THE WEEK IN CHESS 869 4th July 2011 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) AAI GM New Delhi 2011
3) Dutch Championship 2011
4) 39th World Open 2011
5) 7th A Ermaka Memorial
6) 2nd Big Slick International
7) 39th Greek Team Championship 2011
8) 6th Dvorkovich Cup
9) Albena Open 2011
10) Commonwealth and South African Open
11) 3rd Eforie Nord Festival
12) 86th ch-Paris IdF 2011
13) 14th Vins du Medoc Open
14) 19th Klatov Open
15) 5th Dachsteinwelterbe Rapid
16) Karvina Open
17) Norwegian Championships 2011
18) Nova College Chess
19) 50 years of Lviv Youth Chess School
20) 51st Pacific Southwest Open
21) Mukachevo Summer 2011
22) 5th Varna Open
23) 34th Barbera del Valles Open
24) Wroclaw Chess Festival
25) ch-IRL 2011
26) ch-UAE 2011
27) First Saturday July 2011
28) 13th Torredembarra Open
29) 1st Crakow Closed GM
30) 1st San Bernardino Open
31) 1st ch-CHN Rapid 2011
32) 4th Sveins Memorial
33) ch-KAZ 2011
34) XIX Montcada Open
35) TCh-TUR 2011
36) Swiss Teams National A
37) Active Team Events
38) Brazil Open
39) Kheireddine Ameyar Memorial
40) Liptov Festival 2011
41) Baltija Cup 2011
42) Philadelphia International 2011
43) FIDE Rating List July
44) London Chess Classic
45) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
AAI GM New Delhi 201115 games
Dutch Championship 201151 games
39th World Open 2011158 games
7th A Ermaka Memorial215 games
2nd Big Slick International70 games
39th Greek Team Championship 2011149 games
6th Dvorkovich Cup160 games
Albena Open 2011230 games
Commonwealth and South African Open431 games
3rd Eforie Nord Festival96 games
86th ch-Paris IdF 201116 games
19th Klatov Open12 games
Karvina Open16 games
Norwegian Championships 201118 games
Nova College Chess24 games
50 years of Lviv Youth Chess School9 games
5th Varna Open38 games
34th Barbera del Valles Open4 games
ch-UAE 2011106 games
13th Torredembarra Open10 games
1st ch-CHN Rapid 201160 games
4th Sveins Memorial177 games
ch-KAZ 201191 games
XIX Montcada Open80 games
TCh-TUR 2011490 games
Swiss Teams National A40 games
Kheireddine Ameyar Memorial77 games
Liptov Festival 201145 games
Baltija Cup 2011408 games
3296 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Alexander Prokhorov, Roland Wimmer, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Adi Stanca, Istvan Brindza, Gujuan Tzu, Jan Bey, Spiros Ilandzis and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The Summer is really heating up with the volume of chess increasing by the week. Fabiano Caruana won the AAI GM tournament in New Delhi, perhaps this is the start of an increase in the number of events in India, who, after all, do have the World Chess Champion. The London Chess Classic has announced that the field will again be stronger with Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Kramnik being joined by Levon Aronian. As last year the strongest English players will compete and the remaining players will be announced shortly. The Greek and Turkish Teams are huge events in terms of volume. The World Open is a wonderfully titled event that doesn't quite live up to its grand name but nevertheless has a reasonable field with Michael Adams and Gata Kamsky leading going into the final round. Anish Giri secured the Dutch title with a 6.5/8 score a point and a half clear of the field going into the final round. Gawain Jones edged out Nigel Short on tie-break after both scored 9.5/11.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) AAI GM New Delhi 2011

The AAI GM tournament in New Delhi took place 21st June - 2nd July 2011. Fabiano Caruana won the AAI GM tournament with 7/10 a point clear of Krishnan Sasikiran.

AAI GM New Delhi (IND), 22 vi-2 vii 2011 cat. XVII (2662)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2714 * * 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 7 2800
2. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2676 0 ½ * * 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 6 2731
3. Laznicka, Viktor g CZE 2681 ½ 1 0 0 * * 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 2694
4. So, Wesley g PHI 2667 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 * * ½ 0 ½ ½ 5 2661
5. Negi, Parimarjan g IND 2622 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 * * 1 0 2560
6. Hou, Yifan g CHN 2612 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 * * 3 2523
Round 6 (June 28, 2011)
Caruana, Fabiano - Negi, Parimarjan 1-0 98 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Sasikiran, Krishnan - So, Wesley ½-½ 50 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Laznicka, Viktor - Hou, Yifan ½-½ 32 E06 Catalan
Round 7 (June 29, 2011)
Sasikiran, Krishnan - Caruana, Fabiano ½-½ 92 E60 King's Indian without Nc3
So, Wesley - Laznicka, Viktor 1-0 31 D31 Semi-Slav Defence
Hou, Yifan - Negi, Parimarjan 1-0 62 B84 Sicilian Scheveningen
Round 8 (June 30, 2011)
Caruana, Fabiano - Hou, Yifan 1-0 46 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Laznicka, Viktor - Sasikiran, Krishnan 0-1 30 E15 Queens Indian
Negi, Parimarjan - So, Wesley 1-0 27 C43 Petroff's Defence
Round 9 (July 1, 2011)
Sasikiran, Krishnan - Negi, Parimarjan ½-½ 48 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Laznicka, Viktor - Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 40 E60 King's Indian without Nc3
So, Wesley - Hou, Yifan ½-½ 47 E06 Catalan
Round 10 (July 2, 2011)
Caruana, Fabiano - So, Wesley ½-½ 30 E06 Catalan
Negi, Parimarjan - Laznicka, Viktor ½-½ 42 B19 Caro Kann
Hou, Yifan - Sasikiran, Krishnan ½-½ 49 C95 Ruy Lopez Breyer

3) Dutch Championship 2011

The Dutch Championships take place in Boxtel 25th June - 5th July 2011. Top seed Anish Giri secured clear first place with a round to go.

ch-NED 2011 Boxtel (NED), 25 vi-5 vii 2011 cat. XIV (2582)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Giri, Anish g NED 2687 * ½ ½ . 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 2821
2. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2645 ½ * ½ 1 0 1 0 . 1 1 5 2674
3. Ernst, Sipke g NED 2596 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ . ½ 1 1 5 2666
4. Spoelman, Wouter g NED 2564 . 0 ½ * 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 5 2665
5. Swinkels, Robin g NED 2483 0 1 ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ 1 . 2645
6. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2538 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 * ½ ½ . 1 4 2583
7. Smeets, Jan g NED 2647 0 1 . 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 3 2484
8. Brandenburg, Daan m NED 2535 0 . ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 3 2492
9. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2611 0 0 0 ½ 0 . ½ ½ * 1 2442
10. Janssen, Ruud m NED 2512 0 0 0 0 . 0 1 ½ 0 * 2351
Round 3 (June 28, 2011)
Sokolov, Ivan - Giri, Anish ½-½ 35 D10 Slav Defence
Ernst, Sipke - Janssen, Ruud 1-0 38 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Spoelman, Wouter - Brandenburg, Daan 1-0 29 A58 Volga Gambit
Nijboer, Friso - Smeets, Jan ½-½ 39 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
L'Ami, Erwin - Swinkels, Robin 0-1 57 A52 Budapest Defence Main Line
Round 4 (June 29, 2011)
Giri, Anish - Nijboer, Friso ½-½ 27 A80 Dutch
Spoelman, Wouter - Ernst, Sipke ½-½ 46 D80 Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Swinkels, Robin - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 49 C69 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Brandenburg, Daan - Smeets, Jan ½-½ 47 C24 Bishop's Opening
Janssen, Ruud - L'Ami, Erwin 0-1 48 A05 Various
Round 5 (June 30, 2011)
Sokolov, Ivan - Janssen, Ruud 1-0 36 E45 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Ernst, Sipke - Brandenburg, Daan ½-½ 48 E94 King's Indian Classical
Nijboer, Friso - Swinkels, Robin 0-1 78 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Smeets, Jan - Giri, Anish 0-1 69 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
L'Ami, Erwin - Spoelman, Wouter ½-½ 151 D31 Semi-Slav Defence
Round 6 (July 2, 2011)
Ernst, Sipke - L'Ami, Erwin 1-0 45 D58 Queens Gambit Tartakover
Spoelman, Wouter - Sokolov, Ivan 0-1 33 A50 Queen's Indian (without e7-e6)
Swinkels, Robin - Smeets, Jan ½-½ 43 A11 Reti Opening
Brandenburg, Daan - Giri, Anish 0-1 35 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Janssen, Ruud - Nijboer, Friso 0-1 45 A00 Irregular Openings
Round 7 (July 3, 2011)
Giri, Anish - Swinkels, Robin 1-0 24 D97 Gruenfeld Russian
Sokolov, Ivan - Ernst, Sipke ½-½ 34 D80 Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Nijboer, Friso - Spoelman, Wouter 1-0 28 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Smeets, Jan - Janssen, Ruud 0-1 59 C73 Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
L'Ami, Erwin - Brandenburg, Daan ½-½ 28 A57 Volga Gambit
Round 8 (July 4, 2011)
Ernst, Sipke - Nijboer, Friso ½-½ 47 A89 Dutch Leningrad
Spoelman, Wouter - Smeets, Jan 1-0 44 D12 Slav Defence
Brandenburg, Daan - Swinkels, Robin ½-½ 50 C45 Scotch Game
L'Ami, Erwin - Sokolov, Ivan 0-1 40 D35 QGD Exchange
Janssen, Ruud - Giri, Anish 0-1 36 A07 Barcza System
ch-NED Women 2011 Boxtel (NED), 25 vi-5 vii 2011
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Peng, Zhaoqin g NED 2375 * * 1 . 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 2491
2. Haast, Anne wm NED 2221 0 . * * 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 6 2282
3. Middelveld, Martine NED 2120 0 1 0 ½ * * ½ ½ ½ . 1 ½ 2216
4. Hortensius, Lisa NED 2111 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ * * 1 1 0 . 4 2153
5. Volkers, Annemarie NED 2046 0 0 0 ½ ½ . 0 0 * * ½ 1 2059
6. Van Weersel, Arlette wm NED 2246 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 . ½ 0 * * 2 1961
Round 3 (June 28, 2011)
Peng, Zhaoqin - Van Weersel, Arlette 1-0 44 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Haast, Anne - Middelveld, Martine 1-0 34 C00 French Defence
Volkers, Annemarie - Hortensius, Lisa 0-1 57 B47 Sicilian Paulsen
Round 4 (June 29, 2011)
Peng, Zhaoqin - Haast, Anne 1-0 28 A57 Volga Gambit
Volkers, Annemarie - Middelveld, Martine ½-½ 59 C05 French Tarrasch
Van Weersel, Arlette - Hortensius, Lisa 1-0 71 C16 French Winawer
Round 5 (June 30, 2011)
Haast, Anne - Volkers, Annemarie 1-0 65 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Middelveld, Martine - Van Weersel, Arlette 1-0 102 A50 Queen's Indian (without e7-e6)
Hortensius, Lisa - Peng, Zhaoqin 0-1 53 B06 Modern Defence
Round 6 (July 1, 2011)
Peng, Zhaoqin - Volkers, Annemarie 1-0 43 D07 Tchigorin Defence
Middelveld, Martine - Hortensius, Lisa ½-½ 28 A49 King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Van Weersel, Arlette - Haast, Anne 0-1 38 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Round 7 (July 2, 2011)
Peng, Zhaoqin - Middelveld, Martine 0-1 37 D66 Queens Gambit Extended Fianchetto
Haast, Anne - Hortensius, Lisa 0-1 43 D05 Colle System
Volkers, Annemarie - Van Weersel, Arlette 1-0 73 C25 Vienna Game
Round 8 (July 3, 2011)
Middelveld, Martine - Haast, Anne ½-½ 20 D27 QGA
Hortensius, Lisa - Volkers, Annemarie 1-0 56 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Van Weersel, Arlette - Peng, Zhaoqin 0-1 41 C41 Philidor's Defence
Round 9 (July 4, 2011)
Peng, Zhaoqin - Hortensius, Lisa 1-0 49 D58 Queens Gambit Tartakover
Volkers, Annemarie - Haast, Anne ½-½ 23 B47 Sicilian Paulsen
Van Weersel, Arlette - Middelveld, Martine ½-½ 50 C16 French Winawer

4) 39th World Open 2011

The 39th World Open takes place 30th June to 4th July 2011. Michael Adams leads the World Open with 6/7 half a point clear of Kamsky, Van Wely, Harikrishna and Ehlvest with 2 rounds to go.

39th World Open Philadelphia USA Thu 30th Jun 2011 - Mon 4th Jul 2011
Leading Round 8 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiRtgPts
1Gata KamskyGM27416.5
2Michael AdamsGM27266.5
3Ilya SmirinGM26766.0
4P HarikrishnaGM26666.0
5Timur GareyevGM26136.0
6Giorgi KacheishviliGM25826.0
7Ray RobsonGM25456.0
8Loek Van WelyGM26835.5
9Tamaz GelashviliGM26165.5
10Vitali GolodGM25925.5
11Jaan EhlvestGM25835.5
12Aleksander LendermanGM25485.5
13Mesgen AmanovGM25175.5
14Puchen WangIM24375.5
15Mark BluvshteinGM26115.0
16Victor MikhalevskiGM25775.0
17Leonid G YudasinGM25265.0
18Salvijus BercysIM24685.0
19Mackenzie MolnerIM24645.0
20Mikheil KekelidzeGM24525.0
21Yury LapshunIM24425.0
22Darwin YangIM24345.0
23Michael A MulyarIM23995.0
24Jake KleimanIM23755.0
25Victor Plotkin22435.0
26Sergey KudrinGM25434.5
27Kidambi SundararajanGM25434.5
28Nick E De FirmianGM25264.5
29Leonid GerzhoyIM24964.5
30Irina KrushIM24874.5
31Alonso ZapataGM24774.5
32Robert A HungaskiIM24524.5
33Conrad HoltIM24174.5
34Michael LeeFM23954.5
35Mouthun LyFM23754.5
36Luke Van KootenFM23414.5
37Shiyam ThavandiranFM23354.5
38Arthur Calugar22104.5
39Alexander ShabalovGM25864.0
40Justin SarkarIM23854.0
41Gildardo J GarciaGM23674.0
42Thomas BartellFM23524.0
43Junta IkedaFM23154.0
44Alec GetzFM22924.0
45Kassa KorleyFM22924.0
46Deepak Aaron22884.0
47Teddy ColemanFM22624.0
48Michael Thaler22444.0
49Eric S Rosen22164.0
50Raven M Sturt22164.0
51Luke Harmon-Vellotti21844.0
52Anna SharevichWGM23443.5
53Shinya KojimaFM23283.5
54Dov GormanFM23233.5
55Victor C ShenFM22813.5
56Seth HomaFM22753.5
57Kayden W Troff22553.5
58Viktorija NiWIM21783.5
59Richard J Tuhrim21733.5
60Adarsh Jayakumar21703.5
61Eigen Wang21153.5
62Varun Krishnan21103.5
63Sylvester Smarty21073.5
64Matan Prilleltensky21003.5
65Roman SapozhnikovIM23183.0
66Holger RaschFM22873.0
67Steve Barrett22123.0
68Michael H Bodek21803.0
69Henry Liam21503.0
70Stephen Sandager21343.0
71Eric M Most21293.0
72Thomas M Ulrich20983.0
73Mackinley E Tan20393.0
74Bingjie Liu20323.0
75Sarah Chiang19623.0
76Joe C Jones Jr19593.0
77Peter Hess19483.0
78Parker B Zhao23592.5
79Candrashe GokhaleIM22682.5
80Kevin Wang21922.5
81Arthur ShenFM21462.5
82Nitai D Leve21312.5
83John Veech21082.5
84Jonathan Richman20662.5
85Gregory Young23272.0
86Vincent Heinis21242.0
87Thomas J Beckman19832.0
88Dennis J Gittrich1.5
89Ernest Colding21790.0
90Roger Norman21640.0
91Peter Hess19370.0
92Hal Schwartz0.0
93Hal Schwartz0.0
94Vladen Khachaturyan0.0
94 players

5) 7th A Ermaka Memorial

The 7th A Ermaka Memorial took place in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, 25th June - 1st July 2011.

