THE WEEK IN CHESS 772 24th August 2009 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Herman Van de Wynkele, Aaron Kiedes, Jakub Fuksik, Andrey Terekhov, Haroon Rashid, Efstratios Grivas, Ian Rogers, Spiros Ilandzis, Gabor Kallai, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Mark Berkovich, Mikhail Kozakov, Mitko Iliev, Philippe Dornbusch, Robert Fontaine, Sean Hewitt, Hal Bond and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Another very busy week. Vassily Ivanchuk showed his return to form by winning the FIDE Grand Prix tournament in Jermuk. After dropping to 30 in the world apparently he will be back in the top 10, maybe at number 5. Ivanchuk on form is close to being my favourite player, he plays the game absolutely without compromise and with great creativity. A true star. Zuerich saw the many of the games biggest stars past and present turn out this weekend firstly with a simultaneous exhibition (Kasparov, Anand, Topalov to name but three) and then the following day there was a rapid where Vladimir Kramnik edged out Viswanathan Anand. The NH experience vs youth tournament in Amsterdam is at it's half way stage. The experience team has been beefed up this year and they lead by two points at the half way stage. There is really too much more to mention but there is again plenty to look at.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) FIDE Grand Prix tournament in Jermuk

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

Vassily Ivanchuk won the tournament with 8.5/13.

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	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	8½	2830
2.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2768	½	*	1	0	½	1	½	0	½	1	1	½	1	½	8	2802
3.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2755	0	0	*	1	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	8	2803
4.	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	2672	½	1	0	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	7½	2779
5.	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2756	½	½	0	½	*	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	7½	2773
6.	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2714	0	0	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	7½	2776
7.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2717	½	½	½	½	0	½	*	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	7	2748
8.	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2716	½	1	½	½	½	0	½	*	½	0	½	½	½	1	6½	2719
9.	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2721	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	*	½	1	½	0	½	6	2689
10.	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2717	½	0	½	½	½	0	½	1	½	*	0	½	1	½	6	2690
11.	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2760	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	1	*	½	0	0	5	2628
12.	Akopian, Vladimir	g	ARM	2712	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	5	2632
13.	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	2675	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	1	0	1	½	*	½	4½	2612
14.	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	2678	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	1	½	½	*	4	2581

Round 9 (August 18, 2009)
Gelfand, Boris	- Alekseev, Evgeny	½-½	39	E04	Catalan
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	- Cheparinov, Ivan	1-0	42	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Karjakin, Sergey	- Inarkiev, Ernesto	½-½	74	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Eljanov, Pavel	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	50	D27	QGA
Bacrot, Etienne	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	34	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Kamsky, Gata	- Leko, Peter	½-½	28	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Akopian, Vladimir	½-½	49	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Round 10 (August 20, 2009)
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	82	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Aronian, Levon	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	1-0	51	A34	English Symmetrical
Leko, Peter	- Akopian, Vladimir	½-½	65	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Alekseev, Evgeny	- Eljanov, Pavel	1-0	31	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Kamsky, Gata	- Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	½-½	73	C42	Petroff's Defence
Inarkiev, Ernesto	- Bacrot, Etienne	1-0	40	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Cheparinov, Ivan	- Gelfand, Boris	0-1	45	D47	Queens Gambit Meran
Round 11 (August 21, 2009)
Gelfand, Boris	- Kamsky, Gata	½-½	45	D15	Slav Defence
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	- Leko, Peter	½-½	31	D47	Queens Gambit Meran
Karjakin, Sergey	- Alekseev, Evgeny	½-½	50	C42	Petroff's Defence
Eljanov, Pavel	- Cheparinov, Ivan	1-0	53	E99	King's Indian Classical
Bacrot, Etienne	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	63	D12	Slav Defence
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Inarkiev, Ernesto	0-1	42	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Akopian, Vladimir	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	40	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Round 12 (August 22, 2009)
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	½-½	40	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	- Gelfand, Boris	0-1	41	D47	Queens Gambit Meran
Leko, Peter	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	45	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Alekseev, Evgeny	- Bacrot, Etienne	½-½	58	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Kamsky, Gata	- Eljanov, Pavel	1-0	66	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Inarkiev, Ernesto	- Akopian, Vladimir	½-½	47	C43	Petroff's Defence
Cheparinov, Ivan	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	33	E15	Queens Indian
Round 13 (August 23, 2009)
Aronian, Levon	- Inarkiev, Ernesto	1-0	57	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Gelfand, Boris	- Leko, Peter	1-0	78	E15	Queens Indian
Karjakin, Sergey	- Kamsky, Gata	½-½	43	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Eljanov, Pavel	- Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	½-½	27	D12	Slav Defence
Bacrot, Etienne	- Cheparinov, Ivan	½-½	37	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Alekseev, Evgeny	½-½	19	B48	Sicilian Paulsen
Akopian, Vladimir	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	0-1	62	C77	Ruy Lopez Anderssen

3) 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/

Round 1 (August 20, 2009) Experience 3 Youth 2
Svidler, Peter	- Hou Yifan	1-0	64	C11	French Defence
Nielsen, Peter Heine	- Stellwagen, Daniel	1-0	26	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir	- Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	60	A81	Dutch Leningrad
Van Wely, Loek	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	22	A29	English Four Knights
Beliavsky, Alexander G	- Smeets, Jan	0-1	68	A11	Reti Opening
Round 2 (August 21, 2009) Experience 3 Youth 2
Smeets, Jan	- Nielsen, Peter Heine	½-½	21	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Caruana, Fabiano	- Beliavsky, Alexander G	½-½	42	C91	Ruy Lopez
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Van Wely, Loek	½-½	79	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Hou Yifan	- Ljubojevic, Ljubomir	0-1	87	B45	Sicilian Classical
Stellwagen, Daniel	- Svidler, Peter	½-½	27	B43	Sicilian Paulsen
Round 3 (August 22, 2009) Experience 2.5 Youth 2.5
Svidler, Peter	- Smeets, Jan	½-½	22	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Nielsen, Peter Heine	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	25	E21	Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir	- Stellwagen, Daniel	1-0	46	D19	Slav Defence
Van Wely, Loek	- Hou Yifan	½-½	31	E15	Queens Indian
Beliavsky, Alexander G	- Nakamura, Hikaru	0-1	34	E97	King's Indian Classical
Round 4 (August 23, 2009) Experience 1.5 Youth 3.5
Smeets, Jan	- Ljubojevic, Ljubomir	1-0	30	B45	Sicilian Classical
Caruana, Fabiano	- Svidler, Peter	½-½	31	D11	Slav Defence
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Nielsen, Peter Heine	½-½	41	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Hou Yifan	- Beliavsky, Alexander G	1-0	39	C41	Philidor's Defence
Stellwagen, Daniel	- Van Wely, Loek	½-½	36	B81	Sicilian Keres Attack
Round 5 (August 24, 2009) Experience 3.5 Youth 1.5
Svidler, Peter	- Nakamura, Hikaru	1-0	61	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Nielsen, Peter Heine	- Hou Yifan	½-½	37	E06	Catalan
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	73	A32	English Symmetrical
Van Wely, Loek	- Smeets, Jan	½-½	38	D19	Slav Defence
Beliavsky, Alexander G	- Stellwagen, Daniel	1-0	62	E71	King's Indian 5.h3

NH Chess Tournament Amsterdam (NED), 20-31 viii 2009 Round 5 (of 10) Standings
Experience								13.5
1	Svidler,P	2739	\|					3.5/5
2	Ljubojevic,L	2553	\|	\|				3.0/5
3	Nielsen,PH	2680	\|	\|	\|			3.0/5
4	Van Wely,L	2655	\|	\|	\|	\|		2.5/5
5	Beliavsky,A	2662	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	1.5/5
Youth								11.5
1	Smeets,J	2632	½	1	½	½	1	3.5/5
2	Caruana,F	2670	½	½	½	½	½	2.5/5
3	Nakamura,Hi	2710	0	½	½	½	1	2.5/5
4	Hou Yifan	2584	0	0	½	½	1	2.0/5
5	Stellwagen,D	2630	½	0	0	½	0	1.0/5

4) Zuerich Chess Club 200th Anniversary

The Zuerich Chess Club 200th Anniversay Jubilee started with an open tournament 9th-15th August 2009. Alexander Areshchenko took the title with a superior tie-break. This was reported last week.

This was followed by the Champions Simul on August 22nd where 8 great players played members of the public in a huge simul. 200 amateurs played against eight champions who have left indelible marks on chess in the past 50 years: Viswanathan Anand, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov, Viktor Korchnoi, Vladimir Kramnik, Boris Spassky, Ruslan Ponomariov and Veselin Topalov.

Finally on the 23rd August there was the Champions Rapid where Vladimir Kramnik edged out Viswanathan Anand by half a point, both players were undefeated.

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

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

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

Champions Simultaneous Exhibition Zuerich (SUI) 22 viii 2009
Anand, Viswanathan		23 - 2	Karpov, Anatoly			20.5 - 4.5	Kasparov, Garry		23 - 2	Korchnoi, Viktor			22.5 - 2.5
Losses	Draws		Losses		Draws		Losses	Draws		Losses		Draws
	Almada	Enrique	Nueesch	Gerard	Lapp	Karl-Iversen		Silberring	Pawel	Namyslo	Holger	Zarri	Florian
	Potterat	March			Kuert	Christoph		Rindlisbacher	Lars			Wuethrich	Sebastian
	Schiendorfer	Florian			Gehrig	Peter		Zier	Oliver			Zutter	Francois
	Mollet	Robert			Winsel	Adrian		Hasenohr	Benedict
					Doran	Jean-Pierre
					Buntschu	Kurt
					Gretener	Kurt
Kramnik, Vladimir		23.5 - 1.5	Ponomariov, Ruslan			25 - 0	Spassky, Boris		19.5 - 5.5	Topalov, Veselin			21.5 - 3.5
Losses	Draws		Losses		Draws		Losses	Draws		Losses		Draws
	Gavrilova	Anastasia						Wueest	Andrin	Mohajerin	Payman	Horber	Jean-Marc
	Staechelin	Ruedi						Stoeri	Simon	Mueer	Sebastian	Studer	Noel
	Meylan	Andre						Sadeghi	Hassan Roger			Walz	Juergen
								Rusev	Aleksandar
								Karrer	Damian
								Meylan	Pierre
								Zollinger	Stefan
								Pfiffner	Peter
								Eger	Axel
								De Martin	Beat
								OMuireagain	Colm

