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THE WEEK IN CHESS 1258 17th December 2018 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) 10th London Chess Classic 2018
3) Nutcracker Match of the Generations 2018
4) Sunway Sitges Festival 2018
5) XXVIII Elgoibar GM 2018
6) 30th Carlos Torre Memorial 2018
7) 25th Zadar Open 2018
8) 87th ch-UKR 2018
9) Israel Championships 2018
10) 68th ch-GRE 2018
11) 9th Sharjah Cup for Women 2018
12) Northwest Cup Final 2018
13) European Rapid and Blitz Chess 2018
14) 17th Asian Continental 2018
15) 56th ch-IND 2018
16) 67th ch-HUN 2018
17) Lidums Australian Young Masters 2018
18) Russian Cup Final 2018
19) Szmetan-Giardelli Chess Festival 2018
20) First Saturday December 2018
21) Rome City Open 2018
22) 5th Johor Open 2018
23) 8th Holuj-Radzikowska 2018
24) Third Saturday Djenovici December 2018
25) RSHSH Master Cup Oct 2018
26) Szczawno Chess Festival 2018
27) 205th YMCA Autumn A 2018
28) Barcelona CC IM 2018
29) 28th TCh-SLO 2018
30) TCh-CZE 2018-19
31) TCh-LAT 2018
32) TCh-FIN 2018-19
33) TCh-BAN 2018
34) Dutch League 2018-19
35) Bundesliga 2018-19
36) Active Team Events
37) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
10th London Chess Classic 2018733 games
Nutcracker Match of the Generations 20188 games
Sunway Sitges Festival 2018112 games
XXVIII Elgoibar GM 201840 games
30th Carlos Torre Memorial 201839 games
25th Zadar Open 2018109 games
87th ch-UKR 201860 games
Israel Championships 2018132 games
68th ch-GRE 201860 games
9th Sharjah Cup for Women 2018100 games
Northwest Cup Final 201890 games
European Rapid and Blitz Chess 20185 games
17th Asian Continental 2018357 games
56th ch-IND 2018136 games
67th ch-HUN 20188 games
Lidums Australian Young Masters 201850 games
Russian Cup Final 20184 games
Szmetan-Giardelli Chess Festival 2018171 games
First Saturday December 201850 games
Rome City Open 201854 games
5th Johor Open 2018168 games
8th Holuj-Radzikowska 2018100 games
RSHSH Master Cup Oct 201845 games
205th YMCA Autumn A 201859 games
Barcelona CC IM 201820 games
28th TCh-SLO 2018270 games
TCh-CZE 2018-1996 games
TCh-LAT 201860 games
TCh-FIN 2018-1968 games
TCh-BAN 2018119 games
Dutch League 2018-1920 games
Bundesliga 2018-19104 games
3452 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Olexandr Prohorov, Holger Lieske, David Navara, Tim Wall, J. Oskar Stober Blazquez, Goran Tomic, Denis Vretenar, Arthur Brameld, Dennis Monokroussos, Sammar and everyone else who helped with this issue.

Hikaru Nakamura emerged as the winner of the 2018 Grand Chess Tour. Just like his nemesis Magnus Carlsen, Nakamura relied on his skills as a rapid and especially blitz player to win his matches against Fabiano Caruana and MVL in the final. We're speeding toward the end of 2018, with the faster time limits coming to a fore there is still the question of the champions in these formats to be decided in St Petersburg between Christmas and New Year. This has been a very strong week and there's much quality chess to look at.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

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2) 10th London Chess Classic 2018

The 10th London Chess Classic took place 8th to 17th December. The event finished at Olympia London Auditorium although the semi-finals of the Grand Chess Tour and British KO took place in the Google Building in Kings Cross Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Levon Aronian and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave play off for the Grand Chess Tour title. In addition there is the British Knockout Championship with 12 player. Entering at the Quarter Final Stage: Mickey Adams GM 2706, David Howell GM 2697, Gawain Jones GM 2683, Luke McShane GM 2667, Playing a Preliminary Round: Jonathan Hawkins GM 2579, John Nunn GM 2572, Matthew Turner GM 2536, Simon Williams GM 2466, Harriet Hunt IM 2440, Ravi Haria IM 2422, Alan Merry IM 2422, Jovanka Houska IM 2419. Hikaru Nakamura beat MVL in the final to win the Grand Chess Tour for 2018. Fabiano Caruana beat Levon Aronian to take 3rd place. Caruana didn't manage to gain rating points to over take Magnus Carlsen as World Number One. Gawain Jones beat Luke McShane in the final of the British KO Championship and Jules Moussard and Nick Pert scored 7.5/9 in the open.

10th London Classic 2018 London ENG Mon 10th Dec 2018 - Fri 21st Dec 2018
Leading Final Round 2 Standings:
RkNameRtg12345678Pts
1Nakamura, Hiraku27463322111215
2Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime27813322111013
RkNameRtg12345678Pts
3Caruana, Faiano28323324002216
4Aronian, Levon27653320220012
RkNameRtg12345678Pts
SF 1Nakamura, Hiraku27463324022218
SF 2Caruana, Faiano28323320200010
RkNameRtg12345678Pts
SF 1Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime27813324220218
SF 2Aronian, Levon27653320002010
London Classic Open 2018 London ENG Mon 10th Dec 2018 - Fri 21st Dec 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiRtgPts
14Moussard JulesGM25917.5
9Pert NicholasGM25467.5
32Bogner SebastianGM26107.0
6Yuffa DaniilGM25727.0
7Istratescu AndreiGM25647.0
8Hillarp Persson TigerGM25467.0
13Ghasi Ameet KIM24987.0
81Melkumyan HrantGM26706.5
3Cornette MatthieuGM25976.5
5Hawkins JonathanGM25836.5
10Debashis DasGM25446.5
14Gormally Daniel WGM24786.5
16Gumularz SzymonIM24626.5
17Arkell Keith CGM24536.5
23Zhou Yang-FanIM24346.5
25Pert Richard GIM24166.5
28Piesik PiotrFM24046.5
29Mcdonald Neil RGM24036.5
40Megalios Konstantinos23656.5
48Taylor Adam CFM23316.5
2111Turner Matthew JGM25336.0
12Hector JonnyGM25016.0
18Flear Glenn CGM24516.0
20Elsness FrodeIM24476.0
21Akash Pc IyerIM24416.0
24Hebden Mark LGM24256.0
26Wells Peter KGM24126.0
27Gilevych ArtemIM24096.0
30Eggleston David JIM23976.0
31Cherniaev AlexanderGM23936.0
32Lewtak Damian23936.0
36Mirzoyan DavidFM23826.0
37Milliet SophieIM23766.0
42Mihajlov SebastianIM23586.0
43Lane Gary WIM23536.0
47Bradbury Neil HIM23366.0
52Kueppers TimoFM23206.0
61Tomaszewski KacperFM22596.0
116Sperling Lennart21166.0
118Johnson Daniel21116.0
232 players
ch-GBR KO 2018 London ENG Mon 10th Dec 2018 - Fri 21st Dec 2018
RkNameRtg12345678Pts
1Jones, Gawain26833644002221
2McShane, Luke2667300022007
RkNameRtg12345678Pts
3Adams, Michael27063322221116
4Howell, David26973322001112
RkNameRtg12345678Pts
SF 1McShane, Luke26673344000216
SF 2Adams, Michael27063300222012
RkNameRtg12345678Pts
SF 1Jones, Gawain26833602222118
SF 2Howell, David26973042000110
RkNameRtg12345678Pts
P2 1Adams, Michael2706½1--
P2 2Williams, Simon2466½0-- ½
RkNameRtg1234Pts
P2 1Howell, David2697½½11 3
P2 2Haria, Ravi2436½½001
RkNameRtg1234Pts
P2 1Jones, Gawain26831½--
P2 2Merry, Alan24290½--½
RkNameRtg1234Pts
P2 1McShane, Luke2667½1--
P2 2Hawkins, Jonathan2579½0-- ½
RkNameRtg1234Pts
P1 1Hawkins, Jonathan25791011 3
P1 2Houska, Jovanka24190100 1
RkNameRtg1234Pts
P1 1Merry, Alan2429½½103
P1 2Nunn, John2572½½01 2
RkNameRtg1234Pts
P1 1Haria, Ravi2436½½11 3
P1 2Turner, Matthew2536½½001
RkNameRtg1234Pts
P1 1Williams, Simon24661½
P1 2Hunt, Harriet24400½½
12 players

3) Nutcracker Match of the Generations 2018

The Nutcracker Match of the Generations takes place in Moscow 17th to 22nd December.

Nutcracker Classical 2018 Moscow RUS Mon 17th Dec 2018 - Sat 22nd Dec 2018
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Gelfand, Boris GM ISR 2673 2805677
2 Najer, Evgeniy GM RUS 2670 4118987
3 Leko, Peter GM HUN 2669 703303
4 Short, Nigel D GM ENG 2646 400025
5 Paravyan, David GM RUS 2634 4194985
6 Sarana, Alexey GM RUS 2618 24133795
7 Esipenko, Andrey GM RUS 2593 24175439
8 Lomasov, Semyon IM RUS 2553 24164879
Nutcracker Classical Youth Moscow RUS Mon 17th Dec 2018 - Sat 22nd Dec 2018
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Obolentseva, Alexandra WGM RUS 2353 24153648
2 Murzin, Volodar FM RUS 2336 44155573
3 Makoveev, Ilya FM RUS 2257 34155748
4 Dimitrova, Aleksandra WIM RUS 2233 24173371
5 Goltseva, Ekaterina WFM RUS 2153 24173770
6 Safin, Robert RUS 2121 34189120
7 Grebnev, Aleksey RUS 2040 34189030
8 Bulatova, Kamaliya WFM RUS 2007 34111546

4) Sunway Sitges Festival 2018

The Sunway Sitges Festival takes place 14th to 23rd December 2018.

Sunway Sitges Open 2018 Sitges ESP Fri 14th Dec 2018 - Sun 23rd Dec 2018
Leading Round 4 (of 10) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
116Nihal SarinGMIND25764.08.59.510.0
227Alonso Rosell AlvarGMESP25244.08.010.010.0
315Lopez Martinez Josep ManuelGMESP25804.07.08.510.0
46Vocaturo DanieleGMITA26293.59.010.59.5
19Kulaots KaidoGMEST25553.59.010.59.5
64Sasikiran KrishnanGMIND26733.58.010.09.5
712Liang AwonderGMUSA25893.58.010.08.5
817Petrosyan ManuelGMARM25653.57.59.59.5
911Romanov EvgenyGMRUS26143.57.59.59.0
108Indjic AleksandarGMSRB26203.57.59.58.5
1125Praggnanandhaa RGMIND25303.56.07.08.0
28Santos Ruiz MiguelGMESP25233.56.07.08.0
137Adly AhmedGMEGY26263.09.512.09.0
149Lagarde MaximeGMFRA26163.09.011.59.0
151Andreikin DmitryGMRUS27193.09.010.59.0
1634Dragnev ValentinGMAUT24833.08.510.58.5
173Inarkiev ErnestoGMRUS26933.08.510.08.0
1841Sadhwani RaunakIMIND24343.08.59.59.0
195Edouard RomainGMFRA26443.08.59.58.5
2035Gukesh DIMIND24663.08.010.08.0
2113Peralta FernandoGMARG25843.07.59.58.5
2226Harutyunian Tigran K.IMARM25283.07.59.58.0
2314Santos Latasa JaimeGMESP25843.07.59.08.0
2430Stella AndreaGMITA25033.07.08.58.0
31Vasquez Schroeder RodrigoGMCHI24953.07.08.58.0
2624Kelires AndreasGMGRE25353.07.08.58.0
2755Di Nicolantonio LucasFMFRA23893.07.08.57.0
2839Garriga Cazorla PereIMESP24483.07.07.58.0
2968Krishna Teja NIMIND23403.06.57.57.0
3095Bharath Subramaniyam HCMIND22343.06.57.56.0
3118Xu XiangyuGMCHN25653.06.07.57.0
3288Ingebretsen Jens ENOR22513.06.06.57.0
3343Seyb AlexanderIMGER24193.05.56.56.5
3438Wang KevinIMUSA24493.05.56.56.0
3544Ahlander BjornIMSWE24172.59.511.08.0
3665Pogorelov RuslanGMUKR23542.59.09.57.0
3759Roy PrantikIMIND23822.58.510.06.5
3833Henderson De La Fuente LanceIMESP24842.58.59.57.5
3936Pogonina NatalijaWGMRUS24652.58.59.07.5
4071Sarkar JustinIMUSA23322.58.59.06.5
41130Ruperez MiguelARG21152.58.010.06.5
4242Soumya SwaminathanWGMIND24282.58.09.07.5
72Esplugas Esteve VicencFMESP23302.58.09.07.5
4460Borocz IstvanIMHUN23772.58.08.56.5
4529Keymer VincentIMGER25082.57.59.57.5
4637Romanishin Oleg MGMUKR24512.57.59.57.0
4754Duran Vega SergioIMCRC23912.57.59.06.5
4846Raja Rithvik RIMIND24152.57.58.58.0
4932Sosa TomasIMARG24882.57.58.57.5
5090Sreeshwan MaralakshikariIND22442.57.58.56.5
183 players

5) XXVIII Elgoibar GM 2018

The XXVIII Elgoibar GM takes place 12th to 18th December 2018.

