The Week in Chess 782

My thanks to Sergey Sudakov, Lennarth Eriksson, George Mirijanian, Laszlo Nagy, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Jan Mazuch, Emmanuel Variniac, Mikhail Golubev and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The European Team Championship came down to an exciting finish in the final round. Russia led but could only draw against Spain. Azerbaijan took the title with a dramatic win against the Netherlands which was settled with a win for Vugar Gashimov in a drawish Rook and Pawn ending. Gashimov had more reasons to celebrate as he enters the top 10 in the world for the first time also. The big move has been Magnus Carlsen's move to number 2 in the world just a little behind Veselin Topalov. Carlsen (but not Topalov) plays in the Tal Memorial which starts this week and is the strongest tournament of the year. A result even close to that which he achieved in China will surely take Carlsen to number one in the world, especially as a sick Topalov dropped a few points more (unrated by FIDE in this list) in the European Teams. The World Junior has two rounds to go and it seems that either Maxime Vachier-Lagrave or leader on tie-break Sergei Zhigalko who have a point lead over the rest of the field. World Champion Viswanathan Anand warmed up for the Tal Memorial by beating up a severely diminished Anatoly Karpov 3.5-0.5 in a rapid match. Karpov was a great, great player but now his performances are so far off the pace that they are getting a bit embarrassing. It is unclear whether the postponement of his proposed rematch against Kasparov in Paris is that or a cancellation because of a fear that he would be badly beaten again but it is clear he would have to train hard to make it even moderately interesting.

2) 17th European Team Championship

The 17th European Team Championship took place in Novi Sad (Serbia) October 21st-31st 2009.

Azerbaijan took first place after beating the Netherlands 2.5-1.5. They overhauled Russia in the final round after they were held 2-2 by Spain. Alexander Morozevich won on board 2 but Ivan Salgado Lopez beat Evgeny Alekseev in spite of a huge rating gap to level the match. It all came to one game. With the Azerbaijan - Netherlands match tied at 1.5 each the final game saw Vugar Gashimov convert an extra pawn against Daniel Stellwagen. The R+4P to R+3P should have been held with best play, the final blunder came within sight of the draw 70...Rf4? was an error when there were plenty of opportunities to draw such as 70...Rb4 going for checks from the side. Russia did hold on to win the women's event.

17th European Teams Novi Sad (SRB), 22-30 x 2009 Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	SNo	Team	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	2	Azerbaijan	AZE	9	7	1	1	15	22,0	180,5
2	1	Russia	RUS	9	5	4	0	14	22,5	172,5
3	5	Ukraine	UKR	9	5	3	1	13	23,0	161,5
4	3	Armenia	ARM	9	6	1	2	13	21,5	179,0
5	7	Germany	GER	9	5	2	2	12	21,5	164,0
6	8	Spain	ESP	9	5	2	2	12	21,0	170,5
7	12	Poland	POL	9	5	2	2	12	20,5	169,0
8	10	Hungary	HUN	9	4	3	2	11	21,0	165,0
9	15	Netherlands	NED	9	3	5	1	11	20,5	171,5
10	17	Serbia 1	SRB 1	9	4	3	2	11	20,0	169,0
11	6	Israel	ISR	9	5	1	3	11	18,0	189,0
12	18	England	ENG	9	4	2	3	10	19,5	157,5
13	11	Georgia	GEO	9	4	2	3	10	19,0	180,5
14	14	Romania	ROU	9	4	2	3	10	19,0	167,0
15	25	Switzerland	SUI	9	4	2	3	10	18,5	178,0
16	16	Slovenia	SLO	9	4	1	4	9	21,0	142,5
17	9	France	FRA	9	3	3	3	9	19,5	172,5
18	4	Bulgaria	BUL	9	4	1	4	9	19,0	150,5
19	31	Finland	FIN	9	4	1	4	9	18,0	150,0
20	19	Greece	GRE	9	4	1	4	9	17,5	183,0
21	21	Austria	AUT	9	4	1	4	9	17,5	166,5
22	23	Denmark	DEN	9	4	1	4	9	17,0	177,5
23	13	Czech Republic	CZE	9	3	3	3	9	16,5	181,0
24	29	Norway	NOR	9	2	5	2	9	16,5	175,0
25	22	Serbia 2	SRB 2	9	4	0	5	8	19,5	148,0
26	20	Croatia	CRO	9	2	4	3	8	18,0	169,0
27	34	Belgium	BEL	9	3	2	4	8	17,0	132,0
28	27	Former Yug Rep of Macedonia	MKD	9	4	0	5	8	16,5	156,0
29	32	Bosnia & Herzegovina	BIH	9	2	3	4	7	17,5	153,5
30	30	Turkey	TUR	9	3	1	5	7	17,0	155,5
31	28	Lithuania	LTU	9	1	5	3	7	16,5	161,5
32	24	Italy	ITA	9	2	3	4	7	16,0	172,5
33	26	Montenegro	MNE	9	2	2	5	6	18,0	137,5
34	33	Iceland	ISL	9	3	0	6	6	15,5	125,5
35	35	Wales	WLS	9	2	2	5	6	11,5	149,5
36	36	Luxembourg	LUX	9	2	1	6	5	11,5	138,0
37	37	Scotland	SCO	9	0	2	7	2	10,5	139,5
38	38	Monaco	MNC	9	0	1	8	1	9,0	145,0

17th European Teams Novi Sad (SRB), 22-30 x 2009 Results:
Round 9 30th October 2009
No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	1	RUS	Russia	20½	13	2	:	2	11	19	Spain	ESP	8
2	15	NED	Netherlands	19	11	1½	:	2½	13	19½	Azerbaijan	AZE	2
3	6	ISR	Israel	17	11	1	:	3	11	20	Ukraine	UKR	5
4	25	SUI	Switzerland	17	10	1½	:	2½	11	19	Armenia	ARM	3
5	7	GER	Germany	19	10	2½	:	1½	10	17½	Romania	ROU	14
6	13	CZE	Czech Republic	15	9	1½	:	2½	10	18	Poland	POL	12
7	17	SRB 1	Serbia 1	17½	9	2½	:	1½	9	18	France	FRA	9
8	10	HUN	Hungary	18½	9	2½	:	1½	9	16	Greece	GRE	19
9	11	GEO	Georgia	17	9	2	:	2	8	14½	Norway	NOR	29
10	18	ENG	England	16	8	3½	:	½	8	16	Former Yug Rep of Macedonia	MKD	27
11	20	CRO	Croatia	16	7	2	:	2	8	15	Denmark	DEN	23
12	4	BUL	Bulgaria	16½	7	2½	:	1½	7	16	Bosnia & Herzegovina	BIH	32
13	16	SLO	Slovenia	18½	7	2½	:	1½	7	14½	Italy	ITA	24
14	31	FIN	Finland	15½	7	2½	:	1½	7	15	Lithuania	LTU	28
15	21	AUT	Austria	14½	7	3	:	1	6	17	Montenegro	MNE	26
16	35	WLS	Wales	11½	6	0	:	4	6	13	Belgium	BEL	34
17	22	SRB 2	Serbia 2	15½	6	4	:	0	2	10½	Scotland	SCO	37
18	36	LUX	Luxembourg	10½	5	1	:	3	4	12½	Iceland	ISL	33
19	30	TUR	Turkey	14	5	3	:	1	1	8	Monaco	MNC	38
Round 8 29th October 2009
No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	3	ARM	Armenia	17½	11	1½	:	2½	11	18	Russia	RUS	1
2	12	POL	Poland	17	10	1	:	3	11	16½	Azerbaijan	AZE	2
3	5	UKR	Ukraine	18	10	2	:	2	10	17	Netherlands	NED	15
4	11	GEO	Georgia	15½	9	1½	:	2½	9	14½	Israel	ISR	6
5	8	ESP	Spain	16	9	3	:	1	9	17½	Hungary	HUN	10
6	25	SUI	Switzerland	15	9	2	:	2	8	15½	Serbia 1	SRB 1	17
7	23	DEN	Denmark	14	8	1	:	3	8	16	Germany	GER	7
8	9	FRA	France	16	8	2	:	2	8	13	Czech Republic	CZE	13
9	14	ROU	Romania	15	8	2½	:	1½	7	13	Austria	AUT	21
10	19	GRE	Greece	13½	7	2½	:	1½	7	17	Slovenia	SLO	16
11	29	NOR	Norway	12½	7	2	:	2	7	14	England	ENG	18
12	28	LTU	Lithuania	13	6	2	:	2	6	14½	Bulgaria	BUL	4
13	32	BIH	Bosnia & Herzegovina	14	6	2	:	2	6	14	Croatia	CRO	20
14	27	MKD	Former Yug Rep of Macedonia	13½	6	2½	:	1½	6	14	Serbia 2	SRB 2	22
15	26	MNE	Montenegro	16	6	1	:	3	5	12½	Finland	FIN	31
16	24	ITA	Italy	12	5	2½	:	1½	5	12½	Turkey	TUR	30
17	33	ISL	Iceland	11½	4	1	:	3	4	8½	Wales	WLS	35
18	38	MNC	Monaco	6½	1	1½	:	2½	4	10½	Belgium	BEL	34
19	37	SCO	Scotland	9½	2	1	:	3	3	7½	Luxembourg	LUX	36
Round 7 28th October 2009
No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	2	AZE	Azerbaijan	15	11	1½	:	2½	9	15	Armenia	ARM	3
2	1	RUS	Russia	15½	9	2½	:	1½	9	14	Georgia	GEO	11
3	13	CZE	Czech Republic	12½	8	½	:	3½	8	14½	Ukraine	UKR	5
4	10	HUN	Hungary	15½	8	2	:	2	8	12½	Israel	ISR	6
5	12	POL	Poland	14½	8	2½	:	1½	8	14½	France	FRA	9
6	17	SRB 1	Serbia 1	14	8	1½	:	2½	8	14½	Netherlands	NED	15
7	8	ESP	Spain	13½	7	2	:	1	7	12	Greece	GRE	19
8	18	ENG	England	12½	7	1½	:	2½	7	12½	Switzerland	SUI	25
9	4	BUL	Bulgaria	13	6	1½	:	2½	6	11½	Denmark	DEN	23
10	22	SRB 2	Serbia 2	12½	6	1½	:	2½	6	12½	Romania	ROU	14
11	16	SLO	Slovenia	15	6	2	:	2	6	10½	Norway	NOR	29
12	7	GER	Germany	13	6	3	:	1	5	11	Italy	ITA	24
13	30	TUR	Turkey	11	5	1½	:	2½	5	10½	Austria	AUT	21
14	28	LTU	Lithuania	11	5	2	:	2	5	12	Bosnia & Herzegovina	BIH	32
15	34	BEL	Belgium	10	4	½	:	3½	4	10½	Croatia	CRO	20
16	27	MKD	Former Yug Rep of Macedonia	10	4	3½	:	½	4	8	Wales	WLS	35
17	36	LUX	Luxembourg	7½	3	0	:	4	4	12	Montenegro	MNE	26
18	31	FIN	Finland	9½	3	3	:	1	1	5½	Monaco	MNC	38
19	37	SCO	Scotland	8	2	1½	:	2½	2	9	Iceland	ISL	33
Round 6 27th October 2009
No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	2	AZE	Azerbaijan	13	10	2	:	2	8	13½	Russia	RUS	1
2	5	UKR	Ukraine	12½	7	2	:	2	8	12	Georgia	GEO	11
3	3	ARM	Armenia	12	7	3	:	1	7	12½	Spain	ESP	8
4	15	NED	Netherlands	12½	7	2	:	2	7	12½	France	FRA	9
5	17	SRB 1	Serbia 1	12	7	2	:	2	7	13½	Hungary	HUN	10
6	13	CZE	Czech Republic	10	6	2½	:	1½	6	11½	Bulgaria	BUL	4
7	7	GER	Germany	11½	6	1½	:	2½	6	10	Israel	ISR	6
8	23	DEN	Denmark	10½	6	1	:	3	6	11½	Poland	POL	12
9	29	NOR	Norway	8½	5	2	:	2	5	10½	Romania	ROU	14
10	21	AUT	Austria	9	5	1½	:	2½	5	10	England	ENG	18
11	19	GRE	Greece	9½	5	2½	:	1½	5	9½	Turkey	TUR	30
12	20	CRO	Croatia	9	4	1½	:	2½	5	10	Switzerland	SUI	25
13	34	BEL	Belgium	9	4	1	:	3	4	9½	Serbia 2	SRB 2	22
14	24	ITA	Italy	9	4	2	:	2	4	9	Lithuania	LTU	28
15	31	FIN	Finland	8½	3	1	:	3	4	12	Slovenia	SLO	16
16	35	WLS	Wales	6	3	2	:	2	3	10	Montenegro	MNE	26
17	32	BIH	Bosnia & Herzegovina	8	3	4	:	0	3	7½	Luxembourg	LUX	36
18	33	ISL	Iceland	7½	2	1½	:	2½	2	7½	Former Yug Rep of Macedonia	MKD	27
19	38	MNC	Monaco	3½	0	2	:	2	1	6	Scotland	SCO	37

