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THE WEEK IN CHESS 1048 8th December 2014 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) 67th ch-RUS Superfinal 2014
3) Qatar Masters Open 2014
4) 6th London Chess Classic 2014
5) Barcelona GM 2014
6) 74th ch-ITA 2014
7) 28th Belgrade Trophy 2014
8) 1st Etna International Chess Festival 2014
9) 64th ch-GRE 2014
10) American Open 2014
11) Arab Championship 2014
12) ITT Millonario de Navidad Bogota 2014
13) Moscow Cup 2014
14) Overtime CC 2014
15) Resolution ch-VIE 2014
16) Southeast Chess December Open 2014
17) St.Petersburg Blitz Championship 2014
18) X Cup of Chervonograd 2014
19) ch-IRI Women 2014
20) 52nd SIB-CMS ch-IND 2014
21) 128th MGU Open 2014
22) Pavlodar Open 2014
23) Akobian vs Becerra Match 2014
24) I San Salvador Open 2014
25) First Saturday December 2014
26) TCEC Season 7 2014
27) US Chess League 2014
28) TCh-HUN 2014-15
29) TCh-AUT 2nd Bundesliga 2014-15
30) 2nd Gligoric Cup 2014
31) Bundesliga 2014-15
32) TCh-CHN 2014
33) TCh-CZE 2014-15
34) Active Team Events
35) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
67th ch-RUS Superfinal 201450 games
Qatar Masters Open 2014231 games
6th London Chess Classic 2014143 games
Barcelona GM 20143 games
74th ch-ITA 201418 games
28th Belgrade Trophy 201410 games
1st Etna International Chess Festival 201420 games
64th ch-GRE 201460 games
American Open 201428 games
Arab Championship 20147 games
ITT Millonario de Navidad Bogota 2014185 games
Moscow Cup 201415 games
Overtime CC 201445 games
Resolution ch-VIE 2014124 games
Southeast Chess December Open 201418 games
St.Petersburg Blitz Championship 201485 games
X Cup of Chervonograd 201466 games
ch-IRI Women 201412 games
52nd SIB-CMS ch-IND 201424 games
128th MGU Open 201426 games
US Chess League 20149 games
TCh-AUT 2nd Bundesliga 2014-1572 games
2nd Gligoric Cup 201420 games
Bundesliga 2014-15152 games
TCh-CHN 2014110 games
1533 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Roland Wimmer, Olexandr Prohorov, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Istvan Brindza, Andy Howie, Dave Clayton, Miklos Orso, Mitko Iliev, Jack Peters and everyone else who helped with this issue.

The Russian Championship was won by Igor Lysyj and the Qatar Open also saw a surprise with Yu Yangyi defeating Anish Giri and Vladimir Kramnik in the final two rounds. The London Chess Classic got under way with a rapid where Hikaru Nakamura dominated and then a blitz today where Michael Adams took first from Nakamura and Vladimir Kramnik on tie-break. The main tournament starts on Wednesday. Plenty of top quality material to look at.

TWIC turned 20 on September 17th. You can read my article 20 years of TWIC. which includes a full listing of all issues including all the texts. I have all the PGNs but that's a very large file but a ChessBase cbv archive format can be bought for £30 which will help me head out from this landmark. The cost of TWIC is basically my wage so any support would be very welcome as it's very tough surviving on pure advertising, although that has been essential too and I thank them too.

If you also wish to donate to help me keep TWIC going and move it forward then you can do so via PayPal at:

Send a £30 donation via Paypal and contact me via email (Email Mark Crowther - mdcrowth@btinternet.com) I'll send you an address for a ChessBase cbv file of my personal copy of every issue of the games in one database.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 67th ch-RUS Superfinal 2014

The Russian Championship Superfinal for men and women took place 28th November to 7th December 2014, rest day 3rd December rest day. Igor Lysyj was the surprise winner. Valentina Gunina won the women's tournament which had a huge number of decisive games.

Men: Peter Svidler, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Nikita Vitiugov, Igor Lysyj, Vadim Zvjaginsev, Dmitry Jakovenko, Denis Khismatullin, Boris Grachev , Sergey Karjakin and Alexander Morozevich

Women: Valentine Gunina, Alexandra Kosteniuk ,Natalia Pogonina , Olga Girya, Alina Kashlinskaya, Ekaterina Kovalevskaya Oksana Gritsaeva, Aleksandra Goryachkina, Alisa Galliamova and Anastasia Bodnaruk.

67th ch-RUS 2014 Kazan RUS Thu 27th Nov 2014 - Mon 8th Dec 2014. Category: 19. Ave: (2712)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Lysyj, Igor GM RUS 2686 # 0 1 = = 1 1 0 = 1 5.5 2795
2 Jakovenko, Dmitry GM RUS 2745 1 # = = = = = = = = 5 2752
3 Khismatullin, Denis GM RUS 2679 0 = # = = 1 1 0 = = 4.5 2716
4 Nepomniachtchi, Ian GM RUS 2714 = = = # = 0 = = = 1 4.5 2712
5 Svidler, Peter GM RUS 2743 = = = = # = 0 1 = = 4.5 2709
6 Vitiugov, Nikita GM RUS 2738 0 = 0 1 = # = 1 = = 4.5 2709
7 Morozevich, Alexander GM RUS 2724 0 = 0 = 1 = # = 1 = 4.5 2711
8 Zvjaginsev, Vadim GM RUS 2655 1 = 1 = 0 0 = # = 0 4 2676
9 Grachev, Boris GM RUS 2669 = = = = = = 0 = # = 4 2674
10 Karjakin, Sergey GM RUS 2770 0 = = 0 = = = 1 = # 4 2663
Round 1. Fri 28th Nov 2014
Karjakin, Sergey 1/2-1/2 Khismatullin, Denis 69 B90 Sicilian
Grachev, Boris 1/2-1/2 Svidler, Peter 34 D79 Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O, main line
Jakovenko, Dmitry 1/2-1/2 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 61 A34 English
Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2-1/2 Morozevich, Alexander 41 C07 French
Vitiugov, Nikita 0-1 Lysyj, Igor 47 A46 Queen's pawn game
Round 2. Sat 29th Nov 2014
Lysyj, Igor 1/2-1/2 Svidler, Peter 32 D82 Gruenfeld
Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1-0 Karjakin, Sergey 40 A03 Bird's opening
Khismatullin, Denis 0-1 Zvjaginsev, Vadim 48 A04 Reti opening
Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 Grachev, Boris 39 B85 Sicilian
Vitiugov, Nikita 1/2-1/2 Jakovenko, Dmitry 41 D37 QGD
Round 3. Sun 30th Nov 2014
Svidler, Peter 0-1 Morozevich, Alexander 33 A05 Reti
Jakovenko, Dmitry 1-0 Lysyj, Igor 25 D30 QGD
Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2-1/2 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 36 B22 Sicilian
Karjakin, Sergey 1/2-1/2 Vitiugov, Nikita 41 A07 Reti
Grachev, Boris 1/2-1/2 Khismatullin, Denis 31 E18 Queen's Indian
Round 4. Mon 1st Dec 2014
Lysyj, Igor 1-0 Morozevich, Alexander 35 E11 Bogo-Indian defence
Jakovenko, Dmitry 1/2-1/2 Karjakin, Sergey 25 E15 Queen's Indian
Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1/2-1/2 Grachev, Boris 53 B46 Sicilian
Khismatullin, Denis 1/2-1/2 Svidler, Peter 42 A04 Reti opening
Vitiugov, Nikita 1-0 Zvjaginsev, Vadim 41 A40 Queen's pawn
Round 5. Tue 2nd Dec 2014
Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2-1/2 Jakovenko, Dmitry 70 C36 KGA
Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 Khismatullin, Denis 66 B90 Sicilian
Karjakin, Sergey 0-1 Lysyj, Igor 49 A30 English
Svidler, Peter 1/2-1/2 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 31 A34 English
Grachev, Boris 1/2-1/2 Vitiugov, Nikita 54 D11 QGD Slav
Round 6. Thu 4th Dec 2014
Lysyj, Igor 1-0 Khismatullin, Denis 61 A41 Queen's Pawn
Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1/2-1/2 Morozevich, Alexander 49 A05 Reti opening
Jakovenko, Dmitry 1/2-1/2 Grachev, Boris 65 C11 French
Vitiugov, Nikita 1/2-1/2 Svidler, Peter 20 E60 King's Indian
Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 Zvjaginsev, Vadim 38 B09 Pirc
Round 7. Fri 5th Dec 2014
Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1-0 Lysyj, Igor 37 A08 Reti
Svidler, Peter 1/2-1/2 Jakovenko, Dmitry 41 A03 Bird's opening
Khismatullin, Denis 1/2-1/2 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 43 A31 English
Morozevich, Alexander 1/2-1/2 Vitiugov, Nikita 42 B11 Caro-Kann
Grachev, Boris 1/2-1/2 Karjakin, Sergey 42 E15 Queen's Indian
Round 8. Sat 6th Dec 2014
Lysyj, Igor 1/2-1/2 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 30 A41 Queen's Pawn
Jakovenko, Dmitry 1/2-1/2 Morozevich, Alexander 57 A40 Queen's pawn
Karjakin, Sergey 1/2-1/2 Svidler, Peter 41 C88 Ruy Lopez
Vitiugov, Nikita 0-1 Khismatullin, Denis 61 A29 English
Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2-1/2 Grachev, Boris 19 B22 Sicilian
Round 9. Sun 7th Dec 2014
Grachev, Boris 1/2-1/2 Lysyj, Igor 41 E18 Queen's Indian
Khismatullin, Denis 1/2-1/2 Jakovenko, Dmitry 39 D45 QGD semi-Slav
Nepomniachtchi, Ian 0-1 Vitiugov, Nikita 40 C19 French
Morozevich, Alexander 1/2-1/2 Karjakin, Sergey 33 C47 Four knights
Svidler, Peter 1-0 Zvjaginsev, Vadim 64 B35 Sicilian
ch-RUS Superfinal w 2014 Kazan RUS Thu 27th Nov 2014 - Mon 8th Dec 2014. Category: 9. Ave: (2453)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Gunina, Valentina GM RUS 2522 # 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 7 2666
2 Galliamova, Alisa IM RUS 2471 0 # = 1 0 1 1 1 1 = 6 2576
3 Goryachkina, Aleksandra WGM RUS 2438 1 = # 0 1 = 0 1 = 1 5.5 2535
4 Girya, Olga WGM RUS 2457 0 0 1 # 1 1 = 0 1 1 5.5 2533
5 Kashlinskaya, Alina IM RUS 2439 0 1 0 0 # = 1 = 1 1 5 2498
6 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina IM RUS 2439 1 0 = 0 = # 0 1 = 1 4.5 2455
7 Kosteniuk, Alexandra GM RUS 2541 0 0 1 = 0 1 # 1 1 0 4.5 2444
8 Bodnaruk, Anastasia IM RUS 2411 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 # 0 1 2.5 2292
9 Pogonina, Natalija WGM RUS 2480 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 1 # = 2.5 2284
10 Gritsayeva, Oksana WFM RUS 2335 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 = # 2 2246
Round 1. Fri 28th Nov 2014
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 0-1 Kosteniuk, Alexandra 29 A13 English
Kashlinskaya, Alina 1-0 Galliamova, Alisa 39 D94 Gruenfeld
Gritsayeva, Oksana 0-1 Bodnaruk, Anastasia 54 A41 Old Indian defence
Girya, Olga 1-0 Pogonina, Natalija 34 D37 QGD
Gunina, Valentina 0-1 Goryachkina, Aleksandra 48 C67 Ruy Lopez
Round 2. Sat 29th Nov 2014
Kosteniuk, Alexandra 1-0 Bodnaruk, Anastasia 25 B07 Pirc defence
Goryachkina, Aleksandra 1-0 Kashlinskaya, Alina 30 D85 Gruenfeld
Galliamova, Alisa 1-0 Girya, Olga 32 D10 QGD Slav defence
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 1-0 Gunina, Valentina 50 B11 Caro-Kann
Pogonina, Natalija 1/2-1/2 Gritsayeva, Oksana 41 A43 Old Benoni defence
Round 3. Sun 30th Nov 2014
Gunina, Valentina 1-0 Kosteniuk, Alexandra 33 D41 QGD
Girya, Olga 1-0 Goryachkina, Aleksandra 42 D12 QGD Slav
Gritsayeva, Oksana 1/2-1/2 Galliamova, Alisa 55 B40 Sicilian defence
Bodnaruk, Anastasia 0-1 Pogonina, Natalija 46 C65 Ruy Lopez
Kashlinskaya, Alina 1/2-1/2 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 59 A58 Benko gambit accepted
Round 4. Mon 1st Dec 2014
Kosteniuk, Alexandra 1-0 Pogonina, Natalija 32 D37 QGD
Goryachkina, Aleksandra 1-0 Gritsayeva, Oksana 50 E15 Queen's Indian
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 0-1 Girya, Olga 57 B11 Caro-Kann
Galliamova, Alisa 1-0 Bodnaruk, Anastasia 29 E20 Nimzo-Indian
Gunina, Valentina 1-0 Kashlinskaya, Alina 38 A48 King's Indian
Round 5. Tue 2nd Dec 2014
Kashlinskaya, Alina 1-0 Kosteniuk, Alexandra 41 E53 Nimzo-Indian
Bodnaruk, Anastasia 0-1 Goryachkina, Aleksandra 42 C26 Vienna
Gritsayeva, Oksana 0-1 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 60 B22 Sicilian
Girya, Olga 0-1 Gunina, Valentina 71 E11 Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation
Pogonina, Natalija 0-1 Galliamova, Alisa 52 C60 Ruy Lopez
Round 6. Thu 4th Dec 2014
Goryachkina, Aleksandra 1/2-1/2 Pogonina, Natalija 60 D37 QGD
Kosteniuk, Alexandra 0-1 Galliamova, Alisa 55 D10 QGD Slav defence
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 1-0 Bodnaruk, Anastasia 43 B48 Sicilian
Gunina, Valentina 1-0 Gritsayeva, Oksana 45 A55 Old Indian
Kashlinskaya, Alina 0-1 Girya, Olga 39 E53 Nimzo-Indian
Round 7. Fri 5th Dec 2014
Galliamova, Alisa 1/2-1/2 Goryachkina, Aleksandra 57 D10 QGD Slav defence
Girya, Olga 1/2-1/2 Kosteniuk, Alexandra 61 E10 Queen's pawn game
Pogonina, Natalija 1/2-1/2 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 59 A58 Benko gambit accepted
Bodnaruk, Anastasia 0-1 Gunina, Valentina 69 C26 Vienna
Gritsayeva, Oksana 0-1 Kashlinskaya, Alina 32 B55 Sicilian
Round 8. Sat 6th Dec 2014
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 0-1 Galliamova, Alisa 60 B81 Sicilian
Gunina, Valentina 1-0 Pogonina, Natalija 57 D56 QGD
Kosteniuk, Alexandra 1-0 Goryachkina, Aleksandra 29 C65 Ruy Lopez
Girya, Olga 1-0 Gritsayeva, Oksana 39 A41 Robatsch defence
Kashlinskaya, Alina 1/2-1/2 Bodnaruk, Anastasia 40 E60 King's Indian, 3.Nf3
Round 9. Sun 7th Dec 2014
Galliamova, Alisa 0-1 Gunina, Valentina 55 D10 QGD Slav defence
Bodnaruk, Anastasia 1-0 Girya, Olga 64 B12 Caro-Kann
Goryachkina, Aleksandra 1/2-1/2 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 34 A58 Benko gambit accepted
Gritsayeva, Oksana 1-0 Kosteniuk, Alexandra 38 B30 Sicilian
Pogonina, Natalija 0-1 Kashlinskaya, Alina 75 E60 King's Indian, 3.Nf3

