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Another huge week of chess. Apart from last year Kramnik has dominated the Dortmund tournament almost every time he has played. Normal service was resumed this year with Kramnik running out a convincing winner in the end and taking the event for the 9th time. The Donostia (San Sebastian) Chess Festival has roots going back to Capablanca who made his name there at the beginning of his tournament career. Hikaru Nakamura is dominating matters at the moment with a 5/6 start. The amount of work which is needed to stay in touch and competitive these days requires a lot of work. Karpov isn't that bad a player but inferior openings and consequent time trouble is proving too much as he has started with 1/6. It has been announced however he will play rapid and blitz against Gary Kasparov in a match celebrating the 25th anniversary of their epic series of world title matches between 1984 and 1990. Elsewhere there is the normal summer fair with lots of interesting chess worldwide.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Dortmund Chess Meeting took place 2nd-12th July 2009. Vladimir Kramnik won the Dortmund tournament for the 9th time. He resumes his almost unbroken success at this event after a poor score last year. Kramnik won two out of the last three rounds and had at least one chance with black in round 9. The event saw very hot weather and with that some tame draws but Kramnik played excellently towards the end and deserved his win a point clear of Peter Leko, Magnus Carlsen and Dmitry Jakovenko.
Official site: http://www.sparkassen-chess-meeting.de/cms/
Sparkassen GM Dortmund (GER), 2-12 vii 2009 | cat. XX (2744) | ||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
1. | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2759 | * | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6½ | 2851 | |
2. | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2756 | ½ | ½ | * | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5½ | 2777 | |
3. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2772 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5½ | 2774 | |
4. | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2760 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5½ | 2777 | |
5. | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2721 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | * | ½ | ½ | 4 | 2676 | |
6. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | GER | 2697 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | * | 3 | 2604 |
Round 1 (July 2, 2009) | ||||||
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Leko, Peter | - Kramnik, Vladimir | ½-½ | 24 | E04 | Catalan | |
Carlsen, Magnus | - Jakovenko, Dmitry | 1-0 | 49 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
Naiditsch, Arkadij | - Bacrot, Etienne | ½-½ | 42 | C89 | Ruy Lopez Marshall | |
Round 2 (July 3, 2009) | ||||||
Kramnik, Vladimir | - Bacrot, Etienne | ½-½ | 30 | E15 | Queens Indian | |
Leko, Peter | - Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 25 | A32 | English Symmetrical | |
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) | ||||||
Kramnik, Vladimir | - Jakovenko, Dmitry | ½-½ | 19 | D38 | QGD Ragozin | |
Leko, Peter | - Bacrot, Etienne | 1-0 | 39 | E15 | Queens Indian | |
Carlsen, Magnus | - Naiditsch, Arkadij | 1-0 | 60 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
Round 6 (July 8, 2009) | ||||||
Kramnik, Vladimir | - Leko, Peter | ½-½ | 25 | E55 | Nimzo Indian | |
Jakovenko, Dmitry | - Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 45 | B33 | Sicilian Sveshnikov | |
Bacrot, Etienne | - Naiditsch, Arkadij | ½-½ | 24 | E18 | Queens Indian | |
Round 7 (July 9, 2009) | ||||||
Carlsen, Magnus | - Leko, Peter | ½-½ | 22 | C88 | Ruy Lopez Closed | |
Bacrot, Etienne | - Kramnik, Vladimir | ½-½ | 38 | C42 | Petroff's Defence | |
Naiditsch, Arkadij | - Jakovenko, Dmitry | ½-½ | 70 | B35 | Sicilian Defence | |
Round 8 (July 10, 2009) | ||||||
Kramnik, Vladimir | - Carlsen, Magnus | 1-0 | 36 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
Leko, Peter | - Naiditsch, Arkadij | ½-½ | 27 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
Jakovenko, Dmitry | - Bacrot, Etienne | 1-0 | 81 | C89 | Ruy Lopez Marshall | |
Round 9 (July 11, 2009) | ||||||
Jakovenko, Dmitry | - Kramnik, Vladimir | ½-½ | 56 | C42 | Petroff's Defence | |
Bacrot, Etienne | - Leko, Peter | ½-½ | 17 | A30 | English Symmetrical | |
Naiditsch, Arkadij | - Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 32 | B33 | Sicilian Sveshnikov | |
Round 10 (July 12, 2009) | ||||||
Kramnik, Vladimir | - Naiditsch, Arkadij | 1-0 | 42 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
Leko, Peter | - Jakovenko, Dmitry | ½-½ | 44 | C89 | Ruy Lopez Marshall | |
Carlsen, Magnus | - Bacrot, Etienne | ½-½ | 39 | E32 | Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 |
Helmut Kohls IM Dortmund (GER), 3-12 vii 2009 | cat. V (2357) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1. | Schaefer, Markus | m | GER | 2378 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 6 | 2479 | |||||
2. | Trella, Thomas | f | GER | 2371 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2480 | |||||
3. | Ringoir, Tanguy | f | BEL | 2406 | 0 | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5 | 2394 | |||||
4. | Fiebig, Thomas | GER | 2426 | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4½ | 2349 | ||||||
5. | Litwak, Aleksej | f | GER | 2268 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 4 | 2323 | |||||
6. | Eismont, Oleg | m | RUS | 2326 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4 | 2317 | |||||
7. | Savchenko, Viacheslav | m | UKR | 2429 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4 | 2305 | |||||
8. | Zelbel, Patrick | GER | 2348 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | 4 | 2314 | ||||||
9. | Racherbaeumer, Marcel | GER | 2284 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 4 | 2321 | ||||||
10. | Webb, Laurence E | f | ENG | 2331 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | 3½ | 2279 |
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/
City of Culture GM Donostia (ESP), 7-16 vii 2009 | cat. XVIII (2682) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2710 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2952 | |||||
2. | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2739 | ½ | * | . | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | . | . | 1 | 4 | 2814 | |||||
3. | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2727 | ½ | . | * | . | . | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 4 | 2784 | |||||
4. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2703 | 0 | 0 | . | * | ½ | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 3½ | 2728 | |||||
5. | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2693 | 0 | ½ | . | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | . | . | 3 | 2697 | |||||
6. | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | g | UZB | 2672 | . | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | . | 1 | ½ | . | 3 | 2679 | |||||
7. | Movsesian, Sergei | g | SVK | 2716 | . | ½ | 0 | . | ½ | . | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 3 | 2670 | |||||
8. | Granda Zuniga, Julio E | g | PER | 2647 | . | . | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 2 | 2545 | |||||
9. | San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo | g | ESP | 2570 | 0 | . | ½ | 0 | . | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | . | 1½ | 2502 | |||||
10. | Karpov, Anatoly | g | RUS | 2644 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | . | . | 0 | ½ | . | * | 1 | 2434 |
Round 1 (July 7, 2009) | ||||||
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Nakamura, Hikaru | - Karpov, Anatoly | 1-0 | 65 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
Svidler, Peter | - Movsesian, Sergei | ½-½ | 22 | C41 | Philidor's Defence | |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | 1-0 | 46 | B77 | Sicilian Modern Dragon | |
Vallejo Pons, Francisco | - Granda Zuniga, Julio E | 1-0 | 43 | B19 | Caro Kann | |
San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo | - Ponomariov, Ruslan | ½-½ | 46 | D85 | Gruenfeld Defence | |
Round 2 (July 8, 2009) | ||||||
Nakamura, Hikaru | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 1-0 | 44 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | - Svidler, Peter | ½-½ | 24 | D82 | Gruenfeld 4.Bf4 | |
Movsesian, Sergei | - Vallejo Pons, Francisco | ½-½ | 28 | C02 | French Advance | |
Granda Zuniga, Julio E | - San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo | 1-0 | 28 | A01 | Larsen Opening | |
Karpov, Anatoly | - Ponomariov, Ruslan | ½-½ | 52 | D85 | Gruenfeld Defence | |
Round 3 (July 9, 2009) | ||||||
Svidler, Peter | - Nakamura, Hikaru | ½-½ | 24 | B12 | Caro Kann Advanced | |
Ponomariov, Ruslan | - Granda Zuniga, Julio E | 1-0 | 29 | D43 | Anti-Meran Gambit | |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Karpov, Anatoly | 1-0 | 37 | C42 | Petroff's Defence | |
Vallejo Pons, Francisco | - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | ½-½ | 19 | C42 | Petroff's Defence | |
San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo | - Movsesian, Sergei | ½-½ | 12 | D15 | Slav Defence | |
Round 4 (July 11, 2009) | ||||||
Nakamura, Hikaru | - Vallejo Pons, Francisco | 1-0 | 39 | B01 | Centre Counter | |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Svidler, Peter | 0-1 | 29 | C89 | Ruy Lopez Marshall | |
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | - San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo | ½-½ | 43 | B30 | Sicilian Rossolimo | |
Movsesian, Sergei | - Ponomariov, Ruslan | 0-1 | 51 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
Karpov, Anatoly | - Granda Zuniga, Julio E | ½-½ | 58 | D20 | QGA | |
Round 5 (July 12, 2009) | ||||||
Svidler, Peter | - Karpov, Anatoly | 1-0 | 35 | C43 | Petroff's Defence | |
Ponomariov, Ruslan | - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | ½-½ | 23 | E04 | Catalan | |
Vallejo Pons, Francisco | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ½-½ | 27 | B23 | Sicilian Closed | |
Granda Zuniga, Julio E | - Movsesian, Sergei | ½-½ | 74 | E70 | King's Indian Fianchetto | |
San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo | - Nakamura, Hikaru | 0-1 | 54 | D52 | Queens Gambit Cambridge Springs | |
Round 6 (July 13, 2009) | ||||||
Nakamura, Hikaru | - Ponomariov, Ruslan | ½-½ | 14 | B96 | Sicilian Najdorf | |
Svidler, Peter | - Vallejo Pons, Francisco | ½-½ | 12 | C65 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo | 1-0 | 35 | B31 | Sicilian Rossolimo | |
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | - Granda Zuniga, Julio E | 1-0 | 30 | D17 | Slav Defence | |
Karpov, Anatoly | - Movsesian, Sergei | 0-1 | 38 | D11 | Slav Defence |
KUTXA Donostia (ESP), 7-16 vii 2009 | cat. XI (2524) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1. | Van Wely, Loek | g | NED | 2655 | * | . | . | . | 1 | ½ | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4½ | 2844 | |||||
2. | Magem Badals, Jordi | g | ESP | 2534 | . | * | . | . | ½ | . | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2702 | |||||
3. | Hamdouchi, Hicham | g | FRA | 2589 | . | . | * | ½ | . | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | . | 3½ | 2652 | |||||
4. | Bauer, Christian | g | FRA | 2602 | . | . | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | . | . | ½ | 1 | 3½ | 2637 | |||||
5. | Hauchard, Arnaud | g | FRA | 2528 | 0 | ½ | . | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | . | . | . | 2 | 2488 | |||||
6. | Ubilava, Elizbar | g | ESP | 2547 | ½ | . | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | . | . | ½ | . | 2 | 2475 | |||||
7. | Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis1 | g | ESP | 2465 | . | 0 | ½ | . | ½ | . | * | ½ | . | ½ | 2 | 2449 | |||||
8. | Cifuentes Parada, Roberto | g | ESP | 2539 | 0 | ½ | 0 | . | . | . | ½ | * | . | ½ | 1½ | 2382 | |||||
9. | Argandona Riveiro, Inigo | m | ESP | 2364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | . | ½ | . | . | * | . | 1 | 2345 | |||||
10. | Fernandes, Antonio | g | POR | 2415 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | ½ | ½ | . | * | 1 | 2319 |
Euskal Xake Eskola Donostia (ESP), 7-16 vii 2009 | cat. VII (2414) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1. | Flear, Glenn C | g | ENG | 2490 | * | . | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | . | . | . | 4 | 2637 | |||||
2. | Prie, Eric | g | FRA | 2491 | . | * | 0 | ½ | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 3½ | 2549 | |||||
3. | Hoffman, Alejandro | g | ARG | 2417 | 0 | 1 | * | . | ½ | . | . | . | 1 | ½ | 3 | 2452 | |||||
4. | Galego, Luis | g | POR | 2435 | ½ | ½ | . | * | . | ½ | . | . | ½ | 1 | 3 | 2485 | |||||
5. | Michna, Christian | f | GER | 2224 | 0 | . | ½ | . | * | . | 1 | ½ | 1 | . | 3 | 2544 | |||||
6. | Gonzalez de la Torre, Santiago | f | ESP | 2390 | 0 | 0 | . | ½ | . | * | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2½ | 2427 | |||||
7. | Llaneza Vega, Marcos | m | ESP | 2521 | ½ | 0 | . | . | 0 | . | * | 1 | ½ | . | 2 | 2356 | |||||
8. | Franco Alonso, Alejandro | m | ESP | 2480 | . | . | . | . | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 2 | 2294 | |||||
9. | Huerga Leache, Mikel | m | ESP | 2456 | . | . | 0 | ½ | 0 | . | ½ | ½ | * | . | 1½ | 2266 | |||||
10. | Martin Alvarez, Inigo | ESP | 2239 | . | 0 | ½ | 0 | . | 0 | . | 0 | . | * | ½ | 2076 |
Diputacion Foral de Gipuzkoa Donostia (ESP), 7-16 vii 2009 | cat. III (2319) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1. | Melnikova, Yana | wg | RUS | 2285 | * | . | . | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | . | . | 4 | 2574 | |||||
2. | Milliet, Sophie | m | FRA | 2388 | . | * | 1 | ½ | . | . | 1 | . | ½ | 1 | 4 | 2566 | |||||
3. | Zakurdjaeva, Irina | wg | RUS | 2305 | . | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2408 | |||||
4. | Pokorna, Regina | wg | SVK | 2381 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | . | ½ | . | . | ½ | . | 2½ | 2308 | |||||
5. | Michna, Marta | wg | GER | 2379 | ½ | . | 0 | . | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | . | . | 2½ | 2300 | |||||
6. | Rozic, Vesna | wm | SLO | 2239 | ½ | . | . | ½ | 0 | * | . | ½ | . | 1 | 2½ | 2303 | |||||
7. | Sachdev, Tania | m | IND | 2410 | 0 | 0 | . | . | ½ | . | * | . | 1 | 1 | 2½ | 2317 | |||||
8. | Ionica, Iulia-Ionela | wg | ROU | 2263 | 0 | . | . | . | ½ | ½ | . | * | ½ | ½ | 2 | 2215 | |||||
9. | Hamdouchi, Adina-Maria | wg | ROU | 2324 | . | ½ | 0 | ½ | . | . | 0 | ½ | * | . | 1½ | 2200 | |||||
10. | Karlovich, Anastazia | wg | UKR | 2211 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | ½ | . | * | ½ | 1955 |
The newspaper Marca (journalist Jesus J. Boyero) broke the news that Kasparov and Karpov will play a 12 game (4 Rapid and 8 blitz) match in Valencia 21st-24th September 2009. The match is on the 25th Anniversary of the start of their infamous first aborted match in Moscow in 1984-5, this was followed by an epic series of close World title matches which ended in Lyon 1990.
