THE WEEK IN CHESS 763 22nd June 2009 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Luis Blasco de la Cruz, Thomas Henrich, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Brian Gaines, Vladimir Talla, Colijn Wakkee, Dmitry V. Borisenkov, Graeme Gardiner, Gujuan Tzu, Zenon Franco Ocampos, Alexis Marrero Rodriguez, Jeroen van den Berg, Manuel Rodriguez Garcia, Muditha Hettigama, Miklos Orso, Zenon Franco Ocampos, Petr Pisk, Rodolfo Arias, Aggelos Tzermiadianos, Swayams Mishra, Varlam Vepkhvishvili, Zenon Franco Ocampos and everyone else who helped with the issue.

More great chess this week. The Bazna King's tournament is coming towards a conclusion and Vassily Ivanchuk is more or less back to his best leading by a point with two rounds to go from Boris Gelfand. Ivan Cheparinov won the Ruy Lopez tournament in Zafra by half a point from Michael Adams. The Capablanca Memorial (not as strong as it was but the tradition alone makes the tournament important) was won by Leinier Dominguez Perez. Elsewhere we have a number of strong opens and zonal tournaments. Another good week of chess.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Bazna Tournament

The Turneul Regilor (Kings' Tournament) takes place in Bazna Romania 14th-25th June 2009. 10 rounds 6 player double round robin. Category XX (ave 2729).

Official site: http://www.turneulregilor.ro/en/index.php

III Kings' Tournament Bazna (ROM), 14-24 vi 2009										cat. XX (2729)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2746	*	*	½	½	½	.	½	1	1	1	1	.	6	2915
2.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2733	½	½	*	*	½	½	1	.	1	½	½	.	5	2822
3.	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2756	½	.	½	½	*	*	½	½	½	.	½	1	4½	2770
4.	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2745	½	0	0	.	½	½	*	*	½	.	1	1	4	2731
5.	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	ROU	2675	0	0	0	½	½	.	½	.	*	*	½	½	2½	2596
6.	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2720	0	.	½	.	½	0	0	0	½	½	*	*	2	2535

Round 3 (June 16, 2009)
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	37	C42	Petroff's Defence
Radjabov, Teimour	- Shirov, Alexei	½-½	37	D80	Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	- Kamsky, Gata	½-½	16	C54	Giuoco Piano
Round 4 (June 17, 2009)
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	37	B45	Sicilian Classical
Gelfand, Boris	- Kamsky, Gata	½-½	37	D86	Gruenfeld Simagin
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	- Shirov, Alexei	½-½	31	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Round 5 (June 18, 2009)
Radjabov, Teimour	- Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	½-½	26	B01	Centre Counter
Shirov, Alexei	- Gelfand, Boris	0-1	40	E15	Queens Indian
Kamsky, Gata	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	0-1	32	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 6 (June 20, 2009)
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	1-0	24	B80	Sicilian Scheveningen
Gelfand, Boris	- Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	37	E97	King's Indian Classical
Shirov, Alexei	- Kamsky, Gata	1-0	34	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Round 7 (June 21, 2009)
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Shirov, Alexei	1-0	84	D80	Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Radjabov, Teimour	- Kamsky, Gata	1-0	49	B18	Caro Kann
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	74	C42	Petroff's Defence
Round 8 (June 22, 2009)
Gelfand, Boris	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	20	A04	Dutch System
Shirov, Alexei	- Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	38	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Kamsky, Gata	- Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	½-½	59	D02	Queen's Pawn Game

3) III Ruy Lopez International Chess Festival

The main event of the Festival was the master Tournament 13th-19th June 2009 with the participation of Adams, Cheparinov, Pia Cramling, Koneru, Granda, Larino, Caruana and Candelario. The games were transmitted on Internet with commentaries by Leontxo Garcia who was present in the analysis room (open to all fans).

Ivan Cheparinov took clear first place with 5/7 half a point clear of Michael Adams.

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

III Ruy Lopez Zafra (ESP), 13-19 vi 2009											cat. XIV (2595)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1.	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	2678	*	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	5	2740
2.	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2703	½	*	0	½	1	1	½	1	4½	2681
3.	Larino Nieto, David	m	ESP	2464	½	1	*	1	1	0	0	0	3½	2613
4.	Granda Zuniga, Julio E	g	PER	2610	½	½	0	*	0	1	½	1	3½	2592
5.	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2649	0	0	0	1	*	½	1	1	3½	2586
6.	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2528	0	0	1	0	½	*	1	½	3	2554
7.	Perez Candelario, Manuel	m	ESP	2513	½	½	1	½	0	0	*	0	2½	2504
8.	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2612	0	0	1	0	0	½	1	*	2½	2490

Round 4 (June 16, 2009)
Adams, Michael	- Granda Zuniga, Julio E	½-½	52	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Larino Nieto, David	- Cheparinov, Ivan	½-½	45	B25	Sicilian Closed
Cramling, Pia	- Perez Candelario, Manuel	1-0	49	A42	Modern Defence
Koneru, Humpy	- Caruana, Fabiano	0-1	50	D12	Slav Defence
Round 5 (June 17, 2009)
Cheparinov, Ivan	- Cramling, Pia	1-0	46	B48	Sicilian Paulsen
Granda Zuniga, Julio E	- Koneru, Humpy	1-0	65	D38	QGD Ragozin
Caruana, Fabiano	- Larino Nieto, David	0-1	54	C11	French Defence
Perez Candelario, Manuel	- Adams, Michael	½-½	56	C63	Ruy Lopez Schliemann
Round 6 (June 18, 2009)
Adams, Michael	- Koneru, Humpy	1-0	58	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Larino Nieto, David	- Granda Zuniga, Julio E	1-0	41	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Cramling, Pia	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	45	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Perez Candelario, Manuel	- Cheparinov, Ivan	½-½	46	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Round 7 (June 19, 2009)
Cheparinov, Ivan	- Adams, Michael	½-½	42	C95	Ruy Lopez Breyer
Granda Zuniga, Julio E	- Cramling, Pia	1-0	81	A07	Barcza System
Caruana, Fabiano	- Perez Candelario, Manuel	1-0	33	E04	Catalan
Koneru, Humpy	- Larino Nieto, David	1-0	33	E60	King's Indian without Nc3

4) 44th Capablanca in Memoriam

The 44th Capablanca in Memoriam took place in La Habana 8th-18th June 2009. The Elite group was won by Leinier Dominguez Perez.

Official site: http://www.capablanca.co.cu/. Games for the first four rounds turned up at: http://www.chessbase.com/espanola/newsdetail2.asp?id=7213

Detailed daily coverage by Osmani Pedraza Ledon in the Cuban Newspaper Vanguardia

Cuban journalist Miguel E.Gomez Masjuan covers the event daily at: http://columnadeportiva.wordpress.com

XLIV Capablanca Memorial Elite Havana (CUB), 8-18 vi 2009											cat. XVII (2657)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2721	*	*	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	6½	2754
2.	Savchenko, Boris	g	RUS	2655	0	½	*	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	5½	2693
3.	Meier, Georg	g	GER	2641	½	0	½	½	*	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	5	2660
4.	Khenkin, Igor	g	GER	2630	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	*	½	½	½	0	4½	2626
5.	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	g	CUB	2617	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	*	½	½	4½	2628
6.	Timofeev, Artyom	g	RUS	2677	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	1	½	½	*	*	4	2580

Round 8 (June 15, 2009)
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	- Timofeev, Artyom	½-½	43	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Meier, Georg	- Savchenko, Boris	½-½	10	C68	Ruy Lopez Exchange
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	- Khenkin, Igor	½-½	12	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 9 (June 16, 2009)
Savchenko, Boris	- Dominguez Perez, Leinier	½-½	48	A36	English Botvinnik
Meier, Georg	- Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	½-½	42	E05	Catalan
Timofeev, Artyom	- Khenkin, Igor	1-0	38	B15	Caro Kann
Round 10 (June 17, 2009)
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	- Meier, Georg	1-0	56	C10	French Rubinstein
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	- Timofeev, Artyom	½-½	11	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Khenkin, Igor	- Savchenko, Boris	½-½	9	A43	Old Benoni
Round 6 (June 18, 2009)
Savchenko, Boris	- Timofeev, Artyom	1-0	41	B48	Sicilian Paulsen
Meier, Georg	- Khenkin, Igor	½-½	12	C08	French Tarrasch

XLIV Capablanca Memorial Premier Havana (CUB), 8-18 vi 2009											cat. XIV (2580)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	g	CUB	2572	*	*	½	½	½	0	1	½	1	½	1	1	6½	2691
2.	Potkin, Vladimir	g	RUS	2621	½	½	*	*	½	1	½	½	1	0	1	½	6	2643
3.	Cordova, Emilio	g	PER	2543	½	1	½	0	*	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	5½	2623
4.	Quezada Perez, Yuniesky	g	CUB	2596	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	*	½	1	0	½	4½	2540
5.	Hernandez Carmenates, Holden	g	CUB	2573	0	½	0	1	½	½	½	0	*	*	½	½	4	2509
6.	Corrales Jimenez, Fidel	m	CUB	2574	0	0	0	½	0	½	1	½	½	½	*	*	3½	2471

Round 8 (June 15, 2009)
Cordova, Emilio	- Quezada Perez, Yuniesky	½-½	64	E14	Queens Indian
Hernandez Carmenates, Holden	- Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	½-½	28	D35	QGD Exchange
Corrales Jimenez, Fidel	- Potkin, Vladimir	½-½	10	C01	French Exchange
Round 9 (June 16, 2009)
Potkin, Vladimir	- Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	½-½	46	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Cordova, Emilio	- Hernandez Carmenates, Holden	½-½	50	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Quezada Perez, Yuniesky	- Corrales Jimenez, Fidel	½-½	12	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Round 10 (June 17, 2009)
Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	- Quezada Perez, Yuniesky	½-½	11	B52	Sicilian Rossolimo
Hernandez Carmenates, Holden	- Potkin, Vladimir	1-0	33	C07	French Tarrasch
Corrales Jimenez, Fidel	- Cordova, Emilio	½-½	9	C01	French Exchange
Round 6 (June 18, 2009)
Quezada Perez, Yuniesky	- Potkin, Vladimir	½-½	14	B48	Sicilian Paulsen
Hernandez Carmenates, Holden	- Corrales Jimenez, Fidel	½-½	11	C69	Ruy Lopez Exchange

XLIV Capablanca Memorial Open (CUB), 8-18 vi 2009 Leading Final Round 10 standings:
1	Gonzalez Vidal, Yuri	2501	CUB	8.0
2	Almeida Quintana, Omar	2516	CUB	7.5	(61,0)
3	Hevia Alejano, Carlos	2332	CUB	7.5	(60,5)
4	Bacallao Alonso, Yusnel	2469	CUB	7.5	(60,5)
5	Ortiz Suarez, Isan	2493	CUB	7.0	(61,0)
6	Leyva Rivera, Yunier	2392	CUB	7.0	(59,0)
7	Jimenez Fraga, Pedro	2383	CUB	7.0	(55,0)
8	Martinez Duany, Lelys	2520	CUB	6.5
9	Delgado Ramos, Hector	2385	CUB	6.5
10	Gallego, Andres Felipe	2373	COL	6.5
11	Guerrero, Juan Carlos	2202	COL	6.5
12	Borges Feria, Yasel	2400	CUB	6.5
13	Clavijo, Jorge Mario	2365	COL	6.5
14	Morales Romero, Pedro	2410	CUB	6.5
15	Gomez Fontal, Felix	2359	CUB	6.0
16	Vera, Reynaldo	2475	CUB	6.0
17	Real De Azua, Ernesto	2446	ARG	6.0
18	Corrales, Zenia	2143	CUB	6.0
19	Alonso, Jonathan	2381	ESP	6.0
20	Espinosa, Ermes	2395	CUB	6.0
21	Guerra Tulcan, Lenin	2343	ECU	6.0
22	Abreu Delgado, Aryam	2487	CUB	6.0
23	Fernandez, Alexey	2399	CUB	6.0
24	Diaz Ordonez, Ciro	2347	ECU	6.0
25	Arencibia, Walter	2519	CUB	5.5
26	Guerra, Jose Angel	2420	CUB	5.5
27	Cori Tello, Jorge	2418	PER	5.5
28	Quesada Perez, Yasser	2402	CUB	5.5
29	Pecorelli, Humberto	2399	CUB	5.5
30	Macias Murillo, Bryan	2299	ECU	5.5
31	Pina, Sulennis	2270	CUB	5.5
32	Margolin, Boris	2436	GER	5.5
33	Perez, Rodney	2436	CUB	5.5
34	Cruz, Reider	2228	CUB	5.5
35	Rasmussen, Karsten	2447	DEN	5.0
87 players

5) First Saturday June

The First Saturday tournaments took place 7th-16th June 2009 in Budapest. Krisztian Szabo won the main GM event with 6½/9.

