THE WEEK IN CHESS 781 26th October 2009 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Elie Houlichian, Marcos Sander, Gary Suffield, Adolivio Capece, Andrej Pacic and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The Unive tournament finished with Sergei Tiviakov taking clear first place. He won the only decisive game of the tournament. Vassily Ivanchuk missed a couple of chances against Tiviakov but never really got going. At the same time the European Team Championships are about half way through. Azerbaijan leads the open event and meet the favourites Russia in the next round. The World Juniors are also under way and the favourite Maxime Vachier Lagrave leads after 5 of 13 rounds. Not many events, but those that are on are of high quality.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Unive Tournament Hoogeveen

The 13th Unive Tournament 2009 in Hoogeveen took place 16th-24th October 2009. Sergei Tiviakov took clear first place with 3.5/6 half a point clear of Anish Giri and Vassily Ivanchuk. Judit Polgar finished last on 2.5/6. The event saw just one decisive game where Tiviakov beat Polgar. Stewart Haslinger won the open with 7.5/9.

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

Unive Crown Hoogeveen (NED), 18-24 x 2009									cat. XVII (2666)
					1		2		3		4
1.	Tiviakov, Sergei	g	NED	2670	*	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	3½	2722
2.	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2552	½	½	*	*	½	½	½	½	3	2704
3.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2756	½	½	½	½	*	*	½	½	3	2636
4.	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2687	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	*	2½	2602

Round 3 (October 20, 2009)
Tiviakov, Sergei	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	146	B17	Caro Kann
Polgar, Judit	- Giri, Anish	½-½	18	C43	Petroff's Defence
Round 4 (October 22, 2009)
Tiviakov, Sergei	- Polgar, Judit	1-0	50	B46	Sicilian Paulsen
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Giri, Anish	½-½	26	A11	Reti Opening
Round 5 (October 23, 2009)
Giri, Anish	- Polgar, Judit	½-½	36	E15	Queens Indian
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Tiviakov, Sergei	½-½	59	B01	Centre Counter
Round 6 (October 24, 2009)
Tiviakov, Sergei	- Giri, Anish	½-½	56	C24	Bishop's Opening
Polgar, Judit	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	17	C42	Petroff's Defence

Unive Open Hoogeveen (NED), 16-24 x 2009
Rank	Name	Ti	Fed.	Score	Rating	TPR	W-We	BH	SB
1	Haslinger, Stewart	GM	ENG	7.5	2529	2707	1.91	49	40.75
2	Brodsky, Michail	GM	UKR	6.5	2530	2605	0.96	54	37
3	Nijboer, Friso	GM	NED	6.5	2540	2585	0.66	51	34.75
4	Ulibin, Mikhail	GM	RUS	6.5	2533	2536	0.26	47	33.75
5	Caspi, Israel	IM	ISR	6.5	2404	2521	1.57	46.5	30.75
6	Kasparov, Sergey	GM	BLR	6	2488	2527	0.55	50.5	32.5
7	Friedel, Joshua E	GM	USA	6	2555	2511	-0.37	50	31
8	Genov, Petar	GM	BUL	6	2470	2456	-0.04	46.5	30
9	Willemze, Thomas	IM	NED	6	2391	2469	1.06	46	27.25
10	Riemersma, Li	IM	NED	6	2431	2410	-0.12	45.5	27.5
11	Romanishin, Oleg	GM	UKR	5.5	2515	2440	-0.75	48.5	27.25
12	Gruenfeld, Yehuda	GM	ISR	5.5	2474	2445	-0.22	48.5	27.25
13	Slingerland, Fred	IM	NED	5.5	2395	2430	0.48	46.5	26.25
14	Van Delft, Merijn	IM	NED	5.5	2374	2361	-0.08	43	24.5
15	Vedder, Henk		NED	5.5	2364	2355	-0.02	41.5	23.75
16	Van Kooten, Luuk	FM	NED	5.5	2292	2356	0.8	40.5	22.75
17	Van Oosterom, Chiel	IM	NED	5	2386	2406	0.27	46	22.75
18	Grooten, Herman	IM	NED	5	2328	2352	0.33	45.5	23.5
19	Kraai, Jesse	GM	USA	5	2526	2372	-1.69	45	23
20	Hoffman, Ron		NED	5	2107	2388	2.86	43	25
21	Vul, Arkadi Eremeevich	GM	RUS	5	2309	2386	0.89	42	20
22	Klein, David		NED	5	2248	2307	0.68	41	21.25
23	Timmermans, Ivo		NED	5	2237	2285	0.6	39.5	17.5
24	Bezemer, Arno	FM	NED	5	2364	2264	-1.17	38	19.5
25	Heemskerk, Wim	FM	NED	5	2236	2244	0.07	38	19
26	Afek, Yochanan	IM	ISR	5	2303	2266	-0.44	36.5	17.25
27	Lagrotteria, Salvatore		ITA	5	2221	2203	-0.26	33.5	15
28	De Jong, Migchiel	FM	NED	4.5	2373	2286	-0.89	45.5	19.75
29	Genova, Lyubka	WIM	BUL	4.5	2250	2244	-0.11	42.5	18.75
30	Bijlsma, Nick		NED	4.5	2028	2253	2.48	41.5	19
31	Ootes, Lars		NED	4.5	2384	2261	-1.37	41	18.75
32	Clemens, Adrian	FM	NED	4.5	2264	2225	-0.47	40	17.5
33	Fehr, Axel		GER	4.5	2128	2241	1.26	38.5	17.75
34	Jellema, Yme Jan		NED	4.5	2177	2230	0.55	38.5	15
35	Haast, Anne		NED	4.5	2215	2292	0.81	38	18.25
36	Admiraal, Miguoel		NED	4.5	2194	2192	-0.06	37.5	15.5
37	Tondivar, Babak	FM	NED	4.5	2367	2128	-2.65	36.5	17
38	Pijpers, Arthur		NED	4	2190	2221	0.31	42	16
39	Mostertman, Milan		NED	4	2138	2261	1.39	41	17.25
40	Hovenga, Alje		NED	4	2206	2167	-0.6	41	15
41	Kasparova, Tatiana	WIM	BLR	4	2175	2217	0.47	40	17.25
42	Hendriks, Richard		NED	4	2117	2149	0.35	40	15.25
43	Vinke, Andreas		GER	4	2232	2174	-0.75	37	14.5
44	Stavast, Dick		NED	4	1998	2147	1.68	37	14.5
45	Mellema, Andries		NED	4	2125	2125	-0.11	36	12.25
46	Beijerinck, Nick		NED	4	2044	2103	0.52	36	11.25
47	Kabos, Tobias		NED	3.5	2175	2142	-0.49	40	13
48	Cako, Laszlo		NED	3.5	2159	2135	-0.37	39	12.75
49	Sadallah, Osama		NED	3.5	2156	2125	-0.45	36.5	9.75
50	Warmelink, Evie		NED	3.5	1941	2038	0.84	36	8.5
51	Vedder, Richard	FM	NED	3.5	2349	2087	-3.04	35	10.75
52	Sparenberg, Erik		NED	3.5	2076	2116	0.35	32	11.5
53	Beukema, Stefan		NED	3.5	2032	2130	1.01	32	10
54	Hortensius, Lisa		NED	3.5	2042	1971	-0.77	29.5	8.5
55	Van der Veen, Jan		NED	3	2144	2097	-0.59	42.5	13.5
56	Hummel, Joop		NED	3	2025	2032	-0.02	41	11
57	Potze, Rudolf		NED	3	2156	2028	-1.58	33.5	9
58	Hulshof, Peter		NED	2.5	2216	2292	0.44	40	17.25
59	Galje, Hans		NED	2.5	2139	2030	-1.36	34	8.75
60	Akotchik, Viktor		NED	2.5	2102	1938	-1.65	34	7.25
61	Mol, Christiaan		NED	2.5	2079	1983	-1.21	29.5	6.25
62	Ypma, Peter		NED	2	2052	1930	-1.34	33.5	5.75
63	Ellenbroek, Ton		NED	0.5	2078	1809	-1.37	31.5	7.5

3) 17th European Team Championship

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

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

Videos: http://www.europe-echecs.com/. Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr24908.aspx

