THE WEEK IN CHESS 757 11th May 2009 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Adolivio Capece, Luis Blasco de la Cruz, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Chris Bird, Dennis Monokroussos, Eric Birmingham, Sergey Bystrov, Igor Kragelj, Bela Lengyel, Manuel Rodriguez Garcia, George Mirijanian, Miklos Orso, Nigel Freeman, Ozgur Akman, Sinisa Joksic, Peter Svidler, Sotiris Logothetis, Steven Giddins, Thomas Henrich, Tom Skovgaard, Zenon Franco Ocampos and everyone else who helped with the issue.

A very busy week of chess. The Azerbaijan vs the FIDE World match was a very interesting event. The strong world team ran away with the event with some very heavy scoring from Kramnik and to a lesser extent World Champion Anand being the highlight. The US Championship also is well under way with detailed coverage and videos. This week the MTel tournament starts in Sofia and we should expect exciting chess there also. Elsewhere a lot of other chess is being played as we head into the summer chess season.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Azerbaijan vs the FIDE World

The FIDE World team beat Azerbaijan in Baku as part of the "President's Cup 7th-9th May 2009. The players had 25 minutes per game. The FIDE World team were comfortable winners 21.5-10.5.

Official site: http://presidentcup.az/defaultEn.html

Round 1 (May 7, 2009) Azerbaijan 2.5 - World 1.5
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Gashimov, Vugar	½-½	40	A34	English Symmetrical
Karjakin, Sergey	- Guseinov, Gadir	½-½	62	B27	Sicilian Early Fianchetto
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Shirov, Alexei	1-0	73	D70	Gruenfeld Defence
Radjabov, Teimour	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	26	C54	Giuoco Piano
Round 2 (May 7, 2009) Azerbaijan 1 - World 3
Anand, Viswanathan	- Gashimov, Vugar	1-0	41	A32	English Symmetrical
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	75	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Shirov, Alexei	- Guseinov, Gadir	1-0	28	B72	Sicilian Dragon
Radjabov, Teimour	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	53	C42	Petroff's Defence
Round 3 (May 8, 2009) Azerbaijan 1.5 - World 2.5
Anand, Viswanathan	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	30	B85	Sicilian Scheveningen
Shirov, Alexei	- Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	80	E99	King's Indian Classical
Gashimov, Vugar	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	37	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Guseinov, Gadir	- Kramnik, Vladimir	0-1	46	C43	Petroff's Defence
Round 4 (May 8, 2009) Azerbaijan 1 - World 3
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	1-0	27	A16	English Opening
Karjakin, Sergey	- Radjabov, Teimour	1-0	69	C00	French Defence
Gashimov, Vugar	- Shirov, Alexei	½-½	24	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Mamedov, Rauf	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	40	B18	Caro Kann
Round 5 (May 8, 2009) Azerbaijan 1 - World 3
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Guseinov, Gadir	1-0	35	B27	Sicilian Early Fianchetto
Karjakin, Sergey	- Gashimov, Vugar	1-0	84	A70	Benoni
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	43	D27	QGA
Radjabov, Teimour	- Shirov, Alexei	½-½	38	C54	Giuoco Piano
Round 6 (May 9, 2009) Azerbaijan 1.5 - World 2.5
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	18	B32	Sicilian Labourdonnais
Karjakin, Sergey	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	32	B46	Sicilian Paulsen
Gashimov, Vugar	- Anand, Viswanathan	0-1	45	B19	Caro Kann
Guseinov, Gadir	- Shirov, Alexei	½-½	32	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 7 (May 9, 2009) Azerbaijan 0.5 - World 3.5
Anand, Viswanathan	- Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	18	B45	Sicilian Classical
Shirov, Alexei	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	1-0	26	B46	Sicilian Paulsen
Gashimov, Vugar	- Kramnik, Vladimir	0-1	22	C43	Petroff's Defence
Guseinov, Gadir	- Karjakin, Sergey	0-1	24	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 8 (May 9, 2009) Azerbaijan 1.5 - World 2.5
Anand, Viswanathan	- Mamedov, Rauf	1-0	56	B35	Sicilian Defence
Shirov, Alexei	- Gashimov, Vugar	½-½	43	C42	Petroff's Defence
Radjabov, Teimour	- Karjakin, Sergey	1-0	35	A07	Barcza System
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Kramnik, Vladimir	0-1	58	D37	QGD 5.Bf4

AZE vs World Rapid Baku (AZE), 7-9 v 2009
1	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2759	6.5 /8	2968
2	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2783	5.5 /8	2855
3	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2721	5.0 /8	2812
4	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2745	4.5 /8	2760
FIDE World					21.5
1	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2756	4.0 /8	2752
2	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2725	3.0 /8	2665
3	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	2730	2.0 /8	2559
4	Guseinov, Gadir	g	AZE	2659	1.0 /6	2468
5	Mamedov, Rauf	g	AZE	2645	0.5 /2	2590
Azerbaijan					10.5

3) US Championships

The 2009 US Chess Championship takes place in St Louis, United States, May 7th-17th 2009. 24 players compete including: Varuzhan Akobiana, Julio Becerra Rivero, Joel Benjamin, Michael Brooks, Larry Christiansen, Jaan Ehlvest, Josh Friedel, Boris Gulko, Robert Hess, Tyler Hughes, Ildar Ibragimov, Gregory Kaidanov, Gata Kamsky, Melik Khachiyan, Irina Krush, Charles Lawton, Hikaru Nakamura, Alexander Onischuk, Ray Robson, Enrico Sevillano, Alexander Shabalov, Yury Shulman and Anna Zatonskih.

Note Anna Zatonskih has been taken ill (minor ailment). GM Gregory Kaidanov has now a win by default against her in round 3 and Doug Eckert is in instead.

Live coverage at the St Louis Chess Club website, TWIC, ICC and ChessBase.

Official site: http://www.saintlouischessclub.org/.

Round 1 (May 8, 2009)
Friedel, Joshua E	- Onischuk, Alexander	½-½	43	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Ehlvest, Jaan	- Brooks, Michael A	1-0	91	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Kaidanov, Gregory S	- Krush, Irina	½-½	49	D27	QGA
Shulman, Yuri	- Sevillano, Enrico	1-0	67	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Shabalov, Alexander	1-0	40	B84	Sicilian Scheveningen
Zatonskih, Anna	- Akobian, Varuzhan	0-1	64	A41	Modern Defence
Shankland, Samuel L	- Benjamin, Joel	½-½	56	C87	Ruy Lopez
Lawton,Charles	- Khachiyan, Melikset	0-1	68	B76	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Hess, Robert L	- Christiansen, Larry M	1-0	40	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Gulko, Boris F	- Hughes, Tyler B	0-1	40	E61	King's Indian Defence
Becerra Rivero, Julio	- Robson, Ray	1-0	34	B81	Sicilian Keres Attack
Ibragimov, Ildar	- Kamsky, Gata	0-1	36	A16	English Opening
Round 2 (May 9, 2009)
Khachiyan, Melikset	- Shulman, Yuri	0-1	50	C19	French Winawer
Zatonskih, Anna	- Ibragimov, Ildar	½-½	39	D27	QGA
Hughes, Tyler B	- Onischuk, Alexander	0-1	21	A81	Dutch Leningrad
Sevillano, Enrico	- Lawton,Charles	1-0	89	B06	Modern Defence
Kamsky, Gata	- Akobian, Varuzhan	1-0	41	C10	French Rubinstein
Ehlvest, Jaan	- Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	37	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Shabalov, Alexander	- Brooks, Michael A	0-1	36	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Christiansen, Larry M	- Shankland, Samuel L	½-½	47	D18	Slav Defence
Hess, Robert L	- Becerra Rivero, Julio	1-0	44	C69	Ruy Lopez Exchange
Benjamin, Joel	- Krush, Irina	1-0	40	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Robson, Ray	- Gulko, Boris F	1-0	44	B64	Sicilian Rauzer
Friedel, Joshua E	- Kaidanov, Gregory S	1-0	79	C80	Ruy Lopez Open
Round 3 (May 10, 2009)
Krush, Irina	- Gulko, Boris F	1-0	54	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Shulman, Yuri	- Kamsky, Gata	½-½	30	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Onischuk, Alexander	- Ehlvest, Jaan	½-½	41	E38	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Becerra Rivero, Julio	- Hughes, Tyler B	1-0	29	B48	Sicilian Paulsen
Brooks, Michael A	- Sevillano, Enrico	½-½	70	C19	French Winawer
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Hess, Robert L	1-0	49	E21	Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Shankland, Samuel L	- Khachiyan, Melikset	½-½	31	C41	Philidor's Defence
Kaidanov, Gregory S	- Zatonskih, Anna	1-0			Default
Ibragimov, Ildar	- Christiansen, Larry M	½-½	40	D10	Slav Defence
Lawton,Charles	- Shabalov, Alexander	0-1	27	B03	Alekhine's Defence
Akobian, Varuzhan	- Robson, Ray	1-0	51	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Benjamin, Joel	- Friedel, Joshua E	0-1	60	A46	Queen's Pawn Opening

ch-USA Saint Louis (USA), 8-16 v 2009
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1.	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2720	+18	+9	=2	.	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2883
2.	Shulman, Yuri	g	USA	2632	+16	+14	=1	.	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2868
3.	Friedel, Joshua E	g	USA	2516	=6	+13	+10	.	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2893
4.	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2701	+21	=5	+7	.	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2826
5.	Ehlvest, Jaan	g	USA	2606	+12	=4	=6	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2741
6.	Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	2684	=3	+19	=5	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2575
7.	Hess, Robert L	m	USA	2485	+17	+8	-4	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2757
8.	Becerra Rivero, Julio	g	USA	2609	+20	-7	+19	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2518
9.	Akobian, Varuzhan	g	USA	2612	+22	-1	+20	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2673
10.	Benjamin, Joel	g	USA	2583	=11	+15	-3	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2471
11.	Shankland, Samuel L	m	USA	2446	=10	=17	=14	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2572
12.	Brooks, Michael A	m	USA	2463	-5	+21	=16	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2565
13.	Kaidanov, Gregory S	g	USA	2595	=15	-3	+22	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2476
14.	Khachiyan, Melikset	g	USA	2546	+25	-2	=11	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2359
15.	Krush, Irina	m	USA	2452	=13	-10	+24	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2579
16.	Sevillano, Enrico	m	USA	2520	-2	+25	=12	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2365
17.	Christiansen, Larry M	g	USA	2588	-7	=11	=18	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2380
18.	Ibragimov, Ildar	g	USA	2586	-1	=22	=17	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2464
19.	Hughes, Tyler B		USA	2230	+24	-6	-8	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2493
20.	Robson, Ray	m	USA	2465	-8	+24	-9	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2469
21.	Shabalov, Alexander	g	USA	2569	-4	-12	+25	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2263
22.	Zatonskih, Anna	m	USA	2461	-9	=18	-13	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2324
23.	Eckert, Doug D	f	USA	2275	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0
24.	Gulko, Boris F	g	USA	2561	-19	-20	-15	.	.	.	.	.	.	0
25.	Lawton,Charles		USA	----	-14	-16	-21	.	.	.	.	.	.	0

4) 39th Bosna tournament

The 39th Bosna tournament in Sarajevo takes place May 8th-18th 2009. 6 player double round robin.

Official site: http://www.skbosna.ba/?jezik=bos&x=47

39th Bosna Sarajevo (BIH), 8-18 v 2009											cat. XVIII (2691)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2693	*	*	.	.	½	.	1	.	1	.	1	.	3½	3035
2.	Predojevic, Borki	g	BIH	2652	.	.	*	*	1	.	½	.	½	.	½	.	2½	2794
3.	Movsesian, Sergei	g	SVK	2747	½	.	0	.	*	*	½	.	.	.	1	.	2	2677
4.	Sokolov, Ivan NED	g	NED	2669	0	.	½	.	½	.	*	*	½	.	.	.	1½	2607
5.	Harikrishna, P	g	IND	2686	0	.	½	.	.	.	½	.	*	*	½	.	1½	2590
6.	Wang Hao	g	CHN	2696	0	.	½	.	0	.	.	.	½	.	*	*	1	2501

Round 1 (May 8, 2009)
Sokolov, Ivan NED	- Movsesian, Sergei	½-½	27	D15	Slav Defence
Harikrishna, P	- Predojevic, Borki	½-½	41	D17	Slav Defence
Wang Hao	- Eljanov, Pavel	0-1	48	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Round 2 (May 9, 2009)
Eljanov, Pavel	- Sokolov, Ivan NED	1-0	32	D15	Slav Defence
Predojevic, Borki	- Movsesian, Sergei	1-0	63	D15	Slav Defence
Harikrishna, P	- Wang Hao	½-½	23	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Round 3 (May 10, 2009)
Movsesian, Sergei	- Eljanov, Pavel	½-½	19	C45	Scotch Game
Sokolov, Ivan NED	- Harikrishna, P	½-½	30	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Wang Hao	- Predojevic, Borki	½-½	23	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Round 4 (May 11, 2009)
Eljanov, Pavel	- Harikrishna, P	1-0	81	D11	Slav Defence
Movsesian, Sergei	- Wang Hao	1-0	63	A04	Dutch System
Sokolov, Ivan NED	- Predojevic, Borki	½-½	17	D18	Slav Defence

5) 5th M-Tel Masters

The 5th M-Tel Masters takes place in Sofia 12th-23rd May 2009 (rest day 18th May).

The Category XXI event sees Veselin Topalov, Magnus Carlsen, Vassily Ivanchuk, Wang Yue, Leinier Dominguez Perez and Alexei Shirov play in a double round robin format. The games will be played in a glass pavilion on the square in front of the National Theatre Ivan Vazov.

The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves per player and 60 minutes per player till the end of the game. The maximum period for a single game is 5 hours. "Sofia rules" will again be used. They are that: Opponents cannot communicate during the games and cannot offer a draw. Proposals for a draw can be made only through the Chief Arbiter in three cases: triple repetition, eternal chess and theoretical draw position. When making the decisions the Chief Arbiter will be consulted by Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Vice President of FIDE.

Official site: http://www.mtelmasters.com - Preview: http://previews.chessdom.com/mtel-masters-2009

6) 4NCL

The 4NCL took place 4th October 2008 - 4th May 2009. Rounds 9-11 took place 2nd-4th May 2009 in the De Vere Venues in Staverton near Daventry. Wood Green Hilsmark Kingfisher who won the 4NCL Division 1 title after an exciting 4-4 draw with Guildford 1 in the final round. Stephen Gordon who achieved his final GM norm in round 9. Guildford 2 finished third whilst White Rose and Barbican finished 4th and 5th. The bottom 4 teams in the demotion pool were relegated.

