THE WEEK IN CHESS 764 29th June 2009 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Luis Blasco de la Cruz, Thomas Henrich, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Adolivio Capece, Andrej Pacic, Colijn Wakkee, Diego Redondo, Oscar de la Riva Aguado, Igor Kragelj, Jan Bey, Maarten van Laatum, Mariano Acosta, Mark Berkovich, Michael Rahal, Philippe Dornbusch, Ram Soffer, Simon Williams, Varlam Vepkhvishvili, Yuri Zimmerman, Zenon Franco Ocampos and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Vassily Ivanchuk returned back to his best in winning the Bazna tournament. It isn't in time for the July rating list which is immanent but nevertheless on form there are few better players. There was a nice event in France where there was a two day rapid match between France and the Olympiad Champions Armenia. Armenia had much too much firepower in the end. Elsewhere the summer program has started to pick up with lots of chess worldwide. Finally the London Chess Classic has completed its field. Carlsen, Kramnik, Ni Hua, Nakamura, Adams, Short, Howell and McShane play in what should be an exciting event.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Bazna Tournament

The III Turneul Regilor (Kings' Tournament) took place in Bazna Romania 14th-25th June 2009. 10 rounds 6 player double round robin. Vassily Ivanchuk returned to his best and won the tournament by a point from Boris Gelfand. Teimour Radjabov and Alexei Shirov, who won his final round, finished half a point further back.

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	½	1	1	½	1	1	7	2874
2.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2733	½	½	*	*	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	6	2800
3.	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2756	½	½	½	½	*	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	5½	2759
4.	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2745	½	0	0	½	½	½	*	*	1	1	½	1	5½	2762
5.	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2720	0	½	½	½	½	0	0	0	*	*	½	½	3	2582
6.	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	ROU	2675	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	*	*	3	2591

Round 9 (June 24, 2009)
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Kamsky, Gata	½-½	55	D15	Slav Defence
Gelfand, Boris	- Shirov, Alexei	½-½	71	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	- Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	40	B76	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Round 10 (June 25, 2009)
Radjabov, Teimour	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	28	B94	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Bg5
Shirov, Alexei	- Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	1-0	41	B48	Sicilian Paulsen
Kamsky, Gata	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	32	C24	Bishop's Opening

3) France - Armenia Rapid Match

A French team faced Olympiad Champions Armenia (2006 and 2008). in an 8 round rapid match. Time control: 15 mins + 10 seconds. The match took place June 24th-25th 2009 in the Hotel Castille in Paris. Armenia were convincing winners with the returning Joel Lautier struggling particularly badly.

Official site: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/ - Further details: http://www.europe-echecs.com/actualites/actualites-match-france-armenie-1896.html and also http://www.chess-and-strategy.com/search/label/Armavia%202009

Team	NAT	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
Armenia	ARM	3	1½	2	3	2½	2½	2½	2½	19½
France	FRA	1	2½	2	1	1½	1½	1½	1½	12½

Round 1 (June 24, 2009) France 1 Armenia 3
Aronian, Levon	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	38	D87	Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Sargissian, Gabriel	- Bauer, Christian	½-½	47	D94	Gruenfeld Closed
Lautier, Joel	- Akopian, Vladimir	0-1	50	A29	English Four Knights
Fressinet, Laurent	- Petrosian, Tigran L	0-1	68	D34	Tarrasch Defence, Main Line
Round 2 (June 24, 2009) France 2.5 Armenia 1.5
Akopian, Vladimir	- Bauer, Christian	½-½	41	B01	Centre Counter
Petrosian, Tigran L	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	0-1	73	B43	Sicilian Paulsen
Lautier, Joel	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	53	B10	Caro Kann
Fressinet, Laurent	- Sargissian, Gabriel	½-½	69	E15	Queens Indian
Round 3 (June 24, 2009) France 2 Armenia 2
Akopian, Vladimir	- Fressinet, Laurent	½-½	56	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Petrosian, Tigran L	- Lautier, Joel	½-½	34	B23	Sicilian Closed
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Sargissian, Gabriel	½-½	37	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Bauer, Christian	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	46	C54	Giuoco Piano
Round 4 (June 24, 2009) France 1 Armenia 3
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Akopian, Vladimir	½-½	46	C99	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Aronian, Levon	- Fressinet, Laurent	1-0	53	D11	Slav Defence
Bauer, Christian	- Petrosian, Tigran L	0-1	42	D00	Queen's Pawn Game
Sargissian, Gabriel	- Lautier, Joel	½-½	52	D38	QGD Ragozin
Round 5 (June 25, 2009) France 1.5 Armenia 2.5
Akopian, Vladimir	- Lautier, Joel	1-0	20	B46	Sicilian Paulsen
Petrosian, Tigran L	- Fressinet, Laurent	1-0	48	C59	Two Knights Defence
Bauer, Christian	- Sargissian, Gabriel	1-0	31	C54	Giuoco Piano
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	42	C60	Ruy Lopez
Round 6 (June 25, 2009) France 1.5 Armenia 2.5
Sargissian, Gabriel	- Fressinet, Laurent	1-0	55	A29	English Four Knights
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Petrosian, Tigran L	½-½	31	B36	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Aronian, Levon	- Lautier, Joel	½-½	54	E15	Queens Indian
Bauer, Christian	- Akopian, Vladimir	½-½	33	A25	English Sicilian Attack
Round 7 (June 25, 2009) France 1.5 Armenia 2.5
Aronian, Levon	- Bauer, Christian	1-0	44	D94	Gruenfeld Closed
Fressinet, Laurent	- Akopian, Vladimir	1-0	68	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Sargissian, Gabriel	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	84	A16	English Opening
Lautier, Joel	- Petrosian, Tigran L	0-1	31	A27	English Dutch System
Round 8 (June 25, 2009) France 1.5 - Armenia 2.5
Petrosian, Tigran L	- Bauer, Christian	1-0	58	B01	Centre Counter
Fressinet, Laurent	- Aronian, Levon	1-0	60	D46	Semi-Slav Defence
Akopian, Vladimir	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	29	D72	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Lautier, Joel	- Sargissian, Gabriel	0-1	39	B10	Caro Kann

FRA-ARM Rapid Match Paris (FRA), 24-25 vi 2009 Final results
Armenian team			19.5
g	Levon Aronian	2754	4.5
g	Vladimir Akopian	2696	4.5
g	Gabriel Sargissian	2660	4.5
g	Tigran Petrossian	2600	6
French team			12.5
g	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	2684	4.5
g	Laurent Fressinet	2664	3.0
g	Joel Lautier	2658	2.0
g	Christian Bauer	2605	3.0

4) 1st International Open Tbilisi

The 1st International Open Tbilisi Chess Tournament (Municipality Cup) took place 14th-24th June 2009. Baadur Jobava won the event with a convincing 8/9 score. 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 Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Fed	Ti	Rating	Total	TB
1	Jobava, Baadur	GEO	g	2687	8	39
2	Gagunashvili, Merab	GEO	g	2591	7	38.5
3	Mchedlishvili, Mikheil	GEO	g	2586	7	38
4	Kobalia, Mikhail	RUS	g	2645	7	37.5
5	Sanikidze, Tornike	GEO	g	2559	7	36.5
6	Dzagnidze, Nana	GEO	g	2541	7	36
7	Javakhadze, Zurab	GEO		2288	7	35.5
8	Neverov, Valeriy	UKR	g	2552	7	35
9	Pantsulaia, Levan	GEO	g	2581	7	35
10	Jojua, Davit	GEO	g	2520	7	35
11	Pashikian, Arman	ARM	g	2655	6.5	37
12	Margvelashvili, Giorgi	GEO	m	2491	6.5	36
13	Arutinian, David	GEO	g	2548	6.5	35.5
14	Javakhishvili, Lela	GEO	m	2463	6.5	34.5
15	Jamagidze, Mikheil	GEO		2263i	6.5	34
16	Gelazonia, Parmen	GEO		2328	6.5	33
17	Guramishvili, Sopiko	GEO	wm	2325	6.5	31
18	Shanava, Konstantine	GEO	g	2506	6	36.5
19	Supatashvili, Khvicha	GEO	m	2464	6	33.5
20	Petrosian, Davit G	ARM	m	2490	6	33
21	Nigalidze, Gaioz	GEO	m	2466	6	33
22	Bagaturov, Giorgi	GEO	g	2467	6	32.5
23	Gaprindashvili, Valeriane	GEO	g	2453	6	32.5
24	Charkhalashvili, Inga	GEO	wg	2363	6	32.5
25	Chighladze, Iveri	GEO	m	2418	6	32
26	Purtseladze, Maka	GEO	m	2327	6	32
27	Rasulov, Vugar	AZE	f	2488	6	32
28	Babunjian, Levon	ARM	m	2506	6	31.5
29	Gamzardia, Giorgi	GEO	f	2139i	6	31
30	Shengelia, David	AUT	g	2549	6	31
31	Zeynalov, Farid	AZE	f	2299	6	30
32	Manashvili, Aleko	GEO		2184i	6	30
33	Maghalashvili, Davit	GEO	m	2490	6	30
34	Qashashvili, Alexandre	GEO	m	2271	6	30
35	Khurtsidze, Nino	GEO	m	2424	6	29.5
36	Tsereteli, Tamar	GEO	wg	2365	6	29.5
37	Arabidze, Meri	GEO	wf	2258	6	29
38	Janiashvili, Irakli	GEO		2208	6	28.5
39	Tovmasian, Vardges	ARM		2195	6	28
40	Nikolashvili, Giorgi	GEO		2198	6	28
41	Poghosyan, Suren	ARM		2285	6	27
42	Isgandarova, Khayala	AZE	wm	2230	6	27
43	Jirkvalishvili, Otar	GEO		2226i	6	26.5
44	Beridze, Tinatin	GEO		2054	6	25
45	Harutjunyan, Gevorg	ARM	g	2504	5.5	32.5
208 players

