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THE WEEK IN CHESS 1379 12th April 2021 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Julius Baer Polgar Challenge 2021
3) DSB Squad Challenge 2021
4) Rujna Zora-1 2021
5) Rujna Zora-2 2021
6) Orsha International Chess 2021
7) Portuguese Masters 2021
8) RADNICKICHESS T2R 2021
9) Third Saturday Mix 200 2021
10) IV Closed GM Barcelona Chess Club 2021
11) Belgrade Spring Chess Festival 2021
12) Chess.com SIG Bullet Chess Championship 2021
13) First Saturday April 2021
14) 2nd CCCSA Charlotte Masters 2021
15) Konsalt Chess Master April 2021
16) Sergievskiy Memorial Rapid 2021
17) ch-TUN 2021
18) ch-IRI 2021
19) 80th ch-GEO 1st League 2021
20) Chelyabinskiy Variant 2021
21) Nizami Ganjavi-880 U17 Rapid 2021
22) 4NCL Online Spring Congress 2021
23) Titled Tuesday Blitz 6th April 2021
24) Titled Arena Blitz April 2021
25) PNWCC Online Blitz - Jackpot XXIII 2021
26) C'Chartres Blitz Open April 2021
27) Crestbook Shipov-Bareev 2021
28) Levitov Chess Esipenko-Bortnik Match 2021
29) 4NCL Online Season 3 2021
30) 9th Bangladesh Games 2021
31) Deutsche Schach-Online-Liga 2021
32) TCh-AUT 2nd Bundesliga Mitte 2021
33) ch-CRO Junior Teams 2021
34) College Final Four 2021
35) Hybrid-Match Berlin-Wien 2021
36) Forthcoming Events and Links

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Julius Baer Polgar Challenge 2021179 games
DSB Squad Challenge 202164 games
Rujna Zora-1 202195 games
Orsha International Chess 202172 games
Portuguese Masters 202190 games
Third Saturday Mix 200 202163 games
IV Closed GM Barcelona Chess Club 202170 games
Belgrade Spring Chess Festival 202150 games
Chess.com SIG Bullet Chess Championship 2021164 games
First Saturday April 202125 games
2nd CCCSA Charlotte Masters 202135 games
Konsalt Chess Master April 202142 games
Sergievskiy Memorial Rapid 2021109 games
ch-TUN 202135 games
ch-IRI 202196 games
80th ch-GEO 1st League 202112 games
Chelyabinskiy Variant 202167 games
Nizami Ganjavi-880 U17 Rapid 202172 games
Titled Tuesday Blitz 6th April 20212471 games
Titled Arena Blitz April 20213108 games
PNWCC Online Blitz - Jackpot XXIII 2021150 games
C'Chartres Blitz Open April 20211157 games
Crestbook Shipov-Bareev 202120 games
Levitov Chess Esipenko-Bortnik Match 202114 games
4NCL Online Season 3 2021128 games
9th Bangladesh Games 202160 games
TCh-AUT 2nd Bundesliga Mitte 202136 games
ch-CRO Junior Teams 2021253 games
College Final Four 202148 games
Hybrid-Match Berlin-Wien 202120 games
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1) Introduction

My thanks to Olexandr Prohorov, Holger Lieske, Xuhao He, Bahadir Ozen, Gerard Demuydt, Robert Baskin and everyone else who helped with this issue.

R Praggnanandhaa's win in the Julius Baer Polgar Challenge was not a complete surprise but this was a tremendous result for the now 15 year old wonderkind. It was nice to see some different faces in an important online competition. The next Champions Chess Tour event is on the 24th - but this time next week we'll be watching the Candidates. The much delayed start of the second half starts on Monday 19th. Elsewhere there's the usual mix of online and over the board chess but full time resumption is a way away I think. Finally Chess.com had their Bullet Championship, Alireza Firouzja had a tough draw and some good fortune and managed to beat Artemiev, defending champion Nakamura and finally Andrew Tang to take the title. Eric Hansen withdrew due to a complicated story about streaming and takedowns on YouTube - there are stories you can find easily by searching but they don't encourage me to watch the chess streaming that is apparently very popular with the kids these days.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

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2) Julius Baer Polgar Challenge 2021

The Julius Baer Polgar Challenge took place Thursday 8th Apr to Sunday 11th Apr 2021. 20 young players competed in a Round Robin. They were also divided into two teams one Team Polgar, the other Team Kramnik. Players: Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Sarin Nihal, R Praggnanandhaa, Awonder Liang, Vincent Keymer, D Gukesh, Jonas Buhl Bjerre, Leon Luke Mendonca, Tingjie Lei, Dinara Saduakassova, Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, Volodar Murzin, Polina Shuvalova, Zhansaya Abdumalik, Jiner Zhu, Christopher Woojin Yoo, Gunay Mammadzada, Olga Badelka, Carissa Yip and Nurgyul Salimova.

R Praggnanandhaa was the winner with 14.5/18 beating the bottom 12 players and after starting with a loss he went on a tear of 7 wins in a row. There was a big group on 13 points including D Gukesh and Volodar Murzin as well as the top two seeds Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Sarin Nihal. Sadly for her Dinara Saduakassova had such severe internet issues she had to withdraw from the event at about the half way stage.

