THE WEEK IN CHESS 853 14th March 2011 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament 2011
3) MP Reykjavik Open
4) Saint Louis Invitational 2011
5) Serbian Championships 2011
6) 43rd Belgrade Women's International
7) Russian Junior Championships
8) 9th Nancy Chess Festival 2011
9) Lviv Talents Fide Open
10) US Amateur Team East
11) Open Championship of Poltava 2011
12) Brunei IM tournaments 2011
13) 1st Donetsk Masters
14) 61st ch-RUS Women's 1st League
15) First Saturday March 2011
16) IRT Posadas
17) II Cotroceni Women International
18) UT Dallas Grandmaster Invitational 2011
19) SPICE Spring Invitational 2011
20) Finnish Team Championship 2010-11
21) Frauenbundesliga 2010-11
22) Dutch League
23) Swedish Elitserien 2010-11
24) TCh-SVK Extraliga 2010-11
25) Icelandic Team Championship 2010-11
26) Catalan Teams
27) TCh-CZE Extraliga 2010-11
28) TCh-Paulista Interclubes 2011
29) 49th Danish XtraCon Chess League 2010-11
30) Active Team Events
31) Bunratty Chess Festival 2011
32) World Blitz Qualifier in Moscow
33) Historical Chess Videos from the Groningen 1996 and 1946 tournaments
34) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament 201136 games
MP Reykjavik Open497 games
Saint Louis Invitational 201147 games
Serbian Championships 201142 games
43rd Belgrade Women's International45 games
Russian Junior Championships36 games
9th Nancy Chess Festival 201127 games
Lviv Talents Fide Open108 games
US Amateur Team East391 games
Open Championship of Poltava 201166 games
Brunei IM tournaments 201190 games
1st Donetsk Masters83 games
61st ch-RUS Women's 1st League396 games
First Saturday March 2011144 games
II Cotroceni Women International45 games
UT Dallas Grandmaster Invitational 201118 games
Finnish Team Championship 2010-11357 games
Frauenbundesliga 2010-1142 games
Swedish Elitserien 2010-1124 games
Icelandic Team Championship 2010-11128 games
Catalan Teams10 games
TCh-Paulista Interclubes 201132 games
49th Danish XtraCon Chess League 2010-1132 games
World Blitz Qualifier in Moscow6 games
2704 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Hebert Perez Garcia, Pierre Becker, Alexander Prokhorov, Mitko Iliev, Muntean, Miklos Orso, Christophe Philippe, Bill Townsend, Henri Koskinen, Richard Palliser and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The 20th and final Amber tournament feels like the moment when the guard has definitely changed. Of course World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand is still around but the real early scraps have involved Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian and Hikaru Nakamura who are surely the future of the game. Nakamura makes his debut here and this seems to have been a disadvantage in the blindfold chess, not played anywhere else and it seems experience does help. There has been the usual mixture of excellent chess and really terrible errors, especially in the blindfold but we will defintely miss this when it is gone.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament 2011

20th Amber Blindfold Monaco (MNC), 12-24 iii 2011 cat. XXI (2770)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2747 * . . . . 1 1 . ½ . . . 3037
2. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2808 . * ½ . . . . 1 . . . 1 3032
3. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2815 . ½ * . 1 . . ½ . . . . 2 2901
4. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2817 . . . * . ½ ½ . . 1 . . 2 2889
5. Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2746 . . 0 . * . . . . . 1 1 2 2886
6. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 0 . . ½ . * . . 1 . . . 2780
7. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2785 0 . . ½ . . * . . 1 . . 2779
8. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2774 . 0 ½ . . . . * . . 1 . 2800
9. Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2776 ½ . . . . 0 . . * ½ . . 1 2626
10. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2775 . . . 0 . . 0 . ½ * . . ½ 2519
11. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2779 . . . . 0 . . 0 . . * ½ ½ 2463
12. Giri, Anish g NED 2690 . 0 . . 0 . . . . . ½ * ½ 2504
Round 1 (March 12, 2011)
Grischuk, Alexander - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 52 D38 QGD Ragozin
Aronian, Levon - Giri, Anish 1-0 57 A29 English Four Knights
Anand, Viswanathan - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 67 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Nakamura, Hikaru - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ 60 E47 Nimzo Indian
Karjakin, Sergey - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 37 C42 Petroff's Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Gashimov, Vugar 0-1 28 C42 Petroff's Defence
Round 2 (March 13, 2011)
Carlsen, Magnus - Gashimov, Vugar 1-0 85 D11 Slav Defence
Gelfand, Boris - Grischuk, Alexander 0-1 69 E94 King's Indian Classical
Kramnik, Vladimir - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ 41 A35 English Symmetrical
Nakamura, Hikaru - Aronian, Levon 0-1 71 E60 King's Indian without Nc3
Topalov, Veselin - Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ 52 E54 Nimzo Indian
Giri, Anish - Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½ 62 E15 Queens Indian
Round 3 (March 14, 2011)
Grischuk, Alexander - Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ 43 E21 Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Aronian, Levon - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ 37 E15 Queens Indian
Anand, Viswanathan - Gelfand, Boris ½-½ 58 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Gashimov, Vugar - Giri, Anish 1-0 34 B81 Sicilian Keres Attack
Kramnik, Vladimir - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 40 A09 Reti Opening
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 27 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
20th Amber Rapid Monaco (MNC), 12-24 iii 2011 cat. XXI (2770)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2815 * . ½ . . . 1 . 1 . . . 3049
2. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2817 . * . ½ . 1 . . . . . ½ 2 2889
3. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2808 ½ . * . . . . . ½ 1 . . 2 2884
4. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2775 . ½ . * ½ . . . . . . 1 2 2917
5. Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2776 . . . ½ * 0 . 1 . . . . 2751
6. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 . 0 . . 1 * . ½ . . . . 2780
7. Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2746 0 . . . . . * . . ½ 1 . 2761
8. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2747 . . . . 0 ½ . * . . . 1 2764
9. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2774 0 . ½ . . . . . * . ½ . 1 2675
10. Giri, Anish g NED 2690 . . 0 . . . ½ . . * ½ . 1 2652
11. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2779 . . . . . . 0 . ½ ½ * . 1 2611
12. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2785 . ½ . 0 . . . 0 . . . * ½ 2506
Round 1 (March 12, 2011)
Carlsen, Magnus - Nakamura, Hikaru 1-0 40 D10 Slav Defence
Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ 36 D57 Queens Gambit Lasker's Defence
Gelfand, Boris - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 39 E54 Nimzo Indian
Gashimov, Vugar - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 33 B84 Sicilian Scheveningen
Giri, Anish - Aronian, Levon 0-1 40 A89 Dutch Leningrad
Kramnik, Vladimir - Grischuk, Alexander 0-1 33 E71 King's Indian 5.h3
Round 2 (March 13, 2011)
Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½ 37 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Aronian, Levon - Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ 53 E70 King's Indian Fianchetto
Karjakin, Sergey - Topalov, Veselin ½-½ 26 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Gashimov, Vugar - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 49 C11 French Defence
Grischuk, Alexander - Gelfand, Boris ½-½ 57 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Giri, Anish ½-½ 38 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
Round 3 (March 14, 2011)
Carlsen, Magnus - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 44 D78 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Topalov, Veselin - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 60 D38 QGD Ragozin
Karjakin, Sergey - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 54 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Gelfand, Boris - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 53 E42 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Nakamura, Hikaru - Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½ 62 C08 French Tarrasch
Giri, Anish - Gashimov, Vugar ½-½ 53 A04 Dutch System
20th Amber Combined Monaco (MNC), 12-24 iii 2011 cat. XXI (2770)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2815 * * ½ ½ . . . . 1 1 . . . . ½ 1 . . . . . . . . 2969
2. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2808 ½ ½ * * . . . . . . . . . . 1 ½ . . . . 1 1 . . 2952
3. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2817 . . . . * * . . . . ½ 1 . . . . 1 ½ ½ ½ . . . . 4 2889
4. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2747 . . . . . . * * . . 1 ½ ½ 0 . . . . 1 1 . . . . 4 2889
5. Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2746 0 0 . . . . . . * * . . . . . . . . . . 1 ½ 1 1 2818
6. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 . . . . ½ 0 0 ½ . . * * 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . 3 2780
7. Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2776 . . . . . . ½ 1 . . 0 0 * * . . ½ ½ . . . . . . 2694
8. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2774 ½ 0 0 ½ . . . . . . . . . . * * . . . . . . 1 ½ 2743
9. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2775 . . . . 0 ½ . . . . . . ½ ½ . . * * 0 1 . . . . 2735
10. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2785 . . . . ½ ½ 0 0 . . . . . . . . 1 0 * * . . . . 2 2654
11. Giri, Anish g NED 2690 . . 0 0 . . . . 0 ½ . . . . . . . . . . * * ½ ½ 2584
12. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2779 . . . . . . . . 0 0 . . . . 0 ½ . . . . ½ ½ * * 2543

3) MP Reykjavik Open

The MP Reykjavik Open (sponsored by the bank of former GM Margeir Petursson whose bank was one of the few to successfully negotiate the recent financial problems in Iceland) takes place 9th-16th March 2011. Luke McShane is the top seed.

