THE WEEK IN CHESS 874 8th August 2011 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) 64th Russian Championship
3) 98th British Championships 2011
4) Baku Open 2011
5) Navara-Laznicka Match 2011
6) Rostov FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2011
7) World Juniors 2011
8) 15th Hogeschool Zeeland
9) Politiken Cup 2011
10) 112th US Open
11) 11th Curacao Chess Festival 2011
12) 14th Olomouc Chess Summer 2011
13) 19th Saint-Affrique Open
14) 16th Creon Open
15) 19th Montecatini Open
16) 1st Radzikowskiej Mem
17) 20th Martigny Open
18) 20th ZDMI Open
19) 21st Pobla De Lillet Open
20) 37th Badalona Open
21) 5th AD San Juan 2011
22) Magistrales de Martelli
23) Euro Chess Tournament
24) Open Women's ch-Bulgaria
25) Savaria Summer Open
26) 9th European Youth
27) 4th d'Ille-et-Vilain Open
28) 8th Ostroda Festival
29) 8th Plancoet Open
30) Landon Brownell Mem
31) 9th Metropolitan Invitational
32) Arad Open 2011
33) Baden-Baden Sommer Open 2011
34) 2nd ch-Vojvodina 2011
35) Spanish Women's Championship
36) 36th and 37th MGU Open
37) Split Open 2011
38) First Saturday August 2011
39) Charleroi International
40) Stara Pazova-Ilindan 2011
41) 9th Davos Open
42) 19th Milan Vidmar Mem
43) II Grafica Yael GM
44) 6th Edmonton International 2011
45) Active Team Events
46) Portuguese Teams 2011
47) Corrections and additions from last week
48) 3rd London Chess Classic
49) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
64th Russian Championship4 games
98th British Championships 2011178 games
Baku Open 201135 games
Navara-Laznicka Match 20116 games
Rostov FIDE Women's Grand Prix 201130 games
World Juniors 2011477 games
15th Hogeschool Zeeland261 games
Politiken Cup 20111071 games
112th US Open414 games
11th Curacao Chess Festival 2011113 games
14th Olomouc Chess Summer 2011128 games
19th Saint-Affrique Open123 games
19th Montecatini Open80 games
1st Radzikowskiej Mem18 games
20th ZDMI Open60 games
5th AD San Juan 201156 games
Magistrales de Martelli35 games
Euro Chess Tournament193 games
Open Women's ch-Bulgaria63 games
9th European Youth90 games
4th d'Ille-et-Vilain Open90 games
8th Ostroda Festival70 games
Landon Brownell Mem45 games
9th Metropolitan Invitational45 games
Arad Open 201145 games
2nd ch-Vojvodina 201121 games
Spanish Women's Championship105 games
36th and 37th MGU Open56 games
Split Open 2011100 games
Charleroi International119 games
Stara Pazova-Ilindan 201130 games
19th Milan Vidmar Mem15 games
II Grafica Yael GM16 games
6th Edmonton International 201110 games
Portuguese Teams 2011287 games
Corrections and additions from last week11 games
4511 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Alexander Prokhorov, Roland Wimmer, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Herman Van de Wynkele, Mitko Iliev, Miklos Orso, Paulo Rocha, Manfred Mussnig, Lennarth Eriksson, Jack Peters, Hugh Brodie, Andrej Znidarcic and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Another mad week of chess. The Russian Chess Championships is very strong and is a category 19 event with Vladimir Kramnik, Sergey Karjakin Ian Nepomniachtchi, Alexander Morozevich, Alexander Grischuk etc. Kramnik played aggressively with black but was well beaten by Svidler in the first round.

Anatoly Karpov has expressed the opinion that the event is too short to be a proper Russian Championship and he has a point. 7 rounds is a real sprint for an event that in the past has been up around 30 rounds as the Soviet Championships.

Michael Adams beat Nigel Short in a playoff to take the British Chess Championship which was one of the best in years. Hou Yifan has started with 5.5/6 in the 1st FIDE Women's Grand Prix of 2011-12. I really like these events, and have learned a lot about the leading women players and styles from them, an excellent showcase. The World Junior, Baku Open, Politiken Cup, 112th US Open are just some of the other events from this week. It has been way too busy to do justice to them all.

Finally the London Chess Classic field for December has been confirmed, the same players as last year all have agreed to play again along with the addition of Levon Aronian. The event will have all the players rated above 2800 and the addition of Aronian is exciting for me.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 64th Russian Championship

The 64th Russian Championship takes place in Moscow 8th-15th August 2011. An exciting field plays in this 7 round all-play-all. Peter Svidler beat Vladimir Kramnik in the only decisive game of round 1.

64th ch-RUS 2011 Moscow (RUS), 8-15 viii 2011 cat. XIX (2715)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2739 * . . . . . . 1 1
2. Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2788 . * . . ½ . . . ½ 2694
3. Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2711 . . * ½ . . . . ½ 2746
4. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2746 . . ½ * . . . . ½ 2711
5. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2694 . ½ . . * . . . ½ 2788
6. Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2598 . . . . . * ½ . ½ 2665
7. Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2665 . . . . . ½ * . ½ 2598
8. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2781 0 . . . . . . * 0
Round 1 (August 8, 2011)
Svidler, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 44 A07 Barcza System
Karjakin, Sergey - Morozevich, Alexander ½-½ 41 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Grischuk, Alexander - Nepomniachtchi, Ian ½-½ 40 D86 Gruenfeld Simagin
Galkin, Alexander - Timofeev, Artyom ½-½ 38 A05 Various

3) 98th British Championships 2011

The 98th British Championships took place in Ponds Forge in Sheffield 25th July to 6th August 2011. Michael Adams, Nigel Short, David Howell and Gawain Jones were the top seeds and make it one of the most attractive championships in recent times.

Favourites Short and Adams tied on 8.5/11. Michael Adams beat Nigel Short in game two of their rapid play-off match on the white side of the Caro-Kann.

98th ch-GBR Sheffield ENG Sun 24th Jul 2011 - Sat 6th Aug 2011
Final Round 11 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg1234567891011PtsTPR
1Adams, MichaelGMENG27151½11½11½1½½8.52713
2Short, Nigel DGMENG26871½11½11½½1½8.52726
3Jones, Gawain C BGMENG260611½1½101½1½8.02658
4Hawkins, JonathanIMENG24571½½11011½1½8.02613
5Howell, David W LGMENG26251111½0101017.52612
6Pert, NicholasGMENG2555½0111½11½½½7.52539
7Gormally, Daniel WGMENG2519110½011½1½17.52441
8Gordon, Stephen JGMENG25331110½01½1½½7.02536
9Hebden, Mark LGMENG2533101½1½½01½17.02385
10Conquest, Stuart CGMENG251911½011½00117.02477
11Wells, Peter KGMENG2489½1½1½10110½7.02479
12Palliser, Richard J DIMENG245401½½1½1101½7.02372
13Zhou, Yang-FanIMENG24440½½½111101½7.02369
14Houska, JovankaIMENG24180111½1½0½½17.02450
15Buckley, Graeme NIMENG2380100½11101½17.02393
16Bates, Richard AIMENG2373101110½½½1½7.02454
17Williams, Simon KGMENG2528011½110½01½6.52377
18Summerscale, Aaron PGMENG2415½1011½½½10½6.52450
19Rendle, Thomas EIMENG238610½½1½1½1½06.52391
20Eggleston, David JFMENG23180½½½11101016.52288
21Griffiths, Ryan RhysFMIRL2301½1½1½0101016.52350
22Adair, James RENG22121010110½1106.52408
23Lalic, Peter DENG19781½0½1½01½½16.52313
24Hunt, Adam CIMENG2436½1½1½½01½0½6.02352
25Ledger, Andrew JIMENG24351½½½½½1½½½06.02346
26Ansell, Simon TIMENG2410½1½½01110½06.02376
27Kolbus, DietmarIMGER233501½1000111½6.02276
28Webb, Laurence EFMENG2306001½½1½½0116.02194
29Rudd, JackIMENG227801110½00½116.02264
30Lalic, Susan KIMENG2277110000111½½6.02297
31Mason, Donald JENG2237½½0½1½01½1½6.02195
32Ross, Chris NENG22340½1½1½0½1½½6.02252
33Khandelwal, AnkushENG2211100½1101½106.02255
34Britton, Richard LFMENG2203101½00101½16.02287
35Boyd, JohnENG2200½½10101½01½6.02263
36Jones, Victor G LENG215310½½01110016.02341
37MacQueen, CalumSCO21390½1½1½010½16.02228
38Constantinou, PeterFMENG22920½1110½00½15.52209
39Ledger, Dave JFMENG22770½½½01011105.52125
40Chapman, Terry P DENG2242011½½½0½1½05.52296
41Brown, MartinENG2130101½100½1½05.52323
42McKenna, Jason PENG2098100½0½1011½5.52126
43Yurenok, Maria SWFMENG2090001½½1101½05.52208
44Pert, Richard GIMENG24591101½½½½0--5.02423
45Harvey, Marcus RENG2206½½0½½½10½½½5.02067
46Nelson, Jonathan PENG2204011½001½0105.02207
47Holland, James PENG2196½½101½00½½½5.02147
48O'Toole, George EENG2185010101010½½5.02054
49Arnott, Jonathan WENG218301½0½11½0-½5.02186
50Simons, Martin JENG2179½½½0½½½½0½15.02083
51Walton, Alan JCMENG2172100½½½1100½5.02137
52Sreeves, ClementSCO216911000½½11005.02223
53Shaw, PeterENG21621010½10½0105.02250
54Jackson, James PENG2157100½101½0015.02150
55Dargan, Paul A GENG2151½½0½½½½11005.02130
56Salimbeni, George P WENG21501½00½½½01½½5.02135
57Jenks, C BruceENG2146½½0½011½½0½5.02157
58Almond, Richard JENG21210½½½1100½015.02128
59Jones, William E GENG21211½½000011015.02146
60Kemp, Paul RENG211410½½0011½0½5.02176
61Gregory, Stephen JENG21091010½½010½½5.02175
62Weaving, RichardENG2070010½0½½011½5.02085
63Hegarty, Sarah NWFMENG2065½00½0101½1½5.02132
64Rabbitte, Liam FENG2034½001½½0½½½15.02154
65Yap, Jinwei AbelMAS20291½0½0½0011½5.02177
66Krzyzanowski, PatrykPOL19960½10½0011½½5.02117
67Boulton, William J KENG1971010½½½½11005.02142
68Jaunooby, Ali RENG2130101½00110004.52218
69Atako, ChinoENG211011½000001014.52129
70French, Angus JENG2103½00½½½1½½½04.51998
71Beaumont, Chris RIMENG23130½1½1000½½04.02068
72Birtwistle, NigelENG221401½½½01½0004.02031
73Burnett, JimENG219101=½0100½0½4.01973
74Surtees, Mike JENG2151½000101100½4.01994
75Haria, RaviENG207300½½10½½0½½4.01909
76Lenier, Jude AENG2065½½00½0100½14.01989
77Magee, RonanIRL19530½1½0½½00104.02046
78Foo, William JENG189301100½½00½½4.02061
79Dines, Sheila JENG1889½001½½010½04.02042
80Pleasants, Allan JWLS2092½0½½00½010½3.51926
81Coates, David HENG20800½½½01000½½3.52030
82De Coverly, Roger DENG20800½00100+0013.51895
83Phillips, Owen SENG19670½½½½000+½03.51924
84Mellor, Stephen DSCO2048 *00010+000103.01864
85Waterfield, John WENG19920½½½0½100003.01969
86O'Driscoll, KieranIRE2108 *---------½+1.52080
87Hewitt, Sean DENG1902--½--------0.52073
88Cowan, RichardENG1898------0----0.01330
89Farrall, David JENG186900000------0.01350
89 players
98th ch-GBR Playoff Sheffield
Short, Nigel D - Adams, Michael ½-½ 50 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Adams, Michael - Short, Nigel D 1-0 34 B16 Caro Kann
98th ch-GBR Playoff Sheffield (ENG), 5 Aug 2011
Name Ti NAT Rtng 1 2 Total Perf
Adams, Michael g ENG 2715 ½ 1 2880
Short, Nigel D g ENG 2687 ½ 0 ½ 2522

4) Baku Open 2011

The Baku Open starring Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Leinier Dominguez Perez and Emil Sutovsky and with a total of 17 GMs rated over 2600 takes place 6th-15th August 2011. At the moment the only games available are those broadcast live.

Baku Open A Baku AZE Sat 6th Aug 2011 - Mon 15th Aug 2011
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Cheparinov IvanGMBUL26693.0246530.0
2Bruzon Batista LazaroGMCUB26733.0243630.0
3Romanov EvgenyGMRUS26243.0240930.0
4Zhigalko SergeiGMBLR26893.0240130.0
5Mchedlishvili MikheilGMGEO26183.0239330.0
6Andreikin DmitryGMRUS26962.5247020.0
7Dominguez Perez LeinierGMCUB27192.5242120.0
8Safarli EltajGMAZE26222.5241220.0
9Mamedov RaufGMAZE26792.5239120.0
10Mamedyarov ShakhriyarGMAZE27652.5237320.0
11Allahverdiev AnarIMAZE24212.0252720.0
12Vallejo Pons FranciscoGMESP27242.0252320.0
13Bajarani UlviIMAZE24242.0251410.0
14Rahmanov Shahriyar Teymur OgluAZE22592.0251220.0
15Dreev AlekseyGMRUS27112.0248020.0
16Idani PouyaFMIRI24062.0247310.0
17Sutovsky EmilGMISR27002.0247220.0
18Izzat Kanan Azar OgluFMAZE21852.0245620.0
19Sanikidze TornikeGMGEO25252.0241420.0
20Quparadze GigaIMGEO24672.0239220.0
21Maghalashvili DavitIMGEO24632.0239020.0
22Rzayev Bahruz Iqbal OgluAZE23352.0238520.0
23Guliev LogmanIMAZE24582.0238420.0
24Iordachescu ViorelGMMDA26462.0237010.0
25Agaragimov DjakhangirFMAZE23522.0236120.0
26Volkov SergeyGMRUS26072.0234020.0
27Mammadov Ayaz Arzu OgluFMAZE23822.0233620.0
28Zhukova NataliaGMUKR24122.0232320.0
29Smirin IliaGMISR26762.0231420.0
30Gagunashvili MerabGMGEO25882.0228210.0
31Guliev SarhanGMAZE25001.5257410.0
32Idrisov Tabriz Arif OgluAZE22251.5250410.0
33Mammadov Zaur Fazahir OgluIMAZE23251.5248810.0
34Aliyev Elnur Fakhraddin OgluAZE22191.5248610.0
35Mamedjarova ZeinabWGMAZE22891.5247310.0
36Dovliatov SananIMAZE24111.5239310.0
37Iskandarov Misratdin Mehdi OglAZE23021.5236610.0
38Nigalidze GaiozIMGEO24481.5235610.0
39Ibrahimov RasulGMAZE25471.5231500.0
40Najer EvgeniyGMRUS26431.5226110.0
73 players

5) Navara-Laznicka Match 2011

Viktor Laznicka won a close 3rd game of his match against David Navara and then two more in a row to complete a convincing 4.5-1.5 win in a match in Novy Bor.

Narava-Laznicka Match Novy Bor CZE Tue 2nd Aug 2011 - Sun 7th Aug 2011
Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg123456PtsPerf
1Laznicka, Viktor g CZE 2681 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 2915
2Navara, David g CZE 2722 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 2488
2 players

6) Rostov FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2011

The FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2011-12 takes place in Rostov on Don in Russia 2nd-15th August 2011. Hou Yifan has started with 5.5/6.

Rostov Women GP 2011 Rostov-on-Don (RUS), 1-15 viii 2011 cat. XII (2527)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Hou, Yifan g CHN 2575 * . . 1 1 ½ 1 . 1 1 . . 2938
2. Lahno, Kateryna g UKR 2536 . * . . 0 1 1 . ½ 1 . ½ 4 2630
3. Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2557 . . * . ½ ½ . . ½ ½ 1 1 4 2628
4. Koneru, Humpy g IND 2614 0 . . * ½ . ½ ½ 1 . 1 . 2574
5. Muzychuk, Anna m SLO 2538 0 1 ½ ½ * . . ½ . . . ½ 3 2538
6. Kosintseva, Nadezhda g RUS 2560 ½ 0 ½ . . * . ½ . ½ . 1 3 2523
7. Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2492 0 0 . ½ . . * 1 ½ . 1 . 3 2537
8. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2524 . . . ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ . ½ . 2473
9. Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2497 0 ½ ½ 0 . . ½ ½ * . . . 2 2424
10. Danielian, Elina g ARM 2521 0 0 ½ . . ½ . . . * 0 1 2 2397
11. Ruan, Lufei wg CHN 2479 . . 0 0 . . 0 ½ . 1 * ½ 2 2397
12. Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina m RUS 2427 . ½ 0 . ½ 0 . . . 0 ½ * 2338
Round 1 (August 2, 2011)
Koneru, Humpy - Hou, Yifan 0-1 41 E46 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Muzychuk, Anna - Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina ½-½ 61 B61 Sicilian Rauzer
Kosintseva, Nadezhda - Danielian, Elina ½-½ 76 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Galliamova, Alisa - Lahno, Kateryna 0-1 41 D90 Gruenfeld Flohr
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Ruan, Lufei ½-½ 98 D11 Slav Defence
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Kosintseva, Tatiana ½-½ 42 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Round 2 (August 3, 2011)
Hou, Yifan - Galliamova, Alisa 1-0 36 B43 Sicilian Paulsen
Lahno, Kateryna - Kosteniuk, Alexandra ½-½ 47 E18 Queens Indian
Kosintseva, Tatiana - Muzychuk, Anna ½-½ 42 B35 Sicilian Defence
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Koneru, Humpy ½-½ 111 D38 QGD Ragozin
Ruan, Lufei - Danielian, Elina 1-0 63 C11 French Defence
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina - Kosintseva, Nadezhda 0-1 40 A15 English counter King's Fianchetto
Round 3 (August 4, 2011)
Koneru, Humpy - Ruan, Lufei 1-0 49 A09 Reti Opening
Muzychuk, Anna - Lahno, Kateryna 1-0 28 C45 Scotch Game
Kosintseva, Nadezhda - Kosintseva, Tatiana ½-½ 13 C69 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Galliamova, Alisa - Stefanova, Antoaneta 1-0 29 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Hou, Yifan 0-1 35 D38 QGD Ragozin
Danielian, Elina - Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 1-0 39 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Round 4 (August 5, 2011)
Hou, Yifan - Muzychuk, Anna 1-0 47 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Lahno, Kateryna - Kosintseva, Nadezhda 1-0 94 E06 Catalan
Kosintseva, Tatiana - Danielian, Elina ½-½ 58 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Koneru, Humpy - Galliamova, Alisa ½-½ 26 D11 Slav Defence
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Kosteniuk, Alexandra ½-½ 66 E15 Queens Indian
Ruan, Lufei - Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina ½-½ 55 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 5 (August 7, 2011)
Muzychuk, Anna - Stefanova, Antoaneta ½-½ 68 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Kosintseva, Nadezhda - Hou, Yifan ½-½ 56 B97 Sicilian Najdorf
Galliamova, Alisa - Ruan, Lufei 1-0 64 A07 Barcza System
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Koneru, Humpy 0-1 68 C95 Ruy Lopez Breyer
Danielian, Elina - Lahno, Kateryna 0-1 36 A04 Dutch System
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina - Kosintseva, Tatiana 0-1 50 B40 Sicilian Classical
Round 6 (August 8, 2011)
Hou, Yifan - Danielian, Elina 1-0 40 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Lahno, Kateryna - Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina ½-½ 27 A13 Reti Opening
Koneru, Humpy - Muzychuk, Anna ½-½ 48 A80 Dutch
Galliamova, Alisa - Kosteniuk, Alexandra ½-½ 62 E35 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Kosintseva, Nadezhda ½-½ 44 D38 QGD Ragozin
Ruan, Lufei - Kosintseva, Tatiana 0-1 63 B84 Sicilian Scheveningen

7) World Juniors 2011

The World Junior Championships take place in Chennai, India 1st-16th August 2011.

