THE WEEK IN CHESS 783 9th November 2009 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Stefan Kindermann, John Saunders, Igor Glek, Arthur Brameld, Dave Clayton, Miklos Orso, Adolivio Capece, George Mirijanian, Laszlo Nagy, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Jan Mazuch and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The Tal Memorial has seen four rounds so far. Vladimir Kramnik is the deserved leader with two wins and a good impression in the others too. Magnus Carlsen was running a fever going into the first rest day but also I get the feeling people aren't taking many risks against him. World Champion Viswanathan Anand and Levon Aronian are half a point off the lead. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won a tremendous battle with Sergei Zhigalko on tie-break after both players switched leadership as they dominated the World Junior Championship. The Spanish Teams, Barcelona Casino tournament and Russian Cup are amongst the other tournaments.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 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 (2764)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2772	*	½	.	½	.	.	.	.	1	1	3	2966
2.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2788	½	*	.	.	½	.	½	.	.	1	2½	2846
3.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2786	.	.	*	½	½	.	.	1	.	½	2½	2856
4.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2801	½	.	½	*	.	½	.	.	½	.	2	2766
5.	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2739	.	½	½	.	*	½	½	.	.	.	2	2767
6.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2758	.	.	.	½	½	*	.	½	½	.	2	2760
7.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2739	.	½	.	.	½	.	*	½	.	½	2	2758
8.	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2752	.	.	0	.	.	½	½	*	½	.	1½	2671
9.	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2750	0	.	.	½	.	½	.	½	*	.	1½	2683
10.	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2754	0	0	½	.	.	.	½	.	.	*	1	2578

Round 1 (November 5, 2009)
Aronian, Levon	- Svidler, Peter	½-½	37	D80	Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Carlsen, Magnus	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	58	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Gelfand, Boris	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	½-½	29	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	44	D94	Gruenfeld Closed
Morozevich, Alexander	- Leko, Peter	½-½	39	C45	Scotch Game
Round 2 (November 6, 2009)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	29	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Carlsen, Magnus	- Morozevich, Alexander	½-½	39	E25	Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	32	D87	Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Leko, Peter	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	44	C42	Petroff's Defence
Svidler, Peter	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	27	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 3 (November 7, 2009)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Svidler, Peter	1-0	32	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Aronian, Levon	- Leko, Peter	1-0	43	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Gelfand, Boris	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	27	D80	Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	½-½	69	D38	QGD Ragozin
Morozevich, Alexander	- Kramnik, Vladimir	0-1	45	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 4 (November 8, 2009)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Svidler, Peter	1-0	37	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Carlsen, Magnus	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	32	D47	Queens Gambit Meran
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	34	D71	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Leko, Peter	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	27	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Morozevich, Alexander	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	41	A28	English Four Knights

3) 48th World Junior Championships

The 48th World Junior Championships took place in Puerto Madryn, Argentina (a last minute change from Mar del Plata) 21st October - November 4th 2009.

Boys Results and Girls Results. I hope a full file emerges but I had to dodge a corrupted website to obtain even the games I did.

Maxime Vachier Lagrave edged out Sergei Zhigalko on tie-break after both finished on 10.5/13 a point and a half clear of the field. .