MP Reykjavik Open Reykjavik ISL Wed 9th Mar 2011 - Wed 16th Mar 2011
Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Kuzubov YuriyGMUKR26276.034.024.529.00
2McShane Luke JGMENG26835.533.524.025.50
3Williams Simon KGMENG25075.532.023.523.75
4Hammer Jon LudvigGMNOR26065.531.523.024.50
5Halkias SteliosGMGRE25795.531.022.523.50
6Baklan VladimirGMUKR26025.530.522.523.50
7Sokolov IvanGMNED26435.530.522.023.00
8Miton KamilGMPOL26005.530.521.022.75
9Nyzhnyk IllyaGMUKR25635.530.521.022.50
10Chatalbashev BorisGMBUL26025.527.019.021.25
11Fier AlexandrGMBRA25865.526.018.520.25
12Hess Robert LGMUSA25655.032.023.521.00
13Hillarp Persson TigerGMSWE25245.031.523.021.00
14Jones Gawain C BGMENG25785.031.522.522.00
15Miroshnichenko EvgenijGMUKR26705.031.522.521.00
16Hansen Sune BergGMDEN26035.030.522.521.25
17Gupta AbhijeetGMIND25805.030.522.020.25
18Adly AhmedGMEGY26405.030.021.519.50
19Sveshnikov VladimirFMLAT23795.028.521.019.25
20Kveinys AloyzasGMLTU25065.028.520.019.25
21Pelletier YannickGMSUI25935.028.020.019.50
22Stefansson HannesGMISL25575.027.019.019.25
23Sigfusson SigurdurFMISL23365.026.018.017.25
24Getz NicolaiFMNOR23335.025.518.514.50
25Berbatov KiprianIMBUL24544.534.526.020.50
26Gustafsson JanGMGER26474.530.521.518.75
27Danielsen HenrikGMISL25334.530.021.518.00
28Carstensen JacobFMDEN23324.529.521.017.25
29Grover SahajIMIND24954.529.020.515.75
Dearing EddieIMSCO24124.529.020.515.75
31Friedel Joshua EGMUSA25294.528.520.016.75
32D'amore CarloIMITA25054.528.520.016.25
33Milliet SophieIMFRA23694.528.520.015.75
34Dronavalli HarikaIMIND25244.528.020.516.75
35Gunnarsson Jon ViktorIMISL24284.527.520.016.00
36Sveshnikov EvgenyGMLAT25274.527.519.516.50
37Thorfinnsson BragiIMISL24174.527.019.516.00
38Henrichs ThomasIMGER24804.527.018.015.50
39Mack WolfgangGER22824.526.519.014.25
40Mekhitarian Krikor SevagGMBRA25294.525.518.515.25
41Sipila VilkaFMFIN23474.525.517.514.50
42Forsaa EspenFMNOR23404.525.017.515.25
43Gretarsson Hjorvar SteinnISL24444.525.017.515.00
44Johannesson Ingvar ThorFMISL23384.525.017.513.75
45Lagerman RobertFMISL23204.523.516.013.00
46Zelbel PatrickFMGER24104.030.022.515.00
47Sammalvuo TapaniIMFIN24714.030.021.514.50
48Thomassen JoachimIMNOR23964.028.520.513.75
49Karavade EeshaIMIND23304.028.020.513.50
50Debashis DasIMIND23984.028.020.013.00
51Ariel DonnyFMUSA23894.027.520.513.75
52Thorfinnsson BjornIMISL24194.027.519.513.75
53Devereaux Maxim LIMENG23854.027.519.014.00
54Tiller BjornIMNOR23934.027.019.013.25
55Piasetski LeonIMCAN22994.027.018.512.00
56Sareen VishalIMIND23584.026.519.511.50
57Holm Kristian StuvikNOR22404.026.019.514.25
58Gislason GudmundurISL22914.026.019.513.50
59Andersson ChristinWIMSWE21634.025.018.010.75
60Geske JulianFMGER23294.025.017.512.00
166 players

4) Saint Louis Invitational 2011

The Saint Louis Invitational took place 4th-9th March 2011. The final two places for the US Championships were up for grabs. Gregory Kaidanov took clear first place with 6/9 and one of the places. Ray Robson and Alejandro Ramirez finished half a point further back and played off for the final place (25 mins + 5 seconds a move). After the first game was drawn Robson won game two to take the final place.

St Louis Invit P/Off Saint Louis USA Wed 9th Mar 2011 - Wed 9th Mar 2011
Rk Name Ti FED Elo 1 2 Pts
1 Robson, Ray GM USA 2522 = 1 1.5
2 Ramirez, Alejandro GM USA 2594 = 0 0.5
St Louis Invitational Saint Louis USA Fri 4th Mar 2011 - Wed 9th Mar 2011. Category: 11. Ave: (2522)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Kaidanov, Gregory S GM USA 2569 # 0 = = = = 1 1 1 1 6 2642
2 Ramirez, Alejandro GM USA 2594 1 # = = = 1 = = = = 5.5 2594
3 Robson, Ray GM USA 2522 = = # 0 1 = = = 1 1 5.5 2602
4 Kraai, Jesse GM USA 2509 = = 1 # 0 0 = 1 = 1 5 2566
5 Benjamin, Joel GM USA 2564 = = 0 1 # = = = = 0 4 2474
6 Becerra Rivero, Julio GM USA 2549 = 0 = 1 = # = 0 = = 4 2476
7 Perelshteyn, Eugene GM USA 2533 0 = = = = = # = 0 1 4 2478
8 Brooks, Michael A IM USA 2451 0 = = 0 = 1 = # = = 4 2487
9 Yang, Darwin FM USA 2416 0 = 0 = = = 1 = # = 4 2491
10 Khachiyan, Melikset GM USA 2511 0 = 0 0 1 = 0 = = # 3 2398
Round 6. Mon 7th Mar 2011
Ramirez, Alejandro 1/2-1/2 Kraai, Jesse 32 E00 Catalan opening
Robson, Ray 1/2-1/2 Becerra Rivero, Julio 32 C96 Ruy Lopez
Perelshteyn, Eugene 1-0 Khachiyan, Melikset 40 D85 Gruenfeld
Brooks, Michael A 0-1 Kaidanov, Gregory S 34 C69 Ruy Lopez
Yang, Darwin 1/2-1/2 Benjamin, Joel 49 A50 Kevitz-Trajkovich defence
Round 7. Mon 7th Mar 2011
Kraai, Jesse 1/2-1/2 Yang, Darwin 29 C10 French
Becerra Rivero, Julio 1/2-1/2 Perelshteyn, Eugene 53 B27 Sicilian
Kaidanov, Gregory S 1/2-1/2 Robson, Ray 30 D34 QGD
Benjamin, Joel 1/2-1/2 Brooks, Michael A 38 E40 Nimzo-Indian
Khachiyan, Melikset 1/2-1/2 Ramirez, Alejandro 30 C19 French
Round 8. Tue 8th Mar 2011
Brooks, Michael A 0-1 Kraai, Jesse 39 C02 French
Robson, Ray 1/2-1/2 Perelshteyn, Eugene 33 B60 Sicilian
Yang, Darwin 1/2-1/2 Khachiyan, Melikset 32 A50 Kevitz-Trajkovich defence
Ramirez, Alejandro 1-0 Becerra Rivero, Julio 59 E69 King's Indian
Kaidanov, Gregory S 1/2-1/2 Benjamin, Joel 31 E32 Nimzo-Indian
Round 9. Tue 8th Mar 2011
Kraai, Jesse 1/2-1/2 Kaidanov, Gregory S 94 A08 Reti
Khachiyan, Melikset 1/2-1/2 Brooks, Michael A 30 B52 Sicilian
Perelshteyn, Eugene 1/2-1/2 Ramirez, Alejandro 52 D10 QGD Slav defence
Becerra Rivero, Julio 1/2-1/2 Yang, Darwin 37 C11 French
Benjamin, Joel 0-1 Robson, Ray 38 A05 Reti opening

5) Serbian Championships 2011

The Serbian Championships took place 28th February - 13th March 2011. Ivan Ivanisevic edged out Branko Damljanovic on tie-break after both finished on 10.5/13.

ch-SRB Kragujevac SRB Mon 28th Feb 2011 - Sun 13th Mar 2011. Category: 10. Ave: (2496)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts TPR
1 Ivanisevic, Ivan GM SRB 2630 # = = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 10.5 2737
2 Damljanovic, Branko GM SRB 2555 = # 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 10.5 2743
3 Perunovic, Milos GM SRB 2565 = 1 # 0 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 = 9 2632
4 Miladinovic, Igor GM SRB 2556 1 = 1 # = = = = 1 = 1 0 = = 8 2579
5 Drazic, Sinisa GM SRB 2487 0 0 1 = # 0 1 = = 0 = = 1 1 6.5 2497
6 Bogosavljevic, Boban GM SRB 2561 0 0 0 = 1 # = = 0 1 1 1 1 0 6.5 2491
7 Pikula, Dejan GM SRB 2537 0 0 = = 0 = # 1 1 1 0 = = 1 6.5 2493
8 Sedlak, Nikola GM SRB 2556 0 0 0 = = = 0 # = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2492
9 Saric, Sinisa IM SRB 2448 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 = # = = 1 1 1 6 2471
10 Nestorovic, Lazar SRB 2323 0 = 0 = 1 0 0 = = # = = = 1 5.5 2453
11 Abramovic, Bosko GM SRB 2460 = 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 = = # 1 0 1 5 2412
12 Milanovic, Danilo GM SRB 2517 0 0 = 1 = 0 = 0 0 = 0 # = 1 4.5 2385
13 Tadic, Branko GM SRB 2518 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 = # 1 4 2354
14 Lukovic, Vladimir SRB 2234 0 0 = = 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 # 2 2220
Round 8. Tue 8th Mar 2011
Miladinovic, Igor 1/2-1/2 Damljanovic, Branko 11 A45 Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)
Lukovic, Vladimir 0-1 Abramovic, Bosko 74 B44 Sicilian defence
Ivanisevic, Ivan 1-0 Saric, Sinisa 89 E91 King's Indian
Bogosavljevic, Boban 1/2-1/2 Pikula, Dejan 23 D11 QGD Slav
Perunovic, Milos 1-0 Nestorovic, Lazar 40 B40 Sicilian defence
Drazic, Sinisa 1-0 Tadic, Branko 27 D41 QGD
Sedlak, Nikola 1-0 Milanovic, Danilo 52 A58 Benko gambit accepted
Round 9. Wed 9th Mar 2011
Nestorovic, Lazar 1-0 Lukovic, Vladimir 71 C90 Ruy Lopez
Saric, Sinisa 1-0 Bogosavljevic, Boban 73 E34 Nimzo-Indian
Tadic, Branko 0-1 Sedlak, Nikola 31 D76 Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6
Milanovic, Danilo 1-0 Miladinovic, Igor 91 D31 QGD
Abramovic, Bosko 1/2-1/2 Ivanisevic, Ivan 32 A39 English
Pikula, Dejan 0-1 Drazic, Sinisa 43 C11 French
Damljanovic, Branko 0-1 Perunovic, Milos 40 D31 QGD
Round 10. Thu 10th Mar 2011
Ivanisevic, Ivan 1-0 Nestorovic, Lazar 39 E60 King's Indian defence
Drazic, Sinisa 1/2-1/2 Sedlak, Nikola 13 C44 Ponziani
Perunovic, Milos 1/2-1/2 Milanovic, Danilo 15 B01 Scandinavian
Lukovic, Vladimir 0-1 Damljanovic, Branko 65 B42 Sicilian
Bogosavljevic, Boban 1-0 Abramovic, Bosko 28 A15 English opening
Pikula, Dejan 1-0 Saric, Sinisa 25 B01 Scandinavian (centre counter) defence
Miladinovic, Igor 1/2-1/2 Tadic, Branko 17 A45 Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)

6) 43rd Belgrade Women's International

The long running 43rd Belgrade Women's International took place 6th-14th March 2011. Irina Chelushkina edged out Ana Benderac and Suzana Maksimovic on tie-break after they all finished on 5.5/9.