Report: http://www.englishchess.org.uk/national/2009/intl06_may09.htm

Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk - Live coverage: http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/livechess/4ncl/0809/index.htm

4NCL Hinckley Island, Staverton ENG 4 x 2008 - 4 v 2009 Final Standings Championship Pool
Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
WOOD GREEN HILSMARK KINGFISHER 1	6	1	0	13
GUILDFORD-A&DC 1	5	1	1	11
GUILDFORD-A&DC 2	4	1	2	9
WHITE ROSE 1	3	1	3	7
BARBICAN 4NCL 1	2	1	4	5
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE	1	2	4	4
WOOD GREEN HILSMARK KINGFISHER 2	0	4	3	4
THE GAMBIT ADS	1	1	5	3

4NCL Hinckley Island, Staverton ENG 4 x 2008 - 4 v 2009 Final Standings Demotion Pool
Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
BETSSON.COM	5	2	0	12
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1	5	2	0	12
BARBICAN 4NCL 2	4	1	2	9
SOUTH WALES DRAGONS 1	3	1	3	7
BRISTOL 1	3	0	4	6
NORTH WEST EAGLES	3	1	3	4 *
RICHMOND	1	1	5	0 *
SAMBUCA SHARKS	0	0	7	0

4NCL Staverton ENG 4 x 2008 - 4 v 2009
RD 9		PRIDE AND PREJUDICE	2385	3 - 5	WOOD GREEN HILSMARK KINGFISHER 1	2509
1	w	Adams, Michael J	2703	1 - 0	Gordon, Stephen J	2540
2	b	Emms, John M	2487	0 - 1	Baburin, Alexander	2541
3	w	Summerscale, Aaron	2453	½ - ½	Cramling, Pia (F)	2528
4	b	Grafl, Florian *	2407	½ - ½	Szabo, Krisztian	2518
5	w	Ward, Chris G	2422	½ - ½	Berczes, David	2513
6	b	Pokorna, Regina (F)	2368	0 - 1	Lalic, Bogdan	2508
7	w	Constantinou, Peter	2235	½ - ½	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan (F)	2492
8	b	Auckland, Elliott	2002	0 - 1	Hanley, Craig A	2430
RD 9		THE GAMBIT ADS	2356	3½-4½	GUILDFORD-A&DC 2	2419
1	w	Speelman, Jonathan S	2534	½ - ½	Plaskett, James	2491
2	b	Davies, Nigel R	2487	½ - ½	Pert, Richard G	2459
3	w	Jirka, Jiri	2460	½ - ½	Shaw, John K	2469
4	b	Cernousek, Lukas	2439	1 - 0	Gallagher, Joseph G	2462
5	w	Richardson, John R	2308	½ - ½	Cherniaev, Alexander	2423
6	b	Snape, Ian	2200	½ - ½	Buckley, Graeme	2395
7	w	Anderton, David	2225	0 - 1	Muir, Andrew J	2351
8	b	Bellin, Jana (F)	2191	0 - 1	Sandu, Mihaela (F)	2305
RD 9		GUILDFORD-A&DC 1	2540	7 - 1	BARBICAN 4NCL 1	2382
1	w	Kurnosov, Igor *	2658	1 - 0	Turner, Matthew J	2511
2	b	Howell, David W L	2613	1 - 0	Ferguson, Mark	2408
3	w	McShane, Luke	2596	1 - 0	D'Costa, Lorin A R	2485
4	b	Pert, Nicholas	2537	1 - 0	Devereaux, Maxim	2388
5	w	Conquest, Stuart C	2549	1 - 0	Collinson, Adam	2392
6	b	Hebden, Mark L	2510	½ - ½	Knott, Simon	2350
7	w	King, Daniel J	2512	½ - ½	Cox, John J	2367
8	b	Lalic, Susan (F)	2342	1 - 0	Lauterbach, Ingrid (F)	2158
RD 9		WOOD GREEN HILSMARK KINGFISHER 2	2375	3 - 5	WHITE ROSE 1	2329
1	w	Greet, Andrew N	2431	0 - 1	Wells, Peter K	2489
2	b	Briscoe, Christopher	2267	0 - 1	McNab, Colin	2472
3	w	Houska, Jovanka (F)	2402	½ - ½	Palliser, Richard	2414
4	b	Martin, Andrew D	2422	½ - ½	Gourlay, Iain	2364
5	w	Pein, Malcolm	2391	½ - ½	Barrett, Steve J	2200
6	b	McDonald, Neil	2405	0 - 1	Corke, Anya (F)	2237
7	w	Sowray, Peter J	2311	1 - 0	Gayson, Peter M	2256
8	b	Tiller, Bjorn	2373	½ - ½	Adams, David M	2198
RD 9		SOUTH WALES DRAGONS 1	2208	4½-3½	BRISTOL 1	2200
1	w	Cobb, James E	2436	1 - 0	Rudd, Jack	2357
2	b	Cooper, John G	2350	½ - ½	Cobb, Charles	2397
3	w	Rees, Ioan	2307	1 - 0	Poobalasingam, Peter	2240
4	b	Zeidler, Sven P	2223	0 - 1	Beaumont, Chris	2304
5	w	Morris, Charles F	2197	0 - 1	Buckley, David E	2265
6	b	James, David J	2130	1 - 0	Curtis, John	2112
7	w	Roberts, David L	2107	1 - 0	Dilleigh, Stephen P	2148
8	b	Wilson, Julie (F)	1910	0 - 1	Yap, Xiu-Huan (F)	1776
RD 9		SAMBUCA SHARKS	1960	1 - 7	BARBICAN 4NCL 2	2265
1	w	Ruston, Mark R	2092	0 - 1	Rogers, Jonathan W	2337
2	b	Makepeace, Philip J	2042	0 - 1	Taylor, Martin R	2330
3	w	Armstrong, Malcolm	2051	0 - 1	Berry, Neil	2319
4	b	Russell, Chris	2076	0 - 1	Pritchett, Craig W	2306
5	w	Purton, Ben J	2110	0 - 1	Coleman, David	2221
6	b	Varnam, Liam D	2121	1 - 0	Ynojosa, Felix J	2187
7	w	Sainbayar, Anuurai (F)	1590	0 - 1	Taylor, Peter	2244
8	b	Hui, Zhu *	1600	0 - 1	Regan, Natasha (F)	2177
RD 9		RICHMOND	2261	2 - 6	BETSSON.COM	2290
1	w	Bates, Richard A	2384	½ - ½	Hunt, Adam C	2433
2	b	Baker, Chris W	2351	0 - 1	Ledger, Andrew J	2425
3	w	Wall, Gavin	2301	0 - 1	Ansell, Simon	2394
4	b	Osborne, Marcus E	2212	½ - ½	Webb, Laurence E	2346
5	w	Muter, Donny	2225	1 - 0	Eames, Robert G	2312
6	b	Cannon, Richard *	2091	0 - 1	Ledger, David J	2235
7	w	default		0 - 1	Ledger, Stephen C	2140
8	b	default		0 - 1	Yurenok, Maria S (F)	2033
RD 9		CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1	2277	6½-1½	NORTH WEST EAGLES	2186
1	w	Pixton, Adam *	2462	1 - 0	Morrison, Graham	2347
2	b	Mah, Karl C C	2408	1 - 0	Lyell, Mark	2300
3	w	Dearing, Eddie	2394	1 - 0	Hague, Ben	2282
4	b	Pinter, Gabor	2356	1 - 0	Hulmes, David I	2220
5	w	Moskovic, David M	2304	½ - ½	Redmond, John	2199
6	b	Alfred, Nathan	2295	1 - 0	Jaunooby, Ali	2162
7	w	Churm, Rohan M	2178	1 - 0	Connor, Stephen J	2060
8	b	Kourtseva, Julie (F)	1815	0 - 1	Morrison, Lynne (F)	1918
RD 10		WOOD GREEN HILSMARK KINGFISHER 1	2509	5½-2½	THE GAMBIT ADS	2356
1	w	Gordon, Stephen J	2540	½ - ½	Speelman, Jonathan S	2534
2	b	Baburin, Alexander	2541	½ - ½	Davies, Nigel R	2487
3	w	Cramling, Pia (F)	2528	1 - 0	Jirka, Jiri	2460
4	b	Szabo, Krisztian	2518	0 - 1	Cernousek, Lukas	2439
5	w	Berczes, David	2513	1 - 0	Richardson, John R	2308
6	b	Lalic, Bogdan	2508	½ - ½	Snape, Ian	2200
7	w	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan (F)	2492	1 - 0	Anderton, David	2225
8	b	Hanley, Craig A	2430	1 - 0	Bellin, Jana (F)	2191
RD 10		WHITE ROSE 1	2329	2 - 6	GUILDFORD-A&DC 1	2540
1	w	Wells, Peter K	2489	½ - ½	Kurnosov, Igor *	2658
2	b	McNab, Colin	2472	0 - 1	Howell, David W L	2613
3	w	Palliser, Richard	2414	0 - 1	McShane, Luke	2596
4	b	Gourlay, Iain	2364	0 - 1	Pert, Nicholas	2537
5	w	Corke, Anya (F)	2237	½ - ½	Conquest, Stuart C	2549
6	b	Barrett, Steve J	2200	0 - 1	Hebden, Mark L	2510
7	w	Gayson, Peter M	2256	0 - 1	King, Daniel J	2512
8	b	Adams, David M	2198	1 - 0	Lalic, Susan (F)	2342
RD 10		BARBICAN 4NCL 1	2382	4 - 4	WOOD GREEN HILSMARK KINGFISHER 2	2371
1	w	Turner, Matthew J	2511	½ - ½	Greet, Andrew N	2431
2	b	Ferguson, Mark	2408	½ - ½	Martin, Andrew D	2422
3	w	D'Costa, Lorin A R	2485	½ - ½	Houska, Jovanka (F)	2402
4	b	Knott, Simon	2350	½ - ½	McDonald, Neil	2405
5	w	Cox, John J	2367	½ - ½	Pein, Malcolm	2391
6	b	Devereaux, Maxim	2388	½ - ½	Broomfield, Matthew	2341
7	w	Collinson, Adam	2392	1 - 0	Sowray, Peter J	2311
8	b	Lauterbach, Ingrid (F)	2158	0 - 1	Briscoe, Christopher	2267
RD 10		GUILDFORD-A&DC 2	2419	5 - 3	PRIDE AND PREJUDICE	2354
1	w	Cherniaev, Alexander	2423	0 - 1	Adams, Michael J	2703
2	b	Pert, Richard G	2459	½ - ½	Ward, Chris G	2422
3	w	Plaskett, James	2491	1 - 0	Grafl, Florian *	2407
4	b	Gallagher, Joseph G	2462	½ - ½	Emms, John M	2487
5	w	Shaw, John K	2469	1 - 0	Pokorna, Regina (F)	2368
6	b	Buckley, Graeme	2395	1 - 0	Kilpatrick, Callum	2211
7	w	Muir, Andrew J	2351	½ - ½	Constantinou, Peter	2235
8	b	Sandu, Mihaela (F)	2305	½ - ½	Auckland, Elliott	2002
RD 10		BARBICAN 4NCL 2	2264	5 - 3	SOUTH WALES DRAGONS 1	2173
1	w	Berry, Neil	2319	1 - 0	Cooper, John G	2350
2	b	Pritchett, Craig W	2306	0 - 1	Rees, Ioan	2307
3	w	Rogers, Jonathan W	2337	½ - ½	Morris, Charles F	2197
4	b	Taylor, Martin R	2330	0 - 1	Zeidler, Sven P	2223
5	w	Coleman, David	2221	1 - 0	Morris, Gareth L	2156
6	b	Ynojosa, Felix J	2187	½ - ½	James, David J	2130
7	w	Chapman, Terence	2232	1 - 0	Roberts, David L	2107
8	b	Regan, Natasha (F)	2177	1 - 0	Wilson, Julie (F)	1910
RD 10		BETSSON.COM	2290	4 - 4	CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1	2277
1	w	Hunt, Adam C	2433	½ - ½	Pixton, Adam *	2462
2	b	Ledger, Andrew J	2425	½ - ½	Pinter, Gabor	2356
3	w	Ansell, Simon	2394	½ - ½	Dearing, Eddie	2394
4	b	Webb, Laurence E	2346	0 - 1	Mah, Karl C C	2408
5	w	Eames, Robert G	2312	½ - ½	Moskovic, David M	2304
6	b	Ledger, David J	2235	½ - ½	Alfred, Nathan	2295
7	w	Ledger, Stephen C	2140	½ - ½	Churm, Rohan M	2178
8	b	Yurenok, Maria S (F)	2033	1 - 0	Kourtseva, Julie (F)	1815
RD 10		NORTH WEST EAGLES	2186	4 - 4	RICHMOND	2261
1	w	Morrison, Graham	2347	1 - 0	Bates, Richard A	2384
2	b	Lyell, Mark	2300	0 - 1	Baker, Chris W	2351
3	w	Hague, Ben	2282	0 - 1	Wall, Gavin	2301
4	b	Hulmes, David I	2220	½ - ½	Osborne, Marcus E	2212
5	w	Redmond, John	2199	½ - ½	Muter, Donny	2225
6	b	Jaunooby, Ali	2162	0 - 1	Cannon, Richard *	2091
7	w	Connor, Stephen J	2060	1 - 0	default
8	b	Morrison, Lynne (F)	1918	1 - 0	default
RD 10		BRISTOL 1	2200	5 - 3	SAMBUCA SHARKS	1960
1	w	Cobb, Charles	2397	1 - 0	Ruston, Mark R	2092
2	b	Beaumont, Chris	2304	1 - 0	Russell, Chris	2076
3	w	Rudd, Jack	2357	1 - 0	Armstrong, Malcolm	2051
4	b	Buckley, David E	2265	1 - 0	Makepeace, Philip J	2042
5	w	Poobalasingam, Peter	2240	0 - 1	Varnam, Liam D	2121
6	b	Dilleigh, Stephen P	2148	0 - 1	Purton, Ben J	2110
7	w	Curtis, John	2112	1 - 0	Sainbayar, Anuurai (F)	1590
8	b	Yap, Xiu-Huan (F)	1776	0 - 1	Hui, Zhu *	1600
RD 11		GUILDFORD-A&DC 1	2537	4 - 4	WOOD GREEN HILSMARK KINGFISHER 1	2509
1	w	Kurnosov, Igor *	2658	1 - 0	Lalic, Bogdan	2508
2	b	Pert, Nicholas	2537	½ - ½	Baburin, Alexander	2541
3	w	McShane, Luke	2596	1 - 0	Gordon, Stephen J	2540
4	b	Howell, David W L	2613	½ - ½	Cramling, Pia (F)	2528
5	w	Plaskett, James	2491	1 - 0	Berczes, David	2513
6	b	Conquest, Stuart C	2549	0 - 1	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan (F)	2492
7	w	Hebden, Mark L	2510	0 - 1	Szabo, Krisztian	2518
8	b	Lalic, Susan (F)	2342	0 - 1	Greet, Andrew N	2431
RD 11		PRIDE AND PREJUDICE	2354	4½-3½	BARBICAN 4NCL 1	2382
1	w	Adams, Michael J	2703	1 - 0	D'Costa, Lorin A R	2485
2	b	Emms, John M	2487	0 - 1	Turner, Matthew J	2511
3	w	Grafl, Florian *	2407	½ - ½	Collinson, Adam	2392
4	b	Ward, Chris G	2422	1 - 0	Devereaux, Maxim	2388
5	w	Pokorna, Regina (F)	2368	1 - 0	Cox, John J	2367
6	b	Kilpatrick, Callum	2211	½ - ½	Ferguson, Mark	2408
7	w	Constantinou, Peter	2235	½ - ½	Knott, Simon	2350
8	b	Auckland, Elliott	2002	0 - 1	Lauterbach, Ingrid (F)	2158
RD 11		WOOD GREEN HILSMARK KINGFISHER 2	2365	4 - 4	GUILDFORD-A&DC 2	2422
1	w	Hanley, Craig A	2430	0 - 1	Shaw, John K	2469
2	b	McDonald, Neil	2405	1 - 0	King, Daniel J	2512
3	w	Houska, Jovanka (F)	2402	0 - 1	Cherniaev, Alexander	2423
4	b	Tiller, Bjorn	2373	½ - ½	Pert, Richard G	2459
5	w	Pein, Malcolm	2391	½ - ½	Gallagher, Joseph G	2462
6	b	Broomfield, Matthew	2341	½ - ½	Buckley, Graeme	2395
7	w	Sowray, Peter J	2311	1 - 0	Muir, Andrew J	2351
8	b	Briscoe, Christopher	2267	½ - ½	Sandu, Mihaela (F)	2305
RD 11		THE GAMBIT ADS	2356	3 - 5	WHITE ROSE 1	2329
1	w	Speelman, Jonathan S	2534	0 - 1	Wells, Peter K	2489
2	b	Davies, Nigel R	2487	½ - ½	McNab, Colin	2472
3	w	Jirka, Jiri	2460	½ - ½	Palliser, Richard	2414
4	b	Cernousek, Lukas	2439	1 - 0	Gourlay, Iain	2364
5	w	Richardson, John R	2308	0 - 1	Adams, David M	2198
6	b	Snape, Ian	2200	½ - ½	Barrett, Steve J	2200
7	w	Anderton, David	2225	½ - ½	Gayson, Peter M	2256
8	b	Bellin, Jana (F)	2191	0 - 1	Corke, Anya (F)	2237
RD 11		SOUTH WALES DRAGONS 1	2173	3½-4½	BETSSON.COM	2326
1	w	Cooper, John G	2350	½ - ½	Hunt, Adam C	2433
2	b	Rees, Ioan	2307	½ - ½	Ledger, Andrew J	2425
3	w	Morris, Charles F	2197	0 - 1	Ansell, Simon	2394
4	b	Zeidler, Sven P	2223	1 - 0	Webb, Laurence E	2346
5	w	Morris, Gareth L	2156	0 - 1	Eames, Robert G	2312
6	b	James, David J	2130	0 - 1	Ledger, David J	2235
7	w	Roberts, David L	2107	½ - ½	Ledger, Stephen C	2140
8	b	Wilson, Julie (F)	1910	1 - 0	default
RD 11		RICHMOND	2261	3½-4½	BRISTOL 1	2184
1	w	Bates, Richard A	2384	0 - 1	Rudd, Jack	2357
2	b	Baker, Chris W	2351	0 - 1	Buckley, David E	2265
3	w	Wall, Gavin	2301	1 - 0	Collier, David O	2114
4	b	Osborne, Marcus E	2212	1 - 0	Dilleigh, Stephen P	2148
5	w	Muter, Donny	2225	½ - ½	Curtis, John	2112
6	b	Cannon, Richard *	2091	1 - 0	Yap, Xiu-Huan (F)	1776
7	w	default		0 - 1	Cobb, Charles	2397
8	b	default		0 - 1	Beaumont, Chris	2304
RD 11		SAMBUCA SHARKS	1960	3 - 5	NORTH WEST EAGLES	2186
1	w	Ruston, Mark R	2092	0 - 1	Morrison, Graham	2347
2	b	Varnam, Liam D	2121	1 - 0	Lyell, Mark	2300
3	w	Armstrong, Malcolm	2051	0 - 1	Hague, Ben	2282
4	b	Makepeace, Philip J	2042	½ - ½	Hulmes, David I	2220
5	w	Purton, Ben J	2110	1 - 0	Redmond, John	2199
6	b	Russell, Chris	2076	0 - 1	Jaunooby, Ali	2162
7	w	Sainbayar, Anuurai (F)	1590	0 - 1	Connor, Stephen J	2060
8	b	Hui, Zhu *	1600	½ - ½	Morrison, Lynne (F)	1918
RD 11		CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1	2219	4½-3½	BARBICAN 4NCL 2	2276
1	w	Mah, Karl C C	2408	½ - ½	Piper, Matthew S	2295
2	b	Pinter, Gabor	2356	0 - 1	Berry, Neil	2319
3	w	Dearing, Eddie	2394	1 - 0	Rogers, Jonathan W	2337
4	b	Moskovic, David M	2304	½ - ½	Taylor, Martin R	2330
5	w	Churm, Rohan M	2178	0 - 1	Hodgson, John H	2185
6	b	Pickard, Charles	2197	1 - 0	Taylor, Peter	2244
7	w	Beckett, Chris J	2096	½ - ½	Coleman, David	2221
8	b	Kourtseva, Julie (F)	1815	1 - 0	default

7) Copenhagen Chess Challenge

The Copenhagen Chess Challenge took place 6th - 10th May 2009 8 GMs (including Danish Allan Stig Rasmussen waiting his nomination for GM), 11 IMs and 76 players in total competed. Stellan Brynell and Daniel Semcesen finished on 7/9.

