THE WEEK IN CHESS 765 6th July 2009 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Alexandra Wilson, Ali Nihat Yazici, Haroon or Rashid, Chris Bird, Christian Rohrer, David Llada, Denis Vretenar, Diego Garces, Richard Berube, Eirik T Gullaksen, Holger Lieske, Igor Glek, Spiros Ilandzis, Hector Francovig, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Marcelo Pagano, Michael Meinders, Tamas Nagy, Roland Wimmer, Jonathan Grant, Sean Sheahan, Simon Williams, Yuri Zimmerman, Zenon Franco Ocampos and everyone else who helped with the issue.

There is normally a lot of chess at this time of year as the summer open season starts. It isn't normally the season for big events but we will have two this week. Magnus Carlsen leads at the half way stage of the Dortmund international, half a point clear of Peter Leko and Vladimir Kramnik. In Donostia (San Sebastian) another tournament starts tomorrow with Svidler, Ponomariov, Movsesian, Nakamura, Vachier-Lagrave, Vallejo Pons, Kasimdzhanov, Granda Zuniga, Karpov and San Segundo Carrillo. The FIDE rating list came out at the start of last week and whilst there wasn't much of a change at the very top we saw former World Champion Anatoly Karpov drop out of the top 100, he needs a good performance to stop this happening. Hikaru Nakamura spent the two days before he travelled out scoring 6/7 at the World Open, two half point byes gave him a tie for first place with Evgeny Najer who took first as his opponent wasn't around for the blitz playoff. I don't really think you should be able to take byes in the final two rounds of an open where the prizes are normally settled, but that's the World Open for you and you can't blame Nakamura at all for playing. The Greek Team Championships sees Vassily Ivanchuk star, he hardly seems to stop for breath between tournaments. So plenty of interest this week.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Dortmund

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

Official site: http://www.sparkassen-chess-meeting.de/cms/

Sparkassen GM Dortmund (GER), 2-12 vii 2009											cat. XX (2744)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2772	*	*	½	.	½	.	1	.	½	.	1	.	3½	2887
2.	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2756	½	.	*	*	½	.	½	.	1	.	½	.	3	2813
3.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2759	½	.	½	.	*	*	½	.	½	.	1	.	3	2813
4.	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2760	0	.	½	.	½	.	*	*	½	.	1	.	2½	2741
5.	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2721	½	.	0	.	½	.	½	.	*	*	½	.	2	2676
6.	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	2697	0	.	½	.	0	.	0	.	½	.	*	*	1	2513

Round 1 (July 2, 2009)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	1-0	49	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Leko, Peter	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	24	E04	Catalan
Naiditsch, Arkadij	- Bacrot, Etienne	½-½	42	C89	Ruy Lopez Marshall
Round 2 (July 3, 2009)
Leko, Peter	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	25	A32	English Symmetrical
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Bacrot, Etienne	½-½	30	E15	Queens Indian
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Naiditsch, Arkadij	1-0	62	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 3 (July 4, 2009)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	19	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Bacrot, Etienne	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	½-½	22	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Naiditsch, Arkadij	- Leko, Peter	½-½	29	B13	Caro Kann Exchange
Round 4 (July 5, 2009)
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Leko, Peter	½-½	22	E49	Nimzo Indian
Bacrot, Etienne	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	46	D44	Anti-Meran Gambit
Naiditsch, Arkadij	- Kramnik, Vladimir	0-1	27	C42	Petroff's Defence
Round 5 (July 6, 2009)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Naiditsch, Arkadij	1-0	60	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Leko, Peter	- Bacrot, Etienne	1-0	39	E15	Queens Indian
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	½-½	19	D38	QGD Ragozin

Dortmund Chess Meeting GM Dortmund (GER), 2-12 vii 2009
Round 6 8th July, 14 BST
Kramnik, Vladimir	-	Leko, Peter
Jakovenko, Dmitry	-	Carlsen, Magnus
Bacrot, Etienne	-	Naiditsch, Arkadij
Round 7 9th July, 14 BST
Bacrot, Etienne	-	Kramnik, Vladimir
Naiditsch, Arkadij	-	Jakovenko, Dmitry
Carlsen, Magnus	-	Leko, Peter
Round 8 10th July, 14 BST
Kramnik, Vladimir	-	Carlsen, Magnus
Leko, Peter	-	Naiditsch, Arkadij
Jakovenko, Dmitry	-	Bacrot, Etienne
Round 9 11th July, 14 BST
Jakovenko, Dmitry	-	Kramnik, Vladimir
Bacrot, Etienne	-	Leko, Peter
Naiditsch, Arkadij	-	Carlsen, Magnus
Round 10 12th July, 12 BST
Kramnik, Vladimir	-	Naiditsch, Arkadij
Carlsen, Magnus	-	Bacrot, Etienne
Leko, Peter	-	Jakovenko, Dmitry

3) World Open

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

The Official site reports:

"GM Evgeny Najer beat GM Jaan Ehlvest to secure a 1st place tie with GM Hikaru Nakamura, who had taken two half-point byes on the final day as he jetted off to another tournament. GMs Ilya Smirin and Varuzhan Akobian agreed to a draw a little earlier, missing out on the chance to join the winners while GM Victor Mikhalevski, who could also catch the leaders with a win, lost to GM Jiri Stocek.

There would normally be an Armageddon blitz play-off to decide the overall Champion and for a little extra money but with Nakamura no longer in Philadelphia, unfortunately this will not happen and thus Najer will once again be crowned World Open Champion having won the title last year.

Norm Update: IMs Alex Lenderman and Leonid Gerzhoy both secured the draws they needed in the final round to each earn a GM norm. This was Lenderman's final GM norm he needed and since he has already achieved the required 2500 FIDE rating he should become America's next GM. IM norms were achieved by FM Bindi Cheng and FM Michael Lee."

I've always found the World Open a bit odd. Multiple schedules, re-entries allowed and so forth. So what to make of Hikaru Nakamura's tournament? Turns up one day plays 5 g/45 minute games to get in contention, plays two proper games the following day (quick draw and a win), then takes two half point byes in the final two rounds to share first place and is already flying to Donostia before the tournament ends. I guess my main reaction is "What kind of tournament is this?"