5) Oceania Zonal

The Tweed Heads Oceania Zonal Gold Coast Australia took place 20th-26th June 2009. 9 round swiss. David Smerdon took clear first place in 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.gardinerchess.com/oceaniazonal/oceaniazonal2009.htm

Oceania Zonal Gold Coast (AUS), 20-26 vi 2009
Rk.	Ti	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	IM	Smerdon David	AUS	2489	7,5	18654	39,0
2	FM	Morris James	AUS	2114	6,5	18949	35,5
3	GM	Zhao Zong-Yuan	AUS	2583	6,5	18660	35,5
4	FM	Bjelobrk Igor	AUS	2332	6,5	18408	36,5
5	IM	Solomon Stephen J	AUS	2455	6,5	18048	33,5
6		Cheng Bobby	AUS	2103	6,5	17369	31,0
7		Steadman Michael	NZL	2262	6,5	16330	27,5
8	FM	Rej Tomek	AUS	2308	6,0	18855	34,0
9	IM	West Guy	AUS	2343	6,0	18365	33,5
10	IM	Xie George Wendi	AUS	2402	6,0	18130	33,0
11		Oliver Gareth	AUS	2187	6,0	17759	30,0
12		Ly Moulthun	AUS	2340	6,0	17570	31,5
13	IM	Lane Gary W	AUS	2371	6,0	17264	30,5
14	FM	Levi Eddy	AUS	2216	5,5	17958	29,0
15		Scott Ronald	AUS	2261	5,5	17775	31,5
16	FM	Canfell Gregory	AUS	2327	5,5	17660	31,5
17	FM	Smith Robert W	NZL	2274	5,5	17620	29,5
18	IM	Garbett Paul Anthony	NZL	2319	5,5	17619	31,0
19		Schon Eugene	AUS	2186	5,5	17500	29,5
20		Stead Kerry	AUS	2087	5,5	17246	28,0
21	FM	Nakauchi Gene	AUS	2076	5,5	16730	27,0
22		Yuan Yi	AUS	2010	5,5	16304	23,0
23		Muller Jonas	AUS	1981	5,5	15877	22,0
24	IM	Rujevic Mirko	AUS	2282	5,0	17395	29,0
25		Brown Andrew	AUS	2085	5,0	17030	27,0
26	CM	Illingworth Max	AUS	2243	5,0	16922	25,0
27	CM	Kumar Manoj	FIJ	2017	5,0	16917	25,5
28	CM	Prasad Calvin	FIJ	1912	5,0	16871	23,0
29	FM	Ambrus Endre	AUS	2375	5,0	16840	26,0
30	IM	Feldman Vladimir	AUS	2298	5,0	16823	29,0
31		Selnes Hamish	AUS	1921	5,0	16642	23,0
32		Juszczynski Mathew	AUS	1914	4,5	17054	22,5
73 players

6) 3rd ENCI Limburg Open Maastricht

The 3rd ENCI Limburg Open Maastricht took place 29th May - 1st June 2009. Emanuel Berg took first place on tie-break from Yuri Solodovnichenko, Wouter Spoelman and Sipke Ernst after all finished on 5.5/7.

Official site: http://www.limburgopen.nl/english/index.html

3rd ENCI Limburg Open Maastricht (NED), 29 v-1 vi 2009
Rank	Name	Ti	NAT	Sco	Rating	TPR	W-We	BH	SB
1	Berg, Emanuel	GM	SWE	5.5	2610	2693	0.68	33	25
2	Solodovnichenko, Yuri	GM	UKR	5.5	2564	2666	0.84	32.5	25
3	Spoelman, Wouter	IM	NED	5.5	2512	2655	1.24	31.5	24
4	Ernst, Sipke	GM	NED	5.5	2582	2640	0.46	31.5	23.75
5	Swinkels, Robin	IM	NED	5	2499	2590	0.78	32	22.25
6	Brandenburg, Daan	IM	NED	5	2453	2509	0.7	31.5	20.5
7	Kunin, Vitaly	GM	GER	5	2533	2484	-0.27	29	19.5
8	Arun Prasad, S.	GM	IND	5	2552	2494	-0.29	27.5	19.25
9	Bitalzadeh, Ali	IM	NED	5	2417	2467	0.69	27	18.25
10	Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterba	IM	DEN	5	2417	2467	0.64	25.5	16.5
11	Hetey, Laszlo	IM	GER	5	2347	2372	0.42	23.5	16
12	Zaragatski, Ilja	IM	GER	4.5	2428	2499	0.78	30.5	19.25
13	Panchanathan, Magesh Chand	GM	IND	4.5	2462	2419	-0.24	30	18
14	Sundararajan, Kidambi	IM	IND	4.5	2487	2465	-0.09	29.5	17.75
15	Klimov, Sergey	GM	RUS	4.5	2521	2404	-0.8	29.5	17.25
16	Arnaudov, G. Petar	FM	BUL	4.5	2449	2395	-0.27	29	17
17	Becker, Martin Alexander		GER	4.5	2350	2459	1.11	28.5	15.75
18	Wigger, Jochen	FM	GER	4.5	2309	2351	0.43	28	16.25
19	Broekmeulen, Jasper	FM	NED	4.5	2318	2316	0.16	26	16.25
20	Driessens, Patrick	FM	NED	4.5	2281	2376	0.91	26	14.75
21	Guliyev, Namig	GM	AZE	4	2534	2475	-0.49	32.5	17.75
22	Stopa, Jacek	IM	POL	4	2471	2342	-0.83	29.5	15.75
23	Larmuseau, Maarten		BEL	4	2085	2387	2.27	29	16
24	Dambacher, Martijn	IM	NED	4	2486	2359	-1.04	28.5	16
25	Kuipers, Stefan	FM	NED	4	2343	2355	0.16	28.5	15.5
26	Dgebuadze, Alexandre	GM	BEL	4	2539	2339	-1.58	28.5	15
27	Op Den Kelder, Joram		NED	4	2265	2371	0.96	28.5	15
28	Beijerinck, Nick		NED	4	1985	2269	2.48	27	13.75
29	Henris, Luc	FM	BEL	4	2265	2267	0.04	27	12.5
30	Braun, Christian	FM	GER	4	2333	2322	0	26.5	13.5
31	Laarhoven, Thijs		NED	4	2227	2317	0.73	26	13
32	Bus, Tom		NED	4	2225	2243	0.13	25	14.25
33	Heltzel, Joost	CM	NED	4	2267	2246	-0.14	25	11.75
34	Wilschut, Peter		NED	4	2209	2228	0.17	24.5	12.75
35	Dek, Lennart		NED	4	2179	2396	1.56	24	11
36	Rendboe, John	FM	DEN	4	2199	2255	0.51	23.5	12
37	Nabuurs, Mart		NED	4	2108	2232	1.19	22.5	11.5
38	Soors, Stef		BEL	4	2241	2212	-0.26	22	10.25
39	Sprangers, Remco	CM	NED	4	2231	2193	-0.35	21	11.5
40	Smith, Thijmen		NED	4	1999	2215	1.99	20.5	10.5
41	Ducarmon, Quinten		NED	3.5	2153	2412	2.17	32	16.25
97 players

7) 1st Big Slick Chess tournament

The 1st Big Slick Chess tournament takes place at the Big Slick Poker Club, Purley (near Croydon). 10-player all-play-all section Saturday 27th June - Sunday 5th July 2009 and a 5-round FIDE-rated open Friday 26th June - Sunday 28th June 2009.

Simon Williams is the organiser.

Details: http://www.gingergm.com/big-slick-chess/

1st Big Slick GM London (ENG), 27 vi-5 vii 2009												cat. VI (2388)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Slavin, Alexei		RUS	2308	*	.	½	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	1½	2617
2.	Arkell, Keith C	g	ENG	2517	.	*	.	.	½	.	1	.	.	.	1½	2491
3.	Galego, Luis	g	POR	2454	½	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1½	2503
4.	Cherniaev, Alexander1	g	RUS	2423	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	½	.	1	1½	2630
5.	Poobalasingam, Peter S		ENG	2240	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	.	½	.	1	2414
6.	Ansell, Simon T	m	ENG	2394	0	.	.	.	.	*	.	1	.	.	1	2397
7.	Rudd, Jack	m	ENG	2357	.	0	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	1	1	2452
8.	Gormally, Daniel W	g	ENG	2487	.	.	.	½	.	0	.	*	.	.	½	2215
9.	Eames, Robert S	f	ENG	2312	.	.	0	.	½	.	.	.	*	.	½	2154
10.	Kjartansson, Gudmundur	f	ISL	2388	.	.	.	0	.	.	0	.	.	*	0

8) Zonal 2.3

Zonal 2.3 took place in San Jose 18th-24th June 2009. Lazaro Bruzon Batista edged out Eduardo Iturrizaga on tie-break after both finished on 7/9.

