THE WEEK IN CHESS 873 1st August 2011 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) 44th Biel Chess Festival 2011
3) 39th Chess Meeting 2011
4) 8th World Teams 2011
5) 98th British Championships 2011
6) Lake Sevan 2011
7) 3rd Artemis Cup 2011
8) III Corporation Cup
9) Open NK 2011
10) 10th Bergamo Open
11) 22nd Czech Open 2011
12) 15th Hogeschool Zeeland
13) 16th Creon Open
14) 37th Badalona Open
15) Euro Chess Tournament
16) Magistrales de Martelli
17) Politiken Cup 2011
18) 15th Godesburg Open
19) 2nd ch-Vojvodina 2011
20) Charleroi International
21) Stara Pazova-Ilindan 2011
22) 9th Mukachevo Rating 2011
23) 4th Paleohora Open
24) Summer Chess Poznan 2011
25) XIII Gdansk Open
26) Austrian Championships 2011
27) Philippines Championships
28) 15th Battle of Senta Open
29) 2nd Girona Open
30) II Grafica Yael GM
31) 6th Poti Chess Festival 2011
32) 37th Sitges Open
33) 26th Avoine Open
34) Quebec Open 2011
35) 6th Edmonton International 2011
36) Active Team Events
37) Portuguese Teams 2011
38) 3rd Vitoria-Gasteiz Open
39) Rostov FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2011
40) World Juniors 2011
41) Magnus Carlsen wins Chess Oscar for second year running
42) Corrections and additions from last week
43) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
44th Biel Chess Festival 2011111 games
39th Chess Meeting 2011385 games
8th World Teams 201120 games
98th British Championships 2011257 games
Lake Sevan 201125 games
3rd Artemis Cup 201120 games
III Corporation Cup60 games
Open NK 201193 games
10th Bergamo Open8 games
22nd Czech Open 2011820 games
15th Hogeschool Zeeland150 games
Politiken Cup 2011486 games
15th Godesburg Open343 games
2nd ch-Vojvodina 2011162 games
Charleroi International37 games
9th Mukachevo Rating 201120 games
4th Paleohora Open84 games
Summer Chess Poznan 201131 games
XIII Gdansk Open60 games
Austrian Championships 2011182 games
Philippines Championships13 games
15th Battle of Senta Open62 games
2nd Girona Open10 games
II Grafica Yael GM30 games
6th Poti Chess Festival 201129 games
37th Sitges Open59 games
26th Avoine Open19 games
Quebec Open 2011134 games
6th Edmonton International 201135 games
Corrections and additions from last week792 games
4537 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Alexander Prokhorov, Roland Wimmer, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Jan Bey, Hans Groffen, Jan Mazuch and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Another tremendously busy week. With at one point Biel, Dortmund and the World Team Championship on at the same time there was really too much to do. Magnus Carlsen (who also won the Chess Oscar for last year in an announcement this week) won the Biel tournament reasonably comfortably, only pressed by a resurgent Alexander Morozevich whose return to playing great chess is a huge boost for the game. This time next week Morozevich will be starting out in the very strong Russian Championships. Vladimir Kramnik playing some of his best chess in years secured his 10th Dortmund title and after securing first gambled a bit to try and get his rating over 2800 by sacrificing against Nakamura which in the end didn't work out for him but again it was a pleasure to see the "real" Kramnik back after lacklustre recent performances. Armenia won the World Team Championship but match by match it was a close run thing, nevertheless their team results are just excellent. Russia's 4th place by contrast was a catastrophe for them and no nation is under more pressure to do well than them. The British Championships with Short, Adams and Howell is the strongest in years. The World Juniors start tomorrow as does the 1st Women's Grand Prix of the 2011-12 season. That and the summer open season which includes things like the well known Politiken Cup, means there is plenty of entertainment on show.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 44th Biel Chess Festival 2011

The Biel Chess Festival took place 16th-29th July 2011. World number one Magnus took clear first place with 19/30 (three points for a win, that is 5 wins and 4 draws and a single loss). Alexander Morozevich was a couple of points further back but again he had a good tournament too. Ni Hua took first place in the MTO Open alongside with 8.5/11 half a point clear of the field.

Three points for a win and one for a draw.

Biel ACCENTUS GM 2011 Biel (SUI), 18-29 vii 2011 cat. XIX (2709)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2821 * * ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 19 2835
2. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2694 ½ ½ * * 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 17 2821
3. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2722 1 ½ 0 0 * * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 12 2706
4. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2714 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * * 1 1 ½ ½ 12 2707
5. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2711 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 * * ½ 1 10 2636
6. Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2590 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * * 5 2539
Round 7 (July 26, 2011)
Morozevich, Alexander - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1-0 43 D97 Gruenfeld Russian
Shirov, Alexei - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 60 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Pelletier, Yannick - Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 66 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Round 8 (July 27, 2011)
Carlsen, Magnus - Morozevich, Alexander ½-½ 35 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Pelletier, Yannick 1-0 43 C10 French Rubinstein
Caruana, Fabiano - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 82 C07 French Tarrasch
Round 9 (July 28, 2011)
Carlsen, Magnus - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime ½-½ 48 E60 King's Indian without Nc3
Morozevich, Alexander - Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 47 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Shirov, Alexei - Pelletier, Yannick ½-½ 30 C10 French Rubinstein
Round 10 (July 29, 2011)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Shirov, Alexei ½-½ 21 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Caruana, Fabiano - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ 39 C41 Philidor's Defence
Pelletier, Yannick - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 51 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Biel MTO Biel SUI Sat 16th Jul 2011 - Fri 29th Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg+-=PtsTB1TB2
1Ni, HuaGMCHN26626058.573.0702.0
2Gharamian, TigranGMFRA26705068.072.0689.0
3Kovchan, AlexanderGMUKR25546148.071.5667.5
4Brkic, AnteGMCRO25987228.068.5666.5
5Grachev, BorisGMRUS26806148.066.5661.5
6Al-Sayed, MohammedGMQAT24985157.574.5679.5
7Stevic, HrvojeGMCRO26194077.569.5668.5
8Miezis, NormundsGMLAT25205157.569.0667.5
9Baklan, VladimirGMUKR26205157.568.0661.0
10Bauer, ChristianGMFRA26375157.567.0652.5
11Bogner, SebastianGMGER25285157.566.0642.0
12Khmelniker, IlyaGMISR25105157.565.5652.5
13Shankland, SamuelGMUSA25395157.565.0649.0
14Ulibin, MikhailGMRUS25385157.564.5626.0
15Bu, XiangzhiGMCHN26754167.073.5678.0
16Rodshtein, MaximGMISR26374167.070.0665.0
17Tischbierek, RajGMGER24366327.066.0652.5
18Maze, SebastienGMFRA25786327.066.0633.5
19Holzke, FrankGMGER24975247.065.5656.5
20Wirig, AnthonyGMFRA25104167.065.5643.5
21Nyzhnyk, IllyaGMUKR25896327.064.0638.5
22Gleizerov, EvgenyGMRUS25905247.063.5644.0
23Haimovich, TalIMISR24197407.061.0618.5
24Heimann, AndreasIMGER24985247.058.0601.5
25Pruess, DavidIMUSA23634256.567.0636.0
26Sokolov, AndreiGMFRA25793176.566.0656.5
27Cherniaev, AlexandGMRUS24406416.566.0621.5
28Arnold, MarcIMUSA24454256.565.5640.5
29Megaranto, SusantoGMINA25444256.564.5625.5
30Barus, CerdasGMINA24205336.564.5600.5
31Cheparinov, IvanGMBUL26694256.564.0626.5
32Klauser, MarkusIMSUI23864256.563.5618.0
33Paehtz, ElisabethIMGER24635336.561.5623.0
34Alsina Leal, DanieGMESP25495336.560.5615.5
35Lioe, DedeIMINA23864256.560.0604.0
36Raetsky, AlexanderGMRUS24253176.559.5619.5
37Delorme, AxelIMFRA24484256.559.5594.0
38Meins, GerlefIMGER25054256.559.0614.5
39Tseitlin, MarkGMISR24074256.558.5611.5
40Edouard, RomainGMFRA25874346.071.0663.5
41Sukandar, Irine KhWGMINA23664346.065.0627.0
42Saleh, Salem A. RGMUAE24934346.064.0622.0
43Paikidze, NaziWGMGEO24164346.064.0611.5
44Schiendorfer, EmanFMSUI23044346.063.5611.5
45Nezad, HuseinIMQAT24233266.063.5609.5
46Lederer, Yoav ISR23195426.063.0588.0
47Bakre, TejasGMIND25223266.061.5597.0
48Hakimifard, GhazalWIMIRI21975426.061.5594.0
49Grandadam, Nicolas SUI23144346.061.0595.0
50Purnama, Tirta ChaIMINA23795426.060.5602.5
51Gutman, LevGMGER24513266.059.5613.0
52Halay, TaufikIMINA23415426.059.5588.5
53Domont, AlexIMSUI23776506.058.0551.5
54Citra, Dewi AaWFMINA20255426.056.5587.0
55Huhndorf, ArnoldFMGER22845426.056.5580.0
56Schut, LisaWIMNED23045426.056.0589.0
57Neelotpal, DasGMIND24533266.056.0561.0
58Schaerer, Julian SUI21983266.055.0589.0
59Codenotti, MarcoFMITA23234346.054.5574.5
60Bok, BenjaminIMNED25073355.567.0648.0
61Weber, TomFMLUX23243155.565.0523.0
62Rudin, HamdaniFMINA23134435.561.5603.5
63Novita, AnjasFMINA23144435.561.0610.5
64Petrov, Nikita RUS21292275.561.0598.0
65Kamber, BrunoFMSUI22893355.559.0596.0
66Gantner, Matthias SUI22814435.559.0574.5
67Donchenko, Alexand GER22804435.557.5598.5
68Mencinger, VojkoIMSLO23964435.557.0574.5
69Filipovic, BrankoIMCRO24213355.556.5598.5
70Lampert, Jonas GER21645515.556.5556.5
71Kvisla, Johannes L NOR21454435.555.5565.0
72Arjun, BharatCMIND19604435.555.0588.0
73Gershenov, Benjami USA21065515.555.0564.0
74Altenburger, Rene SUI20094435.552.5548.5
75Ghattour, Mosab SUI20895515.551.5553.5
76Hagen, Anders Gjer NOR21083355.550.0551.0
77Gerstner, Bernhard GER22004435.546.0536.0
78Sihite, Chelsie MoWFMINA20714525.060.5581.0
79Bozinovic, BogdanFMCRO21994525.059.0572.0
80Misiano, FrancoFMITA23114525.057.0573.0
81Perman, Sergej GER21532365.056.5563.5
82Fries, Frederik GER20934525.056.5558.0
83Efroimski, MarselWFMISR22354525.055.0566.0
84Lindiawati, EviWCMINA20682365.053.5572.5
85Perman, Jewgenij RUS21494525.051.5531.0
86Grandadam, Patrik SUI21783445.051.0545.5
87Nilsen, Joachim Bi NOR22243445.050.0541.5
88Wild, Achim GER20693445.050.0535.0
89Zanan, EvgenyFMRUS23015605.049.5540.0
90Karrer, Damian SUI22134525.049.0524.5
91Schmid, Pablo SUI20813534.557.5561.5
92Charmier, Gregory FRA21663534.556.5577.0
93Pienabarca, Nicola ITA21102454.554.5544.0
94Hakimifard, Raana IRI19574614.553.5536.0
95Martinez, Vincent FRA21054614.552.5542.0
96Sanders, Isaac ENG21053534.551.5530.0
97Saikrishnan, Sai SUI18782454.551.5526.0
98Grosdemange, David FRA20663534.547.5510.5
99Harndt, Jan-Michae GER20082454.547.0513.0
100Arbinger, Roland GER20682454.546.5499.0
101Aulia, Medina WardWFMINA20583534.546.0526.0
102Arounopoulos, Step GER21082454.546.0508.0
103Zuelle, Bruno SUI20903534.545.5518.5
104Henseler, Jorgen NED20714614.544.5502.0
105Eidinger, Helmut SUI20902454.543.0504.5
106Curien, Nicolas SUI21964604.056.0563.0
107Steil-Antoni, FionWIMLUX20743424.052.0499.0
108Seitz, Benjamin SUI20872444.051.5539.0
109Amos, Frank GER21312444.051.0542.5
110Astengo, Corrado ITA20833624.048.5528.5
111Cochet, Jean-Danie SUI20603624.048.0509.5
112Stull, Norbert LUX21051464.047.5508.0
113Collareta, Giovann ITA20782544.047.0531.0
114Friesen, Boris NED21102544.047.0525.5
115Elfert, AleksanderIMRUS20184704.045.5518.5
116Gorse, Gerard FRA20753624.045.5506.5
117Jenal, Juerg SUI21692544.043.5496.0
118Hasenohr, Benedict SUI21692633.551.5527.5
119Liepins, Oliver LAT21011553.549.5537.5
120Meyer, Bernhard SUI21822633.549.5517.5
121Bernshtein, Tomer ISR19193713.548.5495.0
122Friesen, Bas NED20070473.547.0523.5
123Stucki, Kaspar SUI19902633.544.0473.0
124Speck, Hans SUI20383713.539.0482.5
125Schweizer, Simon SUI19302723.049.5510.0
126Valet, Richard GER20381643.046.0474.0
127Blaeser, Romain LUX20451643.044.5481.5
128Furrer, Marc SUI20781732.543.0492.5
129Saud, Mohamed UAE20761522.047.0417.0
130Fisher, William USA21781601.043.0372.0
131Paul, Mathias GER20901501.040.5306.5
131 players

3) 39th Chess Meeting 2011

The 39th Dortmund Chess Meeting took place 21st-31st July 2011 in the theater at Hiltropwall. Vladimir Kramnik was the convincing winner of the main GM group with 7/10 only spoiled with a final round loss to Nakamura. He was a point and a half clear of Le Quang Liem. Young Dutchman Robin van Kampen won the Helmut-Kohls-Turnier. Mikhail Zaitsev won the A-Group.