Their World Championship record summarises as: Kasparov 21 wins - Karpov 19 wins and 104 games were drawn.
Moscow 1984-5 Karpov-Kasparov (+5 -3 =40) (aborted match)
Moscow 1985 Kasparov-Karpov (+5 -3 =16)
London - Leningrad 1986 Kasparov-Karpov (+5 -4 =15)
Seville 1987 Kasparov-Karpov (+4 -4 =16)
New York - Lyon 1990 Kasparov-Karpov (+4 -3 =17)
They also had a battle for the GMA World Cup series (1988-9) which was won by a small margin by Kasparov over 6 tournaments. They were unrivalled as the top two players for about a decade. Even after this, even though Karpov clearly wasn't world number two he held the governing body FIDE's World Championship 1993-1999 after Kasparov organised his own world title events. He also won the Linares 1994 by a big margin over Kasparov which he used to suggest he was the real champion. I've always thought Karpov was a little lucky in this tournament, there was some appalling play from some of his opponents (I remember particularly that Bareev's play in the ending of his game against Karpov, even at this number of years after, was spectacularly bad) which explains much of the margin of victory.
Apparently there were long negotiations over the match and offers from two other European cities and one in South America. Kasparov has been retired since 2005, devoting his time to opposing the Russian goverment and especially Vladimir Putin. He has always been open to playing exhibition events and I don't expect this will mark a return to top level chess. Karpov is in danger of falling out of the world's top 100 and doesn't seem to have worked on his game for a long time. In spite of all this the match should get a lot of publicity in the mainstream press. I believe Kasparov is the favourite, not least on the grounds of age, Kasparov is 46, Karpov 58. I wonder if at least in part Kasparov has in mind his only match loss to Karpov, the x3dworld rapid match in New York in 2002 which Karpov won 2.5-1.5. Since then they have played just three blitz tournament games, (one in Reykjavik 2004 and two in Zurich 2006) all drawn.
Report in Marca (in Spanish) - http://www.marca.com/2009/07/07/mas_deportes/ajedrez/1246987804.html
Mig confirms the reports: http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt/2009/07/kasparov-obama-karpov.htm
The Lake Sevan GM tournament takes place in Martuni, Armenia 10th-18th July 2009.
Official site: http://www.sevan.chessacademy.am/
Lake Sevan GM Martuni (ARM), 10-18 vii 2009 | cat. XIV (2580) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1. | Babujian, Levon | m | ARM | 2515 | * | ½ | . | . | 1 | ½ | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 2793 | |||||
2. | Grigoryan, Avetik | g | ARM | 2504 | ½ | * | . | ½ | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2724 | |||||
3. | Pashikian, Arman | g | ARM | 2650 | . | . | * | ½ | . | . | ½ | ½ | . | 1 | 2½ | 2662 | |||||
4. | Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel | g | ARM | 2480 | . | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | . | ½ | . | . | . | 2 | 2601 | |||||
5. | Li Chao2 | g | CHN | 2634 | 0 | . | . | ½ | * | . | ½ | . | 1 | . | 2 | 2548 | |||||
6. | Berkes, Ferenc | g | HUN | 2647 | ½ | . | . | . | . | * | . | ½ | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2566 | |||||
7. | Lysyj, Igor | g | RUS | 2617 | 0 | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | . | * | . | . | . | 1½ | 2482 | |||||
8. | Zhigalko, Sergei | g | BLR | 2621 | . | . | ½ | . | . | ½ | . | * | ½ | 0 | 1½ | 2519 | |||||
9. | Kotanjian, Tigran | g | ARM | 2580 | . | 0 | . | . | 0 | 1 | . | ½ | * | . | 1½ | 2514 | |||||
10. | Jumabayev, Rinat | m | KAZ | 2550 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | . | 1 | . | * | 1 | 2412 |
Round 1 (July 10, 2009) | ||||||
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Grigoryan, Avetik | - Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel | ½-½ | 24 | D31 | Semi-Slav Defence | |
Li Chao2 | - Lysyj, Igor | ½-½ | 36 | C11 | French Defence | |
Berkes, Ferenc | - Babujian, Levon | ½-½ | 65 | E59 | Nimzo Indian | |
Zhigalko, Sergei | - Kotanjian, Tigran | ½-½ | 65 | C92 | Ruy Lopez Chigorin | |
Jumabayev, Rinat | - Pashikian, Arman | 0-1 | 41 | D11 | Slav Defence | |
Round 2 (July 11, 2009) | ||||||
Babujian, Levon | - Grigoryan, Avetik | ½-½ | 83 | E67 | King's Indian Fianchetto | |
Pashikian, Arman | - Lysyj, Igor | ½-½ | 45 | E15 | Queens Indian | |
Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel | - Li Chao2 | ½-½ | 69 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
Kotanjian, Tigran | - Berkes, Ferenc | 1-0 | 55 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
Jumabayev, Rinat | - Zhigalko, Sergei | 1-0 | 43 | D11 | Slav Defence | |
Round 3 (July 12, 2009) | ||||||
Grigoryan, Avetik | - Kotanjian, Tigran | 1-0 | 56 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
Li Chao2 | - Babujian, Levon | 0-1 | 65 | C45 | Scotch Game | |
Berkes, Ferenc | - Jumabayev, Rinat | 1-0 | 40 | E00 | Catalan | |
Lysyj, Igor | - Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel | ½-½ | 57 | D30 | Queen's Gambit (without Nc3) | |
Zhigalko, Sergei | - Pashikian, Arman | ½-½ | 51 | C45 | Scotch Game | |
Round 4 (July 13, 2009) | ||||||
Babujian, Levon | - Lysyj, Igor | 1-0 | 31 | E21 | Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3 | |
Pashikian, Arman | - Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel | ½-½ | 46 | E09 | Catalan | |
Zhigalko, Sergei | - Berkes, Ferenc | ½-½ | 43 | B12 | Caro Kann Advanced | |
Kotanjian, Tigran | - Li Chao2 | 0-1 | 64 | E15 | Queens Indian | |
Jumabayev, Rinat | - Grigoryan, Avetik | 0-1 | 45 | E60 | King's Indian without Nc3 |
The Greek League took place in Kallithea 3rd-11th July 2009. The tournament is 9 round swiss 31 teams.
Spiros Ilandzis reports: The Greek League ended with a victory for the team of S.O. Kavalas, for the 4th time in its history (previous wins: 1999, 2005 and 2008)
Unfortunately, the top two matches of the last round ended in 6-6, after a "package agreement" of 12 draws. The team of S.O. Kavalas had already secured the title, before the last round, having scored 8 wins in its first 8 matches!
Top-players for S.O. Kavalas were: GM Tomashevsky (2689) 4 p. in 7 g., GM Papaioannou (2624) 5/8, GM Halkias (2564) 6/8, GM Skembris (2452) 7,5/9, Ant. Pavlidis (2360) 8.5/9! and WGM Botsari (2298) 6,5/9.
P.S. Peristeri (Ivanchuk, Macieja, Tzermiadianos, Gavrilakis) were 2nd, with 14 match-points (6 wins, two draws, one loss - to S.O. Kavalas) and E.S. Thessalonikis (Miroshnichenko, Wojtaszek, Mastrovasilis brothers) were 3rd, also with 14 m-p.
The bottom 11 of the 31 partcipating teams were relegated (but they'll have the chance to qualify for next year's A' League, through preliminary matches).
The best scorers on 1st board were GMs Azmaiparashvili (2626) with 7/9, Navara (2687), 6,5/9, Radulski (2539), 6,5/9, Lenic (2565) 6,5/9 and Bologan (2689), 6/8.
Official site: http://www.chessfed.gr/teams2009/default.asp
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.
Official tournament site: http://www.scottishchesschampionship.com
Reports: http://www.scottishchesschampionship.com/Reports.html
Live games: http://www.chessscotland.com/live2009/index.html
116th Scottish Chess Championships (International Open) Edinburgh (SCO), 11-19 vii 2009.
Leading Round 2 Standings: |
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Rank | Name | Ti | Fed | Rating | Sco | TPR |
1 | Jonathan Rowson | GM | SCO | 2591 | 2 | 3016 |
2 | S. Arun Prasad | GM | IND | 2556 | 2 | 3009 |
3 | Jan Markos | GM | SLO | 2555 | 2 | 2982 |
4 | Paul Motwani | GM | SCO | 2503 | 2 | 2942 |
5 | Magesh Chandran Panchanath | GM | IND | 2493 | 2 | 2966 |
6 | Mark Hebden | GM | ENG | 2468 | 2 | 2929 |
7 | Graham Morrison | FM | SCO | 2366 | 2 | 2778 |
8 | Gudmundur Kjartansson | FM | ICE | 2356 | 2 | 2803 |
9 | Keti Arakhamia-Grant | GM | SCO | 2506 | 1.5 | 2359 |
10 | Colin McNab | GM | SCO | 2474 | 1.5 | 2441 |
11 | John Shaw | GM | SCO | 2462 | 1.5 | 2305 |
12 | Aaron Summerscale | GM | ENG | 2454 | 1.5 | 2104 |
13 | Ravshan Khamroev | UZB | 2234 | 1.5 | 0 | |
14 | Peter Poobalasingam | ENG | 2224 | 1.5 | 2136 | |
15 | Paul Roberts | CM | SCO | 2176 | 1.5 | 2506 |
16 | Martin Mitchell | SCO | 2147 | 1.5 | 2474 | |
17 | Daniel McGowan | SCO | 2098 | 1.5 | 2448 | |
18 | George Neave | SCO | 2090 | 1.5 | 2317 | |
19 | Joe Parks | SCO | 1919 | 1.5 | 2563 | |
20 | Katie A Martin | SCO | 1906 | 1.5 | 0 | |
21 | Lindsay McGregor | SCO | 1778 * | 1.5 | 2117 | |
22 | Andrew Greet | IM | ENG | 2443 | 1 | 2093 |
88 players |
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 includes four main events:
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. The games are clearly not all correct and I may have mixed up Golod-Gelfand and Fridman-Sutovsky from round 1 as they were unlabled.