World Junior Chennai IND Mon 1st Aug 2011 - Tue 16th Aug 2011
Leading Round 6 (of 13) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Rombaldoni AxelIMITA24596.0248425672584
2Huschenbeth NiclasIMGER25215.0244024672494
3Ter-Sahakyan SamvelGMARM25585.0243124472471
4Girish A KoushikFMIND23095.0239824902512
5Hovhannisyan RobertGMARM25565.0235523792408
6Piorun KacperIMPOL25144.5246424952527
7Sjugirov SananGMRUS26294.5240124282458
8Swayams MishraIND23784.5239924722567
9Robson RayGMUSA25604.5239624042414
10Swiercz DariuszGMPOL25534.5238724192434
11Rasulov Vugar Ural OgluGMAZE25224.5236924042424
12Grandelius NilsGMSWE25424.5235923762387
13Janev TihomirBUL23494.0252625392554
14Goganov AlekseyIMRUS24894.0250425562567
15Vidit Santosh GujrathiIMIND24924.0249725492629
16Getz NicolaiFMNOR23854.0248525582578
17Stany G AIND24354.0245125282533
18Salgado Lopez IvanGMESP26264.0244824662488
19Nabaty TamirGMISR25844.0241624272444
20Shimanov AleksandrGMRUS25864.0241124412465
21Martinovic SasaGMCRO25214.0238523902397
22Matlakov MaximGMRUS26324.0238124032421
23Urkedal FrodeIMNOR24484.0237224262470
24Gireman JaIND20844.0236723852403
25Lalith Babu M RIMIND24954.0236623992425
26Durarbeyli VasifGMAZE25154.0234723572362
27Sethuraman S PGMIND25294.0234623722393
28Shyam Nikil PIMIND23984.0231923682448
29Pap GyulaGMHUN25134.0231023362378
30Adhiban BGMIND25424.0229723132336
31Krejci JanIMCZE25034.0229223162351
32Anwesh UpadhyayaIMIND24294.0225222942346
33Rajesh V A VFMIND22923.5252425562577
34Nitin SIMIND23653.5250125252532
35Narayanan S LIND22333.5248424992522
36Patil PratikIND21413.5245524692482
37Grover SahajIMIND24963.5244724842517
38Barbosa Evandro AmorimFMBRA23433.5244225302535
39Priyadharshan KIMIND23763.5243424972592
40Kuchynka LukasFMCZE23393.5242825262542
126 players
World Junior Girls Chennai IND Mon 1st Aug 2011 - Tue 16th Aug 2011
Leading Round 6 (of 13) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Girya OlgaWGMRUS23715.5225923012361
2Bulmaga IrinaWIMROU22935.0223822792339
3Cori T DeysiWGMPER23765.0223222652295
4Semenova ElenaWFMRUS21755.0212021732206
5Kazimova Narmin Nizami QiziWIMAZE22924.5213821892255
6Kulon KlaudiaWFMPOL22274.5209621222142
7Mammadova Gulnar Marfat QiziWIMAZE22944.5208321012130
8Saranya JWFMIND21214.5203820762122
9Paikidze NaziWGMGEO24164.0226123002326
10Nakhbayeva GuliskhanWIMKAZ22224.0222222712337
11Ozturk KubraWIMTUR22584.0214922012237
12Tokhirjanova HulkarUZB21194.0212721902288
13Dogodkina JuliaRUS21934.0202520562098
14Savina AnastasiaWGMRUS23984.0201920532073
15Agrest InnaWIMSWE22204.0198320042035
16Vo Thi Kim PhungWIMVIE21414.0196319912026
17Krumova AniBUL19613.5223022472265
18Padmini RoutWGMIND23483.5221522502292
19Nandhidhaa PvIND21013.5215322492291
20Imeeva AisaRUS20943.5214322112304
21Terao Juliana SayumiWFMBRA21683.5213121912238
22Pratyusha BoddaIND20643.5211121822295
23Kulkarni BhaktiWIMIND23173.5209921172133
24Fataliyeva Ulviyya Hasil QiziWFMAZE21073.5209421512225
25Eric JovanaWIMSRB22823.5209121222141
26Pon NkrithikaWFMIND20753.5208721672256
27Romero Echeverria AbigailWFMECU20713.5208521462236
28Lkhamsuren UuganbayarWFMMGL21633.5207821222175
29Chandika DivyasreeIND21233.5199520252066
30Tsatsalashvili KetiWIMGEO23183.5198320032041
31Michelle Catherina PIND20523.0223522652312
32Hema Priya NIND18853.0221222352266
33Shweta GoleIND19223.0219622162247
34Mahalakshmi MWFMIND19013.0219622152232
35Ivana Maria FurtadoWFMIND20123.0215922242260
36Sahari JIND19113.0215721792200
37Deur Saric ZrinkaCRO21163.0209121362208
38Hoang Thi Nhu YWIMVIE22043.0196719872012
39Bharathi RWFMIND21173.0192719481969
40Hannes DianaWFMGER21883.0190819281952
69 players

8) 15th Hogeschool Zeeland

The 15th HZ Open took place in Vlissingen 30th July - 6th August 2011. Konstantin Landa scored 8/9 half a point clear of Evgeny Postny, Arkadij Naiditsch and Yasser Seirawan.

15th HZ Open Vlissingen NED Sat 30th Jul 2011 - Sat 6th Aug 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiRtg123456789PtsTB1TB2TPR
1Landa, KonstantinGM262811111½½118.056.549.252795
2Postny, EvgenyGM261811111½½½17.558.046.52715
3Naiditsch, ArkadijGM2706111½1½1½17.554.044.252724
4Seirawan, YasserGM263511½11½½117.554.043.52643
5Burg, TwanIM24501111011017.054.539.02540
6Smeets, JanGM26281111½1½107.054.039.02656
7Deepan Chakkravarthy J.GM247011110½½117.053.539.752505
8Van Haastert, EdwinIM24211111½½½½17.050.537.52484
9Henrichs, ThomasIM247510111½1½17.050.039.02423
10L'Ami, ErwinGM261111½11½½106.556.038.02548
11Hoffmann, MichaelGM2493111½1½10½6.554.537.752493
12Fernandez, Daniel HowardIM232811½½1½1½½6.554.537.752449
13Bosboom, ManuelIM239911101½1016.553.035.252424
14Eisenbeiser, AmadeusIM2386111011½016.552.034.752478
15Sveshnikov, EvgenyGM2514111½101106.551.534.252485
16Vishnu Prasanna. VIM23401110110½16.550.033.252404
17Haast, AnneWIM222311011½½½16.549.033.252375
18Ikonnikov, VyacheslavGM25531101101½16.548.533.752420
19Tan, MatthewFM24001½110½½116.548.033.752353
20Zaragatski, IljaIM246910111½1106.548.033.252362
21Van Eijk, SanderFM23801½11001116.547.532.752299
22Pavlovic, MilosGM25411111001½½6.053.533.752419
23Kuipers, StefanFM2365111½½10106.051.031.02417
24Van Dooren, DirkFM229011½½101016.049.029.02355
25Timmermans, Ivo2232½11011½½½6.048.031.52278
26Ortmann, DavidFM2322110½111½06.048.027.752326
27Steenbekkers, FranckCM2223=1101½1106.047.529.52285
28Provoost, Simon2295110½½½½116.047.529.252218
29Leenhouts, KoenIM23971110100116.047.030.02281
30Dahm, JochenFM23451½½½1110½6.047.029.52265
31Stefan, Romulus-Cristian21721½101101½6.047.027.752334
32Meurs, Tom22171101011106.046.527.52275
33Hortensius, Lisa20881010½½1116.045.527.252158
34Hamelink, DesireeWIM2220110101½1½6.045.026.252266
35Van Der Zalm, Marnix2058101½1½½½16.043.526.752228
36Punt, Roland21161000111116.039.025.02135
37Poetsch, HagenIM2403111½001½½5.554.030.752331
38Brookes, Christopher20561½½111½005.552.529.752368
39Bezemer, ArnoFM234811101½½0½5.551.529.02268
40Sveshnikov, VladimirIM240711101010½5.550.528.252299
238 players

9) Politiken Cup 2011

The Politiken Cup 2011 took place 30th July - 7th August 2011. Igor Kurnosov took clear first place with 8.5/10 ahead of 311 players.

Politiken Cup Helsingor DEN Sat 30th Jul 2011 - Sun 7th Aug 2011
Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiRtgPtsTB1TB2
1 6Igor KurnosovGM26335556.25
2 17Julian RadulskiGM2556857.555,25
3 8Boris SavchenkoGM2615855.553,5
4 10Robert HessGM2609853.551,75
5 1Peter Heine NielsenGM268185351.75
6 3Hua NiGM266285149.75
7 9Jon Ludvig HammerGM26105651.25
8 15Robert RuckGM256953.547,5
9 11Michal KrasenkowGM26075247.5
10 29Marc Tyler ArnoldIM244551.546
11 25Leif Erland JohannessenGM249651.545,5
12 18Richard RapportGM254550.545,5
13 32Willy HendriksIM241550.543,25
14 23Anna ZatonskihWGM25224943.5
15 20Marjian PetrovGM253448.543,75
16 7Igor KhenkinGM2620756.546,75
17 19Henrik DanielsenGM2535755.546
18 4Daniel FridmanGM2659754.545,25
19 2Xiangzhi BuGM2675754.545
20 30Erik BlomqvistIM243875444
21 5Jan GustafssonGM2634753.544,75
22 14Sune Berg HansenGM2574753.544,25
23 27Krzysztof BulskiIM247975343
24 21Viktorija CmilyteGM2528752.543
25 13Hans TikkanenGM2596750.542
26 22Oleg M RomanishinGM2526750.538,75
27 26Stellan BrynellGM249574940.5
28 24Lars SchandorffGM2497748.539,75
29 72Dara Akdag220174838.5
30 54Kristen Schmidt2289747.538
31 39Rasmus Svane234674739.5
32 96Michal Lercel214174737.25
33 37Silas LundIM2388746.539,75
34 42Emiliano AranovitchIM232874638.5
35 34Igor TeplyiFM239374638.25
36 68Even Thingstad222374436
37 16Jonny HectorGM25685439.75
38 12Emanuel BergGM26045139.25
39 38Peter SowrayFM235050.539,25
40 43Kassa KorleyFM232650.537,5
312 players

10) 112th US Open

The 112th US Open took place in Orlando 30th July - 7th August 2011. The many schedules made it impossible until the very final stages to find out who was leading or even entered. Nakamura, probably wanting to get some frustration out of his system from Dortmund rocked up on Thursday. Alex Lenderman won the title after a blitz playoff against GM Alejandro Ramirez, he had earlier held Nakamura in his round 9 game. This was between the 2 players with the best tie-breaks. Also tied for 1st were Hikaru Nakamura, Tamaz Gelashvili, Alonso Zapata, Giorgi Kacheishvili and Timur Gareev.

112th US Open Orlando USA Sat 30th Jul 2011 - Sun 7th Aug 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiRtgPts
1Nakamura, HikaruGM28637.5
2Gelashvili, TamazGM27297.5
3Gareyev, TimurGM26987.5
4Ramirez, AlejandroGM26607.5
5Kacheishvili, GiorGM26537.5
6Lenderman, AleksandrGM26027.5
7Zapata, AlonsoGM25117.5
8Shabalov, AlexandeGM26367.0
9Sundararajan, KidambiGM25567.0
10Esserman, Marc RIM25547.0
11Naroditsky, Daniel AIM25167.0
12Garcia, Gildardo JGM24777.0
13Mulyar, Michael AIM24707.0
14Van Wely, LoekGM27356.5
15Hansen, Lars BoGM26456.5
16Becerra, Julio JGM26406.5
17Mitkov, NikolaGM25946.5
18Goldin, AlexanderGM25896.5
19Sadorra, Julio CGM25616.5
20Gurevich, DmitryGM25476.5
21Bartholomew, JohnIM24996.5
22Kaufman, Lawrence CharlesGM24676.5
23Kleiman, JakeIM24496.5
24Gulamali, KazimFM24386.5
25Battaglini, GabrielIM24206.5
26Barnett, Alex23986.5
27Sarkar, JustinIM23946.5
28Perez, RobertNM23446.5
29Ritter, MarkFM23436.5
30Studen, DamirNM23126.5
31Shvartsman, AndrewNM22936.5
32Haskel, Jeffrey22896.5
33Gu, ChristopherNM22836.5
34Duggan, John Edward21326.5
35Robinson, Richard D20666.5
36Rodriguez, Eric OsFM23976.0
37Yeager, Daniel AFM23716.0
38Dean, Jim HFM23366.0
39Kustanovich, MichaelNM22866.0
40Adams, Nicholas ANM22586.0
367 players

11) 11th Curacao Chess Festival 2011

The 11th Curacao Chess Festival took place 22nd-31st July 2011. Loek van Wely was by far and away the strongest player and scored 9/9.

11th Curacao Open Curacao AHO Fri 22nd Jul 2011 - Sun 31st Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg123456789PtsTB1TB2TB3TPR
1van Wely, LoekGMNED26831111111119494938.53068
2Ostrovskiy, AleksandrFMUSA2294111½011016.551.533382316
3Blijstra, WimNED223911011011½6.550.53338.52332
4Zepeda, LorenaWIMESA21871101½½½1½647.527.7535.52181
5Kats, AlenaWFMUSA2097111½0101½64624.7535.52221
6Lopez, JaselARU21271110½10015.551.527.5392196
7Dekker, MarvinAHO2084101½100115.54222.75322105
8Wouters, EdwinNED0 *½011011015.5382129.51864
9Maduro, ShermanAHO2033½10½11½½0548.523.25362022
10Matoewi, RogerSUR21501101½½0½½54824382165
11van Woerden, MichielNED20741010½110½54620.7535.52051
12Pesqueira, JoseARU19811011½0½½½54018.5312056
13Kats, Michael AlexUSA0 *010110011537.517.5291958
14Wagenaar, Harm TheoNED20841010011½04.549.519.5372045
15de Mey, Juan PabloARU1905101½10½½04.544.520.2535.51931
16Vreugdenhil, FransNED207010½½½01104.539.516.75311900
17Zalm, NormanAHO18340010½10114.531.51123.52013
18Hodgson, NormanAHO1848010010½1½439.513291406
19Duijvesteijn, AndreNED0 *010101000437.512.25291797
20Richardson, QuirinoAHO17560110100104361128.51742
21Tjong-A-Hung, EdwinAHO0 *00010½1½043613281891
22Pop, SerapioAHO0 *0½001110½43311261774
23Cuellar, OscarAHO209301½0101003.53810.25311796
24Fayad, MichellAHO0 *00000½0013.5355.7527.51264
25de Jong, TeijeNED0 *0000½½½013.5338.7526.51664
26Salim-Moussa, SeydiAHO181600½10½00½3.5339.25251727
27Capella, GregoryAHO17420½01000½½3.532.57.25251553
28Elisa, KingsleyAHO0 *000000½½0231.53241489
29Salim Moussa, FarajAHO0 *00½000½00228.53221546
30Izijk, JimmyAHO2049-0-0-00-0-0-0-0-0140.520.2531.50
30 players

12) 14th Olomouc Chess Summer 2011

The 14th Olomouc Chess Summer takes place 3rd-11th August 2011. Many 9 round events.

