THE WEEK IN CHESS 792 11th January 2010 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Harald Grafenhofer, Steve Giddins, Jakub Fuksik, Adolivio Capece, Mihajlo Savic, Dave Clayton, Christoph Pfrommer and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The World Team Championships has proved to be fantastic entertainment so far. Greece has defeated both Russia and Armenia, Hikaru Nakamura has played some tremendous games including a very entertaining victory over Boris Gelfand. There have been plenty of other games of interest aswell. Friday sees the opening ceremony of the Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee. Magnus Carlsen is the top seed ahead of World Champion Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Vassily Ivanchuk and more in a great field. Some great stuff to look forward to.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) World Team Championship

The World Team Championship takes place Bursa, Turkey 3rd-14th January 2010. The USA lead Russia by a point going into the final two rounds. The gold medal seems to be between these two teams. The USA face Armenia and Azerbaijan in the final two rounds whilst Russia face Egypt and Israel. The event is odd in it's composition but every team has won a match and things have been pretty competitive and I think worthwhile even for nations that you would have thought over-faced. A good experience all-round.

Teams: Russia, Brazil, Egypt, India, Armenia, Israel, USA, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Greece.

Official site: http://wtcc2009.tsf.org.tr/

7th World Team Championship Bursa (TUR), 5-13 i 2010
Round 7 Standings:
Rank	Team	Gam.	+	=	-	MP	Pts.	Res.	SB.
1	UNITED STATES	7	6	0	1	12	18	0	72,50
2	RUSSIA	7	5	1	1	11	17½	0	75,50
3	AZERBAIJAN	7	4	1	2	9	17	0	50,75
4	INDIA	7	4	1	2	9	15	0	58,00
5	ARMENIA	7	3	2	2	8	15	0	48,75
6	ISRAEL	7	3	1	3	7	14½	0	43,00
7	GREECE	7	3	0	4	6	14½	0	42,00
8	EGYPT	7	1	1	5	3	10½	0	18,75
9	TURKEY	7	1	1	5	3	8½	0	19,75
10	BRAZIL	7	1	0	6	2	9½	0	10,50

7th World Team Championship Bursa (TUR), 5-13 i 2010
Round 7 11th January 2010
7.1	4	RUSSIA		2 - 2	10	ARMENIA
1	GM	Grischuk Alexander	2736	½ : ½	GM	Aronian Levon	2781
2	GM	Morozevich Alexander	2732	0 : 1	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2678
3	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2705	1 : 0	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2680
4	GM	Malakhov Vladimir	2716	½ : ½	GM	Pashikian Arman	2647
7.2	5	EGYPT		1½ - 2½	3	INDIA
1	GM	Adly Ahmed	2591	½ : ½	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2653
2	GM	Amin Bassem	2544	½ : ½	GM	Harikrishna P	2672
3	IM	Abdel Razik Khaled	2468	0 : 1	GM	Geetha Narayanan Gopal	2584
4	IM	Sarwat Walaa	2386	½ : ½	IM	Adhiban B	2511
7.3	6	ISRAEL		1½ - 2½	2	TURKEY
1	GM	Smirin Ilia	2668	1 : 0	IM	Erdogdu Mert	2513
2	GM	Sutovsky Emil	2657	0 : 1	IM	Yilmaz Mustafa	2478
3	GM	Postny Evgeny	2648	½ : ½	IM	Can Emre	2442
4	GM	Rodshtein Maxim	2622	0 : 1	IM	Esen Baris	2513
7.4	7	BRAZIL		½ - 3½	1	AZERBAIJAN
1	GM	Vescovi Giovanni	2660	0 : 1	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2733
2	GM	Fier Alexandr	2601	½ : ½	GM	Guseinov Gadir	2614
3	GM	Milos Gilberto	2618	0 : 1	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2741
4	GM	Diamant Andre	2497	0 : 1	GM	Mamedov Rauf	2640
7.5	8	GREECE		1½ - 2½	9	UNITED STATES
1	GM	Kotronias Vasilios	2599	0 : 1	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2708
2	GM	Papaioannou Ioannis	2625	½ : ½	GM	Onischuk Alexander	2670
3	GM	Banikas Hristos	2608	½ : ½	GM	Shulman Yuri	2624
4	GM	Halkias Stelios	2566	½ : ½	GM	Akobian Varuzhan	2628
Round 6 10th January 2010
6.1	10	ARMENIA		1 - 3	8	GREECE
1	GM	Aronian Levon	2781	½ : ½	GM	Kotronias Vasilios	2599
2	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2678	0 : 1	GM	Papaioannou Ioannis	2625
3	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2680	½ : ½	GM	Banikas Hristos	2608
4	GM	Petrosian Tigran L	2627	0 : 1	GM	Halkias Stelios	2566
6.2	9	UNITED STATES		3 - 1	7	BRAZIL
1	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2708	1 : 0	GM	Leitao Rafael	2620
2	GM	Onischuk Alexander	2670	½ : ½	GM	Fier Alexandr	2601
3	GM	Shulman Yuri	2624	½ : ½	GM	Milos Gilberto	2618
4	GM	Akobian Varuzhan	2628	1 : 0	GM	Diamant Andre	2497
6.3	1	AZERBAIJAN		2 - 2	6	ISRAEL
1	GM	Gashimov Vugar	2759	½ : ½	GM	Gelfand Boris	2761
2	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2733	½ : ½	GM	Roiz Michael	2657
3	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2741	½ : ½	GM	Sutovsky Emil	2657
4	GM	Mamedov Rauf	2640	½ : ½	GM	Rodshtein Maxim	2622
6.4	2	TURKEY		2 - 2	5	EGYPT
1	GM	Haznedaroglu Kivanc	2498	0 : 1	GM	Adly Ahmed	2591
2	IM	Erdogdu Mert	2513	0 : 1	GM	Amin Bassem	2544
3	IM	Can Emre	2442	1 : 0	IM	Abdel Razik Khaled	2468
4	FM	Firat Burak	2413	1 : 0	IM	Abdelnabbi Imed	2448
6.5	3	INDIA		½ : ½	4	RUSSIA
1	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2653	½ : ½	GM	Grischuk Alexander	2736
2	GM	Harikrishna P	2672	½ : ½	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2730
3	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2654	½ : ½	GM	Malakhov Vladimir	2716
4	GM	Arun Prasad S	2567	0 : 1	GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2692
Round 5 9th January 2010
5.1	3	INDIA		2 - 2	10	ARMENIA
1	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2653	1 : 0	GM	Aronian Levon	2781
2	GM	Harikrishna P	2672	0 : 1	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2678
3	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2654	½ : ½	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2680
4	GM	Geetha Narayanan Gopal	2584	½ : ½	GM	Petrosian Tigran L	2627
5.2	4	RUSSIA		3½ - ½	2	TURKEY
1	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2730	½ : ½	GM	Haznedaroglu Kivanc	2498
2	GM	Morozevich Alexander	2732	1 : 0	IM	Erdogdu Mert	2513
3	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2705	1 : 0	IM	Yilmaz Mustafa	2478
4	GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2692	1 : 0	IM	Esen Baris	2513
5.3	5	EGYPT		1 - 3	1	AZERBAIJAN
1	GM	Adly Ahmed	2591	1 : 0	GM	Gashimov Vugar	2759
2	GM	Amin Bassem	2544	0 : 1	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2733
3	IM	Ezat Mohamed	2471	0 : 1	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2741
4	IM	Sarwat Walaa	2386	0 : 1	GM	Mamedov Nidjat	2610
5.4	6	ISRAEL		1½ - 2½	9	UNITED STATES
1	GM	Gelfand Boris	2761	0 : 1	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2708
2	GM	Smirin Ilia	2668	0 : 1	GM	Onischuk Alexander	2670
3	GM	Sutovsky Emil	2657	1 : 0	GM	Hess Robert L	2572
4	GM	Postny Evgeny	2648	½ : ½	IM	Robson Ray	2570
5.5	7	BRAZIL		1 - 3	8	GREECE
1	GM	Vescovi Giovanni	2660	½ : ½	GM	Kotronias Vasilios	2599
2	GM	Leitao Rafael	2620	½ : ½	GM	Papaioannou Ioannis	2625
3	GM	Fier Alexandr	2601	0 : 1	GM	Banikas Hristos	2608
4	GM	Milos Gilberto	2618	0 : 1	GM	Halkias Stelios	2566
Round 4 8th January 2010
4.1	10	ARMENIA		2½ - 1½	7	BRAZIL
1	GM	Aronian Levon	2781	1 : 0	GM	Vescovi Giovanni	2660
2	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2678	½ : ½	GM	Leitao Rafael	2620
3	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2680	½ : ½	GM	Fier Alexandr	2601
4	GM	Pashikian Arman	2647	½ : ½	GM	Milos Gilberto	2618
4.2	8	GREECE		1½ - 2½	6	ISRAEL
1	GM	Banikas Hristos	2608	½ : ½	GM	Gelfand Boris	2761
2	GM	Halkias Stelios	2566	½ : ½	GM	Roiz Michael	2657
3	GM	Mastrovasilis Dimitrios	2571	½ : ½	GM	Smirin Ilia	2668
4	GM	Mastrovasilis Athanasios	2510	0 : 1	GM	Sutovsky Emil	2657
4.3	9	UNITED STATES		3 - 1	5	EGYPT
1	GM	Onischuk Alexander	2670	1 : 0	GM	Adly Ahmed	2591
2	GM	Akobian Varuzhan	2628	½ : ½	GM	Amin Bassem	2544
3	GM	Hess Robert L	2572	1 : 0	IM	Ezat Mohamed	2471
4	IM	Robson Ray	2570	½ : ½	IM	Abdelnabbi Imed	2448
4.4	1	AZERBAIJAN		1½ - 2½	4	RUSSIA
1	GM	Gashimov Vugar	2759	0 : 1	GM	Grischuk Alexander	2736
2	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2733	½ : ½	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2730
3	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2741	1 : 0	GM	Morozevich Alexander	2732
4	GM	Mamedov Rauf	2640	0 : 1	GM	Malakhov Vladimir	2716
4.5	2	TURKEY		1 - 3	3	INDIA
1	GM	Haznedaroglu Kivanc	2498	0 : 1	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2653
2	IM	Erdogdu Mert	2513	0 : 1	GM	Harikrishna P	2672
3	IM	Esen Baris	2513	½ : ½	GM	Arun Prasad S	2567
4	FM	Firat Burak	2413	½ : ½	IM	Adhiban B	2511
Round 3 7th January 2010
3.1	2	TURKEY		½ - 3½	10	ARMENIA
1	IM	Erdogdu Mert	2513	½ : ½	GM	Aronian Levon	2781
2	IM	Yilmaz Mustafa	2478	0 : 1	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2678
3	IM	Can Emre	2442	0 : 1	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2680
4	IM	Esen Baris	2513	0 : 1	GM	Pashikian Arman	2647
3.2	3	INDIA		2½ - 1½	1	AZERBAIJAN
1	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2653	1 : 0	GM	Gashimov Vugar	2759
2	GM	Harikrishna P	2672	½ : ½	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2733
3	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2654	1 : 0	GM	Guseinov Gadir	2614
4	GM	Geetha Narayanan Gopal	2584	0 : 1	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2741
3.3	4	RUSSIA		3 - 1	9	UNITED STATES
1	GM	Grischuk Alexander	2736	½ : ½	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2708
2	GM	Morozevich Alexander	2732	½ : ½	GM	Onischuk Alexander	2670
3	GM	Malakhov Vladimir	2716	1 : 0	GM	Shulman Yuri	2624
4	GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2692	1 : 0	GM	Akobian Varuzhan	2628
3.4	5	EGYPT		2½ - 1½	8	GREECE
1	GM	Adly Ahmed	2591	1 : 0	GM	Kotronias Vasilios	2599
2	GM	Amin Bassem	2544	1 : 0	GM	Papaioannou Ioannis	2625
3	IM	Abdel Razik Khaled	2468	½ : ½	GM	Banikas Hristos	2608
4	IM	Sarwat Walaa	2386	0 : 1	GM	Mastrovasilis Dimitrios	2571
3.5	6	ISRAEL		2½ - 1½	7	BRAZIL
1	GM	Gelfand Boris	2761	1 : 0	GM	Vescovi Giovanni	2660
2	GM	Sutovsky Emil	2657	½ : ½	GM	Leitao Rafael	2620
3	GM	Postny Evgeny	2648	½ : ½	GM	Fier Alexandr	2601
4	GM	Rodshtein Maxim	2622	½ : ½	GM	Milos Gilberto	2618
Round 2 6th January 2010
2.1	10	ARMENIA		2½ - 1½	6	ISRAEL
1	GM	Aronian Levon	2781	1 : 0	GM	Gelfand Boris	2761
2	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2678	½ : ½	GM	Roiz Michael	2657
3	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2680	½ : ½	GM	Smirin Ilia	2668
4	GM	Petrosian Tigran L	2627	½ : ½	GM	Rodshtein Maxim	2622
2.2	7	BRAZIL		2½ - 1½	5	EGYPT
1	GM	Vescovi Giovanni	2660	½ : ½	GM	Adly Ahmed	2591
2	GM	Leitao Rafael	2620	1 : 0	GM	Amin Bassem	2544
3	GM	Fier Alexandr	2601	½ : ½	IM	Abdel Razik Khaled	2468
4	GM	Diamant Andre	2497	½ : ½	IM	Abdelnabbi Imed	2448
2.3	8	GREECE		2½ - 1½	4	RUSSIA
1	GM	Kotronias Vasilios	2599	0 : 1	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2730
2	GM	Papaioannou Ioannis	2625	1 : 0	GM	Morozevich Alexander	2732
3	GM	Banikas Hristos	2608	1 : 0	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2705
4	GM	Mastrovasilis Athanasios	2510	½ : ½	GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2692
2.4	9	UNITED STATES		3 - 1	3	INDIA
1	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2708	1 : 0	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2653
2	GM	Onischuk Alexander	2670	1 : 0	GM	Harikrishna P	2672
3	GM	Shulman Yuri	2624	½ : ½	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2654
4	GM	Akobian Varuzhan	2628	½ : ½	GM	Arun Prasad S	2567
2.5	1	AZERBAIJAN		3 - 1	2	TURKEY
1	GM	Gashimov Vugar	2759	1 : 0	IM	Erdogdu Mert	2513
2	GM	Guseinov Gadir	2614	½ : ½	IM	Yilmaz Mustafa	2478
3	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2741	1 : 0	IM	Can Emre	2442
4	GM	Mamedov Nidjat	2610	½ : ½	FM	Firat Burak	2413
Round 1 5th January 2010
1.1	1	AZERBAIJAN		2½ - 1½	10	ARMENIA
1	GM	Gashimov Vugar	2759	½ : ½	GM	Aronian Levon	2781
2	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2733	½ : ½	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2678
3	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2741	1 : 0	GM	Pashikian Arman	2647
4	GM	Mamedov Rauf	2640	½ : ½	GM	Petrosian Tigran L	2627
1.2	2	TURKEY		1 - 3	9	UNITED STATES
1	GM	Haznedaroglu Kivanc	2498	0 : 1	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2708
2	IM	Yilmaz Mustafa	2478	0 : 1	GM	Onischuk Alexander	2670
3	IM	Can Emre	2442	1 : 0	GM	Shulman Yuri	2624
4	IM	Esen Baris	2513	0 : 1	GM	Akobian Varuzhan	2628
1.3	3	INDIA		2½ - 1½	8	GREECE
1	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2653	½ : ½	GM	Kotronias Vasilios	2599
2	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2654	½ : ½	GM	Papaioannou Ioannis	2625
3	GM	Geetha Narayanan Gopal	2584	½ : ½	GM	Banikas Hristos	2608
4	GM	Arun Prasad S	2567	1 : 0	GM	Halkias Stelios	2566
1.4	4	RUSSIA		2½ - 1½	7	BRAZIL
1	GM	Grischuk Alexander	2736	1 : 0	GM	Vescovi Giovanni	2660
2	GM	Morozevich Alexander	2732	½ : ½	GM	Leitao Rafael	2620
3	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2705	½ : ½	GM	Fier Alexandr	2601
4	GM	Malakhov Vladimir	2716	½ : ½	GM	Milos Gilberto	2618
1.5	5	EGYPT		1 - 3	6	ISRAEL
1	GM	Adly Ahmed	2591	½ : ½	GM	Roiz Michael	2657
2	GM	Amin Bassem	2544	½ : ½	GM	Smirin Ilia	2668
3	IM	Ezat Mohamed	2471	0 : 1	GM	Sutovsky Emil	2657
4	IM	Abdel Razik Khaled	2468	0 : 1	GM	Postny Evgeny	2648

