomon, Stephen J. 53 D31 QGD
Cheng, Bobby 1-0 Illingworth, Max 35 E12 Queen's Indian

14) First Saturday December 2010

Weiliang Tan won the First Saturday IM tournament in December. I give all the games again as somehow I put November in the header last week.

FSIM December Budapest HUN Sat 4th Dec 2010 - Tue 14th Dec 2010. Category: 1. Ave: (2274)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts TPR
1 Tan, Weiliang SIN 2164 # = = 1 1 = = 0 1 1 1 0 7 2386
2 To, Nhat Minh IM HUN 2400 = # 1 = 1 = = = = = = = 6.5 2327
3 Kholopov, Alexander A. FM RUS 2309 = 0 # 0 = 1 1 1 1 = = = 6.5 2335
4 Kislik, Erik Andrew FM USA 2334 0 = 1 # = = 1 0 0 = 1 1 6 2304
5 Brustkern, Juergen FM GER 2276 0 0 = = # 1 = = 1 1 0 1 6 2309
6 Tesik, Csaba HUN 2259 = = 0 = 0 # 1 1 0 1 = 1 6 2311
7 Farago, Sandor IM HUN 2284 = = 0 0 = 0 # = 1 1 1 1 6 2309
8 Lengyel, Bela IM HUN 2289 1 = 0 1 = 0 = # = 1 0 = 5.5 2272
9 Szalanczy, Emil IM HUN 2247 0 = 0 1 0 1 0 = # 0 1 1 5 2240
10 Lyell, Mark FM ENG 2210 0 = = = 0 0 0 0 1 # 1 1 4.5 2214
11 Bakin, Alexander FM RUS 2235 0 = = 0 1 = 0 1 0 0 # 0 3.5 2144
12 Adams, Nick A. USA 2277 1 = = 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 # 3.5 2140
Round 1. Sat 4th Dec 2010
Brustkern, Juergen 1-0 Szalanczy, Emil 41 B22 Sicilian
Adams, Nick A. 1/2-1/2 Lengyel, Bela 42 A28 English
Kholopov, Alexander A. 1/2-1/2 Lyell, Mark 53 A25 English
Kislik, Erik Andrew 0-1 Tan, Weiliang 28 B90 Sicilian
To, Nhat Minh 1/2-1/2 Bakin, Alexander 77 A01 Nimzovich-Larsen attack
Tesik, Csaba 1-0 Farago, Sandor 50 B90 Sicilian
Round 2. Sun 5th Dec 2010
Tesik, Csaba 1/2-1/2 To, Nhat Minh 38 C67 Ruy Lopez
Bakin, Alexander 0-1 Kislik, Erik Andrew 52 B22 Sicilian
Tan, Weiliang 1/2-1/2 Kholopov, Alexander A. 53 C16 French
Lyell, Mark 1-0 Adams, Nick A. 63 B14 Caro-Kann
Lengyel, Bela 1/2-1/2 Brustkern, Juergen 24 B13 Caro-Kann
Farago, Sandor 1-0 Szalanczy, Emil 80 B20 Sicilian
Round 3. Mon 6th Dec 2010
Szalanczy, Emil 1/2-1/2 Lengyel, Bela 37 B48 Sicilian
Brustkern, Juergen 1-0 Lyell, Mark 33 A07 Reti
Adams, Nick A. 1-0 Tan, Weiliang 46 B10 Caro-Kann
Kholopov, Alexander A. 1/2-1/2 Bakin, Alexander 13 C31 KGD
Kislik, Erik Andrew 1/2-1/2 Tesik, Csaba 48 B42 Sicilian
To, Nhat Minh 1/2-1/2 Farago, Sandor 24 B18 Caro-Kann
Round 4. Tue 7th Dec 2010
To, Nhat Minh 1/2-1/2 Kislik, Erik Andrew 8 A14 English
Tesik, Csaba 0-1 Kholopov, Alexander A. 40 B07 Pirc defence
Bakin, Alexander 0-1 Adams, Nick A. 42 B13 Caro-Kann
Tan, Weiliang 1-0 Brustkern, Juergen 28 B06 Robatsch (modern) defence
Lyell, Mark 1-0 Szalanczy, Emil 28 B23 Sicilian
Farago, Sandor 1/2-1/2 Lengyel, Bela 24 C98 Ruy Lopez
Round 5. Wed 8th Dec 2010
Lengyel, Bela 1-0 Lyell, Mark 43 B15 Caro-Kann
Szalanczy, Emil 0-1 Tan, Weiliang 32 B90 Sicilian
Brustkern, Juergen 0-1 Bakin, Alexander 65 D31 QGD
Adams, Nick A. 0-1 Tesik, Csaba 48 A36 English
Kholopov, Alexander A. 0-1 To, Nhat Minh 33 D19 QGD Slav
Kislik, Erik Andrew 1-0 Farago, Sandor 37 B92 Sicilian
Round 6. Thu 9th Dec 2010
Kislik, Erik Andrew 1-0 Kholopov, Alexander A. 41 B07 Pirc defence
To, Nhat Minh 1/2-1/2 Adams, Nick A. 12 D02 Queen's pawn game
Tesik, Csaba 0-1 Brustkern, Juergen 37 B06 Robatsch defence
Bakin, Alexander 0-1 Szalanczy, Emil 64 A43 Old Benoni defence
Tan, Weiliang 0-1 Lengyel, Bela 28 C45 Scotch
Farago, Sandor 1-0 Lyell, Mark 56 D02 Queen's bishop game
Round 7. Fri 10th Dec 2010
Lyell, Mark 0-1 Tan, Weiliang 26 B23 Sicilian
