THE WEEK IN CHESS 770 10th August 2009 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Adolivio Capece, Alberto Mascarenhas, Chirila Radu-Catalin, Christian Rohrer, Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam, Efstratios Grivas, Santiago Garcìa Ramos, Igor Glek, John MacArthur, John Shaw, Juha Kivijarvi, Bela Lengyel, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Manfred Mussnig, Merijn van Delft, Miklos Orso, Pilar Molina, Remco Hekhuis, Sergey Sudakov, Jan Krabbenbos, Thomas Henrich and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Another amazing week of chess. The FIDE Grand Prix tournament in Jermuk has a great field and is just in the process of warming up. Also the start of the celebrations of the 200th Anniversary of the Zuerich Chess Club sees a great field headed by Alexander Morozevich contest a 9 round swiss. London sees the Staunton Memorial with a UK vs the Netherlands match. Nigel Short's hot streak continues with a 2/2 start. The British Championship saw some of the best chess in a number of years and a new champion in David Howell. The summer chess festival season continues with numerous events. Plenty to get your teeth into.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) FIDE Grand Prix tournament in Jermuk

The FIDE Grand Prix tournament in Jermuk takes place 8th-24th August 2009. The event is a memorial to former world champion Tigran Petrosian.

Official site: http://jermuk2009.fide.com/

5th FIDE GP Jermuk (ARM), 9-23 viii 2009														cat. XIX (2719)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	2678	*	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	1½	2929
2.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2768	.	*	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	1½	2901
3.	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2756	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1½	2888
4.	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2716	.	.	½	*	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2755
5.	Akopian, Vladimir	g	ARM	2712	½	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	1	2696
6.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2755	.	.	.	½	.	*	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2716
7.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2703	.	½	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	1	2721
8.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2717	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	1	2713
9.	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	2672	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	*	½	.	.	.	.	1	2719
10.	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2721	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	½	1	2694
11.	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2760	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	1	1	2697
12.	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2714	.	0	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	2547
13.	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	2675	.	.	0	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	½	2536
14.	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2717	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	0	.	.	*	½	2547

Round 1 (August 9, 2009)
Cheparinov, Ivan	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	1-0	43	C49	Four Knights Metger
Gelfand, Boris	- Eljanov, Pavel	½-½	48	D12	Slav Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	46	C50	Giuoco Piano
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	32	E15	Queens Indian
Alekseev, Evgeny	- Akopian, Vladimir	½-½	47	C99	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Inarkiev, Ernesto	- Leko, Peter	0-1	43	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Kamsky, Gata	- Bacrot, Etienne	½-½	34	A34	English Symmetrical
Round 2 (August 10, 2009)
Aronian, Levon	- Alekseev, Evgeny	1-0	72	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Leko, Peter	- Eljanov, Pavel	½-½	63	C97	Ruy Lopez
Akopian, Vladimir	- Cheparinov, Ivan	½-½	44	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Karjakin, Sergey	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	36	C43	Petroff's Defence
Bacrot, Etienne	- Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	½-½	30	C42	Petroff's Defence
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Kamsky, Gata	1-0	29	D15	Slav Defence
Inarkiev, Ernesto	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	90	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov

3) Zuerich Chess Club 200th Anniversary

The Zuerich Chess Club 200th Anniversay Jubilee starts with an open tournament 9th-15th August 2009. Alexander Morozevich, Evgeny Miroshnichenko, Pentala Harikrishna, Emil Sutovsky etc play for a prize fund of CHF 100.000 guaranteed prize money and many other attractive prizes.

Morozevich, Dreev, Roiz, Fedorchuk, Areshchenko, Kuzubov, Mikhalevski and Gopal start with 3/3.

Official site: http://www.sgzurich2009.ch

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr24443.aspx

Zuerich Chess Club 200th Jubilee Open (SUI), 9-15 viii 2009
Rg.	SNr		Name	Elo	FED	Place	Pts.
1	1	GM	Morozevich Alexander	2751	RUS	Russland	3
	6	GM	Dreev Alexey	2660	RUS	Moskau	3
	8	GM	Roiz Michael	2658	ISR	Israel	3
	12	GM	Kuzubov Yuriy	2635	UKR	Kramatorsk	3
	13	GM	Mikhalevski Victor	2631	ISR	Israel	3
	17	GM	Golod Vitali	2599	ISR	Israel	3
	22	GM	Geetha Narayanan Gopal	2575	IND	Indien	3
	28	GM	Hess Robert L.	2560	USA	New York	3
	32	GM	Bosiocic Marin	2551	CRO	Rijeka	3
10	9	GM	Fedorchuk Sergey	2655	UKR	Ukraine	3
	10	GM	Areshchenko Alexander	2651	UKR	Ukraine	3
	30	GM	Lopez Martinez Jose Manuel	2555	ESP	Barcelona	3
13	7	GM	Meier Georg	2658	GER	Deutschland	2½
	11	GM	Avrukh Boris	2641	ISR	Israel	2½
	20	GM	Hou Yifan	2584	CHN	China	2½
	37	IM	Alsina Leal Daniel	2529	ESP	Barcelona	2½
	38	GM	Giri Anish	2518	NED	Delft	2½
	51	IM	Recuero Guerra David	2460	ESP	Spanien	2½
	54	IM	Agopov Mikael	2442	FIN	Berlin	2½
	59	IM	Kurmann Oliver	2420	SUI	Luzern	2½
21	2	GM	Miroshnichenko Evgeny	2696	UKR	Ukraine	2½
	3	GM	Harikrishna P.	2679	IND	Indien	2½
	4	GM	Sutovsky Emil	2675	ISR	Israel	2½
	18	GM	Safarli Eltaj	2597	AZE	Baku	2½
	19	GM	Sandipan Chanda	2585	IND	Kolkata	2½
	23	GM	Pelletier Yannick	2574	SUI	Montpellier	2½
	25	GM	Malakhatko Vadim	2570	BEL	Belgien	2½
	29	GM	Guliyev Namig	2555	AZE	Paris	2½
	64	IM	Saptarshi Roy	2413	IND	Indien	2½
30	15	GM	Gharmian Tigran	2615	FRA	Faches-Thumesnil	2½
	34	GM	Gasanov Eldar	2536	UKR	Kharkov	2½
	35	GM	Pavlovic Milos	2535	SRB	Beograd	2½
	39	IM	Lauber Arnd	2517	GER	Stuttgart	2½
	41	IM	Bromberger Stefan	2510	GER	Wolfratshausen	2½
	56	IM	Heimann Andreas	2435	GER	Grenzach-Whylen	2½
	61	IM	Caspi Israel	2417	ISR	Israel	2½
	101	FM	Nueesch Gerard	2319	SUI	St-Maurice	2½
	113	IM	Vuilleumier Alexandre	2304	SUI	Genève	2½
	126		Modler Andreas	2275	GER	Kreuzlingen	2½
40	5	GM	Fridman Daniel	2665	LAT	Lettland	2½
	16	GM	Bauer Christian	2602	FRA	Montpellier	2½
	24	GM	Jussupov Artur	2570	GER	Weissenhorn	2½
	27	GM	Saric Ivan	2561	CRO	Split	2½
	31	GM	Bischoff Klaus	2551	GER	Sportfreunde Katernberg	2½
	42	GM	Gonzales Garcia Jose	2509	MEX	Barcelona	2½
	70		Hobuss Udo	2400	GER	Sprakensehl	2½
47	33	GM	Jovanic Ognjen	2541	CRO	Rijeka	2
272 players

4) 7th Howard Staunton Memorial

The 7th Howard Staunton Memorial takes place 7th (opening ceremony) - 17th August 2009.

There is commercial live coverage (£5) by the organisers.

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

Round 1 (August 8, 2009) Netherlands 3 - UK 2
Short, Nigel D	- Werle, Jan	1-0	41	C77	Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Adams, Michael	- Van Wely, Loek	½-½	32	B85	Sicilian Scheveningen
Howell, David W L	- Smeets, Jan	½-½	52	C24	Bishop's Opening
Jones, Gawain C B	- L'Ami, Erwin	0-1	41	C45	Scotch Game
McShane, Luke J	- Sokolov, Ivan	0-1	34	C54	Giuoco Piano
Round 2 (August 9, 2009) Netherlands 2 - UK 3
Sokolov, Ivan	- Howell, David W L	½-½	57	D90	Gruenfeld Flohr
Van Wely, Loek	- Jones, Gawain C B	1-0	31	E94	King's Indian Classical
L'Ami, Erwin	- McShane, Luke J	½-½	52	E94	King's Indian Classical
Smeets, Jan	- Short, Nigel D	0-1	31	B04	Alekhine's Defence
Werle, Jan	- Adams, Michael	0-1	40	D58	Queens Gambit Tartakover

7th Staunton Memorial Scheveningen London (ENG), 8-17 viii 2009
UK			NETHERLANDS
GM	Michael Adams	2699	GM	Ivan Sokolov	2655
GM	Nigel Short	2684	GM	Loek Van Wely	2655
GM	McShane, Luke	2620	GM	Jan Smeets	2632
GM	David Howell	2614	GM	Erwin L'ami	2593
GM	Gawain Jones	2554	GM	Jan Werle	2575
UK	Elo Ave.	2634	NED	Elo Ave.	2622