Valoz Cup GM1 Olomouc CZE Wed 3rd Aug 2011 - Thu 11th Aug 2011
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Zilka StepanIMCZE25064.06.750.00
2Andreev EduardGMUKR24583.57.250.00
3Antipov Mikhail AlIMRUS24073.09.250.00
4Arutinian DavidGMGEO25623.07.000.00
5Dobrowolski PiotrIMPOL24233.06.500.00
6Bures JaroslavCZE23803.03.500.00
7Krivoborodov EgorIMRUS25072.04.000.00
8Drozdowski KacperFMPOL23111.53.750.00
9Kalinitschew SergeyGMGER24311.03.000.00
10Butkiewicz LukaszIMPOL24351.01.500.00
10 players
Prima Pack Cup GM2 Olomouc CZE Wed 3rd Aug 2011 - Thu 11th Aug 2011
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Chernyshov KonstantinGMRUS25524.59.750.00
2Gavrilov AlexeiGMRUS24814.06.000.00
3Kanovsky DavidIMCZE24783.55.500.00
4Oparin GrigoriyFMRUS23563.07.250.00
5Simantsev MikhailGMUKR25583.04.000.00
6Plat VojtechIMCZE24102.05.500.00
7Biolek Richard JrIMCZE24091.53.250.00
8Stachowiak KamilIMPOL24361.52.000.00
9Wieczorek OskarPOL23741.02.500.00
10Figura Atila GajoFMGER23581.02.250.00
10 players
Winsoft Cup IM1 Olomouc CZE Wed 3rd Aug 2011 - Thu 11th Aug 2011
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Yuffa DaniilFMRUS23023.04.000.00
2Biolek RichardIMCZE24783.03.750.00
3Dmitrenko ViktorIMUKR23532.55.000.00
4Jurek JosefIMCZE23242.54.750.00
5Wiley Tom EFMENG23062.04.750.00
6Stachanczyk JacekPOL23282.04.000.00
7Furman BorisFMRUS22622.02.000.00
8Obsivac JosefFMCZE22731.53.500.00
9Moritz AronGER20911.51.250.00
10Poznanska KatarzynaPOL20680.00.000.00
10 players
Ceska Cup IM2 Olomouc CZE Wed 3rd Aug 2011 - Thu 11th Aug 2011
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Mishuchkov Nikolai MFMRUS24154.010.000.00
2Aripov IskandarUZB21233.07.250.00
3Klima LukasIMCZE23493.06.000.00
4Vrana JanFMCZE23062.56.250.00
5Groetz HaraldIMAUT22562.56.000.00
6Balacek TadeasCMCZE22512.55.750.00
7Michalczak ThomasFMGER23252.55.500.00
8Volodin ViktorIMRUS22002.04.250.00
9Ruzicka PetrFMCZE22712.03.750.00
10Mackowiak MarekPOL22361.02.250.00
10 players
FIDE Open Olomouc CZE Wed 3rd Aug 2011 - Thu 11th Aug 2011
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Szymanski MarcinIMPOL24104.511.015.54
2Kireev AlekseiIMRUS23604.510.516.54
3Johansson JanIMSWE23974.510.016.04
4Kowalczyk RafalPOL20854.510.014.54
5Ageichenko Genadi AIMRUS23564.59.516.54
6Zakharchenko ArnoldIMUKR22024.58.515.04
7Rjabzev KonstantinIMRUS22714.57.513.04
8Bryzgalin KirillGMRUS24694.010.017.54
9Rojicek VojtechIMCZE23964.09.515.53
10Cagasik TomasCZE22554.09.015.53
11Miskulin DennisSWE22084.08.014.54
12Oganian MiranRUS22044.07.512.54
13Blazeka DamjanCRO20524.07.011.54
14Janyska PavelCZE20173.511.517.53
15Alfimov IgorCZE18263.510.516.53
16Jasny StanislavIMCZE23663.510.017.03
Amberger DieterAUT20833.510.017.03
18Rey FabriceFRA21163.510.016.53
19Zdrazil TomasCZE20193.510.014.52
20Yefimov MstislavRUS21273.59.515.53
21De Marchi OlivierFRA22673.59.016.03
22Ortoft KaiNOR20433.59.015.53
23Gunajew RafalFMPOL22583.58.515.53
24Farnault EricFRA20653.58.513.53
Hrabal MichalCZE20453.58.513.53
26Maly MarekCZE19863.58.512.52
27Navratil JiriCZE20433.58.014.03
28Vanek LadislavCZE22093.58.013.53
Renkowski PiotrPOL19243.58.013.53
30Sikora-Lerch JanIMCZE22103.58.013.03
31Schmid ThomasAUT21903.57.513.03
32Blazeka MatejCRO22133.57.512.52
33Hobusch AlexanderGER21333.57.013.53
34Chudinovskikh Alexander MIMRUS23023.57.012.53
Czajkowski AdamPOL17613.57.012.53
36Sochorova PetraWIMCZE22043.57.012.03
37Karhanek PavelCZE21193.56.512.03
38Falkowski DawidPOL20593.56.511.03
39Dukaczewski PiotrIMPOL22903.09.516.03
40Rydl JiriCZE20073.09.015.53
141 players

13) 19th Saint-Affrique Open

The 19th Saint-Affrique Open took place 23rd-30th July 2011. Jean-Marc Degraeve won.

19th St Affrique Op Saint-Affrique FRA Sat 23rd Jul 2011 - Sat 30th Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2Perf
1DEGRAEVE Jean-Marc25744662597
2KARPATCHEV Aleksandr2485746½62536
3GOZZOLI Yannick2532746½52510
4KUKOV Velislav237774652506
5FLEAR Glenn C2483744½62485
6RABINEAU Clement2273744½62387
7BEDOUIN Xavier2410744½52435
8PETITCUNOT Pierre241474262417
9MILLIET Sophie235574252407
10MILCHEV Nikolay238845½52413
11CROUAN Stephane219843½52293
12SAADA Julien23104352312
13DELORME Laurie221542½62262
14COLLAS Silvia232342½42300
15BISSIERES Matthieu235240½52349
16AIGLON Laurent20453962120
17MARZOLF Bruno226564352264
18SANCHEZ Nicolas216364342258
19SAEZ Frederic2252642½62238
20RAVOT Sylvain2267642½52282
21IWANESKO Alexandre2217642½52243
22HOUARD Yannick2221642½42241
23NOIREAUT Hung1828642½42165
24BOLLENGIER Andreea220764252243
25LOISEAU Quentin2142641½62198
26PRUVOT Louis199764152197
27LEWIS John210764142169
28ROUBAUD Alexandre2087640½52084
29DIMITROV Christo2301639½42165
30RAGGINI Lionel2135638½52129
31RINGUET Noe2092638½52117
32MLADENOV Plamen2391638½42203
33HOURIEZ Clement2328638½42155
34CARRILLO Jesus209763862048
35MANIA Clement2130637½51998
36RENAUX Osmin1964637½51947
37FEJZOVSKI Enver215663742097
38PERROT Pierre171241½42028
39CASTRO John21894142095
40WEILL Roland220240½52144
198 players

14) 16th Creon Open

The Creon Open took place 1st-7th August 2011. Yuri Solodovnichenko took clear first with 7.5/9. No games available.

16th Creon Open Creon FRA Mon 1st Aug 2011 - Sun 7th Aug 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2Perf
1SOLODOVNICHENKO Yuri 261546572700
2NEVEDNICHY Vladislav 2523746572642
3SPIRIN Oleg 2491746572571
4BERESCU Alin-Mile 2465745552580
5GOZZOLI Yannick 253245½56½2515
6EPISHIN Vladimir 255341½49½2476
7IVANOV Jordan 239841½522402
8BAZART David 22394149½2367
9INKIOV Ventzislav 247640½492403
10SAADA Julien 231040½492359
11LAZAREV Vladimir 2445642512405
12NAVROTESCU Catalin 2422641492378
13OLARASU Gabrielagf228764048½2300
14OLLIER Pablo 2277639½48½2286
15MARCINIAK Alexandre 2193639½482263
16LOUIS Thibault 207163744½2131
17DAURELLE Herve 2261634½42½2172
18BILLON Olivier 21494248½2339
19SONG Julien 23364149½2261
20DELORME Lauriemf22154048½2288
21SAFRANSKA Andagf22304048½2280
22BOUDRE Jean-Pierre 23044049½2250
23MACON Arthur 206639½46½2168
24LE HETET Nicolas 212738½472177
25REMILLE Tristan 219337½462206
26NAVROTESCU Andreea-Cristiana 19543743½2140
27DE BARROS Frederic 209936½45½2183
28PILTE Nicolas 209936½432164
29FAVAREL Antoine 22353542½2127
30BARBOT Pierre 22323540½2102
31DAUMENS Michel 215334½432107
32JAUREGUIBERRY Cedric 213234½41½2091
33SANTOS LATASA Jaime 2242539½48½2298
34FANTINEL Thibault 2266539½48½2218
35PASSAGER Jean-Pierre 2212537½462187
36FORGUES Fabien 2175537452150
37MAUPIN Jean-Paul 2095537442144
38KEMPINSKI Andre 2057536½442070
39CHAUVET Vincent 2032536432046
40TERNAULT Mathieu 209753641½2036
112 players

15) 19th Montecatini Open

The 19th Montecatini Open took place 31st July - 7th August 2011. Denis Rombaldoni edged out Fabio Bellini, Duilio Collutiis and Fabio Bruno on tie-break after all scored 7/9.

Open A Montecatini Terme ITA Sun 31st Jul 2011 - Sun 7th Aug 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1ROMBALDONI DenisIM24957.049.0053.502314.22
2BELLINI FabioIM24987.047.0051.002312.78
3COLLUTIIS DuilioIM24687.045.5050.502171.44
4BRUNO FabioIM24667.044.0047.502160.22
5LAKETIC GojkoIM24396.549.0053.002306.44
6DVIRNYY DaniyylIM24366.548.5051.002236.22
7BRAGA FernandoIM24476.542.5045.502195.89
8MOGRANZINI RobertoIM24336.048.5052.502271.78
9BENTIVEGNA FrancescoFM23306.048.0052.502271.89
10CONTIN DanielIM23196.048.0051.502229.33
11EFIMOV IgorGM24286.045.5049.002246.44
12SANTAGATI AlessandroCM22196.044.5049.002184.56
13PASSEROTTI PierluigiFM22646.044.0048.502136.89
14SELLITTI FedericoCM21676.044.0047.502134.22
15STROMBOLI CarloFM23046.044.0047.002226.33
16CORVI MarcoFM23016.041.5046.002115.78
17SABIA CorradoM21916.041.5044.502026.00
18TOCCHIONI DorianoFM22386.040.5044.502100.67
19NANNELLI PaoloM22245.547.5051.002171.78
20SPORNBERGER MaximiliCM21555.547.0051.502273.00
21STROMBOLI EttoreFM23045.545.0048.502202.11
22CERQUITELLA LucaM22835.544.0048.002172.78
23SPORNBERGER Andre1N18975.543.5045.502161.11
24CECCONI Giovanni AlbFM21415.543.0047.002150.33
25MADIAI FedericoCM21955.543.0044.502112.67
26STIPS FelixM22135.542.0046.002116.44
27PESCATORE LorenzoCM21215.542.0045.002156.56
28GRASSO GaetanoCM19915.538.5041.002078.78
29LOCCI DamianoCM21675.538.0040.001991.67
30BASSO Pier LuigiCM20455.537.5040.002019.22
31SORCINELLI FrancescoCM21085.536.5039.002022.33
32FRUGOLI FrancescoCM22065.042.5046.502031.22
33STELLA LucaCM20905.042.5046.002103.22
34PALTRINIERI NicholasCM21165.042.5045.502122.56
35CAPPAI DavideM22275.042.0045.502057.11
36CAPUTI NicolaCM20255.041.5044.502017.56
37GALLANA MarcoCM21135.041.0044.002114.11
38RIZZA FrancescoCM20335.040.5044.502068.00
39MILAZZO MarioCM20835.040.0043.001998.44
40RICCIO ErosCM21945.039.5043.002103.22
107 players

16) 1st Radzikowskiej Mem

The 1st Radzikowskiej Memorial takes place in Warsaw 6th-14th August 2011.

1st Radzikowskiej Mem Warsaw POL Sat 6th Aug 2011 - Sun 14th Aug 2011. Category: 2. Ave: (2293)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts TPR
1 Michna, Marta WGM GER 2397 # = 1 1 2.5 2528
2 Foisor, Cristina-Adela IM ROU 2427 # = 1 1 2.5 2488
3 Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina WGM POL 2339 = # 1 1 2.5 2487
4 Rajlich, Iweta IM POL 2436 # = = 1 2 2426
5 Worek, Joanna WIM POL 2306 = # = 1 2 2412
6 Zozulia, Anna IM BEL 2381 = = # = 1.5 2394
7 Sharevich, Anna WGM BLR 2344 0 = # 1 1.5 2307
8 Iwanow, Anna WFM POL 2162 0 0 # 1 1 2165
9 Gluszko, Monika POL 2103 0 0 # 1 1 2178
10 Kochetkova, Julia WGM SVK 2319 = 0 # = 1 2109
11 Foisor, Mihaela-Veronica WFM ROU 2217 0 0 = # 0.5 2093
12 Leks, Maria WCM POL 2082 0 0 0 # 0 2347
Round 1. Sat 6th Aug 2011
Worek, Joanna 1-0 Leks, Maria 39 D17 QGD Slav
Zozulia, Anna 1/2-1/2 Rajlich, Iweta 57 C01 French
Michna, Marta 1/2-1/2 Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina 30 A05 Reti opening
Foisor, Cristina-Adela 1-0 Iwanow, Anna 54 E62 King's Indian
Foisor, Mihaela-Veronica 0-1 Sharevich, Anna 33 D45 QGD semi-Slav
Gluszko, Monika 1-0 Kochetkova, Julia 59 B83 Sicilian
Round 2. Sun 7th Aug 2011
Leks, Maria 0-1 Michna, Marta 66 C03 French
Foisor, Cristina-Adela 1-0 Gluszko, Monika 33 A34 English
Sharevich, Anna 1/2-1/2 Worek, Joanna 54 D11 QGD Slav
Rajlich, Iweta 1-0 Foisor, Mihaela-Veronica 36 A13 English opening
Iwanow, Anna 0-1 Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina 40 C96 Ruy Lopez
Kochetkova, Julia 1/2-1/2 Zozulia, Anna 30 B47 Sicilian
Round 3. Mon 8th Aug 2011
Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina 1-0 Leks, Maria 27 B12 Caro-Kann
Michna, Marta 1-0 Sharevich, Anna 78 B20 Sicilian defence
Worek, Joanna 1/2-1/2 Rajlich, Iweta 43 D86 Gruenfeld
Foisor, Mihaela-Veronica 1/2-1/2 Kochetkova, Julia 37 E49 Nimzo-Indian
Zozulia, Anna 1/2-1/2 Foisor, Cristina-Adela 50 B12 Caro-Kann defence
Gluszko, Monika 0-1 Iwanow, Anna 25 B84 Sicilian

17) 20th Martigny Open

The 20th Martigny Open took place 29th July - 1st August 2011. Das Neelotpal won with 6/7. I couldn't find any games nor an official site.

20th Open Martigny SUI Fri 29th Jul 2011 - Mon 1st Aug 2011
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkNameFEDRtgGmsPts
1 Neelotpal, Das IND 2316 7 6
2 Arnaudov, G Petar BUL 2278 7 5.5
3 Grachev, Boris RUS 2412 7 5.5
4 Cherniaev, Alexander RUS 2310 7 5.5
5 Szuhanek, Ranko ROU 2313 7 5.5
6 Huss, Andreas SUI 2204 7 5.5
7 Sermier, Guillaume SUI 2214 7 5.5
8 Petkov, Vladimir BUL 2332 7 5.5
9 Stojanovic, Mihajlo SRB 2316 7 5.5
10 Campora, Daniel H ARG 2179 7 5
11 Szakolczai, Peter HUN 2023 7 5
12 Filipovic, Branko CRO 2144 7 5
13 Malakhatko, Vadim BEL 2369 7 5
14 Burnier, David SUI 2275 7 4.5
15 Steenhuis, Jan SUI 1926 7 4.5
16 Zozulia, Anna BEL 2228 7 4.5
17 Habibi, Ali GER 2096 7 4.5
18 Martin T , Milan SVK 2050 6 4.5
19 Moret, Jean-Paul SUI 1803 6 4.5
20 Carron, Julien SUI 2202 7 4.5
21 Hakimifard, Ghazal IRI 2186 7 4.5
22 Furrer, Marc SUI 1891 7 4.5
23 Brendel, Oliver GER 2174 7 4.5
24 Kelecevic, Nedeljko SUI 1948 7 4.5
25 Duratti, Lindo FRA 1946 7 4
26 Maret, Arnaud SUI 1874 7 4
27 Mauron, Pierre SUI 2037 7 4
28 Rindlisbacher, Lars SUI 2076 7 4
29 Bagri, Jaspaul SUI 2059 7 4
30 Wiesmann, Dominique SUI 1893 6 4
31 Staub, Ludovic SUI 2121 6 3.5
32 Onda, Walter SUI 1948 7 3.5
33 Zarri, Florian SUI 2087 6 3.5
34 Frauchiger, Thomas SUI 1966 7 3.5
35 Huss, Benjamin SUI 2046 7 3.5
36 Preissmann, Emmanuel SUI 2098 7 3.5
37 Arjun, Bharat IND 2324 6 3.5
38 Studer, Noel SUI 2201 6 3.5
39 Hakimifard, Raana IRI 2225 6 3
40 Tabin, Rene SUI 1928 6 3
111 players

18) 20th ZDMI Open

The 20th ZDMI Open in Dresden takes place 6th-14th August 2011.

20th ZDMI Open Dresden GER Sat 6th Aug 2011 - Sun 14th Aug 2011
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg+-=PtsTB1TB2
1 Shankland, Samuel LGMUSA2539200225
1 Turov, MaximGMRUS2630200225
3 Kempinski, RobertGMPOL2600200224.5
3 Markgraf, AlexanderIMGER2478200224.5
3 Rychagov, AndreyGMRUS2560200224.5
3 Venkatesh, M.R.IMIND2480200224.5
7 Arun Prasad, S.GMIND2489200224
7 Berczes, DavidGMHUN2550200224
7 Friedel, Joshua EGMUSA2531200224
7 Luther, ThomasGMGER2515200224
11 Vorobiov, Evgeny E.GMRUS257420021.55
12 Hasangatin, RamilGMRUS251520021.54.5
12 Sengupta, DeepGMIND256320021.54.5
12 Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V.GMRUS257820021.54.5
15 Szabo, KrisztianGMHUN2542200215
16 Heberla, BartlomiejGMPOL25391011.52.53
16 Kovalev, AndreiGMBLR25311011.52.53
18 Kraemer, MartinIMGER25061011.525
19 Zakhartsov, VladimirRUS21461011.524
20 Degtiarev, EvgenyFMGER23271011.51.55
20 Hoffmann, PaulFMGER23291011.51.55
22 Markowski, TomaszGMPOL26311011.51.54.5
23 Bakre, TejasGMIND25221011.516
23 Fier, AlexandrGMBRA25661011.516
23 Jaracz, PawelGMPOL25751011.516
23 Stabolewski, AndreasGER22701011.516
27 Wichmann, CliffIMGER23601011.515.5
28 Kotainy, JensFMGER24331011.515
29 Bluebaum, MatthiasFMGER2338110133
30 Roos, KseniaWIMGER226511012.54.5
31 Fruebing, StefanFMGER236311012.53.5
31 Gutman, LevGMGER245111012.53.5
31 Kaiser, ElmarGER212111012.53.5
31 Siedentopf, DanielGER229111012.53.5
31 Zumsande, MartinIMGER243411012.53.5
36 Andre, GordonGER236811012.53
37 Fruebing, ThomasGER2187110124.5
37 Hansch, TorstenCMGER2174110124.5
39 Buechmann, OleGER2123110124
39 Eskandary, JahjaGER2144110124
88 players

19) 21st Pobla De Lillet Open

The 21st Pobla De Lillet Open takes place 2nd-11th August 2011. I couldn't find games nor get the official site to work.

