THE WEEK IN CHESS 775 14th September 2009 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Mikhail Golubev, Hugh Brodie, John Hillery, Bela Lengyel, Luis Blasco de la Cruz, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Miklos Orso, Pavel Matocha, Peter Boel, Petr Pisk, William Townsend and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Another big week of chess with the Grand Slam Masters final living up to it's billing and producing some wonderfully hard fought chess. Levon Aronian produced a four game winning run in rounds 2-5 to secure the title with a round to go. The Russian Championship Higher League was also a great event with 11 rounds of quality chess. The Kolkata Open was another great tournament with a surprise winner in Le Quang Liem. The Women's World Team Championship also produced some very interesting chess but the result was somewhat spoiled by what seems to have been a package deal between the Vietnamese and Chinese team in the final round which allowed China to take the title. This week see's the 15th anniversary of TWIC, the first issue was on the 17th of September 1994. I celebrated 750 issues earlier in the year so to go over board seems a little much. However I am hopeful of developing the magazine so it may continue for another 15 years.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Grand Slam Masters Final Bilbao

The 2nd edition of the Grand Slam Masters Final took place in Bilbao, September 5-12th 2009. The winners of the Nanching Pearl Spring, Corus-Wijk aan Zee, Ciudad de Linares and Mtel Masters-Sofia tournaments were due play in the final. However at the last minute Veselin Topalov has withdrawn and was replaced with Levon Aronian.

The tournament was a triumph for Levon Aronian who, although he started with a loss to Alexander Grischuk, had wrapped things up by the end of Round 5 with four wins on the bounce. The shortened tournament was a triumph for the organisers with battling chess, 7 of the 12 games were decisive and the draws were mostly either theoretically important or long. According to live ratings http://chess.liverating.org/ Aronain gained 11 points and moves to 3rd and within 4 points of Anand in 2nd.

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

2nd Grand Slam Masters Bilbao (ESP), 6-12 ix 2009									cat. XX (2740)
Table using 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw
					1		2		3		4
1.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2773	*	*	0	3	3	1	3	3	13	2921
2.	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2733	3	0	*	*	0	1	3	1	8	2741
3.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2722	0	1	3	1	*	*	1	1	7	2745
4.	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2730	0	0	0	1	1	1	*	*	3	2549

2nd Grand Slam Masters Bilbao (ESP), 6-12 ix 2009									cat. XX (2740)
					1		2		3		4
1.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2773	*	*	1	½	0	1	1	1	4½	2921
2.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2722	0	½	*	*	1	½	½	½	3	2745
3.	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2733	1	0	0	½	*	*	1	½	3	2741
4.	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2730	0	0	½	½	0	½	*	*	1½	2549

Round 1 (September 6, 2009)
Karjakin, Sergey	- Shirov, Alexei	½-½	24	B78	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Grischuk, Alexander	- Aronian, Levon	1-0	52	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Round 2 (September 7, 2009)
Aronian, Levon	- Karjakin, Sergey	1-0	30	E55	Nimzo Indian
Grischuk, Alexander	- Shirov, Alexei	1-0	52	D47	Queens Gambit Meran
Round 3 (September 8, 2009)
Karjakin, Sergey	- Grischuk, Alexander	1-0	39	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Shirov, Alexei	- Aronian, Levon	0-1	29	C89	Ruy Lopez Marshall
Round 4 (September 10, 2009)
Aronian, Levon	- Grischuk, Alexander	1-0	42	D11	Slav Defence
Shirov, Alexei	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	36	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Round 5 (September 11, 2009)
Aronian, Levon	- Shirov, Alexei	1-0	43	A20	English Opening
Grischuk, Alexander	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	99	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Round 6 (September 12, 2009)
Karjakin, Sergey	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	36	C69	Ruy Lopez Exchange
Shirov, Alexei	- Grischuk, Alexander	½-½	47	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation

3) 62nd Russian Championship

The Higher League of the 62nd Russian Championship 1st September 2009 took place in Ulan Ude, the capital of the Republic of Buryatia. 11 round Swiss, 1st round 2nd Sept - Final round 13th September 2009.

Evgeny Tomashevsky took clear first with 8/11. Nikita Vitiugov, Alexander Riazantsev and Denis Khismatullin finished on 7.5/11. Artyom Timofeev finished 5th.

The top 5 players qualify for the super-final, however it could be as many as 10 if the final clashes with the FIDE Grand Prix.

Official site: http://russiachess.org

Live coverage is at: http://www.russiachess.org/online/index.htm

ch-RUS HL Ulan Ude (RUS), 2-13 ix 2009
Rank	Name	Ti	Fed.	Score	Rating	TPR	W-We
1	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	GM	RUS	8	2688	2794	1.47
2	Vitiugov, Nikita	GM	RUS	7.5	2681	2737	0.83
3	Riazantsev, Alexander	GM	RUS	7.5	2646	2746	1.37
4	Khismatullin, Denis	GM	RUS	7.5	2614	2740	1.9
5	Timofeev, Artyom	GM	RUS	7	2668	2713	0.64
6	Landa, Konstantin	GM	RUS	7	2655	2672	0.24
7	Lastin, Alexander	GM	RUS	7	2648	2703	0.8
8	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	GM	RUS	7	2635	2722	1.28
9	Sjugirov, Sanan	GM	RUS	7	2585	2725	2.08
10	Kurnosov, Igor	GM	RUS	6.5	2669	2651	-0.25
11	Inarkiev, Ernesto	GM	RUS	6.5	2664	2635	-0.4
12	Dreev, Alexey	GM	RUS	6.5	2662	2639	-0.29
13	Kokarev, Dmitry	GM	RUS	6.5	2630	2660	0.46
14	Vorobiov, Evgeny E.	GM	RUS	6.5	2606	2658	0.83
15	Maslak, Konstantin	GM	RUS	6.5	2551	2669	1.81
16	Najer, Evgeniy	GM	RUS	6	2681	2644	-0.6
17	Tregubov, Pavel V.	GM	RUS	6	2649	2605	-0.7
18	Amonatov, Farrukh	GM	TJK	6	2643	2610	-0.55
19	Volkov, Sergey	GM	RUS	6	2616	2592	-0.38
20	Potkin, Vladimir	GM	RUS	6	2606	2660	0.8
21	Khairullin, Ildar	GM	RUS	6	2604	2637	0.48
22	Frolyanov, Dmitry	GM	RUS	6	2557	2653	1.42
23	Motylev, Alexander	GM	RUS	5.5	2710	2560	-2.16
24	Grachev, Boris	GM	RUS	5.5	2684	2513	-2.25
25	Andreikin, Dmitry	GM	RUS	5.5	2659	2549	-1.59
26	Savchenko, Boris	GM	RUS	5.5	2638	2534	-1.55
27	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	GM	RUS	5.5	2632	2584	-0.74
28	Lysyj, Igor	GM	RUS	5.5	2612	2567	-0.66
29	Galkin, Alexander	GM	RUS	5.5	2608	2591	-0.23
30	Bocharov, Dmitry	GM	RUS	5.5	2607	2620	0.2
31	Burmakin, Vladimir	GM	RUS	5.5	2599	2628	0.44
32	Romanov, Evgeny	GM	RUS	5.5	2588	2605	0.29
33	Popov, Ivan	GM	RUS	5.5	2582	2657	1.14
34	Maletin, Pavel	GM	RUS	5.5	2576	2591	0.24
35	Gabrielian, Artur	IM	RUS	5.5	2513	2542	0.43
36	Shimanov, Aleksandr	GM	RUS	5.5	2508	2627	1.78
37	Belov, Vladimir	GM	RUS	5	2624	2406	-2.89
38	Yudin, Sergei	IM	RUS	5	2599	2495	-1.5
39	Matlakov, Maxim	IM	RUS	5	2574	2612	0.62
40	Yemelin, Vasily	GM	RUS	5	2570	2609	0.53
41	Shomoev, Anton	GM	RUS	5	2566	2550	-0.17
42	Shaposhnikov, Evgeny	GM	RUS	5	2545	2549	0.07
43	Nikolenko, Oleg	GM	RUS	5	2533	2563	0.47
44	Anisimov, Pavel	IM	RUS	5	2518	2557	0.61
45	Bryzgalin, Kirill	GM	RUS	5	2480	2595	1.7
46	Badmatsyrenov, Oleg	FM	RUS	5	2437	2487	0.58
47	Popov, Valerij	GM	RUS	4.5	2595	2484	-1.62
48	Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	GM	RUS	4.5	2588	2534	-0.82
49	Papin, Vasily	IM	RUS	4.5	2529	2523	-0.12
50	Zabotin, Alexander	IM	RUS	4.5	2512	2443	-0.97
51	Sharafiev, Azat	FM	RUS	4.5	2400	2454	0.55
52	Kornev, Alexei	GM	RUS	4	2527	2371	-2.09
53	Yaksin, Oleg		RUS	4	2385	2370	-0.27
54	Pushkarev, Dmitry	FM	RUS	3.5	2429	2322	-1.37
55	Belous, Vladimir		RUS	3.5	2426	2343	-1.05
56	Sek, Konstantin		RUS	3.5	2420	2383	-0.45
57	Yuzhakov, Oleg		RUS	3.5	2360	2335	-0.39

4) 10th Montreal International

10th Montreal International took place 27th August - 7th September 2009. Arkadij Naiditsch took clear first place with 7½/11 after beating Vinay Bhat in the final round whilst Etienne Bacrot never came close to keeping pace with a win against Anton Kovalyov and he finished in 2nd with 7/11.

Official site; http://www.echecsmontreal.ca/part2009.htm

TIM Montreal (CAN), 27 viii-7 ix 2009													cat. XV (2614)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	2697	*	½	½	1	½	1	0	1	1	½	1	½	7½	2739
2.	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2721	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	7	2706
3.	Maze, Sebastien	g	FRA	2546	½	½	*	½	0	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	6½	2685
4.	Kovalyov, Anton	g	ARG	2557	0	½	½	*	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	6	2655
5.	Tiviakov, Sergei	g	NED	2674	½	0	1	0	*	½	½	0	1	1	½	1	6	2644
6.	Bluvshtein, Mark	g	CAN	2558	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	½	0	5½	2619
7.	Akobian, Varuzhan	g	USA	2626	1	½	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	0	½	5	2576
8.	Bhat, Vinay S	g	USA	2473	0	½	½	0	1	½	½	*	0	0	1	1	5	2590
9.	Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	2699	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	1	*	1	½	½	5	2570
10.	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2682	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	1	0	*	½	1	4½	2542
11.	Shulman, Yuri	g	USA	2648	0	0	½	½	½	½	1	0	½	½	*	½	4½	2545
12.	Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas	m	CAN	2487	½	0	0	½	0	1	½	0	½	0	½	*	3½	2492

5) 4th Kolkata Grandmaster Open 2009

Le Quang Liem took clear first place with 8/10, he drew fairly quickly with Satyapragyan Swayangsu in the final round. Elo favourite Shakhriyar Mamedyarov recovered from a slow start to finish on 7.5/10 (a final round win against Viktor Laznicka helped) level with Anton Filippov who beat Ni Hua in the final round. Nigel Short was a further half point back handing out a fairly brutal beating to Mikheil Mchedlishvili in the final round.

Official site: http://www.indianchessfed.org/ - Live coverage Monroi.

