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THE WEEK IN CHESS 1417 3rd January 2022 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2021
3) 32nd Cracovia 2021-22
4) Irish New Year Norm Events 2022
5) 129th New Zealand Congress 2022
6) Vezerkepzo GM/IM Christmas 2021
7) 26th Bosnjaci Open 2022
8) 46th ch-BAN 2021
9) Vergani Cup January 2022
10) 15th Lazio International 2022
11) 10th Lorca Open 2021
12) 18th Mont de Marsan Open 2021
13) 1st BICA Pawn Open 2021
14) 30th Donau Open 2021
15) 31st North American Open 2021
16) 45th Zurich Christmas Open 2021
17) Bremen Silvester Open 2021
18) Charlotte Open 2021
19) PNWCC Winter of Washington Open 2021
20) Vergani Cup December 2021
21) XXX Elgoibar GM 2021
22) Titled Tuesday Blitz 28th December 2021
23) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
World Rapid and Blitz Championships 20214408 games
32nd Cracovia 2021-22286 games
Irish New Year Norm Events 20229 games
129th New Zealand Congress 202224 games
Vezerkepzo GM/IM Christmas 202164 games
26th Bosnjaci Open 202215 games
46th ch-BAN 202149 games
18th Mont de Marsan Open 202127 games
1st BICA Pawn Open 2021247 games
31st North American Open 2021103 games
Bremen Silvester Open 2021388 games
Charlotte Open 2021158 games
PNWCC Winter of Washington Open 20217 games
Vergani Cup December 202143 games
XXX Elgoibar GM 20215 games
Titled Tuesday Blitz 28th December 20211573 games
7406 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Olexandr Prohorov, Holger Lieske, Xuhao He, Ehud Lahav, Pedro Alberdi, Simon McNamara and everyone else who helped with this issue.

Nodirbek Abdusattorov won the World Rapid Chess Championships in Warsaw. He beat Ian Nepomniachtchi in a blitz tie-break. The key moment came when he beat Magnus Carlsen in Round 10 - Carlsen was winning at one early stage according to the computer but certainly had a draw in hand later, although it was tricky. Carlsen also bitterly complained about the system of tie-breaks - he was tied for first in the rapid with Nepomniachtchi, Caruana and Abdusattorov but due to his tie-break he didn't get to play in the playoff. It seemed to completely derail his blitz campaign. The blitz was won by MVL who defeated Jan-Krzysztof Duda in another tie-break match, Alireza Firouzja was also tied for first but had the worst tie-break of the three. At least four players had to isolate on the final day including Hikaru Nakamura, lets hope that there was only a small number of players affected. Alexandra Kosteniuk won the women's rapid ahead of Bibisara Assaubayeva and Valentina Gunina. The first two places were reversed in the blitz with Gunina again taking bronze. Sadly we lost the Rilton Cup and the Hastings Chess Congress to the coronavirus - lets hope some normality can return later in the year.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

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2) World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2021

The World Rapid and Blitz Championships took place in Warsaw Sun 26th Dec to Thu 30th Dec 2021. Leading players: Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Ian Nepomniachtchi, MVL, Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri, Alexander Grischuk, Sergey Karjakin etc. This should be a highly competitive and enjoyable contest.

The event was last held in Moscow in 2019. 176 players are registered for the Rapid Open (down from 207 two years ago), 154 the blitz (206) the women's events have 103 for the rapid (122) and 85 for the blitz (122). Given the coronavirus crisis these figures have held up remarkably well. On the final day Hikaru Nakamura along with 3 or 4 other players had to self isolate due to the coronavirus, most of the players did complete the event. Nodirbek Abdusattorov beat Ian Nepomniachtchi in a tie-break to win the rapid event. Carlsen and Caruana had the same scores but worse tie-breaks and the regulations said these players wouldn't be involved in any tie-break for first. Carlsen bitterly complained about the regulations afterwards on Norwegian TV. In the blitz Carlsen started well but once he started losing he lost a lot - 6 games in total - a pretty unheard of number for him. MVL beat Jan-Krzysztof in a third blitz game to take the blitz title - their initial two games were drawn - after that it was first player to win. Alireza Firouzja tied on 15/21 with MVL and Duda but had a worse tie-break than these two players and missed out. We can only pray everyone gets home safe and sound now.

