THE WEEK IN CHESS 881 26th September 2011 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) 4th Bilbao / Sao Paulo Final Masters
3) 27th European Club Cup
4) Mumbai Mayor's Cup 2011
5) 1st Duchamp International
6) European Youth 2011
7) Yuzhny Open
8) 11th Josipa Ipavca Memorial
9) 2nd Biella Open
10) Vasteras Open 2011
11) XIX Vallfogona Open
12) V Johannes Zukertort
13) Tatry Open 2011
14) US Chess League 2011
15) TCh-POL 1st League
16) Active Team Events
17) African Games 2011
18) 31st Bratto Festival Open
19) 8th Highlands Open 2011
20) Wiener Landesmeisterschaft 2011
21) Dutch Federation express concern about FIDE plans
22) Konstantin Zaivelevich Lerner 1950-2011
23) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
27th European Club Cup204 games
Mumbai Mayor's Cup 2011274 games
1st Duchamp International16 games
European Youth 20111063 games
Yuzhny Open514 games
11th Josipa Ipavca Memorial227 games
2nd Biella Open80 games
Vasteras Open 201132 games
Tatry Open 201112 games
US Chess League 201132 games
TCh-POL 1st League269 games
African Games 201172 games
31st Bratto Festival Open144 games
Wiener Landesmeisterschaft 20111 game
2940 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Alexander Prokhorov, Roland Wimmer, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Yochanan Afek, Sean Hewitt, Christoff Mans, Kristianus Liem, Jeroen Bosch, Gunnar Bjornsson, Geoffrey Borg and David Holt and everyone else who helped with the issue.

After a very brief break between the finish of the World Cup and the start of the European Teams there was just one reasonably major event this week with the Mumbai Open won by Aleksej Aleksandrov. Right now I'm watching the 4th Bilbao / Sao Paulo Final Masters first round where Anand and Carlsen drew quickly, Nakamura plays Ivanchuk (there is intriguing speculation by Dennis Monokroussos that Nakamura is now doing some work with Garry Kasparov in the short term I think this could be really great for Nakamura. The basis seems to be a trip Nakamura made to Croatia earlier in the year and whilst not confirmed a number of sources give it credence. We'll see what Nakamura says about it when asked). Aronian looks set for a flying start as he is much better against Vallejo. The format for the European Teams has been criticised as it is only 7 rounds and with many weaker teams the key rounds come later and any slip-ups cannot be recovered from. Should be a lot of good chess this week.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 4th Bilbao / Sao Paulo Final Masters

The 4th Final Masters is split between Sao Paulo which starts today and Bilbao next week. This exciting field should provide some very exciting chess.

4th Final Masters Bilbao ESP Sun 25th Sep 2011 - Tue 11th Oct 2011
Leading Round 0 (of 10) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg
1Anand, ViswanathanGMIND2817
2Carlsen, MagnusGMNOR2823
3Aronian, LevonGMARM2807
4Ivanchuk, VassilyGMUKR2765
5Nakamura, HikaruGMUSA2753
6Vallejo Pons, FranciscoGMESP2716
6 players
Sao Paulo
Round 126/09/1119:00 BST
Nakamura-Ivanchuk
Anand-Carlsen
Aronian-Vallejo
Round 227/09/1119:00 BST
Ivanchuk-Vallejo
Carlsen-Aronian
Nakamura-Anand
Round 328/09/1119:00 BST
Anand-Ivanchuk
Aronian-Nakamura
Vallejo-Carlsen
Round 430/09/1119:00 BST
Aronian-Ivanchuk
Vallejo-Anand
Carlsen-Nakamura
Round 501/10/1119:00 BST
Ivanchuk-Carlsen
Nakamura-Vallejo
Anand-Aronian
Bilbao
Round 606/10/1115:00 BST
Ivanchuk-Nakamura
Carlsen-Anand
Vallejo-Aronian
Round 707/10/1115:00 BST
Vallejo-Ivanchuk
Aronian-Carlsen
Anand-Nakamura
Round 808/10/1115:00 BST
Ivanchuk-Anand
Nakamura-Aronian
Carlsen-Vallejo
Round 910/10/1115:00 BST
Carlsen-Ivanchuk
Vallejo-Nakamura
Aronian-Anand
Round 1011/10/1115:00 BST
Ivanchuk-Aronian
Anand-Vallejo
Nakamura-Carlsen

3) 27th European Club Cup

The 27th European Club Cup has started in Rogaska Slatina. Very strong teams compete.

27th ECC Rogaska Slatina SLO Sat 24th Sep 2011 - Sun 2nd Oct 2011
Leading Round 2 (of 7) Standings:
RkTeamGms+-=MptsBpts
1Ekonomist SGSEU Saratov2200412
2OSG Baden Baden2200411½
3Ugra2200411½
4SOCAR2200411
5 Vesnianka Gran2200411
6Tomsk-4002200411
7Saint-Petersburg Chess Federation2200411
8A DAN DZO & PGMB2200410½
9SHSM-642200410½
10G-Team Novy Bor2200410
11Mika2200410
12SF Berlin2200410
13Bosna Sarajevo22004
14Beer Sheba22004
15ZSK Maribor22004
16SD Tehcenter Ptuj220049
17Glasinac Sokolac21102
18Gambit Aseko-SEE21102
19Ans21102
20SG Zurich21102
21KSK Rochade Eupen-Kelmis21102
22e2e421102
23KSK Eynatten 47211026
24Voerendaal211026
25Isek Aquamatch S.C.211026
26Accres Apeldoorn21102
27TJ Slavia Caissa Cadca21102
28Edinburgh Chess Club21102
29Oslo Schakselskap211025
30Bolungarvik Chess Club211025
31Tammer-Shakki211025
32Hellir Chess Club211025
33SG Solingen211025
34Jetsmark Skakklub211025
35Libertas Nereto21102
36Haladas VSE21102
37Perfect21102
38SK Advisory Invest Baden21102
39Lunds ASK21102
40White Rose21102
62 teams
16th ECC w Rogaska Slatina SLO Sat 24th Sep 2011 - Sun 2nd Oct 2011
Leading Round 2 (of 7) Standings:
RkTeamGms+-=MptsBpts
1Mika22004
2AEM Luxten Timisoara22004
3SHSM-RGSU220046
4Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo21102
5AVS211024
6BAS211024
7Giprorechtrans21102
8ZSK Maribor21102
9Oslo Schakselskap211022
10CS R. Fischer Chieti202002
11Anatolia20200½
11 teams

4) Mumbai Mayor's Cup 2011

The Mumbai Mayor's Cup took place 16th-24th September 2011. Aleksej Aleksandrov took clear first place with 9.5/11.