17th European Teams Novi Sad (SRB), 22-30 x 2009 Round 5 Standings:
Rk.	SNo	Team	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	2	Azerbaijan	AZE	5	5	0	0	10	13,0	52,5
2	1	Russia	RUS	5	3	2	0	8	13,5	48,0
3	11	Georgia	GEO	5	4	0	1	8	12,0	59,5
4	10	Hungary	HUN	5	3	1	1	7	13,5	50,5
5	9	France	FRA	5	3	1	1	7	12,5	52,5
6	8	Spain	ESP	5	3	1	1	7	12,5	51,5
7	15	Netherlands	NED	5	2	3	0	7	12,5	50,0
8	5	Ukraine	UKR	5	3	1	1	7	12,5	46,5
9	3	Armenia	ARM	5	3	1	1	7	12,0	55,0
10	17	Serbia 1	SRB 1	5	3	1	1	7	12,0	52,0
11	12	Poland	POL	5	2	2	1	6	11,5	49,5
12	7	Germany	GER	5	2	2	1	6	11,5	49,5
13	4	Bulgaria	BUL	5	3	0	2	6	11,5	42,0
14	23	Denmark	DEN	5	3	0	2	6	10,5	55,5
15	6	Israel	ISR	5	3	0	2	6	10,0	61,0
16	13	Czech Republic	CZE	5	2	2	1	6	10,0	58,0
17	14	Romania	ROU	5	2	1	2	5	10,5	49,5
18	25	Switzerland	SUI	5	2	1	2	5	10,0	55,0
19	18	England	ENG	5	2	1	2	5	10,0	51,0
20	19	Greece	GRE	5	2	1	2	5	9,5	56,0
21	30	Turkey	TUR	5	2	1	2	5	9,5	52,0
22	21	Austria	AUT	5	2	1	2	5	9,0	52,5
23	29	Norway	NOR	5	2	1	2	5	8,5	54,0
24	16	Slovenia	SLO	5	2	0	3	4	12,0	44,0
25	22	Serbia 2	SRB 2	5	2	0	3	4	9,5	45,0
26	24	Italy	ITA	5	1	2	2	4	9,0	55,5
27	20	Croatia	CRO	5	1	2	2	4	9,0	54,0
28	28	Lithuania	LTU	5	1	2	2	4	9,0	48,5
29	34	Belgium	BEL	5	1	2	2	4	9,0	43,5
30	26	Montenegro	MNE	5	1	1	3	3	10,0	44,5
31	31	Finland	FIN	5	1	1	3	3	8,5	48,5
32	32	Bosnia & Herzegovina	BIH	5	1	1	3	3	8,0	48,0
33	36	Luxembourg	LUX	5	1	1	3	3	7,5	39,0
34	35	Wales	WLS	5	1	1	3	3	6,0	49,5
35	27	Former Yug Rep of Macedonia	MKD	5	1	0	4	2	7,5	49,0
36	33	Iceland	ISL	5	1	0	4	2	7,5	40,5
37	37	Scotland	SCO	5	0	1	4	1	6,0	45,0
38	38	Monaco	MNC	5	0	0	5	0	3,5	42,0

17th European Teams Novi Sad (SRB), 22-30 x 2009 Results and Pairings:
Round 6 27th October 2009
No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	2	AZE	Azerbaijan	13	10		:		8	13½	Russia	RUS	1
2	5	UKR	Ukraine	12½	7		:		8	12	Georgia	GEO	11
3	3	ARM	Armenia	12	7		:		7	12½	Spain	ESP	8
4	15	NED	Netherlands	12½	7		:		7	12½	France	FRA	9
5	17	SRB 1	Serbia 1	12	7		:		7	13½	Hungary	HUN	10
6	13	CZE	Czech Republic	10	6		:		6	11½	Bulgaria	BUL	4
7	7	GER	Germany	11½	6		:		6	10	Israel	ISR	6
8	23	DEN	Denmark	10½	6		:		6	11½	Poland	POL	12
9	29	NOR	Norway	8½	5		:		5	10½	Romania	ROU	14
10	21	AUT	Austria	9	5		:		5	10	England	ENG	18
11	19	GRE	Greece	9½	5		:		5	9½	Turkey	TUR	30
12	20	CRO	Croatia	9	4		:		5	10	Switzerland	SUI	25
13	34	BEL	Belgium	9	4		:		4	9½	Serbia 2	SRB 2	22
14	24	ITA	Italy	9	4		:		4	9	Lithuania	LTU	28
15	31	FIN	Finland	8½	3		:		4	12	Slovenia	SLO	16
16	35	WLS	Wales	6	3		:		3	10	Montenegro	MNE	26
17	32	BIH	Bosnia & Herzegovina	8	3		:		3	7½	Luxembourg	LUX	36
18	33	ISL	Iceland	7½	2		:		2	7½	Former Yug Rep of Macedonia	MKD	27
19	38	MNC	Monaco	3½	0		:		1	6	Scotland	SCO	37
Round 5 26th October 2009
No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	11	GEO	Georgia	10½	8	1½	:	2½	8	10½	Azerbaijan	AZE	2
2	6	ISR	Israel	9	6	1	:	3	6	10½	Russia	RUS	1
3	9	FRA	France	10½	6	2	:	2	6	10	Armenia	ARM	3
4	8	ESP	Spain	10½	6	2	:	2	6	10	Serbia 1	SRB 1	17
5	15	NED	Netherlands	10½	6	2	:	2	5	8	Czech Republic	CZE	13
6	19	GRE	Greece	8½	5	1	:	3	5	9½	Ukraine	UKR	5
7	12	POL	Poland	9½	5	2	:	2	5	9½	Germany	GER	7
8	10	HUN	Hungary	10½	5	3	:	1	5	8	Austria	AUT	21
9	4	BUL	Bulgaria	8½	4	3	:	1	4	8½	Serbia 2	SRB 2	22
10	14	ROU	Romania	8½	4	2	:	2	4	8	England	ENG	18
11	16	SLO	Slovenia	10½	4	1½	:	2½	4	8	Denmark	DEN	23
12	24	ITA	Italy	7	3	2	:	2	3	7	Belgium	BEL	34
13	25	SUI	Switzerland	7	3	3	:	1	3	7	Bosnia & Herzegovina	BIH	32
14	26	MNE	Montenegro	8½	3	1½	:	2½	3	6	Norway	NOR	29
15	30	TUR	Turkey	6½	3	3	:	1	3	7½	Finland	FIN	31
16	20	CRO	Croatia	6½	2	2½	:	1½	2	6	Former Yug Rep of Macedonia	MKD	27
17	28	LTU	Lithuania	6	2	3	:	1	2	6½	Iceland	ISL	33
18	37	SCO	Scotland	4½	1	1½	:	2½	1	3½	Wales	WLS	35
19	36	LUX	Luxembourg	4½	1	3	:	1	0	2½	Monaco	MNC	38
Round 4 25th October 2009
No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	6	ISR	Israel	7½	6	1½	:	2½	6	8	Azerbaijan	AZE	2
2	17	SRB 1	Serbia 1	9	6	1	:	3	6	7½	Georgia	GEO	11
3	1	RUS	Russia	8½	5	2	:	2	5	8½	Netherlands	NED	15
4	22	SRB 2	Serbia 2	7½	4	1	:	3	4	7	Armenia	ARM	3
5	7	GER	Germany	7½	4	2	:	2	4	6½	Greece	GRE	19
6	23	DEN	Denmark	6½	4	1½	:	2½	4	8	Spain	ESP	8
7	18	ENG	England	7	4	1	:	3	4	7½	France	FRA	9
8	10	HUN	Hungary	8½	4	2	:	2	4	6	Czech Republic	CZE	13
9	29	NOR	Norway	5	3	1	:	3	3	6½	Poland	POL	12
10	21	AUT	Austria	5½	3	2½	:	1½	3	5½	Italy	ITA	24
11	5	UKR	Ukraine	7	3	2½	:	1½	2	5	Croatia	CRO	20
12	27	MKD	Former Yug Rep of Macedonia	5	2	1	:	3	2	5½	Bulgaria	BUL	4
13	14	ROU	Romania	6	2	2½	:	1½	2	4½	Lithuania	LTU	28
14	31	FIN	Finland	5½	2	2	:	2	2	5	Switzerland	SUI	25
15	26	MNE	Montenegro	6½	2	2	:	2	2	4½	Turkey	TUR	30
16	35	WLS	Wales	3½	1	0	:	4	2	6½	Slovenia	SLO	16
17	32	BIH	Bosnia & Herzegovina	4½	1	2½	:	1½	1	3	Scotland	SCO	37
18	34	BEL	Belgium	4	1	3	:	1	1	3½	Luxembourg	LUX	36
19	38	MNC	Monaco	2	0	½	:	3½	0	3	Iceland	ISL	33
Round 3 24th October 2009
No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	2	AZE	Azerbaijan	5½	4	2½	:	1½	4	6	Germany	GER	7
2	3	ARM	Armenia	5½	4	1½	:	2½	4	6½	Serbia 1	SRB 1	17
3	8	ESP	Spain	6½	4	1½	:	2½	4	5	Israel	ISR	6
4	11	GEO	Georgia	5	4	2½	:	1½	4	7	Hungary	HUN	10
5	24	ITA	Italy	4½	3	1	:	3	3	5½	Russia	RUS	1
6	12	POL	Poland	5	3	1½	:	2½	3	6	Netherlands	NED	15
7	4	BUL	Bulgaria	4	2	1½	:	2½	2	4½	England	ENG	18
8	29	NOR	Norway	3	2	2	:	2	2	5	Ukraine	UKR	5
9	9	FRA	France	5	2	2½	:	1½	2	3½	Switzerland	SUI	25
10	13	CZE	Czech Republic	3½	2	2½	:	1½	2	5	Slovenia	SLO	16
11	19	GRE	Greece	4	2	2½	:	1½	2	4½	Romania	ROU	14
12	22	SRB 2	Serbia 2	4½	2	3	:	1	2	4½	Finland	FIN	31
13	23	DEN	Denmark	4	2	2½	:	1½	2	5	Montenegro	MNE	26
14	28	LTU	Lithuania	2½	1	2	:	2	1	3	Croatia	CRO	20
15	32	BIH	Bosnia & Herzegovina	3	1	1	:	1	1	3	Austria	AUT	21
16	27	MKD	Former Yug Rep of Macedonia	1½	0	3½	:	½	0	1½	Monaco	MNC	38
17	30	TUR	Turkey	½	0	4	:	0	0	3	Iceland	ISL	33
18	37	SCO	Scotland	1	0	2	:	2	0	2	Belgium	BEL	34
19	36	LUX	Luxembourg	1½	0	2	:	2	0	1½	Wales	WLS	35
Round 2 23rd October 2009
No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	18	ENG	England	3	2	1½	:	2½	2	3	Azerbaijan	AZE	2
2	3	ARM	Armenia	3	2	2½	:	1½	2	3	Romania	ROU	14
3	16	SLO	Slovenia	3½	2	1½	:	2½	2	2½	Israel	ISR	6
4	13	CZE	Czech Republic	2½	2	1	:	3	2	3½	Spain	ESP	8
5	9	FRA	France	3½	2	1½	:	2½	2	2½	Georgia	GEO	11
6	25	SUI	Switzerland	2½	2	1	:	3	2	4	Hungary	HUN	10
7	15	NED	Netherlands	4	2	2	:	2	2	2½	Italy	ITA	24
8	17	SRB 1	Serbia 1	3½	2	3	:	1	2	3	Greece	GRE	19
9	7	GER	Germany	3	2	3	:	1	1	2	Bosnia & Herzegovina	BIH	32
10	20	CRO	Croatia	2	1	1	:	3	1	2	Poland	POL	12
11	1	RUS	Russia	2	1	3½	:	½	0	1	Former Yug Rep of Macedonia	MKD	27
12	35	WLS	Wales	0	0	1½	:	2½	0	1½	Bulgaria	BUL	4
13	5	UKR	Ukraine	1½	0	3½	:	½	0	0	Turkey	TUR	30
14	21	AUT	Austria	1	0	2	:	2	0	½	Lithuania	LTU	28
15	38	MNC	Monaco	1	0	½	:	3½	0	1	Serbia 2	SRB 2	22
16	34	BEL	Belgium	1	0	1	:	3	0	1	Denmark	DEN	23
17	26	MNE	Montenegro	1½	0	3½	:	½	0	½	Scotland	SCO	37
18	33	ISL	Iceland	1½	0	1½	:	2½	0	½	Norway	NOR	29
19	36	LUX	Luxembourg	½	0	1	:	3	0	1½	Finland	FIN	31
Round 1 22nd October 2009
No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	20	CRO	Croatia	0	0	2	:	2	0	0	Russia	RUS	1
2	2	AZE	Azerbaijan	0	0	3	:	1	0	0	Austria	AUT	21
3	23	DEN	Denmark	0	0	1	:	3	0	0	Armenia	ARM	3
4	4	BUL	Bulgaria	0	0	1½	:	2½	0	0	Italy	ITA	24
5	25	SUI	Switzerland	0	0	2½	:	1½	0	0	Ukraine	UKR	5
6	6	ISR	Israel	0	0	2½	:	1½	0	0	Montenegro	MNE	26
7	27	MKD	Former Yug Rep of Macedonia	0	0	1	:	3	0	0	Germany	GER	7
8	37	SCO	Scotland	0	0	½	:	3½	0	0	Serbia 1	SRB 1	17
9	8	ESP	Spain	0	0	3½	:	½	0	0	Lithuania	LTU	28
10	29	NOR	Norway	0	0	½	:	3½	0	0	France	FRA	9
11	10	HUN	Hungary	0	0	4	:	0	0	0	Turkey	TUR	30
12	31	FIN	Finland	0	0	1½	:	2½	0	0	Georgia	GEO	11
13	12	POL	Poland	0	0	2	:	2	0	0	Bosnia & Herzegovina	BIH	32
14	33	ISL	Iceland	0	0	1½	:	2½	0	0	Czech Republic	CZE	13
15	14	ROU	Romania	0	0	3	:	1	0	0	Belgium	BEL	34
16	35	WLS	Wales	0	0	0	:	4	0	0	Netherlands	NED	15
17	16	SLO	Slovenia	0	0	3½	:	½	0	0	Luxembourg	LUX	36
18	18	ENG	England	0	0	3	:	1	0	0	Monaco	MNC	38
19	22	SRB 2	Serbia 2	0	0	1	:	3	0	0	Greece	GRE	19