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

FSGM June Budapest (HUN), 6-15 vi 2009												cat. VIII (2443)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Szabo, Krisztian	m	HUN	2518	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	6½	2601
2.	Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy	m	VIE	2484	½	*	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	5½	2518
3.	Kovacs, Gabor2	m	HUN	2524	½	0	*	½	1	½	1	½	1	½	5½	2514
4.	Horvath, Csaba1	g	HUN	2518	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	5	2478
5.	(oA)kesson, Ralf	g	SWE	2493	½	½	0	½	*	1	½	½	0	1	4½	2437
6.	Fogarasi, Tibor	g	HUN	2426	½	½	½	½	0	*	½	½	½	1	4½	2445
7.	Paschall, William M	m	USA	2376	0	½	0	½	½	½	*	1	1	0	4	2407
8.	Duong The Anh	m	VIE	2434	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	*	½	½	3½	2364
9.	Solomon, Kenny	m	RSA	2346	0	½	0	½	1	½	0	½	*	½	3½	2374
10.	Kislik, Erik Andrew		USA	2314	0	0	½	0	0	0	1	½	½	*	2½	2291

FSIMA June Budapest (HUN), 6-16 vi 2009													cat. I (2264)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Platzgummer, Fabian		AUT	2285	*	½	½	1	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	9	2524
2.	Hartl, Daniel		AUT	2194	½	*	0	1	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	8½	2481
3.	Galyas, Miklos	m	HUN	2458	½	1	*	1	0	1	½	1	½	1	½	1	8	2421
4.	Lyell, Mark	f	ENG	2300	0	0	0	*	1	0	½	1	1	1	½	1	6	2296
5.	Szalanczy, Emil	m	HUN	2295	0	0	1	0	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	5½	2261
6.	Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij	m	HUN	2261	0	0	0	1	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	½	5½	2264
7.	Kahn, Evarth	m	HUN	2285	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	0	½	½	5	2226
8.	Halvax, Georg		AUT	2231	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	*	0	1	1	1	5	2231
9.	Magyar, Otto	f	HUN	2296	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	1	*	0	½	½	4½	2196
10.	Bouah, Lyndon		RSA	2150	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	*	½	1	3½	2141
11.	Koczo, Kristof		HUN	2244	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	0	½	½	*	½	3	2091
12.	Bacso, Gabor	f	HUN	2171	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	0	½	*	2½	2061

FSIMB June Budapest (HUN), 6-16 vi 2009												cat. II (2281)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Kjartansson, Gudmundur	f	ISL	2388	*	*	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	7½	2452
2.	Petran, Pal	m	HUN	2361	1	½	*	*	½	½	0	½	1	0	1	1	6	2337
3.	Binder, Michael		AUT	2184	0	0	½	½	*	*	½	1	1	1	0	½	5	2300
4.	Poetz, Florian		AUT	2231	0	0	1	½	½	0	*	*	½	0	1	½	4	2219
5.	Farago, Sandor	m	HUN	2255	0	0	0	1	0	0	½	1	*	*	½	1	4	2214
6.	Lengyel, Bela	m	HUN	2268	0	1	0	0	1	½	0	½	½	0	*	*	3½	2173

6) Utrecht Open Championship

The Utrecht Open Championship took place 5th-7th June 2009. Friso Nijboer won on tie-break from a number of other players after they finished on 4.5/6. Games now available, my thanks to Colijn Wakkee.

Official site: http://www.paulkeres.nl/oku2009/

Utrecht Open Championship (NED), 5-7 vi 2009
Rank	Name	Ti	Fed.	Rating	Score	TPR	W-We	BH	SB
1	Nijboer, Friso	GM	NED	2549	5	2696	1.1	25.5	20.5
2	Danin, Alexandre	IM	RUS	2498	5	2666	1.3	24.5	19.5
3	Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav	GM	RUS	2527	5	2614	0.72	24.5	19.5
4	Giri, Anish	FM	NED	2495	5	2570	0.64	21.5	16.5
5	Miezis, Normunds	GM	LAT	2509	4.5	2451	-0.23	22	15
6	Rademakers, Evert		NED	2167	4.5	2869	1.79	21	16
7	Lalic, Bogdan	GM	CRO	2557	4.5	2510	-0.2	21	15.25
8	Berelovich, Aleksandar	GM	GER	2548	4.5	2413	-0.73	20.5	15.25
9	Bitalzadeh, Ali	IM	NED	2449	4.5	2449	0.23	20.5	13.25
10	Meijers, Viesturs	GM	LAT	2449	4	2398	-0.22	22.5	12.5
11	Haast, Anne		NED	2182	4	2348	1.02	21.5	12.75
12	Van Oosterom, Chiel	IM	NED	2393	4	2415	0.33	21	12.25
13	Saulin, Dmitri	IM	RUS	2436	4	2352	-0.42	20	12.25
14	Mulder, Bart-Piet		NED	2199	4	2275	0.49	19	11.5
15	Sprangers, Remco		NED	2254	4	2247	0.02	18	10
16	Beeke, Bob		NED	2195	4	2079	-0.74	16.5	11
17	Solodovnichenko, Yuri	GM	UKR	2564	3.5	2304	-1.48	23	9.75
18	Kuipers, Stefan	FM	NED	2331	3.5	2366	0.39	22	11.5
19	De Groot, Pieter		NED	2033	3.5	2278	1.49	22	10.75
20	Nabuurs, Mart		NED	2160	3.5	2289	0.76	21.5	10.75
21	Van den Ouden, Lendert		NED	2026	3.5	2200	1.29	19.5	10
22	Van Eijk, Sander	FM	NED	2362	3.5	2159	-1.26	18.5	10
23	Hylkema, Remco		NED	2048	3.5	2187	0.79	18.5	9.25
24	Groffen, Hans		NED	2127	3.5	2158	0.2	18.5	8.75
25	Van de Fliert, Willem		NED	2188	3.5	2169	-0.08	18.5	8.75
26	Meurs, Tom		NED	2175	3.5	2132	-0.19	18	8.25
27	Vrancken, Gilbert		NED	2094	3.5	2054	-0.32	17.5	8.5
72 players

7) Zonal 2.4

Zone 2.4 took place in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil in Guanabara Chess Club (Clube de Xadrez Guanabara) 8th-18th June 2009. Alexandr Fier took clear first place with 7½/9.

Official site: http://www.cxg.org.br/nova/index.htm

Further details: http://www.fideamerica.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2025

zt 2.4 Rio de Janeiro (BRA), 8-16 vi 2009												cat. VIII (2449)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Fier, Alexandr	g	BRA	2595	*	½	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	7½	2705
2.	Leitao, Rafael	g	BRA	2590	½	*	1	1	0	1	½	½	1	1	6½	2598
3.	Zambrana, Oswaldo	g	BOL	2473	0	0	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	5½	2525
4.	Diamant, Andre	m	BRA	2506	1	0	½	*	1	0	½	½	½	1	5	2485
5.	Lima, Darcy	g	BRA	2499	0	1	½	0	*	½	½	½	1	1	5	2485
6.	Mecking, Henrique	g	BRA	2556	0	0	½	1	½	*	½	1	1	½	5	2479
7.	Matsuura, Everaldo	m	BRA	2482	0	½	0	½	½	½	*	½	1	1	4½	2444
8.	Bittencourt, Jorge	m	BRA	2471	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	*	1	1	4	2403
9.	Palacios, Efrain		PER	2123	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	*	½	1	2133
10.	Moreno, William		PER	2190	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	*	1	2126

zt 2.4 w Rio de Janeiro (BRA), 12-14 vi 2009
					1	2	3	4
1.	Terao, Juliana Sayumi	wf	BRA	2154	*	½	1	1	2½	2260
2.	Feliciano, Vanessa	wf	BRA	2112	½	*	½	1	2	2126
3.	Aliaga Fernandez, Ingrid Y	wf	PER	2088	0	½	*	1	1½	2009
4.	Orbezo Rosales, Ximena Lucia		PER	1763	0	0	0	*	0

8) CXG Match

Darcy Lima beat Jose Chauca in a four game match for the title of champion of the Clube de Xadrez Guanabara.

Official site: http://www.cxg.org.br/nova/index.htm

CXG Match Rio de Janeiro (BRA),27 iii-22 v 2009
Chauca, Jose	Lima, Darcy	0-1	22	B03	Alekhine's Defence
Lima, Darcy	Chauca, Jose	1/2	33	D35	QGD Exchange
Chauca, Jose	Lima, Darcy	0-1	43	B07	Pirc Defence

CXG Match Rio de Janeiro (BRA) 27 iii-22 v 2009
				1	2	3	4
Lima, Darcy	g	BRA	2491	1	=	1	.	2.5	2446
Chauca, Jose		PER	2173	0	=	0	.	0.5	2218

9) Zonal 2.5 Asuncion

Zonal 2.5 with 2 qualification places for the Word Cup took place in Asuncion, Paraguay, June 10th-18th 2009. Zone 2.5 included Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Paraguay. Ivan Morovic Fernandez and Andres Rodriguez Vila edged out the unlucky Ricardo Kropff on tie-break for the places after all finished on 6½/9. Mariza Zuriel won the women's event.

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

zt 2.5 Asuncion (PAR), 10-18 vi 2009
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1.	Morovic Fernandez, Ivan	g	CHI	2551	+27	+12	=7	+2	=8	=4	=6	+9	=5	6½	2620
2.	Rodriguez Vila, Andres	g	URU	2524	+18	+3	=4	-1	-5	+16	+24	+20	+7	6½	2488
3.	Kropff, Ricardo	f	PAR	2298	+33	-2	=24	+27	-9	+22	+17	+11	+4	6½	2461
4.	Mareco, Sandro	m	ARG	2503	+23	+16	=2	+7	=6	=1	+8	=10	-3	6	2521
5.	Lafuente, Pablo	g	ARG	2524	-16	+17	+21	=11	+2	=10	=9	+8	=1	6	2527
6.	Lemos, Damian	m	ARG	2511	+21	+13	+22	-8	=4	+12	=1	-7	+10	6	2541
7.	Cubas, Jose Fernando	m	PAR	2434	+26	+31	=1	-4	=12	+17	+20	+6	-2	6	2485
8.	Felgaer, Ruben	g	ARG	2561	+14	=11	+10	+6	=1	=9	-4	-5	+12	5½	2550
9.	Bachmann, Axel	g	PAR	2555	+19	-22	+18	=20	+3	=8	=5	-1	+15	5½	2435
10.	Flores, Diego	g	ARG	2579	=15	+20	-8	+25	+22	=5	+11	=4	-6	5½	2473
11.	Pierrot, Facundo	m	ARG	2424	+25	=8	+15	=5	=20	+24	-10	-3	+18	5½	2379
12.	Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo	m	URU	2379	+30	-1	+26	=22	=7	-6	+14	+21	-8	5	2339
13.	Demaria, Juan Pablo		ARG	2288	+28	-6	=29	=15	-24	+26	-18	+25	+20	5	2134
14.	Zacarias, M Ruben D		PAR	2209	-8	-25	+31	+30	-16	+28	-12	+24	+22	5	2155
15.	Riline, Alejandro		PAR	2209	=10	+29	-11	=13	+21	-20	+19	=18	-9	4½	2268
16.	Pereira, Fabian PAR		PAR	2062	+5	-4	-20	+31	+14	-2	-21	=17	+27	4½	2294
17.	Garcia Cardenas, Pablo		CHI	2314	-29	-5	+32	+26	+18	-7	-3	=16	+24	4½	2139
18.	Del Puerto, Rodrigo		PAR	2090	-2	+32	-9	+28	-17	+29	+13	=15	-11	4½	2199
19.	Daneri, Martin		ARG	2149	-9	-24	-28	+32	+27	=25	-15	+30	+21	4½	2052
20.	Lopez Silva, Hugo		CHI	2424	+24	-10	+16	=9	=11	+15	-7	-2	-13	4	2300
21.	Goiriz, Y Damian		PAR	2056	-6	+28	-5	+23	-15	+27	+16	-12	-19	4	2143
22.	Valdes Escobar, Alvaro	f	CHI	2393	+32	+9	-6	=12	-10	-3	=25	+29	-14	4	2213
23.	Sartori, C Sergio M		PAR	2051	-4	-26	-30	-21	+32	+31	-27	+28	+29	4	1967
24.	Villalba, Marcelo		PAR	2020	-20	+19	=3	+29	+13	-11	-2	-14	-17	3½	2195
25.	Gamarra, Ramon		PAR	1990	-11	+14	=27	-10	=29	=19	=22	-13	=26	3½	2145
26.	Latorre, Matias		PAR	2041	-7	+23	-12	-17	+30	-13	-29	+31	=25	3½	2055
27.	Butti, Enrique		PAR	2100	-1	+30	=25	-3	-19	-21	+23	+32	-16	3½	2032
28.	Heinechen, John		PAR	1690	-13	-21	+19	-18	+31	-14	=30	-23	+32	3½	1997
29.	Roman, Rodrigo		PAR	1848	+17	-15	=13	-24	=25	-18	+26	-22	-23	3	2030
30.	Ferloni, Jose W Perez		PAR	1916	-12	-27	+23	-14	-26	+32	=28	-19	=31	3	1937
31.	Zarate, Fernando		PAR	----	+34	-7	-14	-16	-28	-23	-32	-26	=30	1½	1765
32.	Benitez, Jose Rodolfo		PAR	1939	-22	-18	-17	-19	-23	-30	+31	-27	-28	1	1727
33.	Novoa, Fernando		ARG	1822	-3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0
34.	BYE			----	-31	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0