7th Staunton Memorial GM London (ENG), 8-17 viii 2009												cat. IX (2463)
						1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Cherniaev, Alexander	g	RUS	2428	*	.	.	.	1	1	.	.	.	.	2
2.	Timman, Jan H	g	NED	2569	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	2
3.	Wells, Peter K	g	ENG	2498	.	.	*	.	.	.	1	½	.	.	1½	2675
4.	Williams, Simon K	g	ENG	2527	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	.	.	1	1½	2661
5.	Korchnoi, Viktor	g	SUI	2561	0	.	.	.	*	.	.	1	.	.	1	2449
6.	Wiersma, Eelke	m	NED	2403	0	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	1	.	1	2330
7.	Davies, Nigel R	g	ENG	2493	.	.	0	½	.	.	*	.	.	.	½	2319
8.	Trent, Lawrence	m	ENG	2471	.	.	½	.	0	.	.	*	.	.	½	2336
9.	Chapman, Terry P D		ENG	2232	.	0	.	.	.	0	.	.	*	.	0
10.	Hendriks, Willy	m	NED	2444	.	0	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	*	0

Round 1 (August 8, 2009)
Korchnoi, Viktor	- Cherniaev, Alexander	0-1	59	A54	Old Indian Defence
Davies, Nigel R	- Williams, Simon K	½-½	47	B21	Sicilian Morra Gambit
Trent, Lawrence	- Wells, Peter K	½-½	11	C68	Ruy Lopez Exchange
Chapman, Terry P D	- Wiersma, Eelke	0-1	33	A04	Dutch System
Hendriks, Willy	- Timman, Jan H	0-1	39	B40	Sicilian Classical
Round 2 (August 9, 2009)
Cherniaev, Alexander	- Wiersma, Eelke	1-0	26	A83	Dutch Staunton Gambit
Timman, Jan H	- Chapman, Terry P D	1-0	42	B07	Pirc Defence
Wells, Peter K	- Davies, Nigel R	1-0	33	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Williams, Simon K	- Hendriks, Willy	1-0	35	E76	King's Indian Four Pawns
Korchnoi, Viktor	- Trent, Lawrence	1-0	66	A65	Benoni

5) French Championships

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

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

ch-FRA National A Nimes (FRA), 10-21 viii 2009													cat. XIV (2584)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Feller, Sebastien	g	FRA	2576	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1
2.	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2703	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1
3.	Cornette, Matthieu	g	FRA	2578	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	½	2559
4.	Cossin, Sebastien	m	FRA	2486	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	½	2650
5.	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	2667	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	½	2570
6.	Hamdouchi, Hicham	g	FRA	2589	.	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	½	2546
7.	Maze, Sebastien	g	FRA	2546	.	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	.	½	2589
8.	Sokolov, Andrei	g	FRA	2570	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	½	2667
9.	Tkachiev, Vladislav	g	FRA	2650	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	½	2486
10.	Degraeve, Jean-Marc	g	FRA	2559	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	2578
11.	Edouard, Romain	g	FRA	2597	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	0
12.	Le Roux, Jean-Pierre	m	FRA	2485	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	0

Round 1 (August 10, 2009)
Feller, Sebastien	- Edouard, Romain	1-0	31	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Cossin, Sebastien	- Tkachiev, Vladislav	½-½	48	A41	Modern Defence
Fressinet, Laurent	- Sokolov, Andrei1	½-½	32	B83	Sicilian Scheveningen
Hamdouchi, Hicham	- Maze, Sebastien	½-½	19	C47	Four Knights
Degraeve, Jean-Marc	- Cornette, Matthieu	½-½	17	C07	French Tarrasch
Le Roux, Jean-Pierre	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	0-1	42	B96	Sicilian Najdorf

ch-FRA National B Nimes (FRA), 10-21 viii 2009													cat. IX (2466)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Vaisser, Anatoly	g	FRA	2514	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1
2.	Housieaux, David	m	FRA	2419	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1
3.	Abergel, Thal	g	FRA	2517	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2469
4.	Bricard, Emmanuel	g	FRA	2469	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2517
5.	Bujisho, Benjamin	m	FRA	2404	.	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	½	2438
6.	Charnushevich, Aliaksei	m	FRA	2503	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	.	.	.	½	2491
7.	Govciyan, Pavel	m	FRA	2438	.	.	.	.	½	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	½	2404
8.	Kosten, Anthony C	g	FRA	2497	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	.	½	2442
9.	Prie, Eric	g	FRA	2491	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	.	½	2503
10.	Terrieux, Kevin	m	FRA	2442	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	*	.	.	½	2497
11.	Apicella, Manuel	g	FRA	2525	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	0
12.	Bedouin, Xavier	f	FRA	2378	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	0

Round 1 (August 10, 2009)
Vaisser, Anatoly	- Bedouin, Xavier	1-0	41	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Housieaux, David	- Apicella, Manuel	1-0	63	E94	King's Indian Classical
Abergel, Thal	- Bricard, Emmanuel	½-½	50	C03	French Tarrasch
Charnushevich, Aliaksei	- Prie, Eric	½-½	30	A11	Reti Opening
Govciyan, Pavel	- Bujisho, Benjamin	½-½	41	D27	QGA
Terrieux, Kevin	- Kosten, Anthony C	½-½	18	E36	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2

6) British Championships

The 96th British Chess Championships took place 26th July - 8th August 2009 in Torquay. David Howell lead by a point from Hebden and Williams going into the final round. He drew against Gary Lane in 19 moves and secured the title. Simon Williams beat Stephen Gordon and Mark Hebden beat Gawain Jones to finish half a point behind.

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

96th ch-GBR Torquay (ENG), 26 vii - 8 viii 2009 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Pl	Player	NAT	ti	Elo	Sc
1	Howell, David W L	ENG	g	2614	9
2	Hebden, Mark	ENG	g	2468	8½
3	Williams, Simon K	ENG	g	2527	8½
4	Palliser, Richard JD	ENG	m	2413	8
5	Conquest, Stuart	ENG	g	2572	7½
6	Gormally, Daniel	ENG	g	2490	7½
7	Constantinou, Peter	ENG		2264	7
8	Hawkins, Jonathan	ENG	f	2325	7
9	Jones, Gawain C	ENG	g	2554	7
10	Lane, Gary	AUS	m	2379	7
11	Rudd, Jack	ENG	m	2326	7
12	Summerscale, Aaron	ENG	g	2454	7
13	Trent, Lawrence	ENG	m	2471	7
14	Wells, Peter	ENG	g	2498	7
15	Addison, Bret C	ENG		2266	6½
16	Eggleston, David J	ENG	f	2341	6½
17	Gordon, Stephen	ENG	g	2537	6½
18	Greet, Andrew N	ENG	m	2443	6½
19	Littlewood, Paul E	ENG	m	2358	6½
20	Rendle, Thomas	ENG	m	2377	6½
21	Sugden, John N	ENG		2217	6½
22	Arkell, Keith C	ENG	g	2521	6
23	Buckley, Graeme	ENG	m	2398	6
24	Cobb, James	WLS	m	2432	6
25	Hanley, James L	ENG		2277	6
26	Houska, Jovanka	ENG	m	2392	6
27	Lewis, Andrew P	ENG	f	2281	6
28	Salimbeni, George	ENG		2115	6
29	Shaw, Peter	ENG		2123	6
30	Storey, Charles	ENG		2279	6
31	White, Michael J R	ENG	f	2259	6
32	Zhou, Yang-Fan	ENG		2265	6
76 players

7) Euro Chess Tournament

The Euro Chess Tournament took place in Enschede 31st July - 8th August 2009. The main event was the University of Twente Young Masters. Sergei Zhigalko won the event with 7/9. There is a very nice set of pdf bulletins available at the website. Games from round 6 not yet available.

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

University of Twente Young Masters Enschede (NED), 31 vii-8 viii 2009
Pl	Se	Name	Rating	Score	WP	SB	TPR
1	1	Zhigalko, Sergei	2621	7.0	45.5	34.25	2692
2	4	Moranda, Wojciech	2545	6.5	45.5	32.00	2649
3	3	Geetha Narayanan Gopal	2575	6.5	45.5	30.00	2628
4	2	Iotov, Valentin	2603	5.5	45.5	26.25	2540
5	5	Giri, Anish	2518	5.0	46.5	23.75	2500
6	8	Burg, Twan	2422	5.0	45.0	21.25	2486
7	11	Pruijssers, Roeland	2401	4.5	46.0	19.75	2455
8	6	Melia, Salome	2441	4.5	39.5	17.75	2413
9	12	Kleijn, Christov	2377	4.5	39.5	16.75	2399
10	9	Ringoir, Tanguy	2406	4.0	42.5	16.00	2361
11	10	Van Oosterom, Chiel	2402	4.0	37.5	14.25	2355
12	15	Otte, Marijn	2298	4.0	36.5	14.25	2329
13	16	Hoolt, Sarah	2240	4.0	36.0	14.00	2323
14	14	Van Assendelft, Floris	2332	4.0	33.0	13.75	2293
15	7	Miedema, Roi	2432	3.5	38.5	11.75	2314
16	13	Bok, Benjamin	2360	3.5	36.0	13.25	2268
17	18	Rademakers, Evert	2154	3.0	35.0	10.75	2216
18	17	Schut, Lisa	2212	2.0	35.5	7.25	2115

8) Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament

The Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament in Vlissingen took place August 1st-8th 2009. Michal Krasenkow was an impressive winner with 8/9.