3) Qatar Masters Open 2014

The Qatar Masters Open took place 26th November (round 1) to 4th December 2014. Yu Yangyi beat top seeds Anish Giri and Vladimir Kramnik in the final two rounds to take clear first place half a point clear of both of them. Vladimir Kramnik played his first open since 1993 (both of those world championship qualifiers). Other leading players were Anish Giri, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Pentala Harikrishna,Baadur Jobava, Pavel Eljanov, Arkadij Naiditsch, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Bu Xiangzhi, Yuriy Kryvoruchko etc 154 players. The organisers are already planning for next year and hope to secure 10 of the top 20 players in the world.

Qatar Masters Open 2014 Doha QAT Tue 25th Nov 2014 - Fri 5th Dec 2014
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
113Yu YangyiCHN27057.5290547.050.5
21Giri AnishNED27767.0287048.052.5
32Kramnik VladimirRUS27607.0282948.052.5
419Sjugirov SananRUS26736.5277443.547.0
542Durarbayli VasifAZE26216.5273443.546.5
628Efimenko ZaharUKR26446.5273342.546.0
762Salem A.R. SalehUAE25866.0277548.051.0
839Volokitin AndreiUKR26276.0275345.047.5
94Vachier-Lagrave MaximeFRA27516.0274344.048.0
1010Tomashevsky EvgenyRUS27146.0273444.547.5
1131Shankland Samuel LUSA26426.0273244.047.5
1245Perunovic MilosSRB26196.0272748.051.5
138Eljanov PavelUKR27196.0272542.546.5
1430Ivanisevic IvanSRB26436.0272346.050.5
1511Bu XiangzhiCHN27076.0272041.544.5
1614Moiseenko AlexanderUKR27016.0271943.047.5
175Ding LirenCHN27306.0271840.043.5
1838Safarli EltajAZE26286.0269441.545.0
1925Movsesian SergeiARM26596.0269241.545.5
2026Akopian VladimirARM26576.0268443.047.5
2141Salgado Lopez IvanESP26226.0266938.541.5
227Jobava BaadurGEO27226.0266438.041.0
2332Vovk AndreyUKR26406.0265442.046.0
2436Adhiban B.IND26306.0261237.037.5
2569Grandelius NilsSWE25735.5272849.051.5
2644Oleksienko MikhailoUKR26205.5271945.549.5
2784Khotenashvili BelaGEO25045.5271643.547.5
283Mamedyarov ShakhriyarAZE27575.5269842.546.0
2912Kryvoruchko YuriyUKR27065.5269045.049.5
306Harikrishna P.IND27255.5268941.045.0
3170Cornette MatthieuFRA25665.5268645.549.5
3243Naroditsky DanielUSA26205.5267942.545.5
3316Cheparinov IvanBUL26845.5265841.545.5
3434Romanov EvgenyRUS26365.5263041.545.0
3518Melkumyan HrantARM26785.5263039.043.0
3627Mamedov RaufAZE26525.5262640.544.0
3756Miton KamilPOL26015.5262138.041.0
3820Berkes FerencHUN26695.5259938.543.0
3933Rakhmanov AleksandrRUS26365.5258038.542.0
4071Gabuzyan HovhannesARM25655.5257034.537.0
154 players

4) 6th London Chess Classic 2014

The 6th London Chess Classic takes place at Olympia 6th to 14th December 2014. There will be a rapid tournament followed by a five round classical event. The "Super Six" will be Fabiano Caruana, Viswanathan Anand, Anish Giri, Hikaru Nakamura, Vladimir Kramnik and Michael Adams. This will be a container for stories, games and results. Saturday 12pm and Sunday sees the event get under way with the super rapid play open where amateurs have the chance to play against the stars.

6th London CC Elite Blitz 2014 London ENG Sat 6th Dec 2014 - Sun 14th Dec 2014
Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgGms123456PtsTB1TB2TB3
1Adams, MichaelgENG274510**½011111017.0527
2Nakamura, HikarugUSA277510½1**½001011117.0525
3Kramnik, VladimirgRUS27691000½1**½0111117.0524
4Giri, AnishgNED2768100010½1**111016.0
5Anand, ViswanathangIND279310100000**1010.0
6Caruana, FabianogITA2829100100000101**9.0
6 players
6th LCC Super Rapidplay Open 2014 London ENG Sat 6th Dec 2014 - Sun 14th Dec 2014
Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
RkSNoNameRtgTB1
11Nakamura Hikaru29059.5
212Giri Anish26748.5
32Caruana Fabiano28588.0
3Anand Viswanathan28098.0
5Kramnik Vladimir27858.0
7Short Nigel D27408.0
11Lenderman Aleksandr26808.0
15Hansen Eric26588.0
19Naroditsky Daniel26208.0
20Pert Nicholas26208.0
27Greenfeld Alon25418.0
45Williams Simon K24488.0
134Adams Michael28087.5
6Sadler Matthew D27707.5
8Agdestein Simen27187.5
13McShane Luke J26737.5
26Cherniaev Alexander25537.5
28Adair James R25387.5
33Chirila Ioan-Cristian25037.5
38Dourerassou Jonathan24817.5
64Trent Lawrence23887.5
2210Howell David W L26807.0
14Hebden Mark L26657.0
16Hawkins Jonathan26357.0
17Jones Gawain C B26287.0
18Ghasi Ameet K26207.0
21Nunn John D M26017.0
22Gormally Daniel W25837.0
24Bluebaum Matthias25607.0
30Stopa Jacek25217.0
36McDonald Neil24857.0
37Wallace John Paul24857.0
40Bates Richard A24707.0
41Gordon Stephen J24707.0
42Speelman Jon S24707.0
48Wells Peter K24337.0
49Kiik Kalle24257.0
56Milliet Sophie24107.0
57Weber Tom24047.0
62Roberson Peter T23957.0
405 players
London Classic Open 2014 London ENG Sat 6th Dec 2014 - Sun 14th Dec 2014
Leading Round 1 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg1PtsTPR
1Houska, JovankaIMENG23880.00
2Jones, Steven AENG20960.00
3Phillips, Owen SENG19420.00
4Llewellyn, Alan MENG15330.00
5Billings, Alexander JENG0+1.00
6Tarig, BabkirUKR0+1.00
7Yo, HiroshiJPN0+1.00
8Wall, Tim PFMENG2276=0.50
9Farrand, TomJCI2172=0.50
10Clark, Ian CENG2053=0.50
11Lane, Peter C RENG2043=0.50
12Iyengar, IlyaENG2002=0.50
13Allison, ConradENG1953=0.50
14Cavendish, Joshua ZENG1747=0.50
15Wandowicz, KajetanPOL1741=0.50
16Tkachiev, VladislavGMFRA26290.00
17Naroditsky, DanielGMUSA26200.00
18Socko, BartoszGMPOL26170.00
19Lenderman, AleksandrGMUSA26080.00
20Fier, AlexandrGMBRA25920.00
21Bluebaum, MatthiasIMGER25600.00
22Hawkins, JonathanIMENG25520.00
23Chirila, Ioan-CristianGMROU25470.00
24Dragun, KamilGMPOL25470.00
25Greenfeld, AlonGMISR25360.00
26Hebden, Mark LGMENG25230.00
27Stopa, JacekIMPOL25210.00
28Piorun, KacperGMPOL25170.00
29Vakhidov, JahongirGMUZB25020.00
30Fodor, Tamas Jr.GMHUN24990.00
31Gormally, Daniel WGMENG24990.00
32Sadzikowski, DanielIMPOL24920.00
33Arkell, Keith CGMENG24890.00
34Wagner, DennisIMGER24880.00
35Hector, JonnyGMSWE24770.00
36Zhou, Yang-FanIMENG24770.00
37Dourerassou, JonathanIMFRA24690.00
38Wells, Peter KGMENG24680.00
39Fernandez, Daniel HowardIMSIN24540.00
40Bai, JinshiIMCHN24440.00
211 players

5) Barcelona GM 2014

The Magistral Ciutat de Barcelon took place 29th November to 2nd December 2014. Csaba Balogh edged out Li Chao b on tie-break after both finished on 3.5/5.

Barcelona GM 2014 Barcelona ESP Fri 28th Nov 2014 - Tue 2nd Dec 2014. Category: 15. Ave: (2602)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts TPR
1 Balogh, Csaba GM HUN 2658 # 1 = = = 1 3.5 2740
2 Li, Chao b GM CHN 2722 0 # = 1 1 1 3.5 2727
3 Grigoryan, Karen H. GM ARM 2586 = = # = 0 1 2.5 2605
4 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel GM ESP 2602 = 0 = # 1 = 2.5 2602
5 Narciso Dublan, Marc GM ESP 2515 = 0 1 0 # = 2 2547
6 Alonso Rosell, Alvar GM ESP 2529 0 0 0 = = # 1 2377

6) 74th ch-ITA 2014

The 74th Italian Championship took place 23rd November to 4th December 2014. Axel Rombaldoni won with 8/11.

74th ch-ITA 2014 Boscotrecase ITA Sun 23rd Nov 2014 - Thu 4th Dec 2014
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1
112ROMBALDONI AxelGMITA25058.040.50
25DVIRNYY DanyyilGMITA25157.538.25
34DAVID AlbertoGMITA25786.533.00
48ROMBALDONI DenisIMITA24806.532.50
511BRUNELLO SabinoGMITA25686.532.25
61GODENA MicheleGMITA24956.031.00
710ALTINI NicolaFMITA23945.525.75
86GILEVYCH ARTEMFMITA23965.022.25
93GENOCCHIO DanieleIMITA24074.526.00
107BRUNO FabioIMITA24364.520.50
119BELLIA FabrizioIMITA24153.518.75
122CONTIN DanielIMITA23272.010.25
12 players
74th ch-ITA 2014 Boscotrecase ITA Sun 23rd Nov 2014 - Thu 4th Dec 2014. Category: 9. Ave: (2460)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts TPR
1 Rombaldoni, Axel GM ITA 2505 # = = 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 = 8 2631
2 Dvirnyy, Danyyil GM ITA 2515 = # = 1 = = = 1 = 1 = 1 7.5 2588
3 David, Alberto GM ITA 2578 = = # = = = 1 = 0 = 1 1 6.5 2514
4 Rombaldoni, Denis IM ITA 2480 1 0 = # 0 = = 1 = 1 = 1 6.5 2523
5 Brunello, Sabino GM ITA 2568 0 = = 1 # = = = 1 = = 1 6.5 2515
6 Godena, Michele GM ITA 2495 = = = = = # = = = = = 1 6 2492
7 Altini, Nicola FM ITA 2394 0 = 0 = = = # = = = 1 1 5.5 2466
8 Gilevych, Artem FM ITA 2396 0 0 = 0 = = = # 0 1 1 1 5 2429
9 Genocchio, Daniele IM ITA 2407 0 = 1 = 0 = = 1 # 0 = 0 4.5 2399
10 Bruno, Fabio IM ITA 2436 0 0 = 0 = = = 0 1 # = 1 4.5 2397
11 Bellia, Fabrizio IM ITA 2415 0 = 0 = = = 0 0 = = # = 3.5 2331
12 Contin, Daniel IM ITA 2327 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = # 2 2210

7) 28th Belgrade Trophy 2014

The 28th Belgrade Trophy took place 24th November to 2nd December 2014. Antonios Pavlidis, Branko Damljanov, Dragisa Blagojevic, Alexey Kislinsky, Dejan Pikula, Suat Atalik and Danilo Milanovic finished on 7/9.

