THE WEEK IN CHESS 767 20th July 2009 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Aleksander Czerwonski, Arvydas Baltrunas, Bab Stef, Dave Clayton, David Llada, Jan Mazuch, Thomas Ducret, Emmanuel Variniac, Frank Berry, George Perez, Harry Schaack, Hassan Khaled, Igor Glek, Dimitris Skyrianoglou, Javier Rubio, Keith Ruxton, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Martin Matthiesen, Mikel Larreategi, Lazlo Nagy, Patricia Claros Aguilar, Peter Boel, Ram Soffer, Sergey Tiviakov and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The chess just keeps coming. Hikaru Nakamura won the Donostia tournament but only after beating Ruslan Ponomariov in a two game blitz playoff. Still this is probably his best result to date and with invitations finally coming in he has power to add. The Biel Chess Festival started yesterday. Alexander Morozevich started with two whites and two wins, but the event is only just getting started. Lake Sevan saw some good chess and there were a host of starts in Israel for a Rapid and Blitz event as part of the Maccabiah Games. The summer program is defintely in full swing with many, many opens all over Europe including the Scottish Championships which were a great success with their innovation of allowing foreigners to play aswell in the open part of the tournament.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Biel Chess Festival

The 42nd Biel International Chess Festival takes place 18th-31st July 2009. There will be around 10 different Tournaments (Open, Rapid, Blitz, Youth and for the first time Chess 960). The main Category IXX tournament sees Morozevich, Ivanchuk, Gelfand, Alekseev, Vachier-Lagrave and Caruana compete.

Biel Round 1 Alexander Morozevich opened with a win against Evgeny Alekseev. Boris Gelfand against Fabiano Caruana was agreed drawn in a good looking position for Gelfand but he was offered a draw in time trouble. In Round 2 Alexander Morozevich had a second go with the white pieces and was the only winner again, defeating Boris Gelfand who dropped a piece to a trivial tactic in an innocuous position.

Official site: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch

GM Biel (SUI), 19-30 vii 2009											cat. XIX (2716)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2751	*	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1	.	2
2.	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2703	.	.	*	*	½	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	1	2686
3.	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2670	.	.	½	.	*	*	.	.	½	.	.	.	1	2729
4.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2703	.	.	½	.	.	.	*	*	.	.	½	.	1	2708
5.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2755	0	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	*	*	.	.	½	2517
6.	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2714	0	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	*	*	½	2534

Round 1 (July 19, 2009)
Morozevich, Alexander	- Alekseev, Evgeny	1-0	34	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	32	C07	French Tarrasch
Gelfand, Boris	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	33	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 2 (July 20, 2009)
Morozevich, Alexander	- Gelfand, Boris	1-0	31	C24	Bishop's Opening
Caruana, Fabiano	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	34	D89	Gruenfeld Alekhine
Alekseev, Evgeny	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	22	C15	French Winawer

3) Donostia Chess Festival

The Donostia Chess Festival took place 7th-16th July 2009. Hikaru Nakamura won a blitz playoff 2-0 against Ruslan Ponomariov to win the main event of the Donostia (San Sebastian) Chess Festival after both finished on 6.5/9.

Official site: http://www.donostiachess.com/en/

Videos of the blitz playoffs (David Llada): Gm1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E9ZkS2Wan0 - Gm2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDjvRSexEbY or http://www.donostiachess.com/en/2009/07/20/tie-break-game-videos/

City of Culture GM Donostia (ESP), 7-16 vii 2009												cat. XVIII (2682)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2710	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	6½	2845
2.	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2727	½	*	½	½	1	1	1	1	½	½	6½	2843
3.	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2739	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	5½	2755
4.	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	2672	½	½	½	*	½	½	0	1	½	1	5	2726
5.	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	2693	0	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	1	5	2723
6.	Movsesian, Sergei	g	SVK	2716	½	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	4½	2678
7.	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2703	0	0	0	1	½	½	*	½	1	1	4½	2679
8.	Granda Zuniga, Julio E	g	PER	2647	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	*	1	½	3½	2606
9.	San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo	g	ESP	2570	0	½	½	½	0	½	0	0	*	½	2½	2528
10.	Karpov, Anatoly	g	RUS	2644	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	*	1½	2413

Round 7 (July 14, 2009)
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	1-0	34	D86	Gruenfeld Simagin
Vallejo Pons, Francisco	- Karpov, Anatoly	1-0	59	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Movsesian, Sergei	- Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	½-½	24	C42	Petroff's Defence
Granda Zuniga, Julio E	- Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	67	A81	Dutch Leningrad
San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo	- Svidler, Peter	½-½	18	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Round 8 (July 15, 2009)
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Movsesian, Sergei	½-½	17	C41	Philidor's Defence
Svidler, Peter	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	½-½	26	B31	Sicilian Rossolimo
Vallejo Pons, Francisco	- San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo	1-0	28	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Granda Zuniga, Julio E	½-½	65	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Karpov, Anatoly	- Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	0-1	62	D47	Queens Gambit Meran
Round 9 (July 16, 2009)
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Vallejo Pons, Francisco	1-0	36	D41	Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	- Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	22	E17	Queens Indian
Movsesian, Sergei	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	23	B84	Sicilian Scheveningen
Granda Zuniga, Julio E	- Svidler, Peter	½-½	20	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo	- Karpov, Anatoly	½-½	16	D37	QGD 5.Bf4

KUTXA Donostia (ESP), 7-16 vii 2009												cat. XI (2524)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Magem Badals, Jordi	g	ESP	2534	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	6½	2688
2.	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2655	½	*	0	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	6	2634
3.	Hamdouchi, Hicham	g	FRA	2589	½	1	*	½	½	1	½	½	0	1	5½	2596
4.	Hauchard, Arnaud	g	FRA	2528	½	0	½	*	½	1	½	½	½	1	5	2566
5.	Bauer, Christian	g	FRA	2602	0	½	½	½	*	0	1	½	1	½	4½	2515
6.	Cifuentes Parada, Roberto	g	ESP	2539	½	0	0	0	1	*	1	½	½	½	4	2479
7.	Ubilava, Elizbar	g	ESP	2547	½	½	½	½	0	0	*	1	0	½	3½	2441
8.	Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis1	g	ESP	2465	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	*	½	½	3½	2450
9.	Fernandes, Antonio	g	POR	2415	0	0	1	½	0	½	1	½	*	0	3½	2455
10.	Argandona Riveiro, Inigo	m	ESP	2364	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	1	*	3	2416

Euskal Xake Eskola Donostia (ESP), 7-16 vii 2009												cat. VII (2414)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Prie, Eric	g	FRA	2491	*	½	½	1	1	½	0	1	1	1	6½	2571
2.	Flear, Glenn C	g	ENG	2490	½	*	½	½	1	1	1	½	½	½	6	2530
3.	Galego, Luis	g	POR	2435	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	5½	2492
4.	Llaneza Vega, Marcos	m	ESP	2521	0	½	½	*	½	0	1	½	1	1	5	2445
5.	Gonzalez de la Torre, Santiago	f	ESP	2390	0	0	½	½	*	½	1	½	1	1	5	2460
6.	Michna, Christian	f	GER	2224	½	0	0	1	½	*	½	1	½	½	4½	2435
7.	Hoffman, Alejandro	g	ARG	2417	1	0	½	0	0	½	*	1	½	½	4	2371
8.	Huerga Leache, Mikel	m	ESP	2456	0	½	½	½	½	0	0	*	½	1	3½	2329
9.	Franco Alonso, Alejandro	m	ESP	2480	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	*	1	3½	2327
10.	Martin Alvarez, Inigo		ESP	2239	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	*	1½	2160

Diputacion Foral de Gipuzkoa Donostia (ESP), 7-16 vii 2009												cat. III (2319)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Milliet, Sophie	m	FRA	2388	*	1	1	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	7	2530
2.	Melnikova, Yana	wg	RUS	2285	0	*	1	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	6	2447
3.	Sachdev, Tania	m	IND	2410	0	0	*	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	6	2433
4.	Zakurdjaeva, Irina	wg	RUS	2305	0	½	0	*	0	1	1	1	1	1	5½	2400
5.	Pokorna, Regina	wg	SVK	2381	½	0	½	1	*	1	½	½	½	½	5	2354
6.	Michna, Marta	wg	GER	2379	½	½	½	0	0	*	½	1	½	½	4	2268
7.	Hamdouchi, Adina-Maria	wg	ROU	2324	½	½	0	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	3½	2237
8.	Rozic, Vesna	wm	SLO	2239	½	½	0	0	½	0	½	*	½	1	3½	2247
9.	Ionica, Iulia-Ionela	wg	ROU	2263	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	2½	2158
10.	Karlovich, Anastazia	wg	UKR	2211	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	*	2	2110

4) Lake Sevan GM

The Lake Sevan GM tournament took place in Martuni, Armenia 10th-18th July 2009. Arman Pashikian won the tournament with 7/9.

Official site: http://www.sevan.chessacademy.am/

Lake Sevan GM Martuni (ARM), 10-18 vii 2009												cat. XIV (2580)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Pashikian, Arman	g	ARM	2650	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	7	2792
2.	Berkes, Ferenc	g	HUN	2647	½	*	½	1	1	1	½	1	0	1	6½	2738
3.	Zhigalko, Sergei	g	BLR	2621	½	½	*	½	1	0	1	1	½	0	5	2618
4.	Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel	g	ARM	2480	½	0	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	5	2633
5.	Grigoryan, Avetik	g	ARM	2504	0	0	0	½	*	1	½	½	1	1	4½	2588
6.	Lysyj, Igor	g	RUS	2617	½	0	1	½	0	*	0	½	1	½	4	2532
7.	Babujian, Levon	m	ARM	2515	0	½	0	½	½	1	*	1	0	0	3½	2507
8.	Li Chao2	g	CHN	2634	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	*	1	1	3½	2493
9.	Kotanjian, Tigran	g	ARM	2580	0	1	½	0	0	0	1	0	*	½	3	2454
10.	Jumabayev, Rinat	m	KAZ	2550	0	0	1	0	0	½	1	0	½	*	3	2458

Round 5 (July 14, 2009)
Berkes, Ferenc	- Pashikian, Arman	½-½	9	D00	Queen's Pawn Game
Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel	- Babujian, Levon	½-½	20	B35	Sicilian Defence
Grigoryan, Avetik	- Zhigalko, Sergei	0-1	38	E15	Queens Indian
Lysyj, Igor	- Kotanjian, Tigran	1-0	29	E04	Catalan
Li Chao2	- Jumabayev, Rinat	1-0	29	C45	Scotch Game
Round 6 (July 15, 2009)
Pashikian, Arman	- Babujian, Levon	1-0	33	D20	QGA
Berkes, Ferenc	- Grigoryan, Avetik	1-0	45	C04	French Tarrasch
Zhigalko, Sergei	- Li Chao2	1-0	49	B53	Sicilian Hungarian
Kotanjian, Tigran	- Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel	0-1	38	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Jumabayev, Rinat	- Lysyj, Igor	½-½	27	E15	Queens Indian
Round 7 (July 16, 2009)
Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel	- Jumabayev, Rinat	1-0	32	B80	Sicilian Scheveningen
Grigoryan, Avetik	- Pashikian, Arman	0-1	48	A21	English Opening
Lysyj, Igor	- Zhigalko, Sergei	1-0	60	E12	Queens Indian Petrosian
Babujian, Levon	- Kotanjian, Tigran	0-1	63	A07	Barcza System
Li Chao2	- Berkes, Ferenc	0-1	47	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Round 8 (July 17, 2009)
Pashikian, Arman	- Kotanjian, Tigran	1-0	86	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Berkes, Ferenc	- Lysyj, Igor	1-0	28	E20	Nimzo Indian
Zhigalko, Sergei	- Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel	½-½	47	B61	Sicilian Rauzer
Grigoryan, Avetik	- Li Chao2	½-½	24	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Jumabayev, Rinat	- Babujian, Levon	1-0	73	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Round 9 (July 18, 2009)
Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel	- Berkes, Ferenc	0-1	40	B11	Caro Kann Two Knights
Lysyj, Igor	- Grigoryan, Avetik	0-1	39	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Babujian, Levon	- Zhigalko, Sergei	0-1	67	E21	Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Li Chao2	- Pashikian, Arman	0-1	47	C85	Ruy Lopez Steenwijker Defence
Kotanjian, Tigran	- Jumabayev, Rinat	½-½	11	D14	Slav Exchange

5) 116th Scottish Chess Championships (International Open)

The strongest ever Scottish Championship was the International Open 116th Scottish Chess Championships ( International Open) - 11th to 19th July 2009 Prestigious central venue, Edinburgh City Chambers, hosted the strongest ever Scottish Chess Championships 2009 from 11th to 19th July.

S Arun Prasad defeated Magesh Chandran Panchanathan in the final round (in one of the last games to finish) to take clear first place on 7.5/9. Joint leader Mark Hebden drew, held by early leader Gudmundur Kjartansson. Iain Gourlay was the top finishing Scotsman so he took the national title.

Round 9 by Keith Ruxton

The three players tied at the top (Prasad, Panchanathan and Hebden) knew that only a win would guarantee them first place so short draws were definitely not on the agenda. The two Indian players were paired against one another and it didn't take long for the drama to begin as Black (Panchanathan) blundered an exchange on move 11 in a well known opening trap. As soon as he made his blunder your reporter was besieged by players from the U-1500 section asking 'Why can't White just play 12. Ng5?' Well, he can, and he did! (1-0).

This meant that English GM Hebden had to win his game to tie for first place. Mark was paired against the in-form Icelandic FM Kjartansson who only needed a draw to secure a Grandmaster norm. A wild game delighted the spectators once more but, despite Hebden's best efforts, Gudmundur managed to hold the draw and get his norm.

With Prasad winning the Open title there was still the matter of who would win the Scottish Championship. Five players were tied at the top going into this round but with Shaw and Thomson losing and then Keti Arakhamia-Grant losing on time on move 39l, it all came down to the game Iain Gourlay versus Jonathan Grant. FM Gourlay played a very confident and well controlled game to win his first Scottish title - congratulations Iain!

Official tournament site: http://www.scottishchesschampionship.com

Reports: http://www.scottishchesschampionship.com/Reports.html

Live games: http://www.chessscotland.com/live2009/index.html

116th Scottish Chess Championships (International Open) Edinburgh (SCO), 11-19 vii 2009. Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank	Name	Ti	Fed.	Score	Rating	TPR	W-We
1	S. Arun Prasad	GM	IND	7.5	2556	2656	1.11
2	Jan Markos	GM	SLO	7	2555	2638	0.96
3	Mark Hebden	GM	ENG	7	2468	2615	1.8
4	Magesh Chandran Panchanath	GM	IND	6.5	2493	2537	0.7
5	Aaron Summerscale	GM	ENG	6.5	2454	2395	-0.39
6	Andrew Greet	IM	ENG	6.5	2443	2395	-0.19
7	Gudmundur Kjartansson	FM	ICE	6.5	2356	2586	2.81
8	Iain Gourlay	FM	SCO	6.5	2349	2435	1.21
9	Jonathan Rowson	GM	SCO	6	2591	2467	-1.14
10	Paul Motwani	GM	SCO	6	2503	2435	-0.59
11	Colin McNab	GM	SCO	6	2474	2430	-0.3
12	David Eggleston	FM	ENG	6	2341	2309	-0.16
13	Manfred Herbold		GER	6	2159	2323	1.63
14	Keti Arakhamia-Grant	GM	SCO	5.5	2506	2364	-1.32
15	John Shaw	GM	SCO	5.5	2462	2288	-1.59
16	Craig Thomson	FM	SCO	5.5	2320	2325	0.26
17	Neil Berry	FM	SCO	5.5	2313	2219	-0.77
18	Mark Lyell	FM	ENG	5.5	2288	2164	-1.2
19	Jonathan Grant		SCO	5.5	2254	2216	-0.31
20	Neil Farrell		SCO	5.5	2191	2215	0.32
21	Paul Roberts	CM	SCO	5.5	2176	2295	0.96
22	Mike Surtees		ENG	5.5	2149	2123	-0.21
23	Martin Mitchell		SCO	5.5	2147	2338	1.86
24	Walter Buchanan		SCO	5.5	2128	2125	-0.12
25	Dominic Foord		ENG	5.5	2069	2234	1.43
26	Graham Morrison	FM	SCO	5	2366	2282	-0.87
27	Michael White	FM	ENG	5	2259	2276	0.3
28	Ravshan Khamroev		UZB	5	2225	1944	-1.83
29	Peter Poobalasingam		ENG	5	2224	2197	-0.21
30	Andrew D Green		SCO	5	2203	2087	-1.12
31	Daniel McGowan		SCO	5	2098	2156	0.25
32	George Neave		SCO	5	2090	2188	0.8
33	Graeme Kafka		SCO	5	2077	2096	0.04
34	Walter Burnett		SCO	5	2018	2164	1.24
35	James Doyle		SCO	5	1909 *	1990	0.5
36	Alan Tate		SCO	4.5	2195	2049	-0.97
37	Fan Zhang		GER	4.5	2058	2049	-0.17
89 players

6) 18th Maccabiah Games

The 18th Maccabiah Games take place July 12th-23rd 2009.

