THE WEEK IN CHESS 771 17th August 2009 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Adolivio Capece, Chirila Radu-Catalin, Efstratios Grivas, Bela Lengyel, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Andrey Terekhov, Boris Zlender, Christian Rohrer, Darcy Lima, Douglas Griffin, Efstratios Grivas, Gerard Demuydt, Herman Van de Wynkele, Ivan Kocovski, Jan Krabbenbos, Alin Campeanu, Bela Lengyel, Mig Greengard, George Mirijanian, Moustafa Galal, Miklos Orso, Paul Spiller, Zsuzsa Veroci and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The chess keeps on coming. There is some incredibly hard fought chess going on at the FIDE Grand Prix in Jermuk, not least the draw Vassily Ivanchuk managed against Gata Kamsky using the 50 move rule where otherwise he would have been immediately drawn. He and Peter Leko share the lead. The UK finally beat the Netherlands in a very close match. Their winning margin was achieved in the 9th and penultimate round where they won 4-1. The event again showed the hot streak Nigel Short is on. He will be England's number 1 again and go over 2700 in November barring unforeseen cirmumstances. He has played energetic and entertaining chess all year. He really looks to be enjoying playing at the moment. Alexander Areshchenko edged out Boris Avrukh to win in Zuerich when Alexander Morozevich blew up in the final round. There is plenty more quality chess including the French and Hungarian Championships.

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.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2703	*	½	½	½	.	.	1	.	1	.	.	1	½	½	5½	2857
2.	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2756	½	*	.	.	1	½	½	½	.	½	.	1	.	1	5½	2851
3.	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	2672	½	.	*	1	½	.	½	½	.	½	½	.	.	1	5	2816
4.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2768	½	.	0	*	½	0	1	.	1	.	.	½	1	.	4½	2752
5.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2717	.	0	½	½	*	½	.	1	½	½	1	.	.	.	4½	2775
6.	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2716	.	½	.	1	½	*	.	½	½	½	½	.	.	½	4½	2776
7.	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2714	0	½	½	0	.	.	*	.	.	.	½	1	1	1	4½	2753
8.	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2721	.	½	½	.	0	½	.	*	½	1	½	.	½	.	4	2725
9.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2755	0	.	.	0	½	½	.	½	*	½	1	.	.	1	4	2721
10.	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2760	.	½	½	.	½	½	.	0	½	*	.	0	1	.	3½	2673
11.	Akopian, Vladimir	g	ARM	2712	.	.	½	.	0	½	½	½	0	.	*	½	½	.	3	2624
12.	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	2678	0	0	.	½	.	.	0	.	.	1	½	*	½	½	3	2638
13.	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2717	½	.	.	0	.	.	0	½	.	0	½	½	*	1	3	2629
14.	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	2675	½	0	0	.	.	½	0	.	0	.	.	½	0	*	1½	2462

Round 3 (August 11, 2009)
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Leko, Peter	½-½	38	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	½-½	51	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Eljanov, Pavel	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	70	E15	Queens Indian
Alekseev, Evgeny	- Inarkiev, Ernesto	1-0	73	E99	King's Indian Classical
Gelfand, Boris	- Bacrot, Etienne	½-½	47	E04	Catalan
Cheparinov, Ivan	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	28	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Kamsky, Gata	- Akopian, Vladimir	½-½	29	C43	Petroff's Defence
Round 4 (August 12, 2009)
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Alekseev, Evgeny	1-0	31	A13	Reti Opening
Leko, Peter	- Karjakin, Sergey	1-0	33	E15	Queens Indian
Aronian, Levon	- Kamsky, Gata	1-0	41	A10	Dutch, QI and KID Systems
Bacrot, Etienne	- Eljanov, Pavel	½-½	55	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	30	E35	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Akopian, Vladimir	- Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	½-½	60	C42	Petroff's Defence
Inarkiev, Ernesto	- Cheparinov, Ivan	½-½	60	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 5 (August 13, 2009)
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	- Aronian, Levon	1-0	41	D47	Queens Gambit Meran
Karjakin, Sergey	- Bacrot, Etienne	1-0	50	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Eljanov, Pavel	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	½-½	36	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Alekseev, Evgeny	- Leko, Peter	½-½	36	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Gelfand, Boris	- Akopian, Vladimir	1-0	42	D12	Slav Defence
Cheparinov, Ivan	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	0-1	42	E21	Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Kamsky, Gata	- Inarkiev, Ernesto	1-0	68	C42	Petroff's Defence
Round 6 (August 15, 2009)
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Kamsky, Gata	½-½	114	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Leko, Peter	- Bacrot, Etienne	½-½	52	E15	Queens Indian
Aronian, Levon	- Gelfand, Boris	1-0	78	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Alekseev, Evgeny	- Cheparinov, Ivan	1-0	89	B84	Sicilian Scheveningen
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	51	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Akopian, Vladimir	- Eljanov, Pavel	½-½	57	D16	Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Inarkiev, Ernesto	- Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	0-1	53	C43	Petroff's Defence
Round 7 (August 16, 2009)
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	20	D15	Slav Defence
Karjakin, Sergey	- Akopian, Vladimir	1-0	58	C99	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Eljanov, Pavel	- Aronian, Levon	1-0	43	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Bacrot, Etienne	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	1-0	58	D38	QGD Ragozin
Gelfand, Boris	- Inarkiev, Ernesto	1-0	54	E97	King's Indian Classical
Cheparinov, Ivan	- Leko, Peter	0-1	58	E15	Queens Indian
Kamsky, Gata	- Alekseev, Evgeny	0-1	56	B40	Sicilian Classical
Round 8 (August 17, 2009)
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Gelfand, Boris	1-0	98	A20	English Opening
Leko, Peter	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	½-½	121	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Aronian, Levon	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	29	E15	Queens Indian
Alekseev, Evgeny	- Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	½-½	60	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Akopian, Vladimir	- Bacrot, Etienne	½-½	26	B35	Sicilian Defence
Cheparinov, Ivan	- Kamsky, Gata	½-½	60	C95	Ruy Lopez Breyer
Inarkiev, Ernesto	- Eljanov, Pavel	½-½	15	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin

3) Zuerich Chess Club 200th Anniversary

The Zuerich Chess Club 200th Anniversay Jubilee started with an open tournament 9th-15th August 2009. Alexander Morozevich, Evgeny Miroshnichenko, Pentala Harikrishna, Emil Sutovsky etc played for a prize fund of CHF 100.000 guaranteed prize money and many other attractive prizes. The open tournament was the Alois Nagler Memorial. The leaders on 6.5 points played in the final round. Alexander Morozevich was beaten by Boris Avrukh and Yuriy Kuzubov beaten by Alexander Areshchenko. Areshchenko took the title with a superior tie-break.

Areshchenko wins the Schachgesellschaft Zürich's Jubilee-Open

Official press release by Dr. Christian Rohrer 16 August 2009.

Alexander Areshchenko took the Grand Prize at the Jubilee-Open, which ran 9-15 August at the Kongresshaus in Zurich. Nino Wilkins won the General Tournament. Festivities around the 200-year anniversary of the Schachgesellschaft Zürich will climax on the weekend of 22-23 August 2009; Champions such as Garry Kasparov and the reigning World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand will play at Zurich Main Station.

At the Alois Nagler Memorial, the Jubilee-Open's Master Tournament, after beating Yuryi Kuzubov with the black pieces in style, Alexander Areshchenko received the winner's check offered by the Alois Nagler Foundation. In a riveting last round, a true tribute to the game of chess, top-favoured Alexander Morozevich lost his round by a hair, thereby forfeiting his chances to win the tournament. Yannick Pelletier was the best Swiss player, and took one of the prizes offered by the clock manufacturer, Beyer. Pelletier was also among those 16 players who won one of the main prizes. The Chinese Hou Yifan took the "Best Female Player" distinction, and the prize for the "Best Under 16" was pulled in by Anish Giri. Both young grandmasters convincingly showed in Zurich that brilliant chess careers lie ahead. Additional special prizes were awarded to Old Master Lajos Portisch (Best Seniors), Yuryi Kuzubov (Best Under 20) and to Michael Hochstrasser and Miguel Angel Garcia Lopez (Rating prizes). The entire Jubilee-Open not only showed chess a good spirited and highly competitive sport, but also was marked by superb and friendly rapport among the 536 participants. Tens of thousands of chess enthusiasts watched the top players' games live on the internet.

At the Accentus (Swiss Chess) Open, the Jubilee-Open's General Tournament, Nino Wilkins was the proud winner of the first prize. 17 additional players took the remaining main prizes sponsored by Accentus (Swiss Chess). Wilkins was able to stop Einora Juciute, who retained her points over the long term and was ultimately named the Tournament's best female player. Further prizes went to Kurt Meier (Best Seniors), Fabian Matt (Best Under 16), Salim Turki (Best Elo 1600-1799), Ati Falossi (Best Elo 800-1599), Alexander Greve (Best Unrated) and to Nino Wilkins, who also was the best player "Under 20".

The high point of the jubilee festivities is to follow next weekend, 22/23 August 2009: The world's best chess players of the last 50 years will assemble at Zurich Main Station for a simultaneous exhibition and a rapid tournament.

