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THE WEEK IN CHESS 1109 8th February 2016 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016
3) Moscow Open 2016
4) Turkish Cup 2016
5) IIFL Wealth Mumbai Open 2016
6) 76th Noteboom Tournament 2016
7) Hou Yifan vs Cristobal Henriquez 2016
8) 4th Circuito CBX Natal GM 2016
9) 6th Ferdowsi Open 2016
10) 21st HIT Open 2016
11) First Saturday February 2016
12) 54th Baltimore Open 2016
13) 7th Pfalz Open 2016
14) 38th Bulgarian Open 2016
15) 5th Palma Open 2016
16) TCh-CAT 2016
17) TCh-CZE 2015-16
18) TCh-AUT 2nd Bundesliga 2015-16
19) Bundesliga 2015-16
20) 54th TCh-DEN ExtraCon 2015-16
21) Active Team Events
22) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016568 games
Moscow Open 2016157 games
Turkish Cup 2016336 games
IIFL Wealth Mumbai Open 2016175 games
76th Noteboom Tournament 201673 games
Hou Yifan vs Cristobal Henriquez 20162 games
4th Circuito CBX Natal GM 201627 games
6th Ferdowsi Open 201656 games
21st HIT Open 2016331 games
54th Baltimore Open 20169 games
5th Palma Open 201616 games
TCh-CAT 2016160 games
TCh-CZE 2015-16191 games
TCh-AUT 2nd Bundesliga 2015-16107 games
Bundesliga 2015-16136 games
54th TCh-DEN ExtraCon 2015-1616 games
2360 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Olexandr Prohorov, Holger Lieske, Patricia Llaneza Vega, Miklos Orso, Janos Rigo, Luiz Roberto Da Costa jr, David Navara, Alex Holowczak, Michael Regan and everyone else who helped with this issue.

Hikaru Nakamura had a good win in the Gibraltar Masters after a tie-break against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, this is his second win in a row. Nakamura moves on to the Zurich Chess Challenge 12th to 15th February. The Moscow Open finished with Urii Eliseev edging out Dmitry Gordievsky on tie-break after both scored 7/9. There were also a few rounds of team events including the German Bundesliga.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

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2) Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016

The Tradewise Chess Festival Masters took place 26th January to 4th February 2016. Top seeds Hikaru Nakamura, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Viswanathan Anand, Pentala Harikrishna, Li Chao, Yu Yangyi, Dmitry Jakovenko, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Richard Rapport, Laurent Fressinet, Etienne Bacrot, Ni Hua, Arkadij Naiditsch, Markus Ragger, David Howell, Zoltan Almasi, Nigel Short, Lazaro Bruzon Batista, Gata Kamsky, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Emil Sutovsky etc. Hikaru Nakamura and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave tied for first on 8/10 and Nakamura won the tie-break after winning a final Armageddon game.