3) 52nd Reggio Emilia Tournament

The 52nd Reggio Emilia tournament took place 28th December 2009 - 6th January 2010. Gata Kamsky edged out Zoltan Almasi on tie-break after defeating him in the final round and catching him on 6.5/9.

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

52nd It Reggio Emilia ITA (ITA), 28 xii 2009 - 6 i 2010												cat. XV (2624)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2695	*	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	6½	2782
2.	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	2704	0	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	6½	2781
3.	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2652	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	1	½	0	5½	2700
4.	Godena, Michele	g	ITA	2537	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	1	5½	2713
5.	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	2696	0	0	½	½	*	½	1	½	½	1	4½	2615
6.	Landa, Konstantin	g	RUS	2664	½	½	0	½	½	*	0	½	½	1	4	2576
7.	Bologan, Viktor	g	MDA	2692	½	0	0	0	0	1	*	1	1	½	4	2573
8.	Safarli, Eltaj	g	AZE	2592	½	0	0	½	½	½	0	*	1	1	4	2584
9.	Brunello, Sabino	m	ITA	2507	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	0	*	1	3	2511
10.	Vocaturo, Daniele	g	ITA	2500	0	0	1	0	0	0	½	0	0	*	1½	2364

Round 8 (January 5, 2010)
Almasi, Zoltan	- Vocaturo, Daniele	1-0	34	E06	Catalan
Landa, Konstantin	- Godena, Michele	½-½	40	D23	QGA
Bologan, Viktor	- Kamsky, Gata	½-½	40	C19	French Winawer
Safarli, Eltaj	- Jobava, Baadur	½-½	52	B65	Sicilian Rauzer
Brunello, Sabino	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	49	E67	King's Indian Fianchetto
Round 9 (January 6, 2010)
Kamsky, Gata	- Almasi, Zoltan	1-0	41	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Caruana, Fabiano	- Landa, Konstantin	1-0	25	C42	Petroff's Defence
Godena, Michele	- Bologan, Viktor	1-0	34	C41	Philidor's Defence
Jobava, Baadur	- Brunello, Sabino	½-½	40	A18	English Opening
Vocaturo, Daniele	- Safarli, Eltaj	0-1	59	C53	Giuoco Piano

4) Hastings Chess Congress 2009-10

The Hastings Chess Congress took place 28th December 2009 - 5th January 2010. Andrei Istratescu, Romain Edouard, David W L Howell and Mark L Hebden all finished on 7/9. They share the trophy. IM Norm for Jonathan Hawkins.

