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THE WEEK IN CHESS 1362 14th December 2020 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) 73rd ch-RUS 2020
3) US Chess Championship Online Qualifier 2020
4) 7th Sunway Sitges Festival 2020
5) ch-RUS Junior 2020
6) chess.com Speed Chess 2020
7) Colombia Tierra de Atletas 2020
8) Kazakhstan Cup 2020
9) First Saturday December 2020
10) 11th Hainan Danzhou GM 2020
11) FEDA International Closed Tournaments 2020
12) Super Juniors Cup CB India 2020
13) 25th Magistral Ciutat de Barcelona 2020
14) 16th Ugra Governor's Cup 2020
15) 14th Serbian Championship 2020
16) ch-COL 2020
17) ch-ISL Blitz 2020
18) Ukraine Women's Championship 2020
19) ch-POL Women's Rapid and Blitz 2020
20) 3rd Citta di Imola Open 2020
21) Oleksandr Stadnyk Memorial 2020
22) ch-POL U20 2020
23) Yugra Cup Rapid GP 2020
24) 17th Vasylyshyn Memorial 2020
25) Levitov Chess Christmas Cup 2020
26) Ramat Gan Nov GM 2020
27) Titled Tuesday Blitz 8th Dec 2020
28) PNWCC Opening Blitz Sicilian 2020
29) Legends and Students Friendly Blitz 2020
30) 4NCL Online Season 2 2020
31) Sweden vs Denmark Match December 2020
32) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
73rd ch-RUS 202072 games
US Chess Championship Online Qualifier 202012 games
7th Sunway Sitges Festival 202031 games
ch-RUS Junior 202070 games
chess.com Speed Chess 202081 games
Colombia Tierra de Atletas 202066 games
Kazakhstan Cup 202055 games
First Saturday December 202034 games
11th Hainan Danzhou GM 202016 games
FEDA International Closed Tournaments 202025 games
Super Juniors Cup CB India 2020132 games
25th Magistral Ciutat de Barcelona 202020 games
16th Ugra Governor's Cup 2020176 games
14th Serbian Championship 202080 games
ch-COL 2020128 games
ch-ISL Blitz 2020120 games
Ukraine Women's Championship 202070 games
ch-POL Women's Rapid and Blitz 2020466 games
3rd Citta di Imola Open 202048 games
Oleksandr Stadnyk Memorial 202024 games
ch-POL U20 202019 games
Ramat Gan Nov GM 202045 games
PNWCC Opening Blitz Sicilian 2020284 games
Legends and Students Friendly Blitz 202012 games
Sweden vs Denmark Match December 202021 games
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1) Introduction

My thanks to Olexandr Prohorov, Holger Lieske, Xuhao He, Peter Doggers, Gunnar Bjornsson, Roland Wimmer, Pedro Alberdi, Lennart Ootes and everyone else who helped both with this issue.

Hikaru Nakamura won the chess.com Speed Championship for the third time in a row. Nakamura had expected to play Magnus Carlsen in the final but Carlsen - who hadn't been particularly convincing in his previous match - lost a close one to MVL. The final was close up to the bullet chess, even early in that segment Nakamura was behind but once he kicked into high gear he ran away with the tournament. The Russian Chess Championships continue but they lost a player - Mikhail Antipov withdrew, I understand he tested positive for the Coronavirus - I wish him well. The Sunway Sitges tournament also started this week, one of the strongest opens to be held during this crisis - lets hope for only chess news from there too.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

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2) 73rd ch-RUS 2020

The 73rd Russian Chess Championships and 70th Women's Chess Championships take place in Moscow Sat 5th Dec to Thu 17th Dec 2020. Play starts at 3pm local time 12pm GMT. Players: Sergey Karjakin, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Daniil Dubov, Peter Svidler, Vladislav Artemiev, Maksim Chigaev, Nikita Vitiugov, Vladimir Fedoseev, Aleksey Goganov, Maxim Matlakov, Andrey Esipenko and Mikhail Al. Antipov. Women players: Aleksandra Goryachkina, Natalija Pogonina, Polina Shuvalova, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Olga Girya, Alisa Galliamova, Alina Kashlinskaya, Leya Garifullina, Tatyana Getman, Marina Guseva, Yulia Grigorieva and Valentina Gunina.

73rd ch-RUS 2020 Moscow RUS Sat 5th Dec 2020 - Thu 17th Dec 2020. Category: 18. Ave: (2690)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts TPR
1 Nepomniachtchi, Ian GM RUS 2784 # 1 0 = = = = 1 1 1 6 2812
2 Karjakin, Sergey GM RUS 2752 0 # = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 6 2804
3 Chigaev, Maksim GM RUS 2619 = # 1 1 = = = = 0 1 5.5 2777
4 Dubov, Daniil GM RUS 2702 1 0 # = = 1 = = 1 = 5.5 2763
5 Artemiev, Vladislav GM RUS 2711 = 0 = # = = 1 = 1 = 5 2732
6 Fedoseev, Vladimir GM RUS 2674 = = = = # = = 1 = = 5 2733
7 Vitiugov, Nikita GM RUS 2720 = 0 = = = = # = 1 = 4.5 2681
8 Esipenko, Andrey GM RUS 2686 = = 0 0 = # = = 1 1 4.5 2681
9 Svidler, Peter GM RUS 2723 = 0 = = = = = # = = 4 2648
10 Matlakov, Maxim GM RUS 2698 0 0 1 = 0 0 = = # 1 3.5 2616
11 Goganov, Aleksey GM RUS 2594 0 = 0 = = 0 0 = # = 2.5 2541
12 Antipov, Mikhail Al. GM RUS 2611 0 0 0 = = = 0 0 = # 2 2472
Round 1. Sat 5th Dec 2020
Antipov, Mikhail Al. 0-1 Karjakin, Sergey 45 C50 Giuoco Pianissimo
Vitiugov, Nikita 1/2-1/2 Artemiev, Vladislav 21 B40 Sicilian
Goganov, Aleksey 1/2-1/2 Svidler, Peter 25 D85 Gruenfeld
Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1-0 Matlakov, Maxim 39 D35 QGD
Fedoseev, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 Chigaev, Maksim 34 D90 Gruenfeld
Dubov, Daniil 1-0 Esipenko, Andrey 36 E06 Catalan
Round 2. Sun 6th Dec 2020
Karjakin, Sergey 1/2-1/2 Esipenko, Andrey 57 C42 Petrov
Chigaev, Maksim 1-0 Dubov, Daniil 37 B31 Sicilian
Matlakov, Maxim 0-1 Fedoseev, Vladimir 34 C45 Scotch
Svidler, Peter 1/2-1/2 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 25 B90 Sicilian
Artemiev, Vladislav 1/2-1/2 Goganov, Aleksey 44 A36 English
Antipov, Mikhail Al. 1/2-1/2 Vitiugov, Nikita 40 B90 Sicilian
Round 3. Mon 7th Dec 2020
Vitiugov, Nikita 0-1 Karjakin, Sergey 42 C67 Ruy Lopez
Goganov, Aleksey 1/2-1/2 Antipov, Mikhail Al. 41 D97 Gruenfeld
Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1/2-1/2 Artemiev, Vladislav 31 C79 Ruy Lopez
Fedoseev, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 Svidler, Peter 41 D85 Gruenfeld
Dubov, Daniil 1/2-1/2 Matlakov, Maxim 48 D37 QGD
Esipenko, Andrey 1/2-1/2 Chigaev, Maksim 40 C84 Ruy Lopez
Round 4. Tue 8th Dec 2020
Karjakin, Sergey 1/2-1/2 Chigaev, Maksim 28 C88 Ruy Lopez
Matlakov, Maxim 1/2-1/2 Esipenko, Andrey 31 E06 Catalan
Svidler, Peter 1/2-1/2 Dubov, Daniil 40 C78 Ruy Lopez
Artemiev, Vladislav 1/2-1/2 Fedoseev, Vladimir 78 A28 English
Antipov, Mikhail Al. 0-1 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 30 B90 Sicilian
Vitiugov, Nikita 1-0 Goganov, Aleksey 28 D37 QGD
Round 5. Wed 9th Dec 2020
Goganov, Aleksey 1/2-1/2 Karjakin, Sergey 42 E02 Catalan
Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1/2-1/2 Vitiugov, Nikita 25 C45 Scotch
Fedoseev, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 Antipov, Mikhail Al. 32 E60 King's Indian, 3.Nf3
Dubov, Daniil 1/2-1/2 Artemiev, Vladislav 25 B83 Sicilian
Esipenko, Andrey 1/2-1/2 Svidler, Peter 37 D90 Gruenfeld
Chigaev, Maksim 0-1 Matlakov, Maxim 47 B90 Sicilian
Round 6. Thu 10th Dec 2020
Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 Matlakov, Maxim 44 E10 Queen's pawn game
Svidler, Peter 1/2-1/2 Chigaev, Maksim 32 C84 Ruy Lopez
Artemiev, Vladislav 1-0 Esipenko, Andrey 30 A07 Reti
Antipov, Mikhail Al. 1/2-1/2 Dubov, Daniil 57 A07 Reti
Vitiugov, Nikita 1/2-1/2 Fedoseev, Vladimir 40 E21 Nimzo-Indian
Goganov, Aleksey 0-1 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 46 D37 QGD
Round 7. Sat 12th Dec 2020
Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1-0 Karjakin, Sergey 32 E20 Nimzo-Indian
Fedoseev, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 Goganov, Aleksey 50 A45 Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)
Dubov, Daniil 1/2-1/2 Vitiugov, Nikita 60 D13 QGD Slav
Esipenko, Andrey 1-0 Antipov, Mikhail Al.
Chigaev, Maksim 1-0 Artemiev, Vladislav 52 B69 Sicilian
Matlakov, Maxim 1/2-1/2 Svidler, Peter 29 D97 Gruenfeld
Round 8. Sun 13th Dec 2020
Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 Svidler, Peter 38 B96 Sicilian
Artemiev, Vladislav 1-0 Matlakov, Maxim 43 A01 Nimzovich-Larsen attack
Antipov, Mikhail Al. 0-1 Chigaev, Maksim
Vitiugov, Nikita 1/2-1/2 Esipenko, Andrey 43 C42 Petrov's defence
Goganov, Aleksey 0-1 Dubov, Daniil 36 E04 Catalan
Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1/2-1/2 Fedoseev, Vladimir 51 B51 Sicilian
Round 9. Mon 14th Dec 2020
Fedoseev, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 Karjakin, Sergey 40 E25 Nimzo-Indian
Dubov, Daniil 1-0 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 40 D85 Gruenfeld
Esipenko, Andrey 1-0 Goganov, Aleksey 78 C65 Ruy Lopez
Chigaev, Maksim 1/2-1/2 Vitiugov, Nikita 19 B97 Sicilian
Matlakov, Maxim 1-0 Antipov, Mikhail Al.
Svidler, Peter 1/2-1/2 Artemiev, Vladislav 64 B40 Sicilian
70th ch-RUS w 2020 Moscow RUS Sat 5th Dec 2020 - Thu 17th Dec 2020. Category: 8. Ave: (2428)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts TPR
1 Shuvalova, Polina IM RUS 2456 # = 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 = 7 2623
2 Goryachkina, Aleksandra GM RUS 2593 # = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 6.5 2587
3 Garifullina, Leya WGM RUS 2348 = = # 1 = = = = 1 1 6 2552
4 Kosteniuk, Alexandra GM RUS 2471 0 = # 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 5.5 2520
5 Guseva, Marina IM RUS 2359 0 = 0 # 1 0 1 1 1 1 5.5 2504
6 Galliamova, Alisa IM RUS 2438 1 0 = 1 0 # 0 1 1 = 5 2463
7 Kashlinskaya, Alina IM RUS 2494 0 = = = 1 # = 0 1 1 5 2468
8 Pogonina, Natalija WGM RUS 2474 0 = 0 1 = # 0 = 1 1 4.5 2431
9 Gunina, Valentina GM RUS 2451 0 0 = 0 0 1 1 # 1 0 3.5 2360
10 Girya, Olga WGM RUS 2464 0 = = 0 0 = 0 # = 1 3 2289
11 Getman, Tatyana WFM RUS 2302 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = # 1.5 2166
12 Grigorieva, Yulia WFM RUS 2290 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 # 1 2104
Round 1. Sat 5th Dec 2020
Kashlinskaya, Alina 1/2-1/2 Kosteniuk, Alexandra 60 D38 QGD
Shuvalova, Polina 1-0 Guseva, Marina 60 B90 Sicilian
Getman, Tatyana 1/2-1/2 Girya, Olga 42 E12 Queen's Indian
Gunina, Valentina 0-1 Goryachkina, Aleksandra 34 D78 Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6
Pogonina, Natalija 1-0 Grigorieva, Yulia 67 E20 Nimzo-Indian defence
Garifullina, Leya 1/2-1/2 Galliamova, Alisa 68 C95 Ruy Lopez
Round 2. Sun 6th Dec 2020
Kosteniuk, Alexandra 0-1 Galliamova, Alisa 45 C95 Ruy Lopez
Grigorieva, Yulia 0-1 Garifullina, Leya 47 B90 Sicilian
Goryachkina, Aleksandra 1/2-1/2 Pogonina, Natalija 41 A28 English
Girya, Olga 0-1 Gunina, Valentina 44 D12 QGD Slav
Guseva, Marina 1-0 Getman, Tatyana 34 E12 Queen's Indian
Kashlinskaya, Alina 0-1 Shuvalova, Polina 41 E15 Queen's Indian
Round 3. Mon 7th Dec 2020
Shuvalova, Polina 1-0 Kosteniuk, Alexandra 44 E04 Catalan
Getman, Tatyana 0-1 Kashlinskaya, Alina 52 E20 Nimzo-Indian
Gunina, Valentina 0-1 Guseva, Marina 32 D45 QGD semi-Slav
Pogonina, Natalija 1/2-1/2 Girya, Olga 38 A28 English
Garifullina, Leya 1/2-1/2 Goryachkina, Aleksandra 89 B15 Caro-Kann
Galliamova, Alisa 1/2-1/2 Grigorieva, Yulia 61 A46 Queen's pawn game
Round 4. Tue 8th Dec 2020
Kosteniuk, Alexandra 1-0 Grigorieva, Yulia 24 C77 Ruy Lopez
Goryachkina, Aleksandra 1-0 Galliamova, Alisa 38 A27 English
Girya, Olga 1/2-1/2 Garifullina, Leya 74 E16 Queen's Indian
Guseva, Marina 0-1 Pogonina, Natalija 72 E10 Queen's pawn game
Kashlinskaya, Alina 0-1 Gunina, Valentina 43 B10 Caro-Kann defence
Shuvalova, Polina 1-0 Getman, Tatyana 36 E01 Catalan
Round 5. Wed 9th Dec 2020
Getman, Tatyana 0-1 Kosteniuk, Alexandra 35 D37 QGD
Gunina, Valentina 0-1 Shuvalova, Polina 79 D38 QGD
Pogonina, Natalija 1/2-1/2 Kashlinskaya, Alina 67 E94 King's Indian
Garifullina, Leya 1-0 Guseva, Marina 58 B18 Caro-Kann
Galliamova, Alisa 1-0 Girya, Olga 46 E20 Nimzo-Indian
Grigorieva, Yulia 0-1 Goryachkina, Aleksandra 50 B12 Caro-Kann
Round 6. Thu 10th Dec 2020
Kosteniuk, Alexandra 1/2-1/2 Goryachkina, Aleksandra 40 C24 Bishop's opening
Girya, Olga 1-0 Grigorieva, Yulia 54 E10 Dzindzikhashvili defence
Guseva, Marina 1-0 Galliamova, Alisa 50 D20 QGA
Kashlinskaya, Alina 1/2-1/2 Garifullina, Leya 53 E12 Queen's Indian
Shuvalova, Polina 1-0 Pogonina, Natalija 69 E01 Catalan
Getman, Tatyana 1-0 Gunina, Valentina 64 D10 QGD Slav defence
Round 7. Sat 12th Dec 2020
Gunina, Valentina 0-1 Kosteniuk, Alexandra 47 E04 Catalan
Pogonina, Natalija 1-0 Getman, Tatyana 64 A13 English opening
Garifullina, Leya 1/2-1/2 Shuvalova, Polina 42 C92 Ruy Lopez
Galliamova, Alisa 0-1 Kashlinskaya, Alina 41 E60 King's Indian, 3.Nf3
Grigorieva, Yulia 0-1 Guseva, Marina 41 B12 Caro-Kann
Goryachkina, Aleksandra 1-0 Girya, Olga 47 D37 QGD
Round 8. Sun 13th Dec 2020
Kosteniuk, Alexandra 1/2-1/2 Girya, Olga 68 C80 Ruy Lopez
Guseva, Marina 1/2-1/2 Goryachkina, Aleksandra 44 D35 QGD
Kashlinskaya, Alina 1-0 Grigorieva, Yulia 49 E10 Dzindzikhashvili defence
Shuvalova, Polina 0-1 Galliamova, Alisa 52 C65 Ruy Lopez
Getman, Tatyana 0-1 Garifullina, Leya 56 A22 English
Gunina, Valentina 1-0 Pogonina, Natalija 37 D37 QGD
Round 9. Mon 14th Dec 2020
Pogonina, Natalija 0-1 Kosteniuk, Alexandra 46 E39 Nimzo-Indian
Garifullina, Leya 1/2-1/2 Gunina, Valentina 64 B15 Caro-Kann
Galliamova, Alisa 1-0 Getman, Tatyana 21 E02 Catalan
Grigorieva, Yulia 1/2-1/2 Shuvalova, Polina 94 E14 Queen's Indian
Goryachkina, Aleksandra 1/2-1/2 Kashlinskaya, Alina 32 A21 English, Kramnik-Shirov counterattack
Girya, Olga 0-1 Guseva, Marina 66 D43 QGD semi-Slav