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

Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament Vlissingen (NED), 1-8 viii 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank	Name	Ti	Rating	Score	TPR	W-We	BH	SB
1	Krasenkow, Michal	GM	2631	8	2820	1.73	56.5	49.5
2	Vovk, Andrey	GM	2506	7.5	2622	1.3	54	42.75
3	Khairullin, Ildar	GM	2602	7	2609	0.19	55.5	41.75
4	Beliavsky, Alexander G	GM	2662	7	2590	-0.5	55	41.25
5	Hoffmann, Michael	GM	2502	7	2609	1.33	52.5	39.25
6	Spoelman, Wouter	GM	2546	7	2500	-0.27	51.5	38.75
7	Ernst, Sipke	GM	2598	7	2542	-0.43	51	39
8	Van Den Doel, Erik	GM	2590	6.5	2551	-0.16	56.5	38.5
9	Kohlweyer, Bernd	IM	2418	6.5	2514	1.32	55	38.75
10	Adhiban, B.	IM	2481	6.5	2518	0.65	54.5	37.25
11	Rajesh, V A V	FM	2249	6.5	2491	2.42	53	35
12	Zaragatski, Ilja	IM	2472	6.5	2488	0.37	52	36.25
13	Zelbel, Patrick	FM	2348	6.5	2453	1.31	52	35.75
14	Nijboer, Friso	GM	2552	6.5	2475	-0.61	51.5	36.25
15	Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav	GM	2556	6.5	2503	-0.31	51.5	35.25
16	Rubio Mejia, Luis Ignacio	FM	2371	6.5	2453	1.09	51	33.75
17	Michalczak, Thomas	FM	2352	6.5	2420	1.01	51	33.5
18	Karthikeyan, P.	IM	2478	6.5	2426	-0.32	50	34.5
19	De Jong, Migchiel	FM	2319	6.5	2458	1.78	50	34
20	Vovk, Yuri	GM	2567	6.5	2516	-0.24	49	34.25
21	Van Haastert, Edwin	IM	2411	6.5	2415	0.23	48.5	33.25
22	Shyam, Sundar M.	IM	2415	6.5	2402	0.13	48	32.25
23	Freeke, Matthieu	FM	2264	6.5	2376	1.47	46.5	30.5
24	Foo, Benjamin		2013	6.5	2228	1.66	41.5	28.25
25	Henrichs, Thomas	IM	2463	6	2429	-0.2	53	32
26	Bosboom, Manuel	IM	2444	6	2467	0.49	52	32.75
27	Van Weersel, Arlette	WIM	2204	6	2266	0.89	51.5	32.5
28	Leenhouts, Koen	IM	2413	6	2364	-0.36	50	31
29	Padmini, Rout	WIM	2243	6	2301	0.5	50	28.25
30	Bezemer, Arno	FM	2332	6	2375	0.62	49	29.75
31	Litwak, Aleksej	FM	2268	6	2347	0.78	49	29.5
32	Bitalzadeh, Ali	IM	2434	6	2363	-0.55	49	29
33	Roeder, Matthias	IM	2438	6	2321	-1.16	48.5	31
34	Marcziter, Dmitrii		2238	6	2299	0.65	48.5	30.5
35	Van Den Berg, Ad		2197	6	2336	0.97	47.5	29.25
36	Van Dongen, Cor		2342	6	2393	0.59	47.5	28.5
37	Heltzel, Joost	CM	2262	6	2279	0.22	46.5	29.75
38	Timmermans, Ivo		2223	6	2318	0.89	46.5	28.75
39	Schaeken, Yordi		2078	6	2199	1.28	45	27.75
40	Nieuwenhuijse, Louis		1838 *	6	2197	1	40	25
41	Harini, S.		1986	6	2144	1.17	39.5	23.25
42	Van Eijk, Sander	FM	2338	5.5	2387	0.65	53	31
250 players

9) Arctic Chess Challenge

The Arctic Chess Challenge took place in Tromso 1st-9th August 2009. Monika Socko took first place on tie-break from Ray Robson, Marijn Petrov and Emanuel Berg after all finished on 7/9.

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

Arctic Chess Challenge Tromso (NOR), 1-9 viii 2009 Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	Fed	i-Rtg	Score	Med.Buchh	i-Perf.	P.score	i-Per	chge
1	Monika Socko	GM	POL	2449	7	43.5	2639	38.5	2639	+22.60
2	Ray Robson	IM	USA	2491	7	43	2628	38.5	2628	+16.30
3	Marijan Petrov	IM	BUL	2479	7	40.5	2579	38	2579	+11.60
4	Emanuel Berg	GM	SWE	2610	7	38	2622	35.5	2622	+2.00
5	Julian Radulski	GM	BUL	2539	6.5	42.5	2541	35.5	2541	+2.90
6	Luca Shytaj	IM	ITA	2455	6.5	41.5	2613	35.5	2613	+20.10
7	Jon Ludvig Hammer	GM	NOR	2583	6.5	40.5	2556	35.5	2556	-0.80
8	Allan Stig Rasmussen	GM	DEN	2536	6.5	40	2585	35.5	2585	+7.40
9	Yuri Drozdovskij	GM	UKR	2620	6.5	39	2550	33.5	2550	-5.50
10	Igor Khenkin	GM	GER	2634	6.5	38.5	2561	34	2561	-5.40
11	Vadim Malakhatko	GM	BEL	2570	6	41.5	2471	33	2471	-9.70
12	Sarunas Sulskis	GM	LTU	2559	6	40.5	2537	36	2537	-0.90
13	Bartosz Socko	GM	POL	2656	6	38	2504	30.5	2504	-14.20
14	Nicolai Getz		NOR	2219	6	38	2496	32	2496	+42.60
15	Matthew J Turner	GM	ENG	2517	6	38	2414	31	2414	-8.60
16	Natalia Zdebskaja	WGM	UKR	2412	6	37.5	2395	31.5	2395	-0.60
17	Torbjorn R. Hansen	IM	NOR	2440	6	36.5	2404	29.5	2404	-2.00
18	Bjorn Tiller	IM	NOR	2371	6	34.5	2422	31	2422	+10.80
19	Frode Olav Olsen Urkedal	FM	NOR	2333	6	34.5	2382	30	2382	+9.90
20	Pal Royset		NOR	2239	6	34.5	2364	29	2364	+21.75
21	Aleksandar H. Wohl	IM	AUS	2387	6	34.5	2327	29	2327	-6.45
22	Gerard Welling	IM	NED	2363	6	34	2434	30.5	2434	+14.55
23	Katrine Tjolsen	WFM	NOR	2160	6	32.5	2374	28.5	2374	+28.80
24	Donaldo Paiva		MOZ		6	31	2340	25	2340	+38.50
25	Kjetil Stokke	FM	NOR	2347	5.5	39.5	2452	30.5	2452	+19.20
26	Luis Javier Bernal Moro	IM	ESP	2446	5.5	38.5	2361	31	2361	-7.30
27	Arkadiusz Leniart	FM	POL	2390	5.5	37.5	2465	31.5	2465	+12.45
28	Peter S Poobalasingam		ENG	2224	5.5	36.5	2337	28	2337	+17.40
29	Joachim Thomassen	FM	NOR	2300	5.5	35	2221	28	2221	-10.50
30	Jeroen Van Den Bersselaar		NED	2184	5.5	33.5	2191	25.5	2191	+0.45
31	Anna Zozulia	IM	BEL	2341	5.5	33	2289	28.5	2289	-5.85
32	Amon Simutowe	GM	ZAM	2481	5.5	31	2385	25	2385	-6.40
33	Jon Kristian Haarr		NOR	2110	5.5	31	2298	26	2298	+29.70
34	Kalle Kiik	IM	EST	2475	5	41	2397	32	2397	-8.00
35	Peter Vas		SWE	2232	5	36.5	2353	27	2353	+16.20
36	Vegar Koi Gandrud		NOR	2169	5	35.5	2168	26	2168	-1.35
37	Lasse Ostebo Lovik		NOR	2296	5	35	2263	28	2263	-4.50
38	Benjamin Arvola		NOR	2144	5	34.5	2205	26.5	2205	+8.85
39	Pal Andreas Hansen		NOR	2042	5	34.5	2173	23	2173	+15.30
40	Sverre Karlsen		NOR	2013	5	33.5	2187	23.5	2187	+21.75
41	Espen Forsa	FM	NOR	2311	5	33	2219	26.5	2219	-12.15
42	Daniel Howard Fernandez	FM	SIN	2200	5	32.5	2005	23	2005	-22.80
43	Nikolaj Mikkelsen	IM	DEN	2399	5	31.5	2143	24.5	2143	-36.00
44	Kaj Engstrom		SWE	2274	5	31.5	2129	26	2129	-19.65
45	Tobias Pettersson		SWE	2138	5	30.5	2179	26	2179	+4.05
46	Miguel Angel Gabaldon Gomez		ESP	2186	5	30.5	2132	24.5	2132	-8.40
47	Kari Tikkanen	FM	FIN	2283	5	30	2134	23.5	2134	-22.65
48	Marianne Wold Haug		NOR	1987	5	29.5	2105	22	2105	+11.55
49	Johannes Luangtep Kvisla		NOR	2222	5	28.5	2052	23	2052	-25.20
50	Fabio Bruno	IM	ITA	2455	4.5	38.5	2403	31	2403	-3.50
119 players

10) First Saturday August

The First Saturday August tournaments take place 1st-13th August 2009.