28th Belgrade Trophy 2014 Belgrade SRB Mon 24th Nov 2014 - Tue 2nd Dec 2014
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
13PAVLIDIS AntoniosGRE25317.051.556.543.00
21DAMLJANOVIC BrankoSRB25627.051.556.542.50
36BLAGOJEVIC DragisaMNE24957.050.555.041.50
47KISLINSKY AlexeyCZE24917.050.053.540.00
512PIKULA DejanSRB24577.047.552.038.50
62ATALIK SuatTUR25517.046.049.537.75
79MILANOVIC DaniloSRB24837.045.049.037.25
817TOSIC MiroslavSRB24217.044.048.536.75
911NENEZIC MarkoSRB24597.042.546.035.75
1025CODENOTTI MarcoITA23456.549.052.535.75
115STOJANOVIC DaliborBIH25046.548.553.037.25
1213ZAJIC MilanSRB24546.545.550.034.50
1319GOVEDARICA RadovanSRB23946.545.049.033.75
1428RADOVANOVIC NikolaSRB23406.545.048.031.50
1518JOVANOVIC Dusan DSRB24136.543.047.533.00
1627OLENIN NikolayRUS23416.543.047.031.75
1715LEKIC DusanMNE24396.542.046.530.75
1820CERTIC BranimirSRB23926.542.046.033.25
1939POTPARA NikolaMNE22906.049.052.533.50
2032KOKOL PeterSLO23106.047.050.530.25
2121MARTIC IvanSRB23846.046.550.531.50
2238VUCINIC GojkoSRB22966.045.049.530.00
2386BLAGOJEVIC TijanaMNE21056.045.048.031.00
2410ABRAMOVIC BoskoSRB24686.044.548.030.25
2555SVICEVIC RastkoSRB22166.044.547.527.75
2633WEINZETTL ErnstAUT23056.043.547.029.25
2761MEDANCIC RikardCRO22016.043.545.527.50
2823VELICKOVIC SasaSRB23726.041.546.029.75
2916CABRILO GoranSRB24346.041.545.029.00
3029ZIVKOVIC NemanjaSRB23346.041.545.028.00
3134BELETIC DanielSLO23036.041.545.027.00
3262PAPADAKIS MichalisGRE21976.039.042.025.25
3366PANTOVIC Dragan MSRB21866.036.539.526.00
3483NEDELJKOVIC DraganSRB21255.547.050.027.75
3577TSAKIRIS HaralambosGRE21555.546.550.529.00
3631SMOLOVIC MileSRB23275.543.047.528.25
3743DOBRIJEVIC MilanSRB22505.543.046.525.50
3822MAKSIMOVIC BranimirSRB23795.542.546.024.75
398ANTIC DejanSRB24845.542.046.026.50
4036ANDRIJEVIC MilanSRB23015.542.045.523.25
204 players

8) 1st Etna International Chess Festival 2014

The 1st Etna International Chess Festival took place 5th to 8th December 2014 and was won by Sergei Tiviakov with 6/7.

1st Etna Open 2014 Nicolosi ITA Fri 5th Dec 2014 - Mon 8th Dec 2014
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3Perf
1Tiviakov SergeiGMNED2677629.5033.505.002485
2Savina AnastasiaWGMRUS23975.530.5033.004.002417
3Ljubisavljevic Zivojin ZIMSRB21615.528.5032.005.002365
4Lalic BogdanGMCRO24795.528.0031.504.002369
5Efimov IgorGMMNC24095.527.0029.505.002309
6FAVALORO AndreaCMME2026526.5028.004.002136
7GANGEMI SalvatoreCMCT2075526.0028.504.002143
8PISACANE PietroCMCT2110525.0028.004.002076
9Novak KsenijaWFMSLO2087525.0027.004.002101
10Pace ColinCMMLT20954.529.0032.003.002181
11SARDO GabrieleSR22114.528.5032.004.002141
12Marzaduri RiccardoCMCT21324.528.5031.503.002215
13BIFULCO MichelCMPA21104.528.0032.004.002209
14Vesce EmanueleITA18954.527.5029.003.002144
15SANTAGATI AlessandroCT22124.527.0030.004.002169
16CANNELLA CarloCT19314.526.5028.503.002069
17Manakova MariaWGMSRB23524.525.5028.503.002067
18VALGUARNERA GirolamoPA20804.524.5027.504.002064
19SEMINARA AntonioCMVA19634.522.0023.004.001958
20IANNELLO AndreaME19044.522.0023.003.001967
21GUECI TeaWFPA2018427.5029.503.002155
22FABIANO GiuseppeFMCT2015426.0029.004.001997
23SIGNORELLI GaetanoCMCT2091425.5028.003.001990
24BATTAGLIA GiuseppeCT1690425.5027.504.001955
25BAIOCCHI EmanueleITA1947425.0027.503.001891
26ZUCCAROTTO SalvatoreCT1727424.5026.504.001923
27SPINA SimonpietroCT1858424.0026.003.002040
28SAVALLA PietroTP1919423.0025.004.001882
29GELARDI DavideME1863423.0025.004.001877
30LOMBARDO CorradoPA1855422.0024.004.001891
31Terwagne BertrandBEL1865420.5022.504.001755
32FAVITTA AmedeoPA1789420.5021.504.001813
33Biot ThomasBEL1602418.5019.503.001871
34BATTAGLIA FABIOCT17033.525.0027.503.001894
35GUCCIONE CristoforoPA19833.524.0025.003.001958
36GUECI LauraCMPA20103.523.0025.503.001894
37IANNELLO AntonioME19073.522.0024.503.001814
38SAVALLA GianlucaTP17533.521.5023.503.001754
39TODARO AdrianoPA17483.519.0020.502.001649
40NOBILE StefanoSR1803324.0026.003.001804
70 players

9) 64th ch-GRE 2014

The Greek Championships takes place 3rd to 11th December 2014.

64th ch-GRE 2014 Vrachati GRE Wed 3rd Dec 2014 - Thu 11th Dec 2014
Leading Round 6 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
13Malikentzos SotiriosGRE23954.00.0311.00
26Banikas HristosGRE26374.00.0210.75
35Kotronias VasiliosGRE25663.51.5210.00
41Kapnisis SpyridonGRE24513.50.539.75
58Nikolaidis IoannisGRE25563.5-1.029.75
62Kourkoulos-Arditis StamatisGRE22943.00.039.00
74Stathopoulos IoannisGRE22712.50.025.50
810Aggelis NikolaosGRE23382.50.017.75
97Mastrovasilis AthanasiosGRE25212.00.005.25
109Goumas GeorgiosGRE23781.50.004.75
10 players
64th ch-GRE 2014 Vrachati GRE Wed 3rd Dec 2014 - Thu 11th Dec 2014. Category: 8. Ave: (2441)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Malikentzos, Sotirios FM GRE 2395 # = 1 0 1 1 = 4 2507
2 Banikas, Hristos GM GRE 2637 # = = 1 = = 1 4 2594
3 Kotronias, Vasilios GM GRE 2566 = # 1 = 0 1 = 3.5 2530
4 Nikolaidis, Ioannis GM GRE 2559 = = 0 # = 1 1 3.5 2512
5 Kapnisis, Spyridon GM GRE 2451 0 0 = # 1 1 1 3.5 2474
6 Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis FM GRE 2294 1 1 0 # 0 0 1 3 2400
7 Aggelis, Nikolaos FM GRE 2338 0 = = 0 1 # = 2.5 2419
8 Stathopoulos, Ioannis FM GRE 2271 0 0 0 1 # = 1 2.5 2376
9 Mastrovasilis, Athanasios GM GRE 2521 = 0 0 = = # = 2 2333
10 Goumas, Georgios GRE 2378 = 0 = 0 0 = # 1.5 2254
Round 1. Wed 3rd Dec 2014
Kapnisis, Spyridon 1-0 Aggelis, Nikolaos 37 E60 King's Indian, 3.Nf3
Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis 1-0 Goumas, Georgios 27 B67 Sicilian
Malikentzos, Sotirios 1/2-1/2 Nikolaidis, Ioannis 31 A37 English
Stathopoulos, Ioannis 1/2-1/2 Mastrovasilis, Athanasios 31 D45 QGD semi-Slav
Kotronias, Vasilios 1/2-1/2 Banikas, Hristos 42 D37 QGD
Round 2. Thu 4th Dec 2014
Aggelis, Nikolaos 1/2-1/2 Banikas, Hristos 31 A48 King's Indian
Mastrovasilis, Athanasios 0-1 Kotronias, Vasilios 47 D02 Queen's pawn game, Chigorin variation
Nikolaidis, Ioannis 1-0 Stathopoulos, Ioannis 33 E70 King's Indian
Goumas, Georgios 1/2-1/2 Malikentzos, Sotirios 55 C42 Petrov
Kapnisis, Spyridon 1-0 Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis 43 E15 Queen's Indian
Round 3. Fri 5th Dec 2014
Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis 0-1 Aggelis, Nikolaos 50 C77 Ruy Lopez
Malikentzos, Sotirios 1-0 Kapnisis, Spyridon 43 A88 Dutch
Stathopoulos, Ioannis 1-0 Goumas, Georgios 46 D26 QGA
Banikas, Hristos 1/2-1/2 Mastrovasilis, Athanasios 42 D47 QGD semi-Slav
Kotronias, Vasilios 1-0 Nikolaidis, Ioannis 58 B42 Sicilian
Round 4. Sat 6th Dec 2014
Aggelis, Nikolaos 1/2-1/2 Mastrovasilis, Athanasios 75 D26 QGA
Nikolaidis, Ioannis 1/2-1/2 Banikas, Hristos 31 C95 Ruy Lopez
Goumas, Georgios 1/2-1/2 Kotronias, Vasilios 44 B31 Sicilian
Kapnisis, Spyridon 1-0 Stathopoulos, Ioannis 61 B94 Sicilian
Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis 1-0 Malikentzos, Sotirios 99 C42 Petrov
Round 5. Sun 7th Dec 2014
Malikentzos, Sotirios 1-0 Aggelis, Nikolaos 58 D72 Neo-Gruenfeld, 5.cd, main line
Stathopoulos, Ioannis 1-0 Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis 32 E15 Queen's Indian
Kotronias, Vasilios 1/2-1/2 Kapnisis, Spyridon 48 B38 Sicilian
Banikas, Hristos 1-0 Goumas, Georgios 66 E11 Bogo-Indian defence, Nimzovich variation
Mastrovasilis, Athanasios 0-1 Nikolaidis, Ioannis 43 A04 Reti opening
Round 6. Mon 8th Dec 2014
Aggelis, Nikolaos 1/2-1/2 Nikolaidis, Ioannis 64 D79 Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O, main line
Goumas, Georgios 1/2-1/2 Mastrovasilis, Athanasios 78 B07 Pirc defence
Kapnisis, Spyridon 0-1 Banikas, Hristos 59 B94 Sicilian
Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis 1-0 Kotronias, Vasilios 64 C02 French
Malikentzos, Sotirios 1-0 Stathopoulos, Ioannis 41 A15 English opening
37th ch-GRE w 2014 Vrachati GRE Wed 3rd Dec 2014 - Thu 11th Dec 2014
Leading Round 6 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
110Markantonaki HaritomeniGRE21815.50.0515.50
28Grapsa GeorgiaGRE20185.00.0413.25
32Makropoulou MarinaGRE21654.00.037.00
46Pavlidou EkateriniGRE21753.01.026.50
59Avramidou AnastasiaGRE22373.00.527.00
63Hristodoulaki AntoniaGRE19813.00.526.50
77Makka EvanthiaGRE20822.50.525.25
84Makka IouliaGRE21192.50.524.75
95Vatkali DimitraGRE19921.00.001.75
101Androni KonstantinaGRE18910.50.000.50
10 players
37th ch-GRE w 2014 Vrachati GRE Wed 3rd Dec 2014 - Thu 11th Dec 2014. Category: None. Ave: (2084)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Markantonaki, Haritomeni WFM GRE 2181 # = 1 1 1 1 1 5.5 2453
2 Grapsa, Georgia WFM GRE 2018 = # = 1 1 1 1 5 2361
3 Makropoulou, Marina WGM GRE 2165 0 # = = 1 1 1 4 2192
4 Avramidou, Anastasia WFM GRE 2237 = # 0 = 1 0 1 3 2086
5 Pavlidou, Ekaterini WIM GRE 2175 0 = 1 # 0 = 1 3 2067
6 Hristodoulaki, Antonia GRE 1981 0 0 = = # 1 1 3 2102
7 Makka, Evanthia GRE 2082 0 0 0 1 # = 1 2.5 2063
8 Makka, Ioulia WIM GRE 2119 0 0 1 0 = # 1 2.5 2005
9 Vatkali, Dimitra GRE 1992 0 0 0 = 0 # = 1 1822
10 Androni, Konstantina GRE 1891 0 0 0 0 0 = # 0.5 1701
Round 1. Wed 3rd Dec 2014
Androni, Konstantina 0-1 Markantonaki, Haritomeni 41 A05 Reti opening
Makropoulou, Marina 1/2-1/2 Avramidou, Anastasia 44 B83 Sicilian
Hristodoulaki, Antonia 0-1 Grapsa, Georgia 47 B51 Sicilian
Makka, Ioulia 1/2-1/2 Makka, Evanthia 32 C01 French
Vatkali, Dimitra 1/2-1/2 Pavlidou, Ekaterini 42 E00 Catalan opening
Round 2. Thu 4th Dec 2014
Markantonaki, Haritomeni 1-0 Pavlidou, Ekaterini 26 B31 Sicilian
Makka, Evanthia 1-0 Vatkali, Dimitra 51 B10 Caro-Kann
Grapsa, Georgia 1-0 Makka, Ioulia 30 E04 Catalan
Avramidou, Anastasia 1/2-1/2 Hristodoulaki, Antonia 76 D56 QGD
Androni, Konstantina 0-1 Makropoulou, Marina 29 A45 Queen's pawn game
Round 3. Fri 5th Dec 2014
Makropoulou, Marina 0-1 Markantonaki, Haritomeni 58 B47 Sicilian
Hristodoulaki, Antonia 1-0 Androni, Konstantina 73 B06 Robatsch (modern) defence
Makka, Ioulia 1-0 Avramidou, Anastasia 49 B07 Pirc
Vatkali, Dimitra 0-1 Grapsa, Georgia 35 A50 Queen's Indian accelerated
Pavlidou, Ekaterini 0-1 Makka, Evanthia 42 D30 Queen's gambit declined
Round 4. Sat 6th Dec 2014
Markantonaki, Haritomeni 1-0 Makka, Evanthia 50 C10 French
Grapsa, Georgia 1/2-1/2 Pavlidou, Ekaterini 35 A81 Dutch defence
Avramidou, Anastasia 1-0 Vatkali, Dimitra 51 B17 Caro-Kann
Androni, Konstantina 0-1 Makka, Ioulia 46 A05 Reti
Makropoulou, Marina 1/2-1/2 Hristodoulaki, Antonia 61 B77 Sicilian
Round 5. Sun 7th Dec 2014
Hristodoulaki, Antonia 0-1 Markantonaki, Haritomeni 61 B49 Sicilian
Makka, Ioulia 0-1 Makropoulou, Marina 32 A36 English
Vatkali, Dimitra 1/2-1/2 Androni, Konstantina 39 B33 Sicilian
Pavlidou, Ekaterini 1-0 Avramidou, Anastasia 58 A40 Beefeater defence
Makka, Evanthia 0-1 Grapsa, Georgia 42 B23 Sicilian
Round 6. Mon 8th Dec 2014
Markantonaki, Haritomeni 1/2-1/2 Grapsa, Georgia 35 B51 Sicilian
Avramidou, Anastasia 1-0 Makka, Evanthia 37 D56 QGD
Androni, Konstantina 0-1 Pavlidou, Ekaterini 32 B06 Robatsch (modern) defence
Makropoulou, Marina 1-0 Vatkali, Dimitra 52 B17 Caro-Kann
Hristodoulaki, Antonia 1-0 Makka, Ioulia 49 B11 Caro-Kann