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

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

World Open Philadelphia (USA), 29 vi - 5 vii 2009
#	Ti	Name	Rtng	St	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Tot
1	GM	Hikaru Nakamura	2773	NY	W24	D7	W48	W78	W51	D4	W2	H_	H_	7
2	GM	Evgeny Najer	2714	RUS	W63	W82	D17	D14	W56	W11	L1	W26	W8	7
3	GM	Gata Kamsky	2799	NY	W33	D19	D38	W57	D53	W26	L9	W37	W21	6½
4	GM	Ilya Smirin	2754	ISR	D47	W91	W39	W55	D10	D1	D8	W9	D6	6½
5	GM	Jiri Stocek	2702	CZE	L57	D60	W91	D65	W68	W62	D13	W39	W9	6½
6	GM	Varuzhan Akobian	2684	CA	W34	W21	L26	W22	D14	D18	W56	W28	D4	6½
7	GM	Leonid G Yudasin	2630	ISR	W51	D1	W24	L48	W78	D14	D39	W96	W17	6½
8	GM	Jaan Ehlvest	2691	NY	W49	W41	D11	W13	D26	D21	D4	W19	L2	6
9	GM	Victor Mikhalevski	2670	ISR	W65	W22	W18	D26	D11	W10	W3	L4	L5	6
10	GM	Timur Gareev	2661	UZB	W58	W83	D28	W54	D4	L9	W27	D21	D11	6
11	IM	Alex Lenderman	2654	NY	W59	W31	D8	W28	D9	L2	D38	W18	D10	6
12	GM	Sergey Kudrin	2623	CT	D67	W50	H_	H_	D29	H_	W63	D20	W28	6
13	GM	Eugen Perelshteyn	2588	MA	W60	D57	W64	L8	D47	W44	D5	D16	W36	6
14	GM	Evgeny Bareev	2556	NY	D23	W90	W20	D2	D6	D7	L26	W51	W29	6
15	GM	Vladimir Potkin	2721	RUS	D30	L23	W82	L62	W66	W46	D22	W44	D20	5½
16	GM	Yury Shulman	2712	IL	W92	L28	W45	D29	W83	D19	D21	D13	D22	5½
17	GM	Giorgi Kacheishvili	2673	GEO	W89	W27	D2	D23	L21	W31	D18	W29	L7	5½
18	GM	Alejandro Ramirez	2585	CRC	W70	W85	L9	D33	W43	D6	D17	L11	W46	5½
19	GM	Alexander Ivanov	2564	MA	W71	D3	L57	W66	W34	D16	W25	L8	D23	5½
20	GM	Jesse Kraai	2531	CA	D90	W46	L14	D63	W65	D47	W62	D12	D15	5½
21	GM	Alonso Zapata	2520	COL	W95	L6	W58	W59	W17	D8	D16	D10	L3	5½
22	GM	Dashze Sharavdorj	2479	MGL	W75	L9	W35	L6	W59	W33	D15	D27	D16	5½
23	IM	Leonid Gerzhoy	2402	CAN	D14	W15	D37	D17	L62	D41	W40	W55	D19	5½
24	IM	Robert A Hungaski	2400	CT	L1	W51	L7	W88	W48	L39	W41	D30	W43	5½
25	GM	Robert L Hess	2670	NY	D50	W67	D29	W40	D27	D38	L19	D33	D32	5
26	GM	Alexander Shabalov	2624	PA	W66	W44	W6	D9	D8	L3	W14	L2	U_	5
27	IM	Ray Robson	2553	FL	W98	L17	W30	W37	D25	D53	L10	D22	D33	5
28	IM	Jacek Stopa	2528	POL	W61	W16	D10	L11	D54	W48	W53	L6	L12	5
29	GM	Dmitry Gurevich	2513	IL	D36	W80	D25	D16	D12	W35	W55	L17	L14	5
30	GM	Vinay S Bhat	2504	CA	D15	D37	L27	D46	D67	W71	W57	D24	D34	5
31		Mackenzie Molner	2443	NJ	W86	L11	D68	W69	D55	L17	D35	D48	W57	5
32	IM	Marc T Arnold	2442	NY	D80	W36	D56	L53	W64	L55	D67	W60	D25	5
33	FM	Raja Panjwani	2418	CAN	L3	W71	W93	D18	D39	L22	W81	D25	D27	5
34	FM	Michael Lee	2384	WA	L6	W70	W85	D38	L19	W42	D54	D43	D30	5
35	FM	Ali Morshedi	2318	CA	B_	L56	L22	W85	W89	L29	D31	D47	W64	5
36		Kassa Korley	2209	NY	D29	L32	D50	D58	W52	D43	W45	W63	L13	5
37	GM	Joshua Ed Friedel	2616	NH	D46	D30	D23	L27	W69	W58	W47	L3	U_	4½
38	GM	John P Fedorowicz	2544	NY	D56	B_	D3	D34	W57	D25	D11	U_	U_	4½
39	GM	Michael A Rohde	2534	NY	D72	W73	L4	W52	D33	W24	D7	L5	U_	4½
40	IM	Yury Lapshun	2509	NY	D73	W72	D53	L25	D46	D57	L23	W67	D48	4½
41	GM	Gildardo J Garcia	2482	COL	W93	L8	L59	D70	W60	D23	L24	D58	W66	4½
42		Victor Kaminski	2473	CAN	L85	D69	L72	W91	W70	L34	L60	W81	W67	4½
43		Marc R Esserman	2455	MA	W79	D53	L55	W60	L18	D36	W59	D34	L24	4½
44	FM	Daniel M Rensch	2434	AZ	W76	L26	W61	L56	W81	L13	W50	L15	D49	4½
45	IM	Tegshsuren Enkhbat	2429	MD	W77	D55	L16	D81	W71	L56	L36	W59	D50	4½
46	FM	Thomas Bartell	2407	NJ	D37	L20	W90	D30	D40	L15	W69	W68	L18	4½
47	FM	Bindi Cheng	2406	CAN	D4	W84	L54	W72	D13	D20	L37	D35	D51	4½
48	FM	Kazim Gulamali	2403	GA	W78	W87	L1	W7	L24	L28	D68	D31	D40	4½
49	FM	Jonathan Tayar	2392	CAN	L8	L93	D75	D80	W85	L67	W72	W71	D44	4½
50	FM	Daniel Naroditsky	2378	CA	D25	L12	D36	L61	W90	W75	L44	W78	D45	4½
51	FM	Dov Gorman	2330	VA	L7	L24	B_	W87	L1	W86	W64	L14	D47	4½
52		David Peng	2320	CAN	L53	D77	W73	L39	L36	L81	W90	W75	W70	4½
53	GM	Joel Benjamin	2641	NJ	W52	D43	D40	W32	D3	D27	L28	U_	U_	4
54	GM	Alexander Stripunsky	2620	NJ	W68	D64	W47	L10	D28	D63	D34	U_	U_	4
55	GM	Julio J Becerra	2615	FL	W69	D45	W43	L4	D31	W32	L29	L23	U_	4
56	GM	Nick E De Firmian	2595		D38	W35	D32	W44	L2	W45	L6	U_	U_	4
57	GM	Mesgen Amanov	2400	TKM	W5	D13	W19	L3	L38	D40	L30	W73	L31	4
58		Shinsaku Uesugi	2364	JPN	L10	W79	L21	D36	W72	L37	D70	D41	D60	4
59	FM	Shiyam Thavandiran	2333	CAN	L11	W75	W41	L21	L22	W61	L43	L45	W74	4
60		Parker B Zhao	2284	NY	L13	D5	W84	L43	L41	W80	W42	L32	D58	4
61		Steven D Greanias	2234	VA	L28	W92	L44	W50	L63	L59	D85	D76	W81	4
62	IM	Bryan G Smith	2528	PA	L82	W98	D63	W15	W23	L5	L20	U_	U_	3½
63	FM	Eric Hansen	2472	CAN	L2	W89	D62	D20	W61	D54	L12	L36	U_	3½
64	IM	Jay Bonin	2426	NY	W81	D54	L13	D68	L32	W78	L51	D70	L35	3½
65	FM	Daniel A Yeager	2378	PA	L9	W95	D81	D5	L20	L68	L74	W91	D73	3½
66	WIM	Alisa Melekhina	2315	PA	L26	W86	D83	L19	L15	D84	D75	W79	L41	3½
67		Seth Homa	2302	MI	D12	L25	W74	L83	D30	W49	D32	L40	L42	3½
68	FM	Teddy Coleman	2300	NY	L54	W76	D31	D64	L5	W65	D48	L46	U_	3½
69	FM	Alec Getz	2288	NY	L55	D42	W80	L31	L37	W87	L46	W85	U_	3½
70		Kevin M Wasiluk	2282	MN	L18	L34	W79	D41	L42	W76	D58	D64	L52	3½
71	FM	Michael Dougherty	2268	CAN	L19	L33	W86	W92	L45	L30	W84	L49	D76	3½
72		Michael Thaler	2257	NY	D39	L40	W42	L47	L58	W90	L49	W80	U_	3½
73	FM	Boris Privman	2203	NJ	D40	L39	L52	D84	D80	D77	W82	L57	D65	3½
74		Jerome B Hanken	2200	CA	L83	H_	L67	H_	D77	H_	W65	H_	L59	3½
75	FM	Boris Reichstein	2200	MD	L22	L59	D49	D77	W91	L50	D66	L52	W86	3½
76		Andrew J Freix	2005	VA	L44	L68	D95	D79	D84	L70	W87	D61	D71	3½
77		Devin L Hughes	1991	OK	L45	D52	L92	D75	D74	D73	L79	D86	X85	3½
78		Richard Francisco	2222	GA	L48	B_	W87	L1	L7	L64	W86	L50	U_	3
79		Anirudda Deshpande	2148	CT	L43	L58	L70	D76	W82	U_	W77	L66	D80	3
80		Richard J Tuhrim	2106	NY	D32	L29	L69	D49	D73	L60	W88	L72	D79	3
81		Luke Harmon-Vellotti	1984	ID	L64	B_	D65	D45	L44	W52	L33	L42	L61	3
82		John P Vaughan	1937	MA	W62	L2	L15	L89	L79	W91	L73	D84	D87	3
83	IM	Samuel Shankland	2474	CA	W74	L10	D66	W67	L16	U_	U_	U_	U_	2½
84		Leonardo Campiz	2179	PUR	H_	L47	L60	D73	D76	D66	L71	D82	U_	2½
85		Vincent Heinis	2162	FRA	W42	L18	L34	L35	L49	W88	D61	L69	F77	2½
86		Nitai D Leve	2109	NY	L31	L66	L71	B_	W92	L51	L78	D77	L75	2½
87		Sean P Mc Laren	2082	CAN	H_	L48	L78	L51	W88	L69	L76	D90	D82	2½
88		Sam Sloan	1901	NY	H_	H_	H_	L24	L87	L85	L80	L94	W91	2½
89	IM	Joseph M Bradford	2459	TX	L17	L63	B_	W82	L35	U_	U_	U_	U_	2
90		Thomas J Beckman	2001	DC	D20	L14	L46	B_	L50	L72	L52	D87	U_	2
91		Dennis J Gittrich	1832	OH	B_	L4	L5	L42	L75	L82	W97	L65	L88	2
92	FM	Elliott J Liu	2405	CA	L16	L61	W77	L71	L86	U_	U_	U_	U_	1
93		Christopher Williams	2201	MA	L41	W49	L33	U_	U_	U_	U_	U_	U_	1
94		William E Hook	2200	MD	U_	U_	U_	U_	U_	U_	U_	W88	U_	1
95		Leif A Pressman	2228	NY	L21	L65	D76	U_	U_	U_	U_	U_	U_	½
96		Robert Lau	2230	HI	U_	U_	U_	U_	U_	U_	U_	L7	U_	0
97		Mayer Riff	2181	NJ	U_	U_	U_	U_	U_	U_	L91	U_	U_	0
98		Steven A Owen	2116	TN	L27	L62	U_	U_	U_	U_	U_	U_	U_	0

4) Donostia Chess Festival

The Donostia Chess Festival takes place 7th-16th July 2009. The main GM event is a Category 18 tournament with a strong and interesting field. Play starts at 16:30 local time, 15:30 BST, half an hour earlier for the final round.

Official site: http://www.donostiachess.com/en/

San Sebastian European Cultural City 2016 Donostia (ESP), 7-16 vii 2009			cat. XVIII (2682)
Name	Ti	NAT	Elo	DoB
Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2739	1976
Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2727	1983
Movsesian, Sergei	g	SVK	2716	1978
Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2710	1987
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2703	1990
Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	2693	1982
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	2672	1979
Granda Zuniga, Julio E	g	PER	2647	1967
Karpov, Anatoly	g	RUS	2644	1951
San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo	g	ESP	2570	1970

KUTXA Donostia (ESP), 7-16 vii 2009			cat. XI (2524)
Name	Ti	NAT	Elo	DoB
Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2655	1972
Bauer, Christian	g	FRA	2602	1977
Hamdouchi, Hicham	g	FRA	2589	1972
Ubilava, Elizbar	g	ESP	2547	1950
Cifuentes Parada, Roberto	g	ESP	2539	1957
Magem Badals, Jordi	g	ESP	2534	1967
Hauchard, Arnaud	g	FRA	2528	1971
Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis	g	ESP	2465	1954
Fernandes, Antonio	g	POR	2415	1962
Argandona Riveiro, Inigo	m	ESP	2364	1981

Euskal Xake Eskola Donostia (ESP), 7-16 vii 2009			cat. VII (2417)
Name	Ti	NAT	Elo	DoB
Llaneza Vega, Marcos	m	ESP	2521	1987
Prie, Eric	g	FRA	2491	1962
Flear, Glenn C	g	ENG	2490	1959
Franco Alonso, Alejandro	m	ESP	2480	1982
Huerga Leache, Mikel	m	ESP	2456	1989
Hoffman, Alejandro	g	ARG	2417	1966
Galego, Luis	g	POR	2435	1966
Gonzalez De La Torre, Santiago	f	ESP	2390	1981
Martin Alvarez, Inigo		ESP	2239	1989
Michna, Christian	f	GER	2224	1972

Diputacion Foral de Gipuzkoa Donostia (ESP), 7-16 vii 2009			cat. III (2318)
Name	Ti	NAT	Elo	DoB
Tania, Sachdev	m	IND	2410	1986
Milliet, Sophie	m	FRA	2388	1983
Pokorna, Regina	wg	SVK	2381	1982
Michna, Marta	wg	GER	2379	1978
Hamdouchi, Adina-Maria	wg	ROU	2324	1979
Zakurdjaeva, Irina	wg	RUS	2305	1982
Melnikova, Yana	wg	RUS	2285	1984
Ionica, Iulia-Ionela	wg	ROU	2263	1980
Rozic, Vesna	wm	SLO	2239	1987
Karlovich, Anastazia	wg	UKR	2211	1982

5) FIDE July 2009 Ratings

Source: http://www.fide.com. The full list is available for download there.

The July rating list sees Veselin Topalov hold firm as number one with an increase of a point. World Champion Viswanathan Anand has a couple of games and gains 5 points. Magnus Carlsen holds at three. Levon Aronian jumps to 4 in the world and Dmitry Jakovenko to 5 ahead of Vladimir Kramnik who didn't play in this quarter. Peter Svidler jumps back up to 12 in the world, a position formally held by Vassily Ivanchuk who had a catastrophic quarter dropping to 30 in the world. His win in Bazna is hopefully a sign of a return to form and that will be included next time. I saw some discussion that they were discussing changing the calculation of the list involving the k-factor (FIDE had a meeting recently) but apparently this didn't go through. It is a bit astonishing that 2635 would have been enough to be in the top 100 last time, now this mark has risen to 2641. Karpov has dropped from 86 to 98 in the world without playing a game. Towards the middle of the list the changes don't seem so dramatic however. Apparently the most likely explanation is a blip. They are moving to a list coming out every two months either now or very shortly.