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 Final Round 13 Standings:
Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime	FRA	2718	10,5	30764	74,5	2799
2	GM	ZHIGALKO Sergei	BLR	2646	10,5	30663	75,5	2787
3	GM	OLSZEWSKI Michal	POL	2544	9,0	30456	64,5	2661
4	GM	POPOV Ivan	RUS	2582	9,0	30351	64,0	2653
5	IM	LENDERMAN Alex	USA	2542	9,0	29713	61,0	2598
6	GM	ANDREIKIN Dmitry	RUS	2659	8,5	30700	63,5	2653
7	GM	YU Yangyi	CHN	2509	8,5	30445	62,5	2618
8	GM	GRIGORYAN Avetik	ARM	2515	8,5	30221	62,5	2604
9	IM	MARGVELASHVILI Giorgi	GEO	2509	8,5	30209	63,0	2594
10	GM	ITURRIZAGA Eduardo	VEN	2605	8,0	30804	66,0	2635
11	GM	RODSHTEIN Maxim	ISR	2623	8,0	30567	63,5	2618
12	GM	LI Chao B	CHN	2617	8,0	30442	62,5	2607
13	GM	HOWELL David W L	ENG	2624	8,0	30122	60,0	2582
14	GM	BINDRICH Falko	GER	2516	8,0	29898	60,0	2558
15	IM	VOCATURO Daniele	ITA	2510	8,0	29399	57,0	2517
16	GM	CHIRILA Ioan-Cristian	ROU	2504	8,0	28876	54,0	2401
17	IM	CAN Emre	TUR	2455	8,0	27740	49,0	2375
18	IM	ROBSON Ray	USA	2527	7,5	30163	59,0	2552
19	GM	JUMABAYEV Rinat	KAZ	2548	7,5	29842	57,5	2530
20	IM	LALITH Babu M R	IND	2477	7,5	29791	55,0	2508
21	IM	IBARRA CHAMI Luis Fernando	MEX	2393	7,5	29614	53,0	2478
22	IM	KARTHIKEYAN P	IND	2449	7,5	28528	51,0	2405
23	IM	POTAPOV Pavel	RUS	2429	7,5	27965	50,5	2362
24	IM	ASHWIN Jayaram	IND	2451	7,5	27848	49,5	2354
25		GALLEGO ALCARAZ Andres Felipe	COL	2404	7,5	27581	48,0	2328
26	GM	DIAMANT Andre	BRA	2526	7,0	29870	57,0	2500
27	GM	LEON HOYOS Manuel	MEX	2516	7,0	29546	55,0	2456
28	FM	SCHIENDORFER Emanuel	SUI	2311	7,0	29379	48,5	2443
29		GUNDAVAA Bayarsaikhan	MGL	2477	7,0	29196	53,0	2434
30	FM	CORI Jorge	PER	2445	7,0	29153	54,5	2426
31	IM	BRUNELLO Sabino	ITA	2533	7,0	28696	51,0	2395
32	GM	SWIERCZ Dariusz	POL	2492	7,0	28614	50,5	2394
33	FM	KOKOL Peter	SLO	2322	7,0	27207	41,0	2277
34	FM	LOVIK Lasse Ostebo	NOR	2320	7,0	26389	40,5	2151
35	FM	STELLA Andrea	ITA	2330	7,0	26011	39,5	2122
36		GARNELIS Julius	LTU	2228	6,5	29534	47,0	2422
37	FM	MAENHOUT Thibaut	BEL	2303	6,5	29472	49,0	2422
38		BLIT Jacques	ARG	2350	6,5	29375	50,5	2423
39	FM	BAJARANI Ulvi	AZE	2392	6,5	29233	50,5	2341
40	IM	ADHIBAN Baskaran	IND	2490	6,5	29140	50,0	2405
41	IM	SHYAM Sundar M	IND	2403	6,5	28293	48,5	2324
42	FM	ZASLAVSKY Mikhail	ISR	2392	6,5	28220	49,0	2263
43		SALINAS HERRERA Pablo	CHI	2129	6,5	28199	44,0	2261
44	FM	VISHNU Prasanna V	IND	2342	6,5	27667	46,0	2221
45	FM	MACIAS MURILLO Bryan	ECU	2363	6,5	27587	45,5	2276
46	FM	MEZA Hugo	ARG	2276	6,5	27428	43,0	2259
47		CATELLI Hernan	ARG	2200	6,5	27370	40,0	2252
48		ONDRUS Martin	SVK	2304	6,5	27260	43,0	2189
49	FM	YILMAZ Mustafa	TUR	2475	6,0	28951	50,5	2355
50	IM	TRISTAN Leonardo	ARG	2412	6,0	28341	47,0	2305
51	IM	PEREZ PONSA Federico	ARG	2422	6,0	28237	47,0	2294
52		GRYSON Wouter	BEL	2145	6,0	28181	41,5	2272
53	FM	HOURIEZ Clement	FRA	2304	6,0	27464	41,5	2176
54	CM	ALVAREZ RAMIREZ Miguel Angel	MEX	2259	6,0	26208	37,5	2134
55		OCAMPOS Ian	ARG	2047	6,0	20472	32,0	1915
56		JOAO Mario	ANG	0	6,0	18836	30,0	1978
57		DIMURO Matias	ARG	2214	5,5	27239	40,0	2182
58		STAVRIANAKIS Ioannis	GRE	2273	5,5	26853	39,0	2101
59		HUGAERT Arthur	BEL	2066	5,5	25617	39,0	2098
60		AHARON Ofir	ISR	2192	5,5	24327	36,5	1999
61		AGUINAGA Maximiliano	ARG	2009	5,5	24247	30,5	1993
62		LEHTIMAKI Tero	FIN	2000	5,5	24171	32,5	1987
63		TAHER Rami	LBA	1946	5,5	24055	33,0	1975
64		GOMEZ GUSTAV Pizzocaro	BRA	2176	5,5	22697	38,0	2004
65		DOLE Anant	RSA	2068	5,5	21934	33,0	1907
66		SOARES Erikson	ANG	2255	5,5	18949	32,0	1956
67		GATOR Mosab	LBA	2139	5,5	18474	30,0	1811
68		BOMANS Arno	BEL	2085	5,0	28361	38,0	2194
69		CRESPO Eugenio	ARG	2019	5,0	27516	38,5	2193
70		GARCIA FUENTES Sergio Mig	GUA	2119	5,0	27385	34,5	2169
71		CUBERLI Emiliano	ARG	2161	5,0	24766	37,0	2003
72		MALDONADO Federico	ARG	2003	4,5	22841	33,5	1924
73		CALDERON Luciano	ARG	0	4,5	22799	26,0	1828
74		CHAVARRIA Bily	ARG	0	4,5	21893	31,5	1866
75		DECUADRO Sebastian	URU	2034	4,5	20912	19,0	1776
76		GUO-YUTHOK Sherab	AUS	1966	4,5	19558	25,0	1764
77		RAMOS Vasco Miguel De Matos	POR	1915	4,0	26352	27,5	1978
78		BEN FARAHAT Ramadan	LBA	0	4,0	20818	26,0	1810
79		CADELAGO Cristian	ARG	0	4,0	19050	25,0	1695
80		MORALES Ramon Alejandro	ARG	1941	3,0	23954	25,5	1816
81		GONCALVES Marcus Vinicius M	BRA	1865	3,0	18653	20,0	1593
82		JOAO Amaral	ANG	0	1,5	11921	6,5	1276
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 Final Round 13 Standings:
Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	WGM	SOUMYA Swaminathan	IND	2297	9,5	27314	67,0	2433
2	WIM	CORI TELLO Deysi	PER	2361	9,5	27250	65,0	2437
3	WIM	YILDIZ Betul Cemre	TUR	2224	9,5	27052	67,0	2406
4	WIM	ZHANG Xiaowen	CHN	2391	9,0	27216	65,5	2400
5	WIM	MIKADZE Miranda	GEO	2317	8,5	27071	59,0	2332
6	WIM	SEVERIUKHINA Zoja	RUS	2339	8,0	27135	64,0	2331
7	WGM	PAULET Iozefina	ROU	2342	8,0	26978	62,5	2310
8	WIM	PADMINI Rout	IND	2331	8,0	26896	57,5	2308
9	WFM	TJOLSEN Katrine	NOR	2178	8,0	26619	60,0	2279
10	WIM	KIRAN Manisha Mohanty	IND	2153	8,0	26563	57,0	2258
11	WIM	IVAKHINOVA Inna	RUS	2249	7,5	27080	55,0	2292
12	WIM	KALININA Olga	UKR	2229	7,5	26372	57,0	2178
13		FUCHS Judith	GER	2207	7,5	26247	52,5	2224
14	WIM	UMUDOVA Nargiz	AZE	2254	7,5	26191	52,0	2223
15	WIM	OZTURK Kubra	TUR	2176	7,5	26182	51,5	2215
16	WFM	STEIL-ANTONI Fiona	LUX	2152	7,0	26889	52,5	2242
17	WIM	PAIKIDZE Nazi	GEO	2279	7,0	26379	52,0	2212
18	WGM	DAULYTE Deimante	LTU	2307	7,0	25745	48,5	2137
19	WGM	GOMES Mary Ann	IND	2396	7,0	25715	46,5	2151
20	WIM	LEKS Hanna	POL	2169	7,0	25238	47,5	2104
21	WFM	AMED Stephanie	ARG	2159	6,5	26786	53,5	2198
22	WIM	CONGIU Mathilde	FRA	2149	6,5	26665	49,5	2185
23	WFM	HERRERA Milena	COL	2141	6,5	26045	46,5	2141
24		OLSAROVA Tereza	CZE	2150	6,5	25635	42,0	2112
25		FERNANDEZ Maria Florencia	ARG	2159	6,5	25057	45,5	2061
26		HEREDIA SERRANO Carla	ECU	2152	6,5	24491	41,5	1976
27	WFM	COLOMBO Camila	URU	2129	6,5	23689	43,0	2083
28	WFM	HAIRAPETIAN Anna	ARM	2212	6,0	26776	52,5	2179
29		ANU Bayar	MGL	1876	6,0	25786	40,5	2099
30		GUO Emma	AUS	1920	6,0	25751	42,5	2101
31		FLORES Nancy	ARG	1927	6,0	22390	32,5	1909
32		MARTINEZ Janine	BRA	1948	6,0	21967	34,5	1912
33		HATTINGH Angelique	RSA	1790	6,0	21699	27,5	1851
34		HARINI Sankaran	IND	2109	5,5	26152	43,0	2099
35	WIM	GREEFF Melissa	RSA	2081	5,5	25976	43,5	2069
36	WIM	MENDOZA VELAZQUEZ Lorena Alejand	MEX	1973	5,5	24659	36,0	1980
37		MOTYCAKOVA Monika	SVK	2038	5,5	22900	37,0	1921
38		FERREIRA Susana Carolina G	POR	1660	5,5	22346	37,0	1875
39		BUCAR Natasa	SLO	1972	5,5	21195	31,5	1779
40		REGINATO Sabrina	ITA	1880	5,0	21873	35,0	1798
41		MARTINEZ DE NEGRI M Agustina	ARG	1945	5,0	21750	31,5	1788
42		JORQUERA CABELLO Valentina	CHI	1997	5,0	21261	27,0	1747
43		DE LEON Patricia	URU	1741	4,5	21536	28,5	1737
44		ANTON Sarah	AUS	1820	3,5	22336	29,5	1731
45		HEINRICHS Vivian	BRA	0	3,0	21491	22,5	1656

4) CECLUB Spanish Teams

The final of the CECLUB Division de Honor was in Linares 7th-8th November 2009. Linex Magic beat Kasparov Marcote in the final. The games from the 3rd-4th place playoff are not currently available. I tried to reconstruct them from the viewer on the official site, they're not in good shape.