Mumbai Mayor's Cup Mumbai IND Fri 16th Sep 2011 - Sat 24th Sep 2011
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Aleksandrov AleksejGMBLR26189.574.568.565.5
2Kravtsiv MartynGMUKR25839.075.069.565.5
3Swayams MishraIND23548.573.065.565.0
4Neelotpal DasGMIND24588.570.564.562.5
5Dzhumaev MaratGMUZB24928.075.068.565.5
6Kunte AbhijitGMIND25288.073.567.564.5
7Deviatkin AndreiGMRUS25808.072.066.563.0
8Shyam Sundar MIMIND24578.072.066.064.0
9Heberla BartlomiejGMPOL25398.071.565.564.0
10Sengupta DeepGMIND25728.071.065.561.5
11Navin Kanna T UIND23428.070.064.562.0
12Chadaev NikolaiGMRUS25648.070.064.062.0
13Rathnakaran KIMIND23867.576.069.066.5
14Sethuraman S PGMIND25297.574.568.565.0
15Satyapragyan SwayangsuIMIND24157.574.068.066.0
16Shyam Nikil PIMIND24187.574.067.565.5
17Thejkumar M SIMIND24507.573.568.064.0
18Rahman ZiaurGMBAN25287.573.567.564.5
19Anwesh UpadhyayaIMIND24087.573.067.065.0
20Ankit R RajparaIND22817.572.568.564.0
21Hossain EnamulGMBAN24817.571.065.062.0
22Laxman R RGMIND24517.570.565.061.0
23Padmini RoutWGMIND23567.570.564.562.5
24Praveen Kumar CIMIND23217.569.564.061.5
25Debashis DasIMIND23757.569.564.060.5
26Swapnil S DhopadeIMIND24117.567.561.560.0
27Deepan Chakkravarthy JGMIND24707.567.561.560.0
28Ravichandran SiddharthIMIND23877.567.061.558.0
29Kotanjian TigranGMARM25467.567.061.059.5
30Singh D PIMIND23447.567.061.059.0
31Karthikeyan PIMIND24087.566.060.558.5
32Sangma RahulIMIND23857.565.560.557.5
33Gomes Mary AnnWGMIND23257.565.560.557.5
34Roy Chowdhury SaptarshIMIND24277.564.559.557.0
35Prasanna Raghuram RaoIMIND24187.075.069.065.5
36Murshed NiazGMBAN24427.071.565.563.5
37Priyadharshan KIMIND23767.071.565.563.5
38Nitin SIMIND23877.071.565.563.5
39Rajesh V A VFMIND23317.071.065.062.5
40Prakash G BIMIND23327.069.564.061.5
278 players

5) 1st Duchamp International

The 1st Duchamp International took place 12th-22nd September 2011. Jorge Cori who fought a good match against Francisco Vallejo Pons in the World Cup took clear first place with 7.5/9.

1st Marcel Duchamp Buenos Aires ARG Mon 12th Sep 2011 - Thu 22nd Sep 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Cori JorgeGMPER24587.50.039.045.5
2Flores DiegoGMARG25997.00.040.045.5
3Saldano Dayer HoracioIMESP24317.00.036.543.5
4Villanueva MarioFMARG23787.00.036.043.0
5Obregon Andres CarlosARG24496.50.036.543.5
6Real De Azua ErnestoIMARG24526.50.036.044.5
7Slipak SergioGMARG24326.50.035.543.0
8Alonso SalvadorGMARG24816.50.035.043.0
9Lemos DamianGMARG25436.50.035.041.5
10Hoffman AlejandroGMARG24446.50.033.542.5
11Lujan CarolinaIMARG23506.50.033.542.0
12Tokman ArielARG22296.50.033.539.0
13Dolezal CristianIMARG24286.50.033.039.5
14Garcia RaimundoIMARG23276.50.032.040.5
15Pineiro DarioARG21766.50.029.536.5
16Fabian GastonFMARG23586.00.033.040.5
17Barrionuevo PabloIMARG23126.00.033.040.5
18Paveto KevinARG22356.00.033.039.5
19Bronstein Luis MarcosIMARG23496.00.032.541.0
20Bassan RemoFMVEN22816.00.031.037.5
21De Dovitiis AlejoIMARG23666.00.030.540.0
22Pina UlisesFMCUB22896.00.030.537.0
23Tristan LeonardoIMARG24636.00.029.036.5
24Giampa AlejandroARG22306.00.028.538.0
25Fusco LeonardoIMARG23925.50.032.540.5
26Pierrot FacundoIMARG24545.50.031.543.0
27Spata GermanARG23215.50.031.039.5
28Bielicki CarlosIMARG23155.50.030.540.0
29Quenallata LucianoARG22215.50.029.536.5
30Perez MaximilianoARG21845.50.029.039.0
31Contin DanielIMITA23125.50.029.037.0
32Martinez De Negri GonzaloARG20835.50.029.036.0
33Ciurlanti FedericoARG20695.50.028.539.5
34Fiori Alberto NicolasARG21585.50.028.538.0
35Gaitan Juan ManuelARG21815.50.028.537.0
36Sirbu George-AdrianROU21615.50.028.536.5
37Suarez Jose LuisFMARG21495.50.027.038.0
38Malbran GuillermoIMARG21645.50.027.035.0
39Lopez Azambuja NicolasURU21735.50.025.036.0
40Garcia EzequielARG20305.50.025.035.5
139 players

6) European Youth 2011

The European Youth Championships took place in Albena 10th-21st September 2011. Nils Grandelius took first place in the U18 on tie-break.