FIDE Rating List July 2009 Top 100
Rank	ap09	Name	Ti	NAT	YroB	oc07	ja08	ap08	ju08	oc08	ja09	ap09	ju09	Gms
1	1	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	1975	2769	2780	2767	2777	2791	2796	2812	2813	10
2	2	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	1969	2801	2799	2803	2798	2783	2791	2783	2788	2
3	3	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	1990	2714	2733	2765	2775	2786	2776	2770	2772	12
4	6	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	1982	2741	2739	2763	2737	2757	2750	2754	2768	13
5	7	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	1983	2710	2720	2711	2709	2737	2760	2753	2760	15
6	4	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	1975	2785	2799	2788	2788	2772	2759	2759	2759	0
7	9	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	1979	2755	2753	2741	2741	2747	2751	2751	2756	13
8	5	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	1987	2742	2735	2751	2744	2751	2761	2756	2756	0
9	15	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	1968	2736	2737	2723	2720	2719	2733	2733	2755	27
10	8	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	1977	2755	2765	2774	2788	2787	2771	2751	2751	0
11	16	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	1986	2663	2665	2679	2717	2703	2723	2730	2740	9
12	18	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	1976	2732	2763	2746	2738	2727	2723	2726	2739	36
13	14	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	1987	2703	2698	2689	2704	2736	2739	2738	2736	10
14	10	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	1983	2715	2711	2716	2728	2719	2733	2748	2733	20
15	13	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	1972	2739	2755	2740	2741	2726	2745	2745	2732	38
16	19	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	1983	2705	2719	2719	2718	2719	2726	2726	2727	3
17	17	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	1983	2695	2700	2705	2691	2705	2722	2728	2721	32
18	24	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	1974	2714	2726	2726	2723	2729	2725	2720	2717	22
19	20	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	1985	2752	2760	2752	2742	2731	2724	2725	2717	17
20	23	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	1990	2694	2732	2732	2727	2730	2706	2721	2717	13
21	36	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	1983	2691	2692	2687	2716	2720	2693	2693	2716	44
22	11	Movsesian, Sergei	g	SVK	1978	2670	2677	2695	2723	2732	2751	2747	2716	31
23	22	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	1983	2683	2691	2695	2708	2719	2717	2721	2716	10
24	25	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	1985	2716	2711	2711	2708	2715	2718	2716	2714	20
25	34	Akopian, Vladimir	g	ARM	1971	2713	2700	2673	2673	2679	2700	2696	2712	13
26	30	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	1987	2648	2670	2686	2697	2704	2699	2701	2710	35
27	52	Motylev, Alexander	g	RUS	1979	2645	2644	2666	2674	2672	2676	2677	2710	16
28	26	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	1980	2690	2689	2689	2689	2675	2692	2709	2707	7
29	47	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	1990	2634	2637	2632	2681	2716	2696	2684	2703	31
30	12	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	1969	2787	2751	2740	2781	2786	2779	2746	2703	30
31	29	Rublevsky, Sergei	g	RUS	1974	2676	2695	2695	2699	2702	2702	2702	2703	16
32	27	Bu, Xiangzhi	g	CHN	1985	2692	2691	2708	2710	2714	2702	2704	2702	11
33	21	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	1983	2641	2680	2703	2705	2710	2709	2724	2701	17
34	45	Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	1975	2674	2664	2664	2670	2644	2659	2684	2699	34
35	28	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	1971	2729	2726	2729	2735	2734	2712	2703	2699	7
36	31	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	1985	2639	2638	2623	2665	2678	2693	2700	2697	41
37	50	Miroshnichenko, Evgenij	g	UKR	1978	2651	2647	2642	2593	2632	2667	2680	2696	29
38	40	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	1982	2660	2675	2684	2650	2664	2702	2688	2693	7
39	33	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	1989	2703	2698	2689	2704	2736	2739	2696	2690	38
40	39	Bologan, Viktor	g	MDA	1971	2657	2663	2665	2686	2682	2687	2690	2689	12
41	46	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	1987	2646	2646	2658	2646	2646	2664	2684	2689	6
42	74	Navara, David	g	CZE	1985	2656	2680	2672	2646	2633	2638	2654	2687	19
43	37	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	1976	2708	2707	2709	2711	2711	2693	2693	2687	1
44	56	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	1965	2649	2645	2660	2655	2642	2663	2674	2684	14
45	42	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	1983	2644	2643	2658	2665	2664	2669	2687	2684	2
46	44	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	1976	2691	2667	2674	2668	2663	2680	2685	2684	1
47	38	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	1980	2646	2643	2650	2632	2678	2676	2690	2682	9
48	53	Timofeev, Artyom	g	RUS	1985	2637	2664	2664	2650	2670	2671	2677	2681	7
49	41	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	1987	2594	2609	2617	2616	2638	2687	2688	2681	6
50	61	Nielsen, Peter Heine	g	DEN	1973	2638	2626	2629	2652	2662	2660	2668	2680	17
51	43	Harikrishna, P.	g	IND	1986	2668	2664	2679	2668	2659	2673	2686	2679	24
52	57	Volokitin, Andrei	g	UKR	1986	2678	2674	2684	2672	2659	2671	2671	2678	14
53	51	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	1986	2670	2713	2695	2687	2696	2679	2678	2678	0
54	64	Sutovsky, Emil	g	ISR	1977	2655	2642	2630	2654	2651	2660	2660	2675	27
55	54	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	1985	2674	2681	2684	2675	2669	2656	2676	2675	15
56	55	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	ROU	1976	2668	2684	2684	2692	2684	2675	2675	2675	10
57	32	Tiviakov, Sergei	g	NED	1973	2643	2649	2634	2645	2686	2684	2697	2674	34
58	35	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	1979	2690	2681	2681	2679	2672	2687	2695	2672	29
59	78	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	1992	2594	2598	2620	2630	2640	2646	2649	2670	25
60	75	Grachev, Boris	g	RUS	1986	2602	2601	2610	2640	2653	2655	2652	2669	19
61	48	Sasikiran, Krishnan	g	IND	1981	2661	2677	2679	2684	2694	2711	2682	2669	18
62	67	Kurnosov, Igor	g	RUS	1985	2592	2577	2593	2617	2606	2602	2658	2669	13
63	62	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	1981	2654	2656	2656	2673	2676	2666	2664	2667	28
64	63	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	1983	2673	2676	2643	2660	2642	2678	2660	2667	18
65	83	Fridman, Daniel	g	GER	1976	2621	2627	2640	2637	2630	2650	2646	2665	23
66	65	Guseinov, Gadir	g	AZE	1986	2614	2617	2625	2643	2650	2661	2659	2664	9
67	59	Najer, Evgeniy	g	RUS	1977	2635	2634	2627	2670	2682	2669	2669	2663	26
68	91	Beliavsky, Alexander G	g	SLO	1953	2646	2638	2641	2606	2619	2646	2640	2662	23
69	60	Dreev, Alexey	g	RUS	1969	2607	2633	2657	2657	2670	2688	2668	2660	15
70	66	Milov, Vadim	g	SUI	1972	2676	2690	2690	2705	2681	2669	2659	2659	2
71	100	Roiz, Michael	g	ISR	1983	2644	2659	2659	2680	2677	2647	2635	2658	31
72	88	Meier, Georg	g	GER	1987	2558	2570	2560	2556	2558	2608	2641	2658	21
73	95	Socko, Bartosz	g	POL	1978	2646	2635	2644	2627	2631	2631	2637	2656	30
74	70	Fedorchuk, Sergey A.	g	UKR	1981	2645	2652	2671	2624	2603	2633	2656	2655	41
75	--	Landa, Konstantin	g	RUS	1972	2678	2641	2633	2615	2613	2626	2627	2655	33
76	--	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	1972	2679	2681	2676	2644	2618	2625	2622	2655	33
77	58	Sokolov, Ivan	g	BIH	1968	2673	2686	2690	2658	2650	2657	2669	2655	32
78	49	Efimenko, Zahar	g	UKR	1985	2624	2638	2660	2670	2680	2688	2682	2654	30
79	--	Tregubov, Pavel V.	g	RUS	1971	2609	2636	2629	2658	2646	2647	2628	2652	30
80	68	Areshchenko, Alexander	g	UKR	1986	2638	2645	2650	2664	2664	2673	2657	2651	40
81	69	Tkachiev, Vladislav	g	FRA	1973	2661	2657	2657	2664	2664	2657	2657	2650	17
82	90	Smirin, Ilia	g	ISR	1968	2639	2616	2630	2637	2649	2647	2641	2650	15
83	72	Savchenko, Boris	g	RUS	1986	2583	2589	2569	2578	2648	2654	2655	2650	12
84	71	Pashikian, Arman	g	ARM	1987	2534	2556	2537	2564	2611	2621	2655	2650	2
85	--	Shulman, Yuri	g	USA	1975	2616	2614	2606	2623	2616	2639	2632	2648	34
86	--	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	1990	2555	2573	2580	2604	2603	2614	2625	2648	20
87	77	Lastin, Alexander	g	RUS	1976	2597	2604	2622	2639	2651	2643	2650	2648	16
88	80	Postny, Evgeny	g	ISR	1981	2599	2627	2649	2661	2674	2652	2648	2647	33
89	--	Granda Zuniga, Julio E	g	PER	1967	2592	2588	2609	2599	2628	2625	2610	2647	26
90	92	Berkes, Ferenc	g	HUN	1985	2606	2618	2618	2645	2645	2651	2638	2647	20
91	98	Riazantsev, Alexander	g	RUS	1985	2623	2628	2638	2617	2656	2634	2635	2647	16
92	89	So, Wesley	g	PHI	1993	2531	2526	2540	2577	2610	2627	2641	2646	22
93	--	Seirawan, Yasser	g	USA	1960	2634	2628	2630	2634	2634	2634	2634	2646	4
94	94	Georgiev, Kiril	g	BUL	1965	2649	2662	2665	2671	2645	2634	2637	2645	18
95	84	Kobalia, Mikhail	g	RUS	1978	2631	2623	2627	2618	2630	2634	2645	2645	0
96	85	Mamedov, Rauf	g	AZE	1988	2582	2583	2617	2627	2631	2638	2645	2645	0
97	76	Predojevic, Borki	g	BIH	1987	2645	2641	2651	2634	2615	2650	2652	2644	30
98	86	Karpov, Anatoly	g	RUS	1951	2670	2655	2655	2651	2651	2644	2644	2644	0
99	79	Amonatov, Farrukh	g	TJK	1978	2637	2649	????	2650	2634	2647	2648	2641	24
100	82	Avrukh, Boris	g	ISR	1978	2641	2628	2632	2656	2657	2645	2647	2641	13
Dropping out of the top 100 in July 2009
--	ap09	Name	Ti	NAT	YroB	oc07	ja08	ap08	ju08	oc08	ja09	ap09	ju09	Gms
--	73	Nyback, Tomi	g	FIN	1985	2565	2579	2587	2639	2634	2644	2655	2627	22
--	81	Delchev, Aleksander	g	BUL	1971	2613	2630	2639	2618	2632	2647	2648	2635	38
--	87	Li, Chao b	g	CHN	1989	2553	2566	2581	2590	2622	2628	2643	2634	22
--	93	Zhang, Pengxiang	g	CHN	1980	2634	2617	2613	2632	2649	2656	2638	2616	11
--	96	Bareev, Evgeny	g	RUS	1966	2653	2677	2677	2655	2647	2645	2636	2634	13
--	97	Zhou, Jianchao	g	CHN	1988	2572	2551	2580	2604	2612	2612	2635	2623	32
--	99	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	g	RUS	1976	2674	2677	2674	2663	2646	2636	2635	2635	6