Richard Riordan GM Rapid Natanya (ISR), 12-14 vii 2009 | cat. XVII (2664) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
1. | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2632 | * | ½ | ½ | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | . | . | 1 | 1 | 6½ | 2915 | |||||
2. | Najer, Evgeniy | g | RUS | 2663 | ½ | * | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | ½ | . | 6 | 2982 | |||||
3. | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2755 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | . | . | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | . | 4½ | 2696 | |||||
4. | Roiz, Michael | g | ISR | 2658 | . | . | 0 | * | . | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | . | ½ | 1 | 4½ | 2704 | |||||
5. | Eljanov, Pavel | g | UKR | 2716 | . | 0 | ½ | . | * | . | ½ | 0 | 1 | . | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4½ | 2709 | |||||
6. | Smirin, Ilia | g | ISR | 2650 | 0 | . | 0 | 1 | . | * | ½ | . | 1 | ½ | . | . | 1 | 4 | 2713 | |||||
7. | Beliavsky, Alexander G | g | SLO | 2662 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 4 | 2656 | |||||
8. | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2687 | 0 | 0 | . | ½ | 1 | . | . | * | . | ½ | ½ | 1 | . | 3½ | 2653 | |||||
9. | Rodshtein, Maxim | g | ISR | 2623 | ½ | . | . | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | * | 1 | . | . | 1 | 3 | 2612 | |||||
10. | Avrukh, Boris | g | ISR | 2641 | . | . | ½ | 0 | . | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | . | . | 1 | 2½ | 2570 | |||||
11. | Fridman, Daniel2 | g | GER | 2665 | . | 0 | ½ | . | 0 | . | 0 | ½ | . | . | * | 1 | ½ | 2½ | 2577 | |||||
12. | Golod, Vitali | g | ISR | 2599 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | . | . | 0 | . | . | 0 | * | . | 2 | 2524 | |||||
13. | Sutovsky, Emil | g | ISR | 2675 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | ½ | . | * | ½ | 2233 |
Round 1 (July 12, 2009) | |||||
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Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Smirin, Ilia | 1-0 | 37 | B43 | Sicilian Paulsen |
Najer, Evgeniy | - Beliavsky, Alexander G | 1-0 | 13 | C48 | Four Knights Rubinstein |
Eljanov, Pavel | - Rodshtein, Maxim | 1-0 | 6 | A48 | King's Indian Defence /c2-c4 |
Roiz, Michael | - Avrukh, Boris | 1-0 | 50 | D85 | Gruenfeld Defence |
Fridman, Daniel2 | - Sutovsky, Emil | ½-½ | 32 | D90 | Gruenfeld Flohr |
Golod, Vitali | - Gelfand, Boris | ½-½ | 49 | D12 | Slav Defence |
Round 2 (July 12, 2009) | |||||
Smirin, Ilia | - Roiz, Michael | 1-0 | 33 | B10 | Caro Kann |
Gelfand, Boris | - Najer, Evgeniy | 0-1 | 50 | D46 | Semi-Slav Defence |
Polgar, Judit | - Golod, Vitali | 1-0 | 40 | C95 | Ruy Lopez Breyer |
Beliavsky, Alexander G | - Fridman, Daniel2 | 1-0 | 39 | D51 | Queens Gambit Cambridge Springs |
Rodshtein, Maxim | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | ½-½ | 50 | D11 | Slav Defence |
Sutovsky, Emil | - Eljanov, Pavel | 0-1 | 34 | C41 | Philidor's Defence |
Round 3 (July 12, 2009) | |||||
Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Sutovsky, Emil | 1-0 | 26 | C54 | Giuoco Piano |
Najer, Evgeniy | - Polgar, Judit | 1-0 | 78 | B48 | Sicilian Paulsen |
Eljanov, Pavel | - Beliavsky, Alexander G | ½-½ | 34 | C55 | Two Knights Defence |
Roiz, Michael | - Rodshtein, Maxim | ½-½ | 34 | D12 | Slav Defence |
Fridman, Daniel2 | - Gelfand, Boris | ½-½ | 45 | E08 | Catalan |
Avrukh, Boris | - Smirin, Ilia | ½-½ | 33 | E62 | King's Indian 6...Nc6 |
Round 4 (July 12, 2009) | |||||
Gelfand, Boris | - Eljanov, Pavel | ½-½ | 89 | B07 | Pirc Defence |
Polgar, Judit | - Fridman, Daniel2 | ½-½ | 5 | C42 | Petroff's Defence |
Beliavsky, Alexander G | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 0-1 | 43 | D43 | Anti-Meran Gambit |
Rodshtein, Maxim | - Avrukh, Boris | 1-0 | 21 | D02 | Queen's Pawn Game |
Golod, Vitali | - Najer, Evgeniy | ½-½ | 40 | D11 | Slav Defence |
Sutovsky, Emil | - Roiz, Michael | 0-1 | 67 | C10 | French Rubinstein |
Round 5 (July 13, 2009) | |||||
Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Gelfand, Boris | ½-½ | 77 | C42 | Petroff's Defence |
Smirin, Ilia | - Rodshtein, Maxim | 1-0 | 41 | B10 | Caro Kann |
Eljanov, Pavel | - Polgar, Judit | 0-1 | 51 | B47 | Sicilian Paulsen |
Roiz, Michael | - Beliavsky, Alexander G | 1-0 | 31 | A04 | Dutch System |
Fridman, Daniel2 | - Golod, Vitali | 1-0 | 47 | D00 | Queen's Pawn Game |
Avrukh, Boris | - Sutovsky, Emil | 1-0 | 33 | A01 | Larsen Opening |
Round 6 (July 13, 2009) | |||||
Najer, Evgeniy | - Fridman, Daniel2 | 1-0 | 50 | B12 | Caro Kann Advanced |
Gelfand, Boris | - Roiz, Michael | 1-0 | 39 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 |
Polgar, Judit | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 0-1 | 52 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation |
Beliavsky, Alexander G | - Avrukh, Boris | 1-0 | 55 | D87 | Gruenfeld Botvinnik |
Golod, Vitali | - Eljanov, Pavel | ½-½ | 26 | D35 | QGD Exchange |
Sutovsky, Emil | - Smirin, Ilia | 0-1 | 61 | B43 | Sicilian Paulsen |
Round 7 (July 13, 2009) | |||||
Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Golod, Vitali | 1-0 | 58 | B33 | Sicilian Sveshnikov |
Smirin, Ilia | - Beliavsky, Alexander G | ½-½ | 31 | C90 | Ruy Lopez |
Roiz, Michael | - Polgar, Judit | ½-½ | 31 | E17 | Queens Indian |
Eljanov, Pavel | - Najer, Evgeniy | 0-1 | 27 | B25 | Sicilian Closed |
Rodshtein, Maxim | - Sutovsky, Emil | 1-0 | 27 | D85 | Gruenfeld Defence |
Avrukh, Boris | - Gelfand, Boris | ½-½ | 52 | E46 | Nimzo Indian Rubinstein |
Round 8 (July 13, 2009) | |||||
Najer, Evgeniy | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | ½-½ | 70 | B51 | Sicilian Rossolimo |
Gelfand, Boris | - Smirin, Ilia | 1-0 | 35 | E97 | King's Indian Classical |
Beliavsky, Alexander G | - Rodshtein, Maxim | 1-0 | 48 | D46 | Semi-Slav Defence |
Polgar, Judit | - Avrukh, Boris | ½-½ | 46 | C95 | Ruy Lopez Breyer |
Fridman, Daniel2 | - Eljanov, Pavel | 0-1 | 76 | A61 | Benoni |
Golod, Vitali | - Roiz, Michael | ½-½ | 15 | D38 | QGD Ragozin |
The Canadian Open takes place in Edmonton, Alberta Canada July 11th-19th 2009. Alexei Shirov and Michael Adams are the leading players.
Details: http://monroi.com/2009-canadian-open-chess-championship-home.html
Canadian Open Edmonton 11-19 vii 2009 Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings: |
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Pl | Name | Ti | Rtng | Tot |
1 | Alexei Shirov | GM | 2748 | 2 |
2 | Hua Ni | GM | 2701 | 2 |
3 | Surya Ganguly | GM | 2637 | 2 |
4 | Artiom Samsonkin | IM | 2612 | 2 |
5 | Anton Kovalyov | GM | 2586 | 2 |
6 | Leonid Gerzhoy | IM | 2530 | 2 |
7 | Irina Krush | IM | 2481 | 2 |
8 | Eric Hansen | FM | 2472 | 2 |
9 | Michael Mulyar | IM | 2440 | 2 |
10 | Dmitry Zilberstein | IM | 2437 | 2 |
11 | Raja Panjwani | FM | 2418 | 2 |
12 | Leon Piasetski | IM | 2406 | 2 |
13 | Vladimir Pechenkin | FM | 2366 | 2 |
14 | Ian Mackay | FM | 2328 | 2 |
15 | Alexander Martchenko | 2314 | 2 | |
16 | Michael Langer | FM | 2313 | 2 |
17 | Victor Plotkin | 2310 | 2 | |
18 | Nicolas Haynes | 2290 | 2 | |
19 | Dale Haessel | FM | 2276 | 2 |
20 | Kevin Gentes | FM | 2270 | 2 |
21 | Lucas Davies | 2244 | 2 | |
22 | Nicholas Moloney | 2230 | 2 | |
23 | Aman Hambleton | 2206 | 2 | |
24 | Victor Mikhalevski | GM | 2631 | 2 |
25 | Mark Bluvshtein | GM | 2598 | 2 |
26 | Eugene Perelshteyn | GM | 2588 | 2 |
27 | Edward Porper | IM | 2510 | 2 |
28 | Zhe Quan | IM | 2465 | 2 |
29 | Theo Hommeles | FM | 2412 | 2 |
30 | Jonathan Tayar | FM | 2392 | 2 |
31 | Jeff Reeve | 2314 | 2 | |
32 | Keith MacKinnon | 2241 | 2 | |
33 | Vitaly Motuz | 1905 | 2 | |
34 | Sean Rachar | 1897 | 2 | |
35 | Michael Adams | GM | 2699 | 2 |
36 | Xue Zhao | GM | 2544 | 2 |
37 | Joseph Bradford | IM | 2459 | 2 |
38 | Michael Barron | FM | 2357 | 2 |
39 | Sardul Purewal | 2057 | 2 | |
40 | Stephen Jablon | 1985 | 2 | |
41 | Jim Daniluk | 2005 | 2 | |
203 players |
The Norwegian Championship took place July 4th-12th 2009 in Bergen, Norway. 9 Rounds - Swiss System. GM Kjetil A. Lie took his first Norwegian title half a point ahead of last year's winner IM Frode Elsness and GM Simen Agdestein. Junior players FM Espen Forsaa and Lasse Lovik made their first IM-norms. News: Eirik T. Gullaksen.
Official site: http://sjakknm2009.no/nettsted/ (Norwegian)
ch-NOR Bergen (NOR), 4-12 vii 2009 | |||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |||||||
1. | Lie, Kjetil A | g | NOR | 2541 | -8 | +24 | =15 | +17 | +7 | +2 | +5 | =3 | =4 | 6½ | 2585 |
2. | Elsness, Frode | m | NOR | 2445 | +21 | +5 | +11 | +3 | =4 | -1 | +7 | -6 | =8 | 6 | 2554 |
3. | Agdestein, Simen | g | NOR | 2572 | +17 | =7 | +12 | -2 | =5 | +18 | +20 | =1 | =6 | 6 | 2551 |
4. | Ostenstad, Berge | g | NOR | 2482 | =12 | +6 | =7 | +11 | =2 | -5 | +21 | =17 | =1 | 5½ | 2480 |
5. | Hammer, Jon Ludvig | g | NOR | 2583 | +15 | -2 | =19 | +13 | =3 | +4 | -1 | =7 | +14 | 5½ | 2542 |
6. | Forsaa, Espen | f | NOR | 2311 | =9 | -4 | =14 | +15 | =19 | =12 | +22 | +2 | =3 | 5½ | 2502 |
7. | Lie, Espen | m | NOR | 2457 | +14 | =3 | =4 | +9 | -1 | +19 | -2 | =5 | =15 | 5 | 2503 |
8. | Lovik, Lasse Ostebo | NOR | 2296 | +1 | -11 | =10 | =22 | =12 | -20 | +23 | +13 | =2 | 5 | 2460 | |
9. | Ostmoe, Geir S. Tallaksen | f | NOR | 2402 | =6 | =10 | +22 | -7 | =21 | =11 | =17 | =18 | +20 | 5 | 2419 |
10. | Bae, Torstein | m | NOR | 2408 | =19 | =9 | =8 | +20 | -18 | =22 | -12 | +24 | +17 | 5 | 2413 |
11. | Moen, Andreas | f | NOR | 2312 | +16 | +8 | -2 | -4 | =22 | =9 | =18 | =20 | =12 | 4½ | 2409 |
12. | Stokke, Kjetil | f | NOR | 2347 | =4 | +23 | -3 | =18 | =8 | =6 | +10 | -14 | =11 | 4½ | 2393 |
13. | Johannessen, Leif Erlend | g | NOR | 2553 | =20 | =15 | =18 | -5 | +16 | =21 | =14 | -8 | +22 | 4½ | 2402 |
14. | Hole, Oystein | m | NOR | 2390 | -7 | =21 | =6 | =16 | =17 | +24 | =13 | +12 | -5 | 4½ | 2398 |
15. | Urkedal, Frode | f | NOR | 2333 | -5 | =13 | =1 | -6 | +23 | -17 | +24 | +19 | =7 | 4½ | 2418 |
16. | Groenn, Atle | m | NOR | 2422 | -11 | -17 | +24 | =14 | -13 | =23 | =19 | +21 | +18 | 4½ | 2370 |
17. | Thomassen, Joachim | f | NOR | 2300 | -3 | +16 | =20 | -1 | =14 | +15 | =9 | =4 | -10 | 4 | 2395 |
18. | Djurhuus, Rune | g | NOR | 2456 | =23 | =20 | =13 | =12 | +10 | -3 | =11 | =9 | -16 | 4 | 2371 |
19. | Houska, Jovanka | m | ENG | 2392 | =10 | =22 | =5 | =21 | =6 | -7 | =16 | -15 | +23 | 4 | 2354 |
20. | Gullaksen, Eirik | m | NOR | 2396 | =13 | =18 | =17 | -10 | +24 | +8 | -3 | =11 | -9 | 4 | 2357 |
21. | Gabrielsen, Stig | f | NOR | 2308 | -2 | =14 | +23 | =19 | =9 | =13 | -4 | -16 | =24 | 3½ | 2332 |
22. | Hansen, Torbjorn Ringdal | m | NOR | 2440 | +24 | =19 | -9 | =8 | =11 | =10 | -6 | -23 | -13 | 3 | 2241 |
23. | Hjelmaas, Lars | f | NOR | 2318 | =18 | -12 | -21 | -24 | -15 | =16 | -8 | +22 | -19 | 2 | 2147 |
24. | Gabrielsen, Trond | f | NOR | 2309 | -22 | -1 | -16 | +23 | -20 | -14 | -15 | -10 | =21 | 1½ | 2122 |
The 12th Bischwiller Festival takes place 5th-12th July 2009. Aleksandr Karpatchev won the IM tournament with 6½/9.