17th European Teams Novi Sad (SRB), 22-30 x 2009 Leading performers by rating:
No.	Ti	Name	Rtg	Team	Rp	Pts.	Games	%	Bo.
1	GM	Eljanov Pavel	2717	Ukraine	2823	6,0	8	75,0	1
2	GM	Morozevich Alexander	2750	Russia	2820	4,5	6	75,0	1
3	GM	Gashimov Vugar	2740	Azerbaijan	2813	6,5	9	72,2	2
4	GM	Hammer Jon Ludvig	2585	Norway	2792	6,5	9	72,2	1
5	GM	Mamedov Rauf	2626	Azerbaijan	2783	3,0	4	75,0	4
6	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2721	Azerbaijan	2777	6,5	9	72,2	3
7	GM	Svidler Peter	2741	Russia	2777	5,0	8	62,5	1
8	GM	Petrosian Tigran L	2602	Armenia	2758	6,0	8	75,0	4
9	GM	Bacrot Etienne	2709	France	2758	5,0	8	62,5	1
10	GM	Navara David	2692	Czech Republic	2752	5,5	9	61,1	1
11	GM	Caruana Fabiano	2662	Italy	2751	5,5	8	68,8	1
12	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2678	Armenia	2747	5,5	8	68,8	2
13	GM	Almasi Zoltan	2685	Hungary	2743	4,5	7	64,3	1
14	GM	Shirov Alexei	2730	Spain	2738	5,5	9	61,1	1
15	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2688	Russia	2722	5,5	8	68,8	4
16	GM	Jobava Baadur	2696	Georgia	2721	5,0	9	55,6	1
17	GM	Fressinet Laurent	2658	France	2717	5,0	8	62,5	1
18	GM	Topalov Veselin	2813	Bulgaria	2710	2,5	4	62,5	1
19	GM	L'Ami Erwin	2606	Netherlands	2709	6,0	9	66,7	2
20	GM	Nyback Tomi	2615	Finland	2708	6,5	9	72,2	1
21	GM	Aronian Levon	2773	Armenia	2707	4,5	8	56,3	1
22	GM	Fridman Daniel	2661	Germany	2703	5,5	8	68,8	2
23	GM	Volokitin Andrei	2681	Ukraine	2696	5,0	8	62,5	1
24	GM	Miladinovic Igor	2547	Serbia 2	2692	5,0	8	62,5	1
25	GM	Gajewski Grzegorz	2572	Poland	2685	3,0	4	75,0	4
26	GM	Avrukh Boris	2668	Israel	2683	5,0	8	62,5	4
27	GM	Balogh Csaba	2620	Hungary	2681	4,5	7	64,3	2
28	GM	Illescas Cordoba Miguel	2591	Spain	2679	4,0	7	57,1	3
29	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2757	Azerbaijan	2677	4,5	9	50,0	1
30	GM	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	2664	Romania	2675	5,0	8	62,5	1

8th European Teams w Novi Sad (SRB), 22-30 x 2009 Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	SNo	Team	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	Russia	RUS	9	8	0	1	16	26,0	175,0
2	2	Georgia	GEO	9	7	2	0	16	24,0	176,5
3	3	Ukraine	UKR	9	4	4	1	12	20,0	188,0
4	20	Azerbaijan	AZE	9	4	4	1	12	20,0	183,0
5	5	Armenia	ARM	9	4	3	2	11	21,0	192,0
6	6	France	FRA	9	4	3	2	11	21,0	165,0
7	16	Czech Republic	CZE	9	4	3	2	11	19,5	184,5
8	4	Poland	POL	9	4	2	3	10	22,5	166,0
9	12	Slovenia	SLO	9	4	2	3	10	21,0	154,5
10	10	Hungary	HUN	9	4	2	3	10	20,5	166,0
11	13	Romania	ROU	9	4	2	3	10	19,0	176,0
12	7	Germany	GER	9	4	2	3	10	18,5	177,0
13	17	Israel	ISR	9	5	0	4	10	18,0	176,5
14	11	Netherlands	NED	9	4	1	4	9	21,0	141,5
15	14	Greece	GRE	9	2	5	2	9	19,0	172,0
16	15	Spain	ESP	9	3	3	3	9	16,5	174,0
17	22	England	ENG	9	3	2	4	8	19,0	131,0
18	19	Italy	ITA	9	4	0	5	8	18,5	154,0
19	18	Croatia	CRO	9	3	2	4	8	17,0	153,0
20	21	Austria	AUT	9	3	2	4	8	16,0	145,0
21	8	Bulgaria	BUL	9	4	0	5	8	14,5	174,5
22	23	Montenegro	MNE	9	2	3	4	7	16,0	139,5
23	9	Serbia	SRB	9	3	1	5	7	15,5	169,0
24	24	Bosnia & Herzegovina	BIH	9	3	0	6	6	14,0	130,5
25	28	Turkey	TUR	9	1	3	5	5	11,0	146,0
26	25	Former Yug Rep of Macedonia	MKD	9	1	2	6	4	12,0	137,5
27	27	Norway	NOR	9	0	4	5	4	12,0	136,5
28	26	Finland	FIN	9	0	3	6	3	11,0	152,0

8th European Teams w Novi Sad (SRB), 22-30 x 2009 Results:
Round 9 30th October 2009
No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	1	RUS	Russia	23½	14	2½	:	1½	11	19½	Armenia	ARM	5
2	13	ROU	Romania	17½	10	1½	:	2½	14	21½	Georgia	GEO	2
3	16	CZE	Czech Republic	17½	10	2	:	2	11	18	Ukraine	UKR	3
4	9	SRB	Serbia	14½	7	1	:	3	8	15	Israel	ISR	17
5	12	SLO	Slovenia	19½	10	1½	:	2½	10	17½	Azerbaijan	AZE	20
6	14	GRE	Greece	18	9	1	:	3	9	18	France	FRA	6
7	15	ESP	Spain	16	9	½	:	3½	8	19	Poland	POL	4
8	7	GER	Germany	16	8	2½	:	1½	8	17	Italy	ITA	19
9	8	BUL	Bulgaria	14	8	½	:	3½	8	17	Hungary	HUN	10
10	21	AUT	Austria	14	7	2	:	2	7	15	Croatia	CRO	18
11	26	FIN	Finland	10½	3	½	:	3½	7	17½	Netherlands	NED	11
12	22	ENG	England	16	6	3	:	1	5	10	Turkey	TUR	28
13	23	MNE	Montenegro	14	6	2	:	2	3	10	Norway	NOR	27
14	25	MKD	Former Yug Rep of Macedonia	11	4	1	:	3	4	11	Bosnia & Herzegovina	BIH	24
Round 8 29th October 2009
No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	1	RUS	Russia	20½	12	3	:	1	10	16½	Czech Republic	CZE	16
2	2	GEO	Georgia	18½	12	3	:	1	8	13	Bulgaria	BUL	8
3	5	ARM	Armenia	17½	10	2	:	2	10	16	Ukraine	UKR	3
4	24	BIH	Bosnia & Herzegovina	10	4	½	:	2½	5	11½	Serbia	SRB	9
5	20	AZE	Azerbaijan	15½	9	2	:	1	8	16	Greece	GRE	14
6	6	FRA	France	16	8	1½	:	1½	8	14	Spain	ESP	15
7	12	SLO	Slovenia	17	8	2½	:	1½	8	13½	Israel	ISR	17
8	11	NED	Netherlands	16	7	1	:	2	8	15	Romania	ROU	13
9	4	POL	Poland	17	7	2	:	2	7	14	Germany	GER	7
10	10	HUN	Hungary	15	7	2	:	2	6	13	Croatia	CRO	18
11	19	ITA	Italy	14	6	3	:	1	6	13	Montenegro	MNE	23
12	27	NOR	Norway	9	3	1	:	3	5	11	Austria	AUT	21
13	22	ENG	England	13	4	2½	:	½	4	10	Former Yug Rep of Macedonia	MKD	25
14	28	TUR	Turkey	8	4	2	:	2	2	8½	Finland	FIN	26
Round 7 28th October 2009
No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	20	AZE	Azerbaijan	15½	9	0	:	4	10	16½	Russia	RUS	1
2	17	ISR	Israel	12½	8	1	:	3	10	15½	Georgia	GEO	2
3	5	ARM	Armenia	14	8	3½	:	½	8	14½	Romania	ROU	13
4	9	SRB	Serbia	10	5	1½	:	2½	5	11½	Germany	GER	7
5	16	CZE	Czech Republic	14	8	2½	:	1½	8	14½	France	FRA	6
6	3	UKR	Ukraine	13½	8	2½	:	1½	7	13½	Hungary	HUN	10
7	15	ESP	Spain	12	7	2	:	2	7	15	Slovenia	SLO	12
8	14	GRE	Greece	14	7	2	:	2	6	15	Poland	POL	4
9	18	CRO	Croatia	11½	6	1½	:	2½	6	10½	Bulgaria	BUL	8
10	21	AUT	Austria	10	5	1	:	3	5	13	Netherlands	NED	11
11	19	ITA	Italy	11½	4	2½	:	1½	4	11½	England	ENG	22
12	23	MNE	Montenegro	10	4	3	:	1	4	9	Former Yug Rep of Macedonia	MKD	25
13	28	TUR	Turkey	6	3	2	:	2	2	7	Norway	NOR	27
14	26	FIN	Finland	7	2	1½	:	2½	2	7½	Bosnia & Herzegovina	BIH	24
Round 6 27th October 2009
No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	2	GEO	Georgia	13½	9	2	:	2	8	13½	Azerbaijan	AZE	20
2	1	RUS	Russia	13½	8	3	:	1	8	12½	Ukraine	UKR	3
3	6	FRA	France	12½	7	2	:	2	7	12	Armenia	ARM	5
4	11	NED	Netherlands	11	4	2	:	2	4	8	Serbia	SRB	9
5	13	ROU	Romania	12½	7	2	:	2	6	10	Spain	ESP	15
6	17	ISR	Israel	10	6	2½	:	1½	6	13½	Poland	POL	4
7	10	HUN	Hungary	11½	6	2	:	2	6	12	Greece	GRE	14
8	7	GER	Germany	10½	5	1	:	3	6	11	Czech Republic	CZE	16
9	12	SLO	Slovenia	12	5	3	:	1	4	10½	Italy	ITA	19
10	8	BUL	Bulgaria	8	4	2½	:	1½	4	8½	Montenegro	MNE	23
11	22	ENG	England	10	4	1½	:	2½	4	9	Croatia	CRO	18
12	24	BIH	Bosnia & Herzegovina	7	2	½	:	3½	3	6½	Austria	AUT	21
13	25	MKD	Former Yug Rep of Macedonia	7	3	2	:	2	2	4	Turkey	TUR	28
14	27	NOR	Norway	5	1	2	:	2	1	5	Finland	FIN	26

3) 48th World Junior Championships

The 48th World Junior Championships (27th for Girls) take place in Mar del Plata, Argentina 21st October - November 4th 2009.