The 18th Maccabiah Games have included chess tournaments for more than 30 years. Now, especially for the 18th Maccabiah Games, there will be a super-tournament, with the participation of elite chessplayers from all over the world.

The Festival will include four main events:

The Richard Riordan Chess Festival International Super-Torunament, featuring top players from all over the world such as Boris Gelfand (Israel), Judit Polgar (Hungary), Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine), Evgeniy Najer (Russia), Alexander Beliavsky (Slovenia) etc.
International Invitational Chess Tournaments, Norm opportunity for top players.
International Open Tournament.
International Youth Tournament, for players who were born between 1991 and 1994.
Simultaneous Chess Exhibitions , GM's will play against many opponents at the same time.

Official site: http://mchess.co.il/

Richard Riordan Chess Festival

The main Richard Riordan Chess Festival (Mayor of the City of Los Angeles 1993-2001) saw a Rapid Chess (15m/game + 5s per move) tournament July 12th-14th 2009.

In spite of final round problems Evgeniy Najer won the Richard Riordan GM Rapid with 9.5/12. In the final round Najer was lost after only 15 moves against Emil Sutovsky who lost almost every other round. Fortunately for him Ian Nepomniachtchi, the only player in a position to catch him was also completely busted at the same time. They both lost in short order. Nepomniachtchi still took clear 2nd on 8.5/12.

Richard Riordan GM Rapid Natanya (ISR), 12-14 vii 2009													cat. XVII (2664)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3
1.	Najer, Evgeniy	g	RUS	2663	*	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	½	1	0	9½	2893
2.	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2632	½	*	1	½	0	1	1	½	1	0	1	1	1	8½	2824
3.	Beliavsky, Alexander G	g	SLO	2662	0	0	*	1	½	½	½	1	0	1	½	1	1	7	2720
4.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2755	0	½	0	*	½	1	1	½	1	½	½	½	½	6½	2684
5.	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2716	0	1	½	½	*	½	0	1	0	½	½	1	1	6½	2688
6.	Smirin, Ilia	g	ISR	2650	½	0	½	0	½	*	0	1	1	½	½	1	1	6½	2693
7.	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2687	0	0	½	0	1	1	*	0	½	½	1	½	1	6	2661
8.	Rodshtein, Maxim	g	ISR	2623	0	½	0	½	0	0	1	*	½	1	½	1	1	6	2666
9.	Roiz, Michael	g	ISR	2658	0	0	1	0	1	0	½	½	*	1	½	0	1	5½	2635
10.	Avrukh, Boris	g	ISR	2641	0	1	0	½	½	½	½	0	0	*	½	1	1	5½	2636
11.	Golod, Vitali	g	ISR	2599	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	*	0	1	5	2611
12.	Fridman, Daniel	g	GER	2665	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	1	0	1	*	½	3½	2505
13.	Sutovsky, Emil	g	ISR	2675	1	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	*	2	2389

Round 1 (July 12, 2009)
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Smirin, Ilia	1-0	37	B43	Sicilian Paulsen
Najer, Evgeniy	- Beliavsky, Alexander G	1-0	13	C48	Four Knights Rubinstein
Eljanov, Pavel	- Rodshtein, Maxim	1-0	6	A48	King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Roiz, Michael	- Avrukh, Boris	1-0	50	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Fridman, Daniel	- Sutovsky, Emil	½-½	32	D90	Gruenfeld Flohr
Golod, Vitali	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	49	D12	Slav Defence
Round 2 (July 12, 2009)
Smirin, Ilia	- Roiz, Michael	1-0	33	B10	Caro Kann
Gelfand, Boris	- Najer, Evgeniy	0-1	50	D46	Semi-Slav Defence
Polgar, Judit	- Golod, Vitali	1-0	40	C95	Ruy Lopez Breyer
Beliavsky, Alexander G	- Fridman, Daniel	1-0	39	D51	Queens Gambit Cambridge Springs
Rodshtein, Maxim	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	50	D11	Slav Defence
Sutovsky, Emil	- Eljanov, Pavel	0-1	34	C41	Philidor's Defence
Round 3 (July 12, 2009)
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Sutovsky, Emil	1-0	26	C54	Giuoco Piano
Najer, Evgeniy	- Polgar, Judit	1-0	78	B48	Sicilian Paulsen
Eljanov, Pavel	- Beliavsky, Alexander G	½-½	34	C55	Two Knights Defence
Roiz, Michael	- Rodshtein, Maxim	½-½	34	D12	Slav Defence
Fridman, Daniel	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	45	E08	Catalan
Avrukh, Boris	- Smirin, Ilia	½-½	33	E62	King's Indian 6...Nc6
Round 4 (July 12, 2009)
Gelfand, Boris	- Eljanov, Pavel	½-½	89	B07	Pirc Defence
Polgar, Judit	- Fridman, Daniel	½-½	5	C42	Petroff's Defence
Beliavsky, Alexander G	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	0-1	43	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Rodshtein, Maxim	- Avrukh, Boris	1-0	21	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Golod, Vitali	- Najer, Evgeniy	½-½	40	D11	Slav Defence
Sutovsky, Emil	- Roiz, Michael	0-1	67	C10	French Rubinstein
Round 5 (July 13, 2009)
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	77	C42	Petroff's Defence
Smirin, Ilia	- Rodshtein, Maxim	1-0	41	B10	Caro Kann
Eljanov, Pavel	- Polgar, Judit	0-1	51	B47	Sicilian Paulsen
Roiz, Michael	- Beliavsky, Alexander G	1-0	31	A04	Dutch System
Fridman, Daniel	- Golod, Vitali	1-0	47	D00	Queen's Pawn Game
Avrukh, Boris	- Sutovsky, Emil	1-0	33	A01	Larsen Opening
Round 6 (July 13, 2009)
Najer, Evgeniy	- Fridman, Daniel	1-0	50	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Gelfand, Boris	- Roiz, Michael	1-0	39	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Polgar, Judit	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	0-1	52	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Beliavsky, Alexander G	- Avrukh, Boris	1-0	55	D87	Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Golod, Vitali	- Eljanov, Pavel	½-½	26	D35	QGD Exchange
Sutovsky, Emil	- Smirin, Ilia	0-1	61	B43	Sicilian Paulsen
Round 7 (July 13, 2009)
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Golod, Vitali	1-0	58	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Smirin, Ilia	- Beliavsky, Alexander G	½-½	31	C90	Ruy Lopez
Roiz, Michael	- Polgar, Judit	½-½	31	E17	Queens Indian
Eljanov, Pavel	- Najer, Evgeniy	0-1	27	B25	Sicilian Closed
Rodshtein, Maxim	- Sutovsky, Emil	1-0	27	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Avrukh, Boris	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	52	E46	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Round 8 (July 13, 2009)
Najer, Evgeniy	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	70	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Gelfand, Boris	- Smirin, Ilia	1-0	35	E97	King's Indian Classical
Beliavsky, Alexander G	- Rodshtein, Maxim	1-0	48	D46	Semi-Slav Defence
Polgar, Judit	- Avrukh, Boris	½-½	46	C95	Ruy Lopez Breyer
Fridman, Daniel	- Eljanov, Pavel	0-1	76	A61	Benoni
Golod, Vitali	- Roiz, Michael	½-½	15	D38	QGD Ragozin
Round 9 (July 14, 2009)
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Fridman, Daniel	1-0	67	C43	Petroff's Defence
Roiz, Michael	- Najer, Evgeniy	0-1	71	A29	English Four Knights
Smirin, Ilia	- Polgar, Judit	0-1	33	B48	Sicilian Paulsen
Rodshtein, Maxim	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	51	D11	Slav Defence
Avrukh, Boris	- Golod, Vitali	½-½	29	D20	QGA
Sutovsky, Emil	- Beliavsky, Alexander G	0-1	63	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Round 10 (July 14, 2009)
Najer, Evgeniy	- Avrukh, Boris	1-0	42	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Eljanov, Pavel	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	1-0	36	A09	Reti Opening
Gelfand, Boris	- Sutovsky, Emil	½-½	28	A16	English Opening
Polgar, Judit	- Rodshtein, Maxim	0-1	54	B14	Caro Kann Panov
Fridman, Daniel	- Roiz, Michael	1-0	34	D90	Gruenfeld Flohr
Golod, Vitali	- Smirin, Ilia	½-½	26	E90	King's Indian Classical
Round 11 (July 14, 2009)
Beliavsky, Alexander G	- Gelfand, Boris	1-0	73	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Roiz, Michael	- Eljanov, Pavel	1-0	51	E01	Catalan
Smirin, Ilia	- Najer, Evgeniy	½-½	19	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Rodshtein, Maxim	- Golod, Vitali	½-½	49	D27	QGA
Avrukh, Boris	- Fridman, Daniel	1-0	31	A53	Old Indian Defence
Sutovsky, Emil	- Polgar, Judit	0-1	37	B48	Sicilian Paulsen
Round 12 (July 14, 2009)
Najer, Evgeniy	- Rodshtein, Maxim	1-0	41	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Roiz, Michael	1-0	57	C54	Giuoco Piano
Eljanov, Pavel	- Avrukh, Boris	½-½	54	A09	Reti Opening
Polgar, Judit	- Beliavsky, Alexander G	½-½	40	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Golod, Vitali	- Sutovsky, Emil	1-0	38	A48	King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Fridman, Daniel	- Smirin, Ilia	0-1	34	E62	King's Indian 6...Nc6
Round 13 (July 14, 2009)
Beliavsky, Alexander G	- Golod, Vitali	½-½	29	D41	Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Gelfand, Boris	- Polgar, Judit	1-0	55	B40	Sicilian Classical
Smirin, Ilia	- Eljanov, Pavel	½-½	16	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Rodshtein, Maxim	- Fridman, Daniel	1-0	39	A60	Modern Benoni
Avrukh, Boris	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	1-0	27	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Sutovsky, Emil	- Najer, Evgeniy	1-0	21	B81	Sicilian Keres Attack

Richard Riordan GM Blitz Natanya (ISR), 16-16 vii 2009													cat. XVII (2664)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3
1.	Fridman, Daniel	g	GER	2665	*	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	½	½	1	9½	2893
2.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2755	½	*	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	9	2848
3.	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2687	½	1	*	1	0	1	0	0	1	½	1	1	1	8	2786
4.	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2716	0	1	0	*	½	½	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	7	2716
5.	Rodshtein, Maxim	g	ISR	2623	0	0	1	½	*	½	1	0	½	½	0	1	1	6	2666
6.	Roiz, Michael	g	ISR	2658	½	0	0	½	½	*	0	1	1	½	1	½	½	6	2664
7.	Smirin, Ilia	g	ISR	2650	0	0	1	0	0	1	*	½	½	1	1	0	½	5½	2635
8.	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2632	0	0	1	0	1	0	½	*	0	½	½	1	1	5½	2637
9.	Najer, Evgeniy	g	RUS	2663	0	0	0	1	½	0	½	1	*	0	1	0	1	5	2606
10.	Sutovsky, Emil	g	ISR	2675	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	1	*	0	1	1	5	2605
11.	Beliavsky, Alexander G	g	SLO	2662	½	0	0	1	1	0	0	½	0	1	*	0	0	4	2538
12.	Golod, Vitali	g	ISR	2599	½	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	1	0	1	*	0	4	2543
13.	Avrukh, Boris	g	ISR	2641	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	1	1	*	3½	2507

7) Canadian Open

The Canadian Open took place in Edmonton, Alberta Canada July 11th-19th 2009. In the final round Mark Bluvshtein beat Theo Hommeles with black whilst pre-event favourites Shirov and Adams were held. Then in a notable win Edward Porper beat Surya Ganguly. This meant Bluvstein and Porper finished ahead of the field with an impressive score of 7.5/9. Mark Bluvshtein took the title on tie-break.

Official site: http://monroi.com/2009-canadian-open-chess-championship-home.html

Canadian Open Final Round 9 Results
1	GM	Alexei Shirov	1/2	GM	Eugene Perelshteyn
2	IM	Irina Krush	1/2	GM	Michael Adams
3	IM	Edward Porper	1-0	GM	Surya Ganguly
4	FM	Theo Hommeles	0-1	GM	Mark Bluvshtein
5	FM	Jonathan Tayar	1/2	GM	Xue Zhao
6	FM	John C Yoos	1-0	FM	Eric Hansen
7		Victor Plotkin	0-1	GM	Hua Ni
8	GM	Victor Mikhalevski	1-0		Jeff Reeve

Canadian Open Edmonton 11-19 vii 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
#	Name	Ti	Rtng	Tot
1	Mark Bluvshtein	GM	2598	7.5
2	Edward Porper	IM	2510	7.5
3	Alexei Shirov	GM	2748	7
4	Michael Adams	GM	2699	7
5	Eugene Perelshteyn	GM	2588	7
6	Irina Krush	IM	2481	7
7	John C Yoos	FM	2442	7
8	Jonathan Tayar	FM	2392	7
9	Hua Ni	GM	2701	6.5
10	Surya Ganguly	GM	2637	6.5
11	Victor Mikhalevski	GM	2631	6.5
12	Artiom Samsonkin	IM	2612	6.5
13	Anton Kovalyov	GM	2586	6.5
14	Xue Zhao	GM	2544	6.5
15	Leonid Gerzhoy	IM	2530	6.5
16	Zhe Quan	IM	2465	6.5
17	Dmitry Zilberstein	IM	2437	6.5
18	Raja Panjwani	FM	2418	6.5
19	Theo Hommeles	FM	2412	6.5
20	Michael Barron	FM	2357	6.5
21	Avinaash Sundar		2210	6.5
22	Eric Hansen	FM	2472	6
23	Leon Piasetski	IM	2406	6
24	Vladimir Pechenkin	FM	2366	6
25	Michael Langer	FM	2313	6
26	Victor Plotkin		2310	6
27	Zhichao Li		2264	6
28	Nicholas Moloney		2230	6
29	Noam Davies		2214	6
30	William Doubleday		2198	6
31	Dina Kagramanov	WFM	2140	6
32	Tanraj S Sohal		2072	6
33	Richard Huang		1952	6
34	Ian Mackay	FM	2328	5.5
35	Alisa Melekhina	WIM	2315	5.5
203 players

8) First Saturday July

The First Saturday July tournaments took place 4th-14th July 2009. Gergely Antal won the GM Group with 7/11.

Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu

FSGM July Budapest (HUN), 4-14 vii 2009													cat. VIII (2433)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Antal, Gergely	m	HUN	2479	*	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	7	2531
2.	Flumbort, Andras	m	HUN	2507	½	*	1	1	½	½	½	0	1	½	0	½	6	2462
3.	Jugelt, Tobias		GER	2398	0	0	*	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	½	½	6	2472
4.	Ilincic, Zlatko	g	SRB	2479	½	0	½	*	½	1	½	1	½	0	½	1	6	2465
5.	Farago, Ivan	g	HUN	2511	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	0	½	½	1	1	6	2462
6.	Lorscheid, Gerhard	f	GER	2345	½	½	0	0	½	*	½	1	½	½	1	1	6	2477
7.	Fogarasi, Tibor	g	HUN	2419	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	5½	2434
8.	Rombaldoni, Denis	m	ITA	2465	½	1	0	0	1	0	½	*	½	1	½	½	5½	2430
9.	Varga, Zoltan	g	HUN	2473	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	5½	2429
10.	Breder, Dennis	m	GER	2435	0	½	0	1	½	½	½	0	½	*	½	1	5	2397
11.	Shen Siyuan		CHN	2321	0	1	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	*	1	5	2407
12.	Bertholee, Rob	f	NED	2368	½	½	½	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	*	2½	2228

FSIMA July Budapest (HUN), 4-14 vii 2009
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1
1.	Szalanczy, Emil	m	HUN	2318	*	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	8	2483
2.	Zentai, Peter		HUN	2263	1	*	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	0	1	7	2398
3.	Farago, Sandor	m	HUN	2244	½	0	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	7	2399
4.	Bakin, Alexander	f	RUS	2248	0	½	½	*	½	1	0	½	½	1	1	5½	2286
5.	Szeberenyi, Adam	m	HUN	2318	0	½	½	½	*	½	1	0	½	½	1	5	2243
6.	Klein, David		NED	2236	0	½	0	0	½	*	1	0	1	1	1	5	2251
7.	Biro, Sandor	m	ROU	2312	0	½	½	1	0	0	*	½	½	1	½	4½	2208
8.	Margraf, Daniel		GER	2238	0	0	0	½	1	1	½	*	1	½	0	4½	2215
9.	Sebestyen, Balazs	f	HUN	2242	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	*	1	½	3½	2141
10.	Khadempour, Farhad		GER	2180	0	1	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	*	1	3	2108
11.	Nazarenus, Olaf		GER	2154	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	0	*	2	2019

FSIMB July Budapest (HUN), 4-14 vii 2009												cat. I (2254)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1
1.	Lammers, Markus		GER	2297	*	½	0	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	7½	2443
2.	Petran, Pal	m	HUN	2369	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	7	2391
3.	Muranyi, Karl-Jasmin	f	GER	2366	1	½	*	0	1	0	½	1	1	½	1	6½	2353
4.	Husari, Satea	m	SYR	2334	0	½	1	*	0	1	½	1	1	1	½	6½	2356
5.	Mihok, Oliver	f	HUN	2357	½	½	0	1	*	1	1	½	0	1	½	6	2316
6.	Admiraal, Miguoel		NED	2173	½	0	1	0	0	*	½	½	1	½	1	5	2262
7.	Adams, Nick A		USA	2211	0	0	½	½	0	½	*	½	1	½	1	4½	2222
8.	Eperjesi, Laszlo	m	HUN	2250	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	*	1	½	1	4½	2218
9.	Shao Shuai		CHN	----	0	½	0	0	1	0	0	0	*	½	1	3	2130
10.	Kahn, Evarth	m	HUN	2281	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	3	2102
11.	Koppenhoefer, Bernhard		GER	2160	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	½	*	1½	1967

9) Championship of Egypt

The finals of the Championship of Egypt took place in Cairo 8th-16th July 2009. Ahmed Adly won with 7/9.

Results and games: http://chess-results.com/tnr23612.aspx

ch-EGY Cairo (EGY), 8-16 vii 2009												cat. VII (2417)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Adly, Ahmed	g	EGY	2548	*	1	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	7	2622
2.	Ezat, Mohamed	m	EGY	2459	0	*	1	½	1	0	½	1	1	1	6	2537
3.	Amin, Bassem	g	EGY	2551	½	0	*	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	6	2527
4.	Frhat, Ali	m	EGY	2397	½	½	½	*	1	1	½	½	1	0	5½	2499
5.	Wageih, Kareim	m	EGY	2253	½	0	0	0	*	1	½	1	1	½	4½	2435
6.	Abou el Zein, Eid Mahmoud	m	EGY	2357	0	1	0	0	0	*	½	½	1	1	4	2380
7.	El Gindy, Essam	g	EGY	2501	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	0	½	½	3½	2327
8.	El Ghazali, Youssef M	m	EGY	2362	½	0	0	½	0	½	1	*	0	1	3½	2343
9.	Amin, Ashraf		EGY	2357	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	1	*	1	3	2298
10.	Sadek, Sameh		EGY	2384	0	0	0	1	½	0	½	0	0	*	2	2200

10) 11th Saint-Lo Festival

11th Chess Festival in Saint-Lo took place 7th-14th July 2009. Robert Bator won the event with 6.5/9. The game file packs in after round 7.

Official site: http://echecsaglo.fr/

IM Saint-Lo (FRA), 8-14 vii 2009												cat. IV (2349)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1	BATOR Robert	m	SWE	2403	#	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	6.5	26.75	12.32
2	TRIPOTEAU Nicolas	f	FRA	2398	½	#	½	0	1	½	1	1	1	½	6	24.25	7.94
3	JOLLY Jean-Francois	f	FRA	2366	½	½	#	½	½	1	0	½	1	1	5.5	22.5	7.46
4	KUIPERS Stefan	f	NED	2324	½	1	½	#	0	0	1	½	½	1	5	21.5	8.42
5	LAGARDE Maxime	f	FRA	2352	0	0	½	1	#	1	½	½	1	½	5	20	4.49
6	ORNSTEIN Axel	m	SWE	2424	0	½	0	1	0	#	½	1	1	1	5	17.75	-5.51
7	POLEY Vladimir	m	BLR	2312	½	0	1	0	½	½	#	½	½	1	4.5	18.75	5.06
8	SONG Julien	f	FRA	2319	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	#	½	0	2.5	11.25	-15.95
9	COURSAGET Nicolas	f	FRA	2339	½	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	#	½	2.5	10.5	-18.73
10	MARCHAND Francois	f	FRA	2251	0	½	0	0	½	0	0	1	½	#	2.5	9.25	-6.62

11) 32nd Ikaros Chess Festival

The traditional 32nd Ikaros Chess Festival 2009 took place on Ikaria island. Robert Kempinski edged out Aleksander Mista and Evgeny Vorobiov after all finished on 7.5/9.

The main event of the festival, the International Aegean Open Championship took place in Aghios Kirykos on Ikaria Island 11th-19th July 2009. It was a 9 round swiss event with prize fund 3600 Euros in total (1st prize 1000 Euros, special money prizes for ladies and veterans).

Official site: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros

Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr23724.aspx?lan=1

32nd Aegean Open Aghios Kirykos (GRE), 11-19 vii 2009 Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name		FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	Kempinski Robert	GM	POL	2601	7.5	58.5	46
2	Mista Aleksander	GM	POL	2568	7.5	55	43
3	Vorobiov Evgeny E	GM	RUS	2598	7.5	55	42.5
4	Markus Robert	GM	SRB	2587	7	58.5	45.5
5	Bobras Piotr	GM	POL	2568	7	53.5	41
6	Lekic Dusan	IM	MNE	2394	7	51	39.5
7	Tukmakov Vladimir B	GM	UKR	2549	6.5	56.5	43.5
8	Rychagov Andrey	GM	RUS	2534	6.5	55.5	43
9	Khetsuriani Besarion	IM	GEO	2331	6.5	53	41.5
10	Khurtsilava Inga	WIM	GEO	2261	6.5	53	41
11	Zagrebelny Sergey	GM	UZB	2480	6.5	53	40.5
12	Groetz Harald	IM	AUT	2350	6.5	52.5	42
13	Spirin Oleg	IM	RUS	2466	6.5	52	41
14	Lahiri Atanu	IM	IND	2361	6.5	51.5	41
15	Grabinsky Vladimir	IM	UKR	2312	6.5	51	38.5
16	Ris Robert	IM	NED	2421	6	51.5	40.5
17	Manakova Maria	WGM	SRB	2346	6	51	40
18	Gazis Efstathios	FM	GRE	2266	6	51	39.5
19	Levushkina Elena	WGM	GER	2239	6	50.5	39.5
20	Klip Hans	FM	NED	2351	6	50.5	38.5
174 players

12) 1st Artemis Cup

The "1st Artemis Cup" on Leros island took place 11th-19th July 2009. Evgenij Miroshnichenko took first place on tie-break from Mikheil Mchedlishvili after both finished on 7/9. Games from the final round not yet available.

Official Homepage of the Organizer: http://leroschess.gr/home.aspx?lan=el-gr

Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr23710.aspx

1st Artemis Cup (GRE), 11-19 vii 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB3
1	Miroshnichenko Evgenij	GM	UKR	2696	7	37.5	48.5
2	Mchedlishvili Mikheil	GM	GEO	2592	7	37	48.5
3	Gelashvili Tamaz	GM	GEO	2605	6.5	36	49.5
4	Shneider Aleksandr	GM	UKR	2539	6.5	34	46
5	Jeremic Veljko	GM	SRB	2487	6.5	33.5	48.5
6	Calzetta Ruiz Monica	WGM	ESP	2344	6.5	33.5	45.5
7	Estremera Panos Sergio	IM	ESP	2394	6	33.5	47.5
8	Timoshenko Georgy	GM	UKR	2556	6	33	47
9	Boros Denes	IM	HUN	2485	6	32.5	43.5
10	Hunt Adam C	IM	ENG	2428	6	32	43.5
11	Kraidman Yair	GM	ISR	2259	6	30	43.5
12	De Jong Jan-Willem	IM	NED	2464	5.5	33.5	47.5
13	Mastrovasilis Athanasios	GM	GRE	2475	5.5	33.5	47
14	Demuth Markus		AUT	2253	5.5	29.5	44.5
15	Muhren Willem		NED	2188	5.5	29.5	42.5
16	Nikolaidis Ioannis	GM	GRE	2510	5.5	29	45
17	Kourkounakis Ilias	IM	GRE	2355	5.5	29	42.5
18	Kiratzopoulos Efthimios		GRE	2040	5.5	28.5	41
19	Andersen Lars Even		NOR	2222	5.5	28	42.5
20	Kotrotsos Vasilios	FM	GRE	2275	5.5	28	41.5
21	Van Dijk Timon		NED	2242	5.5	27.5	40.5
22	Kostiukova Liubov	IM	UKR	2208	5.5	27.5	44
23	Muhren Bianca	WGM	NED	2312	5	27	40.5
72 players

13) Rethymno Open

The Rethymno Open (Crete) took place 12th-19th July 2009. Adam Tukhaev of the Ukraine edged out Elshan Moradiabadi, Kivanc Haznedaroglu, Maxim Turov, Deep Sengupta, Dmitry Svetushlin, Antoaneta Stefanova, Ponnuswamy Konguvel and Azer Mirzoev on tie-break after there was a huge group of players finished on 7/9.

There was a big surprise in the 1st round when 12-year old Sp. Naoum (1792) beat Azeri GM Mirzoev (2559).

Official Homepage of the Organizer: http://www.daor.gr/index.php?chessgr

Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr23730.aspx?lan=1

Rethymno Open (GRE), 12-19 vii 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1
1	Tukhaev Adam	GM	UKR	2534	7	39.5
2	Moradiabadi Elshan	GM	IRI	2542	7	37
3	Haznedaroglu Kivanc	IM	TUR	2468	7	37
4	Turov Maxim	GM	RUS	2561	7	36.5
5	Sengupta Deep	IM	IND	2488	7	36.5
6	Svetushkin Dmitry	GM	MDA	2607	7	36
7	Stefanova Antoaneta	GM	BUL	2535	7	35.5
8	Konguvel Ponnuswamy	IM	IND	2419	7	33
9	Mirzoev Azer	GM	AZE	2559	7	30
10	Werle Jan	GM	NED	2575	6.5	38.5
11	Dembo Yelena	IM	GRE	2466	6.5	36.5
12	Kharitonov Alexandr	GM	RUS	2534	6.5	36
13	Ibrahimov Rasul	GM	AZE	2543	6.5	35.5
14	Bakre Tejas	GM	IND	2453	6.5	34.5
15	Kryvoruchko Yuriy	GM	UKR	2611	6.5	34
16	Kapnisis Spyridon	IM	GRE	2464	6.5	34
17	Venkatesh M R	IM	IND	2426	6.5	34
18	Antic Dejan	GM	SRB	2523	6	35.5
19	Zubarev Alexander	GM	UKR	2548	6	34.5
20	Drazic Sinisa	GM	SRB	2538	6	34.5
21	Banikas Hristos	GM	GRE	2598	6	34
22	Souleidis Georgios	IM	GRE	2435	6	33.5
23	Lipka Juraj	IM	SVK	2419	6	33.5
24	Markidis Konstantinos		GRE	2334	6	33
25	Neverov Valeriy	GM	UKR	2561	6	33
26	Gaponenko Inna	IM	UKR	2428	6	33
27	Saptarshi Roy	IM	IND	2413	6	32
28	Van Kooten Luuk	FM	NED	2277	6	32
29	Vuilleumier Alexandre	IM	SUI	2304	6	31.5
30	Ashwin Jayaram	IM	IND	2425	6	31
31	Vlcek Stanislav	FM	SVK	2286	6	31
32	Brinck-Claussen Bjorn	IM	DEN	2314	6	31
33	Van Wessel Rudy	FM	NED	2344	6	31
34	Turova Irina	IM	RUS	2387	6	30.5
35	Royset Paal		NOR	2239	6	30
36	Meijers Viesturs	GM	LAT	2483	6	30
37	Bellia Fabrizio	IM	ITA	2414	6	30
38	Sorcinelli Francesco		ITA	2200	6	29
39	Smith Bryan G	IM	USA	2467	5.5	35.5
182 players

14) 8th Condom Chess Festival

The 8th Condom Chess Festival took place 11th-18th July 2009. Colomban Vitoux took first place on tie-break in the IM tournament from Axel Delorme (these two had identical results in the event I'm guessing Vitou took first as he was the lower rated of the two so his performance was better) and Said Brih in the IM tournament. Marius Manolache took clear first place in the open with 7.5/9. Games from the final round of the open A not yet available. My thanks to Thomas Ducret for the games.