Official site: http://openbischwiller.free.fr/
12th Festival IM Bischwiller (FRA), 5-12 vii 2009 | cat. III (2306) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1. | Karpatchev, Aleksandr | g | RUS | 2491 | * | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6½ | 2451 | |||||
2. | Reinhart, Emmanuel | f | FRA | 2300 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2431 | |||||
3. | Genzling, Alain | f | FRA | 2353 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2425 | |||||
4. | Riff, Vincent | f | FRA | 2314 | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 5½ | 2384 | |||||
5. | Barsov, Alexei | g | UZB | 2511 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2325 | |||||
6. | Heinz, Timothee | f | FRA | 2279 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2351 | |||||
7. | Dobosz, Henryk | m | POL | 2404 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2169 | |||||
8. | Netzer, Jacques | FRA | 2147 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2198 | ||||||
9. | Hirneise, Jens | f | GER | 2284 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | 3 | 2183 | |||||
10. | Bellahcene, Bilel | FRA | 1973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | * | 2 | 2122 |
The International Open Championship of Paris took place 4th-12th July 2009. Murtas Kazhgaleyev edged out Sergey Fedorchuk on tie-break after both finished on 7/9. Games from round 9 not yet available.
Official site: http://www.idf-echecs.com/competitions/ChamParis2009/ChamParis2009.htm
Ch-Paris Int Coubertin (FRA), 4-12 vii 2009 | |||||||||||||||
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Pl | Name | Ti | FED | Elo | Pts | Tr. | Perf. | ||||||||
1 | KAZHGALEYEV Murtas | g | KAZ | 2639 | 7 | 40 | 2670 | ||||||||
2 | FEDORCHUK Sergey A. | g | UKR | 2655 | 7 | 39 | 2642 | ||||||||
3 | ALSINA LEAL Daniel | m | ESP | 2529 | 6.5 | 42 | 2598 | ||||||||
4 | DEEPAN CHAKKRAVARTHY | g | IND | 2506 | 6.5 | 41 | 2626 | ||||||||
5 | DAVID Alberto | g | LUX | 2565 | 6 | 40 | 2567 | ||||||||
6 | SHIRAZI Kamran | m | FRA | 2384 | 6 | 40 | 2565 | ||||||||
7 | SHCHEKACHEV Andrei | g | FRA | 2530 | 6 | 40 | 2542 | ||||||||
8 | NEGI Parimarjan | g | IND | 2590 | 6 | 39 | 2593 | ||||||||
9 | ARANOVITCH Emiliano | f | ITA | 2356 | 6 | 38.5 | 2540 | ||||||||
10 | SATYAPRAGYAN Swayangsu | m | IND | 2423 | 5.5 | 41.5 | 2519 | ||||||||
11 | SRIRAM Jha | m | IND | 2459 | 5.5 | 40.5 | 2525 | ||||||||
12 | GOMES Mary Ann | gf | IND | 2332 | 5.5 | 39.5 | 2503 | ||||||||
13 | VERNAY Clovis | m | FRA | 2463 | 5.5 | 34 | 2428 | ||||||||
14 | SKRIPCHENKO Almira | m | FRA | 2450 | 5.5 | 32 | 2405 | ||||||||
15 | ZHEREBUKH Yaroslav | g | UKR | 2541 | 5 | 39 | 2456 | ||||||||
16 | KARAVADE Eesha | gf | IND | 2386 | 5 | 37.5 | 2457 | ||||||||
17 | SUAREZ POUSA Diego | m | ESP | 2412 | 5 | 35.5 | 2427 | ||||||||
18 | SETHURAMAN S.p. | m | IND | 2455 | 5 | 35.5 | 2383 | ||||||||
19 | ROSER Kevin | m | FRA | 2431 | 5 | 35 | 2399 | ||||||||
20 | MOUSSARD Jules | f | FRA | 2292 | 5 | 34.5 | 2473 | ||||||||
21 | SALAUN Yann | m | FRA | 2329 | 5 | 34.5 | 2427 | ||||||||
22 | SOCHACKI Christophe | FRA | 2274 | 5 | 33.5 | 2458 | |||||||||
23 | RABINEAU Clement | FRA | 2263 | 5 | 33.5 | 2417 | |||||||||
24 | BERGEZ Luc | m | FRA | 2371 | 5 | 31.5 | 2350 | ||||||||
25 | BROCHET Philippe | m | FRA | 2373 | 4.5 | 37.5 | 2434 | ||||||||
26 | PAYEN Arnaud | m | FRA | 2368 | 4.5 | 37 | 2346 | ||||||||
27 | RATHNAKARAN K. | m | IND | 2428 | 4.5 | 34 | 2335 | ||||||||
28 | NESTEROVSKY Alex | ISR | 2271 | 4.5 | 32.5 | 2375 | |||||||||
29 | TUGUI Adrian | ROU | 2364 | 4.5 | 31.5 | 2335 | |||||||||
30 | GULIYEV Namig | g | AZE | 2555 | 4.5 | 30 | 2316 | ||||||||
31 | GOVCIYAN Pavel | m | FRA | 2438 | 4 | 36 | 2310 | ||||||||
32 | LI Frederic | FRA | 2252 | 4 | 35 | 2359 | |||||||||
33 | AKSHAYRAJ Kore | m | IND | 2411 | 4 | 35 | 2271 | ||||||||
34 | IDER Borya | FRA | 2234 | 4 | 34.5 | 2360 | |||||||||
35 | LAURENT Julien G. | f | FRA | 2320 | 4 | 34.5 | 2324 | ||||||||
36 | MOHOTA Nisha | gf | IND | 2315 | 4 | 34 | 2369 | ||||||||
37 | SORBE Stephane | f | FRA | 2365 | 4 | 34 | 2296 | ||||||||
38 | BERNARD Christophe | m | FRA | 2361 | 4 | 32.5 | 2324 | ||||||||
39 | CARLHAMMAR Magnus | SWE | 2352 | 4 | 28 | 2290 | |||||||||
40 | PON Nkrithika | ff | IND | 2208 | 4 | 27 | 2238 | ||||||||
41 | FAYARD Alain | f | FRA | 2279 | 3.5 | 35.5 | 2266 | ||||||||
42 | VAN DONGEN Patrick | f | FRA | 2344 | 3.5 | 34.5 | 2291 | ||||||||
43 | STRUGNELL Carl | FRA | 2280 | 3.5 | 33 | 2334 | |||||||||
44 | NIJS Nils | BEL | 2242 | 3.5 | 31 | 2281 | |||||||||
45 | GUILLEUX Fabien | f | FRA | 2381 | 3.5 | 28 | 2244 | ||||||||
46 | NADIG Kruttika | gf | IND | 2268 | 3.5 | 27.5 | 2249 | ||||||||
47 | RABEYRIN Jean-Jacques | f | FRA | 2274 | 3 | 33.5 | 2251 | ||||||||
56 players |
The Irish Championship took place in Dublin 4th-12th July 2009. Colm Daly took clear first place with 7.5/9 ahead of Valeri Atlas and Mark Quinn on 6.5. David Fitzsimons and Stephen Brady were next on 6 points. No final table is available. It was the fourth time that Colm Daly has won the tournament, with previous wins being 1998 [8.5/9] 1999 [7/9] 2005 [8/9]. News: Ian Doyle.
Official site: http://www.irishchesschampionships.com/
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) | |||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
1. | Rombaldoni, Denis | m | ITA | 2465 | * | . | . | ½ | ½ | . | 1 | ½ | . | . | 1 | ½ | 4 | 2572 |
2. | Flumbort, Andras | m | HUN | 2507 | . | * | 1 | . | . | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | . | ½ | 4 | 2455 |
3. | Ilincic, Zlatko | g | SRB | 2479 | . | 0 | * | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | . | ½ | 1 | . | 1 | 4 | 2468 |
4. | Varga, Zoltan | g | HUN | 2473 | ½ | . | . | * | ½ | ½ | . | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4 | 2451 |
5. | Antal, Gergely | m | HUN | 2479 | ½ | . | ½ | ½ | * | . | ½ | ½ | . | . | 1 | . | 3½ | 2520 |
6. | Jugelt, Tobias | GER | 2398 | . | 0 | ½ | ½ | . | * | . | ½ | . | 1 | 1 | . | 3½ | 2500 | |
7. | Farago, Ivan | g | HUN | 2511 | 0 | ½ | ½ | . | ½ | . | * | . | 1 | ½ | ½ | . | 3½ | 2433 |
8. | Fogarasi, Tibor | g | HUN | 2419 | ½ | ½ | . | . | ½ | ½ | . | * | ½ | ½ | . | ½ | 3½ | 2411 |
9. | Shen Siyuan | CHN | 2321 | . | 1 | ½ | ½ | . | . | 0 | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | . | 3 | 2402 | |
10. | Lorscheid, Gerhard | f | GER | 2345 | . | ½ | 0 | ½ | . | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | . | . | 3 | 2394 |
11. | Breder, Dennis | m | GER | 2435 | 0 | . | . | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | . | ½ | . | * | 1 | 2½ | 2328 |
12. | Bertholee, Rob | f | NED | 2368 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ½ | . | . | 0 | * | 1½ | 2270 |
FSIMA July Budapest (HUN), 4-14 vii 2009 | |||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
1. | Szalanczy, Emil | m | HUN | 2318 | * | . | 0 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6½ | 2485 |
2. | Farago, Sandor | m | HUN | 2244 | . | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6½ | 2409 |
3. | Zentai, Peter2 | HUN | 2263 | 1 | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | . | . | 6 | 2462 | |
4. | Bakin, Alexander | f | RUS | 2248 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | . | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | . | 4 | 2250 |
5. | Szeberenyi, Adam | m | HUN | 2318 | 0 | ½ | ½ | . | * | 1 | ½ | 0 | . | 1 | ½ | 4 | 2243 |
6. | Biro, Sandor | m | ROU | 2312 | . | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | 0 | . | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4 | 2235 |
7. | Klein, David | NED | 2236 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | 0 | 1 | . | 1 | 4 | 2219 | |
8. | Margraf, Daniel | GER | 2238 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | . | 1 | * | . | 0 | ½ | 3 | 2158 | |
9. | Sebestyen, Balazs | f | HUN | 2242 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | . | ½ | 0 | . | * | ½ | 1 | 3 | 2157 |
10. | Nazarenus, Olaf | GER | 2154 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | ½ | . | 1 | ½ | * | 0 | 2 | 2069 | |
11. | Khadempour, Farhad | GER | 2180 | 0 | 0 | . | . | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | 2 | 2064 |
FSIMB July Budapest (HUN), 4-14 vii 2009 | cat. I (2254) | ||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
1. | Petran, Pal | m | HUN | 2369 | * | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | . | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2428 |
2. | Lammers, Markus | GER | 2297 | . | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2433 | |
3. | Husari, Satea | m | SYR | 2334 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | . | 1 | ½ | 5½ | 2353 |
4. | Muranyi, Karl-Jasmin | f | GER | 2366 | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | . | 1 | . | 1 | 5 | 2332 |
5. | Mihok, Oliver | f | HUN | 2357 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | . | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 5 | 2295 |
6. | Admiraal, Miguoel | NED | 2173 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | . | * | . | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4½ | 2300 | |
7. | Adams, Nick A | USA | 2211 | 0 | . | ½ | ½ | 0 | . | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4 | 2264 | |
8. | Eperjesi, Laszlo | m | HUN | 2250 | . | 0 | 0 | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4 | 2226 |
9. | Shao Shuai | CHN | ---- | ½ | 0 | . | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | . | 2 | 2095 | |
10. | Kahn, Evarth | m | HUN | 2281 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | . | 2 | 2055 |
11. | Koppenhoefer, Bernhard | GER | 2160 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | * | 1 | 1972 |
The 32nd Open de Barbera took place in Barbera del Valles, Spain, 4th-12th July 2009. Fernando Peralta won the event on tie-break from Csaba Balogh and Hector Mestre Bellido.