43rd WGM Belgrade SRB Sun 6th Mar 2011 - Mon 14th Mar 2011. Category: None. Ave: (2237)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Chelushkina, Irina WGM SRB 2314 # = = 1 1 0 0 1 = 1 5.5 2308
2 Benderac, Ana WGM SRB 2305 = # = = = = = = 1 1 5.5 2309
3 Maksimovic, Suzana WGM SRB 2203 = = # 0 = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2321
4 Vojinovic, Jovana WGM MNE 2278 0 = 1 # = 1 1 0 = = 5 2275
5 Dragomirescu, Angela WIM ROU 2169 0 = = = # 1 1 = = = 5 2287
6 Eric, Jovana WIM SRB 2230 1 = = 0 0 # 0 1 1 1 5 2281
7 Voiska, Margarita WGM BUL 2313 1 = = 0 0 1 # = = = 4.5 2228
8 Olarasu, Gabriela WGM ROU 2273 0 = 0 1 = 0 = # 1 1 4.5 2233
9 Petrovic, Marija WIM SRB 2197 = 0 0 = = 0 = 0 # = 2.5 2075
10 Miladinovic, Lena SRB 2086 0 0 0 = = 0 = 0 = # 2 2034
Round 1. Sun 6th Mar 2011
Voiska, Margarita 1-0 Eric, Jovana 33 A07 Reti
Benderac, Ana 1-0 Miladinovic, Lena 35 A00 Benko's opening
Maksimovic, Suzana 1-0 Petrovic, Marija 26 D10 QGD Slav defence
Vojinovic, Jovana 0-1 Olarasu, Gabriela 43 A07 Reti
Dragomirescu, Angela 0-1 Chelushkina, Irina 34 E60 King's Indian, 3.Nf3
Round 2. Mon 7th Mar 2011
Eric, Jovana 1-0 Chelushkina, Irina 17 B01 Scandinavian (centre counter) defence
Olarasu, Gabriela 1/2-1/2 Dragomirescu, Angela 21 D02 Queen's bishop game
Petrovic, Marija 1/2-1/2 Vojinovic, Jovana 48 A45 Queen's pawn game
Miladinovic, Lena 0-1 Maksimovic, Suzana 37 B31 Sicilian
Voiska, Margarita 1/2-1/2 Benderac, Ana 15 D35 QGD
Round 3. Tue 8th Mar 2011
Benderac, Ana 1/2-1/2 Eric, Jovana 50 D17 QGD Slav
Maksimovic, Suzana 1/2-1/2 Voiska, Margarita 45 A41 Queen's Pawn
Vojinovic, Jovana 1/2-1/2 Miladinovic, Lena 48 A30 English
Dragomirescu, Angela 1/2-1/2 Petrovic, Marija 33 D04 Queen's pawn game
Chelushkina, Irina 1-0 Olarasu, Gabriela 28 A07 Reti
Round 4. Wed 9th Mar 2011
Eric, Jovana 1-0 Olarasu, Gabriela 50 C55 Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)
Petrovic, Marija 1/2-1/2 Chelushkina, Irina 61 A45 Queen's pawn game
Miladinovic, Lena 1/2-1/2 Dragomirescu, Angela 49 A40 Queen's pawn
Voiska, Margarita 0-1 Vojinovic, Jovana 35 A45 Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)
Benderac, Ana 1/2-1/2 Maksimovic, Suzana 10 D02 Queen's pawn game
Round 5. Thu 10th Mar 2011
Maksimovic, Suzana 1/2-1/2 Eric, Jovana 42 A07 Reti
Vojinovic, Jovana 1/2-1/2 Benderac, Ana 49 A07 Reti
Dragomirescu, Angela 1-0 Voiska, Margarita 32 A64 Benoni
Chelushkina, Irina 1-0 Miladinovic, Lena 29 A00 Benko's opening
Olarasu, Gabriela 1-0 Petrovic, Marija 42 D11 QGD Slav
Round 6. Fri 11th Mar 2011
Eric, Jovana 1-0 Petrovic, Marija 54 B01 Scandinavian (centre counter) defence
Miladinovic, Lena 0-1 Olarasu, Gabriela 69 A46 Queen's pawn
Voiska, Margarita 1-0 Chelushkina, Irina 65 A41 Queen's Pawn
Benderac, Ana 1/2-1/2 Dragomirescu, Angela 51 B07 Pirc defence
Maksimovic, Suzana 0-1 Vojinovic, Jovana 45 E81 King's Indian
Round 7. Sat 12th Mar 2011
Vojinovic, Jovana 1-0 Eric, Jovana 47 A07 Reti
Dragomirescu, Angela 1/2-1/2 Maksimovic, Suzana 25 E00 Catalan opening
Chelushkina, Irina 1/2-1/2 Benderac, Ana 13 B01 Scandinavian (centre counter) defence
Olarasu, Gabriela 1/2-1/2 Voiska, Margarita 15 D37 QGD
Petrovic, Marija 1/2-1/2 Miladinovic, Lena 10 D00 Queen's pawn, Mason variation
Round 8. Sun 13th Mar 2011
Eric, Jovana 1-0 Miladinovic, Lena 61 B47 Sicilian
Voiska, Margarita 1/2-1/2 Petrovic, Marija 37 A07 Reti
Benderac, Ana 1/2-1/2 Olarasu, Gabriela 37 A00 Benko's opening
Maksimovic, Suzana 1/2-1/2 Chelushkina, Irina 36 A41 Queen's Pawn
Vojinovic, Jovana 1/2-1/2 Dragomirescu, Angela 30 A07 Reti
Round 9. Mon 14th Mar 2011
Dragomirescu, Angela 1-0 Eric, Jovana 53 A07 Reti
Chelushkina, Irina 1-0 Vojinovic, Jovana 45 A00 Benko's opening
Olarasu, Gabriela 0-1 Maksimovic, Suzana 49 E32 Nimzo-Indian
Petrovic, Marija 0-1 Benderac, Ana 40 A40 Queen's pawn
Miladinovic, Lena 1/2-1/2 Voiska, Margarita 42 B31 Sicilian

7) Russian Junior Championships

The Russian Junior (U20) Championships for Men and Women took place in St Petersburg 4th-14th March 2011. Two 10 round 6 player double round robins settled the titles. In a thrilling finish to the Boys event Maxim Matlakov beat Aleksandr Shimanov to catch him on 7/10 points and take the title on tie-break. Anastasia Savina took clear first with 7/10 a point clear of the field.

ch-RUS U20 St Petersburg (RUS), 4-14 iii 2011 cat. XII (2527)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Matlakov, Maxim g RUS 2625 * * ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7 2656
2. Shimanov, Aleksandr g RUS 2550 ½ 0 * * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7 2671
3. Belous, Vladimir RUS 2524 0 1 ½ ½ * * 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 2491
4. Goganov, Aleksey m RUS 2469 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ * * ½ 0 ½ 1 2502
5. Rozum, Ivan m RUS 2475 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 * * ½ 1 4 2465
6. Fedoseev, Vladimir m RUS 2519 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 * * 3 2379
Round 5 (March 8, 2011)
Matlakov, Maxim - Belous, Vladimir 1-0 23 A43 Old Benoni
Goganov, Aleksey - Fedoseev, Vladimir ½-½ 57 E98 King's Indian Classical
Rozum, Ivan - Shimanov, Aleksandr 0-1 41 A40 Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Round 6 (March 10, 2011)
Shimanov, Aleksandr - Goganov, Aleksey 1-0 44 A13 Reti Opening
Belous, Vladimir - Fedoseev, Vladimir 0-1 32 E24 Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Rozum, Ivan - Matlakov, Maxim 0-1 51 A17 English Opening
Round 7 (March 11, 2011)
Belous, Vladimir - Rozum, Ivan 1-0 41 D20 QGA
Goganov, Aleksey - Matlakov, Maxim ½-½ 40 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Fedoseev, Vladimir - Shimanov, Aleksandr 0-1 51 D15 Slav Defence
Round 8 (March 12, 2011)
Matlakov, Maxim - Fedoseev, Vladimir 1-0 35 E63 King's Indian 6...Nc6
Shimanov, Aleksandr - Belous, Vladimir ½-½ 56 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Rozum, Ivan - Goganov, Aleksey 1-0 41 A09 Reti Opening
Round 9 (March 13, 2011)
Shimanov, Aleksandr - Rozum, Ivan 1-0 31 D20 QGA
Belous, Vladimir - Matlakov, Maxim 1-0 38 D93 Gruenfeld 5.Bf4
Fedoseev, Vladimir - Goganov, Aleksey 0-1 44 C02 French Advance
Round 10 (March 14, 2011)
Matlakov, Maxim - Shimanov, Aleksandr 1-0 54 A29 English Four Knights
Goganov, Aleksey - Belous, Vladimir ½-½ 71 E91 King's Indian Classical
Rozum, Ivan - Fedoseev, Vladimir 1-0 0
ch-RUS U20 w St Petersburg (RUS), 4-14 iii 2011 cat. IV (2346)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Savina, Anastasia wg RUS 2383 * * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 7 2487
2. Bodnaruk, Anastasia m RUS 2423 ½ 0 * * ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 6 2402
3. Kashlinskaya, Alina wg RUS 2320 0 ½ ½ 0 * * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 6 2422
4. Matveeva, Olga wf RUS 2190 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 * * ½ 1 0 ½ 2340
5. Girya, Olga wg RUS 2425 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 * * 1 ½ 2219
6. Pustovoitova, Daria f RUS 2333 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ * * 3 2199
Round 5 (March 8, 2011)
Bodnaruk, Anastasia - Savina, Anastasia ½-½ 44 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Girya, Olga - Matveeva, Olga ½-½ 54 A43 Old Benoni
Pustovoitova, Daria - Kashlinskaya, Alina 0-1 53 E63 King's Indian 6...Nc6
Round 6 (March 10, 2011)
Savina, Anastasia - Matveeva, Olga 1-0 57 A56 Old Indian Defence
Kashlinskaya, Alina - Girya, Olga 1-0 55 A62 Benoni
Pustovoitova, Daria - Bodnaruk, Anastasia ½-½ 41 E66 King's Indian Fianchetto
Round 7 (March 11, 2011)
Savina, Anastasia - Pustovoitova, Daria ½-½ 74 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Matveeva, Olga - Kashlinskaya, Alina 0-1 34 E76 King's Indian Four Pawns
Girya, Olga - Bodnaruk, Anastasia 0-1 36 A48 King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Round 8 (March 12, 2011)
Bodnaruk, Anastasia - Matveeva, Olga 0-1 48 C41 Philidor's Defence
Kashlinskaya, Alina - Savina, Anastasia ½-½ 54 E97 King's Indian Classical
Pustovoitova, Daria - Girya, Olga ½-½ 41 B14 Caro Kann Panov
Round 9 (March 13, 2011)
Savina, Anastasia - Bodnaruk, Anastasia 1-0 45 E99 King's Indian Classical
Kashlinskaya, Alina - Pustovoitova, Daria 1-0 26 D94 Gruenfeld Closed
Matveeva, Olga - Girya, Olga 1-0 53 D11 Slav Defence
Round 10 (March 14, 2011)
Bodnaruk, Anastasia - Kashlinskaya, Alina 1-0 30 C95 Ruy Lopez Breyer
Girya, Olga - Savina, Anastasia ½-½ 57 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Pustovoitova, Daria - Matveeva, Olga ½-½ 48 C41 Philidor's Defence