4th Kolkata Open Kolkata (IND), 1-10 ix 2009 Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Le Quang Liem	GM	VIE	2602	8	64	59	54
2	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	GM	AZE	2721	7.5	59	55	50
3	Filippov Anton	GM	UZB	2595	7.5	56	53	48.5
4	Sandipan Chanda	GM	IND	2611	7	66	60.5	55
5	Short Nigel D	GM	ENG	2706	7	61.5	57.5	52
6	Laznicka Viktor	GM	CZE	2634	7	60.5	56.5	52
7	Satyapragyan Swayangsu	IM	IND	2439	7	60.5	56	51
8	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	GM	IND	2634	7	60.5	56	50.5
9	Aleksandrov Aleksej	GM	BLR	2639	7	54.5	50.5	46
10	Safarli Eltaj	GM	AZE	2587	6.5	60.5	56	51
11	Rahman Ziaur	GM	BAN	2554	6.5	56.5	52.5	48
12	Mamedov Rauf	GM	AZE	2626	6.5	54.5	50.5	45.5
13	Postny Evgeny	GM	ISR	2651	6.5	54	50	46
14	Negi Parimarjan	GM	IND	2615	6.5	54	50	45.5
15	Gupta Abhijeet	GM	IND	2584	6.5	53	48.5	43.5
16	Geetha Narayanan Gopal	GM	IND	2598	6.5	51.5	48	44
17	Hillarp Persson Tiger	GM	SWE	2577	6.5	47.5	43.5	39.5
18	Panchanathan Magesh Chandran	GM	IND	2532	6	61.5	56.5	51.5
19	Khusnutdinov Rustam	GM	KAZ	2506	6	60.5	56	51
20	Gagunashvili Merab	GM	GEO	2564	6	59.5	55	50
21	Mchedlishvili Mikheil	GM	GEO	2613	6	59	54.5	49.5
22	Laxman R R	IM	IND	2486	6	58.5	55	50
23	Himanshu Sharma	IM	IND	2471	6	58	54.5	50
24	Malakhatko Vadim	GM	BEL	2569	6	56.5	51.5	46.5
25	Ni Hua	GM	CHN	2692	6	55	51	46.5
26	Guseinov Gadir	GM	AZE	2667	6	52.5	48.5	44.5
27	Kunte Abhijit	GM	IND	2515	6	52	51.5	47
28	Abhishek Das		IND	2263	6	51.5	47.5	42.5
29	Sriram Jha	IM	IND	2497	6	50.5	47	43
30	Tkachiev Vladislav	GM	FRA	2669	6	50	46	42
31	Kostenko Petr	GM	KAZ	2491	6	48.5	45	41
32	Ismagambetov Anuar	GM	KAZ	2528	6	48	44.5	40.5
33	Anwesh Upadhyaya		IND	2339	6	45.5	44	41
34	Reefat Bin-Sattar	GM	BAN	2461	6	45.5	42	38
35	Adhiban B	IM	IND	2490	5.5	60.5	57	52
36	Grover Sahaj	FM	IND	2288	5.5	60.5	56.5	51
37	Sengupta Deep	IM	IND	2494	5.5	57	52	47
38	Shivananda B S		IND	2388	5.5	55.5	52.5	48
39	Markos Jan	GM	SVK	2565	5.5	54.5	50.5	46.5
40	Shyam Nikil P	FM	IND	2410	5.5	53.5	50	46.5
41	Deepan Chakkravarthy J	GM	IND	2524	5.5	53.5	50	46
42	Bakre Tejas	GM	IND	2465	5.5	53	49.5	45.5
43	Sundararajan Kidambi	GM	IND	2516	5.5	52.5	50	45.5
44	Sethuraman S P	IM	IND	2443	5.5	52.5	49	45
45	Saptarshi Roy	IM	IND	2389	5.5	50.5	47.5	44
46	Lalith Babu M R	IM	IND	2477	5.5	49.5	45.5	41
47	Vishnu Prasanna V	FM	IND	2342	5.5	47.5	44	40.5
48	Palit Somak		IND	2388	5.5	47	46.5	43
49	Akshat Khamparia	FM	IND	2263	5.5	47	43	39
50	Ankit R Rajpara		IND	2259	5.5	46.5	42.5	38.5
51	Arun Karthik R		IND	2303	5.5	46	44.5	40.5
52	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	FM	IND	2423	5	61	57.5	52
116 players

6) Yinzhou Cup World Women Teams 2009

The Women's World Team Championship took place in Yingbo, China 2nd-11th September 2009.

China met bottom placed Vietnam in the final round and drew 2-2. The result was rather odd. Vietnam were at the bottom of the field and it looked like a formality that they would beat them and go on to take the title. Instead the games proceeded for a long time before what appears to be a "package deal" (probably offered by a now panicked Chinese team) of draws which drew the match 2-2. FIDE seem to tolerate such agreements amongst the teams captains in Olympiads. In this case Vientnam had a big advantage on board one and a winning advantage on board four when the draws were agreed with the other two balanced. This is speculation but really the only rational explanation of the result and the games I can come up with. Why Vietnam chose to take the draw is unclear to me. I've been a long term opponent of this kind of deal and this was just about the worst case scenario, they didn't even just halve the match at the start (Russia could have then taken the title with a 4-0 win) but waited until it was, quite frankly, too late, even under the norms of this rather disreputable practice. This draw allowed China to pip Russia for Gold on tie-break. Sadly long term leaders Poland lost for a second time in row and ended up 6th.

Live coverage: Official Site but most of the details have gone - Results

2nd WTeam w Ningbo (CHN), 2-11 ix 2009 Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TB1	TB2
1	China Team One	*	2	1	3½	3½	2½	3	1	3	2	12	21,5
2	Russian Team	2	*	2	2½	2	2	1½	3	3	3	12	21,0
3	Ukraine	3	2	*	1	2½	2	2½	2	2	3½	12	20,5
4	Georgian Team	½	1½	3	*	1½	3	3	3	2	2½	11	20,0
5	Armenian Team	½	2	1½	2½	*	3½	2	½	2½	3½	10	18,5
6	Poland Team	1½	2	2	1	½	*	3	2½	2½	2½	10	17,5
7	India Team	1	2½	1½	1	2	1	*	3	2½	3	9	17,5
8	American Team	3	1	2	1	3½	1½	1	*	1½	2	6	16,5
9	China Team Two	1	1	2	2	1½	1½	1½	2½	*	3	6	16,0
10	Vietnam Team	2	1	½	1½	½	1½	1	2	1	*	2	11,0

Round 7 9th September 2009
Bo.	4	Ukraine	Rtg	-	10	American Team	Rtg	2 : 2
1.1	IM	Ushenina Anna	2448	-	IM	Krush Irina	2458	½ - ½
1.2	WGM	Zhukova Nataliya	2457	-	IM	Zatonskykh Anna	2462	1 - 0
1.3	IM	Gaponenko Inna	2438	-	IM	Goletiani Rusudan	2391	0 - 1
1.4	IM	Muzychuk Mariya	2443	-	WIM	Melekhina Alisa	2220	½ - ½
Bo.	5	India Team	Rtg	-	3	China Team Two	Rtg	2½:1½
2.1	IM	Dronavalli Harika	2474	-		Tan Zhongyi	2435	½ - ½
2.2	WGM	Karavade Eesha	2391	-	WIM	Zhang Xiaowen	2391	½ - ½
2.3	WGM	Mary Ann Gomes	2396	-	WFM	Ding Yixin	2321	1 - 0
2.4	WGM	Nadig Kruttika	2273	-		Wang Xiaohui	2223	½ - ½
Bo.	6	Armenian Team	Rtg	-	2	Vietnam Team	Rtg	3½: ½
3.1	IM	Danielian Elina	2489	-	WGM	Hoang Thi Bao Tram	2265	1 - 0
3.2	IM	Mkrtchian Lilit	2468	-	WIM	Pham Le Thao Nguyen	2301	½ - ½
3.3	WGM	Galojan Lilit	2326	-	WFM	Hoang Thi Nhu Y	2114	1 - 0
3.4	WGM	Aginian Nelli	2307	-	WFM	Vo Thi Kim Phung	2078	1 - 0
Bo.	7	Russian Team	Rtg	-	1	Poland Team	Rtg	2 : 2
4.1	IM	Kosintseva Tatiana	2536	-	IM	Rajlich Iweta	2465	½ - ½
4.2	IM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	2493	-	WGM	Zawadzka Jolanta	2414	½ - ½
4.3	IM	Kovalevskaya Ekaterina	2436	-	WGM	Majdan Joanna	2361	0 - 1
4.4	WFM	Gunina Valentina	2437	-	WIM	Szczepkowska-Horowska Karina	2321	1 - 0
Bo.	8	China Team One	Rtg	-	9	Georgian Team	Rtg	3½: ½
5.1	GM	Zhao Xue	2542	-	GM	Chiburdanidze Maia	2506	½ - ½
5.2	WGM	Shen Yang	2453	-	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2535	1 - 0
5.3		Ju Wenjun	2443	-	IM	Javakhishvili Lela	2472	1 - 0
5.4	WGM	Huang Qian	2424	-	IM	Lomineishvili Maia	2378	1 - 0
Round 8 10th September 2009
Bo.	10	American Team	Rtg	-	9	Georgian Team	Rtg	1 : 3
1.1	IM	Krush Irina	2458	-	GM	Chiburdanidze Maia	2506	½ - ½
1.2	IM	Goletiani Rusudan	2391	-	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2535	0 - 1
1.3	WIM	Melekhina Alisa	2220	-	IM	Khukhashvili Sopiko	2451	½ - ½
1.4	WFM	Abrahamian Tatev	2275	-	IM	Lomineishvili Maia	2378	0 - 1
Bo.	1	Poland Team	Rtg	-	8	China Team One	Rtg	1½:2½
2.1	IM	Rajlich Iweta	2465	-	GM	Hou Yifan	2585	½ - ½
2.2	WGM	Zawadzka Jolanta	2414	-	GM	Zhao Xue	2542	0 - 1
2.3	IM	Dworakowska Joanna	2345	-	WGM	Shen Yang	2453	1 - 0
2.4	WGM	Majdan Joanna	2361	-	WGM	Huang Qian	2424	0 - 1
Bo.	2	Vietnam Team	Rtg	-	7	Russian Team	Rtg	1 : 3
3.1	WGM	Hoang Thi Bao Tram	2265	-	IM	Kosintseva Tatiana	2536	0 - 1
3.2	WIM	Pham Le Thao Nguyen	2301	-	IM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	2493	½ - ½
3.3	WFM	Hoang Thi Nhu Y	2114	-	IM	Romanko Marina	2453	½ - ½
3.4	WFM	Pham Bich Ngoc	2145	-	WFM	Gunina Valentina	2437	0 - 1
Bo.	3	China Team Two	Rtg	-	6	Armenian Team	Rtg	1½:2½
4.1		Tan Zhongyi	2435	-	IM	Danielian Elina	2489	1 - 0
4.2	WIM	Zhang Xiaowen	2391	-	IM	Mkrtchian Lilit	2468	0 - 1
4.3	IM	Wang Yu A	2380	-	WGM	Galojan Lilit	2326	0 - 1
4.4		Wang Xiaohui	2223	-	WGM	Aginian Nelli	2307	½ - ½
Bo.	4	Ukraine	Rtg	-	5	India Team	Rtg	2½:1½
5.1	IM	Ushenina Anna	2448	-	IM	Dronavalli Harika	2474	½ - ½
5.2	WGM	Zhukova Nataliya	2457	-	IM	Sachdev Tania	2405	½ - ½
5.3	IM	Gaponenko Inna	2438	-	WGM	Karavade Eesha	2391	½ - ½
5.4	WGM	Zdebska Natalia	2410	-	WGM	Mary Ann Gomes	2396	1 - 0
Round 9 11th September 2009
Bo.	5	India Team	Rtg	-	10	American Team	Rtg	3 : 1
1.1	IM	Dronavalli Harika	2474	-	IM	Krush Irina	2458	½ - ½
1.2	IM	Sachdev Tania	2405	-	IM	Zatonskykh Anna	2462	1 - 0
1.3	WGM	Karavade Eesha	2391	-	IM	Goletiani Rusudan	2391	1 - 0
1.4	WGM	Nadig Kruttika	2273	-	WIM	Melekhina Alisa	2220	½ - ½
Bo.	6	Armenian Team	Rtg	-	4	Ukraine	Rtg	1½:2½
2.1	IM	Danielian Elina	2489	-	IM	Ushenina Anna	2448	1 - 0
2.2	IM	Mkrtchian Lilit	2468	-	WGM	Zhukova Nataliya	2457	½ - ½
2.3	WGM	Galojan Lilit	2326	-	IM	Gaponenko Inna	2438	0 - 1
2.4	WGM	Aginian Nelli	2307	-	WGM	Zdebska Natalia	2410	0 - 1
Bo.	7	Russian Team	Rtg	-	3	China Team Two	Rtg	3 : 1
3.1	IM	Kosintseva Tatiana	2536	-		Tan Zhongyi	2435	½ - ½
3.2	IM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	2493	-	WIM	Zhang Xiaowen	2391	1 - 0
3.3	IM	Kovalevskaya Ekaterina	2436	-	WFM	Ding Yixin	2321	½ - ½
3.4	WFM	Gunina Valentina	2437	-		Wang Xiaohui	2223	1 - 0
Bo.	8	China Team One	Rtg	-	2	Vietnam Team	Rtg	2 : 2
4.1	GM	Hou Yifan	2585	-	WGM	Hoang Thi Bao Tram	2265	½ - ½
4.2	GM	Zhao Xue	2542	-	WIM	Pham Le Thao Nguyen	2301	½ - ½
4.3		Ju Wenjun	2443	-	WFM	Hoang Thi Nhu Y	2114	½ - ½
4.4	WGM	Huang Qian	2424	-	WFM	Pham Bich Ngoc	2145	½ - ½
Bo.	9	Georgian Team	Rtg	-	1	Poland Team	Rtg	3 : 1
5.1	GM	Chiburdanidze Maia	2506	-	IM	Rajlich Iweta	2465	1 - 0
5.2	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2535	-	WGM	Zawadzka Jolanta	2414	1 - 0
5.3	IM	Javakhishvili Lela	2472	-	IM	Dworakowska Joanna	2345	½ - ½
5.4	IM	Lomineishvili Maia	2378	-	WGM	Majdan Joanna	2361	½ - ½