Official site: http://www.ajedreznd.com/2009/BARBERA.html
32nd Open Barbera del Valles (ESP), 4-12 vii 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings: | |||||||||
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Rk. | Name | Ti | FED | FIDE | Pts. | Des 1 | Des 2 | ||
1 | Peralta Fernando | GM | ARG | 2574 | 7 | 43 | 33 | ||
2 | Balogh Csaba | GM | HUN | 2595 | 7 | 41.5 | 34 | ||
3 | Mestre Bellido Hector | FM | ESP | 2292 | 7 | 41 | 33.5 | ||
4 | Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel | GM | ESP | 2555 | 6.5 | 41.5 | 37 | ||
5 | Sundararajan Kidambi | IM | IND | 2506 | 6.5 | 40.5 | 33 | ||
6 | Cuartas Jaime Alexander | GM | COL | 2521 | 6 | 42 | 35 | ||
7 | Moskalenko Viktor | GM | UKR | 2558 | 6 | 40.5 | 31.5 | ||
8 | Bregadze Levan | FM | GEO | 2426 | 6 | 39 | 32.5 | ||
9 | Ipatov Alexander | IM | ESP | 2454 | 6 | 36.5 | 30 | ||
10 | Fluvia Poyatos Jordi | IM | ESP | 2449 | 6 | 36 | 29.5 | ||
11 | Cruz Cristhian | IM | PER | 2525 | 6 | 35.5 | 27 | ||
12 | Perez Mitjans Orelvis | FM | CUB | 2404 | 5.5 | 42 | 36 | ||
13 | Bacallao Alonso Yusnel | FM | CUB | 2467 | 5.5 | 40.5 | 30 | ||
14 | Dominguez Pons Eric | ESP | 2211 | 5.5 | 39.5 | 31 | |||
15 | Gonzalez Garcia Jose | GM | MEX | 2509 | 5.5 | 39 | 31.5 | ||
16 | Camarena Gimenez Rufino | IM | ESP | 2402 | 5.5 | 39 | 29.5 | ||
17 | Vassallo Barroche Mauricio | IM | ESP | 2409 | 5.5 | 38.5 | 30 | ||
18 | Mihailovs Jurijs | IM | LAT | 2408 | 5.5 | 36 | 29 | ||
19 | Alonso Moyano Jonathan | IM | ESP | 2365 | 5.5 | 34 | 27 | ||
20 | Almeida Quintana Omar | GM | CUB | 2524 | 5.5 | 33.5 | 27 | ||
21 | Fenollar Jorda Manuel | FM | ESP | 2341 | 5 | 39 | 27 | ||
22 | Lorenzo De La Riva Lazaro | FM | ESP | 2331 | 5 | 37 | 24.5 | ||
23 | Matnadze Ana | IM | GEO | 2413 | 5 | 36.5 | 26.5 | ||
24 | Kulkarni Chinmay | IND | 2259 | 5 | 36.5 | 23 | |||
25 | Canal Oliveras Joan | ESP | 2248 | 5 | 36 | 23 | |||
26 | Meera Sai | WIM | IND | 2148 | 5 | 34 | 20 | ||
27 | Garcia Roman Daniel | IM | ESP | 2464 | 5 | 30 | 20 | ||
28 | Javakhadze Zurab | GEO | 2309 | 4.5 | 37 | 28 | |||
66 players |
XI Torredembarra Open took place 4th-12th July 2009. Krasimir Rusev edged out Plamen Mladenov and Kiprian Berbatov after all finished on 7½/9.
Official site: http://escacstorre.litegrup.com/openRecursos.php
XI Torredembarra Open (ESP), 4-12 vii 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings: | |||||||||
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Rank | Name | Elo | FED | Pts | Prog | ||||
1 | Rusev Krasimir | GM | 2543 | BUL | 7½ | 39 | |||
2 | Mladenov Plamen | 2362 | BUL | 7½ | 38½ | ||||
3 | Berbatov Kiprian | FM | 2398 | BUL | 7½ | 37 | |||
4 | Munoz Pantoja Miguel | IM | 2473 | PER | 7 | 39 | |||
5 | Milchev Nikolay | IM | 2351 | BUL | 6½ | 35½ | |||
6 | Mellado Trivino Juan | IM | 2479 | AND | 6½ | 35 | |||
7 | Gonzalez Rodriguez Jorge A | IM | 2483 | COL | 6½ | 33 | |||
8 | Ivanov Jordan | IM | 2431 | BUL | 6 | 34½ | |||
9 | Moreno Carretero Carles | 2237 | ESP | 6 | 34 | ||||
10 | Farran Martos Francesc X | mk | 2299 | ESP | 6 | 33½ | |||
11 | Vidarte Morales Arturo | IM | 2498 | ESP | 6 | 32½ | |||
12 | Cruz Filemon | FM | 2460 | PER | 6 | 32½ | |||
13 | Khaidorov Viacheslav | mk | 2365 | ESP | 6 | 32 | |||
14 | Pogorelov Ruslan | GM | 2441 | UKR | 6 | 32 | |||
15 | Chueca Forcen Alberto | 2288 | ESP | 5½ | 32½ | ||||
16 | Gonzalez Freixas Alberto | 2243 | ESP | 5½ | 29½ | ||||
17 | Buchenau Frank | FM | 2254 | GER | 5½ | 29 | |||
18 | Fernandez Vicente Carmelo | 2219 | ESP | 5½ | 28½ | ||||
19 | Sharaibi Olufemi | 2155 | ESP | 5½ | 28 | ||||
20 | Roca Calaf Jordi | 2193 | ESP | 5½ | 26 | ||||
21 | Fernandez Soriano Ruben | 2171 | ESP | 5½ | 26 | ||||
22 | Monell Camarasa David | mk | 2300 | ESP | 5 | 32½ | |||
66 players |
The finals of the Championship of Egypt take place in Cairo 8th-16th July 2009.
Results and games: http://chess-results.com/tnr23612.aspx
ch-EGY Cairo (EGY), 8-16 vii 2009 | cat. VII (2417) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1. | Adly, Ahmed | g | EGY | 2548 | * | ½ | . | 1 | . | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | . | 4½ | 2606 | |||||
2. | Amin, Bassem | g | EGY | 2551 | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | . | . | ½ | 1 | . | 3½ | 2470 | |||||
3. | Frhat, Ali | m | EGY | 2397 | . | ½ | * | . | . | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 3½ | 2458 | |||||
4. | Ezat, Mohamed | m | EGY | 2459 | 0 | 1 | . | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | . | . | 1 | 3½ | 2489 | |||||
5. | Abou el Zein, Eid Mahmoud | m | EGY | 2357 | . | 0 | . | 1 | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | . | 1 | 3½ | 2474 | |||||
6. | Wageih, Kareim | m | EGY | 2253 | ½ | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | . | 1 | . | 3 | 2437 | |||||
7. | El Gindy, Essam | g | EGY | 2501 | 0 | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | . | . | ½ | 2½ | 2342 | |||||
8. | Amin, Ashraf | EGY | 2357 | 0 | ½ | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | * | 1 | 1 | 2½ | 2376 | ||||||
9. | El Ghazali, Youssef M | m | EGY | 2362 | ½ | 0 | ½ | . | . | 0 | . | 0 | * | 1 | 2 | 2290 | |||||
10. | Sadek, Sameh | EGY | 2384 | . | . | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1½ | 2212 |
The 29th Open Villa de Benasque takes place in Benasque, Huesca, Spain, 3rd-12th July 2009. Mihail Marin edged out Kiril Georgiev, Zaven Andriasian and Narayanan Gopal Geetha on tie-break after they all finished on 9/11.
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 Final Round 11 Standings: | |||||||||
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Rk. | Name | FED | RtgI | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | Rp | |
1 | MARIN Mihail | GM | ROU | 2583 | 9 | 82.5 | 71.5 | 57.5 | 2686 |
2 | GEORGIEV Kiril | GM | BUL | 2645 | 9 | 82 | 70 | 56.5 | 2705 |
3 | ANDRIASIAN Zaven | GM | ARM | 2585 | 9 | 79 | 68.5 | 56 | 2688 |
4 | GEETHA Narayanan Gopal | GM | IND | 2575 | 9 | 72.5 | 63 | 51 | 2549 |
5 | LAZNICKA Viktor | GM | CZE | 2617 | 8.5 | 83 | 72 | 59 | 2668 |
6 | MELKUMYAN Hrant | GM | ARM | 2530 | 8.5 | 80.5 | 69 | 53.5 | 2625 |
7 | MOVSZISZIAN Karen | GM | ARM | 2570 | 8.5 | 78.5 | 66 | 51.5 | 2561 |
8 | EDOUARD Romain | GM | FRA | 2597 | 8.5 | 77 | 68 | 55.5 | 2625 |
9 | SULSKIS Sarunas | GM | LTU | 2559 | 8 | 85 | 73 | 56 | 2602 |
10 | BURMAKIN Vladimir | GM | RUS | 2627 | 8 | 82 | 71 | 54.5 | 2610 |
11 | LAJTHAJM Borko | GM | SRB | 2484 | 8 | 81.5 | 70.5 | 53 | 2557 |
12 | GOMEZ ESTEBAN Juan Mario | GM | ESP | 2478 | 8 | 81.5 | 68.5 | 51 | 2533 |
13 | PAVLOVIC Milos M | IM | SRB | 2533 | 8 | 81 | 69 | 53 | 2546 |
14 | GARZA MARCO Sergio | IM | ESP | 2436 | 8 | 80 | 68.5 | 52.5 | 2494 |
15 | ITURRIZAGA Eduardo | GM | VEN | 2555 | 8 | 79.5 | 68 | 53.5 | 2574 |
16 | TESKE Henrik | GM | GER | 2536 | 8 | 79 | 67.5 | 53 | 2544 |
17 | LUTHER Thomas | GM | GER | 2552 | 8 | 77.5 | 65.5 | 51.5 | 2544 |
18 | ALOMA VIDAL Robert | IM | ESP | 2418 | 8 | 75.5 | 67.5 | 49.5 | 2539 |
19 | RECUERO GUERRA David | IM | ESP | 2460 | 8 | 75.5 | 66 | 52.5 | 2558 |
20 | DE LA VILLA GARCIA Jesus Maria | GM | ESP | 2472 | 8 | 73 | 64 | 51 | 2521 |
21 | MORENO GRACIA Daniel | FM | ESP | 2313 | 8 | 71 | 62 | 48 | 2401 |
22 | ARRIBAS LOPEZ Angel | FM | ESP | 2429 | 8 | 70.5 | 60 | 47.5 | 2417 |
23 | HERNANDEZ GALLARDO Fco Javier | FM | ESP | 2352 | 8 | 70 | 60 | 47 | 2374 |
24 | ALCAZAR JIMENEZ Victor | IM | ESP | 2380 | 8 | 67.5 | 58 | 44 | 2284 |
25 | AROSHIDZE Levan | GM | GEO | 2537 | 8 | 67 | 59 | 42.5 | 2402 |
26 | MAMEDOV Nidjat | GM | AZE | 2614 | 7.5 | 82.5 | 71.5 | 54.5 | 2578 |
27 | JANSA Vlastimil | GM | CZE | 2470 | 7.5 | 81.5 | 72.5 | 53 | 2543 |
28 | DAMLJANOVIC Branko | GM | SRB | 2551 | 7.5 | 80 | 68 | 52.5 | 2531 |
29 | STAROSTITS Ilmars | IM | LAT | 2482 | 7.5 | 77 | 66.5 | 50 | 2484 |
30 | KAPLAN Sasha | IM | ISR | 2414 | 7.5 | 77 | 66 | 50 | 2482 |
31 | MICHALIK Peter | IM | SVK | 2428 | 7.5 | 77 | 65.5 | 49 | 2443 |
32 | ANDERSSON Ulf | GM | SWE | 2581 | 7.5 | 77 | 65 | 48.5 | 2555 |
33 | BOGNER Sebastian | IM | GER | 2505 | 7.5 | 76.5 | 66.5 | 49.5 | 2458 |
34 | COLLAS Didier | IM | FRA | 2414 | 7.5 | 75 | 65 | 49 | 2436 |
35 | WESTERINEN Heikki M J | GM | FIN | 2362 | 7.5 | 75 | 64.5 | 46 | 2326 |
36 | FROIS Antonio | IM | POR | 2399 | 7.5 | 75 | 63 | 48.5 | 2438 |
37 | TRENT Lawrence | IM | ENG | 2471 | 7.5 | 74.5 | 64.5 | 48.5 | 2406 |
38 | ALVAREZ FERNANDEZ Enrique | FM | ESP | 2370 | 7.5 | 74 | 62.5 | 46 | 2392 |
39 | PAP Misa | IM | SRB | 2478 | 7.5 | 73.5 | 63 | 48 | 2390 |
40 | PRIYADHARSHAN K | FM | IND | 2398 | 7.5 | 73.5 | 62 | 47.5 | 2374 |
41 | CARRASCO MARTINEZ Juan M | IM | ESP | 2417 | 7.5 | 73 | 62 | 47.5 | 2405 |
42 | VAZQUEZ IGARZA Renier | GM | ESP | 2570 | 7.5 | 72.5 | 62 | 47.5 | 2427 |
COLOVIC Aleksandar | IM | MKD | 2441 | 7.5 | 72.5 | 62 | 47.5 | 2389 | |
44 | TATAR KIS Szabolcs | IM | HUN | 2382 | 7.5 | 72 | 61 | 44.5 | 2410 |
45 | LALIC Bogdan | GM | CRO | 2517 | 7.5 | 71 | 62 | 46 | 2329 |
46 | MATEO Ramon | GM | DOM | 2473 | 7.5 | 70 | 60.5 | 45.5 | 2343 |
47 | GORDON Stephen J | IM | ENG | 2537 | 7 | 80.5 | 67.5 | 51 | 2538 |
469 players |
The Mercantile Bank 35th National Chess Championship-2009, took place 30th June - 12th July 2009 in Dhaka, Bangladesh 4 GM's 3FM's and 7 rated players participated in round-robin system event. Niaz Murshed has withdrew after three rounds. Ziaur Rahman won the event with 11/13. News: Haroon or Rashid.