Official site with live coverage: http://www.copenhagenchesschallenge.dk

Copenhagen Chess Challenge Ballerup (DEN), 6-10 v 2009
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1.	Brynell, Stellan	g	SWE	2463	+31	+33	-5	=19	+22	+20	+28	+7	=4	7	2565
2.	Semcesen, Daniel	f	SWE	2387	+76	+42	=4	+10	=5	=3	=16	+15	+7	7	2616
3.	Grandelius, Nils	m	SWE	2491	+40	+18	+12	=7	=15	=2	=14	=6	+16	6½	2566
4.	Danielsen, Henrik	g	ISL	2482	+34	+24	=2	+14	-7	+13	=15	+26	=1	6½	2548
5.	Rusev, Krasimir	g	BUL	2498	+62	+30	+1	=15	=2	-7	+23	=8	+14	6½	2558
6.	Grabarczyk, Miroslaw	g	POL	2469	=45	+54	+25	=11	=19	+24	=7	=3	+17	6½	2474
7.	Rasmussen, Allan Stig	m	DEN	2501	+48	+27	+9	=3	+4	+5	=6	-1	-2	6	2545
8.	Glud, Jakob Vang	m	DEN	2454	+49	-22	+29	+41	=20	=9	+27	=5	=11	6	2440
9.	Tikkanen, Hans	m	SWE	2425	+57	+26	-7	=23	+17	=8	=25	=14	+19	6	2464
10.	Janev, Evgeni	g	BUL	2458	+39	=23	+36	-2	-28	+42	+29	=12	+22	6	2401
11.	Mikkelsen, Nikolaj	m	DEN	2394	=38	+64	+43	=6	=16	-14	+32	+28	=8	6	2413
12.	Smith, Axel	m	SWE	2383	+50	+32	-3	=17	-35	+57	+36	=10	+26	6	2389
13.	Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek	m	DEN	2417	+55	-20	+48	=22	+29	-4	+43	=18	+23	6	2389
14.	Lund, Esben	m	DEN	2430	+44	=29	+20	-4	+43	+11	=3	=9	-5	5½	2430
15.	Ivanov, Mikhail M	g	RUS	2470	+46	+41	+22	=5	=3	=28	=4	-2	=18	5½	2437
16.	Berg, Klaus	m	DEN	2440	=71	+45	=23	+26	=11	=19	=2	+25	-3	5½	2395
17.	Kovachev, Daniel Jakobsen		NOR	2256	+69	=19	=21	=12	-9	+54	+20	+37	-6	5½	2344
18.	Picard, Romain	f	FRA	2339	+65	-3	=39	=34	+62	=32	+35	=13	=15	5½	2334
19.	Bekker-Jensen, Simon	m	DEN	2411	+47	=17	+35	=1	=6	=16	-26	+41	-9	5	2373
20.	Veng, Johnny		DEN	2240	+52	+13	-14	+27	=8	-1	-17	+45	=30	5	2361
21.	Hoi, Carsten	g	DEN	2387	+56	=35	=17	=32	=23	=36	=24	=27	=25	5	2307
22.	Lauridsen, Jesper		CHI	2223	+61	+8	-15	=13	-1	=39	+55	+24	-10	5	2337
23.	Lovik, Lasse Ostebo		NOR	2289	+72	=10	=16	=9	=21	+37	-5	+43	-13	5	2389
24.	Carstensen, Jacob	f	DEN	2331	+53	-4	=49	+31	+42	-6	=21	-22	+48	5	2283
25.	Holmsgaard, Henrik		DEN	2330	=64	+66	-6	=40	+31	+34	=9	-16	=21	5	2269
26.	Hagen, Andreas Skytte	f	DEN	2278	+67	-9	+47	-16	+52	+30	+19	-4	-12	5	2306
27.	Sahl, Bjarke	m	NOR	2366	+59	-7	+62	-20	+40	+35	-8	=21	=29	5	2314
28.	Bekker-Jensen, David		DEN	2330	-54	+68	+71	+56	+10	=15	-1	-11	=32	5	2252
29.	Kristensen, Kaare	f	DEN	2244	+58	=14	-8	+54	-13	+65	-10	+34	=27	5	2259
30.	Feuerstack, Aljoscha		GER	2345	+73	-5	-31	+38	+49	-26	=46	+44	=20	5	2216
31.	Rossen, Claus		DEN	2134	-1	+75	+30	-24	-25	+58	=45	+35	=37	5	2250
32.	De Verdier, Michael		SWE	2229	+74	-12	+76	=21	=37	=18	-11	+47	=28	5	2296
33.	Hove, Esben Kjems		DEN	2294	+75	-1	-56	=65	=50	-55	+64	+57	+51	5	2094
34.	Schmidt, Tommy B		DEN	2167	-4	+53	=37	=18	+41	-25	=38	-29	+55	4½	2241
35.	Christensen, Bo Garner		DEN	2240	+70	=21	-19	+55	+12	-27	-18	-31	+46	4½	2213
36.	Bejtovic, Jasmin	f	BIH	2306	=66	+38	-10	=49	+47	=21	-12	=46	=40	4½	2191
37.	Matthiesen, Arne	f	DEN	2349	=51	=71	=34	+39	=32	-23	+57	-17	=31	4½	2154
38.	Lauritsen, Martin Lee		DEN	2063	=11	-36	+68	-30	=45	+62	=34	=42	=41	4½	2207
39.	Gandrud, Vegar Koi		NOR	2124	-10	+72	=18	-37	+51	=22	-41	+52	=42	4½	2194
40.	Hvenekilde, Jorgen		DEN	2184	-3	=65	+58	=25	-27	+50	=47	=51	=36	4½	2142
41.	Jacobsen, Bo		DEN	2325	+60	-15	+57	-8	-34	+49	+39	-19	=38	4½	2203
42.	Getz, Nicolai		NOR	2205	+63	-2	=54	+51	-24	-10	+65	=38	=39	4½	2134
43.	Andreasen, Per	f	DEN	2265	=68	+51	-11	+50	-14	+56	-13	-23	+54	4½	2140
44.	Rhee, Alexander		DEN	2115	-14	-58	=52	+68	-65	+66	+53	-30	+62	4½	2038
45.	Brondum, Eric		DEN	2138	=6	-16	=64	=53	=38	+73	=31	-20	=47	4	2095
46.	Vovk, Oksana	wm	DEN	2142	-15	=60	=65	=58	=56	+52	=30	=36	-35	4	2071
47.	Madsen, Poul Henrik		DEN	2074	-19	+69	-26	+63	-36	+48	=40	-32	=45	4	2127
48.	Akdag, Dara		DEN	2199	-7	+59	-13	+61	-57	-47	+58	+56	-24	4	2074
49.	Eriksson, Christian		DEN	2122	-8	+61	=24	=36	-30	-41	+73	=54	=50	4	2124
50.	Knudsen, Jes West		DEN	2019	-12	=74	+66	-43	=33	-40	=61	+67	=49	4	2046
51.	Pedersen, Nicolai Kvist Brondt		DEN	1971	=37	-43	+74	-42	-39	+60	+67	=40	-33	4	2084
52.	Marianov, Petyo		BUL	----	-20	=55	=44	+76	-26	-46	+59	-39	+65	4	2065
53.	Andersen, Daniel		DEN	1940	-24	-34	+69	=45	-71	+75	-44	+70	=57	4	1993
54.	Nielsen, Leonard de Freitas		DEN	1925	+28	-6	=42	-29	+59	-17	=56	=49	-43	3½	2133
55.	Fredericia, Louise	wf	DEN	2100	-13	=52	+60	-35	=58	+33	-22	=62	-34	3½	2056
56.	Pallesen, Jacob		DEN	2030	-21	+70	+33	-28	=46	-43	=54	-48	=60	3½	2044
57.	Peschardt, Soren		DEN	2104	-9	+67	-41	+70	+48	-12	-37	-33	=53	3½	2074
58.	Petrovski, Petruli		DEN	1772	-29	+44	-40	=46	=55	-31	-48	+73	=59	3½	2040
59.	Jorgensen, Kasper Moller		DEN	1999	-27	-48	+67	-62	-54	+63	-52	+69	=58	3½	1926
60.	Brauner, Jonathan		DEN	1916	-41	=46	-55	=66	=61	-51	=69	+72	=56	3½	1918
61.	Jacobsen, Mads-Holger		DEN	1830	-22	-49	+73	-48	=60	=64	=50	=65	=68	3½	1932
62.	Jorgensen, Dennis		DEN	2197	-5	+73	-27	+59	-18	-38	+66	=55	-44	3½	2071
63.	Vesterli, Michael		DEN	----	-42	-76	+72	-47	-67	-59	=68	+75	+74	3½	1885
64.	Tandrup, Michael		DEN	1917	=25	-11	=45	=71	.	=61	-33	=66	=67	3	2016
65.	Boulan, Laura		FRA	1955	-18	=40	=46	=33	+44	-29	-42	=61	-52	3	2025
66.	Andersen, Kim Nyvang		DEN	1914	=36	-25	-50	=60	+69	-44	-62	=64	=70	3	1903
67.	Haubro, Martin		DEN	1809	-26	-57	-59	=75	+63	+68	-51	-50	=64	3	1873
68.	Christensen, Casper		DEN	1793	=43	-28	-38	-44	=72	-67	=63	+74	=61	3	1907
69.	Nielsen, Poul Bang		DEN	1792	-17	-47	-53	+72	-66	=70	=60	-59	+75	3	1824
70.	Capion, Jon Gotz		DEN	1662	-35	-56	+75	-57	-73	=69	+74	-53	=66	3	1863
71.	Haubro, Sigfred		DEN	2120	=16	=37	-28	=64	+53	.	.	.	.	2½	2195
72.	Schmidt, Horst Hubert		DEN	1880	-23	-39	-63	-69	=68	-74	+75	-60	+73	2½	1810
73.	Nielsen, Thomas		DEN	1970	-30	-62	-61	+74	+70	-45	-49	-58	-72	2	1774
74.	Skovle, Lars		DEN	----	-32	=50	-51	-73	-75	+72	-70	-68	-63	1½	1663
75.	Moller, Arne		DEN	1903	-33	-31	-70	=67	+74	-53	-72	-63	-69	1½	1672
76.	Jorgensen, Rasmus		DEN	2024	-2	+63	-32	-52	.	.	.	.	.	1	1961

8) First Saturday May

The First Saturday tournaments take place 2nd-15th May in Budapest. No GM group this month, just an IM and two FM sections.

Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/

FSIM May Budapest (HUN), 2-11 v 2009												cat. II (2283)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Galyas, Miklos	m	HUN	2458	*	1	½	.	1	½	0	1	1	.	5	2434
2.	Kislik, Erik Andrew		USA	2314	0	*	½	1	0	1	1	1	.	.	4½	2389
3.	Wittmann, Walter	m	AUT	2272	½	½	*	½	½	0	1	.	.	1	4	2328
4.	Koczo, Kristof		HUN	2244	.	0	½	*	½	.	1	1	1	0	4	2321
5.	Lengyel, Bela	m	HUN	2268	0	1	½	½	*	.	.	½	1	0	3½	2297
6.	Szabo, Bence		HUN	2220	½	0	1	.	.	*	0	½	0	1	3	2249
7.	Farago, Sandor	m	HUN	2255	1	0	0	0	.	1	*	.	0	1	3	2236
8.	Szalanczy, Emil	m	HUN	2295	0	0	.	0	½	½	.	*	1	1	3	2236
9.	Hedke, Fred	f	GER	2310	0	.	.	0	0	1	1	0	*	1	3	2225
10.	Denisov, Ivan		RUS	2189	.	.	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	*	2	2108

FSFMA May Budapest (HUN), 2-11 v 2009
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Kapferer, Romed		AUT	2044	*	½	½	.	1	½	1	.	1	1	5½	2301
2.	Sipos, Gabor		HUN	2126	½	*	½	1	0	1	.	1	1	.	5	2251
3.	Mayer, Istvan	f	HUN	2124	½	½	*	1	½	1	.	½	.	1	5	2240
4.	Probst, Albert		GER	2104	.	0	0	*	1	.	1	1	1	1	5	2206
5.	Letay, Gyula	f	HUN	2067	0	1	½	0	*	1	½	.	1	.	4	2137
6.	Schenkerik, Csaba		HUN	2215	½	0	0	.	0	*	1	½	.	1	3	1997
7.	Katona, Jozsef3		HUN	1951	0	.	.	0	½	0	*	1	½	1	3	2021
8.	Heyl, Thomas		GER	2051	.	0	½	0	.	½	0	*	½	½	2	1918
9.	Nagy, Laszlo1		HUN	2046	0	0	.	0	0	.	½	½	*	1	2	1886
10.	Henrichsen, Jens		DEN	1971	0	.	0	0	.	0	0	½	0	*	½	1654

FSFMB May Budapest (HUN), 2-11 v 2009
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Mendege, Andras	HUN	1818	*	.	1	½	1	½	1	.	1	1	6	2034
2.	Farkas, Richard	HUN	1709	.	*	1	½	.	½	1	1	1	1	6	1993
3.	Szoukup, Istvan	HUN	1839	0	0	*	1	1	1	1	.	0	.	4	1809
4.	Szecsi, Peter	HUN	----	½	½	0	*	½	.	½	1	1	.	4	1728
5.	Pollak, Andras	HUN	1711	0	.	0	½	*	½	.	1	1	1	4	1761
6.	Juhasz, Armin	HUN	1828	½	½	0	.	½	*	.	½	.	1	3	1659
7.	Lajtos, Levente	HUN	1632	0	0	0	½	.	.	*	1	.	1	2½	1650
8.	Horvath, Zoltan3	HUN	1424	.	0	.	0	0	½	0	*	1	1	2½	1605
9.	Klein, Rafael	ISR	1617	0	0	1	0	0	.	.	0	*	0	1	1398
10.	Szabo, Miklos	HUN	1453	0	0	.	.	0	0	0	0	1	*	1	1368

9) 5th Thessaloniki Games Festival

The 5th Thessaloniki Games Festival took place 26th April - 4th May 2009. Giorgi Bagaturov and Baris Esen finished on 7/9 in the Thessaloniki Open. Games from the final round now available.

There was the World Schools Championships (covered in detail on the official site and chessdom site) and World Amateur Championship where Stefan Parlog beat Euclides Roberto Ferreira in the final round to claim the Championship.

