THE WEEK IN CHESS 1365 4th January 2021 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Airthings Masters 2020
3) Chinese Championships 2020
4) Caplin British Online Championship 2020
5) Roquetas de Mar Festival 2021
6) 5th Vergani Cup 2020
7) CCCSA Holiday Invitational 2020
8) 31st Cracovia 2020-21
9) Rilton Cup 2020-21
10) 104th Marshall Chess Club Championship 2020
11) Asian University Chess Championship 2020
12) I'M Not A GM Speed Chess 2021
13) PNWCC Winter of Washington Open 2020
14) PNWCC Opening Blitz 1.b3 Jobava 2020
15) 44th Zurich Christmas Open 2020
16) 30th North American Open 2020
17) Titled Tuesday Blitz 29th Dec 2020
18) Titled Arena Jan 2021
19) TCEC Season 20 2020
20) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
Airthings Masters 2020	63 games
Chinese Championships 2020	24 games
Caplin British Online Championship 2020	116 games
Roquetas de Mar Festival 2021	20 games
5th Vergani Cup 2020	57 games
CCCSA Holiday Invitational 2020	60 games
31st Cracovia 2020-21	263 games
Rilton Cup 2020-21	110 games
104th Marshall Chess Club Championship 2020	114 games
Asian University Chess Championship 2020	215 games
I'M Not A GM Speed Chess 2021	23 games
PNWCC Winter of Washington Open 2020	270 games
PNWCC Opening Blitz 1.b3 Jobava 2020	295 games
44th Zurich Christmas Open 2020	168 games
30th North American Open 2020	488 games
Titled Tuesday Blitz 29th Dec 2020	2334 games
Titled Arena Jan 2021	1300 games
TCEC Season 20 2020	100 games
6020 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Olexandr Prohorov, Holger Lieske, Xuhao He, Michael Oddy and everyone else who helped with this issue.

Teimour Radjabov won the Airthings Masters beating Levon Aronian in the final. Radjabov and Aronian took the event seriously both preparing in advance and throughout the event in a professional way. Both look like top, top players once again. Radjabov's career took a major dive after a complete disaster in the Candidates tournament of 2013, his win in the World Cup in 2019 was a major victory and here too he looked a match for all his opponents. Radjabov lost just a single rapid game in the entire event. Radjabov is the first qualifier for the tour final and it will be interesting to see if he maintains this form in the remaining events of the tour.

The online chess tour has been a necessary replacement for over the board chess in the Coronavirus crisis. Tonight the UK has gone into a major lockdown as cases have spiked horribly. I do no know the situation in the Netherlands but the 83rd Tata Steel tournament with World Champion Magnus Carlsen is supposed to start on January 15th. It would be impossible to hold this event in the UK right now (and if I wanted to attend I would not be allowed to do so), sadly I have to think that it's under threat even at this late stage. We have to hope a vaccination program will halt this nightmare, right now it looks the only way out.

Please stay safe and well.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

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2) Airthings Masters 2020

The Airthings Masters was the second event of the online Meltwater Champions Chess Tour and took place 26th December 2020 to 3rd January 2021. The event was one of three "Majors" on the tour which meant the winner qualifies for the tour final. Teimour Rajdabov beat Levon Aronian in the final, MVL beat Daniil Dubov to finish in 3rd place.

Event: Airthings Masters 2020
Place: chess24.com
CountryCode: INT
StartDate: Sat 26th Dec 2020
EndDate: Sun 3rd Jan 2021
Website

Airthings Masters Prelim
Sat 26th Dec 2020
Sun 3rd Jan 2021
chess24.com
INT
12 Players.
11 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 15m+10spm

Airthings Masters Prelim chess24.com INT Sat 26th Dec 2020 - Sun 3rd Jan 2021 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Carlsen Magnus	GM	NOR	2862	*	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	6.5	6.5	1.5	2
2	So Wesley	GM	USA	2770	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	6.5	6.5	1	2
3	Nakamura Hikaru	GM	USA	2736	0	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	6.5	6.5	0.5	3
4	Nepomniachtchi Ian	GM	RUS	2784	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	½	0	½	½	6	6	0.5	2
5	Radjabov Teimour	GM	AZE	2765	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	6	6	0.5	1
6	Aronian Levon	GM	ARM	2781	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	0	5.5	5.5	0	1
7	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	GM	FRA	2784	½	½	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	0	½	5	5	2	1
8	Dubov Daniil	GM	RUS	2702	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	5	5	1.5	2
9	Harikrishna Pentala	GM	IND	2732	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	0	½	5	5	1.5	0
10	Grischuk Alexander	GM	RUS	2777	½	½	0	1	½	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	5	5	1	1
11	Giri Anish	GM	NED	2764	½	0	0	½	½	0	1	0	1	½	*	½	4.5	4.5	0.5	2
12	Anton Guijarro David	GM	ESP	2675	½	½	0	½	0	1	½	0	½	½	½	*	4.5	4.5	0.5	1
12 players

Airthings Masters Prelim chess24.com INT Sat 26th Dec 2020 - Sun 3rd Jan 2021. Category: 21. Ave: (2761)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts	TPR
1	Carlsen, Magnus	GM	NOR	2862	#	=	1	=	=	=	=	=	=	1	=	=	6.5	2817
2	So, Wesley	GM	USA	2770	=	#	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	1	=	1	6.5	2825
3	Nakamura, Hikaru	GM	USA	2736	0	=	#	=	=	=	=	1	=	=	1	1	6.5	2828
4	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	GM	RUS	2784	=	=	=	#	=	=	=	0	1	1	=	=	6	2795
5	Radjabov, Teimour	GM	AZE	2765	=	=	=	=	#	=	=	=	=	=	1	=	6	2797
6	Aronian, Levon	GM	ARM	2781	=	=	=	=	=	#	=	=	=	=	0	1	5.5	2759
7	Harikrishna, Pentala	GM	IND	2732	=	=	=	=	=	=	#	=	=	=	=	0	5	2728
8	Grischuk, Alexander	GM	RUS	2777	=	=	0	1	=	=	=	#	0	=	=	=	5	2724
9	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	GM	FRA	2784	=	=	=	0	=	=	=	1	#	=	=	0	5	2723
10	Dubov, Daniil	GM	RUS	2702	0	0	=	0	=	=	=	=	=	#	1	1	5	2730
11	Anton Guijarro, David	GM	ESP	2675	=	=	0	=	0	1	=	=	=	0	#	=	4.5	2704
12	Giri, Anish	GM	NED	2764	=	0	0	=	=	0	1	=	1	0	=	#	4.5	2696

Round 1. Sat 26th Dec 2020
Harikrishna, Pentala	1/2-1/2	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	27	B51	Sicilian
Dubov, Daniil	1/2-1/2	Radjabov, Teimour	36	E06	Catalan
Anton Guijarro, David	1/2-1/2	So, Wesley	64	C67	Ruy Lopez
Carlsen, Magnus	1/2-1/2	Aronian, Levon	61	D38	QGD
Giri, Anish	1/2-1/2	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	42	D90	Gruenfeld
Grischuk, Alexander	0-1	Nakamura, Hikaru	64	C53	Giuoco Piano
Round 2. Sat 26th Dec 2020
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	1/2-1/2	Nakamura, Hikaru	48	C50	Giuoco Piano
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	0-1	Grischuk, Alexander	59	C53	Giuoco Piano
Aronian, Levon	1-0	Giri, Anish	40	B90	Sicilian
So, Wesley	1/2-1/2	Carlsen, Magnus	32	E92	King's Indian
Radjabov, Teimour	1-0	Anton Guijarro, David	51	D38	QGD
Harikrishna, Pentala	1/2-1/2	Dubov, Daniil	39	B33	Sicilian
Round 3. Sat 26th Dec 2020
Dubov, Daniil	1/2-1/2	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	69	A33	English
Anton Guijarro, David	1/2-1/2	Harikrishna, Pentala	45	D45	QGD semi-Slav
Carlsen, Magnus	1/2-1/2	Radjabov, Teimour	47	D37	QGD
Giri, Anish	0-1	So, Wesley	25	A14	English
Grischuk, Alexander	1/2-1/2	Aronian, Levon	18	C53	Giuoco Piano
Nakamura, Hikaru	1/2-1/2	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	40	B51	Sicilian
Round 4. Sat 26th Dec 2020
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	0-1	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	69	B90	Sicilian
Aronian, Levon	1/2-1/2	Nakamura, Hikaru	35	C70	Ruy Lopez
So, Wesley	1/2-1/2	Grischuk, Alexander	38	C42	Petrov
Radjabov, Teimour	1/2-1/2	Giri, Anish	38	D38	QGD
Harikrishna, Pentala	1/2-1/2	Carlsen, Magnus	24	B33	Sicilian
Dubov, Daniil	1-0	Anton Guijarro, David	44	E04	Catalan
Round 5. Sun 27th Dec 2020
Anton Guijarro, David	1/2-1/2	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	84	B51	Sicilian
Carlsen, Magnus	1-0	Dubov, Daniil	58	B31	Sicilian
Giri, Anish	1-0	Harikrishna, Pentala	40	D47	QGD semi-Slav
Grischuk, Alexander	1/2-1/2	Radjabov, Teimour	46	D37	QGD
Nakamura, Hikaru	1/2-1/2	So, Wesley	14	C67	Ruy Lopez
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	1/2-1/2	Aronian, Levon	51	C45	Scotch
Round 6. Sun 27th Dec 2020
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	1/2-1/2	Aronian, Levon	57	A18	English
So, Wesley	1/2-1/2	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	25	D85	Gruenfeld
Radjabov, Teimour	1/2-1/2	Nakamura, Hikaru	19	D37	QGD
Harikrishna, Pentala	1/2-1/2	Grischuk, Alexander	56	B53	Sicilian, Chekhover variation
Dubov, Daniil	1-0	Giri, Anish	42	C67	Ruy Lopez
Anton Guijarro, David	1/2-1/2	Carlsen, Magnus	51	E46	Nimzo-Indian
Round 7. Sun 27th Dec 2020
Carlsen, Magnus	1/2-1/2	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	41	A15	English opening
Giri, Anish	1/2-1/2	Anton Guijarro, David	57	E04	Catalan
Grischuk, Alexander	1/2-1/2	Dubov, Daniil	47	A05	Reti
Nakamura, Hikaru	1/2-1/2	Harikrishna, Pentala	41	B11	Caro-Kann
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	1/2-1/2	Radjabov, Teimour	75	B30	Sicilian defence
Aronian, Levon	1/2-1/2	So, Wesley	32	C67	Ruy Lopez
Round 8. Sun 27th Dec 2020
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	1/2-1/2	So, Wesley	34	C88	Ruy Lopez
Radjabov, Teimour	1/2-1/2	Aronian, Levon	44	D39	QGD
Harikrishna, Pentala	1/2-1/2	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	37	B53	Sicilian, Chekhover variation
Dubov, Daniil	1/2-1/2	Nakamura, Hikaru	22	E06	Catalan
Anton Guijarro, David	1/2-1/2	Grischuk, Alexander	20	C78	Ruy Lopez
Carlsen, Magnus	1/2-1/2	Giri, Anish	42	D94	Gruenfeld
Round 10. Mon 28th Dec 2020
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	1/2-1/2	Radjabov, Teimour	60	B30	Sicilian
Harikrishna, Pentala	1/2-1/2	So, Wesley	44	D41	QGD
Dubov, Daniil	1/2-1/2	Aronian, Levon	42	E10	Queen's pawn game
Anton Guijarro, David	1/2-1/2	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	39	B53	Sicilian, Chekhover variation
Carlsen, Magnus	1-0	Nakamura, Hikaru	54	C67	Ruy Lopez
Giri, Anish	1/2-1/2	Grischuk, Alexander	51	C53	Giuoco Piano
Round 11. Mon 28th Dec 2020
Grischuk, Alexander	0-1	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	55	B51	Sicilian
Nakamura, Hikaru	1-0	Giri, Anish	55	A08	Reti
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	1/2-1/2	Carlsen, Magnus	24	B33	Sicilian
Aronian, Levon	0-1	Anton Guijarro, David	60	B30	Sicilian
So, Wesley	1-0	Dubov, Daniil	35	C78	Ruy Lopez
Radjabov, Teimour	1/2-1/2	Harikrishna, Pentala	42	D44	QGD semi-Slav
Round 9. Mon 28th Dec 2020
Giri, Anish	1-0	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	65	B89	Sicilian
Grischuk, Alexander	1/2-1/2	Carlsen, Magnus	114	D38	QGD
Nakamura, Hikaru	1-0	Anton Guijarro, David	32	E04	Catalan
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	1-0	Dubov, Daniil	38	E73	King's Indian
Aronian, Levon	1/2-1/2	Harikrishna, Pentala	82	D20	Queen's gambit accepted
So, Wesley	1/2-1/2	Radjabov, Teimour	19	D37	QGD

Airthings Masters KO 2020
Sat 26th Dec 2020
Sun 3rd Jan 2021
chess24.com
INT
8 Players.
3 Rounds.
Minimatch
Time Control: 15m+10spm

Airthings Masters KO 2020 chess24.com INT Sat 26th Dec 2020 - Sun 3rd Jan 2021 Leading Final Round 3 Standings:
Rk	Name	1	2	Pts	TB1
	Finals
1	Radjabov, Teimour	1	1	2
2	Aronian, Levon	0	0	0
	3rd-4th
3	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	0.5	1	1.5
4	Dubov, Daniil	0.5	0	0.5
	Semi-Finals
1	Radjabov, Teimour	1	1	2
2	Dubov, Daniil	0	0	0
1	Aronian, Levon	1	1	2
2	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	0	0	0
	Quarter-Finals
1	Dubov, Daniil	0.5	1	1.5
2	Carlsen, Magnus	0.5	0	0.5
1	Radjabov, Teimour	0.5	0.5	2	1
2	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	0.5	0.5	1	0
1	Aronian, Levon	1	1	2
2	Nakamura, Hikaru	0	0	0
1	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	1	0	2	1
2	So, Wesley	0	1	1	0
8 players

3) Chinese Championships 2020

The Chinese Championships took place in Xinghua Sat 19th Dec to Wed 30th Dec 2020. Play at 5:30am GMT each day. Top seeds are Wei Yi and Yu Yangyi.