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

Hastings Chess Congress (ENG), 28 xii 2009 - 4 i 2010 Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank	Name	Ti	Fed.	Rating	Score	TPR	W-We
1	Istratescu, Andrei	GM	ROU	2624	7	2698	0.86
2	Edouard, Romain	GM	FRA	2620	7	2666	0.64
3	Howell, David W L	GM	ENG	2597	7	2645	0.68
4	Hebden, Mark L	GM	ENG	2522	7	2612	1.09
5	Drozdovskij, Yuri	GM	UKR	2625	6.5	2594	-0.14
6	Gormally, Daniel W	GM	ENG	2479	6.5	2501	0.41
7	Breder, Dennis	IM	GER	2427	6.5	2481	0.77
8	Zdebskaja, Natalia	WGM	UKR	2408	6.5	2339	-0.58
9	Hracek, Zbynek	GM	CZE	2624	6	2566	-0.44
10	Arkell, Keith C	GM	ENG	2464	6	2533	0.82
11	Greet, Andrew N	IM	ENG	2423	6	2462	0.63
12	Martin, Andrew D	IM	ENG	2423	6	2299	-1.2
13	Strunski, Andreas	FM	GER	2386	6	2344	-0.28
14	Hawkins, Jonathan	FM	ENG	2383	6	2529	1.77
15	Eggleston, David J	FM	ENG	2367	6	2303	-0.67
16	Snape, Ian L		ENG	2176	6	2344	1.91
17	Kjartansson, Gudmundur	IM	ISL	2391	5.5	2310	-0.79
18	Ansell, Simon T	IM	ENG	2387	5.5	2412	0.44
19	Bates, Richard A	IM	ENG	2383	5.5	2334	-0.39
20	Giffard, Nicolas	IM	FRA	2351	5.5	2321	-0.19
21	Eames, Robert S	FM	ENG	2276	5.5	2387	1.28
22	Grant, Alan G		SCO	2236	5.5	2192	-0.47
23	Mitchell, Martin		SCO	2195	5.5	2434	2.76
24	Lock, Gavin R		ENG	2170	5.5	2200	0.45
25	Griffiths, Ryan Rhys		IRL	2148	5.5	2350	2.38
26	Grant, David J		ENG	2020	5.5	2329	3.05
27	Williams, Peter A		ENG	2012	5.5	2353	3.8
28	Williams, Simon K	GM	ENG	2550	5	2271	-2.79
29	Philippe, Christophe	IM	FRA	2430	5	2387	-0.43
30	Kolbus, Dietmar	IM	GER	2355	5	2312	-0.49
31	Knott, Simon J B	IM	ENG	2348	5	2294	-0.59
32	Lorscheid, Gerhard	FM	GER	2348	5	2259	-0.78
33	Prosviriakov, Vladimir	IM	USA	2311	5	2206	-1.03
34	Rudd, Jack	IM	ENG	2296	5	2185	-1.28
35	Getz, Nicolai		NOR	2270	5	2207	-0.81
36	Talsma, Paul		NED	2252	5	2213	-0.39
37	Kwiatkowski, Feliks J	CM	ENG	2248	5	2217	-0.39
38	Martinsen, Stig K		NOR	2240	5	2089	-1.65
39	Worek, Joanna	WIM	POL	2226	5	2204	-0.28
40	Furman, Boris	FM	RUS	2223	5	2279	0.65
41	Maduekwe, Chiedu		NGR	2182	5	2204	0.32
42	Demac, Elias		NOR	2084	5	2348	2.83
43	Jackson, James P		ENG	2067	5	2275	2.33
44	Sreeves, Clement		SCO	2061	5	2283	2.48
45	Foord, Dominic		ENG	2051	5	2167	1.33
46	Collins, Sam E.	IM	IRL	2431	4.5	2156	-2.97
47	Webb, Laurence E	FM	ENG	2321	4.5	2159	-1.86
48	Druckenthaner, Andreas	FM	AUT	2296	4.5	2196	-1.18
49	Marusenko, Petr	IM	UKR	2264	4.5	2121	-1.7
50	Addison, Bret C		ENG	2258	4.5	2126	-1.53
51	Ledger, Dave J	FM	ENG	2227	4.5	2095	-1.42
52	Sugden, John N		ENG	2219	4.5	2172	-0.47
53	Almond, Richard J		ENG	2174	4.5	2206	0.39
54	Rayner, Francis		WLS	2153	4.5	2135	-0.25
55	O'Toole, George E		ENG	2146	4.5	2048	-0.82
56	Cafferty, Bernard	FM	ENG	2141	4.5	2106	-0.25
57	De Coverly, Roger D		ENG	2109	4.5	2220	1.25
58	Kirk, Ezra		FRA	1919	4.5	2039	1.44
59	Mason, Donald J		ENG	2255	4	2072	-2.15
60	Anderson, John		ENG	2209	4	2239	0.28
61	Salimbeni, George P W		ENG	2162	4	2225	0.55
62	Green, Andrew D		SCO	2151	4	2264	1.19
63	Goodger, Martyn		ENG	2147	4	2112	-0.48
64	McKenna, Jason P		ENG	2147	4	2038	-1.26
65	Gregory, Stephen J		ENG	2126	4	2055	-0.69
66	Nilsen, Joachim Birger		NOR	2126	4	2172	0.53
67	Hansen, Victor		NOR	2113	4	2182	0.79
68	Wilson, Alexandra	WFM	SUI	2089	4	2023	-0.69
69	Horn, Stefan		GER	2074	4	2062	-0.14
70	Muheim, Sebastien		FRA	2040	4	2084	0.5
71	Pickersgill, Adrian O		ENG	2014	4	2097	1.01
72	Kirk, Jason		FRA	1994	4	2105	1.3
73	Malhotra, Tarun		IND	1735	4	1946	2.13
74	Jaunooby, Ali R		ENG	2171	3.5	2021	-1.82
75	Franklin, Samuel G A		ENG	2139	3.5	2306	1.5
76	Straub, Peter		GER	2122	3.5	2080	-0.48
77	Barton, R Alan		ENG	2119	3.5	2012	-1.17
78	Tozer, Philip		ENG	2106	3.5	2035	-0.96
79	Calvert, D Ian		ENG	2070	3.5	1906	-1.44
80	Atako, Chino		ENG	2038	3.5	2067	0.29
81	Norinkeviciute, Rasa	WFM	LTU	2027	3.5	2019	-0.11
82	Safarian, Alek		AUS	2018	3.5	1947	-0.85
83	Webb, Matthew		ENG	1987	3.5	2069	0.79
84	Young, Mel J		ENG	1971	3.5	1887	-1
85	Gibson, Christopher A		ENG	1964	3.5	2026	0.63
86	Doran, Chris		ENG	1963	3.5	2004	0.37
87	Campbell, Eoin		SCO	1910	3.5	1996	0.89
88	Haria, Ravi		ENG	1840	3.5	2008	1.16
89	Lenier, Jude		ENG	1828	3.5	1916	0.61
90	Nomat, Emil-Lion		IRQ	1809	3.5	1845	0.23
91	Brechin, Hugh R		SCO	2025	3	2011	-0.28
92	Cumming, Rhys		ENG	1969	3	1892	-0.92
93	Yurenok, Maria S	WFM	ENG	1968	3	1913	-0.67
94	Tari, Aryan		NOR	1932	3	2003	0.61
95	Hoare, Amy		ENG	1797	3	2013	1.84
96	Macrae, James S		SCO	1753	3	1839	0.68
97	Obiamiwe, Paul		NGR	2046	2.5	1936	-0.97
98	Spanton, Tim R		ENG	2026	2.5	1888	-1.64
99	Niloy, Chakraborty		IND	1800 *	2.5	2045	2045
100	Sanders, Isaac B		ENG	1777	2.5	1788	0.05
101	Devoille, Hugo		FRA	1691	2.5	1729	0.21
102	McDonnell, James J.		IRL	2014	2	1690	-3.28
103	Dean, Michael		ENG	1718	2	1600	-1.1
104	Moore, Gillian A		ENG	1902	1.5	1667	-2.61
105	Chowdhury, Sohel		BAN	2194	1	1648	-0.25
106	Howell, Chris I		ENG	2077	0.5	1797	-0.34
107	Penfold, Bill			1770 *	0.5	1476	1476
108	O'Neil, Tom C		SCO	1523	0	1059	-1.09

5) Rilton Cup 2009-10

The XXXIX Rilton Cup took place 27th December 2009 - 5th January 2010. There was a big tie on 6.5/9 at the end after all the top boards were drawn. Eduardas Rozentalis edged out Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Pavel Ponkratov, Luke McShane and Igor Lysyj after they all finished on 6.5/9.