Official site: http://www.chess32.tonsite.biz/projet_open/

IM Condom (FRA), 11-18 vii 2009												cat. V (2353)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Vitoux, Colomban	f	FRA	2423	*	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	1	6	2470
2.	Delorme, Axel	m	FRA	2434	½	*	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	1	6	2468
3.	Brih, Said		FRA	2318	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	6	2481
4.	Guichard, Pauline	wm	FRA	2261	0	0	½	*	½	1	1	1	0	1	5	2406
5.	Nanu, Ciprian-Costica	m	ROU	2535	½	½	½	½	*	½	0	½	1	½	4½	2332
6.	Demuth, Adrien	f	FRA	2339	½	½	½	0	½	*	½	½	½	1	4½	2354
7.	Decoster, Frederic		BEL	2285	0	0	0	0	1	½	*	½	1	1	4	2317
8.	Cioara, Andrei-Nestor	m	ROU	2437	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	3½	2263
9.	Navarrete Delgado, Sergio		ESP	2242	½	½	0	1	0	½	0	½	*	0	3	2240
10.	Brethes, Francois		FRA	2255	0	0	½	0	½	0	0	½	1	*	2½	2197

8th Condom Chess Festival (FRA), 11-18 vii 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl	Name		Nat	Elo	Pts	Tr.	Cu.	Perf.
1	MANOLACHE Marius	g	ROU	2479	7.5	41	35.5	2720
2	DAVID Vincent	f	FRA	2399	7	46.5	38	2514
3	BUJISHO Benjamin	m	FRA	2404	7	41	34	2365
4	GENOV Petar	g	BUL	2478	7	39.5	33.5	2558
5	CORNETTE Matthieu	g	FRA	2578	6.5	47	37.5	2515
6	INKIOV Ventzislav	g	BUL	2473	6.5	44.5	36.5	2425
7	OUERK Yanis		FRA	2050	6	41	33	2262
8	BENMESBAH Natacha	ff	FRA	2151	6	41	30	2180
9	BRESSAC Stephane		FRA	2184	6	40.5	32	2243
10	SCHMIDT Raul		ROU	2377	6	40.5	31	2307
11	GARREL Alain		FRA	2131	6	39	29.5	2144
12	FOURNIER Camille		FRA	2035	6	38.5	29	2152
13	FANTINEL Thibault		FRA	2089	6	38	30	2148
14	GENOVA Lyubka	mf	BUL	2209	6	37	29.5	2188
15	IWANESKO Alexandre		FRA	2101	6	35.5	29	2091
16	LACROIX Romain		FRA	2141	6	35.5	26	2062
17	MINDEGUIA GURUCEAGA Juan Jesus		ESP	2180	6	35	29.5	2103
18	CHAMAILLARD Sylvain		FRA	2149	5.5	42.5	31.5	2266
19	MARIE Adrien		FRA	2056	5.5	41.5	31.5	2151
20	HOUARD Yannick		FRA	2200	5.5	40.5	31	2129
21	GERTOSIO Franck		FRA	2038	5.5	40	32.5	2197
22	MARCINIAK Alexandre		FRA	2152	5.5	38	28.5	2100
23	CONGIU Mathilde	mf	FRA	2169	5.5	37	30	2111
24	PACI Nicolas		FRA	1828	5.5	36.5	26	2157
25	VERDUYN Frederic	f	BEL	2183	5.5	36	29	2139
26	PACI Romain		FRA	2022	5.5	35.5	25.5	2092
27	LE GALLEN Luc		FRA	1982	5.5	35	25.5	2026
28	MILNES Anthony C P		ENG	2063	5.5	34.5	27	2025
29	BERTHELOT Nathan		FRA	1796	5.5	34.5	23	2074
30	LEBRAUD Eric		FRA	2027	5	39.5	28.5	2032
104 players

15) World Chess Tour GM Moscow

Two player made norms in the first GM round-robin tournament of "World Chess Tour" Series which took place in Moscow 4th-12th July 2009. The playing venue is the sport-leisure center "Alexeevsky" (Moscow, Prospect Mira, 120) Middle Elo is 2442.

The winner of the first GM tournament was IM Mikhail Krylov. Unfortunately he was half a point short of a GM norm. In the last round with white he could not break the resistance of GM Rufat Bagirov. Another challenger for the GM Norm - FM Pavel Dvalishvili - also had White in last round but even lost his game against IM Gavrilov who was very unlucky in this event but in this game he finally played to his usual level. But Pavel at least should be satisfied with fact that he made finally his 3rd IM norm (despite having big sight problems) exceeding the norm by a half point.

16-year-old FM Ivan Aldokhin was leading after 5 rounds - he had +3 - one step away from the GM-Norm, but at the end of tournament Ivan was not so successful. However he also made an IM-Norm with an extra half point. It is interesting that both lucky players - Aldokhin and Dvalishvili - played well in the famous Moscow Open last February and should make IM-Norms with reserve too, but due the fact that they didn’t get opponents in the first round (it’s still difficult to say, whos fault more more - Tournaments Management or Arbiters) the FIDE Qualification Committee refused ratify a Norm. Now I believe the justice triumphed.

It was the first event of new World Series 'World Chess Tour', the main idea of that is: any chess player and chess fan regardless of the level, age etc. can take part in the World Series as well as any chess event can be part of World Series - like the ACP Tour, but not only for top-GMs, but just for everyone. We present here also the WCT points which every participant of this event will get - in all possible categories. The next GM and IM events are planned for 8th-18th of August 2009.

Contact: GM Igor Glek. Phone mobile: (7)903-5593052, (49)179-7030605

Phone / Fax: (7)495-4336634 E-mail: wlct06@gmail.com, acpsecretary@gmail.com

Official site: http://www.chess-events.org with details of the tour.

World Chess Tour Moscow (RUS) 4-11 vii 2009																Ave 2442
Rank	Name	Titles	FED	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Krylov. Mikhail	IM	RUS	2480	*	1	=	=	=	1	0	=	1	1	6	250
2-4	Romanko. Marina	IM	RUS	2447	0	*	=	0	=	1	=	1	1	1	5.5		218
2-4	Bagirov. Rufat	GM	AZE	2467	=	=	*	=	=	=	=	=	1	1	5.5	172
2-4	Dvalishvili. Pavel	FM	RUS	2486	=	1	=	*	=	=	=	1	0	1	5.5	172
5-6	Zlochevskij. Alexander	GM	ITA	2491	=	=	=	=	*	=	=	=	=	1	5	125		218
5-6	Aldokhin. Ivan	FM	RUS	2345	0	0	=	=	=	*	1	1	1	=	5		146
7	Glek. Igor	GM	GER	2528	1	=	=	=	=	0	*	=	=	=	4.5	94		146
8	Bajarani. Ulvi	FM	AZE	2356	=	0	=	0	=	0	=	*	1	=	3.5		109
9	Gavrilov. Alexei	IM	RUS	2480	0	0	0	1	=	0	=	0	*	1	3	62		109
10	Filinberg. Dmitriy		RUS	2343	0	0	0	0	0	=	=	=	0	*	1.5		73

TB1 GM (2450-2599) TB2 IM (2300-2449) TB3 GM Senior (born 1950-1969) (2450-2599)

16) United States Junior Closed Championship

The United States Junior Closed Championship took place in Milwaukee 13th-16th July 2009. Ray Robson took clear first place with 6/7.

Sponsored by the USCF. Organized by: Ashish Vaja and Alex Betaneli. Arbiter: Frank K. Berry, IA. Assistant Arbiters: Ashish Vaja and Alex Betaneli.

Official site: http://wisconsinchess.blogspot.com/. Games were broadcast on ICC.

US Junior Closed Milwaukee (USA), 13-16 vii 2009											cat. VI (2392)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1.	Robson, Ray	m	USA	2491	*	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	6	2686
2.	Bercys, Salvijus	m	USA	2434	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	5	2543
3.	Lenderman, Alex	m	USA	2504	0	½	*	½	1	1	0	1	4	2425
4.	Shankland, Samuel L	m	USA	2448	0	½	½	*	0	1	½	1	3½	2383
5.	Lee, Michael	f	USA	2347	0	0	0	1	*	1	½	1	3½	2397
6.	Banawa, Joel Cholo B	f	USA	2340	½	½	0	0	0	*	1	1	3	2348
7.	Liu, Elliot	f	USA	2356	0	0	1	½	½	0	*	½	2½	2294
8.	Coleman, Maxx W		USA	2212	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	*	½	1995

Round 1 (July 13, 2009)
Bercys, Salvijus	- Shankland, Samuel L	½-½	34	D79	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Lenderman, Alex	- Liu, Elliot	0-1	35	E90	King's Indian Classical
Banawa, Joel Cholo B	- Robson, Ray	½-½	23	D46	Semi-Slav Defence
Coleman, Maxx W	- Lee, Michael	0-1	24	B32	Sicilian Labourdonnais
Round 2 (July 13, 2009)
Robson, Ray	- Coleman, Maxx W	1-0	50	B81	Sicilian Keres Attack
Lenderman, Alex	- Bercys, Salvijus	½-½	56	A84	Dutch
Shankland, Samuel L	- Banawa, Joel Cholo B	1-0	57	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Liu, Elliot	- Lee, Michael	½-½	66	E99	King's Indian Classical
Round 3 (July 14, 2009)
Bercys, Salvijus	- Liu, Elliot	1-0	60	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Lee, Michael	- Robson, Ray	0-1	42	C01	French Exchange
Banawa, Joel Cholo B	- Lenderman, Alex	0-1	36	A09	Reti Opening
Coleman, Maxx W	- Shankland, Samuel L	0-1	40	B85	Sicilian Scheveningen
Round 4 (July 14, 2009)
Bercys, Salvijus	- Banawa, Joel Cholo B	½-½	28	E08	Catalan
Lenderman, Alex	- Coleman, Maxx W	1-0	45	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Shankland, Samuel L	- Lee, Michael	0-1	25	E99	King's Indian Classical
Liu, Elliot	- Robson, Ray	0-1	66	D47	Queens Gambit Meran
Round 5 (July 15, 2009)
Robson, Ray	- Shankland, Samuel L	1-0	36	C18	French Winawer
Lee, Michael	- Lenderman, Alex	0-1	40	A25	English Sicilian Attack
Banawa, Joel Cholo B	- Liu, Elliot	1-0	48	E94	King's Indian Classical
Coleman, Maxx W	- Bercys, Salvijus	0-1	81	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Round 6 (July 15, 2009)
Bercys, Salvijus	- Lee, Michael	1-0	41	E63	King's Indian 6...Nc6
Lenderman, Alex	- Robson, Ray	0-1	44	A11	Reti Opening
Banawa, Joel Cholo B	- Coleman, Maxx W	1-0	46	E08	Catalan
Liu, Elliot	- Shankland, Samuel L	½-½	35	B84	Sicilian Scheveningen
Round 7 (July 16, 2009)
Robson, Ray	- Bercys, Salvijus	½-½	16	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Shankland, Samuel L	- Lenderman, Alex	½-½	39	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Lee, Michael	- Banawa, Joel Cholo B	1-0	37	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Coleman, Maxx W	- Liu, Elliot	½-½	39	B40	Sicilian Classical

17) Aarhus Chess Summer

The Aarhus Chess Summer tournaments saw an IM Group won by Eva Repkova and a Candidates group won by Poul Rewitz. They took place 8th-16th July 2009. My thanks to Martin Matthiesen.

Official site: http://www.chesshouse.dk/sommerskak/welcome.htm

Summer IM Aarhus (DEN), 8-16 vii 2009												cat. V (2351)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Repkova, Eva	m	SVK	2428	*	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	7	2562
2.	Glud, Jakob Vang	m	DEN	2462	1	*	½	½	½	0	1	1	1	½	6	2464
3.	Skytte, Rasmus	m	DEN	2396	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	5½	2426
4.	Berg, Klaus	m	DEN	2432	0	½	½	*	1	½	1	½	½	1	5½	2422
5.	Kristiansen, Jens	m	DEN	2435	0	½	½	0	*	1	0	1	1	1	5	2385
6.	Igla, Bella	wg	ISR	2235	0	1	½	½	0	*	½	½	1	½	4½	2364
7.	Hagesaether, Ellen	wm	NOR	2249	0	0	½	0	1	½	*	0	½	1	3½	2282
8.	Andersen, Mads	f	DEN	2336	0	0	½	½	0	½	1	*	½	0	3	2228
9.	Peterson, Eric	f	SVK	2248	½	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	*	½	2½	2196
10.	Andersen, Jackie		DEN	2292	0	½	0	0	0	½	0	1	½	*	2½	2191

Summer Candidates Aarhus (DEN), 8-16 vii 2009
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Rewitz, Poul		DEN	2234	*	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8	2469
2.	Nielsen, Lars Aaes		DEN	2233	1	*	1	1	1	0	½	½	1	1	7	2338
3.	Andersen, Alf R		NOR	2238	0	0	*	½	1	1	1	1	1	0	5½	2198
4.	Rossen, Claus		DEN	2188	0	0	½	*	1	1	½	½	½	1	5	2166
5.	Bonnelykke, Ole		DEN	2081	0	0	0	0	*	½	1	1	1	1	4½	2135
6.	Fredericia, Louise	wf	DEN	2090	0	1	0	0	½	*	½	1	0	1	4	2091
7.	Andersen, Lars Rene		DEN	2117	0	½	0	½	0	½	*	½	1	1	4	2088
8.	Svane, Henrik		DEN	2113	0	½	0	½	0	0	½	*	½	1	3	2007
9.	Grove, Peter		DEN	2149	0	0	0	½	0	1	0	½	*	1	3	2003
10.	Repka, Christopher		SVK	1860	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	*	1	1809

18) Puerto Rico Championships

The Final of the Puerto Rico Chess Championship is being held at the Casa de Ajedrez in Caguas Puerto Rico takes place July 11th - 27th July 2009.

The Casa de Ajedrez in Caguas is a venue of 9,753 square feet is the only one dedicated exclusively to the chess in the Puerto Rico. The installation was built with a cost of $1,6 million, Casa del Ajedrez "the House of Chess" opened its doors in October of 2006 under the direction of IA Rafael Ortiz Bonilla with the purpose of promoting the education and practice of the sport science.

ch-PUR Caguas (PUR), 11-27 vii 2009
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Santa Torres, Juan	m	PUR	2229	*	0	.	.	1	1	.	1	1	.	.	.	4	2352
2.	Berrios Echevarria, Gabriel	f	PUR	2161	1	*	0	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	.	1	4	2398
3.	Santana-Alvarado, Miguel		PUR	2159	.	1	*	0	.	.	1	.	0	.	.	1	3	2201
4.	Davila, Juan		PUR	2176	.	.	1	*	0	.	½	.	.	½	1	.	3	2214
5.	Ovalle, Ramon		PUR	2148	0	.	.	1	*	.	0	.	.	1	1	.	3	2233
6.	Rodriguez Santiago, Jaime		PUR	2105	0	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	½	1	1	3	2228
7.	Montanez Nazario, Roberto		PUR	2081	.	.	0	½	1	.	*	1	.	.	0	.	2½	2126
8.	Ayala Sanchez, Abnel		PUR	----	0	.	.	.	.	.	0	*	.	½	1	1	2½	2143
9.	Vazquez Reyes, Raul		PUR	2147	0	0	1	.	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	0	1½	1998
10.	Sotelo Kohama, Daniel		PUR	2173	.	0	.	½	0	½	.	½	.	*	.	.	1½	1969
11.	Bermudez Adams, William		PUR	2149	.	.	.	0	0	0	1	0	.	.	*	.	1	1862
12.	Guzman, Carlos		PUR	2084	.	0	0	.	.	0	.	0	1	.	.	*	1	1874

19) Quebec Open Championship

The Quebec Open Championship takes place 18th-25th July 2009. 12 GMs have entered already headed by Vadim Malakhatko. Games in PGN not yet available although there should be live coverage.

Official site: http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/

Quebec Open Championship Montreal (CAN), 18-25 vii 2009
#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot
1	Bator Sambuev	100539	2491	+15	+4	+10	3.0
2	Vladimir Georgiev		2530	+20	=10	+14	2.5
3	Alojzije Jankovic		2549	-6	+16	+18	2.0
4	Yaroslav Zherebukh		2541	+19	-1	+17	2.0
5	Nikola Mitkov	100254	2526	=14	+13	=6	2.0
6	Pagur Arngrimsson		2396	+3	=9	=5	2.0
7	Merab Gagunashvili		2574	=13	-14	+19	1.5
8	Anton Kovalyov	100535	2571	H---	H---	H---	1.5
9	Vadim Malakhatko		2570	=17	=6	=12	1.5
10	Vladimir Malaniuk		2563	+21	=2	-1	1.5
11	Thomas Roussel-Roozmon	48295	2487	=18	=17	=15	1.5
12	Sergei Kasparov		2487	=16	=18	=9	1.5
13	Jon Viktor Gunnarsson		2462	=7	-5	+20	1.5
14	Shiyam Thavandiran	92676	2291	=5	+7	-2	1.5
15	François Léveillé	34852	2261	-1	B---	=11	1.5
16	Ling Feng Ye	81393	2179	=12	-3	B---	1.5
17	Renier Castellanos	102390	2453	=9	=11	-4	1.0
18	Louie Jiang	100245	2250	=11	=12	-3	1.0
19	Bjorn Thorfinnsson		2395	-4	=20	-7	0.5
20	Sylvain Barbeau	34277	2357	-2	=19	-13	0.5
21	Kenneth Regan	102265	2405	-10	U---	U---	0.0

20) XXVII Andorra International Chess Open

The XXVII Andorra International Chess Open takes place 18th-26th July 2009. Leading players: Kevin Spraggett, Romain Edouard, Csaba Balogh and Mihail Marin.