39th GM Dortmund (GER), 21-31 vii 2011 cat. XX (2731)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2781 * * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 7 2870
2. Le, Quang Liem g VIE 2715 ½ ½ * * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 2770
3. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2764 0 ½ 0 ½ * * 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ 5 2724
4. Giri, Anish g NED 2701 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 * * ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 2737
5. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2770 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * * ½ 1 2687
6. Meier, Georg g GER 2656 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * * 3 2597
Round 6 (July 27, 2011)
Le, Quang Liem - Meier, Georg ½-½ 38 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½ 50 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Nakamura, Hikaru - Giri, Anish ½-½ 72 E53 Nimzo Indian
Round 7 (July 28, 2011)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Meier, Georg 1-0 49 A15 English counter King's Fianchetto
Giri, Anish - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 64 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Nakamura, Hikaru - Le, Quang Liem ½-½ 56 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Round 8 (July 29, 2011)
Le, Quang Liem - Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½ 56 E10 Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Nakamura, Hikaru 1-0 65 E97 King's Indian Classical
Meier, Georg - Giri, Anish ½-½ 69 E04 Catalan
Round 9 (July 30, 2011)
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Le, Quang Liem ½-½ 49 B84 Sicilian Scheveningen
Giri, Anish - Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½ 28 E10 Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Nakamura, Hikaru - Meier, Georg 1-0 34 A00 Irregular Openings
Round 10 (July 31, 2011)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 50 E97 King's Indian Classical
Le, Quang Liem - Giri, Anish ½-½ 38 E00 Catalan
Meier, Georg - Ponomariov, Ruslan ½-½ 44 A13 Reti Opening
Helmut-Kohls-Turnier Dortmund GER Thu 21st Jul 2011 - Sun 31st Jul 2011. Category: 8. Ave: (2444)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Van Kampen, Robin IM NED 2519 # = = 1 1 = = = 1 1 6.5 2602
2 Saltaev, Mihail GM UZB 2473 = # = = 1 = = 1 1 = 6 2566
3 Bluebaum, Matthias FM GER 2329 = = # = 0 = 1 1 1 1 6 2582
4 Kraemer, Martin IM GER 2506 0 = = # 1 = 1 = 0 1 5 2480
5 Savchenko, Viacheslav IM UKR 2437 0 0 1 0 # 1 1 = = 1 5 2488
6 Schmittdiel, Eckhard GM GER 2484 = = = = 0 # = = = 0 3.5 2360
7 Michalczak, Thomas FM GER 2325 = = 0 0 0 = # 1 = = 3.5 2377
8 Lauber, Arnd IM GER 2478 = 0 0 = = = 0 # = 1 3.5 2360
9 Kotainy, Jens FM GER 2433 0 0 0 1 = = = = # = 3.5 2365
10 Nalbandian, Tigran GM ARM 2456 0 = 0 0 0 1 = 0 = # 2.5 2277
Round 4. Mon 25th Jul 2011
Van Kampen, Robin 1-0 Kotainy, Jens 39 C12 French
Nalbandian, Tigran 1/2-1/2 Michalczak, Thomas 56 A07 Reti
Saltaev, Mihail 1-0 Savchenko, Viacheslav 83 B92 Sicilian
Kraemer, Martin 1/2-1/2 Schmittdiel, Eckhard 33 E32 Nimzo-Indian
Lauber, Arnd 0-1 Bluebaum, Matthias 55 D11 QGD Slav
Round 5. Wed 27th Jul 2011
Michalczak, Thomas 1/2-1/2 Kotainy, Jens 34 C12 French
Bluebaum, Matthias 1/2-1/2 Kraemer, Martin 45 E04 Catalan
Lauber, Arnd 1/2-1/2 Schmittdiel, Eckhard 31 B30 Sicilian
Van Kampen, Robin 1/2-1/2 Saltaev, Mihail 33 B12 Caro-Kann
Savchenko, Viacheslav 1-0 Nalbandian, Tigran 31 B31 Sicilian
Round 6. Thu 28th Jul 2011
Bluebaum, Matthias 1-0 Michalczak, Thomas 46 E06 Catalan
Kotainy, Jens 1/2-1/2 Nalbandian, Tigran 49 C10 French
Saltaev, Mihail 1-0 Lauber, Arnd 28 B18 Caro-Kann
Schmittdiel, Eckhard 1/2-1/2 Van Kampen, Robin 55 B22 Sicilian
Kraemer, Martin 1-0 Savchenko, Viacheslav 39 D27 QGA
Round 7. Fri 29th Jul 2011
Michalczak, Thomas 1-0 Lauber, Arnd 26 B18 Caro-Kann
Nalbandian, Tigran 1-0 Schmittdiel, Eckhard 73 A04 Reti opening
Kotainy, Jens 0-1 Saltaev, Mihail 53 B10 Caro-Kann
Savchenko, Viacheslav 1-0 Bluebaum, Matthias 33 C03 French
Van Kampen, Robin 1-0 Kraemer, Martin 53 C95 Ruy Lopez
Round 8. Sat 30th Jul 2011
Schmittdiel, Eckhard 1/2-1/2 Kotainy, Jens 68 A36 English
Kraemer, Martin 1-0 Nalbandian, Tigran 62 E62 King's Indian
Lauber, Arnd 1/2-1/2 Savchenko, Viacheslav 35 E10 Queen's pawn game
Bluebaum, Matthias 1/2-1/2 Van Kampen, Robin 117 D48 QGD semi-Slav
Saltaev, Mihail 1/2-1/2 Michalczak, Thomas 21 C77 Ruy Lopez
Round 9. Sun 31st Jul 2011
Nalbandian, Tigran 0-1 Bluebaum, Matthias 61 D02 Queen's pawn game
Van Kampen, Robin 1/2-1/2 Lauber, Arnd 30 B12 Caro-Kann
Savchenko, Viacheslav 1-0 Michalczak, Thomas 37 C77 Ruy Lopez
Kotainy, Jens 1-0 Kraemer, Martin 1 B00 King's pawn opening
Schmittdiel, Eckhard 1/2-1/2 Saltaev, Mihail 29 B10 Caro-Kann
Sparkassen Open A Dortmund GER Thu 21st Jul 2011 - Sun 31st Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameRtgGms+-=PtsTB1
1Zaitsev, Mikhail249996037.549.5
2De Schampheleire, Glenn226396127.046.5
3Bomans, Arno219894056.550.0
4Sundorf, Jannik212195136.548.5
5Jesse, Ingemars227095136.546.5
6Ciornei, Dragos218294056.546.5
7Albers, Damian209196216.540.5
8Steinmetzer, Thomas208394056.538.5
9Mundorf, Johannes202494146.051.0
10Quast, Marcel217395226.050.5
11Richters, Marc196995226.046.0
12Savchenko, Aleksij225794146.044.5
13Rott, Georg222396306.043.0
14Tran, Duc Cuong197494146.043.0
15Kartsev, Soel218295226.042.5
16Boehm, Juergen222094146.042.0
17Kusnetsov, Mark218494146.039.0
18Kartsev, Alexandr219694235.545.5
19Conrad, Joachim207995315.541.0
20Neuer, Thomas209694235.541.0
20Sievert, Jan-Thorwald94235.541.0
22Hobusch, Jan193495315.539.5
23Butschek, Marc189195315.539.0
24Chapman, Alan204395315.538.5
25Wittenberg, Andreas216695315.538.0
26Koke, Christoph213193155.538.0
26Eigemann, Frederik197693155.538.0
28Strathoff, Jens209894235.534.0
29Schorra, Helmut211095315.533.5
30Luncescu, Christian216394325.043.5
31Pueschel, Werner216394325.042.0
32Kirsanova, Ekaterina215794325.040.5
33Roth, Thorsten94325.040.0
34Virnyi, Julius208194325.039.0
35Aulich, Marcell208684225.038.5
36Begna, Bozidar210294325.038.0
37Happe, Reinhold93245.038.0
38Andersen, Knut209395405.037.0
39Mulder, Bart-Piet226093245.037.0
40Hillebrand, Carsten214593245.028.5
100 players

4) 8th World Teams 2011

The 8th World Team Championship took place in Ningbo, China 16th-27th July 2011. Armenia won scoring 14 points and were the only undefeated team winning five matches and drawing four. They were a point clear of China who in turn were a point clear of Ukraine. Russia lost to India in the final round and finished outside the medals.

8th World Teams Ningbo CHN Sun 17th Jul 2011 - Wed 27th Jul 2011
Final Round 9 Standings:
RkTeam12345678910TB1TB2TB3
1Armenia *22221422.50
2China *231322.50
3Ukraine2 *21219.50
4Russia22 *331431021.00
5Hungary1 *2231019.50
6USA2½12 *31018.50
7Azerbaijan223 *32919.00
8India1211 *715.50
9Israel½0½2 *3513.00
10Egypt½½11½1 *09.00
8th World Teams Ningbo CHN Sun 17th Jul 2011 - Wed 27th Jul 2011
Round 9 on 2011/07/26 at 10:00
Bo.5 IndiaRtg-10 RussiaRtg2½:1½
1.1GMHarikrishna Pentala2669-GMGrischuk Alexander27460 - 1
1.2GMSasikiran Krishnan2681-GMNepomniachtchi Ian27111 - 0
1.3GMGanguly Surya Shekhar2627-GMSvidler Peter27391 - 0
1.4GMNegi Parimarjan2642-GMVitiugov Nikita2733½ - ½
Bo.6 HungaryRtg-4 ChinaRtg1½:2½
2.1GMLeko Peter2717-GMWang Hao2718½ - ½
2.2GMAlmasi Zoltan2726-GMWang Yue27090 - 1
2.3GMPolgar Judit2699-GMLi Chao B26690 - 1
2.4GMBalogh Csaba2643-GMYu Yangyi26721 - 0
Bo.7 AzerbaijanRtg-3 EgyptRtg2½:1½
3.1GMRadjabov Teimur2744-GMAdly Ahmed26311 - 0
3.2GMGashimov Vugar2760-GMAmin Bassem26091 - 0
3.3GMMamedyarov Shakhriyar2765-IMShoker Samy24750 - 1
3.4GMGuseinov Gadir2625-IMEzat Mohamed2430½ - ½
Bo.8 UkraineRtg-2 ArmeniaRtg2 : 2
4.1GMIvanchuk Vassily2768-GMAronian Levon2805½ - ½
4.2GMEljanov Pavel2697-GMMovsesian Sergei2700½ - ½
4.3GMEfimenko Zahar2706-GMAkopian Vladimir2667½ - ½
4.4GMMoiseenko Alexander2715-GMSargissian Gabriel2663½ - ½
Bo.9 IsraelRtg-1 USARtg1½:2½
5.1GMSutovsky Emil2700-GMKamsky Gata2741½ - ½
5.2GMRoiz Michael2669-GMOnischuk Alexander2675½ - ½
5.3GMSmirin Ilya2676-GMSeirawan Yasser2635½ - ½
5.4GMPostny Evgeny2618-GMHess Robert26090 - 1

5) 98th British Championships 2011

The 98th British Championships take place in Ponds Forge in Sheffield 25th July to 6th August 2011. Michael Adams, Nigel Short, David Howell and Gawain Jones are the top seeds and make it one of the most attractive events in recent history. Play is at 2:15 each day and started on Monday 25th July.

98th ch-GBR Sheffield ENG Sun 24th Jul 2011 - Sat 6th Aug 2011
Leading Round 6 (of 11) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg123456PtsTPR
1Adams, MichaelGMENG27151½11½15.02763
2Short, Nigel DGMENG26871½11½15.02738
3Jones, Gawain C BGMENG260611½1½15.02702
4Howell, David W LGMENG26251111½04.52708
5Williams, Simon KGMENG2528011½114.52423
6Conquest, Stuart CGMENG251911½0114.52573
7Wells, Peter KGMENG2489½1½1½14.52453
8Houska, JovankaIMENG24180111½14.52475
9Pert, NicholasGMENG2555½0111½4.02410
10Hebden, Mark LGMENG2533101½1½4.02385
11Pert, Richard GIMENG24591101½½4.02480
12Hawkins, JonathanIMENG24571½½1104.02519
13Hunt, Adam CIMENG2436½1½1½½4.02460
14Summerscale, Aaron PGMENG2415½1011½4.02378
15Bates, Richard AIMENG23731011104.02438
16Adair, James RENG22121010114.02446
17Gordon, Stephen JGMENG25331110½03.52461
18Gormally, Daniel WGMENG2519110½013.52348
19Palliser, Richard J DIMENG245401½½1½3.52233
20Zhou, Yang-FanIMENG24440½½½113.52204
21Ledger, Andrew JIMENG24351½½½½½3.52309
22Ansell, Simon TIMENG2410½1½½013.52308
23Rendle, Thomas EIMENG238610½½1½3.52320
24Buckley, Graeme NIMENG2380100½113.52285
25Eggleston, David JFMENG23180½½½113.52247
26Griffiths, Ryan RhysFMIRL2301½1½1½03.52398
27Constantinou, PeterFMENG22920½11103.52300
28Rudd, JackIMENG227801110½3.52322
29Chapman, Terry P DENG2242011½½½3.52417
30Ross, Chris NENG22340½1½1½3.52242
31Khandelwal, AnkushENG2211100½113.52283
32Holland, James PENG2196½½101½3.52271
33Shaw, PeterENG21621010½13.52360
34MacQueen, CalumSCO21390½1½1½3.52225
35Brown, MartinENG2130101½103.52394
36Almond, Richard JENG21210½½½113.52192
37Lalic, Peter DENG19781½0½1½3.52291
38Beaumont, Chris RIMENG23130½1½103.02227
39Webb, Laurence EFMENG2306001½½13.02129
40Mason, Donald JENG2237½½0½1½3.02158
87 players

6) Lake Sevan 2011

The Lake Sevan tournament took place 22nd-30th July 2011. Baadur Jobava edged out Hrant Melkumyan on tie-break after both finished 5.5/9.

Lake Sevan GM Martuni ARM Fri 22nd Jul 2011 - Sat 30th Jul 2011. Category: 16. Ave: (2632)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Jobava, Baadur GM GEO 2713 # 1 = = 0 = 1 = = 1 5.5 2703
2 Melkumyan, Hrant GM ARM 2600 0 # 0 = 1 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2716
3 Zhou, Jianchao GM CHN 2636 = 1 # = = = 0 1 = = 5 2675
4 Khairullin, Ildar GM RUS 2649 = = = # = = = = = = 4.5 2630
5 Pashikian, Arman GM ARM 2616 1 0 = = # = = 0 1 = 4.5 2634
6 Zhigalko, Sergei GM BLR 2689 = 0 = = = # 1 = = = 4.5 2626
7 Petrosian, Tigran L. GM ARM 2636 0 = 1 = = 0 # 1 = = 4.5 2632
8 Grigoryan, Avetik GM ARM 2608 = = 0 = 1 = 0 # = = 4 2592
9 Andriasian, Zaven GM ARM 2616 = 0 = = 0 = = = # = 3.5 2554
10 Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel GM ARM 2558 0 0 = = = = = = = # 3.5 2560
Round 5. Tue 26th Jul 2011
Zhou, Jianchao 1-0 Grigoryan, Avetik 74 D17 QGD Slav
Petrosian, Tigran L. 1/2-1/2 Melkumyan, Hrant 63 C53 Giuoco Piano
Khairullin, Ildar 1/2-1/2 Andriasian, Zaven 11 B13 Caro-Kann
Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel 0-1 Jobava, Baadur 82 B07 Pirc defence
Pashikian, Arman 1/2-1/2 Zhigalko, Sergei 71 D30 Queen's gambit declined
Round 6. Wed 27th Jul 2011
Jobava, Baadur 1-0 Petrosian, Tigran L. 57 C65 Ruy Lopez
Zhigalko, Sergei 1/2-1/2 Zhou, Jianchao 55 C67 Ruy Lopez
Khairullin, Ildar 1/2-1/2 Pashikian, Arman 7 C45 Scotch
Andriasian, Zaven 0-1 Melkumyan, Hrant 55 C84 Ruy Lopez
Grigoryan, Avetik 1/2-1/2 Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel 70 D43 QGD semi-Slav
Round 7. Thu 28th Jul 2011
Melkumyan, Hrant 0-1 Jobava, Baadur 42 E10 Queen's pawn game
Petrosian, Tigran L. 1-0 Grigoryan, Avetik 74 A05 Reti opening
Zhou, Jianchao 1/2-1/2 Khairullin, Ildar 11 D14 QGD Slav
Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel 1/2-1/2 Zhigalko, Sergei 53 B94 Sicilian
Pashikian, Arman 1-0 Andriasian, Zaven 47 D45 QGD semi-Slav
Round 8. Fri 29th Jul 2011
Khairullin, Ildar 1/2-1/2 Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel 9 A14 English
Grigoryan, Avetik 1/2-1/2 Melkumyan, Hrant 53 D85 Gruenfeld
Andriasian, Zaven 1/2-1/2 Jobava, Baadur 27 B19 Caro-Kann
Zhigalko, Sergei 1-0 Petrosian, Tigran L. 57 D12 QGD Slav
Pashikian, Arman 1/2-1/2 Zhou, Jianchao 24 D85 Gruenfeld
Round 9. Sat 30th Jul 2011
Petrosian, Tigran L. 1/2-1/2 Khairullin, Ildar 10 B00 King's pawn opening
Melkumyan, Hrant 1-0 Zhigalko, Sergei 54 D31 QGD
Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel 1/2-1/2 Pashikian, Arman 35 C65 Ruy Lopez
Zhou, Jianchao 1/2-1/2 Andriasian, Zaven 18 D17 QGD Slav
Jobava, Baadur 1/2-1/2 Grigoryan, Avetik 53 A26 English

7) 3rd Artemis Cup 2011

The 3rd Artemis Cup in Crete took place 12th-19th July 2011. Athanasios Mastrovasilis edged out Azer Mirzoev and Adam Hunt on tie-break after all finished on 7/9. Games from 6 and 9 now available.