Official site: http://gamesfestival.chessdom.com/ and http://www.gamesfestival.com/

Open Thessaloniki (GRE), 27 iv-4 v 2009 Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	GM	Bagaturov Giorgi	GEO	2467	7
2	IM	Esen Baris	TUR	2472	7
3		Pavlidis Antonios	GRE	2307	6,5
4		Sidorenko Ilya	ISR	2357	6
5	GM	Sanduleac Vasile	MDA	2438	6
6	FM	Perdek Miroslaw	POL	2232	6
7	WIM	Burtasova Anna	RUS	2299	6
8	IM	Obodchuk Andrei	RUS	2393	5,5
9	GM	Georgiev Vladimir	MKD	2539	5,5
10	IM	Shavtvaladze Nikoloz	GEO	2454	5,5
11	WIM	Fakhiridou Ekaterini	GRE	2252	5,5
12	GM	Georgiev Krum	BUL	2440	5,5
13	IM	Poley Vladimir	BLR	2338	5
14	IM	Ivanov Jordan	BUL	2435	5
15	FM	Vragoteris Antonios	GRE	2264	5
16	FM	Velchev Hristo	BUL	2284	5
17	FM	Simanjuntak Sebastian	INA	2260	5
18	WGM	Karlovich Anastazia	UKR	2251	5
19		Nikologorsky Matfei	RUS	2229	5
20		Galopoulos N	GRE	2247	5
21		Kounalakis Evryklis	GRE	2090	5
22		Pavlidou Ekaterini	GRE	2162	5
23		Matsenko Vadim	RUS	2144	5
24		Skoulakis Charalambos	GRE	2091	5
25	IM	Danilov Vladimir	ROU	2410	4,5
45 players

10) Young Stars of the World

The Young Stars of the World, Vanya Somov Memorial takes place 8th-21st May 2009 in Kirishi city (Leningrad region) in the Culture Palace. Twelve of the strongest young chess players in the world and Russia.

Official site: http://www.somovs-memorial.ru/

Further information: http://www.bs-chess.com/russian.html (RUS) and http://www.bs-chess.com/latin/english.html

Young Stars of the World Kirishi (RUS), 9-20 v 2009													cat. V (2368)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Belous, Vladimir		RUS	2414	*	.	.	.	.	½	1	.	.	1	.	.	2½	2734
2.	Naroditsky, Daniel	f	USA	2335	.	*	.	.	½	.	.	.	1	.	1	.	2½	2556
3.	Bukavshin, Ivan	f	RUS	2365	.	.	*	.	½	1	½	.	.	.	.	.	2	2549
4.	Narayanan, Srinath	m	IND	2381	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	1	½	½	.	.	2	2517
5.	Chan Yi-Ren, Daniel	f	SIN	2375	.	½	½	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	1½	2284
6.	Stukopin, Andrey	f	RUS	2380	½	.	0	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	1	.	1½	2311
7.	Shimanov, Aleksandr	m	RUS	2519	0	.	½	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	1	1½	2365
8.	Dubov, Daniil	f	RUS	2372	.	.	.	0	.	.	.	*	½	.	.	1	1½	2339
9.	Kovalev, Vladislav	f	BLR	2320	.	0	.	½	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	1	2237
10.	Ipatov, Alexander ESP	m	ESP	2486	0	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	½	1	2246
11.	Ganichev, Alexander		RUS	2154	.	0	.	.	½	0	.	.	.	.	*	.	½	2090
12.	Fedoseev, Vladimir	f	RUS	2318	.	.	.	.	.	.	0	0	.	½	.	*	½	2186

11) III Cerrado Manises

The III Cerrado Manises took place in Manises - Valencia (Spain) 20th April - 10th May 2009. Jhoel Garcia won with 7/9. Final round games are missing.

Official site: http://www.escuelavalencianadeajedrez.com/ - Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr21095.aspx

III Cerrado Manises Manises ESP (ESP), 30 iv-10 v 2009												cat. II (2293)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Garcia, Jhoel		PER	2295	*	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	7	2513
2.	Garcia Fernandez, Carlos	m	ESP	2385	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	5½	2363
3.	Palencia, Wilson	m	COL	2322	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	5½	2370
4.	Dolezal, Cristian	m	ARG	2411	0	½	½	*	1	1	0	½	1	1	5½	2360
5.	Sanchez Romero, Miquel Angel		ESP	2235	½	½	½	0	*	½	1	½	1	½	5	2342
6.	Valmana Canto, Jaime	f	ESP	2341	½	0	½	0	½	*	½	1	1	1	5	2330
7.	Pallardo Lozoya, Jose Vicente	f	ESP	2342	0	½	0	1	0	½	*	1	0	1	4	2244
8.	Calvo Alfonso, Vicente		ESP	2204	0	0	½	½	½	0	0	*	1	1	3½	2223
9.	Pena Riasco, Alexander	f	COL	2228	0	½	½	0	0	0	1	0	*	½	2½	2134
10.	Aymerich Rosell, Pablo		ESP	2169	0	½	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	*	1½	2034

12) Lithuanian Championships

The Lithuanian Championship took place in Vilnius 2nd-9th May 2009. Sarunas Sulskis edged out Vidmantas Malisauskas on tie-break after both finished on 8/11.

Official site: http://www.chessfed.lt

ch-LTU Vilnius LTU (LTU), 2-10 v 2009													cat. VII (2420)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Sulskis, Sarunas	g	LTU	2555	*	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	8	2582
2.	Malisauskas, Vidmantas	g	LTU	2459	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	8	2591
3.	Kveinys, Aloyzas	g	LTU	2534	0	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	7	2511
4.	Zagorskis, Darius	m	LTU	2514	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	6½	2476
5.	Vaznonis, Vytautas	m	LTU	2338	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	0	1	½	½	1	6	2463
6.	Sarakauskas, Gediminas	m	LTU	2424	½	0	½	½	½	*	½	1	0	0	1	1	5½	2419
7.	Zickus, Simonas	f	LTU	2307	½	½	0	½	½	½	*	0	0	1	½	1	5	2394
8.	Grabliauskas, Virginijus	m	LTU	2413	0	0	½	0	1	0	1	*	1	1	½	0	5	2384
9.	Cmilyte, Viktorija	m	LTU	2498	½	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	*	0	1	1	4½	2347
10.	Piesina, Gintautas	m	LTU	2345	½	½	0	½	½	1	0	0	1	*	0	0	4	2324
11.	Beinoras, Mindaugas	m	LTU	2422	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	0	1	*	0	3½	2286
12.	Kudzma, Laimonas		LTU	2231	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	*	3	2262

13) Ostravsky Konik Festival

The Ostravsky Konik Festival took place 1st-10th May 2009. GM tournament and FIDE opens.

Viktor Laznicka and Zbynek Hracek finished on 3.5/6 in the GM tournament. Ivan Hausner and Marcin Dziuba finished on 7/9 in the open.

Official site: http://www.ostravskykonik.cz/

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr21618.aspx

GM Ostrava (CZE), 3-9 v 2009									cat. XV (2614)
					1		2		3		4
1.	Laznicka, Viktor	g	CZE	2598	*	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	3½	2676
2.	Hracek, Zbynek	g	CZE	2604	½	½	*	*	½	½	1	½	3½	2674
3.	Socko, Bartosz	g	POL	2637	½	½	½	½	*	*	0	½	2½	2549
4.	Azarov, Sergei	g	BLR	2618	0	½	0	½	1	½	*	*	2½	2556

Round 3 (May 5, 2009)
Hracek, Zbynek	- Azarov, Sergei	1-0	52	D36	QGD Exchange
Socko, Bartosz	- Laznicka, Viktor	½-½	104	B10	Caro Kann
Round 4 (May 7, 2009)
Laznicka, Viktor	- Socko, Bartosz	½-½	46	D41	Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Azarov, Sergei	- Hracek, Zbynek	½-½	30	B97	Sicilian Najdorf
Round 5 (May 8, 2009)
Hracek, Zbynek	- Laznicka, Viktor	½-½	38	B46	Sicilian Paulsen
Socko, Bartosz	- Azarov, Sergei	½-½	58	B76	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Round 6 (May 9, 2009)
Socko, Bartosz	- Hracek, Zbynek	½-½	38	E20	Nimzo Indian
Azarov, Sergei	- Laznicka, Viktor	½-½	39	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin

Open Ostrava (CZE), 2-9 v 2009
Pl	Name	Ti	FED	RtgFIDE	Body	TB 1	TB 2	TB 3
1	Hausner Ivan	IM	CZE	2393	7	42	36.5	5
2	Dziuba Marcin	GM	POL	2535	7	41.5	35	5
3	Warakomski Tomasz	IM	POL	2488	6.5	41	34.5	5
4	Kravtsiv Martyn	IM	UKR	2511	6.5	41	34.5	4
5	Bernasek Jan	IM	CZE	2443	6.5	40.5	35.5	5
6	Sergeev Vladimir	GM	UKR	2479	6.5	40	35.5	4
7	Pesotsky Vitaly	IM	UKR	2318	6.5	34	29.5	6
8	Dolezal Radoslav	IM	CZE	2432	6	40	33	3
9	Plischki Sebastian	IM	GER	2363	6	39	31	4
10	Malik Jan		CZE	2203	6	38.5	31	3
11	Simacek Pavel	IM	CZE	2489	6	37.5	34	4
12	Socko Monika	GM	POL	2456	6	37.5	32.5	3
13	Jasny Stanislav	FM	CZE	2392	6	37.5	30.5	5
14	Orzechowski Jacek		POL	2268	6	37	30.5	4
15	Ganaus Hannes	IM	AUT	2235	6	35.5	27.5	4
16	Rojicek Vojtech	FM	CZE	2373	6	35	31	3
17	Sikora-Lerch Jan	IM	CZE	2216	6	34	29.5	4
18	Ockay Tomas		CZE	2124	6	33	26.5	5
19	Firt Stanislav	FM	CZE	2314	6	32	28.5	4
20	Zwardon Vojtech		CZE	2231	6	30.5	28	6
21	Maiorov Nikita	GM	BLR	2525	5.5	39.5	31.5	4
22	Vesselovsky Serguei	IM	CZE	2390	5.5	37	28	2
23	Novotny Michal		CZE	2254	5.5	36.5	27	4
24	Adamek Jiri		CZE	2221	5.5	35.5	28.5	3
25	Ponizil Cyril	FM	CZE	2278	5.5	35	29.5	4
26	Stupak Kirill	IM	BLR	2467	5.5	33	28.5	4
27	Vesely Martin		CZE	2179	5.5	33	27.5	4
28	Olsarova Karolina	WFM	CZE	2110	5.5	31.5	24.5	4
29	Nedela Vlastimil	IM	CZE	2336	5	40	31.5	4
30	Vojtek Vladimir	FM	SVK	2338	5	38.5	29.5	4
101 players

14) Livry-Gargan Rapid

There was a strong rapid tournament (20 minutes per game) in Livry-Gargan, France, not far from Paris on May 10th 2009. News: Eric Birmingham.

Technical organisation: http://www.organisechecs.com

Rapid Livry-Gargan (FRA), 10 v 2009
Pl	Name	Ti	Elo	NAT	Pts	Tr.	Perf.
1	KAZHGALEYEV Murtas	g	2750	KAZ	8	46	2798
2	FRESSINET Laurent	g	2580	FRA	7.5	46	2679
3	SHCHEKACHEV Andrei	g	2770	FRA	7	49	2722
4	VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime	g	2490	FRA	7	46.5	2644
5	FELLER Sebastien	g	2360	FRA	7	45.5	2615
6	BRUNNER Nicolas	m	2400	FRA	7	45.5	2545
7	GULIYEV Namig	g	2650	AZE	7	45	2628
8	VAISSER Anatoly	g	2650	FRA	7	44.5	2562
9	LAZAREV Vladimir	g	2510	FRA	7	44	2552
10	DAVID Alberto	g	2590	LUX	7	44	2523
11	HAUCHARD Arnaud	g	2460	FRA	7	43	2565
12	AGREST Evgenij	g	2540	SWE	7	42.5	2612
13	PAYEN Arnaud	m	2420	FRA	7	42.5	2406
14	GUILLEUX Fabien	f	2180	FRA	7	41	2365
15	LAURENT Julien G.	f	2200	FRA	7	39	2351
16	EDOUARD Romain	g	2560	FRA	6.5	45	2532
17	MOUSSARD Jules	f	2440	FRA	6.5	44	2567
18	DRAOUI Najib	f	2340	MAR	6.5	43	2345
19	PYTEL Krzysztof	m	2260	FRA	6.5	43	2330
20	OKHOTNIK Vladimir	m	2530	FRA	6.5	42.5	2428
21	DONCEA Vladimir	m	2330	ROU	6.5	42	2419
22	POZDNJAKOV Viatcheslav		2010	RUS	6.5	41.5	2327
23	EUSEBE Aurelien		2390	FRA	6.5	41	2344
24	DGEBUADZE Alexandre	g	2400	BEL	6.5	40.5	2456
25	FEDORCHUK Sergey A.	g	2550	UKR	6	47	2491
26	SHIRAZI Kamran	m	2400	FRA	6	44	2479
27	TREGUBOV Pavel V.	g	2660	RUS	6	43.5	2508
28	AMIGUES Emmanuel	m	2390	FRA	6	42.5	2311
29	DESLANDES Pascal		2130	FRA	6	42.5	2259
30	AUREL Luc	f	2260	FRA	6	42	2314
342 players

15) XI Vila de Salou Open

XI Open Internacional d'escacs "Vila de Salou" takes place 5th-13th May 2009. Games are being broadcast but there isn't a PGN file I can find at the moment.

Official site: http://www.chessinsalou.com

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr21706.aspx?lan=2

16) Mitropa Cup

The Mitropa Cup takes place May 9th-17th 2009 in Rogaska Slatina (Slovenia). Mitropa is short for MITtel euROPA.

Men's tournament: 10 national teams from Italy, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Germany, Switzerland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic and France.

Women's tournament 7+1 national teams from Italy, Germany, Hugary, Austria, France, Croatia and Slovenia 1 and 2.

Official site: http://www.sah-zveza.si/mitropa/

17) 2nd Mumbai Mayors Cup

The 2nd Mumbai Mayors Cup International Open Chess Tournament took place May 1st-9th 2009.

Alexander Areshchenko, Evgenij Miroshnichenko, Humpy Koneru, and Magesh Chandran Panchanathan finished on 9/11.

Official site: http://www.venuschessacademy.org/

Live coverage: http://www.monroi.com/watch/?tnm_id=1251

Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr21553.aspx

2nd Mayors Cup Mumbai (IND), 1-9 v 2009
Rk.	Name		FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Areshchenko Alexander	GM	UKR	2657	9	86.5	72	68.75
2	Koneru Humpy	GM	IND	2612	9	85	69.5	68
3	Miroshnichenko Evgenij	GM	UKR	2680	9	83.5	69	66.25
4	Panchanathan Magesh Chandran	GM	IND	2462	9	78	66.5	62.5
5	Deviatkin Andrei	GM	RUS	2566	8.5	84.5	70.5	63.75
6	Deepan Chakkravarthy J	GM	IND	2482	8.5	83	69	61.5
7	Timoshenko Georgy	GM	UKR	2550	8.5	80.5	66.5	60.25
8	Shyam Sundar M	IM	IND	2424	8.5	76.5	63	57.25
9	Iuldachev Saidali	GM	UZB	2497	8.5	76.5	63	56.75
10	Safin Shukhrat	GM	UZB	2485	8.5	76	61.5	57
11	Zinchenko Yaroslav	GM	UKR	2531	8	81	66.5	56.25
12	Gupta Abhijeet	GM	IND	2570	8	80	66.5	54.25
13	Himanshu Sharma	IM	IND	2403	8	77.5	64	53.25
14	Rahman Ziaur	GM	BAN	2523	8	77	63.5	55.75
15	Kostenko Petr	GM	KAZ	2490	8	77	63	52.5
16	Shivananda B S		IND	2378	8	76.5	63.5	53.75
17	Satyapragyan Swayangsu	IM	IND	2428	8	74.5	62	52.5
18	Temirbayev Serikbay	GM	KAZ	2458	8	74.5	61	53.25
19	Sharma Dinesh K	IM	IND	2382	8	74.5	61	50.5
20	Das Arghyadip	IM	IND	2424	8	73.5	61	52.25
21	Neelotpal Das	GM	IND	2514	8	73.5	60	52.75
22	Prakash G B	IM	IND	2404	8	73	59.5	50.75
23	Murshed Niaz	GM	BAN	2407	8	72.5	60	52
24	Shyam Nikil P	FM	IND	2376	8	71	58	50.5
25	Stany G A		IND	2269	8	67	54	46
26	Belov Vladimir	GM	RUS	2623	7.5	82.5	68	53.25
27	Bakre Tejas	GM	IND	2452	7.5	81	67	53.25
28	Fominyh Alexander	GM	RUS	2485	7.5	79.5	64.5	51.75
29	Rathnakaran K	IM	IND	2427	7.5	78.5	63.5	50.5
30	Matta Vinay Kumar		IND	2317	7.5	78	64	50.25
31	Swapnil S Dhopade		IND	2340	7.5	78	64	49.5
32	Saravana Krishnan P		IND	2326	7.5	76.5	64	49.75
33	Thakur Akash		IND	2308	7.5	76.5	63.5	48.5
34	Ram S Krishnan		IND	2310	7.5	76.5	63	48.75
35	Shiven Khosla		IND	2197	7.5	76	63	49.75
36	Barua Dibyendu	GM	IND	2483	7.5	75.5	63	49.75
37	Konguvel Ponnuswamy	IM	IND	2428	7.5	75	61.5	48.25
38	Prathamesh Sunil Mokal	IM	IND	2407	7.5	75	61	49
39	Anilkumar O T		IND	2227	7.5	74.5	61	47.25
40	Singh Gurpreet Pal		IND	2268	7.5	74	61	47.25
41	Mehar Chinna Reddy C H		IND	2241	7.5	74	61	46.75
42	Suvrajit Saha	IM	IND	2380	7.5	74	60.5	46.75
43	Murali Krishnan B T	IM	IND	2427	7.5	73.5	60.5	49.5
44	Deshmukh Anup	IM	IND	2299	7.5	73.5	60	46.5
45	Meenakshi Subbaraman	WGM	IND	2303	7.5	73	60	46.75
46	Ankit R Rajpara		IND	2179	7.5	73	59.5	45.5
47	Zubarev Alexander	GM	UKR	2566	7.5	72.5	61	47.75
48	Sahoo Utkal Ranjan		IND	2222	7.5	72	59.5	46.75
49	Abhishek Das		IND	2286	7.5	71	58	46.5
50	Joshi Pankaj		IND	2292	7.5	70.5	57.5	46.5
51	Nirmal E P		IND	2281	7.5	69.5	55.5	45
52	Sagar Shah		IND	2271	7.5	69	57	44.5
53	Raghavendra V		IND	2111	7.5	65	52.5	39.25
54	Swayams Mishra		IND	2211	7	79	65	47.75
55	Saptarshi Roy	IM	IND	2396	7	78	64.5	45.25
56	Babu N Sudhakar	IM	IND	2341	7	77.5	64	46.25
57	Lahiri Atanu	IM	IND	2332	7	76.5	62	45.5
58	Saurabh Kherdekar		IND	2277	7	76.5	62	44.25
59	Kamble Vikramaditya	IM	IND	2351	7	76	62.5	44.5
60	Soumya Swaminathan	WGM	IND	2307	7	75	62.5	46.25
415 players

18) III La Laguna Open

The III La Laguna Open took place 4th-10th May 2009. Julio Granda Zuniga won the event with 8/11. The game file was somewhat corrupted with one game being repeated many, many times under different names. Hopefully the remaining games are OK.