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

FSGM August Budapest (HUN), 1-13 viii 2009													cat. VIII (2442)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3
1.	Zherebukh, Yaroslav	g	UKR	2541	*	.	.	.	1	½	.	1	1	1	1	1	½	7	2747
2.	Rapport, Richard	f	HUN	2401	.	*	½	½	1	1	1	.	1	.	.	0	1	6	2623
3.	Oleksienko, Mikhailo	g	UKR	2543	.	½	*	1	½	.	0	.	1	1	½	.	½	5	2548
4.	Varga, Zoltan	g	HUN	2473	.	½	0	*	.	½	½	½	½	.	.	1	1	4½	2455
5.	Tzermiadianos, Andreas	m	GRE	2447	0	0	½	.	*	1	1	½	.	0	1	½	.	4½	2444
6.	Shen Siyuan		CHN	2321	½	0	.	½	0	*	1	.	½	½	1	.	½	4½	2463
7.	Szabo, Krisztian1	m	HUN	2493	.	0	1	½	0	0	*	.	½	.	1	.	1	4	2436
8.	Samhouri, A	f	JOR	2375	0	.	.	½	½	.	.	*	0	1	½	½	1	4	2451
9.	Seres, Lajos	g	HUN	2456	0	0	0	½	.	½	½	1	*	.	.	1	.	3½	2392
10.	Pap, Gyula	m	HUN	2503	0	.	0	.	1	½	.	0	.	*	0	1	1	3½	2384
11.	Boros, Denes	m	HUN	2485	0	.	½	.	0	0	0	½	.	1	*	1	.	3	2358
12.	Rees, Ioan	f	WLS	2339	0	1	.	0	½	.	.	½	0	0	0	*	1	3	2324
13.	Payen, Arnaud	m	FRA	2368	½	0	½	0	.	½	0	0	.	0	.	0	*	1½	2170

FSIMA August Budapest (HUN), 1-9 viii 2009
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Leviczky, Tibor	f	HUN	2357	*	½	1	½	1	.	½	1	1	1	6½	2474
2.	Szalanczy, Emil	m	HUN	2318	½	*	1	1	½	½	.	1	½	1	6	2425
3.	Lyell, Mark	f	ENG	2288	0	0	*	½	1	1	1	1	½	.	5	2362
4.	Szabo, Bence		HUN	2243	½	0	½	*	1	½	0	.	1	0	3½	2198
5.	Kormos, Adam		HUN	2195	0	½	0	0	*	½	1	1	.	½	3½	2205
6.	Kahn, Evarth	m	HUN	2281	.	½	0	½	½	*	1	0	½	½	3½	2180
7.	Villwock, Martin		GER	2251	½	.	0	1	0	0	*	½	1	½	3½	2189
8.	Simonyi, Zoltan	f	SRB	2249	0	0	0	.	0	1	½	*	1	1	3½	2198
9.	Farago, Sandor	m	HUN	2244	0	½	½	0	.	½	0	0	*	1	2½	2107
10.	Shao Shuai		CHN	----	0	0	.	1	½	½	½	0	0	*	2½	2126

FSIMB August Budapest (HUN), 1-9 viii 2009
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	To, Nhat Minh	f	HUN	2366	*	.	1	½	0	½	1	1	1	1	6	2417
2.	Kislik, Erik Andrew	f	USA	2342	.	*	0	1	1	1	½	1	0	1	5½	2365
3.	Lengyel, Bela	m	HUN	2257	0	1	*	½	½	½	.	½	1	1	5	2341
4.	Balazs, Gabor2		HUN	2277	½	0	½	*	½	.	½	1	1	1	5	2341
5.	Vegh, Endre	m	HUN	2294	1	0	½	½	*	½	0	.	1	1	4½	2304
6.	Roos, Jean-Luc	m	FRA	2250	½	0	½	.	½	*	½	½	1	1	4½	2289
7.	Kaufeld, Juergen	f	GER	2274	0	½	.	½	1	½	*	0	1	½	4	2246
8.	Spiropoulos, Panagiotis I		GRE	2114	0	0	½	0	.	½	1	*	0	1	3	2174
9.	Nyland, Thomas		NOR	2156	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	*	.	2	2078
10.	Tesik, Csaba		HUN	2172	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	.	*	½	1827

11) Copa Mercosur

The Copa Mercosur takes place 4th-14th August 2009. Pocket Fritz 4 is playing. It is the tradition that Fritz hacks up the field in this event every year and again it leads on 4.5/5. Andres Carlos Obregon has 4.5/6.

Official site: http://ajedrezmartelli.org.ar/

12) III Deportiva San Juan Open

The III Deportiva San Juan Open took place in Pamplona, 27th July - 2nd August 2009. Aleksej Aleksandrov took clear first place with 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.adsj-dke.com/portal/index.asp - http://chess-results.com/tnr21772.aspx

III Deportiva San Juan Open Pamplona (ESP), 27 vii 2 viii 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name		FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB2	TB3
1	Aleksandrov Aleksej	GM	BLR	2616	7.5	47.5	42.5
2	Fedorchuk Sergey A	GM	UKR	2655	7	49	40
3	Mirzoev Azer	GM	AZE	2559	7	48.5	39.75
4	Pap Misa	IM	SRB	2478	7	48	39
5	Huerga Leache Mikel	IM	ESP	2456	6.5	47.5	34.75
6	Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo	IM	CUB	2504	6.5	46.5	33.5
7	Ibrahimov Rasul	GM	AZE	2543	6.5	46	34.5
8	Paunovic Dragan	GM	SRB	2533	6.5	45.5	33.5
9	Alvarez Pedraza Aramis	IM	CUB	2460	6.5	45.5	32
10	Edouard Romain	GM	FRA	2597	6.5	43.5	33
11	Rusev Krasimir	GM	BUL	2543	6	45.5	31.5
12	Del Rio De Angelis Salvador G	GM	ESP	2560	6	45	31.25
13	Ivanov Jordan	IM	BUL	2431	6	44.5	29.75
14	Recuero Guerra David	IM	ESP	2460	6	43	29
15	Libiszewski Fabien	GM	FRA	2535	6	42.5	29.5
16	Mladenov Plamen		BUL	2362	6	40.5	25.75
17	Mihailovs Jurijs	IM	LAT	2408	6	40.5	25
18	Berbatov Kiprian	FM	BUL	2398	6	39	25.5
19	Pogorelov Ruslan	GM	UKR	2441	5.5	51	32
20	Pozo Vera Sandro	FM	CUB	2451	5.5	45.5	25.75
21	Ibarra Jerez Jose Carlos	IM	ESP	2517	5.5	45	28.25
22	Larino Nieto David	IM	ESP	2455	5.5	45	26.25
23	Delorme Axel	IM	FRA	2434	5.5	44.5	25.75
24	Ninov Nikolai	IM	BUL	2562	5.5	44	28
25	Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo Reynaldo	GM	CUB	2499	5.5	44	26
26	Cabrera Trujillo Jorge	FM	ESP	2410	5.5	42.5	27
27	Fernandez Garcia Jose Luis	GM	ESP	2465	5.5	40.5	23.75
28	Chueca Forcen Alberto		ESP	2288	5.5	40	24
29	Villavicencio Martinez Adalber	IM	ESP	2340	5.5	38.5	22.5
30	Garcia Blanco Omar		ESP	2237	5.5	37.5	22.75
31	Vinal Gutierrez Pedro		ESP	2086	5.5	33.5	17.5
32	Reinaldo Castineira Roi	IM	ESP	2503	5	47.5	26.5
33	Strikovic Aleksa	GM	SRB	2523	5	46.5	25.25
34	Suba Mihai	GM	ROU	2540	5	44.5	26.5
35	Garbisu De Goni Unai	IM	ESP	2467	5	43.5	21.75
36	Sanz Alonso Francisco J	IM	ESP	2404	5	40.5	18.75
37	Arnaudov G Petar	IM	BUL	2443	5	40	23
38	Montoya Irigoyen Inigo		ESP	2071	5	38	14.5
39	Meneses Gonzalez Kevin Moises		ESP	2074	5	37	17.75
40	De Pablos Fernandez Mariano		ESP	2104	5	36.5	13.5
41	Ugalde Ezcurra Jose Miguel		ESP	2169	5	36.5	11.25
42	Quidiello Prado Manuel Rogelio		ESP	2209	5	36	18.75
43	Cortes Bueno Jesus Javier	FM	ESP	2260	5	36	13.5
44	Zamarbide Inarrea Daniel		ESP	2176	5	35.5	18.5
45	Roviralta Montero Axel		ESP	2011	5	34.5	17.5
46	Ortells Perez Victor	CM	ESP	2064	5	34.5	17
47	Maze Sebastien	GM	FRA	2546	4.5	44.5	21.75
48	Lajthajm Borko	GM	SRB	2484	4.5	42	19.75
49	Perez Marchal Javier		ESP	1870	4.5	39.5	19.5
50	Huguet Sergio	FM	HON	2126	4.5	39.5	14.25
105 players

13) 4th Timisoara Cup

The 4th Timisoara Cup took place 1st-9th August 2009. Teodor Anton took clear first with 6½/9 in the A-Group.