Lengyel, Bela 0-1 Bakin, Alexander 56 B18 Caro-Kann
Szalanczy, Emil 1-0 Tesik, Csaba 41 E15 Queen's Indian
Brustkern, Juergen 0-1 To, Nhat Minh 41 D15 QGD Slav
Adams, Nick A. 0-1 Kislik, Erik Andrew 49 A28 English
Kholopov, Alexander A. 1-0 Farago, Sandor 50 A36 English
Round 8. Sat 11th Dec 2010
Kholopov, Alexander A. 1/2-1/2 Adams, Nick A. 13 A13 English
Kislik, Erik Andrew 1/2-1/2 Brustkern, Juergen 45 C60 Ruy Lopez
To, Nhat Minh 1/2-1/2 Szalanczy, Emil 10 C67 Ruy Lopez
Tesik, Csaba 1-0 Lengyel, Bela 33 C24 Bishop's opening
Bakin, Alexander 0-1 Lyell, Mark 39 C59 Two knights defence
Farago, Sandor 1/2-1/2 Tan, Weiliang 41 B90 Sicilian
Round 9. Sun 12th Dec 2010
Tan, Weiliang 1-0 Bakin, Alexander 33 B18 Caro-Kann
Lyell, Mark 0-1 Tesik, Csaba 37 C02 French
Lengyel, Bela 1/2-1/2 To, Nhat Minh 13 B04 Alekhine's defence
Szalanczy, Emil 1-0 Kislik, Erik Andrew 44 B33 Sicilian
Brustkern, Juergen 1/2-1/2 Kholopov, Alexander A. 20 A85 Dutch with c4 & Nc3
Adams, Nick A. 0-1 Farago, Sandor A00
Round 10. Mon 13th Dec 2010
Adams, Nick A. 0-1 Brustkern, Juergen 45 A10 English
Kholopov, Alexander A. 1-0 Szalanczy, Emil 35 A43 Old Benoni defence
Kislik, Erik Andrew 0-1 Lengyel, Bela 73 C98 Ruy Lopez
To, Nhat Minh 1/2-1/2 Lyell, Mark A00
Tesik, Csaba 1/2-1/2 Tan, Weiliang 44 B04 Alekhine's defence
Farago, Sandor 1-0 Bakin, Alexander 41 D55 QGD
Round 11. Tue 14th Dec 2010
Bakin, Alexander 1/2-1/2 Tesik, Csaba 52 C59 Two knights defence
Tan, Weiliang 1/2-1/2 To, Nhat Minh 10 C01 French
Lyell, Mark 1/2-1/2 Kislik, Erik Andrew 55 B22 Sicilian
Lengyel, Bela 0-1 Kholopov, Alexander A. 27 B29 Sicilian
Szalanczy, Emil 1-0 Adams, Nick A. 1 B00 King's pawn opening
Brustkern, Juergen 1/2-1/2 Farago, Sandor 26 B07 Pirc defence
FSFMA December Budapest HUN Sat 4th Dec 2010 - Tue 14th Dec 2010. Category: None. Ave: (2076)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts TPR
1 Koczo, Kristof HUN 2187 # 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 0 1 = 8 2304
2 Darazs, Zoltan HUN 2183 0 # 1 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 7.5 2258
3 Csomor, Viktor HUN 2084 0 0 # 1 1 = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2185
4 Zala, Gyula HUN 1988 0 0 0 # = 1 1 0 1 1 1 5.5 2120
5 Czibulka, Zoltan Dr. HUN 2092 = = 0 = # 0 = = = 1 1 5 2074
6 Mayer, Istvan FM HUN 2049 0 = = 0 1 # = = = = 1 5 2078
7 Schenkerik, Csaba HUN 2127 0 0 = 0 = = # 1 1 = 1 5 2070
8 Borda, Lajos HUN 2127 0 0 = 1 = = 0 # = = 1 4.5 2034
9 Grimm, Daniel HUN 1912 1 0 0 0 = = 0 = # = 1 4 2020
10 Letay, Gyula FM HUN 2089 0 = 0 0 0 = = = = # 1 3.5 1964
11 Tessedik, Karoly HUN 1993 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 # 0.5 1614
FSFMB December Budapest HUN Sat 4th Dec 2010 - Tue 14th Dec 2010
Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
RkNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Horvath Ilona KlaraHUN18158,534,000,07
2Hegedus Peter DrHUN18496,525,000,04
3Horvath Attila BelaHUN17966,020,000,05
4Kiss PeterHUN18575,518,750,04
5Wanger TamasHUN18013,59,250,02
6Csete Marton GyorgyHUN00,00,000,00
6 players
FSFMC December Budapest HUN Sat 4th Dec 2010 - Tue 14th Dec 2010
Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
RkNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Vujosevics EszterHUN1334730.2506
2Merk AndrasHUN15386.527.2505
3Kelemen Lajos DrHUN1451628.506
4Jones PeterAUS1425418.2501
5Szabo MiklosHUN13943.517.7502
6Schwarcz Adam TiborHUN0313.502
6 players