Event: Chinese Championships 2020
Place: Xinghua
CountryCode: CHN
StartDate: Sat 19th Dec 2020
EndDate: Wed 30th Dec 2020
Website
Results

ch-CHN 2020
Sat 19th Dec 2020
Wed 30th Dec 2020
Xinghua
CHN
12 Players.
11 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

ch-CHN 2020 Xinghua CHN Sat 19th Dec 2020 - Wed 30th Dec 2020 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	7	Yu Yangyi	GM	CHN	2709	8.0	1.5	40.50	5
2	4	Lu Shanglei	GM	CHN	2615	8.0	1.0	39.00	5
3	3	Wei Yi	GM	CHN	2732	8.0	0.5	37.50	6
4	10	Ju Wenjun	GM	CHN	2560	6.0	0.0	31.50	2
5	6	Zhao Jun	GM	CHN	2638	5.5	2.0	26.75	2
6	2	Bai Jinshi	GM	CHN	2618	5.5	1.5	26.50	2
7	12	Xu Xiangyu	GM	CHN	2573	5.5	1.5	23.00	3
8	5	Xu Yinglun	GM	CHN	2554	5.5	1.0	28.75	2
9	1	Lin Yi	IM	CHN	2408	5.0	0.0	22.75	2
10	11	Huang Renjie		CHN	2422	4.5	0.0	20.00	1
11	8	Wen Yang	GM	CHN	2594	4.0	0.0	16.25	2
12	9	Zhang Rui		CHN	1658	0.5	0.0	3.00	0
12 players

ch-CHN 2020 Xinghua CHN Sat 19th Dec 2020 - Wed 30th Dec 2020. Category: 11. Ave: (2507)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts	TPR
1	Yu, Yangyi	GM	CHN	2709	#	=	1	=	=	=	=	1	1	=	1	1	8	2663
2	Lu, Shanglei	GM	CHN	2615	=	#	=	=	=	=	1	1	=	1	1	1	8	2672
3	Wei, Yi	GM	CHN	2732	0	=	#	=	=	1	=	1	1	1	1	1	8	2661
4	Ju, Wenjun	GM	CHN	2560	=	=	=	#	0	=	=	=	=	1	1	=	6	2538
5	Xu, Yinglun	GM	CHN	2554	=	=	=	1	#	=	0	=	=	=	0	1	5.5	2502
6	Zhao, Jun	GM	CHN	2638	=	=	0	=	=	#	1	=	0	=	=	1	5.5	2495
7	Bai, Jinshi	GM	CHN	2618	=	0	=	=	1	0	#	=	=	=	=	1	5.5	2497
8	Xu, Xiangyu	GM	CHN	2573	0	0	0	=	=	=	=	#	1	=	1	1	5.5	2501
9	Lin, Yi	IM	CHN	2408	0	=	0	=	=	1	=	0	#	=	=	1	5	2480
10	Huang, Renjie		CHN	2422	=	0	0	0	=	=	=	=	=	#	=	1	4.5	2449
11	Wen, Yang	GM	CHN	2594	0	0	0	0	1	=	=	0	=	=	#	1	4	2397
12	Zhang, Rui		CHN	1658	0	0	0	=	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	0.5	2114

Round 1. Sat 19th Dec 2020
Lin, Yi	0-1	Xu, Xiangyu	51	E41	Nimzo-Indian
Bai, Jinshi	1/2-1/2	Huang, Renjie	42	D10	QGD Slav defence
Wei, Yi	1/2-1/2	Ju, Wenjun	60	A09	Reti
Lu, Shanglei	1-0	Zhang, Rui	56	C55	Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)
Xu, Yinglun	0-1	Wen, Yang	39	D43	QGD semi-Slav
Zhao, Jun	1/2-1/2	Yu, Yangyi	40	D37	QGD
Round 2. Sun 20th Dec 2020
Xu, Xiangyu	0-1	Yu, Yangyi	41	D35	QGD
Wen, Yang	1/2-1/2	Zhao, Jun	30	D14	QGD Slav
Zhang, Rui	0-1	Xu, Yinglun	75	B22	Sicilian
Ju, Wenjun	1/2-1/2	Lu, Shanglei	38	D35	QGD
Huang, Renjie	0-1	Wei, Yi	37	B31	Sicilian
Lin, Yi	1/2-1/2	Bai, Jinshi	18	D85	Gruenfeld
Round 3. Mon 21st Dec 2020
Bai, Jinshi	1/2-1/2	Xu, Xiangyu	32	D26	QGA
Wei, Yi	1-0	Lin, Yi	44	A15	English opening
Lu, Shanglei	1-0	Huang, Renjie	41	B36	Sicilian
Xu, Yinglun	1-0	Ju, Wenjun	37	A29	English
Zhao, Jun	1-0	Zhang, Rui	93	D11	QGD Slav
Yu, Yangyi	1-0	Wen, Yang	35	A13	English opening
Round 4. Tue 22nd Dec 2020
Xu, Xiangyu	1-0	Wen, Yang	37	D35	QGD
Zhang, Rui	0-1	Yu, Yangyi	49	B15	Caro-Kann
Ju, Wenjun	1/2-1/2	Zhao, Jun	55	D12	QGD Slav
Huang, Renjie	1/2-1/2	Xu, Yinglun	20	B52	Sicilian
Lin, Yi	1/2-1/2	Lu, Shanglei	30	E10	Dzindzikhashvili defence
Bai, Jinshi	1/2-1/2	Wei, Yi	20	D45	QGD semi-Slav
Round 5. Wed 23rd Dec 2020
Wei, Yi	1-0	Xu, Xiangyu	63	D85	Gruenfeld
Lu, Shanglei	1-0	Bai, Jinshi	28	C24	Bishop's opening
Xu, Yinglun	1/2-1/2	Lin, Yi	81	D35	QGD
Zhao, Jun	1/2-1/2	Huang, Renjie	61	D11	QGD Slav
Yu, Yangyi	1/2-1/2	Ju, Wenjun	47	A28	English
Wen, Yang	1-0	Zhang, Rui	49	D02	Queen's bishop game
Round 6. Thu 24th Dec 2020
Xu, Xiangyu	1-0	Zhang, Rui	51	D10	QGD Slav defence
Ju, Wenjun	1-0	Wen, Yang	38	D45	QGD semi-Slav
Huang, Renjie	1/2-1/2	Yu, Yangyi	137	B30	Sicilian
Lin, Yi	1-0	Zhao, Jun	25	A42	Modern defence
Bai, Jinshi	1-0	Xu, Yinglun	32	D31	QGD
Wei, Yi	1/2-1/2	Lu, Shanglei	41	B90	Sicilian
Round 7. Fri 25th Dec 2020
Lu, Shanglei	1-0	Xu, Xiangyu	49	B33	Sicilian defence
Xu, Yinglun	1/2-1/2	Wei, Yi	30	A18	English
Zhao, Jun	1-0	Bai, Jinshi	33	D16	QGD Slav
Yu, Yangyi	1-0	Lin, Yi	74	C43	Petrov
Wen, Yang	1/2-1/2	Huang, Renjie	30	B36	Sicilian
Zhang, Rui	1/2-1/2	Ju, Wenjun	53	C45	Scotch game
Round 8. Sun 27th Dec 2020
Xu, Xiangyu	1/2-1/2	Ju, Wenjun	31	C48	Four knights
Huang, Renjie	1-0	Zhang, Rui	78	C24	Bishop's opening
Lin, Yi	1/2-1/2	Wen, Yang	31	E04	Catalan
Bai, Jinshi	1/2-1/2	Yu, Yangyi	31	D38	QGD
Wei, Yi	1-0	Zhao, Jun	44	B10	Caro-Kann defence
Lu, Shanglei	1/2-1/2	Xu, Yinglun	19	C11	French
Round 9. Mon 28th Dec 2020
Xu, Yinglun	1/2-1/2	Xu, Xiangyu	28	D38	QGD
Zhao, Jun	1/2-1/2	Lu, Shanglei	25	B97	Sicilian
Yu, Yangyi	1-0	Wei, Yi	42	D85	Gruenfeld
Wen, Yang	1/2-1/2	Bai, Jinshi	30	D02	Queen's bishop game
Zhang, Rui	0-1	Lin, Yi	46	B22	Sicilian
Ju, Wenjun	1-0	Huang, Renjie	47	B31	Sicilian
Round 10. Tue 29th Dec 2020
Xu, Xiangyu	1/2-1/2	Huang, Renjie	30	A07	Reti
Lin, Yi	1/2-1/2	Ju, Wenjun	26	D10	QGD Slav defence
Bai, Jinshi	1-0	Zhang, Rui	32	A14	English
Wei, Yi	1-0	Wen, Yang	36	C60	Ruy Lopez
Lu, Shanglei	1/2-1/2	Yu, Yangyi	31	C24	Bishop's opening
Xu, Yinglun	1/2-1/2	Zhao, Jun	40	D10	QGD Slav defence
Round 11. Wed 30th Dec 2020
Zhao, Jun	1/2-1/2	Xu, Xiangyu	26	B45	Sicilian
Yu, Yangyi	1/2-1/2	Xu, Yinglun	30	D41	QGD
Wen, Yang	0-1	Lu, Shanglei	35	B51	Sicilian
Zhang, Rui	0-1	Wei, Yi	55	B04	Alekhine's defence
Ju, Wenjun	1/2-1/2	Bai, Jinshi	28	D10	QGD Slav defence
Huang, Renjie	1/2-1/2	Lin, Yi	30	C67	Ruy Lopez

ch-CHN Women 2020
Sat 19th Dec 2020
Wed 30th Dec 2020
Xinghua
CHN
12 Players.
11 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

ch-CHN Women 2020 Xinghua CHN Sat 19th Dec 2020 - Wed 30th Dec 2020 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	9	Tan Zhongyi	GM	CHN	2510	8.0	0.0	40.00	6
2	12	Guo Qi	IM	CHN	2418	7.5	0.5	38.00	4
3	2	Zhai Mo	WGM	CHN	2366	7.5	0.5	36.25	5
4	1	Ni Shiqun	WGM	CHN	2389	7.0	0.5	33.75	4
5	11	Song Yuxin	WIM	CHN	2290	7.0	0.5	32.25	5
6	4	Yan Tianqi		CHN	2207	6.0	0.0	35.25	4
7	3	Yuan Ye		CHN	2081	5.5	0.0	29.75	1
8	10	Xiao Yiyi	WGM	CHN	2301	5.0	0.0	20.75	3
9	7	Ning Kaiyu	WIM	CHN	2327	4.5	0.0	20.75	3
10	6	Li Xueyi	WGM	CHN	2328	3.0	0.0	18.25	1
11	5	Hu Yu A		CHN	2094	2.5	1.0	9.00	2
12	8	Gu Xiaobing	WGM	CHN	2263	2.5	0.0	11.25	2
12 players

ch-CHN Women 2020 Xinghua CHN Sat 19th Dec 2020 - Wed 30th Dec 2020. Category: 2. Ave: (2298)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts	TPR
1	Tan, Zhongyi	GM	CHN	2510	#	=	=	1	=	0	1	1	1	=	1	1	8	2454
2	Guo, Qi	IM	CHN	2418	=	#	=	=	1	=	=	1	=	1	=	1	7.5	2420
3	Zhai, Mo	WGM	CHN	2366	=	=	#	0	=	1	=	1	1	=	1	1	7.5	2425
4	Ni, Shiqun	WGM	CHN	2389	0	=	1	#	=	=	=	=	=	1	1	1	7	2392
5	Song, Yuxin	WIM	CHN	2290	=	0	=	=	#	0	=	1	1	1	1	1	7	2401
6	Yan, Tianqi		CHN	2207	1	=	0	=	1	#	=	=	0	0	1	1	6	2342
7	Yuan, Ye		CHN	2081	0	=	=	=	=	=	#	=	=	=	1	=	5.5	2318
8	Xiao, Yiyi	WGM	CHN	2301	0	0	0	=	0	=	=	#	1	=	1	1	5	2262
9	Ning, Kaiyu	WIM	CHN	2327	0	=	0	=	0	1	=	0	#	1	0	1	4.5	2230
10	Li, Xueyi	WGM	CHN	2328	=	0	=	0	0	1	=	=	0	#	0	0	3	2120
11	Gu, Xiaobing	WGM	CHN	2263	0	=	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	#	0	2.5	2090
12	Hu, Yu A.		CHN	2094	0	0	0	0	0	0	=	0	0	1	1	#	2.5	2105