ch-Euro Youth g18 Albena BUL Sat 10th Sep 2011 - Wed 21st Sep 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Baciu DianaWFMMDA21667.5240540.552.0
2Arabidze MeriWIMGEO23327.0230141.553.5
3Gevorgyan MariaARM20477.0227635.546.5
4Pustovoitova DariaFMRUS23156.0226639.551.5
5Guliyeva SabinaAZE20076.0223737.547.0
6Danelia MariamWIMGEO22596.0221537.047.0
7Kazimova NarminWIMAZE22456.0221236.547.0
8Khalafova NarminWFMAZE20856.0220339.050.5
9Collado Barbas LauraWFMESP20576.0217534.545.5
10Batkovskyte DominykaLTU20926.0214234.544.0
11Abdulla KhayalaWIMAZE22306.0214031.041.5
12Foisor Mihaela-VeronicaWFMROU22056.0212635.545.5
13Olsarova KarolinaWIMCZE21766.0210430.540.0
14Kolomaznikova BarboraCZE19855.5213034.044.0
15Miturova MagdalenaWFMCZE20425.5211332.541.5
16Warmelink EvieNED20435.5210835.045.5
17De Seroux CamilleSUI20575.5209734.545.5
18Ostrowska DominikaPOL19425.0211735.545.5
19Pavlidou EkateriniWIMGRE21895.0210937.047.0
20Adamowicz KatarzynaWFMPOL20775.0210534.044.0
21Perera Borrego MarielaESP20805.0208135.044.5
22Petrova IrinaWFMUKR21075.0205935.545.5
23Shakryan ZozanARM20065.0204232.540.5
24Miladinovic LenaSRB20945.0201832.041.5
25Narva TriinWCMEST20065.0198430.039.5
26Bezkorovaina MarijaUKR20234.5204234.043.0
27Kaya EmelWCMTUR19944.5202935.545.5
28Stetsko LanitaFMBLR21374.5201335.546.5
29Varga KlaraWIMHUN21834.5197432.041.0
30Nguyen Minh ThuyGER19574.5197231.540.5
31Gluszko MonikaPOL20774.5194931.040.5
32Turkova KarolinaWCMSVK19814.5193530.539.5
33Byrka JoannaPOL19254.5190930.541.0
34Krumova AniBUL19624.0203836.046.5
35Ivekovic AnaCRO20094.0197134.543.5
36Yashchenko OlenaUKR18304.0194330.539.5
37Santeramo Alessia CITA17614.0193730.039.0
38Fransson AngelinaSWE19434.0192531.540.5
39Tulay SerayTUR17844.0192429.538.5
40Sanal SunaTUR17284.0191130.541.0
62 players
ch-Euro Youth b18 Albena BUL Sat 10th Sep 2011 - Wed 21st Sep 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Grandelius NilsGMSWE25367.0260241.052.0
2Kanarek MarcelIMPOL24447.0259841.052.0
3Moiseenko VadimRUS24227.0259439.049.5
4Bortnik NikolayUKR23196.5254439.549.0
5Javakhadze ZurabGEO23636.5253340.551.0
6Arribas Lopez AngelFMESP24406.5251939.550.0
7Raznikov DannyIMISR24336.5248038.549.0
8Ten Hertog HugoFMNED23186.5245335.545.5
9Vardanian Haik GARM23256.5241333.043.0
10Ter-Sahakyan SamvelGMARM25666.0246839.050.0
11Lagarde MaximeFMFRA24526.0246742.053.5
12Urkedal FrodeIMNOR24475.5243541.053.0
13Firat BurakIMTUR23875.5240339.551.0
14Tomazini AljosaSLO23185.5240337.048.0
15Kovalev VladislavFMBLR24525.5238638.049.5
16Wieczorek OskarPOL23215.5238637.047.0
17Stanciu Alexandru-OvidiuROU22885.5238534.544.0
18Weichhold PawelPOL22885.5237934.044.0
19Ochsner Bjorn MollerDEN22525.5237031.540.5
20Popilski GilIMISR23815.5236431.541.0
21Ferreira Jorge ViterboFMPOR23385.5233434.542.0
22Mammadov Zaur Fazahir OgluIMAZE23615.5223831.038.5
23Janczarski MichalPOL23015.5218629.039.0
24Sipahioglu IrmakTUR21155.0236837.547.5
25Kurayan RuslanUKR23575.0236434.044.5
26Di Nicolantonio LucasFMFRA23245.0232733.544.0
27Ben Artzi IdoISR22585.0232133.542.5
28Pavlidis AntoniosIMGRE24275.0231534.043.5
29Fernandez Garcia Jose MiguelESP23255.0231534.043.0
30Podolsky AntonUKR22405.0229932.040.5
31Sadzikowski DanielFMPOL23705.0229232.543.0
32Kotainy JensFMGER24065.0225627.536.5
33Druska JurajFMSVK23385.0225129.037.5
34Tomazini ZanSLO22675.0224128.538.0
35Meskovs NikitaFMLAT23025.0223931.040.0
36Straka VojtechCZE22464.5229934.043.0
37Nestorovic LazarIMSRB23974.5228536.045.5
38Griffiths Ryan RhysFMIRL23174.5227333.544.0
39Pop AlexandruROU21834.5226835.544.5
40Papadimitriou AthanasiosGRE21884.5225334.043.0
81 players
ch-Euro Youth g16 Albena BUL Sat 10th Sep 2011 - Wed 21st Sep 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Severina MariaRUS21547.0229542.553.0
2Tantsiura MarjaUKR21387.0227641.552.5
3Efroimski MarselWIMISR22217.0223136.046.5
4Osmanodja FilizWFMGER20397.0218935.546.0
5Aranaz Murillo AmaliaWFMESP22017.0218340.051.5
6Shamatava AnaGEO19776.5220138.048.5
7Fataliyeva UlviyyaWFMAZE21366.5218939.049.5
8Iwanow AnnaWFMPOL21916.5217236.546.5
9Tkachova AnastasiaUKR19486.5213935.045.5
10Lach AleksandraWFMPOL21776.0219641.051.5
11Gelip IoanaROU19646.0216537.047.5
12Visanescu Daria-IoanaWFMROU20106.0208835.045.5
13Baraeva MarinaWIMRUS21996.0207236.045.5
14Gaboyan SusannaARM18496.0205131.541.5
15Ziaziulkina NastassiaWIMBLR22965.5210135.045.5
16Leks MariaWCMPOL21085.5207839.550.5
17Fragkou EleniGRE18695.5203134.544.5
18Bengtsson JessicaSWE18245.5202031.039.5
19Cemhan KardelenTUR18885.5185427.535.5
20Gogishvili DeaGEO18745.0206837.046.5
21Eid MahaFRA20815.0203439.050.0
22Juhasz BarbaraHUN20885.0200538.048.5
23Kobeshavidze LikaGEO19495.0199631.041.5
24Cerrato Torrijos MariaWFMESP20975.0198936.547.5
25Mirzabekyan SvetlanaARM18235.0195731.040.5
26Baraeva IrinaWFMRUS21875.0192935.543.5
27Monpeurt CyrielleFRA20115.0192635.545.5
28Mabille NatachaBEL18485.0192231.539.5
29Cazacu GabrielaMDA17215.0191331.541.0
30Unapkoshvili NaniGEO19905.0189429.536.5
31Thoma SophiaNED19225.0188732.040.5
32Stoeri LauraSUI19555.0186530.039.5
33Vujnovic PatricijaCRO19405.0186228.038.0
34Galunova TsvetaBUL20365.0185532.041.5
35Khvorostova AnnaRUS19514.5203835.545.5
36Ibrahimova SabinaAZE21084.5188035.045.5
37Oliveira Maria InesPOR18734.5186929.540.0
38Federovski AdiISR04.5182928.537.0
39Sadevich RachelISR18894.5182328.036.0
40Chiarion ElisaITA20124.5182131.040.0
75 players
ch-Euro Youth b16 Albena BUL Sat 10th Sep 2011 - Wed 21st Sep 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Bortnik AlexandrFMUKR23607.5250839.049.0
2Gabuzyan HovhannesFMARM24047.0253438.048.5
3Anton Guijarro DavidFMESP24627.0250941.553.0
4Izzat KananFMAZE22387.0236734.044.0
5Nikologorskiy KonstantinFMRUS23086.5245338.049.0
6Usmanov VasilyRUS22386.5244638.548.0
7Santos Latasa JaimeFMESP23096.5244637.047.5
8Drozdowski KacperFMPOL23066.5235633.043.5
9Grigoryan Karen HIMARM24736.0242843.555.0
10Beradze IrakliGEO22946.0238936.047.5
11Pardo Simon DavidFMESP24226.0237538.549.0
12Borisenko VjacheslavIMUKR23026.0236640.051.0
13Indjic AleksandarSRB23916.0235934.545.0
14Giroyan GaryFRA23186.0232233.043.0
15Bagi MateFMHUN23096.0231033.543.5
16Savitskiy SergeyFMRUS22976.0227231.541.5
17Bukavshin IvanIMRUS25395.5230834.045.0
18Yudin IvanFMRUS23115.5230636.547.0
19Berbatov KiprianIMBUL24745.5229234.044.0
20Iskandarov MisratdinAZE23005.5227932.542.0
21Andersen MadsIMDEN23985.5225532.542.0
22Doros Radu-MarianROU23385.5225432.042.0
23Musialkiewicz JanPOL21755.5225134.043.5
24Srbis JuricaCRO22925.5222631.039.5
25Dragun KamilIMPOL24265.5222131.041.0
26Nenezic MarkoSRB23395.5218430.038.0
27Yurtseven MelihTUR20885.0235439.550.0
28Lapidus MarkEST19995.0231936.046.0
29Lewicki MiroslawCMPOL22055.0229633.542.0
30Terentjev VladislavFMRUS23565.0228735.045.5
31Ostovic MatijaCRO22935.0225937.046.5
32Meng RogerNED22895.0224534.544.5
33Emiroglu CankutCMTUR22425.0223332.041.0
34Boscolo FedericoITA22255.0222831.041.0
35Kazakos EmmanouilGRE20945.0222033.043.5
36Muskardin MarioCRO21825.0220031.041.0
37Georgiadis NicoFMSUI23615.0214728.536.0
38Grib RomanBLR22945.0213528.538.0
39Harvey Marcus RENG21255.0212826.536.5
40Rindlisbacher LarsSUI22175.0207026.035.0
94 players
ch-Euro Youth b14 Albena BUL Sat 10th Sep 2011 - Wed 21st Sep 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Ali Marandi Cemil CanFMTUR22577.5238737.047.0
2Duda Jan-KrzysztofFMPOL23687.0242641.052.0
3Artemiev VladislavFMRUS24157.0237139.050.5
4Stremavicius TitasLTU21417.0235940.551.0
5Boruchovsky AvitalISR23267.0224633.043.0
6Antipov Mikhail AlIMRUS24126.5235641.553.0
7Sanal VahapCMTUR22716.5232240.550.5
8Petrosyan ManuelARM22076.5230939.050.5
9Khegay DmitriyRUS22006.5229336.546.5
10Martins David Pires TavaresPOR20776.5221735.543.5
11Harutyunian Tigran KARM22016.0230443.054.0
12Alekseenko KirillFMRUS23036.0225338.548.5
13Bellahcene BilelFRA22866.0224538.549.5
14Toma Radu-CristianROU19966.0220537.547.5
15Reshef OmerISR21696.0217335.045.5
16Hovhannisyan KarenARM20506.0217134.544.0
17Csonka BalazsHUN22896.0216634.043.0
18Shen YueESP20806.0207633.043.5
19Viennot DylanFRA21366.0206729.539.0
20Codenotti MarcoFMITA23235.5219439.550.5
21Ghvamberia NikaGEO19035.5214233.042.0
22Kambrath YannickFRA21535.5214034.043.5
23Lamard GuillaumeFMFRA21615.5213536.546.5
24Khamidov KomilPOL20555.5212833.042.5
25Paravyan DavidRUS21925.5212635.546.0
26Bahmatsiy VladislavUKR19955.5210637.045.5
27Broadley HenryENG18435.5208331.041.5
28Yankelevich LevGER20725.5207833.042.5
29Schroeder Jan-ChristianGER22355.5203329.038.0
30Dastan Muhammed BatuhanCMTUR22475.0218541.553.0
31Nikolov RumenBUL18655.0215735.545.5
32Ersoz BartuTUR18695.0213138.047.5
33Naoum SpyridonGRE20985.0210337.548.5
34Popov AndreyRUS20625.0209536.547.5
35Sadikhov UlviAZE21525.0208435.045.0
36Koitka JakubPOL19165.0207232.542.5
37Shtembuliak EvgenyFMUKR21315.0205932.542.5
38Huber Martin ChristianAUT21335.0205035.045.5
39Hauge Lars OskarNOR20865.0202635.544.0
40Minko VladimirRUS20385.0200731.541.5
104 players