Official site; http://www.lalagunainternacionalajedrez.com and Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr21480.aspx

III La Laguna Open (ESP), 4-10 v 2009
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Elo	Pts.	Des 1	Des 2	Des 3
1	Granda Zuniga Julio E	GM	PER	2610	8	40	41.5	51
2	Del Rio De Angelis Salvador G	GM	ESP	2531	7	42	37.5	53.5
3	Barlov Dragan	GM	SRB	2463	7	37	34	46
4	Kolev Atanas	GM	BUL	2573	6.5	42.5	34.5	55.5
5	Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo Reynaldo	GM	CUB	2475	6.5	40	36.5	51
6	Kasparov Sergey	GM	BLR	2476	6.5	39.5	35	51
7	Movsziszian Karen	GM	ARM	2556	6.5	38.5	34.5	49
8	Cori Jorge	FM	PER	2418	6.5	38.5	33.5	48.5
9	Teske Henrik	GM	GER	2523	6.5	35.5	35	45.5
10	Savchenko Stanislav	GM	UKR	2529	6	43	34.5	55.5
11	Rivas Pastor Manuel	GM	ESP	2535	6	40	33.5	53
12	Epishin Vladimir	GM	RUS	2591	6	40	33	51
13	Rizouk Aimen	GM	ALG	2505	6	39	34	51
14	Fernandez Garcia Jose Luis	GM	ESP	2457	6	39	32	49
15	Zaja Ivan	GM	CRO	2449	6	38.5	33	49
16	Korneev Oleg	GM	RUS	2587	6	38.5	32.5	50
17	Cori T Deysi	WIM	PER	2262	6	38	33	48.5
18	Fernandez Romero Ernesto	IM	ESP	2453	6	38	32.5	48.5
	Matnadze Ana	IM	GEO	2414	6	38	32.5	48.5
20	Hernandez Leon Alberto		ESP	2254	6	37	29	48
21	Vega Gutierrez Sabrina	WGM	ESP	2334	6	36	29	45
22	Vernay Clovis	IM	FRA	2440	6	35	32.5	44.5
23	Strikovic Aleksa	GM	SRB	2536	5.5	42.5	34.5	54
24	Karim Ismael	IM	March	2410	5.5	38.5	31	50
25	Bukal Vladimir Jr	IM	CRO	2389	5.5	37	31	47.5
26	Tatai Stefano	IM	ITA	2351	5.5	37	30.5	46
27	De La Cruz Sanchez Carlos G	FM	ESP	2289	5.5	35.5	30.5	43.5
28	Perez Felipe Marcos Adrian		ESP	2266	5.5	35	28	45.5
29	Kraus Oliver		GER	2111	5.5	35	28	44
30	Trujillo Delgado Dafnae	WIM	ESP	2233	5.5	34.5	28	43.5
31	Fernandez Manrique Agustin		ESP	2170	5.5	34	28.5	43
	Skutta Bernd Dr		GER	2130	5.5	34	28.5	43
33	Rivas Crespo Alexander		ESP	1998	5.5	33.5	27	41.5
34	Garcia Blanco Omar		ESP	2198	5.5	32	27.5	41
35	Arnaiz Yanes Miguel Angel		ESP	1995	5.5	31.5	25.5	40.5
36	Kurajica Bojan	GM	BIH	2555	5	40	32	51.5
37	Todorcevic Miodrag	GM	ESP	2452	5	37.5	30	49.5
38	Sanz Alonso Francisco J	IM	ESP	2410	5	36.5	31.5	46.5
39	Pinto Henriquez Rodrigo		ESP	2190	5	35	28.5	45
40	Kasparova Tatiana	WIM	BLR	2189	5	35	27.5	45
134 players

19) 7th Brussel International Rapid

The 7th Brussel International Rapid Chess tournament took place 2nd-3rd May 2009 in Brussels. 11 rounds, 25 minutes. 6 GMs participated. Ivan Sokolov won the event again this year.

Official site: http://www.creb.be

7th Brussel International Rapid (BRA), 2-3 v 2009
	Ti	Name	Elo	DoB	Pts	Perf	B M	Buch	Cum
1	g	Sokolov Ivan	2657	1959	9.0/11	2684	54.0	82.5	59.5
2	g	Akesson Ralf	2479	1961	8.0/11	2565	53.5	82.0	55.0
3	g	Nikolic Predrag	2623	1960	8.0/11	2587	51.5	80.0	53.5
4	g	Barsov Alexei	2505	1966	8.0/11	2536	51.5	79.5	52.0
5	g	Andersson Ulf	2571	1951	8.0/11	2562	51.5	79.0	52.0
6	g	Popovic Petar	2489	1959	8.0/11	2498	50.0	77.0	49.5
7	f	Ringoir Tanguy	2349	1994	8.0/11	2420	47.5	73.5	50.0
8	m	Hetey Lazlo	2344	1975	8.0/11	2444	47.0	73.0	48.5
9	m	Amigues Emmanuel	2352	1980	8.0/11	2395	44.5	71.0	45.5
10	m	Alienkin Aleksander	2402	1963	7.5/11	2423	50.0	79.0	48.0
11	f	Le Quang Kim	2310	1971	7.5/11	2349	45.0	71.5	46.0
12	*	Akhayan Ruben	2293	1985	7.0/11	2354	47.5	74.5	48.0
13	f	Cools Gorik	2283	1964	7.0/11	2319	47.5	73.5	46.0
14	f	Wuts Frank	2244	1973	7.0/11	2321	47.0	73.0	47.0
15	m	Mohandesi Shanin	2327	1962	7.0/11	2314	46.0	73.0	45.0
16	*	Helsen Steff	2192	1979	7.0/11	2266	45.5	71.0	42.5
17	*	Denayer Eric	2265	1972	7.0/11	2262	45.0	70.0	44.0
18	*	Nijs Nils	2263	1993	7.0/11	2238	44.5	71.0	44.0
19	f	Wantiez Fabrice	2383	1971	7.0/11	2291	43.5	69.0	44.0
20	*	Duhayon Yves	2250	1954	7.0/11	2278	43.5	69.0	43.0
21	f	Wiley Tom	2293	1963	7.0/11	2264	42.0	66.5	43.5
22	m	Pytel Krzysztof	2388	1945	6.5/11	2332	48.5	75.0	46.0
23	*	Vanparys Philip	2205	1981	6.5/11	2165	43.5	68.0	42.5
24	*	Du Pont David	2110	1975	6.5/11	2150	43.5	66.5	40.5
25	f	Van Mechelen Jan	2305	1966	6.5/11	2166	42.0	67.5	41.5
26	f	Henris Luc	2276	1959	6.5/11	2150	41.0	66.0	40.0
27	*	Mangelschots Peter	2072	1972	6.5/11	2093	40.5	62.5	38.0
28	*	Draftian Ashote	2361	1955	6.5/10	2172	40.5	62.0	37.0
29	*	Hoffmeister Frank	2186	1969	6.5/11	2053	38.0	61.5	37.5
30	wm	Pytel Bozena	1959	1945	6.5/11	1919	38.0	61.0	35.0
31	*	Schuermans Robert	2150	1950	6.0/11	2210	46.5	70.5	41.5
32	*	Luminet Denis	2200	1956	6.0/11	2179	46.0	70.0	41.5
33		Bensaid Abdelmouine	2206	1989	6.0/11	2183	44.5	71.5	40.0
103 players

20) 31st Banicky kahanec

The 31st Banicky kahanec takes place in Prievidza, Slovakia 2nd-12th May 2009.

Official site: http://www.sachprievidza.sk/?lang=en&id=21&type=2

31st Banicky kahanec Prievidza (SVK), 2-12 v 2009										cat. XIII (2570)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Bartel, Mateusz	g	POL	2601	*	*	.	1	1	½	0	1	1	1	½	1	7	2781
2.	Babula, Vlastimil	g	CZE	2584	.	0	*	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	5½	2643
3.	Miton, Kamil	g	POL	2596	0	½	½	½	*	*	½	½	.	1	½	½	4½	2565
4.	Polak, Tomas	g	CZE	2508	1	0	½	½	½	½	*	*	0	0	.	½	3½	2503
5.	Ftácnik, Lubomir	g	SVK	2559	0	0	0	½	.	0	1	1	*	*	½	½	3½	2489
6.	Markos, Jan	g	SVK	2571	½	0	0	0	½	½	.	½	½	½	*	*	3	2451

21) III Open Internacional Hotel D. Luis

The III Open Internacional Hotel D. Luis took place in Coimbra 30th April - 3rd May 2009. Vladimir Talla, Kevin Spraggett, Alberto Andres Gonzalez, Daniel Quinta, Petr Velicka and Ana Filipa Baptiste all finished on 5/6. No games available.

Official site: http://www.xadrez64.com/

Open Hotel D. Luis Coimbra (POR), 30 iv -3 v 2009 Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	Talla Vladimir	im	CZE	2456	5	17.5	19.5
2	Spraggett Kevin	gm	CAN	2601	5	16.5	19.5
3	Andres Gonzalez Alberto	im	ESP	2481	5	16	19.5
4	Quinta Daniel		POR	2063	5	16	17.5
5	Velicka Petr	gm	CZE	2468	5	15.5	18
6	Baptista Ana Filipa	wfm	POR	2174	5	13	18
7	Damaso Rui	im	POR	2413	4.5	15.5	17
8	Iglesias Leon Francisco J.		ESP	2236	4.5	15.5	17
9	Perez Negro Jose M		ESP	2188	4.5	15.5	15
10	Vasques Antonio Pedro Freixial		POR	1999	4.5	15	16.5
11	Cross Dominic		POR	1940	4.5	14	15
12	Marino Bravo Marco Antonio		ESP	2105	4.5	13.5	15.5
13	Morais Vitor		POR	2030	4.5	12.5	16
14	Mateus Francisco		POR	1876	4	17	17
15	Padeiro Jose		POR	2230	4	15.5	17
16	Galego Luis	gm	POR	2454	4	15.5	16
17	Martinho Filipe Mesquita Alves		POR	1976	4	14.5	14
18	Bolhari Orpeh		IRI	2127	4	14.5	14
19	Neves Pedro		POR	2009	4	14	15.5
20	Ruiz Ureta Ernesto		ESP	1994	4	14	14
21	Aguiar Henrique Rui Neves		POR	1685	4	12.5	11
22	Viegas Daniel Filipe de Olive		POR	1889	4	12	13
23	Pinto Pedro Miguel Alves		POR	1902	4	11.5	14
24	Curado Antonio Mendes		POR	1719	4	11.5	14
25	Ferreira Miguel		POR	1846	4	11.5	13
26	Margarido Ricardo Manuel Torre		POR	2010	4	11.5	12
27	Galvao Henrique		POR	2207	3.5	16	15
97 players

22) 8th Semriach Open

The 8th Semriach Open took place 30th April - 3rd May 2009. Andy Matevosyan and Markus Bawart finished on 4/5. Igor Kragelj sends news and his games from this event.

8th Semriach Open (AUT), 30 iv -3 v 2009
Rk.	Name		FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB3
1	Matevosyan Andy		IRI	2147	4	14	8.5
2	Bawart Markus	FM	AUT	2344	4	12	7
3	Aschenbrenner Robert	FM	AUT	2204	3.5	14.5	9
4	Roth Peter	FM	AUT	2170	3.5	14.5	8.5
5	Pfaffel Thomas DI.		AUT	2165	3.5	12	7.5
6	Schink Barbara		AUT	2007	3.5	9.5	5.5
7	Nickl Klaus Prof.	MK	AUT	2115	3	15	10
8	Pichler Michael		AUT	2158	3	14.5	9
9	Schellmann David		AUT	1899	3	13.5	8
10	Wiedermann Daniel	NM	AUT	2129	3	13	8.5
11	Horvath Maria	WFM	AUT	1985	3	12.5	7.5
12	Poell Markus		AUT	1902	3	12.5	6.5
13	Braun Karl-Heinz Mag.		AUT	2012	3	11.5	7
14	Kreiner Stefan		AUT	1791	3	11.5	6.5
15	Flecker Wolfgang DI.	MK	AUT	2026	2.5	16	10.5
16	Porod Robert Dr.		AUT	2016	2.5	15.5	9
17	Wallner Walter Dr.	MK	AUT	1874	2.5	13	9
18	Kragelj Igor	FM	SLO	2232	2.5	13	8
19	Nussbaumer Johann		AUT	1969	2.5	12.5	8
20	Granditsch Markus		AUT	1964	2.5	12.5	7.5
21	Wolfmajer Wolfgang		AUT	1998	2.5	12	8
22	Knoll Martin		AUT	1886	2.5	11	7
23	Teuschler Alois Mag.		AUT	2023	2.5	10	6.5
24	Stolterfoht Daniel		AUT	1997	2	14	8.5
25	Neubauer Anton		AUT	1982	2	14	8.5
26	Glaser Gerhard		AUT	2000	2	13.5	7.5
27	Holzer Michael		AUT	1922	2	13	7.5
28	Nachtnebel Harry		AUT	1822	2	12	7.5
29	Kamaryt Thomas		AUT	2007	2	11.5	7
30	Kahlig Martin		AUT	1918	2	11	7
31	Rusek Walter Mag.		AUT	1717	2	11	6.5
32	Schroeder Kai Uwe		GER	1837	1.5	10.5	6.5
33	Thier Robert		AUT	1746	1.5	9	5.5
34	Hagmüller Josef		AUT	1730	1	13.5	8
35	Hapala Michaela DDr.	WMK	AUT	1768	1	11.5	7.5
36	Radicevic Mirko		AUT	1712	0.5	9.5	6
36 players

23) 84th Argentine Championships

The 84th Championships of Argentina 2009 take place in April and May. Semifinals: 30th April - 6th May, 2009 in La Plata. The Final: 11th-21st May 2009. Place: Club Espanol in La Plata.

