THE WEEK IN CHESS 812 31st May 2010 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Zenon Franco Ocampos, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, David Cohen, Miklos Orso, Adolivio Capece, Gujuan Tzu, Haroon Rashid, Edwin Baart, Eric van Reem, Mark Berkovich, Pierre Becker, Emmanuel Variniac, Denis Vretenar, Radu-Catalin Chirila, Mitko Iliev, Dinu-Ioan Nicula, Erik Malmsten and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Another big week of chess. The excellent US Championships finished with a compelling sudden death rapid game between Gata Kamsky and Yuri Shulman. Kamsky had draw odds with black but only 25 minutes on his clock as opposed to Shulman's 60 due to a bidding system. Kamsky looked in trouble but as the pressure increased Shulman's time equalised and he couldn't break through, they blitzed their way to a finish and a draw. It sure isn't classical chess but with live video coverage it was certainly exciting enough to watch. Video is definitely starting to become the norm for the biggest tournaments, the ACP rapid cup in Odessa had video feeds for both boards alongside their live coverage. I've spent quite a bit of time recently with one of my laptops connected to my big screen tv, with commentary and live video acting as a virtual pressroom in my own home. Surely a little bit of the future there. Sergey Karjakin eliminated Shirov and Grischuk on the way to beating Jakovenko in the final. These two travel to the Poikovsky tournament that starts later in the week. Anish Giri's star continues to rise as he demolished his way to a 4.5/5 score and a win that definitely impressed. The Chinese Championships continue, the Leon Rapid and the aforementioned Poikovsky tournament starts, more than enough to keep us entertained.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 4th ACP World Rapid Cup

The 4th ACP World Rapid Cup took place 27th-29th May 2010 in Odessa. The event was a knockout rapid tournament with 16 players. In the final after drawing all four 4 rapid games and two blitz games the match came down to a single Armageddon blitz game. Sergey Karjakin won this game against Dmitry Jakovenko to take the title.

Official site http://www.worldcup.pivdenny.com (currently not working)

4th ACP World Rapid Cup Odessa (UKR), 27-29 v 2010
Finals 29th May 2010
10.00 UK Time. 4 rapid games
Karjakin, Sergey	4-3	Jakovenko, Dmitry
Semi-Finals 28th May 2010
17.30 UK Time
Grischuk, Alexander	1.5-2.5	Karjakin, Sergey
Gurevich, Mikhail	0.5-1.5	Jakovenko, Dmitry
Quarter-Finals 28th May 2010
10.45 UK Time
Grischuk, Alexander	1.5-0.5	Movsesian, Sergei
Shirov, Alexei	2-3	Karjakin, Sergey
13.30 UK Time
Eljanov, Pavel	0.5-1.5	Jakovenko, Dmitry
Gurevich, Mikhail	1.5-0.5	Gashimov, Vugar
Round 1 27th May 2010
10.00 UK Time
Grischuk, Alexander	2-0	Motylev, Alexander
Movsesian, Sergei	1.5-0.5	Naiditsch, Arkadij
12.30 UK Time
Shirov, Alexei	3-2	Bacrot, Etienne
Karjakin, Sergey	3-1	Drozdovskij, Yuri
15.00 UK Time
Eljanov, Pavel	1.5-0.5	Moiseenko, Alexander
Ivanchuk, Vassily	0.5-1.5	Gurevich, Mikhail
17.30 UK Time
Jakovenko, Dmitry	2-0	Inarkiev, Ernesto
Gashimov, Vugar	3-2	Tregubov, Pavel V

3) US Championships Saint Louis

The 2010 US Championships took place in Saint Louis 13th-25th May 2010. Defending champion Hikaru Nakamura lost to Yuri Shulman in the Quads to lose the chance of winning again. Gata Kamsky defeated Yuri Shulman in a rapid playoff (Kamsky had black and 25 mins + 5 seconds a move (with draw odds) against Shulman's 1 hour + 5 seconds a move. This came from a bidding process) An interesting final game saw Kamsky under pressure for some time. Eventually the game came down to a blitz match and Kamsky eventually emerged the winner (he only needed a draw to claim the title).

Official site: http://saintlouischessclub.org/content/2010-us-championship

ch-USA Playoff Saint Louis
Shulman, Yuri	-	Kamsky, Gata	½-½	66	D11	Slav Defence

ch-USA Playoff Saint Louis (USA), 25 v 2010
Name	Ti	NAT	Rtng	1	Total	Perf
Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2702	½	½	2613
Shulman, Yuri	g	USA	2613	½	½	2702

4) 18th annual Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament

The 18th Annual Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament took place at the classical Hipp Theater in central Malmo, for the thirteenth time. Organised by the Limhamn Chess Club. As last year, six players play a single round-robin tournament. Players: Anish Giri, Jon Ludvig Hammer, Jonny Hector, Tiger Hillarp Persson, Pia Cramling and Nils Grandelius. Anish Giri started with 3/3 before taking a quick draw in round 4. This allowed John Ludwig Hammer to catch him on 3.5/4 and setting up a decisive final round clash between the two players on Sunday. Giri won this game too to finished on 4.5/5 and massive performance.

Official site: http://www.sigeman-chess.com

18th Sigeman & Co Malmo (SWE), 26-30 v 2010											cat. XIII (2569)
					1	2	3	4	5	6
1.	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2642	*	1	1	½	1	1	4½	2920
2.	Hammer, Jon Ludvig	g	NOR	2610	0	*	½	1	1	1	3½	2710
3.	Grandelius, Nils	m	SWE	2476	0	½	*	1	½	½	2½	2587
4.	Hector, Jonny	g	SWE	2609	½	0	0	*	1	1	2½	2561
5.	Hillarp Persson, Tiger	g	SWE	2542	0	0	½	0	*	1	1½	2425
6.	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2536	0	0	½	0	0	*	½	2209

Round 1 (May 26, 2010)
Hammer, Jon Ludvig	- Hector, Jonny	1-0	41	D17	Slav Defence
Grandelius, Nils	- Hillarp Persson, Tiger	½-½	44	D10	Slav Defence
Cramling, Pia	- Giri, Anish	0-1	41	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Round 2 (May 27, 2010)
Giri, Anish	- Grandelius, Nils	1-0	33	E04	Catalan
Hammer, Jon Ludvig	- Cramling, Pia	1-0	44	D38	QGD Ragozin
Hector, Jonny	- Hillarp Persson, Tiger	1-0	30	B89	Sicilian Sozin Attack
Round 3 (May 28, 2010)
Grandelius, Nils	- Hammer, Jon Ludvig	½-½	46	E05	Catalan
Hillarp Persson, Tiger	- Giri, Anish	0-1	29	A12	Reti Opening
Cramling, Pia	- Hector, Jonny	0-1	54	D17	Slav Defence
Round 4 (May 29, 2010)
Hammer, Jon Ludvig	- Hillarp Persson, Tiger	1-0	39	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Hector, Jonny	- Giri, Anish	½-½	18	C48	Four Knights Rubinstein
Cramling, Pia	- Grandelius, Nils	½-½	28	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Round 5 (May 30, 2010)
Giri, Anish	- Hammer, Jon Ludvig	1-0	60	E06	Catalan
Grandelius, Nils	- Hector, Jonny	1-0	119	D10	Slav Defence
Hillarp Persson, Tiger	- Cramling, Pia	1-0	40	A13	Reti Opening

5) 83rd St Petersburg Championship 2010

The 83rd St Petersburg Championship took place 16th-27th May 2010. Ildar Khairullin took clear first place with 7/11.

Official site: http://www.totalchess.spb.ru/kalend/2010/spb10men.html

83rd ch-StP St Petersburg (RUS), 16-27 v 2010															cat. XII (2534)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Khairullin, Ildar	g	RUS	2617	*	1	1	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	7	2628
2.	Matlakov, Maxim	m	RUS	2604	0	*	½	1	½	½	½	1	0	1	½	1	6½	2592
3.	Romanov, Evgeny	g	RUS	2594	0	½	*	1	1	½	0	½	1	0	1	½	6	2564
4.	Yevseev, Denis	g	RUS	2520	0	0	0	*	½	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	6	2571
5.	Gorovykh, Eduard	m	RUS	2430	½	½	0	½	*	1	½	½	0	1	½	½	5½	2543
6.	Popov, Valerij	g	RUS	2592	½	½	½	0	0	*	1	½	½	1	½	½	5½	2528
7.	Makarov, Marat	g	RUS	2518	½	½	1	0	½	0	*	½	½	½	½	1	5½	2535
8.	Ionov, Sergey	g	RUS	2542	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	½	5½	2533
9.	Ivanov, Sergey1	g	RUS	2542	½	1	0	0	1	½	½	½	*	½	0	½	5	2497
10.	Fedoseev, Vladimir3	f	RUS	2428	½	0	1	½	0	0	½	0	½	*	1	1	5	2507
11.	Levin, Evgeny A	m	RUS	2500	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	1	0	*	0	4½	2471
12.	Klimov, Sergey	g	RUS	2518	½	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	0	1	*	4	2433

Round 1 (May 16, 2010)
Khairullin, Ildar	- Romanov, Evgeny	1-0	40	D10	Slav Defence
Yevseev, Denis	- Klimov, Sergey	1-0	24	A33	English Symmetrical
Makarov, Marat	- Levin, Evgeny A	½-½	25	D73	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Ionov, Sergey	- Popov, Valerij	½-½	35	E59	Nimzo Indian
Ivanov, Sergey1	- Gorovykh, Eduard	1-0	41	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Fedoseev, Vladimir3	- Matlakov, Maxim	0-1	70	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 2 (May 17, 2010)
Matlakov, Maxim	- Ionov, Sergey	1-0	26	E00	Catalan
Romanov, Evgeny	- Yevseev, Denis	1-0	49	A13	Reti Opening
Gorovykh, Eduard	- Levin, Evgeny A	½-½	9	A07	Barcza System
Popov, Valerij	- Makarov, Marat	1-0	45	B36	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Ivanov, Sergey1	- Khairullin, Ildar	½-½	16	E53	Nimzo Indian
Klimov, Sergey	- Fedoseev, Vladimir3	0-1	52	A50	Queen's Indian (without e7-e6)
Round 3 (May 18, 2010)
Khairullin, Ildar	- Gorovykh, Eduard	½-½	41	E84	King's Indian Saemisch
Yevseev, Denis	- Ivanov, Sergey1	1-0	46	A23	English Opening
Makarov, Marat	- Matlakov, Maxim	½-½	24	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Ionov, Sergey	- Klimov, Sergey	½-½	12	B84	Sicilian Scheveningen
Fedoseev, Vladimir3	- Romanov, Evgeny	1-0	71	D19	Slav Defence
Levin, Evgeny A	- Popov, Valerij	½-½	10	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Round 4 (May 19, 2010)
Khairullin, Ildar	- Yevseev, Denis	1-0	37	E81	King's Indian Saemisch
Matlakov, Maxim	- Levin, Evgeny A	½-½	28	E81	King's Indian Saemisch
Romanov, Evgeny	- Ionov, Sergey	½-½	27	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Gorovykh, Eduard	- Popov, Valerij	1-0	55	A25	English Sicilian Attack
Ivanov, Sergey1	- Fedoseev, Vladimir3	½-½	18	E97	King's Indian Classical
Klimov, Sergey	- Makarov, Marat	0-1	33	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Round 5 (May 20, 2010)
Yevseev, Denis	- Gorovykh, Eduard	½-½	20	E92	King's Indian Classical
Popov, Valerij	- Matlakov, Maxim	½-½	35	A20	English Opening
Makarov, Marat	- Romanov, Evgeny	1-0	45	A14	Reti Opening
Ionov, Sergey	- Ivanov, Sergey1	½-½	11	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Fedoseev, Vladimir3	- Khairullin, Ildar	½-½	36	A22	English Opening
Levin, Evgeny A	- Klimov, Sergey	0-1	36	E92	King's Indian Classical
Round 6 (May 21, 2010)
Khairullin, Ildar	- Ionov, Sergey	½-½	22	D27	QGA
Romanov, Evgeny	- Levin, Evgeny A	1-0	43	E00	Catalan
Yevseev, Denis	- Fedoseev, Vladimir3	½-½	31	E17	Queens Indian
Gorovykh, Eduard	- Matlakov, Maxim	½-½	22	C45	Scotch Game
Ivanov, Sergey1	- Makarov, Marat	½-½	17	E00	Catalan
Klimov, Sergey	- Popov, Valerij	½-½	45	B19	Caro Kann
Round 7 (May 23, 2010)
Matlakov, Maxim	- Klimov, Sergey	1-0	32	D76	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Popov, Valerij	- Romanov, Evgeny	½-½	11	D14	Slav Exchange
Makarov, Marat	- Khairullin, Ildar	½-½	10	C50	Giuoco Piano
Ionov, Sergey	- Yevseev, Denis	½-½	12	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Fedoseev, Vladimir3	- Gorovykh, Eduard	0-1	38	A00	Irregular Openings
Levin, Evgeny A	- Ivanov, Sergey1	1-0	59	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Round 8 (May 24, 2010)
Khairullin, Ildar	- Levin, Evgeny A	½-½	20	E84	King's Indian Saemisch
Romanov, Evgeny	- Matlakov, Maxim	½-½	28	D78	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Yevseev, Denis	- Makarov, Marat	1-0	45	E04	Catalan
Gorovykh, Eduard	- Klimov, Sergey	½-½	83	E81	King's Indian Saemisch
Ivanov, Sergey1	- Popov, Valerij	½-½	53	B31	Sicilian Rossolimo
Fedoseev, Vladimir3	- Ionov, Sergey	0-1	30	B89	Sicilian Sozin Attack
Round 9 (May 25, 2010)
Matlakov, Maxim	- Ivanov, Sergey1	0-1	34	E04	Catalan
Popov, Valerij	- Khairullin, Ildar	½-½	53	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Makarov, Marat	- Fedoseev, Vladimir3	½-½	102	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Ionov, Sergey	- Gorovykh, Eduard	½-½	14	A48	King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Levin, Evgeny A	- Yevseev, Denis	½-½	26	D47	Queens Gambit Meran
Klimov, Sergey	- Romanov, Evgeny	½-½	30	B01	Centre Counter
Round 10 (May 26, 2010)
Khairullin, Ildar	- Matlakov, Maxim	1-0	57	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Yevseev, Denis	- Popov, Valerij	1-0	0
Gorovykh, Eduard	- Romanov, Evgeny	0-1	42	A20	English Opening
Ionov, Sergey	- Makarov, Marat	½-½	19	E20	Nimzo Indian
Ivanov, Sergey1	- Klimov, Sergey	½-½	17	A62	Benoni
Fedoseev, Vladimir3	- Levin, Evgeny A	1-0	36	B07	Pirc Defence
Round 11 (May 27, 2010)
Matlakov, Maxim	- Yevseev, Denis	1-0	30	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Romanov, Evgeny	- Ivanov, Sergey1	1-0	59	A07	Barcza System
Popov, Valerij	- Fedoseev, Vladimir3	1-0	82	D11	Slav Defence
Makarov, Marat	- Gorovykh, Eduard	½-½	53	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Levin, Evgeny A	- Ionov, Sergey	½-½	14	E17	Queens Indian
Klimov, Sergey	- Khairullin, Ildar	½-½	11	C95	Ruy Lopez Breyer

6) Chinese Championships

The Chinese Chess Championships take place in Xinghua, Jiangsu 24th May - 4th June 2010. Most of China's major stars are playing (Wang Yue was playing in Astrakhan). Men's and Women's events alongside each other.

Official site: http://chess.sport.org.cn/CICC/index.html

ch-CHN Xinghua (CHN), 24 v-4 vi 2010															cat. XIII (2561)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Li Shilong	g	CHN	2514	*	.	0	.	1	0	.	1	1	1	.	1	5	2744
2.	Bu Xiangzhi	g	CHN	2681	.	*	½	½	.	.	½	1	.	½	1	1	5	2683
3.	Ni Hua	g	CHN	2667	1	½	*	½	.	1	½	.	.	.	0	1	4½	2608
4.	Zhou Jianchao	g	CHN	2652	.	½	½	*	.	.	1	½	0	1	1	.	4½	2660
5.	Wang Hao	g	CHN	2722	0	.	.	.	*	1	½	½	.	½	1	½	4	2538
6.	Ding Liren	g	CHN	2547	1	.	0	.	0	*	½	1	.	½	.	½	3½	2558
7.	Zhang Ziyang	m	CHN	2422	.	½	½	0	½	½	*	.	½	.	½	.	3	2550
8.	Hou Yifan	g	CHN	2589	0	0	.	½	½	0	.	*	1	.	.	1	3	2532
9.	Zhou Weiqi	g	CHN	2585	0	.	.	1	.	.	½	0	*	½	1	0	3	2453
10.	Li Chao b	g	CHN	2619	0	½	.	0	½	½	.	.	½	*	½	.	2½	2476
11.	Lu Shanglei		CHN	2349	.	0	1	0	0	.	½	.	0	½	*	.	2	2463
12.	Ji Dan		CHN	2379	0	0	0	.	½	½	.	0	1	.	.	*	2	2457

Round 1 (May 24, 2010)
Bu Xiangzhi	- Ji Dan	1-0	30	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Zhou Jianchao	- Hou Yifan	½-½	55	D38	QGD Ragozin
Wang Hao	- Ding Liren	1-0	53	E63	King's Indian 6...Nc6
Zhang Ziyang	- Ni Hua	½-½	44	D77	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Zhou Weiqi	- Li Shilong	0-1	31	A52	Budapest Defence Main Line
Lu Shanglei	- Li Chao b	½-½	44	B54	Sicilian Rauzer
Round 2 (May 25, 2010)
Li Shilong	- Wang Hao	1-0	34	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Ni Hua	- Ding Liren	1-0	46	C03	French Tarrasch
Zhang Ziyang	- Lu Shanglei	½-½	37	D11	Slav Defence
Hou Yifan	- Bu Xiangzhi	0-1	56	C24	Bishop's Opening
Li Chao b	- Zhou Jianchao	0-1	40	B53	Sicilian Hungarian
Ji Dan	- Zhou Weiqi	1-0	53	B83	Sicilian Scheveningen
Round 3 (May 26, 2010)
Bu Xiangzhi	- Li Chao b	½-½	30	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Zhou Jianchao	- Zhang Ziyang	1-0	50	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Wang Hao	- Ji Dan	½-½	43	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Ding Liren	- Li Shilong	1-0	31	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Zhou Weiqi	- Hou Yifan	0-1	25	D38	QGD Ragozin
Lu Shanglei	- Ni Hua	1-0	40	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 4 (May 27, 2010)
Ni Hua	- Li Shilong	1-0	72	B80	Sicilian Scheveningen
Zhang Ziyang	- Bu Xiangzhi	½-½	62	D10	Slav Defence
Hou Yifan	- Wang Hao	½-½	36	B36	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Li Chao b	- Zhou Weiqi	½-½	48	C11	French Defence
Lu Shanglei	- Zhou Jianchao	0-1	43	B81	Sicilian Keres Attack
Ji Dan	- Ding Liren	½-½	35	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Round 5 (May 28, 2010)
Li Shilong	- Ji Dan	1-0	77	E06	Catalan
Bu Xiangzhi	- Lu Shanglei	1-0	30	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Zhou Jianchao	- Ni Hua	½-½	33	D14	Slav Exchange
Wang Hao	- Li Chao b	½-½	90	D72	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Ding Liren	- Hou Yifan	1-0	45	D38	QGD Ragozin
Zhou Weiqi	- Zhang Ziyang	½-½	58	E06	Catalan
Round 6 (May 29, 2010)
Ni Hua	- Ji Dan	1-0	27	B52	Sicilian Rossolimo
Zhou Jianchao	- Bu Xiangzhi	½-½	33	D10	Slav Defence
Zhang Ziyang	- Wang Hao	½-½	73	A48	King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Hou Yifan	- Li Shilong	0-1	54	B83	Sicilian Scheveningen
Li Chao b	- Ding Liren	½-½	31	C11	French Defence
Lu Shanglei	- Zhou Weiqi	0-1	25	C42	Petroff's Defence
Round 7 (May 31, 2010)
Li Shilong	- Li Chao b	1-0	69	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Bu Xiangzhi	- Ni Hua	½-½	47	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Wang Hao	- Lu Shanglei	1-0	38	D11	Slav Defence
Ding Liren	- Zhang Ziyang	½-½	35	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Zhou Weiqi	- Zhou Jianchao	1-0	46	E21	Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Ji Dan	- Hou Yifan	0-1	35	B84	Sicilian Scheveningen

ch-CHN w Xinghua (CHN), 24 v-4 vi 2010															cat. V (2373)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Ju Wenjun		CHN	2500	*	.	½	1	.	.	1	½	1	.	1	1	6	2646
2.	Huang Qian	wg	CHN	2437	.	*	½	1	1	0	.	½	1	1	.	.	5	2532
3.	Wang Yu A	m	CHN	2337	½	½	*	.	½	1	½	.	.	½	½	.	4	2456
4.	Ding Yixin	wf	CHN	2327	0	0	.	*	0	1	.	.	1	1	1	.	4	2452
5.	Zhao Xue	g	CHN	2493	.	0	½	1	*	.	1	.	0	1	.	0	3½	2339
6.	Tan Zhongyi		CHN	2464	.	1	0	0	.	*	½	.	0	.	1	1	3½	2348
7.	Shen Yang	wg	CHN	2452	0	.	½	.	0	½	*	1	.	.	½	1	3½	2373
8.	Gu Xiaobing	wg	CHN	2361	½	½	.	.	.	.	0	*	1	0	½	½	3	2305
9.	Zhang Xiaowen	wm	CHN	2426	0	0	.	0	1	1	.	0	*	1	.	.	3	2349
10.	Wang Doudou		CHN	2216	.	0	½	0	0	.	.	1	0	*	.	1	2½	2263
11.	Zhang Jilin	wg	CHN	2280	0	.	½	0	.	0	½	½	.	.	*	½	2	2216
12.	Wang, Jue		CHN	2180	0	.	.	.	1	0	0	½	.	0	½	*	2	2237