7) Festival De Sabadell

The Festival de Sabadell took place 1st-10th September 2009. Lelys Martinez Duany took first place on tie-break from Luis Rojas Keim, Alexander Ipatov and Alexandr Fier after all finished on 7/9.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr23294.aspx

II Open Sabadell (ESP), 1-10 ix 2009 Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB3
1	Martinez Duany Lelys Stanley	FM	CUB	2511	7	37.5	52.5
2	Rojas Keim Luis	IM	CHI	2443	7	37.5	51.5
3	Ipatov Alexander	IM	ESP	2463	7	37	52.5
4	Fier Alexandr	GM	BRA	2644	7	33.5	48
5	Solodovnichenko Yuri	GM	UKR	2601	6.5	40	54.5
6	Bacallao Alonso Yusnel	FM	CUB	2507	6.5	35.5	52
7	Vassallo Barroche Mauricio	IM	ESP	2411	6.5	34.5	46.5
8	Cruz Filemon	FM	PER	2404	6.5	34	50
9	Gonzalez Garcia Jose	GM	MEX	2509	6.5	33.5	49.5
10	Peralta Fernando	GM	ARG	2565	6	34	50.5
11	Almeida Quintana Omar	GM	CUB	2513	6	34	51.5
12	Garcia Castro Pablo	IM	ESP	2382	6	34	51.5
13	Mellado Trivino Juan	IM	AND	2422	6	33.5	50
14	Cruz Cristhian	IM	PER	2531	6	32.5	49
15	Vehi Bach Victor Manuel	IM	ESP	2381	6	32	51.5
16	Lorenzo De La Riva Lazaro	FM	ESP	2304	6	32	50
17	Alonso Moyano Jonathan	IM	ESP	2389	6	32	47
18	Larduet Despaigne Carlos	FM	CUB	2331	6	31	44.5
19	Perpinya Rofes Lluis Maria	FM	ESP	2315	6	31	47.5
20	Ryan Joseph	FM	IRL	2292	6	30	46.5
21	Burgos Figueroa Carlos E	IM	ESA	2306	6	29.5	47.5
22	Gomez Jurado Luis Alberto	FM	ESP	2287	5.5	33	47.5
23	Cruz Jonathan		PER	2292	5.5	31.5	45
24	Douriet Duany Alexis	FM	CUB	2302	5.5	29	45
25	Escofet Martin David	MK	ESP	2172	5.5	27.5	44.5
26	Perez Mitjans Orelvis	FM	CUB	2397	5.5	27.5	43
27	Marques Taltavull Antonio	MK	ESP	2165	5.5	27	45.5
28	Martinez Ramirez Erik		ESP	2114	5.5	26	42.5
29	Muriel Rojas Francisco		ESP	2075	5.5	24	38
30	Llaneza Vega Patricia	WIM	ESP	2277	5	30	45.5
110 players

8) Icelandic Championship

The Icelandic Chess Championship took place in the northwest part of Iceland in a small town called Bolungarvik 1st-11th September 2009. Bolungarvik were the last winners of last Icelandic Team Championship. Ten time Champion, Hannes Hlifar Stefansson, didn't play this year and Henrik Danielsen made the best of his chances by winning with 8½/11 a point clear of Bragi Thorfinnsson and Jon Viktor Gunnarsson.

Homepage: http://www.skaksamband.is/?c=webpage&id=368

Live Games: http://www.skaksamband.is/?c=webpage&id=369

Games in pgn: http://www.skaksamband.is/?c=webpage&id=370

Chess Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr24951.aspx?art=0&lan=1&flag=30&m=-1&wi=1000

ch-ISL Bolungarvik (ISL), 1-11 ix 2009													cat. V (2366)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Danielsen, Henrik	g	ISL	2473	*	0	1	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	8½	2566
2.	Thorfinnsson, Bragi	m	ISL	2360	1	*	½	½	1	½	0	1	1	0	1	1	7½	2499
3.	Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor	m	ISL	2462	0	½	*	½	0	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	7½	2489
4.	Thorhallsson, Throstur	g	ISL	2433	½	½	½	*	1	½	½	0	1	½	1	½	6½	2424
5.	Gislason, Gudmundur		ISL	2348	0	0	1	0	*	½	1	0	½	1	1	1	6	2403
6.	Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn	f	ISL	2287	½	½	0	½	½	*	0	½	½	1	½	1	5½	2372
7.	Arngrimsson, Dagur	m	ISL	2396	0	1	0	½	0	1	*	1	½	0	0	1	5	2326
8.	Johannesson, Ingvar Thor	f	ISL	2323	0	0	½	1	1	½	0	*	0	½	½	½	4½	2304
9.	Kjartansson, Gudmundur	f	ISL	2413	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	1	*	1	0	½	4½	2296
10.	Olafsson, David	f	ISL	2327	0	1	0	½	0	0	1	½	0	*	½	½	4	2267
11.	Lagerman, Robert	f	ISL	2351	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	1	½	*	½	4	2264
12.	Ornolfsson, Magnus P		ISL	2214	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	*	2½	2168

9) Banicky kahanec GM

The Banicky kahanec GM tournament took place 4th-13th September 2009. Pavel Simacek and Marian Jurcik finished on 6/9.

Daily games - Official site: http://www.sachprievidza.sk - Results http://chess-results.com/tnr25085.aspx

XXXII Banicky kahanec Prievidza (CZE), 4-13 ix 2009												cat. IX (2455)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Simacek, Pavel	m	CZE	2499	*	½	1	0	½	½	1	½	1	1	6	2575
2.	Jurcik, Marian	m	SVK	2477	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	6	2577
3.	Michalik, Peter	m	SVK	2439	0	½	*	0	0	1	½	1	1	1	5	2500
4.	Krivoshey, Sergei	g	UKR	2497	1	½	1	*	½	½	0	0	½	½	4½	2450
5.	Polak, Tomas	g	CZE	2507	½	½	1	½	*	½	0	1	½	0	4½	2449
6.	Stohl, Igor	g	SVK	2543	½	½	0	½	½	*	½	1	½	½	4½	2445
7.	Strunski, Andreas	f	GER	2394	0	0	½	1	1	½	*	0	½	½	4	2419
8.	Mas, Hafizulhelmi	m	MAS	2416	½	0	0	1	0	0	1	*	1	½	4	2416
9.	Hirneise, Tobias	f	GER	2427	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	*	1	3½	2378
10.	Csiba, Dominik	f	SVK	2353	0	0	0	½	1	½	½	½	0	*	3	2341

10) First Saturday September

The First Saturday Budapest, Hungary, GM-IM-FM round robin tournaments take place 5th-17th September 2009.

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

FSGM September Budapest (HUN), 5-13 ix 2009												cat. VIII (2434)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Boros, Denes	m	HUN	2462	*	½	½	½	½	1	.	1	1	1	6	2637
2.	Szabo, Krisztian1	m	HUN	2489	½	*	½	½	.	½	1	1	½	1	5½	2570
3.	Varga, Zoltan	g	HUN	2481	½	½	*	.	½	½	½	1	½	1	5	2513
4.	Berczes, David	g	HUN	2521	½	½	.	*	0	½	1	½	1	1	5	2513
5.	Fodor, Tamas jr	f	HUN	2430	½	.	½	1	*	½	0	½	½	1	4½	2472
6.	Czebe, Attila	g	HUN	2485	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	.	½	1	4	2439
7.	Kislik, Erik Andrew	f	USA	2339	.	0	½	0	1	½	*	½	.	1	3½	2454
8.	Manca, Federico	m	ITA	2356	0	0	0	½	½	.	½	*	1	1	3½	2396
9.	Shen Siyuan		CHN	2368	0	½	½	0	½	½	.	0	*	.	2	2302
10.	Odendahl, Reiner	f	GER	2422	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	*	0