There are many junior titles but this is the only one of historic importance. Borislav Ivkov was the first champion, Oscar Panno, Boris Spassky, William Lombardy, Anatoly Karpov, Alexander Beliavsky, Tony Miles, Artur Jussupow, Yasser Seirawan, Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand and Levon Aronian are by no means the only well known players to have taken the title over the years. The event is for players under-20. (List: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Junior_Chess_Championship)

World Juniors Puerto Madryn (ARG), 21 x - 4 xi 2009 Round 11 (of 13) Standings:
Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	ZHIGALKO Sergei	BLR	2646	9,0	25566	55,0	2796
2	GM	VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime	FRA	2718	9,0	25523	54,5	2797
3	GM	GRIGORYAN Avetik	ARM	2515	8,0	25066	46,0	2654
4	GM	POPOV Ivan	RUS	2582	8,0	24987	46,5	2657
5	GM	ITURRIZAGA Eduardo	VEN	2605	7,5	25639	50,0	2675
6	GM	ANDREIKIN Dmitry	RUS	2659	7,5	25456	46,5	2656
7	IM	MARGVELASHVILI Giorgi	GEO	2509	7,5	25117	46,0	2606
8	GM	RODSHTEIN Maxim	ISR	2623	7,0	25458	48,0	2628
9	GM	OLSZEWSKI Michal	POL	2544	7,0	25420	47,5	2622
10	GM	YU Yangyi	CHN	2509	7,0	25414	46,0	2609
11	IM	ROBSON Ray	USA	2527	7,0	25215	44,5	2601
12	GM	JUMABAYEV Rinat	KAZ	2548	7,0	24904	43,0	2575
13	GM	BINDRICH Falko	GER	2516	7,0	24823	45,0	2561
14	GM	DIAMANT Andre	BRA	2526	7,0	24756	43,0	2558
15	IM	LENDERMAN Alex	USA	2542	7,0	24592	44,0	2540
16	GM	LI Chao B	CHN	2617	6,5	25483	47,0	2593
17	IM	LALITH Babu M R	IND	2477	6,5	25030	41,0	2528
18	GM	LEON HOYOS Manuel	MEX	2516	6,5	24592	41,5	2483
19	IM	VOCATURO Daniele	ITA	2510	6,5	24337	41,5	2477
20	FM	BAJARANI Ulvi	AZE	2392	6,5	24280	37,5	2381
21	FM	CORI Jorge	PER	2445	6,5	24127	41,0	2440
22	GM	CHIRILA Ioan-Cristian	ROU	2504	6,5	23861	38,5	2343
23	IM	KARTHIKEYAN P	IND	2449	6,5	23519	37,0	2385
24	GM	HOWELL David W L	ENG	2624	6,0	25303	45,0	2549
25	FM	MAENHOUT Thibaut	BEL	2303	6,0	24614	36,5	2457
26		GARNELIS Julius	LTU	2228	6,0	24567	34,0	2446
27	IM	ADHIBAN Baskaran	IND	2490	6,0	24519	37,0	2458
28	FM	SCHIENDORFER Emanuel	SUI	2311	6,0	24343	35,5	2431
29	FM	YILMAZ Mustafa	TUR	2475	6,0	24225	38,5	2424
30		GUNDAVAA Bayarsaikhan	MGL	2477	6,0	24169	39,0	2421
31	IM	BRUNELLO Sabino	ITA	2533	6,0	23703	37,0	2379
32	IM	SHYAM Sundar M	IND	2403	6,0	23513	36,0	2348
33	IM	POTAPOV Pavel	RUS	2429	6,0	23141	36,0	2322
34	IM	CAN Emre	TUR	2455	6,0	22911	34,0	2301
35	FM	MEZA Hugo	ARG	2276	6,0	22607	30,5	2268
36		GALLEGO ALCARAZ Andres Felipe	COL	2404	6,0	22579	33,5	2265
37		BLIT Jacques	ARG	2350	5,5	24957	38,5	2464
38	IM	IBARRA CHAMI Luis Fernando	MEX	2393	5,5	24782	39,0	2422
39	FM	ZASLAVSKY Mikhail	ISR	2392	5,5	23622	36,5	2257
40	IM	PEREZ PONSA Federico	ARG	2422	5,5	23587	35,0	2323
41	IM	ASHWIN Jayaram	IND	2451	5,5	23415	35,5	2312
42		SALINAS HERRERA Pablo	CHI	2129	5,5	23398	31,0	2236
43	FM	VISHNU Prasanna V	IND	2342	5,5	23274	34,0	2225
44	FM	MACIAS MURILLO Bryan	ECU	2363	5,5	23173	33,5	2289
45		ONDRUS Martin	SVK	2304	5,5	22741	31,0	2176
46		CATELLI Hernan	ARG	2200	5,5	22515	27,0	2216
47	FM	KOKOL Peter	SLO	2322	5,5	22340	28,0	2214
48	FM	STELLA Andrea	ITA	2330	5,5	21330	26,5	2048
49	GM	SWIERCZ Dariusz	POL	2492	5,0	24269	37,5	2364
50	IM	TRISTAN Leonardo	ARG	2412	5,0	23869	35,0	2315
51		GRYSON Wouter	BEL	2145	5,0	23621	30,5	2271
52		CRESPO Eugenio	ARG	2019	5,0	23112	28,5	2259
53		GARCIA FUENTES Sergio Mig	GUA	2119	5,0	22761	24,5	2210
54		STAVRIANAKIS Ioannis	GRE	2273	5,0	22437	28,0	2113
55		CUBERLI Emiliano	ARG	2161	5,0	22354	27,0	2105
56	CM	ALVAREZ RAMIREZ Miguel Angel	MEX	2259	5,0	21859	25,5	2125
57	FM	LOVIK Lasse Ostebo	NOR	2320	5,0	21848	27,5	2059
58		HUGAERT Arthur	BEL	2066	5,0	21297	28,0	2118
59		BOMANS Arno	BEL	2085	4,5	23802	28,0	2217
60	FM	HOURIEZ Clement	FRA	2304	4,5	23260	30,5	2159
61		DIMURO Matias	ARG	2214	4,5	22910	29,0	2187
62		AHARON Ofir	ISR	2192	4,5	20412	26,5	2009
63		LEHTIMAKI Tero	FIN	2000	4,5	19637	21,5	1938
64		DOLE Anant	RSA	2068	4,5	17375	22,0	1842
65		GUO-YUTHOK Sherab	AUS	1966	4,5	15205	16,0	1754
66		SOARES Erikson	ANG	2255	4,5	14796	22,0	1924
67		AGUINAGA Maximiliano	ARG	2009	4,0	22071	20,0	2014
68		TAHER Rami	LBA	1946	4,0	21916	23,0	1998
69		MALDONADO Federico	ARG	2003	4,0	20976	25,0	2023
70		GOMEZ GUSTAV Pizzocaro	BRA	2176	4,0	20688	27,5	2040
71		CHAVARRIA Bily	ARG	0	4,0	19717	23,0	1943
72		OCAMPOS Ian	ARG	2047	4,0	18406	21,0	1899
73		BEN FARAHAT Ramadan	LBA	0	4,0	16775	18,0	1846
74		JOAO Mario	ANG	0	4,0	14672	19,0	1862
75		GATOR Mosab	LBA	2139	4,0	14562	20,0	1744
76		CALDERON Luciano	ARG	0	3,5	18988	17,0	1811
77		CADELAGO Cristian	ARG	0	3,5	17003	17,5	1747
78		RAMOS Vasco Miguel De Matos	POR	1915	3,0	22295	19,5	2021
79		MORALES Ramon Alejandro	ARG	1941	2,5	21920	20,0	1891
80		DECUADRO Sebastian	URU	2034	2,5	18971	11,0	1732
81		GONCALVES Marcus Vinicius M	BRA	1865	2,5	16650	14,5	1630
82		JOAO Amaral	ANG	0	1,0	8065	4,0	1161
83		SALEH A R Salem	UAE	2478	0,0	0	0,0	0
	FM	TOLOGONTEGIN Semetey	KGZ	2355	0,0	0	0,0	0