10) American Open 2014

The American Open took place 27th to 30th November 2014. Timur Gareev won with 7/8. My thanks to Jack Peters for the games.

50th American Open 2014 Orange USA Thu 27th Nov 2014 - Sun 30th Nov 2014
Leading Final Round 8 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg12345678Pts
1Gareev, TimurGMUSA2621D18W26W30W31W15W10D2W47
2Aldama Degurnay, DionisioIMMEX2400W3W19W31D10D4W7D1D56
3Panopio, Jr RodolfoPHI2216L2D28W38W14W34W8W10D96
4Peters, JackIMUSA2356W39W22W37D13D2W27W15L16
5Abrahamyan, TatevWGMUSA2354W20D32D16L7W17W31W14D25.5
6Panchanatham, VigneshFMUSA2283L15W40W12W9L7W30W13H5.5
7Nouri, HamedPHI2327W29D13D35W5W6L2D8W155.5
8Huertas Carballo, DayronMEXW34D35L13W40W33L3D7W215
9Landaw, Julian WFMUSA2362W12L37W39L6W24D11W27D35
10Kretchetov, AlexandreFMRUS2234BW33W24D2W16L1L3D135
11Lu, AlbertUSA2219D38W18W42HL13D9D16W205
12Zaloznyy, MikeUSA2076L9W29L6L21W18W22W31W195
13Yankovsky, RomanIMRUS2436W41D7W8D4W11L15L6D104.5
14Shoker, SamyGMEGY2474W25L24D17L3W28W23L5W294.5
15Brown, Michael WilliamFMUSA2319W6HW32W35L1W13L4L74.5
16Krishnan, VarunUSA2276D40W27D5W37L10L19D11W244.5
17Xia, YushengUSA2124L42W43D14D30L5D24W26W274.5
18Korba, NickyUSA2129D1L11D25L19L12BW38W324
19Yanayt, EugeneFMUSA2247W28L2L33W18W22W16UL124
20Casella, MichaelFMUSA2191L5D21L40BD38W34W32L114
21Hong, Andrew ZUSA2005L32D20D41W12L31W38W25L84
22Niemann, Hans MUSA1867BL4L36W29L19L12W40X4
23Ortiz, EduardoPHI2246L33D25W26W24L27L14L29W343.5
24Clarke, Brandon G IENG2170BW14L10L23L9D17W34L163.5
25Li, AizeCHN2151L14D23D18D28W26D32L21H3.5
26Zhu, Jack QUSA2113D30L1L23W43L25W40L17B3.5
27Clyde, JordanCANBL16D34W39W23L4L9L173.5
28Creger V, Leo CUSA1945L19D3D43D25L14L29BW383.5
29Lin, DanielUSA2056L7L12BL22HW28W23L143.5
30Laylo, DarwinGMPHI2500D26W38L1D17W37L6UU3
31Sheng, JoshuaUSA2256W43W42L2L1W21L5L12F3
32Hilby, CraigUSA2219W21D5L15L34W40D25L20L183
33Nita, MarianUSA2101W23L10W19HL8HUU3
34Mousseri, DanielUSA2113L8W44D27W32L3L20L24L232.5
35Khachiyan, MeliksetGMUSA2538W44D8D7L15UUUU2
36Bassett, David AUSA2299HHW22UUUUU2
37Akopyan, HarutyunFMUSA2247BW9L4L16L30UUU2
38Wang, AnnieWIMUSA1933D11L30L3BD20L21L18L282
39Kudryavtsev, VadimRUS2085L4W41L9L27W43UUU2
40Eswaran, AshrithaUSA2042D16L6W20L8L32L26L22H2
44 players

11) Arab Championship 2014

The Arab Championship takes place 7th to 15th December 2014.

Arab Championship 2014 Amman JOR Sun 7th Dec 2014 - Mon 15th Dec 2014
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Salem A.R. SalehUAE25863.00.03.53.50
22Ezat MohamedEGY24792.50.03.52.50
33Arab AdlaneALG24412.00.05.03.50
45Khader SamiJOR23802.00.04.02.75
56Mohannad FarhanJOR22812.00.03.01.00
64Nezad Husein AzizQAT23961.50.05.02.00
712Shobaita AhmedPLE20841.50.03.51.75
87Alhuwar JasemUAE22561.50.03.51.25
910Al-Khattab Ghassan M. Ali AjmIRQ21241.50.03.50.75
109Al-Hajiri BaderKUW21391.00.04.00.50
1111Ahmad Al KhatibJOR21201.00.03.51.00
1214Tagelsir AbubakerSUD20291.00.02.50.00
138Al Badani AbduYEM21910.50.04.50.75
1413Shamieh JamalLIB20690.00.03.50.00
14 players

12) ITT Millonario de Navidad Bogota 2014

The ITT Millonario de Navidad Bogota takes place 4th to 8th December 2014.

ITT Millonario de Navidad 2014 Bogota COL Thu 4th Dec 2014 - Mon 8th Dec 2014
Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1
11Bruzon Batista LazaroCUB26686.00.5
6Cordova EmilioPER26166.00.5
33Bachmann AxelPAR26285.50.0
5Macieja BartlomiejPOL26215.50.0
7Gonzalez Vidal YuriCUB25605.50.0
9Hevia Alejano Carlos AntonioCUB25115.50.0
25Hernandez Sanchez Jairo AndreCOL23065.50.0
84Ortiz Suarez Isan ReynaldoCUB26235.00.0
8Bacallao Alonso YusnelCUB25435.00.0
11Barrientos Sergio ECOL24765.00.0
21Rivera AlbertoFID23245.00.0
122Granda Zuniga Julio EPER26544.50.0
10Alvarez Pedraza AramisCUB24824.50.0
12Arenas DavidCOL24354.50.0
13Ruiz C Joshua DCOL23774.50.0
14Mosquera MiguelCOL23694.50.0
15Sanz Alonso Francisco J.ESP23684.50.0
16Rodriguez Rueda Paula AndreaCOL23674.50.0
18Fernandez Guillen Ernesto J.CUB23614.50.0
19Gamboa NelsonCOL23444.50.0
20Perez Garcia Rodney OscarCUB23374.50.0
24Torres Juan CamiloCOL23214.50.0
31Pazos Gambarrotti PlinioECU22124.50.0
43Contreras HenryCOL21874.50.0
45Becerra Juan DavidCOL21694.50.0
51Salazar CarlosPER21554.50.0
68Culma RubenCOL20624.50.0
69Vallejo HumbertoCOL20624.50.0
2917Guerra Tulcan LeninECU23654.00.0
22Acosta AlejandroCOL23234.00.0
23Vittorino Carlo GiovanniCOL23224.00.0
27Lopez Gonzalez Abel FabianCUB22564.00.0
30Ruge EdisonCOL22364.00.0
32Castaneda Jhon DavidCOL22104.00.0
35Ramirez Benjamin DarioCOL22024.00.0
36Arias MarioPER21994.00.0
40Ruiz AlciguelCOL21924.00.0
47Hernandez Cristian AndresCOL21644.00.0
55Gutierrez RamonCOL21364.00.0
57Escobar Medina Andres FCOL21324.00.0
96 players

13) Moscow Cup 2014

The Moscow Cup takes place 6th to 14th December 2014.

Moscow Cup 2014 Moscow RUS Sat 6th Dec 2014 - Sun 14th Dec 2014
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
14Dvalishvili Pavel S.RUS24422.52.250.02
27Alikulov ElbekUZB23962.06.000.01
36Kostin KonstantinRUS23062.05.750.01
41Smirnov TimofeyRUS23631.52.250.01
55Dragomarezkij EvgeniRUS23621.51.750.01
62Tarasov AlexandrRUS21651.51.250.01
79Matyunin VladislavRUS20491.03.500.01
88Arslanov ShamilRUS24041.01.501.01
910Kharmunova NadezhdaRUS21761.01.50-1.01
103Geivondian ArmanRUS22861.01.50-1.01
10 players
Moscow Cup 2014 Moscow RUS Sat 6th Dec 2014 - Sun 14th Dec 2014. Category: 2. Ave: (2295)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Dvalishvili, Pavel S. IM RUS 2442 # = 1 1 2.5 2556
2 Alikulov, Elbek FM UZB 2396 = # = 1 2 2495
3 Kostin, Konstantin FM RUS 2306 = # = 1 2 2436
4 Dragomarezkij, Evgeni IM RUS 2362 0 = # 1 1.5 2369
5 Smirnov, Timofey RUS 2363 # = 1 0 1.5 2209
6 Tarasov, Alexandr RUS 2165 = # 0 1 1.5 2196
7 Kharmunova, Nadezhda WIM RUS 2176 0 0 1 # 1 2153
8 Geivondian, Arman RUS 2286 1 # 0 0 1 2147
9 Arslanov, Shamil IM RUS 2404 0 0 1 # 1 2238
10 Matyunin, Vladislav RUS 2049 0 0 1 # 1 2173
Round 1. Sat 6th Dec 2014
Smirnov, Timofey 1-0 Kharmunova, Nadezhda 24 B16 Caro-Kann
Tarasov, Alexandr 1-0 Matyunin, Vladislav 41 E60 King's Indian, 3.Nf3
Geivondian, Arman 0-1 Arslanov, Shamil 70 A43 Old Benoni defence
Dvalishvili, Pavel S. 1/2-1/2 Alikulov, Elbek 69 B51 Sicilian
Dragomarezkij, Evgeni 1/2-1/2 Kostin, Konstantin 64 B18 Caro-Kann
Round 2. Sun 7th Dec 2014
Kharmunova, Nadezhda 0-1 Kostin, Konstantin
Alikulov, Elbek 1-0 Dragomarezkij, Evgeni 1 B00 King's pawn opening
Arslanov, Shamil 0-1 Dvalishvili, Pavel S. 80 E00 Catalan opening
Matyunin, Vladislav 1-0 Geivondian, Arman 1 A40 Queen's pawn
Smirnov, Timofey 1/2-1/2 Tarasov, Alexandr 46 C19 French
Round 3. Mon 8th Dec 2014
Tarasov, Alexandr 0-1 Kharmunova, Nadezhda 21 A04 Reti
Geivondian, Arman 1-0 Smirnov, Timofey 59 E12 Queen's Indian
Dvalishvili, Pavel S. 1-0 Matyunin, Vladislav 50 B30 Sicilian
Dragomarezkij, Evgeni 1-0 Arslanov, Shamil 92 D12 QGD Slav
Kostin, Konstantin 1/2-1/2 Alikulov, Elbek 25 E74 King's Indian

14) Overtime CC 2014

The Overtime CC took place 25th November to 3rd December 2014. Timofey Iljin won with 7.5/9.