Baer Polgar Challenge chess24.com INT (INT), 8-11 iv 2021 cat. XI (2514)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1. Praggnanandhaa, R g IND 2608 * ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 14.5 2759
2. Gukesh, D g IND 2578 ½ * 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 13.0 2675
3. Murzin, Volodar m RUS 2478 1 0 * 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 13.0 2681
4. Abdusattorov, Nodirbek g UZB 2627 ½ 1 1 * 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 13.0 2673
5. Nihal, Sarin g IND 2620 0 ½ 0 1 * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 13.0 2673
6. Keymer, Vincent g GER 2591 1 0 0 0 ½ * 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 12.5 2650
7. Liang, Awonder g USA 2592 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 * 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 11.5 2611
8. Yoo, Christopher Woojin m USA 2455 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 * 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 11.0 2596
9. Mendonca, Leon Luke m IND 2549 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 11.0 2591
10. Bjerre, Jonas Buhl g DEN 2550 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 9.5 2532
11. Lei, Tingjie g CHN 2505 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 9.0 2514
12. Zhu, Jiner wg CHN 2459 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 * ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2516
13. Salimova, Nurgyul m BUL 2397 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 1 0 0 1 ½ 6.0 2395
14. Abdumalik, Zhansaya m KAZ 2472 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 * ½ 1 0 1 0 5.5 2374
15. Shuvalova, Polina m RUS 2476 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ * 1 1 1 1 5.5 2374
16. Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat m IRI 2494 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 * 1 ½ ½ 4.5 2321
17. Mammadzada, Gunay m AZE 2443 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 0 0 * ½ 1 4.5 2324
18. Yip, Carissa m USA 2430 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 3.0 2245
19. Badelka, Olga m BLR 2433 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 * 2.0 2167
Round 1 (April 8, 2021)
Praggnanandhaa, R - Murzin, Volodar 0-1 41 E70 King's Indian Fianchetto
Liang, Awonder - Abdumalik, Zhansaya 0-1 46 C85 Ruy Lopez Steenwijker Defence
Yoo, Christopher Woojin - Mendonca, Leon Luke 1-0 84 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Bjerre, Jonas Buhl - Gukesh, D 1-0 18 E04 Catalan
Lei, Tingjie - Nihal, Sarin ½-½ 26 C79 Ruy Lopez Russian Defence
Salimova, Nurgyul - Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 0-1 33 E17 Queens Indian
Shuvalova, Polina - Keymer, Vincent 0-1 36 E10 Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Yip, Carissa - Mammadzada, Gunay ½-½ 44 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Badelka, Olga - Zhu, Jiner 0-1 61 A18 English Opening
Round 2 (April 8, 2021)
Murzin, Volodar - Salimova, Nurgyul 0-1 31 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
Nihal, Sarin - Yip, Carissa 1-0 39 A04 Dutch System
Keymer, Vincent - Bjerre, Jonas Buhl 1-0 44 D38 QGD Ragozin
Mendonca, Leon Luke - Shuvalova, Polina ½-½ 101 D41 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Zhu, Jiner - Gukesh, D 0-1 49 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Abdumalik, Zhansaya - Yoo, Christopher Woojin ½-½ 42 B40 Sicilian Classical
Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat - Liang, Awonder 0-1 38 E64 King's Indian Fianchetto
Mammadzada, Gunay - Praggnanandhaa, R 0-1 49 B56 Sicilian Defence
Badelka, Olga - Lei, Tingjie 0-1 38 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Round 3 (April 8, 2021)
Praggnanandhaa, R - Nihal, Sarin 1-0 61 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Gukesh, D - Keymer, Vincent 1-0 82 B10 Caro Kann
Liang, Awonder - Abdusattorov, Nodirbek ½-½ 60 A05 Various
Yoo, Christopher Woojin - Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat 1-0 30 C44 Scotch Gambit
Bjerre, Jonas Buhl - Mendonca, Leon Luke 0-1 50 D78 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Lei, Tingjie - Zhu, Jiner 1-0 22 A18 English Opening
Salimova, Nurgyul - Mammadzada, Gunay 0-1 33 D15 Slav Defence
Shuvalova, Polina - Abdumalik, Zhansaya ½-½ 67 D91 Gruenfeld 5.Bg5
Yip, Carissa - Badelka, Olga 1-0 48 B01 Centre Counter
Round 4 (April 8, 2021)
Murzin, Volodar - Liang, Awonder 1-0 85 B10 Caro Kann
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek - Yoo, Christopher Woojin ½-½ 47 B40 Sicilian Classical
Nihal, Sarin - Salimova, Nurgyul 1-0 46 E06 Catalan
Mendonca, Leon Luke - Gukesh, D ½-½ 74 D40 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Lei, Tingjie - Yip, Carissa 1-0 27 E70 King's Indian Fianchetto
Zhu, Jiner - Keymer, Vincent ½-½ 59 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Abdumalik, Zhansaya - Bjerre, Jonas Buhl 0-1 46 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat - Shuvalova, Polina 0-1 46 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Badelka, Olga - Praggnanandhaa, R 0-1 46 E68 King's Indian Fianchetto
Round 5 (April 8, 2021)
Praggnanandhaa, R - Lei, Tingjie 1-0 51 D27 QGA
Gukesh, D - Abdumalik, Zhansaya 1-0 39 E60 King's Indian without Nc3
Keymer, Vincent - Mendonca, Leon Luke 1-0 53 A15 English counter King's Fianchetto
Liang, Awonder - Mammadzada, Gunay 1-0 37 A07 Barcza System
Yoo, Christopher Woojin - Murzin, Volodar 1-0 42 E60 King's Indian without Nc3
Bjerre, Jonas Buhl - Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat ½-½ 23 E15 Queens Indian
Salimova, Nurgyul - Badelka, Olga ½-½ 50 E04 Catalan
Shuvalova, Polina - Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 0-1 36 E10 Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Yip, Carissa - Zhu, Jiner 0-1 19 C44 Scotch Gambit
Round 6 (April 9, 2021)
Murzin, Volodar - Shuvalova, Polina 1-0 88 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek - Bjerre, Jonas Buhl 1-0 75 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Nihal, Sarin - Liang, Awonder 1-0 23 D52 Queens Gambit Cambridge Springs
Lei, Tingjie - Salimova, Nurgyul 1-0 35 D10 Slav Defence
Zhu, Jiner - Mendonca, Leon Luke ½-½ 39 B36 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Abdumalik, Zhansaya - Keymer, Vincent 0-1 49 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat - Gukesh, D 0-1 69 D31 Semi-Slav Defence
Mammadzada, Gunay - Yoo, Christopher Woojin ½-½ 62 B40 Sicilian Classical
Yip, Carissa - Praggnanandhaa, R 0-1 30 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
Round 7 (April 9, 2021)
Praggnanandhaa, R - Zhu, Jiner 1-0 80 A05 Various
Gukesh, D - Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 0-1 67 E10 Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Keymer, Vincent - Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat ½-½ 65 A06 Zukertort Opening
Liang, Awonder - Badelka, Olga 1-0 34 E04 Catalan
Yoo, Christopher Woojin - Nihal, Sarin ½-½ 51 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Mendonca, Leon Luke - Abdumalik, Zhansaya ½-½ 65 D82 Gruenfeld 4.Bf4
Bjerre, Jonas Buhl - Murzin, Volodar 1-0 49 E97 King's Indian Classical
Salimova, Nurgyul - Yip, Carissa 1-0 55 D71 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Shuvalova, Polina - Mammadzada, Gunay 1-0 94 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 8 (April 9, 2021)
Praggnanandhaa, R - Salimova, Nurgyul 1-0 95 A07 Barcza System
Murzin, Volodar - Gukesh, D 0-1 61 C70 Ruy Lopez
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek - Keymer, Vincent 1-0 35 B50 Sicilian Defence
Nihal, Sarin - Shuvalova, Polina 1-0 44 A15 English counter King's Fianchetto
Lei, Tingjie - Liang, Awonder 0-1 28 E71 King's Indian 5.h3
Zhu, Jiner - Abdumalik, Zhansaya 1-0 38 C91 Ruy Lopez
Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat - Mendonca, Leon Luke 0-1 50 D12 Slav Defence
Mammadzada, Gunay - Bjerre, Jonas Buhl ½-½ 100 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Badelka, Olga - Yoo, Christopher Woojin 0-1 29 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Round 9 (April 9, 2021)
Gukesh, D - Mammadzada, Gunay 1-0 58 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Keymer, Vincent - Murzin, Volodar 0-1 35 D11 Slav Defence
Liang, Awonder - Yip, Carissa 1-0 49 A45 Trompowsky
Yoo, Christopher Woojin - Lei, Tingjie 1-0 26 D38 QGD Ragozin
Mendonca, Leon Luke - Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 1-0 96 A15 English counter King's Fianchetto
Bjerre, Jonas Buhl - Nihal, Sarin 0-1 40 A40 Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Salimova, Nurgyul - Zhu, Jiner ½-½ 51 A46 Queen's Pawn Opening
Abdumalik, Zhansaya - Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat 1-0 56 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Shuvalova, Polina - Badelka, Olga 1-0 63 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 10 (April 9, 2021)
Praggnanandhaa, R - Liang, Awonder ½-½ 50 A45 Trompowsky
Murzin, Volodar - Mendonca, Leon Luke 1-0 50 B53 Sicilian Hungarian
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek - Abdumalik, Zhansaya 1-0 60 C55 Two Knights Defence
Nihal, Sarin - Gukesh, D ½-½ 45 C70 Ruy Lopez
Lei, Tingjie - Shuvalova, Polina ½-½ 52 C53 Giuoco Piano
Zhu, Jiner - Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat 1-0 23 C29 Vienna Game
Mammadzada, Gunay - Keymer, Vincent 0-1 36 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Yip, Carissa - Yoo, Christopher Woojin 0-1 39 B40 Sicilian Classical
Badelka, Olga - Bjerre, Jonas Buhl 0-1 58 E46 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Round 11 (April 10, 2021)
Gukesh, D - Badelka, Olga 1-0 68 E04 Catalan
Keymer, Vincent - Nihal, Sarin ½-½ 49 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Liang, Awonder - Salimova, Nurgyul 1-0 34 C55 Two Knights Defence
Yoo, Christopher Woojin - Praggnanandhaa, R 0-1 73 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Mendonca, Leon Luke - Mammadzada, Gunay 1-0 26 D12 Slav Defence
Bjerre, Jonas Buhl - Lei, Tingjie 1-0 68 E04 Catalan
Abdumalik, Zhansaya - Murzin, Volodar 0-1 28 B18 Caro Kann
Shuvalova, Polina - Yip, Carissa 1-0 45 B06 Modern Defence
Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat - Abdusattorov, Nodirbek ½-½ 66 D41 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Round 12 (April 10, 2021)
Praggnanandhaa, R - Shuvalova, Polina 1-0 39 A14 Reti Opening
Murzin, Volodar - Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat 1-0 51 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Nihal, Sarin - Mendonca, Leon Luke ½-½ 46 A50 Queen's Indian (without e7-e6)
Lei, Tingjie - Gukesh, D ½-½ 54 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Zhu, Jiner - Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 0-1 29 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Salimova, Nurgyul - Yoo, Christopher Woojin ½-½ 39 E06 Catalan
Mammadzada, Gunay - Abdumalik, Zhansaya 1-0 52 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Yip, Carissa - Bjerre, Jonas Buhl 0-1 28 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Badelka, Olga - Keymer, Vincent 0-1 43 A07 Barcza System
Round 13 (April 10, 2021)
Gukesh, D - Yip, Carissa 0-1 62 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek - Murzin, Volodar 1-0 47 B14 Caro Kann Panov
Keymer, Vincent - Lei, Tingjie 1-0 54 A06 Zukertort Opening
Liang, Awonder - Zhu, Jiner 1-0 47 A17 English Opening
Mendonca, Leon Luke - Badelka, Olga 1-0 32 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Bjerre, Jonas Buhl - Praggnanandhaa, R 0-1 32 E94 King's Indian Classical
Abdumalik, Zhansaya - Nihal, Sarin ½-½ 48 B15 Caro Kann
Shuvalova, Polina - Salimova, Nurgyul 0-1 49 E06 Catalan
Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat - Mammadzada, Gunay 1-0 58 A06 Zukertort Opening
Round 14 (April 10, 2021)
Praggnanandhaa, R - Gukesh, D ½-½ 46 D41 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Nihal, Sarin - Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat 1-0 66 A06 Zukertort Opening
Liang, Awonder - Yoo, Christopher Woojin 1-0 35 B45 Sicilian Classical
Lei, Tingjie - Mendonca, Leon Luke 0-1 62 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Zhu, Jiner - Murzin, Volodar 0-1 75 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Salimova, Nurgyul - Bjerre, Jonas Buhl ½-½ 74 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Mammadzada, Gunay - Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 0-1 34 C72 Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
Yip, Carissa - Keymer, Vincent 0-1 43 B97 Sicilian Najdorf
Badelka, Olga - Abdumalik, Zhansaya 1-0 67 A49 King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Round 15 (April 10, 2021)
Gukesh, D - Salimova, Nurgyul 1-0 67 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Murzin, Volodar - Mammadzada, Gunay 1-0 43 B53 Sicilian Hungarian
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek - Nihal, Sarin 0-1 51 C69 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Keymer, Vincent - Praggnanandhaa, R 1-0 47 E62 King's Indian 6...Nc6
Yoo, Christopher Woojin - Zhu, Jiner ½-½ 74 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Mendonca, Leon Luke - Yip, Carissa 1-0 48 E61 King's Indian Defence
Abdumalik, Zhansaya - Lei, Tingjie ½-½ 71 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Shuvalova, Polina - Liang, Awonder 0-1 35 E97 King's Indian Classical
Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat - Badelka, Olga ½-½ 52 A05 Various
Round 16 (April 11, 2021)
Praggnanandhaa, R - Mendonca, Leon Luke 1-0 51 D12 Slav Defence
Nihal, Sarin - Murzin, Volodar 0-1 44 D12 Slav Defence
Liang, Awonder - Bjerre, Jonas Buhl 1-0 37 B23 Sicilian Closed
Yoo, Christopher Woojin - Shuvalova, Polina 1-0 33 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Lei, Tingjie - Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat 1-0 27 E01 Catalan
Zhu, Jiner - Mammadzada, Gunay 1-0 75 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Salimova, Nurgyul - Keymer, Vincent 0-1 32 E10 Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Yip, Carissa - Abdumalik, Zhansaya 0-1 55 B28 Sicilian Early a7-a6
Badelka, Olga - Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 0-1 44 E18 Queens Indian
Round 17 (April 11, 2021)
Gukesh, D - Liang, Awonder 1-0 60 E98 King's Indian Classical
Murzin, Volodar - Badelka, Olga 1-0 40 C11 French Defence
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek - Lei, Tingjie 0-1 48 C53 Giuoco Piano
Mendonca, Leon Luke - Salimova, Nurgyul 1-0 62 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Bjerre, Jonas Buhl - Yoo, Christopher Woojin 1-0 49 A50 Queen's Indian (without e7-e6)
Abdumalik, Zhansaya - Praggnanandhaa, R 0-1 49 B66 Sicilian Rauzer
Shuvalova, Polina - Zhu, Jiner 0-1 63 A18 English Opening
Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat - Yip, Carissa ½-½ 46 D77 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Mammadzada, Gunay - Nihal, Sarin 0-1 58 C70 Ruy Lopez
Round 18 (April 11, 2021)
Praggnanandhaa, R - Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat 1-0 62 A07 Barcza System
Liang, Awonder - Keymer, Vincent 0-1 49 B10 Caro Kann
Yoo, Christopher Woojin - Gukesh, D 0-1 57 D38 QGD Ragozin
Lei, Tingjie - Murzin, Volodar 0-1 44 D10 Slav Defence
Zhu, Jiner - Nihal, Sarin 0-1 33 C70 Ruy Lopez
Salimova, Nurgyul - Abdumalik, Zhansaya 1-0 40 A48 King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Shuvalova, Polina - Bjerre, Jonas Buhl 0-1 88 D38 QGD Ragozin
Yip, Carissa - Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 0-1 35 B19 Caro Kann
Badelka, Olga - Mammadzada, Gunay 0-1 78 A07 Barcza System
Round 19 (April 11, 2021)
Gukesh, D - Shuvalova, Polina 1-0 51 A46 Queen's Pawn Opening
Murzin, Volodar - Yip, Carissa 1-0 50 C95 Ruy Lopez Breyer
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek - Praggnanandhaa, R ½-½ 81 B23 Sicilian Closed
Nihal, Sarin - Badelka, Olga 1-0 40 A45 Trompowsky
Keymer, Vincent - Yoo, Christopher Woojin 0-1 43 A50 Queen's Indian (without e7-e6)
Mendonca, Leon Luke - Liang, Awonder ½-½ 80 A05 Various
Bjerre, Jonas Buhl - Zhu, Jiner 0-1 36 E10 Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat - Salimova, Nurgyul 1-0 48 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Mammadzada, Gunay - Lei, Tingjie 0-1 65 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin

3) DSB Squad Challenge 2021

The DSB Squad Challenge were two round robins organised by the German Chess Federation for some of their best players. It took place in Magdeburg 5th to 11th April 2021.