Round 1. Sat 19th Dec 2020
Ni, Shiqun	1/2-1/2	Guo, Qi	30
Zhai, Mo	1/2-1/2	Song, Yuxin	37	D35	QGD
Yuan, Ye	1/2-1/2	Xiao, Yiyi	33	D85	Gruenfeld
Yan, Tianqi	1-0	Tan, Zhongyi	52	B83	Sicilian
Hu, Yu A.	1-0	Gu, Xiaobing	39	B90	Sicilian
Li, Xueyi	0-1	Ning, Kaiyu	33	D02	Queen's pawn game
Round 2. Sun 20th Dec 2020
Guo, Qi	1/2-1/2	Ning, Kaiyu	33	D35	QGD
Gu, Xiaobing	1-0	Li, Xueyi	39	B13	Caro-Kann
Tan, Zhongyi	1-0	Hu, Yu A.	28	D35	QGD
Xiao, Yiyi	1/2-1/2	Yan, Tianqi	90	E04	Catalan
Song, Yuxin	1/2-1/2	Yuan, Ye	50	B41	Sicilian
Ni, Shiqun	1-0	Zhai, Mo	32	A49	King's Indian
Round 3. Mon 21st Dec 2020
Zhai, Mo	1/2-1/2	Guo, Qi	30	D31	QGD
Yuan, Ye	1/2-1/2	Ni, Shiqun	31	D20	QGA
Yan, Tianqi	1-0	Song, Yuxin	67	B90	Sicilian
Hu, Yu A.	0-1	Xiao, Yiyi	47	B02	Alekhine's defence
Li, Xueyi	1/2-1/2	Tan, Zhongyi	80	E60	King's Indian
Ning, Kaiyu	0-1	Gu, Xiaobing	63	A56	Benoni defence
Round 4. Tue 22nd Dec 2020
Guo, Qi	1/2-1/2	Gu, Xiaobing	53	E94	King's Indian
Tan, Zhongyi	1-0	Ning, Kaiyu	53	D30	Queen's gambit declined
Xiao, Yiyi	1/2-1/2	Li, Xueyi	48	B13	Caro-Kann
Song, Yuxin	1-0	Hu, Yu A.	58	B52	Sicilian
Ni, Shiqun	1/2-1/2	Yan, Tianqi	32	C07	French
Zhai, Mo	1/2-1/2	Yuan, Ye	48	A07	Reti
Round 5. Wed 23rd Dec 2020
Yuan, Ye	1/2-1/2	Guo, Qi	30	E04	Catalan
Yan, Tianqi	0-1	Zhai, Mo	59	C10	French
Hu, Yu A.	0-1	Ni, Shiqun	49	A22	English
Li, Xueyi	0-1	Song, Yuxin	52	E01	Catalan
Ning, Kaiyu	0-1	Xiao, Yiyi	60	E06	Catalan
Gu, Xiaobing	0-1	Tan, Zhongyi	21	C33	KGA
Round 6. Thu 24th Dec 2020
Guo, Qi	1/2-1/2	Tan, Zhongyi	36	A41	Old Indian defence
Xiao, Yiyi	1-0	Gu, Xiaobing	44	A48	King's Indian
Song, Yuxin	1-0	Ning, Kaiyu	40	C07	French
Ni, Shiqun	1-0	Li, Xueyi	30	B10	Caro-Kann defence
Zhai, Mo	1-0	Hu, Yu A.	40	A14	English
Yuan, Ye	1/2-1/2	Yan, Tianqi	41	D00	Queen's pawn, Mason variation
Round 7. Fri 25th Dec 2020
Yan, Tianqi	1/2-1/2	Guo, Qi	51	C77	Ruy Lopez
Hu, Yu A.	1/2-1/2	Yuan, Ye	31	C10	French
Li, Xueyi	1/2-1/2	Zhai, Mo	31	E00	Catalan opening
Ning, Kaiyu	1/2-1/2	Ni, Shiqun	31	C07	French
Gu, Xiaobing	0-1	Song, Yuxin	57	B23	Sicilian
Tan, Zhongyi	1-0	Xiao, Yiyi	46	B01	Scandinavian (centre counter) defence
Round 8. Sun 27th Dec 2020
Guo, Qi	1-0	Xiao, Yiyi	54	D85	Gruenfeld
Song, Yuxin	1/2-1/2	Tan, Zhongyi	33	C95	Ruy Lopez
Ni, Shiqun	1-0	Gu, Xiaobing	40	B51	Sicilian
Zhai, Mo	1-0	Ning, Kaiyu	44	A07	Reti
Yuan, Ye	1/2-1/2	Li, Xueyi	43	D00	Queen's pawn, Mason variation
Yan, Tianqi	1-0	Hu, Yu A.	52	B33	Sicilian defence
Round 9. Mon 28th Dec 2020
Hu, Yu A.	0-1	Guo, Qi	35	C03	French
Li, Xueyi	1-0	Yan, Tianqi	49	E01	Catalan
Ning, Kaiyu	1/2-1/2	Yuan, Ye	39	D30	Queen's gambit declined
Gu, Xiaobing	0-1	Zhai, Mo	74	B03	Alekhine's defence
Tan, Zhongyi	1-0	Ni, Shiqun	37	B14	Caro-Kann
Xiao, Yiyi	0-1	Song, Yuxin	50	A07	Reti
Round 10. Tue 29th Dec 2020
Guo, Qi	1-0	Song, Yuxin	61	D37	QGD
Ni, Shiqun	1/2-1/2	Xiao, Yiyi	36	D02	Queen's pawn game
Zhai, Mo	1/2-1/2	Tan, Zhongyi	33	A07	Reti
Yuan, Ye	1-0	Gu, Xiaobing
Yan, Tianqi	0-1	Ning, Kaiyu	52	C03	French
Hu, Yu A.	1-0	Li, Xueyi	58	B12	Caro-Kann
Round 11. Wed 30th Dec 2020
Li, Xueyi	0-1	Guo, Qi	38	E04	Catalan
Ning, Kaiyu	1-0	Hu, Yu A.	32	E71	King's Indian
Gu, Xiaobing	0-1	Yan, Tianqi
Tan, Zhongyi	1-0	Yuan, Ye	53	C02	French
Xiao, Yiyi	0-1	Zhai, Mo	26	E11	Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation
Song, Yuxin	1/2-1/2	Ni, Shiqun	30	C43	Petrov

4) Caplin British Online Championship 2020

The Caplin British Online Championship took place 18th December 2020 to 3rd January 2021. Many sections - the main Championship was a 9 round Swiss which finished in a tie between Michael Adams and Ameet Ghasi on 7/9. In a rapid tie-break Adams won a wild first game and drew the second to take the title. Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant won the women's event with 7/7 (games from round 4 onwards only are available). We need to get through the Coronavirus crisis first but I think there might be room for a British Online Championship with this format going forward. Probably unlikely, but worth thinking about.

Event: Caplin British Online Championship 2020
Place: chess.com
CountryCode: INT
StartDate: Fri 18th Dec 2020
EndDate: Sun 3rd Jan 2021
Website
Results

Caplin British Online
Fri 18th Dec 2020
Sun 3rd Jan 2021
chess.com
INT
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 60m+15spm

Caplin British Online chess.com INT Fri 18th Dec 2020 - Sun 3rd Jan 2021 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts
1	1	Adams Michael	GM	ENG	2716	7.0
	3	Ghasi Ameet K	IM	ENG	2485	7.0
3	7	Wadsworth Matthew J	IM	ENG	2416	6.5
4	2	Turner Matthew J	GM	SCO	2509	6.0
5	5	Fernandez Daniel H	GM	ENG	2466	5.5
	6	Hebden Mark L	GM	ENG	2453	5.5
	8	Lalic Bogdan	GM	CRO	2402	5.5
	10	Grieve Harry	FM	ENG	2351	5.5
	14	Chopra Tanmay		IND	2273	5.5
	20	Cox Tristan A		ENG	2141	5.5
	23	Finn Peter		ENG	1959	5.5
	33	Ismail Mohammed Aayan		ENG	1719	5.5
13	15	Toczek Grzegorz	FM	WLS	2271	5.0
	16	Blackburn Jonathan Lb	FM	WLS	2235	5.0
	27	Stubbs Oliver		ENG	1905	5.0
16	9	O'gorman Tom	FM	IRL	2368	4.5
	13	Toma Katarzyna	WGM	ENG	2289	4.5
	19	Villiers Thomas	CM	ENG	2161	4.5
	22	Evans Harry G		ENG	1985	4.5
20	21	Wills Thomas		ENG	1994	4.0
	25	Varney Zoe		ENG	1917	4.0
	29	Goss Alex		IRL	1833	4.0
	30	Gurner Jem		JCI	1800	4.0
	34	Volovich Julia		ENG	1674	4.0
25	18	Shafi Declan		SCO	2166	3.5
	28	Finn Chris		ENG	1886	3.5
	32	Idle Oscar J		ENG	1722	3.5
28	12	Claridge-Hansen William	FM	ENG	2290	3.0
	17	Balaji Aaravamudhan	CM	ENG	2206	3.0
	35	Shearsby Jude		ENG	1673	3.0
31	26	Gordon Sean		ENG	1909	2.5
	31	Arora Tashika		ENG	1744	2.5
33	24	Rathbone-Jones Ifan		WLS	1941	0.5
	36	Oh Julie		ENG	1168	0.5
35	4	Gormally Daniel W	GM	ENG	2479	0.0
	11	Tate Alan	FM	SCO	2342	0.0
	37	Greenwood Mark		ENG	0	0.0
37 players

Caplin chGBR Women Online
Fri 18th Dec 2020
Sun 3rd Jan 2021
chess.com
INT
7 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 60m+15spm

Caplin chGBR Women Online chess.com INT Fri 18th Dec 2020 - Sun 3rd Jan 2021 Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan E	GM	SCO	2380	7.0	0.0	19.0	23.5
2	16	Pert Nina P		ENG	1537	5.0	0.0	20.0	24.5
3	2	Ciuksyte Dagne	IM	ENG	2294	4.5	0.0	20.0	27.0
4	3	Kanyamarala Trisha	WIM	IRL	2180	4.5	0.0	20.0	25.0
5	5	Smith Olivia	WFM	WLS	2012	4.5	0.0	17.0	21.5
6	6	Putar Lara		IRL	1930	4.0	0.0	19.5	26.5
	9	Arora Tashika		ENG	1744	4.0	0.0	19.5	26.5
8	13	Dicen Imogen		ENG	1630	4.0	0.0	19.0	24.0
9	8	Lampard Alice		SCO	1763	4.0	0.0	15.0	22.0
10	4	Emelianova Maria	WFM	ENG	2113	3.5	0.0	21.5	28.5
11	11	Posadas Rayelynn		ENG	1703	3.5	0.0	17.5	24.5
12	7	Varney Zoe		ENG	1917	3.5	0.0	16.5	23.5
13	15	Headlong Georgia		ENG	1584	3.0	0.0	16.5	21.5
14	20	Oh Julie		ENG	1168	3.0	0.0	16.0	20.5
15	12	Rida Ruqayyah		ENG	1661	3.0	0.0	10.0	14.5
16	10	Lowry-O'reilly Hannah	WFM	IRL	1708	2.5	0.0	17.5	22.0
17	18	Wilson Florence		SCO	1360	2.5	0.0	12.5	16.5
18	19	Catabay Mae C		ENG	1215	2.0	0.0	18.0	22.0
19	14	Walker Kate		ENG	1596	2.0	0.0	15.0	19.0
20	17	Barry Suzanne		IRL	1375	1.5	0.0	16.0	20.0
20 players

Caplin British Online TB
Fri 18th Dec 2020
Sun 3rd Jan 2021
chess.com
INT
2 Players.
2 Rounds.
Match
Time Control: 10m+5spm

Caplin British Online TB chess.com INT Sun 3rd Jan 2021 - Sun 3rd Jan 2021 Leading Final Round 2 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	1	2	Pts
1	Adams, Michael	GM	ENG	2716	1	=	1.5
2	Ghasi, Ameet K	IM	ENG	2485	0	=	0.5
2 players

5) Roquetas de Mar Festival 2021

The Roquetas de Mar Festival takes place 2nd to 7th January 2020.

