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THE WEEK IN CHESS 1233 25th June 2018 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) GCT Rapid and Blitz Paris 2018
3) 71st ch-RUS Higher League 2018
4) 14th Baltic Pearl Open 2018
5) 18th IPCA World Championship 2018
6) 1st Belgrade Summer Chess Festival 2018
7) 22nd FISCA Cap Aurora Chess 2018
8) 26th Montcada Open 2018
9) 28th Gros Open 2018
10) 32nd Pula Open 2018
11) 6th Platja d'Aro Chess Festival 2018
12) Ceske Budejovice Open 2018
13) Dunajska Streda GM 2018
14) HSG Open 2018
15) Las Vegas International Chess Festival 2018
16) Marmaris Karya IM 2018
17) OSS International 2018
18) Solta Amateur Open 2018
19) Viktor Kupreichik Memorial 2018
20) ch-HUN Youth 2018
21) Werder Bremen IM 2018
22) ch-FIN 2018
23) Minnesota GM 2018
24) Silver Lake Open 2018
25) 10th Carlos I Open 2018
26) 11th New York International 2018
27) 10th Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2018
28) 198th YMCA Spring A 2018
29) Open ch-Odoyev 2018
30) 13th Teplice Open 2018
31) 15th Baltija Cup 2018
32) 21st Iraklio Open 2018
33) 22nd Voronezh Chess Festival 2018
34) 2nd El Aguila Masters 2018
35) 2nd Hersonissos Open 2018
36) 36th Balaton Chess Festival 2018
37) 4th ad Gredine Open 2018
38) AICF WGM 2018
39) Astana Open 2018
40) Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018
41) 1st Pelion Open 2018
42) Chinese Teams 2018
43) Coupe de France 2018
44) Active Team Events
45) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
GCT Rapid and Blitz Paris 2018135 games
14th Baltic Pearl Open 201818 games
28th Gros Open 201847 games
32nd Pula Open 201833 games
Ceske Budejovice Open 2018102 games
Dunajska Streda GM 201820 games
HSG Open 201872 games
Las Vegas International Chess Festival 201887 games
Marmaris Karya IM 20185 games
OSS International 2018167 games
Viktor Kupreichik Memorial 2018513 games
Werder Bremen IM 201835 games
ch-FIN 20185 games
Silver Lake Open 2018457 games
10th Carlos I Open 201879 games
11th New York International 2018169 games
10th Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2018458 games
198th YMCA Spring A 201857 games
Open ch-Odoyev 2018102 games
13th Teplice Open 2018106 games
15th Baltija Cup 20188 games
21st Iraklio Open 201835 games
22nd Voronezh Chess Festival 201861 games
2nd El Aguila Masters 201840 games
2nd Hersonissos Open 2018132 games
36th Balaton Chess Festival 201840 games
4th ad Gredine Open 2018176 games
AICF WGM 20186 games
Baltic Zonal II Stage 201824 games
1st Pelion Open 201855 games
Chinese Teams 2018539 games
Coupe de France 201828 games
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1) Introduction

My thanks to Olexandr Prohorov, Holger Lieske, Paulo Rocha, Grant Oen, Graham Jurgenson, Arun Sharma, Asim Pereira, Sylvain Rivot, Denis Vretenar, Frank Braig and everyone else who helped with this issue.

Hikaru Nakamura ended a dry spell by winning the Paris Rapid and Blitz event which is part of the Grand Chess Tour. Second was Sergey Karjakin and 3rd was the winner from Leuven, Wesley So (who again won the rapid section but this time was not able to hang on in the blitz). In other news from the tour Magnus Carlsen has been announced as the Wild Card for the Sinquefield Cup, Leinier Dominguez Perez who is trying to become a US player will take part in their rapid and blitz event. Other than that it's been a normal busy summer week with plenty of the usual opens.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

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2) GCT Rapid and Blitz Paris 2018

The Paris Grand Chess Tour Rapid and Blitz tournament took place 20th to 24th June 2018. Players: Fabiano Caruana, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Vladimir Kramnik (Wild Card), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Sergey Karjakin, Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura, Alexander Grischuk, Levon Aronian and Viswanathan Anand. Hikaru Nakamura won the event on the strength of his blitz performance ahead of Sergey Karjakin and Wesley So (who again led after the rapid phase). Final tables below.

RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgRapPtsRapScoreBlitzTotal
12Nakamura, HikarugUSA27695.5111223
23Karjakin, SergeygRUS27825.51110.521.5
31So, WesleygUSA2778612921
44Aronian, LevongARM27644.591120
55Vachier-Lagrave, MaximegFRA27894.5910.519.5
66Anand, ViswanathangIND27594.59817
79Grischuk, AlexandergRUS27663.57916
88Mamedyarov, ShakhriyargAZE28083.578.515.5
97Caruana, FabianogUSA2816485.513.5
1010Kramnik, VladimirgRUS27923.57613
GCT Rapid Paris 2018 Paris FRA Wed 20th Jun 2018 - Sun 24th Jun 2018. Category: 22. Ave: (2782)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 So, Wesley GM USA 2778 # = = = 1 = 1 0 1 1 6 2908
2 Nakamura, Hikaru GM USA 2769 = # = = = 1 1 = = = 5.5 2864
3 Karjakin, Sergey GM RUS 2782 = = # = = = = 1 = 1 5.5 2862
4 Aronian, Levon GM ARM 2764 = = = # 0 = 0 1 1 = 4.5 2784
5 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime GM FRA 2789 0 = = 1 # = = 1 0 = 4.5 2782
6 Anand, Viswanathan GM IND 2759 = 0 = = = # = = = 1 4.5 2785
7 Caruana, Fabiano GM USA 2816 0 0 = 1 = = # = 0 1 4 2736
8 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar GM AZE 2808 1 = 0 0 0 = = # 1 0 3.5 2699
9 Grischuk, Alexander GM RUS 2766 0 = = 0 1 = 1 0 # 0 3.5 2704
10 Kramnik, Vladimir GM RUS 2792 0 = 0 = = 0 0 1 1 # 3.5 2701
Round 1. Wed 20th Jun 2018
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2-1/2 Anand, Viswanathan 57 D37 QGD
Aronian, Levon 1-0 Grischuk, Alexander 39 B23 Sicilian
Karjakin, Sergey 1/2-1/2 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 60 A33 English
Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 Nakamura, Hikaru 30 A14 English
So, Wesley 1-0 Caruana, Fabiano 67 A45 Queen's pawn game
Round 2. Wed 20th Jun 2018
Grischuk, Alexander 1/2-1/2 Karjakin, Sergey 24 A13 English
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0 So, Wesley 51 D41 QGD
Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 Kramnik, Vladimir 42 C65 Ruy Lopez
Nakamura, Hikaru 1/2-1/2 Aronian, Levon 41 C65 Ruy Lopez
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1/2-1/2 Caruana, Fabiano 37 C42 Petrov
Round 3. Wed 20th Jun 2018
Aronian, Levon 1/2-1/2 Anand, Viswanathan 31 C50 Giuoco Pianissimo
Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 49 A14 English
So, Wesley 1-0 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 35 A04 Reti opening
Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 Grischuk, Alexander 36 A45 Queen's pawn game
Karjakin, Sergey 1/2-1/2 Nakamura, Hikaru 81 C67 Ruy Lopez
Round 4. Thu 21st Jun 2018
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1 Aronian, Levon 51 E32 Nimzo-Indian
Anand, Viswanathan 1/2-1/2 Karjakin, Sergey 38 C65 Ruy Lopez
Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 36 A78 Benoni
Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 So, Wesley 30 A36 English
Nakamura, Hikaru 1-0 Caruana, Fabiano 123 A06 Reti
Round 5. Thu 21st Jun 2018
Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 Anand, Viswanathan 40 C67 Ruy Lopez
Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 43 C55 Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)
So, Wesley 1-0 Grischuk, Alexander 54 D91 Gruenfeld
Aronian, Levon 1/2-1/2 Kramnik, Vladimir 42 C50 Giuoco Pianissimo
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1/2-1/2 Nakamura, Hikaru 40 C53 Giuoco Piano
Round 6. Thu 21st Jun 2018
Aronian, Levon 1/2-1/2 So, Wesley 38 C10 French
Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 Karjakin, Sergey 42 A28 English
Anand, Viswanathan 1/2-1/2 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 58 B90 Sicilian
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2-1/2 Caruana, Fabiano 30 E32 Nimzo-Indian
Nakamura, Hikaru 1/2-1/2 Grischuk, Alexander 52 B52 Sicilian
Round 7. Fri 22nd Jun 2018
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1-0 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 33 C70 Ruy Lopez
Grischuk, Alexander 1/2-1/2 Anand, Viswanathan 52 C65 Ruy Lopez
So, Wesley 1/2-1/2 Nakamura, Hikaru 22 D04 Queen's pawn game
Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 Kramnik, Vladimir 46 C65 Ruy Lopez
Karjakin, Sergey 1/2-1/2 Aronian, Levon 60 C89 Ruy Lopez
Round 8. Fri 22nd Jun 2018
Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 Nakamura, Hikaru 57 B00 King's pawn opening
Aronian, Levon 0-1 Caruana, Fabiano 64 C24 Bishop's opening
Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 59 A48 King's Indian
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0 Grischuk, Alexander 65 A48 King's Indian
Karjakin, Sergey 1/2-1/2 So, Wesley 39 C65 Ruy Lopez
Round 9. Fri 22nd Jun 2018
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1-0 Aronian, Levon 61 A28 English
Nakamura, Hikaru 1/2-1/2 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 64 B29 Sicilian
So, Wesley 1/2-1/2 Anand, Viswanathan 50 A45 Queen's pawn game
Grischuk, Alexander 0-1 Kramnik, Vladimir 59 C65 Ruy Lopez
Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 Karjakin, Sergey 78 C65 Ruy Lopez
GCT Blitz Paris 2018 Paris FRA Wed 20th Jun 2018 - Sun 24th Jun 2018
Leading Final Round 18 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg12345678910PtsPerf
1Nakamura, HikarugUSA2769**½½½½½½½½01½11111122908
2Aronian, LevongARM2764½½**½½½½½½½111½1112864
3Vachier-Lagrave, MaximegFRA2789½½½½**11½0½½011010.52838
4Karjakin, SergeygRUS2782½½00**101110.52839
5So, WesleygUSA2778½½½½½1**½½½½½½92782
6Grischuk, AlexandergRUS2766½½½½**½½01½½92784
7Mamedyarov, ShakhriyargAZE280810½010½½**½½01018.52758
8Anand, ViswanathangIND2759½001½½10½½**½½½182741
9Kramnik, VladimirgRUS279200000100½½½½10½½**1062656
10Caruana, FabianogUSA281600½0½½10½001**5.52637
10 players
GCT Blitz Paris 2018 Paris FRA (FRA), 20-24 vi 2018 cat. XXII (2782)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2769 * * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 12.0 2908
2. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2764 ½ ½ * * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 11.0 2864
3. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2789 ½ ½ ½ ½ * * 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 10.5 2838
4. Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2782 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 * * 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 10.5 2839
5. So, Wesley g USA 2778 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ * * 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 9.0 2782
6. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2766 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ * * ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 9.0 2784
7. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2808 1 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * * ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 8.5 2758
8. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2759 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ * * ½ ½ ½ 1 8.0 2741
9. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2792 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ * * 1 0 6.0 2656
10. Caruana, Fabiano g USA 2816 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 1 * * 5.5 2637
Round 1 (June 23, 2018)
Karjakin, Sergey - Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ 39 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
So, Wesley - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime ½-½ 79 A04 Dutch System
Grischuk, Alexander - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar ½-½ 46 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Kramnik, Vladimir - Aronian, Levon 0-1 47 A11 Reti Opening
Caruana, Fabiano - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ 43 A35 English Symmetrical
Round 2 (June 23, 2018)
Nakamura, Hikaru - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ 32 A05 Various
Aronian, Levon - So, Wesley ½-½ 24 A06 Zukertort Opening
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 54 C53 Giuoco Piano
Karjakin, Sergey - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 45 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 41 D53 Queens Gambit
Round 3 (June 23, 2018)
So, Wesley - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0 44 D06 Queen's Pawn Gambit
Grischuk, Alexander - Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 25 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Anand, Viswanathan - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 0-1 33 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Kramnik, Vladimir - Karjakin, Sergey 0-1 58 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Caruana, Fabiano - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 46 C46 Four Knights
Round 4 (June 23, 2018)
Nakamura, Hikaru - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime ½-½ 40 B50 Sicilian Defence
Aronian, Levon - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 42 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
Karjakin, Sergey - So, Wesley 1-0 41 C19 French Winawer
Grischuk, Alexander - Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½ 75 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 40 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Round 5 (June 23, 2018)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 41 C53 Giuoco Piano
So, Wesley - Grischuk, Alexander 0-1 51 E99 King's Indian Classical
Anand, Viswanathan - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar ½-½ 30 B29 Sicilian Defence
Kramnik, Vladimir - Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 39 A14 Reti Opening
Caruana, Fabiano - Karjakin, Sergey 0-1 44 C46 Four Knights
Round 6 (June 23, 2018)
Nakamura, Hikaru - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 35 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Karjakin, Sergey - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 35 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Grischuk, Alexander - Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 54 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1-0 50 A48 King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Kramnik, Vladimir - So, Wesley ½-½ 58 C53 Giuoco Piano
Round 7 (June 23, 2018)
Aronian, Levon - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar ½-½ 63 C55 Two Knights Defence
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 82 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
So, Wesley - Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ 18 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Anand, Viswanathan - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 41 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Caruana, Fabiano - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 55 C46 Four Knights
Round 8 (June 23, 2018)
Nakamura, Hikaru - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1 57 A05 Various
Karjakin, Sergey - Aronian, Levon 1-0 47 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
So, Wesley - Caruana, Fabiano ½-½ 67 A29 English Four Knights
Grischuk, Alexander - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime ½-½ 44 A48 King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Kramnik, Vladimir - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ 38 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
Round 9 (June 23, 2018)
Aronian, Levon - Grischuk, Alexander ½-½ 38 B50 Sicilian Defence
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 44 C53 Giuoco Piano
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 73 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Anand, Viswanathan - So, Wesley ½-½ 28 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Caruana, Fabiano - Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 49 A45 Trompowsky
Round 10 (June 24, 2018)
Nakamura, Hikaru - Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ 48 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Aronian, Levon - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 66 C11 French Defence
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - So, Wesley 0-1 58 C53 Giuoco Piano
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Grischuk, Alexander ½-½ 50 A48 King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Anand, Viswanathan - Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 52 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Round 11 (June 24, 2018)
So, Wesley - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 11 D10 Slav Defence
Grischuk, Alexander - Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ 48 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Anand, Viswanathan - Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 36 B08 Pirc Defence
Kramnik, Vladimir - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1 31 C70 Ruy Lopez
Caruana, Fabiano - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime ½-½ 81 A45 Trompowsky
Round 12 (June 24, 2018)
Nakamura, Hikaru - Grischuk, Alexander ½-½ 48 B50 Sicilian Defence
Aronian, Levon - Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 48 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ 57 C45 Scotch Game
Karjakin, Sergey - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 69 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - So, Wesley ½-½ 48 D41 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Round 13 (June 24, 2018)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ 82 A14 Reti Opening
So, Wesley - Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ 44 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Anand, Viswanathan - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 29 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Kramnik, Vladimir - Grischuk, Alexander ½-½ 80 A49 King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Caruana, Fabiano - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1 48 B07 Pirc Defence
Round 14 (June 24, 2018)
Nakamura, Hikaru - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 19 A05 Various
Aronian, Levon - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime ½-½ 44 A04 Dutch System
Karjakin, Sergey - Caruana, Fabiano ½-½ 115 B41 Sicilian Paulsen
Grischuk, Alexander - So, Wesley ½-½ 40 A37 English Symmetrical
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ 56 E34 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 15 (June 24, 2018)
Aronian, Levon - Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ 22 B50 Sicilian Defence
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0 35 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
So, Wesley - Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½ 45 A14 Reti Opening
Anand, Viswanathan - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 31 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Caruana, Fabiano - Grischuk, Alexander ½-½ 41 A05 Various
Round 16 (June 24, 2018)
Nakamura, Hikaru - So, Wesley ½-½ 26 D41 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Karjakin, Sergey - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 0-1 81 A48 King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Grischuk, Alexander - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 59 A37 English Symmetrical
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Aronian, Levon 0-1 32 D10 Slav Defence
Kramnik, Vladimir - Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 46 D04 Queen's Pawn Game
Round 17 (June 24, 2018)
Aronian, Levon - Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ 60 C50 Giuoco Piano
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Grischuk, Alexander ½-½ 56 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 33 D05 Colle System
Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½ 37 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Caruana, Fabiano - So, Wesley ½-½ 41 C24 Bishop's Opening
Round 18 (June 24, 2018)
Nakamura, Hikaru - Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 122 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Karjakin, Sergey - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar ½-½ 14 B29 Sicilian Defence
So, Wesley - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ 35 A35 English Symmetrical
Grischuk, Alexander - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 23 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Kramnik, Vladimir - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1-0 38 A28 English Four Knights

3) 71st ch-RUS Higher League 2018

The 71st ch-RUS Higher League takes place 25th June to 6th July 2018. First round tomorrow.