World Rapid TB 2021 Warsaw POL Sun 26th Dec 2021 - Thu 30th Dec 2021
Leading Final Round 2 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg12Pts
1Abdusattorov NodirbekGMUZB2593=11.5
2Nepomniachtchi IanGMRUS2798=00.5
2 players
World Rapid 2021 Warsaw POL Sun 26th Dec 2021 - Thu 30th Dec 2021
Leading Final Round 13 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
159Abdusattorov NodirbekGMUZB25939.5103.0109.02674
24Nepomniachtchi IanGMCFR27989.5100.5107.52699
31Carlsen MagnusGMNOR28429.597.0103.02691
46Caruana FabianoGMUSA27709.595.0100.02649
53Duda Jan-KrzysztofGMPOL28019.098.0103.02679
614Aronian LevonGMUSA27289.096.0100.02544
72Nakamura HikaruGMUSA28369.095.5102.02650
815Mamedyarov ShakhriyarGMAZE27279.092.098.02588
9174Gukesh DGMIND20509.091.095.02619
1010Rapport RichardGMHUN27509.088.094.02592
119Karjakin SergeyGMCFR27579.078.582.52519
1269Van Foreest JordenGMNED25638.598.0103.52715
138Grischuk AlexanderGMCFR27638.597.5102.52655
1421Fedoseev VladimirGMCFR26928.594.098.52639
15173Mitrabha GuhaIMIND21078.590.095.52622
1612Dubov DaniilGMCFR27358.590.095.52561
175Vachier-Lagrave MaximeGMFRA27738.586.092.02562
1813Salem A.R. SalehGMUAE27298.585.090.52556
1926Sarana AlexeyGMCFR26808.584.089.02537
2033Firouzja AlirezaGMFRA26568.097.5102.52626
2142Volokitin AndreiGMUKR26318.095.5101.02642
2235Gelfand BorisGMISR26488.094.098.52525
2347Cheparinov IvanGMBUL26218.093.598.02640
2423Korobov AntonGMUKR26898.092.598.52579
257Giri AnishGMNED27678.092.098.02618
2624Onyshchuk VolodymyrGMUKR26878.089.095.02535
2749Petrosian Tigran L.GMARM26218.089.094.02559
2855Efimenko ZaharGMUKR26098.088.093.02524
29152Sargsyan ShantGMARM23448.087.092.02599
3034Matlakov MaximGMCFR26528.086.592.02572
3120Sargissian GabrielGMARM26938.086.091.02540
32105Shevchenko KirillGMUKR25088.085.588.52641
33143Martirosyan Haik M.GMARM23778.084.590.52600
3464Bluebaum MatthiasGMGER25758.084.089.02539
3528Svane RasmusGMGER26778.082.587.52518
3617Artemiev VladislavGMCFR27148.081.586.02535
3756Chigaev MaksimGMCFR26058.080.584.02522
3846Howell David W LGMENG26248.078.082.52491
3945Anton Guijarro DavidGMESP26277.599.5105.52589
4027Jobava BaadurGMGEO26797.598.0103.02573
176 players
World Blitz TB 2021 Warsaw POL Sun 26th Dec 2021 - Thu 30th Dec 2021
Leading Final Round 3 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg123Pts
1Vachier-Lagrave MaximeGMFRA2787==12
2Duda Jan-KrzysztofGMPOL2792==01
2 players
World Blitz 2021 Warsaw POL Sun 26th Dec 2021 - Thu 30th Dec 2021
Leading Final Round 21 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
18Vachier-Lagrave MaximeGMFRA278715.0244.0251.52660
26Duda Jan-KrzysztofGMPOL279215.0242.0249.52640
34Firouzja AlirezaGMFRA281015.0237.0245.52609
414Dubov DaniilGMCFR274914.5253.5262.02670
515Aronian LevonGMUSA274014.0256.0264.52682
612Mamedyarov ShakhriyarGMAZE275414.0249.5258.52640
73Artemiev VladislavGMCFR283014.0245.0253.52646
8133Sindarov JavokhirGMUZB245213.5259.0269.52689
922Fedoseev VladimirGMCFR269013.5258.5267.02674
1076Oparin GrigoriyGMCFR258013.5256.0266.02678
1119Martirosyan Haik M.GMARM270713.5252.5262.02659
121Carlsen MagnusGMNOR289213.5252.0262.52664
1347Kravtsiv MartynGMUKR263813.5250.5258.52641
1411Grischuk AlexanderGMCFR275713.5248.5257.02665
15105Kobalia MikhailGMCFR253213.5247.5257.52677
169Giri AnishGMNED277813.5247.5256.52651
1730Alekseenko KirillGMCFR266313.0247.0257.02619
1852Vidit Santosh GujrathiGMIND262813.0238.5247.02594
1920Nihal SarinGMIND270513.0236.0244.02584
2028Sarana AlexeyGMCFR267213.0234.5243.52576
2126Mamedov RaufGMAZE268613.0225.0233.52569
2245Dreev AlekseyGMCFR264113.0225.0233.52549
2333Quparadze GigaGMGEO265813.0223.0231.52548
2410Erigaisi ArjunGMIND276512.5252.0260.02664
257Nepomniachtchi IanGMCFR279212.5249.0258.02658
2684Muradli MahammadIMAZE257112.5247.0252.52645
2754Amin BassemGMEGY261712.5245.5254.02654
2839Maghsoodloo ParhamGMIRI265512.5242.5250.02622
2943Svane RasmusGMGER264312.5236.5244.02589
3036Adly AhmedGMEGY265612.5232.5241.52569
3167Cheparinov IvanGMBUL259412.5231.5239.02581
32119Gukesh DGMIND250612.5229.5232.52621
3340Gelfand BorisGMISR264712.5228.0236.52587
34122Donchenko AlexanderGMGER249412.5226.0234.52633
35101Sargsyan ShantGMARM253712.5223.0231.52566
3644Salem A.R. SalehGMUAE264212.5223.0231.52531
3762Indjic AleksandarGMSRB260312.5222.0230.52569
3827Niemann Hans MokeGMUSA268012.5221.0228.52572
395Caruana FabianoGMUSA280312.5218.5227.02578
40109Kovalev VladislavGMFID252712.5209.5212.52529
179 players
World Rapid Women 2021 Warsaw POL Sun 26th Dec 2021 - Thu 30th Dec 2021
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
13Kosteniuk AlexandraGMCFR25159.069.073.52377
219Assaubayeva BibisaraIMKAZ23698.565.069.52263
35Gunina ValentinaGMCFR24998.072.578.02374
41Lagno KaterynaGMCFR25458.068.573.52299
578Serikbay AsselWIMKAZ20237.572.077.02399
67Koneru HumpyGMIND24837.568.071.02281
79Dzagnidze NanaGMGEO24717.567.572.02307
820Paehtz ElisabethIMGER23677.563.067.52232
911Stefanova AntoanetaGMBUL24437.562.565.52291
1030Michna MartaWGMGER22917.561.565.52146
1110Abdumalik ZhansayaGMKAZ24497.560.564.02236
1215Mammadova GulnarIMAZE23887.560.065.02246
136Muzychuk AnnaGMUKR24977.558.563.02198
1449Vaishali RIMIND22017.069.072.52407
154Muzychuk MariyaGMUKR25017.068.573.52310
162Goryachkina AleksandraGMCFR25217.063.568.02225
1741Nomin-Erdene DavaademberelIMMGL22357.063.067.02253
1822Gaponenko InnaIMUKR23487.061.065.52240
1923Berend ElviraWGMLUX23447.055.558.52102
2018Kashlinskaya AlinaIMCFR23777.053.557.52107
2117Girya OlgaGMCFR23807.053.554.52129
2264Pavlidou EkateriniWIMGRE21106.573.578.02422
2314Shuvalova PolinaIMCFR24006.571.076.02379
2437Garifullina LeyaWGMCFR22456.564.067.52222
2548Muetsch AnnmarieWIMGER22036.563.068.02217
2668Balajayeva KhanimWGMAZE20936.562.065.52305
2735Osmak YuliiaIMUKR22536.560.564.02254
2821Danielian ElinaGMARM23596.560.064.52191
2974Kiolbasa OliwiaWIMPOL20676.559.564.02274
3031Pourkashiyan AtousaWGMIRI22906.559.062.52104
3112Atalik EkaterinaIMTUR24196.558.062.02232
3239Socko MonikaGMPOL22386.558.061.52180
3372Kamalidenova MeruertWIMKAZ20706.065.070.02358
3416Batsiashvili NinoGMGEO23806.064.067.52232
3561Paramzina AnastasyaWGMCFR21306.062.563.52367
3646Movsesian JuliaWGMCZE22246.061.063.52237
3788Beydullayeva GovharWIMAZE19246.060.565.02247
3898Vantika AgrawalWGMIND17296.058.563.02259
3945Kulon KlaudiaIMPOL22276.058.062.52068
4080Nurgali NazerkeWIMKAZ20026.056.560.52290
103 players
World Blitz Women 2021 Warsaw POL Sun 26th Dec 2021 - Thu 30th Dec 2021
Leading Final Round 17 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
129Assaubayeva BibisaraIMKAZ228514.0170.0177.52328
25Kosteniuk AlexandraGMCFR247512.5157.5164.52274
36Gunina ValentinaGMCFR245212.0173.0181.52332
424Shuvalova PolinaIMCFR230612.0167.5174.02271
53Koneru HumpyGMIND248311.5168.5176.02326
643Buksa NataliyaIMUKR219911.5167.5173.52329
711Dzagnidze NanaGMGEO239411.5156.5164.02193
87Goryachkina AleksandraGMCFR244111.0166.5174.02298
92Muzychuk AnnaGMUKR250911.0161.0168.52274
101Lagno KaterynaGMCFR259211.0156.5163.02274
114Stefanova AntoanetaGMBUL247711.0152.0158.02230
129Paehtz ElisabethIMGER241211.0148.5155.52234
1336Girya OlgaGMCFR226211.0144.5150.52183
1421Vaishali RIMIND231310.5168.5174.52307
1538Mamedjarova ZeinabWGMAZE225010.5155.5162.02263
1626Gaponenko InnaIMUKR229210.5149.0156.02217
1710Bodnaruk AnastasiaIMCFR240610.5147.0154.02195
1834Kulon KlaudiaIMPOL226510.5145.5151.52206
1914Zatonskih AnnaIMUSA237110.5144.0150.52190
2012Abdumalik ZhansayaGMKAZ238010.0170.0174.52281
2170Salimova NurgyulIMBUL207110.0159.5167.02313
2239Socko MonikaGMPOL223010.0159.0165.52294
2316Muzychuk MariyaGMUKR236210.0155.5160.02223
2419Injac TeodoraWGMSRB232010.0147.5155.02196
2527Muetsch AnnmarieWIMGER229210.0144.5151.52126
2650Babiy OlgaWGMUKR21799.5170.0176.52335
2755Bivol AlinaIMCFR21679.5160.0166.52305
2844Osmak YuliiaIMUKR21989.5155.5156.52319
2913Kashlinskaya AlinaIMCFR23749.5152.0156.52196
3086Vantika AgrawalWGMIND19179.5151.0158.52308
3122Maltsevskaya AleksandraIMCFR23129.5149.5156.52209
3258Kovanova BairaWGMCFR21539.5147.5148.52207
3335Mamedjarova TurkanWGMAZE22639.5140.5147.52135
348Michna MartaWGMGER24339.5140.5147.02126
3537Garifullina LeyaWGMCFR22589.5137.0143.02146
3641Efimenko MariaWIMUKR22079.5135.0142.02111
3728Danielian ElinaGMARM22859.5135.0141.02081
3820Berend ElviraWGMLUX23159.5134.0140.52096
3964Balajayeva KhanimWGMAZE21199.0163.5171.02346
4076Kiolbasa OliwiaWIMPOL20369.0160.5167.02330
105 players

3) 32nd Cracovia 2021-22

The 32nd Cracovia takes place 27th December 2021 to 4th January 2022.