6) 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.	Arkell, Keith C	g	ENG	2517	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	½	6½	2539
2.	Cherniaev, Alexander1	g	RUS	2423	½	*	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	6½	2550
3.	Slavin, Alexei		RUS	2308	½	0	*	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	5½	2476
4.	Poobalasingam, Peter S		ENG	2240	½	½	½	*	½	½	0	1	1	½	5	2447
5.	Galego, Luis	g	POR	2454	0	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	½	1	5	2423
6.	Gormally, Daniel W	g	ENG	2487	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	0	½	1	4½	2377
7.	Rudd, Jack	m	ENG	2357	0	½	0	1	0	½	*	0	1	1	4	2348
8.	Ansell, Simon T	m	ENG	2394	0	0	0	0	½	1	1	*	½	½	3½	2307
9.	Kjartansson, Gudmundur	f	ISL	2388	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	*	½	2½	2222
10.	Eames, Robert S	f	ENG	2312	½	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	*	2	2176

Round 1 (June 27, 2009)
Poobalasingam, Peter S	- Arkell, Keith C	½-½	87	C07	French Tarrasch
Galego, Luis	- Eames, Robert S	1-0	63	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Gormally, Daniel W	- Cherniaev, Alexander1	½-½	32	A54	Old Indian Defence
Rudd, Jack	- Kjartansson, Gudmundur	1-0	35	A28	English Four Knights
Ansell, Simon T	- Slavin, Alexei	0-1	43	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Round 2 (June 28, 2009)
Arkell, Keith C	- Rudd, Jack	1-0	63	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Cherniaev, Alexander1	- Kjartansson, Gudmundur	1-0	47	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Slavin, Alexei	- Galego, Luis	½-½	21	A46	Queen's Pawn Opening
Gormally, Daniel W	- Ansell, Simon T	0-1	41	A57	Volga Gambit
Eames, Robert S	- Poobalasingam, Peter S	½-½	56	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Round 3 (June 29, 2009)
Poobalasingam, Peter S	- Slavin, Alexei	½-½	46	E20	Nimzo Indian
Galego, Luis	- Gormally, Daniel W	½-½	13	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Rudd, Jack	- Eames, Robert S	1-0	47	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Ansell, Simon T	- Cherniaev, Alexander1	0-1	37	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Kjartansson, Gudmundur	- Arkell, Keith C	0-1	51	B37	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Round 4 (June 30, 2009)
Cherniaev, Alexander1	- Arkell, Keith C	½-½	8	B14	Caro Kann Panov
Slavin, Alexei	- Rudd, Jack	1-0	22	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Gormally, Daniel W	- Poobalasingam, Peter S	½-½	16	D97	Gruenfeld Russian
Ansell, Simon T	- Galego, Luis	½-½	11	C00	French Defence
Eames, Robert S	- Kjartansson, Gudmundur	½-½	17	E34	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 5 (July 1, 2009)
Arkell, Keith C	- Eames, Robert S	½-½	27	A64	Benoni
Poobalasingam, Peter S	- Ansell, Simon T	1-0	94	B07	Pirc Defence
Galego, Luis	- Cherniaev, Alexander1	½-½	71	A25	English Sicilian Attack
Rudd, Jack	- Gormally, Daniel W	½-½	11	D86	Gruenfeld Simagin
Kjartansson, Gudmundur	- Slavin, Alexei	½-½	46	B37	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Round 6 (July 2, 2009)
Cherniaev, Alexander1	- Eames, Robert S	1-0	41	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Slavin, Alexei	- Arkell, Keith C	½-½	8	A36	English Botvinnik
Galego, Luis	- Poobalasingam, Peter S	½-½	28	C01	French Exchange
Gormally, Daniel W	- Kjartansson, Gudmundur	½-½	87	D56	Queens Gambit Lasker's Defence
Ansell, Simon T	- Rudd, Jack	1-0	50	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Round 7 (July 3, 2009)
Arkell, Keith C	- Gormally, Daniel W	½-½	10	D15	Slav Defence
Poobalasingam, Peter S	- Cherniaev, Alexander1	½-½	5	A21	English Opening
Rudd, Jack	- Galego, Luis	0-1	18	A53	Old Indian Defence
Kjartansson, Gudmundur	- Ansell, Simon T	½-½	41	A11	Reti Opening
Eames, Robert S	- Slavin, Alexei	0-1	64	E33	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 8 (July 4, 2009)
Cherniaev, Alexander1	- Slavin, Alexei	1-0	36	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Poobalasingam, Peter S	- Rudd, Jack	0-1	34	B06	Modern Defence
Galego, Luis	- Kjartansson, Gudmundur	½-½	16	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Gormally, Daniel W	- Eames, Robert S	1-0	31	A70	Benoni
Ansell, Simon T	- Arkell, Keith C	0-1			Default
Round 9 (July 5, 2009)
Arkell, Keith C	- Galego, Luis	1-0			Default
Slavin, Alexei	- Gormally, Daniel W	½-½	7	A25	English Sicilian Attack
Rudd, Jack	- Cherniaev, Alexander1	½-½	11	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Kjartansson, Gudmundur	- Poobalasingam, Peter S	0-1	26	D95	Gruenfeld Closed
Eames, Robert S	- Ansell, Simon T	½-½	9	A00	Irregular Openings

7) XVII Montcada Open

The XVII Open International d'Escacs Ciutat de Montcada took place 25th June - 3rd July 2009. Magesh Chandran Panchanathan won the event on tie-break from Yusnel Bacallao, Miguel Munoz Pantoja and Luis Rojass Keim after all finished on 7/9.

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

XVII Open Montcada i Reixac (ESP), 26 vi-4 vii 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name		FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB3
1	Panchanathan Magesh Chandran	GM	IND	2462	7	39.5	43.5
2	Bacallao Yusnel	FM	CUB	2469	7	37	42.5
3	Munoz Pantoja Miguel	IM	PER	2447	7	35.5	39
4	Rojas Keim Luis	IM	CHI	2444	7	35	39
5	Cornette Matthieu	GM	FRA	2573	6.5	38.5	45.5
6	Narciso Dublan Marc	GM	ESP	2534	6.5	36.5	40.5
7	Cuartas Jaime Alexander	GM	COL	2518	6.5	34.5	41
8	Fluvia Poyatos Jordi	IM	ESP	2442	6.5	34	39
9	Libiszewski Fabien	GM	FRA	2505	6.5	33	39.5
10	Cruz Cristhian	IM	PER	2544	6.5	32.5	39
11	Arun Prasad S	GM	IND	2552	6.5	32.5	37
12	Panelo Marcelo	IM	ARG	2453	6.5	29.5	35
13	Almeida Quintana Omar	GM	CUB	2516	6	35.5	42
14	Gonzalez Rodriguez Jorge A	IM	COL	2407	6	32.5	37.5
15	Mestre Bellido Hector	FM	ESP	2279	6	32	39
16	Llaneza Vega Marcos	IM	ESP	2522	6	31.5	35.5
17	Oms Fuentes Lluis	FM	ESP	2348	6	31.5	39.5
18	Moskalenko Viktor	GM	UKR	2528	6	31	38
19	Garcia Castro Pablo	IM	ESP	2373	6	31	38.5
20	Van Riemsdijk Herman C	IM	BRA	2375	6	30	38
21	Burgos Figueroa Carlos E	IM	ESA	2263	6	28.5	36.5
22	Sundararajan Kidambi	IM	IND	2487	5.5	32.5	38
23	Vehi Bach Victor Manuel	IM	ESP	2393	5.5	31.5	37.5
24	Antoli Royo Joaquin Miguel	IM	ESP	2416	5.5	30	36
25	Mihailovs Jurijs	IM	LAT	2405	5.5	29	33
26	Vidarte Morales Arturo	IM	ESP	2428	5.5	29	36
27	Perpinya Rofes Lluis Maria	FM	ESP	2385	5.5	29	34.5
28	Gardela Batlle Jordi	MK	ESP	2231	5.5	28	34.5
29	Lorenzo De La Riva Lazaro	FM	ESP	2343	5.5	27.5	34.5
30	Randazzo Adrian	MK	ITA	2233	5.5	27	35
31	Aranda Flores Jordi		ESP	2144	5.5	25	35
32	Asis Gargatagli Hipolit	IM	ESP	2430	5	32	39
33	Tania Sachdev	IM	IND	2423	5	31.5	40
119 players

8) Villa De Aranjuez

I Cerrado Internacional De Ajedrez E. Leclerc - Villa De Aranjuez took place 22nd-27th June 2009. Daniel Taboas Rodriguez edged out Daniel Barria Zuniga and Sergio Sanchez Gonzalez after all finished on 6/9.

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

1st Int Villa De Aranjuez (ESP), 22-27 vi 2009												cat. IV (2326)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Taboas Rodriguez, Daniel	f	ESP	2370	*	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	1	6	2446
2.	Barria Zuniga, Daniel	m	CHI	2423	½	*	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	6	2440
3.	Sanchez Gonzalez, Sergio		ESP	2256	½	½	*	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	6	2459
4.	Suba, Mihai	g	ROU	2542	0	0	½	*	1	1	½	½	1	1	5½	2382
5.	Kovacevic, Slobodan	m	SRB	2383	½	½	0	0	*	½	1	1	1	½	5	2363
6.	Adan Bermudez, Sergio		ESP	2263	0	½	½	0	½	*	½	½	1	1	4½	2333
7.	De la Fuente Gonzalez, Francisco		ESP	2190	½	½	½	½	0	½	*	0	½	1	4	2298
8.	Lopez del Alamo, Antonio	f	ESP	2331	½	½	0	½	0	½	1	*	0	½	3½	2245
9.	Molina, Jorge	f	BOL	2132	½	0	½	0	0	0	½	1	*	½	3	2222
10.	Fenollar Jorda, Manuel	f	ESP	2373	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	*	1½	2048

9) Norwegian Championship

The Norwegian Championship take place July 4th-12th 2009 in Bergen, Norway. 9 Rounds - Swiss System.

