THE WEEK IN CHESS 787 7th December 2009 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Yuri Vovk, Rodolfo Arias, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Frank Berry, Harun Taner, John Hillery, Miklos Orso, Mikhail Golubev, Adolivio Capece, Paulo Alexandre Rocha and everyone else who helped with the issue.

This ia a very exciting week as the London Chess Classic gets underway tomorrow. The pre-event favourites Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Kramnik meet in round one and I hope they're up for a fight! The event is seen as a start of a series of chess events, promotion of chess in England, especially in schools and a bid for the 2012 World Chess Championships. I will be there for all days play. In addition success for Magnus Carlsen will mean he will be World Number One in January.

Favourite Boris Gelfand has reached the final of the FIDE World Cup where he meets either Vladimir Malakhov or Ruslan Ponomariov.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) FIDE 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) Rapid TC:25m:5spm(1) Blitz TC:5m:3spm(1))

World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk (RUS), 21 xi-14 xii 2009 Round 6 Day 2 Results (KO 8 players):
Bd	MSco	White	FED	GmRes	Black	FED
1	2-0	Gelfand, Boris	ISR	1-0	Karjakin, Sergey	UKR
2	1-1	Malakhov, Vladimir	RUS	½-½	Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR

World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk (RUS), 21 xi-14 xii 2009 Round 6 Results (8 players):
Name	NAT	G1	G2	R1	R2	R3	R4	B1	B2	B3	B4	B5	B6	B7	B8	B9	B10	SD	Tot
Semifinal Match 01
Karjakin, Sergey	UKR	0	0																0
Gelfand, Boris	ISR	1	1																2
Semifinal Match 02
Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	½	½																1
Malakhov, Vladimir	RUS	½	½																1

World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk (RUS), 21 xi-14 xii 2009 Round 5 Results (8 players):
Name	NAT	G1	G2	R1	R2	R3	R4	B1	B2	B3	B4	B5	B6	B7	B8	B9	B10	SD	Tot
Round 5 Match 01
Gelfand, Boris	ISR	½	½	½	1	1													3.5
Jakovenko, Dmitry	RUS	½	½	½	0	0													1.5
Round 5 Match 02
Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	½	½	1	1	½													3.5
Gashimov, Vugar	AZE	½	½	0	0	½													1.5
Round 5 Match 03
Svidler, Peter	RUS	0	½																0.5
Malakhov, Vladimir	RUS	1	½																1.5
Round 5 Match 04
Karjakin, Sergey	UKR	1	½																1.5
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	0	½																0.5

World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk (RUS), 21 xi-14 xii 2009 Round 4 Results (16 players):
Name	NAT	G1	G2	R1	R2	R3	R4	B1	B2	B3	B4	B5	B6	B7	B8	B9	B10	SD	Tot
Round 4 Match 01
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	FRA	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	0										3.5
Gelfand, Boris	ISR	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1										4.5
Round 4 Match 02
Gashimov, Vugar	AZE	½	½	1	1	½													3.5
Caruana, Fabiano	ITA	½	½	0	0	½													1.5
Round 4 Match 03
Shirov, Alexei	ESP	0	½																0.5
Svidler, Peter	RUS	1	½																1.5
Round 4 Match 04
Laznicka, Viktor	CZE	0	½																0.5
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	1	½																1.5
Round 4 Match 05
Karjakin, Sergey	UKR	½	1																1.5
Vitiugov, Nikita	RUS	½	0																0.5
Round 4 Match 06
So, Wesley	PHI	½	½	0	0	0													1
Malakhov, Vladimir	RUS	½	½	1	1	1													4
Round 4 Match 07
Bacrot, Etienne	FRA	½	½	½	½	½	0												2.5
Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	½	½	½	½	½	1												3.5
Round 4 Match 08
Grischuk, Alexander	RUS	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	0										3
Jakovenko, Dmitry	RUS	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1										5

3) London Chess Classic

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.

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

Round 1 (December 8, 2009)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Kramnik, Vladimir	*
Howell, David W L	- Adams, Michael	*
McShane, Luke J	- Short, Nigel D	*
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Ni Hua	*
Round 2 (December 9, 2009)
Carlsen, Magnus	- McShane, Luke J	*
Adams, Michael	- Nakamura, Hikaru	*
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Ni Hua	*
Short, Nigel D	- Howell, David W L	*
Round 3 (December 10, 2009)
Howell, David W L	- Carlsen, Magnus	*
McShane, Luke J	- Kramnik, Vladimir	*
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Short, Nigel D	*
Ni Hua	- Adams, Michael	*
Round 4 (December 12, 2009)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Nakamura, Hikaru	*
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Adams, Michael	*
McShane, Luke J	- Howell, David W L	*
Short, Nigel D	- Ni Hua	*
Round 5 (December 13, 2009)
Adams, Michael	- Short, Nigel D	*
Howell, David W L	- Kramnik, Vladimir	*
Nakamura, Hikaru	- McShane, Luke J	*
Ni Hua	- Carlsen, Magnus	*
Round 6 (December 14, 2009)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Adams, Michael	*
Howell, David W L	- Nakamura, Hikaru	*
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Short, Nigel D	*
McShane, Luke J	- Ni Hua	*
Round 7 (December 15, 2009)
Adams, Michael	- McShane, Luke J	*
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Kramnik, Vladimir	*
Ni Hua	- Howell, David W L	*
Short, Nigel D	- Carlsen, Magnus	*

1st London Chess Classic (ENG), 8-16 xii 2009. Cat XVIII (2696.25) Players list (November ratings)
No	Name	Ti	NAT	Nov Elo	DoB
1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2801	1990
2	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2772	1975
3	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2715	1987
4	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2707	1965
5	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2698	1971
6	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	2665	1983
7	McShane, Luke J	g	ENG	2615	1984
8	Howell, David W L	g	ENG	2597	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

4) Czech Coal Match 2009

The Czech Coal Chess Match between "Snowdrops" and "Old Hands" rather less romantically women vs veterans, took place in the Crystal Palace Hotel Marianske Lazne.

The snowdrops team of women players just managed to hold on to the lead they established in the first half of the event to win 16.5-15.5. The veterans won the second half.

Video coverage at: http://europe-echecs.com/actualites/actualites-femmes-contre-experience-2047.html

Europe-Echecs are on the spot to report on this Veterans vs Ladies match.

Czech Coal Match (Marianske Lazne CZE)
Sat 28th Nov 2009 - Sat 5th Dec 2009 - Official Site - Results - Live

Schev Match (8 players 8 Rds Schev Team TC: 90m:30m+30spm(1))

Czech Coal Match Marianske Lazne (CZE), 28 xi-5 xii 2009
Old Hands							15.5
1	Timman,J	2591	\|				4.5/8
2	Huebner,R	2603	\|	\|			4.0/8
3	Korchnoi,V	2567	\|	\|	\|		3.5/8
4	Hort,V	2494	\|	\|	\|	\|	3.5/8
Snowdrops							16.5
1	Koneru,H	2603	½1	½½	10	11	5.5/8
2	Muzychuk,A	2532	½0	1½	1½	½½	4.5/8
3	Lahno,Kateri	2499	½½	½½	½½	½½	4.0/8
4	Jackova,J	2388	0½	0½	10	½0	2.5/8