World Juniors Girls Puerto Madryn (ARG), 21 x - 4 xi 2009 Round 11 (of 13) Standings:
Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	WGM	SOUMYA Swaminathan	IND	2297	8,5	22777	49,0	2467
2	WIM	SEVERIUKHINA Zoja	RUS	2339	8,0	22594	48,0	2414
3	WIM	YILDIZ Betul Cemre	TUR	2224	8,0	22560	48,5	2403
4	WIM	CORI TELLO Deysi	PER	2361	7,5	22611	47,0	2384
5	WIM	KIRAN Manisha Mohanty	IND	2153	7,5	21948	41,5	2279
6	WIM	ZHANG Xiaowen	CHN	2391	7,0	22667	48,5	2358
7	WIM	IVAKHINOVA Inna	RUS	2249	7,0	22407	40,5	2318
8	WGM	PAULET Iozefina	ROU	2342	7,0	22368	46,5	2310
9	WFM	TJOLSEN Katrine	NOR	2178	7,0	22139	45,0	2286
10	WIM	MIKADZE Miranda	GEO	2317	6,5	22478	43,0	2274
11	WIM	PADMINI Rout	IND	2331	6,5	22469	42,0	2287
12	WIM	OZTURK Kubra	TUR	2176	6,5	21716	36,5	2210
13	WIM	UMUDOVA Nargiz	AZE	2254	6,5	21715	38,0	2218
14	WIM	LEKS Hanna	POL	2169	6,5	20783	34,0	2113
15	WIM	CONGIU Mathilde	FRA	2149	6,0	22346	36,5	2226
16	WFM	AMED Stephanie	ARG	2159	6,0	22303	40,5	2226
17	WIM	KALININA Olga	UKR	2229	6,0	22072	43,0	2152
18	WFM	HERRERA Milena	COL	2141	6,0	21667	33,5	2168
19	WGM	DAULYTE Deimante	LTU	2307	6,0	21429	35,5	2135
20	WGM	GOMES Mary Ann	IND	2396	6,0	21017	32,5	2117
21	WFM	STEIL-ANTONI Fiona	LUX	2152	5,5	22580	39,5	2248
22	WFM	HAIRAPETIAN Anna	ARM	2212	5,5	22465	41,0	2217
23	WIM	PAIKIDZE Nazi	GEO	2279	5,5	22060	38,5	2187
24		FUCHS Judith	GER	2207	5,5	21986	38,5	2173
25		HARINI Sankaran	IND	2109	5,5	21816	32,0	2154
26		ANU Bayar	MGL	1876	5,5	21553	28,5	2130
27		OLSAROVA Tereza	CZE	2150	5,5	21275	30,0	2100
28		FERNANDEZ Maria Florencia	ARG	2159	5,5	20693	33,0	2039
29		HEREDIA SERRANO Carla	ECU	2152	5,5	20072	28,5	1934
30	WIM	GREEFF Melissa	RSA	2081	5,0	21950	32,5	2110
31		GUO Emma	AUS	1920	5,0	21406	30,5	2087
32	WFM	COLOMBO Camila	URU	2129	4,5	21580	31,0	2048
33		MOTYCAKOVA Monika	SVK	2038	4,5	20980	27,0	1951
34	WIM	MENDOZA VELAZQUEZ Lorena Alejand	MEX	1973	4,5	20714	25,5	1984
35		FERREIRA Susana Carolina G	POR	1660	4,5	18725	26,5	1937
36		REGINATO Sabrina	ITA	1880	4,5	18423	25,0	1852
37		MARTINEZ Janine	BRA	1948	4,5	18049	23,5	1861
38		DE LEON Patricia	URU	1741	4,5	17612	19,5	1771
39		BUCAR Natasa	SLO	1972	4,5	17448	21,5	1755
40		FLORES Nancy	ARG	1927	4,0	18677	21,5	1839
41		MARTINEZ DE NEGRI M Agustina	ARG	1945	4,0	18142	21,5	1831
42		HATTINGH Angelique	RSA	1790	4,0	17999	16,5	1771
43		ANTON Sarah	AUS	1820	3,5	18574	22,5	1784
44		JORQUERA CABELLO Valentina	CHI	1997	3,5	17547	17,5	1682
45		HEINRICHS Vivian	BRA	0	2,5	17805	17,0	1659

4) FIDE Rating List for November

Magnus Carlsen moves into second and to within 9 points of Veselin Topalov as a result of his super win in the Pearl Spring tournament. He overtakes Viswanathan Anand who will play with Carlsen in the Tal Memorial which starts in a few days. Levon Aronian gained 13 points to move within a couple of points of Anand but he drops from 3rd to 4th due to Carlsen's rise. Vugar Gashimov enters the top 10 for the first time with a gain of 18 points. Peter Svidler re-enters the top 10 with a gain of 14 points. Radjabov and Ivanchuk drop out of the top 10 to 11th and 12th. Farrukh Amonatov, Gadir Guseinov, Dmitry Andreikin, Julio Granda Zuniga, Wesley So and Sergey Fedorchuk drop out of the top 100.

FIDE Rating List November 2009 Top 100
Rk	Se09	Name	Title	NAT	YroB	ap08	ju08	oc08	ja09	ap09	ju09	se09	Rating	Gms
1	1	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	1975	2767	2777	2791	2796	2812	2813	2813	2810	10
2	4	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	1990	2765	2775	2786	2776	2770	2772	2772	2801	10
3	2	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	1969	2803	2798	2783	2791	2783	2788	2788	2788	0
4	3	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	1982	2763	2737	2757	2750	2754	2768	2773	2786	13
5	5	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	1975	2788	2788	2772	2759	2759	2759	2772	2772	0
6	14	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	1986	2679	2717	2703	2723	2730	2740	2740	2758	11
7	9	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	1968	2723	2720	2719	2733	2733	2755	2756	2758	11
8	12	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	1976	2746	2738	2727	2723	2726	2739	2741	2754	17
9	6	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	1979	2741	2741	2747	2751	2751	2756	2762	2752	10
10	10	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	1977	2774	2788	2787	2771	2751	2751	2750	2750	0
11	7	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	1987	2751	2744	2751	2761	2756	2756	2757	2748	10
12	8	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	1969	2740	2781	2786	2779	2746	2703	2756	2739	13
13	13	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	1983	2719	2718	2719	2726	2726	2727	2741	2739	5
14	17	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	1983	2716	2728	2719	2733	2748	2733	2733	2736	13
15	11	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	1983	2711	2709	2737	2760	2753	2760	2742	2736	10
16	15	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	1987	2689	2704	2736	2739	2738	2736	2736	2734	27
17	24	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	1983	2687	2716	2720	2693	2693	2716	2717	2729	15
18	20	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	1990	2732	2727	2730	2706	2721	2717	2722	2723	12
19	21	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	1985	2752	2742	2731	2724	2725	2717	2721	2719	25
20	18	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	1972	2740	2741	2726	2745	2745	2732	2730	2719	18
21	22	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	1983	2695	2708	2719	2717	2721	2716	2719	2719	0
22	26	Movsesian, Sergei	g	SVK	1978	2695	2723	2732	2751	2747	2716	2711	2718	16
23	23	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	1990	2632	2681	2716	2696	2684	2703	2718	2718	0
24	16	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	1987	2686	2697	2704	2699	2701	2710	2735	2715	17
25	19	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	1985	2711	2708	2715	2718	2716	2714	2725	2715	7
26	36	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	1982	2684	2650	2664	2702	2688	2693	2696	2711	20
27	44	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	1987	2658	2646	2646	2664	2684	2689	2688	2708	21
28	42	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	1989	2689	2704	2736	2739	2696	2690	2690	2708	13
29	29	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	1965	2660	2655	2642	2663	2674	2684	2706	2707	16
30	39	Navara, David	g	CZE	1985	2672	2646	2633	2638	2654	2687	2692	2707	9
31	25	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	1980	2689	2689	2675	2692	2709	2707	2715	2706	26
32	31	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	1979	2681	2679	2672	2687	2695	2672	2702	2705	5
33	48	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	1976	2674	2668	2663	2680	2685	2684	2685	2704	15
34	28	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	1983	2705	2691	2705	2722	2728	2721	2709	2700	27
35	34	Akopian, Vladimir	g	ARM	1971	2673	2673	2679	2700	2696	2712	2698	2700	7
36	50	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	1971	2729	2735	2734	2712	2703	2699	2682	2698	12
37	30	Rublevsky, Sergei	g	RUS	1974	2695	2699	2702	2702	2702	2703	2703	2697	17
38	45	Nielsen, Peter Heine	g	DEN	1973	2629	2652	2662	2660	2668	2680	2687	2697	10
39	35	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	1983	2658	2665	2664	2669	2687	2684	2696	2696	0
40	27	Motylev, Alexander	g	RUS	1979	2666	2674	2672	2676	2677	2710	2710	2695	23
41	38	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	1974	2726	2723	2729	2725	2720	2717	2692	2695	16
42	53	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	1987	2617	2616	2638	2687	2688	2681	2681	2694	24
43	43	Bologan, Viktor	g	MDA	1971	2665	2686	2682	2687	2690	2689	2688	2692	24
44	52	Volokitin, Andrei	g	UKR	1986	2684	2672	2659	2671	2671	2678	2681	2691	16
45	47	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	1985	2623	2665	2678	2693	2700	2697	2685	2689	26
46	41	Miroshnichenko, Evgenij	g	UKR	1978	2642	2593	2632	2667	2680	2696	2690	2686	26
47	32	Bu, Xiangzhi	g	CHN	1985	2708	2710	2714	2702	2704	2702	2702	2682	22
48	46	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	1976	2709	2711	2711	2693	2693	2687	2687	2680	6
49	37	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	1980	2650	2632	2678	2676	2690	2682	2694	2677	17
50	67	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	ROU	1976	2684	2692	2684	2675	2675	2675	2664	2677	14
51	54	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	1983	2643	2660	2642	2678	2660	2667	2678	2676	16
52	33	Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	1975	2664	2670	2644	2659	2684	2699	2699	2672	18
53	56	Harikrishna, P.	g	IND	1986	2679	2668	2659	2673	2686	2679	2673	2672	16
54	68	Georgiev, Kiril	g	BUL	1965	2665	2671	2645	2634	2637	2645	2663	2672	13
55	62	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	1986	2695	2687	2696	2679	2678	2678	2667	2671	5
56	83	Efimenko, Zahar	g	UKR	1985	2660	2670	2680	2688	2682	2654	2654	2668	24
57	55	Sutovsky, Emil	g	ISR	1977	2630	2654	2651	2660	2660	2675	2676	2666	26
58	59	Kurnosov, Igor	g	RUS	1985	2593	2617	2606	2602	2658	2669	2669	2666	20
59	51	Najer, Evgeniy	g	RUS	1977	2627	2670	2682	2669	2669	2663	2681	2666	17
60	40	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	1983	2703	2705	2710	2709	2724	2701	2692	2665	35
61	57	Tiviakov, Sergei	g	NED	1973	2634	2645	2686	2684	2697	2674	2670	2664	34
62	63	Areshchenko, Alexander	g	UKR	1986	2650	2664	2664	2673	2657	2651	2667	2664	16
63	81	Landa, Konstantin	g	RUS	1972	2633	2615	2613	2626	2627	2655	2655	2664	16
64	74	Sasikiran, Krishnan	g	IND	1981	2679	2684	2694	2711	2682	2669	2661	2664	9
65	88	Smirin, Ilia	g	ISR	1968	2630	2637	2649	2647	2641	2650	2648	2662	16
66	69	Berkes, Ferenc	g	HUN	1985	2618	2645	2645	2651	2638	2647	2663	2661	21
67	93	Riazantsev, Alexander	g	RUS	1985	2638	2617	2656	2634	2635	2647	2646	2661	16
68	78	Roiz, Michael	g	ISR	1983	2659	2680	2677	2647	2635	2658	2658	2659	3
69	85	Krasenkow, Michal	g	POL	1963	2624	2639	2624	2620	2622	2631	2651	2656	19
70	90	Lastin, Alexander	g	RUS	1976	2622	2639	2651	2643	2650	2648	2648	2656	11
71	70	Pashikian, Arman	g	ARM	1987	2537	2564	2611	2621	2655	2650	2663	2656	11
72	71	Dreev, Alexey	g	RUS	1969	2657	2657	2670	2688	2668	2660	2662	2655	44
73	92	Baklan, Vladimir	g	UKR	1978	2647	2631	2625	2627	2618	2639	2646	2655	32
74	60	Avrukh, Boris	g	ISR	1978	2632	2656	2657	2645	2647	2641	2668	2655	7
75	--	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	g	IND	1983	2614	2631	2603	2614	2625	2637	2634	2654	25
76	95	Fier, Alexandr	g	BRA	1988	2527	2558	2581	2590	2595	2604	2644	2653	28
77	100	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	g	KAZ	1973	2617	2641	2640	2630	2626	2639	2643	2653	15
78	77	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	1981	2656	2673	2676	2666	2664	2667	2658	2653	14
79	65	Meier, Georg	g	GER	1987	2560	2556	2558	2608	2641	2658	2664	2653	10
80	49	Grachev, Boris	g	RUS	1986	2610	2640	2653	2655	2652	2669	2684	2652	23
81	72	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	1992	2620	2630	2640	2646	2649	2670	2662	2652	21
82	82	Predojevic, Borki	g	BIH	1987	2651	2634	2615	2650	2652	2644	2654	2652	17
83	86	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	1972	2676	2644	2618	2625	2622	2655	2650	2652	15
84	79	Sokolov, Ivan	g	BIH	1968	2690	2658	2650	2657	2669	2655	2657	2652	11
85	76	Milov, Vadim	g	SUI	1972	2690	2705	2681	2669	2659	2659	2659	2652	5
86	61	Timofeev, Artyom	g	RUS	1985	2664	2650	2670	2671	2677	2681	2668	2651	22
87	84	Postny, Evgeny	g	ISR	1981	2649	2661	2674	2652	2648	2647	2651	2650	26
88	--	Smeets, Jan	g	NED	1985	2578	2593	2604	2601	2626	2632	2642	2650	17
89	73	Fridman, Daniel	g	GER	1976	2640	2637	2630	2650	2646	2665	2661	2649	15
90	94	Seirawan, Yasser	g	USA	1960	2630	2634	2634	2634	2634	2646	2646	2649	1
91	--	Vescovi, Giovanni	g	BRA	1978	2617	2631	2635	2635	2631	2631	2636	2648	19
92	80	Beliavsky, Alexander G	g	SLO	1953	2641	2606	2619	2646	2640	2662	2656	2648	17
93	91	Zhigalko, Sergei	g	BLR	1989	2568	2583	2592	2587	2622	2621	2646	2646	0
94	66	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	1985	2684	2675	2669	2656	2676	2675	2664	2645	21
95	--	Savchenko, Boris	g	RUS	1986	2569	2578	2648	2654	2655	2650	2638	2644	29
96	--	Khismatullin, Denis	g	RUS	1984	2584	2613	2606	2601	2601	2604	2614	2643	16
97	--	Socko, Bartosz	g	POL	1978	2644	2627	2631	2631	2637	2656	2637	2643	15
98	89	Kobalia, Mikhail	g	RUS	1978	2627	2618	2630	2634	2645	2645	2648	2643	9
99	--	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	1985	2590	2590	2605	2613	2616	2623	2633	2642	14
100	58	Tkachiev, Vladislav	g	FRA	1973	2657	2664	2664	2657	2657	2650	2669	2642	14
101	87	Tregubov, Pavel V.	g	RUS	1971	2629	2658	2646	2647	2628	2652	2649	2642	11

