THE WEEK IN CHESS 896 9th January 2012 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Alexander Prokhorov, Roland Wimmer, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Harald Grafenhofer, Jack Peters, Ian Rogers and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The year started with an amazingly bloodthirsty Reggio Emilia tournament and a surprise victory for Anish Giri in his best result to date. It was always going to be a matter of time before Giri won a major tournament but it seemed like Hikaru Nakamura had first place in his grasp with three rounds to go and before he lost all his remaining games, it also seemed like Alexander Morozevich was favourite to take over any slip ups but he also lost in the final round against Nikita Vitiugov who had until then had a miserable event. This sets up nicely the start of the Tata Steel tournament in Wijk aan Zee which will keep us entertained for the rest of the month from next Saturday and will likely be the highlight of the first half of the year.

As I was compiling this issue I see that rather inconviently that a number of nations are again excluded from the latest FIDE rating list including some rather important ones. This is almost certainly due to non-payment of rating fees. Argentina, the perennial non-payers, are again out, the cynic might suggest they never pay their own fees but wait until election time and get someone else to pay them. There is obviously something seriously wrong in their association. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Philippines, Morocco and Zimbabwe were others I turned up. There is the tricky problem of whether to leave their player's ratings blank or to use what the organisers think are their ratings. Not at all satisfactory either way.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 54th Reggio Emilia 2011-12

Anish Giri won the Category 20 54th Reggio Emilia super-tournament after a shock final round where his rivals Nakamura and Morozevich both lost. Giri took a quick draw in a level position against Fabiano Caruana who shared second. Vassily Ivanchuk lost four games in a row but ground down Hikara Nakamura (3rd loss in a row) in the final round. Alexander Morozevich made things very complicated against tail-ender Nikita Vitiugov and even had a chance to win but in the end it was too hard for him to find his way through and Vitiugov emerged with a big advantage which he converted. Final Standings: 1st Giri 16pts, 2nd-4th Morozevich, Nakamura and Caruana 15pts, 5th Ivanchuk 12pts, 6th Vitiugov 8pts.

Event: 54th Reggio Emilia 2011-12
Place: Reggio Emilia
CountryCode: ITA
StartDate: Tue 27th Dec 2011
EndDate: Fri 6th Jan 2012
Website

54th Reggio Emilia
Tue 27th Dec 2011
Fri 6th Jan 2012
Reggio Emilia
ITA
6 Players.
10 Rounds.
DRR
Time Control: 100m:50+30smp(1)

54th Reggio Emilia Reggio Emilia (ITA), 27 xii 2011 - 6 i 2012											cat. XX (2744)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2714	*	*	0	½	0	1	1	½	½	1	½	1	16	2822
2.	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2762	1	½	*	*	½	1	1	0	0	½	1	0	15	2776
3.	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2758	1	0	½	0	*	*	½	½	1	0	1	1	15	2777
4.	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2727	0	½	0	1	½	½	*	*	0	1	1	1	15	2783
5.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2775	½	0	1	½	0	1	1	0	*	*	½	0	12	2702
6.	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	2729	½	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	½	1	*	*	8	2598

Round 1 (December 27, 2011)
Caruana, Fabiano	- Morozevich, Alexander	0-1	49	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Giri, Anish	½-½	42	D55	Queens Gambit Old Lasker Variation
Vitiugov, Nikita	- Nakamura, Hikaru	0-1	38	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Round 2 (December 28, 2011)
Giri, Anish	- Morozevich, Alexander	0-1	36	D11	Slav Defence
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	43	A22	English Opening
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Vitiugov, Nikita	½-½	29	A46	Queen's Pawn Opening
Round 3 (December 29, 2011)
Morozevich, Alexander	- Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	24	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Caruana, Fabiano	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	0-1	83	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Vitiugov, Nikita	- Giri, Anish	½-½	41	D70	Gruenfeld Defence
Round 4 (December 30, 2011)
Giri, Anish	- Nakamura, Hikaru	0-1	59	E99	King's Indian Classical
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Morozevich, Alexander	1-0	52	C84	Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Vitiugov, Nikita	- Caruana, Fabiano	0-1	46	A45	Trompowsky
Round 5 (December 31, 2011)
Morozevich, Alexander	- Vitiugov, Nikita	1-0	41	E39	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	1-0	57	A22	English Opening
Caruana, Fabiano	- Giri, Anish	0-1	33	C42	Petroff's Defence
Round 6 (January 2, 2012)
Giri, Anish	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	1-0	51	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Morozevich, Alexander	- Caruana, Fabiano	0-1	44	D80	Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Vitiugov, Nikita	1-0	66	C11	French Defence
Round 7 (January 3, 2012)
Morozevich, Alexander	- Giri, Anish	½-½	17	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Caruana, Fabiano	- Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	21	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Vitiugov, Nikita	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	1-0	31	E21	Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Round 8 (January 4, 2012)
Giri, Anish	- Vitiugov, Nikita	1-0	54	B41	Sicilian Paulsen
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Morozevich, Alexander	0-1	32	C11	French Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Caruana, Fabiano	0-1	34	A48	King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Round 9 (January 5, 2012)
Morozevich, Alexander	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	24	D15	Slav Defence
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Giri, Anish	0-1	41	C42	Petroff's Defence
Caruana, Fabiano	- Vitiugov, Nikita	1-0	43	B41	Sicilian Paulsen
Round 10 (January 6, 2012)
Giri, Anish	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	28	A20	English Opening
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Nakamura, Hikaru	1-0	67	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Vitiugov, Nikita	- Morozevich, Alexander	1-0	67	A16	English Opening

54th Reggio Emilia w
Tue 27th Dec 2011
Fri 6th Jan 2012
Reggio Emilia
ITA
6 Players.
10 Rounds.
DRR

54th Reggio Emilia w Reggio Emilia (ITA), 27 xii 2011 - 6 i 2012
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Guramishvili, Sopiko	wg	GEO	2374	*	*	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	8	2431
2.	Sharevich, Anna	wg	BLR	2267	1	½	*	*	0	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	7	2361
3.	Brunello, Marina	wm	ITA	2221	0	0	1	½	*	*	½	1	½	1	1	1	6½	2331
4.	Videnova, Iva	wg	BUL	2297	0	0	0	½	½	0	*	*	½	1	0	1	3½	2096
5.	De Rosa, Mariagrazia	wf	ITA	2122	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	0	*	*	1	½	3	2092
6.	Chierici, Marianna	wf	ITA	2048	0	½	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	½	*	*	2	2016

Round 1 (December 27, 2011)
Guramishvili, Sopiko	- Brunello, Marina	1-0	52	A04	Dutch System
Videnova, Iva	- Sharevich, Anna	0-1	46	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
De Rosa, Mariagrazia	- Chierici, Marianna	1-0	51	B55	Sicilian Rauzer
Round 2 (December 28, 2011)
Brunello, Marina	- Videnova, Iva	½-½	53	C45	Scotch Game
De Rosa, Mariagrazia	- Guramishvili, Sopiko	0-1	42	C95	Ruy Lopez Breyer
Chierici, Marianna	- Sharevich, Anna	0-1	24	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Round 3 (December 29, 2011)
Guramishvili, Sopiko	- Chierici, Marianna	1-0	27	D91	Gruenfeld 5.Bg5
Sharevich, Anna	- Brunello, Marina	0-1	55	A63	Benoni
Videnova, Iva	- De Rosa, Mariagrazia	½-½	49	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 4 (December 30, 2011)
Guramishvili, Sopiko	- Videnova, Iva	1-0	28	A43	Old Benoni
De Rosa, Mariagrazia	- Sharevich, Anna	½-½	25	B41	Sicilian Paulsen
Chierici, Marianna	- Brunello, Marina	0-1	42	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Round 5 (December 31, 2011)
Sharevich, Anna	- Guramishvili, Sopiko	1-0	35	D10	Slav Defence
Brunello, Marina	- De Rosa, Mariagrazia	½-½	36	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Videnova, Iva	- Chierici, Marianna	0-1	41	B04	Alekhine's Defence
Round 6 (January 2, 2012)
Sharevich, Anna	- Videnova, Iva	½-½	20	E04	Catalan
Brunello, Marina	- Guramishvili, Sopiko	0-1	34	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Chierici, Marianna	- De Rosa, Mariagrazia	½-½	42	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 7 (January 3, 2012)
Guramishvili, Sopiko	- De Rosa, Mariagrazia	1-0	42	D20	QGA
Sharevich, Anna	- Chierici, Marianna	1-0	42	D89	Gruenfeld Alekhine
Videnova, Iva	- Brunello, Marina	0-1	66	B94	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Bg5
Round 8 (January 4, 2012)
Brunello, Marina	- Sharevich, Anna	½-½	48	B22	Sicilian Alapin
De Rosa, Mariagrazia	- Videnova, Iva	0-1	15	B39	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Chierici, Marianna	- Guramishvili, Sopiko	½-½	63	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Round 9 (January 5, 2012)
Sharevich, Anna	- De Rosa, Mariagrazia	1-0	26	D25	QGA
Brunello, Marina	- Chierici, Marianna	1-0	49	B02	Alekhine's Defence
Videnova, Iva	- Guramishvili, Sopiko	0-1	60	C59	Two Knights Defence
Round 10 (January 6, 2012)
Guramishvili, Sopiko	- Sharevich, Anna	½-½	19	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
De Rosa, Mariagrazia	- Brunello, Marina	0-1	33	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Chierici, Marianna	- Videnova, Iva	0-1	45	B22	Sicilian Alapin

3) Donostia Chess Festival 2011-12

The Donostia Chess Festival 2011-12 commemorated the centenary of an event won by Jose Raul Capablanca. The event was a knock-out which takes place Wednesday Dec 28th 2011, - Thursday Jan 5th 2012. The event starred Vugar Gashimov, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Alexander Moiseenko, Etienne Bacrot, Arkadij Naiditsch. The format was unusual a knock-out tournament with some modifications, as the players who got eliminated played in a parallel group. And the main novelty was that, following David Bronstein's idea, the matches consist of two games of classical chess played simultaneously. So no one had the advantage of playing the first game with the white pieces. Andrei Volokitin beat Viktor Laznicka 2-0 in the final.

Event: Donostia Chess Festival 2011-12
Place: San Sebastian
CountryCode: ESP
StartDate: Wed 28th Dec 2011
EndDate: Thu 5th Jan 2012
Website

Donostia KO A
Wed 28th Dec 2011
Thu 5th Jan 2012
San Sebastian
ESP
7 Rounds.
KO
Time Control: 120m+30spm

Round 7 5th January 2012
Board 1
SNo	Name	R1.1	R1.2	D1.1	D1.2	D2.1	D2.2	AR.1	AR.2	Pts
9	Laznicka, Viktor	0	0							0.0
11	Volokitin, Andrei	1	1							2.0

Round 6 6th January 2012
Board 1
SNo	Name	R1.1	R1.2	D1.1	D1.2	D2.1	D2.2	AR.1	AR.2	Pts
9	Laznicka, Viktor	0	1	1	½					2.5
4	Moiseenko, Alexander	1	0	0	½					1.5
Board 2
SNo	Name	R1.1	R1.2	D1.1	D1.2	D2.1	D2.2	AR.1	AR.2	Pts
7	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	½	0							0.5
11	Volokitin, Andrei	½	1							1.5

Round 5 3rd January 2012
Board 1
SNo	Name	R1.1	R1.2	D1.1	D1.2	D2.1	D2.2	AR.1	AR.2	Pts
1	Gashimov, Vugar	½	0							0.5
9	Laznicka, Viktor	½	1							1.5
Board 2
SNo	Name	R1.1	R1.2	D1.1	D1.2	D2.1	D2.2	AR.1	AR.2	Pts
18	Granda Zuniga, Julio E	½	½	0	0					1.0
7	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	½	½	1	1					3.0
Board 3
SNo	Name	R1.1	R1.2	D1.1	D1.2	D2.1	D2.2	AR.1	AR.2	Pts
3	Ponomariov, Ruslan	½	0							0.5
11	Volokitin, Andrei	½	1							1.5
Board 4
SNo	Name	R1.1	R1.2	D1.1	D1.2	D2.1	D2.2	AR.1	AR.2	Pts
4	Moiseenko, Alexander	½	½	1	0	½	½	1	½	4.5
5	Bacrot, Etienne	½	½	0	1	½	½	0	½	3.5

4) Hastings Congress 2011-12

The Hastings Congress 2011-12 took place 28th December through to January 5th 2012. Leading players: Wang Yue, David Howell, Andrei Istratescu, Romain Edouard, Yuri Vovk. Favourite Wang Yue led throughout and won with 7.5/9 half a point clear of Andrei Istratescu, Babu Lalith and Sundar M.Shyam.

Event: Hastings Congress 2011-12
Place: Hastings
CountryCode: ENG
StartDate: Wed 28th Dec 2011
EndDate: Thu 5th Jan 2012
Website

Hastings Masters
Wed 28th Dec 2011
Thu 5th Jan 2012
Hastings
ENG
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 100:50:15+30spm(1)