12 players: current champion + 3 top rating in Argentina + 5 from Semifinal + 2 invited players + 1 local player After the draw of lots (pairings from round 1)

Official site: http://www.ajedrez.com.ar/

ch-ARG La Plata (ARG), 11-21 v 2009
Pairing Round 1 11th May 2009 - 18:00 hs.
1	PEREZ PONSA, Federico	12	ALONSO, Salvador
2	LUJAN, Carolina	11	ORSINI, Antonio
3	VALERGA, Diego	10	CLAVERIE, Raúl
4	FLORES, Diego	9	MARECO, Sandro
5	FELGAER, Rubén	8	PERALTA, Fernando
6	SLIPAK, Sergio	7	LAFUENTE, Pablo

84th ch-ARG Semifinal La Plata (ARG), 30 iv-6 v 2009
Rank	PNo	Name	Score	Title	Buchholz	PS	SB	Rating
1	1	Lafuente, Pablo	7	GM	52.5	38	39.25	2517
2	11	Claverie, Raul	7	IM	52.5	36	40.75	2374
3	10	Perez Ponsa, Federico	6.5	FM	52	33.5	35.5	2389
4	4	Slipak, Sergio	6.5	GM	51	34.5	34.25	2446
5	3	Alonso, Salvador	6.5	IM	48	30.5	33.25	2489
6	2	Mareco, Sandro	6	IM	54	35	34.25	2512
7	5	Iermito, Sebastian	6	IM	52	34.5	32.25	2431
8	6	Pierrot, Facundo	6	IM	50	30	31.5	2422
9	9	Tristan, Leonardo	6		49.5	31.5	30.75	2393
10	12	Orsini, Antonio	6		48.5	33.5	29	2352
11	19	Giampa, Alejandro	6		48.5	31	30.75	2235
12	15	Barrionuevo, Pablo	6	FM	42	30	25	2320
13	23	Palmero, Pablo	5.5		47.5	29.5	26.5	2139
14	14	Quiroga, Facundo	5.5	IM	44	29.5	24.5	2329
15	28	Gimenez, Santiago	5.5		42	27	22.25	2112
16	30	Ponzo, Fabian	5.5		40	25.5	22	2097
17	24	Cuberli, Emiliano	5.5		39.5	27	21.5	2138
18	13	Duarte, Leonardo	5	IM	49.5	31	24.5	2349
62 players

24) Russian Championships U20

The Russian U-20 championships saw Dmitry Andreikin finished half a point clear of Ian Nepomniatchi and Ivan Popov. Valentina Gunina wins the girls section.

Official site: http://russiachess.org/

ch-RUS U20 Dagomys (RUS), 29 iv-9 v 2009											cat. XIII (2572)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	2625	*	*	0	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	7	2710
2.	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2624	1	0	*	*	½	1	½	0	½	1	1	1	6½	2671
3.	Popov, Ivan RUS	g	RUS	2568	½	½	½	0	*	*	½	1	½	1	1	1	6½	2683
4.	Sjugirov, Sanan	g	RUS	2588	½	0	½	1	½	0	*	*	½	1	1	½	5½	2605
5.	Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	g	RUS	2543	½	0	½	0	½	0	½	0	*	*	½	½	3	2429
6.	Lintchevski, Daniil	g	RUS	2485	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	*	*	1½	2293

Round 1 (April 29, 2009)
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Sjugirov, Sanan	½-½	35	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	- Andreikin, Dmitry	½-½	42	E49	Nimzo Indian
Lintchevski, Daniil	- Popov, Ivan RUS	0-1	31	D12	Slav Defence
Round 2 (April 30, 2009)
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Lintchevski, Daniil	1-0	36	C11	French Defence
Popov, Ivan RUS	- Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	½-½	54	C43	Petroff's Defence
Sjugirov, Sanan	- Andreikin, Dmitry	½-½	41	B36	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Round 3 (May 1, 2009)
Andreikin, Dmitry	- Popov, Ivan RUS	½-½	33	C63	Ruy Lopez Schliemann
Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	53	D80	Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Lintchevski, Daniil	- Sjugirov, Sanan	0-1	45	B81	Sicilian Keres Attack
Round 4 (May 2, 2009)
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Andreikin, Dmitry	1-0	41	C13	French Classical
Sjugirov, Sanan	- Popov, Ivan RUS	½-½	46	C95	Ruy Lopez Breyer
Lintchevski, Daniil	- Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	½-½	67	C42	Petroff's Defence
Round 5 (May 3, 2009)
Andreikin, Dmitry	- Lintchevski, Daniil	1-0	21	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Popov, Ivan RUS	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	48	B91	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.g3
Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	- Sjugirov, Sanan	½-½	52	D46	Semi-Slav Defence
Round 6 (May 5, 2009)
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Popov, Ivan RUS	1-0	56	B89	Sicilian Sozin Attack
Sjugirov, Sanan	- Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	1-0	19	C42	Petroff's Defence
Lintchevski, Daniil	- Andreikin, Dmitry	0-1	33	B45	Sicilian Classical
Round 7 (May 6, 2009)
Andreikin, Dmitry	- Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	1-0	44	C42	Petroff's Defence
Popov, Ivan RUS	- Lintchevski, Daniil	1-0	29	B35	Sicilian Defence
Sjugirov, Sanan	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	1-0	35	B97	Sicilian Najdorf
Round 8 (May 7, 2009)
Andreikin, Dmitry	- Sjugirov, Sanan	1-0	64	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	- Popov, Ivan RUS	0-1	49	E43	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Lintchevski, Daniil	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	0-1	40	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 9 (May 8, 2009)
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	1-0	53	C43	Petroff's Defence
Popov, Ivan RUS	- Andreikin, Dmitry	½-½	23	E44	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Sjugirov, Sanan	- Lintchevski, Daniil	½-½	93	C42	Petroff's Defence
Round 10 (May 9, 2009)
Andreikin, Dmitry	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	1-0	60	A22	English Opening
Popov, Ivan RUS	- Sjugirov, Sanan	1-0	75	E14	Queens Indian
Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	- Lintchevski, Daniil	½-½	20	D17	Slav Defence

ch-RUS U20 w Dagomys (RUS), 29 iv-9 v 2009											cat. IV (2349)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Gunina, Valentina	wf	RUS	2411	*	*	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	0	1	1	7½	2529
2.	Tairova, Elena	m	RUS	2422	½	0	*	*	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	2483
3.	Severiukhina, Zoja	wf	RUS	2332	½	0	1	½	*	*	½	1	0	1	1	½	6	2424
4.	Pustovoitova, Daria		RUS	2286	0	½	0	0	½	0	*	*	1	1	1	0	4	2289
5.	Charochkina, Daria	wm	RUS	2306	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	*	*	1	0	3	2208
6.	Girya, Olga	wf	RUS	2335	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	0	1	*	*	2½	2158

25) Vladimir Nabokov Memorial

The Vladimir Nabokov Memorial took place in Kiev 14th-22nd April 2009. Sergey Pavlov and Spartak Vysochin who both finished on 7/11.

Official site: http://ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/t192.html

7th V.Nabokov Mem Kyiv (UKR), 14-22 iv 2009													cat. VIII (2444)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Pavlov, Sergey	m	UKR	2465	*	½	1	½	1	½	1	0	1	0	½	1	7	2543
2.	Vysochin, Spartak	g	UKR	2543	½	*	0	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	7	2536
3.	Golichenko, Ilija	f	UKR	2393	0	1	*	½	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	6½	2513
4.	Kruppa, Yuri	g	UKR	2566	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	6	2468
5.	Itkis, Boris	m	ROU	2430	0	½	1	½	*	½	0	½	½	1	1	½	6	2481
6.	Soltanici, Ruslan	m	MDA	2401	½	½	1	½	½	*	0	0	1	½	½	1	6	2483
7.	Nyzhnyk, Illya	m	UKR	2499	0	½	0	½	1	1	*	½	½	½	½	1	6	2474
8.	Leniart, Arkadiusz	f	POL	2372	1	0	0	½	½	1	½	*	½	½	0	1	5½	2450
9.	Sergeev, Vladimir	g	UKR	2479	0	½	1	½	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	5½	2440
10.	Baryshpolets, Andrey	m	UKR	2423	1	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	1	1	5½	2445
11.	Hamitevici, Vladimir	f	MDA	2407	½	0	0	0	0	½	½	1	½	0	*	1	4	2345
12.	Onoprienko, Vladimir	m	RUS	2348	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	*	1	2069

26) 9th Znojmo Open

The 9th International Chess Festival Znojmo Open 2009, took place 30th April - 3rd May 2009 in the town of Znojmo (the Czech Republic). Events included a FIDE open with 7 rounds won by Yrij Vorobyov and the Znojmo Queen - Open Women’s Czech Championship in Active Chess won by Jana Jackova. Games still not available.

More detailed information at http://www.czechtour.net/znojmo-open/

27) Portsmouth (New Hampshire) Open

George Mirijanian reports: The Portsmouth Open took place on 9th May 2009 at the Holiday Inn in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA. IM David Vigorito, 38, of Somerville, Massachusetts, and FM Nelson Castaneda, 50, of New Britain, Connecticut tied for 1st-2nd place with scores of 3.5-0.5, including a draw with each other in the final round. Tied for third place with 3-1 tallies were GM Alexander Ivanov, 53, of Newton, Massachusetts (who lost to Castaneda in the third round) and U.S. Chess Federation-rated experts Patrick Sciacca, 46, of Salem, New Hampshire, and Alan Schalk, 50, of South Berwick, Maine. Kerry McDermott, 45, of Dover, New Hampshire won the top under 1900 prize with a score of 2.5-1.5. The tournament drew 45 players in two sections and was directed by F. Alexander Relyea, with assistance from Nita Patel - both of Bedford, New Hampshire - for the sponsoring Relyea Chess affiliate.

28) 17th World Computer Chess Championship

17th World Computer Chess Championship takes place in Pamplona 11th-18th May 2009. Rest day 15th.

Official site: http://www.respuestadigital.es/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=17&Itemid=21 and some other daily coverage at: http://software.chessdom.com/world-computer-chess-championship and live on ChessBase's playchess.com

29) China's 2009 World Cup Qualification

China's 2010 World Cup Qualification events for Men and Women took place 17th - 28th April 2009 in Beijing. 12 men competed for 2 places and Zhou Jianchao and Wang Hao finished level on 7/11. 12 women played for 4 places Ruan Lufei and Shen Yang made 7.5/11, Huang Qian and Ju Wenjun made 7. Wang Yue, Ni Hua, Bu Xiangzhi, Hou Yifan, Zhao Xue and Xu Yuhua are already qualified by rating. (Info: China Chess Association). I'm hoping a game file turns up. I gather the World Cup is in fact at the end of 2009 not 2010 as I stated last week.

News: http://blog.sina.com.cn/chessnews

Official site: http://chess.sport.org.cn/

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr21467.aspx - http://chess-results.com/tnr21468.aspx

30) The London Chess Classic in December

The dates for the London Chess Classic at the end of the year are now confirmed. The list of players will be announced at the end of May.

Monday 7th December 2009 Press Conference + blindfold display. This will be in the morning, precise time to be announced.
Tuesday 8th December 2009 round 1
Wednesday 9th December 2009 round 2
Thursday 10th December 2009 round 3
Friday 11th December 2009 Rest day:
Saturday 12th December 2009 round 4
Sunday 13th December 2009 round 5
Monday 14th December 2009 round 6
Tuesday 15th December 2009 round 7 Closing ceremony, gala dinner and charity simultaneous
Wednesday 16th December 2009 Departure

Cream of world chess to play in new London tournament. [Press release 9th March 2009]

London Chess Centre is proud to announce a world-class chess tournament to be held in London in December, 2009. The event will be an elite eight-player all-play-all in the most prestigious tournament in the capital since former world champion Anatoly Karpov won the Phillips and Drew Masters in 1984.

Since then, despite London hosting three world title contests, there has not been a tournament in which England's leading players could lock horns with the world's best on home soil. The December 09 tournament will be the first in a series of events designed to reinvigorate UK chess and promote the game and its undoubted educational benefits in schools and communities.

The tournament will be FIDE Category 19 with an average FIDE rating of 2700 and a minimum prize fund of €100,000. The eight players will comprise of three English and five world-class Grandmasters from abroad. Included in the prize fund will be a €10,000 Brilliant Game award along with separate prizes for each victory with the White and Black pieces. Matches will be covered live online where fans will be able to vote for Game of the Day.

The tournament has applied for membership of the prestigious annual Grand Slam of Chess which culminates in Bilbao and boasts a €400,000 prize fund.

The games will be under Classical Chess time control; 40 moves in two hours, 20 in the subsequent hour then an additional 15 minutes plus an increment of 30 seconds a move until the end of the game. The tournament will further benefit from the use of Sofia Rules which disallow early draws. Players will receive three points for a win and one for a draw.

The opening ceremony will take place on Thursday, December 10 and will include a blindfold chess display and charity simultaneous. Play will take place daily from Friday, December 11 to Thursday, December 17 inclusive.

Malcolm Pein (IM) Director London Chess Centre

Notes for editors: All communications to Malcolm Pein IM at London Chess Centre: 020 7388 2404. E-Mail: info@chess.co.uk. Website: www.chess.co.uk

31) 7th Howard Staunton Memorial 2009 fields announced

The 7th Howard Staunton Memorial takes place 7th (opening ceremony) - 17th August 2009. This year there will be a UK vs The Netherlands double round Scheveningen match and an interesting Category IX all-play-all. The UK has a small Elo rating advantage in the Scheveningen match but the teams are well matched. The tournament is taking place in its usual venue - Simpson's In The Strand. The opening ceremony will take place on the evening of Friday 7th August. The final rounds and the closing ceremony will take place on Monday 17th August.

The organisers are hoping that the tournament will be a big media event with the Chinese and the Dutch Ambassadors hoping to attend the opening ceremony and surprise guest visits from other chess loving celebrities throughout. They thank their generous benefactor.

There will be live coverage of the games this year.

Official site: http://howardstaunton.com/index.shtm.

7th Staunton Memorial Scheveningen London (ENG), 8-17 viii 2009
UK			NETHERLANDS
GM	Michael Adams	2703	GM	Ivan Sokolov	2669
GM	Nigel Short	2674	GM	Jan Smeets	2626
GM	David Howell	2613	GM	Loek Van Wely	2622
GM	Jonathan Rowson	2589	GM	Erwin L'ami	2598
GM	Gawain Jones	2550	GM	Jan Werle	2583
UK	Elo Ave.	2626	NED	Elo Ave.	2620

7th Staunton Memorial International Challenge London (ENG), 8-17 viii 2009 - cat. IX (2453)
GM	Jonathan Speelman	ENG	2534
GM	Jan Timman	NED	2566
GM	Peter Wells	ENG	2489
GM	Victor Korchnoi	SUI	2552
GM	Nigel Davies	ENG	2487
IM	Willy Hendriks	NED	2447
	Terence Chapman	ENG	2232
IM	Eelke Wiersma	NED	2406
IM	Malcolm Pein	ENG	2391
GM	Alex Cherniaev	RUS	2423

32) 21st Lenk International Chess Festival

After a great jubilee with the 20th Lenk Chess Festival, last year has come the shock news that the, 21st Lenk International Tournament, April 9th-13th 2009 was the last chess event in the Simmental region. Mihajl Stojanovic finished ahead on tie-break after a group of players made 5.5/7. Games now available.

Sinisa Joksic reports: The "Swiss Chess Tour 2009" took place in Lenk with the 21st "Kreuz-Open" March 9th-13th 2009. 7 rounds (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end). Mihajlo Stojanovic (SRB) won the 21th Lenk Open by Buholz. Buholz always look likes photo-finish in the sport. The second was IM Michael Hoffmann from Germany and third Andrei Sokolov. Next two place took swiss players, IM Gerber and coming star Andreas Lehmann. Special prizes (each 200 CHF): Lady: Sabrina Roelli (SUI); senior Ulrich Gass (GER),; junior (1989-92) Andreas Lehmann (SUI); schoolboys (1993) Nico Georgiadis (SUI); amateurs (under 2000) Tillmann, Marc (SUI). Arbiters were Sinisa Joksic and Robert Spoerri. The event took place in Hotel "Kreuz". The 22nd Lenk Open will take place April 1st-5h, 2010.

Official site http://www.beochess.ch for more details.