Official: http://www.rilton.se

XXXIX Rilton Cup Stockholm (SWE), 27 xii 2009 - 5 i 2010 Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1
1	Rozentalis Eduardas	GM	LTU	2611	6.5	36.5
2	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	GM	POL	2637	6.5	34.5
3	Ponkratov Pavel	IM	RUS	2575	6.5	33.5
4	McShane Luke	GM	ENG	2615	6.5	33.5
5	Lysyj Igor	GM	RUS	2609	6.5	33
6	Shimanov Aleksandr	GM	RUS	2535	6	34
7	Ivanov Sergey	GM	RUS	2530	6	32.5
8	Grandelius Nils	IM	SWE	2540	6	31.5
9	Ionov Sergey	GM	RUS	2545	6	31.5
10	Popov Valerij	GM	RUS	2588	6	31.5
11	Gleizerov Evgeny	GM	RUS	2566	6	30.5
12	Handke Florian	GM	GER	2513	6	30.5
13	Gorovykh Eduard	IM	RUS	2410	6	28
14	Richter Michael	IM	GER	2412	5.5	29.5
15	Brynell Stellan	GM	SWE	2472	5.5	28.5
16	Gavrilov Alexei	IM	RUS	2481	5.5	27.5
17	Semcesen Daniel	IM	SWE	2460	5.5	27.5
18	Hammer Jon Ludvig	GM	NOR	2588	5.5	26
19	Kauppila Osmo	FM	FIN	2279	5.5	23.5
20	Miezis Normunds	GM	LAT	2530	5	30
21	Lauber Arnd	IM	GER	2503	5	28
22	Akesson Ralf	GM	SWE	2454	5	26.5
23	Ulibin Mikhail	GM	RUS	2548	5	26
24	Molchanova Tatjana	WIM	RUS	2368	5	25.5
25	Berczes Csaba	IM	HUN	2379	5	25.5
26	Berczes David	GM	HUN	2512	5	25.5
27	Gagarin Vasily	IM	RUS	2422	5	23
28	Nithander Victor	FM	SWE	2434	5	21
29	Cramling Pia	GM	SWE	2525	4.5	27.5
30	Karlsson Lars	GM	SWE	2491	4.5	26.5
31	Yuneev Alexey	IM	RUS	2428	4.5	26
32	Bellon Juan	GM	ESP	2435	4.5	25
33	Cramling Dan	IM	SWE	2408	4.5	24.5
34	Markevich Ilya		RUS	2162	4.5	23.5
35	Pohjala Henri		FIN	2153	4.5	22
36	Niemi Mikko		FIN	2219	4.5	21.5
37	Andersen Mads	FM	DEN	2294	4.5	21
38	von Bahr Oskar		SWE	2316	4.5	20
39	Ask Josef		SWE	2183	4.5	18
40	Jakobsen Kovachev Daniel		NOR	2243	4.5	16
41	de Verdier Michael		SWE	2270	4	24.5
42	Jacobsen Bo		DEN	2306	4	24
43	Vaarala Eric		SWE	2032	4	21
44	Satonen Arto		FIN	2177	4	21
45	Lindberg Bengt	IM	SWE	2407	4	21
46	Angskog Kent		SWE	2229	4	20
47	Bryntze Stefan		SWE	2073	4	18
48	Glimbrant Torbjoern		SWE	2263	4	17.5
49	Wiander Michael		SWE	2195	4	17
50	Loegdahl Harald	FM	SWE	2214	4	16
51	Kiuttu Roope		FIN	2194	3.5	18
52	Kopasov Alexander		RUS	2221	3.5	17.5
53	Agrest Inna	WIM	SWE	2180	3.5	17
54	Gromova Iulia	WIM	RUS	2222	3.5	14.5
55	Lokander Martin		SWE	1820	3.5	14
56	Grochowalski Pawel		POL	2072	3.5	14
57	Hobber Anders		NOR	2132	3.5	13.5
58	Nguyen Michael		DEN	2187	3	15.5
59	Koskela Niina	WGM	FIN	2189	3	15
60	Evertsson Lennart		SWE	2159	3	14
61	Svensson Leif		SWE	2195	3	13
62	Vovk Oksana	WIM	DEN	2145	3	11.5
63	Janse Love		SWE	2141	3	10
64	Mardell Jimmy		SWE	2182	2.5	13
65	Rosenkilde Alexander		DEN	2201	2.5	13
66	Adahl Mattias		SWE	2133	2.5	11.5
67	Johansson Gunnar		SWE	2234	2	13.5
68	Nordlander Sven		SWE	1894	1.5	5.5

6) Australian Championship 2010

The Australian Championship takes place in Sydney 2nd-13th January 2010. Favourite Zhao Zong-Yuan and Darryl Johansen and George Wendi Xie have 8/9 well clear of the field.

Official site: http://www.australianchesschampionship.com/pm/pmwiki.php?n=Main.Schedule

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr28954.aspx

ch-AUS Sydney (AUS), 2-13 i 2010 Standings Round 9 (of 11):
Rk.	Ti	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1
1	GM	Zhao Zong-Yuan	AUS	2572	8,0	42,0
2	IM	Xie George Wendi	AUS	2448	8,0	40,0
3	GM	Johansen Darryl K	AUS	2453	5,5	31,0
4	GM	Jones Gawain C B	ENG	2561	5,5	30,0
5		Ikeda Junta	AUS	2275	5,5	29,5
6	FM	Smirnov Vladimir	RUS	2392	5,5	29,0
7	IM	Solomon Stephen J	AUS	2428	5,5	28,0
8		Illingworth Max	AUS	2248	5,5	23,5
9	IM	Lane Gary W	AUS	2377	5,0	28,5
10	IM	Wohl Aleksandar H	AUS	2458	5,0	25,0
11	FM	Levi Eddy	AUS	2271	5,0	23,5
12		Yuan Yi	AUS	2129	4,5	24,5
13	FM	Rej Tomek	AUS	2364	4,5	22,5
14	IM	Feldman Vladimir	AUS	2271	4,5	22,0
15		Morris Michael	AUS	2016	4,5	21,5
16	IM	Morris James	AUS	2305	4,5	18,5
17		Ly Moulthun	AUS	2335	4,0	22,0
18	FM	Nakauchi Gene	AUS	2081	4,0	19,0
19	FM	Hamilton Douglas G	AUS	2193	4,0	18,0
20		Matheson Laurence	AUS	2048	4,0	16,0
21		Schon Eugene	AUS	2167	4,0	15,0
22		Bird Andrew	AUS	2182	3,5	19,0
23		Wallis Christopher	AUS	2246	3,5	18,0
24		Brown Andrew	AUS	2114	3,0	19,0
25		Atzmon-Simon Barak	ISR	2182	2,5	13,5
26		Pyke Malcolm	AUS	2164	2,5	12,5
27		Charles Gareth	AUS	2175	2,5	8,5
28		Lazarus Ben	AUS	2162	2,0	10,5

7) New Zealand Championship

The New Zealand Championship takes place in Auckland 2nd-14th 2010.

Official site: http://www.aucklandchesscentre.co.nz/news

Additional info: http://www.newzealandchess.co.nz/NZChamp117/NZChamp117.html

ch-NZL Auckland (NZL), 2-13 i 2010 Leading Round 10 (of 11) Standings:
Place	Name	NAT	Rtg	Loc	Score
1	Ker, Anthony	NZL	2321	2423	7.5
2	Croad, Nicholas	NZL	2271	2332	7.5
3	Shen, Daniel	NZL	2142	2221	7
4	Watson, Bruce	NZL	2270	2297	6.5
5	Steadman, Michael	NZL	2263	2337	6.5
6	Smith, Robert	NZL	2289	2368	6.5
7	McLaren, Leonard	NZL	2227	2258	6
8	Han, Daniel	NZL	2200	2200	5.5
9	Hart, Ralph	NZL	2244	2276	5.5
10	Thornton, Gino	NZL	2167	2214	5.5
11	Depasquale, Chris	AUS	2274	2274	5.5
12	Milligan, Helen	NZL	1972	2018	5.5
13	Steffenello, Leonard	BRA	2184	2184	5
14	Davis, Justin	NZL	1939	2035	5
15	Garbett, Paul	NZL	2302	2350	5
16	Krstev, Mario	NZL	2103	2122	5
17	Krstev, Antonio	NZL	2040	2057	4.5
18	Barlow, Matthew	NZL	2161	2144	4.5
19	Nijman, Brian	NZL	2165	2168	4.5
20	Fuatai, Fuatai	NZL	2022	2020	4.5
21	Nyberg, Michael	NZL	1955	2033	4
22	Stuart, Peter	NZL	2041	2057	4
23	Gunn, Neil	NZL	2040	2064	4
24	Marner, Gavin	NZL	2039	2071	3.5
25	Bennett, Hilton	NZL	2003	2089	3.5
26	Lim, Benjamin	NZL	2075	2069	3
27	Fraemohs, Peter	NZL	1981	2028	3
28	Jackson, Ross	NZL	2008	2013	2.5

8) 26th Travemuender Open

The 26th Travemuender Open took place 27th-30th December 2009. Alexander Evdokimov took clear first place with 6.5/7. Only the few games that were transmitted are currently available.

Official site: http://schachopen.com/open/

26th Travemuender Open (GER), 26-30 xii 2009 Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	Elo	Land	S	R	V	Pts	Buchh
1	Evdokimov,Alexander A	GM	2556	RUS	6	1	0	6.5	27
2	Rabiega,Robert	GM	2531	GER	6	0	1	6	26
3	Mainka,Romuald	GM	2513	GER	5	2	0	6	24
4	Von Herman,Ulf	IM	2424	GER	5	2	0	6	23.5
5	Zakhartsov,Viacheslav V	GM	2562	RUS	4	3	0	5.5	27.5
6	Stocek,Jiri	GM	2592	CZE	5	1	1	5.5	26.5
7	Fries Nielsen,Jens-Ove	IM	2432	DEN	4	3	0	5.5	25.5
8	Schmidt,Harald		2408	GER	5	1	1	5.5	24.5
8	Michna,Marta	WGM	2366	GER	5	1	1	5.5	24.5
10	Figura,Atila Gajo	FM	2415	GER	5	1	1	5.5	24
10	Buchenau,Frank	FM	2245	GER	5	1	1	5.5	24
12	Zimmermann,Julian	FM	2298	GER	5	1	1	5.5	23.5
13	Solleveld,Maarten	IM	2489	NED	5	1	1	5.5	21.5
14	Ackermann,Hans Werner	FM	2311	GER	5	1	1	5.5	20.5
15	Klein,Felix	FM	2317	GER	5	1	1	5.5	19.5
245 players

9) ZVO Open Vukova

The ZVO Open took place in Borovo, Vukovar, 2nd-10th January 2010. Slobodan Martinovic took first place on tie-break from Nikola Ostojic after both finished on 6.5/9. My thanks to Mihajlo Savic for the news.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr29011.aspx