32nd Cracovia Open A Krakow POL Mon 27th Dec 2021 - Tue 4th Jan 2022
Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
1LICZNERSKI, LukaszIMPOL24116.018.5026.00
2KOZAK, AntonimPOL23565.523.5033.00
3HORVATH, DominikIMAUT24785.520.0026.00
4JARMULA, LukaszGMPOL24265.518.0025.00
5ZYLKA, StanislawFMPOL24065.020.0029.00
6LENIART, ArkadiuszGMPOL24725.019.5028.50
7CHAKRAVARTHI Reddy, MIMIND23425.019.5025.50
8CUKROWSKI, FilipFMPOL23674.523.5032.00
9PACAN-MILEJ, KosmaFMPOL24014.523.0031.50
10PNIACZEK, MarekFMPOL23294.521.0029.50
11GOLUBKA, PetroGMUKR24084.521.0028.50
12WARAKOMSKI, TomaszGMPOL25354.520.5030.00
13GEORGAKOPOULOS, Nikolaos KGRE21594.520.5029.50
14KACPRZAK, KacperPOL22194.520.5028.00
15NIEDBALA, BartlomiejFMPOL23854.519.5027.50
16KOKOSZCZYNSKI, JanFMPOL22734.518.5027.50
17KACPRZAK, KarolPOL22264.518.5025.50
18MALEK, JanPOL21494.518.0025.00
19TURSKI, BartlomiejFMPOL21144.518.0024.50
20GAHAN, M GFMIND22484.517.5024.00
21CHYLEWSKI, PatrykFMPOL23034.517.0024.00
22SENGUPTA, DeepGMIND25204.517.0024.00
23DANIELYAN, VaheIMARM23324.023.0030.00
24LEWTAK, DamianIMPOL23834.021.0029.50
25LUCZAK, FilipFMPOL22734.019.5026.00
26DZIDA, KamilPOL22384.018.5026.00
27VARDANYAN, ArasCMLTU22224.017.5024.50
28KAROLCZUK, IwoFMPOL23574.017.5024.50
29TSAKNAKIS, ZisisGRE22024.017.5024.50
30KARSAY, PascalFMGER23224.016.5022.50
31PASZEWSKI, MateuszFMPOL23003.520.5028.00
32KYC, JerzymPOL22503.520.0028.00
33SUDER, JakubFMPOL23493.519.0026.00
34MIS, MieszkoFMPOL24173.519.0026.00
35DEV, ShahCMIND22433.518.5025.50
36JASKOLKA, TomaszCMPOL21933.518.5025.50
37KRAWCZYK, FlawianPOL21143.518.0025.50
38MIKA, TomaszPOL21833.517.5025.50
39SALNA, AleksandrasLTU22273.517.5025.00
40LUBERANSKI, JakubFMPOL21663.517.5024.50
41RACZYNSKI, KrzysztofPOL21943.517.5024.50
42SINZ, BernhardFMGER23303.517.5023.50
43ULASEVICH, SergeiBLR21713.517.0023.50
44WARAKOMSKA, AnnaWGMPOL22763.517.0023.00
45SEEMANN, JakubFMPOL23123.516.0022.50
46BARATH, Kalyan MIND21033.516.0022.50
47PIEKIELNY, PawelPOL21043.516.0021.00
48NAWIN, J JIND21093.515.5023.50
49MEURS, TomNED22083.514.5021.00
50KOZIOROWICZ, MichalFMPOL23093.514.5020.50
82 players

4) Irish New Year Norm Events 2022

The Irish New Year Norm Events take place 2nd to 6th January 2022./

Irish New Year GM 2022 Dublin IRL Sun 2nd Jan 2022 - Thu 6th Jan 2022
Leading Round 1 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Stefansson Vignir VatnarISL24651.00.010.00
4Motwani PaulSCO24321.00.010.00
10Arkell KeithENG23701.00.010.00
43Kanyamarala TarunIRL23980.50.000.25
5Murphy Conor E.IRL24310.50.000.25
6Gonzalez Garcia JoseESP24660.50.000.25
8Fitzsimons DavidIRL23370.50.000.25
81O'Gorman TomIRL23500.00.000.00
7Cafolla PeterIRL19760.00.000.00
9Collins Sam E.IRL24560.00.000.00
10 players
Irish New Year GM 2022 Dublin IRL Sun 2nd Jan 2022 - Thu 6th Jan 2022. Category: 5. Ave: (2368)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Arkell, Keith C GM ENG 2370 # 1 1 2350
2 Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar IM ISL 2465 # 1 1 2456
3 Motwani, Paul GM SCO 2432 # 1 1 1976
4 Gonzalez Garcia, Jose GM ESP 2466 # = 0.5 2431
5 Murphy, Conor E IM IRL 2431 = # 0.5 2466
6 Kanyamarala, Tarun FM IRL 2398 # = 0.5 2337
7 Fitzsimons, David IM IRL 2337 = # 0.5 2398
8 O'Gorman, Tom FM IRL 2350 0 # 0 2370
9 Cafolla, Peter IRL 1976 0 # 0 2432
10 Collins, Sam E. IM IRL 2456 0 # 0 2465
Irish New Year IM 2022 Dublin IRL Sun 2nd Jan 2022 - Thu 6th Jan 2022
Leading Round 1 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Urh ZalaSLO22911.00.010.00
4Wall Tim PENG22561.00.010.00
5Mannion Stephen RSCO22711.00.010.00
42Wafa ShrookEGY21380.50.000.25
3O'Donnell ConorIRL23100.50.000.25
8Flynn JacobIRL21490.50.000.25
9Daly ColmIRL22850.50.000.25
86IM 3 IM 3IRL00.00.000.00
7Carroll PeterIRL21390.00.000.00
10Baker ChrisENG22270.00.000.00
10 players

5) 129th New Zealand Congress 2022

The 129th New Zealand Congress takes place 2nd to 12th January 2022.

129th ch-NZL Open 2022 Christchurch NZL Sun 2nd Jan 2022 - Wed 12th Jan 2022
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Dive, Russell JIMNZL23882.00.01.02.0
2Lukey, Stephen GFMNZL23532.00.01.02.0
3Gong, Daniel HanwenFMNZL23522.00.01.02.0
4Xie, FelixCMNZL23012.00.01.02.0
5McNabb, Matthew DNZL22311.50.01.52.5
6Croad, NicolasFMNZL24491.50.01.52.0
7Milligan, HelenCMNZL21071.50.01.52.0
8Ker, Anthony FIMNZL24411.50.01.51.5
9Cilia Vincenti, DavidCMMLT22191.00.02.02.0
10Rains, EdwardCMNZL21781.00.02.02.0
11Cummings, NickNZL21231.00.02.02.0
12Lee, Edward SNZL21171.00.02.02.0
13Tang, HaoNZL20631.00.02.02.0
14Metge, J NigelNZL20601.00.02.02.0
15Sole, Michael DNZL20041.00.02.02.0
16Langford, JoshuaNZL19861.00.02.02.0
17Wang, Aaron ZiwenNZL19751.00.01.51.5
18Winter, RyanNZL21860.50.51.52.0
19Van der Hoorn, ThomasNZL19420.50.51.52.0
20Punsalan, Vyanla MWFMNZL20930.00.01.52.5
21Ning, Isabelle YixuanWCMNZL19680.00.01.02.0
22Ha, Huy Minh (Timothy)NZL18390.00.01.02.0
23Fisher, VaclavNZL13970.00.01.02.0
24De Maupeou d'Ableige, AlexandreNZL00.00.01.02.0
24 players

6) Vezerkepzo GM/IM Christmas 2021

The Vezerkepzo GM/IM Christmas events take place 26th December to 4th January 2022.

Vezerkepzo GM Christmas Budapest HUN Sun 26th Dec 2021 - Tue 4th Jan 2022
Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
19Pechac JergusSVK25846.00.0518.25
24Nagy GaborHUN25275.00.0314.25
32Mihok OliverHUN25364.50.0215.50
46Aditya Vikram PaulIND22814.01.0411.00
58Ajay Krishna SIND24014.00.039.50
61Trost EdvinSWE22713.00.028.75
710Avinash RameshIND23913.00.019.00
85Kojima ShinyaJPN23923.00.017.75
93Sahithi Varshini MIND22161.50.014.50
107Leszko BenceHUN22531.00.003.00
10 players
Vezerkepzo IM Christmas Budapest HUN Sun 26th Dec 2021 - Tue 4th Jan 2022
Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
16Mirzoev AzerAZE24206.00.0521.00
28Balint VilmosHUN23004.50.0413.25
35Borhy MarcellHUN23874.50.0313.25
41Royal ShreyasENG21814.50.0312.00
510Nemeth MiklosHUN24713.50.0112.25
67Cholleti SahajasriIND22353.00.0110.00
72Anishka VikramIND19212.51.525.25
89Szalay-Ocsak BankHUN20552.51.017.75
94Chen JonathanUSA22632.50.517.00
103Lyell MarkENG20971.50.004.25
10 players

7) 26th Bosnjaci Open 2022

The 26th Bosnjaci Open takes place 3rd to 9th January 2022.