21st Open Lenk (SUI), 9-13 iv 2009
Pl	Player	Land	Ti	Elo	Punkte	Buchh	BuSumm
1	Stojanovic,Mihajl	SRB	GM	2566	5.5	31	169
2	Hoffmann,Michael	GER	IM	2487	5.5	30	164.5
3	Sokolov,Andrei	FRA	GM	2558	5.5	29.5	170
4	Gerber,Richard	SUI	IM	2377	5.5	28	163
5	Lehmann,Andreas	SUI		2281	5.5	26.5	154
6	Jenni,Florian	SUI	GM	2516	5	28	162.5
7	Zimmermann,Peter	SUI		2248	5	27.5	158
8	Rufener,Markus	SUI	FM	2329	5	27	156.5
9	Muheim,Lukas	SUI	FM	2303	5	27	155.5
10	Burnier,David	SUI	FM	2331	5	26.5	155.5
11	Georgiadis,Nico	SUI		2085	5	26.5	155.5
12	Gähwiler,Gabriel	SUI		2240	5	22	140
13	Kaufmann,Werner	SUI	FM	2253	4.5	28	160
14	Bucher,Michael	SUI	FM	2258	4.5	27	150.5
15	Salzgeber,Frank	SUI		2172	4.5	26	150
16	Duratti,Lindo	FRA		2214	4.5	24.5	149.5
17	Gass,Ulrich	GER		2135	4.5	24.5	148.5
18	Pahud,Cédric	SUI		2130	4.5	23	137.5
19	Mauron,Pierre	SUI		2129	4.5	22.5	144
20	Lehmann,Marco	SUI	FM	2298	4.5	21.5	142.5
82 players

33) IV Campeonato de Espana de Selecciones Autonomicas

The IV Campeonato de Espana de Selecciones Autonomicas took place 30th April - 3rd May 2009 in Villava, Navarra. Cataluna (Illescas, Lopez Martinez, Narciso Dublan, Oms Pallisse etc) took first place from Aragon (Llorente Zaro). Games from rounds 5 and 6 still not available.

Official site: http://www.fnajedrez.com/index.php/competiciones-oficiales/cto-espana.html

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr21519.aspx

34) Torch Real Estate Cup

The Chinese team competition the Torch Real Estate Cup started in Chengdu China on 4th May 2009. I'm hoping for a full game file.

Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess/tfd.htm

Official site: http://chess.sport.org.cn/

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr21650.aspx

Torch Real Estate Cup Chengdu CHN
Round 1 on 2009/05/04 at 13:00-17:00
No.	Team	Team	Res.	:	Res.
1	Tianjin	Zhejing	3	:	2
2	China Mobile Group Chongqing Company Ltd	Jiangsu	2½	:	2½
3	Qingdao Yucai	Shangdong	1½	:	3½
4	Bank of Qingdao	Hebei	1½	:	3½
5	Shanghai	Beijing	3	:	2
Round 2 on 2009/05/05 at 13:00-17:00
No.	Team	Team	Res.	:	Res.
1	Zhejing	Beijing	2	:	3
2	Hebei	Shanghai	2	:	3
3	Shangdong	Bank of Qingdao	3½	:	1½
4	Jiangsu	Qingdao Yucai	3	:	2
5	Tianjin	China Mobile Group Chongqing Company Ltd	1½	:	3½
Round 3 on 2009/05/07 at 13:00-17:00
No.	Team	Team	Res.	:	Res.
1	China Mobile Group Chongqing Company Ltd	Zhejing	2½	:	2½
2	Qingdao Yucai	Tianjin	2	:	3
3	Bank of Qingdao	Jiangsu	2½	:	2½
4	Shanghai	Shangdong	3	:	2
5	Beijing	Hebei	3½	:	1½
Round 4 on 2009/05/08 at 13:00-17:00
No.	Team	Team	Res.	:	Res.
1	Zhejing	Hebei	3½	:	1½
2	Shangdong	Beijing	2½	:	2½
3	Jiangsu	Shanghai	½	:	4½
4	Tianjin	Bank of Qingdao	2½	:	2½
5	China Mobile Group Chongqing Company Ltd	Qingdao Yucai	4	:	1

Rk.	SNo	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB2
1	5	Shanghai	4	4	0	0	8	13,5
2	2	China Mobile Group Chongqing Company Ltd	4	2	2	0	6	12,5
3	8	Shangdong	4	2	1	1	5	11,5
4	6	Beijing	4	2	1	1	5	11,0
5	1	Tianjin	4	2	1	1	5	10,0
6	9	Jiangsu	4	1	2	1	4	8,5
7	10	Zhejing	4	1	1	2	3	10,0
8	7	Hebei	4	1	0	3	2	8,5
9	4	Bank of Qingdao	4	0	2	2	2	8,0
10	3	Qingdao Yucai	4	0	0	4	0	6,5

35) Poikovsky Tournament

Chess Today reports that the Karpov tournament tkes place in Poikovsky Russia 3rd-12th June 2009. There is a free day on 8th June.

Players: Bologan, Efimenko, Gashimov, Inarkiev, Motylev, Naiditsch, Onischuk, Shirov, Sutovsky and Rublevsky.

36) 27th Elba Island Festival

The 27th International Chess Festival of Elba Island "Luigi Amalfi", takes place at the Hotel Lacona 10th-17th May 2009.

Details: http://www.tuscanhotels.it/en/cmsx.asp?IDPg=23

37) Dutch Teams

The Dutch Team Championship took place 27th September 2008 - 10th May 2009. The final round 9 is on 10th May 2009. HSG (Van Wely, Nikolic, Stellwagen, Seirawan, L'Ami etc ) were already champions.

Great coverage at: http://www.schakers.info/ and also the http://www.schaakbond.nl/wedstrijdschaak/knsb-competitie/

Dutch Teams (NED), 27 ix 2008 - 10 iv 2009 Round 9 (10th May 2009) results
Utrecht	7-3	BSG
HMC Calder	7.5-2.5	ESGOO
Hotels.nl	5-5	Voerendaal
Schrijvers R'dam	3-7	HSG
Homburg A'drn	4.5-5.5	LSG

Dutch Teams (NED), 27 ix 2008 - 10 iv 2009 Final Round 9 Standings:
	Meesterklasse	Mp	Bp	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1.	HSG	18	62½	x	5.5	5.5	8.5	7	5.5	8.5	6.5	7.5	8
2.	Hotels.nl	12	54	4.5	x	6	8.5	6.5	5	4.5	6	5	8
3.	HMC Calder	12	52½	4.5	4	x	5.5	4	7.5	7.5	5.5	5.5	8.5
4.	Utrecht	12	44	1.5	1.5	4.5	x	5.5	6.5	6	5.5	6	7
5.	Schrijvers Rotterdam	11	47	3	3.5	6	4.5	x	5	5.5	5.5	6	8
6.	LSG	7	42½	4.5	5	2.5	3.5	5	x	5	5.5	3.5	8
7.	ESGOO	7	37½	1.5	5.5	2.5	4	4.5	5	x	2.5	5.5	6.5
8.	Homburg Apeldoorn	6	44	3.5	4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	7.5	x	5.5	5.5
9.	Voerendaal	5	42½	2.5	5	4.5	4	4	6.5	4.5	4.5	x	7
10.	BSG	0	23½	2	2	1.5	3	2	2	3.5	4.5	3	x

38) Zone 2.3 Guayaquil Ecuador

Zone 2.3 takes place in Guayaquil Ecuador 10th-21st May 2009.

Details: http://www.ajedrezenecuador.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=443

39) Forthcoming Events and Links

3rd ACP World Rapid Cup

The 3rd ACP World Rapid Cup will be organised by the Pivdenny Bank in Odessa, Ukraine 22nd-24th May 2009. As usual, it will be a KO tournament with 16 participants. In accordance with the ACP rules, 13 of 16 spots are given to the players who qualified from the ACP Tour 2007/08. The total prize fund will be USD $57,000. The winner receives USD $10,000. Viktor Korchnoi has been invited as a commentator for the spectators. According to the tournament director, WGM Masha Klinova, as of 27th April the following 13 Grandmasters have confirmed their participation: Jakovenko (2753), Grischuk (2748), Movsesian (2747), Gashimov (2730), Bacrot (2728), Svidler (2726), Naiditsch (2700), Eljanov (2693), Efimenko (2682), Najer (2669), Karpov (2644), Tregubov (2628) and Drozdovskij (2603).

The official tournament website (in Russian) is the chess site of the Pivdenny Bank, http://worldcup.pivdenny.com.

Zonal 2.5 Asuncion

Zonal 2.5 with 2 qualification places for the Word Cup takes place in Asuncion, Paraguay, June 10th-18th 2009. Zone 2.5 includes Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Paraguay.

Official web is http://www.winner.com.py/feparaj - Details

Acropolis Open

The Acropolis Open takes place 10th-18th August 2009 in Chalkida, Greece. Organizers: Greek Chess Federation (GCF), Ministry of Tourism in Attiki, Chalkida Chess Academy.

Regulations: Swiss System 9 rounds, invitational FIDE rated tournament, 70-80 players, minimum required FIDE rating 2200 (women 2000), GM & IM title norms possible, FIDE time-control (90 minutes for 40 moves followed by 30 minutes until the end of the game plus increment of 30 seconds per move from move 1).

Contact info: Sotiris Logothetis (Tournament Coordinator) Tel: (+30) 6947324933, Email: middlewave74@gmail.com Greek Chess Federation (GCF) Tel.: (+30) 2109221465, Fax: (+30) 2109221620, Email: info@chessfed.gr

Official site: http://www.chessfed.gr/acropolis2009

III Ruy Lopez International Chess Festival

The main event of the Festival is the master Tournament (from 13th to 19th June 2009) with the participation of Adams, Cheparinov, Pía Cramling, Koneru, Granda, Lariño, Caruana and Candelario. The games will be transmitted on Internet with commentaries by Leontxo García who will be present in the analysis room (open to all fans).

To complete the Children´s Tournament (13th and 14th June) and the III Open "Ruy López Opening" (20th and 21st June 2009) where all the games will start in the following order:- 1. e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Ab5 with more than 11,000 Euros as prizes.

Official site: http://ruylopez.juntaextremadura.net/modules/news/

Leiden Chess Tournament

The Leiden Chess Tournament takes place 9th-19th August 2009.

Official site: http://www.leidenchess.nl/

Calgary International

Calgary, Alberta (Canada) stages a small 9 round international norm event May 14th-18th, 2009. A host of GM's and IM's will be in attendance, IM norms will be available.

Official site:http://www.albertachess.org/Calgary_International.html

For more info, email the tournament organiser Tony Ficzere at tficzere@telus.net

8th Asian Continental

The 8th Asian Continental / Individual Open and Women's Championships take place in Subic, Philippines 12th - 24th May 2009.

Official site; http://asia-chess.com/main/ - preview: http://previews.chessdom.com/asia-continental-chess-championship

27th Liechtenstein International Chess Open

The 27th Liechtenstein International Chess Open takes place 15th-23rd May 2009 in the Gemeindesaal in Triesen.

Official site: http://www.schach.li/

Brescia International

The Brescia International Tournament takes place June 6th-14th 2009.

Details: http://www.puntoesclamativo.org/

French League Top 16

The French Team Championship (TOP 16) took place in Mulhouse (group A) and Chalons-en-Champagne (group B) 30th April - 3rd May 2009. The Poule Haute and Basse take place 28th-31st May 2009. The top 4 teams in each group take forward the three results against each other and play off against the teams from the other group to produce a final winner.

Official site: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/Equipes.aspx

French Team Championship Group A (FRA), 20 iii-3 v 2009
Pl.	Equipe	Pts	j.	d.	p.	c.
1	Evry Grand Roque	21	7	33	36	3
2	Clichy	19	7	20	29	9
3	Mulhouse Philidor	16	7	5	18	13
4	Noyon	15	7	-1	17	18
5	Marseille Echecs	14	7	1	14	13
6	Drancy	11	7	-10	14	24
7	Lutece Echecs	9	7	-23	11	34
8	Bois-Colombes	7	7	-25	5	30

French Team Championship Group B (FRA), 20 iii-3 v 2009
Pl.	Equipe	Pts	j.	d.	p.	c.
1	Montpellier	19	7	15	23	8
2	Cannes	18	7	14	22	8
3	Vandoeuvre	16	7	10	23	13
4	Chalons en Champagne	16	7	12	27	15
5	Metz Fischer	15	7	1	18	17
6	Strasbourg	11	7	-8	11	19
7	Antibes	10	7	-13	9	22
8	Grasse	7	7	-31	6	37

Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament

The Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2009 takes place 3rd - 7th June 2009.

For 17 years in a row the tournament has been played in Malmo, Sweden and this time will be no different. The tournament will be played at the classical Hipp Theater in central Malmo, for the twelfth time. This year, the tournament has a new format, with only six players playing five rounds.

Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament Malmo (SWE), 3-7 vi 2009
1.	GM	Nigel Short	ENG	2674
2.	GM	Ivan Sokolov	BIH	2669
3.	GM	Tomi Nyback	FIN	2655
4.	GM	Tiger Hillarp Persson	SWE	2618
5.	GM	Emanuel Berg	SWE	2610
6.	IM	Nils Grandelius	SWE	2491

Tournament Schedule Round 1 3 June 14.00-21.00 CET Round 2 4 June 14.00-21.00 CET Round 3 5 June 14.00-21.00 CET Round 4 6 June 14.00-21.00 CET Round 5 7 June 12.00-19.00 CET

Official site: http://www.sigeman-chess.com

Historical Elo Ratings

http://www.shakki.net/history/elotop.htm has a list of historical top ten FIDE lists. The text is in Finnish but is understandable anyhow.

Chess Classic Mainz

The Chess Classic Mainz takes place 27th July - 2nd August 2009 in the Rheingoldhalle in Mainz.

The world championships in rapid chess and Chess960 will be staged in a tried and trusted double round robin format with four players, after which the players battle it out in mini-matches to determine the top spot. The players for the main events have already been contracted.

The GRENKELEASING Rapid World Championship sees the World Chess Champion and Chess Classic serial winner Vishy Anand will try to defend his title for the 11th time in a row. He faces Levon Aronian, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Arkadij Naiditsch.

Other events include the gigantic ORDIX rapid chess Open, the FiNet Ches960 Open, the open tournaments for U14 talents, the 40 board simultaneous exhibition with Levon Aronian, the Livingston Chess960 Computer World Championship, etc., etc.

Full details: http://www.chesstigers.de

XXXV Sitges Open

The XXXV Open Internacional d'Escacs "Vila de Sitges" takes place 22nd-30th July 2009.

Official site: http://www.casinoprado.cat/open.html

Details: http://chess-results.com/tnr20620.aspx?lan=2

"King's Gambit" in Lipetsk

There will be an international chess festival called "King's Gambit" in Lipetsk, Russia, between June 22nd (arrival day) and July 3rd, 2009. The festival consists of two round-robin tournaments (one with GM norm and one with IM norm) and an open for FIDE rating. Opening ceremony: 2.30 p.m. on July 23, 1st round at 3 p.m. Festival director: Zimmerman, Yuri . Tel.: +7-4742-720064, or +7-919-255-9764. E-mail: zimmerman@lipetsk.ru."

Reno Far West Open

The Far West Open Chess Tournament took place April 10th-12th 2009 in Reno Nevada. Sergey Kudrin edged out Enrico Sevillano and Gergerly Antal who finished on 5/6. Games should follow.

Official site: http://www.renochess.org/fwo/index.html

32nd Taminco Gent Open

The 32nd Taminco Open International Chess Tournament Gent (Belgium) takes place 18th-22nd July 2009, 9 rounds Swiss, two hours KO chess, prize money 8400 euro for 400 participants. This traditional open tournament takes place near the center of the medieval town of Gent in the week of the famous annual Gent festivities. Email: open2009@kgsrl.be

Information and registration: http://www.kgsrl.be

Info Gent annual festivities: http://www.gentsefeesten.be/

Voronezh-2009

The 13th "Voronezh-2009" traditional chess festival takes place 10th-21st June 2009.

Details: http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open

13th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament 2009

The 13th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament takes place August 1st-8th 2009 in Vlissingen, Netherlands.

Official site: http://www.hztoernooi.nl and contact e-mail: hgroffen@zeelandnet.nl.

Canadian Open

The Canadian Open takes place in Edmonton, Alberta Canada July 11th-19th 2009. Alexei Shirov adn Michael Adams are among the early entrants.

Details: http://monroi.com/2009-canadian-open-chess-championship-home.html

San Sebastian GM

There is a tournament in San Sebastian July 6th-16th 2009.

GMA San Sebastian (ESP), 6-16 vii 2009 cat. XVIII (average elo: 2687)
Sergei Movsesian	2747	SVK
Peter Svidler	2726	RUS
Rustam Ponomariov	2726	UKR
Hikaru Nakamura	2701	USA
Rustam Kasimzhanov	2695	UZB
Francisco Vallejo	2688	SPA
Maxime Vachier-Lagraeve	2684	FRA
Anatoly Karpov	2644	RUS
Julio Granda	2610	PER
Pablo San Segundo	2560	SPA

Prizes in Euros: 1.- 9.000 2.- 6.000 3.- 4.000 4.- 3.500 5.- 3.000 6.- 2.500 7.- 2.000 8.- 1.500 9.- 1.000 10.- 500

There will be also a B tournament (cat. XI), C tournament (cat. VIII), and D tournament (female players). The games will be played in the same hall that held the historic tournament in 1911 won by Capablanca and the organisers are hoping for a special event to commemorate the centenary. News David Llada. Website to be announced.

Dortmund

The Dortmund Chess Meeting takes place 2nd-12th July 2009. Players: Kramnik, Leko, Carlsen, Jakovenko, Bacrot, and Naiditsch play.