XXVIII Elgoibar GM 2018 Elgoibar ESP Wed 12th Dec 2018 - Tue 18th Dec 2018
Leading Round 8 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
18Velten, PaulGMFRA24856.023.500.03.50
24Strikovic, AleksaGMSRB24885.520.500.02.50
37Moreno Ruiz, JavierIMESP24505.017.000.02.00
45Oratovsky, MichaelGMISR24644.517.000.02.00
510Huerga Leache, MikelIMESP24484.515.500.02.00
66Ambartsumova, KarinaWGMRUS23834.012.000.01.00
71Napoli, NicoloFMITA22893.511.500.01.50
83Starostits, IlmarsGMLAT24583.010.000.01.50
92Suarez Garcia, CarlosIMESP24492.08.750.01.50
109Martinez Fernandez, AdrianFMESP22122.07.250.01.00
10 players
XXVIII Elgoibar GM 2018 Elgoibar ESP Wed 12th Dec 2018 - Tue 18th Dec 2018. Category: 7. Ave: (2413)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Velten, Paul GM FRA 2485 # = = = 1 1 1 1 = 6 2592
2 Strikovic, Aleksa GM SRB 2488 = # 1 = = 1 = = 1 5.5 2548
3 Moreno Ruiz, Javier IM ESP 2450 = 0 # = = = 1 1 1 5 2497
4 Oratovsky, Michael GM ISR 2464 = = = # = = 1 = = 4.5 2445
5 Huerga Leache, Mikel IM ESP 2448 0 = = # 1 = = = 1 4.5 2445
6 Ambartsumova, Karina WGM RUS 2383 0 = = 0 # = = 1 1 4 2407
7 Napoli, Nicolo FM ITA 2289 0 0 0 = = = # 1 1 3.5 2410
8 Starostits, Ilmars GM LAT 2458 0 = 0 = = 0 # = 1 3 2315
9 Suarez Garcia, Carlos IM ESP 2449 = 0 = = 0 0 = # 0 2 2206
10 Martinez Fernandez, Adrian FM ESP 2212 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 # 2 2260

6) 30th Carlos Torre Memorial 2018

The 30th Carlos Torre Memorial takes place 14th to 19th December 2018.

30th Carlos Torre Mem Merida MEX Fri 14th Dec 2018 - Wed 19th Dec 2018
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
14Albornoz Cabrera Carlos DanielIMCUB25595.00.0517.0
23Baryshpolets AndreyGMUKR25784.50.0415.0
37Theodorou NikolasIMGRE25464.00.0416.5
411Quesada Perez YasserGMCUB25284.00.0416.0
519Barrientos Sergio EGMCOL24994.00.0414.0
630Fernandez Cardoso AlexeyIMCUB24174.00.0413.5
714Henriquez Villagra CristobalGMCHI25144.00.0412.5
88Almeida Quintana OmarGMCUB25454.00.0412.0
91Bok BenjaminGMNED26434.00.0316.5
1020Miranda Mesa ElierIMCUB24994.00.0315.5
1115Ortiz Suarez Isan ReynaldoGMCUB25144.00.0315.0
1225Rios Cristhian CamiloIMCOL24674.00.0314.5
135Gonzalez Vidal YuriGMCUB25534.00.0314.0
1410Martinez Duany Lelys StanleyGMCUB25364.00.0313.5
1523Escobar Forero AlderGMCOL24794.00.0311.5
166Vorontsov PavloGMUKR25484.00.0215.5
1717Quesada Perez Luis ErnestoGMCUB25103.50.0316.0
1816Cuenca Jimenez Jose FernandoGMESP25133.50.0315.0
1918Shtembuliak EvgenyIMUKR25013.50.0314.0
2048Barros Rivadeneira CristhianIMECU23363.50.0314.0
2128Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo ReynaldoGMCUB24313.50.0314.0
2239Figueredo Losada LeonelFMCUB23633.50.0313.5
2332Valdes Romero LeonardoIMCRC24063.50.0313.0
2422Obregon Rivero Juan CarlosIMCUB24823.50.0313.0
259Gonzalez Zamora Juan CarlosGMMEX25383.50.0312.5
2636Hernandez Sanchez Jairo AndresIMCOL23883.50.0312.0
2741Medina Diaz Rafael AlejandroFMCUB23563.50.0216.0
282Cordova EmilioGMPER25953.50.0215.5
2921Gomez Garrido Camilo ErnestoGMCUB24953.50.0215.0
3013Espinosa Veloz ErmesGMCUB25153.50.0214.0
3112Matsenko SergeiGMRUS25243.50.0214.0
3268Garcia Garcia AlejandroFMCUB22373.00.0315.5
3333Fernandez Guillen Ernesto J.IMCUB24013.00.0315.0
3434Ordaz Valdes Lisandra TeresaIMCUB23973.00.0314.5
3526Ibarra Chami Luis FernandoIMMEX24343.00.0313.5
3642Perez Rodriguez Luis ManuelGMCUB23543.00.0313.0
3761Della Morte PabloIMARG22863.00.0312.0
3858Leon Valdes Jony WilsonFMCUB22953.00.0311.5
39100Real Pereyra JeronimoMEX20333.00.0311.5
4053Perez Leiva Jerzy JesusFMCUB23133.00.0311.5
145 players

7) 25th Zadar Open 2018

The 25th Zadar Open takes place 15th to 22nd December 2018.

25th Zadar Open A 2018 Zadar CRO Sat 15th Dec 2018 - Sat 22nd Dec 2018
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
13Brkić AnteGMCRO25633.58.09.09.5
213Livaić LeonIMCRO24743.57.58.59.5
14Omelja ArtemIMUKR24573.57.58.59.5
44Sarić IbroGMBIH25593.09.011.08.5
534Nielsen Rogvi EgilstoftFMFAI23393.08.59.08.0
615Loiseau QuentinIMFRA24433.07.59.08.5
75Martinović SasaGMCRO25543.07.59.08.0
819ReEan SasaIMCRO24213.07.58.58.5
922Rakesh Kumar JenaIMIND23983.07.58.08.0
1025Jakić IvanFMCRO23933.07.09.07.5
117Blagojevic DragisaGMMNE24973.07.08.57.0
122Djukic NikolaGMMNE25743.07.08.57.0
6Cvitan OgnjenGMCRO25033.07.08.57.0
1423Loncar RobertIMCRO23973.06.57.57.5
158Krzyzanowski MarcinIMPOL24913.06.07.07.0
1617Tomazini ZanIMSLO24373.05.56.56.5
171Petrov NikitaGMRUS25932.58.510.07.5
1827Bukal Vladimir Jr.IMCRO23902.56.57.06.5
1951Bratkovic JakobFMSLO22392.56.57.05.0
2035Nester IhorIMUKR23372.56.06.55.0
2112Plenca JadrankoIMCRO24752.55.57.05.0
2239Biliskov VjekoslavFMCRO23132.55.56.04.5
2352Mohite RanveerIND22362.08.09.56.5
2442Sokac MarkoFMCRO23012.08.09.55.5
2564Volotovsky KirillUKR21792.08.09.06.0
2636Spalir JernejFMSLO23362.08.08.54.5
2754Karthik Kumar PradeepFMIND22302.07.59.06.5
2859Blagojevic TijanaWIMSRB22082.07.59.05.0
2941Bratovic BlazFMSLO23072.07.58.54.5
3038Sinanović MuhamedIMBIH23252.07.58.05.0
3116Tica SvenIMCRO24392.07.08.56.0
21Nielsen Hogni EgilstoftFMFAI24002.07.08.56.0
3332Sutković DamirIMBIH23452.07.08.55.5
3463Ermeni AvniFMKOS21832.07.08.54.5
3529Salimova NurgyulFMBUL23772.06.58.05.5
3644Dixit NikhilIND22922.06.58.05.5
3728Ustianovich NazarFMUKR23832.06.57.55.5
3865Pallitsch ClemensAUT21762.06.07.05.0
3930Bilobrk FranjoIMCRO23642.05.57.04.5
4066Chan Kim YewMAS21752.05.56.54.0
68 players

8) 87th ch-UKR 2018

The 87th Ukraine Championship takes place 11th to 20th December 2018.

87th ch-UKR 2018 Kyiv UKR Tue 11th Dec 2018 - Thu 20th Dec 2018
Leading Round 6 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
13Kuzubov YuriyUKR26554.01.0212.00
24Moiseenko AlexanderUKR26404.00.0311.25
32Golubka PetroUKR24643.50.029.25
48Kravtsiv MartynUKR26443.01.519.00
56Korobov AntonUKR26983.01.027.50
67Ponomariov RuslanUKR26633.00.518.00
75Kovchan AlexanderUKR25752.50.017.75
81Bogdanovich StanislavUKR25372.50.017.25
910Baklan VladimirUKR26082.50.007.75
109Bernadskiy VitaliyUKR25472.00.016.25
10 players
87th ch-UKR 2018 Kyiv UKR Tue 11th Dec 2018 - Thu 20th Dec 2018. Category: 15. Ave: (2603)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Kuzubov, Yuriy GM UKR 2655 # 1 = = = 1 = 4 2698
2 Moiseenko, Alexander GM UKR 2640 0 # 1 1 = = 1 4 2710
3 Golubka, Petro IM UKR 2464 = 0 # 1 = 1 = 3.5 2651
4 Kravtsiv, Martyn GM UKR 2644 = 0 # = 1 = = 3 2640
5 Ponomariov, Ruslan GM UKR 2663 = = # 0 = = 1 3 2619
6 Korobov, Anton GM UKR 2698 0 1 # = 0 = 1 3 2596
7 Baklan, Vladimir GM UKR 2608 = 0 = = = # = 2.5 2553
8 Kovchan, Alexander GM UKR 2575 = = = 1 # 0 0 2.5 2535
9 Bogdanovich, Stanislav GM UKR 2537 0 = 0 = = 1 # 2.5 2550
10 Bernadskiy, Vitaliy GM UKR 2547 = 0 = 0 0 1 # 2 2491
78th ch-UKR Women 2018 Kyiv UKR Tue 11th Dec 2018 - Thu 20th Dec 2018
Leading Round 6 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Buksa NataliyaUKR24104.50.5312.00
9Gaponenko InnaUKR24204.50.5312.00
36Osmak IulijaUKR24033.50.029.50
48Babiy OlgaUKR22753.01.028.00
510Doluhanova EvgeniyaUKR23673.00.029.25
65Dolzhykova KaterynaUKR21612.50.026.50
71Berdnyk MariiaUKR22482.50.026.25
84Shpanko NadiiaUKR22622.50.016.75
93Martynkova OlenaUKR21732.00.016.75
107Rakhmangulova AnastasiyaUKR22332.00.015.50
10 players
78th ch-UKR Women 2018 Kyiv UKR Tue 11th Dec 2018 - Thu 20th Dec 2018. Category: 2. Ave: (2295)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Buksa, Nataliya IM UKR 2410 # = = = 1 1 1 4.5 2465
2 Gaponenko, Inna IM UKR 2420 = # = 1 1 = 1 4.5 2467
3 Osmak, Iulija IM UKR 2403 = # 0 = 1 = 1 3.5 2341
4 Doluhanova, Evgeniya WGM UKR 2367 = 1 # 0 1 = 0 3 2290
5 Babiy, Olga WGM UKR 2275 = 1 # = 0 0 1 3 2267
6 Shpanko, Nadiia WFM UKR 2262 = 0 = # 0 1 = 2.5 2236
7 Dolzhykova, Kateryna WIM UKR 2161 0 0 0 1 # 1 = 2.5 2275
8 Berdnyk, Mariia UKR 2248 0 = 0 1 0 # 1 2.5 2239
9 Martynkova, Olena WIM UKR 2173 0 = = 1 0 0 # 2 2205
10 Rakhmangulova, Anastasiya WIM UKR 2233 0 0 1 0 = = # 2 2190