3) US Chess Championship Online Qualifier 2020

The US Chess Championship Online Qualifier takes place 21st November to 18th December 2020 and one place in the 2021 US Chess Championship is available. The main final round robin with standard time controls is now being played.

ch-USA Online Q Final chess.com INT Sat 21st Nov 2020 - Fri 18th Dec 2020. Category: 14. Ave: (2580)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts TPR
1 Yoo, Christopher Woojin IM USA 2455 # 1 = 1 2.5 2876
2 Moradiabadi, Elshan GM USA 2555 # = = 1 2 2732
3 Gareyev, Timur GM USA 2606 = # 1 = 2 2706
4 Lenderman, Aleksandr GM USA 2624 = # = 1 2 2686
5 Naroditsky, Daniel GM USA 2621 0 # = 1 1.5 2565
6 Swiercz, Dariusz GM USA 2649 = 0 = # 1 2436
7 Hess, Robert GM USA 2591 0 = 0 # 0.5 2327
8 Tang, Andrew GM USA 2538 0 = 0 # 0.5 2289
Round 1. Fri 11th Dec 2020
Lenderman, Aleksandr 1/2-1/2 Hess, Robert 56 A10 English opening
Gareyev, Timur 1/2-1/2 Moradiabadi, Elshan 21 A00 Saragossa opening
Yoo, Christopher Woojin 1-0 Tang, Andrew 51 D37 QGD
Naroditsky, Daniel 1/2-1/2 Swiercz, Dariusz 20 B22 Sicilian
Round 2. Sat 12th Dec 2020
Hess, Robert 0-1 Naroditsky, Daniel 42 B40 Sicilian defence
Swiercz, Dariusz 1/2-1/2 Yoo, Christopher Woojin 43 E06 Catalan
Tang, Andrew 1/2-1/2 Gareyev, Timur 53 A50 Queen's pawn game
Moradiabadi, Elshan 1/2-1/2 Lenderman, Aleksandr 30 D26 QGA
Round 3. Sun 13th Dec 2020
Moradiabadi, Elshan 1-0 Hess, Robert 36 D84 Gruenfeld
Lenderman, Aleksandr 1-0 Tang, Andrew 23 D31 QGD
Gareyev, Timur 1-0 Swiercz, Dariusz 39 D90 Gruenfeld
Yoo, Christopher Woojin 1-0 Naroditsky, Daniel 65 B23 Sicilian

4) 7th Sunway Sitges Festival 2020

The 7th Sunway Sitges Festival is one of the strongest opens to take place since the Coronavirus crisis. The event runs 13th to 23rd December 2020.

7th Sunway Sitges 2020 Sitges ESP Sun 13th Dec 2020 - Wed 23rd Dec 2020
Leading Round 1 (of 10) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Korobov AntonGMUKR26931.00.00.00.00
2Cheparinov IvanGMBUL26601.00.00.00.00
3Grigoryan Karen H.GMARM26511.00.00.00.00
5Moussard JulesGMFRA26261.00.00.00.00
6Santos Latasa JaimeGMESP25881.00.00.00.00
7Santos Ruiz MiguelGMESP25811.00.00.00.00
9Cornette MatthieuGMFRA25581.00.00.00.00
10Maze SebastienGMFRA25571.00.00.00.00
11Plat VojtechGMCZE25521.00.00.00.00
12Fier AlexandrGMBRA25491.00.00.00.00
13Nevednichy VladislavGMROU25461.00.00.00.00
14Krysa LeandroGMARG25441.00.00.00.00
15Lopez Martinez Josep ManuelGMESP25421.00.00.00.00
16Mendonca Leon LukeIMIND25301.00.00.00.00
17Cuenca Jimenez Jose FernandoGMESP25281.00.00.00.00
18Checa NicolasGMUSA25271.00.00.00.00
19Bellahcene BilelGMALG25101.00.00.00.00
20Flom GabrielGMFRA24991.00.00.00.00
21Narciso Dublan MarcGMESP24951.00.00.00.00
22Garriga Cazorla PereIMESP24871.00.00.00.00
23Dardha DanielIMBEL24851.00.00.00.00
24Niemann Hans MokeIMUSA24781.00.00.00.00
25Asis Gargatagli HipolitoGMESP24701.00.00.00.00
26Sochacki ChristopheIMFRA24691.00.00.00.00
28Stefanova AntoanetaGMBUL24661.00.00.00.00
29Vasquez Schroeder RodrigoGMCHI24591.00.00.00.00
30Maurizzi Marc AndriaIMFRA24451.00.00.00.00
31Gines Esteo Pedro AntonioIMESP24371.00.00.00.00
32Siebrecht SebastianGMGER24291.00.00.00.00
33Bulmaga IrinaIMROU24241.00.00.00.00
35Travadon LoicIMFRA24211.00.00.00.00
36Martin Duque JesusIMESP24141.00.00.00.00
37Vlachos AnatoleIMGRE24131.00.00.00.00
38Svoboda VaclavCZE24071.00.00.00.00
39Romanishin Oleg MGMUKR24021.00.00.00.00
40Ayats Llobera GerardIMESP24001.00.00.00.00
41Valenzuela Gomez FernandoIMCHI23901.00.00.00.00
42Lin YingruiESP23871.00.00.00.00
43Garcia Ramos DanielFMESP23801.00.00.00.00
44Ootes LarsIMNED23731.00.00.00.00
138 players

5) ch-RUS Junior 2020

The Russian Junior Championships take place in Moscow 8th to 16th December 2020.

ch-RUS Junior 2020 Moscow RUS Tue 8th Dec 2020 - Wed 16th Dec 2020. Category: 9. Ave: (2458)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Pogosyan, Stefan IM RUS 2430 # = = 1 1 = = = 4.5 2566
2 Salemgareev, Tagir RUS 2463 = # = = 1 0 1 = 4 2518
3 Triapishko, Alexandr IM RUS 2507 = = # = = = 1 = 4 2490
4 Makarian, Rudik IM RUS 2444 0 = = # = 1 = 1 4 2529
5 Murzin, Volodar IM RUS 2464 0 = = # = 1 = 1 4 2496
6 Smirnov, Timofey FM RUS 2407 0 = = # 1 = = 1 4 2521
7 Lobanov, Sergei IM RUS 2530 = 1 0 0 # = 1 0 3 2390
8 Gaifullin, Artur FM RUS 2461 = 0 = 0 = = # 1 3 2395
9 Nesterov, Arseniy GM RUS 2498 = 0 0 = = 0 # 1 2.5 2354
10 Ofitserian, Boris IM RUS 2376 = = 0 0 1 0 0 # 2 2313
ch-RUS Junior Girls 2020 Moscow RUS Tue 8th Dec 2020 - Wed 16th Dec 2020. Category: None. Ave: (2239)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Dimitrova, Aleksandra WIM RUS 2193 # 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 6 2543
2 Shafigullina, Zarina WFM RUS 2296 0 # = 1 1 = 1 1 5 2397
3 Afonasieva, Anna WIM RUS 2299 = = # = = = 1 1 4.5 2331
4 Borisova, Ekaterina FM RUS 2308 = # 0 1 1 1 0 1 4.5 2329
5 Nosacheva, Mariya WFM RUS 2243 0 = 1 # 0 = 0 1 3 2186
6 Obolentseva, Alexandra WGM RUS 2305 0 0 0 1 # 1 1 0 3 2189
7 Nazarova, Anastasia WFM FIN 2178 0 = 0 = 0 # 1 1 3 2200
8 Korchagina, Alena WFM RUS 2161 = 0 = 0 1 0 # 0 2 2092
9 Kochukova, Anna WFM RUS 2106 0 0 1 0 0 1 # 0 2 2082
10 Protopopova, Anastasiya WFM RUS 2296 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 # 2 2083

6) chess.com Speed Chess 2020

The 2020 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship took place 1st November to 13th December 2020. Hikaru Nakamura beat MVL in a final that was very close until Nakamura took the lead in the bullet segment, after that he simply ran away with it. Magnus Carlsen was beaten by MVL in the semifinals and Nakamura beat Wesley So.

chess.com Speed 2020 chess.com INT Sun 1st Nov 2020 - Sun 13th Dec 2020
Leading Final Round 4 Standings:
RkNamePts
Final (Sat 12th Dec)
1Nakamura, Hikaru18.5
2Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime12.5
Round 3
1Nakamura, Hikaru13.5
2So, Wesley12.5
1Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime13
2Carlsen, Magnus11
Round 2
1So, Wesley16
2Duda, Jan-Krzysztof10
1Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime14.5
2Aronian, Levon12.5
1Carlsen, Magnus13.5
2Artemiev, Vladislav9.5
1Nakamura, Hikaru21.5
2Fedoseev, Vladimir5.5
Round 1
1Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime16.5
2Sarin, Nihal11.5
1Carlsen, Magnus24
2Maghsoodloo, Parham5
1Fedoseev, Vladimir15
2Firouzja, Alireza14
1So, Wesley18
2Abdusattorov, Nodirbek10
1Aronian, Levon14
2Nepomniachtchi, Ian11
1Nakamura, Hikaru21
2Martirosyan, Haik5
1Duda, Jan-Krzysztof17
2Caruana, Fabiano9
1Artemiev, Vladislav15.5
2Giri, Anish11.5
34 players

7) Colombia Tierra de Atletas 2020

The Colombia Tierra de Atletas tournaments take place 10th to 17th December 2020.