21st Open La Pobla de Lillet ESP Tue 2nd Aug 2011 - Thu 11th Aug 2011
Leading Round 6 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1PERALTA FernandoARG26016.024.021.00.0
2IPATOV AlexanderESP25625.023.521.00.0
3GORBATOV AlexejRUS23755.022.520.00.0
4JOVER FONT PauESP17125.022.019.00.0
5VELICKA PetrCZE24615.021.519.00.0
6MOVSZISZIAN KarenARM24934.524.522.00.0
7ALVAREZ PEDRAZA AramisCUB25514.524.522.00.0
8OMS PALLISSE JosepESP24894.523.521.00.0
9CAPELLADES SUBIRANA Marc MCESP22604.523.020.50.0
10PANELO MUNOZ MarceloARG24134.523.020.00.0
11VILLUENDAS VALERO AdrianESP22544.522.019.50.0
12AYZA BALLESTER JordiESP21924.521.519.50.0
13KORNEEV OlegRUS25884.025.522.00.0
14GONZALEZ AGUIRRE LuisESP22074.023.021.00.0
15BLANCO SANCHEZ Jose FernandoESP21294.022.519.50.0
16GARCIA GALEOTE LorenzoESP20594.021.520.00.0
17GARCIA CASTELLOTE DanielESP20044.021.519.00.0
18SANCHEZ URPI OriolESP19524.021.019.50.0
19LOPEZ DE TURISO Jose AngelESP20914.021.018.50.0
20PASCUAL GENOVES MarcESP22204.020.517.50.0
21SIMON PADROS EmiliESP22794.020.018.00.0
22BASAS GAMAZO JosepESP20514.018.516.00.0
23CERVELLO I TOST RogerESP16534.018.516.00.0
24VALIENTE ROY Jose JavierESP20904.018.016.00.0
25DIAZ LOPEZ PedroESP19854.017.516.50.0
26GARCIA GRACIA Victor HugoESP19194.017.516.00.0
27DOMINGUEZ CARMONA MiguelESP20713.524.021.50.0
28MOYA ARAU CarlesESP20533.523.521.00.0
29TEJERO ROYO FerminESP20943.522.019.00.0
30VINALS RIOJA JaumeESP20403.520.018.00.0
31BALAGUE CAMPS MarcESP21193.519.016.50.0
32PENARANDA GRILO Juan CarlosESP18743.519.016.50.0
33MASCARO JORNET JosepESP21053.518.516.00.0
34GAONA GONZALEZ GerardESP20363.518.016.50.0
35CORRIGUELAS ARMILLAS FredericESP19653.518.016.00.0
36NOGUE FAJULA JoanESP19083.517.516.00.0
37CERVELLO TOST FerranESP18803.517.016.00.0
38TRAVESSET BARBA JoaquimESP20943.516.014.50.0
39ROSA RAMIREZ Victor DESP19493.515.514.50.0
40GAMISANS FABREGAS JoanESP19563.515.514.00.0
101 players

20) 37th Badalona Open

Eduardo Iturrizaga is the top seed in the Badalona Open which takes place 1st-9th August 2011. 6 Round Swiss followed by a knockout to decide the winners. I'm hoping a decent selection of games will become available.

37th Badalona Op A Badalona ESP Mon 1st Aug 2011 - Tue 9th Aug 2011
Leading Round 6 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1ITURRIZAGA EduardoGMVEN26035.016.018.50.0
2VOLODIN AleksandrGMEST25235.016.017.50.0
3GONZALEZ VIDAL YuriGMCUB25035.015.518.50.0
4ORTIZ SUAREZ Isan ReynaldoGMCUB25565.015.017.50.0
5HERNANDEZ CARMENATES HoldenGMCUB25705.014.518.50.0
6PANCHANATHAN Magesh ChandranGMIND25565.014.018.00.0
7CRUZ FilemonIMPER24065.014.017.50.0
8BACALLAO ALONSO YusnelIMCUB25325.013.518.00.0
9NARCISO DUBLAN MarcGMESP25445.013.517.00.0
10BUCHENAU FrankFMGER22374.515.516.50.0
11KARLSSON LarsGMSWE24824.515.017.50.0
12ALMEIDA QUINTANA OmarGMCUB25484.514.517.50.0
13SOLLEVELD MaartenIMNED24974.016.517.00.0
14ARVOLA BenjaminNOR22074.015.515.00.0
15PEREZ MITJANS OrelvisIMESP24524.015.016.00.0
16RODRIGUEZ CEPEDES AmadorGMESP24464.015.015.50.0
17CRUZ CristhianIMPER24704.015.014.00.0
18MUNOZ PANTOJA MiguelIMPER24824.013.515.50.0
19JEREZ PEREZ AlfonsoIMESP24164.013.016.00.0
20PETROSIAN SurenIMARM23814.013.014.00.0
21POMES MARCET JuanIMESP23474.013.014.00.0
22CRUZ JonathanIMPER24064.012.015.00.0
23MESTRE BELLIDO HectorIMESP23804.011.513.50.0
24RIOS Cristhian CamiloFMCOL24244.011.014.50.0
25THAKUR AkashIND23274.010.514.00.0
26BARBERO SENIDIC AlejandroMKESP22644.010.513.00.0
27LORENZO DE LA RIVA LazaroIMESP23913.516.516.50.0
28TEN HERTOG HugoFMNED23023.516.513.50.0
29DELGADO RAMOS HectorFMCUB24883.515.016.50.0
ALARCON CASELLAS RolandoFMCUB24533.515.016.50.0
31COLON GARCIA EnriqueMKESP22763.513.513.50.0
32ALBERTO ManuelANG22183.513.513.50.0
33RAMIRO OVEJERO Juan LuisFMESP22933.513.513.00.0
34JIMENEZ FRAGA Pedro AlejandroFMCUB24643.513.013.50.0
35TSCHAROTSCHKIN MichaelGER22093.513.012.50.0
36GOMEZ JURADO Luis AlbertoFMESP23533.513.012.50.0
37BARYSHPOLETS AndreyIMUKR24743.512.513.50.0
38PULVETT DanielIMVEN23033.512.512.50.0
39MONTANES ARRIBAS AdrianESP21773.512.511.50.0
40MARTINEZ ROMERO MartinCOL22353.512.012.00.0
123 players

21) 5th AD San Juan 2011

The 5th AD San Juan took place 25th-31st July 2011. Eduardo Iturrizaga edged out Julio Granda Zuniga, Sergey Fedorchuk and Branko Damljanovic Branko on tie-break after all scored 7/9.

5th AD San Juan Open Pamplona ESP Mon 25th Jul 2011 - Sun 31st Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Iturrizaga EduardoGMVEN26037.049.536.55
2Granda Zuniga Julio EGMPER26167.048.537.05
3Fedorchuk Sergey AGMUKR26187.047.534.55
4Damljanovic BrankoGMSRB26117.046.036.55
5Chatalbashev BorisGMBUL25966.546.532.05
6Ortiz Suarez Isan ReynaldoGMCUB25566.546.035.04
7Baghdasaryan VaheARM22896.544.529.06
8Ninov NikolaiIMBUL25186.544.032.56
9Paunovic DraganGMSRB25036.543.033.54
10Vazquez Igarza RenierGMESP25616.540.530.55
11Riff Jean-NoelIMFRA24936.044.531.05
12Gonzalez Vidal YuriGMCUB25036.043.533.54
13Simonian HrairGMARM24616.043.529.54
14Venkatesh M RIMIND24806.043.030.55
15Das ArghyadipIMIND24716.043.030.05
16Berbatov KiprianIMBUL24726.042.031.55
17Tania SachdevIMIND24196.041.029.06
18Hansen Torbjorn RingdalIMNOR24686.039.028.55
19Delchev AleksanderGMBUL26225.550.534.04
20Castellanos Rodriguez RenierIMESP24975.549.532.54
21Aroshidze LevanGMGEO25395.547.534.04
22Khamrakulov Ibragim SGMESP24965.546.032.53
23Solodovnichenko YuriGMUKR26155.545.533.53
24Oleksienko MikhailoGMUKR25645.545.031.54
25Moen AndreasFMNOR23335.545.029.54
26Almeida Quintana OmarGMCUB25485.544.533.55
27Klenburg MikhailIMUKR24125.544.528.55
28Reinaldo Castineira RoiIMESP24925.543.530.04
29Antoli Royo Joaquin MiguelIMESP24345.539.527.05
30Cerrajeria Ruiz Jesus MariaESP21305.538.526.05
31Krug Cortegoso Rodolfo MartinESP21275.538.524.55
32Saenz Narciso Miguel AngelESP22395.538.025.55
33Moreno Ruiz JavierIMESP25455.045.531.54
34Valles Moreno IvanESP23875.044.030.05
35Vega Gutierrez SabrinaWGMESP22855.043.027.04
36Ugalde Ezcurra Jose MiguelESP21765.041.526.05
37Mullon Jean-BaptisteIMFRA24005.040.528.05
38Villegas PierreMNC22555.040.025.54
39Burguete Archel EduardoESP21955.040.025.53
40Moro Murciego AlejandroESP18305.040.024.04
108 players

22) Magistrales de Martelli

The main GM tournament Magistrales de Martelli takes place 1st-11th August 2011. Andres Rodriguez Vila leads on 5/7 with a couple of rounds to go.

Magistral de la Republica Villa Martelli ARG Mon 1st Aug 2011 - Thu 11th Aug 2011. Category: 7. Ave: (2409)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Rodriguez Vila, Andres GM URU 2507 # 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 5 2547
2 Mahia, Gustavo IM ARG 2371 # = 0 1 = = 1 1 4.5 2502
3 Real De Azua, Ernesto IM ARG 2438 1 = # = 0 = = 1 4 2466
4 Slipak, Sergio GM ARG 2424 = 1 = # = = = = 4 2473
5 Molina, Roberto Junio Brito IM BRA 2413 0 1 = # = = = 1 4 2472
6 De Dovitiis, Alejo IM ARG 2348 0 0 = # = 1 1 1 4 2465
7 Valerga, Diego GM ARG 2490 = = = = = # = = 3.5 2391
8 Fusco, Leonardo IM ARG 2389 = = = = 0 = # 1 3.5 2415
9 Bassan, Remo FM VEN 2356 0 0 0 = 0 = # 1 2 2259
10 Larrea, Manuel FM URU 2353 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 # 0.5 1979
Round 1. Mon 1st Aug 2011
Mahia, Gustavo 1-0 De Dovitiis, Alejo 28 A45 Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)
Slipak, Sergio 1/2-1/2 Fusco, Leonardo 23 E97 King's Indian
Bassan, Remo 1-0 Larrea, Manuel 30 B62 Sicilian
Real De Azua, Ernesto 1-0 Rodriguez Vila, Andres 55 E44 Nimzo-Indian
Valerga, Diego 1/2-1/2 Molina, Roberto Junio Brito 23 D55 QGD
Round 2. Tue 2nd Aug 2011
Molina, Roberto Junio Brito 1-0 Real De Azua, Ernesto 37 E32 Nimzo-Indian
Mahia, Gustavo 1/2-1/2 Valerga, Diego 27 D19 QGD Slav
Rodriguez Vila, Andres 1-0 Bassan, Remo 48 C02 French
Larrea, Manuel 1/2-1/2 Slipak, Sergio 27 C58 Two knights defence
De Dovitiis, Alejo 1-0 Fusco, Leonardo 32 B08 Pirc
Round 3. Wed 3rd Aug 2011
Fusco, Leonardo 1-0 Larrea, Manuel 40 B33 Sicilian
Real De Azua, Ernesto 1/2-1/2 Mahia, Gustavo 31 E92 King's Indian
Slipak, Sergio 1/2-1/2 Rodriguez Vila, Andres 11 E11 Bogo-Indian defence, Nimzovich variation
Bassan, Remo 1/2-1/2 Molina, Roberto Junio Brito 12 B24 Sicilian
Valerga, Diego 1/2-1/2 De Dovitiis, Alejo 14 C92 Ruy Lopez
Round 4. Thu 4th Aug 2011
Molina, Roberto Junio Brito 1/2-1/2 Slipak, Sergio 69 E32 Nimzo-Indian
Valerga, Diego 1/2-1/2 Real De Azua, Ernesto 31 E61 King's Indian defence, 3.Nc3
Mahia, Gustavo 1-0 Bassan, Remo 63 D16 QGD Slav
Rodriguez Vila, Andres 1/2-1/2 Fusco, Leonardo 27 B12 Caro-Kann
De Dovitiis, Alejo 1-0 Larrea, Manuel 33 B89 Sicilian
Round 5. Fri 5th Aug 2011
Larrea, Manuel 0-1 Rodriguez Vila, Andres 24 A34 English
Fusco, Leonardo 1/2-1/2 Molina, Roberto Junio Brito 10 C47 Four knights
Slipak, Sergio 1-0 Mahia, Gustavo 42 D77 Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O
Bassan, Remo 1/2-1/2 Valerga, Diego 37 B40 Sicilian defence
Real De Azua, Ernesto 1/2-1/2 De Dovitiis, Alejo 37 E41 Nimzo-Indian
Round 6. Sat 6th Aug 2011
Real De Azua, Ernesto 1-0 Bassan, Remo 24 A61 Benoni
Valerga, Diego 1/2-1/2 Slipak, Sergio 12 C54 Giuoco Piano
Mahia, Gustavo 1/2-1/2 Fusco, Leonardo 44 D58 QGD
Molina, Roberto Junio Brito 1-0 Larrea, Manuel 37 E97 King's Indian
De Dovitiis, Alejo 0-1 Rodriguez Vila, Andres 30 C01 French
Round 7. Sun 7th Aug 2011
Rodriguez Vila, Andres 1-0 Molina, Roberto Junio Brito 35 B40 Sicilian defence
Larrea, Manuel 0-1 Mahia, Gustavo 64 A37 English
Fusco, Leonardo 1/2-1/2 Valerga, Diego 46 B32 Sicilian defence
Slipak, Sergio 1/2-1/2 Real De Azua, Ernesto 23 A49 King's Indian
Bassan, Remo 0-1 De Dovitiis, Alejo 31 A07 Reti
Martelli ITT Villa Martelli ARG Mon 1st Aug 2011 - Thu 11th Aug 2011
Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPts
11Liascovich LucasIMARG24285
27Fabian GastonFMARG23175
38Saldano Dayer HoracioIMESP24285
43Latorre MatiasPAR22584.5
55Della Morte PabloFMARG23194
69Mayorga NicolasFMARG23303
74Della Morte GermanIMARG23682.5
82Menna Barreto Felipe KubiakiBRA21932
96Guerrero AlvaroURU22102
1010Rego Vinicius V De AlmeidaBRA22732
10 players

23) Euro Chess Tournament

The Euro Chess Tournament took place in Borne 1st-6th August 2011. Armen Hachijan edged out Stefan Beukema and Arthur Pijpers on tie-break after all scored 7/9.

ECT Open A Borne NED Mon 1st Aug 2011 - Sat 6th Aug 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg123456789PtsTB1TB2TPR
1Hachijan, ArmenNED221711111½½017.052.038.752373
2Beukema, StefanNED22151111011107.052.038.02348
3Pijpers, ArthurNED2326101111½½17.049.037.752327
4Haast, MarkNED23281110½½11½6.553.036.752306
5Van Foreest, JordenNED213711½1½½1016.550.534.02283
6Rauw, Gert JanNED2152110½101116.547.031.02183
7Slagter, DavidNED215411½01101½6.050.530.52203
8Kollen, ZyonNED2148½11½½½0116.045.028.752149
9Mostertman, MilanNED22500011110116.038.523.52094
10Zwirs, NicoNED227811½½101½05.551.528.52179
11Nicolai, AmirNED21091101011½05.548.024.752121
12Van Osch, MeesNED201811½0½11½05.545.023.252069
13Gunther, MarcellaNED188501½011½1½5.539.523.251968
14Klepke, RicardoNED1985110½01½105.049.025.02061
15Warmelink, EvieNED20611101½001½5.046.021.02023
16De Jongh, AdriaanNED2192½1011100½5.045.521.252049
17Damen, IgorNED18970½½1½011½5.041.020.01849
18Van der Auweraert, ElwinNED20220011110105.039.019.51914
19Bassant, JesseNED19221010100115.039.017.51887
20Severijnen, MarionNED191210001+1015.038.515.251791
21Otten, MartijnNED200610110010½4.546.519.52005
22Lensink, DaanNED1768½½100110½4.542.519.751926
23Van der Werff, FrankNED184001010110½4.542.516.751872
24Van der Hoeven, GerbenNED1863101001½104.541.518.751941
25Dijkhuis, TychoNED1997101100½014.540.517.251925
26Mostertman, XanderNED1966½011½0½014.539.518.251828
27Van der Auweraert, JasperNED1818010101½014.539.014.751834
28Vincent, GwijdeBEL16291010½00114.538.517.51764
29Suurmond, RikNED182301001-11½4.538.018.751855
30Hummel, ThomasNED18530101100½14.537.014.251697
31Lardinois, WouterNED173701½101½004.045.019.751897
32Brantjes, YmeNED1835½½00110½½4.037.514.251763
33Wallace, GavinNED175701½011½004.037.011.51738
34Wijshoff, KasperNED1591000110+½½4.033.59.51638
35Wiegers, KasperNED1585+00001½½14.033.09.51643
36Finkenflugel, RenzoNED190701½1100003.541.012.51844
37Nicolai, CelineNED167701½0½0½103.537.513.751725
38Van der Vlies, FranklinNED1434½001010103.535.59.751497
39Rijksen, ArnoldNED15440½10½00½13.534.012.01608
40Slagter, JonathanNED14360001100½13.530.06.751381
48 players

24) Open Women's ch-Bulgaria

The Open Women's championship of Bulgaria took place 25th-31st July 2011. Margarita Voiska won with 8/9.

Open Women ch-BUL Vratsa BUL Mon 25th Jul 2011 - Sun 31st Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Voiska MargaritaWGMBUL23128.035.546.07
2Nikolova AdrianaWGMBUL23057.035.043.56
3Genova RuzkaWIMBUL21886.534.543.05
4Dragomirescu AngelaWIMROU21906.036.047.55
5Galunova TsvetaBUL19776.033.544.06
6Cherednichenko ElenaWFMUKR21335.535.546.03
7Chilingirova PavlinaWIMBUL21474.531.039.53
8Shivacheva DonikaBUL17254.526.535.03
9Bocheva MargaritaBUL18214.033.044.52
10Tsekova ViktoriaBUL18534.031.541.03
11Milutinovic StefanaSRB18494.031.539.02
12Ivanova SimonetaBUL19144.028.537.02
13Vasileva VeronikaBUL17474.027.534.02
14Penkova MaryanaBUL18313.025.532.01
15Valeva AnaBUL15731.028.035.50
15 players

25) Savaria Summer Open

The Savaria Summer Open took place 4th-7th August 2011. Albert Bokros and Miklos Nemeth finished with 4/5.

