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The Politiken Cup took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, 31st July - 8th August 2010. Actually to be strictly accurate the venue is in Helsingor (Elsinore), 40 kms north of Copenhagen which I will try and remember for the PGN files next year.

The favourite in the main Open was Pavel Eljanov and he won with 8.5/10, half a point clear of the field. There was a celebration of the 75th year of Bent Larsen. Peter Svidler and Peter Heine Nielsen played a 6 game rapid match 2nd-3rd August 2010. (4.5-1.5 to Svidler) They play in a two day blitz 4th-5th August 2010. On day 1 of the blitz they played the Larsen's opening 1.b3, Svidler won 7-3. The second day they played a normal blitz match which was drawn 5-5.

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Politiken Cup Copenhagen (DEN), 31 vii - 8 viii 2010 Leading Round 10 (of 10) Standings:
Pl.	Name	Ti	NAT	IRat	Pts	MiBu	SoBer
1	Eljanov, Pavel	GM	UKR	2755	8½	55.5	55.75
2	Rodshtein, Maxim	GM	ISR	2609	8	58	56
3	Landa, Konstantin	GM	RUS	2598	8	56	53.25
4	Macieja, Bartlomiej	GM	POL	2639	8	54	52.5
5	Meier, Georg	GM	GER	2648	7½	57.5	51.25
6	Danielsen, Henrik	GM	ISL	2512	7½	55.5	50
7	Hector, Jonny	GM	SWE	2584	7½	54.5	48.75
8	Rasmussen, Allan Stig	GM	DEN	2510	7½	54.5	48
9	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	GM	IND	2655	7½	54	46.75
10	Mchedlishvili, Mikheil	GM	GEO	2625	7½	53.5	48.5
11	Hansen, Sune Berg	GM	DEN	2595	7½	53	47
12	Portisch, Lajos	GM	HUN	2539	7½	51	46
13	Baklan, Vladimir	GM	UKR	2638	7½	51	45
14	Cmilyte, Viktoria	GM	LIT	2527	7½	50	45.25
15	Brynell, Stellan	GM	SWE	2495	7½	50	44.75
16	Kovchan, Alexander	GM	UKR	2571	7½	48.5	44.75
17	Postny, Evgeny	GM	ISR	2577	7	55	45.5
18	Aagaard, Jacob	GM	DEN	2542	7	53	45.25
19	Hillarp-Persson, Tiger	GM	SWE	2538	7	53	44.25
20	Brunello, Sabino	IM	ITA	2488	7	52.5	44.75
21	Krasenkow, Michal	GM	POL	2628	7	52.5	43.25
22	Bulski, Krzysztof	FM	POL	2434	7	52.5	42.5
23	Antonsen, Mikkel Djernaes	IM	DEN	2463	7	50.5	40.5
24	Bejtovic, Jasmin	FM	BIH	2382	7	50.5	40
25	Andersen, Jackie		DEN	2276	7	50	40.5
26	Sorensen, Torben N.	IM	MLT	2419	7	49	40.5
292 players

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Politiken Larsen Rapid Copenhagen
Nielsen, Peter Heine	-	Svidler, Peter	½-½	26	E94	King's Indian Classical
Svidler, Peter	-	Nielsen, Peter Heine	1-0	23	B37	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Nielsen, Peter Heine	-	Svidler, Peter	0-1	41	E63	King's Indian 6...Nc6
Svidler, Peter	-	Nielsen, Peter Heine	½-½	57	C48	Four Knights Rubinstein
Nielsen, Peter Heine	-	Svidler, Peter	0-1	33	A41	Modern Defence
Svidler, Peter	-	Nielsen, Peter Heine	½-½	24	D11	Slav Defence

Politiken Larsen Rapid Copenhagen (DEN), 2-3 viii 2010
Name	Ti	NAT	Rtng	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	Perf
Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2739	½	1	1	½	1	½	4½	2873
Nielsen, Peter Heine	g	DEN	2680	½	0	0	½	0	½	1½	2546

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Politiken Larsen 1.b3 Blitz Copenhagen
Nielsen, Peter Heine	-	Svidler, Peter	½-½	37	A01	Larsen Opening
Svidler, Peter	-	Nielsen, Peter Heine	½-½	47	A01	Larsen Opening
Nielsen, Peter Heine	-	Svidler, Peter	1-0	25	A01	Larsen Opening
Svidler, Peter	-	Nielsen, Peter Heine	1-0	45	A01	Larsen Opening
Nielsen, Peter Heine	-	Svidler, Peter	0-1	29	A01	Larsen Opening
Svidler, Peter	-	Nielsen, Peter Heine	0-1	36	A01	Larsen Opening
Nielsen, Peter Heine	-	Svidler, Peter	0-1	32	A01	Larsen Opening
Svidler, Peter	-	Nielsen, Peter Heine	1-0	30	A01	Larsen Opening
Nielsen, Peter Heine	-	Svidler, Peter	0-1	30	A01	Larsen Opening
Svidler, Peter	-	Nielsen, Peter Heine	1-0	34	A01	Larsen Opening

Politiken Larsen 1.b3 Blitz Copenhagen (DEN), 4 viii 2010
Name	Ti	NAT	Rtng	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Perf
Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2739	½	½	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	7	2829
Nielsen, Peter Heine	g	DEN	2680	½	½	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	2590

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Politiken Larsen Blitz Copenhagen
Svidler, Peter	-	Nielsen, Peter Heine	0-1	37	B01	Centre Counter
Nielsen, Peter Heine	-	Svidler, Peter	1-0	27	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Svidler, Peter	-	Nielsen, Peter Heine	1-0	51	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Nielsen, Peter Heine	-	Svidler, Peter	1-0	30	D82	Gruenfeld 4.Bf4
Svidler, Peter	-	Nielsen, Peter Heine	½-½	37	C64	Ruy Lopez Classical
Nielsen, Peter Heine	-	Svidler, Peter	0-1	50	E63	King's Indian 6...Nc6
Svidler, Peter	-	Nielsen, Peter Heine	½-½	52	A33	English Symmetrical
Nielsen, Peter Heine	-	Svidler, Peter	½-½	42	E94	King's Indian Classical
Svidler, Peter	-	Nielsen, Peter Heine	½-½	45	D56	Queens Gambit Lasker's Defence
Nielsen, Peter Heine	-	Svidler, Peter	0-1	36	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4

Politiken Larsen Blitz Copenhagen (DEN), 5 viii 2010
Name	Ti	NAT	Rtng	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Perf
Nielsen, Peter Heine	g	DEN	2700	1	1	0	1	½	0	½	½	½	0	5	2734
Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2734	0	0	1	0	½	1	½	½	½	1	5	2700

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