7th A Ermaka Mem Zaporizhzhia UKR Sat 25th Jun 2011 - Fri 1st Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Tovmasian VardgesARM23637.550.541.06
2Kovalenko IgorIMUKR25817.055.030.05
3Zubarev AlexanderGMUKR26007.053.540.56
4Garnazhenko DUKR21006.553.035.06
5Kononenko DmitryUKR23076.550.033.55
6Biriukov NikolaiIMUKR24266.547.533.54
7Matjushin GennadyGMUKR24776.546.531.06
8Jarovinsky AlexeyUKR23096.051.034.05
9Poluektov YuryFMUKR23726.050.531.04
10Budnikov OlegUKR24356.049.528.03
11Solovyev ArtemUKR21205.554.034.55
12Ziatdinov RasetGMUSA24255.549.028.55
13Kushch NikolaiIMUKR23815.548.529.55
14Tkachenko GeorgiyIMUKR22335.546.028.55
15Shagbazyan TaronUKR23035.542.525.55
16Burkhach AlexanderUKR21655.540.026.05
17Ljukin SergeiFMUKR23605.046.027.05
18Borzov DmitriUKR21515.043.528.04
19Boldysh MaximUKR19935.043.527.54
20Lugovskoj AleksejUKR05.043.524.03
21Smolin SergeyIMRUS23675.043.028.04
22Mischuk DmitryIMUKR23175.043.027.05
23Kovtun SergeiIMUKR22745.043.026.04
24Burlai OlegUKR23475.042.524.53
25Derevianchenko IliaUKR22325.041.525.04
26Matjushin OlegUKR21465.041.524.53
27Efremova YuliaWIMUKR21045.041.523.53
28Grygoriev OleksiiUKR21045.041.022.03
29Protsiuk SvetlanaUKR17725.040.523.05
30Goreskul AlyonaWGMUKR22105.038.525.03
31Nasirov RuslanUKR19174.546.026.02
32Ershova SvetlanaWIMRUS22784.542.023.03
33Varchenko GrigoryUKR21284.538.518.54
34Chernov Vladimir IUKR19544.538.021.04
35Obukhov SergeijUKR21324.537.521.53
36Musiienko DanyloUKR19144.537.521.53
37Stolpovsky SergeiUKR21534.535.521.04
38Polyakov MaximFMUKR23244.045.527.03
39Ozerov AlexanderUKR22484.043.026.53
40Drevetsky AlexanderRUS21454.041.021.04
67 players

6) 2nd Big Slick International

The 2nd Big Slick International took place Saturday 25th June 2011 - Sunday 3rd July 2011 at the Big Slick Poker Club in Purley. There were norm opportunities in both GM and IM all-play-alls. Simon Williams won the GM group half a point clear of Luis Galego and untitled Khosla Shiven.

2nd Big Slick GM London ENG Sat 25th Jun 2011 - Sun 3rd Jul 2011. Category: 7. Ave: (2409)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Williams, Simon K GM ENG 2520 # = = 1 1 1 = = 1 = 6.5 2563
2 Galego, Luis GM POR 2501 = # 1 = = 1 0 = 1 1 6 2524
3 Shiven, Khosla IND 2391 = 0 # = 1 = = 1 1 1 6 2536
4 Vaibhav, Suri IM IND 2430 0 = = # = = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2487
5 Arkell, Keith C GM ENG 2419 0 = 0 = # = 1 1 = 1 5 2451
6 Houska, Jovanka IM ENG 2429 0 0 = = = # = 1 1 1 5 2450
7 Eggleston, David J FM ENG 2319 = 1 = 0 0 = # = 1 = 4.5 2419
8 Ansell, Simon T IM ENG 2427 = = 0 = 0 0 = # = = 3 2282
9 Ledger, Dave J FM ENG 2245 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = # 1 2 2208
10 Slavin, Alexei IM RUS 2412 = 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 # 1.5 2136
Round 1. Sat 25th Jun 2011
Galego, Luis 1/2-1/2 Ansell, Simon T 78 B30 Sicilian defence
Williams, Simon K 1-0 Arkell, Keith C 81 C00 French
Vaibhav, Suri 1-0 Slavin, Alexei 41 B38 Sicilian
Houska, Jovanka 1/2-1/2 Eggleston, David J 69 E18 Queen's Indian
Shiven, Khosla 1-0 Ledger, Dave J 50 C78 Ruy Lopez
Round 2. Sun 26th Jun 2011
Shiven, Khosla 1/2-1/2 Houska, Jovanka 45 B19 Caro-Kann
Eggleston, David J 0-1 Vaibhav, Suri 40 B48 Sicilian
Slavin, Alexei 1/2-1/2 Williams, Simon K 52 A04 Reti v Dutch
Arkell, Keith C 1/2-1/2 Galego, Luis 13 E11 Bogo-Indian defence
Ledger, Dave J 1/2-1/2 Ansell, Simon T 24 B12 Caro-Kann
Round 3. Mon 27th Jun 2011
Ansell, Simon T 0-1 Arkell, Keith C 46 B11 Caro-Kann
Galego, Luis 1-0 Slavin, Alexei A00
Williams, Simon K 1/2-1/2 Eggleston, David J 25 A30 English
Vaibhav, Suri 1/2-1/2 Shiven, Khosla 31 B89 Sicilian
Houska, Jovanka 1-0 Ledger, Dave J 50 E62 King's Indian
Round 4. Tue 28th Jun 2011
Houska, Jovanka 1/2-1/2 Vaibhav, Suri 19 D63 QGD
Shiven, Khosla 1/2-1/2 Williams, Simon K 22 B72 Sicilian
Eggleston, David J 1-0 Galego, Luis 44 B43 Sicilian
Slavin, Alexei 1/2-1/2 Ansell, Simon T 10 D10 QGD Slav defence
Ledger, Dave J 1/2-1/2 Arkell, Keith C 46 B12 Caro-Kann
Round 5. Wed 29th Jun 2011
Arkell, Keith C 1-0 Slavin, Alexei A00
Ansell, Simon T 1/2-1/2 Eggleston, David J 53 B23 Sicilian
Galego, Luis 1-0 Shiven, Khosla 38 B50 Sicilian
Williams, Simon K 1-0 Houska, Jovanka 38 D15 QGD Slav
Vaibhav, Suri 1-0 Ledger, Dave J 34 C78 Ruy Lopez
Round 6. Thu 30th Jun 2011
Ledger, Dave J 1-0 Slavin, Alexei
Vaibhav, Suri 0-1 Williams, Simon K 27 B76 Sicilian
Houska, Jovanka 0-1 Galego, Luis 56 A53 Old Indian defence
Shiven, Khosla 1-0 Ansell, Simon T 35 B32 Sicilian
Eggleston, David J 0-1 Arkell, Keith C 84 B12 Caro-Kann
Round 7. Fri 1st Jul 2011
Slavin, Alexei 1/2-1/2 Eggleston, David J 8 D05 Queen's pawn game
Arkell, Keith C 0-1 Shiven, Khosla 69 E60 King's Indian, 3.Nf3
Ansell, Simon T 0-1 Houska, Jovanka 68 D30 Queen's gambit declined
Galego, Luis 1/2-1/2 Vaibhav, Suri 46 D02 Queen's pawn game
Williams, Simon K 1-0 Ledger, Dave J 20 A01 Nimzovich-Larsen attack
Round 8. Sat 2nd Jul 2011
Williams, Simon K 1/2-1/2 Galego, Luis 9 A05 Reti
Vaibhav, Suri 1/2-1/2 Ansell, Simon T 49 B06 Robatsch defence
Houska, Jovanka 1/2-1/2 Arkell, Keith C 17 A40 Queen's pawn
Shiven, Khosla 1-0 Slavin, Alexei 35 B58 Sicilian
Ledger, Dave J 0-1 Eggleston, David J 39 B90 Sicilian
Round 9. Sun 3rd Jul 2011
Eggleston, David J 1/2-1/2 Shiven, Khosla 54 B63 Sicilian
Slavin, Alexei 0-1 Houska, Jovanka 60 D04 Queen's pawn game
Arkell, Keith C 1/2-1/2 Vaibhav, Suri 36 D37 QGD
Ansell, Simon T 1/2-1/2 Williams, Simon K 41 B20 Sicilian defence
Galego, Luis 1-0 Ledger, Dave J 41 A22 English
2nd Big Slick IM London ENG Sat 25th Jun 2011 - Sun 3rd Jul 2011. Category: None. Ave: (2225)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Gormally, Daniel W GM ENG 2502 # = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2467
2 Croad, Nicolas FM NZL 2276 = # = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 7 2439
3 Lalic, Bogdan GM CRO 2469 = = # = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2364
4 Radovanovic, Jovica FM SRB 2323 0 = = # 0 1 1 1 1 = 5.5 2294
5 Sreeves, Clement SCO 2173 0 0 = 1 # = 0 1 = = 4 2188
6 Makepeace, Philip J ENG 2095 = 0 0 0 = # 1 1 0 1 4 2196
7 Eames, Robert S FM ENG 2259 0 0 = 0 1 0 # = 1 = 3.5 2141
8 Yurenok, Maria S WFM ENG 2100 0 = 0 0 0 0 = # 1 = 2.5 2073
9 Blackburn, Suzie G. WFM WLS 1944 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 # 1 2.5 2090
10 Hegarty, Sarah N WFM ENG 2108 0 0 0 = = 0 = = 0 # 2 2018
Round 1. Sat 25th Jun 2011
Makepeace, Philip J 1/2-1/2 Sreeves, Clement 53 B52 Sicilian
Blackburn, Suzie G. 0-1 Lalic, Bogdan 45 A46 Queen's pawn game
Gormally, Daniel W 1-0 Yurenok, Maria S 34 D15 QGD Slav
Croad, Nicolas 1-0 Eames, Robert S 27 A85 Dutch with c4 & Nc3
Hegarty, Sarah N 1/2-1/2 Radovanovic, Jovica 43 B90 Sicilian
Round 2. Sun 26th Jun 2011
Hegarty, Sarah N 0-1 Croad, Nicolas 45 B12 Caro-Kann
Eames, Robert S 0-1 Gormally, Daniel W 57 C96 Ruy Lopez
Yurenok, Maria S 1-0 Blackburn, Suzie G. 25 A40 Queen's pawn
Lalic, Bogdan 1-0 Makepeace, Philip J 32 D35 QGD
Radovanovic, Jovica 0-1 Sreeves, Clement 41 B08 Pirc
Round 3. Mon 27th Jun 2011
Sreeves, Clement 1/2-1/2 Lalic, Bogdan 16 B48 Sicilian
Makepeace, Philip J 1-0 Yurenok, Maria S 66 B40 Sicilian defence
Blackburn, Suzie G. 0-1 Eames, Robert S 16 A80 Dutch, 2.Bg5 variation
Gormally, Daniel W 1-0 Hegarty, Sarah N 31 A15 English opening
Croad, Nicolas 1/2-1/2 Radovanovic, Jovica 57 D11 QGD Slav
Round 4. Tue 28th Jun 2011
Croad, Nicolas 1/2-1/2 Gormally, Daniel W 21 E11 Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation
Hegarty, Sarah N 0-1 Blackburn, Suzie G. 45 C55 Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)
Eames, Robert S 0-1 Makepeace, Philip J 37 B12 Caro-Kann
Yurenok, Maria S 0-1 Sreeves, Clement 42 E81 King's Indian
Radovanovic, Jovica 1/2-1/2 Lalic, Bogdan 10 B44 Sicilian, Szen, hedgehog variation
Round 5. Wed 29th Jun 2011
Lalic, Bogdan 1-0 Yurenok, Maria S 35 A21 English opening
Sreeves, Clement 0-1 Eames, Robert S 45 A10 English
Makepeace, Philip J 1-0 Hegarty, Sarah N 63 B31 Sicilian
Blackburn, Suzie G. 0-1 Croad, Nicolas 60 A46 Queen's pawn
Gormally, Daniel W 1-0 Radovanovic, Jovica 41 D15 QGD Slav
Round 6. Thu 30th Jun 2011
Gormally, Daniel W 1-0 Blackburn, Suzie G. 18 D34 QGD
Croad, Nicolas 1-0 Makepeace, Philip J 30 D53 QGD
Hegarty, Sarah N 1/2-1/2 Sreeves, Clement 21 B76 Sicilian
Eames, Robert S 1/2-1/2 Lalic, Bogdan 43 B90 Sicilian
Radovanovic, Jovica 1-0 Yurenok, Maria S 38 D19 QGD Slav
Round 7. Fri 1st Jul 2011
Yurenok, Maria S 1/2-1/2 Eames, Robert S 54 A81 Dutch defence
Lalic, Bogdan 1-0 Hegarty, Sarah N 32 D80 Gruenfeld defence
Sreeves, Clement 0-1 Croad, Nicolas 23 B19 Caro-Kann
Makepeace, Philip J 1/2-1/2 Gormally, Daniel W 47 D02 Queen's pawn game
Blackburn, Suzie G. 0-1 Radovanovic, Jovica 72 A41 Queen's Pawn
Round 8. Sat 2nd Jul 2011
Blackburn, Suzie G. 1-0 Makepeace, Philip J 41 A43 Old Benoni defence
Gormally, Daniel W 1-0 Sreeves, Clement 38 B50 Sicilian
Croad, Nicolas 1/2-1/2 Lalic, Bogdan 10 A61 Benoni defence
Hegarty, Sarah N 1/2-1/2 Yurenok, Maria S 21 B46 Sicilian
Radovanovic, Jovica 1-0 Eames, Robert S 59 A05 Reti opening
Round 9. Sun 3rd Jul 2011
Eames, Robert S 1/2-1/2 Hegarty, Sarah N 5 B34 Sicilian
Yurenok, Maria S 1/2-1/2 Croad, Nicolas 20 E32 Nimzo-Indian
Lalic, Bogdan 1/2-1/2 Gormally, Daniel W 11 D97 Gruenfeld
Sreeves, Clement 1/2-1/2 Blackburn, Suzie G. 8 C05 French
Makepeace, Philip J 0-1 Radovanovic, Jovica 31 A46 Queen's pawn game

7) 39th Greek Team Championship 2011

The Greek Team Championship takes place in Eretria 3rd-8th July 2011. 7 round team event over 8 boards. Each team has 3 men, 1 woman, 2 juniors (U-18 and U-12) and two girls (U-18 and U-16). Up to two foreigners (non-Greek) are allowed. Last year's champions of P.S. Peristeri are the big favourites again, with GMs Ivanchuk (2768), Judit Polgar (2699), Halkias (2600), Kotronias (2588) and Banikas (2593) but they are also strong in the lower boards. S.O. Kavalas (with GMs Papaioannou, 2592, D. Antic, 2487 and Skembris, 2475) may also have a chance. Other top-players who are playing include: GMs Navara (2722), Naiditsch (2706), P.H. Nielsen (2681), Bologan (2678), Kryvoruchko (2652), Ragger (2651), Atalik (2619), Em. Berg (2604), Kempinski (2600), Cmilyte (2528), Stefanova (2524), Cramling (2472) etc.

8) 6th Dvorkovich Cup

The 6th Vladimir Dvorkovich Cup was an international rapid team competition in Moscow won by Armenia.

6th Dvorkovich Cup Moscow RUS Sun 26th Jun 2011 - Sun 3rd Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 14 Standings:
RkSNoTeamGms+-=TB1TB2TB3
13Armenia1411122438.50
26China1411212340.50
34Ukraina147341832.50
42Azerbaijan146531529.50
51Russia144731125.50
65Gostinnaya Dvorkovicha14383922.00
78Belarusia14392822.50
87Kazakhstan141112413.00
8 teams

9) Albena Open 2011

Ivan Cheparinov edged out Atanas Kolas on tie-break after both finished on 7.5/9 half a point clear of Maxim Rodshtein in the Albena Open 25th June - 3rd July 2011.