9) Israel Championships 2018

The Israel Championships take place 12th to 20th December 2018.

ch-ISR 2018 Ma'alot-Tarshiha ISR Wed 12th Dec 2018 - Thu 20th Dec 2018
Leading Round 6 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
13Mikhalevski VictorISR25794.520.532
21Postny EvgenyISR26154.519.041
32Smirin IliaISR26094.518.031
49Greenfeld AlonISR25044.021.030
512Bakalchuk JohnatanISR24424.017.531
64Steinberg NitzanISR25324.017.521
77Zanan EvgenyISR25213.519.521
811Mindlin AlonISR24723.518.521
98Rechlis GadISR25213.518.032
105Baron TalISR25323.517.031
1110Kobo OriISR24943.516.533
1213Gruenfeld YehudaISR24213.515.020
1320Aharon OfirISR23203.511.521
146Dvoirys Semen I.RUS25283.017.510
1516Galburd YanISR23823.017.031
1617Bronstein OrISR23593.016.021
1721Mordechai HananISR23103.015.521
1818Iliaguev NisimISR23383.014.521
1922Taichman OriISR23033.013.521
2015Globus OrISR23873.013.010
2123Libman GuyISR22992.510.522
2230Kupervaser ErezISR21682.016.000
2328Gershkowich DavidISR21932.016.000
2414Drori SaarISR24192.015.511
2526Frenkel RanISR22522.015.510
2619Zhizmer YuriUKR23262.015.510
2724Lukin ElishaISR22802.014.521
2827Emanuel YahavISR22211.515.010
2925Chernomordik PavelISR22771.514.511
3029Gleizer MarkISR21861.514.000
30 players
ch-ISR Women 2018 Ma'alot-Tarshiha ISR Wed 12th Dec 2018 - Thu 20th Dec 2018
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Shvayger YuliyaISR23934.00.5315.0
23Klinova MashaISR22674.00.5312.5
35Lahav MichalISR20593.50.0315.0
42Efroimski MarselISR23013.00.0215.0
54Nesterovskaya AnzhelikaUKR21303.00.0214.0
67Haitovich AvitalISR19793.00.0213.5
710Katkov MichelleISR18873.00.0212.5
86Reprun NadejdaISR20163.00.0112.5
914Ovechkin LiliaISR17792.50.0110.0
109Vardi ShlomitISR19102.00.0213.5
118Buzukashvili SofiaRUS19632.00.0212.0
1212Levitan RonitISR18752.00.0210.0
1315Shaul Zeidner LyadISR16712.00.0111.0
1416Orian NogaISR13432.00.019.0
1511Brusilovski LenaISR18861.00.0010.0
1613Aleksandrova AleksandraISR17950.00.0010.0
16 players

10) 68th ch-GRE 2018

The Greek Championships take place 12th to 20th December 2018.

68th ch-GRE 2018 Thessaloniki GRE Wed 12th Dec 2018 - Thu 20th Dec 2018. Category: 5. Ave: (2373)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Ioannidis, Evgenios IM GRE 2382 # 1 = = 1 1 1 5 2614
2 Mastrovasilis, Athanasios GM GRE 2510 # = 1 = 1 1 1 5 2616
3 Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis IM GRE 2424 0 # 1 1 1 = 1 4.5 2574
4 Kanakaris, Georgios IM GRE 2401 = = 0 # 1 = 1 3.5 2445
5 Grivas, Efstratios GM GRE 2424 = 0 0 # = 1 1 3 2362
6 Koutoukidis, Panagiotis FM GRE 2357 0 0 = # = = 1 2.5 2311
7 Nikolaidis, Ioannis GM GRE 2564 = 0 = = # = 0 2 2234
8 Gouloutis, Nikolaos GRE 2353 0 0 = = = # = 2 2286
9 Makka, Evanthia GRE 2084 0 0 0 0 1 # = 1.5 2218
10 Skaperdas, Kostantinos GRE 2231 0 0 0 0 = = # 1 2093
41st ch-GRE Women 2018 Thessaloniki GRE Wed 12th Dec 2018 - Thu 20th Dec 2018. Category: None. Ave: (1978)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Pavlidou, Ekaterini WIM GRE 2185 # 1 = = 1 1 1 5 2233
2 Makka, Ioulia WIM GRE 2065 0 # = 1 1 1 1 4.5 2102
3 Grapsa, Georgia WFM GRE 2097 # = = 0 1 1 1 4 2005
4 Androni, Konstantina GRE 1912 = = = # 0 = 1 3 2062
5 Markantonaki, Haritomeni WFM GRE 2152 = 1 # 0 0 1 = 3 1960
6 Tsivelekidou, Evgenia GRE 1861 0 0 = = 1 # 1 3 2020
7 Petraki, Evaggelia GRE 1756 0 0 1 1 # 0 = 2.5 1983
8 Fragkou, Eleni GRE 2031 0 0 0 1 # 0 1 2 1840
9 Nikolaidou, Eleni GRE 1707 0 0 0 = 1 # 0 1.5 1777
10 Skaraki, Antigoni GRE 2012 0 0 0 = 0 1 # 1.5 1821

11) 9th Sharjah Cup for Women 2018

The 9th Sharjah Cup for Women takes place 14th to 20th December 2018.

9th Sharjah Cup for Women Sharjah UAE Fri 14th Dec 2018 - Fri 20th Dec 2019
Leading Round 6 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
18Velikic AdelaWIMSRB22985.50.0525.0
25Bulmaga IrinaIMROU23915.50.0523.0
310Kulkarni BhaktiWGMIND22835.00.0524.5
46Khukhashvili SopikoIMGEO23385.00.0521.0
53Szczepkowska KarinaIMPOL24085.00.0424.5
69Gu XiaobingWGMCHN22955.00.0423.5
711Nguyen Thi Mai HungWGMVIE22805.00.0422.5
82Cornette DeimanteIMLTU24554.50.0426.0
913Enkhtuul Altan-UlziiWGMMGL22674.50.0424.0
101Socko MonikaGMPOL24584.50.0422.5
1116Stetsko LanitaFMBLR21944.50.0422.0
1217Abdulla KhayalaWGMAZE21904.50.0421.0
1318Babayan ArmineARM21894.50.0419.5
1431Novikova MargaritaUKR20174.50.0419.5
1532Bauyrzhan ArnashKAZ19784.50.0419.5
164Mkrtchian LilitIMARM23924.50.0325.0
1733Shanya MishraIND19784.50.0320.5
1821Hallaeva BaharWFMTKM21334.00.0425.0
1925Patil MitaliWFMIND20814.00.0422.0
2015Drljevic LjiljaWIMSRB22084.00.0422.0
2122Ovezdurdiyeva JemalWFMTKM21144.00.0421.0
2220Berke AnaWIMCRO21514.00.0420.5
40Al Ghafri WafiaOMA16754.00.0420.5
2437Nass SaraNOR18404.00.0420.0
2512Zozulia AnnaIMBEL22704.00.0419.5
2642Choksi KhushiSGP15894.00.0419.0
2743Rouda Essa AlserkalWCMUAE15254.00.0419.0
2838Al Maamari Wafia DarwishWCMUAE18294.00.0419.0
2939Mork RamonaNOR17554.00.0419.0
3030Boshra AlshaebyWFMJOR20194.00.0419.0
3124Asatryan SonaWIMARM20894.00.0418.5
3244Amal Fadel S M AlshamsiWCMUAE15204.00.0418.5
3314Kiolbasa OliwiaWIMPOL22444.00.0325.5
347Gevorgyan IrinaWIMUZB23014.00.0323.0
3536Greibrokk IngridNOR18574.00.0322.5
3619Mona KhaledWGMEGY21584.00.0321.0
3727Mezioud AminaWIMALG20654.00.0318.5
3828Kejzar PetraSLO20623.50.0324.0
3926Soyunlu NarminAZE20783.50.0322.0
4035Alattar Ghayda M.WFMJOR19443.50.0321.5
4129Samaganova AlexandraKGZ20383.50.0319.5
4256Fatima Saif Al-AliWCMUAE12003.50.0317.5
4351Mouza Nasser AlshamsiUAE12923.50.0317.5
4445Boubendir NesrineALG15103.50.0317.0
4550Khalil ReemUAE12973.50.0314.5
4623Alieva AlexandraWFMRUS21023.00.0324.5
4755Mohammed GhaliaUAE12013.00.0320.5
4862Mariam Mohammed AlmaeeniUAE10963.00.0320.0
4947Al Ali Aisha SaifUAE14013.00.0319.5
5049Khezrian NooralzahraAIMIRI13173.00.0319.0
120 players

12) Northwest Cup Final 2018

The Northwest Cup Final took place 3rd to 11th December 2018.

Northwest Cup Final A St Petersburg RUS Mon 3rd Dec 2018 - Tue 11th Dec 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
18Lintchevski DaniilRUS25165.51.023.252
22Kazakovskiy ValeriyBLR24345.51.023.252
34Gogolev ArtemRUS23775.51.022.753
46Levin Evgeny A.RUS25165.00.022.751
53Teterev VitalyBLR24864.50.020.251
61Sitnikov AntonUKR24104.02.015.753
77Duzhakov IlyaRUS24044.01.518.502
810Palachev PetrRUS24024.01.518.251
99Sokolov AndreiLAT25324.01.018.500
105Berzinsh RolandLAT24093.00.012.751
10 players
Northwest Cup Final A St Petersburg RUS Mon 3rd Dec 2018 - Tue 11th Dec 2018. Category: 8. Ave: (2449)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Lintchevski, Daniil GM RUS 2516 # = = = = = = = 1 1 5.5 2521
2 Kazakovskiy, Valeriy IM BLR 2434 = # = = = = = = 1 1 5.5 2530
3 Gogolev, Artem IM RUS 2377 = = # 0 = 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2537
4 Levin, Evgeny A. GM RUS 2516 = = 1 # = = = = = = 5 2484
5 Teterev, Vitaly GM BLR 2486 = = = = # 0 = 1 = = 4.5 2444
6 Duzhakov, Ilya IM RUS 2404 = = 0 = 1 # = 1 0 0 4 2411
7 Sokolov, Andrei IM LAT 2532 = = = = = = # = 0 = 4 2396
8 Palachev, Petr FM RUS 2402 = = = = 0 0 = # 1 = 4 2411
9 Sitnikov, Anton IM UKR 2410 0 0 0 = = 1 1 0 # 1 4 2410
10 Berzinsh, Roland IM LAT 2409 0 0 0 = = 1 = = 0 # 3 2328
Northwest Cup Final B St Petersburg RUS Mon 3rd Dec 2018 - Tue 11th Dec 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgTB1TB2TB3
19Schekachikhin MaksimRUS23687.50.030.50
28Khlebovich AlexanderRUS23706.50.025.75
32Chukavin KirillEST22775.50.021.50
43Matsenko AndreiCZE23185.00.022.00
510Galchenko MatveyRUS23794.50.017.25
66Blinkov PavelRUS23054.00.013.00
75Jezov RomanEST22733.50.012.25
87Toivonen Alexander V.RUS23433.00.513.00
91Shchukin DmitryRUS22723.00.510.50
104Varitski IgorUKR22162.50.012.75
10 players
Northwest Cup Final B St Petersburg RUS Mon 3rd Dec 2018 - Tue 11th Dec 2018. Category: 3. Ave: (2312)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Schekachikhin, Maksim IM RUS 2368 # = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 = 7.5 2579
2 Khlebovich, Alexander FM RUS 2370 = # = = = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2472
3 Chukavin, Kirill FM EST 2277 0 = # = 1 = 1 = 1 = 5.5 2396
4 Matsenko, Andrei FM CZE 2318 = = = # = 1 = = = = 5 2354
5 Galchenko, Matvey FM RUS 2379 0 = 0 = # 1 = 1 = = 4.5 2305
6 Blinkov, Pavel RUS 2305 0 0 = 0 0 # = 1 1 1 4 2270
7 Jezov, Roman FM EST 2273 0 0 0 = = = # = = 1 3.5 2236
8 Toivonen, Alexander V. FM RUS 2343 0 = = = 0 0 = # = = 3 2184
9 Shchukin, Dmitry IM RUS 2272 0 0 0 = = 0 = = # 1 3 2192
10 Varitski, Igor IM UKR 2216 = 0 = = = 0 0 = 0 # 2.5 2157

13) European Rapid and Blitz Chess 2018

The European Rapid and Blitz Chess took place 5th to 9th December 2018. Valerij Popov won the rapid title on tie-break from Andrey Esipenko, Vahap Sanal and Luca Moroni Jr after all scored 10.5/13. Top ssed Vladislav Artemiev lived up to his blitz rating winning with 18.5/22. David Navara sends an additional handful of his interesting games that weren't broadcast by the organisers.