Champions Rapid Zuerich (SUI), 23 viii 2009											cat. XVIII (2685)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2759	*	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	5	2832
2.	Anand, Viswanatdan	g	IND	2788	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	4½	2772
3.	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2813	0	½	*	1	1	½	½	½	4	2717
4.	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2727	½	½	0	*	½	½	1	1	4	2729
5.	Khalifman, Alexander	g	RUS	2612	0	½	0	½	*	1	½	½	3	2645
6.	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2687	½	½	½	½	0	*	½	0	2½	2583
7.	Hug, Werner	m	SUI	2453	½	0	½	0	½	½	*	½	2½	2616
8.	Karpov, Anatoly	g	RUS	2644	0	0	½	0	½	1	½	*	2½	2589

Round 1 (August 23, 2009)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	30	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Khalifman, Alexander	- Hug, Werner	½-½	20	E91	King's Indian Classical
Polgar, Judit	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	35	B01	Centre Counter
Karpov, Anatoly	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	0-1	48	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Round 2 (August 23, 2009)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Khalifman, Alexander	1-0	67	D38	QGD Ragozin
Anand, Viswanathan	- Karpov, Anatoly	1-0	44	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Topalov, Veselin	- Hug, Werner	½-½	36	E62	King's Indian 6...Nc6
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Polgar, Judit	½-½	49	E18	Queens Indian
Round 3 (August 23, 2009)
Khalifman, Alexander	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	½-½	24	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Polgar, Judit	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	56	B19	Caro Kann
Hug, Werner	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	22	A46	Queen's Pawn Opening
Karpov, Anatoly	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	37	A30	English Symmetrical
Round 4 (August 23, 2009)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Khalifman, Alexander	½-½	24	B82	Sicilian Scheveningen
Topalov, Veselin	- Kramnik, Vladimir	0-1	61	E04	Catalan
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Hug, Werner	1-0	29	E91	King's Indian Classical
Karpov, Anatoly	- Polgar, Judit	1-0	32	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 5 (August 23, 2009)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	½-½	47	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Khalifman, Alexander	- Karpov, Anatoly	½-½	23	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Polgar, Judit	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	43	C48	Four Knights Rubinstein
Hug, Werner	- Anand, Viswanathan	0-1	38	B20	Sicilian Wing Gambit
Round 6 (August 23, 2009)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	18	B01	Centre Counter
Topalov, Veselin	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	1-0	51	E01	Catalan
Polgar, Judit	- Khalifman, Alexander	0-1	50	B83	Sicilian Scheveningen
Karpov, Anatoly	- Hug, Werner	½-½	23	E71	King's Indian 5.h3
Round 7 (August 23, 2009)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Karpov, Anatoly	1-0	17	E05	Catalan
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	27	D91	Gruenfeld 5.Bg5
Khalifman, Alexander	- Topalov, Veselin	0-1	39	E67	King's Indian Fianchetto
Hug, Werner	- Polgar, Judit	½-½	42	D03	Queen's Pawn Game

5) French Championships

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

Vladislav Tkachiev took the men's title and Sophie Milliet the women's.

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	1	½	1	1	8½	2788
2.	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2703	½	*	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	8	2748
3.	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	2667	½	0	*	½	½	0	½	½	½	1	1	1	6	2612
4.	Cornette, Matthieu	g	FRA	2578	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	½	0	½	½	½	5½	2584
5.	Hamdouchi, Hicham	g	FRA	2589	½	½	½	½	*	½	0	½	½	½	½	1	5½	2583
6.	Edouard, Romain	g	FRA	2597	0	½	1	0	½	*	½	½	0	1	1	½	5½	2582
7.	Degraeve, Jean-Marc	g	FRA	2559	0	0	½	½	1	½	*	1	½	½	½	½	5½	2586
8.	Sokolov, Andrei	g	FRA	2570	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	*	1	½	½	1	5½	2585
9.	Feller, Sebastien	g	FRA	2576	0	½	½	1	½	1	½	0	*	0	0	1	5	2548
10.	Cossin, Sebastien	m	FRA	2486	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	1	*	1	½	5	2556
11.	Maze, Sebastien	g	FRA	2546	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	1	0	*	½	3½	2454
12.	Le Roux, Jean-Pierre	m	FRA	2485	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	*	2½	2381

Round 8 (August 18, 2009)
Tkachiev, Vladislav	- Sokolov, Andrei	1-0	38	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Fressinet, Laurent	- Hamdouchi, Hicham	½-½	27	B37	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Edouard, Romain	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	32	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Feller, Sebastien	- Maze, Sebastien	0-1	48	A63	Benoni
Cossin, Sebastien	- Cornette, Matthieu	½-½	15	E35	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Le Roux, Jean-Pierre	- Degraeve, Jean-Marc	½-½	22	B04	Alekhine's Defence
Round 9 (August 19, 2009)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Cossin, Sebastien	1-0	51	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Cornette, Matthieu	- Feller, Sebastien	0-1	30	C10	French Rubinstein
Hamdouchi, Hicham	- Le Roux, Jean-Pierre	1-0	46	B10	Caro Kann
Degraeve, Jean-Marc	- Tkachiev, Vladislav	0-1	38	B06	Modern Defence
Sokolov, Andrei	- Edouard, Romain	½-½	10	B52	Sicilian Rossolimo
Maze, Sebastien	- Fressinet, Laurent	0-1	42	D19	Slav Defence
Round 10 (August 20, 2009)
Tkachiev, Vladislav	- Edouard, Romain	1-0	66	D29	QGA
Fressinet, Laurent	- Cornette, Matthieu	½-½	18	D38	QGD Ragozin
Degraeve, Jean-Marc	- Hamdouchi, Hicham	1-0	36	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Feller, Sebastien	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	37	E99	King's Indian Classical
Cossin, Sebastien	- Sokolov, Andrei	½-½	46	E35	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Le Roux, Jean-Pierre	- Maze, Sebastien	½-½	39	A47	Queen's Indian without c2-c4
Round 11 (August 21, 2009)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Fressinet, Laurent	1-0	45	C83	Ruy Lopez Open
Cornette, Matthieu	- Le Roux, Jean-Pierre	½-½	44	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Hamdouchi, Hicham	- Tkachiev, Vladislav	½-½	20	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Edouard, Romain	- Cossin, Sebastien	1-0	35	E86	King's Indian Saemisch
Sokolov, Andrei	- Feller, Sebastien	1-0	69	C54	Giuoco Piano
Maze, Sebastien	- Degraeve, Jean-Marc	½-½	43	E62	King's Indian 6...Nc6

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.	Bricard, Emmanuel	g	FRA	2469	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	7	2568
2.	Charnushevich, Aliaksei	m	FRA	2503	½	*	0	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	6½	2528
3.	Terrieux, Kevin	m	FRA	2442	½	1	*	½	½	½	1	0	0	1	½	½	6	2504
4.	Kosten, Anthony C	g	FRA	2497	½	½	½	*	1	0	1	½	0	½	½	1	6	2499
5.	Vaisser, Anatoly	g	FRA	2514	½	½	½	0	*	0	½	½	1	1	1	½	6	2498
6.	Abergel, Thal	g	FRA	2517	½	0	½	1	1	*	0	½	0	½	1	1	6	2497
7.	Housieaux, David	m	FRA	2419	½	½	0	0	½	1	*	1	0	½	1	1	6	2506
8.	Apicella, Manuel	g	FRA	2525	½	½	1	½	½	½	0	*	1	0	½	½	5½	2461
9.	Govciyan, Pavel	m	FRA	2438	0	½	1	1	0	1	1	0	*	0	0	½	5	2433
10.	Prie, Eric	g	FRA	2491	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	1	1	*	0	½	4½	2399
11.	Bedouin, Xavier	f	FRA	2378	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	½	1	1	*	1	4½	2409
12.	Bujisho, Benjamin	m	FRA	2404	½	0	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	0	*	3	2297

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	½	1	½	1	½	1	0	1	1	7	2414
2.	Guichard, Pauline	wm	FRA	2261	½	½	*	*	1	0	1	0	½	1	½	½	5½	2326
3.	Leconte, Maria	wg	FRA	2311	0	½	0	1	*	*	1	0	½	1	1	½	5½	2316
4.	Collas, Silvia	m	FRA	2315	0	½	0	1	0	1	*	*	½	1	½	½	5	2280
5.	Maisuradze, Nino	wm	FRA	2271	0	1	½	0	½	0	½	0	*	*	0	1	3½	2178
6.	Congiu, Mathilde	wm	FRA	2169	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	1	0	*	*	3½	2199

6) Russia vs China Match

The Russia-China match took place in Sochi 14th-24th August 2009. The match was split between a men's match over 5 boards and a women's match over 5 boards. There were 5 classical games, 10 rapid games and 10 blitz games. The Russian Men dominated their match and the Chinese women their half.

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

Results

Men

Standard China 12 - Russia 13, Men Rapid China 21 Russia 29, Men Blitz China 20 Russia 30 Men's Match finishes China 53, Russia 72.

Women

Women Standard China 13.5 - Russia 11.5 Women Rapid China 25 Russia 25 Women Blitz China 28 Russia 22

Women's Match finishes China 66.5 Russia 58.5.

Total: China 119.5 - Russia 130.5

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

Total Men China 12 - Russia 13
Round 4 (August 18, 2009) Russia 2.5 China 2.5
Malakhov, Vladimir	- Zhou Jianchao	½-½	58	A16	English Opening
Bu Xiangzhi	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	43	A22	English Opening
Vitiugov, Nikita	- Wang Yue	½-½	36	D39	QGD Ragozin
Ni Hua	- Tomashevsky, Evgeny	½-½	13	C84	Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Timofeev, Artyom	- Ding Liren	½-½	40	C10	French Rubinstein
Round 5 (August 19, 2009) Russia 3 China 2
Ding Liren	- Malakhov, Vladimir	0-1	37	D15	Slav Defence
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Wang Yue	½-½	22	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Ni Hua	- Vitiugov, Nikita	½-½	22	B52	Sicilian Rossolimo
Zhou Jianchao	- Tomashevsky, Evgeny	½-½	17	A38	English Symmetrical
Timofeev, Artyom	- Bu Xiangzhi	½-½	17	E25	Nimzo Indian Saemisch

Russia - China Match Standard Sochi (RUS), 15-19 viii 2009 Final Round 5 Standings
China								12
1	Wang Yue	2736	\|					2.5/5
2	Bu Xiangzhi	2702	\|	\|				2.5/5
3	Ni Hua	2701	\|	\|	\|			2.5/5
4	Ding Liren	2530	\|	\|	\|	\|		2.5/5
5	Zhou Jianchao	2623	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	2.0/5
Russia								13
1	Malakhov,V	2707	½	½	1	1	½	3.5/5
2	Tomashevsky,E	2689	1	½	½	½	½	3.0/5
3	Vitiugov,N	2681	½	½	½	0	1	2.5/5
4	Nepomniachtchi,I	2632	½	½	½	½	½	2.5/5
5	Timofeev,Arty	2681	0	½	0	½	½	1.5/5