ch-BAN Dhaka (BAN), 29 vi-12 vii 2009 | cat. II (2283) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
1. | Rahman, Ziaur | g | BAN | 2523 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11.0 | 2663 | |||||
2. | Reefat, Bin-Sattar | g | BAN | 2486 | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.5 | 2423 | |||||
3. | Hossain, Enamul | g | BAN | 2531 | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 2386 | |||||
4. | Abu Sufian, Shakil | f | BAN | 2378 | 0 | 1 | 1 | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 7.5 | 2369 | |||||
5. | Bhuiyan, Golam Mostafa | BAN | 2135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 2323 | ||||||
6. | Mohammad, Ali | BAN | 2253 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 6.0 | 2285 | ||||||
7. | Rahman, Md. Taibur | f | BAN | 2325 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 5.5 | 2250 | |||||
8. | Mohammad, Javed | f | BAN | 2207 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 2259 | |||||
9. | Chatterjee, Debaraj | BAN | 2248 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 2256 | ||||||
10. | Hasan Md, Emam | BAN | 2135 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 0 | 4.5 | 2207 | ||||||
11. | Ahmed, Mahtabuddin | BAN | 2220 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 2162 | ||||||
12. | Ahmed, Jamal | BAN | 2088 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 3.0 | 2105 | ||||||
13. | Islam, Aminul Polash | BAN | 2145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | * | 2.5 | 2064 |
The II Magistral Ciudad de Asuncion - Copa Roggio, took place in Asuncion, Paraguay, June 28th (1st round) - July 7th (free day July 3rd). Oswaldo Zambrana, Jose Fernando Cubas and Axel Bachmann finished on 6½/9.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezciudaddeasuncion.com.py
II Magistral Asuncion (PAR), 28 vi-7 vii 2009 | cat. VIII (2439) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1. | Zambrana, Oswaldo | g | BOL | 2473 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6½ | 2601 | |||||
2. | Cubas, Jose Fernando | m | PAR | 2434 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 6½ | 2605 | |||||
3. | Bachmann, Axel | g | PAR | 2555 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6½ | 2592 | |||||
4. | Soppe, Guillermo | m | ARG | 2427 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5 | 2483 | |||||
5. | Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo, Reynaldo | g | CUB | 2479 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5 | 2477 | |||||
6. | Rodriguez Vila, Andres | g | URU | 2524 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4½ | 2429 | |||||
7. | Cornejo, Max | f | PER | 2383 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 3½ | 2365 | |||||
8. | Coelho, Luis Henrique | m | BRA | 2389 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 3 | 2319 | |||||
9. | Lujan, Carolina | m | ARG | 2364 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 2½ | 2281 | |||||
10. | Brito, Luismar | f | BRA | 2364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 2 | 2227 |
II Magistral Copa Roggio B Asuncion (PAR), 28 vi-7 vii 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1. | Sieiro-Gonzalez, Luis | m | CUB | 2361 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5½ | 2286 | |||||
2. | Kropff, Ricardo | f | PAR | 2298 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5 | 2256 | |||||
3. | Peralta, Eduardo | f | PAR | 2274 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5 | 2258 | |||||
4. | Espinoza, Warner | CRC | 1870 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5 | 2303 | ||||||
5. | Sosa Harrison, Jorge | f | PAR | 2254 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5 | 2261 | |||||
6. | Gattass, Allan | BRA | 2221 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4½ | 2221 | ||||||
7. | Oddone, Cristhian | URU | 2231 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 4½ | 2220 | ||||||
8. | Valiente, Cristobal | m | PAR | 2234 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 4 | 2177 | |||||
9. | Hernandez, Angel C | f | PAR | 2228 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | * | 1 | 4 | 2178 | |||||
10. | Malbran, Guillermo | m | ARG | 2246 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 2½ | 2053 |
There was a GM tournament in Berlin 4th-12th July 2009. Viktor Erdos won the event with 8/11.
I don't like pre-arranged results of games, I especially don't like pre-arranged games. Perhaps there was a reason Elisabeth Paehtz and Raj Tischbierek wanted to draw, maybe they're friends or maybe one of them was ill or perhaps there was a dispute with the organisers. But their game from round 8 was in my view a total disgrace and most certainly broke this rule of chess: "12.1 The players shall take no action that will bring the game of chess into disrepute." and possibly others (I couldn't find it but I'm sure I read somewhere FIDE were cracking down or pre-arranged results, and results such as the match draws that occur in Olympiads or this week in the final round of the Greek Teams). If I had been an arbiter I would have double defaulted the pair of them. It was, if you wish to look, a self created stalemate in 12, it certainly wasn't a game of chess. Ugly.
Official site: http://www.gmturnier-berlin.de/
GM Berlin (GER), 4-12 vii 2009 | cat. X (2488) | |||||||||||||||||
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1. | Erdos, Viktor | g | HUN | 2565 | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 8 | 2655 |
2. | Maksimenko, Andrei | g | UKR | 2544 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 7½ | 2615 |
3. | Paehtz, Elisabeth | m | GER | 2474 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 6 | 2525 |
4. | Stern, Rene | m | GER | 2498 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6 | 2523 |
5. | Schneider, Ilja | m | GER | 2508 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 6 | 2522 |
6. | Yemelin, Vasily | g | RUS | 2588 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5½ | 2478 |
7. | Rabiega, Robert | g | GER | 2551 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2446 |
8. | Agopov, Mikael | m | FIN | 2442 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5 | 2456 |
9. | Figura, Atila Gajo | f | GER | 2436 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | 4½ | 2427 |
10. | Kurmann, Oliver | m | SUI | 2420 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 4½ | 2429 |
11. | Lundin, Jan | f | SWE | 2382 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 4 | 2395 |
12. | Tischbierek, Raj | g | GER | 2447 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | * | 4 | 2389 |
The 4th International Chess Tournament took place in Lubawka 29th June - 5th July 2009. Vadim Shishkin took clear first with 7/9. Games now 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: | |||||||||
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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 |
11th Chess Festival in Saint-Lo takes place 7th-14th July 2009. Table from the IM tournament below.
Official site: http://echecsaglo.fr/
IM Saint-Lo (FRA), 8-14 vii 2009 | cat. IV (2349) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1. | Bator, Robert | m | SWE | 2403 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 5½ | 2577 | |||||
2. | Tripoteau, Nicolas | f | FRA | 2398 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 5½ | 2589 | |||||
3. | Ornstein, Axel | m | SWE | 2424 | 0 | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4½ | 2444 | |||||
4. | Jolly, Jean-Francois | f | FRA | 2366 | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | 0 | . | . | ½ | 1 | 4 | 2409 | |||||
5. | Kuipers, Stefan | f | NED | 2324 | ½ | . | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | . | ½ | 3½ | 2349 | |||||
6. | Poley, Vladimir | m | BLR | 2312 | . | 0 | . | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 3½ | 2335 | |||||
7. | Lagarde, Maxime | f | FRA | 2352 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 3½ | 2335 | |||||
8. | Marchand, Francois | f | FRA | 2251 | 0 | . | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 2 | 2195 | |||||
9. | Song, Julien | f | FRA | 2319 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | . | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | . | 1½ | 2128 | |||||
10. | Coursaget, Nicolas | f | FRA | 2339 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | . | * | 1½ | 2116 |
The traditional 32nd Ikaros Chess Festival 2009 takes place on Ikaria island. Robert Kempinski, Evgeny Vorobiov and Robert Markus are the top players.
The main event of the festival, the International Aegean Open Championship takes place in Aghios Kirykos on Ikaria Island 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).
Spiros Ilandzis reports that there were some early surprises: Bobras (2568) - Papahristoudis (2066) ½ - ½ ! (1st rd.), Mista (2568) - Sigalas (2259) ½ - ½, Seretakis (2214) - Szymanski (2422) ½ - ½, Klip (2351) - Kokolias (2133) 0-1!, Poulos (2115) - Maryasin (2348) 1-0! (2nd rd.)
Official site: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros
Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr23724.aspx?lan=1
32nd Ikaros Chess Festival Aghios Kirykos (GRE), 11-19 vii 2009 | |||||||||
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Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | |||||
1 | VOROBIOV EVGENY E | GM | RUS | 2598 | 3 | ||||
MARKUS ROBERT | GM | SRB | 2587 | 3 | |||||
TUKMAKOV VLADIMIR B | GM | UKR | 2549 | 3 | |||||
RYCHAGOV ANDREY | GM | RUS | 2534 | 3 | |||||
LEKIC DUSAN | IM | MNE | 2394 | 3 | |||||
TJIAM DHARMA | IM | NED | 2381 | 3 | |||||
KOEPKE CHRISTIAN | FM | GER | 2374 | 3 | |||||
DE HAAN ERIC | FM | NED | 2349 | 3 | |||||
MANAKOVA MARIA | WGM | SRB | 2346 | 3 | |||||
KHETSURIANI BESARION | IM | GEO | 2331 | 3 | |||||
11 | KEMPINSKI ROBERT | GM | POL | 2601 | 3 | ||||
ZAGREBELNY SERGEY | GM | UZB | 2480 | 3 | |||||
SPIRIN OLEG | IM | RUS | 2466 | 3 | |||||
RIS ROBERT | IM | NED | 2421 | 3 | |||||
VUCIC MLADEN | IM | USA | 2358 | 3 | |||||
GROETZ HARALD | IM | AUT | 2350 | 3 | |||||
17 | LAHIRI ATANU | IM | IND | 2361 | 3 | ||||
AGINIAN NELLY | WGM | ARM | 2322 | 3 | |||||
19 | SERETAKIS NIKOLAS | GRE | 2170 | 2.5 | |||||
20 | MISTA ALEKSANDER | GM | POL | 2568 | 2.5 | ||||
SIGALAS FRANGISKOS | GRE | 2130 | 2.5 | ||||||
22 | BOBRAS PIOTR | GM | POL | 2568 | 2.5 | ||||
23 | SZYMANSKI MARCIN | IM | POL | 2422 | 2.5 | ||||
24 | GRABINSKY VLADIMIR | IM | UKR | 2312 | 2 | ||||
AGGELIS NIKOLAOS | FM | GRE | 2195 | 2 | |||||
KOKOLIAS KONSTANTINOS | GRE | 2015 | 2 | ||||||
27 | POULOS GEORGIOS | GRE | 1965 | 2 | |||||
174 players |
The Swedish Championship took place in Kungsor 28th June - 11th July 2009. Emanuel Berg won with 9½/13 a point clear of Pia Cramling. Tiebreak rules: you subtract points taken against all players in the group with the lowest points etc. So Semcesen took third place because the made a draw against number 11 while Grandelius won against number 11. Their results against players with 2.5 points and 4.0 points are the same.
Official site: http://www.schacksm2009.se/ - Blog http://www.schacksnack.se/
ch-SWE Kungsor (SWE), 28 vi-11 vii 2009 | cat. VIII (2438) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
1. | Berg, Emanuel | g | SWE | 2610 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 9½ | 2600 | |||||
2. | Cramling, Pia | g | SWE | 2528 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 8½ | 2541 | |||||
3. | Semcesen, Daniel | f | SWE | 2387 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2529 | |||||
4. | Grandelius, Nils | m | SWE | 2491 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 8 | 2521 | |||||
5. | Tikkanen, Hans | m | SWE | 2425 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 7½ | 2496 | |||||
6. | (oA)kesson, Ralf | g | SWE | 2493 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7½ | 2491 | |||||
7. | Ernst, Thomas | g | SWE | 2414 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7½ | 2497 | |||||
8. | Brynell, Stellan | g | SWE | 2463 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 7 | 2465 | |||||
9. | Hillarp Persson, Tiger | g | SWE | 2618 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2453 | |||||
10. | Nithander, Victor | f | SWE | 2422 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5½ | 2382 | |||||
11. | Glimbrant, Torbjorn | SWE | 2244 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | 4½ | 2343 | ||||||
12. | Blomqvist, Erik | m | SWE | 2436 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 4 | 2297 | |||||
13. | Johansson, Jan | m | SWE | 2440 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | 4 | 2297 | |||||
14. | Hanninger, Simon | SWE | 2167 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 2½ | 2208 |
The 19th Heart of Finland Open chess tournament took place in Jyvaskyla, Finland July 7th-12th 2009. Vitaly Kunin won the event with 8/9.