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.

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

CECLUB Spanish Teams Linares (ESP), 7-8 xi 2009
1.1	1	E.I. Kasparov-Marcote	Elo	5 - 1	4	SCC Sabadell	Elo
1	GM	Gashimov Vugar	2768	½ : ½	GM	Rodriguez Cespedes Amador	2451
2	GM	Vallejo Pons Francisco	2687	½ : ½	IM	Rahal Michael A.	2371
3	GM	Inarkiev Ernesto	2645	1 : 0	FM	Perpinya Rofes Lluis Maria	2314
4	GM	Milov Vadim	2652	1 : 0	FM	Alonso Seisdedos Cayetano	2328
5	GM	Graf Alexander	2596	1 : 0	FM	Pares Vives Natalia	2320
6	GM	Salgado Lopez Ivan	2550	1 : 0		Monraba Capella Miquel	2264
1.2	3	Kutxa Gros	Elo	2 - 4	2	C.A. Linex Magic	Elo
1	GM	Kasimdzhanov Rustam	2705	0 : 1	GM	Shirov Alexei	2718
2	GM	Bacrot Etienne	2700	½ : ½	GM	Adams Michael	2698
3	GM	Van Wely Loek	2637	½ : ½	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2568
4	GM	Hamdouchi Hichem	2570	0 : 1	GM	Cheparinov Ivan	2671
5	GM	San Segundo Carrillo Pablo	2532	½ : ½	GM	Caruana Fabiano	2654
6	GM	Cifuentes Parada Roberto	2516	½ : ½	IM	Perez Candelario Manuel	2512
2.1	2	C.A. Linex Magic	Elo	3,5-1,5	1	E.I. Kasparov-Marcote	Elo
1	GM	Shirov Alexei	2718	1/2	GM	Gashimov Vugar	2768
2	GM	Adams Michael	2698	1/2	GM	Vallejo Pons Francisco	2687
3	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2568	1/2	GM	Inarkiev Ernesto	2645
4	GM	Cheparinov Ivan	2671	1/2	GM	Milov Vadim	2652
5	GM	Caruana Fabiano	2654	1-0	GM	Graf Alexander	2596
6	IM	Perez Candelario Manuel	2512	1/2	GM	Salgado Lopez Ivan	2550
2.2	4	SCC Sabadell	Elo	1-5	3	Kutxa Gros	Elo
1	GM	Rodriguez Cespedes Amador	2451	0-1	GM	Kasimdzhanov Rustam	2705
2	IM	Rahal Michael A.	2371	0-1	GM	Bacrot Etienne	2700
3	FM	Perpinya Rofes Lluis Maria	2314	0-1	GM	Van Wely Loek	2637
4	FM	Alonso Seisdedos Cayetano	2328	0-1	GM	Hamdouchi Hichem	2570
5	FM	Pares Vives Natalia	2320	1-0	GM	San Segundo Carrillo Pablo	2532
6		Monraba Capella Miquel	2264	0-1	FM	Gonzalez De La Torre Santiago	2385

5) Barcelona-Casino

The Barcelona-Casino tournament takes place 2nd-10th November 2009. Time control: 90 minutes/40 moves + 30 minutes + 30 seconds/move from move 1.

Players: Alexey Dreev, Alexander Fier, Pavel Tregubov, José Manuel López, Ulf Andersson, Jordi Magem, Fernando Peralta, Omar Almeida, Daniel Alsina, Marc Narciso (cat XIV.)

Official site: http://escacs.cat/ciutat09/index.html

Casino GM Barcelona (ESP), 2-10 xi 2009												cat. XIV (2582)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Alsina Leal, Daniel	m	ESP	2523	*	.	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	1	6	2781
2.	Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel	g	ESP	2589	.	*	1	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	5	2683
3.	Magem Badals, Jordi	g	ESP	2564	½	0	*	½	½	½	1	.	½	1	4½	2626
4.	Dreev, Alexey	g	RUS	2655	0	0	½	*	½	1	1	1	.	½	4½	2608
5.	Narciso Dublan, Marc	g	ESP	2510	½	½	½	½	*	1	0	1	0	.	4	2581
6.	Peralta, Fernando	g	ARG	2557	½	½	½	0	0	*	.	½	1	½	3½	2546
7.	Almeida Quintana, Omar	g	CUB	2542	0	½	0	0	1	.	*	½	1	½	3½	2546
8.	Andersson, Ulf	g	SWE	2582	½	½	.	0	0	½	½	*	½	1	3½	2540
9.	Tregubov, Pavel V	g	RUS	2642	0	½	½	.	1	0	0	½	*	1	3½	2522
10.	Fier, Alexandr	g	BRA	2653	0	½	0	½	.	½	½	0	0	*	2	2388

Round 1 (November 2, 2009)
Alsina Leal, Daniel	- Narciso Dublan, Marc	½-½	77	B04	Alekhine's Defence
Magem Badals, Jordi	- Tregubov, Pavel V	½-½	43	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Dreev, Alexey	- Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel	0-1	54	E70	King's Indian Fianchetto
Almeida Quintana, Omar	- Andersson, Ulf	½-½	43	D55	Queens Gambit Old Lasker Variation
Fier, Alexandr	- Peralta, Fernando	½-½	53	D17	Slav Defence
Round 2 (November 3, 2009)
Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel	- Magem Badals, Jordi	1-0	51	B01	Centre Counter
Narciso Dublan, Marc	- Dreev, Alexey	½-½	43	B26	Sicilian Closed
Peralta, Fernando	- Alsina Leal, Daniel	½-½	41	A16	English Opening
Almeida Quintana, Omar	- Fier, Alexandr	½-½	40	E12	Queens Indian Petrosian
Andersson, Ulf	- Tregubov, Pavel V	½-½	30	A33	English Symmetrical
Round 3 (November 4, 2009)
Alsina Leal, Daniel	- Almeida Quintana, Omar	1-0	36	B06	Modern Defence
Magem Badals, Jordi	- Narciso Dublan, Marc	½-½	54	B03	Alekhine's Defence
Dreev, Alexey	- Peralta, Fernando	1-0	83	D38	QGD Ragozin
Tregubov, Pavel V	- Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel	½-½	89	E68	King's Indian Fianchetto
Fier, Alexandr	- Andersson, Ulf	0-1	52	C10	French Rubinstein
Round 4 (November 5, 2009)
Narciso Dublan, Marc	- Tregubov, Pavel V	0-1	52	B80	Sicilian Scheveningen
Peralta, Fernando	- Magem Badals, Jordi	½-½	43	D47	Queens Gambit Meran
Almeida Quintana, Omar	- Dreev, Alexey	0-1	28	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Andersson, Ulf	- Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel	½-½	37	D75	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Fier, Alexandr	- Alsina Leal, Daniel	0-1	58	D97	Gruenfeld Russian
Round 5 (November 6, 2009)
Alsina Leal, Daniel	- Andersson, Ulf	½-½	24	C10	French Rubinstein
Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel	- Narciso Dublan, Marc	½-½	47	B04	Alekhine's Defence
Magem Badals, Jordi	- Almeida Quintana, Omar	1-0	32	B06	Modern Defence
Dreev, Alexey	- Fier, Alexandr	½-½	22	E36	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Tregubov, Pavel V	- Peralta, Fernando	0-1	40	D11	Slav Defence
Round 6 (November 7, 2009)
Alsina Leal, Daniel	- Dreev, Alexey	1-0	49	B61	Sicilian Rauzer
Peralta, Fernando	- Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel	½-½	93	E94	King's Indian Classical
Almeida Quintana, Omar	- Tregubov, Pavel V	1-0	26	A57	Volga Gambit
Andersson, Ulf	- Narciso Dublan, Marc	0-1	55	A41	Modern Defence
Fier, Alexandr	- Magem Badals, Jordi	0-1	39	D24	QGA
Round 7 (November 8, 2009)
Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel	- Almeida Quintana, Omar	½-½	40	B61	Sicilian Rauzer
Magem Badals, Jordi	- Alsina Leal, Daniel	½-½	32	B97	Sicilian Najdorf
Dreev, Alexey	- Andersson, Ulf	1-0	60	E34	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Narciso Dublan, Marc	- Peralta, Fernando	1-0	52	B25	Sicilian Closed
Tregubov, Pavel V	- Fier, Alexandr	1-0	39	E04	Catalan
Round 8 (November 9, 2009)
Alsina Leal, Daniel	- Tregubov, Pavel V	1-0	29	B32	Sicilian Labourdonnais
Dreev, Alexey	- Magem Badals, Jordi	½-½	41	D20	QGA
Almeida Quintana, Omar	- Narciso Dublan, Marc	1-0	41	A80	Dutch
Andersson, Ulf	- Peralta, Fernando	½-½	60	D23	QGA
Fier, Alexandr	- Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel	½-½	38	C34	Kings Knight Gambit