19th Albena Open Albena BUL Sat 25th Jun 2011 - Sun 3rd Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Cheparinov IvanGMBUL26697.542.554.06
2Kolev AtanasGMBUL25907.540.552.06
3Rodshtein MaximGMISR26387.046.058.06
4Lupulescu ConstantinGMROU26387.042.554.55
5Svetushkin DmitryGMMDA25617.042.554.05
6Grigoryan AvetikGMARM26087.042.553.56
7Arnaudov G PetarIMBUL24497.041.052.55
8Carlsson PontusGMSWE24977.040.551.57
9Radulov IvanGMBUL22887.037.047.57
10Farago IvanGMHUN24487.036.547.56
11Szabo Gergely-Andras-GyulaGMROU25456.545.058.56
12Delchev AleksanderGMBUL26196.542.554.05
13Jaracz PawelGMPOL25756.542.053.04
14Chatalbashev BorisGMBUL25916.541.053.05
15Soltanici RuslanIMMDA23676.540.551.54
16Filip LucianIMROU24676.540.052.06
17Nevednichy VladislavGMROU25426.540.050.05
18Sanduleac VasileGMMDA24246.539.550.55
19Rzayev Bahruz Iqbal OgluAZE22926.539.050.55
20Stanojoski ZvonkoGMMKD24936.539.048.55
21Ermenkov EvgenijGMBUL24516.538.548.55
22Berbatov KiprianIMBUL24906.538.049.05
23Simonian TigranARM22946.538.049.05
24Spassov LiubenGMBUL23846.538.048.55
25Georgescu Tiberiu-MarianFMROU23976.537.547.04
26Lilov ValeriFMBUL24126.537.048.06
27Cioara Andrei-NestorIMROU24276.537.047.06
28Georgiev KrumGMBUL24236.536.546.54
29Pancevski FilipIMMKD23996.535.546.05
30Paikidze NaziWGMGEO24086.535.544.06
31Gruenfeld YehudaGMISR24846.535.044.05
32Primbetov KazbekKAZ22176.531.039.56
33Stoma PawelPOL23266.040.051.55
34Nikolaou GeorgiosGRE22866.040.051.55
35Vutov MarioBUL23426.038.049.05
36Sarenac IvanSRB23156.038.048.06
37Akesson RalfGMSWE24516.037.048.04
38Musayev Eldar Elman OgluAZE21556.037.046.55
39Samhouri BilalCMJOR22696.036.547.04
40Spiridonov NikolaGMBUL22446.036.045.05
41Bonev TodorBUL23176.035.546.55
42Panbukchian ValentinIMBUL23856.035.046.06
43Kulon KlaudiaWFMPOL22276.034.544.05
44Shishkov MinkoBUL22866.034.044.55
45Dobrev NaydenBUL22356.034.043.55
46Dimov DianBUL22926.033.543.06
47Vachev VladimirFMBUL21496.032.042.04
48Nikolov MomchilGMBUL25835.543.556.04
49Kadric DenisBIH23765.541.052.05
50Kiroski ToniIMMKD23405.540.051.05
51Bargan SergeiIMMDA22975.540.051.04
52Voiska MargaritaWGMBUL23005.540.051.04
53Dimitrov PavelIMBUL23445.539.551.05
54Aseeva MarinaRUS21995.539.049.05
55Nikolov SashoIMBUL24185.538.550.05
56Anton TeodorFMROU23555.538.049.55
57Ivanov BogidarBUL21795.537.547.05
58Jaracz BarbaraWGMPOL22755.537.047.04
59Sofranov VelizarBUL20535.537.046.03
60Dimov KirilBUL21875.536.046.05
274 players

10) Commonwealth and South African Open

The Commonwealth Championships was part of the South African Open in Ekurhuleni in the region of Gauteng. Gawain Jones edged out Nigel Short on tie-break after both finished on 9.5/11. Hopefully a full file of games from the final rounds will become available.

ch-Commonweath Ekurhuleni RSA Sat 25th Jun 2011 - Sun 3rd Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Jones Gawain CBGMENG25969.556.574.252254
2Short Nigel DGMENG26829.555.573.002286
3Smerdon DavidGMAUS25209.054.063.002117
4Huschenbeth NiclasIMGER25029.053.064.252095
5Kunte AbhijitGMIND25269.050.563.002131
6Lafuente PabloGMARG25558.555.063.002191
7Jere DanielFMZAM23448.554.062.002182
8Grover SahajIMIND24858.553.561.752154
9Laxman RajaramGMIND24468.551.559.752099
10Ringoir TanguyIMBEL23998.550.559.002090
11Karavade EeshaIMIND23438.548.558.251992
12Gupta AbhijeetGMIND26048.054.557.252269
13van der Nat Nicholas PFMRSA23088.054.055.502183
14Harika DronovaliIMIND25208.053.557.002164
15Kobese Watu AKWIMRSA23558.052.056.502126
16Ghate SwatiWGMIND23178.052.055.752099
17Mokal Prathamesh SIMIND24058.051.557.002095
18Bouah LyndonCMRSA21478.049.553.501992
19Subbaraman MeenakshiWGMIND23178.049.054.501980
20Dole AnantRSA21038.049.053.001987
21Mabusela Johannes MIMRSA22728.049.052.752059
22Makoto RodwellZIM21668.048.053.001957
23Anderson Gavin ARSA21578.047.552.251943
24Cawdery Daniel JCMRSA22748.047.551.001986
25Phiri RichmondFMZAM21658.047.048.251991
26Simutowe MusaZAM21198.046.550.501958
27Ovcina DenisRSA22488.046.549.002069
28Notha MoakofiCMBOT21238.044.550.251777
29Sachdev TaniaIMIND24167.550.050.751953
30Takawira ErickZIM20357.548.546.501995
31Gumpo ThaboCMBOT19447.548.045.751908
32Gluckman DavidIMRSA22627.547.548.501921
33Oatlhotse ProvidenceCMBOT22517.547.045.751962
34Boikanyo CinkyBOT20297.547.044.251918
35Mamombe KudzanaiIMZIM20897.546.545.251928
36Gaealafshwe BarilengCMBOT21287.546.045.751877
37Kromhout AlexanderRSA20057.545.544.251908
38Pitso Fusi PRSA19497.545.543.001935
39Rubery Mark CRSA22397.545.047.751787
40Klaver CornelisRSA21267.545.045.501844
41Klein Bernard ARSA19377.545.041.251846
42Tafira TinasheZIM19537.544.545.251840
43van Rensburg Ryan PRSA20977.544.046.251876
44Skosana StephenRSA19597.544.044.251745
45Nene ThembaRSA19027.543.041.751807
46Mathe Lehlogonolo DRSA22227.542.544.001735
47Paiva DonaldoMOZ21217.541.543.251834
48Tapera UzeniZIM20287.541.540.501848
49Zwakala NtandoRSA17477.540.540.751688
50Klaasen Calvin JRSA20687.051.045.502055
51Feng ThomasAUS18537.049.543.751990
52Bornheim CraigRSA18067.049.542.001947
53Ivana Maria FurtadoWFMIND19997.049.540.001979
54Goosen AntonCMRSA21827.049.045.501926
55Meintjes Jacques CRSA20787.048.543.001992
56Gems PatrickRSA19037.047.041.501869
57Barrish DanielFMRSA16787.046.043.751870
58Stevens TristanAUS20877.046.041.001889
59Odendaal FrederickRSA19597.046.038.501843
60Njobvu IgnatiusCMBOT22287.045.543.251890
61Irving LauraWFMRSA17337.045.540.751817
62Bhawoodien ShabirFMRSA21157.045.043.001832
63Bhawoodien Mohamed OFMRSA18597.045.040.251854
64Ristovich DmitarRSA19397.044.537.501809
65Lewis Mark MMRSA19937.044.040.251789
66James MichaelRSA19327.044.038.751803
67Mokomele AndrewRSA18987.043.038.251831
68Bornheim DarrenRSA17307.043.036.501833
69Chettiar EvesanRSA18827.042.040.251783
70Foley Patrick JRSA20757.042.038.251774
71Naidu SayenRSA17977.042.037.251728
72van der Walt Pierre ERSA18907.041.535.001835
73Hercules Benjamin VincentRSA20897.041.037.001843
74Bezuidenhout Roland RRSA17957.041.035.001818
75Mulder Cornelis JRSA17597.041.034.001741
389 players

11) 3rd Eforie Nord Festival

Sergei Tiviakov won the 3rd Eforie Nord Festival with 8.5/11.

3rd Eforie Open Eforie Nord ROU Mon 20th Jun 2011 - Thu 30th Jun 2011
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Tiviakov SergeiGMNED26228.562.075.557.00
2Fedorov AlexeiGMBLR25928.060.574.552.25
3Peptan Corina-IsabelaWGMROU24217.561.073.548.00
4Malakhatko VadimGMBEL25467.560.574.048.25
5Petrosian SurenIMARM23927.557.569.544.00
6Ionescu IrinaWGMROU22457.554.066.043.25
7Manolache MariusGMROU25457.062.574.545.75
8Miron Lucian-CostinIMROU25067.061.575.044.25
9Badea BelaGMROU24917.060.072.544.25
10Gavrilov AlexeiGMRUS24786.562.575.541.00
11Ogleznev AlexandrFMMDA23356.557.069.036.75
12Nevednichy Boris MIMMDA22696.556.569.038.00
13Zozulia AnnaIMBEL23716.556.568.036.50
14Cosma Elena-LuminitaWGMROU23286.552.565.535.25
15Postolachi ViorelMDA21116.549.560.531.25
16Agafii VictorFMMDA22536.053.565.032.25
17Jiroveanu GeorgeNMROU22186.051.562.530.50
18Stegariu Vlad-IonutCMROU22206.049.561.029.75
19Breahna RaduFMROU22726.049.060.031.00
20Barzanu IulianCMROU22296.048.056.526.25
21Pachia MihaiCMROU20846.047.559.030.75
22Raducanu AlbertoIROU17776.045.054.023.50
23Chircu VadimMDA20696.044.052.524.25
24Cosma IoanIMROU24105.555.568.532.00
25Bizovi MihaiMDA19795.552.063.528.75
26Telea StefanCMROU21105.551.564.027.75
27Ionescu MihaiIMROU23405.550.563.028.00
28Ilie AndreiIROU17985.547.055.524.75
29Maksimov OlegRUS23335.052.564.025.00
30Panainte Daniel-IulianIROU18715.045.555.522.00
31Gelip IoanaWCMROU19735.045.554.019.75
32Taposu-Matei AlexandraIROU17885.044.055.022.75
33Linca IonelIROU19325.043.551.518.50
34Chirita Andra-MarinaWFMROU20574.546.056.019.25
35Anton Roxana-AnaWCMROU18364.545.556.519.00
36Somoff AbdoFMLIB21724.543.050.514.75
37Morea Georgiana-StelutaWCMROU19214.541.551.014.75
38Miroi Robert-AndreiIROU17624.541.048.517.50
39Radu ConstantinIROU20034.047.056.016.00
40Serbanescu Diana-MariaIROU18474.044.553.017.50
41Mitrica Octavian-DianuCMROU20104.042.050.514.00
42Tanasescu VirgiliuIROU19394.041.052.019.50
43Niculescu-Gorpin MihailIIROU14403.537.044.011.25
44Porcoleanu Doina-OlgaIROU17672.040.047.56.00
45Cijof FlorinROU12011.534.042.08.50
46Rontescu MihneaROU12011.049.560.55.50
47Puskas JanosCMROU20691.037.548.05.50
48Georgescu Gabriel-IoanFMROU20400.549.560.50.00
49Talmaci AlexandruMDA19340.049.560.50.00
Coada ElenaMDA17950.049.560.50.00
50 players

12) 86th ch-Paris IdF 2011

Sergei Fedorchuk is the top seed in the 86th Paris Championship IdF that takes place 2nd-10th July 2011.

86th ch-Paris IdF 20 Paris FRA Sat 2nd Jul 2011 - Sun 10th Jul 2011
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Fedorchuk, Sergey A. GM UKR 2618 14102536
2 David, Alberto GM LUX 2609 4000013
3 Felgaer, Ruben GM ARG 2573 107069
4 Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran GM IND 2556 5007429
5 Guliyev, Namig GM AZE 2549 13400363
6 Shchekachev, Andrei GM FRA 2537 4107730
7 Sethuraman, S.P. GM IND 2529 5021596
8 Wirig, Anthony IM FRA 2510 615013
9 Bok, Benjamin IM NED 2507 1017063
10 Abergel, Thal GM FRA 2504 614890
11 Arun Prasad, S. GM IND 2489 5011167
12 Kalegin, Evgenij IM RUS 2477 4103416
13 Roser, Kevin IM FRA 2446 608688
14 Arnold, Marc T IM USA 2445 2022320
15 Zysk, Robert IM GER 2437 4600410
16 Moussard, Jules IM FRA 2426 642908
17 Bajarani, Ulvi IM AZE 2424 13403028
18 Dourerassou, Jonathan IM FRA 2413 628050
19 Battaglini, Gabriel IM FRA 2407 621650
20 Guilleux, Fabien FM FRA 2388 657883

13) 14th Vins du Medoc Open

Dorian Rogozenco is the top seed in the 14th Vins du Medoc Open.

14th Vins du Medoc Naujac sur Mer FRA Sun 26th Jun 2011 - Sun 3rd Jul 2011
Leading Round 1 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPts
1Rogozenco, DorianGMROU25573
2Van Delft, MerijnIMNED24013
3Kosten, Anthony C.GMFRA25043
4Saucey, MichelFMFRA22993
5Terrieux, KevinIMFRA24343
6Godart, FrancoisBEL22483
7Demuth, AdrienIMFRA24143
8Purenne, BenoitFRA19873
9Wohl, Aleksandar H.IMAUS24113
10Abergel, ThalGMFRA25063
11Collas, DidierIMFRA23813
12Zaragatski, IljaIMGER24753
13Deglmann, LudwigFMGER23473
14Colin, VincentIMFRA24173
15Fantinel, ThibaultFRA22523
16Bellin, RobertIMENG23622.5
17Ollier, PabloFRA22822.5
18Bricard, HerveFRA20602.5
19Deslias, GregoireFRA19852.5
20Marty, BriceFRA19402
21Favarel, JulienFMFRA22392
22Basso, Pierre-YvesFRA19092
23Castro, JohnFRA21742
24Armas, LenaFRA18812
25Zielinski, WernerGER21372
26Vandomel, FabriceFRA18412
27Dierkes, TobiasGER21232
28Prioux, MichelFRA18232
29Zickelbein, Eva-MariaWFMGER20752
30Christiansmeier, SvenGER20432
105 players

14) 19th Klatov Open

The 19th Klatovy Open takes place 2nd-10th July 2011.

19th Klatovy Open Klatovy CZE Sat 2nd Jul 2011 - Sun 10th Jul 2011
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Turner JanCZE23902.02.00.02.00
Jurek JosefIMCZE23242.02.00.02.00
Vlasak LukasFMCZE23082.02.00.02.00
Erneker JosefCZE23012.02.00.02.00
Marsalek ZdenekCZE22662.02.00.02.00
Lacina AdolfFMCZE22272.02.00.02.00
Bartos JanFMCZE22152.02.00.02.00
8Neuman PetrIMCZE24542.01.50.01.50
Hausner IvanIMCZE24192.01.50.01.50
Kopta PavelCZE22912.01.50.01.50
Klecker TadeasCZE21852.01.50.01.50
12Kuba StanislavFMCZE22242.01.00.01.00
Palek MiroslavGER22112.01.00.01.00
14Böhnisch ManfredGER23091.52.50.01.75
Simek PetrFMCZE23071.52.50.01.75
Svoboda VaclavCZE22861.52.50.01.75
17Jancarik JoelCZE22511.52.00.01.25
Pokrupa MarekCZE22271.52.00.01.25
Vevera RadekCZE20431.52.00.01.25
Nemec DavidCZE20371.52.00.01.25
21Vorisek JaroslavCZE22441.51.50.01.25
22Riska LubomirCZE22181.51.50.01.00
Drahorad DanielCZE20351.51.50.01.00
24Chalus KarelCZE21181.51.50.00.75
Michalcak LubomirCZE20901.51.50.00.75
Routner JakubCZE20561.51.50.00.75
27Kubecka DavidFMCZE22261.51.00.00.75
28Pokora LubomirCZE19331.03.00.01.00
Paukert JindrichCZE18881.03.00.01.00
30Rozsafny MichalCZE19431.02.50.01.25
Buchl MarekCZE17471.02.50.01.25
32Rezac JindrichCZE18621.02.50.01.00
33Vedral OldrichCZE23091.02.50.00.50
Duran TomasCZE22051.02.50.00.50
Trmal JaroslavCZE21951.02.50.00.50
Cmiko JakubCZE20601.02.50.00.50
37Kozak MilosFMCZE22321.02.00.01.00
96 players

15) 5th Dachsteinwelterbe Rapid

The 5th Dachsteinwelterbe Rapid was won by Mladen Palac with 8/9.