Savaria Summer Op Szombathely HUN Thu 4th Aug 2011 - Sun 7th Aug 2011
Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Bokros AlbertIMHUN24704.015.011.2512.5
2Nemeth MiklosIMHUN24334.014.010.7513.0
3Nagy GaborHUN23883.514.08.7510.5
4Martini BalazsHUN23103.514.08.2510.0
5Gergacz AttilaIMHUN24363.013.56.759.0
6Aczel GergelyHUN24703.012.56.5010.0
7Horvat DavidCRO21083.011.55.007.0
8Takacs BalazsHUN23183.011.06.257.5
9Petran PeterIMSVK22952.516.57.5010.5
10Horvath RekaHUN19682.512.55.508.5
11Tomasic RolandCRO21342.512.54.756.0
12Remete EszterHUN20642.59.54.005.5
13Makk RobertHUN22462.013.55.007.0
14Horvath ImreIMHUN22712.013.54.508.0
15Skvorc EmanuelCRO17802.013.04.506.5
16Dankhazi AndrasHUN20922.011.04.255.5
17Kiraly FerencAUT19012.08.52.004.0
18Babos ZsoltHUN19391.511.01.754.0
19Gutmann AloisAUT20711.012.01.253.0
20Tomasic DragutinCRO20500.511.00.502.0
20 players

26) 9th European Youth

The European Youth Championships take place in Mureck, Austria 3rd-11th August 2011. Many sections, I give the standings and games from the first 5 rounds of the top under-14 groups.

9th ch-EUR Youth U14 Mureck AUT Wed 3rd Aug 2011 - Thu 11th Aug 2011
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Korpa BenceHUN22404.517.510.015.25
2Stremavicius TitasLTU20944.516.510.014.25
3Toews ManuelGER19564.016.09.511.50
4Ladva OttomarEST20374.015.08.511.00
5Haavamae HenrikEST19184.014.09.09.50
6Petr JanCZE19444.09.56.07.00
7Rodgers PhilippeWLS16563.513.07.57.50
8Machan JanCZE20123.016.09.57.50
9Nastase Robert-PaulROU18943.014.08.55.50
Zuest LeonardSUI18153.014.08.55.50
11Thogersen RasmusDEN18483.014.08.05.50
12Vicas MarijusLTU19433.012.57.56.00
13Valkama EeroFIN17373.012.06.57.00
14Cusmuliuc Diana-ElenaROU16953.011.56.53.00
15He BenSCO16983.09.56.55.50
16Ferreira Luis PedroPOR17893.09.05.04.00
17Hristov KaloyanBUL16342.515.59.08.25
18Welch FabianSUI18112.514.59.05.00
19Correia Jorge Paulo Cardoso ViPOR16842.513.07.54.75
20Hofer EmilianAUT18862.512.08.04.00
21Pechac JergusSVK19992.511.07.54.75
22Mirza DianaIRL02.510.56.54.25
23Leonhartsberger SimonAUT02.014.09.05.00
24Bowler James PENG16722.014.08.04.50
25Vins AleksisLAT02.011.58.03.50
26Vangsgaard FrejaDEN02.011.57.54.50
27Lopez Popov IvanLUX16792.011.07.03.50
28Novotna BarboraCZE15272.011.06.52.00
29Mc Cusker AndrewSCO02.010.06.03.50
30Gaizauskaite GinteLTU16852.010.05.02.00
31Gucagaite GabrieleLTU02.09.56.03.00
32Nussbaumer VincentAUT18682.07.53.51.00
33Eranne TomiFIN14991.013.08.02.00
34Lascar RadoslawaPOL15871.013.07.52.00
35Meszarosova EvaSVK15421.012.57.02.50
36Schreiner GregorAUT01.09.56.52.50
37Weinman RinaSWE00.513.57.51.50
38Markoja SebastijanSLO19230.010.06.00.00
38 players

27) 4th d'Ille-et-Vilaine Open

The 4th d'Ille-et-Vilaine Open took place in Rennes 16th-22nd July 2011. Vladimir Okhotnik edged out Ventzislav Inkiov on tie-break after both scored 7.5/9.

4th d'Ille-et-Vilain Rennes FRA Sat 16th Jul 2011 - Fri 22nd Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2Perf
1OKHOTNIK VladimirmFRA24557.543.554.52558
2INKIOV VentzislavgBUL24767.541.550.52514
3PIANKOV EvgenijmUKR232774149.52390
4NAVROTESCU CatalinmROU24226.54149.52338
5ADRIAN ClaudemFRA22916.539.548.52154
6LE MAREC Simon FRA21086.537.546.52260
7BAILET PierrefFRA2432644.5532318
8MAULANA Kahfi FRA1951640.547.52120
9BOUGET Alexandre FRA2199640492125
10CIVIT Pierre FRA1922636.5452096
11SICLET Mathieu FRA1890634.5422044
12IDER BoryafFRA23595.544.5532289
13BARBOT Pierre FRA22325.544522247
14PYTEL KrzysztofmFRA23145.542.5522210
15HOULGATE Anthony FRA19695.54250.52134
16BAPST Valentin FRA19085.538.547.52098
17PYTEL BozenamfFRA19195.538.546.51996
18SERRALTA Michel FRA21225.538462058
19THEON Pierre FRA20645.53845.52039
20NAVROTESCU Andreea-Cristiana FRA19545.537.545.51980
21GEFFROY Leo FRA18675.53644.52017
22POURQUET Matthieu FRA18045.533.5411864
23SCHMOUCHKOVITCH Michel FRA1964541502015
24AUBRY Yannis FRA207354047.52020
25LEBRET Jean-Michel FRA210353846.51935
26LOUIS Corentin FRA1945535.542.51932
27CAILLOT Arnaud FRA172953542.51852
28FERRET-LEGER Gaspard FRA1788535411856
29LEBRET Loriane FRA162653337.51786
30ALLAN Regis FRA1720530361765
31JEGOUREL Cyrille FRA20484.54250.52020
32BUSNEL Laurent FRA19114.54046.51913
33RICHARD Francois FRA17654.53742.51776
34MARIE Xavier FRA17144.536.541.51890
35HEYMAN Jacques FRA18594.535.5431787
36MAHE Romain FRA19604.53542.51827
37DUPITIER Mickael FRA18444.534.5401772
38DECENEUX Christophe FRA17354.53440.51714
39SINNAS Albert FRA18154.533.536.51803
40EZANNO Yvon FRA15514.53339.51725
77 players

28) 8th Ostroda Festival

The 8th Ostroda Festival with GM, IM and Open sections take place 4th-11th August 2011.

8th Ostroda GM Ostroda POL Thu 4th Aug 2011 - Thu 11th Aug 2011. Category: 8. Ave: (2447)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Bailet, Pierre FM FRA 2432 # 1 = = 1 3 2667
2 Mista, Aleksander GM POL 2564 # = = 1 1 3 2646
3 Malisauskas, Vidmantas GM LTU 2477 0 = # 1 1 2.5 2526
4 Semcesen, Daniel IM SWE 2480 = # = = 1 2.5 2499
5 Jakubowski, Krzysztof GM POL 2510 = = # = 1 2.5 2551
6 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof FM POL 2274 0 = # 1 1 2.5 2547
7 Leniart, Arkadiusz IM POL 2455 = 0 # = 1 2 2401
8 Sieciechowicz, Marcin IM POL 2454 0 0 = # = 1 2267
9 Georgescu, Tiberiu-Marian FM ROU 2397 0 = 0 0 # 0.5 2129
10 Terrieux, Kevin IM FRA 2429 0 0 0 = # 0.5 2168
Round 1. Thu 4th Aug 2011
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 1-0 Georgescu, Tiberiu-Marian 67 B19 Caro-Kann
Leniart, Arkadiusz 1/2-1/2 Sieciechowicz, Marcin 19 B10 Caro-Kann
Semcesen, Daniel 1/2-1/2 Bailet, Pierre 44 A54 Old Indian
Malisauskas, Vidmantas 1/2-1/2 Mista, Aleksander 13 D20 QGA
Terrieux, Kevin 0-1 Jakubowski, Krzysztof 17 E39 Nimzo-Indian
Round 2. Fri 5th Aug 2011
Georgescu, Tiberiu-Marian 1/2-1/2 Jakubowski, Krzysztof 53 E10 Queen's pawn game
Mista, Aleksander 1-0 Terrieux, Kevin 56 A14 English
Bailet, Pierre 1-0 Malisauskas, Vidmantas 39 D18 QGD Slav
Sieciechowicz, Marcin 0-1 Semcesen, Daniel 52 C41 Philidor
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 1-0 Leniart, Arkadiusz 114 C91 Ruy Lopez
Round 3. Fri 5th Aug 2011
Leniart, Arkadiusz 1-0 Georgescu, Tiberiu-Marian 38 E62 King's Indian
Semcesen, Daniel 1/2-1/2 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 42 A28 English
Malisauskas, Vidmantas 1-0 Sieciechowicz, Marcin 40 B10 Caro-Kann
Terrieux, Kevin 0-1 Bailet, Pierre 17 D14 QGD Slav
Jakubowski, Krzysztof 1/2-1/2 Mista, Aleksander 13 D27 QGA
Round 4. Sat 6th Aug 2011
Georgescu, Tiberiu-Marian 0-1 Mista, Aleksander 45 E04 Catalan
Bailet, Pierre 1/2-1/2 Jakubowski, Krzysztof 30 B90 Sicilian
Sieciechowicz, Marcin 1/2-1/2 Terrieux, Kevin 26 D87 Gruenfeld
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 0-1 Malisauskas, Vidmantas 44 B12 Caro-Kann
Leniart, Arkadiusz 1/2-1/2 Semcesen, Daniel 23 C50 King's pawn game
8th Ostroda IM Ostroda POL Thu 4th Aug 2011 - Thu 11th Aug 2011. Category: 2. Ave: (2290)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Shkapenko, Pavel IM RUS 2413 # = = 1 = 2.5 2408
2 Lach, Aleksandra WFM POL 2154 # = 1 = = 2.5 2393
3 Kuzmicz, Krystian IM POL 2441 = = # = 1 2.5 2426
4 Grabarczyk, Bogdan IM POL 2423 = = # = 1 2.5 2375
5 Posedaru, Bogdan FM ROU 2354 0 # 1 = 1 2.5 2347
6 Gajek, Radoslaw POL 2054 0 = # 1 = 2 2339
7 Tvarijonas, Povilas FM LTU 2332 0 0 # 1 1 2 2202
8 Lisowski, Krzysztof POL 2188 = = = 0 # 1.5 2137
9 Bednarek, Sylwester POL 2333 = 0 0 # = 1 2162
10 Bodenez, Vincent FRA 2210 = 0 0 = # 1 2118
Round 1. Thu 4th Aug 2011
Tvarijonas, Povilas 0-1 Gajek, Radoslaw 17 C80 Ruy Lopez
Lisowski, Krzysztof 1/2-1/2 Lach, Aleksandra 36 B51 Sicilian
Posedaru, Bogdan 1-0 Bednarek, Sylwester 38 A65 Benoni
Bodenez, Vincent 0-1 Grabarczyk, Bogdan 33 B43 Sicilian
Kuzmicz, Krystian 1/2-1/2 Shkapenko, Pavel 16 A15 English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)
Round 2. Fri 5th Aug 2011
Gajek, Radoslaw 0-1 Shkapenko, Pavel 61 C45 Scotch
Grabarczyk, Bogdan 1/2-1/2 Kuzmicz, Krystian 10 B06 Robatsch defence
Bednarek, Sylwester 1/2-1/2 Bodenez, Vincent 18 A45 Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)
Lach, Aleksandra 1-0 Posedaru, Bogdan 68 D31 QGD
Tvarijonas, Povilas 1-0 Lisowski, Krzysztof 56 B33 Sicilian
Round 3. Fri 5th Aug 2011
Lisowski, Krzysztof 1/2-1/2 Gajek, Radoslaw 63 C38 KGA
Posedaru, Bogdan 1-0 Tvarijonas, Povilas 75 D36 QGD
Bodenez, Vincent 1/2-1/2 Lach, Aleksandra 12 B90 Sicilian
Kuzmicz, Krystian 1-0 Bednarek, Sylwester 39 A00 Benko's opening
Shkapenko, Pavel 1/2-1/2 Grabarczyk, Bogdan 5 D00 Levitsky attack (Queen's bishop attack)
Round 4. Sat 6th Aug 2011
Gajek, Radoslaw 1/2-1/2 Grabarczyk, Bogdan 41 B41 Sicilian
Bednarek, Sylwester 1/2-1/2 Shkapenko, Pavel 19 A45 Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)
Lach, Aleksandra 1/2-1/2 Kuzmicz, Krystian 50 A43 Old Benoni defence
Tvarijonas, Povilas 1-0 Bodenez, Vincent 78 C01 French
Lisowski, Krzysztof 1/2-1/2 Posedaru, Bogdan 25 C30 KGD
8th Ostroda Open Ostroda POL Thu 4th Aug 2011 - Thu 11th Aug 2011
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
16LEWANDOWSKI, KrzysztofI++POL21404.06.0011.004
28KOBUS, SebastianI++POL21044.05.0010.004
39ZIELINSKI, WojciechI++POL20973.54.5010.003
420WALCZAK, KrystianIPOL19813.54.009.003
515REZA, WojciechI+POL20263.05.5011.503
65ZIELINSKI, StanislawI++POL21553.05.5010.503
717SZEWCZAK, AndrzejI++POL20053.05.0010.003
814ZIELINSKI, MaciejI++POL20603.04.509.502
91BUGALSKI, MichalkPOL22403.04.508.503
1036WOROBIEJ, DanielIIPOL17963.04.508.503
113BUDREWICZ, KrzysztofmPOL21943.04.508.502
1219TVARIJONAS, TomasILTU19923.04.009.003
1227GORNIEWICZ, OskarIPOL19143.04.009.003
1438SMIESZEK, WojciechIPOL17863.04.009.003
157GORECKA, JoannaFMPOL21133.04.007.003
1637GROTA, MateuszII+POL17953.03.507.503
1711CARTIER, NicolasIFRA20762.55.0010.502
1842MARUSZCZAK, JoannaI+POL17352.55.0010.002
1916SZMIDT, PrzemyslawI++POL20152.55.009.002
2046PHAM, JuliuszII+POL16382.54.008.502
2128USCINSKI, MarekIPOL18822.53.507.502
2218BUKOWSKA, Katarzynak++POL20052.53.507.002
2332KUBAN, WieslawIIPOL18092.53.006.002
2422LE DIOURON, AurelieFRA19752.05.509.502
2539SZYMANOWSKI, MateuszIPOL17832.05.0010.001
2629SNIHUR, PiotrIPOL18602.05.008.001
2721WODZYNSKI, MichalI+POL19762.04.509.502
2840PROMINSKI, PiotrIIPOL17832.04.509.501
2947PUSZKARSKI, PiotrIIPOL16172.04.509.001
3010ZURKOWSKI, AndrzejkPOL20922.04.508.502
3166SAKRAJDA, PiotrIIIPOL02.04.508.501
3225BARTOSIK, PiotrI+POL19692.04.008.502
332VOROBYOV, YrijFMUKR22102.04.008.501
3412RAK, TomaszkPOL20672.04.008.501
3456SNIHUR, AdamIIPOL14922.04.008.501
3630CIESIELSKI, TomaszIPOL18582.04.007.502
3631SIWON, ZbigniewIPOL18212.04.007.502
3841WODZYNSKI, MieszkoII+POL17762.04.007.502
3913MULENKO, AlexanderIRUS20652.04.007.501
4026DOBROWOLSKI, MarcinIPOL19452.03.506.501
66 players

29) 8th Plancoet Open

The 8th Plancoet Open took place 31st July - 6th August 2011. Plamen Mladenov edged out Velislav Kukov on tie-break after both scored 6/7. No games available.

8th Plancoet Open Plancoet FRA Sun 31st Jul 2011 - Sat 6th Aug 2011
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1Perf
1MLADENOV PlamenmBUL2391628,52526
2KUKOV VelislavfBUL23776282486
3JOLLY Jean-FrancoisfFRA23775,529,52458
4COLIN VincentmFRA24105,5272427
5LUCAS Jean-ChristianFRA2130526,52172
6MEVEL AlbericfFRA21875242112
7DOURERASSOU JonathanmFRA24134,5302360
8MILCHEV NikolaymBUL23894,528,52307
9BOUGET AlexandreFRA21994,527,52108
10MARIE MaximecFRA22204,526,52139
11MOHAMMAD FahimBAN18544,526,52006
12RALLE PierreFRA20964,5242028
13LEPIGOCHE CyrilFRA21074,523,52057
14KAULFUSS HelmutGER21934,523,52020
15LEGOUPIL BenoitFRA18234272043
16CLERAN AnthonyFRA1983426,51985
17GRIGORYAN MeriffENG20304262042
18LE DU MaelleFRA1670422,51789
19BONNAUD AlbertFRA18124221785
20BOGNET RonanFRA18014221752
21ROBERT LoicFRA19463,5261992
22GLEDEL BernardFRA18113,5251971
23GAULIN Jean-PierreFRA17243,524,51799
24ALLORY Pierre-jeanFRA18893,5241803
25CHARPIOT SebastienFRA17863,5221851
26DESPRES XavierFRA17053,5221737
27FAYOLLE GuyFRA18073,5211738
28VILLALON AnthonyFRA16223,519,51638
29FLEURANCE PierrickFRA16503,519,51566
30BACON BrunoFRA16833251751
31HAMELIN IsabelleFRA16443251690
32MIRGUET BernardFRA1608322,51629
33LETERRIER FrancoisFRA1510322,51624
34PRIMAULT LoicFRA16893211549
35VERHAEGHE Jean-ClaudeFRA17203201581
36BESSON EnguerrandFRA1410319,51509
37PERON LudovicFRA16123191529
38CARFANTAN Jean-PierreFRA18533181727
39BASTIDE FrancoisFRA15072,521,51499
40GUYADER RonanFRA13602,5211503
53 players

30) Landon Brownell Mem

The Landon Brownell Memorial is another Metropolitan International in Los Angeles and was won by Joel Banawa and Andranik Matikozian who finished on 6.5/9.