FSIMA September Budapest (HUN), 5-17 ix 2009													cat. I (2270)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3
1.	Lorand, Norbert	f	HUN	2339	*	.	½	.	1	½	1	.	1	.	0	1	1	6	2412
2.	Farago, Sandor	m	HUN	2236	.	*	0	1	.	½	½	.	.	½	1	1	½	5	2336
3.	Dencsi, Tibor	f	HUN	2338	½	1	*	1	.	.	0	0	.	½	1	.	½	4½	2306
4.	Moskovic, David M	f	ENG	2307	.	0	0	*	.	0	½	.	1	½	1	½	1	4½	2231
5.	Erdei, Andras		HUN	2132	0	.	.	.	*	1	1	.	0	.	½	1	½	4	2281
6.	Lengyel, Bela	m	HUN	2251	½	½	.	1	0	*	.	½	½	1	.	0	.	4	2233
7.	Turzo, Attila	m	HUN	2314	0	½	1	½	0	.	*	½	.	½	1	.	.	4	2260
8.	Vegh, Endre	m	HUN	2296	.	.	1	.	.	½	½	*	0	½	1	½	0	4	2230
9.	Lyell, Mark	f	ENG	2217	0	.	.	0	1	½	.	1	*	.	0	1	½	4	2228
10.	Feher, Adam		HUN	2224	.	½	½	½	.	0	½	½	.	*	0	.	1	3½	2223
11.	Nguyen Thi Mai Hung	wf	VIE	2213	1	0	0	0	½	.	0	0	1	1	*	.	.	3½	2187
12.	Gruenhagen, Marc		GER	2113	0	0	.	½	0	1	.	½	0	.	.	*	1	3	2157
13.	Stoenescu, Radu		FRA	2175	0	½	½	0	½	.	.	1	½	0	.	0	*	3	2119

FSIMB September Budapest (HUN), 5-14 ix 2009											cat. I (2264)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Berczes, Csaba	m	HUN	2368	*	*	1	½	½	.	1	1	1	.	1	1	7	2551
2.	Le Thanh Tu	wg	VIE	2305	0	½	*	*	1	1	0	1	1	.	½	.	5	2351
3.	Szalanczy, Emil	m	HUN	2354	½	.	0	0	*	*	0	.	½	½	1	1	3½	2191
4.	Zalkind, Konstantin	f	ISR	2107	0	0	1	0	1	.	*	*	½	0	½	.	3	2205
5.	Kahn, Evarth	m	HUN	2245	0	.	0	.	½	½	½	1	*	*	0	½	3	2149
6.	Shao Shuai		CHN	2149	0	0	½	.	0	0	½	.	1	½	*	*	2½	2152

11) Portuguese Championship

The Portuguese Championship took place in Amadora 5th-13th September 2009. Ruben Pereira took clear first with 6.5/9.

Official site: http://cnafpxadrez.weebly.com/ - Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr25225.aspx

ch-POR Amadora (POR), 5-13 ix 2009												cat. III (2303)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Pereira, Ruben	f	POR	2447	*	1	0	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	6½	2453
2.	Fernandes, Antonio	g	POR	2409	0	*	½	0	1	1	½	1	1	1	6	2416
3.	Santos, Antonio P		POR	2264	1	½	*	½	0	1	½	1	1	0	5½	2387
4.	Diogo, Vasco		POR	2308	½	1	½	*	½	½	½	0	½	1	5	2345
5.	Ferreira, Jorge Viterbo		POR	2238	½	0	1	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	5	2353
6.	Andrade, Jose M Vieira	f	POR	2259	½	0	0	½	½	*	½	1	½	1	4½	2308
7.	Damaso, Rui	m	POR	2404	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	4	2248
8.	Cordovil, Joao	f	POR	2214	0	0	0	1	½	0	½	*	1	1	4	2270
9.	Viela, Andre Filipe Folha		POR	2219	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	*	1	3	2187
10.	Carneiro, Carlos		POR	2269	0	0	1	0	0	0	½	0	0	*	1½	2033

12) 131st New York State Championship

The 131st New York State Championship took place 4th-7th September 2009 at the Albany Marriott in Colonie, a suburb of the state capital, Albany. Overall 180 players competed in the four sections. This is down a bit from last year, but still a good turnout all things considered.

Two players finished atop the Open section: GM Giorgi Kacheishvili and Siddharth Ravichandran both scored an undefeated 5-1. They were the only players with 4-0 at the end of round four before drawing each other in the fifth round. In the final round GM Kacheishvili drew GM Joel Benjamin while Ravichandran drew with defending champion IM (GM-Elect) Alex Lenderman. While the two players split the prize money evenly GM Kacheishvili was declared New York State Champion because of slightly better tiebreaks.

Tied for third with 4.5-1.5 were Massachusetts players Marc Esserman and Chris Williams, along with nine-time former champion GM Joel Benjamin and last year’s winner IM Alex Lenderman. Williams won the Under-2,300 prize. Tied for seventh with 4-2 were: FM Igor Nikolayev, Michael Thaler, Ben Dean-Kawamura, Alex Fikiet and Deepak Aaron. These last three named players split the prize for the best player under 2,200.

Tied for twelfth place with 3.5-2.5 were: IM Jay Bonin, FM Alec Getz, Richard Tuhrim, Aleksandr Ostrovskiy, Jayson Lian and James Hiltunen. IM Bonin, a former state champion, was one of the leaders after he upset GM Benjamin in round three, but subsequent losses to GM Kacheishvili and IM Lenderman dropped him back in the pack.

The New York State championship was first held in 1878 and has been run almost every year since then, making it easily the longest running annual tournament in the United States. There are many famous players on the long list of New York State Champions, such as world champion Jose Capablanca (1910) and 5th World Correspondence Champion Hans Berliner (1953). There are nine U.S. Champions on the list, among them Frank Marshall, Arnold Denker, Gata Kamsky, Joel Benjamin and Hikaru Nakamura.

The event was directed by Steve Immitt and Bill and Brenda Goichberg. Full crosstables for the event are posted at the Continental Chess website, the address is: http://www.chesstour.com/nysc09r.htm

News: Bill Townsend.

13) 31st Annual Southern California Open

The 31st Annual Southern California Open, held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in San Diego September 5-7, ended in a three-way tie among GM Melikset Khachiyan, GM Alejandro Ramirez, and master Evgeny Shver, all with 5-1. Khachiyan captured the State Championship title on tiebreak. Next at 4.5 were IMs Enrico Sevillano and Dionisio Aldama, along with Joel Banawa, Alexandre Kretchetov, and Vadim Kudryavtsev. John Hillery directed for the sponsoring San Diego Chess Club.

Complete standings are available at http://www.westernchess.com/sco09/standings.html.

14) US Chess League

The US Chess League got under way on August 31st 2009.

http://www.uschessleague.com/

US Chess League ICC (INT), 31 viii - 5 xii 2009
EASTERN DIVISION	W	L	Game Points	Opps Avg Rating	Opps Record
Boston	2.0	0.0	6.5/8 (81%)	2374	0.5-1.5 (25%)
New Jersey	2.0	0.0	5.0/8 (63%)	2456	0.5-1.5 (25%)
Baltimore	1.5	0.5	5.0/8 (63%)	2363	0.0-2.0 (0%)
New York	0.5	1.5	3.5/8 (44%)	2440	1.5-0.5 (75%)
Queens	0.5	1.5	3.0/8 (38%)	2439	2.0-2.0 (100%)
Philadelphia	0.0	2.0	3.0/8 (38%)	2398	1.5-0.5 (75%)
Carolina	0.0	2.0	1.5/8 (19%)	2433	1.5-0.5 (75%)
WESTERN DIVISION	W	L	Game Points	Opps Avg Rating	Opps Record
Miami	2.0	0.0	6.0/8 (75%)	2387	0.0-2.0 (0%)
Arizona	1.5	0.5	5.5/8 (69%)	2374	1.0-1.0 (50%)
San Francisco	1.5	0.5	5.0/8 (63%)	2436	0.5-1.5 (25%)
Tennessee	1.5	0.5	4.5/8 (56%)	2445	1.0-1.0 (50%)
Seattle	1.0	1.0	4.0/8 (50%)	2422	1.0-1.0 (50%)
Dallas	0.0	2.0	2.0/8 (25%)	2428	1.5-0.5 (75%)
Chicago	0.0	2.0	1.5/8 (19%)	2400	1.5-0.5 (75%)

US Chess League ICC (INT), 31 viii - 5 xii 2009
Week1: Monday, August 31st 2009
1	Queens Pioneers	vs	Boston Blitz	Boston	3-1
2	Miami Sharks	vs	Dallas Destiny	Miami	3-1
3	San Francisco Mechanics	vs	Seattle Sluggers	Tie	2-2
Week1: Wednesday, September 2nd 2009
4	New York Knights	vs	New Jersey Knockouts	New Jersey	2.5-1.5
5	Carolina Cobras	vs	Baltimore Kingfishers	Carolina	3-1
6	Philadelphia Inventors	vs	Tennessee Tempo	Tennessee	2.5-1.5
7	Arizona Scorpions	vs	Chicago Blaze	Arizona	3.5-0.5
Week2: Tuesday, September 8th 2009
1	New Jersey Knockouts	vs	Philadelphia Inventors	New Jersey	2.5-1.5
2	Queens Pioneers	vs	Baltimore Kingfishers	Tie	2-2
3	Seattle Sluggers	vs	New York Knights	Tie	2-2
Week2: Wednesday, September 9th 2009
4	Boston Blitz	vs	Carolina Cobras	Boston	3-1
5	Chicago Blaze	vs	Miami Sharks	Miami	3-1
6	San Francisco Mechanics	vs	Dallas Destiny	San Francisco	3-1
7	Tennessee Tempo	vs	Arizona Scorpions	Tie	2-2
Week3: Monday, September 14th 2009
1	Carolina Cobras	vs	New Jersey Knockouts	7:00 PM ET
2	Queens Pioneers	vs	New York Knights	7:15 PM ET
3	Baltimore Kingfishers	vs	Philadelphia Inventors	7:30 PM ET
4	Dallas Destiny	vs	Boston Blitz	8:00 PM ET
Week3: Wednesday, September 16th 2009
5	Tennessee Tempo	vs	Chicago Blaze	8:00 PM ET
6	Miami Sharks	vs	San Francisco Mechanics	8:30 PM ET
7	Arizona Scorpions	vs	Seattle Sluggers	9:00 PM ET
Week4: Monday, September 21st 2009
1	Miami Sharks	vs	Tennessee Tempo	8:00 PM ET
2	Chicago Blaze	vs	San Francisco Mechanics	8:30 PM ET
3	Baltimore Kingfishers	vs	Arizona Scorpions	9:00 PM ET
Week4: Wednesday, September 23rd 2009
4	New Jersey Knockouts	vs	New York Knights	7:00 PM ET
5	Carolina Cobras	vs	Queens Pioneers	7:15 PM ET
6	Boston Blitz	vs	Philadelphia Inventors	7:30 PM ET
7	Dallas Destiny	vs	Seattle Sluggers	9:00 PM ET
Week5: Monday, September 28th 2009
1	Baltimore Kingfishers	vs	Boston Blitz	7:15 PM ET
2	Miami Sharks	vs	Carolina Cobras	7:30 PM ET
Week5: Wednesday, September 30th 2009
3	Philadelphia Inventors	vs	Queens Pioneers	7:00 PM ET
4	New Jersey Knockouts	vs	Chicago Blaze	8:00 PM ET
5	New York Knights	vs	SF Mechanics	8:30 PM ET
6	Arizona Scorpions	vs	Dallas Destiny	9:00 PM ET
7	Seattle Sluggers	vs	Tennessee Tempo	9:00 PM ET
Week6: Monday, October 5th 2009
1	New York Knights	vs	Baltimore Kingfishers	7:15 PM ET
2	Chicago Blaze	vs	Philadelphia Inventors	8:00 PM ET
3	Arizona Scorpions	vs	New Jersey Knockouts	9:00 PM ET
Week6: Wednesday, October 7th 2009
4	Carolina Cobras	vs	Boston Blitz	7:00 PM ET
5	Tennessee Tempo	vs	Dallas Destiny	8:00 PM ET
6	San Francisco Mechanics	vs	Miami Sharks	8:30 PM ET
7	Queens Pioneers	vs	Seattle Sluggers	9:00 PM ET
Week7: Monday, October 12th 2009
1	New York Knights	vs	Philadelphia Inventors	7:00 PM ET
2	Carolina Cobras	vs	Dallas Destiny	8:00 PM ET
3	Seattle Sluggers	vs	Miami Sharks	9:00 PM ET
Week7: Wednesday, October 14th 2009
4	Boston Blitz	vs	Queens Pioneers	7:00 PM ET
5	Baltimore Kingfishers	vs	NJ Knockouts	7:15 PM ET
6	Chicago Blaze	vs	Tennessee Tempo	8:00 PM ET
7	Arizona Scorpions	vs	SF Mechanics	9:00 PM ET
Week8: Monday, October 19th 2009
1	New Jersey Knockouts	vs	Boston Blitz	7:00 PM ET
2	Dallas Destiny	vs	Miami Sharks	8:00 PM ET
3	Chicago Blaze	vs	Arizona Scorpions	9:00 PM ET
Week8: Wednesday, October 21st 2009
4	New York Knights	vs	Carolina Cobras	7:00 PM ET
5	Philadelphia Inventors	vs	Baltimore Kingfishers	7:15 PM ET
6	San Francisco Mechanics	vs	Queens Pioneers	8:30 PM ET
7	Tennessee Tempo	vs	Seattle Sluggers	9:00 PM ET
Week9: Monday, October 26th 2009
1	Queens Pioneers	vs	Carolina Cobras	7:00 PM ET
2	Dallas Destiny	vs	Chicago Blaze	8:00 PM ET
3	San Francisco Mechanics	vs	Tennessee Tempo	9:00 PM ET
Week9: Wednesday, October 28th 2009
4	Philadelphia Inventors	vs	NJ Knockouts	7:00 PM ET
5	Baltimore Kingfishers	vs	New York Knights	7:15 PM ET
6	Boston Blitz	vs	Miami Sharks	7:30 PM ET
7	Seattle Sluggers	vs	Arizona Scorpions	9:00 PM ET
Week10: Wednesday, November 4th 2009
1	Boston Blitz	vs	New York Knights	7:00 PM ET
2	New Jersey Knockouts	vs	Queens Pioneers	7:15 PM ET
3	Philadelphia Inventors	vs	Carolina Cobras	7:30 PM ET
4	Tennessee Tempo	vs	Baltimore Kingfishers	8:00 PM ET
5	Dallas Destiny	vs	San Francisco Mechanics	8:45 PM ET
6	Seattle Sluggers	vs	Chicago Blaze	9:00 PM ET
7	Miami Sharks	vs	Arizona Scorpions	9:15 PM ET