DSB Squad Challenge 2021 Magdeburg GER Mon 5th Apr 2021 - Sun 11th Apr 2021
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
17Donchenko AlexanderGER26595.52.0225.00
22Kollars DmitrijGER25985.51.5323.25
38Blübaum MatthiasGER26705.51.5323.00
410Fridman DanielGER26015.51.0322.75
51Svane RasmusGER26135.00.0221.00
63Svane FrederikGER24214.00.5317.25
79Heimann AndreasGER26064.00.5116.50
84Huschenbeth NiclasGER26043.50.5215.00
96Wagner DennisGER25813.50.5016.00
105Engel LuisGER25533.00.0113.75
10 players
DSB Squad Challenge 2021 Magdeburg GER Mon 5th Apr 2021 - Sun 11th Apr 2021. Category: 14. Ave: (2591)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Donchenko, Alexander GM GER 2659 # = = 1 1 = = = = = 5.5 2663
2 Kollars, Dmitrij GM GER 2598 = # = = = 1 = 1 0 1 5.5 2670
3 Bluebaum, Matthias GM GER 2670 = = # = = 0 1 = 1 1 5.5 2662
4 Fridman, Daniel GM GER 2601 0 = = # = 1 1 = 1 = 5.5 2669
5 Svane, Rasmus GM GER 2613 0 = = = # 1 = = 1 = 5 2631
6 Svane, Frederik FM GER 2421 = 0 1 0 0 # = 1 1 0 4 2566
7 Heimann, Andreas GM GER 2606 = = 0 0 = = # = = 1 4 2546
8 Wagner, Dennis GM GER 2581 = 0 = = = 0 = # = = 3.5 2512
9 Huschenbeth, Niclas GM GER 2604 = 1 0 0 0 0 = = # 1 3.5 2509
10 Engel, Luis GM GER 2553 = 0 0 = = 1 0 = 0 # 3 2470
DSB Women Squad Challenge Magdeburg GER Mon 5th Apr 2021 - Sun 11th Apr 2021
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Schneider JanaGER22725.00.0415.50
26Pähtz ElisabethGER24674.50.0314.25
33Mütsch AnnmarieGER22664.00.5312.75
47Lubbe MelanieGER22744.00.5312.25
55Ziegenfuß AntoniaGER21013.50.0211.25
68Sieber FionaGER22753.00.028.50
74Heinemann JosefineGER22962.50.0110.25
81Bashylina LuisaGER19781.50.014.25
8 players
DSB Women Squad Challenge Magdeburg GER Mon 5th Apr 2021 - Sun 11th Apr 2021. Category: None. Ave: (2241)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts TPR
1 Schneider, Jana FM GER 2272 # = 0 1 1 1 = 1 5 2395
2 Paehtz, Elisabeth IM GER 2467 = # 1 = 0 1 = 1 4.5 2311
3 Muetsch, Annmarie WIM GER 2266 1 0 # = = 0 1 1 4 2288
4 Lubbe, Melanie WGM GER 2274 0 = = # 1 1 0 1 4 2286
5 Ziegenfuss, Antonia WFM GER 2101 0 1 = 0 # = 1 = 3.5 2261
6 Sieber, Fiona WIM GER 2275 0 0 1 0 = # = 1 3 2186
7 Heinemann, Josefine WGM GER 2296 = = 0 1 0 = # 0 2.5 2131
8 Bashylina, Luisa WCM GER 1978 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 # 1.5 2049

4) Rujna Zora-1 2021

A series of events called the Rujna Zora named after the Hotel in Arandjelovac where they are held will take place throughout April. There are 4 sets in total - at least that have been announced so far. The first GM and IM events took place 3rd to 9th April 2021.

Rujna Zora-1 GM 2021 Arandjelovac SRB Sat 3rd Apr 2021 - Fri 9th Apr 2021
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
15Arjun KalyanIMIND24776.528.000.04
28Krishna Teja NIMIND23786.023.500.05
37Milanovic DaniloGMSRB24715.521.500.03
43Pikula DejanGMSRB24155.020.750.02
52Bhambure ShantanuIND23674.522.000.02
66Kosic DraganGMMNE24454.516.750.02
71Raahul V SIND22594.017.500.02
810Ratkovic MilovanIMSRB24513.513.750.02
99Maksimovic BojanFMBIH24163.513.500.02
104Sahil TickooIND22452.09.250.00
10 players
Rujna Zora-1 GM 2021 Arandjelovac SRB Sat 3rd Apr 2021 - Fri 9th Apr 2021. Category: 6. Ave: (2392)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Arjun, Kalyan IM IND 2477 # 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 = 6.5 2549
2 Krishna Teja, N IM IND 2378 0 # 1 = 0 1 = 1 1 1 6 2519
3 Milanovic, Danilo GM SRB 2471 = 0 # = = = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2464
4 Pikula, Dejan GM SRB 2415 = = = # 0 = 1 = = 1 5 2433
5 Bhambure, Shantanu IND 2367 = 1 = 1 # = 0 0 = = 4.5 2395
6 Kosic, Dragan GM MNE 2445 0 0 = = = # = = 1 1 4.5 2387
7 Raahul, V S IND 2259 = = 0 0 1 = # 1 0 = 4 2364
8 Ratkovic, Milovan IM SRB 2451 0 0 0 = 1 = 0 # 1 = 3.5 2306
9 Maksimovic, Bojan FM BIH 2416 0 0 = = = 0 1 0 # 1 3.5 2310
10 Sahil, Tickoo IND 2245 = 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 # 2 2189
Rujna Zora-1 IM 2021 Arandjelovac SRB Sat 3rd Apr 2021 - Fri 9th Apr 2021
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
19Stankovic MilosIMSRB24246.528.000.04
28Gajic MladenFMSWE23565.522.500.05
32Ostojic NikolaIMSRB23955.022.500.01
41Lux Hugo De MeloFMBRA23855.020.000.04
54Kostic Vladimir GGMSRB23024.519.500.02
66Pavlov MarkRUS21704.017.500.02
77Parnali S DhariaWIMIND22434.017.000.01
83Hari Charan Sai KalluriIND20863.516.000.01
95Dev ShahCMIND22983.515.251.01
1010Singh OjasvaIND19333.515.250.02
10 players
Rujna Zora-1 IM 2021 Arandjelovac SRB Sat 3rd Apr 2021 - Fri 9th Apr 2021. Category: 1. Ave: (2259)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Stankovic, Milos IM SRB 2424 # 1 = = 1 = 1 1 = = 6.5 2407
2 Gajic, Mladen FM SWE 2356 0 # = 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 5.5 2328
3 Ostojic, Nikola IM SRB 2395 = = # 1 = = = = = = 5 2287
4 Lux, Hugo de Melo FM BRA 2385 = 0 0 # = 1 0 1 1 1 5 2288
5 Kostic, Vladimir G GM SRB 2302 0 1 = = # 0 = = 1 = 4.5 2254
6 Pavlov, Mark RUS 2170 = 0 = 0 1 # = = 0 1 4 2226
7 Parnali, S Dharia WIM IND 2243 0 0 = 1 = = # = = = 4 2218
8 Hari, Charan Sai Kalluri IND 2086 0 1 = 0 = = = # 0 = 3.5 2198
9 Singh, Ojasva IND 1933 = 0 = 0 0 1 = 1 # 0 3.5 2215
10 Dev, Shah CM IND 2298 = 0 = 0 = 0 = = 1 # 3.5 2175
Rujna Zora-1 ASK IM 2021 Arandjelovac SRB Sat 3rd Apr 2021 - Fri 9th Apr 2021
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
17Gungl TheoFMGER23327.529.000.06
23Savic Miodrag RGMSRB24487.528.750.06
34Ajay KarthikeyanFMIND23155.520.000.04
48Panic NenadIMSRB23275.517.500.04
52Vetokhin SavvaFMRUS22615.016.500.03
61Ivanovic MarkoSRB22824.517.750.03
75Markovic MiroslavGMSRB23674.514.000.03
86Ince Safiye OykuWCMTUR19952.54.750.02
910Krivenko DionEST20982.05.000.02
109Joel Paul GantaIND18650.52.750.00
10 players
Rujna Zora-1 ASK IM 2021 Arandjelovac SRB Sat 3rd Apr 2021 - Fri 9th Apr 2021. Category: None. Ave: (2229)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Gungl, Theo FM GER 2332 # = 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2491
2 Savic, Miodrag R GM SRB 2448 = # = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2478
3 Ajay, Karthikeyan FM IND 2315 0 = # 0 = 1 1 1 1 = 5.5 2299
4 Panic, Nenad IM SRB 2327 0 0 1 # = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2298
5 Vetokhin, Savva FM RUS 2261 = 0 = = # 0 = 1 1 1 5 2268
6 Ivanovic, Marko SRB 2282 0 = 0 = 1 # 1 = 0 1 4.5 2223
7 Markovic, Miroslav GM SRB 2367 = 0 0 = = 0 # 1 1 1 4.5 2214
8 Ince, Safiye Oyku WCM TUR 1995 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 # 1 1 2.5 2089
9 Krivenko, Dion EST 2098 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 # 1 2 2024
10 Joel Paul Ganta IND 1865 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 # 0.5 1825

5) Rujna Zora-2 2021

The second set of events in the Rujna Zora Hotel take place 10th to 16th April 2021.

Rujna Zora-2 GM 2021 Arandjelovac SRB Sat 10th Apr 2021 - Fri 16th Apr 2021
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
14Arjun KalyanIMIND24772.50.022.25
22Raahul V SIND22592.00.021.50
31Kosic DraganGMMNE24452.00.013.25
45Pikula DejanGMSRB24152.00.012.25
58Vardaan NagpalIMIND23701.50.503.00
63Krishna Teja NIMIND23781.50.502.00
77Maksimovic BojanFMBIH24161.00.001.50
10Delchev AleksanderGMBUL25261.00.001.50
96Vetokhin SavvaFMRUS22611.00.001.00
109Bhambure ShantanuIND23670.50.000.75
10 players
Rujna Zora-2 IM 2021 Arandjelovac SRB Sat 10th Apr 2021 - Fri 16th Apr 2021
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
16Markovic MiroslavGMSRB23672.50.023.00
25Parnali S DhariaWIMIND22432.00.021.50
39Hari Charan Sai KalluriIND20862.00.012.75
43Ilincic ZlatkoGMSRB24092.00.012.50
51Jovanovic Sasa MFMSRB22082.00.012.25
64Stankovic MilosIMSRB24241.50.001.75
72Avinash RameshIND19331.00.010.50
87Dev ShahCMIND22981.00.002.00
910Ince Safiye OykuWCMTUR19950.50.001.00
108Lux Hugo De MeloFMBRA23850.50.000.75
10 players
Rujna Zora-2 ASK IM 2021 Arandjelovac SRB Sat 10th Apr 2021 - Fri 16th Apr 2021
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
15Savic Miodrag RGMSRB24482.50.021.50
21Ajay KarthikeyanFMIND23152.00.013.00
34Singh OjasvaIND19332.00.012.75
47Gajic MladenFMSWE23562.00.012.25
59Panic NenadIMSRB23271.50.012.25
63Krivenko DionEST20981.50.011.50
710Ostojic NikolaIMSRB23951.50.010.75
82Sahil TickooIND22451.50.002.50
98Brkljaca AnteIMSRB22650.50.001.00
106Joel Paul GantaIND18650.00.000.00
10 players

6) Orsha International Chess 2021

The Orsha International Chess took place 6th to 11th April 2021. Aleksej Aleksandrov won the open with 7.5/9. Dmitry Kononenko won the IM event with 6/9.

Orsha Open 2021 Orsha BLR Tue 6th Apr 2021 - Sun 11th Apr 2021
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Aleksandrov AleksejBLR25637.546.551.042.25
25Sargsyan Anna M.ARM23806.547.552.536.75
33Zarubitski ViachaslauBLR24566.547.050.033.50
44Apryshko GlebRUS23916.545.549.534.00
56Barseghyan Armen Ar.ARM23586.048.553.034.00
62Stupak KirillBLR25016.047.552.533.50
77Tsaruk MaksimBLR23066.045.049.032.25
811Ulasevich SergeiBLR21706.044.048.029.75
916Naumovich YaroslavBLR20226.040.542.526.00
1037Gamburg AlexandrRUS16286.039.041.525.50
1117Agrafenin AndreyBLR20176.033.034.522.00
1215Navumenka MikheiBLR20525.549.053.030.25
138Siniauski ArtsiomBLR22775.545.548.526.50
1421Poliakova VarvaraBLR19185.544.548.527.75
1518Vainerchuk BarysBLR19935.544.046.527.00
1612Spizharny MikhailBLR21535.543.047.026.50
1727Klachkou PlatonBLR17565.541.045.025.75
1810Vashchilov SergeyBLR21725.541.043.524.50
1930Hvozdz AliaksandrBLR17095.538.541.022.75
2032Gusev MikhailRUS17015.537.539.020.50
2135Bugaev AntonRUS16485.043.047.025.00
229Egorenkov IgorRUS21805.042.547.024.50
2322Sarychev SergeyBLR19045.042.544.021.25
2419Klachkou TsimafeiBLR19925.042.046.022.00
2514Elkin LeonidBLR20545.041.544.524.25
2620Sokolov IliaRUS19385.041.544.021.75
2728Piatrenka IvanBLR17525.039.543.021.75
2834Shydlouski ArtsiomBLR16845.038.040.518.00
2931Tsesler YakauBLR17045.037.540.018.50
3038Kaniusheuski RamanBLR16225.036.038.017.25
3141Dubovskiy IanBLR15054.539.543.019.50
3233Baisheva NyurguiaanaRUS17014.539.043.019.25
3329Izbekova EvdokiaRUS17174.538.542.018.00
3413Eidelson RakhilBLR20654.538.541.018.75
3549Melnikava NatalliaBLR13474.537.541.019.50
3623Kirpichou IvanBLR18184.536.539.017.75
3745Kasperovich MikhailBLR14234.534.537.015.75
3826Suslov DmirtryRUS17574.039.041.515.75
3953Grigoryan Vahe N.ARM12744.038.541.515.00
4043Shahazizyan MilenaBLR14744.037.540.015.75
63 players
Orsha IM 2021 Orsha BLR Tue 6th Apr 2021 - Sun 11th Apr 2021
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
13Kononenko DmitryUKR23226.04.00.04
28Mkrtchyan MariamARM21275.04.00.02
39Stribuk ArtiomBLR22285.03.50.03
45Nazarov DenisRUS21574.54.00.53
510Novitzkij DmitrijBLR23244.54.00.52
66Smirnova EkaterinaRUS22394.53.00.52
71Alekseev VadimBLR23404.53.00.51
84Afonasieva AnnaRUS22704.52.50.03
92Naumkin IgorRUS22644.03.50.01
107Shkalov OlegRUS21702.52.00.01
10 players
Orsha IM 2021 Orsha BLR Tue 6th Apr 2021 - Sun 11th Apr 2021. Category: None. Ave: (2244)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Kononenko, Dmitry FM UKR 2322 # = = = 1 0 = 1 1 5 2339
2 Mkrtchyan, Mariam WFM ARM 2127 = # 1 0 1 = = = = 4.5 2299
3 Stribuk, Artiom FM BLR 2228 = 0 # 1 = 1 0 = 1 4.5 2277
4 Novitzkij, Dmitrij IM BLR 2324 = 1 0 # = = 1 0 = 4 2245
5 Nazarov, Denis RUS 2157 0 0 = # 1 1 1 = 0 4 2245
6 Smirnova, Ekaterina WIM RUS 2239 1 = 0 = 0 # = = 1 4 2242
7 Alekseev, Vadim IM BLR 2340 = = = 0 = # = = 1 4 2234
8 Afonasieva, Anna WIM RUS 2270 0 = 1 0 0 = # 1 1 4 2242
9 Naumkin, Igor GM RUS 2265 0 = 1 = = = 0 # = 3.5 2213
10 Shkalov, Oleg RUS 2170 = 0 = 1 0 0 0 = # 2.5 2103