15) Marcel Duchamp International 2010

The Marcel Duchamp tournament in Buenos Aires was won by Diego Flores ahead of Sandro Mareco on tie-break after both scored 7/9.

II Duchamp GM Buenos Aires ARG Sat 11th Dec 2010 - Sun 19th Dec 2010. Category: 12. Ave: (2526)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Flores, Diego GM ARG 2608 # 1 = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 7 2737
2 Mareco, Sandro GM ARG 2603 0 # = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 7 2738
3 Milos, Gilberto GM BRA 2596 = = # = = = 1 1 = 1 6 2643
4 Delgado Ramirez, Neuris GM COL 2619 0 0 = # = 1 = 1 1 1 5.5 2596
5 Ricardi, Pablo GM ARG 2517 = 0 = = # = = = = = 4 2484
6 Perez Ponsa, Federico IM ARG 2469 0 = = 0 = # = = 1 = 4 2490
7 Pierrot, Facundo IM ARG 2439 = 0 0 = = = # = = = 3.5 2456
8 Rodriguez Vila, Andres GM URU 2556 = 0 0 0 = = = # 0 1 3 2398
9 Saldano Dayer, Horacio IM ESP 2405 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 1 # 0 2.5 2374
10 Dos Santos, Ramiro IM ARG 2450 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 1 # 2.5 2369
I Jorge Duarte IM Buenos Aires ARG Sat 11th Dec 2010 - Sun 19th Dec 2010. Category: 3. Ave: (2302)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Villanueva, Mario FM ARG 2372 # = = 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 6 2419
2 Tempone, Marcelo IM ARG 2416 = # = = 1 = = = = 1 5.5 2369
3 Liascovich, Lucas IM ARG 2437 = = # 0 0 1 = 1 1 1 5.5 2367
4 Pichot, Alan FM ARG 2204 0 = 1 # 1 0 1 1 = 0 5 2355
5 Filion, Charles CAN 2232 1 0 1 0 # 0 1 0 1 = 4.5 2309
6 Varela, Gaston FM ARG 2389 0 = 0 1 1 # 0 = = 1 4.5 2292
7 Stewart, William John USA 2219 1 = = 0 0 1 # 0 1 0 4 2268
8 Pineiro, Dario ARG 2183 0 = 0 0 1 = 1 # 0 = 3.5 2235
9 Toloza Soto, Pablo IM CHI 2327 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 1 # 1 3.5 2219
10 Guerrero, Alvaro URU 2237 0 0 0 1 = 0 1 = 0 # 3 2184

16) Moscow Teams 2010

The Moscow Team Championships took place 20th November - 19th December 2010.The Palace team headed by Boris Grachev took first place from Navigator and Yakimanka in 3rd.