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

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

Live coverage: http://www.sgzurich2009-live.ch/live.htm

Zuerich Chess Club 200th Jubilee Open (SUI), 9-15 viii 2009 Leading Round 9 pairings :
Br	SNr	Ti	Name	Pts	Res	Pts	Ti	Name	SNr
1	1	GM	Morozevich Alexander	6½	0-1	6½	GM	Avrukh Boris	11
2	12	GM	Kuzubov Yuriy	6½	0-1	6½	GM	Areshchenko Alexander	10
3	2	GM	Miroshnichenko Evgenij	6	½-½	6	GM	Sandipan Chanda	19
4	4	GM	Sutovsky Emil	6	½-½	6	GM	Hess Robert L.	28
5	6	GM	Dreev Alexey	6	1-0	6	GM	Shchekachev Andrei	36
6	26	GM	Malaniuk Vladimir P.	6	0-1	6	GM	Mikhalevski Victor	13
7	23	GM	Pelletier Yannick	6	½-½	6	GM	Ivanisevic Ivan	14
8	31	GM	Bischoff Klaus	6	½-½	6	GM	Golod Vitali	17
9	5	GM	Fridman Daniel	5½	1-0	6	IM	Vernay Clovis	50
10	7	GM	Meier Georg	5½	1-0	5½	IM	Alsina Leal Daniel	37
11	8	GM	Roiz Michael	5½	½-½	5½	GM	Giri Anish	38
12	41	IM	Bromberger Stefan	5½	1-0	5½	GM	Fedorchuk Sergey A	9
13	56	IM	Heimann Andreas	5½	0-1	5½	GM	Gharamian Tigran	15
14	16	GM	Bauer Christian	5½	1-0	5½	GM	Gonzales Garcia Jose	42
15	20	GM	Hou Yifan	5½	1-0	5½	IM	Reinaldo Castineira Roi	44
16	21	GM	Andersson Ulf	5½	½-½	5½	GM	Vera Gonzales-Quevedo Reynaldo	45
17	43	IM	Riff Jean-Noel	5½	0-1	5½	GM	Geetha Narayanan Gopal	22
18	24	GM	Jussupow Artur	5½	½-½	5½	IM	Gozzoli Yannick	46
19	57	IM	Hirneise Tobias	5½	1-0	5½	GM	Malakhatko Vadim	25
20	83	FM	Knoedler Dieter Dr	5½	0-1	5½	GM	Bosiocic Marin	32
21	33	GM	Jovanic Ognjen	5½	½-½	5½	GM	Fernandez Garcia Jose Luis	49

Zuerich Chess Club 200th Jubilee Open (SUI), 9-15 viii 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rg.	Name		Elo	FED	Pkt.	BH
1	Areshchenko Alexander	GM	2651	UKR	7½	50
2	Avrukh Boris	GM	2641	ISR	7½	47
3	Dreev Alexey	GM	2660	RUS	7	50
4	Mikhalevski Victor	GM	2631	ISR	7	48
5	Morozevich Alexander	GM	2751	RUS	6½	51½
6	Kuzubov Yuriy	GM	2635	UKR	6½	50
7	Sutovsky Emil	GM	2675	ISR	6½	49
	Golod Vitali	GM	2599	ISR	6½	49
9	Meier Georg	GM	2658	GER	6½	48
10	Pelletier Yannick	GM	2574	SUI	6½	47½
	Hess Robert L.	GM	2560	USA	6½	47½
12	Sandipan Chanda	GM	2585	IND	6½	47
	Geetha Narayanan Gopal	GM	2575	IND	6½	47
	Bosiocic Marin	GM	2551	CRO	6½	47
15	Gharamian Tigran	GM	2615	FRA	6½	46½
16	Fridman Daniel	GM	2665	GER	6½	45
17	Miroshnichenko Evgenij	GM	2696	UKR	6½	44½
	Hou Yifan	GM	2584	CHN	6½	44½
	Bischoff Klaus	GM	2551	GER	6½	44½
20	Bauer Christian	GM	2602	FRA	6½	44
21	Bromberger Stefan	IM	2510	GER	6½	42½
22	Hirneise Tobias	IM	2429	GER	6½	40½
23	Ivanisevic Ivan	GM	2629	SRB	6½	36
24	Roiz Michael	GM	2658	ISR	6	48½
25	Shchekachev Andrei	GM	2530	FRA	6	47
26	Jovanic Ognjen	GM	2541	CRO	6	46½
27	Harikrishna P.	GM	2679	IND	6	46
	Giri Anish	GM	2518	NED	6	46
	Gozzoli Yannick	IM	2498	FRA	6	46
30	Malaniuk Vladimir P.	GM	2563	UKR	6	45½
31	Safarli Eltaj	GM	2597	AZE	6	45
	Andersson Ulf	GM	2581	SWE	6	45
33	Jussupow Artur	GM	2570	GER	6	44
34	Vernay Clovis	IM	2463	FRA	6	43
35	Lauber Arnd	IM	2517	GER	6	42½
36	Vera Gonzales-Quevedo Reynaldo	GM	2499	CUB	6	42
37	Saric Ivan	GM	2561	CRO	6	41½
	Mesropov Konstantin	IM	2414	RUS	6	41½
39	Fernandez Garcia Jose Luis	GM	2465	ESP	6	41
40	Vila Gazquez Xavier	IM	2457	ESP	6	40½
	Strohhaeker Raoul	IM	2439	GER	6	40½
42	Hochstrasser Michael	FM	2386	SUI	6	38½
43	Zeller Frank	IM	2418	GER	6	37½
272 players

4) 7th Howard Staunton Memorial

The 7th Howard Staunton Memorial took place 7th (opening ceremony) - 17th August 2009. This year saw be a UK vs The Netherlands double round Scheveningen match and an interesting Category IX all-play-all. The UK had a small Elo rating advantage in the Scheveningen match but the teams were well matched almost all the way through, until the UK found a decisive advantage with a 4-1 win in round 9. The tournament took place in its usual venue - Simpson's In The Strand. The opening ceremony will take place on the evening of Friday 7th August. Nigel Short's 8/10 will take him back over 2700 and allow him to take back the England number one spot from Michael Adams for the first time in many years.

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

Round 3 (August 10, 2009) UK 3 Netherlands 2
Short, Nigel D	- Sokolov, Ivan	1-0	31	C58	Two Knights Defence
Howell, David W L	- L'Ami, Erwin	½-½	22	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
McShane, Luke J	- Van Wely, Loek	1-0	43	B21	Sicilian Morra Gambit
Adams, Michael	- Smeets, Jan	0-1	49	C42	Petroff's Defence
Jones, Gawain C B	- Werle, Jan	½-½	59	D35	QGD Exchange
Round 4 (August 11, 2009) Netherlands 3 UK 2
L'Ami, Erwin	- Short, Nigel D	½-½	28	E08	Catalan
Smeets, Jan	- Jones, Gawain C B	1-0	41	B76	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Van Wely, Loek	- Howell, David W L	1-0	39	D76	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Sokolov, Ivan	- Adams, Michael	½-½	17	E46	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Werle, Jan	- McShane, Luke J	0-1	60	E94	King's Indian Classical
Round 5 (August 12, 2009) Netherlands 2.5 UK 2.5
Short, Nigel D	- Van Wely, Loek	½-½	39	B84	Sicilian Scheveningen
McShane, Luke J	- Smeets, Jan	½-½	50	C42	Petroff's Defence
Adams, Michael	- L'Ami, Erwin	½-½	23	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Howell, David W L	- Werle, Jan	1-0	49	C45	Scotch Game
Jones, Gawain C B	- Sokolov, Ivan	0-1	54	C63	Ruy Lopez Schliemann
Round 6 (August 13, 2009) Netherlands 2.5 UK 2.5
Smeets, Jan	- Howell, David W L	1-0	31	C99	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Sokolov, Ivan	- McShane, Luke J	1-0	37	E70	King's Indian Fianchetto
Van Wely, Loek	- Adams, Michael	½-½	22	E15	Queens Indian
L'Ami, Erwin	- Jones, Gawain C B	0-1	88	E94	King's Indian Classical
Werle, Jan	- Short, Nigel D	0-1	49	D63	Queens Gambit Main Line with 7.Rc1
Round 7 (August 14, 2009) UK 3.5 Netherlands 1.5
Jones, Gawain C B	- Van Wely, Loek	½-½	60	B23	Sicilian Closed
Howell, David W L	- Sokolov, Ivan	1-0	29	C45	Scotch Game
McShane, Luke J	- L'Ami, Erwin	1-0	44	B11	Caro Kann Two Knights
Adams, Michael	- Werle, Jan	½-½	66	C49	Four Knights Metger
Short, Nigel D	- Smeets, Jan	½-½	16	C42	Petroff's Defence
Round 8 (August 15, 2009) UK 1.5 Netherlands 3.5
L'Ami, Erwin	- Howell, David W L	1-0	51	D93	Gruenfeld 5.Bf4
Van Wely, Loek	- McShane, Luke J	1-0	65	E94	King's Indian Classical
Werle, Jan	- Jones, Gawain C B	½-½	54	E94	King's Indian Classical
Smeets, Jan	- Adams, Michael	½-½	11	C64	Ruy Lopez Classical
Sokolov, Ivan	- Short, Nigel D	½-½	29	D53	Queens Gambit
Round 9 (August 16, 2009) UK 4 Netherlands 1
Short, Nigel D	- L'Ami, Erwin	1-0	41	B11	Caro Kann Two Knights
Jones, Gawain C B	- Smeets, Jan	1-0	30	C45	Scotch Game
Adams, Michael	- Sokolov, Ivan	½-½	59	C63	Ruy Lopez Schliemann
Howell, David W L	- Van Wely, Loek	1-0	34	B22	Sicilian Alapin
McShane, Luke J	- Werle, Jan	½-½	38	C54	Giuoco Piano
Round 10 (August 17, 2009) UK 2.5 Netherlands 2.5
Smeets, Jan	- McShane, Luke J	1-0	34	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Werle, Jan	- Howell, David W L	½-½	44	D98	Gruenfeld Smyslov
Van Wely, Loek	- Short, Nigel D	0-1	44	E34	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
L'Ami, Erwin	- Adams, Michael	½-½	19	E04	Catalan
Sokolov, Ivan	- Jones, Gawain C B	½-½	21	E70	King's Indian Fianchetto