Official site: http://www.frsah.ro/ - Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr24200.aspx?lan=1

4th Timisoara Cup A Timisoara (ROM), 1-9 viii 2009												cat. IV (2347)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Anton, Teodor		ROU	2379	*	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	6½	2509
2.	Dragomirescu, Robin-Alexandru		ROU	2342	½	*	1	½	½	½	0	1	1	1	6	2472
3.	Vedmediuc, Serghei	m	MDA	2444	0	0	*	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	6	2460
4.	Ogleznev, Alexandr	f	MDA	2338	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	0	1	1	5½	2427
5.	Balla, Tamas-Kristof	f	ROU	2363	½	½	0	½	*	½	½	1	1	1	5½	2424
6.	Petrisor, Adrian-Marian		ROU	2322	½	½	½	0	½	*	1	½	0	½	4	2306
7.	Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	wg	USA	2304	½	1	0	½	½	0	*	½	½	0	3½	2271
8.	Emodi, Gyula	m	HUN	2311	0	0	0	1	0	½	½	*	½	½	3	2225
9.	Bogdan, Dan	m	ROU	2400	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	½	*	½	2½	2174
10.	Nemes, Silviu-Virgil		ROU	2264	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	½	*	2½	2189

4th Timisoara Cup B Timisoara (ROM), 1-9 viii 2009
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Suciu, Dinu-Simi	f	ROU	2095	*	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	6½	2329
2.	Foisor, Mihaela-Veronica	wf	ROU	2123	0	*	½	1	½	0	1	1	1	1	6	2285
3.	Florescu, Codrut-Constantin	m	ROU	2261	½	½	*	1	0	½	½	1	½	1	5½	2225
4.	Vavric, Pavel		MDA	2194	½	0	0	*	1	½	1	1	1	½	5½	2232
5.	Postolachi, Viorel		MDA	2097	½	½	1	0	*	½	½	½	1	1	5½	2243
6.	Mocanu, Sergiu		MDA	2137	0	1	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	5½	2238
7.	Dragomirescu, Angela	wm	ROU	2215	½	0	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	3½	2070
8.	Ungureanu, Emil	m	ROU	2215	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	*	½	1	3½	2070
9.	Adzic, Slobodan	f	MNE	2154	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	*	1	2½	1991
10.	Uta, Adeline-Ramona		ROU	2076	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	0	*	1	1814

14) Vratsa Women's Open

The Vratsa Women's Open took place 25th-31st July 2009. Elitsa Raeva took clear first place with 7.5/9.

Official site; http://openwomen2009.hit.bg/standings.htm

Vratsa Women's Open (BUL). 25-31 vii 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank	Name		FED	Rtg	Pts	BH.	BH.
1	Raeva Elitsa	WIM	BUL	2277	7.5	37.5	46
2	Videnova Iva	WFM	BUL	2288	6.5	37.5	49
3	Sgircea Silvia-Raluca	WFM	ROU	2199	6	38.5	50.5
4	Voiska Margarita	WGM	BUL	2355	6	38	49
5	Bulmaga Irina	WIM	MDA	2277	6	36	47
6	Benderac Ana	WGM	SRB	2298	6	31.5	40.5
7	Maksimovic Suzana	WGM	SRB	2255	5.5	36.5	46
8	Chilingirova Pavlina	WIM	BUL	2225	5.5	33.5	43
9	Dragomirescu Angela	WIM	ROU	2215	5	35	46
10	Baciu Diana	WFM	MDA	2139	5	33.5	44
11	Bednikova Stefi		BUL	2112	5	33	43.5
12	Ivanova Simoneta		BUL	1979	5	33	40
28 players

15) Kavala Open

The Kavala Open took place 1st-8th August 2009. Alberto David took first place on tie-break from Chanda Sandipan, Abhijeet Gupta, Hrant Melkumyan, Vladislav Nevednichy, Sergey Volkov and Nidjat Mamedov all of whom scored 7/9.

Official site: http://www.chesskavala.gr/?p=295

Open Kavala (GRE), 1-8 viii 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB2
1	DAVID ALBERTO	GM	LUX	2565	7	40
2	SANDIPAN CHANDA	GM	IND	2585	7	39
3	GUPTA ABHIJEET	GM	IND	2565	7	37.5
4	MELKUMYAN HRANT	GM	ARM	2530	7	36.5
5	NEVEDNICHY VLADISLAV	GM	ROU	2570	7	35.5
6	VOLKOV SERGEY	GM	RUS	2607	7	34
7	MAMEDOV NIDJAT	GM	AZE	2614	7	33.5
8	MARKUS ROBERT	GM	SRB	2587	6.5	34
9	PREDOJEVIC BORKI	GM	BIH	2644	6.5	33.5
10	GELASHVILI TAMAZ	GM	GEO	2605	6.5	32.5
11	DEVIATKIN ANDREI	GM	RUS	2589	6.5	31
12	ALOMA VIDAL ROBERT	IM	ESP	2418	6.5	29.5
13	ANDRIASIAN ZAVEN	GM	ARM	2585	6	34.5
14	CHADAEV NIKOLAI	IM	RUS	2549	6	34
15	ARUN PRASAD S	GM	IND	2556	6	33.5
16	BANIKAS HRISTOS	GM	GRE	2570	6	33.5
17	GAJEWSKI GRZEGORZ	GM	POL	2572	6	32.5
18	KONERU HUMPY	GM	IND	2623	6	32.5
19	DAMLJANOVIC BRANKO	GM	SRB	2551	6	32.5
20	RYCHAGOV ANDREY	GM	RUS	2534	6	32
21	ZUBAREV ALEXANDER	GM	UKR	2548	6	31.5
22	YAKOVICH YURI	GM	RUS	2576	6	31.5
23	KHUKHASHVILI SOPIKO	IM	GEO	2430	6	30.5
24	BARTEL MATEUSZ	GM	POL	2619	6	30
25	BURMAKIN VLADIMIR	GM	RUS	2627	6	26.5
26	HESS ROBERT L	GM	USA	2560	5.5	35.5
27	VOROBIOV EVGENY E	GM	RUS	2598	5.5	32
28	MASTROVASILIS ATHANASIOS	GM	GRE	2475	5.5	31
29	DZAGNIDZE NANA	GM	GEO	2536	5.5	31
30	PAVLOVIC MILOS M	IM	SRB	2533	5.5	30.5
160 players

16) Ptuj Open

The Ptuj Open took place 2nd-9th August 2009 in Ptuj. 9 Round Swiss. Time control: 100 minutes/40 moves + 20 minutes + 30 seconds for each move. Robert Loncar took first place on tie-break from Ozren Biti after both scored 7/9.

Official site: http://www.sah-drustvo-ptuj.si/Open09/open.htm

Open Ptuj (SLO), 2-9 viii 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name		FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	Loncar Robert	IM	CRO	2429	7	42	54
2	Biti Ozren	IM	CRO	2359	7	39	49.5
3	Zupe Miran	IM	SLO	2344	6.5	39.5	51
4	Makaj Marko		CRO	2336	6.5	39	49.5
5	Gruskovnjak Tomislav	FM	SLO	2363	6.5	38.5	49.5
6	Kovacevic Blazimir	IM	CRO	2436	6.5	37	48.5
7	Gantar Jan		SLO	2011	6	40.5	50.5
8	Podkriznik Gregor	FM	SLO	2386	6	37.5	48.5
9	Mestek Igor		SLO	2157	6	35.5	46
10	Lipovsek Miran		SLO	2098	6	33	43
11	Jeraj Zlatko		SLO	2123	5.5	39	48.5
12	Mazi Leon	IM	SLO	2362	5.5	37	48
13	Kavcic Janez		SLO	1998	5.5	35.5	45.5
14	Krumpacnik Domen	IM	SLO	2361	5.5	34	44.5
15	Polajzer Danilo	IM	SLO	2353	5.5	34	43.5
16	Titan Matej		SLO	1974	5.5	30.5	38.5
17	Belsak Zan		SLO	2030	5	41	51.5
64 players

17) Baltic Queen Tournament

The Baltic Queen Tournament takes place in St Petersburg 11th-20th August 2009.