COL Tierra de Atletas-B Medellin COL Thu 10th Dec 2020 - Thu 17th Dec 2020
Leading Round 6 (of 11) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Hernandez Sanchez Jairo AndresCOL23944.00.0211.00
23Argote Heredia ValentinaCOL21503.51.038.50
310Soto Miguel AngelCOL22733.50.028.50
47Palencia Morales Wilson GuillermoVEN23403.00.037.00
51Brizuela Abreu Ronald JesusVEN23613.00.017.50
611Heredia Serrano CarlaECU21142.50.027.50
78Malka SamuelFRA22032.50.026.50
86Mateus AlejandroCOL23532.50.026.25
95Escobar Medina Andres FCOL22492.50.017.25
109Morales Jhon AlexanderCOL24002.00.014.00
114Pazos Gambarrotti PlinioECU21091.00.003.50
11 players
COL Tierra de Atletas-B Medellin COL Thu 10th Dec 2020 - Thu 17th Dec 2020. Category: 2. Ave: (2277)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts TPR
1 Hernandez Sanchez, Jairo Andres IM COL 2394 # = 1 = 1 = = 4 2349
2 Soto, Miguel Angel FM COL 2291 = # 0 1 = = 1 3.5 2335
3 Argote Heredia, Valentina WIM COL 2192 0 1 # 1 0 = 1 3.5 2335
4 Brizuela Abreu, Ronald Jesus FM VEN 2361 = 0 # = = 1 = 3 2240
5 Palencia Morales, Wilson Guillermo IM VEN 2340 0 # 1 0 1 1 3 2347
6 Heredia Serrano, Carla WGM ECU 2114 0 1 = 0 # 1 2.5 2301
7 Escobar Medina, Andres F COL 2278 = = = # 0 1 2.5 2333
8 Malka, Samuel FM FRA 2218 1 0 1 # 0 = 2.5 2297
9 Mateus, Alejandro FM COL 2353 = 0 0 1 # 1 2.5 2322
10 Morales, Jhon Alexander IM COL 2400 = 0 0 = 0 # 1 2 2123
11 Pazos Gambarrotti, Plinio IM ECU 2109 = 0 0 = 0 # 1 2088
COL Tierra de Atletas-A Medellin COL Thu 10th Dec 2020 - Thu 17th Dec 2020
Leading Round 6 (of 11) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
110Martinez Duany Lelys StanleyCUB25244.012.000.03
23Quesada Perez Luis ErnestoCUB25424.011.000.03
37Ruiz Castillo Joshua DanielCOL24984.011.000.02
46Vera Siguenas DeivyPER25033.59.000.02
52Cardoso Cardoso Jose GabrielCOL24143.58.500.03
611Escalante Ramirez Brian SebastiPER24563.010.750.02
75Benitez Lozano JavierMEX23503.08.250.02
84Sanchez Sebastian FelipeCOL24313.08.000.03
99Panesso Rivera HenryCOL23512.56.250.01
108Araujo Sanchez JosueDOM23372.06.750.01
111Avila Pavas SantiagoCOL23992.05.250.01
1212Valderrama Quiceno Esteban AlbCOL24291.53.250.01
12 players
COL Tierra de Atletas-A Medellin COL Thu 10th Dec 2020 - Thu 17th Dec 2020. Category: 8. Ave: (2435)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts TPR
1 Martinez Duany, Lelys Stanley GM CUB 2524 # 0 = 1 = 1 1 4 2569
2 Ruiz Castillo, Joshua Daniel GM COL 2501 1 # = = = = 1 4 2558
3 Quesada Perez, Luis Ernesto GM CUB 2542 = # 1 0 1 = 1 4 2564
4 Vera Siguenas, Deivy GM PER 2503 0 = # = 1 = 1 3.5 2486
5 Cardoso Cardoso, Jose Gabriel FM COL 2401 0 # 1 1 0 = 1 3.5 2491
6 Escalante Ramirez, Brian Sebasti IM PER 2456 = 1 = 0 # 0 1 3 2455
7 Benitez Lozano, Javier FM MEX 2350 = 0 1 # = 0 1 3 2412
8 Sanchez, Sebastian Felipe IM COL 2431 0 0 1 0 # 1 1 3 2446
9 Panesso Rivera, Henry IM COL 2355 = 0 = 0 # 1 = 2.5 2367
10 Araujo Sanchez, Josue IM DOM 2337 0 = = 1 0 # 0 2 2318
11 Avila Pavas, Santiago IM COL 2399 = 0 = 0 0 # 1 2 2317
12 Valderrama Quiceno, Esteban Alb IM COL 2424 0 0 0 = 1 0 # 1.5 2230

8) Kazakhstan Cup 2020

The Kazakhstan Cup tournaments for men and women take place 11th to 20th December 2020.

Kazakhstan Cup 2020 Almaty KAZ Fri 11th Dec 2020 - Sun 20th Dec 2020
Leading Round 5 (of 11) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
18Kazhgaleyev MurtasKAZ25694.09.000.03
29Zhalmakhanov RamazanKAZ23933.58.000.03
31Kostenko PetrKAZ24293.06.000.02
10Aitbayev AslanKAZ24573.06.000.02
55Agmanov ZhandosKAZ24072.56.500.02
7Akhmetov AyanKAZ24382.56.500.02
73Utegaliyev AzamatKAZ24962.55.750.01
84Ismagambetov AnuarKAZ25282.05.000.01
911Khusnutdinov RustamKAZ24912.04.250.01
102Jumabayev RinatKAZ26542.03.750.01
1112Ibrayev NurlanKAZ23951.54.250.00
126Makhnev DenisKAZ24861.53.500.01
12 players
Kazakhstan Cup 2020 Almaty KAZ Fri 11th Dec 2020 - Sun 20th Dec 2020. Category: 10. Ave: (2479)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts TPR
1 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas GM KAZ 2569 # = 1 1 = 1 4 2664
2 Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan FM KAZ 2393 = # 0 1 1 1 3.5 2635
3 Kostenko, Petr GM KAZ 2429 # = = 0 1 1 3 2568
4 Aitbayev, Aslan IM KAZ 2457 # = 0 = 1 1 3 2543
5 Akhmetov, Ayan IM KAZ 2438 0 1 = # 1 0 2.5 2460
6 Agmanov, Zhandos IM KAZ 2407 0 0 = 1 # 1 2.5 2468
7 Utegaliyev, Azamat KAZ 2496 = = # 0 1 = 2.5 2485
8 Ismagambetov, Anuar GM KAZ 2528 0 1 0 # = = 2 2413
9 Khusnutdinov, Rustam GM KAZ 2491 0 1 = # 0 = 2 2442
10 Jumabayev, Rinat GM KAZ 2654 0 0 = 1 # = 2 2396
11 Ibrayev, Nurlan GM KAZ 2395 = 0 0 = = # 1.5 2368
12 Makhnev, Denis IM KAZ 2486 0 0 0 1 = # 1.5 2321
Kazakhstan Cup Women Almaty KAZ Fri 11th Dec 2020 - Sun 20th Dec 2020
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
19Abdumalik ZhansayaKAZ24784.59.250.04
25Kairbekova AminaKAZ20654.06.000.04
310Nakhbayeva GuliskhanKAZ23284.05.000.03
48Balabayeva XeniyaKAZ21463.03.500.03
54Serikbay AsselKAZ22472.56.250.02
62Kurmangaliyeva LiyaKAZ19742.55.500.02
77Dauletova GulmiraKAZ23192.02.500.02
83Kamalidenova MeruertKAZ22311.54.500.01
91Abdildayeva LauraKAZ18451.01.500.01
106Nurmanova AluaKAZ20260.00.000.00
10 players
Kazakhstan Cup Women Almaty KAZ Fri 11th Dec 2020 - Sun 20th Dec 2020. Category: None. Ave: (2166)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Abdumalik, Zhansaya IM KAZ 2478 # 1 = 1 1 1 4.5 2475
2 Kairbekova, Amina WFM KAZ 2065 0 # 1 1 1 1 4 2403
3 Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan IM KAZ 2328 # = 1 = 1 1 4 2319
4 Balabayeva, Xeniya WFM KAZ 2146 0 # 0 1 1 1 3 2250
5 Serikbay, Assel WIM KAZ 2247 = 1 # 0 0 1 2.5 2152
6 Kurmangaliyeva, Liya KAZ 1974 0 = 1 # 0 1 2.5 2226
7 Dauletova, Gulmira WGM KAZ 2319 0 0 0 1 # 1 2 2090
8 Kamalidenova, Meruert WFM KAZ 2231 0 = 0 1 # 0 1.5 2005
9 Abdildayeva, Laura KAZ 1845 0 0 0 0 1 # 1 1929
10 Nurmanova, Alua WFM KAZ 2026 0 0 0 0 0 # 0 2267

9) First Saturday December 2020

The First Saturday December IM tournament takes place 5th to 15th December 2020.

FSIM December 2020 Budapest HUN Sat 5th Dec 2020 - Tue 15th Dec 2020
Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgTB1TB2TB3
14Karacsonyi GellertFMHUN22775.50.015.00
23Czebe AttilaGMHUN23724.50.015.75
310Souhardo BasakIND22764.00.513.75
42Ongut Tamas GunesFMHUN23154.00.513.25
56Szeberenyi AdamIMHUN23703.51.010.50
65Priehoda VitezslavIMCZE22943.50.08.75
71Gaal ZsokaWFMHUN20773.00.511.00
87Pasztor BalazsHUN22263.00.56.25
98Lyell MarkFMENG22192.00.05.00
109Nemeth ZalanIRL20951.00.04.25
10 players
FSIM December 2020 Budapest HUN Sat 5th Dec 2020 - Tue 15th Dec 2020. Category: 1. Ave: (2252)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Karacsonyi, Gellert FM HUN 2277 # 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 5.5 2456
2 Czebe, Attila GM HUN 2372 1 # = = = 1 = = 4.5 2324
3 Souhardo, Basak IND 2276 = = # = = 0 1 1 4 2315
4 Ongut, Tamas Gunes FM HUN 2315 0 = = # 1 1 = = 4 2302
5 Szeberenyi, Adam IM HUN 2370 = 0 # 1 = = 1 3.5 2292
6 Priehoda, Vitezslav IM CZE 2294 = 0 0 # = 1 = 1 3.5 2239
7 Gaal, Zsoka WFM HUN 2077 0 0 1 = = = # = 3 2254
8 Pasztor, Balazs HUN 2226 0 0 = 0 = # 1 1 3 2180
9 Lyell, Mark FM ENG 2219 0 = 0 0 = 0 # 1 2 2115
10 Nemeth, Zalan IRL 2095 0 = = 0 0 0 # 1 2011

10) 11th Hainan Danzhou GM 2020

The 11th Hainan Danzhou GM tournament took place online on Chess.com Thu 3rd Dec to Wed 9th Dec 2020. This year the event was a rapid 15 minutes + 10 seconds a move. 8 players and 14 rounds. Players: Ding Liren, Grischuk, Giri, Wang Hao, Rapport, Topalov, Wei Yi and Yu Yangyi. Richard Rapport won with 9/14.