Landon Brownell Mem Los Angeles USA Wed 20th Jul 2011 - Sun 31st Jul 2011. Category: 2. Ave: (2296)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Matikozian, Andranik IM ARM 2451 # = = = = 1 1 1 = 1 6.5 2445
2 Banawa, Joel Cholo B. FM USA 2374 = # 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 6.5 2454
3 Yankovsky, Roman RUS 2400 = 1 # 0 = 1 1 0 = 1 5.5 2365
4 Amanov, Zhanibek IM KAZ 2382 = 0 1 # = 0 1 0 1 1 5 2330
5 Coleman, Teddy FM USA 2285 = 0 = = # = 0 1 1 1 5 2341
6 Taylor, Timothy IM USA 2279 0 1 0 1 = # 0 0 1 1 4.5 2298
7 Liu, Elliot FM USA 2291 0 0 0 0 1 1 # 1 = 1 4.5 2297
8 Haessel, Dale R. FM CAN 2211 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 # 0 1 4 2263
9 Sevian, Samuel USA 2172 = 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 # 0 2.5 2144
10 Clawitter, Craig USA 2118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 # 1 1965
Round 1. Wed 20th Jul 2011
Banawa, Joel Cholo B. 0-1 Yankovsky, Roman 52 A30 English
Haessel, Dale R. 0-1 Sevian, Samuel 63 A56 Benoni defence, Hromodka system
Coleman, Teddy 1-0 Clawitter, Craig 49 A65 Benoni
Liu, Elliot 0-1 Matikozian, Andranik 59 E84 King's Indian
Taylor, Timothy 1-0 Amanov, Zhanibek 41 B72 Sicilian
Round 2. Thu 21st Jul 2011
Clawitter, Craig 0-1 Matikozian, Andranik 46 B90 Sicilian
Yankovsky, Roman 1-0 Taylor, Timothy 31 C55 Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)
Coleman, Teddy 1-0 Haessel, Dale R. 32 D45 QGD semi-Slav
Sevian, Samuel 0-1 Banawa, Joel Cholo B. 47 B30 Sicilian defence
Amanov, Zhanibek 1-0 Liu, Elliot 39 A25 English
Round 3. Thu 21st Jul 2011
Matikozian, Andranik 1/2-1/2 Amanov, Zhanibek 21 B50 Sicilian
Banawa, Joel Cholo B. 1-0 Coleman, Teddy 23 A11 English
Taylor, Timothy 1-0 Sevian, Samuel 46 A02 Bird
Haessel, Dale R. 1-0 Clawitter, Craig 45 A04 Reti opening
Liu, Elliot 0-1 Yankovsky, Roman 30 C41 Philidor
Round 4. Fri 22nd Jul 2011
Clawitter, Craig 0-1 Amanov, Zhanibek 40 B35 Sicilian
Yankovsky, Roman 1/2-1/2 Matikozian, Andranik 20 C26 Vienna game
Haessel, Dale R. 0-1 Banawa, Joel Cholo B. 45 A04 Reti opening
Sevian, Samuel 1/2-1/2 Liu, Elliot 110 C17 French
Coleman, Teddy 1/2-1/2 Taylor, Timothy 33 D35 QGD
Round 5. Fri 22nd Jul 2011
Taylor, Timothy 0-1 Haessel, Dale R. 30 C34 King's knight's gambit
Amanov, Zhanibek 1-0 Yankovsky, Roman 40 A15 English opening
Liu, Elliot 1-0 Coleman, Teddy 49 B43 Sicilian
Banawa, Joel Cholo B. 1-0 Clawitter, Craig 26 A10 English opening
Matikozian, Andranik 1/2-1/2 Sevian, Samuel 23 D14 QGD Slav
Round 6. Sat 23rd Jul 2011
Coleman, Teddy 1/2-1/2 Matikozian, Andranik 68 A48 King's Indian
Sevian, Samuel 0-1 Amanov, Zhanibek 49 B30 Sicilian defence
Banawa, Joel Cholo B. 0-1 Taylor, Timothy 38 D10 QGD Slav
Haessel, Dale R. 0-1 Liu, Elliot 39 D76 Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6
Clawitter, Craig 0-1 Yankovsky, Roman 37 B24 Sicilian
Round 7. Sat 23rd Jul 2011
Yankovsky, Roman 1/2-1/2 Sevian, Samuel 106 C55 Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)
Amanov, Zhanibek 1/2-1/2 Coleman, Teddy 62 B43 Sicilian
Matikozian, Andranik 1-0 Haessel, Dale R. 37 C42 Petrov
Taylor, Timothy 1-0 Clawitter, Craig 43 C01 French
Liu, Elliot 0-1 Banawa, Joel Cholo B. 28 B40 Sicilian
Round 8. Sun 24th Jul 2011
Taylor, Timothy 0-1 Liu, Elliot 31 B06 Robatsch defence
Clawitter, Craig 1-0 Sevian, Samuel 57 C26 Vienna
Coleman, Teddy 1/2-1/2 Yankovsky, Roman 29 A57 Benko gambit half accepted
Haessel, Dale R. 1-0 Amanov, Zhanibek 31 A43 Old Benoni defence
Banawa, Joel Cholo B. 1/2-1/2 Matikozian, Andranik 20 E61 King's Indian
Round 9. Sun 24th Jul 2011
Matikozian, Andranik 1-0 Taylor, Timothy 64 C72 Ruy Lopez
Liu, Elliot 1-0 Clawitter, Craig 37 C15 French
Amanov, Zhanibek 0-1 Banawa, Joel Cholo B. 50 B40 Sicilian
Yankovsky, Roman 0-1 Haessel, Dale R. 35 C24 Bishop's opening
Sevian, Samuel 0-1 Coleman, Teddy 56 B43 Sicilian

31) 9th Metropolitan Invitational

The 9th Metropolitan Invitational took place 27th-31st July 2011. Zhanibek Amanov won with 7/9.

9th Metropolitan Inv Los Angeles USA Wed 27th Jul 2011 - Wed 31st Aug 2011. Category: 2. Ave: (2291)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Amanov, Zhanibek IM KAZ 2382 # = = 1 1 1 = = 1 1 7 2500
2 Peters, Jack IM USA 2377 = # = 0 1 = = 1 1 1 6 2406
3 Matikozian, Andranik IM ARM 2451 = = # = = = 1 = 1 1 6 2398
4 Liu, Elliot FM USA 2291 0 1 = # = 1 = 1 0 1 5.5 2370
5 Coleman, Teddy FM USA 2285 0 0 = = # 1 = 1 1 1 5.5 2371
6 Taylor, Timothy IM USA 2279 0 = = 0 0 # = 1 1 1 4.5 2292
7 Manukian, Garuch ARM 2292 = = 0 = = = # 0 1 = 4 2247
8 Banawa, Joel Cholo B. FM USA 2374 = 0 = 0 0 0 1 # 1 1 4 2238
9 Nunez Hirales, Juan Alejandro MEX 2078 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 # = 1.5 2041
10 Mateer, Amanda Rae WFM USA 2096 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = # 1 1961
Round 1. Wed 27th Jul 2011
Nunez Hirales, Juan Alejandro 0-1 Taylor, Timothy 57 B02 Alekhine's defence
Liu, Elliot 1-0 Mateer, Amanda Rae 24 B40 Sicilian defence
Amanov, Zhanibek 1/2-1/2 Peters, Jack 39 A20 English opening
Banawa, Joel Cholo B. 1-0 Manukian, Garuch 30 A20 English opening
Matikozian, Andranik 1/2-1/2 Coleman, Teddy 35 B42 Sicilian
Round 2. Thu 28th Jul 2011
Mateer, Amanda Rae 0-1 Matikozian, Andranik 55 E91 King's Indian
Manukian, Garuch 1-0 Nunez Hirales, Juan Alejandro 32 A01 Nimzovich-Larsen attack
Peters, Jack 1-0 Coleman, Teddy 25 B42 Sicilian
Taylor, Timothy 0-1 Liu, Elliot 40 A02 Bird's opening
Amanov, Zhanibek 1/2-1/2 Banawa, Joel Cholo B. 21 A06 Reti
Round 3. Thu 28th Jul 2011
Liu, Elliot 1/2-1/2 Manukian, Garuch 60 B12 Caro-Kann
Coleman, Teddy 1-0 Mateer, Amanda Rae 54 A65 Benoni
Banawa, Joel Cholo B. 0-1 Peters, Jack 41 E17 Queen's Indian
Matikozian, Andranik 1/2-1/2 Taylor, Timothy 27 C72 Ruy Lopez
Nunez Hirales, Juan Alejandro 0-1 Amanov, Zhanibek 38 B73 Sicilian
Round 4. Fri 29th Jul 2011
Manukian, Garuch 0-1 Matikozian, Andranik 25 E61 King's Indian
Banawa, Joel Cholo B. 1-0 Nunez Hirales, Juan Alejandro 31 A13 English opening
Amanov, Zhanibek 1-0 Liu, Elliot 37 B06 Robatsch defence
Peters, Jack 1-0 Mateer, Amanda Rae 33 B43 Sicilian
Taylor, Timothy 0-1 Coleman, Teddy 52 D04 Queen's pawn game
Round 5. Fri 29th Jul 2011
Matikozian, Andranik 1/2-1/2 Amanov, Zhanibek 20 C90 Ruy Lopez
Nunez Hirales, Juan Alejandro 0-1 Peters, Jack 25 B30 Sicilian defence
Coleman, Teddy 1/2-1/2 Manukian, Garuch 63 D35 QGD
Liu, Elliot 1-0 Banawa, Joel Cholo B. 46 B70 Sicilian
Mateer, Amanda Rae 0-1 Taylor, Timothy 39 A52 Budapest
Round 6. Sat 30th Jul 2011
Banawa, Joel Cholo B. 1/2-1/2 Matikozian, Andranik 20 E65 King's Indian
Amanov, Zhanibek 1-0 Coleman, Teddy 29 B43 Sicilian
Peters, Jack 1/2-1/2 Taylor, Timothy 49 C72 Ruy Lopez
Nunez Hirales, Juan Alejandro 1-0 Liu, Elliot 41 B40 Sicilian
Manukian, Garuch 1/2-1/2 Mateer, Amanda Rae 42 B40 Sicilian defence
Round 7. Sat 30th Jul 2011
Liu, Elliot 1-0 Peters, Jack 52 B45 Sicilian
Coleman, Teddy 1-0 Banawa, Joel Cholo B. 76 A40 Modern defence
Matikozian, Andranik 1-0 Nunez Hirales, Juan Alejandro 48 C13 French
Mateer, Amanda Rae 0-1 Amanov, Zhanibek 40 D59 QGD
Taylor, Timothy 1/2-1/2 Manukian, Garuch 34 D63 QGD
Round 8. Sun 31st Jul 2011
Liu, Elliot 1/2-1/2 Matikozian, Andranik 36 B92 Sicilian
Amanov, Zhanibek 1-0 Taylor, Timothy 25 B03 Alekhine's defence
Nunez Hirales, Juan Alejandro 0-1 Coleman, Teddy 40 B42 Sicilian
Banawa, Joel Cholo B. 1-0 Mateer, Amanda Rae 30 B40 Sicilian defence
Peters, Jack 1/2-1/2 Manukian, Garuch 20 B12 Caro-Kann
Round 9. Sun 31st Jul 2011
Taylor, Timothy 1-0 Banawa, Joel Cholo B. 99 B00 Owen defence
Manukian, Garuch 1/2-1/2 Amanov, Zhanibek 20 B52 Sicilian
Matikozian, Andranik 1/2-1/2 Peters, Jack 16 C77 Ruy Lopez
Coleman, Teddy 1/2-1/2 Liu, Elliot 21 A30 English
Mateer, Amanda Rae 1/2-1/2 Nunez Hirales, Juan Alejandro 13 D07 QGD

32) Arad Open 2011

The Arad Open takes place 5th-11th August 2011.

Arad Open A Arad ROU Fri 5th Aug 2011 - Thu 11th Aug 2011
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Miron Lucian-CostinIMROU25064.518.511.516.50
2Smith Bryan GIMUSA25034.516.510.014.50
3Murariu AndreiGMROU24994.515.511.013.50
4Manolache MariusGMROU25334.017.511.013.00
5Ungureanu SanduIROU20504.016.510.512.50
6Ardeleanu AlinIMROU23944.016.510.012.50
7Jianu Vlad-CristianGMROU25184.016.59.512.75
8Florescu Codrut-ConstantinIMROU22664.016.09.512.00
9Garbea BogdanCMROU22584.015.59.011.00
10Anton TeodorFMROU23554.015.58.511.00
11Bogdan DanIMROU23624.015.09.012.00
12Stanciu Alexandru-OvidiuCMROU23694.015.09.011.50
13Chifor Ovidiu-EmanuelCMROU22684.014.58.511.00
14Sadilek PeterAUT22334.014.58.510.75
15Balog ImreGMHUN25394.014.08.510.50
16Rusan Paul-CristianFMROU22544.013.57.59.50
17Uta Adeline-RamonaWFMROU20994.013.57.59.00
18Mozes ErvinIMROU22484.012.58.09.50
19Veneteanu Ion-CristianNMROU22164.012.57.510.25
20Pachia MihaiCMROU20703.516.510.010.75
21Petre Nad-TitusFMROU23543.516.59.511.25
22Tomici StefanCMROU21183.516.010.011.00
23Dobre Claudiu-CristianFMROU23533.516.09.510.00
24Doros Radu-MarianNMROU23383.516.09.59.75
25Balla Tamas-KristofFMROU24063.515.59.010.50
26Sgircea Silvia-RalucaWFMROU22243.515.58.59.25
27Daianu Cristian-ClementFMROU22353.515.09.09.00
28Kelly Ladislau-EndreCMROU22453.515.08.59.00
29Drenchev PetarGMBUL25233.514.58.59.75
30Baciu AlexandruIROU16193.514.58.58.75
31Bida Mihai-EugenCMROU21093.514.58.08.25
32Irodenka Robert-OvidiuCMROU21573.514.09.08.75
33Siclovan Cristian-DanielCMROU21163.513.08.07.75
34Pavel Sebastian-IonutIROU19213.512.57.57.75
35Frink FerencFMHUN23003.512.07.07.75
36Manole StefanIROU19813.017.011.59.00
37Turcu IulianCMROU21983.016.511.58.50
38Pop AlexandruCMROU21163.016.510.58.50
39Chereches MariusFMHUN22803.016.09.58.75
Samu Sorin-MihaiCMROU21783.016.09.58.75
151 players

33) Baden-Baden Sommer Open 2011

The Baden-Baden Sommer Open took place 3rd-7th August 2011. Vadim Malakhatko edged out Felix Levin on tie-break after both scored 6/7. No games available.

Baden Sommer OpA Baden Baden GER Wed 3rd Aug 2011 - Sun 7th Aug 2011
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1
1Malakhatko VadimGMBEL25486.031.0
2Levin FelixGMGER24756.030.0
3Roos DanielIMFRA23825.530.5
4Müller RalfFMGER24075.529.0
5Rosner JonasGER22665.528.0
6Wagner DennisGER22875.527.0
7Vatter Hans-JoachimFMGER23295.525.5
Krings ChristophGER21735.525.5
9Serban VladLUX22835.029.5
10Solomunovic IgorIMGER23885.029.0
11Roos Jean-LucIMFRA22075.027.0
12Kvetny MarkGER20965.026.0
13Kirsanova EkaterinaWFMRUS21575.025.0
14Bochis JuliaWFMGER21245.021.5
15Cofman VeaceslavGER19904.528.5
16Schmid WolfgangFMGER22344.527.5
Jeitz ChristianLUX21654.527.5
18Petermann MichailGER21494.527.0
19Gupta MilonFMGER22854.526.5
Fichter FabianGER20154.526.5
21Müller MarkusGER21664.526.0
22Wenninger PhilippGER21494.525.5
Bauer AndreasGER21184.525.5
Marquardt PatrickGER20294.525.5
Graf AndreasGER19494.525.5
26Noe ChristopherGER20474.525.0
27Wilke WernerAUT21984.524.5
Kolb SebastienFRA20594.524.5
29Steffens OlafFMGER22494.524.0
Ruff MaximilianGER20084.524.0
31Lebeda TimoGER20234.523.0
32Van Voorthuijsen PeeweeFMNED22544.521.5
Hauser CarlosGER22214.521.5
34Strozewski FrankGER20484.521.0
35Schulze Bisping Franz-AdolfGER19194.024.5
36Kötz AndreasGER20034.024.0
Giese TilmanGER19674.024.0
Karcher PatrickGER19394.024.0
39Wagner BerndGER22464.023.5
Kracke MoritzGER20954.023.5
129 players

34) 2nd ch-Vojvodina 2011

The 2nd Vojvodina Championship took place 24th-30th July 2011. Boban Bogosavljevic took first on tie-break from a group on 7/9. Final round games now available.