Moscow Teams Moscow RUS Sat 20th Nov 2010 - Sun 19th Dec 2010
Leading Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Inarkiev, Ernesto GM RUS 2667 4162722
2 Grachev, Boris GM RUS 2654 4129199
3 Rychagov, Andrey GM RUS 2579 4119932
4 Novikov, Stanislav GM RUS 2565 4125371
5 Papin, Vasily IM RUS 2541 4143183
6 Kharitonov, Andrei V. GM RUS 2524 4100948
7 Krylov, Mikhail IM RUS 2516 4151364
8 Dobrov, Vladimir GM RUS 2516 4136594
9 Mozharov, Mikhail IM RUS 2494 4189825
10 Gavrilov, Alexei GM RUS 2488 4104358

17) TCh-SVK Extraliga 2010-11

The Slovakian Team Championships take place 27th November 2010 - 8th May 2011. Rounds 3-4 take place 15th-16th January 2011.

TCh-SVK Ex 2010-11 Zilina SVK Sat 27th Nov 2010 - Sun 8th May 2011
Leading Round 2 (of 11) Standings:
RkSNoTeam+-=TB1TB2TB3
112SK Prievidza200613.00
26INBEST Dunajov200610.00
37SK Caissa Cadca20069.00
41SK Slovan Bratislava101411.00
55SK Trencin101410.00
69SK Dunajska Streda101410.00
78SKS Dubnica n/V11036.50
82TJ Slavia TU Kosice01116.00
910BSK Edymax Bardejov02007.00
1011MSK KdV Kezmarok02006.00
114SK Modra02004.50
123Zemplin Michalovce02003.00
12 teams

18) Active Team Events

A list of ongoing team events without an update this week.

Bundesliga 2010-11

Rounds 5-6 took place 11th-12th December 2010. Next: Rounds 7-9 3rd-5th January 2011.

Schachbundesliga 2010-11 Munich GER Fri 8th Oct 2010 - Sun 10th Apr 2011
Leading Round 6 (of 15) Standings:
RkTeam12345678910111213141516TB1TB2
1OSG Baden-Baden*4571339.0
2Werder Bremen*5571236.0
3SC Eppingen4*6651133.5
4SG Solingen*554927.5
5SF Katernberg3*4565927.5
6SG Trier4*47830.0
7SV Muelheim-Nord34*64826.0
8Hamburger SK*4731.0
9SV Wattenscheid2*545724.5
10SV Nickelhuette Aue33*68630.5
11SF Berlin324*7526.5
12SK Turm Emsdetten1343*43423.5
SV Griesheim32244*5423.5
14SC Remagen435*320.5
15FC Bayern Muenchen1321*7220.0
16Delmenhorster SK1031*012.5
16 teams

Dutch League

The 4th Round of the Dutch League took place on 11th December 2010. Round 5 8th January 2011.

TCh-NED 2010-11 Netherlands NED Sat 25th Sep 2010 - Sun 15th May 2011
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeamRtg12345678910MptsBpts
1HSG25508830½
2Homburg Apeldoorn235285522
3Voerendaal24045520½
4LSG23617419½
5Utrecht24186419½
6SO Rotterdam23442575419
7HMC Calder23765319½
8Groningen2276335317½
9Caissa22875316½
10Braceland ESGOO2304245115½
10 teams

Swedish Elitserien 2010-11

Round 5 took place in 4th December 2010. Games not yet available.

Elitserien Stockholm SWE Fri 8th Oct 2010 - Sun 13th Mar 2011
Leading Round 5 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeamGms+-=MptsBpts
1Lunds ASK 55001032.5
2SK Rockaden, Sthlm 55001031
3Team Viking 5410928
4Solna SS 5302617.5
5Limhamns SK 5131519.5
6Eksjo-Aneby-Alliansen 5212517.5
7SK Kamraterna 5203418
8SS Manhem 5122418
9Orgryte SK 5113314.5
10Farsta SK 5023215.5
11Upsala ASS 5104215
12Vasteras SK 5005013
12 teams

49th Danish XtraCon Chess League 2010

The 3rd round of the 49th Danish XtraCon Chess League took place 5th December 2010. Games now available. Next Rounds are 4 and 5 on Jan 15th-16th 2010.