Details: http://www.chess-international.de/?p=429

Brno Chess Festival

The Duras Chess Club organises the Brno Chess Festival in the Czech Republic. The GM Brno, IM Tespo Engineering and IM Dopravni stavby tournaments take place 26th June - 5th July 2009. Open tournaments start on the 27th June 2009.

Applications and details contact Rudolf Moulis: e-mail: moulis@kroknet.cz , phone +420 548 522 186, mobile phone: +420 607 900 656

Further info at: http://www.skduras.cz/cz/propozice.html and http://www.skduras.cz/cz/brnensky-sachovy-festival-2009.html

World Open

The World Open Chess Tournament takes place June 29th - July 5th 2009 in Philadelphia.

Details: http://www.chesstour.com/wo09.htm and http://monroi.com/2009-world-open-chess-tournament-home.html

British Championships

The 96th British Chess Championships take place 26th July - 8th August 2009 in Torquay.

Official site: http://www.britishchess09.com/

14th Pannonia - Nitrokemia Cup

The 14th Pannonia - Nitrokemia Cup takes place in Balatonalmadi, 29th July - 2nd August, 2009.

Group A: International Open Tournament for FIDE ratings. Group B: International Open Tournament for FIDE ratings, for players under 2000 ELO System used: 7 Rounds Swiss without age limit for both Groups Venue: The air-conditioned Conference Hall of Pannonia Cultural Centre & Library Address: Balatonalmadi, Városház Square 6. Organiser: Recreation Association of Vorosbereny Time Limit: Group A: 90-90 minutes + 30sec after each move Group B: 120-120 minutes for all moves

Details: http://fancsyimi.fw.hu. Entries and further information IM Fancsy Imre E-mail: almadikupa@freemail.hu

14th International Stuttgart Championship

The 14th "International Stuttgart Championship" in Germany takes place 21th-24th May 2009. Contact Michael Meier e-mail: info@stuttgarter-stadtmeisterschaft.de

For further information on the event: http://www.stuttgarter-stadtmeisterschaft.de

20th International Chess and Games Festival Czech Open

The 20th International Chess and Games Festival Czech Open 2009 takes place 16th July - 2 August 2009 in Pardubice (the Czech Republic). There are more than 100 tournaments in chess and other games, eg. European Youth Chess Teams Championship, ISCU Children Clubs Chess Championship and European Amateurs Championship in Chess.

More detailed information: http://www.czechopen.net/news/index.php. the festival website will be ready at the end of April.

6th Summer Catalan Chess Circuit

The 6th Summer Catalan Chess Circuit takes place May - September every year as part of the Catalan Chess Circuit, which is composed of 28 International Tournaments, and held in Spain, extended beyond Catalonia.

In 2009 there will be 14 Opens with traditional time control to be played over 9-10 days, as well as 14 Opens in Rapid Chess, played over 1-2 days (see Tournament Calendar).

During 120 days of tournaments, around 22.000 chess games will be played with selected ones broadcast.

Approximately 3,000 players from more than 30 different countries. The prize fund will reach 175.000 euros.

Apart from the traditional tournament prizes, the Catalan Chess Federation establishes a special classification composed of player´s results in each Circuit tournament, based on which players will be able to claim such special Circuit Prizes as General Final Standings, Prizes by Categories, Specific Prizes for best Catalan Players.

Prizegiving Ceremony will be held at Fiesta Catalana (Catalan Chess Party), on September, 27th, 2009

For more information please contact the Catalonia Chess Federation on federacio@escacs.cat or visit the official website: http://escacs.cat/circuit2009/torneigs.html

6th Summer Catalan Chess Circuit (ESP), 5 v - 20 ix 2009
5-13 May	VILA DE SALOU	SALOU	9 Rd Swiss	B	C	Francesc Linan 616094289
17 May	VILA DE CANOVELLES	CANOVELLES	9 Rd Swiss	b	b	Daniel Flores 938493564
24 May	VILA DE L'AMPOLLA	L'AMPOLLA	9 Rd Swiss	a	b	Enric Gallimo 666187061
31 May	VILA DE STA COLOMA DE QUERALT	SANTA COLOMA DE QUERALT	8 Rd Swiss	a	a sup	Salvador Barrot 654095338
20 June	CIUTAT DE REUS	REUS	9 Rd Swiss	a	a sup	Joan Pinol 649341056
21 June	MOLLET DEL VALLES	MOLLET DEL VALLES	9 Rd Swiss	b	a	Francesc Fernandez 647625832
24 June-2 July	VILA DE SORT	SORT	9 Rd Swiss	B	C	Joan A. Conesa 609825066
25 June-3 July	VILA DE MONTCADA	MONTCADA	9 Rd Swiss	A	A	Reyes Cantero 938152902
4-12 July	BARBERÀ DEL VALLES	BARBERA DEL VALLES	9 Rd Swiss	A	A sup	Víctor Pont 629386528
4-12 July	TORREDEMBARRA	TORREDEMBARRA	9 Rd Swiss	C	B	Jordi Salvat 649061984
13-22 July	CIUTAT DE BALAGUER	BALAGUER	10 Rd Swiss	A sup	A	Antoni Montoliu 679082837
18-26 July	ANDORRA	LES ESCALDES	9 Rd Swiss	A sup	A sup	Oscar la Riva 00376-347085
22-30 July	VILA DE SITGES	SITGES	9 Rd Swiss	A	A	Francesc González 600923277
25 July	CERVELLO	CERVELLO	8 Rd Swiss	b	b	Juan Mª Santiago 936840402
26 July	OLOT	OLOT	8 Rd Swiss	b	b	Josep Ma Mir 606119678
1-8 August	FIGUERES "MIQUEL MAS"	FIGUERES	9 Rd Swiss	C	A	Jordi Serra 699848479
1-9 August	CIUTAT DE BADALONA	BADALONA	9 Rd Swiss	A	A sup	Manel Triquell 609683157
2-10 August	LA POBLA DE LILLET	LA POBLA DE LILLET	9 Rd Swiss	C	C	Josep Salvador 630625152
15-16 August	VILA DE POBLENOU	BARCELONA	10 Rd Swiss	a sup	a	Joan Lorda 659529581
21-30 August	SANTS	BARCELONA	10 Rd Swiss	A sup	A sup	Cotxeres 932918701
22-23 August	AJEDREZND	BARCELONA	9 Rd Swiss	a sup	a	Jordi Morcillo 620341266
1-10 September	FESTIVAL DE SABADELL	SABADELL	9 Rd Swiss	B	B	Ivan Aguilar 666346958
6 September	VILA DE SANTPEDOR	SANTPEDOR	9 Rd Swiss	b	b	Josep Mascaro 616477533
11 September	DIADA DE L'11 DE SETEMBRE	SABADELL	9 Rd Swiss	a	a sup	Ivan Aguilar 666346958
12 September	RIBERA D'EBRE	MORA D'EBRE	8 Rd Swiss	a	a	Josep Terrones 696204203
13 September	CIUTAT DE TORTOSA	TORTOSA	8 Rd Swiss	b	b	Abraham Pla 680532570
19-20 September	VALLFOGONA DE BALAGUER	VALLFOGONA DE BALAGUER	Suís 11 rondes	a sup	a	Jaume Parramon 649960831
Potential
13-21 July	SANT MARTI	BARCELONA	9 Rd Swiss			Ricard Llerins 933082425

XXVII Andorra International Chess Open

The XXVII Andorra International Chess Open takes place 18th-26th July 2009. Contact: open@escacsandorra.com

Official site: http://www.escacsandorra.com

Masterskill Commonwealth Chess Championships

The Masterskill Commonwealth Chess Championships takes place 14th-21st July 2009 in Ipoh, Malaysia.

Details: http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/3827-commonwealth-chess-championship-2009-in-malaysia

Maia Chiburdanidze Cup

The "Maia Chiburdanidze Cup" (International Open Women's Chess Tournament) takes place in the Chess Palace, Tbilisi (Georgia) 4th-13th June 2009. The Tournament is open to all women players. Each player must herself (or her federation) cover all her expenses: entry fee, transportation, accommodation and board. 9 round Swiss. Rate of play: 90 min for all moves, increment 30 seconds per move. Details available from the addresses below.

Contact IA, FM Varlam Vepkhvishvili E-mail: chessgeorgia@hotmail.com or chessvarlam@hotmail.com.

Phone:
(995)32-997736 - Federation
(995)32-960199 - Home
(995)99-771974 - Mobile

Official site: http://www.gcf.org.ge

1st International Open Tbilisi

The 1st International Open Tbilisi Chess Tournament takes place 14th-24th June 2009.

Official site: http://www.chess.tbilisi.ge (not yet up and running)

9 round Swiss. Rate of play: 90 min for all moves, increment 30 seconds per move. Details available from the addresses below.

e-mail: chessvarlam@hotmail.com - Varlam Vepkhvishvili
e-mail: ggrs92@hotmail.com - Giorgi Khomeriki

Varna Chess Festival

The 1st International Chess Festival Varna, takes place at the Grand Hotel Varna 11th-20th June 2009. Contact: seahorse@abv.bg for more details.

Website: http://euroschoolchess.org/ (although I couldn't find the event myself)

European Youth Championships

The European Youth Championships (U10 - U18) takes place in Fermo/Italy 30th August - 10th September 2009.

Details: http://www.euroyouth2009.com

European Senior Championships

The European Individual Senior Championship takes place in Rogaska Slatina/Slovenia 22nd - 31st July 2009. For the first time just before the event a European Senior Rapid Championship will be organised. The dates are 19th - 21st July.

Further details are published under http://www.sahohlacnik.com/eu-sen/

European Union Website

The European Chess Union Website ECU website has changed address to http://www.europechess.org

Alushta Diary 2009

Alushta Diary 2009:

GM Norm events: 23.05 - 1.06, 2.06 - 12.06, 15.06 - 25.06, 2.09 - 12.09, 14.09 - 24.09, 26.09 - 6.10, IM Norm: 23.05 - 1.06, 2.06 - 12.06, 15.06 - 25.06, 2.09 - 12.09, 14.09 - 24.09, 26.09 - 6.10, Rating tournament: 4.06 - 12.06, 22.06 - 27.06, 5.09 - 13.09, Open tournament (under 16 years) 3.06 - 11.06, 13.06 - 21.06, Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament First prize - 1000$ First prize (woman) - 500$ 28.06 - 6.07, 10.07 - 18.07, 20.07 - 28.07, 22.08 - 30.08, Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Blitz tournament 7.07, 19.07, 29.07, Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament (rapid chess) 8.07 - 9.07, 30.07 - 31.07, Alushta Session of school of Gennadi Kuzmin 21.06 - 27.06, 15.07 - 24.07. Individual and group studying Further information: http://www.kaissa.com.ua phone +38 (06560)5-05-32, +380505828911 (for Russian speaking), + 380506692604 (for English speaking) e-mail: info@kaissa.com.ua

Zuerich Chess Club 200th Anniversary

Dr. Christian Rohrer reports: The world's oldest chess club celebrates its 200th year with spectacular jubilee events, including World Champions Spassky, Kasparov and Anand.

The Schachgesellschaft Zuerich celebrates 200th anniversary with spectacular jubilee events

The Schachgesellschaft Zuerich, the world's oldest chess club, celebrates its 200th year in 2009 with spectacular jubilee events. To mark the anniversary, some of the greatest masters of the last five decades, including World Champions Spassky, Kasparov and Anand, will play at the event. Highlights will be a simultaneous exhibition and a rapid chess tournament on the 22nd and 23rd of August, held in Zurich Main Railway Station. With generous sponsor support from Credit Suisse the Schachgesellschaft Zuerich continues its long standing tradition of world class chess tournaments.

On Saturday the 22nd of August, in simultaneous games 200 amateurs will be honoured to face eight word-class chess players, who have made historical contributions to world chess over the last 50 years: Viswanathan Anand, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov, Viktor Korchnoi, Vladimir Kramnik, Boris Spassky, Ruslan Ponomariov and Veselin Topalov. On Sunday the 23rd of August, these champions will compete against each other in an exciting rapid chess format. Judit Polgar, the strongest female chess player ever, and Werner Hug of Schachgesellschaft Zuerich, former world junior chess champion, will replace Kasparov and Spassky, who have retired from competitive chess.

A huge number of spectators, from enthusiasts to the generally curious, is expected for the events at Zurich Railway Main Station. And no one need miss it: All commemorative events will be streamed live via Internet.

The jubilee commences with an open tournament; certain to be one of the most exciting open chess tournaments of 2009. Players of every skill level, from beginners to the elite world class, are expected and will be welcomed at the Zurich Kongresshaus from August 9th to the 15th, 2009. They will compete in two tournaments, 9 rounds each, for CHF 100.000 guaranteed prize money and many attractive prizes.

To further honour the occasion, Richard Forster, reputable chess historian, will release his comprehensive book, researched in great detail, on the unique history of the Schachgesellschaft Zuerich. Entitled "Schachgesellschaft Zuerich: 1809 bis 2009", Forster's work will analyze the development of the Schachgesellschaft Zuerich from the times of Napoleon to the present day.

Details: http://www.sgzurich2009.ch

32nd Ikaros Chess Festival 2009

The traditional 32nd Ikaros Chess Festival 2009 takes place on Ikaria island.

The main event of the festival, the International Aegean Open Championship takes place 11th-19th July 2009. It is a 9 round swiss event with prize fund 3600 Euros in total (1st prize 1000 Euros, special money prizes for ladies and veterans). Special conditions for GMs/IMs and WGMs/WIMs are provided, special discounts for families and club teams are also offered (more information will be available in the official announcement of the festival that will be out soon on the official webpage.

Contact info: ikaros@chess.gr while to contact us on the phone one can try: +30 6932 478386 or +30 210 5010871 (Mr. Savas Kyriakou). For general information about the island of Ikaria one can also check at: http://www.island-ikaria.com

Official site: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros

Pula Open 2009

The 23rd International Chess Tournament "Pula Open 2009" takes place 27th June - 4th July 2009 in Pula, Croatia. Official site: http://www.skpula.hr and contact e-mail: pulaopen@globalnet.hr.

Hungarian Chess Tournaments March-October 2009

1. 7th-19th of February, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM Budapest FIRST SATURDAY Budapest, GM-IM-FM round robins (BERGER), 9-13 games, GM-IM norm possibilities in Budapest, venue: Hungarian Chess Federation, Falk Miksa Str.10. 2nd floor. Organisation: Nagy Laszlo, FIDE International Chess Organizer /NL/, E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net Website: http://www.firstsaturday.hu Phone-fax: +(361)-2632859, cellphone: +(36)-30-230-1914 /From 12:00 a.m. until midnight - Central European Time = GMT+1/

2.20th-28th of February IM-Rating Caissa, Kecskemet, org: Dr.Erdelyi, Tamas, cellphone: +36-30-271-33-38, Landline phone-fax: +36-76-481-685 e-mail: postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu Website: http://www.caissachessbooks.hu Usually also in the second half of the month IM and rating tournaments in Kecskemet, a city 80 km South-East from Budapest.

3.7th-19th of March, First Saturday, Budapest, GM-IM-FM, org Nagy L.

4.20th-28th of March, 25th BUDAPEST SPRING FESTIVAL 9 rounds Swiss Open, org: Nagy L. - e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net

5.4th-16th of April First Saturday Budapest, org.Nagy L.

6.18th-26th of April Caissa, IM + rating Kecskemet, Org.Erdelyi,

7.2nd-14th of May, First Saturday GM-IM-FM Budapest, org Nagy L.

Kecskemet Caissa IM + rating tournaments more: 16th-25th of May, 20th-28th of June, 18th-27th of July, 15th-24th of August, 19th-28th of September. FIRST SATURDAY Budapest GM-IM-FM tournaments more: 6th-18th of June, 4th-16th of July, 1st-13th of August, 5th-17th of September.

Grand Slam Masters Final

The 2nd edition of the Grand Slam Masters Final will be played in Bilbao, September 2-15th 2009. The winners of Corus-Wijk aan Zee, Ciudad de Linares and Mtel Masters-Sofia tournaments will qualify directly for the Masters Final in Bilbao, where the first edition (played at a central square, inside a glass cube) was a very big success last September.

More details on the 2009 tournament (number of players, system of play, etc) will be announced at the end of the Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee. The Grand Slam is in negotiations to include one more high level tournament in the 2009 circuit.

Grand Slam Chess Association (GSCA)

Dresden, 23 November 2008

Chess Study

Dr Robert Howard is making a study of rated chess players.

The full article: http://education.arts.unsw.edu.au/fidestudy/results

If you would like to participate, please go to this website: http://education.arts.unsw.edu.au/fidestudy/

For any queries, please contact Dr Robert Howard, University of New South Wales, on rwh@unsw.edu.au