US Chess League ICC (INT), 31 viii - 5 xii 2009
Quarterfinals: Wednesday, November 11th 2009
1	1st Place East	vs	4th Place East	1st Place East gets draw odds and chooses colors
2	2nd Place East	vs	3rd Place East	2nd Place East gets draw odds, 3rd Place East chooses colors
3	1st Place West	vs	4th Place West	1st Place West gets draw odds and chooses colors
4	2nd Place West	vs	3rd Place West	2nd Place West gets draw odds, 3rd Place West chooses colors
Semifinals: Wednesday, November 18th 2009
1	Eastern QF Winner 1	vs	Eastern QF Winner 2	Higher seed gets draw odds, color choice based on seeding
2	Western QF Winner 1	vs	Western QF Winner 2	Higher seed gets draw odds, color choice based on seeding
Championship: Saturday, December 5th 2009
1	Winner of Eastern Semifinals	vs	Winner of Western Semifinals	No draw odds, better regular season record chooses colors Tie results in playoff

15) Serbian League

The Serbian League took place in Kragujevac 1st-11th September 2009. Very strong with players such as Emil Sutovsky, Ferenc Berkes, Viktor Bologan, Zahar Efimenko, Konstantin Sakaev, Ivan Sokolov, Borki Predojevic, Sergei Rublevsky and Evgenij Miroshnichenko play. VSK Sveti Nikolaj Srpski headed by Ivan Sokolov and Ivan Ivanisevic took first place.

Official site: http://serbiachess.net/

Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr24996.aspx

Serbian League Kragujevac (SRB), 1-11 ix 2009
Rk.	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	TB1	TB2
1	VSK Sveti Nikolaj Srpski	*	2	4	4	3½	4	3	3	3½	4½	3½	5	26	40,0
2	Beograd Beopublikum	4	*	4	3½	1½	4½	2	4	3	4	4	5	25	39,5
3	Novosadski sah klub DDOR	2	2	*	2½	3½	3½	3½	3	4	4	5	4½	22	37,5
4	Radnicki	2	2½	3½	*	4	3	3½	3½	3	4	3	6	21	38,0
5	Lasta	2½	4½	2½	2	*	2½	4½	4½	3	3½	4½	4	19	38,0
6	SSK SK Premier	2	1½	2½	3	3½	*	3	3½	3	4	4½	5½	18	36,0
7	Nis	3	4	2½	2½	1½	3	*	3	3	3½	4	5½	16	35,5
8	Sloga Amiga	3	2	3	2½	1½	2½	3	*	3	3½	5	4½	13	33,5
9	Spartak Merkur	2½	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	*	2	3	6	10	33,5
10	Politika PEP	1½	2	2	2	2½	2	2½	2½	4	*	3	6	7	30,0
11	Agronom	2½	2	1	3	1½	1½	2	1	3	3	*	5	6	25,5
12	Mladenovac	1	1	1½	0	2	½	½	1½	0	0	1	*	0	9,0

16) Parla Open

The Parla Open took place 5th-13th September 2009. Evgeny Gleizerov won with 7.5/9. I couldn't find any games.

Official site: http://www.clubdeajedrezparla.com - Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr24985.aspx

Parla Open (ESP), 5-13 ix 2009
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	Gleizerov Evgeny	GM	RUS	2553	7.5	43.5	50.5
2	Del Rio De Angelis Salvador	GM	ESP	2559	7	42.5	50
3	Vazquez Igarza Renier	GM	ESP	2557	7	41	48.5
4	Korneev Oleg	GM	RUS	2554	7	41	48.5
5	Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo	IM	CUB	2517	7	40	46.5
6	Moreno Ruiz Javier	IM	ESP	2435	7	39	46
7	Ubilava Elizbar	GM	ESP	2534	6.5	42	49.5
8	Gomez Garrido Camilo	IM	CUB	2473	6.5	41	48.5
9	Almagro Llamas Pablo	IM	ESP	2470	6.5	40.5	47.5
10	Fernandez Cardoso Alexei	FM	CUB	2413	6.5	38	45
11	Gomez Ledo Roberto	FM	CUB	2423	6.5	36.5	43.5
12	Hernandez Carmenates Holden	GM	CUB	2561	6.5	36.5	43.5
13	Guerra Mendez Jose Angel	FM	CUB	2438	6.5	35	41
14	Roa Alonso Santiago	IM	ESP	2421	6.5	34	41
15	Elissalt Cardenas Hector	IM	CUB	2322	6	39.5	46.5
16	Ramirez Garcia Jorge Alberto	CM	MEX	2138	6	37.5	44.5
17	Montanes Arribas Adrian		ESP	2122	6	37	43.5
18	Gallego Jimenez Victoriano	IM	ESP	2423	6	36.5	43.5
19	Madina Yadarola Martin		ESP	2282	6	34	41.5
20	Sanchez Guijaldo-Vela Demetrio		ESP	2144	6	31.5	38
21	Sanchez Gonzalez Sergio	FM	ESP	2335	5.5	39.5	46.5
152 players

17) Almagro International

The III Torneo Cerrado Internacional Diputacion De Ciudad Real took place in Almagro 7th-11th September 2009. Azer Mirzoev won with 7/9. The games were broadcast live but I couldn't find a PGN file.

Official site: http://ajedrezalmagro.es//

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr25163.aspx

It Almagro (ESP), 7-11 ix 2009
Rk.	Ti	Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	GM	Mirzoev Azer	2584	AZE	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	7,0	28,00	5
2	GM	Movsziszian Karen	2545	ARM	½	*	0	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	5,5	22,50	3
3	FM	Camacho Collados Jose	2401	ESP	½	1	*	½	½	0	½	1	0	1	5,0	22,25	3
4	FM	Espinosa Aranda Angel	2356	ESP	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	½	5,0	22,00	1
5	IM	Palencia Wilson	2319	COL	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	4,5	20,25	0
6	IM	Dolezal Cristian	2403	ARG	0	0	1	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	4,5	18,00	2
7	IM	Kovacevic Slobodan	2380	SRB	0	½	½	0	½	½	*	½	1	½	4,0	16,00	1
8	IM	Frois Antonio	2416	POR	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	3,5	14,75	0
9	FM	Fernandez Siles Luis	2334	ESP	0	0	1	½	½	0	0	½	*	½	3,0	13,00	1
10	FM	Fernandez Barrera Victor	2302	ESP	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	3,0	12,25	0

18) European Youth Championships

The European Youth Championships (U10 - U18) took place in Fermo/Italy 30th August - 10th September 2009. Champions: European Chess Champions Under 18: Ter-Sahakyan Samvel (ARM) Girya Olga (RUS) European Chess Champions Under 16: Popilski Gil (ISR) Adamowicz Katarzyna (POL) European Chess Champions Under 14: Dragun Kamil (POL) Efroimski Marsel (ISR) European Chess Champions Under 12: Zanan Evgeny (RUS) Haussernot Cecile (FRA) European Chess Champions Under 10: Gledura Benjamin (HUN) Vasenina Anna (RUS)