Hastings Masters Hastings ENG Wed 28th Dec 2011 - Thu 5th Jan 2012 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts	TPR
1	Wang, Yue	GM	CHN	2697	1	1	½	1	1	1	½	1	½	7.5	2774
2	Istratescu, Andrei	GM	FRA	2627	1	1	1	½	½	0	1	1	1	7.0	2672
3	Lalith, Babu M.R.	IM	IND	2484	1	1	0	1	1	1	½	1	½	7.0	2657
4	Shyam, Sundar M.	IM	IND	2462	0	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	½	7.0	2604
5	Vovk, Yuri	GM	UKR	2571	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	½	6.5	2511
6	Sengupta, Deep	GM	IND	2562	1	1	½	½	1	1	½	0	1	6.5	2616
7	Das, Arghyadip	IM	IND	2470	1	1	½	½	1	0	1	½	1	6.5	2568
8	Howell, David W L	GM	ENG	2633	1	1	1	½	0	½	0	1	1	6.0	2547
9	Edouard, Romain	GM	FRA	2621	1	1	½	½	1	½	1	0	½	6.0	2528
10	Pert, Nicholas	GM	ENG	2563	½	1	½	1	1	0	1	½	½	6.0	2518
11	Hebden, Mark L	GM	ENG	2515	1	1	0	1	½	1	½	0	1	6.0	2490
12	Williams, Simon K	GM	ENG	2513	1	½	1	1	½	½	½	0	1	6.0	2516
13	Holzke, Frank	GM	GER	2506	1	½	½	1	1	½	0	1	½	6.0	2514
14	Shyam, Nikil P.	IM	IND	2482	½	1	1	0	½	1	½	½	1	6.0	2412
15	Flear, Glenn C	GM	ENG	2472	½	½	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	6.0	2372
16	Simacek, Pavel	IM	CZE	2448	1	0	1	½	1	0	1	1	½	6.0	2445
17	Anwesh, Upadhyaya	IM	IND	2413	1	½	½	0	1	1	½	½	1	6.0	2394
18	Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi	IM	IND	2411	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	1	6.0	2360
19	Padmini, Rout	WGM	IND	2392	=	½	1	1	0	½	1	½	1	6.0	2356
20	Kjartansson, Gudmundur	IM	ISL	2326	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	6.0	2499
21	Vovk, Andrey	GM	UKR	2551	1	½	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.5	2455
22	Demuth, Adrien	IM	FRA	2442	1	0	½	1	0	1	1	½	½	5.5	2309
23	Vuilleumier, Alexandre	IM	SUI	2356	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	½	5.5	2364
24	Godard, Maxence	IM	FRA	2333	1	½	1	½	0	0	1	1	½	5.5	2454
25	Knott, Simon J B	IM	ENG	2332	½	1	0	1	1	½	0	½	1	5.5	2366
26	Haydon, David L	FM	ENG	2296	½	½	½	1	1	1	0	1	0	5.5	2421
27	MacQueen, Calum		SCO	2219	0	½	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	5.5	2312
28	Olsarova, Karolina	WIM	CZE	2167	1	0	1	1	0	½	1	½	½	5.5	2437
29	Karthikeyan, Murali		IND	2154	½	½	1	0	1	1	½	½	½	5.5	2359
30	Houska, Jovanka	IM	ENG	2415	1	0	1	1	0	1	½	0	½	5.0	2336
31	Rendle, Thomas E	IM	ENG	2389	1	0	1	½	1	0	1	0	½	5.0	2284
32	Griffiths, Ryan Rhys	FM	IRL	2310	0	1	1	1	0	1	½	½	0	5.0	2369
33	Radovanovic, Jovica	FM	SRB	2309	½	½	1	½	½	1	0	0	1	5.0	2219
34	Massoni, Michael	FM	FRA	2304	1	½	0	1	1	0	1	0	½	5.0	2424
35	Stewart, Neil	FM	GER	2299	0	½	0	1	1	1	½	1	0	5.0	2249
36	Rudd, Jack	IM	ENG	2290	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	5.0	2226
37	Longson, Alexander		ENG	2281	0	½	1	1	½	1	0	1	0	5.0	2274
38	Furman, Boris	FM	RUS	2280	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	5.0	2315
39	Prosviriakov, Vladimir	IM	USA	2274	0	½	½	1	1	1	½	½	0	5.0	2334
40	Sreeves, Clement		SCO	2247	0	0	1	1	½	0	½	1	+	5.0	2079
41	Eames, Robert S	FM	ENG	2241	½	1	½	0	1	1	0	0	1	5.0	2377
42	Ledger, Dave J	FM	ENG	2228	½	½	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	5.0	2251
43	Kewes, Gerd		GER	2222	0	½	1	½	0	½	1	½	1	5.0	2161
44	Briscoe, Chris	CM	ENG	2220	0	0	1	1	1	0	½	½	1	5.0	2149
45	Britton, Richard L	FM	ENG	2219	½	½	½	1	0	1	0	1	½	5.0	2221
46	Bremner, Adam		SCO	2195	½	1	½	0	1	0	1	½	½	5.0	2296
47	Maciol, Ryszard		POL	2185	½	½	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	5.0	2263
48	Waddington, Mike P		ENG	2114	0	1	0	½	1	1	½	0	1	5.0	2201
49	Pon, NKrithika	WFM	IND	2091	1	0	1	0	1	1	½	½	0	5.0	2324
50	Arkell, Keith C	GM	ENG	2418	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	½	4.5	2281
51	Eggleston, David J	FM	ENG	2367	½	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	4.5	2106
52	Krishna, C.r.g.		IND	2305	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	½	4.5	2139
53	Repplinger, Marc		GER	2241	½	½	½	0	0	1	½	1	½	4.5	2100
54	Surendran, N.		IND	2207	0	½	1	1	½	½	0	1	0	4.5	2178
55	Grant, Alan G		SCO	2186	0	½	1	1	0	½	½	0	1	4.5	2121
56	Lock, Gavin R		ENG	2157	1	0	1	0	1	0	½	1	0	4.5	2235
57	Hagesaether, Arne		NOR	2152	0	1	1	½	½	0	0	½	1	4.5	2126
58	Jaunooby, Ali R		ENG	2144	1	0	½	1	0	0	1	½	½	4.5	2275
59	Burnett, Jim		ENG	2137	½	0	1	½	½	1	0	½	½	4.5	2110
60	Almond, Richard J		ENG	2115	1	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	1	4.5	2213
61	Edwards, Jonathan		SCO	1825 *	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	½	4.5	2156
62	Talsma, Paul		NED	2246	0	1	1	0	½	1	½	0	0	4.0	2228
63	Olsarova, Tereza	WIM	CZE	2232	0	1	½	½	0	0	1	0	1	4.0	2057
64	Snape, Ian L		ENG	2231	1	0	1	½	0	1	0	0	½	4.0	2225
65	Marusenko, Petr	IM	UKR	2198	+	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.0	2120
66	Sugden, John N		ENG	2180	½	0	1	0	0	½	1	½	½	4.0	2052
67	Franklin, Samuel G A		ENG	2179	½	1	1	0	0	½	0	½	½	4.0	2235
68	Martinsen, Stig K		NOR	2145	1	½	0	½	0	½	0	1	½	4.0	2143
69	Helbig, Paul D		ENG	2128	½	½	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	4.0	2072
70	Gregory, Stephen J		ENG	2124	½	0	½	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.0	2129
71	Lasinskas, Povilas	FM	LTU	2122	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	-	4.0	2142
72	Lakshmi, Sahiti P.	WIM	IND	2110	1	1	0	0	0	½	½	0	1	4.0	2111
73	McKenna, Jason P		ENG	2110	1	½	0	0	1	½	½	0	½	4.0	2178
74	De Andres Gonalons, Fernan		ESP	2091	1	0	½	0	1	0	0	½	1	4.0	2035
75	Duff, Rufus		ENG	2088	½	1	0	0	1	0	½	1	0	4.0	2168
76	Roubaud, Alexandre		FRA	2086	1	½	0	1	½	0	1	0	0	4.0	2183
77	Barton, R Alan		ENG	2073	1	½	0	½	0	0	1	0	1	4.0	2093
78	Saranya, J	WFM	IND	2069	1	½	0	0	½	½	1	0	½	4.0	2112
79	Drogou, Gerard		FRA	2063	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	4.0	2055
80	Luaces Rubio, Alfredo		ESP	2020	1	½	=	½	0	0	½	0	1	4.0	2143
81	Pickersgill, Adrian O		ENG	1990	1	½	0	½	1	0	0	½	½	4.0	2162
82	Olson, Hamish		SCO	1965	0	1	½	0	1	0	½	½	½	4.0	2087
83	Green, Andrew D		SCO	2145	1	0	0	1	0	0	½	0	1	3.5	1994
84	Cafferty, Bernard	FM	ENG	2127	½	0	0	½	=	1	½	0	½	3.5	2000
85	Bharathi, R.	WFM	IND	2094	0	0	1	½	1	0	½	0	½	3.5	1966
86	Kurka, Dieter		GER	2058	1	½	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.5	2060
87	Haria, Ravi		ENG	2045	½	0	0	½	0	1	1	½	-	3.5	2009
88	Armstrong, Malcolm J		ENG	2016	0	1	½	0	0	1	½	½	0	3.5	2042
89	Wallis, Ian J		ENG	2003	½	1	0	0	0	½	0	1	½	3.5	2041
90	Spanton, Tim R		ENG	1978	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	½	1	3.5	1756
91	Calvert, D Ian		ENG	1947	½	½	0	0	=	0	½	½	1	3.5	1891
92	Taylor, Adam C		ENG	1772	0	½	0	½	1	0	½	½	½	3.5	2011
93	Rajesh, Gorak		ENG	1401	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	½	1	3.5	1758
94	Pert, Richard G	IM	ENG	2455	½	1	½	1	0	-	-	-	-	3.0	2283
95	Anderson, John		ENG	2202	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	-	-	3.0	2158
96	Rolvag, Mikael		NOR	2201	½	½	1	0	0	½	0	½	0	3.0	2004
97	Canonne, Antoine		FRA	2023	½	½	0	0	1	0	½	½	0	3.0	1990
98	Hoare, Amy B		ENG	1930	½	½	0	0	=	½	0	1	0	3.0	2016
99	Bourached, Anthony		IRL	1895	0	1	0	½	0	0	½	0	1	3.0	1881
100	O'Grady, Gary P.		IRL	1880	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	0	1	3.0	1931
101	Obsieger, Hendrik		GER	1869 *	0	0	0	1	1	½	½	0	0	3.0	1873
102	Lewicki. Pawel		POL	1850 *	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3.0	1886
103	Murchadha, Oissine		IRL	1846	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3.0	1912
104	Flynn, David		ENG	1978	0	1	0	0	½	1	0	0	0	2.5	1809
105	Van Veen, Wout		NED	1944	½	½	0	½	0	0	0	0	1	2.5	1885
106	Clayton, Tristan		ENG	1812	½	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	2.5	1912
107	Willson, Ollie		ENG	1664 *	0	1	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	2.5	1743
108	Pooley, Mark		ENG	1608 *	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	1	0	2.5	1787
109	Arias Castanedo, Jacinto		ESP	1941	½	0	0	0	1	0	½	0	0	2.0	1755
110	Kearsley, Raymond J		ENG	1847	-	-	-	-	1	+	-	-	-	2.0	2475
111	Kalairajah, Shyam		ENG	1830	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	2.0	1667
112	Fletcher, Michael		ENG	2008 *	0	½	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	1.5	1946
113	Macrae, James S		SCO	1740	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	1.0	1548
114	O`Toole, George E		ENG	2189	0	½	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5	1891
115	Reuben, Stewart	CM	ENG	2137	-	½	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5	1880
116	Penfold, Bill		ENG	1728 *	-	-	-	-	-	½	-	0	-	0.5	1830
117	Young, Mel J		ENG	1889	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0	1285
117 players

5) 21st Keres Memorial 2012

The 21st Keres Memorial Rapid took place 6th-8th January 2012. There was a preliminary rapid on 6th-7th January won by Tarvo Seeman on tie-break from Vladimir Fedoseev after both scored 6/7 half a point clear of amongst others Alexander Khalifman, the top 4 were joined by Alexei Shirov, Jaan Ehlvest, Tomi Nyback and Kaido Kulaots on the final day for an all-play-all won by Alexei Shirov on tie-break from Vladimir Fedoseev after both scored 5/7.

Event: 21st Keres Memorial 2012
Place: Tallinn
CountryCode: EST
StartDate: Sat 7th Jan 2012
EndDate: Sun 8th Jan 2012
Website
Results

21st Keres Mem Prel
Sat 7th Jan 2012
Sun 8th Jan 2012
Tallinn
EST
86 Players.
7 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 15m+10spm

21st Keres Mem Prel Tallinn EST Sat 7th Jan 2012 - Sun 8th Jan 2012 Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Seeman Tarvo	IM	EST	2399	6.0	31.0	28.0	24.0
2	Fedoseev Vladimir	GM	RUS	2525	6.0	31.0	27.5	24.0
3	Khalifman Alexander	GM	RUS	2632	5.5	35.5	31.5	27.5
4	Volodin Aleksandr	GM	EST	2491	5.5	32.0	29.0	25.5
5	Shvorjov Igor	GM	EST	2470	5.5	30.5	27.5	24.5
6	Gabovits Ilia		EST	1882	5.5	29.0	26.5	23.0
7	Kovaljov Denis		EST	2274	5.5	26.0	23.5	20.5
8	Rauk Tonu		EST	2205	5.5	23.5	21.0	18.5
9	Westerinen Heikki M J	GM	FIN	2318	5.0	30.0	26.5	22.5
10	Ryzhkov Vjacheslav		RUS	2140	5.0	28.0	26.5	23.0
11	Vovk Ilja	FM	EST	2233	5.0	27.0	24.0	20.5
12	Daulyte Deimante	WGM	LTU	2223	5.0	26.0	24.5	22.0
13	Agopov Mikael	IM	FIN	2448	4.5	31.0	27.5	24.0
14	Shishkov Andrei	FM	EST	2380	4.5	29.5	26.5	23.0
	Valner Uku		EST	2197	4.5	29.5	26.5	23.0
16	Hartikainen Markku	FM	FIN	2334	4.5	29.5	26.0	22.5
17	Holvason Juri		EST	2122	4.5	29.0	27.5	24.5
18	Paakkonen Timo	FM	FIN	2282	4.5	28.5	26.0	23.0
19	Remmel Anto		EST	2263	4.5	26.0	23.5	20.5
20	Tusa Tuukka		FIN	2173	4.5	25.0	22.5	19.5
21	Viikmaa Karmen		EST	0	4.5	24.5	22.0	19.5
22	Schults Olev	FM	EST	2224	4.5	24.0	23.0	21.0
23	Ozolins Aris	FM	LAT	2236	4.5	23.0	20.5	18.0
24	Paronen Petteri		FIN	2120	4.0	28.5	26.0	23.5
25	Narva Triin	WCM	EST	1983	4.0	28.5	25.5	22.5
26	Ladva Ottomar		EST	2125	4.0	27.5	25.5	22.0
27	Ristoja Jan	FM	FIN	2285	4.0	27.5	25.0	22.0
28	Narva Mai		EST	1651	4.0	26.5	25.0	22.0
29	Annenkov Kirill	FM	RUS	2256	4.0	26.5	24.5	21.5
30	Sepp Olav	IM	EST	2488	4.0	26.5	24.0	21.0
31	Vorobjov Pavel		EST	2167	4.0	25.0	23.0	20.5
32	Kiili Markus		FIN	2198	4.0	24.0	23.0	19.5
33	Garber Vjatseslav		EST	2147	4.0	24.0	22.5	20.0
34	Ristoja Samu		FIN	2062	4.0	24.0	22.0	19.5
35	Teelem Lauri		EST	2066	4.0	20.5	19.0	17.0
	Kruusiauk Heda		EST	1951	4.0	20.5	19.0	17.0
37	Nero Georg		EST	0	4.0	19.5	17.5	15.0
38	Abozenko Georg		EST	1921	3.5	31.5	28.0	24.5
39	Kukk Sander		EST	2139	3.5	28.0	27.0	24.5
40	Saraikin Sergey		EST	2091	3.5	27.5	25.0	22.5
86 players

21st Keres Mem Fin
Sat 7th Jan 2012
Sun 8th Jan 2012
Tallinn
EST
8 Players.
7 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 15m+10spm

21st Keres Mem Fin Tallinn EST Sun 8th Jan 2012 - Sun 8th Jan 2012. Category: 13. Ave: (2571)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pts	TPR
1	Shirov, Alexei	GM	LAT	2710	#	1	=	1	=	1	=	=	5	2709
2	Fedoseev, Vladimir	GM	RUS	2525	0	#	1	=	1	=	1	1	5	2735
3	Ehlvest, Jaan	GM	USA	2594	=	0	#	=	=	1	=	1	4	2617
4	Khalifman, Alexander	GM	RUS	2632	0	=	=	#	=	=	1	=	3.5	2562
5	Nyback, Tomi	GM	FIN	2634	=	0	=	=	#	=	=	1	3.5	2562
6	Volodin, Aleksandr	GM	EST	2491	0	=	0	=	=	#	1	=	3	2532
7	Kulaots, Kaido	GM	EST	2581	=	0	=	0	=	0	#	1	2.5	2467
8	Seeman, Tarvo	IM	EST	2399	=	0	0	=	0	=	0	#	1.5	2365

Round 1. Sun 8th Jan 2012
Kulaots, Kaido	1-0	Seeman, Tarvo	47	C41	Philidor
Khalifman, Alexander	1/2-1/2	Fedoseev, Vladimir	14	D43	QGD semi-Slav
Volodin, Aleksandr	1/2-1/2	Nyback, Tomi	68	E10	Blumenfeld counter-gambit, Dus-Chotimursky variation
Shirov, Alexei	1/2-1/2	Ehlvest, Jaan	38	B32	Sicilian defence
Round 2. Sun 8th Jan 2012
Nyback, Tomi	1/2-1/2	Shirov, Alexei	45	D11	QGD Slav
Ehlvest, Jaan	1/2-1/2	Kulaots, Kaido	29	B90	Sicilian
Khalifman, Alexander	1/2-1/2	Volodin, Aleksandr	39	A04	Reti opening
Fedoseev, Vladimir	1-0	Seeman, Tarvo	30	E67	King's Indian
Round 3. Sun 8th Jan 2012
Volodin, Aleksandr	1/2-1/2	Fedoseev, Vladimir	44	D11	QGD Slav
Seeman, Tarvo	0-1	Ehlvest, Jaan	40	A07	Reti
Shirov, Alexei	1-0	Khalifman, Alexander	64	C63	Ruy Lopez
Kulaots, Kaido	1/2-1/2	Nyback, Tomi	40	C96	Ruy Lopez
Round 4. Sun 8th Jan 2012
Fedoseev, Vladimir	1-0	Ehlvest, Jaan	47	A65	Benoni
Volodin, Aleksandr	0-1	Shirov, Alexei	42	D11	QGD Slav
Khalifman, Alexander	1-0	Kulaots, Kaido	40	A13	English
Nyback, Tomi	1-0	Seeman, Tarvo	35	E92	King's Indian
Round 5. Sun 8th Jan 2012
Ehlvest, Jaan	1/2-1/2	Nyback, Tomi	20	C63	Ruy Lopez
Shirov, Alexei	1-0	Fedoseev, Vladimir	35	B90	Sicilian
Seeman, Tarvo	1/2-1/2	Khalifman, Alexander	20	B08	Pirc
Kulaots, Kaido	0-1	Volodin, Aleksandr	43	D02	Queen's pawn game, Krause variation
Round 6. Sun 8th Jan 2012
Shirov, Alexei	1/2-1/2	Kulaots, Kaido	46	B90	Sicilian
Volodin, Aleksandr	1/2-1/2	Seeman, Tarvo	54	E81	King's Indian
Khalifman, Alexander	1/2-1/2	Ehlvest, Jaan	15	D61	QGD
Fedoseev, Vladimir	1-0	Nyback, Tomi	46	D43	QGD semi-Slav
Round 7. Sun 8th Jan 2012
Kulaots, Kaido	0-1	Fedoseev, Vladimir	62	C07	French
Ehlvest, Jaan	1-0	Volodin, Aleksandr	79	B48	Sicilian
Nyback, Tomi	1/2-1/2	Khalifman, Alexander	49	E06	Catalan
Seeman, Tarvo	1/2-1/2	Shirov, Alexei	39	A07	Reti

6) Grand Prix Pyramides FFE

The Grand Prix Pyramides FFE took place in Le Port Marly in a two day event with a Swiss System tournament followed by a knockout. Maxime Vachier Lagrave beat Alexandr Fier 1.5-0.5 in the final.