Russia - China Match Rapid Sochi (RUS), 21-22 viii 2009 Final Round 10 Standings
Russia								29
1	Nepomniachtchi,I	2632	\|					8.0/10
2	Tomashevsky,E	2689	\|	\|				7.0/10
3	Timofeev,Arty	2681	\|	\|	\|			5.0/10
4	Vitiugov,N	2681	\|	\|	\|	\|		4.5/10
5	Malakhov,V	2707	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	4.5/10
China								21
1	Wang Yue	2736	10	1½	½½	1½	½½	6.0/10
2	Ni Hua	2701	½0	½0	½½	11	0½	4.5/10
3	Bu Xiangzhi	2702	½0	½0	½½	½0	½1	4.0/10
4	Ding Liren	2530	00	½0	½½	0½	½1	3.5/10
5	Zhou Jianchao	2623	00	00	10	01	½½	3.0/10

Russia - China Match Blitz Sochi (RUS), 23 viii 2009 Final Round 10 Standings
China								20
1	Ni Hua	2701	\|					5.0/10
2	Ding Liren	2530	\|	\|				4.5/10
3	Wang Yue	2736	\|	\|	\|			4.0/10
4	Zhou Jianchao	2623	\|	\|	\|	\|		3.5/10
5	Bu Xiangzhi	2702	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	3.0/10
Russia								30
1	Tomashevsky,E	2689	11	01	11	01	½1	7.5/10
2	Malakhov,V	2707	½1	0½	½1	11	10	6.5/10
3	Vitiugov,N	2681	½0	10	10	11	11	6.5/10
4	Nepomniachtchi,I	2632	½0	11	½0	½1	11	6.5/10
5	Timofeev,Arty	2681	0½	01	01	00	½0	3.0/10

Women Total China 13.5 - Russia 11.5
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
Round 4 (August 18, 2009) China 2.5 Russia 2.5
Ju Wenjun	- Kosintseva, Tatiana	1-0	43	B38	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Shen Yang	- Gunina, Valentina	1-0	50	D16	Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Tairova, Elena	- Xu Yuhua	1-0	61	C10	French Rubinstein
Kosintseva, Nadezhda	- Huang Qian	½-½	48	B97	Sicilian Najdorf
Zhao Xue	- Romanko, Marina	0-1	45	E97	King's Indian Classical
Round 5 (August 19, 2009) Russia 3 China 2
Huang Qian	- Kosintseva, Tatiana	½-½	50	D38	QGD Ragozin
Romanko, Marina	- Xu Yuhua	0-1	61	C00	French Defence
Tairova, Elena	- Ju Wenjun	½-½	40	B20	Sicilian Wing Gambit
Shen Yang	- Kosintseva, Nadezhda	0-1	40	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Gunina, Valentina	- Zhao Xue	1-0	27	A46	Queen's Pawn Opening

Russia - China Match Women Standard Sochi (RUS), 15-19 viii 2009 Final Round 5 Standings
Russia								11.5
1	Kosintseva,N	2482	\|					3.0/5
2	Tairova,E	2450	\|	\|				2.5/5
3	Romanko,M	2447	\|	\|	\|			2.5/5
4	Gunina,V	2437	\|	\|	\|	\|		2.0/5
5	Kosintseva,T	2539	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	1.5/5
China								13.5
1	Ju Wenjun	2443	1	½	0	1	1	3.5/5
2	Huang Qian	2424	½	1	½	1	½	3.5/5
3	Xu Yuhua	2485	½	0	1	0	1	2.5/5
4	Shen Yang	2453	0	0	1	1	½	2.5/5
5	Zhao Xue	2544	0	1	0	0	½	1.5/5

Russia - China Match Women Rapid Sochi (RUS), 21-22 viii 2009 Final Round 10 Standings
China								25
1	Ju Wenjun	2443	\|					7.0/10
2	Xu Yuhua	2485	\|	\|				6.5/10
3	Huang Qian	2424	\|	\|	\|			5.0/10
4	Zhao Xue	2544	\|	\|	\|	\|		4.0/10
5	Shen Yang	2453	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	2.5/10
Russia								25
1	Kosintseva,T	2539	11	½1	11	01	11	8.5/10
2	Kosintseva,N	2482	½0	½½	1½	01	1½	5.5/10
3	Romanko,M	2447	½0	00	½0	11	11	5.0/10
4	Gunina,V	2437	00	01	10	½0	11	4.5/10
5	Tairova,E	2450	00	00	00	½1	00	1.5/10

Russia - China Match Women Blitz Sochi (RUS), 23 viii 2009 Final Round 10 Standings
Russia								22
1	Gunina,V	2437	\|					6.0/10
2	Kosintseva,N	2482	\|	\|				5.5/10
3	Kosintseva,T	2539	\|	\|	\|			5.0/10
4	Romanko,M	2447	\|	\|	\|	\|		3.0/10
5	Tairova,E	2450	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	2.5/10
China								28
1	Xu Yuhua	2485	01	10	01	11	11	7.0/10
2	Ju Wenjun	2443	10	½0	11	11	½1	7.0/10
3	Zhao Xue	2544	10	10	11	10	1½	6.5/10
4	Huang Qian	2424	10	01	00	10	10	4.0/10
5	Shen Yang	2453	00	10	00	½½	½1	3.5/10

7) 18th Abu Dhabi Festival

The 18th Abu Dhabi Chess Festival took place 12th-21st August 2009. Favourite Aleksej Aleksandrow took clear first place with 7.5/9.

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 Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB2	TB3
1	Aleksandrov Aleksej	GM	BLR	2616	7.5	40.5	41.25
2	Rakhmanov Aleksandr	GM	RUS	2559	7	44	37
3	Anastasian Ashot	GM	ARM	2566	7	42.5	39.75
4	Andriasian Zaven	GM	ARM	2585	7	42	41.25
5	Savchenko Stanislav	GM	UKR	2526	7	40.5	34.25
6	Melkumyan Hrant	GM	ARM	2530	7	39	38
7	Amin Bassem	GM	EGY	2551	6.5	41.5	36.75
8	Laxman R R	IM	IND	2501	6.5	41	32
9	Kengis Edvins	GM	LAT	2543	6.5	40	36
10	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan	GM	IRI	2589	6.5	40	35.5
11	Saeed Ishaq	FM	UAE	2188	6.5	39	26.5
12	Drozdovskij Yuri	GM	UKR	2620	6.5	38.5	34
13	El Gindy Essam	GM	EGY	2501	6.5	38.5	28.25
14	Filippov Anton	GM	UZB	2583	6	41	34.5
15	Bocharov Dmitry	GM	RUS	2613	6	40.5	33.5
16	Ovetchkin Roman	GM	RUS	2548	6	40.5	32.25
17	Antonio Viani D'Cunha		IND	2107	6	40.5	27.75
18	Simonian Hrair	GM	ARM	2520	6	38.5	33
19	Sturua Zurab	GM	GEO	2513	6	38.5	27
20	Zdebskaja Natalia	WGM	UKR	2412	6	38	30.75
21	Sanal Vahap	CM	TUR	1976	6	37.5	30
22	Nirmal E P		IND	2268	6	37.5	29
23	Galojan Lilit	WGM	ARM	2338	6	36.5	30.75
24	Adu Oladapo	IM	NGR	2276	6	36	21.5
25	Pourkashiyan Atousa	WGM	IRI	2304	6	35	28.25
26	Illijin Neboisa	IM	ROU	2246	6	33.5	23.5
27	Dargan Paul A G		ENG	2141	6	31	22
28	Salem A R Saleh	GM	UAE	2469	5.5	40	27.75
29	Agamaliev Gamil	GM	AZE	2490	5.5	38	28
30	Barve Saurabh		IND	2034	5.5	35	20.75
31	Ayyad Husain	FM	BRN	2107	5.5	34.5	20.75
32	Yousif Ammar Mohd		SUD	2061	5.5	33.5	22.5
33	Rafee Mohd Hayel		SYR	0	5.5	33	21.5
34	Saad Baha		JOR	2109	5.5	33	19.75
35	Mona Khaled	WGM	EGY	2094	5.5	32.5	24.75
36	Modallal Tarek		LIB	2119	5.5	30.5	19.5
37	Alhuwar Jasem	FM	UAE	2297	5.5	30	24.25
38	Al-Tarbosh Ward	FM	SYR	2173	5.5	30	20
39	Al Argha Hisham		SYR	2258	5.5	28.5	13.75
40	Mohamed Nawfal Karim		IRQ	2229	5	37	22.5
41	Johny P I		IND	2078	5	36	22.5
141 players

8) Acropolis Open

The Acropolis Open took place 10th-18th August 2009 in Chalkida, Greece. Organizers: Greek Chess Federation (GCF), Ministry of Tourism in Attiki, Chalkida Chess Academy. Borki Predojevic edged out Hristos Banikas, Ioannis Papaioannou and Atanas Kolev on tie-break after all finished on 6.5/9.

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

Acropolis Open Chalkida (GRE), 10-18 viii 2009 Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB2	TB3
1	Predojevic Borki	GM	BIH	2644	6.5	2525	35.5
2	Banikas Hristos	GM	GRE	2598	6.5	2493	34
3	Papaioannou Ioannis	GM	GRE	2624	6.5	2466	33.5
4	Kolev Atanas	GM	BUL	2569	6.5	2414	32
5	Azarov Sergei	GM	BLR	2630	6	2526	32.5
6	Belov Vladimir	GM	RUS	2627	6	2520	33
7	David Alberto	GM	LUX	2565	6	2502	32.5
8	Yakovich Yuri	GM	RUS	2576	6	2490	34
9	Rozentalis Eduardas	GM	LTU	2588	6	2484	32
10	Gupta Abhijeet	GM	IND	2565	6	2483	31.5
11	Romanishin Oleg M	GM	UKR	2503	6	2476	30.5
12	Mamedov Nidjat	GM	AZE	2614	6	2468	30.5
13	Gelashvili Tamaz	GM	GEO	2605	6	2455	30
14	Chirila Ioan-Cristian	GM	ROU	2526	6	2382	28
15	Georgiev Vladimir	GM	MKD	2530	6	2363	27
16	Halkias Stelios	GM	GRE	2564	5.5	2535	31
17	Mastrovasilis Dimitrios	GM	GRE	2567	5.5	2475	30.5
18	Mastrovasilis Athanasios	GM	GRE	2503	5.5	2473	30.5
19	Smirin Ilia	GM	ISR	2650	5.5	2468	28
20	Tukhaev Adam	GM	UKR	2534	5.5	2464	32
21	Danielian Elina	IM	ARM	2502	5.5	2455	27
22	Gurevich Mikhail	GM	TUR	2618	5.5	2450	29
23	Svetushkin Dmitry	GM	MDA	2607	5.5	2432	28
24	Managadze Nikoloz	IM	GEO	2459	5.5	2417	27.5
25	Nikolaidis Ioannis	GM	GRE	2529	5.5	2387	26
26	Dzagnidze Nana	GM	GEO	2536	5.5	2374	27
27	Sowray Peter J	FM	ENG	2335	5.5	2278	19
28	Stefanova Antoaneta	GM	BUL	2535	5	2526	31
29	Reshetnikov Alexey	FM	RUS	2413	5	2519	31
30	Harika Dronavalli	IM	IND	2445	5	2476	28.5
31	Muzychuk Anna	IM	SLO	2542	5	2459	28.5
32	Koneru Humpy	GM	IND	2623	5	2444	27.5
33	Yilmaz Mustafa	FM	TUR	2432	5	2439	26
34	Firat Burak	FM	TUR	2310	5	2428	24
35	Aroshidze Levan	GM	GEO	2537	5	2406	26.5
36	Zawadzka Jolanta	WGM	POL	2387	5	2388	26
37	Dembo Yelena	IM	GRE	2466	5	2385	26
38	Can Emre	IM	TUR	2455	5	2374	25
39	Melia Salome	IM	GEO	2441	5	2360	25
40	Malikentzos Sotirios		GRE	2148	5	2352	21.5
41	Asik Josip	FM	SRB	2356	5	2340	25
42	Peptan Corina-Isabela	IM	ROU	2392	5	2304	24
43	Foisor Cristina-Adela	IM	ROU	2424	5	2272	22
44	Kapnisis Spyridon	IM	GRE	2464	4.5	2528	29.5
100 players

