THE WEEK IN CHESS 779 12th October 2009 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Adolivio Capece, Alfonso Romero Holmes, Brian Jones, Christophe Philippe, Dave Clayton, Jan Mazuch, Harald Grafenhofer, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Miklos Orso, Philip Adams, Sean Hewitt, Snorri Bergsson, Yuri Vovk and everyone else who helped with the issue.

An amazing week of chess saw Magnus Carlsen destroy the field in the Pearl Spring tournament in Nanjing China. 8/10 should lift him over 2800 and above world champion Viswanathan Anand. This was a huge performance and in the future it may be seen as the start of the stage of full maturity for Carlsen. World number one Veselin Topalov finished a distant second and was a little subdued throughout, but this perhaps wasn't that surprising given Carlsen's performance. If that wasn't enough there was the European Club Cup where many of the World's elite competed. The big individual winner was Peter Svidler with a 2920 performance. 1st Economist-SGSEU-1 Saratov took the title. The website may look a bit of a mess at the moment, we are restoring it after a server upgrade. This has allowed the content management system I've been working on for at least 6 months to become usable. I hope to move to that soon and restore some of the files that are currently missing including most of the previous issues of TWIC. Its been a busy day!

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 2nd Nanjing Pearl Spring

The 2nd Nanjing Pearl Spring Chess Tournament took place 27th Sept - 9th October 2009 in Nanjing, China. Magnus Carlsen dominated the event winning 6 and drawing 4 for an amazing 8/10 score. He was 2.5 points clear of world number 1 Veselin Topalov. There were only three decisive games not involving Carlsen, and Topalov won two of them.

Round 8. Veselin Topalov destroyed Peter Leko with the black pieces. Wang Yue seemed to be surviving against Magnus Carlsen but an extra check on move 59 made a good defence into a losing one. Carlsen leads by two points with only two rounds to go. For the first time there were three decisive results with Dmitry Jakovenko grinding down Teimour Radjabov.

Round 9 Magnus Carlsen drew with black in about 90 minutes against Teimour Radjabov. A theoretical Gruenfeld led to a completely sterile ending after 34 moves. This guarantees Carlsen first place alone with a round to go.

Final Round 10. Carlsen finishes on an amazing 8/10 after beating Dmitry Jakovenko. Topalov finished in second 2.5 points behind after drawing with Radjabov in 95 moves in the final round.

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

Official site (In English): http://www.chess-pearlspring.com/www/chess_pk/2009/en/

2nd Pearl Spring Nanjing (CHN), 28 ix-9 x 2009										cat. XXI (2764)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2772	*	*	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	8	3002
2.	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2813	0	½	*	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	5½	2789
3.	Wang Yue	g	CHN	2736	½	0	½	½	*	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	4½	2733
4.	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2757	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	*	½	½	½	0	4	2693
5.	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2762	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	*	½	½	4	2692
6.	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2742	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	1	½	½	*	*	4	2696

Round 1 (September 28, 2009)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Leko, Peter	1-0	44	C45	Scotch Game
Topalov, Veselin	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	½-½	43	E06	Catalan
Wang Yue	- Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	38	E92	King's Indian Classical
Round 2 (September 29, 2009)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Topalov, Veselin	1-0	41	E90	King's Indian Classical
Leko, Peter	- Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	32	B76	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Wang Yue	½-½	35	C43	Petroff's Defence
Round 3 (September 30, 2009)
Topalov, Veselin	- Leko, Peter	½-½	55	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Wang Yue	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	58	D83	Gruenfeld 4.Bf4
Radjabov, Teimour	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	½-½	32	C45	Scotch Game
Round 4 (October 1, 2009)
Wang Yue	- Leko, Peter	½-½	29	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Radjabov, Teimour	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	64	C45	Scotch Game
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Carlsen, Magnus	0-1	63	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Round 5 (October 2, 2009)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Radjabov, Teimour	1-0	25	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Topalov, Veselin	- Wang Yue	½-½	46	D10	Slav Defence
Leko, Peter	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	½-½	51	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 6 (October 4, 2009)
Radjabov, Teimour	- Wang Yue	½-½	30	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Leko, Peter	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	64	D72	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Topalov, Veselin	0-1	29	D90	Gruenfeld Flohr
Round 7 (October 5, 2009)
Topalov, Veselin	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	43	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Wang Yue	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	½-½	42	D84	Gruenfeld 4.Bf4
Radjabov, Teimour	- Leko, Peter	½-½	34	A05	Various
Round 8 (October 6, 2009)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Wang Yue	1-0	69	D17	Slav Defence
Leko, Peter	- Topalov, Veselin	0-1	40	D72	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Radjabov, Teimour	1-0	72	B78	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Round 9 (October 8, 2009)
Wang Yue	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	70	E92	King's Indian Classical
Radjabov, Teimour	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	34	D86	Gruenfeld Simagin
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Leko, Peter	½-½	40	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Round 10 (October 9, 2009)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	1-0	38	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Topalov, Veselin	- Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	95	E98	King's Indian Classical
Leko, Peter	- Wang Yue	½-½	46	C42	Petroff's Defence

3) European Club Cup

The European Club Cup took place 3rd-10th October 2009 in Ohrid MKD.

1st Economist-SGSEU-1 Saratov (Alekseev, Eljanov etc), 2nd Mika Yerevan (Aronian, Akopian etc) 3rd Ural Svedrdlovskaya (Grischuk, Shirov etc). St Petersburg finished 4th with Peter Svidler scoring 5.5/7 for the top rating performance (2920). Andrei Volokitin 6/7 (2912), Vugar Gashimov 5/6 (2883) and Michael Adams 6.5/7 (2863) all had good reason to be pleased with their results. Vassily Ivanchuk 4/7 (2659) and Alexei Shirov also 4/7 (2643) less so.

Official site: http://www.ecc2009.com/

Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr25841.aspx

25th ECC Ohrid (MKD), 4-10 x 2009 Final Round 7 Standings:
Rk.	SNo	FED	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	RUS	Economist-SGSEU-1 Saratov	7	7	0	0	14	27.5	179.5
2	7	ARM	Mika Yerevan	7	6	0	1	12	24.5	195.5
3	2	RUS	Ural Svedrdlovskaya	7	5	1	1	11	28.5	161.5
4	8	RUS	SPbChFed Sankt-Peterburg	7	5	1	1	11	26	187
5	4	GER	OSG Baden-Baden	7	5	0	2	10	33	146.5
6	9	UKR	PVK - Kievchess	7	5	0	2	10	29	152
7	13	ISR	Beer Sheva Chess Club	7	5	0	2	10	29	150
8	3	RUS	ShSM-64 Moscow	7	5	0	2	10	29	142
9	6	RUS	Tomsk-400	7	4	2	1	10	28	163
10	5	ISR	Ashdod Illit Chess Club	7	5	0	2	10	27	171
11	10	MKD	Alkaloid Skopje	7	5	0	2	10	25.5	170.5
12	11	UKR	A DAN DZO & PGMB	7	3	3	1	9	26.5	156.5
13	28	LTU	CC Margiris Kaunas	7	4	1	2	9	25.5	126
14	14	CZE	1. Novoborsky SK	7	4	0	3	8	23.5	160.5
15	18	SRB	Lasta Belgrade	7	3	2	2	8	23	146.5
16	34	BEL	Borgerhout	7	4	0	3	8	23	134.5
17	15	FRA	EVRY Grand Roque	7	4	0	3	8	22.5	164.5
18	16	AUT	Husek Wien	7	4	0	3	8	22.5	151
19	19	NED	Utrecht	7	4	0	3	8	22.5	138
20	25	MNE	Buducnost Podgorica	7	4	0	3	8	22.5	136
21	29	AUT	ASVOe Pamhagen	7	3	2	2	8	22.5	133.5
22	22	BEL	Rochade Eupen-Kelmis	7	4	0	3	8	21.5	153.5
23	12	GER	Werder Bremen	7	4	0	3	8	20.5	174.5
24	26	SVK	SK Slovan Bratislava	7	3	2	2	8	19	167.5
25	41	ISL	Chess Club Bolungarvik	7	3	1	3	7	23	117.5
26	35	DEN	Jetsmark	7	3	1	3	7	22	127
27	20	HUN	Zalaegerszegi Csuti-Hydrocomp	7	3	1	3	7	21.5	161.5
28	30	MKD	Gambit-Peksim Skopje	7	3	1	3	7	21.5	127
29	31	GER	Schachgesellschaft Solingen	7	3	1	3	7	16	179
30	21	NED	HMC Calder	7	3	0	4	6	24.5	122.5
31	39	FIN	Salon Shakkikerho Salsk	7	3	0	4	6	21	110.5
32	24	BEL	KSK 47 Eynatten	7	2	2	3	6	20.5	132
33	44	NOR	Oslo Schakselskap	7	1	4	2	6	20.5	127
34	42	NOR	Moss Schakklubb	7	3	0	4	6	20.5	111.5
35	27	GER	Sfr Berlin 1903	7	3	0	4	6	20	155.5
36	23	LTU	Vilnius Chess & Bridge Club	7	3	0	4	6	19	164.5
37	36	HUN	Haladas VSE Szombathely	7	2	2	3	6	18.5	153
38	17	BLR	Vesnianka Gran	7	3	0	4	6	18	170
39	32	NED	LSG	7	3	0	4	6	18	151.5
40	37	MKD	GSK Kochani	7	2	2	3	6	17.5	138.5
41	33	ISR	Porat Chess Club	7	2	2	3	6	17	166.5
42	40	FIN	Etela-Vantaan Shakki	7	2	1	4	5	17	157.5
43	51	EUR	KSH Prishtina	7	1	3	3	5	16	152.5
44	43	DEN	Aarhus Skolerne	7	2	1	4	5	14	146
45	45	SUI	Schackklub Niederrohrdorf	7	2	0	5	4	18	108.5
46	46	ENG	White Rose	7	1	2	4	4	17	112
47	53	EUR	KSH Llamkos	7	1	2	4	4	16.5	128.5
48	49	WLS	Cardiff Chess Club	7	2	0	5	4	14.5	133
49	38	LUX	CE De Sprenger Echternach	7	2	0	5	4	13.5	156.5
50	50	IRL	Ennis Chess Club	7	2	0	5	4	13	146
51	47	LUX	CE Gambit Luxembourg-Bonnevoie	7	1	1	5	3	15.5	128.5
52	54	ALB	Roskovec	7	1	0	6	2	14.5	114
53	52	ALB	Butrinti	7	1	0	6	2	10.5	147.5
54	48	MNC	Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo	7	0	1	6	1	13	131.5