2nd ch-Vojvodina Novi Sad SRB Sun 24th Jul 2011 - Sat 30th Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Bogosavljevic BobanGMSRB25487.050.554.55
2Bodiroga PredragIMSRB23957.048.053.05
3Smith Bryan GIMUSA25037.048.052.05
4Drazic SinisaGMSRB25017.047.551.06
5Tosic MiroslavGMSRB24027.047.551.05
6Sertic RudolfIMCRO24066.550.555.05
7Indjic AleksandarSRB23736.548.052.05
8Pantelic SasaFMSRB23646.546.050.05
9Robulj NenadSRB22956.546.049.56
10Leskur DejanIMSRB24216.545.048.54
11Stojkovic MiroljubFMSRB22656.544.048.55
12Jovic StevanSRB22736.543.547.55
13Peovic MilosSRB22276.543.547.06
14Ujhazi IvanFMSRB22186.540.544.56
15Radlovacki JovanIMSRB24166.050.554.04
16Mrkonjic NenadIMCRO23816.048.052.54
17Lukovic VladimirSRB22256.047.050.04
18Petkovic RadosavFMSRB22806.046.551.56
19Dimitrijevic NenadSRB22136.046.049.55
20Pezelj NovakFMSRB23646.045.549.55
21Gazic JosipFMGER22716.043.547.05
22Cvetanovic UrosCMSRB22326.041.545.55
23Ilijc MilanFMSRB21926.041.544.56
24Tancik KristijanSRB22736.041.044.53
25Brujic BozidarFMSRB21886.040.542.56
26Petrovic DanijelaSRB18086.033.034.05
27Cabarkapa NovakSRB21775.547.550.54
28Kislik Erik AndrewFMUSA23285.546.050.55
29Mujagic RamoFMSRB22715.544.048.05
30Ratkovic MilojeSRB21325.543.546.54
31Srdjanov StevanSRB22035.543.046.54
32Saric SinisaIMSRB24725.543.045.54
33Zonjic MilosSRB21605.542.045.54
34Mastrapovic VladimirSRB22665.542.043.05
35Pecurica MilosMNE21225.540.542.55
36Kumic FilipSRB20885.540.043.05
37Sokic DragomirSRB19895.540.043.04
38Kusina JanPOL20925.539.542.55
39Zlatic MilanSRB20775.539.042.04
40Paroski SinisaSRB21805.538.041.54
141 players

35) Spanish Women's Championship

Yudania Hernandez Estevez won the Spanish Women's Championship 2011 that took place in Padron.

ch-ESP w Padron ESP Mon 1st Aug 2011 - Sat 6th Aug 2011
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Hernandez Estevez YudaniaWIMGal22526.028.523.00.0
2Vega Gutierrez SabrinaWGMCan22855.528.022.00.0
3Collado Barbas LauraWFMMad20505.027.521.50.0
4Aranaz Murillo AmaliaWFMAnd21765.026.020.00.0
5Gutierrez Castillo PalomaWIMAnd21195.023.018.00.0
6Ruiz Font ElisabetCat19495.020.015.00.0
7Vega Gutierrez BelindaWIMCan22274.529.523.50.0
8Perera Borrego MarielaAnd20464.526.520.50.0
9Garcia Vicente NievesWIMAra22494.525.520.00.0
10Pascual Palomo LuciaWFMMad21274.027.521.50.0
11Garcia-Castany Musellas Gal LaCat19804.024.019.00.0
12Buiza Prieto EihartzeCnt16684.022.517.50.0
13Boix Pons CatalinaBal19004.018.514.00.0
14Redondo Arguelles GracielaWFMGal20883.524.519.00.0
15Beltran Ortiz Edda GeorginaGal18773.522.517.50.0
16Morona Minguez IreneMad19303.522.516.50.0
17Pablos Tenrero RaquelMad19713.522.017.50.0
18Cerrato Torrijos MariaWFMMad21243.522.017.00.0
19Suarez Sanchez De la EsperanzaCtm17953.519.514.50.0
20Nieto Asencio Maria Del CarmenAnd20343.026.021.00.0
21Gonzalez Etayo OihanaNav18033.023.018.00.0
22Marin Benito CarlaCat18653.020.016.00.0
23Juanes Garcia OlayaAst17353.019.014.00.0
24Garcia Rodriguez SaraCan19263.018.514.00.0
25Cucarella Montell AngelsEus19382.523.518.00.0
26Martin Morientes MartaExt15932.521.516.50.0
27Sanchez Gabin AranzazuGal17242.520.516.00.0
28Laseca Arana IratiNav14782.520.515.50.0
29Romero Diez SandraCtl18682.516.012.00.0
30Moran Garcia AidaVal16631.520.516.50.0
31Acebal Muniz Maria ConcepcionAst12531.021.516.50.0
31 players

36) 36th and 37th MGU Open

The 36th and 37th MGU Open took place 23rd-24th July and 6th-7th August 2011.

36th MGU Open Sofia BUL Sat 23rd Jul 2011 - Sun 24th Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Borisov LubomirBUL20084.514.521.04
2Stoimenov KalojanBUL19674.514.520.54
3Stoyanov TihomirBUL20874.514.020.54
4Kostov NikolayBUL19573.516.021.53
5Popov IlianNMBUL21523.514.020.53
6Kalchev SavaBUL18933.511.518.03
7Shumantov AleksandarBUL20103.510.515.53
8Kolev NikolaBUL16883.010.516.03
9Sisoev RobertBUL18062.512.519.02
10Stoynov EmilBUL18682.510.014.52
11Andreev DobrotichNMBUL21182.014.019.52
12Ignatov RadoslavBUL17742.011.516.51
13Ivanov DenisBUL16182.010.015.50
14Bakalska AleksinaBUL15520.59.013.50
14 players
37th MGU Open Sofia BUL Sat 6th Aug 2011 - Sun 7th Aug 2011
Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Stoev TsvetoslavBUL19735.011.518.04
2Orev PetarIMBUL22324.512.520.03
3Mladenov AndreyBUL18013.511.016.53
4Kalchev SavaBUL18933.013.519.53
5Kostov NikolayBUL19573.013.519.52
6Kolev VelioNMBUL19623.013.020.02
7Metev MartinBUL20802.513.520.52
8Peycheva GerganaBUL16272.510.515.02
9Ivanov OlegBUL17681.510.515.00
10Popov AntoanBUL16981.510.016.01
10 players

37) Split Open 2011

The Split Open takes place 5th-13th August 2011.

Split Open Split CRO Fri 5th Aug 2011 - Sat 13th Aug 2011
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Bontempi PieroFMITA23253.02.06.06.0
2Sarić IbroGMBIH25633.02.05.56.0
Barrenechea Bahamonde GustavoESP21963.02.05.56.0
4Cvitan OgnjenGMCRO25013.02.05.06.0
Dorić DarkoIMCRO24913.02.05.06.0
Sale SrdjanIMCRO23833.02.05.06.0
Leroy DidierIMFRA22823.02.05.06.0
8Jovanić OgnjenGMCRO24893.02.04.06.0
9Bosiocić MarinGMCRO25733.01.04.06.0
Bernard JacquesFRA22083.01.04.06.0
11Vuković IvoFMCRO22163.00.53.06.0
12Sarić AnteGMCRO24832.52.06.55.5
13Sarić KristinaWIMCRO22462.52.06.05.5
14Đurović GoranFMCRO23282.51.55.05.0
Bosiocić MarkoMKCRO21152.51.55.05.0
16Dragomirescu CalinFMROU22152.51.54.55.0
17Bilobrk FranjoIMCRO23742.51.53.55.0
18Marzano CarloITA21522.02.07.05.0
19Fragnaud Jean-GuyFRA19442.02.06.54.5
20Licina ZoranFMCRO22732.02.06.05.0
Dulić GrgurMKCRO22512.02.06.05.0
22Smirnov ArtemIMRUS24402.02.05.55.0
Kusina JanPOL20922.02.05.55.0
24Pejić IrvingMKCRO20972.02.05.05.0
25Zelić MladenFMCRO22702.01.55.55.0
26Berke AnaWFMCRO21742.01.55.54.0
Greb NikolaMKCRO20902.01.55.54.0
28Bergez LucIMFRA24162.01.55.05.0
29Ćurić DraEenMKCRO22762.01.55.04.0
30Jerković MarojeIICRO18152.01.55.04.0
31Teran Alvarez IsmaelIMESP24372.01.05.05.0
Bender IvanFMCRO22732.01.05.05.0
33Dragomirescu AngelaWIMROU21902.01.05.04.0
34BoEanić IvicaFMCRO22342.01.04.55.0
35Kuljasević DavorinGMCRO25552.01.04.54.0
Krnić IvanMKCRO21702.01.04.54.0
37DraEić SinisaGMSRB25012.01.04.04.0
Brulić DenisFMCRO23252.01.04.04.0
Bjelicić JanMKCRO21412.01.04.04.0
Haas PeterGER21042.01.04.04.0
120 players

38) First Saturday August 2011

There are many sections in the First Saturday August tournaments which take place 6th-15th August 2011.

FSGM Aug 2011 Budapest HUN Sat 6th Aug 2011 - Mon 15th Aug 2011
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Simonian HrairGMARM24611.51.500.01
2Szabolcsi JanosIMHUN23571.51.000.01
3Czebe AttilaGMHUN25261.50.750.01
4Vajda LeventeGMROU25041.01.000.01
5Varga ZoltanGMHUN24831.01.000.00
Kovacs GaborIMHUN24961.01.000.00
7Baghdasaryan VaheARM22891.00.500.01
8Rodriguez Lopez RafaelIMESP22920.50.750.00
9Konnyu JanosIMHUN23700.50.500.00
Illingworth MaxFMAUS23890.50.500.00
10 players
FSIMA Aug 2011 Budapest HUN Sat 6th Aug 2011 - Mon 15th Aug 2011
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Horvath DavidHUN23252.01.500.02
2Farago SandorIMHUN22691.51.500.01
3Szajbely ZsigmondHUN21541.01.001.01
4Lyell MarkFMENG22241.01.000.01
Gara AnitaIMHUN23691.01.000.01
6Szalanczy EmilIMHUN23251.01.000.00
7Kamberi SonnyUSA22791.00.000.01
Tesik CsabaFMHUN23371.00.000.01
9Franchini GabrieleFMITA21700.50.500.00
10Lapenna AntonioITA21500.00.000.00
10 players
FSIMB Aug 2011 Budapest HUN Sat 6th Aug 2011 - Mon 15th Aug 2011
Leading Round 2 (of 10) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Brinck-Claussen BjornIMDEN22761.50.500.01
Csonka BalazsHUN22641.50.500.01
3Lengyel BelaIMHUN22761.01.250.00
Franklin Samuel G AENG21881.01.250.00
5Petran PalIMHUN23841.01.000.00
6Frigieri FabrizioITA21480.00.000.00
6 players
FSFMA1 Aug 2011 Budapest HUN Sat 6th Aug 2011 - Mon 15th Aug 2011
Leading Round 1 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Koczo KristofHUN22421.00.000.01
Bernula IstvanHUN18771.00.000.01
3Kantor RekaSVK19650.50.250.50
Nagy ZoltanHUN19430.50.250.50
Daamen FerryNED20570.50.250.50
Tran Minh ThangVIE20920.50.250.50
7Grimm DanielHUN20650.00.000.00
Rossi AlfoITA00.00.000.00
Jensen LeifDEN20320.00.000.00
Farkas RichardHUN20390.00.000.00
10 players
FSFMA2 Aug 2011 Budapest HUN Sat 6th Aug 2011 - Mon 15th Aug 2011
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Juracsik JozsefHUN21932.01.500.02
2Borda LajosHUN21302.01.000.02
3Mayer IstvanFMHUN20531.01.000.01
4Juhasz ArminHUN21591.00.500.01
Zala GyulaHUN20211.00.500.01
6Henrichsen JensDEN18950.50.250.50
Hecht CarstenGER19150.50.250.50
Letay GyulaFMHUN20200.50.250.50
Torok Tamas TituszHUN20590.50.250.50
10Grimm GyorgyHUN18370.00.000.00
10 players
FSFMB Aug 2011 Budapest HUN Sat 6th Aug 2011 - Mon 15th Aug 2011
Leading Round 2 (of 10) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Krstulovic AlexHUN15972.02.000.02
2Hein JacobDEN15571.01.001.01
3Pogats Jozsef JrHUN18791.01.000.01
4Balla AttilaHUN17221.00.000.01
Breen AnthonyIRL16631.00.000.01
6 players
FSFMC Aug 2011 Budapest HUN Sat 6th Aug 2011 - Mon 15th Aug 2011
Leading Round 2 (of 10) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Mihajlova DianaENG14432.00.000.02
2Hetesi ZoltanHUN15011.51.750.01
3Bakos ViktorHUN01.50.750.01
4Vujosevics EszterHUN14311.00.000.01
5Bella ZsoltHUN14710.00.000.00
Somogyi TheodoraHUN12270.00.000.00
6 players

39) Charleroi International

The Charleroi International took place 30th July - 6th August 2011. Gorik Cools won with 7.5/9. No round 8 games available.

Charleroi Open Charleroi BEL Sat 30th Jul 2011 - Sat 6th Aug 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3Perf
1Cools Gorik22307.543.5038.531.5 2421
2Laurent Bruno23657.042.0039.532.5 2424
3Rooze Jan23637.040.0037.030.5 2363
4Le Quang Kim23197.039.0037.529.0 2351
5Van Uytven Eric21587.036.0035.528.5 2253
6Noiroux Kevin21996.536.7536.530.0 2234
7Vandevoort Pascal24096.536.5038.031.5 2351
8Maes Wim22456.535.7538.032.0 2305
9Van Mechelen Jan22426.535.5031.025.5 2200
10Lacroix Bruno21856.535.2535.529.5 2231
11Schuermans Robert21436.535.2535.529.5 2172
12Ponnet Hendrik21596.534.7535.028.0 2229
13Uhoda Philippe21006.533.7532.027.0 2119
14De Villers Mourad21216.533.5034.028.0 2167
15De Strycker Nathan18006.030.7532.528.0 2109
16Henris Luc21896.030.5034.528.5 2176
17Ackaert Thierry20616.030.2530.527.0 2085
18Sclacmender Julien22216.030.0035.026.5 2190
19Van Vlaenderen Koen20316.029.2530.026.5 1985
20Dessomme Francois19626.029.0030.026.5 2047
21Callier Christophe20516.028.7530.024.5 2026
22Di Cosmo Jonathan20736.028.0030.524.5 2012
23Barbier Wim21476.027.2534.026.5 2133
24Werner Ivan20686.027.0028.026.0 1997
25Morozova Julia21096.026.5028.024.0 1978
26Chung Choong Lon Marc18056.025.2528.525.0 2004
27Burel Iwan18415.527.2530.028.0 2054
28Watelet Sylvain18905.527.2528.027.0 2021
29Willen Ronny18425.525.7531.027.5 2083
30Vivone Santino19665.525.7527.525.5 1931
31Marte Sebastien19705.525.2530.526.5 2049
32Baguet Frederic20105.524.7528.024.0 1924
33Mabille Natacha18285.524.5029.026.0 1990
34Baudoin Olivier19615.523.7530.025.5 1993
35Gorts Sven19025.523.2526.524.0 1928
36Minet Julien20125.523.2525.523.0 1890
37Vanhee Freddy19845.522.7528.524.0 1879
38Micottis Dorian18435.520.5025.522.0 1884
39Bruno Ricardo19545.026.0028.528.5 2014
40Marchal Patrice18605.026.0026.026.0 1964
150 players

40) Stara Pazova-Ilindan 2011

The Stara Pazova-Ilindan took place 31st July - 6th August 2011. Emir Dizdarevic won the main GM section with 6.5/10.

Stara Pazova-Ilindan Stara Pazova SRB Sun 31st Jul 2011 - Sat 6th Aug 2011
Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Dizdarevic EmirGMBIH24816.529.752.00.0
2Ilincic ZlatkoGMSRB24686.028.002.50.0
3Sertic RudolfIMCRO24065.525.501.50.0
4Mrkonjic NenadIMCRO23814.522.502.50.0
5Kosanovic Goran AGMSRB23834.019.502.00.0
6Indjic DusanIMSRB22793.517.751.50.0
6 players

41) 9th Davos Open

The 9th Davos Open takes place 7th-13th August 2011. Matthew Turner is the top seed.

9th Davos Open Davos SUI Sun 7th Aug 2011 - Sat 13th Aug 2011
Players
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Turner Matthew JGMENG25160.00.000.0
2Filipovic BrankoIMCRO24210.00.000.0
3Ferguson MarkIMENG23790.00.000.0
4Tiller BjornIMNOR23610.00.000.0
5Bigg Andrew JFMENG23160.00.000.0
6Ferretti FolcoFMITA22910.00.000.0
7Kelecevic NedeljkoIMSUI22810.00.000.0
8Satta VladimiroITA22520.00.000.0
9Vucenovic DragomirFMSUI22470.00.000.0
10Salvetti AlecFMITA22410.00.000.0
11Briscoe ChrisCMENG22180.00.000.0
12Maurer FritzSUI21710.00.000.0
13James DavidFMWLS21420.00.000.0
14Gass UlrichGER21290.00.000.0
15Capraro LinusSUI21120.00.000.0
16Boschetti ClaudioSUI21040.00.000.0
17Bernard NicolasBEL20770.00.000.0
18Fatzer ErnstSUI20590.00.000.0
19Medici SimoneSUI20540.00.000.0
20Oganessian GaguikFMARM20210.00.000.0
21Cittadini DarioSUI19910.00.000.0
22Olivieri AlessandroITA19360.00.000.0
23Frank AlbertBEL19200.00.000.0
24Scheidegger UrsSUI19150.00.000.0
25Ledent PhilippeBEL18770.00.000.0
26Caretti RolandoSUI18700.00.000.0
27Kiechl StefanGER18600.00.000.0
28Del Val MoiseSUI18120.00.000.0
29Hofer NatanielSUI17980.00.000.0
30Kempen VeitGER17770.00.000.0
31Smith BrianENG17680.00.000.0
32Bischofberger DarioSUI17540.00.000.0
33Frauchiger ThomasSUI17160.00.000.0
34Britschgi-Zwimpfer MicheleSUI16790.00.000.0
35Thonig ManfredGER16620.00.000.0
36Del Val JosefaSUI16110.00.000.0
37Dell' Ambrogio EdySUI00.00.000.0
38Harsch MartinSUI00.00.000.0
39Jenderny DietmarGER00.00.000.0
40Arntsen FrodeNOR00.00.000.0
42 players

42) 19th Milan Vidmar Mem

The 19th Milan Vidmar Memorial takes place 7th-14th August 2011. This the Slovenian Championships for men and women.

19th Vidmar Mem Ljubljana SLO Sun 7th Aug 2011 - Sun 14th Aug 2011. Category: 9. Ave: (2475)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Lenic, Luka GM SLO 2634 # = 1 1 2.5 2682
2 Sebenik, Matej IM SLO 2525 # = 1 1 2.5 2641
3 Zorko, Jure IM SLO 2434 # = 1 = 2 2628
4 Beliavsky, Alexander G GM SLO 2613 = = # = 1.5 2537
5 Borisek, Jure GM SLO 2543 = # = = 1.5 2556
6 Skoberne, Jure GM SLO 2563 0 = # 1 1.5 2436
7 Mazi, Leon IM SLO 2332 0 = # 1 1.5 2450
8 Tratar, Marko GM SLO 2491 = = # 0 1 2342
9 Srebrnic, Marko FM SLO 2332 0 0 1 # 1 2401
10 Kokol, Peter FM SLO 2282 0 0 0 # 0 2497
Round 1. Sat 6th Aug 2011
Tratar, Marko 1/2-1/2 Sebenik, Matej 21 E34 Nimzo-Indian
Skoberne, Jure 1-0 Srebrnic, Marko 49 E62 King's Indian
Beliavsky, Alexander G 1/2-1/2 Borisek, Jure 47 B22 Sicilian
Mazi, Leon 1/2-1/2 Zorko, Jure 30 A05 Reti opening
Lenic, Luka 1-0 Kokol, Peter 38 A21 English, Kramnik-Shirov counterattack
Round 2. Sun 7th Aug 2011
Lenic, Luka 1-0 Mazi, Leon 59 A33 English
Zorko, Jure 1/2-1/2 Beliavsky, Alexander G 39 C77 Ruy Lopez
Borisek, Jure 1/2-1/2 Skoberne, Jure 30 C55 Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)
Srebrnic, Marko 1-0 Tratar, Marko 39 C18 French
Kokol, Peter 0-1 Sebenik, Matej 30 C17 French
Round 3. Mon 8th Aug 2011
Sebenik, Matej 1-0 Srebrnic, Marko 41 E94 King's Indian
Tratar, Marko 1/2-1/2 Borisek, Jure 24 A37 English
Skoberne, Jure 0-1 Zorko, Jure 30 A15 English opening
Beliavsky, Alexander G 1/2-1/2 Lenic, Luka 17 D43 QGD semi-Slav
Mazi, Leon 1-0 Kokol, Peter 31 B67 Sicilian
ch-SLO w 2011 Ljubljana SLO Sun 7th Aug 2011 - Sun 14th Aug 2011
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameFEDRtgPts
1Kaps, DarjaSLO22402.5
2Orehek, SpelaSLO20472.5
3Novak, KsenijaSLO21172.5
4Krivec, JanaSLO23042
5Kolaric, SpelaSLO20452
6Stevanec, LeaSLO20722
7Vidic, TejaSLO17971.5
8Rozic, VesnaSLO23101.5
9Hrenic, MisaSLO20441.5
10Nadvesnik, MajaSLO18051.5
11Franca, VeronikaSLO18021
12Bucar, NatasaSLO19781
13Urbanc, SuzanaSLO16521
14Biti, AnaSLO20741
15Unuk, LauraSLO17620.5
15 players

43) II Grafica Yael GM

The II Grafica Yael GM tournament took place 23rd-31st July 2011. Federico Perez Ponsa took clear first with 6.5/9. Games from the final couple of rounds now available.