Official site: http://totalchess.spb.ru/kalend/2009/baltq-en.html

Baltic Queen Tournament St Petersburg (RUS), 11-20 viii 2009
Name	NAT	July Elo
Pia Cramling	SWE	2525
Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant	SCO	2506
Elisabeth Paehtz	GER	2474
Viktorija Cmilyte	LTU	2470
Natalia Zhukova	UKR	2465
Ekaterina Atalik	TUR	2434
Zhaoqin Peng	NED	2418
Anastasia Bodnaruk	RUS	2388
Irina Turova	RUS	2387
Julia Demina	RUS	2378

18) XXXV Badalona Open

The XXXV Badalona Open took place 1st-9th August 2009. The top 8 players competed in a knockout after round 6. I'm assuming that http://chess-results.com/tnr20678.aspx has the correct final order. Omar Almeida Quintana won playing Cristhian Cruz in the final.

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

XXXV Badalona Open (ESP), 1-9 viii 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Almeida Quintana Omar	GM	CUB	87	48	40.5	35.5
2	Cruz Cristhian	IM	PER	77.5	45	38	37
3	Panchanathan Magesh Chandran	GM	IND	66.5	48	40.5	37
4	Brandenburg Daan	IM	NED	56.5	45.5	38.5	37.5
5	Sundararajan Kidambi	GM	IND	47.5	43	36.5	37
6	Bacallao Alonso Yusnel	FM	CUB	36	46.5	39	35.5
7	Narciso Dublan Marc	GM	ESP	26	49	42	35
8	Peralta Fernando	GM	ARG	15	50.5	43	33.5
9	Munoz Pantoja Miguel	IM	PER	7	42.5	36.5	33.5
10	Ramiro Ovejero Juan Luis	FM	ESP	6.5	45.5	38.5	33
11	Ipatov Alexander	IM	ESP	6.5	44.5	38	33.5
12	Garcia Castro Pablo	IM	ESP	6.5	44	37.5	34.5
13	Lasinskas Povilas	FM	LTU	6.5	42	35	31
14	Panelo Marcelo	IM	ARG	6	47.5	40	34
15	Matsenko Sergei	IM	RUS	6	47.5	40	32.5
16	Mestre Bellido Hector	FM	ESP	6	42.5	36	30.5
17	Vedder Richard	FM	NED	6	42.5	35.5	33
18	Tallo Dominguez Imar		ESP	6	37	32	25.5
19	Bulatov Sergei	MK	ESP	6	35	29.5	24
20	Pomes Marcet Juan	IM	ESP	5.5	46.5	39	29.5
108 players

19) 110th US Open

The 110th US Open took place 1st-9th August 2009. Alex Lendermann, Sergey Kudrin, Alex Yermolinsky, Jacek Stopa, Jesse Kraai and Dmitry Gurevich finished on 7.5/9. The top two GMs on tiebreak, Dmitry Gurevich and Sergey Kudrin had a blitz playoff for the official title. Gurevich drew with black to take the title. The games are practically impossible to sort out as the players were in multiple sections with withdrawals etc (or at least I hope so as some players played a lot more than 9 games). The games from the leading players are in reasonable shape however.

Official site: http://www.uschess.org/tournaments/2009/usopen/

Report: http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9619/544/

20) Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls

Yang Dai, formerly of China and now from the state of Virginia, dominated the 2009 Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls with a score of 6-0. Yang faced stiff competition in the last three rounds from last year's champion, Courtney Jamison as well as last year's runner-up, Linda Diaz. Courtney Jamison, entering her senior year of secondary school, earned a full academic scholarship to Texas Tech University. Texas Tech, located in Lubbock, Texas, is the proud host and sponsor of the Susan Polgar Invitational.

Each of the 50 states are asked to qualify just one participant either perhaps by rating or from a state qualifier, usually the state's High School Championship. This year's Invitational brought 60 girls from all over the United States together for the annual 6-round Fide time control (game in 90min/30sec added) event. Several girls were also able to qualify through Susan's World Open for Girls, held during the National Open in Las Vegas and another qualifier held in Arizona. Nine of the girls also received special invitations including two from Idaho who finished equal with the state's representative, Erica Barkell, who also qualified for the Denker High School Invitational Championship. Erica is the third Polgar participant to qualify and play in both prestigious events. The previous Denker/Polgar participants were Polgar champions, Abby Marshall and Courtney Jamison.

Final Standings: 1. Yang Dai 6.0 2-3. Rachel Gita Gologorsky, Epiphany Peters 5.0 4-7. Linda V. Diaz, Courtney Jamison, Samyukta Bhat, Joanne Koong 4.5

News: NM John MacArthur

More news: http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/search/label/SP%20National%20Invitational%20for%20Girls

21) Zonal 3.4

The men's and women's zonals 3.4 took place in Tashkent 17th-25th June 2009. Farrukh Amonatov and Anton Filippov finished on 10/13.

http://ratings.fide.com has games and ratings (although the women's games are slightly messed up with two games being wrongly headed, just enough to take an hour to sort out).

zt 3.4 Tashkent (UZB), 17-25 vi 2009														cat. IX (2451)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Amonatov, Farrukh	g	TJK	2648	*	1	½	0	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	10.0	2647
2.	Filippov, Anton UZB	g	UZB	2584	0	*	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	10.0	2652
3.	Jumabayev, Rinat	m	KAZ	2544	½	½	*	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	9.0	2585
4.	Utegaliyev, Azamat		KAZ	2288	1	½	1	*	0	½	½	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	8.5	2573
5.	Kvon, Andrey		UZB	2425	0	0	1	1	*	½	½	½	0	½	1	½	1	1	7.5	2510
6.	Khamrakulov, Dzhurabek	m	UZB	2524	½	0	0	½	½	*	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	7.5	2502
7.	Ismagambetov, Anuar	g	KAZ	2525	½	½	0	½	½	0	*	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	7.5	2502
8.	Iuldachev, Saidali	g	UZB	2497	½	0	0	1	½	½	1	*	½	½	½	0	1	1	7.0	2476
9.	Dzhumaev, Marat	g	UZB	2552	0	0	1	0	1	½	½	½	*	½	1	1	0	1	7.0	2472
10.	Pak, Yevgeniy		KAZ	2328	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	*	1	1	½	½	4.5	2350
11.	Djuraev, Sokhib	f	TJK	2391	0	½	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	0	*	1	1	1	4.5	2346
12.	Tologontegin, Semetey	f	KGZ	2367	0	0	0	1	½	0	0	1	0	0	0	*	½	1	4.0	2316
13.	Annaberdiyev, Babageldi		TKM	2244	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	½	0	½	*	0	2.5	2216
14.	Mankeyev, Rauan	f	KAZ	2402	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	*	1.5	2119

zt 3.4 w Tashkent (UZB), 17-25 vi 2009
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1
1.	Muminova, Nafisa	wm	UZB	2212	*	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	½	1	½	8	2399
2.	Sergeyeva, Mariya	wg	KAZ	2377	0	*	1	0	1	1	½	½	1	0	1	6	2215
3.	Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan	wf	KAZ	2172	0	0	*	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	6	2235
4.	Nodirjanova, Nodira		UZB	2130	0	1	0	*	1	1	½	½	½	0	1	5½	2203
5.	Tokhirjanova, Hulkar		UZB	2137	0	0	1	0	*	0	1	1	½	1	1	5½	2203
6.	Sabirova, O	wm	UZB	2192	0	0	0	0	1	*	1	½	1	1	1	5½	2197
7.	Dauletova, Gulmira	wm	KAZ	2232	1	½	1	½	0	0	*	½	½	½	½	5	2157
8.	Hamrakulova, Yulduz	wm	UZB	2191	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	*	1	½	½	4	2089
9.	Davletbayeva, Madina	wf	KAZ	2133	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	*	1	1	4	2095
10.	Turebayeva, Alfiya	wm	KAZ	2202	0	1	0	1	0	0	½	½	0	*	1	4	2088
11.	Antonova, Nadezhda		TJK	1831	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	*	1½	1901

22) Central American and Caribbean U20

The under-20 Championships of Central American and Caribbean took place in Medellin, Colombia 29th July - 4th August 2009. David Arenas won the men's event with 7.5/9.