25th ECC Ohrid (MKD), 4-10 x 2009 Top 100 performers by ELO:
No.	Name	Ti	Rtg	Team	Rp	Pts.	Games	0%	Bo.
1	Svidler Peter	GM	2741	SPbChFed Sankt-Peterburg	2920	5.5	7	78.6	1
2	Volokitin Andrei	GM	2681	Alkaloid Skopje	2912	6	7	85.7	2
3	Gashimov Vugar	GM	2740	Ashdod Illit Chess Club	2883	5	6	83.3	2
4	Adams Michael	GM	2682	OSG Baden-Baden	2863	6.5	7	92.9	4
5	Eljanov Pavel	GM	2717	Economist-SGSEU-1 Saratov	2841	4.5	6	75	2
6	Rathlev Jakob	CM	2216	Jetsmark	2837	5	5	100	6
7	Gelfand Boris	GM	2756	ShSM-64 Moscow	2827	4.5	6	75	1
8	Vallejo Pons Francisco	GM	2696	OSG Baden-Baden	2800	5	6	83.3	3
9	Khismatullin Denis	GM	2614	Tomsk-400	2800	4.5	5	90	5
10	Aronian Levon	GM	2773	Mika Yerevan	2778	4.5	7	64.3	1
11	Miroshnichenko Evgenij	GM	2690	PVK - Kievchess	2772	5.5	7	78.6	2
12	Greenfeld Alon	GM	2541	Beer Sheva Chess Club	2763	6	7	85.7	4
13	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	GM	2721	Alkaloid Skopje	2762	3.5	6	58.3	1
14	Inarkiev Ernesto	GM	2664	Tomsk-400	2761	5	6	83.3	4
15	Azarov Sergei	GM	2625	A DAN DZO & PGMB	2757	4	6	66.7	1
16	Grischuk Alexander	GM	2733	Ural Svedrdlovskaya	2748	4.5	7	64.3	1
17	Zubov Alexander	IM	2567	A DAN DZO & PGMB	2743	4.5	6	75	3
18	Moiseenko Alexander	GM	2694	Economist-SGSEU-1 Saratov	2741	5	6	83.3	5
19	Nakamura Hikaru	GM	2735	Husek Wien	2741	5	7	71.4	1
20	Sargissian Gabriel	GM	2678	Mika Yerevan	2741	4.5	7	64.3	3
21	Bologan Viktor	GM	2688	Tomsk-400	2737	3.5	5	70	2
22	Vitiugov Nikita	GM	2681	SPbChFed Sankt-Peterburg	2735	3.5	6	58.3	2
23	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	GM	2664	OSG Baden-Baden	2731	6	7	85.7	5
24	Petrosian Tigran L	GM	2602	Mika Yerevan	2727	5	7	71.4	6
25	Tomashevsky Evgeny	GM	2688	Economist-SGSEU-1 Saratov	2722	3	5	60	3
26	Bu Xiangzhi	GM	2702	Economist-SGSEU-1 Saratov	2719	4	6	66.7	3
27	Smirin Ilia	GM	2648	Ashdod Illit Chess Club	2718	5.5	7	78.6	4
28	Nyback Tomi	GM	2615	Werder Bremen	2717	5	7	71.4	1
29	Zvjaginsev Vadim	GM	2635	SPbChFed Sankt-Peterburg	2714	4.5	7	64.3	3
30	Motylev Alexander	GM	2710	Tomsk-400	2714	4	6	66.7	1
31	Naiditsch Arkadij	GM	2685	OSG Baden-Baden	2713	5.5	7	78.6	3
32	Akopian Vladimir	GM	2698	Mika Yerevan	2713	4	7	57.1	2
33	Zhigalko Andrey	GM	2601	Vesnianka Gran	2712	4.5	7	64.3	1
34	Movsesian Sergei	GM	2711	OSG Baden-Baden	2710	4.5	7	64.3	1
35	Antoniewski Rafal	IM	2558	ASVOe Pamhagen	2702	6	7	85.7	3
36	Karjakin Sergey	GM	2722	ShSM-64 Moscow	2702	4	6	66.7	1
37	Yemelin Vasily	GM	2570	SPbChFed Sankt-Peterburg	2688	4	6	66.7	4
38	Pashikian Arman	GM	2663	Mika Yerevan	2687	4	7	57.1	4
39	Postny Evgeny	GM	2651	Beer Sheva Chess Club	2684	5.5	7	78.6	3
40	Stocek Jiri	GM	2582	1. Novoborsky SK	2682	4.5	7	64.3	2
41	Mamedov Rauf	GM	2626	Alkaloid Skopje	2681	4.5	7	64.3	4
42	Georgiev Kiril	GM	2663	Husek Wien	2677	5	7	71.4	2
43	Malakhov Vladimir	GM	2715	Ural Svedrdlovskaya	2676	4.5	7	64.3	3
44	Ftacnik Lubomir	GM	2532	SK Slovan Bratislava	2674	4.5	7	64.3	1
45	Kamsky Gata	GM	2692	Alkaloid Skopje	2674	4	7	57.1	1
46	Baklan Vladimir	GM	2646	PVK - Kievchess	2672	5.5	7	78.6	5
47	Sulskis Sarunas	GM	2568	CC Margiris Kaunas	2671	5	7	71.4	1
48	Rublevsky Sergei	GM	2703	Ural Svedrdlovskaya	2667	5	7	71.4	4
49	Ivanov Mikhail M	GM	2459	Salon Shakkikerho Salsk	2664	5.5	7	78.6	2
50	Chernin Alexander	GM	2605	Husek Wien	2661	5	7	71.4	3
51	Ivanchuk Vassily	GM	2756	Ashdod Illit Chess Club	2659	4	7	57.1	1
52	Huebner Robert	GM	2605	CE De Sprenger Echternach	2656	4.5	7	64.3	1
53	Bacrot Etienne	GM	2709	OSG Baden-Baden	2655	4.5	7	64.3	2
54	Drozdovskij Yuri	GM	2627	A DAN DZO & PGMB	2655	3.5	6	58.3	1
55	Sutovsky Emil	GM	2676	Ashdod Illit Chess Club	2652	4.5	7	64.3	2
56	Sepp Olav	IM	2442	Etela-Vantaan Shakki	2651	5	7	71.4	1
57	Djukic Nikola	GM	2503	Buducnost Podgorica	2650	5	7	71.4	2
58	Wemmers Xander	IM	2378	Borgerhout	2649	5	7	71.4	1
59	Roiz Michael	GM	2658	Economist-SGSEU-1 Saratov	2649	2.5	3	83.3	6
60	Brenjo Slavisa	IM	2495	Lasta Belgrade	2646	5	7	71.4	1
61	Ni Hua	GM	2692	Economist-SGSEU-1 Saratov	2645	4.5	7	64.3	4
62	Shirov Alexei	GM	2730	Ural Svedrdlovskaya	2643	4	7	57.1	2
63	Riazantsev Alexander	GM	2646	ShSM-64 Moscow	2640	4.5	6	75	3
64	Efimenko Zahar	GM	2654	SPbChFed Sankt-Peterburg	2638	4.5	7	64.3	5
65	Fedorchuk Sergey A	GM	2643	EVRY Grand Roque	2631	4.5	7	64.3	2
66	Tihonov Jurij	GM	2460	Vesnianka Gran	2624	4	6	66.7	4
67	Alekseev Evgeny	GM	2725	Economist-SGSEU-1 Saratov	2623	3	7	42.9	1
68	Sakaev Konstantin	GM	2625	SPbChFed Sankt-Peterburg	2618	2.5	6	41.7	2
69	Bareev Evgeny	GM	2633	Ural Svedrdlovskaya	2604	5.5	7	78.6	6
70	Grachev Boris	GM	2684	ShSM-64 Moscow	2603	4.5	6	75	6
71	Glek Igor	GM	2537	Rochade Eupen-Kelmis	2603	3	6	50	1
72	Rodshtein Maxim	GM	2623	Beer Sheva Chess Club	2601	4.5	7	64.3	2
73	Van De Griendt Jan Willem	FM	2352	White Rose	2601	2	3	66.7	1
74	Giri Anish	GM	2552	HMC Calder	2600	5	7	71.4	2
75	Amonatov Farrukh	GM	2643	Tomsk-400	2600	4	5	80	6
76	Onischuk Alexander	GM	2699	PVK - Kievchess	2600	3.5	7	50	1
77	Guseinov Gadir	GM	2667	Alkaloid Skopje	2600	3.5	7	50	3
78	Dreev Alexey	GM	2659	Ural Svedrdlovskaya	2599	5	7	71.4	5
79	Areshchenko Alexander	GM	2667	PVK - Kievchess	2596	4.5	7	64.3	3
80	Fridman Daniel	GM	2661	HMC Calder	2595	4	7	57.1	1
81	Kononenko Dmitry	GM	2563	A DAN DZO & PGMB	2590	4	6	66.7	4
82	Hracek Zbynek	GM	2606	Werder Bremen	2589	3	6	50	2
83	Laznicka Viktor	GM	2634	1. Novoborsky SK	2585	3	7	42.9	1
84	Tiviakov Sergei	GM	2670	Tomsk-400	2585	2.5	5	50	1
85	Stanojoski Zvonko	GM	2492	Alkaloid Skopje	2582	2.5	4	62.5	6
86	Vysochin Spartak	GM	2550	PVK - Kievchess	2580	5.5	7	78.6	6
87	Feller Sebastien	GM	2570	EVRY Grand Roque	2580	3.5	7	50	1
88	Nepomniachtchi Ian	GM	2632	ShSM-64 Moscow	2579	4.5	6	75	5
89	Kogan Artur	GM	2522	Ashdod Illit Chess Club	2578	2.5	3	83.3	6
90	Zinchenko Yaroslav	GM	2539	A DAN DZO & PGMB	2576	4.5	6	75	6
91	Chatalbashev Boris	GM	2556	Gambit-Peksim Skopje	2573	4	6	66.7	1
92	Beliavsky Alexander G	GM	2656	PVK - Kievchess	2571	4.5	7	64.3	4
93	Ruck Robert	GM	2548	ASVOe Pamhagen	2570	4	7	57.1	1
94	Boros Denes	IM	2462	Zalaegerszegi Csuti-Hydrocomp	2566	5	7	71.4	3
95	Huzman Alexander	GM	2599	Beer Sheva Chess Club	2565	4	7	57.1	1
96	Pedersen Christian Kyndel	IM	2440	Jetsmark	2563	4.5	7	64.3	1
97	Babula Vlastimil	GM	2569	Werder Bremen	2558	4	7	57.1	3
98	Georgiev Vladimir	GM	2537	KSH Llamkos	2550	5	6	83.3	1
99	Haba Petr	GM	2541	1. Novoborsky SK	2550	3.5	6	58.3	3
100	Kuzubov Yuriy	GM	2636	A DAN DZO & PGMB	2550	3	6	50	2