7th Staunton Memorial Scheveningen London (ENG), 8-17 viii 2009 Final Round 10 Standings
UK								26.5
1	Short,Nigel D	2684	\|					8.0/10
2	Howell,David W L	2614	\|	\|				5.0/10
3	Adams,Michael	2699	\|	\|	\|			5.0/10
4	McShane,Luke J	2620	\|	\|	\|	\|		4.5/10
5	Jones,Gawain C B	2554	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	4.0/10
Netherlands								23.5
1	Smeets,Jan	2632	0½	½1	1½	½1	10	6.0/10
2	Sokolov,Ivan	2655	0½	½0	½½	11	1½	5.5/10
3	Van Wely,Loek	2655	½0	10	½½	01	1½	5.0/10
4	L'Ami,Erwin	2593	½0	½1	½½	½0	10	4.5/10
5	Werle,Jan	2575	00	0½	0½	0½	½½	2.5/10

7th Staunton Memorial GM London (ENG), 8-17 viii 2009															cat. IX (2463)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Timman, Jan H	g	NED	2569	*	½	0	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	7	2670
2.	Cherniaev, Alexander	g	RUS	2428	½	*	1	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	6½	2632
3.	Korchnoi, Viktor	g	SUI	2561	1	0	*	½	0	½	1	1	1	1	6	2576
4.	Davies, Nigel R	g	ENG	2493	0	½	½	*	1	½	½	0	1	1	5	2502
5.	Hendriks, Willy	m	NED	2444	0	½	1	0	*	½	0	½	1	1	4½	2464
6.	Wiersma, Eelke	m	NED	2403	0	0	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	1	4½	2469
7.	Williams, Simon K	g	ENG	2527	0	0	0	½	1	½	*	1	½	1	4½	2455
8.	Wells, Peter K	g	ENG	2498	½	½	0	1	½	0	0	*	½	1	4	2415
9.	Trent, Lawrence	m	ENG	2471	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	*	0	2	2241
10.	Chapman, Terry P D		ENG	2232	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	*	1	2137

Round 3 (August 10, 2009)
Davies, Nigel R	- Korchnoi, Viktor	½-½	50	C00	French Defence
Hendriks, Willy	- Wells, Peter K	½-½	18	B52	Sicilian Rossolimo
Wiersma, Eelke	- Timman, Jan H	0-1	33	E27	Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Trent, Lawrence	- Cherniaev, Alexander	½-½	58	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Chapman, Terry P D	- Williams, Simon K	0-1	31	B05	Alekhine's Defence
Round 4 (August 11, 2009)
Cherniaev, Alexander	- Timman, Jan H	½-½	20	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Korchnoi, Viktor	- Hendriks, Willy	0-1	75	A65	Benoni
Williams, Simon K	- Wiersma, Eelke	½-½	28	A80	Dutch
Wells, Peter K	- Chapman, Terry P D	1-0	37	A43	Old Benoni
Trent, Lawrence	- Davies, Nigel R	0-1	36	C10	French Rubinstein
Round 5 (August 12, 2009)
Timman, Jan H	- Williams, Simon K	1-0	34	A05	Various
Davies, Nigel R	- Cherniaev, Alexander	½-½	53	A20	English Opening
Hendriks, Willy	- Trent, Lawrence	1-0	44	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Wiersma, Eelke	- Wells, Peter K	1-0	39	E25	Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Chapman, Terry P D	- Korchnoi, Viktor	0-1	36	A13	Reti Opening
Round 6 (August 13, 2009)
Cherniaev, Alexander	- Williams, Simon K	1-0	44	C01	French Exchange
Korchnoi, Viktor	- Wiersma, Eelke	½-½	66	A81	Dutch Leningrad
Davies, Nigel R	- Hendriks, Willy	1-0	34	B25	Sicilian Closed
Wells, Peter K	- Timman, Jan H	½-½	16	E34	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Trent, Lawrence	- Chapman, Terry P D	0-1	48	B07	Pirc Defence
Round 7 (August 14, 2009)
Timman, Jan H	- Korchnoi, Viktor	0-1	59	C07	French Tarrasch
Hendriks, Willy	- Cherniaev, Alexander	½-½	35	C55	Two Knights Defence
Wiersma, Eelke	- Trent, Lawrence	½-½	9	E94	King's Indian Classical
Williams, Simon K	- Wells, Peter K	1-0	38	E17	Queens Indian
Chapman, Terry P D	- Davies, Nigel R	0-1	48	A13	Reti Opening
Round 8 (August 16, 2009)
Cherniaev, Alexander	- Wells, Peter K	½-½	10	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Korchnoi, Viktor	- Williams, Simon K	1-0	76	E81	King's Indian Saemisch
Davies, Nigel R	- Wiersma, Eelke	½-½	20	B20	Sicilian Wing Gambit
Hendriks, Willy	- Chapman, Terry P D	1-0	24	B07	Pirc Defence
Trent, Lawrence	- Timman, Jan H	0-1	72	C17	French Winawer
Round 9 (August 17, 2009)
Timman, Jan H	- Davies, Nigel R	1-0	53	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Wiersma, Eelke	- Hendriks, Willy	½-½	18	A43	Old Benoni
Williams, Simon K	- Trent, Lawrence	½-½	7	D09	Albin Counter Gambit
Wells, Peter K	- Korchnoi, Viktor	0-1	62	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Chapman, Terry P D	- Cherniaev, Alexander	0-1	46	A24	English Opening

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

Video coverage at: http://www.echecs.com

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.	Tkachiev, Vladislav	g	FRA	2650	*	½	½	½	½	.	.	1	.	.	1	1	5	2735
2.	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2703	½	*	½	.	.	1	½	.	½	.	1	1	5	2726
3.	Cornette, Matthieu	g	FRA	2578	½	½	*	.	.	½	½	.	½	1	½	.	4	2652
4.	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	2667	½	.	.	*	1	½	.	½	½	0	.	1	4	2610
5.	Cossin, Sebastien	m	FRA	2486	½	.	.	0	*	½	½	1	.	.	1	½	4	2631
6.	Degraeve, Jean-Marc	g	FRA	2559	.	0	½	½	½	*	.	½	1	½	.	.	3½	2596
7.	Hamdouchi, Hicham	g	FRA	2589	.	½	½	.	½	.	*	½	½	½	½	.	3½	2579
8.	Feller, Sebastien	g	FRA	2576	0	.	.	½	0	½	½	*	.	1	.	1	3½	2576
9.	Sokolov, Andrei1	g	FRA	2570	.	½	½	½	.	0	½	.	*	.	½	1	3½	2589
10.	Edouard, Romain	g	FRA	2597	.	.	0	1	.	½	½	0	.	*	1	½	3½	2571
11.	Maze, Sebastien	g	FRA	2546	0	0	½	.	0	.	½	.	½	0	*	.	1½	2366
12.	Le Roux, Jean-Pierre	m	FRA	2485	0	0	.	0	½	.	.	0	0	½	.	*	1	2298