5) Corsica Masters

Viswanathan Anand defeated Anatoly Karpov 3.5-0.5 in the rapid match which took place in Bastia and Ajaccio 31st October and 2nd November 2009. Karpov really does have to do, at least some, remedial work on his game if he is to play any more of these exhibitions. At the moment they're close to being a waste of time. Match of World Champs (2 players 4 Rds Match Indiv TC: 15m+3spm).

Europe-echecs is reporting that the planned match between Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov in Paris in December has been cancelled. There is some hope that it will take place in 2010.

The Open tournament in Bastia was won by Ivan Sokolov on tie-break from Vladimir Malaniuk and Hicham Hamdouchi after all scored 7.5/9.

Rapid Match Corsica
Anand, Viswanathan	-	Karpov, Anatoly	1-0	46	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Karpov, Anatoly	-	Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	41	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Anand, Viswanathan	-	Karpov, Anatoly	1-0	30	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Karpov, Anatoly	-	Anand, Viswanathan	0-1	32	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2

Rapid Match Corsica (FRA), 31 x - 2 xi 2009
Name	Ti	NAT	Rtng	1	2	3	4	Total	Perf
Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2788	1	½	1	1	3½	2955
Karpov, Anatoly	g	RUS	2619	0	½	0	0	½	2466

Corsica Masters Bastia (FRA), 25-31 x 2009 Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	Elo	Pts	Tr.	Bu.	Perf
1	SOKOLOV Ivan	g	2657	7½	46½	57½	2726
2	MALANIUK Vladimir P	g	2586	7½	46½	57½	2684
3	HAMDOUCHI Hicham	g	2590	7½	45½	56	2676
4	MASLAK Konstantin	g	2551	7	47	58	2600
5	BUJISHO Benjamin	m	2403	7	44½	55	2506
6	CASPI Israel	m	2404	7	42½	51½	2429
7	PALAC Mladen	g	2576	7	42	51½	2525
8	KARPATCHEV Aleksandr	g	2477	7	42	51½	2465
9	SHISHKIN Vadim	g	2511	6½	47	57	2538
10	GULIYEV Namig	g	2525	6½	45½	55½	2543
11	GRUENFELD Yehuda	g	2474	6½	45½	55	2511
12	KOZLOV Oleg	m	2226	6½	45	53½	2434
13	KOZAKOV Mikhail	g	2437	6½	43	53	2457
14	LEHTIVAARA Petri	f	2377	6½	43	52½	2405
15	VUILLEUMIER Alexandre	m	2332	6½	42	50½	2321
16	SHIRAZI Kamran	m	2410	6½	41½	50½	2391
17	PRIE Eric	g	2493	6½	41	50½	2435
18	BRESSAC Stephane		2153	6½	40½	48	2272
19	WANTIEZ Fabrice	f	2339	6½	39½	48½	2263
20	MULLON Jean-Baptiste	f	2368	6	45	55½	2423
21	DIMITROV Pavel	m	2376	6	45	54½	2392
22	DIMITROV Radoslav	m	2365	6	43½	53	2374
23	NJILI Kamel	f	2316	6	43	52½	2279
24	GODARD Maxence	m	2344	6	42	51	2287
25	IWANESKO Alexandre		2191	6	42	49	2270
26	LJUBISAVLJEVIC Zivojin Z	m	2291	6	41½	51	2329
27	DAVITIAN Achot		2261	6	41½	50	2256
28	GUEDON Stephane	f	2164	6	41½	49	2244
29	BATES Caspar J		2190	6	40½	49	2228
30	NIEMINEN Kari		2219	6	39	48	2140
31	COSTA Pierre-Mathieu		1958	6	39	45½	2078
32	VALGMAE Toomas		1999	6	38	47	2188
33	CRISTOFARI Antoine		2109	6	37	44½	2098
34	BEREZOVICS Alexander	f	2220	5½	43	52	2261
35	MASSONI Michael		2291	5½	42½	50½	2281
36	HOURIEZ Alain		2100	5½	41	49½	2249
37	GERONIMI Pierre-Francois		1900	5½	41	47	2078
38	HAMDOUCHI Adina-Maria	gf	2308	5½	40½	49½	2177
39	REMILLE Tristan		2216	5½	40½	48½	2214
40	LE QUANG Kim	f	2309	5½	40	48½	2208
41	HUMEAU Cyril		2171	5½	40	47½	2152
42	VLASHKI Nino		2288	5½	39½	48	2169
43	BUDISIN Stanislav		2090	5½	39	46	2141
44	DOMENECH Vianney		2018	5½	38	46	2117
45	ANGELOV Zvetomir		2136	5½	37½	46	2075
46	FOURCAND Pierre		1968	5½	37½	44½	2021
47	AUTRAN Yann		1946	5½	37	44½	2064
48	BIGONNET Jean-Michel		1889	5½	37	43½	1961
49	CLEMENT Alexandre		1809	5½	37	43½	1923
50	KOLEV Vasil		1983	5½	36	44	2002
51	BARNIER Alain		2067	5½	36	43½	2039
52	CANONNE Antoine		2027	5½	36	43½	2034
53	KUROCHKA Irina	ff	2108	5½	35½	43½	2032
54	SERRA Yvan		2091	5½	35½	43½	2022
55	OBRINGER Jean-Marc		2008	5½	35½	43	2045
56	OUPINDRIN Narayanin		2021	5½	34½	42½	1978
57	TEYCHENE Jean-Louis		1956	5½	34	41	1972
58	HAVE Didier		1947	5½	33½	41	1888
184 players

6) Chigorin Memorial

The Chigorin Memorial took place in St Petersburg 14th-25th October 2009. The Rapid tournament finished with a win for Zaven Andriasian and the Blitz was won by Pentala Harikrishna. The Open tournament was won by Sergey Volkov on tie-break from Zhou Weiqi, Andrey Rychagov, Andrei Deviatkin and Hrant Melkumyan, all finished on 7/9. Final Round 9 games now available.

The Chigorin Memorial 2009 (St Petersburg RUS) took place Wed 14th Oct 2009 - Sun 25th Oct 2009.

Open (264 players 9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1))

Rapid (159 players 11 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:15m+5spm)

Blitz (22 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:5m)