26th Bosnjaci Open Bosnjaci CRO Mon 3rd Jan 2022 - Sun 9th Jan 2022
Leading Round 1 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Sarić AnteGMCRO25131.00.00.00.0
2Tica SvenIMCRO24191.00.00.00.0
3Kovacević BlaEimirGMCRO23931.00.00.00.0
4Zovko MarioFMCRO22971.00.00.00.0
5Stocko JosipFMCRO22641.00.00.00.0
6Bobanac MiroFMCRO22611.00.00.00.0
7Zadravec MatijaMKCRO22491.00.00.00.0
8Sipić HrvojeMKCRO22211.00.00.00.0
9Lalić KristijanMKCRO22151.00.00.00.0
10Vidović SasaFMCRO22061.00.00.00.0
11Dutina DarioFMCRO21971.00.00.00.0
12Nemec VjekoslavCMCRO21941.00.00.00.0
14Dabić StjepanMKCRO21611.00.00.00.0
16Sarić KristinaWIMCRO21481.00.00.00.0
17Vujnović PatricijaWFMCRO21381.00.00.00.0
18Sadikovic JasminBIH21341.00.00.00.0
19Hodak StevoFMCRO21331.00.00.00.0
20Jelecević IvoBIH21271.00.00.00.0
21Tomas AnteMKCRO21241.00.00.00.0
22Abdil HalilFMBIH21171.00.00.00.0
23Grgurić Stjepan-KresimirMKCRO21071.00.00.00.0
24Ljubicić MarioMKCRO20801.00.00.00.0
26Brkić ZdenkoICRO20631.00.00.00.0
29Carić MatoMKCRO20291.00.00.00.0
30Kovac PetarMKCRO20261.00.00.00.0
31Kovacević SrećkoMKCRO20261.00.00.00.0
32Tuković DarioICRO20171.00.00.00.0
33Pestek ElvisBIH20121.00.00.00.0
36Pasalic AdnanBIH19831.00.00.00.0
37Dubrović MihovilICRO19751.00.00.00.0
38Dvorski RenatoICRO19721.00.00.00.0
39Lazic EmanuelBIH19661.00.00.00.0
40Lacmanović StipeCMCRO19631.00.00.00.0
41Damjanović StjepanICRO19601.00.00.00.0
42Matanović ZlatkoICRO19521.00.00.00.0
43Drmić BoEoICRO19491.00.00.00.0
44Sabić TomislavICRO19391.00.00.00.0
45Grubisić IvicaICRO19291.00.00.00.0
46Slobođanac SinisaICRO19251.00.00.00.0
47Samblić SilvanoICRO19181.00.00.00.0
48Begić DomagojICRO19141.00.00.00.0
50Matozan ZvonkoICRO18691.00.00.00.0
51Stjepić BornaIICRO18601.00.00.00.0
52Mutapcić IlijaIICRO18521.00.00.00.0
54Novosad IvanIICRO18401.00.00.00.0
70Pleh SemirBIH17441.00.00.00.0
80Pehar BornaBIH16071.00.00.00.0
82Causević MiroIICRO15601.00.00.00.0
89Tomljenović IvanCRO13751.00.00.00.0
104Golemović ViktorCRO01.00.00.00.0
109 players

8) 46th ch-BAN 2021

The 46th National Championship of Bangladesh takes place 27th December 2021 to 10th January 2022.

46th ch-BAN 2021 Dhaka BAN Mon 27th Dec 2021 - Mon 10th Jan 2022
Leading Round 7 (of 13) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1
113Rahman ZiaurGMBAN24136.00.0
29Hossain EnamulGMBAN23985.50.0
34Reefat Bin-SattarGMBAN23945.00.0
42Mohammad Minhaz UddinIMBAN22594.50.0
12Murshed NiazGMBAN24194.50.0
61Md. Sharif HossainCMBAN22114.00.0
6Zia Tahsin TajwarCMBAN22324.00.0
810Mehdi Hasan ParagFMBAN22303.50.0
11Mollah Abdullah Al RakibGMBAN24593.50.0
1014Manon Reja NeerCMBAN19893.00.0
113Nayem HaqueCMBAN20911.50.0
5Subrota BiswasFMBAN21991.50.0
8Chatterjee DebarajFMBAN22041.50.0
147Islam Khandaker AminulFMBAN21551.00.0
14 players

9) Vergani Cup January 2022

The Vergani Cup January takes place 2nd to 9th January 2022.

Vergani Cup Jan 2022 Cattolica ITA Sun 2nd Jan 2022 - Sun 9th Jan 2022
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Niemann Hans MokeGMUSA26452.02.002.00
3Tabatabaei M. AminGMIRI26432.02.002.00
6Lagarde MaximeGMFRA26322.02.002.00
8Bernadskiy VitaliyGMUKR25892.02.002.00
9Lalith Babu M RGMIND25482.02.002.00
15Alsina Leal DanielGMESP25072.02.002.00
18Kotronias VasiliosGMGRE24852.02.002.00
21Bharath Subramaniyam HIMIND24762.02.002.00
23Pranesh MIMIND24372.02.002.00
24Pantzar MiltonIMSWE24342.02.002.00
26Sarrau JelleFMBEL24122.02.002.00
54Becker MatthiasFMGER23112.02.002.00
131Korobov AntonGMUKR26992.01.501.50
13Lodici LorenzoGMITA25242.01.501.50
30Hess MaxFMGER24042.01.501.50
1622Ioannidis EvgeniosIMGRE24662.01.001.00
29Gilevych ArtemIMITA24072.01.001.00
44Salimova NurgyulIMBUL23532.01.001.00
194Kozul ZdenkoGMCRO26391.52.501.75
7Thybo Jesper SondergaardGMDEN25921.52.501.75
14Nikolov MomchilGMBUL25081.52.501.75
16Brunello SabinoGMITA25031.52.501.75
25Prraneeth VuppalaCMIND24171.52.501.75
2411Arjun KalyanGMIND25321.52.001.25
19Enchev IvajloGMBUL24771.52.001.25
47Siddharth JagadeeshFMSGP23441.52.001.25
55Bettalli FrancescoFMITA23021.52.001.25
100Mashchenko TamilaUKR19721.52.001.25
2962Makkar RajatCMFRA22561.52.000.75
3010Iniyan PGMIND25401.51.501.25
38Bhambure ShantanuIND23681.51.501.25
325Short Nigel DGMENG26331.51.501.00
17Dvirnyy DanyyilGMITA24921.51.501.00
49Pasztor BalazsFMHUN23351.51.501.00
3527Pasti AronFMHUN24111.51.500.75
34Sorensen HampusIMSWE23791.51.500.75
35Ghazarian KirkFMUSA23791.51.500.75
46Santarius ErikIMUSA23461.51.500.75
48Nandhidhaa P VWGMIND23361.51.500.75
61Mohamed Anees MFMIND22691.51.500.75
4112Zelcic RobertGMCRO25311.03.001.00
56Bifulco MichelFMITA22981.03.001.00
98Labruyere RogerNED20241.03.001.00
102Foerster-Yialamas LucasCMGER19651.03.001.00
104Budyi DanyloITA19531.03.001.00
4667Ojas KulkarniIND22191.02.501.25
80Bin-Suhayl IeysaaITA21351.02.501.25
111Venkatesan KavinIRL18911.02.501.25
4951Fataliyeva UlviyyaWGMAZE23241.02.500.50
5020Marin MihailGMROU24771.02.000.00
124 players

10) 15th Lazio International 2022

The 15th Lazio International takes place 2nd to 6th January 2022.

15th Lazio Chess 2022 Rome ITA Sun 2nd Jan 2022 - Thu 6th Jan 2022
Leading Round 1 (of 7) Standings:
RkNameTiRtgPtsPerf
1Brozzi, Danilo172632799
2De Ieso, Lorenzo170932734
3Petrov, MarianGM246132577
4Aghayev, MiraghaIM240132577
5D`antonio, Neri228032570
6Corvi, MarcoFM227032563
7Maxion, DirkFM208932550
8Lami, Damiano201932527
9Castelfranchi, Carlo192432487
10Maione, Melissa191232412
11Maldonado, Stefano189532401
12Massazza, Federico183032384
13Zotti, Enrico182932355
14Careddu, Angelo182032339
15Di Maulo, Alessandra181732325
16Buffoni, Luca179832320
17Vannelli, Vittorio151430
18Sclavo, Alessandro165311922
19Giri, Andrea159211874
20Agostini, Maurizio192211653
21Molinari, Carlo187411592
22Pastore, Cosmas177701661
23Porcu, Riccardo177701601
24Spada, Dario177001480
25Campanella, Giovanni176301470
26De Maria Isaia175001289
27Silici Renato172701219
28Ferrante, Marco168701124
29Festa, Simone161201112
30Spada, Vittoria160101095
31Cecconi, Adriano158401030
32Ruggiero, Alessandro155501029
33Nardoni, Matteo153901020
34Costantino, Claudio Emanuele152501017
35Nassa, Nicolas15200998
36Giordani, Luca19990926
37De Blasio, Alessandro19340909
37 players

11) 10th Lorca Open 2021

The 10th Lorca Open took place 26th to 30th December 2021. Alexandr Fier edged out Karen H Grigoryan on tie-break after both scored 7.5/9.