7) Yuzhny Open

The Yuzhny Open took place 3rd-8th September 2011. Igor Kovalenko took clear first with 8/9.

Yuzhny Open Yuzhny UKR Sat 3rd Sep 2011 - Thu 8th Sep 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Kovalenko IgorIMUKR25788.02352.040.5
2Firman NazarGMUKR25177.52253.538.5
3Kovalev DenisIMUKR24677.02059.039.5
4Sivuk VitalyIMUKR24367.02054.036.5
5Mischuk DmitryIMUKR23126.51952.034.5
6Tregubov VadimUKR23907.01951.536.5
7Rakhmangulov AndreiIMUKR24007.01951.037.0
8Aliferenko AlekseiUKR22206.51945.029.0
9Polishchuk OlegUKR21736.51943.030.0
10Bogdanovich StanislavIMUKR25206.51853.537.0
11Volovikov AntonFMUKR22756.01851.533.0
12Bondarchuk SergeiFMUKR23096.51849.533.5
13Khoduk AnatolyUKR06.01844.528.0
14Nosenko AlexanderIMUKR25216.01749.032.5
15Dzupin DmitryUKR22236.01746.531.0
16Kalinina OlgaWIMUKR22565.51651.533.0
17Gubanov OlegIMUKR23535.51649.531.5
18Solovchuk AlexeyUKR23965.51649.032.0
19Olenichev DmitriyUKR22716.01647.531.0
20Avetisian TigranUKR20166.01643.528.0
21Rakhmangulova AnastasiyaUKR22075.51643.029.0
22Kireev AndreyUKR21395.51642.026.0
23Nikonenko MaximUKR05.51640.021.5
24Horodyskyi OlehUKR05.51639.021.0
25Lomakin ViktorUKR21125.51637.024.5
26Arkhipov VladimirUKR21465.01551.029.0
27Andrenko IrinaWIMUKR22315.51546.530.5
28Ledakov AlexandrUKR22335.51546.029.0
29Bylino OlegFMUKR20625.51546.028.5
30Plaksin ValeriyUKR21895.51546.028.5
31Solovyev ArtemUKR21935.51545.031.0
32Kurochkin ValeryIMUKR23295.51545.030.5
33Voropaev IvanUKR21015.51544.528.0
34Krupko AlexeyUKR22325.51544.527.5
35Fish AlexanderISR20985.01544.027.0
36Miljutin OlegUKR20865.01542.528.0
37Yavorovsky ValeriyUKR22635.51541.527.0
38Andreev VolodymyrUKR19465.01540.520.0
39Kalinina MariannaUKR20315.01540.024.0
40Varchenko GrigoryUKR21115.01448.529.5
116 players

8) 11th Josipa Ipavca Memorial

The 11th Josipa Ipavca Memorial took place 14th-21st September 2011. Milan Drasko edged out Robert Loncar on tie-break after both scored 7.5/9. Games from the final round not yet available.

11th Josipa Ipavca Sentjur SLO Wed 14th Sep 2011 - Wed 21st Sep 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1
1Drasko, MilanGMMNE24787.5 39.0
2Loncar, RobertIMCRO23857.5 38.0
3Mestrovic, ZvonimirIMSLO23696.5 41.0
4Kersic, MatejMKSLO21396.5 36.5
5Beletic, DanijelMKSLO22196 39.5
6Buzeti, JernejMKSLO23016 39.0
7Plaskan, JureMKSLO21086 37.5
8Leonardi, CaterinaWISLO17236 35.0
9Hrenic, MisaWMKSLO20546 33.5
10Vukmirovic, DusanISRB20856 33.0
11Trussevich, SergeyFMKAZ23895.5 38.5
12Pirs, MatjazISLO20445.5 38.0
13Novak, KsenijaWFMSLO21235.5 35.0
14Jeran, BostjanMKSLO22335.5 34.5
15Hamer, IvanICRO20855.5 34.0
16Plahuta, DarkoMKSLO20365.5 32.5
17Cojhter, KarlMKSLO20975.5 31.5
18Titan, MatejMKSLO20915 36.5
19Skuhala, JernejIISLO18625 36.0
20Kobold, AndrejISLO18885 33.5
21Gazvoda, FrancMKSLO21105 33.0
22Florjancic, RudiMKSLO19615 33.0
23Bratkovic, ShamISLO18385 31.5
24Spacapan, SimonSLO5 30.0
25Kozina, ZdenkoIICRO18965 29.5
26Gorsek, GregorMKSLO21294.5 37.0
27Debevec, BlazMKSLO20844.5 37.0
28Orehek, SpelaWMKSLO20204.5 35.0
29Spelec, DarkoMKSLO20244.5 32.0
30Unuk, LauraWMKSLO17204.5 31.5
31Nikolic, StankoMKSLO19724.5 31.0
32Lorencak, IvanIISLO4.5 30.0
33Urbanc, VinkoISLO19064.5 28.5
34Mackovsek, ZeljkoIISLO4.5 28.0
35Bratkovic, JakobISLO18564.5 27.0
36Ramadani, EdvinIISLO4 33.5
37Cretnik, UrbanIIISLO17664 33.0
38Laposi, AndrejIIISLO18054 32.0
39Nikic, SasoIISLO15724 30.0
40Ramadani, SarahWIISLO16524 27.0
60 players

9) 2nd Biella Open

The 2nd Biella Open took place 23rd-25th September 2011. Sabino Brunello edged out Alexandre Dgebuadze on tie-break after both tied on 4.5/5.