11th Hainan Danzhou GM chess.com INT Thu 3rd Dec 2020 - Wed 9th Dec 2020
Leading Final Round 14 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
17Rapport RichardHUN27609.00.0460.00
22Ding LirenCHN27918.50.0556.25
33Grischuk AlexanderRUS27777.51.5251.25
45Giri AnishNED27647.50.5448.25
51Wei YiCHN27326.50.0246.50
64Yu YangyiCHN27096.00.0240.00
78Wang HaoCHN27635.51.0238.75
86Topalov VeselinBUL27355.51.0138.50
8 players
11th Hainan Danzhou GM chess.com INT (INT), 3-9 xii 2020 cat. XXI (2754)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1. Rapport, Richard g HUN 2759 * * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 9 2855
2. Ding, Liren g CHN 2791 0 ½ * * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 2828
3. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2777 ½ ½ 0 ½ * * 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 2779
4. Giri, Anish g NED 2764 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * * 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 2781
5. Wei, Yi g CHN 2732 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ * * ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 2727
6. Yu, Yangyi g CHN 2709 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * * 1 0 ½ ½ 6 2710
7. Wang, Hao g CHN 2763 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 * * 1 0 2672
8. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2735 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 * * 2676
Round 1 (December 3, 2020)
Ding, Liren - Rapport, Richard 0-1 47 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Grischuk, Alexander - Topalov, Veselin ½-½ 55 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Wei, Yi - Wang, Hao ½-½ 41 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Yu, Yangyi - Giri, Anish ½-½ 46 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Round 2 (December 3, 2020)
Rapport, Richard - Grischuk, Alexander ½-½ 18 A35 English Symmetrical
Wei, Yi - Ding, Liren 0-1 68 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Wang, Hao - Giri, Anish 0-1 28 A29 English Four Knights
Topalov, Veselin - Yu, Yangyi ½-½ 44 D11 Slav Defence
Round 3 (December 4, 2020)
Ding, Liren - Wang, Hao 1-0 30 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Grischuk, Alexander - Wei, Yi 1-0 45 B23 Sicilian Closed
Giri, Anish - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 27 C11 French Defence
Yu, Yangyi - Rapport, Richard 0-1 27 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 4 (December 4, 2020)
Rapport, Richard - Giri, Anish ½-½ 29 D10 Slav Defence
Ding, Liren - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 35 D12 Slav Defence
Wei, Yi - Yu, Yangyi ½-½ 38 C47 Four Knights
Wang, Hao - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 59 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 5 (December 5, 2020)
Grischuk, Alexander - Wang, Hao ½-½ 63 A20 English Opening
Giri, Anish - Wei, Yi 0-1 47 D35 QGD Exchange
Yu, Yangyi - Ding, Liren ½-½ 33 E15 Queens Indian
Topalov, Veselin - Rapport, Richard ½-½ 37 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 6 (December 5, 2020)
Ding, Liren - Giri, Anish 1-0 54 A14 Reti Opening
Grischuk, Alexander - Yu, Yangyi ½-½ 40 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Wei, Yi - Topalov, Veselin ½-½ 46 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Wang, Hao - Rapport, Richard ½-½ 43 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 7 (December 5, 2020)
Rapport, Richard - Wei, Yi ½-½ 23 D53 Queens Gambit
Giri, Anish - Grischuk, Alexander 0-1 57 B96 Sicilian Najdorf
Yu, Yangyi - Wang, Hao 1-0 67 D20 QGA
Topalov, Veselin - Ding, Liren ½-½ 41 A28 English Four Knights
Round 8 (December 7, 2020)
Rapport, Richard - Ding, Liren ½-½ 24 A22 English Opening
Giri, Anish - Yu, Yangyi ½-½ 32 D16 Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Wang, Hao - Wei, Yi ½-½ 25 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Topalov, Veselin - Grischuk, Alexander ½-½ 39 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Round 9 (December 7, 2020)
Ding, Liren - Wei, Yi 0-1 59 D35 QGD Exchange
Grischuk, Alexander - Rapport, Richard ½-½ 55 C53 Giuoco Piano
Giri, Anish - Wang, Hao 1-0 67 D26 QGA
Yu, Yangyi - Topalov, Veselin ½-½ 41 D19 Slav Defence
Round 10 (December 7, 2020)
Rapport, Richard - Yu, Yangyi 1-0 48 B14 Caro Kann Panov
Wei, Yi - Grischuk, Alexander ½-½ 32 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Wang, Hao - Ding, Liren ½-½ 29 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Topalov, Veselin - Giri, Anish 0-1 74 D38 QGD Ragozin
Round 11 (December 8, 2020)
Grischuk, Alexander - Ding, Liren ½-½ 106 C26 Vienna Game
Giri, Anish - Rapport, Richard ½-½ 24 E17 Queens Indian
Yu, Yangyi - Wei, Yi 1-0 50 D35 QGD Exchange
Topalov, Veselin - Wang, Hao 1-0 56 C44 Scotch Gambit
Round 12 (December 8, 2020)
Rapport, Richard - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 10 A04 Dutch System
Ding, Liren - Yu, Yangyi 1-0 40 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Wei, Yi - Giri, Anish ½-½ 31 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Wang, Hao - Grischuk, Alexander ½-½ 31 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 13 (December 9, 2020)
Rapport, Richard - Wang, Hao ½-½ 49 A07 Barcza System
Giri, Anish - Ding, Liren ½-½ 30 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Yu, Yangyi - Grischuk, Alexander ½-½ 38 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Topalov, Veselin - Wei, Yi ½-½ 51 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 14 (December 9, 2020)
Ding, Liren - Topalov, Veselin ½-½ 46 A10 Dutch, QI and KID Systems
Grischuk, Alexander - Giri, Anish ½-½ 49 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Wei, Yi - Rapport, Richard ½-½ 26 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Wang, Hao - Yu, Yangyi 1-0 48 D12 Slav Defence

11) FEDA International Closed Tournaments 2020

The FEDA International Closed Tournaments took place in Los Cancajos on the island of Las Palmas. Four over the board events organised by the Spanish Chess Federation. Julio Suarez Gomez edged out Alexandr Fier on tie-break in the GM section after both scored 6/9. An international side beat a Spanish side 27-23 in a Scheveningen event, Tomas Sosa won the IM event with 7.5/9 and Irina Bulmaga won the WGM section with a rare 9/9.

FEDA Int GM 2020 Los Cancajos ESP Mon 30th Nov 2020 - Wed 9th Dec 2020
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPts
11Suarez Gomez, JulioIMESP24426.0
29Fier, AlexandrGMBRA25586.0
32Martin Duque, JesusIMESP24225.5
44Vega Gutierrez, SabrinaIMESP23685.5
56Studer, NoelGMSUI25825.0
67Gines Esteo, Pedro AntonioIMESP24374.5
75Espinosa Aranda, AngelIMESP25004.0
810Nevednichy, VladislavGMROU25463.5
98Tejedor Fuente, EnriqueIMESP24422.5
103Vasquez Schroeder, RodrigoGMCHI24412.5
10 players
FEDA Int GM 2020 Los Cancajos ESP Mon 30th Nov 2020 - Wed 9th Dec 2020. Category: 9. Ave: (2474)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Suarez Gomez, Julio IM ESP 2442 # = = 1 = = 1 0 1 1 6 2602
2 Fier, Alexandr GM BRA 2558 = # 0 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 6 2589
3 Martin Duque, Jesus IM ESP 2422 = 1 # 1 1 0 = 0 = 1 5.5 2560
4 Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina IM ESP 2368 0 1 0 # 0 1 1 1 = 1 5.5 2566
5 Studer, Noel GM SUI 2582 = 0 0 1 # 1 0 = 1 1 5 2505
6 Gines Esteo, Pedro Antonio IM ESP 2437 = 0 1 0 0 # = 1 = 1 4.5 2478
7 Espinosa Aranda, Angel IM ESP 2500 0 0 = 0 1 = # = 1 = 4 2428
8 Nevednichy, Vladislav GM ROU 2546 1 = 1 0 = 0 = # 0 0 3.5 2386
9 Vasquez Schroeder, Rodrigo GM CHI 2441 0 0 = = 0 = 0 1 # 0 2.5 2311
10 Tejedor Fuente, Enrique IM ESP 2442 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 1 # 2.5 2311
FEDA Int IM 2020 Los Cancajos ESP Mon 30th Nov 2020 - Wed 9th Dec 2020
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPts
12Sosa, TomasIMARG25297.5
27Hernandez, Cristian AndresIMCOL23226.0
39Garrido Outon, AlexFMESP23595.0
41Adla, DiegoIMARG24335.0
54Quispe Arteaga, GabrielFMESP23974.5
63Macias Pino, DiegoESP21534.0
75Habans Aguerrea, JavierESP22693.5
88Abergel, ThalGMFRA24443.5
96Alonso Garcia, AaronFMESP22583.5
1010Vergara Anton, DiegoESP21772.5
10 players
FEDA Int IM 2020 Los Cancajos ESP Mon 30th Nov 2020 - Wed 9th Dec 2020. Category: 4. Ave: (2334)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Sosa, Tomas IM ARG 2529 # 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2585
2 Hernandez, Cristian Andres IM COL 2322 0 # = 0 1 1 1 1 = 1 6 2460
3 Adla, Diego IM ARG 2433 = = # 0 1 = 1 = 1 = 5.5 2403
4 Garrido Outon, Alex FM ESP 2359 0 1 1 # = = 0 1 1 0 5 2374
5 Quispe Arteaga, Gabriel FM ESP 2397 = 0 0 = # 0 1 1 = 1 4.5 2327
6 Macias Pino, Diego ESP 2153 = 0 = = 1 # 0 = = = 4 2311
7 Alonso Garcia, Aaron FM ESP 2258 0 0 0 1 0 1 # 0 = 1 3.5 2263
8 Habans Aguerrea, Javier ESP 2269 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 # = 1 3.5 2261
9 Abergel, Thal GM FRA 2444 0 = 0 0 = = = = # = 3 2197
10 Vergara Anton, Diego ESP 2177 0 0 = 1 0 = 0 0 = # 2.5 2186
FEDA Int WGM 2020 Los Cancajos ESP Mon 30th Nov 2020 - Wed 9th Dec 2020
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPts
16Bulmaga, IrinaIMROU24249.0
27Gara, TiciaWGMHUN23836.5
34Maisuradze, NinoWGMFRA22146.5
45Terbe, JuliannaWIMHUN22695.5
52Eizaguerri Floris, MariaWFMESP21675.0
69Rodriguez Redondo, AdharaWFMESP21833.5
710Zhou, LuluWFMESP21293.0
83Jimenez Fernandez, RebecaESP20262.5
91Galvan Cipriani, VivianaWFMESP21392.0
108Guillo Longares, CeciliaWFMESP20891.5
10 players
FEDA Int WGM 2020 Los Cancajos ESP Mon 30th Nov 2020 - Wed 9th Dec 2020. Category: None. Ave: (2203)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Bulmaga, Irina IM ROU 2424 # 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 2179
2 Gara, Ticia WGM HUN 2383 0 # = 1 1 1 = = 1 1 6.5 2349
3 Maisuradze, Nino WGM FRA 2214 0 = # 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2368
4 Terbe, Julianna WIM HUN 2269 0 0 1 # = = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2276
5 Eizaguerri Floris, Maria WFM ESP 2167 0 0 0 = # = 1 1 1 1 5 2250
6 Rodriguez Redondo, Adhara WFM ESP 2183 0 0 0 = = # 1 0 1 = 3.5 2125
7 Zhou, Lulu WFM ESP 2128 0 = 0 0 0 0 # 1 = 1 3 2087
8 Jimenez Fernandez, Rebeca ESP 2030 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 # 1 0 2.5 2056
9 Galvan Cipriani, Viviana WFM ESP 2145 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 # 1 2 1990
10 Guillo Longares, Cecilia WFM ESP 2089 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 # 1.5 1943

12) Super Juniors Cup CB India 2020

The Super Juniors Cup organised by CB India took place on Lichess 8th to 10th December. I have divided the results into an initial eliminator followed by a knockout but in truth the eliminator was just the initial round of the knockout. Top seed Sarin Nihal beat Arjun Erigaisi in the final 4.5-1.5.

Super Juniors CB IND Elim lichess.org INT Tue 8th Dec 2020 - Thu 10th Dec 2020
Leading Final Round 1 Standings:
RkNamePts
Round 1
1Nihal, Sarin2.5
2Savitha, Shri B0.5
1Srihari, L R2.5
2Harsha, Bharathakoti1.5
1Aditya, Mittal3.0
2Raghunandan, Kaumandur Srihari1.0
1Raja, Rithvik R3.0
2Raja, Harshit2.0
1Gukesh, D3.0
2Vaishali, R0.0
1Aronyak, Ghosh3.0
2Prithu, Gupta1.0
1Harikrishnan, A. Ra3.0
2Saksham, Rautela0.0
1Puranik, Abhimanyu3.0
2Divya, Deshmukh1.0
1Praggnanandhaa, R2.5
2Sharma, Isha0.5
1Rathanvel, V S3.0
2Mitrabha, Guha1.0
1Iniyan, P3.0
2Sankalp, Gupta0.0
1Arjun, Kalyan2.5
2Koustav, Chatterjee0.5
1Sadhwani, Raunak3.0
2Neelash, Saha0.0
1Rahul, Srivatshav P3.0
2Bharath, Subramaniyam H2.0
1Erigaisi, Arjun2.5
2Krishnater, Kushager1.5
1Aryan, Chopra2.5
2Vantika, Agrawal1.5
33 players
Super Juniors CB IND KO lichess.org INT Tue 8th Dec 2020 - Thu 10th Dec 2020
Leading Final Round 4 Standings:
RkNamePts
Final
1Nihal, Sarin4.5
2Erigaisi, Arjun1.5
3rd-4th
1Puranik, Abhimanyu3.5
2Sadhwani, Raunak2.5
Semi-final
1Nihal, Sarin3.5
2Puranik, Abhimanyu2.5
1Erigaisi, Arjun3.5
2Sadhwani, Raunak1.5
Quarter-final
1Nihal, Sarin4.0
2Iniyan, P1.0
1Puranik, Abhimanyu4.0
2Aronyak, Ghosh0.0
1Erigaisi, Arjun4.0
2Aryan, Chopra3.0
1Sadhwani, Raunak3.5
2Praggnanandhaa, R1.5
Round 1
1Nihal, Sarin3.0
2Rathanvel, V S0.0
1Iniyan, P3.0
2Srihari, L R0.0
1Aronyak, Ghosh2.5 *
2Gukesh, D2.5
1Puranik, Abhimanyu3.0
2Raja, Rithvik R0.0
1Erigaisi, Arjun3.0
2Arjun, Kalyan0.0
1Aryan, Chopra3.0
2Rahul, Srivatshav P2.0
1Praggnanandhaa, R3.0
2Aditya, Mittal1.0
1Sadhwani, Raunak3.0
2Harikrishnan, A. Ra0.0
16 players

13) 25th Magistral Ciutat de Barcelona 2020

The 25th Magistral Ciutat de Barcelona took place 2nd to 10th December 2020. Karen H. Grigoryan won with 8/9.