3rd Artemis Cup 2011 Leros GRE Tue 12th Jul 2011 - Tue 19th Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Mastrovasilis AthanasiosGMGRE25377.049.037.255
2Mirzoev AzerGMAZE24157.048.539.506
3Hunt Adam CIMENG24367.047.537.506
4Nikolaidis IoannisGMGRE25456.549.035.754
5Pavlidis AnastasiosFMGRE23236.547.535.005
6Gordon Stephen JGMENG25336.546.534.255
7Jeremic VeljkoGMSRB25196.545.034.756
8Mastrovasilis DimitriosGMGRE26046.049.035.504
9Horvath AdamGMHUN24786.046.531.505
10Csonka Attila IstvanIMHUN23736.045.530.254
11Devereaux Maxim LIMENG23766.044.529.503
12Meszaros TamasIMHUN24626.044.029.505
13Estremera Panos SergioIMESP23646.043.530.754
14Sahl Sheila BarthWIMNOR21906.043.028.254
15Matthiesen ArneFMDEN23136.042.529.505
16Borsuk AngelaIMISR22546.040.527.006
17Czebe AttilaGMHUN25265.547.528.754
18Calzetta Ruiz MonicaWGMESP22935.545.525.504
19Kafetzis GeorgiosGRE19845.542.522.755
20Bokros AlbertIMHUN24705.542.025.505
21Soultatis KostasGRE20505.540.023.505
22Partac ElenaWGMMDA21065.537.019.505
23Zawadzka JolantaWGMPOL24055.043.522.005
24Paulet IozefinaWGMROU22335.043.520.754
25Spiropoulos Panagiotis IGRE20865.043.023.505
26Jacobsen Hans EndrupDEN19175.041.521.505
27Tsakiris HaralambosGRE19675.041.520.005
28Zygouris HristosGRE22405.039.520.505
29Kriklanis IgnatiosGRE17205.038.519.005
30Printezis Antonios-GeorgiosGRE17155.037.515.505
31Karypidis IasonGRE16165.037.018.505
32Anagnostopoulos FotiosGRE15635.037.017.005
33Kafetzis DimitrisGRE14845.033.016.004
34Kakadelis StrGRE20624.545.020.503
35Kerigan DemreTUR21974.542.019.004
36Lampadariou NikolaosGRE18454.541.019.754
37Hatzopoulos IoannisGRE16174.538.015.754
38Langer PeterDEN14264.536.515.503
39Pavlidis PavlosGRE13574.536.014.754
40Moula ZoiGRE16354.535.514.254
77 players

8) III Corporation Cup

The III Corporation Cup took place 15th-24th July 2011. Dmitry Kokarev took clear first place with 7.5/9.

III Corporation Cup Izhevsk RUS Fri 15th Jul 2011 - Sun 24th Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiRtg123456789PtsTB1TB2TPR
1Kokarev, DmitryGM2596111½½½1117.537.50.02754
2Khismatullin, DenisGM2656111½½½1½17.036.5.2714
3Kovalenko, IgorIM256710111½1½17.034.0.2657
4Fedorov, AlexeiGM2598111½½1½½½6.536.5.2663
5Krutko, AnatolyFM238610111½0116.532.0.2557
6Shinkevich, VitalyIM2474½11½011½16.531.5.2545
7Aleksandrov, AleksejGM26091½11½1½½06.035.0.2587
8Dvoirys, Semen I.GM255411½½1½10½6.034.0.2567
9Petrosian, Davit G.GM24781½11½01016.032.5.2536
10Dzhumaev, MaratGM2481½½11101106.031.5.2494
11Balashov, Yuri SGM24401½1½½10½16.031.5.2468
12Artemiev, VladislavFM24011½10011½16.029.0.2434
13Bezgodov, AlexeiGM2503½1½½½½1½16.028.5.2433
14Volkov, SergeyGM26070101111106.028.0.2476
15Nakhapetiane, PogosFM25171010½11½16.027.5.2453
16Ponkratov, PavelGM259311½1½10½05.534.0.2541
17Nozdrachev, VladislavFM244311011½0015.531.0.2472
18Harutjunyan, GevorgGM24641101101½05.532.0.2517
19Kupreichik, Viktor DGM24331101001½15.528.0.2420
20Dmitriev, IgorIM23851010110½15.527.0.2437
21Terentjev, VladislavFM2388101010½115.525.5.2354
22Potapov, PavelIM2488001111½105.525.5.2340
23Dzhangobegov, Vladimir2268101½11½005.029.5.2517
24Vasilevich, IrinaIM2367110½½01105.027.5.2454
25Khruschiov, AlexeyGM24091011010105.028.0.2410
26Kassimov, Baurzhan2268011010+½½5.024.5.2359
27Yaksin, Oleg241411½½0½½105.029.0.2423
28Kanter, EduardIM2411½1101010½5.028.0.2357
29Tunik, GennadyGM24401½½½½10½½5.027.5.2360
30Nukin, AskhatFM23381½½0½101½5.025.5.2327
31Baigildin, Albert2118½½10½0½115.022.5.2367
32Iliushkin, EvgenyFM2281½1½01½01½5.025.5.2347
33Chernyuk, Mikhail22631½0½010115.023.0.2325
34Smirnov, Alexey2415½110½10½½5.027.5.2369
35Papayan, OlegFM2285010½½11015.021.5.2252
36Gerasimov, IvanFM23501010½1½½½5.025.5.2320
37Shurunov, Andrei1930001½½1½½15.020.0.2264
38Nugumanov, Bakhtiyar22100101001115.020.0.2243
39Tologontegin, SemeteyFM2311½101001½15.023.5.2190
40Ziatdinov, RasetGM2413½0001111½5.019.0.2173
84 players

9) Open NK 2011

The Dutch Open took place in Dieren 19th-28th July 2011. 14 GM's (among them Maxim Turov, Erwin L'Ami, Jan Timman, Alexandr Fier and Friso Nijboer), 1 WGM and 5 IM's. Maxim Turov edged out Yuri Vovk and Vladimir Georgiev on tie-break after all finished on 7/9.

Open NK 2011 Dieren NED Tue 19th Jul 2011 - Thu 28th Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiRtg123456789PtsTB1TB2TPR
1Turov, MaximGM2630111½½½1½17.053.040.252710
2Vovk, YuriGM2564½111½1½½17.049.037.252680
3Georgiev, VladimirGM2559½11½½11½17.046.535.752634
4L'Ami, ErwinGM26111111½½½½½6.554.037.252671
5Fier, AlexandrGM2566111½½½1106.553.536.252666
6Nijboer, FrisoGM2546110½110½16.047.529.252498
7Vovk, AndreyGM2551101½½11016.047.030.02489
8Lenderman, AleksandrGM2525110½1101½6.046.027.752517
9Arnaudov, PetarIM243910101½1½16.045.527.52487
10Brandenburg, DaanGM25381½10½1½½16.043.526.52466
11Petrov, MarijanGM2534½101½½½116.042.027.252421
12Radulski, JulianGM255611101½0105.550.527.02550
13Milov, LeonidIM2515110½110015.546.525.02451
14Ly, MoulthunFM23691½01½½1105.546.023.752459
15Neverov, ValeriyGM25001½½110½015.543.523.752456
16Kuipers, StefanFM2365½1½½01½½15.541.523.52390
17Odendahl, ReinerFM2375½½½1½½½½15.540.024.252321
18Timman, JanGM25751½1½0½½105.048.025.252428
19Vishnu PrasannaIM2340101½10½105.047.523.252434
20Ikeda, JuntaFM23491100101015.046.523.02371
21Turova, IrinaIM24131011½0½105.046.021.752405
22Hendriks, WillyIM2415½101101½05.043.022.02365
23Brown, AndrewIM2202½0½1101105.042.520.52277
24L'Ami, AlinaWGM23120111½0½015.041.522.02348
25Sowray, PeterFM2350101½001½15.041.020.02300
26Deepan ChakkravarthyGM2470110½01½015.041.019.252323
27Van der Poel, HenkFM2292½11½0½½½04.547.523.752414
28Goudriaan, EtienneFM2283101½0½10½4.543.018.752286
29Van der Linden, Lucas22751½0½½10½½4.542.519.02228
30Zwirs, Nico212510½½0110½4.542.019.252256
31Lommers, Frank21760½11010104.541.015.752270
32Vogel, JaapFM2221010½½11½04.538.514.752292
33Offringa, Joost20850½10½011½4.537.516.252214
34Oudshoorn, Arres2007½00+101104.537.515.252218
35Beukema, Stefan22090½01110014.536.015.52266
36Smagin, Nikita19770½1100½½14.535.515.52203
37Hachijan, Armen2165½½0½10½014.041.517.02179
38Mostertman, Milan22320110½01½04.040.014.252209
39Timmermans, Mark21830101½½0½½4.039.014.752161
40Kampman, Tijmen21110½½1½001½4.038.514.02192
63 players

10) 10th Bergamo Open

The 10th Bergamo Open took place 15th-17th July 2011. Sinisa Drazic edged out Yuri Solodovnichenko on tie-break after both scored 5/6. Final round games now available.

10th Bergamo Open Bergamo ITA Fri 15th Jul 2011 - Sun 17th Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Drazic SinisaGMSRB25015.021.0024.002349.67
2Solodovnichenko YuriGMUKR26155.019.5021.502389.17
3Georgiev VladimirGMMKD25594.520.5023.002407.17
4Brunello SabinoGMITA25524.520.5023.002404.17
5Kosic DraganGMMNE24834.520.0021.002397.00
6Epishin VladimirGMRUS25534.519.5021.502367.67
7Rusev KrasimirGMBUL25284.519.5021.002300.50
8Bodiroga PredragIMSRB23954.517.5020.002281.83
9Aranovitch EmilianoIMITA23284.020.5021.002402.83
10Godena MicheleGMITA25254.019.5022.002396.17
11Chiarion ElisaITA19644.016.5019.002299.50
12Mrdja MilanIMCRO23893.520.0022.502377.50
13Stella AndreaIMITA24123.520.0022.502319.83
14Gorbatov AlexejIMRUS23753.519.0021.002279.67
15Srebrnic VojkoSLO22203.518.5021.002260.67
16Borgo GiulioIMITA24043.518.0019.502180.00
17Arnaudov G. PetarIMBUL24393.517.0019.502258.33
18Buckley Simon TENG23523.517.0019.002221.83
19Player Edmund CENG22143.517.0019.002207.33
20Seletsky GrigoryFMUKR22963.517.0019.002177.33
21Valsecchi AlessioFMITA23543.516.5018.502158.33
22Gonella DanieleITA20673.514.0015.502136.67
23Bemporad FilippoITA20683.512.0014.002106.67
24Vezzosi PaoloIMITA23553.018.5020.502296.17
25Reduzzi MaurizioITA20823.018.0018.502282.00
26Spence David JENG22143.017.5019.502175.33
27Ventura FrancoITA20903.014.5016.002176.83
28Robertsen ThomasNOR22573.014.0015.502091.67
29Moroni Luca JrITA19643.014.0015.002202.67
30Giancotti EraldoITA20703.013.0015.002116.17
31Leoni LivioITA20202.516.5018.502249.83
32Locci DamianoITA21672.516.5018.002091.67
33Gosio DenisITA21642.516.0018.002146.17
34Gromovs SergejsFMITA23032.516.0017.502160.00
35Ficco CorradoITA21272.515.0017.002121.00
36De Palma FabrizioITA20642.513.5015.002199.00
37Attuati StefanoITA19632.513.0014.002152.00
38Brunelli GiovanniITA19432.017.0019.002121.33
39Seyfried ClausGER21662.016.5018.502182.33
40Herbold ManfredGER21432.016.0018.002168.67
52 players

11) 22nd Czech Open 2011

The huge Czech Open took place 14th-31st July. David Navara won the rapid event. Dmitry Kononenko took clear first in the main Open A.

GM Open A Pardubice CZE Thu 14th Jul 2011 - Sun 31st Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Kononenko DmitryGMUKR25937.5244540.050.0
2Shanava KonstantineGMGEO25357.0249442.053.5
3Zakhartsov Viacheslav VGMRUS25787.0247140.551.5
4Stefansson HannesGMISL25467.0246941.053.0
5Jovanovic ZoranGMCRO25777.0246938.550.0
6Panchanathan Magesh ChandranGMIND25566.5247541.552.0
7Teske HenrikGMGER25296.5246437.548.0
8Maslak KonstantinGMRUS25616.5243138.549.0
9Arutinian DavidGMGEO25626.5243136.547.5
10Rozum IvanIMRUS24646.5243037.047.5
11Danin AlexandreGMRUS25386.5242840.050.5
12Stupak KirillGMBLR25306.5241438.549.0
13Stocek JiriGMCZE25966.5239933.542.5
14Sengupta DeepGMIND25636.5237934.044.0
15Kovalev AndreiGMBLR25316.5237436.546.5
16Lalic BogdanGMCRO24706.5235233.042.5
17Dzhakaev DzhakayGMRUS24786.0248041.552.0
18Grigoriants SergeyGMRUS25666.0244837.047.5
19Cvek RobertGMCZE25066.0243436.547.0
20Vorobiov Evgeny EGMRUS25746.0242939.549.5
21Arun Prasad SGMIND24896.0242738.550.0
22Petr MartinGMCZE25236.0241435.045.5
23Michiels BartIMBEL24896.0241135.545.5
24Simantsev MikhailGMUKR25586.0241035.043.5
25Geske JulianFMGER23376.0240436.546.0
26Kravtsiv MartynGMUKR25716.0239935.045.5
27Pacher MilanIMSVK24086.0239732.542.0
28Batchuluun TsegmedIMMGL24276.0239234.043.0
29Saric AnteGMCRO24836.0237936.046.0
30Bures JaroslavCZE23806.0237833.041.5
31Schlosser PhilippGMGER25996.0236938.047.5
32Alonso Rosell AlvarIMESP25026.0236735.045.0
33Gavrilov AlexeiGMRUS24816.0233834.043.0
34Nguyen Chi-MinhIMFRA24096.0231533.042.5
35Maximov DmitryGMUKR24795.5246540.551.5
36Tate AlanFMSCO23425.5245238.048.5
37Kovacevic BlazimirIMCRO24805.5244637.547.5
38Chernyshov KonstantinGMRUS25525.5244541.053.0
39Stella AndreaIMITA24125.5244337.548.5
40Friedel Joshua EGMUSA25315.5243839.050.0
279 players

12) 15th Hogeschool Zeeland

The 15th HZ Open takes place in Vlissingen stars Arkadij Naiditsch and the newly active Yasser Seirawan.

15th HZ Open Vlissingen NED Sat 30th Jul 2011 - Sat 6th Aug 2011
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiRtg123PtsTPR
1Naiditsch, ArkadijGM27061113.03046
2Smeets, JanGM26281113.02986
3Landa, KonstantinGM26281113.02985
4Postny, EvgenyGM26181113.02962
5Pavlovic, MilosGM25411113.02908
6Sveshnikov, EvgenyGM25141113.02880
7Hoffmann, MichaelGM24931113.02876
8Deepan Chakkravarthy J.GM24701113.02862
9Burg, TwanIM24501113.02846
10Van Haastert, EdwinIM24211113.02831
11Sveshnikov, VladimirIM24071113.02818
12Poetsch, HagenIM24031113.02828
13Bosboom, ManuelIM23991113.02820
14Leenhouts, KoenIM23971113.02806
15Eisenbeiser, AmadeusIM23861113.02777
16De Jong, MigchielIM23761113.02769
17Kuipers, StefanFM23651113.02734
18Bezemer, ArnoFM23481113.02724
19Vishnu Prasanna. VIM23401113.02701
20In't Veld, Daan22241113.02854
21Seirawan, YasserGM263511½2.52539
22L'Ami, ErwinGM261111½2.52510
23Haimovich, TalIM2419½112.52273
24Tan, MatthewFM24001½12.52320
25Van Eijk, SanderFM23801½12.52306
26Fernandez, Daniel HowardIM232811½2.52462
27Van Dooren, DirkFM229011½2.52437
28Timmermans, Ivo2232½112.52178
29Laarhoven, Thijs22281½12.52256
30Steenbekkers, FranckCM2223=112.52666
31Kuling, Lody2223½112.52104
32Nabuurs, Joep22181½12.52196
33Lacrosse, MarcFM21851=12.52597
34Stefan, Romulus-Cristian21721½12.52736
35Go, Benjamin2124½112.52219
36Swijsen, Lars19601½12.52397
37Ikonnikov, VyacheslavGM25531102.02302
38Henrichs, ThomasIM24751012.02083
39Zaragatski, IljaIM24691012.02200
40Dahm, JochenFM23451½½2.02131
238 players

13) 16th Creon Open

The Creon Open takes place 1st-7th August 2011.