Gibraltar Masters 2016 Caleta ENG Mon 25th Jan 2016 - Thu 4th Feb 2016
Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1
12Vachier-Lagrave MaximeFRA27858.02838
21Nakamura HikaruUSA27878.02811
311Bacrot EtienneFRA26977.52786
425Sethuraman S.P.IND26397.52781
54Harikrishna P.IND27557.52773
628Jones Gawain C BENG26257.52730
75Li Chao BCHN27517.52721
822Sutovsky EmilISR26477.52628
914Ragger MarkusAUT26897.02737
1032Gupta AbhijeetIND26137.02716
35Maze SebastienFRA25917.02716
127Jakovenko DmitryRUS27327.02711
1324Anton Guijarro DavidESP26397.02706
1418Bruzon Batista LazaroCUB26667.02703
1526Grandelius NilsSWE26357.02692
169Rapport RichardHUN27217.02682
1747Muzychuk AnnaUKR25377.02677
1823Vidit Santosh GujrathiIND26427.02675
1916Almasi ZoltanHUN26847.02662
2030Edouard RomainFRA26177.02650
2139Perez Ponsa FedericoARG25777.02628
2210Fressinet LaurentFRA27007.02624
2319Kamsky GataUSA26657.02612
2433Lenic LukaSLO26116.52693
2557Gledura BenjaminHUN25156.52691
2643Tari AryanNOR25566.52676
278Wojtaszek RadoslawPOL27276.52670
286Yu YangyiCHN27476.52657
2912Ni HuaCHN26976.52643
3045Lalith Babu M RIND25536.52641
3156Stefanova AntoanetaBUL25156.52637
3238Grigoriants SergeyRUS25806.52629
3342Oparin GrigoriyRUS25656.52608
3462Tan ZhongyiCHN25046.52600
3534Bachmann AxelPAR26106.52592
3620Duda Jan-KrzysztofPOL26606.52590
60Bai JinshiCHN25076.52590
3882Kelires AndreasCYP24446.52579
3936Sandipan ChandaIND25836.52577
4055Libiszewski FabienFRA25156.52575
257 players
Gibraltar Masters TB Caleta ENG Thu 4th Feb 2016 - Thu 4th Feb 2016
RkNameTiFEDRtg12345Pts
1Nakamura HikaruGMUSA2787====13
2Vachier-Lagrave MaximeGMFRA2785====02
2 players
Gibraltar Challenger A Caleta ENG Mon 25th Jan 2016 - Thu 4th Feb 2016
Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1
12Longa Yauca JavierPER22344.52479
222Paronen PetteriFIN21224.52452
31Menna Barreto Felipe KubiakiBRA22474.02365
430Pabalan RockyPHI20894.02362
516Campbell CharlesNGR21574.02286
626Omoifo Osemekhian IUSA21064.02285
732Erdelyi Tamas Dr.HUN20824.02266
821Dolzhikova OlgaNOR21264.02261
96Walton Alan JENG22064.02256
1039Ungureanu SanduROU20513.52279
115Midonet MatthieuFRA22113.52186
1217Severijnen ArjonNED21513.52176
139Pinho PauloPOR21973.52168
1425Kandic MilanSRB21093.52162
1544Odeh KennethNGR20143.02265
1637Hamer MartynENG20583.02264
1738Schouten FreekNED20533.02209
1829Har-Even AbirISR20943.02185
1964Lafortune EmerickFRA19233.02170
2057Bryant Richard B EENG19613.02151
214House Glenn LENG22263.02135
228Bendayan Claros AaronESP22043.02111
2313Gonzalez Gonzalez AlfonsoESP21733.02098
2411Gueler SebastianGER21893.02086
2514Ajele RotimiNGR21633.02079
2633Burrows ZacharyCAN20743.02078
2724Burrows Martin PENG21153.02050
2823Boado Rodriguez MartinESP21213.01973
2947Samaganova AlexandraKGZ19922.52137
3045Maloberti DavidFRA20062.52126
3120Osuna Vega EnriqueESP21272.52120
3215Ranaivoharisoa AlainMAD21602.52101
55Petersson Baldur TeodorSWE19802.52101
3470Cramling Bellon AnnaSWE18302.52070
3536Wilen EeroFIN20652.52060
3635Kozarcanin SeadCRO20732.52049
3754Mottonen AriFIN19812.52024
3810Gaerths RonnyGER21922.52012
3948Lawson Dominic RalphENG19882.51977
4018Lung Liviu-CatalinROU21412.51939
73 players
Gibraltar Challenger B Caleta ENG Mon 25th Jan 2016 - Thu 4th Feb 2016
Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1
120Boado Rodriguez MartinESP21214.52506
21Menna Barreto Felipe KubiakiBRA22474.52482
34Longa Yauca JavierPER22344.52467
47Verneuil PascalFRA22054.52449
562George Lolomari ENGR19374.02361
617Dolzhikova OlgaNOR21264.02349
72Lercel MichalPOL22454.02343
814Campbell CharlesNGR21574.02274
950Samaganova AlexandraKGZ19923.52263
105House Glenn LENG22263.52214
1135Hamer MartynENG20583.52209
1233Kozarcanin SeadCRO20733.52112
1325Martin Macias DanielESP21043.52049
1454Broekman WillemNED19783.02218
1511Gonzalez Gonzalez AlfonsoESP21733.02155
169Gueler SebastianGER21893.02154
1738Ungureanu SanduROU20513.02140
1836Romero Valencia FernandoESP20543.02137
1927Jameson DavidWLS20953.02133
2028Pabalan RockyPHI20893.02120
2124Omoifo Osemekhian IUSA21063.02119
2256Vardi ShlomitISR19663.02103
2319Vinas Guerrero Carlos A.ESP21233.02102
2421Del Amo Carbo JordiESP21133.02100
258Pinho PauloPOR21973.02071
2615Lung Liviu-CatalinROU21413.02069
2758Bryant Richard B EENG19613.02062
2812Ajele RotimiNGR21633.02058
51Lawson Dominic RalphENG19883.02058
3016Osuna Vega EnriqueESP21273.02055
37Schouten FreekNED20533.02055
3263Lafortune EmerickFRA19232.52090
336Midonet MatthieuFRA22112.52050
3448Maloberti DavidFRA20062.52029
3532Carlsten PeterSWE20742.52009
3631Burrows ZacharyCAN20742.51993
3713Ranaivoharisoa AlainMAD21602.51992
3870Cramling Bellon AnnaSWE18302.51973
3940Ebner JohannAUT20362.51971
4030Palmqvist FredrikSWE20802.51945
77 players

3) Moscow Open 2016

The Moscow Open took place 28th January to 8th February 2016. Urii Eliseev edged out Dmitry Gordievsky on tie-break after both scored 7.5/9.