European Rapid 2018 Skopje MKD Wed 5th Dec 2018 - Sun 9th Dec 2018
Leading Final Round 13 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
140Popov ValerijGMRUS253110.50.0107.0114.0
213Esipenko AndreyGMRUS264310.50.0103.0109.0
353Sanal VahapGMTUR247610.50.0102.0107.5
450Moroni Luca JrGMITA248210.50.0100.5106.0
59Georgiev KirilGMMKD265610.00.093.099.0
64Navara DavidGMCZE271310.00.089.094.0
712Laznicka ViktorGMCZE26449.50.0109.5116.0
817Ragger MarkusGMAUT26329.50.0106.0112.0
922Stevic HrvojeGMCRO26089.50.0104.5110.5
105Anton Guijarro DavidGMESP27089.50.0103.0109.5
1127Demidov MikhailIMRUS25869.50.098.5104.5
121Artemiev VladislavGMRUS28129.50.097.0103.5
1328Bosiocic MarinGMCRO25849.50.095.5101.5
1425Bartel MateuszGMPOL26029.50.095.0101.0
1536Blagojevic DragisaGMMNE25439.50.091.596.0
162Mamedov RaufGMAZE27399.00.0108.5115.0
1720Djukic NikolaGMMNE26169.00.0103.0109.0
1810Demchenko AntonGMRUS26519.00.0102.5109.0
1964Kevlishvili RobbyIMNED24519.00.099.5105.0
2043Nenezic MarkoIMSRB25239.00.098.5104.5
2139Kuljasevic DavorinGMCRO25369.00.098.0105.0
2224Delchev AleksanderGMFID26059.00.097.5103.5
23148Ozen BahadirFMTUR22249.00.097.5102.5
2446Zlatanovic BoroljubIMSRB25099.00.097.0103.0
2516Damljanovic BrankoGMSRB26329.00.096.0102.5
2681Van Foreest JordenGMNED24019.00.096.0101.5
273Guseinov GadirGMAZE27329.00.095.0101.5
2848Jenni FlorianGMSUI24899.00.094.5100.0
2935Ruck RobertGMHUN25489.00.093.5100.5
3011Banikas HristosGMGRE26469.00.093.5100.0
3162Usmanov VasilyIMRUS24599.00.093.599.5
3273Polivanov AnatoliyIMUKR24269.00.092.598.5
3337Potapov PavelGMRUS25429.00.092.098.5
3423Dvirnyy DanyyilGMITA26079.00.091.596.5
3551Belyakov BogdanIMRUS24819.00.090.095.5
3614Sokolov IvanGMNED26409.00.089.095.0
377Fridman DanielGMGER26778.50.0104.0110.0
388Saric IvanGMCRO26618.50.0101.0107.5
3965Tilicheev ViacheslavIMRUS24498.50.0100.0106.0
4021Brkic AnteGMCRO26138.50.098.0105.0
409 players
European Blitz 2018 Skopje MKD Wed 5th Dec 2018 - Sun 9th Dec 2018
Leading Final Round 22 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Artemiev VladislavGMRUS282518.50.0316.5327.0
218Cheparinov IvanGMGEO261817.00.0292.5304.0
34Navara DavidGMCZE270716.50.0297.0307.0
435Demidov MikhailIMRUS254616.00.0306.0317.0
53Guseinov GadirGMAZE270816.00.0303.5313.0
66Esipenko AndreyGMRUS267316.00.0285.5297.0
72Mamedov RaufGMAZE274116.00.0282.5293.0
847Salgado Lopez IvanGMESP251315.50.0308.5318.0
913Perunovic MilosGMSRB264015.50.0293.0304.0
10110Ivic VelimirIMSRB233615.50.0285.5294.0
1136Stevic HrvojeGMCRO254315.50.0284.5296.0
1232Kalezic BlazoIMMNE256015.50.0281.5291.0
1326Bartel MateuszGMPOL257415.50.0254.5265.0
1410Van Foreest JordenGMNED265715.00.0304.5314.0
1520Banikas HristosGMGRE260215.00.0290.5301.0
1638Potapov PavelGMRUS254215.00.0282.0292.0
1776Dragnev ValentinGMAUT242115.00.0277.5286.0
187Jovanovic ZoranGMCRO266715.00.0276.5285.0
1917Ivanisevic IvanGMSRB262215.00.0275.5287.0
2046Beerdsen ThomasIMNED251815.00.0273.5283.0
2169Belyakov BogdanIMRUS244814.50.0293.5304.0
2225Erdos ViktorGMHUN257814.50.0292.0302.0
2351Sanal VahapGMTUR248814.50.0290.0300.0
2443Fridman DanielGMGER253014.50.0286.5296.0
2537Milanovic DaniloGMSRB254214.50.0282.5294.0
2644Kevlishvili RobbyIMNED253014.50.0282.5292.0
2711Lagarde MaximeGMFRA265414.50.0281.5289.0
2830Saric IvanGMCRO257214.50.0279.0289.0
2915Anton Guijarro DavidGMESP263114.50.0276.0286.0
3022Georgiev KirilGMMKD259314.50.0275.5285.0
318Delchev AleksanderGMFID266114.50.0275.0285.5
3250Tejedor Fuente EnriqueFMESP248914.50.0273.0281.0
3352Zajic MilanGMSRB248814.50.0270.0279.0
345Ragger MarkusGMAUT267714.00.0288.0299.0
3524Nenezic MarkoIMSRB259114.00.0280.0291.0
3655Stojanovski DejanIMMKD248114.00.0279.5291.0
3795Putka VernersFMLAT236514.00.0279.0287.0
3860Zlatanovic BoroljubIMSRB247114.00.0273.0282.0
3929Saric AnteGMCRO257214.00.0272.5281.0
4081Moroni Luca JrGMITA240014.00.0272.5279.0
324 players

14) 17th Asian Continental 2018

The 17th Asian Continental takes place 10th to 18th December 2018.

17th Asian Continental Makati PHI Mon 10th Dec 2018 - Tue 18th Dec 2018
Leading Round 8 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
111GANGULY Surya ShekharGMIND26216.00.0262638.0
22WEI YiGMCHN27286.00.0260036.0
315TABATABAEI M.AminGMIRI25876.00.0251832.0
49NGUYEN Ngoc Truong SonGMVIE26415.50.0255032.5
58SETHURAMAN S.P.GMIND26645.50.0253837.0
66MAGHSOODLOO ParhamGMIRI26885.50.0253735.5
721LALITH Babu M RGMIND25295.50.0252733.5
83LE Quang LiemGMVIE27145.50.0251632.5
94VIDIT Santosh GujrathiGMIND27015.50.0247133.0
1023MEGARANTO SusantoGMINA25125.00.0257133.0
1117ABDUSATTOROV NodirbekGMUZB25465.00.0255535.0
1214JUMABAYEV RinatGMKAZ26025.00.0253533.0
1313WEN YangGMCHN26045.00.0252031.0
145ADHIBAN B.GMIND26955.00.0251231.5
1516YAKUBBOEV NodirbekIMUZB25565.00.0248231.5
161WANG HaoGMCHN27305.00.0248131.0
1751LYE Lik ZangFMMAS23214.50.0259535.5
187NI HuaGMCHN26834.50.0258134.5
1920XU YiIMCHN25364.50.0254933.5
2012FIROUZJA AlirezaGMIRI26074.50.0252632.5
2132KUNTE AbhijitGMIND24694.50.0246735.5
2246DE GUZMAN RicardoIMPHI23574.50.0246730.5
2324TAN ZhongyiGMCHN25084.50.0245029.5
2431KHUSNUTDINOV RustamGMKAZ24704.50.0244330.5
2518PURANIK AbhimanyuGMIND25444.50.0244230.0
2629NGUYEN Anh KhoiIMVIE24804.50.0243630.5
2734GOMEZ John PaulGMPHI24504.50.0243129.0
2835BERSAMINA PauloIMPHI24444.50.0242730.5
2930VOKHIDOV ShamsiddinIMUZB24804.50.0239932.0
3019GHAEM MAGHAMI EhsanGMIRI25374.50.0239228.5
3122TRAN Tuan MinhGMVIE25244.00.0255033.0
3210LU ShangleiGMCHN26364.00.0254233.5
3338CHEN Qi BCHN24374.00.0249131.0
3450WANG Shixu BCHN23424.00.0246630.0
3527LIU YanIMCHN24954.00.0244529.5
3637LAYLO DarwinGMPHI24384.00.0239627.0
3753MONTOYA EdselPHI23124.00.0235225.0
3847ERVAN MohamadFMINA23573.50.0249233.5
3925GAGARE ShardulGMIND25043.50.0247329.0
4049GARMA ChitoIMPHI23423.50.0246528.5
64 players
17th Asian Continental w Makati PHI Mon 10th Dec 2018 - Tue 18th Dec 2018
Leading Round 8 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
18PADMINI RoutIMIND23456.50.0230837.0
210GONG QianyunWGMSGP23126.00.0227136.0
314MUNKHZUL TurmunkhWFMMGL22555.50.0236035.5
46PHAM Le Thao NguyenIMVIE23635.50.0230436.5
519LI YunshanWFMCHN21965.50.0221830.5
61ZHU JinerWIMCHN24095.00.0232237.5
77VO Thi Kim PhungWGMVIE23525.00.0223931.5
815NING KaiyuCHN22475.00.0222330.5
920LI XueyiCHN21875.00.0221933.0
104WANG JueWGMCHN23675.00.0219833.5
113GUO QiIMCHN23684.50.0226233.0
1212NANDHIDHAA P VWIMIND22674.50.0222126.0
135AULIA Medina WardaWGMINA23664.50.0221733.0
142NAKHBAYEVA GuliskhanIMKAZ23714.50.0219027.5
1535KARENZA DitaWFMINA19444.50.0216927.0
1629ZHANG XiaoCHN20174.50.0214527.5
1713NGUYEN Thi Thanh AnWGMVIE22624.50.0213328.5
1818CITRA Dewi Ardhiani AnastasiaWIMINA22154.50.0212928.0
1924FRONDA Jan JodilynWIMPHI21394.50.0209926.5
2017FRAYNA Janelle MaeWGMPHI22284.50.0203226.0
2116GU TianluWIMCHN22314.01.0220631.5
2233DOROY Allaney Jia GWFMPHI19724.00.0221232.0
239HOANG Thi Bao TramWGMVIE23143.50.0225834.0
2411ALINASAB MobinaWIMIRI22953.50.0218031.5
2522MENDOZA Shania MaeWFMPHI21653.50.0217629.5
2630BERNALES Christy LamielWCMPHI19963.50.0214324.0
2723SECOPITO CatherineWIMPHI21453.50.0208927.5
2827GALAS BernadetteWIMPHI21003.00.0211827.5
2931ANISA Aay AisyahWFMINA19853.00.0211427.0
3037SAN DIEGO Jerlyn MaePHI18963.00.0209324.0
3121MAKHIJA AashnaWFMIND21813.00.0207929.5
3234DOAN Thi Van AnhWFMVIE19503.00.0204023.5
3325BACH Ngoc Thuy DuongWFMVIE21312.50.0223530.5
3432MEJIA Cherry AnnWFMPHI19802.50.0217528.5
3536NITHYALAKSHMI SivanesanMAS19422.50.0215028.5
3626SAN DIEGO Marie AntoinetteWIMPHI21112.50.0208529.0
3728MORDIDO Kylen JoyWIMPHI20452.50.0206927.0
3838WANG YingNZL13360.00.0203525.0
38 players

15) 56th ch-IND 2018

The 45th Indian Championship takes place 7th to 18th December 2018.