Official site: http://www.shakki.net/turnaukset/hof09/info.html. Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr23621.aspx?lan=1
19th Heart of Finland Open (FIN), 27-12 vii 2009 | ||||||||||||||
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Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |||||||
1 | Kunin Vitaly | GM | GER | 2532 | 8 | 45 | 44.5 | 7 | ||||||
2 | Novik Maxim | GM | RUS | 2464 | 7 | 43.5 | 39.5 | 6 | ||||||
3 | Swinkels Robin | IM | NED | 2516 | 6.5 | 48.5 | 39 | 5 | ||||||
4 | Solozhenkin Evgeniy | GM | RUS | 2543 | 6.5 | 46.5 | 37.5 | 5 | ||||||
5 | Lehtivaara Petri | FM | FIN | 2376 | 6.5 | 45.5 | 37 | 5 | ||||||
6 | Rudolf Anna | WGM | HUN | 2313 | 6.5 | 43.5 | 35.25 | 5 | ||||||
7 | Ivanov Sergey A | FM | RUS | 2386 | 6.5 | 41.5 | 32.25 | 6 | ||||||
8 | Larsen Karsten | FM | DEN | 2337 | 6.5 | 41 | 33.5 | 4 | ||||||
9 | Gladyszev Oleg | IM | RUS | 2447 | 6.5 | 41 | 32 | 5 | ||||||
10 | Michielsen Joost | NED | 2359 | 6.5 | 38 | 30.25 | 6 | |||||||
11 | Valli Frans | FIN | 2158 | 6.5 | 37.5 | 28.25 | 6 | |||||||
12 | Rantanen Yrjö A | GM | FIN | 2429 | 6 | 40.5 | 29.25 | 5 | ||||||
13 | Setala Touko | FIN | 1959 | 6 | 38 | 28.75 | 4 | |||||||
14 | Wallin Aleksi | FIN | 2102 | 6 | 36 | 25.75 | 4 | |||||||
15 | Op Den Kelder Joram | NED | 2293 | 5.5 | 42.5 | 27.5 | 4 | |||||||
16 | Kiuttu Roope | FIN | 2264 | 5.5 | 41.5 | 27.75 | 3 | |||||||
17 | Franssila Tommi | FIN | 2260 | 5.5 | 41.5 | 27.25 | 3 | |||||||
18 | Pohjala Henri | FIN | 2251 | 5.5 | 41.5 | 25.25 | 4 | |||||||
19 | Haapasalo Jukka-Pekka | FIN | 2079 | 5.5 | 40.5 | 26 | 4 | |||||||
20 | Savola Laura | FIN | 2027 | 5.5 | 40 | 26.5 | 3 | |||||||
21 | Valner Uku | EST | 2162 | 5.5 | 40 | 26.25 | 5 | |||||||
22 | Anttila Perttu | FIN | 2050 | 5.5 | 38 | 25.75 | 4 | |||||||
23 | De Andres Gonalons Fernando | ESP | 2074 | 5.5 | 36.5 | 21.75 | 5 | |||||||
24 | Kosmo Santul | FIN | 2207 | 5.5 | 36 | 21.75 | 4 | |||||||
25 | Marder Simon | SWE | 2008 | 5.5 | 35.5 | 23.5 | 4 | |||||||
26 | Adler Bo | SWE | 2221 | 5.5 | 35 | 22.75 | 5 | |||||||
27 | Rehn Ralf | FIN | 2181 | 5.5 | 32.5 | 18.75 | 5 | |||||||
28 | Aijala Jouko | FIN | 2107 | 5 | 42 | 23.75 | 4 | |||||||
104 players |
The "1st Artemis Cup" on Leros island takes place 11th-19th July 2009. 72 players, among them 9 GMs. Top ratings are: GMs Miroshnichenko (UKR, 2696), Gelashvili (GEO, 2605), Mchedlishvili (GEO, 2592), Timoshenko G. (UKR, 2556), Shneider Al. (UKR, 2539), Nikolaidis I. (GRE, 2510), Mastrovasilis Ath. (GRE, 2475), Jeremic (SRB, 2487). News: Spiros Ilandzis.
Some early surprises: Mchedlishvili (2592) - Post (NED, 1951) ½ - ½ ! (1st rd.), Kostiukova L. (2208) - Shneider Al. (2539) ½ - ½, Nikolaidis I. (2510) - Muhren W. (NED, 2188) 0-1! (2nd rd.). The top-5 encounters of the 3rd rd.: Miroshnichenko (UKR, 2696) - Estremera (ESP, IM 2394) ½ - ½, Hunt Ad. (IM, 2428) - Gelashvili (GEO, 2605) ½ - ½, Kourkounakis (IM 2378) - Timoshenko G. (2556) ½ - ½, Mastrovasilis Ath. (2475) - Kotrotsos (2359) 1-0, Calzetta (WGM, 2344) - Jeremic (2487) ½ - ½.
Official Homepage of the Organizer: http://leroschess.gr/home.aspx?lan=el-gr
Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr23710.aspx
1st Artemis Cup (GRE), 11-19 vii 2009 Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings: |
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Rk. | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | ||||||||
1 | Mastrovasilis Athanasios | GM | GRE | 2475 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||
2 | Boros Denes | IM | HUN | 2485 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||
3 | De Jong Jan-Willem | IM | NED | 2464 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||
4 | Miroshnichenko Evgenij | GM | UKR | 2696 | 2.5 | 5.5 | ||||||||
Estremera Panos Sergio | IM | ESP | 2394 | 2.5 | 5.5 | |||||||||
6 | Jeremic Veljko | GM | SRB | 2487 | 2.5 | 5.5 | ||||||||
Hunt Adam C | IM | ENG | 2428 | 2.5 | 5.5 | |||||||||
Calzetta Ruiz Monica | WGM | ESP | 2344 | 2.5 | 5.5 | |||||||||
9 | Timoshenko Georgy | GM | UKR | 2556 | 2.5 | 5.5 | ||||||||
10 | Gelashvili Tamaz | GM | GEO | 2605 | 2.5 | 5.5 | ||||||||
11 | Kourkounakis Ilias | IM | GRE | 2355 | 2.5 | 5.5 | ||||||||
12 | Shneider Aleksandr | GM | UKR | 2539 | 2.5 | 5 | ||||||||
13 | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | GM | GEO | 2592 | 2.5 | 4.5 | ||||||||
14 | Muhren Bianca | WGM | NED | 2312 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
15 | Kotrotsos Vasilios | FM | GRE | 2275 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
16 | Muhren Willem | NED | 2188 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||
17 | Frandzeskakis Kiriakos | GRE | 2050 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
18 | Dimitriou G | GRE | 2045 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
19 | Nikolaidis Ioannis | GM | GRE | 2510 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
20 | Demuth Markus | AUT | 2253 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
Kondopoulos Dimitrios | GRE | 1990 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
Vreugdenhil Frans | NED | 2055 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
Frank-Nielsen Marie | WFM | DEN | 2000 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
24 | Kiratzopoulos Efthimios | GRE | 2040 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
25 | Haga Halvor | NOR | 1995 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
26 | Gutmann Alois | AUT | 2043 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
27 | Albrecht Alex | NED | 1975 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
28 | Gkavalias Dimitrios | GRE | 1340 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
29 | Sigkounas Alkis | GRE | 1265 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
30 | Kostiukova Liubov | IM | UKR | 2208 | 1.5 | 4 | ||||||||
72 players |
The Rethymno Open (Crete) takes place 12th-19th July 2009. 100 players, among them 17 8 GMs. Top 12 ratings, are: Kryvoruchko (UKR, 2611), Svetushkin (MDA, 2607), Banikas (GRE, 2570), Werle (NED, 2575), Neverov V. (UKR, 2561), Turov (RUS, 2561), Mirzoev (AZE, 2559), Zubarev (UKR, 2548), Ibrahimov R. (AZE, 2543), Moradiabadi (IRI, 2542), Drazic S. (SRB, 2538), Stefanova Ant. (BUL, 2535). News: Spiros Ilandzis.
There was a big surprise in the 1st round when 12-year old Sp. Naoum (1792) beat Azeri GM Mirzoev (2559).
News:
Official Homepage of the Organizer: http://www.daor.gr/index.php?chessgr
Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr23730.aspx?lan=1
Rethymno Open (GRE), 12-19 vii 2009 Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings: |
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Rk. | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | ||||||||
1 | Tukhaev Adam | GM | UKR | 2534 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||
Venkatesh M R | IM | IND | 2426 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||
3 | Werle Jan | GM | NED | 2575 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||
Zubarev Alexander | GM | UKR | 2548 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||
Sengupta Deep | IM | IND | 2488 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||
6 | Antic Dejan | GM | SRB | 2523 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||
7 | Banikas Hristos | GM | GRE | 2570 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||
8 | Haznedaroglu Kivanc | IM | TUR | 2468 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||
9 | Karabalis Harilaos | GER | 2263 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||
10 | Saptarshi Roy | IM | IND | 2413 | 2.5 | 5.5 | ||||||||
11 | Das Arghyadip | IM | IND | 2392 | 2.5 | 5.5 | ||||||||
12 | Kryvoruchko Yuriy | GM | UKR | 2611 | 2.5 | 5.5 | ||||||||
Ibrahimov Rasul | GM | AZE | 2543 | 2.5 | 5.5 | |||||||||
Moradiabadi Elshan | GM | IRI | 2542 | 2.5 | 5.5 | |||||||||
Kharitonov Alexandr | GM | RUS | 2534 | 2.5 | 5.5 | |||||||||
Kapnisis Spyridon | IM | GRE | 2445 | 2.5 | 5.5 | |||||||||
Lipka Juraj | IM | SVK | 2419 | 2.5 | 5.5 | |||||||||
Prasanna Rao | FM | IND | 2334 | 2.5 | 5.5 | |||||||||
Vlcek Stanislav | FM | SVK | 2286 | 2.5 | 5.5 | |||||||||
20 | Neverov Valeriy | GM | UKR | 2561 | 2.5 | 5.5 | ||||||||
Dembo Yelena | IM | GRE | 2466 | 2.5 | 5.5 | |||||||||
Gaponenko Inna | IM | UKR | 2428 | 2.5 | 5.5 | |||||||||
23 | Arun Karthik R | IND | 2291 | 2.5 | 5.5 | |||||||||
24 | Turov Maxim | GM | RUS | 2561 | 2.5 | 5 | ||||||||
25 | Svetushkin Dmitry | GM | MDA | 2607 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
26 | Konguvel Ponnuswamy | IM | IND | 2419 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
Paulet Iozefina | WGM | ROU | 2327 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||
Chulivska Vita | WIM | UKR | 2304 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||
29 | Ashwin Jayaram | IM | IND | 2425 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
182 players |
The Belgium Chess Championship took place 4th-12th July 2009. Mher Hovhanisian edged out Alexandre Dgebuadze on tie-break after both finished on 6½/9.
Official site: http://www.namurechecs.net/cb2009/index.php/fr/classement
Live games: http://schaakfabriek.be/live/
ch-BEL Expert Namur (BEL), 4-12 vii 2009 | cat. V (2374) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1. | Hovhanisian, Mher | m | ARM | 2471 | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6½ | 2529 | |||||
2. | Dgebuadze, Alexandre | g | BEL | 2516 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6½ | 2524 | |||||
3. | Hautot, Stephane | f | BEL | 2421 | 1 | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5½ | 2448 | |||||
4. | Van der Stricht, Geert | m | BEL | 2390 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5 | 2415 | |||||
5. | Alienkin, Aleksander | m | RUS | 2402 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4½ | 2371 | |||||
6. | Draftian, Ashote | BEL | 2333 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 4 | 2335 | ||||||
7. | Vandenbussche, Thibaut | BEL | 2282 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | * | 0 | 0 | ½ | 3½ | 2304 | ||||||
8. | Laurent, Bruno | m | BEL | 2339 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | 3½ | 2298 | |||||
9. | Vandevoort, Pascal | m | BEL | 2358 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | 3½ | 2295 | |||||
10. | Sarrau, Jelle | BEL | 2229 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 2½ | 2224 |
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. Some games from round 8 now available. My thanks to Gary Suffield.
Official site: http://www.hsgopen.nl/?page=engels - Games and reports: http://www.chessvibes.com - Photo report: http://www.chessvista.com/
Intomart GfK Open Hilversum (NED), 27 vi - 5 viii 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings: | |||||||||
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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 |
The World Open Chess Tournament took place June 29th - July 5th 2009 in Philadelphia. Evgeny Najer caught Hikaru Nakamura in the final round. Some more games available from last week.