49th Danish Teams Copenhagen DEN Sat 6th Nov 2010 - Sun 13th Mar 2011
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoTeamMptsBpts
13K41 1 618
27Jetsmark 1 615½
38Arhus/Skolerne 1 415½
410Sydostfyn 1 514
59Nordkalotten 313
64BMS 311
72Nordre 1 110½
85Bronshoj 1 08
91SK 1968 1 1
106Norresundby 1 17
10 teams

Frauenbundesliga 2010-11

The Frauenbundesliga takes place 6th November 2010 - 13th March 2011. Next round 9th January 2011.

Frau Bundesliga Baden Baden GER Sat 6th Nov 2010 - Sun 13th Mar 2011
Leading Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeamGms123456789101112MptsBpts
1OSG Baden Baden4 +4816½
2USV Volksbank Halle42 +4613
3SC Bad Koenigshofen4 +635516½
4Rodewischer Schachmiezen4 +643515½
5Hamburger SK 18304½ +3513½
6SV Chemie Guben 19904 +13512
7TSV Schott Mainz4005 +449
8SK Grosslehna43 +5312
9SC Leipzig Gohlis43 +311½
10SV Muelheim-Nord 1931432 +4311½
11Karlsruher SF 18534213½ +1
12SAV Torgelow4212 +0
12 teams

TCh-CZE Extraliga 2010-11

Rounds 3-4 took place 4th-5th December 2010. Games now available. Round 5 9th January 2010. I couldn't establish from the website whether the games were played at one venue or many.

TCh-CZE 2010-11 Frydek Mistek CZE Sat 6th Nov 2010 - Sun 17th Apr 2011
Leading Round 5 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
11. Novoborsky SK*5461019.56.0
2SK Labortech Ostrava*541018.05.0
3SK Rapid Pardubice*919.54.5
4A64 VALOZ Grygov*46719.06.0
5Tatran Litovel3*46717.54.5
6SK Mahrla Praha*3620.05.0
7Vystaviste Lysa nad Labem35*44519.54.0
8SK Zikuda Turnov44*3516.53.5
9BSS Frydek-Mistek445*3516.03.5
10SK Zlin45*4515.53.5
112222 SK Polabiny224*115.03.0
12TZ Trinec24*112.01.0
12 teams

Austrian Bundesliga 2010-11

The Austrian Bundesliga started 19th-21st November 2010. The games were covered live on the internet. The next rounds (4-6) are 20th-22nd January 2011.

TCh-AUT 2010-11 Vienna AUT Fri 19th Nov 2010 - Sun 6th Mar 2011
Leading Round 3 (of 11) Standings:
RkSNoTeamGms+-=TB1TB2TB3
112SK Sparkasse Jenbach3300613.50
29SK MPÖ Maria Saal3300613.00
310ASVÖ Wulkaprodersdorf3201511.00
47ASVÖ SK Lackenbach3210411.50
53SK Advisory Invest Baden3102410.00
611ASVÖ Signum Siebdruck St.Veit311138.50
72SK Sparkasse Fürstenfeld312027.50
85ASVÖ VHS Pöchlarn312026.00
96Wüstenrot SIR Salzburg312025.50
104Mayrhofen/Zillertal302118.00
111SK Hohenems302117.00
128Styria Graz303006.50
12 teams

4NCL 2010-11

Next: Rounds 3-4 15th-16th January 2011.

4NCL 2010-11 Daventry ENG Sat 6th Nov 2010 - Mon 2nd May 2011
Leading Round 2 (of 11) Standings:
PlTeamGms+-=PtsTB1
1Pride & Prejudice2200413
2Barbican 4NCL 12200412
3Betsson.com2200411½
4Cheddleton 121102
5The AD's21102
6Wood Green Hilsmark 2202005
7Pandora's Box Grantham202004
8Warwickshire Select 120200
TeamGms+-=PtsTB1
1Wood Green Hilsmark 12200412½
2White Rose 12200410
3Guildford A&DC 121102
4e2e4.org.uk 121102
5Oxford 1211027
6Cambridge University 121102
7Sambuca Sharks20200
8Barbican 4NCL 2202005
16 teams

TCh-NOR Attack-Serien 2010-11

Next: Rounds 4-6 21st-23rd Jan 2011.