8th European Teams w Novi Sad (SRB), 22-30 x 2009 Round 5 Standings:
Rk.	SNo	Team	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	2	Georgia	GEO	5	4	1	0	9	13,5	59,5
2	20	Azerbaijan	AZE	5	3	2	0	8	13,5	55,0
3	1	Russia	RUS	5	4	0	1	8	13,5	53,5
4	3	Ukraine	UKR	5	3	2	0	8	12,5	60,5
5	13	Romania	ROU	5	3	1	1	7	12,5	54,5
6	6	France	FRA	5	3	1	1	7	12,5	51,0
7	5	Armenia	ARM	5	3	1	1	7	12,0	63,0
8	4	Poland	POL	5	3	0	2	6	13,5	50,5
9	14	Greece	GRE	5	2	2	1	6	12,0	48,0
10	10	Hungary	HUN	5	3	0	2	6	11,5	52,0
11	16	Czech Republic	CZE	5	2	2	1	6	11,0	56,5
12	17	Israel	ISR	5	3	0	2	6	10,0	52,0
13	15	Spain	ESP	5	3	0	2	6	10,0	51,5
14	12	Slovenia	SLO	5	2	1	2	5	12,0	44,5
15	7	Germany	GER	5	2	1	2	5	10,5	55,5
16	11	Netherlands	NED	5	2	0	3	4	11,0	43,0
17	19	Italy	ITA	5	2	0	3	4	10,5	43,0
18	22	England	ENG	5	1	2	2	4	10,0	38,5
19	18	Croatia	CRO	5	2	0	3	4	9,0	45,5
20	23	Montenegro	MNE	5	1	2	2	4	8,5	41,5
21	9	Serbia	SRB	5	2	0	3	4	8,0	57,5
22	8	Bulgaria	BUL	5	2	0	3	4	8,0	53,0
23	25	Former Yug Rep of Macedonia	MKD	5	1	1	3	3	7,0	40,0
24	21	Austria	AUT	5	1	1	3	3	6,5	44,5
25	24	Bosnia & Herzegovina	BIH	5	1	0	4	2	7,0	39,0
26	28	Turkey	TUR	5	1	0	4	2	4,0	51,0
27	26	Finland	FIN	5	0	1	4	1	5,0	49,0
28	27	Norway	NOR	5	0	1	4	1	5,0	47,0