6) Russian Cup

The Russian Cup takes place in St Peterburg 3rd-12th November 2009. The event is a 32 player knockout for men and 18 players for the women.

Time control: 90 minutes + 30 seconds for all moves.

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

Russia Cup St Petersburg (RUS), 3-12 xi 2009

1/2 Final 9th-10th November 2009
Zvjaginsev, Vadim	g	RUS	2641	0.5
Bareev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2634	0.5

Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2626	1.0
Sjugirov, Sanan	g	RUS	2612	0.0

1/4 Final 7th-8th November 2009

Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2626	2.0
Khismatullin, Denis	g	RUS	2643	0.0

Frolyanov, Dmitry	g	RUS	2571	0.5
Sjugirov, Sanan	g	RUS	2612	1.5

Grachev, Boris	g	RUS	2652	2.5
Bareev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2634	3.5

Maletin, Pavel	g	RUS	2581	0.5
Zvjaginsev, Vadim	g	RUS	2641	1.5

Round 2 5th-6th November 2009

Shimanov, Aleksandr	g	RUS	2535	0.0
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2626	2.0

Lastin, Alexander	g	RUS	2656	1.0
Khismatullin, Denis	g	RUS	2643	3.0

Frolyanov, Dmitry	g	RUS	2571	4.0
Savchenko, Boris	g	RUS	2644	2.0

Sjugirov, Sanan	g	RUS	2612	2.0
Krapivin, Alexander	g	RUS	2500	0.0

Melkumyan, Hrant	g	ARM	2585	0.5
Grachev, Boris	g	RUS	2652	1.5

Bareev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2634	3.0
Vorobiov, Evgeny E	g	RUS	2613	1.0

Fedorov, Alexei	g	BLR	2623	0.5
Maletin, Pavel	g	RUS	2581	1.5

Zvjaginsev, Vadim	g	RUS	2641	1.5
Bocharov, Dmitry	g	RUS	2584	0.5

Round 1 3rd-4th November 2009

Shimanov, Aleksandr	g	RUS	2535	1.5
Potkin, Vladimir	g	RUS	2614	0.5

Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2626	2.0
Romanov, Evgeny	g	RUS	2591	0.0

Popov, Valerij	g	RUS	2588	0.5
Lastin, Alexander	g	RUS	2656	1.5

Khismatullin, Denis	g	RUS	2643	1.5
Chuprov, Dmitry	g	RUS	2558	0.5

Frolyanov, Dmitry	g	RUS	2571	2.0
Galkin, Alexander	g	RUS	2608	0.0

Savchenko, Boris	g	RUS	2644	1.5
Deviatkin, Andrei	g	RUS	2608	0.5

Sjugirov, Sanan	g	RUS	2612	2.5
Kokarev, Dmitry	g	RUS	2622	1.5

Khairullin, Ildar	g	RUS	2613	0.5
Krapivin, Alexander	g	RUS	2500	1.5

Melkumyan, Hrant	g	ARM	2585	2.5
Volkov, Sergey	g	RUS	2629	1.5

Grachev, Boris	g	RUS	2652	1.5
Korotylev, Alexey	g	RUS	2597	0.5

Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	g	RUS	2592	0.5
Bareev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2634	1.5

Vorobiov, Evgeny E	g	RUS	2613	1.5
Danin, Alexandre	m	RUS	2521	0.5

Krylov, Mikhail	m	RUS	2513	0.5
Fedorov, Alexei	g	BLR	2623	1.5

Sakaev, Konstantin	g	RUS	2626	1.0
Maletin, Pavel	g	RUS	2581	3.0

Epishin, Vladimir	g	RUS	2613	2.5
Zvjaginsev, Vadim	g	RUS	2641	3.5

Bocharov, Dmitry	g	RUS	2584	1.5
Rychagov, Andrey	g	RUS	2573	0.5

7) Austrian Bundesliga

The first weekend of the Austrian Bundesliga (11 rounds) took place 6th-8th November 2009 in Jenbach, Austria.

Time control: 100 minutes for 40 moves an additional 50 minutes with 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.

Remaining fixtures: 14th-17th January 2010 in Graz and 27th-30th March 2010 in Baden.