10th Lorca Open 2021 Lorca ESP Sun 26th Dec 2021 - Thu 30th Dec 2021
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Fier AlexandrGMBRA25727.551.055.040.0
21Grigoryan Karen H.GMARM26457.546.550.036.0
33Iniyan PGMIND25557.048.553.038.0
45Karthik VenkataramanGMIND25067.048.552.539.0
54Dardha DanielGMBEL25337.045.550.033.0
68Quintiliano Pinto Renato R.IMBRA24666.548.553.538.5
728Srijit PaulIMIND23406.548.052.032.5
819Valmana Canto JaimeIMESP23876.547.051.534.5
916Fernandez Guillen Ernesto J.IMCUB24116.545.049.034.0
1010Martinez Ramirez LennisIMCUB24566.543.548.034.0
117Di Berardino Diego RafaelIMBRA24806.542.546.533.5
1213Molina Roberto Junio BritoIMBRA24206.540.043.532.0
1318Sabuk PiotrIMPOL23966.048.552.536.0
1411Pranesh MIMIND24376.048.052.536.5
1512Mohammad Nubairshah ShaikhIMIND24296.048.051.535.5
1632Samant Aditya SFMIND23186.046.049.034.5
1714Martin Duque JesusIMESP24166.044.548.532.0
1823Alonso Garcia AaronFMESP23676.044.048.034.0
1929Perez Garcia AlejandroIMESP23256.041.545.531.0
2074Namitbir Singh WaliaIND20936.041.543.031.0
2121Plaskett H JamesGMENG23726.041.045.029.5
2217Neelotpal DasGMIND24106.040.043.029.5
23117Sudarshan BhatIND18276.039.543.528.0
2453Priyanka NutakkiWIMIND21875.546.550.529.5
2543Hernandez Leon AlbertoFMESP22355.546.549.032.0
2627Suarez Uriel AdrianIMESP23435.545.048.531.5
2746Carbonell Sancho MarcFMESP22075.545.048.029.5
2835Lopez Varela PabloFMESP22865.544.548.529.5
296Diermair AndreasGMAUT24905.542.546.529.5
3026Pogorelov RuslanGMUKR23455.542.546.529.0
3148Sismeiro MiguelPOR22035.542.546.527.0
329Plazuelo Pascual JuanIMESP24645.542.046.031.5
3322Luch MichalIMPOL23705.541.545.532.0
3424Lin YingruiFMESP23605.541.544.530.5
3520Prraneeth VuppalaCMIND23775.540.544.529.5
3644Newrkla KatharinaWIMAUT22305.540.544.029.0
3725Manu David Suthandram RFMIND23605.540.544.027.5
3857Laddha Shubh JayeshUSA21715.540.544.027.0
3915Martins David Pires TavaresIMPOR24145.540.543.530.5
4036Perez Guerra RaulFMESP22865.539.042.029.0
160 players

12) 18th Mont de Marsan Open 2021

The 18th Mont de Marsan Open took place 26th to 30th December 2021. Paul Velten won with 7.5/9.

18th Mont de Marsan Mont de Marsan FRA Sun 26th Dec 2021 - Thu 30th Dec 2021
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiRtgPtsTB1TB2Perf
1VELTEN Paulg24764538½2496
2DUBOUE Peiof2403745382465
3ROSELLE Tristan2224743½362293
4HUTOIS Mickaelf224174234½2309
5BOURNEL Antoinef231245382411
6MARIETTE Lucasf227942½352262
7TEJEDOR FUENTE Enriquem243042342328
8JEREZ PEREZ Alfonsom235641352295
9BUSTOS SALINAS Thomas164240½30½1986
10GLAVINA Pablom239764636½2335
11TERNAULT Mathieuf237564234½2253
12VELA FRAGO Alberto2173637½292046
13LAURON Wesley1832635281820
14LAFOURCADE Victor201942½312077
15GREGET Mathias20564132½2150
16DELABBEY Florian19894031½2070
17ATTARD Leopold21114030½1987
18GARRIDO Mihai186839½302024
19LABARTHE Laurent165639½29½1936
20LLANEZA VEGA Patriciamf21543929½1977
21ILIES Emanuel-Alexandru160939271983
22TORNAY GOMEZ Josu202037½29½1895
23BELLO CERA Raul156137½25½1741
24BLANCHET Mathieu197737281870
25BIAUX Alain183936½271857
26LOPEZ RUIZ Jarein192535½27½1790
27VILLAR PIRIZ Adrian191934½241756
28LAPEYRE Pierre201833½271818
29BAYO MILAGRO Alvarof228054131½2127
30ECHE Sylvain2057538½28½1883
31GARRIGUE Julian1827538½26½1893
32ROQUE SOLA Giselaff2057537½27½1885
33SALVAING Jean-Louis1894536½251732
34TORNAY Aritz1667536261797
35LEBON Sebastien1931536251813
36MOREL Jean-Marc1844535½251630
37DARRIGRAND Thomas1560535231795
38DARRIGRAND Mathieu1511534½23½1727
39RODRIGUEZ Augustin1640534½21½1649
40CATTONI Manuel181436½26½1777
90 players

13) 1st BICA Pawn Open 2021

The 1st BICA Pawn Open took place 24th to 30th December 2021. Misratdin Iskandarov won with 7.5/9.

1st BICA Pawn Open 2021 Sousse TUN Fri 24th Dec 2021 - Thu 30th Dec 2021
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
19Iskandarov MisratdinGMAZE25487.50.047.552.0
21Kovalenko IgorGMLAT26687.00.053.058.5
314Mosadeghpour MasoudGMIRI24897.00.051.554.5
411Sumets AndreyGMUKR25247.00.048.051.5
518Nigmatov OrtikIMUZB24427.00.045.049.0
64Bernadskiy VitaliyGMUKR25996.50.050.555.0
73Yilmaz MustafaGMTUR26316.50.048.553.0
82Lagarde MaximeGMFRA26386.50.048.552.5
912Vetoshko VolodymyrGMUKR25016.50.048.051.5
1013Lorparizangeneh ShahinGMIRI24976.50.047.551.5
117Sviridov ValeryRUS25626.50.047.551.0
1222Koellner Ruben GideonIMGER24286.50.047.051.5
1325Lavrov MaximIMRUS23986.50.046.549.5
1415Levin Evgeny A.GMRUS24856.50.046.050.0
155Romanov EvgenyGMRUS25666.00.049.053.0
166Stocek JiriGMCZE25646.00.048.052.0
1720Schekachikhin MaksimIMRUS24306.00.046.551.0
1816Firat BurakGMTUR24806.00.045.549.5
1921Abdisalimov AbdimalikIMUZB24286.00.045.049.5
2029Fataliyeva UlviyyaWGMAZE23246.00.044.549.0
2131Amdouni ZoubaierFMTUN22486.00.044.047.5
2227Unuk LauraIMSLO23566.00.043.547.5
2363Abdulrahman Mohammad Al TaherUAE18946.00.041.544.0
2432Bouaziz MehdiFMTUN22406.00.038.040.0
2526Koelle TobiasFMGER23805.50.047.050.0
268David AlbertoGMITA25525.50.045.550.0
2730Alinasab MobinaWIMIRI22925.50.045.047.5
2810Khenkin IgorGMGER25295.50.044.547.5
2917Sattarov BobirUZB24655.50.044.047.5
3035El Kamel Adel MahmoudTUN21635.50.043.047.0
3141Bouzidi AhmedCMTUN21055.50.042.044.5
3239Ben Brahem AymenTUN21315.50.041.045.0
3319Al Qudaimi BasheerIMYEM24405.50.041.044.5
3436Koellner Aaron NoahGER21555.50.041.044.0
3533Sarwat WalaaIMEGY22225.50.040.544.5
3638Gator MosabFMLBA21315.50.040.544.0
3755Elshaafi AliLBA19505.50.039.042.0
3846Meddeb AnisFMTUN20775.50.037.539.5
3949Mabrouk FathiTUN20365.50.036.539.5
4097Rebecca JesumarianIND15895.00.045.049.5
126 players

14) 30th Donau Open 2021

The 30th Donau Open took place 26th to 31st December 2021. Vojtech Plat edged out Georg Kilgus, Florian Schwabeneder, Peter Schreiner and Harald Groetz on tie-break after all scored 5.5/7. I couldn't find any games.

30th Donau Open 2021 Aschach AUT Sun 26th Dec 2021 - Fri 31st Dec 2021
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
11Plat VojtechCZE25465.524.02505
25Kilgus GeorgAUT24115.523.52473
32Schwabeneder FlorianAUT24335.523.02498
44Schreiner PeterAUT24215.523.02472
58Grötz Harald Mag.AUT22915.521.02343
66Leisch LukasAUT24015.022.52407
719Lerch JohannesAUT21555.020.02351
83Mazur StefanSVK24214.521.02339
913Windhager HannesAUT22374.520.52274
1011Postlmayer JakobAUT22694.519.02207
119Sandhöfner FlorianAUT22804.518.52252
1220Koller Hans-JürgenAUT21414.517.02251
1318Raber Florian Mag.AUT21594.517.02195
1412Breneis LukasAUT22644.515.52144
1516Haas Michael Dr. Techn..DiAUT21684.018.52257
1629Redzepovic IrfanGER20674.018.02028
1714Jurek JosefCZE22074.017.52108
1823Obermayr HermannAUT20984.017.02200
1915Frank EmanuelAUT21804.017.02106
2026Schloffer Jasmin-DeniseAUT20894.016.02116
2110Matt FabianAUT22704.016.02097
2224Hofstadler MarioAUT20964.016.01993
2325Higatsberger Michael DDr.AUT20954.015.52080
2433Landl MargotAUT20434.015.02159
2527Bethke RobertGER20714.014.52072
2628Trippold DeniseAUT20683.518.52237
277Reich ThomasGER23693.517.52201
2821Kornitzky TinoGER21363.516.02188
2917Sucher Johannes Mag.AUT21663.515.52117
3050Glössl Sota AlexanderAUT18513.512.51999
3148Rathner RaffaelAUT18733.511.02101
3253Eull EmilGER18453.511.02026
3357Zwettler Gerald Adam Dr.AUT18213.013.52033
3440Kepplinger LukasAUT19873.013.02117
3542Weichhart DanielAUT19623.012.51989
3643Huber GüntherAUT19553.012.51985
3752Rempe JonasGER18503.012.02074
3838Hengl PhilipAUT19993.012.01842
3930Kordzadze NinoAUT20663.011.52045
4031Ritzka SimonGER20553.011.51881
4135Baudrexel SimonGER20333.011.01954
4241Ebner JosefAUT19733.011.01786
4359Huber BenediktGER16743.010.51866
4436Niedermair HannesAUT20313.010.01894
4558Hersel RichardAUT18103.09.51908
4634Hafner RobertAUT20403.09.51877
4749Mörwald MagdalenaAUT18693.09.01830
4839Kainz Josef Dr.AUT19922.512.52062
4922Hager HerbertAUT21172.511.51842
5037Freimueller PeterAUT20152.511.01923
60 players

15) 31st North American Open 2021

The 31st North American Open took place 26th to 29th December 2021. Awonder Liang and Vladimir Akopian shared first place with 7.5/9.