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

Centroamericano & Caribbean U20 Medellin (COL), 30 vii-4 viii 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Elo	Pts.	Prog
1	Arenas David	IM	COL	2266	7.5	37.5
2	Gallego Alcaraz Andres Felipe		COL	2380	7	36.5
3	Pulvett Daniel		VEN	2223	7	33.5
4	Vargas Arteaga Alexis		COL	2201	6	36.5
5	Diaz Ordonez Ciro		ECU	2373	6	34
6	Rios Cristhian Camilo	FM	COL	2225	6	33
7	Torres Juan Camilo		COL	2155	6	30.5
8	Del Castilho Martyn		BAR	2181	6	30
9	Martinez Romero Martin		COL	2135	6	29.5
10	Rojas Alarcon Julian Antonio	CM	MEX	2295	6	28.5
26 players

Centroamericano & Caribbean U20 Women Medellin (COL), 30 vii-4 viii 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Elo	Pts.	Prog
1	Espinosa Garcia Sandra	WFM	CUB	2113	7	39.5
2	Heredia Serrano Carla		ECU	2135	6.5	36
3	Herrera Milena	WFM	COL	2118	6.5	30.5
4	Romero Echeverria Abigail		ECU	2048	6	30.5
5	Chirivi C Yenny Astrid	WIM	COL	2195	6	30
6	Salazar Aura Cristina	WFM	COL	2049	6	29.5
7	Martin Rosabal Niuris		CUB	1986	5.5	29.5
8	Esquivel De Leon Aurora	WIM	MEX	2008	5.5	28.5
9	Orozco Lina Yomayra		COL	2148	5.5	27.5
10	Mencos Claudia		GUA	1921	5	25
54 players

23) X Miquel Mas Open

The X Miquel Mas Open took place in Figueres 1st-9th August 2009. Alvar Alonso Rosell won on tie-break from Yuri Solodovnichenko after both finished on 7.5/9. No games available.

Official site: http://www.escacsfigueres.com/X%20Obert/index.htm - Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr21460.aspx

X Miquel Mas Open Figueres (ESP), 1-9 viii 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name		FED	Gr	RtgI	Pts.
1	Alonso Rosell Alvar	IM	ESP	2479	2461	7.5
2	Solodovnichenko Yuri	GM	UKR	2588	2596	7.5
3	Oms Pallisse Josep	GM	ESP	2546	2495	7
4	Gonzalez Rodriguez Jorge A	IM	COL	2483	2429	7
5	Cuadras Avellana Jordi	FM	ESP	2370	2331	6.5
6	Moskalenko Viktor	GM	UKR	2579	2558	6.5
7	Burgos Figueroa Carlos E	IM	ESA	2344	2285	6.5
8	Colovic Aleksandar	IM	MKD	2493	2441	6
9	Valle Luis E	cm	CUB	2363	2268	6
10	Fernandez Perez Didier		ESP	2154	2166	6
11	Sabria Batlle Pol	cm	ESP	2320	2221	6
12	Colls Gelaberto Emili	CM	ESP	2299	2215	6
13	Pruja Ramirez De Cartagena Marc	cm	ESP	2293	2214	6
14	Parals Marce Luis		ESP	2150	2062	6
15	Triadu Cassa Jordi		ESP	2064	1882	6
16	Vidal Zamora Alex		ESP	2199	2078	5.5
80 players

24) European Union Youth Championships

The 7th European Union Youth Championships take place in Mureck, Austria, close to the boarder with Slovenia, 9 rounds 5th-13th August 2009. 23 different federations take part in seven tournaments, starting from under 8 up to under 14. A total of 242 players.

Official site: http://www.jugendschach.at . Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr23970.aspx?lan=1

25) 20th International Chess and Games Festival Czech Open

The 20th International Chess and Games Festival Czech Open 2009 took place 16th July - 2nd August 2009 in Pardubice (the Czech Republic). There were 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.

Official site: http://www.czechopen.net/news/index.php.

Jahangir Agharahimov is Djakhangir Agaragimov in the FIDE rating list, these games have now been corrected. My thanks to Juha Kivijarvi for pointing this out.

26) World Chess Tour GM Moscow

The World Series 'World Chess Tour', the main idea of that is: any chess player and chess fan regardless of the level, age etc. can take part in the World Series as well as any chess event can be part of World Series - like the ACP Tour, but not only for top-GMs, but just for everyone. There are also the WCT points which every participant of this event will get - in all possible categories. The next GM and IM events are under way taking place 8th-18th August 2009.

Contact: GM Igor Glek. Phone mobile: (7)903-5593052, (49)174-1387765 Phone / Fax: (7)495-4336634 E-mail: wlct06@gmail.com, worldchesstour@gmail.com

Official site: http://www.chess-events.org with details of the tour.

World Chess Tour August Moscow (RUS), 8-18 viii 2009												Ave 2400
No	Ti	Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts	Rank
1	IM	Vlassov, Nikolai	2471	RUS					0	0
2	FM	Meessen, Rudolf	2334	BEL			=						0
3	FM	Rozanov, Pavel	2308	RUS		=						=
4		Savina, Anastasia	2382	RUS	1						=
5	IM	Ulko, Yaroslav	2478	RUS									0
6	GM	Bagirov, Rufat	2467	AZE	1						0
7	GM	Ziatdinov, Raset	2425	USA				=						=
8	WGM	Girya, Olga	2266	RUS			=			1
9	FM	Aldokhin, Ivan	2345	RUS		1			1
10	GM	Glek, Igor	2528	GER							=

27) Cannes Summer Open

The Cannes Summer Open took place 27th July - 2nd August 2009. Roland Salvador won with event on tie-break from Tannick Gozzoli, Andrey Sumets, Cyril Marzolo and Manuel Apicella after all finished on 6½/9. I couldn't find any games.

Official site: http://ns20.webmasters.com/*cannes-echecs.org/httpdocs/ace/

Summer Open Cannes (FRA). 27 vii-2 viii 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl	Name	Elo	Pts	Perf	Tr.	Bu.
1	SALVADOR Roland	2447	6½	2584	40½	49
2	GOZZOLI Yannick	2498	6½	2578	41	50
3	SUMETS Andrey	2595	6½	2565	40	46½
4	MARZOLO Cyril	2443	6½	2549	40	48½
5	APICELLA Manuel	2525	6½	2536	40	48
6	GLADYSZEV Oleg	2447	6	2554	40½	46½
7	LAZAREV Vladimir	2462	6	2507	40	49½
8	KUNIN Vitaly	2532	5½	2514	43½	54
9	TUGUI Adrian	2364	5½	2453	42½	50
10	RIFF Jean-Noel	2505	5½	2450	40	48½
11	BUJISHO Benjamin	2404	5½	2415	36½	43½
12	KARPATCHEV Aleksandr	2491	5½	2363	35	40
13	GOLDSZTEJN Gildas	2403	5½	2362	34	42
14	IWANESKO Alexandre	2101	5	2382	37	45
15	SERBAN Vlad	2173	5	2348	34½	42
16	SANCHEZ Joseph	2491	5	2337	37	43
17	WEBER Tom	2332	5	2337	36½	43½
18	SONG Julien	2319	5	2319	35½	42
19	REMILLE Tristan	2204	5	2275	31½	37
20	LECONTE Maria	2311	4½	2378	40	45½
21	VALSECCHI Alessio	2372	4½	2307	36½	45
22	DUBESSAY Bastien	2168	4½	2250	33½	38
23	STEIL-ANTONI Fiona	2140	4½	2246	32	36½
24	GOZZOLI Cyrille	2125	4½	2229	32½	37½
25	FORESTIER Flavien	2174	4	2262	37	43½
26	VILLEGAS Pierre	2202	4	2216	36	43½
27	BOUKOBZA Adrien	2157	4	2196	28½	31½
28	WUNDERMAN Xavier	2169	4	2172	31	34
29	DELORME Laurie	2152	4	2168	31	36
30	PUCHER Sebastien	2269	4	2167	35	41
31	VAN DE WYNKELE Eric	2141	4	2151	28	31
32	GRAS Guillaume	2053	4	2110	28	30
33	TADDEI Benoit	2324	4	2080	28½	32½
46 players

28) Pan-American Team Championships

The Pan-American Team Championships take place in Mendes in the state of State of Rio De Janeiro 9th-13th August 2009. Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic and Cuba compete.

Official site: http://panequipos2009.blogspot.com/ - http://www.continental2009.com/panequiper1.htm

29) Canadian Closed and Zonal Championship

The Canadian Closed and Zonal Championship: takes place August 7th-16th 2009 in the Guelph University Centre. Eligibility: Provincial Champions, Titled players (FM, IM, GM), players rated 2200 or above. Winner qualifies to 2009 World Cup in Khanty Mansiysk, 2nd and 3rd place finishers qualify to 2011 Continental Chamnpionship. Time Control: 40/90, G/30 plus 30 second Fischer increment from first move. I couldn't find any meaningful details on the internet.

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

30) 12th Olomouc Chess Summer International Festival

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

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

Results http://www.chess-results.com/tnr24298.aspx

31) Acropolis Open

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

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).

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

32) Grand Slam Masters Final Bilbao

The 2nd edition of the Grand Slam Masters Final takes place in Bilbao, September 5-12th 2009. The winners of the Nanching Pearl Spring, Corus-Wijk aan Zee, Ciudad de Linares and Mtel Masters-Sofia tournaments were due play in the final. However at the last minute Veselin Topalov has withdrawn and been replaced with Levon Aronian.