8th European Teams w Novi Sad (SRB), 22-30 x 2009 Pairings and Results:
Round 6 27th October 2009
No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	2	GEO	Georgia	13½	9		:		8	13½	Azerbaijan	AZE	20
2	1	RUS	Russia	13½	8		:		8	12½	Ukraine	UKR	3
3	6	FRA	France	12½	7		:		7	12	Armenia	ARM	5
4	11	NED	Netherlands	11	4		:		4	8	Serbia	SRB	9
5	13	ROU	Romania	12½	7		:		6	10	Spain	ESP	15
6	17	ISR	Israel	10	6		:		6	13½	Poland	POL	4
7	10	HUN	Hungary	11½	6		:		6	12	Greece	GRE	14
8	7	GER	Germany	10½	5		:		6	11	Czech Republic	CZE	16
9	12	SLO	Slovenia	12	5		:		4	10½	Italy	ITA	19
10	8	BUL	Bulgaria	8	4		:		4	8½	Montenegro	MNE	23
11	22	ENG	England	10	4		:		4	9	Croatia	CRO	18
12	24	BIH	Bosnia & Herzegovina	7	2		:		3	6½	Austria	AUT	21
13	25	MKD	Former Yug Rep of Macedonia	7	3		:		2	4	Turkey	TUR	28
14	27	NOR	Norway	5	1		:		1	5	Finland	FIN	26
Round 5 26th October 2009
No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	3	UKR	Ukraine	10½	7	2	:	2	8	11½	Georgia	GEO	2
2	5	ARM	Armenia	10	6	2	:	2	7	11½	Azerbaijan	AZE	20
3	4	POL	Poland	12	6	1½	:	2½	6	11	Russia	RUS	1
4	9	SRB	Serbia	7½	4	½	:	3½	4	8	Hungary	HUN	10
5	6	FRA	France	9½	5	3	:	1	5	9½	Germany	GER	7
6	13	ROU	Romania	9½	5	3	:	1	5	11	Slovenia	SLO	12
7	14	GRE	Greece	10	5	2	:	2	5	9	Czech Republic	CZE	16
8	11	NED	Netherlands	9½	4	1½	:	2½	4	7½	Israel	ISR	17
9	15	ESP	Spain	7½	4	2½	:	1½	4	9	Italy	ITA	19
10	8	BUL	Bulgaria	4	2	4	:	0	3	6½	Austria	AUT	21
11	18	CRO	Croatia	5½	2	3½	:	½	2	3½	Turkey	TUR	28
12	23	MNE	Montenegro	5½	2	3	:	1	2	6	Bosnia & Herzegovina	BIH	24
13	27	NOR	Norway	4½	1	½	:	3½	2	6½	England	ENG	22
14	26	FIN	Finland	3½	1	1½	:	2½	1	4½	Former Yug Rep of Macedonia	MKD	25
Round 4 25th October 2009
No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	2	GEO	Georgia	9	6	2½	:	1½	6	8½	Armenia	ARM	5
2	3	UKR	Ukraine	8	5	2½	:	1½	5	8	France	FRA	6
3	20	AZE	Azerbaijan	8	5	3½	:	½	5	9	Romania	ROU	13
4	4	POL	Poland	8½	4	3½	:	½	4	7	Serbia	SRB	9
5	1	RUS	Russia	8½	4	2½	:	1½	4	6½	Hungary	HUN	10
6	14	GRE	Greece	8	4	2	:	2	4	7½	Germany	GER	7
7	16	CZE	Czech Republic	7	4	2	:	2	4	9	Slovenia	SLO	12
8	19	ITA	Italy	5	2	4	:	0	2	4	Bulgaria	BUL	8
9	28	TUR	Turkey	3½	2	0	:	4	2	5½	Netherlands	NED	11
10	24	BIH	Bosnia & Herzegovina	5	2	1	:	3	2	4½	Spain	ESP	15
11	17	ISR	Israel	5	2	2½	:	1½	2	4	Croatia	CRO	18
12	21	AUT	Austria	3½	1	3	:	1	1	2½	Finland	FIN	26
13	23	MNE	Montenegro	3½	1	2	:	2	1	4½	England	ENG	22
14	25	MKD	Former Yug Rep of Macedonia	2½	0	2	:	2	0	2½	Norway	NOR	27
Round 3 24th October 2009
No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	7	GER	Germany	7	4	½	:	3½	4	5½	Georgia	GEO	2
2	13	ROU	Romania	7	4	2	:	2	4	6	Ukraine	UKR	3
3	5	ARM	Armenia	5½	4	1	:	1	4	7½	Poland	POL	4
4	9	SRB	Serbia	4	2	2	:	1	2	4	Italy	ITA	19
5	8	BUL	Bulgaria	3	2	1	:	3	3	5	France	FRA	6
6	15	ESP	Spain	3	2	1½	:	2½	3	5½	Azerbaijan	AZE	20
7	10	HUN	Hungary	4	2	2½	:	1½	2	4	Netherlands	NED	11
8	12	SLO	Slovenia	5	2	4	:	0	2	3½	Turkey	TUR	28
9	16	CZE	Czech Republic	4½	2	2½	:	1½	2	3½	Israel	ISR	17
10	1	RUS	Russia	5	2	3½	:	½	1	2	Finland	FIN	26
11	22	ENG	England	3½	1	1	:	1	2	5	Greece	GRE	14
12	21	AUT	Austria	1½	0	2	:	2	0	1½	Montenegro	MNE	23
13	27	NOR	Norway	1½	0	½	:	1½	0	2	Bosnia & Herzegovina	BIH	24
14	25	MKD	Former Yug Rep of Macedonia	2	0	½	:	3½	0	½	Croatia	CRO	18
Round 2 23rd October 2009
No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	2	GEO	Georgia	3	2	2½	:	1½	2	3½	Russia	RUS	1
2	14	GRE	Greece	3½	2	1½	:	2½	2	3½	Ukraine	UKR	3
3	4	POL	Poland	4	2	3½	:	½	2	2½	Bulgaria	BUL	8
4	20	AZE	Azerbaijan	2	1	3½	:	½	2	3½	Serbia	SRB	9
5	12	SLO	Slovenia	4	2	1	:	3	2	2½	Armenia	ARM	5
6	11	NED	Netherlands	3½	2	½	:	3½	2	3½	Germany	GER	7
7	10	HUN	Hungary	3	2	1	:	3	2	4	Romania	ROU	13
8	6	FRA	France	2	1	3	:	1	0	½	Austria	AUT	21
9	15	ESP	Spain	½	0	2½	:	1½	0	½	Former Yug Rep of Macedonia	MKD	25
10	18	CRO	Croatia	0	0	½	:	3½	0	1	Czech Republic	CZE	16
11	17	ISR	Israel	½	0	3	:	1	0	½	Montenegro	MNE	23
12	19	ITA	Italy	1½	0	2½	:	1½	0	0	Norway	NOR	27
13	26	FIN	Finland	0	0	2	:	2	0	1½	England	ENG	22
14	28	TUR	Turkey	½	0	3	:	1	0	1	Bosnia & Herzegovina	BIH	24
Round 1 22nd October 2009
No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	1	RUS	Russia	0	0	3½	:	½	0	0	Spain	ESP	15
2	16	CZE	Czech Republic	0	0	1	:	3	0	0	Georgia	GEO	2
3	3	UKR	Ukraine	0	0	3½	:	½	0	0	Israel	ISR	17
4	9	SRB	Serbia	0	0	3½	:	½	0	0	Montenegro	MNE	23
5	18	CRO	Croatia	0	0	0	:	4	0	0	Poland	POL	4
6	5	ARM	Armenia	0	0	2½	:	1½	0	0	Italy	ITA	19
7	20	AZE	Azerbaijan	0	0	2	:	2	0	0	France	FRA	6
8	7	GER	Germany	0	0	3½	:	½	0	0	Austria	AUT	21
9	22	ENG	England	0	0	1½	:	2½	0	0	Bulgaria	BUL	8
10	24	BIH	Bosnia & Herzegovina	0	0	1	:	3	0	0	Hungary	HUN	10
11	11	NED	Netherlands	0	0	3½	:	½	0	0	Former Yug Rep of Macedonia	MKD	25
12	26	FIN	Finland	0	0	0	:	4	0	0	Slovenia	SLO	12
13	13	ROU	Romania	0	0	4	:	0	0	0	Norway	NOR	27
14	28	TUR	Turkey	0	0	½	:	3½	0	0	Greece	GRE	14

4) 48th World Junior Championships

The 48th World Junior Championships (27th for Girls) take place in Mar del Plata, Argentina 21st October - November 4th 2009.

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)

Official site: http://www.ajedrez.com.ar/ - Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr26636.aspx?lan=1

World Juniors Puerto Madryn (ARG), 21 x - 4 xi 2009 Round 5 Standings:
Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime	FRA	2718	4,5	9973	13,0	2833
2	GM	ZHIGALKO Sergei	BLR	2646	4,5	9800	12,5	2787
3		YU Yangyi	CHN	2509	4,0	10260	14,0	2724
4	GM	RODSHTEIN Maxim	ISR	2623	4,0	10206	13,5	2747
5	GM	LI Chao B	CHN	2617	4,0	9941	13,0	2693
6	GM	ITURRIZAGA Eduardo	VEN	2605	4,0	9902	12,0	2684
7	GM	BINDRICH Falko	GER	2516	4,0	9502	10,5	2586
8	GM	OLSZEWSKI Michal	POL	2544	3,5	10208	13,0	2651
9		BLIT Jacques	ARG	2350	3,5	10208	10,0	2620
10	GM	ANDREIKIN Dmitry	RUS	2659	3,5	10099	11,5	2620
11	GM	HOWELL David W L	ENG	2624	3,5	9976	12,0	2613
12	GM	GRIGORYAN Avetik	ARM	2515	3,5	9808	11,0	2551
13	GM	SWIERCZ Dariusz	POL	2492	3,5	9791	11,5	2533
14	FM	YILMAZ Mustafa	TUR	2475	3,5	9790	10,5	2516
15	GM	POPOV Ivan	RUS	2582	3,5	9664	10,5	2544
16	GM	JUMABAYEV Rinat	KAZ	2548	3,5	9663	10,0	2542
17	IM	VOCATURO Daniele	ITA	2510	3,5	9476	10,0	2483
18	GM	LEON HOYOS Manuel	MEX	2516	3,5	9403	10,0	2431
19	IM	LENDERMAN Alex	USA	2542	3,5	9385	10,0	2472
20	IM	LALITH Babu M R	IND	2477	3,0	10410	11,0	2568
21	FM	MAENHOUT Thibaut	BEL	2303	3,0	10143	8,0	2528
22	FM	BAJARANI Ulvi	AZE	2392	3,0	10079	9,5	2328
23	IM	MARGVELASHVILI Giorgi	GEO	2509	3,0	10064	11,5	2502
24	IM	ROBSON Ray	USA	2527	3,0	10062	11,0	2539
25	IM	IBARRA CHAMI Luis Fernando	MEX	2393	3,0	10029	10,0	2451
26		TRISTAN Leonardo	ARG	2412	3,0	9984	10,0	2496
27	GM	DIAMANT Andre	BRA	2526	3,0	9812	10,5	2486
28	FM	CORI Jorge	PER	2445	3,0	9771	11,0	2427
29		GUNDAVAA Bayarsaikhan	MGL	2477	3,0	9634	9,5	2412
30		GRYSON Wouter	BEL	2145	3,0	9537	7,0	2384
31	IM	SHYAM Sundar M	IND	2403	3,0	9396	9,0	2334
32	IM	KARTHIKEYAN P	IND	2449	3,0	9382	9,0	2348
33	IM	PEREZ PONSA Federico	ARG	2422	3,0	9340	9,0	2333
34		ONDRUS Martin	SVK	2304	3,0	8610	6,0	2034
35		GARNELIS Julius	LTU	2228	2,5	10042	7,0	2398
36	IM	ADHIBAN Baskaran	IND	2490	2,5	9969	8,0	2418
37		BOMANS Arno	BEL	2085	2,5	9731	7,0	2295
38	FM	VISHNU Prasanna V	IND	2342	2,5	9712	8,0	2182
39	FM	SCHIENDORFER Emanuel	SUI	2311	2,5	9637	7,5	2328
40		HUGAERT Arthur	BEL	2066	2,5	9636	5,0	2167
41		GALLEGO ALCARAZ Andres Felipe	COL	2404	2,5	9609	9,0	2310
42	IM	POTAPOV Pavel	RUS	2429	2,5	9593	8,5	2319
43	FM	ZASLAVSKY Mikhail	ISR	2392	2,5	9538	9,0	2148
44		STAVRIANAKIS Ioannis	GRE	2273	2,5	9450	6,5	2130
45		CRESPO Eugenio	ARG	2019	2,5	9435	6,0	2330
46	GM	CHIRILA Ioan-Cristian	ROU	2504	2,5	9415	9,5	2123
47		MALDONADO Federico	ARG	2003	2,5	9407	6,5	2320
48	IM	CAN Emre	TUR	2455	2,5	9387	8,5	2279
49	IM	ASHWIN Jayaram	IND	2451	2,5	9267	7,5	2257
50	FM	HOURIEZ Clement	FRA	2304	2,5	9139	6,0	2068
51	IM	BRUNELLO Sabino	ITA	2533	2,5	9088	6,5	2231
52	CM	ALVAREZ RAMIREZ Miguel Angel	MEX	2259	2,5	8992	5,5	2187
53		SALINAS HERRERA Pablo	CHI	2129	2,0	9689	7,0	2106
54	FM	MACIAS MURILLO Bryan	ECU	2363	2,0	9554	7,0	2246
55		CUBERLI Emiliano	ARG	2161	2,0	9208	5,0	2158
56		MORALES Ramon Alejandro	ARG	1941	2,0	9132	5,0	2187
57		AHARON Ofir	ISR	2192	2,0	8882	5,0	1944
58		GOMEZ GUSTAV Pizzocaro	BRA	2176	2,0	7284	6,0	1928
59		CHAVARRIA Bily	ARG	0	2,0	7150	7,0	2129
60		DOLE Anant	RSA	2068	2,0	6714	3,0	1751
61		CATELLI Hernan	ARG	2200	1,5	9909	5,5	2155
62		AGUINAGA Maximiliano	ARG	2009	1,5	9724	5,5	2169
63	FM	MEZA Hugo	ARG	2276	1,5	9587	6,0	2172
64		DIMURO Matias	ARG	2214	1,5	9474	5,5	2134
65		OCAMPOS Ian	ARG	2047	1,5	9410	3,5	1973
66	FM	KOKOL Peter	SLO	2322	1,5	9352	5,0	2135
67	FM	LOVIK Lasse Ostebo	NOR	2320	1,5	9339	4,5	2102
68		RAMOS Vasco Miguel De Matos	POR	1915	1,5	9326	3,5	2130
69		GARCIA FUENTES Sergio Mig	GUA	2119	1,5	9283	3,5	2097
70		TAHER Rami	LBA	1946	1,5	9089	3,5	2049
71	FM	STELLA Andrea	ITA	2330	1,5	8859	4,5	2006
72		GONCALVES Marcus Vinicius M	BRA	1865	1,5	8541	3,0	1948
73		GATOR Mosab	LBA	2139	1,5	6202	3,0	1764
74		DECUADRO Sebastian	URU	2034	1,0	9216	2,0	1843
75		CALDERON Luciano	ARG	0	1,0	8842	1,0	1768
76		CADELAGO Cristian	ARG	0	1,0	6857	3,0	1458
77		GUO-YUTHOK Sherab	AUS	1966	1,0	6775	1,0	1595
78		JOAO Mario	ANG	0	1,0	4244	2,0	0
79		SOARES Erikson	ANG	2255	1,0	4086	2,0	0
80		LEHTIMAKI Tero	FIN	2000	0,5	9301	2,5	1867
81		BEN FARAHAT Ramadan	LBA	0	0,0	6419	0,0	1105
82		JOAO Amaral	ANG	0	0,0	4234	0,0	0
83		SALEH A R Salem	UAE	2478	0,0	0	0,0	0
	FM	TOLOGONTEGIN Semetey	KGZ	2355	0,0	0	0,0	0