9) Haarlem BDO

There was a GM tournament in Haarlem (near Amsterdam) 15th-23rd August 2009. Dmitri Reinderman won the main Premier with an impressive 7/9.

Official site: http://www.hwphaarlem.nl/bdohomeindex.php

BDO Premier Haarlem (NED), 15-23 viii 2009												cat. X (2478)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Reinderman, Dimitri	g	NED	2565	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	7	2688
2.	Nijboer, Friso	g	NED	2552	½	*	½	½	½	½	0	1	1	1	5½	2549
3.	Van Kampen, Robin	f	NED	2383	½	½	*	0	1	½	½	½	½	1	5	2531
4.	Solleveld, Maarten	m	NED	2485	½	½	1	*	½	0	0	½	1	1	5	2520
5.	Steingrimsson, Hedinn	g	ISL	2544	½	½	0	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	5	2513
6.	Khenkin, Igor	g	GER	2634	0	½	½	1	½	*	0	½	1	1	5	2503
7.	Mas, Hafizulhelmi	m	MAS	2391	0	1	½	1	½	1	*	0	0	½	4½	2487
8.	Zumsande, Martin	m	GER	2403	0	0	½	½	½	½	1	*	½	1	4½	2486
9.	Van Oosterom, Chiel	m	NED	2402	0	0	½	0	0	0	1	½	*	½	2½	2320
10.	Willemze, Jeroen		NED	2420	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	*	1	2133

BDO Challenger Haarlem (NED), 15-23 viii 2009												cat. IV (2333)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Flumbort, Andras	m	HUN	2507	*	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	7½	2586
2.	Stets, Dmitry	m	UKR	2427	½	*	0	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	6½	2488
3.	De Haan, Eric	f	NED	2349	0	1	*	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	6	2455
4.	De Jager, Jaap	f	NED	2358	½	½	½	*	0	1	0	1	1	1	5½	2409
5.	Richter, Christian	f	GER	2417	½	0	½	1	*	0	½	½	1	1	5	2366
6.	Gijswijt, Bart		NED	2265	0	0	0	0	1	*	1	1	½	1	4½	2340
7.	Strating, Sybolt	f	NED	2340	0	½	0	1	½	0	*	½	0	1	3½	2251
8.	Ten Hagen, Yorick		NED	2150	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	*	0	1	2½	2187
9.	Van Ojik, Mark		NED	2245	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	1	*	0	2½	2176
10.	Rombaldoni, Andrea		ITA	2269	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	1	*	1½	2066

10) 57th Hungarian Women's Championship

The 57th Hungarian Women's Championship takes place in Eger 21st-29th August 2009.

Official site: http://dodicsek.unsoft.hu/2009/0821noi/hunwomench2009.htm

57th ch-HUN w Eger (HUN), 21-29 viii 2009												cat. I (2270)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Gara, Ticia	wg	HUN	2354	*	½	.	1	½	.	.	.	.	1	3	2444
2.	Vajda, Szidonia	m	HUN	2375	½	*	.	½	.	.	.	.	1	1	3	2409
3.	Rudolf, Anna	wg	HUN	2313	.	.	*	.	.	0	.	1	1	1	3	2402
4.	Papp, Petra		HUN	2159	0	½	.	*	1	.	1	.	.	.	2½	2443
5.	Gara, Anita	m	HUN	2353	½	.	.	0	*	1	.	1	.	.	2½	2344
6.	Medvegy, Nora	m	HUN	2344	.	.	1	.	0	*	½	1	.	.	2½	2374
7.	Lakos, Nikoletta	wg	HUN	2310	.	.	.	0	.	½	*	.	½	1	2	2214
8.	Dudas, Eszter	wf	HUN	2141	.	.	0	.	0	0	.	*	1	.	1	2118
9.	Toth, Sarolta	wf	HUN	2236	.	0	0	.	.	.	½	0	*	.	½	1962
10.	Csatari, Mariann	wm	HUN	2117	0	0	0	.	.	.	0	.	.	*	0

Round 1 (August 21, 2009)
Gara, Ticia	- Csatari, Mariann	1-0	54	B78	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Vajda, Szidonia	- Toth, Sarolta	1-0	37	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Rudolf, Anna	- Dudas, Eszter	1-0	37	B47	Sicilian Paulsen
Papp, Petra	- Gara, Anita	1-0	77	B01	Centre Counter
Lakos, Nikoletta	- Medvegy, Nora	½-½	36	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Round 2 (August 22, 2009)
Papp, Petra	- Gara, Ticia	0-1	51	B80	Sicilian Scheveningen
Gara, Anita	- Dudas, Eszter	1-0	54	C02	French Advance
Medvegy, Nora	- Rudolf, Anna	1-0	90	C04	French Tarrasch
Toth, Sarolta	- Lakos, Nikoletta	½-½	32	A14	Reti Opening
Csatari, Mariann	- Vajda, Szidonia	0-1	40	D15	Slav Defence
Round 3 (August 23, 2009)
Gara, Ticia	- Gara, Anita	½-½	14	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Vajda, Szidonia	- Papp, Petra	½-½	39	B85	Sicilian Scheveningen
Rudolf, Anna	- Toth, Sarolta	1-0	42	B46	Sicilian Paulsen
Lakos, Nikoletta	- Csatari, Mariann	1-0	31	B50	Sicilian Defence
Dudas, Eszter	- Medvegy, Nora	0-1	42	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Round 4 (August 24, 2009)
Gara, Ticia	- Vajda, Szidonia	½-½	32	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Papp, Petra	- Lakos, Nikoletta	1-0	42	B78	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Gara, Anita	- Medvegy, Nora	1-0	79	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Toth, Sarolta	- Dudas, Eszter	0-1	28	A30	English Symmetrical
Csatari, Mariann	- Rudolf, Anna	0-1	32	E14	Queens Indian

11) 24th Tetevan Open

The 24th Tetevan Open (Bulgaria) took place 15th-21st August 2009. Kiril Badev edged out Nanko Dobrev on tie-break after both finished on 7.5/9. My thanks to Mitko Iliev for the games.

Results http://chess-results.com/tnr24139.aspx

24th Tetevan Open (BUL), 15-21 viii 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Badev Kiril	FM	BUL	2320	7.5	42.5	54.5	6
2	Dobrev Nanko	IM	BUL	2352	7.5	41	52	7
3	Nikolov Sasho	IM	BUL	2416	7	40	52	5
4	Panbukchian Valentin	IM	BUL	2323	7	39	49.5	5
5	Kozhuharov Spas	IM	BUL	2406	6.5	44	54.5	5
6	Janev Tihomir	NM	BUL	2322	6.5	43	55.5	5
7	Galunov Todor	FM	BUL	2341	6.5	42	53.5	5
8	Andonov Bogomil	IM	BUL	2311	6.5	41.5	53	6
9	Ivelinov Hristo	NM	BUL	2168	6.5	40	51	6
10	Avramov Aleksandar		BUL	0	6.5	39.5	50.5	6
11	Bonev Todor	NM	BUL	2260	6.5	39	50.5	6
12	Ivanov Tsvetalin		BUL	2097	6.5	39	48.5	5
13	Shukin Emil	NM	BUL	2250	6.5	38	48.5	4
14	Todorov Momchil		BUL	2229	6.5	38	48	5
15	Ivanov Stojan Lubomirov		BUL	2150	6	40	51	4
16	Popov Petar	IM	BUL	2254	6	40	49.5	4
17	Savov Zheljazko		BUL	0	6	39	50	5
18	Mladenov Emil		BUL	2129	6	38.5	48	5
19	Andreev Sasho		BUL	2090	6	38	48.5	5
20	Popov Georgi	NM	BUL	2196	6	37.5	49	4
21	Janchev Petar	NM	BUL	2224	6	37	48	6
22	Nikolov Jordan	NM	BUL	2103	6	37	48	4
23	Janakiev Ivan	IM	BUL	2232	6	37	47	5
24	Todorov Ognjan	IM	BUL	2331	6	36	46	5
25	Ljangov Petar	NM	BUL	2124	6	31	38.5	4
26	Daskalov Dimitar		BUL	1936	5.5	39.5	48.5	4
27	Vachev Vladimir	FM	BUL	2144	5.5	39	49	4
28	Gochev Mladen	NM	BUL	2238	5.5	38.5	48.5	4
29	Bochev Krasimir	NM	BUL	2113	5.5	37.5	49	3
30	Stojanov Alexandar		BUL	2101	5.5	37	48	5
148 players

12) Baltic Queen Tournament

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

Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant won with 6/9 half a point clear of Ekaterina Atalik.