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
1.	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	g	CUB	2617	+8	=2	+7	=4	+13	=3	+10	+9	=5	7	2635
2.	Iturrizaga, Eduardo	g	VEN	2528	+14	=1	+4	+6	-3	+8	=7	+10	+9	7	2644
3.	Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	g	CUB	2572	+10	-4	=5	+9	+2	=1	+6	=8	+7	6½	2598
4.	Arias, Lemmys A	m	ESA	2406	+13	+3	-2	=1	=5	+10	-9	+11	-14	5	2455
5.	Prasca Sosa, Rafael	m	VEN	2415	=6	=9	=3	=13	=4	=7	=11	+12	=1	5	2447
6.	Soto Paez, Oliver	f	VEN	2388	=5	+11	=9	-2	-10	+12	-3	+14	+8	5	2426
7.	Gonzalez, Bernal	m	CRC	2440	=11	+12	-1	=8	=9	=5	=2	+13	-3	4½	2413
8.	Echavarria, Johann	f	COL	2379	-1	=14	+11	=7	+12	-2	+13	=3	-6	4½	2406
9.	Valdes, Leonardo	m	CRC	2403	=12	=5	=6	-3	=7	+14	+4	-1	-2	4	2392
10.	Murillo, Alexis	m	CRC	2317	-3	=13	=12	+14	+6	-4	-1	-2	=11	3½	2322
11.	Sanchez Enriquez, Oscar Gerardo	f	MEX	2282	=7	-6	-8	-12	+14	+13	=5	-4	=10	3½	2272
12.	Gongora Montes, Benjamin	m	MEX	2251	=9	-7	=10	+11	-8	-6	+14	-5	-13	3	2230
13.	Hernandez Basante, Francisco	m	CRC	2278	-4	=10	+14	=5	-1	-11	-8	-7	+12	3	2253
14.	Ossa, Orlando		COL	2301	-2	=8	-13	-10	-11	-9	-12	-6	+4	1½	2086

9) Albena Open

The Albena Open took place 20th-28th June 2009. Krum Georgiev won on tie-break from Azer Mirzoev, Vladimir Georgiev and Boris Chatalbashev.

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

Open Albena (BUL), 20-28 vi 2009 Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank	Name	Ti	Rtg	FED	Pts	BH.	BH.	vict
1	Georgiev Krum	GM	2440	BUL	7,0	43,5	55,5	5
2	Mirzoev Azer	GM	2559	AZE	7,0	43,0	54,0	5
3	Georgiev Vladimir	GM	2539	MKD	7,0	41,0	51,5	5
4	Chatalbashev Boris	GM	2571	BUL	7,0	39,5	50,5	5
5	Radulski Julian	GM	2560	BUL	6,5	42,5	54,5	5
6	Nikolov Momchil	IM	2506	BUL	6,5	41,0	51,0	5
7	Komarov Dimitri	GM	2530	UKR	6,5	39,0	49,5	4
8	Petkov Vladimir	GM	2481	BUL	6,5	38,0	48,5	5
9	Dobrev Nanko	IM	2366	BUL	6,5	38,0	47,0	6
10	Iotov Valentin	GM	2581	BUL	6,5	36,5	48,0	4
11	Ivanov Jordan	IM	2435	BUL	6,0	40,5	51,0	4
12	Dobrev Nayden		2137	BUL	6,0	39,5	49,5	5
13	Berbatov Kiprian	FM	2393	BUL	6,0	39,0	49,5	4
14	Dimitrov Pavel	IM	2396	BUL	6,0	38,5	49,0	5
15	Videnova Iva	WFM	2160	BUL	6,0	38,5	47,0	5
16	Voiska Margarita	WGM	2332	BUL	6,0	37,5	48,0	4
17	Genova Lyubka	WIM	2221	BUL	6,0	36,0	44,0	6
18	Vasilev Milen	GM	2487	BUL	6,0	35,0	45,5	5
19	Antal Gergely	IM	2490	HUN	5,5	42,0	53,5	4
20	Arnaudov G Petar	IM	2449	BUL	5,5	39,5	50,5	4
21	Mitkov Marjan	IM	2382	MKD	5,5	37,5	48,5	4
22	Belov Igor	IM	2443	RUS	5,5	36,0	46,5	4
23	Kopasov Alexander		2190	RUS	5,5	36,0	45,0	5
24	Andreev Sasho		2051	BUL	5,5	35,5	45,0	5
25	Vassiliev Gena		2163	RUS	5,5	34,0	43,5	5
26	Kostadinov Rumen		2187	BUL	5,5	33,5	40,5	5
27	Szamoskozi Gabor	FM	2307	HUN	5,0	37,0	48,0	3
28	Ivanov Tsvetalin		2109	BUL	5,0	37,0	47,5	5
29	Nikolov Sasho	IM	2394	BUL	5,0	36,5	47,0	5
30	Spiridonov Nikola	GM	2359	BUL	5,0	36,0	46,0	4
31	Kopasov Evgeny		2075	RUS	5,0	35,5	44,0	5
32	Ivanov Bogidar		2165	BUL	5,0	34,5	43,5	5
33	Dimitrov Radoslav	IM	2388	BUL	5,0	34,0	44,0	4
34	Vasovski Nikola	IM	2358	MKD	5,0	34,0	43,0	4
35	Schneider Veronika	WIM	2320	HUN	5,0	34,0	43,0	4
36	Kirjakov Toma		2115	BUL	5,0	33,5	42,5	5
37	Georgiev Steljan		2172	BUL	5,0	33,0	42,5	4
38	Kacakovski Dimitar	FM	2190	MKD	5,0	33,0	41,0	5
39	Arnaudov Petar		2199	BUL	5,0	32,5	42,0	5
40	Berezovics Alexander	FM	2245	RUS	5,0	32,5	42,0	4
41	Karaivanov Aleksandar		1918	BUL	5,0	32,0	40,5	4
42	Yakimenko Alexander A		2173	RUS	5,0	30,0	38,0	4
43	Chalakov Svetlan		1944	BUL	5,0	29,5	37,0	5
91 players

10) 4th Polonia Wroclaw International

The 4th Polonia Wroclaw International took place 20th-26th June 2009. Sergei Tiviakov won on tie-break from Vadim Malakhatko and Vladimir Baklan after all finished on 7/9.

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

4th Polonia Wroclaw International (POL), 20-26 vi 2009 Leading Round 3 Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	NAT	Elo	Pkt.	MBch.	Bch.	L.Z.	Rn
1	TIVIAKOV, Sergei	GM	NED	2697	7	42.5	54	6	2526
2	MALAKHATKO, Vadim	GM	BEL	2618	7	41	52	5	2506
3	BAKLAN, Vladimir	GM	UKR	2618	7	37	46.5	5	2477
4	FRIDMAN, Daniel	GM	GER	2646	6.5	40.5	51.5	5	2507
5	TOMCZAK, Jacek	IM	POL	2447	6.5	37.5	48.5	5	2477
6	BARTEL, Mateusz	GM	POL	2601	6.5	35	45	5	2405
7	SOCKO, Bartosz	GM	POL	2637	6	41.5	51.5	5	2523
8	ALEKSANDROV, Aleksej	GM	BLR	2624	6	41	52.5	5	2512
9	BALOGH, Csaba	GM	HUN	2609	6	39	50.5	4	2483
10	POSTNY, Evgeny	GM	ISR	2648	6	38	49	4	2502
11	LENIART, Arkadiusz	FM	POL	2372	6	38	46.5	4	2473
12	YEMELIN, Vasily	GM	RUS	2582	6	36.5	47	5	2423
13	MACIEJA, Bartlomiej	GM	POL	2601	6	34.5	45	5	2415
14	SOCKO, Monika	GM	POL	2456	6	34.5	45	5	2392
15	MUZYCHUK, Anna	IM	SLO	2533	6	33.5	44.5	5	2398
16	SWIERCZ, Dariusz	GM	POL	2492	6	32	42.5	5	2373
17	GRABARCZYK, Miroslaw	GM	POL	2469	5.5	37.5	48.5	4	2435
18	PIORUN, Kacper	IM	POL	2476	5.5	37	46.5	4	2406
19	BIOLEK, Richard Jr.	IM	CZE	2373	5.5	33.5	43.5	5	2349
20	OLSZEWSKI, Michal	GM	POL	2538	5.5	31.5	40.5	5	2312
21	STRZEMIECKI, Zbigniew	FM	POL	2307	5.5	29.5	40	4	2304
22	WIECZOREK, Oskar	k++	POL	2267	5.5	27.5	35	5	2256
23	URBAN, Klaudiusz	IM	POL	2456	5	37.5	48.5	4	2486
24	RAJLICH, Iweta	IM	POL	2424	5	36	46	4	2389
25	MUZYCHUK, Mariya	IM	UKR	2441	5	36	45.25	3	2388
26	KALININ, Oleg	IM	UKR	2378	5	34.5	44.5	4	2366
27	ZAWADZKA, Jolanta	WGM	POL	2390	5	34.5	44	4	2351
28	GUMULA, Daniel	FM	POL	2330	5	32	40	4	2352
29	ALIAVDIN, Nikolai	IM	BLR	2365	5	30.5	39.5	3	2286
30	SZCZEPKOWSKA-HOROWSKA, Karina	WIM	POL	2288	5	30	39.5	3	2327
31	LAHIRI, Atanu	IM	IND	2332	5	29	36.5	4	2236
32	ZADLO, Tomasz	I+	POL	2078	5	28	35	2	2288
33	SCIBIOR, Adam	k	POL	2222	5	27.75	35.25	3	2275
34	JANOCHA, Wieslaw	FM	POL	2294	5	27.5	36	5	2301
35	DOBROWOLSKI, Piotr	IM	POL	2417	5	27.5	35	3	2233
36	BIOLEK, Richard	IM	CZE	2424	4.5	35.5	46	4	2380
37	BEBEL, Arkadiusz	k	POL	2252	4.5	35	44.5	2	2390
38	CAJBEL, Maciej	k	POL	2225	4.5	33	41	2	2323
39	SIECIECHOWICZ, Marcin	k+	POL	2392	4.5	32.5	43	4	2307
40	ZOZULIA, Anna	IM	BEL	2371	4.5	32	41.5	4	2318
41	NEMCOVA, Katerina	WGM	CZE	2294	4.5	32	40	4	2292
42	GUILLEUX, Fabien	FM	FRA	2313	4.5	31.5	39	4	2324
43	GODARD, Maxence	IM	FRA	2336	4.5	30.5	38.5	4	2346
44	KRUPA, Monika	WGM	POL	2227	4.5	27.5	36	3	2234
45	DOBROWOLSKI, Aleksander	m	POL	2352	4.5	26.5	34	4	2211
46	LEKS, Hanna	WIM	POL	2174	4.5	26	33.5	4	2239
47	WARAKOMSKA, Anna	WFM	POL	2161	4.5	25	32	2	2222
82 players