World Juniors Girls Puerto Madryn (ARG), 21 x - 4 xi 2009 Round 5 Standings:
Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	WIM	ZHANG Xiaowen	CHN	2391	4,5	8844	13,0	2565
2	WIM	CORI TELLO Deysi	PER	2361	4,0	9021	12,5	2474
3	WIM	PADMINI Rout	IND	2331	4,0	8668	10,0	2368
4	WFM	STEIL-ANTONI Fiona	LUX	2152	3,5	9159	10,5	2415
5	WIM	YILDIZ Betul Cemre	TUR	2224	3,5	8998	13,0	2338
6	WIM	MIKADZE Miranda	GEO	2317	3,5	8974	11,0	2308
7	WGM	PAULET Iozefina	ROU	2342	3,5	8911	10,5	2315
8	WFM	HAYRAPETYAN Anna	ARM	2212	3,5	8811	10,5	2297
9	WIM	SEVERIUKHINA Zoja	RUS	2339	3,5	8795	10,5	2316
10	WIM	KALININA Olga	UKR	2229	3,5	8782	13,0	2145
11		FUCHS Judith	GER	2207	3,5	8676	9,5	2268
12	WIM	OZTURK Kubra	TUR	2176	3,5	8616	9,5	2247
13	WFM	TJOLSEN Katrine	NOR	2178	3,5	8515	9,5	2228
14	WIM	IVAKHINOVA Inna	RUS	2249	3,0	9040	11,0	2274
15	WIM	CONGIU Mathilde	FRA	2149	3,0	9006	7,5	2221
16	WIM	PAIKIDZE Nazi	GEO	2279	3,0	8920	11,0	2255
17	WGM	SOUMYA Swaminathan	IND	2297	3,0	8846	10,5	2249
18	WIM	KIRAN Manisha Mohanty	IND	2153	3,0	8668	9,0	2138
19	WGM	DAULYTE Deimante	LTU	2307	3,0	8304	7,5	2065
20		FERNANDEZ Maria Florencia	ARG	2159	3,0	8105	8,0	2041
21		HARINI Sankaran	IND	2109	2,5	9179	8,5	2268
22	WFM	AMED Stephanie	ARG	2159	2,5	9120	10,0	2182
23	WIM	GREEFF Melissa	RSA	2081	2,5	8914	8,5	2190
24	WIM	UMUDOVA Nargiz	AZE	2254	2,5	8779	10,0	2150
25		GUO Emma	AUS	1920	2,5	8722	6,5	2139
26	WGM	GOMES Mary Ann	IND	2396	2,5	8384	6,5	2062
27	WFM	HERRERA Milena	COL	2141	2,5	8366	6,0	2031
28	WFM	COLOMBO Camila	URU	2129	2,0	9094	7,0	2122
29		HEREDIA SERRANO Carla	ECU	2152	2,0	8771	7,0	1922
30	WIM	LEKS Hanna	POL	2169	2,0	8645	8,0	2005
31		ANU Bayar	MGL	1876	2,0	8596	4,5	2042
32		MARTINEZ DE NEGRI M Agustina	ARG	1945	2,0	8501	3,0	1976
33		MOTYCAKOVA Monika	SVK	2038	2,0	8377	5,0	1843
34		BUCAR Natasa	SLO	1972	2,0	8246	3,0	1925
35		MARTINEZ Janine	BRA	1948	2,0	8051	4,0	1870
36		FERREIRA Susana Carolina G	POR	1660	2,0	6498	5,0	1919
37		OLSAROVA Tereza	CZE	2150	1,5	9084	5,5	2043
38		FLORES Nancy	ARG	1927	1,5	8945	5,5	2039
39		ANTON Sarah	AUS	1820	1,5	8786	4,5	1848
40	WIM	MENDOZA VELAZQUEZ Lorena Alejand	MEX	1973	1,5	8515	4,0	1930
41		REGINATO Sabrina	ITA	1880	1,5	6304	5,0	1741
42		HEINRICHS Vivian	BRA	0	1,0	6419	5,0	1260
43		HATTINGH Angelique	RSA	1790	1,0	6272	2,0	1255
44		JORQUERA CABELLO Valentina	CHI	1997	1,0	6151	1,0	1218
45		DE LEON Patricia	URU	1741	0,5	8449	2,5	1713

5) Chigorin Memorial 2009

The Chigorin Memorial took place in St Petersburg 14th-25th October 2009. The Rapid tournament finished with a win for Zaven Andriasian and the Blitz was won by Pentala Harikrishna. The Open tournament was won by Sergey Volkov on tie-break from Zhou Weiqi, Andrey Rychagov, Andrei Deviatkin and Hrant Melkumyan, all finished on 7/9. Final Round 9 games not yet available.

The Chigorin Memorial 2009 (St Petersburg RUS) takes place Wed 14th Oct 2009 - Sun 25th Oct 2009.