56th ch-IND 2018 Jammu IND Fri 7th Dec 2018 - Tue 18th Dec 2018
Leading Round 12 (of 13) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
14Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.IND25849.50.085.091.0
23Vaibhav SuriIND25899.00.086.092.0
316Krishna C R GIND24649.00.078.083.5
412Stany G.A.IND25098.50.087.092.5
55Sengupta DeepIND25658.50.086.593.0
610Vishnu Prasanna. VIND25188.50.082.588.5
745Srijit PaulIND22988.50.075.080.0
88Venkatesh M.R.IND25288.50.074.578.0
97Deepan Chakkravarthy J.IND25508.00.084.590.0
1024Bakre TejasIND24338.00.083.088.0
1125Neelotpal DasIND24128.00.082.587.5
122Karthikeyan MuraliIND25918.00.082.088.0
1355Navalgund NiranjanIND22408.00.081.586.5
1418Vignesh N RIND24558.00.081.087.0
159Karthik VenkataramanIND25278.00.080.085.0
1622Akash GIND24438.00.079.584.5
1721Shyaamnikhil PIND24488.00.078.083.5
186Chanda SandipanIND25558.00.077.583.0
1932Gusain HimalIND23798.00.074.079.5
2013Anurag MhamalIND24917.50.087.594.0
2127Thipsay Praveen MIND24007.50.086.091.5
221Gupta AbhijeetIND25977.50.084.590.0
2314Swapnil S. DhopadeIND24907.50.082.588.0
2441Girinath P.D.S.IND23137.50.081.587.0
2539Ritviz ParabIND23387.50.081.585.5
2626Rajesh V A VIND24027.50.080.585.5
2720Nitin S.IND24507.50.080.085.0
2819Swayams MishraIND24527.50.079.084.5
2936Rathnakaran K.IND23667.50.077.582.0
3037Neelash SahaIND23517.50.076.582.0
3159Tiwari ArjunIND22187.50.076.079.0
3228Satyapragyan SwayangsuIND23947.50.074.079.5
3358Prasannaa.SIND22187.50.072.077.0
3456Wagh SuyogIND22407.50.071.075.0
3549Konguvel PonnuswamyIND22827.00.083.588.0
3623Laxman R.R.IND24367.00.081.587.0
3766Harshavardhan G BIND21637.00.080.585.0
3838Saravana Krishnan P.IND23467.00.077.581.0
3931Raahul V SIND23817.00.077.082.0
4034Sammed Jaykumar SheteIND23787.00.076.080.5
161 players

16) 67th ch-HUN 2018

The Hungarian Championship took place 3rd to 13th December. The open event was a KO, the women's was an all-play-all. Ferenc Berkes beat Gergely Aczel 3-1 in the final Banusz beat Gledura to take 3rd place. Bianka Havanecz dominated the women's event.

67th ch-HUN 2018 Budapest HUN Mon 3rd Dec 2018 - Thu 13th Dec 2018
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Almasi, Zoltan GM HUN 2689 702293
2 Berkes, Ferenc GM HUN 2662 718572
3 Gledura, Benjamin GM HUN 2621 712779
4 Banusz, Tamas GM HUN 2612 722413
5 Papp, Gabor GM HUN 2603 718602
6 Acs, Peter GM HUN 2595 708020
7 Balog, Imre GM HUN 2558 728446
8 Antal, Gergely GM HUN 2553 717312
9 Aczel, Gergely GM HUN 2549 727709
10 Mihok, Oliver GM HUN 2541 728012
11 Medvegy, Zoltan GM HUN 2536 708402
12 Gonda, Laszlo GM HUN 2522 720852
13 Horvath, Csaba GM HUN 2510 700118
14 Galyas, Miklos IM HUN 2497 707244
15 Horvath, Jozsef GM HUN 2490 700061
16 Kozak, Adam IM HUN 2419 753246
ch-HUN Women 2018 Budapest HUN Mon 3rd Dec 2018 - Thu 13th Dec 2018. Category: None. Ave: (2175)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Havanecz, Bianka WIM HUN 2247 # 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 2518
2 Gal, Hanna Krisztina HUN 2189 0 # = = 1 0 = = 1 1 5 2217
3 Varga, Klara WIM HUN 2242 0 = # = = 0 = 1 1 1 5 2211
4 Terbe, Zsuzsanna WFM HUN 2180 1 = = # = = 0 = 0 1 4.5 2175
5 Terbe, Julianna WIM HUN 2272 0 0 = = # 1 = 1 1 0 4.5 2164
6 Gaal, Zsoka WCM HUN 2020 0 1 1 = 0 # = = 0 1 4.5 2192
7 Lakos, Nikoletta WGM HUN 2243 0 = = 1 = = # 0 = 1 4.5 2168
8 Juhasz, Barbara WIM HUN 2176 0 = 0 = 0 = 1 # 1 1 4.5 2175
9 Egyed, Judit WFM HUN 2045 0 0 0 1 0 1 = 0 # = 3 2065
10 Erdos, Boglarka HUN 2137 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 = # 1.5 1906

17) Lidums Australian Young Masters 2018

The Lidums Australian Young Masters takes place 8th to 14th December 2018. Vasily Papin won with 7/9.

Lidums AUS YM GM 2018 Adelaide AUS Sat 8th Dec 2018 - Fri 14th Dec 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
15Papin VasilyGMRUS24837.00.05
24Kvon AndreyGMUZB25096.00.03
38Cheng BobbyIMAUS25105.51.02
46Ikeda JuntaIMAUS24215.50.05
52Izzat KananIMAZE24965.00.04
63Sukandar Irine KharismaIMINA23934.50.03
710Gong PatrickFMAUS23284.00.03
87Wallis ChristopherFMAUS23493.51.02
91Urkedal FrodeGMNOR25373.50.02
109Chan KrisAUS21910.50.00
10 players
Lidums AUS YM GM 2018 Adelaide AUS Sat 8th Dec 2018 - Fri 14th Dec 2018. Category: 7. Ave: (2422)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Papin, Vasily GM RUS 2483 # = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 7 2635
2 Kvon, Andrey GM UZB 2509 = # = = = 1 1 = = 1 6 2537
3 Cheng, Bobby IM AUS 2510 = = # 1 = = = = 1 = 5.5 2492
4 Ikeda, Junta IM AUS 2421 0 = 0 # 0 1 1 1 1 1 5.5 2502
5 Izzat, Kanan IM AZE 2496 0 = = 1 # 1 0 0 1 1 5 2456
6 Sukandar, Irine Kharisma IM INA 2393 = 0 = 0 0 # 1 1 = 1 4.5 2425
7 Gong, Patrick FM AUS 2328 0 0 = 0 1 0 # 1 = 1 4 2389
8 Urkedal, Frode Olav Olsen GM NOR 2537 = = = 0 1 0 0 # 0 1 3.5 2329
9 Wallis, Christopher FM AUS 2349 0 = 0 0 0 = = 1 # 1 3.5 2350
10 Chan, Kris AUS 2191 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 # 0.5 2003
Lidums AUS YM IM 2018 Adelaide AUS Sat 8th Dec 2018 - Fri 14th Dec 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
17Notkevich Benjamin ArvolaGMNOR24967.00.065
29Clarke Brandon G IFMENG23866.00.054
38Bao QilinIMCHN24206.00.035
46Chan LuisFMAUS22615.50.545
51Winkelman AlbertAUS20755.50.534
64Rosen EricIMUSA23425.00.034
710Ang Alphaeus Wei ErnCMNZL21184.50.045
85Zulfic FedjaAUS22042.01.014
93Lee Qing AunFMSGP22972.00.024
102Cameron AlistairAUS21021.50.014
10 players
Lidums AUS YM IM 2018 Adelaide AUS Sat 8th Dec 2018 - Fri 14th Dec 2018. Category: 1. Ave: (2270)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Notkevich, Benjamin Arvola IM NOR 2496 # = 1 = 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 2465
2 Bao, Qilin IM CHN 2420 = # 1 = 1 = = 0 1 1 6 2378
3 Clarke, Brandon G I FM ENG 2386 0 0 # 1 = = 1 1 1 1 6 2382
4 Winkelman, Albert AUS 2075 = = 0 # = = 1 1 1 = 5.5 2372
5 Chan, Luis FM AUS 2261 0 0 = = # 1 1 1 = 1 5.5 2351
6 Rosen, Eric IM USA 2342 0 = = = 0 # 1 1 = 1 5 2305
7 Ang, Alphaeus Wei Ern CM NZL 2118 1 = 0 0 0 0 # 1 1 1 4.5 2287
8 Lee, Qing Aun FM SGP 2297 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 # 0 1 2 2047
9 Zulfic, Fedja AUS 2204 0 0 0 0 = = 0 1 # 0 2 2057
10 Cameron, Alistair AUS 2102 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 # 1.5 2016

18) Russian Cup Final 2018

The Russian Cup Finla took place 5th to 12th December 2018. A KO event with Kirill Alekseenko beat David Paravyan 3-1 in the final. Marina Guseva beat Polina Shuvalova to win the final of the women's event.

Russian Cup Final 2018 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS Wed 5th Dec 2018 - Wed 12th Dec 2018
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Jakovenko, Dmitry GM RUS 2735 4122356
2 Alekseenko, Kirill GM RUS 2638 4135539
3 Paravyan, David GM RUS 2634 4194985
4 Predke, Alexandr GM RUS 2622 24107581
5 Sarana, Alexey GM RUS 2618 24133795
6 Chigaev, Maksim GM RUS 2606 4108116
7 Kokarev, Dmitry GM RUS 2598 4132181
8 Timofeev, Artyom GM RUS 2589 4140419
9 Volkov, Sergey GM RUS 2583 4122763
10 Pridorozhni, Aleksei GM RUS 2567 4127870
11 Vavulin, Maxim GM RUS 2565 4169530
12 Bocharov, Dmitry GM RUS 2533 4138716
13 Tsydypov, Zhamsaran IM RUS 2529 4108566
14 Sorokin, Aleksey FM RUS 2524 24176460
15 Afanasiev, Nikita FM RUS 2494 24183555
16 Drygalov, Andrey IM RUS 2481 24171735
Russian Cup Final w 2018 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS Wed 5th Dec 2018 - Wed 12th Dec 2018
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Girya, Olga WGM RUS 2454 4195752
2 Shuvalova, Polina WIM RUS 2441 24171760
3 Bodnaruk, Anastasia IM RUS 2420 4181751
4 Guseva, Marina IM RUS 2408 4149351
5 Voit, Daria FM RUS 2358 4182146
6 Kovanova, Baira WGM RUS 2352 4164083
7 Charochkina, Daria IM RUS 2344 4180917
8 Semenova, Elena WIM RUS 2260 24125148

19) Szmetan-Giardelli Chess Festival 2018

The Szmetan-Giardelli Chess Festival took place 4th to 14th December 2018. Sandro Mareco edged out Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli, Alan Pichot and Axel Bachmann on tie-break after all scored 7.5/11.