11) Taby, Stockholm Tournaments

There were a number of all-play-all events in the Stockholm suburb of Taby. Chess Today founder Alexander Baburin was edged out in the main GM group after taking a short draw in the final round and seeing joint leader Sergey Ivanov win with black against Dan Cramling.

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.	Ivanov, Sergey	g	RUS	2551	*	½	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	6½	2630
2.	Baburin, Alexander	g	IRL	2541	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	6	2590
3.	Rozentalis, Eduardas	g	LTU	2595	0	½	*	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	6	2584
4.	Miezis, Normunds	g	LAT	2579	1	½	½	*	1	1	0	½	0	1	5½	2541
5.	Blomqvist, Erik	m	SWE	2436	1	½	0	0	*	½	½	½	1	1	5	2520
6.	Lindberg, Bengt	m	SWE	2402	0	½	½	0	½	*	1	½	½	½	4	2438
7.	Cramling, Dan	m	SWE	2409	0	0	0	1	½	0	*	½	1	½	3½	2400
8.	Engqvist, Thomas	m	SWE	2359	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	1	3½	2405
9.	Djuric, Stefan	g	SRB	2447	0	0	½	1	0	½	0	½	*	0	2½	2310
10.	Furhoff, Johan	m	SWE	2413	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	0	1	*	2½	2313

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	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	7	2539
2.	Volodin, Alexey		RUS	2283	0	*	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	6½	2497
3.	Terrieux, Kevin	m	FRA	2449	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	6	2437
4.	Poley, Vladimir	m	BLR	2338	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	4½	2325
5.	Couso, Luis	f	SWE	2297	0	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	4½	2329
6.	Petkevich, Jusefs	g	LAT	2423	½	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	4	2272
7.	Eriksson, Jorgen		SWE	2211	0	½	0	½	½	½	*	1	½	½	4	2296
8.	Olsson, Krister		SWE	2323	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	*	½	1	4	2283
9.	Vul, Arkadi Eremeevich	g	RUS	2322	½	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	*	½	3	2201
10.	Lind, Jan-Olov		SWE	2231	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	*	1½	2064

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	½	1	1	1	1	1	7	2277
2.	Piarnpuu, Leili	wm	EST	2130	½	*	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	6½	2237
3.	Matseyko, Katerina	wg	UKR	2241	½	0	*	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	6	2183
4.	Bashkite, Viktoria	wm	EST	2159	½	½	½	*	1	1	0	½	½	1	5½	2148
5.	Skinke, Katrina	wm	LAT	2210	½	½	0	0	*	½	½	1	1	1	5	2105
6.	Agrest, Inna		SWE	2120	0	0	½	0	½	*	1	1	1	1	5	2115
7.	Horn, Emilia	wf	SWE	2040	0	½	0	1	½	0	*	0	1	½	3½	2001
8.	Berg, Susanne	wf	SWE	2047	0	0	½	½	0	0	1	*	½	0	2½	1914
9.	Bengtsson, Jessica		SWE	1730	0	½	0	½	0	0	0	½	*	½	2	1895
10.	Fransson, Angelina		SWE	1844	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	*	2	1883

Junior DM Final Stockholm (SWE), 17-25 vi 2009
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Rouhani, Arash	SWE	1993	*	½	1	1	½	½	½	0	1	1	6	2121
2.	Berggren, Jonatan	SWE	2141	½	*	½	0	½	1	1	½	1	1	6	2104
3.	Hussain, Anton	SWE	1942	0	½	*	1	1	½	1	½	1	0	5½	2082
4.	Larsson, Daniel	SWE	1996	0	1	0	*	1	½	1	0	1	1	5½	2076
5.	Olund, Joar	SWE	----	½	½	0	0	*	1	½	1	1	1	5½	2075
6.	Thollin, Robert	SWE	1964	½	0	½	½	0	*	1	1	½	½	4½	1999
7.	Wenzel, Birger	GER	1938	½	0	0	0	½	0	*	1	½	1	3½	1922
8.	Cederstam Barsk, Carl	SWE	----	1	½	½	1	0	0	0	*	0	0	3	1870
9.	Isheden, Joakim	SWE	1986	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	1	*	1	3	1872
10.	Lokander,Martin	SWE	----	0	0	1	0	0	½	0	1	0	*	2½	1829

12) Championnat Invitation du Quebec

The Championnat Invitation du Quebec (CIQ) took place 19th-27th June 2009. Anton Kovalyov won the event with 7½/9 half a point clear of Mark Bluvshtein. Time control: 40/90 + 30 min + 30 sec incr.

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.	Kovalyov, Anton	g	ARG	2557	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	7½	2665
2.	Bluvshtein, Mark	g	CAN	2558	½	*	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	2612
3.	Bhat, Vinay S	g	USA	2475	½	1	*	1	0	1	1	½	½	1	6½	2568
4.	Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas	m	CAN	2479	½	½	0	*	1	½	½	1	½	1	5½	2481
5.	Sambuev, Bator	g	RUS	2498	0	0	1	0	*	½	½	1	1	½	4½	2399
6.	Barbeau, Sylvain	f	CAN	2357	0	0	0	½	½	*	1	½	½	½	3½	2335
7.	Leveille, Francois	f	CAN	2261	0	0	0	½	½	0	*	1	½	½	3	2300
8.	Castellanos Rodriguez, Renier	m	ESP	2446	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	*	1	1	3	2280
9.	Hua, Lefong	f	CAN	2283	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	0	*	½	2½	2257
10.	Ye, Ling Feng		CAN	2179	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	*	2	2214

13) Zone 3.4

Zone 3.4 for men and women took place 16th-27th June 2009 in Tashkent. Players from Afganistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Farrukh Amonatov and Anton Filippov finished on 10/13. in the men's event. Nafisa Muminova won the women's tournament Games not available but may appear on the FIDE results site.

Official site: http://uzchess.uz/

Zonal 3.4 Tashkent (UZB), 16-27 vi 2009					cat. IX (2451)
Rank	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	SB.
1	Amonatov, Farrukh	GM	TJK	2648	10	57
2	Filippov, Anton	GM	UZB	2584	10	56.25
3	Jumabayev, Rinat	IM	KAZ	2544	9	49
4	Utegaliyev, Azamat		KAZ	2288	8.5	51.5
5	Kvon, Andrey		UZB	2425	7.5	41.25
6	Khamrakulov, Dzhurabek	IM	UZB	2524	7.5	41
7	Ismagambetov, Anuar	GM	KAZ	2525	7.5	38.5
8	Iuldachev, Saidali	GM	UZB	2497	7	40.5
9	Dzhumaev, Marat	GM	UZB	2552	7	39.75
10	Pak, Yevgeniy		KAZ	2328	4.5	21.25
11	Djuraev, Sokhib	FM	TJK	2391	4.5	20.25
12	Tologontegin, Semetey	FM	KGZ	2367	4	22
13	Annaberdiyev, Babageldi		TKM	2244	2.5	15
14	Mankeyev, Rauan	FM	KAZ	2402	1.5	4.75

Zonal 3.4 Tashkent (UZB), 16-27 vi 2009					Ave (2164)
Rank	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	SB.
1	Muminova, Nafisa	WIM	UZB	2212	8	39.25
2	Sergeyeva, Mariya	WGM	KAZ	2377	6	27
3	Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan	WFM	KAZ	2172	6	24.5
4	Nodirjanova, Nodira		UZB	2130	5.5	25
5	Tokhirjanova, Hulkar		UZB	2137	5.5	22.5
6	Sabirova, O.	WIM	UZB	2192	5.5	22
7	Dauletova, Gulmira	WIM	KAZ	2232	5	26.5
8	Hamrakulova, Yulduz	WIM	UZB	2191	4	17.75
9	Davletbayeva, Madina	WFM	KAZ	2133	4	17.5
10	Turebayeva, Alfiya	WIM	KAZ	2202	4	17.5
11	Antonova, Nadezhda		TJK	1831	1.5	8.5

14) 1st Olimpiada de Ajedrez del Mercosur

The 1st Olimpiada de Ajedrez del Mercosur took place in Mar del Plata, 19th-27th June, 2009. Teams from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. Brazil took first place.