TCh-NOR 2010-11 Oslo NOR Fri 5th Nov 2010 - Fri 25th Mar 2011
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameRtgMptsBptsTB1
1OSS24776,013,08,00
2Porsgrunn23345,011,06,50
3Asker22904,08,52,00
4SK 191122913,010,04,50
5SOSS22213,09,03,50
6Bergens22473,08,02,50
7Nordstrand22013,07,51,50
8Moss23252,08,50,00
9Akademisk22991,08,02,50
10Trondheim22310,06,50,00
10 teams

19) 31st Crespi Memorial 2010

Winner Matthew Herman sent a correction to his round one win against Alberto David as well as his brief missing game from Round 8.

31st Crespi Memorial Milan ITA Sat 4th Dec 2010 - Sat 11th Dec 2010
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Herman Matthew J--USA21496.547.5051.002405.00
2Solodovnichenko YuriGMUKR25636.547.0051.502404.00
3Tratar MarkoGMSLO24926.546.5051.502297.78
4David AlbertoGMLUX25876.544.0048.002271.56
5Salvador RolandGMPHI25276.543.0046.002348.67
6Bellia FabrizioIMITA23996.047.0051.502371.33
7Colovic AleksandarIMMKD24576.044.5048.502388.22
8Marin MihailGMROU25626.044.5048.502301.00
9Saric SinisaIMSRB24526.044.0048.502270.00
10Mertens Heiko--GER23206.044.0048.002347.33
11Tesic DraganIMSRB24036.039.5043.002270.11
12Drazic SinisaGMSRB25245.548.0052.002378.89
13Borgo GiulioIMITA24145.544.5047.502283.00
14Damia AngeloFMITA23025.543.5047.002301.89
15Vezzosi PaoloIMITA23795.541.5045.002240.44
16Garano Nicola--ITA21715.541.5045.002190.11
17Lapiccirella Daniele--ITA22255.539.0041.502263.89
18Iudicello Giovanni--ITA21585.537.0038.002203.00
19Sbarra MarcoFMITA23125.536.0039.502141.44
20Gagliardi Christian--ITA21885.536.0039.002211.11
69 players

20) 46th American Open 2010

Some additional games from the 46th American Open are now available via Jack Peters in an event won by Josh Friedel.

46th American Open Los Angeles USA Thu 25th Nov 2010 - Sun 28th Nov 2010
Leading Final Round 8 Standings:
RkNameTiRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1JOSHUA E FRIEDELGM25546.0363630
2ENRICO SEVILLANOIM25666.033.53727.5
3MELIKSET KHACHIYANGM25726.0313125
4MARK C PARAGUAGM26435.533.53728
5ALEJANDRO RAMIREZGM26625.533.53727.5
6ZHANIBEK AMANOVIM24055.53336.527
7ANDRANIK MATIKOZYANIM25365.531.534.525.5
8STEVEN C ZIERKIM24435.0333627
9DAVID ADELBERG22775.029.529.523.5
10SALVIJUS BERCYSIM25215.028.530.522.5
11ANKIT GUPTA23175.0283022.5
12ROMAN YANKOVSKY25744.53538.529
13MACKENIZE MOLNERIM25364.53235.526.5
14ROBBY ADAMSONFM23644.529.529.523.5
15GIOVANNI CARRETO22564.52930.523
16JOHN DANIEL BRYANTFM24854.027.53627.5
17TIMOTHY W TAYLORIM23664.0263426
18TATEV ABRAHAMYAN24164.0253425
19LERNIK MANUKIAN23484.02532.525
20ALESSANDRO STEINFL22384.023.52923.5
21KONSTANTIN KAVUTSKIY22504.0233123
22EUGENE YANAYTFM22064.018.52418.5
23MICHAEL W BROWN21784.0182218
24JULIAN W LANDAW23413.52327.521
25RONALD A BRUNO22743.522.52822.5
26DEREQUE D KELLEY22243.521.52721.5
27CHRISTIAN TANAKA22033.5162116
28CRAIG CLAWITTER22043.02530.525
29ANJELINA BELAKOVSKAIAWGM23613.0222720
30RON HERMANSEN22683.019.52519.5
31PETE VANCOUVERING20553.018.522.517
32ROBERT AKOPIAN21832.52328.523
33AMANDA RAE MATEER21202.5212621
34GARUSH MANUKYAN23232.5192519
35BARRY J LAZARUS19792.5192319
36RANDEL ENG21122.5162016
37MATT HELFST19472.0202620
38KYLE C RIEB20912.017.522.517.5
39HARUTYUN AKOPYANFM22702.0142014
40DANIEL ALVIRA18410.0030
41GAUDENCI DELACRUZ20000.0020
41 players