Szmetan-Giardelli GM 2018 Buenos Aires ARG Tue 4th Dec 2018 - Fri 14th Dec 2018
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
18Mareco SandroGMARG26567.52.038.004
24Iturrizaga Bonelli EduardoGMVEN26287.51.537.254
37Pichot AlanGMARG25627.51.537.004
410Bachmann AxelGMPAR26217.51.037.255
55Granda Zuniga Julio EGMPER26506.01.528.503
611Perez Ponsa FedericoGMARG25546.01.030.252
73Bacallao Alonso YusnelGMCUB25826.00.530.253
86Flores DiegoGMARG26314.50.020.503
92Slipak SergioGMARG24214.00.020.501
109Darcyl TomasIMARG23663.51.015.751
111El Debs Felipe De CresceGMBRA25443.50.016.502
1212Hoffman AlejandroGMURU24702.50.014.250
12 players
Szmetan-Giardelli GM 2018 Buenos Aires ARG Tue 4th Dec 2018 - Fri 14th Dec 2018. Category: 13. Ave: (2557)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts TPR
1 Mareco, Sandro GM ARG 2656 # 1 = = = = = = 1 = 1 1 7.5 2681
2 Bachmann, Axel GM PAR 2621 0 # = = 1 = 1 1 = ? 1 = 7.5 2684
3 Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo GM VEN 2628 = = # = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 7.5 2684
4 Pichot, Alan GM ARG 2562 = = = # = = = 1 1 1 1 = 7.5 2690
5 Perez Ponsa, Federico GM ARG 2554 = 0 = = # = = 1 = 1 = ? 6 2593
6 Bacallao Alonso, Yusnel GM CUB 2582 = = = = = # 0 1 0 1 = 1 6 2591
7 Granda Zuniga, Julio E GM PER 2650 = 0 0 = = 1 # = = 1 = 1 6 2585
8 Flores, Diego GM ARG 2631 = 0 = 0 0 0 = # 1 0 1 1 4.5 2485
9 Slipak, Sergio GM ARG 2421 0 = 0 0 = 1 = 0 # = ? = 4 2467
10 El Debs, Felipe de Cresce GM BRA 2544 = ? = 0 0 0 0 1 = # 0 1 3.5 2425
11 Darcyl, Tomas IM ARG 2366 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 ? 1 # = 3.5 2441
12 Hoffman, Alejandro GM URU 2470 0 = 0 = ? 0 0 0 = 0 = # 2.5 2354
Szmetan-Giardelli Open Buenos Aires ARG Tue 4th Dec 2018 - Fri 14th Dec 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
14Rodriguez Vila AndresGMURU24897.50.046.040.75
210Paveto KevinIMARG24427.00.044.536.25
313Sorin ArielGMARG23807.00.043.035.50
41Hernandez Guerrero GilbertoGMMEX25367.00.042.034.75
57Santiago Yago De MouraGMBRA24686.50.049.536.00
611Tempone MarceloIMARG23876.50.049.037.00
75Real De Azua ErnestoIMARG24876.50.048.535.50
833Sanhueza CristianFMARG22676.50.047.535.50
921Villca JulianIMARG23356.50.044.532.50
109Acosta Pablo IsmaelIMARG24546.50.044.033.50
1117Della Morte GermanIMARG23566.50.044.032.25
1214Pierrot FacundoIMARG23796.50.040.530.00
132Hungaski RobertGMUSA25286.00.050.535.25
143Tristan LeonardoIMARG24966.00.049.533.50
1512Dolezal CristianIMARG23846.00.044.531.25
1626Romero Barreto Jaime JoseFMVEN23006.00.044.528.75
1718Mieles Palau DanielIMECU23526.00.043.029.50
1825Toniutti EzioFMARG23016.00.042.529.00
1973Anelli AntonioFMARG20486.00.039.526.00
2024Miranda RafaelARG23026.00.038.528.25
2115Fiorito FabianIMARG23706.00.037.528.00
2216De Dovitiis AlejoIMARG23606.00.035.025.75
2336Barrionuevo PabloIMARG22625.50.046.525.75
2422Gomez Carlos DavidARG23335.50.045.524.25
2530Cuevas AlexFMARG22855.50.044.525.75
2627Zapata Charles SantiagoFMARG23005.50.044.024.75
2767Brizzi Milagros TatianaWIMARG20635.50.043.526.25
2842Kapitanchuk TomasFMARG22455.50.042.526.00
2919Falcon BenjaminFMARG23415.50.042.026.75
3034Contin DanielIMITA22655.50.042.024.50
3140Fernandez Maria FlorenciaWIMARG22495.50.041.521.50
3243Giampa AlejandroARG22425.50.041.024.25
3358Tomas Falcon JesusARG21555.50.041.024.00
3423Aranha Filho Alvaro Z.FMBRA23235.50.040.525.75
3520Mendez ErnestoIMARG23405.50.040.023.00
3668Rodriguez Luis Jose LucioARG20635.50.038.523.25
376Sunye Neto JaimeGMBRA24735.50.037.022.75
3876Curia Santiago JoseARG20415.50.037.021.50
3960Sarquis Maria BelenWIMARG21415.50.034.020.75
4053Sica MauroCMARG21785.00.048.026.00
131 players

20) First Saturday December 2018

The First Saturday December took place 1st to 11th December 2018. Khamparia Akshat edged out Gergely Kantor on tie-break after both scored 6/9 in the GM section.

FSGM December 2018 Budapest HUN Sat 1st Dec 2018 - Tue 11th Dec 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgTB1TB2TB3
110Akshat KhampariaIMIND24036.024.250.0
24Kantor GergelyIMHUN25126.023.000.0
39Anisimov PavelIMRUS25335.523.750.0
41Ilincic ZlatkoGMSRB24055.522.250.0
52Farago IvanGMHUN23604.519.250.0
66Kojima ShinyaIMJPN24094.019.750.0
77Pacher MilanGMSVK24464.016.750.0
85Gungl TheoFMGER23583.517.750.0
93Shahaliyev IsmayilAZE23963.516.500.0
108Balint VilmosHUN23332.59.750.0
10 players
FSGM December 2018 Budapest HUN Sat 1st Dec 2018 - Tue 11th Dec 2018. Category: 7. Ave: (2416)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Akshat, Khamparia IM IND 2403 # 1 = = = = = = 1 1 6 2542
2 Kantor, Gergely IM HUN 2512 0 # = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 6 2530
3 Anisimov, Pavel IM RUS 2533 = = # 1 = = = = = 1 5.5 2482
4 Ilincic, Zlatko GM SRB 2405 = = 0 # = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2497
5 Farago, Ivan GM HUN 2360 = 0 = = # = = 1 = = 4.5 2422
6 Kojima, Shinya IM JPN 2409 = = = = = # = 0 1 0 4 2373
7 Pacher, Milan GM SVK 2446 = 0 = = = = # = 0 1 4 2369
8 Shahaliyev, Ismayil AZE 2396 = = = 0 0 1 = # = 0 3.5 2338
9 Gungl, Theo FM GER 2358 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 = # 1 3.5 2342
10 Balint, Vilmos HUN 2333 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 1 0 # 2.5 2259
FSIM December 2018 Budapest HUN Sat 1st Dec 2018 - Tue 11th Dec 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgTB1TB2TB3
11Orosz AndrasFMHUN22817.027.250.0
28To Nhat MinhIMHUN23676.025.000.0
34Farkas TiborIMSRB23165.525.500.0
43Li HongCHN23305.519.500.0
56Pratyusha BoddaWIMIND22735.018.500.0
62Ongut Tamas GunesFMHUN22304.518.500.0
77Martic ZlatkoIMCRO22673.513.500.0
810Vegh EndreIMHUN22513.013.250.0
99Fule SimonHUN21203.011.000.0
105Sharma AmitIND19832.08.000.0
10 players
FSIM December 2018 Budapest HUN Sat 1st Dec 2018 - Tue 11th Dec 2018. Category: None. Ave: (2242)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Orosz, Andras FM HUN 2281 # = 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 7 2457
2 To, Nhat Minh IM HUN 2367 = # = 1 1 0 = = 1 1 6 2353
3 Farkas, Tibor IM SRB 2316 1 = # = = 1 = = = = 5.5 2314
4 Li, Hong CHN 2330 0 0 = # = 1 = 1 1 1 5.5 2312
5 Pratyusha, Bodda WIM IND 2273 0 0 = = # 1 1 = = 1 5 2281
6 Ongut, Tamas Gunes FM HUN 2230 = 1 0 0 0 # 1 = 1 = 4.5 2243
7 Martic, Zlatko IM CRO 2267 0 = = = 0 0 # = = 1 3.5 2159
8 Vegh, Endre IM HUN 2251 0 = = 0 = = = # 0 = 3 2116
9 Fule, Simon HUN 2120 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 1 # = 3 2130
10 Sharma, Amit IND 1983 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 = = # 2 2051

21) Rome City Open 2018

The Rome City open took place 2nd to 9th December 2018. Yuri Solodovnichenko edged out Vitaly Kunin and Nikita Maiorov on tie-break after all scored 7/9. I discovered games from the event.

Rome City Open 2018 Rome ITA Sun 2nd Dec 2018 - Sun 9th Dec 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPts
13Solodovnichenko YuriGMUKR25627.0
26Kunin VitalyGMGER25357.0
38Maiorov NikitaGMBLR25107.0
45Korneev OlegGMESP25506.5
57Harutyunian Tigran K.IMARM25286.5
64Kollars DmitrijGMGER25596.5
712Baghdasaryan VaheGMARM23766.5
81Santos Latasa JaimeGMESP25846.0
92Petrosyan ManuelGMARM25656.0
109Kovacevic BlazimirGMCRO24886.0
1114Setyaki Azarya JodiFMINA23496.0
1219Fataliyeva UlviyyaWGMAZE23116.0
1316Sarkar JustinIMUSA23325.5
1428Roe Simon JENG22235.5
1523Chkhaidze NikolozFMGEO22975.5
1622Bach MatthiasFMGER23015.5
1724Rahman MasruriFMINA22845.5
1830Sapale SaloniWIMIND21875.5
1931Alok SinhaIND21875.5
2075Van Foreest MachteldNED19255.5
2133Hesse HenrikGER21745.5
2259Stepanyan EvaWFMRUS20195.0
2325Corvi MarcoFMITA22745.0
2420Karousos-Theodorakis NikolaosFMGRE23075.0
2538Marzaduri RiccardoITA21255.0
2621Santagati AlessandroFMITA23035.0
2713Aguera Naredo JavierFMESP23615.0
2848Khadijah Qurota`ainINA20695.0
2936Moreto Quintana AlexESP21345.0
3029Fisabilillah UmmiWFMINA22135.0
3156Mastroddi EmilianoITA20324.5
3227Siddharth JagadeeshSGP22404.5
3315Heinemann JosefineWGMGER23374.5
3432Carlo EmanueleITA21834.5
3518Kostolansky Sebastian LukasFMSVK23134.5
3617Sibilio MarioFMITA23254.5
3743Lagrotteria SalvatoreITA21044.5
3826Della Corte AlessandroITA22514.5
3941Zoldan MatteoCMITA21084.5
4039Tran DavidHUN21214.5
76 players

22) 5th Johor Open 2018

The 5th Johor Open took place 10th to 15th December 2018. Dang Hoang Son won with 7.5/9.

5th Johor Open 2018 Johor MAS Mon 10th Dec 2018 - Sat 15th Dec 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
15Dang Hoang SonVIE23587.50.050.040.50
21Lorparizangeneh ShahinIRI24917.00.053.040.00
33Barsov AlexeiUZB23746.50.552.035.00
42Czebe AttilaHUN24176.50.549.534.75
54Fominyh AlexanderRUS23696.00.049.533.25
68Li BoCHN23126.00.049.031.50
711Gunawan RonnyINA22476.00.048.530.25
86Muminova NafisaUZB23246.00.046.030.50
97Senador EmmanuelPHI23226.00.045.530.00
1022Aris T.L.S.INA20946.00.045.527.75
1125Singgih Diajeng TheresaINA20746.00.044.527.75
1220Sun ChaoCHN21106.00.043.027.00
1323Kavinda AkilaSRI20926.00.043.024.00
1412Udani IanPHI22466.00.039.527.50
1521Tobing Daniel Hermawan LumbanINA21075.50.048.525.25
169Andyka PitraINA22955.50.046.527.00
1724Villanueva NelsonPHI20825.50.044.022.50
1813Emperado EmmanuelPHI22405.50.038.522.50
1919Manaog StewartPHI21195.50.036.521.25
2060Lee Care GreeneMAS15965.00.049.526.00
2115Castellano ChristopherPHI21685.00.046.521.50
2210Mariano Nelson IiiPHI22755.00.045.025.50
2318Tarigan Gilbert ElroyINA21325.00.044.521.75
2430Chen KailinCHN20165.00.042.519.00
2535Arfan Aditya BagusINA19275.00.041.518.25
2629Ma LinCHN20255.00.040.519.50
2716Vinoth Kumar M.IND21435.00.040.519.00
2836Ong Way JustinMAS18845.00.037.019.25
2934Di Xu WeiMAS19475.00.036.018.00
3032Li GuohaoCHN19554.50.046.020.50
3133Isomov UmarUZB19494.50.044.019.75
3237Khandhar KaushalMAS18784.50.044.018.50
3338Nguyen Truong Bao TranVIE18734.50.041.520.00
3448Poh Yu TianMAS17774.50.039.517.25
3556Tan Yong HauMAS16914.50.038.517.25
3642Guo WeibaoCHN18384.50.038.515.00
3726Molofej DenisLTU20724.50.038.019.00
3814Zulkipli ZaidanMAS21914.00.048.021.25
3940Zhou YiboCHN18414.00.044.518.75
4051Xie KaifanCHN17454.00.043.016.75
70 players

23) 8th Holuj-Radzikowska 2018

The 8th Holuj-Radzikowska took place 3rd to 9th December 2018. The Rest of the World Team won the Basque and Rapid sections against the Polish team, the classical match was drawn.

8th Holuj-Radzikowska Wroclaw POL Mon 3rd Dec 2018 - Sun 9th Dec 2018
Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
RkSNoTeamRtgMptsBpts
11POLAND23715.012.5
12Rest of the World24655.012.5
2 players
Holuj-Radzikowska Basque Wroclaw POL Mon 3rd Dec 2018 - Sun 9th Dec 2018
Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
RkSNoTeamMptsBpts
12Rest of the World8.030.5
21POLAND2.019.5
2 players
Holuj-Radzikowska Rapid Wroclaw POL Mon 3rd Dec 2018 - Sun 9th Dec 2018
Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
RkSNoTeamMptsBpts
12Rest of the World7.531.0
21POLAND2.519.0
2 players

) Third Saturday Djenovici December 2018

The Third Saturday Djenovici December takes place 15th to 23rd December 2018.