Round 1 (August 10, 2009)
Fressinet, Laurent	- Sokolov, Andrei1	½-½	32	B83	Sicilian Scheveningen
Cossin, Sebastien	- Tkachiev, Vladislav	½-½	48	A41	Modern Defence
Degraeve, Jean-Marc	- Cornette, Matthieu	½-½	17	C07	French Tarrasch
Hamdouchi, Hicham	- Maze, Sebastien	½-½	19	C47	Four Knights
Feller, Sebastien	- Edouard, Romain	1-0	31	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Le Roux, Jean-Pierre	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	0-1	42	B96	Sicilian Najdorf
Round 2 (August 11, 2009)
Tkachiev, Vladislav	- Maze, Sebastien	1-0	41	D76	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Degraeve, Jean-Marc	1-0	20	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Cornette, Matthieu	- Hamdouchi, Hicham	½-½	70	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Cossin, Sebastien	- Feller, Sebastien	1-0	29	B81	Sicilian Keres Attack
Sokolov, Andrei1	- Le Roux, Jean-Pierre	1-0	30	B89	Sicilian Sozin Attack
Edouard, Romain	- Fressinet, Laurent	1-0	67	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Round 3 (August 12, 2009)
Fressinet, Laurent	- Cossin, Sebastien	1-0	51	E92	King's Indian Classical
Degraeve, Jean-Marc	- Sokolov, Andrei1	1-0	56	B48	Sicilian Paulsen
Hamdouchi, Hicham	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	16	B96	Sicilian Najdorf
Feller, Sebastien	- Tkachiev, Vladislav	0-1	32	C95	Ruy Lopez Breyer
Maze, Sebastien	- Cornette, Matthieu	½-½	20	C03	French Tarrasch
Le Roux, Jean-Pierre	- Edouard, Romain	½-½	41	E04	Catalan
Round 4 (August 13, 2009)
Tkachiev, Vladislav	- Cornette, Matthieu	½-½	19	E06	Catalan
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Maze, Sebastien	1-0	23	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Cossin, Sebastien	- Le Roux, Jean-Pierre	½-½	15	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Feller, Sebastien	- Fressinet, Laurent	½-½	16	D38	QGD Ragozin
Sokolov, Andrei1	- Hamdouchi, Hicham	½-½	13	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Edouard, Romain	- Degraeve, Jean-Marc	½-½	40	B04	Alekhine's Defence
Round 5 (August 14, 2009)
Cornette, Matthieu	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	16	B40	Sicilian Classical
Fressinet, Laurent	- Tkachiev, Vladislav	½-½	28	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Degraeve, Jean-Marc	- Cossin, Sebastien	½-½	58	B53	Sicilian Hungarian
Hamdouchi, Hicham	- Edouard, Romain	½-½	11	B94	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Bg5
Maze, Sebastien	- Sokolov, Andrei1	½-½	63	E04	Catalan
Le Roux, Jean-Pierre	- Feller, Sebastien	0-1	60	D39	QGD Ragozin
Round 6 (August 15, 2009)
Tkachiev, Vladislav	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	16	D76	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Fressinet, Laurent	- Le Roux, Jean-Pierre	1-0	38	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Cossin, Sebastien	- Hamdouchi, Hicham	½-½	25	D92	Gruenfeld 5.Bf4
Feller, Sebastien	- Degraeve, Jean-Marc	½-½	45	E94	King's Indian Classical
Sokolov, Andrei1	- Cornette, Matthieu	½-½	16	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Edouard, Romain	- Maze, Sebastien	1-0	33	C84	Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Round 7 (August 17, 2009)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Sokolov, Andrei1	½-½	42	B48	Sicilian Paulsen
Cornette, Matthieu	- Edouard, Romain	1-0	94	B60	Sicilian Rauzer
Degraeve, Jean-Marc	- Fressinet, Laurent	½-½	42	B07	Pirc Defence
Hamdouchi, Hicham	- Feller, Sebastien	½-½	22	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Maze, Sebastien	- Cossin, Sebastien	0-1	44	D44	Anti-Meran Gambit
Le Roux, Jean-Pierre	- Tkachiev, Vladislav	0-1	16	D73	Gruenfeld 3.g3

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	*	½	½	.	½	.	½	1	.	1	.	½	4½	2560
2.	Bricard, Emmanuel	g	FRA	2469	½	*	.	.	½	½	.	1	1	.	½	½	4½	2558
3.	Terrieux, Kevin	m	FRA	2442	½	.	*	½	.	1	1	½	0	.	½	.	4	2516
4.	Kosten, Anthony C	g	FRA	2497	.	.	½	*	½	1	½	½	.	.	0	1	4	2505
5.	Apicella, Manuel	g	FRA	2525	½	½	.	½	*	0	.	½	1	.	.	½	3½	2445
6.	Housieaux, David	m	FRA	2419	.	½	0	0	1	*	½	.	.	½	1	.	3½	2492
7.	Charnushevich, Aliaksei	m	FRA	2503	½	.	0	½	.	½	*	.	½	½	1	.	3½	2474
8.	Bedouin, Xavier	f	FRA	2378	0	0	½	½	½	.	.	*	.	1	.	1	3½	2477
9.	Govciyan, Pavel	m	FRA	2438	.	0	1	.	0	.	½	.	*	0	1	½	3	2428
10.	Prie, Eric	g	FRA	2491	0	.	.	.	.	½	½	0	1	*	½	½	3	2403
11.	Abergel, Thal	g	FRA	2517	.	½	½	1	.	0	0	.	0	½	*	.	2½	2363
12.	Bujisho, Benjamin	m	FRA	2404	½	½	.	0	½	.	.	0	½	½	.	*	2½	2371

ch-FRA National w Nimes (FRA), 11-21 viii 2009											cat. II (2286)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Milliet, Sophie	m	FRA	2388	*	*	½	.	1	.	1	1	1	.	1	.	5½	2650
2.	Guichard, Pauline	wm	FRA	2261	½	.	*	*	1	0	½	.	1	.	½	.	3½	2351
3.	Leconte, Maria	wg	FRA	2311	0	.	0	1	*	*	1	.	1	.	½	.	3½	2334
4.	Congiu, Mathilde	wm	FRA	2169	0	0	½	.	0	.	*	*	½	.	1	.	2	2197
5.	Collas, Silvia	m	FRA	2315	0	.	0	.	0	.	½	.	*	*	½	1	2	2153
6.	Maisuradze, Nino	wm	FRA	2271	0	.	½	.	½	.	0	.	½	0	*	*	1½	2100

6) Russia vs China Match

There is a match in Sochi between Russia and China 14th-24th August 2009. The match is split between a men's match over 5 boards and a women's match over 5 boards. There are 5 classical games, 10 rapid games and 10 blitz games.

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

Total Men China 7.5 - Russia 7.5
Round 1 (August 15, 2009) China 2.5 - Russia 2.5
Ding Liren	- Tomashevsky, Evgeny	½-½	37	E17	Queens Indian
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Ni Hua	½-½	30	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Timofeev, Artyom	- Zhou Jianchao	½-½	24	A22	English Opening
Vitiugov, Nikita	- Bu Xiangzhi	½-½	34	E53	Nimzo Indian
Wang Yue	- Malakhov, Vladimir	½-½	21	D15	Slav Defence
Round 2 (August 16, 2009) China 2 - Russia 3
Ni Hua	- Timofeev, Artyom	1-0	44	B53	Sicilian Hungarian
Tomashevsky, Evgeny	- Wang Yue	1-0	41	A29	English Four Knights
Bu Xiangzhi	- Malakhov, Vladimir	½-½	33	B36	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Ding Liren	½-½	32	C10	French Rubinstein
Zhou Jianchao	- Vitiugov, Nikita	0-1	64	D38	QGD Ragozin
Round 3 (August 17, 2009) China 3 Russia 2
Tomashevsky, Evgeny	- Bu Xiangzhi	½-½	16	D94	Gruenfeld Closed
Ding Liren	- Vitiugov, Nikita	1-0	41	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Malakhov, Vladimir	- Ni Hua	1-0	36	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Wang Yue	- Timofeev, Artyom	1-0	63	A84	Dutch
Zhou Jianchao	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	27	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit

Women Total China 9 - Russia 6
Round 1 (August 15, 2009) China 3.5 - Russia 1.5
Gunina, Valentina	- Xu Yuhua	1-0	36	E15	Queens Indian
Huang Qian	- Tairova, Elena	1-0	45	D44	Anti-Meran Gambit
Ju Wenjun	- Kosintseva, Nadezhda	1-0	64	E05	Catalan
Shen Yang	- Romanko, Marina	1-0	57	E97	King's Indian Classical
Kosintseva, Tatiana	- Zhao Xue	½-½	52	C99	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Round 2 (August 16, 2009) China 2 - Russia 3
Huang Qian	- Gunina, Valentina	1-0	60	D16	Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Romanko, Marina	- Ju Wenjun	1-0	45	B52	Sicilian Rossolimo
Tairova, Elena	- Shen Yang	1-0	26	C50	Giuoco Piano
Kosintseva, Nadezhda	- Zhao Xue	1-0	41	C95	Ruy Lopez Breyer
Xu Yuhua	- Kosintseva, Tatiana	1-0	76	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Round 3 (August 17, 2009) China 3.5 - 1.5
Romanko, Marina	- Huang Qian	½-½	65	B01	Centre Counter
Xu Yuhua	- Kosintseva, Nadezhda	½-½	50	B19	Caro Kann
Zhao Xue	- Tairova, Elena	1-0	27	D15	Slav Defence
Gunina, Valentina	- Ju Wenjun	0-1	30	D75	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Kosintseva, Tatiana	- Shen Yang	½-½	55	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin

7) 18th Abu Dhabi Festival

The 18th Abu Dhabi Chess Festival takes place 12th-21st August 2009.

Official site: http://www.abudhabichess.com/. Live coverage of the top boards.

Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr24519.aspx

18th Abu Dhabi Chess Festival (UAE), 12-21 viii 2009 Leading Round 6 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB2	TB3
1	Anastasian Ashot	GM	ARM	2566	5	17.5	20
2	Amin Bassem	GM	EGY	2551	5	16.5	19.5
3	Andriasian Zaven	GM	ARM	2585	5	16	19.25
4	Rakhmanov Aleksandr	GM	RUS	2559	5	16	16.75
5	Bocharov Dmitry	GM	RUS	2613	5	15.5	19.75
6	Melkumyan Hrant	GM	ARM	2530	5	15.5	19.5
7	Laxman R R	IM	IND	2501	5	15.5	17
8	Kengis Edvins	GM	LAT	2543	5	15	19
9	Filippov Anton	GM	UZB	2583	5	14	17
10	Savchenko Stanislav	GM	UKR	2526	4.5	16.5	14.75
11	Simonian Hrair	GM	ARM	2520	4.5	16	18
12	Aleksandrov Aleksej	GM	BLR	2616	4.5	16	17
13	Agamaliev Gamil	GM	AZE	2490	4.5	16	16.25
14	Antonio Viani D'Cunha		IND	2107	4.5	16	12.25
15	Ovetchkin Roman	GM	RUS	2548	4.5	15.5	15.25
16	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan	GM	IRI	2589	4.5	15	17.25
17	Zdebskaja Natalia	WGM	UKR	2412	4.5	15	14.25
18	Saeed Ishaq	FM	UAE	2188	4.5	15	11.75
19	Drozdovskij Yuri	GM	UKR	2620	4.5	13	14.25
20	Salem A R Saleh	GM	UAE	2469	4.5	13	13
21	Nirmal E P		IND	2268	4	15.5	13.5
141 players

The tournament is directly followed by the 3rd Ramadan Chess Open 2009 23rd-31st August 2009.

8) Hungarian Championships

The Hungarian Championships took place in Szeged, 9th-17th August 2009. Zoltan Almasi and Ferenc Berkes tied on 6/9 with Almasi taking the title with a superior Berger-Sonneborn score. Zoltan Medvegy took 4th on tie-break because he had the most wins amongst those tied on 5 points.

Official site: http://dodicsek.unsoft.hu/2009/0809ferfi/hunmench2009.htm

59th ch-HUN Szeged (HUN), 9-17 viii 2009												cat. XIV (2576)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	2684	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	6	2688
2	Berkes, Ferenc	g	HUN	2647	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	6	2692
3	Balogh, Csaba	g	HUN	2595	½	½	*	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	5½	2653
4	Medvegy, Zoltan	g	HUN	2547	½	½	0	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	5	2622
5	Gyimesi, Zoltan	g	HUN	2591	½	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	½	½	5	2617
6	Erdos, Viktor	g	HUN	2565	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	½	5	2620
7	Groszpeter, Attila	g	HUN	2541	0	½	½	½	0	½	*	1	½	½	4	2536
8	Berczes, David	g	HUN	2519	½	0	½	½	½	0	0	*	½	½	3	2457
9	Ruck, Robert1	g	HUN	2561	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	3	2452
10	Prohaszka, Peter	m	HUN	2508	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	2½	2417

Round 1 (August 9, 2009)
Berkes, Ferenc	- Prohaszka, Peter2	1-0	66	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Balogh, Csaba	- Medvegy, Zoltan	1-0	41	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Gyimesi, Zoltan	- Almasi, Zoltan	½-½	74	E15	Queens Indian
Groszpeter, Attila	- Erdos, Viktor	½-½	49	C68	Ruy Lopez Exchange
Berczes, David	- Ruck, Robert1	½-½	33	D93	Gruenfeld 5.Bf4
Round 2 (August 10, 2009)
Almasi, Zoltan	- Berkes, Ferenc	½-½	100	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Balogh, Csaba	- Groszpeter, Attila	½-½	41	C60	Ruy Lopez
Erdos, Viktor	- Berczes, David	1-0	59	E16	Queens Indian
Medvegy, Zoltan	- Prohaszka, Peter2	1-0	43	D35	QGD Exchange
Ruck, Robert1	- Gyimesi, Zoltan	½-½	33	D44	Anti-Meran Gambit
Round 3 (August 11, 2009)
Berkes, Ferenc	- Ruck, Robert1	1-0	34	D46	Semi-Slav Defence
Gyimesi, Zoltan	- Erdos, Viktor	½-½	30	D22	QGA
Groszpeter, Attila	- Medvegy, Zoltan	½-½	56	B02	Alekhine's Defence
Berczes, David	- Balogh, Csaba	½-½	110	D94	Gruenfeld Closed
Prohaszka, Peter2	- Almasi, Zoltan	0-1	51	E97	King's Indian Classical
Round 4 (August 12, 2009)
Balogh, Csaba	- Gyimesi, Zoltan	½-½	38	C95	Ruy Lopez Breyer
Erdos, Viktor	- Berkes, Ferenc	½-½	30	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Medvegy, Zoltan	- Almasi, Zoltan	½-½	28	D35	QGD Exchange
Groszpeter, Attila	- Berczes, David	1-0	71	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Ruck, Robert1	- Prohaszka, Peter2	½-½	34	E05	Catalan
Round 5 (August 13, 2009)
Almasi, Zoltan	- Ruck, Robert1	1-0	34	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Berkes, Ferenc	- Balogh, Csaba	½-½	22	D47	Queens Gambit Meran
Gyimesi, Zoltan	- Groszpeter, Attila	1-0	48	D96	Gruenfeld Russian
Berczes, David	- Medvegy, Zoltan	½-½	71	E18	Queens Indian
Prohaszka, Peter2	- Erdos, Viktor	½-½	31	A07	Barcza System
Round 6 (August 14, 2009)
Balogh, Csaba	- Prohaszka, Peter2	1-0	64	B19	Caro Kann
Erdos, Viktor	- Almasi, Zoltan	½-½	23	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Medvegy, Zoltan	- Ruck, Robert1	1-0	41	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Groszpeter, Attila	- Berkes, Ferenc	½-½	90	B15	Caro Kann
Berczes, David	- Gyimesi, Zoltan	½-½	38	E04	Catalan
Round 7 (August 15, 2009)
Almasi, Zoltan	- Balogh, Csaba	½-½	34	B66	Sicilian Rauzer
Berkes, Ferenc	- Berczes, David	1-0	32	A13	Reti Opening
Gyimesi, Zoltan	- Medvegy, Zoltan	½-½	36	E18	Queens Indian
Ruck, Robert1	- Erdos, Viktor	½-½	27	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Prohaszka, Peter2	- Groszpeter, Attila	½-½	31	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Round 8 (August 16, 2009)
Balogh, Csaba	- Ruck, Robert1	½-½	24	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Gyimesi, Zoltan	- Berkes, Ferenc	½-½	20	E54	Nimzo Indian
Medvegy, Zoltan	- Erdos, Viktor	½-½	21	D27	QGA
Groszpeter, Attila	- Almasi, Zoltan	0-1	26	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Berczes, David	- Prohaszka, Peter2	½-½	34	E20	Nimzo Indian
Round 9 (August 17, 2009)
Almasi, Zoltan	- Berczes, David	½-½	28	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Berkes, Ferenc	- Medvegy, Zoltan	½-½	49	E12	Queens Indian Petrosian
Erdos, Viktor	- Balogh, Csaba	½-½	32	D46	Semi-Slav Defence
Ruck, Robert1	- Groszpeter, Attila	½-½	45	D78	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Prohaszka, Peter2	- Gyimesi, Zoltan	½-½	83	A11	Reti Opening

9) 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

Acropolis Open Chalkida (GRE), 10-18 viii 2009 Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name		FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB2	TB3
1	Predojevic Borki	GM	BIH	2644	5.5	2499	23
2	Papaioannou Ioannis	GM	GRE	2624	5.5	2426	21
3	Belov Vladimir	GM	RUS	2627	5	2516	21.5
4	Azarov Sergei	GM	BLR	2630	5	2512	21
5	Yakovich Yuri	GM	RUS	2576	5	2476	22.5
6	David Alberto	GM	LUX	2565	5	2473	21
7	Banikas Hristos	GM	GRE	2598	5	2466	21.5
8	Tukhaev Adam	GM	UKR	2534	5	2446	21.5
9	Gupta Abhijeet	GM	IND	2565	5	2444	20
10	Romanishin Oleg M	GM	UKR	2503	5	2440	19
11	Mastrovasilis Athanasios	GM	GRE	2503	5	2439	20
12	Kolev Atanas	GM	BUL	2569	5	2370	19.5
13	Kapnisis Spyridon	IM	GRE	2464	4.5	2543	20.5
14	Halkias Stelios	GM	GRE	2564	4.5	2526	20.5
15	Reshetnikov Alexey	FM	RUS	2408	4.5	2519	21.5
16	Stefanova Antoaneta	GM	BUL	2535	4.5	2515	21
17	Harika Dronavalli	IM	IND	2445	4.5	2479	19
18	Rozentalis Eduardas	GM	LTU	2588	4.5	2473	20.5
19	Mastrovasilis Dimitrios	GM	GRE	2567	4.5	2459	20
20	Mamedov Nidjat	GM	AZE	2614	4.5	2455	19
21	Gelashvili Tamaz	GM	GEO	2605	4.5	2445	19
22	Koneru Humpy	GM	IND	2623	4.5	2415	17.5
23	Georgiev Vladimir	GM	MKD	2530	4.5	2296	16
24	Muzychuk Anna	IM	SLO	2542	4	2467	19
25	Georgiadis Ioannis	IM	GRE	2438	4	2466	17.5
26	Zygouris Hristos		GRE	2212	4	2463	15.5
27	Danielian Elina	IM	ARM	2502	4	2447	16.5
28	Gurevich Mikhail	GM	TUR	2618	4	2443	18.5
29	Svetushkin Dmitry	GM	MDA	2607	4	2433	18
30	Managadze Nikoloz	IM	GEO	2459	4	2414	17
31	Yilmaz Mustafa	FM	TUR	2432	4	2410	16.5
32	Aroshidze Levan	GM	GEO	2537	4	2400	17
33	Burtasova Anna	WIM	RUS	2325	4	2398	13.5
34	Maric Alisa	IM	SRB	2407	4	2389	16.5
35	Zawadzka Jolanta	WGM	POL	2387	4	2388	17
36	Cherednichenko Svetlana	WGM	UKR	2347	4	2384	15
37	Asik Josip	FM	SRB	2356	4	2367	16
38	Chirila Ioan-Cristian	IM	ROU	2526	4	2363	17
39	Nikolaidis Ioannis	GM	GRE	2529	4	2361	15.5
40	Dzagnidze Nana	GM	GEO	2536	4	2358	17
41	Dembo Yelena	IM	GRE	2466	4	2351	16
42	Melia Salome	IM	GEO	2441	4	2327	15
43	Ris Robert	IM	NED	2421	4	2296	15.5
44	Foisor Cristina-Adela	IM	ROU	2424	4	2196	12.5
45	Charkhalashvili Inga	WGM	GEO	2357	4	2165	14.5
46	Smirin Ilia	GM	ISR	2650	3.5	2493	18
100 players