Event: Roquetas de Mar Festival 2021
Place: Roquetas de Mar
CountryCode: ESP
StartDate: Sat 2nd Jan 2021
EndDate: Thu 7th Jan 2021
Website
Results

Roquetas de Mar Masters
Sat 2nd Jan 2021
Thu 7th Jan 2021
Roquetas de Mar
ESP
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

Roquetas de Mar Masters Roquetas de Mar ESP Sat 2nd Jan 2021 - Thu 7th Jan 2021 Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts
1	1	Yuffa, Daniil	GM	RUS	2566	3.5
2	7	Sivuk, Vitaly	GM	UKR	2541	3.5
3	2	Merario Alarcon, Andres	IM	ESP	2410	2.5
4	8	Grigoryan, Karen H.	GM	ARM	2666	2.5
5	5	Sosa, Tomas	IM	ARG	2535	2.5
6	3	Bernabeu Lopez, Carlos Javier	FM	ESP	2404	2.0
7	4	Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando	GM	ESP	2528	1.5
8	10	Lianes Garcia, Marcos	FM	ESP	2374	1.5
9	9	Orantes Taboada, Francisco	FM	ESP	2286	0.5
10	6	Garrido Outon, Alex	FM	ESP	2379	0.0
10 players

Roquetas de Mar Masters Roquetas de Mar ESP Sat 2nd Jan 2021 - Thu 7th Jan 2021. Category: 9. Ave: (2469)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts	TPR
1	Yuffa, Daniil	GM	RUS	2566	#			1		=	1	1			3.5	2764
2	Sivuk, Vitaly	GM	UKR	2541		#			=		1	1		1	3.5	2789
3	Grigoryan, Karen H.	GM	ARM	2666			#		1	0	=			1	2.5	2557
4	Merario Alarcon, Andres	IM	ESP	2410	0			#		1		=	1		2.5	2503
5	Sosa, Tomas	IM	ARG	2535		=	0		#				1	1	2.5	2563
6	Bernabeu Lopez, Carlos Javier	FM	ESP	2404	=		1	0		#			=		2	2482
7	Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando	GM	ESP	2528	0	0	=				#		1		1.5	2428
8	Lianes Garcia, Marcos	FM	ESP	2374	0	0		=				#		1	1.5	2387
9	Orantes Taboada, Francisco	FM	ESP	2286				0	0	=	0		#		0.5	2147
10	Garrido Outon, Alex	FM	ESP	2379		0	0		0			0		#	0	2529

6) 5th Vergani Cup 2020

The 5th Vergani Cup takes place in Villorba 26th December to 10th January and includes two opens - one in December 2020 and another in January 2021. Vitaliy Bernadskiy won the December event with 7/9.

Event: 5th Vergani Cup 2020
Place: Villorba
CountryCode: ITA
StartDate: Sat 26th Dec 2020
EndDate: Sun 10th Jan 2021
Website
Results

5th Vergani Cup Dec 2020
Sat 26th Dec 2020
Sun 10th Jan 2021
Villorba
ITA
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

5th Vergani Cup Dec 2020 Villorba ITA Sat 26th Dec 2020 - Sun 10th Jan 2021 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	Bernadskiy Vitaliy	GM	UKR	2619	7.0	51.5	47.5
2	4	Mendonca Leon Luke	IM	IND	2530	6.5	53.5	48.5
3	6	Warmerdam Max	IM	NED	2506	6.5	52.5	49.0
4	3	Moroni Luca Jr	GM	ITA	2562	6.5	52.5	48.5
5	5	Checa Nicolas	GM	USA	2527	6.5	49.0	44.5
6	9	Niemann Hans Moke	IM	USA	2478	6.5	48.0	45.0
7	7	Dardha Daniel	IM	BEL	2485	6.0	52.0	47.5
8	2	Basso Pier Luigi	GM	ITA	2581	6.0	51.0	46.0
9	10	Blohberger Felix	IM	AUT	2469	6.0	49.0	45.0
10	11	Dionisi Thomas	IM	FRA	2418	6.0	45.0	41.0
11	8	Beerdsen Thomas	IM	NED	2479	5.5	46.0	41.5
12	13	Formento Paolo	FM	ITA	2315	5.5	45.5	41.5
13	16	Lumachi Gabriele	FM	ITA	2297	5.5	45.5	41.5
14	17	Samoun Florent	FM	FRA	2293	5.5	44.5	43.5
15	24	Bettalli Francesco		ITA	2232	5.5	43.5	39.5
16	15	Loiacono Antonio	FM	ITA	2304	5.0	48.0	43.5
17	20	Orfini Nicolo`		ITA	2278	5.0	45.0	41.5
18	19	Materia Marco	FM	FRA	2281	5.0	43.5	40.5
19	18	Carlo Emanuele	FM	ITA	2288	5.0	43.5	40.5
20	30	Cappelletto Joshuaede		ITA	2063	5.0	43.0	40.0
21	21	Palozza Christian	FM	ITA	2265	5.0	42.5	39.5
22	23	Frank Emanuel	FM	AUT	2242	5.0	40.5	38.0
23	35	Frescura Davide		ITA	1986	5.0	37.5	35.0
24	32	Hercegovac Neven		ITA	2045	5.0	35.0	34.0
25	22	Loiacono Leonardo	FM	ITA	2255	4.5	46.0	43.5
26	12	Yu Jennifer	FM	USA	2328	4.5	45.5	42.0
27	43	Brotto Alessandro		ITA	1921	4.5	43.0	39.0
28	33	Andolfatto Maria		ITA	2034	4.5	39.5	36.5
29	28	Ghiotto Marco Luigi		ITA	2089	4.5	39.5	36.5
30	14	Krasteva Beloslava	FM	BUL	2315	4.5	36.5	35.5
31	36	Rotondaro Alberto		ITA	1956	4.5	36.5	34.0
32	25	Costa Leonardo		GER	2165	4.5	35.5	32.5
33	54	Stancanelli Valerio		ITA	1758	4.0	42.0	38.5
34	26	Mitran Anthony Cristian		BEL	2157	4.0	41.0	38.5
35	31	Miotto Alberto		ITA	2052	4.0	37.5	35.0
36	41	Vizireanu Dragos		ITA	1932	4.0	36.0	33.5
37	44	Maselli Daniel		ITA	1917	4.0	36.0	33.0
38	55	Agostini Maurizio		ITA	1753	4.0	36.0	33.0
39	39	Candian Lorenzo		ITA	1937	4.0	35.0	32.5
40	53	Sperat Czar Nicolas		FRA	1775	4.0	33.0	32.0
58 players

5th Vergani Cup Jan 2021
Sat 26th Dec 2020
Sun 10th Jan 2021
Villorba
ITA
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

5th Vergani Cup Jan 2021 Villorba ITA Sun 3rd Jan 2021 - Thu 7th Jan 2021 Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	9	Warmerdam Max	IM	NED	2506	2.0	2.0	1.0	2222
2	12	Niemann Hans Moke	IM	USA	2484	2.0	2.0	1.0	2193
3	11	Dardha Daniel	IM	BEL	2485	2.0	2.0	1.0	2183
4	13	Sonis Francesco	IM	ITA	2483	2.0	2.0	1.0	2149
5	4	Moroni Luca Jr	GM	ITA	2560	2.0	1.5	1.0	2273
6	6	Mendonca Leon Luke	IM	IND	2538	2.0	1.5	1.0	2247
7	26	Muetsch Annmarie	WIM	GER	2236	2.0	1.5	1.0	2060
8	8	Bellahcene Bilel	GM	ALG	2510	2.0	1.0	1.0	2241
9	7	Checa Nicolas	GM	USA	2527	2.0	1.0	1.0	2236
10	21	Lumachi Gabriele	FM	ITA	2314	2.0	1.0	1.0	2163
11	3	Nguyen Thai Dai Van	GM	CZE	2571	1.5	2.5	1.5	2294
12	2	Basso Pier Luigi	GM	ITA	2580	1.5	2.0	1.5	2329
13	15	Horvath Dominik	IM	AUT	2446	1.5	2.0	1.5	2325
14	16	Di Benedetto Edoardo	FM	ITA	2386	1.5	1.5	1.5	2313
15	18	Fecker Noah	FM	SUI	2329	1.0	3.0	2.0	2277
16	19	Yu Jennifer	FM	USA	2328	1.0	3.0	2.0	2241
17	10	Sebenik Matej	GM	SLO	2491	1.0	3.0	2.0	2220
18	27	Brilej Jaka	CM	SLO	2218	1.0	2.5	2.0	2551
19	17	Solomon Kenny	GM	RSA	2364	1.0	2.5	2.0	2296
20	20	Krasteva Beloslava	FM	BUL	2315	1.0	2.0	2.0	2203
21	35	Skonnord Uno		DEN	2137	1.0	2.0	2.0	2192
22	22	Song Julien	IM	FRA	2306	1.0	2.0	2.0	2162
23	14	Beerdsen Thomas	IM	NED	2479	1.0	2.0	2.0	2153
24	37	Raccanello Marianna	WFM	ITA	2119	1.0	2.0	2.0	2152
25	23	Dobrikov Marco	FM	GER	2301	1.0	2.0	2.0	2130
	38	Krivenko Dion		EST	2085	1.0	2.0	2.0	2130
27	25	Orfini Nicolo`		ITA	2246	1.0	2.0	2.0	2118
28	39	Chennaoui Yasin		SUI	2079	1.0	2.0	2.0	2117
29	29	Senner Peter		GER	2201	1.0	1.5	1.5	2313
30	24	Bettalli Francesco		ITA	2272	1.0	1.5	1.5	2070
31	5	Bjerre Jonas Buhl	GM	DEN	2552	1.0	1.5	1.0	2397
32	31	Nilssen Ellen Fredericia	WFM	DEN	2175	1.0	1.5	1.0	2382
33	44	Vitaliani Marco		ITA	2015	1.0	1.0	1.0	2243
34	45	Ceccarini Marco	AIM	ITA	1972	1.0	1.0	1.0	2241
35	36	Kirszenberg Marc	CM	FRA	2126	1.0	1.0	1.0	2163
36	30	Atanasov Anthony	FM	CAN	2182	0.5	2.5	2.0	2315
37	32	Costa Leonardo		GER	2165	0.5	2.5	2.0	2285
38	28	Calavalle Giulio	FM	ITA	2212	0.5	2.5	1.5	2378
39	41	Bolognese Leonardo		ITA	2069	0.5	2.0	1.5	2314
40	1	Bernadskiy Vitaliy	GM	UKR	2619	0.5	2.0	1.0	2385
51 players

7) CCCSA Holiday Invitational 2020

The CCCSA Holiday Invitational took place in Charlotte 26th to 31st December 2020. Vladimir Belous won the GM event with 5.5/9. Alexander Velikanov edged out Vincent Tsay on tie-break after both scored 5.5/9.