zt 2.5 w Asuncion (PAR), 10-18 vi 2009
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1
1.	Zuriel, Marisa	wm	ARG	2201	*	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	8½	2313
2.	Lujan, Carolina	m	ARG	2324	0	*	½	1	1	1	1	0	½	1	1	7	2154
3.	Plazaola, Maria de los Angeles	wf	ARG	2160	0	½	*	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	7	2171
4.	Colombo, Camila	wf	URU	2090	½	0	0	*	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	6½	2139
5.	Toro, Maria Jose		CHI	----	0	0	1	0	*	1	0	1	½	1	1	5½	2074
6.	Nejanky, Maisa		ARG	2100	½	0	½	0	0	*	½	1	1	1	1	5½	2064
7.	Vargas, Gabriela	wf	PAR	2090	0	0	0	0	1	½	*	1	1	1	1	5½	2065
8.	Fernandez, Maria Florencia		ARG	2105	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	*	½	1	1	4½	1991
9.	Quinones Mena, Jeannette		CHI	2020	½	½	0	0	½	0	0	½	*	0	½	2½	1843
10.	Perez, Dalila		PAR	1620	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	*	1	2	1836
11.	Avalos, Leticia		PAR	1670	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	*	½	1601

10) 13th Voronezh Open

The 13th Voronezh traditional chess festival took place 10th-21st June 2009. Aleksandr Rakhmanov took first place on tie-break from 7 other players after there was a big tie on 6.5/9.

Official site: http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open

13th Master Open Voronezh (RUS), 12-20 vi 2009
Name		rat.	Score	WP	SB	PS	TPR
1.	Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	2543	6.5	51.5	35.50	35.0	2701
	Lysyj, Igor	2617	6.5	50.5	35.25	33.0	2685
	Andreikin, Dmitry	2625	6.5	50.0	35.50	35.5	2713
	Popov, Valerij	2570	6.5	50.0	34.50	35.0	2685
	Kokarev, Dmitry	2603	6.5	50.0	34.75	34.0	2675
	Volkov, Sergey	2594	6.5	49.5	34.25	33.5	2644
	Khismatullin, Denis	2601	6.5	48.5	33.00	36.0	2679
	Bocharov, Dmitry	2606	6.5	43.0	29.75	28.5	2581
9.	Deviatkin, Andrei	2566	6.0	49.0	30.75	32.5	2601
	Belov, Vladimir	2623	6.0	48.5	31.00	31.5	2624
	Chuprikov, Dmitry	2414	6.0	48.5	30.50	30.5	2591
	Zablotsky, Sergei	2540	6.0	47.5	29.50	31.0	2626
	Gabrielian, Artur	2462	6.0	45.5	28.75	30.5	2631
	Papin, Vasily	2462	6.0	45.5	27.00	29.5	2589
	Tunik, Gennady	2499	6.0	42.0	27.25	28.5	2494
16.	Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V.	2550	5.5	50.5	29.00	33.0	2618
	Sjugirov, Sanan	2588	5.5	48.5	28.00	31.5	2535
	Safarli, Eltaj	2599	5.5	46.0	27.50	29.5	2539
	Novikov, Stanislav	2540	5.5	46.0	25.50	28.5	2451
	Korotylev, Alexey	2607	5.5	45.0	27.25	28.0	2511
	Shaposhnikov, Evgeny	2549	5.5	44.0	22.75	30.5	2524
	Romanov, Evgeny	2589	5.5	43.5	23.50	29.0	2517
	Petrushin, Alexander I	2456	5.5	43.0	23.50	26.0	2493
	Grigorian, Vardan	2274	5.5	41.0	22.75	23.5	2528
	Sergienko, Sergey	2411	5.5	39.5	22.50	26.5	2488
	Potapov, Alexey	2354	5.5	39.5	21.75	22.0	2454
27.	Popov, Ivan	2568	5.0	49.5	25.50	31.0	2534
	Panarin, Mikhail	2516	5.0	49.5	25.25	28.5	2500
	Ponkratov, Pavel	2579	5.0	47.5	24.50	29.0	2493
	Zernyshkin, Vladislav	2231	5.0	47.5	23.25	27.0	2538
	Solodovnichenko, Yuri	2564	5.0	47.0	23.75	29.0	2476
	Aldokhin, Ivan	2345	5.0	46.0	25.00	26.0	2556
	Ulko, Jaroslav	2489	5.0	45.5	24.75	26.5	2429
	Bajarani, Ulvi	2331	5.0	44.0	23.00	24.5	2537
	Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina	2450	5.0	43.0	21.75	26.0	2444
	Kurayan, Ruslan	2242	5.0	42.0	21.25	24.5	2494
	Gubaydulin, Talgat	2265	5.0	42.0	23.00	23.5	2468
	Bryzgalin, Kirill	2497	5.0	41.5	22.25	23.5	2365
	Nukin, Askhat	2343	5.0	40.0	20.00	23.5	2476
	Slugin, Sergey	2439	5.0	40.0	20.75	22.5	2386
	Airapetian, Gor	2369	5.0	39.5	19.75	24.0	2444
	Dmitriev, Igor	2346	5.0	38.5	19.00	22.0	2392
	Stukopin, Andrey	2380	5.0	37.0	18.00	24.5	2365
44.	Ibrayev, Nurlan	2406	4.5	45.0	20.50	25.5	2455
	Smirnov, Pavel	2575	4.5	44.0	20.25	24.5	2334
	Kalegin, Evgenij	2490	4.5	43.5	20.00	25.0	2356
	Provotorov, Ivan	2408	4.5	42.5	18.25	24.0	2393
	Chekhov, Sergei	2331	4.5	42.0	18.50	21.5	2387
	Sharafiev, Azat	2432	4.5	41.5	19.25	26.0	2351
	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	2373	4.5	41.5	18.50	23.0	2283
	Vastrukhin, Oleg	2300	4.5	41.5	18.50	22.5	2434
	Ajrapetian, Gevorg	2366	4.5	40.0	16.75	20.5	2352
	Saduakassova, Dinara	1916	4.5	38.5	15.75	22.0	2223
	Ivakhinova, Inna	2219	4.5	38.0	17.75	19.0	2379
	Demianjuk, Alexander	2330	4.5	34.5	14.25	21.0	2332
	Yuzhakov, Oleg	2284	4.5	32.0	12.25	17.0	2298
57.	Tseshkovsky, Vitaly	2554	4.0	43.5	18.00	25.5	2349
	Lutsko, Igor	2371	4.0	42.5	15.00	25.0	2385
	Ziatdinov, Raset	2425	4.0	42.0	15.25	22.0	2308
	Rodin, Dmitrij	2428	4.0	41.0	14.75	23.5	2377
	Matinian, Nikita	2369	4.0	41.0	14.25	19.0	2310
	Tarasova, Viktoriya	2292	4.0	38.5	15.00	18.5	2326
	Molchanova, Tatjana	2321	4.0	37.5	13.75	19.5	2260
	Aitbayev, Aslan	2387	4.0	36.5	14.00	19.5	2212
	Bezgodova, Svetlana	2198	4.0	36.5	13.25	19.0	2284
	Agaragimov, Djakhangir	2370	4.0	36.5	14.00	16.0	2233
	Airapetian, Tatevik	2125	4.0	35.5	14.00	15.5	2278
	Ozolin, Maxim	2370	4.0	35.5	13.00	15.0	2227
	Vorontsov, Nikolay	2312	4.0	35.0	15.75	20.5	2318
	Shishkin, Aleksey A.	2238	4.0	35.0	12.50	16.5	2296
	Kostin, Alexey	2353	4.0	34.5	12.50	16.5	2255
	Bykov, Alexey	2300	4.0	29.5	8.50	13.0	2149
73.	Pasiev, Rakhim	2255	3.5	40.0	14.50	18.5	2304
95 players

13th FIDE Open Voronezh (RUS), 12-20 vi 2009
No.	Name	rat.	Score	WP	SB	PS	TPR
1	Ponomariov, Timur	2292	7.5	49.0	41.00	37.0	2420
2	Kruchev, Boris	2245	7.0	52.5	38.00	41.0	2376
	Lopukhin, Anatoly	2248	7.0	52.0	39.00	38.5	2369
	Gritsenko, Vladimir	2245	7.0	47.5	34.00	34.0	2329
	Tkachenko, Victor	2249	7.0	46.0	36.00	34.5	2303
	Peschansky, Mikhail	2269	7.0	41.5	32.00	34.5	2349
7	Klimentov, Roman	2246	6.5	54.0	37.50	36.5	2299
	Startsev, Vladimir	2209	6.5	49.5	33.25	36.0	2264
	Zhukov, Viktor	2191	6.5	49.5	34.25	32.0	2216
	Kharmunova, Nadejda	2128	6.5	46.0	30.50	33.5	2181
	Manukovsky, Vladimir	2227	6.5	42.5	29.75	29.5	2207
	Tukhvatullin, Vladislav	2263	6.5	36.5	25.75	26.0	2200
13	Petrova, Olga	2285	6.0	51.0	32.00	33.0	2255
	Sakharov, Lev	2148	6.0	47.0	27.50	33.0	2254
	Deriabina, Svetlana	2071	6.0	46.0	29.50	30.0	2271
	Tomnikova, Lidia	1972	6.0	45.5	27.50	30.0	2271
	Rysbayeva, Korlan	2007	6.0	43.5	27.50	28.5	2287
	Likhoman, Mikhail	2184	6.0	43.0	27.50	29.0	2161
	Kirsanova, Ekaterina	2131	6.0	42.5	28.25	30.0	2109
	Provkin, Vladimir	2254	6.0	40.5	24.50	26.0	2142
	Dubov, Danil	2125	6.0	40.0	25.50	28.0	2104
	Polyansky, Viktor	2027	6.0	39.0	23.00	24.0	2176
23	Gazarian, Arsen	2063	5.5	52.5	28.50	30.5	2241
	Okun, Evgeny	2066	5.5	51.0	28.50	30.5	2239
	Gusarchuk, Anastasija	2096	5.5	48.0	26.25	30.0	2178
	Chernyshova, Natalia	1955	5.5	47.5	27.00	30.0	2247
	Yaitskiy, Alexander	0000	5.5	47.0	25.75	31.0	2232
	Grishchenko, Vladimir	2088	5.5	46.5	25.25	28.5	2118
	Fadin, Evgeny	2152	5.5	46.0	24.25	31.0	2146
	Lomakina, Galja	2089	5.5	44.5	22.75	26.0	2143
	Abylkassymova, Raushan	1943	5.5	43.5	23.75	26.5	2169
	Chernov, Vladimir	2088	5.5	42.5	22.25	25.0	2046
	Potapov, Alexander	2187	5.5	42.0	23.75	27.5	2113
	Demikhov, Vladislav	2141	5.5	38.5	20.50	25.0	2026
113 players

11) 1st International Open Tbilisi

The 1st International Open Tbilisi Chess Tournament (Municipality Cup) takes place 14th-24th June 2009. My thanks to Varlam Vepkhvishvili for the news and games.

9 round Swiss. Rate of play: 90 min for all moves, increment 30 seconds per move.