Official site: http://www.chess.at/staatsligen/stl_a.htm

Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr21147.aspx

Austrian Teams Jenback, Graz, Baden (AUT), 6 xi 2009 - 30 iii 2010
1. Sparkasse Jenbach (RtgAvg:2568, TB1: 6 / TB2: 16)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts.	Games
2	GM	Gyimesi Zoltan	2584	HUN	1	½	1									2,5	3
3	GM	Schlosser Philipp	2556	GER	1	1	1									3,0	3
4	GM	Acs Peter	2538	HUN	1	1										2,0	2
6	GM	Boensch Uwe	2511	GER	½	1	1									2,5	3
7	IM	Lehner Oliver	2407	AUT	1	½	1									2,5	3
9	IM	Reich Thomas	2359	GER		1	1									2,0	2
10	GM	Stangl Markus	2455	GER			1									1,0	1
12	FM	Kleissl Helmut	2291	AUT	½											0,5	1
2. SK Sparkasse Fuerstenfeld (RtgAvg:2591, TB1: 5 / TB2: 13)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts.	Games
1	GM	Kurnosov Igor	2666	RUS	½	1	1									2,5	3
2	GM	Roiz Michael	2659	ISR	1	1	½									2,5	3
3	GM	Mikhalevski Victor	2607	ISR	½	1	½									2,0	3
6	IM	Schenk Andreas	2506	GER	1	1	½									2,5	3
9	IM	Wach Markus	2381	AUT	½	½	0									1,0	3
10	IM	Kuba Guenter	2395	AUT	1	1	½									2,5	3
3. Holz Dohr (RtgAvg:2604, TB1: 5 / TB2: 12,5)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts.	Games
1	GM	Meier Georg	2653	GER	1	1	½									2,5	3
2	GM	Kuzubov Yuriy	2634	UKR	½	½	½									1,5	3
3	GM	Baklan Vladimir	2655	UKR	1	1	0									2,0	3
4	GM	Bischoff Klaus	2569	GER	1	½	1									2,5	3
9	IM	Freitag Manfred	2387	AUT	1	½	0									1,5	3
10	FM	Karner Christoph	2384	AUT	1	½	1									2,5	3
4. Styria Graz (RtgAvg:2561, TB1: 5 / TB2: 12)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts.	Games
2	GM	Luther Thomas	2577	GER	½	½	½									1,5	3
3	IM	Nanu Ciprian Costica	2506	ROU	0	½	½									1,0	3
4	GM	Ribli Zoltan	2559	HUN	1	1	1									3,0	3
5	GM	Ruck Robert	2556	HUN	½	1	0									1,5	3
7	GM	Wells Peter	2489	ENG	1	1	1									3,0	3
11		Pirker Georg	2124	AUT	1	1	0									2,0	3
5. SK Advisory Invest Baden (RtgAvg:2659, TB1: 5 / TB2: 12)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts.	Games
2	GM	Eljanov Pavel	2729	UKR	1	½	0									1,5	3
4	GM	Socko Bartosz	2643	POL	½	1	½									2,0	3
5	GM	Balogh Csaba	2613	HUN	½	½	½									1,5	3
6	GM	Shengelia Davit	2560	AUT	1	1	½									2,5	3
8	IM	Baumegger Siegfried	2456	AUT	1	½	1									2,5	3
13	FM	Bawart Markus	2399	AUT	1	½	½									2,0	3
6. SK Kl.Ztg.MPO Maria Saal (RtgAvg:2529, TB1: 4 / TB2: 10)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts.	Games
1	GM	Ragger Markus	2565	AUT	½	½	½									1,5	3
2	GM	Pavasovic Dusko	2590	SLO	0	0	1									1,0	3
3	GM	Buhmann Rainer	2603	GER	1	½	1									2,5	3
7	GM	Tratar Marko	2480	SLO		0	1									1,0	2
8	IM	Kreisl Robert	2380	AUT	½	½	½									1,5	3
10		Halvax Georg	2294	AUT	1		½									1,5	2
11		Hartl Daniel	2253	AUT	½	½										1,0	2
7. ASVO Pamhagen (RtgAvg:2361, TB1: 2 / TB2: 7)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts.	Games
1	IM	Lipka Juraj	2409	SVK	0	1	½									1,5	3
2	MK	Kuthan Andreas	2220	AUT	0	0	0									0,0	3
4		Maslik Miroslav	2377	SVK	0	1	½									1,5	3
5		Vitouch Anatol	2288	AUT	½	0	1									1,5	3
7		Lovrinovic Christian	2247	AUT	0	1	½									1,5	3
12		Bozinovic Boban	2086	AUT	½	0	½									1,0	3
8. ASVO Wulkaprodersdorf (RtgAvg:2525, TB1: 2 / TB2: 7)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts.	Games
3	GM	Polzin Rainer	2473	GER	½	½	½									1,5	3
5	IM	Schneider Ilja	2496	GER	1	0	½									1,5	3
7	GM	Likavsky Tomas	2476	SVK	0	0	1									1,0	3
9	FM	Schweda Roland	2432	AUT	½	0	1									1,5	3
10	IM	Volkmann Friedrich Karl	2404	AUT	0	½	1									1,5	3
11	WIM	Kopinits Anna-Christina	2218	AUT	0	0	0									0,0	3
9. SK Hohenems (RtgAvg:2499, TB1: 1 / TB2: 6,5)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts.	Games
4	GM	Bezold Michael	2517	GER		0	½									0,5	2
5	IM	Atlas Valery	2427	AUT	½	1	½									2,0	3
7	IM	Novkovic Milan	2393	AUT	0	0	0									0,0	3
8	FM	Baldauf Marco	2373	GER	½	1	0									1,5	3
9		Froewis Georg	2274	AUT	0	0	0									0,0	3
10	FM	Atlas Dimitry	2330	LIE	½	1	1									2,5	3
15		Burschowsky Matthias	2214	AUT	0											0,0	1
10. Husek Wien (RtgAvg:2545, TB1: 1 / TB2: 6)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts.	Games
4	IM	Boros Denez	2494	HUN	½	0	½									1,0	3
5	FM	Mihok Oliver	2398	HUN	1	0	1									2,0	3
9		Binder Michael	2202	AUT	0	0	½									0,5	3
10		Reinwald Patrick	2097	AUT	½	0	0									0,5	3
11		Zojer Stefan	2043	AUT	0	½	½									1,0	3
12		Haas Bernhard	1995	AUT	½	0	½									1,0	3
11. Mayrhofen/Zillertal (RtgAvg:2469, TB1: 0 / TB2: 4,5)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts.	Games
2	GM	Lanka Zigurds	2506	LAT		0	½									0,5	2
3	GM	Maiwald Jens-Uwe	2474	GER	0	½	0									0,5	3
4	FM	Platzgummer Fabian	2380	AUT	½	0	0									0,5	3
5	IM	Gross David	2465	GER	½	½	0									1,0	3
6	IM	Hausner Ivan	2460	CZE		½	½									1,0	2
8	FM	Tabernig Bernhard	2293	AUT	0		½									0,5	2
9		Schiestl Josef	2118	AUT	0	½										0,5	2
10	MK	Kroell Johannes	2264	AUT	0											0,0	1
12. ASVO SK Lackenbach (RtgAvg:2495, TB1: 0 / TB2: 1,5)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts.	Games
3	GM	Varga Zoltan	2486	HUN	0	½										0,5	2
5	IM	Bokros Albert	2487	HUN	½	½										1,0	2
6		Hagara Eduard	2383	SVK	0	0	0									0,0	3
7		Vass Frantisek	2350	SVK	0	0	0									0,0	3
10		Olle Peter	2248	HUN		0	0									0,0	2
11	MK	Ranits Franz	2164	AUT	0	0	0									0,0	3
13		Reitgruber Dietmar	1968	AUT	0		0									0,0	2
14		Rathmanner Anton	1798	AUT			0									0,0	1

8) 13th OIBM

The 13th OIBM (Offene Internationale Bayerische Meisterschaft) took place in Bad Wiesee 31st October - 7th November 2009. Viorel Iordachescu edged out Vitaly Kunin and Abhijeet Gupta after the three finished on 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.ti-bad-wiessee.de/Schach_cms/