Official site: http://www.escacsandorra.com

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr23864.aspx?lan=1

XXVII Andorra International Open (AND), 18-26 vii 2009 Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	Arizmendi Martinez Julen Luis	GM	ESP	2528	2
	Siebrecht Sebastian	GM	GER	2458	2
	Wegerle Joerg	IM	GER	2430	2
	Abhishek Kelkar		IND	2158	2
	Forestier Carole		FRA	2111	2
	Schoder Volker		GER	2092	2
	Alberto Manuel		ANG	2089	2
8	Matnadze Ana	IM	GEO	2413	2
9	Spraggett Kevin	GM	CAN	2606	2
	Edouard Romain	GM	FRA	2597	2
	Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel	GM	ESP	2555	2
	Narciso Dublan Marc	GM	ESP	2553	2
	Kogan Artur	GM	ISR	2542	2
	Shytaj Luca	IM	ITA	2455	2
	Zilberman Yaacov	GM	ISR	2439	2
	Karavade Eesha	WIM	IND	2386	2
	Demuth Adrien	FM	FRA	2339	2
	Schneider Veronika	WIM	HUN	2301	2
19	Marin Mihail	GM	ROU	2583	2
	Dvirnyy Daniyyl	FM	ITA	2440	2
	Panelo Marcelo	IM	ARG	2420	2
22	Balogh Csaba	GM	HUN	2595	2
	Peralta Fernando	GM	ARG	2574	2
	Movsziszian Karen	GM	ARM	2570	2
	Damljanovic Branko	GM	SRB	2551	2
	Brunello Sabino	IM	ITA	2547	2
	Vila Gazquez Xavier	IM	ESP	2457	2
	Delorme Axel	IM	FRA	2434	2
	Van Kampen Robin	FM	NED	2383	2
	Bok Benjamin	FM	NED	2360	2
	Vega Gutierrez Sabrina	WGM	ESP	2352	2
	Guramishvili Sopiko	WGM	GEO	2339	2
	Midoux Sebastien		FRA	2331	2
34	Klein Felix		GER	2301	1.5
	Sanchez Jerez Emilio Miguel		ESP	2212	1.5
160 players

21) 4th Porto Carras Open

The 4th Porto Carras International Open Chess Tournament "Summer Cup 2009" takes place 18th-25th July 2009.

This year's chess event will again be a 9-round swiss tournament with a prize fund of over 3,000 euros and excellent hotel prices, giving the opportunity to combine chess and summer holidays in real 5-star conditions The winners of the previous editions were GM Dimitri Svetushkin (MDA) in 2006, IM Bernal Moro (ESP) in 2007 and GM Alexander Zubarev (UKR) in 2008.

Official site: http://www.greekchess.com/cup2009

4th Summer Cup Porto Carras (GRE), 18-25 vii 2009 Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name		FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB2
1	Pavlidou Ekaterini		GRE	2179	4	10
2	Hadzimanolis Antonios	FM	GRE	2296	4	10
3	Jevtic Miroljub		SRB	2164	3.5	9
4	Gamback Bjorn		SWE	2182	3.5	9
5	Andreou Andreas		GRE	2214	3.5	8.5
6	Pavlidis Anastasios	FM	GRE	2348	3	9
7	Karlovich Anastazia	WGM	UKR	2211	3	8.5
	Spiropoulos Panagiotis I		GRE	2114	3	8.5
9	Nikolaidis Konstantinos	FM	GRE	2270	3	8.5
10	Csonka Balazs		HUN	2062	3	8
11	Xaxiris E		GRE	2035	3	8
12	Radchenko Michail		RUS	1954	3	7
13	Marianidis Dimitrios		GRE	1850	3	7
14	Giordos Vasilios		GRE	1949	3	7
15	Antoniadis Konstantinos		GRE	1824	3	7
16	Naslund Mikael	FM	SWE	2170	3	7
17	Papaikonomou Dimitris		GRE	0	3	6
18	Koroteeva Ksenia		RUS	1970	2.5	8
19	Kutirov Rolando	GM	FYM	2360	2.5	8
20	Rabinovich Anton		RUS	1974	2.5	8
21	Soultatis Kostas		GRE	2080	2.5	7.5
22	Mattsson Michael		SWE	2116	2.5	7.5
23	Hrisanthopoulos Dimitrios		GRE	2128	2.5	7.5
24	Mastrakoulis Dim		GRE	1792	2.5	7.5
25	Ioannidis Evgenios		GRE	1508	2.5	6.5
26	Nikolaidis Georgios		GRE	1912	2.5	6.5
27	Shamash Michelle		GRE	1713	2.5	6.5
28	Sideris Giorgos		GRE	1910	2.5	6.5
29	Rabinovich Yacov		RUS	1715	2.5	6.5
74 players

22) 32nd Taminco Ghent Open

The 32nd Taminco Open International Chess Tournament Ghent (Belgium) takes place 18th-22nd July 2009, 9 rounds Swiss, two hours KO chess, prize money 8400 euro for 400 participants. This traditional open tournament takes place near the center of the medieval town of Ghent in the week of the famous annual Ghent festivities.

Official site: http://www.kgsrl.be

Info Gent annual festivities: http://www.gentsefeesten.be/

32nd Taminco Open Ghent (BEL), 18-22 vii 2009 Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
1.	Miezis, Normunds	g	LAT	2572	5.0
2.	Baklan, Vladimir	g	UKR	2639	4.5
3.	Kovchan, Alexander	g	UKR	2554	4.5
4.	Dgebuadze, Alexandre	g	BEL	2516	4.5
5.	Akesson, Ralf	g	SWE	2469	4.5
6.	Alienkin, Aleksander	m	RUS	2402	4.5
7.	Sowray, Peter J	f	ENG	2335	4.5
8.	Renette, Hans		BEL	2320	4.5
9.	Tonoli, Benjamin		BEL	2168	4.5
10.	Docx, Stefan	f	BEL	2384	4.0
11.	Van der Stricht, Geert	m	BEL	2390	4.0
281 players

23) Buenos Aires Champions League

The Argentine Chess Club in Buenos Aires has a team event (Champions League) that started on May 2nd 2009. Take part several International Masters, FIDE Masters and strong players not titled yet compete. News: Marcelo Pagano.

Players include: IM Ginzburg M. 2455, IM Diaz N. 2443, IM Dos Santos R. 2441, IM Liascovich L. 2439, IM Bronstein LM 2401, IM Della Morte G 2382, IM Mela B 2373, FM Goldwaser C 2361, IM Filgueira H 2354, IM Schweber 2349, IM Garcia R 2342, FM Barrionuevo P 2320, IM Quiroga F 2329, FM Varela G 2323, FM Villanueva M 2311, Gibson T 2272, Airando M 2250 and FM Cuevas A 2244 Nine teams played every Saturday, Round Robin.

Official site: http://www.cargentinodeajedrez.com.ar/2009/torneos/ChampionsLeague/Champions_League.htm

24) XVIII Championship of Macedonia Open

The XVIII Championship of Macedonia Open takes place in Struga 18th-26th July 2009.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr23863.aspx

XVIII Macedonia Open Struga (MKD), 18-26 vii 2009 Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Stanojoski Zvonko	GM	MKD	2483	2.5	2	6	2
	Bogdanovski Vlatko	GM	MKD	2399	2.5	2	6	2
3	Pancevski Filip	IM	MKD	2422	2.5	2	5.5	2
	Vasovski Nikola	IM	MKD	2358	2.5	2	5.5	2
5	Dancevski Orce	IM	MKD	2411	2.5	1.5	4.5	2
	Mitkov Marjan	IM	MKD	2382	2.5	1.5	4.5	2
7	Organdziev Oliver	FM	MKD	2277	2	2	5	1
8	Dinev Dejan	FM	MKD	2304	2	1.5	5	2
9	Stojanovski Dejan	IM	MKD	2432	2	1.5	4.5	1
10	Veleski Robert		MKD	2257	2	1	4	2
11	Petrovski Igor		MKD	1972	2	1	4	2
12	Ilic Ljubomir	FM	MKD	2296	2	1	3.5	2
13	Vladimirov Vladimir		MKD	2222	1.5	2.5	5.5	1
14	Ilic Zoran	FM	MKD	2304	1.5	2	5	1
15	Volf Ziga		SLO	2195	1.5	1.5	4.5	1
16	Stojkovska Monika		MKD	1889	1.5	1.5	4	1
17	Gotovusa Goran		MKD	2197	1.5	1	2.5	1
18	Kukov Tode		MKD	2084	1.5	0.5	3	1
19	Hristovski Srdzan		MKD	2150	1	2	5	1
20	Kacakovski Dimitar	FM	MKD	2190	1	2	4.5	1
	Koskoska Gabriela	IM	MKD	2188	1	2	4.5	1
30 players

25) 12th Open Malaga

The XII International Open Championship of Malaga Diputacion took place 11th-18th July 2009. GM Dragan Paunovic edged out FM Jesus Garrido Dominguez on tie-break after they all finished on 7/9. FM Jesus Garrido and FM Juan Carlos Perez Pardo made IM norms. News: Francisco Javier Rubio Doblas.

Official site: http://www.aulajedrez.com/2009/malaga/directo/ - Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr23739.aspx

12th Open Malaga (ESP). 11-18 vii 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name		FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	Paunovic Dragan	GM	SRB	2519	7	49	39
2	Garrido Dominguez Jesus	FM	ESP	2301	7	45	33.5
3	Stefansson Hannes	GM	ISL	2580	6.5	50	33
4	Korneev Oleg	GM	RUS	2600	6.5	49.5	37
5	Ibarra Jerez Jose Carlos	IM	ESP	2511	6.5	47.5	36
6	Strikovic Aleksa	GM	SRB	2517	6.5	45.5	34
7	Khamrakulov Ibragim S	GM	ESP	2561	6.5	45.5	33.5
8	Rivas Pastor Manuel	GM	ESP	2520	6.5	44	33.5
9	Guerra Bastida Diego	IM	ESP	2410	6.5	44	32.5
10	Suba Mihai	GM	ROU	2515	6	48.5	33.5
11	Djuric Stefan	GM	SRB	2437	6	47.5	33
12	Tratar Marko	GM	SLO	2494	6	46	33
13	Cuenca Jimenez Jose Fernando	IM	ESP	2418	6	46	32.5
14	Perez Pardo Juan Carlos	FM	ESP	2280	6	45	30.5
15	Carlsson Pontus	GM	SWE	2456	6	44	32.5
16	Fernandez Romero Ernesto	IM	ESP	2453	6	44	32.5
17	Mogranzini Roberto	IM	ITA	2415	6	44	31.5
18	Larino Nieto David	IM	ESP	2462	6	43.5	31
19	Kurajica Bojan	GM	BIH	2595	6	42.5	31.5
20	Cruz Ravina Francisco Javier	FM	ESP	2325	6	42.5	29.5
21	Cruz Alvarez De Ron Dan		ESP	2251	6	38	28
22	Quillan Gary		ENG	2405	6	38	28
23	Levin Felix	GM	GER	2491	5.5	43	31.5
24	Fierro Baquero Martha L	IM	ECU	2401	5.5	42.5	28
25	Gutierrez Jimenez Juan Manuel	FM	ESP	2308	5.5	42	28
26	Cuenca Jimenez Francisco Javie		ESP	2161	5.5	42	27.5
27	Eyo Castro-Rial Alberto		ESP	2175	5.5	38	25.5
28	Valmana Canto Jaime	FM	ESP	2348	5.5	36.5	25.5
29	Ortega Ruiz Jose Miguel	FM	ESP	2306	5.5	36	27
30	Jessel Stephen	FM	IRL	2275	5	45.5	27
104 players

26) 8th La Fere Open

The 8th La Fere Open (Northern France) took place 4th-11th July 2009. Gildas Goldsztejn (France) edged out Ciprian-Costica Nanu and Ponnuswamy Konguvel on tie-break after all three made 7/9. 132 players competed. News: Emmanuel Variniac.

Official website: http://laferect.free.fr/Open2009/Sommaire.htm

8th Open La Fere (FRA). 4-11 vii 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	Fed	Elo	Pts	Tr.	Perf.
1	GOLDSZTEJN Gildas	m	FRA	2403	7	43.5	2565
2	NANU Ciprian-Costica	m	ROU	2535	7	42.5	2527
3	KONGUVEL Ponnuswamy	m	IND	2419	7	41	2451
4	DEGRAEVE Jean-Marc	g	FRA	2559	6.5	44	2552
5	MALANIUK Vladimir	g	UKR	2563	6.5	43	2597
6	GHARAMIAN Tigran	m	FRA	2615	6.5	43	2529
7	GOZZOLI Yannick	m	FRA	2498	6.5	43	2480
8	MARZOLO Cyril	m	FRA	2443	6.5	41	2344
9	RIFF Jean-Noel	m	FRA	2505	6	45.5	2488
10	MANOLACHE Marius	g	ROU	2479	6	45	2553
11	SCHMIDT Raul		ROU	2377	6	44.5	2453
12	WIRIG Anthony	m	FRA	2491	6	43	2442
13	PIANKOV Evgenij	m	UKR	2356	6	42	2391
14	MULDER Bart-Piet		NED	2212	6	41.5	2320
15	NOIROUX Kevin		BEL	2145	6	40.5	2267
16	VIDENOVA Iva	ff	BUL	2197	6	40	2376
17	GENOV Petar	g	BUL	2478	6	40	2360
18	SANDU Mihaela	gf	ROU	2312	6	40	2326
19	DELORME Laurie		FRA	2152	6	39.5	2218
20	AHLERS Ben		NED	2136	6	38	2223
21	GOZZOLI Cyrille		FRA	2125	6	35	2108
22	BANNINK Bernard	f	NED	2277	5.5	43	2311
23	VENKATESH M.r.	m	IND	2426	5.5	42	2298
24	GENOVA Lyubka	mf	BUL	2209	5.5	40	2287
25	PYTEL Krzysztof	m	FRA	2383	5.5	40	2227
26	HUSSON Cybele		FRA	2037	5.5	40	2085
27	DEMANGHON Jonathan		FRA	2211	5.5	38.5	2161
28	NOORDHOEK Henk		NED	2080	5.5	38.5	2110
29	NEUMAIR Jerome		GER	2007	5.5	38	2043
30	FORTHOFER Robert		FRA	2263	5.5	37.5	2124
31	DERIGNY Philippe		FRA	1993	5.5	37.5	2066
32	TILLET Louis-Juan		FRA	2190	5.5	36	2076
33	AUROY Didier		FRA	2000	5.5	36	2068
34	MATAIGNE Jean-Michel		FRA	2053	5.5	35.5	2128
133 players

27) Politiken Cup

The Politiken Cup takes place in Helsingor (25 miles north of Copenhagen) 18th-26th July 2009.