Open (264 players 9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1))

Rapid (159 players 11 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:15m+5spm)

Blitz (22 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:5m)

Official site: http://www.totalchess.spb.ru/

Chigorin Memorial Open St Petersburg (RUS), 16-24 x 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank	Name	Ti	Fed.	Score	Rating	TPR	W-We	BH
1	Volkov, Sergey	GM	RUS	7	2616	2761	1.65	51.5
2	Zhou, Weiqi	GM	CHN	7	2593	2704	1.28	51.5
3	Rychagov, Andrey	GM	RUS	7	2552	2734	2.14	49.5
4	Deviatkin, Andrei	GM	RUS	7	2593	2725	1.53	49
5	Melkumyan, Hrant	GM	ARM	7	2569	2673	1.26	47.5
6	Areshchenko, Alexander	GM	UKR	6.5	2667	2674	0.22	53
7	Savchenko, Boris	GM	RUS	6.5	2638	2671	0.45	52
8	Fedorov, Alexei	GM	BLR	6.5	2600	2714	1.46	51
9	Popov, Valerij	GM	RUS	6.5	2595	2663	0.91	51
10	Dreev, Alexey	GM	RUS	6.5	2659	2701	0.57	49
11	Epishin, Vladimir	GM	RUS	6.5	2590	2649	0.81	49
12	Hovhannisyan, Robert	IM	ARM	6.5	2463	2653	2.45	48.5
13	Khairullin, Ildar	GM	RUS	6.5	2604	2629	0.37	48.5
14	Lysyj, Igor	GM	RUS	6.5	2612	2648	0.5	48
15	Harikrishna, P.	GM	IND	6.5	2673	2668	0.11	48
16	Sjugirov, Sanan	GM	RUS	6.5	2585	2629	0.63	48
17	Sandipan, Chanda	GM	IND	6.5	2611	2594	-0.02	46.5
18	Iordachescu, Viorel	GM	MDA	6.5	2607	2620	0.33	44.5
19	Kurnosov, Igor	GM	RUS	6	2669	2660	-0.05	54
20	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	GM	KAZ	6	2643	2662	0.27	52
21	Klimov, Sergey	GM	RUS	6	2501	2628	1.62	50
22	Burmakin, Vladimir	GM	RUS	6	2599	2582	-0.13	50
23	Vorobiov, Evgeny E.	GM	RUS	6	2606	2590	-0.11	49
24	Makarov, Marat	GM	RUS	6	2505	2530	0.49	49
25	Kryakvin, Dmitry	GM	RUS	6	2571	2595	0.39	49
26	Chadaev, Nikolai	IM	RUS	6	2561	2605	0.62	49
27	Negi, Parimarjan	GM	IND	6	2615	2624	0.16	49
28	Levin, Evgeny A.	IM	RUS	6	2450	2600	1.88	48.5
29	Papin, Vasily	IM	RUS	6	2529	2602	1.04	48.5
30	Turov, Maxim	GM	RUS	6	2595	2570	-0.21	48.5
31	Shimanov, Aleksandr	GM	RUS	6	2508	2579	0.97	48.5
32	Amonatov, Farrukh	GM	TJK	6	2643	2583	-0.52	48
33	Vysochin, Spartak	GM	UKR	6	2550	2571	0.35	48
34	Babujian, Levon	IM	ARM	6	2474	2611	1.74	48
35	Andriasian, Zaven	GM	ARM	6	2612	2600	-0.1	48
36	Sakaev, Konstantin	GM	RUS	6	2625	2555	-0.66	47.5
37	Matlakov, Maxim	IM	RUS	6	2574	2529	-0.38	46
38	Tunik, Gennady	GM	RUS	6	2493	2573	1.1	45.5
39	Yakovich, Yuri	GM	RUS	6	2576	2557	-0.14	44.5
40	Tovmasian, Vardges		ARM	6	2228	2506	3.11	44
41	Safarli, Eltaj	GM	AZE	6	2587	2557	-0.31	44
42	Zontakh, Andrey	GM	UKR	6	2540	2531	0.05	43
43	Shomoev, Anton	GM	RUS	6	2566	2514	-0.54	42
44	Lovkov, Roman	IM	RUS	6	2435	2466	0.5	40.5
45	Zhigalko, Andrey	GM	BLR	6	2601	2475	-1.2	39.5
46	Predke, Alexandr		RUS	6	2361	2489	1.6	38.5
47	Alavkin, Arseny	IM	RUS	5.5	2428	2615	2.35	53
159 players

Chigorin Memorial Blitz St Petersburg (RUS), 25 x 2009 Final Standings:
Place	SNo.	Name	Title	Fed.	FIDE	Local	Total	Bch.	MBch.
1	2	Harikrishna. Pentala	GM	IND	2673	2673	16.5	140	116.5
2	38	Melkumyan. Hrant	GM	ARM	2569	2569	15.5	150.5	124
3	41	Chadaev. Nikolai	IM	RUS	2561	2561	15.5	147.5	123.5
4	13	Sakaev. Konstantin	GM	RUS	2625	2625	15.5	137.5	112.5
5	25	Popov. Valerij	GM	RUS	2595	2595	15	146.5	121.5
6	19	Bocharov. Dmitry	GM	RUS	2607	2607	15	146.5	120
7	33	Maletin. Pavel	GM	RUS	2576	2576	15	142	118
8	9	Aleksandrov. Aleksej	GM	BLR	2639	2639	15	141.5	116
9	24	Yudin. Sergei	IM	RUS	2599	2599	15	134.5	109.5
10	61	Levin. Evgeny A.	IM	RUS	2450	2450	15	131.5	111
11	27	Deviatkin. Andrei	GM	RUS	2593	2593	14.5	146.5	121.5
12	6	Dreev. Alexey	GM	RUS	2659	2659	14.5	146	120.5
13	7	Kobalia. Mikhail	GM	RUS	2648	2648	14.5	145	121
14	26	Turov. Maxim	GM	RUS	2595	2595	14.5	143.5	118.5
15	22	Khairullin. Ildar	GM	RUS	2604	2604	14.5	137	113.5
16	51	Simonian. Hrair	GM	ARM	2513	2513	14	138	114
17	29	Epishin. Vladimir	GM	RUS	2590	2590	14	136.5	110.5
18	39	Shomoev. Anton	GM	RUS	2566	2566	13.5	143	119.5
19	35	Matlakov. Maxim	IM	RUS	2574	2574	13.5	142.5	118
20	28	Zhou. Weiqi	GM	CHN	2593	2593	13.5	137	113
21	1	Vitiugov. Nikita	GM	RUS	2681	2681	13.5	137	112.5
22	16	Andriasian. Zaven	GM	ARM	2612	2612	13.5	135.5	110
23	40	Grigoriants. Sergey	GM	RUS	2564	2564	13.5	133	109
24	62	Ju. Wenjun	WGM	CHN	2443	2443	13.5	128.5	104.5
25	52	Shimanov. Aleksandr	GM	RUS	2508	2508	13.5	127	104
26	73	Vlasenko. Miroslav	IM	RUS	2384	2384	13	135.5	111.5
27	4	Timofeev. Artyom	GM	RUS	2668	2668	13	135.5	110.5
28	78	Fedoseev. Vladimir	FM	RUS	2352	2352	13	132	107
29	20	Iordachescu. Viorel	GM	MDA	2607	2607	13	131.5	108
30	65	Smirnov. Artem	IM	RUS	2432	2432	13	122	101.5
31	42	Ovetchkin. Roman	GM	RUS	2556	2556	13	121.5	97
32	36	Kryakvin. Dmitry	GM	RUS	2571	2571	13	121	97.5
136 players

6) Chess in Lebanon

The 5th Arab Women Chess InterClubs Championship 2009 took place in Beirut - Lebanon 8th - 14th October 2009. AlMouhafaza (Syria) won the tournament. The Beirut 3rd International Open Chess Championship 2009 saw Valeriy Neverov take clear first. Details next week.

Official site: http://www.lebchess.org/

7) US Chess League

The US Chess League got under way on August 31st 2009. Reaches week 8.

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
@ - New Jersey	7.0	1.0	21.5/32 (67%)	2410	28.5-25.5 (53%)
@ - Boston	6.0	2.0	19.0/32 (59%)	2399	21.5-30.5 (41%)
New York	4.0	4.0	17.5/32 (55%)	2406	30.0-24.0 (56%)
Baltimore	3.5	4.5	15.0/32 (47%)	2407	25.5-28.5 (47%)
Philadelphia	3.0	5.0	14.0/32 (44%)	2410	25.0-29.0 (46%)
Queens	2.0	6.0	12.0/32 (38%)	2419	28.0-26.0 (52%)
Carolina	1.5	6.5	10.5/32 (33%)	2422	27.5-26.5 (51%)
WESTERN DIVISION	W	L	Game Points	Opps Avg Rating	Opps Record
@ - Seattle	7.0	1.0	20.5/32 (64%)	2401	26.5-27.5 (49%)
Arizona	5.0	3.0	18.5/32 (58%)	2392	29.5-24.5 (55%)
San Francisco	5.0	3.0	18.0/32 (56%)	2417	29.0-25.0 (54%)
Miami	4.5	3.5	17.0/32 (53%)	2403	23.5-28.5 (45%)
Dallas	3.0	5.0	14.5/32 (45%)	2420	29.0-25.0 (54%)
Chicago	2.5	5.5	13.0/32 (41%)	2414	26.0-26.0 (50%)
X - Tennessee	2.0	6.0	13.0/32 (41%)	2408	24.5-27.5 (47%)

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	Tie	2-2
2	Carolina Cobras	vs	Dallas Destiny	Carolina	3-1
Week7: Wednesday, October 14th 2009
3	Boston Blitz	vs	Queens Pioneers	Boston	2.5-1.5
4	Baltimore Kingfishers	vs	NJ Knockouts	New Jersey	3.5-0.5
5	Chicago Blaze	vs	Tennessee Tempo	Chicago	2.5-1.5
6	Seattle Sluggers	vs	Miami Sharks	Seattle	2.5-1.5
7	Arizona Scorpions	vs	SF Mechanics	Arizona	2.5-1.5
Week8: Monday, October 19th 2009
1	New Jersey Knockouts	vs	Boston Blitz	New Jersey	4-0
2	Dallas Destiny	vs	Miami Sharks	Tie	2-2
3	Chicago Blaze	vs	Arizona Scorpions	Arizona	2.5-1.5
Week8: Wednesday, October 21st 2009
4	New York Knights	vs	Carolina Cobras	Tie	2-2
5	Philadelphia Inventors	vs	Baltimore Kingfishers	Tie	2-2
6	San Francisco Mechanics	vs	Queens Pioneers	San Francisco	3-1
7	Tennessee Tempo	vs	Seattle Sluggers	Seattle	3.5-0.5
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

8) Romanian League

The Romanian League took place in Eforie Nord 19th-27th September 2009. 10 teams in each of the men's and women's tournaments.