Round 1 (November 28, 2009)
Huebner, Robert	- Lahno, Kateryna	½-½	44	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Hort, Vlastimil	- Muzychuk, Anna	½-½	30	A87	Dutch Leningrad
Timman, Jan H	- Koneru, Humpy	½-½	33	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Korchnoi, Viktor	- Jackova, Jana	0-1	34	A32	English Symmetrical
Round 2 (November 29, 2009)
Koneru, Humpy	- Hort, Vlastimil	1-0	83	D15	Slav Defence
Lahno, Kateryna	- Korchnoi, Viktor	½-½	42	C14	French Classical
Jackova, Jana	- Huebner, Robert	0-1	68	C54	Giuoco Piano
Muzychuk, Anna	- Timman, Jan H	½-½	58	C52	Evans Gambit
Round 3 (November 30, 2009)
Hort, Vlastimil	- Jackova, Jana	½-½	44	D58	Queens Gambit Tartakover
Korchnoi, Viktor	- Muzychuk, Anna	0-1	29	A80	Dutch
Huebner, Robert	- Koneru, Humpy	½-½	25	D20	QGA
Timman, Jan H	- Lahno, Kateryna	½-½	32	D97	Gruenfeld Russian
Round 4 (December 1, 2009)
Muzychuk, Anna	- Huebner, Robert	1-0	50	C13	French Classical
Koneru, Humpy	- Korchnoi, Viktor	1-0	40	E38	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Lahno, Kateryna	- Hort, Vlastimil	½-½	60	C13	French Classical
Jackova, Jana	- Timman, Jan H	0-1	37	B72	Sicilian Dragon
Round 5 (December 2, 2009)
Koneru, Humpy	- Timman, Jan H	1-0	37	E15	Queens Indian
Lahno, Kateryna	- Huebner, Robert	½-½	22	D12	Slav Defence
Jackova, Jana	- Korchnoi, Viktor	0-1	41	C14	French Classical
Muzychuk, Anna	- Hort, Vlastimil	½-½	37	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 6 (December 3, 2009)
Timman, Jan H	- Muzychuk, Anna	1-0	85	A88	Dutch Leningrad
Huebner, Robert	- Jackova, Jana	½-½	51	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Hort, Vlastimil	- Koneru, Humpy	0-1	44	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Korchnoi, Viktor	- Lahno, Kateryna	½-½	41	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Round 7 (December 4, 2009)
Muzychuk, Anna	- Korchnoi, Viktor	½-½	59	C01	French Exchange
Koneru, Humpy	- Huebner, Robert	½-½	19	D27	QGA
Jackova, Jana	- Hort, Vlastimil	0-1	31	C41	Philidor's Defence
Lahno, Kateryna	- Timman, Jan H	½-½	35	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Round 8 (December 5, 2009)
Huebner, Robert	- Muzychuk, Anna	½-½	39	E01	Catalan
Korchnoi, Viktor	- Koneru, Humpy	1-0	60	E05	Catalan
Hort, Vlastimil	- Lahno, Kateryna	½-½	55	B52	Sicilian Rossolimo
Timman, Jan H	- Jackova, Jana	½-½	50	E15	Queens Indian

5) Indian Premier National A Championship

The 47th National Premier Championship takes place in Mumbai 1st-14th December 2009 (I'm pretty sure this is the main Indian Championship).

Official site: http://www.indianchessfed.org/. Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr27773.aspx

ch-IND National A Mumbai (IND), 1-14 xii 2009
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
1.	Sriram, Jha	m	IND	2497	+24	+26	=11	+6	+18	+8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5½	2884
2.	Gopal, Geetha Narayanan	g	IND	2593	=5	+35	=8	+17	+11	=4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4½	2619
3.	Adhiban, B	m	IND	2486	=34	+36	=15	=10	+14	+11	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4½	2608
4.	Bakre, Tejas	g	IND	2474	+12	+21	=6	=18	=5	=2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	2594
5.	Swapnil, S. Dhopade		IND	2406	=2	=7	+24	+23	=4	=10	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	2610
6.	Sundararajan, Kidambi	m	IND	2516	+33	+10	=4	-1	=9	+16	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	2579
7.	Laxman, R.R	m	IND	2511	=38	=5	=14	=12	+21	+19	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	2502
8.	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	f	IND	2459	=36	+32	=2	+15	+16	-1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	2562
9.	Sethuraman, S.P	m	IND	2447	+27	-11	+37	=14	=6	+18	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	2581
10.	Neelotpal, Das	g	IND	2440	+39	-6	+35	=3	+22	=5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	2525
11.	Arun Prasad, S	g	IND	2570	+19	+9	=1	+22	-2	-3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3½	2538
12.	Priyadharshan, K	f	IND	2343	-4	=20	+27	=7	=15	+30	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3½	2485
13.	Thipsay, Praveen M	g	IND	2466	=29	-14	+34	=30	=20	+33	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3½	2441
14.	Sangma, Rahul		IND	2368	=16	+13	=7	=9	-3	=15	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2469
15.	Rathnakaran, K	m	IND	2421	=31	+29	=3	-8	=12	=14	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2379
16.	Sengupta, Deep	m	IND	2488	=14	=38	+21	+26	-8	-6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2417
17.	Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi	m	IND	2427	=32	=34	+28	-2	=24	=27	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2384
18.	Gupta, Abhijeet	g	IND	2578	+37	=22	+30	=4	-1	-9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2456
19.	Akshayraj, Kore	m	IND	2394	-11	=27	+36	+25	=30	-7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2449
20.	Anwesh, Upadhyaya		IND	2406	-35	=12	=31	+38	=13	=23	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2367
21.	Prathamesh, Sunil Mokal	m	IND	2382	+25	-4	-16	+32	-7	+37	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2447
22.	Himanshu, Sharma	m	IND	2469	+41	=18	+23	-11	-10	=28	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2473
23.	Kunte, Abhijit	g	IND	2522	+28	=30	-22	-5	+38	=20	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2415
24.	Narayanan, Srinath	m	IND	2370	-1	+40	-5	+31	=17	=26	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2382
25.	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J	g	IND	2518	-21	+31	=38	-19	=29	+35	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2332
26.	Murali Krishnan, B.T	m	IND	2407	+40	-1	+39	-16	=28	=24	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2386
27.	Singh, D.P	m	IND	2308	-9	=19	-12	+41	+39	=17	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2376
28.	Palit, Somak		IND	2385	-23	+42	-17	+39	=26	=22	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2410
29.	Maheswaran, P	f	IND	2342	=13	-15	=32	=37	=25	=34	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2352
30.	Thejkumar, M. S	m	IND	2453	+42	=23	-18	=13	=19	-12	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2382
31.	Koshy, Varugeese	m	IND	2280	=15	-25	=20	-24	=36	+42	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2340
32.	Matta, Vinay Kumar		IND	2292	=17	-8	=29	-21	=41	+38	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2330
33.	Girinath, P.D.S	m	IND	2378	-6	-39	=40	+42	+34	-13	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2318
34.	Syed Anwar, Shazuli		IND	2360	=3	=17	-13	=35	-33	=29	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2261
35.	Anurag, Mhamal		IND	2222	+20	-2	-10	=34	=37	-25	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2328
36.	Babu, N Sudhakar	m	IND	2335	=8	-3	-19	=40	=31	=41	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2248
37.	Shyam, Sundar M	m	IND	2401	-18	+41	-9	=29	=35	-21	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2260
38.	Ramnath, Bhuvanesh		IND	2372	=7	=16	=25	-20	-23	-32	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2263
39.	Arvind, Shastry		IND	2302	-10	+33	-26	-28	-27	=40	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2172
40.	Ramnathan, Balasubramaniam	m	IND	2277	-26	-24	=33	=36	-42	=39	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2161
41.	Abhay, T		IND	2343	-22	-37	=42	-27	=32	=36	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2163
42.	Padmini, Rout	wm	IND	2333	-30	-28	=41	-33	+40	-31	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2159

6) National Chess Congress

The National Chess Congress took place 27th-29th November 2009. Alex Lenderman, Bryan Smith, Alexander Stripunsky and Irina Krush finished on 5/6.