10) GMA Peterhof

Peterhof organise tournaments twice a year in January and August. Another tournament took place at the beginning of August in Peterhof (suburb of St. Petersburg), Russia. Andrey Terekhov reports that This time, the tournament included round-robin with IM norm ("A" tournament"), open ("B") and several tournaments for children, including team competitions. There was also a blitz tournament on one of the evenings and something called "Karpov's school" before the tournament (led by GM Igor Zaitsev, if I understood correctly). Two players managed to achieve IM-norm - Fedoseev and Morozov. Another player, Khusseinkhodzhaev, missed his norm by just 1/2 a point - he couldn't win the decisive game in the final round against GM Khruschiov.

The tournament results, tables and games are available here: http://www.petergofchess.ru/page350.html

GMA Peterhof (RUS), 4-11 viii 2009													cat. II (2292)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3
1.	Morozov, Grigoriy	f	RUS	2301	*	1	0	1	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	9	2484
2.	Fedoseev, Vladimir3	f	RUS	2322	0	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	9	2482
3.	Khuseinkhodzhaev, Muhammad		TJK	2381	1	½	*	½	1	0	1	½	1	1	0	1	1	8½	2443
4.	Khruschiov, Alexey	g	MDA	2408	0	½	½	*	0	½	1	½	1	0	1	1	1	7	2339
5.	Terekhov, Andrey	f	RUS	2301	½	½	0	1	*	½	½	½	0	½	½	1	1	6½	2320
6.	Kaliberda, Vladimir	m	UKR	2308	0	0	1	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	6½	2320
7.	Gritsenko, Andrey	f	RUS	2401	½	0	0	0	½	½	*	1	½	½	1	1	1	6½	2312
8.	Lavretzkij, Roman	m	BLR	2313	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	*	½	½	1	1	½	6	2290
9.	Lupik, Marina		RUS	2234	0	0	0	0	1	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	1	5½	2268
10.	Nadjezhdin, Dmitry	m	RUS	2413	½	0	0	1	½	½	½	½	½	*	0	½	½	5	2225
11.	Guzenko, Artem		RUS	2139	0	½	1	0	½	0	0	0	0	1	*	0	½	3½	2147
12.	Massironi, Marco		ITA	2178	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	1	*	0	2½	2071
13.	Lugovskoy, Maxim		RUS	2102	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	1	*	2½	2078

11) First Saturday August

The First Saturday August tournaments took place 1st-13th August 2009. Yaroslav Zherebukh won the GM event with 9/12.

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	*	½	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	½	9	2626
2.	Oleksienko, Mikhailo	g	UKR	2543	½	*	½	1	0	1	½	1	1	1	½	½	½	8	2558
3.	Rapport, Richard	f	HUN	2401	0	½	*	½	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	8	2570
4.	Varga, Zoltan	g	HUN	2473	1	0	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	7½	2534
5.	Szabo, Krisztian1	m	HUN	2493	½	1	0	½	*	½	0	½	½	0	1	1	1	6½	2466
6.	Seres, Lajos	g	HUN	2456	0	0	0	½	½	*	1	1	1	½	1	½	½	6½	2469
7.	Tzermiadianos, Andreas	m	GRE	2447	0	½	0	½	1	0	*	½	0	1	½	1	½	5½	2412
8.	Samhouri, A	f	JOR	2375	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	*	1	1	½	½	1	5½	2418
9.	Pap, Gyula	m	HUN	2503	0	0	1	0	½	0	1	0	*	½	1	0	1	5	2379
10.	Shen Siyuan		CHN	2321	½	0	0	½	1	½	0	0	½	*	0	1	½	4½	2365
11.	Rees, Ioan	f	WLS	2339	0	½	1	0	0	0	½	½	0	1	*	0	1	4½	2363
12.	Boros, Denes	m	HUN	2485	0	½	0	½	0	½	0	½	1	0	1	*	½	4½	2351
13.	Payen, Arnaud	m	FRA	2368	½	½	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	0	½	*	3	2255

FSIMA August Budapest (HUN), 1-9 viii 2009
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Szalanczy, Emil	m	HUN	2318	*	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	½	7	2454
2.	Leviczky, Tibor	f	HUN	2357	½	*	1	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	7	2449
3.	Lyell, Mark	f	ENG	2288	0	0	*	½	1	1	0	1	1	½	5	2280
4.	Szabo, Bence		HUN	2243	0	½	½	*	1	½	0	0	1	1	4½	2242
5.	Kormos, Adam		HUN	2195	½	0	0	0	*	½	½	1	1	1	4½	2247
6.	Kahn, Evarth	m	HUN	2281	½	½	0	½	½	*	½	1	0	½	4	2195
7.	Shao Shuai		CHN	----	0	0	1	1	½	½	*	½	0	0	3½	2189
8.	Villwock, Martin		GER	2251	0	½	0	1	0	0	½	*	½	1	3½	2161
9.	Simonyi, Zoltan	f	SRB	2249	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	½	*	1	3½	2161
10.	Farago, Sandor	m	HUN	2244	½	0	½	0	0	½	1	0	0	*	2½	2076

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	1	½	½	0	1	1	1	1	7	2457
2.	Kislik, Erik Andrew	f	USA	2342	0	*	0	1	1	1	½	1	0	1	5½	2320
3.	Lengyel, Bela	m	HUN	2257	0	1	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	5½	2329
4.	Balazs, Gabor2		HUN	2277	½	0	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	5½	2327
5.	Roos, Jean-Luc	m	FRA	2250	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	5	2293
6.	Vegh, Endre	m	HUN	2294	1	0	½	½	½	*	0	0	1	1	4½	2245
7.	Kaufeld, Juergen	f	GER	2274	0	½	½	½	½	1	*	0	1	½	4½	2247
8.	Spiropoulos, Panagiotis I		GRE	2114	0	0	½	0	½	1	1	*	0	1	4	2222
9.	Nyland, Thomas		NOR	2156	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	*	1	3	2135
10.	Tesik, Csaba		HUN	2172	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	*	½	1814

12) XVIII Team Championship of Macedonia

The XVIII Team Championship of Macedonia took place in Struga 10th-18th August 2009. My thanks to Ivan Kocovski for the games.

FIDE results of individual player results: http://ratings.fide.com/view_source.phtml?code=44826

13) Copa Mercosur

The Copa Mercosur took place 4th-14th August 2009. Pocket Fritz 4 won with 9½/10, it is the tradition that a version of Fritz wins this event.