4) 14th Baltic Pearl Open 2018

The 14th Baltic Pearl Open takes place 23rd June to 3rd July 2018.

14th Baltic Pearl Open Lazy POL Sat 23rd Jun 2018 - Tue 3rd Jul 2018
Leading Round 1 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg+PtsTB1TB2
1KARPUS, MichalFMPOL236411.00.000.00
1CHOMCZYK, Marekk+POL224711.00.000.00
1STACHANCZYK, JacekIMPOL222311.00.000.00
1WISNIEWSKI, Michalk+POL220411.00.000.00
1GARBOWSKI, JakubkPOL213811.00.000.00
1KRAINSKI, SlawomirkPOL213611.00.000.00
1KLEPEK, WitoldkPOL213211.00.000.00
1LUBA, LukaszI+POL209411.00.000.00
1MAJEK, KacperI+POL203411.00.000.00
1KOT, JerzyFMPOL202811.00.000.00
1HILARECKI, GrzegorzkPOL202311.00.000.00
1JAROCKA, LiwiaFMPOL198411.00.000.00
1NIEDBALA, BartlomiejI++POL197711.00.000.00
1CIESLAK, Wiktoriak++POL193111.00.000.00
1KRZYWNICKA, MariaI++POL184511.00.000.00
1HASTEROK, MateuszIPOL183711.00.000.00
1SYPIEN, NatanIPOL177411.00.000.00
1KRUCZYNSKI, MarekIPOL173111.00.000.00
1WOJDAK, JanIPOL171211.00.000.00
1ROGALA, MiloszIIPOL170711.00.000.00
1ZABRON, MaksymIPOL169411.00.000.00
1DALIGA, AnitaI+POL160511.00.000.00
1HERTLEIN, IrenaI+POL153111.00.000.00
24KRAINSKI, AleksanderFMPOL220300.50.000.50
24SIEMBAB, Bartoszk++POL213600.50.000.50
24HRYMOWICZ, ArturI++POL212300.50.000.50
24GRZESIK, GracjanIPOL188400.50.000.50
24OBORSKI, ArturIPOL180100.50.000.50
24TRYBUS, DanielI+POL179300.50.000.50
24ZELAK, WladyslawIPOL177900.50.000.50
24TOPOLA, RafalIPOL157000.50.000.50
32WACIOR, MaciejkPOL211000.00.001.00
32LUCZAK, FilipCMPOL204400.00.001.00
32CZARNIECKA, AleksandrakPOL198300.00.001.00
32FRITZ, AntoniI+POL198100.00.001.00
32KOLOCZEK, MaciejIPOL196100.00.001.00
32MAJOCHA, PiotrIPOL190200.00.001.00
32PODGORSKI, MaciejIPOL185200.00.001.00
32KARWACKI, PiotrIPOL182800.00.001.00
32PLUTA, NataliaI++POL182600.00.001.00
55 players

5) 18th IPCA World Championship 2018

The 18th IPCA World Championship takes place 21st to 30th June 2018.

18th IPCA WCh 2018 Prague CZE Thu 21st Jun 2018 - Sat 30th Jun 2018
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Yarmonov IgorUKR23525.00.0517.0
219Valenta VitCZE20394.00.0417.5
310Tersinsev AndreyRUS21784.00.0416.0
45Nowak LukaszPOL22934.00.0415.5
56Scerbin DmitrijRUS22634.00.0414.0
63Gurbanov AndreiISR23354.00.0314.0
77Babula MilanCZE22264.00.0313.0
82Obodchuk AndreiRUS23363.50.0315.5
99Wielecki ZygmuntPOL21893.50.0314.5
1014Shashikant KutwalIND21333.50.0314.0
1112Tebenkov VladislavRUS21523.50.0313.5
1238Alekseev MikhailRUS18463.50.0311.5
1336Sovetov OleksandrUKR18593.50.0216.0
148Mukha NikolayUKR22013.00.0315.5
1524Denisov DenisRUS20033.00.0315.0
1639Melnik GalinaRUS18343.00.0314.0
1711Glazar DomagojCRO21683.00.0312.5
1826Reznicek MarcelCZE19843.00.0214.0
1933Gerasimova SvetlanaRUS19133.00.0213.5
2016Kozhabekov AdilkhanKAZ21023.00.0212.0
2117Navratil RobertAUT20923.00.0211.0
2221Zavarsky JurajSVK20173.00.0113.0
2318Linqvist GrelsFIN20422.50.0214.5
2430Nyvlt OttoCZE19252.50.0214.0
2520Lipilin IliaRUS20262.50.0212.5
264Soltanov SerikKAZ22932.50.0212.5
2723Kozicz AndrzejPOL20042.50.0212.0
2827Hanus MichalCZE19762.50.0211.5
2940Strakos JiriCZE18312.50.0211.5
3037Aleksandrova AleksandraISR18522.50.0211.5
3135Kocur ValterCZE19032.50.0211.5
3225Jennitha Anto K.IND20002.50.0211.0
3331Belak StefanSVK19162.50.029.5
3415Tsapalin SergeyRUS21142.50.0114.5
3550Petrov MaksimRUS17302.50.0114.0
3613Palin DenisRUS21402.50.0112.5
3744Tocklin TomiFIN17982.50.0014.5
3832Smolin StefanGER19152.00.0213.5
3922Jurkiewicz KrzysztofPOL20102.00.0212.5
4034Lizner MilanCZE19122.00.0212.0
4143Mikulencak JanCZE18122.00.029.0
4228Pronin VladimirRUS19412.00.0113.5
4348Travnicek JaroslavCZE17582.00.0111.5
4445Haderka KarelCZE17941.50.0114.5
4554Samarth J RaoIND15961.50.0111.5
4642Bainhofner JiriCZE18121.50.0111.0
4752Pilimon ZbigniewPOL16711.50.0110.5
4847Kouba PetrCZE17591.50.0110.0
4941Strnad PavelCZE18271.50.019.5
5053Shchukina EkaterinaRUS16431.50.019.0
58 players

6) 1st Belgrade Summer Chess Festival 2018

The 1st Belgrade Summer Chess Festival takes place 25th June to 1st July 2018.

1st Belgrade Summer GM Belgrade SRB Mon 25th Jun 2018 - Sun 1st Jul 2018
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Atalik, Suat GM TUR 2512 14401487
2 Damljanovic, Branko GM SRB 2499 900125
3 Milanovic, Danilo GM SRB 2461 915483
4 Radovanovic, Mihajlo IM SRB 2419 940313
5 Soysal, Serkan IM TUR 2411 6349250
6 Djordjevic, Vuk SRB 2399 902098
7 Atakisi, Umut IM TUR 2380 6301037
8 Nestorovic, Lazar IM SRB 2372 937517
9 Rapport, Jovana WGM SRB 2358 937266
10 Soham, Das IND 2355 35026763

7) 22nd FISCA Cap Aurora Chess 2018

Thef 22nd FISCA Cap Aurora Chess tournament takes place 23rd to 30th June 2018.

22nd Cap Aurora Open 2018 Cap Aurora ROU Sat 23rd Jun 2018 - Sat 30th Jun 2018
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Murariu Andrei25042.00.01.02.00
3Cioara Andrei-Nestor24442.00.01.02.00
5Kavutskiy Konstantin23972.00.01.02.00
7Vasiesiu Dan23792.00.01.02.00
9Baratosi Daniel23712.00.01.02.00
10Carmaciu Lucian-Catalin23702.00.01.02.00
11Martinovici Ilie23602.00.01.02.00
12Rosen Eric23552.00.01.02.00
15Gheorghiu Calin23182.00.01.02.00
17Dambrauskas Virginijus23012.00.01.02.00
23Martian Dragos-Daniel22212.00.01.02.00
24Voiteanu Gabriel22032.00.01.02.00
28Antonica Dragos-Andrei21432.00.01.02.00
33Padurariu Mihai-Edward21072.00.01.02.00
34Ghimpu Samuel-Timotei20872.00.01.02.00
37Bulau Andrei-Cristian20512.00.01.02.00
1738Creanga Robert-Ionut20442.00.01.01.50
186Grecescu Gabriel-Andrei23892.00.01.01.00
27Cosman Andreea-Marioara21602.00.01.01.00
68Vilcu Matei-Stefan18742.00.01.01.00
72Ciobanu Bogdan18392.00.01.01.00
2255Nastase Andreea-Cristina19242.00.01.01.00
62Nedelcu Teodor-Cosmin18962.00.01.01.00
79Balan Briana-Cleopatra17832.00.01.01.00
252Georgescu Tiberiu-Marian24971.50.01.51.75
13Banzea Alexandru-Bogdan23371.50.01.51.75
16Pisu Robert-Daniel23041.50.01.51.75
18Vasiesiu Victor22951.50.01.51.75
21Dicu Razvan-Stefan22231.50.01.51.75
22Breahna Radu22221.50.01.51.75
25Daianu Cristian-Clement21931.50.01.51.75
29Nuta Dan21411.50.01.51.75
32Yugina Maria21241.50.01.51.75
35Mocanu Victor-Valentin20811.50.01.51.75
43Turlea Constantin20141.50.01.51.75
69Mihai Cristian18671.50.01.51.75
374Anton Teodor24311.50.01.51.25
8Miroiu George-Catalin23731.50.01.51.25
41Farcadi Hunor20191.50.01.51.25
4039Coman Mihnea-George20431.50.01.50.75
158 players

8) 26th Montcada Open 2018

The 26th Montcada Open takes place 25th June to 2nd July 2018.

9) 28th Gros Open 2018

The 28th Gros Open takes place 22nd to 29th June 2018.

28th Gros Open 2018 Donostia ESP Fri 22nd Jun 2018 - Fri 29th Jun 2018
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
13Vasquez Schroeder RodrigoCHI25054.07.09.010.0
22Martinez Duany Lelys StanleyCUB25273.59.010.09.0
38Kukov VelislavFID23873.57.09.09.0
41Fier AlexandrBRA25763.09.011.58.5
59Roeder MatthiasGER23763.09.010.59.0
65Vardan NagpalIND24683.08.510.58.5
712Robin SamyFRA23003.08.510.58.0
87Argandona Riveiro InigoESP24233.08.510.09.0
94Saptarshi RoyIND25003.08.010.08.0
1015Safranska AndaFRA22113.08.010.07.0
1111Etchegaray PatriceFRA23323.08.09.08.5
1213Laurent Julien G.FRA22713.07.58.57.0
1323Tornay Gomez JosuESP20323.07.58.07.5
1417Moreto Quintana AlexESP21933.07.08.08.0
1543Yarza Amondarain Juan CarlosESP17033.06.07.06.0
166Cifuentes Parada RobertoESP24652.57.59.06.5
1725Eizaguerri Floris MariaESP19992.57.58.57.5
1814Forgas Moreno YanielaCUB22422.57.58.56.0
1926Manterola Ubillos JosuESP19682.56.57.56.0
2027Vicente Ezeiza MikelESP19612.56.57.06.5
2120Martin Iribar AnderESP21352.56.57.06.5
2221Boursier JulienFRA20662.55.06.56.0
2328Iturralde Echeverria IvanESP19202.55.06.05.0
2410Bressac StephaneFRA23692.09.511.07.0
2516Maisuradze NinoFRA22002.09.010.06.0
2624Fejzovski EnverFRA20002.08.09.56.0
2719Alfaro Garcia Del Cerro Juan LESP21552.08.09.06.0
2830Berdote Alonso CarlosESP18792.08.09.04.0
2918Munoz Avila Jose LuisESP21832.07.58.55.5
3032Sanchez Merino ChristianESP18452.07.08.04.0
3139Cantabrana Garona AlejandroESP17492.07.07.54.5
40Benaito Villagarcia MikelESP17412.07.07.54.5
3322Torres Ganuza Francisco JavierESP20442.06.57.55.5
3435Bello Castano DiegoESP18332.06.57.03.5
3537Perez Sodupe CeciliaESP17912.06.07.04.5
3631Esnaola San Sebastian JonESP18522.06.07.04.0
3733Neira Garcia ManuelESP18402.05.56.54.0
3855Odriozola Coscolin AlexESP13921.58.510.05.0
3936Arrondo Carbonell PabloESP17971.58.08.54.0
4046Lazkano Gaite TomasESP16421.57.58.05.0
63 players

10) 32nd Pula Open 2018

The 32nd Pula Open takes place 23rd to 30th June 2018.

32nd Pula Open 2018 Pula CRO Sat 23rd Jun 2018 - Sat 30th Jun 2018
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
17Haria RaviIMENG24404.08.06.09.5
212Mcphillips JosephFMENG23994.07.55.59.5
311Horton Andrew PFMENG24074.07.55.59.0
419Ostovic MatijaFMCRO23524.07.05.08.0
55Gumularz SzymonIMPOL24523.59.56.511.5
617Jelen IgorIMSLO23603.58.56.010.5
74Plenca JadrankoIMCRO24823.58.06.59.5
828Karsay PascalGER22273.57.55.59.0
916Beletic DanielFMSLO23703.57.55.09.5
20Krsnik Cohar Ivan VihorFMCRO23093.57.55.09.5
116Tratar MarkoGMSLO24493.57.05.09.0
9Loncar RobertIMCRO24233.57.05.09.0
13Zufic MiroslavIMCRO23843.57.05.09.0
1423Popovic Milan SSRB22643.57.05.08.5
1524Fossum Oystein BoyumNOR22573.57.05.07.5
1618Guid MatejFMSLO23583.56.55.08.0
35Ronce NathanFRA22103.56.55.08.0
1810Schnider GertIMAUT24223.09.57.011.5
1926Pichler MichaelAUT22393.09.57.010.5
202Zelcic RobertGMCRO24993.09.56.511.5
2148Sestic NerminBIH21473.08.56.510.0
221Saric AnteGMCRO25433.08.06.010.0
2331Krebs JohannFMAUT22223.08.06.09.5
2436Babic ZvonkoCRO22083.08.06.09.5
253Fernandez Daniel HowardGMENG24853.08.05.510.5
2625Maksimovic BojanFMBIH22503.07.55.59.5
2751Vasic BoskoCRO21303.07.55.59.0
2854Dudas EszterWIMHUN21253.07.55.58.5
2915Filipovic BrankoIMSUI23783.07.05.08.5
3061Grundekjon ChristianNOR20973.06.55.08.0
3134Wanderer ThomasAUT22123.06.54.58.5
3221Petran PeterIMSVK23023.06.54.58.0
3329Uwira OliverFMGER22243.06.54.58.0
348Fercec NenadGMCRO24363.06.54.57.0
3565Grbac BorisCRO20823.06.04.57.5
3640Zherebtsova AlexandraWFMRUS21953.06.04.07.0
3757Kornitzky TinoGER21123.04.53.55.5
3885Porter Sam JENG19692.510.07.010.0
3938Voscilla AdrianoFMCRO22022.59.57.011.0
4037Mihalinec DamirCRO22032.59.07.010.5
69Marchesich GiovanniAIMITA20592.59.07.010.5
4214Franic MilanIMCRO23792.59.06.511.5
4344Boehm MartinGER21722.59.06.510.0
4482Jergovic AndrijaCRO19792.59.06.59.5
4571Kozarcanin SeadCRO20492.58.57.08.5
4658Pein JonathanENG21062.58.56.510.0
4743Medancic RikardIMCRO21772.58.56.010.0
4842Christensen JanDEN21812.58.56.09.5
4947Liepold StefanGER21482.58.06.59.0
5072Skuhala BarbaraSLO20442.58.06.58.5
196 players

11) 6th Platja d'Aro Chess Festival 2018

The 6th Platja d'Aro Chess Festival takes place 24th June to 1st July 2018. The main even is a rapid and blitz tournament with Karpov, Ljubojevic, Vaisser and Torre.