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

1st Olimpiada de Ajedrez del Mercosur Mar del Plata (ARG), 19-27 vi 2009 Fixtures:
Rank	Equipo	Part.	+	=	-	Pts.	Sonen
1	BRASIL	6	6	0	0	30	96,00
2	ARGENTINA	6	5	0	1	24½	71,50
3	ARGENTINA B	6	3	0	3	19½	37,00
4	URUGUAY	6	2	1	3	16½	31,75
5	CHILE	6	2	0	4	15	27,00
6	BOLIVIA	6	2	0	4	13	22,50
7	PERU	6	0	1	5	7½	8,25

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

15) 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 now available.

Official site: http://uzchess.uz/

ch-UZB Tashkent (UZB), 29 v-9 vi 2009													cat. VI (2391)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3
1.	Khamrakulov, Dzhurabek	m	UZB	2524	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	1	½	1	1	9	2572
2.	Filippov, Anton UZB	g	UZB	2584	½	*	½	0	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	½	8½	2532
3.	Egin, Vladimir	m	UZB	2439	½	½	*	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	7½	2481
4.	Iuldachev, Saidali	g	UZB	2497	0	1	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	½	0	7½	2476
5.	Dzhumaev, Marat	g	UZB	2552	½	0	0	½	*	1	0	½	1	1	½	1	1	7	2434
6.	Kvon, Andrey		UZB	2425	0	½	½	½	0	*	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	7	2444
7.	Saidov, Beqali		UZB	2345	0	½	0	0	1	1	*	½	0	½	1	½	1	6	2394
8.	Kayumov, Sergey	m	UZB	2450	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	0	0	1	1	½	5½	2356
9.	Holmirzaev, Bahodir		UZB	2265	½	0	½	0	0	0	1	1	*	1	0	½	1	5½	2372
10.	Faizulaev, Akmal		UZB	2275	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	*	1	1	1	4½	2313
11.	Kasyan, Aleksandr	f	UZB	2305	½	0	½	0	½	0	0	0	1	0	*	½	1	4	2272
12.	Hamrakulova, Yulduz	wm	UZB	2191	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	*	1	3½	2249
13.	Niyazmetov, R		UZB	2227	0	½	½	1	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	*	2½	2174

16) XVII Montcada Open

The XVII Open International d'Escacs Ciutat de Montcada takes place 25th June - 3rd July 2009.

Results and games: http://chess-results.com/tnr21489.aspx

XVII Open Montcada i Reixac (ESP), 26 vi-4 vii 2009 Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	FIDE	Pts.	Des 1
1	Cornette Matthieu	GM	FRA	2573	4	9
2	Panchanathan Magesh Chandran	GM	IND	2462	4	9
3	Narciso Dublan Marc	GM	ESP	2534	4	8.5
4	Almeida Quintana Omar	GM	CUB	2516	3.5	8.5
	Vehi Bach Victor Manuel	IM	ESP	2393	3.5	8.5
6	Llaneza Vega Marcos	IM	ESP	2522	3.5	8
7	Cuartas Jaime Alexander	GM	COL	2518	3.5	8
8	Gonzalez Rodriguez Jorge A	IM	COL	2407	3.5	6.5
9	Asis Gargatagli Hipolit	IM	ESP	2430	3	9.5
10	Munoz Pantoja Miguel	IM	PER	2447	3	9
11	Sundararajan Kidambi	IM	IND	2487	3	8.5
12	Rojas Keim Luis	IM	CHI	2444	3	8.5
13	Oms Fuentes Lluis	FM	ESP	2348	3	8.5
14	Tania Sachdev	IM	IND	2423	3	8.5
15	Cruz Cristhian	IM	PER	2544	3	8
16	Libiszewski Fabien	GM	FRA	2505	3	8
	Antoli Royo Joaquin Miguel	IM	ESP	2416	3	8
18	Fluvia Poyatos Jordi	IM	ESP	2442	3	8
19	Bacallao Yusnel	FM	CUB	2469	3	7.5
20	Arun Prasad S	GM	IND	2552	3	7.5
21	Llaneza Vega Patricia	WIM	ESP	2229	3	7.5
22	Mestre Bellido Hector	FM	ESP	2279	3	7.5
23	Martinez Ramirez Erik		ESP	1962	3	7.5
24	Garcia Castro Pablo	IM	ESP	2373	3	7
25	Luna Cortes Luis	MK	ESP	2219	3	7
26	Robles Garcia Claudia	WIM	ESP	2267	3	7
119 players

17) Zone 3.1

Zone 3.1 takes place in Sana'a, Yemen, 24th-30th June 2009. No games available.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr23329.aspx

Zone 3.1 Sana'a (YEM), 24-30 vi 2009							cat. VII (2415)
Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Al-Modiahki Mohamad	QAT	2585	3,0	3,50	0,0	3
2	FM	Bakr Jwan	SYR	2367	2,5	1,00	0,0	2
3	GM	Salem A.R. Saleh	UAE	2479	2,5	0,75	0,0	2
4	IM	Al Sayed Mohamad N.	QAT	2496	2,0	2,00	0,0	1
5	IM	Al Qudaimi Basheer	YEM	2423	1,5	2,25	0,0	1
6	IM	Ahmad AzizJawad Obada	IRQ	2379	1,5	2,00	0,0	1
7	FM	Al-Hadarani Hatim	YEM	2264	1,0	1,50	0,0	1
8	IM	Khader Sami	JOR	2402	1,0	0,00	0,0	1
9	FM	Khairallah Faisal	LIB	2338	0,0	0,00	0,0	0
		Bukhalaf Khalil	BRN	0	0,0	0,00	0,0	0

18) 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. Some more games from the final round 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

19) 2nd Annual Marshall Chess Club New York International

The 2nd Annual Marshall Chess Club New York International took place June 19th-23rd 2009. Zbyneil Hracek, Alexander Stripunsky, Giorgi Kacheishvili, Oliver A Barbosa and Samuel Shankland finished with 6½/9. Games from ICC where the event was broadcast live.

Official site: http://www.marshallchessclub.org/ and news: http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9489/536/

2nd Marshall CC Int New York (USA), 19-23 vi 2009
1	Zbyneil Hracek	GM	CZE	2604	6½	$2,000
2	Alexander Stripunsky	GM	USA	2556	6½	$2,000
3	Giorgi Kacheishvili	GM	GEO	2613	6½	$2,000
4	Oliver A Barbosa	IM	PHI	2425	6½	$2,000
5	Samuel Shankland	IM	USA	2446	6½	$2,000
6	Jaan Ehlvest	GM	USA	2606	6
7	Sergey Kudrin	GM	USA	2563	6
8	Jesse Kraai	GM	USA	2488	6
9	Lev Milman	IM	USA	2462	6	GM Norm
10	Leonid Gerzhoy	IM	CAN	2420	6
11	Jacek Stopa	IM	POL	2471	5½
12	Dean J Ippolito	IM	USA	2443	5½
13	Irina Krush	IM	USA	2452	5½
14	Mackenzie Molner		USA	2384	5½
15	Igor Sorkin		ISR	2345	5½
16	Leonid G Yudasin	GM	ISR	2550	5
17	Justin Sarkar	IM	USA	2410	5
18	Jay Bonin	IM	USA	2369	5
19	Siddharth Ravichandran		IND	2303	5
20	Adam S Maltese		USA	2222	5
21	Kassa Korley		USA	2120	5
22	Marc T Arnold	IM	USA	2408	4½
23	Daniel A Yeager	FM	USA	2372	4½
24	Darwin Yang	FM	USA	2231	4½
25	Valentin Goikhman		ISR	2209	4½
26	Raymond Kaufman	IM	USA	2276	4½
27	Ilye Figler	FM	USA	2319	4½
28	Jeffrey Haskel		USA	2131	4½
55 players

20) Villa De Aranjuez

I Cerrado Internacional De Ajedrez E. Leclerc - Villa De Aranjuez took place 22nd-27th June 2009. Coverage seems to have stopped after 5 rounds for some reason.

Official site: http://www.ajedrezaranjuez.com/. Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr23303.aspx

1st Int Villa De Aranjuez ESP (ESP), 22-27 vi 2009												cat. IV (2326)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Barria Zuniga, Daniel	m	CHI	2423	*	.	.	.	½	½	1	1	.	1	4	2566
2.	Kovacevic, Slobodan	m	SRB	2383	.	*	.	½	.	1	0	1	1	.	3½	2440
3.	Taboas Rodriguez, Daniel	f	ESP	2370	.	.	*	.	.	½	1	½	½	1	3½	2462
4.	Adan Bermudez, Sergio		ESP	2263	.	½	.	*	½	½	.	.	½	1	3	2378
5.	Sanchez Gonzalez, Sergio		ESP	2256	½	.	.	½	*	.	½	½	.	1	3	2418
6.	Lopez del Alamo, Antonio	f	ESP	2331	½	0	½	½	.	*	.	.	1	.	2½	2325
7.	Suba, Mihai	g	ROU	2542	0	1	0	.	½	.	*	.	.	.	1½	2271
8.	Molina, Jorge	f	BOL	2132	0	0	½	.	½	.	.	*	.	½	1½	2212
9.	De la Fuente Gonzalez, Francisco		ESP	2190	.	0	½	½	.	0	.	.	*	.	1	2143
10.	Fenollar Jorda, Manuel	f	ESP	2373	0	.	0	0	0	.	.	½	.	*	½	1922

21) 23rd Pula Open

The 23rd International Chess Tournament "Pula Open 2009" takes place 27th June - 4th July 2009 in Pula, Croatia. Live coverage each day. I will round up the games next week.