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

Mercosur Cup Villa Martelli (ARG), 4-14 viii 2009												cat. VI (2389)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1
1.	POCKET FRITZ 4			----	*	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9½	2898
2.	Obregon, Andres Carlos		ARG	2406	0	*	1	0	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	6½	2497
3.	Rodriguez Vila, Andres	g	URU	2522	0	0	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	6½	2485
4.	Valerga, Diego	m	ARG	2523	½	1	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	6	2447
5.	Oliveira, Silvio Eduardo		BRA	2357	0	½	½	½	*	0	½	1	½	1	½	5	2392
6.	Slipak, Sergio	g	ARG	2452	0	½	½	½	1	*	½	0	½	½	1	5	2382
7.	Real de Azua, Ernesto	m	ARG	2445	0	½	0	½	½	½	*	1	½	½	1	5	2383
8.	Cori, Jorge	f	PER	2424	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	*	1	1	1	4	2313
9.	Fusco, Leonardo	f	ARG	2419	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	*	½	1	3½	2276
10.	Cori T., Deysi	wm	PER	2390	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	*	1	3	2240
11.	Trois, Francisco R.T	m	BRA	2342	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	0	*	1	2027

ITT Vicente Lopez Villa Martelli (ARG), 4-13 viii 2009												cat. II (2283)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel	m	ARG	2443	*	½	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	8	2615
2.	De Dovitiis, Alejo	m	ARG	2346	½	*	½	½	½	1	0	1	1	1	6	2400
3.	Espinoza Palomino, Willyam		PER	2272	0	½	*	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	6	2408
4.	Barrionuevo, Pablo	f	ARG	2327	0	½	1	*	0	1	½	½	½	1	5	2320
5.	Zuriel, Marisa	wm	ARG	2201	0	½	0	1	*	½	½	0	½	1	4	2248
6.	Granara Barreto, Sebastian A	f	URU	2200	0	0	½	0	½	*	1	1	½	½	4	2248
7.	Guerrero, Alvaro		URU	2257	0	1	0	½	½	0	*	1	0	½	3½	2205
8.	Della Morte, German	m	ARG	2383	½	0	0	½	1	0	0	*	½	1	3½	2191
9.	Rey Besada, Fernando		ARG	2213	0	0	0	½	½	½	1	½	*	½	3½	2210
10.	Lopez Azambuja, Nicolas		URU	2185	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	*	1½	2020

14) 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 St Petersburg (RUS), 11-20 viii 2009												cat. VIII (2445)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Atalik, Ekaterina	m	TUR	2434	*	.	.	1	½	½	½	1	1	.	4½	2620
2.	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2525	.	*	½	1	.	½	½	.	1	1	4½	2617
3.	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	g	SCO	2506	.	½	*	0	.	1	1	1	0	.	3½	2494
4.	Cmilyte, Viktorija	m	LTU	2470	0	0	1	*	.	½	.	.	1	1	3½	2498
5.	Zhukova, Natalia	wg	UKR	2465	½	.	.	.	*	½	½	½	½	½	3	2413
6.	Turova, Irina	m	RUS	2387	½	½	0	½	½	*	.	.	.	½	2½	2412
7.	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	wg	RUS	2388	½	½	0	.	½	.	*	0	.	1	2½	2413
8.	Paehtz, Elisabeth	m	GER	2474	0	.	0	.	½	.	1	*	½	½	2½	2374
9.	Demina, Julia	wg	RUS	2378	0	0	1	0	½	.	.	½	*	.	2	2354
10.	Peng Zhaoqin	g	NED	2418	.	0	.	0	½	½	0	½	.	*	1½	2258

Round 1 (August 11, 2009)
Atalik, Ekaterina	- Cmilyte, Viktorija	1-0	34	A63	Benoni
Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	- Cramling, Pia	½-½	41	B48	Sicilian Paulsen
Zhukova, Natalia	- Turova, Irina	½-½	13	D26	QGA
Bodnaruk, Anastasia	- Peng Zhaoqin	1-0	67	C11	French Defence
Paehtz, Elisabeth	- Demina, Julia	½-½	43	B11	Caro Kann Two Knights
Round 2 (August 12, 2009)
Cmilyte, Viktorija	- Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	1-0	31	E63	King's Indian 6...Nc6
Turova, Irina	- Atalik, Ekaterina	½-½	14	E39	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Bodnaruk, Anastasia	- Paehtz, Elisabeth	0-1	47	C18	French Winawer
Demina, Julia	- Zhukova, Natalia	½-½	24	E42	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Peng Zhaoqin	- Cramling, Pia	0-1	23	E16	Queens Indian
Round 3 (August 13, 2009)
Atalik, Ekaterina	- Demina, Julia	1-0	78	D10	Slav Defence
Cramling, Pia	- Cmilyte, Viktorija	1-0	69	D94	Gruenfeld Closed
Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	- Turova, Irina	1-0	46	C42	Petroff's Defence
Zhukova, Natalia	- Bodnaruk, Anastasia	½-½	73	E63	King's Indian 6...Nc6
Paehtz, Elisabeth	- Peng Zhaoqin	½-½	37	C09	French Tarrasch
Round 4 (August 14, 2009)
Turova, Irina	- Cramling, Pia	½-½	27	E39	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Bodnaruk, Anastasia	- Atalik, Ekaterina	½-½	17	C24	Bishop's Opening
Paehtz, Elisabeth	- Zhukova, Natalia	½-½	21	C07	French Tarrasch
Demina, Julia	- Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	1-0	73	E63	King's Indian 6...Nc6
Peng Zhaoqin	- Cmilyte, Viktorija	0-1	42	A90	Dutch Classical
Round 5 (August 15, 2009)
Atalik, Ekaterina	- Paehtz, Elisabeth	1-0	66	A41	Modern Defence
Cramling, Pia	- Demina, Julia	1-0	63	D11	Slav Defence
Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	- Bodnaruk, Anastasia	1-0	40	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Cmilyte, Viktorija	- Turova, Irina	½-½	21	D24	QGA
Zhukova, Natalia	- Peng Zhaoqin	½-½	58	D16	Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Round 6 (August 17, 2009)
Zhukova, Natalia	- Atalik, Ekaterina	½-½	42	E12	Queens Indian Petrosian
Bodnaruk, Anastasia	- Cramling, Pia	½-½	42	B48	Sicilian Paulsen
Paehtz, Elisabeth	- Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	0-1	59	B23	Sicilian Closed
Demina, Julia	- Cmilyte, Viktorija	0-1	40	A30	English Symmetrical
Peng Zhaoqin	- Turova, Irina	½-½	18	D39	QGD Ragozin

15) Asian Zone 3.2 New Delhi

The Asian Zone 3.2 took place in New Delhi 9th-16th August 2009. International Master Sriram Jha won the Asian Zone 3.2 Chess Championship and qualified for world cup. Kruttika Nadig won the women's zonal.

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

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr24471.aspx - http://chess-results.com/tnr24470.aspx

Asian Zone 3.2 m New Delhi (IND), 9-16 viii 2009													cat. II (2287)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3
1.	Sriram, Jha	m	IND	2459	*	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	10.0	2545
2.	Thipsay, Praveen M	g	IND	2446	0	*	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9.5	2503
3.	Rathnakaran, K	m	IND	2428	½	½	*	½	1	1	1	0	1	½	1	1	1	9.0	2467
4.	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J	g	IND	2506	½	1	½	*	½	½	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	9.0	2461
5.	Neelotpal, Das	g	IND	2474	½	0	0	½	*	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	8.0	2396
6.	Rahman, Ziaur	g	BAN	2538	0	0	0	½	½	*	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8.0	2390
7.	Reefat, Bin-Sattar	g	BAN	2486	½	0	0	0	0	0	*	1	1	1	1	1	1	6.5	2299
8.	Gillani, Tunveer M.D		PAK	2276	0	0	1	1	½	0	0	*	½	1	0	1	1	6.0	2287
9.	Amir, Karim		PAK	2248	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	*	1	1	1	1	4.5	2202
10.	Lama, Surbir		NEP	2047	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	*	1	1	1	3.5	2148
11.	Hapuarachchi, H.L.M		SRI	2001	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	*	1	1	3.0	2117
12.	Ahmed, Ashraf		MDV	1818	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	*	1	1.0	1924
13.	Malla, Kesav		BHU	----	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	*	0.0

Asian Zone 3.2 w New Delhi (IND), 9-16 viii 2009
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1.	Nadig, Kruttika	wg	IND	2268	*	0	1	½	1	1	1	4½	2342
2.	Sachdev, Tania	m	IND	2410	1	*	½	0	½	1	1	4	2250
3.	Mohota, Nisha	wg	IND	2315	0	½	*	1	½	1	1	4	2266
4.	Sultana, Sharmin Shirin		BAN	1974	½	1	0	*	1	0	1	3½	2255
5.	Swathi, Ghate	wg	IND	2344	0	½	½	0	*	1	1	3	2136
6.	Ranasinghe, S.D		SRI	1852	0	0	0	1	0	*	1	2	2093
7.	Khamboo, Monalisa		NEP	----	0	0	0	0	0	0	*	0

16) Pan-American Team Championships

The Pan-American Team Championships took 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. Hosts Brazil won the event above the favourites Cuba.

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

Pan-American Team Championships Mendes (BRA). 9-13 viii 2009 Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
1	Brazil	#	2	3	3	3.5	4	15.5
2	Cuba	2	#	2.5	3.5	3	3.5	14.5
3	Venezuela	1	1.5	#	2	2.5	2.5	9.5
3	Argentina	1	0.5	2	#	3	3	9.5
5	Colombia	0.5	1	1.5	1	#	2	6
6	Dominican Republic	0	0.5	1.5	1	2	#	5

17) 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

18) 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

Games: http://www.members.aon.at/schach1/live/bundesliga.htm

16th Vienna Open Vienna (AUT), 15-23 viii 2009 Leading Round 3 Standings:
Rg.	Name	Ti	FED	EloI	Pkt.
1	Timoscenko Gennadij	GM	SVK	2482	3
	Shoker Samy	IM	EGY	2448	3
	Schroll Gerhard Dr. MMag.	IM	AUT	2400	3
	Kleijn Christov	FM	NED	2377	3
	Vyskocil Neklan	FM	CZE	2347	3
	Ootes Lars		NED	2261	3
7	Tiviakov Sergei	GM	NED	2674	3
	Arutinian David	GM	GEO	2526	3
	Kovalev Andrei	GM	BLR	2533	3
	Chabanon Jean-Luc	GM	FRA	2439	3
	Bukal jr Vladimir	IM	CRO	2394	3
	Eisenbeiser Amadeus	IM	GER	2390	3
	Bawart Markus	FM	AUT	2385	3
	Butuc Maria	WIM	RUS	2186	3
15	Renner Christoph	IM	GER	2431	3
	Shumilina Alexandra	WIM	RUS	2265	3
	Caruso Augusto	NM	ITA	2251	3
18	Grötz Harald Mag.	IM	AUT	2350	3
	Abel Dennes		GER	2328	3
20	Hoffmann Paul	FM	GER	2333	3
21	Zilka Stepan	IM	CZE	2466	3
22	Shaw David A		ENG	2231	3
23	Moradiabadi Elshan DI	GM	IRI	2542	2.5
	Van Der Weide Karel	GM	NED	2481	2.5
	Burg Twan	FM	NED	2422	2.5
	Demuth Adrien	FM	FRA	2339	2.5
	Poley Vladimir	IM	BLR	2312	2.5
	Kersten Uwe	FM	GER	2294	2.5
	Skacelik Petr		CZE	2269	2.5
	Aschenbrenner Robert	FM	AUT	2224	2.5
375 players

19) 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

20) 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

21) 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 now 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

22) European Union Youth Championships

The 7th European Union Youth Championships took 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. Tadeas Kriebel won the under-14 section with 7.5/9 ahead of Gary Giroyan of France and Brandon GI Clarke of England. Games available from chess-results.com.