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.	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	g	SCO	2506	*	1	1	½	0	1	1	0	1	½	6	2562
2.	Atalik, Ekaterina	m	TUR	2434	0	*	1	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	5½	2525
3.	Paehtz, Elisabeth	m	GER	2474	0	0	*	1	1	1	½	½	½	½	5	2484
4.	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2525	½	½	0	*	1	½	0	1	½	1	5	2478
5.	Cmilyte, Viktorija	m	LTU	2470	1	0	0	0	*	½	1	1	½	1	5	2484
6.	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	wg	RUS	2388	0	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	4½	2450
7.	Zhukova, Natalia	wg	UKR	2465	0	½	½	1	0	½	*	½	½	½	4	2399
8.	Demina, Julia	wg	RUS	2378	1	0	½	0	0	½	½	*	½	½	3½	2371
9.	Turova, Irina	m	RUS	2387	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	*	½	3½	2370
10.	Peng Zhaoqin	g	NED	2418	½	½	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	*	3	2322

Round 7 (August 18, 2009)
Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	- Zhukova, Natalia	1-0	43	C19	French Winawer
Atalik, Ekaterina	- Peng Zhaoqin	½-½	43	D10	Slav Defence
Cramling, Pia	- Paehtz, Elisabeth	0-1	34	D17	Slav Defence
Cmilyte, Viktorija	- Bodnaruk, Anastasia	½-½	41	E63	King's Indian 6...Nc6
Turova, Irina	- Demina, Julia	½-½	23	D10	Slav Defence
Round 8 (August 19, 2009)
Atalik, Ekaterina	- Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	0-1	37	A56	Old Indian Defence
Paehtz, Elisabeth	- Cmilyte, Viktorija	1-0	41	B03	Alekhine's Defence
Bodnaruk, Anastasia	- Turova, Irina	1-0	62	C28	Vienna Game
Zhukova, Natalia	- Cramling, Pia	1-0	65	E16	Queens Indian
Peng Zhaoqin	- Demina, Julia	½-½	55	D10	Slav Defence
Round 9 (August 20, 2009)
Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	- Peng Zhaoqin	½-½	8	C11	French Defence
Cramling, Pia	- Atalik, Ekaterina	½-½	19	E12	Queens Indian Petrosian
Cmilyte, Viktorija	- Zhukova, Natalia	1-0	71	E59	Nimzo Indian
Demina, Julia	- Bodnaruk, Anastasia	½-½	36	E63	King's Indian 6...Nc6
Turova, Irina	- Paehtz, Elisabeth	½-½	23	A41	Modern Defence

13) 16th Vienna International Open

16th Vienna International Open Chess Championship took place 15th-23rd August 2009. Sergei Tiviakov is the top seed but he finished a point off first place. The surprise winner was Samy Shoker who finished with 8/9 which included a 7/7 start before two draws in the final rounds.

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 Final Round 9 Standings:
Rg.	Name	Ti	FED	EloI	Pkt.	Wtg1
1	Shoker Samy	IM	EGY	2448	8	54.5
2	Arutinian David	GM	GEO	2526	7.5	54
3	Guliyev Namig	GM	AZE	2555	7.5	51
4	Kovalev Andrei	GM	BLR	2533	7	57
5	Timoscenko Gennadij	GM	SVK	2482	7	56.5
6	Abel Dennes		GER	2328	7	53.5
7	Moradiabadi Elshan DI	GM	IRI	2542	7	52.5
8	Tiviakov Sergei	GM	NED	2674	7	52.5
9	Burg Twan	FM	NED	2422	7	52
10	Shengelia David	GM	AUT	2586	7	51.5
11	Stanec Nikolaus	GM	AUT	2532	7	51.5
12	Hoffmann Paul	FM	GER	2333	7	51
13	Cvitan Ognjen	GM	CRO	2521	7	50.5
14	Neumeier Klaus Mag.	FM	AUT	2344	7	47.5
15	Karner Christoph	FM	AUT	2373	7	47
16	Kuba Günter BA	IM	AUT	2392	7	45
17	Renner Christoph	IM	GER	2431	6.5	54.5
18	Eisenbeiser Amadeus	IM	GER	2390	6.5	54
19	Miltner Arndt	FM	GER	2355	6.5	51.5
20	Chabanon Jean-Luc	GM	FRA	2439	6.5	51
21	Bawart Markus	FM	AUT	2385	6.5	51
22	Lipka Juraj	IM	SVK	2419	6.5	49.5
23	Thiede Lars	IM	GER	2452	6.5	48.5
24	Opl Klaus Dr.	FM	AUT	2350	6.5	48.5
25	Poley Vladimir	IM	BLR	2312	6.5	48
26	Demuth Adrien	FM	FRA	2339	6.5	46.5
27	Marzano Carlo	NM	ITA	2163	6.5	46
28	Midoux Sebastien		FRA	2331	6.5	46
29	Mack Wolfgang		GER	2223	6.5	46
30	Kuziola Mateusz	FM	POL	2327	6.5	46
31	Waldmann Hans-Joachim		GER	2324	6.5	46
32	Schloetzer Waldemar		GER	2256	6.5	44.5
33	Vitouch Anatol		AUT	2282	6.5	44
34	Lammers Markus		GER	2297	6.5	43
35	Ootes Lars		NED	2261	6	55.5
36	Saric Ante	GM	CRO	2486	6	55
375 players

14) 22nd Panevezys Chess Festival

22nd Panevezys Chess Festival took place in the city of Panevezys in Lithuania 17th-23rd August 2009. There were two Fide rated Open (Open A and Open B) and a Blitz tournament. Virginijus Grabliauskas won the main Open A event with 8/9.

Official site: http://www.chesslyga.lt/

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr23524.aspx?lan=1

22nd Panevezys Chess Festival Open A (LTU), 17-23 viii 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name		FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Grabliauskas Virginijus	IM	LTU	2409	8	45.5	50	7
2	Daulyte Deimante	WIM	LTU	2268	7	45.5	50	7
3	Kantans Toms		LAT	2209	6.5	46.5	51	5
4	Malinin Yuri	IM	RUS	2319	6	47	50.5	5
5	Labuckas Aidas	IM	LTU	2322	6	44.5	46.5	4
6	Rogule Laura	WGM	LAT	2255	6	42.5	46	4
7	Latinis Marius		LTU	1967	5.5	43.5	45.5	5
8	Vanagas Tadas		LTU	1860	5.5	39.5	43	4
9	Milasevicius Jonas		LTU	1996	5.5	39.5	41.5	3
10	Vaitonis Vytautas		LTU	2032	5.5	38.5	41	4
11	Viskelis Steponas		LTU	2039	5.5	37	40	2
12	Petraitis Gintautas		LTU	2028	5.5	37	39	4
13	Narmontas Raimondas		LTU	2158	5	47	51.5	4
14	Apanaviciute Kristina		LTU	1986	5	41	44.5	4
15	Kuvsinov Anatolij		LTU	1984	5	38	41	4
16	Bieliauskas Marius		LTU	2144	5	35	38.5	3
17	Dainauskas Juozas		LTU	1938	4.5	44	46	3
18	Jakovlev Juri		EST	2113	4.5	41.5	45	3
19	Plunge Gintautas		LTU	2130	4.5	41	43	3
20	Tsiganova Monika	WIM	EST	2190	4.5	40.5	44	4
42 players

15) Uxbridge International Open

The Uxbridge Masters, Challengers & Get Me Rated tournaments took place 12th - 16th August 2009. Igor Rausis won the A-tournament with 7.5/9.

Peter Poobalasingam and Venkat Tiruchirapalli both achieved IM norms. They also gained enough rating points for both to claim the FM title.

In addition, 15 unrated players gained a full FIDE rating by playing just this event. The next event will be held 17-21 February 2010 at the same venue.

Official site: http://www.e2e4.org.uk/international/2009/Uxbridge/home.htm

A2Bmedialth.com Int Gp A Uxbridge (ENG), 12-16 viii 2009												cat. II (2293)
Rank	Name	Ti	Fed.	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Score	TPR	W-We
1	Rausis, Igor	GM	CZE	2512	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	7.5	2548	0.44
2	Panchanathan, Magesh Chand	GM	IND	2493	1	1	½	½	0	1	1	1	1	7	2493	0.12
3	Tiruchirapalli, Venkataram		IND	2267	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	6.5	2462	2.32
4	Kilpatrick, Callum		ENG	2226	½	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	5.5	2381	1.84
5	Adair, James		ENG	2124	0	0	½	1	1	1	½	0	0	4	2263	1.53
6	Tozer, Richard J D	IM	ENG	2296	½	1	½	0	0	0	½	1	0	3.5	2213	-1.06
7	Savage, Ben D M	FM	ENG	2324	1	½	½	0	0	0	½	½	0	3	2165	-1.92
8	White, Michael J R	FM	ENG	2259	½	½	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2172	-1.09
9	Ocantos, Manuel		LUX	2146	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	2183	0.29
10	Lyell, Mark	FM	ENG	2288	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	0	1	2	2074	-2.47

A2Bmedialth.com Int Gp B Uxbridge (ENG), 12-16 viii 2009
Rank	Name	Ti	Fed.	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Score
1	Arun Prasad, S.	GM	IND	2556	x	½	1	½	½	1	1			1	1	1	7.5
2	Lalic, Bogdan	GM	CRO	2517	½	x	½	½	½	1	1	+		1	1		7
3	Doncea, Vladimir	IM	ROU	2460	0	½	x	1	½	1	1	+	+	1			7
4	Poobalasingam, Peter S		ENG	2224	½	½	0	x	1	½	1	1		1	1		6.5
5	McNab, Colin A	GM	SCO	2474	½	½	½	0	x	½	1	1		1	1		6
6	Khandelwal, Ankush		ENG	2160	0	0	0	½	½	x	1	1	1	1			5
7	Briscoe, Chris		ENG	2268	0	0	0	0	0	0	x	1		1	½		2.5
8	Chevannes, Sabrina L	WFM	ENG	2073		-	-	0	0	0	0	x	-	1			1
9	Owen, Dennis		ENG	2065			-			0		-	x	½			0.5
10	Tserendorj, Sainbayar		MGL	2032	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	x			0.5
11	Andreev, Peter		ENG	1901	0	0		0	0		½				x		0.5
12	Storey, Charles H	FM	ENG	2279	0											x	0

A2Bmedialth.com Int Gp C Uxbridge (ENG), 12-16 viii 2009
Rank	Name	Ti	Fed.	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Score
1	Gormally, Daniel W	GM	ENG	2490	x		0		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8
2	Arkell, Keith C	GM	ENG	2521		x	1		1	1	½	½	½	1	1	½	7
3	Byron, Alan M		ENG	2173	1	0	x	½	1	1	½		1	½	½		6
4	Rudd, Jack	IM	ENG	2326			½	x	0	0	½	1	0	1	1	1	5
5	Eden, Tomer		ISR	2157	0	0	0	1	x	½	½	1	1			1	5
6	McKenna, Jason P		ENG	2146	0	0	0	1	½	x		½		1	½	1	4.5
7	Ackley, Peter J E		ENG	2084	0	½	½	½	½		x	1		½	½	0	4
8	Jackson, James P		ENG	2045	0	½		0	0	½	0	x	½	1	1		3.5
9	Brown, Thomas		WLS	2033	0	½	0	1	0			½	x	0	½	1	3.5
10	Bailey, Kevin J		ENG	2082	0	0	½	0		0	½	0	1	x		1	3
11	Josse, Mark		ENG	2045	0	0	½	0		½	½	0	½		x	1	3
12	White, David J		ENG	2051	0	½		0	0	0	1		0	0	0	x	1.5

16) Yoel Geva’s Young Talents GM

The first Yoel Geva’s Young Talents GM tournament took place in Tel Aviv on 9th -18th August. GM Sergey Erenburg won the event with 7.5/9. IM Anatoly Bykhovsky has achieved his last GM-norm with 6.5/9. News: Mark Berkovich.