Official site: http://www.frsah.ro/

9) Guernsey International Chess Festival

Tiger Hillarp-Persson won the Guernsey International Chess Festival 18th-24th October 2009. No games available as far as I could see.

Official site: http://www.guernseychessclub.org.gg/festival/festival.aspx

10) World Senior Championship

The World Senior Championship takes place in Condino a little village not far from Trento 27th October - November 7th 2009. Free day November 1st. 11 rounds.

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

20 games will be transmitted daily on internet There is already the list of players; about 15 GMs in the men group (Over 60), in the female group (Over 50) Nona Gaprindashvili will play. 11 rounds. Last round November 7th; free day November 1st

11) Forthcoming Events and Links

Lorenzo Forlani

33rd international rapid Cup "Lorenzo Forlani" takes place November 29th, 2009. in Vodnjan. For more information please contact on e-mail apacic@inet.hr

World Cup 2009

The World Cup takes place in Khanty-Mansiysk 20th November - 15th December 2009. The event is part of the next world championship cycle. 7 rounds of knockout chess produce the winner.

FIDE World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk (Khantiy Mansiysk RUS)

Fri 20th Nov 2009 - Tue 15th Dec 2009 - Official Site

World Cup (128 players 7 Rds KO Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1))

Romanian League Eforie Nord (ROU), 19-27 ix 2009
Rk.	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	CS AEM LUXTEN TIMISOARA	*	3½	3	3	4½	3½	5	3½	5½	5½	16	0	37,0
2	ACS DE SAH APA NOVA BUCURESTI	2½	*	3½	3½	3	3½	4½	5	4½	6	15	0	36,0
3	CS STUD. MEDICINA TIMISOARA	3	2½	*	3	5	3½	5	5	6	6	14	0	39,0
4	CS DINAMO BUCURESTI	3	2½	3	*	3	3½	4½	5	4	5½	13	0	34,0
5	CS VICTORIA TECHIRGHIOL	1½	3	1	3	*	3	3	4	3½	6	10	0	28,0
6	CS COTNARI-POLITEHNICA IASI	2½	2½	2½	2½	3	*	4½	5½	5½	6	9	0	34,5
7	CS MUNCITORUL RESITA	1	1½	1	1½	3	1½	*	4	3½	4	7	0	21,0
8	SC JUVENTUS BUCURESTI	2½	1	1	1	2	½	2	*	4	3½	4	0	17,5
9	CSU PLOIESTI	½	1½	0	2	2½	½	2½	2	*	5½	2	0	17,0
10	CS DIANA GALATI	½	0	0	½	0	0	2	2½	½	*	0	0	6,0

World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk (RUS), 20 xi - 15 xii 2009 128 players:
A from World Cup 2007
01	G. Kamsky	USA
02	A. Shirov	ESP
03	S. Karjakin	UKR
B) Women's World Champion 2008:
04	A. Kosteniuk	RUS
C) Junior World Champions 2007 & 2008:
05	A. Adly	EGY
06	A. Gupta	IND
D) From FIDE Rating List, 22 players, average 7/2008 & 1/2009:
07	V. Ivanchuk	UKR	2780,00
08	A. Morozevich	RUS	2779,50
09	T. Radjabov	AZE	2752,50
10	D. Jakovenko	RUS	2734,50
11	S. Mamedyarov	AZE	2733,00
12	P. Svidler	RUS	2730,50
13	A. Grischuk	RUS	2730,50
14	B. Gelfand	ISR	2726,50
15	R. Ponomariov	UKR	2722,00
16	Wang Yue	CHN	2721,50
17	V. Gashimov	AZE	2720,00
18	E. Alekseev	RUS	2713,00
19	L. Dominguez Perez	CUB	2712,50
20	Ni Hua	CHN	2707,00
21	E. Bacrot	FRA	2706,50
22	Bu Xiangzhi	CHN	2706,00
23	P. Eljanov	UKR	2704,50
24	J. Polgar	HUN	2702,00
25	S. Rublevsky	RUS	2700,50
26	K. Sasikiran	IND	2697,50
27	Wang Hao	CHN	2691,00
28	V. Malakhov	RUS	2690,50
E) 46 players from European Championships 2008 & 2009
29	S. Tiviakov	NED	2008
30	S. Movsesian	SVK	2008
31	S. Volkov	RUS	2008
32	P. Tregubov	RUS	2008
33	E. L'Ami	NED	2008
34	M. Vachier-Lagrave	FRA	2008
35	B. Grachev	RUS	2008
36	V. Baklan	UKR	2008
37	Y. Kryvoruchko	UKR	2008
38	T. Nyback	FIN	2008
39	E. Sutovsky	ISR	2008
40	V. Laznicka	CZE	2008
41	D. Pavasovic	SLO	2008
42	Z. Efimenko	UKR	2008
43	I. Papaioannou	GRE	2008
44	A. Khalifman	RUS	2008
45	E. Najer	RUS	2008
46	D. Andreikin	RUS	2008
47	G. Sargissian	ARM	2008
48	J. Gustafsson	GER	2008
49	L. Fressinet	FRA	2008
50	I. Smirin	ISR	2008
51	V. Bologan	MDA	2008
52	E. Tomashevsky	RUS	2009
53	B. Jobava	GEO	2009
54	E. Inarkiev	RUS	2009
55	I. Sokolov	NED	2009
56	A. Naiditsch	GER	2009
57	D. Navara	CZE	2009
58	M. Kobalia	RUS	2009
59	G. Guseinov	AZE	2009
60	G. Meier	GER	2009
61	F. Nijboer	NED	2009
62	S. Fedorchuk	UKR	2009
63	A. Timofeev	RUS	2009
64	S. Sjugirov	RUS	2009
65	M. Bartel	POL	2009
66	R. Mamedov	AZE	2009
67	B. Savchenko	RUS	2009
68	K. Sakaev	RUS	2009
69	N. Vitiugov	RUS	2009
70	T. L. Petrosian	ARM	2009
71	L. Nisipeanu	ROU	2009
72	C. Lupulescu	ROU	2009
73	A. Motylev	RUS	2009
74	A . Areshchenko	UKR	2009
F) 19 players from Americas
75	I. Morovic Fernandez	CHI	Zonal 2.5
76	A. Rodriguez Vila	URU	Zonal 2.5
77	R. Hess	USA	Zonal 2.1
78	A. Onischuk	USA	Zonal 2.1
79	V. Akobian	USA	Zonal 2.1
80	Y. Shulman	USA	Zonal 2.1
81	J. Friedel	USA	Zonal 2.1
82	A. Fier	BRA	Zonal 2.4
83	R. Leitao	BRA	Zonal 2.4
84	L. Bruzon	CUB	Zonal 2.3
85	E. Iturrizaga	VEN	Zonal 2.3
86	J. Hebert	CAN	Zonal 2.2
87	J. Ehlvest	USA	Continental 2008
88	A. Shabalov	USA	Continental 2009
89	F. Corrales Jimenez	CUB	Continental 2009
90	J. Granda Zuniga	PER	Continental 2009
91	G. Milos	BRA	Continental 2009
92	D. Flores	ARG	Continental 2009
93	A. Ivanov	USA	Continental 2009
G) 19 players from Asia/Oceania
94	S. Ganguly	IND	Continental
95	Zhou Weiqi	CHN	Continental
96	Yu Yangyi	CHN	Continental
97	Yu Shaoteng	CHN	Continental
98	Le Quang Liem	VIE	Continental
99	A. Rogelio Jr	PHI	Continental
100	Hou Yifan	CHN	Continental
101	C. Sandipan	IND	Continental
102	A. Kunte	IND	Continental
103	Negi Parimarjan	IND	Continental
104	Zhou Jianchao	CHN	Zonal 3.5
105	Li Chao	CHN	Zonal 3.5
106	D. Smerdon	AUS	Zonal 3.6
107	J. Sriram	IND	Zonal 3.2
108	D. Laylo	PHI	Zonal 3.3
109	Wesley So	PHI	Zonal 3.3
110	Al Sayed, Mohamed N.	QAT	Zonal 3.1
111	Amonatov, A.	TJK	Zonal 3.4
112	Filipov, A.	UZB	Zonal 3.4
H) 6 players from Africa
113	B. Amin	EGY
114	K. Abdel Razik	EGY
115	E. El Gindy	EGY
116	W. Sarwat	EGY
117	M. Ezat	EGY
118	A. Rizouk	ALG
I) 6 nominees of the FIDE President
119	Robson, Ray	USA
120	Tkachiev, Vladislav	FRA
121	Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan	IRI
122	Caruana, Fabiano	ITA
123	Cheparinov, Ivan	BUL
124	Pelletier, Yannick	SUI
J) 4 nominees of the local Organising Committee
125	Pridorozhni, Alexei	RUS
126	Bezgodov, Alexei	RUS
127	Kabanov, Nikolai	RUS
128	Obodchuk, Andrei	RUS

Tal Memorial

The Tal Memorial takes place 4th-19th November 2009. Players: Viswanathan Anand, Levon Aronian, Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Leko, Boris Gelfand, Vassily Ivanchuk, Alexander Morozevich, Peter Svidler and Ruslan Ponomariov. The main event will be followed by the World Blitz Championship.