Round 1 (May 24, 2010)
Ju Wenjun	- Gu Xiaobing	½-½	25	E94	King's Indian Classical
Wang Yu A	- Huang Qian	½-½	31	B53	Sicilian Hungarian
Ding Yixin	- Zhang Xiaowen	1-0	26	C14	French Classical
Shen Yang	- Zhao Xue	0-1	46	E39	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Zhang Jilin	- Tan Zhongyi	0-1	32	B07	Pirc Defence
Wang, Jue	- Wang Doudou	0-1	63	C48	Four Knights Rubinstein
Round 2 (May 25, 2010)
Ju Wenjun	- Zhang Jilin	1-0	42	A41	Modern Defence
Huang Qian	- Ding Yixin	1-0	57	D38	QGD Ragozin
Zhao Xue	- Wang, Jue	0-1	71	E92	King's Indian Classical
Tan Zhongyi	- Shen Yang	½-½	31	D15	Slav Defence
Gu Xiaobing	- Zhang Xiaowen	1-0	35	C07	French Tarrasch
Wang Doudou	- Wang Yu A	½-½	51	A67	Benoni Three Pawns System
Round 3 (May 26, 2010)
Wang Yu A	- Zhao Xue	½-½	46	C03	French Tarrasch
Ding Yixin	- Wang Doudou	1-0	37	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Shen Yang	- Ju Wenjun	0-1	41	E92	King's Indian Classical
Zhang Xiaowen	- Huang Qian	0-1	38	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Zhang Jilin	- Gu Xiaobing	½-½	58	B91	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.g3
Wang, Jue	- Tan Zhongyi	0-1	45	B06	Modern Defence
Round 4 (May 27, 2010)
Ju Wenjun	- Wang, Jue	1-0	101	E62	King's Indian 6...Nc6
Zhao Xue	- Ding Yixin	1-0	54	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Tan Zhongyi	- Wang Yu A	0-1	42	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Gu Xiaobing	- Huang Qian	½-½	35	C07	French Tarrasch
Wang Doudou	- Zhang Xiaowen	0-1	37	E83	King's Indian Saemisch
Zhang Jilin	- Shen Yang	½-½	33	C50	Giuoco Piano
Round 5 (May 28, 2010)
Huang Qian	- Wang Doudou	1-0	22	E61	King's Indian Defence
Wang Yu A	- Ju Wenjun	½-½	25	B53	Sicilian Hungarian
Ding Yixin	- Tan Zhongyi	1-0	34	B08	Pirc Defence
Shen Yang	- Gu Xiaobing	1-0	43	E94	King's Indian Classical
Zhang Xiaowen	- Zhao Xue	1-0	85	C85	Ruy Lopez Steenwijker Defence
Wang, Jue	- Zhang Jilin	½-½	33	C41	Philidor's Defence
Round 6 (May 29, 2010)
Ju Wenjun	- Ding Yixin	1-0	36	E00	Catalan
Zhao Xue	- Huang Qian	0-1	51	E97	King's Indian Classical
Tan Zhongyi	- Zhang Xiaowen	0-1	27	E92	King's Indian Classical
Shen Yang	- Wang, Jue	1-0	55	E92	King's Indian Classical
Gu Xiaobing	- Wang Doudou	0-1	57	C24	Bishop's Opening
Zhang Jilin	- Wang Yu A	½-½	31	C24	Bishop's Opening
Round 7 (May 31, 2010)
Huang Qian	- Tan Zhongyi	0-1	39	E68	King's Indian Fianchetto
Wang Yu A	- Shen Yang	½-½	36	C00	French Defence
Ding Yixin	- Zhang Jilin	1-0	35	C41	Philidor's Defence
Zhang Xiaowen	- Ju Wenjun	0-1	55	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Wang Doudou	- Zhao Xue	0-1	53	E15	Queens Indian
Wang, Jue	- Gu Xiaobing	½-½	82	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation

7) III Magistral Ciudad de Asuncion

The 3rd Copa Roggio took place in Asuncion, Paraguay 19th-29th May 2010. Elo Favourite Eduardas Rozentalis won the A-Group with 7/9.

Official site: http://www.ajedrezciudaddeasuncion.com.py/

III Copa Roggio A Asuncion PAR (PAR), 20-29 v 2010															cat. XI (2508)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Rozentalis, Eduardas	g	LTU	2618	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	7	2716
2.	Morovic Fernandez, Ivan	g	CHI	2552	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	6½	2669
3.	Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel	m	ARG	2451	½	½	*	1	0	½	1	1	1	½	6	2639
4.	Rodriguez Vila, Andres	g	URU	2502	½	½	0	*	0	½	½	1	1	1	5	2551
5.	Zambrana, Oswaldo	g	BOL	2504	½	0	1	1	*	0	0	½	0	1	4	2465
6.	Bachmann, Axel	g	PAR	2563	0	½	½	½	1	*	0	0	1	½	4	2459
7.	Mareco, Sandro	m	ARG	2535	0	0	0	½	1	1	*	½	½	½	4	2462
8.	Cubas, Jose Fernando	m	PAR	2462	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	*	1	1	4	2470
9.	Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	g	COL	2595	0	½	0	0	1	0	½	0	*	1	3	2373
10.	Kropff, Ricardo	f	PAR	2300	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	0	*	1½	2258

Round 1 (May 20, 2010)
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan	- Bachmann, Axel	½-½	16	A14	Reti Opening
Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel	- Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	1-0	24	A13	Reti Opening
Zambrana, Oswaldo	- Cubas, Jose Fernando	½-½	36	C04	French Tarrasch
Mareco, Sandro	- Rozentalis, Eduardas	0-1	31	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Kropff, Ricardo	- Rodriguez Vila, Andres	0-1	33	A04	Dutch System
Round 2 (May 21, 2010)
Rozentalis, Eduardas	- Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel	½-½	43	B40	Sicilian Classical
Rodriguez Vila, Andres	- Bachmann, Axel	½-½	20	B40	Sicilian Classical
Cubas, Jose Fernando	- Mareco, Sandro	½-½	39	B93	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.f4
Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	- Morovic Fernandez, Ivan	½-½	52	B07	Pirc Defence
Kropff, Ricardo	- Zambrana, Oswaldo	0-1	25	A17	English Opening
Round 3 (May 23, 2010)
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan	- Rozentalis, Eduardas	½-½	23	A07	Barcza System
Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel	- Cubas, Jose Fernando	1-0	42	A07	Barcza System
Zambrana, Oswaldo	- Rodriguez Vila, Andres	1-0	40	B17	Caro Kann
Bachmann, Axel	- Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	1-0	62	A13	Reti Opening
Mareco, Sandro	- Kropff, Ricardo	½-½	29	E04	Catalan
Round 4 (May 24, 2010)
Rozentalis, Eduardas	- Bachmann, Axel	1-0	65	C64	Ruy Lopez Classical
Rodriguez Vila, Andres	- Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	1-0	62	A02	From's Gambit and Bird's Opening
Zambrana, Oswaldo	- Mareco, Sandro	0-1	37	B94	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Bg5
Cubas, Jose Fernando	- Morovic Fernandez, Ivan	0-1	31	B07	Pirc Defence
Kropff, Ricardo	- Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel	½-½	34	E95	King's Indian Classical
Round 5 (May 25, 2010)
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan	- Kropff, Ricardo	1-0	31	A07	Barcza System
Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel	- Zambrana, Oswaldo	0-1	58	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Bachmann, Axel	- Cubas, Jose Fernando	0-1	39	A07	Barcza System
Mareco, Sandro	- Rodriguez Vila, Andres	½-½	39	A41	Modern Defence
Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	- Rozentalis, Eduardas	0-1	53	C00	French Defence
Round 6 (May 26, 2010)
Rodriguez Vila, Andres	- Rozentalis, Eduardas	½-½	40	C00	French Defence
Zambrana, Oswaldo	- Morovic Fernandez, Ivan	0-1	31	B09	Pirc Defence
Mareco, Sandro	- Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel	0-1	49	D15	Slav Defence
Cubas, Jose Fernando	- Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	1-0	35	B56	Sicilian Defence
Kropff, Ricardo	- Bachmann, Axel	½-½	96	A13	Reti Opening
Round 7 (May 27, 2010)
Rozentalis, Eduardas	- Cubas, Jose Fernando	1-0	25	C03	French Tarrasch
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan	- Mareco, Sandro	1-0	30	A46	Queen's Pawn Opening
Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel	- Rodriguez Vila, Andres	1-0	53	A42	Modern Defence
Bachmann, Axel	- Zambrana, Oswaldo	1-0	76	B47	Sicilian Paulsen
Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	- Kropff, Ricardo	1-0	29	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Round 8 (May 28, 2010)
Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel	- Morovic Fernandez, Ivan	½-½	66	A05	Various
Rodriguez Vila, Andres	- Cubas, Jose Fernando	1-0	37	B32	Sicilian Labourdonnais
Zambrana, Oswaldo	- Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	0-1	39	B63	Sicilian Rauzer
Mareco, Sandro	- Bachmann, Axel	1-0	41	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Kropff, Ricardo	- Rozentalis, Eduardas	0-1	42	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Round 9 (May 29, 2010)
Rozentalis, Eduardas	- Zambrana, Oswaldo	½-½	17	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan	- Rodriguez Vila, Andres	½-½	16	A04	Dutch System
Bachmann, Axel	- Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel	½-½	13	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Cubas, Jose Fernando	- Kropff, Ricardo	1-0	32	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	- Mareco, Sandro	½-½	61	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo

III Copa Roggio B Asuncion PAR (PAR), 20-29 v 2010															cat. III (2301)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo	m	URU	2391	*	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	6½	2456
2.	Soppe, Guillermo	m	ARG	2429	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	6½	2452
3.	Brito, Luismar	f	BRA	2343	0	½	*	½	1	0	1	1	½	1	5½	2376
4.	Valiente, Cristobal	m	PAR	2247	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	5	2349
5.	Patriarca, Luis	f	PAR	2304	½	½	0	½	*	½	0	1	½	1	4½	2300
6.	Ferreira, Oscar	f	PAR	2282	0	0	1	½	½	*	½	1	1	0	4½	2302
7.	Almiron, Antonio		PAR	2171	½	0	0	½	1	½	*	0	½	½	3½	2235
8.	Larrea, Manuel	f	URU	2347	0	½	0	½	0	0	1	*	1	½	3½	2215
9.	Peralta, Eduardo	f	PAR	2280	½	0	½	½	½	0	½	0	*	½	3	2178
10.	Zacarias, M Ruben D		PAR	2213	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	½	½	*	2½	2144

Round 1 (May 20, 2010)
Brito, Luismar	- Larrea, Manuel	1-0	26	B67	Sicilian Rauzer
Patriarca, Luis	- Soppe, Guillermo	½-½	42	E40	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Ferreira, Oscar	- Valiente, Cristobal	½-½	16	E19	Queens Indian
Almiron, Antonio	- Peralta, Eduardo	½-½	51	C10	French Rubinstein
Zacarias, M Ruben D	- Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo	0-1	33	C02	French Advance
Round 2 (May 21, 2010)
Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo	- Brito, Luismar	1-0	41	A44	Old Benoni
Soppe, Guillermo	- Zacarias, M Ruben D	1-0	34	A56	Old Indian Defence
Valiente, Cristobal	- Patriarca, Luis	½-½	15	B13	Caro Kann Exchange
Almiron, Antonio	- Ferreira, Oscar	½-½	18	A55	Old Indian Defence
Peralta, Eduardo	- Larrea, Manuel	0-1	34	A48	King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Round 3 (May 23, 2010)
Brito, Luismar	- Soppe, Guillermo	½-½	78	B18	Caro Kann
Patriarca, Luis	- Almiron, Antonio	0-1	41	A65	Benoni
Ferreira, Oscar	- Peralta, Eduardo	1-0	36	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Larrea, Manuel	- Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo	0-1	37	C11	French Defence
Zacarias, M Ruben D	- Valiente, Cristobal	0-1	37	B41	Sicilian Paulsen
Round 4 (May 24, 2010)
Soppe, Guillermo	- Larrea, Manuel	½-½	68	E14	Queens Indian
Valiente, Cristobal	- Brito, Luismar	½-½	41	E00	Catalan
Ferreira, Oscar	- Patriarca, Luis	½-½	14	A46	Queen's Pawn Opening
Almiron, Antonio	- Zacarias, M Ruben D	½-½	69	A57	Volga Gambit
Peralta, Eduardo	- Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo	½-½	40	C05	French Tarrasch
Round 5 (May 25, 2010)
Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo	- Soppe, Guillermo	½-½	15	D13	Slav Exchange
Brito, Luismar	- Almiron, Antonio	1-0	23	B96	Sicilian Najdorf
Patriarca, Luis	- Peralta, Eduardo	½-½	54	A10	Dutch, QI and KID Systems
Larrea, Manuel	- Valiente, Cristobal	½-½	61	D20	QGA
Zacarias, M Ruben D	- Ferreira, Oscar	1-0	80	B08	Pirc Defence
Round 6 (May 26, 2010)
Valiente, Cristobal	- Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo	½-½	15	A05	Various
Patriarca, Luis	- Zacarias, M Ruben D	1-0	52	A56	Old Indian Defence
Ferreira, Oscar	- Brito, Luismar	1-0	66	A43	Old Benoni
Almiron, Antonio	- Larrea, Manuel	0-1	26	B23	Sicilian Closed
Peralta, Eduardo	- Soppe, Guillermo	0-1	47	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Round 7 (May 27, 2010)
Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo	- Almiron, Antonio	½-½	88	A61	Benoni
Soppe, Guillermo	- Valiente, Cristobal	½-½	24	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Brito, Luismar	- Patriarca, Luis	1-0	48	B18	Caro Kann
Larrea, Manuel	- Ferreira, Oscar	0-1	48	E76	King's Indian Four Pawns
Zacarias, M Ruben D	- Peralta, Eduardo	½-½	77	B34	Sicilian Defence
Round 8 (May 28, 2010)
Patriarca, Luis	- Larrea, Manuel	1-0	21	A34	English Symmetrical
Ferreira, Oscar	- Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo	0-1	24	E63	King's Indian 6...Nc6
Almiron, Antonio	- Soppe, Guillermo	0-1	46	A07	Barcza System
Peralta, Eduardo	- Valiente, Cristobal	½-½	27	B23	Sicilian Closed
Zacarias, M Ruben D	- Brito, Luismar	0-1	29	B98	Sicilian Najdorf
Round 9 (May 29, 2010)
Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo	- Patriarca, Luis	½-½	9	A07	Barcza System
Soppe, Guillermo	- Ferreira, Oscar	1-0	38	A64	Benoni
Brito, Luismar	- Peralta, Eduardo	½-½	41	B63	Sicilian Rauzer
Valiente, Cristobal	- Almiron, Antonio	½-½	15	A05	Various
Larrea, Manuel	- Zacarias, M Ruben D	½-½	83	C11	French Defence

III Copa Roggio C Asuncion (PAR), 20-29 v 2010 Leading Round 9 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1
1	Goiriz Y Damian		PAR	2052	7,0	42,5
2	Vazquez Guillermo		PAR	2004	6,5	40,5
3	Latorre Matias		PAR	2072	6,0	44,0
4	Genta Alejandro		URU	2106	6,0	43,5
5	Ippolitti Horacio		ARG	2090	6,0	43,0
6	Roman Rodrigo		PAR	1905	6,0	36,5
7	Butti Enrique		PAR	2089	5,5	37,0
8	Villalba Marcelo		PAR	2107	5,0	42,5
9	Deus Filho Joaquim De		BRA	2048	5,0	38,0
10	Escofet Jaime		URU	2076	5,0	37,5
	Lipiniks Leonardo		PAR	1870	5,0	37,5
12	Diaz Fernando		PAR	1999	5,0	37,0
13	Chang Suzana	WFM	BRA	2031	5,0	36,5
14	Daneri Martin		ARG	2109	5,0	34,5
15	Chavez Nicolas		PAR	1700	5,0	33,5
16	Alarcon Jose		PAR	1748	4,5	33,0
17	Heinrichs Vivian		BRA	1870	4,0	37,0
18	Gomez H. Marcelo		PAR	1518	4,0	33,0
19	Benitez Jose Rodolfo		PAR	1830	4,0	31,5
20	Saldana Fernando		PAR	1833	4,0	30,0
30 players

8) STG Matches Warsaw Poland 2010

The Szachowy Turniej Gwiazd Matches took place in Warsaw, Poland 24th-30th May 2010. Vladimir Malakhov beat Mateusz Bartel 5-1, Aleksander Sznapik beat Iweta Rajlich 4-2 and Bartlomiej Macieja beat Monika Socko 3.5-0.5.