Moscow Open A 2016 Moscow RUS Thu 28th Jan 2016 - Mon 8th Feb 2016
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
111Eliseev UriiRUS25827.552.548.57.0
229Gordievsky DmitryRUS25067.547.043.07.0
31Korobov AntonUKR27107.060.555.05.0
412Timofeev ArtyomRUS25707.054.049.56.0
53Artemiev VladislavRUS26737.052.549.06.0
62Inarkiev ErnestoRUS26767.052.049.06.0
755Moskalenko AlexanderRUS24427.052.048.56.0
87Kokarev DmitryRUS26197.051.548.06.0
971Korchmar VasiliyRUS24057.050.547.56.0
1022Ivanov Oleg VUKR25196.549.546.55.0
116Khismatullin DenisRUS26266.547.543.56.0
1210Ponkratov PavelRUS25916.547.043.55.0
1334Gasanov EldarUKR24886.546.544.04.0
144Grachev BorisRUS26526.546.543.04.0
1591Shevchenko KirillUKR23736.546.542.55.0
1640Iljiushenok IliaRUS24706.546.041.54.0
1776Vorontsov PavloUKR23956.545.542.55.0
1874Naumkin IgorRUS24036.544.541.05.0
1952Tran Tuan MinhVIE24476.544.540.56.0
2039Triapishko OlexandrRUS24716.540.537.55.0
2118Bernadskiy VitaliyUKR25466.051.046.55.0
2213Antal GergelyHUN25666.049.045.56.0
239Goganov AlekseyRUS25916.048.044.05.0
2472Oganian MiranRUS24056.047.545.55.0
2550Seliverstov VladimirRUS24496.047.545.03.0
2615Lintchevski DaniilRUS25636.046.043.04.0
2738Badmatsyrenov OlegRUS24736.045.042.05.0
2864Kozionov KirillRUS24166.045.041.54.0
2916Alekseenko KirillRUS25606.045.041.06.0
3023Kornev AlexeiRUS25176.044.040.54.0
3142Golubov SaveliyRUS24696.043.539.56.0
3235Geller JakovRUS24876.043.539.55.0
3365Khegay DmitriyRUS24166.042.539.05.0
3495Alikulov ElbekUZB23656.041.539.06.0
3533Lugovskoy MaximRUS24896.041.038.05.0
3657Harutjunyan GevorgARM24366.040.538.06.0
3778Khanin SemenRUS23936.040.537.55.0
3853Dvalishvili Pavel S.RUS24456.038.035.04.0
3951Vavulin MaksimRUS24485.548.045.04.0
75Kopylov Alexander A.RUS24015.548.045.04.0
229 players
Moscow Open B 2016 Moscow RUS Thu 28th Jan 2016 - Mon 8th Feb 2016
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Bodnaruk AnastasiaRUS24537.557.052.56.0
210Soumya SwaminathanIND23457.553.549.56.0
336Obolentseva AlexandraRUS21947.552.048.57.0
45Kovanova BairaRUS23817.054.050.55.0
512Tsolakidou StavroulaGRE23387.049.545.55.0
656Utiatskaja IrinaRUS21087.047.044.06.0
711Osmak IulijaUKR23436.551.046.56.0
821Schneider VeronikaHUN22596.549.545.55.0
917Schepetkova MargaritaRUS22836.548.044.55.0
1024Martynkova OlenaUKR22456.543.040.06.0
1144Balajayeva KhanimAZE21516.542.039.56.0
1215Galojan LilitARM22956.053.049.05.0
1325Drozdova DinaRUS22386.052.549.05.0
1437Tokhirjonova GulrukhbegimUZB21886.051.547.55.0
157Mirzoeva ElmiraRUS23616.050.046.55.0
168Pustovoitova DariaRUS23566.048.544.54.0
1718Manakova MariaSRB22816.048.044.05.0
33Semenova ElenaRUS22076.048.044.05.0
192Nechaeva MarinaRUS24386.048.044.04.0
2027Tarasova ViktoriyaRUS22266.047.043.54.0
2139Protopopova AnastasiyaRUS21816.046.043.56.0
22113Shchevyeva LiubovRUS18436.045.541.55.0
2314Vasilevich IrinaRUS22996.043.540.06.0
2473Goltseva EkaterinaRUS20456.042.039.55.0
253Charochkina DariaRUS23965.551.547.55.0
266Vasilevich TatjanaUKR23805.550.046.04.0
2726Zhou GuijueCHN22375.548.044.54.0
2846Sukhareva EvgeniyaRUS21385.546.543.03.0
294Bulmaga IrinaROU23895.546.042.55.0
3020Doluhanova EvgeniyaUKR22615.546.042.03.0
3122Maltsevskaya AleksandraRUS22585.545.541.55.0
3216Khlichkova TatianaRUS22855.544.542.04.0
339Stepovaia TatianaRUS23515.544.540.55.0
3447Chernyak ViktoriaRUS21355.543.541.04.0
3567Alieva AlexandraRUS20695.543.042.04.0
3630Baraeva MarinaRUS22135.542.540.04.0
3740Gaboyan SusannaARM21785.542.539.05.0
3842Smirnova EkaterinaRUS21555.542.539.03.0
3972Lingur ZalinaRUS20465.541.539.05.0
4028Pavlidou EkateriniGRE22235.541.537.54.0
142 players

4) Turkish Cup 2016

The Turkish Cup took place 30th January to 6th February 2016. Burak Firat edged out Kivanc Haznedaroglu and Ege Koksal on tie-break after all scored 9/11.

Turkish Cup 2016 Manavgat TUR Sat 30th Jan 2016 - Sat 6th Feb 2016
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkNameTiRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1FIRAT BURAKIM2452979½72½67,50
2HAZNEDAROGLU KIVANCGM2467978½7268,25
3KOKSAL EGEFM2331966½6257,25
4YILMAZYERLI MERTIM243877½71½62,00
5GOKERKAN CEM KAAN2220777162,25
6ALI MARANDI CEMIL CANIM2450756959,50
7ERDOGDU MERTIM24387468½58,75
8SOYSAL SERKANFM2349746860,00
9SEVGI VOLKANFM219772½67½56,25
10APAYDIN FETHIFM223472½6757,75
11KERIGAN DEMREIM237872½66½58,50
12SARI YASIN2088645952,50
13ARAT UFUK SEZENIM242187770½57,00
14YILMAZ GOKTAN1990871½65½52,00
15BAGLAN ESATFM223887165½51,75
16OZKAN ERVIN22428716553,75
17OZALP BURAK213187064½51,50
18KOC ILKAY2045869½6450,00
19KUCUK DOGAN206686862½52,25
20ERERDEM GANI EREN21528686252,00
21BURCU CAGATAY2193866½61½51,00
22TEMIZKAN DENIZCANFM20028666050,50
23EMINOV ORKHANFM226377½71½53,50
24YURTSEVEN MELIHFM2332756951,50
25OZEN DENIZFM2061736749,00
26KILIC EFE MERT199872½6749,75
27METIN MEHMET2149726648,75
28SAMANI YAMAC2076716648,00
29MARASLI TUTKU KAHRAMAN2145716550,25
30DEMIRCIOGLU EMRE220770½64½49,25
31DEDEBAS EMRE EMIN207770½64½49,25
32DOGAN ALI EKBER21406963½46,25
33AKDOGAN ALPEREN2114696347,50
34KESGIN HALIT KAAN18936863½45,75
35DALGAR HAKKI BERATCM198267½6245,25
36AYTEKIN MURAT EREN183066½6244,25
37KARAGOLLU AHMET211365½6048,75
38DONMEZ YUSUF207165½6045,25
39TEPE EFE CAN188765½6044,50
40KARAAHMETOGLU EGE20176559½44,00
351 players

5) IIFL Wealth Mumbai Open 2016

The IIFL Wealth Mumbai Open took place 28th January to 5th February 2016. S. Dhopade Swapnil won with 8/9.