Yoel Geva YTGM Tel Aviv (ISR), 9-18 viii 2009												cat. VIII (2440)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Erenburg, Sergey	g	ISR	2564	*	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	7½	2699
2.	Bykhovsky, Anatoly	m	ISR	2487	½	*	½	1	1	1	½	½	1	½	6½	2601
3.	Lerner, Konstantin Z	g	UKR	2549	0	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	5½	2508
4.	Bykhovsky, Avigdor	g	RUS	2396	½	0	½	*	1	1	0	½	½	½	4½	2445
5.	Nabaty, Tamir		ISR	2504	½	0	½	0	*	1	½	1	½	0	4	2390
6.	Jirka, Jiri	m	CZE	2440	0	0	½	0	0	*	½	1	1	1	4	2397
7.	Popilski, Gil		ISR	2392	0	½	0	1	½	½	*	½	0	½	3½	2365
8.	Nedobora, Mikhail	m	UKR	2391	0	½	0	½	0	0	½	*	1	1	3½	2365
9.	Baron, Tal		ISR	2410	0	0	½	½	½	0	1	0	*	1	3½	2363
10.	Raznikov, Danny		ISR	2270	0	½	0	½	1	0	½	0	0	*	2½	2293

17) 2nd Viktor Kart Jubilee Tournament

2nd Viktor Kart 80th Jubilee Tournament took place in Lviv,Ukraine 4th-12th August 2009 This IM event was won by Alexey Diulger. News: GM Mikhail Kozakov

80th Jubilee Viktor Kart Lviv (UKR), 4-12 viii 2009													cat. II (2276)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Diulger, Alexey	m	MDA	2359	*	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	8½	2479
2.	Bernadskiy, Vitaliy	f	UKR	2330	½	*	½	0	½	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	8	2445
3.	Grekh, Andrey	m	UKR	2353	½	½	*	½	1	0	½	0	1	½	1	1	6½	2333
4.	Itkis, Boris	m	ROU	2437	½	1	½	*	0	0	½	1	½	½	½	1	6	2297
5.	Vetoshko, Volodymyr		UKR	2166	0	½	0	1	*	1	1	½	½	½	½	½	6	2321
6.	Chulivska, Vita	wm	UKR	2304	0	0	1	1	0	*	1	0	0	1	1	1	6	2309
7.	Nester, Ihor	m	UKR	2390	½	0	½	½	0	0	*	1	½	1	1	1	6	2301
8.	Massoni, Michael		FRA	2291	0	0	1	0	½	1	0	*	½	½	1	1	5½	2274
9.	Soloviova, Liza	wm	UKR	2259	½	0	0	½	½	1	½	½	*	0	0	1	4½	2212
10.	Bulmaga, Irina	wm	MDA	2277	0	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	1	*	½	½	4½	2210
11.	Stips, Felix		ITA	2240	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	1	½	*	½	3	2104
12.	Fridman, Ron		UKR	1903	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	½	*	1½	2000

18) 1st DOCA FIDE Invitational

The 1st Dean of Chess Academy/TransNet FIDE Invitational began after the New Jersey Futurity on July 11th at the Dean of Chess Academy. The idea was to give several types of players a FIDE rating who may not otherwise get the opportunity to achieve one. Academy members, long-time experts and up-and-coming nationally ranked scholastic players are the three groups meant to have this opportunity. The event is sponsored by TransNet, a local computer company and additional generous funding was provided by Mike Somers.

The event is a ten player round robin which gives the players the feel of a top-level international event. If successful, Dean plans on running more such events and eventually FIDE open events where players will have the opportunity to achieve IM norms.

News: Aaron Kiedes

1st DOCA FIDE Inv Branchburg USA (USA), 11-19 viii 2009
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Ippolito, Dean	m	USA	2455	*	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7½	2315
2.	Grasso, David		USA	2131	1	*	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	2298
3.	Swaminathan, Rahul K		USA	2060	½	1	*	0	½	½	½	½	1	1	5½	2166
4.	Feuerstein, Arthur		USA	2106	0	1	1	*	0	½	½	0	½	1	4½	2081
5.	Wu, Christopher		USA	----	0	0	½	1	*	½	1	½	0	1	4½	2093
6.	Ferrero, Steve		USA	----	0	0	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	1	4½	2093
7.	West, Jonathan		USA	1970	0	0	½	½	0	½	*	1	1	1	4½	2096
8.	Chen, Kevin Emmanuel		USA	----	0	0	½	1	½	0	0	*	½	1	3½	2013
9.	Somers, Michael E		USA	----	0	0	0	½	1	½	0	½	*	½	3	1968
10.	Hall, Timothy		USA	2118	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	*	½	1636

19) 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. A very nice game selection is now available, my thanks to Jakub Fuksik.

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

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

Games: http://www.a64.cz/tournaments/olomouc2009/partie_en.php

GMA Olomouc (CZE), 5-13 viii 2009												cat. IX (2454)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Maslak, Konstantin	g	RUS	2545	*	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	6½	2610
2.	Grandelius, Nils	m	SWE	2515	0	*	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	6½	2613
3.	Mirumian, Vigen	g	CZE	2506	½	½	*	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	6	2573
4.	Ivanov, Mikhail M	g	RUS	2469	½	0	½	*	1	½	½	½	½	1	5	2495
5.	Simacek, Pavel	m	CZE	2476	½	½	0	0	*	1	½	1	1	½	5	2494
6.	Arslanov, Shamil		RUS	2376	½	0	½	½	0	*	1	½	½	1	4½	2463
7.	Dubov, Daniil	f	RUS	2421	½	½	0	½	½	0	*	½	1	0	3½	2378
8.	Luch, Michal	m	POL	2415	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	3	2333
9.	Krejci, Jan	m	CZE	2453	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	½	*	1	3	2329
10.	Malinovsky, Karel	f	CZE	2367	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	½	0	*	2	2244

GMB Olomouc (CZE), 5-13 viii 2009												cat. VIII (2449)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Arutinian, David	g	GEO	2526	*	½	0	1	½	1	½	1	½	1	6	2565
2.	Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V	g	RUS	2541	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	6	2563
3.	Gavrilov, Alexei1	m	RUS	2480	1	½	*	0	½	½	½	½	1	1	5½	2525
4.	Vokac, Marek	g	CZE	2466	0	½	1	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	5½	2527
5.	Kanovsky, David	m	CZE	2483	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	4½	2445
6.	Plat, Vojtech	m	CZE	2406	0	0	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	1	4½	2453
7.	Semcesen, Daniel	f	SWE	2418	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	0	0	1	4	2409
8.	Biolek, Richard jr	m	CZE	2361	0	½	½	½	½	0	1	*	0	1	4	2415
9.	Erdogdu, Mert	m	TUR	2463	½	0	0	0	½	½	1	1	*	0	3½	2367
10.	Kashlinskaya, Alina	wg	RUS	2346	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	1	*	1½	2187

IMA Olomouc (CZE), 5-13 viii 2009												cat. II (2298)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Johansson, Jan	m	SWE	2437	*	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	1	6½	2448
2.	Lahiri, Atanu	m	IND	2361	½	*	0	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	6	2416
3.	Bejtovic, Jasmin	f	BIH	2307	½	1	*	0	0	1	½	½	1	1	5½	2377
4.	Vrana, Jan		CZE	2236	0	½	1	*	0	1	½	1	½	1	5½	2385
5.	Chetverik, Maxim	m	RUS	2354	0	½	1	1	*	½	0	1	½	0	4½	2291
6.	Oparin, Grigoriy	f	RUS	2350	½	½	0	0	½	*	½	½	½	1	4	2249
7.	Tuma, Jiri		CZE	2288	½	0	½	½	1	½	*	½	0	0	3½	2219
8.	Masse, Hugues		CAN	2220	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	*	1	½	3½	2226
9.	Chlost, Marlena	wf	POL	2148	0	0	0	½	½	½	1	0	*	½	3	2189
10.	Bracker, Frank		GER	2280	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	½	½	*	3	2175

IMB Olomouc (CZE), 5-13 viii 2009												cat. II (2276)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Pacher, Milan	f	SVK	2358	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	½	7	2487
2.	Langrock, Hannes	m	GER	2383	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	½	6	2389
3.	Klima, Lukas	m	CZE	2420	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	6	2385
4.	Bures, Jaroslav		CZE	2259	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	½	5	2321
5.	Ganaus, Hannes	m	AUT	2279	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	4½	2275
6.	Antipov, Mikhail Al		RUS	2191	0	0	0	½	½	*	1	½	1	½	4	2242
7.	Kochetkova, Julia	wg	RUS	2310	0	0	½	0	½	0	*	1	1	1	4	2229
8.	Blazkova, Petra	wm	CZE	2182	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	*	0	1	3	2161
9.	Sonter, Matthew		AUS	2158	0	½	0	0	½	0	0	1	*	1	3	2164
10.	Porat, Maya		ISR	2221	½	½	0	½	½	½	0	0	0	*	2½	2116

IMC Olomouc (CZE), 5-13 viii 2009												cat. II (2299)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Ageichenko, Genadi A		RUS	2375	*	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	7	2510
2.	Tibensky, Robert	m	SVK	2418	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	6½	2451
3.	Kireev, Aleksei	m	RUS	2389	½	½	*	½	0	½	1	½	1	1	5½	2368
4.	Bronowicki, Mateusz	f	POL	2370	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	½	1	5½	2371
5.	Havlikova, Kristyna	wf	CZE	2161	½	½	1	½	*	0	0	0	1	½	4	2271
6.	Bente, Bjoern		GER	2252	0	0	½	½	1	*	½	1	0	½	4	2261
7.	Simek, Petr2		CZE	2301	½	½	0	0	1	½	*	½	0	½	3½	2218
8.	Gasik, Anna	wf	POL	2216	0	0	½	0	1	0	½	*	1	½	3½	2228
9.	Sluka, Radek		CZE	2291	0	0	0	½	0	1	1	0	*	1	3½	2219
10.	Volodin, Viktor	m	RUS	2216	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	*	2	2088