7) Portuguese Masters 2021

The Portuguese Masters took place 6th to 12th April 2021. Jose Francisco Reis Pedreiras Veiga won with 7/9.

Portuguese Masters 2021 Fatima POR Tue 6th Apr 2021 - Mon 12th Apr 2021
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12VEIGA Jose Francisco Reis PedreirasFMPOR23507.00.031.004.5
28DIAS Paulo Jorge GuimarãesIMPOR23445.50.522.752.5
39REGO Pedro Filipe PinhoFMPOR21755.50.520.251.5
45ROCHA Sérgio Manuel ColaçoIMPOR23465.00.521.252.5
510SILVA Gonçalo Nuno Neto Pires daPOR21605.00.518.252.0
64FERNANDES António Manuel de AlmeidaGMPOR23544.50.018.252.0
76PADEIRO José João TatoFMPOR22164.01.014.501.5
87SANTOS José Guilherme Barria Lima dosFMPOR23044.00.015.752.0
91REIS Luis Miguel de Sousa Almeida eNMPOR21572.50.010.751.5
103SILVA Pedro Gil Ferreira daPOR21672.00.010.251.5
10 players
Portuguese Masters 2021 Fatima POR Tue 6th Apr 2021 - Mon 12th Apr 2021. Category: 1. Ave: (2257)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Veiga, Jose Francisco R P Neves FM POR 2350 # = 1 1 1 1 = 1 = = 7 2467
2 Dias, Paulo IM POR 2344 = # = 0 1 = = 1 = 1 5.5 2328
3 Rego, Pedro Filipe FM POR 2175 0 = # = = 0 1 1 1 1 5.5 2346
4 Rocha, Sergio IM POR 2346 0 1 = # = = 1 = = = 5 2290
5 Silva, Goncalo Nuno Neto Pires POR 2160 0 0 = = # 1 0 1 1 1 5 2311
6 Fernandes, Antonio GM POR 2354 0 = 1 = 0 # 1 0 1 = 4.5 2247
7 Santos, Jose Guilherme B Lima FM POR 2304 = = 0 0 1 0 # 0 1 1 4 2209
8 Padeiro, Jose FM POR 2216 0 0 0 = 0 1 1 # 1 = 4 2219
9 Reis, Luis Sousa POR 2157 = = 0 = 0 0 0 0 # 1 2.5 2102
10 Silva, Pedro Gil Ferreira Da POR 2167 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 # 2 2047
Portuguese Honra 2021 Fatima POR Tue 6th Apr 2021 - Mon 12th Apr 2021
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
14PINA Tiago Miguel Catalão Lopes e PPOR18437.00.028.003.0
23BASÍLIO RodrigoPOR18496.50.023.752.5
32MORAIS Vitor MestreNMPOR19045.50.023.002.5
47SANTOS Rúben José Melo dosPOR17595.01.021.502.5
55SARABANDO Rodrigo AndiasPOR16825.00.022.253.0
66BÁRTOLO Filipe Diogo Correia de MeloPOR18764.50.018.001.5
79BARRENTO Jorge Maria LopesPOR17243.50.511.251.0
10GONÇALVES Carlos Manuel MarquesPOR16003.50.511.251.0
98LAVRADOR Rodolfo Manuel MascarenhasNMPOR18152.50.09.751.5
101SANTOS Júlio Fernandes dosNMPOR18842.00.09.752.0
10 players
Portuguese Honra 2021 Fatima POR Tue 6th Apr 2021 - Mon 12th Apr 2021. Category: None. Ave: (1794)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Pina, Tiago POR 1843 # 1 = 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 7 2008
2 Basilio, Rodrigo POR 1849 0 # = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 1953
3 Morais, Vitor POR 1904 = = # 0 = 1 1 1 = = 5.5 1861
4 Sarabando, Rodrigo Andias POR 1682 0 1 1 # 0 1 1 0 = = 5 1849
5 Santos, Ruben Jose Melo POR 1759 1 0 = 1 # 0 0 1 = 1 5 1840
6 Bartolo, Filipe Diogo Correia POR 1876 = 0 0 0 1 # 1 1 1 0 4.5 1784
7 Goncalves, Carlos Manuel M. POR 1600 0 0 0 0 1 0 # = 1 1 3.5 1735
8 Barrento, Jorge Maria Lopes POR 1724 0 0 0 1 0 0 = # 1 1 3.5 1721
9 Lavrador, Rodolfo M Mascarenhas POR 1815 0 0 = = = 0 0 0 # 1 2.5 1625
10 Santos, Julio POR 1884 0 0 = = 0 1 0 0 0 # 2 1564

8) RADNICKICHESS T2R 2021

The RADNICKICHESS T2R takes place 11th to 19th April 2021. This is a very similar title to an event they ran last month - not sure if that was on purpose or not.

RADNICKICHESS T2R-GM Belgrade SRB Sun 11th Apr 2021 - Mon 19th Apr 2021
Leading Round 1 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Kaasen Tor FredrikIMNOR23971.00.010.00
8Djuric StefanGMSRB23341.00.010.00
10Thybo Jesper SondergaardGMDEN25681.00.010.00
45Petrov MartinIMBUL25190.50.500.25
6Kazakouski ValeryIMLTU24760.50.500.25
61Nikolovski NikolaIMMKD24540.00.000.00
3Lundin JanFMSWE21880.00.000.00
4Abramovic BoskoGMSRB23330.00.000.00
7Salimova NurgyulIMBUL23970.00.000.00
9Olsen Filip BoeIMDEN23790.00.000.00
10 players

9) Third Saturday Mix 200 2021

The Third Saturday Mix tournament number 200 takes place 7th to 13th April 2021.

Third Sat Mix 200 2021 Novi Sad SRB Wed 7th Apr 2021 - Tue 13th Apr 2021
Leading Round 8 (of 10) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
14Niemann Hans MokeGMUSA25086.50.0532.5
212Omorjan DejanFMSRB23295.00.0437.5
37Davtyan ArturIMARM24575.00.0433.5
41Bernadskiy VitaliyGMUKR26035.00.0431.0
58Gharibyan MamikonIMARM24555.00.0338.5
63Dardha DanielIMBEL25165.00.0335.5
72Basso Pier LuigiGMITA25524.50.5336.0
85Nikitenko MihailIMBLR24774.50.5331.5
916Peycheva GerganaFMBUL22294.00.0332.5
106Fernandez DanielIMUSA24654.00.0236.5
1117Sreyas PayyappatIND21504.00.0222.5
129Drazic SinisaGMSRB23663.50.0230.5
1313Savitha Shri BWFMIND22613.00.0229.0
1410Lazic MiroljubGMSRB23533.00.0130.0
1515Popchev MilkoGMBUL22293.00.0032.0
1614Dragojlovic AndjelkoIMSRB22592.50.0229.5
1718Petrusic VelimirSRB21102.00.0026.0
1811Laketic GojkoIMSRB23451.50.0127.5
18 players

10) IV Closed GM Barcelona Chess Club 2021

Two Round Robin events; a 4th GM event by these organisers and 13th IM tournament take place 5th to 13th April 2021.

IV Closed GM Barcelona Barcelona ESP Mon 5th Apr 2021 - Tue 13th Apr 2021
Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
15Maurizzi Marc AndriaFRA24795.00.02.53
210Cuenca Jimenez Jose FernandoESP25065.00.01.04
32Gines Esteo Pedro AntonioESP24494.50.01.03
48Narciso Dublan MarcESP25214.00.01.04
59Valenzuela Gomez FernandoCHI23823.50.01.54
61Barseghyan HarutyunFRA24713.01.00.03
74Garcia Ramos DanielESP24363.00.02.03
87Perez Mitjans OrelvisESP24122.51.01.04
96Hernandez Cristian AndresCOL23572.50.02.04
103Ayats Llobera GerardESP24032.00.01.03
10 players
IV Closed GM Barcelona Barcelona ESP Mon 5th Apr 2021 - Tue 13th Apr 2021. Category: 8. Ave: (2442)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Maurizzi, Marc Andria IM FRA 2479 # 1 1 = 1 0 = 1 5 2586
2 Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando GM ESP 2506 # = = = 1 1 1 = 5 2594
3 Gines Esteo, Pedro Antonio IM ESP 2449 0 = # = = 1 1 1 4.5 2535
4 Narciso Dublan, Marc GM ESP 2521 0 = # = 1 1 = = 4 2475
5 Valenzuela Gomez, Fernando IM CHI 2382 = = = # 0 0 1 1 3.5 2437
6 Garcia Ramos, Daniel FM ESP 2436 = = 0 1 # 0 = = 3 2399
7 Barseghyan, Harutyun IM FRA 2471 0 0 0 1 # = 1 = 3 2385
8 Hernandez, Cristian Andres IM COL 2357 1 0 0 0 1 = # 0 2.5 2358
9 Perez Mitjans, Orelvis GM ESP 2412 = 0 = 0 = 0 1 # 2.5 2348
10 Ayats Llobera, Gerard IM ESP 2403 0 = 0 = 0 = = # 2 2305
XIII Closed IM Barcelona Barcelona ESP Mon 5th Apr 2021 - Tue 13th Apr 2021
Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
17Asis Gargatagli HipolitoESP24546.00.02.54
23Benedetti JulioARG22825.00.02.03
39Munoz MiguelESP24624.50.53.04
48Droin AugustinFRA22924.50.52.04
54Boyer MahelFRA23334.01.02.03
62Martinez Fernandez AdrianESP23694.00.00.53
71Martin Barcelo CarlesESP22013.00.01.03
85Ruperez MiguelARG21212.00.00.53
96Martin Gonzalez AngelESP22911.50.00.54
1010Rodriguez Garcia YulieskyCUB21750.50.00.04
10 players
XIII Closed IM Barcelona Barcelona ESP Mon 5th Apr 2021 - Tue 13th Apr 2021. Category: 2. Ave: (2298)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Asis Gargatagli, Hipolito GM ESP 2454 # = 1 1 = 1 1 1 6 2577
2 Benedetti, Julio IM ARG 2282 # 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 2437
3 Munoz, Miguel GM ESP 2462 = 1 # = = = 1 = 4.5 2408
4 Droin, Augustin FM FRA 2292 0 1 = # = = 1 1 4.5 2405
5 Boyer, Mahel FM FRA 2333 0 0 = = # 1 1 1 4 2369
6 Martinez Fernandez, Adrian FM ESP 2369 0 = 0 # = 1 1 1 4 2316
7 Martin Barcelo, Carles ESP 2201 = 0 0 = # = = 1 3 2239
8 Ruperez, Miguel ARG 2121 0 0 0 = 0 = # 1 2 2178
9 Martin Gonzalez, Angel IM ESP 2291 0 = 0 0 = 0 # = 1.5 2066
10 Rodriguez Garcia, Yuliesky CM CUB 2175 0 0 0 0 0 0 = # 0.5 1895

11) Belgrade Spring Chess Festival 2021

The Belgrade Spring Chess Festival takes place 2nd to 22nd April. The Open was won by Haik M. Martirosyan with 8/9. Some round robin events run 16th to 22nd April.