Official Site

Results

STG Match Warsaw
Malakhov, Vladimir	-	Bartel, Mateusz	1-0	60	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Bartel, Mateusz	-	Malakhov, Vladimir	0-1	41	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Malakhov, Vladimir	-	Bartel, Mateusz	½-½	34	A16	English Opening
Bartel, Mateusz	-	Malakhov, Vladimir	0-1	55	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Malakhov, Vladimir	-	Bartel, Mateusz	1-0	68	A16	English Opening
Bartel, Mateusz	-	Malakhov, Vladimir	½-½	60	C53	Giuoco Piano

STG Match Warsaw (POL), 25-30 v 2010
Name	Ti	NAT	Rtng	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	Perf
Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	2722	1	1	½	1	1	½	5	2882
Bartel, Mateusz	g	POL	2609	0	0	½	0	0	½	1	2449

STG Match Warsaw
Rajlich, Iweta	-	Sznapik, Aleksander	½-½	58	A04	Dutch System
Sznapik, Aleksander	-	Rajlich, Iweta	1-0	40	C18	French Winawer
Rajlich, Iweta	-	Sznapik, Aleksander	½-½	58	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Sznapik, Aleksander	-	Rajlich, Iweta	1-0	55	A16	English Opening
Rajlich, Iweta	-	Sznapik, Aleksander	0-1	32	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Sznapik, Aleksander	-	Rajlich, Iweta	0-1	46	C10	French Rubinstein

STG Match Warsaw (POL), 25-30 v 2010
Name	Ti	NAT	Rtng	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	Perf
Sznapik, Aleksander	m	POL	2420	½	1	½	1	1	0	4	2585
Rajlich, Iweta	m	POL	2460	½	0	½	0	0	1	2	2295

STG Match Warsaw
Socko, Monika	-	Macieja, Bartlomiej	0-1	42	B14	Caro Kann Panov
Macieja, Bartlomiej	-	Socko, Monika	1-0	40	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Socko, Monika	-	Macieja, Bartlomiej	½-½	56	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Macieja, Bartlomiej	-	Socko, Monika	1-0	70	D38	QGD Ragozin

STG Match Warsaw (POL), 24-27 v 2010
Name	Ti	NAT	Rtng	1	2	3	4	Total	Perf
Macieja, Bartlomiej	g	POL	2618	1	1	½	1	3½	2821
Socko, Monika	g	POL	2485	0	0	½	0	½	2296

9) 14th Chicago Open 2010

The Chicago Open takes place 27th-31st May 2010. Leading entries: Michael Adams, Evgeny Najer, Daniel Fridman, Loek Van Wely, Victor Mikhalevski, Timur Gareyev, Varuzhan Akobian, Aleksander Lenderman, Jiri Stocek, Jaan Ehlvest and Alexander Shabalov.

Official Site

Results

14th Chicago Open (USA), 27-31 v 2010 Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
#	Name	Ti	Rtng	St	Tot
1	Giorgi Kacheishvili	GM	2580	GEO	6
2	Loek Van Wely	GM	2653	NED	5.5
3	Timur Gareyev	GM	2599	UZB	5.5
4	Varuzhan Akobian	GM	2599	CA	5.5
5	Jaan Ehlvest	GM	2591	NY	5.5
6	Nikola Sedlak	GM	2567	SRB	5.5
7	Melikset Khachiyan	GM	2539	CA	5.5
8	Samuel Shankland	IM	2507	CA	5.5
9	Michael Adams	GM	2697	ENG	5
10	Evgeny Najer	GM	2663	RUS	5
11	Victor Mikhalevski	GM	2614	ISR	5
12	Aleksander Lenderman	GM	2598	NY	5
13	Jiri Stocek	GM	2593	CZE	5
14	Joshua Ed Friedel	GM	2528	NH	5
15	Alex Yermolinsky	GM	2528	SD	5
16	Nikola Mitkov	GM	2509	MKD	5
17	Drasko Boskovic	IM	2450	SRB	5
18	Goran Vojinovic	IM	2447	SRB	5
19	Mackenize Molner		2439	NJ	5
20	Conrad Holt	FM	2375	KS	5
21	Jake Kleiman	FM	2353	TN	5
22	Raymond Kaufman	IM	2286	MD	5
23	Daniel Fridman	GM	2654	GER	4.5
24	Alexander Shabalov	GM	2585	PA	4.5
25	Benjamin Finegold	GM	2539	MO	4.5
26	Dmitry Gurevich	GM	2488	IL	4.5
27	Mesgen Amanov	GM	2479	TKM	4.5
28	Leonid Gerzhoy	IM	2469	CAN	4.5
29	Salvijus Bercys	IM	2427	NY	4.5
30	Michael A Mulyar	IM	2398	CO	4.5
31	Alfonso A Almeida	IM	2380	MEX	4.5
32	Justin Sarkar	IM	2378	NY	4.5
33	Angelo Young	IM	2353	PHI	4.5
34	Eric Rodriguez		2315	FL	4.5
35	Farai Mandizha	FM	2315	ZIM	4.5
36	Seth Homa	FM	2295	MI	4.5
37	WFM Tatev Abrahamyan		2290	CA	4.5
38	Carey M Theil		2219	MA	4.5
39	Andy F Applebaum		2140	IL	4.5
40	Eugene Perelshteyn	GM	2534	MA	4
41	Mikheil Kekelidze	GM	2436	GEO	4
42	Florin Felecan	IM	2404	IL	4
43	Darwin Yang	FM	2393	TX	4
44	Robby Adamson	FM	2328	AZ	4
45	Adnan Kobas	FM	2320	BIH	4
46	Keaton Kiewra	FM	2311	NE	4
47	Carl B Boor	FM	2308	OH	4
48	Dov Gorman	FM	2298	VA	4
49	W Espinoza Palomino	FM	2286	PER	4
50	Arun Sharma		2261	CA	4
51	Albert C Chow	FM	2253	IL	4
52	Jeffrey Haskel		2240	FL	4
53	Jim H Dean	FM	2235	IN	4
54	Michael H Bodek		2219	NY	4
55	Kevin M Wasiluk		2218	MN	4
56	Timur Aliyev		2218	ISR	4
57	Andrew Karklins	FM	2211	IL	4
58	Aleksandar Stamnov	FM	2190	MKD	4
59	Eric S Rosen		2182	IL	4
60	WIM Lorena M Zepeda		2152	ESA	4
61	Matt J Hassen		2070	MI	4
62	Benjamin W Krause		unr.	MD	4
147 players

10) 2nd SCS Open Bhubaneswar

The 2nd Star Chess School Open took place in Bhubaneswar, India 22nd-30th May 2010. Martyn Kravtsiv took first place on tie-break from Aleksej Aleksandrov, Maxim Turov, Alexey Dreev, B Adhiban and Dmitry Kokarev after all finished on 8.5/11.

Official Site

Results

2nd SCS Open Bhubaneswar (IND), 22-30 v 2010 Leading Round 11 (of 11) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1
1	Kravtsiv Martyn	GM	UKR	2546	8,5	76,5
2	Aleksandrov Aleksej	GM	BLR	2604	8,5	76,0
3	Turov Maxim	GM	RUS	2624	8,5	74,5
4	Dreev Alexey	GM	RUS	2655	8,5	72,5
5	Adhiban B	IM	IND	2510	8,5	72,0
6	Kokarev Dmitry	GM	RUS	2612	8,5	72,0
7	Lafuente Pablo	GM	ARG	2587	8,0	75,0
8	Bocharov Dmitry	GM	RUS	2592	8,0	74,5
9	Kovalyov Anton	GM	ARG	2615	8,0	74,0
10	Vaibhav Suri		IND	2347	8,0	71,0
11	Hera Imre Jr	GM	HUN	2558	8,0	71,0
12	Czebe Attila	GM	HUN	2480	8,0	70,5
13	Harutjunyan Gevorg	GM	ARM	2460	8,0	69,0
14	Khusnutdinov Rustam	GM	KAZ	2525	8,0	68,0
15	Iuldachev Saidali	GM	UZB	2511	8,0	64,0
16	Maletin Pavel	GM	RUS	2584	7,5	73,5
17	Simonian Hrair	GM	ARM	2521	7,5	72,5
18	Ibrayev Nurlan	GM	KAZ	2390	7,5	71,0
19	Deepan Chakkravarthy J	GM	IND	2488	7,5	70,5
20	Vorobiov Evgeny E	GM	RUS	2612	7,5	70,5
21	Luther Thomas	GM	GER	2541	7,5	67,0
22	Debashis Das	IM	IND	2400	7,5	66,5
23	Rajesh V A V	FM	IND	2302	7,5	64,5
24	Kasparov Sergey	GM	BLR	2504	7,0	71,5
25	Satyapragyan Swayangsu	IM	IND	2463	7,0	70,5
26	Rathnakaran K	IM	IND	2397	7,0	69,0
27	Ashwin Jayaram	IM	IND	2457	7,0	69,0
28	Karthikeyan P	IM	IND	2411	7,0	68,5
29	Sundararajan Kidambi	GM	IND	2520	7,0	68,0
30	Lalith Babu M R	IM	IND	2493	7,0	68,0
31	Sriram Jha	GM	IND	2507	7,0	68,0
32	Praveen Kumar C	IM	IND	2391	7,0	67,0
33	Konguvel Ponnuswamy	IM	IND	2412	7,0	67,0
34	Abu Sufian Shakil	FM	BAN	2305	7,0	67,0
35	Sai Krishna G V	FM	IND	2282	7,0	66,5
36	Ramnath Bhuvanesh R		IND	2350	7,0	66,5
37	Neelotpal Das	GM	IND	2453	7,0	66,0
38	Shreyansh Daklia		IND	2287	7,0	65,0
39	Singh D P	IM	IND	2286	7,0	65,0
40	Abhishek Kelkar		IND	2261	7,0	64,5
249 players

11) Limburg Open

The Limburg Open took place in Maastricht 21st-24th May 2010. Tigran Gharamian took first place on tie-break from Evgenij Miroshnichenko after both finished on 6/7.

Official site: http://www.limburgopen.nl/

Limburg Open Maastricht (NED), 21-24 v 2010 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank	Name	Ti	Fed.	Score	Rating	TPR	W-We	BH	SB
1	Gharamian, Tigran	GM	FRA	6	2632	2806	1.36	33	27.75
2	Miroshnichenko, Evgenij	GM	UKR	6	2684	2802	0.87	31.5	26.25
3	Nijboer, Friso	GM	NED	5.5	2567	2653	0.8	33	24.25
4	Fedorchuk, Sergey A.	GM	UKR	5.5	2646	2667	0.25	32	24.25
5	Bok, Benjamin	FM	NED	5.5	2430	2507	0.75	27	20.25
6	Henrichs, Thomas	IM	GER	5	2482	2529	0.58	31	20
7	Hovhanisian, Mher	IM	ARM	5	2482	2424	-0.32	30.5	17.75
8	Michiels, Bart	IM	BEL	5	2459	2454	0.13	30	20
9	Shchekachev, Andrei	GM	FRA	5	2549	2486	-0.26	27.5	18
10	Bijlsma, Nick		NED	5	2125	2428	2.8	25.5	17.25
11	Berg, Emanuel	GM	SWE	4.5	2616	2534	-0.41	33.5	20.25
12	Brandenburg, Daan	IM	NED	4.5	2503	2510	0.23	33	19.25
13	Swinkels, Robin	GM	NED	4.5	2493	2346	-0.95	29.5	18.75
14	Driessens, Patrick	FM	NED	4.5	2357	2293	-0.53	28.5	18
15	Admiraal, Miguoel		NED	4.5	2202	2437	1.83	28.5	17.5
16	Wiley, Tom E	FM	ENG	4.5	2281	2356	0.57	28	17
17	Timmermans, Ivo		NED	4.5	2216	2426	1.91	27.5	15.75
18	Hetey, Laszlo	IM	GER	4.5	2351	2374	0.24	27.5	15.75
19	Schut, Lisa	WIM	NED	4.5	2267	2371	0.94	27	15.25
20	Van Der Heijden, Alan		NED	4.5	2235	2325	0.63	26.5	14.75
21	Braun, Christian	FM	GER	4.5	2377	2351	-0.13	26.5	14.5
22	Laurent, Bruno	IM	BEL	4.5	2330	2341	0.19	26	16
23	Haast, Anne		NED	4.5	2220	2303	0.81	25.5	14.25
24	Hamblok, Roel		BEL	4.5	2145	2406	2.26	25.5	13.5
25	Dambacher, Martijn	IM	NED	4	2486	2360	-0.97	31	15.25
26	Beeke, Bob		NED	4	2210	2360	1.39	29.5	16.25
27	Schuh, Dirk	FM	GER	4	2344	2279	-0.54	28	13.75
28	Ducarmon, Quinten		NED	4	2203	2354	1.36	27.5	15.25
29	Hoffmeister, Frank, Dr.		GER	4	2173	2275	0.83	27.5	14.25
30	Memeti, Kastriot		BEL	4	2202	2332	1.19	27	13.5
31	Nijs, Nils		BEL	4	2250	2250	-0.03	27	13
32	Nabuurs, Mart		NED	4	2161	2328	1.54	26.5	13.25
33	Zult, Daan		NED	4	2235	2297	0.44	26	13
34	Larmuseau, Maarten		BEL	4	2267	2235	-0.15	25.5	13.25
35	Ondersteijn, Niels	FM	NED	4	2276	2202	-0.54	25.5	13.25
36	Bezemer, Arno	FM	NED	4	2343	2191	-1.28	25	14
37	Simenon, Jozef		NED	4	2235	2250	0.14	25	13
38	Sinz, Bernhard		GER	4	2226	2342	0.97	25	11
39	Groffen, Hans		NED	4	2149	2235	0.85	24.5	13.25
40	Vrancken, Gilbert		NED	4	2165	2236	0.69	23.5	10.5
41	Ten Hagen, Yorick		NED	4	2215	2222	0.09	23	12.5
42	Bomans, Arno		BEL	4	2187	2162	-0.21	22	11.75
43	Hovenga, Alje		NED	4	2188	2117	-0.56	20.5	10.25
100 players

12) Croatian Championships

The playoff match for the Croatian Championships took place in Zagreb 28th-31st May 2010. Ivan Saric beat Alojzije Jankovic 2.5-1.5.

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

Match Zagreb
Saric, Ivan	-	Jankovic, Alojzije	0-1	52	B67	Sicilian Rauzer
Jankovic, Alojzije	-	Saric, Ivan	0-1	57	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Saric, Ivan	-	Jankovic, Alojzije	1-0	34	B67	Sicilian Rauzer
Jankovic, Alojzije	-	Saric, Ivan	½-½	37	D11	Slav Defence

Match Zagreb (CRO), 28-31 v 2010
Name	Ti	NAT	Rtng	1	2	3	4	Total	Perf
Saric, Ivan	g	CRO	2580	0	1	1	½	2½	2654
Jankovic, Alojzije	g	CRO	2559	1	0	0	½	1½	2493

13) Mitropa Cup

The Mitropa Cup takes place in Chur 29th May - 6th June 2010.

Official site: http://www.swisschess.ch/Mitropacup2010/teams.htm

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr33539.aspx

Mitropa Cup Chur (SUI), 29 v-6 vi 2010 Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
Rg.	Team	Sp.	+	=	-	MP	Pkt.
1	Italy	2	2	0	0	4	6½
2	Hungary	2	2	0	0	4	5½
3	Czech Republic	2	1	1	0	3	4½
4	Germany	2	0	2	0	2	4
	Switzerland	2	1	0	1	2	4
6	France	2	1	0	1	2	3½
7	Slovakia	2	0	1	1	1	3½
8	Croatia	2	0	1	1	1	3
9	Austria	2	0	1	1	1	2½
10	Slovenia	2	0	0	2	0	3

Mitropa Cup w Chur (SUI), 29 v-6 vi 2010 Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
Rg.	Team	Sp.	+	=	-	MP	Pkt.
1	France	2	1	1	0	3	3
2	Italy	2	1	1	0	3	2½
	Slovakia	2	1	1	0	3	2½
	Hungary	2	1	1	0	3	2½
5	Germany	2	0	2	0	2	2
6	Czech Republic	2	0	2	0	2	2
	Croatia	2	0	2	0	2	2
8	Slovenia	2	0	1	1	1	1½
9	Switzerland	2	0	1	1	1	1
10	Austria	2	0	0	2	0	1

14) Zalakaros Open

The Hungarian Open takes place in Zalakaros May 26th - 3rd June 2010.