Event: Grand Prix Pyramides FFE
Place: Port Marly
CountryCode: FRA
StartDate: Sat 7th Jan 2012
EndDate: Sun 8th Jan 2012
Website
Results

GP Pyramides FFE Op
Sat 7th Jan 2012
Sun 8th Jan 2012
Port Marly
FRA
148 Players.
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 15m+3spm

GP Pyramides FFE Op Port Marly FRA Sat 7th Jan 2012 - Sun 8th Jan 2012 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	Perf
1	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime		2699	7½	44½	38½	2789
2	David, Alberto		2598	7½	41½	38	2750
3	Bacrot, Etienne	g	2704	7	46	37½	2743
4	Istratescu, Andrei		2628	7	45½	38½	2739
5	Gharamian, Tigran	g	2676	7	44½	36	2738
6	Tregubov, Pavel V.		2599	7	46	38½	2730
7	Fier, Alexandr		2603	7	43	38	2711
8	Zubarev, Alexander		2597	7	40½	35	2648
9	Jankovic, Alojzije		2568	7	41	36	2643
10	Edouard, Romain		2616	6½	47	39	2709
11	Apicella, Manuel		2541	6½	43½	34½	2660
12	Bauer, Christian		2679	6½	44½	35	2648
13	Hamdouchi, Hicham		2613	6½	43	34½	2622
14	Bosiocic, Marin		2580	6½	41½	35½	2611
15	Landa, Konstantin		2645	6½	38½	31½	2583
16	Barsov, Alexei		2514	6½	42	33	2539
17	Pelletier, Yannick		2589	6½	37	30	2515
18	Naiditsch, Arkadij		2702	6	46½	36	2638
19	Fedorchuk, Sergey A.	g	2634	6	41½	35	2573
20	Lahno, Kateryna		2557	6	43½	33½	2558
21	Guliyev, Namig		2545	6	40	33	2530
22	Fargere, Francois	g	2467	6	41½	32	2451
23	Vuilleumier, Alexandre		2359	6	42	31	2440
24	Cekro, Ekrem		2389	6	38	31	2440
25	Fontaine, Robert		2552	6	39	29	2425
26	Skripchenko, Almira		2468	6	37½	30	2415
27	Le Huec, Marc		2254	6	40	29	2388
28	Leconte, Jean-Olivier		2300	6	39½	29	2332
29	Dubessay, Bastien		2360	5½	46	34½	2554
30	Shchekachev, Andrei	g	2524	5½	44½	32½	2514
31	Dourerassou, Jonathan		2452	5½	42	31	2471
32	Le Roux, Jean-Pierre		2534	5½	40½	30½	2456
33	Sedina, Elena		2352	5½	42	30½	2431
34	Roser, Kevin	m	2443	5½	39½	31	2430
35	Maze, Sebastien		2577	5½	37	28	2428
36	Vaisser, Anatoly		2563	5½	38	30½	2395
37	Flear, Glenn C		2470	5½	37½	30½	2373
38	Milliet, Sophie		2404	5½	37	30½	2334
39	Payen, Arnaud		2331	5½	37½	28	2304
40	Gervasio, Ricardo		2271	5½	38	27	2290
148 players

GP Pyramides FFE KO
Sat 7th Jan 2012
Sun 8th Jan 2012
Port Marly
FRA
8 Players.
3 Rounds.
KO
Time Control: 15m+3spm

GP Pyramides FFE KO Port Marly FRA Sun 8th Jan 2012 - Sun 8th Jan 2012
Final
Alexandr Fier	-	Maxime Vachier Lagrave	:	0.5-1.5
Semi-final
Etienne Bacrot	-	Alexandr Fier	:	0-2
Laurent Fressinet	-	Maxime Vachier Lagrave	:	0.5-1.5
Quarter-Final
Alberto David	-	Etienne Bacrot	:	1.5-2.5
Tigran Gharamian	-	Maxime Vachier Lagrave	:	0.5-1.5
Pavel Tregubov	-	Alexandr Fier	:	0.5-1.5
Andrei Istratescu	-	Laurent Fressinet	:	0.5-1.5

7) XLI Rilton Cup 2011-12

The 41st Rilton Cup 2011-12 took place 27th December - 5th January 2012. The 9 round swiss stars Bartosz Socko, Dragan Solak, Sergey Volkov, Grzegorz Gajewski, and Erwin L'Ami. Aleksandr Shimanov took clear first place with 7.5/9 a point clear of the field.

Event: XLI Rilton Cup 2011-12
Place: Stockholm
CountryCode: SWE
StartDate: Tue 27th Dec 2011
EndDate: Thu 5th Jan 2012
Website

XLI Rilton Cup
Tue 27th Dec 2011
Thu 5th Jan 2012
Stockholm
SWE
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)
Email: stockholms.schackfrbund@telia.com

XLI Rilton Cup Stockholm SWE Tue 27th Dec 2011 - Thu 5th Jan 2012 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2
1	Shimanov Aleksandr	GM	RUS	2549	7.5	40.5	0.0
2	Cicak Slavko	GM	SWE	2566	6.5	36.5	0.0
3	Solak Dragan	GM	TUR	2629	6.5	34.0	0.0
4	Ivanov Sergey	GM	RUS	2537	6.5	34.0	0.0
5	Socko Bartosz	GM	POL	2635	6.5	32.5	0.0
6	Gajewski Grzegorz	GM	POL	2616	6.0	33.0	0.0
7	Tikkanen Hans	GM	SWE	2586	6.0	32.5	0.0
8	Brynell Stellan	GM	SWE	2486	6.0	32.0	0.0
9	L'Ami Erwin	GM	NED	2594	6.0	31.5	0.0
10	Bakre Tejas	GM	IND	2509	6.0	31.0	0.0
11	Volkov Sergey	GM	RUS	2626	6.0	30.5	0.0
12	Sipilä Vilka	FM	FIN	2316	6.0	30.0	0.0
13	Nithander Victor	IM	SWE	2423	6.0	29.0	0.0
14	Karlsson Lars	GM	SWE	2485	6.0	28.0	0.0
15	Rozentalis Eduardas	GM	LTU	2586	5.5	33.0	0.0
16	Smith Axel	IM	SWE	2480	5.5	31.5	0.0
17	Lindberg Bengt	IM	SWE	2415	5.5	30.0	0.0
18	Socko Monica	GM	POL	2479	5.5	27.0	0.0
19	Nielsen Fries Jens Ove	IM	DEN	2387	5.5	25.5	0.0
20	Berczes David	GM	HUN	2555	5.0	29.0	0.0
21	Bellon Juan	GM	ESP	2419	5.0	28.5	0.0
22	Denisov Ivan		RUS	2348	5.0	28.0	0.0
23	Johansson Linus		SWE	2197	5.0	28.0	0.0
24	Åkesson Ralf	GM	SWE	2421	5.0	27.5	0.0
25	Semcesen Daniel	IM	SWE	2490	5.0	27.5	0.0
26	Sagit Rauan	FM	SWE	2368	5.0	26.0	0.0
27	Furhoff Johan	IM	SWE	2370	5.0	22.5	0.0
28	Codenotti Marco	FM	ITA	2293	5.0	21.5	0.0
29	Rasmussen Allan Stig	GM	DEN	2541	5.0	21.0	0.0
30	Blomqvist Erik	IM	SWE	2477	5.0	20.5	0.0
31	Pettersson Anders		SWE	2207	5.0	18.0	0.0
32	Leer-Salvesen Bjarte	IM	NOR	2380	4.5	26.5	0.0
33	L'Ami Alina	WGM	ROU	2364	4.5	25.0	0.0
34	Westerberg Jonathan	FM	SWE	2321	4.5	24.5	0.0
35	Cramling Pia	GM	SWE	2495	4.5	24.0	0.0
36	Malmdin Nils-Åke	FM	SWE	2308	4.5	24.0	0.0
37	Lundin Jan	FM	SWE	2314	4.5	23.5	0.0
38	Dragicevic Drazen	FM	SWE	2312	4.5	23.0	0.0
39	Deniz Arman	FM	TUR	2304	4.5	22.5	0.0
40	von Bahr Oskar		SWE	2284	4.5	22.0	0.0
41	Kenneskog Theodor		SWE	2123	4.5	21.5	0.0
42	Glimbrant Torbjörn		SWE	2250	4.5	21.5	0.0
43	Mack Wolfgang		GER	2293	4.5	21.5	0.0
44	Cederstam Barsk Carl		SWE	2129	4.5	20.0	0.0
45	Golikov Nikolai		RUS	2003	4.5	17.0	0.0
46	De Filomeno Simone	FM	ITA	2299	4.0	23.5	0.0
47	Byklum Björnar	FM	NOR	2252	4.0	22.5	0.0
48	Aperia Jakob		SWE	2059	4.0	22.0	0.0
49	Lindgren Philip		SWE	2152	4.0	22.0	0.0
50	Ölund Joar		SWE	2141	4.0	21.0	0.0
51	Glantz Robert		GER	2289	4.0	18.5	0.0
52	Johansson Gunnar		SWE	2238	4.0	17.5	0.0
53	Martynov Pavel		RUS	2211	4.0	15.0	0.0
54	Berggren Jonatan		SWE	2150	3.5	22.0	0.0
55	Bharat Arjun		IND	2178	3.5	20.0	0.0
56	Villegas Pierre		MNC	2249	3.5	19.5	0.0
57	Lokander Martin		SWE	2151	3.5	18.0	0.0
58	Henriksson Johan		SWE	2295	3.5	16.5	0.0
59	Agrest Inna	WIM	SWE	2189	3.5	16.5	0.0
60	Luukkonen Tommi	FM	FIN	2252	3.5	16.0	0.0
61	Jonsson Emil		SWE	2066	3.5	16.0	0.0
62	Hansson Fredrik		SWE	1985	3.5	13.0	0.0
63	Rydström Tom		SWE	1939	3.0	17.0	0.0
64	Bergström Rolf	FM	SWE	2301	3.0	15.5	0.0
65	Isetoft Daniel		SWE	2206	3.0	15.0	0.0
66	Eriksson Jörgen		SWE	2240	3.0	14.0	0.0
67	Hedström Johan		SWE	2100	3.0	13.5	0.0
68	Kwapinski Leszek		DEN	2051	3.0	13.0	0.0
69	Cramling Dan	IM	SWE	2392	3.0	12.0	0.0
70	Holving Rasmus		SWE	2221	2.5	16.5	0.0
71	Ask Josef		SWE	2207	2.5	16.5	0.0
72	Kassani Sam		SWE	1998	2.5	13.0	0.0
73	Evertsson Lennart		SWE	2130	2.5	10.0	0.0
74	Olofsson-Dolk Mattis		SWE	1988	2.5	10.0	0.0
75	Frisk Ellinor	WFM	SWE	2184	2.0	13.0	0.0
76	Bryntze Stefan		SWE	2175	2.0	7.0	0.0
77	Owen Jansson Anders		SWE	2106	0.0	0.0	0.0
77 players

8) Australian Championship 2011-12

The Australian Championship 2011-12 took place in North Geelong 27th December 2011 - 8th January 2012. Darryl K Johansen dominated with a score on 8.5/11 a point clear of the field.

Event: ch-Australia 2011-12
Place: North Geelong
CountryCode: AUS
StartDate: Tue 27th Dec 2011
EndDate: Sun 8th Jan 2012
Website
Results

ch-Australia 2011-12
Tue 27th Dec 2011
Sun 8th Jan 2012
North Geelong
AUS
30 Players.
11 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

ch-Australia 2011-12 North Geelong AUS Tue 27th Dec 2011 - Sun 8th Jan 2012 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Johansen Darryl K	GM	AUS	2403	8.5	69.0	57.5	53.00
2	Zhao Zong-Yuan	GM	AUS	2564	7.5	74.5	60.5	47.75
3	Smirnov Vladimir	IM	RUS	2401	7.5	71.0	57.5	46.75
4	Xie George Wendi	IM	AUS	2440	7.5	69.0	56.5	43.25
5	Solomon Stephen J	IM	AUS	2384	7.5	68.5	57.5	46.25
6	Ly Moulthun	IM	AUS	2376	6.5	71.0	58.0	39.25
7	Wohl Aleksandar H	IM	AUS	2404	6.5	68.5	57.0	37.50
8	Ikeda Junta	FM	AUS	2349	6.5	67.0	54.5	34.75
9	Khamparia Akshat	FM	IND	2414	6.0	67.5	54.5	34.25
10	Dragicevic Domagoj		AUS	2247	6.0	64.5	53.0	32.25
11	Tan Justin		AUS	2160	6.0	62.0	50.0	32.75
12	Morris James	IM	AUS	2364	5.5	66.0	54.0	31.50
13	Stojic Dusan	FM	AUS	2287	5.5	64.0	52.0	28.75
14	Cheng Bobby	FM	AUS	2345	5.5	63.0	52.5	26.50
15	Smirnov Anton		AUS	2063	5.5	57.0	47.0	28.00
16	Liu Yi		AUS	2039	5.5	56.0	46.0	26.50
17	Wallis Christopher	FM	AUS	2268	5.5	53.5	43.5	21.50
18	Jordan William	FM	AUS	2267	5.5	51.0	42.0	22.25
19	McClymont Brodie		AUS	2049	5.0	62.5	50.0	25.50
20	Nakauchi Gene	FM	AUS	2116	5.0	57.0	46.0	20.00
21	Muller Jonas		AUS	2023	5.0	50.5	42.0	19.75
22	Illingworth Max	FM	AUS	2401	4.5	55.5	46.5	21.25
23	Steadman Michael	FM	NZL	2269	4.5	54.0	44.0	17.75
24	Bird Andrew		AUS	2216	4.5	53.0	44.5	20.75
25	Zulfic Fedja		AUS	2087	4.5	50.0	41.0	18.00
26	Tang Jason		AUS	2008	4.0	56.0	44.5	17.75
27	Zelesco Karl		AUS	1976	4.0	49.0	40.5	14.50
28	Matheson Laurence		AUS	2126	3.5	55.5	44.5	17.00
29	Ferozkohi Ihsan		GER	2125	3.5	54.0	44.5	15.25
30	Chen Pengyu		AUS	2094	2.5	55.0	43.5	13.25
30 players

9) 17th Bosnjaci Open

The 17th Bosnjaci Open took place 3rd-9th January 2012. Sinisa Saric took clear first with 7.5/9.