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

23) XII Bancpost Miercurea Ciuc

The XII Bancpost tournament took place in Miercurea Ciuc 9th-16th August 2009. Daniel Baratosi won the open with 8/9.

Official site: http://www.caissa.nextra.ro/ and Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr24436.aspx

XII Bancpost A Miercurea Ciuc (ROM), 9-16 viii 2009
Rk.	Name		FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	Baratosi Daniel	FM	ROU	2413	8	38	43.25
2	Vasile Teodora		ROU	1983	7	34	30.25
3	Dulman Egmond-Gabriel		ROU	2100	6	37	31.75
4	Voda Costel		ROU	1979	5.5	38.5	27.5
5	Kiraly Ferenc		AUT	1941	5.5	37	29.25
6	Dicu Razvan-Stefan		ROU	2126	5.5	35.5	26.75
7	Dobre Florin-Iulian		ROU	1969	5.5	35	25.75
8	Vajda Albert		ROU	2196	5.5	35	25.75
9	Palamar Cristian		ROU	2105	5.5	33.5	24.5
10	Adam Andrea		ROU	1916	5.5	33.5	21.5
11	Costiuc Ioan		ROU	1892	5	30.5	18.75
12	Osvath Zoltan		ROU	1903	5	30	19.75
13	Tamas Szilard		ROU	1789	4.5	35	20.5
14	Clotan Marius		ROU	401	4.5	33	21
15	Ghinea Constantin		ROU	1786	4.5	32.5	19.25
16	Antal Istvan	I	ROU	600	4.5	32.5	18.25
17	Szakats Stefan		ROU	1854	4.5	32	18.25
18	Darvas Ignatie		ROU	1824	4.5	31	15
19	Georgescu Gabriel-Ioan	FM	ROU	2023	4.5	30	17.75
32 players

24) Australasian Chess Match of the Decade

The "Australasian Chess Match of the Decade" took place in Auckland 1st-6th August 2009. David Smerdon won the 6 game match 4-2.

Details: http://www.newzealandchess.co.nz/smerdonwang.html

Wang Puchen	- Smerdon, David	0-1	56	D38	QGD Ragozin
Smerdon, David	- Wang Puchen	½-½	43	C10	French Rubinstein
Wang Puchen	- Smerdon, David	½-½	31	C02	French Advance
Smerdon, David	- Wang Puchen	½-½	34	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Wang Puchen	- Smerdon, David	½-½	61	B78	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Smerdon, David	- Wang Puchen	1-0	42	C06	French Tarrasch

Australasian Match of the Decade Auckland (NZL), 1-6 viii 2009
					1	2	3	4	5	6
1	Smerdon, David	g	AUS	2502	1	½	½	½	½	1	4	2590
2	Wang Puchen	m	NZL	2465	0	½	½	½	½	0	2	2377

25) 2nd Arad Open Romania

2nd International Chess Open took place in Arad, Romania, 8th-14th august 2009 9 rounds swiss open, prize fund 3500 euro, 1st prize - 1000 euro. George-Catalin Ardelean edged out Constantin Lupulescu, Vlad-Cristian Jianu and Vladimir Danilov after all finished on 7/9. No games are available.

Official site: http://www.vados.ro/turnee/ro/8/16

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr24387.aspx

2nd Arad Open (ROM), 8-14 viii 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name		FED	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Ardelean George-Catalin	IM	ROU	7	40	38.75	5
2	Lupulescu Constantin	GM	ROU	7	37.5	43.25	5
3	Jianu Vlad-Cristian	GM	ROU	7	37	39.5	6
4	Danilov Vladimir	IM	ROU	7	36.5	41.5	6
5	Vedmediuc Serghei	IM	MDA	6.5	35.5	35.75	5
6	Filip Lucian	IM	ROU	6.5	35	37	4
7	Ogleznev Alexandr	FM	MDA	6.5	34.5	35.75	4
8	Cioara Andrei-Nestor	IM	ROU	6.5	34	36.75	5
9	Postolachi Viorel		MDA	6.5	33	34.25	6
10	Chereches Marius	FM	HUN	6.5	31.5	29	4
11	Chifor Ovidiu-Emanuel	CM	ROU	6.5	31.5	28.75	6
12	Ilincic Zlatko	GM	SRB	6	36.5	33.25	5
13	Burnoiu Nicolae-Costel	IM	ROU	6	34.5	33.25	5
14	Grigore George-Gabriel	GM	ROU	6	34	31.5	5
15	Anton Teodor	FM	ROU	6	32.5	30.5	5
16	Thesing Matthias	IM	GER	6	32	31	4
17	Taras Dan-Gheorghe	CM	ROU	6	31.5	32.5	4
18	Vavric Pavel		MDA	6	31.5	28.75	5
19	Garbea Bogdan	CM	ROU	6	30	27.5	6
20	Florescu Codrut-Constantin	IM	ROU	6	30	25.75	5
21	Doros Radu-Marian	CM	ROU	6	29	28.75	5
22	Erdos Boglarka		HUN	6	28.5	28.25	5
23	Ciobanu Aurelian		ROU	6	28.5	24.25	5
24	Lupu Ovidiu-Jean	CM	ROU	6	28	28.5	6
25	Butunoi Alexandru-Victor	IM	ROU	5.5	33	29.25	5
122 players

26) 39th annual Continental Open

George Mirijanian reports: The 39th annual Continental Open took place August 13th-16th 2009 at the Host Hotel at Cedar Lake in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA. GMs Sergey Kudrin of Stamford, Connecticut, Leonid Yudasin of Brooklyn, New York, Alexander Ivanov of Newton, Massachusetts, and U.S. Chess Federation-rated senior master Siddharth Ravichandran, a 22-year-old New York resident who hails from India, tied for 1st-4th place with scores of 5-1. Kudrin drew Yudasin in the final round, while Ravichandran held Yudasin and Ivanov to draws in rounds 2 and 4 respectively. The tournament was held in seven sections and drew a record-breaking 246 players. Bill Goichberg directed the event for the sponsoring Continental Chess Association, with assistance from USCF senior tournament director Bob Messenger of Nashua, New Hampshire.

No games available.

27) 15th annual Northeast Open

George Mirijanian reports: The 15th annual Northeast Open took place August 7th-9th 2009 at the Holiday Inn Select in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. GM Alexander Ivanov of Newton, Massachusetts tallied 4.5-0.5 to finish first. Tying for 2nd-4th place with 4-1 scores was a trio of New York state residents: Filipino IM Oliver Barbosa (who lost to Ivanov in the final round), U.S. Chess Federation-rated senior master Siddharth Ravichandran from India, and FM Alec Getz. The tournament drew 168 players in four sections and was directed by international arbiter Harold Stenzel of Sayville, New York for the sponsoring Continental Chess Association.

No games available.

28) Canadian Closed and Zonal Championship

The Canadian Closed and Zonal Championship: took place August 7th-16th 2009 in the Guelph University Centre. Time Control: 40/90, G/30 plus 30 second Fischer increment from first move. There was discussion on the forum for http://www.chesstalk.info. Jean Hebert won, Jonathan Tayar made the IM title after beating Louie Jiang for 2nd place. Hopefully a full table and results will turn up. I certainly couldn't find any meaningful coverage on the internet.

The likely official site should have been: http://www.chess.ca but actually this site seems almost abandoned.

29) 12th Olomouc Chess Summer International Festival

The 12th Olomouc Chess Summer International Chess Festival 2009, took 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. Konstantin Maslak and Nils Grandelius shared first in the GM event. No games available yet.

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

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

30) Forthcoming Events and Links

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

European Youth Championships

The European Youth Championships (U10 - U18) takes place in Fermo/Italy 30th August - 10th September 2009. A preliminary list of entries is now up. http://www.euroyouth2009.com/Documents/StartingRank/Players.pdf

Details: http://www.euroyouth2009.com

6th Kalamaria Open

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

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

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

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/

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

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

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 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