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

National Chess Congress Philadelphia (USA), 27-29 xi 2009
#	Ti	Name	Rtng	St	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Tot	Prize
1	IM	Alex Lenderman	2569	NY	W59	W18	W9	D8	D2	W10	5	1500.00
2	IM	Bryan G Smith	2511	PA	W73	W22	W29	W12	D1	D5	5	1400.00
3	GM	Alexander Stripunsky	2612	NJ	W52	L9	W43	W29	W20	W8	5	1400.00
4	IM	Irina Krush	2490	NY	L21	W40	W67	W18	W30	W14	5	1400.00
5	GM	Robert L Hess	2655	NY	L18	W59	W68	W31	W26	D2	4½	200.00
6	FM	Darwin Yang	2346	TX	W69	D66	W53	W11	D8	D13	4½	1050.00
7		Alexander R Katz	1968	NJ	W65	L29	D32	W63	W24	W19	4½	1050.00
8		Siddharth Ravichandran	2487	NY	W32	W23	W15	D1	D6	L3	4
9	IM	Robert A Hungaski	2419	CT	W57	W3	L1	W22	L14	W29	4
10		Mackenzie Molner	2428	NJ	W40	D21	W66	D19	W12	L1	4
11	GM	Alexander Fishbein	2597	NJ	W60	D19	W25	L6	W23	D16	4
12		Kassa Korley	2279	NY	W64	W44	W20	L2	L10	W30	4
13	IM	Marc R Esserman	2452	MA	D63	W27	L19	W33	W25	D6	4
14	GM	Sergey Kudrin	2618	CT	D62	W47	W42	D30	W9	L4	4
15		Raven M Sturt	2289	NY	W56	W58	L8	L16	W33	W38	4
16		Thomas Bartell	2434	NJ	W75	L42	W64	W15	D19	D11	4
17	FM	Farai Mandizha	2349	NY	D55	L43	W70	D53	W32	W34	4
18		Alexander Barnett	2299	MD	W5	L1	W55	L4	D43	W31	3½
19		Yefim Treger	2254	NY	W74	D11	W13	D10	D16	L7	3½
20	FM	Oleg N Zaikov	2388	OR	W33	W36	L12	W42	L3	D22	3½
21		Andrew N Shvartsman	2198	NJ	W4	D10	L30	W54	D38	D26	3½
22		Evan S Rosenberg	2262	NY	W51	L2	W36	L9	W53	D20	3½
23		Salvador Rosario	2234	DC	W61	L8	W50	D41	L11	W47	3½
24	WIM	Iryna Zenyuk	2276	NY	D27	W35	L31	W66	L7	W42	3½
25		Peter Minear	2267	PA	D67	W71	L11	W47	L13	W45	3½
26	FM	Jake Kleiman	2377	TN	D53	D54	W58	W34	L5	D21	3½
27		Richard J Tuhrim	2107	NY	D24	L13	X28	D62	D42	W60	3½
28		Glenn Bady	2210	PA	L44	D56	F27	W70	W54	W48	3½
29		Matthew J Herman	2310	NY	W49	W7	L2	L3	W62	L9	3
30	FM	Rodion Rubenchik	2376	PA	W45	D31	W21	D14	L4	L12	3
31		Eric M Most	2089	VA	W37	D30	W24	L5	D41	L18	3
32		Deepak Aaron	2182	NY	L8	W74	D7	D35	L17	W53	3
33		Ian D Schoch	2145	MD	L20	W46	W37	L13	L15	W61	3
34	WIM	Alisa Melekhina	2253	PA	D35	D50	W51	L26	W57	L17	3
35		Michael H Bodek	2032	NY	D34	L24	W46	D32	D37	D39	3
36		Nitai D Leve	2114	NY	W46	L20	L22	W58	D39	D37	3
37		Troy Daly	2268	FL	L31	W45	L33	W44	D35	D36	3
38	IM	Jay Bonin	2401	NY	L66	W69	D54	W67	D21	L15	3
39	FM	Ilye Figler	2273	NY	D54	L53	W48	D43	D36	D35	3
40		Kanwal K Bhatia	2158	NJ	L10	L4	H—	D56	W58	W55	3
41		Parker B Zhao	2395	NY	D70	D55	W57	D23	D31	U—	3
75 players

7) American Open

John Hillery reports: The 45th Annual American Open, held at the I couldn't find a game file but there are a few given in the US Chess Federation article below.

Los Angeles LAX Renaissance Hotel November 26th-29th 2009, attracted 200 players, along with another 199 in assorted side events. In the 37-player Open section, GM Melikset Khachiyan, IM Andranik Matikozyan, and young master Julian Landaw tied for first with 6-2, with Khachiyan taking the first-place trophy on tiebreak. Next at 5.5 were IMs Enrico Sevilano and Vladimir Mezentsev and masters Tatev Abrahamyan and Takashi Iwamoto. Randy Hough and Anthony Ong directed.

I couldn't find a game file but there are a few given in the US Chess Federation article below.

Report: http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9917/565/

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

8) UTD Invitational Dallas

The UTD Invitation in Dallas took place 21st-29th November 2009. Zviad Izoria and Giorgi Kacheishvili won the main GM event with 6/9.

Results: http://www.collegechess.org/2009%20UTD/

Report: http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9912/562/

UTD Invitational A Dallas (USA), 21-29 xi 2009												cat. XI (2501)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Izoria, Zviad	g	GEO	2589	*	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	6	2616
2.	Kacheishvili, Giorgi	g	GEO	2583	½	*	½	1	0	½	½	1	1	1	6	2616
3.	Ramirez, Alejandro	g	CRC	2547	½	½	*	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	5½	2575
4.	Wang Puchen	m	NZL	2466	0	0	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	5	2547
5.	Ludwig, Daniel		USA	2461	½	1	0	½	*	1	½	½	½	0	4½	2505
6.	Zivanic, Marko	m	SRB	2472	½	½	½	½	0	*	½	½	½	1	4½	2504
7.	Stopa, Jacek	m	POL	2493	½	½	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	4½	2501
8.	Simutowe, Amon	g	ZAM	2481	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	0	3	2378
9.	Bercys, Salvijus	m	USA	2439	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	3	2382
10.	Sadorra, Julio Catalino	m	PHI	2478	0	0	½	0	1	0	0	1	½	*	3	2378

Round 1 (November 21, 2009)
Wang Puchen	- Izoria, Zviad	0-1	31	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Ludwig, Daniel	- Simutowe, Amon	½-½	30	C09	French Tarrasch
Zivanic, Marko	- Kacheishvili, Giorgi	½-½	13	D38	QGD Ragozin
Bercys, Salvijus	- Ramirez, Alejandro	½-½	7	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Sadorra, Julio Catalino	- Stopa, Jacek	0-1	67	D44	Anti-Meran Gambit
Round 2 (November 22, 2009)
Kacheishvili, Giorgi	- Sadorra, Julio Catalino	1-0	60	A07	Barcza System
Ramirez, Alejandro	- Izoria, Zviad	½-½	16	E06	Catalan
Stopa, Jacek	- Ludwig, Daniel	½-½	20	B84	Sicilian Scheveningen
Simutowe, Amon	- Wang Puchen	½-½	19	D93	Gruenfeld 5.Bf4
Bercys, Salvijus	- Zivanic, Marko	½-½	20	D11	Slav Defence
Round 3 (November 23, 2009)
Izoria, Zviad	- Simutowe, Amon	½-½	13	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Wang Puchen	- Stopa, Jacek	1-0	50	E14	Queens Indian
Ludwig, Daniel	- Kacheishvili, Giorgi	1-0	53	B14	Caro Kann Panov
Zivanic, Marko	- Ramirez, Alejandro	½-½	24	D15	Slav Defence
Sadorra, Julio Catalino	- Bercys, Salvijus	½-½	18	D63	Queens Gambit Main Line with 7.Rc1
Round 4 (November 24, 2009)
Kacheishvili, Giorgi	- Wang Puchen	1-0	37	B07	Pirc Defence
Ramirez, Alejandro	- Simutowe, Amon	1-0	88	A11	Reti Opening
Zivanic, Marko	- Sadorra, Julio Catalino	1-0	32	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Stopa, Jacek	- Izoria, Zviad	½-½	16	C10	French Rubinstein
Bercys, Salvijus	- Ludwig, Daniel	½-½	20	D12	Slav Defence
Round 5 (November 25, 2009)
Izoria, Zviad	- Kacheishvili, Giorgi	½-½	11	D20	QGA
Wang Puchen	- Bercys, Salvijus	1-0	46	C26	Vienna Game
Ludwig, Daniel	- Zivanic, Marko	1-0	43	B67	Sicilian Rauzer
Simutowe, Amon	- Stopa, Jacek	½-½	20	E61	King's Indian Defence
Sadorra, Julio Catalino	- Ramirez, Alejandro	½-½	54	A57	Volga Gambit
Round 6 (November 26, 2009)
Kacheishvili, Giorgi	- Simutowe, Amon	1-0	36	A33	English Symmetrical
Ramirez, Alejandro	- Stopa, Jacek	½-½	78	A83	Dutch Staunton Gambit
Zivanic, Marko	- Wang Puchen	½-½	20	D90	Gruenfeld Flohr
Bercys, Salvijus	- Izoria, Zviad	0-1	44	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Sadorra, Julio Catalino	- Ludwig, Daniel	1-0	65	D18	Slav Defence
Round 7 (November 27, 2009)
Izoria, Zviad	- Zivanic, Marko	½-½	14	D13	Slav Exchange
Wang Puchen	- Sadorra, Julio Catalino	1-0	28	D27	QGA
Ludwig, Daniel	- Ramirez, Alejandro	0-1	32	A57	Volga Gambit
Stopa, Jacek	- Kacheishvili, Giorgi	½-½	26	B18	Caro Kann
Simutowe, Amon	- Bercys, Salvijus	½-½	20	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Round 8 (November 28, 2009)
Ramirez, Alejandro	- Kacheishvili, Giorgi	½-½	15	C01	French Exchange
Ludwig, Daniel	- Wang Puchen	½-½	65	D16	Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Zivanic, Marko	- Simutowe, Amon	½-½	18	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Bercys, Salvijus	- Stopa, Jacek	½-½	16	A83	Dutch Staunton Gambit
Sadorra, Julio Catalino	- Izoria, Zviad	0-1	30	E24	Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Round 9 (November 29, 2009)
Izoria, Zviad	- Ludwig, Daniel	½-½	11	D14	Slav Exchange
Kacheishvili, Giorgi	- Bercys, Salvijus	1-0	60	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Wang Puchen	- Ramirez, Alejandro	½-½	15	D14	Slav Exchange
Stopa, Jacek	- Zivanic, Marko	½-½	16	A03	Bird's Opening
Simutowe, Amon	- Sadorra, Julio Catalino	0-1	34	A46	Queen's Pawn Opening