14) 37th Badalona Open

Eduardo Iturrizaga is the top seed in the Badalona Open which takes place 1st-9th August 2011.

37th Badalona Op A Badalona ESP Mon 1st Aug 2011 - Tue 9th Aug 2011
Leading 10 players of 122.
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Iturrizaga, Eduardo GM VEN 2603 3901211
2 Moskalenko, Viktor GM UKR 2591 14100100
3 Hernandez Carmenates, Holden GM CUB 2570 3504387
4 Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran GM IND 2556 5007429
5 Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo IM CUB 2556 3507165
6 Almeida Quintana, Omar GM CUB 2548 3503313
7 Narciso Dublan, Marc GM ESP 2544 2201500
8 Bacallao Alonso, Yusnel IM CUB 2532 3507416
9 Volodin, Aleksandr GM EST 2523 4501950
10 Gonzalez Vidal, Yuri GM CUB 2503 3503321

15) Euro Chess Tournament

The Euro Chess Tournament takes place in Borne 1st-6th August 2011.

16) Magistrales de Martelli

The Magistrales de Martelli tournament takes place in Villa Martelli 1st-11th August 2011. Andres Rodriguez Vila is the top seed.

Magistral de la Republica Villa Martelli ARG Mon 1st Aug 2011 - Thu 11th Aug 2011
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Rodriguez Vila, Andres GM URU 2507 3000010
2 Valerga, Diego GM ARG 2490 100587
3 Real De Azua, Ernesto IM ARG 2438 108154
4 Slipak, Sergio GM ARG 2424 100250
5 Molina, Roberto Junio Brito IM BRA 2413 2109450
6 Fusco, Leonardo IM ARG 2389 112593
7 Mahia, Gustavo IM ARG 2371 100439
8 Bassan, Remo FM VEN 2356 3901564
9 Larrea, Manuel FM URU 2353 3000508
10 De Dovitiis, Alejo IM ARG 2348 101400

17) Politiken Cup 2011

The Politiken Cup 2011 takes place 30th July - 7th August 2011. Leading players: Peter Heine Nielsen, Bu Xiangzhi, Ni Hua, Daniel Fridman, Jan Gustafsson, Igor Kurnosov, Igor Khenkin with a total of 311 players.

Politiken Cup Helsingor DEN Sat 30th Jul 2011 - Sun 7th Aug 2011
Leading Round 3 (of 10) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
1 15Robert RuckGMHUN2569326
2 26Stellan BrynellGMSWE2495326
3 32Willy HendriksIMNED2415325.5
4 4Daniel FridmanGMGER2659325.5
5 20Marjian PetrovGMBUL2534325.5
6 6Igor KurnosovGMRUS2633325.5
7 14Sune Berg HansenGMDEN2574325.5
8 19Henrik DanielsenGMISL2535325.5
9 5Jan GustafssonGMGER2634325
10 29Marc Tyler ArnoldIMUSA2445325
11 30Erik BlomqvistIMSWE2438325
12 2Xiangzhi BuGMCHN2675325
13 25Leif Erland JohannessenGMNOR2496325
14 65Raven SturtUSA2231325
15 8Boris SavchenkoGMRUS2615325
16 16Jonny HectorGMSWE2568325
17 22Oleg M RomanishinGMUKR2526325
18 21Viktorija CmilyteGMLTU2528325
19 10Robert HessGMUSA2609325
20 17Julian RadulskiGMBUL255631.55
21 34Igor TeplyiFMDEN239331.55
22 27Krzysztof BulskiIMPOL2479314
23 1Peter Heine NielsenGMDEN2681314
24 7Igor KhenkinGMGER2620314
25 49Matthias BachFMGER230724.75
26 9Jon Ludvig HammerGMNOR261024.25
27 46Karsten LarsenFMDEN232324.25
28 151Ole Emil FrisvoldNOR198323.25
29 48Johnni VengFMDEN23091.54,25
30 12Emanuel BergGMSWE26041.53,75
31 13Hans TikkanenGMSWE25961.53,75
32 3Hua NiGMCHN26621.53,75
33 33Christian JepsonIMSWE24051.53,75
34 23Anna ZatonskihWGMUSA25221.53,75
35 113Niels SkouDEN20931.53,75
36 31Mads AndersenIMDEN24221.53,75
37 38Peter SowrayFMENG23501.53,75
38 64Dennis JorgensenDEN22311.53,5
39 60Sandi StojanovskiDEN22541.53,25
40 53Bo Garner ChristensenDEN22891.53,25
311 players

18) 15th Godesburg Open

The 15th Godesburg Open took place 23rd-31st July 2011. Jakob Balcerak scored 7.5/9 to take clear first place.

15th Godesburg Open Bad Godesberg GER Sat 23rd Jul 2011 - Sun 31st Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameRtgGms+-=PtsTB1
13Balcerak, Jakob 2441 9 6 0 3 7.5 2167
21Mladenov, Svetlin 2450 9 6 1 2 7.0 2164
32Boidman, Yuri 2444 9 6 1 2 7.0 2155
44Helbig, Mark 2315 9 6 1 2 7.0 2143
511Saglam, Buelent 2137 9 7 2 0 7.0 1960
65Wacker, Peter 2250 9 5 1 3 6.5 2175
76Mantau, Jan 2213 9 6 2 1 6.5 2083
814Kopp, Jan 2097 9 5 1 3 6.5 1956
960Utler, Patrick 9 6 3 0 6.0 2121
107Lamprecht, Mark 2210 9 6 3 0 6.0 2039
1112Zentgraf, Robert 2136 9 6 3 0 6.0 1976
1213Koenig, Christian 2125 9 4 1 4 6.0 1946
1316Florstedt, Johannes 2087 9 6 3 0 6.0 1919
148Winterberg, Lukas 2172 9 4 1 4 6.0 1910
1541Begri, Felix 1869 9 5 2 2 6.0 1830
1640Jordans, Ralph 1872 9 5 3 1 5.5 2081
1725Jonas, Rainer 1976 9 5 3 1 5.5 2043
189Broehl, Stephan 2148 9 5 3 1 5.5 2004
1951Schaefer, Timo 1819 9 5 3 1 5.5 1970
2030Mass, Elvira 1964 9 5 3 1 5.5 1897
2110Weiler, Wolfgang 2138 9 4 2 3 5.5 1897
2223Mueller-Boge, Michael 2006 8 5 2 1 5.5 1858
2317Schwab, Thomas 2086 9 4 3 2 5.0 1999
2442Ter Steeg, Markus, Dr1858 9 5 4 0 5.0 1991
2520Ebert, Mario 2056 9 5 4 0 5.0 1940
2633Goede, Heiko 1947 9 5 4 0 5.0 1915
2721Mittmann, Johannes 2040 9 3 2 4 5.0 1914
2843Kies, Wolfgang 1855 9 4 3 2 5.0 1911
2928Eisentraut, Dieter, Dr1969 9 5 4 0 5.0 1909
3022Villalba-Weinberg, Adrian 2019 9 5 4 0 5.0 1870
3161Von der Lippe, Hans-Bernd 9 5 4 0 5.0 1798
3249Boysen, Christopher 1828 9 4 3 2 5.0 1757
3327Poell, Guenter 1971 9 4 3 2 5.0 1627
3435Wecker, Martin 1937 6 4 1 1 4.5 2016
3565Martin, Heiko 9 3 3 3 4.5 1995
3615Kutzner, Stephen 2089 9 4 4 1 4.5 1954
3726Opitz, Frank 1975 9 3 3 3 4.5 1886
3859Heinemann, Josefine 1715 9 4 4 1 4.5 1854
3950Ortleb, Thomas 1819 9 3 3 3 4.5 1820
4018Mueller, Achim 2074 9 2 2 5 4.5 1810
84 players

19) 2nd ch-Vojvodina 2011

The 2nd Vojvodina Championship took place 24th-30th July 2011. Boban Bogosavljevic took first on tie-break from a group on 7/9. Final round games not yet available.

2nd ch-Vojvodina Novi Sad SRB Sun 24th Jul 2011 - Sat 30th Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Bogosavljevic BobanGMSRB25487.050.554.55
2Bodiroga PredragIMSRB23957.048.053.05
3Smith Bryan GIMUSA25037.048.052.05
4Drazic SinisaGMSRB25017.047.551.06
5Tosic MiroslavGMSRB24027.047.551.05
6Sertic RudolfIMCRO24066.550.555.05
7Indjic AleksandarSRB23736.548.052.05
8Pantelic SasaFMSRB23646.546.050.05
9Robulj NenadSRB22956.546.049.56
10Leskur DejanIMSRB24216.545.048.54
11Stojkovic MiroljubFMSRB22656.544.048.55
12Jovic StevanSRB22736.543.547.55
13Peovic MilosSRB22276.543.547.06
14Ujhazi IvanFMSRB22186.540.544.56
15Radlovacki JovanIMSRB24166.050.554.04
16Mrkonjic NenadIMCRO23816.048.052.54
17Lukovic VladimirSRB22256.047.050.04
18Petkovic RadosavFMSRB22806.046.551.56
19Dimitrijevic NenadSRB22136.046.049.55
20Pezelj NovakFMSRB23646.045.549.55
21Gazic JosipFMGER22716.043.547.05
22Cvetanovic UrosCMSRB22326.041.545.55
23Ilijc MilanFMSRB21926.041.544.56
24Tancik KristijanSRB22736.041.044.53
25Brujic BozidarFMSRB21886.040.542.56
26Petrovic DanijelaSRB18086.033.034.05
27Cabarkapa NovakSRB21775.547.550.54
28Kislik Erik AndrewFMUSA23285.546.050.55
29Mujagic RamoFMSRB22715.544.048.05
30Ratkovic MilojeSRB21325.543.546.54
31Srdjanov StevanSRB22035.543.046.54
32Saric SinisaIMSRB24725.543.045.54
33Zonjic MilosSRB21605.542.045.54
34Mastrapovic VladimirSRB22665.542.043.05
35Pecurica MilosMNE21225.540.542.55
36Kumic FilipSRB20885.540.043.05
37Sokic DragomirSRB19895.540.043.04
38Kusina JanPOL20925.539.542.55
39Zlatic MilanSRB20775.539.042.04
40Paroski SinisaSRB21805.538.041.54
141 players

20) Charleroi International

The Charleroi International takes place 30th July - 6th August 2011.

Charleroi Open Charleroi BEL Sat 30th Jul 2011 - Sat 6th Aug 2011
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkNamePtsTB1TB2TB3Perf
1Vandevoort Pascal2.02.003.02.0 2794
2Rooze Jan2.02.003.02.0 2748
3Cools Gorik2.02.003.02.0 2627
4Noiroux Kevin2.02.003.02.0 2604
5Lacroix Bruno2.02.003.02.0 2589
6Ponnet Hendrik2.02.003.02.0 2587
7Van Uytven Eric2.02.003.02.0 2571
8Barbier Wim2.02.003.02.0 2572
9Schuermans Robert2.02.003.02.0 2557
10De Villers Mourad2.02.003.02.0 2555
11Uhoda Philippe2.02.003.02.0 2534
12Verspecht Thierry2.02.003.02.0 2521
13Ackaert Thierry2.02.003.02.0 2509
14Van Vlaenderen Koen2.02.003.02.0 2502
15Baguet Frederic2.02.003.02.0 2482
16Bikady Claude2.02.003.02.0 2380
17Mabille Natacha2.02.003.02.0 2478
18Laurent Bruno2.01.503.01.5 2750
19Van Mechelen Jan2.01.503.01.5 2652
20Sclacmender Julien2.01.503.01.5 2624
21Henris Luc2.01.503.01.5 2605
22Maes Wim2.01.003.01.0 2639
23Marte Sebastien2.01.003.01.0 2361
24Dessomme Francois2.01.003.01.0 2397
25Baudoin Olivier2.01.003.01.0 2346
26Oger Daniel2.01.003.01.0 2538
27Burel Iwan2.01.003.01.0 2514
28Demeirleir Alain2.01.003.01.0 2491
29De Groof Maurice2.01.003.01.0 2469
30Chung Choong Lon Marc2.01.003.01.0 2466
31Le Quang Kim1.51.752.52.5 2180
32Remy Joel1.51.752.52.5 2001
33Truwant Pieter1.51.752.52.5 1967
34Vanhee Freddy1.51.752.52.5 1936
35Bruno Ricardo1.51.752.52.5 2165
36Prioux Michel1.51.752.52.5 1958
37Geboers Jimmy1.51.25 1921
38Willen Ronny1.50.752.51.5 2001
39Meskens Stephan1.50.752.51.5 1933
40De Strycker Nathan1.50.752.51.5 1920
150 players

21) Stara Pazova-Ilindan 2011

The Stara Pazova-Ilindan takes place 31st July - 6th August 2011.

Stara Pazova-Ilindan Stara Pazova SRB Sun 31st Jul 2011 - Sat 6th Aug 2011
Leading Round 1 (of 10) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Mrkonjic NenadIMCRO23811.00.000.00.0
Indjic DusanIMSRB22791.00.000.00.0
3Sertic RudolfIMCRO24060.50.250.00.5
Kosanovic Goran AGMSRB23830.50.250.00.5
5Dizdarevic EmirGMBIH24810.00.000.00.0
Ilincic ZlatkoGMSRB24680.00.000.00.0
6 players

22) 9th Mukachevo Rating 2011

The 9th Mukachevo Rating took place 6th-10th July 2011. Bogdan Borsos won with 5.5/7.

9th Mukachevo Rating Mukachevo UKR Wed 6th Jul 2011 - Sun 10th Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkNameFEDPts
1Borsos, BogdanUKR5.5
2Tiba, VladyslavUKR4.5
3Beglyj, MikhailUKR4.5
4Terletsky, OlegUKR3.5
5Sychevskyy, AndriyUKR3.5
6Guivan, VasilyUKR3
7Fediv, AlexandrUKR2
8Kristofori, AttilaUKR1.5
8 players
9th Mukachevo Rating Mukachevo UKR Wed 6th Jul 2011 - Sun 10th Jul 2011. Category: None. Ave: (2131)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts TPR
1 Borsos, Bogdan IM UKR 2253 # 1 = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2343
2 Beglyj, Mikhail UKR 2022 0 # 1 = 1 1 = = 4.5 2248
3 Tiba, Vladyslav UKR 2152 = 0 # 1 1 = 1 = 4.5 2230
4 Sychevskyy, Andriy UKR 1938 = = 0 # 0 1 1 = 3.5 2158
5 Terletsky, Oleg UKR 2199 = 0 0 1 # 0 1 1 3.5 2121
6 Guivan, Vasily UKR 2183 0 0 = 0 1 # = 1 3 2073
7 Fediv, Alexandr UKR 2200 0 = 0 0 0 = # 1 2 1963
8 Kristofori, Attila UKR 2098 0 = = = 0 0 0 # 1.5 1905
Round 1. Tue 5th Jul 2011
Kristofori, Attila 0-1 Borsos, Bogdan 64 C32 KGD
Terletsky, Oleg 0-1 Guivan, Vasily 24 B35 Sicilian
Beglyj, Mikhail 1/2-1/2 Sychevskyy, Andriy 39 C15 French
Tiba, Vladyslav 1-0 Fediv, Alexandr 35 C00 French
Round 2. Wed 6th Jul 2011
Sychevskyy, Andriy 0-1 Tiba, Vladyslav 33 A64 Benoni
Borsos, Bogdan 1-0 Beglyj, Mikhail 27 C67 Ruy Lopez
Terletsky, Oleg 1-0 Kristofori, Attila 28 B16 Caro-Kann
Guivan, Vasily 1/2-1/2 Fediv, Alexandr
Round 3. Wed 6th Jul 2011
Kristofori, Attila 0-1 Guivan, Vasily 41 B74 Sicilian
Tiba, Vladyslav 1/2-1/2 Borsos, Bogdan 12 C55 Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)
Fediv, Alexandr 0-1 Sychevskyy, Andriy 49 C04 French
Beglyj, Mikhail 1-0 Terletsky, Oleg 11 C45 Scotch
Round 4. Thu 7th Jul 2011
Terletsky, Oleg 0-1 Tiba, Vladyslav 17 B78 Sicilian
Guivan, Vasily 0-1 Sychevskyy, Andriy 61 E92 King's Indian
Kristofori, Attila 1/2-1/2 Beglyj, Mikhail 44 C29 Vienna gambit
Borsos, Bogdan 1-0 Fediv, Alexandr 44 C00 French
Round 5. Thu 7th Jul 2011
Sychevskyy, Andriy 1/2-1/2 Borsos, Bogdan
Beglyj, Mikhail 1-0 Guivan, Vasily
Tiba, Vladyslav 1/2-1/2 Kristofori, Attila
Fediv, Alexandr 0-1 Terletsky, Oleg
Round 6. Fri 8th Jul 2011
Kristofori, Attila 0-1 Fediv, Alexandr 28 B07 Pirc
Guivan, Vasily 0-1 Borsos, Bogdan 40 A23 English
Beglyj, Mikhail 1-0 Tiba, Vladyslav 43 B75 Sicilian
Terletsky, Oleg 1-0 Sychevskyy, Andriy 45 C04 French
Round 7. Fri 8th Jul 2011
Borsos, Bogdan 1/2-1/2 Terletsky, Oleg
Fediv, Alexandr 1/2-1/2 Beglyj, Mikhail
Tiba, Vladyslav 1/2-1/2 Guivan, Vasily
Kristofori, Attila 1/2-1/2 Sychevskyy, Andriy

23) 4th Paleohora Open

The 4th Paleohora Open took place 20th-27th July 2011. Yuriy Kryvoruchko edged out Alberto David on tie-break after both finished on 7.5/9.