2nd Biella Open Biella ITA Fri 23rd Sep 2011 - Sun 25th Sep 2011
Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1BRUNELLO SabinoGMBG25694.514.5015.002322.60
2Dgebuadze AlexandreGMBEL25444.513.5015.502228.80
3Solodovnichenko YuriGMUKR26224.014.5016.502325.20
4GAGLIARDI ChristianCO22534.014.5016.002190.80
5STELLA AndreaIMCR24474.014.0017.002249.20
6Solomon KennyIMRSA24264.013.0015.002224.80
7Malakhatko VadimGMBEL25434.012.0014.502220.20
8GENOCCHIO DanieleIMTV24324.012.0014.002125.00
9Meijers ViestursGMLAT24714.011.0013.002113.20
10BRUNELLO MarinaWFBG22153.513.0015.502123.80
11TOPCZEWSKI DamianTO21893.512.0013.502140.20
12VALSECCHI AlessioFMBG23383.015.5017.002314.60
13SBARRA MarcoFMSV22273.015.0017.002269.40
14VEZZOSI PaoloIMPR23513.014.0015.502226.60
15AGHAYEV MiraghaCMAT21123.014.0015.502218.00
16LANZANI MarioIMMI23593.013.5015.002191.00
17Naumkin IgorGMRUS24733.013.0015.002104.80
18FARAONI EnricoCMTO21043.012.5014.502128.40
19PIENABARCA NicolaCMRM21063.012.5014.502123.20
20RAMBALDI FrancescoFMMI21763.012.5013.502149.60
21GALLUCCI AlessioTO22273.012.0013.502025.20
22Seyfried ClausGER21443.011.5013.002001.80
23RAZZANO LorenzoTO19273.011.0013.002089.20
24Zozulia AnnaBEL23773.011.0013.002018.40
25ATTUATI StefanoBG19773.011.0012.502156.20
26COSSAR ClaudioCMBI20623.011.0012.502051.00
27BISI SamueleCMCN19983.011.0012.002094.00
28STELLA LucaCMCR21033.011.0011.502110.60
29BAZZEATO StefanoCMBI20543.010.5012.002088.80
30ZANETTI AlbertoMI21673.010.0011.502042.20
31ANGELINI MarcoNO22003.010.0011.501965.00
32BIANCO ValerioTO21763.09.5010.001978.00
33UBEZIO MarcoBI21342.512.5013.002116.40
34MIRACOLA MassimilianCMMI19932.512.0013.502152.20
35ZUNINO DavideCMTO20012.511.5012.502026.20
36PEPINO EnricoTO21682.511.0012.501980.20
37ACCIAIOLI FabioPU18822.510.0010.501964.80
38SICLARI AlbertoBI15632.59.5011.001920.40
39MONTICONE SoniaAT18082.59.5010.502106.80
40MAZZETTA RenatoTO19252.59.5010.002126.20
69 players

10) Vasteras Open 2011

The Vasteras Open took place 23rd-25th September 2011. Normunds Miezis took clear first with 7.5/8.

Vasteras Open Vasteras SWE Fri 23rd Sep 2011 - Sun 25th Sep 2011
Leading Final Round 8 Standings:
RkNameTiRtgPtsTB1
1Miezis NormundsGM25347.538.5
2Karlsson LarsGM24857.036.0
3Westerberg JonathanFM23186.540.5
4Blomqvist ErikIM24696.540.5
5Akesson RalfGM24216.540.0
6Brynell StellanGM24916.538.5
7Krantz Christopher22486.538.5
8Nygren Kim22246.534.5
9Isetoft Bengt-Ola06.040.0
10Henriksson Johan22896.039.5
11Burwick Malte22476.038.5
12Malmstig ErikFM22666.038.0
13Lindberg BengtIM24146.037.0
14Vaarala Eric22266.036.5
15Loegdahl HaraldFM22206.036.5
16Hansen Lars22456.033.5
17Lynge Michael21946.033.0
18Madebrink Lars22596.033.0
19Oerndahl Markus22166.031.5
20Johansson Linus21955.539.5
21Lindgren Philip21525.537.5
22Olofsson-Dolk Mattis19595.537.0
23Olsson Krister22955.536.0
24Frisk Kockum AntonFM23215.536.0
25Karlsson Joergen21725.536.0
26Eriksson Simon20575.535.5
27Bergstrom PeterFM23345.535.0
28Angskog Kent22065.533.5
29Lind Jan-Olov22175.533.5
30Brustkern JuergenFM22495.533.5
31Johansson Gunnar22325.532.0
32Ljungberg Rune21245.530.5
33Isetoft Daniel22015.530.5
34Lindgren Fredrik21935.530.5
35Agrest InnaWIM21895.528.0
36Adler Bo21715.038.5
37Eriksson AndersFM22955.038.0
38Lokander Martin21135.037.5
39Landgren Andreas21725.037.0
40Thorgeirsson Sverrir22135.036.5
225 players

11) XIX Vallfogona Open

Marc Narciso Dublan edged out Omar Almeida Quintana and Hipolito Asis Gargatagli on tie-break after all finished on 9/11 in the 19th Vallfogona Open. Games were broadcast live but I didn't have time to save them, hopefully a game file will become available.

XIX Vallfogona Open Vallfogona ESP Sat 24th Sep 2011 - Sun 25th Sep 2011
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Narciso Dublan MarcGMESP25199.056.568.583.5
2Almeida Quintana OmarGMCUB25549.055.064.578.5
3Asis Gargatagli HipolitIMESP24449.053.064.078.5
4Cruz Estrada FilemonIMESP24428.549.061.074.5
5Lalic BogdanGMCRO24568.055.565.578.5
6Guerra Mendez Jose AngelIMCUB24488.050.561.575.0
7Cordova EmilioGMPER25608.050.066.080.5
8Moskalenko ViktorGMUKR25588.045.060.573.5
9Trepat Herranz JoanFMESP23488.045.053.565.0
10Alarcon Casellas RolandoFMCUB24537.550.563.076.0
11Gonzalez Garcia JoseGMMEX25157.549.565.079.0
12Fernandez Cardoso AlexeyFMCUB24657.549.565.079.0
13Cruz Sanchez CristianIMESP25007.548.565.079.5
14Pozo Vera SandroIMCUB24887.548.063.577.5
15Aloma Vidal RobertIMESP24247.547.059.071.5
16Cruz Sanchez Jonathan EstebanIMESP24127.545.559.072.5
17Oms Pallisse JosepGMESP24937.544.057.571.5
18Perez Mitjans OrelvisIMESP24517.052.567.081.0
19Jimenez Fraga Pedro AlejandroFMCUB24487.049.061.575.5
20Martinez Duanny Lelys StanleyGMCUB24647.048.560.574.0
21Djuric StefanGMSRB24637.048.061.075.0
22Pogorelov RuslanGMUKR24017.047.060.073.0
23Ramon Solans AlbertCMESP22807.045.057.570.0
24Chalmeta Ugas RamonCMESP22817.043.055.568.0
25Serra Pages JordiCMESP22487.042.557.069.0
26Balague Canadell JordiESP20317.039.052.064.0
27Garcia Acosta RogerESP18407.039.051.063.5
28Terrones Launes MireiaESP19597.038.053.566.5
29Larino Nieto DavidIMESP24556.548.564.578.5
30Gonzalez Perez ArianFMCUB24866.545.562.577.0
31Lacasa Diaz Jose AntonioIMESP24026.545.561.074.0
32Gonzalez Rodriguez Jorge AIMCOL24366.543.560.072.5
33Vidarte Morales ArturoIMESP23306.543.559.070.5
34Coll Enriquez LluisCMESP21646.541.559.572.5
35Tuz MykolaESP20656.540.554.065.0
36Balague Camps MarcESP20716.540.053.066.0
37Codina Garcia JoseCMESP21286.538.553.565.5
38Aranzana Areste AlbertoESP20326.538.057.070.0
39Turuguet Lopez Josep LluisESP19446.538.053.564.0
40Gutierrez Martos FerranESP20726.538.052.564.5
127 players

12) V Johannes Zukertort

The Johannes Zukertort Open took place in Wroclaw 24th-25th September 2011. Filip Dowgird won with 7.5/9. Another event where I couldn't find games broadcast live saved into a file.