IIFL Wealth Mumbai Open Mumbai IND Thu 28th Jan 2016 - Fri 5th Feb 2016
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Swapnil S. DhopadeIND24888.056.043.531.0
23Stany G.A.IND24217.553.541.530.0
39Gusain HimalIND23357.055.042.029.5
41Gagare ShardulIND24976.555.543.030.5
55Himanshu SharmaIND23856.553.542.030.0
66Ravi Teja S.IND23856.551.540.028.5
717Abhishek DasIND22106.548.538.027.0
832Bharambe Bhavik CIND20646.546.537.027.5
919Chakravarthi Reddy MIND21766.546.036.526.5
1029Bartakke Amardeep S.IND20846.545.033.023.0
1114Krishna Teja NIND22466.544.534.524.5
124Nitin S.IND24006.051.040.028.0
138Sharma Dinesh K.IND23586.050.038.527.0
1422Matta Vinay KumarIND21636.048.538.527.5
1520Praggnanandhaa RIND21746.047.536.526.5
1616Navalgund NiranjanIND22236.044.034.524.5
1738Adhithya SIND20186.042.032.022.0
1847Sameer GhotaneIND19386.040.532.022.5
1944Arjun AdappaIND19606.040.031.022.0
2021Harikrishnan.A.RaIND21725.549.036.526.5
2135Gukesh DIND20415.548.537.527.5
2213Muthaiah AlIND22725.548.537.526.5
2339Manush ShahIND20035.547.038.027.0
2440Parnali S DhariaIND20025.546.036.526.5
2523Sanjeev KumarIND21565.544.534.525.0
2615Deshmukh AnupIND22255.544.034.524.5
2743Harsh Mangesh GhagIND19645.542.532.522.5
2836Shelke SankarshaIND20325.542.532.522.5
2942Gavi SiddayyaIND19715.541.032.022.5
3028Dahale AtulIND20885.541.031.021.0
3151Alok SinhaIND18945.536.530.021.0
3246Neelakantan NarayananIND19425.535.027.518.5
337Akshat KhampariaIND23665.049.037.526.5
3441Ojas KulkarniIND20005.047.537.026.5
3511Kulkarni VikramadityaIND22975.047.037.026.5
3633Audi AmeyaIND20615.046.536.526.5
3779Ankur Mahesh GokhaleIND15765.044.535.025.5
3849Pavan B N BIND19235.044.534.525.0
3931Satkar ChiragIND20705.044.034.024.0
4052Sapale SaloniIND18925.043.534.024.5
113 players

6) 76th Noteboom Tournament 2016

The 76th Noteboom Tournament took place 5th to 7th to February 2016. Benjamin Bok edged out Migchiel de Jong, Namig Guliyev, V Ikonnikov and Albert Blees after all scored 5/6.

76th Noteboom Open Leiden NED Fri 5th Feb 2016 - Sun 7th Feb 2016
Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
RkNameTiRtg123456PtsTB1TB2TPR
1Bok, BenjaminGM2604111101523.518.52631
2Jong, Migchiel deIM23901½111½522.518.252573
3Guliyev, NamigGM25751½111½52218.252605
4Ikonnikov,V.GM254411½½11522182574
5Blees, AlbertIM2382110111521162515
6Vajda, LeventeGM258311½½½14.52316.752525
7Bosman, MichielFM232811½½½14.522.516.252501
8Korneev, OlegGM2581011½114.518.512.752510
9Jong,Jan-Willem deIM2443111=0½423.514.52386
10Pijpers, ArthurIM24691½1½1042213.252389
11Slingerland, FredIM23041½1½½½421132347
12Tiggelman, ReneFM227110110142112.52386
13Overdam, Julian van234711½0½1420.511.252410
14Schoppen, Casper2288101=1½42011.252383
15Lentjes, Noud2214=10½11419.511.752313
16Rooij, Raymond de2186=11½10419.5112381
17Otte, MarijnFM2200101=½141911.252358
18Lai, Hing TingFM2340101011417.5112211
19Soors, StefIM23901½1½½03.521.511.252368
20Wantola, IvoFM238311100½3.521.510.252343
21Clemens, AdrianFM213510½½½13.52111.752270
22Kerstens, Dennis22241½½10½3.52110.52351
23Ruiter, Danny deFM2303=110103.52092330
24Werf, Mark van derIM2418½1½½103.519.510.52233
25Ketel, Raoul vanFM2234101=013.519.59.252280
26Kuipers, Eelco229911001½3.5199.252280
27Vliet, Jeffrey vanFM23141=01103.5198.252274
28Hulshof, Peter21990½1=1½3.51810.752150
29Mitran, Anthony20630½1½½13.5189.252195
30Leent, Dimitri vanFM2171½10=1½3.517.59.752265
31Ratsma, Midas21671½00113.516.57.52184
32Straver, Robert21100101½13.516.56.252226
33Schrtser, Marcel20820101½13.5167.252204
34Roon, Sjoerd van19200½01113.513.582141
35Hilwerda, Jonas19921101003219.52227
36Straaten, Marco van19361½0=10320.5102251
37Kazarian,Anna-MajaFM2243½11=00320.58.252148
38Cebula, Jerzy2075010101319.572124
39Schuil, Jeroen2103½01=10318.57.752234
40Schoehuis, Erik2135010110318.55.52251
81 players

7) Hou Yifan vs Cristobal Henriquez 2016

Hou Yifan plays Cristobal Henriquez in a four game match in Punta Arenas 5th to 10th February 2016.

Hou-Henriquez Match 2016 Punta Arenas CHI Fri 5th Feb 2016 - Wed 10th Feb 2016
Leading Round 2 (of 4) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg1234Pts
1Hou, YifanGMCHN2673=11.5
2Henriquez Villagra, CristobalIMCHI2505=00.5
2 players

8) 4th Circuito CBX Natal GM 2016

The 4th Circuito CBX Natal GM took place 27th January to 4th February 2016.