Belgrade Spring Open 2021 Belgrade SRB Fri 2nd Apr 2021 - Thu 22nd Apr 2021
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Martirosyan Haik M.GMARM26208.00.049.554.0
22Sargsyan ShantGMARM25987.50.050.555.0
34Sturt RavenIMUSA24907.00.049.053.0
45Kazakouski ValeryIMLTU24766.50.052.055.0
514Kamer KayraFMTUR23396.50.048.552.0
615Milosevic MilosFMSRB23346.50.047.552.5
73Thybo Jesper SondergaardGMDEN25686.50.043.047.0
825Pasti AronFMHUN22316.50.043.046.5
922Masic PredragIMSRB22636.50.042.046.5
1021Velickovic SasaIMSRB22746.50.041.045.0
119Kaasen Tor FredrikIMNOR23976.00.045.549.5
1218Milanovic SlavisaIMMNE23016.00.043.547.5
1323Ozsakallioglu OkanFMTUR22496.00.043.045.5
1417Martic IvanFMSRB23186.00.041.045.0
156Draskovic LukaIMMNE24726.00.040.043.5
1619Krasteva BeloslavaFMBUL22876.00.038.542.0
1741Poleksic DusanSRB20926.00.038.041.0
1811Potpara NikolaMNE23705.50.049.553.5
1916Abramovic BoskoGMSRB23335.50.046.050.5
2010Pastar SlavenFMBIH23745.50.043.548.0
218Todorovic Goran MGMSRB24065.50.043.547.5
2260Mamedov EdgarKAZ19735.50.043.547.0
2324Skare GoranFMSRB22335.50.041.044.5
2412Cobic VladimirFMSRB23655.50.040.044.0
2553Poleksic PetarSRB20085.50.039.043.0
2649Verbin ValentinaMDA20215.50.035.037.5
2732Mitev ValentinFMBUL21665.00.045.047.5
2813Lajthajm BorkoGMSRB23595.00.044.549.0
2935Kanov NikolaCMBUL21405.00.043.045.0
3083Petricenco AnaMDA17175.00.041.546.0
3168Yeshchenko UlianaUKR18665.00.041.544.0
3263Sahin Hayrun NisaWCMTUR19485.00.041.044.5
3326Lundin JanFMSWE21885.00.040.543.0
3475Miftari HedonMKD18075.00.039.543.5
3533Jovanovic Sasa TFMSRB21555.00.039.543.0
3672Tulchynskyi FeliksUKR18515.00.039.542.5
3766Acarbay AlgiTUR18885.00.039.542.0
3846Tisma IvanSRB20775.00.039.041.5
3939Kocyigit Buse NazWFMTUR21035.00.039.041.0
4034Petrovic AleksaSRB21415.00.038.040.5
107 players

12) Chess.com SIG Bullet Chess Championship 2021

The Chess.com SIG Bullet Chess Championship final stages took place Tuesday 6th to Wednesday 7th Apr 2021. The final 8 played a KO over two days to decide the champion. The quarterfinal pairings were: Naroditsky-Hansen (Hansen had an issue with take down notices on his YouTube Channel and didn't play because he felt he had to address those as a matter of urgency - according to one report I read these were connected to Nakamura's channel - there are easily found later videos connected to all this on YouTube), Tang 8.5-7.5 Nihal, Firouzja 9-8 Artemiev and Nakamura 13-3 Erigaisi. In the semifinals Firouzja beat defending champion Nakamura in a close match 10-8 while Tang beat Naroditsky 9.5-7.5. Firouzja beat Tang 11-5 in the final - he won the first 5 games. Firouzja had a very tough draw, he was somewhat fortunate to beat Artemiev who resigned when in the lead instead of running the clock down and thus allowed Firouzja the chance to equalise. Firouzja was also 6-3 down vs Nakamura at the half way stage before managing to play in a more free style and coming back with a 7-2 win in the second half. The wildcard matches held on 5th April saw Erigaisi defeat Aronian, Artemiev defeat Sadhwani, Hansen defeat Le Tuan Minh and Nihal beat Bortnyk.

Chess.com SIG Bullet KO chess.com INT Wed 31st Mar 2021 - Wed 7th Apr 2021
Leading Final Round 3 Standings:
RkNamePts
Final
1Firouzja, Alireza11.0
2Tang, Andrew5.0
Semi-final
1Tang, Andrew9.5
2Naroditsky, Daniel7.5
1Firouzja, Alireza10.0
2Nakamura, Hikaru8.0
Quarter-final
1Tang, Andrew8.5
2Nihal, Sarin7.5
1Nakamura, Hikaru13.0
2Erigaisi, Arjun3.0
1Firouzja, Alireza9.0
2Artemiev, Vladislav8.0
1Naroditsky, Daniel1-Def
2Hansen, Eric0-Def
17 players
Chess.com SIG Bullet Wild chess.com INT Wed 31st Mar 2021 - Wed 7th Apr 2021
Leading Final Round 1 Standings:
RkNamePts
Round 1
1Erigaisi, Arjun8.5
2Aronian, Levon7.5
1Artemiev, Vladislav9.5
2Sadhwani, Raunak6.5
1Hansen, Eric9.0
2Le, Tuan Minh6.0
1Nihal, Sarin8.5
2Bortnyk, Olexandr7.5
9 players

13) First Saturday April 2021

The First Saturday April tournaments take place 3rd to 13th April 2021.

FSGM April 2021 Budapest HUN Sat 3rd Apr 2021 - Tue 13th Apr 2021
Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
16Subelj JanIMSLO24235.017.250.0
28Nagy GaborGMHUN25115.016.750.0
39Pacher MilanGMSVK24354.012.750.0
45Berczes DavidGMHUN24613.511.250.0
54Souhardo BasakIND23493.510.251.0
62Krstulovic AlexIMHUN23753.510.250.0
77Petkov MomchilFMBUL24263.011.500.0
81Csiki EndreFMHUN23103.08.750.0
910Geher KoppanyHUN22952.58.250.0
103Ongut Tamas GunesFMHUN23382.07.000.0
10 players
FSGM April 2021 Budapest HUN Sat 3rd Apr 2021 - Tue 13th Apr 2021. Category: 6. Ave: (2392)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Subelj, Jan IM SLO 2423 # = = 1 1 = 1 = 5 2560
2 Nagy, Gabor GM HUN 2511 = # 1 = 1 = 1 = 5 2548
3 Pacher, Milan GM SVK 2435 = 0 # = = = 1 1 4 2462
4 Berczes, David GM HUN 2461 0 = = # = = = 1 3.5 2403
5 Souhardo, Basak IND 2349 0 = # 1 0 = = 1 3.5 2384
6 Krstulovic, Alex IM HUN 2375 0 = = 0 # 1 1 = 3.5 2373
7 Petkov, Momchil FM BUL 2426 = = 0 = 1 # 0 = 3 2348
8 Csiki, Endre FM HUN 2310 0 = = 0 1 # = = 3 2331
9 Geher, Koppany HUN 2295 = 0 = 0 = = # = 2.5 2288
10 Ongut, Tamas Gunes FM HUN 2338 = 0 0 0 = = = # 2 2233
FSIM April 2021 Budapest HUN Sat 3rd Apr 2021 - Tue 13th Apr 2021
Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
19Szeberenyi AdamIMHUN23616.016.000.0
22Mendonca Leon LukeIMIND25495.014.750.0
31Papadiamandis ElliotFMFRA22925.011.750.0
47Juhasz AgostonFMHUN23565.011.000.0
53Vegh EndreIMHUN22234.511.750.0
68Lyell MarkFMENG21753.04.500.0
710Gaal ZsokaWFMHUN21692.04.000.0
85Tancsa TamasHUN21571.53.250.0
94Hrescak IvanaWIMSLO22011.03.500.0
106Vidic TejaWIMSLO21921.03.000.0
10 players

14) 2nd CCCSA Charlotte Masters 2021

The 2nd CCCSA Charlotte Masters took place 9th to 11th April 2021. Nicholas Matta won with 5/6.

2nd Charlotte Masters Charlotte USA Fri 9th Apr 2021 - Sun 11th Apr 2021
Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
RkNameRtg123456Pts
1Matta, Nicholas F2357W5W3D2W4W9D65
2Colas, Joshua2404W7W8D1D5D3W94.5
3Mardov, Dimitar2353D10L1W11W8D2W54
4Li, Eric Yuhan2344W11D6D8L1D5W123.5
5Liang, Jason2428L1W10W6D2D4L33
6Wang, Tianqi2427W12D4L5L9W10D13
7Wu, Rochelle2277L2D9D10D11D12W83
8Oberoi, Shelev2289W9L2D4L3W11L72.5
9Putnam, Liam Henry2271L8D7W12W6L1L22.5
10Eckert, Doug D2256D3L5D7W12L6U2
11Yanayt, Eugene2241L4D12L3D7L8B2
12Wu, Derek2292L6D11L9L10D7L41
12 players

15) Konsalt Chess Master April 2021

The Konsalt Chess Master April took place 6th to 11th April 2021. Rao S.V. Srinath won with 6.5/9.

Konsalt Chess Master Apr Cherkasy UKR Tue 6th Apr 2021 - Sun 11th Apr 2021
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
14Srinath Rao S.V.IMIND23816.525.250.04
26Anwesh UpadhyayaIMIND23706.024.000.03
38Solovchuk OleksiyUKR23196.023.500.04
45Romanchuk ViktorFMUKR22455.524.250.02
52Doluhanova EvgeniyaWGMUKR22214.518.000.03
69Boricsev OlegIMHUN22324.517.750.02
73Voronov YuriFMUKR22454.516.500.03
81Terletsky OlegIMUKR22133.012.750.00
910Gavrish LeonidUKR20353.011.750.01
107Khachatryan Vahag H.ARM22221.55.750.00
10 players

16) Sergievskiy Memorial Rapid 2021

The Sergievskiy Memorial Rapid took place 9th to 11th April 2021. Aleksey Sarana won with 9/11.