13th OIBM Bad Wiessee (GER), 31 x-7 xi 2009
1.	Iordachescu, Viorel	g	MDA	2607	7.5	57.5	2392
2.	Kunin, Vitaly	g	GER	2544	7.5	56.0	2371
3.	Gupta, Abhijeet	g	IND	2584	7.5	55.5	2397
4.	Hertneck, Gerald	g	GER	2513	7.5	51.0	2292
5.	Krivoborodov, Egor	m	RUS	2453	7.0	56.5	2370
6.	Rozentalis, Eduardas	g	LTU	2603	7.0	56.5	2367
7.	Pezerovic, Edin	m	GER	2447	7.0	54.0	2277
8.	Khenkin, Igor	g	GER	2613	7.0	53.5	2318
9.	Milov, Leonid	m	GER	2558	7.0	53.0	2347
10.	Parligras, Mircea	g	ROU	2547	7.0	53.0	2307
11.	Meins, Gerlef	m	GER	2484	7.0	53.0	2290
12.	Chernyshov, Konstantin	g	RUS	2536	7.0	52.5	2315
13.	Kraai, Jesse	g	USA	2526	7.0	51.5	2321
14.	Sokolov, Andrei1	g	FRA	2572	7.0	51.5	2276
15.	Bromberger, Stefan	m	GER	2518	7.0	50.0	2286
16.	Bykhovsky, Anatoly	m	ISR	2474	7.0	49.5	2238
17.	Grover, Sahaj	f	IND	2288	7.0	48.0	2204
18.	Cordts, Ingo	f	GER	2285	7.0	43.5	2096
19.	Teske, Henrik	g	GER	2545	6.5	54.5	2301
20.	Naumann, Alexander	g	GER	2522	6.5	54.0	2351
21.	Heinz, Axel		GER	2436	6.5	54.0	2338
22.	Burmakin, Vladimir	g	RUS	2599	6.5	53.0	2342
23.	Brodsky, Michail	g	UKR	2530	6.5	52.0	2312
24.	Friedel, Joshua E	g	USA	2555	6.5	52.0	2305
25.	Kummerow, Heiko	f	GER	2350	6.5	51.5	2252
26.	Yemelin, Vasily	g	RUS	2570	6.5	51.0	2285
27.	Morawietz, Dieter	m	GER	2449	6.5	50.5	2300
28.	Graf, Felix		GER	2296	6.5	50.5	2203
29.	Forchert, Martin	f	GER	2403	6.5	50.0	2326
30.	Smirnov, Artem	m	RUS	2432	6.5	50.0	2292
31.	Weber, Ulrich	f	GER	2407	6.5	49.0	2268
32.	Metz, Hartmut	f	GER	2276	6.5	49.0	2209
33.	Telljohann, Sven	m	GER	2403	6.5	49.0	2207
34.	Kunz, Konstantin		GER	2282	6.5	49.0	2205
35.	Souleidis, Georgios	m	GRE	2429	6.5	48.5	2247
36.	Wohl, Aleksandar H	m	AUS	2417	6.5	48.0	2196
37.	Berchtenbreiter, Maximilian		GER	2230	6.0	57.0	2334
38.	Boguslavskyy, Oleg		GER	2442	6.0	55.0	2348
39.	Jussupow, Artur	g	GER	2566	6.0	54.0	2360
40.	Siebrecht, Sebastian	g	GER	2456	6.0	53.5	2364
454 players

9) US Chess League

The US Chess League got under way on August 31st 2009. The preliminaries are concluded and the knockout pairings are established.

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	8.0	2.0	26.0/40 (65%)	2402	43.5-42.5 (51%)
@ - Boston	7.5	2.5	23.5/40 (59%)	2401	39.5-46.5 (46%)
@ - New York	5.0	5.0	22.0/40 (55%)	2405	48.5-37.5 (56%)
@ - Baltimore	4.5	5.5	18.5/40 (46%)	2400	38.5-47.5 (45%)
X - Philadelphia	4.0	6.0	17.5/40 (44%)	2398	40.5-45.5 (47%)
X - Queens	3.5	6.5	17.0/40 (43%)	2402	45.5-40.5 (53%)
X - Carolina	2.0	8.0	13.5/40 (34%)	2410	41.5-44.5 (48%)
WESTERN DIVISION	W	L	Game Points	Opps Avg Rating	Opps Record
# - Seattle	7.5	2.5	23.5/40 (59%)	2392	41.0-45.0 (48%)
@ - San Francisco	6.5	3.5	22.5/40 (56%)	2403	42.5-43.5 (49%)
@ - Arizona	6.0	4.0	22.5/40 (56%)	2399	48.5-37.5 (56%)
@ - Miami	6.0	4.0	22.0/40 (55%)	2400	43.0-43.0 (50%)
X - Chicago	4.0	6.0	18.5/40 (46%)	2405	43.5-42.5 (51%)
X - Dallas	3.5	6.5	17.0/40 (43%)	2412	44.5-41.5 (52%)
X - Tennessee	2.0	8.0	16.0/40 (40%)	2405	41.5-44.5 (48%)

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	Tie	2-2
2	Dallas Destiny	vs	Chicago Blaze	Chicago	3,5-0.5
3	San Francisco Mechanics	vs	Tennessee Tempo	San Francisco	2.5-1.5
Week9: Wednesday, October 28th 2009
4	Philadelphia Inventors	vs	NJ Knockouts	New Jersey	3.5-0.5
5	Baltimore Kingfishers	vs	New York Knights	New York	3-1
6	Boston Blitz	vs	Miami Sharks	Tie	2-2
7	Seattle Sluggers	vs	Arizona Scorpions	Arizona	3-1
Week10: Wednesday, November 4th 2009
1	Boston Blitz	vs	New York Knights	Boston	2.5-1.5
2	New Jersey Knockouts	vs	Queens Pioneers	Queens	3-1
3	Philadelphia Inventors	vs	Carolina Cobras	Philadelphia	3-1
4	Tennessee Tempo	vs	Baltimore Kingfishers	Baltimore	2.5-1.5
5	Dallas Destiny	vs	San Francisco Mechanics	Tie	2-2
6	Seattle Sluggers	vs	Chicago Blaze	Tie	2-2
7	Miami Sharks	vs	Arizona Scorpions	Miami	3-1

US Chess League ICC (INT), 31 viii - 5 xii 2009
Quarterfinals: Wednesday, November 11th 2009
1	New Jersey Knockouts (8 - 2)	vs	Baltimore Kingfishers (4.5 - 5.5)	1st Place East gets draw odds and chooses colors
2	Boston Blitz (7.5 - 2.5)	vs	New York Knights (5 - 5)	2nd Place East gets draw odds, 3rd Place East chooses colors
3	Seattle Sluggers (7.5 - 2.5)	vs	Miami Sharks (6 - 4)	1st Place West gets draw odds and chooses colors
4	SF Mechanics (6.5 - 3.5)	vs	SF Mechanics (6.5 - 3.5)	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

10) 4th Universidad Central Bogota

The 4th Universidad Central Bogota took place 29th October - 2nd November 2009. Neuris Delgado Ramirez won with 7/9.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr26802.aspx