Official site: http://www.chesspremier.com/ered_zalakaros.html

XXIX Open A Zalakaros (HUN), 26 v-3 vi 2010 Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
No.	PNo.	Name	rat.	Score	WP	SB	PS	TPR	W-We
1.	7	Medvegy, Zoltan	2518	4.5	14.5	12.50	14.0	2727	+1.03
2.	2	Erdos, Viktor	2589	4.0	18.5	14.25	13.5	2654	+0.43
	6	Vajda, Levente	2519	4.0	16.5	12.75	12.5	2566	+0.28
	3	Groszpeter, Attila	2530	4.0	16.5	12.50	12.5	2627	+0.59
	1	Ovsejevitsch, Sergei	2600	4.0	15.5	11.75	12.5	2641	+0.27
	13	Nemeth, Miklos	2468	4.0	15.5	11.50	12.0	2555	+0.54
	8	Gonda, Laszlo	2512	4.0	15.0	11.00	13.5	2645	+0.87
	15	Fodor, Tamas Jr.	2420	4.0	15.0	11.25	12.5	2586	+1.04
	12	Sergeev, Vladimir	2473	4.0	15.0	11.75	11.5	2570	+0.61
	19	Berczes, Csaba	2397	4.0	13.5	10.50	12.0	2577	+1.13
	5	Berczes, David	2519	4.0	13.5	10.50	12.0	2571	+0.30
	16	Szabo, Zsolt Jozsef	2418	4.0	13.5	9.00	12.0	2504	+0.55
13.	10	Horvath, Adam	2494	3.5	17.0	11.50	12.0	2489	+0.04
	9	Prohaszka, Peter	2510	3.5	16.0	10.75	12.0	2487	-0.08
	38	Pataki, Gyozo	2310	3.5	15.0	7.00	12.0	2467	+0.86
	22	Csonka, Attila Istvan	2385	3.5	14.5	9.75	11.0	2402	+0.19
	23	Ianov, Viktor	2375	3.5	13.5	8.00	11.5	2463	+0.62
	32	Nagy, Gabor	2338	3.5	13.0	7.75	9.5	2389	+0.36
	31	Schneider, Veronika	2339	3.5	11.5	6.75	11.0	2286	-0.18
	37	Vas, Peter	2312	3.5	11.0	8.00	9.0	2299	-0.06
21.	18	Gergacz, Attila	2417	3.0	15.0	7.25	11.5	2460	+0.37
	91	Kaczur, Florian	1948	3.0	15.0	7.50	10.0	2295	+1.55
	77	Nemeth, Denes	2108	3.0	14.5	7.50	10.5	2464	+2.19
	27	Kernazhitsky, Leonid	2354	3.0	14.0	6.00	11.0	2342	+0.01
	4	Banusz, Tamas	2524	3.0	14.0	7.25	10.0	2367	-0.89
	45	Deak, Ferenc	2259	3.0	14.0	6.00	10.0	2296	+0.26
	29	Takacs, Balazs	2346	3.0	14.0	7.25	9.5	2277	-0.35
	55	Steiner, Bruno	2209	3.0	13.5	5.50	9.0	2412	+1.31
	26	Vajda, Szidonia	2363	3.0	13.0	7.75	9.5	2313	-0.27
	44	Kincs, Imre	2259	3.0	13.0	6.50	9.5	2294	+0.25
	34	Jamrich, Gyorgy	2322	3.0	13.0	5.00	9.0	2333	+0.15
	20	Nagy, Bence	2389	3.0	12.5	7.00	9.0	2295	-0.49
	51	Vukovic, Ivo	2229	3.0	12.5	6.25	7.5	2315	+0.52
	25	Kilgus, Georg	2365	3.0	12.0	5.75	10.0	2263	-0.50
	42	Vegh, Endre	2266	3.0	12.0	6.25	9.0	2308	+0.33
	39	Pergel, Laszlo	2285	3.0	12.0	5.50	9.0	2233	-0.25
	49	Goczo, Melinda	2234	3.0	11.5	5.25	9.0	2340	+0.56
	21	Tompa, Janos	2387	3.0	11.5	6.25	9.0	2268	-0.72
	17	Csiszar, Csaba	2417	3.0	11.0	6.00	8.5	2285	-0.79
	59	Radnai, Adam	2198	3.0	11.0	4.50	8.0	2334	+0.94
	35	Racz, Zoltan	2316	3.0	10.5	6.00	8.0	2294	-0.10
	33	Borsos, Bogdan	2334	3.0	10.5	4.00	8.0	2304	-0.13
43.	11	Bokros, Albert	2486	2.5	15.5	10.00	10.5	2626	+0.54
	56	Zakharchenko, Arnold	2209	2.5	15.5	5.75	7.5	2314	+0.66
	58	Eperjesi, Laszlo Dr.	2203	2.5	14.5	6.00	8.0	2307	+0.66
	43	Molnar, Peter	2261	2.5	13.5	4.00	9.0	2271	+0.00
	24	Horvath, Gyula	2367	2.5	13.5	6.50	8.5	2153	-1.36
	66	Tesik, Csaba	2162	2.5	13.5	5.50	7.5	2317	+1.00
	53	Boronyak, Arpad	2224	2.5	13.5	5.00	6.5	2309	+0.50
	46	Istvanovszki, Martin	2258	2.5	13.0	4.25	8.5	2197	-0.33
	70	Hrbolka, Ladislav	2135	2.5	13.0	6.50	7.0	2337	+1.28
	61	Csonka, Balazs	2197	2.5	12.5	5.00	6.5	2233	+0.26
	73	Kabai, Zsuzsanna	2130	2.5	12.0	4.25	7.5	2237	+0.50
	60	Straubinger, Daniel	2198	2.5	12.0	4.25	6.5	2206	+0.03
	62	Kovacs, Lajos	2197	2.5	12.0	3.75	6.0	2150	-0.27
	36	Szabo, Bence	2316	2.5	11.5	4.25	7.5	2213	-0.66
	28	Chetverik, Maxim	2354	2.5	11.5	5.00	6.0	2138	-1.37
	48	Feher, Adam	2247	2.5	11.0	3.00	7.0	2183	-0.34
	71	Lyell, Mark	2132	2.5	11.0	3.25	6.0	2203	+0.51
	63	Kozak, Milos	2184	2.5	10.0	4.50	6.5	2221	+0.25
61.	41	Szalanczy, Emil	2277	2.0	14.5	3.50	8.0	2177	-0.67
	86	Kantor, Gergely	2041	2.0	13.5	3.75	6.0	2103	+0.23
	47	Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij	2254	2.0	13.0	3.50	8.5	2205	-0.26
	14	Meszaros, Tamas	2434	2.0	13.0	4.75	7.0	2122	-1.97
	98	Stifter, Ewald	0000	2.0	12.5	2.25	7.0	2060	2060
	57	Kreindl, Helmut	2206	2.0	12.5	2.50	6.0	2179	-0.22
	64	Korpa, Bence	2172	2.0	12.5	2.75	6.0	2185	+0.09
	52	Kende, Gyorgy Dr.	2224	2.0	12.5	3.75	5.5	2153	-0.54
	54	Makk, Robert	2222	2.0	11.0	2.25	5.5	2145	-0.57
	78	Gledura, Benjamin	2102	2.0	11.0	4.00	5.0	2182	+0.49
	75	Gal, Lajos	2115	2.0	11.0	3.75	5.0	2176	+0.34
	74	Vincze, Robert	2127	2.0	11.0	3.25	4.5	2093	-0.26
	30	Rigo, Janos	2340	2.0	10.0	3.00	5.0	1945	-2.03
74.	65	Bemak, Mikhail	2171	1.5	14.0	3.00	5.5	2065	-0.66
	80	Ferencz, Istvan	2072	1.5	13.0	3.00	4.0	2053	-0.16
	40	Juhasz, Kristof	2278	1.5	12.5	1.25	6.0	1925	-1.69
	84	Bea, Boglarka	2055	1.5	12.5	3.75	5.5	2103	+0.23
	50	Bereczki, Janos	2229	1.5	12.5	2.50	5.0	2052	-1.27
	79	Greeff, Melissa	2075	1.5	12.0	3.00	6.0	2145	+0.35
	69	Antal, Tibor Kende	2153	1.5	12.0	3.75	5.5	2146	-0.10
	93	Varadi, Benedek	1846	1.5	12.0	3.25	4.5	2025	+0.87
	68	Marton, Jozsef	2154	1.5	11.5	2.25	3.5	2120	-0.27
	92	Toplak, Stefan	1909	1.5	11.5	2.25	3.5	2004	+0.47
	97	Sonnberger, Thomas	0000	1.5	11.0	2.00	4.5	2064	2064
	87	Genda, Karoly	2016	1.5	11.0	2.25	3.5	1987	-0.24
	72	Lazar, Andras	2132	1.5	11.0	1.75	3.5	2065	-0.50
	85	Dankhazi, Andras	2049	1.5	10.0	1.75	3.5	1971	-0.54
	76	Gaal, Ede	2110	1.5	9.5	0.50	4.0	2057	-0.37
	81	Voegerl, Ronald	2064	1.5	9.5	2.25	3.5	1987	-0.56
	83	Vrchotka, Josef	2060	1.5	9.0	1.25	2.5	1926	-0.89
	90	Nagy, Kristof	1952	1.5	8.5	0.75	2.0	1909	-0.39
	94	Munka, Bela	1838	1.5	7.5	1.25	2.0	1911	+0.34
93.	88	Szajbely, Zsigmond	2004	1.0	9.5	0.00	2.0	1878	-0.78
	67	Schmid, Siegfried	2156	1.0	9.0	3.00	3.5	1898	-0.93
	89	Lacha, Jan	1981	1.0	8.0	1.00	2.5	1887	-0.59
96.	96	Liebl, Korbinian	1781	0.5	10.0	1.00	2.0	1734	-0.16
	82	Huber, Stefan	1973	0.5	9.0	0.50	1.5	1769	-0.97
98.	95	Nemeth, Gergely	1835	0.0	8.0	0.00	0.0	1350	-1.02

15) Hungarian Women's Championship

The Hungarian Women's Championship took place in Nagykanizsa 14th-23rd May 2010. Anna Rudolf took clear first place with 7½/9.

Official site: http://www.chesspremier.com/chess/events.htm

Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr34041.aspx

ch-HUN w Nagykanizsa (HUN), 14-23 v 2010
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Rudolf, Anna	wg	HUN	2344	*	0	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	7½	2491
2.	Toth, Lili	wm	HUN	2175	1	*	½	1	½	1	0	0	1	1	6	2361
3.	Goczo, Melinda	wm	HUN	2234	0	½	*	½	1	1	1	½	1	½	6	2355
4.	Lakos, Nikoletta	wg	HUN	2289	0	0	½	*	1	1	½	1	½	1	5½	2304
5.	Papp, Petra		HUN	2270	½	½	0	0	*	0	1	1	½	1	4½	2226
6.	Hidegh, Eszter		HUN	2146	0	0	0	0	1	*	1	0	1	1	4	2197
7.	Schneider, Veronika	wm	HUN	2339	0	1	0	½	0	0	*	1	0	1	3½	2138
8.	Pinterne, Kovacs Marta	wm	HUN	2139	0	1	½	0	0	1	0	*	½	0	3	2115
9.	Varga, Klara	wf	HUN	2223	0	0	0	½	½	0	1	½	*	0	2½	2065
10.	Erdos, Boglarka		HUN	2147	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	1	1	*	2½	2073

Round 1 (May 14, 2010)
Toth, Lili	- Rudolf, Anna	1-0	28	D20	QGA
Goczo, Melinda	- Erdos, Boglarka	½-½	36	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Papp, Petra	- Varga, Klara	½-½	60	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Hidegh, Eszter	- Lakos, Nikoletta	0-1	51	B26	Sicilian Closed
Schneider, Veronika	- Pinterne, Kovacs Marta	1-0	28	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Round 2 (May 15, 2010)
Rudolf, Anna	- Schneider, Veronika	1-0	45	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Lakos, Nikoletta	- Pinterne, Kovacs Marta	1-0	30	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Hidegh, Eszter	- Goczo, Melinda	0-1	21	B23	Sicilian Closed
Varga, Klara	- Toth, Lili	0-1	50	B43	Sicilian Paulsen
Erdos, Boglarka	- Papp, Petra	0-1	40	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Round 3 (May 16, 2010)
Toth, Lili	- Erdos, Boglarka	1-0	38	D20	QGA
Goczo, Melinda	- Lakos, Nikoletta	½-½	53	E20	Nimzo Indian
Papp, Petra	- Hidegh, Eszter	0-1	26	B15	Caro Kann
Schneider, Veronika	- Varga, Klara	0-1	72	C45	Scotch Game
Pinterne, Kovacs Marta	- Rudolf, Anna	0-1	81	A46	Queen's Pawn Opening
Round 4 (May 17, 2010)
Goczo, Melinda	- Papp, Petra	1-0	57	A11	Reti Opening
Lakos, Nikoletta	- Rudolf, Anna	0-1	33	C03	French Tarrasch
Hidegh, Eszter	- Toth, Lili	0-1	60	C02	French Advance
Varga, Klara	- Pinterne, Kovacs Marta	½-½	56	B28	Sicilian Early a7-a6
Erdos, Boglarka	- Schneider, Veronika	0-1	27	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Round 5 (May 18, 2010)
Rudolf, Anna	- Varga, Klara	1-0	35	C24	Bishop's Opening
Toth, Lili	- Goczo, Melinda	½-½	18	D18	Slav Defence
Papp, Petra	- Lakos, Nikoletta	0-1	70	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Schneider, Veronika	- Hidegh, Eszter	0-1	56	B06	Modern Defence
Pinterne, Kovacs Marta	- Erdos, Boglarka	0-1	66	A06	Zukertort Opening
Round 6 (May 20, 2010)
Goczo, Melinda	- Schneider, Veronika	1-0	24	D82	Gruenfeld 4.Bf4
Lakos, Nikoletta	- Varga, Klara	½-½	37	C57	Two Knights Defence Fritz's Var
Papp, Petra	- Toth, Lili	½-½	34	B63	Sicilian Rauzer
Hidegh, Eszter	- Pinterne, Kovacs Marta	0-1	40	B23	Sicilian Closed
Erdos, Boglarka	- Rudolf, Anna	0-1	34	E06	Catalan
Round 7 (May 21, 2010)
Rudolf, Anna	- Hidegh, Eszter	1-0	68	B06	Modern Defence
Toth, Lili	- Lakos, Nikoletta	1-0	40	E20	Nimzo Indian
Schneider, Veronika	- Papp, Petra	0-1	53	C45	Scotch Game
Pinterne, Kovacs Marta	- Goczo, Melinda	½-½	76	A46	Queen's Pawn Opening
Varga, Klara	- Erdos, Boglarka	0-1	50	C02	French Advance
Round 8 (May 22, 2010)
Toth, Lili	- Schneider, Veronika	0-1	62	D83	Gruenfeld 4.Bf4
Goczo, Melinda	- Rudolf, Anna	0-1	24	E20	Nimzo Indian
Lakos, Nikoletta	- Erdos, Boglarka	1-0	41	C03	French Tarrasch
Papp, Petra	- Pinterne, Kovacs Marta	1-0	35	B01	Centre Counter
Hidegh, Eszter	- Varga, Klara	1-0	33	B20	Sicilian Wing Gambit
Round 9 (May 23, 2010)
Rudolf, Anna	- Papp, Petra	½-½	41	C28	Vienna Game
Schneider, Veronika	- Lakos, Nikoletta	½-½	35	B40	Sicilian Classical
Pinterne, Kovacs Marta	- Toth, Lili	1-0	28	A48	King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Varga, Klara	- Goczo, Melinda	0-1	32	C02	French Advance
Erdos, Boglarka	- Hidegh, Eszter	0-1	40	B06	Modern Defence

16) 6th and 7th MGU Opens

The 6th open MGU took place 22nd-23rd May 2010 in Sofia. Adriana Nikolova edged out Goran Krustev after both finished on 5/6.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr34281.aspx?art=1&lan=1&m=-1&wi=1000

The 7th open MGU took place 29th-30th May 2010 in Sofia. Aleksandar Dimitrov finished on 5.5/6.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr34492.aspx?art=1&lan=1&m=-1&wi=1000

17) 2nd Kahraman Olgac Memorial

The 2nd Kahraman Olgac Memorial took place in Istanbul 24th-28th May 2010. Games from Round 6 are missing.

Official site: http://angora.tsf.org.tr/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/lang,turkish/

2nd Kahraman Olgac Memorial (TUR), 24-28 v 2010
2. A (25½ Pts./13 MP)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts	Gam.	%	Rtg-Ø
1	GM	Kulaots Kaido	2572	EST	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8½	10	85.0	2429
2	GM	Strikovic Aleksa	2557	SRB	0	1	1	0	1	½	½	½	0	1	5½	10	55.0	2429
3	GM	Mirzoev Azer	2555	AZE	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	5½	10	55.0	2429
4	GM	Movsziszian Karen	2534	ARM	0	½	1	0	0	½	0	1	0	½	3½	10	35.0	2429
5	WIM	Tsatsalashvili Keti	2257	GEO	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	2½	10	25.0	2429
1. B (24½ Pts./7 MP)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts	Gam.	%	Rtg-Ø
1	FM	Kanmazalp Ogulcan	2287	TUR	½	½	0	1	½	½	1	0	1	½	5½	10	55.0	2495
2	IM	Yilmaz Mustafa	2476	TUR	1	0	½	½	1	½	½	1	0	0	5	10	50.0	2495
3	IM	Erdogdu Mert	2458	TUR	½	0	0	1	½	½	0	0	1	0	3½	10	35.0	2495
4	IM	Esen Baris	2521	TUR	1	½	½	1	0	0	½	½	½	½	5	10	50.0	2495
5	FM	Firat Burak	2403	TUR	1	1	½	0	0	½	½	½	1	½	5½	10	55.0	2495

18) Six Seasons International

The Six Seasons International Chess Tournament for WIM Norm took place in Narayanganj, Bangladesh 7 players participated in a double round robin league system. Dutta Joydeep won with 10/12. News Haroon Rashid.

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

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr34401.aspx

Six Seasons WIM Narayanganj (BAN), 23-31 v 2010
Rk.	Name	Ti	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pts.	TB1	TB3
1	Dutta Joydeep	FM	2341	IND	***	½ 1	½ 1	1 1	½ ½	1 1	1 1	10	59.75	8
2	Mohammed Abdul Malek	FM	2259	BAN	½ 0	***	1 1	½ ½	1 1	1 1	1 1	9.5	52.5	8
3	Rahman Syed Mahfuzur	FM	2288	BAN	½ 0	0 0	***	1 1	0 1	1 1	1 ½	7	36.5	6
4	Enkhtuul Altanulzii		2133	MGL	0 0	½ ½	0 0	***	1 1	1 1	1 1	7	33.5	6
5	Shamima Akter Liza	WFM	2122	BAN	½ ½	0 0	1 0	0 0	***	1 1	1 1	6	28	5
6	Sultana Sharmin Shirin		1980	BAN	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	***	1 ½	1.5	3	1
7	Siddiqui Nida Mishraz		0	PAK	0 0	0 0	0 ½	0 0	0 0	0 ½	***	1	5.25	0

19) Ontario International Chess Open, Toronto

The Ontario International Chess Open took place over the Victoria Day weekend - 22nd-24th May 2010.

64th Ontario Open Championship: GM Bator Sambuev (RUS) topped the 118 player field to defend his title and win the 64th Ontario Open Championship, held in Toronto, Canada, May 22-24, with a score of 5/6. 2nd place with 4.5 points in the FIDE rated Open Section was shared by IMs David Cummings, Nikolay Noritsyn (CAN); and Bryan Smith (USA). Organizer: Ted Winick, President, Chess Institute of Canada, for the Ontario Chess Association. Tournament Director: IA Francis Rodrigues. Website (www.CanadianChess.info), report and games: IA David Cohen.

Reports and Pairings: http://www.canadianchess.info/articles/2010OntarioOpen.html

64th Open ch-Ontario Toronto (CAN), 22-24 v 2010
#	Name	Old	Perf	New	High	Tot
1	Sambuev, Bator	2612	2586	2615	2638	5
2	Smith, Bryan	2296	2569	2341	2341	4.5
3	Cummings, David	2462	2492	2480	2490	4.5
4	Noritsyn, Nikolay	2559	2424	2552	2564	4.5
5	Kaufman, Raymond	2234	2395	2261	2261	4
6	Henry, Liam	2295	2333	2311	2321	4
7	Grigorescu, Laurentiu	2004	2309	2080	2080	4
8	Plotkin, Victor	2422	2401	2424	2424	3.5
9	Aronov, Yuri	2266	2344	2278	2289	3.5
10	Sapozhnikov, Roman	2436	2292	2422	2477	3.5
11	Gelis, Paul	2198	2258	2216	2222	3.5
12	Kleinman, Michael	2232	2220	2233	2233	3.5
13	Kryvoshlyk, Yuriy	2174	2191	2178	2178	3
14	Gusev, Nikita	2274	2150	2266	2274	3
15	Wang, Jesse B	2052	2119	2070	2121	3
16	Filipovich, David	2226	2106	2218	2370	3
17	Barrios, Felix	2174	2082	2162	2190	3
18	Campbell, Brett	2270	2216	2268	2388	2.5
19	Doubleday, William G.	2201	2132	2196	2250	2.5
20	Southam, David	2119	2070	2114	2347	2.5
21	Orlova, Yelizaveta	2028	2059	2040	2040	2.5
22	Florea, Alexandru	2050	1947	2034	2080	2.5
23	Itkin, David	1965	1930	1965	1965	2.5
24	Wight, Keith	1975	1996	1987	2208	2
25	Tonakanian, Stephan	2008	1945	1990	17	2
26	Kagramanov, Dalia	2012	1925	1998	2012	2
27	Drkulec, Vladimir	2157	1900	2100	2208	2
28	Mahoney, Ian	1702	1855	1716	1716	1.5
29	Tang, Leslie	1612	1753	1626	1626	1.5
30	Johnston, Robert B.	0	2062	2064	1	0.5
31	Abrahams, Daniel	2060	1820	2040	2084	0

20) Moscow Championship

The Moscow Championship final stages were in two parts. The first was a knockout event in March which reduced the field from 32 to 8. The last 8 players competed in an all-play-all May 23rd-29th 2010. There was a tie on 4/7 with Nikolai Chadaev taking first place on tie-break from Sergey Grigoriants, Andrey Rychagov and Stanislav Novikov.