Platja d'Aro Legends Blitz Platja d'Aro ESP Sun 24th Jun 2018 - Sun 1st Jul 2018
Leading Round (of 12) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgTB1
11Karpov AnatolyRUS25990.0
22Vaisser AnatolyFRA25080.0
33Ljubojevic LjubomirSRB25040.0
44Torre EugenioPHI24440.0
4 players

12) Ceske Budejovice Open 2018

The Ceske Budejovice Open takes place 21st to 29th June 2018. Alongside is the Czech Women's Championship and a GM tournament.

Ceske Budejovice Open Ceske Budejovice CZE Thu 21st Jun 2018 - Fri 29th Jun 2018
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgTB1TB2TB3
110Miesbauer JanFMCZE22824.011.017.0
22Nagy GaborIMHUN24724.09.015.5
31Kislinsky AlexeyGMCZE25024.07.513.0
5Belous MikhailFMUKR23374.07.513.0
516Orzechowski JacekPOL21093.59.514.5
63Omelja ArtemUKR24453.59.015.0
79Hausner IvanIMCZE23213.59.015.0
84Velicka PetrGMCZE24253.59.014.5
911Glimbrant TorbjornSWE22133.58.514.0
1029Placer SebastianCZE18683.58.013.0
117Pisk PetrIMCZE23293.09.516.0
128Michenka JozefIMCZE23293.08.014.0
136Chylewski PatrykFMPOL23353.08.013.5
1418Juricek StanislavCZE20912.59.014.0
1513Zeman MatyasCZE21812.59.013.5
1614Mlynek PetrCZE21432.58.513.0
1712Sikora JanCZE22092.58.014.0
1827Dudek VojtechCZE19052.58.013.0
1917Stinka JakubCZE20932.57.512.5
2020Matejovsky OndrejCZE20282.57.012.0
2125Musil VitezslavCZE19512.57.011.5
2230Lauko MarianCZE18532.56.510.0
2336Bauer JanCZE14152.56.09.5
2421Malinovsky PetrCZE20192.08.513.0
2519Nejdl EduardCZE20592.07.513.0
2624Nagy LadislavCZE19962.07.011.0
2728Kotva MilanCZE18862.05.010.0
2826Baloun TomasCZE19152.05.09.5
2915Zvolanek LiborFMCZE21301.59.014.0
3022Brom JiriCZE20091.57.011.5
3123Rolinek DominikCZE20041.07.012.0
3235Kukacka LadislavCZE15491.06.510.0
3334Stodola ZdenekCZE16181.06.010.0
3431Vahala TomasCZE17751.06.09.5
3533Gregurkova NikolaCZE16281.05.58.5
3632Brhlik AntoninCZE16991.04.06.5
36 players
Ceske Budejovice GM 2018 Ceske Budejovice CZE Thu 21st Jun 2018 - Fri 29th Jun 2018
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgTB1TB2TB3
14Simacek PavelGMCZE24903.58.250.0
28Mirzoev AzerGMAZE25063.08.000.0
37Ovsejevitsch SergeiGMUKR26023.07.500.0
49Cernousek LukasIMCZE24622.56.500.0
55Plischki SebastianIMGER24132.56.000.0
62Svoboda SvatoplukFMCZE24342.55.250.0
73Stefansson HannesGMISL25412.55.000.0
86Bures JaroslavIMCZE24062.05.000.0
910Voloshin LeonidGMCZE23832.04.500.0
101Nguyen PiotrIMPOL23971.53.500.0
10 players
Ceske Budejovice GM 2018 Ceske Budejovice CZE Thu 21st Jun 2018 - Fri 29th Jun 2018. Category: 9. Ave: (2463)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Simacek, Pavel GM CZE 2490 # = = = 1 1 3.5 2629
2 Mirzoev, Azer GM AZE 2506 = # = = 1 = 3 2562
3 Ovsejevitsch, Sergei GM UKR 2602 = = # = 1 = 3 2512
4 Cernousek, Lukas IM CZE 2462 = # = = = = 2.5 2457
5 Plischki, Sebastian IM GER 2413 = = = # = = 2.5 2475
6 Svoboda, Svatopluk FM CZE 2434 0 = # = 1 = 2.5 2455
7 Stefansson, Hannes GM ISL 2541 0 = = # = 1 2.5 2436
8 Bures, Jaroslav IM CZE 2406 = 0 = = # = 2 2401
9 Voloshin, Leonid GM CZE 2383 = 0 = = # = 2 2404
10 Nguyen, Piotr IM POL 2397 0 = = 0 = # 1.5 2303
ch-CZE Women 2018 Ceske Budejovice CZE Thu 21st Jun 2018 - Fri 29th Jun 2018
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgTB1TB2TB3
18Sikorova OlgaWGMCZE21934.57.750.0
29Petrova KristynaWIMCZE22643.58.000.0
32Miturova MagdalenaWIMCZE22173.07.000.0
43Richterova NatasaWIMCZE21462.57.750.0
51Worek JoannaWGMCZE22932.55.250.0
66Kanakova NatalieWFMCZE22372.54.750.0
710Pychova NelaWFMCZE21412.54.250.0
85Korenova MartinaWIMCZE21682.04.000.0
94Zpevakova JanaCZE21081.52.250.0
107Nemcova KarinCZE21330.51.000.0
10 players
ch-CZE Women 2018 Ceske Budejovice CZE Thu 21st Jun 2018 - Fri 29th Jun 2018. Category: None. Ave: (2190)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Sikorova, Olga WGM CZE 2193 # = 1 1 1 1 4.5 2524
2 Petrova, Kristyna WIM CZE 2264 # = 1 = 1 = 3.5 2324
3 Miturova, Magdalena WIM CZE 2217 = # 0 = 1 1 3 2262
4 Richterova, Natasa WIM CZE 2146 = 0 1 # 1 0 2.5 2222
5 Worek, Joanna WGM CZE 2293 = 0 # = = 1 2.5 2156
6 Kanakova, Natalie WFM CZE 2237 0 = # 1 0 1 2.5 2180
7 Pychova, Nela WFM CZE 2141 0 1 = 0 # 1 2.5 2205
8 Korenova, Martina WIM CZE 2168 0 0 = 1 # = 2 2152
9 Zpevakova, Jana CZE 2108 0 = 0 0 # 1 1.5 2071
10 Nemcova, Karin CZE 2133 0 0 0 = 0 # 0.5 1803

13) Dunajska Streda GM 2018

The Dunajska Streda GM takes place 23rd to 30th June 2018.

Dunajska Streda GM 2018 Dunajska Streda SVK Sat 23rd Jun 2018 - Sat 30th Jun 2018
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Munguntuul BatkhuyagIMMGL24103.07.000.02
24Baumegger SiegfriedIMAUT24413.05.000.03
39Blohberger FelixFMAUT24272.53.500.02
46Vajda LeventeGMROU25682.52.500.02
52Varga ZoltanGMHUN24702.04.750.00
610Ilincic ZlatkoGMSRB24442.03.750.01
73Akshat KhampariaIMIND24032.03.500.01
87Motuz KarolFMSVK23801.52.750.01
98Farkas GaborFMSVK23781.00.500.01
105Brhel JanSVK20700.50.750.00
10 players
Dunajska Streda GM 2018 Dunajska Streda SVK Sat 23rd Jun 2018 - Sat 30th Jun 2018. Category: 6. Ave: (2399)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Munguntuul, Batkhuyag IM MGL 2410 # 1 = 1 = 3 2633
2 Baumegger, Siegfried IM AUT 2441 0 # 1 1 1 3 2592
3 Blohberger, Felix FM AUT 2427 0 # = 1 1 2.5 2441
4 Vajda, Levente GM ROU 2568 # = 0 1 1 2.5 2413
5 Varga, Zoltan GM HUN 2470 = = # = = 2 2421
6 Ilincic, Zlatko GM SRB 2444 0 = = # 1 2 2457
7 Akshat, Khamparia IM IND 2403 = 0 = # 1 2 2421
8 Motuz, Karol FM SVK 2380 0 1 0 # = 1.5 2294
9 Farkas, Gabor FM SVK 2378 0 0 0 # 1 1 2178
10 Brhel, Jan SVK 2070 0 0 = 0 # 0.5 2116

14) HSG Open 2018

The HSG Open takes place 22nd to 24th June 2018. Jorden Van Foreest won with 5.5/6.

HSG Open 2018 Hilversum NED Fri 22nd Jun 2018 - Sun 24th Jun 2018
Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg123456PtsTB1TB2TPR
1Van Foreest, JordenGMNED264111½1115.522.520.252764
2Zwirs, NicoNED2377½111½15.021.518.02494
3Warmerdam, MaxFMNED237011½11½5.021.517.02583
4Ten Hertog, HugoIMNED24531011115.019.015.52465
5Beerdsen, ThomasIMNED245411110½4.525.017.02502
6Nijboer, FrisoGMNED24921½11104.523.516.02511
7Guliyev, NamigGMAZE254711½1½½4.523.015.752493
8Petrisor, Adrian-MarianIMROU240011½1014.523.015.752477
9De Rover, Yong HoonNED241511011½4.521.515.252432
10Arnaudov, G. PetarGMFID244511½1014.519.512.52396
11Wiersma, EelkeIMNED2344=1½1104.021.012.52351
12Lanchava, TeaIMNED22971110014.021.012.52368
13Voege, TobiasFMGER230111½0½14.020.512.02365
14Elgersma, SimonNED2260½1101½4.020.011.52261
15Huesmann, ThomasFMBEL2170=1½1104.020.011.52368
16Mulder, Bart-PietNED2163=½½½114.018.512.252259
17Floor, DirkNED218610½=114.017.510.252260
18Schulze, LaraWFMGER217101½11½4.016.511.02215
19Plasman, HansNED217811=0013.522.512.02295
20Balje, JanNED21961½011-3.521.09.252395
21Van de Pavoordt, MaxNED2004½½½½½13.520.011.52241
22De Boer, EelkeFMNED2325=110013.520.010.02255
23Van Baar, EsperFMNED225311010½3.520.09.252238
24Van Foreest, MachteldNED212310101½3.519.08.752171
25Van Dael, SiemFMNED2213½110103.518.58.52193
26Guelsen, TaylanGER2187½011½½3.518.011.02094
27De Roode, PeterNED2144=½10½13.518.08.752120
28Van der Poel, HenkFMNED2246½½½=1½3.517.510.02119
29Krishnasing, AshleyNED205400111½3.517.58.752162
30Becx, CesarFMNED210210½½1½3.516.58.252126
31Elgersma, OnnoNED2113101½103.516.57.52229
32Hoornstra, HansNED20851=0½½13.516.08.02184
33Afek, YochananIMISR2259½011013.516.07.752104
34Zoun, RogierNED1901=001113.513.57.02170
35Mohnkern, AnsgarNED19280½½½113.512.07.252113
36De Ruiter, DannyFMNED23031101003.022.08.52221
37Overeem, MarcFMNED223010½½½½3.021.08.752160
38Vlaming, JosNED21471010013.020.07.02145
39Hartz, ErikGER204501½01½3.019.58.02142
40Jelic, BrunoNED20480110103.019.57.02177
94 players

15) Las Vegas International Chess Festival 2018

The Las Vegas International Chess Festival took place 20th to 24th June 2018. There were many event but the main National Open was won by Iaon Chirila and the women's open by Saikhanchimeg Tsogtsaikhan.