8) 9th Nancy Chess Festival 2011

The 9th Nancy Chess Festival saw the French Blitz Championship on the Saturday 12th March (won by Laurent Fressinet) and the French Rapid Championships on Sunday 13th March which was won by Daniel Fridman. These were open championships with players from many nations. Three games per round are available from the rapid event.

Nancy Blitz Nancy FRA Sat 12th Mar 2011 - Sat 12th Mar 2011
Leading Final Round 13 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2Perf
1FRESSINET LaurentgFRA268010.570.582.53051
2NAIDITSCH ArkadijgGER2690971822821
3KASIMDZHANOV RustamgUZB26808.57285.52772
4MEIER GeorggGER25708.56779.52684
5BACROT EtiennegFRA278087386.52730
6DELCHEV AleksandergBUL2660870.582.52641
7BAUER ChristiangFRA2700866.5782645
8ANDERSSON UlfgSWE2540864.5752592
9MARZOLO CyrilmFRA2570863.575.52547
10TUROV MaximgRUS25807.57081.52590
11LANDA KonstantingRUS26007.566772574
12HARIKRISHNA P.gIND26607.566762560
13LE CORRE BenjaminfFRA22407.564742365
14WIRIG AnthonymFRA25307.563.574.52509
15FARGERE FrancoisgFRA25307.562.5732507
16FELLER SebastiengFRA259077384.52605
17RIFF Jean-NoelmFRA265076878.52586
18DJURIC StefangSRB2550766.576.52481
19FRIDMAN DanielgGER2560764.5762508
20BEREND FredmLUX2330764.573.52420
21WEBER TomfLUX2290764752314
22MAZE SebastiengFRA2690764742507
23TADDEI BenoitfFRA2240763.573.52355
24NEZAR MustaphamFRA229076373.52359
25DAUBENFELD GillesLUX218076269.52249
26SANIKIDZE TornikegGEO2460761712432
27MOUCHEROUD JeremyFRA2080760.569.52285
28DEBRAY ChristopherfFRA2320759.5682302
29BERTRAND QuentinFRA2180758.568.52284
30SZAKOLCZAI PeterfHUN2280758.566.52253
31NASS EmileFRA2370756.566.52201
32AGUETTAZ MaximemFRA23106.561.5722265
33ORTMANN DavidfGER23206.561722313
34BEREND ElviragfLUX23206.559.5692281
35DONCHENKO AlexanderGER17406.559672090
36TRASSAERT StephaneFRA21706.555.5642234
37ESPRIT YohannFRA21306.554.5632100
38MUHEIM SebastienFRA21906.554.5622125
39DIAZ Jean-FrancoisFRA19806.553.5582098
40LJUBOTINA LazoFRA21906.553622112
41VAN RIENEN WillyFRA20506.54957.51949
42MANISSE Pierre-DamienFRA13996.545.552.51929
43BACH AnatoleFRA1810658672052
44VIGNERON QuentinFRA214065866.52175
45GROSDEMANGE DavidFRA2090657.5672118
46SPIELMANN AlainfFRA2260657.5672090
47PUCHER SebastienFRA227065766.52088
48POUCHON JoffreyFRA1920656.564.52135
49BENOUGHIDENE OuahebFRA2030656.563.52122
50DUCHATEAU ThomasFRA1980656642024
136 players
Nancy Rapid Nancy FRA Sun 13th Mar 2011 - Sun 13th Mar 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2Perf
1FRIDMAN DanielgGER25607.54657.52824
2ANDERSSON UlfgSWE2540747.5582759
3TUROV MaximgRUS2580746552763
4FRESSINET LaurentgFRA2680745.5562748
5NAIDITSCH ArkadijgGER269074555.52741
6KASIMDZHANOV RustamgUZB268074454.52662
7MEIER GeorggGER2570744542653
8BACROT EtiennegFRA27206.544.5552709
9MAZE SebastiengFRA27006.544.5552632
10FELLER SebastiengFRA26206.54454.52567
11HARIKRISHNA PentalaIND2660644.5552587
12LE CORRE BenjaminfFRA247064452.52481
13DJURIC StefangSRB2550642.552.52431
14BAUER ChristiangFRA2690641512531
15AGUETTAZ MaximemFRA231064149.52390
16DJINGAROVA EmiliagfBUL251064049.52400
17RIFF Jean-NoelmFRA2500639.547.52409
18SPIELMANN AlainfFRA2150639482269
19SANIKIDZE TornikegGEO2460638.547.52413
20ADRIAN ClaudemFRA2160638.547.52199
21STEININGER DenisFRA2230638452261
22BERTRAND QuentinFRA2180637.545.52158
23COLSON ArnaudFRA2150637.545.52072
24DEBRAY ChristopherfFRA2320636.544.52153
25JULIAN StephaneFRA2130636.544.52099
26BAUER LaurentFRA1920636.543.52057
27PUCHER SebastienFRA2280635.543.52181
28RICHARD EmmaFRA2050635432041
29LANDA KonstantingRUS26005.544542536
30DONCHENKO AlexanderGER17405.543522122
31BEREND ElviragfLUX23205.54250.52376
32FARGERE FrancoisgFRA25305.54151.52412
33NASS EmileFRA23705.541492386
34TADDEI BenoitfFRA21405.540.5502347
35GROSDEMANGE DavidFRA20405.54048.52207
36DELCHEV AleksandergBUL26605.53948.52449
37MUHEIM SebastienFRA21905.53745.52212
38SZAKOLCZAI PeterfHUN22805.53745.52136
39POUCHON JoffreyFRA19205.537452003
40BEREND FredmLUX23305.536.544.52190
41VIGNERON QuentinFRA21405.535.543.52037
42ESPRIT YohannFRA21605.534.542.52110
43HENTZEN FabriceFRA18405.532.539.51847
44ORTMANN DavidfGER232054251.52394
45CARRILLO JesusFRA198054048.52170
46LEMONNIER RemiFRA2090539.547.52161
47CAPACES FrancoisFRA2100539472099
48PIGEAT AlexandreFRA187053946.52066
49MOUCHEROUD JeremyFRA2080538.5472229
50LECLERE MohamedFRA1800538.5472017
169 players

9) Lviv Talents Fide Open

Oleg Terletsky won the Lviv Talents Fide Open with 7.5/9 which took place 23rd February - 2nd March 2011.

Lviv Talents Open Lviv UKR Wed 23rd Feb 2011 - Wed 2nd Mar 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameRtgPtsTB1Perf
1Terletsky, Oleg21507.540.752336
2Zazuliak, Andriy2175736.002258
3Zelinsky, Andriy2094628.502162
4Buksa, Nataliya19755.528.752176
5Timushev, Alexander21105.525.002109
6Soroka, Danilo19715.526.752120
7Davymuka, Roman2138525.752055
8Koptsiukh, Vladimir2084523.502017
9Francuzov, Alexander2034519.501961
10Oprysk, Nestor0521.751989
11Franchuk, Serhiy20244.519.501979
12Kovalsky, Vadim19944.516.751899
13Badik, Maksym18754.517.751995
14Sanotsky, Yuriy20074.515.501921
15Sumin, Vladyslav18594.513.751958
16Sychevskyy, Andriy18714.513.501700
17Polulikh, Bogdan1832413.501867
18Matseyko, Roman2095410.501643
19Badik, Yaryna1606411.501790
20Salevich, Volodimir21243.510.251752
21Havryshkevich, Anna-Maria02.57.251724
22Zolotariov, Georgiy02.55.001252
23Sokur, Iwan025.751480
24Ivasyshyn, Taras012.751201
24 players

10) US Amateur Team East

Bill Townsend (in what has become a TWIC tradition) sends news and games from the U.S. Amateur Team East, played in Parsippany, NY February 19th-21st 2011. He reports:

There were a number of interesting games, for example in round 5 Sandi Hutama, a mere expert, dared to play the Hippo (or something very much like it) against U.S. Women's Champion Irina Krush and was rewarded with a draw for his audacity. I think the clock and the team standings helped him a bit though. He is still trying to get is GM Arthur Bisguier beating GM Alex Fishbein in the final round. At age 81, Bisguier still has fangs apparantly.

Over President's Day Weekend the four Amateur Team tournaments are played in four different parts of the United States. New Jersey is where it started in 1971, so traditionally Team East is the largest of the four, much bigger than all the rest added together. This year's Team East, held in Parsippany, NJ as usual, had 1,178 players and 279 teams, a little better than last year's total but a little short of the record 291 teams at the 2008 event.