4th Universidad Central Bogota (COL), 29 x - 2 xi 2009
Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Delgado Ramirez Neuris	CUB	2595	7,0	33,0	50,5	6
2	IM	Barrientos Sergio E	VAL	2468	6,5	38,5	50,5	5
3	GM	Zapata Alonso	RIS	2536	6,0	33,0	50,5	4
4	IM	Castro Oscar H	BOG	2369	6,0	33,0	49,0	3
5	IM	Perez Garcia Rodney Oscar	CUB	2426	6,0	32,5	50,5	4
6	FM	Mendoza Rafael	ATL	2317	6,0	32,5	49,5	4
7	FM	Zuluaga Cesar	CAL	2303	6,0	28,0	46,0	5
8	FM	Garcia Alvaro	BOG	2222	6,0	27,0	39,5	6
9		Morales Jhon Alexander	VAL	2262	5,5	32,0	47,5	5
10	WGM	Marrero Lopez Yaniet	CUB	2259	5,5	29,5	45,0	3
11	GM	Perez Rodriguez Luis Manuel	CUB	2511	5,5	28,0	49,0	4
12		Sanabria Rangel Sergio Andres	SAN	2187	5,5	27,0	46,5	4
13		Narvaez Faber Alberto	CUN	2137	5,5	26,0	43,5	4
14		Perez Olarte Cesar Camilo	BOG	2102	5,5	25,5	41,5	4
15	FM	Renteria Jorge Eliecer	BOG	2248	5,0	27,0	41,0	4
16		Alvarez Javier	VAL	2158	5,0	25,5	41,0	3
17		Mateus Alejandro	VAL	2241	5,0	22,0	35,5	5
18		Beltran Carlos Armando	VAL	2242	4,5	24,5	44,0	3
19	IM	Rivera Alberto	CUB	2357	4,5	23,5	41,0	3
20		Ruiz Aguilar Pablo Alexander	SAN	2271	4,5	22,5	42,5	3
21		Sanchez Sebastian Felipe	SAN	2170	4,5	21,5	41,0	4
22		Dominguez Miller	BOG	1953	4,5	20,5	38,0	4
23		Camargo Santiago	BOG	2050	4,5	19,0	38,0	3
24	IM	Gutierrez Jose Antonio	BOG	2250	4,0	23,5	39,5	3
25		Univio Sanchez German	BOG	2003	4,0	23,0	40,5	4
26	IM	Cuartas Carlos	ANT	2281	4,0	20,5	39,0	3
27		Salej Jorge	BOG	1865	4,0	19,5	39,0	2
28		Cadena Gustavo Adolfo	CAQ	2069	4,0	18,0	34,0	3
29	WFM	Rodriguez Rueda Paula Andrea	CUN	2009	4,0	16,0	35,0	2
30		Tirado Juan Camilo	BOG	2015	3,5	19,0	37,5	2
31		Ospina Loaiza Jhonny	VAL	2010	3,5	16,5	37,0	3
32		Guerrero Fandino Gustavo A	ATL	2143	3,5	16,0	37,5	2
33		Barrios Hernando	BOG	1970	3,5	15,0	31,5	2
34		Ramirez Jaime Orlando	COL	1600	3,0	14,0	30,5	2
35		Prieto Ernesto	RIS	2101	3,0	13,0	33,5	2
36		Ospina Ortiz Oscar Alexander	BOG	1992	3,0	13,0	31,5	1
37		Manrique Fernando	BOG	2019	3,0	12,0	32,5	2
38		Lopez Idarraga Daniel Eduardo	RIS	1973	2,5	11,5	31,0	1
39		Uribe Fajardo Juan Felipe	CAL	1970	1,5	7,5	29,0	0
40	GM	Garcia Gildardo	ANT	2387	0,5	4,5	40,5	0

11) World Senior Championship

The World Senior Championship took place in Condino a little village not far from Trento 27th October - November 7th 2009. Misa Cebalo edged out Janis Klovans on tie-break after both finished on 8.5/11. Nona Gaprindashvili took the women's title with 7/9. The only games available are those of the winner. My thanks to Adolivio Capece.

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

World Seniors Condino (ITA), 27 x - 7 xi 2009
Pl	Name	Title	NAT	Pkt.	TB1
1	Cebalo Miso	GM	CRO	8.5	55
2	Klovans Janis	GM	LAT	8.5	52.5
3	Tseshkovsky Vitaly	GM	RUS	8	54
4	Chernikov Oleg	GM	RUS	8	51.5
5	Jacobsen Bo		DEN	8	50.5
6	Suba Mihai	GM	ROU	8	49.5
7	Butnorius Algimantas	GM	LTU	8	49
8	Kaufman Larry C	GM	USA	8	48.5
9	Gutman Lev	GM	GER	8	45.5
10	Mishuchkov Nikolai M	FM	RUS	7.5	48
11	Werner Clemens	FM	GER	7.5	48
12	Onoprienko Vladimir	IM	RUS	7.5	47
13	Van Riemsdijk Herman	IM	BRA	7.5	47
14	Kuindzhy Alexander		RUS	7.5	46
15	Rukavina Josip	IM	CRO	7.5	45
16	Tseitlin Mark D	GM	ISR	7	50
17	Pushkov Nikolai	GM	RUS	7	48
18	Jorgensen Jorgen		DEN	7	47.5
19	Danner Georg	IM	AUT	7	47.5
20	Malisov Boris		ISR	7	46.5
21	Jakobsen Ole	IM	DEN	7	45
22	Plachetka Jan	GM	SVK	7	45
23	Gutkin Boris		ISR	7	45
24	Karasev Vladimir I	IM	RUS	7	44
25	Kernazhitsky Leonid	IM	UKR	7	44
26	Shvedchikov Anatoli	IM	RUS	7	44
27	Rooze Jan	FM	BEL	7	43.5
28	Wittmann Walter	IM	AUT	7	43
29	Boehnisch Manfred	FM	GER	7	42
30	Clemens Christian Dr	FM	GER	7	42
31	Buxade Roca Guillerm		ESP	7	41.5
32	Vrhovnik Damir		CRO	7	40
170 players

World Seniors Women Condino (ITA), 27 x - 7 xi 2009
Pl	Name	TI	NAT	Pts.	TB1
1	Gaprindashvili Nona	GM	GEO	7.5
2	Fatalibekova Elena	FGM	RUS	7
3	Fomina Tatyana		FIM	6.5
4	Kozlovskaya Valentin	FGM	RUS	6	34.5
5	Mira Helene		FIM	6	29
6	Voronova Tatiana	FIM	LAT	5.5	30
7	Shushpanova Nina	FFM	RUS	5.5	22.5
8	Strutinskaya Galina	FIM	RUS	5	31
9	Miednikova Swietlana	FFM	RUS	5	28.5
10	Vilerte Tamara	FGM	LAT	5	26
11	Bogumil Tatiana	FFM	RUS	5	25
28 players

12) First Saturday November

The First Saturday GM-IM all-play-all tournaments take place Budapest 7th-18th of November 2009.

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

13) Russian State Social University

GM tournament of the Chess Festival "18th anniversary of the formation of the Russian State Social University (RGCU)" November 2nd-13th 2009.

Official site: http://icce.su/page.php?id=51 - http://www.chess-events.org/

14) Chess Computer Cup 4

The Chess Computer Cup 4 took place in Carugate 7th-8th November 2009. DanaSah edged out Amyan on tie-break after both finished on 5/6.