Official site: http://www.ksu.dk/politiken_cup//default.aspx?la=en&aar=2009

Politiken Cup (DEN), 18-26 vii 2009 Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
Pl	No	Name	NAT	Elo	Pts	MiBu	SoBer
1	23	S.P.Sethuraman	IND	2455	3	2	6
2	3	Sergei Tiviakov	NED	2674	3	2	6
3	32	Rasmus Skytte	DEN	2396	3	2	5.5
4	17	Marie Sebag	FRA	2531	3	2	5.5
5	34	Krzysztof Bulski	POL	2392	3	2	5.5
6	14	Jonny Hector	SWE	2556	3	2	5.5
7	35	Bragi Thorfinnsson	ISL	2377	3	2	5
8	8	Yuri Kuzubov	UKR	2635	3	2	5
9	9	Emanuel Berg	SWE	2610	3	2	5
10	5	Alexey Dreev	RUS	2660	3	2	5
11	1	Vladimir Malakhov	RUS	2707	3	2	5
12	29	Robert Aloma Vidal	ESP	2418	3	2	5
13	21	Marcin Tazbir	POL	2500	3	2	5
14	26	Mikkel Antonsen	DEN	2438	3	2	5
15	4	Gabriel Sargissian	ARM	2667	3	2	4.5
16	12	Parmerian Negi	IND	2590	3	2	4.5
17	15	Sune Berg Hansen	DEN	2554	3	1.5	5
18	28	Klaus Berg	DEN	2432	3	1.5	5
19	2	Peter Heine Nielsen	DEN	2680	3	1.5	5
20	13	Jon Ludvig Hammer	NOR	2583	3	1.5	4.5
21	7	Boris Avruk	ISR	2641	3	1.5	4.5
22	22	Stellan Brynell	SWE	2471	3	1.5	4.5
23	31	Esben Lund	DEN	2412	3	1.5	4.5
24	18	Daniel Alsina Leal	ESP	2529	3	1	4
25	30	Daniel Semcesen	SWE	2418	2½	2	5.25
26	10	Tiger Hillarp-Persson	SWE	2596	2½	2	4.75
27	53	Bo Garner Christensen	DEN	2277	2½	2	4.25
28	25	Jens Ove Fries Nielsen	DEN	2439	2½	2	4.25
29	54	Svetlana Agrest	SWE	2260	2½	2	4.25
30	69	Mikael Rolvag	NOR	2196	2½	2	4.25
31	133	Soren Holm Jensen	DEN	2054	2½	2	3.75
32	11	Evgeny Agrest	SWE	2590	2½	1.5	3.75
33	49	Bo Jacobsen	DEN	2303	2½	1.5	3.75
34	62	Lars Aaes Nielsen	DEN	2233	2½	1.5	3.5
35	6	Evgeny Postny	ISR	2647	2½	1.5	3.5
36	59	Johnni Veng	DEN	2243	2½	1.5	3.5
37	110	Norbert Kruger	GER	2106	2½	1.5	3.5
38	27	Jens Kristiansen	DEN	2435	2½	1.5	3.25
39	73	Claus Rossen	DEN	2188	2½	1.5	3.25
40	19	Viktorija Cmilyte	LIT	2470	2½	1.5	3.25
41	33	Nikolaj Mikkelsen	DEN	2399	2½	1.5	3.25
42	51	Anastasios Tsiolakidis	GRE	2290	2½	1.5	3.25
43	154	Susanna Berg	SWE	2020	2½	1.5	3
44	117	Peder Ottosen	DEN	2087	2½	1.5	2.25
45	78	Jorgen Hvenekilde	DEN	2179	2½	1	3.25
46	20	Lars Schandorff	DEN	2510	2½	1	2.75
47	43	Arne Matthiesen	DEN	2324	2	2	4
307 players

Politiken Cup (DEN), 18-26 vii 2009 Leading Players:
1	Vladimir Malakhov	2707	RUS	GM
2	Peter Heine Nielsen	2680	DEN	GM
3	Sergei Tiviakov	2674	NED	GM
4	Gabriel Sargissian	2667	ARM	GM
5	Alexey Dreev	2660	RUS	GM
6	Evgeny Postny	2647	ISR	GM
7	Boris Avruk	2641	ISR	GM
8	Yuri Kuzubov	2635	UKR	GM
9	Emanuel Berg	2610	SWE	GM
10	Tiger Hillarp-Persson	2596	SWE	GM
307 players

28) Polish Women's Championship

The Polish Women's Championship takes place in Bogatynia 19th-29th July 2009.

Official site: http://mpk2009.pl/

ch-POL w Bogatynia (POL), 19-29 vii 2009													cat. II (2298)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Rajlich, Iweta	m	POL	2448	*	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	1	.	.	2
2.	Kadziolka, Beata	wg	POL	2289	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	1	½	.	.	.	1½	2450
3.	Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina	wm	POL	2327	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	1½	2529
4.	Zawadzka, Jolanta	wg	POL	2387	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1½	2482
5.	Toma, Katarzyna	wm	POL	2261	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	1	.	1½	2398
6.	Warakomska, Anna	wf	POL	2193	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	½	.	.	1	2321
7.	Jaracz, Barbara	wg	POL	2306	0	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	1	1	2349
8.	Krupa, Monika	wg	POL	2229	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	1	.	1	2253
9.	Przezdziecka, Marta	wg	POL	2285	.	½	0	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	½	2115
10.	Majdan, Joanna	wg	POL	2382	0	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	2127
11.	Jakubiec, Edyta	wm	POL	2217	.	.	.	.	0	.	.	0	.	.	*	.	0
12.	Kulon, Klaudia	wf	POL	2251	.	.	.	0	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	*	0

29) Leiden Chess Tournament

The Leiden Chess Tournament took place 9th-19th July 2009. Babu Lalith took clear first place with 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.leidenchess.nl/

LCT Open A Leiden (NED), 10-19 vii 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank	Name	Ti	Fed.	Rating	Score	BH	SB	TPR
1	Lalith, Babu M.R.	IM	IND	2472	7.5	51.5	42.5	2629
2	Van Den Doel, Erik	GM	NED	2590	7	52	39.25	2630
3	Savchenko, Stanislav	GM	UKR	2526	7	51.5	39	2611
4	Van Der Wiel, John T.H.	GM	NED	2477	6.5	51.5	35.75	2508
5	Adhiban, B.	IM	IND	2481	6.5	51.5	35	2479
6	Pavlovic, Milos	GM	SRB	2535	6.5	49	31.75	2477
7	Vovk, Yuri	GM	UKR	2567	6.5	48.5	33.75	2453
8	Luch, Michal	IM	POL	2415	6.5	48	32.5	2437
9	Shreyansh Daklia		IND	2279	6.5	47.5	33.25	2458
10	Karthikeyan, P.	IM	IND	2478	6.5	47.5	32.75	2429
11	Sanikidze, Tornike	GM	GEO	2559	6	55	33.75	2541
12	Vovk, Andrey	GM	UKR	2506	6	52.5	33	2479
13	Coene, Igor		NED	2166	6	48.5	30.25	2320
14	Slingerland, Fred	IM	NED	2406	6	45	26	2344
15	Padmini, Rout	WIM	IND	2243	6	45	26	2278
16	Wohl, Aleksandar H.	IM	AUS	2387	6	44.5	27	2343
17	Konings, Leon	FM	NED	2247	6	40.5	27	2170
18	Heemskerk, Wim	FM	NED	2210	5.5	48	27.75	2233
19	Wantola, Ivo	FM	NED	2336	5.5	48	25.25	2368
20	Shyam, Sundar M.	IM	IND	2415	5.5	47	26	2398
21	Rajesh, V A V	FM	IND	2249	5.5	46.5	25	2328
22	Erwich, Frank	FM	NED	2319	5.5	46	26.25	2276
23	Naroditsky, Daniel	FM	USA	2356	5.5	45.5	27.25	2340
24	Van Dongen, Cor		NED	2342	5.5	43.5	23.5	2239
25	Miedema, Roi	FM	NED	2432	5.5	42.5	23	2279
26	Van Overdam, Jan		NED	1964	5.5	42	20.5	2188
27	Harini, S.		IND	1986	5	48.5	25.25	2310
117 players

30) 31st Oberwart Open

The 31st Oberwart Open took place 11th-19th July 2009. Nikolaus Stanec took first place on tie-break from Mladen Palac, Imre Hrea Jr and David Shengelia after all finished on 7/9. I couldn't find any games.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr19918.aspx

Official site

31st Oberwart Open (AUT), 11-19 vii 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rg.	Name		FED	EloI	Pkt.	Wtg1
1	Stanec Nikolaus	GM	AUT	2532	7	53.5
2	Palac Mladen	GM	CRO	2582	7	53
3	Hera Imre Jr	GM	HUN	2557	7	53
4	Shengelia David	GM	AUT	2586	7	45.5
5	Schroll Gerhard Dr.Mmag.	IM	AUT	2400	6.5	50
6	Platzgummer Fabian	NM	AUT	2308	6.5	49.5
7	Kovacs Gabor	IM	HUN	2514	6.5	49
8	Neumeier Klaus	FM	AUT	2344	6.5	48.5
9	Druckenthaner Andreas Dr.	FM	AUT	2278	6.5	46.5
10	Lehner Oliver	IM	AUT	2421	6.5	43.5
11	Klocker Benedikt		AUT	2143	6.5	43.5
12	Sergeev Vladimir	GM	UKR	2447	6	51
13	Ganaus Hannes	IM	AUT	2279	6	47.5
14	Nemeth Miklos	IM	HUN	2486	6	46
15	Csonka Attila Istvan	FM	HUN	2342	6	46
16	Fuchs Georg	MK	AUT	2281	6	44
17	Danner Georg	IM	AUT	2450	6	43.5
18	Polajzer Danilo	IM	SLO	2353	6	43
19	Berghöfer Gerald		AUT	2221	6	38
20	Papp Tamas	FM	HUN	2318	6	37
21	Rapport Richard	FM	HUN	2401	5.5	50.5
117 players

31) Dutch Open

The Dutch Open (Open Netherlands Championship) takes place in Dieren 21st-30th July 2009.

Official site; http://onk.schaakbond.nl/

Open Netherlands Championship Dieren (NED), 21-30 vii 2009 Leading Entries:
1	GM	Ernst, Sipke	NED	M	2598
2	GM	L'Ami, Erwin	NED	M	2593
3	GM	Timman, Jan H	NED	M	2569
4	GM	Vovk, Yuri	UKR	M	2567
5	GM	Reinderman, Dimitri	NED	M	2565
6	GM	Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav	RUS	M	2556
7	GM	Nijboer, Friso	NED	M	2552
8	GM	Giri, Anish	NED	M	2518
9	GM	Swinkels, Robin	NED	M	2516
10	GM	Vovk, Andrey	UKR	M	2506
11	GM	Hoffmann, Michael	GER	M	2502
12	GM	Simutowe, Amon	ZAM	M	2481

32) International Open Championship of Paris

The International Open Championship of Paris took place 4th-12th July 2009. Murtas Kazhgaleyev edged out Sergey Fedorchuk on tie-break after both finished on 7/9. Games from round 9 still not available.

Official site: http://www.idf-echecs.com/competitions/ChamParis2009/ChamParis2009.htm

33) Forthcoming Events and Links

2nd Nanjing Pearl Spring

The 2nd Nanjing Pearl Spring Chess Tournament will takes place 27th Sept - 9th October 2009 in Nanjing, China.

The field seems to be Veselin Topalov, Magnus Carlsen, Teimour Radjabov, Peter Leko, Dmitry Jakovenko, Wang Yue.

The event is a 6-player in a double round robin. The total prize fund is 250,000 Euros.

News Gujuan Tzu blog http://blog.sina.com.cn/chessnews

Official site (In English): http://www.chess-pearlspring.com/www/chess_pk/yindex.htm (under construction)

Official site (In Chinese): http://www.chess-pearlspring.com/www/chess_pk/index.htm

2nd Nanjing Pearl Spring (CHN), 27 ix -9 x 2009					cat. XXI (2766)
No	Name	Ti	NAT	April Elo	DoB
1	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2813	1975
2	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2772	1990
3	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2760	1983
4	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2756	1987
5	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2756	1979
6	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	2736	1987

Official site (In English): http://www.chess-pearlspring.com/www/chess_pk/yindex.htm

Official site: http://www.chess-pearlspring.com/www/chess_pk/index.htm (more information and pictures)

Gujuan Tzu blog http://blog.sina.com.cn/chessnews

NH Chess Tournament

The NH Chess Tournament Rising Stars vs. Experience takes place August 20th-31st 2009 NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky, Dam 9, Amsterdam. The NH Chess Tournament, organized by NH Hoteles in close cooperation with Association Max Euwe, Monaco, is a ‘Scheveningen’ team tournament between an ‘Experience’ team and a ‘Rising Stars’ team.

NH Chess Tournament Amsterdam (NED), 20-31 viii 2009
Name	Country	DoB	ApElo
Peter Svidler	Russia	June 17, 1976	2726
Peter Heine Nielsen	Denmark	May 24, 1973	2668
Alexander Beliavsky	Slovenia	December 17, 1953	2640
Loek van Wely	The Netherlands	October 7, 1972	2622
Ljubomir Ljubojevic	Serbia	November 2, 1950	2553
Hikaru Nakamura	United States	December 9, 1987	2701
Fabiano Caruana	Italy	July 30, 1992	2649
Jan Smeets	The Netherlands	April 5, 1985	2626
Daniel Stellwagen	The Netherlands	March 1, 1987	2619
Hou Yifan	China	February 27, 1994	2590

Official site: http://www.nhchess.com/

20th International Chess and Games Festival Czech Open

The 20th International Chess and Games Festival Czech Open 2009 takes place 16th July - 2 August 2009 in Pardubice (the Czech Republic). There are more than 100 tournaments in chess and other games, eg. European Youth Chess Teams Championship, ISCU Children Clubs Chess Championship and European Amateurs Championship in Chess.

More detailed information: http://www.czechopen.net/news/index.php. the festival website will be ready at the end of April.

5th Heraklion-Gazi International Chess Tournament

The 5th Heraklion-Gazi (Greece) International Chess Tournament takes place 22nd-29th August 2009.

9 Round Swiss. 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment for every move starting from move 1.

Further information :
Tel.: (+30) 6972262486, Mr Charalampos Stefanatos
Fax: (+30) 2810821029

E-mail: stefanatos@gazichess.gr, babstef@otenet.gr

Details: http://www.gazichess.gr/en

2nd Arad Open Romania

2nd International Chess Open in Arad, Romania, 8th-14th august 2009 9 rounds swiss open, prize fund 3500 euro, 1st prize - 1000 euro More details: http://www.vados.ro/turnee/ro/8/16

Contact: Alin Campeanu sahclubvados@yahoo.com. Arad City is in the western Romania - 270 km from Budapest, 510 km from Vienna, 530 km from Bucharest.

16th Vienna International Open

16th Vienna International Open Chess Championship takes place 15th-23rd August 2009. Sergei Tiviakov is the top seed.

Official site: http://www.vienna-chess-open.at/

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr19376.aspx

Zonal 3.3

Zonal 3.3 takes place in Phu Quoc, Vietnam 23rd-29th July 2009. Wesley So, Zhang Zhong, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son and Eugenio Torre are the top seeds.

Official site: http://vietnamchess.com.vn/

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr23592.aspx?lan=1

Continental Absolute Chess Championship Americas

The Continental Absolute Chess Championship Americas 2009 takes place 25th July - 2nd August 2009. This is the first time the event will be held in Brazil.

The rate of play following FIDE orders will be 2 hours for 40 moves+ 30 minutes finish plus 30 sec every move since move 1 instead of the previous time control of 1:30 plus 30sec.