Team East is so big, even bigger than the chess Olympiads, its stated title is the "World Amateur Team" which is a bit of ballyhoo, but this year there was actually an international contingent as two teams of strong youngsters from the Huilian Chess Club in China joined the fun. The winner of this year's Team East was "West Orange Krush" a team from West Orange in New Jersey. The team was led by former New York State Champion IM Mikhail Zlotnikov and also included Peter Randomskij, Jose Fernandez and Victor Rosas.

There was a bit of controversy in the final round, and in fact the tournament was decided by a director's ruling. The story is this: in the last round, the player of the black pieces on board four was late, so his opponent started his clock without making a move. When black arrived a few minutes later, he started his opponent's clock, and then white made his first move. The chess clock used was an electronic one that had an internal move counter that added extra time when the players reached the end of the time control at move 40. However because of the extra two clock pressings at the start of the game, this internal counter was in fact a move ahead. As move 40 approached black was in time trouble, having only a few seconds left. When he got to move 39, the clock added an extra hour so he thought he had reached move 40, and he got up and left the table. When his time ran out a few seconds later, white claimed a win on time, which a director later upheld. It didn't help black's case that both score sheets clearly showed only 39 moves. This unexpected point proved to be the winning margin, and "West Orange Krush" became the only team with a perfect 6-0 score. That game, Rosas-Daly, is included with the games from the event.

Two teams had 5.5 points: "Board? Lonely Night?" and "Virginia Assassins." Something I should point out: the term "Amateur" in the tournament's name refers to the average team rating, which must be below 2,200 USCF. Just so long as this average rating is below master, anyone can play including grandmasters. This year's tournament had seven GMs participating: Robert Hess, Gennady Sagalchik, Alexander Fishbein, Magesh Panchanathan, Sergey Kudrin, Leonid Yudasin and Arthur Bisguier, the Dean of American Chess. Current U.S. Women's Champion WGM Irina Krush also played: her only loss was to GM Hess in round four.

It is possible to stack a team with multiple masters, but generally balanced teams tend to do better. For example, less than 300 rating points separated the top and bottom boards on the winning team. The tournament was organized by Steve Doyle for the New Jersey State Chess Federation.

US Amateur Team East Parsipanny USA Sat 19th Feb 2011 - Mon 21st Feb 2011
Top 20 players
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Kudrin, Sergey GM USA 2545 2000164
2 Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran GM IND 2537 5007429
3 Yudasin, Leonid GM ISR 2519 2802341
4 Fishbein, Alexander GM USA 2511 2000377
5 Krush, Irina IM USA 2483 2012782
6 Ippolito, Dean IM USA 2478 2009870
7 Bakhtadze, Giorgi IM GEO 2452 13600915
8 Sagalchik, Gennadij GM USA 2441 2007916
9 Arnold, Marc T IM USA 2425 2022320
10 Vigorito, David IM USA 2405 2007002
11 Joshi, Sandeep FM USA 2387 2000717
12 Kopec, Danny IM USA 2336 2000679
13 Bartell, Thomas FM USA 2334 2017849
14 Kniest, Oliver FM GER 2322 4620887
15 Fang, Joseph IM USA 2316 2002094
16 Bonin, Jay R IM USA 2309 2000644
17 Hansen, Carsten FM DEN 2307 1400444
18 Barnett, Alexander USA 2300 2019906
19 Leverett, Bruce W USA 2295 2002906
20 Zlotnikov, Mikhail IM USA 2294 2001900

11) Open Championship of Poltava 2011

The Open Championship of Poltava (there had already been the 61st Championship of Poltava this year) was still a round robin tournament of 11 rounds which was won by Sergey Golub with 8.5/11.

Open Ch-Poltava Lubny UKR Sat 19th Feb 2011 - Sat 26th Feb 2011. Category: None. Ave: (1929)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts TPR
1 Golub, Sergey UKR 2156 # 0 1 = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2498
2 Tverdohlebov, Viktor UKR 2392 1 # 1 = = = = 1 0 1 1 1 8 2431
3 Malimonenko, Yury UKR 2293 0 0 # 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 8 2442
4 Shabala, Sergey UKR 2346 = = 0 # 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 2436
5 Solovchuk, Alexey UKR 2308 0 = 0 1 # 1 = = 0 1 = 1 6 2272
6 Shtanko, Dmitro UKR 2358 1 = = 0 0 # 1 0 1 0 1 1 6 2267
7 Shalimov, Valery IM UKR 2415 0 = 0 0 = 0 # 1 1 = 1 1 5.5 2223
8 Shemeakin, Alexander IM UKR 2314 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 # 1 1 = 1 5.5 2234
9 Velichko, Vasiliy UKR 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 # 1 = = 4 2165
10 Bilokha, Sergey UKR 2240 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 # 1 1 3.5 2050
11 Scherbov, Grigory UKR 2322 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 # = 2 2314
12 Samolenko, Stanislav UKR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = # 1 2314

12) Brunei IM tournaments 2011

Just as last year there were two back-to-back IM tournaments in Brunei.

Brunei IM1 2011 Bandar Seri Begawan BRU Sat 26th Feb 2011 - Thu 3rd Mar 2011. Category: 4. Ave: (2334)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Khamrakulov, Dzhurabek IM UZB 2479 # = = = 0 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2483
2 Yee, Soon Wei FM BRU 2285 = # = = 1 = = = 1 1 6 2464
3 Vakhidov, Jahongir UZB 2295 = = # = = = 1 = 1 1 6 2463
4 Nguyen, Anh Dung GM VIE 2508 = = = # = = = 1 1 1 6 2439
5 Barbosa, Oliver IM PHI 2461 1 0 = = # = = 1 = 1 5.5 2399
6 Nguyen, Van Huy IM VIE 2449 0 = = = = # = 1 1 1 5.5 2401
7 Yap, Kim Steven IM PHI 2395 0 = 0 = = = # 1 1 1 5 2370
8 Hj, Azahari Md Aliuddin BRU 2061 0 = = 0 0 0 0 # = 1 2.5 2198
9 Hj, Sulaiman Hj Md Baharuddin BRU 2223 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = # = 1.5 2073
10 Abidin, Zukkernain BRU 2179 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = # 0.5 1907
Brunei IM2 2011 Bandar Seri Begawan BRU Fri 4th Mar 2011 - Wed 9th Mar 2011. Category: 3. Ave: (2323)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Vakhidov, Jahongir UZB 2295 # = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2492
2 Khamrakulov, Dzhurabek IM UZB 2479 = # = = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2471
3 Nguyen, Van Huy IM VIE 2459 = = # = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2473
4 Barbosa, Oliver IM PHI 2506 = = = # = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2468
5 Nguyen, Anh Dung GM VIE 2479 = = = = # = = 1 1 1 6 2430
6 Yap, Kim Steven IM PHI 2393 0 = = = = # 1 1 1 1 6 2440
7 Yee, Soon Wei FM BRU 2285 = 0 0 0 = 0 # 1 1 1 4 2284
8 Pg, L Wijaya Pg Hj Mohd Limbang BRU 2301 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 # = 1 1.5 2052
9 Ahmad, Md Siraj Munir BRU 2100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = # = 1 1996
10 Munir, Azizi Bin Ahmad BRU 1928 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = # 0.5 1922

13) 1st Donetsk Masters

The 1st Donetsk Masters takes place 25th February - 6th March 2011. Timofey Iljin won with 11/13 in a category 2 tournament, final round games missing.

1st Donetsk Masters Donetsk UKR Fri 25th Feb 2011 - Sun 6th Mar 2011
Leading Final Round 13 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPts
1Iljin, TimofeyIMUKR247311
2Demkovich, AnatoliyIMUKR2404
3Budnikov, OlegUKR2442
4Berezin, OlegIMUKR2438
5Shilin, DenisIMUKR2351
6Romashko, AndreiUKR23197
6Aridov, VladimirUKR22917
8Volovikov, AntonFMUKR2324
8Sysoenko, AlekseyUKR2231
10Mamedov, RuslanUKR2218
11Matjushin, OlegUKR21405
12Gavrish, LeonidUKR20944
12Kovalchuk, AlexeyRUS21784
14Vatinyan, GorUKR1960
14 players

14) 61st ch-RUS Women's 1st League

The 61st ch-RUS Women's 1st League took place 20th February - 1st March 2011. Dina Belenkaya qualified for the championships themselves (I think there were four places in total) by winning with 8/9.

61st ch-RUS w FL Ivanovo RUS Sun 20th Feb 2011 - Tue 1st Mar 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiRtg123456789PtsTPR
1Belenkaya, DinaWFM209211111½11½8.02549
2Tomilova, ElenaWIM231510111½11½7.02335
3Bukhteeva, Viktoria21441011½11½17.02359
4Ivakhinova, InnaWIM23241111010½16.52324
5Charochkina, DariaWIM231411011110½6.52293
6Travkina, AnastasiaWFM218911½½1½1½½6.52290
7Petrova, Olga22301110½11016.52314
8Bezgodova, Svetlana219511010111½6.52245
9Goryachkina, AleksandraWFM204511½10½11½6.52352
10Bezgodova, MariaWFM219011½½101½16.52273
11Shaydullina, SandugachWGM22071101110106.02211
12Semenova, ElenaWFM213911100½½116.02239
13Akatova, EkaterinaWIM2275½1110½1016.02212
14Petrukhina, IrinaWFM21901001011116.02121
15Mirzoeva, ElmiraWGM22161100½½1116.02155
16Kostrikina, AnnaWFM20791010011116.02095
17Kharmunova, NadejdaWFM21181110100½15.52239
18Stepovaia, TatianaWGM23891011½10105.52221
19Sazonova, Elena N.WIM2162111½100015.52229
20Baraeva, IrinaWFM2201101½110105.52148
21Fominykh, MariaWIM2306101½101105.52157
22Sukhareva, Evgeniya2180½101100115.52131
23Karavaeva, Nadezhda19790½10111105.52107
24Aseeva, Anastasia180700111½½1½5.52126
25Azimova, Karina202810101½0115.52108
26Schepetkova, Margarita2148111½1½0005.02165
27Baraeva, MarinaWFM21521101½½1005.02173
28Komiagina, MariaWIM22721101½½0½½5.02106
29Rjanova, Valery2156½1011100½5.02099
30Trubitsyna, Yulia20911010101105.02102
89 players

15) First Saturday March 2011

There are GM, IM and three FM Groups in Budapest as part of the First Saturday March events.