Official site: http://www.euroyouth2009.com

Boys U18 XIX EYCC Fermo (ITA), 31 viii-9 ix 2009
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel	GM	ARM	2480	7.5	38	49	7
2	Recuero Guerra David	IM	ESP	2460	7.5	35	46	6
3	Benidze Davit	IM	GEO	2437	7	39.5	49	6
4	Nabaty Tamir		ISR	2504	6.5	43	54.5	5
5	Martinovic Sasa	IM	CRO	2525	6.5	38.5	49	5
6	To Nhat Minh	FM	HUN	2366	6.5	38.5	48.5	6
7	Krejci Jan	IM	CZE	2453	6.5	38	49	5
8	Salgado Lopez Ivan	GM	ESP	2558	6.5	35.5	46.5	5
9	Yilmaz Mustafa	FM	TUR	2432	6.5	33	42.5	5
10	Chirila Ioan-Cristian	GM	ROU	2526	6	43.5	54.5	4
11	Alonso Rosell Alvar	IM	ESP	2461	6	40	51	5
12	Paichadze Luka	FM	GEO	2420	6	39.5	51.5	6
13	Leniart Arkadiusz	FM	POL	2390	6	36.5	47	5
14	Bulanov Dmitri	FM	BLR	2393	6	35	46	5
15	Janev Tihomir		BUL	2322	6	33.5	44	6
16	Anton Teodor	FM	ROU	2379	6	33.5	43	5
17	Kleijn Christov	FM	NED	2377	6	33.5	43	4
18	Swiercz Dariusz	GM	POL	2492	6	32.5	41.5	5
19	Kopylov Alexander A	FM	RUS	2442	5.5	40	51.5	4
20	Vardanian Haik G		ARM	2300	5.5	38.5	49	4
101 players
Boys U16 XIX EYCC Fermo (ITA), 31 viii-9 ix 2009
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Popilski Gil	CM	ISR	2392	8	41.5	52	7
2	Van Kampen Robin	FM	NED	2383	7	41	54	6
3	Danilenko Dmitriy		UKR	2290	7	38.5	49.5	5
4	Baghdasaryan Vahe		ARM	2275	6.5	44.5	57	5
5	Firat Burak	FM	TUR	2310	6.5	41	53.5	6
6	Strzemiecki Zbigniew	FM	POL	2314	6.5	38	49.5	4
7	Grandelius Nils	IM	SWE	2515	6.5	38	49	6
8	Aghasaryan Robert	FM	ARM	2240	6.5	37.5	47.5	5
9	Andreev Sasho		BUL	2090	6.5	33.5	43.5	6
10	Kanarek Marcel	FM	POL	2422	6	40.5	51.5	4
11	Givon Asaf		ISR	2132	6	40	49.5	5
12	Pavlidis Antonios		GRE	2360	6	39	51	5
13	Vlasak Lukas		CZE	2177	6	39	48	5
14	Javakhadze Zurab		GEO	2309	6	38	50	5
15	Khachykian David		BLR	2139	6	36	46	5
16	Petenyi Tamas		SVK	2308	6	34.5	44.5	3
17	Halvax Georg		AUT	2260	6	34	44	3
18	Kotainy Jens		GER	2270	6	31	40	5
19	Stella Andrea	FM	ITA	2301	5.5	38	49	5
101 players
Boys U14 XIX EYCC Fermo (ITA), 31 viii-9 ix 2009
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Dragun Kamil		POL	2232	7.5	40.5	51.5	6
2	Siagodnik Anton		BLR	1906	7.5	36.5	45.5	7
3	Bukavshin Ivan	FM	RUS	2404	7	42	54	6
4	Doros Radu-Marian		ROU	2192	7	36.5	47.5	6
5	Beradze Irakli		GEO	2137	7	36	46.5	6
6	Andersen Mads	FM	DEN	2336	6.5	42	54	5
7	Berbatov Kiprian	FM	BUL	2398	6.5	41	51.5	6
8	Bortnik Alexandr		UKR	2308	6.5	40	50.5	6
9	Ostovic Matija		CRO	2090	6.5	39.5	51	6
10	Giroyan Gary		FRA	2202	6.5	39	51	6
11	Lewicki Miroslaw		POL	1992	6.5	37.5	47	6
12	De Filomeno Simone		ITA	2221	6.5	36.5	47.5	6
13	Santos Latasa Jaime		ESP	2256	6	43.5	54.5	5
14	Pardo Simon David		ESP	2321	6	40.5	52.5	5
15	Bok Benjamin	FM	NED	2360	6	39	51	5
16	Korchmar Vasiliy		RUS	2163	6	36.5	46.5	6
17	Sanchez Ibern Marc		ESP	2289	6	36	47	5
18	Nenezic Marko		SRB	2090	6	35.5	45	4
19	Cruz Lledo Pablo		ESP	2190	6	35	45.5	4
20	Tejedor Fuentes Enrique		ESP	2004	5.5	38.5	46	4
122 players
Boys U12 XIX EYCC Fermo (ITA), 31 viii-9 ix 2009
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Zanan Evgeny		RUS	2111	7.5	42.5	55	7
2	Lamard Guillaume		FRA	2101	7.5	40	51.5	6
3	Csonka Balazs		HUN	2062	7	44	55	6
4	Dastan Batuhan		TUR	1905	7	39	50	6
5	Kumsiashvili Nikoloz		GEO	1912	6.5	41.5	52.5	5
6	Ladva Ottomar		EST	1870	6.5	38	48.5	5
7	Ali Marandi Cemil Can	FM	TUR	1946	6.5	37.5	47.5	6
8	Boruchovsky Avital		ISR	2084	6.5	36.5	47.5	6
9	Yuffa Daniil	CM	RUS	2138	6.5	35	45.5	6
10	Kaczmarek Aleksander		POL	1967	6	39.5	49.5	5
11	Harutyunian Tigran K		ARM	2064	6	38	49.5	5
12	Sanal Vahap	CM	TUR	1976	6	38	48	5
13	Eggink Ryszard		POL	1819	6	37.5	48.5	5
14	Svane Rasmus		GER	2080	6	37	48	4
15	Bayramov Elkhan		AZE	1964	6	36	44	5
16	Codenotti Marco		ITA	2117	6	34.5	45.5	6
17	Khamidov Komil		POL	1962	6	34.5	44.5	5
18	Marczuk Dominik		POL	1867	6	34.5	44	5
19	Soroka Danilo		UKR	0	6	34	44.5	5
20	Minko Vladimir		RUS	2097	6	33.5	44	6
21	Bluebaum Matthias		GER	2075	6	33.5	43	4
22	Tatekhin Vyacheslav		RUS	2011	6	33	42.5	3
105 players
Boys U10 XIX EYCC Fermo (ITA), 31 viii-9 ix 2009
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Gledura Benjamin		HUN	2007	7	42.5	53	6
2	Shtembuliak Evgeny		UKR	2021	7	40	51.5	6
3	Rambaldi Francesco		FRA	0	7	40	51	7
4	Kudelya Igor		RUS	1974	7	35	44.5	6
5	Mkrtchyan Mikayel		ARM	0	6.5	43.5	54.5	6
6	Pak Alexander		RUS	1848	6.5	39	49	6
7	Petrosyan Arman		ARM	1680	6.5	37.5	47.5	6
8	Savenkov Konstantin		RUS	1801	6.5	37	48	4
9	Sevgi Volkan		TUR	1828	6.5	35	45.5	5
10	Kulesh Vladyslav		UKR	0	6.5	33.5	41.5	6
11	Wadsworth Matthew J		ENG	0	6	37.5	48	4
81 players
Girls U18 XIX EYCC Fermo (ITA), 31 viii-9 ix 2009
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Girya Olga	WGM	RUS	2266	8	40	52	8
2	Tsatsalashvili Keti	WIM	GEO	2255	8	39.5	51.5	7
3	Agrest Inna		SWE	2120	6.5	39	50	6
4	Semenova Elena	WFM	RUS	2115	6.5	39	50	5
5	Paikidze Nazi	WIM	GEO	2298	6	40.5	53	4
6	Ozturk Kubra	WIM	TUR	2256	6	40	51.5	5
7	Repina Varvara	WFM	RUS	2264	6	36.5	48.5	6
8	Savina Anastasia		RUS	2382	6	36.5	47	4
9	Kulon Klaudia	WFM	POL	2251	6	36.5	46	5
10	Skinke Katrina	WIM	LAT	2200	6	35.5	45	6
11	Vojinovic Jovana	WGM	MNE	2341	5.5	41	53	5
12	Ni Viktorija	WFM	LAT	2151	5.5	38.5	50	5
13	Olsarova Tereza		CZE	2127	5.5	36	45	5
14	Labedz Patrycja		POL	2044	5.5	34	42	4
15	Homiakova Elena	WFM	BLR	2123	5.5	32.5	44	4
16	Eric Jovana	WFM	SRB	2137	5	36.5	46	3
55 players
Girls U16 XIX EYCC Fermo (ITA), 31 viii-9 ix 2009
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Adamowicz Katarzyna		POL	2121	7.5	38.5	49.5	6
2	Arabidze Meri	WFM	GEO	2217	7	41	53	6
3	Schut Lisa	WIM	NED	2212	7	37	48	6
4	Haast Anne		NED	2158	7	34	44.5	6
5	Purgar Ivona		CRO	2079	6.5	39.5	50.5	6
6	Bukhteeva Viktoria		RUS	2175	6.5	39	50	6
7	Kazimova Narmin	WIM	AZE	2218	6.5	36.5	47	5
8	Bulmaga Irina	WIM	MDA	2277	6	40	52	5
9	Brunello Marina	WFM	ITA	2159	6	39.5	50	5
10	Foisor Mihaela-Veronica	WFM	ROU	2123	6	38	49	5
11	Kessler Michaela		AUT	1913	6	36.5	46.5	6
12	Pavlidou Ekaterini		GRE	2179	6	34	44	6
13	Suarez Calvo Alexandra		ESP	2023	6	33	41.5	5
73 players
Girls U14 XIX EYCC Fermo (ITA), 31 viii-9 ix 2009
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Efroimski Marsel	WFM	ISR	2066	8	44.5	56.5	7
2	Osmanodja Filiz	WFM	GER	1954	7	39.5	51.5	7
3	Leks Maria		POL	1899	7	36.5	48.5	7
4	Kobeshavidze Lika		GEO	1900	7	34.5	44	7
5	Lach Aleksandra	WFM	POL	2069	6.5	42.5	54.5	6
6	Ziaziulkina Nastassia		BLR	2101	6.5	41.5	53.5	5
7	Samigullina Diana	WFM	RUS	2152	6.5	39	51	5
8	Fataliyeva Ulviyya	WCM	AZE	1992	6.5	37.5	50	6
9	Fragkou Eleni		GRE	1865	6.5	32	39.5	6
10	Aflalo Sophie		FRA	2005	6	39.5	50.5	6
11	Aranaz Murillo Amalia		ESP	2061	6	37	48.5	5
12	Iwanow Anna	WFM	POL	2022	6	37	47	5
13	Kol`ba Anastasiya		UKR	1971	6	33.5	43	6
14	Visanescu Daria-Ioana	WFM	ROU	1873	5.5	39	48.5	4
78 players
Girls U12 XIX EYCC Fermo (ITA), 31 viii-9 ix 2009
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Haussernot Cecile	WFM	FRA	1995	7.5	36.5	46.5	7
2	Goryachkina Aleksandra	WFM	RUS	1987	7	36.5	47.5	6
3	Bellaiche Elise		FRA	1823	7	36	46.5	6
4	Papathanasiou Elisavet		GRE	1638	6.5	40	49.5	5
5	Zavgorodniaya Alena		RUS	1685	6.5	38.5	49	6
6	Menzi Nezihe Ezgi		TUR	1723	6.5	35	45	6
7	Nicolas Zapata Irene		ESP	1794	6.5	33.5	43.5	5
8	Kostitsina Liubov		RUS	1871	6.5	32.5	42	6
9	Khomeriki Nino		GEO	1639	6	40.5	51	5
82 players
Girls U10 XIX EYCC Fermo (ITA), 31 viii-9 ix 2009
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Vasenina Anna		RUS	1785	8.5	41	53.5	8
2	Hojjatova Aydan		AZE	0	8	40	52	8
3	Dmochowska Agnieszka		POL	1556	7	36.5	47.5	7
4	Gazikova Veronika		SVK	0	6.5	40	53	5
5	Unuk Laura		SLO	0	6.5	32	41	6
6	Dordzhieva Dinara		RUS	2058	6	43.5	57.5	5
7	Ramadani Sarah		SLO	1575	6	40	51.5	6
8	Mammadzada Gunay		AZE	1753	6	38.5	51.5	5
9	Drogovoz Irina		RUS	1898	6	38	50	6
10	Wiesner Paula		GER	1904	6	36.5	47	4
11	Moshou Alexia		GRE	0	6	34.5	44	5
66 players

19) 65th Polish Ekstraliga, Lublin

The 65th Polish Ekstraliga takes place in Lublin, Poland 11th-20th September 2009.