Overtime CC IM 2014 St Petersburg RUS Tue 25th Nov 2014 - Wed 3rd Dec 2014
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
15Iljin TimofeyUKR23897.529.250.06
29Lovkov RomanRUS24616.026.000.05
32Donskov AnatolyRUS22805.520.750.05
46Khusenkhojaev MuhammadTJK23945.519.250.05
57Sichinava ZviadRUS22805.018.000.04
63Solovjov Sergey I.RUS23424.519.000.03
74Kuzmin EgorRUS21784.515.750.04
88Pisakov IliaRUS22392.59.250.02
910Baliasnyj TimurLTU22862.59.000.01
101Manin ViktorUZB21461.55.750.01
10 players
Overtime CC IM 2014 St Petersburg RUS Tue 25th Nov 2014 - Wed 3rd Dec 2014. Category: 2. Ave: (2300)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Iljin, Timofey IM UKR 2389 # = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2563
2 Lovkov, Roman IM RUS 2461 = # 0 1 1 1 1 0 = 1 6 2407
3 Donskov, Anatoly FM RUS 2280 = 1 # 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 5.5 2382
4 Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad IM TJK 2394 0 0 1 # 1 = 0 1 1 1 5.5 2369
5 Sichinava, Zviad RUS 2280 = 0 1 0 # = 0 1 1 1 5 2345
6 Solovjov, Sergey I. IM RUS 2342 0 0 1 = = # 1 1 = 0 4.5 2295
7 Kuzmin, Egor RUS 2178 0 0 0 1 1 0 # 1 = 1 4.5 2313
8 Pisakov, Ilia FM RUS 2239 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 # 1 = 2.5 2140
9 Baliasnyj, Timur LTU 2286 0 = 0 0 0 = = 0 # 1 2.5 2135
10 Manin, Viktor UZB 2146 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = 0 # 1.5 2044
Round 1. Tue 25th Nov 2014
Manin, Viktor 0-1 Baliasnyj, Timur 81 E92 King's Indian
Donskov, Anatoly 1-0 Lovkov, Roman 54 B92 Sicilian
Solovjov, Sergey I. 1-0 Pisakov, Ilia 53 C34 KGA
Kuzmin, Egor 1-0 Sichinava, Zviad 72 A38 English
Iljin, Timofey 1-0 Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad 60 D85 Gruenfeld
Round 2. Wed 26th Nov 2014
Baliasnyj, Timur 0-1 Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad 30 A20 English opening
Sichinava, Zviad 1/2-1/2 Iljin, Timofey 32 A45 Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)
Pisakov, Ilia 0-1 Kuzmin, Egor 61 B50 Sicilian
Lovkov, Roman 1-0 Solovjov, Sergey I. 39 B77 Sicilian
Manin, Viktor 0-1 Donskov, Anatoly 47 E00 Queen's pawn game
Round 3. Thu 27th Nov 2014
Donskov, Anatoly 1-0 Baliasnyj, Timur 30 B89 Sicilian
Solovjov, Sergey I. 0-1 Manin, Viktor 51 C18 French
Kuzmin, Egor 0-1 Lovkov, Roman 38 A17 English opening
Iljin, Timofey 1-0 Pisakov, Ilia 54 D10 QGD Slav
Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad 1-0 Sichinava, Zviad 54 A01 Nimzovich-Larsen attack
Round 4. Fri 28th Nov 2014
Baliasnyj, Timur 0-1 Sichinava, Zviad 30 A38 English
Pisakov, Ilia 0-1 Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad 31 D16 QGD Slav
Lovkov, Roman 1/2-1/2 Iljin, Timofey 71 B33 Sicilian
Manin, Viktor 0-1 Kuzmin, Egor 41 A46 Queen's pawn
Donskov, Anatoly 0-1 Solovjov, Sergey I. 57 B75 Sicilian
Round 5. Sat 29th Nov 2014
Solovjov, Sergey I. 1/2-1/2 Baliasnyj, Timur 8 C42 Petrov
Kuzmin, Egor 0-1 Donskov, Anatoly 49 E12 Queen's Indian
Iljin, Timofey 1-0 Manin, Viktor 41 D20 QGA
Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad 0-1 Lovkov, Roman 24 C01 French
Sichinava, Zviad 1-0 Pisakov, Ilia 47 D00 Levitsky attack (Queen's bishop attack)
Round 6. Sun 30th Nov 2014
Baliasnyj, Timur 0-1 Pisakov, Ilia 77 A14 English
Lovkov, Roman 1-0 Sichinava, Zviad 26 C17 French
Manin, Viktor 0-1 Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad 27 D27 QGA
Donskov, Anatoly 1/2-1/2 Iljin, Timofey 20 B33 Sicilian
Solovjov, Sergey I. 1-0 Kuzmin, Egor 27 B57 Sicilian
Round 7. Mon 1st Dec 2014
Kuzmin, Egor 1/2-1/2 Baliasnyj, Timur 71 D34 QGD
Iljin, Timofey 1-0 Solovjov, Sergey I. 27 E97 King's Indian
Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad 1-0 Donskov, Anatoly 43 A17 English
Sichinava, Zviad 1-0 Manin, Viktor 35 D00 Levitsky attack (Queen's bishop attack)
Pisakov, Ilia 1-0 Lovkov, Roman 46 B50 Sicilian
Round 8. Tue 2nd Dec 2014
Baliasnyj, Timur 1/2-1/2 Lovkov, Roman 36 A13 English
Manin, Viktor 1/2-1/2 Pisakov, Ilia 60 B88 Sicilian
Donskov, Anatoly 0-1 Sichinava, Zviad 50 C17 French
Solovjov, Sergey I. 1/2-1/2 Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad 9 B92 Sicilian
Kuzmin, Egor 0-1 Iljin, Timofey 34 D38 QGD
Round 9. Wed 3rd Dec 2014
Iljin, Timofey 1-0 Baliasnyj, Timur 44 A59
Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad 0-1 Kuzmin, Egor 32 D43 QGD semi-Slav
Sichinava, Zviad 1/2-1/2 Solovjov, Sergey I. 9 D52 QGD
Pisakov, Ilia 0-1 Donskov, Anatoly 42 A08 Reti
Lovkov, Roman 1-0 Manin, Viktor 51 C65 Ruy Lopez

15) Resolution ch-VIE 2014

The Resolution ch-VIE takes place 5th to 14th December 2014. This looks like a national championship but they already had one in 2014.

Resolution ch-VIE 2014 Bac Giang VIE Fri 5th Dec 2014 - Sun 14th Dec 2014
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDPtsTB1TB2TB3
120Vo Thanh NinhKGI3.00.06.03
21Nguyen Ngoc Truong SonKGI3.00.04.53
32Nguyen Duc HoaKGI2.50.06.02
44Dao Thien HaiHCM2.50.05.52
511Le Tuan MinhHNO2.50.05.52
67Nguyen Van HuyHNO2.50.05.02
723Tran Thanh TuKGI2.50.04.52
813Tran Tuan MinhHNO2.50.04.02
914Le Quang LongHCM2.50.03.52
109Bui VinhHNO2.00.06.02
1110Pham ChuongHCM2.00.05.52
123Nguyen Huynh Minh HuyHCM2.00.05.52
1315To Nhat MinhQDO2.00.05.02
53Vu Quang QuyenHCM2.00.05.02
156Nguyen Anh DungQDO2.00.05.01
12Nguyen Thanh SonQDO2.00.05.01
1719Duong The AnhQDO2.00.05.01
25Nguyen Hoang NamQDO2.00.05.01
1921Tran Quoc DungHCM2.00.04.52
34Bui Trong HaoBNI2.00.04.52
218Tu Hoang ThongHCM2.00.04.51
2224Tran Manh TienQDO2.00.04.02
2343Tran Minh ThangHNO2.00.03.52
2451Nguyen Tan ThinhBTR2.00.03.52
2564Nguyen Tran Quang MinhHNO2.00.03.51
2617Hoang Canh HuanQDO2.00.03.51
2716Nguyen Van HaiHNO2.00.03.01
2837Nguyen Thanh NghiaHCM2.00.02.52
2918Dinh Duc TrongQDO1.50.06.51
305Cao SangLDO1.50.06.01
3129Pham Duc ThangKGI1.50.05.51
3238Nguyen Duc VietBNI1.50.05.50
3328Bao KhoaLDO1.50.04.51
32Pham Xuan DatHNO1.50.04.51
3531Ton That Nhu TungHCM1.50.04.51
42Vu Phi HungQNI1.50.04.51
3722Ly Hong NguyenHCM1.50.04.01
3848Duong Thuong CongQDO1.50.03.51
3944Le Huu ThaiLDO1.50.03.01
4047Nguyen Ha PhuongBGI1.00.06.50
66 players
Resolution ch-VIE w 2014 Bac Giang VIE Fri 5th Dec 2014 - Sun 14th Dec 2014
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDPtsTB1TB2TB3
16Le Thanh TuHNO3.00.05.53
21Hoang Thi Thanh TrangHNO3.00.05.03
312Pham Thi Thu HienBGI3.00.04.03
42Pham Le Thao NguyenCTH3.00.03.53
57Nguyen Thi Mai HungBGI2.50.05.52
614Pham Thi Bich NgocCTH2.50.04.52
75Nguyen Thi Thanh AnHCM2.50.04.02
8Vo Thi Kim PhungBGI2.50.04.02
916Le Kieu Thien KimHCM2.50.02.52
103Hoang Thi Bao TramHNO2.00.06.02
1110Dang Bich NgocHNO2.00.06.02
1257Huynh Ngoc Thuy LinhTTH2.00.06.01
1331Le Thi HaHPH2.00.05.52
149Hoang Thi UtBGI2.00.05.02
15Le Hoang Tran ChauHCM2.00.05.02
23Le Thi Thu HuongCTH2.00.05.02
1724Ngo Thi Kim TuyenQNI2.00.05.02
1813Nguyen Quynh AnhHCM2.00.05.01
1921Bui Kim LeBDH2.00.04.02
25Tran Le Dan ThuyBTR2.00.04.02
2118Nguyen Thi Diem HuongBDU2.00.04.02
22Phan Dan HuyenHNO2.00.04.02
2319Pham Thi Ngoc TuHCM2.00.04.01
2430Doan Thi Van AnhBGI2.00.04.01
2511Luong Phuong HanhHNO2.00.02.02
2617Le Thi Phuong LienQNI1.50.06.01
2762Nguyen Thi ThuyBGI1.50.05.51
2837Hoang Thi Hai AnhBGI1.50.05.51
2926Le Phu Nguyen ThaoCTH1.50.05.01
36Doan Thi Hong NhungHPH1.50.05.01
61Nguyen Thi Thu ThuyHNO1.50.05.01
3227Tran Thi Kim LoanHPH1.50.04.01
41Mai Thuy TrangBDU1.50.04.01
3429Ngo Thi Kim CuongQNI1.50.03.51
3563Tran Thi Nhu YBDH1.50.03.51
3634Do Hoang Minh ThoBDU1.50.03.01
49Pham Thanh Phuong ThaoHPH1.50.03.01
3820Hoang Xuan Thanh KhietCTH1.50.02.51
3935Pham Thi Thu HoaiCTH1.50.02.01
4052Nguyen Hong AnhHCM1.00.06.01
63 players

16) Southeast Chess December Open 2014

The Southeast Chess December Open took place at Emory University on December 5-7. GM Alonso Zapata took clear first.

Southeast Dec Open 2014 Atlanta USA Fri 5th Dec 2014 - Sun 7th Dec 2014
Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPts
1Zapata, AlonsoGMCOL24654.5
2Burnett, RonaldIMUSA23603.5
3White, Lawrence AUSA19503.5
4Tate, EmoryIMUSA22683
5Surya, ParasuramanUSA14042.5
6Liang, AlbertUSA2
7Thompson, Reece EUSA20571.5
8Pascua, RachelPHI20251.5
9Chen, ForestUSA1.5
10Oen, GrantUSA19821
11Potula, KapishUSA18770.5
12Johnson, Frank BUSA21910
12 players

17) St.Petersburg Blitz Championship 2014

The St.Petersburg Blitz Championship took place on 7th December 2014. Maxim Matlakov won the initial section with 9/11 and the final. I couldn't make the games for the men's final match the results. Will have another go next week.

St.Petersburg Blitz 2014 St Petersburg RUS Sun 7th Dec 2014 - Sun 7th Dec 2014
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Matlakov MaximRUS26839.079.065.563.50
24Fedoseev VladimirRUS26428.581.566.561.00
31Shimanov AleksandrRUS26918.081.066.057.25
49Popov ValerijRUS25078.079.066.054.25
513Moiseenko VadimRUS24228.079.064.053.50
68Levin Evgeny A.RUS25228.076.062.554.00
73Chigaev MaksimRUS26458.073.060.050.75
87Lintchevski DaniilRUS25378.071.557.049.00
96Zubritskiy ArtyomRUS25418.070.057.049.00
1016Rusanov MichailRUS23487.576.063.047.75
115Alekseev EvgenyRUS26247.573.559.048.50
1229Saveliev AlexeiRUS22117.571.058.045.75
1317Pershin DenisRUS23347.570.057.044.50
1425Manin ViktorUZB22427.568.056.043.25
1515Kosov IvanRUS23637.562.050.039.75
1623Ganichev AlexanderRUS22897.074.561.044.00
1711Novik MaximRUS24397.068.556.040.75
1830Osinovsky StepanRUS22087.067.055.539.50
1942Ivkina OlgaRUS21407.065.053.537.00
2043Panjkov OlegRUS21217.060.049.534.00
2110Alekseenko KirillRUS24686.579.064.543.25
2212Orlov OlegRUS24276.575.563.041.50
2322Begunov KonstantinRUS23176.569.557.538.50
2420Sotsky AlexanderRUS23216.569.057.036.00
2531Shalygin AndreiRUS22026.564.051.533.50
2627Abramov NikitaRUS22166.561.548.533.00
2714Maidel AntonRUS23686.558.548.531.75
2844Reshetnikov RuslanRUS21206.558.548.530.00
2928Aleksandrov GrigoriyRUS22136.076.063.536.50
3019Duzhakov IlyaRUS23336.070.557.536.00
3126Valov IlyaRUS22196.070.058.036.00
3218Sudakova IrinaRUS23336.069.056.033.75
3332Smirnov Leonid L.RUS21956.068.555.535.00
3424Shpartko GrigoryRUS22766.067.555.033.00
3547Latyev YuryRUS21056.067.055.530.25
3651Kuzmin EgorRUS20906.065.053.532.75
3737Abuev RomanRUS21666.064.552.532.00
3833Butuc MariaRUS21816.064.051.530.50
3936Pischikov VadimRUS21676.062.552.031.75
4049Ljubivyi AndreyRUS21016.062.552.025.50
95 players
St Petersburg Bl Final w St Petersburg RUS Sun 7th Dec 2014 - Sun 7th Dec 2014. Category: None. Ave: (2214)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 Pts TPR
1 Sudakova, Irina WGM RUS 2352 # = 1 1 2.5 2441
2 Ivkina, Olga WIM RUS 2163 = # 0 1 1.5 2231
3 Butuc, Maria WIM RUS 2224 0 1 # 0 1 2086
4 Korchagina, Viktoria WFM RUS 2117 0 0 1 # 1 2121

18) X Cup of Chervonograd 2014

The X Cup of Chervonograd took place 27th November to 3rd December 2014. Evgeny Shtembuliak won with 8.5/11.