FSGM March Budapest HUN Sat 5th Mar 2011 - Tue 15th Mar 2011
Leading Round 8 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Vajda LeventeGMROU25086.001.00.0
2Goh Wei Ming KevinIMSIN23825.502.00.0
3Szablowski PawelPOL24044.501.01.0
4Neubronner JarredCMSIN22624.501.00.0
5Mirzoev AzerGMAZE25714.002.50.0
6Kislik Erik AndrewFMUSA23194.001.00.0
7Womacka MathiasGMGER24753.501.50.0
8Narayanan SrinathIMIND23103.500.50.0
9Natsidis ChristophFMGER23293.001.00.0
10Carlstedt JonathanGER23861.500.00.0
10 players
FSIM March Budapest HUN Sat 5th Mar 2011 - Tue 15th Mar 2011
Leading Round 9 (of 11) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Tesik CsabaHUN22996.023.750.05
2Bagi MateHUN22386.021.250.04
3Szalanczy EmilIMHUN22695.021.250.04
4Tran Tuan MinhFMVIE22955.019.000.04
5Battey AlexanderUSA22604.515.000.03
6To Nhat MinhIMHUN23454.014.250.03
7Lengyel BelaIMHUN22963.513.000.01
8Koczo KristofHUN22643.012.250.01
9Rzayev Bahruz Iqbal OgluAZE22303.010.250.02
10Farago SandorIMHUN22952.510.250.01
11Lyell MarkFMENG21812.59.750.01
11 players
FSFMA March Budapest HUN Sat 5th Mar 2011 - Tue 15th Mar 2011
Leading Round 9 (of 11) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Darazs ZoltanHUN22187.028.250.06
2Csomor ViktorHUN20816.526.500.05
3Kiraly ZoltanHUN20745.522.750.03
4Juracsik JozsefHUN22285.521.250.05
5Farkas RichardHUN20015.517.250.05
6Schenkerik CsabaHUN21365.020.750.03
7Borda LajosHUN21355.017.500.03
8Tran Minh ThangVIE20774.017.000.02
9Mayer IstvanFMHUN20233.513.000.02
10Zala GyulaHUN20743.09.250.02
11Tessedik KarolyHUN18832.09.750.00
12Szendeff MiklosHUN18541.57.250.00
12 players
FSFMB March Budapest HUN Sat 5th Mar 2011 - Tue 15th Mar 2011
Leading Round 8 (of 10) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Hegedus Peter DrHUN17928.022.000.08
2Klement BenceHUN16975.013.500.04
3Yilmaz HarunTUR15685.012.750.04
4Csetneki MarkHUN16402.58.500.01
5Breen AnthonyIRL16692.54.000.02
6Czipp JanosHUN15991.03.750.00
6 players
FSFMC March Budapest HUN Sat 5th Mar 2011 - Tue 15th Mar 2011
Leading Round 8 (of 10) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Kelemen Lajos DrHUN14497.022.500.07
2Vujosevics EszterHUN14046.015.000.06
3Simonyi DoraHUN13624.013.000.04
4Somogyi TheodoraHUN12223.011.000.01
5Somogyi AkosHUN13112.57.750.01
6Somogyi KristofHUN15101.54.250.00
6 players

16) IRT Posadas

The Posadas Rating tournament took place 4th-7th March 2011. Neuris Delgado Ramirez and Remo Bassan finished on 5.5/7. No games available.

IRT Posadas 2011 Posadas ARG Fri 4th Mar 2011 - Mon 7th Mar 2011
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Delgado Ramirez NeurisGMCOL25945.51.022.532.0
2Bassan RemoVEN22915.50.023.528.0
3Dolezal CristianIMARG23925.00.022.032.5
4Valdes Escobar AlvaroFMCHI23845.00.022.031.5
5Brito LuismarFMBRA22975.00.021.029.0
6Filion CharlesCAN22305.00.019.530.0
7Rodi Luis ErnestoFMARG23595.00.019.527.5
8Perdomo LeandroIMARG23825.00.019.028.0
9Valiente CristobalIMPAR22594.50.021.528.5
10Contin DanielIMITA23164.50.021.030.0
11Patriarca LuisFMPAR23014.50.018.526.5
12Vargas GabrielaWFMPAR20784.50.018.025.5
13Zuriel MarisaWIMARG22134.50.017.524.5
14Jimenez JoaquinARG22344.50.017.026.5
15Egoroff JomarBRA22734.00.020.530.0
16Quiroga FacundoIMARG23344.00.019.530.5
17Peralta EduardoFMPAR22554.00.018.526.5
18Shcherbine AndreiRUS21944.00.017.529.0
19Torres MauricioPAR16714.00.017.030.0
20Yano William Jorge FroesBRA21574.00.016.527.5
21Duje RafaelPAR21644.00.016.024.0
22Reinoso Carlos NorbertoARG21254.00.016.023.5
23Goiriz Y DamianPAR21064.00.015.021.5
24Roman RodrigoPAR19704.00.015.021.5
25Novoa FernandoARG19754.00.014.525.5
26Chang SuzanaWFMBRA20144.00.013.524.0
27Heras MaximilianoBRA04.00.013.521.0
28Recalde AugustoPAR20353.50.016.027.0
29Nunes Jr SidneyBRA03.50.014.525.5
30Caetano Hugo Zanotti MendoncaBRA20383.50.014.523.5
56 players

17) II Cotroceni Women International

The II Cotroceni Women's International took place in Bucharest 1st-11th March 2011. Elo favourite Anna Muzychuk took clear first place with 6.5/9 half a point clear of Valentina Gunina. The website misspelled Cotroceni adding an extra n which I copied into this coverage. Apparently it is the name of a palace which served as the venue.

It is reported that there was a players revolt in the final round over pay and conditions for the players with the final round seeing the games all drawn in only a few moves (although not that few in some cases). The excellent Chess in Translation has an article here: http://www.chessintranslation.com/2011/03/farcical-end-to-strong-womens-event/

II Cotroceni Women Bucharest ROU Tue 1st Mar 2011 - Fri 11th Mar 2011. Category: 9. Ave: (2456)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Muzychuk, Anna IM SLO 2528 # = 1 = = 1 = = 1 1 6.5 2614
2 Gunina, Valentina WGM RUS 2472 = # 0 1 1 1 0 = 1 1 6 2579
3 Zatonskih, Anna IM USA 2499 0 1 # = = 1 = 1 = = 5.5 2531
4 Ushenina, Anna IM UKR 2454 = 0 = # = = = = 1 1 5 2499
5 Turova, Irina IM RUS 2428 = 0 = = # = = = 1 1 5 2502
6 Socko, Monika GM POL 2495 0 0 0 = = # 1 1 1 1 5 2494
7 Peptan, Corina-Isabela IM ROU 2415 = 1 = = = 0 # = = = 4.5 2460
8 Muzychuk, Mariya IM UKR 2476 = = 0 = = 0 = # 1 1 4.5 2453
9 Cosma, Elena-Luminita WGM ROU 2343 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 # = 1.5 2195
10 Repkova, Eva IM SVK 2446 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 = # 1.5 2184
Round 1. Wed 2nd Mar 2011
Ushenina, Anna 1/2-1/2 Peptan, Corina-Isabela 17 E39 Nimzo-Indian
Repkova, Eva 0-1 Socko, Monika 22 B20 Sicilian defence
Turova, Irina 1-0 Cosma, Elena-Luminita 48 D31 QGD
Zatonskih, Anna 1-0 Gunina, Valentina 45 B11 Caro-Kann
Muzychuk, Anna 1/2-1/2 Muzychuk, Mariya 20 B01 Scandinavian
Round 2. Thu 3rd Mar 2011
Muzychuk, Anna 1-0 Zatonskih, Anna 51 A03 Bird's opening
Gunina, Valentina 1-0 Turova, Irina 38 E15 Queen's Indian
Cosma, Elena-Luminita 1/2-1/2 Repkova, Eva 106 E06 Catalan
Socko, Monika 1/2-1/2 Ushenina, Anna 38 D30 QGD Slav
Muzychuk, Mariya 1/2-1/2 Peptan, Corina-Isabela 46 E01 Catalan
Round 3. Fri 4th Mar 2011
Peptan, Corina-Isabela 0-1 Socko, Monika 38 B46 Sicilian
Ushenina, Anna 1-0 Cosma, Elena-Luminita 54 D47 QGD semi-Slav
Repkova, Eva 0-1 Gunina, Valentina 31 B14 Caro-Kann
Turova, Irina 1/2-1/2 Muzychuk, Anna 36 A58 Benko gambit accepted
Zatonskih, Anna 1-0 Muzychuk, Mariya 48 B22 Sicilian
Round 4. Sat 5th Mar 2011
Zatonskih, Anna 1/2-1/2 Turova, Irina 26 E00 Catalan opening
Muzychuk, Anna 1-0 Repkova, Eva 44 B01 Scandinavian (centre counter) defence
Gunina, Valentina 1-0 Ushenina, Anna 52 D52 QGD
Cosma, Elena-Luminita 1/2-1/2 Peptan, Corina-Isabela 20 A46 Queen's pawn game
Muzychuk, Mariya 0-1 Socko, Monika 48 E97 King's Indian
Round 5. Sun 6th Mar 2011
Socko, Monika 1-0 Cosma, Elena-Luminita 82 D37 QGD
Peptan, Corina-Isabela 1-0 Gunina, Valentina 47 B11 Caro-Kann
Ushenina, Anna 1/2-1/2 Muzychuk, Anna 17 E32 Nimzo-Indian
Repkova, Eva 1/2-1/2 Zatonskih, Anna 14 C11 French
Turova, Irina 1/2-1/2 Muzychuk, Mariya 17 E10 Blumenfeld counter-gambit
Round 6. Mon 7th Mar 2011
Turova, Irina 1-0 Repkova, Eva 35 D35 QGD
Zatonskih, Anna 1/2-1/2 Ushenina, Anna 43 D12 QGD Slav
Muzychuk, Anna 1/2-1/2 Peptan, Corina-Isabela 40 B34 Sicilian
Gunina, Valentina 1-0 Socko, Monika 74 D41 QGD
Muzychuk, Mariya 1-0 Cosma, Elena-Luminita 33 E39 Nimzo-Indian
Round 7. Wed 9th Mar 2011
Cosma, Elena-Luminita 0-1 Gunina, Valentina 32 D13 QGD Slav
Socko, Monika 0-1 Muzychuk, Anna 37 E46 Nimzo-Indian
Peptan, Corina-Isabela 1/2-1/2 Zatonskih, Anna 27 C01 French
Ushenina, Anna 1/2-1/2 Turova, Irina 20 E30 Nimzo-Indian
Repkova, Eva 0-1 Muzychuk, Mariya 64 B43 Sicilian
Round 8. Thu 10th Mar 2011
Repkova, Eva 0-1 Ushenina, Anna 52 B59 Sicilian
Turova, Irina 1/2-1/2 Peptan, Corina-Isabela 23 E39 Nimzo-Indian
Zatonskih, Anna 1-0 Socko, Monika 73 B46 Sicilian
Muzychuk, Anna 1-0 Cosma, Elena-Luminita 64 C07 French
Muzychuk, Mariya 1/2-1/2 Gunina, Valentina 20 D17 QGD Slav
Round 9. Fri 11th Mar 2011
Cosma, Elena-Luminita 1/2-1/2 Zatonskih, Anna 21 C01 French
Gunina, Valentina 1/2-1/2 Muzychuk, Anna 10 A41 Queen's Pawn
Socko, Monika 1/2-1/2 Turova, Irina 23 A38 English
Peptan, Corina-Isabela 1/2-1/2 Repkova, Eva 15 C07 French
Ushenina, Anna 1/2-1/2 Muzychuk, Mariya 14 B33 Sicilian