ZVO Open Borovo (CRO), 2-10 i 2010 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Ti	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Martinovic Slobodan	SRB	2440	6,5	52,0	40,5	35,5
2	IM	Ostojic Nikola	SRB	2448	6,5	50,0	41,0	33,5
3	IM	Mrkonjic Nenad	CRO	2382	6,0	51,0	40,5	34,5
4	FM	Mujic Hamza	BIH	2327	6,0	51,0	40,5	32,5
5	IM	Novakovic Dragan	CRO	2315	6,0	51,0	40,0	33,0
6	IM	Majeric Zoran	CRO	2250	6,0	49,0	38,0	32,0
7		Rubil Marko	CRO	2123	6,0	47,0	38,0	30,5
8	FM	Ascic Anto	CRO	2180	6,0	46,5	36,0	29,5
9	FM	Mladenovic Velisa	CRO	2232	6,0	45,0	35,0	28,5
10		Nikolic Milenko	CRO	2078	6,0	43,5	33,5	29,0
11		Jozic Zoran	CRO	1969	5,5	40,0	30,5	23,5
12		Radmanovic Danijel	CRO	1891	5,5	38,5	29,0	21,0
13	FM	Pavlovic Dragan	CRO	2255	5,0	49,0	39,0	29,0
14		Radulovic Bojan	CRO	2234	5,0	46,0	36,0	29,0
15		Mrgan Franjo	CRO	1890	5,0	46,0	36,0	27,0
16		Oreskovic Pero	CRO	2117	5,0	42,5	33,5	26,5
17		Jurilj Zeljko	CRO	1780	4,5	43,5	35,0	22,5
18		Masirevic Miroljub	CRO	2003	4,5	41,5	33,0	25,5
19		Zaric Aleksandar	CRO	1807	4,5	40,0	31,5	21,5
20		Vlaicevic Marin	CRO	2000	4,5	39,5	32,5	25,0
21		Kekez Davor	CRO	1801	4,5	37,0	30,0	20,0
22		Milovanovic Bogoljub	CRO	1909	4,5	36,5	29,0	20,5
23		Tadic Bosko	CRO	1818	4,5	35,5	27,0	17,5
24	FM	Savic Mihajlo	SRB	2230	4,0	48,0	37,5	26,0
25		Fures Ivica	CRO	1761	4,0	46,0	36,5	21,0
26		Bosic Stanko	CRO	1889	4,0	42,0	33,5	24,0
27		Petrovic David	CRO	1731	4,0	41,5	31,5	20,0
28		Scepancevic Milan	CRO	1863	4,0	40,0	31,0	22,5
29		Markovic Mihajlo	CRO	1737	4,0	39,0	31,0	20,5
30		Ilic Dusan	BIH	1978	4,0	34,0	25,5	14,5
31		Krnjajic Darko	CRO	1775	4,0	30,5	23,5	15,0
32		Kunac Ljubo	SRB	0	3,5	42,0	33,5	20,5
33		Vlaicevic Marko	CRO	0	3,5	36,5	28,5	16,0
34		Jovic Pero	CRO	0	3,5	34,0	26,0	13,0
35		Sudar Dragan	SRB	1701	3,5	32,0	25,0	13,5
36		Nedic Radoje	CRO	1891	2,5	38,0	29,0	16,0
37		Andjelic Vojin	SRB	1687	2,5	29,5	24,5	11,0
38		Mandic Branislav	CRO	0	2,5	29,5	24,0	8,0
39		Licinar Zlatko	SRB	1699	2,5	27,5	22,0	10,0
40		Budimir Bojan	SRB	1721	2,0	27,0	21,0	11,0
41		Milovanovic Mico	CRO	0	1,5	27,5	22,0	7,5
42		Grguric Zeljko	CRO	2142	1,0	35,0	28,0	8,0

10) CXG Championship

The CXG Championship (Irt Fide Jose Carlos Ferreira) took place 14th November - 19th December 2009. Octacilio Freire Velloso Rebello took clear first with 5/6.

http://www.cxg.org.br/cxg2009.htm

ch-CXG IRT JC Ferreira Rio de Janeiro (BRA), 14 xi-19 xii 2009 Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
Pl	Ti	Name	Rtg	FED	Pts	Fide
1		Rebello Octacilio Freire Velloso	2082	BRA	5	17½
2	fm	Rios Filho Hilton Carlos	2214	BRA	4½	17
3	fm	Von Búlow Georg	2404	GER	4½	15½
4		Santos Filho Tadeu Sousa	2116	BRA	3½	15
5		Maia Marco Aurelio Ferreira	2134	BRA	3½	11½
6		Dacal Mendes Jorge Alberto	1848	BRA	3½	11
7		Chauca Jose	2057	PER	3	11½
8		Siqueira Allan de Sousa	1948	BRA	3	8½
9		Rovedo Salomão	1782	BRA	2½	11½
10		Bil Angelo	2124	BRA	2½	10
11		Rabello David Sousa	1976	BRA	2½	8
12		Ferreira Jose Carlos	1980	BRA	2	6
13		Chaves Jorge Antonio Torres	2056	BRA	1	3

11) Turin Scheveningen

The Torino (Turin) 'scheveningen' tournament took place in the club Scacchistica Torinese. 5 italians and 5 foreign players. The World Team dominated and won 32.5-17.5. Final round games and one round 5 game missing.

Time Control: 90 minutes x 40 moves, then 30 minutes, plus 30 seconds/move starting from the 1st move.

Official site: http://www.scacchisticatorinese.it - Live Games: http://www.scacchisticatorinese.it/nuovo_portale/upload/partite_live/partite_online.php

Games in PGN

Scheveningen Turin (ITA), 3-10 i 2010 Final Round 10 Standings
Turin Team								17.5
1	Castaldo,F	2401	\|					6.0/10
2	Pepino,E	2167	\|	\|				4.0/10
3	Molina,Fa	2228	\|	\|	\|			3.0/10
4	Pulito,A	2283	\|	\|	\|	\|		2.5/10
5	Gallucci,A	2161	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	2.0/10
World Team								32.5
1	Naumkin,I	2484	½½	½1	11	1½	11	8.0/10
2	Vuelban,V	2353	½½	½1	1½	½1	½1	7.0/10
3	Mrdja,M	2392	½½	1½	½1	1½	1½	7.0/10
4	Voiska,M	2325	0½	½½	½½	1½	11	6.0/10
5	Ljubisavljevic,Z	2296	0½	½0	½½	½1	01	4.5/10

12) Czech Chess Christmas 2009-10

The Czech Chess Christmas Open took place in Litomysl (CZE) 26th December - 2nd January 2010. Petr Martin edged out Bartolomiej Heberla, Jan Bernasek and Richard Biolek on tie-break after all finished on 7/9. Games from the final two rounds now available. My thanks to Jakub Fuksik.

11th christmas chess FIDE tournament, swiss system of 9 round, rate of game 2 x 1,5h + 30s/move, prize fund 64.000 CZK.

Official site: http://www.a64.cz/tournaments/litomysl2009/

11th Christmas Open Litomysl (CZE), 26 xii 2009 - 2 i 2010 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Petr Martin	IM	CZE	2495	7	54	42.5	2372
2	Heberla Bartolomiej	GM	POL	2515	7	53	42.5	2392
3	Bernasek Jan	IM	CZE	2476	7	52.5	41.5	2373
4	Biolek Richard	IM	CZE	2385	7	47.5	37.5	2216
5	Tazbir Marcin	IM	POL	2497	6.5	54.5	43	2376
6	Stupak Kirill	IM	BLR	2456	6.5	51.5	40.5	2341
7	Simacek Pavel	IM	CZE	2513	6.5	51.5	40	2344
8	Kulhanek Tomas	IM	CZE	2441	6.5	49.5	38	2223
9	Bulski Krzysztof	FM	POL	2416	6.5	48	37	2284
10	Plat Vojtech	IM	CZE	2388	6.5	48	37	2269
11	Manik Mikulas	GM	SVK	2435	6	47	36.5	2296
12	Hoffmann Paul	FM	GER	2355	6	47	36	2250
13	Sabol Marian	FM	CZE	2343	6	46.5	36.5	2272
14	Ponizil Cyril	FM	CZE	2304	6	45.5	36	2182
15	Bures Jaroslav		CZE	2300	6	45.5	35	2165
16	Hellwig Tobias		GER	2114	6	43	34	2121
17	Svoboda Vaclav		CZE	2292	6	43	32.5	2157
18	Seifert Volker	FM	GER	2355	5.5	51	40.5	2278
19	Sodoma Jan		CZE	2355	5.5	51	39.5	2275
20	Cerveny Martin	FM	CZE	2353	5.5	50.5	39.5	2264
21	Heinzel Olaf	IM	GER	2332	5.5	49.5	39	2235
22	Novak Pavel		CZE	2377	5.5	49	38.5	2255
23	Skliba Martin	FM	CZE	2281	5.5	48	39	2227
24	Fuchs Judith	WIM	GER	2188	5.5	46.5	36	2148
25	Vrana Jan		CZE	2298	5.5	46.5	35.5	2194
26	Kanovsky David	IM	CZE	2471	5.5	45.5	36	2165
27	Krupa Monika	WGM	POL	2216	5.5	45	35.5	2149
28	Volodin Viktor	IM	RUS	2206	5.5	44.5	34.5	2146
29	Jedlicka Ales	FM	CZE	2320	5.5	44	34	2125
30	Pokorny Petr		CZE	2191	5.5	43.5	34	2132
31	Olsarova Karolina	WFM	CZE	2192	5.5	43.5	34	2123
32	Navratil jun. Jiri		CZE	1910	5.5	43	34	2149
33	Polacik Igor		SVK	2175	5.5	43	34	2070
34	Seidl Stepan		CZE	1964	5.5	41.5	34	2072
35	Olsarova Tereza		CZE	2164	5.5	41	32.5	2169
109 players

13) III St.Casablanca Open

The III St.Casablanca International Open, Memorial Carlos Sanjose, took place in Zaragoza 26th December 2009 - 3rd January 2010. Cristhian Cruz won the event with 8/9.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr25074.aspx