X Cup of Chervonograd IM Chervonograd UKR Thu 27th Nov 2014 - Wed 3rd Dec 2014
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameRtgPtsTB1TB2
112Shtembuliak Evgeny23488.543.506
27Rakhmangulov Andrei23506.533.003
34Strzemiecki Zbigniew23616.030.252
41Nechaev Andrei23996.029.002
11Sevostianov Pavel23026.029.002
68Sychevskyy Andriy21376.027.753
79Andrenko Irina21855.527.002
83Moliboga V.22685.526.503
95Vasina Olena20405.525.754
106Kagramanianz Vartan22095.027.750
1110Terletsky Oleg23134.525.251
122Ghevondyan Felix21241.04.750
12 players
X Cup of Chervonograd IM Chervonograd UKR Thu 27th Nov 2014 - Wed 3rd Dec 2014. Category: 1. Ave: (2253)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts TPR
1 Shtembuliak, Evgeny FM UKR 2348 # = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 = = 1 8.5 2455
2 Rakhmangulov, Andrei IM UKR 2350 = # = = = 1 = 1 0 = = 1 6.5 2309
3 Strzemiecki, Zbigniew IM POL 2361 = = # = = 0 1 = = = = 1 6 2279
4 Sevostianov, Pavel IM RUS 2302 0 = = # = = = = 1 = = 1 6 2285
5 Nechaev, Andrei UKR 2399 0 = = = # = = = 1 = = 1 6 2276
6 Sychevskyy, Andriy UKR 2137 0 0 1 = = # = = = = 1 1 6 2300
7 Andrenko, Irina WIM UKR 2185 = = 0 = = = # 0 = = 1 1 5.5 2259
8 Moliboga, V. RUS 2268 0 0 = = = = 1 # 1 = 0 1 5.5 2252
9 Vasina, Olena UKR 2040 0 1 = 0 0 = = 0 # 1 1 1 5.5 2272
10 Kagramanianz, Vartan IM ARM 2209 = = = = = = = = 0 # = = 5 2221
11 Terletsky, Oleg FM UKR 2313 = = = = = 0 0 1 0 = # = 4.5 2183
12 Ghevondyan, Felix ARM 2124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = # 1 1882
Round 1. Thu 27th Nov 2014
Nechaev, Andrei 0-1 Shtembuliak, Evgeny 28 A53 Old Indian defence
Ghevondyan, Felix 0-1 Sevostianov, Pavel 31 B70 Sicilian
Moliboga, V. 0-1 Terletsky, Oleg 45 A05 Reti
Strzemiecki, Zbigniew 1-0 Andrenko, Irina 61 B06 Robatsch (modern) defence
Vasina, Olena 1/2-1/2 Sychevskyy, Andriy 15 A43 Old Benoni defence
Kagramanianz, Vartan 1/2-1/2 Rakhmangulov, Andrei 12 A22 English
Round 2. Fri 28th Nov 2014
Shtembuliak, Evgeny 1/2-1/2 Rakhmangulov, Andrei 17 A22 English opening
Sychevskyy, Andriy 1/2-1/2 Kagramanianz, Vartan 29 D46 QGD semi-Slav
Andrenko, Irina 1/2-1/2 Vasina, Olena 28 B28 Sicilian
Terletsky, Oleg 1/2-1/2 Strzemiecki, Zbigniew 8 C01 French
Sevostianov, Pavel 1/2-1/2 Moliboga, V. 29 E81 King's Indian
Nechaev, Andrei 1-0 Ghevondyan, Felix 50 D43 QGD semi-Slav
Round 3. Fri 28th Nov 2014
Ghevondyan, Felix 0-1 Shtembuliak, Evgeny 63 A53 Old Indian
Moliboga, V. 1/2-1/2 Nechaev, Andrei 49 B32 Sicilian
Strzemiecki, Zbigniew 1/2-1/2 Sevostianov, Pavel 15 A16 English opening
Vasina, Olena 1-0 Terletsky, Oleg 44 E92 King's Indian
Kagramanianz, Vartan 1/2-1/2 Andrenko, Irina 40 A48 King's Indian
Rakhmangulov, Andrei 1-0 Sychevskyy, Andriy 29 A43 Old Benoni defence
Round 4. Sat 29th Nov 2014
Shtembuliak, Evgeny 1-0 Sychevskyy, Andriy 19 C00 French
Andrenko, Irina 1/2-1/2 Rakhmangulov, Andrei 37 C41 Philidor
Terletsky, Oleg 1/2-1/2 Kagramanianz, Vartan 39 A55 Old Indian
Sevostianov, Pavel 1-0 Vasina, Olena 35 A20 English opening
Nechaev, Andrei 1/2-1/2 Strzemiecki, Zbigniew 55 E17 Queen's Indian
Ghevondyan, Felix 0-1 Moliboga, V. 40 C46 Four knights
Round 5. Sat 29th Nov 2014
Moliboga, V. 0-1 Shtembuliak, Evgeny 50 B40 Sicilian defence
Strzemiecki, Zbigniew 1-0 Ghevondyan, Felix 28 B30 Sicilian
Vasina, Olena 0-1 Nechaev, Andrei 73 B22 Sicilian
Kagramanianz, Vartan 1/2-1/2 Sevostianov, Pavel 15 A62 Benoni
Rakhmangulov, Andrei 1/2-1/2 Terletsky, Oleg 48 E60 King's Indian, 3.Nf3
Sychevskyy, Andriy 1/2-1/2 Andrenko, Irina 22 E60 King's Indian
Round 6. Sun 30th Nov 2014
Shtembuliak, Evgeny 1/2-1/2 Andrenko, Irina 40 A01 Nimzovich-Larsen attack
Terletsky, Oleg 0-1 Sychevskyy, Andriy 24 C07 French
Sevostianov, Pavel 1/2-1/2 Rakhmangulov, Andrei 22 B00 KP
Nechaev, Andrei 1/2-1/2 Kagramanianz, Vartan 21 D10 QGD Slav defence
Ghevondyan, Felix 0-1 Vasina, Olena 42 A22 English
Moliboga, V. 1/2-1/2 Strzemiecki, Zbigniew 10 A38 English
Round 7. Mon 1st Dec 2014
Strzemiecki, Zbigniew 1/2-1/2 Shtembuliak, Evgeny 41 B38 Sicilian
Vasina, Olena 0-1 Moliboga, V. 39 B30 Sicilian
Kagramanianz, Vartan 1/2-1/2 Ghevondyan, Felix 12 D15 QGD Slav
Rakhmangulov, Andrei 1/2-1/2 Nechaev, Andrei 17 A48 King's Indian
Sychevskyy, Andriy 1/2-1/2 Sevostianov, Pavel 12 A50 Queen's Indian accelerated
Andrenko, Irina 1-0 Terletsky, Oleg 48 C45 Scotch
Round 8. Mon 1st Dec 2014
Shtembuliak, Evgeny 1/2-1/2 Terletsky, Oleg 13 A45 Queen's pawn game
Sevostianov, Pavel 1/2-1/2 Andrenko, Irina 32 D92 Gruenfeld
Nechaev, Andrei 1/2-1/2 Sychevskyy, Andriy 44 A58 Benko gambit
Ghevondyan, Felix 0-1 Rakhmangulov, Andrei 46 A46 Queen's pawn game
Moliboga, V. 1/2-1/2 Kagramanianz, Vartan 14 B33 Sicilian
Strzemiecki, Zbigniew 1/2-1/2 Vasina, Olena 28 B28 Sicilian
Round 10. Tue 2nd Dec 2014
Shtembuliak, Evgeny 1-0 Sevostianov, Pavel 35 A04 Reti opening
Nechaev, Andrei 1/2-1/2 Terletsky, Oleg 12 E61 King's Indian defence, 3.Nc3
Ghevondyan, Felix 0-1 Andrenko, Irina 29 D85 Gruenfeld
Moliboga, V. 1/2-1/2 Sychevskyy, Andriy 11 B25 Sicilian
Strzemiecki, Zbigniew 1/2-1/2 Rakhmangulov, Andrei 13 C41 Philidor
Vasina, Olena 1-0 Kagramanianz, Vartan 49 A16 English opening
Round 9. Tue 2nd Dec 2014
Vasina, Olena 0-1 Shtembuliak, Evgeny 39 A16 English opening
Kagramanianz, Vartan 1/2-1/2 Strzemiecki, Zbigniew 21 A46 Queen's pawn
Rakhmangulov, Andrei 1-0 Moliboga, V. 75 A48 King's Indian
Sychevskyy, Andriy 1-0 Ghevondyan, Felix 46 D10 QGD Slav defence
Andrenko, Irina 1/2-1/2 Nechaev, Andrei 13 B32 Sicilian
Terletsky, Oleg 1/2-1/2 Sevostianov, Pavel 12 C49 Four knights
Round 11. Wed 3rd Dec 2014
Kagramanianz, Vartan 1/2-1/2 Shtembuliak, Evgeny 21 D13 QGD Slav
Rakhmangulov, Andrei 0-1 Vasina, Olena 64 A46 Queen's pawn
Sychevskyy, Andriy 1-0 Strzemiecki, Zbigniew 1 A40 Queen's pawn
Andrenko, Irina 0-1 Moliboga, V. 63 C45 Scotch
Terletsky, Oleg 1/2-1/2 Ghevondyan, Felix 14 C47 Four knights
Sevostianov, Pavel 1/2-1/2 Nechaev, Andrei 13 C42 Petrov

19) ch-IRI Women 2014

The Iranian women's championship takes place 7th to 16th December 2014.

ch-IRI Women 2014 Tehran IRI Sun 7th Dec 2014 - Tue 16th Dec 2014
Leading Round 1 (of 11) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Pourkashiyan AtousaIRI23121.00.00.00.0
2Hejazipour MitraIRI22971.00.00.00.0
3Derakhshani DorsaIRI21881.00.00.00.0
4Hakimifard RaanaIRI20011.00.00.00.0
6Khalaji HaniehIRI19441.00.00.00.0
7Alavi HomaIRI19331.00.00.00.0
8Kalantari SedighehIRI18951.00.00.00.0
9Alijanzadeh MohadesehIRI18861.00.00.00.0
11Alinasab MobinaIRI18811.00.00.00.0
24Khachatourians TeniIRI16981.00.00.00.0
115Zahedifar AnahitaIRI19520.50.00.00.0
10Jafari GolnazIRI18820.50.00.00.0
17Hashemi Seyed FatemehIRI17770.50.00.00.0
22Hamedi Nia VesalIRI17420.50.00.00.0
1512Ghazizadeh AsanaIRI18650.00.00.00.0
13Mobarhani NazaninIRI18640.00.00.00.0
14Karimi YeganehIRI18560.00.00.00.0
15Asadi MotahareIRI18240.00.00.00.0
16Majidi KimiaIRI18130.00.00.00.0
18Vagoohian RamilaIRI17700.00.00.00.0
19Asghari MitraIRI17590.00.00.00.0
20Ghaderi FarzanehIRI17580.00.00.00.0
21Ansari FatemeIRI17470.00.00.00.0
23Khalili AtiehIRI17400.00.00.00.0
24 players

20) 52nd SIB-CMS ch-IND 2014

The 52nd SIB-CMS ch-IND takes place 5th to 18th December 2014. Again I'm unsure if this is the Indian National Championship or a qualifier. I think it's the championship.

52nd SIB-CMS ch-IND 2014 Kottayam IND Fri 5th Dec 2014 - Thu 18th Dec 2014
Leading Round 4 (of 13) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
111Sengupta DeepIND25663.0-1.05.002
213Lalith Babu M.R.IND25473.0-1.04.752
310Sethuraman S.P.IND26223.0-1.04.252
44Deepan Chakkravarthy J.IND24892.50.04.751
56Karthikeyan P.IND24002.50.04.001
62Vidit Santosh GujrathiIND26252.00.03.751
71Kunte AbhijitIND24801.50.53.000
83Rajesh V A VIND24081.50.51.751
97Grover SahajIND25051.5-1.01.251
105Shyam Nikil P.IND24541.00.52.000
1112Girinath P.D.S.IND23331.00.51.750
128Laxman R.R.IND24081.0-1.00.501
139Swayams MishraIND24910.50.00.750
13 players

21) 128th MGU Open 2014

The 128th MGU Open took place 6th-7th December 2014. Goran Krastev and Petar Orev scored 5/6.