3rd Sat Djenovici Dec GM Djenovici MNE Sat 15th Dec 2018 - Sun 23rd Dec 2018
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
110Krishnater KushagerIND23053.04.750.01.5
23Tsolakidou StavroulaGRE23873.04.000.01.0
39Benkovic PetarSRB24012.54.250.01.0
46Nikcevic NebojsaMNE24342.53.000.00.0
51Ivic VelimirSRB24972.52.500.00.5
65Lundin JanSWE23121.52.250.00.5
77Stojanovic MihajloSRB25221.02.750.01.0
88Kojima ShinyaJPN24091.00.500.00.0
92Pratyusha BoddaIND22730.51.250.00.5
4Drasko MilanMNE24380.51.250.00.5
10 players
3rd Sat Djenovici Dec IM Djenovici MNE Sat 15th Dec 2018 - Sun 23rd Dec 2018
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Abramovic BoskoSRB23723.55.000.01.5
28Orosz AndrasHUN22813.04.500.01.0
310Tomic AleksandarMNE23122.54.500.01.5
41Om KharolaIND20802.04.750.01.5
57Nikac PredragMNE23032.02.750.00.5
64Jakovljevic VladoBIH23592.02.000.01.0
76Zherebtsova AlexandraRUS21861.52.000.00.5
83Draganic VeljkoMNE22701.51.000.00.5
95Martynyuk ElizavetaRUS21281.00.000.00.0
109Uysal BurakTUR22470.00.000.00.0
10 players

25) RSHSH Master Cup Oct 2018

Games from the RSHSH Master Cup in October turned up finally.

RSHSH Master Cup Oct 2018 Moscow RUS Wed 17th Oct 2018 - Thu 25th Oct 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
17Shinkevich VitalyRUS24397.028.250.05
28Zaika DaniilRUS22286.525.000.05
310Khruschiov AlexeyMDA23676.024.500.04
44Murtazin BulatRUS24015.520.500.04
53Reprintsev AlexanderUKR23714.018.250.02
62Taalaibekov TagirKGZ22254.016.750.02
76Geshko AlekseyRUS21774.013.250.03
85Krasikov VladislavRUS22173.014.500.02
91Mamatov MelisKGZ21962.59.000.02
109Bogaudinov RushanRUS21372.58.000.01
10 players
RSHSH Master Cup Oct 2018 Moscow RUS Wed 17th Oct 2018 - Thu 25th Oct 2018. Category: 2. Ave: (2276)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Shinkevich, Vitaly IM RUS 2439 # 1 = = = = 1 1 1 1 7 2478
2 Zaika, Daniil RUS 2228 0 # = 1 1 1 = = 1 1 6.5 2447
3 Khruschiov, Alexey GM MDA 2367 = = # = = 1 1 0 1 1 6 2391
4 Murtazin, Bulat FM RUS 2401 = 0 = # 0 = 1 1 1 1 5.5 2342
5 Reprintsev, Alexander IM UKR 2371 = 0 = 1 # 0 = 1 0 = 4 2222
6 Taalaibekov, Tagir KGZ 2225 = 0 0 = 1 # 1 0 = = 4 2238
7 Geshko, Aleksey FM RUS 2177 0 = 0 0 = 0 # 1 1 1 4 2244
8 Krasikov, Vladislav FM RUS 2217 0 = 1 0 0 1 0 # 0 = 3 2157
9 Mamatov, Melis KGZ 2196 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 1 # 0 2.5 2119
10 Bogaudinov, Rushan RUS 2137 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = 1 # 2.5 2125

26) Szczawno Chess Festival 2018

The Szczawno Chess Festival takes place 14th to 21st December 2018. The games are being broadcast but I couldn't find a compilation game file.

Szczawno A GM 2018 Szczawno-Zdroj POL Fri 14th Dec 2018 - Fri 21st Dec 2018
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiRtg+PtsTB1TB2
1Teclaf, PawełCM243112.551.5
1Butkiewicz, ŁukaszIM244712.551.5
3Delorme, AxelGM251012.541.5
4Bailet, PierreIM249112.53.51
5Cyborowski, ŁukaszGM252412.53.250.5
6Plat, VojtechGM2550024.251.5
7Gritsak, OrestGM2467023.751.5
8Srinath, Rao S.V.FM242601.53.251
9Cukrowski, FilipFM241601.531
10Nowak, ŁukaszFM231100.510.5
10 players
Szczawno B IM 2018 Szczawno-Zdroj POL Fri 14th Dec 2018 - Fri 21st Dec 2018
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiRtg+PtsTB1TB2
1Chylewski, PatrykFM2268221.51
2Simantsev, MikhailGM240411.510.5
3Fus, JakubK226511.50.750
4Kislinsky, AlexeyGM242511.50.50.5
5Krzywda, AndrzejCM21781100
6Sergeev, VladimirGM2402011.51
7Karpus, MichałFM235500.50.750.5
8Śliwicka, AlicjaWIM223600.50.250
8Tejaswini, SagarWIM217700.50.250
10Pacan-Milej, KosmaFM23340000
10 players

27) 205th YMCA Autumn A 2018

The 205th YMCA Autumn A took place 21st September to 14th December 2018.

205th YMCA Autumn A 2018 Warsaw POL Fri 21st Sep 2018 - Fri 14th Dec 2018
Leading Final Round 12 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiRtg+PtsTB1
12Majek, Kacper208378.047.25
27Choroszej, Aleksander205468.047.00
35Liberadzki, Slawomir195568.045.75
49Moskwinski, Marek186656.540.00
53Kasperkiewicz, Pawel193346.030.25
64Podgorski, Maciej186556.028.75
78Safanowski, Tomasz181645.526.50
81Markiewicz, Michal190235.028.00
910Koziol, Pawel188023.514.50
106Kaminski, Jan201322.514.00
10 players

28) Barcelona CC IM 2018

The remaining games from the Barcelona CC IM tournament turned up.

Barcelona CC IM 2018 Barcelona ESP Thu 27th Sep 2018 - Thu 29th Nov 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Ayats Llobera GerardFMESP23996.554.025.75
24Valenzuela Gomez Fernando AlbertoFMCHI23886.553.525.25
39Alarcon Casellas RolandoIMCUB23875.543.020.75
48Villar Reymundo Juan AntonioMKPER21985.542.519.75
55Jimenez Ruano AdrianMKESP22385.542.518.75
63Cuadras Avellana JordiFMESP22455.033.020.00
77Perez Mitjans OrelvisGMESP23964.512.518.25
810Cruz Estrada FilemonIMPER22893.512.012.50
96Gonzalez Rodriguez Raul OmarFMESP22061.501.06.50
101Morros Faura RicardMKESP22451.010.01.50
10 players

29) 28th TCh-SLO 2018

The 28th TCh-SLO took place 2nd November to 16th December 2018. ZSK Maribor won. Passed under the radar for me until this final weekend.

28th TCh-SLO 2018 Slovenia SLO Fri 2nd Nov 2018 - Sun 16th Dec 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkTeam12345678910TB1TB2TB3
1ZSK Maribor4551845.00
2SK Ljubljana2354551537.50
3SK Branik Maribor32434441229.00
4SD KRKA Novo mesto143341228.00
5SD Radenska Pomgrad233344926.50
6SK Impol Slovenska Bistrica½13334725.00
7SK Triglav Krsko½22333723.00
8SS Tomo Zupan Prevodi Dvojka112233622.50
9SK Nova Gorica½1324318.50
10SD Vrhnika½½222½32115.00
10 players

30) TCh-CZE 2018-19

The Czech Extraliga takes place 3rd November 2018 to 21st April 2019.

TCh-CZE Extraliga 2018-19 Czech Republic CZE Sat 3rd Nov 2018 - Sun 21st Apr 2019
Leading Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1GASCO Pardubice*551222.07.0
2Vystaviste Lysa nad Labem*41019.55.5
31. Novoborsky SK*7922.57.0
4SK ZIKUDA Turnov*44818.05.0
5Siesta Solution Unichess A*618.05.0
6SK DURAS BVK Kralovo Pole3*615.53.5
7Beskydska sachova skola34*8418.57.5
8Labortech Ostrava*4413.52.5
9Moravska Slavia Brno44*4314.52.0
10Siesta Solution Unichess B10*537.51.5
11SK Slavoj Poruba4*112.52.0
12Slavoj Cesky Tesin43*110.01.5
12 teams
TCh-CZE 1 Liga Zapad Czech Republic CZE Sat 3rd Nov 2018 - Sun 21st Apr 2019
Leading Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1TJ Pankrac*5917.54.5
2QCC Ceske Budejovice*25917.05.0
3SK Sokol Vysehrad*44818.05.5
4SK Dopravni podnik Praha36*4717.54.0
52222 SK Polabiny4*474619.06.5
6TJ Neratovice3*5617.05.5
7SK Zikuda Turnov B4*4516.04.5
8SK OAZA Praha4*6416.04.5
9TJ Sakal Kozolupy4*414.55.0
10TJ Slavia Hradec Kralove134*5413.03.5
11SK Mesta Lysa nad Labem4*4215.04.5
12SO TJ Dukla Praha234*111.53.0
12 teams
TCh-CZE 1 Liga Vychod Czech Republic CZE Sat 3rd Nov 2018 - Sun 21st Apr 2019
Leading Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1Slavia Kroměříž*751222.08.0
2SK Stare Město*451020.07.0
3SK Slavia Orlova*5461019.55.0
4Panda Rychnov n. K.1*45715.54.5
5BSS Frýdek-Místek "B"3*5616.03.5
6TZ Třinec34*64517.05.0
7SK Gordic4*4516.04.0
8TJ Ostrava4*413.53.5
9Jezdci Jundrov2*6314.03.5
10Sachy Hosťalkova32*313.03.5
112222 SK Polabiny "C"244*212.53.0
12TJ Tatran Litovel33*013.02.5
12 teams

31) TCh-LAT 2018

The Latvian Team Championship took place 9th June to 16th December 2018. Termo Eko/ RSF won the title with a perfect 11/11 score.

TCh-LAT 2018 Riga LAT Sat 9th Jun 2018 - Sun 16th Dec 2018
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1Termo Eko/ RSF*4444345452245.01136.8
2Rigas Tehniska universitate1*34554551941.5954.0
3Olaine1*3353551736.0822.3
4Ventspils122*3434551637.0844.5
5Rigas Saha skola2*34351534.0790.5
6The Royal Biograph1212*334441230.0670.5
7Vertikale- Rigas Saha skola2122*244726.0638.3
8Rigas Saha skola-Nakotne100123*3719.0430.0
9RTU/Juniors00011*718.0375.8
10Maxon&Co½12211*4622.5497.3
11Rigas Saha skola-M100½0½½*210.5237.0
12Cesu Saha klubs0000½1121*210.5197.3
12 teams

32) TCh-FIN 2018-19

The Finnish Team Championship takes place 15th September 2018 to 7th April 2019.

TCh-FIN 2018-19 Finland FIN Sat 15th Sep 2018 - Sun 7th Apr 2019
Leading Round 6 (of 11) Standings:
RkNameGmsMptsTB1
1SK ComeOn, Helsinki610+15
2MatSK, Espoo69+14
3EtVaS, Vantaa69+4
4Aatos, Helsinki69+2
5TammerShakki, Tampere68+14
6SalSK, Salo68+8
7JyS, Jyvaskyla67+4
8TuTS, Turku67-1
9VammSK, Sastamala64-8
10KymS, Kotka61-16
11KS-58, Helsinki60-15
12JoeSK, Joensuu60-21
12 teams

33) TCh-BAN 2018

The Bangladesh Premier Teams took place 6th to 16th December 2018. Saif Sporting Club won.

TCh-BAN Premier 2018 Dhaka BAN Thu 6th Dec 2018 - Sun 16th Dec 2018
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkTeam1234567891011TB1TB2TB3
1Saif Sporting Club*3334442034.00
2Bangladesh Navy1*324331525.00
3Golden Sporting Club11*324231425.50
4Sheikh Russel Chess Club1*321324.50
5Esoft Arena Chess Club½2*02331220.50
5Sonargaon Chess Club124*322431124.00
7Titas Club000½21*3914.00
8Sonali Bank Sports & Recreation Club021121*23717.00
9Access Chess Club½11222*2617.00
10Sultana Kamal Smirity Pathagar½1½½1012*310.50
11Fire Service & Civil Defense Sports Club0½½½1½½*08.00
11 players

34) Dutch League 2018-19

The Dutch League takes place 15th September 2018 to 20th April 2019.