National Open 2018 Las Vegas USA Wed 20th Jun 2018 - Sun 24th Jun 2018
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkNameTiRtg1234567PtsPrize
1Chirila, IoanGM2557W19W40W9W37D3W10D26$8000 1st plus Edmondson Cup
2Swiercz, DariuszGM2657W47W53D6W7W16D3D15.5$2334 2nd-4th
3Nyzhnyk, IlliaGM2598W30W38W10W15D1D2D45.5$2334 2nd-4th
4Mitkov, NikolaGM2446W46L25W28W52W35W24D35.5$2334 2nd-4th
5Shimanov, AlexGM2629W41W58D7D11W13D8D65$420 5th-9th
6Corrales Jimenez, FidelGM2536W33W60D2L13W38W26D55$420 5th-9th
7Bryant, John DanielIM2461W48W32D5L2W31W12D85$420 5th-9th
8Hevia Alejano, CarlosGM2482W61W39D25D26W15D5D75$420 5th-9th
9Bitoon, Richard BalansagGM2450W21W14L1W29L10W35W175$420 5th-9th
10Moradiabadi, ElshanGM2549W20W12L3W40W9L1D134.5$150 10th
11Gorovets, AndreyGM2495W36D24W27D5D12D16D154.5$150 10th
12Ippolito, DeanIM2331W43L10W33W23D11L7-X-4.5$1225 1stU2500-1stU2400
13Raptis, NicholasFM2312D51W56W34W6L5D23D104.5$1225 1stU2500-1stU2400
14Banik, Siddharth G2249W57L9D43W32L24W42W234.5$1225 1stU2500-1stU2400
15Virtanen, TeemuFM2269-B-W36W59L3L8W27D114.5$1225 1stU2500-1stU2400
16Petrosian, Tigran LGM2613W52D26W61W25L2D11-4
17Ruck, RobertGM2505L26L52W39W46W30W29L94
18Vigorito, DavidIM2346W49L37W41L35D20W34D194
19Easton, Jack2156L1W50W58D24L26W40D184
20Saidy, AnthonyIM2321L10-H-W65-H-D18-H-W434
21Andersen, Alec2054L9L22W44W55D40D30W414
22Ghazarian, Kirk2043L53W21D54L27W32W31D284
23Chandra, AkshatGM2503W35W54L37L12W47D13L143.5
24Fernandez, DanielIM2493W29D11-H-D19W14L4-3.5
25Pakleza, ZbigniewGM2503W28W4D8L16-H--H--F-3.5
26Harmon-Vellotti, LukeIM2457W17D16D52D8W19L6-3.5
27Foisor, Sabina-FrancescaWGM2301-H-W42L11W22-H-L15D343.5
28Krutti, ValerIM2311L25W46L4L39W57W47D223.5
29Davidson, Kevin2210L24W65W45L9W53L17-H-3.5
30Costello, Alexander John2150L3W62D53W54L17D21D333.5
31Chambers, Ezra PaulFM2154L37D49W56W59L7L22W483.5
32Coraretti, Benjamin2123-X-L7D38L14L22W51W493.5
33Quirke, Jeff2125L6W64L12D45W50D36D303.5
34Kolay, Alex2158-H-W51L13D53W39L18D273.5
35Wu, RochelleWCM2042L23W57W60W18L4L9D393.5
36Ozdemir, SerdarL11L15W64W60-H-D33-H-3.5
37Li, RuifengGM2581W31W18W23L1---3
38Kiewra, KeatonIM2371W62L3D32W42L6--H-3
39Blatny, PavelGM2344-X-L8L17W28L34D46D353
40Wang, AnnieFM2330W64L1W55L10D21L19D423
65 players
US Women's Open 2018 Las Vegas USA Wed 20th Jun 2018 - Sun 24th Jun 2018
Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
RkNameTiRtg12345PtsPrize
1Tsogtsaikhan, Saikhanchimeg2037W20W16W14W8W55$1000 + Trophy 1st
2Foisor, Sabina-FrancescaWGM2301W35W10L7W15W144$500.00 2nd
3Inapuri, RamyaWFM2117W19W15L8W16W74$500.00 2nd
4Heredia, CarlaWGM2149W13L11W28D12W173.5
5Wu, RochelleWCM2042W28W12W9D7L13.5
6Liu, JoannaWFM1826W29D17D11W26D93.5
7Norovsambuu, Badamkhand1989W22W18W2D5L33.5
8Sevilla, Julia1867W30W26W3L1D113.5
9Zeng, SheenaWCM1863W39W23L5W19D63.5
10Liu, KimberlyWFM1873W24L2W20D13W233.5
11Zhou, ZijunW33W4D6D17D83.5$267.00 1st U2000, 2nd U2000, 1st U1800
12Acon, Jennifer1790W41L5W30D4W243.5$267.00 1st U2000, 2nd U2000, 1st U1800
13Wongso, Merissa1304L4W33W41D10W253.5$267.00 1st U2000, 2nd U2000, 1st U1800
14Goli, Sandhya2021W31W27L1W18L23
15Morris, Michelle A1982W40L3W22L2W283
16Li, Rachael1494W42L1W31L3W293
17Onyango, Adia1720W36D6W25D11L43
18Ishee, Jennifer1605W37L7W39L14W303$50 2nd U1800
19Castro, BriaL3W40W34L9W313$50 2nd U1800
20Jiang, Kate Yuhua1141L1W42L10W32W413$50 2nd U1800
21Peng, SophiaD25L28D35W40W263$150 1st & 2nd U1600
22Zhang, EllieL7W37L15W41W383$150 1st & 2nd U1600
23Atwell, RoseW43L9-H-W27L102.5
24Bagley, Hemma SvastiL10W36W27D25L122.5$150 1st U1400
25Sloan, Julia ElizabethCM2173D21W35L17D24L132
26Zelner, ZoeW44L8W32L6L212
27Awda, NuraW38L14L24L23W402
28Vidyarthi, OmyaWCM1155L5W21L4W39L152
29Patibandla, SashaL6L41W42W33L162
30Li, Yi-NingL8W44L12W34L182
31Gu, Crystal Jiuzhou1311L14W38L16W36L192
32Savchenko, Tatiana-H--H-L26L20W422$34 2nd U1400
33Khachatryan, NuneL11L13W44L29W432$34 2nd U1400
34Shtykar, Elena-H--H-L19L30W392$34 2nd U1400
35Rajaram, AnikaWCM1383L2L25D21-H--H-1.5
36Otterbach, Renate1225L17L24W43L31-H-1.5
37Saravanan, ShanthiniL18L22L40D38W441.5
38Nelms, Lorraine KayL27L31-B-D37L221.5
39Zhang, ElenaL9W43L18L28L341
40Ketireddy, VedmanvithaL15L19W37L21L271
44 players

16) Marmaris Karya IM 2018

The Marmaris Karya IM takes place 25th to 29th June 2018.

Marmaris Karya IM 2018 Marmaris TUR Mon 25th Jun 2018 - Fri 29th Jun 2018
Leading Round 1 (of 10) Standings:
RkTeam1a1b2a2bTB1TB2
1WHITE**1,51,52
2RED0,5**0,50
2 players

17) OSS International 2018

The OSS International takes place 22nd to 26th June 2018.

OSS International 2018 Oslo NOR Fri 22nd Jun 2018 - Tue 26th Jun 2018
Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
PlNameTiRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Deviatkin, AndreiGM2441629.536.539
2Hoi, CarstenGM23595.53137.541
3Chatalbashev, BorisGM25505.52935.539
4Kaasen, Tor FredrikIM23825293539
5HillarpPersson, TigerGM2546528.534.538
6Elsness, FrodeIM24784.53137.542
7Ostrovskiy, AleksandrIM24144.53137.541
8Tryggestad, Andreas GFM22434.529.53639
9Mikalsen, ErlendFM22874.529.535.538
10Lugovoi, AlekseiGM25314.5283437.5
11Gronn, AtleIM23474.5283437
12Sriram, JhaGM24124.527.53337
13Galinsky, TimofeyIM23544.526.53235.5
14Andersen, Alf Roger21664.525.53133
15Fossan, Aleksander21394.521.52729
16Ellingsen, Mads VestbyFM2447430.536.541
17Royset, Pal2211426.53336.5
18Sjoberg, Isak20754263134.5
19Huse, Sigurd Kjelsbol2029425.530.533
20Lund, Gunnar2261425.530.533
21Melaa, Sondre Lillestol20114253033
22Abdrlauf, Elham2165424.53031
23Tarbosh, Ward AlFM23323.527.53436
24Lindbol, Aleksander21823.5273335
25Ingebretsen, Jens E19993.5273235.5
26Nordquelle, Daniel22933.52530.534
27Nilsen, Tobias Lang20523.523.528.531
28Rishovd, SveinCM21173.522.52830
29Langmyhr, Tore19883.52227.529.5
30Lillevold, Frode205332732.536
31Tunsjo, Axel2001325.530.532.5
32Dolzhikova, OlgaWGM21923243033
33Rodsmoen, MaudWFM1937323.528.531
34Sebastian, Andreas1946322.528.530.5
35Rolstad, Morten1791322.52729.5
36Hestvik, Elias1677321.526.528.5
37Sundsbo, Sigve1799321.52628.5
38Greibrokk, Ingrid1821321.52628
39Gronn, Embla Ekeland1663318.522.523.5
40Gronn, Eskil Ekeland18692.5253031
41Hobber, AndersFM23272.5243033.5
42Trandem, Sigurd2.51822.524.5
43Haynes, Noah1713222.527.528.5
44Machlik, Edit2074221.527.529.5
45Greibrokk, Maria1723221.526.529
46Hanssen, Johnny18362212628.5
47Moe, Pal1778220.525.527.5
48Sidali, Elias Hulleberg2011218.52527
49Lie, Terje14612172223
50Teigen, Tore16101.520.525.526.5
54 players

18) Solta Amateur Open 2018

The Solta Amateur Open takes place 24th June to 1st July 2018.

Solta Amateur Open 2018 Grohote CRO Sun 24th Jun 2018 - Sun 1st Jul 2018
Leading Round 1 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
183Delić RifatBIH18821.00.00.00.50
114Cecić TonćiVKCRO01.00.00.00.50
31Muha MiljenkoFMCRO23621.00.00.00.00
4Mrđa MilanIMCRO23001.00.00.00.00
5Sredojević IvanIMSRB22981.00.00.00.00
6Robulj NenadFMSRB22971.00.00.00.00
7Armanda IvicaIMCRO22951.00.00.00.00
10Pećnik LeoFMCRO22911.00.00.00.00
11Vlatković MilosFMBIH22891.00.00.00.00
13Zelić MladenFMCRO22851.00.00.00.00
14Stocko JosipFMCRO22841.00.00.00.00
15Obad AndrijaBIH22831.00.00.00.00
16Olcum AhmetCMTUR22811.00.00.00.00
18Begus DraskoFMSRB22691.00.00.00.00
19Biliskov VjekoslavFMCRO22641.00.00.00.00
20Francisković BorkaWIMCRO22641.00.00.00.00
22Rubil MarkoFMCRO22571.00.00.00.00
23Pezelj SinisaMKCRO22481.00.00.00.00
25Lalić KristijanMKCRO22321.00.00.00.00
29Bura GoranSRB22101.00.00.00.00
30Kisić BozidarMNE22101.00.00.00.00
31Budimir BorisFMBIH22091.00.00.00.00
32Bosnjak NinoMKCRO21981.00.00.00.00
33Berke AnaWIMCRO21971.00.00.00.00
34Ćurić DraEenNMCRO21931.00.00.00.00
35Elishev IvanRUS21931.00.00.00.00
36Sitnić AdnanBIH21911.00.00.00.00
37BoEanić IvicaFMCRO21901.00.00.00.00
38Vujcić ToniMKCRO21821.00.00.00.00
39Radenić FilipMKCRO21721.00.00.00.00
40Sahin OzgunTUR21661.00.00.00.00
41Kostanjsek ZorkoMKCRO21631.00.00.00.00
42Tomerlin SinisaCRO21631.00.00.00.00
43Brajdić DankoMKCRO21521.00.00.00.00
44Bajlo KristijanCRO21511.00.00.00.00
45Schwalen PeterGER21331.00.00.00.00
46Tomas AnteMKCRO21321.00.00.00.00
47Krnić IvanMKCRO21221.00.00.00.00
48Sekelja MarkoMKCRO21191.00.00.00.00
49Bojo LeonBIH21161.00.00.00.00
114 players

19) Viktor Kupreichik Memorial 2018

The Viktor Kupreichik Memorial took place 21st to 23rd June 2018. Tukmakov won the GM older players tournament and Mamedov the stronger open both rapid play.

Kupreichik Mem Open 2018 Minsk BLR Thu 21st Jun 2018 - Sat 23rd Jun 2018
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
13Mamedov RaufGMAZE27119.575.081.069.50
21Korobov AntonGMUKR27368.577.583.061.75
32Andreikin DmitryGMRUS27338.575.080.059.75
46Fedorov AlexeiGMBLR25778.070.576.052.75
526Nigmatov OrtikFMUZB22108.069.074.051.00
64Kovalev VladislavGMBLR26317.575.081.054.25
75Aleksandrov AleksejGMBLR25977.573.078.050.25
87Meshkovs NikitaGMLAT25727.573.078.048.25
920Zarubitski ViachaslauIMBLR22657.571.075.549.25
109Notkin MaksimIMRUS24557.570.576.048.25
1110Shevchenko KirillGMUKR24327.568.571.543.00
1211Bernotas ArtursFMLAT24107.567.072.545.75
1324Sihite Chelsie Monica IgnesiasWIMINA22367.566.069.542.50
1429Kuznetsov Mikhail V.FMRUS21627.564.068.543.00
158Arzumanian GeorgyGMARM24747.563.568.543.75
1612Nikitenko MihailIMBLR24017.069.574.043.25
1713Meshkov Yuri A.IMRUS23757.066.571.040.50
1830Badelka OlgaWIMBLR21537.066.071.042.25
1922Tsigelnitskiy IlushaFMRUS22537.064.068.540.75
2017Nomin-Erdene DavaademberelIMMGL23127.061.567.040.50
2114Zhukova NataliaGMUKR23567.061.566.541.50
2215Barskij VladimirIMRUS23527.061.565.540.50
2349Laptii NazarUKR19156.568.071.039.00
2440Kalinin DmitryBLR19956.566.070.538.25
2542Tsaruk MaksimBLR19806.565.069.037.25
2665Papunidi MatveyBLR17516.563.568.037.75
2734Fedotov KonstantinRUS20906.562.065.534.00
2845Ilyuchyk YanaBLR19716.561.564.534.25
2919Terletsky OlegFMUKR22686.561.065.534.50
3025Cherepov AlexejBLR22346.560.564.032.50
3135Vashchilov SergeyBLR20876.559.063.033.25
3247Artsiomau StanislauBLR19546.558.061.031.50
3323Rakhmangulova AnastasiyaWIMUKR22446.557.061.535.25
3416Kalugin Sergey G.GMRUS23346.554.558.033.75
3533Sirotkina NinaWIMRUS21166.066.070.032.50
3628Savolainen Lev P.FMRUS21636.064.568.032.00
3748Uzlavataya AnhelinaBLR19256.061.065.533.00
3841Romanovskij NikitaBLR19906.060.564.530.25
3954Tyurin ArtemRUS18556.060.564.029.75
4046Naumovich YaroslavAGMBLR19596.060.062.530.25
101 players
Kupreichik Mem GM 2018 Minsk BLR Thu 21st Jun 2018 - Sat 23rd Jun 2018
Leading Final Round 13 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
19Tukmakov Vladimir BGMUKR25408.04.00.06
213Chekhov Valery AGMRUS24138.03.50.04
38Rashkovsky Nukhim NGMRUS24137.52.50.05
412Sveshnikov EvgenyGMRUS25327.03.50.04
56Dydyshko ViacheslavGMBLR24717.03.00.04
62Kovalev AndreiGMBLR24587.02.50.05
75Balashov Yuri SGMRUS24306.02.00.03
810Veremeichik VladimirBLR23075.53.00.01
911Vaganian Rafael AGMARM25475.03.00.02
104Mochalov Evgeny VIMBLR22365.02.50.03
117Zhidkov Valery SIMUKR23145.01.50.03
123Smirnov ValerijIMBLR22384.51.00.03
131Oblamski VladimirBLR19212.51.50.00
13 players

20) ch-HUN Youth 2018

The Hungarian Youth tournament takes place 21st to 28th June 2018. Was going to cover just the Under-18s but the games from that section are a bit of a mess with a couple of rounds missing. Will see what a final file looks like next week.

ch-HUN Youth U18 2018 Balatonlelle HUN Thu 21st Jun 2018 - Thu 28th Jun 2018
Leading Round 6 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
110Papp LeventeHUN21965.022.018.02441
23Marosi LeventeHUN22814.520.515.52317
38Ugroczky PeterHUN22044.520.017.02304
41Szabo Marton MihalyHUN23174.023.015.52321
57Czupor AttilaHUN22114.022.015.02313
69Buzas BertalanHUN21964.020.516.52133
72Polyik PeterHUN23114.020.013.52266
811Margl RolandHUN21944.019.515.02266
912Gorcsi GaborHUN21543.518.012.51918
106Toth TamasHUN22223.518.012.02185
1119Haselbach DavidHUN19903.020.510.52113
1214Acs MartonHUN21053.019.511.02137
1315Miszler LeventeHUN20743.019.510.52153
1416Kaloczi KristofHUN20343.018.010.52059
1518Horvath KristofHUN19913.017.510.52066
1617Divald TamasHUN20013.017.012.01965
175Bohus AdamHUN22613.016.58.52032
1813Horvath BalazsHUN21423.015.010.51992
1925Palkovics BalazsHUN17673.013.07.51721
204Udvardi ZalanHUN22802.520.010.52089
2120Balogh AkosHUN19822.515.57.51967
2223Kovacs BenceHUN19402.515.56.51961
2327Balega NorbertHUN02.017.09.01772
2426Rona AndrasHUN16871.516.06.51609
2521Birovecz Ben JordanHUN19491.515.54.01704
2622Bodnar MateHUN19411.512.03.01463
2724Ugyan DanielHUN18401.015.03.01782
27 players

21) Werder Bremen IM 2018

The Werder Bremen IM tournament took place 16th to 24th June 2018. Oleksii Molchanov won with 6/9.