Official site: http://sjakknm2009.no/nettsted/ (Norwegian)

ch-NOR Bergen (NOR), 4-12 vii 2009
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1.	Elsness, Frode	m	NOR	2445	+16	+13	+6	.	.	.	.	.	.	3
2.	Agdestein, Simen	g	NOR	2572	+14	=3	+15	.	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2641
3.	Lie, Espen	m	NOR	2457	+21	=2	=4	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2606
4.	Ostenstad, Berge	g	NOR	2482	=15	+19	=3	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2496
5.	Ostmoe, Geir S. Tallaksen	f	NOR	2402	=19	=7	+17	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2511
6.	Moen, Andreas	f	NOR	2312	+22	+10	-1	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2512
7.	Bae, Torstein	m	NOR	2408	=8	=5	=10	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2363
8.	Houska, Jovanka	m	ENG	2392	=7	=17	=13	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2477
9.	Gullaksen, Eirik	m	NOR	2396	=11	=12	=14	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2436
10.	Lovik, Lasse Ostebo		NOR	2296	+18	-6	=7	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2420
11.	Johannessen, Leif Erlend	g	NOR	2553	=9	=20	=12	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2395
12.	Djurhuus, Rune	g	NOR	2456	=23	=9	=11	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2422
13.	Hammer, Jon Ludvig	g	NOR	2583	+20	-1	=8	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2390
14.	Thomassen, Joachim	f	NOR	2300	-2	+22	=9	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2463
15.	Stokke, Kjetil	f	NOR	2347	=4	+23	-2	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2457
16.	Gabrielsen, Stig	f	NOR	2308	-1	=21	+23	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2384
17.	Hansen, Torbjorn Ringdal	m	NOR	2440	+24	=8	-5	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2367
18.	Lie, Kjetil A	g	NOR	2541	-10	+24	=20	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2312
19.	Forsaa, Espen	f	NOR	2311	=5	-4	=21	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2299
20.	Urkedal, Frode	f	NOR	2333	-13	=11	=18	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2434
21.	Hole, Oystein	m	NOR	2390	-3	=16	=19	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2233
22.	Groenn, Atle	m	NOR	2422	-6	-14	+24	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2182
23.	Hjelmaas, Lars	f	NOR	2318	=12	-15	-16	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2097
24.	Gabrielsen, Trond	f	NOR	2309	-17	-18	-22	.	.	.	.	.	.	0

10) First Saturday July

The First Saturday July tournaments take place 4th-14th July 2009. There is a GM-Group, two IM-Groups and two FM-Groups.

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

FSGM July Budapest (HUN), 4-14 vii 2009													cat. VIII (2433)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Jugelt, Tobias		GER	2398	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1
2.	Antal, Gergely	m	HUN	2479	.	*	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	½	2479
3.	Bertholee, Rob	f	NED	2368	.	.	*	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2507
4.	Breder, Dennis	m	GER	2435	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	½	2473
5.	Flumbort, Andras	m	HUN	2507	.	.	½	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2368
6.	Fogarasi, Tibor	g	HUN	2419	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	.	.	.	½	2465
7.	Ilincic, Zlatko	g	SRB	2479	.	½	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	½	2479
8.	Rombaldoni, Denis	m	ITA	2465	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	*	.	.	.	.	½	2419
9.	Varga, Zoltan	g	HUN	2473	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	½	2435
10.	Farago, Ivan	g	HUN	2511	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	0
11.	Shen Siyuan		CHN	2321	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	0
12.	Lorscheid, Gerhard	f	GER	2345	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	0

FSIMA July Budapest (HUN), 4-14 vii 2009
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1
1.	Bakin, Alexander	f	RUS	2248	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1
2.	Farago, Sandor	m	HUN	2244	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1
3.	Sebestyen, Balazs	f	HUN	2242	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	1
4.	Szeberenyi, Adam	m	HUN	2318	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	1
5.	Klein, David		NED	2236	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	½	2263
6.	Zentai, Peter2		HUN	2263	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	.	½	2236
7.	Szalanczy, Emil	m	HUN	2318	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	0
8.	Biro, Sandor	m	ROU	2312	.	.	.	0	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	0
9.	Khadempour, Farhad		GER	2180	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	0
10.	Margraf, Daniel		GER	2238	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	0
11.	Nazarenus, Olaf		GER	2154	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	0

FSIMB July Budapest (HUN), 4-14 vii 2009												cat. I (2254)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1
1.	Mihok, Oliver	f	HUN	2357	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	1½	2483
2.	Petran, Pal	m	HUN	2369	½	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	1½	2458
3.	Eperjesi, Laszlo	m	HUN	2250	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1
4.	Muranyi, Karl-Jasmin	f	GER	2366	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1
5.	Husari, Satea	m	SYR	2334	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	0
6.	Kahn, Evarth	m	HUN	2281	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	0
7.	Shao Shuai		CHN	----	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	0
8.	Adams, Nick A		USA	2211	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	0
9.	Admiraal, Miguoel		NED	2173	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	0
10.	Koppenhoefer, Bernhard		GER	2160	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	0
11.	Lammers, Markus		GER	2297	.	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	0

11) 23rd Pula Open

The 23rd International Chess Tournament "Pula Open 2009" took place 27th June - 4th July 2009 in Pula, Croatia. Ivan Saric edged out Sebastian Schmidt-Schaeffer after both finished on 8/9.

Denis Vretenar writes: 23rd International Chess Tournament "Pula Open 2009" which was held in Pula, Croatia, has been brought to end. Ivan Saric, GM from Croatia and current youth world chess champion, with 8 winnings from 9 games took the victory. Big surprise of this year tournament surely was German, Sebastian Schmidt-Schaeffer and his winning of 2nd place considering he does not have any title. On the 3rd place is IM Matej Sebenik from Slovenia. "Pula Open 2009" had 295 players from 24 countries: ALB, ARM, AUT, BIH, CRO, CZE, ENG, FIN, FRA, GER, HUN, IRL, ISR, ITA, NED, NOR, POR, ROU, RUS, SLO, SRB, SVK, SWE and UKR. There were 58 titled players: 9 GM, 1 WGM, 19 IM, 2 WIM, 25 FM, 2 WFM. 257 players were FIDE rated.

Official site: http://www.skpula.hr/

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

23rd Open Pula (CRO), 27 vi - 4 viii 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts	BH.
1	GM	Saric Ivan	2576	CRO	8	48½
2		Schmidt-Schaeffer Sebastian Dr	2383	GER	8	45
3	IM	Sebenik Matej	2482	SLO	7	49
4	IM	Papp Gabor	2524	HUN	7	49
5	IM	Barle Janez	2411	SLO	7	49
6	GM	Jankovic Alojzije	2540	CRO	7	48½
7	GM	Saric Ante	2502	CRO	7	47½
8	GM	Tratar Marko	2488	SLO	7	47½
9	IM	Martinovic Sasa	2483	CRO	7	45½
10	FM	Schachinger Mario	2350	AUT	6½	49½
11	GM	Fercec Nenad	2478	CRO	6½	49
12	IM	Ljubicic Filip	2406	CRO	6½	48
13	FM	Gergacz Attila	2323	HUN	6½	48
14	FM	Cela Shkelqim	2304	ALB	6½	47½
15	GM	Zelcic Robert	2555	CRO	6½	47
16	GM	Jovanic Ognjen	2539	CRO	6½	47
17	WGM	Medic Mirjana	2313	CRO	6½	46½
18	IM	Rukavina Josip	2423	CRO	6½	46
19	IM	Biti Ozren	2356	CRO	6½	45½
20	GM	Drazic Sinisa	2533	SRB	6½	45½
21	IM	Loncar Robert	2435	CRO	6½	45
22		Purgar Ivona	2080	CRO	6½	44
23	IM	Nester Ihor	2390	UKR	6½	42½
24	FM	Papp Tamas	2313	HUN	6½	40
25		Andersen Lars Even	2220	NOR	6½	40
26		Gunis Juraj	2049	SVK	6½	37½
27	IM	Smith Axel	2383	SWE	6	51
295 players

12) Intomart GfK Open

The Intomart GfK Open was 9 round Open Chess Tournament that took place 27th June - 5th July 2009 in Hilversum, The Netherlands. Daniel Fridman edged out Michal Krasenkow, Stewart Haslinger and Predrag Nikolic on tie-break after all finished on 6.5/9. Games from round 8 missing.

Official site: http://www.hsgopen.nl/?page=engels - Games and reports: http://www.chessvibes.com - Photo report: http://www.chessvista.com/

Intomart GfK Open (NED), 27 vi - 5 viii 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank	Name	Ti	Rating	Score	TPR	BH	SB
1	Fridman, Daniel	GM	2646	6.5	2615	52.5	34.25
2	Krasenkow, Michal	GM	2622	6.5	2660	49.5	35.25
3	Haslinger, Stewart G	GM	2544	6.5	2654	49	34.25
4	Nikolic, Predrag	GM	2618	6.5	2607	48	32.5
5	Nijboer, Friso	GM	2562	6	2600	50	32
6	L'Ami, Erwin	GM	2598	6	2565	49.5	31.5
7	Spoelman, Wouter	GM	2512	6	2600	49.5	30.75
8	Reinderman, Dimitri	GM	2560	6	2614	48.5	30
9	Pavlovic, Milos	GM	2511	6	2503	46.5	28.75
10	Giri, Anish	GM	2517	5.5	2570	49	31
11	Bitalzadeh, Ali	IM	2417	5.5	2417	48	26.75
12	Hopman, Pieter		2325	5.5	2460	43	24.25
13	Pruijssers, Roeland	IM	2442	5.5	2388	42.5	22
14	Zatonskih, Anna	IM	2461	5.5	2403	41.5	21.5
15	Ten Hertog, Hugo		2073	5.5	2365	38.5	20.25
16	Hendriks, Willy	IM	2447	5	2387	48.5	24.5
17	Motoc, Alina	WGM	2304	5	2318	44.5	21.5
18	Slingerland, Fred	IM	2389	5	2350	43.5	21.75
19	Dek, Lennart		2179	5	2355	43	23.75
20	Heemskerk, Wim	FM	2202	5	2334	41.5	19.5
21	Van Eijk, Sander	FM	2319	5	2312	39	17.5
22	Kabos, Tobias		2109	5	2249	37.5	19
23	Vogel, Jaap	FM	2234	5	2240	37.5	17.5
24	Van Engen, Herman		2163	4.5	2201	42	18.25
48 players

13) Greek Cup

The semi-finals and final of the Greek Cup took place in Halkidiki took place 30th June - 1st July 2009.

Last year’s champions of S.O. Kavalas, featuring 4 GMs (Kotronias, Papaioannou, Halkias and Skembris) won the Greek Cup was played on 4 boards (games at a rate of 90 min/G + 30 sec/move).

14) Greek League

The Greek League takes place in Kallithea 3rd-11th July 2009.

This year, the format resembles a "little Olympiad" with 31 teams participating (there were supposed to be 34, but 3 of them withdrew, as the financial burden was too heavy for them), over 12 boards! 1-5 are "general" (men, actually), 6-8 are women (including a girl under 18 and a girl under 16) and 9-12 are boys (U-18, U-16, U-14 and U-12).

Each team is allowed to use two foreign players. The top-rated players are: GMs Ivanchuk (2703), Miroshnichenko (2696), Bologan (2689), Tomashevsky (2689), Navara (2687), Tiviakov (2674), Tregubov (2652), Postny (2647).

Spiros Ilandzis reports that: After the 3rd round, the top four teams are sharing the lead, with 3 / 3 : They are: S.O. Kavalas (GMs Tomashevsky, Papaioannou, Halkias, Skembris), P.S. Peristeri (GMs Ivanchuk, Macieja, IMs Tzermiadianos, Gavrilakis), E.S. Salonica (GMs Miroshnischenko, Wojtaszek, Mastrovasilis br.) and 'Galaxias' (Tiviakov, Tregubov, Kr. Georgiev)

Official site: http://www.chessfed.gr/teams2009/default.asp (live coverage 15:30 CET each day).

Live coverage at: http://www.chessworld.info/live/acat09.html

15) 32nd Open de Barbera

The 32nd Open de Barbera takes place in Barbera del Valles, Spain, 4th-12th July 2009.