25th ECC Ohrid w (MKD), 4-10 x 2009 Final Round 7 Standings:
Rk.	SNo	FED	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	2	RUS	Spartak Vidnoe	7	5	2	0	12	21.0	97.5
2	1	MNC	Cercle d'Echecs Monte Carlo	7	3	3	1	9	18.5	86.5
3	3	GEO	Samaia Tbilisi	7	3	3	1	9	15.5	105.5
4	4	RUS	Economist-SGSEU Saratov	7	3	3	1	9	15.5	101.0
5	5	MNE	T-com Podgorica	7	4	1	2	9	15.0	81.5
6	6	ROU	CS Cotnari-Politehnica Iasi	7	2	4	1	8	15.0	80.0
7	9	POL	Polonia Votum Wroclaw	7	3	2	2	8	13.0	91.0
8	10	SRB	Radnicki Rudovci	7	3	1	3	7	11.0	90.5
9	7	ARM	Mika Yerevan	7	2	2	3	6	12.5	94.5
10	8	SRB	BAS Beograd	7	2	1	4	5	11.5	80.0
11	11	FRA	Vandoeuvre Echecs	7	1	0	6	2	5.5	86.5

4) FIDE Women's Grand Prix Nanjing China

The FIDE Women's Grand Prix had a tournament in Nanjing, China, alongside the main 2nd Pearl Spring tournament 27th Sept - 9th October 2009.

Xu Yuhua edged out long time leader Nana Dzagnidze by half a point. They both drew in the final round.

Official site (In English): http://www.chess-pearlspring.com/www/chess_pk/2009/en/ and also http://nanjing2009.fide.com/schedule.html

FIDE GP w Nanjing (CHN), 28 ix-9 x 2009													cat. VIII (2447)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Xu Yuhua	g	CHN	2485	*	0	½	½	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	8	2619
2.	Dzagnidze, Nana	g	GEO	2535	1	*	½	0	½	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	7½	2572
3.	Zhao Xue	g	CHN	2542	½	½	*	1	0	0	1	½	½	1	1	1	7	2540
4.	Sebag, Marie	g	FRA	2519	½	1	0	*	½	1	0	1	0	1	½	1	6½	2505
5.	Mkrtchian, Lilit	m	ARM	2468	0	½	1	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	6½	2510
6.	Ju Wenjun		CHN	2443	0	0	1	0	½	*	1	1	½	½	1	1	6½	2512
7.	Shen Yang	wg	CHN	2453	0	1	0	1	½	0	*	½	½	1	½	1	6	2482
8.	Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	wg	MGL	2418	1	½	½	0	½	0	½	*	½	0	1	1	5½	2450
9.	Kovanova, Baira	wg	RUS	2408	0	0	½	1	½	½	½	½	*	0	½	1	5	2415
10.	Zhu Chen	g	QAT	2488	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	1	1	*	½	1	4½	2378
11.	Fierro Baquero, Martha L	m	ECU	2386	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	½	½	*	0	2	2191
12.	Yildiz, Betul Cemre	wm	TUR	2224	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	*	1	2084

Round 2 (September 29, 2009)
Xu Yuhua	- Shen Yang	1-0	45	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Zhao Xue	- Ju Wenjun	0-1	39	D80	Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Sebag, Marie	- Mkrtchian, Lilit	½-½	42	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Kovanova, Baira	- Fierro Baquero, Martha L	½-½	43	C41	Philidor's Defence
Zhu Chen	- Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	1-0	37	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Yildiz, Betul Cemre	- Dzagnidze, Nana	0-1	46	B06	Modern Defence
Round 3 (September 30, 2009)
Dzagnidze, Nana	- Zhu Chen	1-0	33	D49	Queens Gambit Meran
Mkrtchian, Lilit	- Xu Yuhua	0-1	38	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Ju Wenjun	- Yildiz, Betul Cemre	1-0	40	D20	QGA
Shen Yang	- Zhao Xue	0-1	50	E38	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	- Kovanova, Baira	½-½	64	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Fierro Baquero, Martha L	- Sebag, Marie	½-½	58	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 4 (October 1, 2009)
Xu Yuhua	- Fierro Baquero, Martha L	1-0	43	B07	Pirc Defence
Zhao Xue	- Yildiz, Betul Cemre	1-0	31	A29	English Four Knights
Sebag, Marie	- Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	1-0	96	C42	Petroff's Defence
Shen Yang	- Mkrtchian, Lilit	½-½	29	E47	Nimzo Indian
Kovanova, Baira	- Dzagnidze, Nana	0-1	74	B47	Sicilian Paulsen
Zhu Chen	- Ju Wenjun	½-½	29	E70	King's Indian Fianchetto
Round 5 (October 2, 2009)
Dzagnidze, Nana	- Sebag, Marie	0-1	57	D47	Queens Gambit Meran
Mkrtchian, Lilit	- Zhao Xue	1-0	32	E46	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Ju Wenjun	- Kovanova, Baira	½-½	59	E15	Queens Indian
Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	- Xu Yuhua	1-0	50	C11	French Defence
Fierro Baquero, Martha L	- Shen Yang	½-½	61	C90	Ruy Lopez
Yildiz, Betul Cemre	- Zhu Chen	0-1	46	B00	Owen or Nimzowitsch Defence
Round 6 (October 4, 2009)
Xu Yuhua	- Dzagnidze, Nana	0-1	35	B53	Sicilian Hungarian
Zhao Xue	- Zhu Chen	1-0	55	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Sebag, Marie	- Ju Wenjun	1-0	40	B97	Sicilian Najdorf
Mkrtchian, Lilit	- Fierro Baquero, Martha L	1-0	25	E90	King's Indian Classical
Shen Yang	- Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	½-½	51	A65	Benoni
Kovanova, Baira	- Yildiz, Betul Cemre	1-0	40	C55	Two Knights Defence
Round 7 (October 5, 2009)
Dzagnidze, Nana	- Shen Yang	0-1	57	D16	Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Ju Wenjun	- Xu Yuhua	0-1	33	A14	Reti Opening
Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	- Mkrtchian, Lilit	½-½	64	B18	Caro Kann
Zhu Chen	- Kovanova, Baira	1-0	37	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Fierro Baquero, Martha L	- Zhao Xue	0-1	67	C90	Ruy Lopez
Yildiz, Betul Cemre	- Sebag, Marie	0-1	57	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 8 (October 6, 2009)
Xu Yuhua	- Yildiz, Betul Cemre	1-0	41	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Zhao Xue	- Kovanova, Baira	½-½	72	E15	Queens Indian
Sebag, Marie	- Zhu Chen	1-0	58	C41	Philidor's Defence
Mkrtchian, Lilit	- Dzagnidze, Nana	½-½	21	E53	Nimzo Indian
Shen Yang	- Ju Wenjun	0-1	70	E90	King's Indian Classical
Fierro Baquero, Martha L	- Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	0-1	47	C77	Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Round 9 (October 7, 2009)
Dzagnidze, Nana	- Fierro Baquero, Martha L	1-0	73	E73	King's Indian Averbakh
Ju Wenjun	- Mkrtchian, Lilit	½-½	37	E15	Queens Indian
Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	- Zhao Xue	½-½	67	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Kovanova, Baira	- Sebag, Marie	1-0	49	B91	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.g3
Zhu Chen	- Xu Yuhua	0-1	40	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Yildiz, Betul Cemre	- Shen Yang	0-1	37	C45	Scotch Game
Round 10 (October 8, 2009)
Xu Yuhua	- Kovanova, Baira	1-0	31	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Zhao Xue	- Sebag, Marie	1-0	41	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Mkrtchian, Lilit	- Yildiz, Betul Cemre	1-0	30	A09	Reti Opening
Shen Yang	- Zhu Chen	1-0	28	D39	QGD Ragozin
Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	- Dzagnidze, Nana	½-½	50	B47	Sicilian Paulsen
Fierro Baquero, Martha L	- Ju Wenjun	0-1	40	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 11 (October 9, 2009)
Dzagnidze, Nana	- Zhao Xue	½-½	103	E12	Queens Indian Petrosian
Sebag, Marie	- Xu Yuhua	½-½	47	C07	French Tarrasch
Ju Wenjun	- Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	1-0	52	A61	Benoni
Kovanova, Baira	- Shen Yang	½-½	24	C01	French Exchange
Zhu Chen	- Mkrtchian, Lilit	½-½	85	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Yildiz, Betul Cemre	- Fierro Baquero, Martha L	1-0	51	B00	Owen or Nimzowitsch Defence

5) US Women's Championship

The US Women's Championship takes place in Saint Louis 4th-13th October 2009.