Werder Bremen IM Bremen GER Sat 16th Jun 2018 - Sun 24th Jun 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDGmsPtsTB1TB2TB3
17Molchanov, OleksiiFMUKR962432350
22Grabarczyk, MiroslavGMPOL95.523.2532402
31Ahlander, BjornIMSWE95.521.7542435
45Grigorian, SpartakGER9521.532359
58Wachinger, NikolasGER9521.2532292
63Reuker, JariGER94.519.2532389
74Skliarov, ViktorIMUKR94.51822359
86Osmanodja, FilizWIMGER94.51732352
99Charmeteau, SvenFMFRA93.513.7532287
1010Kardoeus, DavidGER914.7502226
10 players
Werder Bremen IM Bremen GER Sat 16th Jun 2018 - Sun 24th Jun 2018. Category: 4. Ave: (2345)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Molchanov, Oleksii FM UKR 2350 # = = = = = 1 = 1 1 6 2470
2 Grabarczyk, Miroslaw GM POL 2402 = # = = 1 1 = = 0 1 5.5 2419
3 Ahlander, Bjorn IM SWE 2435 = = # 0 = 1 0 1 1 1 5.5 2415
4 Grigorian, Spartak GER 2359 = = 1 # = 0 = 1 0 1 5 2387
5 Wachinger, Nikolas GER 2292 = 0 = = # 0 1 1 1 = 5 2394
6 Reuker, Jari GER 2389 = 0 0 1 1 # = 0 1 = 4.5 2340
7 Skliarov, Viktor IM UKR 2359 0 = 1 = 0 = # = = 1 4.5 2344
8 Osmanodja, Filiz WIM GER 2352 = = 0 0 0 1 = # 1 1 4.5 2344
9 Charmeteau, Sven FM FRA 2287 0 1 0 1 0 0 = 0 # 1 3.5 2272
10 Kardoeus, David GER 2226 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 # 1 2007

22) ch-FIN 2018

The Finnish Chess Championship took place 11th to 19th June 2018. Mikael Agopov won with 6.5/9.

ch-FIN 2018 Helsinki FIN Mon 11th Jun 2018 - Tue 19th Jun 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
13Agopov Mikael24366.50.005
210Keinänen Toivo23416.01.006
35Karttunen Mika24666.01.005
49Köykkä Pekka23456.01.004
51Sipilä Vilka23834.50.004
66Niemi Kalle23363.51.002
77Järvenpää Jari23103.50.002
84Sammalvuo Tapani24353.01.501
98Nyysti Sampsa23223.01.501
102Luukkonen Tommi23493.00.002
10 players
ch-FIN 2018 Helsinki FIN Mon 11th Jun 2018 - Tue 19th Jun 2018. Category: 5. Ave: (2372)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Agopov, Mikael IM FIN 2436 # 0 = 1 1 1 = = 1 1 6.5 2531
2 Karttunen, Mika IM FIN 2466 1 # 0 1 0 1 = 1 = 1 6 2487
3 Koykka, Pekka FM FIN 2345 = 1 # 0 1 = 1 = 1 = 6 2500
4 Keinanen, Toivo FM FIN 2341 0 0 1 # 1 1 1 0 1 1 6 2501
5 Sipila, Vilka IM FIN 2383 0 1 0 0 # 0 1 1 = 1 4.5 2371
6 Niemi, Kalle FM FIN 2336 0 0 = 0 1 # 1 0 = = 3.5 2296
7 Jarvenpaa, Jari FM FIN 2310 = = 0 0 0 0 # 1 1 = 3.5 2299
8 Luukkonen, Tommi FM FIN 2349 = 0 = 1 0 1 0 # 0 0 3 2250
9 Sammalvuo, Tapani IM FIN 2435 0 = 0 0 = = 0 1 # = 3 2240
10 Nyysti, Sampsa IM FIN 2322 0 0 = 0 0 = = 1 = # 3 2253

23) Minnesota GM 2018

The Minnesota GM tournament took place 15th to 19th June 2018. I don't know if a game file will become available. It doesn't look likely. Evgeny Shtembuliak and Andrew Tang scored 6.5/9.

Minnesota GM 2018 Plymouth, MN USA Fri 15th Jun 2018 - Tue 19th Jun 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameFEDRtgPts
1Shtembuliak, EvgenyUKR25066.5
2Tang, AndrewUSA24946.5
3Mitkov, NikolaMKD24466.0
4Zierk, StevenUSA24755.0
5Balakrishnan, PraveenUSA24005.0
6Georgiev, VladimirMKD25084.0
7Nagle, SeanUSA24364.0
8Wang, JustinUSA23563.0
9Bartholomew, JohnUSA24612.5
10Shankar, GauriIND23382.5
10 players

24) Silver Lake Open 2018

The Silver Lake Open took place 17th to 24th June 2018. Kiril Georgiev edged out Viktor Gazik and Danilo Milanovic on tie-break after all scored 7/9.

Silver Lake Open 2018 Veliko Gradiste SRB Sun 17th Jun 2018 - Sun 24th Jun 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgTB1TB2TB3
11Georgiev KirilGMFID25907.044.549.0
29Gazik ViktorIMSVK24907.041.043.5
313Milanovic DaniloGMSRB24617.040.044.5
47Damljanovic BrankoGMSRB24996.544.048.5
55Sanal VahapGMTUR25106.544.048.0
614Hirneise TobiasIMGER24616.542.547.0
72Petrov NikitaIMRUS25896.048.552.5
83Savic Miodrag RGMSRB25456.045.550.0
955Kulkarni ChinmayIND22816.044.547.0
108Cvitan OgnjenGMCRO24926.044.048.5
1124Kanakaris GeorgiosGRE23996.044.047.5
1219Ivic VelimirIMSRB24256.043.547.5
1312Pikula DejanGMSRB24716.043.047.0
144Atalik SuatGMTUR25126.042.045.5
1510Stojanovic MihajloGMSRB24886.041.545.5
1623Djordjevic VukSRB23996.040.043.5
1727Dudukovic NikolaFMSRB23855.545.548.0
1829Atakisi UmutIMTUR23805.545.048.5
1957Avalyan ArturFMRUS22685.545.047.5
206Kadric DenisGMBIH25095.544.549.0
2121Abramovic BoskoGMSRB24155.542.547.0
2244Eric JovanaWGMSRB23245.542.045.5
2316Perunovic MiodragIMSRB24425.541.544.5
2428Tosic MiroslavGMSRB23845.540.545.0
2556Velickovic SasaIMSRB22755.540.543.5
2615Kasparov SergeyGMBLR24565.540.043.5
2741Ioannidis EvgeniosFMGRE23395.539.542.5
2851Cerovic DaniloFMSRB22925.537.039.5
2949Desnica VladanSRB23005.535.538.0
3078Parnali S DhariaWIMIND21485.533.034.5
3118Lajthajm BorkoGMSRB24325.044.048.5
3226Low Zhen Yu CyrusIMSGP23875.042.045.5
3364Vafiadis KleanthisGRE22475.040.544.0
3425Filev GeorgiFMFID23905.040.543.5
53Injac TeodoraWIMSRB22825.040.543.5
3622Karavade EeshaIMIND23995.040.044.0
3717Radovanovic NikolaIMSRB24385.040.043.5
3886Mitev ValentinFID20865.039.043.5
3937Markovic Zoran SIMSRB23505.038.541.5
4040Marcetic NikolaIMSRB23425.038.041.0
116 players

25) 10th Carlos I Open 2018

The 10th Carlos I Open took place 16th to 24th June 2018. Salvador Del Rio De Angelis won with 7.5/9.

10th Carlos I Open 2018 Sanxenxo ESP Sat 16th Jun 2018 - Sun 24th Jun 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPts
11Del Rio De Angelis, Salvador G.GMESP25247.5
211Rodriguez Lopez, RafaelIMESP22897.0
33Narciso Dublan, MarcGMESP24687.0
46Khamrakulov, Ibragim S.GMESP24267.0
512Alvarez Fernandez, EnriqueFMESP22826.5
65Pulvett Marin, Daniel EduardoIMVEN24556.5
74Gonzalez Perez, ArianIMFID24656.5
822Cruz Alvarez de Ron, DanFMESP21526.5
97Campora, Daniel H.GMARG24246.5
1029Lopez Pereyra, AntonioESP20786.5
1110Rodriguez Fontecha, MarcosFMESP23566.0
1217Gonzalez Gonzalez, AlfonsoESP21946.0
1332Esteban Romo, Francisco JESP20566.0
1423Lorenzo Duran, MarcosESP21256.0
1518Torrado Quintela, JulioESP21936.0
1614Martinez Rodriguez, PabloFMESP22586.0
1720Jazdanovs, AleksandrsLAT21565.5
188Martin Fuentes, AlbertoFMESP24045.5
199Aguera Naredo, JavierFMESP23775.5
202Suarez Gomez, JulioIMESP24875.5
2134Tallarico Tallarico, Ovidio MariESP20315.5
2213Prieto Aranguren, AlainFMESP22765.5
2325Clemente Llamero, Roberto (*)ESP21235.5
2446Saez Gabikagogeaskoa, Oscar (*)ESP19585.5
2533Mai, Aron ThorISL20335.5
2628Buitron Ramil, DavidESP21065.5
2726Represa Perez, MireyaWFMESP21185.5
2816Jaksland, TimFMDEN22025.5
2931Erlandsen, CarstenDEN20685.5
3021Fernandez Manrique, AgustinESP21555.5
3156Palacios Llorente, JavierESP18745.5
3227Carballo Cancela, ManuelESP21145.5
3339Olivera Gutierrez, Albert (*)ESP19915.5
3442Prieto, AlbertoUSA19775.5
3560Lobato Rey, PabloESP18005.5
3624Abella Vazquez, CesarESP21255.5
3735Pena Torres, Jose CarlosESP20215.5
3830Patino Romaris, Juan RobertoESP20725.5
3943Ferreno Sanmartin, AngelESP19675.0
4044Bouza-Brey Teijeiro, GonzaloESP19655.0
116 players

26) 11th New York International 2018

The 11th New York International took place 13th to 17th June 2018. Victor Mikhalevski, Robert Hess, John Burke and David Brodsky all scored 6.5/9. Games now available.

11th New York Int 2018 New York USA Wed 13th Jun 2018 - Sun 17th Jun 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPts
1Mikhalevski, VictorGMISR25816.5
2Hess, Robert LGMUSA25746.5
3Burke, JohnGMUSA25186.5
4Brodsky, DavidIMUSA24066.5
5Khamrakulov, DjurabekIMUZB24916
6Vera, Sandro PozoGMCUB24316
7Jacobson, BrandonFMUSA23036
8Paragua, Mark CGMPHI25125.5
9Nestorovic, NikolaGMSRB24765.5
10Ostrovskiy, AleksandrIMUSA24145.5
11Rozman, LevyFMUSA24005.5
12Stearman, JosiahFMUSA22855.5
13Allicock, RawleFMENG21985.5
14Abreau, AryanGMCUB24575
15Korley, KassaIMDEN24205
16O'donnell, ConorFMIRL23955
17Yap, Kim StevenIMPHI23635
18Shen, ChristopherFMUSA22955
19Zhou, LiranCMUSA21795
20Tremblay, RejeanCAN21785
21Khodzhamkuliev, BahadurRUS21645
22Bonin, Jay RichardIMUSA22854.5
23Jacobson, AaronFMUSA22594.5
24Jacobs, JonFMUSA21934.5
25Graif, WilliamCAN21564.5
26Tsay, VincentFMUSA21434.5
27Rowe, DuaneCMJAM20964.5
28Tian, EddyUSA20494.5
29Juac, MajurUSA19764.5
30Rohde, Michael AGMUSA23794
31Pressman, LeifFMUSA22754
32Akylbekov, NasirKGZ22194
33Falcao, WesleyIND21694
34Marin, SamCAN20394
35Yen, WilliamUSA19764
36Balaji, DaggupatiFMUSA22683.5
37Zong, DavisUSA20093.5
38Mahajan, RushaanUSA18103.5
39Sturt, Raven MIMUSA24593
40Magallanes, Rey JomarPHI21013
41Huston, GusUSA20763
42Cadavid, Juan MiguelCOL20093
43Raparthi, AnkitUSA18263
44Goldammer, ChristianUSA19732.5
45Nydick, BrandonUSA21302
46Nydick, BoraTUR18772
47Forman, Gary RobertUSA22281.5
48Mandizha, FaraiIMZIM23901
49Frumkin, Edward AUSA17721
50Colure, Thomas SeanUSA22380.5
51 players

27) 10th Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2018

The 10th Rheinland-Pfalz Open took place 31st May to 3rd June. More games available.

10th Rheinland-Pfalz Open Nickenich GER Thu 31st May 2018 - Sun 3rd Jun 2018
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
11Dgebuadze AlexandreGMBEL25086.032.029.00
22Meijers ViestursGMLAT24726.030.528.50
33Petrisor Adrian-MarianIMROU24136.030.027.50
431Köllner ChristofGER20835.529.523.50
59Becker DirkGER22625.528.523.25
611Köllner Ruben GideonGER22045.528.523.00
715Gülsen TaylanGER21625.528.023.50
85Boidman YuriIMGER23685.527.523.25
94Winterberg LukasFMGER23785.527.023.25
1049Waffenschmidt JoachimGER19955.527.022.50
1124Fink ChristianGER21115.525.521.75
1232Stümer PaulGER20785.525.020.75
1334Scholz AlexanderGER05.524.520.50
147Syrov ArkadiGER22915.029.520.75
158Zimmermann KlemensGER22865.029.021.25
1623Weber SamuelGER21135.028.521.50
1751Schwab ThomasGER19895.027.520.00
1813Farmani Anosheh YashaGER21645.027.020.00
1939Mitran Anthony CristianBEL20325.025.019.50
2050Link KlausGER19925.025.018.25
2133Boos PatrickGER20715.024.518.50
2235Begri RobertGER20655.024.017.75
2370Grosse ChristianGER18745.023.015.50
2480Pishanidar BorzouGER18215.022.516.00
2526Ronge Tim HendrickGER21024.530.020.25
266Barzen PascalGER22994.529.520.00
2721Melnikov AlexanderRUS21164.528.517.50
2830Schön Ralf Dr.CMGER20854.528.018.00
2927Berresheim HelmutGER21004.528.017.25
3014Liard ThibaudFRA21634.527.519.00
3167Metzing JoachimGER19034.527.018.00
3243Matusch Dirk Dr.GER20094.527.016.25
3356Kopf RainerGER19724.526.517.25
3458Hauer AndreasGER19424.526.516.25
3510Puth DieterFMGER22574.526.018.00
3628Stull NorbertLUX20964.525.516.50
3795Steinhauser FlorianGER17784.525.514.75
38103Fetzer RomanGER17454.525.513.50
3925Neurohr JürgenGER21084.525.018.00
4044Bruziks GeorgeGER20084.525.016.50
202 players

28) 198th YMCA Spring A 2018

The 198th YMCA Spring A took place 5th April to 22nd June 2018.

198th YMCA Spring A 2018 Warsaw POL Fri 6th Apr 2018 - Fri 22nd Jun 2018
Leading Final Round 12 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiRtg+PtsTB1
16Choroszej, Aleksanderk199379.051.25
28Kaminski, JanI+193488.546.25
35Kaczmarska, Joannak197678.042.25
44Majek, KacperI+193977.538.50
51Delega, TomaszCM198256.529.00
67Liberadzki, Slawomirk199125.021.75
79Moskwinski, MarekI+185514.519.75
82Borowy, CezaryI++201314.019.00
93Kasperkiewicz, Pawelk199923.013.25
1010Tychulski, KrzysztofI189101.04.00
10 players

29) Open ch-Odoyev 2018

The Open Championship of Odoyev took place 28th May to 5th June 2018.