31st North American Open Las Vegas USA Sun 26th Dec 2021 - Wed 29th Dec 2021
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg123456789PtsTB1TB2Prize
1Liang, AwonderGMUSA2597W71 (b)D82 (w)W34 (b)W11 (w)W19 (b)W2 (w)D3 (b)W7 (w)D4 (b)7.543.552.57500
1Akopian, VladimirGMUSA2614W81 (w)W43 (b)W29 (w)W13 (b)D3 (w)L1 (b)W44 (w)W5 (b)W12 (w)7.543.551.57500
3Vazquez, GuillermoIMPAR2532W21 (w)W32 (b)W44 (w)W18 (b)D2 (b)D4 (w)D1 (w)D16 (b)W15 (w)743533000
4Zhou, JianchaoGMCHN2617W23 (b)W24 (w)B---D19 (w)D7 (b)D3 (b)D5 (w)W29 (b)D1 (w)6.54449.51066.67
4Javakhadze, ZurabIMGEO2463W62 (b)W22 (w)D10 (b)W42 (w)D6 (b)W17 (w)D4 (b)L2 (w)W21 (b)6.54250.51066.67
4Escalante, BrianIMPER2469W55 (w)W33 (b)D17 (w)W99 (b)D5 (w)D10 (b)D12 (w)D20 (w)W22 (b)6.54049.51066.67
4Alejano, Carlos A HeviaGMCUB2447W59 (w)D42 (b)W35 (w)W30 (b)D4 (w)D16 (w)W19 (b)L1 (b)W20 (w)6.54048.51066.67
4Shabalov, AlexanderGMUSA2504W57 (b)D34 (w)W82 (b)D17 (w)L10 (b)W23 (w)D14 (b)W25 (w)W19 (b)6.53947.51066.67
4Song, MichaelIMCAN2410W67 (w)L78 (b)D81 (w)D22 (b)W40 (w)D18 (b)W42 (w)W26 (b)W16 (w)6.535.542.51066.67
10Zhu, JackUSA2377W96 (w)W93 (b)D5 (w)D31 (b)W8 (w)D6 (w)D17 (b)L12 (b)W33 (w)641481500
10Rao, Prasanna RaghuramIMIND2424D47 (b)W76 (w)W48 (b)L1 (b)W18 (w)D20 (w)W24 (b)L15 (w)W32 (b)64048250
10Gallagher, JosephGMSUI2447W60 (b)W104 (w)L13 (b)W78 (w)D43 (w)W53 (b)D6 (b)W10 (w)L2 (b)63946250
10Narva, MaiWGMEST2349W101 (w)W79 (b)W12 (w)L2 (w)L16 (b)D42 (b)D18 (w)W39 (b)W36 (w)63944.51500
10Wang, JasonFMUSA2325D38 (w)D37 (b)W39 (w)D56 (b)W93 (w)D31 (b)D8 (w)D36 (b)W30 (b)636.544.51500
10Zeltsan, JosephUSA2325D75 (b)D83 (w)W57 (b)L28 (w)W66 (b)W30 (w)W31 (w)W11 (b)L3 (b)636.5441500
16Ghasi, AmeetIMENG2485W39 (w)D35 (b)W73 (w)D20 (b)W13 (w)D7 (b)D29 (w)D3 (w)L9 (b)5.54252
16Marek, MatyasIMCZE2379W68 (b)W77 (w)D6 (b)D8 (b)W28 (w)L5 (b)D10 (w)D33 (w)D23 (b)5.541.548.5
16Wu, RochelleWIMUSA2176W98 (w)W27 (b)W90 (b)L3 (w)L11 (b)D9 (w)D13 (b)D24 (w)W54 (b)5.540.547.5
16Schmakel, Sam AIMUSA2425W49 (w)W102 (b)W78 (w)D4 (b)L1 (w)W43 (b)L7 (w)W45 (b)L8 (w)5.539.545.5
28Sethuraman, SandeepFMUSA2361W80 (b)D87 (w)W74 (b)D16 (w)D31 (w)D11 (b)W35 (w)D6 (b)L7 (b)5.53844.5
28Melikian, GnelRUS2109L3 (b)W65 (w)X108L52 (w)D37 (b)W88 (w)W46 (b)W44 (b)L5 (w)5.53841
28Hakobyan, EduardUSA2221W84 (w)L5 (b)D67 (w)D9 (w)W80 (b)D54 (b)W85 (w)W27 (b)L6 (w)5.537.545
28Yan, RuiyangWCMUSA2134L4 (w)W101 (b)W84 (w)D53 (b)W73 (w)L8 (b)D43 (w)W31 (b)D17 (w)5.53743
28Lu, MingUSA2318W50 (w)L4 (b)D61 (w)D49 (w)W47 (b)W48 (b)L11 (w)D18 (b)W45 (w)5.53644.5
28Homa, SethFMUSA2258L30 (b)W68 (w)L60 (b)W64 (w)W49 (b)W57 (w)D52 (w)L8 (b)W42 (w)5.53441.5
28Wu, DerekUSA2158W100 (b)L90 (w)W83 (b)L29 (b)D88 (w)W38 (w)W70 (b)L9 (w)W43 (w)5.53439
28Grabinsky, AaronIMUSA2431W66 (b)L18 (w)L30 (b)W87 (w)W60 (b)D34 (w)W32 (b)L22 (w)X465.53437
28Li, HanxiangCHN2145W91 (w)L44 (b)W50 (w)W15 (b)L17 (b)D70 (w)W34 (b)H---H---5.533.533.5
29Katz, Alexander RossIMUSA2401W69 (b)W36 (w)L2 (b)W26 (w)D32 (b)W33 (w)D16 (b)L4 (w)---539.543.5
29Ghazaryan, Raffi DavidARM1866W25 (w)D99 (b)W27 (w)L7 (w)D34 (b)L15 (b)W81 (w)W35 (b)L14 (w)53948
29C, Joshua D RuizGMCOL2480W106 (b)D73 (w)W46 (b)D10 (w)D20 (b)D14 (w)L15 (b)L23 (w)W50 (w)53947
29Kolay, AlexUSA2233W72 (b)L3 (w)W47 (b)W37 (w)D29 (w)D52 (b)L27 (w)W60 (b)L11 (w)53947
29Lee, AliceWIMUSA2178W41 (b)L6 (w)W76 (b)W90 (w)D44 (w)L29 (b)W53 (w)D17 (b)L10 (b)538.546.5
29Costello, Alexander JohnIMUSA2243W65 (w)D8 (b)L1 (w)W67 (b)D30 (w)D27 (b)L28 (w)D58 (b)W60 (w)537.545.5
29Deviprasath, SharveshUSA2225W63 (b)D16 (w)L7 (b)D51 (w)W69 (b)W90 (w)L20 (b)L30 (w)W58 (b)53644
29Rek, ViatcheslavCAN2163W103 (w)L29 (b)W79 (w)L44 (b)W58 (w)D85 (b)W82 (w)D14 (w)L13 (b)535.540
29Deng, HenryUSA1834D46 (b)D14 (w)W77 (b)L32 (b)D21 (w)D62 (w)D57 (b)D48 (w)W59 (b)533.541
29Ai, Evan ZihaoUSA1917D14 (b)L46 (w)L70 (w)W97 (b)W81 (w)L26 (b)W67 (w)D71 (b)W57 (b)533.540
29Tanaka, Tyler TairaCMCAN2106L16 (b)W72 (w)L14 (b)L75 (w)W76 (b)W87 (w)W64 (b)L13 (w)W65 (w)53339.5
29Tang, ZoeyWFMUSA2045H---L51 (w)D107 (b)W76 (w)L9 (b)D80 (w)W88 (b)D70 (w)W63 (b)530.533.5
111 players

16) 45th Zurich Christmas Open 2021

The 45th Zurich Christmas Open took place 26th to 30th December 2021. Vitaly Kunin edged out Pierre Laurent-Paoli, Dejan Pikula and Adrian Gschnitzer after all scored 5.5/7. I couldn't find any games.