5th Dachsteinwelterb Obertraun AUT Sat 2nd Jul 2011 - Sat 2nd Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPts
1Palac MladenGMCRO25928.0
2Kozul ZdenkoGMCRO25417.5
3Shengelia DavidGMAUT25137.0
4Loeffler StefanIMGER24237.0
5Izsak GyulaIMHUN24747.0
6Mahdy KhaledIMAUT23997.0
7Szabo KrisztianGMHUN25426.5
8Alvir AcoIMAUT23596.5
9Rogulj BrankoIMCRO23996.5
10Sommerbauer Norbert DI.IMAUT24146.5
11Babula VlastimilGMCZE25726.0
12Gleizerov EvgenyGMRUS25906.0
13Bokros AlbertIMHUN24706.0
14Hera ImreGMHUN25366.0
15Czebe AttilaGMHUN25266.0
16Schneider IljaIMGER24986.0
17Weiss ChristianIMAUT23996.0
18Rolletschek Heinrich Dr.DI.FMAUT22386.0
19Mohr GeorgGMSLO24926.0
20Sadilek PeterAUT22336.0
21Knoll HermannIMAUT23656.0
22Ress TamasHUN23035.5
23Ennsberger UlrichFMAUT23735.5
24Denk AdolfFMAUT22925.5
25Trkulja DuskoMKBIH21895.5
26Teuber AndreasGER21905.5
27Ceschia IvanoFMITA22835.5
28Loidl FlorianMKAUT21745.5
29Tamassy ZoltanHUN21855.5
30Hardicsay PeterIMHUN22685.0
103 players

16) Karvina Open

The Karvina Open takes place 2nd-10th July 2011.

Karvina Open Karvina CSR Sat 2nd Jul 2011 - Sun 10th Jul 2011
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Cvek RobertGMCZE25062.02.00.03.0
Andreev EduardGMUKR24582.02.00.03.0
Talla VladimirGMCZE24272.02.00.03.0
Plat VojtechIMCZE24102.02.00.03.0
Rojicek VojtechIMCZE23962.02.00.03.0
Vesselovsky SergueiIMCZE23792.02.00.03.0
Kireev AlekseiIMRUS23602.02.00.03.0
Dmitrenko ViktorIMUKR23532.02.00.03.0
Klima LukasIMCZE23492.02.00.03.0
Kociscak JiriFMCZE23272.02.00.03.0
Tymrakiewicz RafalFMPOL23192.02.00.03.0
Zabystrzan PavelFMCZE23092.02.00.03.0
Worek JoannaWIMPOL23062.02.00.03.0
Helis TadeuszFMPOL22322.02.00.03.0
Zwardon VojtechCZE22312.02.00.03.0
Misiuga AndrzejPOL22192.02.00.03.0
Fargac MartinCZE20692.02.00.03.0
Foltyn LukaszPOL20262.02.00.03.0
Remes RadekCZE19512.02.00.03.0
Szotkowski JakubCZE19482.02.00.03.0
21Dubiel JacekIMPOL24161.51.50.02.5
Sobek JaroslavFMCZE22761.51.50.02.5
Mrazek LumirCZE21481.51.50.02.5
Stehlik JiriCZE20151.51.50.02.5
25Pakhomov AlexeyIMRUS24041.51.50.02.0
Kostka VitCZE17081.51.50.02.0
27Jaworski MiroslawIMPOL23371.01.00.02.0
Olsar JaroslavFMCZE22491.01.00.02.0
Kocwin BartoszFMPOL22411.01.00.02.0
Pacl VaclavFMCZE21931.01.00.02.0
Korostenski FrantisekCZE21931.01.00.02.0
Lys JosefFMCZE21851.01.00.02.0
Ockay TomasCZE21831.01.00.02.0
Mitura KarelCZE21781.01.00.02.0
Neumann JoachimGER21351.01.00.02.0
Zimniok LubomirCZE21091.01.00.02.0
Novosadova KristynaCZE20761.01.00.02.0
Miturova MagdalenaWFMCZE20721.01.00.02.0
Dobes VojtechCZE20711.01.00.02.0
Kolar StanislavCZE20461.01.00.02.0
Trombik KarelCZE20351.01.00.02.0
Borovicka BohumilCZE20311.01.00.02.0
Sieber MartinCZE20291.01.00.02.0
Soltau AchimGER19951.01.00.02.0
Maroszczyk WieslawCZE19421.01.00.02.0
Snopek JiriCZE19401.01.00.02.0
Zimniokova MarketaCZE01.01.00.02.0
48Banasik KrzysztofPOL22531.01.00.01.5
Petrov ViacheslavRUS18681.01.00.01.5
50Melzer PatrikCZE19201.01.00.01.0
96 players

17) Norwegian Championships 2011

The Norwegian Championships take place 2nd-10th July 2011.

ch-NOR 2011 Oslo NOR Sat 2nd Jul 2011 - Sun 10th Jul 2011
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
PlNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1 Axel SmithIMSWE24502.54.56.07.0
2 Rune DjurhuusGMNOR24592.54.56.07.0
3 Espen ForsaFMNOR23212.04.56.57.5
4 Katrine TjolsenWIMNOR22252.04.55.56.5
5 Frode Olav Olsen UrkedalIMNOR24482.04.06.07.0
6 Nicolai GetzFMNOR23852.04.06.07.0
7 Daniel Jakobsen KovachevFMNOR23152.04.05.56.5
8 Joachim ThomassenIMNOR23982.03.04.05.0
9 Berge OstenstadGMNOR24621.54.56.06.0
10 Leif E JohannessenGMNOR24961.54.05.06.0
11 Trond GabrielsenFMNOR22901.04.55.56.5
12 Edwin DavidNOR22771.04.05.56.5
13 Bjarke SahlIMNOR23631.04.05.06.0
14 Atle GronnIMNOR24091.04.05.05.0
15 Frode ElsnessIMNOR24851.04.05.05.0
16 Oystein HoleIMNOR23831.03.04.05.0
17 Stig GabrielsenFMNOR22971.03.04.04.0
18 Andreas G.R. MoenFMNOR23330.02.53.54.5
18 players

18) Nova College Chess

Matthew Sadler repeated his win in the Nova College Chess Tournament which he won last year. He again scored 5/6 but this time only took the title on tie-break from Erik Van den Doel, the two did not meet in the event. Sadler seems to have only played a couple of games in the Dutch Club Cup between wins.

Nova Chess 2011 Haarlem NED Fri 1st Jul 2011 - Sun 3rd Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg123456PtsTPR
1Sadler, MatthewGMENG2624111½½15.02716
2Van den Doel, ErikGMNED2564½1111½5.02570
3Kleijn, ChristovIMNED2444111½014.52580
4Schut, LisaWIMNED22681=½11½4.52562
5Neeloptal, DasGMIND24771½½1½14.52406
6Ikonnikov, VyacheslavGMRUS25661101½½4.02468
7Zwirs, NicoNED2190=½11½½4.02378
8Gijswijt, BartFMNED2334101=½14.02329
9Van der Lende, IliasNED2181½1½1½½4.02381
10Afek, YochananIMISR22511010114.02385
11Strating, SyboltFMNED2288½11=014.02259
12Goudriaan, EtienneFMNED2331½1011½4.02253
13Haslinger, StewartGMENG25451½½1½03.52376
14Van der Wiel, JohnGMNED2455110½½½3.52325
15Admiraal, MiguoelNED22751½½1½03.52346
16Roggeveen, PieterNED22121=10½½3.52357
17Van Oosterom, ChielIMNED242811001½3.52287
18In 't Veld, DaanNED2221=1½½½½3.52390
19De Saegher, ChrisNED216101½1103.52262
20Klein, DavidFMNED237310011½3.52230
21Beeke, BobNED222410101½3.52311
22Ootes, LennartNED220010½1013.52180
23Groffen, HansNED2212½1½01½3.52198
24Van Liempt, MichaelNED200200½1113.52142
25Willemze, ThomasIMNED23771½½0103.02138
26De Roode, PeterNED216401=1½03.02250
27Van Beek, AlexanderIMNED23031½100½3.02256
28Krishnasing, AshleyNED1956=½½0½13.02157
29Boulahfa, HichamNED2144======3.00
30De Jager, PieterNED2084=½10013.02158
31Van der Auweraert, ElwinNED2047=010½13.02076
32Vos, TjarkNED20161½0=013.02295
33Vroombout, EnricoNED21170=½1103.02225
34De Roode, MartijnNED21080½110½3.02137
35Roorda, ThijsNED20760101½½3.02131
36De Ruiter, DannyNED20880½0=113.02077
37Both, ErikNED2127½10=½02.52088
38Agter, FrankNED2112010=012.52052
39Pijpers, PeterNED20800=10102.52072
40In 't Veld, ReneNED2004½=0===2.52046
41Van den Bergh, BenNED1996=010½½2.52063
42Woudt, EdwinNED206901½=0½2.52126
43De Bruijn, AadNED1942½00=1½2.52077
44Oudshoorn, ArresNED203600011½2.51992
45Koelewijn, AlexNED19860=01012.51986
46Nieland, WimNED19590½1=002.01976
47Kerkvliet, MaxNED1890½½½0½02.01983
48Perez Garcia, HebertNED2105=100½02.01959
49Broekman, WillemNED2018½01=002.01993
50Bravo, FabioNED2041=01=002.01931
51Haver, BasNED20020½½=½02.01942
52Haslinger, GarethENG23050=½0012.01873
53Seeleman, JanNED201500½0½12.01941
54Dijk, RogierNED1955=000½12.01887
55Fokkink, StefanNED1907=000101.51790
56Haver, DaanNED193200½=001.01698
57Sparreboom, WilNED193800½=001.01758
58Van der Meiden, DirkNED2011=000000.51326
58 players

19) 50 years of Lviv Youth Chess School

Yuriy Kryvoruchko won a one day blitz tournament commemorating 50 years of youth chess in Lviv on June 25th.

50th Ann Youth Bl Lviv UKR Sat 25th Jun 2011 - Sat 25th Jun 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg123456789PtsTB1
1Kryvoruchko, YuriyGMUKR2640*101111½17.5
2Vovk, AndreyGMUKR25450*1½1110½6
3Kravtsiv, MartynGMUKR256510*½0101½5
4Vovk, YuriGMUKR25500½½*1½1014.519.25
5Muzychuk, MariyaIMUKR24730010*½0114.516.25
6Ipatov, AlexanderIMESP2536000½½*1½14.516
7Zherebukh, YaroslavGMUKR2586001010*104
8Oleksienko, MikhailoGMUKR2577½1010½0*0316.5
9Semcesen, DanielIMUKRSWE0½½00011*312.5
10Kozakov, MikhailGMUKR2462000100011310.5
10 players

20) 51st Pacific Southwest Open

The 51st Pacific Southwest Open takes place 2nd-4th July 2011. No details yet.

21) Mukachevo Summer 2011

The Mukachevo Summer tournament took place 21st-26th June 2011. Alexander Nosenko and Igor Kovalenko had 18/24 (three points for a win) going into the final round. Final round standings now available but these two drew against each other to finish on 19 in the final round.

Mukachevo Summer Mukachevo UKR Tue 21st Jun 2011 - Sun 26th Jun 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3TPR
11Kovalenko, Igor258119.0126.5248.5091.02473
22Nosenko, Alexander252219.0125.5248.50103.02583
33Bogdanovich, Stanislav250318.0136.0258.0097.02513
47Baryshpolets, Andrey246718.0133.0249.0090.02487
517Grekh, Andrey236918.0131.0246.00101.02513
616Shkuran, Daniil237118.096.5204.0075.02312
79Kharchenko, Boris245917.0134.0227.0094.02444
811Nesteretz, Anatoliy241817.0113.0207.0076.02374
921Katsan, Petro230217.0112.5208.5079.02375
106Kovalev, Denis248216.0135.0233.0094.02466
1123Tregubov, Vadim229316.0133.0218.0089.02496
1214Rakhmangulov, Andrei239516.0128.5207.5089.02428
1336Starozhilov, Leonid221116.0128.0204.0084.02447
1430Kalinina, Olga222215.0132.0210.0072.02378
1515Grinev, Valeriy237915.0129.0194.0082.02387
1625Voronov, Yuri228115.0123.0176.0074.02347
1722Ianov, Viktor230115.0108.5154.5072.02318
1839Kigel, Dmytro219815.092.5127.5051.02208
1932Najgebauer, Szemjon221614.0121.5157.5068.02282
2024Meleshko, Vladimir228514.0118.5162.5079.02311
2140Plaksin, Valeriy219014.0109.5143.5059.02247
2210Budnikov, Oleg243514.0106.5142.5066.02248
2327Guk, Ilja227214.0105.5117.5068.02263
2412Sivuk, Vitaly241714.099.5144.5062.02236
2534Aliyev, Elnur Fakhraddin o221414.099.0131.0058.02163
265Iakymov, Volodymyr248313.0108.0150.0059.02249
2751Melnyk, Igor202713.097.0106.0053.02144
2826Borsos, Bogdan227812.0131.5160.5080.02308
2919Yarmysty, Mikhail231212.0131.0162.0085.02286
3038Sergienko, Vladislav220012.0126.5145.5069.02259
60 players

22) 5th Varna Open

The 5th Varna Open takes place 3rd-10th July 2011.

5th Varna Open Golden Sands BUL Sun 3rd Jul 2011 - Sun 10th Jul 2011
Leading Round 1 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Vlasenko KonstantinRUS01.00.00.50
2Chatalbashev BorisGMBUL25961.00.00.01
Georgiev VladimirGMMKD25591.00.00.01
Grigorov GrigorGMBUL25011.00.00.01
Arnaudov G PetarIMBUL24391.00.00.01
Enchev IvajloFMBUL24351.00.00.01
Legky Nicolay AGMFRA24301.00.00.01
Pozharsky ViktorFMRUS23991.00.00.01
Panbukchian ValentinIMBUL23811.00.00.01
Spassov LiubenGMBUL23791.00.00.01
Filev GeorgiFMBUL23571.00.00.01
Rzayev Bahruz Iqbal OgluAZE23351.00.00.01
Badev KirilFMBUL23321.00.00.01
Shishkov MinkoNMBUL22951.00.00.01
Granovskiy AlexandrIMKAZ22881.00.00.01
Dimov DianNMBUL22871.00.00.01
Georgiev BiserNMBUL22631.00.00.01
Ivelinov HristoNMBUL22501.00.00.01
Stjazhkina OlgaWGMRUS22471.00.00.01
Idrisov Tabriz Arif OgluAZE22251.00.00.01
Kostadinov TeodosiNMBUL22171.00.00.01
Just WolfgangGER21891.00.00.01
Isgandarova Khayala Ilqar QiziWIMAZE21631.00.00.01
Musayev Eldar Elman OgluAZE21201.00.00.01
Janev PavelBUL20791.00.00.01
Emdin MarkRUS20681.00.00.01
Bayramov Elkhan Khayyat OgluAZE20551.00.00.01
Sofranov VelizarBUL20531.00.00.01
Styazhkina AnnaWFMRUS20391.00.00.01
Savenkov KonstantinRUS20191.00.00.01
Hristov PetarBUL20061.00.00.01
Zhukov AleksanderRUS19921.00.00.01
Subbotsky MikhailRUS19841.00.00.01
Talmaci AlexandruMDA19331.00.00.01
Amrayeva Aytan Arzuman QiziAZE19071.00.00.01
Shirokov AlexanderRUS18881.00.00.01
Qadimbayli Abdulla Azar OgluFMAZE18241.00.00.01
38Ljangov PetarNMBUL20990.50.00.50
77 players

23) 34th Barbera del Valles Open

The 34th Barbera del Valles Open takes place 4th-12th July 2011.