25th Magistral Barcelona Barcelona ESP Wed 2nd Dec 2020 - Thu 10th Dec 2020
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
18Grigoryan Karen H.GMARM26518.00.0732.25
26Narciso Dublan MarcGMCAT24956.50.5522.00
33Alonso Rosell AlvarGMCAT25526.50.5424.75
41Batsiashvili NinoGMGEO24665.50.0320.25
510Munoz MiguelGMCAT24515.00.0218.75
69Lopez Martinez Josep ManuelGMCAT25423.50.029.75
74Ayats Llobera GerardIMCAT24003.00.0110.25
85Milliet SophieIMFRA23972.50.509.50
92Peralta FernandoGMARG25862.50.508.25
107Daulyte-Cornette DeimanteIMLTU24002.00.007.75
10 players
25th Magistral Barcelona Barcelona ESP Wed 2nd Dec 2020 - Thu 10th Dec 2020. Category: 10. Ave: (2494)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Grigoryan, Karen H. GM ARM 2651 # = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 8 2828
2 Alonso Rosell, Alvar GM ESP 2552 = # = = = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2654
3 Narciso Dublan, Marc GM ESP 2495 0 = # = = 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2660
4 Batsiashvili, Nino GM GEO 2466 0 = = # = 1 1 1 = = 5.5 2577
5 Munoz, Miguel GM ESP 2451 0 = = = # = 1 = 1 = 5 2542
6 Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel GM ESP 2542 0 0 0 0 = # = 1 = 1 3.5 2409
7 Ayats Llobera, Gerard IM ESP 2400 = 0 0 0 0 = # = = 1 3 2379
8 Milliet, Sophie IM FRA 2397 0 = 0 0 = 0 = # = = 2.5 2339
9 Peralta, Fernando GM ARG 2586 0 0 0 = 0 = = = # = 2.5 2318
10 Daulyte-Cornette, Deimante IM LTU 2400 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = = # 2 2284

14) 16th Ugra Governor's Cup 2020

The 16th Ugra Governor's Cup took place in Khanty-Mansiysk 30th November to 8th December 2020. Aleksey Sarana won with 7/9.

16th Ugra Governor's Cup Khanty-Mansiysk RUS Mon 30th Nov 2020 - Tue 8th Dec 2020
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
11Sarana AlekseyGMRUS263675348
26Bocharov IvanGMRUS25596.55248
33Zvyagintsev VadimGMRUS26026.55247.5
410Bocharov DmitriyGMRUS25286.55046
57Tsydypov ZhamsaranGMRUS25586.546.542.5
68Savchenko BorisGMRUS2551651.547.5
714Schekachikhin MaksimIMRUS2416649.545
82Demchenko AntonGMRUS262664945.5
99Ilyushenok IlyaGMRUS2539648.544
1015Obgolts ErikFMRUS237164845
1111Afanasev NikitaGMRUS251964743
1213Matinyan NikitaGMRUS247064643
1316Vetokhin SavvaFMRUS231764440
144Pridorozhnyy AlekseyGMRUS25905.55046
1518Pingin ArtyomCMRUS22445.54642.5
165Rozum IvanGMRUS25635.545.541.5
1719Zhukov AntonFMRUS22235.544.541.5
1822Tunik SergeyRUS212855046
1917Maltsevskaya AleksandraWGMRUS224854845
2031Plyasunov DaniilRUS1959544.541
2130Danilova RadaWCMRUS2037544.540.5
2232Fomkin DmitriyRUS1949543.541
2327Zverev LevCMRUS205353936.5
2433Mongush KezhikRUS194253836.5
2526Sabirov TimurRUS20574.544.541
2635Makov ArtyomRUS18834.54340
2720Sharikov AleksandrRUS22024.54240.5
2828Dudarev VladislavRUS20424.54038
2925Buyakevich AleksandrFMRUS20584.539.538.5
3029Oliynyk SerafimUKR20424.53936.5
38Efimov LeonidRUS17114.53936.5
3240Rezvyy DmitriyRUS16264.538.537.5
3343Tsurkanenko-Klimanov GrigoriyRUS14984.533.532
3421Mochalin FaddeyRUS2196441.538.5
3534Zvereva MargaritaWFMRUS193744137.5
3653Shermilko IvanRUS1272440.537
3736Voskresenskaya MartaRUS1867437.536
3839Gordeev DenisRUS164443735
3937Alekseenko MariyaRUS1724436.533.5
4045Kolbin ValeriyRUS137843633.5
58 players

15) 14th Serbian Championship 2020

The 14th Serbian Championship took place 7th to 13th December 2020. Aleksandar Indjic won with 6/9, Teodora Injac won the women's event with 6.5/9..

14th ch-SRB 20120 Vrnjacka Banja SRB Mon 7th Dec 2020 - Sun 13th Dec 2020
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgTB1TB2TB3
19Indjic AleksandarSRB26046.00.00
21Markus RobertSRB25925.51.02
32Kovacevic AleksandarSRB24825.51.03
44Ivanisevic IvanSRB26085.51.03
58Perunovic MilosSRB25764.50.00
67Todorovic Goran MSRB24174.02.00
710Lajthajm BorkoSRB23834.01.00
83Budisavljevic LukaSRB25014.00.00
96Cabarkapa NovakSRB24633.01.00
105Damljanovic BrankoSRB25133.00.00
10 players
14th ch-SRB 20120 Vrnjacka Banja SRB Mon 7th Dec 2020 - Sun 13th Dec 2020. Category: 11. Ave: (2514)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Indjic, Aleksandar GM SRB 2604 # = 1 1 = 0 1 1 0 1 6 2629
2 Markus, Robert GM SRB 2592 = # = = = 1 = = 1 = 5.5 2585
3 Kovacevic, Aleksandar GM SRB 2482 0 = # = = = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2597
4 Ivanisevic, Ivan GM SRB 2608 0 = = # = 1 0 1 1 1 5.5 2583
5 Perunovic, Milos GM SRB 2576 = = = = # = = = = = 4.5 2507
6 Lajthajm, Borko GM SRB 2383 1 0 = 0 = # 1 0 = = 4 2485
7 Budisavljevic, Luka IM SRB 2501 0 = 0 1 = 0 # 0 1 1 4 2472
8 Todorovic, Goran M GM SRB 2417 0 = 0 0 = 1 1 # = = 4 2482
9 Damljanovic, Branko GM SRB 2513 1 0 = 0 = = 0 = # 0 3 2389
10 Cabarkapa, Novak IM SRB 2463 0 = 0 0 = = 0 = 1 # 3 2395
14th ch-SRB w 2020 Vrnjacka Banja SRB Mon 7th Dec 2020 - Sun 13th Dec 2020
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgTB1TB2TB3
17Injac TeodoraSRB22906.50.00
210Velikic AdelaSRB22785.50.00
38Eric JovanaSRB22785.01.00
41Drljevic LjiljaSRB21745.00.00
55Rapport JovanaSRB23084.50.00
62Benderac AnaSRB22024.01.50
76Gajcin MarinaSRB22394.01.00
89Chelushkina IrinaSRB22244.00.50
94Srdanovic JovanaSRB21493.50.00
103Prudnikova SvetlanaSRB21813.00.00
10 players
14th ch-SRB w 2020 Vrnjacka Banja SRB Mon 7th Dec 2020 - Sun 13th Dec 2020. Category: None. Ave: (2232)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Injac, Teodora WIM SRB 2290 # = = 1 1 1 1 = = = 6.5 2392
2 Velikic, Adela WIM SRB 2278 = # 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 5.5 2307
3 Drljevic, Ljilja WIM SRB 2174 = 1 # 0 1 = 0 1 = = 5 2282
4 Eric, Jovana WGM SRB 2278 0 0 1 # = 0 1 1 1 = 5 2270
5 Rapport, Jovana WGM SRB 2308 0 0 0 = # 1 1 = = 1 4.5 2224
6 Chelushkina, Irina WGM SRB 2224 0 1 = 1 0 # 0 = 0 1 4 2190
7 Gajcin, Marina WIM SRB 2239 0 1 1 0 0 1 # 0 = = 4 2189
8 Benderac, Ana WGM SRB 2202 = 0 0 0 = = 1 # 1 = 4 2193
9 Srdanovic, Jovana WFM SRB 2149 = 0 = 0 = 1 = 0 # = 3.5 2162
10 Prudnikova, Svetlana WGM SRB 2181 = 0 = = 0 0 = = = # 3 2113

16) ch-COL 2020

The Colombian Championships took place 1st to 8th December in Fusagasuga. Sergio E Barrientos won with 9.5/11, Melissa Castrillon Gomez won the women's also with 9.5/11.

ch-COL 2020 Fusagasuga COL Tue 1st Dec 2020 - Tue 8th Dec 2020
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
19Barrientos Sergio ECOL24639.547.000.08
26Valderrama Quiceno Esteban AlbertoCOL24248.039.250.05
33Arenas DavidCOL24527.533.000.05
42Rios Cristhian CamiloCOL24647.033.250.04
57Sanchez Sebastian FelipeCOL24316.529.500.04
610Ruiz Castillo Joshua DanielCOL25016.524.500.06
75Panesso Rivera HenryCOL23555.522.000.03
88Soto Miguel AngelCOL22915.023.000.03
91Avila Pavas SantiagoCOL23994.018.000.02
104Quinones Garcia SantiagoCOL22333.512.750.02
1111Lozano Ramirez Nestor FavianCOL22341.56.250.00
1212Becerra Juan DavidCOL23511.55.500.01
12 players
ch-COL 2020 Fusagasuga COL Tue 1st Dec 2020 - Tue 8th Dec 2020. Category: 6. Ave: (2383)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts TPR
1 Barrientos, Sergio E GM COL 2463 # = 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 9.5 2685
2 Valderrama Quiceno, Esteban Alb IM COL 2424 = # = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 8 2554
3 Arenas, David GM COL 2452 0 = # = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2510
4 Rios, Cristhian Camilo GM COL 2464 = = = # = = 1 0 1 = 1 1 7 2478
5 Sanchez, Sebastian Felipe IM COL 2431 0 = = = # 1 = = 0 1 1 1 6.5 2444
6 Ruiz Castillo, Joshua Daniel GM COL 2501 0 0 0 = 0 # 1 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2437
7 Panesso Rivera, Henry IM COL 2355 0 = = 0 = 0 # = = 1 1 1 5.5 2386
8 Soto, Miguel Angel FM COL 2291 0 0 = 1 = 0 = # 1 0 = 1 5 2356
9 Avila Pavas, Santiago IM COL 2399 = 0 0 0 1 0 = 0 # = = 1 4 2280
10 Quinones Garcia, Santiago FM COL 2233 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 = # = 1 3.5 2264
11 Lozano Ramirez, Nestor Favian FM COL 2234 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = = # 0 1.5 2088
12 Becerra, Juan David FM COL 2351 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 # 1.5 2077
ch-COL Women 2020 Fusagasuga COL Tue 1st Dec 2020 - Tue 8th Dec 2020
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
18Castrillon Gomez MelissaCOL21729.547.000.08
24Argote Heredia ValentinaCOL21928.038.750.06
32Chirivi Angie LizethCOL19917.533.250.06
43Chirivi C Jenny AstridCOL20936.531.750.04
511Orozco Lina YomayraCOL20656.029.000.04
69Viveros Erica JohanaCOL19635.526.000.05
710Pachon AdrianaCOL20375.027.000.03
87Ramirez Heimy PolgarCOL20775.020.250.03
95Macias Chavarro ManuelaCOL17414.521.250.01
1012Moncada Correa SaraCOL18973.515.750.01
111Hernandez Bermudez ManuelaCOL16383.011.500.01
126Pulido Diana MarcelaCOL19162.010.000.01
12 players
ch-COL Women 2020 Fusagasuga COL Tue 1st Dec 2020 - Tue 8th Dec 2020. Category: None. Ave: (1982)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts TPR
1 Castrillon Gomez, Melissa WIM COL 2172 # = 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 9.5 2274
2 Argote Heredia, Valentina WIM COL 2192 = # = 1 = = 0 1 1 1 1 1 8 2138
3 Chirivi C, Angie Lizeth WFM COL 1991 0 = # = 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2114
4 Chirivi C, Jenny Astrid WIM COL 2093 = 0 = # 1 0 1 = = 1 1 = 6.5 2037
5 Orozco, Lina Yomayra WIM COL 2065 0 = 1 0 # 0 1 1 = = = 1 6 2010
6 Viveros, Erica Johana WCM COL 1963 0 = 0 1 1 # 0 0 1 0 1 1 5.5 1984
7 Pachon, Adriana WFM COL 2037 0 1 = 0 0 1 # = = 1 = 0 5 1941
8 Ramirez, Heimy Polgar WIM COL 2077 0 0 0 = 0 1 = # = = 1 1 5 1937
9 Macias Chavarro, Manuela COL 1741 = 0 0 = = 0 = = # = = 1 4.5 1939
10 Moncada Correa, Sara COL 1897 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 = = # = = 3.5 1857
11 Hernandez Bermudez, Manuela COL 1638 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = = # 1 3 1838
12 Pulido, Diana Marcela WFM COL 1916 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 0 = 0 # 2 1726