Event: 17th Bosnjaci Open
Place: Bosnjaci
CountryCode: CRO
StartDate: Tue 3rd Jan 2012
EndDate: Mon 9th Jan 2012
Website
Results

17th Bosnjaci Open
Tue 3rd Jan 2012
Mon 9th Jan 2012
Bosnjaci
CRO
116 Players.
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

17th Bosnjaci Open Bosnjaci CRO Tue 3rd Jan 2012 - Mon 9th Jan 2012 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Sarić Sinisa	IM	SRB	2472	7.5	47.0	51.5	7
2	Pancevski Filip	IM	MKD	2459	7.0	49.0	53.5	6
3	Jovanović Zoran	GM	CRO	2556	7.0	47.5	52.0	5
4	Dizdarevic Emir	GM	BIH	2469	7.0	42.5	46.5	6
5	Martinović Sasa	GM	CRO	2505	6.5	49.0	52.5	5
6	Žaja Ivan	GM	CRO	2515	6.5	48.5	52.0	5
7	Leskur Dejan	IM	SRB	2394	6.5	46.5	50.5	4
8	Jakić Ivan	FM	CRO	2406	6.5	46.0	50.5	5
9	Živković Nikola	MK	CRO	2235	6.5	44.0	47.5	6
10	Kovacević BlaEimir	IM	CRO	2449	6.5	43.5	47.0	5
11	Sribar Peter	MK	CRO	2142	6.5	42.0	45.0	6
12	Stocko Josip	MK	CRO	2189	6.0	48.0	51.0	5
13	Kovacević Srećko	I	CRO	2078	6.0	48.0	51.0	4
14	Petrusić Toni	MK	CRO	2215	6.0	46.5	50.0	4
15	Vajic Goran		BIH	2221	6.0	45.5	49.5	5
16	Andrijevic Milan	IM	SRB	2338	6.0	44.5	48.0	5
17	Tomic Bosko	IM	BIH	2407	6.0	44.5	47.5	4
18	Brigljević Milan	FM	CRO	2278	6.0	43.0	47.0	5
19	Bobanac Miro	FM	CRO	2277	6.0	43.0	47.0	5
20	Dejanović Mladen	MK	CRO	2136	6.0	42.5	46.0	5
21	Francisković Borka	WIM	CRO	2272	6.0	42.0	45.5	3
22	Biti Ozren	IM	CRO	2406	5.5	50.0	53.0	4
23	Muskardin Mario	MK	CRO	2210	5.5	45.0	49.5	5
24	Blagojević Marijan	MK	CRO	2109	5.5	44.0	47.5	4
25	Kristović Marijan	FM	CRO	2269	5.5	44.0	47.0	5
26	Abdil Halil	FM	BIH	2293	5.5	41.5	45.0	5
27	Zovko Mario	MK	CRO	2236	5.5	41.0	44.5	4
28	Pandurević Miro	FM	CRO	2243	5.5	40.5	44.0	5
29	BlaEeka Matej	MK	CRO	2196	5.5	40.5	44.0	3
30	Vuković Ivo	FM	CRO	2238	5.5	39.0	42.0	3
31	Mezak Damir	II	CRO	1754	5.5	33.0	36.0	5
32	Bosnjak Nino	MK	CRO	2240	5.0	49.0	53.5	5
33	Bosnjak Petar	I	CRO	1918	5.0	44.5	48.0	4
34	Berke Ana	WFM	CRO	2153	5.0	44.0	47.5	4
35	Iveljic Igor	FM	BIH	2324	5.0	43.0	47.0	4
36	Radović Velimir	MK	CRO	2146	5.0	42.5	46.5	4
37	Urukalović Roman	MK	CRO	2250	5.0	42.0	45.5	3
38	Bajlo Kristijan	MK	CRO	2126	5.0	42.0	45.0	3
39	Hodak Stevo	FM	CRO	2209	5.0	40.0	43.0	4
40	Babić Andrija	I	CRO	2038	5.0	39.5	42.5	4
116 players

10) 37th Seville Open 2012

The 37th Seville Open takes place 7th-15th January 2012

Event: 37th Seville Open 2012
Place: Seville
CountryCode: ESP
StartDate: Sat 7th Jan 2012
EndDate: Sun 15th Jan 2012
Website
Results

37th Seville Open
Sat 7th Jan 2012
Sun 15th Jan 2012
Seville
ESP
232 Players.
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

37th Seville Open Seville ESP Sat 7th Jan 2012 - Sun 15th Jan 2012 Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	SVETUSHKIN Dmitry	GM	MDA	2598	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	SENGUPTA Deep	GM	IND	2562	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	MATAMOROS FRANCO Carlos S	GM	ECU	2552	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	TESKE Henrik	GM	GER	2550	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	CORNETTE Matthieu	GM	FRA	2545	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	HASLINGER Stewart G	GM	ENG	2534	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	SARIC Ante	GM	CRO	2528	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	MALAKHATKO Vadim	GM	BEL	2524	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	MIRZOEV Azer	GM	AZE	2523	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	CAMPORA Daniel H	GM	ARG	2490	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	FERNANDEZ ROMERO Ernesto	IM	ESP	2471	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	HERRAIZ HIDALGO Herminio	GM	ESP	2469	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	VAN DER WEIDE Karel	GM	NED	2445	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	RAZMYSLOV Alexander	IM	UKR	2438	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	MELLADO TRIVINO Juan	IM	AND	2435	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	TERAN ALVAREZ Ismael	IM	ESP	2422	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	POGORELOV Ruslan	GM	UKR	2415	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	ROY CHOWDHURY Saptarshi	IM	IND	2414	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	ESTREMERA PANOS Sergio	IM	ESP	2379	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	BARRERO GARCIA Carlos	FM	ESP	2370	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	ZOZULIA Anna	IM	BEL	2357	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	BYKOV Alexey	FM	RUS	2337	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	TORRES VENTOSA Pedro Eugenio	FM	ESP	2324	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	GARCIA JIMENEZ Francisco Javie	FM	ESP	2323	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	KOVACEVIC Slobodan	IM	SRB	2321	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	RZAYEV Bahruz		AZE	2308	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	BURGOS FIGUEROA Carlos E	IM	ESA	2289	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	MELERO FIDALGO Juan De Dios		ESP	2251	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	MUNOZ MARTIN Pablo		ESP	2243	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	SGNAOLIN Davide		ITA	2242	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	SARIC Kristina	WIM	CRO	2235	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	GONZALEZ GALVAN Juan Manuel	FM	ESP	2214	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	DIAZ CASTRO Sergio		ESP	2211	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	BARRANTES MUNOZ Hugo Pedro		ESP	2211	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	GALLARDO FERNANDEZ Cesar		ESP	2209	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	PEREZ GARCIA Roberto		ESP	2185	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	ROMERO SANCHEZ Jesus		ESP	2172	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	GOMEZ REBOLLO Alfonso Carlos		ESP	2160	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	BUXADE ROCA Guillermo		ESP	2158	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
	LASINSKAS Povilas	FM	LTU	2138	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
232 players

11) Chennai Open 2012

The Chennai Open takes place 4th-12th January 2012. Aleksej Aleksandrov and Yu Ruiyuan lead on 7/8 with three rounds to go.

Event: Chennai Open 2012
Place: Chennai
CountryCode: IND
StartDate: Wed 4th Jan 2012
EndDate: Thu 12th Jan 2012
Website
Results

Chennai Open 2012
Wed 4th Jan 2012
Thu 12th Jan 2012
Chennai
IND
285 Players.
11 Rounds.
Swiss

Chennai Open 2012 Chennai IND Wed 4th Jan 2012 - Thu 12th Jan 2012 Leading Round 8 (of 11) Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Aleksandrov Aleksej	GM	BLR	2612	7.0	40.5	35.5	33.5
2	Yu Ruiyuan		CHN	2491	7.0	40.0	35.5	33.0
3	Venkatesh M R	IM	IND	2499	6.5	39.5	34.5	33.5
4	Akshayraj Kore	IM	IND	2386	6.5	38.5	34.0	31.5
5	Oleksienko Mikhailo	GM	UKR	2563	6.5	38.5	33.5	31.5
6	Ma Qun		CHN	2475	6.5	37.5	33.0	31.0
7	Hoang Thanh Trang	GM	HUN	2435	6.5	37.0	33.0	30.0
8	Karthikeyan P	IM	IND	2402	6.5	37.0	32.5	30.5
9	Sethuraman S P	GM	IND	2529	6.5	36.5	32.0	31.0
10	Zeng Chongsheng		CHN	2400	6.5	36.5	32.0	30.0
11	Dzhumaev Marat	GM	UZB	2481	6.5	35.5	31.0	29.0
12	Deepan Chakkravarthy J	GM	IND	2495	6.5	34.0	30.0	28.5
13	Swayams Mishra		IND	2386	6.0	38.5	34.0	31.5
14	Debashis Das	IM	IND	2389	6.0	38.0	34.5	31.0
15	Kravtsiv Martyn	GM	UKR	2602	6.0	38.0	33.0	31.5
16	Gomez John Paul	GM	PHI	2506	6.0	36.5	32.5	30.0
17	Danielsen Henrik	GM	ISL	2536	6.0	35.5	31.0	29.5
18	Praveen Kumar C	IM	IND	2338	6.0	34.0	30.0	27.5
19	Himanshu Sharma	IM	IND	2408	5.5	40.0	35.5	33.5
20	Vishnu Prasanna V	IM	IND	2392	5.5	40.0	35.0	33.5
21	Neelotpal Das	GM	IND	2471	5.5	39.5	35.0	33.0
22	Navin Kanna T U		IND	2377	5.5	39.0	34.5	32.5
23	Vakhidov Jahongir	IM	UZB	2419	5.5	39.0	34.5	32.0
24	Rahman Ziaur	GM	BAN	2523	5.5	39.0	34.0	32.5
25	Konguvel Ponnuswamy	IM	IND	2344	5.5	38.0	34.0	31.5
26	Nitin S	IM	IND	2399	5.5	37.0	32.5	30.5
	Ghosh Diptayan	FM	IND	2372	5.5	37.0	32.5	30.5
28	Vaibhav Suri	IM	IND	2448	5.5	36.5	33.5	29.5
29	Shashikant Kutwal		IND	2289	5.5	36.5	32.5	30.0
30	Laxman R R	GM	IND	2434	5.5	36.0	31.0	30.5
31	Barbosa Oliver	GM	PHI	2573	5.5	35.0	31.5	29.5
32	Barua Dibyendu	GM	IND	2460	5.5	35.0	31.0	29.5
33	Bitoon Richard	GM	PHI	2515	5.5	35.0	31.0	29.0
34	Chandika Divyasree		IND	2160	5.5	34.5	31.0	28.0
35	Paragua Mark	GM	PHI	2522	5.5	34.5	30.5	29.0
36	Ravichandran Siddharth	IM	IND	2398	5.5	34.5	30.5	28.0
37	Narayanan S L		IND	2320	5.5	34.0	30.0	28.5
38	Ashwin Jayaram	IM	IND	2472	5.5	33.5	29.5	28.0
39	Toth Christian Endre	IM	BRA	2371	5.5	33.5	29.5	27.5
40	Gagare Shardul	FM	IND	2268	5.5	33.0	29.5	27.0
297 players

12) Mantova Open 2012

The Mantova Open took place 2nd-8th January 2012. Krasimir Rusev edged out Daniyyl Dvirnyy and Daniele Genocchio on tie-break after all finished on 6.5/9.

Event: Mantova Open 2012
Place: Mantua
CountryCode: ITA
StartDate: Mon 2nd Jan 2012
EndDate: Sun 8th Jan 2012
Website
Results

Mantova Open 2012
Mon 2nd Jan 2012
Sun 8th Jan 2012
Mantua
ITA
34 Players.
9 Rounds.
Swiss

Mantova Open 2012 Mantua ITA Mon 2nd Jan 2012 - Sun 8th Jan 2012 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3	Perf
1	Rusev, Krasimir	GM	2518	6.5	48.00	53.00	2385.56	2552
2	Dvirnyy, Daniyyl	IM	2492	6.5	47.50	52.50	2380.78	2547
3	Genocchio, Daniele	IM	2434	6.5	42.00	45.50	2247.22	2413
4	Tratar, Marko	GM	2499	6	47.50	52.00	2395.89	2521
5	Guido, Flavio	IM	2396	6	45.50	49.50	2328.22	2453
6	Naumkin, Igor	GM	2443	6	45.00	49.50	2337.11	2462
7	Arnaudov, G. Petar	IM	2473	6	44.00	46.50	2327.22	2452
8	Sbarra, Marco	FM	2288	5.5	41.50	45.00	2281.56	2362
9	Xia, Jie		2269	5.5	38.00	40.00	2232.78	2313
10	Paltrinieri, Nicholas		2109	5.5	35.00	37.00	2141.56	2222
11	Bontempi, Piero	FM	2336	5	41.00	43.50	2242.89	2286
12	Lantini, Marco		2136	5	38.00	40.50	2164.00	2207
13	Capaliku, Aleks		2099	5	37.00	39.50	2193.44	2236
14	Bertani, Gianfranco		2059	5	34.50	36.50	2127.67	2171
15	Negro, Roberto		2212	5	32.50	35.00	2073.11	2116
16	Mrdja, Milan	IM	2389	4.5	42.50	45.00	2292.33	2323
17	Ceschia, Ivano	FM	2319	4.5	40.00	43.50	2208.67	2209
18	Guerra, Alessandro		2216	4.5	35.00	37.50	2080.67	2081
19	Gilevich, Artem		2279	4	43.00	47.00	2228.89	2186
20	Radice, Luca		2025	4	41.00	43.50	2162.44	2119
21	Basso, Pier Luigi		2163	4	39.00	41.50	2170.33	2127
22	Picco, Ruggero		2024	4	38.50	41.00	2174.11	2131
23	Bini, Massimo		2013	4	36.00	38.50	2096.00	2053
24	Goldoni, Claudio		1971	4	33.50	36.00	2081.89	2039
25	Arnetta, Maria Teresa	WFM	2031	4	31.50	34.00	2029.78	2030
26	Di Primio, Eugenia		1972	3.5	36.00	38.50	2078.00	1998
27	Chiarion, Elisa		2003	3.5	34.00	36.00	2136.00	2056
28	Pipitone, Antonio		1944	3.5	27.50	29.50	2003.11	1923
29	Rebeggiani, Andrea		1947	3	34.00	36.50	2078.67	1902
30	Albinelli, Alberto		1877	3	33.00	35.00	2042.00	1870
31	Caldonazzo, Matteo		1958	3	31.00	33.50	2025.56	1901
32	Baroni, Alessandro		1932	2.5	31.00	33.00	1993.44	1827
33	Beltrami, Nerio		1961	2.5	30.50	32.00	2023.22	1780
34	La Venia, Stefano		2055	2	31.00	33.00	2077.89	1888
34 players

13) XXII Krakow Open 2011-12

The XXII Krakow GM and Open took place 27th December 2011 - 4th January 2012. Marcel Kanarek took clear first with 6/9.