Official site: http://www.ajedreznd.com/2009/BARBERA.html

32nd Open Barbera del Valles (ESP), 4-12 vii 2009 Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	FIDE	Pts.
1	Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel	GM	ESP	2555	2
	Dominguez Pons Eric		ESP	2211	2
3	Orzech Dominik		POL	2466	2
4	Almeida Quintana Omar	GM	CUB	2524	2
	Javakhadze Zurab		GEO	2309	2
6	Camarena Gimenez Rufino	IM	ESP	2402	2
7	Mihailovs Jurijs	IM	LAT	2408	2
	Perez Mitjans Orelvis	FM	CUB	2404	2
9	Peralta Fernando	GM	ARG	2574	1.5
	Ipatov Alexander	IM	ESP	2454	1.5
	Lorenzo De La Riva Lazaro	FM	ESP	2331	1.5
	Ravot Sylvain		FRA	2276	1.5
13	Gonzalez Garcia Jose	GM	MEX	2509	1.5
	Garcia Castro Pablo	IM	ESP	2390	1.5
15	Fluvia Poyatos Jordi	IM	ESP	2449	1.5
	Asis Gargatagli Hipolit	IM	ESP	2439	1.5
	Fenollar Jorda Manuel	FM	ESP	2341	1.5
	Sanchez Jerez Emilio Miguel		ESP	2212	1.5
19	Sundararajan Kidambi	IM	IND	2506	1.5
20	Balogh Csaba	GM	HUN	2595	1.5
	Cuartas Jaime Alexander	GM	COL	2521	1.5
	Bacallao Alonso Yusnel	FM	CUB	2467	1.5
	Matnadze Ana	IM	GEO	2413	1.5
	Guramishvili Sopiko	WGM	GEO	2339	1.5
25	Moskalenko Viktor	GM	UKR	2558	1
66 players

16) XI Torredembarra Open

XI Torredembarra Open takes place 4th-12th July 2009.

Official site: http://escacstorre.litegrup.com/openRecursos.php

XI Torredembarra Open (ESP), 4-12 vii 2009 Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
Rank	Name		FED	Elo	Pts.
1	Rusev Krasimir	GM	BUL	2543	2
	Pogorelov Ruslan	GM	UKR	2440	2
	Ivanov Jordan	IM	BUL	2424	2
	Gonzalez Rodriguez Jorge A	IM	COL	2483	2
	Munoz Pantoja Miguel	IM	PER	2473	2
	Mellado Trivino Juan	IM	AND	2479	2
	Cruz Filemon	FM	PER	2460	2
	Berbatov Kiprian	FM	BUL	2398	2
	Mladenov Plamen		BUL	2362	2
	Milchev Nikolay	IM	BUL	2351	2
	Chueca Forcen Alberto		ESP	2266	2
	Khaidorov Viacheslav	mk	ESP	2365	2
	Buchenau Frank	FM	GER	2254	2
	Montell Lorenzo Joan Carlos	mk	ESP	2339	2
	Monell Camarasa David	mk	ESP	2300	2
	Farran Martos Francesc X	mk	ESP	2299	2
	Gonzalez Freixas Alberto		ESP	2243	2
	Fernandez Vicente Carmelo		ESP	2219	2
	Plasencia Martinez Victor		ESP	2246	2
	Moreno Carretero Carles		ESP	2237	2
21	Vidarte Morales Arturo	IM	ESP	2498	1½
	Baiges Navarro Albert		ESP	2172	1½
	Sarto Ramos Angel		ESP	2024	1½
	Mateos Lopez Javier		ESP	1857	1½
25	Fernandez Muixi Francesc		ESP	2248	1
66 players

17) 29th Open Villa de Benasque

The 29th Open Villa de Benasque takes place in Benasque, Huesca, Spain, 3rd-12th July 2009.

Official site: http://www.openbenasque.com/Principal.htm

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr23509.aspx

Reports: http://www.lorinsworld.com/villadebenasqueopen.htm

29th Open Villa de Benasque (ESP), 3-12 vii 2009 Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name		FED	RtgI	Pts.
1	LAZNICKA Viktor	GM	CZE	2617	4
2	MAMEDOV Nidjat	GM	AZE	2614	4
3	LUTHER Thomas	GM	GER	2552	4
	TESKE Henrik	GM	GER	2536	4
	GARZA MARCO Sergio	IM	ESP	2436	4
6	GEORGIEV Kiril	GM	BUL	2645	4
	ITURRIZAGA Eduardo	GM	VEN	2555	4
	DE LA VILLA GARCIA Jesus Maria	GM	ESP	2472	4
9	SULSKIS Sarunas	GM	LTU	2559	4
10	BURMAKIN Vladimir	GM	RUS	2627	4
11	RECUERO GUERRA David	IM	ESP	2460	4
12	MARIN Mihail	GM	ROU	2583	3.5
	GORDON Stephen J	IM	ENG	2537	3.5
14	DAMLJANOVIC Branko	GM	SRB	2551	3.5
15	VILA GAZQUEZ Xavier	IM	ESP	2457	3.5
16	JANSA Vlastimil	GM	CZE	2470	3.5
17	PENA GOMEZ Manuel	FM	ESP	2467	3.5
18	ANDRIASIAN Zaven	GM	ARM	2585	3.5
	KOHLWEYER Bernd	IM	GER	2418	3.5
20	GOMEZ ESTEBAN Juan Mario	GM	ESP	2478	3.5
	UDESHI Aditya		IND	2287	3.5
22	PRIYADHARSHAN K	FM	IND	2398	3.5
23	LAJTHAJM Borko	GM	SRB	2484	3.5
24	EDOUARD Romain	GM	FRA	2597	3.5
25	PEDERSEN Nicolai Vesterbaek	IM	DEN	2431	3.5
26	PAVLOVIC Milos M	IM	SRB	2533	3.5
	MACAK Stefan	IM	SVK	2472	3.5
	ANTOLI ROYO Joaquin Miguel	IM	ESP	2415	3.5
29	MICHALIK Peter	IM	SVK	2428	3.5
	HERNANDEZ GALLARDO Fco Javier	FM	ESP	2352	3.5
31	KAPLAN Sasha	IM	ISR	2414	3.5
32	VAZQUEZ IGARZA Renier	GM	ESP	2570	3.5
33	GEETHA Narayanan Gopal	GM	IND	2575	3.5
34	ANTOLIN CONCHA Diego		ESP	2252	3.5
35	HERNANDEZ Ivan	FM	PER	2326	3.5
36	KOTRONIAS Vasilios	GM	GRE	2613	3
	MELKUMYAN Hrant	GM	ARM	2530	3
	D`COSTA Lorin A R	IM	ENG	2477	3
469 players

18) Mercantile Bank 35th Bangladesh National

The Mercantile Bank 35th National Chess Championship-2009, which began from 30th June in Dhaka, Bangladesh and it being held upto 12th July. 4 GM's 3FM's and 7 rated players are participating in round-robin system event. Niaz Murshed withdrew after three rounds. My thanks to Haroon or Rashid for the news.

ch-BAN Dhaka (BAN), 29 vi-12 vii 2009													cat. II (2283)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3
1.	Rahman, Ziaur	g	BAN	2523	*	.	.	1	.	1	1	1	.	.	1	1	1	7
2.	Reefat, Bin-Sattar	g	BAN	2486	.	*	.	½	.	1	½	1	.	1	1	.	1	6	2503
3.	Abu Sufian, Shakil	f	BAN	2378	.	.	*	0	1	.	½	1	.	.	½	½	1	4½	2360
4.	Hasan Md, Emam		BAN	2135	0	½	1	*	½	1	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	4	2481
5.	Hossain, Enamul	g	BAN	2531	.	.	0	½	*	.	½	0	1	.	1	1	.	4	2291
6.	Bhuiyan, Golam Mostafa		BAN	2135	0	0	.	0	.	*	.	.	1	1	.	.	1	3	2284
7.	Rahman, Md. Taibur	f	BAN	2325	0	½	½	.	½	.	*	.	.	1	.	0	.	2½	2301
8.	Mohammad, Javed	f	BAN	2207	0	0	0	.	1	.	.	*	.	.	½	1	.	2½	2328
9.	Mohammad, Ali		BAN	2253	.	.	.	.	0	0	.	.	*	0	1	1	½	2½	2170
10.	Ahmed, Jamal		BAN	2088	.	0	.	0	.	0	0	.	1	*	.	.	1	2	2134
11.	Chatterjee, Debaraj		BAN	2248	0	0	½	.	0	.	.	½	0	.	*	1	.	2	2202
12.	Islam, Aminul Polash		BAN	2145	0	.	½	.	0	.	1	0	0	.	0	*	.	1½	2122
13.	Ahmed, Mahtabuddin		BAN	2220	0	0	0	.	.	0	.	.	½	0	.	.	*	½	1909

19) I Perugia International

I Perugia International took place 27th June - 4th July 2009. Manuel Leon Hoyos won with 7/9. Games from rounds 7 and 9 are not currently available.

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

1st Int Open Perugia (ITA), 27 vi-4 vii 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Pos	NAME	T	Fed	Rtg	PRtg	Pts	BucT	Buc1	APRO
1	Leon Hoyos Manuel	GM	MEX	2527	2541	7	49	45.5	2250
2	Laketic Gojko	IM	SRB	2457	2424	6.5	50.5	46.5	2300
3	Lazic Miroljub	GM	SRB	2438	2382	6	51.5	47	2303
4	Piscopo Pierluigi	IM	ITA	2405	2443	6	50	46	2260
5	Malfagia Andrea	FM	ITA	2282	2314	6	45.5	42.5	2155
6	Mogranzini Roberto	IM	ITA	2422	2338	5.5	51.5	47.5	2266
7	Djuric Stefan	GM	SRB	2447	2249	5.5	48	43.5	2212
8	Tanasa Remus	CM	ROU	2026	2315	5.5	46.5	43	2149
9	Vuelban Virgilio	IM	PHI	2422	2195	5.5	46.5	42.5	2183
10	BARLETTA Mauro	-M	ITA	2224	2267	5.5	45.5	42.5	2155
11	BOVE Alessandro	-M	ITA	2297	2218	5.5	44.5	43.5	2116
12	Bighiu Gheorghe	CM	ITA	2045	2184	5	45.5	41.5	2126
13	DAMIA Angelo	FM	ITA	2235	2184	5	44	41.5	2126
14	CASTELLANO Alfonso	CM	ITA	1953	2164	5	42	39.5	2049
15	TIENGO Davide	CM	ITA	2070	2028	5	39.5	36.5	1990
16	BURATTI Marco	CM	ITA	2037	1978	5	38	35.5	1969
17	SCHIAPPOLI Dario	1N	ITA	1959	1918	4.5	41.5	38.5	2013
33 players

20) Vila de Sort Open

V Obert Internacional d'escacs Vila de Sort took place 24th June - 2nd July 2009. Ruslan Pogorelov took clear first place with 7/9.