17) ch-ISL Blitz 2020

The Icelandic Blitz Championship (named after Fridrik Olafsson) took place on December 12th. Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson won the all-play-all with 12.5/15. There will be a rapid championship just after Christmas.

ch-ISL Blitz 2020 Tornelo INT Sat 12th Dec 2020 - Sat 12th Dec 2020
Leading Final Round 15 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
111Gretarsson Hjorvar SteinnGMISL266212.50.01289.75
23Hjartarson JohannGMISL250210.50.01071.00
39Kjartansson DavidIMISL229210.00.0961.25
47Thorfinnsson BragiGMISL23069.50.0966.25
514Stefansson Vignir VatnarFMISL24048.52.0853.50
616Kjartansson GudmundurIMISL23298.51.0851.00
710Gunnarsson Jon ViktorIMISL24028.50.0752.50
86Stefansson HannesGMISL25327.50.0648.50
913Gunnarsson ArnarIMISL24257.02.5650.50
102Ulfarsson Magnus OrnFMISL22987.02.0749.00
115Thorgeirsson Jon KristinnFMISL23147.02.0741.50
124Gretarsson Helgi AssGMISL25037.02.0648.00
131Lagerman RobertFMISL22117.01.5644.75
1412Gislason GudmundurFMISL22785.00.0436.00
1515Runarsson GunnarISL21023.50.0318.50
168Gretarsson Andri AFMISL20621.00.015.00
16 players
ch-ISL Blitz 2020 Tornelo INT Sat 12th Dec 2020 - Sat 12th Dec 2020. Category: 5. Ave: (2371)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts TPR
1 Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn GM ISL 2576 # 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 12.5 2630
2 Hjartarson, Johann GM ISL 2525 0 # 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 = 1 1 10.5 2509
3 Kjartansson, David IM ISL 2326 0 0 # 0 1 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 2499
4 Thorfinnsson, Bragi GM ISL 2439 0 1 1 # 0 = 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 9.5 2461
5 Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar FM ISL 2314 0 0 0 1 # 1 1 0 1 0 = 0 1 1 1 1 8.5 2425
6 Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor IM ISL 2436 0 0 1 = 0 # 0 = 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2416
7 Kjartansson, Gudmundur IM ISL 2488 0 0 = 0 0 1 # 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2413
8 Stefansson, Hannes GM ISL 2536 = 0 0 0 1 = 1 # 1 0 1 0 0 = 1 1 7.5 2360
9 Gunnarsson, Arnar IM ISL 2420 1 0 = 1 0 0 0 0 # 0 1 = 1 1 0 1 7 2346
10 Ulfarsson, Magnus Orn FM ISL 2357 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 # 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 2351
11 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass GM ISL 2440 1 0 0 0 = = 1 0 0 0 # 1 1 0 1 1 7 2345
12 Lagerman, Robert FM ISL 2298 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 = 1 0 # 0 1 = 1 7 2355
13 Thorgeirsson, Jon Kristinn FM ISL 2255 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 # 1 1 1 7 2357
14 Gislason, Gudmundur FM ISL 2308 0 = 0 1 0 0 0 = 0 1 1 0 0 # 1 0 5 2250
15 Runarsson, Gunnar ISL 1946 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 = 0 0 # 1 3.5 2188
16 Gretarsson, Andri A FM ISL 2268 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 # 1 1956

18) Ukraine Women's Championship 2020

The Ukraine Women's Championship takes place 6th to 14th December 2020. Nataliya Buksa won with 7.5/9 a point and a half clear of the rest of the field.

80th ch-UKR Women 2020 Kherson UKR Sun 6th Dec 2020 - Mon 14th Dec 2020
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Buksa NataliyaUKR24137.542.538.534.0
25Babiy OlgaUKR22876.044.040.035.5
31Osmak IulijaUKR24386.044.040.035.5
413Petrova IrinaUKR20775.541.537.533.5
512Hrebenshchykova YelyzavetaUKR20835.539.536.533.0
611Rakhmangulova AnastasiyaUKR21325.539.536.032.0
715Hryzlova SofiiaUKR20645.539.536.032.0
84Berdnyk MariiaUKR23194.541.037.033.0
914Barchuk IrinaUKR20754.534.531.528.0
1016Grineva MariannaUKR20014.530.027.023.5
117Shpanko NadiiaUKR22354.042.538.534.5
1217Dubovyk AnastasiiaUKR19714.039.035.531.5
138Doluhanova EvgeniyaUKR22164.038.034.030.0
143Gaponenko InnaUKR23904.036.533.529.5
1520Grigorchuk KaterinaUKR17674.035.532.028.5
166Martynkova OlenaUKR22623.535.532.028.5
1710Tsirulnik MaritsaUKR21393.533.030.026.5
1818Yeshchenko UlianaUKR18723.532.029.025.5
199Zinkevich JuliaUKR21783.036.533.029.5
2019Mashchenko TamilaUKR17681.533.029.526.0
20 players
ch-UKR Women Rapid 2020 Kherson UKR Sun 6th Dec 2020 - Mon 14th Dec 2020
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Gaponenko InnaUKR23756.544.540.035.0
22Doluhanova EvgeniyaUKR22346.542.038.033.5
33Babiy OlgaUKR22156.045.040.535.5
48Martynkova OlenaUKR20446.044.540.035.5
54Rakhmangulova AnastasiyaUKR21646.043.539.034.0
614Hryzlova SofiiaUKR19085.541.539.034.5
711Zinkevich JuliaUKR19875.045.040.536.0
812Hrebenshchykova YelyzavetaUKR19295.043.039.034.5
95Barchuk IrinaUKR20905.039.535.030.5
1010Dubovyk AnastasiiaUKR19885.034.533.031.0
117Petrova IrinaUKR20614.542.038.033.5
1215Lomakina AnzhelikaUKR17374.538.034.029.5
139Grineva MariannaUKR20224.536.534.532.0
146Tsirulnik MaritsaUKR20814.532.030.528.5
1513Yeshchenko UlianaUKR19284.531.029.527.5
1617Lyshchenko PolinaUKR17144.036.034.530.0
1718Mashchenko TamilaUKR17062.535.033.531.5
1819Tribushnaya OlgaUKR16382.032.531.028.5
1920Mykhailets PolinaUKR15321.531.529.527.0
2016Grigorchuk KaterinaUKR17171.032.530.528.0
20 players
ch-UKR Women Bitz 2020 Kherson UKR Sun 6th Dec 2020 - Mon 14th Dec 2020
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Gaponenko InnaUKR23267.546.041.036.0
24Shpanko NadiiaUKR21216.545.541.036.0
33Osmak IulijaUKR21566.046.541.536.5
45Rakhmangulova AnastasiyaUKR20886.046.041.536.5
56Martynkova OlenaUKR20766.042.539.536.0
617Yeshchenko UlianaUKR18076.036.033.530.5
77Berdnyk MariiaUKR20545.543.540.035.5
810Dubovyk AnastasiiaUKR19885.043.040.036.5
911Barchuk IrinaUKR19835.043.039.034.5
108Petrova IrinaUKR20185.039.536.532.5
1114Hrebenshchykova YelyzavetaUKR19495.033.030.027.0
1216Hryzlova SofiiaUKR18524.539.536.032.5
132Babiy OlgaUKR22804.535.532.529.5
1415Maiko AlinaUKR19104.033.030.027.0
1520Grigorchuk KaterinaUKR16834.030.527.524.5
1613Tsirulnik MaritsaUKR19503.535.032.029.0
19Lyshchenko PolinaUKR17603.535.032.029.0
1818Lomakina AnzhelikaUKR17953.532.029.026.0
1912Grineva MariannaUKR19533.039.536.532.5
2022Tribushnaya OlgaUKR16333.033.530.527.0
2121Mashchenko TamilaUKR16333.032.029.526.5
2223Mykhailets PolinaUKR15773.028.525.522.5
239Zinkevich JuliaUKR20012.538.535.532.0
2424Fonchikova VeronikaUKR15472.529.026.023.0
24 players

19) ch-POL Women's Rapid and Blitz 2020

The Polish Women's Rapid and Blitz took place 12th to 13th December 2020. Klaudia Kulon won the blitz on tie-break from Karina Cyfka and Joanna Majdan after all scored 9/11. Monika Socko edged out Karina Cyfka, Klaudia Kulon and Marta Bartel on tie-break after all scored 7/9 in the rapid.

ch-POL Women's Blitz 2020 Bydgoszcz POL Sat 12th Dec 2020 - Sun 13th Dec 2020
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkNameTiRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Kulon, Klaudia IM2249971.57760.25
2Cyfka, Karina IM230497176.560.5
3Majdan, Joanna WGM22499707560.25
4Antolak, Julia WIM20407.565.570.544.75
5Kiolbasa, Oliwia WIM1986774.57745
6Kubicka, Anna WIM19927707342.25
7Socko, Monika GM228976973.545
8Jakubowska, Anna WIM2051756.560.537.25
9Sliwicka, Alicja WIM21816.573.578.541.5
10Czarnecka, Lidia K18456.570.574.539.75
11Dwilewicz, Katarzyna WFM20636.5707538.25
12Malicka, Maria FM19016.56568.536.5
13Przezdziecka, Ewa WFM20126.5636836.75
14Adamczyk, Zuzanna WCM16796.56265.535.75
15Cieslak, Wiktoria K++19706.5606334
16Kucharska, Honorata WFM1956661.56431
17Siekanska, Maria K1583659.56227
18Mirowska, Oliwia K1658658.561.528.5
19Zarebska, Lena I++1594658.55924.5
20Kroliczek, Gabriela K17485.565.56928.5
21Barwinska, Ewa I++15505.56367.533.25
22Goraj, Barbara WCM19345.559.56328.75
23Bartel, Marta WGM20585.55659.526.75
24Dabrowska, Aleksandra I++14825.55659.526.75
25Kucharska, Helena I+13995.553.55422.25
26Cagara, Paulina M2009561.56222.5
27Siekanska, Zuzanna I++141355659.523.5
28Rykala, Monika I++1839555.558.524.25
29Borkowska, Zuzanna I+1499549.55220.75
30Karkowska, Ewa I1302548.54918.5
31Buchta, Agnieszka K1581546.54920.5
32Retz, Agnieszka II+120554547.516
33Samol, Julia I124754343.513.5
34Trzaskowska, Hanna I15954.54850.517.75
35Oszutowska, Anna I10914.54749.516
36Sliwicka, Weronika I11874.54545.511.5
37Woytitzki, Sophie III1600452.556.514.5
38Kawa, Anna I1083449.552.513.5
39Woytitzki, Maja II160044444.58.5
40Zapalowska, Wiktoria I115344343.59.5
43 players
ch-POL Women's Rapid 2020 Bydgoszcz POL Sat 12th Dec 2020 - Sun 13th Dec 2020
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Socko, Monika GM2321749.553.540.25
2Cyfka, Karina IM23457495440
3Kulon, Klaudia IM2224746.55139.25
4Bartel, Marta WGM2119745.55037.5
5Majdan, Joanna WGM22176.54447.530.75
6Antolak, Julia WIM20836.540.544.532.25
7Kubicka, Anna WIM20636.53841.529.75
8Mackiewicz, Anna K+18156374126.75
9Cagara, Paulina M19345.547.551.529.25
10Kiolbasa, Oliwia WIM20685.54750.528.5
11Kucharska, Honorata WFM20415.5465027.5
12Jarocka, Liwia FM19185.5464928.75
13Dwilewicz, Katarzyna WFM20305.545.548.526.25
14Sliwicka, Alicja WIM20585.54447.526.75
15Czarnecka, Lidia K18595.5444725
16Jakubowska, Anna WIM20195.542.546.526.5
17Mirowska, Oliwia K14775.542.54422.25
18Goraj, Barbara WCM17905.54143.522.75
19Przezdziecka, Ewa WFM18995.538.541.520.75
20Kroliczek, Gabriela K1673541.544.521
21Barwinska, Ewa I++1578541.54419.5
22Malicka, Maria FM19435414521.5
23Siekanska, Zuzanna I++138453941.520
24Siekanska, Maria K15875373817.75
25Dabrowska, Aleksandra I++1589535.53717.5
26Borkowska, Zuzanna I+15874.54445.519.25
27Adamczyk, Zuzanna WCM16744.543.54620
28Kucharska, Helena I+14254.542.54518.25
29Kawa, Anna I12384.5363916.5
30Retz, Agnieszka II+12904.528.529.512.5
31Zarebska, Lena I++175744345.518
32Trzaskowska, Hanna I1427439.54216
33Buchta, Agnieszka K156143840.514
34Karkowska, Ewa I1422435.53814.5
35Sliwicka, Weronika I1332434.535.510.5
36Gac-Mytych, Sara II116843435.513
37Waszkowska, Sandra II+139543335.512
38Sivickis, Wiktoria I++1402431.53410
39Gorny, Maria III1031429.53111.5
40Cieslak, Wiktoria K++19903.54042.513
54 players

20) 3rd Citta di Imola Open 2020

The 3rd Citta di Imola Open took place 5th to 8th December 2020. Pier Luigi Basso won with 5.5/6.