Event: CCCSA Holiday Invitational 2020
Place: Charlotte
CountryCode: USA
StartDate: Sat 26th Dec 2020
EndDate: Thu 31st Dec 2020
Website
Results

CCCSA Holiday GM 2020
Sat 26th Dec 2020
Thu 31st Dec 2020
Charlotte
USA
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

CCCSA Holiday GM 2020 Charlotte USA Sat 26th Dec 2020 - Thu 31st Dec 2020 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts
1	Belous, Vladimir	GM	2524	D2	W5	W6	L9	D3	D4	D10	D7	W8	5.5
2	Dragun, Kamil	GM	2565	D1	L8	D5	W6	D9	D3	L4	W10	W7	5
3	Stremavicius, Titas	GM	2485	D8	W4	D10	D7	D1	D2	D5	D6	D9	5
4	Sheng, Joshua	IM	2474	D9	L3	W8	D10	D7	D1	W2	D5	D6	5
5	Yip, Carissa	IM	2421	D7	L1	D2	L8	D6	W9	D3	D4	W10	4.5
6	Stearman, Josiah	FM	2391	W10	D7	L1	L2	D5	D8	W9	D3	D4	4.5
7	Plotkin, Mark	IM	2435	D5	D6	D9	D3	D4	W10	L8	D1	L2	4
8	Shankar, Gauri	FM	2356	D3	W2	L4	W5	L10	D6	W7	L9	L1	4
9	Mishra, Abhimanyu	IM	2338	D4	L10	D7	W1	D2	L5	L6	W8	D3	4
10	Daggupati, Balaji	FM	2399	L6	W9	D3	D4	W8	L7	D1	L2	L5	3.5
10 players

CCCSA Holiday GM 2020 Charlotte USA Sat 26th Dec 2020 - Thu 31st Dec 2020. Category: 8. Ave: (2439)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts	TPR
1	Belous, Vladimir	GM	RUS	2524	#	=	=	=	1	1	0	1	=	=	5.5	2509
2	Stremavicius, Titas	GM	LTU	2485	=	#	1	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	5	2477
3	Sheng, Joshua	IM	USA	2474	=	0	#	1	=	=	=	1	=	=	5	2478
4	Dragun, Kamil	GM	POL	2565	=	=	0	#	=	1	=	0	1	1	5	2468
5	Yip, Carissa	IM	USA	2421	0	=	=	=	#	=	1	0	=	1	4.5	2441
6	Stearman, Josiah	FM	USA	2391	0	=	=	0	=	#	1	=	=	1	4.5	2444
7	Mishra, Abhimanyu	IM	USA	2338	1	=	=	=	0	0	#	1	=	0	4	2407
8	Gauri, Shankar	FM	IND	2356	0	=	0	1	1	=	0	#	1	0	4	2405
9	Plotkin, Mark	IM	CAN	2435	=	=	=	0	=	=	=	0	#	1	4	2396
10	Daggupati, Balaji	FM	USA	2399	=	=	=	0	0	0	1	1	0	#	3.5	2363

CCCSA Holiday IM 2020
Sat 26th Dec 2020
Thu 31st Dec 2020
Charlotte
USA
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

CCCSA Holiday IM 2020 Charlotte USA Sat 26th Dec 2020 - Thu 31st Dec 2020 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts
1	Velikanov, Alexander	FM	2308		½	½	½	1	0	½	½	1	1	5.5
2	Tsay, Vincent	FM	2270	½		½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	5.5
3	Andrianov, Nikolai	IM	2392	½	½		½	½	½	½	½	½	1	5
4	Martin Del Campo C., Roberto	IM	2313	½	½	½		0	1	½	½	½	1	5
5	Liang, Jason	FM	2317	0	½	½	1		0	1	½	1	0	4.5
6	Chasin, Nico	FM	2303	1	½	½	0	1		½	0	0	1	4.5
7	Vijay, Keerthi K.		2242	½	½	½	½	0	½		1	½	½	4.5
8	Vivekananthan, Anish	FM	2305	½	0	½	½	½	1	0		0	1	4
9	Diulger, Alexey	IM	2298	0	0	½	½	0	1	½	1		½	4
10	Li, Eric	FM	2311	0	½	0	0	1	0	½	0	½		2.5
10 players

CCCSA Holiday IM 2020 Charlotte USA Sat 26th Dec 2020 - Thu 31st Dec 2020. Category: 3. Ave: (2306)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts	TPR
1	Tsay, Vincent	FM	USA	2270	#	=	=	=	=	=	=	1	1	=	5.5	2390
2	Velikanov, Alexander	FM	USA	2308	=	#	=	=	1	0	=	=	1	1	5.5	2386
3	Martin Del Campo C., Roberto	IM	MEX	2313	=	=	#	=	0	1	=	=	=	1	5	2348
4	Andrianov, Nikolai	IM	RUS	2392	=	=	=	#	=	=	=	=	=	1	5	2339
5	Liang, Jason	FM	USA	2317	=	0	1	=	#	0	1	=	1	0	4.5	2305
6	Chasin, Nico	FM	USA	2303	=	1	0	=	1	#	=	0	0	1	4.5	2306
7	Vijay, Keerthi K.		IND	2242	=	=	=	=	0	=	#	1	=	=	4.5	2313
8	Vivekananthan, Anish	FM	USA	2305	0	=	=	=	=	1	0	#	0	1	4	2263
9	Diulger, Alexey	IM	MDA	2298	0	0	=	=	0	1	=	1	#	=	4	2264
10	Li, Eric	FM	USA	2311	=	0	0	0	1	0	=	0	=	#	2.5	2139

8) 31st Cracovia 2020-21

The 31st Cracovia tournament took place in Krakow 27th December 2020 to 4th January 2021. Alexander Donchenko won with 8/9.

Event: 31st Cracovia 2020-21
Place: Krakow
CountryCode: POL
StartDate: Sun 27th Dec 2020
EndDate: Mon 4th Jan 2021
Website
Results

31st Cracovia Open A
Sun 27th Dec 2020
Mon 4th Jan 2021
Krakow
POL
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

31st Cracovia Open A Krakow POL Sun 27th Dec 2020 - Mon 4th Jan 2021 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2
1	Donchenko, Alexander	GM	GER	2668	8.0	41.50	51.00
2	Janik, Igor	IM	POL	2480	7.0	36.00	47.50
3	Bartel, Mateusz	GM	POL	2638	6.5	40.00	52.00
4	Fus, Jakub	FM	POL	2401	6.0	39.50	51.00
5	Gumularz, Szymon	IM	POL	2516	6.0	37.00	48.50
6	Sadzikowski, Daniel	GM	POL	2528	6.0	37.00	48.00
7	Godzwon, Iwo	FM	POL	2347	6.0	33.50	44.50
8	Sieciechowicz, Marcin	IM	POL	2386	6.0	29.50	39.00
9	Mis, Mieszko	FM	POL	2358	6.0	29.00	37.00
10	Jarmula, Lukasz	IM	POL	2464	5.5	35.00	45.00
11	Kucza, Karol	FM	POL	2294	5.5	34.50	45.00
12	Brodowski, Piotr	IM	POL	2439	5.5	33.50	44.00
13	Sliwicka, Alicja	WIM	POL	2333	5.5	31.00	40.50
14	Kopylov, Daniel		GER	2342	5.5	30.50	39.00
15	Goluch, Piotr	IM	POL	2353	5.5	30.50	38.50
16	Kozak, Antoni	m	POL	2375	5.5	29.00	36.50
17	Seemann, Jakub	FM	POL	2323	5.0	38.00	46.50
18	Kokoszczynski, Jan	FM	POL	2221	5.0	36.50	46.50
19	Nasuta, Grzegorz	GM	POL	2528	5.0	36.00	46.00
20	Ustianovich, Nazar	FM	UKR	2354	5.0	34.50	44.00
21	Niedbala, Bartlomiej	FM	POL	2355	5.0	34.50	44.00
22	Klepek, Witold		POL	2170	5.0	34.00	43.50
23	Szustakowski, Antoni	FM	POL	2238	5.0	33.50	42.00
24	Baum, Jonasz	IM	POL	2308	5.0	32.00	41.50
25	Butkiewicz, Lukasz	IM	POL	2375	5.0	32.00	40.50
26	Kopylov, Michael	IM	UKR	2400	5.0	31.50	40.50
27	Szpar, Milosz	FM	POL	2446	5.0	30.00	38.00
28	Luberanski, Jakub		POL	2125	5.0	25.00	32.00
29	Malicka, Maria	FM	POL	2291	4.5	37.00	47.00
30	Kyc, Jerzy	m	POL	2269	4.5	34.50	45.00
31	Redzisz, Michal		POL	2237	4.5	33.50	42.50
32	Chyzy, Jakub	FM	POL	2250	4.5	33.00	42.50
33	Fiedorek, Michal	FM	POL	2176	4.5	32.50	42.00
34	Chmiel, Marcin		POL	2229	4.5	32.50	41.50
35	Kiolbasa, Oliwia	WIM	POL	2260	4.5	32.50	41.00
36	Skawinski, Arkadiusz	FM	POL	2376	4.5	31.50	41.00
37	Chylewski, Patryk	FM	POL	2330	4.5	30.00	37.00
38	Paszewski, Mateusz	FM	POL	2302	4.5	29.50	37.50
39	Golubka, Petro	GM	UKR	2471	4.5	29.50	37.50
40	Kucharska, Honorata	WFM	POL	2184	4.5	27.50	36.50
66 players

9) Rilton Cup 2020-21

The regular Rilton Cup was cancelled this year and instead a couple of online events were organised. A KO tournament with the previous winners competing with each other was won by Krishnan Sasikiran who beat Aleksandr Shimanov 2-0 in the final. There was also a GMs vs Juniors 4 day event where the Juniors won 34-30.

Event: Rilton Cup 2020-21
Place: chess.com
CountryCode: INT
StartDate: Sun 27th Dec 2020
EndDate: Tue 5th Jan 2021
Website

Rilton Winners Cup 2020
Sun 27th Dec 2020
Tue 5th Jan 2021
chess.com
INT
16 Players.
4 Rounds.
KO
Time Control: 15m+10spm

Rilton Winners Cup 2020 chess.com INT Sun 27th Dec 2020 - Tue 5th Jan 2021 Leading Final Round 4 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Final
1	Sasikiran, Krishnan	2.0
2	Shimanov, Aleksandr	0.0
	Semi-final
1	Shimanov, Aleksandr	1.5
2	Nabaty, Tamir	0.5
1	Sasikiran, Krishnan	1.5
2	Akesson, Ralf	0.5
	Quarter-final
1	Shimanov, Aleksandr	1.5
2	Petursson, Margeir	0.5
1	Nabaty, Tamir	3.0
2	Benjamin, Joel	2.0
1	Akesson, Ralf	2.0
2	Volkov, Sergey	0.0
1	Sasikiran, Krishnan	3.0
2	Yakovich, Yuri	2.0
	Round 1
1	Petursson, Margeir	1.5
2	Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel	0.5
1	Shimanov, Aleksandr	2.5 *
2	Moradiabadi, Elshan	2.5
1	Benjamin, Joel	1.5
2	Schussler, Harry	0.5
1	Nabaty, Tamir	3.0
2	Agrest, Evgenij	1.0
1	Akesson, Ralf	1.5
2	Ivanov, Sergey	0.5
1	Volkov, Sergey	2.0
2	Krasenkow, Michal	0.0
1	Yakovich, Yuri	1.5
2	Wiedenkeller, Michael	0.5
1	Sasikiran, Krishnan	3.0
2	Gurevich, Mikhail	2.0
34 players

Rilton Masters vs Juniors
Sun 27th Dec 2020
Tue 5th Jan 2021
chess.com
INT
8 Players.
4 Rounds.
League
Time Control: 10m+2spm

Rilton Masters vs Juniors chess.com INT Sun 27th Dec 2020 - Tue 5th Jan 2021 Leading Final Round 4 Standings:
Rk	Team	Pts
1	Junior	34
2	Grandmaster	30
2 players

10) 104th Marshall Chess Club Championship 2020

The 104th Marshall Chess Club Championship took place online on chess.com. Sergei Azarov won with 7.5/9.