UTD Invitational B Dallas (USA), 21-29 xi 2009												cat. II (2291)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Vedrickas, Tautvydas		LTU	2272	*	½	0	0	1	1	1	1	½	1	6	2418
2.	Yeager, Daniel A	f	USA	2259	½	*	½	0	1	½	1	½	1	½	5½	2374
3.	Annakov, Babakuli	g	USA	2451	1	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	5½	2353
4.	Bryant, John Daniel		USA	2359	1	1	½	*	0	1	0	0	½	1	5	2326
5.	Bayaraa, Zorigt	wf	MGL	2194	0	0	½	1	*	½	½	½	1	1	5	2344
6.	Ibragimov, Ildar	g	USA	2577	0	½	½	0	½	*	1	1	½	1	5	2302
7.	Safin, Artur K		USA	2115	0	0	½	1	½	0	*	1	1	½	4½	2310
8.	Bantic, Mihail		SRB	2216	0	½	½	1	½	0	0	*	½	½	3½	2219
9.	Hughes, Tyler B		USA	2281	½	0	½	½	0	½	0	½	*	1	3½	2212
10.	Vazirova, Karina	wm	RUS	2187	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	*	1½	2029

Round 1 (November 21, 2009)
Yeager, Daniel A	- Hughes, Tyler B	1-0	39	B20	Sicilian Wing Gambit
Annakov, Babakuli	- Bayaraa, Zorigt	½-½	10	D15	Slav Defence
Safin, Artur K	- Bryant, John Daniel	1-0	53	B80	Sicilian Scheveningen
Bantic, Mihail	- Vedrickas, Tautvydas	0-1	38	A32	English Symmetrical
Vazirova, Karina	- Ibragimov, Ildar	0-1	32	C03	French Tarrasch
Round 2 (November 22, 2009)
Vedrickas, Tautvydas	- Yeager, Daniel A	½-½	36	A61	Benoni
Annakov, Babakuli	- Vazirova, Karina	1-0	17	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Bayaraa, Zorigt	- Bryant, John Daniel	1-0	83	A30	English Symmetrical
Ibragimov, Ildar	- Bantic, Mihail	1-0	34	D15	Slav Defence
Hughes, Tyler B	- Safin, Artur K	0-1	44	D29	QGA
Round 3 (November 23, 2009)
Yeager, Daniel A	- Ibragimov, Ildar	½-½	56	A89	Dutch Leningrad
Bryant, John Daniel	- Hughes, Tyler B	½-½	10	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Safin, Artur K	- Vedrickas, Tautvydas	0-1	32	B91	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.g3
Bantic, Mihail	- Annakov, Babakuli	½-½	12	D50	Queens Gambit Canal
Vazirova, Karina	- Bayaraa, Zorigt	0-1	41	B52	Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 4 (November 24, 2009)
Vedrickas, Tautvydas	- Bryant, John Daniel	0-1	46	E68	King's Indian Fianchetto
Annakov, Babakuli	- Yeager, Daniel A	½-½	12	D29	QGA
Bayaraa, Zorigt	- Hughes, Tyler B	1-0	31	C00	French Defence
Ibragimov, Ildar	- Safin, Artur K	1-0	43	D42	Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Vazirova, Karina	- Bantic, Mihail	½-½	28	C87	Ruy Lopez
Round 5 (November 25, 2009)
Yeager, Daniel A	- Vazirova, Karina	½-½	10	A89	Dutch Leningrad
Bryant, John Daniel	- Ibragimov, Ildar	1-0	58	B06	Modern Defence
Safin, Artur K	- Annakov, Babakuli	½-½	27	A53	Old Indian Defence
Bantic, Mihail	- Bayaraa, Zorigt	½-½	70	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Hughes, Tyler B	- Vedrickas, Tautvydas	½-½	42	D36	QGD Exchange
Round 6 (November 26, 2009)
Annakov, Babakuli	- Bryant, John Daniel	½-½	80	A43	Old Benoni
Bayaraa, Zorigt	- Vedrickas, Tautvydas	0-1	38	B91	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.g3
Ibragimov, Ildar	- Hughes, Tyler B	½-½	17	B20	Sicilian Wing Gambit
Bantic, Mihail	- Yeager, Daniel A	½-½	33	A43	Old Benoni
Vazirova, Karina	- Safin, Artur K	½-½	34	D11	Slav Defence
Round 7 (November 27, 2009)
Vedrickas, Tautvydas	- Ibragimov, Ildar	1-0	31	E12	Queens Indian Petrosian
Yeager, Daniel A	- Bayaraa, Zorigt	1-0	55	B20	Sicilian Wing Gambit
Bryant, John Daniel	- Vazirova, Karina	1-0	19	C05	French Tarrasch
Safin, Artur K	- Bantic, Mihail	1-0	72	C90	Ruy Lopez
Hughes, Tyler B	- Annakov, Babakuli	½-½	6	A85	Dutch
Round 8 (November 28, 2009)
Yeager, Daniel A	- Safin, Artur K	1-0	33	D10	Slav Defence
Annakov, Babakuli	- Vedrickas, Tautvydas	1-0	28	D47	Queens Gambit Meran
Bayaraa, Zorigt	- Ibragimov, Ildar	½-½	16	D11	Slav Defence
Bantic, Mihail	- Bryant, John Daniel	1-0	82	A65	Benoni
Vazirova, Karina	- Hughes, Tyler B	0-1	44	B48	Sicilian Paulsen
Round 9 (November 29, 2009)
Vedrickas, Tautvydas	- Vazirova, Karina	1-0	33	D35	QGD Exchange
Bryant, John Daniel	- Yeager, Daniel A	1-0	30	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Ibragimov, Ildar	- Annakov, Babakuli	½-½	13	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Safin, Artur K	- Bayaraa, Zorigt	½-½	11	B78	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Hughes, Tyler B	- Bantic, Mihail	½-½	44	D12	Slav Defence

9) VI Figueira da Foz Chess Festival

The VI Figueira da Foz Chess Festival took place 27th November - 6th December 2009. Anton Kovalyov took clear first with 7/9.

Official site: http://xadrez.nafigueira.com/paginas/abertura.php

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr27719.aspx

VI Figueira da Foz (POR), 27 xi-6 xii 2009
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Kovalyov Anton	GM	ARG	2601	7	19936	36	28
2	Petkov Vladimir	GM	BUL	2477	6.5	19979	36	29
3	Spraggett Kevin	GM	CAN	2594	6.5	19017	32.5	28
4	Romanishin Oleg	GM	UKR	2510	6	19366	33	27.5
5	Paunovic Dragan	GM	SRB	2554	6	19023	32.5	27.5
6	Kasparov Sergey	GM	BLR	2483	6	18536	31.5	27
7	Dzhumaev Marat	GM	UZB	2528	6	17796	28	24
8	Padeiro Jose	NM	POR	2262	6	17746	28	24
9	Rotstein Arkadij	GM	GER	2550	6	16965	31.5	28.5
10	Galego Luis	GM	POR	2446	6	16928	31	28
11	Dias Paulo	FM	POR	2391	5.5	19140	31	27
12	Todorov Todor	GM	BUL	2496	5.5	19012	31	28
13	Ferreira Jorge		POR	2273	5.5	18973	28.5	26
14	Karlovich Anastazia	WGM	UKR	2201	5.5	17107	25.5	22.5
15	Diogo Vasco	FM	POR	2316	5	18658	27	25
16	Leite Catarina	WIM	POR	2188	5	17430	26	24.5
17	Campora Daniel	GM	ARG	2488	5	16969	31.5	27.5
18	Galvao Henrique		POR	2219	5	15500	27	23.5
19	Sousa Joao		POR	1855	5	14043	21.5	21
20	Durao Joaquim	IM	POR	2029	4.5	17833	22.5	24.5
21	Neves Pedro		POR	2075	4.5	17464	23.5	23.5
22	Guerra Costa Joao		POR	2205	4.5	17052	24.5	23
23	Brandauer Dorit		POR	1840	4.5	16074	19	20
24	Bolhari Orfeh		IRI	2166	4.5	15992	25.5	23
25	Felicio Fernando		POR	1916	4.5	15932	20	20
26	Kasparova Tatiana	WIM	BLR	2191	4.5	15876	20.5	21
27	Beltran Ortiz Edda		ESP	1870	4	17800	22	23.5
28	Pena Helio		POR	1926	4	16976	21	23.5
29	Redondo Arquelles Graciela	WFM	ESP	2077	4	16099	25	24
30	Cavaleiro Daniel		POR	1856	4	12995	19.5	21.5
31	Babo Miguel		POR	1947	4	12040	17.5	18
32	Aguiar Henrique		POR	1745	4	10151	18	20
33	Carapeto Ricardo		POR	1894	3.5	16291	18	21.5
34	Maltez Nuno		POR	2035	3.5	14733	17.5	19.5
35	Andias Joao		POR	1800	3.5	9921	13	16.5
36	Rato Eduardo		POR	1787	3.5	7687	12.5	17.5
37	Dias Jose		POR	0	3	15259	12	19
38	Godinho Marques Pedro		POR	0	3	14940	14	19
39	Pais Bruno		POR	1712	3	13518	12.5	17
40	Rodrigues Luis		POR	1875	3	11950	17	18.5
41	Mendes Carlos		POR	1813	3	11442	10	16.5
42	Azul Artur		POR	0	2.5	13499	11	17.5
43	Mendes Curado Antonio		POR	1730	2	7729	6.5	13.5
44	Graveto Vitor		POR	0	1.5	11707	11.5	15.5
45	Santos Jose Miguel		POR	0	0.5	0	4.5	22.5
46	Martinho Filipe		POR	1969	0	0	0	22.5