Official site: http://www.chess.tbilisi.ge (wasn't available last I tried)

1st International Open Tbilisi (GEO), 14-24 vi 2009 Round 8 (of 9) Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	NAT	Elo	Tot	T/B
1	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	2687	7	31
2	Gagunashvili, Merab	g	GEO	2591	6.5	31.5
3	Arutinian, David	g	GEO	2548	6.5	29
4	Dzagnidze, Nana	g	GEO	2541	6.5	29
5	Mchedlishvili, Mikheil	g	GEO	2586	6	31
6	Kobalia, Mikhail	g	RUS	2645	6	30.5
7	Pashikian, Arman	g	ARM	2655	6	30.5
8	Shanava, Konstantine	g	GEO	2506	6	30.5
9	Margvelashvili, Giorgi	m	GEO	2491	6	29.5
10	Sanikidze, Tornike	g	GEO	2559	6	29.5
11	Javakhadze, Zurab		GEO	2288	6	28.5
12	Neverov, Valeriy	g	UKR	2552	6	28
13	Pantsulaia, Levan	g	GEO	2581	6	28
14	Jojua, Davit	g	GEO	2520	6	28
15	Supatashvili, Khvicha	m	GEO	2464	6	27.5
16	Petrosian, Davit G	m	ARM	2490	6	27
17	Bagaturov, Giorgi	g	GEO	2467	6	26.5
18	Gaprindashvili, Valeriane	g	GEO	2453	6	26.5
19	Chighladze, Iveri	m	GEO	2418	6	26
20	Babunjian, Levon	m	ARM	2506	6	25.5
21	Manashvili, Aleko		GEO	2184	6	24
22	Javakhishvili, Lela	m	GEO	2463	5.5	28
23	Jamagidze, Mikheil		GEO	2263	5.5	27.5
24	Harutjunyan, Gevorg	g	ARM	2504	5.5	27
25	Gelazonia, Parmen		GEO	2328	5.5	26.5
26	Charkhalashvili, Inga	wg	GEO	2363	5.5	26.5
27	Rasulov, Vugar	f	AZE	2488	5.5	26
28	Azaladze, Shota	m	GEO	2434	5.5	25.5
29	Gamzardia, Giorgi	f	GEO	2139	5.5	25
30	Guramishvili, Sopiko	wm	GEO	2325	5.5	24.5
31	Zeynalov, Farid	f	AZE	2299	5.5	24
32	Khurtsidze, Tornike		GEO	1921	5.5	19.5
33	Benidze, Davit	m	GEO	2442	5	28
34	Nigalidze, Gaioz	m	GEO	2466	5	27
35	Sulashvili, Malkhaz	m	GEO	2442	5	26.5
208 players

12) 1st SCS GM Open

The 1st SCS GM Open took place in Bhubaneswar, India. Yuri Drozdovskij took first place on tie-break from Igor Kurnosov, Andrey Rychagov, Yuri Kuzubov and MS Thejkumar on tie-break after all scored 8/10.

Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr22699.aspx - Official site: http://www.orissachess.com/

1st SCS GM Open Bhubaneswar (IND), 7-14 vi 2009 Final Round 10 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1
1	Drozdovskij Yuri	GM	UKR	2603	8	65
2	Kurnosov Igor	GM	RUS	2658	8	64.5
3	Rychagov Andrey	GM	RUS	2530	8	63.5
4	Kuzubov Yuriy	GM	UKR	2632	8	63
5	Thejkumar M S		IND	2420	8	58.5
6	Hossain Enamul	GM	BAN	2531	7.5	66
7	Timoshenko Georgy	GM	UKR	2550	7.5	66
8	Sethuraman S P	IM	IND	2451	7.5	64
9	Konguvel Ponnuswamy	IM	IND	2428	7.5	62
10	Sangma Rahul		IND	2312	7.5	61.5
11	Khusnutdinov Rustam	IM	KAZ	2507	7.5	61
12	Ismagambetov Anuar	GM	KAZ	2525	7.5	60.5
13	Bakre Tejas	GM	IND	2452	7.5	58.5
14	Zubarev Alexander	GM	UKR	2566	7	67
15	Rathnakaran K	IM	IND	2427	7	66.5
16	Ovetchkin Roman	GM	RUS	2549	7	66
17	Vokarev Sergey	GM	RUS	2521	7	66
18	Zinchenko Yaroslav	GM	UKR	2531	7	65
19	Tiviakov Sergei	GM	NED	2697	7	64.5
20	Narayanan Srinath	IM	IND	2381	7	63.5
21	Vorobiov Evgeny E	GM	RUS	2596	7	63.5
22	Sengupta Deep	IM	IND	2466	7	63.5
23	Santu Mondal		IND	2140	7	62.5
24	Gupta Abhijeet	GM	IND	2570	7	62.5
25	Adhiban B	IM	IND	2483	7	62.5
26	Neelotpal Das	GM	IND	2514	7	61.5
27	Himanshu Sharma	IM	IND	2403	7	61
	Saravanan V	IM	IND	2391	7	61
29	Temirbayev Serikbay	GM	KAZ	2458	7	60
30	Priyadharshan K	FM	IND	2411	7	60
31	Deshmukh Anup	IM	IND	2299	7	59.5
32	Sriram Jha	IM	IND	2453	7	59.5
33	Minhazuddin Ahmed	FM	BAN	2382	7	59.5
34	Shivananda B S		IND	2378	7	58.5
35	Meenakshi Subbaraman	WGM	IND	2303	7	58
36	Suvrajit Saha	IM	IND	2380	7	58
37	Sareen Vishal	IM	IND	2380	7	55
38	Padmini Rout	WIM	IND	2238	7	52.5
39	Premnath R		IND	2353	7	51
40	Deepan Chakkravarthy J	GM	IND	2482	7	50.5
41	Saptarshi Roy	IM	IND	2396	6.5	64
42	Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi	IM	IND	2469	6.5	63
43	Debashis Das		IND	2352	6.5	61.5
44	Shashikant Kutwal		IND	2352	6.5	60.5
45	Kiran Manisha Mohanty	WIM	IND	2182	6.5	60.5
46	Swapnil S Dhopade		IND	2340	6.5	60
47	Venkatesh M R	IM	IND	2432	6.5	60
48	Shyam Nikil P	FM	IND	2376	6.5	59.5
49	Lahiri Atanu	IM	IND	2332	6.5	59.5
50	Satyapragyan Swayangsu	IM	IND	2428	6.5	59
51	Murshed Niaz	GM	BAN	2407	6.5	58.5
52	Fominyh Alexander	GM	RUS	2485	6.5	58.5
53	Laxman R R	IM	IND	2521	6.5	58.5
54	Islam Kh Aminul	FM	BAN	2324	6.5	58.5
55	Jain Shreyansh Daklia		IND	2281	6.5	58
56	Anwesh Upadhyaya		IND	2321	6.5	58
57	Mohammed Abdul Malek	FM	BAN	2279	6.5	57.5
58	Prasad Devaki V	IM	IND	2388	6.5	57.5
59	Ramnath Bhuvanesh R		IND	2273	6.5	57
60	Vishnu Prasanna V	FM	IND	2286	6.5	57
61	Palit Somak		IND	2392	6.5	55.5
62	Thakur Akash		IND	2308	6.5	55
63	Girinath P D S	IM	IND	2404	6.5	55
64	Panigrahi Manoj Kumar		IND	2242	6.5	54.5
65	Chatterjee Debaraj		BAN	2248	6.5	51
66	Nepali Badrilal		NEP	2121	6.5	50
67	Priyanka Kumari		IND	2015	6.5	49.5
68	Babu N Sudhakar	IM	IND	2341	6	63
69	Lalith Babu M R	IM	IND	2480	6	62.5
367 players

13) Varna Chess Festival

The 1st International Chess Festival Varna, took place at the Grand Hotel Varna 11th-20th June 2009. There were many events, Dimitri Komarov won main open with 7.5/9.

Official site: http://euroschoolchess.org/

1st Varna Chess Festival (BUL), 11-20 vi 2009
Rk.	Name		FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Komarov Dimitri	GM	UKR	2530	7.5	42	54	6
2	Mirzoev Azer	GM	AZE	2559	7	40	52	6
3	Panbukchian Valentin	IM	BUL	2305	7	39.5	50	6
4	Schneider Veronika	WIM	HUN	2320	6.5	38	49	6
5	Parligras Mircea	GM	ROU	2586	6	41	53	4
6	Lilov Valeri	FM	BUL	2411	6	39	50.5	5
7	Danilov Vladimir	IM	ROU	2410	6	39	49.5	3
8	Shishkov Minko		BUL	2246	6	37	45.5	4
9	Dimitrov Radoslav	IM	BUL	2388	6	35.5	46	5
10	Serafimov Tervel	IM	BUL	2388	6	34.5	44	5
11	Ivelinov Hristo		BUL	2168	5.5	39	49.5	4
12	Parligras Cosmin		ROU	2279	5.5	38	49	3
13	Chrzaszcz Malvina		POL	2040	5.5	37	46.5	5
14	Stjazhkina Olga	WGM	RUS	2276	5.5	35.5	45	3
15	Lilov Valeri P		BUL	2165	5.5	33.5	40.5	5
16	Arnaudov Petar	NM	BUL	2199	5	39	50	4
17	Fedoseev Vladimir	FM	RUS	2318	5	37.5	46	4
18	Kazimova Narmin Nizami Qizi		AZE	2211	5	37	48.5	5
19	Sadzikowski Daniel		POL	2280	5	36.5	46.5	4
20	Dimitrov Pavel	IM	BUL	2396	5	35	46	4
21	Rzayev Bahruz		AZE	2273	5	34	44	4
22	Lorek Milosz		POL	1991	5	34	43.5	4
23	Sychev Klementy		RUS	2126	5	32.5	41.5	4
24	Vachev Vladimir	FM	BUL	2139	5	32	41	5
25	Malinarski Yehuda		ISR	2101	5	32	40.5	4
26	Melnikova Yana	WGM	RUS	2264	5	30.5	38.5	4
27	Bayramov Elkhan Khayyat Oglu		AZE	1944	5	29.5	40	5
28	Petkov Hristo		BUL	2086	4.5	33.5	43	2
54 players

14) Oceania Zonal

The Tweed Heads Oceania Zonal Gold Coast Australia takes place 20th-26th June 2009. 9 round swiss.

Official site: http://www.gardinerchess.com/oceaniazonal/oceaniazonal2009.htm. Several live games will be shown live each day.

Oceania Zonal Gold Coast (AUS), 20-26 vi 2009
Rk.	Ti	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	IM	Smerdon David	AUS	2489	5.0	25.5	17.0	20.50
2	FM	Bjelobrk Igor	AUS	2332	5.0	23.5	16.0	19.25
3	FM	Morris James	AUS	2114	5.0	22.5	16.0	17.75
4	IM	Xie George Wendi	AUS	2402	4.5	24.5	16.5	17.50
5	GM	Zhao Zong-Yuan	AUS	2583	4.5	23.5	16.0	16.75
6	FM	Rej Tomek	AUS	2308	4.5	22.0	16.0	15.25
7	IM	West Guy	AUS	2343	4.5	21.5	14.5	15.25
8	FM	Levi Eddy	AUS	2216	4.5	21.0	13.5	14.50
9	IM	Garbett Paul Anthony	NZL	2319	4.5	20.5	13.0	14.25
10	IM	Solomon Stephen J	AUS	2455	4.0	23.5	15.5	14.00
11	IM	Rujevic Mirko	AUS	2282	4.0	22.5	15.0	14.00
12		Ly Moulthun	AUS	2340	4.0	22.0	14.5	13.00
13		Scott Ronald	AUS	2261	4.0	21.5	14.5	13.50
14	IM	Lane Gary W	AUS	2371	4.0	21.5	14.5	12.50
15	FM	Canfell Gregory	AUS	2327	4.0	21.0	14.0	11.50
16		Oliver Gareth	AUS	2187	4.0	19.5	13.0	11.75
17	FM	Smith Robert W	NZL	2274	4.0	19.0	12.5	11.00
18	IM	Feldman Vladimir	AUS	2298	4.0	18.5	12.0	12.00
19		Brown Andrew	AUS	2085	4.0	18.0	13.5	10.00
20		Cheng Bobby	AUS	2103	4.0	18.0	11.5	10.25
21		Schon Eugene	AUS	2186	3.5	22.5	16.0	10.75
22	FM	Ambrus Endre	AUS	2375	3.5	21.0	13.5	11.25
23	CM	Kumar Manoj	FIJ	2017	3.5	20.5	14.5	9.00
24		Stead Kerry	AUS	2087	3.5	19.5	13.5	9.75
25		Lester George E	AUS	1801	3.5	19.5	13.0	9.75
26		Steadman Michael	NZL	2262	3.5	19.0	11.5	9.00
27		Stevens Tristan	AUS	2006	3.5	18.0	12.0	8.75
28	FM	Nakauchi Gene	AUS	2076	3.5	17.5	12.0	7.00
29		Kempen Leon	AUS	2050	3.5	16.5	11.5	7.75
30		Jule Sebastian	AUS	1847	3.5	16.0	11.0	6.50
31	FM	Jones Brian	AUS	2062	3.0	22.0	15.0	9.50
32		Fitzpatrick Andrew	AUS	2022	3.0	22.0	14.5	9.75
73 players

15) Zonal 2.3

Zonal 2.3 takes place in San Jose 18th-25th June 2009. Lazaro Bruzon leads with 4/5.