Event: 104th Marshall Chess Club Championship 2020
Place: chess.com
CountryCode: INT
StartDate: Sat 19th Dec 2020
EndDate: Tue 22nd Dec 2020
Website
Results

104th ch-Marshall CC 2020
Sat 19th Dec 2020
Tue 22nd Dec 2020
chess.com
INT
33 Players.
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 70m+5spm

104th ch-Marshall CC 2020 chess.com INT Sat 19th Dec 2020 - Tue 22nd Dec 2020 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts
1	Azarov, Sergei	2671	W17	W15	D3	W2	W11	D12	W4	W5	H	7.5
2	Stupak, Kirill	2568	W14	W7	W12	L1	W8	D4	D3	W6	W11	7
3	Kudrin, Sergey	2466	W22	W8	D1	D11	L7	W15	D2	W12	W5	6.5
4	Mitrabha, Guha	2528	W18	L13	W14	B	W10	D2	L1	W20	H	6
5	Busygin, Stanislav	2312	W24	B	D16	D10	D13	W14	W7	L1	L3	5.5
6	Taborsky, Rostislav	2257	H	L31	H	W24	W17	W13	H	L2	W10	5.5
7	Eisen, Zane	2154	W21	L2	W33	W9	W3	L11	L5	W13	H	5.5
8	Dedona, Mark	2090	W25	L3	W18	W23	L2	H	H	H	W20	5.5
9	Garcia, Miguel	2010	W29	L12	W24	L7	H	W16	L13	W18	W17	5.5
10	Buchanan, Royal	1910	D28	X	W22	D5	L4	D19	W26	W15	L6	5.5
11	Sarkar, Justin Joseph	2427	W26	H	W13	D3	L1	W7	D12	H	L2	5
12	Colas, Joshua	2402	W20	W9	L2	W16	W32	D1	D11	L3	U	5
13	Wen, Yili	2108	W23	W4	L11	D17	D5	L6	W9	L7	W16	5
14	Shankar, Pranav	1828	L2	W21	L4	W27	W23	L5	L20	W26	W22	5
15	Rosenberg, Evan S	2129	W27	L1	H	W31	H	L3	H	L10	W23	4.5
16	Vijayakumar, Advaith	1973	H	W28	D5	L12	W22	L9	W33	H	L13	4.5
17	Zhang, Roger	1930	L1	W19	W20	D13	L6	H	W23	H	L9	4.5
18	Wu, Alice	1656	L4	W27	L8	H	L19	W28	W29	L9	W26	4.5
19	Keyworth, Paul	1559	H	L17	L23	W28	W18	D10	L21	H	W27	4.5
20	Devalapalli, Pranav	1492	L12	W29	L17	X	W31	D26	W14	L4	L8	4.5
21	Paul, Andrew Nicholas	1331	L7	L14	L29	H	B	W30	W19	H	H	4.5
22	Lins, Cheryl Amber	1737	L3	W25	L10	W30	L16	L23	W24	W27	L14	4
23	Moses, Kole Henry	1237	L13	W26	W19	L8	L14	W22	L17	W30	L15	4
24	Jackson, L Blunt	1442	L5	W30	L9	L6	W25	H	L22	L28	B	3.5
25	Scott, Robert James	1189	L8	L22	L27	B	L24	H	W30	H	D28	3.5
26	Fengler, Sebastian	1591	L11	L23	W28	W29	H	D20	L10	L14	L18	3
27	Naillikkal, Sajesh	1409	L15	L18	W25	L14	L29	B	W28	L22	L19	3
28	Pender, Shaughn Michael		D10	L16	L26	L19	W30	L18	L27	W24	D25	3
29	Gomez, Christian		L9	L20	W21	L26	W27	H	L18	H	L30	3
30	Nordeman, Thomas	937	H	L24	B	L22	L28	L21	L25	L23	W29	2.5
31	Katz, Stewart	1802	H	W6	H	L15	L20	U	U	U	U	2
32	Pang, Brian	2060	U	U	U	U	L12	H	U	H	U	1
33	Esparza, Jose Raul Castro		H	F	L7	F	H	U	L16	U	U	1
33 players

11) Asian University Chess Championship 2020

The Asian University Chess Championship took place 27th to 29th December 2020. Seyed Khalil Mousavi won the boys event with 7.5/9.

Event: Asian University Chess Championship 2020
Place: chess.com
CountryCode: INT
StartDate: Sun 27th Dec 2020
EndDate: Tue 29th Dec 2020
Website
Results

Asian University Boys
Sun 27th Dec 2020
Tue 29th Dec 2020
chess.com
INT
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 15m+10spm

Asian University Boys chess.com INT Sun 27th Dec 2020 - Tue 29th Dec 2020 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	Mousavi Seyed Khalil	IM	IRI	2522	7.5	0.0	6	51.5
2	11	Ali Muhammad Lutfi	IM	INA	2399	7.0	0.0	6	46.5
3	13	Enkhnar Enkhbaatar	FM	MGL	2368	6.5	0.0	6	49.5
4	5	Khodashenas Mersad	IM	IRI	2466	6.5	0.0	5	52.0
5	17	Hafiz Arif Abdul	FM	INA	2234	6.5	0.0	5	47.0
6	2	Priasmoro Novendra	IM	INA	2502	6.0	0.0	6	49.0
7	14	Mezentsev Ivan	FM	KAZ	2354	6.0	0.0	5	38.5
8	7	Akhmetov Ayan	IM	KAZ	2438	6.0	0.0	4	50.5
9	19	Khumnorkaew Tupfah		THA	2110	6.0	0.0	4	49.5
10	3	Arjun Kalyan	IM	IND	2477	6.0	0.0	4	47.5
11	10	Muthaiah Al	IM	IND	2400	6.0	0.0	4	47.0
12	6	Taher Yoseph Theolifus	IM	INA	2455	5.5	0.0	5	46.5
13	16	Veisi Bardia		IRI	2273	5.5	0.0	5	42.0
14	15	Rakhimzhan Alen	FM	KAZ	2273	5.5	0.0	5	41.5
15	37	Herath H M A K		SRI	1754	5.0	0.0	5	46.5
16	24	Aaditya Jagadeesh		IND	2035	5.0	0.0	5	40.5
17	22	Sezdbekov Arzybek		KGZ	2052	5.0	0.0	5	33.5
18	8	Harikrishnan.A.Ra	IM	IND	2429	5.0	0.0	4	45.0
19	4	Javanbakht Nima	IM	SGP	2472	5.0	0.0	4	41.5
20	21	Kembayev Bakhytzhan		KAZ	2054	5.0	0.0	3	46.5
21	9	Agibileg Uurtsaikh	IM	MGL	2413	4.5	0.0	4	51.0
22	30	Maneesorn Kankawee		THA	1885	4.5	0.0	4	46.5
23	31	Doluweera Dinul Thisura	CM	SRI	1863	4.5	0.0	4	39.5
24	28	Gamage Chathulanka		SRI	1895	4.5	0.0	4	38.5
25	33	Cheong Kai Bin Andre		MAS	1819	4.5	0.0	4	38.5
26	18	Ooi Zhi Yang	IM	MAS	2123	4.5	0.0	3	43.0
27	27	Mohd Saprin Amir Ghaazi		MAS	1951	4.5	0.0	3	41.5
28	25	Ahmad Nazari Emir Rusyaidi		MAS	1963	4.0	0.0	4	42.0
29	12	Garidmagnai Byambasuren	FM	MGL	2369	4.0	0.0	4	42.0
30	26	Bold Khosbayar		MGL	1963	4.0	0.0	4	41.5
31	23	Alibabaei Sasan		IRI	2039	4.0	0.0	4	40.0
32	29	Nassar Marc		LBN	1889	4.0	0.0	4	38.5
33	40	Bazarbashian Krikor		LBN	1450	4.0	0.0	4	32.5
34	38	Al Balushi Said		OMA	1499	4.0	0.0	4	31.5
35	36	Krachangpun Nathat		THA	1769	4.0	0.0	3	42.5
36	20	Isakzhanov Kelsinbek		KGZ	2070	4.0	0.0	2	31.0
37	34	Khairallah Ralph		LBN	1811	3.5	0.0	3	42.0
38	32	Sharshembiev Adil		KGZ	1845	3.5	0.0	3	37.5
39	45	Elebesov Salavat		KGZ	0	3.5	0.0	3	34.0
40	35	Jayaweera C L		SRI	1781	3.0	2.0	3	37.0
41	43	Al Zaabi Faras		OMA	0	3.0	1.0	3	32.5
42	47	Lim Shi Chen Kerwin		SGP	0	3.0	0.0	2	24.5
43	41	Al Mamari Ali Abdullah		OMA	1375	2.5	0.0	2	35.5
44	44	El Agha Hashem		LBN	0	2.5	0.0	2	35.0
45	42	Asavayutphol Pattarapong		THA	1318	2.0	1.0	2	30.0
46	46	Lim Chang Hong		SGP	0	2.0	1.0	2	27.0
47	48	Prasad Adithya		SGP	0	2.0	1.0	1	33.5
48	39	Al Mamari Imran		OMA	1452	1.5	0.0	1	29.0
48 players

12) I'M Not A GM Speed Chess 2021

A new version of I'M Not A GM Speed Chess takes place 3rd January to 1st March 2021. Small changes include players who aren't IMs and some of the matches have odds where players get a start.

Event: I'M Not A GM Speed Chess 2021
Place: chess.com
CountryCode: INT
StartDate: Sun 3rd Jan 2021
EndDate: Mon 1st Mar 2021
Website

I'M Not A GM Speed Chess
Sun 3rd Jan 2021
Mon 1st Mar 2021
chess.com
INT
16 Players.
4 Rounds.
KO

I'M Not A GM Speed Chess chess.com INT Sun 3rd Jan 2021 - Mon 1st Mar 2021 Player List
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Elo	FIDE Id
1	Kashlinskaya, Alina	IM	RUS	2494	4198026
2	Hauge, Lars Oskar	IM	NOR	2483	1509276
3	Shahade, Gregory	IM	USA	2476	2009064
4	Molina, Roberto Junio Brito	IM	BRA	2434	2109450
5	Yip, Carissa	IM	USA	2421	2090732
6	Sagar, Shah	IM	IND	2407	5022509
7	Rensch, Daniel	IM	USA	2402	2017202
8	Trent, Lawrence	IM	ENG	2399	408638
9	Tania, Sachdev	IM	IND	2392	5007844
10	Kavutskiy, Konstantin	IM	USA	2391	2026384
11	Rosen, Eric	IM	USA	2353	2032562
12	Rozman, Levy	IM	USA	2343	2039877
13	Coleman, Teddy	IM	USA	2333	2022010
14	Canty, James		USA	2221	2055945
15	Santeramo, Alessia Carmen	WFM	ITA	2160	850810
16	Botez, Alexandra	WFM	CAN	2020	2603365

13) PNWCC Winter of Washington Open 2020

The PNWCC Winter of Washington Open took place 26th to 28th December 2020. Leading players Jeffery Xiong, Parham Maghsoodloo, Vladimir Fedoseev, Pavel Eljanov, Sanan Sjugirov etc. Igot Kovalenko, Haik Martirosyan and Levan Pantsulaia all scored 7/9.

Event: PNWCC Winter of Washington Open 2020
Place: chess.com
CountryCode: INT
StartDate: Sat 26th Dec 2020
EndDate: Mon 28th Dec 2020
Website
Results

PNWCC WOW Open
Sat 26th Dec 2020
Mon 28th Dec 2020
chess.com
INT
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 60m+5spm

PNWCC WOW Open chess.com INT Sat 26th Dec 2020 - Mon 28th Dec 2020 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	Rtg	Pts
1	Kovalenko, Igor	GM	2726	7
1	Martirosyan, Haik	GM	2659	7
1	Pantsulaia, Levan	GM	2603	7
4	Eljanov, Pavel	GM	2722	6
4	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	GM	2708	6
4	Petrosyan, Manuel	GM	2682	6
4	Ponkratov, Pavel	GM	2673	6
4	Safarli, Eltaj	GM	2648	6
4	Tsydypov, Zhamsaran	GM	2608	6
4	Vazquez, Guillermo	IM	2573	6
4	Hong, Andrew	IM	2539	6
4	Muradli, Mahamm	IM	2499	6
13	Xiong, Jeffery	GM	2786	5.5
13	Fedoseev, Vladimir	GM	2724	5.5
13	Tabatabaei, Ami	GM	2679	5.5
13	Vocaturo, Danie	GM	2667	5.5
13	Fridman, Daniel	GM	2651	5.5
13	Iskandarov, Misratdin	GM	2585	5.5
13	Vokhidov, Shamsiddi	GM	2579	5.5
13	Mammadov, Zaur	GM	2467	5.5
13	Coleman, Teddy	IM	2413	5.5
22	Postny, Evgeny	GM	2729	5
22	Sjugirov, Sanan	GM	2713	5
22	Sahakyan, Samvel Ter	GM	2690	5
22	Jobava, Baadur	GM	2653	5
22	Kryakvin, Dmitry	GM	2627	5
22	Volkov, Sergey	GM	2607	5
22	Mikaelyan, Arman	GM	2535	5
22	Rasulov, Vugar	GM	2528	5
22	He, Anthony Bi	FM	2439	5
31	Oparin, Grigori	GM	2740	4.5
31	Swiercz, Dariusz	GM	2733	4.5
31	Indjic, Aleksandar	GM	2640	4.5
31	Matinian, Nikita	GM	2520	4.5
31	Ippolito, Dean	IM	2494	4.5
31	Wang, Jason	FM	2422	4.5
31	Eswaran, Ashritha	WIM	2327	4.5
31	Narayanan, Samrug	CM	2297	4.5
31	Pan, Kevin	NM	2260	4.5
31	Chen, Ryo Wenyu	NM	2246	4.5
71 players

14) PNWCC Opening Blitz 1.b3 Jobava 2020

The PNWCC Opening Blitz 1.b3 tournament took place on 31st December. Zhamsaran Tsydypov won with 9.5/12.