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

Vila de Sort Open (ESP), 24 vi-2 vii 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank	Name		FED	Elo	Pts	BUC
1	Pogorelov Ruslan	GM	UKR	2430	7	52
2	Teske Henrik	GM	GER	2523	6½	51½
3	Barsov Alexei	GM	UZB	2505	6½	51
4	Movsziszian Karen	GM	ARM	2524	6½	48
5	Kohlweyer Bernd	IM	GER	2435	6	51½
6	Burmakin Vladimir	GM	RUS	2605	6	49½
7	Roeder Matthias	IM	GER	2426	6	47
8	Kulkarni Rakesh		IND	2166	6	43
9	Kulkarni Chinmay		IND	2257	5½	46
10	Udeshi Aditya		IND	2281	5½	45½
11	Colovic Aleksandar	IM	MKD	2471	5½	45½
12	Fenil Shah		IND	2247	5½	41
13	Priyadharshan K	FM	IND	2411	5	45
14	Debashis Das		IND	2352	5	44
15	Girish A Koushik	FM	IND	2270	5	43½
16	Pham Guerrero Sergi		ESP	2202	5	43
17	Saranya J		IND	1981	5	41
18	Deshpande Aniruddha		IND	2211	4½	44½
49 players

21) Brno Chess Festival

The Duras Chess Club organised the Brno Chess Festival in the Czech Republic. The GM Dopravni stavby Brno, IM Tespo Engineering tournaments took place 26th June - 5th July 2009. Open tournaments started on the 27th June 2009. Pavel Simacek edged out Tomas Polak and Jan Bernasek finished on 6/9 in the GM event. Alexander Bagrationi won the IM tournament with 7/9. Games from the final three rounds of the open are missing.

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.	Simacek, Pavel	m	CZE	2489	*	½	1	1	½	0	½	½	1	1	6	2547
2.	Polak, Tomas	g	CZE	2508	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	6	2545
3.	Bernasek, Jan	m	CZE	2443	0	½	*	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	6	2552
4.	Vyskocil, Neklan	f	CZE	2315	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	½	4½	2441
5.	Beinoras, Mindaugas	m	LTU	2422	½	½	0	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	4½	2430
6.	Popchev, Milko	g	BUL	2451	1	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	0	½	4	2383
7.	Ivanov, Mikhail M	g	RUS	2470	½	½	0	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	4	2381
8.	Plat, Vojtech	m	CZE	2419	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	3½	2350
9.	Spirin, Oleg	m	RUS	2437	0	½	0	½	½	1	½	½	*	0	3½	2348
10.	Vymazal, Bronislav		CZE	2338	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	1	*	3	2314

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.	Bagrationi, Alexander	m	UKR	2370	*	1	½	1	½	0	1	1	½	½	1	7	2397
2.	Kuchynka, Lukas		CZE	2199	0	*	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	6½	2375
3.	Pakhomov, Alexey	m	RUS	2439	½	½	*	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	6	2313
4.	Ponizil, Cyril	f	CZE	2278	0	0	0	*	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	6	2329
5.	Pisk, Petr	m	CZE	2324	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	5	2253
6.	Pertlova, Sona	wm	CZE	2232	1	0	½	0	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	4½	2226
7.	Lundeby, Oyvind Andersen		NOR	2213	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	1	0	½	4½	2228
8.	Borosova, Zuzana	wm	SVK	2260	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	4½	2223
9.	Simek, Petr2		CZE	2253	½	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	*	1	½	4	2188
10.	Cip, Dalibor		CZE	2200	½	0	½	0	½	½	1	0	0	*	½	3½	2155
11.	Spodny, Josef		CZE	2088	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	3½	2166

Open Brno (CZE), 26 vi-4 vii 2009
Rk.	Name		FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Smistik Milan		CZE	2296	8	42	53.5	41
2	Cagasik Tomas		CZE	2280	7	41.5	54	37
3	Kratochvil Karel		CZE	2131	7	34.5	46.5	34
4	Mlensky Dalibor		CZE	2045	6.5	38.5	50.5	36
5	Jurka Miroslav	FM	CZE	2319	6	38.5	50.5	32
6	Mlynek Petr		CZE	2200	6	38	50.5	34
7	Zavadil Michal		CZE	2091	6	34.5	43.5	29.5
8	Sladek Vladislav		CZE	2074	6	34	45	32
9	Kredl Karel		CZE	1986	6	33.5	45	31
10	Majer Jiri		CZE	2129	5.5	36.5	46	28
11	Mouryc Tomas		CZE	1984	5.5	33	43	24.5
12	Meszaros Ludek		CZE	2242	5.5	32.5	43	26
13	Markovic Ivan		CZE	2189	5.5	30	40	24
14	Snorek Milan		CZE	2180	5	41.5	54	32
15	Pokorny Petr		CZE	2239	5	37	45	28
16	Mudra Tomas		CZE	2188	5	35.5	46.5	30.5
17	Krupica Pavel		CZE	1900	5	35.5	45.5	28
18	Vesely Jaromir		CZE	2074	5	31	39.5	25.5
19	Kalod Michal		CZE	1849	5	30.5	39	22
20	Stanek Stanislav		CZE	2084	5	29.5	38.5	23.5
21	Martisek Karel		CZE	1825	4.5	39.5	50.5	25.5
55 players

22) 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 (PAR), 28 vi-7 vii 2009												cat. VIII (2439)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Zambrana, Oswaldo	g	BOL	2473	*	.	½	1	½	1	½	1	.	1	5½	2675
2.	Cubas, Jose Fernando	m	PAR	2434	.	*	½	½	1	.	1	1	½	1	5½	2653
3.	Bachmann, Axel	g	PAR	2555	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	.	.	4½	2546
4.	Soppe, Guillermo	m	ARG	2427	0	½	½	*	.	½	½	.	½	1	3½	2443
5.	Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo, Reynaldo	g	CUB	2479	½	0	½	.	*	½	.	½	1	½	3½	2442
6.	Rodriguez Vila, Andres	g	URU	2524	0	.	½	½	½	*	.	½	1	½	3½	2435
7.	Coelho, Luis Henrique	m	BRA	2389	½	0	0	½	.	.	*	½	½	½	2½	2326
8.	Cornejo, Max	f	PER	2383	0	0	0	.	½	½	½	*	1	.	2½	2357
9.	Lujan, Carolina	m	ARG	2364	.	½	.	½	0	0	½	0	*	½	2	2270
10.	Brito, Luismar	f	BRA	2364	0	0	.	0	½	½	½	.	½	*	2	2283

II Magistral Copa Roggio B Asuncion (PAR), 28 vi-7 vii 2009
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Kropff, Ricardo	f	PAR	2298	*	½	½	½	½	1	.	½	½	.	4	2257
2.	Peralta, Eduardo	f	PAR	2274	½	*	1	.	1	0	½	.	½	½	4	2243
3.	Espinoza, Warner		CRC	1870	½	0	*	.	0	.	1	1	1	½	4	2297
4.	Sieiro-Gonzalez, Luis	m	CUB	2361	½	.	.	*	½	1	0	½	½	1	4	2294
5.	Oddone, Cristhian		URU	2231	½	0	1	½	*	.	1	0	½	.	3½	2212
6.	Sosa Harrison, Jorge	f	PAR	2254	0	1	.	0	.	*	½	1	½	½	3½	2266
7.	Gattass, Allan		BRA	2221	.	½	0	1	0	½	*	½	.	1	3½	2209
8.	Hernandez, Angel C	f	PAR	2228	½	.	0	½	1	0	½	*	.	1	3½	2211
9.	Valiente, Cristobal	m	PAR	2234	½	½	0	½	½	½	.	.	*	½	3	2169
10.	Malbran, Guillermo	m	ARG	2246	.	½	½	0	.	½	0	0	½	*	2	2048

23) "King's Gambit" in Lipetsk

The King's Gambit chess festival took place in Lipetsk, Russia, June 22nd (arrival day) - July 3rd, 2009. The festival consisted of two round-robin tournaments (one with GM norm and one with IM norm) and an open for FIDE rating. Oleg V Ivanov won the A-Group with 6½/9. Konstantin Tarlev won the B-Group with 8½/11.

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	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	6½	2620
2.	Slugin, Sergey	f	RUS	2439	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	6	2581
3.	Kasparov, Sergey	g	BLR	2476	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	5½	2532
4.	Gladyszev, Oleg	m	RUS	2434	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	0	4½	2457
5.	Gavrilov, Alexei1	m	RUS	2470	0	½	½	½	*	½	1	1	½	0	4½	2453
6.	Vysochin, Spartak	g	UKR	2543	½	½	½	½	½	*	0	½	½	1	4½	2444
7.	Airapetian, Gor	f	RUS	2369	½	0	0	0	0	1	*	1	1	1	4½	2464
8.	Ajrapetian, Gevorg		RUS	2366	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	*	1	1	3½	2384
9.	Zontakh, Andrey	g	UKR	2581	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	0	*	1	3	2315
10.	Derbenev, Andrey		RUS	2408	0	½	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	*	2½	2293

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	*	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	8½	2525
2.	Lomako, Pavel	m	BLR	2417	½	*	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	7	2383
3.	Airapetian, Tatevik	wf	RUS	2125	0	½	*	½	0	1	½	1	0	1	1	5½	2299
4.	Morev, Ivan		RUS	2266	0	0	½	*	1	0	½	1	½	1	1	5½	2285
5.	Pesotsky, Vitaly	m	UKR	2318	½	½	1	0	*	0	½	½	1	1	0	5	2244
6.	Bezgodova, Maria	wf	RUS	2100	½	½	0	1	1	*	0	0	0	1	1	5	2266
7.	Rozanov, Pavel B	f	RUS	2306	0	½	½	½	½	1	*	½	0	½	1	5	2245
8.	Rysbayeva, Aigerim	wf	KAZ	2167	0	½	0	0	½	1	½	*	1	1	½	5	2259
9.	Nikitin, Yuri2	f	RUS	2292	0	0	1	½	0	1	1	0	*	½	1	5	2247
10.	Bezgodova, Svetlana		RUS	2198	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	*	1	2	2016
11.	Rysbayeva, Nazerke	wf	KAZ	2106	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	½	0	0	*	1½	1969

24) GM Berlin

There is a GM tournament in Berlin 4th-12th July 2009.

Official site: http://www.gmturnier-berlin.de/

GM Berlin (GER), 4-12 vii 2009													cat. X (2488)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Erdos, Viktor	g	HUN	2565	*	.	½	.	1	1	.	.	.	.	1	.	3½	2864
2.	Stern, Rene	m	GER	2498	.	*	.	.	½	.	.	½	.	1	1	.	3	2675
3.	Schneider, Ilja	m	GER	2508	½	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	½	1	2½	2630
4.	Agopov, Mikael	m	FIN	2442	.	.	.	*	0	.	.	1	1	½	.	.	2½	2539
5.	Paehtz, Elisabeth	m	GER	2474	0	½	.	1	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2512
6.	Maksimenko, Andrei	g	UKR	2544	0	.	.	.	½	*	.	1	.	.	½	.	2	2511
7.	Lundin, Jan	f	SWE	2382	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	0	½	½	.	1	2	2463
8.	Kurmann, Oliver	m	SUI	2420	.	½	.	0	.	0	1	*	.	.	.	.	1½	2379
9.	Figura, Atila Gajo	f	GER	2436	.	.	½	0	.	.	½	.	*	.	.	½	1½	2383
10.	Tischbierek, Raj	g	GER	2447	.	0	.	½	.	.	½	.	.	*	.	½	1½	2381
11.	Yemelin, Vasily	g	RUS	2588	0	0	½	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	*	.	1	2335
12.	Rabiega, Robert	g	GER	2551	.	.	0	.	.	.	0	.	½	½	.	*	1	2250

25) Coupe de France Finale

The Le chateau de Villandry was the venue for the final of the French Cup on 28th June 2009. I haven't heard of this event before and don't know how the teams reached the final. Clichy beat Evry 3-1.