4th Paleohora Open Paleochora GRE Wed 20th Jul 2011 - Wed 27th Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Kryvoruchko YuriyGMUKR26527.50.556.552.0
2David AlbertoGMLUX26097.50.554.549.5
3Banikas HristosGMGRE25937.00.056.551.5
4Svetushkin DmitryGMMDA25767.00.054.550.0
5Yilmaz MustafaIMTUR25197.00.054.049.5
6Sandipan ChandaGMIND26567.00.053.549.0
7Zubarev AlexanderGMUKR25977.00.053.548.5
8Maiorov NikitaGMBLR25357.00.053.048.5
9Zinchenko YaroslavGMUKR25437.00.052.548.5
10Kharitonov AlexandrGMRUS25397.00.052.548.0
11Prohaszka PeterGMHUN25477.00.052.048.5
12Guramishvili SopikoWGMGEO23297.00.049.546.0
13Ipatov AlexanderGMESP25626.50.055.550.5
14Simonian TigranARM22946.50.053.549.5
15Nikolov MomchilGMBUL25896.50.053.048.0
16Sivuk VitalyIMUKR24226.50.051.547.5
17Danilenko DmitriyFMUKR23606.50.050.546.5
18Chatzidakis MihailFMGRE23116.50.049.045.5
19Khabarov SergeyFMRUS23056.50.049.045.5
20Ashwin JayaramIMIND24496.50.049.045.0
21Bae TorsteinIMNOR24146.50.049.045.0
22Burg TwanIMNED24506.50.044.040.5
23Rychagov AndreyGMRUS25606.00.055.050.5
24Pap MisaGMSRB25076.00.052.048.0
25Bortnik AlexandrFMUKR23276.00.052.047.5
26Sandalakis AngelosGRE23836.00.051.547.5
27Bortnik NikolayUKR23126.00.050.547.0
28Vafiadis KleanthisGRE23016.00.050.046.0
29Georgiadis IoannisIMGRE24646.00.049.045.0
30Raeva ElitsaWIMBUL23246.00.048.544.5
31Faibisovich Vadim ZIMRUS24096.00.048.043.5
32Sturt Raven MUSA22316.00.047.543.5
33Khetsuriani BesarionIMGEO23256.00.046.542.5
34Aggelis NikolaosFMGRE22946.00.046.542.5
35Van Assendelft FlorisFMNED23936.00.046.042.0
36Kohlweyer BerndIMGER24946.00.046.042.0
37Dounis AlexandrosGRE22486.00.045.542.5
38Barth Norbert DrFMGER22896.00.045.542.0
39Nogly ChristophFMGER22356.00.043.540.5
40Gogolis AlexandrosFMGRE22616.00.043.540.0
248 players

24) Summer Chess Poznan 2011

The Summer Chess Open in Poznan took place 16th-24th July 2011. Wojciech Moranda won with 8/9. Final round games now available.

Poznan Summer Open Poznan POL Sat 16th Jul 2011 - Sun 24th Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Moranda, WojciechGMPOL25868.042.0030.5053.50
25Urban, KlaudiuszIMPOL24567.542.0031.0053.50
32Tomczak, JacekIMPOL25487.043.5031.0056.00
46Chojnacki, KrzysztofIMPOL24377.042.5030.0055.00
57Sliwerski, Radoslawk++POL21746.539.0027.5051.50
614Bajerlein, DawidIPOL20166.537.5026.5048.00
79Bernat, MarcinkPOL21386.042.5030.0054.50
88Musialkiewicz, JankPOL21506.040.5028.0052.00
93Szelag, MarcinIMPOL24786.038.0026.5048.50
104Shishkin, VadimGMUKR24576.037.5026.5047.00
1116Wesolowski, EdgarIPOL19836.036.0026.0046.50
1221Gorniewicz, OskarIPOL19145.536.5026.0046.50
1317Musialkiewicz, PawelI+POL19615.536.0026.0047.00
1411Kaluzny, WlodzimierzkPOL21145.535.5025.0046.00
1539Palasz, KrzysztofIIPOL17345.534.0024.5042.50
1631Jedrzejczak, PrzemyslawIIPOL18145.530.0021.5038.00
1713Stachowiak, SlawomirIPOL20235.038.0027.0048.50
1810Bartkowiak, DamiankPOL21235.037.5026.5048.00
1918Kozlowski, TomaszI++POL19585.037.0027.0045.50
2020Rozumek, KrzysztofIPOL19295.035.0024.5045.00
2130Simon, MarekIPOL18195.034.0024.0043.00
2245Kaczmarczyk, PawelIIPOL16355.033.5024.5043.00
2323Rusinski, MateuszIPOL18995.033.0023.5043.50
2419Glatty, ZbigniewIPOL19505.032.5024.0042.00
2529Warchol, MariaIPOL18205.032.5023.0041.50
2633Niekras, DawidII+POL17975.032.0024.0040.50
2732Rys, MarekIIPOL18115.032.0023.0040.50
2824Chojnacki, TomaszII+POL18745.031.5023.0040.00
2925Cholewa, MariaI+POL18575.031.0022.5040.00
3027Lambucki, LukaszII+POL18445.029.0020.5038.50
3146Wittig, ZenonIIPOL16315.028.5019.5036.50
3222Jaskowski, TadeuszIPOL19144.534.0024.0044.00
3341Pawlicki, DariuszIIPOL17034.532.0023.0042.50
3415Hemmerling, JaroslawIPOL19944.531.5022.5040.00
3528Szymanski, LeszekIPOL18404.531.0022.5039.50
3650Jarmuzek, KarolinaIPOL15594.531.0022.5039.50
3742Kupsik, JoannaIPOL16964.530.0021.5039.00
3844Kaluzny, TomaszII+POL16354.530.0021.0038.00
3951Kaluzny, JacekIIPOL15524.529.0021.0037.00
4026Kaczmarek, PiotrI+POL18484.033.5024.0043.50
70 players

25) XIII Gdansk Open

The 13th Gdansk Open took place 17th-24th July 2011. Lech Sopur edged out Lukasz Cyborowski on tie-break after both scored 8/9. Final round games now available.

XIII Gdansk Open Gdansk POL Sun 17th Jul 2011 - Sun 24th Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPts
13Sopur, LechmPOL24098.0
21Cyborowski, LukaszGMPOL25378.0
32Grabarczyk, MiroslawGMPOL24597.0
49Budrewicz, KrzysztofmPOL21947.0
57Kempinski, Tomaszk++POL22277.0
64Khamitskiy, SergeiIMBLR23167.0
714Kobus, SebastianI++POL21047.0
85Jaroch, PawelkPOL22506.5
913Olejarczyk, Bogdank+POL21376.5
1028Renkowski, PiotrI+POL19246.5
1110Huseynov, VusalkAZE21786.5
1217Szczepaniec, StanislawkPOL20756.5
1311Machlowski, SlawomirICZE21596.0
1419Zielinski, MaciejI++POL20606.0
158Rybak, TomaszkPOL22226.0
1623Wierzbicka, WiktoriakPOL20146.0
1727Ulanowski, KarolIPOL19386.0
1835Plewa, PiotrIPOL18646.0
1915Zielinski, WojciechI++POL20976.0
2021Reza, WojciechI+POL20266.0
2130Kanarkiewicz, MichalIPOL19246.0
2246Czerw, DawidII+POL17846.0
2312Zielinski, StanislawI++POL21556.0
2424Grajczak, AdrianIPOL20006.0
2558Baran, DawidII+POL16796.0
2660Kindler, PrzemyslawIIPOL16666.0
2740Posuniak, KacperIPOL18316.0
2867Norov, ArtemIIBLR15415.5
2916Marszk, KazimierzkPOL20765.5
3061Moszczenski, MiloszIIPOL16315.5
3120Skrochocka, Justynak+POL20415.5
3243Dadello, AleksandraI++POL18115.5
3322Tyda, KrzysztofCMPOL20165.5
3455Dzikowski, MichalIIPOL17065.5
3534Mucha, PiotrII+POL18675.5
3632Dobrowolski, HenrykIPOL19075.5
3792Zakrzewski, RobertIIPOL05.5
3825Grabarczyk, SylwesterICZE19715.5
3931Parol, PawelIPOL19185.5
4039Lukaszuk, AronIIPOL18345.5
144 players

26) Austrian Championships 2011

The Austrian Championships took place in Linz 23rd-31st July 2011. Georg Fröwis took clear first with 7.5/9.

ch-AUT Linz AUT Sat 23rd Jul 2011 - Sun 31st Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Fröwis Georg23297.550.539.041.00
2Diermair Andreas24327.053.541.040.25
3Danner Georg24016.553.542.036.00
4Schachinger Mario23606.550.538.535.00
5Shengelia David25136.547.036.031.00
6Schwabeneder Florian22076.542.534.028.00
7Neubauer Martin Mag.24316.048.537.529.75
8Poetz Florian24166.045.534.030.00
9Kummer Helmut23626.045.035.529.00
10Menezes Christoph22006.042.535.026.50
11Schroll Gerhard Dr. MMag.24145.549.538.528.00
12Halvax Georg23225.545.534.525.50
13Wallner Joachim23285.544.535.025.25
14Platzgummer Fabian23115.544.535.025.00
15Liedl Wolfgang22135.542.032.522.50
16Titz Heimo Dr.21615.541.031.022.50
17Matt Fabian21885.538.028.021.75
18Knoll Hermann23655.055.042.528.75
19Ganaus Hannes22875.046.037.521.50
20Theuretzbacher Klaus22095.045.036.022.75
21Hiermann Dietmar22455.043.533.521.50
22Fauland Alexander24775.042.032.520.50
23Leitner Gerald DI.22125.041.532.522.00
24Weinzettl Ernst23355.041.532.521.25
25Rieger Robert21505.039.032.020.75
26Klocker Benedikt22185.037.529.019.50
27Bachler Reinhard22095.037.028.019.50
28Hölzl Franz23494.545.535.519.75
29Kessler Luca21884.542.532.017.75
30Mayerhofer Peter22494.542.032.517.00
31Hartl Daniel22954.542.032.516.25
32Niederwieser Peter21884.539.030.517.00
33Loidl Florian21744.538.530.515.25
34Wiedermann Daniel22094.538.028.514.75
35Enzendorfer Alfred21394.537.029.013.75
36Posch Roland21234.533.024.014.00
37Denk Adolf22924.044.035.016.50
38Frank Emanuel19894.040.531.517.50
39Ernst Michael Mag.21464.040.531.017.75
40Sandhöfner Florian22704.039.030.015.25
64 players

27) Philippines Championships

The Philippines Championships took place 16th-23rd July 2011. Wesley So was the top seed and convincing winner with 9/13. Final round games now available.

ch-PHI Manila PHI Sat 16th Jul 2011 - Sat 23rd Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 13 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1So WesleyGMPHI26589.00.054.504.5
2Barbosa OliverIMPHI25148.01.049.504.0
3Torre EugenioGMPHI24918.00.047.503.5
4Laylo DarwinGMPHI25287.52.547.004.0
5Antonio Rogelio JrGMPHI25657.52.546.003.5
6Bitoon RichardIMPHI24917.52.044.003.0
7Sanchez JosephGMPHI25347.52.043.753.0
8Nolte RolandoIMPHI24337.51.043.002.5
9Paragua MarkGMPHI25456.00.039.753.5
10Gomez John PaulGMPHI25295.50.032.752.5
11Barcenilla RogelioGMPHI25185.00.532.253.0
12Garcia Jan EmmanuelIMPHI24045.00.531.502.5
13Salvador RolandGMPHI25274.00.022.751.5
14Ranola YvesIMPHI23773.00.017.250.5
14 players
ch-PHI Manila PHI Sat 16th Jul 2011 - Sat 23rd Jul 2011. Category: 11. Ave: (2508)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts TPR
1 So, Wesley GM PHI 2658 # = = = 1 = 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 9 2638
2 Barbosa, Oliver IM PHI 2514 = # 1 = = = = = = = 1 = = 1 8 2595
3 Torre, Eugenio GM PHI 2491 = 0 # = = 1 = = = 1 0 1 1 1 8 2596
4 Laylo, Darwin GM PHI 2528 = = = # = = 1 = = = = = = 1 7.5 2564
5 Antonio, Rogelio Jr GM PHI 2565 0 = = = # = = 1 1 = = = 1 = 7.5 2561
6 Bitoon, Richard IM PHI 2491 = = 0 = = # = = = 1 0 1 1 1 7.5 2566
7 Sanchez, Joseph GM PHI 2534 0 = = 0 = = # 1 = = 1 1 = 1 7.5 2563
8 Nolte, Rolando IM PHI 2433 = = = = 0 = 0 # = 1 1 = 1 1 7.5 2571
9 Paragua, Mark GM PHI 2545 = = = = 0 = = = # = 1 = = 0 6 2476
10 Gomez, John Paul GM PHI 2529 = = 0 = = 0 = 0 = # = = = 1 5.5 2450
11 Barcenilla, Rogelio GM PHI 2518 0 0 1 = = 1 0 0 0 = # = 1 0 5 2420
12 Garcia, Jan Emmanuel FM PHI 2404 = = 0 = = 0 0 = = = = # = = 5 2429
13 Salvador, Roland GM PHI 2527 0 = 0 = 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = # 1 4 2366
14 Ranola, Yves IM PHI 2377 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 1 = 0 # 3 2307
ch-PHI w Manila PHI Sat 16th Jul 2011 - Sat 23rd Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Jose Rulp YlemWFMPHI20249.00.043.503.5
2Frayna Janelle MaePHI18758.00.036.252.5
3Mejia Cherry AnnWFMPHI19497.51.536.252.5
4Docena JedaraPHI20497.51.036.753.0
5Mendoza BeverlyWIMPHI20547.50.534.752.0
6Perena CatherineWIMPHI21046.50.027.751.5
7Mendoza Shania MaePHI17884.50.017.751.0
8Fronda Jan JodilynPHI20764.01.013.000.0
9San Diego Marie AntoinettePHI04.00.019.001.5
10Palomo Jenny RosePHI18753.01.012.251.0
11Mirano MiraPHI16983.00.012.501.0
12Acedo Rowelyn JoyPHI01.50.07.750.5
12 players
ch-PHI w Manila PHI Sat 16th Jul 2011 - Sat 23rd Jul 2011. Category: None. Ave: (1624)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts TPR
1 Jose, Rulp Ylem WFM PHI 2024 # 1 1 = 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 9 2161
2 Frayna, Janelle Mae PHI 1875 0 # = = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 8 2082
3 Mejia, Cherry Ann WFM PHI 1949 0 = # 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 = 7.5 2029
4 Docena, Jedara PHI 2049 = = 0 # 1 1 = = 1 1 = 1 7.5 2018
5 Mendoza, Beverly WIM PHI 2054 1 = = 0 # 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2018
6 Perena, Catherine WIM PHI 2104 0 0 = 0 1 # 1 = 1 1 = 1 6.5 1932
7 Shania, Mae Mendoza PHI 1788 = 0 0 = 0 0 # = 0 1 1 1 4.5 1801
8 San Diego, Marie Antoinette PHI 0 0 0 = = = = # 0 1 1 0 4 1800
9 Fronda, Jan Jodilyn PHI 2076 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 # 1 0 1 4 1715
10 Palomo, Jenny Rose PHI 1875 0 = = 0 0 0 0 0 0 # 1 1 3 1606
11 Mirano, Mira PHI 1698 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 0 # 1 3 1626
12 Acedo, Rowelyn PHI 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 # 1.5 1479

28) 15th Battle of Senta Open

The Senta Open took place 16th-23rd July 2011. Balind Nadj Hedjesi won with 7/9. Games from the final two rounds now available.