18) UT Dallas Grandmaster Invitational 2011

The UT Dallas Grandmaster Invitational is a 12 round Scheveningen tournament between players from the University and invited Grandmasters.

UT Dallas GM Invitational Richardson USA Sat 12th Mar 2011 - Sat 19th Mar 2011
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Ramirez, Alejandro GM USA 2594 6500617
2 Shabalov, Alexander GM USA 2590 2008572
3 Iotov, Valentin GM BUL 2574 2906074
4 Becerra Rivero, Julio GM USA 2549 3501728
5 Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran GM IND 2542 5007429
6 Bojkov, Dejan GM BUL 2523 2904292
7 Robson, Ray GM USA 2522 2023970
8 Chirila, Ioan-Cristian GM ROU 2513 1211668
9 Zivanic, Marko IM SRB 2497 926116
10 Sadorra, Julio Catalino IM PHI 2475 5201268
11 Bercys, Salvijus IM USA 2469 12802212
12 Wang, Puchen IM NZL 2464 4300904

19) SPICE Spring Invitational 2011

The SPICE Spring Invitational takes place 12th-16th March 2011. I haven't seen any results nor games yet.

SPICE Spring Inv Lubbock USA Sat 12th Mar 2011 - Wed 16th Mar 2011
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Kuljasevic, Davorin GM CRO 2528 14506661
2 Diamant, Andre GM BRA 2520 2108356
3 Bykhovsky, Anatoly GM ISR 2517 2806991
4 Naroditsky, Daniel FM USA 2438 2026961
5 Altounian, Levon IM USA 2432 2011298
6 Esserman, Marc IM USA 2425 2018616
7 Yang, Darwin FM USA 2416 2029111
8 Kleiman, Jake IM USA 2413 2020041
9 Sipos, Istvan IM HUN 2407 720631
10 Aleskerov, Faik AZE 2322 13401262

20) Finnish Team Championship 2010-11

Henri Koskinen sends news and games fomr the Finnish Team Championship where the final rounds took place last weekend. Tammer-Shakki won the competition after Betfair-Aatos lost its two final matches and dropped to second place. Velhot took the bronze.

Games, individual results etc. can be found on the website: http://www.shakki.net/pelaaminen/turnaukset/liiga.html

TCh-FIN 2010-11 Helsinki FIN Sat 18th Sep 2010 - Sun 13th Mar 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkTeamGms+-=MptsBpts
1Tammer-Shakki, Tampere 96031531
2Betfair-Aatos, Helsinki 96211328
3Velhot, Porvoo 94321026
4SalSK, Salo 95401024
5MatSK, Espoo 9441922
6VammSK, Sastamala 9441921
7HSK, Helsinki 9333920
8EtVaS, Vantaa 9450816
9JoeSK, Joensuu 9243716
10MatSK II, Espoo 909005
10 Teams

21) Frauenbundesliga 2010-11

The Frauenbundesliga took place 6th November 2010 - 13th March 2011. The final two rounds (10 and 11) took place on 12th-13th March 2011. OSG Baden Baden won the title with a 100% match score. Only the games that were broadcast are available from the recent rounds.

Frau Bundesliga Baden Baden GER Sat 6th Nov 2010 - Sun 13th Mar 2011
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkTeamGms123456789101112MptsBpts
1OSG Baden Baden11#45462251½
2USV Volksbank Halle112#444251841½
3Hamburger SK 183011½#4444331637½
4SV Chemie Guben 19901112#3151333
5Rodewischer Schachmiezen1122#234641136
6SC Bad Koenigshofen1122#353641035
7SK Grosslehna112343#4251032
8Karlsruher SF 185311½2½31#5928½
9SV Muelheim-Nord 19311142232#34831
10SC Leipzig Gohlis1133#627½
11TSV Schott Mainz110150041#4621½
12SAV Torgelow11½3122122#321
12 Teams

22) Dutch League

The 7th round of the Dutch League took place on 12th February 2011. Round 8 9th April 2011. Games from round 7 not yet available. Favourites HSG have already secured the title with two rounds to go.

TCh-NED 2010-11 Netherlands NED Sat 25th Sep 2010 - Sun 15th May 2011
Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeamRtg12345678910MptsBpts
1HSG255281454
2HMC Calder2376658939
3Voerendaal2407566936
4Homburg Apeldoorn2365865935
5SO Rotterdam2358452575735½
6Utrecht24126635
7LSG23544574532½
8Groningen2299533529
9Braceland ESGOO2323244546329½
10Caissa228625324½
10 Teams

23) Swedish Elitserien 2010-11

The final three rounds of the Swedish Elitserien took place 11th-13th March 2011. Lunds ASK edged out Team Viking for the title. Just the broadcast games from the last weekend are currently available.

Elitserien Stockholm SWE Fri 8th Oct 2010 - Sun 13th Mar 2011
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkTeamGms+-=MptsBpts
1Lunds ASK1110102063.5
2Team Viking119111960.5
3SK Rockaden, Sthlm119201859
4SS Manhem114341243
5Eksjo-Aneby-Alliansen114431141.5
6Solna SS114521039
7Vasteras SK11470839.5
8SK Kamraterna11470838.5
9Limhamns SK11254838.5
10Orgryte SK11362838
11Farsta SK11272636.5
12Upsala ASS11290430.5
12 Teams

24) TCh-SVK Extraliga 2010-11

The Slovakian Team Championships take place 27th November 2010 - 8th May 2011. Rounds 7-8 took place on 12th-13th March 2011. Final rounds 9-11 6th-8th May 2011. Games from Rounds 5-8 still not available.

TCh-SVK Ex 2010-11 Zilina SVK Sat 27th Nov 2010 - Sun 8th May 2011
Leading Round 8 (of 11) Standings:
RkSNoTeamGms+-=TB1TB2TB3
17ŠK Caissa Čadca87012239.50
25ŠK Trenčin85121740.00
36INBEST Dunajov85121736.00
42TJ Slavia TU Košice85211634.50
512ŠK Prievidza84221436.50
69ŠK Dunajska Streda84221435.50
78ŠKŠ Dubnica n/V84401230.50
81ŠK Slovan Bratislava83411034.50
94ŠK Modra8251725.50
1011MŠK KdV Kežmarok8260627.50
113Zemplin Michalovce8170320.50
1210BŠK Edymax Bardejov8080023.50
12 teams

25) Icelandic Team Championship 2010-11

Icelandic Team Championship finished on the run up to the Reykjavik Open. The main score was board count so TBA in spite of losing two matches won ahead of TV A. Games from the final three rounds not yet available.

TCh-ISL Div 1 Reykjavik ISL Fri 8th Oct 2010 - Sat 5th Mar 2011
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkSNoTeamGms+-=TB1TB2
18TB A752042.510
24TV A761040.512
32Hellir A770039.514
41Fjolnir A743030.58
57TR A725023.54
66SA A7241215
75KR A7151163
83Haukar A707010.50
8 Teams

26) Catalan Teams

The Catalan Team Championships take place almost every week between 29th January - 2nd April 2011. Games from the first six rounds now available (just the broadcast games from Rounds 5-7 so far). Round 7 was on 12th March 2011. Next: Round 8 19th March 2011.

TCh-CAT Div Hon Barcelona ESP Sat 29th Jan 2011 - Sat 2nd Apr 2011
Leading Round 7 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeamPtsTB1
1UGA6161.75
2COLON SABADELL6143.25
3LLEIDA4.5126.5
4CERDANYOLA VALLES4.5105.25
5BARBERA4146.75
6FOMENT3.5110.25
7MONTCADA3.599.5
8TERRASSA387.75
9ESCOLA ESCACS DE BCN2.5126.25
10BARCELONA C.E.2.579.25
11SANT ANDREU269.5
12ATENEU COLON076
12 teams

27) TCh-CZE Extraliga 2010-11

Rounds 8-9 were on 5th-6th March 2011. Novoborsky SK is almost certain to be champions going into the final two rounds (10 and 11) that take place on 16th-17th April 2011. Games from Rounds 8-9 now available.