34th Barbera del Val Barbera del Valles ESP Mon 4th Jul 2011 - Tue 12th Jul 2011
Leading Round 1 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1VEHI BACH Victor ManuelIMESP24031.00.00.51.0
GOMEZ JURADO Luis AlbertoFMESP23531.00.00.51.0
RYAN JosephFMIRL22671.00.00.51.0
ALBERTO ManuelANG22181.00.00.51.0
MARTIN CAPITAN FelicianoMKESP21331.00.00.51.0
SILVA RODRIGUEZ JulioESP21331.00.00.51.0
DO SANTOS JULIO Joao ManuelANG21041.00.00.51.0
POZANCO ROMASANTA MarcESP19161.00.00.51.0
9GEORGIEV KirilGMBUL26541.00.00.01.0
ITURRIZAGA EduardoGMVEN26031.00.00.01.0
PERALTA FernandoGMARG26011.00.00.01.0
HERNANDEZ CARMENATES HoldenGMCUB25701.00.00.01.0
ARIZMENDI MARTINEZ Julen LuisGMESP25551.00.00.01.0
LEON HOYOS ManuelGMMEX25481.00.00.01.0
NARCISO DUBLAN MarcGMESP25441.00.00.01.0
CUARTAS Jaime AlexanderGMCOL25421.00.00.01.0
AROSHIDZE LevanGMGEO25391.00.00.01.0
BACALLAO ALONSO YusnelIMCUB25321.00.00.01.0
IBARRA JEREZ Jose CarlosIMESP25301.00.00.01.0
GONZALEZ GARCIA JoseGMMEX25221.00.00.01.0
BRYNELL StellanGMSWE24951.00.00.01.0
GONZALEZ PEREZ ArianFMCUB24901.00.00.01.0
DELGADO RAMOS HectorFMCUB24881.00.00.01.0
PEREZ MITJANS OrelvisIMESP24521.00.00.01.0
ASIS GARGATAGLI HipolitIMESP24311.00.00.01.0
MATNADZE AnaIMGEO24281.00.00.01.0
VASSALLO BARROCHE MauricioIMESP24161.00.00.01.0
MASCARO MARCH PedroIMESP24131.00.00.01.0
VAN RIEMSDIJK Herman CIMBRA24031.00.00.01.0
PERPINYA ROFES Lluis MariaIMESP23951.00.00.01.0
LORENZO DE LA RIVA LazaroIMESP23911.00.00.01.0
FENOLLAR JORDA ManuelFMESP23581.00.00.01.0
SANDE EDREIRA Jose AntonioFMESP23481.00.00.01.0
SANCHEZ IBERN MarcFMESP23271.00.00.01.0
THAKUR AkashIND23271.00.00.01.0
CODENOTTI MarcoITA23231.00.00.01.0
L'AMI AlinaWGMROU23121.00.00.01.0
BYSTROV Sergej MIMRUS23001.00.00.01.0
SUBIRATS RUIZ SergiESP21791.00.00.01.0
ANUPRITA PatilIND20481.00.00.01.0
41HUERGA LEACHE MikelIMESP24530.50.00.50.5
94 players

24) Wroclaw Chess Festival

The Wroclaw Chess Festival takes place 1st-12th July 2011.

6th Polonia Wroclaw Wroclaw POL Fri 1st Jul 2011 - Tue 12th Jul 2011
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Macieja, Bartlomiej GM POL 2612 1104306
2 Heberla, Bartlomiej GM POL 2539 1115120
3 Cyborowski, Lukasz GM POL 2537 1108760
4 Malaniuk, Vladimir P GM UKR 2455 14100177
5 Stachowiak, Kamil IM POL 2436 1119966
6 Dragun, Kamil IM POL 2428 1134167
7 Dobrowolski, Piotr IM POL 2423 1106236
8 Strzemiecki, Zbigniew FM POL 2420 1126687
9 Shkapenko, Pavel IM RUS 2413 4151933
10 Zeberski, Jakub IM POL 2382 1113020
11 Krzyzanowski, Marcin POL 2370 1132199
12 Weichhold, Pawel POL 2336 1139703
13 Dobrowolski, Aleksander POL 2306 1112040
14 Swicarz, Maciej POL 2286 1113585
15 Janocha, Wieslaw FM POL 2275 1100548
16 Dubinski, Mateusz POL 2226 1125923
17 Dudys, Jakub POL 2195 1124889
18 Kot, Jerzy FM POL 2186 1101595
19 Zysko, Jan POL 2184 1141589
20 Zminda, Bogdan POL 2172 1111493
21 Musialkiewicz, Jan POL 2150 1141929
22 Szusterowski, Radoslaw POL 2122 1108085
23 Cukrowski, Filip POL 2113 1171097
24 Zmarzly, Aleksandra POL 2094 1171100
25 Kowalczyk, Rafal POL 2085 1133853
26 Walentukiewicz, Michal CM POL 2071 1126903
27 Poznanska, Katarzyna POL 2068 1122649
28 Helaszek, Edward POL 2066 1108018
29 Tworzydlo, Piotr POL 2064 1130781
30 Stankiewicz, Pawel POL 2064 1170180
31 Mondrzycki, Bartlomiej POL 2055 1137476
32 Kaczmarek, Maciej POL 2049 1170910
33 Czachor, Radoslaw POL 2039 1142119
34 Kolasinski, Krzysztof POL 2004 1122240
35 Gulik, Pawel POL 1992 1121715
36 Chrzanowski, Michal POL 1981 1133748
37 Wasylkiewicz, Andrzej POL 1980 1116550
38 Suliborski, Jakub POL 1967 1135651
39 Musialkiewicz, Pawel POL 1961 1179683
40 Piotrowski, Przemyslaw POL 1956 1127063
41 Somyk, Marcin POL 1931 1123378
42 White, John USA 1925 2021897
43 Krupa, Jerzy POL 1906 1136968
44 Labuda, Michal POL 1904 1179110
45 Gajdamowicz, Patrick POL 1903 1142798

25) ch-IRL 2011

The Irish Championships take place 2nd-10th July 2011. The organisers are trying to get live coverage for this event.

ch-IRL 2011 Dublin IRL Sat 2nd Jul 2011 - Sun 10th Jul 2011
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg12PtsTPR
1Brady, StephenFMIRL2357112.02850
2Jones, Iolo CCMWLS2286112.02805
3McMahon, DaireIRL2196112.02817
4Redmond, John P.IRL2190112.02749
5O'Connor, JonathanIRL2124112.02809
6Daly, ColmFMIRL2305½11.52718
7Short, Philip MFMIRL2293½11.52308
8Courtney, JohnIRL2059 *½11.52372
9Freeman, GordonIRL2179101.02070
10O'Connell, GerardIRL2142101.02169
11Prizant, MichaelENG2126101.02056
12Murray, DavidIRL2096101.02098
13Fox, AnthonyIRL2087011.02169
14Reynolds, PatIRL2043011.02098
15McCabe, DarrenIRL2024011.02036
16Keogh, EamonIRL2015011.02048
17Benson, Oisin P.IRL2003101.02036
18Janusaitis, MindaugasLTU1968011.02081
19Josse, MarkENG2176½00.51945
20Cafolla, PeterIRL2053½00.52293
21Moran, StephenIRL1983½00.52048
22O'Rourke, RayIRL2038000.01347
23King, MelvynIRL1980000.01380
24Loughran, JohnIRL1916000.01336
25Doyle, HughIRL1909000.01335
26Twomey, PatIRL1881000.01279
26 players

26) ch-UAE 2011

The UAE Championship took place 25th June - 2nd July 2011. Favourite Salem A R Saleh won with 9/9.

ch-UAE 2011 Abu Dhabi UAE Sat 25th Jun 2011 - Sat 2nd Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Salem A R SalehGMUAE25119.050.545.00.0
2Khouri Ibrahim MohamedFMUAE22277.051.036.00.0
3Saeed IshaqFMUAE22246.548.535.50.0
4Al-Kaabi AbdullaUAE19046.047.027.00.0
5Ali MahmoudUAE21025.547.529.00.0
6Khouri Ahmed AbbasFMUAE20305.050.529.50.0
7Al-Marzouqi Abdulla MUAE19905.050.029.50.0
8Saud MohamedUAE20875.050.026.00.0
9Ali AbdulkhaleqUAE20725.047.529.00.0
10Faisal AbdullaUAE22755.047.528.50.0
11Alhuwar JasemFMUAE23344.543.024.50.0
12Saleh NaifCMUAE18264.542.024.50.0
13Mansour AbbasUAE19534.541.025.00.0
14Murad AbdullaUAE17204.539.020.00.0
15Abdullah Al HamedUAE18404.538.523.00.0
16Esa A H AlmarazeeqUAE17864.534.518.00.0
17Zayed Ali Al-HamedUAE19684.041.524.00.0
18Abdulla Ali U16UAE16694.034.520.00.0
19Fahed AhmadUAE20124.034.519.50.0
20Walid AnwarUAE17754.033.018.50.0
21Abdulaziz AbdullaUAE15644.032.517.50.0
22Mansour Mohamed KhooriUAE03.540.022.50.0
23Obaid Rashid Al hafityUAE03.537.018.50.0
24Mahmoud AhmedUAE15763.535.017.00.0
25Issa MohammedUAE18163.030.512.01.0
26Mohamed Rashid Al hafityUAE03.027.59.50.0
27Abdulla Al-Hamed U16UAE17851.535.05.00.0
28Hassan AbdullahIMUAE23980.027.00.00.0
29Majed Khalfan Al MarzoqiUAE00.025.50.00.0
29 players
ch-UAE Ladies 2011 Abu Dhabi UAE Sat 25th Jun 2011 - Sat 2nd Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Saleh Nora MohdWIMUAE18847.545.538.043.0
2Al-Zarouni Kholoud EssaWFMUAE18647.047.538.534.0
3Salem AmnaUAE16836.547.037.532.0
4Bukhashem Fayeqa SWFMUAE17476.544.040.534.5
5Gharib Alia AliUAE17646.050.042.033.0
6Nouman AmnaWFMUAE17236.046.538.533.0
7Abeer AliUAE06.041.034.529.0
8AL Hammadi Fatima HussainUAE05.542.033.529.5
9AL Ansari Mariam MohamedUAE05.536.028.022.5
10Obaid JawaherUAE05.040.533.524.0
11Jehad AyshaUAE15795.040.033.024.0
12Al-Zarouni AishaUAE17435.036.030.026.0
13Bashyer KhalilUAE05.035.028.521.5
14Waad K Al-KaabiUAE04.541.035.524.5
15Al Muaini Meerah SarhanUAE04.537.030.022.5
16Abdulrahman MariamUAE04.532.028.017.0
17AL Ahammadi Mona HusseinUAE04.044.035.520.0
18Khuloud AhmedUAE15974.043.534.529.0
19Mohd Salem MaryamUAE04.040.032.022.5
20Radwan Alia KhaledUAE04.037.530.018.0
21Al-Jaber Hayat HassanUAE04.031.527.016.0
22AL Amaas FatimaUAE04.026.523.014.0
23Nada Al-AmeeriUAE03.537.029.522.5
24Azez AonodUAE03.531.526.516.0
25Al-Jaber Hessa HasanUAE03.031.027.015.0
26AL Ali Fatima SultanUAE02.025.522.09.0
27Al Amery MaryamUAE01.039.032.09.0
28Al Amery AliaUAE01.037.031.58.0
29AL Suwaidi LatifaUAE01.029.522.05.0
30Abas FatimaUAE00.033.024.00.0
30 players

27) First Saturday July 2011

The First Saturday July tournaments are under way.

FSGM July Budapest HUN Sat 2nd Jul 2011 - Tue 12th Jul 2011
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Gavrilov AlexeiGMRUS24812.01.000.02
2Mihok OliverIMHUN24571.50.750.01
3Balazs GaborHUN23831.00.750.50
Szabo BenceHUN23621.00.750.50
5Feher AdamHUN23231.00.500.01
6Vajda LeventeGMROU25041.00.000.01
7Blasko IstvanIMHUN23470.50.750.00
8Varga ZoltanGMHUN24830.50.500.00
Lorscheid GerhardFMGER22650.50.500.00
10Szablowski PawelIMPOL24330.00.000.00
10 players
FSIM July Budapest HUN Sat 2nd Jul 2011 - Tue 12th Jul 2011
Leading Round 2 (of 10) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Farago SandorIMHUN22691.51.500.01
2Husari SateaIMSYR23061.50.750.01
3Battey AlexanderUSA23261.01.000.00
4Lyell MarkFMENG22241.00.500.01
5Kantor GergelyHUN22550.50.750.00
6Lengyel BelaIMHUN22760.50.500.00
6 players
FSFMA July Budapest HUN Sat 2nd Jul 2011 - Tue 12th Jul 2011
Leading Round 2 (of 11) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Juracsik JozsefHUN21931.51.750.51
Borda LajosHUN21301.51.750.51
3Darazs ZoltanHUN21331.51.250.01
4Tran Minh ThangVIE20921.01.001.01
Zala GyulaHUN20211.01.001.01
6Farkas RichardHUN20391.01.000.01
Kis BelaHUN20581.01.000.01
8Winkler StefanGER18641.00.500.01
9Gulyas AttilaHUN20381.00.000.01
Kantor RekaSVK19651.00.000.01
11Letay GyulaFMHUN20200.50.750.00
12Somogyi GaborHUN19950.00.000.00
12 players
FSFMB July Budapest HUN Sat 2nd Jul 2011 - Tue 12th Jul 2011
Leading Round 2 (of 10) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Vasilev SergeyRUS14212.01.000.02
Balla AttilaHUN17222.01.000.02
3Zsembery AronHUN18561.00.000.01
Breen AnthonyIRL16631.00.000.01
5Alfier CeciliaITA16540.00.000.00
Fabian LaszloGER17280.00.000.00
6 players
FSFMC July Budapest HUN Sat 2nd Jul 2011 - Tue 12th Jul 2011
Leading Round 2 (of 10) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Nagy PeterHUN15352.02.000.02
2Patrickson MarkENG02.00.000.02
3Vujosevics EszterHUN14311.00.000.01
Hetesi ZoltanHUN15011.00.000.01
5Szabo MiklosHUN13580.00.000.00
Mihajlova DianaENG14430.00.000.00
6 players

28) 13th Torredembarra Open

The Torredembarra Open takes place 2nd-10th July 2011.

XIII Open Torredembarra ESP Sat 2nd Jul 2011 - Sun 10th Jul 2011
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameFEDRtgPts
1Alvarez Pedraza AramisCUB25512.0
Kogan ArturISR25482.0
Oms Pallisse JosepESP24892.0
Abreu Delgado AryamCUB24792.0
Pozo Vera SandroCUB24712.0
Colovic AleksandarMKD24502.0
Gonzalez Rodriguez Jorge ACOL24342.0
Genov PetarBUL24282.0
Becking StephanGER24152.0
Cruz FilemonPER24062.0
Ivanov JordanBUL23982.0
Kukov VelislavBUL23772.0
Khaidorov ViacheslavESP22442.0
Lacasta Palacios JoaquimESP21802.0
Graells RicardoSUI21682.0
Navarro Lopez-Menchero DanielESP21652.0
Plasencia Martinez VictorESP21502.0
Du Plessis HeincoRSA21002.0
19Milchev NikolayBUL23882.0
20Moskalenko ViktorUKR25912.0
Oratovsky MichaelISR25212.0
Barbero Senidic AlejandroESP22642.0
Moreno Carretero CarlesESP21452.0
24Karlsson LarsSWE24821.5
Accensi Estrada Miguel AngelESP21851.5
Blasco Cusido FrancescESP19321.5
27Lasinskas PovilasLTU21481.5
Loehr Dols LluisESP20641.5
Costa Berengue JoanESP19011.5
30Colet Fernandez JosepESP20651.0
110 players

29) 1st Crakow Closed GM

The 1st Crakow Closed GM closed is under way. I couldn't find any games.

1st Crakow Closed GM Krakow POL Sun 3rd Jul 2011 - Tue 12th Jul 2011
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Mista, Aleksander GM POL 2564 1110381
2 Banusz, Tamas GM HUN 2554 722413
3 Jakubiec, Artur GM POL 2532 1103261
4 Gundavaa, Bayarsaikhan IM MGL 2480 4901045
5 Fauland, Alexander IM AUT 2477 1600036
6 Nestorovic, Nikola IM SRB 2474 934526
7 Fodor, Tamas Jr. FM HUN 2460 723762
8 Kanarek, Marcel IM POL 2435 1126822
9 Andersen, Mads IM DEN 2422 1413864
10 Sadzikowski, Daniel FM POL 2388 1132253
11 Wieczorek, Oskar POL 2374 1133950

30) 1st San Bernardino Open

The 1st San Bernardino Open took place 29th June - 2nd July 2011. Viesturs Meijers and Edward Porper won with 3.5/5.

1st Holiday Open San Bernardino SUI Wed 29th Jun 2011 - Sat 2nd Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Meijers ViestursGMLAT24733.510.530.0
2Porper EdwardIMCAN24463.59.530.0
3Gaponenko InnaIMUKR24553.012.020.0
4Joksic SinisaIMSRB22503.08.020.0
5Aerni AndreasSUI21633.06.530.0
6Borin FabioITA21143.05.530.0
7Boschetti ClaudioSUI21252.510.021.0
8Lipecki AlexanderSUI21292.56.010.0
9Onda WalterSUI18132.08.010.0
10Schneider AntonioSUI19842.07.020.0
11Salvetti AlecFMITA22662.07.010.0
12Grigioni GiulioITA02.07.010.0
13Paleologu VladimirSUI21521.58.010.0
14Rigo GianfrancescoITA20111.56.500.0
15Albicker LaurenzSUI15261.07.500.0
15 players

31) 1st ch-CHN Rapid 2011

The 1st Chinese Rapid tournament is under way. The results are only available in Chinese but there are some games from each round. The 9 round swiss will produce 4 men and 4 women who will play a knockout for the title.