Dutch League 2018-19 Netherlands NED Sat 15th Sep 2018 - Sat 20th Apr 2019
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeam12345678910MptsBpts
1LSG IntelliMagic--6.5-6.525.56-826.5
2BSG-6.5--3.5-7.57.55730
3HWP Sas van Gent-3.5-4.55.5--5.57.5626.5
4En Passant3.5--7.5-5.5-45.5626
5HMC Den Bosch--5.52.546.55.5--624
6Charlois Europoort3.56.54.5-6---5525.5
7Kennemer Combinatie8--4.53.5-4.55.5-426
8MuConsult Apeldoorn4.52.5--4.5-5.5-7.5424.5
9Zuid Limburg42.54.56--4.5--221.5
10De Stukkenjagers-52.54.5-5-2.5-219.5
10 players

35) Bundesliga 2018-19

The German Bundesliga takes place 10th November 2018 to 7th April 2019. This is the strongest national chess league. The league suffered a large blow this year with the very last minute withdrawal of DJK Aufwaerts Aachen. This means there will only be 6 matches instead of 7 per round.

Bundesliga 2018-19 Germany GER Sat 10th Nov 2018 - Sun 7th Apr 2019
Leading Round 6 (of 15) Standings:
RkTeamGms+-=MptsBpts
1OSG Baden-Baden66001235.5
2Schachfreunde Deizisau65101033.5
3SG Solingen65101030.5
4SV 1930 Hockenheim55001030
5SC Viernheim5410823.5
6Hamburger SK5410823
7SV Werder Bremen6330625
8USV TU Dresden5320620
9SG Turm Kiel5221517.5
10SV Muelheim Nord6150220
11Duesseldorfer SK 1914/19256150216.5
12BCA Augsburg6150215
13SF Berlin 19035140214.5
14SV 1920 Hofheim6051118
15MSA Zugzwang 826060013.5
16DJK Aufwaerts Aachen000000
16 teams

36) Active Team Events

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

TCh-HUN 2018-19

The Hungarian Team Championship takes place 17th November 2018 to 28th April 2019.

TCh-HUN 2018-19 Hungary HUN Sat 17th Nov 2018 - Sun 28th Apr 2019
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeamGms12345678910MptsBpts
1DVTK36.58.57.5622.5
2HVSE-Infraplan367.510.5524
3ASE Paks3688.5522.5
4Aquarena Kobanya SC I.267313
5Penzügyor SE3656217
6Tungsram Aquaprofit NSK I.25.511216.5
7Dunaharaszti MTK33.547.5215
8Duocor-Makoi SVSE34.53.56114
9Z.Csuti-Hydrocomp SK24.54.509
10Maroczy SE21.5102.5
10 teams

TCh-ISL 2018-19

The Icelandic league takes place 8th November 2018 to 2nd March 2019. My thanks to Gunnar Bjornsson for the games.

TCh-ISL Div 1 2018-19 Reykjavik ISL Thu 8th Nov 2018 - Sat 2nd Mar 2019
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeam12345678910TB1TB2TB3
1Skakdeild Fjölnis*331.080
2Skakfelagid Huginn a-sveit5*730.5100
3Vikingaklubburinn*7528.5100
4Taflfelag Reykjavikur a-sveit*5624.580
5Taflfelag Gardabæjar3*621.540
6Breidablik. Bolungavik og Reykjanes2*5719.040
7Skakfelag Akureyrar1*415.530
8Skakfelagid Huginn b-sveit½132*612.520
9Taflfelag Reykjavikur b-sveit34*11.510
10Skakdeild KR½1½2*5.500
10 teams
TCh-ISL Div 2 2018-19 Reykjavik ISL Thu 8th Nov 2018 - Sat 2nd Mar 2019
Leading Round 4 (of 7) Standings:
RkTeam12345678TB1TB2TB3
1Skakdeild Hauka*413.560
2Skakfelag Akureyrar b-sveit*413.560
3Skakfelag Selfoss og nagrennis2*313.050
4Hrokar alls fagnadar23*412.550
5Víkingaklubburinn b-sveit*312.550
6Skakdeild Fjölnis b-sveit3*412.030
7Vinaskakfelagid*10.020
8Breidablik. Bolungavík og Reykjanes - b22*9.000
8 teams

57th TCh-DEN ExtraCon 2018-19

The 57th TCh-DEN ExtraCon takes place 27th October 2018 to 17th March 2019.

57th TCh-DEN Ex 2018-19 Denmark DEN Sat 27th Oct 2018 - Sun 17th Mar 2019
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeamMptsBpts
1Team Xtracon Koge 1826.5
2Team Nordea Skanderborg823
3Arhus/Skolerne 1619.5
4Jetsmark 1517.5
5Hillerod415.5
6Bronshoj 1314
7Nordkalotten313.5
8Evans 1112.5
9SK1968 129.5
10BMS 108.5
10 teams

TCh-SVK 2018-19

The Slovakian Team Championship takes place 10th November 2018 to 14th April 2019.

TCh-SVK 2018-19 Slovakia SVK Sat 10th Nov 2018 - Sun 14th Apr 2019
Leading Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1SK Dunajska Streda*4761021.50
TJ Inbest Dunajov*4661021.50
3CVC VIX Mladosť Zilina*5917.50
4SK Prakovce - www.sachovetreningy.sk*46719.00
5Reinter Snina3*47718.50
6Slovan Commander*5614.50
7SK Modra44*517.00
8SK Aquamarin Podhajska*316.00
9Liptovska sachova skola244*4314.00
10KSC Komarno121*38.50
11SKS Dubnica nad Vahom4*4213.00
12SK Osuske2234*111.00
12 teams

Belgian Interclubs 2018-19

The Belgian Interclubs takes place 30th September 2018 to 28th April 2019.

TCh-BEL 2018-19 Belgium BEL Sun 30th Sep 2018 - Sun 28th Apr 2019
Leading Round 5 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeamMptsBpts
1KBSK 1925.5
2Fontaine 1724.5
3KSK Rochade 1722
4Echiquier Mosan 1623
5KGSRL 1620
6Wirtzfeld 1522.5
7CRELEL 1520
8Wachtebeke 1519.5
9KSK47-Eynatten 1420.5
10Jean Jaures 1417
11Boitsfort 1113
12Brasschaat 1112.5
12 teams

TCh-AUT 2018-19

The Austrian Team Championship takes place 15th November 2018 to 1st April 2019.

TCh-AUT 2018-19 Austria AUT Thu 15th Nov 2018 - Mon 1st Apr 2019
Leading Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1SK Hohenems*45617.00
2mpimmo Wien - SK Ottakring*33613.00
3SC MPÖ Maria Saal*34514.00
4SV Pillenkönig St. Veit3*513.50
5SV Raika Rapid Feffernitz3*4512.50
6Schachklub Sparkasse Jenbach*411.50
7Data Technology Pressbaum*339.00
8SK Mayrhofen/Zell/Zillertal2*29.50
9SIR Salzburg1½*25.00
10Schachclub Sparkasse Götzis½32*18.00
11UNION Ansfelden2½3*17.00
12ASVÖ Wulkaprodersdorf*00.00
12 teams
TCh-AUT Frauen 2018-19 Austria AUT Thu 15th Nov 2018 - Mon 1st Apr 2019
Leading Round 2 (of 7) Standings:
RkSNoTeamGms+-=TB1TB2TB3
13SK Advisory Invest Baden220048.08.0
21ASVÖ Pamhagen220046.59.5
35Schach ohne Grenzen220045.07.5
46SV "Monatsblatt" St.Veit/Glan211025.06.5
52SK Mayrhofen/Zell/Zillertal211024.56.5
611SK Dornbirn211024.010.0
710SK DolomitenBank Lienz211024.08.5
88SC Extraherb WS211024.08.0
94SV Wulkaprodersdorf201113.58.5
109SG Steyr201113.57.5
117SV Chesshero Rapid Feffernitz202000.09.5
11 teams

TCh-AUT 2nd Bundesliga 2018-19

The Austrian 2nd Bundesliga started at the beginning of October with the 2nd Mitte League starting last weekend, that competition runs until March 3rd 2019.

TCh-AUT 2nd Mitte 2018-19 Austria AUT Fri 19th Oct 2018 - Sun 3rd Mar 2019
Leading Round 5 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1SV Sparkasse Grieskirchen/Sedda Bad Scha*4820.00
2SC Pinggau-Friedberg*3435819.50
3SPG Sparkasse Fürstenfeld/Hartberg3*3816.50
4SC MPÖ Maria Saal II*443718.00
5SV Steyregg2*34515.01
6SPG Sauwald223*515.01
7EJ Gleisdorf23*343515.00
8ASK St.Valentin3*4514.50
9Schachfreunde Graz33*4414.00
10Frauental12*413.50
11SC Die Klagenfurter32*111.50
12Freistadt/Wartberg½22*07.50
12 teams
TCh-AUT 2nd West 2018-19 Austria AUT Fri 19th Oct 2018 - Sun 3rd Mar 2019
Leading Round 5 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1Bregenz*818.00
2Rochade Rum*4343614.02
3Jenbach22*444614.00
4Absam32*515.00
5Wolfurt½*344511.50
6ASK Salzburg3*½4511.00
7Kufstein/Wörgl*415.00
8Sparkasse Neumarkt2*411.50
9Hohenems II22*210.00
10SPG Oberland2*29.50
11Pradl32*18.00
12Ranshofen½2*06.50
12 teams
TCh-AUT 2nd Ost 2018-19 Austria AUT Fri 19th Oct 2018 - Sun 3rd Mar 2019
Leading Round 5 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1SK Sparkasse Bad Vöslau*35918.50
2SK Advisory Invest Baden*55820.50
3SK Hietzing*4819.00
4SK Austria*356721.00
5SG Mistelbach/Altlichtenwarth3*54717.00
6ASVÖ Pamhagen1*5416.50
7tschaturanga1*2413.50
8Blackburne Nickelsdorf13*3413.00
9SC Donaustadt11*5412.00
10Wiener Amateurschachklub43*313.50
11mpimmo Wien - SK Ottakring12*211.50
12DeLaVie Oberwart - www.trink-vitamine.at½20½1*04.00
12 teams

4NCL 2018-19

The 4NCL British League takes place 10th November to 6th May 2018.

4NCL 2018-19 England ENG Sat 10th Nov 2018 - Mon 6th May 2019
Leading Round 2 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam12345678MptsBpts
1Guildford 17-17½-½414½
2White Rose 14½-3½6-2410½
3Wood Green3½-4½7-1210½
4North East England2-64½-3½2
5Barbican 4NCL 11-75½-2½2
6Alba½-7½4½-3½25
7West is Best 12½-5½3½-4½06
8Oxford 11-73½-4½0
1Chess.com Manx Liberty 17½-½6-2413½
2Cheddleton 15½-2½7-1412½
3Guildford 22½-5½7-12
43Cs 11-76-227
5Celtic Tigers 1½-7½4½-3½25
6Blackthorne Russia3½-4½4-41
7Grantham Sharks 12-64-416
8Wood Green Monarchs1-72-603
16 teams

Frauenbundesliga 2018-19

The Frauenbundesliga 2018-19 takes place 27th October 2018 to 3rd March 2019. Games will no doubt become availble although it took me a while to find them last year.

Frauenbundesliga 2018-19 Germany GER Sat 27th Oct 2018 - Sun 3rd Mar 2019
Leading Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112MptsBpts
1OSG Baden-Badenxxx3564718
2Hamburger SKxxx34716
3SC Bad Koenigshofen33xxx4615½
4SK Schwaebisch Hallxxx64615
5Rodewischer SMxxx45615
6SF Deizisau2xxx6414
7SC Rotation Pankow11xxx33
7SK Lehrte0xxx433
9Karlsruher SF½32xxx39
10SV Hofheim22xxx4210½
11FC Bayern Muenchen003xxx1
12TuRa Harksheide222xxx0
12 teams

TCh-SWE Elitserien 2018-19

The Swedish Team Championship takes place 9th November 2018 to 31st March 2019. Games from the first round broadcast didn't work. It's unclear if they'll become available.

TCh-SWE Elitserien Sweden SWE Fri 9th Nov 2018 - Sun 31st Mar 2019
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeamGms+-=MptsBpts
1Wasa SK3300617.5
2Lunds ASK3210414
3Stockholms SS3210414
4SK Rockaden, Sthlm3210414
5Limhamns SK3111311
6Farsta SK3111310.5
7Eksjo SK3120212.5
8Västeras SK312029.5
9Schack 08, Norrkoping302118.5
10SK Rockaden Umea302118.5
10 teams

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