10) Italian Championship

The Italian Championship took place in Sarre 23rd November - 4th December 2009. Lexy Ortega took first place after a playoff against Michele Godena, Carlo D'Amore took 3rd place from Denis Rombaldoni and Fabio Bruno after a playoff in a format I couldn't quite work out.

Official site: http://www.federscacchi.it/cia2009/index.php

69th ch-ITA Sarre (ITA), 23 xi-4 xii 2009													cat. IX (2460)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Ortega, Lexy	g	ITA	2459	*	1	0	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	7½	2593
2.	Godena, Michele	g	ITA	2537	0	*	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	7½	2585
3.	Bruno, Fabio	m	ITA	2460	1	0	*	1	½	½	1	0	1	½	1	0	6½	2524
4.	D'Amore, Carlo	m	ITA	2489	½	½	0	*	1	0	½	1	1	½	½	1	6½	2522
5.	Rombaldoni, Denis	m	ITA	2504	½	½	½	0	*	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	6½	2520
6.	Brunello, Sabino	m	ITA	2507	½	½	½	1	½	*	½	½	0	0	1	1	6	2491
7.	Vocaturo, Daniele	m	ITA	2500	½	½	0	½	0	½	*	1	1	1	0	½	5½	2456
8.	Genocchio, Daniele	f	ITA	2464	0	½	1	0	½	½	0	*	½	1	½	½	5	2423
9.	Rombaldoni, Axel	f	ITA	2442	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	½	*	½	1	1	4½	2396
10.	Valsecchi, Alessio	f	ITA	2336	½	0	½	½	0	1	0	0	½	*	0	1	4	2369
11.	Stella, Andrea		ITA	2346	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	½	0	1	*	½	3½	2337
12.	Garcia Palermo, Carlos	g	ITA	2475	0	0	1	0	½	0	½	½	0	0	½	*	3	2283

11) Leocity Cup

The Leocity Cup took place November 25th - December 3rd 2009 Lviv , Ukraine and was organised by Yuri Vovk (tournament director) IM Grabinsky Volodymyr (honorable coach of Ukrainian Youth team) Time control 90 minutes with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. Under the auspices of Lviv Chess Federation.

10 players played in 9 rounds(round robin system).Average rating is 2442.GM norm is 6,5 points.

Official site: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/t211.html

Vasylyshyn Mem Lviv (UKR), 25 xi-3 xii 2009												cat. VIII (2442)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Yevseev, Denis	g	RUS	2520	*	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	6½	2599
2.	Onischuk, Vladimir	m	UKR	2483	½	*	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	6½	2603
3.	Erdogdu, Mert	m	TUR	2489	0	½	*	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	6½	2603
4.	Zherebukh, Yaroslav	g	UKR	2527	0	0	1	*	0	1	1	1	1	1	6	2558
5.	Vovk, Yuri	g	UKR	2546	½	½	0	1	*	1	½	0	1	1	5½	2510
6.	Bernadskiy, Vitaliy	f	UKR	2358	½	½	0	0	0	*	1	1	1	1	5	2494
7.	Fedoseev, Vladimir3	f	RUS	2353	½	½	0	0	½	0	*	½	1	½	3½	2372
8.	Grekh, Andrey	m	UKR	2352	½	0	0	0	1	0	½	*	0	0	2	2232
9.	Semcesen, Daniel	m	SWE	2460	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	*	1	2	2220
10.	Ulanov, Alexandr		RUS	2336	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	*	1½	2181

Vasylyshyn Mem w Lviv (UKR), 25 xi-3 xii 2009
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Hrabinska, Myroslava	wg	UKR	2261	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	7½	2453
2.	Matseyko, Katerina	wg	UKR	2229	½	*	½	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	6	2309
3.	Hryhorenko, Nataliya	wm	UKR	2349	½	½	*	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	6	2295
4.	Petrenko, Svetlana	m	MDA	2257	½	0	1	*	½	1	1	½	0	1	5½	2260
5.	Soloviova, Liza	wm	UKR	2281	0	0	0	½	*	1	1	½	1	½	4½	2178
6.	Chulivska, Vita	wm	UKR	2290	0	1	0	0	0	*	1	0	1	1	4	2134
7.	Kharmunova, Nadejda	wf	RUS	2077	0	1	1	0	0	0	*	½	1	0	3½	2120
8.	Ivakhinova, Inna	wm	RUS	2249	0	0	0	½	½	1	½	*	0	½	3	2056
9.	Buksa, Nataliya		UKR	1895	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	*	1	3	2096
10.	Meleshko, Nadia		POL	1997	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	½	0	*	2	1989

12) Brazilian Championships

The Brazlilan Championships take place 2nd-11th December 2009.

Official site: http://www.fpx.com.br/2009/bra2009/infos2009.htm - Games: http://www.fpx.com.br/visor2009/brasileiro2.html

LXXV ch-BRA Americana BRA (BRA), 2-11 xii 2009													cat. IX (2470)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Vescovi, Giovanni	g	BRA	2648	*	.	.	.	.	½	1	1	.	1	1	1	5½	2824
2.	Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag	m	BRA	2467	.	*	½	1	0	.	.	.	1	.	1	1	4½	2645
3.	Milos, Gilberto	g	BRA	2603	.	½	*	½	½	½	.	.	1	1	.	.	4	2598
4.	Leitao, Rafael	g	BRA	2621	.	0	½	*	.	.	1	.	1	.	½	1	4	2526
5.	Diamant, Andre	m	BRA	2493	.	1	½	.	*	.	0	1	0	.	1	.	3½	2491
6.	Fier, Alexandr	g	BRA	2653	½	.	½	.	.	*	0	½	.	.	1	1	3½	2523
7.	Molina, Roberto Junio Brito	f	BRA	2340	0	.	.	0	1	1	*	½	.	0	.	.	2½	2481
8.	Matsuura, Everaldo	m	BRA	2478	0	.	.	.	0	½	½	*	.	1	.	½	2½	2401
9.	Santiago, Yago de Moura		BRA	2266	.	0	0	0	1	.	.	.	*	½	.	½	2	2341
10.	Macedo, Maximo Iack		BRA	2339	0	.	0	.	.	.	1	0	½	*	0	.	1½	2271
11.	Bittencourt, Jorge	m	BRA	2454	0	0	.	½	0	0	.	.	.	1	*	.	1½	2343
12.	Barreto Filho, Carlos Alberto	f	BRA	2277	0	0	.	0	.	0	.	½	½	.	.	*	1	2249

13) First ACP Women World Rapid Cup

The First ACP Women World Rapid Cup took place in the Rixos hotel in Konya, Turkey December 1st-4th 2009. The event was 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 was $20,000.

Alexandra Kosteniuk took clear first place with 10/11.