Official site: http://www.totalchess.spb.ru/

Chigorin Memorial Open St Petersburg (RUS), 16-24 x 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank	Name	Ti	Fed.	Score	Rating	TPR	W-We	BH
1	Volkov, Sergey	GM	RUS	7	2616	2761	1.65	51.5
2	Zhou, Weiqi	GM	CHN	7	2593	2704	1.28	51.5
3	Rychagov, Andrey	GM	RUS	7	2552	2734	2.14	49.5
4	Deviatkin, Andrei	GM	RUS	7	2593	2725	1.53	49
5	Melkumyan, Hrant	GM	ARM	7	2569	2673	1.26	47.5
6	Areshchenko, Alexander	GM	UKR	6.5	2667	2674	0.22	53
7	Savchenko, Boris	GM	RUS	6.5	2638	2671	0.45	52
8	Fedorov, Alexei	GM	BLR	6.5	2600	2714	1.46	51
9	Popov, Valerij	GM	RUS	6.5	2595	2663	0.91	51
10	Dreev, Alexey	GM	RUS	6.5	2659	2701	0.57	49
11	Epishin, Vladimir	GM	RUS	6.5	2590	2649	0.81	49
12	Hovhannisyan, Robert	IM	ARM	6.5	2463	2653	2.45	48.5
13	Khairullin, Ildar	GM	RUS	6.5	2604	2629	0.37	48.5
14	Lysyj, Igor	GM	RUS	6.5	2612	2648	0.5	48
15	Harikrishna, P.	GM	IND	6.5	2673	2668	0.11	48
16	Sjugirov, Sanan	GM	RUS	6.5	2585	2629	0.63	48
17	Sandipan, Chanda	GM	IND	6.5	2611	2594	-0.02	46.5
18	Iordachescu, Viorel	GM	MDA	6.5	2607	2620	0.33	44.5
19	Kurnosov, Igor	GM	RUS	6	2669	2660	-0.05	54
20	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	GM	KAZ	6	2643	2662	0.27	52
21	Klimov, Sergey	GM	RUS	6	2501	2628	1.62	50
22	Burmakin, Vladimir	GM	RUS	6	2599	2582	-0.13	50
23	Vorobiov, Evgeny E.	GM	RUS	6	2606	2590	-0.11	49
24	Makarov, Marat	GM	RUS	6	2505	2530	0.49	49
25	Kryakvin, Dmitry	GM	RUS	6	2571	2595	0.39	49
26	Chadaev, Nikolai	IM	RUS	6	2561	2605	0.62	49
27	Negi, Parimarjan	GM	IND	6	2615	2624	0.16	49
28	Levin, Evgeny A.	IM	RUS	6	2450	2600	1.88	48.5
29	Papin, Vasily	IM	RUS	6	2529	2602	1.04	48.5
30	Turov, Maxim	GM	RUS	6	2595	2570	-0.21	48.5
31	Shimanov, Aleksandr	GM	RUS	6	2508	2579	0.97	48.5
32	Amonatov, Farrukh	GM	TJK	6	2643	2583	-0.52	48
33	Vysochin, Spartak	GM	UKR	6	2550	2571	0.35	48
34	Babujian, Levon	IM	ARM	6	2474	2611	1.74	48
35	Andriasian, Zaven	GM	ARM	6	2612	2600	-0.1	48
36	Sakaev, Konstantin	GM	RUS	6	2625	2555	-0.66	47.5
37	Matlakov, Maxim	IM	RUS	6	2574	2529	-0.38	46
38	Tunik, Gennady	GM	RUS	6	2493	2573	1.1	45.5
39	Yakovich, Yuri	GM	RUS	6	2576	2557	-0.14	44.5
40	Tovmasian, Vardges		ARM	6	2228	2506	3.11	44
41	Safarli, Eltaj	GM	AZE	6	2587	2557	-0.31	44
42	Zontakh, Andrey	GM	UKR	6	2540	2531	0.05	43
43	Shomoev, Anton	GM	RUS	6	2566	2514	-0.54	42
44	Lovkov, Roman	IM	RUS	6	2435	2466	0.5	40.5
45	Zhigalko, Andrey	GM	BLR	6	2601	2475	-1.2	39.5
46	Predke, Alexandr		RUS	6	2361	2489	1.6	38.5
47	Alavkin, Arseny	IM	RUS	5.5	2428	2615	2.35	53
159 players

Chigorin Memorial Blitz St Petersburg (RUS), 25 x 2009 Final Standings:
Place	SNo.	Name	Title	Fed.	FIDE	Local	Total	Bch.	MBch.
1	2	Harikrishna. Pentala	GM	IND	2673	2673	16.5	140	116.5
2	38	Melkumyan. Hrant	GM	ARM	2569	2569	15.5	150.5	124
3	41	Chadaev. Nikolai	IM	RUS	2561	2561	15.5	147.5	123.5
4	13	Sakaev. Konstantin	GM	RUS	2625	2625	15.5	137.5	112.5
5	25	Popov. Valerij	GM	RUS	2595	2595	15	146.5	121.5
6	19	Bocharov. Dmitry	GM	RUS	2607	2607	15	146.5	120
7	33	Maletin. Pavel	GM	RUS	2576	2576	15	142	118
8	9	Aleksandrov. Aleksej	GM	BLR	2639	2639	15	141.5	116
9	24	Yudin. Sergei	IM	RUS	2599	2599	15	134.5	109.5
10	61	Levin. Evgeny A.	IM	RUS	2450	2450	15	131.5	111
11	27	Deviatkin. Andrei	GM	RUS	2593	2593	14.5	146.5	121.5
12	6	Dreev. Alexey	GM	RUS	2659	2659	14.5	146	120.5
13	7	Kobalia. Mikhail	GM	RUS	2648	2648	14.5	145	121
14	26	Turov. Maxim	GM	RUS	2595	2595	14.5	143.5	118.5
15	22	Khairullin. Ildar	GM	RUS	2604	2604	14.5	137	113.5
16	51	Simonian. Hrair	GM	ARM	2513	2513	14	138	114
17	29	Epishin. Vladimir	GM	RUS	2590	2590	14	136.5	110.5
18	39	Shomoev. Anton	GM	RUS	2566	2566	13.5	143	119.5
19	35	Matlakov. Maxim	IM	RUS	2574	2574	13.5	142.5	118
20	28	Zhou. Weiqi	GM	CHN	2593	2593	13.5	137	113
21	1	Vitiugov. Nikita	GM	RUS	2681	2681	13.5	137	112.5
22	16	Andriasian. Zaven	GM	ARM	2612	2612	13.5	135.5	110
23	40	Grigoriants. Sergey	GM	RUS	2564	2564	13.5	133	109
24	62	Ju. Wenjun	WGM	CHN	2443	2443	13.5	128.5	104.5
25	52	Shimanov. Aleksandr	GM	RUS	2508	2508	13.5	127	104
26	73	Vlasenko. Miroslav	IM	RUS	2384	2384	13	135.5	111.5
27	4	Timofeev. Artyom	GM	RUS	2668	2668	13	135.5	110.5
28	78	Fedoseev. Vladimir	FM	RUS	2352	2352	13	132	107
29	20	Iordachescu. Viorel	GM	MDA	2607	2607	13	131.5	108
30	65	Smirnov. Artem	IM	RUS	2432	2432	13	122	101.5
31	42	Ovetchkin. Roman	GM	RUS	2556	2556	13	121.5	97
32	36	Kryakvin. Dmitry	GM	RUS	2571	2571	13	121	97.5
136 players

7) Tal Memorial

The Tal Memorial takes place 4th-19th November 2009. Players: Viswanathan Anand, Levon Aronian, Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Leko, Boris Gelfand, Vassily Ivanchuk, Alexander Morozevich, Peter Svidler and Ruslan Ponomariov. The main event will be followed by the World Blitz Championship.

Official Site

Tal Mem (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:120:60:15+30spm(61))

Tal Memorial Moscow (RUS), 5-14 xi 2009				cat. XXI (2761)
Name	Ti	NAT	Elo Sept	DoB
Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2788	1969
Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2773	1982
Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2772	1990
Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2772	1975
Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2762	1979
Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2756	1968
Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2756	1969
Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2750	1977
Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2741	1976
Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2741	1983

8) US Chess League

The US Chess League got under way on August 31st 2009. Reaches week 9.

http://www.uschessleague.com/

US Chess League ICC (INT), 31 viii - 5 xii 2009
EASTERN DIVISION	W	L	Game Points	Opps Avg Rating	Opps Record
# - New Jersey	8.0	1.0	25.0/36 (69%)	2409	36.5-31.5 (54%)
@ - Boston	6.5	2.5	21.0/36 (58%)	2399	29.0-39.0 (43%)
@ - New York	5.0	4.0	20.5/36 (57%)	2405	37.0-31.0 (54%)
Baltimore	3.5	5.5	16.0/36 (44%)	2413	32.5-35.5 (48%)
Philadelphia	3.0	6.0	14.5/36 (40%)	2410	34.0-34.0 (50%)
Queens	2.5	6.5	14.0/36 (39%)	2409	32.5-35.5 (48%)
X - Carolina	2.0	7.0	12.5/36 (35%)	2415	32.0-36.0 (47%)
WESTERN DIVISION	W	L	Game Points	Opps Avg Rating	Opps Record
@ - Seattle	7.0	2.0	21.5/36 (60%)	2397	34.5-33.5 (51%)
@ - Arizona	6.0	3.0	21.5/36 (60%)	2399	39.5-28.5 (58%)
@ - San Francisco	6.0	3.0	20.5/36 (57%)	2401	35.5-34.5 (51%)
@ - Miami	5.0	4.0	19.0/36 (53%)	2403	33.0-35.0 (49%)
X - Chicago	3.5	5.5	16.5/36 (46%)	2404	33.5-34.5 (49%)
X - Dallas	3.0	6.0	15.0/36 (42%)	2412	35.5-34.5 (51%)
X - Tennessee	2.0	7.0	14.5/36 (40%)	2409	33.0-35.0 (49%)