Open Olomouc (CZE), 5-13 viii 2009
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	ZILKA STEPAN	IM	CZE	2466	8	55	43.5	2307
2	CHERNYSHOV KONSTANTIN	GM	RUS	2555	7.5	55.5	42.5	2273
3	NGUYEN PIOTR		POL	2368	7	56	44	2267
4	STREBKOVS ANDREJS	IM	LAT	2371	7	52.5	41.5	2232
5	PTACNIKOVA LENKA	WGM	ISL	2258	7	49.5	38.5	2190
6	KASPAROV SERGEY	GM	BLR	2487	6.5	55.5	44.5	2228
7	ROJICEK VOJTECH	FM	CZE	2405	6.5	54.5	43	2243
8	POZIN SERGEY	IM	RUS	2421	6.5	53.5	41	2266
9	TER-KARAPETIAN ALEX		GEO	2191	6.5	50	40	2232
10	TIKKANEN HANS	IM	SWE	2434	6.5	50	39	2148
11	DUKACZEWSKI PIOTR	IM	POL	2282	6.5	48	37	2063
12	IANOV VIKTOR	IM	UKR	2364	6.5	45.5	35.5	2113
13	PLISCHKI SEBASTIAN	IM	GER	2368	6.5	45.5	35.5	2098
14	NEUMEIER LARS		GER	2277	6.5	45	35	2125
15	WEBER MARTIN		GER	2111	6.5	45	34	2048
16	JASNY STANISLAV	IM	CZE	2364	6	55.5	43.5	2213
17	BIGG ANDREW	CM	ENG	2289	6	51.5	39.5	2197
18	FREYBERG DOMINIC		GER	2191	6	50	38.5	2116
19	STACHANCZYK JACEK		POL	2205	6	49	38.5	2162
20	FAERMAN IGOR		ISR	2249	6	49	38	2153
21	ILANDZIS SPYRIDON		GRE	2173	6	49	37.5	2115
22	ZWARDON VOJTECH		CZE	2231	6	47.5	37	2160
23	NEMCOVA KATERINA	WGM	CZE	2251	6	47	36.5	2159
24	MASLAK ALEXANDER		RUS	2191	6	46	36	2111
25	KUTYNEC VLADIMIR	IM	RUS	2241	6	46	34.5	2090
26	RUDOLF MICHAL	FM	POL	2383	6	45.5	35.5	2087
27	NAVRATIL-SEN. JIRI		CZE	2145	6	44.5	34.5	2037
28	CAGASIK TOMAS		CZE	2259	5.5	49.5	38.5	2109
175 players

20) XI Hostafrancs Open

The XI Open Internacional D'escacs de Sants, Hostafrancs I La Bordeta takes place 21st-30th August 2009. 10 Round Swiss. Michal Krasenkow is the top seed.

Official site: http://www.cotxeres.org/open/

XI Open Sants (ESP), 21-30 viii 2009 Leading Round 4 (of 10) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Elo	Pts.	Des 1
1	Ikonnikov Vyacheslav	GM	RUS	2556	4	5.5
	Ipatov Alexander	IM	ESP	2454	4	5.5
3	Larino Nieto David	IM	ESP	2455	4	5
4	Almeida Quintana Omar	GM	CUB	2524	4	4.5
5	Fier Alexandr	GM	BRA	2604	4	4.5
6	Mestre Bellido Hector	FM	ESP	2292	4	4
7	Bergez Luc	IM	FRA	2371	4	3.5
8	Gonzalez Garcia Jose	GM	MEX	2509	3.5	6
9	Alsina Leal Daniel	IM	ESP	2529	3.5	6
10	Douriet Duany Alexis	FM	CUB	2306	3.5	6
11	Kunin Vitaly	GM	GER	2532	3.5	5.5
12	Caspi Israel	IM	ISR	2417	3.5	5.5
13	Cuartas Jaime Alexander	GM	COL	2521	3.5	5.5
14	Cruz Cristhian	IM	PER	2525	3.5	5
15	Giffard Nicolas	IM	FRA	2357	3.5	5
16	Grigoriants Sergey	GM	RUS	2564	3.5	5
17	Pitl Gregory	IM	GER	2405	3.5	4.5
18	Vitoux Colomban	FM	FRA	2423	3.5	4.5
19	Cruz Jonathan		PER	2292	3.5	4.5
20	Strunski Andreas	FM	GER	2413	3.5	4.5
21	Tallo Dominguez Imar		ESP	2124	3.5	4.5
22	Martinez Duany Lelys Stanley	FM	CUB	2507	3.5	4
23	Narciso Dublan Marc	GM	ESP	2553	3.5	4
24	Fargere Francois	IM	FRA	2480	3.5	4
25	Lanzani Mario	IM	ITA	2361	3.5	3
26	Krasenkow Michal	GM	POL	2631	3	6
27	Matnadze Ana	IM	GEO	2413	3	5.5
28	Solodovnichenko Yuri	GM	UKR	2596	3	5.5
	Grafl Florian	IM	GER	2426	3	5.5
30	Karlsson Lars	GM	SWE	2468	3	5
	Picard Romain	FM	FRA	2401	3	5
	Fernandez Aguado Enrique	IM	ESP	2340	3	5
33	Gullaksen Eirik	IM	NOR	2396	3	5
300 players

21) 6th Kalamaria Open

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

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

6th Kalamaria Open (GRE), 22-29 viii 2009 Leading entries:
1	GM	Gelashvili Tamaz	2605	GEO
2	GM	Iotov Valentin	2603	BUL
3	GM	Nevednichy Vladislav	2570	ROU
4	GM	Arun Prasad S	2556	IND
5	IM	Muzychuk Anna	2542	SLO
6	GM	Jaracz Pawel	2539	POL
7	GM	Drazic Sinisa	2538	SRB
8	GM	Aroshidze Levan	2537	GEO
9	IM	Pavlovic Milos M	2533	SRB
10	GM	Antic Dejan	2523	SRB

22) 5th Heraklion-Gazi International Chess Tournament

The 5th Heraklion-Gazi (Greece) International Chess Tournament takes place 22nd-29th August 2009. Dejan Bojkov (2521) is the top seed.

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

Official site: http://www.gazichess.gr/en

23) 9th United Insurance & United Leasing Grandmasters

The 9th United Insurance & United Leasing Grandmasters Chess Tournament takes place 21st - 29th August in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A total 40 players including 11 GM's, 2 IM's, 11 FM's and IWFM are participating in the event. The event is a 10 round Swiss.

The table is derived from the games. No official source of standings or results is available.

9th UIL&UL GM Dhaka (BAN), 21-29 viii 2009
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1.	Reefat, Bin-Sattar	g	BAN	2486	+32	+16	+12	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3
2.	Rausis, Igor	g	CZE	2512	+24	+15	=7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2620
3.	Gagunashvili, Merab	g	GEO	2574	+21	=8	+23	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2623
4.	Mchedlishvili, Mikheil	g	GEO	2592	+27	+20	=6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2650
5.	Khusnutdinov, Rustam	g	KAZ	2506	+28	=11	+19	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2516
6.	Barua, Dibyendu	g	IND	2473	+30	+25	=4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2545
7.	Neelotpal, Das	g	IND	2474	+36	+17	=2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2541
8.	Bakre, Tejas	g	IND	2453	+22	=3	=10	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2538
9.	Ismagambetov, Anuar	g	KAZ	2531	+29	=23	=11	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2401
10.	Hossain, Enamul	g	BAN	2531	=19	+34	=8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2399
11.	Bitan, Banerjee		IND	2306	+37	=5	=9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2462
12.	Lahiri, Atanu	m	IND	2361	+38	+13	-1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2497
13.	Abdulla, Al-Rakib	g	BAN	2532	+26	-12	+27	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2427
14.	Abu Sufian, Shakil	f	BAN	2372	-17	+36	+29	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2291
15.	Praveen Kumar, C1		IND	2363	+39	-2	+28	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2393
16.	Grover, Sahaj	f	IND	2310	+33	-1	+37	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2273
17.	Hasan Md, Emam		BAN	2130	+14	-7	=18	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2387
18.	Islam, Kh. Aminul	f	BAN	2316	-25	+30	=17	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2118
19.	Hasan, Mehdi	f	BAN	2236	=10	+31	-5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2476
20.	Sareen, Vishal	m	IND	2369	+35	-4	=24	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2308
21.	Chatterjee, Debaraj		BAN	2281	-3	=22	+33	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2230
22.	Shrestha, Keshav		NEP	2134	-8	=21	+32	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2303
23.	Rahman, Md. Taibur	f	BAN	2316	+40	=9	-3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2396
24.	Mohammad, Javed	f	BAN	2204	-2	+39	=20	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2329
25.	Hamal, Manish	f	NEP	2086	+18	-6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2394
26.	Rahman, Syed Mahfuzur	f	BAN	2256	-13	.	+34	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2332
27.	Ahmed, Sk. Nasir	f	BAN	2291	-4	+35	-13	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2292
28.	Islam, Aminul Polash		BAN	2188	-5	+40	-15	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2192
29.	Vinoth Kumar, M	f	IND	2208	-9	+38	-14	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2209
30.	Ahmed, Jamal		BAN	2138	-6	-18	+40	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2165
31.	Minhazuddin, Ahmed	f	BAN	2391	=34	-19	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	1991
32.	Bhuiyan, Golam Mostafa		BAN	2177	-1	=33	-22	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	1928
33.	Ikramul, Haque Siam		BAN	1984	-16	=32	-21	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	1983
34.	Tandukar, Naveen		NEP	2133	=31	-10	-26	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2119
35.	Karma, Pandya		IND	2128	-20	-27	=36	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2001
36.	Nepali, Badrilal		NEP	2162	-7	-14	=35	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2051
37.	Sultana, Sharmin Shirin		BAN	1974	-11	.	-16	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0
38.	Shamima, Akter Liza	wf	BAN	2100	-12	-29	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0
39.	Shrestha, Bilam Lal		NEP	2106	-15	-24	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0
40.	Abdullah, Al-Saif		BAN	2083	-23	-28	-30	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0

24) XXVI Collado Villalba International Open

XXVI Collado Villalba International Open takes place 21st-29th August 2009.