Official site: http://www.saintlouischessclub.org/US-Womens-Championship-2009http://www.saintlouischessclub.org/US-Womens-Championship-2009

ch-USA w Saint Louis (USA), 4-13 x 2009												cat. II (2292)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Zatonskih, Anna	m	USA	2462	*	½	1	1	.	1	1	1	1	.	6½	2736
2.	Baginskaite, Camilla	wg	USA	2317	½	*	½	.	.	½	1	1	1	1	5½	2490
3.	Melekhina, Alisa	wm	USA	2220	0	½	*	½	1	½	.	1	.	1	4½	2410
4.	Krush, Irina	m	USA	2458	0	.	½	*	1	1	1	.	½	½	4½	2369
5.	Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	wg	USA	2320	.	.	0	0	*	1	0	½	1	1	3½	2260
6.	Goletiani, Rusudan	wg	USA	2391	0	½	½	0	0	*	1	½	.	.	2½	2228
7.	Battsetseg, Tsagaan	wm	USA	2258	0	0	.	0	1	0	*	.	½	1	2½	2207
8.	Abrahamyan, Tatev	wf	USA	2275	0	0	0	.	½	½	.	*	1	0	2	2117
9.	Zenyuk, Iryna	wf	USA	2285	0	0	.	½	0	.	½	0	*	1	2	2131
10.	Fan Yun		USA	1935	.	0	0	½	0	.	0	1	0	*	1½	2074

Round 2 (October 5, 2009)
Zatonskih, Anna	- Battsetseg, Tsagaan	1-0	33	E68	King's Indian Fianchetto
Melekhina, Alisa	- Baginskaite, Camilla	½-½	43	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	- Abrahamyan, Tatev	½-½	38	E94	King's Indian Classical
Goletiani, Rusudan	- Krush, Irina	0-1	91	A11	Reti Opening
Fan Yun	- Zenyuk, Iryna	0-1	60	B52	Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 3 (October 6, 2009)
Baginskaite, Camilla	- Goletiani, Rusudan	½-½	33	A37	English Symmetrical
Krush, Irina	- Zatonskih, Anna	0-1	28	D56	Queens Gambit Lasker's Defence
Battsetseg, Tsagaan	- Fan Yun	1-0	101	B62	Sicilian Rauzer
Abrahamyan, Tatev	- Melekhina, Alisa	0-1	42	C55	Two Knights Defence
Zenyuk, Iryna	- Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	0-1	46	D10	Slav Defence
Round 4 (October 7, 2009)
Zatonskih, Anna	- Baginskaite, Camilla	½-½	41	E04	Catalan
Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	- Melekhina, Alisa	0-1	55	E94	King's Indian Classical
Goletiani, Rusudan	- Abrahamyan, Tatev	½-½	54	A26	English Sicilian Attack
Zenyuk, Iryna	- Battsetseg, Tsagaan	½-½	46	E70	King's Indian Fianchetto
Fan Yun	- Krush, Irina	½-½	39	B60	Sicilian Rauzer
Round 5 (October 8, 2009)
Baginskaite, Camilla	- Fan Yun	1-0	55	D58	Queens Gambit Tartakover
Melekhina, Alisa	- Goletiani, Rusudan	½-½	46	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Krush, Irina	- Zenyuk, Iryna	½-½	45	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Battsetseg, Tsagaan	- Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	1-0	90	B35	Sicilian Defence
Abrahamyan, Tatev	- Zatonskih, Anna	0-1	57	C24	Bishop's Opening
Round 6 (October 10, 2009)
Zatonskih, Anna	- Melekhina, Alisa	1-0	63	E62	King's Indian 6...Nc6
Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	- Goletiani, Rusudan	1-0	53	E39	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Battsetseg, Tsagaan	- Krush, Irina	0-1	43	B28	Sicilian Early a7-a6
Zenyuk, Iryna	- Baginskaite, Camilla	0-1	57	D38	QGD Ragozin
Fan Yun	- Abrahamyan, Tatev	1-0	51	A26	English Sicilian Attack
Round 7 (October 11, 2009)
Baginskaite, Camilla	- Battsetseg, Tsagaan	1-0	31	E68	King's Indian Fianchetto
Melekhina, Alisa	- Fan Yun	1-0	35	B18	Caro Kann
Krush, Irina	- Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	1-0	48	D17	Slav Defence
Goletiani, Rusudan	- Zatonskih, Anna	0-1	36	A09	Reti Opening
Abrahamyan, Tatev	- Zenyuk, Iryna	1-0	37	B77	Sicilian Modern Dragon

6) 9th Winterthur Chess Week

The 9th Master Open took place in Winterthur 3rd-10th October 2009. Mikhail Ulibin won the event with 7/9.

Official site: http://www.svwinterthur.ch/schachwoche/indexEngl.html

9th Master Open Winterthur (SUI), 3-10 x 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank	Name		Elo	FED	Pts	Buchh
1	Ulibin,Mikhail	GM	2533	RUS	7	50
2	Sipos,Istvan	FM	2487	HUN	6.5	49.5
3	Bogner,Sebastian	GM	2502	GER	6.5	49
3	Lund,Silas	IM	2392	DEN	6.5	49
5	Hajnal,Zoltan	IM	2409	HUN	6.5	45.5
6	Prohaszka,Peter	IM	2510	HUN	6	48.5
7	Bindrich,Falko	GM	2516	GER	5.5	51
8	Berczes,David	GM	2521	HUN	5.5	50
8	Haimovich,Tal	IM	2422	ISR	5.5	50
10	Mede,Istvan		2267	HUN	5.5	46.5
11	Blasko,Istvan	FM	2316	HUN	5.5	45.5
12	Ansell,Simon	IM	2380	ENG	5.5	45
12	Rosenthal,Jonathan		2261	SUI	5.5	45
14	Nabavi,Parwis		2176	GER	5.5	44
15	Glauser,Hansruedi	FM	2158	SUI	5.5	41.5
16	Akermann,Thomas		2139	SUI	5.5	39.5
17	Bakin,Alexander	FM	2252	RUS	5.5	39
18	Battaglini,Gabriel		2360	FRA	5.5	37.5
19	Toth,Ervin	IM	2392	HUN	5	52
20	Ballmann,Martin	IM	2386	SUI	5	45.5
21	Feuerstack,Aljoscha		2395	GER	5	45
21	Gähwiler,Gabriel		2223	SUI	5	45
23	Kamber,Bruno	FM	2325	SUI	5	43
24	Schleicher,Guido		2269	GER	4.5	44
58 players

7) Spanish Championship

The 74th Spanish Championship took place in Cala Major - Palma de Mallorca, 26th September - 4th October 2009. 9 Round Swiss. Francisco Vallejo Pons won easily with 8/9. Some more games now available.

Official site: http://www.escacs.org/ce2009/index.php - Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr25795.aspx - Details

74th ch-ESP Cala Major (ESP), 26 ix - 4 x 2009 Leading Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Elo	Pts.	Des 1	Des 2	Des 3
1	Vallejo Pons Francisco	GM	ESP	2696	8	49	42	41.5
2	Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel	GM	ESP	2570	7	50	42	37
3	Del Rio De Angelis Salvador G	GM	ESP	2559	7	48.5	41.5	36
4	Cacho Reigadas Sergio	IM	ESP	2484	7	48.5	40.5	37
5	De La Villa Garcia Jesus Maria	GM	ESP	2481	6.5	49.5	42.5	36
6	Illescas Cordoba Miguel	GM	ESP	2591	6.5	49.5	41.5	36
7	Arizmendi Martinez Julen Luis	GM	ESP	2532	6.5	47	40	35
8	Alonso Rosell Alvar	IM	ESP	2487	6.5	44.5	38	34.5
9	Camacho Collados Marcos		ESP	2231	6.5	44	37	32.5
10	Fernandez Siles Luis	FM	ESP	2334	6.5	43.5	37	33
11	Oms Pallisse Josep	GM	ESP	2498	6.5	39.5	34	29
12	Vassallo Barroche Mauricio	IM	ESP	2411	6	47	40	32.5
13	Cabrera Alexis	GM	ESP	2529	6	47	39	34.5
14	Recuero Guerra David	IM	ESP	2492	6	46.5	39.5	32
15	Teran Alvarez Ismael	IM	ESP	2432	6	46.5	38.5	32.5
16	Cuenca Jimenez Jose Fernando	IM	ESP	2460	6	45	38	31
17	Valmana Canto Jaime	FM	ESP	2332	6	44.5	36.5	30.5
18	Camacho Collados Jose	FM	ESP	2401	6	44	37.5	31
19	Alvarez Fernandez Enrique	FM	ESP	2340	6	44	37.5	31
20	Mascaro March Pedro	FM	ESP	2369	6	43.5	36.5	32
21	Aloma Vidal Robert	IM	ESP	2462	6	40.5	34.5	32.5
22	Gaya Llodra Juan		ESP	2218	6	40	33.5	28
23	Vega Gutierrez Sabrina	WGM	ESP	2357	6	39	32	30
24	Menvielle Laccourreye Augusto	FM	ESP	2254	5.5	47	40	30.5
25	Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel	GM	ESP	2430	5.5	46.5	40	33
26	Vehi Bach Victor Manuel	IM	ESP	2381	5.5	44.5	36.5	31
27	Del Rey Diego	FM	ESP	2419	5.5	43	36.5	29.5
28	Gutierrez Castillo Paloma	WIM	ESP	2151	5.5	43	36.5	27.5
29	Fenollar Jorda Manuel	FM	ESP	2311	5.5	42.5	35.5	28.5
30	Garcia-Ortega Mendez Jose M		ESP	2277	5.5	42	36	29.5
31	Narciso Dublan Marc	GM	ESP	2533	5.5	38.5	32.5	26
32	Estremera Panos Sergio	IM	ESP	2402	5.5	38	31.5	27.5
33	Barcelo Pujadas Pedro Jose		ESP	2249	5.5	37	31	25
34	Garza Marco Sergio	IM	ESP	2447	5	48	40	33
35	Astasio Lopez David		ESP	2315	5	45.5	38.5	29.5
119 players

8) Semifinal of the Italian Championship

The Semifinal of the Italian Championship. 30 players. Among the players GM Lexy Ortega, IM Luca Shitaj, (IM) Daniele Genocchio, IM Danil Dvirny, IM Denis and IM Axel Rombaldoni, IM Pierluigi Piscopo, IM Daniel Contin, IM Paolo Vezzosi, IM Spartaco Sarno. The top 5 play in the final of the Italian Championship starting on November 20th again in Aosta Valley, in the town of Sarre. GM Fabiano Caruana (winner of the last 2 editions) this year will not play the Italian Championship, because he got a "wild card" by Fide to play World Cup in Khanty Mansiysk.