Official site: http://www.tablerotico.com/ - Further Details: http://fcacrc.blogspot.com/

zt 2.3 San Jose (CRC), 19-25 vi 2009
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1.	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	g	CUB	2617	+5	=3	+8	=4	+12	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	2646
2.	Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	g	CUB	2572	+6	-4	=7	+9	+3	.	.	.	.	.	.	3½	2562
3.	Iturrizaga, Eduardo	g	VEN	2528	+14	=1	+4	+11	-2	.	.	.	.	.	.	3½	2605
4.	Arias, Lemmys A	m	ESA	2406	+12	+2	-3	=1	=7	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2554
5.	Echavarria, Johann	f	COL	2379	-1	=14	+13	=8	+10	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2450
6.	Murillo, Alexis	m	CRC	2317	-2	=12	=10	+14	+11	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2430
7.	Prasca Sosa, Rafael	m	VEN	2415	=11	=9	=2	=12	=4	.	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2409
8.	Gonzalez, Bernal	m	CRC	2440	=13	+10	-1	=5	=9	.	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2386
9.	Valdes, Leonardo	m	CRC	2403	=10	=7	=11	-2	=8	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2341
10.	Gongora Montes, Benjamin	m	MEX	2251	=9	-8	=6	+13	-5	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2292
11.	Soto Paez, Oliver	f	VEN	2388	=7	+13	=9	-3	-6	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2317
12.	Hernandez Basante, Francisco	m	CRC	2278	-4	=6	+14	=7	-1	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2339
13.	Sanchez Enriquez, Oscar Gerardo	f	MEX	2282	=8	-11	-5	-10	+14	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2202
14.	Ossa, Orlando		COL	2301	-3	=5	-12	-6	-13	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	1990

16) Albena Open

The Albena Open takes place 20th-28th June 2009.

Official site: http://albena09.chessmix.com/standings.html

Open Albena (BUL), 20-28 vi 2009 Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
Rank	Name	Ti	Rtg	FED	Pts	BH.	vict
1	Mirzoev Azer	GM	2559	AZE	2,0	2,5	2
	Georgiev Krum	GM	2440	BUL	2,0	2,5	2
3	Radulski Julian	GM	2560	BUL	2,0	2,0	2
	Georgiev Vladimir	GM	2539	MKD	2,0	2,0	2
	Komarov Dimitri	GM	2530	UKR	2,0	2,0	2
	Nikolov Momchil	IM	2506	BUL	2,0	2,0	2
	Antal Gergely	IM	2490	HUN	2,0	2,0	2
	Petkov Vladimir	GM	2481	BUL	2,0	2,0	2
	Arnaudov G Petar	FM	2449	BUL	2,0	2,0	2
	Ivanov Jordan	IM	2435	BUL	2,0	2,0	2
	Dimitrov Pavel	IM	2396	BUL	2,0	2,0	2
12	Dimitrov Radoslav	IM	2388	BUL	2,0	1,5	2
	Dobrev Nanko	IM	2366	BUL	2,0	1,5	2
	Spiridonov Nikola	GM	2359	BUL	2,0	1,5	2
15	Berbatov Kiprian	FM	2393	BUL	2,0	1,0	2
	Voiska Margarita	WGM	2332	BUL	2,0	1,0	2
	Kopasov Evgeny		2075	RUS	2,0	1,0	2
18	Vasovski Nikola	IM	2358	MKD	2,0	0,5	2
19	Iotov Valentin	GM	2581	BUL	1,5	2,5	1
	Chatalbashev Boris	GM	2571	BUL	1,5	2,5	1
	Belov Igor	IM	2443	RUS	1,5	2,5	1
	Mitkov Marjan	IM	2382	MKD	1,5	2,5	1
	Baciu Diana	WFM	2139	MDA	1,5	2,5	1
24	Szamoskozi Gabor	FM	2307	HUN	1,5	1,5	1
	Parligras Cosmin		2279	ROU	1,5	1,5	1
	Vassiliev Gena		2163	RUS	1,5	1,5	1
27	Vasilev Milen	GM	2487	BUL	1,5	1,0	1
	Kostov Stracimir		1810	BUL	1,5	1,0	1
29	Nikolov Sasho	IM	2394	BUL	1,0	3,0	1
91 players

17) Bulgarian Team Championship

The Bulgaian Team Championship took place in Sunny Beach 8th-14th June 2009. Lokomotiv Sofia won the men's event.

Official site: http://bulteam09_a_group_men.chessmix.com/ and http://bulteam09_a_group_women.chessmix.com/

Report: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5515

TCh-BUL Sunny Beach (BUL), 8-14 vi 2009 Final Round 7 Standings:
Men's section		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	MP	Pts.
1	Lokomotiv, Sofia	*	3,5	3,5	3,0	3,5	3,0	4,0	4,5	12	25,0
2	Lukoil-Neftohimik, Burgas	2,5	*	3,5	3,5	4,5	3,0	3,5	3,5	11	24,0
3	CSKA, Sofia	2,5	2,5	*	4,0	3,5	3,5	3,0	3,5	9	22,5
4	Lokomotiv, Plovdiv	3,0	2,5	2,0	*	4,5	3,0	3,5	4,0	8	22,5
5	Nayden Voynov, Vidin	2,5	1,5	2,5	1,5	*	3,5	4,0	4,5	6	20,0
6	Lokomotiv 2000, Plovdiv	3,0	3,0	2,5	3,0	2,5	*	2,5	5,0	5	21,5
7	Shumen 2005, Shumen	2,0	2,5	3,0	2,5	2,0	3,5	*	1,5	3	17,0
8	Spartak Pleven XXI, Pleven	1,5	2,5	2,5	2,0	1,5	1,0	4,5	*	2	15,5

TCh-BUL Sunny Beach (BUL), 8-14 vi 2009 Top Performers:
1st board	V. Iotov (Lukoil) and A. Delchev (Vidin)	4.5/ 7
2nd board	N. Ninov (Lokomotiv- Sofia)	4/6
3rd board	M. Mrdja ('Lokomotiv'- Plovdiv)	4.5/7
4th board	I. Enchev (CSKA)	5.5/7
5th board	S. Kozhuharov ('Lokomotiv 2000' Plovdiv)	5/7
6th board	Kr. Georgiev ('Lokomotiv'-Sofia)	5/ 7

TCh-BUL w Sunny Beach (BUL), 8-14 vi 2009 Women's Final Round 7 Standings:
Women's section		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	MP	Pts.
1	Lokomotiv, Sofia	*	2,0	1,5	1,5	1,5	2,5	2,0	2,0	11	13,0
2	Lokomotiv 2000, Plovdiv	1,0	*	1,5	0,5	2,0	2,5	3,0	2,5	9	13,0
3	Lokomotiv, Plovdiv	1,5	1,5	*	1,0	1,0	3,0	2,0	2,0	8	12,0
4	Shah XXI, Sofia	1,5	2,5	2,0	*	1,5	1,0	1,5	1,5	8	11,5
5	CSKA, Sofia	1,5	1,0	2,0	1,5	*	1,0	2,0	2,5	8	11,5
6	Spartak Pleven XXI,Pleven	0,5	0,5	0,0	2,0	2,0	*	1,0	3,0	6	9,0
7	Georgi Daskalov, Varna	1,0	0,0	1,0	1,5	1,0	2,0	*	2,5	5	9,0
8	Rokada, Plovdiv	1,0	0,5	1,0	1,5	0,5	0,0	0,5	*	1	5,0

TCh-BUL w Sunny Beach (BUL), 8-14 vi 2009 Top Performers:
1st board	D. Artyonova (Spartak Pleven)	5.0/7
2nd board	E. Djingarova ('Lokomotiv' Sofia)	5.0/7
3rd board	Silvia Collas ('Lokomotiv' Sofia)	5.5/6

18) Spring GM Moscow Region

The Moscow Region Spring GM took place in Serpukhov 1st-8th May 2009. Pavel Lomako scored 10.5/15.

Ratings report: http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=43791

Moscow Region Spring GM Serpukhov (RUS), 1-8 v 2009															cat. VII (2420)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6
1.	Lomako, Pavel	m	BLR	2417	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	10.5	2568
2.	Savina, Anastasia		RUS	2258	½	*	½	1	½	1	1	½	0	0	1	½	½	½	½	½	8.5	2480
3.	Kupreichik, Viktor D	g	BLR	2453	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	0	½	½	8.5	2467
4.	Iljiushenok, Ilia		RUS	2413	½	0	½	*	1	1	1	0	½	1	½	0	1	½	½	0	8.0	2441
5.	Potapov, Alexander1	g	RUS	2459	½	½	½	0	*	½	0	0	1	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	8.0	2438
6.	Simantsev, Mikhail	g	UKR	2511	0	0	½	0	½	*	½	1	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	½	8.0	2434
7.	Podolchenko, Evgeniy		BLR	2475	0	0	½	0	1	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	8.0	2436
8.	Kashlinskaya, Alina	wm	RUS	2344	0	½	½	1	1	0	½	*	1	½	½	0	1	½	½	0	7.5	2424
9.	Can, Emre	m	TUR	2461	½	1	½	½	0	½	½	0	*	0	½	0	1	½	1	1	7.5	2416
10.	Matsenko, Sergei	m	RUS	2435	½	1	0	0	½	0	½	½	1	*	½	½	0	1	½	1	7.5	2418
11.	Potapov, Pavel	m	RUS	2430	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	1	0	½	0	1	7.0	2397
12.	Romanko, Marina	m	RUS	2466	0	½	0	1	0	0	½	1	1	½	0	*	0	1	½	1	7.0	2395
13.	Belov, Igor1	m	RUS	2443	0	½	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	1	1	1	*	1	1	1	7.0	2397
14.	Arslanov, Shamil		RUS	2365	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	0	0	*	0	½	6.0	2351
15.	Bagrationi, Alexander	m	UKR	2370	½	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	0	½	1	½	0	1	*	0	6.0	2350
16.	Belous, Vladimir		RUS	2414	0	½	½	1	0	½	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	*	5.0	2295

19) 4th Polonia Wroclaw International

The 4th Polonia Wroclaw International takes place 20th-26th June 2009. Games are broadcast live but I can't find a PGN archive yet.

Official site: http://www.turniej.polonia.wroclaw.pl

4th Polonia Wroclaw International (POL), 20-26 vi 2009 Leading Round 3 Standings:
Pl	Player	Ti	NAT	Elo	Pkt.
1	SOCKO, Bartosz	GM	POL	2637	3
2	TIVIAKOV, Sergei	GM	NED	2697	3
3	ALEKSANDROV, Aleksej	GM	BLR	2624	3
4	POSTNY, Evgeny	GM	ISR	2648	2.5
5	MUZYCHUK, Anna	IM	SLO	2533	2.5
6	MALAKHATKO, Vadim	GM	BEL	2618	2.5
7	FRIDMAN, Daniel	GM	GER	2646	2.5
8	SWIERCZ, Dariusz	GM	POL	2492	2.5
9	BARTEL, Mateusz	GM	POL	2601	2.5
10	MACIEJA, Bartlomiej	GM	POL	2601	2.5
11	TOMCZAK, Jacek	IM	POL	2447	2.5
12	BALOGH, Csaba	GM	HUN	2609	2.5
13	GRABARCZYK, Miroslaw	GM	POL	2469	2.5
14	COLIN, Vincent	IM	FRA	2415	2.5
15	BIOLEK, Richard	IM	CZE	2424	2.5
16	URBAN, Klaudiusz	IM	POL	2456	2
17	BEBEL, Arkadiusz	k	POL	2252	2
18	LENIART, Arkadiusz	FM	POL	2372	2
19	YEMELIN, Vasily	GM	RUS	2582	2
20	SOCKO, Monika	GM	POL	2456	2
21	ZAWADZKA, Jolanta	WGM	POL	2390	2
22	PIORUN, Kacper	IM	POL	2476	2
23	BAKLAN, Vladimir	GM	UKR	2618	2
24	KOWALCZYK, Pawel		POL	2160	2
25	ZOZULIA, Anna	IM	BEL	2371	2
26	BURES, Jaroslav		CZE	2263	2
27	HARESTAD, Hans Krogh		NOR	2235	2
28	GUILLEUX, Fabien	FM	FRA	2313	2
29	NEMCOVA, Katerina	WGM	CZE	2294	2
82 players

20) Taby, Stockholm Tournaments

There are a number of all-play-all events in the Stockholm suburb of Taby. Chess Today founder Alexander Baburin leads the main GM group with 3.5/5.