Event: XXII Krakow Open 2011-12
Place: Krakow
CountryCode: POL
StartDate: Tue 27th Dec 2011
EndDate: Wed 4th Jan 2012
Website

GM Krakow 2011
Tue 27th Dec 2011
Wed 4th Jan 2012
Krakow
POL
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

GM Krakow 2011 Krakow POL Tue 27th Dec 2011 - Wed 4th Jan 2012. Category: 9. Ave: (2457)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts	TPR
1	Kanarek, Marcel	IM	POL	2467	#	0	0	=	1	1	=	1	1	1	6	2581
2	Velicka, Petr	GM	CZE	2472	1	#	=	=	=	=	=	1	=	=	5.5	2535
3	Piorun, Kacper	IM	POL	2520	1	=	#	0	0	1	=	=	=	1	5	2493
4	Jakubiec, Artur	GM	POL	2534	=	=	1	#	0	=	=	0	1	1	5	2491
5	Dragun, Kamil	IM	POL	2424	0	=	1	1	#	0	1	0	=	=	4.5	2460
6	Andersen, Mads	IM	DEN	2384	0	=	0	=	1	#	=	=	=	1	4.5	2465
7	Kasparov, Sergey	GM	BLR	2521	=	=	=	=	0	=	#	1	=	0	4	2407
8	Rajlich, Iweta	IM	POL	2428	0	0	=	1	1	=	0	#	0	=	3.5	2380
9	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	FM	POL	2379	0	=	=	0	=	=	=	1	#	0	3.5	2385
10	Cernousek, Lukas	IM	CZE	2438	0	=	0	0	=	0	1	=	1	#	3.5	2379

Round 1. Tue 27th Dec 2011
Andersen, Mads	1/2-1/2	Jakubiec, Artur	17	A43	Old Benoni defence
Kanarek, Marcel	0-1	Velicka, Petr	32	C24	Bishop's opening
Dragun, Kamil	1/2-1/2	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	63	B94	Sicilian
Cernousek, Lukas	1-0	Kasparov, Sergey	39	A50	Queen's pawn game
Rajlich, Iweta	1/2-1/2	Piorun, Kacper	55	E91	King's Indian
Round 2. Wed 28th Dec 2011
Jakubiec, Artur	1-0	Piorun, Kacper	50	A24	English
Kasparov, Sergey	1-0	Rajlich, Iweta	55	C07	French
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	0-1	Cernousek, Lukas	56	B50	Sicilian
Velicka, Petr	1/2-1/2	Dragun, Kamil	43	B50	Sicilian
Andersen, Mads	0-1	Kanarek, Marcel	48	E99	King's Indian
Round 3. Thu 29th Dec 2011
Kanarek, Marcel	1/2-1/2	Jakubiec, Artur	31	A40	Queen's pawn
Dragun, Kamil	0-1	Andersen, Mads	60	C85	Ruy Lopez
Cernousek, Lukas	1/2-1/2	Velicka, Petr	60	D02	Queen's pawn game
Rajlich, Iweta	0-1	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	26	E32	Nimzo-Indian
Piorun, Kacper	1/2-1/2	Kasparov, Sergey	41	A57	Benko gambit
Round 4. Fri 30th Dec 2011
Jakubiec, Artur	1/2-1/2	Kasparov, Sergey	40	A03	Bird's opening
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	1/2-1/2	Piorun, Kacper	40	B32	Sicilian
Velicka, Petr	1-0	Rajlich, Iweta	72	C07	French
Andersen, Mads	1-0	Cernousek, Lukas	49	D90	Gruenfeld
Kanarek, Marcel	1-0	Dragun, Kamil	37	A52	Budapest
Round 5. Sat 31st Dec 2011
Dragun, Kamil	1-0	Jakubiec, Artur	44	B99	Sicilian
Cernousek, Lukas	0-1	Kanarek, Marcel	49	E62	King's Indian
Rajlich, Iweta	1/2-1/2	Andersen, Mads	34	D85	Gruenfeld
Piorun, Kacper	1/2-1/2	Velicka, Petr	43	D15	QGD Slav
Kasparov, Sergey	1/2-1/2	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	52	D02	Queen's pawn game
Round 6. Mon 2nd Jan 2012
Jakubiec, Artur	1-0	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	54	B22	Sicilian
Velicka, Petr	1/2-1/2	Kasparov, Sergey	51	C41	Philidor
Andersen, Mads	0-1	Piorun, Kacper	44	E04	Catalan
Kanarek, Marcel	1-0	Rajlich, Iweta	40	D86	Gruenfeld
Dragun, Kamil	1/2-1/2	Cernousek, Lukas	79	B94	Sicilian
Round 7. Mon 2nd Jan 2012
Cernousek, Lukas	0-1	Jakubiec, Artur	35	A81	Dutch defence
Rajlich, Iweta	1-0	Dragun, Kamil	83	A00	Van't Kruijs opening
Piorun, Kacper	1-0	Kanarek, Marcel	55	D70	Neo-Gruenfeld defence
Kasparov, Sergey	1/2-1/2	Andersen, Mads	54	D11	QGD Slav
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	1/2-1/2	Velicka, Petr	56	C67	Ruy Lopez
Round 8. Tue 3rd Jan 2012
Jakubiec, Artur	1/2-1/2	Velicka, Petr	44	A03	Bird's opening
Andersen, Mads	1/2-1/2	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	33	B92	Sicilian
Kanarek, Marcel	1/2-1/2	Kasparov, Sergey	40	B01	Scandinavian
Dragun, Kamil	1-0	Piorun, Kacper	43	C11	French
Cernousek, Lukas	1/2-1/2	Rajlich, Iweta	56	E61	King's Indian defence, 3.Nc3
Round 9. Wed 4th Jan 2012
Rajlich, Iweta	1-0	Jakubiec, Artur	53	E94	King's Indian
Piorun, Kacper	1-0	Cernousek, Lukas	33	A16	English
Kasparov, Sergey	0-1	Dragun, Kamil	91	B54	Sicilian
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	0-1	Kanarek, Marcel	56	C65	Ruy Lopez
Velicka, Petr	1/2-1/2	Andersen, Mads	69	C53	Giuoco Piano

XXII Krakow Open
Tue 27th Dec 2011
Wed 4th Jan 2012
Krakow
POL
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

XXII Krakow Open Krakow POL Tue 27th Dec 2011 - Wed 4th Jan 2012 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	4	Tomczak, Jacek	IM	POL	2544	7.0	39.00	49.50	36.5
2	7	Gavrilov, Alexei	GM	RUS	2498	7.0	38.50	49.00	35.0
3	2	Moranda, Wojciech	GM	POL	2568	6.5	40.00	52.00	34.5
4	3	Cyborowski, Lukasz	GM	POL	2548	6.5	40.00	51.00	35.5
5	6	Stupak, Kirill	GM	BLR	2503	6.5	38.00	48.00	35.0
6	14	Hnydiuk, Aleksander	IM	POL	2431	6.5	33.50	41.50	30.0
7	9	Baryshpolets, Andrey	IM	UKR	2477	6.5	33.00	42.00	31.5
8	13	Sivuk, Vitaly	IM	UKR	2432	6.0	38.50	49.00	31.5
9	19	Sadzikowski, Daniel	FM	POL	2380	6.0	38.00	47.00	32.0
10	8	Jedynak, Radoslaw	GM	POL	2494	6.0	37.00	47.50	31.0
11	40	Borsos, Bogdan	IM	UKR	2239	6.0	34.50	43.50	28.0
12	12	Sieciechowicz, Marcin	IM	POL	2441	6.0	33.50	42.00	29.0
13	28	Toma, Katarzyna	WIM	POL	2297	6.0	30.00	38.50	26.5
14	1	Lintchevski, Daniil	GM	RUS	2575	5.5	44.50	55.00	34.0
15	5	Malaniuk, Vladimir P	GM	UKR	2504	5.5	41.00	52.00	33.0
16	62	Lewtak, Damian		POL	2138	5.5	37.50	48.50	26.5
17	25	Mulet, Piotr	FM	POL	2303	5.5	33.50	42.00	27.5
18	18	Grinev, Valeriy	FM	UKR	2396	5.5	32.50	42.50	29.0
19	21	Laurusas, Tomas		LTU	2363	5.5	32.00	42.00	26.5
20	15	Brodowski, Piotr		POL	2421	5.5	31.50	41.00	28.0
21	17	Tregubov, Vadim		UKR	2397	5.5	30.50	39.50	25.0
22	22	Nyysti, Sampsa	IM	FIN	2345	5.5	30.00	38.50	24.5
23	11	Shishkin, Vadim	GM	UKR	2449	5.0	38.50	49.50	31.5
24	36	Moliboga, V.		RUS	2251	5.0	37.50	46.00	28.0
25	39	Worek, Joanna	WIM	POL	2243	5.0	37.00	46.50	26.5
26	33	Swiech, Przemyslaw		POL	2269	5.0	34.50	44.50	26.0
27	20	Mertanen, Janne	FM	FIN	2374	5.0	34.50	43.50	28.5
28	82	Marczuk, Dominik		POL	1938	5.0	33.50	43.50	23.5
29	31	Licznerski, Lukasz		POL	2271	5.0	33.50	43.00	27.0
30	68	Wiewiora, Eneasz		POL	2124	5.0	33.50	43.00	22.5
31	27	Skawinski, Arkadiusz	FM	POL	2300	5.0	33.50	42.50	27.0
32	23	Solys, Laimutis	FM	LTU	2335	5.0	33.00	44.00	27.0
33	55	Mucha, Roman		POL	2178	5.0	33.00	42.00	22.5
34	56	Klepaczka, Tomasz		POL	2166	5.0	32.50	42.00	23.0
35	35	Kalvaitis, Sigitas		LTU	2252	5.0	32.50	41.50	24.5
36	32	Rawicz, Karol	FM	POL	2269	5.0	31.00	40.50	23.5
37	24	Coursaget, Nicolas	FM	FRA	2309	5.0	31.00	39.50	25.5
38	44	Lewicki, Miroslaw	CM	POL	2222	5.0	28.50	38.00	21.0
39	37	Gonzalez Diaz, Julio		ESP	2249	5.0	28.50	36.50	21.0
40	34	Valli, Frans		FIN	2257	4.5	36.50	45.50	27.0
84 players

14) 14th Schachfestival Basel 2012

The 14th Schachfestival Basel took place 1st-5th January 2012. Boris Grachev took clear first with 5.5/7.

Event: 14th Schachfestival Basel 2012
Place: Basel
CountryCode: SUI
StartDate: Sun 1st Jan 2012
EndDate: Thu 5th Jan 2012
Website

14th Hilton Open
Sun 1st Jan 2012
Thu 5th Jan 2012
Basel
SUI
77 Players.
7 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 100m:30m+30spm(1)

14th Hilton Open Basel SUI Sun 1st Jan 2012 - Thu 5th Jan 2012 Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	+	-	=	Pts	TB1	TB2
1	Grachev, Boris	GM	RUS	2693	4	0	3	5.5	23.5	32.5
2	Turov, Maxim	GM	RUS	2645	4	1	2	5.0	23.0	32.5
3	Fier, Alexandr	GM	BRA	2603	3	0	4	5.0	23.0	32.0
4	Pelletier, Yannick	GM	SUI	2589	3	0	4	5.0	22.5	29.0
5	Bartel, Mateusz	GM	POL	2658	4	1	2	5.0	22.0	32.0
6	Prohaszka, Peter	GM	HUN	2547	3	0	4	5.0	21.5	30.5
7	Cherniaev, Alexand	GM	RUS	2469	3	0	4	5.0	21.5	30.0
8	Skembris, Spyridon	GM	GRE	2463	4	1	2	5.0	20.0	29.5
9	Dann, Matthias	FM	GER	2381	3	0	4	5.0	18.5	25.0
10	Kozhuharov, Spas	IM	BUL	2432	3	1	3	4.5	21.0	30.5
11	Ghaem Maghami, Ehs	GM	IRI	2570	2	0	5	4.5	20.5	29.5
12	Vorotnikov, Vladis	GM	RUS	2440	2	0	5	4.5	20.0	30.0
13	Hera, Imre Jr	GM	HUN	2558	4	2	1	4.5	19.5	29.0
14	Heimann, Andreas	IM	GER	2459	3	1	3	4.5	19.5	26.5
15	Filipovic, Branko	IM	CRO	2374	3	1	3	4.5	19.0	30.0
16	Vorobiov, Evgeny E	GM	RUS	2589	2	0	5	4.5	19.0	27.5
17	Enchev, Ivajlo	IM	BUL	2430	3	1	3	4.5	19.0	27.0
18	Cebalo, Miso	GM	CRO	2444	3	1	3	4.5	18.5	27.0
19	Lutz, Bernhard	FM	GER	2321	3	1	3	4.5	16.5	26.0
20	Dobosz, Henryk	IM	POL	2396	4	1	2	4.5	16.0	21.5
21	Nikolov, Momchil	GM	BUL	2560	2	1	4	4.0	19.0	29.5
22	Toth, Bela	IM	ITA	2350	4	3	0	4.0	18.0	26.5
23	Schmidt-Schaeffer,		GER	2376	3	2	2	4.0	18.0	25.5
24	Hess, Christian	FM	GER	2256	1	0	6	4.0	17.5	28.5
25	Archangelsky, Mikh	IM	RUS	2197	2	1	4	4.0	17.0	26.5
26	Lekic, Dusan	IM	MNE	2402	2	1	4	4.0	17.0	23.0
27	Curien, Nicolas		SUI	2177	3	2	2	4.0	16.5	28.5
28	Grandadam, Nicolas	FM	SUI	2342	3	2	2	4.0	16.5	27.0
29	Kolbus, Dietmar	IM	GER	2325	2	1	4	4.0	16.5	24.0
30	Stankovic, Zeljko		SUI	2200	4	3	0	4.0	16.0	23.5
31	Vulevic, Vjekoslav	FM	MNE	2294	4	3	0	4.0	16.0	22.5
32	Minko, Vladimir		RUS	2038	3	2	2	4.0	15.5	24.5
33	Alfred, Nathan S W	FM	ENG	2288	3	2	2	4.0	15.5	21.5
34	Milosevic, Goran	IM	SUI	2340	3	2	2	4.0	15.0	23.0
35	Garner, David J		ENG	2165	2	1	4	4.0	14.5	24.0
36	Milliet, Sophie	IM	FRA	2404	3	2	2	4.0	13.5	23.0
37	Giesler, Julius		GER	1808	4	3	0	4.0	12.0	20.5
38	Kelecevic, Nedeljk	IM	SUI	2245	1	1	5	3.5	17.0	29.0
39	Xheladini, Mahmut	FM	GER	2278	3	3	1	3.5	16.0	27.0
40	Metz, Hartmut	FM	GER	2319	3	3	1	3.5	16.0	26.5
77 players

15) 13th IM and 14th GM Metropolitan Events

The 14th Metropolitan IM took place 7th-11th December 2011. Faik Aleskerov won with 6.5/9.

The 13th Metropolitan Invitational GM tournament took place 7th-11th December 2011. Mikheil Kekelidze took clear first with 7/9.

Jack Peters sends more games.

16) 1st Sankt Leon-Rot Open 2012

The 1st Sankt Leon-Rot Open took place 27th-30th December 2011. Vadim Chernov won with 6.5/7.

Event: 1st Sankt Leon-Rot Open 2012
Place: Sankt Leon-Rot
CountryCode: GER
StartDate: Tue 27th Dec 2011
EndDate: Fri 30th Dec 2011
Website
Results

1st St Leon-Rot Open
Tue 27th Dec 2011
Fri 30th Dec 2011
Sankt Leon-Rot
GER
98 Players.
7 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 120m+30m

1st St Leon-Rot Open Sankt Leon-Rot GER Tue 27th Dec 2011 - Fri 30th Dec 2011 Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Chernov Vadim	IM	ROU	2445	6.5	24.0	30.00
2	Gschnitzer Oswald Dr.	IM	GER	2466	6.0	24.5	29.25
3	Farmani Anosheh Armin		GER	2216	5.5	21.5	22.00
4	Wuest Hans-Heiner		GER	2120	5.5	20.5	21.00
5	Herbold Manfred		GER	2154	5.5	18.0	20.50
6	Boos Patrick		GER	2125	5.0	23.5	21.75
7	Ackermann Daniel		GER	0	5.0	23.0	21.50
8	Haas Frank Dr.		GER	2180	5.0	22.5	21.75
9	Kopp Bjoern		GER	2142	5.0	22.0	20.75
10	Mehne Claudius		GER	2203	5.0	21.0	19.50
11	Helbig Daniel		GER	2072	5.0	21.0	19.25
12	Martin Stefan		GER	2198	5.0	21.0	19.00
13	Roettig Hans-Peter		GER	2059	5.0	21.0	18.50
14	Haas Michael		GER	2191	5.0	20.0	19.75
15	Senk Christian		GER	2162	5.0	19.0	18.50
16	Geyer Bernhard		GER	2141	4.5	23.0	18.50
17	Greulich Jan		GER	1933	4.5	21.5	17.50
18	Fuchs Benno		GER	1856	4.5	21.5	14.50
19	Villing Dieter		GER	2187	4.5	21.0	16.75
20	Moser Axel		GER	2124	4.5	19.5	15.50
21	Bernhard Sebastian		GER	1817	4.5	19.5	15.00
22	Horn Hans-Markus		GER	1999	4.5	19.5	14.00
23	May Juergen		GER	2023	4.5	18.5	14.00
	Tran Thanh Kien		GER	1945	4.5	18.5	14.00
25	Meusel Rolf		GER	1898	4.5	18.0	15.25
26	Zimmer Frank		GER	2099	4.0	21.5	16.50
27	Dushatskiy Fedor		GER	2218	4.0	21.0	15.75
28	Pelt Alexander		GER	2107	4.0	20.0	15.25
29	Volz Daniel		GER	1925	4.0	19.5	13.50
30	Willrodt Sonja		GER	1894	4.0	19.5	13.00
31	Hielscher Ursula		GER	1882	4.0	19.5	12.25
32	Stalter Thomas		GER	0	4.0	19.5	12.00
33	Thier Juergen		GER	2105	4.0	19.0	14.00
34	Weis Hans-Dieter		GER	0	4.0	19.0	11.50
	Jenisch Achim		GER	1859	4.0	19.0	11.50
36	Widmann Volker		GER	2134	4.0	18.5	13.25
37	White Herbert		GER	1898	4.0	18.5	12.00
38	Osmanovic Faruk		GER	2010	4.0	18.0	12.00
39	Gschnitzer Adrian		GER	1637	4.0	16.5	10.75
40	Herbst Timothy		GER	1884	4.0	14.5	11.25
98 players

17) 24th Staufer-Open 2012

The 24th Staufer-Open took place 2nd-6th January 2012. Ilmars Starostits edged out Alexander Zubarev, Normunds Miezis, Vladimir Burmakin and Viesturs Meijers after all scored 7.5/9.