Official site: http://moschess.ru/

Official site: http://icce.su/tournament.php?id=34&date=2010

Official site: http://moschess.ru/?p=7003

ch-Moscow Final Moscow (RUS), 23-29 v 2010											cat. XII (2535)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1.	Chadaev, Nikolai	m	RUS	2565	*	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	4	2580
2.	Grigoriants, Sergey	g	RUS	2568	0	*	1	½	½	½	1	½	4	2580
3.	Rychagov, Andrey	g	RUS	2551	½	0	*	1	½	½	½	1	4	2582
4.	Novikov, Stanislav	g	RUS	2558	½	½	0	*	1	½	½	1	4	2581
5.	Dvalishvili, Pavel S	f	RUS	2446	½	½	½	0	*	½	1	½	3½	2547
6.	Deviatkin, Andrei	g	RUS	2574	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	0	3	2479
7.	Mozharov, Mikhail	m	RUS	2474	½	0	½	½	0	½	*	1	3	2493
8.	Nikolenko, Oleg	g	RUS	2545	½	½	0	0	½	1	0	*	2½	2431

Round 1 (May 23, 2010)
Rychagov, Andrey	- Chadaev, Nikolai	½-½	54	D17	Slav Defence
Novikov, Stanislav	- Grigoriants, Sergey	½-½	39	A11	Reti Opening
Mozharov, Mikhail	- Deviatkin, Andrei	½-½	29	D17	Slav Defence
Nikolenko, Oleg	- Dvalishvili, Pavel S	½-½	33	C97	Ruy Lopez
Round 2 (May 24, 2010)
Chadaev, Nikolai	- Dvalishvili, Pavel S	½-½	49	C91	Ruy Lopez
Grigoriants, Sergey	- Mozharov, Mikhail	1-0	43	B50	Sicilian Defence
Rychagov, Andrey	- Novikov, Stanislav	1-0	46	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Deviatkin, Andrei	- Nikolenko, Oleg	0-1	34	A01	Larsen Opening
Round 3 (May 25, 2010)
Novikov, Stanislav	- Chadaev, Nikolai	½-½	71	B10	Caro Kann
Dvalishvili, Pavel S	- Deviatkin, Andrei	½-½	29	B10	Caro Kann
Mozharov, Mikhail	- Rychagov, Andrey	½-½	33	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Nikolenko, Oleg	- Grigoriants, Sergey	½-½	18	D79	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Round 4 (May 26, 2010)
Chadaev, Nikolai	- Deviatkin, Andrei	½-½	17	D17	Slav Defence
Grigoriants, Sergey	- Dvalishvili, Pavel S	½-½	43	A35	English Symmetrical
Rychagov, Andrey	- Nikolenko, Oleg	1-0	51	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Novikov, Stanislav	- Mozharov, Mikhail	½-½	27	B50	Sicilian Defence
Round 5 (May 27, 2010)
Dvalishvili, Pavel S	- Rychagov, Andrey	½-½	14	E06	Catalan
Deviatkin, Andrei	- Grigoriants, Sergey	½-½	34	B18	Caro Kann
Mozharov, Mikhail	- Chadaev, Nikolai	½-½	23	C41	Philidor's Defence
Nikolenko, Oleg	- Novikov, Stanislav	0-1	56	B32	Sicilian Labourdonnais
Round 6 (May 28, 2010)
Chadaev, Nikolai	- Grigoriants, Sergey	1-0	56	B46	Sicilian Paulsen
Rychagov, Andrey	- Deviatkin, Andrei	½-½	16	D18	Slav Defence
Novikov, Stanislav	- Dvalishvili, Pavel S	1-0	47	C45	Scotch Game
Mozharov, Mikhail	- Nikolenko, Oleg	1-0	46	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Round 7 (May 29, 2010)
Grigoriants, Sergey	- Rychagov, Andrey	1-0	40	C11	French Defence
Dvalishvili, Pavel S	- Mozharov, Mikhail	1-0	51	B10	Caro Kann
Deviatkin, Andrei	- Novikov, Stanislav	½-½	44	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Nikolenko, Oleg	- Chadaev, Nikolai	½-½	43	C42	Petroff's Defence

21) 2nd Limpedea Cup

The 2nd Limpedea Cup GM Norm Tournament takes place 23th May - 3rd June 2010 organised by the Baia Mare Chess Club, in cooperation with Romanian Chess Federation and the local authorities, organizing at Limpedea Hostel in Baia Sprie (Maramures County).

Official site: http://www.limpedea.ddt.ro/

2nd Limpedea Cup Baia Sprie (ROM), 24 v-3 vi 2010															cat. VIII (2441)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Jianu, Vlad-Cristian	g	ROU	2492	*	1	.	.	½	½	1	½	.	½	1	1	6	2634
2.	Manolache, Marius	g	ROU	2527	0	*	.	1	½	.	.	1	1	½	½	1	5½	2557
3.	Grigore, George-Gabriel	g	ROU	2532	.	.	*	½	½	.	½	1	½	1	½	1	5½	2545
4.	Sieciechowicz, Marcin	m	POL	2427	.	0	½	*	.	½	1	.	0	1	1	1	5	2519
5.	Shishkin, Vadim UKR	g	UKR	2513	½	½	½	.	*	½	½	½	1	.	.	½	4½	2482
6.	Warakomski, Tomasz	m	POL	2499	½	.	.	½	½	*	0	½	.	1	½	1	4½	2470
7.	Manea, Alexandru	m	ROU	2396	0	.	½	0	½	1	*	½	½	1	.	.	4	2456
8.	Dvirnyy, Daniyyl	f	ITA	2459	½	0	0	.	½	½	½	*	.	.	1	1	4	2458
9.	Szabo, Attila1	f	ROU	2306	.	0	½	1	0	.	½	.	*	0	1	0	3	2354
10.	Thesing, Matthias	m	GER	2425	½	½	0	0	.	0	0	.	1	*	½	.	2½	2306
11.	Burnoiu, Nicolae-Costel	m	ROU	2403	0	½	½	0	.	½	.	0	0	½	*	.	2	2265
12.	Bonte, Andrei-Mihai		ROU	2307	0	0	0	0	½	0	.	0	1	.	.	*	1½	2218

Round 1 (May 24, 2010)
Jianu, Vlad-Cristian	- Thesing, Matthias	½-½	26	D20	QGA
Grigore, George-Gabriel	- Szabo, Attila1	½-½	32	A41	Modern Defence
Shishkin, Vadim UKR	- Manea, Alexandru	½-½	31	D15	Slav Defence
Warakomski, Tomasz	- Sieciechowicz, Marcin	½-½	25	C06	French Tarrasch
Dvirnyy, Daniyyl	- Burnoiu, Nicolae-Costel	1-0	48	B53	Sicilian Hungarian
Bonte, Andrei-Mihai	- Manolache, Marius	0-1	57	E91	King's Indian Classical
Round 2 (May 25, 2010)
Manolache, Marius	- Szabo, Attila1	1-0	40	A41	Modern Defence
Sieciechowicz, Marcin	- Grigore, George-Gabriel	½-½	50	E94	King's Indian Classical
Manea, Alexandru	- Dvirnyy, Daniyyl	½-½	45	A48	King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Thesing, Matthias	- Warakomski, Tomasz	0-1	40	B43	Sicilian Paulsen
Burnoiu, Nicolae-Costel	- Jianu, Vlad-Cristian	0-1	30	B70	Sicilian Dragon
Bonte, Andrei-Mihai	- Shishkin, Vadim UKR	½-½	38	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Round 3 (May 26, 2010)
Jianu, Vlad-Cristian	- Manea, Alexandru	1-0	62	D11	Slav Defence
Grigore, George-Gabriel	- Thesing, Matthias	1-0	43	D35	QGD Exchange
Shishkin, Vadim UKR	- Manolache, Marius	½-½	80	E91	King's Indian Classical
Warakomski, Tomasz	- Burnoiu, Nicolae-Costel	½-½	25	B52	Sicilian Rossolimo
Dvirnyy, Daniyyl	- Bonte, Andrei-Mihai	1-0	22	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Szabo, Attila1	- Sieciechowicz, Marcin	1-0	72	A21	English Opening
Round 4 (May 27, 2010)
Manolache, Marius	- Sieciechowicz, Marcin	1-0	57	D11	Slav Defence
Shishkin, Vadim UKR	- Dvirnyy, Daniyyl	½-½	28	E35	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Manea, Alexandru	- Warakomski, Tomasz	1-0	17	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Thesing, Matthias	- Szabo, Attila1	1-0	36	B23	Sicilian Closed
Burnoiu, Nicolae-Costel	- Grigore, George-Gabriel	½-½	26	B19	Caro Kann
Bonte, Andrei-Mihai	- Jianu, Vlad-Cristian	0-1	34	A46	Queen's Pawn Opening
Round 5 (May 28, 2010)
Jianu, Vlad-Cristian	- Shishkin, Vadim UKR	½-½	25	D80	Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Grigore, George-Gabriel	- Manea, Alexandru	½-½	41	D15	Slav Defence
Sieciechowicz, Marcin	- Thesing, Matthias	1-0	31	D36	QGD Exchange
Warakomski, Tomasz	- Bonte, Andrei-Mihai	1-0	40	C51	Evans Gambit
Dvirnyy, Daniyyl	- Manolache, Marius	0-1	69	B06	Modern Defence
Szabo, Attila1	- Burnoiu, Nicolae-Costel	1-0	64	D77	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Round 6 (May 28, 2010)
Manolache, Marius	- Thesing, Matthias	½-½	32	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Shishkin, Vadim UKR	- Warakomski, Tomasz	½-½	38	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Manea, Alexandru	- Szabo, Attila1	½-½	53	A70	Benoni
Dvirnyy, Daniyyl	- Jianu, Vlad-Cristian	½-½	51	B77	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Burnoiu, Nicolae-Costel	- Sieciechowicz, Marcin	0-1	48	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Bonte, Andrei-Mihai	- Grigore, George-Gabriel	0-1	43	E94	King's Indian Classical
Round 7 (May 30, 2010)
Jianu, Vlad-Cristian	- Manolache, Marius	1-0	36	A53	Old Indian Defence
Grigore, George-Gabriel	- Shishkin, Vadim UKR	½-½	43	D93	Gruenfeld 5.Bf4
Sieciechowicz, Marcin	- Manea, Alexandru	1-0	44	D15	Slav Defence
Warakomski, Tomasz	- Dvirnyy, Daniyyl	½-½	28	A05	Various
Szabo, Attila1	- Bonte, Andrei-Mihai	0-1	53	A09	Reti Opening
Thesing, Matthias	- Burnoiu, Nicolae-Costel	½-½	35	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 8 (May 31, 2010)
Jianu, Vlad-Cristian	- Warakomski, Tomasz	½-½	25	A43	Old Benoni
Manolache, Marius	- Burnoiu, Nicolae-Costel	½-½	34	D80	Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Shishkin, Vadim UKR	- Szabo, Attila1	1-0	33	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Manea, Alexandru	- Thesing, Matthias	1-0	53	B43	Sicilian Paulsen
Dvirnyy, Daniyyl	- Grigore, George-Gabriel	0-1	39	D35	QGD Exchange
Bonte, Andrei-Mihai	- Sieciechowicz, Marcin	0-1	59	D12	Slav Defence

22) Philippines Championships 2010

The Philippines Championships take place in Tagaytay City 25th May - 3rd June 2010. The favourite for the men's event is Wesley So. Jayson Gonzalez withdrew after only a few rounds and his scores were canceled.

Official site: Official Site

Results: Results

ch-PHI Tagaytay City (PHI), 25 v-2 vi 2010															cat. IX (2472)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1
1.	Gomez, John Paul	g	PHI	2507	*	½	.	½	.	1	1	.	1	1	1	6	2769
2.	So, Wesley	g	PHI	2665	½	*	1	½	.	1	.	½	.	1	1	5½	2679
3.	Antonio, Rogelio jr	g	PHI	2572	.	0	*	½	½	½	1	.	1	1	.	4½	2585
4.	Laylo, Darwin	g	PHI	2527	½	½	½	*	.	0	½	.	.	1	1	4	2525
5.	Bitoon, Richard	m	PHI	2476	.	.	½	.	*	½	0	1	½	.	1	3½	2501
6.	Sadorra, Julio Catalino	m	PHI	2450	0	0	½	1	½	*	.	1	.	.	.	3	2527
7.	Dableo, Ronald	m	PHI	2464	0	.	0	½	1	.	*	0	1	.	.	2½	2433
8.	Nolte, Rolando	m	PHI	2420	.	½	.	.	0	0	1	*	½	½	.	2½	2419
9.	Dimakiling, Oliver	m	PHI	2443	0	.	0	.	½	.	0	½	*	.	½	1½	2266
10.	Pascua, Haridas	f	PHI	2358	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	½	.	*	½	1	2228
11.	Garcia, Jan Emmanuel	f	PHI	2315	0	0	.	0	0	.	.	.	½	½	*	1	2223

Round 1 (May 25, 2010)
Gomez, John Paul	- Dimakiling, Oliver	1-0	42	A42	Modern Defence
So, Wesley	- Sadorra, Julio Catalino	1-0	35	C19	French Winawer
Antonio, Rogelio jr	- Bitoon, Richard	½-½	32	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Laylo, Darwin	- Dableo, Ronald	½-½	34	A37	English Symmetrical
Pascua, Haridas	- Garcia, Jan Emmanuel	½-½	42	E94	King's Indian Classical
Round 2 (May 26, 2010)
Bitoon, Richard	- Nolte, Rolando	1-0	30	B87	Sicilian Sozin Attack
Sadorra, Julio Catalino	- Laylo, Darwin	1-0	61	D78	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Dableo, Ronald	- Gomez, John Paul	0-1	44	A09	Reti Opening
Dimakiling, Oliver	- Antonio, Rogelio jr	0-1	33	E42	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Pascua, Haridas	- So, Wesley	0-1	37	D93	Gruenfeld 5.Bf4
Round 3 (May 26, 2010)
Gomez, John Paul	- Sadorra, Julio Catalino	1-0	39	A84	Dutch
So, Wesley	- Garcia, Jan Emmanuel	1-0	30	B09	Pirc Defence
Antonio, Rogelio jr	- Dableo, Ronald	1-0	25	B01	Centre Counter
Laylo, Darwin	- Pascua, Haridas	1-0	43	D75	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Nolte, Rolando	- Dimakiling, Oliver	½-½	34	C45	Scotch Game
Round 4 (May 27, 2010)
So, Wesley	- Laylo, Darwin	½-½	43	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Sadorra, Julio Catalino	- Antonio, Rogelio jr	½-½	45	A64	Benoni
Dableo, Ronald	- Nolte, Rolando	0-1	38	A05	Various
Pascua, Haridas	- Gomez, John Paul	0-1	33	D10	Slav Defence
Garcia, Jan Emmanuel	- Bitoon, Richard	0-1	37	A10	Dutch, QI and KID Systems
Round 5 (May 27, 2010)
Gomez, John Paul	- So, Wesley	½-½	55	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Antonio, Rogelio jr	- Pascua, Haridas	1-0	53	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Laylo, Darwin	- Garcia, Jan Emmanuel	1-0	36	E69	King's Indian Fianchetto
Bitoon, Richard	- Dimakiling, Oliver	½-½	46	B40	Sicilian Classical
Nolte, Rolando	- Sadorra, Julio Catalino	0-1	39	C19	French Winawer
Round 6 (May 31, 2010)
So, Wesley	- Antonio, Rogelio jr	1-0	1	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Laylo, Darwin	- Gomez, John Paul	½-½	16	D15	Slav Defence
Dableo, Ronald	- Bitoon, Richard	1-0	48	A30	English Symmetrical
Pascua, Haridas	- Nolte, Rolando	½-½	42	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Garcia, Jan Emmanuel	- Dimakiling, Oliver	½-½	59	A11	Reti Opening
Round 7 (May 31, 2010)
Gomez, John Paul	- Garcia, Jan Emmanuel	1-0	60	B09	Pirc Defence
Antonio, Rogelio jr	- Laylo, Darwin	½-½	18	B40	Sicilian Classical
Bitoon, Richard	- Sadorra, Julio Catalino	½-½	59	C19	French Winawer
Nolte, Rolando	- So, Wesley	½-½	55	E97	King's Indian Classical
Dimakiling, Oliver	- Dableo, Ronald	0-1	35	C10	French Rubinstein

ch-PHI w Tagaytay City (PHI), 25 v-2 vi 2010
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Camacho, Chardine Cheradee	wf	PHI	2186	*	½	.	.	.	1	0	1	1	.	1	1	5½	2241
2.	Mendoza, Beverly	wm	PHI	2078	½	*	1	½	0	.	1	1	.	1	.	.	5	2180
3.	Perena, Catherine	wf	PHI	2090	.	0	*	.	½	1	1	.	½	.	1	1	5	2162
4.	Jose, Rulp Ylem		PHI	1986	.	½	.	*	½	0	1	.	1	1	.	1	5	2153
5.	Docena, Jedara		PHI	2008	.	1	½	½	*	.	0	1	½	½	.	.	4	2061
6.	Cherry, Ann Mejia		PHI	1868	0	.	0	1	.	*	.	1	.	1	½	½	4	2090
7.	Suede, Mikee Charlene		PHI	1949	1	0	0	0	1	.	*	.	.	0	1	.	3	1974
8.	Salvador, Aices		PHI	2058	0	0	.	.	0	0	.	*	.	1	½	1	2½	1913
9.	Bernales, Christy Lamiel		PHI	2043	0	.	½	0	½	.	.	.	*	½	0	½	2	1875
10.	Palomo, Jenny Rose		PHI	1879	.	0	.	0	½	0	1	0	½	*	.	.	2	1840
11.	Suede, Akiko Charmaine		PHI	1945	0	.	0	.	.	½	0	½	1	.	*	0	2	1890
12.	Cua, Shercila	wf	PHI	2142	0	.	0	0	.	½	.	0	½	.	1	*	2	1867

Round 1 (May 25, 2010)
Camacho, Chardine Cheradee	- Mendoza, Beverly	½-½	47	C44	Scotch Gambit
Perena, Catherine	- Docena, Jedara	½-½	37	D18	Slav Defence
Jose, Rulp Ylem	- Palomo, Jenny Rose	1-0	33	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Cherry, Ann Mejia	- Salvador, Aices	1-0	45	A08	Barcza System
Suede, Akiko Charmaine	- Suede, Mikee Charlene	0-1	46	C03	French Tarrasch
Cua, Shercila	- Bernales, Christy Lamiel	½-½	48	E01	Catalan
Round 2 (May 26, 2010)
Mendoza, Beverly	- Perena, Catherine	1-0	35	C24	Bishop's Opening
Docena, Jedara	- Jose, Rulp Ylem	½-½	74	B06	Modern Defence
Cherry, Ann Mejia	- Cua, Shercila	½-½	36	C00	French Defence
Suede, Mikee Charlene	- Camacho, Chardine Cheradee	1-0	34	B23	Sicilian Closed
Salvador, Aices	- Palomo, Jenny Rose	1-0	43	C62	Ruy Lopez Old Steinitz
Bernales, Christy Lamiel	- Suede, Akiko Charmaine	0-1	45	C01	French Exchange
Round 3 (May 26, 2010)
Camacho, Chardine Cheradee	- Bernales, Christy Lamiel	1-0	36	C14	French Classical
Perena, Catherine	- Suede, Mikee Charlene	1-0	27	D73	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Jose, Rulp Ylem	- Mendoza, Beverly	½-½	35	A80	Dutch
Palomo, Jenny Rose	- Docena, Jedara	½-½	44	D12	Slav Defence
Suede, Akiko Charmaine	- Cherry, Ann Mejia	½-½	37	B23	Sicilian Closed
Cua, Shercila	- Salvador, Aices	0-1	25	D11	Slav Defence
Round 4 (May 27, 2010)
Mendoza, Beverly	- Palomo, Jenny Rose	1-0	55	C28	Vienna Game
Cherry, Ann Mejia	- Camacho, Chardine Cheradee	0-1	48	B28	Sicilian Early a7-a6
Suede, Mikee Charlene	- Jose, Rulp Ylem	0-1	30	B00	Owen or Nimzowitsch Defence
Salvador, Aices	- Docena, Jedara	0-1	40	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Bernales, Christy Lamiel	- Perena, Catherine	½-½	40	C42	Petroff's Defence
Cua, Shercila	- Suede, Akiko Charmaine	1-0	33	D17	Slav Defence
Round 5 (May 27, 2010)
Camacho, Chardine Cheradee	- Cua, Shercila	1-0	28	C17	French Winawer
Perena, Catherine	- Cherry, Ann Mejia	1-0	33	D20	QGA
Jose, Rulp Ylem	- Bernales, Christy Lamiel	1-0	41	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Docena, Jedara	- Mendoza, Beverly	1-0	56	C29	Vienna Game
Palomo, Jenny Rose	- Suede, Mikee Charlene	1-0	43	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Suede, Akiko Charmaine	- Salvador, Aices	½-½	42	C05	French Tarrasch
Round 6 (May 30, 2010)
Cherry, Ann Mejia	- Jose, Rulp Ylem	1-0	55	B06	Modern Defence
Suede, Mikee Charlene	- Docena, Jedara	1-0	66	B23	Sicilian Closed
Salvador, Aices	- Mendoza, Beverly	0-1	38	B00	Owen or Nimzowitsch Defence
Bernales, Christy Lamiel	- Palomo, Jenny Rose	½-½	64	C41	Philidor's Defence
Suede, Akiko Charmaine	- Camacho, Chardine Cheradee	0-1	27	B23	Sicilian Closed
Cua, Shercila	- Perena, Catherine	0-1	43	D11	Slav Defence
Round 7 (May 31, 2010)
Camacho, Chardine Cheradee	- Salvador, Aices	1-0	52	C14	French Classical
Mendoza, Beverly	- Suede, Mikee Charlene	1-0	30	C02	French Advance
Perena, Catherine	- Suede, Akiko Charmaine	1-0	33	D10	Slav Defence
Jose, Rulp Ylem	- Cua, Shercila	1-0	63	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Docena, Jedara	- Bernales, Christy Lamiel	½-½	40	C00	French Defence
Palomo, Jenny Rose	- Cherry, Ann Mejia	0-1	31	A04	Dutch System

23) 34th Fourmies International Open

The 34th Fourmies International Open (north of France) took place 22nd-24th May 2010. 138 players competed in a 7 round swiss that was won by Murtas Kazhgaleyev. News: Emmanuel Variniac.