V Zukertort Open A Wroclaw POL Sat 24th Sep 2011 - Sun 25th Sep 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Dowgird, FilipkPOL21107.537.5047.506
2Dzikowski, MichalII+POL17446.037.0046.503
3Oszczanowski, WitoldIPOL18756.034.5045.503
4Chmielewski, JakubIPOL17536.034.0045.005
5Piotrowski, PrzemyslawIPOL19606.033.5044.005
6Gajdamowicz, PatrickIPOL18915.038.0050.503
7Wolska, MartaII+POL15985.037.5049.504
8Sowa, MartynaIPOL17285.034.0043.504
9Maksimenko, Andrei JrIUKR18115.033.5045.003
10Kanicki, KrzysztofIIPOL16915.032.0037.503
11Lascar, RadoslawaII+POL16245.031.5039.504
12Skrzypinski, MaciejIIPOL17425.029.0037.004
13Lachowicz, JudytaIPOL17344.538.0048.503
14Lachowicz, DominikIIPOL16934.532.5041.504
15Sowa, BlazejIIIPOL04.527.0032.504
16Korpalska, JoannaIPOL16144.032.5039.002
17Kamarad, FrantisekCZE15774.031.0037.504
18Chenska, KarolinaIPOL16524.029.5040.003
19Skotny, AgataIIPOL14524.028.0033.504
20Marko, PiotrIIIPOL15513.534.0043.503
21Lotocki, MikolajIIIPOL12193.527.0033.502
22Mazurkiewicz, LukaszIIIPOL02.526.5033.001
23Tyc, MarcinIVPOL01.523.5028.501
24Potoczek, MonikaIVPOL01.024.5030.000
24 players

13) Tatry Open 2011

The Tatry Open takes place 25th September - 2nd October 2011.

Tatry Open Tatranske Zruby SVK Sun 25th Sep 2011 - Sun 2nd Oct 2011
Leading Round 1 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Mrva MartinSVK24701.00.010.0
Okhotnik VladimirFRA24451.00.010.0
Talla VladimirCZE23991.00.010.0
Berezjuk SergejCZE23781.00.010.0
Vesselovsky SergueiCZE23621.00.010.0
Piankov EvgenijUKR23481.00.010.0
Dobrovolsky LadislavCZE23471.00.010.0
Michenka JozefCZE23461.00.010.0
Rooze JanBEL23401.00.010.0
Kriebel TadeasCZE23391.00.010.0
Vul Arkadi EremeevichRUS23211.00.010.0
Kantorik MarianSVK23201.00.010.0
Vojtek VladimirSVK23111.00.010.0
Kernazhitsky LeonidUKR23081.00.010.0
Briestensky RastislavSVK23001.00.010.0
Petran PeterSVK22971.00.010.0
Rückschloss KarolSVK22901.00.010.0
Jedlicka AlesCZE22621.00.010.0
Demeter PeterSVK22531.00.010.0
Sikora JanCZE22511.00.010.0
Seelinger LorenzGER22371.00.010.0
Valenta VitCZE21611.00.010.0
Janos IvanSVK21421.00.010.0
Chovanec VladimirSVK21141.00.010.0
Stalmach KamilCZE20741.00.010.0
Pastir StanislavSVK20551.00.010.0
Navratil JiriCZE20471.00.010.0
Vavra RadimCZE20451.00.010.0
Jurcisin ImrichSVK20411.00.010.0
Hotak MarianSVK20371.00.010.0
Taborska VeronikaCZE20241.00.010.0
Kovacs JozefSVK20081.00.010.0
Mocary MetodSVK19901.00.010.0
Hanzluvka PeterSVK19871.00.010.0
Tyda KrzysztofPOL19831.00.010.0
Harvan RichardSVK19611.00.010.0
Jambrich MiroslavSVK19371.00.010.0
Stanko IvanSVK19291.00.010.0
Sebo ViktorSVK19241.00.010.0
Fejtek PetrCZE19031.00.010.0
179 players

14) US Chess League 2011

The US Chess League takes place 29th August - 20th November 2011. Team competition that takes place on ICC at various time rate but often the FIDE standard of 90 mins 30 seconds per move.

US Chess League 2011 ICC INT Mon 29th Aug 2011 - Sun 20th Nov 2011
Leading Round 4 (of 10) Standings:
RkTeam+-BptsTB1TB2
1New York3.01.09.5/16 (59%)24036.5-5.5 (54%)
2Manhattan2.51.59.5/16 (59%)24116.0-6.0 (50%)
3Philadelphia2.51.59.5/16 (59%)24144.0-8.0 (33%)
4Baltimore2.51.59.0/16 (56%)24115.0-7.0 (42%)
5Boston2.51.58.0/16 (50%)24297.0-5.0 (58%)
6Carolina2.02.06.5/16 (41%)24066.5-5.5 (54%)
7New Jersey0.53.56.5/16 (41%)24246.0-6.0 (50%)
8New England0.53.55.5/16 (34%)24337.0-5.0 (58%)
1Chicago4.00.012.5/16 (78%)23596.0-6.0 (50%)
2Dallas2.51.59.5/16 (59%)23805.0-7.0 (42%)
3San Francisco2.51.59.0/16 (56%)23955.5-6.5 (46%)
4Miami2.02.08.0/16 (50%)23937.0-5.0 (58%)
5Los Angeles1.52.56.0/16 (42%)24527.5-4.5 (63%)
6Seattle1.52.56.0/16 (38%)23917.0-5.0 (58%)
7Arizona1.03.07.0/16 (46%)24015.5-6.5 (46%)
8St. Louis1.03.06.0/16 (38%)24184.5-7.5 (38%)
16 teams in two groups

15) TCh-POL 1st League

The Polish Championship 1st League contained some strong players and took place 2nd-11th September 2011. Baszta - MOS Znin took clear first place.

TCh-POL 1st League Mrzezyno POL Fri 2nd Sep 2011 - Sun 11th Sep 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkTeamMptsBptsTB1TB2
1Baszta - MOS Znin16.033.54.06.0
2Impact Team Ostroda13.034.07.56.0
3AZS WSB Wroclaw13.028.04.04.0
4Prokonex Brzeg9.027.56.05.0
5Ostrowskie Towarzystwo Szachowe9.026.05.04.0
6MO TKKF Drogowiec Krakow8.027.53.56.0
7ASSz Miedz Legnica8.024.55.53.5
8SzUKS Gostmat 83 Gostynin6.022.03.53.5
9KSz Stilon II Gorzow Wielkopolski5.023.53.03.0
10KSz JAS-FBG Silesia Raciborz3.023.53.04.0
10 teams

16) Active Team Events

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

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. Rounds 6-7 took place 27th-28th August 2011. Games and standings now available. Final Rounds 8-9 take place 22nd-23rd October 2011.