3rd Citta di Imola Open Imola ITA Sat 5th Dec 2020 - Tue 8th Dec 2020
Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
RkNameTiRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3Perf
1Basso Pier LuigiGM25815.520.2520.522.52564
2Carlo Emanuele228851517.519.52380
3Gilevych ArtemIM24064.516.752224.52406
4Caprino Marco20744.51620.523.52329
5Lumachi GabrieleFM22974.51620.5232422
6Vezzosi PaoloIM2251414.519.5222105
7Miotto Alberto205241216.5192120
8Lamartina Davide Mariano188741216.5192141
9Mameli Gianluca2089411.2519202143
10Piangerelli Michele1904411.2516182268
11Tomba IvanFM23133.511.252022.52168
12Pallante Simone18993.59.518.520.52119
13Ballotti Luca20663.59.251820.52190
14Cappelletto Joshuaede20633.5917.519.52142
15Rindone Andrea21503.58.751920.52162
16Sala Sergio18593.57.751516.52095
17Tramalloni Luca19863.57.7514.5161943
18Sanna Yuri202739.518211993
19Govoni Fausto207739.517.5201976
20Di Biccari Alessandro184338.7517.519.52005
21Sala Giulia18633716182042
22Doric Senad2059361718.52020
23Benedetti Michele187135.513.5152029
24Mammi Samuele189535.512.5141897
25Vincenzi Marco20312.5617.5192025
26Ceccarini Marco19812.55.517181951
27Muraro Alberto19162.55.251314.51921
28Rotondaro Alberto19562.551718.51984
29Maione Melissa20072.54.514.515.51838
30Graziani Sergio18942.53.7512.513.51844
31Gabbani Sara19682.53.2513141936
32Cagnotto Marco192626.518.5201955
33Giordani Luca198323.517.518.51868
34Pecci William204623.511.5131817
35Candian Lorenzo193723.251415.51870
36Muccini Marco18742311.512.51707
37Unterthurner Hans19981.53.513.515.51702
38Vespe Francesco18771.53.2515171830
39Spatocco Andrea19221.52.512.5141873
40Pazzini Elia18941.52.511121770
42 players

21) Oleksandr Stadnyk Memorial 2020

The Oleksandr Stadnyk Memorial took place 7th to 11th December 2020. Oleksandr Vakulenko won with 7/10.

Oleksandr Stadnyk Mem Chortkiv UKR Mon 7th Dec 2020 - Fri 11th Dec 2020
Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11VAKULENKO OLEKSANDRFMUKR22457.00.030.506
23YANIUK VOLODYMYRNMUKR22336.00.028.005
35HULKA VALENTYNAGMUKR19915.00.026.002
46POLISHCHUK OLEGNMUKR21554.50.021.504
54LOZYNSKYI BOHDANUKR20774.00.018.002
62MEDVEDYK VOLODYMYRFMUKR22053.50.017.502
6 players

22) ch-POL U20 2020

The Polish U20 Championships took place in Pokrzywna 29th November to 6th December 2020. Pawel Teclaf won with 7.5/9. Pola Parol won the women's event with 7/9. Extra games from the men's event final round now available.

ch-POL U20 2020 Pokrzywna POL Sun 29th Nov 2020 - Sun 6th Dec 2020
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Teclaf, PawelIM24777.548.5053.0043.50
2Chylewski, PatrykFM23307.042.5045.5036.25
3Pacan-milej, KosmaFM24236.549.5054.0037.00
4Kosakowski, JakubIM24316.547.5051.5035.00
5Niedbala, BartlomiejFM23486.543.5047.5032.25
6Mis, MieszkoFM23586.542.0046.0033.00
7Psyk, Radoslaw23756.541.5045.5031.50
8Janik, IgorIM24896.050.0053.0032.25
9Fus, JakubFM24016.048.5052.0032.00
10Kozak, Antonim23756.043.5047.5030.00
11Kowalski, IgorFM23556.043.5047.5029.25
12Redzisz, Michal22126.041.5044.0028.50
13Godzwon, IwoFM23475.546.0050.0027.25
14Czernek, TymonFM23595.545.5049.5026.75
15Szpar, MiloszFM24495.545.0048.0027.00
16Sowinski, Pawel17675.544.0048.5029.25
17Ochedzan, TymonCM22465.541.0044.0023.50
18Fiedorek, MichalFM21765.540.0043.0022.25
19Seemann, JakubFM23065.539.5042.5024.25
20Kokoszczynski, JanFM22215.539.0042.5024.00
21Warchol, KamilCM17555.538.5041.5024.50
22Trybus, Daniel21255.538.5041.5023.75
23Luberanski, Jakub21255.044.0046.5023.25
24Chyzy, JakubFM22505.043.0046.0022.50
25Kozlowski, Pawel19245.042.5044.5022.25
26Klimkowski, JanFM23055.041.0044.5022.75
27Karpus, MichalFM23115.039.5042.0023.25
28Skurniak, Szymon21175.039.0040.0017.50
29Sernecki, FranciszekFM22665.038.0041.5021.00
30Jarzebowski, Kacper21075.037.0039.0020.75
31Majek, Kacper20575.037.0038.5017.00
32Fritz, Antoni20125.037.0038.0018.00
33Starosciak, Szymon18645.033.5036.0018.25
34Golecki, Jan21624.544.5047.5021.75
35Suder, Jakub22394.544.0048.0021.50
36Dixa, Oskar20874.540.5043.0019.25
37Meers, Hubert19864.539.0042.5018.00
38Dzwierzynski, Bartosz19394.538.5041.0017.50
39Dziewonski, Dariusz19254.538.5040.5018.75
40Kaliszuk, Kamil19614.538.0040.0015.25
73 players
ch-POL U20 Women 2020 Pokrzywna POL Sun 29th Nov 2020 - Sun 6th Dec 2020
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Rudzinska, MichalinaWFM218974648.536
2Parol, PolaWFM206974546.535.25
3Antolak, JuliaWIM23136.54649.532
4Malicka, MariaFM229164549.530.25
5Kiolbasa, OliwiaWIM226064448.531
6Wikar, Martyna2171642.54527.5
7Budkiewicz, Magdalena16725.542.54624.75
8Zabrzanska, Weronika18495.5404325
9Szczotka, Klara19285.53335.521.25
10Dylag, Emilia208254346.522
11Karykowska, Anna1979538.54219
12Kroliczek, Gabriela19114.544.547.522.5
13Kulpa, Zuzanna18064.54347.523
14Goraj, BarbaraWCM20784.541.544.516.5
15Adamczyk, ZuzannaWCM19244.539.54117.5
16Cieslak, Wiktoria20084.538.54217.75
17Smietanska, WiktoriaCM20134.5374019.75
18Marcinczyk, MonikaWCM20304.536.539.516.75
19Furtak, Joanna18374.534.53616.5
20Siekanska, Maria19194.531.53414.25
21Bukala, Weronika167743233.56
22Mirowska, Oliwia1820428.53112.5
23Czernikowska, LauraWCM15083.537.54110.5
24Pawicka, Magdalena17623.536.53913.25
25Starosta, MartynaWCM20943.535.53712.75
26Barwinska, Ewa17313.53234.58.5
27Siekanska, Zuzanna18003.53031.511
28Hertlein, Irena189333031.55.5
29Sowa, WiktoriaWFM2093235.538.58.5
30Pietrzak, Emilia1522233.5357.5
31Wolagiewicz, Kinga179123234.52
31 players

23) Yugra Cup Rapid GP 2020

The Yugra Cup Rapid GP took place in Khanty-Mansiysk 10th to 12th December 2020. It doesn't seem like they used electronic boards to save any of the games. Aleksey Sarana edged out Grigoriy Oparin and Igor Lysyy on tie-break after all scored 8.5/11.

Yugra Cup Rapid GP 2020 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS Thu 10th Dec 2020 - Sat 12th Dec 2020
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
SNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
6Sarana AlekseyGMRUS26248.580.575.57
1Oparin GrigoriyGMRUS27108.58074.56
5Lysyy IgorGMRUS26348.57973.56
2Tsydypov ZhamsaranGMRUS2667878.5737
12Ilyushenok IlyaGMRUS251787468.56
11Rozum IvanGMRUS25677.57973.55
4Demchenko AntonGMRUS26447.575.571.55
9Bocharov IvanGMRUS25897.575705
14Obgolts ErikFMRUS24447.573.5697
27Safin TimurRUS21827.571.567.57
19Bulatov RamilRUS22737.569.565.57
17Remizov QroslavIMRUS23497.56963.57
10Pridorozhnyy AlekseyGMRUS2579781755
8Savchenko BorisGMRUS2610779746
7Bocharov DmitriyGMRUS2629774696
25Pingin ArtyomRUS2167772685
13Matinyan NikitaGMRUS2485771.5677
35Zverev LevCMRUS209976763.56
23Vetokhin SavvaFMRUS21806.57065.55
18Maltsevskaya AleksandraWGMRUS23376.56964.56
20Muromtsev ArturFMRUS22576.568.5655
15Gutenyov AleksandrRUS24176.56863.56
16Frolov IvanFMRUS22856.567.5646
33Plyasunov DaniilRUS20966.56560.56
41Efimov LeonidRUS19766.563.562.55
24Somkin KirillRUS20926.561605
38Makov ArtyomRUS20226.56157.56
3Ponkratov PavelGMRUS2675672.568.55
21Gitelson ArkadiyFMRUS2250669.564.55
52Zemlyanskiy IvanRUS194866964.56
28Trukhin DmitriyRUS2076667.563.56
22Sharikov AleksandrRUS219466762.55
31Mochalin FaddeyRUS2066665.561.56
37Fomkin DmitriyRUS1987665.561.56
40Korotaev QroslavRUS184666561.55
29Rezvyy LevRUS2053664606
42Sabirov TimurRUS1920659.5575
32Maslyakov SergeyRUS1918659556
26Kyshtymov DaniilRUS21005.567655
44Popovich AlekseyRUS19325.56358.54
84 players

24) 17th Vasylyshyn Memorial 2020

The 17th Vasylyshyn Memorial took place 5th to 13th December 2020. Alexey Kislinsky won with 7/9. It's unclear if games will be made available.

17th Vasylyshyn GM Lviv UKR Sat 5th Dec 2020 - Sun 13th Dec 2020
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg12345678910PtsTB1TB2TB3
1Kislinsky AlexeyGMCZE2452*111½1½½1½70531
2Schitco IvanIMMDA24670*½1½0111160522.25
3Larkin VladyslavIMUKR23820½*0½1½1115.50420
4Vovk YuriGMUKR2571001*½101½150.5419
5Malakhatko VadimGMBEL2472½½½½*½½½½150.5120.75
6Moliboga V.RUS22830100½*½11½4.50317.75
7Mosesov DanyilFMUKR2404½0½1½½*0½½40118.25
8Bilych OlexiyFMUKR2330½000½01*½13.50213
9Sodol GeorgiyFMUKR2415000½½0½½*130110.25
10Terletsky OlegIMUKR2233½0000½½00*1.5007.75
10 players

25) Levitov Chess Christmas Cup 2020

The Levitov Christmas Cup is a two-stage online tournament on Lichess. First there will be 5 Swiss qualifiers on December 9th, 12th, 16th, 19th, and 23rd. They will all be played at 19:00 Moscow Time/16:00 UTC. From those qualifiers 10 players will advance to the Knockout stage on December 24th and 25th. It looks unlikely that I'll be able to get games and names to go with the qualifiers but the final stages should be a different matter.

26) Ramat Gan Nov GM 2020

The Ramat Gan November GM events took place 15th November to 2nd December 2020. Victor Mikhalevski won on tie-break from Semen Dvoirys after all scored 5.5/9. There are extra games now available. Chess-results gave the impression to me at least that lots of games weren't going to be played - they were it seemed merely postponed. I've decided to give the whole file again as it was such a mess.