1st ch-CHN Rapid Pre Hefei CHN Sun 3rd Jul 2011 - Thu 7th Jul 2011
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Wang, Yue GM CHN 2709 8601429
2 Yu, Yangyi GM CHN 2672 8603820
3 Li, Chao b GM CHN 2669 8604436
4 Ni, Hua GM CHN 2662 8601160
5 Ding, Liren GM CHN 2654 8603677
6 Zhou, Jianchao GM CHN 2636 8603537
7 Zhou, Weiqi GM CHN 2605 8601674
8 Zhao, Jun GM CHN 2588 8602522
9 Wen, Yang GM CHN 2558 8602956
10 Li, Shilong GM CHN 2520 8600678
11 Xiu, Deshun GM CHN 2519 8603693
12 Xu, Jun GM CHN 2498 8600031
13 Wang, Zili GM CHN 2488 8600023
14 Wang, Chen IM CHN 2449 8601020
15 Ma, Qun CHN 2447 8603154
16 Lou, Yiping IM CHN 2431 8603928
17 Gao, Rui IM CHN 2420 8602387
18 Zeng, Chongsheng CHN 2413 8603847
19 Wang, Li IM CHN 2402 8604460
20 Ma, Zhonghan CHN 2378 8607206
21 Lu, Yijie CHN 2370 8604525
22 Jia, Haoxiang CHN 2369 8602999
23 Mu, Ke CHN 2290 8602778
24 Fang, Yan CHN 2265 8604746
25 Wang, Yiye CHN 2262 8606021
26 Xu, Yi CM CHN 2110 8605564
27 Xu, Yinglun CHN 2084 8604940
28 Xu, Jialun CHN 2077 8607354
29 Zhang, Hong CHN 2054 8604029
30 Xu, Xiangyu CHN 2016 8608288
31 Fang, Yuxiang CHN 1977 8605840
32 Hu, Yu CHN 1720 8608377
1st ch-CHN Rap w Pre Hefei CHN Sun 3rd Jul 2011 - Thu 7th Jul 2011
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Ju, Wenjun WGM CHN 2515 8603006
2 Zhao, Xue GM CHN 2470 8601283
3 Shen, Yang WGM CHN 2459 8603162
4 Wang, Yu A. IM CHN 2399 8601097
5 Tan, Zhongyi WGM CHN 2396 8603642
6 Zhang, Xiaowen WGM CHN 2389 8603219
7 Guo, Qi WGM CHN 2368 8604002
8 Gu, Xiaobing WGM CHN 2341 8602611
9 Ding, Yixin WGM CHN 2330 8602972
10 Wang, Doudou CHN 2193 8603197
11 Yu, Moqi CHN 2106 8604533
12 Li, Xueyi CHN 2082 8605912
13 Lei, Tingjie CHN 2061 8605114
14 Li, Zhuoling WFM CHN 1907 8605629

32) 4th Sveins Memorial

The 4th Sveins Memorial took place 24th-28th June 2011. Jon Ludvig Hammer and Emanuel Berg were the top seeds. Marc T Arnold took clear first place with 7/9.

4th Sveins minneturn Oslo NOR Fri 24th Jun 2011 - Tue 28th Jun 2011
Final Round 9 Standings:
PlNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
1Arnold, Marc TIMUSA243272283 2545
2Hammer, Jon LudvigGMNOR26096.52395 2596
3Persson, Tiger HillarpGMSWE25436.52354 2550
4Ostmoe, Geir Sune TallaksenFMNOR24346.52291 2486
5Berg, EmanuelGMSWE26086.52259 2507
6Urkedal, Frode Olav OlsenIMNOR24486.52222 2411
7Smith, AxelIMSWE245062276 2429
8Hebden, Mark LGMENG253962229 2435
9Vas, PeterFMSWE229762215 2354
10Kvisvik, Brede Alex.NOR217562140 2283
11Kovachev, Daniel JakobsenFMNOR23155.52288 2348
12Tari, AryanNOR21695.52188 2265
13Getz, NicolaiFMNOR23855.52242 2348
14Gronn, AtleIMNOR24095.52182 2198
15Lund, TerjeNOR20755.52164 2211
16Westerinen, Heikki M.J.GMFIN23505.52139 2256
17Kjolberg, Jens HjorthNOR19315.52123 2124
18Hauge, Lars OskarNOR201152244 2201
19Skrondal, Inge SandstadCMNOR223752156 2202
20Mellem, Nikolas AxelNOR211352149 2146
21Hansen, Lars-Henrik BechDEN199352134 2068
22Moseng, GeirNOR52106 2056
23Rodvik, Trym DanielNOR184352105 2027
24Mihajlov, SebastianNOR196452093 1987
25Gershenov, BenUSA206952055 2052
26Omtvedt, PerNOR208852019 2025
27Christiansen, Johan-SebastianNOR192052006 1898
28Arthur, John MacUSA207651959 1956
29Kjoita, HenningNOR18774.52195 2021
30Mihajlov, SvetoslavNOR20844.52158 2164
31Hoi, CarstenGMDEN24084.51987 2089
32Greeuw, SietskeNED19814.52150 2021
33Johansen, StianNOR19614.52146 1996
34Tallo, EmilyUSA4.52077 1837
35Salomon, JohanNOR19174.51986 1910
36Heublum, Harry AUSA4.51981 1981
37Haubro, SigfredDEN21494.51957 1936
38Gholami, ArminNOR182242070 1776
39Moe, PalNOR183242065 1798
40Riiser, SamuelNOR172542012 1671
41Haug, JohannesNOR169642006 1930
42Langmyhr, ToreNOR199341975 1701
43Hansen, Erle Andrea MarkiNOR174941948 1780
44Djurhuus, Eivind XNOR41809 1759
45Kjoita, TorgeirNOR18373.52056 1931
46Johansen, Torbjorn ReidarNOR19053.52049 1801
47Rodsmoen, MaudNOR19163.52020 1264
48Rundgren, AndersNOR19433.52001 1927
49Amarapala, SheringtonNOR17093.52028 1301
50Rohde, AaronUSA3.51926 1733
51Roholdt, NjaalNOR3.51900 1900
51Paulshus, AndersNOR3.51900 1660
53Arntsen, FrodeNOR3.51883 1781
54Undheim, BjarneNOR167831916 1806
55Gholami, AnitaNOR31902 1735
56Ellingsrud, BjornNOR175931940 1686
57Bue, GunnarNOR18142.51897 1600
58Elstad, Odd ArneNOR2.51880 1646
59Hestvik, Petter MartinNOR2.51837 0000
60Gronn, Eskil EkelandNOR21849 0000
61Mann, Gopal SinghIND1.51779 0000
62Peters, ShainaUSA11817 0000
63Moen, Ole ChristianFMNOR22421 0000
63 players

33) ch-KAZ 2011

The Championship of Kazakhstan was won by Pavel Kotsur with 10.5/13.

ch-KAZ 2011 Astana KAZ Sun 15th May 2011 - Sat 28th May 2011. Category: 7. Ave: (2407)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts TPR
1 Jumabayev, Rinat GM KAZ 2558 # 1 1 = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 0 1 10.5 2646
2 Kotsur, Pavel GM KAZ 2562 0 # 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 10.5 2646
3 Ismagambetov, Anuar GM KAZ 2500 0 0 # = 1 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 8 2487
4 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas GM KAZ 2618 = = = # = 1 = = = 0 0 1 1 1 7.5 2448
5 Temirbayev, Serikbay GM KAZ 2407 = = 0 = # 0 1 = = = 1 1 = 1 7.5 2464
6 Kuderinov, Kirill IM KAZ 2480 0 0 1 0 1 # 0 = 0 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2458
7 Khusnutdinov, Rustam GM KAZ 2508 0 0 = = 0 1 # 1 1 1 0 = = 1 7 2428
8 Erzhanov, Arman FM KAZ 2301 = 0 0 = = = 0 # 1 = 0 1 1 1 6.5 2415
9 Ospanov, Nazar KAZ 2250 0 = = = = 1 0 0 # 0 1 0 1 = 5.5 2362
10 Aitbayev, Aslan KAZ 2355 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 = 1 # = = 1 0 5 2324
11 Akkozov, Berik FM KAZ 2369 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 = # 0 = 1 5 2323
12 Kozganbayev, Erken KAZ 2271 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 = 1 # 1 1 5 2330
13 Davletbayeva, Madina WFM KAZ 2234 1 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 # 0 3 2209
14 Karayev, Assylkhan FM KAZ 2284 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 1 # 2.5 2165
Round 1. Sun 15th May 2011
Kuderinov, Kirill 0-1 Jumabayev, Rinat 93 C00 French
Karayev, Assylkhan 0-1 Khusnutdinov, Rustam 70 B51 Sicilian
Ismagambetov, Anuar 1/2-1/2 Ospanov, Nazar 20 C19 French
Erzhanov, Arman 1/2-1/2 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas 61 C69 Ruy Lopez
Davletbayeva, Madina 0-1 Kotsur, Pavel 35 C04 French
Akkozov, Berik 0-1 Temirbayev, Serikbay 56 A90 Dutch defence
Aitbayev, Aslan 1/2-1/2 Kozganbayev, Erken 35 C19 French
Round 2. Mon 16th May 2011
Ospanov, Nazar 1/2-1/2 Karayev, Assylkhan 39 C41 Philidor
Kozganbayev, Erken 0-1 Kuderinov, Kirill 48 C44 Scotch
Kotsur, Pavel 1-0 Ismagambetov, Anuar 60 D23 QGA
Khusnutdinov, Rustam 0-1 Akkozov, Berik 41 B97 Sicilian
Kazhgaleyev, Murtas 1-0 Davletbayeva, Madina 22 C77 Ruy Lopez
Jumabayev, Rinat 1/2-1/2 Erzhanov, Arman 28 D08 QGD
Aitbayev, Aslan 1/2-1/2 Temirbayev, Serikbay 45 C07 French
Round 3. Tue 17th May 2011
Temirbayev, Serikbay 1-0 Khusnutdinov, Rustam 32 D91 Gruenfeld
Kuderinov, Kirill 1-0 Aitbayev, Aslan 72 A22 English
Karayev, Assylkhan 0-1 Kotsur, Pavel 42 C00 French
Ismagambetov, Anuar 1/2-1/2 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas 33 C78 Ruy Lopez
Erzhanov, Arman 1-0 Kozganbayev, Erken 28 C02 French
Davletbayeva, Madina 1-0 Jumabayev, Rinat 16 B10 Caro-Kann
Akkozov, Berik 0-1 Ospanov, Nazar 32 E92 King's Indian
Round 4. Wed 18th May 2011
Ospanov, Nazar 1/2-1/2 Temirbayev, Serikbay 16 C03 French
Kuderinov, Kirill 1/2-1/2 Erzhanov, Arman 52 C01 French
Kozganbayev, Erken 1-0 Davletbayeva, Madina 39 A15 English opening
Kotsur, Pavel 1-0 Akkozov, Berik 48 B92 Sicilian
Kazhgaleyev, Murtas 1-0 Karayev, Assylkhan 47 A53 Old Indian defence
Jumabayev, Rinat 1-0 Ismagambetov, Anuar 54 D20 QGA
Aitbayev, Aslan 0-1 Khusnutdinov, Rustam 32 B90 Sicilian
Round 5. Thu 19th May 2011
Temirbayev, Serikbay 1/2-1/2 Kotsur, Pavel 13 D31 QGD
Khusnutdinov, Rustam 1-0 Ospanov, Nazar 85 C05 French
Karayev, Assylkhan 0-1 Jumabayev, Rinat 44 B40 Sicilian defence
Ismagambetov, Anuar 1-0 Kozganbayev, Erken 30 C41 Philidor
Erzhanov, Arman 1/2-1/2 Aitbayev, Aslan 51 C03 French
Davletbayeva, Madina 0-1 Kuderinov, Kirill 47 C77 Ruy Lopez
Akkozov, Berik 1-0 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas 54 E10 Queen's pawn game
Round 6. Fri 20th May 2011
Kuderinov, Kirill 1-0 Ismagambetov, Anuar 40 B40 Sicilian defence
Kozganbayev, Erken 1-0 Karayev, Assylkhan 15 C41 Philidor
Kotsur, Pavel 1-0 Khusnutdinov, Rustam 29 A48 King's Indian
Kazhgaleyev, Murtas 1/2-1/2 Temirbayev, Serikbay 37 E71 King's Indian
Jumabayev, Rinat 1-0 Akkozov, Berik 36 E04 Catalan
Erzhanov, Arman 1-0 Davletbayeva, Madina 62 E61 King's Indian defence, 3.Nc3
Aitbayev, Aslan 1-0 Ospanov, Nazar 96 C05 French
Round 7. Sat 21st May 2011
Temirbayev, Serikbay 1/2-1/2 Jumabayev, Rinat 52 D45 QGD semi-Slav
Ospanov, Nazar 1/2-1/2 Kotsur, Pavel 16 B46 Sicilian
Khusnutdinov, Rustam 1/2-1/2 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas 20 C93 Ruy Lopez
Karayev, Assylkhan 0-1 Kuderinov, Kirill 40 C45 Scotch game
Ismagambetov, Anuar 1-0 Erzhanov, Arman 76 C11 French
Davletbayeva, Madina 0-1 Aitbayev, Aslan 19 C03 French
Akkozov, Berik 0-1 Kozganbayev, Erken 36 A81 Dutch defence
Round 8. Mon 23rd May 2011
Kuderinov, Kirill 1-0 Akkozov, Berik 42 B51 Sicilian
Kozganbayev, Erken 0-1 Temirbayev, Serikbay 28 C11 French
Kazhgaleyev, Murtas 1/2-1/2 Ospanov, Nazar 97 C03 French
Jumabayev, Rinat 1-0 Khusnutdinov, Rustam 37 D80 Gruenfeld
Erzhanov, Arman 1-0 Karayev, Assylkhan 65 C41 Philidor
Davletbayeva, Madina 1/2-1/2 Ismagambetov, Anuar 87 B01 Scandinavian defence
Aitbayev, Aslan 0-1 Kotsur, Pavel 37 B42 Sicilian
Round 9. Tue 24th May 2011
Temirbayev, Serikbay 0-1 Kuderinov, Kirill 37 E11 Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation
Ospanov, Nazar 0-1 Jumabayev, Rinat 41 B57 Sicilian
Kotsur, Pavel 1/2-1/2 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas 14 B07 Robatsch defence
Khusnutdinov, Rustam 1/2-1/2 Kozganbayev, Erken 32 A15 English opening
Karayev, Assylkhan 1-0 Davletbayeva, Madina 63 A01 Nimzovich-Larsen attack
Ismagambetov, Anuar 1-0 Aitbayev, Aslan 40 C19 French
Akkozov, Berik 1-0 Erzhanov, Arman 39 D43 QGD semi-Slav
Round 10. Wed 25th May 2011
Kuderinov, Kirill 0-1 Khusnutdinov, Rustam 66 A05 Reti
Kozganbayev, Erken 1-0 Ospanov, Nazar 36 A00 Benko's opening
Jumabayev, Rinat 1-0 Kotsur, Pavel 26 A43 Old Benoni defence
Ismagambetov, Anuar 1-0 Karayev, Assylkhan 39 C41 Philidor
Erzhanov, Arman 1/2-1/2 Temirbayev, Serikbay 20 C03 French
Davletbayeva, Madina 1/2-1/2 Akkozov, Berik 45 B22 Sicilian
Aitbayev, Aslan 1-0 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas 27 B07 Pirc defence
Round 11. Thu 26th May 2011
Temirbayev, Serikbay 1/2-1/2 Davletbayeva, Madina 43 E60 King's Indian, 3.Nf3
Ospanov, Nazar 1-0 Kuderinov, Kirill 51 C89 Ruy Lopez
Kotsur, Pavel 1-0 Kozganbayev, Erken 31 C55 Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)
Khusnutdinov, Rustam 1-0 Erzhanov, Arman 59 B30 Sicilian defence
Kazhgaleyev, Murtas 1/2-1/2 Jumabayev, Rinat 49 D45 QGD semi-Slav
Karayev, Assylkhan 1-0 Aitbayev, Aslan 85 B40 Sicilian defence
Akkozov, Berik 0-1 Ismagambetov, Anuar 19 D37 QGD
Round 12. Fri 27th May 2011
Kuderinov, Kirill 0-1 Kotsur, Pavel 40 C00 French
Kozganbayev, Erken 0-1 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas 42 C95 Ruy Lopez
Karayev, Assylkhan 0-1 Akkozov, Berik 40 A01 Nimzovich-Larsen attack
Ismagambetov, Anuar 1-0 Temirbayev, Serikbay 32 C11 French
Erzhanov, Arman 1-0 Ospanov, Nazar 37 B22 Sicilian
Davletbayeva, Madina 1/2-1/2 Khusnutdinov, Rustam 66 B22 Sicilian
Aitbayev, Aslan 0-1 Jumabayev, Rinat 70 B90 Sicilian
Round 13. Sat 28th May 2011
Temirbayev, Serikbay 1-0 Karayev, Assylkhan 14 A53 Old Indian defence
Ospanov, Nazar 1-0 Davletbayeva, Madina 55 E92 King's Indian
Kotsur, Pavel 1-0 Erzhanov, Arman 49 B00 King's pawn opening
Khusnutdinov, Rustam 1/2-1/2 Ismagambetov, Anuar 21 D22 QGA
Kazhgaleyev, Murtas 1-0 Kuderinov, Kirill 35 E15 Queen's Indian
Jumabayev, Rinat 1-0 Kozganbayev, Erken 29 E60 King's Indian, 3.Nf3
Akkozov, Berik 1/2-1/2 Aitbayev, Aslan 20 A84 Dutch defence

34) XIX Montcada Open

The 19th Montcada Open took place 25th June - 3rd July 2011. Salvador Del Rio De Angelis and Matthieu Cornette finished on 7/9.