4th Circuito CBX Natal GM Natal BRA Wed 27th Jan 2016 - Thu 4th Feb 2016
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Barbosa Evandro AmorimBRA24617.00.527.750.0
25Lima DarcyBRA25117.00.527.250.0
32Alonso SalvadorARG24916.50.022.500.0
48Hungaski Robert AndrewUSA24786.00.020.500.0
510Galego LuisPOR24515.00.019.750.0
63Reis Paulo F. Jatoba De OliveiBRA23804.50.014.000.0
79Macedo Maximo IackBRA23163.01.010.500.0
84Fernando DiogoPOR24753.00.010.250.0
96Brito LuismarBRA22352.00.04.000.0
107Martins Vinicius TineBRA23161.00.04.000.0
10 players
4th Circuito CBX Natal GM Natal BRA Wed 27th Jan 2016 - Thu 4th Feb 2016. Category: 7. Ave: (2411)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Barbosa, Evandro Amorim IM BRA 2461 # = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1 7 2626
2 Lima, Darcy GM BRA 2511 = # = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 7 2620
3 Alonso, Salvador GM ARG 2491 0 = # = = 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2569
4 Hungaski, Robert Andrew GM USA 2478 = 0 = # = = 1 1 1 1 6 2529
5 Galego, Luis GM POR 2451 0 = = = # 1 = = 1 = 5 2450
6 Reis, Paulo F. Jatoba de Oliveira FM BRA 2380 = 0 0 = 0 # 1 = 1 1 4.5 2415
7 Macedo, Maximo Iack IM BRA 2316 = 0 0 0 = 0 # 1 = = 3 2297
8 Fernando, Diogo IM POR 2475 0 = 0 0 = = 0 # = 1 3 2279
9 Brito, Luismar FM BRA 2235 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = # 1 2 2211
10 Martins, Vinicius Tine FM BRA 2316 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 # 1 2071

9) 6th Ferdowsi Open 2016

The 6th Ferdowsi Open took place 28th January to 5th February 2016. Pavel Maletin edged out Maksim Chigaev on tie-break after both scored 7.5/9.

6th Ferdowsi Open 2016 Mashhad IRI Thu 28th Jan 2016 - Fri 5th Feb 2016
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
16Maletin PavelRUS25807.50.5228553.0
211Chigaev MaksimRUS25267.50.5223952.0
31Guseinov GadirAZE26467.00.0227151.5
47Bocharov DmitryRUS25677.00.0224050.0
58Zubarev AlexanderUKR25537.00.0223951.0
69Gagunashvili MerabGEO25417.00.0221849.5
72Tiviakov SergeiNED26117.00.0220349.5
83Grigoryan Karen H.ARM26027.00.0219749.0
94Ghaem Maghami EhsanIRI25947.00.0218548.5
105Gabuzyan HovhannesARM25857.00.0217447.0
1112Rasulov VugarAZE24936.50.0221851.0
1214Darini PouriaIRI24746.50.0220652.0
1318Grabliauskas VirginijusLTU23226.50.0217050.5
1413Mosadeghpour MasoudIRI24756.50.0208848.0
1522Molaei MohammadaminIRI22306.50.0205048.5
1610Mirzoev AzerAZE25396.50.0203449.0
1715Polyakov MaximUKR24446.50.0201346.5
1834Ghaffarifar MatinIRI20546.50.0195844.5
1939Bahmani Amir MohammadIRI20006.50.0190744.5
2033Oliyazade PooyaIRI20576.50.0189543.0
2116Mousavi Seyed KhalilIRI24256.00.0217450.0
2217Khodashenas MersadIRI23936.00.0215850.5
2319Bagheri MaziarIRI22626.00.0210550.0
2425Godarz KasraIRI21236.00.0201645.5
2535Vassalam Mohammad TaghiIRI20536.00.0198446.5
2627Amini AmerIRI21116.00.0198345.0
2721Fendereski NimaIRI22396.00.0196344.0
2831Ansar Jaafari AbbasIRI20666.00.0185041.5
2930Bakhtiari Kish MazdakIRI20676.00.0184942.5
3058Mohammadi HosseinIRI18016.00.0182740.5
3143Karimi YeganehIRI19716.00.0181742.0
3247Mousavi Ghods HosseinIRI19226.00.0177642.0
3344Hejrati Mohammad MahdiIRI19676.00.0177143.0
3450Ghesmati AryanIRI18886.00.0176639.5
3537Rahmani AsefIRI20246.00.0175442.5
3666Binaei Tavallaei MahdiIRI17436.00.0168041.5
3740Abedi PouriaIRI19946.00.0163138.5
3828Kazemiyan Eski AbolfazlIRI20935.50.0205945.5
3923Gholami Orimi MahdiIRI22265.50.0204748.5
4029Abedi AbolfazlIRI20855.50.0187843.0
178 players

10) 21st HIT Open 2016

The 21st HIT Open took place 29th January to 4th February 2016. Vladimir Epishin won with 7.5/9.