The Official site reports:
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 | ||||||||||||||
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# | 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 |
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. I'm sorry for the confusion over the last few weeks but this really is a very odd system.
Official site: http://www.turniej.polonia.wroclaw.pl
4th Polonia Wroclaw International (POL), 20-26 vi 2009 Leading Round 3 Standings: |
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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 |
The 8th Condom Chess Festival takes place 11th-18th July 2009. Couldn't find a game download section, but there are live games.
Official site: http://www.chess32.tonsite.biz/projet_open/
The 8th Al Saleh Open followed Zone 3.1 both of which took place in Sana'a, Yemen, the favourite Aleksej Aleksandrov won the open.
No games available from either event.
Results http://chess-results.com/tnr23506.aspx
8th Al Saleh Open Sana'a (YEM), 24-30 vi 2009 | ||||||||||||||
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Rk. | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||||||
1 | Aleksandrov Aleksej | GM | BLR | 2616 | 7.5 | 38 | 454.5 | 41 | ||||||
2 | Salem A.R. Saleh | GM | UAE | 2469 | 7 | 38 | 425.5 | 39 | ||||||
3 | Malakhatko Vadim | GM | BEL | 2570 | 7 | 36 | 436.5 | 37.75 | ||||||
4 | Kengis Edvins | GM | LAT | 2543 | 7 | 35 | 430 | 40 | ||||||
5 | Evdokimov Alexander | GM | RUS | 2547 | 6.5 | 39.5 | 441 | 39.25 | ||||||
6 | Sengupta Deep | IM | IND | 2488 | 6.5 | 36.5 | 419 | 33.75 | ||||||
7 | Abdel Razik Khaled | IM | EGY | 2462 | 6.5 | 34 | 419 | 33.5 | ||||||
8 | Al-Zendani Zendan | IM | YEM | 2395 | 6.5 | 32.5 | 403.5 | 33 | ||||||
9 | Faraj Yahya | FM | YEM | 2262 | 6.5 | 31.5 | 405 | 31.75 | ||||||
10 | Gagunashvili Merab | GM | GEO | 2574 | 6 | 33 | 433.5 | 33.25 | ||||||
11 | Haddouche Mohamed | IM | ALG | 2329 | 6 | 31.5 | 415 | 31.5 | ||||||
12 | Al Qudaimi Basheer | IM | YEM | 2422 | 6 | 31.5 | 400.5 | 29 | ||||||
13 | Ayyad Husain | FM | BRN | 2130 | 6 | 30 | 396.5 | 28.5 | ||||||
14 | Abdul Moula Sabri | CM | YEM | 2168 | 6 | 29.5 | 401.5 | 27.75 | ||||||
15 | Gameel Mohamed | FM | YEM | 2181 | 6 | 27.5 | 395.5 | 27.25 | ||||||
16 | Zozulia Anna | IM | BEL | 2341 | 5.5 | 32.5 | 404 | 26 | ||||||
17 | Saeed Khalid | YEM | 2066 | 5.5 | 31 | 398.5 | 23.5 | |||||||
18 | Aliev Kerim | IM | TKM | 2355 | 5.5 | 29 | 384.5 | 22.75 | ||||||
19 | Mohannad Farhan | FM | JOR | 2341 | 5.5 | 28 | 396 | 24.5 | ||||||
20 | Mothanna Mohamed | YEM | 2061 | 5.5 | 27.5 | 379.5 | 24.75 | |||||||
21 | Modallal Tarek | LIB | 2119 | 5.5 | 27 | 391.5 | 20.75 | |||||||
22 | Abdel Rabb Raouf | YEM | 1988 | 5.5 | 26.5 | 382.5 | 20.75 | |||||||
23 | Al-Halila Ayman | FM | YEM | 2128 | 5 | 27.5 | 390.5 | 22.75 | ||||||
75 players |
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 | ||||
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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) | |||||||||
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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 |
ChessCube (http://www.ChessCube.com), a South African Internet Chess Company, is the sponsor of the 2009 SA Open, being held in Cape Town 3rd-11th July 2009.
The event attracted players from all over the world, but a new twist is that three remote players have participated via the Internet from a venue in Melbourne, Australia. Mark Levitt, the CEO of ChessCube, says, "ChessCube has worked closely with FIDE (the World Chess Federation), to construct a series of rules and procedures to be followed, so that for the first time in chess history, Internet games would be officially rated."
Amon Simutowe won with 9.5/11 half a point clear of Gawain Jones.
Official site: http://www.saopen2009.com/
South African Open Cape Town (RSA), 3-11 vii 2009 | ||||||||||||||
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1 | Simutowe, A | ZAM | 2481 | 9.5 | 55 | |||||||||
2 | Jones, G | ENG | 2550 | 9 | 54.5 | |||||||||
3 | Wang, P | NZL | 2453 | 8.5 | 54.5 | |||||||||
4 | Komarov, D | UKR | 2530 | 8.5 | 53.5 | |||||||||
5 | Van Der Nat, Np | RSA | 2322 | 8.5 | 51.5 | |||||||||
6 | Mosethle, Kk | RSA | 2169 | 8 | 50 | |||||||||
7 | Makoto, R | ZIM | 2157 | 8 | 49 | |||||||||
8 | Van Rensburg, Rp | RSA | 2106 | 8 | 49 | |||||||||
9 | Simutowe, M | ZAM | 2110 | 8 | 49 | |||||||||
10 | Moyo, L | ZIM | 1730 | 8 | 48.5 | |||||||||
11 | Lochte, T | GER | 2176 | 8 | 48.5 | |||||||||
12 | Steenkamp, Jj | RSA | 2221 | 8 | 48 | |||||||||
13 | Kiss, P | HUN | 2385 | 8 | 46.5 | |||||||||
14 | Phiri, R | ZAM | 2145 | 8 | 45.5 | |||||||||
15 | Meyer, Gc | RSA | 2235 | 8 | 40 | |||||||||
16 | Mabusela, Jm | RSA | 2244 | 7.5 | 51 | |||||||||
17 | Weideman, Hj | RSA | 1901 | 7.5 | 48 | |||||||||
18 | Dole, A | RSA | 2145 | 7.5 | 47.5 | |||||||||
19 | De Villiers, Cca | RSA | 2179 | 7.5 | 47 | |||||||||
20 | Solomons, Dm | RSA | 2206 | 7.5 | 46 | |||||||||
21 | Meintjes, Jc | RSA | 1915 | 7.5 | 45.5 | |||||||||
22 | Rujevic, M | AUS | 2282 | 7.5 | 44.5 | |||||||||
23 | Chimbamu, E | ZIM | 1933 | 7.5 | 41.5 | |||||||||
24 | Redford, Sj | RSA | 1823 | 7.5 | 37 | |||||||||
25 | Klaasen, Cj | RSA | 2076 | 7.5 | 35.5 | |||||||||
26 | Davies, Js | RSA | 1941 | 7.5 | 32.5 | |||||||||
27 | Mathe, Ld | RSA | 2029 | 7 | 48 | |||||||||
28 | Willenberg, Cg | RSA | 2016 | 7 | 48 | |||||||||
29 | Nelson, Wjh | RSA | 1902 | 7 | 48 | |||||||||
30 | Mbedza, R | MAW | 1827 | 7 | 47 | |||||||||
31 | Mateus, A | MOZ | 2216 | 7 | 45.5 | |||||||||
32 | Choko, Sv | RSA | 1799 | 7 | 45 | |||||||||
33 | Vergeest, Fa | RSA | 1889 | 7 | 45 | |||||||||
34 | Wilken, Jb | RSA | 1924 | 7 | 44.5 | |||||||||
35 | Janse Van Rensburg, Jm | RSA | 1654 | 7 | 44 | |||||||||
36 | Masango, S | ZIM | 2130 | 7 | 43.5 | |||||||||
37 | Smart, Ec | RSA | 1669 | 7 | 43.5 | |||||||||
38 | Fredericks, Mmp | RSA | 1911 | 7 | 42.5 | |||||||||
39 | Van Rensburg, Pr | 0 | 1588 | 7 | 40.5 | |||||||||
40 | Bhawoodien, Sh | RSA | 2145 | 7 | 40.5 | |||||||||
41 | Booysen, N | RSA | 1525 | 7 | 40 | |||||||||
42 | Geduld, Jm | RSA | 1691 | 7 | 39 | |||||||||
43 | James, M | RSA | 1830 | 7 | 38 | |||||||||
44 | Burgess, J | RSA | 1625 | 7 | 37.5 | |||||||||
45 | Lewis, Mmm | RSA | 2038 | 7 | 35.5 | |||||||||
46 | Kobese, Akw | RSA | 2493 | 7 | 33 | |||||||||
47 | Southey, Am | RSA | 1796 | 6.5 | 47.5 | |||||||||
224 players |
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
The NH Chess Tournament Rising Stars vs. Experience takes place August 20th-31st 2009 NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky, Dam 9, Amsterdam. The NH Chess Tournament, organized by NH Hoteles in close cooperation with Association Max Euwe, Monaco, is a ‘Scheveningen’ team tournament between an ‘Experience’ team and a ‘Rising Stars’ team.
NH Chess Tournament Amsterdam (NED), 20-31 viii 2009 | ||||||||||||||
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Name | Country | DoB | ApElo | |||||||||||
Peter Svidler | Russia | June 17, 1976 | 2726 | |||||||||||
Peter Heine Nielsen | Denmark | May 24, 1973 | 2668 | |||||||||||
Alexander Beliavsky | Slovenia | December 17, 1953 | 2640 | |||||||||||
Loek van Wely | The Netherlands | October 7, 1972 | 2622 | |||||||||||
Ljubomir Ljubojevic | Serbia | November 2, 1950 | 2553 | |||||||||||
Hikaru Nakamura | United States | December 9, 1987 | 2701 | |||||||||||
Fabiano Caruana | Italy | July 30, 1992 | 2649 | |||||||||||
Jan Smeets | The Netherlands | April 5, 1985 | 2626 | |||||||||||
Daniel Stellwagen | The Netherlands | March 1, 1987 | 2619 | |||||||||||
Hou Yifan | China | February 27, 1994 | 2590 |
Official site: http://www.nhchess.com/
The II Olalachess Academy takes place 14th-16th August 2009 in (Salou) Spain. Training for all chess levels.
Official site: http://www.masters.olalachess.com
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
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 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) | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 |
The 2nd Nanjing Pearl Spring Chess Tournament will takes place 27th Sept - 9th October 2009 in Nanjing, China.
The field seems to be Veselin Topalov, Magnus Carlsen, Teimour Radjabov, Peter Leko, Dmitry Jakovenko, Wang Yue.
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. XXI (2766) | |||||
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No | Name | Ti | NAT | April Elo | DoB | |
1 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2813 | 1975 | |
2 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2772 | 1990 | |
3 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2760 | 1983 | |
4 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2756 | 1987 | |
5 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2756 | 1979 | |
6 | Wang, Yue | g | CHN | 2736 | 1987 |
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
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
The French Championships take place in Nimes, 10th-22nd August 2009.
Details: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/Default.aspx?Cat=15
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.
Likely official site: http://www.chess.ca
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) | ||
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Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2746 |
Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2693 |
Tiviakov, Sergei | g | NED | 2697 |
Giri, Anish | f | NED | 2517 |
The Quebec Open Championship takes place 18th-25th July 2009. 12 GMs have entered already headed by Vadim Malakhatko.
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 now has an English site: http://www.ajedrez21.com/en/
The XXVII Andorra International Chess Open takes place 18th-26th July 2009. Contact: open@escacsandorra.com
Official site: http://www.escacsandorra.com
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
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/
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 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: |
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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 |
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
The humourous and satirical chess magazine Kingpin has a new website.
New website address: http://www.kingpinchess.net
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
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
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
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 2009, takes 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/
The XI Open Internacional D'escacs de Sants, Hostafrancs I La Bordeta takes place 21st-30th August 2009.
Details: http://www.cotxeres.org/open/
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: |
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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 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).
The XIII Magistral de la Republica takes place in Villa Martelli 4th-14th August 2009.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezmartelli.org.ar/magistrales/2009/cronograma09.htm
The 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.
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) | |||||
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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 Open Internacional De Ajedrez Vitoria-Gasteiz Nazioarteko I. Xake Opena. 26th July - 3rd August 2009.
Official site: http://sites.google.com/site/openvitoria/
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 2009 takes place 27th November - 8th December 2009.
Website: http://www.ajedrezbali.com
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 | |||||
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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) |
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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 |
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
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
The Leiden Chess Tournament takes place 9th-19th August 2009.
Official site: http://www.leidenchess.nl/
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.
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
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
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
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/
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.
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
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.
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 | |||||||||
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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 |
The European Youth Championships (U10 - U18) takes place in Fermo/Italy 30th August - 10th September 2009.
Details: http://www.euroyouth2009.com
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/
The European Chess Union Website ECU website has changed address to http://www.europechess.org
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
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.
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