XIX Open A Montcada i Reixac ESP Sat 25th Jun 2011 - Sun 3rd Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1DEL RIO DE ANGELIS Salvador GGMESP25087.037.50.047.0
2CORNETTE MatthieuGMFRA25627.033.50.044.0
3CRUZ CristhianIMPER24776.539.50.048.0
4BACALLAO ALONSO YusnelIMCUB25306.534.00.044.0
5PERALTA FernandoGMARG26086.533.00.046.5
6CUENCA JIMENEZ Jose FernandoIMESP24936.532.00.043.5
7GONZALEZ VIDAL YuriGMCUB25046.531.50.042.0
8MUNOZ PANTOJA MiguelIMPER24986.033.00.045.0
9GONZALEZ PEREZ ArianFMCUB24766.032.00.044.0
10HERNANDEZ CARMENATES HoldenGMCUB25586.030.00.041.5
11MARTINEZ RAMIREZ ErikMKESP22066.026.50.043.0
12DELGADO RAMOS HectorFMCUB24805.533.00.047.0
13STOPA JacekIMPOL24605.530.50.043.5
14CRUZ JonathanIMPER23935.529.00.044.0
15ALMEIDA QUINTANA OmarGMCUB25555.528.50.039.0
16MATNADZE AnaIMGEO24295.524.50.033.0
17RANDAZZO AdrianMKITA22265.521.00.037.5
18CAMACHO COLLADOS JoseFMESP23805.029.00.043.0
19LORENZO DE LA RIVA LazaroIMESP23785.028.50.042.5
20CUARTAS Jaime AlexanderGMCOL25425.027.50.040.0
21LIBISZEWSKI FabienGMFRA24805.027.00.043.0
22GOMEZ JURADO Luis AlbertoFMESP23385.027.00.042.5
23HERNANDO RODRIGO Jose MariaIMESP23025.027.00.044.5
24POGORELOV RuslanGMUKR24365.026.50.039.0
25VEHI BACH Victor ManuelIMESP24025.026.00.039.0
26PANELO MarceloIMARG24135.025.00.041.0
27LARINO NIETO DavidIMESP24875.023.50.035.5
28DOMINGUEZ PONS EricFMESP23225.023.50.037.0
29BALS HERNANDEZ JordiESP20825.021.50.037.0
30NARCISO DUBLAN MarcGMESP25324.528.50.045.0
31MASSONI MichaelFMFRA23204.526.50.044.5
32DESHPANDE AniruddhaIND22094.524.50.040.0
33PEREZ MITJANS OrelvisIMESP24454.523.50.039.0
34HERNANDO RODRIGO Julio AMKESP23254.522.00.037.5
35THAKUR AkashIND23274.520.50.038.5
36EZQUERRO LUQUE AlbertESP21024.516.50.031.5
37BENDAYAN CLAROS AaronESP21634.516.00.032.0
38FERNANDEZ AGUADO EnriqueIMESP23574.024.50.042.0
39SANCHEZ JEREZ Emilio MiguelFMESP22864.023.00.039.5
40GALLART ZAFRA JaumeMKESP21904.021.00.034.5
66 players

35) TCh-TUR 2011

The Turish Team Championship takes place 28th June - 9th July 2011.

TCh-TUR 2011 Konya TUR Tue 28th Jun 2011 - Sat 9th Jul 2011
Leading Round 7 (of 13) Standings:
RkNameGms+-=MptsBpts
1Isek Aquamatch S.K.76011341½
2Yapi Kredi Spor Kulubu76101245½
3Gazi Universitesi S.K.75111138
4Mersin Ezgi Satranc Kulubu75201039½
5Istanbul Teknik Universitesi S.K.7421937½
6Adana Truva Satranc S.K.7421937
7Manisa Doruk Koleji S.K.7322837
8Celikkol Turizm Pamukkale Unv. S.K.7232634½
9Tarsus Zeka Satranc S.K.7241532
10Deniz Genclik S.K.7241532
11Bursa Tophane Meslek Lisesi S.K.7142432½
12Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu7151329
13Turk Hava Yollari S.K.7151327
14Yesilkoy Spor Kulubu7070027
14 teams

36) Swiss Teams National A

The Swiss Teams National A takes place 27th Feb - 23rd October 2011. Players include Fabiano Caruana, Vadim Milov, Alexey Dreev, Chrisitan Bauer, Viktor Korchnoi etc. Next Rounds 6-7 27th-28th August 2011.

TCh-SUI National A Geneva SUI Sun 27th Feb 2011 - Sun 23rd Oct 2011
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeamMptsBpts
1Riehen 1823
2Reichenstein 1822½
3Reti 1724½
4Geneve 1722½
5Luzern 1622
6Zuerich 1523
7Winterthur 1519½
8Wollishofen 1419
9Joueur 1016
10Echallens 108
10 teams

37) Active Team Events

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

Chinese League 2011

The Chinese League started 12th April. This week saw rounds 4-6 26th-28th May 2011. Next rounds 7-9: 10th-12th July.

Chinese League Ningbo CHN Tue 12th Apr 2011 - Tue 6th Dec 2011
Leading Round 6 (of 18) Standings:
RkSNoTeamGms+-=TB1TB2
110Beijing65101017.5
25Shanghai6411918.5
36Shandong6321718.5
44Tianjin6321716.0
52Zhejiang6222615.5
69Qingdao6222614.5
78Jiangsu6231515.0
83Hebei6132413.5
91Sichuan6024412.0
107Chongqing604229.0
10 teams

TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2011

The Polish Ekstraliga started with the first three rounds in Wroclaw. David Navara was amongst the players. Next Rounds 4-6 2nd-4th September 2011.

TCh-POL Ekstraliga Wroclaw POL Fri 6th May 2011 - Sun 9th Oct 2011
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoTeamFEDRtgMptsBpts
12KSz WASKO HetMaN Szopienice KatowicePOL2500511.5
26PGNiG POLONIA WarszawaPOL2483510.5
33ROTMISTRZ TWOJA SZKOLA GrudziadzPOL2400510
45KSz STILON Gorzow WielkopolskiPOL241749.5
54MLKS NADNARWIANKA PultuskPOL238348
610LKS PASJONAT DankowicePOL2450310.5
79POLONIA VOTUM WroclawPOL2433310
81KSz ODRODZENIE KozuchowPOL238316
98DRAKON SKOK CHMIELEWSKIEGO LublinPOL233307
107KS POCZTOWIEC PoznanPOL236707
10 players

38) Brazil Open

The Brazil Open took place 30th June - 3rd July 2011. Jose Fernado Cubas won with 7/7. I will round up the games next week if a fuller file becomes available.

Brazil Open 2011 Maringa BRA Thu 30th Jun 2011 - Sun 3rd Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1CUBAS Jose FernadoIMPAR25057.024.533.533.50
2MATSUURA EveraldoGMBRA24806.024.034.027.00
3FIER AlexandrGMBRA25605.525.035.526.00
4MARECO SandroGMARG25915.523.532.024.00
5PERDOMO Leandro DanielIMARG23845.523.031.023.50
6BARBOSA Evandro AmorimFMBRA23435.521.530.023.25
7CHOMA Ernani FranciscoFMBRA23405.024.032.521.00
8SUPI Luis PauloBRA21685.023.531.020.50
9VESCOVI GiovanniGMBRA26345.023.033.521.25
10SILVA Rodrigo Disconzi DaIMBRA23725.023.032.021.00
11MARQUES Joao Paulo CassemiroBRA20325.023.031.021.50
12BORGES Guilherme DeolaBRA21465.022.530.520.25
13MARTINS CarlosFMBRA22415.022.030.020.75
14CONDORI EdwinPER21595.022.030.020.00
15GAUCHE CharlesFMBRA22795.021.530.520.50
16TOLEDO James Mann deIMBRA23945.021.529.521.25
17MOLINA Roberto Jr BritoIMBRA24065.021.529.520.00
18SANTIAGO Yago De MouraFMBRA22375.021.529.518.50
19TSUBOI Edson KenjiIMBRA23575.021.029.020.00
20BARRETO Felipe Kubiaki MennaBRA21935.020.530.018.00
21ARAUJO Rafael MoreiraBRA21785.020.528.518.00
22VIEIRA Gabriel Tortola FloresBRA05.020.028.020.50
23DELGADO Lidio DiasFMBRA22855.020.028.019.00
24YANO William Jorge FroesBRA21595.019.027.518.25
25GONZALEZ Bolivar RibeiroFMBRA23175.019.026.518.25
26CHEMIN VitorioFMBRA21885.019.026.517.00
27CRUZ William Ferreira daBRA21645.018.527.518.00
28PROUDIAN ArmenCMBRA21155.018.527.018.50
29DELAI Paula FernandaWFMBRA20305.016.523.015.00
30CAMARGO MateusBRA20724.523.032.017.00
31PALOZI Paulo RicardoBRA22754.521.529.518.75
32UTIYAMA Marcel Heimar RibeiroBRA21174.521.029.017.00
33NUNES JR SidneyBRA20474.521.027.014.25
34BANDEIRA TarcianoBRA21664.520.530.016.00
35SEKULA Markley RibasBRA20804.520.528.515.75
36FERREIRA Euclides RobertoBRA20914.520.528.515.50
37MAFRA Kaiser LuizBRA21484.520.028.016.00
38NERY JR Jose AntonioBRA20174.519.527.015.00
39CORDEIRO Marco Aurelio ZarorBRA22434.518.025.515.50
40SUASNABAR JesusPER19834.517.024.514.25
157 players

39) Kheireddine Ameyar Memorial

The Kheireddine Ameyar Memorial took place 25th-30th June 2011. Andrey Sumets edged out Mohamed Haddouche on tie-break after both scored 7.5/9.

Kheireddine Ameyar M Tipaza ALG Sat 25th Jun 2011 - Thu 30th Jun 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
1SUMETS ANDREYGMUKR25797.50.542.0
2HADDOUCHE MOHAMEDIMALG23987.50.540.0
3KAABI MEJDIIMTUN23277.00.036.5
4GOUTALI TAREKFMALG23626.50.042.0
5SAVCHENKO STANISLASGMUKR25106.50.041.0
6FERHI DJAMELALG21286.50.036.0
7BELOUADAH SAADIMALG23426.00.041.5
8BELLAHCENE BILELFRA22266.00.040.5
9HADDAD OUSSAMAALG19976.00.036.5
10SALHI NOURESSADATALG17206.00.035.5
11MEZIOUD AMINAWIMALG20376.00.034.5
12SAIM MOHAMED ILIASALG17866.00.034.0
13BENGHERABI KHALILFMALG21646.00.033.0
14ARAB ADLANEIMALG24305.50.039.0
15LATRECHE KHADIDJAALG19045.50.038.0
16NJILI KAMELFMTUN23055.50.037.0
17DJEDDI MOHAMEDALG18265.50.034.5
18LATRECHE SABRINAWFMALG19535.50.026.0
19SEDDAOUI YAMINEALG21115.00.037.5
20BENKIRAT RABIEALG17305.00.036.5
21MEDJKOUH SAIDALG20275.00.035.0
22NASSR ALIFMALG18505.00.034.5
23SBAIHI FARESALG20765.00.033.5
24DAHEL ABDELHAMIDALG17055.00.031.5
HARBOUCHE SAMIRALG16195.00.031.5
GUERGOUR NADJIBALG05.00.031.5
27BOUKHARI ABDELWAHABALG05.00.029.0
28MENAOUER ELHADIALG15895.00.026.0
29HAMIRA ABDELATIFALG16614.50.036.5
30IOUALALEN LOTFIALG18854.50.035.0
64 players

40) Liptov Festival 2011

The Liptov Festival took place 24th-29th June 2011. Juraj Druska edged out Marian Kantorik on tie-break after both scored 6.5/9 in a IM, WGM all-play-all.

V4 IM/WGM Liptovsky Mikulas SVK Fri 24th Jun 2011 - Wed 29th Jun 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Druska JurajSVK22936.527.500.05
2Kantorik MarianIMSVK23126.524.750.04
3Kireev AlekseiIMRUS23896.023.500.03
4Mikrut DariuszIMPOL23585.522.250.02
5Barski RadoslawPOL22845.520.500.03
6Jacko VladimirSVK21564.016.750.02
7Caletka RadomirFMCZE23573.012.250.01
8Lach AleksandraWFMPOL21543.010.750.02
9Olsarova KarolinaWIMCZE22423.09.250.02
10Motycakova MonikaWFMSVK21072.09.500.01
10 players
V4 IM/WGM Liptovsky Mikulas SVK Fri 24th Jun 2011 - Wed 29th Jun 2011. Category: 1. Ave: (2265)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Druska, Juraj SVK 2293 # = = = 1 1 1 1 1 0 6.5 2428
2 Kantorik, Marian IM SVK 2312 = # = = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2426
3 Kireev, Aleksei IM RUS 2389 = = # = = = = 1 1 1 6 2376
4 Mikrut, Dariusz IM POL 2358 = = = # = = = = 1 1 5.5 2335
5 Barski, Radoslaw POL 2284 0 = = = # = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2343
6 Jacko-jun., Vladimir SVK 2156 0 = = = = # 0 0 1 1 4 2234
7 Caletka, Radomir FM CZE 2357 0 0 = = 0 1 # 0 = = 3 2130
8 Lach, Aleksandra WFM POL 2154 0 0 0 = 0 1 1 # 0 = 3 2153
9 Olsarova, Karolina WIM CZE 2242 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 # 1 3 2143
10 Motycakova, Monika WFM SVK 2107 1 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 # 2 2063
Round 1. Thu 23rd Jun 2011
Barski, Radoslaw 1/2-1/2 Olsarova, Karolina 59 C67 Ruy Lopez
Kireev, Aleksei 1/2-1/2 Caletka, Radomir 43 D00 Levitsky attack (Queen's bishop attack)
Druska, Juraj 1-0 Jacko-jun., Vladimir 34 E11 Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation
Kantorik, Marian 1-0 Lach, Aleksandra 53 A85 Dutch with c4 & Nc3
Mikrut, Dariusz 1-0 Motycakova, Monika 40 D30 QGD Slav
Round 2. Fri 24th Jun 2011
Mikrut, Dariusz 1/2-1/2 Kantorik, Marian 16 A06 Reti opening
Lach, Aleksandra 0-1 Druska, Juraj 50 E60 King's Indian, 3.Nf3
Jacko-jun., Vladimir 1/2-1/2 Kireev, Aleksei 27 B00 King's pawn opening
Caletka, Radomir 0-1 Barski, Radoslaw 49 B23 Sicilian
Motycakova, Monika 0-1 Olsarova, Karolina 25 C65 Ruy Lopez
Round 3. Sat 25th Jun 2011
Olsarova, Karolina 1/2-1/2 Caletka, Radomir 95 B10 Caro-Kann defence
Barski, Radoslaw 1/2-1/2 Jacko-jun., Vladimir 76 B35 Sicilian
Kireev, Aleksei 1-0 Lach, Aleksandra 33 B20 Sicilian
Druska, Juraj 1/2-1/2 Mikrut, Dariusz 14 A15 English opening
Kantorik, Marian 1-0 Motycakova, Monika 49 D47 QGD semi-Slav
Round 4. Sat 25th Jun 2011
Kantorik, Marian 1/2-1/2 Druska, Juraj 59 E00 Catalan opening
Mikrut, Dariusz 1/2-1/2 Kireev, Aleksei 27 A41 Old Indian defence
Lach, Aleksandra 0-1 Barski, Radoslaw 73 C03 French
Jacko-jun., Vladimir 1-0 Olsarova, Karolina 62 C57 two knights defence
Motycakova, Monika 1/2-1/2 Caletka, Radomir 29 B19 Caro-Kann
Round 5. Sun 26th Jun 2011
Caletka, Radomir 1-0 Jacko-jun., Vladimir 32 E00 Catalan opening
Olsarova, Karolina 1-0 Lach, Aleksandra 88 C06 French
Barski, Radoslaw 1/2-1/2 Mikrut, Dariusz 11 D14 QGD Slav
Kireev, Aleksei 1/2-1/2 Kantorik, Marian 8 D00 Levitsky attack (Queen's bishop attack)
Druska, Juraj 0-1 Motycakova, Monika 41 D30 QGD Slav
Round 6. Sun 26th Jun 2011
Druska, Juraj 1/2-1/2 Kireev, Aleksei 6 C41 Philidor
Kantorik, Marian 1/2-1/2 Barski, Radoslaw 55 D97 Gruenfeld
Mikrut, Dariusz 1-0 Olsarova, Karolina 50 D17 QGD Slav
Lach, Aleksandra 1-0 Caletka, Radomir 82 B10 Caro-Kann
Motycakova, Monika 0-1 Jacko-jun., Vladimir 44 B31 Sicilian
Round 7. Mon 27th Jun 2011
Jacko-jun., Vladimir 0-1 Lach, Aleksandra 64 A36 English
Caletka, Radomir 1/2-1/2 Mikrut, Dariusz 15 A80 Dutch
Olsarova, Karolina 0-1 Kantorik, Marian 49 B06 Robatsch defence
Barski, Radoslaw 0-1 Druska, Juraj 27 B35 Sicilian
Kireev, Aleksei 1-0 Motycakova, Monika 50 D00 Levitsky attack (Queen's bishop attack)
Round 8. Tue 28th Jun 2011
Kireev, Aleksei 1/2-1/2 Barski, Radoslaw 69 D00 Levitsky attack (Queen's bishop attack)
Druska, Juraj 1-0 Olsarova, Karolina 47 D12 QGD Slav
Kantorik, Marian 1-0 Caletka, Radomir 51 D47 QGD semi-Slav
Mikrut, Dariusz 1/2-1/2 Jacko-jun., Vladimir 45 E81 King's Indian
Motycakova, Monika 1/2-1/2 Lach, Aleksandra 63 B50 Sicilian
Round 9. Wed 29th Jun 2011
Lach, Aleksandra 1/2-1/2 Mikrut, Dariusz 43 B01 Scandinavian (centre counter) defence
Jacko-jun., Vladimir 1/2-1/2 Kantorik, Marian 46 A13 English opening
Caletka, Radomir 0-1 Druska, Juraj 73 E15 Queen's Indian
Olsarova, Karolina 0-1 Kireev, Aleksei 106 B00 King's pawn opening
Barski, Radoslaw 1-0 Motycakova, Monika 53 C84 Ruy Lopez