21st HIT Open 2016 Nova Gorica SLO Fri 29th Jan 2016 - Thu 4th Feb 2016
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg123456789PtsTB1
1Epishin, VladimirGMRUS254958 124 212 318 3.510 414 52 5.59 6.54 7.57.541.5
2Blagojevic, DragisaGMMNE248838 133 211 37 419 4.56 5.51 64 6.55 7742.5
3Drazic, SinisaGMSRB242554 122 158 230 333 432 54 531 610 7736.0
4Dastan, Muhammed BatuhIMTUR247415 123 220 310 3.518 47 53 62 6.51 6.56.543.5
5Banusz, TamasGMHUN261245 121 29 2.5103 328 410 4.520 56 62 6.56.540.5
6Tratar, MarkoGMSLO247627 125 1.593 2.536 3.513 4.52 4.5103 5.55 5.512 6.56.540.0
7Mencinger, VojkoIMSLO235262 148 260 32 325 44 433 511 5.518 6.56.537.0
8Sonis, FrancescoFMITA235256 130 138 265 322 355 432 4.535 5.520 6.56.534.5
9Lerch, PhilippFMGER231085 135 25 2.516 3.514 3.522 4.518 5.51 5.513 6640.5
10Bodiroga, PredragIMSRB232569 153 250 34 3.51 45 4.519 521 63 6640.0
11Unuk, LauraWIMSLO224661 129 22 241 2.537 317 414 57 5.516 6640.0
12Beletic, DanijelFMSLO232563 137 21 248 2.534 3.515 422 519 66 6638.0
13Manca, FedericoIMITA240246 165 222 319 3.56 3.530 4.521 520 5.59 6638.0
14Jelen, IgorIMSLO240259 134 1.549 2.525 39 41 411 428 540 6637.5
15Bharadwaj, DhanushIND19424 088 121 1.540 2.523 3.512 431 442 532 6637.0
16Mazi, LeonIMSLO241144 149 1.534 2.59 2.548 3.521 3.542 4.536 5.511 6636.0
17Dusak, AljazIISLO199368 086 176 181 269 311 364 460 531 6628.0
18Zorko, JureIMSLO246639 140 232 31 3.54 420 4.59 4.526 5.57 5.55.540.0
19Gonda, LaszloGMHUN253257 128 226 313 3.52 4103 4.510 512 523 5.55.540.0
20Ceschia, IvanoFMITA222967 141 24 250 343 418 4.55 513 5.58 5.55.539.0
21Tica, SvenFMCRO218781 15 115 1.576 2.553 3.516 4.513 510 522 5.55.537.5
22Pregarac, ValterMKSLO209998 13 213 293 38 49 412 438 521 5.55.537.5
23Srebrnic, VojkoMKSLO211851 14 159 1.527 2.515 2.545 3.558 441 519 5.55.535.5
24Vidic, TejaWMKSLO218594 11 139 235 244 337 3.527 429 4.548 5.55.535.5
25Kersic, MatejMKSLO212083 16 1.570 2.514 37 338 3.535 3.554 4.553 5.55.535.5
26Blagojevic, TijanaWIMMNE225364 173 219 242 254 343 3.530 4.518 4.544 5.55.534.0
27Cretnik, UrbanMKSLO19536 083 147 1.523 1.579 2.565 3.524 434 4.549 5.55.533.5
28Zuttioni, FedericoITA216087 119 156 273 35 358 3.543 4.514 4.550 5.55.533.5
29Racnik, ToneISLO201492 111 164 179 276 331 361 424 4.552 5.55.530.0
30Stevanic, DavidISLO2088100 18 2103 2.53 2.536 3.513 3.526 3.545 462 5537.5
31Papadakis, MichalisGRE226672 150 145 237 2.541 329 415 53 517 5537.0
32Titan, MatejMKSLO223071 168 218 252 335 43 48 4.5103 515 5537.0
33Schmidek, EmilGER212888 12 144 264 33 341 47 450 4.543 5537.0
34Kolaric, SpelaWFMSLO2089101 114 1.516 1.546 2.512 2.539 371 427 4.535 5536.5
35Markocic, TineIISLO198697 19 182 224 332 360 3.525 4.58 4.534 5534.5
36Spalir, JernejFMSLO2329104 170 1.577 2.56 2.530 2.561 3.537 4.516 4.539 5533.5
37Hrescak, IvanaWMSLO204284 112 169 231 2.511 324 3.536 3.559 461 5533.5
38Vodopivec, VladimirISLO19622 094 18 167 293 325 3.540 422 460 5533.0
39Palma, MariaITA194118 080 124 190 247 2.534 351 452 4.536 5533.0
40Barbier, WimBEL209980 118 166 1.515 1.586 2.553 3.538 458 514 5532.5
104 players

11) First Saturday February 2016

First Saturday February events takes place 6th to 16th February 2016.

FSGM February 2016 Budapest HUN Sat 6th Feb 2016 - Tue 16th Feb 2016
Leading Round 2 (of 10) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
11Torma RobertHUN24542.01.000.0
24Nguyen Huynh Minh HuyVIE24631.50.500.0
33Kristiansen JensDEN24061.01.000.0
42Pavlovic MilosSRB25041.00.500.0
55Czebe AttilaHUN24600.50.500.0
66Valles ManuelFRA23840.00.000.0
6 players
FSIM February 2016 Budapest HUN Sat 6th Feb 2016 - Tue 16th Feb 2016
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
14Kovacsy BarnabasHUN19362.01.000.0
22Koczo KristofHUN22061.50.750.0
33Kaibinger KarolyHUN19461.50.250.0
46Kovacs JuditHUN20361.00.000.0
7Bensaid SimonFRA18511.00.000.0
61Jagadics ArnoldHUN18990.50.750.0
9Egeto Janos-LehelROU20090.50.750.0
85Gruz JanosHUN17660.00.000.0
8Steer JozsefHUN18010.00.000.0
10Ahmed J.MajeedIRQ20230.00.000.0
10 players
FSFM February 2016 Budapest HUN Sat 6th Feb 2016 - Tue 16th Feb 2016
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPts
14Radlovacki JovanSRB23142.0
21To Nhat MinhHUN22961.5
32Radnai AdamHUN23231.5
45Pratyusha BoddaIND22781.5
56Mirzoyan DavidARM22531.0
610Gaehwiler GabrielSUI23080.5
73Nagy Ervin Dr.HUN22290.0
7Lyell MarkENG21290.0
8Lengyel BelaHUN22550.0
9Szalanczy EmilHUN22810.0
10 players

12) 54th Baltimore Open 2016

The 54th Baltimore Open took place 29th to 31st January 2016. Ruifeng Li won with 4.5/5. A few extra games now available.