45th Zurich Christmas Zurich SUI Sun 26th Dec 2021 - Thu 30th Dec 2021
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgTB1TB2TB3
12Kunin VitalyGER25945.529.526.5
25Laurent-Paoli PierreFRA24035.528.527.5
33Pikula DejanSRB25095.528.025.5
46Gschnitzer AdrianGER23975.526.024.0
57Fedorovsky MichaelGER23925.030.527.0
64Tahay AlexisFRA24065.027.524.5
711Boyer MahelFRA23225.027.024.5
829Advait BagriSGP21075.024.522.5
98Moehn HansGER23565.023.521.5
1013Berend FredLUX23175.020.518.5
1162Soumya SwaminathanIND23514.530.027.0
1223Lou VincentSUI21714.528.526.0
1312Stijve TheoSUI23194.528.025.5
16Löffler MarkusGER22694.528.025.5
1515Florescu Codrut ConstantinROU22794.521.519.0
1654Poschadel Andreas GregorGER19814.521.018.5
171Bauer ChristianFRA26414.032.530.0
1814Fecker NoahSUI23154.029.026.5
1957Gemelli RomainSUI19414.029.026.0
209Deuer MariusGER23564.028.526.5
2118Lohvinov PetroUKR22344.027.525.5
2226Schlegel IgorSUI21324.026.524.0
2336Hagner BennetGER20854.025.023.0
2446Ohler JuliusGER20274.025.022.5
2519Zhou SyangGER22304.024.021.5
2622Pahud CédricSUI21824.022.020.5
2721Minko DmitryRUS22074.021.019.5
2849Asllani DorianSUI20113.531.028.0
2934Khrapko MarharytaBLR20903.529.026.5
3033Meier LukasSUI20913.527.025.0
3110Sutter OliverSUI23503.525.023.0
3247Birkholz OlgaGER20253.523.521.0
3327Novkovic JuliaAUT21253.522.020.0
3455Malli SuvirrSUI19763.520.019.0
3561Neuhoff LaertesGER19293.519.517.5
3624Szakolczai PeterSUI21643.028.525.5
3737Mauron PierreSUI20743.027.525.5
3845Collin Moritz ValentinSUI20273.026.524.5
3925Andrist PascalSUI21473.025.522.5
4028Borner DanielSUI21233.025.022.5
62 players

17) Bremen Silvester Open 2021

The Bremen Silvester Open took place 27th to 30th December 2021. Collin Colbow won with 6.5/7.

Bremen Silvester Open Bremen GER Mon 27th Dec 2021 - Thu 30th Dec 2021
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
16Colbow.CollinGER23226.533.027.06
25Wachinger.NikolasGER23606.034.025.05
33Dahl.ChristophGER23695.532.524.04
44van Osch.MeesNED23645.530.022.55
514Schmitzer.KlausGER22055.529.522.54
612Nötzel.FelixGER22335.528.522.05
710Bracker.ArneGER22685.528.021.55
837Schmitz.Andreas ArnoldGER20155.035.023.54
98Cofmann.VeaceslavGER22835.034.523.04
1013Ciolek.AndreasGER22175.033.022.54
112Thinius.MarcoGER23825.030.521.04
1215Goldschmidt.ChristianGER22005.030.022.54
1321de Boer.BasNED21485.028.521.05
141Reuker.JariGER24375.028.520.04
1563Bungarten.JonaGER16875.028.518.05
169Ewert.HannesGER22745.027.521.54
177Pubantz.JanGER22865.027.517.54
1834Garbuszus.JürgenGER20245.027.019.05
1917Knüdel.TorbenGER21874.532.021.04
2016Grutter.TimNED21944.531.021.03
2119van der Valk.NiklasGER21704.531.020.54
2218Nagel.BernhardGER21804.528.520.04
2326Wachinger.DavidGER20884.528.519.04
2430Bargsten.JustusGER20594.528.019.53
2528Pollmann.SaschaGER20764.527.019.54
2622Lutz.RubenGER21204.527.017.54
36Kehrel.EikeGER20184.527.017.54
2831Teichert.FelixGER20504.527.017.04
2923Engel.RobertGER21194.526.519.03
3040Audenaert.BartBEL19754.525.018.54
3144Jung.GeraldGER19414.523.515.54
3224Steffens.OlafGER21004.032.520.04
3325Matthes.AaronGER20894.030.020.03
3427Van Vliet.DennisBEL20854.030.019.53
3535Heinrich.JohnGER20224.030.018.04
3620Ngo.Minh DucGER21494.027.018.52
3741Meyer.ThorstenGER19574.026.516.53
3833Diller.PeterGER20254.024.516.04
3958Zhou.Lepu CocoGER18194.024.514.04
64Tomasjan.SamuelGER16874.024.514.04
113 players

18) Charlotte Open 2021

The Charlotte Open took place 26th to 30th December 2021. Cemil Can Ali Marandi, Titas Stremavicius, Christopher Yoo, Robby Kevlishvili, Tanguy Ringoir and Akshat Chandra all scored 6.5/9.

Charlotte Open 2021 Charlotte USA Sun 26th Dec 2021 - Thu 30th Dec 2021
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgTB1
12Ali Marandi Cemil CanGMTUR25426.5
5Stremavicius TitasGMLTU25066.5
6Yoo ChristopherIMUSA24956.5
7Kevlishvili RobbyGMNED24916.5
8Ringoir TanguyGMBEL24866.5
9Chandra AkshatGMUSA24846.5
74Balakrishnan PraveenGMUSA25246.0
12Preotu RazvanGMCAN24736.0
15Stearman JosiahIMUSA24066.0
1013Srivatshav Peddi RahulIMIND24665.5
14Liang JasonIMUSA24105.5
19Sharma HemantIMIND23565.5
21Narayanan SamrugFMUSA23205.5
22Park EvanFMUSA23105.5
25Colas JoshuaFMUSA22815.5
33Sriniaiyer SudarshanUSA22265.5
171Lenderman AleksandrGMUSA26215.0
3Jacobson BrandonGMUSA25305.0
10Gonzalez Garcia JoseGMESP24835.0
11Jayaram AshwinGMIND24805.0
17Tsolakidou StavroulaIMGRE23795.0
23Woodward AndyFMUSA22975.0
27Jacobson AaronFMUSA22705.0
36Rutten AlexanderNED21885.0
38Beukes Dante MIMNAM21445.0
2626Perrine DaltonFMUSA22784.5
28Martin Del Campo RobertoIMMEX22614.5
30Kogen JonathanUSA22444.5
35Ouellet Maili-JadeWGMCAN21924.5
43De La Colina NicolasUSA21084.5
49Wen TeddieUSA20544.5
61Han JohnathanCAN19684.5
3320Talukdar RohanFMCAN23294.0
24Antova GabrielaFMBUL22884.0
32Cervantes Landeiro ThaliaWGMUSA22384.0
34Demchenko SvitlanaWIMCAN22244.0
39Puckett MatthewUSA21414.0
41Amburgy RyanUSA21354.0
46Liu Eric ChangUSA20754.0
47Moor Nathaniel PhilipUSA20724.0
63 players

19) PNWCC Winter of Washington Open 2021

The PNWCC Winter of Washington Open took place 26th to 31st December 2021. Jacek Stopa won with 6.5/9.

PNWCC WOW Open Redmond WA USA Sun 26th Dec 2021 - Fri 31st Dec 2021
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameFEDRtgPts
1Stopa, JacekPOL24276.5
2Mitkov, NikolaMKD25146.0
3He, Anthony BiUSA24536.0
4Belous, VladimirRUS25175.5
5Georgiev, VladimirMKD24525.0
6Lee, MichaelUSA23895.0
7Shubin, DanielUSA20803.0
8Tian, EddyUSA24113.5
9Erdene, BaasansurenMGL22853.5
10Levine, JosephUSA21273.5
11Yanayt, EugeneUSA20701.5
12Deshpande, AaryanUSA20332.0
12 players

20) Vergani Cup December 2021

The Vergani Cup December took place 26th to 30th December 2021. Subramaniyam Bharath won with 7.5/9.