Event: 24th Staufer-Open 2012
Place: Schwaebisch Gmuend
CountryCode: GER
StartDate: Mon 2nd Jan 2012
EndDate: Fri 6th Jan 2012
Website

24th Staufer-Open
Mon 2nd Jan 2012
Fri 6th Jan 2012
Schwaebisch Gmuend
GER
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 120m+30m

24th Staufer-Open Schwaebisch Gmuend GER Mon 2nd Jan 2012 - Fri 6th Jan 2012 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2
1	Starostits, Ilmars	2469	7.5	49.0	385.0
2	Zubarev, Alexander	2597	7.5	49.0	385.0
3	Miezis, Normunds	2544	7.5	48.5	381.5
4	Burmakin, Vladimir	2593	7.5	48.0	363.5
5	Meijers, Viesturs	2477	7.5	46.0	377.5
6	Ikonnikov, Vyaches	2531	7.0	49.0	361.5
7	Poetsch, Hagen	2408	7.0	48.5	381.5
8	Korneev, Oleg	2584	7.0	48.0	375.0
9	Zeller, Frank	2402	7.0	47.5	373.5
10	Sohl, Jan	2165	7.0	43.0	338.5
11	Gohil, Harry	2322	6.5	51.5	369.0
12	Neuman, Petr	2459	6.5	51.0	365.5
13	Dgebuadze, Alexand	2551	6.5	49.0	373.0
14	Schroeder, Jan-Chri	2221	6.5	47.5	358.0
15	Bluebaum, Matthias	2413	6.5	47.5	354.5
16	Namyslo, Holger	2213	6.5	47.5	347.5
17	Reschke, Stefan	2361	6.5	46.5	368.0
18	Gutman, Lev	2462	6.5	44.0	349.0
19	Jurek, Josef	2350	6.5	44.0	346.5
20	Kunz, Konstantin	2263	6.5	43.0	349.5
21	Bauer, Andreas	2124	6.5	42.0	357.5
22	Buhmann, Rainer	2617	6.0	55.0	372.0
23	Manakov, Ilya	2340	6.0	50.5	364.5
24	Stets, Dmitry	2479	6.0	50.0	362.0
25	Wagner, Dennis	2355	6.0	47.5	357.0
26	Braun, Peter	2203	6.0	47.0	350.5
27	Vaysberg, Alexande	2176	6.0	46.0	351.5
28	Kvetny, Mark	2155	6.0	45.5	357.5
29	Kersten, Uwe	2312	6.0	45.5	352.5
30	Gheng, Josef	2349	6.0	45.0	360.5
31	Merk, Tobias	2135	6.0	45.0	351.0
32	Hahn, Markus	2137	6.0	43.5	350.0
33	Rosenberger, Frank	2165	6.0	43.5	341.5
34	Dorst, Johannes	2185	6.0	43.5	338.5
35	Bravo-Lutz, Sebast	2245	6.0	43.5	337.0
36	Zikeli, Saskia	2102	6.0	43.0	358.0
37	Fuss, Klaus	2099	6.0	43.0	343.0
38	Koop, Thorben	2117	6.0	42.5	341.0
39	Denk, Juergen	2016	6.0	42.0	330.0
40	Duncker, Joachim	2271	6.0	41.5	336.0
254 players

18) 28th Travemuender Open

The 28th Travemuender Open took place 27th-30th December 2011. Andrey Sumets won with 6/7. A very small number of games extracted from the live coverage are available.

Event: 28th Travemuender Open
Place: Travemuende
CountryCode: GER
StartDate: Tue 27th Dec 2011
EndDate: Fri 30th Dec 2011
Website

28th Travemuender Op
Tue 27th Dec 2011
Fri 30th Dec 2011
Travemuende
GER
176 Players.
7 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 120m+30m

28th Travemuender Op Travemuende GER Tue 27th Dec 2011 - Fri 30th Dec 2011 Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	+	-	=	Pts	TB1
1	Sumets, Andrey	GM	UKR	2569	5	0	2	6.0	30.5
2	Telljohann, Sven	IM		2444	4	0	3	5.5	29.0
3	Svetushkin, Dmitri	GM	MDA	2594	5	1	1	5.5	28.5
3	Rabiega, Robert	GM	GER	2501	4	0	3	5.5	28.5
5	Mainka, Romuald	GM	GER	2488	4	0	3	5.5	28.0
6	Maiorov, Nikita	GM	BLR	2558	4	0	3	5.5	27.5
6	Epishin, Vladimir	GM	RUS	2543	4	0	3	5.5	27.5
8	Hausrath, Daniel	IM		2506	4	0	3	5.5	27.0
8	Svane, Rasmus			2363	5	1	1	5.5	27.0
10	Voloshin, Leonid	GM	CZE	2449	4	0	3	5.5	26.5
11	Melamed, Tetyana	WGM		2362	5	1	1	5.5	25.0
12	Bokelbrink, Uwe			2306	5	1	1	5.5	24.0
13	Helbig, Mark	FM		2333	4	1	2	5.0	30.0
14	Hochgraefe, Markus	FM		2345	4	1	2	5.0	26.0
15	Meyner, Hannes			2204	4	1	2	5.0	25.5
16	Straeter, Timo	FM		2327	3	0	4	5.0	24.5
17	Wichmann, Daniel			2190	4	1	2	5.0	23.0
18	Busch, Christian			2136	4	1	2	5.0	22.0
19	Sundorf, Jannik			2142	4	1	2	5.0	20.5
20	Escher, Clemens			2234	4	2	1	4.5	30.0
21	Schulenburg, Torben			1965	4	2	1	4.5	29.0
22	Schulz, Jens			2194	4	2	1	4.5	28.0
22	Schulenburg, Fabian			2183	3	1	3	4.5	28.0
22	Koke, Christoph			2131	3	1	3	4.5	28.0
25	Welling, Gerard	IM	NED	2343	3	1	3	4.5	27.5
25	Schulz, Karsten	FM		2310	3	1	3	4.5	27.5
25	Leisner, Hannes		GER	2182	4	2	1	4.5	27.5
25	Heimsoth, Sven-Holger			2167	2	0	5	4.5	27.5
29	Salov, Sergej	IM		2267	3	1	3	4.5	27.0
29	Nazarenus, Moritz			2229	4	2	1	4.5	27.0
31	Schreiner, Till			2155	3	1	3	4.5	26.5
32	Klein, Felix	FM		2245	3	1	3	4.5	26.0
32	Mueller, Tobias			2110	3	1	3	4.5	26.0
34	Chilla, Jan Eric			2134	4	2	1	4.5	25.5
34	Machlin, Maxim			1957	4	2	1	4.5	25.5
36	Meyer, Kai-Christian			2177	3	1	3	4.5	25.0
37	Jahncke, Giso	CM		2152	3	1	3	4.5	24.5
37	Herrmann, Oliver			2133	4	2	1	4.5	24.5
39	Kesten, Sebastian			2221	4	2	1	4.5	24.0
40	Koelsch, Maximilian			2194	3	1	3	4.5	23.5
176 players

19) Befana Open 2012

The Befana Open took place 2nd-8th January 2012. Nenad Fercec won with 7/9.

Event: Befana Open 2012
Place: Milan
CountryCode: ITA
StartDate: Mon 2nd Jan 2012
EndDate: Sun 8th Jan 2012
Website

Befana Open 2012
Mon 2nd Jan 2012
Sun 8th Jan 2012
Milan
ITA
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

Befana Open 2012 Milan ITA Mon 2nd Jan 2012 - Sun 8th Jan 2012 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	Fercec Nenad	GM	2462	7.0	44.50	49.00	2290.11
2	7	Doric Nenad	IM	2327	6.5	43.00	47.00	2245.89
3	2	Zufic Miroslav	IM	2427	6.0	45.50	49.50	2300.22
4	3	Martinez Rolly	IM	2420	6.0	44.50	49.00	2242.22
5	4	Marholev Dimitar	IM	2370	6.0	44.50	48.50	2266.00
6	5	Vuelban Virgilio	IM	2361	5.5	43.50	46.00	2235.22
7	8	Vezzosi Paolo	IM	2282	5.5	42.50	45.00	2187.33
8	12	Bozzali Ermanno		2110	5.5	39.00	41.50	2173.67
9	13	Astengo Corrado		2109	5.0	38.50	41.00	2154.78
10	9	Montani Francesco		2209	5.0	36.50	39.50	2081.78
11	10	Cani Gazmir		2150	4.5	43.00	46.50	2183.44
12	17	Bemporad Filippo		2055	4.5	41.00	44.00	2155.00
13	15	Gonella Daniele		2100	4.5	38.00	40.50	2105.00
14	21	Pelizzola Danilo		1963	4.5	37.00	39.50	2141.00
15	11	Cazzaniga Walter		2128	4.5	35.00	37.50	2102.44
16	19	Astengo Marcello		2030	4.5	30.50	33.00	2026.56
17	6	Lanzani Mario	IM	2347	4.0	42.50	45.00	2232.78
18	16	Miracola Massimilian		2084	4.0	42.00	45.00	2196.67
19	18	Nicolo Filippo		2049	4.0	36.50	39.50	2096.44
20	26	Swannie Douglas		1932	4.0	31.50	34.00	2018.56
21	28	Guzzetti Luigi Enric		1905	4.0	30.50	33.00	2018.11
22	27	Cantu Guido		1914	3.5	32.00	34.50	2015.22
23	24	Nepi Ezio		1934	3.5	29.50	31.50	1990.89
24	23	Motola Jacopo		1945	3.5	28.50	31.00	1991.78
25	25	Petrone Gianmario		1933	3.0	30.50	33.50	2000.56
26	14	Gongalov Bojan		2105	2.5	36.00	38.50	2088.56
27	22	Virzi Ettore		1960	2.5	33.00	35.50	2040.11
28	20	Seminara Antonio		1989	0.5	27.50	29.00	2019.67
28 players

20) Northern California International

The Northern California International took place 2nd-8th January 2012. There wasn't an all-play-all as initially planned but instead a 9 round open won by Sam Shankland alone with 7/9.

Event: Northern California International
Place: Fremont
CountryCode: USA
StartDate: Mon 2nd Jan 2012
EndDate: Sun 8th Jan 2012
Website

Northern California
Mon 2nd Jan 2012
Sun 8th Jan 2012
Fremont
USA
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)
Email: asharma@math.berkeley.edu

Northern California
Mon 2nd Jan 2012
Sun 8th Jan 2012
Fremont
USA
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)
Email: asharma@math.berkeley.edu

Northern California Fremont USA Mon 2nd Jan 2012 - Sun 8th Jan 2012 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	Rtg	Pts	Prize
1	Shankland, Sam	GM	2565	7.0	1st: $3000
2	Ramirez, Alejandro	GM	2594	6.5	2nd/3rd: $1166
3	Friedel, Josh	GM	2523	6.5	2nd/3rd: $1166
4	Arnold, Marc	IM	2482	6.5	2nd/3rd/U2500: $1166
5	Meier, Georg	GM	2671	6.0
6	Macieja, Bartlomiej	GM	2617	6.0
7	Shulman, Yury	GM	2598	6.0
8	Bachmann, Axel	GM	2560	6.0
9	Margvelashvili, Giorgi	GM	2531	6.0
10	Molner, Mackenzie	IM	2449	6.0
11	Rensch, Daniel	IM	2401	6.0
12	Shahade, Greg	IM	2463	5.5
13	De Guzman, Ricardo	IM	2393	5.5
14	Sarkar, Justin	IM	2370	5.5
15	Abrahamyan, Tatev	WGM	2287	5.5	1st U2300: $333
16	Liou, Yian	NM	2283	5.5	1st U2300: $333
17	Troff, Kayden	FM	2257	5.5	1st U2300: $333
18	Sevillano, Enrico	IM	2490	5.0
19	Collins, Sam	IM	2426	5.0
20	Remlinger, Larry	IM	2402	5.0
21	Aleskerov, Faik	SM	2362	5.0
22	Coleman, Teddy	FM	2356	5.0
23	Studen, Damir	NM	2248	5.0
24	Hunt, Adam	IM	2462	4.5
25	Smith, Bryan	IM	2460	4.5
26	Cornejo, Max	IM	2411	4.5
27	Pruess, David	IM	2395	4.5
28	Ishkhanov, Tigran	NM	2350	4.5
29	Young, Angelo	IM	2325	4.5
30	Santarius, Erik	FM	2276	4.5
31	Kleinman, Michael	FM	2275	4.5
32	Manvelyan, Hayk	NM	2202	4.5
33	Jayakumar, Adarsh	NM	2197	4.5
34	Sevian, Samuel	NM	2185	4.5
35	Xiong, Jeffery	FM	2097	4.5
36	Bryant, John	FM	2401	4.0
37	Kavutskiy, Konstantin	FM	2315	4.0
38	Piasetski, Leon	IM	2305	4.0
39	Betaneli, Alex	FM	2266	4.0
40	Evans, Bela	FM	2262	4.0
61 players

21) 15th Guben New Year Open

The 15th Guben New Year Open took place 2nd-6th January 2012. Andrey Sumets won with 7.5/9 following on from a win in the 28th Travemuender Open. Only a patchy set of games available based on the live coverage.

Event: 15th Guben New Year Open
Place: Guben
CountryCode: GER
StartDate: Mon 2nd Jan 2012
EndDate: Fri 6th Jan 2012
Website

15th Guben Open
Mon 2nd Jan 2012
Fri 6th Jan 2012
Guben
GER
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 120m+30m

15th Guben Open Guben GER Mon 2nd Jan 2012 - Fri 6th Jan 2012 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	+	-	=	Pts	TB1	TB2
1.	Sumets, Andrey	GM	UKR	2569	6	0	3	7.5	50.5	388.5
2.	Sergeev, Vladimir	GM	UKR	2510	5	0	4	7.0	50.0	380.5
3.	Kantans, Toms	FM	LAT	2330	5	0	4	7.0	49.0	372.0
4.	Meskovs, Nikita	FM	LAT	2293	5	0	4	7.0	47.0	373.0
5.	Jaracz, Pawel	GM	POL	2542	4	0	5	6.5	52.0	377.5
6.	Ivanov, Mikhail	GM	RUS	2389	4	0	5	6.5	50.0	377.5
7.	Wichmann, Cliff	IM	GER	2350	5	1	3	6.5	49.0	370.0
8.	Berzina, Ilze	GM	LAT	2297	5	1	3	6.5	47.0	356.5
9.	Fengier, Winicjusz		POL	2086	6	2	1	6.5	44.5	346.0
10.	Rogule, Laura	WGM	LAT	2312	6	3	0	6.0	49.5	366.0
11.	Michalczak, Thomas	FM	GER	2320	4	1	4	6.0	48.0	369.5
12.	Jagodzinski, Piotr		POL	2176	5	2	2	6.0	46.5	349.5
13.	Bielinski, Dariusz		POL	2214	5	2	2	6.0	46.5	342.0
14.	Jaracz, Barbara	WGM	POL	2281	5	2	2	6.0	46.0	344.0
15.	Kesten, Sebastian		GER	2232	4	1	4	6.0	43.5	361.0
16.	Butuc, Maria	WIM	RUS	2182	4	1	4	6.0	43.5	346.5
17.	Zschaebitz, Klaus	FM	GER	2117	5	2	2	6.0	42.0	348.5
18.	Szylko, Waldemar		POL	2014	5	2	2	6.0	41.5	343.0
19.	Leichsnering, Uwe		GER	1966	5	2	2	6.0	40.5	333.0
20.	Minina, Veronika		RUS	2083	5	3	1	5.5	45.0	359.0
21.	Mierins, Eriks		LAT	2109	5	3	1	5.5	45.0	351.0
22.	Czarnik, Josef		GER	2007	4	1	3	5.5	44.5	336.5
23.	Roehl, Rainer		GER	2163	5	3	1	5.5	44.0	355.5
24.	Franzke, Alexander		GER	2009	5	3	1	5.5	44.0	327.0
25.	Stahr, Ralf-Peter		GER	2121	4	2	3	5.5	43.5	354.0
26.	Schulz, Karsten	FM	GER	2310	4	2	3	5.5	42.5	357.5
27.	Johnke, Stefan		GER	1986	5	3	1	5.5	42.0	320.5
28.	Jandke, Manfred		GER	2153	4	2	3	5.5	41.0	328.0
29.	Meduna, Eduard		CZE	1991	4	2	3	5.5	41.0	322.0
30.	Hansch, Karsten		GER	2021	5	3	1	5.5	40.5	345.5
31.	Hansch, Torsten	CM	GER	2119	4	2	3	5.5	39.5	325.0
32.	Pallas, Sebastian		GER	1753	5	3	1	5.5	38.5	324.5
33.	Knaak, Joachim		GER	2206	4	2	3	5.5	38.5	324.5
34.	Just, Joachim		GER	2046	4	2	3	5.5	38.5	313.0
35.	Piotrowski, Pawel		POL	1883	5	3	1	5.5	38.0	325.0
36.	Witte, Ronald		GER	2058	2	0	7	5.5	37.0	324.5
37.	Medunova, Vera	WIM	CZE	2084	2	1	6	5.0	45.5	333.5
38.	Schniederjan, Thom		GER	2025	4	3	2	5.0	44.5	346.0
39.	Gozdziewicz, Rober		POL	2016	4	3	2	5.0	44.0	335.5
40.	Schildt, Rene		GER	2034	4	3	2	5.0	43.5	340.0
126 players

22) XXIII Roquetas de Mar Open

The XXIII Roquetas de Mar Open took place 2nd-6th January 2012. Dragan Paunovic edged out Dmitry Svetushkin, Kiril Georgiev and Vadim Malakhatko on tie-break after all scored 7/9.