90 minutes for 40 + 30 minutes + 30 seconds a move from move one.

Official site: http://www.lzszach.lublin.pl/ekstraliga2009/

20) Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open

The 6th Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open took place 22nd - 28th August 2009. GM Negi Parimarjan won. I will round the games up later. Only the first 6 rounds are currently available in a viewer. The games from this event usually appear later after the bulletin has been sold.

Official site: http://datmo.net/

Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open (CHN), 2-11 ix 2009
Rank	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	BH.	SB.
1	Negi, Parimarjan	GM	IND	2590	7	49½	37.75
2	Dableo, Ronald	IM	PHI	2417	7	48	36.5
3	Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan	GM	IRI	2589	6½	54½	37.5
4	Senador, Emmanuel		PHI	2372	6½	54	37.25
5	Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son	GM	VIE	2592	6½	51	35.25
6	Laylo, Darwin	GM	PHI	2494	6½	50	31.25
7	Schebler, Gerhard	GM	GER	2486	6½	49	33.25
8	Yu, Yangyi		CHN	2510	6½	49	32.75
9	Iuldachev, Saidali	GM	UZB	2518	6½	48½	34
10	Xiu, Deshun		CHN	2515	6½	48	33.25
11	Li, Chao b	GM	CHN	2634	6½	47	33.25
100 players

21) SPICE Cup

The SPICE Cup takes place 19th-29th September 2009 at Texas Tech University, Lubbock USA.

Official site: http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com

SPICE Cup A Group Lubbock (USA), 19-29 ix 2009 - cat. XVI (2631)
GM	Dmitry Andreikin	Russia	2659	18 years old	(Top-rated Russian Junior and reigning Russian Junior Champion)
GM	Wesley So	Philippines	2644	15 years old	(Top-rated Filipino and member of the 2008 Filipino Olympiad team)
GM	Varuzhan Akobian	United States	2636	26 years old	(2008 SPICE Cup Co-Champion and 2-time Olympiad Bronze Medalist)
GM	Yuriy Kuzubov	Ukraine	2636	19 years old	(2nd ranked Ukrainian Junior and 8th in the world)
GM	Rauf Mamedov	Azerbaijan	2626	21 years old	(5th ranked Azerbaijani and member of the 2008 Azerbaijani Olympiad team)
GM	Jon Ludwig Hammer	Norway	2585	19 years old	(2nd ranked Norwegian and member of the 2008 Norwegian Olympiad team)

SPICE Cup B Group Lubbock (USA), 19-29 ix 2009 - cat. XI (2503)
IM	Gabor Papp	Hungary	2562	22 years old	(Texas Tech student and member of the TTU Knight Raiders)
IM	Davorin Kuljasevic	Croatia	2547	22 years old	(Texas Tech student and member of the TTU Knight Raiders)
GM	Eugene Perelshteyn	United States	2542	29 years old	(2007 SPICE Cup Champion and former winner of the prestigious Samford fellowship)
IM	Ray Robson	United States	2527	14 years old	(Reigning U.S. Junior Champion and winner of the prestigious Samford fellowship)
GM	Andre Diamant	Brazil	2526	19 years old	(Top rated Brazilian Junior and Reigning Brazilian National Champion)
IM	Ben Finegold	United States	2515	40 years old	(2-time U.S. Open Champion, 2-time National Open Champion and former winner of the prestigious Samford fellowship)
IM	Gergely Antal	Hungary	2486	24 years old	(Texas Tech student and member of the TTU Knight Raiders, 2009 National Collegiate Champion)
GM	Vinay Bhat	United States	2474	25 years old	(2007 USCL MVP and former winner of the prestigious Samford fellowship)
IM	Dean Ippolito	United States	2459	30 years old	(Former winner of the prestigious Samford fellowship and 11-time All-American)
FM	Danny Rensch	United States	2388	23 years old	(Former National Elementary, Junior High and High School Champion and 6-time All-American)

22) Kuala Lumpur Open 2009

The Kuala Lumpur Open took place 4th-8th September 2009.

GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son from Vietnam took first place with 7.5/9. In second place, half a point behind Indonesian GM Susanto Megaranto, Saidali Iuldachev finished in 3rd on 6.5. No games appear to be available.

News: http://www.klchess.com/ and Peter Long's Blog

23) 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

24) 7th Mediterranean Chess Championship

The 7th Mediterranean Chess Championship takes place in Rijeka, Croatia, 11th-19th September 2009. The games from rounds 1 and 3 only are available.

Official site: http://www.sah-rijeka.hr/en/home/Mediterranean_championship

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr24204.aspx

7th Mediterranean Chess Championship Rijeka (CRO), 11-19 viii 2009 Round 6 of 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1
1	Adly Ahmed	GM	EGY	2554	5	14
2	Zorko Jure	IM	SLO	2430	4.5	12.5
3	Abdel Razik Khaled	IM	EGY	2470	4.5	12.5
4	Kapnisis Spyridon	IM	GRE	2516	4	15
5	Plenca Julijan		CRO	2296	4	14
6	Rukavina Josip	IM	CRO	2435	4	14
7	Dembo Yelena	IM	GRE	2482	4	13.5
8	Le Roux Jean-Pierre	IM	FRA	2474	4	13
9	Rombaldoni Denis	IM	ITA	2469	4	12.5
10	Amin Bassem	GM	EGY	2559	4	11.5
11	Galego Luis	GM	POR	2454	4	10.5
12	Cvitan Ognjen	GM	CRO	2516	3.5	12.5
13	Nikcevic Nebojsa	GM	MNE	2374	3.5	11
14	Milliet Sophie	IM	FRA	2407	3.5	10.5
15	Martinovic Sasa	IM	CRO	2516	3.5	9.5
16	Codenotti Marco		ITA	2122	3	13
64 players

25) Serbian Women's League

The Serbian Women's League takes place in Pozarevac, 14th-22nd September 2009.

Official site: http://serbiachess.net/2009/prvaligazene2009/prvaligazene2009.htm

26) 1st DOCA FIDE Invitational

The 1st Dean of Chess Academy/TransNet FIDE Invitational began after the New Jersey Futurity on July 11th at the Dean of Chess Academy. The idea was to give several types of players a FIDE rating who may not otherwise get the opportunity to achieve one. Academy members, long-time experts and up-and-coming nationally ranked scholastic players are the three groups meant to have this opportunity. The event is sponsored by TransNet, a local computer company and additional generous funding was provided by Mike Somers.

I misidentified on of the players in TWIC 772. James R West played.

1st DOCA FIDE Inv Branchburg (USA), 11-19 viii 2009
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Ippolito, Dean	m	USA	2455	*	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7½	2337
2.	Grasso, David		USA	2131	1	*	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	2320
3.	Swaminathan, Rahul K		USA	2060	½	1	*	0	½	½	½	½	1	1	5½	2188
4.	Feuerstein, Arthur		USA	2106	0	1	1	*	0	½	½	0	½	1	4½	2102
5.	Wu, Christopher		USA	----	0	0	½	1	*	½	1	½	0	1	4½	2114
6.	Ferrero, Steve		USA	----	0	0	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	1	4½	2114
7.	West, James R		USA	2162	0	0	½	½	0	½	*	1	1	1	4½	2096
8.	Chen, Kevin Emmanuel		USA	----	0	0	½	1	½	0	0	*	½	1	3½	2034
9.	Somers, Michael E		USA	----	0	0	0	½	1	½	0	½	*	½	3	1989
10.	Hall, Timothy		USA	2118	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	*	½	1657

27) Quality Chess Edinburgh International

The Quality Chess international is hosted by Edinburgh Chess Club and takes place 12th-20th September 2009. Play will be from 1pm - 7pm each day. Time control: 40 moves in 2 hours, then one hour to finish. Prize money: 1st £500 2nd £300 3rd £150

Of the games available it appears that Tate, A 0-1 Mitchell, M was initially published with the names the wrong way round in the PGN. In addition I still couldn't get the draw to work even with this correction so it is likely that at least one other game has the players the wrong way round, possibly one of the blank games.

Official site: http://www.edinburghchessclub.co.uk/

News is appearing in the Quality Chess Blog: http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/blog/

Quality Chess Int Edinburgh (SCO), 12-20 ix 2009												cat. III (2319)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Mitchell, Martin		SCO	2175	*	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1	.	2
2.	McNab, Colin A	g	SCO	2466	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	2
3.	Mikkelsen, Nikolaj	m	DEN	2361	.	.	*	.	½	.	.	1	.	.	1½	2524
4.	Berry, Neil	f	SCO	2301	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	.	.	1	1½	2593
5.	Andersen, Mads	f	DEN	2338	.	.	½	.	*	.	½	.	.	.	1	2305
6.	Greet, Andrew N	m	ENG	2433	.	.	.	½	.	*	.	½	.	.	1	2312
7.	Grant, Jonathan I M		SCO	2249	0	.	.	.	½	.	*	.	.	.	½	2063
8.	Thomson, Craig S M	f	SCO	2324	.	.	0	.	.	½	.	*	.	.	½	2204
9.	Tate, Alan		SCO	2175	0	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	0
10.	Eggleston, David J	f	ENG	2368	.	0	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	*	0

Round 1 (September 12, 2009)
Mikkelsen, Nikolaj	- Thomson, Craig S M	1-0	40	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Greet, Andrew N	- Berry, Neil	½-½	19	C18	French Winawer
Grant, Jonathan I M	- Andersen, Mads	½-½	25	A24	English Opening
Tate, Alan	- Mitchell, Martin	0-1	49	B01	Centre Counter
Eggleston, David J	- McNab, Colin A	0-1	67	B07	Pirc Defence
Round 2 (September 13, 2009)
Mitchell, Martin	- Grant, Jonathan I M	1-0	38	E42	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
McNab, Colin A	- Tate, Alan	1-0	24	A26	English Sicilian Attack
Berry, Neil	- Eggleston, David J	1-0	37	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Andersen, Mads	- Mikkelsen, Nikolaj	½-½
Thomson, Craig S M	- Greet, Andrew N	½-½

28) Castione Presolana

The Castione Presolana Open took place in Bratto 21st-29th August 2009. Erald Dervishi took clear first with 7.5/9. Games now available.