TCh-CZE 2010-11 Frydek Mistek CZE Sat 6th Nov 2010 - Sun 17th Apr 2011
Leading Round 9 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam+-=MptsBptsTB1
1.1. Novoborsky SK7022349.535
2.A64 VALOZ Grygov6211940.526
3.SK Labortech Ostrava5131838.521
4.SK Rapid Pardubice6301835.517
5.Tatran Litovel4231539.525
6.BSS Frydek-Mistek3331236.018
7.SK Zikuda Turnov3331234.515
8.Vystaviste Lysa nad Labem2341035.517
9.SK Zlin243931.512
10.2222 SK Polabiny261732.013
11.SK Mahrla Praha270631.515
12.TZ Trinec081127.58
12 teams

28) TCh-Paulista Interclubes 2011

The Sao Paulo Interclubes took place 26th February - 13th March 2011. CXS won ahead of Esporte Clube Pinheiros A. Games from the first four rounds are now available.

TCh-Paulista Sao Paolo BRA Sat 26th Feb 2011 - Sun 13th Mar 2011
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkNameRtgPtsTB1TB2
1CXS A23472319.0272.50
2Esporte Clube Pinheiros A24292216.0255.25
3AAS Sao Jose Guaira FIP22081613.0203.25
4HEBRAICA A21951515.0155.25
5Santo Andre A221412.5 6.0150.00
6CXS B213910 7.099.25
7ATC 120937 4.080.50
8Xadrez Clube Sorocaba/UNI21766.5 1.078.50
8 Teams

29) 49th Danish XtraCon Chess League 2010-11

The final two rounds of the 49th Danish XtraCon Chess League took place 12th-13th March 2011. Jetsmark 1 Guldmedaljer took first place by a point from K41 1 Solvmedaljer. Games from round 8 are already available and I imagine round 9 will be available by next week.

49th Danish Teams Copenhagen DEN Sat 6th Nov 2010 - Sun 13th Mar 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameMptsBpts
1Jetsmark 1 Guldmedaljer1645½
2K41 1 Solvmedaljer1545½
3Sydostfyn 1 Bronzemedaljer1445½
4Bronshoj 1 1039½
5Nordkalotten 1037
6Arhus/Skolerne 1 737
7BMS 934½
8SK 1968 1 427½
9Nordre 1 Nedrykning226½
10Norresundby 1 Nedrykning321½
10 teams

30) Active Team Events

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

4NCL 2010-11

Rounds 5-6 took place 19th-20th February 2011. A full set of round 6 games now available. Rounds 7-8 on 26th-27th March 2011.

4NCL 2010-11 Daventry ENG Sat 6th Nov 2010 - Mon 2nd May 2011
Leading Round 6 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeamGms+-=MptsBpts
1Pride & Prejudice6 6 0 0 1236
2Barbican 4NCL 16 4 1 1 932
3Betsson.com6 4 1 1 929
4Cheddleton 16 3 3 0 626½
5Wood Green Hilsmark 26 2 3 1 522
6The AD's6 2 3 1 520
7Warwickshire Select 16 1 5 0 216
8Pandora's Box Grantham6 0 6 0 010½
RkTeamGms+-=MptsBpts
1Wood Green Hilsmark 16 6 0 0 1238½
2e2e4.org.uk 16 5 1 0 1028
3White Rose 16 3 2 1 722
4Guildford A&DC 16 3 3 0 625
5Oxford 16 3 3 0 622
6Cambridge University 16 2 3 1 521½
7Barbican 4NCL 26 1 5 0 218
8Sambuca Sharks6 0 6 0 016½
16 teams

Bundesliga 2010-11

Rounds 10-11 took place February 26th-27th February 2011. Next: Rounds 12-13 on 19th-20th March 2011.

Schachbundesliga 2010-11 Munich GER Fri 8th Oct 2010 - Sun 10th Apr 2011
Leading Round 11 (of 15) Standings:
RkSNoTeamGms+-=TB1TB2
17OSG Baden-Baden1110012166.5
210Werder Bremen119111959.0
312SC Eppingen119111955.5
42SG Solingen118121853.0
56SV Mülheim-Nord117221651.5
65SF Katernberg115421243.0
79Hamburger SK115511147.0
81SV Wattenscheid115511143.0
93SK Turm Emsdetten114431143.0
108SG Trier114521041.0
114SC Remagen11272640.0
1211SF Berlin11272637.0
1314SV Griesheim11164636.5
1416SV Nickelhütte Aue11380635.5
1513FC Bayern München11290430.5
1615Delmenhorster SK110110021.0
16 Teams

Hungarian Teams

The Hungarian Team Championships are under way and have reached round 6. Games from Round 6 now available. Games from the lower divisions also seem to be available. This league is named after the great Hungarian GM Laszlo Szabo. I couldn't find mention of the time control. Next: Round 7 on 27th March 2011.

TCh-HUN 2010-11 Budapest HUN Sun 10th Oct 2010 - Sun 15th May 2011
Leading Round 6 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112Bpts
1Aquaprofit-NTSK -7.5 8.56.57 10 11 50.5
2 ASE Paks 4.5- 7.55.5 8.59.5 10 45.5
3 Z.Csuti-Hydrocomp SK -6 75.55.57.5 9 40.5
4 MLTC 6- 5.588.56.55.5 40
5 HVSE 3.54.5 - 7 5811 39
6 Hungaropharma Decs 5.56.556.5 - 8 6.5 38
7 Penzugyor SE 5 6.545 - 6.5 9 36
8 Honved - Balazs Diak 6.53.5 4 -6.57.5 7.5 35.5
9 Kbarcika VSC 3.54.55.5 5.55.5- 7 31.5
10 ASS-Makoi SVSE 22.5 6.57 4.5 -6.5 29
11 Vasas SC 3 45.5 55.5-5.5 28.5
12 Tabani Sp.-Vizmuvek 12 1 34.5 6.5- 18
12 Teams

TCh-NOR Attack-Serien 2010-11

Rounds 4-6 took place 21st-23rd Jan 2011. Final Round 7-9 take place 1st-3rd April 2011.

TCh-NOR 2010-11 Oslo NOR Fri 5th Nov 2010 - Fri 25th Mar 2011
Leading Round 6 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameRtgPtsTB1TB2
1 Porsgrunn233411.022.025.00
2 OSS242610.024.029.00
3 SK 191122527.019.516.50
4 Bergens23037.018.011.50
5 Moss22216.018.515.00
6 Asker23196.017.513.00
7 Nordstrand21955.014.58.00
8 SOSS22724.016.510.50
9 Akademisk22824.016.57.50
10 Trondheim22770.013.00.00
10 teams

31) Bunratty Chess Festival 2011

The Bunratty Chess Festival rightly has the reputation as an enjoyable chess event. It took place over the weekend of Fri 25th Feb 2011 - Sun 27th Feb 2011. Gawain Jones took clear first place with 5/6 half a point clear of Tony Kosten and Ryan-Rhys Griffiths. Top seed Nigel Short was a further half point back having been defeated by the winner. There are just a couple of games available at the moment. The remaining games should become available later in the month.

32) World Blitz Qualifier in Moscow

A few more games from the World Blitz Qualifier after the Aeroflot Open taken from videos.

33) Historical Chess Videos from the Groningen 1996 and 1946 tournaments

Hebert Perez Garcia has a youtube page with material surrounding the 125 Jubilee Groningen tournament 1996 the 50th anniversary tournament of the 1946 Groningen event (Staunton Memorial), which was the first postwar international tournament. The contestants in 1996 included all the survivors: Guimard, Smyslov, Najdorf, Denker, Szabo, Christoffel, and Yanofsky. http://www.youtube.com/user/HPGvideos2007#p/u/1/S8hOB0dJDJU

34) Forthcoming Events and Links

5th George Agzamov Mem

Budapest Spring Festival 2011

Caissa March 2011

WinterChess March

12th European Indiv 2011

27th ChessOrg Open

Victor Ciocaltea Memorial

Anand - Kasimdzhanov Rapid Match 2011

Ravenna Open

FS April 2011

13th Dubai Open

Russian Teams 2011

11th BCC Thailand Open 2011

Zagreb Open 2011

US Championship 2011

ch-USA GpA Saint Louis USA Wed 13th Apr 2011 - Thu 28th Apr 2011
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Kamsky, Gata GM USA 2733 2000024
2 Onischuk, Alexander GM USA 2678 14101025
3 Seirawan, Yasser GM USA 2636 2000032
4 Shulman, Yuri GM USA 2622 13500520
5 Akobian, Varuzhan GM USA 2611 13300580
6 Shabalov, Alexander GM USA 2590 2008572
7 Christiansen, Larry M GM USA 2586 2000059
8 Ehlvest, Jaan GM USA 2586 4500016
9 Stripunsky, Alexander GM USA 2578 2015315
10 Kaidanov, Gregory S GM USA 2569 2008564
11 Hess, Robert L GM USA 2565 2022036
12 Ivanov, Alexander GM USA 2540 2000202
13 Robson, Ray GM USA 2522 2023970
14 Shankland, Samuel L IM USA 2512 2004887
15 Finegold, Benjamin GM USA 2500 2000261
16 Naroditsky, Daniel FM USA 2438 2026961
ch-USA w KO Final Saint Louis USA Wed 13th Apr 2011 - Thu 28th Apr 2011
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Zatonskih, Anna IM USA 2499 14101572
2 Krush, Irina IM USA 2472 2012782
3 Goletiani, Rusudan IM USA 2367 13601105
4 Foisor, Sabina-Francesca WGM USA 2350 1212915
5 Baginskaite, Camilla WGM USA 2342 2014599
6 Abrahamyan, Tatev WFM USA 2326 13301918
7 Melekhina, Alisa FM USA 2304 2022613
8 Zenyuk, Iryna CM USA 2245 2022966

17th Schloss Open

34th San Sebastian Open 2011

Caissa April 2011

32nd Tournament Of Young Talents & Pobeskydi 2011

5th Annual Philadelphia Open 2011

15th Neckar Open

23rd Lenk Open

9th Kaiserbrunnen Easter Open

Doeberl Cup 2011

17th Asian Cities 2011

2nd Lille Open

29th Metz Open 2011

World Championship Candidates 2011

41st Bosna Open 2011

European Indiv Women 2011

46th Capablanca Memorial 2011

Alimini Village 2011

82nd ch-GER

20th Annual Chicago Open 2011

24th Leon Masters 2011

Kings Tournament 2011

26th Hassloch Open 2011

25th Pula Open

1st San Bernardino Open

8th World Teams 2011

XXIX Andorra Open

34th Taminco Open

39th Chess Meeting 2011

98th British Championships 2011

Tal Memorial 2011

All material © Mark Crowther 2011