Event: XXIII Roquetas de Mar Open
Place: Roquetas de Mar
CountryCode: ESP
StartDate: Mon 2nd Jan 2012
EndDate: Fri 6th Jan 2012
Website
Results

XXIII Roquetas Open
Mon 2nd Jan 2012
Fri 6th Jan 2012
Roquetas de Mar
ESP
110 Players.
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

23) Active Team Events

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

Frauenbundesliga 2011-12

The Frauenbundesliga takes place 29th October 2011 - 22nd April 2012. Round 5 took place on December 18th. Round 6 21st January 2012. Games from Round 5 still missing.

Event: Frauenbundesliga 2011-12
Place: Germany
CountryCode: GER
StartDate: Sat 29th Oct 2011
EndDate: Sun 22nd Apr 2012
Website
Results

Frauenbundesliga
Sat 29th Oct 2011
Sun 22nd Apr 2012
Germany
GER
11 Rounds.
League

Frauenbundesliga Germany GER Sat 29th Oct 2011 - Sun 22nd Apr 2012 Leading Round 5 (of 11) Standings:
Rk	Team	Gms	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Mpts	Bpts
1	Bad Koenigshofen	5	+				3½		4½	3		3½		4½	9	19
2	Hamburger SK 1830	5		+			3½	3	4		3½		5		9	19
3	OSG Baden Baden	4			+			5½		3½			4½	5½	8	19
4	Karlsruher SF 1853	4				+		5½		4			3½	5	8	18
5	USV Volksbank Halle	5	2½	2½			+		4½		4½	5			6	19
6	SV Chemie Guben	5		3	½	½		+			3½		4		5	11½
7	Rodewischer Schachmiezen	5	1½	2			1½		+		3	5			3	13
8	SF Friedberg 1891	4	3		2½	2				+		5½			3	13
9	SV Muelheim-Nord 1931	5		2½			1½	2½	3		+		3½		3	13
10	SV Stuttgart Wolfbusch	5	2½				1		1	½		+		3½	2	8½
11	Rotation Pankow	5		1	1½	2½		2			2½		+		0	9½
12	TSV Schott Mainz	4	1½		½	1						2½		+	0	5½
12 teams

Dutch League 2011-12

The Dutch League takes place 17th September 2011 - 22nd April 2012. Round 4: 17th December 2011. Round 5: 7th January 2012.

Event: Dutch League 2011-12
Place: Amsterdam
CountryCode: NED
StartDate: Sat 17th Sep 2011
EndDate: Sun 22nd Apr 2012
Website

Dutch Teams 2011-12
Sat 17th Sep 2011
Sun 22nd Apr 2012
Amsterdam
NED
9 Rounds.
League
Time Control: 120m:60m

Dutch Teams 2011-12 Amsterdam NED Sat 17th Sep 2011 - Sun 22nd Apr 2012 Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
Rk	Team	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Mpts	Bpts
1	De Stukkenjagers	2282					5½	7	6		5½		8	24
2	Utrecht	2380				5		7½	6		7		7	25½
3	Voerendaal	2409				4½	6½		5½	6			6	22½
4	Accres Apeldoorn	2358		5	5½			4		5½			5	20
5	LSG	2355	4½		3½					5½		6½	4	20
6	HSG	2338	3	2½		6					7		4	18½
7	SO Rotterdam	2398	4	4	4½							7½	2	20
8	HMC Calder	2411			4	4½	4½					6	2	19
9	Groningen	2306	4½	3				3				8	2	18½
10	BSG	2309					3½		2½	4	2		0	12
10 teams

TCh-AUT 2nd Bundesliga 2011-12

The 2nd Division of the Austrian Bundesliga is split into West and Mitte sections. Rounds 7-8 28th-29th January 2012. Mitte Rounds 4-6 2nd-4th December 2012. Rounds 7-8 2nd-3rd March 2012.

Event: TCh-AUT 2nd Bundesliga 2011-12
Place: Vienna
CountryCode: AUT
StartDate: Fri 7th Oct 2011
EndDate: Sun 29th Apr 2012
Website
Results

TCh-AUT 2 West 11-12
Fri 7th Oct 2011
Sun 29th Apr 2012
Vienna
AUT
179 Players.
11 Rounds.
League

TCh-AUT 2 West 2011-12 Vienna AUT Fri 7th Oct 2011 - Sun 29th Apr 2012 Leading Round 6 (of 11) Standings:
Rk	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	TB1	TB2
1	SC Absam	*			4	4	4½	4		5½			4	12	26.0
2	Goetzis		*	3½		3½	3½		2		3	4		9	19.5
3	ATSV Ranshofen		2½	*			4½		4	2		4½	4	8	21.5
4	Zillertal	2			*	1		4½	3		3½		4	7	18.0
5	Hohenems II	2	2½		5	*					4	2	3½	6	19.0
6	Kufstein / Woergl	1½	2½	1½			*	3½	5	4				6	18.0
7	Schwaz	2			1½		2½	*		4	3		3½	5	16.5
8	Schwarzach		4	2	3		1		*	2		4		5	16.0
9	ASK Salzburg 1	½		4			2	2	4	*		3		5	15.5
10	Sparkasse Jenbach 2		3		2½	2		3			*	3½	2	4	16.0
11	Bregenz		2	1½		4			2	3	2½	*		3	15.0
12	Rochade Rum	2		2	2	2½		2½			4		*	2	15.0
12 players

TCh-AUT2 Mitte11-12
Fri 7th Oct 2011
Sun 29th Apr 2012
Vienna
AUT
181 Players.
11 Rounds.
League

TCh-AUT2 Mitte11-12 Vienna AUT Fri 7th Oct 2011 - Sun 29th Apr 2012 Leading Round 6 (of 11) Standings:
Rk	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	TB1	TB2
1	ZH-Technologies-Wolfsberg	*				3½	4½		3	4		4½	3	10	22.5
2	Union Ansfelden		*	4	4		3	3½	3		5			10	22.5
3	SV STEYREGG		2	*	3½		3	4				3	3½	8	19.0
4	ASK St. Valentin		2	2½	*		3				3½	3½	3½	7	18.0
5	Strassenbahn Graz	2½				*		3	3½	3½	1		3½	7	17.0
6	SpG. Sparkasse Grieskirchen/Schallerbach	1½	3	3	3		*	3			4½			6	18.0
7	SK Sparkasse Fuerstenfeld		2½	2		3	3	*		3½	3½			6	17.5
8	SK MPO Maria Saal	3	3			2½			*	1		3	4	5	16.5
9	Union Styria Graz Kleine Zeitung	2				2½		2½	5	*	2	4		4	18.0
10	ESV Austria Graz		1		2½	5	1½	2½		4	*			4	16.5
11	SC Die Klagenfurter	1½		3	2½				3	2		*	3½	4	15.5
12	SV ASVO Fundermax St. Veit/Glan	3		2½	2½	2½			2			2½	*	1	15.0
12 players

TCh-CZE Extraliga 2011-12

The Czech League takes place 8th October 2011 - 22nd April 2012. Round 6: 15th January 2012.

Extraliga Round 6-7 on 7th-8th January 2012.

Event: TCh-CZE Extraliga 2011-12
Place: Prague
CountryCode: CZE
StartDate: Sat 8th Oct 2011
EndDate: Sun 22nd Apr 2012
Website
Results

TCh-CZE Ext 2011-12
Sat 8th Oct 2011
Sun 22nd Apr 2012
Prague
CZE
11 Rounds.
League

TCh-CZE Ext 2011-12 Prague CZE Sat 8th Oct 2011 - Sun 22nd Apr 2012 Leading Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
Rk	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	TB1	TB2
1	BSS Frydek-Mistek	*	5		3						5	5½		9	18.5
2	Vystaviste Lysa nad Labem	3	*	5½			4			5				7	17.5
3	Slavoj Ostrava - Poruba		2½	*	3						5½	4½		6	15.5
4	SK Rapid Pardubice	5		5	*									6	10.0
5	SK Labortech Ostrava					*		5					5	6	10.0
6	1. Novoborsky SK		4				*				5½			4	9.5
7	Tatran Litovel					3		*	5½					3	8.5
8	SK Zlin							2½	*				5½	3	8.0
9	SK Zikuda Turnov		3							*	5			3	8.0
10	TJ Bohemians Praha	3		2½			2½			3	*			0	11.0
11	2222 SK Polabiny	2½		3½								*		0	6.0
12	A64 VALOZ Grygov					3			2½				*	0	5.5
12 teams

TCh-CZE Liga 1 Zapad
Sat 8th Oct 2011
Sun 22nd Apr 2012
Prague
CZE
190 Players.
11 Rounds.
League

TCh-CZE Liga 1 Zapad Prague CZE Sat 8th Oct 2011 - Sun 22nd Apr 2012 Leading Round 5 (of 11) Standings:
Rk	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	SK Mahrla Praha	*			4½	5		5	6½		5½			15	26.5	8.0
2	TJ Slavia Hradec Kralove		*	6½			4			5½	5		5	13	26.0	8.5
3	JOLY Lysa nad Labem B		1½	*	4½			5	4			7½		10	22.5	7.5
4	ERA-Postovni sporitelna A	3½		3½	*					5	6½		7½	9	26.0	8.5
5	SK Holdia DP Praha B	3				*	5½		2½	5		6½		9	22.5	7.5
6	OAZA Praha		4			2½	*			4		6	4½	8	21.0	6.0
7	SK AD Jicin	3		3				*	5		5		4	7	20.0	5.5
8	TJ Pankrac	1½		4		5½		3	*		3½			4	17.5	5.5
9	Sakal Kozolupy		2½		3	3	4			*		4½		4	17.0	4.0
10	1. Novoborsky SK B	2½	3		1½			3	4½		*			3	14.5	3.5
11	SK Sokol Vysehrad			½		1½	2			3½		*	6	3	13.5	3.0
12	ERA-Postovni sporitelna B		3		½		3½	4				2	*	1	13.0	2.0
12 teams

TCh-CZE Liga1 Vychod
Sat 8th Oct 2011
Sun 22nd Apr 2012
Prague
CZE
194 Players.
11 Rounds.
League

TCh-CZE Liga1 Vychod Prague CZE Sat 8th Oct 2011 - Sun 22nd Apr 2012 Leading Round 5 (of 11) Standings:
Rk	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	TZ Trinec	*				4½	4½			4½	4½	7		15	25.0	8.0
2	A64 Grygov B		*	4			4½	5½				5½	6	13	25.5	9.0
3	2222 SK Polabiny B		4	*	4½				2½	4			4½	8	19.5	6.5
4	Tatran Litovel B			3½	*		3	6		4			5½	7	22.0	8.0
5	Slavia Orlova	3½				*	5½	5½			3½	2		6	20.0	6.0
6	SK Zlin B	3½	3½		5	2½	*		4½					6	19.0	6.5
7	SK Gordic		2½		2	2½		*	5				4½	6	16.5	5.0
8	Labortech Ostrava B			5½			3½	3	*		4	4		5	20.0	6.0
9	Slavia Kromeriz	3½		4	4					*	5		3½	5	20.0	6.0
10	SK Duras BVK Brno-Kralovo Pole	3½				4½			4	3	*	4		5	19.0	5.0
11	Sachovy klub Karvina	1	2½			6			4		4	*		5	17.5	4.5
12	SK Stare Mesto		2	3½	2½			3½		4½			*	3	16.0	4.0
12 teams

TCh-SVK Extraliga 2011-12

The Slovakian Team Championships take place 22nd October 2011 - 11th March 2012. Round 3-4 November 26th-27th 2011. Round 5 14th January 2012. Slovakian Teams games rounds 3-4.

Event: TCh-SVK Extraliga 2011-12
Place: Bratislava
CountryCode: SVK
StartDate: Sat 22nd Oct 2011
EndDate: Sun 11th Mar 2012
Website

TCh-SVK Ext 2011-12
Sat 22nd Oct 2011
Sun 11th Mar 2012
Bratislava
SVK
11 Rounds.
League

TCh-SVK Ext 2011-12 Bratislava SVK Sat 22nd Oct 2011 - Sun 11th Mar 2012 Leading Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
Rk	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	TB1	TB2
1	7 Statocnych Kosice	*		5	5½	5							7	12	22.5
2	SK Slovan Bratislava		*				5	5½			4	6		10	20.5
3	INBEST Dunajov	3		*			5½	4	5					7	17.5
4	SK Caissa Cadca	2½			*		4	4½	6					7	17
5	SK Dunajska Streda	3				*			4		5	4½		7	16.5
6	SK PK Trencin		3	2½	4		*			7				4	16.5
7	SKS Dubnica n/V		2½	4	3½			*		4½				4	14.5
8	MSK KdV Kezmarok			3	2	4			*				5	4	14
9	SK Doprastav Bratislava						1	3½		*	5	4		4	13.5
10	SK MAGIC Liptov		4			3				3	*		4	2	14
11	SK Prievidza		2			3½				4		*	4	2	13.5
12	SK Modra	1							3		4	4	*	2	12
12 teams

50th TCh-DEN 2011-12

The 50th Danish Team Championships takes place 29th October 2011 - 11th March 2012. Round 3 1st December 2011. Games now available. Round 4 14th January 2012.

Event: 50th TCh-DEN 2011-12
Place: Copenhagen
CountryCode: DEN
StartDate: Sat 29th Oct 2011
EndDate: Sun 11th Mar 2012
Website

50th TCh-DEN 2011-12
Sat 29th Oct 2011
Sun 11th Mar 2012
Copenhagen
DEN
9 Rounds.
League
Time Control: 120m:60m

50th TCh-DEN 2011-12 Copenhagen DEN Sat 29th Oct 2011 - Sun 11th Mar 2012 Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
Rk	Team	Mpts	Bpts
1	Jetsmark 1 Guldmedaljer	6	17½
2	Aarhus/Skolerne 1 Solvmedaljer	5	14½
3	Bronshoj 1 Bronzemedaljer	5	14
4	Team Nordea Skb	4	14
5	Nordkalotten	2	12½
6	BMS Skak	4	11½
7	K41 1	2	11½
8	Sydostfyn 1	1	10
9	SK 1968 1 Nedrykning	1	7½
10	Hillerod teams	0	7
10 teams

TCh-BEL 2011-12

The Belgian Team Championships are under way. Round 5: 4th December 2011. Next Round 6 15th January 2012.