US Chess League ICC (INT), 31 viii - 5 xii 2009
Week1: Monday, August 31st 2009
1	Queens Pioneers	vs	Boston Blitz	Boston	3-1
2	Miami Sharks	vs	Dallas Destiny	Miami	3-1
3	San Francisco Mechanics	vs	Seattle Sluggers	Tie	2-2
Week1: Wednesday, September 2nd 2009
4	New York Knights	vs	New Jersey Knockouts	New Jersey	2.5-1.5
5	Carolina Cobras	vs	Baltimore Kingfishers	Carolina	3-1
6	Philadelphia Inventors	vs	Tennessee Tempo	Tennessee	2.5-1.5
7	Arizona Scorpions	vs	Chicago Blaze	Arizona	3.5-0.5
Week2: Tuesday, September 8th 2009
1	New Jersey Knockouts	vs	Philadelphia Inventors	New Jersey	2.5-1.5
2	Queens Pioneers	vs	Baltimore Kingfishers	Tie	2-2
3	Seattle Sluggers	vs	New York Knights	Tie	2-2
Week2: Wednesday, September 9th 2009
4	Boston Blitz	vs	Carolina Cobras	Boston	3-1
5	Chicago Blaze	vs	Miami Sharks	Miami	3-1
6	San Francisco Mechanics	vs	Dallas Destiny	San Francisco	3-1
7	Tennessee Tempo	vs	Arizona Scorpions	Tie	2-2
Week3: Monday, September 14th 2009
1	Carolina Cobras	vs	New Jersey Knockouts	New Jersey	3-1
2	Queens Pioneers	vs	New York Knights	New York	3.5-0.5
3	Baltimore Kingfishers	vs	Philadelphia Inventors	Philadelphia	2.5-1.5
4	Dallas Destiny	vs	Boston Blitz	Dallas	4-0
Week3: Wednesday, September 16th 2009
5	Tennessee Tempo	vs	Chicago Blaze	Chicago	2.5-1.5
6	Miami Sharks	vs	San Francisco Mechanics	San Francisco	3-1
7	Arizona Scorpions	vs	Seattle Sluggers	Seattle	2.5-1.5
Week4: Monday, September 21st 2009
1	Miami Sharks	vs	Tennessee Tempo	Tie	2-2
2	Chicago Blaze	vs	San Francisco Mechanics	San Francisco	2.5-1.5
3	Baltimore Kingfishers	vs	Arizona Scorpions	Baltimore	2.5-1.5
Week4: Wednesday, September 23rd 2009
4	New Jersey Knockouts	vs	New York Knights	New Jersey	2.5-1.5
5	Carolina Cobras	vs	Queens Pioneers	Queens	2.5-1.5
6	Boston Blitz	vs	Philadelphia Inventors	Boston	3.5-0.5
7	Dallas Destiny	vs	Seattle Sluggers	Seattle	3-1
Week5: Monday, September 28th 2009
1	Baltimore Kingfishers	vs	Boston Blitz	Boston	2.5-1.5
2	Miami Sharks	vs	Carolina Cobras	Miami	2.5-1.5
Week5: Wednesday, September 30th 2009
3	Philadelphia Inventors	vs	Queens Pioneers	Tie	2-2
4	New Jersey Knockouts	vs	Chicago Blaze	New Jersey	2.5-1.5
5	New York Knights	vs	SF Mechanics	New York	3-1
6	Arizona Scorpions	vs	Dallas Destiny	Tie	2-2
7	Seattle Sluggers	vs	Tennessee Tempo	Seattle	2.5-1.5
Week6: Monday, October 5th 2009
1	New York Knights	vs	Baltimore Kingfishers	Tie	2-2
2	Chicago Blaze	vs	Philadelphia Inventors	Tie	2-2
3	Arizona Scorpions	vs	New Jersey Knockouts	Arizona	3-1
Week6: Wednesday, October 7th 2009
4	Carolina Cobras	vs	Boston Blitz	Boston	4-0
5	Tennessee Tempo	vs	Dallas Destiny	Dallas	2.5-1.5
6	San Francisco Mechanics	vs	Miami Sharks	Tie	2-2
7	Queens Pioneers	vs	Seattle Sluggers	Seattle	2.5-1.5
Week7: Monday, October 12th 2009
1	New York Knights	vs	Philadelphia Inventors	Tie	2-2
2	Carolina Cobras	vs	Dallas Destiny	Carolina	3-1
Week7: Wednesday, October 14th 2009
3	Boston Blitz	vs	Queens Pioneers	Boston	2.5-1.5
4	Baltimore Kingfishers	vs	NJ Knockouts	New Jersey	3.5-0.5
5	Chicago Blaze	vs	Tennessee Tempo	Chicago	2.5-1.5
6	Seattle Sluggers	vs	Miami Sharks	Seattle	2.5-1.5
7	Arizona Scorpions	vs	SF Mechanics	Arizona	2.5-1.5
Week8: Monday, October 19th 2009
1	New Jersey Knockouts	vs	Boston Blitz	New Jersey	4-0
2	Dallas Destiny	vs	Miami Sharks	Tie	2-2
3	Chicago Blaze	vs	Arizona Scorpions	Arizona	2.5-1.5
Week8: Wednesday, October 21st 2009
4	New York Knights	vs	Carolina Cobras	Tie	2-2
5	Philadelphia Inventors	vs	Baltimore Kingfishers	Tie	2-2
6	San Francisco Mechanics	vs	Queens Pioneers	San Francisco	3-1
7	Tennessee Tempo	vs	Seattle Sluggers	Seattle	3.5-0.5
Week9: Monday, October 26th 2009
1	Queens Pioneers	vs	Carolina Cobras	Tie	2-2
2	Dallas Destiny	vs	Chicago Blaze	Chicago	3,5-0.5
3	San Francisco Mechanics	vs	Tennessee Tempo	San Francisco	2.5-1.5
Week9: Wednesday, October 28th 2009
4	Philadelphia Inventors	vs	NJ Knockouts	New Jersey	3.5-0.5
5	Baltimore Kingfishers	vs	New York Knights	New York	3-1
6	Boston Blitz	vs	Miami Sharks	Tie	2-2
7	Seattle Sluggers	vs	Arizona Scorpions	Arizona	3-1
Week10: Wednesday, November 4th 2009
1	Boston Blitz	vs	New York Knights	7:00 PM ET
2	New Jersey Knockouts	vs	Queens Pioneers	7:15 PM ET
3	Philadelphia Inventors	vs	Carolina Cobras	7:30 PM ET
4	Tennessee Tempo	vs	Baltimore Kingfishers	8:00 PM ET
5	Dallas Destiny	vs	San Francisco Mechanics	8:45 PM ET
6	Seattle Sluggers	vs	Chicago Blaze	9:00 PM ET
7	Miami Sharks	vs	Arizona Scorpions	9:15 PM ET

US Chess League ICC (INT), 31 viii - 5 xii 2009
Quarterfinals: Wednesday, November 11th 2009
1	1st Place East	vs	4th Place East	1st Place East gets draw odds and chooses colors
2	2nd Place East	vs	3rd Place East	2nd Place East gets draw odds, 3rd Place East chooses colors
3	1st Place West	vs	4th Place West	1st Place West gets draw odds and chooses colors
4	2nd Place West	vs	3rd Place West	2nd Place West gets draw odds, 3rd Place West chooses colors
Semifinals: Wednesday, November 18th 2009
1	Eastern QF Winner 1	vs	Eastern QF Winner 2	Higher seed gets draw odds, color choice based on seeding
2	Western QF Winner 1	vs	Western QF Winner 2	Higher seed gets draw odds, color choice based on seeding
Championship: Saturday, December 5th 2009
1	Winner of Eastern Semifinals	vs	Winner of Western Semifinals	No draw odds, better regular season record chooses colors Tie results in playoff

9) Liberec Open

The 10th International Chess Festival Liberec Open 2009 took place 24th-31st October 2009 in Liberec (the Czech Republic).

Results: http://www.czechtour.net/liberec-open/results-and-games/ and Games

Liberec Open (CZE), 24-30 x 2009
Rk.	Name		FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	GRABLIAUSKAS VIRGINIJUS	IM	LTU	2426	7.5	52.5	41
2	KRIEBEL TADEAS		CZE	2173	7	52	41
3	HEINZEL OLAF	IM	GER	2341	7	51	39.5
4	PLISCHKI SEBASTIAN	IM	GER	2352	7	50	40.5
5	ZEBERSKI JAKUB	IM	POL	2400	6.5	54.5	43
6	GOLCMAN EVGENY		RUS	2306	6.5	50.5	39.5
7	VOROBYOV YRIJ	FM	UKR	2232	6.5	49	38
8	NATSIDIS CHRISTOPH	FM	GER	2313	6.5	45	35.5
9	GOLUCH PIOTR		POL	2149	6	52	42.5
10	BEDNAR MARCEL		CZE	2159	6	51.5	41.5
11	SZUMILAS PIOTR		POL	2109	6	50.5	40.5
12	STREBKOVS ANDREJS	IM	LAT	2376	6	49.5	38
13	ROESEMANN RAINER		GER	2270	6	48	37.5
14	KLECKER TADEAS		CZE	2147	6	47	37
15	KUCERA PETR		CZE	2156	6	46.5	37
16	LATAS BOGUSLAW		POL	2293	6	46.5	37
17	BENES PETR		CZE	2159	6	44	34.5
18	NI VIKTORIJA	WFM	LAT	2188	6	43.5	33.5
19	BARTOS JAN	FM	CZE	2249	6	43	33.5
20	MICHALEK MICHAL		SVK	2143	5.5	49	38.5
21	PRIGODINAS RUSLANAS		LTU	1723	5.5	49	37.5
22	JARES JIRI		CZE	1966	5.5	48	38
23	WOJTCZAK MACIEJ		GER	2251	5.5	46.5	36
24	KADERABEK JIRI		CZE	2205	5.5	46.5	36
25	SNOREK MILAN		CZE	2164	5.5	46.5	35.5
26	SABUK PIOTR		POL	2206	5.5	44	33
27	THIER JUERGEN		GER	2058	5.5	43.5	33
28	CERNIK LUKAS		CZE	2229	5.5	43.5	32.5
29	SISAK RICHARD		CZE	2060	5.5	40.5	30.5
30	CIESLAK LESZEK		CZE	1972	5.5	40	31
112 players

10) 24th Le Touquet Open

The 24th Le Touquet Open (France) took place 24th-30th October 2009. IM Jean-Noel RIFF won the 24th International Open of Le Touquet (France) with 7/9 and made a GM norm. 2nd : GM Jean-Marc DEGRAEVE (FRA), 3rd : GM Yuri VOVK (UKR), 4th : GM Bartlomiej HEBERLA (POL) The young FM Sahaj GROVER from India (former world champion under 10) is unbeaten 5th and he has a IM norm. 147 players : 71 in the A-Open and 76 in the B-Open. News: Emmanuel Variniac.

Official web site : http://www.opalechecs.com/accueil.php or direct link: http://www.opalechecs.com/open/open2009/classement.htm

24th GP Open A Le Touquet (FRA), 24-30 x 2009
Pl	Name	Ti	NAT	Elo	Pts	Tr.	Perf.
1	RIFF Jean-Noel	m	FRA	2501	7	43.5	2605
2	DEGRAEVE Jean-Marc	g	FRA	2573	7	43	2593
3	VOVK Yuri	g	UKR	2538	7	42	2564
4	HEBERLA Bartlomiej	g	POL	2536	7	40.5	2525
5	GROVER Sahaj	f	IND	2288	6.5	43	2485
6	IKONNIKOV Vyacheslav	g	RUS	2558	6	43	2475
7	VOVK Andrey	g	UKR	2512	6	42.5	2462
8	BURG Twan	f	NED	2449	6	40.5	2439
9	BERNARD Christophe	m	FRA	2356	6	40.5	2362
10	ROY CHOWDHURY Saptarshi	m	IND	2436	6	40	2357
11	HOUSIEAUX David	m	FRA	2432	6	39.5	2390
12	FATIANOVA Tatiana	gf	RUS	2302	6	39	2289
13	CLERY Nicolas	f	FRA	2374	5.5	43	2402
14	KIEFFER Christian		FRA	2109	5.5	40.5	2311
15	PYTEL Krzysztof	m	FRA	2380	5.5	39	2337
16	PAYEN Arnaud	m	FRA	2356	5.5	38.5	2303
17	VAN KERKHOF David		NED	2219	5.5	38.5	2286
18	SONG Julien	f	FRA	2289	5.5	38	2274
19	GIUA Frederic		FRA	2222	5.5	37.5	2230
20	MELNIKOVA Yana	gf	RUS	2288	5.5	36	2167
21	SHARMA Dinesh K.	m	IND	2335	5.5	35.5	2224
22	MANDON Fabrice		FRA	2239	5.5	35.5	2185
23	THERKILDSEN Thomas	f	FRA	2306	5.5	34	2182
24	LOISEAU Quentin		FRA	2120	5	41.5	2348
25	SOYEZ Cyril		FRA	2246	5	40.5	2289
26	MALEKI Nicolas		FRA	2179	5	38.5	2225
27	LADISIC Alex-Sacha		FRA	2067	5	38	2151
28	PLATEL Alexandre		FRA	2244	5	36.5	2154
29	VALETTE Christian		FRA	2087	5	35.5	2131
30	JOIE Sebastien		FRA	2113	5	35.5	2130
31	PROST Frederic		FRA	2141	5	34	2128
32	HAMEAU Cyril		FRA	2038	5	32	2057
33	VALENTI Richard		FRA	2135	5	31	2009
34	FLAMENT Frederic		FRA	2124	5	30.5	1968
35	BENSON Oisin P.		IRL	2040	4.5	40	2156
76 players

11) III Sitges International

The III Sitges International took place 25th October - 1st November 2009. Filemon Cruz won with 6.5/9.