Organization: GM Darcy Lima - CBX Local: CXSP - Rua Araújo 154 Sao Paulo - SP Brazil Hotel: Confort Downtown - Rua Araújo 141

Official site; http://www.continental2009.com/cont09eng.htm

22nd Panevezys Chess Festival

22nd Panevezys Chess Festival takes place in the city of Panevezys in Lithuania 17th-23rd August 2009. Two Fide rated Open (Open A and Open B) Blitz tournament and maybe closed WGM woman tournament are planned this year.

Details: http://www.chesslyga.lt/panevezys/open2009

Mundial Chess Internet Tournament

The organising Committee Mundial Chess invites all the players (from the amateurs to Grandmasters) to take part in the 1st Internet tournament with the prize fund of more than 130.000 EUR in cash and many special prizes. The 1st prize in the main tournament will be not less than 10.000 EUR.

Registration (and information in English) in the tournament is possible following the link - http://www.mundialchess.com/chess-online/en/zvfdxt6 Registration and information in Spanish - http://www.mundialchess.com/chess-online/es/zvfdxt6 Registration and information in Russian - http://www.mundialchess.com/chess-online/ru/zvfdxt6

Kasparov vs Karpov Match in September

Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov will play a 12 game (4 Rapid and 8 blitz) match in Valencia 21st-24th September 2009. The match is on the 25th Anniversary of the start of their infamous first aborted match in Moscow in 1984-5, this was followed by an epic series of close World title matches which ended in Lyon 1990.

Report in Marca (in Spanish) - http://www.marca.com/2009/07/07/mas_deportes/ajedrez/1246987804.html

Mig confirms the reports: http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt/2009/07/kasparov-obama-karpov.htm

II Olalachess Academy

The II Olalachess Academy takes place 14th-16th August 2009 in (Salou) Spain. Training for all chess levels.

Official site: http://www.masters.olalachess.com

Zuerich Chess Club 200th Anniversary

Visit the official website look at a quiz with information contained in Richard Forster's recently published book "Schachgesellschaft Zürich: 1809 bis 2009" the prize of playing in a Simul against a chess legend.

Dr. Christian Rohrer reports: The world's oldest chess club celebrates its 200th year with spectacular jubilee events, including World Champions Spassky, Kasparov and Anand.

The Schachgesellschaft Zuerich celebrates 200th anniversary with spectacular jubilee events.

The Schachgesellschaft Zuerich, the world's oldest chess club, celebrates its 200th year in 2009 with spectacular jubilee events. To mark the anniversary, some of the greatest masters of the last five decades, including World Champions Spassky, Kasparov and Anand, will play at the event. Highlights will be a simultaneous exhibition and a rapid chess tournament on the 22nd and 23rd of August, held in Zurich Main Railway Station. With generous sponsor support from Credit Suisse the Schachgesellschaft Zuerich continues its long standing tradition of world class chess tournaments.

On Saturday the 22nd of August, in simultaneous games 200 amateurs will be honoured to face eight word-class chess players, who have made historical contributions to world chess over the last 50 years: Viswanathan Anand, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov, Viktor Korchnoi, Vladimir Kramnik, Boris Spassky, Ruslan Ponomariov and Veselin Topalov. On Sunday the 23rd of August, these champions will compete against each other in an exciting rapid chess format. Judit Polgar, the strongest female chess player ever, and Werner Hug of Schachgesellschaft Zuerich, former world junior chess champion, will replace Kasparov and Spassky, who have retired from competitive chess.

A huge number of spectators, from enthusiasts to the generally curious, is expected for the events at Zurich Railway Main Station. And no one need miss it: All commemorative events will be streamed live via Internet.

The jubilee commences with an open tournament; certain to be one of the most exciting open chess tournaments of 2009. Players of every skill level, from beginners to the elite world class, are expected and will be welcomed at the Zurich Kongresshaus from August 9th to the 15th, 2009. They will compete in two tournaments, 9 rounds each, for CHF 100.000 guaranteed prize money and many attractive prizes.

To further honour the occasion, Richard Forster, reputable chess historian, will release his comprehensive book, researched in great detail, on the unique history of the Schachgesellschaft Zuerich. Entitled "Schachgesellschaft Zuerich: 1809 bis 2009", Forster's work will analyze the development of the Schachgesellschaft Zuerich from the times of Napoleon to the present day.

Details: http://www.sgzurich2009.ch

Alexander Morozevich along with Hou Yifan, Alexey Dreev, Artur Yusupov and Lajos Portisch appear in the Alois Nagler Memorial. This open can be entered here: http://www.sgzurich2009.ch/index.php?lang=en

The London Chess Classic in December

Cream of world chess to play in new London tournament. [Press release 25th June 2009]

The London Chess Centre is pleased to announce that the line up for the London Chess Classic 2009 is complete after GM David Howell of England accepted his invitation. This creates a balance to the event, an eight player all play all, with four world class players pitched against England's four highest rated Grandmasters. Using the latest available ratings and information supplied by the players on their recent successes, the tournament rating average is currently well above 2690 and may reach 2700 by December.

Nigel Short and Hikaru Nakamura are both in great shape. Nigel recently dominated the Sigeman tournament at Malmo and Hikaru won the US Championship held at St Louis. Vladimir Kramnik was top scorer at the Azerbaijan v Rest of the World match with 6.5/8.

Play begins Tuesday December 8th and runs until Tuesday December 15th 2009.

The venue for what will be the most prestigious chess tournament in the capital for 25 years will be announced shortly.

Malcolm Pein (IM) Director London Chess Centre

Notes for editors: All communications to Malcolm Pein IM at London Chess Centre: 020 7388 2404. E-Mail: info@chess.co.uk. Website: www.chess.co.uk

1st London Chess Classic (ENG), 8-16 xii 2009. Cat XVIII (2692) Players list (April ratings)
No	Name	Ti	NAT	April Elo	DoB
1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2770	1990
2	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2759	1975
3	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	2724	1983
4	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2703	1971
5	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2701	1987
6	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2674	1965
7	Howell, David W L	g	ENG	2613	1990
8	McShane, Luke J	g	ENG	2596	1984

Dates of the London Chess Classic. 7th-16th December 2009
Monday	7th December 2009	Press Conference and drawing of lots
Tuesday	8th December 2009	Round 1
Wednesday	9th December 2009	Round 2
Thursday	10th December 2009	Round 3
Friday	11th December 2009	Rest day
Saturday	12th December 2009	Round 4
Sunday	13th December 2009	Round 5
Monday	14th December 2009	Round 6
Tuesday	15th December 2009	Round 7 + Closing ceremony, charity simultaneous

Grand Slam Masters Final

The 2nd edition of the Grand Slam Masters Final will be played in Bilbao, September 2-15th 2009. The winners of Corus-Wijk aan Zee, Ciudad de Linares and Mtel Masters-Sofia tournaments qualify directly for the Masters Final in Bilbao, where the first edition (played at a central square, inside a glass cube) was a very big success last September.

More details on the 2009 tournament (number of players, system of play, etc) will be announced at the end of the Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee. The Grand Slam is in negotiations to include one more high level tournament in the 2009 circuit.

Alexei Shirov received his invitation this week after winning in Sofia. Shirov will come up against Veselin Topalov - winner of the Pearl Spring Tournament, in Nanking, China. Sergey Karjakin - winner of Corus 2009, Wijk ann Zee in the Netherlands. Alexander Grischuk, winner of "Ciudad de Linares", Spain, who have already received their invitations to the Final in Bilbao.

Grand Slam Chess Association (GSCA)

Dresden, 23 November 2008

Commonwealth Chess Championships

The Masterskill Commonwealth Chess Championships take place 9th-15th December 2009 in conjunction with the 6th Singapore International Chess Festival.

It has been moved from 14th-21st July 2009 in Ipoh, Malaysia.

Details of the change: http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/3991-commonwealth-chess-championship-2009

2nd Fide Women Grand Prix

The 2nd Fide Women Grand Prix is also take place in Nanjing in 27th Sept - 9th October 2009 with the top 12 players in the world.

Gujuan Tzu blog http://blog.sina.com.cn/chessnews

French Championships

The French Championships take place in Nimes, 10th-22nd August 2009.

Details: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/Default.aspx?Cat=15

Canadian Closed and Zonal Championship

The Canadian Closed and Zonal Championship: takes place August 7th-16th 2009 in the Guelph University Centre. Eligibility: Provincial Champions, Titled players (FM, IM, GM), players rated 2200 or above. Winner qualifies to 2009 World Cup in Khanty Mansiysk, 2nd and 3rd place finishers qualify to 2011 Continental Chamnpionship. Time Control: 40/90, G/30 plus 30 second Fischer increment from first move.

PDF download

Likely official site: http://www.chess.ca

Unive Tournament Hoogeveen

The Unive Tournament in Hoogeveen takes place 16th-24th October 2009 with a new sponsor.

The main four player tournament has: Vassily Ivanchuk, Judit Polgar, Sergei Tiviakov and Anish Giri. There is an open alongside.

Details: http://www.univechess.nl/

Unive Tournament Hoogeveen (NED), 16-24 x 2009			cat. XVII (2663)
Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2746
Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2693
Tiviakov, Sergei	g	NED	2697
Giri, Anish	f	NED	2517

Yoel Geva's Young Talents GM tournament

Yoel Geva's Young Talents GM tournament: The first Yoel Geva's Young Talents GM tournament takes place in Tel Aviv on 9th-18th August. There will be 10 players in a 9 round all-play-all. Four the best students from the project for young chess talents: T.Nabaty (2504), T.Baron (2410), G.Popilski (2392),D.Raznikov (2270) will compete with experienced players: GM S.Erenburg (2564), GM K.Lerner (2549 - Ukraine), GM Av.Bykhovsky (2396 - Russia), IM An.Bykhovsky (2487 - he is also young player), IM J.Jirka (2440 - Czech Rep.), IM M.Nedobora (2391 - Ukraine).This project was founded by Mr.Yoel Geva (well known with his mathematic and psychometric courses ) and ICF.

Ajedrez 21 English site

Ajedrez 21 now has an English site: http://www.ajedrez21.com/en/

Ravana Challenge International Sri Lanka

The Blue and Gold Chess Club organises the inaugural "The Ravana Challenge International Chess Tournament2 under the auspices of the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka, September 12th (arrival) - September 20th, 2009 (departure) in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The tournament will be held in a 5 star hotel in Colombo.

Details: http://www.blueandgoldchessclub.com/Ravana/index.html

World Youth Championship

The World Youth Chess Championship 2009 (under 8, under 10, under 12, under 14, under 16 and under 18 years old - open and girls) which will take place in Kemer-Antalya, Turkey, between November the 11th, 2009 (arrival) and November the 23th, 2009 (departure).

Official site: http://wycc2009.tsf.org.tr/

FIDE World Cup Nov-Dec 2009

FIDE have announced some of the qualifiers for the FIDE World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, 20 November to 15 December 2009. In a few days the list with qualifiers from the Continental and Zonal Championships 2008-09 will also be published.

FIDE announcement: http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/4037-list-of-qualifiers-for-world-cup

Khanty-Mansiysk (RUS), 20 xi - 15 xii 2009 Qualifiers:
a) From World Championship Match 2008:
1.	V. Anand	IND	World Champion
b) From World Cup 2007:
2.	G. Kamsky	USA
3.	A. Shirov	ESP
4.	M. Carlsen	NOR
5.	S. Karjakin	UKR
c) Women's World Champion 2008:
6.	A. Kosteniuk	RUS
d) Junior World Champions 2007 & 2008:
7.	A. Adly	EGY
8.	A. Gupta	IND
d) From FIDE Rating List, 20 players, average 7/2008 & 1/2009:
09.	V. Topalov	BUL	2786,50
10.	V. Ivanchuk	UKR	2780,00
11.	A. Morozevich	RUS	2779,50
12.	V. Kramnik	RUS	2773,50
13.	T. Radjabov	AZE	2752,50
14.	P. Leko	HUN	2746,00
15.	L. Aronian	ARM	2743,50
16.	S. Movsesian	SVK	2737,00
17.	D. Jakovenko	RUS	2734,50
18.	S. Mamedyarov	AZE	2733,00
19.	P. Svidler	RUS	2730,50
20.	A. Grischuk	RUS	2730,50
21.	B. Gelfand	ISR	2726,50
22.	M. Adams	ENG	2723,50
23.	R. Ponomariov	UKR	2722,00
24.	Wang Yue	CHN	2721,50
25.	V. Gashimov	AZE	2720,00
26.	E. Alekseev	RUS	2713,00
27.	L. Dominguez Perez	CUB	2712,50
28.	Ni Hua	CHN	2707,00
e) 90 players from the Continental & Zonal Championships 2008 & 2009:
(to be published soon)...
Reserve players who may qualify by rating, average 7/2008 & 1/2009:
1.	E. Bacrot	FRA	2706,50
2.	Bu Xiangzhi	CHN	2706,00
3.	P. Eljanov	UKR	2704,50
4.	J. Polgar	HUN	2702,00
5.	S. Rublevsky	RUS	2700,50
6.	H. Nakamura	USA	2698,00
7.	K. Sasikiran	IND	2697,50
8.	Wang Hao	CHN	2691,00
9.	V. Malakhov	RUS	2690,50
10.	M. Vachier-Lagrave	FRA	2688,50
11.	V. Milov	SUI	2687,00
12.	V. Bologan	MDA	2686,50
13.	V. Akopian	ARM	2686,50
14.	L. Nisipeanu	ROU	2683,50
15.	R. Kasimdzhanov	UZB	2683,00
16.	I. Cheparinov	BUL	2683,00
17.	Z. Efimenko	UKR	2679,00
18.	A. Naiditsch	GER	2679,00
19.	F. Vallejo Pons	ESP	2676,00
20.	A. Motylev	RUS	2675,00

Kingpin Magazine

The humourous and satirical chess magazine Kingpin has a new website.

New website address: http://www.kingpinchess.net

Efimenko vs. Short Match

There is a six-game match between GMs Zahar Efimenko (Ukraine) and Nigel Short (England) in Mukachevo, Ukraine 20th-26th (rest day 23rd) September 2009.

Info at: http://www.uep-worldchess.com/ (Universal Event Promotion) and the Mukachevo club website http://www.chess32x64.org

Arvier (Aosta valley) Open

The Festival des Echecs Francophone takes place in Arvier (Aosta valley) September 26th - October 3rd 2009. The final round has been moved back a day as the 4th is the start of the European Club Team Championship. More information will appear at: http://www.scacchivda.com.

If you require further details contact by email (in French) to a.scalfi@scacchivda.com

IX Szombathely Chess Festival

The IX Szombathely Chess Festival takes place 15th-23rd August 2009. GM, IM Round Robins and Open Tournament.

Official site: http://sakk.savaria.hu/main.php?Lang=EN

12th Olomouc Chess Summer International Festival

The 12th Olomouc Chess Summer International Chess Festival 2009, takes place in the city of Olomouc on 5th-13th August 2009. Closed GM and IM tournaments, FIDE open, seniors tournament, active chess and blitz tournament are part of the festival.

Details: http://www.czechtour.net/olomouc-chess-summer/

6th Highlands Open International Chess Festival

6th Highlands Open International Chess Festival 2009, takes place in the town of Zdar nad Sazavou 26th September - 4th October 2009. IM tournament, FIDE open, active chess and blitz tournament are part of the festival.

Details: http://www.czechtour.net/highlands-open/

XI Hostafrancs Open

The XI Open Internacional D'escacs de Sants, Hostafrancs I La Bordeta takes place 21st-30th August 2009.

Details: http://www.cotxeres.org/open/

British Championships

The 96th British Chess Championships take place 26th July - 8th August 2009 in Torquay. There are many different events, lasting from 1-12 days. That of greatest interest to non-British Isles players is the Major Open, restricted to players under 2350 - an unusual event for middle-ranking players.