Official site: http://www.puntoesclamativo.org/bratto2009/site/

Castione Presolana Open Bratto (ITA), 21-29 viii 2009 Final Round 9 Standings:
Pos	Name	T	Fed	Rtg	Pts	BucT	ARO
1	Dervishi Erald	GM	ALB	2545	7.5	48.5	2442.22
2	Lenic Luka	GM	SLO	2565	7	52.5	2439.44
3	Chatalbashev Boris	GM	BUL	2548	6.5	47.5	2394.44
4	Horvath Csaba	GM	HUN	2522	6	53	2471.11
5	Godena Michele	GM	ITA	2540	6	52	2462.89
6	Rombaldoni Denis	IM	ITA	2465	6	49.5	2413.11
7	Pavasovic Dusko	GM	SLO	2605	6	49	2464.67
8	Grigore George-Gabri	GM	ROU	2558	6	49	2431.33
9	Sanchez Joseph	GM	PHI	2491	6	49	2391.11
10	Bruno Fabio	IM	ITA	2455	6	48	2395.11
11	Pomaro Alberto	M	ITA	2284	6	45	2362.11
12	Salvador Roland	IM	PHI	2447	6	43.5	2366
13	Hunt Adam C	IM	ENG	2428	5.5	50	2375.44
14	Dvirnyy Daniyyl	FM	ITA	2440	5.5	49	2423.33
15	Sax Gyula	GM	HUN	2524	5.5	49	2376.78
16	Shytaj Luca	IM	ITA	2455	5.5	47	2353.33
17	Cebalo Miso	GM	CRO	2476	5.5	47	2351.89
18	Genocchio Daniele	FM	ITA	2455	5.5	46.5	2379.11
19	Skembris Spyridon	GM	GRE	2452	5.5	45.5	2356.11
20	Piscopo Pierluigi	IM	ITA	2415	5.5	45.5	2326.56
21	Romanishin Oleg M	GM	UKR	2503	5.5	45	2344.33
22	Borisek Jure	GM	SLO	2575	5.5	45	2310.67
23	Vocaturo Daniele	IM	ITA	2507	5.5	42.5	2327.78
24	Nikolova Adriana	WIM	BUL	2316	5.5	39.5	2304.22
25	Bresciani Nicola	FM	ITA	2274	5.5	39.5	2275.44
26	Guido Flavio	FM	ITA	2400	5.5	38.5	2286
27	Bernardi Ruben	CM	ITA	2162	5.5	37.5	2256.22
28	Collutiis Duilio	IM	ITA	2449	5	48	2317.44
142 players

29) Short - Efimenko Match

Chess Match 20 - 26 September 2009 Mukachevo (Ukraine) - Press Release UEP

Among the series of first-class matches organized by Universal Event Promotion we can now count a match between Nigel Short and Zahar Efimenko. These two world class chess players meet each other in the West-Ukrainian town for a classical format match of six games.

The 44-year-old Nigel Short belongs to the greatest of his craft. He caused a stir with numerous successes in his early years and was considered a prodigy. In the World Junior Championship 1980 he won the silver medal behind Garry Kasparov and very soon he became a chess grandmaster at the age of 19, the youngest in the world at that time. After winning several tournaments and his victory against Jan Timman in the Candidates final 1993 he got the opportunity to fight for the highest chess crown. In the match against Garry Kasparov, which took place detached from the World Chess Federation under the aegis of the Professional Chess Association (PCA) and can be considered as the climax in his career, he lost against the mighty Russian 12,5 - 7,5.

Although Short temporarily disappeared from the scene after this defeat he still plays at the highest level to this day and is always a most welcome guest especially because of his dynamic and aggressive play. His current Elo is 2706 whereby he captures the 29th rank in the world.

The 24-year-old Zahar Efimenko belongs to a group of young and talented Ukrainian players. As a youngster, his biggest success was a victory in the World Junior Chess Championship U-14 in Oropesa del Mar. In spite of some strong rivals he plays in the national team and won the Ukrainian championship in 2006. In Germany he is known for his engagement with the Bundesliga team of Werder Bremen. The young Ukrainian, like Short, is known for his constant search for the initiative and for the fact that he has no fear of big names. He is supported by the president of the Universal Event Promotion, Josef Resch, and lives in Mukachevo. His current Elo is 2654 whereby he captures the 83rd rank in the world.

The match between Short and Efimenko promises six high class and exciting games with a totally open result. You can follow the games at the official website of Universal Event Promotion. Will experience prevail against youth in this case? All the games will be covered live and commented on by the experienced Grandmasters Mikhail Golubev and Klaus Bischoff.

Short - Efimenko Match Mukachevo (UKR), 20-26 ix 2009
Schedule
20.09.2009	1st round	3pm local time
21.09.2009	2nd round	3pm local time
22.09.2009	3rd round	3pm local time
23.09.2009	Free day
24.09.2009	4th round	3pm local time
25.09.2009	5th round	3pm local time
26.09.2009	6th round	3pm local time

Live coverage: http://live.uep-chess.com/live.htm

Website Universal Event Promotion: http://www.uep-chess.com/cms_english/

Club Mukachevo

Media Contact: Mikhail Golubev, gmi@europe.com

(UEP news service 13th of September 2009)

30) Forthcoming Events and Links

The London Chess Classic in December

The London Chess Classic takes place in the Olympia Conference Centre 7th-15th December 2009

A star studded field comprising England's four leading Grandmasters; Nigel Short, Michael Adams, Luke McShane and David Howell, former world champion Vladimir Kramnik, 18 year old Magnus Carlsen widely seen as a future champion, one of China's finest players; Ni Hua and the US Champion Hikaru Nakamura completes the field.

The London Chess Classic 2009 will offer free admission to children for the duration of the event which runs from December 8th to 15th.

Adult tickets are just £10 per day or just £50 for all seven rounds. Adult and junior ticket holders receive admission to the tournament, which is being staged at London's prestigious Olympia Conference Centre, plus a guaranteed seat in the auditorium and access to the Commentary Room where some of the UK's leading Grandmasters will give insights into the play and answer questions.

Full details at: http://www.londonchessclassic.com or call the London Chess Center on 0207 388 2404.

1st London Chess Classic (ENG), 8-16 xii 2009. Cat XIX (2699.75) Players list (September ratings)
No	Name	Ti	NAT	Sept Elo	DoB
1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2772	1990
2	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2772	1975
3	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2735	1987
4	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	2692	1983
5	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2682	1971
6	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2706	1965
7	McShane, Luke J	g	ENG	2615	1984
8	Howell, David W L	g	ENG	2624	1990

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

Tal Memorial 2009

The Tal Memorial takes place something like 4th-19th November 2009. Viswanathan Anand, Levon Aronian, Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Leko, Boris Gelfand, Vassily Ivanchuk, Alexander Morozevich, Peter Svidler and Ruslan Ponomariov seem to be in the field. The main event will be followed by a blitz tournament.

2nd Haye Kramer Invitation tournament

The 2nd Haye Kramer Invitation tournament and 27th Waling Dijkstra tournament Friday 13th - Sunday 15th November 2009 in Provincial Library ‘Tresoar’, Leeuwarden, Holland.

Haye Kramer Invitation tournament This 5-round tournament features GMs Yge Visser, Sipke Ernst, Jan Werle, IMs Daan Brandenburg and Mark van der Werf, and FM Migchiel de Jong.

Waling Dijkstra Open tournament. This 6-round Open has 2 level groups. Starting fees for International (Woman) Grandmasters and free entry for (Woman) International Masters as well as youth players under 18. For the latter, cheap boarding can also be arranged (10 euros for 2 nights). Students pay an entry fee of 20 euros. Participants in the Waling Dijkstra Open will include grandmasters Malakhatko, Zherebukh, Y. Vovk, Swinkels, Peng, Kravtsiv, Zozulia, Kunin, Rusev, V. Georgiev and M. Ivanov.

For more information: mail info@philidor1847.nl, or see website http://www.philidor162.nl.

CECLUB Spanish Teams

The Spanish Teams CECLUB Division de Honor - Grupo I takes place 20th-24th September 2009.

Officials site: http://www.feda.org/ - Results: http://chess-results.com/Tnr25154.aspx

Kasparov and Karpov in Paris 2009

In addition to their match in Valencia, Kasparov and Karpov will play again in December 11th-13th 2009 as part of fund raising for medical research and UNICEF. There will be a whole host of activities. Full details in French and now a nice video in English.

Czech Coal Match 2009

Jan Timman, Viktor Korchnoi, Robert Huebner and Vlastimil Hort play against a team of ladies in the Czech Coal Match event which takes place 28th November - 5th December 2009 in the hotel Crystal Palace in Marianske Lazne. The final lineup is waiting for the women players and a potential clash with the FIDE Women's Grand Prix.

Details - Likely official site: http://www.praguechess.cz/

Milano

Milano (Italy), December 5th-13th 2009 - International tournament "Memorial Crespi" - edition number 30 details: http://www.scacchisticamilanese.it

48th World Junior Championships

The 48th World Junior Championships (27th for Girls) take place in Mar del Plata, Argentina 21st October - November 4th 2009. No website yet.

There are many junior titles but this is the only one of historic importance. Borislav Ivkov was the first champion, Oscar Panno, Boris Spassky, William Lombardy, Anatoly Karpov, Alexander Beliavsky, Tony Miles, Artur Jussupow, Yasser Seirawan, Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand and Levon Aronian are by no means the only well known players to have taken the title over the years. The event is for players under-20. (List: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Junior_Chess_Championship)

These are not to be confused with the World Youth Championships which take place in Kemer-Antalya, Turkey, November 11th 2009 (arrival) - November 23rd 2009 (departure). These are of less historic interest although the under-18 group is always pretty well fought, there are way too many sections (I'd cut off at under-16 or under-14 and have a more fun based festival for the younger players) the idea of a World under-8 Championship of anything is just not right.

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

17th European Team Championship

The 17th European Team Championship takes place in Novi Sad (Serbia) October 21st-31st 2009.

Adolivio Capece sends news of the Italian team: Men - GM Fabiano Caruana, GM Michele Godena, IM Carlo D'Amore, IM Luca Shitaj, IM Denis Rombaldoni. Women - WGM Elena Sedina, WGM Olga Zimina, wfm Marina Brunello, wfm Eleonora Ambrosi, wfm Marianna Chierici. GM Daniele Vocaturo and IM Sabino Brunello play in the World Juniors.

Official site: http://www.eurons2009.com/

Galicia Jubilee Chess Festival 2009

To celebrate 2010 Galicia’s Jubilee Year, there is a chess festival 25th-27th September in Orense (Galicia, Spain) Four spectacular tournaments: the "Fernando Marcote Memorial" International Rapid Chess Open, the European Women’s Rapid Chess Championship, the European Open Blitz Chess Championship and the European Women’s Blitz Chess Championship, with a prize fund of 50.000€

Details: http://www.galiciachessfestival.com/

VII Marx Gyorgy Memorial

The VII Marx Gyorgy Memorial takes place 24th September-5th October 2009 Paks, Hungary.

Participants: GM Almasi Zoltan 2684 HUN, GM Meier Georg 2658 GER, GM Berkes Ferenc 2647 HUN, GM Ganguly Surya 2637 IND, GM Safarli Eltaj 2597 AZE, GM Acs Peter 2550 HUN Average rating: 2629 Category: 16

I Teller Ede Memorial Participants: WGM Majdan Joanna 2382 POL, IM Vajda Szidónia 2375 HUN, WGM Gara Tícia 2354 HUN, WGM Doluhanova Evgeniya 2327 UKR, WGM Kochetkova Julia 2310 RUS, WIM Toth Lili 2172 HUN Average rating: 2320 Category: 3

Blitz-tournament 2nd October, 2009

Rapid-tournament 29th September, 2009

Children-tournament 27th September, 2009,

XIII Paks open 30th September- 4th October, 2009 7 rounds, A and B group

Information: Videki Sandor email: videkis2001@yahoo.com

Details: http://www.ase.hu/marxgy/2009

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

Mecking - Fier Match

There is a Match between Henrique Mecking and Alexandr Fier in Sao Paulo 23rd-27th September 2009 in the amphitheater of Santa Cruz High School in Sao Paulo.

Match of 4 classical games with time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds/move. 1st game 23rd September 2009. 2nd game 24th September 2009. free day 25th September 2009. 3rd game 26th September 2009. 4th game 27th September 2009.

Details: http://www.ligadexadrez.com.br/conteudo/ver.asp?id=19&conteudoId=422

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

Commonwealth Chess Championships

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

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

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

Ajedrez 21 English site

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

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

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/

VIII Benidorm International Chess Festival

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

Website: http://www.ajedrezbali.com

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

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.

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

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
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 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

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