Official site: http://www.stockholmschack.nu/

SCT GM Stockholm (SWE), 17-25 vi 2009												cat. IX (2473)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Baburin, Alexander	g	IRL	2541	*	.	½	.	.	½	½	1	1	.	3½	2552
2.	Rozentalis, Eduardas	g	LTU	2595	.	*	½	½	0	1	1	.	.	.	3	2548
3.	Lindberg, Bengt	m	SWE	2402	½	½	*	.	.	.	½	1	½	.	3	2535
4.	Miezis, Normunds	g	LAT	2579	.	½	.	*	1	1	.	0	½	.	3	2542
5.	Ivanov, Sergey1	g	RUS	2551	.	1	.	0	*	0	.	.	1	1	3	2555
6.	Blomqvist, Erik	m	SWE	2436	½	0	.	0	1	*	.	.	.	1	2½	2542
7.	Furhoff, Johan	m	SWE	2413	½	0	½	.	.	.	*	½	.	1	2½	2478
8.	Cramling, Dan	m	SWE	2409	0	.	0	1	.	.	½	*	.	1	2½	2476
9.	Engqvist, Thomas	m	SWE	2359	0	.	½	½	0	.	.	.	*	½	1½	2355
10.	Djuric, Stefan	g	SRB	2447	.	.	.	.	0	0	0	0	½	*	½	2067

Salongernas IM Stockholm (SWE), 17-25 vi 2009												cat. IV (2326)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Semcesen, Daniel	f	SWE	2387	*	1	.	.	.	.	½	½	1	1	4	2531
2.	Volodin, Alexey		RUS	2283	0	*	½	.	.	.	1	1	.	1	3½	2491
3.	Terrieux, Kevin	m	FRA	2449	.	½	*	½	.	.	½	.	½	1	3	2366
4.	Poley, Vladimir	m	BLR	2338	.	.	½	*	½	½	.	½	½	.	2½	2340
5.	Eriksson, Jorgen		SWE	2211	.	.	.	½	*	½	.	½	½	½	2½	2322
6.	Petkevich, Jusefs	g	LAT	2423	.	.	.	½	½	*	½	.	½	½	2½	2280
7.	Olsson, Krister		SWE	2323	½	0	½	.	.	½	*	½	.	.	2	2300
8.	Vul, Arkadi Eremeevich	g	RUS	2322	½	0	.	½	½	.	½	*	.	.	2	2236
9.	Couso, Luis	f	SWE	2297	0	.	½	½	½	½	.	.	*	.	2	2289
10.	Lind, Jan-Olov		SWE	2231	0	0	0	.	½	½	.	.	.	*	1	2110

SCT WIM Stockholm (SWE), 17-25 vi 2009
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Boric, Elena	wm	BIH	2250	*	.	½	½	½	1	.	1	.	.	3½	2304
2.	Piarnpuu, Leili	wm	EST	2130	.	*	½	.	1	1	½	.	½	.	3½	2207
3.	Bashkite, Viktoria	wm	EST	2159	½	½	*	1	.	.	.	½	.	1	3½	2245
4.	Skinke, Katrina	wm	LAT	2210	½	.	0	*	.	.	.	1	1	1	3½	2155
5.	Matseyko, Katerina	wg	UKR	2241	½	0	.	.	*	.	1	½	.	1	3	2134
6.	Agrest, Inna		SWE	2120	0	0	.	.	.	*	1	.	1	1	3	2070
7.	Horn, Emilia	wf	SWE	2040	.	½	.	.	0	0	*	.	1	½	2	1941
8.	Berg, Susanne	wf	SWE	2047	0	.	½	0	½	.	.	*	½	.	1½	1969
9.	Bengtsson, Jessica		SWE	1730	.	½	.	0	.	0	0	½	*	.	1	1869
10.	Fransson, Angelina		SWE	1844	.	.	0	0	0	0	½	.	.	*	½	1788

Junior DM Final Stockholm (SWE), 17-25 vi 2009
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Hussain, Anton	SWE	1942	*	.	.	1	.	1	1	1	.	0	4	2224
2.	Rouhani, Arash	SWE	1993	.	*	.	.	½	1	½	1	.	1	4	2252
3.	Thollin, Robert	SWE	1964	.	.	*	.	0	½	1	½	1	.	3	2084
4.	Olund,Joar		----	0	.	.	*	½	.	½	.	1	1	3	2076
5.	Berggren, Jonatan	SWE	2141	.	½	1	½	*	.	.	0	½	.	2½	1990
6.	Isheden, Joakim	SWE	1986	0	0	½	.	.	*	.	.	1	1	2½	1979
7.	Wenzel, Birger	GER	1938	0	½	0	½	.	.	*	.	.	1	2	1907
8.	Larsson, Daniel	SWE	1996	0	0	½	.	1	.	.	*	0	.	1½	1859
9.	Cederstam Barsk,Carl		----	.	.	0	0	½	0	.	1	*	.	1½	1868
10.	Lokander,Martin		----	1	0	.	0	.	0	0	.	.	*	1	1731

21) Championnat Invitation du Quebec

The Championnat Invitation du Quebec (CIQ) takes place 19th-27th June 2009.

Official site: http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/

CIQ Montreal (CAN), 19-27 vi 2009												cat. VII (2409)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Bluvshtein, Mark	g	CAN	2558	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1	2
2.	Kovalyov, Anton	g	ARG	2557	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	2
3.	Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas	m	CAN	2479	.	.	*	.	½	.	1	.	.	.	1½	2424
4.	Barbeau, Sylvain	f	CAN	2357	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	.	1	.	1½	2413
5.	Hua, Lefong	f	CAN	2283	.	.	½	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	1	2477
6.	Bhat, Vinay S	g	USA	2475	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	½	.	.	1	2364
7.	Ye, Ling Feng		CAN	2179	.	.	0	½	.	.	*	.	.	.	½	2225
8.	Castellanos Rodriguez, Renier	m	ESP	2446	0	.	.	.	.	½	.	*	.	.	½	2323
9.	Leveille, Francois	f	CAN	2261	.	0	.	0	.	.	.	.	*	.	0
10.	Sambuev, Bator	g	RUS	2498	0	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	0

22) Teplice Open

The Teplice Open took place 13th-21st June 2009. Radoslav Dolezal (ml) took first place from Ilmars Starostits and Dirk van Dooren on tie-break after all finished on 7/9.

Official site: http://www.openteplice.cz/ - Results: http://chess-results.com/?tnr=19868

Open Teplice (CZE). 13-21 vi 2009
Rk.	Name	FED	Ti	RtgI	Pts.	TB1
1	Dolezal ml. Radoslav	CZE	IM	2432	7	39.5
2	Starostits Ilmars	LAT	IM	2464	7	39
3	Van Dooren Dirk	NED	FM	2301	7	38.5
4	Velicka Petr	CZE	GM	2468	6.5	43.5
5	Hausner Ivan	CZE	IM	2393	6.5	42
6	Kovar Vojtech	CZE		2241	6.5	42
7	Ivanov Mikhail M	RUS	GM	2470	6.5	40.5
8	Swinkels Robin	NED	IM	2499	6.5	39.5
9	Pakhomov Alexey	RUS	IM	2439	6.5	38
10	Eggleston David J	ENG	FM	2358	6.5	36.5
11	Vagner Tomas	CZE		2261	6.5	30.5
12	Manik Mikulas	SVK	GM	2460	6	42.5
13	Michielsen Joost	NED		2352	6	40.5
14	Likavsky Tomas	SVK	GM	2487	6	40
15	Strebkovs Andrejs	LAT	IM	2420	6	39.5
16	Plischki Sebastian	GER	IM	2363	6	37.5
17	Vokac Marek	CZE	GM	2459	6	37
18	Van De Berkmortel Theo	NED	FM	2276	6	36
19	Friml Antonin	CZE		2162	6	33.5
20	Balin Jan	CZE		2287	5.5	41.5
21	Kozak Milos	CZE	FM	2139	5.5	41
22	Kulovana Eva	CZE	WGM	2293	5.5	40
23	Jurcik Martin	SVK	FM	2331	5.5	38.5
24	Bartos Jan	CZE	FM	2188	5.5	38
25	Zwardon Vojtech	CZE		2231	5.5	36.5
26	Janda Zdenek	CZE		2135	5.5	36.5
27	Tuma Jakub	CZE		2103	5.5	36.5
28	Reimanis Ritvars	LAT		2118	5.5	36
29	Trapl Jindrich	CZE	IM	2353	5.5	36
30	Vondra Zbynek	CZE		2155	5.5	35.5
31	Olsarova Tereza	CZE		2106	5.5	35.5
32	Kriebel Tadeas	CZE		2038	5.5	34.5
33	Vanek Tomas	CZE		2283	5.5	34
34	Horak Jiri	CZE		2261	5.5	34
35	Sondermann Johannes	GER	CM	2145	5.5	33.5
36	Straka Josef Jr	SVK		2216	5.5	33
37	Grussova Helena	CZE		1905	5	37
114 players

23) Moscow Championship Final

The final of the Championship of Moscow took place 18th-29th April 2009. Evgeny Vorobiov took clear first place with 5/7.

Official site: http://www.chessmoscow.ru/index.php?topicID=491

ch-Moscow men Moscow (RUS), 23-29 iv 2009											cat. XIII (2561)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1.	Vorobiov, Evgeny E	g	RUS	2596	*	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	5	2714
2.	Kunin, Vitaly	g	GER	2533	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	4½	2667
3.	Savchenko, Boris	g	RUS	2655	½	½	*	0	½	1	1	1	4½	2649
4.	Nikolenko, Oleg	g	RUS	2524	0	½	1	*	½	1	½	½	4	2616
5.	Rychagov, Andrey	g	RUS	2530	½	½	½	½	*	½	0	½	3	2515
6.	Ulko, Jaroslav	m	RUS	2489	½	½	0	0	½	*	1	0	2½	2469
7.	Krapivin, Alexander	g	RUS	2514	0	0	0	½	1	0	*	1	2½	2465
8.	Amonatov, Farrukh	g	TJK	2648	0	0	0	½	½	1	0	*	2	2390

24) Doroshkevich Memorial

The Doroshkevich Memorial and Championship of the Southern Federation took place in Belorechensk 23rd - 31st May 2009. Alexander Lastin and Maxim Turov finished on 7/9.

FIDE Report: http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=44242

25) 31st Nezhmetdinov Memorial

The 31st Nezhmetdinov Memorial took place in Kazan, Russia 31st May - 8th June 2009. This 9 round swiss saw Dmitry Kokarev and Mikhail Krylov finish on 7/9.

Official site: http://www.nabchess.narod.ru/gamesall/ and FIDE report at: http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=43855

26) VI Muhamedzjanov Memorial

The VI Muhamedzjanov Memorial took place in Naberezhnye Chelny (Tatarstan, Russa) 21st-28th May 2009. Vladimir Romanenko took first place on 6½/10.

Official site: http://www.nabchess.narod.ru/eat_09/

VI Muhamedzjanov Mem Naberezhnye Chelny (RUS), 21-28 v 2009											cat. IX (2454)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Romanenko, Vladimir	m	BLR	2490	*	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	½	6½	2556
2.	Kupreichik, Viktor D	g	BLR	2453	½	½	*	*	½	½	½	½	0	1	1	½	5½	2490
3.	Andreev, Eduard UKR	g	UKR	2458	½	½	½	½	*	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	5	2453
4.	Markosian, David S	g	ARM	2444	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	*	½	1	½	½	5	2456
5.	Akhmadeev, Vadim	m	RUS	2419	0	½	1	0	½	½	½	0	*	*	1	1	5	2461
6.	Alavkin, Arseny	m	RUS	2460	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	0	*	*	3	2303

27) Zone 3.4

Zone 3.4 for men and women takes place 16th-27th June 2009 in Tashkent. Players from Afganistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Farrukh Amonatov leads the men's event. Games not available as far as I can see.

Official site: http://uzchess.uz/

28) 1st Olimpiada de Ajedrez del Mercosur

The 1st Olimpiada de Ajedrez del Mercosur takes place in Mar del Plata, 19th-27th June, 2009. Teams from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. I will round up the games next week.