Official site: http://www.scaccomasco.com/2009/wwwCCC4/index.html

The first event was hosted in Genoa (Genova) on November 1st in the central "Biblioteca Berio" (Via del Seminario 16). The chess program "Equinox" beat GM Igor Efimov and WGM Elena Sedina. http://www.festivalscienza.it/

Computer Chess Cup IV Carugate (ITA), 7-8 xi 2009
				1	2	3	4	5	6
1.	DANASAH V.4.24	ESP	----	+12	+6	+5	=2	=4	+9	5	2273
2.	AMYAN 1.72	CHI	----	+9	=4	+11	=1	+7	+6	5	2273
3.	DEUTERIUM MILAN 2009	PHI	----	-11	+16	+10	=4	=5	+12	4	2125
4.	CHIRON V0.8.7	ITA	----	+14	=2	=7	=3	=1	=5	3½	2057
5.	TWISTED LOGIC 20090922	PHI	----	+8	=7	-1	+13	=3	=4	3½	2057
6.	DIRTY JUL 23 2009	ESP	----	+10	-1	+13	=7	+8	-2	3½	2057
7.	LEILA 0.53H	ITA	----	+15	=5	=4	=6	-2	+11	3½	2057
8.	CYBERPAGNO 2.2 ALPHA	ITA	----	-5	+15	=9	+11	-6	+14	3½	2057
9.	CHATURANGA 2.4.2	ITA	----	-2	+14	=8	=12	+10	-1	3	2000
10.	CHEXA 0.2	ITA	----	-6	+12	-3	+14	-9	+16	3	2000
11.	BRUTUS 8.01 X32	NED	----	+3	=13	-2	-8	+16	-7	2½	1943
12.	BREMBOCE 0.6.2	ITA	----	-1	-10	+15	=9	+13	-3	2½	1943
13.	JOKER 1.1.14 PII	NED	----	+16	=11	-6	-5	-12	+15	2½	1943
14.	PROTEJ 0.5.5	ITA	----	-4	-9	+16	-10	+15	-8	2	1875
15.	GOLEM 0.4REV41X	ITA	----	-7	-8	-12	+16	-14	-13	1	1727
16.	FRECCIA	ITA	----	-13	-3	-14	-15	-11	-10	0

15) Club Penya Escacs Cerdanyola

Club Penya Escacs Cerdanyola is organising some tournaments 24th October - 14th November 2009.

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

16) 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 than the world junior 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/

17) European Teams a slight return

Stefan Kindermann sends corrections to 4 of his 7 games and John Saunders one correction to another game but points out that the game file for the recent European Team Championships in Ohrid as a whole probably has many more errors and incomplete games in it.

18) 15th annual Boston University Open

George Mirijanian reports: The 15th annual Boston University Open took place November 7th, 2009 in the George Sherman Union, the university's student center, on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. IM David Vigorito, 39, of Somerville, Mass. captured first place with a perfect score of 4-0. WGM Anya Sun Corke, a 19-year-old freshman at Wellesley College, finished second with a 3.5-0.5 tally. Tying for third place with 3-1 results were national masters Lawyer Times of Hyde Park, Mass., Max Enkin of Peabody, Mass., and Aung Kyaw Lwin of Myanmar, as well as U.S. Chess Federation-rated experts Frank Wang of Sharon, Mass. and Jesse Nicholas of Newton, Mass. The tournament drew 91 players in three sections and was directed by Bernardo Iglesias of Stoughton, Mass.

19) Forthcoming Events and Links

British Rapidplay

The British Rapidplay takes place in Halifax 21st-22nd November 2009. Full details and entry details below. Live coverage: http://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk/page2.html

Official site: http://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk/

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

Two Hungarian events

1. 26th of Nov until 4th of Dec.Tenkes Cup, Harkany, Link to: http://baranyasakk.hu/index.php?cat=naptar&id=3&age=0&vid=15&lang=en&det=12 - Open 9 rounds Swiss, 250 km West from Budapest, free thermal bathes, Organizer: Mr. Fulop, Csaba e-mail address: fulopcsa@invitel.hu First rize: bruttó 1800 Euros (in HUF)

2,5th-16th of December Budapest, First Saturday GM-IM-FM ELO tournaments, 9...11 rounds, Org: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net - link to: http://www.firstsaturday.hu

Czech Tour 2009-10

5.-12.12. 2009 1st PILSEN OPEN (Central hotel) - http://www.czechtour.net/pilsen-open/

8-15.1. 2010 9th PRAGUE OPEN (TOP HOTEL Praha) - http://www.czechtour.net/prague-open/

16-23.1. 2010 9th MARIENBAD OPEN (Kossuth hotel) - http://www.czechtour.net/marienbad-open/

13-20.2. 2010 1st NOVY BOR OPEN (Grandhotel Prazak) - http://www.czechtour.net/novy-bor-open/

The registration deadline for 3rd SOUTH BOHEMIA OPEN, which takes place 14.-21.11. 2009 in the town of Cesky Krumlov (http://www.czechtour.net/south-bohemia-open/), which is one of the most beautiful places in the Czech Republic, has been prolonged without extra fee for the late enrolment till 9.11. 2009.

Preliminary starting lists on 4.11. 2009 should be found at http://www.czechtour.net/news/.

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.

First ACP Women World Rapid Cup

The First ACP Women World Rapid Cup takes place at the Rixos hotel in Konya, Turkey from November 30th to December 4th 2009. The event will be a Round Robin rapid tournament with twelve participants including eight qualifiers from the ACP Women Series 2008-09, three Turkish Chess Federation nominees, one ACP nominee. The total prize fund will amount to USD 20,000.

The full players' list is now announced. ACP WS 2008-09 qualifiers: Kosintseva, Tatiana Kosteniuk, Alexandra Kosintseva, Nadezhda Cramling, Pia Cmilyte, Viktorija Zhukova, Natalya Javakhishvili, Lela Socko, Monica (replaces Pogonina) ACP nominiee: Klinova, Masha TCF nominies: Ozturk, Kubra Menzi, Nezihe Ezgi Yildiz, Betul Cemre

News: http://www.chess-players.org/eng/index.html

Spassky - Korchnoi Match

Boris Spassky vs Viktor Korchnoi 8 game Match Elista, Russia, 17th-27th Dec, 2009. 400th Aniversary Kalmykia - Russia. Prize Fund US$ 20.000

Rilton Cup 2009-10

The XXXIX Rilton Cup takes place 27th December 2009 - 5th January 2010.

The 39th Rilton Cup has a prize fund of more than SEK 200 000 (about 22 000 euro) and will be played in three groups: Rilton Cup, Rilton Elo and Rilton Open (Rilton Open is only open for Nordic players with a rating lower than national 1800). Rilton Cup and Rilton Elo is Elo registrated and play 9 rounds FIDE-Swiss.

Send your entry with name, address, country, Elo rating and Elo ID by mail, fax or e-mail, no later than the 17th of December to: Stockholm’s Chess Federation, att.: "Rilton Cup". Pg 25 79 58-9 or Bg 822-1301.

Mobile telephones (cell phones) are not allowed in the playing hall! Playing hall: Malarsalen, Münchenbryggeriet, Torkel Knutssonsgatan 2, Stockholm, SWEDEN

Details: http://www.rilton.se - http://www.rilton.se/invitation0910.asp - http://www.rilton.se/players.asp

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))

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

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, Tromsø, 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: 18-28.11, 29.11-10.12, 13-22.12.

2010: 2-13.01, 17-28.01, 9-19.02, 20.02-3.03 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/

Official site: www.chess-events.org/en_US/rr-tur.html

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 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 .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

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

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/

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