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

Grand Slam Masters Final Bilbao (ESP), 5-12 ix 2009. Cat XX (2738) Players list (July ratings)
No	Name	Ti	NAT	July Elo	DoB
1	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2768	1982
2	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2733	1983
3	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2732	1972
4	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2717	1990

Grand Slam Masters Final Bilbao. 5th-12th September 2009
5th September 2009	Drawing of lots	Time
6th September 2009	1st Round	17:00 CET
7th September 2009	2nd Round	17:00 CET
8th September 2009	3rd Round	17:00 CET
9th September 2009	Rest day
10th September 2009	4th Round	17:00 CET
11th September 2009	5th Round	17:00 CET
12th September 2009	6th Round	16:00 CET
12th September 2009	closing ceremony

33) Forthcoming Events and Links

NH Chess Tournament

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.

The special prize for the best Rising Stars is an invitation to the 2010 Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament in Nice.

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

NH Chess Tournament Amsterdam (NED), 20-31 viii 2009
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

World Chess Tour GM Moscow

Contact: GM Igor Glek. Phone mobile: (7)903-5593052, (49)174-1387765 Phone / Fax: (7)495-4336634 E-mail: wlct06@gmail.com, worldchesstour@gmail.com

Official site: http://www.chess-events.org with details of the tour.

Quality Chess Edinburgh International

Quality Chess is sponsoring an international all-play-all tournament in which IM norms will be possible. The event will be hosted by Edinburgh Chess Club. Quality Chess publishes chess books and is based in Glasgow, Scotland. Edinburgh Chess Club is one of the oldest chess clubs in the world, and has been visited by many chess greats, including Capablanca, Alekhine and Karpov.

Tournament Details: 10 player all-play-all 12th-20th September 2009 Play will be from 1pm - 7pm each day. Edinburgh Chess Club, 1 Alva Street, Edinburgh, Scotland. International Arbiter: Alex McFarlane Time control: 40 moves in 2 hours, then one hour to finish. Prize money: 1st £500 2nd £300 3rd £150

Participants: GM Colin McNab Scotland, IM Andrew Greet England, IM Nikolaj Mikkelsen Denmark, FM Mads Andersen Denmark, FM David Eggleston England, FM Craig Thomson Scotland, FM Neil Berry Scotland, Jonathan Grant Scotland, Alan Tate Scotland, Martin Mitchell Scotland

Official site: http://www.edinburghchessclub.co.uk/

16th Vienna International Open

16th Vienna International Open Chess Championship takes place 15th-23rd August 2009. Sergei Tiviakov is the top seed.

Official site: http://www.vienna-chess-open.at/

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr19376.aspx

22nd Panevezys Chess Festival

22nd Panevezys Chess Festival takes place in the city of Panevezys in Lithuania 17th-23rd August 2009. Two Fide rated Open (Open A and Open B) Blitz tournament and maybe closed WGM woman tournament are planned this year.

Details: http://www.chesslyga.lt/panevezys/open2009

IX Szombathely Chess Festival

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

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

Yoel Geva's Young Talents GM tournament

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

6th Kalamaria Open

The 6th Kalamaria Open takes place 22nd-29th August 2009. 9 Round Swiss.

Official site: http://www.skakistis.gr/

London Chess Centre Blitz Championships

London Chess Centre Blitz Championships - 13th August 2009

Details: http://www.loosecannonec4.co.uk/games-room/chess/london-chess-centre-blitz-championships.php

51st Imperia Festival (Liguria, Italy)

The 51st Chess Festival in Imperia (Liguria, Italy) celegrates it's 51st anniversay. It is the oldest open in Italy and possibly the oldest in Europe; all the editions have occurred without a break. During the giving of prizes, the organisers will present the historical book on the first 50 editions It takes place August 30th - September 6th 2009. 9 rounds.

Official site: http://imperiascacchi.altervista.org

VII Marx Gyorgy Memorial

The VII Marx Gyorgy Memorial takes place 24th September-5th October 2009 Paks, Hungary.

Participants: GM Almasi Zoltan 2684 HUN, GM Meier Georg 2658 GER, GM Berkes Ferenc 2647 HUN, GM Ganguly Surya 2637 IND, GM Safarli Eltaj 2597 AZE, GM Acs Peter 2550 HUN Average rating: 2629 Category: 16

I Teller Ede Memorial Participants: WGM Majdan Joanna 2382 POL, IM Vajda Szidónia 2375 HUN, WGM Gara Tícia 2354 HUN, WGM Doluhanova Evgeniya 2327 UKR, WGM Kochetkova Julia 2310 RUS, WIM Toth Lili 2172 HUN Average rating: 2320 Category: 3

Blitz-tournament 2nd October, 2009

Rapid-tournament 29th September, 2009

Children-tournament 27th September, 2009,

XIII Paks open 30th September- 04th October, 2009 7 rounds, A and B group

Information: Videki Sandor email: videkis2001@yahoo.com

Details: http://www.ase.hu/marxgy/2009

2nd Nanjing Pearl Spring

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)
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

Mecking - Fier Match

There is a Match between Henrique Mecking and Alexandr Fier in Sao Paulo 23rd-27th September 2009 in the amphitheater of Santa Cruz High School in Sao Paulo.

Match of 4 classical games with time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds/move. 1st game 23rd September 2009. 2nd game 24th September 2009. free day 25th September 2009. 3rd game 26th September 2009. 4th game 27th September 2009.

Details: http://www.ligadexadrez.com.br/conteudo/ver.asp?id=19&conteudoId=422

5th Heraklion-Gazi International Chess Tournament

The 5th Heraklion-Gazi (Greece) International Chess Tournament takes place 22nd-29th August 2009.

9 Round Swiss. 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment for every move starting from move 1.

Further information :
Tel.: (+30) 6972262486, Mr Charalampos Stefanatos
Fax: (+30) 2810821029

E-mail: stefanatos@gazichess.gr, babstef@otenet.gr

Details: http://www.gazichess.gr/en

2nd Arad Open Romania

2nd International Chess Open in Arad, Romania, 8th-14th august 2009 9 rounds swiss open, prize fund 3500 euro, 1st prize - 1000 euro More details: http://www.vados.ro/turnee/ro/8/16

Contact: Alin Campeanu sahclubvados@yahoo.com. Arad City is in the western Romania - 270 km from Budapest, 510 km from Vienna, 530 km from Bucharest.

Mundial Chess Internet Tournament

The organising Committee Mundial Chess invites all the players (from the amateurs to Grandmasters) to take part in the 1st Internet tournament with the prize fund of more than 130.000 EUR in cash and many special prizes. The 1st prize in the main tournament will be not less than 10.000 EUR.

Registration (and information in English) in the tournament is possible following the link - http://www.mundialchess.com/chess-online/en/zvfdxt6 Registration and information in Spanish - http://www.mundialchess.com/chess-online/es/zvfdxt6 Registration and information in Russian - http://www.mundialchess.com/chess-online/ru/zvfdxt6

Kasparov vs Karpov Match in September

Garry Kasparov and Anatoly 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.

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

II Olalachess Academy

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 London Chess Classic in December

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

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

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

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

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

Malcolm Pein (IM) Director London Chess Centre

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

1st London Chess Classic (ENG), 8-16 xii 2009. Cat XVIII (2692) Players list (April ratings)
No	Name	Ti	NAT	April Elo	DoB
1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2770	1990
2	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2759	1975
3	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	2724	1983
4	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2703	1971
5	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2701	1987
6	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2674	1965
7	Howell, David W L	g	ENG	2613	1990
8	McShane, Luke J	g	ENG	2596	1984

Dates of the London Chess Classic. 7th-16th December 2009
Monday	7th December 2009	Press Conference and drawing of lots
Tuesday	8th December 2009	Round 1
Wednesday	9th December 2009	Round 2
Thursday	10th December 2009	Round 3
Friday	11th December 2009	Rest day
Saturday	12th December 2009	Round 4
Sunday	13th December 2009	Round 5
Monday	14th December 2009	Round 6
Tuesday	15th December 2009	Round 7 + Closing ceremony, charity simultaneous

Commonwealth Chess Championships

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

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

2nd Fide Women Grand Prix

The 2nd Fide Women Grand Prix is also take place in Nanjing in 27th Sept - 9th October 2009 with the top 12 players in the world.

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

Unive Tournament Hoogeveen

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

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

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

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

Ajedrez 21 English site

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

Ravana Challenge International Sri Lanka

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

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

World Youth Championship

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

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

FIDE World Cup Nov-Dec 2009

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

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

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

Kingpin Magazine

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

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

Efimenko vs. Short Match

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

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

Arvier (Aosta valley) Open

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

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

6th Highlands Open International Chess Festival

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/

XI Hostafrancs Open

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

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

Lithuanian University of Agriculture CUP

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

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

7th Mediterranean Chess Championship

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

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

VIII Benidorm International Chess Festival

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

Website: http://www.ajedrezbali.com

Torch Real Estate Cup

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

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

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

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

Historical Elo Ratings

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

Reno Far West Open

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

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

6th Summer Catalan Chess Circuit

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

European Youth Championships

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

Details: http://www.euroyouth2009.com

European Union Website

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

Alushta Diary 2009

Alushta Diary 2009:

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

Chess Study

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

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

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

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