1st ACP Women World Rapid Cup (Konya TUR)
Mon 30th Nov 2009 - Fri 4th Dec 2009 - Official Site - Results - Live

Women Rapid Cup (12 players 11 Rds SRR Indiv TC:20m+5spm)

Women Rapid Cup (12 players 11 Rds SRR Indiv TC: 20m+5spm)

1st ACP Women World Rapid Cup Konya (TUR), 1-3 xii 2009													cat. VI (2376)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	g	RUS	2517	*	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10.0	2745
2.	Cmilyte, Viktorija	m	LTU	2480	0	*	1	0	1	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	8.0	2541
3.	Kosintseva, Tatiana	m	RUS	2522	1	0	*	½	0	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	7.5	2495
4.	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2525	0	1	½	*	1	1	0	½	1	½	½	1	7.0	2464
5.	Socko, Monika	g	POL	2457	0	0	1	0	*	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	7.0	2470
6.	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	m	RUS	2518	0	0	½	0	1	*	½	1	1	½	1	1	6.5	2427
7.	Zhukova, Natalia	wg	UKR	2465	0	0	0	1	0	½	*	0	1	1	1	1	5.5	2367
8.	Yildiz, Betul Cemre	wm	TUR	2213	0	½	0	½	0	0	1	*	0	0	1	1	4.0	2288
9.	Klinova, Masha	m	ISR	2305	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	1	*	½	½	1	4.0	2280
10.	Javakhishvili, Lela	m	GEO	2482	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	1	½	*	0	1	3.5	2233
11.	Ozturk, Kubra	wm	TUR	2177	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	1	*	1	3.0	2218
12.	Menzi, Nezihe Ezgi		TUR	1847	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	*	0.0

Round 1 (December 1, 2009)
Kosteniuk, Alexandra	- Socko, Monika	1-0	29	B74	Sicilian Dragon
Kosintseva, Tatiana	- Yildiz, Betul Cemre	1-0	40	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Cramling, Pia	- Klinova, Masha	1-0	41	E61	King's Indian Defence
Kosintseva, Nadezhda	- Ozturk, Kubra	1-0	60	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Zhukova, Natalia	- Cmilyte, Viktorija	0-1	38	A65	Benoni
Menzi, Nezihe Ezgi	- Javakhishvili, Lela	0-1	48	B27	Sicilian Early Fianchetto
Round 2 (December 1, 2009)
Kosteniuk, Alexandra	- Zhukova, Natalia	1-0	37	C10	French Rubinstein
Cmilyte, Viktorija	- Menzi, Nezihe Ezgi	1-0	28	E68	King's Indian Fianchetto
Socko, Monika	- Klinova, Masha	1-0	32	C41	Philidor's Defence
Yildiz, Betul Cemre	- Cramling, Pia	½-½	34	B41	Sicilian Paulsen
Javakhishvili, Lela	- Kosintseva, Nadezhda	½-½	67	A13	Reti Opening
Ozturk, Kubra	- Kosintseva, Tatiana	0-1	60	E01	Catalan
Round 3 (December 1, 2009)
Kosintseva, Tatiana	- Javakhishvili, Lela	1-0	53	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Cramling, Pia	- Ozturk, Kubra	½-½	151	A20	English Opening
Kosintseva, Nadezhda	- Cmilyte, Viktorija	0-1	81	B45	Sicilian Classical
Zhukova, Natalia	- Socko, Monika	0-1	55	D42	Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Klinova, Masha	- Yildiz, Betul Cemre	1-0	43	C90	Ruy Lopez
Menzi, Nezihe Ezgi	- Kosteniuk, Alexandra	0-1	38	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Round 4 (December 1, 2009)
Kosteniuk, Alexandra	- Kosintseva, Nadezhda	1-0	30	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Cmilyte, Viktorija	- Kosintseva, Tatiana	1-0	50	D38	QGD Ragozin
Socko, Monika	- Yildiz, Betul Cemre	1-0	56	C59	Two Knights Defence
Zhukova, Natalia	- Menzi, Nezihe Ezgi	1-0	31	A65	Benoni
Javakhishvili, Lela	- Cramling, Pia	½-½	93	A12	Reti Opening
Ozturk, Kubra	- Klinova, Masha	½-½	58	B07	Pirc Defence
Round 5 (December 2, 2009)
Kosintseva, Tatiana	- Kosteniuk, Alexandra	1-0	36	C43	Petroff's Defence
Cramling, Pia	- Cmilyte, Viktorija	1-0	41	A16	English Opening
Kosintseva, Nadezhda	- Zhukova, Natalia	½-½	39	C11	French Defence
Yildiz, Betul Cemre	- Ozturk, Kubra	1-0	41	C45	Scotch Game
Klinova, Masha	- Javakhishvili, Lela	½-½	44	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Menzi, Nezihe Ezgi	- Socko, Monika	0-1	49	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 6 (December 2, 2009)
Kosteniuk, Alexandra	- Cramling, Pia	1-0	65	B85	Sicilian Scheveningen
Cmilyte, Viktorija	- Klinova, Masha	½-½	47	E62	King's Indian 6...Nc6
Socko, Monika	- Ozturk, Kubra	1-0	54	C69	Ruy Lopez Exchange
Zhukova, Natalia	- Kosintseva, Tatiana	0-1	37	D38	QGD Ragozin
Javakhishvili, Lela	- Yildiz, Betul Cemre	1-0	55	A28	English Four Knights
Menzi, Nezihe Ezgi	- Kosintseva, Nadezhda	0-1	41	B38	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Round 7 (December 2, 2009)
Kosintseva, Tatiana	- Menzi, Nezihe Ezgi	1-0	40	B78	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Cramling, Pia	- Zhukova, Natalia	0-1	41	D23	QGA
Kosintseva, Nadezhda	- Socko, Monika	1-0	29	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Yildiz, Betul Cemre	- Cmilyte, Viktorija	½-½	52	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Klinova, Masha	- Kosteniuk, Alexandra	0-1	24	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Ozturk, Kubra	- Javakhishvili, Lela	1-0	62	A43	Old Benoni
Round 8 (December 2, 2009)
Kosteniuk, Alexandra	- Yildiz, Betul Cemre	1-0	38	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Cmilyte, Viktorija	- Ozturk, Kubra	1-0	55	A38	English Symmetrical
Socko, Monika	- Javakhishvili, Lela	1-0	49	B43	Sicilian Paulsen
Kosintseva, Nadezhda	- Kosintseva, Tatiana	½-½	15	C68	Ruy Lopez Exchange
Zhukova, Natalia	- Klinova, Masha	1-0	31	E90	King's Indian Classical
Menzi, Nezihe Ezgi	- Cramling, Pia	0-1	55	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 9 (December 3, 2009)
Kosintseva, Tatiana	- Socko, Monika	0-1	33	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Cramling, Pia	- Kosintseva, Nadezhda	1-0	40	E33	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Yildiz, Betul Cemre	- Zhukova, Natalia	1-0	59	C45	Scotch Game
Klinova, Masha	- Menzi, Nezihe Ezgi	1-0	32	B52	Sicilian Rossolimo
Javakhishvili, Lela	- Cmilyte, Viktorija	0-1	143	A80	Dutch
Ozturk, Kubra	- Kosteniuk, Alexandra	0-1	52	E38	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 10 (December 3, 2009)
Kosteniuk, Alexandra	- Javakhishvili, Lela	1-0	54	B43	Sicilian Paulsen
Kosintseva, Tatiana	- Cramling, Pia	½-½	69	B28	Sicilian Early a7-a6
Socko, Monika	- Cmilyte, Viktorija	0-1	44	C54	Giuoco Piano
Kosintseva, Nadezhda	- Klinova, Masha	1-0	35	B07	Pirc Defence
Zhukova, Natalia	- Ozturk, Kubra	1-0	52	D20	QGA
Menzi, Nezihe Ezgi	- Yildiz, Betul Cemre	0-1	22	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Round 11 (December 3, 2009)
Cmilyte, Viktorija	- Kosteniuk, Alexandra	0-1	60	E34	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Cramling, Pia	- Socko, Monika	1-0	50	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Yildiz, Betul Cemre	- Kosintseva, Nadezhda	0-1	57	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Klinova, Masha	- Kosintseva, Tatiana	½-½	52	C68	Ruy Lopez Exchange
Javakhishvili, Lela	- Zhukova, Natalia	0-1	38	A07	Barcza System
Ozturk, Kubra	- Menzi, Nezihe Ezgi	1-0	41	E69	King's Indian Fianchetto