15th Senta Open Senta SRB Sat 16th Jul 2011 - Sat 23rd Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Nadj Hedjesi BalindSRB23547.07.048.044.0
2Saric SinisaIMSRB24726.56.548.544.5
3Nestorovic DejanIMSRB24046.06.050.045.5
4Kumic FilipSRB20886.06.049.044.5
5Pavlov SergeyIMUKR25056.06.047.543.5
6Stankovic MilosSRB23646.06.045.542.5
7Dragovic MomciloFMSRB23806.06.044.041.0
8Radovanovic DusanSRB23726.06.042.539.5
9Markovic Zoran SIMSRB23516.06.042.039.0
10Savic Miodrag RGMSRB25205.55.552.048.0
11Ardeleanu AlinIMROU23945.55.549.545.0
12Domany ZsofiaWIMHUN21995.05.045.041.0
13Klasan VladimirSRB23525.05.044.541.0
14Cabarkapa NovakSRB21775.05.043.540.5
15Desnica VladanSRB21775.05.042.039.0
16Vranic LjubomirSRB21745.05.040.538.5
17Dudukovic NikolaSRB22515.05.040.038.0
18Radusinovic LazarSRB22835.05.039.537.5
19Pletl AkosSRB22445.05.038.535.5
20Savic DraganSRB21604.54.544.541.0
21Ivanov BorislavBUL22014.54.543.540.0
22Vujic MihailoFMSRB23214.54.539.536.0
23Amstadt AronHUN22814.54.536.534.5
24Popov StevanFMSRB22194.54.534.032.0
25Farkas TiborIMSRB22604.04.042.038.5
26Petkovic RadosavFMSRB22804.04.041.539.5
27Balla Tamas-KristofFMROU24064.04.041.537.5
28Nestorovic LazarIMSRB24284.04.039.536.0
29Siclovan Cristian-DanielROU21164.04.038.536.5
30Marjanovic DejanBIH21534.04.036.034.0
31Tancik KristijanSRB22734.04.035.533.5
32Simonyi ZoltanFMSRB22274.04.034.532.5
33Bogdan Horia-DanielROU18804.04.034.032.0
34Miladinovic LenaSRB20744.04.033.031.0
35Delgado-Vlaic AdrianROU19214.04.030.028.0
36Cica DraganSRB19733.53.538.535.5
37Sirotanovic ObradFMSRB22753.53.538.036.0
38Kokai PeterSRB20883.53.537.535.5
39Vucinic GojkoSRB20813.03.039.037.0
40Kovacs ArthurHUN20993.03.035.033.0
43 players

29) 2nd Girona Open

The 2nd Girona Open took place 14th-22nd July 2011. Carlos Salgado Allaria won with 8/9. Final round games now available.

2nd Girona Open Girona ESP Thu 14th Jul 2011 - Fri 22nd Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Salgado Allaria CarlosFMESP23258.00.053.046.50
2Subirana Bonet DanielESP20077.00.048.535.75
3Mundet Riera Jaume MCESP21257.00.053.039.50
4Barrera Clot Carlos 1ESP21087.00.049.034.50
5Salagran Ferragut GuillemESP17666.50.051.033.25
6Diaz Munoz SergiESP20616.50.045.530.00
7Serra Labrador CarlesESP20296.00.053.033.00
8Parramon Ros FrancescESP20496.00.051.532.25
9Parals Marce Luis 2ESP20676.00.044.527.00
10Medina Masdeu RasenESP17576.00.044.025.50
11Gimenez Aguirre Ismael AlejoESP16986.00.044.529.00
12Curiel Perez VictorioESP06.00.039.523.00
13Mas Recorda PereESP20745.50.049.526.25
14Huici Bentue DavidESP20795.50.050.526.00
15Colomer Camarasa JordiESP19505.50.045.026.00
16Perez Lopez Josep AntoniESP19625.00.048.524.75
17Caballero Maytin JesusCUB20865.00.043.520.00
18Mirasol Obrador MiquelESP18255.00.044.520.50
19Mundet Riera JoaquimESP18755.00.045.022.00
20Urbano Cabrera MoisesESP17825.00.042.520.25
21Iglesias Santos DavidESP05.00.043.022.00
22Saurina Suner Francesc XavierESP18675.00.042.018.00
23Vidal Zamora CristinaESP16905.00.039.019.50
24Iglesias Santos RodrigoESP05.00.040.020.00
25Volkov VladimirESP17905.00.042.017.50
26Alvarez Serra JordiESP19834.50.048.020.75
27Jimenez Ortiz GonzaloESP18994.50.048.520.50
28Bonell Gleich XavierESP16284.50.043.017.25
29Donaire Benito Josep AntoniESP04.50.038.017.00
30Barraca Gonzalez JordiESP18094.50.041.021.00
31Vidal Palou JordiESP17044.00.043.015.75
32Torrent Lagresa Josep MESP16624.00.045.518.75
33Nadal Rebarter JoanESP04.00.038.015.25
34Dellonder Domenech EsteveESP16254.00.036.512.00
35Marpons Areste JoaquinESP04.00.039.512.50
36Alarcon Pages SalvadorESP17394.00.038.014.25
37Casellas Delemus JordiESP04.00.037.513.50
38Clos Buxeda AntoniESP04.00.035.512.50
39Gultresa Boada IsaacESP14744.00.043.014.50
40Burset Camps GuillemESP17734.00.035.514.00
66 players

30) II Grafica Yael GM

The II Grafica Yael GM tournament took place 23rd-31st July 2011. Federico Perez Ponsa took clear first with 6.5/9. Games from the final couple of rounds not yet available.

II Grafica Yael GM Torre Blanca ARG Sat 23rd Jul 2011 - Sun 31st Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Perez Ponsa FedericoIMARG24676.528.000.04
2Real De Azua ErnestoIMARG24386.023.751.05
3Bachmann AxelGMPAR25506.023.750.05
4Tristan LeonardoIMARG24505.522.000.04
5Rodriguez Vila AndresGMURU25075.019.000.03
6Labollita MartinIMARG24073.518.000.02
7Sorin ArielGMARG24653.515.000.01
8Del Rey DiegoIMESP23773.013.750.01
9Valdes Escobar AlvaroIMCHI24143.011.000.01
10Mayorga NicolasFMARG23303.09.750.02
10 players
II Grafica Yael GM Torre Blanca ARG Sat 23rd Jul 2011 - Sun 31st Jul 2011. Category: 8. Ave: (2441)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Perez Ponsa, Federico IM ARG 2467 # = = 1 = 1 1 4.5 2629
2 Bachmann, Axel GM PAR 2550 = # 1 = 0 1 1 4 2571
3 Tristan, Leonardo IM ARG 2450 0 # 1 1 = 1 = 4 2566
4 Rodriguez Vila, Andres GM URU 2507 = = 0 # 1 = 1 3.5 2516
5 Real De Azua, Ernesto IM ARG 2438 0 0 # = 1 1 1 3.5 2479
6 Labollita, Martin IM ARG 2407 1 = 0 = # 0 1 3 2465
7 Sorin, Ariel GM ARG 2465 0 = 0 1 # 0 = 2 2310
8 Del Rey, Diego IM ESP 2377 = 0 0 1 # 0 = 2 2314
9 Mayorga, Nicolas FM ARG 2330 0 0 0 = 1 # = 2 2310
10 Valdes Escobar, Alvaro IM CHI 2414 0 = 0 0 = = # 1.5 2235
Round 1. Sat 23rd Jul 2011
Perez Ponsa, Federico 1-0 Valdes Escobar, Alvaro 42 B66 Sicilian
Sorin, Ariel 1/2-1/2 Mayorga, Nicolas 50 A70 Benoni
Labollita, Martin 1/2-1/2 Real De Azua, Ernesto 31 B50 Sicilian
Bachmann, Axel 1-0 Del Rey, Diego 37 A11 English
Rodriguez Vila, Andres 0-1 Tristan, Leonardo
Round 2. Sun 24th Jul 2011
Rodriguez Vila, Andres 1/2-1/2 Bachmann, Axel 11 C42 Petrov
Del Rey, Diego 0-1 Labollita, Martin 55 A04 Reti opening
Real De Azua, Ernesto 1-0 Sorin, Ariel 39 E92 King's Indian
Mayorga, Nicolas 0-1 Perez Ponsa, Federico 54 B90 Sicilian
Tristan, Leonardo 1/2-1/2 Valdes Escobar, Alvaro 22 B23 Sicilian
Round 3. Mon 25th Jul 2011
Valdes Escobar, Alvaro 1/2-1/2 Mayorga, Nicolas 52 A30 English
Perez Ponsa, Federico 1-0 Real De Azua, Ernesto 53 B45 Sicilian
Sorin, Ariel 0-1 Del Rey, Diego 35 E10 Queen's pawn game
Labollita, Martin 0-1 Rodriguez Vila, Andres 35 A03 Bird's opening
Bachmann, Axel 1-0 Tristan, Leonardo 28 A89 Dutch
Round 4. Tue 26th Jul 2011
Bachmann, Axel 0-1 Labollita, Martin 51 A41 Old Indian
Rodriguez Vila, Andres 1/2-1/2 Sorin, Ariel 12 C92 Ruy Lopez
Del Rey, Diego 1/2-1/2 Perez Ponsa, Federico 25 E90 King's Indian
Real De Azua, Ernesto 1-0 Valdes Escobar, Alvaro 42 E55 Nimzo-Indian
Tristan, Leonardo 1-0 Mayorga, Nicolas 62 B17 Caro-Kann
Round 5. Wed 27th Jul 2011
Mayorga, Nicolas 0-1 Real De Azua, Ernesto 43 C95 Ruy Lopez
Valdes Escobar, Alvaro 1/2-1/2 Del Rey, Diego 11 E62 King's Indian
Perez Ponsa, Federico 1/2-1/2 Rodriguez Vila, Andres 31 C18 French
Sorin, Ariel 0-1 Bachmann, Axel 33 E73 King's Indian
Labollita, Martin 1/2-1/2 Tristan, Leonardo 17 B07 Pirc
Round 6. Thu 28th Jul 2011
Labollita, Martin 0-1 Sorin, Ariel 38 C30 KGD
Bachmann, Axel 1/2-1/2 Perez Ponsa, Federico 38 B50 Sicilian
Rodriguez Vila, Andres 1-0 Valdes Escobar, Alvaro 25 B55 Sicilian
Del Rey, Diego 0-1 Mayorga, Nicolas 72 A45 Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)
Tristan, Leonardo 1-0 Real De Azua, Ernesto 48 B18 Caro-Kann

31) 6th Poti Chess Festival 2011

The 6th Poti Chess Festival with the top open, the Nana Alexandria Cup, took place 11th-19th July 2011. Gaioz Nigalidze edged out Zaur Mammadov on tie-break after both finished on 7.5/9. Games from rounds 8-9 are not yet available.

Nana Alexandria Cup Poti GEO Mon 11th Jul 2011 - Tue 19th Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Nigalidze GaiozIMGEO24487.537.50.053.0
2Mammadov Zaur Fazahir OgluIMAZE23257.537.00.051.5
3Pantsulaia LevanGMGEO26127.039.00.053.0
4Kalashian DavidIMARM24107.035.50.050.0
5Quparadze GigaIMGEO24677.035.00.050.5
6Shanava KonstantineGMGEO25356.537.50.054.5
7Zarkua DavitGEO24336.535.50.050.0
8Benidze DavitIMGEO25146.534.50.050.0
9Bagaturov GiorgiGMGEO24596.534.50.054.5
10Arabidze MeriWIMGEO23116.534.00.048.5
11Batsiashvili NinoWGMGEO23816.530.50.046.0
12Gharibyan Karen VARM21246.530.00.045.5
13Shahinyan DavidARM23146.034.50.049.5
14Beradze IrakliGEO22816.033.50.049.5
15Hayrapetian OvikFMARM24066.033.00.050.5
16Qashashvili AlexandreIMGEO23326.032.00.051.0
17Mikaelyan ArmanARM21976.032.00.051.5
18Gelazonia ParmenGEO23076.031.50.048.0
19Gharagyozian ArturARM22336.031.50.048.0
20Lomsadze DavitGEO23576.031.00.045.5
21Nadirashvili ShalvaGEO19856.029.00.046.0
22Purtseladze MakaIMGEO23646.029.00.046.0
23Ebralidze AlexandreGEO18826.026.00.043.0
24Chighladze IveriIMGEO24015.534.00.048.5
25Morchiashvili BachanaIMGEO23765.533.00.054.0
26Shalamberidze AkakiIMGEO23275.531.50.047.5
27Azaladze ShotaIMGEO24365.531.00.051.0
28Vakhania AlexandraGEO21915.529.50.047.0
29Kviriashvili IosebGEO22535.528.50.045.5
30Khelaia GiorgiGEO21025.528.50.046.5
31Kumsiashvili NikolozGEO19955.528.00.044.0
32Kvaratskhelia DimitriGEO20895.527.00.040.0
33Ibrahimova Sabina Oqtay QiziAZE21255.527.00.041.0
34Rizhamadze PatmanGEO20425.526.00.043.0
35Siradze SalomeGEO20315.525.00.038.0
36Choladze MariamGEO18365.524.00.040.5
37Daraselia GiorgiGEO18525.521.00.035.5
38Tutisani NoeGEO19075.029.50.045.5
39Eranyan KhachaturARM21785.029.00.044.5
40Torosyan NorayrARM21305.028.00.047.0
127 players

32) 37th Sitges Open

The 37th Sitges Open took place 22nd-30th July 2011. Stefan Djuric edged out Miguel Munoz Pantoja, Alexei Barsov, Hipolit Asis Gargatagli and Hector Delgado Ramos after all scored 7/9.