41) Baltija Cup 2011

The 8 round Baltija Cup Open took place 18th-23rd June 2011. Tomas Laurusas won with 7/8. Games now available.

Baltija Cup Open Palanga LTU Sat 18th Jun 2011 - Thu 23rd Jun 2011
Leading Final Round 8 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Laurusas TomasLTU23027.038.040.532.5
2Krivonosov OlegIMLAT24406.541.045.532.0
3Malinin YuriIMRUS23466.537.041.029.0
4Solys LaimutisFMLTU23196.537.040.530.0
5Kalvaitis SigitasLTU23106.038.542.529.5
6Putka VernerLAT22976.035.039.028.0
7Bernotas ArtursLAT20876.034.038.027.0
8Batkovskyte DominykaLTU20196.034.037.026.0
9Vanagas TadasLTU20495.539.543.027.0
10Beinoras MindaugasIMLTU23585.539.042.029.5
11Martinkus RolandasFMLTU22375.536.540.026.5
12Sarakauskas GediminasIMLTU24215.536.039.526.0
13Osis RenarsLAT21745.535.539.526.5
14Stremavicius TitasLTU20025.534.536.527.0
15Rogule LauraWGMLAT23625.530.033.522.0
16Juknis PauliusLTU21125.038.042.028.5
17Krustkalns KristapsFMLAT22705.036.539.527.0
18Klabis RokasLTU20175.035.038.023.5
19Tvarijonas PovilasFMLTU23725.034.538.524.0
20Velioniskis RobertasLTU18835.034.537.024.0
21Bieliauskas MariusLTU21215.033.536.526.0
22Tvarijonas TomasLTU19155.032.535.524.5
23Zickus SimonasFMLTU23165.032.035.023.0
24Kasparavicius LaimutisLTU21135.031.034.522.5
25Setkauskas VaidasLTU22075.030.533.521.5
26Mierins EriksLAT21515.030.033.022.0
27Smilga KristapsLAT21505.027.029.019.5
28Svitojus ZygimantasLTU18974.536.040.023.5
29Simanaitis VytautasLTU20024.536.037.524.0
30Petrovskis OlegsLAT18624.533.035.020.0
31Ciornas VasilijusLTU19124.532.535.022.0
32Vicas MarijusLTU18964.532.534.523.5
33Starcevs DmitrijsLAT18404.532.534.020.0
34Dubinskas KonstantinasLTU20054.532.033.521.5
35Borisovs LeonidsLAT20464.531.033.020.5
36Zalimaite IevaLTU19174.529.031.020.5
37Miknevicius LaurynasLTU17974.528.531.017.5
38Vaitonis VytautasLTU20444.528.031.520.0
39Dainauskas JuozasLTU19524.528.030.018.5
40Vaicekauskas GytisLTU20644.528.029.521.0
103 players

42) Philadelphia International 2011

The Philadelphia International took place 24th-28th June 2011. Leonid Gerzhoy won with 8/9. No games available.

Philadelphia International Philadelphia USA Fri 24th Jun 2011 - Tue 28th Jun 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsPrize
1Leonid GerzhoyIMCAN24968.0$3000.00
2Aleksandr LendermanGMUSA25487.0$1500.00
3Gildardo J GarciaGMCOL23676.5$1000.00
4Moulthun LyFMAUS23755.5$700.00
5Junta IkedaFMAUS23155.5$700.00
6Leon D PiasetskiIMCAN23015.5$700.00
7Robert M PerezUSA22395.5$1000.00
8Vladimir RomanenkoIMBLR24675.0$200.00
9Alisa MelekhinaFMUSA23045.0$200.00
10Miles F ArdamanFMUSA23015.0$200.00
11Oladapo O AduIMNGR22955.0$200.00
12Deepak AaronUSA22885.0$200.00
13Michael ShahadeUSA22665.0$200.00
14Jason AltschulerUSA20375.0$200.00
15Shinya KojimaFMJPN23284.5
16Holger RaschFMGER22874.5
17Vincent HeinisFRA21244.5
18James ChanCAN19904.5
19Manuel G NietoCOL18864.5
20Manuel V NietoCOL18474.0
21Lawrence Books JrUSAunr.4.0
22Benjamin KatzUSA21043.5
23Alexander ShabalovGMUSA25863.0
24Paul E ObiamiweNGR20103.0
25Guillermo L NietoCOL18253.0
26Danitza F Vazquez MaccariniWFMPUR17853.0
27John A BorczonUSAunr.3.0
28Thomas BartellFMUSA23522.5
29Tony PabonUSA16252.5
30Dov GormanFMUSA23232.0
31Dan MayersUSA19642.0
32Raymond RobinsonUSAunr.1.0
33Muhammad AbubkerUSAunr.0.0
33 players

43) FIDE Rating List July

Magnus Carlsen's performance in the Kings Tournament in Medias took him back to World Number One above World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand who didn't play in this period. Levon Aronian dropped back after his tied match with Alexander Grischuk in the Classical games section of their Candidates Match. Sergey Karjakin moved to 4 in the World after his Kings tournament performance. Boris Gelfand moves up to 12 in the World above Grischuk after their performances in the Candidates. Ruslan Ponomariov's performance in the Ukraine Championship catapulted him from 11 to 7 in the world. Curiously the classical section of his match against Nakamura was not rated, at least this time. 42 players are above 2700 which is the new 2600 from 15-20 years ago, the new mark for an elite player. 2649 is the rating that gets you into the top 100. Alexander Moiseenko gained 36 points in the period to move to 2715, as did Le Quang Liem gaining 28. Radoslaw Wojtaszek lost 38 points although he shoud now pick up points with his crushing win in the Gyorgy Marx Memorial.

FIDE Rating List July 2011 Top 100
RankNameTitleCountryRatingGamesB-Year
1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2821 10 1990
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2817 0 1969
3 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2805 4 1982
4 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2788 10 1990
5 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2781 8 1975
6 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2768 20 1969
7 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2768 11 1983
8 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2768 4 1975
9 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2766 10 1987
10 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2765 4 1985
11 Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2760 0 1986
12 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2746 14 1968
13 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2746 14 1983
14 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2744 14 1987
15 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2741 12 1974
16 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2739 0 1976
17 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2736 6 1983
18 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2733 0 1987
19 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2726 8 1976
20 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2724 18 1982
21 Navara, David g CZE 2722 30 1985
22 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2722 13 1990
23 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2719 10 1983
24 Wang, Hao g CHN 2718 15 1989
25 Leko, Peter g HUN 2717 0 1979
26 Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2715 24 1980
27 Le, Quang Liem g VIE 2715 22 1991
28 Adams, Michael g ENG 2715 14 1971
29 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2714 12 1972
30 Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2713 13 1983
31 Dreev, Aleksey g RUS 2711 12 1969
32 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2711 9 1992
33 Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2711 0 1990
34 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2710 11 1983
35 Wang, Yue g CHN 2709 24 1987
36 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2707 0 1987
37 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2706 24 1985
38 Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2706 12 1985
39 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2706 3 1980
40 Giri, Anish g NED 2701 12 1994
41 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2700 15 1977
42 Movsesian, Sergei g ARM 2700 6 1978
43 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2699 0 1976
44 Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2698 14 1981
45 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2697 21 1983
46 Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2696 20 1985
47 Andreikin, Dmitry g RUS 2696 10 1990
48 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2694 0 1977
49 Zhigalko, Sergei g BLR 2689 7 1989
50 Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2688 11 1985
51 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2687 9 1965
52 Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2685 3 1979
53 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2684 2 1974
54 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2683 16 1972
55 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2683 16 1987
56 Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2683 11 1986
57 Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2682 11 1986
58 Potkin, Vladimir g RUS 2682 0 1982
59 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2681 25 1981
60 Laznicka, Viktor g CZE 2681 0 1988
61 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2681 0 1973
62 Grachev, Boris g RUS 2680 7 1986
63 Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2679 0 1985
64 Kobalia, Mikhail g RUS 2679 0 1978
65 Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2679 0 1988
66 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2678 0 1971
67 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2676 20 1968
68 Bu, Xiangzhi g CHN 2675 24 1985
69 Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2675 0 1975
70 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro g CUB 2673 19 1982
71 Yu, Yangyi g CHN 2672 33 1994
72 Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2672 14 1968
73 Korobov, Anton g UKR 2671 25 1985
74 McShane, Luke J g ENG 2671 4 1984
75 Gharamian, Tigran g FRA 2670 10 1984
76 Harikrishna, P. g IND 2669 25 1986
77 Li, Chao b g CHN 2669 24 1989
78 Roiz, Michael g ISR 2669 18 1983
79 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2669 9 1979
80 Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2669 0 1986
81 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2667 9 1971
82 Feller, Sebastien g FRA 2666 6 1991
83 Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2665 0 1985
84 Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2663 0 1983
85 Ni, Hua g CHN 2662 15 1983
86 Fridman, Daniel g GER 2659 8 1976
87 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2659 7 1985
88 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2659 0 1976
89 So, Wesley g PHI 2658 23 1993
90 Meier, Georg g GER 2656 13 1987
91 Khismatullin, Denis g RUS 2656 9 1984
92 Sandipan, Chanda g IND 2656 0 1983
93 Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2654 21 1965
94 Ding, Liren g CHN 2654 15 1992
95 Markus, Robert g SRB 2652 25 1983
96 Kryvoruchko, Yuriy g UKR 2652 20 1986
97 Ragger, Markus g AUT 2651 20 1988
98 Milov, Vadim g SUI 2651 16 1972
99 Lupulescu, Constantin g ROU 2650 10 1984
100 Khairullin, Ildar g RUS 2649 0 1990

44) London Chess Classic

The 2011 London Chess Classic is the strongest yet with World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand and World Number One Magnus Carlsen returning. World Number three Levon Aronian is a new invitee as the field is extended by one. The full field will be announced shortly. Read the new press release of 4th July 2011 with the dates of the rounds and side events. Kramnik, Short, Adams and Howell are also confirmed as participating in the 9 player all-play-all.

Details: Detailed press release

45) Forthcoming Events and Links

Polugaevsky Memorial 2011

5th Leiden Chess Tournament 2011

Press Release: The fifth Leiden Chess Tournament, that will be held from July 7 through July 17 in the MindsportsCentre in Leiden (the Netherlands), this year shows the strongest field of participants ever. Apart from that, with 160 participants the international chess tournament moreover is fully booked. Amongst the players are 10 grandmasters, 15 masters and a number of women (grand)masters. Thanks to the presence of such an amount of FIDE title holders - from seventeen different countries - it is this time particularly interesting to gain title norm scores without having to play against a number of masters.

The official opening of the tournament takes place on Thursday evening July 7th at 19.00 hrs with a mini match (rapid play) between the grandmasters Jan Timman and Anish Giri. Thanks to the sponsors Adhoc & Solide Administration & Recommendation, the Foundation Mindsports Leiden and the Foundation Topsport Leiden we welcome at the top of the participant list the winner of last year Predrag Nikolic (Bosnia & Herzegovina), former European Champion Sergey Tiviakov (Russia and the Netherlands) and the 20-year-old David Howell from England. This English grandmaster was the first young chess-talent in the world who at that age defeated a grandmaster (1999). The local honor is defended by grandmaster Erik van den Doel, who, for missing the tournament win of the previous year will most likely want a revenge.

Additionally, still in the top-ten are the grandmasters Tomas Polak (CZE), Ramil Hasangatin (Tatarstan), Grigor Grigorov (Bulgaria), Oleg Spirin (Russia), Deepan Chakkravarthy (India) and Marcos Llaneza Vega (Spain). In the weekend the rounds start at 13.00 hrs and on weekdays at 19.00 hrs, except for Wednesday July 13th, which is a rest day in the tournament. The last round on Sunday July 17th starts at 11.00 hrs.

48th Canadian Open 2011

ch-Central Serbia 2011

Science Park Amsterdam Chess Tournament

Oberwart Open

21st Heart of Finland 2011

22nd Czech Open 2011

44th Biel Chess Festival 2011

8th World Teams 2011

XXIX Andorra Open

34th Taminco Open

5th Mangalore Open 2011

39th Chess Meeting 2011

39th GM Dortmund GER Thu 21st Jul 2011 - Sun 31st Jul 2011
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Kramnik, Vladimir GM RUS 2785 4101588
2 Nakamura, Hikaru GM USA 2774 2016192
3 Ponomariov, Ruslan GM UKR 2743 14103320
4 Giri, Anish GM NED 2690 24116068
5 Le, Quang Liem GM VIE 2689 12401137
6 Meier, Georg GM GER 2669 4675789

Quebec Open 2011

98th British Championships 2011

15th Hogeschool Zeeland

1st Hangzhou Women International 2011

Rostov FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2011

World Juniors 2011

Euro Chess Tournament

14th Olomouc Chess Summer 2011

9th Davos Open

Riga Technical University Open

26th Teteven Open

1st Metropolitan International

10th Sunny Beach Open 2011

FIDE World Cup 2011

Cup of Lion

Shenzhen FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2011

91st Montreal Open 2011

8th Highlands Open 2011

4th Bilbao / Sao Paulo Final Masters

e2e4 High Wycombe Congress

Nalchik FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2011

15th Unive Tournament

Pearl Spring Super GM 2011

12th Liberec Open 2011

2nd Brno Open 2011

Tal Memorial 2011

World Youth Championships 2011

3rd London Chess Classic

12th Prague Open 2012

3rd Novy Bor Open

1st Lanta Open 2012

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