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

Results and Games http://chess-results.com/tnr24329.aspx

XXVI Open A Collado Villalba (ESP), 21-29 viii 2009 Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB2
1	Gallardo Garcia Andres	IM	ESP	2414	3.5	9.5
2	Moreno Ruiz Javier	IM	ESP	2418	3.5	9.5
3	Teske Henrik	GM	GER	2536	3.5	9.5
4	Rojas Keim Luis	IM	CHI	2453	3.5	9.5
5	San Segundo Carrillo Pablo	GM	ESP	2570	3.5	9
6	Vazquez Igarza Renier	GM	ESP	2570	3.5	8.5
7	Perez Gonzalez Jose Manuel	FM	ESP	2307	3.5	8.5
8	Elissalt Cardenas Hector	IM	CUB	2317	3	9
9	Barria Zuniga Daniel	IM	CHI	2426	3	8.5
10	Hernandez Gallardo Fco Javier	FM	ESP	2352	3	8.5
11	Ramirez Garcia Jorge Alberto	CM	MEX	2203	3	8.5
12	Martinez Rodriguez Pablo	FM	ESP	2213	3	8
13	Suba Mihai	GM	ROU	2540	3	8
14	Torres Samper Rafael		ESP	2061	3	8
	Collado Barbas Laura		ESP	2055	3	8
16	Madina Yadarola Martin A		ARG	2250	3	8
17	Ubilava Elizbar	GM	ESP	2547	3	7.5
18	Solaesa Navalpotro Luis Julio	FM	ESP	2223	3	7.5
19	Pastor Alonso De Prado Emilio		ESP	2174	3	7
20	Garcia Salamero Gabriel		ESP	2034	3	6
21	Sanchez Gonzalez Sergio	FM	ESP	2305	2.5	7.5
22	Cao Armillas Jesus		ESP	2199	2.5	7.5
101 players

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). Additional material from the Tchibo Open, the B-Open of the festival where Nikolay Tolstikh took clear first place. My thanks to Spiros Ilandzis.

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

Tchibo Open B Pardubice (CZE). 24 vii-1 viii 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	TOLSTIKH NIKOLAY	IM	RUS	2374	8	2137	50.5
2	GOROVETS ANDREI	FM	BLR	2382	7.5	2203	56.5
3	PIANKOV EVGENIJ	IM	UKR	2356	7.5	2191	50.5
4	TRENNER ROLF		GER	2251	7.5	2158	51.5
5	NIKOLAEV LEONID		UKR	2299	7.5	2150	48.5
6	KUZMIN GENNADI		RUS	2258	7	2187	53.5
7	SVOBODA VACLAV		CZE	2256	7	2136	47.5
8	BROKKEN DENNIS		NED	2286	7	2127	45.5
9	SOTT PAVEL		CZE	2184	7	2125	46.5
10	LAIMINS LAURIS		LAT	2225	7	2105	47.5
11	KOCHETKOV VITALI		BLR	2252	6.5	2169	54.5
12	TITAN MATEJ		SLO	1974	6.5	2159	47
13	CIZINSKY PETR		CZE	1946	6.5	2143	44
14	MASLAK ALEXANDER		RUS	2191	6.5	2136	48
15	GOLCMAN EVGENY		RUS	2304	6.5	2129	51
16	MILLER EDUARD		GER	1918	6.5	2126	48
17	BAZAROV KONSTANTIN		RUS	2266	6.5	2122	45.5
18	LONGSON ALEXANDER		ENG	2252	6.5	2095	44.5
19	KLEMENT LUKAS		CZE	2094	6.5	2077	46
20	ALWAELI KASIB LAITH AMIER	FM	IRQ	2082	6.5	2069	47
21	SPENCE DAVID		ENG	2221	6.5	2067	45
22	BALACEK TADEAS		CZE	2098	6.5	2059	47
23	BACHSTEIN DUSTIN		GER	2058	6.5	2058	43.5
24	GUTMANS MIHAILS		LAT	2134	6.5	2016	41
25	SEMENOVA ELENA	WFM	RUS	2115	6	2199	51.5
339 players

26) 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. Games not yet available.

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

27) IX Szombathely Chess Festival

The IX Szombathely Chess Festival took place 15th-23rd August 2009. Gabor Kovacs won the 5 round open A.

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

28) 25th Open van Geraardsbergen

The IX 25th Open van Geraardsbergen (BEL) took place 12th-16th August 2009. Geert van der Stricht won with 7.5/9. I received the games just a bit too late to process for this TWIC. Will appear next week. My thanks to Herman Van de Wynkele for the news.

Official site: http://users.skynet.be/vptd/

29) 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. Jean Hebert took first place ahead of Mark Bluvshtein. Jonathan Tayar made the IM title after beating Louie Jiang for 3rd place. Games to follow.

Canadian Closed and Zonal Championship Guelph (CAN). 7-16 viii 2009 Final Round 9 Standings:
#	Name	Old	Perf	New	High	Tot
1	Hebert, Jean	2442	2676	2498	2534	7.5
2	Bluvshtein, Mark	2634	2588	2632	2634	6.5
3	Jiang, Louie	2252	2602	2324	2324	6
4	Tayar, Jonathan	2436	2522	2460	2460	6
5	Gerzhoy, Leonid	2524	2514	2526	2546	6
6	Samsonkin, Artiom	2584	2492	2574	2614	5.5
7	Hambleton, Aman	2234	2461	2284	2284	5.5
8	Panjwani, Raja	2472	2411	2466	2472	5.5
9	Sapozhnikov, Roman	2372	2481	2396	2396	5
10	Jung, Hans	2150	2463	2225	2346	5
11	Humphreys, Michael	2142	2350	2209	2226	5
12	Thavandiran, Shiyam	2464	2344	2448	2464	5
13	Divljan, Igor	2412	2285	2396	2412	5
14	Porper, Edward	2556	2283	2516	2556	5
15	Martchenko, Alexander	2300	2382	2318	2318	4.5
16	Calugar, Arthur	2288	2345	2302	2302	4.5
17	Kaminski, Victor	2334	2283	2328	2334	4.5
18	Arsenault, Nicolas	2229	2344	2254	2254	4
19	Kaminski, Thomas	2183	2301	2220	2220	4
20	Henry, Liam	2270	2279	2275	2321	4
21	MacKinnon, Keith	2244	2273	2252	2252	4
22	Haessel, Dale	2276	2259	2276	2310	4
23	Krnan, Tomas	2534	2259	2490	2534	4
24	Vincent, Trevor	2290	2245	2286	2290	4
25	Noritsyn, Nikolay	2534	2185	2480	2534	4
26	Livshits, Ron	2416	2359	2410	2536	3.5
27	Plotkin, Victor	2366	2210	2342	2366	3.5
28	Qin, Zi Yi (Joey)	2216	2212	2219	2246	3
29	Morin, Yves	2160	2164	2166	2166	3
30	Me, Kevin	2188	2172	2188	2188	2.5
31	Casareno, Erwin	2254	2021	2220	2264	2.5

30) World Chess Tour GM Moscow

The second GM round-robin tournament of "World Chess Tour" Series took place 8th-18th August 2009. The playing venue is sport/leisure center "Alexeevsky" (Prospect Mira, 120). There are 10 players, average rating is 2400. Chief Arbiter: IA Lokhov, Yuri. The winner became GM from USA (originally from Uzbekistan) Raset Ziatdinov, who is living last time in Moscow. It was quite successful event for both participating girls: 17-years young Anastasia Savina took her IM-Norm and WGM-Norm with extra point and 1.5 point. 18-years young Olga Girya took IM-Norm.

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
Nr.	Title	Name	Fed.	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts	Rank	WCT Basic	WCT Gents 1950-1969
1	GM	Ziatdinov, Raset	USA	2425		½	1	1	½	½	1	½	1	1	7	1		874
2		Savina, Anastasia	RUS	2382	½		½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	6	2	655
3	IM	Ulko, Jaroslav	RUS	2478	0	½		1	½	½	0	1	1	½	5	3-4 .	546
4	WGM	Girya, Olga	RUS	2266	0	½	0		1	1	½	½	1	½	5	3-4 .	437
5	GM	Glek, Igor	GER	2528	½	½	½	0		½	1	½	½	½	4.5	5-6 .		328
6	GM	Bagirov, Rufat	AZE	2467	½	½	½	0	½		½	1	½	½	4.5	5-6 .	218
7	FM	Aldokhin, Ivan	RUS	2342	0	0	1	½	0	½		½	1	½	4	7	218
8	IM	Vlassov, Nikolai	RUS	2471	½	0	0	½	½	0	½		0	1	3	8-10 .		218
9	FM	Meessen, Rudolf	BEL	2334	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	1		½	3	8-10 .		218
10	FM	Rozanov, Pavel B.	RUS	2308	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	½		3	8-10 .	218

31) 3rd Ramadan Chess Open

The 3rd Ramadan Chess Open takes place 23rd-31st August 2009.

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

Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr24723.aspx

3rd Ramadan Chess Open Abu Dhabi (UAE), 23-31 viii 2009 Leading Entries:
No.	Ti	Name	FED	Rtg
1	GM	Mamedov Rauf	AZE	2645
2	GM	Drozdovskij Yuri	UKR	2620
3	GM	Aleksandrov Alexi	BLR	2616
4	GM	Bocharov Dmitry	RUS	2613
5	GM	Andriasian Zaven	ARM	2585
6	GM	Filippov Anton	UZB	2583
7	GM	Al-Modiahki Mohamad	QAT	2570
8	GM	Rakhmanov Aleksandr	RUS	2559
9	GM	Amin Bassem	EGY	2551
10	GM	Ovetchkin Roman	RUS	2548
141 players

32) Lithuanian University of Agriculture CUP

Lithuanian University of Agriculture CUP August 22nd - 28th 2009. Live coverage on the official site, no game download thus far I could find. 10 Round Swiss with 14 players. Normunds Miezis is top seed.

Organisers. Kaunas Chess Federation, Lithuanian University of Agriculture (http://www.lzuu.lt), Youth chess club

Official site: "Three zeros" (http://www.0-0-0.lt).

Lithuanian University of Agriculture CUP (GRE), 22-28 viii 2009
No.		Name	FED	Rtg
1	GM	Miezis Normunds	LAT	2572
2	GM	Sulskis Sarunas	LTU	2559
3	GM	Malisauskas Vidmantas	LTU	2489
4	IM	Neiksans Arturs	LAT	2478
5	IM	Agopov Mikael	FIN	2442
6	IM	Lund Silas	DEN	2412
7	IM	Beinoras Mindaugas	LTU	2402
8	GM	Westerinen Heikki M. J.	FIN	2362
9	FM	Asauskas Henrikas	LTU	2336
10	FM	Wantiez Fabrice	BEL	2325
11	FM	Hagen Andreas Skytte	DEN	2300
12		Kalvaitis Sigitas	LTU	2272
13		Garnelis Julius	LTU	2228
14		Laurusas Tomas	LTU	2115

33) Forthcoming Events and Links

Galicia Jubilee Chess Festival 2009

To celebrate 2010 Galicia’s Jubilee Year, there is a chess festival 25th-27th September in Orense (Galicia, Spain) Four spectacular tournaments: the "Fernando Marcote Memorial" International Rapid Chess Open, the European Women’s Rapid Chess Championship, the European Open Blitz Chess Championship and the European Women’s Blitz Chess Championship, with a prize fund of 50.000€

Details: http://www.galiciachessfestival.com/

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

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/

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