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

Results: http://chess-results.com/Tnr22500.aspx?lan=1 ,

23rd Open Pula (CRO), 27 vi - 4 viii 2009 Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name		FED	RtgI	Pts.
1	Saric Ivan	GM	CRO	2576	2
	Zelcic Robert	GM	CRO	2555	2
	Jankovic Alojzije	GM	CRO	2540	2
	Cvitan Ognjen	GM	CRO	2523	2
	Martinovic Sasa	IM	CRO	2483	2
	Sebenik Matej	IM	SLO	2482	2
	Doric Darko	IM	CRO	2468	2
	Loncar Robert	IM	CRO	2435	2
	Rukavina Josip	IM	CRO	2423	2
	Franic Milan	IM	CRO	2421	2
	Zivkovic Vjekoslav	IM	CRO	2413	2
	Barle Janez	IM	SLO	2411	2
	Ljubicic Filip	IM	CRO	2406	2
	Smith Axel	IM	SWE	2383	2
	Schachinger Mario	FM	AUT	2350	2
	Doric Nenad	IM	CRO	2344	2
	Gergacz Attila	FM	HUN	2323	2
	Schulze Ulrich	IM	GER	2315	2
	Zelic Mladen	FM	CRO	2313	2
	Medic Mirjana	WGM	CRO	2313	2
	Deslandes Pascal		FRA	2307	2
	Zierke Oliver	FM	GER	2306	2
	Dietmayer-Kraeutler Marco	FM	AUT	2302	2
	Pomaro Alberto		ITA	2278	2
	Hess Christian	FM	GER	2262	2
	Dimitrijevic Darko	FM	CRO	2256	2
	Frank Paul		AUT	2249	2
	Guenthner Oliver	FM	GER	2248	2
	Medic Miljenko	FM	CRO	2244	2
	Leitner Gerald		AUT	2241	2
	Skrbin Kresimir		CRO	2239	2
	Medancic Rikard	IM	CRO	2238	2
	Sevo Igor		CRO	2234	2
	De Verdier Michael		SWE	2229	2
	Jelica Mara	WIM	CRO	2228	2
	Pandurevic Miro		CRO	2226	2
	Frouth Nenad		CRO	2200	2
38	Jovanic Ognjen	GM	CRO	2539	2
	Saric Ante	GM	CRO	2502	2
	Biti Ozren	IM	CRO	2356	2
	Cela Shkelqim	FM	ALB	2304	2
42	Fercec Nenad	GM	CRO	2478	2
	Brumen Dinko	IM	CRO	2355	2
	Perhinig Robert	FM	AUT	2300	2
	Pogosian Vladimir		ARM	2274	2
	Sargac Rajna	WIM	CRO	2209	2
	Saradjen Janko		SLO	2128	2
	Draganic Stjepan		CRO	2113	2
	Pappenheim Rainer Dr		GER	2067	2
	Mottonen Ari		FIN	2056	2
	Siljan Milorad		CRO	2050	2
52	Zauchenberger Marcel		AUT	0	1.5
53	Drazic Sinisa	GM	SRB	2533	1.5
	Tratar Marko	GM	SLO	2488	1.5
295 players

22) XXVII Balaton International Chess Festival

The XXVII Balaton International Chess Festival took place 13th-21st June 2009. Rafal Antoniewski won on tie-break from Viktor Erdos after both scored 7/9. Lajos Portisch made a rare appearance and finished half a point behind. Games from the final two rounds not yet available.

Official site: http://www.lellechess.tar.hu/

XXVII Balaton International Chess Festival (HUN), 13-21 vi 2009 Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank	Names	Ti	Fed.	Rating	Score	BH	SB	TPR
1	Antoniewski, Rafal	IM	POL	2517	7	50.5	38.25	2640
2	Erdos, Viktor	GM	HUN	2581	7	48	36.25	2648
3	Banusz, Tamas	IM	HUN	2502	6.5	50	33.75	2608
4	Portisch, Lajos	GM	HUN	2513	6.5	50	33.75	2612
5	Berczes, David	GM	HUN	2513	6.5	40.5	31.25	2567
6	Farago, Ivan	GM	HUN	2491	6	50.5	32.5	2529
7	Horvath, Adam	GM	HUN	2519	6	50	32.75	2510
8	Balog, Imre	IM	HUN	2432	6	50	30.5	2510
9	Gonda, Laszlo	IM	HUN	2522	6	48.5	30.75	2532
10	Varga, Zoltan	GM	HUN	2457	6	47	30.5	2493
11	Porat, Ido	FM	ISR	2408	6	45	29.5	2467
12	Nemeth, Miklos	IM	HUN	2472	6	44.5	29	2447
13	Prohaszka, Peter	IM	HUN	2511	6	43	26	2465
14	Csirik, Andras	FM	HUN	2302	6	34.5	22.75	2337
15	Vajda, Levente	GM	ROU	2571	5.5	52.5	29.75	2502
16	Rapport, Richard	FM	HUN	2371	5.5	47.5	26.25	2483
17	Erdelyi, Zombor		HUN	2370	5.5	46.5	27	2434
18	Meszaros, Tamas	IM	HUN	2434	5.5	45	26.25	2427
19	Czebe, Attila	GM	HUN	2472	5.5	43.5	24.25	2404
20	Mihok, Oliver	FM	HUN	2364	5.5	43	24.25	2418
21	Bokros, Albert	IM	HUN	2483	5.5	42	24.5	2351
295 players

23) Philadelphia International

The Philadelphia International takes place 25th-29th June 2009. Jacek Stopa leads with 6/7 with two rounds to go. Hopefully a significant number of games will turn up in time for next week.

Official site; http://www.philadelphiachess.com/

24) 4th International Lubawka Gate

The 4th International Chess Tournament takes place in Lubawka 29th June - 5th July 2009. Pawel Jaracz is the top seed in the A-tournament.

Official site: http://www.brama.przedwojow.pl/index.php?go=2

25) Intomart GfK Open

The Intomart GfK Open is a large 9 round Open Chess Tournament 27th June - 5th July 2009 in Hilversum, The Netherlands. Live coverage on the website and I imagine a game file will be made available.

Official site: http://www.hsgopen.nl/?page=engels

Intomart GfK Open (NED), 27 vi - 5 viii 2009 Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
Rank	Ti	Name	Score	M/F	Rating	TPR	W-We	1	2
1	GM	Nikolic, Predrag	2.0	M	2618	3078	+0.35	1	1
2	GM	Nijboer, Friso	2.0	M	2562	3036	+0.38	1	1
3	GM	Reinderman, Dimitri	2.0	M	2560	3004	+0.32	1	1
4	GM	Haslinger, Stewart G	2.0	M	2544	3017	+0.38	1	1
5	GM	Giri, Anish	2.0	M	2517	2978	+0.35	1	1
6	IM	Zatonskih, Anna	2.0	F	2461	2854	+0.23	1	1
7	IM	Hendriks, Willy	2.0	M	2447	2861	+0.13	1	1
8	GM	Fridman, Daniel	1.5	M	2646	2562	-0.15	1	½
9	GM	Krasenkow, Michal	1.5	M	2622	2465	-0.28	½	1
10	GM	L'Ami, Erwin	1.5	M	2598	2456	-0.26	½	1
11	GM	Spoelman, Wouter	1.5	M	2512	2426	-0.16	1	½
12	GM	Pavlovic, Milos	1.5	M	2511	2391	-0.22	1	½
13	IM	Pruijssers, Roeland	1.5	M	2442	2577	+0.39	1	½
14	WGM	Motoc, Alina	1.5	F	2304	2486	+0.48	1	½
15	FM	Vogel, Jaap	1.5	M	2234	2453	+0.55	1	½
16		De Groote, Ewoud	1.5	M	2191	2456	+0.63	½	1
17	IM	Bitalzadeh, Ali	1.0	M	2417	2368	-0.09	1	0
18	IM	Slingerland, Fred	1.0	M	2389	2336	-0.11	1	0
48 players

26) I Perugia International

I Perugia International takes place 27th June - 4th July 2009.