III St.Casablanca Open Zaragoza (ESP), 26 xii 2009 - 3 i 2010 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB3
1	Cruz Cristhian	IM	PER	2523	8	43	41
2	Leon Hoyos Manuel	GM	MEX	2516	7	38.5	41.5
3	Adla Diego	IM	ARG	2498	7	37	42.5
4	Glavina Pablo	IM	ARG	2461	7	35	40.5
5	Franco Ocampos Zenon	GM	PAR	2516	7	34	37.5
6	Oms Pallisse Josep	GM	ESP	2490	6.5	38	42.5
7	Cruz Filemon	FM	PER	2412	6.5	35.5	41.5
8	Mogranzini Roberto	IM	ITA	2415	6.5	34.5	40.5
9	Forcen Esteban Daniel	FM	ESP	2327	6.5	34.5	40
10	Matamoros Franco Carlos S	GM	ECU	2541	6.5	34	40
11	Vega Gutierrez Belinda	WFM	ESP	2218	6.5	31.5	34.5
12	Villuendas Valero Adrian		ESP	2192	6.5	31.5	34.5
13	Iturbide Arnedo Oscar		ESP	2080	6.5	30.5	34
14	Moreno Gracia Daniel	FM	ESP	2323	6	34.5	39.5
15	Antoli Royo Joaquin Miguel	IM	ESP	2390	6	34.5	38
16	Lopez Gracia Fernando	FM	ESP	2315	6	33	40
17	Matnadze Ana	IM	GEO	2401	6	33	38.5
18	Lana Rodriguez David		ESP	2239	6	32.5	39
19	Ramiro Ovejero Juan Luis	FM	ESP	2386	6	32.5	39
20	Cruz Jonathan		PER	2343	6	32	37.5
21	Romon Poves Raul		ESP	2284	6	32	37
22	Fierro Baquero Martha L	IM	ECU	2354	6	31.5	38
23	Silva Rodriguez Julio		ESP	1983	6	27.5	29.5
24	Garza Marco Sergio	IM	ESP	2452	5.5	35.5	41.5
25	Estremera Panos Sergio	IM	ESP	2380	5.5	33	40
26	Quintin Navarro Alberto		ESP	2072	5.5	31	36.5
27	Vega Gutierrez Sabrina	WGM	ESP	2352	5.5	30	38
28	Navarro Alonso Jorge		ESP	2214	5.5	30	34
29	Stella Andrea	FM	ITA	2346	5.5	29.5	37
30	Chueca Forcen Alberto		ESP	2280	5.5	29.5	34.5
31	Roche Simon Manuel Angel		ESP	2082	5.5	28.5	36.5
32	Juberias Segura Santiago		ESP	2112	5.5	28.5	35.5
33	Castillo Sanjuan Alejandro		ESP	1949	5.5	27.5	34.5
34	Stella Luca		ITA	2015	5.5	24.5	31.5
35	Gregorio Cabello Alberto		ESP	1838	5.5	22	29
36	Donoso Sanchez Alejandro		ESP	2137	5	29	36
37	Sesma Rubio Patxi		ESP	2128	5	28	36.5
38	Pes Mateo Angel		ESP	2056	5	27	35.5
39	Valiente Roy Jose Javier		ESP	2079	5	26.5	33.5
40	Castillo Sanjuan Daniel		ESP	1882	5	26	35
41	Colom Sienes Eduardo		ESP	2032	5	26	30.5
42	Garcia Andres Daniel		ESP	2059	5	26	33
43	Sierra Aguerri Joaquin		ESP	2016	5	25	33
44	Arregui Untoria Carlos		ESP	2017	5	25	35
45	Sarto Ramos Angel		ESP	2014	5	25	34
46	Sacristan Latorre Alberto		ESP	1924	5	25	29
47	Gutierrez Barrachina Jose Anto		ESP	1980	5	25	32.5
48	Pueyo Marina Gerardo		ESP	1891	5	24	32
49	Cajo Esteban Ruben		ESP	1883	5	23	30
50	Larrosa Moles Marcos		ESP	1846	5	21	30.5
51	Salas Calvo Alberto		ESP	1703	5	21	33
132 players

14) Bosnjaci Open

The Bosnjaci Open took place 3rd-9th January 2010. Top seed Robert Zelcic edged out Zeljko Bogut on tie-break after both finished on 7.5/9.

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

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr28900.aspx?lan=1

Bosnjaci Open (CRO), 3-9 i 2010 Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1
1	Zelcic Robert	GM	CRO	2557	7.5	51
2	Bogut Zeljko	IM	BIH	2427	7.5	49.5
3	Saric Ante	GM	CRO	2480	7	47.5
4	Pap Misa	IM	SRB	2521	7	47
5	Armanda Ivica	IM	CRO	2345	7	46
6	Kovacevic Blazimir	IM	CRO	2447	6.5	46.5
7	Petrusic Toni	MK	CRO	2065	6.5	46
8	Stocko Josip	MK	CRO	2194	6.5	45
9	Velchev Hristo	FM	BUL	2298	6.5	44
10	Jelecevic Ivo	MK	CRO	2180	6.5	42
11	Zaja Ivan	GM	CRO	2471	6	51
12	Ciganovic Nikola	MK	CRO	2263	6	48
13	Sulc Damir	FM	CRO	2270	6	47.5
14	Zivkovic Vjekoslav	IM	CRO	2396	6	46.5
15	Ivanov Stojan Emilov		BUL	2198	6	46.5
16	Dabo-Peranic Robert	FM	CRO	2315	6	46
17	Ascic Pero	FM	CRO	2309	6	45.5
18	Babic Zvonko	MK	CRO	2160	6	44.5
19	Dimitrijevic Aleksandra	WFM	SRB	2295	6	44
20	Franciskovic Borka	WIM	CRO	2216	6	42.5
21	Bobanac Miro	FM	CRO	2272	6	42
22	Kljako Damir	FM	CRO	2171	6	41.5
23	Ivekovic Bozidar	MK	CRO	2042	6	38
24	Biti Ozren	IM	CRO	2399	5.5	50
25	Ivekovic Zvonimir	NM	CRO	2283	5.5	46.5
26	Solic Kristina (d_r)	WIM	CRO	2170	5.5	45.5
27	Baturina Andrija	MK	CRO	2101	5.5	44
28	Soldo Robert	MK	CRO	2207	5.5	43
29	Videnova Iva	WIM	BUL	2301	5.5	42
30	Zovko Mario	MK	CRO	2198	5.5	42
31	Pandurevic Miro	NM	CRO	2314	5.5	42
32	Ikica Ante	MK	CRO	2065	5.5	40.5
33	Ljikar Zoran	MK	CRO	2209	5.5	40
34	Doric Nenad	IM	CRO	2337	5.5	39.5
35	Berke Ana	WFM	CRO	2127	5.5	38.5
36	Medic Mirjana	WGM	CRO	2314	5.5	38
37	Kalajzic Ivan	MK	CRO	2198	5.5	37.5
38	Sargac Rajna	WIM	CRO	2201	5.5	34
109 players

15) 22nd Staufer Open 2010

The 22nd Staufer Open took place 2nd-6th January 2010. Rainer Buhmann edged out Vladimir Burmakin, Illya Nyzhnyk, Vladimir Epishin and Julian Jorczik after all finished on 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.staufer-open.de/

22nd Staufer Open (GER), 2-6 i 2010 Final Round 9 Standings:
Nr.	Player	ELO	Punkte	Buchh	BuSumm
1	Buhmann,Rainer	2591	7.5	52	389.5
2	Burmakin,Vladimir	2590	7.5	52	389
3	Nyzhnyk,Illya	2495	7.5	51.5	384.5
4	Epishin,Vladimir	2607	7.5	51	386
5	Jorczik,Julian	2333	7.5	47.5	378
6	Graf,Alexander	2593	7	53.5	387.5
7	Schneider,Ilja	2499	7	48	376
8	Gheng,Josef	2333	7	43	361.5
9	Pokrupa,Marek	2169	7	40.5	342.5
10	Jurek,Josef	2343	7	40.5	340.5
11	Gutman,Lev	2448	6.5	50.5	361
12	Schebler,Gerhard	2485	6.5	50	378
13	Buecker,Stefan	2345	6.5	50	374.5
14	Reschke,Stefan	2362	6.5	49.5	367.5
15	Zeller,Frank	2415	6.5	49	361.5
16	Peschel,Andreas	2225	6.5	46.5	358.5
17	Vuckovic,Aleksand	2311	6.5	46.5	357
18	Pribyl,Josef	2344	6.5	46.5	353.5
19	Hirneise,Tobias	2421	6.5	46	368.5
20	Heimrath,Reiner	2252	6.5	44.5	351.5
21	Postojev,Alexande	2343	6.5	43.5	357.5
22	Namyslo,Holger	2317	6.5	41	351.5
23	Ruecker,Benjamin	2283	6.5	40.5	343
24	Rojas Keim,Luis	2439	6	51	349
25	Birkenmaier,Raine	2119	6	50	353
26	Hirneise,Jens	2280	6	48.5	366.5
27	Rau,Hannes	2466	6	48.5	355
28	Maeurer,Christoph,	2310	6	46.5	351.5
29	Kniest,Oliver	2322	6	46	351.5
30	Kugler,Florian	2073	6	45.5	348.5
31	Braun,Joachim	2138	6	45	341
32	Schoenberger,Peter	2157	6	44.5	350.5
33	Zhou,Syang	2186	6	44.5	349
34	Welling,Gerard	2358	6	44	348
35	Schaefer,Alexander	2064	6	43.5	338.5
36	Gruenter,Martin	2150	6	43.5	337.5
37	Nabavi,Parwis	2228	6	42	341.5
38	Braun,Peter	2239	6	42	336
39	Budzyn,Matthias	2208	6	41.5	350
40	Vaysberg,Alexande	2208	6	41	332.5
41	Smolny,Frieder	2058	6	40	324
42	Pohl,Walter	2174	6	39	340
43	Puerckhauer,Soere	2170	6	39	318.5
44	Schechter,Dimitri	2187	6	38.5	322
45	Demel,Paul	2172	6	37	331.5
296 players

16) Basel Chess Festival 2010

The Basel Chess Festival took place 1st-5th January 2010. Pablo Lafuente edged out Yannick Pelletier and Heinz Wirthensohn after all finished on 5.5/7.