Details: http://www.europe-echecs.com/actualites/actualites-finale-de-la-coupe-de-france-1902.html and http://www.echecs.asso.fr

26) 4th Polonia Wroclaw International

The 4th Polonia Wroclaw International took place 20th-26th June 2009. Sergei Tiviakov won on tie-break from Bartosz Socko, Vadim Malakhatko, Csaba Balogh, Evgeny Postny, Vladimir Baklan, Mateusz Bartel and Bertlomiej Macieja after they all finished on 6.5/9. The players in the tie that drew in the final round then played off again (repeatedly if necessary) for the full point producing the table below. Last week I assumed Wroclaw was Warsaw in Polish, apparently it isn't, so I give the games again.

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

27) 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

28) Zone 3.1

Zone 3.1 took place in Sana'a, Yemen, 24th-30th June 2009. Mohamad Al-Modiahki edged out Mohamad Al Sayed after both finished on 7/9. No games available.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr23378.aspx

This was followed up with the 8th Al Saleh Open. Results http://chess-results.com/tnr23506.aspx

Zone 3.1 Sana'a (YEM), 24-30 vi 2009															cat. VII (2415)
Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.	TB1
1	GM	Al-Modiahki Mohamad	2585	QAT	*	½	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	7,0	7,0
	IM	Al Sayed Mohamad N.	2496	QAT	½	*	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	7,0	7,0
3	GM	Salem A.R. Saleh	2479	UAE	½	½	*	½	1	0	1	½	1	1	6,0	6,0
4	IM	Al Qudaimi Basheer	2423	YEM	1	0	½	*	0	1	1	0	½	1	5,0	5,0
	IM	Ahmad AzizJawad Obada	2379	IRQ	0	½	0	1	*	0	½	1	1	1	5,0	5,0
6	IM	Khader Sami	2402	JOR	0	0	1	0	1	*	0	½	1	1	4,5	4,5
	FM	Bakr Jwan	2367	SYR	0	½	0	0	½	1	*	½	1	1	4,5	4,5
8	FM	Al-Hadarani Hatim	2264	YEM	0	0	½	1	0	½	½	*	0	1	3,5	3,5
9	FM	Khairallah Faisal	2338	LIB	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	1	*	1	2,5	2,5
10		Bukhalaf Khalil	0	BRN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	*	0,0	0,0

29) Philadelphia International

The Philadelphia International took place 25th-29th June 2009. Jacek Stopa and Alex Lenderman (GM norm) finished with 7/9. Still hoping for a significant game file to emerge.

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

Philadelphia International (USA), 25-27 vi 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
#	Name	Ti	St	Rtng	Tot
1	Jacek Stopa	IM	POL	2471	7
2	Alex Lenderman	IM	NY	2434	7 GM Norm
3	Samuel Shankland	IM	CA	2446	6½ GM Norm
4	Jiri Stocek	GM	CZE	2573	6
5	Dean J Ippolito	IM	NJ	2443	6
6	Michael A Mulyar	IM	CO	2390	6
7	Victor Mikhalevski	GM	ISR	2625	5½
8	Timur Gareev	GM	UZB	2590	5½
9	Daniel Fernandez	IM	TX	2369	5½
10	Siddharth Ravichandran		IND	2303	5½ IM Norm
11	Gildardo J Garcia	GM	COL	2401	5
12	Bindi Cheng	FM	CAN	2361	5
13	Daniel Naroditsky	FM	CA	2335	5
14	Louie Jiang		CAN	2266	5
15	Norman Rogers	FM	PA	2240	5
16	Keith Mac Kinnon		CAN	2145	5
17	Karoly Szalay		CAN	2050	5
18	Anthony Bellaiche	IM	FRA	2450	4½
14 players

30) 4th International Lubawka Gate

The 4th International Chess Tournament took place in Lubawka 29th June - 5th July 2009. Vadim Shishkin took clear first with 7/9. Games not yet available.

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

4th International Lubawka Gate (POL), 29 vi - 5 vii 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl	Name	Title	Fed.	Elo	Pts
1	Shishkin, Vadim	GM	UKR	2498	7
2	Malisauskas, Vidmantas	GM	LTU	2459	6.5
3	Sharapov, Evgeny	IM	UKR	2466	6
4	Lahiri, Atanu	IM	IND	2332	6
5	Aliavdin, Nikolai	IM	BLR	2365	5.5
6	Sergeev, Vladimir	GM	UKR	2479	5.5
7	Zminda, Bogdan		POL	2165	4.5
8	Gulik, Pawel		POL	1917	4.5
9	Hajnrych, Jakub		POL	1984	4.5
10	Jurkowski, Marcin		POL	1963	3.5
11	Walas, Aleksandra		POL	1862	3.5
12	Koscielny, Edmond		FRA	1901	3.5
13	Galyga, Jozef		POL	1944	2.5
14	Stepinski, Stanislaw		POL	1992	0
43 players

31) ROC Nova College Chess Tournament

The ROC Nova College Chess Tournament took place in Haarlem 26th-28th June 2009. Igor Khenkin, Erik Van den Doel and Aleksandar Berelovich finished on 5/6. A Games section should be available eventually, some games are available for viewing in the ChessVibes report.

Official site: http://www.hwphaarlem.nl/novahomeindex.php - Report: http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/berelovich-van-den-doel-and-khenkin-win-in-haarlem/

ROC Nova College (NED), 26-28 vi 2009 Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
Rank	Name	Fed.	Rating	Score	TPR
1	Khenkin, Igor	GER	2608	5	2698
2	Van den Doel, Erik	NED	2574	5	2671
3	Berelovich, Aleksandar	GER	2548	5	2575
4	Van der Wiel, John	NED	2487	4.5	2554
5	Bosboom, Manuel	NED	2424	4.5	2448
6	Janssen, Ruud	NED	2514	4	2460
7	De Jong, Jan-Willem	NED	2457	4	2433
8	Siebrecht, Sebastian	GER	2423	4	2367
9	Van Oosterom, Chiel	NED	2393	4	2299
10	Wantola, Ivo	NED	2338	4	2314
11	Beeke, Bob	NED	2195	3.5	2266
12	Brouwer, Dennis	NED	2179	3.5	2178
13	De Roode, Peter	NED	2136	3.5	2250
14	Wijnberg, Arjan	NED	2107	3.5	2063
44 players

32) World Chess Tour GM Moscow

There is a new series of round-robin tournaments in Moscow. Starting in July 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.

Under the participants are: a member of Russian Women National Team WGM & IM Marina Romanko, young chess star from Azerbaidzhan FM Ulvi Bajarani, the winner of just finished in Moscow open-tournament "Moscow Summer" FM Pavel Dvalishvili etc...

Venue - "Alexeevsky" (Moscow, Prospect Mira, 120).

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

World Chess Tour Moscow (RUS) 4-11 vii 2009				Ave 2442
4149351	1	Zlochevskij, Alexander	GM	ITA	2491
24115720	2	Bajarani, Ulvi	FM	AZE	2356
13400401	3	Krylov, Mikhail	IM	RUS	2480
13403028	4	Aldokhin, Ivan	FM	RUS	2345
4121996	5	Romanko, Marina	IM	RUS	2447
4163737	6	Bagirov, Rufat	GM	AZE	2467
4104358	7	Gavrilov, Alexei	IM	RUS	2480
4100484	8	Filinberg, Dmitriy		RUS	2343
4151364	9	Dvalishvili, Pavel	FM	RUS	2486
811424	10	Glek, Igor	GM	GER	2528

Round 1 (July 4, 2009)
GM	Zlochevsky, Alexander	ITA	2491	½-½	GM	Glek, Igor	GER	2528
FM	Bajarani, Ulvi	AZE	2356	0-1	IM (WGM)	Romanko, Marina	RUS	2447
IM	Krylov, Mikhail	RUS	2480	1-0		Filinberg, Dmitriy	RUS	2343
FM	Aldokhin, Ivan	RUS	2345	1-0	IM	Gavrilov, Alexei	RUS	2480
	Filinberg, Dmitriy	RUS	2343	½-½	FM	Aldokhin, Ivan	RUS	2345
Round 2 (July 5, 2009)
FM	Bajarani, Ulvi	AZE	2356	½-½	IM	Krylov, Mikhail	RUS	2480
FM	Aldokhin, Ivan	RUS	2345	1-0	GM	Glek, Igor	GER	2528
IM (WGM)	Romanko, Marina	RUS	2447	1-0		Filinberg, Dmitriy	RUS	2343
GM	Bagirov, Rufat	AZE	2467	1-0	IM	Gavrilov, Alexei	RUS	2480
GM	Glek, Igor	GER	2528	½-½	IM	Gavrilov, Alexei	RUS	2480

33) Forthcoming Events and Links

116th Scottish Chess Championships (International Open)

Jonathan Grant sends news of 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 are:
1	GM	Jonathan Rowson	Scotland	2591
2	GM	S. Arun Prasad	India	2556
3	GM	Jan Markos	Slovakia	2555
4	GM	Keti Arakhamia-Grant	Scotland	2506
5	GM	Paul Motwani	Scotland	2503
6	GM	Magesh Chandran Panchanathan	India	2493
7	GM	Colin McNab	Scotland	2474
8	GM	Mark Hebden	England	2468
9	GM	John Shaw	Scotland	2462
10	GM	Aaron Summerscale	Englad	2454
79 entries

Unfortunately Jacob Aagaard has back problems and has had to withdraw.

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

ChessBase report on Keti's simul http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5522

Official tournament site: http://www.scottishchesschampionship.com

Zuerich Chess Club 200th Anniversary

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

Alexander Morozevich along with Hou Yifan, Alexey Dreev, Artur Yusupov and Lajos Portisch appear in the Alois Nagler Memorial. This open can be entered here: http://www.sgzurich2009.ch/index.php?lang=en

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

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 in disarray after it appears that Veselin Topalov and Viswanathan Anand are no longer playing.

The field seems to be Magnus Carlsen, Teimour Radjabov, Dmitry Jakovenko, Wang Yue and possibly Judit Polgar but who knows what brought about this change of mind from the top players and therefore what other players might be missing.

The event is a 6-player in a double round robin. The total prize fund is 250,000 Euros.

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. ???? (????)
No	Name	Ti	NAT	April Elo	DoB
1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2772	1990
2	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2756	1987
3	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2760	1983
4	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	2736	1987
5	Polgar, Judit [Possible]	g	HUN	2687	1976
6	Not known

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

2nd Fide Women Grand Prix

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.

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

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

French Championships

The French Championships take place in Nimes, 10th-22nd August 2009.

Details: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/Default.aspx?Cat=15

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/

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

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

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

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

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

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