II Grafica Yael GM Torre Blanca ARG Sat 23rd Jul 2011 - Sun 31st Jul 2011. Category: 8. Ave: (2441)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Perez Ponsa, Federico IM ARG 2467 # 1 = 1 = = = = 1 1 6.5 2604
2 Real De Azua, Ernesto IM ARG 2438 0 # 1 0 1 = 1 = 1 1 6 2566
3 Bachmann, Axel GM PAR 2550 = 0 # 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 6 2553
4 Tristan, Leonardo IM ARG 2450 0 1 0 # 1 = = 1 = 1 5.5 2519
5 Rodriguez Vila, Andres GM URU 2507 = 0 = 0 # 1 = = 1 1 5 2476
6 Labollita, Martin IM ARG 2407 = = 1 = 0 # 0 1 0 0 3.5 2364
7 Sorin, Ariel GM ARG 2465 = 0 0 = = 1 # 0 = = 3.5 2358
8 Del Rey, Diego IM ESP 2377 = = 0 0 = 0 1 # = 0 3 2323
9 Valdes Escobar, Alvaro IM CHI 2414 0 0 0 = 0 1 = = # = 3 2318
10 Mayorga, Nicolas FM ARG 2330 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 = # 3 2328
Round 7. Fri 29th Jul 2011
Real De Azua, Ernesto 1/2-1/2 Del Rey, Diego 18 D25 QGA, Janowsky-Larsen variation
Mayorga, Nicolas 0-1 Rodriguez Vila, Andres 45 A04 Reti opening
Valdes Escobar, Alvaro 0-1 Bachmann, Axel 31 E68 King's Indian
Perez Ponsa, Federico 1/2-1/2 Labollita, Martin 56 B35 Sicilian
Sorin, Ariel 1/2-1/2 Tristan, Leonardo 53 B07 Pirc
Round 8. Sat 30th Jul 2011
Sorin, Ariel 1/2-1/2 Perez Ponsa, Federico 17 E73 King's Indian
Labollita, Martin 0-1 Valdes Escobar, Alvaro 25 B20 Sicilian defence
Bachmann, Axel 1-0 Mayorga, Nicolas 25 B27 Sicilian
Rodriguez Vila, Andres 0-1 Real De Azua, Ernesto 61 C53 Giuoco Piano
Tristan, Leonardo 1-0 Del Rey, Diego 27 C41 Philidor
Round 9. Sun 31st Jul 2011
Del Rey, Diego 1/2-1/2 Rodriguez Vila, Andres 46 A40 Queen's pawn
Real De Azua, Ernesto 1-0 Bachmann, Axel 20 E91 King's Indian
Mayorga, Nicolas 1-0 Labollita, Martin 34 B43 Sicilian
Valdes Escobar, Alvaro 1/2-1/2 Sorin, Ariel 40 E62 King's Indian
Perez Ponsa, Federico 1-0 Tristan, Leonardo 30 B07 Pirc

44) 6th Edmonton International 2011

The 6th Edmonton International took place 24th July - 1st August 2011. Joel Benjamin won with 7/9 half a point clear of Alexander Shabalov (whose score I misread last week).

6th Edmonton Int Edmonton CAN Sun 24th Jul 2011 - Mon 1st Aug 2011. Category: 4. Ave: (2332)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Benjamin, Joel GM USA 2553 # = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 7 2527
2 Shabalov, Alexander GM USA 2577 = # 1 = = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2471
3 Porper, Edward IM CAN 2444 = 0 # = 1 0 1 = 1 1 5.5 2400
4 Pechenkin, Vladimir FM CAN 2297 = = = # = = = 1 = = 5 2379
5 Melekhina, Alisa FM USA 2263 = = 0 = # = = 1 1 = 5 2383
6 Abrahamyan, Tatev WFM USA 2343 0 = 1 = = # 1 = = 0 4.5 2331
7 Valencia, Belsar PHI 2204 0 = 0 = = 0 # = = 1 3.5 2266
8 Haessel, Dale R. FM CAN 2211 0 0 = 0 0 = = # = 1 3 2220
9 Wang, Richard CAN 2240 0 0 0 = 0 = = = # 1 3 2217
10 Gardner, Robert CAN 2188 0 0 0 = = 1 0 0 0 # 2 2128
Round 8. Mon 1st Aug 2011
Benjamin, Joel 1/2-1/2 Melekhina, Alisa
Abrahamyan, Tatev 1/2-1/2 Wang, Richard 36 B75 Sicilian
Gardner, Robert 0-1 Porper, Edward 68 D15 QGD Slav
Pechenkin, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 Shabalov, Alexander 90 A10 English opening
Haessel, Dale R. 1/2-1/2 Valencia, Belsar 31 E63 King's Indian
Round 9. Mon 1st Aug 2011
Melekhina, Alisa 1/2-1/2 Abrahamyan, Tatev 31 C19 French
Shabalov, Alexander 1-0 Haessel, Dale R. 47 C24 Bishop's opening
Valencia, Belsar 1-0 Gardner, Robert 52 A10 English opening
Porper, Edward 1/2-1/2 Benjamin, Joel 33 E11 Bogo-Indian defence
Wang, Richard 1/2-1/2 Pechenkin, Vladimir 30 A85 Dutch with c4 & Nc3

45) Active Team Events

A list of ongoing team events without an update this week.

Chinese League 2011

The Chinese League started 12th April. This week saw rounds 7-9: 10th-12th July. There was a bit of a mess this time with Round 7 occuring a day earlier than stated on chess-results and the live coverage of round 9 failing after only a few moves. Hopefully the games will turn up at Chinese League Games at some point but they haven't so far, even after a week. Next Rounds 10-12 18th-20th September.

Chinese League Ningbo CHN Tue 12th Apr 2011 - Tue 6th Dec 2011
Leading Round 6 (of 18) Standings:
RkSNoTeamGms+-=TB1TB2
110Beijing65101017.5
25Shanghai6411918.5
36Shandong6321718.5
44Tianjin6321716.0
52Zhejiang6222615.5
69Qingdao6222614.5
78Jiangsu6231515.0
83Hebei6132413.5
91Sichuan6024412.0
107Chongqing604229.0
10 teams

Swiss Teams National A

The Swiss Teams National A takes place 27th Feb - 23rd October 2011. Players include Fabiano Caruana, Vadim Milov, Alexey Dreev, Chrisitan Bauer, Viktor Korchnoi etc. Next Rounds 6-7 27th-28th August 2011.

TCh-SUI National A Geneva SUI Sun 27th Feb 2011 - Sun 23rd Oct 2011
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeamMptsBpts
1Riehen 1823
2Reichenstein 1822½
3Reti 1724½
4Geneve 1722½
5Luzern 1622
6Zuerich 1523
7Winterthur 1519½
8Wollishofen 1419
9Joueur 1016
10Echallens 108
10 teams

TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2011

The Polish Ekstraliga started with the first three rounds in Wroclaw. David Navara was amongst the players. Next Rounds 4-6 2nd-4th September 2011.

TCh-POL Ekstraliga Wroclaw POL Fri 6th May 2011 - Sun 9th Oct 2011
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoTeamFEDRtgMptsBpts
12KSz WASKO HetMaN Szopienice KatowicePOL2500511.5
26PGNiG POLONIA WarszawaPOL2483510.5
33ROTMISTRZ TWOJA SZKOLA GrudziadzPOL2400510
45KSz STILON Gorzow WielkopolskiPOL241749.5
54MLKS NADNARWIANKA PultuskPOL238348
610LKS PASJONAT DankowicePOL2450310.5
79POLONIA VOTUM WroclawPOL2433310
81KSz ODRODZENIE KozuchowPOL238316
98DRAKON SKOK CHMIELEWSKIEGO LublinPOL233307
107KS POCZTOWIEC PoznanPOL236707
10 players

46) Portuguese Teams 2011

The Portuguese Teams took place 23rd-31st July. My thanks to Paulo Rocha who sent the games. There are a small number of incomplete games.

TCh-POR Div 1 Final Torres Vedras POR Sat 23rd Jul 2011 - Sun 31st Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkTeam12345678TB1TB2TB3
1Academia Xadrez Gaia*34319220.0
2AA Coimbra*419021.0
3CPND Albufeira*0317016.5
4ACR Vale Cambra4*415017.5
5Moto Clube do Porto1½½0*212010.0
6ADRC Mata de Benfica½0*411211.5
7NX Faro0½½20*21107.5
8GD Dias Ferreira1½1½2*808.0
8 players

47) Corrections and additions from last week

Note that the Biel Chess Festival games in TWIC 872 should have been dated 22nd July 2011 instead of the 21st.

Khairullin-Zhigalko from Lake Sevan and Khismatulin-Harutunian from the Izhevsk Corporation Cup were somehow left out of the previous issue.

Quebec Open the round 9 game given as Kleinman, M - Martchenko, A should have had Kleiman, J as white.

Small number of additional games from the ch-Flanders.

48) 3rd London Chess Classic

The 9 player field for the London Chess Classic will include all the players rated over 2800 in the World. It was already known that world number one Magnus Carlsen, world champion Viswanathan Anand and new invitee Levon Aronian would play. Vladimir Kramnik also has the potential to cross that barrier after closing in on the mark with his performance in Dortmund. Now the August issue of CHESS Magazine has confirmed the entire 9 man field for London. Hikaru Nakamura returns for his 3rd appearance. England's best are all there too with Michael Adams, Nigel Short, Luke McShane and David Howell.

Field for London Chess Class with July 2011 Ratings
RankNameTitleCountryRatingB-Year
1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2821 1990
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2817 1969
3 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2805 1982
5 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2781 1975
6 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2770 1987
28 Adams, Michael g ENG 2715 1971
51 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2687 1965
74 McShane, Luke J g ENG 2671 1984
- Howell, David W L g ENG 2625 1990

49) Forthcoming Events and Links

Riga Technical University Open

RTU Open A Riga LAT Tue 9th Aug 2011 - Sun 14th Aug 2011
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 David, Alberto GM LUX 2609 4000013
2 Ehlvest, Jaan GM USA 2583 4500016
3 Kanep, Meelis GM EST 2531 4501047
4 Miezis, Normunds GM LAT 2520 11600136
5 Sveshnikov, Evgeny GM LAT 2514 4100638
6 Starostits, Ilmars GM LAT 2500 11600748
7 Schneider, Ilja IM GER 2498 4663306
8 Hansen, Torbjorn Ringdal IM NOR 2468 1501720
9 Berzinsh, Roland IM LAT 2434 11600357
10 Akesson, Ralf GM SWE 2429 1700120
11 Hanley, Craig A IM ENG 2428 408514
12 Vorotnikov, Vladislav V GM RUS 2422 4103009
13 Samolins, Vitalijs IM LAT 2412 11602112
14 Stokke, Kjetil FM NOR 2408 1502964
15 Sveshnikov, Vladimir IM LAT 2407 11601884
16 Petkevich, Jusefs GM LAT 2380 11600110
17 Yrjola, Jouni GM FIN 2366 500011
18 Kantans, Toms FM LAT 2345 11602945
19 Laurusas, Tomas LTU 2329 12803731
20 Kalvaitis, Sigitas LTU 2309 12802638
21 Berzina, Ilze WGM LAT 2307 11601345
22 Grasis, Janis FM LAT 2296 11601990
23 Reizniece, Dana WGM LAT 2281 11601124
24 Nijs, Nils BEL 2278 209651
25 Meskovs, Nikita LAT 2273 11602740
26 Mustaps, Matiss LAT 2264 11602295
27 Karklins, Imants LAT 2260 11600942
28 Hanley, James L ENG 2258 411981
29 Gagliardi, Christian ITA 2258 810665
30 Kaunas, Kestutis IM LTU 2258 12800139
31 Erneste, Inguna WGM LAT 2255 11600241
32 Kalnins, Kristaps LAT 2254 11602058
33 Toma, Katarzyna WIM POL 2252 1119907
34 Krustkalns, Kristaps FM LAT 2246 11602686
35 Skinke, Katrina WIM LAT 2242 11602260
36 Levchenkov, Vitaly FM LAT 2240 11600411
37 Klimakovs, Sergejs LAT 2231 11602066
38 Berzinsh, Ivars LAT 2219 11600764
39 Hoeffer, David GER 2214 24606766
40 Parkkinen, Jyrki FIN 2207 502375
41 Khachatrian, Aram S. ARM 2190 13301551
42 Skuja, Aivars LAT 2188 11600977
43 Kretainis, Kristaps LAT 2186 11602163
44 Tari, Aryan NOR 2179 1510045
45 Osis, Renars LAT 2178 11602341
46 Visockis, Janis LAT 2169 11600870
47 Korchagin, Oleg EST 2158 4500725
48 Klochan, Jevgeny LAT 2155 11602350
49 Priednieks, Eriks LAT 2154 11601760
50 Lehto, Antti FIN 2143 501972
51 Ungurs, Kazimirs LAT 2139 11600705
52 Stasans, Aivars LAT 2138 11601353
53 Suhanovskis, Sergejs LAT 2137 11603798
54 Matvieks, Nikolajs LAT 2133 11601710
55 Johansen, Paul NOR 2132 1503510
56 Bernotas, Arturs LAT 2132 11601426
57 Ori, Marco ITA 2130 805050
58 Mierins, Eriks LAT 2128 11603178
59 Ungure, Liga WFM LAT 2101 11600330
60 Stepins, Edgars LAT 2096 11602422
61 Nemkovs, Vjaceslavs LAT 2096 11602180
62 Andaburskis, Aleksejs LAT 2090 11602899
63 Vorotnikov, Vladislav Jr. RUS 2087 4182553
64 Pavlucenko, Aleksejs LAT 2079 11602570
65 Saveliev, Alexei RUS 2054 24128546
66 Miettinen, Teemu FIN 2052 501050
67 Dagis, Karlis LAT 2043 11603453
68 Roze, Janis LAT 2035 11601051
69 Lagerborg, Krister SWE 2034 1712411
70 Rishovd, Svein NOR 2027 1513060
71 Radice, Luca ITA 2021 806854
72 Giacometto, Mario ITA 2017 818984
73 Iasman, Inna FRA 2014 24125563
74 Amato, Giampiero ITA 2008 813303
75 Dagis, Martins LAT 1991 11603461
76 Bjornes, Leif NOR 1979 1507397
77 Salomon, Johan NOR 1944 1509500
78 Tzouvelekis, Ioannis GRE 1911 4211022
79 Upmanis, Gustavs LAT 1902 11602430
80 Starcevs, Dmitrijs LAT 1895 11602961
81 Benini, Fulvio ITA 1887 876631
82 Petrovskis, Olegs LAT 1878 11603186
83 Kjoita, Henning NOR 1877 1509861
84 Marutkins, Olegs LAT 1866 11600012
85 Otikova, Elina LAT 1857 11603550
86 Mihailovs, Arturs LAT 1849 11603690
87 Rodvik, Trym Daniel NOR 1843 1510568
88 Walta, Paivi WFM FIN 1838 504513
89 Kjoita, Torgeir NOR 1837 1509870
90 Coralli, Nevio ITA 1818 860395
91 Nomat, Emil-Lion IRQ 1804 1504690
92 Shumskis, Aleksandrs LAT 1799 11602414
93 Zalitis, Arturs-Aleksis LAT 1787 11603534
94 Yarur Elsaca, Daniel CHI 1727 3409503
95 Serdjuks, Makss LAT 1705 11601698
96 Muller, Marcin POL 1665 1170570

12th Miquel Mas Open

6th Ptuj Open

26th Teteven Open

17th Vienna Open

ch-FRA 2011

1st Metropolitan International

1st Isthmia Open

13th Sants Open

61st ch-RUS w

61st ch-RUS w Moscow RUS Thu 11th Aug 2011 - Mon 15th Aug 2011
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Kosteniuk, Alexandra GM RUS 2497 4128125
2 Galliamova, Alisa IM RUS 2492 4129725
3 Gunina, Valentina WGM RUS 2487 4167570
4 Pogonina, Natalija WGM RUS 2442 4147855
5 Bodnaruk, Anastasia IM RUS 2431 4181751
6 Zaiatz, Elena IM RUS 2419 4139518
7 Shadrina, Tatiana WGM RUS 2373 4119118
8 Girya, Olga WGM RUS 2371 4195752
9 Kovanova, Baira WGM RUS 2354 4164083
10 Charochkina, Daria WIM RUS 2310 4180917

10th Sunny Beach Open 2011

18th Graz Chess Festival 2011

FIDE World Cup 2011

Cup of Lion

Shenzhen FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2011

13th Trieste Open

91st Montreal Open 2011

2nd Zlatni Rat Open

8th Highlands Open 2011

4th Bilbao / Sao Paulo Final Masters

Oslo Chess International

e2e4 High Wycombe Congress

Nalchik FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2011

15th Unive Tournament

Pearl Spring Super GM 2011

12th Liberec Open 2011

2nd Brno Open 2011

5th Mediterranean 2017 Open 2011

Tal Memorial 2011

21st World Seniors 2011

World Youth Championships 2011

Czech Chess Christmas 2011

XLI Rilton Cup 2011-12

Northern California International

12th Prague Open 2012

3rd Novy Bor Open

1st Lanta Open 2012

All material © Mark Crowther 2011