37th Sitges Open Sitges ESP Fri 22nd Jul 2011 - Sat 30th Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Djuric StefanGMSRB24457.049.052.037.0
2Munoz Pantoja MiguelIMPER24827.047.552.037.5
3Barsov AlexeiGMUZB25347.045.549.536.5
4Asis Gargatagli HipolitIMESP24317.043.047.035.5
5Delgado Ramos HectorFMCUB24887.043.046.032.0
6Bacallao Alonso YusnelIMCUB25326.548.553.035.0
7Karlsson LarsGMSWE24826.548.052.037.0
8Cruz FilemonIMPER24066.546.049.032.5
9Oratovsky MichaelGMISR25216.545.550.533.0
10Getz NicolaiFMNOR23856.047.051.533.0
11Cruz CristhianIMPER24706.042.546.031.0
12Pulvett DanielIMVEN23036.042.546.029.0
13Fernandez Aguado EnriqueIMESP23556.042.045.032.0
14Phadke SohanIND22526.042.045.030.5
15Thakur AkashIND23276.039.542.526.0
16Cabrera AlexisGMESP25305.551.054.536.5
17Gonzalez Garcia JoseGMMEX25225.547.051.031.5
18Lacasa Diaz Jose AntonioIMESP23925.545.548.528.0
19Moskalenko ViktorGMUKR25915.544.048.030.0
20Perez Mitjans OrelvisIMESP24525.543.547.530.0
21Alarcon Casellas RolandoFMCUB24535.541.545.030.0
22Cruz JonathanIMPER24065.541.044.031.0
23Movsziszian KarenGMARM24935.540.544.527.5
24Alexandrova OlgaIMESP23935.540.044.028.0
25Rojas Keim LuisIMCHI24385.538.542.025.5
26Lorenzo De La Riva LazaroIMESP23915.042.545.528.0
27Beltran Rueda SantiagoIMESP23765.041.544.529.0
28Jimenez Fraga Pedro AlejandroFMCUB24645.041.544.528.0
29Khaidorov ViacheslavMKESP22445.041.044.025.5
30Papadopoulou VeraWIMGRE22105.040.543.027.5
31Hjelmaas LarsFMNOR22865.039.541.525.5
32Vidarte Morales ArturoIMESP23595.039.041.526.0
33Buch Prades JoanESP19655.038.041.024.0
34Ludvigsen FrodeNOR21345.035.038.020.0
35Capellades Subirana MarcMKESP22604.544.547.527.5
36Deshpande AniruddhaIND22284.544.547.527.5
37Arvola BenjaminNOR22074.541.042.023.0
38Layola Barrionuevo OriolESP21124.540.542.522.0
39Trujillo Villega Pablo AdrianFMVEN21734.540.042.524.0
40Castaner Halster XavierESP21314.536.538.519.5
85 players

33) 26th Avoine Open

The 26th Avoine Open took place 23rd-31st July 2011. Yuri Drozdovskij took clear first place with 7.5/9. Games were broadcast live but a consolidated file was not made available by the organisers. I picked up two rounds from PlayChess who relayed them live.

26th Avoine Open Avoine FRA Sat 23rd Jul 2011 - Sun 31st Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2Perf
1DROZDOVSKIJ YurigUKR26147.545.526052629
2SHIRAZI KamranmFRA235274724622458
3LAGARDE MaximefFRA2433745.525172512
4NAVROTESCU CatalinmROU2422745.524592463
5ZDEBSKAJA NataliagfUKR238474524112419
6NEVEDNICHY VladislavgROU2523744.525352549
7BERESCU Alin-MilegROU2465744.525252527
8HAUB Thorsten MichaelmGER246474324002428
9PURENNE BenoitFRA2006741.523042302
10DEBRAY ChristopherfFRA2364740.523222346
11FRICK ChristophGER21776.54522902290
12INKIOV VentzislavgBUL24766.54322472359
13BON MichaelFRA22756.54122842289
14OLARASU GabrielagfROU22876.54122152232
15MEVEL AlbericfFRA21876.54022292229
16DESLIAS GregoireFRA19926.539.522062167
17LERICHE LucFRA20026.537.521942161
18BUJISHO BenjaminmFRA2369645.523352342
19DAVID VincentmFRA238664523382345
20MALEKI ManuelFRA2275643.523172317
21FRUTEAU SabineffFRA2102643.522732273
22STEPHAN VictorFRA2280642.521802194
23MALOBERTI DavidFRA2118642.521772172
24DIEU BrunofFRA229864222142225
25DEMANGHON JonathanFRA218564221862186
26LAURENT MichelBEL2009641.521672149
27WENZEL JohannesGER211664122152215
28GODART FrancoisBEL225364121732184
29CAU BenjaminFRA2132640.521932167
30HEURTEBIZE ChristopheFRA2084639.521722165
31NABAVI ParwisSUI2202639.521332133
32MAUPIN Jean-PaulFRA2095639.520852085
33DUBE DimitriFRA209763921262126
34NAUDION GregoireFRA2051638.521732173
35ROGER MehdiFRA2201638.521272127
36GARNIER TeddyFRA193263821532130
37GERARD NicolasfFRA228963820752129
38SALLES LouisFRA202063821502127
39BOUGET AlexandreFRA2199637.521032103
40GESING OliverGER2200637.520752075
363 players

34) Quebec Open 2011

The Quebec Open took place 23rd-30th July 2011. Nikolay Noritsyn took clear first with 7/9.

Quebec Open Montreal CAN Sat 23rd Jul 2011 - Sat 30th Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1
1NORITSYN NikolayIMCAN24257.02580
2ARENCIBIA RODRIGUEZ WalterGMCUB24766.52633
3KOVALYOV AntonGMARG26126.02586
4SAMBUEV BatorGMCAN25286.02573
5ROZENTALIS EduardasGMLTU25716.02545
6BOJKOV DejanGMBUL25445.52535
7LE ROUX Jean-PierreGMFRA25175.52488
8CHENG BindiFMCAN23855.52452
9KLEINMAN MichaelCAN22215.52394
10CORNETTE MatthieuGMFRA25685.02555
11MACAK StefanIMSVK23915.02355
12GERZHOY LeonidIMCAN24834.52463
13MARTCHENKO AlexanderCAN22274.52454
14ZHAO ParkerUSA23824.52391
15KLEIMAN JakeIMUSA23754.52296
16LEVEILLE FrancoisFMCAN22904.52293
17VOLOACA MihneaCAN22364.52211
18JIANG LouieFMCAN23484.02251
19KRAIOUCHKINE NikitaCAN21704.02207
20BARBEAU SylvainFMCAN23334.02182
21MESZAROS MichalIMSVK24184.02131
22BERUBE AntoineCAN21424.02118
23BOLDUC SteveCAN22304.02089
24CALUGAR ArthurCAN22473.52264
25DROLET StephaneCAN20253.52184
26VOSKANYAN VahagnFMCAN22613.52111
27KHASSANOV MaratFMCAN22863.02025
28TESSIER-DESROSIERS OlivierCAN20862.52218
29CAIRE FrancoisCAN21502.02214
30ROUSSEL-ROOZMON ThomasGMCAN24911.02123
31ROY MyriamCAN19350.52123
31 players

35) 6th Edmonton International 2011

The 6th Edmonton International takes place 24th July - 1st August 2011. Shabalov leads on 6/7.

6th Edmonton Int Edmonton CAN Sun 24th Jul 2011 - Mon 1st Aug 2011. Category: 4. Ave: (2332)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Benjamin, Joel GM USA 2553 # = = 1 1 1 1 1 6 2603
2 Shabalov, Alexander GM USA 2577 = # 1 = = 1 = 1 5 2477
3 Pechenkin, Vladimir FM CAN 2297 = # = = = 1 = = 4 2365
4 Porper, Edward IM CAN 2444 0 = # 1 0 = 1 1 4 2355
5 Melekhina, Alisa FM USA 2263 = = 0 # 1 = = 1 4 2359
6 Abrahamyan, Tatev WFM USA 2343 0 = = 1 # = 0 1 3.5 2353
7 Haessel, Dale R. FM CAN 2211 0 0 = 0 = # 1 = 2.5 2231
8 Gardner, Robert CAN 2188 0 0 = = 1 0 # 0 2 2197
9 Valencia, Belsar PHI 2204 0 = = 0 = 0 # = 2 2230
10 Wang, Richard CAN 2240 0 0 0 0 = 1 = # 2 2191
Round 1. Wed 27th Jul 2011
Abrahamyan, Tatev 0-1 Benjamin, Joel 43 C55 Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)
Porper, Edward 1-0 Valencia, Belsar 77 E11 Bogo-Indian defence
Pechenkin, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 Melekhina, Alisa 66 A10 English opening
Haessel, Dale R. 1/2-1/2 Wang, Richard 33 D12 QGD Slav
Gardner, Robert 0-1 Shabalov, Alexander 36 E90 King's Indian
Round 2. Thu 28th Jul 2011
Wang, Richard 1-0 Gardner, Robert 29 A46 Queen's pawn
Abrahamyan, Tatev 1/2-1/2 Pechenkin, Vladimir 37 B03 Alekhine's defence
Melekhina, Alisa 1-0 Haessel, Dale R. 37 C26 Vienna
Shabalov, Alexander 1-0 Porper, Edward 52 A11 English
Benjamin, Joel 1-0 Valencia, Belsar 37 E81 King's Indian
Round 3. Thu 28th Jul 2011
Gardner, Robert 1/2-1/2 Melekhina, Alisa 44 E90 King's Indian
Haessel, Dale R. 1/2-1/2 Abrahamyan, Tatev 35 E63 King's Indian
Pechenkin, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 Benjamin, Joel 45 A20 English opening
Porper, Edward 1-0 Wang, Richard 49 D45 QGD semi-Slav
Valencia, Belsar 1/2-1/2 Shabalov, Alexander 32 E62 King's Indian
Round 4. Fri 29th Jul 2011
Pechenkin, Vladimir 1-0 Haessel, Dale R. 29 A20 English opening
Benjamin, Joel 1/2-1/2 Shabalov, Alexander 47 B06 Robatsch (modern) defence
Wang, Richard 1/2-1/2 Valencia, Belsar 82 A46 Queen's pawn
Abrahamyan, Tatev 0-1 Gardner, Robert 60 B07 Pirc defence
Melekhina, Alisa 0-1 Porper, Edward 62 B02 Alekhine's defence
Round 5. Sat 30th Jul 2011
Porper, Edward 0-1 Abrahamyan, Tatev 53 E12 Queen's Indian
Gardner, Robert 1/2-1/2 Pechenkin, Vladimir 30 A80 Dutch
Valencia, Belsar 1/2-1/2 Melekhina, Alisa 46 E64 King's Indian
Shabalov, Alexander 1-0 Wang, Richard 36 D10 QGD Slav defence, Alekhine variation
Haessel, Dale R. 0-1 Benjamin, Joel 26 A04 Reti opening
Round 6. Sat 30th Jul 2011
Melekhina, Alisa 1/2-1/2 Shabalov, Alexander 65 D86 Gruenfeld
Benjamin, Joel 1-0 Wang, Richard 33 A30 English
Abrahamyan, Tatev 1-0 Valencia, Belsar 34 B56 Sicilian
Pechenkin, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 Porper, Edward 65 A13 English opening
Haessel, Dale R. 1-0 Gardner, Robert 50 E33 Nimzo-Indian
Round 7. Sun 31st Jul 2011
Valencia, Belsar 1/2-1/2 Pechenkin, Vladimir 30 A80 Dutch
Wang, Richard 0-1 Melekhina, Alisa 39 A46 Queen's pawn game
Porper, Edward 1/2-1/2 Haessel, Dale R. 62 D80 Gruenfeld defence
Gardner, Robert 0-1 Benjamin, Joel 48 E20 Nimzo-Indian
Shabalov, Alexander 1/2-1/2 Abrahamyan, Tatev 42 C02 French

36) 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 7-9: 10th-12th July. There was a bit of a mess this time with Round 7 occuring a day earlier than stated on chess-results and the live coverage of round 9 failing after only a few moves. Hopefully the games will turn up at Chinese League Games at some point but they haven't so far, even after a week. Next Rounds 10-12 18th-20th September.

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

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

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

37) Portuguese Teams 2011

The Portuguese Teams took place 23rd-31st July. Complicated two phase format with group and final stages. Some games were broadcast live but couldn't find a game file and with the two stages they're going to be complex to process.

TCh-POR Div 1 Final Torres Vedras POR Sat 23rd Jul 2011 - Sun 31st Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkTeam12345678TB1TB2TB3
1Academia Xadrez Gaia*34319220.0
2AA Coimbra*419021.0
3CPND Albufeira*0317016.5
4ACR Vale Cambra4*415017.5
5Moto Clube do Porto1½½0*212010.0
6ADRC Mata de Benfica½0*411211.5
7NX Faro0½½20*21107.5
8GD Dias Ferreira1½1½2*808.0
8 players

38) 3rd Vitoria-Gasteiz Open

The 3rd Vitoria-Gasteiz Open took place 24th-30th July 2011. Manuel Rivas Pastor took clear first place with 8/9. No games available.

3rd Vitoria-Gasteiz Vitoria-Gasteiz ESP Sun 24th Jul 2011 - Sat 30th Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1RIVAS PASTOR ManuelGMESP25418.0149.00.0
2ABREU DELGADO AryamGMCUB24797.0148.50.0
3GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZ Jorge A.IMCOL24346.5146.50.0
4DGEBUADZE AlexandreGMBEL25226.5145.00.0
5GOMEZ LEDO Roberto CarlosIMCUB24286.5347.50.0
6GUERRA MENDEZ Jose AngelIMCUB24506.5346.00.0
7FRANCO ALONSO AlejandroIMESP24526.0146.50.0
8NAVARRO ORTIZ DE ORTUNO BorjaESP22166.0146.00.0
9RUIZ GOMEZ AlejandroFMESP23886.0146.00.0
10ASTASIO LOPEZ DavidFMESP23576.0142.50.0
11GOMEZ GARRIDO CamiloIMCUB25246.0347.00.0
12POZO VERA SandroIMCUB24716.0345.00.0
13PEREZ DE MIGUEL AlvaroESP21925.5141.00.0
14OCHOA DE ERIBE MARTINEZ DanielESP18075.5139.50.0
15FERNANDEZ CARDOSO AlexeyFMCUB24505.5346.00.0
16MADINA YADAROLA MartinESP22915.5345.00.0
17SAN EMETERIO RUBIO JoseESP20375.5340.50.0
18LAMAS MERCADAL ManuelESP21885.0143.00.0
19MARCHENA HURTADO JavierESP19615.0139.50.0
20GARCIA GALEOTE LorenzoESP20595.0138.00.0
21CASUSO RUIZ RomanESP20985.0344.00.0
22ARGANDONA RIVEIRO InigoIMESP23885.0343.00.0
23ROQUENI CANAL RamonESP20485.0341.50.0
24ELIZONDO MARKET Juan MarcosESP18925.0339.00.0
25MIGUELEZ GARCIA ErlantzESP20195.0336.50.0
26MOSQUERA ULLOA FernandoESP19475.0437.00.0
27AXPE BALENCIAGA InigoESP21054.5142.50.0
28SALAS MARTIN JavierESP17594.5142.00.0
29ARCE BALLUERCA JorgeESP20564.5141.50.0
30EGANA ARRUTI JosebaESP18474.5140.00.0
31BERGARA EDE JosuESP17054.5138.00.0
32MIRANDA CASTANOS Jose VicenteESP19764.5135.50.0
33FERNANDEZ DE PINEDO ORIVE JoseESP19874.5135.50.0
34MARCHENA HURTADO AnderESP19514.5135.00.0
35MONTOLIO BENEDICTO CesarESP19704.5237.50.0
36AMARGANT MASFERRER JorgeESP18144.5236.00.0
37FIDALGO MUNOZ BenitoESP04.5233.00.0
38MATE ADAN CarlosESP22604.5441.00.0
39SANZ MENENDEZ Juan CarlosESP19974.5437.50.0
40VEA-MURGUIA MARTIN DiegoESP18744.0140.00.0
66 players

39) Rostov FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2011

The FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2011-12 starts in Rostov on Don in Russia 2nd-15th August 2011. Hou Yifan and her challenger Humpy Koneru are amongst the players.

Rostov WGP 2011 Rostov-on-Don RUS Mon 1st Aug 2011 - Mon 15th Aug 2011
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Koneru, Humpy GM IND 2614 5008123
2 Hou, Yifan GM CHN 2575 8602980
3 Kosintseva, Nadezhda GM RUS 2560 4134974
4 Kosintseva, Tatiana GM RUS 2557 4133471
5 Muzychuk, Anna IM SLO 2538 14111330
6 Lahno, Kateryna GM UKR 2536 14109336
7 Stefanova, Antoaneta GM BUL 2524 2902257
8 Danielian, Elina GM ARM 2521 13300210
9 Kosteniuk, Alexandra GM RUS 2497 4128125
10 Galliamova, Alisa IM RUS 2492 4129725
11 Ruan, Lufei WGM CHN 2479 8602727
12 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina IM RUS 2427 4116704

40) World Juniors 2011

The World Junior Championships take place in Chennai, India 1st-16th August 2011. Maxim Matlakov is the top seed in the Open event.