54th Baltimore Open 2016 Linthicum USA Fri 29th Jan 2016 - Sun 31st Jan 2016
Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg12345Pts
1Li, RuifengIMUSA2462W23W10D17W14W34.5
2Erenburg, SergeyGMUSA2587W13D5D4W18D83.5
3Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr AIMUSA2396W25D8W5W15L13.5
4Ganbold, OdondooIMMGL2311W26D7D2W17D93.5
5Dehmelt, KarlFMUSA2271W24D2L3W23W143.5
6Paul, JustinUSA1964W28L14W10D8W133.5
7Enkhbat, TegshsurenIMUSA2418W19D4L14D13W153
8Sarkar, JustinIMUSA2407W21D3D18D6D23
9Kumar, AravindFMUSA2317L15W16D23W12D43
10Zimmer, RalphFMUSA2240W22L1L6W26W203
11Zheng, AndrewUSA2177L17HD21W16W223
12Niemann, Hans MUSA2278W20D17L15L9W212.5
13Garcia, Erick GUSA2191L2W20W19D7L62.5
14Yu, Jennifer RWFMUSA2182HW6W7L1L52.5
15Huang, AndyUSA1954W9HW12L3L72.5
16Bennett, David MichaelCMUSA2098HL9W26L11W232.5
17Chandra, AkshatIMUSA2510W11D12D1L4U2
18Nydick, BrandonUSA2121W27D25D8L2U2
19Shen, Christopher YCMUSA2092L7W22L13L21W272
20Sharp, Dale EugeneUSA1972L12L13W24W27L102
21Jian, AlexUSA1998L8D27D11W19L122
22Kobla, VishalCMUSA1897L10L19BW25L112
23Sinha, SahilUSA2014L1W24D9L5L161.5
24Strenzwilk, DenisUSA1822L5L23L20BU1
25Photiadis, DouglasUSAL3D18D27L22U1
26Fischer, RobertUSA2044L4BL16L10U1
27Schenk, SamUSA1579L18D21D25L20L191
28Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr AIMUSA2396L6UUUU0
28 players

13) 7th Pfalz Open 2016

The 7th Pfalz Open takes place 5th to 9th February 2016.

7th Pfalz Open 2016 Neustadt an der Weinstrasse GER Fri 5th Feb 2016 - Tue 9th Feb 2016
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
16Heimann AndreasGER25574.5236914.0
29Greenfeld AlonISR25354.5235415.5
38Bogner SebastianSUI25394.5234314.5
414Nestorovic NikolaSRB24764.0238314.0
53Perunovic MilosSRB26194.0238215.0
64Nabaty TamirISR26134.0237613.5
16Milanovic DaniloSRB24704.0237613.5
85Danin AlexandreRUS25704.0236213.5
918Hirneise TobiasGER24374.0233815.0
107Zakhartsov Viacheslav V.RUS25504.0229112.5
1155Gibicar DanijelGER22394.0228312.5
1217Teske HenrikGER24704.0226914.0
1320Noe ChristopherGER24134.0225812.5
14101Amtmann FlorianGER21244.0225612.5
1578Müller MichaelGER21804.0224711.0
1612Kasparov SergeyBLR24854.0221811.5
171Ivanisevic IvanSRB26654.0221611.5
1810Malakhatko VadimBEL25254.0220911.5
1922Beukema StefanBEL23744.0220711.5
2026Thinius MarcoGER23394.0218411.0
2119Yankelevich LevGER24164.0217512.5
2258Martin JulianGER22224.0213911.5
2313Dann MatthiasGER24813.5239614.0
2498Müller PhilippGER21263.5234614.0
2547Farmani Anosheh ArminGER22583.5230412.5
2630Alshameary Puente IsmaelESP23313.5230311.5
2725Rosner JonasGER23673.5228812.5
28120Bauer Björn-BennyGER20793.5228313.0
2960Braun PeterGER22153.5226411.5
3065Rahnfeld JensGER22113.5225113.0
312Baklan VladimirUKR26253.5224412.5
3264Nagel BernhardGER22133.5224011.5
3341Schröder KevinGER22763.5223312.0
3496Gschnitzer AdrianGER21313.5223213.0
3553Nasshan DennisGER22433.5221112.5
3663Henrich ThomasGER22133.5221111.5
3723Baskin RobertGER23693.5217112.0
3829Donchenko AnatolyGER23353.5214110.0
3911Zaitsev MikhailRUS24993.521259.5
4045Ruff MaximilianGER22593.5211810.5
206 players

14) 38th Bulgarian Open 2016

The 38th Bulgarian Open took place 31st January to 7th February 2016. Alexandr Fier won with 8/9. It's not clear if games will be published.