Official: http://openfourmies.blog4ever.com/

34th Open Fourmies (FRA), 22-24 v 2010 Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	Elo	Fede	Pts	Tr.	Perf.	FFE
1	KAZHGALEYEV Murtas	g	2609	KAZ	6	30	2734	2740
2	LOBZHANIDZE Davit	m	2517	GEO	5.5	29.5	2549	2536
3	SHOKER Samy	m	2466	EGY	5.5	28.5	2509	2501
4	INKIOV Ventzislav	g	2472	BUL	5.5	28.5	2490	2473
5	WIRIG Anthony	m	2491	FRA	5.5	28	2569	2575
6	LEON HOYOS Manuel	g	2538	MEX	5.5	27	2507	2446
7	DELORME Axel	m	2441	FRA	5.5	26.5	2510	2469
8	STETS Dmitry	m	2467	UKR	5.5	26	2499	2487
9	DEGRAEVE Jean-Marc	g	2561	FRA	5	32	2576	2571
10	HAUB Thorsten Michael	m	2517	GER	5	30.5	2461	2404
11	LALIC Bogdan	g	2496	CRO	5	30	2462	2422
12	MANCINI Mario	f	2242	FRA	5	28.5	2375	2391
13	GUILLEUX Fabien	f	2394	FRA	5	28	2403	2396
14	GODART Francois		2227	BEL	5	27.5	2208	2188
15	SONG Julien	f	2344	FRA	5	26.5	2332	2308
16	MARCHYLLIE Bruno		2132	FRA	5	26	2121	2131
17	DAL BORGO Albin		2192	BEL	5	25.5	2260	2296
18	AMIGUES Emmanuel	m	2321	FRA	5	25.5	2248	2178
19	ROLLAND Benjamin		2125	FRA	5	23.5	2120	2131
20	IASMAN Inna		1949	FRA	5	22.5	2003	2003
21	DAVID Alberto	g	2631	LUX	4.5	30	2463	2307
22	LE QUANG Kim	f	2312	BEL	4.5	30	2382	2391
23	SHIRAZI Kamran	m	2425	FRA	4.5	30	2350	2316
24	ROTT Georg		2208	GER	4.5	28.5	2302	2336
25	HOURIEZ Clement	f	2262	FRA	4.5	27.5	2249	2236
26	KIENITZ Andre		2166	GER	4.5	26.5	2181
27	PERIC Slavisa	m	2213	SRB	4.5	26	2240	2247
28	COSTE Thierry		2189	FRA	4.5	25	2188	2200
29	HEYMANN-LOBZHANIDZE Anna-Luise	ff	2050	GER	4.5	25	2152	2189
30	SMAILOVIC Omer		2096	FRA	4.5	24.5	2146	2180
31	GODET Robin		1820	FRA	4.5	23	1959	2110
32	LOUIS Andre		1838	FRA	4.5	21.5	1923	1985
33	LEBURGUE Sylvain		2122	FRA	4	26.5	2126	2129
34	ISRAEL Gregory		2112	FRA	4	26.5	2126
35	STRUGNELL Carl		2255	FRA	4	26	2102	2063
36	LALAU Alexandre		2061	FRA	4	26	2015	1980
37	RODE Antony		2061	FRA	4	25.5	2062
38	LEBON Joffrey		2028	FRA	4	25.5	2040	2049
39	LEVY Claude		1783	FRA	4	25	2013	2198
40	ROUSSEAU Jean-Francois		1926	BEL	4	25	1993	2020
41	MARLIER Gaetan		1940	BEL	4	25	1970	2004
42	HANOT Wilfried		1891	FRA	4	25	1897	1902
43	VAN DEN BERGH Peter		2077	NED	4	24.5	2018	1994
44	LECHELLE William		2020	FRA	4	24.5	2016	2013
45	MANET Eric		1985	FRA	4	24.5	1999	2005
46	ADRIEN Vincent		1922	FRA	4	24.5	1964	2006
47	MANET Anthony		1746	FRA	4	24	1975	2159
48	HAVERKAMP Klaus Dr.		1977	GER	4	24	1939	1933
49	VAN REKOM Robert		1871	NED	4	23	1938	1986
50	BARBAUT Michel		2059	FRA	4	22.5	1893	1891
51	MOUSAIN Antoine		1940	FRA	4	22.5	1885	1874
52	MORETTO Roberto Lorenzo		1860	FRA	4	22.5	1861	1861
53	ALLABATRE Steeve		1849	FRA	4	22.5	1841
54	RAMDEDOVIC Delija		1913	BIH	4	22.5	1836	1805
55	MIJNSTER Niels		1927	NED	4	22	1905	1922
56	DEKKER Tobias		1848	NED	4	21.5	1881	1881
57	VANDERVORST Marc		1862	FRA	4	21.5	1849	1839
58	BRIXHE Abel		1909	FRA	4	20.5	1819	1749
59	CHALABI Max		1465	LUX	4	20.5	1777	1925
138 players

24) 27th BSG Pinkstertournament

The 27th BSG Pinkstertournament took place Friday 21st - Monday 24th May in Bussum, the Netherlands. FIDE-rated 7-round weekendtournament. The total prize fund was Euro 4.225. First place Euro 1.250. Bussum lies in central Netherlands, 30 km from both the centre of Amsterdam and Utrecht. Dimitri Reinderman took clear first place with 6.5/7. My thanks to Edwin Baart for some additional games.

Official site: http://www.bsg-bussum.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=123&Itemid=105

27th BSG Pinkstertournament Bussum (NED), 21-24 v 2010 Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
Nr	Name	Ti	Rating	Score	TPR	W-We	WP	SB	TPR Mixed
1	Reinderman, Dimitri	GM	2608	6.5	2755	0.78	30	27.5	2755
2	Afek, Yochanan	IM	2282	5.5	2519	1.48	33.5	22.75	2519
3	Miezis, Normunds	GM	2518	5	2498	0.03	32.5	21	2498
4	Van Kampen, Robin	IM	2481	5	2364	-0.77	26.5	17.25	2364
5	Meijers, Viesturs	GM	2459	5	2501	0.43	30.5	19.25	2501
6	Pliester, Leon	IM	2366	5	2408	0.52	27	19.25	2408
7	Bitalzadeh, Ali	IM	2420	4.5	2398	-0.07	30.5	18	2398
8	Otte, Marijn	FM	2314	4.5	2176	-0.72	25.5	16.75	2226
9	De Groote, Ewoud		2239	4.5	2332	0.78	27.5	15.75	2331
10	Overeem, Marc	FM	2238	4.5	2218	-0.03	24.5	13.5	2218
11	Witt, Rob	FM	2221	4.5	2366	1.34	27.5	14	2366
12	Balje, Jan		2186	4.5	2378	1.22	27.5	15.75	2388
13	Wunnink, Michael		2299	4	2198	-0.68	27	13	2214
14	Smits, Mark	FM	2288	4	2055	-1.42	23.5	12.25	2111
15	Legemaat, Gert		2233	4	2187	-0.2	27.5	14.25	2187
16	Markus, John Raymond		2159	4	2221	0.4	27.5	13.75	2245
17	Hachijan, Armen		2147	4	2226	0.72	27.5	14.5	2181
18	Bakker, Guido		2144	4	1913	-0.9	24.5	12.75	2079
19	Drost, Peter		2084	4	2255	0.97	29	12	2255
20	Lombaers, Peter		1924	4	2283	2.6	30	16	2283
50 players

25) XXVIII Metz Open

The XXVIII Metz International Chess Open organised by the Metz Alekhine chess club took place Saturday, April 10th - Friday, April 16th 2010. Former World Championship Candidate Andrei Sokolov took clear first place with 7/9. Reported first in twic806. Some games now available. My thanks to the arbiter Pierre Becker.

Official site: http://www.metzalekhine57.fr

XXVIII Metz Open (FRA), 10-16 iv 2010 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	Fede	Elo	Pts	Tr.	Bu.	Perf.	FFE
1	SOKOLOV Andrei	g	FRA	2563	7	40	49	2696	2704
2	ABBASOV Farid	g	AZE	2549	6.5	39.5	47	2642	2642
3	FELLER Sebastien	g	FRA	2576	6.5	37	45.5	2634	2634
4	BURMAKIN Vladimir	g	RUS	2604	6	39.5	48	2624	2624
5	BAUER Christian	g	FRA	2607	6	38	46	2614	2614
6	BRODSKY Michail	g	UKR	2527	6	38	45.5	2599	2599
7	ZUBAREV Alexander	g	UKR	2536	6	37.5	46.5	2611	2611
8	EINGORN Vereslav S	g	UKR	2560	6	37.5	46.5	2566	2566
9	NIJBOER Friso	g	NED	2562	6	36	43	2534	2533
10	DAS Arghyadip	m	IND	2419	6	34	40.5	2458	2447
11	ZINCHENKO Yaroslav	g	UKR	2546	5.5	40	48.5	2542	2542
12	SPIRIN Oleg	m	RUS	2449	5.5	39.5	47	2499	2506
13	LEON HOYOS Manuel	g	MEX	2521	5.5	37.5	45.5	2420	2405
14	SPRAGGETT Kevin	g	CAN	2580	5.5	36.5	45	2510	2510
15	CORRALES JIMENEZ Fidel	g	CUB	2585	5.5	36	44	2549	2549
16	SHIRAZI Kamran	m	FRA	2457	5.5	33.5	40	2411	2405
17	BHAT Vinay S.	g	USA	2549	5	42	50.5	2538	2538
18	DRENCHEV Petar	m	BUL	2486	5	41	48.5	2534	2534
19	PRASANNA Rao	f	IND	2306	5	39.5	46.5	2470	2470
20	BRUNNER Nicolas	m	FRA	2420	5	36	42.5	2467	2472
21	SENGUPTA Deep	m	IND	2496	5	35	42.5	2443	2436
22	SCHWEITZER Viktoriya	mf	FRA	2235	5	34.5	41	2393	2393
23	BENITAH Yohan	m	FRA	2377	5	33.5	41	2437	2437
24	TIRARD Hugo	m	FRA	2451	5	33.5	39.5	2400	2393
25	RINGOIR Tanguy	f	BEL	2401	4.5	38	45.5	2466	2466
26	MICHIELS Bart	m	BEL	2465	4.5	37.5	45	2366	2351
27	MILANOVIC Danilo	g	SRB	2507	4.5	37.5	44.5	2434	2422
28	DONCHENKO Anatoly	m	GER	2395	4.5	36	44	2419	2419
29	CRUT Aurelien	f	FRA	2302	4.5	35	41.5	2353	2353
30	PHILIPPE Christophe	m	FRA	2428	4.5	35	41.5	2313	2296
31	HAMDOUCHI Adina-Maria	gf	ROU	2332	4.5	34.5	41	2342	2342
32	PAP Misa	m	SRB	2521	4.5	34	41.5	2361	2338
33	PIASETSKI Leon	m	CAN	2280	4.5	33.5	40	2290	2290
34	KELLER Christophe		FRA	2200	4.5	32	37.5	2205	2206
35	FARGERE Francois	g	FRA	2478	4	38.5	46.5	2542	2542
36	MARZOLO Cyril	m	FRA	2470	4	37.5	45	2353	2337
37	STEIL-ANTONI Fiona	ff	LUX	2151	4	35.5	42.5	2343	2372
38	CLAVERIE Christophe	m	FRA	2345	4	34	40	2362	2362
39	HISLER Thomas		FRA	2240	4	32.5	38.5	2257	2257
40	SERAFIMOV Tervel	m	BUL	2421	4	31.5	37.5	2260	2228
41	LE RUYET Leopold		FRA	2144	4	31	35.5	2257	2274
42	UHODA Philippe		BEL	2118	4	27.5	33	2148	2159
43	PUCHER Sebastien		FRA	2273	3.5	33.5	39	2220	2220
44	BOLZONI Victor-Angel	f	BEL	2255	3.5	31.5	37	2171	2171
45	LAGARDE Maxime	f	FRA	2412	3.5	31.5	35.5	2191	2151
46	QUENETTE Remi		FRA	2197	3.5	30	35.5	2181	2183
47	ACHEREINER Guillaume		FRA	1996	3.5	28	32	2081	2100
48	COLSON Arnaud		FRA	2135	3.5	27.5	31	2082	2082
49	DONCHENKO Alexander		GER	2094	3.5	27	33	2166	2175
50	CAROFF Frederic		FRA	2138	3.5	26.5	31.5	2024	2024
51	WONNER Frank		FRA	1964	3	31	35	2068	2097
52	BRUNED Boris		ESP	2227	3	30.5	36.5	2169	2169
53	ASHANINA Olga		RUS	2019	3	28	31.5	2008	2009
54	MARUEJOLS Claude		FRA	1984	3	27.5	31	2045	2066
55	LAUFER Thierry		FRA	2000	3	26	30	1909	1903
56	VAILLANT Stephane		FRA	1965	2.5	27	33	2029	2043
57	STEININGER Denis		FRA	2032	2.5	26.5	30	1966	1960
58	BRUNED Vianney		ESP	1886	1	23.5	29	1712	1709

26) 10th Leiden Computer International

The 10th International Computer Chess Tournament took place in Leiden 28th-30th May 2010. Organised by the CSVN, the Dutch Computer Chess Federation, are important meetings for chess programmers to improve their programs. This year, the 10th ICT was played in the Denksportcentrum in Leiden, The Netherlands with 14 programs. A nice mixture of top chess programs like Rybka, Hiarcs, Shredder and Junior and amateur programs like Pandix, The Baron, Spark and Kallisto.

Rybka again took clear first with 8/9.

Official site: Official Site

ICT10 Leiden (NED), 28-30 v 2010
Pl	Seed	Name	Pts	T/B1	T/B2	T/B3
1.	1	Rybka	8.0	47.0	40.00	41.0
2.	5	Deep Sjeng	7.0	39.0	27.75	33.0
3.	4	Hiarcs	6.0	47.5	28.25	29.5
	2	Deep Shredder	6.0	43.0	23.75	29.0
5.	3	Deep Junior	5.5	46.0	24.00	29.5
6.	7	Komodo	5.0	48.5	22.25	27.5
	10	Pandix	5.0	35.0	13.00	22.0
8.	8	The Baron	4.5	36.5	10.00	18.0
9.	6	Spark	4.0	40.0	10.75	23.0
	9	The King	4.0	38.0	9.75	19.5
11.	14	Almond	3.5	36.0	6.75	17.0
	11	Kallisto	3.5	35.0	7.75	20.0
13.	13	Joker	0.5	38.0	0.25	3.0
	12	RedQueen	0.5	37.5	0.25	3.0

27) 11th Poikovsky Karpov Tournament

The 11th Poikovsky Karpov Tournament takes place 2nd-14th June, 2010.

Official site: http://www.admoil.ru/chess_2010.html

11th Karpov Tournament Poikovsky (RUS), 2-13 vi 2010 Players:
Name	Ti	NAT	May10	DofB
Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2739	1990
Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2725	1983
Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	2715	1983
Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	2707	1987
Motylev, Alexander	g	RUS	2704	1979
Rublevsky, Sergei	g	RUS	2704	1974
Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	2699	1975
Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	2686	1985
Riazantsev, Alexander	g	RUS	2674	1985
Bologan, Viktor	g	MDA	2668	1971
Sutovsky, Emil	g	ISR	2661	1977
Sokolov, Ivan	g	BIH	2654	1968

28) Kfar Saba Experience vs Youth

The Experience against Youth Scheveningen tournament in Kfar Saba takes place 20th June - 1st July 2010. Most of the young players are the students of Yoel Geva's young chess talents project and the representatives of the local Kfar Saba Chess Club .

Experience: Lerner K. ( GM, UKR, 2530); Zilberman Y. ( GM, 2437);Nedobora M. ( IM, UKR, 2388); Kudischevitsch D. (IM, RUS, 2352);Botvinnik M.( 2348); ); Belytsky A. ( FM, RUS,2323); Tarnopolski A. ( FM, 2312); Arlinsky A. (2293); Shnaider D. ( RUS, 2247); Libov G ( FM, BLR, 2198).

Average 2342.8 , IM - norm - 6.5; WGM - 6; WIM - 4.

Youth : Steinberg N. ( 2221);Efroimski M. ( WF, 2170 - current World and European Champion G14); Boruchovsky A. (2159); Ben Artzi I.(2143) ; Foo, Benjamin (SIN, 2112) ; Levine Y. ( 2085); Wee, Chun Jie Eugene (SIN, 2024); Veinberg N. (1952); Reshef O. (1950); Beker Ziv (1834).

News: Dr. Mark Berkovich,IM, captain of the national youth team.

29) XXIII Ciudad De Leon

The XXIII Ciudad De Leon will take place 3rd-7th June 2010 in spite of the financial crisis.

Leon is one of the Spanish cities where chess is used more in education of children and the prevention of Alzheimer.

The 23rd edition sees Levon Aronian (Armenia), Boris Gelfand (Israel), Leinier Dominguez (Cuba) and Paco Vallejo (Spain) compete.

The tournament director Marcelino Sion highlighted what's new this year, during the presentation in Madrid: "Although a big majority of the top chess stars have played in Leon, Aronian, Gelfand and Leinier Dominguez are coming for the first time. Joining them will be Paco Vallejo, who has already earned a place in the elite". Sion also recalled that the live Internet broadcast of the 2009 final was followed by 60,000 people.

The three public sponsors emphasized different aspects of chess. Natalia Rodriguez, Councillor for Sports, said that Leon has already produced several Spanish champions among children, the Municipal School of Chess has more than 700 students, and first activities on chess and brain aging are developing successfully. Jose Maria Lopez, Deputy of Sports, stressed the great social utility of chess, especially for children, as demonstrated in the experience of various schools in the province. The County Council will host a lecture from Leontxo Garcia (chess against Alzheimer) on June 5 at the Institute of Culture. GM Miguel Illescas will give another lecture for young talents on June 2nd.

Alejandro Vaquera, Director of Sports at the University, said that chess is a form of culture, as well as an elite sport, which is why the University will sponsor, once again, a cycle of films about chess (30 May to 5 June) and an exhibition of simultaneous games of Aronian, 7 June. The two representatives of private companies (Manuel Alberto Gajate of Cajaduero, and Javier Martinez, Manager of Alsa) stressed the good image that chess is giving to the sponsors, because it is closely linked with intelligence.

Details: http://www.advancedchessleon.com

30) Forthcoming Events and Links

24th Pula Open 2010

The 24th International Chess Tournament "Pula Open 2010" takes place 19th-26th June 2010 in Hotel Histria, Pula, Croatia. Swiss system 9 rounds, 90 minutes + 30 seconds per every move (from the beginning of the game). Prize fund is 11 000 EUR net (in Croatian kunas). There are 53 prizes in total. The prizes are not cumulative. Entry fee is 50 EUR but players younger that 18 years pay 25 EUR and IM-s and GM-s do not pay. Last year 295 players from 25 counties participated.