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

1st Olimpiada de Ajedrez del Mercosur Mar del Plata (ARG), 19-27 vi 2009 Fixtures:
Round 1
1	CHILE	2	1.5-4.5	URUGUAY	7
2	ARGENTINA B	3	2.5-3.5	ARGENTINA A	6
3	BOLIVIA	4	1.5-4.5	BRASIL	5
4	PERU	1	vs	BYE
Round 2
1	ARGENTINA A	6	5-1	BOLIVIA	4
2	URUGUAY	7	2.5-3.5	ARGENTINA B	3
3	PERU	1	0.5-5.5	CHILE	2
4	BRASIL	5	vs	BYE
Round 3
1	ARGENTINA B	3	vs	PERU	1
2	BOLIVIA	4	vs	URUGUAY	7
3	BRASIL	5	vs	ARGENTINA A	6
4	CHILE	2	vs	BYE
Round 4
1	URUGUAY	7	vs	BRASIL	5
2	PERU	1	vs	BOLIVIA	4
3	CHILE	2	vs	ARGENTINA B	3
4	ARGENTINA A	6	vs	BYE
Round 5
1	BOLIVIA	4	vs	CHILE	2
2	BRASIL	5	vs	PERU	1
3	ARGENTINA A	6	vs	URUGUAY	7
4	ARGENTINA B	3	vs	BYE
Round 6
1	PERU	1	vs	ARGENTINA A	6
2	CHILE	2	vs	BRASIL	5
3	ARGENTINA B	3	vs	BOLIVIA	4
4	URUGUAY	7	vs	BYE
Round 7
1	BRASIL	5	vs	ARGENTINA B	3
2	ARGENTINA A	6	vs	CHILE	2
3	URUGUAY	7	vs	PERU	1
4	BOLIVIA	4	vs	BYE

1st Olimpiada de Ajedrez del Mercosur (ARG), 19-27 vi 2009 Players:
PERU
1	FM	CORNEJO, Max	2383
2	FM	QUINONES, Cesar	2333
3		ROBLEDO, Manuel	2244
4		SMITH, Dolorier	2218
1F	WFM	ALIAGA, Ingrid	2088
2F		ORBEZO, Ximena	1763
R		LEON, Juan Carlos	2110
CHILE
1	FM	ZAPATA FERRADA, Marco	2378
2	FM	SILVA SANCHEZ, Carlos	2375
3		RIOS, Adan
4		OLIVARES, Claudio	1996
1F		ABARCA, Damaris	1939
2F		JORQUERA, Valentina	1957
ARGENTINA B
1	GM	ALONSO, Salvador	2489
2	IM	IERMITO, Sebastian	2431
3	IM	HOBAICA, Juan Pablo	2400
4	IM	TRISTAN, Leonardo	2393
1F	WIM	ZURIEL, Marisa	2201
2F	WFM	AMED, Stephanie	2166
R	FM	MAHIA, Gustavo	2393
RF	WFM	LOVECE, Ruth	2016
BOLIVIA
1	GM	ZAMBRANA, Osvaldo	2473
2	FM	CAMPERO, Ronald	2248
3	C	FERRUFINO, Boris	2202
4	FM	LOPEZ, Mario Iver	2275
1F	WFM	LUNA, Raisa	2104
2F		CORDERO, Daniela	1969
R		GEMY, Jose Daniel	2188
RF	WC	ESTRADA, Lucia	1887
BRASIL
1	GM	VESCOVI, Geovanni	2631
2	GM	FIER, Alexandr	2595
3	GM	LEITAO, Rafael	2590
4	GM	DIAMANT, Andre	2506
1F	WFM	TERAO, Juliana	2154
2F	WFM	FELICIANO, Vannesa	2112
R	GM	LIMA, Darcy	2499
ARGENTINA
1	GM	FLORES, Diego	2585
2	GM	PERALTA, Fernando	2559
3	GM	LAFUENTE, Pablo	2517
4	GM	VALERGA, Diego	2523
1F	IM	LUJAN, Carolina	2360
2F	WGM	AMURA, Claudia	2339
R	GM	LEMOS, Damian	2512
RF		FERNANDEZ, Florencia	2105
URUGUAY
1	GM	RODRIGUEZ VILA, Andres	2524
2	IM	ROSELLI, Bernardo	2379
3	FM	IZQUIERDO, Daniel	2288
4	FM	LARREA, Manuel	2276
1F	WFM	COLOMBO, Camila	2090
2F	WC	DONATTI, Sofia	1749
R		DONATTI, Alvaro	2179
RF		SILVA, Natalia	1992

29) Championship of Uzbekistan

The Championship of Uzbekistan took place 29th May - 9th June 2009. Dzhurabek Khamrakulov won with 9/12. Games from round 8 onwards are not yet available.

Official site: http://uzchess.uz/

30) Buenos Aires Champions League

The Argentine Chess Club in Buenos Aires has a team event (Champions League) that started on May 2nd 2009. Take part several International Masters, FIDE Masters and strong players not titled yet compete. News: Marcelo Pagano.

Players include: IM Ginzburg M. 2455, IM Diaz N. 2443, IM Dos Santos R. 2441, IM Liascovich L. 2439, IM Bronstein LM 2401, IM Della Morte G 2382, IM Mela B 2373, FM Goldwaser C 2361, IM Filgueira H 2354, IM Schweber 2349, IM Garcia R 2342, FM Barrionuevo P 2320, IM Quiroga F 2329, FM Varela G 2323, FM Villanueva M 2311, Gibson T 2272, Airando M 2250 and FM Cuevas A 2244 Nine teams played every Saturday, Round Robin.

Official site: http://www.cargentinodeajedrez.com.ar/2009/torneos/ChampionsLeague/Champions_League.htm

31) 16th Guillermo Garcia

The 16th Guillermo Garcia in Memoriam took place in Santa Clara, Cuba May 21st - June 4th 2009. Fidel Corrales won the event with 6/9. I hope for games eventually. Results have only appeared in the Cuban press.

Final Standings: 1) Fidel Corrales 6 (+4=4-0) 2) Emilio Cordova 5 (+3=4-1) 3-4) Holden Hernandez 4.5 (+1=7-0) and Lazaro Bruzon 4.5 (+2=5-1) 5) Neuris Delgado 4 (+1=6-1) 6-7) Yuniesky Quesada 3.5 (+0=7-1) and Real de Azua 3.5 (+1=5-2) 8-9) Rodney Perez 2.5 (+0=5-3) and Karsten Rasmusen 2.5 (+0=5-3) Alder Escobar withdrew after losing rounds 1-3.

32) Unive Tournament Hoogeveen

The Unive Tournament in Hoogeveen takes place 16th-24th October 2009 with a new sponsor.

The main four player tournament has: Vassily Ivanchuk, Judit Polgar, Sergei Tiviakov and Anish Giri. There is an open alongside.

Details: http://www.univechess.nl/

Unive Tournament Hoogeveen (NED), 16-24 x 2009			cat. XVII (2663)
Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2746
Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2693
Tiviakov, Sergei	g	NED	2697
Giri, Anish	f	NED	2517

33) ICC Mainz Qualifier

The Internet Chess Club, in conjunction with Chess Tigers, organizers of the ever-popular annual Mainz Chess Classic in Germany, are again offering ICC members a unique chance to play in a free online qualifier to win 700 Euro, accommodation and breakfast at the Hilton Mainz Hotel by the banks of the Rhine, just one block from the picturesque Old Town. Like the previous two ICC champions Tigran Petrosian (2007) and Hikaru Nakamura (2008), the winner will go on to receive an automatic seat into two of the biggest and most prestigious series of rapid chess tournaments in the world, playing among many of the game's top grandmasters at the FiNet Open, the world's biggest Chess960 tournaments, and the Ordix Open, one of the biggest and strongest rapid tournaments.

Details: http://www.chessclub.com/activities/chess960_2009/

About Mainz: http://chesstigers.de/

34) Forthcoming Events and Links

Ravana Challenge International Sri Lanka

The Blue and Gold Chess Club organises the inaugural "The Ravana Challenge International Chess Tournament2 under the auspices of the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka, September 12th (arrival) - September 20th, 2009 (departure) in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The tournament will be held in a 5 star hotel in Colombo.

Details: http://www.blueandgoldchessclub.com/Ravana/index.html

Brno Chess Festival

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

The organisers are urgently looking for one or two foreigner players for their GM and IM tournaments and offer 50% of discount from starting fee. (you can see the list of participants to 22.6. at: http://www.skduras.cz/en/participants.html).

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

World Youth Championship

The World Youth Chess Championship 2009 (under 8, under 10, under 12, under 14, under 16 and under 18 years old - open and girls) which will take place in Kemer-Antalya, Turkey, between November the 11th, 2009 (arrival) and November the 23th, 2009 (departure).

Official site: http://wycc2009.tsf.org.tr/

4th Porto Carras Open

The 4th Porto Carras International Open Chess Tournament "Summer Cup 2009" takes place 18th-25th July 2009.

This year's chess event will again be a 9-round swiss tournament with a prize fund of over 3,000 euros and excellent hotel prices, giving the opportunity to combine chess and summer holidays in real 5-star conditions The winners of the previous editions were GM Dimitri Svetushkin (MDA) in 2006, IM Bernal Moro (ESP) in 2007 and GM Alexander Zubarev (UKR) in 2008.

Official site: http://www.greekchess.com/cup2009

II Magistral Ciudad de Asuncion

The II Magistral Ciudad de Asuncion - Copa Roggio, takes place in Asuncion, Paraguay, June 28th (1st round) - July 7th (free day July 3rd)

There are 3 tournaments, Ciudad de Asuncion A is an 8th cathegory tournament (10 players) Ciudad de Asuncion B is a closed tournament for IM norms (10 players) and C a semi-open of 16 players, some players still to be confirmed.

Official site: http://www.ajedrezciudaddeasuncion.com.py

2nd Nanjing Pearl Spring

The 2nd Nanjing Pearl Spring Chess Tournament will takes place 27th Sept - 9th October 2009 in Nanjing, China. The field is close to being finalised and it can be announced that Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Teimour Radjabov, Dmitry Jakovenko, a Chinese player (possibly Bu Xiangzhi) will be competing. The event is a 6-player in a double round robin. The total prize fund is 250,000 Euros. The 2nd Fide Women Grand Prix is also take place in Nanjing in 27th Sept - 9th October 2009 with the top 12 players in the world.

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

Official site (In English): http://www.chess-pearlspring.com/www/chess_pk/yindex.htm (under construction)

Official site (In Chinese): http://www.chess-pearlspring.com/www/chess_pk/index.htm

2nd Nanjing Pearl Spring (CHN), 27 ix -9 x 2009					cat. XXII (2775)
No	Name	Ti	NAT	April Elo	DoB	world
1	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2812	1975	1st
2	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2783	1969	2nd
3	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2770	1990	3rd
4	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2756	1987	5th
5	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2753	1983	7th
6	A Chinese Player (probably Wang Yue)

Official site (In English): http://www.chess-pearlspring.com/www/chess_pk/yindex.htm

Official site: http://www.chess-pearlspring.com/www/chess_pk/index.htm (more information and pictures)

Gujuan Tzu blog http://blog.sina.com.cn/chessnews

FIDE World Cup Nov-Dec 2009

FIDE have announced some of the qualifiers for the FIDE World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, 20 November to 15 December 2009. In a few days the list with qualifiers from the Continental and Zonal Championships 2008-09 will also be published.

FIDE announcement: http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/4037-list-of-qualifiers-for-world-cup

Khanty-Mansiysk (RUS), 20 xi - 15 xii 2009 Qualifiers:
a) From World Championship Match 2008:
1.	V. Anand	IND	World Champion
b) From World Cup 2007:
2.	G. Kamsky	USA
3.	A. Shirov	ESP
4.	M. Carlsen	NOR
5.	S. Karjakin	UKR
c) Women's World Champion 2008:
6.	A. Kosteniuk	RUS
d) Junior World Champions 2007 & 2008:
7.	A. Adly	EGY
8.	A. Gupta	IND
d) From FIDE Rating List, 20 players, average 7/2008 & 1/2009:
09.	V. Topalov	BUL	2786,50
10.	V. Ivanchuk	UKR	2780,00
11.	A. Morozevich	RUS	2779,50
12.	V. Kramnik	RUS	2773,50
13.	T. Radjabov	AZE	2752,50
14.	P. Leko	HUN	2746,00
15.	L. Aronian	ARM	2743,50
16.	S. Movsesian	SVK	2737,00
17.	D. Jakovenko	RUS	2734,50
18.	S. Mamedyarov	AZE	2733,00
19.	P. Svidler	RUS	2730,50
20.	A. Grischuk	RUS	2730,50
21.	B. Gelfand	ISR	2726,50
22.	M. Adams	ENG	2723,50
23.	R. Ponomariov	UKR	2722,00
24.	Wang Yue	CHN	2721,50
25.	V. Gashimov	AZE	2720,00
26.	E. Alekseev	RUS	2713,00
27.	L. Dominguez Perez	CUB	2712,50
28.	Ni Hua	CHN	2707,00
e) 90 players from the Continental & Zonal Championships 2008 & 2009:
(to be published soon)...
Reserve players who may qualify by rating, average 7/2008 & 1/2009:
1.	E. Bacrot	FRA	2706,50
2.	Bu Xiangzhi	CHN	2706,00
3.	P. Eljanov	UKR	2704,50
4.	J. Polgar	HUN	2702,00
5.	S. Rublevsky	RUS	2700,50
6.	H. Nakamura	USA	2698,00
7.	K. Sasikiran	IND	2697,50
8.	Wang Hao	CHN	2691,00
9.	V. Malakhov	RUS	2690,50
10.	M. Vachier-Lagrave	FRA	2688,50
11.	V. Milov	SUI	2687,00
12.	V. Bologan	MDA	2686,50
13.	V. Akopian	ARM	2686,50
14.	L. Nisipeanu	ROU	2683,50
15.	R. Kasimdzhanov	UZB	2683,00
16.	I. Cheparinov	BUL	2683,00
17.	Z. Efimenko	UKR	2679,00
18.	A. Naiditsch	GER	2679,00
19.	F. Vallejo Pons	ESP	2676,00
20.	A. Motylev	RUS	2675,00

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 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.