TCh-SUI National A Geneva SUI Sun 27th Feb 2011 - Sun 23rd Oct 2011
Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeamMptsBpts
1Reti 11136½
2Geneve 11133
3Reichenstein 11031
4Riehen 11031
5Zuerich 1934½
6Luzern 1829½
7Winterthur 1524
8Wollishofen 1424
9Joueur 1223½
10Echallens 1013
10 players

TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2011

The Polish Ekstraliga started with the first three rounds in Wroclaw. Rounds 4-6 took place 2nd-4th September 2011. The final rounds are 7th-9th October 2011.

TCh-POL Ekstraliga Wroclaw POL Fri 6th May 2011 - Sun 9th Oct 2011
Leading Round 6 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoTeamFEDRtgMptsBpts
16PGNiG POLONIA WarszawaPOL24831124.5
22KSz WASKO HetMaN Szopienice KatowicePOL25001022.5
35KSz STILON Gorzow WielkopolskiPOL2417921.5
410LKS PASJONAT DankowicePOL2450821
53ROTMISTRZ TWOJA SZKOLA GrudziadzPOL2400718.5
69POLONIA VOTUM WroclawPOL2433517.5
74MLKS NADNARWIANKA PultuskPOL2383414
87KS POCZTOWIEC PoznanPOL2367316.5
91KSz ODRODZENIE KozuchowPOL2383311
108DRAKON SKOK CHMIELEWSKIEGO LublinPOL2333012
10 Teams

Chinese League 2011

The Chinese League started 12th April. This week saw rounds 10-12: 10th-12th July. This year has been a bit of a mess after last year's clear coverage. They change the dates from those shown in chess results so it just turned up this week, the live coverage has broken down for the second successive batch of matches (round 12) and the archive Chinese League Games hasn't been updated (maybe there is an archive elsewhere). Allegedly the next rounds are 13-15 in Qingdao on 26th-28th October, but who knows, at this stage they seem to be making things up as they go along.

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

17) African Games 2011

The 10th African Games in Maputo, Mozambique, took place 5th-14th September. My thanks to Christoff Mans for games from the first 7 rounds of the men's event and 6 of the women's. Egypt won both men's and women's sections. Additional games now available.

African Games Open Maputo MOZ Mon 5th Sep 2011 - Wed 14th Sep 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoTeamFEDMptsTB1
11EGYPTEGY18181.5
22SOUTH AFRICARSA16156.5
35ANGOLAANG13110.5
44ZAMBIAZAM13101
53ALGERIAALG1062.25
68MOZAMBIQUEMOZ1058.5
77ZIMBABWEZIM965
86NIGERIANGR956.5
99BOTSWANABOT835
1014MADAGASCARMAD728.25
1110ETHIOPIAETH729.5
1212KENYAKEN411
1311NAMIBIANAM20.5
1413GHANAGHA00
14 players
African Games Women Maputo MOZ Mon 5th Sep 2011 - Wed 14th Sep 2011
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkSNoTeamFED12345678MptsBptsTB1TB2
13EGYPTEGYXXX2.52.53.53.53.52.03.013.020.50.086.75
21ALGERIAALG1.5XXX1.53.04.04.04.03.510.021.50.053.00
32SOUTH AFRICARSA1.52.5XXX2.01.52.53.04.09.017.00.053.00
46NIGERIANGR0.51.02.0XXX3.02.03.54.08.016.00.040.50
54BOTSWANABOT0.50.02.51.0XXX3.03.03.58.013.50.040.50
65ANGOLAANG0.50.01.52.01.0XXX3.02.04.010.00.019.50
78MOZAMBIQUEMOZ2.00.01.00.51.01.0XXX4.03.09.50.014.25
87KENYAKEN1.00.50.00.00.52.00.0XXX1.04.00.05.00
8 players

18) 31st Bratto Festival Open

I reported on the 31st Presolana Open a couple of weeks back. It appears Round 2 was a complete mess. Also the website was very unhelpful as to establishing the usual description of the event is in fact the 31st Bratto Chess Festival. So I give the games again with changes to round 2 and the headers.

31st Bratto Festival Open Bratto della Presolana ITA Sat 20th Aug 2011 - Sun 28th Aug 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1 1 Fedorchuk Sergey A. GM UKR2618 7.5 46.50 51.00 2430.00
2 7 Sveshnikov Evgeny GM LAT2514 6.5 47.50 52.00 2435.11
3 5 Horvath Jozsef GM HUN2535 6.5 44.50 49.00 2378.89
4 2 David Alberto GM LUX2609 6.5 43.00 46.00 2407.56
5 12 Arun Prasad S. GM IND2489 6.5 42.50 46.50 2387.44
6 14 Genocchio Daniele IM ITA2446 6.0 47.50 52.00 2458.33
7 3 Greenfeld Alon GM ISR2566 6.0 46.00 50.00 2430.78
8 13 Cebalo Miso GM CRO2484 6.0 45.50 49.00 2376.56
9 22 Manca Federico IM ITA2401 6.0 43.00 47.00 2405.00
10 17 Bellia Fabrizio IM ITA2424 6.0 41.00 44.00 2326.67
11 28 Vishnu Prasanna. V IM IND2340 5.5 44.50 47.00 2403.11
12 6 Horvath Csaba GM HUN2517 5.5 43.50 47.50 2343.78
13 25 Narayanan Srinath IM IND2371 5.5 43.00 46.00 2406.67
14 15 Recuero Guerra David IM ESP2441 5.5 43.00 44.50 2295.78
15 24 Indjic Aleksandar -- SRB2373 5.5 41.50 44.50 2353.78
16 16 Melia Salome IM GEO2437 5.5 40.00 43.50 2277.89
17 29 Juhasz Kristof FM HUN2334 5.5 39.00 42.50 2335.56
18 34 Cocchi Andrea FM ITA2297 5.5 39.00 41.00 2280.44
19 18 Pedzich Dominik IM POL2418 5.5 35.50 38.50 2200.00
20 4 Panchanathan Magesh GM IND2556 5.0 45.50 49.50 2396.00
21 11 De La Villa Garcia J GM ESP2490 5.0 43.50 46.50 2359.00
22 10 Reinaldo Castineira IM ESP2492 5.0 42.50 46.50 2353.89
23 21 Borgo Giulio (W) IM ITA2404 5.0 41.50 44.50 2353.33
24 33 Ranieri Fabrizio FM ITA2299 5.0 40.50 44.00 2233.67
25 43 Rambaldi Francesco FM ITA2206 5.0 39.50 43.00 2324.67
26 32 De Santis Alessio FM ITA2305 5.0 39.00 42.00 2306.78
27 20 Sertic Rudolf IM CRO2406 5.0 38.00 41.00 2318.56
28 37 Altini Nicola -- ITA2267 5.0 38.00 39.50 2196.67
29 30 Codenotti Marco FM ITA2323 5.0 35.00 37.50 2213.44
30 36 Stoppa Omar -- ITA2286 5.0 33.50 36.50 2169.89
31 19 Sveshnikov Vladimir IM LAT2407 4.5 43.50 46.50 2400.89
32 31 Janczarski Michal -- POL2316 4.5 42.00 45.00 2307.22
33 56 Cani Gazmir -- ITA2114 4.5 41.00 44.00 2344.11
34 51 Marguerettaz Davy -- ITA2160 4.5 41.00 44.00 2323.22
35 42 Arvola Benjamin -- NOR2207 4.5 39.00 41.50 2249.78
36 39 Efroimski Marsel WIM ISR2235 4.5 38.50 42.00 2274.00
37 40 Brunello Marina WIM ITA2228 4.5 38.50 41.50 2294.56
38 38 Brun Dario -- ITA2265 4.5 38.50 41.50 2220.44
39 26 Krzyzanowski Marcin -- POL2370 4.5 37.50 40.50 2286.11
40 23 Getz Nicolai FM NOR2385 4.5 37.00 40.50 2275.33
76 players

19) 8th Highlands Open 2011

The 8th Highlands Open takes place 24th September - 1st October 2011.