On 30th May 2010, a preliminary list had 204 players from 25 countries: ARG, AUT, BIH, CHI, CRO, ESP, FIN, FRA, GER, HUN, IRL, ITA, MDA, MNC, NED, NOR, POL, ROU, RUS, SLO, SRB, SUI, SVK, SWE, UKR. There are 49 titled players - 8 GM, 1 WGM, 11 IM, 2 WIM, 23 FM, 4 WFM. 186 players are FIDE rated.

Details: http://www.skpula.hr

Results/Preliminary Entries: http://chess-results.com/Tnr34498.aspx

E-mail: pulaopen@gmail.com

You can also contact the tournament director Mr. Denis Vretenar: +385/ 91/ 5268340

Satu Mare Romanian Open

SPI Open" International Chess Tournament Venue: Satu Mare Organiser: IO Ciprian-Sorin Muntean Period: 16-23 July 2010 Prize fund: 2000 Euro (1st place: 700 Euro) Free entrance for IM, WIM, GM and WGM (with FIDE rating >2400) Contact: ciprimuntean@yahoo.com

Canadian Open Chess Championship 2010

The 47th Canadian Open Chess Championship takes place 10th-18th July, in Westin Harbour Castle, downtown Toronto, Ontario. This is a 9-round one-game-per-day single-section Swiss with a guaranteed prize fund of C$ 32,000. Additional side events will include the Speed Chess Championship, GM simuls (including one by GM Mark Bluvshtein), lectures, Chess960, and a chess camp for kids. Grandmasters already confirmed are P. Harikrishna, E. Bareev, L. McShane, E. Rozentalis, A. Shabalov, J. Friedel , M. Gagunashvili and W. Arencibia.

Contacts: Michael Barron ( barron045@yahoo.com ) and Brian Fiedler (fiedlerbrian@yahoo.com.au )

Registration form and more information is available at http://www.chess.ca/canopen.shtml, and http://www.monroi.com.

11th World University Chess Championship

The 11th World University Chess Championship takes place in Zurich 5th-11th September 2010.

Official site: http://www.wucc2010.ch/

Chinese Events 2010

Gujuan Tzu sends new of events in China in 2010. At the moment if you don't grab the games live they have a tendency to disappear (although http://ccl.sports.cn/2010/news/2010-04-01/1995059.html does now seem to have the early rounds of the Chinese League). It would be nice to find one spot where the Chinese Federation archives all their games.

1. The 4th All China Games in cluding chess game in 17-23 May 2010 in Hefei, Anhui, China. 11 rounds rapid games, Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

2. Chinese Championships: in 23 May-4 June 2010 in Xinghua, Jiangsu, China. Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

3. Chinese League A, Round 4-6, in 6-9 June 2010 in Shenzhan, China. Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

4. The 1st Chinese GM Super Tournament in 10-20 June 2010 in Hainan, China. 10 players: Wang Hao 2722; Bu Xiangzhi 2682; Ni Hua 2667; Zhou Jianchao 2652; Li Chao b 2619; Hou Yifan 2589; Yu Yangyi 2585; Zhou Weiqi 2585; Zhao Jun 2575; Ding liren 2547. Prize fund: 500,000 yuan or 50,000€. Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

5. Hou Yifan vs Kapov Match : 4-game and 4-rapid game in 9-15 July 2010 in Hainan, China. Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

6. Asia Boys and Girls in 8-18 July 2010 in Beijing, China. Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

7. Chinese League A Round 7-9 in 23-25 July 2010 in Shanghai, China. Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

8. The 7th China vs Russia Match in 14-25 August 2010 in Ningbo, China. Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

9. The 2nd Chess King and Queen Matches in 29 August-3 Sept. 2010 in Jiangzhou, China. Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

10. Chinese League A Round 10-12 in 9-12 Sept. 2010 in Guangzhou, China. Live Games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

11. Chinese League A Round 13-15 in 10-13 October 2010 in Hangzhou, China. Live Games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

11. The 3rd Nanjing Super Chess Tournament in 18-28 October 2010 in Nanjing, China. 6 players, Official site: http://www.chess-pearlspring.com/www/chess_pk/2009/cn/index.htm

12. The second half of Bilbao Final Masters in 10-16 October 2010 in Shanghai, China. Official site: http://www.bilbaofinalmasters.com/

13. Chinese League A Round 16-18 in 28-30 December 2010 in Beijing, China. Live Games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

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

French League Top 16

The French League Top 16 saw the 2nd weekend of games 29th April - 2nd May 2010. Group A was in Marseilles and Group B in Mulhouse. After this weekend the top 4 in each group will go into Poule Haute (Top Group), the bottom 4 into Poule Basse. The teams that haven't met so far (each team will have already met three teams) in the competition will meet in the final rounds in Bretagne 3rd-6th June 2010.

Time control 90mins for 40 moves, 30mins for the rest, 30 seconds per move from move one.

French Chess Federation: http://www.echecs.asso.fr

Venue Links: http://www.lechiquier-chalonnais.com - http://www.clichy-echecs.org/ - http://www.evry-grandroque.com/ - http://www.vandoeuvre-echecs.com/ - http://marsechecs-top16.blogspot.com/ - http://www.philidor-mulhouse.net/ (who deserve praise for the clarity of presentation, you don't need French to understand where to find anything)

Ikaros Chess Festival (Aegean Open) 2010

The Ikaros Chess Festival 2010 is a traditional annual chess event which sees its 33rd consecutive edition on the picturesque island of Ikaria in Greece.

The main event of the festival, the International Aegean Open Championship, takes place from 13th-21st July 2010.

It is a 9 round swiss event with prize fund 3600 Euros in total (1st prize 1000 Euros, special money prizes for ladies and veterans). Special conditions are offered to GMs/IMs/WGMs/WIMs. Special discounts for families and club teams are also offered.

Apart from the Aegean Open, Ikaros Chess Festival 2010 also includes the 1st Mediterranean Rapid Team Tournament 2010 that will be a 5 round swiss event for 4-member teams coming from the countries of the Mediterranean Sea.

Detail: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros

E-mail is: ikaroschess@gmail.com (Mr. Ulysses Vazelakis) while participants can also call: (++30) 6947-829772 (Mr. Dimitris Kapagiannidis) or (++30) 6977-730286 (Mrs. Antzela Shiaka)

The island of Ikaria is a good choice for combining chess and vacation in a relaxing atmosphere - particiants can check at: http://www.island-ikaria.com

Grandcoach friends IM and CM Tournament

Two tournaments "Grandcoach friends IM and CM" take place June 18th-26th 2010 in Lviv, Ukraine. The tournaments will be held by round robin system with 10 participants. In IM tournament there will be norm of International Master, CM will be Fide rating calculated. To participate the tournament contact FIDE senior trainer Vladimir Grabinsky by email perfectchess@gmail.com

Official site: http://www.grandcoach.com. Also Read more about grandmasters Andrei Volokitin, Yuriy Kryvoruchko, Yaroslav Zherebukh, Yuri Vovk, Martyn Kravtsiv, their commented games, many photos, blogs at this website.

First Saturday June

There are still some vacancies for the First Saturday tournaments for 5th-15th June 2010.

Contact: Laszlo Nagy http://www.firstsaturday.hu - Mobile phone: +(36)-30-230-19-14 Office phone from 12:00 (noon) until 22:00 hour Central European Time: +(36)-1-263-28-59 E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net

First Saturday June Budapest (HUN), 5-15 vi 2010 Starting lists
Registered GM-tournament:
IGM	FOGARASI, Tibor	HUN	2435
IGM	VAJDA, Levente	ROU	2519
IGM	POLAK, Tomas	CZE	2525
FM	MIHOK, Oliver	HUN	2425
IM	BALOGH, Imre	HUN	2494
IM	HADDOUCHE, Mohamed	ALG	2425
IM	KOVACS, Gabor	HUN	2521
WGM	NADIG, Kruttika	IND	2236
FM	KISLIK, Erik Andrew	USA	2353
Reserves:
IGM	PETRIK, Tomas	SVK
FM	FODOR, Tamas Jr	HUN	2420
IM	HUSARI, Satea	SYR	2334
IM	TOTH, Ervin	HUN	2360
Registered IM-tournaments:
IM	LENGYEL, Bela	HUN	2266
IM	SZALANCZY, Emil	HUN	2277
IM	FARAGO, Sandor	HUN	2268
IM	TO, Nhat Minh	HUN	2413
IM	SZEBERENYI, Adam	HUN	2308
IM	PARKANYI, Attila	HUN	2321
FM	LYELL, Mark	ENG	2132
FM	IWAMOTO, Takashi	USA	2268
	ADAMS, Nick A.	USA	2244
FM	BRUSTKERN, Juergen	GER	2256
FM	ADEBAYO, Adegboyega	NIG	2284
	OLAPE, Bunmi	NIG	2256
CM	ANTIPOV, Alexander	RUS	2237
	ASK, Josef	SWE	2195
FM	ROOZE, Jan	BEL	2338
	TAVOULARIS, Nicholas	GRE	2130
	GRETARSSON, Hjorvar Steinn	ISL	2394
	MITCHELL, Martin	SCO	2266
	QU, Yanqiao	CHN	2105
FM	TRAN, Tuan Minh	VIE	2211
	KETT, Tim	WLS	2223
FM	NJILI, Kamel	TUN	2247
Reserves:
IM	VEGH, Endre	HUN
IM	KAHN, Evarth	HUN
	MARTINI, Balazs	HUN
IM	HUSARI, Satea	SYR
Registered FM-A and B-tournament:
	ELENIUS, Erik	SWE	2110
	BENYEDA, Tibor	HUN	1670
	AGU, Uche	NIG	2029
	TRAN, Minh Thang	VIE	2011
	ZALA, Gyula	HUN	2082
	KOCZO, Kristof	HUN	2167
	DARAZS, Zoltan	HUN	2204
FM	MAYER, Istvan	HUN	2119
	SCHENKERIK, Csaba	HUN	2161
	ARMAN, Monir	BAN	2142
	MAUSUD, Alam	BAN	2009
	MD.Abul, Khayer	BAN	nonrated
	PITL, Johannes	GER	nonrated
FM	LETAY, Gyula	HUN	2107
	KELEMEN, Lajos Dr.	HUN	1437
	MIHAJLOVA, Diana	ENG	1467

World Chess Tour Events

Tournaments, simuls and classes in Moscow.

Contact: Contact: Igor Glek, International Grandmaster, FIDE Trainer, Deputy Chairman of the RSUPES&T Chess Chair E-mail: worldchesstour@gmail.com Russia: (7)903-5593052, (Germany/World): (49)152-04014194

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

Guadeloupe tournament

The Guadeloupe tournament takes place 12th-13th June 2010.

Details: http://www.echecs-guadeloupe.com/

1st Marrakech International

The 1st Marrakech International takes place June 25th - July 1st 2010. 9 rounds - Swiss system - 75 min per player. · Registration : 50 Euros - Limited to 150 players · Registration at least (June 15th 2010)

Contact: Subscription from Morocco : inscription-maroc@callson.fr · Other subscriptions: inscription-international@callson.fr · Menara Chess Club : saidarif401@hotmail.com

Official site: http://www.callson.fr/chess/tournament.htm

4th International Ruy Lopez Festival

The 4th International Ruy Lopez Festival takes place in Villafranca de los Barros 11th-19th June 2010.

There will be encounters, simultaneous exhibitions, tournaments for young amateurs, conferences, a Masters tournament, an International Open, an essay competition, etc. a great number of activities in the Extremenan chess festival.

All under the co-ordination and organization of Linex-Magic Chess Club of Extremadura and the Ruy Lopez Association of Zafra.

Players: Malakhov, Cheparinov, Sargissian, Pia Cramling, Deisy Cori, Ivan Salgado, Caruana and Candelario.

Official site: http://ruylopez.juntaextremadura.net/modules/news/

4th International Ruy Lopez Festival Villafranca de los Barros (ESP), 11-19 vi 2010 Starting list
SNo.	Ti	Name	EloInt	FED
1	GM	Malakhov, Vladimir	2722	RUS
2	GM	Sargissian, Gabriel	2677	ARM
3	GM	Caruana, Fabiano	2675	ITA
4	GM	Cheparinov, Ivan	2640	BUL
5	GM	Salgado Lopez, Ivan	2606	ESP
6	GM	Cramling, Pia	2536	SWE
7	IM	Perez Candelario, Manuel	2527	ESP
8	WIM	Cori T, Deysi	2409	PER

King's Gambit Tournament Lipetsk

The "King's Gambit" Chess Festival takes place in Lipetsk, Russia, June 22nd (arrival day) - July 1st, 2009. The festival consists of two round-robin tournaments (one with GM norm and one with IM norm) and an open for FIDE rating.

Opening ceremony: 2.30 p.m. on July 23, 1st round at 3 p.m. Festival director: Zimmerman, Yuri . Tel.: +7-4742-720064, or +7-980-250-4375. E-mail: zimmerman@lipetsk.ru.

News: http://www.obninskchess.ru/news/

King's Gambit Tournament Lipetsk (RUS), 22 vi-1 vii 2010
Participants GM-tournament: Average rating 2459
1	Neverov, Valeriy	g	2542	UKR
2	Zontakh, Andrey	g	2532	UKR
3	Kasparov, Sergey	g	2504	BLR
4	Gladyszev, Oleg	m	2480	RUS
5	Slugin, Sergey	m	2439	RUS
6	Chernobay, Artem	m	2431	RUS
7	Lomako, Pavel	m	2430	BLR
8	Airapetian, Gor	m	2429	RUS
9	Romanko, Marina	m	2411	RUS
10	Kargin, Arseny	m	2392	RUS

King's Gambit Tournament Lipetsk (RUS), 22 vi-1 vii 2010
Participants IM-tournament: Average rating 2315
1	Ivanov, Oleg	m	2491	UKR
2	Tarlev, Konstantin	m	2484	UKR
3	Skurygin, Anton	m	2319	KAZ
4	Venevtsev, Andrey		2310	RUS
5	Morev, Ivan		2286	RUS
6	Nikitin, Yuri	f	2283	RUS
7	Apryshko, Gleb		2283	RUS
8	Vakhlamov, Igor		2280	RUS
9	Rysbayeva, Aigerim	wf	2219	KAZ
10	Bezgodova, Maria	wf	2193	RUS

Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting

The Sparkassen Chess-Meeting in Dortmund takes place 15th - 25th July 2010. Former World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik is the top seed. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Ruslan Ponomariov, Peter Leko, Arkadij Naiditsch and the winner of the Aeroflot Open Le Quang Liem compete.

Official site: http://www.sparkassen-chess-meeting.de/2010/

Sparkassen Chess-Meeting Dortmund (GER), 15-25 vii 2010
Name	Ti	NAT	Mar10	YofB
Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2790	1975
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2760	1985
Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2737	1983
Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2735	1979
Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	2691	1985
Le, Quang Liem	g	VIE	2689	1991

FISCA Chess Romania

International Chess Festival "FISCA 2010" Venue: Cap Aurora, on the Black Sea Coast Organiser: IO Mariana Ionita (vicepresident of Romanian Chess Federation and former champion of Romania) Period: 18-27 June 2010 There will be a main open for FIDE registered players, three tournaments for juniors (U8, U10, U12) and a solving tournament for all the categories. For children there are entertaining programs and an excursion to the historical places of Balchik.

Official site: http://sahaurora.blogspot.com

Contact: IO Mariana Ionita, tel.+40723.574.212 , mail: ionitamar@yahoo.com

15th Pannonia-Nitrokemia Cup

The 15th Pannonia-Nitrokemia Cup takes place in Balatonalmadi 28th July - 1st August 2010.

Group A: International Open Tournament for FIDE ratings. Group B: International Open Tournament for FIDE ratings, but competitors over 2000 ELO points can't attend, and competitors under 18 years will be rated separately.

Swiss system chess competition with 7 rounds and without age limits

Venue: The air-conditioned Conference Hall of Pannonia Kulturalis Kozpont es Konyvtar Address: Balatonalmadi, Varoshaz Square 6.

Details: http://fancsyimi.fw.hu

Entry Address and further information Address: Fancsy Imre: 8222. Balatonalmadi, Gabor Aron utca 15. HUNGARY E-mail: almadikupa@freemail.hu

Kings Tournament Bazna

The 4th Kings tournament takes place in Bazna, Romania, Monday, June 14, 2010 - Friday, June 25, 2010. A very strong field including World Number One Magnus Carlsen competes.

Official opening 13 June 2010 with the drawing of lots, at 20 hours. Double round-robin system. The rounds are scheduled daily from 15.30 hours, except the last round which will be from 13.30 hours.

Time control: 120 minutes for the first forty moves, 60 minutes for the next twenty moves and then each player will be allotted 15 minutes after the second time control and an increment of 30 seconds per move. No draw agreement by the players are allowed before move 30.

The final standing of the players will be determined according to points. In case of sharing of places - the following criteria will be decisive for the tie-break: · A greater number of wins. · The result of the direct mini-matches between contenders. · Berger. · A tie-break match will be played in case of a tie for the first place in the tournament between the first two players in the final standing (according to points, or the additional criteria). The match will consist of two games with a time-control of 15 minutes per player + 3 seconds added for every move played. In case of a tie, another match of two blitz-games will be played with a time-control of 5 minutes per player + 3 seconds for every move played. In case of another tied result – there will be played a last "sudden-death" decisive game with a time-control 5 minutes for the whole game for the White-player and 4 minutes for the whole game for Black-player. The White-player will only need a victory in this game to win the tournament, whole the Black-player will win the tournament by just not losing that final decisive game.

Round 1 Monday, 14 June Rest day - Friday, 18 June and Wednesday, 23 June Final Round 10 Friday, 25 June

4th Kings Tournament Bazna (ROM), 14-25 vi 2010
Names	Ti	NAT	Mar10	DofB
Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2813	1990
Wang, Yue	g	CHN	2749	1987
Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2750	1968
Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2740	1987
Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2737	1983
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	ROU	2661	1976

Eforie Chess Festival 2010

Eforie Chess Festival takes place 17th-27th June 2010.

Website http://www.clubulregilor.ro

Chinese Chess League Division A

The Chinese Chess League Division A takes place April 16th - December 30th 2010 in China. 10 teams compete in the Double Round-Robin event.

Time control: 1 hour 30 minutes for the whole game with an incremental time of 30 seconds per move.

Prize: 500,000 yuan or Euro 50,000.

The first 3 rounds took place in Ningbo city.

Official website : http://ccl.sports.cn/ - http://games.sports.cn/chessorg.ccl2010/index.html

The live games broadcast : http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

Archive of games should be here eventually: http://ccl.sports.cn/2010/news/2010-04-01/1995059.html

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr32818.aspx

Rounds 4-6 take place June 6th - June 9th 2010 in Shenzhen

Rounds 7-9 in July 23th - July 26th 2010 in Shanghai

Rounds 10-12 9th-11th Sept 2010 in Guangzhou

Rounds 13-15 in Oct. 10th-13th 2010

Round 16-18 in Dec. 28th-30th 2010 in Beijing.