Ramat Gan Nov GM 2020 Ramat Gan ISR Sun 15th Nov 2020 - Wed 2nd Dec 2020
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
110Mikhalevski VictorISR25605.523.750.55
24Dvoirys Semen I.RUS24805.523.750.53
37Gorshtein IdoISR23725.021.500.03
41Bronstein OrISR24274.521.250.53
56Nedobora MikhailUKR23514.521.250.52
68Bykhovsky AvigdorRUS24004.518.250.03
75Parkhov YairISR24114.018.250.02
83Kupervaser ErezISR23644.017.500.03
92Rozen EytanISR23974.017.250.02
109Flom GabrielFRA24993.515.750.02
10 players
Ramat Gan Nov GM 2020 Ramat Gan ISR Sun 15th Nov 2020 - Wed 2nd Dec 2020. Category: 8. Ave: (2426)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Mikhalevski, Victor GM ISR 2560 # = 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 5.5 2491
2 Dvoirys, Semen I. GM RUS 2480 = # = = 0 1 1 = 1 = 5.5 2500
3 Gorshtein, Ido FM ISR 2372 0 = # = 1 1 = 0 = 1 5 2475
4 Nedobora, Mikhail IM UKR 2351 1 = = # = = = 1 0 0 4.5 2434
5 Bronstein, Or IM ISR 2427 1 1 0 = # 0 = 1 = 0 4.5 2426
6 Bykhovsky, Avigdor GM RUS 2400 0 0 0 = 1 # = 1 = 1 4.5 2429
7 Parkhov, Yair IM ISR 2411 1 0 = = = = # 0 0 1 4 2385
8 Kupervaser, Erez FM ISR 2364 0 = 1 0 0 0 1 # 1 = 4 2390
9 Rozen, Eytan FM ISR 2397 0 0 = 1 = = 1 0 # = 4 2386
10 Flom, Gabriel GM FRA 2499 0 = 0 1 1 0 0 = = # 3.5 2338

27) Titled Tuesday Blitz 8th Dec 2020

The Titled Tuesday Blitz of 8th December was abandoned after 3 rounds due to server troubles. Double the prize money on the 15th.

28) PNWCC Opening Blitz Sicilian 2020

The PNWCC Opening themed blitz Blitz where all the games started with 1.e4 c5 took place on December 12th. Vugar Rasulov won on tie-break from Zhamsaran Tsydypov after both scored 9/12.

29) Legends and Students Friendly Blitz 2020

The Legends and Students Friendly Blitz were some blitz games played after coaching for PNWCC by strong players such as Vladimir Kramnik.

Legends & Students Blitz lichess.org INT Wed 2nd Dec 2020 - Fri 4th Dec 2020
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Kramnik, Vladimir GM RUS 2753 4101588
2 Vazquez, Guillermo IM PAR 2527 3702308
3 Escalante Ramirez, Brian Sebasti IM PER 2456 3819566
4 Brodsky, David IM USA 2455 2073250
5 Yoo, Christopher Woojin IM USA 2455 30909694
6 Krush, Irina GM USA 2429 2012782
7 Gurevich, Dmitry GM USA 2399 2000407
8 Morgunov, Marc FM AUT 2385 1640305
9 Wang, Qibiao CHN 2364 8604282
10 He, Anthony FM USA 2337 2088215
11 Estrada Nieto, Julian IM ESP 2280 5101018

30) 4NCL Online Season 2 2020

The 4NCL Online Season 2 takes place 25th August to 15th December 2020. The top 4 teams from each division play in knockout tournaments for promotion places and titles. In Division 1 ChessPlus Kingston beat Guildford Young Guns 2.5-1.5 and Wood Green eliminated Chessable White Rose 1 on tie-break due to better board count. In Division 2 the Catford Cosmonauts 1 beat The Full Ponty 3-1 and CSC 1 beat Poisoned Pawns 2.5-1.5. Finals December 15th. A third season starts at the end of January and an Autumn Congress starts the following week.

4NCL Online S2 Div1 2020 lichess.org INT Tue 25th Aug 2020 - Tue 15th Dec 2020
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkTeamGms1234567MptsTB1
Group A
1Guildford Young Guns7brok 3stb 2½wim 3alb1 3wro2 2½cpa1 2½wgnm 41484
2Wood Green Monarchs7alb1 2½brok 2½wro2 2½stb 2½cpa1 3½wim 4gyg 01260
3Chessable White Rose 27wim 2½alb1 2wgnm 1½cpa1 2½gyg 1½brok 2½stb 2½935
4ChessPlus Alpha7stb 3½wim 3½alb1 2wro2 1½wgnm ½gyg 1brok 2½721
5Alba7wgnm 1½wro2 2cpa1 2gyg 1brok 2½stb 2wim 3½727
6Broadland Kestrels7gyg 1wgnm 1½stb 3½wim 2½alb1 1½wro2 1½cpa1 1½46
7St Benildus A7cpa1 ½gyg 1½brok ½wgnm 1½wim 3alb1 2wro2 1½37
8Wimbledon 17wro2 1½cpa1 ½gyg 1brok 1½stb ½wgnm 0alb1 ½00
Group B
1Chessable White Rose 17blk 2½wesa 3atta 2½wib1 3½wgny 3½oxf1 3cels 21376
2Celtic Tigers & Sharks7wib1 2blk 1½wgny 4wesa 3oxf1 2½atta 4wro1 21054
3West is Best A7cels 2wgny 2½oxf1 1½wro1 ½blk 2½wesa 3½atta 3942
4Blackthorne Russia7wro1 1½cels 2½wesa 2½atta 1½wib1 1½wgny 3oxf1 3844
5Oxford 17wesa 2½atta 2½wib1 2½wgny 4cels 1½wro1 1blk 1834
6Wessex Some Stars A7oxf1 1½wro1 1blk 1½cels 1atta 2½wib1 ½wgny 2½48
7Atticus A7wgny 2½oxf1 1½wro1 1½blk 2½wesa 1½cels 0wib1 1416
8Wood Green Youth7atta 1½wib1 1½cels 0oxf1 0wro1 ½blk 1wesa 1½00
Group C
1ChessPlus Kingston7sxs 2½alb2 2wun 2bar 2½ang1 3gona 2½exe1 31275
2Barbican 4NCL7exe1 2½sxs 3alb2 3cpk1 1wun 3ang1 2½gona 31264
3Gonzaga A7ang1 2½wun 2½exe1 4sxs 2alb2 2½cpk1 1½bar 1945
4Anglia Avengers 17gona 1½exe1 3sxs 4alb2 4cpk1 1bar 1½wun 2726
5Alba Bon Accord 17wun 2½cpk1 2bar 1ang1 0gona 1½exe1 3½sxs 3½730
6Warwick University A7alb2 1½gona 1½cpk1 2exe1 2½bar 1sxs 2½ang1 2625
7Exeter Honey Badgers7bar 1½ang1 1gona 0wun 1½sxs 3½alb2 ½cpk1 122
8Sussex Starlings7cpk1 1½bar 1ang1 0gona 2exe1 ½wun 1½alb2 ½19
Group D
1Wood Green7ssi 4dca 3kesa 4shr1 4soaa 4gonb 4wat1 31484
2Kent KJCA Kestrels A7soaa 3½gonb 3½wgn1 0ssi 2dca 2½wat1 1½shr1 3½942
3Watford 17shr1 1ssi 3½soaa 3½dca 2gonb 2kesa 2½wgn1 1852
4Sussex Social Isolators7wgn1 0wat1 ½dca 2½kesa 2shr1 4soaa 2gonb 3839
5Dundee City A7gonb 3½wgn1 1ssi 1½wat1 2kesa 1½shr1 3½soaa 2626
6Gonzaga B Sharps7dca ½kesa ½shr1 2soaa 4wat1 2wgn1 0ssi 1419
7Spirit of Atticus A7kesa ½shr1 2½wat1 ½gonb 0wgn1 0ssi 2dca 2420
8Shropshire 17wat1 3soaa 1½gonb 2wgn1 0ssi 0dca ½kesa ½320
36 players
4NCL Online S2 Div2 2020 lichess.org INT Tue 25th Aug 2020 - Tue 15th Dec 2020
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkTeamGms1234567MptsTB1
Group A
1Poisoned Pawns7wkv 2½hw1 2½malf 2½brea 3sal 3mkp1 2wun2 21279
2Brentwood A7malf 3mkp1 3½sal 2½psp1 1wun2 2½wkv 3hw1 2½1264
3Harrow 17sal 3psp1 1½wun2 3wkv 3mkp1 2½malf 3½brea 1½1044
4MK Phoenix 17wun2 4brea ½wkv 2½sal 2hw1 1½psp1 2malf 2½836
5White Knights7psp1 1½wun2 3½mkp1 1½hw1 1malf 2½brea 1sal 3½616
6St Albans 17hw1 1malf 2brea 1½mkp1 2psp1 1wun2 2½wkv ½413
7Malpas & Oswestry Friends7brea 1sal 2psp1 1½wun2 2½wkv 1½hw1 ½mkp1 1½36
8Warwick University B7mkp1 0wkv ½hw1 1malf 1½brea 1½sal 1½psp1 2112
Group B
1CSC 17wig1 3daf 2sab1 2½hul2 3wib2 2½bra 3ang2 2½1376
2Downend 17wib2 2csc 2bra 4sab1 2ang2 3hul2 1wig1 2½1065
3Streatham A7ang2 3½wig1 2csc 1½daf 1½hul2 2½wib2 2bra 3838
4West is Best B7daf 2bra 2ang2 1½wig1 3csc 1½sab1 2hul2 2639
5Wigston 17csc 1sab1 2hul2 2wib2 1bra 3ang2 3daf 1½630
6Bradford DCA Knights A7hul2 3½wib2 2daf 0ang2 2½wig1 1csc 1sab1 1522
7Anglia Avengers 27sab1 ½hul2 3½wib2 2½bra 1daf 1wig1 1csc 1½420
8Hull & Beverley Romans 27bra ½ang2 ½wig1 2csc 1sab1 1½daf 3wib2 2432
Group C
1Catford Cosmonauts 17mus1 1oxf2 3shr2 3hul1 3½roo 4ash1 3csc2 2½1266
2Mushrooms 17cat1 3csc2 2oxf2 3½shr2 3hul1 3roo 1½ash1 31168
3Hull & Beverley Romans 17csc2 2½roo 2½ash1 4cat1 ½mus1 1oxf2 2½shr2 2945
4The Rook1Es7shr2 1½hul1 1½csc2 3ash1 2½cat1 0mus1 2½oxf2 2848
5CSC 27hul1 1½mus1 2roo 1oxf2 3ash1 2shr2 2½cat1 1½626
6Ashfield Anonymous A7oxf2 3½shr2 3hul1 0roo 1csc2 2cat1 1mus1 1516
7Shropshire 27roo 2½ash1 1cat1 1mus1 1oxf2 1csc2 1½hul1 2325
8Oxford 27ash1 ½cat1 1mus1 ½csc2 1shr2 3hul1 1roo 1½26
Group D
1The Full Ponty7csc3 3sch 2½gonc 2½malo 2½ply1 4kesb 2hw2 21378
2Schach Attack7ply1 3½tfp 1½hw2 3csc3 2kesb 2½gonc 1½malo 3948
3Kent KJCA Kestrels B7hw2 1malo 3½csc3 3ply1 2½sch 1½tfp 2gonc 2846
4Gonzaga Cing is Believing7malo 4ply1 3½tfp 1½hw2 1csc3 1½sch 2½kesb 2740
5CSC 37tfp 1hw2 4kesb 1sch 2gonc 2½malo 1ply1 2637
6Harrow 27kesb 3csc3 0sch ½gonc 3malo 1ply1 2½tfp 1½634
7Malpas & Oswestry7gonc 0kesb ½ply1 2tfp 1½hw2 3csc3 3sch 1526
8Plymouth 17sch ½gonc ½malo 2kesb 1½tfp 0hw2 1csc3 2211
36 players

31) Sweden vs Denmark Match December 2020

A Sweden vs Denmark Match took place on December 12th. Denmark won 12.5-8.5.

SWE-DEN Match Dec 2020 chess24.com INT Sat 12th Dec 2020 - Sat 12th Dec 2020
Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
RkTeamMptsBpts
1Denmark612.5
2Sweden28.5
2 players

32) Forthcoming Events and Links

Titled Tuesday Blitz 15th Dec 2020

European Online Women's Club Cup 2020

PNWCC Opening Blitz French 2020

Titled Arena Dec 19th 2020

Titled Tuesday Blitz 22nd Dec 2020

21st Litomysl Open 2020-21

47th Eastern Open 2020

5th Vergani Cup 2020

PNWCC Winter of Washington Open 2020

ch-ISL Rapid 2020

PNWCC Opening Blitz 1.b3 Jobava 2020

40th Israel Championships 2021

83rd Tata Steel 2021

20th Prague Open 2021

20th Marienbad Open 2021

21st Liberec Open 2021

TCh-SUI 2021

48th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2021

43rd ATSGroep-Goodhabitz Open 2021

British Rapidplay 2021

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