Open ch-Odoyev 2018 Odoyev RUS Mon 28th May 2018 - Tue 5th Jun 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameFEDRtgPts
1Garayev, MuradAZE23976.5
2Ismayilov, GanjaliAZE23896.5
3Domogaev, SergeyRUS24126.0
4Postypalskiy, MihailRUS23506.0
5Karpov, AlexanderUZB22076.0
6Gusev, AlekseyRUS23675.5
7Moiseenko, VladimirUKR22555.5
8Shkurkin, AndreyRUS22395.5
9Rzayev, RashadAZE24235.0
10Moiseev, AndreyRUS23295.0
11Aghasiyeva, FidanAZE21995.0
12Shishkova, OlgaRUS21365.0
13Asgarov, VugarAZE18415.0
14Krasnov, Yury A.RUS22714.5
15Kurilin, AlexanderUKR22224.5
16Viktorov, Alexandr GRUS22894.0
17Sakhnenko, IvanRUS21264.0
18Ponomarenko, ViktorRUS21214.0
19Biriukov, AlexanderRUS20473.5
20Malik, AlexanderRUS03.5
21Golovin, Nikolay MRUS21883.0
22Kulikov, KonstantinRUS20403.0
23Kobjakov, VladimirRUS20081.5
24Menshov, VladimirRUS18440.0
24 players

30) 13th Teplice Open 2018

The 13th Teplice Open took place 16th to 24th June 2018. Evgeny Romanov edged out Evgeny Vorobiov, Muhammed Batuhan Dastan, Viktor Erdos and Christopher Repka on tie-break after all scored 7/9.

13th Teplice Open 2018 Teplice CZE Sat 16th Jun 2018 - Sun 24th Jun 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
14Romanov EvgenyGMRUS26287.043.054.002450
211Vorobiov Evgeny E.GMRUS25537.042.053.502406
312Dastan Muhammed BatuhanGMTUR25387.042.052.502416
45Erdos ViktorGMHUN26207.040.051.002359
513Repka ChristopherGMSVK25347.038.549.002303
68Postny EvgenyGMISR25766.543.054.002457
721Admiraal MiguoelIMNED24656.542.554.002389
828Menezes ChristophIMAUT24046.542.553.002434
93Movsesian SergeiGMARM26336.542.053.002446
1017Jarmula LukaszIMPOL24996.541.052.002349
119Stocek JiriGMCZE25706.540.551.002346
1218Zanan EvgenyIMISR24976.540.050.502375
131Rodshtein MaximGMISR26886.539.549.502345
142Demchenko AntonGMRUS26706.539.050.502397
1510Peralta FernandoGMARG25676.538.549.002328
1614Krysa LeandroGMARG25296.042.052.502408
1731Satyapragyan SwayangsuIMIND23956.041.051.502373
1815Movsziszian KarenGMARM25276.040.051.502342
1934Vlasak LukasFMCZE23786.040.050.502326
2025Von Bahr OskarIMSWE24316.039.050.502302
2123Kozak AdamIMHUN24506.038.549.502261
2222Iniyan PIMIND24606.038.049.502329
2333Teclaf PawelCMPOL23846.038.049.002299
2424Jurcik MarianGMSVK24436.037.048.502319
2530Cukrowski FilipFMPOL24016.037.047.002250
2639Naboka SergeyFMUKR23416.036.546.502187
2740Krykun YuriyFMUKR23386.036.046.502262
2855Blom VincentFMNED22496.036.046.002192
2932Veinberg NimrodFMISR23906.034.545.502230
3060Weinzettl ErnstIMAUT22076.032.542.002112
3120Grinberg EyalIMISR24725.540.051.002345
3219Saduakassova DinaraIMKAZ24915.539.550.002364
3326Ikeda JuntaIMAUS24205.539.050.502364
3416Thybo Jesper SondergaardIMDEN25025.538.049.002352
3577Horak JiriCZE21315.536.546.502232
3644Oglaza OskarFMPOL23225.535.546.002322
376Fridman DanielGMGER26105.535.545.502221
3843Sylvan JacobFMDEN23265.535.045.502281
3935Simek PetrFMCZE23545.534.545.002169
4081Sprenar PetrCZE21185.534.542.502152
175 players

31) 15th Baltija Cup 2018

The 15th Baltija Cup took place 15th to 20th June 2018. Silvestras Armonaitis won with 6/7.

15th Baltija Cup 2018 Palanga LTU Fri 15th Jun 2018 - Wed 20th Jun 2018
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
19Armonaitis SilvestrasLTU20656.024.527.024.50
27Kotau ArseniBLR21595.528.032.024.50
32Kiseleva SimonaWIMLTU22435.528.031.524.75
414Scheglov DmitryRUS19435.526.029.021.25
511Silich YahorCMBLR20025.524.527.521.50
64Vicas MarijusLTU21845.028.031.020.25
710Narmontas RaimondasLTU20355.023.025.517.00
85Vanagas TadasLTU21784.528.531.519.00
921Protassov VladEST18304.528.030.016.50
106Berzina IlzeWGMLAT21694.527.530.017.25
111Brazdzionis AndriusLTU22834.526.530.018.75
1217Perminaite GuodaLTU18694.526.029.015.75
1318Stremavicius PijusLTU18634.526.028.516.25
1413Butvilas AistisLTU19484.525.028.517.25
1525Golsta MadaraLAT17614.524.526.514.50
1615Gucaga AugustasLTU19184.524.026.014.75
178Stasans AivarsLAT21104.523.526.515.25
183Malinin YuriIMRUS21974.026.029.014.00
1935Sarauskas AndriusLTU16994.025.527.514.00
2016Pidluznij GlebLTU19034.025.028.014.75
2124Pilipuitis MantasLTU17914.024.527.013.50
2236Silkaitis LaimisLTU16814.024.526.513.25
2320Vaitonis VytautasLTU18414.024.027.013.75
2452Likatavicius RapolasLTU15244.024.027.013.00
2530Voronov VadimLTU17504.024.025.512.25
2641Bagdanskis DangisLTU16444.024.025.511.25
2727Vinokur LeonidRUS17594.021.523.512.00
2812Aga RihardEST19674.021.023.513.00
2949Astakhov DmitriiRUS15624.019.020.510.25
3032Alainis ArtisLAT17323.526.028.511.25
3133Povilaitis TomasLTU17253.524.525.08.00
3245Zilakauskis SteponasLTU16053.524.026.512.25
3328Vardanyan ArasLTU17583.524.026.010.25
3451Piksrys RutenisLTU15513.523.525.59.25
3522Indriunas MatasLTU18163.523.025.010.50
3646Maciulaityte BarboraLTU15993.523.023.59.25
3734Koliasnikovas AironasLTU17103.523.023.59.00
3823Aleknavicius AndriusLTU18143.520.523.010.25
3940Kolar Johan-EerikEST16563.520.521.06.25
4019Alekseev MikhailRUS18463.023.526.510.25
67 players

32) 21st Iraklio Open 2018

The 21st Iraklio Open took place 16th to 24th June 2018. Momchil Nikolov won with 8/9. A few games available from round 3 onwards.

21st Iraklio Open 2018 Athens GRE Sat 16th Jun 2018 - Sun 24th Jun 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Nikolov MomchilFID25418.00.041.549.5
27Papadopoulos GeorgiosGRE23017.50.042.049.5
32Tilicheev ViacheslavRUS25136.50.044.053.0
411Spyropoulos NikolaosGRE22246.00.041.049.5
514Karousos-Theodorakis NikolaosGRE22056.00.040.048.5
65Drazic SinisaSRB24106.00.038.545.5
710Alexakis DimitrisGRE22336.00.036.545.0
812Skaperdas KostantinosGRE22116.00.036.542.5
93Kotronias VasiliosGRE25115.50.043.551.0
104Kourkoulos-Arditis StamatisGRE24265.50.040.048.0
1115Gogolis AlexandrosGRE22045.50.040.047.5
1218Galunova TsvetaFID22005.50.039.547.5
136Lekic DusanMNE23685.50.039.547.0
148Katopodis DimitriosGRE22565.50.039.547.0
1539Santryan DavitARM19235.50.038.546.5
1622Loutragotis DimitriosGRE21545.50.037.544.0
1729Koutourinis ApostolosGRE20915.50.036.041.5
1833Papadimitriou LoukasGRE19905.50.034.040.5
1955Loukisas DimitriosGRE17565.50.031.538.5
2032Ignatiadis KonstantinosGRE20055.50.031.537.0
2116Gazis EfstathiosGRE22035.00.038.546.5
2219Markantonaki HaritomeniGRE21855.00.035.541.5
2326Kordis KonstantinosGRE21125.00.034.540.5
2428Alexakis DimitriosGRE21025.00.034.038.5
2531Sideris TheodorosGRE20265.00.033.539.0
2613Ergazakis IoannisGRE22084.50.042.050.5
279Kotrotsos VasiliosGRE22534.50.040.548.0
2827Rahmanidis PetrosGRE21094.50.038.046.0
2953Papacharitonos CharitonGRE17724.50.035.042.5
3042Loutragotis Paraskevas PanteleiGRE19124.50.035.041.5
3165Sipsis Tsatsoulis GeorgiosGRE15774.50.033.540.5
3238Nemtsas HristoforosGRE19234.50.033.540.5
3330Abelakiotis StavrosGRE20864.50.033.540.0
3459Fragkos VasileiosGRE16494.50.033.040.5
3549Androni KonstantinaGRE18274.50.033.038.5
3634Zhuk KirillRUS19804.50.031.037.5
3747Hrysogelou Athanasia-PanagiotaGRE18384.00.033.540.5
3837Athanasiadis PanagiotisGRE19344.00.033.538.0
3941Pelantakis MihailGRE19134.00.033.537.5
4046Giatrakos OrestisGRE18634.00.032.539.5
69 players

33) 22nd Voronezh Chess Festival 2018

The 22nd Voronezh Chess Festival took place 12th to 21st June 2018. Dmitry Kokarev edged out Andrey Stukopin, Dmitry Bocharov and Nikita Matinian on tie-break after all scored 7/9.

22nd Voronezh Master Open Voronezh RUS Tue 12th Jun 2018 - Thu 21st Jun 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
14Kokarev DmitryRUS26037.051.547.05
27Stukopin AndreyRUS25897.048.044.55
312Bocharov DmitryRUS25767.048.044.05
423Matinian NikitaRUS24967.043.540.06
533Sindarov JavokhirUZB24496.550.546.55
68Timofeev ArtyomRUS25836.547.543.54
79Tiviakov SergeiNED25806.547.043.05
811Chigaev MaksimRUS25776.546.543.54
917Iljiushenok IliaRUS25306.546.543.06
105Kryakvin DmitryRUS25926.544.040.55
113Popov IvanRUS26086.052.047.54
121Maghsoodloo ParhamIRI26386.051.046.54
1322Gabrielian ArturRUS25066.050.546.54
1431Afanasiev NikitaRUS24606.047.544.03
1513Savchenko BorisRUS25656.047.043.05
1615Belous VladimirRUS25556.047.043.03
1728Pavlov SergeyUKR24896.044.541.54
1810Volkov SergeyRUS25806.043.039.04
1926Potapov PavelRUS24915.551.548.04
2036Akash Pc IyerIND24355.551.047.54
212Ponkratov PavelRUS26225.548.544.54
2230Kabanov NikolaiRUS24685.548.045.54
2332Kozionov KirillRUS24565.548.045.03
2455Faizrakhmanov RamilRUS23885.547.545.02
2520Demidov MikhailRUS25135.547.042.54
2669Makarian RudikRUS23435.546.544.04
2727Belyakov BogdanRUS24905.546.543.03
2821Triapishko AlexandrRUS25135.546.542.54
2916Maiorov NikitaBLR25335.545.042.03
3038Dzhumaev MaratUZB24345.544.543.05
3161Karpenko ArtemRUS23745.544.541.04
3243Drygalov SergeyRUS24285.544.041.04
3318Tsydypov ZhamsaranRUS25225.543.039.04
3419Korneev OlegESP25175.541.538.02
3529Khanin SemenRUS24855.540.538.04
3650Polschikov AlexeyRUS23985.540.537.53
3725Golubov SaveliyRUS24935.539.036.04
3877Ergeshov TimurRUS22905.538.036.05
396Pridorozhni AlekseiRUS25895.049.045.03
4070Nesterov ArseniyRUS23175.048.044.04
131 players

34) 2nd El Aguila Masters 2018

The 2nd El Aguila Masters took place 18th to 22nd June 2018. Juan Plazuelo Pascual won on tie-break from Kaumandur Srihari Raghunandan after both scored 6.5/9.

2nd El Aguila Masters Utebo ESP Mon 18th Jun 2018 - Fri 22nd Jun 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPts
110Plazuelo Pascual, JuanFMESP23846.5
28Raghunandan, Kaumandur SrihariIMIND24096.5
35Gurevich, DanielIMUSA24626.0
44Oratovsky, MichaelGMISR24615.5
52Espinosa Aranda, AngelIMESP24654.5
69Vasquez Schroeder, RodrigoGMCHI25054.5
76Cifuentes Parada, RobertoGMESP24654.0
81Bayo Milagro, AlvaroFMESP22793.5
93Marchena Hurtado, JavierFMESP23713.0
107Gines Esteo, Pedro AntonioFMESP23951.0
10 players
2nd El Aguila Masters Utebo ESP Mon 18th Jun 2018 - Fri 22nd Jun 2018. Category: 7. Ave: (2420)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Plazuelo Pascual, Juan FM ESP 2384 # = 1 = = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2590
2 Raghunandan, Kaumandur Srihari IM IND 2409 = # 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2587
3 Gurevich, Daniel IM USA 2462 0 1 # = 1 = = 1 = 1 6 2540
4 Oratovsky, Michael GM ISR 2461 = = = # = = = = 1 1 5.5 2495
5 Espinosa Aranda, Angel IM ESP 2465 = = 0 = # = = = = 1 4.5 2415
6 Vasquez Schroeder, Rodrigo GM CHI 2505 = 0 = = = # = 0 1 1 4.5 2410
7 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto GM ESP 2465 = 0 = = = = # 0 = 1 4 2372
8 Bayo Milagro, Alvaro FM ESP 2279 0 0 0 = = 1 1 # = 0 3.5 2355
9 Marchena Hurtado, Javier FM ESP 2371 0 0 = 0 = 0 = = # 1 3 2300
10 Gines Esteo, Pedro Antonio FM ESP 2395 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 # 1 2071

35) 2nd Hersonissos Open 2018

The 2nd Hersonissos Open took place 17th to 24th June 2018. Theo Hommeles edged out James Adair on tie-break after both scored 7.5/9.