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

69th ch-ITA s/f Arvier (ITA), 26 ix-4 x 2009
1	FM	GENOCCHIO Daniele	2455	6.5	44.5
2	IM	ROMBALDONI Denis	2469	6	45.5
3	FM	VALSECCHI Alessio	2361	6	43
4	GM	ORTEGA Lexy	2437	6	42.00	45.50
5	FM	ROMBALDONI Axel	2451	6	42.00	45.00
6	FM	SIBILIO Mario	2345	6	41.5
7	IM	SHYTAJ Luca	2481	5	44
8	IM	CONTIN Daniel	2291	5	43.5
9	FM	DVIRNYY Daniyyl	2447	5	42.5
10	IM	PISCOPO Pierluigi	2432	5	42
11	IM	SARNO Spartaco	2324	5	40
12	FM	DE SANTIS Alessio	2309	5	38
13	IM	VEZZOSI Paolo	2381	5	37
14	CM	PEPINO Enrico	2128	5	35
15	FM	SCALCIONE Michelange	2387	4.5	40
16	-M	RETTORE Ludwig	2175	4.5	39.5
17	IM	MARTORELLI Antonio	2228	4.5	38
18	CM	CODENOTTI Marco	2122	4.5	36.5
19	CM	MARGUERETTAZ Davy	2049	4.5	35
20	CM	MESSINA Giuseppe Ott	2076	4.5	34.5
21	FM	BENTIVEGNA Francesco	2349	4.5	31
22	FM	MOLINA Fabrizio	2239	4	35.50	38.50
23	-M	GOVONI Fausto	2210	4	35.50	36.00
24	CM	ROTA Simone	2025	4	35
25	CM	ASTENGO Marcello	2134	3.5	36.5
26	-M	PARRELLA Alfredo	2089	3.5	33
27	CM	VESPE Francesco	1976	3.5	26.5
28	FM	RICCI Marco	2128	3	31
29	CM	POMPILIO Gaetano	1927	1	30.5

9) 6th Highlands Open International Chess Festival

6th Highlands Open International Chess Festival 2009, took 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. I will round up the results next week.

Official site: http://www.czechtour.net/highlands-open/

IMA Zdar nad Sazavou (CZE), 26 ix-3 x 2009												cat. I (2259)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Piankov, Evgenij	m	UKR	2367	*	0	1	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	6½	2412
2.	Rosko, Lubos	f	CZE	2298	1	*	1	0	1	0	½	½	1	1	6	2379
3.	Heinzel, Olaf	m	GER	2342	0	0	*	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	6	2374
4.	Kratochvil, Josef		CZE	2202	0	1	½	*	½	1	½	1	0	1	5½	2345
5.	Vojta, Tomas	f	CZE	2374	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	½	5	2288
6.	Boehnisch, Manfred	f	GER	2364	½	1	0	0	½	*	½	½	1	1	5	2290
7.	Volodin, Viktor	m	RUS	2198	½	½	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	4	2222
8.	Bartos, Jan	f	CZE	2249	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	*	1	½	3	2134
9.	Jelinek, Vaclav		CZE	2049	0	0	0	1	0	0	½	0	*	½	2	2062
10.	Siebenburger, Vlastimil		CZE	2144	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	*	2	2051

Highlands Open Zdar nad Sazavou (CZE), 26 ix-3 x 2009
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1
1	Gorbatov Alexej	IM	RUS	2378	7	49
2	Vecera Pavel		CZE	2188	6.5	51
3	Loktiev Ivan	IM	RUS	2261	6.5	50.5
4	Karhanek Pavel		CZE	2212	6.5	48.5
5	Vorobyov Yrij	FM	UKR	2232	6.5	48
6	Didi Jan		CZE	2044	6	44.5
7	Skokan Frantisek		CZE	1853	6	39.5
8	Hantak Adam		GER	2125	5.5	50
9	Simon Peter		GER	2159	5.5	49.5
10	Heinola Vesa		SWE	2256	5.5	48.5
11	Vala Filip		CZE	2037	5.5	47
12	Krondraf Karel		CZE	2200	5.5	47
13	Vesely Jaromir		CZE	2071	5.5	45.5
14	Paldus Petr		CZE	2025	5.5	44.5
15	Simon Eric		GER	2093	5.5	44.5
16	Jiruse Josef		CZE	2066	5.5	44.5
17	Bradac Roman		CZE	2035	5.5	41
18	Tesar Jan		CZE	2101	5	51
19	Cieslak Leszek		CZE	1972	5	45.5
20	Cermak Michael		CZE	1946	5	42
21	Helin Mikael		SWE	1961	5	41.5
22	Endler Boris		CZE	1897	5	40
23	Horyna Josef		CZE	1859	5	35.5
24	Pavlis Jaromir		CZE	2102	4.5	48.5
56 players

10) Uxbridge Chess Congress Open

The Uxbridge Chess Congress took place 18th-20th September 2009. Alexei Slavin and James Adair finished on 4.5/5.

Uxbridge Chess Congress Open (USA), 18-20 ix 2009
Rank	Name	Ti	Fed.	Score	Rating	TPR	W-We
1	Slavin, Alexei	FM	RUS	4.5	2331	2721	2.2
2	Adair, James		ENG	4.5	2138	2333	0.8
3	Arkell, Keith C	GM	ENG	4	2478	2449	-0.09
4	Cherniaev, Alexander	GM	RUS	4	2469	2451	0
5	Cox, John J	IM	ENG	4	2378	2346	-0.07
6	Tymrakiewicz, Rafal		POL	3.5	2269	2315	0.24
7	White, Michael J R	FM	ENG	3.5	2227	2218	0.03
8	Griffiths, Ryan Rhys		IRL	3.5	2138	2182	0.26
9	Doci, Stefan		SVK	3.5	2076	1954	-0.32
10	Amato, Giampiero		ITA	3.5	2047	2300	1.29
11	Radovanovic, Jovica	FM	SRB	3	2361	2299	-0.28
12	Tozer, Richard J D	IM	ENG	3	2286	2239	-0.21
13	Stone, Andrew M		ENG	3	2232	2119	-0.57
14	Burrows, Martin P		ENG	3	2172	2188	0.06
15	Ociepka, Adrian		POL	3	2127	2043	-0.5
16	Bonafont, Philip R		ENG	3	2126	2115	-0.07
17	Dargan, Paul A G		ENG	3	2125	2117	-0.06
18	Sen, Subin		ENG	3	2098	2179	0.39
19	Bailey, Kevin J		ENG	3	2083	2039	-0.1
20	Compton, Alistair		NZL	3	2065	2077	0.09
21	Seyfried, Claus		GER	3	2041	2176	0.71
22	Tserendorj, Sainbayar		MGL	3	2021	2014	-0.08
23	Healey, Michael W		ENG	3	2016	2083	0.2
24	Yurenok, Maria S	WFM	ENG	3	1981	2139	1.09
25	Williams, Peter A		ENG	3	1961	2259	1.5
26	Davda, Rahil P		ENG	3	1839	2133	1.03
27	Haria, Ravi		ENG	3	1828	2130	1.06
28	Ynojosa, Felix Jose		ENG	2.5	2197	1858	-1.31
69 players

11) First Saturday October

The First Saturday Budapest, Hungary, GM-IM-FM round robin tournaments take place 3rd-12th October 2009.

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

FSGM October Budapest (HUN), 3-12 x 2009												cat. VIII (2437)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Shankland, Samuel L	m	USA	2474	*	0	.	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	5½	2565
2.	Czebe, Attila	g	HUN	2485	1	*	½	½	½	½	½	.	½	1	5	2534
3.	Esen, Baris	m	TUR	2494	.	½	*	0	½	½	½	1	½	1	4½	2467
4.	Ilincic, Zlatko	g	SRB	2474	1	½	1	*	.	½	0	½	½	0	4	2432
5.	Fodor, Tamas jr	f	HUN	2430	½	½	½	.	*	½	1	0	½	½	4	2432
6.	Varga, Zoltan	g	HUN	2481	0	½	½	½	½	*	1	½	.	½	4	2449
7.	Szabo, Krisztian1	m	HUN	2489	0	½	½	1	0	0	*	1	1	.	4	2437
8.	Solomon, Kenny	m	RSA	2369	0	.	0	½	1	½	0	*	½	1	3½	2396
9.	Wittmann, Walter	m	AUT	2291	0	½	½	½	½	.	0	½	*	½	3	2362
10.	Erdelyi, Zombor		HUN	2380	0	0	0	1	½	½	.	0	½	*	2½	2296

FSIMA October Budapest (HUN), 3-12 x 2009												cat. I (2259)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Le Thanh Tu	wg	VIE	2305	*	0	½	½	1	.	1	1	1	1	6	2447
2.	Lengyel, Bela	m	HUN	2251	1	*	½	0	½	1	1	½	.	1	5½	2396
3.	Dencsi, Tibor	f	HUN	2338	½	½	*	½	.	½	½	1	1	1	5½	2398
4.	Adams, Nick A		USA	2221	½	1	½	*	½	½	.	1	½	½	5	2345
5.	Roberts, Paul		SCO	2193	0	½	.	½	*	½	1	½	½	1	4½	2300
6.	Rooze, Jan	f	BEL	2253	.	0	½	½	½	*	1	0	1	1	4½	2297
7.	Berczes, Csaba	m	HUN	2368	0	0	½	.	0	0	*	1	1	1	3½	2207
8.	Kahn, Evarth	m	HUN	2245	0	½	0	0	½	1	0	*	½	.	2½	2137
9.	Vegh, Endre	m	HUN	2296	0	.	0	½	½	0	0	½	*	0	1½	2004
10.	Dave, Dhyani	wf	IND	2124	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	.	1	*	1½	2027

FSIMB October Budapest (HUN), 3-12 x 2009												cat. I (2274)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Papp, Petra		HUN	2192	*	0	1	½	1	½	.	1	1	1	6	2478
2.	Ferkingstad, Sjur		NOR	2292	1	*	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	6	2396
3.	Turzo, Attila	m	HUN	2314	0	1	*	0	½	.	1	1	½	1	5	2343
4.	Farago, Sandor	m	HUN	2236	½	1	1	*	1	0	½	0	0	1	5	2320
5.	Kislik, Erik Andrew	f	USA	2339	0	1	½	0	*	1	½	½	1	.	4½	2330
6.	Nguyen, Thanh Son	m	VIE	2437	½	0	.	1	0	*	1	½	½	1	4½	2291
7.	Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij	m	HUN	2256	.	0	0	½	½	0	*	1	1	½	3½	2242
8.	Lyell, Mark	f	ENG	2217	0	0	0	1	½	½	0	*	.	1	3	2183
9.	Szalanczy, Emil	m	HUN	2354	0	0	½	1	0	½	0	.	*	0	2	2077
10.	Malinarski, Yehuda		ISR	2098	0	0	0	0	.	0	½	0	1	*	1½	2036

12) Icelandic Teams

The Icelandic Team Championship takes place 25th September 2009 - 3rd March 2010. Rounds 1-4 have taken place.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr25745.aspx

Official site in Icelandic: http://www.skaksamband.is

13) Galicia Chess Festival

Phil Adams reports: Galicia Chess Festival, 25-27 September 2009, Orense, Spain.The prize fund was 54,000 euros. They are planning to run it again next year, in Santiago de Compostella.