14) 1st Thanksgiving FIDE Open

The 1st Thanksgiving FIDE Open was held 27th-29th November 2009 in Stillwater Oklahoma USA. It had accelerated pairings throughout. That is the top half of the beginning wall chart received a half point which they carried throughout. FM Conrad Holt, a high school player from Wichita, Kansas won with 5 wins and 2 draws. With the beginning half point he ended with 6.5 / 7. He was followed by IM Michael Brooks of Kansas City, Mo who had 6 pts. FM Movses Movsisyan from Tulsa, OK had 5.5 pts. Players from many states participated. 4 players received their final FIDE rating norms so that they should be FIDE rated in January for the 1st time. The event was directed by IA Frank K. Berry and the President of the USCF Jim Berry, FA. My thanks to Frank Berry for this report. Website: www.okchess.org

1st Thanksgiving FIDE Open Stillwater (USA), 27-29 xi 2009
1	Conrad Holt	F	USA	2342	6.5 / 7
2	Michael Brooks	I	USA	2474	6
3	Moves Movsisyan	F	USA	2228	5.5
4	Michael Langer	F	USA	2300	5
5	John Flores				5
6	Kenny Lin		USA	1853	5
7	Kushan Tyagi				5
8	Shi Tian yu Pan			5
9	Justin Ballard				5
10	Jeffery Csima		CAN	2045	5
11	Jennifer Acon		USA	1824	5
32 Players

1st Thanksgiving FIDE Open Stillwater (USA), 27-29 xi 2009
Pl	Ti	Player	Fed	Pre	Post	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Tot	tb
1	FM	Conrad Holt	Wichita	2346	2362	.5	W17	W8	W4	=2	W12	W5	=3	6.5	28
2	IM	Mike Brooks	K C	2444	2441	.5	W11	=3	W7	=1	=4	W12	W8	6.0	26
3	FM	Movsisyan	Tulsa	2249	2257	.5	W5	=2	W16	L12	W21	W4	=1	5.5	24
4	FM	Mike Langer	Texas	2294	2292	.5	W25	W21	L1	W8	=2	L3	W11	5.0	18
5		John Flores	N M	1927	1983	.5	L3	W10	=11	W25	W17	L1	W12	5.0	17
6		Kenny Lin	Tulsa	1707	1743		W28	L15	L13	W26	W16	W25	W17	5.0	14
7		Kushan Tyagi	Iowa	1820	1858	.5	=12	W20	L2	W18	W25	=21	H--	5.0	13
8		Shi Tian yu Pan	Tulsa	2164	2167	.5	W10	L1	W17	L4	W19	W9	L2	4.5	16
9		Justin Ballard	Texas	2030	2023	.5		W19	L25	W16	W27	L8	W21	4.5	13
10		Jeff Csima	Canada	1893	1883	.5	L8	L5	W23	W27	=15	W13	H--	4.5	12
11		Jennifer Acon	Calif	1973	1980	.5	L2	W32	=5	W15	W13	H--	L4	4.5	11
12		Tim Steiner	K C	2128	2119	.5	=7	W13	W15	W3	L1	L2	L5	4.0	15
13		Paul Hodgden	Enid	1566	1646		W27	L12	W6	W20	L11	L10	W15	4.0	14
14		Jeremy Tuttle	O K C	1361	1429		=23	L16	L24	W30	=18	W28	W26	4.0	10
15		Jason Poulson	O K C	1659	1662		W24	W6	L12	L11	=10	W18	L13	3.5	13
16		Stanley Horton	Mo	1483	1504		W30	W14	L3	L9	L6	W22	H--	3.5	10
17		Joe Dean Veal	O K C	1930	1909	.5	L1	W26	L8	W24	L5	W20	L6	3.5	9
18		Srikar Chikkala	Ark	1522	1508		L26	W31	W30	L7	=14	L15	W24	3.5	8
19		Bran Whitcomb	Tulsa	1899	1878	.5	H--	L9	=28	W22	L8	=24	W31	3.5	7
20		Allen Miner	Tulsa	1490	1496		W31	L7	W26	L13	H--	L17	W27	3.5	6
21		Jim Berry	Stwtr	1848	1840	.5	WF	L4	W22	H--	L3	=7	L9	3.5	5
22		Bill Triplett	Tulsa	1361	1377		=29	=24	L21	L19	W30	L16	Bye	3.0	5
23		Benjamin Levine	T N	1500	1496		=14	L25	L10	=28	W31	H--	H--	3.0	4
24		Mark Anderson	Tulsa	1717	1676		L15	=22	W14	L17	=28	=19	L18	2.5	8
25		Tres Roring	Duncan	1928	1906	.5	L4	W23	W9	L5	L7	L6		2.5	7
26		Hans Chen	Stwtr	1338	1355		W18	L17	L20	L6	=29	W31	L14	2.5	6
27		Ken Crumpler	K C	1344	1340		L13	=28	W31	L10	L9	Bye	L20	2.5	2
28		Gregg Jahnke	Texas	1627	1594		L6	=27	=19	=23	=24	L14		2.0	6
29		Frank Berry	Stwtr	1800	1800		=22	H--		H--	=26	Ho	2.0	3
30		Leonard Bloom	T N	957	945		L16	Bye	L18	L14	L22	H--	H--	2.0	0
31		Anthony Tuttle	O K C	1012	993		L20	L18	L27	Bye	L23	L26	L19	1.0	0
32		Cris Spencer	Stwtr	1801	1794		H--	L11	Ho	0.5	0

Notes: Average Rating: 1750 <> Brasket-Swiss pairings were used which gave Class A players and above an extra half pt to begin with and keep thru the entire event. This was an experiment in accelerated pairings. uscf event # 2009-11-29-8490 FIDE rating norms were won by Flores (3.5 pts from 6 FIDE players), Pan 2/5, Poulson 2.5/5, Hodgden and Triplett both 1/4, Both Tyagi and Jahnke 1/3; Chen half/3. <> Poulson, Pan, Jahnke and Flores should get FIDE ratings on Jan 1st. $$ Prizes offered were $500-400-300-200 and class prizes of $300 ea (150-100-50) for X-A-B-C-D+below.<> Holt took 1st, Brooks 2nd , Movses 3rd and then it gets tricky: of those 4 who had 5 pts Lin took the $150 1st for class B and the other 3 “5s” (Langer, Tyagi and Flores) split the $200 for 4th and top 2 A prizes ($200+150+100 / 3 = $150); Top X (1st -2nd) was split by Pan and Ballard with Steiner taking 3rd X; 3rd A was split by Acon and Csima; Poulson won B-2nd and Anderson was clear 3rd class B; Class C 1st was won by Hodgden, 2nd + 3rd were split 3 ways by Miner, Horton and Chikkala ea got $50; Class D had Jeremy Tuttle 1st followed by Triplett 2nd and a tie for 3rd between Chen and Crumpler. 1st Thanksgiving OCF FIDE Open - Quality Inn, Stillwater, OK Nov 27, 28, 29 2009 G-90+30 sec TD/Org: F Berry Asst: Jim Berry EF: $40-50

15) Podgaets Memorial Blitz

On 3 December 2009 the Mikhail Podgaets blitz memorial took place in the Café Papashon in Odessa. Twelve local players participated. IM Podgaets not only had potential of becoming a very strong GM, but was also, according to his tournament results not weaker in blitz than anyone in our town, sometimes winning events with many GMs participating. Playing blitz against Karpov was habitual for him during almost two decades.

As it happened, young players, especially IMs dominated the Podgaets Blitz Memorial.

I should be glad with my result, as I was also involved in the organisation. (In order to compensate this, nearly for the first time ever I made a special preparation for a blitz event, playing six Gibtelecom ICC internet qualifiers on 27-29 November).

My opinions on time controls are not as radical as GM Tkachiev's who says that less time is better, but blitz can be viewed as one of three main legitimate forms of chess competitions. (And I personally hope that rapid will prevail at the professional level sooner or later).

The tournament was sponsored by SHAPE Services. Its head IM Igor Berezovsky, one of Podgaets' pupils, abstained from playing himself. (Though he could: he is quite a strong amateur; several years ago he made a draw with Rustam Kasimdzhanov in the Bundesliga).

This piece by Mikhail Golubev first appeared in Chess Today. My thanks to him for the games.