Event: PNWCC Opening Blitz 1.b3 Jobava 2020
Place: lichess.org
CountryCode: INT
StartDate: Thu 31st Dec 2020
EndDate: Thu 31st Dec 2020
Website
Results

PNWCC Opening Blitz 1.b3
Thu 31st Dec 2020
Thu 31st Dec 2020
lichess.org
INT
12 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 3m+2spm

15) 44th Zurich Christmas Open 2020

The 44th Zurich Christmas Open took place on Tornelo 26th to 30th December 2020. Mikhail Demidov and Yasin Chennaoui scored 6.5/7. I got most of the games but a couple of players aren't identifiable.

Event: 44th Zurich Christmas Open 2020
Place: Tornelo
CountryCode: INT
StartDate: Sat 26th Dec 2020
EndDate: Wed 30th Dec 2020
Website
Results

44th Zurich Christmas
Sat 26th Dec 2020
Wed 30th Dec 2020
Tornelo
INT
7 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

44th Zurich Christmas Tornelo INT Sat 26th Dec 2020 - Wed 30th Dec 2020 Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	Rtg	Pts	TB1
1	Demidov, Mikhail	GM	2552	6½	33
2	Chennaoui, Yasin		2079	6½	31
3	Richter, Philipp		2233	5½	31½
4	Hirth, Maximilian			5½	29
5	Fuchsberger, Martin		1897	5	32½
6	Brussow, Jakob		1874	5	30½
7	Asllani, Dorian		2043	5	30
8	Schlegel, Igor		2015	5	29
9	Rotunno, Flavio		1856	5	23
10	Dahl, Christoph		2162	4½	32
11	Mattenberger, Matthias		1930	4½	29½
12	Collin, Moritz Valentin		1920	4½	29½
13	Jetz, Julian			4½	28
14	Breyer, Thierry		1666	4½	25
15	Gut, Raphael		1821	4½	24
16	Jaggy, Matteo		1957	4	33
17	Schnell, Simon		1779	4	29½
18	Mohr, Bernhard		1815	4	27½
19	Scherler, Julius		1790	4	27
20	Gut, Lionel		1785	4	27
21	Tryfon, Konstantin		1567	4	25
22	Van Aepelen, Nikolai		1566	4	23½
23	Rappazzo, Johannes		1730	4	22½
24	Brussow, Johanna		1486	4	22
25	Brussow, Nina		1697	4	21½
26	Helmchen, Jan			4	18½
27	Pabst, Manuel			3½	26½
28	G_____, R____		1785	3½	25½
29	Chockalingam, Krithik		1765	3½	25
30	Wenger, Arejou		1899	3½	22½
31	Zargarov, Mikayel		1870	3	29
32	Heron, Steve		1582	3	29
33	Simmler, Markus			3	28½
34	Enderli, Roland		1615	3	25½
35	Armstrong, Max		1501	3	22½
36	Wisniewsk, Niklas			3	22½
37	Breyer, Philippe		1682	3	22
38	Mattenberger, Dominik		1614	3	19
39	Mohr, Moritz		1587	3	19
40	Chockalingam, Vishak		1421	3	18
60 players

16) 30th North American Open 2020

The 30th North American Open took place on ICC 26th to 29th December 2020. D Gukesh won with 7/8.

Event: 30th North American Open 2020
Place: ICC
CountryCode: INT
StartDate: Sat 26th Dec 2020
EndDate: Tue 29th Dec 2020
Website

30th North American Open
Sat 26th Dec 2020
Tue 29th Dec 2020
ICC
INT
8 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 120m+10spm

30th North American Open ICC INT Sat 26th Dec 2020 - Tue 29th Dec 2020 Leading Final Round 8 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2
1	Gukesh, D	GM	2642	7	39.5	2437
2	Solano Cuya, Br	IM	2485	6	40	2482
3	Vakhidov, Jakho	GM	2602	6	39.5	2469
4	Velazquez Marti		2272	6	30	2298
5	Aleksandrov, Al	GM	2629	6	26.5	2416
6	Erenburg, Serge	GM	2626	5.5	38	2342
7	Morefield, Jaso	FM	2337	5.5	27.5	2289
8	Safarli, Eltaj	GM	2458	5.5	27	2398
9	Iniyan, P	GM	2710	5	39	2378
10	Bagaturov, Gior	GM	2481	5	32.5	2224
11	Sinha, Sahil	IM	2536	5	29	2362
12	Otawa, Yuto		2200	5	28	2270
13	Park, Evan		2338	4.5	38	2359
14	Kunka, Harshid		2123	4.5	35.5	2304
15	Maiorov, Nikita	GM	2545	4.5	35	2283
16	Zhao, Ian		2393	4.5	32.5	2405
17	Rama, Tejas		2293	4.5	32.5	2195
18	Yan, Ruiyang		2227	4.5	30.5	2198
19	Kavi, Nithin		2250	4.5	28	2097
20	Joseph Benher,		2085	4.5	21	2145
21	Kogen, Jonathan		2354	4	38	2341
22	Shanmugasundara		2310	4	33	2343
23	De La Colina, N		2155	4	32.5	2235
24	Han, Johnathan		2256	4	32	2232
25	Santos Latasa,	GM	2643	4	31.5	2443
26	Burnett, Ronald	IM	2398	4	31	2307
27	Hemstapat, Andr		2360	4	30	2247
28	Zeng, Sheena		2195	4	29	2134
29	Zeng, Elbert		2106	4	28	2124
30	Rajanish, Adhva		2033	4	27.5	2119
31	Krishnakumar, S		2168	3.5	35	2294
32	Sheehan, Ethan		2197	3.5	32	2226
33	Zhang, Samuel		2118	3.5	30	2186
34	Li, Thomas		2105	3.5	30	2147
35	Chubakov, Sulta		2161	3.5	29	2106
36	Karthik, Advait		2132	3.5	27	2164
37	Rempe, Jonas Ja		2100	3.5	24.5	2146
38	Brown, Wayne B		2033	3.5	20	2017
39	Ghosh, Dipankar		1850	3	35.5	2265
40	Nair, Roshen Sa		2094	3	30.5	2144
53 players

30th North American Blitz
Sat 26th Dec 2020
Tue 29th Dec 2020
ICC
INT
11 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 3m+2spm

30th North American Blitz ICC INT Sat 26th Dec 2020 - Tue 29th Dec 2020 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2
1	Xiong, Jeffery	GM	2816	9.5	79.5	2274
2	Andriasian, Zaven	GM	2715	8	79.5	2526
3	Erenburg, Sergey	GM	2626	8	76.5	2308
4	Safarli, Eltaj	GM	2648	8	76	2512
5	Dlugy, Maxim	GM	2607	8	76	2438
6	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	GM	2602	8	72.5	2414
7	Venkataraman, Karthik	GM	2621	7.5	77	2515
8	Andrews, Todd D	FM	2354	7.5	71.5	2244
9	Vidyarthi, Vyom		2337	7	66	2037
10	Li, Eric Yuhan	FM	2306	6.5	72	2380
11	Tanaka, Tyler Taira		2290	6.5	70.5	2267
12	Iniyan, P	GM	2710	6.5	69	2253
13	Yang, Kaiqi	GM	2550	6.5	67	2287
14	Chasin, Nico Werner	FM	2432	6.5	65	2404
15	Naveen, Aarush		1969	6.5	62.5	2249
16	Ramanathan, Suraj		2193	6.5	60.5	2017
17	Osunfuyi, Abimbola		Unr	6.5	55.5	2063
18	Wang, Eigen		2376	6	70.5	2347
19	Yan, Ruiyang		2227	6	64	2315
20	Slade, Theodore Luke		2181	6	63.5	2285
21	Toluwanimi, Okemakinde		2000	6	62.5	2245
22	Amburgy, Ryan		2180	6	61	1981
23	Kikosem, Igwubor		2150	6	59.5	2061
24	Justice, Drew		2062	6	58.5	2185
25	Hebden, Mark L	GM	2503	5.5	64.5	2086
26	Heesters, Pieter		2204	5.5	62.5	2231
27	Singh, Hersh		2092	5.5	53	1959
28	Kumar, Sriram K		2005	5.5	52.5	1735
29	Markovic, Goran		2008	5.5	51	1995
30	Balogun, Oluwafemi D		2301	5	66.5	1873
31	Dedona, Mark		2108	5	60.5	1919
32	Rempe, Jonas Jakob Raza		2100	5	60	2021
33	Shawkat, Saif		2059	5	59.5	1910
34	Campbell, Charles Adegboyega		2244	5	57	2007
35	Fu, Xiaoyong		2100	5	55	1802
36	Esaulova, Marfa		2004	5	45.5	1880
37	Ni, Brandon		1945	4.5	61	1962
38	Gutla, Aryan		2093	4.5	57	2109
39	Lodh, Anish		2014	4.5	57	2095
40	Vidyarthi, Omya		1933	4.5	54	2089
56 players

17) Titled Tuesday Blitz 29th Dec 2020

The Titled Tuesday Blitz of 29th December was won by Jeffery Xiong on tie-break from Alan Pichot, Dmitry Andreikin, Vladimir Fedoseev and Vahap Sanal after all scored 9.5/11.

Event: Titled Tuesday Blitz 29th Dec 2020
Place: chess.com
CountryCode: INT
StartDate: Tue 29th Dec 2020
EndDate: Tue 29th Dec 2020
Website
Results

Titled Tuesday 29th Dec
Tue 29th Dec 2020
Tue 29th Dec 2020
chess.com
INT
11 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 3m+1spm