In the 1970s, Galicia was one of the main areas of Spanish chess activity, hosting many strong international events. More recently, the area has been overshadowed by Linares, Dos Hermanas and Bilbao, but the 2009 Galicia Chess Festival marks the return of major chess events to Galicia. This year the festival was held in the beautiful city of Orense, which hosted some of the strongest Spanish chess tournaments of the 1970s.

The main event consisted of the Fernando Marcote Memorial Rapidplay Open - 7 rounds at 25 minutes plus ten seconds per move increment, followed by splitting into two sections, the top 16 and the rest; ten rounds in all, over three days. The event is named in memory of one of the greatest workers and organizers for chess in Galicia, and the founder of the club that bears his name and which trained such strong players as Paco Vallejo and the up and coming Ivan Salgado. Señor Marcote’s widow and son were present to give their support to the event, as were the President of Galicia, Señor Alberto Núñez Feijóo, and the President and Vice-President of Orense County Council, Señor José Luis Baltar and Señor Moisés Blanco.

The very generous prize fund of 54,000 euros attracted a good entry, including 16 GMs. After three days of combat, the winner of the top prize in the Rapidplay of 5000 euros was the well known GM Julio Granda from Peru. The women’s champion was Spain’s Graciela Redondo, who pipped the favourite Elena Sedina from Italy for the 3,000 euros prize; Ms Sedina will not have gone away too unhappy however, since she received the second prize of 1,500 euros, to add to the 1,000 she won in the Blitz event!

Your modestly rated reporter managed to win the Veteran’s prize in the Rapidplay of 120 euros, with a score of 6/10. I gave the Blitz a miss, opting to give my blood pressure the benefit of a relaxing (and free!) catamaran cruise down the beautiful river Miño instead!

The weather was scorching, but the venue, the large Paco Paz sports complex, was fairly cool.

Fernando Marcote Memorial Rapidplay Open Orense (ESP), 25-27 ix 2009
Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Hernandez Carmenates Holden	CUB	2561	7,5	49,5	61,5	7
2		Fernandez Borrego Pablo	ESP	2298	7,5	46,0	56,5	6
3	GM	Drozdovskij Yuri	UKR	2627	7,0	53,5	66,0	4
4	GM	Milov Vadim	SUI	2659	7,0	53,5	64,5	4
5	GM	Aleksandrov Aleksej	BLR	2639	7,0	53,0	65,5	4
6	GM	Agrest Evgenij	SWE	2588	7,0	52,5	65,0	4
7	GM	Gashimov Vugar	AZE	2740	7,0	52,5	64,5	4
8	IM	Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo	CUB	2517	7,0	52,5	64,0	4
9	GM	Hamdouchi Hicham	FRA	2590	7,0	52,5	63,5	4
10	GM	Van Wely Loek	NED	2650	7,0	52,0	65,0	5
11	GM	Epishin Vladimir	RUS	2590	7,0	52,0	64,0	5
12	GM	Salgado Lopez Ivan	ESP	2555	7,0	51,5	63,5	5
13	GM	Korneev Oleg	RUS	2554	7,0	51,0	63,0	5
14	IM	Guerra Bastida Diego	ESP	2418	7,0	50,5	62,0	6
15	IM	Rodriguez Lopez Rafael	ESP	2318	7,0	50,5	62,0	5
16	IM	Pena Gomez Manuel	ESP	2439	7,0	50,0	61,5	5
17	IM	Martinez Martin David	ESP	2399	7,0	48,5	59,0	5
18	FM	Taboas Rodriguez Daniel	ESP	2371	7,0	46,0	57,0	6
19	GM	Hoffman Alejandro	ARG	2408	7,0	45,5	56,5	7
20	GM	Strikovic Aleksa	SRB	2512	6,5	50,5	62,5	5
21	GM	Granda Zuniga Julio E	PER	2644	6,5	50,5	62,0	4
22	GM	Bauer Christian	FRA	2590	6,5	50,0	62,5	4
23	GM	Cifuentes Parada Roberto	ESP	2532	6,5	48,5	59,0	4
24	WFM	Redondo Arguelles Graciela	ESP	2059	6,5	48,0	59,0	6
25	IM	Sedina Elena	ITA	2335	6,5	47,0	59,0	5
26		Leiros Vila Avelino	ESP	2154	6,5	44,5	54,0	6
27		Teijeiro Barros Alberto	ESP	2176	6,5	44,0	55,5	5
116 players

More details at http://www.galiciachessfestival.com/rapido_final.pdf

The "Xacobeo 2010" Blitz Championship, played on the Saturday evening, attracted an entry of 115 players, competing over ten rounds at 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move. GM Vugar Gashimov from Azerbaijan won the overall first prize of 2,000 euros.

Xacobeo 2010 Blitz Championship Open Orense (ESP), 26 ix 2009
Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Gashimov Vugar	AZE	2740	9,5	55,5	69,0	9
2	GM	Drozdovskij Yuri	UKR	2627	7,5	57,0	71,5	7
3	GM	Van Wely Loek	NED	2650	7,5	54,5	68,0	7
4	GM	Bauer Christian	FRA	2590	7,5	53,5	67,5	6
5	GM	Agrest Evgenij	SWE	2588	7,5	53,5	66,0	6
6	GM	Hamdouchi Hicham	FRA	2590	7,5	52,5	67,0	7
7	GM	Hernandez Carmenates Holden	CUB	2561	7,5	52,0	66,5	7
8	FM	Taboas Rodriguez Daniel	ESP	2371	7,5	51,5	64,0	7
9	GM	Epishin Vladimir	RUS	2590	7,5	51,0	63,5	6
10	GM	Korneev Oleg	RUS	2554	7,5	48,0	60,5	6
11	GM	Milov Vadim	SUI	2659	7,0	51,5	64,0	7
12	IM	Pena Gomez Manuel	ESP	2439	7,0	51,0	63,5	7
13	GM	Salgado Lopez Ivan	ESP	2555	7,0	51,0	63,5	6
14	GM	Strikovic Aleksa	SRB	2512	7,0	47,5	62,0	7
15	IM	Guerra Bastida Diego	ESP	2418	7,0	45,5	58,0	7
16	IM	Martinez Martin David	ESP	2399	7,0	42,5	54,0	7
17	GM	Cifuentes Parada Roberto	ESP	2532	6,5	52,0	66,5	6
18		Fernandez Borrego Pablo	ESP	2298	6,5	51,0	62,5	6
19	IM	Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo	CUB	2517	6,5	49,5	62,0	6
20	GM	Hoffman Alejandro	ARG	2408	6,5	49,0	60,5	6
21	GM	Aleksandrov Aleksej	BLR	2639	6,5	48,0	59,5	6
22		Cruz Alvarez De Ron Dan	ESP	2301	6,5	47,0	58,5	6
23		Vila Gonzalez Daniel	ESP	2054	6,5	45,5	55,5	6
24	IM	Sedina Elena	ITA	2335	6,5	43,5	55,0	5
25	IM	Rodriguez Lopez Rafael	ESP	2318	6,0	50,0	61,5	6
115 players

A curious incident occurred in one of the games in the final top 16 section between GM Hamdouchi and IM Ortiz. The game began as normal, then after a few moves Hamdouchi pointed out to his opponent that Ortiz’s king and queen were misplaced. Since this was a rapid game, and more than three moves had been made, Ortiz had to continue the game with his king and queen the wrong way round and his king unable to castle; he lost.

Next year’s event, for which funding has already been assured, will be in the historic pilgrimage city of Santiago de Compostela, in connection with the celebration of the "Xacobeo 2010". The main mover behind the Festival, IM Roberto Páramos, said: "Next year’s event will be even bigger – come and join us in Santiago!"

http://www.galiciachessfestival.com

http://chess-results.com/tnr25660.aspx?lan=2

60 games from the blitz but only 1 from the rapid are currently available.

14) Bolungarvik Open Reykjavik

The Bolungarvik Open took place in Reykjavik 20th-25th September 2009. Normunds Miezis won with 6.5/9.

Results http://chess-results.com/tnr25444.aspx

News in Icelandic: http://taflfelagbolungarvikur.blog.is/blog/taflfelagbolungarvikur/entry/954430/

Bolungarvik Open Reykjavik (ISL), 20-25 ix 2009
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1
1	Miezis Normunds	GM	LAT	2558	6.5	45.5
2	Ivanov Mikhail M	GM	RUS	2459	5.5	43
3	Thorfinnsson Bjorn	FM	ISL	2395	5.5	42
4	Lund Silas	IM	DEN	2392	5.5	40.5
5	Lagerman Robert	FM	ISL	2351	5.5	40
6	Thorfinnsson Bragi	IM	ISL	2360	5.5	39
7	Gunnarsson Jon Viktor	IM	ISL	2462	5	48.5
8	Glud Jakob Vang	IM	DEN	2476	5	46
9	Thorhallsson Throstur	GM	ISL	2433	5	43.5
10	Skousen Nikolai		DEN	2286	5	40
11	Semcesen Daniel	FM	SWE	2465	5	38
12	Johannesson Ingvar Thor	FM	ISL	2323	4	44.5
13	Ingvason Johann		ISL	2119	4	36
14	Einarsson Halldor	FM	ISL	2255	4	36
15	Hansen Soren Bech	FM	DEN	2284	3.5	39.5
16	Bergsson Stefan		ISL	2070	3.5	35
17	Arngrimsson Dagur	IM	ISL	2396	3	39.5
18	Skotta I		ISL	0	0.5	42.5
19	Skotta II		ISL	0	0.5	41.5
20	Rodriguez Fonseca Jorge		ESP	2018	0	29.5

15) Reykjavik Chessclub championship Group A

Reykjavik Chessclub championship Group A takes place 20th September - 14th October 2009. With a round to go Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson leads with 8/8!