21) Bondarevsky Memorial 2010

The Bondarevsky Memorial was opened by FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov in Rostov-on-Don and takes place 12th-23rd December 2010. Players: Vyacheslav Zakhartsev (rating 2602), Alexander Galkin (2601), Dmitry Kryakvin (2593), international master Alexander Petrushin (2465), Alexander Zakharov (2395). No apparent coverage of results or games on the internet (I even searched in Russian). Something may appear on the Russian Chess Federation website.

22) Forthcoming Events and Links

Schaakfestival Groningen 2010

ASEAN Championship 2010

North American Open 2010

12th Czech Christmas 2010-11

Gold Coast International 2010

XL Rilton Cup 2010-11

53rd Reggio Emilia 2010-11

53rd Masters Reggio Emilia ITA Tue 28th Dec 2010 - Thu 6th Jan 2011
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Ivanchuk, Vassily GM UKR 2764 14100010
2 Gashimov, Vugar GM AZE 2733 13400630
3 Movsesian, Sergei GM SVK 2721 310204
4 Caruana, Fabiano GM ITA 2709 2020009
5 Navara, David GM CZE 2708 309095
6 Morozevich, Alexander GM RUS 2700 4116992
7 Vallejo Pons, Francisco GM ESP 2698 2205530
8 Onischuk, Alexander GM USA 2683 14101025
9 Short, Nigel D GM ENG 2680 400025
10 Godena, Michele GM ITA 2549 800090

Hastings Congress 2010-11

Hastings Masters Hastings ENG Tue 28th Dec 2010 - Wed 5th Jan 2011
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Edouard, Romain GM FRA 2636 633429
2 Istratescu, Andrei GM ROU 2616 1200372
3 Howell, David W L GM ENG 2611 410608
4 Kotronias, Vasilios GM GRE 2591 5900212
5 Pert, Nicholas GM ENG 2570 403989
6 Hebden, Mark L GM ENG 2560 400084
7 Sengupta, Deep GM IND 2558 5008352
8 Neverov, Valeriy GM UKR 2522 14100150
9 Williams, Simon K GM ENG 2493 404454
10 Bates, Richard A IM ENG 2370 403555
11 Bellin, Robert IM ENG 2367 400343
12 Ashton, Adam G FM ENG 2330 410110
13 Eggleston, David J FM ENG 2307 412120
14 Salov, Sergej IM GER 2294 4107926
15 Prosviriakov, Vladimir IM USA 2280 2004860
16 Griffiths, Ryan Rhys IRL 2267 2502054
17 Rudd, Jack IM ENG 2253 405736
18 Furman, Boris FM RUS 2253 4107187
19 Snape, Ian L ENG 2228 404489
20 Grant, Alan G SCO 2219 2400723
21 Hanssen, Gunnar Berg NOR 2218 1501534
22 Marusenko, Petr IM UKR 2206 14100606
23 Anderson, John ENG 2195 405353
24 Franklin, Samuel G A ENG 2185 468576
25 Rolvag, Mikael NOR 2179 1500481
26 Marzano, Carlo ITA 2160 802980
27 Cafferty, Bernard FM ENG 2133 401005
28 Helbig, Paul D ENG 2115 401900
29 Coates, David H ENG 2067 468606
30 Flynn, David ENG 2061 410594
31 Shah Mahfuzul, Karim BAN 2051 10206531
32 Kurka, Dieter GER 2040 12902047
33 Spanton, Tim R ENG 2030 404802
34 Norinkeviciute, Rasa WFM LTU 2028 12801925
35 Pickersgill, Adrian O ENG 2026 404519