Sergievskiy Mem Rapid Cheboksary RUS Fri 9th Apr 2021 - Sun 11th Apr 2021
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Sarana Aleksey VasilevichGMRUS2669982.5788
23Ponkratov Pavel AndreevichGMRUS26208.581767
32Chigaev Maksim KonstantinovichGMRUS26388.581766
44Kokarev Dmitriy NikolaevichGMRUS25898.57973.57
520Gitelson Arkadiy BorisovichFMRUS2187880767
69Matinyan Nikita TigranovichGMRUS242488074.57
76Volkov Sergey ViktorovichGMRUS2551879.574.57
87Rozum Ivan MikhaylovichGMRUS2551878.5747
911Girya Olga AleksandrovnaWGMRUS2409876707
1010Savitskiy Sergey AleksandrovichIMRUS2413875717
115Kobaliya Mikhail RobertovichGMRUS25867.577726
128Murzin Volodar ArturovichIMRUS25157.576.5716
1312Mokshanov Aleksey IgorevichIMRUS23767.576714
1414Kovanova Baira SergeevnaWGMRUS22807.57368.56
1515Lavrov Maksim VladislavovichIMRUS22607.571.566.57
1621Shafigullina Zarina RushadovnaWFMRUS21867.569656
1713Voyt Darya StanislavovnaWGMRUS2336780.574.56
1829Grebnev Aleksey NikolaevichRUS2068778.5746
1916Kanter Eduard GrigorevichIMRUS2234775715
2027Semenova Elena YurevnaWIMRUS2085774.5704
2136Chigaeva Anastasiya YurevnaWFMRUS192777367.57
2234Bagautdinov Ilgiz IskhakovichRUS1962771.5677
2323Strutinskaya Galina NikolaevnaWGMRUS2128769647
2424Glazyrin Igor NikolaevichRUS2113768.5667
2525Smirnov Anton AleksandrovichRUS210776863.57
2626Palin Denis ValerevichRUS209176661.55
2731Volkov Maksim KonstantinovichCMRUS2010765.5615
2833Danilov Sergey StanislavovichRUS1983765627
2922Ospennikov Dmitriy VladimirovichFMRUS21806.577.571.56
3019Baraeva Irina SergeevnaWIMRUS22006.57367.56
3117Ponyaev Ruslan ValerevichFMRUS22336.570.5666
3244Temnov AndreyRUS18366.57065.56
3318Safin Robert MaratovichFMRUS22126.56964.56
3428Grigorev Andrey SergeevichRUS20786.56964.55
35103Khadiev Timur MaratovichRUS13386.567625
3640Pimonov Igor AleksandrovichRUS18726.565.562.55
3789Nigmatullina Dina MaratovnaRUS14446.56562.55
3832Rubtsov Leonid AleksandrovichRUS19916.564.561.55
3986Grigorev Nikolay AlekseevichRUS14586.562.560.56
4035Zlachevskiy Leonid QkovlevichRUS19496.56157.56
136 players

17) ch-TUN 2021

The Tunisian Championship took place 4th to 10th April 2021. Although no doubt something to do with the Coronavirus crisis this is the first national championship I can recall being held in a different country. Amir Zaibi won with a perfect 9/9.

ch-TUN 2021 Istanbul TUR Sun 4th Apr 2021 - Sat 10th Apr 2021
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
18Zaibi AmirGMTUN23819.00.03.036.00
210Ben Brahem AymenTUN21406.50.01.022.25
34Jmila OmarTUN21076.00.02.023.50
43Amdouni ZoubaierFMTUN22295.50.00.016.25
56Tira Mohamed AliTUN20184.01.00.511.75
69Meftahi HoussemIMTUN21104.00.00.512.75
77Charfeddine AkramTUN19423.51.00.08.50
81Ben Ammar MohamedCMTUN20853.50.00.59.75
95Bouzidi AhmedCMTUN21632.50.01.59.75
102Hamzaoui KhalilTUN18830.50.00.02.00
10 players

18) ch-IRI 2021

The Iranian Championship takes place 5th to 15th April 2021.

ch-IRI 2021 Tehran IRI Mon 5th Apr 2021 - Thu 15th Apr 2021
Leading Round 12 (of 15) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
15Maghsoodloo ParhamIRI267611.060.504.50.0
212Idani PouyaIRI258810.557.254.50.0
33Ghaem Maghami EhsanIRI25618.034.001.00.0
411Gholami AryanIRI25077.539.003.00.0
57Mousavi Seyed KhalilIRI25227.038.753.00.0
61Tabatabaei M.AminIRI26297.033.252.00.0
710Mosadeghpour MasoudIRI24986.037.253.00.0
813Darini PouriaIRI24326.027.251.00.0
98Gholami Orimi MahdiIRI24285.526.002.00.0
102Daghli ArashIRI24315.525.752.00.0
1115Atakhan AbtinIRI22945.525.751.50.0
1214Daneshvar BardiyaIRI24015.525.001.50.0
1316Hakemi ArmanIRI23163.512.501.00.0
149Jahedi ManiIRI22013.013.501.00.0
156Nikookar MahdiIRI22392.511.751.00.0
164Veisi BardiaIRI22732.010.501.00.0
16 players
ch-IRI 2021 Tehran IRI Mon 5th Apr 2021 - Thu 15th Apr 2021. Category: 8. Ave: (2437)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts TPR
1 Maghsoodloo, Parham GM IRI 2676 # = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 11 2827
2 Idani, Pouya GM IRI 2588 = # = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.5 2764
3 Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan GM IRI 2561 0 # 0 = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 8 2534
4 Gholami, Aryan GM IRI 2507 = # 1 = = = = 0 = = 1 1 1 7.5 2510
5 Mousavi, Seyed Khalil IM IRI 2522 0 = 1 0 # 1 0 = = = 1 1 1 7 2518
6 Tabatabaei, M.amin GM IRI 2629 0 0 = = 0 # 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 7 2494
7 Mosadeghpour, Masoud GM IRI 2498 0 = = 1 0 # 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 6 2443
8 Darini, Pouria GM IRI 2432 0 0 = = 0 # = 1 = 1 1 1 0 6 2412
9 Gholami Orimi, Mahdi IRI 2428 0 0 0 = 0 1 = # = = = 1 1 5.5 2429
10 Daghli, Arash FM IRI 2431 0 = 1 = 0 0 = # 0 1 0 1 1 5.5 2400
11 Atakhan, Abtin FM IRI 2294 0 0 = = = 0 0 = 1 # 1 = 1 5.5 2417
12 Daneshvar, Bardiya IM IRI 2401 = 0 0 = 0 0 = = # 1 1 1 = 5.5 2408
13 Hakemi, Arman FM IRI 2316 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 # 1 1 = 3.5 2295
14 Jahedi, Mani IRI 2201 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 # 1 3 2254
15 Nikookar, Mahdi IRI 2239 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 = 0 0 # 1 2.5 2239
16 Veisi, Bardia IRI 2273 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 = = 0 0 # 2 2155

19) 80th ch-GEO 1st League 2021

The 1st League of the Georgian Championship took place 29th March to 6th April 2021. Nodar Lortkipanidze won with 8/9.

80th ch-GEO 1st League Tbilisi GEO Mon 29th Mar 2021 - Tue 6th Apr 2021
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
17Lortkipanidze NodarGEO24168.047.050.50.0
26Petriashvili NikolozGEO24256.547.551.50.0
32Azaladze ShotaGEO24396.547.051.00.0
43Arabidze MeriGEO24376.545.048.50.0
523Qalichava AkakiGEO18776.544.548.00.0
69Morchiashvili BachanaGEO23136.047.552.50.0
78Akhvlediani IrakliGEO23556.047.050.50.0
81Nigalidze GaiozGEO24806.046.551.00.0
942Kachkachishvili LashaGEO16816.039.042.50.0
1012Volkov NikaGEO20845.544.547.50.0
1130Tsereteli TornikeGEO17655.541.045.00.0
1218Khodashneli ShotaGEO19765.536.539.50.0
1322Esadze TamariGEO18895.045.048.00.0
1420Mindiashvili TengizGEO19235.042.544.50.0
155Tutisani NoeGEO24275.042.043.50.0
1633Shapovalovi VasikoGEO17415.039.540.50.0
1721Adamia JabaGEO18995.039.042.50.0
1837Tsanatsqenishvili AlexandreGEO17025.036.039.00.0
1934Safarov DenielGEO17205.035.539.00.0
2024Elashvili GiorgiGEO18575.034.035.00.0
214Bagaturov GiorgiGEO24314.543.547.00.0
2219Lomaia DianaGEO19464.540.043.50.0
2347Gogolashvili GiorgiGEO14484.536.037.50.0
2417Donghvani NiaGEO19854.535.038.00.0
2525Kheladze IliaGEO18134.040.043.50.0
2610Chkhaidze NikolozGEO23074.039.042.00.0
2726Tskipurishvili DavitiGEO18074.038.541.50.0
2838Darsadze NikolozGEO16944.035.536.50.0
2940Nemsadze DavitiGEO16904.034.536.00.0
3035Gabunia DavitGEO17154.033.535.50.0
3139Kavkasidze IliaGEO16914.032.534.50.0
3243Kvikvinia TeimurazGEO16324.030.031.50.0
3327Tsotsonava EleneGEO18053.541.044.50.0
3414Siprashvili IvaneGEO20753.537.540.50.0
3528Kiladze LukaGEO17863.536.039.00.0
3631Kitesashvili GiorgiGEO17493.535.036.50.0
3713Khelaia GiorgiGEO20793.534.037.00.0
3836Shamatava NikoloziGEO17033.533.536.00.0
3945Bechvaia MaiaGEO16243.531.032.01.0
4032Gongliashvili ZurabGEO17413.531.032.00.0
48 players

20) Chelyabinskiy Variant 2021

The Chelyabinskiy Variant Open took place 23rd to 31st March 2021. Pavel Ponkratov won with 7.5/10. Some additional games from the final two rounds are now available.

Chelyabinskiy Variant GpA Chelyabinsk RUS Tue 23rd Mar 2021 - Wed 31st Mar 2021
Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Ponkratov PavelRUS26197.555.560.55
214Drygalov AndreyRUS25007.058.563.55
33Lysyj IgorRUS26057.056.061.04
6Shomoev AntonRUS25637.056.061.04
59Fedorov AlexeiBLR25297.055.560.54
612Utegaliyev AzamatKAZ25077.055.060.04
713Khanin SemenRUS25067.054.559.04
84Azarov SergeiBLR26047.052.557.54
919Nesterov ArseniyRUS24767.049.052.55
1024Makarian RudikRUS24586.555.559.05
112Demchenko AntonRUS26106.551.055.04
1247Bivol AlinaRUS23706.550.554.55
1318Salemgareev TagirRUS24806.547.551.06
1430Pogosyan StefanRUS24446.543.047.05
1531Suleymenov AlisherKAZ24406.057.059.53
1620Shuvalova PolinaRUS24766.056.560.54
1734Girya OlgaRUS24326.055.559.04
1827Gabrielian ArturRUS24486.054.557.04
1960Grachev AlexeyRUS23026.053.558.54
2022Bryakin MikhailRUS24646.053.557.54
218Frolyanov DmitryRUS25426.052.056.54
2225Bezgodov AlexeiRUS24526.050.052.53
2310Afanasiev NikitaRUS25196.049.553.53
247Aleksandrov AleksejBLR25636.048.553.02
2555Maltsevskaya AleksandraRUS23276.047.050.05
2629Kosic DraganMNE24456.044.046.54
2752Tsoi DmitryRUS23346.043.546.55
2838Remizov YaroslavRUS24115.555.559.54
2944Kovalchuk AlexeyRUS23795.554.557.52
3033Sitnikov AntonUKR24375.554.058.04
3128Zarubitski ViachaslauBLR24465.553.557.04
3232Harutjunyan GevorgARM24395.552.055.53
42Simantsev MikhailUKR23895.552.055.53
3435Kardashevskiy EvgenyRUS24275.552.055.02
3521Gleizerov EvgenyRUS24685.551.556.02
3659Iljin TimofeyUKR23145.551.055.52
375Petrov NikitaRUS25715.550.555.02
3836Buksa NataliyaUKR24195.550.554.03
3939Obgolts ErikRUS24045.550.052.55
4016Stupak KirillBLR24925.549.553.52
97 players

21) Nizami Ganjavi-880 U17 Rapid 2021

The Nizami Ganjavi-880 U17 Rapid was a team event that took place on Tornelo 2nd to 4th April 2021. Iran won. Some additional games from the first round turned up.

Nizami Ganjavi-880 U17 Tornelo INT Fri 2nd Apr 2021 - Sun 4th Apr 2021
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoTeamGms+-=TB1TB2TB3
13Iran971115035.5
22Turkey972014234
31Russia972014038
44Azerbaijan962113031
59Mongolia963012032
614Azerbaijan-3954010029.5
715Philippines954010029.5
85Ukraine954010028.5
98JTX Brasil943210027.5
1018Latvia943210027
1117Estonia932410026.5
1212Moldova94419027.5
1316Kyrgyzstan94419026.5
1410Slovakia93339026
156Cuba Masters94419025.5
1611Interchess-Czech Republic94419025.5
1719Peru94508028
1822Mexico93428027.5
197Azerbaijan-293517027
2024Jamaica93606024.5
2113Denmark92526022
2220Montenegro91535017
2323Abu Dhabi CCMG91713018
2421Azerbaijan-Nakhchivan90900014
24 players

22) 4NCL Online Spring Congress 2021

The 4NCL Online Spring Congress takes place fortnightly 2nd February to 27th April 2021.