Titled Tuesday 29th Dec chess.com INT Tue 29th Dec 2020 - Tue 29th Dec 2020 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts	TB1
1	22	Jeffery Xiong	GM	USA	W187B	W173W	W82B	W47W	W105B	L29B	W494W	W44W	W472B	W31W	D2B	9.5	65.25
2	56	Alan Pichot	GM	ARG	W237B	W301W	W604B	W81W	D487B	W40W	W65B	W15W	D29B	W26W	D1W	9.5	61.5
3	4	Dmitry Andreikin	GM	RUS	D152B	W154W	W528B	W498W	L23B	W504W	W52B	W486B	W66W	W29B	W7B	9.5	60
4	6	Vladimir Fedoseev	GM	RUS	W238B	W531W	W144B	W527W	W475B	D486W	W489B	D21W	D5B	W16W	W22W	9.5	59.5
5	38	Vahap Sanal	GM	TUR	L205B	W664W	W455B	W90W	W189B	W43W	W13B	W25W	D4W	W77B	W26B	9.5	58.75
6	21	Nodirbek Abdusattorov	GM	UZB	W307W	W562B	L236W	W78B	D64W	W68W	W74B	W23W	W14W	D9B	W29W	9	61.25
7	40	Robert L. Hess	GM	USA	W266B	L103W	W232B	W168B	W81W	W524W	W144B	W477W	W8B	W22B	L3W	9	57
8	10	Grigoriy Oparin	GM	RUS	L145B	W362W	W369W	W299B	W56W	W175B	W103W	W30B	L7W	W71B	W21W	9	55
9	74	Sergey Grigoriants	GM	RUS	W259B	W663W	D103B	W517W	W118B	W17W	D184W	D36B	W476W	D6W	W45B	9	54.75
10	27	Eric Hansen	GM	CAN	W227W	W653B	W43W	W533B	L29W	W236W	L483B	W82W	W480W	W39B	W38B	9	52
11	427	Shanmukha Meruga	NM	USA	W700B	L479B	W537W	W608B	W82W	L31B	W327B	W513W	W483B	W30W	W28W	9	43.5
12	8	Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara	GM	PER	D154B	W152W	W50B	W123W	W74B	L21W	W109B	W489W	D71B	W475W	D19B	8.5	56.75
13	98	Mahel Boyer	FM	FRA	W642B	W170W	W213B	L488B	W481W	W476B	L5W	W151B	D20W	W40W	W66B	8.5	50.75
14	60	Denis Lazavik	FM	BLR	W360B	W168W	L140B	W553B	D61W	W517B	W114W	W40W	L6B	W70W	W62W	8.5	50.25
14	31	Aryan Tari	GM	NOR	W232W	W652B	D68W	W121B	W112W	W474B	W486W	L2B	D77B	D51W	W58B	8.5	50.25
16	39	Kirill Shevchenko	GM	UKR	W192W	W503B	W526W	D547B	W54W	L103B	W516W	W204B	W45W	L4B	W48W	8.5	49.25
17	16	Alexander Zubov	GM	UKR	W183B	W85W	D510B	W584W	W547W	L9B	L120W	W498B	W49W	W119B	W44W	8.5	47.75
18	26	Baadur Jobava	GM	GEO	W615B	W500W	L547B	W151W	W564B	W93W	W502B	W483W	L22W	D44B	W51B	8.5	45.25
19	41	Sergei Zhigalko	GM	BLR	W336W	L538B	W370W	W149B	W390B	W327W	L25W	W69B	W482W	W98B	D12W	8.5	44.75
20	28	Rasmus Svane	GM	DEU	L141B	W404W	W615B	D593W	W164W	W548B	W112W	D53B	D13B	W121W	W60B	8.5	44.25
21	45	Nils Grandelius	GM	SWE	W515W	W442B	W84W	W64B	D22W	W12B	W23W	D4B	L26B	W37W	L8B	8	54.25
22	2	Daniel Naroditsky	GM	USA	W160B	W125W	W106B	W494W	D21B	W480W	W71B	D29W	W18B	L7W	L4B	8	53.5
23	83	Arseniy Nesterov	GM	RUS	D147W	W252B	W57W	W585B	W3W	W66W	L21B	L6B	W112W	W103B	D36W	8	51.5
24	64	Siva Mahadevan	IM	IND	W215B	W481W	L297B	L239W	W227B	W176W	W113B	W84W	L98B	W173W	W89B	8	49.5
25	110	Jose Gabriel Cardoso	FM	COL	W286B	W225W	W248B	L28B	W239W	W177W	W19B	L5B	L30W	W67B	W76W	8	49
26	5	Bogdan Daniel Deac	GM	ROU	W214W	W512B	W559W	W484B	W30W	W138B	L29W	W475B	W21W	L2B	L5W	8	48
27	77		IM	USA	W573W	W176B	L497B	L150W	W104W	W195B	W67W	W503W	L28B	W81B	W90W	8	47.5
28	30	Giga Quparadze	GM	GEO	W455B	W299W	W524B	W25W	L489B	L34W	W81B	W91B	W27W	W474W	L11B	8	46.5
29	63	Boris Savchenko	GM	RUS	W616W	W610B	W532W	W555B	W10B	W1W	W26B	D22B	D2W	L3W	L6B	8	46.25
30	51	Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu	GM	IND	W566W	W76B	W543W	W140W	L26B	W532B	W95W	L8W	W25B	L11B	W69W	8	46
31	90		GM	UKR	W230B	W611W	L75B	W195W	W500B	W11W	W495B	W184B	W473W	L1B	U--	8	45.5
32	70	Costachi, Mihnea	IM	ROU	W161B	W553W	L81B	D590W	W322W	L112B	D41W	W199B	W108W	W140B	W98W	8	44.5
33	54	Rodrigo Vasquez	GM	CHL	W224B	L89W	L104B	W271W	L234B	W350W	W572B	W156W	W151W	W86B	W84B	8	43.5
34	137	Leon Livaic	IM	HRV	W664W	W660B	L473B	W94W	W143B	W28B	W138W	L472B	L44W	W88B	W71W	8	43
35	33	Christopher Woojin Yoo	IM	STP	W654W	L108B	W227W	W301B	L140W	U--	W214B	W195W	W503B	W83W	W73B	8	41.5
36	29	JosÃ© Carlos Ibarra Jerez	GM	ESP	W643W	W279B	L479W	W606B	W324W	W91W	W480B	D9W	D474B	D58W	D23B	8	41.25
37	123	Jonah Willow	FM	GBR	W665W	W394B	L493W	W260B	W183W	L473W	W514B	W160W	W138W	L21B	W77W	8	38.5
38	50	Aleksandar Indjic	GM	SRB	W462B	L78W	W312W	W567B	L532W	W239B	W531W	W83B	W479W	W473B	L10W	8	37
39	53	Vuk Djordjevic	IM	SRB	W577W	L151B	L234W	W278B	W615W	W521B	W530B	W496W	W485B	L10W	W95B	8	36.5
40	15	Andrew Tang	GM	PRK	W167W	W61B	D74W	W63B	W510W	L2B	W106W	L14B	W46W	L13B	W121B	7.5	49.5
717 players

18) Titled Arena Jan 2021

The Lichess Titled Arena blitz took place on Jan 2nd 2021. Oleksandr Bortnyk won with 128 points. I was sent some games from some of the bigger name players who were identifiable (I can't even work out who finished 2nd or 3rd). I'm not sure this is something I want to do again.

Event: Titled Arena Jan 2021
Place: lichess.org
CountryCode: INT
StartDate: Sat 2nd Jan 2021
EndDate: Sat 2nd Jan 2021
Website
Results

Titled Arena Jan 2nd 2021
Sat 2nd Jan 2021
Sat 2nd Jan 2021
lichess.org
INT
Arena
Time Control: 3m

19) TCEC Season 20 2020

The TCEC Season 20 started 27th December and will run well into 2021.

Event: TCEC Season 20 2020
Place: tcec-chess.com
CountryCode: INT
StartDate: Sun 27th Dec 2020
EndDate: Thu 14th Jan 2021
Website
Results

TCEC 20 Premier 2020
Sun 27th Dec 2020
Thu 14th Jan 2021
tcec-chess.com
INT
8 Players.
56 Rounds.
8RR
Time Control: 90m+10spm(1)

TCEC 20 Premier 2020 tcec-chess.com INT Sun 27th Dec 2020 - Thu 14th Jan 2021 Leading Round 25 (of 56) Standings:
Rk	Name	Rtg	Gms	+	-	=	Pts	TB1
1	Stockfish 20201225	3592	25	13	2	10	18	203
2	LCZero v0.26.3_T60.66740	3575	25	12	4	9	16.5	184
3	KomodoDragon 2647.00	3522	25	10	7	8	14	160
4	AllieStein v0.8-120f959_net-15.0	3509	25	7	5	13	13.5	149.75
5	Stoofvlees II a16	3513	25	7	7	11	12.5	143.5
6	ScorpioNN 3.0.11	3496	25	1	8	16	9	105.25
7	Ethereal TCEC S20 DivP	3482	25	2	9	14	9	109.25
8	rofChade 2.309	3423	25	1	11	13	7.5	96.25
8 players

TCEC 20 Superfinal 2020
Sun 27th Dec 2020
Thu 14th Jan 2021
tcec-chess.com
INT
2 Players.
100 Rounds.
Match
Time Control: 90m+5spm(1)

20) Forthcoming Events and Links

11th Sharjah Cup for Women 2021

Event: 11th Sharjah Cup for Women 2021
Place: lichess.org
CountryCode: INT
StartDate: Thu 7th Jan 2021
EndDate: Sat 9th Jan 2021
Website
Results

11th Sharjah Women Prelim
Thu 7th Jan 2021
Sat 9th Jan 2021
lichess.org
INT
13 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 3m+2spm

11th Sharjah Women Final
Thu 7th Jan 2021
Sat 9th Jan 2021
lichess.org
INT
35 Players.
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 15m+5spm

CCCSA Charlotte Open 2021

Event: CCCSA Charlotte Open 2021
Place: lichess.org
CountryCode: INT
StartDate: Sat 9th Jan 2021
EndDate: Sun 10th Jan 2021
Website

CCCSA Charlotte Open 2021
Sat 9th Jan 2021
Sun 10th Jan 2021
lichess.org
INT
6 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 75m+10spm(1)

Caplin Hastings Online 2021

Event: Caplin Hastings Online 2021
Place: chess.com
CountryCode: INT
StartDate: Sat 9th Jan 2021
EndDate: Sun 10th Jan 2021
Website

Caplin Hastings Online
Sat 9th Jan 2021
Sun 10th Jan 2021
chess.com
INT
12 Players.
11 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 15m+10spm

40th Israel Championships 2021

Event: 40th Israel Championships 2021
Place: Jerusalem
CountryCode: ISR
StartDate: Sun 10th Jan 2021
EndDate: Mon 18th Jan 2021
Website
Results

40th ch-ISR 2021
Sun 10th Jan 2021
Mon 18th Jan 2021
Jerusalem
ISR
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

CCCSA Winter Invitational 2021

Event: CCCSA Winter Invitational 2021
Place: Charlotte
CountryCode: USA
StartDate: Thu 14th Jan 2021
EndDate: Mon 18th Jan 2021
Website
Results

CCCSA Winter GM 2021
Thu 14th Jan 2021
Mon 18th Jan 2021
Charlotte
USA
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

CCCSA Winter IM 2021
Thu 14th Jan 2021
Mon 18th Jan 2021
Charlotte
USA
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

83rd Tata Steel 2021

Event: 83rd Tata Steel 2021
Place: Wijk aan Zee
CountryCode: NED
StartDate: Fri 15th Jan 2021
EndDate: Sun 31st Jan 2021
Website

83rd Tata Steel Masters
Fri 15th Jan 2021
Sun 31st Jan 2021
Wijk aan Zee
NED
14 Players.
13 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 100:50:15+30spm(1)

20th Prague Open 2021

Event: 20th Prague Open 2021
Place: Prague
CountryCode: CZE
StartDate: Fri 15th Jan 2021
EndDate: Fri 22nd Jan 2021
Website

20th Prague Open 2021
Fri 15th Jan 2021
Fri 22nd Jan 2021
Prague
CZE
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

Lozovatsky Memorial 2021

Event: Lozovatsky Memorial 2021
Place: Chelyabinsk
CountryCode: RUS
StartDate: Fri 15th Jan 2021
EndDate: Sat 23rd Jan 2021
Website
Results

Lozovatsky Mem A 2021
Fri 15th Jan 2021
Sat 23rd Jan 2021
Chelyabinsk
RUS
71 Players.
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

7th Floripa Open 2021

Event: 7th Floripa Open 2021
Place: Florianopolis
CountryCode: BRA
StartDate: Mon 18th Jan 2021
EndDate: Sun 24th Jan 2021
Website
Results

7th Floripa Open 2021
Mon 18th Jan 2021
Sun 24th Jan 2021
Florianopolis
BRA
10 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

20th Marienbad Open 2021

Event: 20th Marienbad Open 2021
Place: Marianske Lazne
CountryCode: CZE
StartDate: Sat 23rd Jan 2021
EndDate: Sat 30th Jan 2021
Website

20th Marienbad Open 2021
Sat 23rd Jan 2021
Sat 30th Jan 2021
Marianske Lazne
CZE
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

20th Marienbad GM 2021
Sat 23rd Jan 2021
Sat 30th Jan 2021
Marianske Lazne
CZE
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

20th Marienbad IM 2021
Sat 23rd Jan 2021
Sat 30th Jan 2021
Marianske Lazne
CZE
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

21st Liberec Open 2021

Event: 21st Liberec Open 2021
Place: Liberec
CountryCode: CZE
StartDate: Sat 27th Feb 2021
EndDate: Sat 6th Mar 2021
Website

21st Liberec Open 2021
Sat 27th Feb 2021
Sat 6th Mar 2021
Liberec
CZE
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

TCh-SUI 2021

Event: TCh-SUI 2021
Place: Switzerland
CountryCode: SUI
StartDate: Mon 26th Apr 2021
EndDate: Sun 21st Nov 2021
Website

TCh-SUI 2021
Mon 26th Apr 2021
Sun 21st Nov 2021
Switzerland
SUI
9 Rounds.
League

48th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2021

Event: 48th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2021
Place: Dortmund
CountryCode: GER
StartDate: Wed 14th Jul 2021
EndDate: Wed 21st Jul 2021
Website

48th GM 2021
Wed 14th Jul 2021
Wed 21st Jul 2021
Dortmund
GER
6 Players.
5 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 100:50:15+30spm(1)

43rd ATSGroep-Goodhabitz Open 2021

Event: 43rd ATSGroep-Goodhabitz Open 2021
Place: Ghent
CountryCode: BEL
StartDate: Sat 17th Jul 2021
EndDate: Wed 21st Jul 2021
Website
Results

ATSGroep-Goodhabitz Open
Sat 17th Jul 2021
Wed 21st Jul 2021
Ghent
BEL
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)
Email: open2020@kgsrl.be

British Rapidplay 2021

Event: British Rapidplay 2021
Place: Horsforth
CountryCode: ENG
StartDate: Sat 27th Nov 2021
EndDate: Sun 28th Nov 2021
Website

34th British Rapid 2021
Sat 27th Nov 2021
Sun 28th Nov 2021
Horsforth
ENG
11 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 20m+10spm(1)