Event: TCh-BEL 2011-12
Place: Belgium
CountryCode: BEL
StartDate: Sun 9th Oct 2011
EndDate: Sun 1st Apr 2012
Website

TCh-BEL 2011-12
Sun 9th Oct 2011
Sun 1st Apr 2012
Belgium
BEL
11 Rounds.
League
Time Control: 120m:60m

TCh-BEL 2011-12 Belgium BEL Sun 9th Oct 2011 - Sun 1st Apr 2012 Leading Round 5 (of 11) Standings:
Rk	Team	Mpts	Bpts
1	CREC 1	10	106
2	Ans 1	9	92
3	KGSRL 1	8	90
4	KSK Rochade 1	6	83
5	Amay 1	6	81
6	KSK47-Eynatten 2	5	81
7	KSK47-Eynatten 1	4	79
8	Fontaine 1	4	77
9	Borgerhout 1	4	71
10	Anderlecht 1	2	71
11	Jean Jaures 1	2	63
12	KBSK 1	0	64
12 teams

Bundesliga 2011-12

The Schachbundesliga 2011-12 takes place 14th October 2011 - 15th April 2011. The German event is the world's premier national team competition 15 rounds with possible tie-breaks 27th-29th April 2012.

Rounds 8-9 4th-5th February 2012.

Event: Bundesliga 2011-12
Place: Germany
CountryCode: GER
StartDate: Fri 14th Oct 2011
EndDate: Sun 15th Apr 2012
Website
Results

Bundesliga 2011-12
Fri 14th Oct 2011
Sun 15th Apr 2012
Germany
GER
15 Rounds.
League
Time Control: 100:50:15+30spm(1)

Bundesliga 2011-12 Germany GER Fri 14th Oct 2011 - Sun 15th Apr 2012 Leading Round 7 (of 15) Standings:
Rk	Team	Gms	+	-	=	Mpts	Bpts
1	OSG Baden-Baden	7	6	1	0	12	35.5
2	Werder Bremen	7	5	1	1	11	35
3	SG Solingen	7	5	1	1	11	34
4	SC Eppingen	7	5	1	1	11	31.5
5	SV Muelheim Nord	7	4	2	1	9	31
6	SF Katernberg	7	4	2	1	9	26.5
7	SF Berlin 1903	7	3	2	2	8	29.5
8	SG Trier	7	3	3	1	7	28.5
9	SV Wattenscheid 1930	7	3	3	1	7	28
10	SV 1930 Hockenheim	7	2	3	2	6	26.5
11	SK Koenig Tegel	7	2	4	1	5	22.5
12	USV TU Dresden	7	2	5	0	4	26
13	Hamburger SK	7	1	4	2	4	25.5
14	SK Turm Emsdetten	7	1	4	2	4	24.5
15	SC Hansa Dortmund	7	1	5	1	3	20.5
16	SC 1950 Remagen	7	0	6	1	1	23
16 teams

Hungarian Teams 2011-12

The Hungarian Team Championship take place 25th September 2011 - 20th May 2012. Round 4 took place on 27th November 2011 games now available. Round 5 29th January 2012.

Event: TCh-HUN 2011-12
Place: Budapest
CountryCode: HUN
StartDate: Sun 25th Sep 2011
EndDate: Sun 20th May 2012
Website

TCh-HUN 2011-12
Sun 25th Sep 2011
Sun 20th May 2012
Budapest
HUN
11 Rounds.
League

TCh-HUN 2011-12 Budapest HUN Sun 25th Sep 2011 - Sun 20th May 2012 Leading Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
Rk	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts
1	HVSE						9.5	8				11.5	9.5	38.5
2	ASE Paks							8	9.5	7.5	9			34
3	Aquaprofit-NTSK					7.5			6.5	9	10			33
4	MLTC					6.5			6.5		5.5		10	28.5
5	Z.Csuti-Hydrocomp SK			4.5	5.5		7					9		26
6	Penzugyor SE	2.5				5					7.5		9.5	24.5
7	Komaromi VSK SE	4	4							5.5		7		20.5
8	Hungaropharma Decs		2.5	5.5	5.5					6.5				20
9	Honved ASE		4.5	3				6.5	5.5					19.5
10	ASS-Makoi SVSE		3	2	6.5		4.5							16
11	Vasas SC	0.5				3		5					6.5	15
12	Toth Laszlo SE	2.5			2		2.5					5.5		12.5
12 players

TCh-FIN SM-Liiga 2011-12

The Finnish SM Liiga takes place 17th September 2011 - 11th March 2012. Round 7 14th January 2012.

Event: TCh-FIN SM-Liiga 2011-12
Place: Finland
CountryCode: FIN
StartDate: Sat 17th Sep 2011
EndDate: Sun 11th Mar 2012
Website
Results

TCh-FIN SM 2011-12
Sat 17th Sep 2011
Sun 11th Mar 2012
Finland
FIN
139 Players.
11 Rounds.
League
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

TCh-FIN SM 2011-12 Finland FIN Sat 17th Sep 2011 - Sun 11th Mar 2012 Leading Round 6 (of 11) Standings:
Rk	Team	Gms	Mpts	TB1
1	HSK, Helsinki	6	10	9
2	Tammer-Shakki, Tampere	6	9	14
3	Velhot, Porvoo	6	9	14
4	MatSK, Espoo	5	9	11
5	OSS, Oulu	7	9	2
6	EtVaS, Vantaa	6	7	3
7	SalSK, Salo	5	6	4
8	VammSK, Sastamala	6	5	-2
9	JoeSK, Joensuu	7	5	-5
10	TuTS, Turku	6	2	-8
11	Aatos, Helsinki	6	1	-16
12	SSK, Helsinki	6	0	-26
12 teams

Swedish Elitserien 2011-12

The Swedish Elitserien takes place 7th October 2011 - 11th March 2012. Games now available from first three rounds. Round 4 14th January 2012.

Event: Swedish Elitserien 2011-12
Place: Malmo
CountryCode: SWE
StartDate: Fri 7th Oct 2011
EndDate: Sun 11th Mar 2012
Website

TCh-SWE 2011-12
Fri 7th Oct 2011
Sun 11th Mar 2012
Malmo
SWE
9 Rounds.
League
Time Control: 120m+30m

TCh-SWE 2011-12 Malmo SWE Fri 7th Oct 2011 - Sun 11th Mar 2012 Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
Rk	Team	Gms	+	-	=	Mpts	Bpts
1	Lunds ASK	3	3	0	0	6	19
2	Team Viking	3	3	0	0	6	18.5
3	SK Rockaden, Sthlm	3	2	1	0	4	16
4	Eksjo-Aneby-Alliansen	3	2	1	0	4	10.5
5	Limhamns SK	3	1	2	0	2	11
6	Solna SS	3	1	2	0	2	10.5
7	SS Manhem	3	1	2	0	2	10
8	SK Rockaden Umea	3	1	2	0	2	10
9	Vasteras SK	3	1	2	0	2	8
10	SK Kamraterna	3	0	3	0	0	6.5
10 teams

TCh-ISL 2011-12

The Icelandic Team Championships rounds 1-4 took place 7th-9th October 2011. Final Rounds 5-7 2nd-3rd March 2012. Games from rounds 1-4 now available.

Event: TCh-ISL 2011-12
Place: Reykjavik
CountryCode: ISL
StartDate: Fri 7th Oct 2011
EndDate: Sat 3rd Mar 2012
Website
Results

TCh-ISL Div1 2011-12
Fri 7th Oct 2011
Sat 3rd Mar 2012
Reykjavik
ISL
64 Players.
7 Rounds.
League
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

TCh-ISL Div1 2011-12 Reykjavik ISL Fri 7th Oct 2011 - Sat 3rd Mar 2012 Leading Round 4 (of 7) Standings:
Rk	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	TB A	*			6	8	6½	7		27.5	8	0
2	TR A		*		4½		3½	5½	5½	19.0	6	0
3	Hellir A			*	3½	4		4	6½	18.0	4	0
4	TV A	2	3½	4½	*				6½	16.5	4	0
5	TB B	0		4		*	5		6½	15.5	5	0
6	SA A	1½	4½			3	*	4½		13.5	4	0
7	Matar	1	2½	4			3½	*		11.0	1	0
8	Fjolnir A		2½	1½	1½	1½			*	7.0	0	0
8 teams

4NCL 2011-12

The 4NCL started over the weekend of 12th-13th November 2011 in Staverton Park. Smith-Nitz and Smith-Ward from Round 1 are identical. One is surely wrong.

Event: 4NCL 2011-12
Place: Staverton
CountryCode: ENG
StartDate: Sat 12th Nov 2011
EndDate: Mon 7th May 2012
Website

4NCL 2011-12
Sat 12th Nov 2011
Mon 7th May 2012
Staverton
ENG
11 Rounds.
League

4NCL 2011-12 Staverton ENG Sat 12th Nov 2011 - Mon 7th May 2012 Leading Round 2 (of 11) Standings:
Rk	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Mpts	Bpts
1	Guildford 1					5½-2½		6½-1½		4	12
2	Wood Green Hilsmark 1				5½-2½				5-3	4	10½
3	Barbican 4NCL 2				3-5				5½-2½	2	8½
4	e2e4.org.uk 1		2½-5½	5-3						2	7½
5	Blackthorne Russia	2½-5½					4½-3½			2	7
6	Bristol 1					3½-4½		4-4		1	7½
7	The AD's	1½-6½					4-4			1	5½
8	Anglian Avengers 1		3-5	2½-5½						0	5½
1	Cheddleton 1			4½-3½					6-2	4	10½
2	White Rose 1				4½-3½			5-3		4	9½
3	Barbican 4NCL 1	3½-4½				5½-2½				2	9
4	Jutes of Kent		3½-4½				5-3			2	8½
5	Cambridge University 1			2½-5½					4½-3½	2	7
6	Oxford 1				3-5			4-3½		2	7
7	Wood Green Hilsmark 2		3-5				3½-4			0	6½
8	Guildford 2	2-6				3½-4½				0	5½
16 teams in two groups

24) Forthcoming Events and Links

20th Fajr Open

Event: 20th Fajr Open
Place: Tabriz
CountryCode: IRI
StartDate: Wed 11th Jan 2012
EndDate: Fri 20th Jan 2012
Website

20th Fajr Open
Wed 11th Jan 2012
Fri 20th Jan 2012
Tabriz
IRI
11 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

12th Prague Open 2012

Event: 12th Prague Open 2012
Place: Prague
CountryCode: CZE
StartDate: Fri 13th Jan 2012
EndDate: Fri 20th Jan 2012
Website

11th Prague Open
Fri 13th Jan 2012
Fri 20th Jan 2012
Prague
CZE
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)
Email: j.mazuch@avekont.cz

74th Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee 2011

Event: 74th Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee 2011
Place: Wijk aan Zee
CountryCode: NED
StartDate: Sat 14th Jan 2012
EndDate: Sun 29th Jan 2012
Website

A-Group
Sat 14th Jan 2012
Sun 29th Jan 2012
Wijk aan Zee
NED
14 Players.
13 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 100:50:15+30spm(1)

A-Group Wijk aan Zee NED Sat 14th Jan 2012 - Sun 29th Jan 2012 Player List
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Elo	FIDE Id
1	Carlsen, Magnus	GM	NOR	2823	1503014
2	Aronian, Levon	GM	ARM	2807	13300474
3	Karjakin, Sergey	GM	RUS	2772	14109603
4	Topalov, Veselin	GM	BUL	2768	2900084
5	Ivanchuk, Vassily	GM	UKR	2765	14100010
6	Kamsky, Gata	GM	USA	2756	2000024
7	Gashimov, Vugar	GM	AZE	2756	13400630
8	Nakamura, Hikaru	GM	USA	2753	2016192
9	Radjabov, Teimour	GM	AZE	2752	13400924
10	Gelfand, Boris	GM	ISR	2746	2805677
11	Giri, Anish	GM	NED	2722	24116068
12	Caruana, Fabiano	GM	ITA	2712	2020009
13	Navara, David	GM	CZE	2705	309095
14	Van Wely, Loek	GM	NED	2689	1000268

B-Group
Sat 14th Jan 2012
Sun 29th Jan 2012
Wijk aan Zee
NED
14 Players.
13 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 100:50:15+30spm(1)

B-Group Wijk aan Zee NED Sat 14th Jan 2012 - Sun 29th Jan 2012 Player List
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Elo	FIDE Id
1	Motylev, Alexander	GM	RUS	2690	4121830
2	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	GM	CUB	2682	3503739
3	Harikrishna, Pentala	GM	IND	2672	5007003
4	Potkin, Vladimir	GM	RUS	2671	4131061
5	Tiviakov, Sergei	GM	NED	2647	1008013
6	Reinderman, Dimitri	GM	NED	2594	1001302
7	L'Ami, Erwin	GM	NED	2592	1007998
8	Ernst, Sipke	GM	NED	2581	1004689
9	Nyzhnyk, Illya	GM	UKR	2561	14118084
10	Timman, Jan H	GM	NED	2555	1000012
11	Lahno, Kateryna	GM	UKR	2554	14109336
12	Vocaturo, Daniele	GM	ITA	2537	813192
13	Cmilyte, Viktorija	GM	LTU	2525	12801259
14	Harika, Dronavalli	IM	IND	2505	5015197

C-Group
Sat 14th Jan 2012
Sun 29th Jan 2012
Wijk aan Zee
NED
14 Players.
13 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 100:50:15+30spm(1)

C-Group Wijk aan Zee NED Sat 14th Jan 2012 - Sun 29th Jan 2012 Player List
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Elo	FIDE Id
1	Turov, Maxim	GM	RUS	2643	4120086
2	Sadler, Matthew D	GM	ENG	2625	400173
3	Tikkanen, Hans	GM	SWE	2591	1706446
4	Brandenburg, Daan	GM	NED	2522	1011014
5	Danielian, Elina	GM	ARM	2517	13300210
6	Grover, Sahaj	IM	IND	2514	5021103
7	Paehtz, Elisabeth	IM	GER	2461	4641833
8	Tania, Sachdev	IM	IND	2419	5007844
9	Hopman, Pieter		NED	2351	1005669
10	Ootes, Lars		NED	2340	1019708
11	Schut, Lisa	WIM	NED	2290	1019481
12	Haast, Anne	WIM	NED	2264	1017292
13	Goudriaan, Etienne	FM	NED	2250	1021150

Queenstown Chess Classic 2012

Event: Queenstown Chess Classic 2012
Place: Queenstown
CountryCode: NZL
StartDate: Sun 15th Jan 2012
EndDate: Mon 23rd Jan 2012
Website

Queenstown Classic
Sun 15th Jan 2012
Mon 23rd Jan 2012
Queenstown
NZL
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 100:50:15+30spm(1)

TCh-AUT 1st Bundesliga 2012

Event: TCh-AUT 1st Bundesliga 2012
Place: Vienna
CountryCode: AUT
StartDate: Fri 20th Jan 2012
EndDate: Sun 22nd Apr 2012
Website
Results

TCh-AUT 1st 2012
Fri 20th Jan 2012
Sun 22nd Apr 2012
Vienna
AUT
183 Players.
11 Rounds.
League

ch-Paracin 2012

Event: ch-Paracin 2012
Place: Paracin
CountryCode: SRB
StartDate: Fri 20th Jan 2012
EndDate: Sun 29th Jan 2012
Website

ch-Paracin 2012
Fri 20th Jan 2012
Sun 29th Jan 2012
Paracin
SRB
9 Rounds.
Swiss

Moscow Open 2012

Event: Moscow Open 2012
Place: Moscow
CountryCode: RUS
StartDate: Sat 28th Jan 2012
EndDate: Sun 5th Feb 2012
Website

Moscow Open A 2012
Sat 28th Jan 2012
Sun 5th Feb 2012
Moscow
RUS
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

3rd Novy Bor Open

Event: 3rd Novy Bor Open
Place: Novy Bor
CountryCode: CZE
StartDate: Sat 11th Feb 2012
EndDate: Sat 18th Feb 2012
Website

3rd Novy Bor Open
Sat 11th Feb 2012
Sat 18th Feb 2012
Novy Bor
CZE
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)
Email: j.mazuch@avekont.cz

Reykjavik Open 2012

Event: Reykjavik Open 2012
Place: Reykjavik
CountryCode: ISL
StartDate: Tue 6th Mar 2012
EndDate: Tue 13th Mar 2012
Website

Reykjavik Open
Tue 6th Mar 2012
Tue 13th Mar 2012
Reykjavik
ISL
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

1st Lanta Open 2012

Event: 1st Lanta Open 2012
Place: Koh Lanta Island
CountryCode: THA
StartDate: Thu 22nd Mar 2012
EndDate: Wed 28th Mar 2012
Website

1st Lanta Open
Thu 22nd Mar 2012
Wed 28th Mar 2012
Koh Lanta Island
THA
7 Rounds.
Swiss
Email: j.mazuch@avekont.cz