Alexei Shirov received his invitation this week after winning in Sofia. Shirov will come up against Veselin Topalov - winner of the Pearl Spring Tournament, in Nanking, China. Sergey Karjakin - winner of Corus 2009, Wijk ann Zee in the Netherlands. Alexander Grischuk, winner of "Ciudad de Linares", Spain, who have already received their invitations to the Final in Bilbao.

Grand Slam Chess Association (GSCA)

Dresden, 23 November 2008

15th Bray Rapidplay

The 15th Bray Rapidplay 2009 takes place on Sunday 28th June 2009 at the Esplanade Hotel, Strand Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. (Directions from Google). Entry Fee Euros 40 (Euros 35 before 20th June), OAPS/Students/Under-18s Euros 25. Prize Fund: 1st Euros 700, 2nd Euros 400, 3rd Euros 250, 4th Euros 150, Grading Prizes Euros 100, Best Under-18 Euros 100, Best Under-12 Euros 50, Best Lady Euros 50, David & Goliath Euros 50. Playing Schedule: 6 Rounds Swiss. 25 minutes each for all moves. FIDE Rapidplay rules apply. There will be accelerated pairings for the first 2 rounds. Registration 9am-10am. 1st. Round 10.15 Sharp!

Full details at http://www.brayrapidplay.com

23rd Pula Open

The 23rd Pula Open takes place 27th June - 4th July 2009.

Details: http://www.skpula.hr/

Preliminary entries: http://chess-results.com/Tnr22500.aspx?lan=1 , You can also contact and the director of chess tournament directly. Mr.Vretenar Denis - pulaopen@globalnet.hr .

Kingpin Magazine

The humourous and satirical chess magazine Kingpin has a new website.

New website address: http://www.kingpinchess.net

Efimenko vs. Short Match

There is a six-game match between GMs Zahar Efimenko (Ukraine) and Nigel Short (England) in Mukachevo, Ukraine 20th-26th (rest day 23rd) September 2009.

Info at: http://www.uep-worldchess.com/ (Universal Event Promotion) and the Mukachevo club website http://www.chess32x64.org

Arvier (Aosta valley) Open

The Festival des Echecs Francophone takes place in Arvier (Aosta valley) September 26th - October 3rd 2009. The final round has been moved back a day as the 4th is the start of the European Club Team Championship. More information will appear at: http://www.scacchivda.com.

If you require further details contact by email (in French) to a.scalfi@scacchivda.com

IX Szombathely Chess Festival

The IX Szombathely Chess Festival takes place 15th-23rd August 2009. GM, IM Round Robins and Open Tournament.

Official site: http://sakk.savaria.hu/main.php?Lang=EN

Commonwealth Chess Championships

The Masterskill Commonwealth Chess Championships take place 9th-15th December 2009 in conjunction with the 6th Singapore International Chess Festival.

It has been moved from 14th-21st July 2009 in Ipoh, Malaysia.

Details of the change: http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/3991-commonwealth-chess-championship-2009

Zuerich Chess Club 200th Anniversary Quiz

Visit the official website look at a quiz with information contained in Richard Forster's recently published book "Schachgesellschaft Zürich: 1809 bis 2009" the prize of playing in a Simul against a chess legend.

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

12th Olomouc Chess Summer International Festival

The 12th Olomouc Chess Summer International Chess Festival 2009, takes place in the city of Olomouc on 5th-13th August 2009. Closed GM and IM tournaments, FIDE open, seniors tournament, active chess and blitz tournament are part of the festival.

Details: http://www.czechtour.net/olomouc-chess-summer/

6th Highlands Open International Chess Festival

6th Highlands Open International Chess Festival 2009, takea place in the town of Zdar nad Sazavou 26th September - 4th October 2009. IM tournament, FIDE open, active chess and blitz tournament are part of the festival.

Details: http://www.czechtour.net/highlands-open/

XI Hostafrancs Open

The XI Open Internacional D'escacs de Sants, Hostafrancs I La Bordeta takes place 21st-30th August 2009.

Details: http://www.cotxeres.org/open/

British Championships

The 96th British Chess Championships take place 26th July - 8th August 2009 in Torquay. There are many different events, lasting from 1-12 days. That of greatest interest to non-British Isles players is the Major Open, restricted to players under 2350 - an unusual event for middle-ranking players.

96th ch-GBR Torquay (ENG), 26 vii - 8 viii 2009 Entrants for the British Championship to date include:
JONES, Gawain	ENG	2550	g
GORDON, Stephen	ENG	2540	m
ARKELL, Keith	ENG	2517	g
WILLIAMS, Simon	ENG	2512	g
HEBDEN, Mark	ENG	2510	g
WELLS, Peter	ENG	2489	g
GORMALLY, Daniel	ENG	2487	g
TRENT, Lawrence	ENG	2466	m
SUMMERSCALE, Aaron	ENG	2453	g
HOUSKA, Jovanka	ENG	2402	m
KOLBUS, Dietmar	GER	2399	m
BUCKLEY, Graeme	ENG	2395	m
LANE, Gary	AUS	2371	m
EGGLESTON, David	ENG	2358	f
RUDD, Jack	ENG	2357	m
LALIC, Susan	ENG	2342	m

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

Lithuanian University of Agriculture CUP

Lithuanian University of Agriculture CUP August 22nd - 28th 2009.

Organizers. Kaunas Chess Federation, Lithuanian University of Agriculture (http://www.lzuu.lt), Youth chess club "Three zeros" (http://www.0-0-0.lt).

XIII Magistral de la Republica

The XIII Magistral de la Republica takes place in Villa Martelli 4th-14th August 2009.

Official site: http://www.ajedrezmartelli.org.ar/magistrales/2009/cronograma09.htm

The London Chess Classic in December

The dates for the London Chess Classic at the end of the year are now confirmed with the tournament taking place 7th-16th December 2009. The field is close to being finalised and it can be announced that Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik, Nigel Short, Ni Hua and Luke McShane and now Hikaru Nakamura will be competing. There will be 8 players in a 7 round all-play-all.

1st London Chess Classic (ENG), 8-16 xii 2009. Cat IXX (2704) Players list
No	Name	Ti	NAT	April Elo	DoB
1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2770	1990
2	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2759	1975
3	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	2724	1983
4	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2703	1971
5	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2701	1987
6	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2674	1965
7	McShane, Luke J	g	ENG	2596	1984
8	To be announced

Dates of the London Chess Classic. 7th-16th December 2009
Monday	7th December 2009	Press Conference and drawing of lots
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, charity simultaneous

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.

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

18th Maccabiah Games

The 18th Maccabiah Games take place July 12th-23td 2009.

The Maccabiah Games have included chess tournaments for more than 30 years. Now, especially for the 18th Maccabiah Games, we have organized for the first time a super-tournament, with the participation of elite chessplayers from all over the world.

The Festival will include four main events:

International Super-Torunament, featuring top players from all over the world such as Boris Gelfand (Israel), Judit Polgar (Hungary), Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine), Evgeniy Najer (Russia), Alexander Beliavsky (Slovenia) etc.
International Invitational Chess Tournaments, Norm opportunity for top players.
International Open Tournament.
International Youth Tournament, for players who were born between 1991 and 1994.
Simultaneous Chess Exhibitions , GM's will play against many opponents at the same time.

Official site: http://mchess.co.il/

Regular Round Robins in Moscow

There is a new series of round-robin tournaments in Moscow. Starting in June in Moscow there will be a monthly series of the round-robin tournaments. The events are supported by FIDE, International Chess Academy 'Chess School 2000', 'World Chess Tour' company: GM, IM, rating events.

Venue - International Chess Education Center of the Russian State Social University (RGSU), Moscow, Begovaya Str., 14, building 1, 2 floor (close to Metro & Railway Station 'Begovaya').

Contact: GM Igor Glek. Phone mobile: (7)903-5593052, (49)179-7030605

Phone / Fax: (7)495-4336634 E-mail: wlct06@gmail.com, acpsecretary@gmail.com

Official site: http://www.chess-events.org

7th Mediterranean Chess Championship

The 7th Mediterranean Chess Championship takes place 11th-19th September 2009. Open to everyone.

Official site: http://www.medchess.com/ although I can't see details of the new tournament.

42nd Biel International Chess Festival

The 42nd Biel International Chess Festival takes place 18th-31st July 2009. There will be around 10 different Tournaments (Open, Rapid, Blitz, Youth and for the first time Chess 960). The main Category IXX tournament sees Morozevich, Ivanchuk, Gelfand, Alekseev, Vachier-Lagrave and Caruana compete.

Official site: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch

Biel Grandmaster Tournament (SUI), 18-31 vii 2009 cat. IXX (2713)
Name	NAT	Elo points	W Rank	Age	Past results
Alexander Morozevich	RUS	2751	No 8	32	Winner in Biel in 2003, 2004, 2006
Vassily Ivanchuk	UKR	2746	No 12	40	Winner in Biel in 1989
Boris Gelfand	ISR	2733	No 15	41	Winner in Biel in 1993 (Interzonal Tournament), 2005
Evgeny Alekseev	RUS	2716	No 25	23	Winner in Biel in 2008
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	FRA	2684	No 47	18	1st time in Biel
Fabiano Caruana	ITA	2649	No 78	16	1st time in Biel

I Vitoria-Gasteiz Open

I Open Internacional De Ajedrez Vitoria-Gasteiz Nazioarteko I. Xake Opena. 26th July - 3rd August 2009.

Official site: http://sites.google.com/site/openvitoria/

Continental Absolute Chess Championship of Americas

The Continental Absolute Chess Championship of Americas takes place in Sao Paolo 25th July - 2nd August 2009.

Details: http://www.continental2009.com/cont09eng.htm

116th Scottish Chess Championships (International Open) and other Edinburgh Events

Jonathan Grant sends news of events in Scotland including the Scottish Championships which will be strong as outside entries will play in the tournament as an international open.

The strongest ever Scottish Championship is International Open 116th Scottish Chess Championships ( International Open) - 11th to 19th July 2009 Prestigious central venue, Edinburgh City Chambers, hosts the strongest ever Scottish Chess Championships 2009 from 11th to 19th July. One of the oldest continually running chess events in the world, this international open event will welcome strong players from countries as diverse as India and Slovakia. In the Year of Homecoming Scotland, Belgium-based GM Paul Motwani and London-based GM Jonathan Rowson will be among the favourites. Play takes place from 14:00 to 20:00 BST every day and games will be transmitted live to the web. With over £5000 in prizes, excellent IM and GM norm opportunities, and a sparkling new venue, the 2009 Scottish Chess Championship is set to become the strongest open in the UK this year.

116th Scottish Chess Championships (International Open) Edinburgh (SCO), 11-19 vii 2009. Top ten entrants so far are:
1	GM	Jonathan Rowson	Scotland	2589
2	GM	Jan Markos	Slovakia	2571
3	GM	S. Arun Prasad	India	2552
4	GM	Jacob Aagaard	Scotland	2535
5	GM	Mark Hebden	England	2510
6	GM	Paul Motwani	Scotland	2501
7	GM	Keti Arakhamia-Grant	Scotland	2492
8	GM	Colin McNab	Scotland	2472
9	GM	John Shaw	Scotland	2469
10	GM	Magesh Chandran Panchanathan	India	2462

The Scottish Championship is the highpoint of the year as Chess Scotland continues to strengthen its international level chess activity.

Simul by GM Keti Arakhamia-Grant - 13th June 2009

A 12 board rolling simultaneous display by GM Keti Arakhamia-Grant from 11 am to 4 pm on Saturday 13 June in the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh (home of the Lewis chessmen in Scotland).

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

VIII Benidorm International Chess Festival

VIII Benidorm International Chess Festival 2009 takes place 27th November - 8th December 2009.

Website: http://www.ajedrezbali.com

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

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

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

Leiden Chess Tournament

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

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

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/

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

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

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

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
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	Victor 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	Suis 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

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

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.

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