Official site: http://www.euroscacchi.com/wwwPerugia_09/index.html

1st Int Open Perugia (ITA), 27 vi-4 vii 2009 Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
Pos	NAME	T	Fed	Rtg	Pts	BucT	Buc1	APRO
1	Djuric Stefan	GM	SRB	2447	2	5.5	4	2103
2	Vuelban Virgilio	IM	PHI	2422	2	5.5	4	2046
3	Mogranzini Roberto	IM	ITA	2422	2	5.5	4	2037
4	Piscopo Pierluigi	IM	ITA	2405	2	5.5	4	1942
5	Leon Hoyos Manuel	GM	MEX	2527	2	4.5	4	1853
6	Tanasa Remus	CM	ROU	2026	2	4.5	4	1730
7	BOVE Alessandro	-M	ITA	2297	2	4	3.5	1381
8	Malfagia Andrea	FM	ITA	2282	1.5	5.5	4	2217
9	Lazic Miroljub	GM	SRB	2438	1.5	5	4	2104
10	BARLETTA Mauro	-M	ITA	2224	1.5	5	4	2078
11	Laketic Gojko	IM	SRB	2457	1.5	4.5	4	1861
12	RICCI Alfredo	CM	ITA	2024	1	5	4	1976
13	DAMIA Angelo	FM	ITA	2235	1	4.5	4	2104
14	CASTELLANO Alfonso	CM	ITA	1953	1	4.5	4	2053
15	TIENGO Davide	CM	ITA	2070	1	4.5	4	1987
16	BERTOLINI Ettore	1N	ITA	1856	1	4.5	4	1955
17	Bighiu Gheorghe	CM	ITA	2045	1	4.5	4	1946
18	NEPI Ezio	1N	ITA	1848	1	4.5	4	1946
19	BURATTI Marco	CM	ITA	2037	1	4.5	4	1940
20	PICHLER Christoph	1N	ITA	1831	1	4.5	4	1931
21	ROMANO Claudio	3N	ITA	1572	1	4.5	4	1858
22	CALISTI Simone	NC	ITA	1368	1	4.5	3.5	2325
23	SAPONARA Nicola	1N	ITA	1808	1	4	3.5	1861
24	CERINA Antonio	3N	ITA	1370	1	3.5	2.5	1887
25	CICIONI Luigi	2N	ITA	1771	0.5	4	3	2104
26	CUPPONE Damiano	1N	ITA	1933	0.5	4	3	2078
27	BURANI Eugenio	CM	ITA	1993	0	5.5	5	2683
28	MADDALONI Giovann(W)	1N	ITA	1812	0	4.5	4	2122
29	SCHIAPPOLI Dario	1N	ITA	1959	0	4	3.5	2217
30	SERAVELLI Paolo	1N	ITA	1804	0	3.5	3	2145
31	BONUCCI Riccardo	1N	ITA	1714	0	3.5	3	2074
32	GUBBIOTTI David	2N	ITA	1670	0	3.5	3	2046
33	COLABRESE Cary	2N	ITA	1588	0	3.5	3	2001

27) Vila de Sort Open

V Obert Internacional d'escacs Vila de Sort takes place 24th June - 2nd July 2009. Ruslan Pogorelov seems to be leading after 5 rounds.

Official site: http://www.opensort.org/ - Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr23326.aspx?lan=2

28) 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.

Further info at: http://www.skduras.cz/cz/propozice.html

Results and games at: http://chess-results.com/tnr23072.aspx

GM Dopravni Brno (CZE), 26 vi-4 vii 2009												cat. VIII (2429)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Bernasek, Jan	m	CZE	2443	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	2
2.	Beinoras, Mindaugas	m	LTU	2422	.	*	.	.	.	1	½	.	.	.	1½	2628
3.	Simacek, Pavel	m	CZE	2489	.	.	*	.	.	½	.	1	.	.	1½	2560
4.	Spirin, Oleg	m	RUS	2437	.	.	.	*	.	.	1	.	½	.	1½	2653
5.	Polak, Tomas	g	CZE	2508	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	.	1	1½	2519
6.	Plat, Vojtech	m	CZE	2419	.	0	½	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	½	2262
7.	Popchev, Milko	g	BUL	2451	.	½	.	0	.	.	*	.	.	.	½	2236
8.	Vyskocil, Neklan	f	CZE	2315	.	.	0	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	½	2305
9.	Ivanov, Mikhail M	g	RUS	2470	0	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	*	.	½	2247
10.	Vymazal, Bronislav		CZE	2338	0	.	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	*	0

IM Tespo Engineering Brno (CZE), 26 vi-4 vii 2009												cat. I (2260)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1
1.	Kuchynka, Lukas		CZE	2199	*	.	½	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	1	2½	2503
2.	Bagrationi, Alexander	m	UKR	2370	.	*	½	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2	2408
3.	Pisk, Petr	m	CZE	2324	½	½	*	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2256
4.	Pakhomov, Alexey	m	RUS	2439	.	½	.	*	½	.	.	½	.	.	.	1½	2267
5.	Cip, Dalibor		CZE	2200	.	.	½	½	*	.	.	½	.	.	.	1½	2331
6.	Lundeby, Oyvind Andersen		NOR	2213	.	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	½	.	½	1½	2208
7.	Ponizil, Cyril	f	CZE	2278	0	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	1	.	1½	2221
8.	Pertlova, Sona	wm	CZE	2232	.	.	.	½	½	.	.	*	.	.	.	1	2319
9.	Borosova, Zuzana	wm	SVK	2260	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	*	½	.	1	2233
10.	Simek, Petr2		CZE	2253	.	.	.	.	.	.	0	.	½	*	.	½	2076
11.	Spodny, Josef		CZE	2088	0	0	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	*	½	1987

29) 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

II Magistral Asuncion (URU), 28 vi-7 vii 2009												cat. VIII (2439)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Bachmann, Axel	g	PAR	2555	*	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	½	2434
2.	Brito, Luismar	f	BRA	2364	.	*	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	½	2364
3.	Coelho, Luis Henrique	m	BRA	2389	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	½	2473
4.	Cornejo, Max	f	PER	2383	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	½	.	½	2479
5.	Cubas, Jose Fernando	m	PAR	2434	½	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	½	2555
6.	Lujan, Carolina	m	ARG	2364	.	½	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	½	2364
7.	Rodriguez Vila, Andres	g	URU	2524	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	.	½	2427
8.	Soppe, Guillermo	m	ARG	2427	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	½	2524
9.	Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo, Reynaldo	g	CUB	2479	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	*	.	½	2383
10.	Zambrana, Oswaldo	g	BOL	2473	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	½	2389

30) 15th Bray Rapidplay

The 15th Bray Rapidplay 2009 took place on Sunday 28th June 2009 at the Esplanade Hotel, Strand Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland.

Chess Today reports: Karl McPhillips, a 21-year old student from Trinity College, finished first ahead of several titled players.

Final Standings: 1. K. McPhillips - 5½/6 2-7. GM P. Velicka, IM M. Quinn, IM M. Heidenfeld, FM C. Daly, FM Ph. Short and M. O'Cinneide - 5, etc.

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

31) "King's Gambit" in Lipetsk

The King's Gambit chess festival called takes place in Lipetsk, Russia, June 22nd (arrival day) - 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.

Official site: http://www.obninskchess.ru/alltur/alltur09/lip09/

King's Gambit A Lipetsk RUS (RUS), 23 vi-1 vii 2009												cat. IX (2455)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Ivanov, Oleg V	m	UKR	2461	*	½	½	.	.	1	1	.	.	1	4	2727
2.	Kasparov, Sergey	g	BLR	2476	½	*	½	½	.	.	½	1	.	.	3	2507
3.	Vysochin, Spartak	g	UKR	2543	½	½	*	.	½	½	.	.	1	.	3	2521
4.	Slugin, Sergey	f	RUS	2439	.	½	.	*	½	½	.	1	½	.	3	2503
5.	Gladyszev, Oleg	m	RUS	2434	.	.	½	½	*	.	½	1	0	.	2½	2425
6.	Gavrilov, Alexei1	m	RUS	2470	0	.	½	½	.	*	1	.	.	½	2½	2478
7.	Ajrapetian, Gevorg		RUS	2366	0	½	.	.	½	0	*	.	.	1	2	2412
8.	Airapetian, Gor	f	RUS	2369	.	0	.	0	0	.	.	*	1	1	2	2395
9.	Derbenev, Andrey		RUS	2408	.	.	0	½	1	.	.	0	*	0	1½	2324
10.	Zontakh, Andrey	g	UKR	2581	0	.	.	.	.	½	0	0	1	*	1½	2265

King's Gambit B Lipetsk (RUS), 23 vi-1 vii 2009												cat. I (2251)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1
1.	Tarlev, Konstantin	m	UKR	2469	*	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	½	1	1	4½	2538
2.	Airapetian, Tatevik	wf	RUS	2125	.	*	.	.	½	.	.	1	1	1	1	4½	2533
3.	Rozanov, Pavel B	f	RUS	2306	.	.	*	.	½	½	.	.	1	½	1	3½	2346
4.	Lomako, Pavel	m	BLR	2417	.	.	.	*	1	½	.	.	½	1	.	3	2413
5.	Morev, Ivan		RUS	2266	.	½	½	0	*	1	.	.	.	.	.	2	2291
6.	Pesotsky, Vitaly	m	UKR	2318	.	.	½	½	0	*	.	.	.	1	.	2	2296
7.	Nikitin, Yuri2	f	RUS	2292	0	.	.	.	.	.	*	0	1	.	1	2	2210
8.	Rysbayeva, Aigerim	wf	KAZ	2167	0	0	.	.	.	.	1	*	.	.	½	1½	2161
9.	Bezgodova, Maria	wf	RUS	2100	½	0	0	½	.	.	0	.	*	.	.	1	2081
10.	Bezgodova, Svetlana		RUS	2198	0	0	½	0	.	0	.	.	.	*	.	½	1961
11.	Rysbayeva, Nazerke	wf	KAZ	2106	0	0	0	.	.	.	0	½	.	.	*	½	1905

32) 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

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

33) Global Chess Ulan Bator

The Global Chess tournament took place 19th-24th May 2009 in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. (With the legendary Myagmarsuren!)