8th Highlands Open Zdar nad Sazavou CZE Sat 24th Sep 2011 - Sat 1st Oct 2011
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Parligras CosminROU22672.00.02.02
Vorobyov YrijFMUKR21552.00.02.02
Siebenburger VlastimilCZE20772.00.02.02
Jiruse JosefCZE20422.00.02.02
5Karhanek PavelCZE21552.00.01.52
Lorenc OldrichCZE20802.00.01.52
Bradac RomanCZE20382.00.01.52
8Bartos JanFMCZE22392.00.01.02
Vala FilipCZE20842.00.01.02
Pavlis JaromirCZE20332.00.01.02
Jakl AlesCZE19742.00.01.02
12Kratochvil VitCZE19301.50.02.51
13Vospernik AndrejSLO22051.50.01.51
Tesar JanCZE21061.50.01.51
Paldus PetrCZE20461.50.01.51
Kirs PavelCZE18151.50.01.51
17Kulkarni BhaktiCMIND22891.50.01.01
Haba ZdenekCZE22071.50.01.01
Balazec LudovitCZE20241.50.01.01
20Zakharchenko ArnoldIMUKR22251.00.03.01
Smolik BorisCZE19521.00.03.01
Sykora MichalCZE18021.00.03.01
23Cieslak LeszekCZE19851.00.02.51
Sukdolak RadekCZE19011.00.02.51
Horyna JosefCZE18881.00.02.51
Suchomelova SimonaCZE15811.00.02.51
27Vecera PavelCZE22031.00.02.50
Zamorsky LadislavCZE17571.00.02.50
Eis PavelCZE01.00.02.50
30Roeser AxelGER19871.00.02.01
Gurtovoi BorysUKR19531.00.02.01
Michalek MiroslavCZE18911.00.02.01
Pokorny JanCZE18781.00.02.01
Schwarz MatthiasGER18571.00.02.01
Denk PetrCZE18081.00.02.01
Doskar MiloslavCZE17571.00.02.01
Walek PetrCZE17451.00.02.01
Tuma JanCZE17011.00.02.01
39Zavadil MichalCZE21241.00.01.51
Svoboda IvoCZE20061.00.01.51
65 players

20) Wiener Landesmeisterschaft 2011

The Vienna State Championships took place 10th-18th September 2011. Nikolaus Stanec took clear first with 7.5/9. An additional game is now available.

ch-Vienna State Vienna AUT Sat 10th Sep 2011 - Sun 18th Sep 2011. Category: 3. Ave: (2306)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Stanec, Nikolaus GM AUT 2543 # = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2553
2 Weinzettl, Ernst IM AUT 2299 = # 1 0 = = 1 = 1 1 6 2432
3 Schneider-Zinner, Harald IM AUT 2386 = 0 # = = 1 = 1 1 1 6 2422
4 Webersberger, Johann FM AUT 2380 = 1 = # = = = = = = 5 2341
5 Alvir, Aco IM AUT 2354 0 = = = # = = 1 = 1 5 2344
6 Albadri, Abd Al Sattar CM IRQ 2221 0 = 0 = = # 1 = 1 = 4.5 2315
7 Wallner, Joachim FM AUT 2333 0 0 = = = 0 # = 1 1 4 2260
8 Menezes, Christoph AUT 2262 0 = 0 = 0 = = # 1 1 4 2268
9 Ernst, Michael AUT 2177 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 # 1 2 2100
10 Danner, Lambert AUT 2105 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 # 1 1977

21) Dutch Federation express concern about FIDE plans

The Dutch Chess Federation have drawn attention to new FIDE proposals to increase ratings fees which they say are "a direct threat to the FIDE rating system", breach a previous promise that there would be no "higher costs for federations or players" and that as FIDE balanced their budget "there are no reasons given for the excessive increase in tariffs". Read the Letter to FIDE in PDF for details.

22) Konstantin Zaivelevich Lerner 1950-2011

There is sad news from Israel where Yochanan Afek reports the death of twice time Ukrainian Champion Konstantin Lerner at the age of 61. He and his family emigrated to Israel in 2001.

Konstantin Zaivelevich Lerner was born 28th February 1950 and died Hertzlia, Israel 24th September 2011.

Konstantin Lerner was twice Ukrainian Champion in 1978 and 1982 and finished 2nd behind Andrei Sokolov in 1984. He became a GM in 1986.

According to Konstantin Lerner's Wikipedia entry:

Lerner won or shared first place in many tournaments, among others at Polanica Zdroj 1985 and 1986 (Rubinstein Memorial), Tallinn 1986, Moscow 1986, Genova 1989, Copenhagen 1990, Gausdal 1992, Nikolaev 1995 (zonal), Berlin 1997, Graz 1997, Recklinghausen 1999, Bad Woerishofen 2000, Tel Aviv 2001 and 2002, Rishon Le Zion 2004, Giv'atayim 2005 (Ettinger Memorial), and Herzlia 2005 (Arye Urieli Memorial).

News of his death is reported by Yochanan Afek.

It's my sad duty to inform you that GM Konstantin Lerner passed away on Saturday evening (24/9) in Hertzlia Israel at the age of 61 following illness. In 2001 he immigrated to Israel with his wife Sara and son Andrey from Ukraine and played for the club of the city of Kfar- Saba.

23) Forthcoming Events and Links

XXII Gocher Open

Oslo Chess International

e2e4 High Wycombe Congress

Nalchik FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2011

Indonesia Open 2011

15th Unive Tournament

1st Schoenenwerd Open

Pearl Spring Super GM 2011

5th SPICE Cup

12th Liberec Open 2011

Short Denton Simul

6th Trophee International de Lyon

II Latin American Cup

2nd Brno Open 2011

5th Mediterranean 2017 Open 2011

21st World Seniors 2011

Tal Memorial 2011

Tal Memorial 2011 Moscow RUS Wed 16th Nov 2011 - Fri 25th Nov 2011
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Carlsen, Magnus GM NOR 2823 1503014
2 Anand, Viswanathan GM IND 2817 5000017
3 Aronian, Levon GM ARM 2807 13300474
4 Kramnik, Vladimir GM RUS 2791 4101588
5 Karjakin, Sergey GM RUS 2772 14109603
6 Ivanchuk, Vassily GM UKR 2765 14100010
7 Nakamura, Hikaru GM USA 2753 2016192
8 Gelfand, Boris GM ISR 2746 2805677
9 Svidler, Peter GM RUS 2740 4102142
10 Nepomniachtchi, Ian GM RUS 2718 4168119

World Youth Championships 2011

3rd Pilsen Open

3rd London Chess Classic

Czech Chess Christmas 2011

XLI Rilton Cup 2011-12

Northern California International

12th Prague Open 2012

3rd Novy Bor Open

Reykjavik Open 2012

1st Lanta Open 2012

All material © Mark Crowther 2011