Results http://chess-results.com/tnr25606.aspx

Games: http://hornid.com/cgi-bin/mwf/topic_show.pl?tid=9818

Official site: http://www.taflfelag.is

ch-ChessClub A Reykjavik (ISL), 20 ix-14 x 2009 Round 8 of 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	RtgN	Pts.	TB1
1	Gretarsson Hjorvar Steinn		ISL	2320	2335	8	27.5
2	Johannesson Ingvar Thor	FM	ISL	2323	2345	5.5	18.75
3	Ptacnikova Lenka	WGM	ISL	2285	2230	5.5	16.5
4	Sigfusson Sigurdur	FM	ISL	2335	2355	4.5	15.5
5	Bjornsson Sigurbjorn	FM	ISL	2287	2280	4.5	12.5
6	Ragnarsson Johann		ISL	2118	2100	4	8
7	Omarsson Dadi		ISL	2099	2105	2.5	6.25
8	Halldorsson Jon Arni		ISL	2202	2225	2	6.5
9	Edvardsson Kristjan		ISL	2255	2230	2	5
10	Fridjonsson Julius		ISL	2216	2195	1.5	6

16) Solomon Islands International

The 2009 Solomon Islands International was held in Honiara, Solomon Islands, from the 24th to the 28th of September 2009. The field consisted on 3 Australian players, 1 from Papua New Guinea and 6 Solomon Islands players. The tournament was won by Shaun Press (PNG) on 7.5/9 (+6=3) with FM Brian Jones (AUS) in second place and third shared between FM Lee Jones (AUS), Fernando Aguilar (SOL) and Kerry Stead (AUS). This was the first international event held in the Solomon Islands and was held to assist the newly formed Solomon Islands Chess Federation to get local players onto the FIDE ratings list.

News Shaun Press.

Solomon Islands Int Honiara (SOL), 24-28 ix 2009
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Press, Shaun		PNG	2076	*	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	7½	2302
2.	Jones, Brian	f	AUS	2065	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	7	2251
3.	Jones, Lee	f	AUS	2117	0	½	*	1	1	0	½	1	1	1	6	2150
4.	Aguilar, Fernando		SOL	----	½	½	0	*	1	0	1	1	1	1	6	2163
5.	Stead, Kerry		AUS	2087	½	½	0	0	*	1	1	1	1	1	6	2153
6.	Tangaibasa, Brandon		SOL	----	0	0	1	1	0	*	1	0	1	1	5	2081
7.	Tesua, Scarden		SOL	----	0	0	½	0	0	0	*	1	0	1	2½	1872
8.	Tepuke, Price		SOL	----	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	*	0	1	2	1818
9.	Tuata, Takika		SOL	----	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	*	0	2	1818
10.	Maruia, Budds		SOL	----	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	*	1	1687

17) Panamerican U20 Championship

The Panamericano U20 takes place in Montevideo 6th-12th October 2009. Ray Robson leads with 7½/8.

Official site: http://www.fuajedrez.com/panam_sub20/index.html

Panamericano U20 Montevideo (URU), 6-12 x 2009
Rank	Name	Ti	Elo	FED	Pts	Prog	BUC	BUC
1	Robson Ray	IM	2527	USA	7½	35½	31	39½
2	Ibarra Chami Luis	IM	2393	MEX	6	27	30	40½
3	Tristan Leonardo		2412	ARG	5½	26½	31	42½
4	Gallego Andres		2404	COL	5½	26	27½	39
5	Diamant Andre	GM	2526	BRA	5½	24½	28	39
6	Garcia Guerrero Isaac		2156	MEX	5	24	26	36½
7	Macias Bryan	FM	2363	ECU	5	24	28½	37
8	Garcia Cardenas Pablo		2312	CHI	5	23	28	38½
9	Pulvett Daniel		2237	VEN	5	21½	27	35
10	Diaz Ciro		2323	ECU	4½	24	28	37½
11	Krysa Leandro		2284	ARG	4½	21½	26	34
12	Arcos Facio Mateo		2109	URU	4½	20	23½	31½
13	Coppola Claudio		2105	URU	4½	20	22½	30½
14	Mamani Joan		2060	PER	4½	19½	24½	33
15	Vazquez Reyes Raul		2137	PUR	4	21½	25½	33
16	Uribe Daniel		2264	COL	4	20	25	32½
17	Sanguinetti Luis		2116	URU	4	18½	23½	31
18	Carbone Diego		1912	URU	4	15½	23	30½
19	Decuadro Sebastian		2034	URU	4	14½	19½	27
20	Gieseler Ronny		0	BRA	4	13½	20	26½
21	Meza Hugo	FM	2276	ARG	3½	16	24	31½
22	Silveira Shubert		2065	URU	3½	15	20½	28
23	Hurtado Matias		1920	CHI	3½	14	18½	25
24	Cucchi Nicolas		1963	URU	3½	12	19	26
25	Michailov Matias		1886	URU	3	16½	25	33½
26	Izquierdo Sebastian		2018	URU	3	15	22½	29½
27	Vaz Leonardo		2028	URU	3	14½	22½	30½
28	Ibanez Rodrigo		1934	URU	3	13	23	30½
29	Cabezas Gonzalo		1929	CHI	2½	8	18	24½
30	Carlo Daniel		2091	BOL	2½	6½	17	26½
31	Pugliese Facundo		0	URU	2½	9	17½	24
32	Augoustis Alexis		0	URU	2	13	20½	27½
33	Gonzalez Reyes Gabriel		1917	CHI	2	13	23	30½
34	Arrieta Gonzalo		0	URU	2	6	19½	26

18) US Chess League

The US Chess League got under way on August 31st 2009. Reaches week 6.

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	5.0	1.0	16.5/24 (69%)	2396	8.5-19.5 (30%)
New Jersey	5.0	1.0	14.0/24 (58%)	2415	11.5-16.5 (41%)
New York	3.0	3.0	13.5/24 (56%)	2431	19.0-9.0 (68%)
Baltimore	3.0	3.0	12.5/24 (52%)	2411	12.0-18.0 (40%)
Philadelphia	2.0	4.0	10.0/24 (42%)	2412	14.5-15.5 (48%)
Queens	2.0	4.0	9.5/24 (40%)	2418	14.0-16.0 (47%)
Carolina	0.0	6.0	5.5/24 (23%)	2425	16.0-12.0 (57%)
WESTERN DIVISION	W	L	Game Points	Opps Avg Rating	Opps Record
Seattle	5.0	1.0	14.5/24 (60%)	2415	15.5-14.5 (52%)
San Francisco	4.0	2.0	13.5/24 (56%)	2417	17.5-10.5 (63%)
Miami	4.0	2.0	13.5/24 (56%)	2395	10.5-17.5 (38%)
Arizona	3.0	3.0	13.5/24 (56%)	2406	16.0-14.0 (53%)
Dallas	2.5	3.5	11.5/24 (48%)	2434	19.5-10.5 (65%)
Tennessee	2.0	4.0	11.0/24 (46%)	2413	14.0-16.0 (47%)
Chicago	1.5	4.5	9.0/24 (38%)	2412	15.5-14.5 (52%)

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	New Jersey	3-1
2	Queens Pioneers	vs	New York Knights	New York	3.5-0.5
3	Baltimore Kingfishers	vs	Philadelphia Inventors	Philadelphia	2.5-1.5
4	Dallas Destiny	vs	Boston Blitz	Dallas	4-0
Week3: Wednesday, September 16th 2009
5	Tennessee Tempo	vs	Chicago Blaze	Chicago	2.5-1.5
6	Miami Sharks	vs	San Francisco Mechanics	San Francisco	3-1
7	Arizona Scorpions	vs	Seattle Sluggers	Seattle	2.5-1.5
Week4: Monday, September 21st 2009
1	Miami Sharks	vs	Tennessee Tempo	Tie	2-2
2	Chicago Blaze	vs	San Francisco Mechanics	San Francisco	2.5-1.5
3	Baltimore Kingfishers	vs	Arizona Scorpions	Baltimore	2.5-1.5
Week4: Wednesday, September 23rd 2009
4	New Jersey Knockouts	vs	New York Knights	New Jersey	2.5-1.5
5	Carolina Cobras	vs	Queens Pioneers	Queens	2.5-1.5
6	Boston Blitz	vs	Philadelphia Inventors	Boston	3.5-0.5
7	Dallas Destiny	vs	Seattle Sluggers	Seattle	3-1
Week5: Monday, September 28th 2009
1	Baltimore Kingfishers	vs	Boston Blitz	Boston	2.5-1.5
2	Miami Sharks	vs	Carolina Cobras	Miami	2.5-1.5
Week5: Wednesday, September 30th 2009
3	Philadelphia Inventors	vs	Queens Pioneers	Tie	2-2
4	New Jersey Knockouts	vs	Chicago Blaze	New Jersey	2.5-1.5
5	New York Knights	vs	SF Mechanics	New York	3-1
6	Arizona Scorpions	vs	Dallas Destiny	Tie	2-2
7	Seattle Sluggers	vs	Tennessee Tempo	Seattle	2.5-1.5
Week6: Monday, October 5th 2009
1	New York Knights	vs	Baltimore Kingfishers	Tie	2-2
2	Chicago Blaze	vs	Philadelphia Inventors	Tie	2-2
3	Arizona Scorpions	vs	New Jersey Knockouts	Arizona	3-1
Week6: Wednesday, October 7th 2009
4	Carolina Cobras	vs	Boston Blitz	Boston	4-0
5	Tennessee Tempo	vs	Dallas Destiny	Dallas	2.5-1.5
6	San Francisco Mechanics	vs	Miami Sharks	Tie	2-2
7	Queens Pioneers	vs	Seattle Sluggers	Seattle	2.5-1.5
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

19) Forthcoming Events and Links

II World Chess Open In Leon

The II WORLD CHESS OPEN in Leon (Spain) takes place 1st-3rd January 2010, from Friday to Sunday.