38th Bulgarian Open 2016 Plovdiv BUL Sun 31st Jan 2016 - Sun 7th Feb 2016
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11FIER AlexandrBRA26078.0238548.552.5
23NEVEDNICHY VladislavROU25397.5228847.552.0
32RUSEV KrasimirBUL25477.0237952.056.5
45HEBERLA BartlomiejPOL25317.0235949.554.0
54SPASOV VasilBUL25377.0235349.053.5
614PANTEV VeselinBUL24137.0234049.554.0
711GEORGESCU Tiberiu-MarianROU24497.0230151.055.5
89ANTIC DejanSRB24817.0229447.051.5
912TILICHEEV ViacheslavRUS24377.0228850.054.5
1010PETROV MarianBUL24657.0209242.547.0
1125POSEDARU BogdanROU23237.0209044.048.0
126DIMITROV RadoslavBUL24966.5236452.557.0
138VALSECCHI AlessioITA24826.5235449.553.5
1417COSTACHI MihneaROU24096.5225348.552.5
1526NIKOLOVA AdrianaBUL23216.5221047.552.0
1646GEORGIEV TodorBUL21936.5216844.548.0
1736HUHNDORF ArnoldGER22506.5215247.051.0
1855ANTOVA GabrielaBUL21576.5213642.045.0
1934BILJANIC LjubomirSRB22556.5212546.050.5
2035PISKUR MitjaSLO22556.5212245.550.0
2156NINOV DayanBUL21526.5211743.046.0
2218RADOVANOVIC MihajloSRB23826.5208043.548.0
2342ILCHOV RosenBUL22116.5207541.544.5
2427CVETKOVIC SrdjanSRB23186.5203844.048.5
2522DIMITROV AtanasGRE23316.5197540.544.5
2616GEORGIEV KrumBUL24116.0232051.055.5
2729BADEV KirilBUL23096.0225149.553.0
2824DIMIC PavleSRB23236.0221548.052.5
2939RAEVA ElitsaBUL22226.0220144.048.5
307PETKOV VladimirBUL24926.0219849.053.0
3121VUTOV MarioBUL23566.0218545.049.0
3265KOLEV Atanas TonchevBUL20696.0217442.545.5
3351GALUNOVA TsvetaBUL21696.0213543.047.0
3448HRISTOV Nikolay ValerievBUL21816.0212543.046.5
3515STELLA AndreaITA24136.0212044.549.0
3660RAYKOV StefanBUL20966.0210245.549.0
3747SCRIPCARU George-DanielROU21886.0208143.547.0
3823VOISKA MargaritaBUL23236.0207443.547.5
3977YORDANOV LachezarBUL20296.0206644.547.0
4058VASSILEV MartinBUL21166.0205342.546.0
241 players

15) 5th Palma Open 2016

The 5th Palma Open took place 9th to 16th January 2016. I saved some games from the final two rounds live coverage but the expected full file didn't materialise.

5th Palma Open 2016 Palma de Mallorca ESP Sat 9th Jan 2016 - Sat 16th Jan 2016
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
14Starostits IlmarsLAT24227.043.054.537.0
25Alonso Moyano JonathanESP23997.039.548.536.5
31Kveinys AloyzasLTU25246.543.054.535.5
412Alonso Bouza Julio JavierCUB22546.541.553.036.0
52Levin FelixGER25086.541.552.536.0
614Zaksaite SalomejaLTU22316.540.552.537.0
73Minzer Claudio JavierARG24346.041.553.033.0
88Thiel ThomasGER23026.038.049.032.5
99Guerra Bastida DiegoESP22996.037.548.531.0
106Kalinina OlgaUKR23636.037.547.529.0
1123Asensio Ramos Enrique FernandESP20316.036.545.030.0
1221Ballesteros Gonzalez DavidESP21136.035.545.029.0
1311Rodriguez Lopez RafaelESP22635.537.547.532.5
1417Galiana Salom Juan RamonESP22015.536.047.528.5
157Baches Garcia GuillermoESP23465.534.544.529.5
1619Dave DhyaniIND21585.534.044.028.0
1731Galiana Moll Ramon AronESP19685.533.043.026.0
1816Rhein KlausGER22175.532.542.527.5
1932Crespi Lopez JoanESP19525.532.040.524.5
2048Linale Moreira EricESP18125.529.039.021.5
2110Exposito Amaro JosueESP22885.037.048.029.0
15Villar JuanPER22255.037.048.029.0
2320Ponce Cano AdrianESP21415.035.544.526.5
2433Cristea AlexESP19525.035.045.026.5
2543Cerdo Fernandez MiguelESP18705.034.043.025.0
2626Planas Gene JuanESP20065.031.040.026.0
2718Queirolo Perez ManuelCHI21645.029.039.022.5
2822Vinal Gutierrez PedroESP20374.536.045.525.5
2913Garcia Del Rey SenenESP22474.535.546.028.0
3034Juan Mas SantiagoESP19494.534.042.023.5
3130Bordes Ibanez JuanESP19694.533.542.525.5
3228Torres Tur JuanESP19924.533.542.525.0
3327Gaitan Moyano JuanESP19964.532.542.525.0
3429Fraga Pons Albert BorjaESP19864.530.540.023.5
3544Rumsey Victor BENG18644.530.037.520.5
3625Lazarte Anello David EmilianoARG20064.529.538.024.5
3740Munar Mut AntonioESP19024.529.537.521.0
3855Terradas Calafell JaumeESP17624.529.536.519.5
3936Rubert Alfonso VictorESP19304.529.038.519.0
4042Nadal Marti Bernardo PedroESP18764.529.037.520.5
70 players

16) TCh-CAT 2016

The Catalan Team Championship takes place 23rd January to 16th April 2016.

TCh-CAT Gp1 2016 Barcelona ESP Sat 23rd Jan 2016 - Sat 16th Apr 2016
Leading Round 3 (of 7) Standings:
RkTeamPtsTB1
1CERDANYOLA VALLES318.5
2SANT JOSEP218.5
3ESCOLA D'ESCACS BCN217.5
4MONTCADA1.517.5
5FIGUERES1.515.5
6FOMENT114
7BARCELONA UGA110.5
8CATALONIA08
8 teams
TCh-CAT Gp2 2016 Barcelona ESP Sat 23rd Jan 2016 - Sat 16th Apr 2016
Leading Round 3 (of 7) Standings:
RkTeam12345678PtsTB1
1COLON SABADELL CHESSY 11----1320.5
2LLEIDA--111 --318.5
3MOLLET--- 101-217.5
4SANT ANDREU01--1-- 216
5BARBERA0 ----10116
6TRES PEONS0- --01-114.5
7PEONA I PEO-000-- -09
8SANT BOI---0 0-008
8 teams