2nd Hersonissos Open 2018 Hersonissos GRE Sun 17th Jun 2018 - Sun 24th Jun 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
15Hommeles TheoNED23617.51.040.539.5
22Adair James RENG24857.50.038.037.0
31Delchev AleksanderFID25637.00.038.037.0
44Haug JohannesNOR24017.00.035.534.5
519Bit-Narva DavidSWE19267.00.034.033.0
67Risting Eivind OlavNOR23016.50.035.034.0
723Pliev VladimirRUS19096.50.029.528.5
815Umbetov KazybekKAZ20016.00.034.533.5
96L'ami AlinaROU23076.00.034.033.0
103Salomon JohanNOR24746.00.034.033.0
118Ranaldi LucasNOR22836.00.033.532.5
1221Kadianis GeorgiosGRE19176.00.033.032.0
1342Mateev Kaloyan MateevFID15396.00.025.025.0
1434Kouvidis IoannisGRE17305.50.031.530.5
1510Lirindzakis TimotheosGRE21635.50.031.030.0
169Djingarova EmiliaFID22185.50.030.529.5
1712Lobersli Henrik OieNOR21345.50.030.529.5
1820Haverkamp Klaus Dr.GER19215.50.030.029.0
1913Serpetsidakis NikolaosGRE21265.50.030.029.0
2017Sielicki TomaszPOL19635.50.029.028.0
2127Brokalakis - Gounaris ChristosGRE18515.50.027.526.5
2230Storkebaum UlrikeGER18255.50.026.525.5
2333Aggeletos MariosGRE17695.50.024.523.5
2422Maris IoannisGRE19155.00.028.027.0
2518Stefanov EvtimFID19595.00.028.027.0
2616Angermuende DirkGER19665.00.027.526.5
2729Iminov BachtiarSWE18425.00.026.025.0
2835Spirou GerasimosGRE17165.00.025.024.0
2948Ergazaki EiriniGRE13485.00.024.024.0
3026Warnk TorstenGER18535.00.023.522.5
3138Kotsinis AlexandrosGRE16555.00.023.023.0
3245Magoulianos NikolaosGRE14345.00.022.022.0
3346Dagkonaki AntoniaGRE13835.00.020.019.5
3414Loshkarev DmitriRUS20894.50.027.026.0
3528Parker KeithENG18464.50.025.524.5
3636Papidakis GeorgiosGRE17104.50.024.523.5
3737Aggelakis IliasGRE16834.50.024.023.5
3841Koutsourakis IoannisGRE15604.50.022.522.5
3940Kozyris IliasGRE15704.50.021.521.5
4043Dagkonaki AspasiaGRE15384.50.020.520.5
4162Roditakis EmmanouilGRE11184.50.020.520.5
4251Alexandrakis GeorgiosGRE12994.50.019.019.0
4370Farsaris MichailGRE10184.50.018.018.0
4439Ivanov SvetlenFID15914.00.024.523.5
4531Fragiadakis EmanouelGRE18134.00.024.023.0
4625Bras EmanouelGRE18594.00.024.023.0
4732Afsari-Rad AidinNOR18024.00.022.021.0
4850Saklampanakis DimitriosGRE13194.00.021.021.0
4947Koutsouraki AriadniGRE13734.00.020.020.0
5052Matthaiaki NefeliGRE12844.00.019.019.0
80 players
36) 36th Balaton Chess Festival 2018

The 36th Balaton Chess Festival took place 12th to 20th June 2018. Ege Koksal won the GM Group with 6/9.

36th Balaton GM 2018 Balatonlelle HUN Tue 12th Jun 2018 - Wed 20th Jun 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
18Koksal EgeTUR23566.025.250.04
210Fernandez Daniel HowardENG24855.023.250.02
36Kavutskiy KonstantinUSA23975.021.501.03
42Varga ZoltanHUN24705.021.500.02
54Czebe AttilaHUN24205.021.000.02
63Horvath DominikAUT24334.519.250.02
71Li BoCHN23334.017.750.02
89Soham DasIND23554.016.250.02
97Erturan YakupTUR23843.516.250.00
105Akshat KhampariaIND24033.013.500.00
10 players
36th Balaton GM 2018 Balatonlelle HUN Tue 12th Jun 2018 - Wed 20th Jun 2018. Category: 7. Ave: (2404)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Koksal, Ege IM TUR 2356 # 0 = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 6 2534
2 Fernandez, Daniel Howard GM ENG 2485 1 # 1 = = 0 = = = = 5 2437
3 Kavutskiy, Konstantin IM USA 2397 = 0 # 1 = = 0 1 = 1 5 2447
4 Varga, Zoltan GM HUN 2470 = = 0 # = = 1 1 = = 5 2439
5 Czebe, Attila GM HUN 2419 0 = = = # 1 = = 1 = 5 2445
6 Horvath, Dominik FM AUT 2433 0 1 = = 0 # 1 = = = 4.5 2400
7 Li, Bo IM CHN 2333 = = 1 0 = 0 # 0 = 1 4 2368
8 Soham, Das IND 2355 0 = 0 0 = = 1 # 1 = 4 2366
9 Erturan, Yakup IM TUR 2384 = = = = 0 = = 0 # = 3.5 2326
10 Akshat, Khamparia IM IND 2403 0 = 0 = = = 0 = = # 3 2279
36th Balaton IM 2018 Balatonlelle HUN Tue 12th Jun 2018 - Wed 20th Jun 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
14Nagy BenceHUN23547.029.750.05
22Moksh Amit DoshiIND22036.523.500.06
33Mcphillips JosephENG23995.523.500.03
41Naumkin IgorRUS23835.021.750.02
57Vegh EndreHUN22605.019.250.04
68Gungl TheoGER22373.514.000.01
79Gorti AkshitaUSA22583.512.000.02
810Klaric ZlatkoCRO23973.015.500.01
95Saber YasserMAR22663.011.500.03
106Urh ZalaSLO22483.011.250.02
10 players
36th Balaton IM 2018 Balatonlelle HUN Tue 12th Jun 2018 - Wed 20th Jun 2018. Category: 3. Ave: (2301)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Nagy, Bence FM HUN 2354 # 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 = 7 2515
2 Moksh, Amit Doshi IND 2203 0 # 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2477
3 McPhillips, Joseph FM ENG 2399 = 1 # = 0 = = = 1 1 5.5 2370
4 Naumkin, Igor GM RUS 2383 = = = # = = 1 = 0 1 5 2334
5 Vegh, Endre IM HUN 2260 0 0 1 = # = 1 0 1 1 5 2348
6 Gungl, Theo FM GER 2237 0 0 = = = # = = 0 1 3.5 2228
7 Gorti, Akshita FM USA 2258 0 0 = 0 0 = # 1 1 = 3.5 2225
8 Klaric, Zlatko GM CRO 2397 = 0 = = 1 = 0 # 0 0 3 2165
9 Saber, Yasser MAR 2266 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 # 0 3 2179
10 Urh, Zala WFM SLO 2248 = 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 1 # 3 2181
36th Balaton Open 2018 Balatonlelle HUN Tue 12th Jun 2018 - Wed 20th Jun 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Nagy DanielHUN23128.051.542.02535
28Forgacs JozsefHUN21997.048.036.02305
310Boguszlavszkij JevgenyijHUN21706.051.531.02213
43Haszon DavidHUN22466.050.031.52180
54Terbe JuliannaHUN22426.047.531.52179
65Suta AndrazSLO22396.047.529.52147
71Sardy PeterHUN23405.547.027.52186
87Ronce NathanFRA22105.546.529.02146
914Atkins RitaENG20715.543.528.52090
1025Schmuck CorentinFRA19255.543.525.52067
1133Chandratreya PrachitiIND17305.543.525.02160
1223Tancsa TamasHUN19655.047.529.02121
1321Ananya Rishi GuptaIND19685.044.527.51976
1422Pallagi JanosHUN19675.043.022.51904
1518Trajber DanielHUN20225.042.527.01997
1639Moskaleva ArinaRUS15825.041.521.51870
176Kincs ImreHUN22105.040.028.02078
1838Gorti AtmikaUSA16075.034.019.51867
1916Vukovic IvoCRO20314.543.524.51998
209Nagy Ervin Dr.HUN21724.541.023.01948
2111Gaal EdeHUN21414.540.525.51897
2230Bernath BenceHUN17584.538.022.01980
2320Psaila ClarenceMLT19834.535.021.51856
2427Bellan IstvanHUN18754.534.518.01746
2515Metaxasz VasziliszHUN20474.045.524.52003
2617Trajber Csaba Dr.HUN20294.041.521.51824
2713Leszko BenceHUN20964.040.022.51893
2819Gunyecz Zoltan Dr.HUN19874.037.522.01744
2929Rabovszky GyorgyHUN17894.035.517.51866
3032Dlauchy PeterHUN17404.035.516.01721
3124Zilahi GaborHUN19343.543.018.01756
3235Wunder Tamas-GaborROU16493.540.020.01995
3328Kaibinger KarolyHUN18043.538.016.51746
3434Schmitt NicolasFRA16643.537.016.51746
3542Baranyai AntalHUN14043.531.013.51601
3636Toth CharlesFRA16453.530.011.51542
3743Shatkovskaia ElizavetaRUS12873.529.515.01590
3826Radics Laszlo Dr.HUN19093.037.519.01806
3931Farkas Otto Jr.HUN17443.036.520.01895
4040Mulder BenNED14422.528.56.51346
43 players

37) 4th ad Gredine Open 2018

The 4th ad Gredine Open took place 16th to 24th June 2018. Ivan Saric edged out R Praggnanandhaa on tie-break after both scored 7.5/9.

4th ad Gredine Open 2018 Ortisei ITA Sat 16th Jun 2018 - Sun 24th Jun 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Saric IvanGMCRO26857.548.552.52418
26Praggnanandhaa RIMIND25297.547.551.02432
34Tarlev KonstantinGMUKR25527.046.049.02400
43Santos Latasa JaimeGMESP25676.549.553.52456
52Vocaturo DanieleGMITA26086.546.048.52391
621Sarkar JustinIMUSA22976.538.541.52289
78Pruijssers RoelandGMNED25146.048.553.52382
810Gholami AryanIMIRI24906.047.051.02369
97Kveinys AloyzasGMLTU25196.046.050.52375
1013Sonis FrancescoIMITA24486.045.549.52382
1116Borgo GiulioIMITA23976.041.545.52282
1211Tan JustinIMAUS24846.040.544.52253
139Kindermann StefanGMAUT25065.546.550.52359
145Moroni Luca JrGMITA25495.546.050.02392
1520Vaishali RWIMIND23105.543.546.52345
1619Hecht Hans-JoachimGMGER23275.543.046.02277
1717Herzog AdolfFMAUT23445.539.543.02187
1848Wecker MartinGER21435.538.041.52191
1922Kumar NikhilFMUSA22865.045.048.02365
2012Jaracz PawelGMPOL24675.043.547.52283
2118Volkov DmitriyFMUSA23345.041.044.02268
2230Curien NicolasSUI22045.041.043.52212
2358Zucchelli MassimoITA20895.040.544.52304
2425Thiel ThomasFMGER22615.040.543.52259
2514Solomon KennyGMRSA24195.040.044.02269
2624Fischer DanielFMSUI22635.039.042.52230
2729Molina FabrizioFMITA22125.038.541.52239
2833Wiesinger RobertAUT21995.038.541.52190
2974Lumachi GabrieleITA19895.038.041.02207
3037Moroder StefanITA21835.037.040.02140
3136Podetti DavideITA21865.036.538.02159
3238Schnelzer Reinhold Dr.FMGER21825.036.039.02141
3334Landi AlbertoFMITA21985.036.038.52242
3427Jaracz BarbaraWGMPOL22465.035.538.52134
3555Hoffmann SebastianGER21054.541.045.02262
3632Movileanu DanielaWFMITA21994.539.541.52206
3726Dittmar PeterFMGER22524.537.040.02144
3835Johnsen GunnarNOR21884.536.039.02086
3947Bernardi RubenITA21434.536.038.52136
4070Dev ShahCMIND19974.535.037.52157
81 players

38) AICF WGM 2018

The AICF WGM tournament took place in Mumbai 12th to 19th June 2018. Batkhuyag Munguntuul won with 8/11.

AICF WGM 2018 Mumbai IND Tue 12th Jun 2018 - Tue 19th Jun 2018
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
16Munguntuul BatkhuyagIMMGL24108.00.040.506
25Nakhbayeva GuliskhanWGMKAZ23237.50.036.256
37Srija SeshadriWIMIND22077.00.534.006
42Vo Thi Kim PhungWGMVIE23767.00.532.754
510Aakanksha HagawaneWIMIND22976.50.031.004
69Vantika AgrawalWIMIND22795.52.025.754
78Monnisha G KWIMIND22955.51.027.504
81Tokhirjonova GulrukhbegimWGMUZB23795.50.030.503
912Tomilova ElenaWIMRUS23345.00.020.753
103Zozulia AnnaIMBEL23144.50.019.752
1111Divya DeshmukhWFMIND21383.50.015.502
124Rakshitta RaviIND20670.50.02.750
12 players
AICF WGM 2018 Mumbai IND Tue 12th Jun 2018 - Tue 19th Jun 2018. Category: 2. Ave: (2285)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts TPR
1 Munguntuul, Batkhuyag IM MGL 2410 # = 1 1 0 = 1 = 1 1 = 1 8 2449
2 Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan WGM KAZ 2323 = # 0 = 1 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 7.5 2414
3 Srija, Seshadri WIM IND 2207 0 1 # = 1 0 0 1 = 1 1 1 7 2394
4 Vo, Thi Kim Phung WGM VIE 2376 0 = = # = = = 1 1 = 1 1 7 2379
5 Aakanksha, Hagawane WIM IND 2297 1 0 0 = # = = = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2349
6 Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim WGM UZB 2379 = 1 1 = = # 0 0 = = 0 1 5.5 2276
7 Monnisha, G K WIM IND 2295 0 0 1 = = 1 # 0 0 1 1 = 5.5 2284
8 Vantika, Agrawal WIM IND 2279 = 0 0 0 = 1 1 # = 1 0 1 5.5 2285
9 Tomilova, Elena WIM RUS 2334 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 = # = 1 1 5 2244
10 Zozulia, Anna IM BEL 2314 0 = 0 = = = 0 0 = # 1 1 4.5 2217
11 Divya, Deshmukh WFM IND 2138 = 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 # 1 3.5 2165
12 Rakshitta, Ravi IND 2067 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 # 0.5 1835

39) Astana Open 2018

The Astana Open takes place 17th June to 3rd July 2018. First there was a GM norm tournament, then the main open starts tomorrow. There were problems with a couple of rounds of the games in the GM event, I'll wait and see if the organisers produce a proper file. Jakhongir Vakhidov won with 6/9.

Astana Open 2018 Astana KAZ Sun 17th Jun 2018 - Tue 3rd Jul 2018
Leading Round (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Moiseenko AlexanderGMUKR26580.00.00.00
22Kovalenko IgorGMLAT26320.00.00.00
33Aleksandrov AleksejGMBLR25800.00.00.00
44Bocharov DmitryGMRUS25760.00.00.00
55Bocharov IvanIMRUS25690.00.00.00
66Vakhidov JakhongirGMUZB25460.00.00.00
77Shomoev AntonGMRUS25440.00.00.00
88Ismagambetov AnuarGMKAZ25290.00.00.00
99Sivuk VitalyGMUKR25260.00.00.00
1010Yudin SergeiGMRUS25130.00.00.00
1111Khegay DmitriyIMRUS24950.00.00.00
1212Khanin SemenIMRUS24850.00.00.00
1313Khusnutdinov RustamGMKAZ24680.00.00.00
1414Kim AlexeyGMKOR24630.00.00.00
1515Kuderinov KirillIMKAZ24550.00.00.00
1616Kostenko PetrGMKAZ24440.00.00.00
1717Makhnev DenisIMKAZ24280.00.00.00
1818Akhmetov AyanIMKAZ24180.00.00.00
1919Kazakov KonstantinFMKAZ23970.00.00.00
2020Kassimov BaurzhanIMKAZ23860.00.00.00
2121Agmanov ZhandosFMKAZ23760.00.00.00
2222Saiyn ZhanatIMKAZ23750.00.00.00
2323Litvinov MaximRUS23580.00.00.00
2424Suleymenov AlisherFMKAZ23490.00.00.00
2525Urazayev ArystanbekCMKAZ23030.00.00.00
2626Nogerbek KazybekFMKAZ22930.00.00.00
2727Sisabayev KuanyshKAZ22920.00.00.00
2828Zhalmakhanov RamazanFMKAZ22900.00.00.00
2929Igambergenov AlibekCMKAZ22840.00.00.00
3030Ziatdinov RasetGMUSA22810.00.00.00
3131Dauletova GulmiraWIMKAZ22730.00.00.00
3232Nurzhanov TimurKAZ22720.00.00.00
3333Kvan AndreyKAZ22700.00.00.00
3434Emeljanov AlexanderRUS22440.00.00.00
3535Arestanov TimurFMKAZ22400.00.00.00
3636Tleubayev NurlanKAZ22330.00.00.00
3737Baimurzin AitkazyIMKAZ22040.00.00.00
3838Moldagaliev AzerbekKAZ21980.00.00.00
3939Doschanov ZhaslanKAZ21960.00.00.00
4040Stepovoj AnatolyFMRUS21940.00.00.00
136 players
Astana Open GM Norm 2018 Astana KAZ Sun 17th Jun 2018 - Tue 3rd Jul 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
19Vakhidov JakhongirGMUZB25466.00.025.25
27Sivuk VitalyGMUKR25265.50.022.50
32Vahidov TairGMUZB24055.01.022.00
46Kuderinov KirillIMKAZ24555.00.021.00
54Amanov ZhanibekIMKAZ23404.51.518.50
63Urazayev ArystanbekCMKAZ23034.51.021.75
78Bocharov IvanIMRUS25694.50.519.00
810Kassimov BaurzhanIMKAZ23864.00.017.25
95Dauletova GulmiraWIMKAZ22733.50.015.25
101Nogerbek KazybekFMKAZ22932.50.011.00
10 players

40) Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018

The Baltic Zonal II Stage took place in Palanga 13th to 20th June 2018. Nikita Meskovs won with 7/9.