Vergani Cup Dec 2021 Cattolica ITA Sun 26th Dec 2021 - Thu 30th Dec 2021
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPts
13Bharath Subramaniyam HIMIND24797.5
21Arjun KalyanGMIND25377.0
32Nikolov MomchilGMBUL25086.5
418Woelk Tom-FredericFMGER23106.5
59Moksh Amit DoshiIMIND23686.0
615Nandhidhaa P VWGMIND23136.0
710Gomes Mary AnnWGMIND23546.0
817Kalogridis AntoniosGRE23116.0
927Krasteva BeloslavaFMBUL21946.0
105Barp AlbertoIMITA24085.5
117Martinovici IliaFMMDA23955.5
1249Arhan Chethan AnandIND19155.5
134Enchev IvajloGMBUL24775.5
1414Carnicelli ValerioFMITA23175.5
1530Tirelli MauroITA21745.5
1613Mullick RaahilIMIND23235.0
1719Machidon CristiFMMDA22825.0
1837Stefanou DimitriosGRE21225.0
1911Siddharth JagadeeshFMSGP23405.0
208Bhambure ShantanuIND23775.0
2128Siclari GiovanniITA21855.0
2223Sreyas PayyappatFMIND22505.0
2331Varshini VWGMIND21655.0
2444Casadio Niccolo`ITA20405.0
2550Venkatesan KavinIRL18915.0
2621Makkar RajatCMFRA22604.5
2725Mrithyunjay MahadevanIND22064.5
2822Simonetto AndreaITA22524.5
2942Tulchynskyi FeliksUKR20504.5
306Formento PaoloFMITA24014.0
3152Saketh PedagandhamAGMIND18754.0
3232Aarav DenglaIND21634.0
3339Migliorini MatteoITA21084.0
3429Miotto AlbertoITA21784.0
3524Palchuk AndriiFMUKR22424.0
3656Karas EugeniaAIMENG18044.0
3741Stefanou KonstantinosGRE20764.0
3838Tencati GiuseppeITA21094.0
3935Bardone LorenzoITA21303.5
4026Ojas KulkarniIND22063.5
58 players

21) XXX Elgoibar GM 2021

The XXX Elgoibar GM tournament took place 14th to 20th December 2021. Nico Zwirs won with 7/9. The final round games are now available.

XXX Elgoibar GM 2021 Elgoibar ESP Tue 14th Dec 2021 - Mon 20th Dec 2021
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Zwirs, NicoIMNED24577.027.250.03.00
29Beerdsen, ThomasIMNED24896.023.500.02.50
34Martinez Fernandez, AdrianFMEUS23355.522.250.03.00
45Del Rey, DiegoIMESP23635.521.500.02.50
57Larino Nieto, DavidGMESP24545.022.000.02.50
610Munoz, MiguelGMPER24354.516.250.01.50
72Oratovsky, MichaelGMISR24224.014.500.02.00
88Huerga Leache, MikelIMEUS25034.013.500.01.50
96Napoli, NicoloFMITA23072.510.500.01.50
103Patino Garcia, CoralsWFMVEN19021.03.750.00.50
10 players

22) Titled Tuesday Blitz 28th December 2021

The Titled Tuesday Blitz of 28th December was won by Gadir Guseinov on tie-break from Federico Perez Ponsa and Nodirbek Yakubboev after all scored 9.5/11.

Titled Tuesday 28th Dec chess.com INT Tue 28th Dec 2021 - Tue 28th Dec 2021
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtg1234567891011PtsTB1
117Gadir GuseinovGMAZE2938W337BW74WW59BW61WW3WW52BL6WW13BW51WW9BD4W9.565
215Federico Perez PonsaGMARG2914W353BW55WW86BD12WW262BW24WD52WW61BW6WD3BW15B9.560.5
33Nodirbek YakubboevGMUZB3001W338BW313WW306BW13WL1BW270WW14BW249WW15BD2WW6B9.552.75
412Oleksandr BortnykGMUSA2923W33WW68BW26WW277BD24WW12BL15WW10BW56WW248BD1B965
57Tuan Minh LeIMVNM2924W38BD60WW110BW64WL37BW43WW260WW25BW23WD15WW13B960.75
619Boris SavchenkoGMRUS2899W336BW105WW18BW30BW258WW36WW1BD15WL2BW40BL3W8.555
729Gata KamskyGMUSA2831D78BW255WL60BW123WD278BW120WW164BW18WW35WW14BD8W8.553.25
836Visakh NRGMIND2815W106WW291BW66WL24BW272WW26BW30WL51BW83WW20BD7B8.552.75
94Dmitrij KollarsGMDEU2953W266WW164BL77WW49BW43WD21WW262BW254WW28BL1WW29B8.551.75
1040Maly AlexeyIMUKR2808D70WW150BW232BW48WD47BD31WW63BL4WW43BW66WW28B8.551.5
1176Guz, AriFMISR2685D322WL163BW175BL58WW204BW100WW116BW84BW39WW56BW23W8.547.25
1256Semen KhaninIMRUS2799W310WW156BW226WD2BW39WL4WW261BW253WL248WW60BW40W8.544.25
1344Arystan IsanzhulovFMZAF2818W157WW252BW90WL3BW80WW47BW40BL1WW37BW51WL5W851
1446Kezin, RomanIMRUS2790W58WW124BW135WL36BW69WW134BL3WW47BW38WL7WW54B849.5
1510Zhamsaran TsydypovGMRUS2915W241WW301BW42WW57BW77WW37WW4BD6BL3WD5BL2W846.75
16103Daniel Taboas RodriguezFMESP2627W186BL265WW112BL259WW131BW140WW250BL57WW92WW35BW37B846
1771Vjacheslav WeetikFMRUS2710W176BW159WL258BW79WL40WW280BW252BL29WW90BW68WW38B845
1891Meri ArabidzeWGMGEO2671W169BW346WL6WW144BL254BW107WW279WL7BW105WW250WW51B839.5
1985Harshavardhan GBIMIND2690W321BW329WL248BD281WW302BL28WW266BW45WW65WD25BW36B835.5
2096Konstantin NikologorskiyIMRUS2662W195WW235BL250BW187WW289BL56BW275WW257WW249BL8WW50W834.5
2149Sune Berg HansenGMDNK2766L112BW210WW121BW83WW135WD9BW31WL40BW67BL36WW66B7.544.75
2295Valeriy GrinevIMUKR2641W143BW88WL178WW92BL250BD118WD78BW269WW82BD57WW61B7.543
2322Bogdan Daniel DeacGMROU2858L300WW285BW33WD146BW284WW67BW109WW52BL5BW61WL11B7.542.5
2480Nikolai VlassovIMRUS2693W318WW281BW65WW8WD4BL2BW264WL28WL66BW131WW70B7.541.5
2528Murad İbrahimliIMAZE2815W203WL80BW312WW102BD44WW110BW60BL5WW59BD19WD32B7.541.25
2681Dmitry RostovtsevCMRUS2677W185BW118WL4BW189BW45WL8WD255BW267WL31BW63WW56W7.540.75
2777Om KadamCMIND2674L113BW169WW161BW82WD253BW286WL254BL31BW71WW118BW57W7.540.25
2718Sergei ZhigalkoGMBLR2855D71WW320BW233WL43BW146WW19BW64WW24BL9WW50BL10W7.540.25
2925Alexander MoskalenkoGMRUS2829W356BL134WL79WW161BW202WW97BW53WW17BD61WW41BL9W7.539.75
3062Srihari L RFMIND2732W187WW279BW265BL6WW259BW257WL8BL36BW80WW55BD31W7.539.25
30127Khabinets, IvanNMUKR2593W327BL248WW335BW54WW273WD10BL21BW27WW26WD249BD30B7.539.25
32123Pert, NicholasGMGBR2686W167BL65BW162WW88BW211WL249BL258WW280BW102BW78WD25W7.538.25
33177Le Goff, RonanFMFRA2527L4BW165WL23BW332WL177WW171BW133WW164WW47BD52BW81W7.536
3464Dennis WagnerGMDEU2700W333WD116BL300BW320WL58BL266WW213BW88BW72WW255BW60W7.532.75
3560Nikita MatinianGMRUS2738W99WW104BW133WW248WL36BL256BW49WW55WL7BL16WW83B744.5
369Arystanbek UrazayevIMKAZ2888W280BW298WW41BW14WW35WL6BL61BW30WL50WW21BL19W744
3770Uurtsaikh AgibilegIMMNG2726W285WW73BW81BW250WW5WL15BL249WW258BL13WW48BL16W743
38172Mikola BodnarIMUKR2537L5WW188BW268WW41WW50BW57WL56BW77WL14BW42BL17W742
3931Vuk DjordjevicIMSRB2791D255BW78WW166BW67WL12BL60WW284BW44WL11BW69WD41W740.25
395Elham AbdrlaufFMNOR2888D320BW71WD308BW155WW17BW153BL13WW21WW57BL6WL12B740.25
370 players

23) Forthcoming Events and Links

33rd Roquetas de Mar Festival 2022

38th Untergrombach Open 2022

Titled Tuesday Blitz 4th January 2022

Pan-American Intercollegiate 2022

20th Prague Open 2022

Titled Tuesday Blitz 11th January 2022

84th Tata Steel 2022

20th Marienbad Open 2022

Third Saturday Djenovici January 2022

Titled Tuesday Blitz 18th January 2022

Almaty Chess Academy IM 2022

Titled Tuesday Blitz 25th January 2022

21st Liberec Open 2022

3rd Cairns Cup 2022

British Rapidplay 2022

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