1st 4NCL Spring Online lichess.org INT Tue 2nd Feb 2021 - Tue 27th Apr 2021
Leading Round 5 (of 7) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
140Myles Simon18774.50.010.014.0
229Idle Oscar J19304.50.09.514.0
37Cole James21124.00.010.014.5
44Finn Peter21514.00.010.014.0
56Vleeshhouwer Douglas21144.00.09.012.5
63Sedykh Mikhail21714.00.08.513.0
731Bossy Arnim19144.00.08.512.5
820Sarpotdar Amogh A19764.00.07.510.5
913Kafetzopoulos Anastasis20714.00.07.011.0
109Punnett Alan K20964.00.06.09.0
111Villiers ThomasCM23383.50.08.012.5
1216Jacobs Robert20053.50.07.011.5
1328Zheng Harry Z19413.50.07.09.5
1415Keely Leo A20123.50.05.58.5
152Bullen AlexCM22193.00.011.015.5
1642Smith Mark P18163.00.09.013.0
1712Crowther Mark D20783.00.09.013.0
27Davis Timothy J19413.00.09.013.0
1914Hurney Kevin20363.00.08.512.5
2024Truman Richard G19693.00.08.511.5
218Ociepka Adrian21113.00.08.012.5
2217Cox Toby19953.00.08.012.0
25Rich Ben S19593.00.08.012.0
2432Flynn David19143.00.07.011.0
43Khoury Theo18133.00.07.011.0
2648Li Ethan Bingxuan17873.00.06.59.5
2721Bigio Jacob19753.00.05.08.0
2811Handley Michael R20822.50.09.013.5
2962Cooper Dylan E16012.50.09.012.5
3051Merriman Rob17612.50.09.012.5
3118Hill Jonathan S19832.50.08.011.5
3235Hammond Benjamin18912.50.07.511.5
3360Southcott-Moyers Indy16562.50.07.511.0
65Duke Dillan15422.50.07.511.0
3526Merriman James19532.50.07.09.5
3630Garnett John S19182.50.06.510.5
3734Adaway William18992.50.06.510.0
3823George Richard M19712.50.04.57.0
3945Cole Graham L18022.00.010.014.0
4019Moyse Nigel J19792.00.09.013.0
68 players

23) Titled Tuesday Blitz 6th April 2021

The Titled Tuesday Blitz on 6th April 2021 was won by Alireza Firouzja with 10/11.

Titled Tuesday 6th Apr chess.com INT Tue 6th Apr 2021 - Tue 6th Apr 2021
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtg1234567891011PtsTB1
12Alireza FirouzjaGMIRN3155W218WW135BW456WW538BW107WD14BW7WW533BW45WD2WW12B1070.5
21Hikaru NakamuraGMUSA3230W222BW82WW42BW33WW17BD12WW14WW9BW30WD1BD7W9.576.75
359Srinath NarayananGMIND2848W367BW704WW652BL24WW206BW148WW44BW23BW46WD4WW18B9.556.5
456Kirill ShevchenkoGMUKR2855W225WW165BW582WW36WL73BW171WW42WW57BW16WD3BD10B963.75
558Cemil AghamaliyevGMTUR2836L693WW259BW211WW116BW196WL82BW182WW188BW71WW51BW23W959.5
621Nodirbek AbdusattorovGMUZB2931W599BW263WD85BL171WW216WW110BW150WW64WW164BD30BW35W958
715Federico Perez PonsaGMARG2965W211BW76WW393BD94WW127BW343WL1BW49WW124BW532WD2B957.75
826Maksim ChigaevGMRUS2913D409WW274BW565WD614BW570WW39BW83WD72BD9WW75BW31W955.75
94Bogdan Daniel DeacGMROU3065W760WW189BW113WW569BW55WW549BD533WL2WD8BW17WW25B954.25
1014Aleksey SaranaGMRUS2951W595WW163BW651WL49BW615WD174BW540WW133BW33WW69BD4W950.5
1134Andrey EsipenkoGMRUS2886W522WL618BW701WW262BD186WD92BW115BW228WW537BW36WW30W948
1210Peter SvidlerGMRUS2982W260WW114BW121WW128WW83BD2BD46WD532BW55BW47WL1W8.560.25
1341Pavel EljanovGMUKR2865W301BW116WW110BW120WL31WL537BW206WW62WD57BW63WW53B8.558.25
1416Oleksandr BortnykGMUKR2952W244WW712BW228WW29BW49WD1WL2BL128WW150BW127BW55W8.553.5
1527Klementy SychevGMRUS2892L168BW369WW288BW20WW552BL48BD92WW347BW145WW57WW72B8.552.5
1635Samvel Ter-SahakyanGMARM2881W510BD173WW231BW140WW104BW130WD19BW539WL4BD61WW48W8.551
1747Sanan SjugirovGMRUS2878W348BW74WW579BW570WL2WW85BW89WW537BD532WL9BW61B8.550.75
1822Aleksandar IndjicGMSRB2919W774WW597BW134WL83BW108WW27WD49BW48WW128BW531WL3W8.550.25
197Alexander ZubovGMUKR2982D236BW682WD396BW486WW141WW136BD16WL531BW87WW129BW39B8.547.5
20247Alekhine NouriFMPHL2629W472WW694WL541BL15BW209WW340BW102BD79WW64BW124WW46B8.547
2066Leon LivaicIMHRV2813D175WL684BW272BW504WW250WW347BW122BL73WW546WW86BW69W8.547
2255Alexandr TriapishkoIMRUS2840W613BL632WW513WW555BW135WW139BL57WW186BW121BD533WW47B8.546.25
2323Jose Eduardo Martinez AlcantaraGMPER2902W265BW131WW564BW38WL32BW79WW28BL3WW42BW78WL5B854.5
24328Aldokhin, IvanIMRUS2562W428WW64BW54WW3BL46WL28WW393BL535WW134BW220BW78W852
2538Vugar RasulovGMAZE2868W351WD639BW234WW62BD85WW63WL32BW108WW535BW76BL9W850.75
2679Visakh NRGMIND2778W269BW239WD632BW147BW122WL532BD159WW91WL61BW110WW108W850
27114Gevorg HarutjunyanGMARM2729W410WW151BW192BW69WL549WL18BL126WW289BW555WW92BW76W848
2890Alex OstrovskiyIMUSA2751W276WD243BD578WW217BW620WW24BL23WW159BL76WW82BW119B847.75
2998Sơn ĐặngFMVNM2734W267WW86BW289BL14WL558BW217WL76BW578WW193BW84WW109W847.5
303Vladislav ArtemievGMRUS3099W609BW610WD78BW573WW153BW32WW47BW534WL2BD6WL11B847
31165Evgeniy NajerGMRUS2694W520WW302BW238WW59WW13BL533WL33WW90BW536BW534WL8B846.5
32113Corey AcorFMUSA2741W772BW219WW616WW169BW23WL30BW25WL46BL109BW186WW91B844
3363Iniyan PGMIND2792W683BW344WW148BL2BW610WW153WW31BD164WL10BW126WD40W843.75
3420Sergei ZhigalkoGMBLR2898W702WD126BL125WW636BL231WW161WD147BW190WW159BW80WW81B843
3550Denis LazavikFMBLR2834W332WL143BD680WW682BW234WD186BW189WW119BW113WW109BL6B842.75
36250Federico SellittiNMGBR2627W318BW650WW545WL4BW612WL554BW541BW88WW136WL11BW83W842
36345Aaravamudhan BalajiCMFRA2531W598BL81WL650BW431WW664WL206BW314WW156WW98BW121WW120B842
36105Costachi, MihneaIMROU2726W209BW200WW653WL23BL86BL87WW586BW400WW216WW115BW105W842
39115Alex FierGMBRA2744W331BW601WW607BW571WL534BL8WW173BW180WW539BW45BL19W841.5
4019Evgeny AlekseevGMRUS2908W755BD592WW126WL85BL184WW376WW572BW135WW132BW79WD33B840.75
800 players

24) Titled Arena Blitz April 2021

Oleksandr Bortnyk won the Titled Arena Blitz on April 3rd ahead of Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Vladislav Artemiev. Magnus Carlsen Alireza Firouzja and Daniil Dubov were in the also rans.

25) PNWCC Online Blitz - Jackpot XXIII 2021

The PNWCC Online Blitz - Jackpot XXIII took place on April 11th. Pavel Eljanov edged out Jeffery Xiong on tie-break after both scored 9/12. I have a couple of names missing but no-one knows who they were so I had to delete those games.

PNWCC Online Blitz JP 23 chess.com INT Sun 11th Apr 2021 - Sun 11th Apr 2021
Leading Final Round 12 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtg123456789101112PtsTB1
13Pavel EljanovGMUKR2917W18BW7WW6BW28WW2BD15WW9WW4BL5BL3WW16BD8W960
21Jeffery XiongGMUSA2974W13BW29WD16BW8BL1WW7BW15WW6WW9BW5WD3BL4W959.25
34Samvel Ter-SahakyanGMARM2886W17WL6BD4WW5WL15BW21WD8BW11BW16WW1BD2WW9B8.559.5
45Manuel PetrosyanGMARM2869W10BD8WD3BW16WD9BD6WW7BL1WW15BW11WL5BW2B856.25
52Baadur JobavaGMGEO2903D19WW13BL8WL3BW29BW10WW12BD15BW1WL2BW4WW6B853
611Bahadir OZENIMTUR2714W30BW3WL1WD21BW13WD4BW11WL2BW10WW9WD7BL5W7.546
710Evgeny PostnyGMISR2743W23WL1BW12WW17BW28BL2WL4WL10BW18WW8BD6WW16W7.543.25
812Andrey RychagovGMRUS2697W20WD4BW5BL2WD16BW22WD3WL9BW21WL7WW15BD1B746.25
97Anthony HeFMUSA2790W22BL15WW10BW18BD4WW28WL1BW8WL2WL6BW13WL3W6.538
1019Ruiyang YanWCMUSA2344L4WW23BL9WW27WW20BL5BW22WW7WL6BL16BW21WD13B6.534.25
1113Daniel HeUSA2505W24BL28WL20BW26WW21BW16WL6BL3WW14BL4BD12WW17B6.533.25
1222Marchesich, GiovanniHRV2246L16BW24WL7BW29WD17WW19BL5WL13WD22BW23WD11BW21B6.532.25
1215Sharikov, AlexanderRUS2517L2WL5WW23BW14WL6BL17BW26WW12BW29BW15WL9BD10W6.532.25
1423Jiang, AndrewCAN2109L29WL17BW24WL13BL19BW25WW27BW20BL11WW26BW23WD18B6.526
1514Yang, KaiqiGMCAN2541W26WW9BL28BW20WW3WD1BL2BD5WL4WL13BL8WW25B635.5
168Aditya MittalIMIND2769W12WW27BD2WL4BD8WL11BW17WW18BL3BW10WL1WL7B635
17181b31-ONOR2378L3BW14WW27BL7WD12BW13WL16BL21WW23BD18BW25WL11W630.25
1817Julian EstradaIMMEX2400L1WW19BW26BL9WL22BW20WW23BL16WL7BD17WW27BD14W627.25
1916Vantika AgrawalWIMIND2471D5BL18WL31BW30BW14WL12WL21BL29WW24BW20WD22BW26W626
2026Erin BianUSA1911L8BW22WW11WL15BL10WL18BW29BL14WW25WL19BW26WW27W622.5
2120Justin SarkarIMUSA2266L28BW30WW29BD6WL11WL3BW19WW17BL8BW24WL10BL12W5.523.75
2221Max MottolaUSA2211L9WL20BW30WW25BW18WL8BL10BL23WD12WW27BD19WL24B519.25
2324Maksymilian MłynekPOL1871L7BL10WL13WW24BW27WW26BL18WW22BL17WL12BL14BBYE513
2427Ted ShiUSA1650L11WL12BL14BL23WL30WW27BL25BW26WL19WL21BBYEW22W49
2418hamid5216IRN1428U--U--BYEL22WL26BL14BW24WW27WL20BW29WL17BL15W49
2628Kairui ChengUSA1496L15BBYEL18WL11BW25WL23WL13BL24BL27WL14WL20BL19B24
2729Davey JonesUSA1486BYEL16WL17WL10BL23BL24WL14WL25BW26BL22WL18WL20B22
286Sanan SjugirovGMRUS2832W21WW11BW15WL1BL7WL9BU--U--U--U--U--U--39.5
299Gianmarco LeivaIMPER2668W14BL2BL21WL12BL5WW30BL20WW19BL13WL25BU--U--38.5
3025Isaac VegaUSA1882L6WL21BL22BL19WW24BL29WU--U--U--U--U--U--10
3023Rinat JumabayevGMKAZ2805U--U--W19WU--U--U--U--U--U--U--U--U--10
3219Wade SuessUSA1823U--U--U--U--U--U--U--U--U--U--U--U--00
32 players