Leading players: Wang Yue g CHN 2749; Wang Hao g CHN 2713; Alexander Motylev g RUS 2705; Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2682; Zhou Jianchao g CHN 2650; Li Chao b g CHN 2613; Zhang Pengxiang g CHN 2605; Zhou Weiqi g CHN 2585; Peng Xiaominn g CHN 2581; Zhao Jun g CHN 2575; Yu Yangyi g CHN 2574; Hou Yifan g CHN 2570; Ding Liren g CHN 2564; Wen Yang g CHN 2520; Li Shilong g CHN 2514; Xu Jun g CHN 2513; Liang Chong g CHN 2502; Ju Wenjun wg CHN 2500; Xiu Deshun CHN 2493; Zhao Xue g CHN 2490; Ruan Lufei wg CHN 2479; Xu Yuhua g CHN 2478; Zhu Chen g QAT 2476; Tan Zhongyi wg CHN 2464; Wu Shaobin g SIN 2453; Lin Chen CHN 2448; Liu Qingnan m CHN 2445; Shen Yang wg CHN 2444; Huang Qian wg CHN 2439; Zhang Xiaowen wg CHN 2437; Le Thanh Tu wg VIE 2318

Gujuan Tzu Blog is http://blog.sina.com.cn/chessnews

6th TCh-CHN (CHN), 16 iv-30 xii 2010 Round 3 Standings:
Rk.	Team	1a	1b	2a	2b	3a	3b	4a	4b	5a	5b	6a	6b	7a	7b	8a	8b	9a	9b	10a	10b	TB1	TB2
1	SHANGDONG Linglong	*	*					3						3						3½		6	9,5
2	SHANGHAI Jianqiao			*	*	3						2½						3½				5	9,0
3	BEIJING Aigo			2		*	*									3				4½		4	9,5
4	Lanpo JIANGSU	2						*	*					3½				3				4	8,5
5	HEBEI									*	*			1½		3				3½		4	8,0
6	China Mobile CHONGQING			2½								*	*			2		3½				3	8,0
7	ZHEJIANG	2						1½		3½				*	*							2	7,0
	TIANJIN Nan Kai					2				2		3				*	*					2	7,0
9	GUANGDONG Huateng			1½				2				1½						*	*			0	5,0
10	BEIJING Rendafuzhong	1½				½				1½										*	*	0	3,5

Women's Grand Prix 2009-10

The Women's Grand Prix series will see four more events in 2010.

The 4th Grand Prix will take place in Jermuk, Armenia, on 23rd June - 6th July 2010

The 5th Grand Prix will take place in Ulanbaatar, Mongolia, on 29 July - 12 August 2010

The 6th Grand Prix will take place in Santiago, Chile, on 27th October - 9th November 2010

The first Grand Prix was in Istanbul 5th-20th March 2009 and was won by Humpy Koneru. The 2nd Grand Prix was in Nanjing, China, 27th Sept - 9th October 2009 and was won by Xu Yuhua.

14th Voronezh International Chess Festival

The 14th Voronezh International Chess Festival takes place June 10th-21st 2010.

Official site: http://homes.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open/

Royal Residence Cup IM

Royal Residence Cup IM takes place June 8th-16th 2010 in Zhovkva (25 km north of Lviv and 35 kilometers east of the Polish border).

Organisers: (Zhovkva Region Chess & Checkers Federation). Yuri Galkin and Yuri Vovk (International Grandmaster; responsible for participants invitation and contacts with invited players) and Anton Romashov.

Round robin system . The playing time will be 90 minutes with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. 12 players to participate in the tournament. All players are offered a comfortable rooms on villa(2-3 persons per room).Accommodation + 2 meals per day(breakfast + evening meal) costs 120 UAH(12,5 Euros) per person per day. Villa is not far from playing hall.

To participate the tournament please contact the responsible for contacts tournament director GM Yuri Vovk (English,Ukrainian,Russian languages ) via:

e-mail:wolfisthegreatestpredator@gmail.com
mobile phone:+380 673912027
skype:Imperator15chess
ICC: Imperator15
Playchess: JohnConnor
Facebook: Yuri Vovk

Women's Bundesliga

The Women's Bundesliga took place 7th November 2009 - 28th March 2010. USV Volksbank Ha took the title after beating OSG Baden Baden in Round 8. Games from the final two rounds not yet available.

Results: http://www.schachbund.de/SchachBL/bedh.php?liga=fb1

Games: http://www.schachbund.de/chronik/meister/dfmm/2010/index.html

Women's Bundesliga (GER), 7 xi - 28 iii 2010
Pl	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Sp	MP	BP
1.	USV Volksbank Halle	+	3½	3½	3½	5	2	5	4½	3½	5	3½	3½	11	20	42½
2.	OSG Baden Baden	2½	+	5½	3½	3	3½	4	4	6	6	5	5½	11	19	48½
3.	SK Grosslehna	2½	½	+	3	3½	3½	3½	4	3½	3½	4½	4	11	17	36
4.	Hamburger SK 1830	2½	2½	3	+	4½	4½	2	3½	5½	4½	4	5	11	15	41½
5.	Karlsruher SF 1853	1	3	2½	1½	+	3½	2	5	4	4½	3½	4	11	13	34½
6.	SC Bad Koenigshofen	4	2½	2½	1½	2½	+	4	2½	5	4½	3½	5	11	12	37½
7.	SC Leipzig Gohlis	1	2	2½	4	4	2	+	1	3½	3½	4	4½	11	12	32
8.	Rodewischer Schachmiezen	1½	2	2	2½	1	3½	5	+	2½	4	4½	4	11	10	32½
9.	SAV Torgelow	2½	0	2½	½	2	1	2½	3½	+	2	3½	3½	11	6	23½
10.	SK Lehrte	1	0	2½	1½	1½	1½	2½	2	4	+	3	3	11	4	22½
11.	SV Wolfbusch	2½	1	1½	2	2½	2½	2	1½	2½	3	+	5	11	3	26
12.	SV Medizin Erfurt	2½	½	2	1	2	1	1½	2	2½	3	1	+	11	1	19

Swiss Team Championships 2010

The Nationalliga A of Switzerland takes place 14th February - 7th November 2010. Round 2 games not yet available.

Dates: Round 1 (2010.02.14), Round 2 (2010.03.21), Round 3 (2010.04.25), Round 4 (2010.06.13), Round 5 (2010.06.27), Round 6 (2010.08.28), Round 7 (2010.08.29), Round 8 (2010.11.06) and Round 9 (2010.11.07).

Details

TCh-SUI NatLigaA Switzerland (SUI), 14 ii-7 xi 2010
Round 2 21st March 2010
Tribschen 1	-	Wollishofen 1	2	:	6
Reichenstein 1	-	Bern 1	5½	:	2½
Zuerich 1	-	Genève 1	6	:	2
Luzern 1	-	Riehen 1	5	:	3
Joueur 1	-	Winterthur 1	5½	:	2½

Mihajlo Savic Website

The international arbiter, FIDE master and international organizer, Mihajlo Savic, the author of the book Commentary on the Laws of chess, has launched a new column You ask, we answer at website: http://www.chessdiagonals.com

Chess Classic Mainz 2010

The 17th Chess Classic Mainz takes place 6th-8th August 2010. The festival has suffered from the general economic slowdown with the open taking the lead along with simuls.

The rapid chess open has been upgraded to the Grenke Rapid World Championship. The tenth edition of the Chess Classic in Mainz is sponsored by GRENKE Group, FiNet AG, Livingston GmbH, Hilton Mainz, Congress Centre Mainz, Stadtwerke Mainz AG and our Prime-Partners ChessBase, DGT and Schach Niggemann.

The prize fund for the rapid chess world championship is no less than Euro 30.000. Chess960 has to take a break for a year.

On the first day of the event, 6th August 2010, Anand will play a standard simul on 40 boards. On the same day, Alexandra Kosteniuk will play a 20-board Chess960 simul.

The Grenke Rapid World Championship will also be a treat for chess lovers: Levon Aronian, who is the current rapid chess world champion and the winner of the 2009 ORDIX Open, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, will play the open tournament to face a unique mixture of numerous world-class grandmasters and amateurs.

The Open will be played in the same established format as in the previous editions. On 7th-8th August 2010 11 rounds will be played, in which the time control is 20 minutes + 5 seconds per move.

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

45th Capablana Memorial

The 45th Capablanca Memorial takes place 9th-22nd June 2010. The Elite Group will see Vassily Ivanchuk who won the event three times in a row 2005-7 back alongside Evgeny Alekseev, Ian Nepomniatchi, Nigel Short and Leinier Dominguez and Lazaro Bruzon, the Cuban representatives.

Official site: http://www.capablanca.co.cu

45th Capablanca Memorial Havana (CUB), 9-22 vi 2010			cat. XVIII (2691)
Name	Ti	NAT	Mar10	DoB
Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2748	1969
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2713	1983
Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2700	1985
Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2686	1965
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2656	1990
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	g	CUB	2641	1982

Torino Rapid Open

Rapid Open - TORINO - June, 19 2010. TORINO open - June 20-27 2010 tournaments for women and for not rated players during the Italian Champioships the former capital of Italy prepares itself to celebrate the 150 years of unity of Italy http://www.scacchisticatorinese.it

Arvier (Aosta Valley) July

ARVIER (Aosta Valley) - July, 3-9 2010. 2nd Festival Francophone (open, 9 rounds) - http://www.scacchivda.com Free to all the players of the about 70 countries belonging to the "Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie" (OIF) http://www.francophonie.org Aosta Valley is one of the most famous touristic regions in Italy, very well known for its castles, food and wines

Arvier (Aosta Valley) - September

ARVIER (Aosta Valley) - September, 4-12 2010. 6th European Union championship (open, 9 rounds) - http://www.scacchivda.com Free to all the players of the countries belonging to European Union, plus players from Croatia, Fyrom and Turkey without the right to the title. Aosta Valley is one of the most famous touristic regions in Italy, very well known for its castles, food and wines

Livigno (Sondrio, Valtellina)

LIVIGNO (Sondrio, Valtellina) - September, 10-18 2010. Open A (players more than 2000 elo) Open B (players less than 2000 elo) Open C (players without elo) http://www.livignoscacchi.it - http://www.livigno.eu Livigno is very well known as touristic skying town. It is said "the little Tibet". A few km far there is the village of Trepalle at 2250 metres above sea level, the highest inhabited place of Europe!

Vitoria-Gasteiz Open

The Vitoria-Gasteiz Open takes place 26th July 2010 - 1st August 2010.

Details: http://sites.google.com/site/openvitoriagasteiz2010/Home/bases-del-torneo-1

Victor Mikhalevski Website

GM, author and coach Victor Mikhalevski has launched a new website at: http://vmikhalevski.webs.com/

33nd Taminco Open

33nd Taminco Open International Chess Tournament Gent (Belgium) takes place 17th-21st July 2010, 9 rounds Swiss, two hours KO chess, prize money 6875 Euros for 300 participants, first price 1800 Euros Guaranteed This traditional open tournament takes place near the center of the medieval town of Gent in the week of the famous annual Gent festivities. Organisers Royal Gent Chessclub (KGSRL).

Information and registration: http://www.kgsrl.be

Email: open2010@kgsrl.be

Info Gent annual festivities: http://www.gentsefeesten.be/

7th Knokke International Open

The 7th Knokke International Open takes place August 26th-29th 2010, consisting of 7 rounds "Swiss system" - 2 hours K.O.

Prize fund for a total amount of 3.730 Euros (increased by 1000 Euro this year)

Official site: http://www.knokkeschaak.be

email: knokkeschaak@knokkeschaak.be

11th World University Chess Championship

Zurich hosts the World University Chess Championship 2010 5th-11th September 2010. The Academic Chess Club Reti, which is organising the event, is expecting that up to 150 participants from over 25 countries will enter the contest, to be held at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. Many international masters and grandmasters between 18 and 28 years of age will fight for individual and team medals. The tournament will comprise nine rounds and will be played in accordance with the Swiss System.

The World University Chess Championship is held under the auspices of the Federation Internationale du Sport Universitaire (FISU). The organising club, the Academic Chess Club Reti in Zurich, will be celebrating its 50th anniversary next year. It is one of the four largest clubs in Zurich and has an ambitious team in the Swiss League. In 2009 many of the greatest champions and legends in the history of the game participated in the Zurich Chess Club’s 200-year jubilee. This year, some of the strongest champions of the future will be in Zurich.

Official site: http://www.wucc2010.ch

WUCC 2010 is an event of the FISU: http://www.fisu.net

1st Vaujany International Chess Festival

The 1st Vaujany International Chess Festival takes place July 10th-18th 2010.

Details: http://promoechecs.free.fr/

XXX Villa de Benasque Open

The XXX Open Internacional "Villa de Benasque" takes place 8th-17th July 2010.

Official site: http;//www.openbenasque.com

Hungarian Tournaments March - October 2010

The list of the HUN GM-IM norm and Open chess tournaments from March until October 2010:

1. 6th-18th of March, FIRST SATURDAY (FS) GM-IM-rating Budapest, Org: Nagy Laszlo, http://www.firstsaturday.hu

2. 19th-28th of March, 26th Budapest Spring Festival, 9 rounds Swiss Open, org: Nagy Laszlo

3. 19th-27th of March IM + rating CAISSA Kecskemet (85 km from Budapest), Org: Dr.Erdelyi, http://www.caissachessbooks.com

4. 3rd-16th of April FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-rating Budapest, org: Nagy L,

5. 17th-25th of April, CAISSA Kecskemet, IM + rating, org: Erdelyi,

6. 1st-13th May, FIRST SATURDAY, Budapest, GM-IM-rating - org: Nagy L,

7. 14th-22nd May CAISSA Kecskemet IM + rating, org: Erdelyi,

8. 26th May-3rd June ZALAKAROS open, org: IM Horvath, Tamas, http://www.csutisk.hu,

9. 5th-17th June, FIRST SATURDAY Budapest, GM-IM-rating, org Nagy L,

10.19th-27h June, Balaton Open, HEVÍZ, GM-IM, org: IM Rigo, e-mail: me-ri@t-online.hu

11.19th-27th June, CAISSA Kecskemet, IM + rating, Org: Erdelyi,

12.3rd-15th July, FIRST SATURDAY Budapest, GM+IM+rating, org: Nagy L,

13.17th-25th July, CAISSA Kecskemet, GM+IM+rating, org: Erdelyi,

14.27th July-4th August, GM-IM + Open, Szombathely (250 km West from Budapest), org: Csonka, Attila, e-mail: attila.csonka@lamived.hu

15.7th-19th August, FIRST SATURDAY Budapest GM+IM+rating, org: Nagy L

16.21st-29th August, CAISSA Kecskemet, GM+IM+rating, org: Erdelyi

17.4th-16th Sept, FIRST SATURDAY GM+IM+rating Budapest, org: Nagy L

18.17th-25th Sept CAISSA Kecskemet IM+rating, org: Erdelyi.

8th Davos Open

The 8th Davos Open takes place August, 8th-14th 2010, in the Hotel "Sunstar". Sinisa Joksic will organise the event which he hopes to be an old fashioned friendly tournament.

All information at: http://www.sinchess.com/davos

XXIII Leon Tournament 2010

The XXIII Leon Tournament takes place 3rd-7th June 2010. Levon Aronian, Boris Gelfand, Lenier Dominguez Perez and Francisco Vallejo Pons play in the knockout event. Each match will be played the best of four games (20 minutes per player + 10 seconds increment after each move). However, all four games will be played, even if the match winner has been already decided. If the result after four games is 2-2, a five minute games tiebreak match will be played immediately after the fourth normal game.

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

Aosta Valley

Championship of Francophone countries, July 3th-10th 2010.

UE Championship, September 4th-12th 2010.

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

Chess Summer in Varna 2010

V European OPEN Chess ClubTeams Championship and the VII European OPEN Festival "The Hopes of the World" - for school champions and IV International Open Chess Festival Varna takes place 11th-21st and 22nd-29th June 2010 in "Grand Hotel Varna", located in the Black Sea resort named "St. Constantine and Elena", 8 kilometers away from the city of Varna, Bulgaria.

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

XXVIII Andorra International Chess Open

The XXVIII Andorra International Chess Open takes place 17th-25th July 2010. Prizes: 10.000 Euros / 1st Prize: 2.100 Euros

Details: http://www.escacsandorra.com

Contact: open@escacsandorra.com - FEVA - Tel/Fax: 00.376.824465

Czech Tour 2010-11

The 10th International Chess Festivals Series Czech Tour 2010-11 has the following preliminary list. (Subject to small changes.)

1st HRADEC KRALOVE OPEN (FIDE open, active chess, blitz tournament). 15th-22nd May 2010.

21st CZECH OPEN - Pardubice (European Youth Chess Teams Championship, European Amateurs Championship, GM open taken in ACP-TOUR, 4 FIDE opens, Open Championship of the Czech Republic in active chess taken in ACP-TOUR, Open Championship of the Czech Republic of 4-member teams, in blitz marathon, bughouse and Fischerandom chess, problem solving competition, blitz tournaments for individuals, pairs and teams, pairs active chess, youth tournament etc.). 15th July - 1st August 2010. http://www.czechopen.net

13th OLOMOUC CHESS SUMMER - Olomouc (FIDE open, closed GM and IM tournaments, seniors tournament, active chess, blitz chess tournament). 4th-12th August 2010.

9th Georgiev's and Kesarovsky´s Memorial - Sunny Beach, Bulgaria (FIDE open, active chess, blitz tournament). 28th August - 5th September 2010.

7th HIGHLANDS OPEN - Zdar nad Sazavou (FIDE open, active chess, blitz tournament). 25th September - 2nd October 2010.

11th LIBEREC OPEN (FIDE open, active chess, blitz tournament). 23rd-30th October 2010.

1st BRNO OPEN (FIDE open, active chess, blitz tournament). 14th-20th November 2010

4th SOUTH BOHEMIA OPEN - Cesky Krumlov (FIDE open, active chess, blitz tournament). 21st-27th November 2010.

2nd PILSNER OPEN (FIDE open, active chess, blitz tournament).4th-11th December 2010.

10th PRAGUE OPEN (2 FIDE opens, one of them with IM norm, active chess, blitz tournament). 7th-14th January 2011.

10th MARIENBAD OPEN (FIDE open, closed GM and IM tournaments, active chess, blitz tournament). 15th-22nd January 2011.

2nd NOVY BOR OPEN (FIDE open, active chess, blitz tournament). 12th-19th February 2011.

More detailed information: AVE-KONTAKT s.r.o., Sukova 1556, 530 02 Pardubice, Czech Republic tel./fax + 420 466 535 200, mobile phone + 420 608 203 007 e-mail: j.mazuch@avekont.cz

http://www.czechtour.net

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/

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

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

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.

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

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.

European Union Website

The European Chess Union Website ECU website has changed address to http://www.europechess.org

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

THE WEEK IN CHESS 812 31st May 2010 by Mark Crowther

Sponsored by the London Chess Centre

24th Pula Open 2010

Satu Mare Romanian Open

Canadian Open Chess Championship 2010

11th World University Chess Championship

Chinese Events 2010

French League Top 16

Ikaros Chess Festival (Aegean Open) 2010

Grandcoach friends IM and CM Tournament

First Saturday June

World Chess Tour Events

Guadeloupe tournament

1st Marrakech International

4th International Ruy Lopez Festival

King's Gambit Tournament Lipetsk

Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting

FISCA Chess Romania

15th Pannonia-Nitrokemia Cup

Kings Tournament Bazna

Eforie Chess Festival 2010

Chinese Chess League Division A

Women's Grand Prix 2009-10

14th Voronezh International Chess Festival

Royal Residence Cup IM

Women's Bundesliga

Swiss Team Championships 2010

Mihajlo Savic Website

Chess Classic Mainz 2010

45th Capablana Memorial

Torino Rapid Open

Arvier (Aosta Valley) July

Arvier (Aosta Valley) - September

Livigno (Sondrio, Valtellina)

Vitoria-Gasteiz Open

Victor Mikhalevski Website

33nd Taminco Open

7th Knokke International Open

11th World University Chess Championship

1st Vaujany International Chess Festival

XXX Villa de Benasque Open

Hungarian Tournaments March - October 2010

8th Davos Open

XXIII Leon Tournament 2010

Aosta Valley

Chess Summer in Varna 2010

XXVIII Andorra International Chess Open

Czech Tour 2010-11

9th Czech Tour 2009/2010

International Correspondence Chess Federation

FIDE World Amateur Chess Championship

South Lakes Congress

Mundial Chess Internet Tournament

Ajedrez 21 English site

Kingpin Magazine

Historical Elo Ratings

European Union Website

Chess Study