World Junior Chennai IND Mon 1st Aug 2011 - Tue 16th Aug 2011
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Matlakov, Maxim GM RUS 2632 4168003
2 Sjugirov, Sanan GM RUS 2629 4189302
3 Salgado Lopez, Ivan GM ESP 2626 2257327
4 Shimanov, Aleksandr GM RUS 2586 4198603
5 Nabaty, Tamir GM ISR 2584 2809052
6 Robson, Ray GM USA 2560 2023970
7 Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel GM ARM 2558 13302531
8 Hovhannisyan, Robert GM ARM 2556 13302507
9 Swiercz, Dariusz GM POL 2553 1126881
10 Grandelius, Nils GM SWE 2542 1710400
11 Adhiban, B. GM IND 2542 5018471
12 Sethuraman, S.P. GM IND 2529 5021596
13 Rasulov, Vugar Ural oglu GM AZE 2522 13402390
14 Huschenbeth, Niclas IM GER 2521 24604747
15 Martinovic, Sasa GM CRO 2521 14509792
16 Yilmaz, Mustafa IM TUR 2519 6302718
17 Durarbeyli, Vasif GM AZE 2515 13402935
18 Piorun, Kacper IM POL 2514 1130420
19 Cori, Jorge GM PER 2514 3802272
20 Pap, Gyula GM HUN 2513 725323
21 Krejci, Jan IM CZE 2503 322156
22 Grover, Sahaj IM IND 2496 5021103
23 Salem, A.R. Saleh GM UAE 2493 9301348
24 Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi IM IND 2492 5029465
25 Goganov, Aleksey IM RUS 2489 24109959
26 Abasov, Nijat Azad Oglu GM AZE 2481 13402960
27 Shyam, Sundar M. IM IND 2478 5019141
28 Roganovic, Milos IM SRB 2476 937614
29 Rombaldoni, Axel IM ITA 2459 815837
30 Urkedal, Frode IM NOR 2448 1506102
31 Kovalev, Vladislav FM BLR 2439 13504398
32 Stany, G.A. IND 2435 5029104
33 Vaibhav, Suri IM IND 2430 5045185
34 Anwesh, Upadhyaya IM IND 2429 5028949
35 Ramnath Bhuvanesh.R IM IND 2422 5026598
36 Petrisor, Adrian-Marian FM ROU 2408 1213741
37 Petenyi, Tamas FM SVK 2398 14909090
38 Shyam, Nikil P. IM IND 2398 5024218
39 Debashis, Das IM IND 2396 5024854
40 Getz, Nicolai FM NOR 2385 1505572
41 Udeshi, Aditya IND 2378 5021740
42 Swayams, Mishra IND 2378 5028183
43 Priyadharshan, K. IM IND 2376 5018293
44 Krysa, Leandro FM ARG 2374 116807
45 Firat, Burak IM TUR 2373 6305881
46 Narayanan, Srinath IM IND 2371 5018420
47 Ly, Moulthun FM AUS 2369 3204405
48 Nitin, S. IM IND 2365 5018277
49 Valsecchi, Alessio FM ITA 2354 818860
50 Soors, Stef FM BEL 2353 209511
51 Janev, Tihomir BUL 2349 2910110
52 Ikeda, Junta FM AUS 2349 3204731
53 Barbosa, Evandro Amorim FM BRA 2343 2115824
54 Artemenko, Oleg UZB 2341 14201798
55 Kuchynka, Lukas FM CZE 2339 325058
56 Bitan, Banerjee IND 2331 5024803
57 Krishna, C.r.g. IND 2330 5018625
58 Nuri, Kambez FM SUI 2321 1311433
59 Thavandiran, Shiyam FM CAN 2320 2605058
60 Sochacki, Wojtek FM FRA 2316 651389
61 Girish, A. Koushik FM IND 2309 5038448
62 Kunal, M. IND 2298 5018250
63 Shreyansh Daklia IND 2298 5029139
64 Sapozhnikov, Roman FM CAN 2295 2601842
65 Rajesh, V A V FM IND 2292 5029317
66 Rojas Alarcon, Julian Antonio FM MEX 2291 5107407
67 Aaron, Deepak USA 2288 2009412
68 Tomazini, Zan SLO 2288 14608162
69 Kozganbayev, Erken KAZ 2284 13703773
70 Botta, Gabriele FM SUI 2261 1312120
71 Ashwath, R. IND 2259 5021049
72 Hemant, Sharma (del) IND 2247 5025842
73 Das, Sayantan FM IND 2246 5034426
74 Pradeep, Kumar R.A. IND 2245 5023181
75 Turqueza, Mari Joseph PHI 2235 5204674
76 Narayanan.S.L IND 2233 5058422
77 Kulkarni, Rakesh IND 2231 5037077
78 Gagare, Shardul FM IND 2223 5037883
79 Dusthageer, Ibrahim M. IND 2212 5028515
80 Aravindh,Chithambaram VR. IND 2212 5072786
81 Kathmale, Sameer IND 2211 5024498
82 Gusain, Himal IND 2208 5033861
83 Shreyans, K. Shah IND 2203 5029074
84 Abhishek, Kelkar IND 2197 5019257
85 Lokesh, P. IND 2194 5023157
86 Gahan, M.G. IND 2188 5027373
87 Navalgund, Niranjan IND 2188 5030854
88 Surendran, N. IND 2187 5021243
89 Yashas, D. IND 2184 5030196
90 Vasli, Aref IRI 2181 417521
91 Lim, Zhuo Ren MAS 2155 5702488
92 Sidhant, Mohapatra IND 2155 5028698
93 Prince, Bajaj CM IND 2146 5045150
94 Jefic, Srdjan BIH 2143 14403080
95 Patil, Pratik IND 2141 5038758
96 Karma, Pandya IND 2136 5030331
97 Mithil, Ajgaonkar IND 2130 5017343
98 Mastalerz, Xavier BEL 2129 208310
99 Debashish, Dutta IND 2127 5037816
100 Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis GRE 2123 4221990
101 Karthikeyan, Murali IND 2122 5074452
102 Manigandan, S S IND 2109 5034981
103 Abhilash, Reddy M.L. IND 2109 5024668
104 Herman, Jean BEL 2105 263036
105 Zulfic, Fedja AUS 2098 3208427
106 Lokesh, N. IND 2090 5025044
107 Hercules, Benjamin Vincent RSA 2089 14301938
108 Ghaledar, Faraz IRI 2088 12510378
109 Chaithanyaa, K.G. IND 2088 5068754
110 Barbier, Sigiswald BEL 2088 262447
111 Gireman, Ja IND 2084 5043794
112 Santos, Hugo Lima POR 2078 1913026
113 Akash Pc, Iyer IND 2069 5006775
114 Sekar, B IND 2061 5043743
115 Visakh NR IND 2042 25012223
116 Jaswant, G IND 2036 5039401
117 K. Praneeth Surya IND 2036 5091411
118 Prasannaa.s IND 2032 5068878
119 Krishna, Prasad K.C. IND 2027 5020239
120 Arun, J IND 2018 5035961
121 Yohan, J. IND 2017 5058589
122 Bukhalaf, Khalil BRN 2004 11200596
123 Correia, Max Do Carmo BRA 1970 2129710
124 Bryan-Vissi, Mark CYP 1815 5900638
World Junior Girls Chennai IND Mon 1st Aug 2011 - Tue 16th Aug 2011
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Paikidze, Nazi WGM GEO 2416 13603620
2 Savina, Anastasia WGM RUS 2398 4196872
3 Cori T., Deysi WGM PER 2376 3801934
4 Girya, Olga WGM RUS 2371 4195752
5 Padmini, Rout WGM IND 2348 5029295
6 Tsatsalashvili, Keti WIM GEO 2318 13603434
7 Kulkarni Bhakti CM IND 2317 5019516
8 Mammadova, Gulnar Marfat qizi WIM AZE 2294 13403508
9 Bulmaga, Irina WIM ROU 2293 13903063
10 Kazimova, Narmin Nizami qizi WIM AZE 2292 13402951
11 Eric, Jovana WIM SRB 2282 938238
12 Olsarova, Karolina WIM CZE 2282 320242
13 Ozturk, Kubra WIM TUR 2258 6302599
14 Kulon, Klaudia WFM POL 2227 1131044
15 Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan WIM KAZ 2222 13704788
16 Agrest, Inna WIM SWE 2220 1708830
17 Hoang, Thi Nhu Y WIM VIE 2204 12401455
18 Dogodkina, Julia RUS 2193 24143375
19 Hannes, Diana WFM GER 2188 24611344
20 Semenova, Elena WFM RUS 2175 24125148
21 Terao, Juliana Sayumi WFM BRA 2168 2109220
22 Lkhamsuren, Uuganbayar WFM MGL 2163 4901347
23 Vo, Thi Kim Phung WIM VIE 2141 12401838
24 Chandika Divyasree IND 2123 5024552
25 Saranya, J WFM IND 2121 5031931
26 Tokhirjanova, Hulkar UZB 2119 14202247
27 Bharathi, R. WFM IND 2117 5044634
28 Deur Saric, Zrinka CRO 2116 14512670
29 Fataliyeva, Ulviyya Hasil qizi WFM AZE 2107 13403052
30 Nandhidhaa, PV IND 2101 5050847
31 Forestier, Carole FRA 2101 641405
32 Imeeva, Aisa RUS 2094 24116157
33 Pon, NKrithika WFM IND 2075 5019354
34 Heredia Serrano, Carla WIM ECU 2072 3603687
35 Romero Echeverria, Abigail WFM ECU 2071 3603806
36 Gevorgyan, Maria ARM 2068 13300270
37 Edes, Zsofia SVK 2067 14912368
38 Pratyusha, Bodda IND 2064 5000629
39 Michelle Catherina, P IND 2052 5005736
40 Brunello, Roberta ITA 2036 822205
41 Guo, Emma WIM AUS 2029 3200795
42 Ivana Maria, Furtado WFM IND 2012 5048400
43 Martinez, Ayelen ARG 2011 118702
44 Savetha, C H IND 1992 5042224
45 A, Akshaya IND 1966 5031605
46 Krumova, Ani BUL 1961 2902699
47 Sithalatchumi, A IND 1939 5036186
48 Bala kannamma.P IND 1931 5081432
49 Shristi, J. Shetty IND 1927 5030030
50 Shweta, Gole IND 1922 5068487
51 Sahari, J. IND 1911 5031591
52 Mahalakshmi, M WFM IND 1901 5001080
53 Lasya.g IND 1898 5068800
54 Shetye, Siddhali IND 1890 5038294
55 Degrande, Marigje BEL 1890 262757
56 Mejia Salinas, Lluvia Angelica WCM MEX 1889 5101743
57 Hema Priya N IND 1885 5059178
58 Frayna, Janelle Mae PHI 1875 5212499
59 Arunima, Kalra IND 1867 5048958
60 Madhurima, Shekhar IND 1854 5067910
61 Sathya, Priya S.V. IND 1842 5020905
62 Anjana Krishna, S IND 1830 5046424
63 Supriya, Joshi IND 1829 5063388
64 Salini R IND 1795 5098483
65 Hansen, Erle Andrea Marki NOR 1770 1508229
66 Savant, Riya WCM IND 1743 5067359
67 Nivedhitha, J G IND 1743 5033675
68 Narenthran, Savithri AUS 1693 3213250
69 Tejaswini, Sagar WCM IND 1690 5054290

41) Magnus Carlsen wins Chess Oscar for second year running

64-Chess Review organises a revived "Chess Oscar" with voting taking place on the journalists player of the previous year about this time. In voting I always take into account both the player's results, the quality of their games, their contribution a favourable image for the game and all round entertainment value. This year Magnus Carlsen just edged out Viswanathan Anand, only the second time a World Champion didn't win it in the year of a title win. It was very close with 20 points separating the Carlsen (53 1st choices) and Anand (51 1st places).

Chess Oscar 2010 Press Release by Misha Savinov 30th July 2011

16 years ago Alexander Roshal and 64-Chess Review magazine revived the Chess Oscar - a special award for the best chess player of the year. Garry Kasparov won it in 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, and 2002, Vishy Anand was the winner in 1997, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2007, and 2008, Vladimir Kramnik won in 2000, and 2006, Veselin Topalov took the Oscar in 2005, and Magnus Carlsen won in 2009.

The Chess Oscar 2010 iis awarded based on 111 lists from chess journalists of 36 countries (1st place in the list gives 13 points, 2nd place - 11 points, 3rd place - 9 points, 4th place - 7 points, 5th place - 6 points... 10th place - 1 point).

For the second year in a row the Oscar goes to Magnus Carlsen, who scored 1264 points. The gap between Carlsen and the runner-up - the World champion Vishy Anand - is mere 20 points! Only for the second time in history of the trophy it is not given to the World champion who successfully defended his title - in 1978 Viktor Korchnoi lost the championship match to Anatoly Karpov, but nevertheless received the Oscar.

The young Norwegian grandmaster was the world's highest rated player by the end of 2010 (2814 Elo), and won four supertournaments - Wijk aan Zee, Bazna, Nanjing and London. Even rather mediocre results at the Chess Olympiad and in the Grand Slam final did not overshadow these achievements. In addition, Carlsen was highly successful in speed chess - he tied for the first in the Amber tournament and took the bronze in the World blitz championship in Moscow. Magnus Carlsen was mentioned as the best player of the year in 53 submitted lists.

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Chess Oscar 2010
RkName1stsPts
1Magnus Carlsen531264
2Viswanathan Anand511244
3Levon Aronian4767
4Vladimir Kramnik570
5Sergey Karjakin535
6Veselin Topalov437
7Ian Nepomniachtchi2435
8Vassily Ivanchuk1428
9Hikaru Nakamura215
10Alexander Grischuk169

42) Corrections and additions from last week

The Najdorf Memorial took place 14th-22nd July 2011. The games were in a bit of a mess as far as dates of the rounds last week so I give them again. One postively final correction from the Paris Championships. The file for the 16th Balaguer Open has been reworked with more games so I give the entire file again.

43) Forthcoming Events and Links

14th Olomouc Chess Summer 2011

Baden-Baden Sommer Open 2011

8th Ostroda Open

Split Open 2011

Arad Open 2011

1st Radzikowskiej Mem

20th ZDMI Open

19th Milan Vidmar Mem

9th Davos Open

64th ch-RUS

64th ch-RUS 2011 Moscow RUS Mon 8th Aug 2011 - Mon 15th Aug 2011
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Karjakin, Sergey GM RUS 2788 14109603
2 Kramnik, Vladimir GM RUS 2781 4101588
3 Grischuk, Alexander GM RUS 2746 4126025
4 Svidler, Peter GM RUS 2739 4102142
5 Nepomniachtchi, Ian GM RUS 2711 4168119
6 Morozevich, Alexander GM RUS 2694 4116992
7 Timofeev, Artyom GM RUS 2665 4140419
8 Galkin, Alexander GM RUS 2598 4120426
61st ch-RUS w Moscow RUS Mon 8th Aug 2011 - Mon 15th Aug 2011
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Kosteniuk, Alexandra GM RUS 2497 4128125
2 Galliamova, Alisa IM RUS 2492 4129725
3 Gunina, Valentina WGM RUS 2487 4167570
4 Pogonina, Natalija WGM RUS 2442 4147855
5 Bodnaruk, Anastasia IM RUS 2431 4181751
6 Zaiatz, Elena IM RUS 2419 4139518
7 Shadrina, Tatiana WGM RUS 2373 4119118
8 Girya, Olga WGM RUS 2371 4195752
9 Kovanova, Baira WGM RUS 2354 4164083
10 Charochkina, Daria WIM RUS 2310 4180917

Riga Technical University Open

12th Miquel Mas Open

6th Ptuj Open

26th Teteven Open

ch-FRA 2011

1st Metropolitan International

1st Isthmia Open

13th Sants Open

10th Sunny Beach Open 2011

FIDE World Cup 2011

Cup of Lion

Shenzhen FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2011

13th Trieste Open

91st Montreal Open 2011

2nd Zlatni Rat Open

8th Highlands Open 2011

4th Bilbao / Sao Paulo Final Masters

Oslo Chess International

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

5th Mediterranean 2017 Open 2011

Tal Memorial 2011

21st World Seniors 2011

World Youth Championships 2011

3rd London Chess Classic

Czech Chess Christmas 2011

Northern California International

12th Prague Open 2012

3rd Novy Bor Open

1st Lanta Open 2012

All material © Mark Crowther 2011