128th MGU Open 2014 Sofia BUL Sat 6th Dec 2014 - Sun 7th Dec 2014
Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPts
11Krastev GoranBUL20415.0
22Orev PetarBUL21135.0
311Peycheva GerganaBUL18294.5
46Andreev DobrotichBUL19704.5
53Gelemerov YaneBUL20783.5
65Tashev AleksandarBUL17803.5
74Metev MartinBUL20093.5
812Pamukchiev ManushBUL03.5
913Kosturkov KrasimirBUL17693.5
108Kostov NikolayBUL19143.5
1110Petrov StanislavBUL03.0
1217Georgiev NikolayBUL16403.0
1314Vasilev LyuboslavBUL17912.5
1415Mehmed ElifBUL15482.5
1518Georgiev KonstantinBUL14972.5
169Nikolov OrlinBUL18732.5
1720Ivanov Aleksandar Vl.BUL02.5
187Simeonov SvetoslavBUL17922.5
1916Tsenkov TsenkoBUL16482.0
2021Todev SimeonBUL02.0
2119Glavchev KirilBUL00.5
2222Tsekov PetarBUL00.5
22 players

22) Pavlodar Open 2014

The Pavlodar Open takes place 1st to 10th December 2014. No games available so far.

23) Akobian vs Becerra Match 2014

Akobian and Becarra play a six game match 8th to 10th December 2014.

24) I San Salvador Open 2014

The I San Salvador Open takes place 5th to 10th December 2014.

I San Salvador Open 2014 San Salvador ESA Fri 5th Dec 2014 - Wed 10th Dec 2014
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
13Stefansson HannesISL25644.518.011.54
27Kjartansson GudmundurISL24514.517.010.54
39Sanchez Alvarez Roberto CarloCUB23904.516.510.54
416Marrero Lopez YanietCUB22834.515.08.54
52Ramirez AlejandroUSA25794.514.59.04
66Romero Holmes AlfonsoESP24704.016.510.53
71Iturrizaga Bonelli EduardoVEN26544.016.510.04
811Leyva HectorESA23364.016.510.03
94Almeida Quintana OmarCUB24854.016.09.54
105Martinez Duany Lelys StanleyCUB24844.015.59.53
1115Cu Hor Winston DarwinGUA22864.015.59.04
1210Baules JorgePAN23484.015.58.54
1318Davila CarlosNCA22794.015.09.04
148Juarez Flores Carlos A.GUA24274.014.08.54
1521Lorenzana Wilson EstuardoGUA22074.013.58.54
1633Sanchez JorgePAN20784.011.07.03
1713Kaufman RaymondUSA23153.516.510.03
1814Arribas Robaina MaritzaCUB23083.516.09.53
1920Llaudy Pupo LisandraCUB22173.515.59.03
2012Arias Lemnys A.ESA23283.514.08.53
2134Giron Jorge ErnestoESA20613.513.59.53
2237Zepeda RafaelESA20253.513.59.03
2324Madrigal MarianoNCA21953.513.07.53
35Cardenas Carbajal NilsonHON20373.513.07.53
2525Zelaya PorfirioESA21923.513.07.03
2619Fonseca Cabrera ErnestoNCA22253.512.57.53
2730Martinez NelsonESA21423.512.57.03
31Reyes Najera Carlos A.GUA21203.512.57.03
2929Chavez Hector EduardoESA21463.511.06.53
3017Quinonez Centeno Carlos DavidGUA22823.017.010.02
3123Chavez Ricardo ErnestoESA21993.015.510.03
3250Cotto Mux Hector VinicioGUA19023.015.59.03
3326Fuentes AdrianPAN21893.015.09.03
27Garcia Ricardo NcaNCA21743.015.09.03
28Galvez Dastin EduardoGUA21563.015.09.03
36116Mora EduardoGUA03.015.09.02
3775Melara MoisesESA16993.014.59.53
3848Duarte JuanESA19263.014.58.53
60Hernandez BeraESA18233.014.58.53
4032Guzman OswaldoGUA20863.014.08.03
131 players

25) First Saturday December 2014

The First Saturday December tournaments take place 6th to 16th December 2014.

FSGM December 2014 Budapest HUN Sat 6th Dec 2014 - Mon 15th Dec 2014
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
18Torma RobertHUN24172.00.500.02
27Golubov SaveliyRUS23821.50.250.01
9Fang YuxiangCHN22951.50.250.01
41Flumbort Andras Dr.HUN24631.00.500.01
56Fominyh AlexanderRUS24381.00.000.01
62Kojima ShinyaJPN23560.50.750.00
4Benkovic PetarSRB23950.50.750.00
83Arngrimsson DagurISL23860.00.00-1.00
5Dragnev ValentinAUT23640.00.00-1.00
10Medvegy ZoltanHUN25270.00.00-1.00
10 players
FSIM December 2014 Budapest HUN Sat 6th Dec 2014 - Mon 15th Dec 2014
Leading Round 2 (of 10) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Lyell MarkENG22361.01.001.01
2Szalanczy EmilHUN22341.01.001.01
3Kozlitin OlegRUS23291.01.001.01
4Szeberenyi AdamHUN23161.01.001.01
5Marjanovics AnnamariaHUN22471.01.001.01
6House Glenn LENG22421.01.001.01
6 players
FS FMA December 2014 Budapest HUN Sat 6th Dec 2014 - Mon 15th Dec 2014
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
17Czibulka Zoltan Dr.HUN20071.51.750.01
24Juracsik JozsefHUN21261.50.750.01
39Ding Tze How DilwenMAS18131.50.250.01
41Nagy LaszloHUN19121.00.000.01
5Marjanovics GyorgyHUN20211.00.000.01
63Schenkerik CsabaHUN20580.50.750.00
72Oberfrank IstvanHUN17850.00.00-1.00
6Lukacs AlbertHUN18830.00.00-1.00
8Vereb GaborHUN21450.00.00-1.00
10Ahmed J.MajeedIRQ20450.00.00-1.00
10 players
FS FMB December 2014 Budapest HUN Sat 6th Dec 2014 - Mon 15th Dec 2014
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
18Szurkos AndrasHUN17821.51.500.01
9Hatala SandorHUN18661.51.500.01
33Takacs Zsolt OttoHUN17821.01.500.00
46Lakat GyulaHUN18031.01.000.01
52Szlenka AttilaHUN17731.00.00-1.01
4Di Giovanni VilmosHUN17551.00.00-1.01
5Ongut Tamas GunesHUN17031.00.00-1.01
81Steer JozsefHUN18110.00.00-1.00
7Leost JoelFRA14430.00.00-1.00
10Shahla Ismael AbdullahIRQ00.00.00-1.00
10 players

26) TCEC Season 7 2014

The TCEC Season 7 computer chess tournament takes place 19th September until approximately 15th December 2014.

27) US Chess League 2014

The US Chess League took place 26th August to 3rd December 2014. The event has reached the knockout stages. The final was on 3rd December and St. Louis Arch Bishops won after a tie-break match against Dallas.

US Chess League 2014 ICC INT Tue 26th Aug 2014 - Wed 3rd Dec 2014
Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
RkTeamGms+-Bpts
1Manhattan407.52.522.5
2New York407.03.022.0
3New Jersey406.53.521.5
4Philadelphia405.05.019.5
5Boston403.07.017.0
6New England400.59.513.5
1St. Louis407.52.525.0
2Miami405.05.018.5
3Connecticut404.55.520.5
4Baltimore404.55.519.5
5Atlanta404.06.020.0
6Carolina403.56.517.0
1Dallas408.02.026.5
2Rio Grande406.53.520.5
3San Francisco406.04.022.5
4Seattle404.55.522.0
5Arizona404.06.017.5
6Los Angeles402.57.514.5
18 teams

28) TCh-HUN 2014-15

The Hungarian Team Championship takes place 12th October to 26th April 2014. Round 3 was on 30th November. Games should be available next week.

Round 3 30th November. Round 4 14th December. Round 5 25th Jan. Round 6 8th Feb. Round 7 1st March. Round 8 22nd March. Round 9 26th April.

TCh-HUN 2014-15 Hungary HUN Sun 12th Oct 2014 - Sun 26th Apr 2015
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeam12345678910Bpts
1Aquaprofit-NTSK-8.57924.5
2HVSE-Infraplan-4.598.522
3ASE Paks7.5-6.57.521.5
4ASS-Makoi SVSE5.5-7719.5
5Budapesti Titanok3.5-410.518
6Penzugyor SE4.5-7.5618
7MLTC584.5-17.5
8HUSI SC35-614
9Dunaharaszti MTK356-14
10Szigetszentmiklos3.51.56-11
10 teams

29) TCh-AUT 2nd Bundesliga 2014-15

The Austrian 2nd Bundesliga takes place 3rd October 2014 to 19th April 2015.

TCh-AUT 2nd Mitte 2014-15 Austria AUT Fri 3rd Oct 2014 - Sun 19th Apr 2015
Leading Round 5 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1SC MPÖ Maria Saal II*4551023.00
2Spg. Sauwald*3919.00
3Spg.Sparkasse Fürstenfeld/Hartberg2*444817.50
4SV Steyregg*3717.00
5RbEJ Gleisdorf½2*44615.00
6ASK St. Valentin*3515.00
7Schachfreunde Graz*5416.00
8Union Ansfelden3*3414.50
9SC Die Klagenfurter½33*3312.00
10Union Hartkirchen - Sektion Schach33*212.50
11Union Styria Graz122*211.00
12Strassenbahn Graz1221*07.50
12 players
TCh-AUT 2nd West 2014-15 Austria AUT Fri 3rd Oct 2014 - Sun 19th Apr 2015
Leading Round 5 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1SIR Bernhard 2*3719.00
2Rochade Rum*43335718.00
3Hohenems II*616.50
4Dornbirn*2616.02
5Götzis*4616.00
Ranshofen2*44616.00
7HAK/HAS Innsbruck3*432615.50
8Kufstein Wörgl32*5516.00
9Sparkasse Neumarkt342*2312.50
10Schwarzach½324*312.00
11Schwaz13*311.50
12Bregenz241*211.00
12 players
TCh-AUT 2nd Ost 2014-15 Austria AUT Fri 3rd Oct 2014 - Sun 19th Apr 2015
Leading Round 5 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1ASVÖ Pamhagen*5354921.50
2SG Hietzing/Ottakring*364921.00
3SK Austria1*45818.00
4Zwettl3*554718.50
5SC Data Technology Pressbaum/E.3*4716.50
6Blackburne Nickelsdorf*54617.50
7ASVÖ Mattersburg1*34514.00
8SC Donaustadt121*411.00
9ASVOE VHS Poechlarn3*4313.50
10SV Stockerau012*29.00
11tschaturanga222*011.00
12SK Advisory Invest Baden2122*08.50
12 players

30) 2nd Gligoric Cup 2014

The 2nd Gligoric Cup takes place 6th to 12th December 2014. Serbian team competition.

2nd Gligoric Cup 2014 Kragujevac SRB Sat 6th Dec 2014 - Fri 12th Dec 2014
Leading Round 2 (of 7) Standings:
RkSNoTeamGms+-=TB1TB2TB3
11Radnicki-Vodovod - Kragujevac320178.010.0
23Jugovic - Kac320175.515.5
32JELICA PEP - Goracici321067.59.5
44VSK 2005 - Valjevo311144.512.0
57Srbobran311144.012.0
66MIlosevac- Milosevo312034.015.5
78Prota St. Popovic - Cumic211034.09.0
89Pravi potez - Novi Sad312033.58.5
95Stara Pazova211033.58.0
1010Banovci-Dunav303002.57.5
10 players

31) Bundesliga 2014-15

The very strong German Schachbundesliga takes place Sat 18th Oct 2014 to Sun 12th Apr 2015.

Round: 7 2015-01-30 15:00 Round: 8 2015-01-31 13:00 Round: 9 2015-02-01 09:00 Round: 10 2015-02-21 13:00 Round: 11 2015-02-22 09:00 Round: 12 2015-03-14 13:00 Round: 13 2015-03-15 09:00 Round: 14 2015-04-11 13:00 Round: 15 2015-04-12 09:00

Bundesliga 2014-15 Germany GER Sat 18th Oct 2014 - Sun 12th Apr 2015
Leading Round 6 (of 15) Standings:
RkTeamGms+-=MptsBpts
1OSG Baden-Baden77001437.5
2SK Schwaebisch Hall75111133.5
3Werder Bremen64021029.5
4USV TU Dresden7421930.5
5SK Turm Emsdetten6303927
6SG Solingen7322828.5
7SC Eppingen7430827.5
8SC Hansa Dortmund7331729
9SV Muelheim Nord7232631
10SV 1930 Hockenheim7124627.5
11SG Trier7232626.5
12SF Berlin 19037133526
13SF Katernberg7241525
14Hamburger SK7250429.5
15FC Bayern Muenchen7160218.5
16SSC Rostock 077070013
16 teams

32) TCh-CHN 2014

The Chinese Team Championship takes place 12th April to 9th December 2014. Rounds 5-7 took place 3rd to 5th June 2014. Rounds 8-11 24th to 27th July 2014. Rounds 12-15 10th to 13th September 2014. Rounds 16-18 14th to 16th November 2014. Round 18 games now available.

TCh-CHN 2014 Beijing CHN Sat 12th Apr 2014 - Tue 9th Dec 2014
Leading Round 21 (of 22) Standings:
RkTeam1a1b2a2b3a3b4a4b5a5b6a6b7a7b8a8b9a9b10a10bTB1TB2
1Jiangsu**33233333433466.0
2Tianjing2**333368.5
3Chongqing2**23243434343268.5
4Shanghai33**2332332964.0
5Beijing2223**33234342760.5
6Shandong23122**2332255.5
7Zhejiang221232½32**322056.0
8Qingdao Experimental School22½½32**32211647.0
9Guangdong1½212212323**21646.5
10Hebei22½21221343**1547.5
11Chengdu2½1120½1½03222833.5
12Qingdao Qingwei00½½00021½½½½1111016.5
12 teams

33) TCh-CZE 2014-15

The Czech Extraleague takes place 1st November 2014 to 29th March 2015. In addition the 1st league Zapad and Vychod leagues have already started.