Official Site

Tal Mem (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:120:60:15+30spm(61))

Tal Memorial Moscow (RUS), 5-14 xi 2009				cat. XXI (2761)
Name	Ti	NAT	Elo Sept	DoB
Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2788	1969
Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2773	1982
Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2772	1990
Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2772	1975
Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2762	1979
Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2756	1968
Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2756	1969
Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2750	1977
Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2741	1976
Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2741	1983

World Blitz Championship

The World Blitz Championship takes place in Moscow following the Tal Memorial. 20 players compete.

V World Blitz 2009 (Moscow RUS)
Mon 16th Nov 2009 - Wed 18th Nov 2009 - Official Site

World Blitz (20 players 19 Rds SRR Indiv TC:5m)

World Blitz Moscow (RUS), 16-18 xi 2009				cat. XIX (2715)
Tal Memorial Players
Name	Ti	NAT	Elo Sept	DoB	Note
Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2788	1969
Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2773	1982
Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2772	1990
Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2772	1975
Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2762	1979
Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2756	1968
Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2756	1969	(2007 Champion)
Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2750	1977
Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2741	1976
Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2741	1983
Qualified from Aeroflot Blitz
Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2722	1990
Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	2740	1986
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2721	1985
Bareev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2633	1966
Tkachiev, Vladislav	g	FRA	2669	1973
Zhou, Jianchao	g	CHN	2623	1988
Invitees
Karpov, Anatoly	g	RUS	2619	1951
Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2733	1983	(2006 Champion)
Kosteniuk, Alexandra	g	RUS	2516	1984	(current WCh w)
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2719	1983	(2008 Champion)

BNbank Blitz 2009

On October 31 the stage is set for a great chess spectacle in Norway. In six citys - Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, Troms�, Trondheim and Porsgrunn - there will be arranged blitz tournaments in shopping malls. The winner from each city will earn a spot in the final in Oslo on November 28 where he or she will compete against ten invited world class players for a prize fund of 74 000 NOK. You do not have to be a member of a federation or a chess club to participate in these qualifiers. Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura star in the final.

Official site: http://www.sjakk.no/bnbankblitz/index_en.html

Corus Wijk aan Zee 2010

The field for the 2010 Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee has been announced. Dates Friday 15th January 2010 - Sunday 31st January 2010.

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

The A-Group is category XIX and once again is a pretty exciting field.

Corus A Wijk aan Zee (NED), 15-31 i 2010				cat. XIX (2720)
Ti	Player	NAT	Elo Sept	WRk	DoB
GM	Viswanathan Anand	IND	2788	2	1969
GM	Magnus Carlsen	NOR	2772	4	1990
GM	Vladimir Kramnik	RUS	2772	5	1975
GM	Peter Leko	HUN	2762	6	1979
GM	Vassily Ivanchuk	UKR	2756	8	1969
GM	Hikaru Nakamura	USA	2735	16	1987
GM	Alexei Shirov	ESP	2730	18	1972
GM	Sergey Karjakin	RUS	2722	20	1990
GM	Leinier Dominguez Perez	CUB	2719	22	1983
GM	Nigel Short	ENG	2706	29	1965
GM	Sergey Tiviakov	NED	2670	57	1973
GM	Fabiano Caruana	ITA	2662	71	1992
GM	Loek van Wely	NED	2650	86	1972
GM	Jan Smeets	NED	2642	101	1985

The B-Group is a not too shabby category 16 and once again they have a mixed field of youth and experience that should provide some real entertainment.

Corus B Wijk aan Zee (NED), 15-31 i 2010			cat. XVI (2627)
Ti	Player	NAT	Elo Sept	DoB
GM	Ni Hua	CHN	2692	1983
GM	Arkadij Naiditsch	GER	2685	1985
GM	Emil Sutovsky	ISR	2676	1977
GM	Pentala Harikrishna	IND	2673	1986
GM	Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu	ROM	2664	1976
GM	Wesley So	PHI	2644	1993
GM	Varuzhan Akobian	USA	2637	1983
GM	David Howell	ENG	2624	1990
GM	Parimarjan Negi	IND	2615	1993
GM	Tomi Nyback	FIN	2615	1985
GM	Erwin l'Ami	NED	2606	1985
GM	Dimitri Reinderman	NED	2572	1972
GM	Anish Giri	NED	2552	1994
WGM	Anna Muzychuk	SLO	2533	1990

There will also be a C-Group, the field will be announced later.

Schachbundesliga 2009-10

The Schachbundesliga in Germany is the strongest league in the world. Although with the recession as it is we will have to see how their teams are affected. Games started on Friday 16th with some of the Round 7 games that were played on different dates for the teams. The real Round 1 and 2 were on Saturday and Sunday 17th-18th October 2009.

After two rounds (plus additional round 7 matches played on Friday night) Emsdetten have started with a perfect record of three wins and 6 points. Eppingham are a point behind after two wins and a draw. Bremen, top seeds Baden Baden and Hamberger SK are on two wins from two matches and 4 points.

Rounds 4 and 5 are on the 14th and 15th of November 2009.

Official site: http://www.schachbundesliga.de/

Hastings Chess Congress 2009-10

The Hastings Chess Congress takes place 28th December 2009 - 5th January 2010.

Contact details conpowr@aol.com

Official site: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk

Hastings Chess Congress (ENG), 28 xii 2009 - 4 i 2010 Leading Entries
DRODZOVSKIJ Yuri	UKR	gm	2627
EDOUARD Roman	FRA	gm	2620
HOWELL David	ENG	gm	2620
STRATESCU Andrei	ROM	gm	2620
WILLIAMS Simon	ENG	gm	2520
HEBDEN Mark	ENG	gm	2500
ARKELL Keith	ENG	gm	2478
PHILIPPE Christophe	FRA	im	2430
ZDEBSKAJA Natalia	UKR	wgm	2410
KOLBUS Dietmar	GER	im	2355
MARUSENKO Petr	UKR	im	2300
RUDD Jack	ENG	im	2296

Gibtelecom Masters 2010

The Gibtelecom Masters takes place 26th January - 4 February 2010.

Contact details: hotel conf.banq@caletahotel.gi; technical stewartreuben@aol.com.

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

Gibtelecom Masters (ENG), 26 i - 4 ii 2010 Leading Entries
Zhu Chen	QTR	GM	2473
Al-Modiahki Mohamad	QTR	GM	2570
Cmilyte Victorja	LTU	IM	2475
Zhukova Natalia	UKR	WGM	2465
Skripchenko Almira	FRA	IM	2450
Fressinet Laurent	FRA	GM	2667
Zatonskih Anna	USA	IM	2466
Fridman Daniel	GER	GM	2665
Dzagnidze Nana	GEO	GM	2536
Krush Irina	USA	IM	2458
Zozulia Anna	BEL	IM	2341
Malakhatko Vadim	BEL	GM	2573
Cramling Pia	SWE	GM	2531
Bellon Juan	ESP	GM	2430
Sachdev Tania	IND	IM	2410
Muzychuk Mariya	UKR	IM	2441
Houska Jovanka	ENG	IM	2380+
Roiz Michael	ISR	GM	2662
Golod Vitali	ISR	GM	2592
Calzetta Monica	ESP	WGM	2344
Koneru Humpy	IND	GM	2611
Siebrecht Sebastian	GER	GM	2456
Hoffmann Michael	GER	GM	2513
Stefanova Antoaneta	BUL	GM	2522
Dronavalli Harika	IND	IM	2449
Kruttika Nadig	IND	WGM	2264
Karavade Eesha	IND	WGM	2391
Mohota Nisha	IND	WGM	2336
Speelman Jon	ENG	GM	2525
Agdestein Simen	NOR	GM	2570
Arakhamia Ketevan	SCO	GM	2500
Sedina Elena	ITA	IM	2335
Adams Michael	ENG	GM	2682
Romain Edouard	FRA	GM	2622
Istratescu Andrei	ROU	GM	2624
Movsesian Sergey	CZE	GM	2711
Kosteniuk Alexandra	RUS	GM	2516
Gopal Naravanyan	IND	GM	2586
Sandipan Chandra	IND	GM	2585
Vitiugov Nikita	RUS	GM	2689
Romanov Evgeny	RUS	GM	2591

World Memory Championship 2009

The World Memory Championship takes place 12th-14th November 2009, plus training day 11th. Strand Palace Hotel, London Required voluntary staff as 'arbiters' from 11am-5pm on the 11th and 9am-6pm on 12-14. Skills required reading, writing and recognising playing cards. RECOMPENSE : £125 total including own refreshments.

Further details: http://www.worldmemorychampionships.com/schedule.asp

Contact RDKOBE@aol.com

Moscow Non-Stop Chess Events of the World Chess Tour

Following round-robin tournaments (GM. IM. rating) of the "World Chess Tour 2009/10" series. Autumn / Winter 2009/10:

2009: 1-12.11. 15-26.11. 29.11-10.12. 13-22.12.

2010: 2-13.01. 17-28.01. 9-20.02 etc.

Since November 2009 also "Non-stop" events are available. in different formats (depending of participant�s wish: 1) 5-6 days 2) 7-8 days 3) 9-11 days 4) 12-15 days 5) 16-21 days 6) 22-31 days 7) more than 1 month.

Contact: GM Igor GLEK: worldchesstour@gmail.com. Fax (7)495-4336634. Phone moblie (7)903-5593052.

Official site: http://www.chess-events.org/

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 (France) 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.

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

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 �sterreich: 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 .11 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

World Youth Championships

World Youth Championships takes 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/

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

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

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