26) C'Chartres Blitz Open April 2021

The C'Chartres Blitz Open April took place on April 10th. Baadur Jobava won with 10/11./

C'Chartres Apr Blitz Open Europe-Echecs INT Sat 10th Apr 2021 - Sat 10th Apr 2021
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkNameRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Jobava Baadur260310.0278665.5010
2Deac Bogdan-Daniel26259.5277968.008
3Yuffa Daniil25849.5276166.009
4Pichot Alan26308.5273171.008
5Shirov Alexei26628.5271970.007
6Ivanchuk Vasyl26788.5269568.508
7Postny Evgeny25878.5258263.508
8Sonis Francesco24938.5257261.508
9Vastrukhin Oleg24018.5248258.508
10Lagarde Maxime26388.0263271.006
11Mamedov Rauf26548.0262567.506
12Kamsky Gata26658.0253562.006
13Guliyev Namig25388.0251561.507
14Urazayev Arystanbek24298.0248060.508
15Gunina Valentina24218.0247164.008
16Enchev Ivajlo25018.0246459.508
17Efimov Igor24168.0235657.008
18Bulmaga Irina24408.0229454.508
19Haussernot Cecile21718.0227452.508
20Hejazipour Mitra23198.0223552.507
21Bellahcene Bilel25187.5246365.006
22Mitrabha Guha24677.5245761.007
23Shchekachev Andrei25157.5245562.507
24Harshavardhan G B23977.5242358.007
25Materia Marco22877.5239566.007
26Buksa Nataliya24197.5239562.007
27Stephan Victor24307.5236960.007
28Agmanov Zhandos24137.5231460.507
29Fischler Oscar18667.5216954.007
30Maugenest Ghislain20527.5216952.507
31Grolleau Matteo18047.5202253.007
32Bauer Christian26397.0247267.506
33Bykhovsky Avigdor23987.0234563.506
34Kuhn Clement22527.0232861.507
35Mammadova Gulnar23827.0229158.007
36Belkhodja Slim23667.0227361.507
37Lucas Arthur23107.0227062.007
38Sharikov Alexander21327.0225462.006
39Maisuradze Nino22517.0222059.007
40Brunner Nicolas24187.0221859.507
237 players

27) Crestbook Shipov-Bareev 2021

There was a match on the Crestbook Youtube channel where Sergei Shipov beat Evgeny Bareev in a 20 game blitz match.

Crestbook Shipov-Bareev lichess.org INT Sat 10th Apr 2021 - Sat 10th Apr 2021
Leading Final Round 20 Standings:
RkNameRtgGms1234567891011121314151617181920Pts
1Shipov, Sergei2541200½10001111½11100½1½112.0
2Bareev, Evgeny2638201½01110000½00011½0½08.0
2 players

28) Levitov Chess Esipenko-Bortnik Match 2021

There was another blitz match on the Levitov YouTube Channel Olexandr Bortnyk beat Andrey Esipenko 9-5.

Levitov Esipenko-Bortnik lichess.org INT Wed 7th Apr 2021 - Wed 7th Apr 2021
Leading Final Round 14 Standings:
RkNameRtgGms1234567891011121314Pts
1Bortnyk, Olexandr25981410111½10½½110½9
2Esipenko, Andrey27011401000½01½½001½5
2 players

29) 4NCL Online Season 3 2021

The 4NCL Online Season 3 takes place 26th January to 18th May 2021.

30) 9th Bangladesh Games 2021

The 9th Bangladesh Games saw the final team event take place 4th-8th April 2021. Bangladesh Ansar & VDP Team won.

9th BAN Games Classical t Dhaka BAN Fri 2nd Apr 2021 - Sat 3rd Apr 2021
Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
RkSNoTeamGms+-=TB1TB2TB3
11Bangladesh Ansar & VDP Team54019140
23Bangladesh Navy5311713.50
34Bangladesh Biman53117130
42Bangladesh Police53117110
55Titas Club53206110
69Rajshahi Division522158.50
77Dhaka Division523049.50
88Khulna Division513138.50
96Chottogram Division514026.50
1010Sylhet Division505004.50
10 players

31) Deutsche Schach-Online-Liga 2021

The Preliminary rounds of the German Online League took place 18th January to 29th March. The Quarter finals will take place this week - not sure what the delay has been as I'm sure they were supposed to have already taken place.

TCh-GER Online Liga 1 GpD PlayChess INT Mon 18th Jan 2021 - Mon 22nd Mar 2021
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkTeamRtgGms12345678MptsBptsTB1
1SK Zehlendorf I23627+333121938
2Bayern München I21587+231118½30
3Koelner SK Dr Lasker I217471½+31014½23
4SF Berlin I234771+3361412
5Hamburger SK I22567211+2613½13,5
6SK Johanneum Eppendorf I21787½2+2361317,5
7SK Ettlingen I22617½12+35129
8SK Bickenbach I2158711½11+00
8 players
TCh-GER Online Liga 1 GpC PlayChess INT Mon 18th Jan 2021 - Mon 22nd Mar 2021
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkTeamRtgGms12345678MptsBptsTB1
1SG Porz I23107+222111833,5
2SV Werder Bremen II244472+3332101832
3SK Muenster2262721+2332915½26
4SG Osnabrueck2184712+281420,5
5SK Rinteln I216871+2713½19,5
6SV Hofheim I21457½1+3411½7
7SK Dessau I216072½121+410½12,5
8TuRa Harksheide22377½222+31113
8 players
TCh-GER Online Liga 1 GpB PlayChess INT Mon 18th Jan 2021 - Mon 22nd Mar 2021
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkTeamRtgGms12345678MptsBptsTB1
1SV Werder Bremen I25207 +24334132337
2SG Leipzig216172 +24121834
3SVG Plettenberg23037½ +32391620,5
4Hamburger SK II21447021 +232713½16,5
5SV Hellern I21977½½2 +234613½11
6SC Zitadelle Spandau2167712½2 +2310½ 9
7SF Heidesheim I226371011 +23 9 4,5
8Hamelner SV I22307012022 +3 6,5
8 players
TCh-GER Online Liga 1 GpA PlayChess INT Mon 18th Jan 2021 - Mon 22nd Mar 2021
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkTeamRtgGms12345678MptsBptsTB1
1SF Deizisau I26627 +32341321½39,5
2SV Dinslaken227671 +3221015½26,5
3SK Ludwigshafen I216671 +224817½18
4SK Bad Homburg I2143722 +271520,5
5SV Osnabrueck21657122½ +2371318
6SF Essen-Katernberg I2203702½ +23611½15
7SV Walldorf I22987½0222 +241010,5
8SK Herzogenaurach I22167½½112 +1 8 2
8 players

32) TCh-AUT 2nd Bundesliga Mitte 2021

The Austrian Mitte Bundesliga completed its short 5 round season last weekend. Pinggau-Friedberg won.

TCh-AUT 2nd Bund. Mitte Graz AUT Fri 12th Mar 2021 - Sun 11th Apr 2021
Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
RkTeam123456TB1TB2TB3
1Pinggau-Friedberg*461025.50
2Fürstenfeld/Hartberg2*343616.50
3Schachfreunde Graz½*444614.00
4ESV ASKÖ Admira Villach032*34412.00
5- Das Kärnten - St. Veit½223*311.00
6SV Steyregg322*111.00
6 players

33) ch-CRO Junior Teams 2021

The Croatian Juniors team event took place 6th to 11th April 2021. SK LIBURNIJA, Rijeka won.

ch-CRO Junior Teams 2021 Rabac CRO Tue 6th Apr 2021 - Sun 11th Apr 2021
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1SK LIBURNIJA, Rijeka*423334431932.5186.8
2ASK JUNIOR, Rijeka*142341932197.3
3SK MORNAR, Split½*212334331425.5125.5
4SK SVETA NEDELJA, Sv. Nedelja032*221341323.5132.3
5SK SESVETE – AGROPROTEINKA, Sesvete203*2441225.5110
6SSK KOPRIVNICA, Koprivnica1*13331223111
7SK CASPER, Zadar1½22*41222.5119
8SK OROSLAVJE, Oroslavje12122*31122.597.5
9SK STRIDON, Strigova011303*22817.582
10GSK ZUPANJA, Zupanja001112*371654.8
11SK AMATER, Strizivojna1½10½1*413.527.5
12SK DUBROVNIK, Dubrovnik01010½21*1108.8
12 players

34) College Final Four 2021

The College Final Four took place on ICC 3rd to 4th April 2021. UT Rio Grande Valley won this 6 round rapid tournament. Games now available.

College Final Four 2021 ICC INT Sat 3rd Apr 2021 - Sun 4th Apr 2021
Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
RkTeamRtgPts
1UT Rio Grande Valley2651.314.5
2St. Louis2667.214.0
3WEBSTER2692.811.0
4Texas Tech2586.28.5
4 players

35) Hybrid-Match Berlin-Wien 2021

There was another test of the Hybrid Chess concept with a match between Berlin and Vienna on 27th March. The classical games section was drawn but Vienna dominated the rapid.

Hybrid Berlin-Wien Classical Tornelo INT Sat 27th Mar 2021 - Sat 27th Mar 2021
Leading Final Round 1 Standings:
RkTeam1TB1TB2
1Wien212
1Berlin212
2 players
Hybrid Berlin-Wien Rapid Tornelo INT Sat 27th Mar 2021 - Sat 27th Mar 2021
Leading Final Round 4 Standings:
RkSNoTeamNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1
12WienMorgunov,MarcFMAUT238544
13WienPeyrer,KonstantinFMAUT226144
11WienFroewis,GeorgIMAUT24533.53
46BerlinSchnabel,RalfGER22351.52
45BerlinRosenthal,DirkFMGER239011
47BerlinSchulz,MichaelFMGER216811
44WienFroewis,AnnikaWFMAUT21430.50
48BerlinRath,AlinaGER20550.50
8 players

36) Forthcoming Events and Links

Titled Tuesday Blitz 13th April 2021

Kyiv Spring 2021

20th Marienbad Open 2021

Vladimir Bato Kontic Memorial 2021

Rujna Zora-3 2021

Titled Tuesday Blitz 20th April 2021

7th 4NCL Online Congress 2021

Niksic Memorial 2021

PNWCC Super G60 Apr 2021

Rujna Zora-4 2021

20th Prague Open 2021

TCh-SUI 2021

Titled Tuesday Blitz 27th April 2021

CCCSA Memorial Day 2021

Silver Lake Open 2021

12th Carlos I Open 2021

48th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2021

US Junior Closed 2021

43rd ATSGroep-Goodhabitz Open 2021

54th Biel Chess Festival 2021

8th Famalicao Open 2021

Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2021

19th Spilimbergo Open 2021

8th Sinquefield Cup 2021

Guimaraes Chess Open 2021

9th Altibox Norway Chess 2021

Champions Showdown 9LX 2021

ch-USA 2021

British Rapidplay 2021

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