XXII Roquetas Open

Australian Open 2011

IV Christmas Mukachevo 2011

10th Prague Open 2011

9th Delhi Parsvnath International Open 2011

71st ch-ARM 2011

71st ch-ARM Yerevan ARM Mon 10th Jan 2011 - Sat 22nd Jan 2011
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Pashikian, Arman GM ARM 2640 13301578
2 Melkumyan, Hrant GM ARM 2617 13302485
3 Petrosian, Tigran L. GM ARM 2604 13301616
4 Andriasian, Zaven GM ARM 2585 13302000
5 Grigoryan, Avetik GM ARM 2580 13302191
6 Anastasian, Ashot GM ARM 2578 13300059
7 Minasian, Artashes GM ARM 2563 13300040
8 Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel GM ARM 2541 13302531
9 Hovhannisyan, Robert GM ARM 2530 13302507
10 Kotanjian, Tigran GM ARM 2519 13301250
11 Petrosian, Davit G. GM ARM 2485 13301349
12 Minasian, Ara GM ARM 2464 13300377

73rd Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee 2011

73rd Tata Steel GMA Wijk aan Zee NED Fri 14th Jan 2011 - Sun 30th Jan 2011
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Anand, Viswanathan GM IND 2804 5000017
2 Carlsen, Magnus GM NOR 2802 1503014
3 Aronian, Levon GM ARM 2801 13300474
4 Kramnik, Vladimir GM RUS 2791 4101588
5 Grischuk, Alexander GM RUS 2771 4126025
6 Ponomariov, Ruslan GM UKR 2744 14103320
7 Nakamura, Hikaru GM USA 2741 2016192
8 Shirov, Alexei GM ESP 2735 2209390
9 Wang, Hao GM CHN 2727 8602883
10 Nepomniachtchi, Ian GM RUS 2720 4168119
11 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime GM FRA 2703 623539
12 Giri, Anish GM NED 2682 24116068
13 Smeets, Jan GM NED 2660 1007246
14 L'Ami, Erwin GM NED 2626 1007998
73rd Tata Steel GMB Wijk aan Zee NED Fri 14th Jan 2011 - Sun 30th Jan 2011
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw GM POL 2726 1118358
2 Fressinet, Laurent GM FRA 2709 608742
3 Navara, David GM CZE 2708 309095
4 Efimenko, Zahar GM UKR 2701 14107201
5 Le, Quang Liem GM VIE 2689 12401137
6 So, Wesley GM PHI 2669 5202213
7 Sargissian, Gabriel GM ARM 2667 13300881
8 Hammer, Jon Ludvig GM NOR 2647 1503707
9 McShane, Luke J GM ENG 2645 404853
10 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar GM IND 2644 5002150
11 Tkachiev, Vladislav GM FRA 2636 618438
12 Li, Chao b GM CHN 2632 8604436
13 Nijboer, Friso GM NED 2583 1000063
14 Spoelman, Wouter GM NED 2543 1010891
73rd Tata Steel GMC Wijk aan Zee NED Fri 14th Jan 2011 - Sun 30th Jan 2011
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Ivanisevic, Ivan GM SRB 2628 912417
2 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas GM KAZ 2623 13700316
3 Bluvshtein, Mark GM CAN 2587 2603608
4 Vocaturo, Daniele GM ITA 2569 813192
5 Nyzhnyk, Illya IM UKR 2535 14118084
6 Swiercz, Dariusz GM POL 2522 1126881
7 Lahno, Kateryna GM UKR 2522 14109336
8 Pruijssers, Roeland IM NED 2487 1013068
9 Bok, Benjamin IM NED 2458 1017063
10 Van Kampen, Robin IM NED 2454 1020854
11 De Jong, Jan-Willem IM NED 2440 1008641
12 Van Der Werf, Mark IM NED 2431 1000470
13 Siebrecht, Sebastian GM GER 2422 4609352
14 Tania, Sachdev IM IND 2385 5007844

10th Marienbad Open 2011

3rd Chennai Open 2011

Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2011

Oceana Zonal 2011

Moscow Open 2011

1st Cento Open

10th Aeroflot Open

Bermuda Open 2010

2nd Novy Bor Open

16th Lienz Open 2011

12th European Indiv 2011

11th BCC Thailand Open 2011

US Championship 2011

Doeberl Cup 2011

World Championship Candidates 2011

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