Official site: http://www.mongolchess.com/mongolchess/dotood_trn/2009/gchess-09.htm

Global Chess Ulan Bator (MGL), 19-24 v 2009											cat. IV (2332)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Sorensen, Torben		MLT	2401	*	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	8	2557
2.	Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg	wm	USA	2286	½	½	*	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	7½	2533
3.	Khatanbaatar, Bazar	g	MGL	2403	½	0	½	½	*	*	0	½	1	1	1	1	6	2389
4.	Erkhembayar, Duurenbayar	f	MGL	2343	0	0	0	½	1	½	*	*	½	0	½	½	3½	2219
5.	Myagmarsuren, Lhamsuren	m	MGL	2198	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	*	*	½	½	3	2209
6.	Ivanov, Timur	m	RUS	2359	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	*	*	2	2086

34) Mongolian Championship

The Mongolian Championship took place 11th-21st April 2009 in Ulan Bator. Bayarsaikhan Gundavaa and Zulzaga Byambaa finished on 13.5/17. I am always concerned about FIDE ratings reports. This is a good example. The official website has a table that agrees with the games, the FIDE website has a final table that doesn't coincide in several significant ways. I don't understand the reason for this, but I suspect there is a serious flaw in the software they use to display the results.

Official site - FIDE tournament report: http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=43693

ch-MGL Ulan Bator (MGL), 11-21 iv 2009																cat. II (2278)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1.	Gundavaa, Bayarsaikhan		MGL	2461	*	½	½	1	0	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	13.5	2496
2.	Byambaa, Zulzaga	f	MGL	2272	½	*	0	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	13.5	2508
3.	Khatanbaatar, Bazar	g	MGL	2403	½	1	*	0	1	½	0	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	12.5	2454
4.	Battulga, Namkhai	f	MGL	2319	0	0	1	*	0	½	½	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	12.0	2433
5.	Gunbayar, Myagmarsuren		MGL	2283	1	½	0	1	*	½	½	1	0	1	½	0	1	½	1	1	1	½	11.0	2387
6.	Batchuluun, Tsegmed	f	MGL	2391	½	0	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	1	½	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	11.0	2381
7.	Erdene, Ganzorig		MGL	2206	0	0	1	½	½	½	*	0	0	1	½	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	10.0	2346
8.	Munkhgal, Gombosuren		MGL	2200	0	½	½	0	0	0	1	*	0	½	½	1	1	1	½	½	1	1	9.0	2303
9.	Mungunkhuu, Mijgee		MGL	2166	0	0	0	0	1	½	1	1	*	1	0	½	½	1	1	0	0	1	8.5	2284
10.	Tuvsanaa, Nyamaa	f	MGL	2301	½	0	½	1	0	0	0	½	0	*	½	0	1	1	½	1	1	1	8.5	2276
11.	Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	wg	MGL	2440	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	1	½	*	1	½	0	0	1	½	1	8.0	2247
12.	Bayarmandakh, Balgan	f	MGL	2345	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	½	1	0	*	½	0	1	1	1	1	8.0	2252
13.	Enkhsaikhan, Batmunkh		MGL	2146	0	1	0	0	0	½	1	0	½	0	½	½	*	0	½	1	1	1	7.5	2242
14.	Tserendorj, Batsaikhan		USA	2068	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	*	½	½	½	½	5.5	2157
15.	Erkhembayar, Duurenbayar	f	MGL	2343	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	1	0	½	½	*	½	1	½	5.0	2115
16.	Batjancan, Purevjal		MGL	2136	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	0	0	0	½	½	*	½	½	3.5	2056
17.	Oyunbaatar, Tumendemberel	f	MGL	2306	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	½	0	0	½	0	½	*	0	3.0	2014
18.	Lhagva, Jambaldoo	f	MGL	2213	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	1	*	3.0	2019

35) Olympiad for Small European Countries

The Olympiad for Small European Countries took place in Andorra la Vella 21st-27th June 2009. The Faroe Islands took first place from the hosts Andorra.

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

Olympiad for Small European Countries Andorra la Vella (AND), 21-27 vi 2009
Rk.	Team		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TB1	TB2
1	FAROE ISLANDS	FAI	*	2	2½	3	3½	4	3½	3	4	3½	29	137
2	ANDORRA	AND	2	*	2½	2½	3½	3½	3	3½	3½	4	28	137.5
3	LUXEMBURG	LUX	1½	1½	*	2½	3	3	2½	3	3½	3	23.5	99.5
4	MONACO	MNC	1	1½	1½	*	2½	2½	3	1½	3	2½	19	67
5	MALTA	MLT	½	½	1	1½	*	1½	3	3	4	3	18	48.5
6	JERSEY	JCI	0	½	1	1½	2½	*	2	2½	1½	2½	14	47.5
7	GUERNSEY	GCI	½	1	1½	1	1	2	*	1½	2½	3	14	28
8	XIPRE	CYP	1	½	1	2½	1	1½	2½	*	1½	2	13.5	37.5
9	SAN MARINO	SMR	0	½	½	1	0	2½	1½	2½	*	3½	12	36.5
10	LIECHTENSTEIN	LIE	½	0	1	1½	1	1½	1	2	½	*	9	6.75

36) ICC Mainz Qualifier

The Internet Chess Club, in conjunction with Chess Tigers, organizers of the ever-popular annual Mainz Chess Classic in Germany, offered 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 receives 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.

John Henderson press release on the results.

Top seed GM Alexander Grischuk (depressnyak) of Russia was in majestic form on Sunday as he easily won the Mainz Chess Classic Chess960 online title hosted on ICC.

En route to the main event of the 16-player final, the Muscovite beat with ease IM Anatoly Bykhovsky of Israel (3-1) and GM Dmitry Koneonenlo of Ukraine (3-1) to face fellow Russian IM Artur Gabrielian (Dinamit) - who caused an upset by beating second seed and last year's champion GM Hikaru Nakamura (Smallville) in the quarter-finals - in a Moscow showdown for the title.

But again Grischuk proved unstoppable as he eased to victory by a resounding score of 3.5-0.5 to take the 750 Euro first prize, invitation and hotel to the upcoming Mainz Chess Classic later next month in Germany.

Four open qualifiers were held on ICC earlier last week to determine the 16-player final that saw a record number of 973 ICC members playing Chess960 (FischerRandom).

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

About Mainz: http://chesstigers.de/

37) The London Chess Classic in December

Cream of world chess to play in new London tournament. [Press release 25th June 2009]

The London Chess Centre is pleased to announce that the line up for the London Chess Classic 2009 is complete after GM David Howell of England accepted his invitation. This creates a balance to the event, an eight player all play all, with four world class players pitched against England's four highest rated Grandmasters. Using the latest available ratings and information supplied by the players on their recent successes, the tournament rating average is currently well above 2690 and may reach 2700 by December.

Nigel Short and Hikaru Nakamura are both in great shape. Nigel recently dominated the Sigeman tournament at Malmo and Hikaru won the US Championship held at St Louis. Vladimir Kramnik was top scorer at the Azerbaijan v Rest of the World match with 6.5/8.

Play begins Tuesday December 8th and runs until Tuesday December 15th 2009.

The venue for what will be the most prestigious chess tournament in the capital for 25 years will be announced shortly.

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

1st London Chess Classic (ENG), 8-16 xii 2009. Cat XVIII (2692) Players list (April ratings)
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	Howell, David W L	g	ENG	2613	1990
8	McShane, Luke J	g	ENG	2596	1984

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

38) Forthcoming Events and Links

18th Maccabiah Games

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

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

The Festival will include four main events:

The Richard Riordan Chess Festival 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/

The main Richard Riordan Chess Festival (Mayor of the City of Los Angeles 1993-2001) sees a Rapid Chess (15m/game + 5s per move) tournament July 12th-14th 2009.

Richard Riordan Chess Festival
1.	GM	Boris Gelfand	Israel	2733
2.	GM	Judit Polgar	Hungary	2693
3.	GM	Pavel Eljanov	Ukraine	2693
4.	GM	Evgeny Najer	Russia	2669
5.	GM	Emil Sutovsky	Israel	2660
6.	GM	Boris Avrukh	Israel	2647
7.	GM	Daniel Fridman	Germany	2646
8.	GM	Ilia Smirin	Israel	2641
9.	GM	Alexander Beliavsky	Slovenia	2640
10.	GM	Michael Roiz	Israel	2635
11.	GM	Maxim Rodshtein	Israel	2627
12.	GM	Vitali Golod	Israel	2587

Canadian Closed and Zonal Championship

The Canadian Closed and Zonal Championship: takes place August 7th-16th 2009 in the Guelph University Centre. Eligibility: Provincial Champions, Titled players (FM, IM, GM), players rated 2200 or above. Winner qualifies to 2009 World Cup in Khanty Mansiysk, 2nd and 3rd place finishers qualify to 2011 Continental Chamnpionship. Time Control: 40/90, G/30 plus 30 second Fischer increment from first move.

PDF download

Likely official site: http://www.chess.ca

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

Quebec Open Championship

The Quebec Open Championship takes place 18th-25th July 2009. 12 GMs have entered already headed by Vadim Malakhatko.

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

Yoel Geva’s Young Talents GM tournament

Yoel Geva’s Young Talents GM tournament: The first Yoel Geva’s Young Talents GM tournament takes place in Tel Aviv on 9th -18th August. There will be 10 players in a 9 round all-play-all. Four the best students from the project for young chess talents: T.Nabaty (2504), T.Baron (2410), G.Popilski (2392),D.Raznikov (2270) will compete with experienced players: GM S.Erenburg (2564), GM K.Lerner (2549 - Ukraine), GM Av.Bykhovsky (2396 - Russia), IM An.Bykhovsky (2487 - he is also young player), IM J.Jirka (2440 - Czech Rep.), IM M.Nedobora (2391 - Ukraine).This project was founded by Mr.Yoel Geva (well known with his mathematic and psychometric courses ) and ICF.

Ajedrez 21 English site

Ajedrez 21 now has an English site: http://www.ajedrez21.com/en/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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