Official site: http://www.schachfestivalbasel.ch/

Meister Open Basel (SUI), 1-5 i 2010 Final Round 7 Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	Land	Elo	+	=	-	Pts	PktSu	Buchh
1	Lafuente,Pablo	GM	ARG	2550	4	3	0	5.5	23	33.5
2	Pelletier,Yannick	GM	SUI	2589	4	3	0	5.5	22.5	31.5
3	Wirthensohn,Heinz	IM	SUI	2393	4	3	0	5.5	22	28.5
4	Mirzoev,Azer	GM	AZE	2617	4	2	1	5	23.5	32
5	Siebrecht,Sebasti	GM	GER	2467	4	2	1	5	20.5	31.5
5	Hendriks,Willy Ma	IM	NL	2432	4	2	1	5	20.5	31.5
7	Hug,Marcel	FM	SUI	2303	4	2	1	5	18.5	27.5
8	Dgebuadze,Alexand	GM	BEL	2533	3	3	1	4.5	22	31
9	Stojanovic,Mihajl	GM	SRB	2585	2	5	0	4.5	20.5	31.5
10	Meijers,Viesturs	GM	LAT	2488	3	3	1	4.5	20.5	28.5
11	Dann,Matthias	FM	GER	2317	4	1	2	4.5	20	28
12	Heimann,Andreas	IM	D	2441	4	1	2	4.5	19.5	28
13	Eschbach,Dennis		GER	2426	3	3	1	4.5	19	25
14	Milliet,Sophie	WGM	FRA	2390	4	1	2	4.5	18.5	28
15	Grandadam,Nicolas		SUI	2221	3	3	1	4.5	18	25.5
16	Habibi,Ali	IM	GER	2307	3	2	2	4	17	26
17	Stankovic,Zeljko		SUI	2195	4	0	3	4	16	23
18	Haener,Philippe		SUI	2181	4	0	3	4	15	23
19	Bogdanov,Oleksi		UKR	2280	3	2	2	4	15	21
20	Staechelin,Ruedi		SUI	2132	2	4	1	4	13	24.5
21	Paul,Mathias		GER	1955	4	0	3	4	13	21.5
22	Altmann,Dominik		SUI	2067	3	2	2	4	12.5	22
23	Meyer,Bernhard		SUI	2163	4	0	3	4	12	20.5
24	Filipovic,Branko	IM	CRO	2450	3	1	3	3.5	18.5	29
25	Lutz,Bernhard		D	2289	3	1	3	3.5	15.5	26
26	Delahaye,Raphaell		FRA	2183	2	3	2	3.5	15.5	22.5
27	Giertz,Niklaus	FM	SUI	2248	1	5	1	3.5	15	27
28	Curien,Nicolas		SUI	2248	2	3	2	3.5	15	23
29	Seidler,Lukas		GER	2062	2	3	2	3.5	14	24.5
30	Aerni,Andreas		SUI	2115	3	1	3	3.5	12.5	25.5
31	Graeber,Fabien		FRA	2124	3	1	3	3.5	12.5	24.5
32	Arounopoulos,Step		GER	2135	2	3	2	3.5	11.5	21
33	Wirz,Heinz		SUI	2120	3	1	3	3.5	10.5	23.5
34	Melkumjanc-Wagner	FM	GER	2291	2	2	3	3	15.5	27
35	Milosevic,Goran	IM	SUI	2392	2	2	3	3	15.5	25
36	Schultz,Raphael		FRA	2209	3	0	4	3	14	24
37	Lumsdon,Andrew		SUI	2057	3	0	4	3	10	22
38	Perman,Torvald		FIN	2055	2	2	3	3	10	22
38	Seitz,Benjamin		SUI	1997	2	2	3	3	10	22
40	Stucki,Kaspar		SUI	2021	2	2	3	3	10	19.5
41	Moser,Guido		SUI	2022	2	2	3	3	9.5	25
42	Pfau,Michael		GER	1993	2	1	4	2.5	12.5	26.5
43	Schenker,Roberto		SUI	2105	1	3	3	2.5	12	24.5
44	Kamber,Adrian		SUI	2006	2	1	4	2.5	10.5	22.5
45	Weidt,Frank		SUI	2062	2	0	5	2	9	21.5
46	Mueller,Louis		SUI	1734	2	0	5	2	9	17.5
47	Sommerhalder,Eric		SUI	1879	1	2	4	2	7.5	23.5
48	Speck,Hans		SUI	2050	1	2	4	2	7.5	22.5
49	Ditzler,Juerg		SUI	2104	0	4	3	2	7.5	20
50	Schaub,Marc		FRA	1961	2	0	5	2	7	18
51	Neuner,Johannes		GER	1856	1	2	4	2	6.5	17
52	Matovic,Daniel		SUI	2017	2	0	5	2	5	17.5
53	Schmidt,Ralf		GER	2162	1	2	4	2	5	17.5

17) Campinas International

The Campinas International takes place 16th-24th January 2010. I don't have an official site.

Campinas International (BRA), 16-24 i 2010 Players:
Av Rating: 2444.79, Cat VIII
1.	GM	Rafael Leitao	2620
2.	GM	Alexandr Fier	2601
3.	GM	Diego Flores	2599
4.	IM	Sandro Mareco	2526
5.	GM	Andres Rodriguez	2521
6.	IM	Krikor Mekhitarian	2486
7.	GM	Oswaldo Zambrana	2481
8.	IM	Felipe El Debs	2480
9.	IM	Everaldo Matsuura	2467
10.	IM	Horacio Saldano	2415
11.	IM	M.V. ‘Ovelha’ Santos	2394
12.	IM	Dragan Stamenkovic	2394
13.		Name Ricardo	2170
14.		Gilberto de Nucci	2073

18) Dutch League

The Dutch League takes place 26th September 2009 - 18th April 2010. Round 5 took place on the 9th January 2010, Games are not yet available. A couple of matches were postponed.

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:
Pl	Team	Mp	Bp	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1	Groningen 1/Hotels.nl	10	32	x	6	.	.	.	7.5	6	6	6.5	.
2	Schrijvers Rotterdam	8	29½	4	x	.	.	6	5.5	.	6.5	7.5	.
3	Utrecht	7	26½	.	.	x	1.5	5	.	5.5	.	7.5	7
4	HSG	6	28½	.	.	8.5	x	7	8.5	.	.	4.5	.
5	LSG	5	25	.	4	5	3	x	.	7.5	.	.	5.5
6	Homburg Apeldoorn	4	24½	2.5	4.5	.	1.5	.	x	8	.	.	8
7	Braceland ESGOO	2	20	4	.	4.5	.	2.5	2	x	7	.	.
8	HMC Calder	2	16½	4	3.5	.	.	.	.	3	x	.	6
9	SMB	2	14	3.5	2.5	2.5	5.5	.	.	.	.	x	.
10	HWP Sas van Gent	0	13½	.	.	3	.	4.5	2	.	4	.	x

Dutch League (NED), 26 ix 2009 - 18 iv 2010 Round 3 Standings:
Round 1 - 26 September
01	SMB	-	Schrijvers Rotterdam	2½	-	7½
02	Groningen 1/Hotels.nl	-	Braceland ESGOO	6	-	4
03	HMC Calder	-	HWP Sas van Gent	6	-	4
04	Homburg Apeldoorn	-	HSG	1½	-	8½
05	LSG	-	Utrecht	5	-	5
Round 2 - 31 October
01	Utrecht	-	SMB	7½	-	2½
02	HSG	-	LSG	7	-	3
03	HWP Sas van Gent	-	Homburg Apeldoorn	2	-	8
04	Braceland ESGOO	-	HMC Calder	7	-	3
05	Schrijvers Rotterdam	-	Groningen 1/Hotels.nl	4	-	6
Round 3 - 21 November
01	SMB	-	Groningen 1/Hotels.nl	3½	-	6½
02	HMC Calder	-	Schrijvers Rotterdam	3½	-	6½
03	Homburg Apeldoorn	-	Braceland ESGOO	8	-	2
04	LSG	-	HWP Sas van Gent	5½	-	4½
05	Utrecht	-	HSG	1½	-	8½
Round 4 - 12 December
01	HSG	-	SMB	4½	-	5½
02	HWP Sas van Gent	-	Utrecht	3	-	7
03	Braceland ESGOO	-	LSG	2½	-	7½
04	Schrijvers Rotterdam	-	Homburg Apeldoorn	5½	-	4½
05	Groningen 1/Hotels.nl	-	HMC Calder	6	-	4
Round 5 - 9 January
01	SMB	-	HMC Calder		-	*
02	Homburg Apeldoorn	-	Groningen 1/Hotels.nl	2½	-	7½
03	LSG	-	Schrijvers Rotterdam	4	-	6
04	Utrecht	-	Braceland ESGOO	5½	-	4½
05	HSG	-	HWP Sas van Gent		-	*
Round 6 - 6 February
01	HWP Sas van Gent	-	SMB		-
02	Braceland ESGOO	-	HSG		-
03	Schrijvers Rotterdam	-	Utrecht		-
04	Groningen 1/Hotels.nl	-	LSG		-
05	HMC Calder	-	Homburg Apeldoorn		-
Round 7 - 6 March
01	SMB	-	Homburg Apeldoorn		-
02	LSG	-	HMC Calder		-
03	Utrecht	-	Groningen 1/Hotels.nl		-
04	HSG	-	Schrijvers Rotterdam		-
05	HWP Sas van Gent	-	Braceland ESGOO		-
Round 8 - 27 March
01	Braceland ESGOO	-	SMB		-
02	Schrijvers Rotterdam	-	HWP Sas van Gent		-
03	Groningen 1/Hotels.nl	-	HSG		-
04	HMC Calder	-	Utrecht		-
05	Homburg Apeldoorn	-	LSG		-
Round 9 - 18 April
01	LSG	-	SMB		-
02	Utrecht	-	Homburg Apeldoorn		-
03	HSG	-	HMC Calder		-
04	HWP Sas van Gent	-	Groningen 1/Hotels.nl		-
05	Braceland ESGOO	-	Schrijvers Rotterdam		-

19) 4NCL

The 4NCL takes place Sat 24th Oct 2009 - 3rd May 2010. 16th-17th January sees rounds 3 and 4. Pride & Prejudice (possibly Adams, Rowson, Haslinger, Hebden etc) v Wood Green (McShane, Hammer, Baburin, Pert etc) which is 1st v 2nd. Teams won't be known until 2 hours before the start of play.