The official event site (in Russian) is: http://chessportal.od.ua/

Podgaets Memorial Blitz Odessa UKR (UKR), 3-3 xii 2009													cat. IX (2468)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Fingerov, Dmitry	m	UKR	2393	*	1	1	0	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	8½	2685
2.	Bogdanovich, Stanislav	m	UKR	2428	0	*	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8½	2682
3.	Sumets, Andrey	g	UKR	2604	0	1	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	½	1	8	2630
4.	Drozdovskij, Yuri	g	UKR	2625	1	0	½	*	0	1	1	1	½	1	½	1	7½	2586
5.	Golubev, Mikhail	g	UKR	2492	½	½	½	1	*	0	½	1	½	½	1	1	7	2567
6.	Tukmakov, Vladimir B	g	UKR	2547	½	0	½	0	1	*	0	1	1	1	1	1	7	2562
7.	Pichugin, Alexandr	m	UKR	2374	½	0	0	0	½	1	*	½	½	1	½	½	5	2440
8.	Eingorn, Vereslav S	g	UKR	2560	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	*	1	½	1	1	4	2357
9.	Legky, Nikolay A	g	UKR	2428	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	*	½	1	½	3½	2338
10.	Galakhov, Vladimir		UKR	2358	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	*	1	½	3	2302
11.	Zdebskaja, Natalia	wg	UKR	2408	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	0	0	0	*	½	2	2210
12.	Bogdanov, Valentin	m	UKR	2393	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	*	2	2212

16) World Youth Championships

World Youth Championships took place in Kemer-Antalya, Turkey, November 11th 2009 (arrival) - November 23rd 2009 (departure). Maxim Matlakov of Russia took clear first in the under-18 event. I gave the games from the under-18 event. Missing Games from Round 5 now available.

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

17) US Chess League

The US Chess League got under way on August 31st 2009. Miami Sharks play the New York Knights in the final on December 7th 2009.

http://www.uschessleague.com/

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)	New Jersey 3-1
2	Boston Blitz (7.5 - 2.5)	vs	New York Knights (5 - 5)	New York Knights 2.5-1.5
3	Seattle Sluggers (7.5 - 2.5)	vs	Miami Sharks (6 - 4)	Miami 3.5-0.5
4	SF Mechanics (6.5 - 3.5)	vs	SF Mechanics (6.5 - 3.5)	San Francisco 3.5-0.5
Semifinals: Wednesday, November 18th 2009
1	SF Mechanics	vs	Miami Sharks	Miami 2.5-1.5
2	New Jersey Knockouts	vs	New York Knights	New York 2.5-1.5
Championship: Saturday, December 7th 2009
1	Miami Sharks	vs	New York Knights	No draw odds, better regular season record chooses colors Tie results in playoff

18) Viessmann Open Satu Mare (Romania)

Viessmann Open, takes place 6th-12th December in Satu Mare (Romania). Organiser: IO Ciprian-Sorin Muntean. Prize fund: 4000 Euro. It will be the largest Swiss tournament ever held in this Transylvanian city. Vladislav Nevednichy is the top seed.

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

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr26239.aspx?lan=1

19) Milan Crespi Memorial

Milano (Italy), December 5th-13th 2009 - International tournament "Memorial Crespi" - edition number 30.

Official site: http://www.scacchisticamilanese.it

20) First Saturday December

The First Saturday GM-IM all-play-all tournaments take place Budapest 5th-16th of December 2009.

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

21) Forthcoming Events and Links

9th Amplico Life Warsaw 2009

The 9th Amplico Life rapid tournament takes place in Warsaw 19th-20th December 2009. Ivanchuk and Shirov head the entries.

Official site; http://www.poloniachess.pl/amplico2009/

Dutch League

The Dutch League takes place 26th September 2009 - 18th April 2010. Games from round 3 now available.

Rounds: Round 1 - 26th September, Round 2 - 31 October, Round 3 - 21st November, Round 4 - 12th December 2009. Round 5 - 9th January Round 6 - 6th February, Round 7 - 6th March, Round 8 - 27 March, Round 9 - 18 April 2010.

Official site: http://www.schaakbond.nl/wedstrijdschaak/knsb-competitie.

Further info: http://www.schakers.info/

Dutch League (NED), 26 ix 2009 - 18 iv 2010 Round 3 Standings:
No	Meesterklasse	Mp	Bp	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1	HSG	6	24	x	.	.	8.5	8.5	7	.	.	.	.
2	Groningen 1/Hotels.nl	6	18½	.	x	6	.	.	.	6	.	.	6.5
3	Schrijvers Rotterdam	4	18	.	4	x	.	.	.	.	6.5	.	7.5
4	Homburg Apeldoorn	4	17½	1.5	.	.	x	.	.	8	.	8	.
5	Utrecht	3	14	1.5	.	.	.	x	5	.	.	.	7.5
6	LSG	3	13½	3	.	.	.	5	x	.	.	5.5	.
7	Braceland ESGOO	2	13	.	4	.	2	.	.	x	7	.	.
8	HMC Calder	2	12½	.	.	3.5	.	.	.	3	x	6	.
9	HWP Sas van Gent	0	10½	.	.	.	2	.	4.5	.	4	x	.
10	SMB	0	8½	.	3.5	2.5	.	2.5	.	.	.	.	x

52nd Reggio Emilia Tournament

The 52nd Reggio Emilia Tournament, category XV, takes place 28th December 2009 - 6th January 2010. The tournament will consist of 10 players in a round robin at the 4-star Mercure Grand Hotel Astoria in the center of Reggio Emilia. January 1st will be a rest day.

Official website: http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it/default.asp

52nd Reggio Emilia (ITA), 28 xii 2009 - 6 i 2010					cat. XV
Ti	Player	NAT	Elo Nov	WRk	DoB
GM	Vladimir Malakhov	RUS	2706	31	1980
GM	Zoltan Almasi	HUN	2704	33	1976
GM	Viktor Bologan	MDA	2692	43	1971
GM	Ni Hua	CHN	2665	60	1983
GM	Konstantin Landa	RUS	2664	63	1972
GM	Fabiano Caruana	ITA	2652	81	1992
GM	Eltaj Safarli	AZE	2592	220	1992
GM	Michele Godena	ITA	2537	504	1967
IM	Sabino Brunello	ITA	2507	723	1989
GM	Daniele Vocaturo	ITA	2500	785	1989

Bermuda open

2010 BERMUDA INTERNATIONAL OPEN 5th-7th February 2009, Cocktail party & Blitz on the 4th Fairmont Southampton Resort & C.C.

FIDE event with FIDE ratings available; 60 GP pts. PRIZES: 1st $1,000; 2nd $800; 3rd $600; 4th $400; 5th $200; U2200, U2000, U1800, U1600: $250, $150, $100 each group

Also airfare from NY area and hotel for 2011 to 1st overall and 1st untitled player Trophy for first place in each category. Entry fee $100 on site only. Rds. Fri 8pm, S&S 9 & 3 Sunday evening free dinner buffet & bar for all players and spouses Hotel 1-800-441-1414; $179+tax

Contacts: Nigel Freeman nigelfreeman@fide.com, C. Jarecki carolj10280@yahoo.com

Schachbundesliga 2009-10

The Schachbundesliga in Germany is the strongest league in the world.

Rounds 5 and 6 are on the 12th and 13th of December 2009.

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

Bundesliga (GER), 16 x 2009 - 11 iv 2010 Leading Round 4 Standings:
Rnr	Team	R	+	=	-	MP	BP
1	Werder Bremen	5	4	1	0	9	24.5
2	SV Wattenscheid 1930	5	4	0	1	8	25.5
3	SK Turm Emsdetten	5	4	0	1	8	25
4	OSG Baden-Baden	4	4	0	0	8	23
5	Hamburger SK	5	3	1	1	7	23
6	SG Solingen	4	3	0	1	6	19
7	SC Eppingen	5	2	1	2	5	20.5
8	SV Muelheim Nord	4	2	1	1	5	18.5
9	SF Katernberg	4	2	0	2	4	14
10	SG Trier	5	1	0	4	2	16.5
11	SF Berlin 1903	4	1	0	3	2	14.5
12	SC 1950 Remagen	4	1	0	3	2	13.5
13	Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim	4	0	2	2	2	12.5
14	FC Bayern Muenchen	4	0	1	3	1	13
15	Erfurter SK	4	0	1	3	1	7
16	SK Koenig Tegel	4	0	0	4	0	10

South Lakes Congress

The South Lakes Congress is taking place on w/e of 11-13th June 2010 at The Grand Hotel, Grange-over-Sands. The contact for the event is: Trevor Blower, 18 Blackbutts Lane, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria LA14 3AP. email: trevor.blower@talktalk.net, Phone No 01229 472100.

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

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/.

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

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.

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

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. Phone mobile: Russia: (7)903-5593052, (7)926-0523889 Germany: (49)152-04014194 Phone/Fax (Russia): (7)495-4336634 Skype: Prinzflorisel E-mail: wlct06@gmail.com, worldchesstour@gmail.com

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

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/

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

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/

Kingpin Magazine

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

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

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