96th ch-GBR Torquay (ENG), 26 vii - 8 viii 2009 Entrants for the British Championship to date include:
JONES, Gawain	ENG	2550	g
GORDON, Stephen	ENG	2540	m
ARKELL, Keith	ENG	2517	g
WILLIAMS, Simon	ENG	2512	g
HEBDEN, Mark	ENG	2510	g
WELLS, Peter	ENG	2489	g
GORMALLY, Daniel	ENG	2487	g
TRENT, Lawrence	ENG	2466	m
SUMMERSCALE, Aaron	ENG	2453	g
HOUSKA, Jovanka	ENG	2402	m
KOLBUS, Dietmar	GER	2399	m
BUCKLEY, Graeme	ENG	2395	m
LANE, Gary	AUS	2371	m
EGGLESTON, David	ENG	2358	f
RUDD, Jack	ENG	2357	m
LALIC, Susan	ENG	2342	m

Official site: http://www.britishchess09.com/

Lithuanian University of Agriculture CUP

Lithuanian University of Agriculture CUP August 22nd - 28th 2009.

Organizers. Kaunas Chess Federation, Lithuanian University of Agriculture (http://www.lzuu.lt), Youth chess club "Three zeros" (http://www.0-0-0.lt).

XIII Magistral de la Republica

The XIII Magistral de la Republica takes place in Villa Martelli 4th-14th August 2009.

Official site: http://www.ajedrezmartelli.org.ar/magistrales/2009/cronograma09.htm

7th Mediterranean Chess Championship

The 7th Mediterranean Chess Championship takes place 11th-19th September 2009. Open to everyone.

Official site: http://www.medchess.com/ although I can't see details of the new tournament.

I Vitoria-Gasteiz Open

I Open Internacional De Ajedrez Vitoria-Gasteiz Nazioarteko I. Xake Opena. 26th July - 3rd August 2009.

Official site: http://sites.google.com/site/openvitoria/

Continental Absolute Chess Championship of Americas

The Continental Absolute Chess Championship of Americas takes place in Sao Paolo 25th July - 2nd August 2009.

Details: http://www.continental2009.com/cont09eng.htm

VIII Benidorm International Chess Festival

VIII Benidorm International Chess Festival 2009 takes place 27th November - 8th December 2009.

Website: http://www.ajedrezbali.com

7th Howard Staunton Memorial 2009 fields announced

The 7th Howard Staunton Memorial takes place 7th (opening ceremony) - 17th August 2009. This year there will be a UK vs The Netherlands double round Scheveningen match and an interesting Category IX all-play-all. The UK has a small Elo rating advantage in the Scheveningen match but the teams are well matched. The tournament is taking place in its usual venue - Simpson's In The Strand. The opening ceremony will take place on the evening of Friday 7th August. The final rounds and the closing ceremony will take place on Monday 17th August.

The organisers are hoping that the tournament will be a big media event with the Chinese and the Dutch Ambassadors hoping to attend the opening ceremony and surprise guest visits from other chess loving celebrities throughout. They thank their generous benefactor.

There will be live coverage of the games this year.

Official site: http://howardstaunton.com/index.shtm.

7th Staunton Memorial Scheveningen London (ENG), 8-17 viii 2009
UK			NETHERLANDS
GM	Michael Adams	2703	GM	Ivan Sokolov	2669
GM	Nigel Short	2674	GM	Jan Smeets	2626
GM	David Howell	2613	GM	Loek Van Wely	2622
GM	Jonathan Rowson	2589	GM	Erwin L'ami	2598
GM	Gawain Jones	2550	GM	Jan Werle	2583
UK	Elo Ave.	2626	NED	Elo Ave.	2620

7th Staunton Memorial International Challenge London (ENG), 8-17 viii 2009 - cat. IX (2453)
GM	Jonathan Speelman	ENG	2534
GM	Jan Timman	NED	2566
GM	Peter Wells	ENG	2489
GM	Victor Korchnoi	SUI	2552
GM	Nigel Davies	ENG	2487
IM	Willy Hendriks	NED	2447
	Terence Chapman	ENG	2232
IM	Eelke Wiersma	NED	2406
IM	Malcolm Pein	ENG	2391
GM	Alex Cherniaev	RUS	2423

Torch Real Estate Cup

The Chinese team competition the Torch Real Estate Cup started in Chengdu China on 4th May 2009. I'm hoping for a full game file.

Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess/tfd.htm

Official site: http://chess.sport.org.cn/

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr21650.aspx

Acropolis Open

The Acropolis Open takes place 10th-18th August 2009 in Chalkida, Greece. Organizers: Greek Chess Federation (GCF), Ministry of Tourism in Attiki, Chalkida Chess Academy.

Regulations: Swiss System 9 rounds, invitational FIDE rated tournament, 70-80 players, minimum required FIDE rating 2200 (women 2000), GM & IM title norms possible, FIDE time-control (90 minutes for 40 moves followed by 30 minutes until the end of the game plus increment of 30 seconds per move from move 1).

Contact info: Sotiris Logothetis (Tournament Coordinator) Tel: (+30) 6947324933, Email: middlewave74@gmail.com Greek Chess Federation (GCF) Tel.: (+30) 2109221465, Fax: (+30) 2109221620, Email: info@chessfed.gr

Official site: http://www.chessfed.gr/acropolis2009

Historical Elo Ratings

http://www.shakki.net/history/elotop.htm has a list of historical top ten FIDE lists. The text is in Finnish but is understandable anyhow.

Chess Classic Mainz

The Chess Classic Mainz takes place 27th July - 2nd August 2009 in the Rheingoldhalle in Mainz.

The world championships in rapid chess and Chess960 will be staged in a tried and trusted double round robin format with four players, after which the players battle it out in mini-matches to determine the top spot. The players for the main events have already been contracted.

The GRENKELEASING Rapid World Championship sees the World Chess Champion and Chess Classic serial winner Vishy Anand will try to defend his title for the 11th time in a row. He faces Levon Aronian, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Arkadij Naiditsch.

Other events include the gigantic ORDIX rapid chess Open, the FiNet Ches960 Open, the open tournaments for U14 talents, the 40 board simultaneous exhibition with Levon Aronian, the Livingston Chess960 Computer World Championship, etc., etc.

Full details: http://www.chesstigers.de

XXXV Sitges Open

The XXXV Open Internacional d'Escacs "Vila de Sitges" takes place 22nd-30th July 2009.

Official site: http://www.casinoprado.cat/open.html

Details: http://chess-results.com/tnr20620.aspx?lan=2

Reno Far West Open

The Far West Open Chess Tournament took place April 10th-12th 2009 in Reno Nevada. Sergey Kudrin edged out Enrico Sevillano and Gergerly Antal who finished on 5/6. Games should follow.

Official site: http://www.renochess.org/fwo/index.html

13th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament 2009

The 13th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament takes place August 1st-8th 2009 in Vlissingen, Netherlands.

Official site: http://www.hztoernooi.nl and contact e-mail: hgroffen@zeelandnet.nl.

14th Pannonia - Nitrokemia Cup

The 14th Pannonia - Nitrokemia Cup takes place in Balatonalmadi, 29th July - 2nd August, 2009.

Group A: International Open Tournament for FIDE ratings. Group B: International Open Tournament for FIDE ratings, for players under 2000 ELO System used: 7 Rounds Swiss without age limit for both Groups Venue: The air-conditioned Conference Hall of Pannonia Cultural Centre & Library Address: Balatonalmadi, Városház Square 6. Organiser: Recreation Association of Vorosbereny Time Limit: Group A: 90-90 minutes + 30sec after each move Group B: 120-120 minutes for all moves

Details: http://fancsyimi.fw.hu. Entries and further information IM Fancsy Imre E-mail: almadikupa@freemail.hu

6th Summer Catalan Chess Circuit

The 6th Summer Catalan Chess Circuit takes place May - September every year as part of the Catalan Chess Circuit, which is composed of 28 International Tournaments, and held in Spain, extended beyond Catalonia.

In 2009 there will be 14 Opens with traditional time control to be played over 9-10 days, as well as 14 Opens in Rapid Chess, played over 1-2 days (see Tournament Calendar).

During 120 days of tournaments, around 22.000 chess games will be played with selected ones broadcast.

Approximately 3,000 players from more than 30 different countries. The prize fund will reach 175.000 euros.

Apart from the traditional tournament prizes, the Catalan Chess Federation establishes a special classification composed of player´s results in each Circuit tournament, based on which players will be able to claim such special Circuit Prizes as General Final Standings, Prizes by Categories, Specific Prizes for best Catalan Players.

Prizegiving Ceremony will be held at Fiesta Catalana (Catalan Chess Party), on September, 27th, 2009

For more information please contact the Catalonia Chess Federation on federacio@escacs.cat or visit the official website: http://escacs.cat/circuit2009/torneigs.html

6th Summer Catalan Chess Circuit (ESP), 5 v - 20 ix 2009
20 June	CIUTAT DE REUS	REUS	9 Rd Swiss	a	a sup	Joan Pinol 649341056
21 June	MOLLET DEL VALLES	MOLLET DEL VALLES	9 Rd Swiss	b	a	Francesc Fernandez 647625832
24 June-2 July	VILA DE SORT	SORT	9 Rd Swiss	B	C	Joan A. Conesa 609825066
25 June-3 July	VILA DE MONTCADA	MONTCADA	9 Rd Swiss	A	A	Reyes Cantero 938152902
4-12 July	BARBERÀ DEL VALLES	BARBERA DEL VALLES	9 Rd Swiss	A	A sup	Victor Pont 629386528
4-12 July	TORREDEMBARRA	TORREDEMBARRA	9 Rd Swiss	C	B	Jordi Salvat 649061984
13-22 July	CIUTAT DE BALAGUER	BALAGUER	10 Rd Swiss	A sup	A	Antoni Montoliu 679082837
18-26 July	ANDORRA	LES ESCALDES	9 Rd Swiss	A sup	A sup	Oscar la Riva 00376-347085
22-30 July	VILA DE SITGES	SITGES	9 Rd Swiss	A	A	Francesc González 600923277
25 July	CERVELLO	CERVELLO	8 Rd Swiss	b	b	Juan Mª Santiago 936840402
26 July	OLOT	OLOT	8 Rd Swiss	b	b	Josep Ma Mir 606119678
1-8 August	FIGUERES "MIQUEL MAS"	FIGUERES	9 Rd Swiss	C	A	Jordi Serra 699848479
1-9 August	CIUTAT DE BADALONA	BADALONA	9 Rd Swiss	A	A sup	Manel Triquell 609683157
2-10 August	LA POBLA DE LILLET	LA POBLA DE LILLET	9 Rd Swiss	C	C	Josep Salvador 630625152
15-16 August	VILA DE POBLENOU	BARCELONA	10 Rd Swiss	a sup	a	Joan Lorda 659529581
21-30 August	SANTS	BARCELONA	10 Rd Swiss	A sup	A sup	Cotxeres 932918701
22-23 August	AJEDREZND	BARCELONA	9 Rd Swiss	a sup	a	Jordi Morcillo 620341266
1-10 September	FESTIVAL DE SABADELL	SABADELL	9 Rd Swiss	B	B	Ivan Aguilar 666346958
6 September	VILA DE SANTPEDOR	SANTPEDOR	9 Rd Swiss	b	b	Josep Mascaro 616477533
11 September	DIADA DE L'11 DE SETEMBRE	SABADELL	9 Rd Swiss	a	a sup	Ivan Aguilar 666346958
12 September	RIBERA D'EBRE	MORA D'EBRE	8 Rd Swiss	a	a	Josep Terrones 696204203
13 September	CIUTAT DE TORTOSA	TORTOSA	8 Rd Swiss	b	b	Abraham Pla 680532570
19-20 September	VALLFOGONA DE BALAGUER	VALLFOGONA DE BALAGUER	Suis 11 rondes	a sup	a	Jaume Parramon 649960831
Potential
13-21 July	SANT MARTI	BARCELONA	9 Rd Swiss			Ricard Llerins 933082425

European Youth Championships

The European Youth Championships (U10 - U18) takes place in Fermo/Italy 30th August - 10th September 2009.

Details: http://www.euroyouth2009.com

European Senior Championships

The European Individual Senior Championship takes place in Rogaska Slatina/Slovenia 22nd - 31st July 2009. For the first time just before the event a European Senior Rapid Championship will be organised. The dates are 19th - 21st July.

Further details are published under http://www.sahohlacnik.com/eu-sen/

European Union Website

The European Chess Union Website ECU website has changed address to http://www.europechess.org

Alushta Diary 2009

Alushta Diary 2009:

GM Norm events: 23.05 - 1.06, 2.06 - 12.06, 15.06 - 25.06, 2.09 - 12.09, 14.09 - 24.09, 26.09 - 6.10, IM Norm: 23.05 - 1.06, 2.06 - 12.06, 15.06 - 25.06, 2.09 - 12.09, 14.09 - 24.09, 26.09 - 6.10, Rating tournament: 4.06 - 12.06, 22.06 - 27.06, 5.09 - 13.09, Open tournament (under 16 years) 3.06 - 11.06, 13.06 - 21.06, Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament First prize - 1000$ First prize (woman) - 500$ 28.06 - 6.07, 10.07 - 18.07, 20.07 - 28.07, 22.08 - 30.08, Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Blitz tournament 7.07, 19.07, 29.07, Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament (rapid chess) 8.07 - 9.07, 30.07 - 31.07, Alushta Session of school of Gennadi Kuzmin 21.06 - 27.06, 15.07 - 24.07. Individual and group studying Further information: http://www.kaissa.com.ua phone +38 (06560)5-05-32, +380505828911 (for Russian speaking), + 380506692604 (for English speaking) e-mail: info@kaissa.com.ua

Hungarian Chess Tournaments March-October 2009

1. 7th-19th of February, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM Budapest FIRST SATURDAY Budapest, GM-IM-FM round robins (BERGER), 9-13 games, GM-IM norm possibilities in Budapest, venue: Hungarian Chess Federation, Falk Miksa Str.10. 2nd floor. Organisation: Nagy Laszlo, FIDE International Chess Organizer /NL/, E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net Website: http://www.firstsaturday.hu Phone-fax: +(361)-2632859, cellphone: +(36)-30-230-1914 /From 12:00 a.m. until midnight - Central European Time = GMT+1/

2.20th-28th of February IM-Rating Caissa, Kecskemet, org: Dr.Erdelyi, Tamas, cellphone: +36-30-271-33-38, Landline phone-fax: +36-76-481-685 e-mail: postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu Website: http://www.caissachessbooks.hu Usually also in the second half of the month IM and rating tournaments in Kecskemet, a city 80 km South-East from Budapest.

3.7th-19th of March, First Saturday, Budapest, GM-IM-FM, org Nagy L.

4.20th-28th of March, 25th BUDAPEST SPRING FESTIVAL 9 rounds Swiss Open, org: Nagy L. - e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net

5.4th-16th of April First Saturday Budapest, org.Nagy L.

6.18th-26th of April Caissa, IM + rating Kecskemet, Org.Erdelyi,

7.2nd-14th of May, First Saturday GM-IM-FM Budapest, org Nagy L.

Kecskemet Caissa IM + rating tournaments more: 16th-25th of May, 20th-28th of June, 18th-27th of July, 15th-24th of August, 19th-28th of September. FIRST SATURDAY Budapest GM-IM-FM tournaments more: 6th-18th of June, 4th-16th of July, 1st-13th of August, 5th-17th of September.

Chess Study

Dr Robert Howard is making a study of rated chess players.

The full article: http://education.arts.unsw.edu.au/fidestudy/results

If you would like to participate, please go to this website: http://education.arts.unsw.edu.au/fidestudy/

For any queries, please contact Dr Robert Howard, University of New South Wales, on rwh@unsw.edu.au