31st December 2009 sees a special dinner and a party, which will be of course optional for the players and companion and which will have an special price. We hope that all chess legends invited by the organisation will come and enjoy this celebration.

1st day of January first game starts at 17.00 pm and ches players who cannot arrive in time can ask 2 byes for both games of 1st of january (2 half points).

Total Prizes are around 30.000€, and first is 5000€. Prizes for players below 2350 ELO FIDE (10 prizes and 1st is 1000 €), below 2200 ELO FIDE, and below 2000 ELO FIDE.

TIME CONTROL: Players will have 35 minutes plus 3 additional seconds per move so they are not so rapid games as usual.

Amongst the players who can be invited by the organisation this time are Nigel Short, Robert Hubner, Mark Taimanov, Vlastimil Hort, Henrique Mecking, Bent Larsen, Eugene Torre, Jan Elhvest, Borislav Ivkov, Svetozar Gligoric, Maia Chiburdanidze, Oleg Romanishin, Lev Psakhis, Gyula Sax, Gheorguiu, Uhlmann, Sveshnikov, Smejkal, Vasiukov, Vaganian, Unzicker, Kurajica, Suba, Lilienthal…We will invite 8-10 players.

Official web page, http://www.openmundialdeleon.com

Contact: GM Alfonso Romero Holmes, Tournament Director aromero64@yahoo.es

8th Nancy Chess Festival

The 8th Nancy Chess Festival takes place 22nd-28th February 2010.

Website (with english informations page) : http://echecs54.free.fr Contact : philippe.chr@free.fr

Serie of closed tournaments round-robins 10 players each : Group A for GM-norm (in 2009 : category 13, average 2557, winner Harikrishna), group B for IM-norms, group C for 10 players over 2200 elo, group D for 10 players over 2100 elo, group E for 10 players over 2000 elo, group F for 10 players over 1900 elo ...etc...18 groups with 174 players in 2009. 9 rounds 90min/40moves+30min(+30sec). Entry fee : adult 56 euros young 28 euros. Possibilities of hotels with special chess prices : see tournament website.

4NCL

The 4NCL starts Sat 24th Oct - Sun 25th Oct. 2009.

Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/index.htm

Live games: http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/livechess/4ncl/0910/index.htm

Sydney International and Doeberl Cup

Entries are invited for the 2010 Sydney International Open and Challengers Chess Tournaments, to be held 7-11 April 2010.

The organisers have received financial support from a variety of sources and the principal sponsor for 2010 is GM Murray Chandler.

The venue is again the historic Parramatta Town Hall in Western Sydney and free hotel accommodation (twin share room) is offered to International Chess Grandmasters. There are two nine-round FIDE-rated swiss tournaments, the Sydney International Open (SIO) and the Sydney International Challengers (SIC). Cash prizes exceed A$16,000 and visas can be arranged on request for overseas players (please provide passport details). More Information is available at http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/index.cfm?site=open

For those players that want even more chess, the Doeberl Cup will be held in Canberra from 1-5 April 2010. See http://www.doeberlcup.com.au Transport from Canberra to Sydney on Tuesday 6 April 2010 will be provided free of charge for all overseas players.

18th Donau Open

The 18th Donau Open takes place in Aschach, Austria, 26th-31st December 2009.

Details: http://www.aschach.at/schach/

Contact: Guenter Mitterhuemer, Seebach 19, 4070 Eferding Tel.: 07272 / 4398 (Vorwahl Österreich: 0043) Email: guenter.mitterhuemer@schach.at

Leocity Cup

Leocity Cup Round Robin GM Tournament takes place November 25th - December 3rd 2009 Lviv , Ukraine

ORGANIZERS: GM Yuri Vovk (tournament director) IM Grabinsky Volodymyr (honorable coach of Ukrainian Youth team) The playing time will be 90 minutes with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. Under the auspices of Lviv Chess Federation.

PARTICIPATION 10 players participate in the tournament .9 rounds will be played. Players can participate only according to prior negotiations with tournament director.Also all non-GM players must pay entry fee according to the following table. ELO USD >2500 50 2500-2480 60 2480-2460 70 2460-2440 80 2440-2420 90 2420-2400 100 2400-2350 125 2350-2300 150 2300-2200 200 <2200 300

To participate the tournament please contact the tournament director IGM Yuri Vovk (English,Ukrainian,Russian languages ) via: e-mail:wolfisthegreatestpredator@gmail.com mobile phone:+380 673912027 skype:Imperator15chess

Computer events in Italy

The first event will be hosted in Genoa (Genova) on November 1st. It will start at 2.30 pm in the central "Biblioteca Berio" (Via del Seminario 16). After the conference, the chess program "Equinox" (it took part to the world championship in pamplona soe months ago) will challenge GM Igor Efimov and WGM Elena Sedina. http://www.festivalscienza.it/

The second event will be hosted in Carugate, a village near Milano, on November 6, 7 and 8. In the night of November 6, there will be the conference (Auditorium Atrium). On Saturday, November 7, afternoon there will be an international tournament for computer programs at the Commercial Centre Carosello. This tournament will go on and end on Sunday, November 8, at Auditorium Atrium, and at the end the first two programs classified will challenge GM Djuric and WGM Olga Zimina. http://alfierecarugate.altervista.org

CECLUB Spanish Teams

The Spanish Teams CECLUB Division de Honor - Grupo I took place 20th-24th September 2009 in Lugo. Escuela Internacional Kasparov Marcote (Gashimov, Vallejo) took first place ahead of Kutxa-Gros (Gelfand, Kasimdzhanov etc) Grupo 2 took place in Montcada 16th-20th September 2009 and saw Linex Magic, Ponomariov, Shirov, Adams etc win.

The final will be in Linares 7th-8th November 2009.

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

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.

Press Release Malcolm Pein 26th September 2009

A week long chess festival including a FIDE Rated Open with a guaranteed £8000 prize fund will run alongside the London Chess Classic 2009 which takes place at the Olympia Conference Centre from December 8-15 2009. The tournament has been scheduled to allow players to watch the opening moves of the Classic before their games in the Open begin. A minimum of six Grandmasters will be invited to the Open Classic and title norm opportunities will be available.

There will also be a weekend tournament, a one day Rapidplay and every evening, Blitz in the foyer. Anyone entering the Open, Rapidplay or Weekend Classic will receive free entry to the auditorium to watch the main event and they will also be able to access the Grandmaster Commentary Room. In addition the games will be relayed on screens throughout the Olympia Conference Centre.

Details on how to enter and the tournament regulations are at www.Londonchessclassic.com I am delighted to announce that there will be no entry fees to any Classic tournament for children under the age of 16.

For those who would rather just watch, tickets are now on sale and again, admission for children under 16 will be free throughout the event.

Adult tickets are just £10 per day or just £50 for all seven rounds. Adult and junior ticket holders receive admission to the tournament 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. Tickets can be purchased from the London Chess Centre on 0207 388 2404 or online at www.Londonchessclassic.com

The London Chess Classic is the strongest all play all tournament to be held in Britain for 25 years with four of the world's finest players and England's leading quartet of Grandmasters. Heading the field is the fourteenth world champion Vladimir Kramnik and 18 year old Norwegian Magnus Carlsen already hailed as a future champion by Garry Kasparov who has recently agreed to train the chess genius.

Malcolm Pein (IM)

London Chess Centre

Official website: http://www.londonchessclassic.com

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

Cappelle-la-Grande 2010

The 26th International Open of Cappelle-la-Grande will take place 13th-20th February 2010.

For every players wishing to be invited, please contact Mr GOUVART at the following address: stephanegouvart@gmail.com phone: +33671624629

Official site : http://www.cappelle-chess.fr/

IV Open Internacional Ciutat de Palma

The IV International Open Chess City of Palma, Iberostar Trophy takes place 21st-28th November 2009.

Official site: http://www.chesspalma.com/index.php?le=en

Czech Chess Christmas 2009-10

Czech Chess Christmas 2009 Litomysl (CZE) 26th December - 2nd January 2010

11th christmas chess FIDE tournament, swiss system of 9 round, rate of game 2 x 1,5h + 30s/move, prize fund 64.000 CZK (1st prize 20.000 CZK = 800 EUR), special conditions for IM, WGM and GM, New Year’s Eve programme.

Contact: Proclient s.r.o., Jaroslav Fuksik, Svedska 3, 772 00 Olomouc, mobile: +420 608 364 664, e-mail: a64@proclient.cz, web: http://www.a64.cz/tournaments/litomysl2009/

Hungarian Tournaments October 2009 - April 2010

First Saturday chess tournaments, GM-IM-FM sections, 50-60-70 players usually out of 10-15 countries, for 9...14 days here.

Upcoming tournaments:

1. 3rd-15th of October, GM-IM-FM First Saturday Budapest, org: Nagy Laszlo, firstsat@hu.inter.net,

2. 23rd-31st of October, GM tmt, Pecs, 250 km West from Budapest,

3. 7th-19th of November, GM-IM-FM, First Saturday, Budapest, 4. 26th of Nov-3rd of Dec, Harkany Open, 250 km South-West from Budapest, org: Mr.Fulop, e-mail to: fulopcsa@invitel.hu

5. 5th-17th of December, GM-IM-FM, First Saturday, Budapest,

6. 8th-16th of January 2010 Perenyi memorial Open, 9 rounds Swiss, Budapest, info: Nagy Laszlo,

7. 6th-18th of February 2010 FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest,

8. 6th-18th of March 2010, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest,

9. 19th-28th of March 2010 26th Budapest Spring Festival, 9 rounds Swiss Open, org: Nagy Laszlo

10.3rd-16th of April 2010 FS GM-IM-FM Budapest

Contact: Nagy, Laszlo International chess organizer, member of the FIDE organizers' committee, "GENS UNA SUMUS" ET "PACTA SUND SERVANDA" http://www.firstsaturday.hu

Possible in the website online chat also... Mobile: +36-30-230-19-14 Phone-fax: +36-1-263-28-59 E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net ICC, SKYPE, YAHOO, MSN, www.chess.com nickname: mrfirstsaturday

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.

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/

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

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

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

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

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