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

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

20) Corus Wijk aan Zee 2010

The 2010 Corus tournament takes place in Wijk aan Zee Friday 15th January 2010 - Sunday 31st January 2010.

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

Corus A Wijk aan Zee (NED), 15-31 i 2010				cat. XIX (2719)
Ti	Player	NAT	Elo Jan	WRk	DoB
GM	Magnus Carlsen	NOR	2810	1	1990
GM	Viswanathan Anand	IND	2790	3	1969
GM	Vladimir Kramnik	RUS	2788	4	1975
GM	Vassily Ivanchuk	UKR	2749	8	1969
GM	Peter Leko	HUN	2739	12	1979
GM	Alexei Shirov	SPA	2723	20	1972
GM	Sergey Karjakin	RUS	2720	21	1990
GM	Leinier Dominguez	CUB	2712	25	1983
GM	Hikaru Nakamura	USA	2708	28	1987
GM	Nigel Short	ENG	2696	38	1965
GM	Fabiano Caruana	ITA	2675	51	1992
GM	Sergey Tiviakov	NED	2662	62	1973
GM	Jan Smeets	NED	2657	73	1985
GM	Loek van Wely	NED	2641	104	1972

Corus B Wijk aan Zee (NED), 15-31 i 2010			cat. XVI (2629)
Ti	Player	NAT	Elo Jan	DoB
GM	Arkadij Naiditsch	GER	2687	1985
GM	Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu	ROM	2681	1976
GM	Pentala Harikrishna	IND	2672	1986
GM	Hua Ni	CHN	2657	1983
GM	Emil Sutovsky	ISR	2657	1977
GM	Wesley So	PHI	2656	1993
GM	Tomi Nyback	FIN	2643	1985
GM	Varuzhan Akobian	USA	2628	1983
GM	Parimarjan Negi	IND	2621	1993
GM	Erwin l'Ami	NED	2615	1985
GM	David Howell	ENG	2606	1990
GM	Anish Giri	NED	2588	1994
GM	Dimitri Reinderman	NED	2573	1972
WGM	Anna Muzychuk	SLO	2523	1990

Corus C Wijk aan Zee (NED), 15-31 i 2010			cat. IX (2455)
Ti	Player	NAT	Elo Jan	DoB
GM	Li Chao-b	CHN	2604	1989
GM	Abhijeet Gupta	IND	2577	1989
GM	Ray Robson	USA	2570	1994
GM	Kjetil Lie	NOR	2547	1980
IM	Nils Grandelius	SWE	2515	1993
GM	Robin Swinkels	NED	2495	1989
GM	Daniele Vocaturo	ITA	2495	1989
IM	Robin van Kampen	NED	2456	1994
WGM	Marya Muzychuk	UKR	2447	1992
GM	Zhaoqin Peng	NED	2402	1968
FM	Stefan Kuipers	NED	2340	1990
WGM	Soumya Swaminathan	IND	2323	1989
FM	Benjamin Bok	NED	2322	1995
	Sjoerd Plukkel	NED	2279	1983

21) Forthcoming Events and Links

2010 Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament

The 19th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament takes place at the Palais de la Mediterranée, a legendary hotel on the world-famous Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, March 12th-25th 2010. The event is organized by the Association Max Euwe of chess maecenas Joop van Oosterom, which is based in Monaco. The new number one in the world rankings, Magnus Carlsen, is the top-seed in Nice. Also present are Levon Aronian, the winner of the past two Amber tournaments, and Vladimir Kramnik, who won the Amber tournament a record six times.

Likely website: http://www.amberchess2010.com/

19th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Nice (FRA), 12-25 iii 2010				cat. XX (2746)
WRk	Name	Title	NAT	B-Year	Ja2010
1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	1990	2810
4	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	1975	2788
5	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	1982	2781
6	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	1968	2761
7	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	1986	2759
8	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	1969	2749
10	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	1976	2744
13	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	1983	2737
17	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	1977	2732
21	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	1990	2720
25	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	1983	2712
73	Smeets, Jan	g	NED	1985	2657

Aeroflot Open 2010

The 9th International Chess Festival "Aeroflot Open 2010" takes place in Moscow 8th February (the day of arrival) - 19th February 2010 (the day of departure). For the fifth year the festival will take place in the major tourist complex "Izmailovo", hotel "Gamma - Delta".

The festival has the same total prize fund as in 2009: € 180 000 (the prizes for the World Blitz Qualification Tournament included).

Four Open Tournaments (A1,A2, B and C) are made up according to the rating of the participants.

Tournament A1 for chessplayers with a FIDE rating higher than 2549. Prize fund 70000 €

Tournament A2 for chessplayers with a FIDE rating less than 2550, but higher than 2399. Prize fund: € 36000

Tournament B:for chessplayers with a FIDE rating less than 2400, but higher than 2199. Prize fund € 19500

Tournament C:for chessplayers with a FIDE rating lower than 2200 or without rating. Prize fund Group C: € 12000

All information regarding registration, the package payment details and the World Blitz QualificationTournament are published on the official site: http://www.aeroflotchess.com.

Contact details: e-mail: aeroflotchess@gmail.com

tel/fax: +7 (495) 691-8578 tel.: +7 (495) 690-6084

II Genset Cup

The II Genset Cup IM Tournament takes place 26th March - 3rd April 2010 Szombathely.

9 -11 round Robin 90 minutes/40 moves + 30 minutes , 30 sec addition after each move

INFORMATION: CSONKA Attila 0036-70-200-4233 attila_csonka@hotmail.com PERGEL László 0036-70-775-4901 pergell@citromail.hu

9th Czech Tour 2009/2010

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

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

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

Dates of the first tournaments of the 10th jubilee CZECH TOUR 2010 / 2011 Series:

15.-22.5. 2010 1st HRADEC KRALOVE OPEN (the Cernigov hotel)

15.7.-1.8. 2010 21st CZECH OPEN (Pardubice, CEZ Arena)

4.-12.8. 2010 13th OLOMOUC CHESS SUMMER (the Sigma hotel)

Official site: http://www.czechtour.net/news/

Anand - Topalov World Championship is in Sofia in April/May 2010

The World Chess Championship takes place in Sofia, Bulgaria 23 April (1st round) to 12 May 2010 (possible tiebreaks). The match is between World Champion Viswanathan Anand and Veselin Topalov. An agreement was signed by FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and the President of the Bulgarian Chess Federation Stefan Sergiev on the 16th December 2009. This was in the presence of the Prime Minister of Bulgaria Mr Boiko Borisov who is guaranteeing the match.

Linares 2010

The Linares tournament takes place in Spain (a pairing with Dubai fell through) 12th-25th February 2010. Players invited so far are: Veselin Topalov, Levon Aronian, Alexander Grischuk, Francisco Vallejo Pons and for the first time in a super-tournament Vugar Gashimov who deserves his chance in this company. (Source ChessDom who also speculate that Boris Gelfand will make up the field).

International Correspondence Chess Federation

The International Correspondence Chess Federation has announced the Preliminary Sections of the World Correspondence Chess Championship will start on March 10th. 2010.

Also Slovenia's 15 Years Membership of ICCF tournament semi-finals.

Details on the ICCF Official site: http://www.iccf.com/content/index.php

Reykjavik Open

The Reykjavík Open 2010 takes place 24th February - 3rd March 2010.

Details: http://www.chess.is and the contact e-mail of the organize commitee is reykjavikopen2010@gmail.com.

FIDE World Amateur Chess Championship

FIDE World Amateur Chess Championship - an Official FIDE World Chess Championship! 9R-SS G/90 + 30/sec increment. Holiday Inn Hotel: 5300 W Touhy Ave Skokie, IL 60077. 847.679.8900. $20,000 Guaranteed. Open to players with no FIDE title and rated under 2000 FIDE. All players compete in a single section. Please see tournament website for more detailed rating regulations.

Prizes: Overall: $3000-2000-1600-1400; Top Women: $1000-600-400-200; (1799-1600): $1000-600-400-200; (1599-1400): $1000-600-400-200; (U1400): $1000-600-400-200; (Unrated): $1000-600-400-200;

EF: $120 by 6pm 02/15, $150 by 6pm 03/15; $200 thereafter and onsite. No re-entries allowed. No half-point byes allowed (zero point byes only). Onsite registration from 3-5pm 03/19.

Rds: 3/19 - 6:30pm; 3/20-21 - 12pm and 6:30pm per day; 3/22-25 - 6:30pm per night.

Mail entries with registration information to: North American Chess Association (make checks payable to) 4957 Oakton Street, Suite 113, Skokie, IL 60077.

More information and online registration available at: http://www.worldchesschamps.com. Questions via email only: sevan@worldchesschamps.com

Schachbundesliga 2009-10

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

Rounds 8 and 9 are on 6th and 7th of February 2010. Baden-Baden are the only team left on 100%.

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

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

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/.

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

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

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.

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/

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

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