Baltic zt II Stage 2018 Palanga LTU Thu 14th Jun 2018 - Wed 20th Jun 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
16Meskovs NikitaGMLAT25157.042.046.00.0
23Neiksans ArtursGMLAT25616.543.547.50.0
319Pultinevicius PauliusIMLTU23956.042.045.00.0
41Kovalenko IgorGMLAT26325.545.049.00.0
512Laurusas TomasIMLTU24535.541.544.50.0
615Malisauskas VidmantasGMLTU24225.535.537.50.0
77Sulskis SarunasGMLTU25065.042.046.00.0
85Rozentalis EduardasGMLTU25195.040.543.50.0
94Kantans TomsGMLAT25265.036.539.50.0
1017Bernotas ArtursFMLAT24075.035.037.00.0
1113Stremavicius TitasIMLTU24445.033.036.00.0
128Ladva OttomarGMEST24994.540.043.00.0
1321Chukavin KirillEST22564.539.542.50.0
149Miezis NormundsGMLAT24684.538.041.00.0
1518Samolins VitalijsIMLAT24064.040.543.50.0
1611Kanep MeelisGMEST24544.040.542.50.0
172Kulaots KaidoGMEST25744.037.540.50.0
1810Starostits IlmarsGMLAT24614.032.034.00.0
1914Seeman TarvoIMEST24253.537.039.00.0
2024Pedoson Georg AleksanderEST21253.035.037.00.0
2116Vedrickas TautvydasFMLTU24083.034.536.50.0
2220Klabis RokasFMLTU23833.033.535.50.0
2323Garanin AlekseiFMEST21713.029.531.50.0
2422Haavamae HenrikEST22092.031.034.00.0
24 players

41) 1st Pelion Open 2018

The 1st Pelion Open took place in Agios Ioannis 16th to 23rd June 2018. Ioannis Nikolaidis edged out Zvonko Stanojoski on tie-break after both scored 8/9.

1st Pelion Open 2018 Agios Ioannis GRE Sat 16th Jun 2018 - Sat 23rd Jun 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11NIKOLAIDIS IOANNISGRE25378.01.047.551.5
24STANOJOSKI ZVONKOMKD24408.00.047.051.0
32MASTROVASILIS ATHANASIOSGRE25016.50.046.550.5
49GKIKAS HRISTOSGRE20246.00.047.551.5
56MARKIDIS KONSTANTINOSGRE23396.00.046.549.5
614PAPAPOSTOLOU APOSTOLOSGRE19206.00.045.048.5
73GRIVAS EFSTRATIOSGRE24456.00.043.547.5
87TODOROVIC GORAN NSRB23356.00.043.047.0
98ANGELIS MIHAILGRE21485.50.047.051.5
1021TSARSITALIDIS KONSTANTINOSGRE17735.50.042.046.0
1110ILANDZIS SPYRIDONGRE19905.50.041.545.5
1228TZIMOULIAS KONSTANTINOSGRE14985.50.038.040.5
1320KORONAS VASILIOSGRE17845.50.037.540.0
145RISTIC NENADSRB23725.00.046.550.5
1511HRISANTHOPOULOS DIMITRIOSGRE19795.00.045.549.5
1622CHATZIPOLITIS GEORGIOSGRE17265.00.042.544.5
1730KOUDOUNIS VASILEIOSGRE14565.00.040.543.0
1818KOUTLAS NIKOLAOSGRE18565.00.038.541.0
1919TZAMTZIS KONSTANTINOSGRE18315.00.037.540.5
2027KLITORAKIS IOANNISGRE15265.00.035.037.5
2116TSEKOURAS VASILIOSGRE18804.50.040.542.0
2224GKLAVOPOULOS EVANGELOSGRE16324.50.039.543.0
2337TSARSITALIDIS CHRISTOSGRE13304.50.038.541.0
2423KALOGRIDIS ANTONIOSGRE17204.50.038.539.5
2532DRISTELLAS NEOKLISGRE13644.50.037.539.5
2631KOUKOUVINOS VIKTORGRE14104.50.036.539.5
2733RAFTOPOULOS EMMANOUILGRE13614.50.032.033.0
2813LAGARAS STYLIANOSGRE19374.00.045.047.5
2917GEORGIADIS NIKOLAOS XANTGRE18564.00.037.039.5
3026BLITSAS ORESTISGRE15904.00.036.539.0
3134AGRAFIOTIS MARIOS EFRAIMGRE13614.00.035.036.5
3225GEORGIOPOULOS HAR.GRE15974.00.034.537.0
3343TZAMTZIS SAVVASGRE04.00.031.032.0
3438KAMPILI KONSTANTINAGRE12754.00.028.529.5
3512PAVLIDIS PAVLOSGRE19543.51.043.046.5
3635DRISTELLAS NIKOLAOSGRE13393.50.034.536.5
3729KOUKOUVINOS VASILISGRE14813.00.036.539.5
3839RAFTOPOULOS STEFANOSGRE11003.00.030.532.0
3940AGRAFIOTIS IOANNIS STYLIANOSGRE10903.00.029.530.5
4041RAFTOPOULOU KONSTANTINAGRE10603.00.028.529.5
46 players

42) Chinese Teams 2018

The Chinese Team Championship took place 19th to 25th June 2018.

CHN Team Men 2018 Hangzhou CHN Tue 19th Jun 2018 - Mon 25th Jun 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoTeamGms+-=TB1TB2TB3
12Beijing Beiao97021623.00
21Shandong95131323.50
33Jiangsu94141221.00
46Chengdu94231120.01
58Tianjin94231120.01
64Hangzhou94231119.00
713Zhejiang95401019.50
89Chongqing93241019.00
97Heilongjiang9441921.00
1010Shanghai9441920.50
1112Qingdao9333919.00
1214Ningbo9333918.50
135Guangdong9342817.50
1411Hebei9342817.00
1515Hangzhou Chess School9252614.00
1617Wuxi9360612.00
1716Shenzhen9072210.00
1818Shanxi907229.50
18 players
CHN Team Women 2018 Hangzhou CHN Tue 19th Jun 2018 - Mon 25th Jun 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoTeamGms+-=TB1TB2TB3
12Jiangsu97021619.00
28Zhejiang94051316.50
34Tianjin95311117.50
410Hangzhou94231115.51
53Beijing Beiao94231115.51
61Shanghai95311115.00
75Shenzhen94231115.00
86Chengdu94321017.00
99Guangdong95401016.50
1012Heilongjiang95401014.00
117Hebei93241014.00
1217Shanxi9441913.50
1311Shandong9342814.00
1416Chongqing9342812.00
1515Wuxi9360613.00
1613Qingdao916248.00
1714Hefei Yuanshangyuan917137.00
17 players

43) Coupe de France 2018

The Coupe de France and the final of the women's top 12 took place in Asnieres-sur-Seine 23rd to 24th June 2018. Tremblay-En-France won the French cup and Clichy Echecs 92 the women's title.

Coupe de France 2018 Asnieres-sur-Seine FRA Sat 23rd Jun 2018 - Sun 24th Jun 2018
Leading Final Round 2 Standings:
RkTeam
1Tremblay-En-France
2Metz Fischer
3Agen
3Saint Quentin
4 players
TCh-FRA Top 12 Final w Asnieres-sur-Seine FRA Sat 23rd Jun 2018 - Sun 24th Jun 2018
Leading Final Round 2 Standings:
RkTeam
1Clichy Echecs 92
2Mulhouse Philidor
3C.E.M.C. Monaco
4Vandoeuvre Echecs
4 players

44) Active Team Events

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

TCh-SUI 2018

The Swiss Team Championship takes place 25th March to 27rh October 2018.

TCh-SUI 2018 Switzerland SUI Sun 25th Mar 2018 - Sun 28th Oct 2018
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeamMptsBpts
1Genf723
1Winterthur723
3Luzern721.5
4Zurich720
5Riehen619
6Reti416.5
7Wollishofen213.5
8Echallens010.5
9Mendrisio08.5
10St. Gallen04.5
10 players

TCh-LAT 2018

The Latvian Team Championship takes place 9th June to 16th December 2018.

TCh-LAT 2018 Riga LAT Sat 9th Jun 2018 - Sun 16th Dec 2018
Leading Round 3 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1Olaine*355613.00
2Termo Eko/ RSF*45612.50
3Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte*354612.00
4Ventspils2*4349.00
5Rīgas Saha skola*4348.50
6RTU/Juniors1*37.00
7The Royal Biograph21*427.00
8Cēsu Saha klubs00*23.50
9Maxon&Co21*15.50
10Rīgas Saha skola-M0*14.00
11Rīgas Saha skola-Nākotne01*13.50
12Vertikāle- Rīgas Saha skola12*04.50
12 teams

TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2018

The Polish Team Championship Ekstraliga takes place 7th June to 28th October 2018.

TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2018 Poland POL Thu 7th Jun 2018 - Sun 28th Oct 2018
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeamRtgMptsBptsTB1TB2
1Wasko HETMAN GKS Katowice26506.015.02.53.0
2VOTUM SA POLONIA Wroclaw25626.012.52.01.0
3Wieza Pegow25086.012.01.52.0
4KSz STILON Gorzow Wlkp.25844.010.02.01.0
5TS Wisla Krakow24593.09.51.51.5
6Akademia Szachowa ChessGrow Gliwice25092.07.51.51.5
7K.Sz. MIEDZ Legnica24872.07.51.01.5
8Bialy Krol Wisznia Mala23921.06.51.01.0
9LKS Wrzos Miedzyborow24090.06.01.02.0
10UKS HETMAN Czestochowa23820.03.51.00.5
10 players

40th Portuguese Cup 2018

The 40th Portuguese Cup takes place 16th December 2017 to 15th July 2018.

TCh-CHN 2018

The Chinese Team Championship takes place 10th April to 30th November 2018. 22 rounds.

TCh-CHN 2018 China CHN Tue 10th Apr 2018 - Thu 30th Nov 2017
Leading Round 7 (of 22) Standings:
RkSNoTeamGms+-=TB1TB2
110China Mobil Shanghai Chess Club75021223.0
22Shenzhen Longgang Chess association74031122.0
36Zhejiang Chess Team74121019.5
49Shandong Jingzhi Team7313921.5
53Beijing Beiao team7322820.0
611Chongqing Team7322819.0
77Hangzhou Bank Team7331717.5
88Chendu Beilei Youth Chess Club7124616.5
912Guangdong Ding Xin High Tech Team7142411.5
105Tianjin Team7043314.0
111Hangzhou Turbine Team7151313.0
124Hebei sports lottery chess team7151312.5
12 players

TCh-FRA Top 12 Women 2018

The Women's French Team Championship saw it's preliminary stage start on 5th May. The Finals are in June.

TCh-FRA Top 12 w 2018 Rungis FRA Sat 5th May 2018 - Sun 24th Jun 2018
Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
RkTeamGmsPtsTB1TB2TB3
1C.E.M.C. Monaco41211121
2Vandoeuvre Echecs48-358
3E.C. Montpellier48275
4Nimes47-448
5C.E. Strasbourg45-639
1Clichy Echecs 924107103
2Mulhouse Philidor4106104
3Bischwiller410594
4Juvisy46-268
5Evry 0-0-044-16016
10 players

45) Forthcoming Events and Links

Nis Open 2018

Yinzhou Cup 2018

12th Annual Philadelphia International 2018

Gold Coast Open 2018

Panevezys International Chess Festival 2018

14th Prague Chess Festival 2018

Karvina Open 2018

26th Klatovy Open 2018

4th Batumi Municipality Cup 2018

ch-NED 2018

46th Annual World Open 2018

Hou Yifan vs Ponomariov Match 2018

Minsk Open 2018

Mukachevo Summer 2018

41st Barbera Open 2018

31st Leon Chess 2018

11th Paracin Sports Summer 2018

VMCG Schachfestival 2018

World Senior Teams 2018

125th ch-SCO Open 2018

18th Warsaw Najdorf Chess Festival 2018

20th St Lo Chess Festival 2018

37th St Veit Open 2018

6th Kings Place Festival 2018

8th Amsterdam Science Park Open 2018

First Saturday July 2018

Polugaevsky Memorial 2018

TCh-CHN Div B 2018

10th Vellmar Open 2018

29th Czech Open 2018

12th Leiden Chess Tournament 2018

20th Sant Marti Open 2018

US Junior Closed 2018

46th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018

12th Portoroz Open 2018

41st Eastman Open 2018

5th ch-Francophonie Rapid 2018

93rd ch-Paris IdF 2018

10th Vitoria-Gasteiz Open 2018

28th Heart of Finland Open 2018

41st Ikaros Chess Festival 2018

11th Paleochora Open 2018

36th Andorra Open 2018

Xtracon Chess Open 2018

51st Biel Chess Festival 2018

44th Sitges Open 2018

Dutch Open 2018

9th Hainan Danzhou GM 2018

105th British Chess Championships 2018

119th US Open 2018

7th Fano Summer Open 2018

21st Pirc Memorial 2018

Wroclaw Open 2018

2nd Irena Warakomska Memorial 2018

89th ch-GER 2018

5th Prague Summer Open 2018

22nd Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament 2018

First Saturday August 2018

ch-IRL 2018

25th Abu Dhabi Masters 2018

Grafica Yael GM 2018

Riga Technical University Open 2018

6th Pontevedra Open 2018

Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2018

16th Spilimbergo Open 2018

Rockaden Open 2018

21st Olomouc Chess Summer 2018

32nd Teteven Open 2018

34th Faaker See Open 2018

8th Split Open 2018

Bruges Masters 2018

St Petersburg Summer 2018

6th Sinquefield Cup 2018

27th Feffernitz Open 2018

Lviv Cup GM 2018

71st ch-RUS 2018

29th Porto San Giorgio Open 2018

6th ch-Francophonie 2018

CCCSA Labor Day Invitational 2018

24th Heraklion Internationals 2018

17th Kesarovski-Stanchev Memorial 2018

40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018

12th Highlands Open 2018

43rd World Chess Olympiad 2018

9th Hradec Kralove Open 2018

Tatry Open 2018

Russian Rapid and Blitz 2018

TCh-RUS Rapid/Blitz 2018

34th European Club Cup 2018

chess.com Isle of Man International 2018

44th Guernsey Chess Festival 2018

16th Cap D'Agde 2018

Chigorin Memorial 2018

Women's World Championship KO 2018

2nd Du Te Cup 2018

World Chess Championship 2018

8th Brno Open 2018

14th Ugra Governor's Cup 2018

28th World Seniors 2018

10th Pilsen Open 2018

CCCSA Fall Invitational 2018

European Rapid and Blitz Championships 2018

10th London Chess Classic 2018

Sunway Sitges Festival 2018

Pan-American Intercollegiate 2018

Bay Area International 2019

81st Tata Steel 2019

Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2019

26th Bunratty Chess Festival 2019

19th Liberec Open 2019

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