TCh-CZE Extraliga 2014-15 Prague CZE Sat 1st Nov 2014 - Sun 29th Mar 2015
Leading Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
11. SK Novoborsky*671226.010.5
2Vystavistě Lysa nad Labem*551222.06.0
3Zikuda Turnov*451018.02.5
4Labortech Ostrava*7919.56.0
5Slavoj Ostrava - Poruba*5617.55.0
6AD Mahrla Praha*32616.04.0
7Rapid Pardubice*616.03.5
8BSS Frydek-Mistek35*615.02.5
9Ancora Tatran Litovel336*315.52.5
10TZ Třinec½4*110.50.5
11SK Karvina2*08.50.5
122222 SK Polabiny131*07.51.5
12 teams
TCh-CZE 1 Liga Zapad Prague CZE Sat 1st Nov 2014 - Sun 29th Mar 2015
Leading Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1SK Joly Lysa nad Labem B*6761224.59.0
2Unichess A*671223.09.0
3SK AD Jicin*461019.07.0
4SK Sokol Vysehrad*55920.06.5
5TJ Bohemians Praha*4718.57.0
6QCC Ceske Budějovice23*5615.54.0
7TJ Spartak Vlasim44*5514.54.5
81. Novoborsky SK B33*4414.53.5
9Karlovarsky sachklub Tietz12*311.03.5
10TJ Praha-Pankrac24*112.02.5
11Unichess B1*010.53.0
12TJ Slavia Hradec Kralove23*09.02.0
12 teams
TCh-CZE 1 Liga Vychod Prague CZE Sat 1st Nov 2014 - Sun 29th Mar 2015
Leading Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1SK Zlin „A“*5916.07.0
2SK Stare Město „A“*4716.55.5
3SK Duras BVK „A“*664716.05.5
4Agentura 64 Grygov „A“*615.55.0
5SK Slavia Orlova „A“*563614.05.0
6Slavia Kroměřiž „A“*613.54.5
7TJ SO Chrudim4*414.55.0
8Beskydska sachova skola o.s. „B“23*310.52.0
9Slezan Opava22*38.51.5
10SK Duras BVK „B“5*38.02.5
11Sachovy kteamslub Lokomotiva Brno. o.s. „A“4*110.03.0
12Region Panda Rychnov nad Kněžnou3*09.03.0
12 teams

34) Active Team Events

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

Fraubundesliga 2014-15

The German Fraubundesliga takes place 27th September 2014 to 19th April 2015. It will be interesting to see how many games become available. Next Rounds: 3-4 29th-30th November.

Round: 5 2014-12-14 Round: 6 2015-01-24 Round: 7 2015-01-25 Round: 8 2015-03-28 Round: 9 2015-03-29 Round: 10 2015-04-18 Round: 11 2015-04-19

Fraubundesliga 2014-15 Germany GER Sat 27th Sep 2014 - Sun 19th Apr 2015
Leading Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
RkName123456789101112MptsBpts
1OSG Baden-Badenxxx4818½
2SK Schwaebisch Hallxxx44817
3USV VB Halle2xxx46616½
3Bad Koenigshofenxxx464616½
5SK Grosslehnaxxx355515½
6Hamburger SK22xxx5412½
7SF Deizisau0xxx½5410
8Rodewischer SM2xxx3313
9SF Friedberg231xxx6312
10SK Lehrte½230xxx1
11Allianz Leipzig½1xxx0
12SG Leipzig½011xxx0
12 teams

Belgian Interclubs 2014-15

The Belgian Interclubs 2014-15 takes place 28th September 2014 to 29th Match 2015. Round: 5 30th November 2014. Next round Round: 6 11th January 2015.

Remaining rounds: Round: 6 2015-01-11 Round: 7 2015-01-25 Round: 8 2015-02-08 Round: 9 2015-03-01 Round: 10 2015-03-15 Round: 11 2015-03-22

TCh-BEL 2014-15 Belgium BEL Sun 28th Sep 2014 - Sun 29th Mar 2015
Leading Round 5 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeamMptsBpts
1KSK47-Eynatten 110101
2Amay 11099
3KBSK 1789
4Wirtzfeld 1786
5KSK Rochade 1683
6Fontaine 1675
7CRELEL 1578
8KGSRL 1482
9Borgerhout 1383
10Temse 1162
11Namura 1158
12CREC 1062
12 teams

TCh-AUT 2014-15

The Austrian Team Championship takes place 20th November 2014 to 21st March 2015. First four rounds 20th to 24th November 2014.

Remaining rounds: Round: 5 2015-02-26 15:00 Round: 6 2015-02-27 13:00 Round: 7 2015-02-28 13:00 Round: 8 2015-03-01 09:00 Round: 9 2015-03-19 15:00 Round: 10 2015-03-20 13:00 Round: 11 2015-03-21 11:00

TCh-AUT 2014-15 Austria AUT Thu 20th Nov 2014 - Sat 21st Mar 2015
Leading Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1Sparkasse Jenbach*5820.50
2SV Jacques Lemans St. Veit*34714.00
3SK Hohenems*445615.50
4SIR Royal Salzburg½*44612.00
5Schachclub MPÖ Maria Saal2*36514.50
6ASVÖ Wulkaprodersdorf23*3412.50
7SK Absam*1411.50
8SV Raika Rapid Feffernitz35*312.00
9Spk. Grieskirchen/Schallerbach3*2311.00
10SV Wolfsberg½24*29.00
11Mayrhofen/SK Zell/Zillertal22*08.00
12ASVÖ Pamhagen110*03.50
12 teams

TCh-FIN 2014-15

The Finnish Team Championship takes place 27th September 2014 to 15th March 2015. Rounds 3-4 18th to 19th October 2014. Rounds 5-6 15th to 16th November 2014. Games now available.

Remaining rounds: Round: 7 2015-02-07 Round: 8 2015-02-08 Round: 9 2015-03-13 Round: 10 2015-03-14 Round: 11 2015-03-15

TCh-FIN 2014-15 Finland FIN Sat 27th Sep 2014 - Sun 15th Mar 2015
Leading Round 6 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeamGms+-=MptsBpts
1MatSK I, Espoo64-21019
2JyS, Jyvaskyla65-01020
3Tammer-Shakki, Tampere64-1919
4Aatos, Helsinki64-1922
5TuTS , Turku63-0616
6EtVaS, Vantaa63-0614
7HSK, Helsinki62-2611
8SalSK, Salo63-0612
9VammSK, Sastamala62-0414
10MatSK II, Espoo61-1310
11OSS, Oulu61-029
12Velhot, Porvoo60-1110
12 teams

Dutch League 2014-15

The Dutch League takes place 27th September to 25th April 2014. Round 3 was on the 22nd November 2014. Round 4 13th December 2014.

Remaining fixtures: Round: 5 2015-02-07 Round: 6 2015-03-07 Round: 7 2015-03-21 Round: 8 2015-04-11 Round: 9 2015-04-25.

Dutch League 2014-15 Netherlands NED Sat 27th Sep 2014 - Sat 25th Apr 2015
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeamRtg12345678910MptsBpts
1En Passant244567618½
2HMC Calder24074416
3Charlois Europoort2352646416
4BSG2369466416
5Utrecht225146415½
6Pathena Rotterdam223566414½
7LSG2404215½
8Voerendaal23094214
9Groninger Combinatie23304013
10SISSA2284344011
10 teams

TCh-SVK 2014-15

The TCh-SVK takes place 25th October 2014 to 22nd March 2015. Round 3-4 22nd-23rd November.

Remaining rounds: Round: 5 2015-01-17 09:00 Round: 6 2015-01-18 09:00 Round: 7 2015-02-21 09:00 Round: 8 2015-02-22 09:00 Round: 9 2015-03-20 17:00 Round: 10 2015-03-21 12:00 Round: 11 2015-03-22 08:00

TCh-SVK 2014-15 Slovakia SVK Sat 25th Oct 2014 - Sun 22nd Mar 2015
Leading Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1SKM Angelus Stara Lubovna*61222.50
2SK Dunajska Streda*551222.00
3TJ Slavia UPJS Kosice*56920.00
4Liptovska sachova skola*56919.00
5SK Slovan Bratislava A*5917.50
6SKS Dubnica n/V*4716.50
7SK Prakovce3*54415.50
8SK Strelec DNV33*314.00
9SK Caissa Cadca½3*310.50
10SK Doprastav Bratislava43*111.00
11SK Slovan Bratislava B2224*110.00
12TJ INBEST Dunajov3*013.50
12 teams

TCh-SWE Elitserien 2014-15

The Swedish Team Championship takes place 21st November 2014 to 22nd March 2015. No games available yet although a few were broadcast live.

TCh-SWE Elitserien Sweden SWE Fri 21st Nov 2014 - Sun 22nd Mar 2015
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeamGms+-=MptsBpts
1SK Team Viking3300618.5
2SK Rockaden, Sthlm3300617
3Lunds ASK3300616
4Farsta SK3111312.5
5Kungstornet3120213.5
6Eksjo SK3120212
7Vasteraas SK312029.5
8Limhamns SK312029
9Solna SS302116
10Orgryte SK303006
10 teams

4NCL 2014-15

The 4NCL takes place 15th November 2014 to 4th May 2015. Games from the first two rounds available.

4NCL 2014-15 Hinckley Island ENG Sat 15th Nov 2014 - Mon 4th May 2015
Leading Round 2 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam12345678Pts
1White Rose 14½-3½6-24
2Barbican 4NCL 14½-3½5½-2½4
3Blackthorne Russia3-56½-1½2
4Guildford 23½-4½5-32
5Wood Green HK3½-4½4½-3½2
6The AD's2½-5½5-32
7Warwickshire Select 13½-4½3-50
8South Wales Dragons2-61½-6½0
1Guildford 16½-1½6½-1½4
2Cambridge University 14½-3½5½-2½4
3Cheddleton 14½-3½4½-3½4
4Grantham Sharks 13½-4½5-32
5Oxford 13½-4½5-32
6Barbican 4NCL 23-53-50
7e2e4.org.uk 11½-6½3½-4½0
8Hackney 11½-6½2½-5½0
16 teams

TCh-NOR League 2014

The Norwegian League takes place 31st October 2014 to 8th March 2015. Games from the 3rd round were incomplete and remained so. I give those available now.

TCh-NOR Elite 2014-15 Norway NOR Fri 31st Oct 2014 - Sun 8th Mar 2015
Leading Round 3 (of 11) Standings:
RkNameRtgMptsTB1TB2
1 Vaalerenga24246153
2 SK 191123336133
3 OSS2458612.53
4 Tromso22925116.5
5 Bergens231549.53
6 Asker233138.50.5
7 Stavanger2255210.51
8 SOSS Selvaagbygg2228270
9 Black Knights227115.51.5
10 SK 962210152.5
11 Akademisk217506.50
12 Nordstrand2243040
12 teams

53rd TCh-DEN ExtraCon 2014-15

The 53rd TCh-DEN ExtraCon takes place 25th October 2014 to 8th March 2015. I couldn't find any games.

53rd TCh-DEN Ex 2014-15 Copenhagen DEN Sat 25th Oct 2014 - Sun 8th Mar 2015
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeamMptsBpts
1Jetsmark 1 Guldmedaljer311.5
2Skanderborg 1 Solvmedaljer410.5
3Nordre Bronzemedaljer39
4Bronshoj 138.5
5SK 1968 128.5
6Aarhus/Skolerne28
7Nordkalotten28
8Hillerod16.5
9Obro 1 Nedrykning06.5
10Esbjerg Nedrykning03
10 teams

TCh-ISL 2014-15

The first half of the Icelandic championships took place starting 2nd October. Games should follow. The second half will be in March 2015. My thanks to Gunnar Bjornsson for the games.

TCh-ISL Div 1 2014-15 Reykjavik ISL Thu 2nd Oct 2014 - Sat 21st Mar 2015
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeam12345678910TB1TB2TB3
1Skakfelagd Huginn a-sveit*567728.580
2Taflfelag Reykjavikur3*5728.080
3Taflfelag Vestmannaeyja3*627.580
4Skakdeild Fjölnis*723.060
5Taflfelag Bolungarvikur2*521.560
5Skakfelagid Huginn b-sveit1*4618.050
7Skakfelag Akureyrar*518.040
8Vikingaklubburinn123*512.520
9Skakfelag Reykjanesbaejar1143*312.010
10Skakfelag Islands½½235*11.020
10 teams

35) Forthcoming Events and Links

4th Holuj-Radzikowska 2014

SportAccord World Mind Games 2014

129th MGU Open 2014

Sunway Sitges Festival 2014

World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad 2014

Brambles Admin Hampstead Open 2014

European Rapid and Blitz Championships 2014

52nd Groningen Chess Festival 2014

11th Vandoeuvre Open 2014

23rd Donau Open 2014

Czech Christmas 2014-15

Lisbon Christmas International Chess Open 2014

90th Hastings Congress 2014-15

7th Chennai Open 2014-15

122nd New Zealand Open 2015

Basel Schachfestival 2015

Australian Open 2015

77th Tata Steel 2015

January Lviv Tradition 2014

4th Zurich Chess Challenge 2015

Batumi FIDE Grand Prix 2015

13th Nancy Blitz and Rapid 2015

N1 Reykjavik Open 2015

2nd Nazari Chess Festival 2015

Cork Congress 2015

Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE Grand Prix 2015

FIDE World Cup 2015

42nd World Chess Olympiad 2016

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