Official site: http://chess-results.com/tnr26382.aspx

III It Sitges (ESP), 25 x-1 xi 2009												cat. V (2364)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Cruz, Filemon	f	PER	2404	*	1	½	0	½	1	1	1	½	1	6½	2525
2.	Karlsson, Lars	g	SWE	2483	0	*	1	1	½	0	½	1	1	1	6	2475
3.	Oms Fuentes, Lluis	f	ESP	2370	½	0	*	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	6	2487
4.	Lacasa Diaz, Jose Antonio	m	ESP	2405	1	0	0	*	1	1	½	½	½	1	5½	2438
5.	Cruz, Jonathan		PER	2292	½	½	½	0	*	1	1	1	½	½	5½	2451
6.	Fernandez Aguado, Enrique	m	ESP	2354	0	1	0	0	0	*	1	0	1	1	4	2321
7.	Beltran Rueda, Santiago	f	ESP	2427	0	½	½	½	0	0	*	½	½	1	3½	2276
8.	Ayas Fernandez, Antonio	f	ESP	2340	0	0	½	½	0	1	½	*	½	0	3	2241
9.	Gonzalez, Raul	f	ARG	2327	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	*	½	3	2242
10.	Castano, Henry Augusto		COL	2233	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	½	*	2	2158

12) 4th Universidad Central Bogota

The 4th Universidad Central Bogota takes place 29th October - 2nd November 2009. Some games available. Although the round 1 games don't seem to fully coincide with the games file.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr26802.aspx

4th Universidad Central Bogota (COL), 29 x - 2 xi 2009
Rk.	Ti	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Delgado Ramirez Neuris	CUB	2595	6.5	26.0	292.0	6
2	IM	Barrientos Sergio E	VAL	2468	6.0	32.0	292.0	5
3	IM	Castro Oscar H	BOG	2369	5.5	27.0	297.0	3
4	GM	Zapata Alonso	RIS	2536	5.5	27.0	295.5	4
5		Morales Jhon Alexander	VAL	2262	5.5	26.5	282.5	5
6	FM	Mendoza Rafael	ATL	2317	5.5	26.5	280.0	4
7	IM	Perez Garcia Rodney Oscar	CUB	2426	5.0	26.5	282.0	3
8	WGM	Marrero Lopez Yaniet	CUB	2259	5.0	24.0	266.0	3
9	FM	Zuluaga Cesar	CAL	2303	5.0	22.0	274.5	4
10		Sanabria Rangel Sergio Andres	SAN	2187	5.0	21.5	268.0	4
11	FM	Garcia Alvaro	BOG	2222	5.0	21.0	259.5	5
12		Alvarez Javier	VAL	2158	5.0	20.5	258.0	3
13		Perez Olarte Cesar Camilo	BOG	2102	5.0	20.0	268.0	4
14	GM	Perez Rodriguez Luis Manuel	CUB	2511	4.5	22.5	268.0	3
15		Narvaez Faber Alberto	CUN	2137	4.5	20.5	230.0	3
16		Ruiz Aguilar Pablo Alexander	SAN	2271	4.5	18.0	249.0	3
17		Camargo Santiago	BOG	2050	4.5	14.5	253.0	3
18	FM	Renteria Jorge Eliecer	BOG	2248	4.0	22.0	263.5	3
19		Beltran Carlos Armando	VAL	2242	4.0	20.0	241.0	3
20	IM	Gutierrez Jose Antonio	BOG	2250	4.0	19.5	260.0	3
21		Univio Sanchez German	BOG	2003	4.0	19.0	252.0	4
22	IM	Rivera Alberto	CUB	2357	4.0	19.0	248.0	3
23		Mateus Alejandro	VAL	2241	4.0	17.0	243.5	4
76 players

13) World Senior Championship

The World Senior Championship takes place in Condino a little village not far from Trento 27th October - November 7th 2009. Free day November 1st. 11 rounds.

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

20 games will be transmitted daily on internet There is already the list of players; about 15 GMs in the men group (Over 60), in the female group (Over 50) Nona Gaprindashvili will play. 11 rounds. Last round November 7th; free day November 1st

14) 76th Greater Boston Open

George Mirijanian reports: The 76th Greater Boston Open took place October 25th, 2009 at the Kennedy Senior Center in Natick, Massachusetts, USA. U.S. Chess Federation-rated senior master Denys Konstantin Shmelov, 23, of Pepperell, Massachusetts, a FIDE-rated player from Ukraine, captured first place with a score of 3.5-0.5. IM David Vigorito, 39, of Somerville, Massachusetts, national master Ilya Krasik, 29, of Newton, Massachusetts, and USCF-rated expert Daniel Rozovsky of West Hartford, Connecticut were runners-up with 3-1 tallies. The tournament was sponsored by the Massachusetts Chess Association and drew 70 players in four sections. F. Alexander Relyea of Bedford, New Hampshire, was the chief tournament director, assisted by his wife, Nita Patel, senior TD Robert Messenger of Nashua, New Hampshire, and associate national TD Ken Ballou of Framingham, Massachusetts.

15) Club Penya Escacs Cerdanyola

Club Penya Escacs Cerdanyola is organising some tournaments 24th October - 14th November 2009.

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

16) First ACP Women World Rapid Cup

The First ACP Women World Rapid Cup takes place at the Rixos hotel in Konya, Turkey from November 30th to December 4th 2009. The event will be a Round Robin rapid tournament with twelve participants including eight qualifiers from the ACP Women Series 2008-09, three Turkish Chess Federation nominees, one ACP nominee. The total prize fund will amount to USD 20,000.

The full players' list is now announced. ACP WS 2008-09 qualifiers: Kosintseva, Tatiana Kosteniuk, Alexandra Kosintseva, Nadezhda Cramling, Pia Cmilyte, Viktorija Zhukova, Natalya Javakhishvili, Lela Socko, Monica (replaces Pogonina) ACP nominiee: Klinova, Masha TCF nominies: Ozturk, Kubra Menzi, Nezihe Ezgi Yildiz, Betul Cemre

News: http://www.chess-players.org/eng/index.html

17) Forthcoming Events and Links

First Saturday November

The First Saturday GM-IM all-play-all tournaments take place Budapest, 7th-18th of November 2009. There are a couple of vacancies.

http://www.firstsaturday.hu - Mobile phone: +(36)-30-230-19-14 Office phone from 12:00 (noon) until 22:00 hour Central European Time: +(36)-1-263-28-59 E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net

Spassky - Korchnoi Match

Boris Spassky vs Viktor Korchnoi 8 game Match Elista, Russia, 17th-27th Dec, 2009. 400th Aniversary Kalmykia - Russia. Prize Fund US$ 20.000

Rilton Cup 2009-10

The XXXIX Rilton Cup takes place 27th December 2009 - 5th January 2010.

The 39th Rilton Cup has a prize fund of more than SEK 200 000 (about 22 000 euro) and will be played in three groups: Rilton Cup, Rilton Elo and Rilton Open (Rilton Open is only open for Nordic players with a rating lower than national 1800). Rilton Cup and Rilton Elo is Elo registrated and play 9 rounds FIDE-Swiss.

Send your entry with name, address, country, Elo rating and Elo ID by mail, fax or e-mail, no later than the 17th of December to: Stockholm’s Chess Federation, att.: "Rilton Cup". Pg 25 79 58-9 or Bg 822-1301.

Mobile telephones (cell phones) are not allowed in the playing hall! Playing hall: Malarsalen, Münchenbryggeriet, Torkel Knutssonsgatan 2, Stockholm, SWEDEN

Details: http://www.rilton.se - http://www.rilton.se/invitation0910.asp - http://www.rilton.se/players.asp

Lorenzo Forlani

33rd international rapid Cup "Lorenzo Forlani" takes place November 29th, 2009. in Vodnjan. For more information please contact on e-mail apacic@inet.hr

World Cup 2009

The World Cup takes place in Khanty-Mansiysk 20th November - 15th December 2009. The event is part of the next world championship cycle. 7 rounds of knockout chess produce the winner.

FIDE World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk (Khantiy Mansiysk RUS)

Fri 20th Nov 2009 - Tue 15th Dec 2009 - Official Site

World Cup (128 players 7 Rds KO Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1))

World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk (RUS), 20 xi - 15 xii 2009 128 players:
A from World Cup 2007
01	G. Kamsky	USA
02	A. Shirov	ESP
03	S. Karjakin	UKR
B) Women's World Champion 2008:
04	A. Kosteniuk	RUS
C) Junior World Champions 2007 & 2008:
05	A. Adly	EGY
06	A. Gupta	IND
D) From FIDE Rating List, 22 players, average 7/2008 & 1/2009:
07	V. Ivanchuk	UKR	2780,00
08	A. Morozevich	RUS	2779,50
09	T. Radjabov	AZE	2752,50
10	D. Jakovenko	RUS	2734,50
11	S. Mamedyarov	AZE	2733,00
12	P. Svidler	RUS	2730,50
13	A. Grischuk	RUS	2730,50
14	B. Gelfand	ISR	2726,50
15	R. Ponomariov	UKR	2722,00
16	Wang Yue	CHN	2721,50
17	V. Gashimov	AZE	2720,00
18	E. Alekseev	RUS	2713,00
19	L. Dominguez Perez	CUB	2712,50
20	Ni Hua	CHN	2707,00
21	E. Bacrot	FRA	2706,50
22	Bu Xiangzhi	CHN	2706,00
23	P. Eljanov	UKR	2704,50
24	J. Polgar	HUN	2702,00
25	S. Rublevsky	RUS	2700,50
26	K. Sasikiran	IND	2697,50
27	Wang Hao	CHN	2691,00
28	V. Malakhov	RUS	2690,50
E) 46 players from European Championships 2008 & 2009
29	S. Tiviakov	NED	2008
30	S. Movsesian	SVK	2008
31	S. Volkov	RUS	2008
32	P. Tregubov	RUS	2008
33	E. L'Ami	NED	2008
34	M. Vachier-Lagrave	FRA	2008
35	B. Grachev	RUS	2008
36	V. Baklan	UKR	2008
37	Y. Kryvoruchko	UKR	2008
38	T. Nyback	FIN	2008
39	E. Sutovsky	ISR	2008
40	V. Laznicka	CZE	2008
41	D. Pavasovic	SLO	2008
42	Z. Efimenko	UKR	2008
43	I. Papaioannou	GRE	2008
44	A. Khalifman	RUS	2008
45	E. Najer	RUS	2008
46	D. Andreikin	RUS	2008
47	G. Sargissian	ARM	2008
48	J. Gustafsson	GER	2008
49	L. Fressinet	FRA	2008
50	I. Smirin	ISR	2008
51	V. Bologan	MDA	2008
52	E. Tomashevsky	RUS	2009
53	B. Jobava	GEO	2009
54	E. Inarkiev	RUS	2009
55	I. Sokolov	NED	2009
56	A. Naiditsch	GER	2009
57	D. Navara	CZE	2009
58	M. Kobalia	RUS	2009
59	G. Guseinov	AZE	2009
60	G. Meier	GER	2009
61	F. Nijboer	NED	2009
62	S. Fedorchuk	UKR	2009
63	A. Timofeev	RUS	2009
64	S. Sjugirov	RUS	2009
65	M. Bartel	POL	2009
66	R. Mamedov	AZE	2009
67	B. Savchenko	RUS	2009
68	K. Sakaev	RUS	2009
69	N. Vitiugov	RUS	2009
70	T. L. Petrosian	ARM	2009
71	L. Nisipeanu	ROU	2009
72	C. Lupulescu	ROU	2009
73	A. Motylev	RUS	2009
74	A . Areshchenko	UKR	2009
F) 19 players from Americas
75	I. Morovic Fernandez	CHI	Zonal 2.5
76	A. Rodriguez Vila	URU	Zonal 2.5
77	R. Hess	USA	Zonal 2.1
78	A. Onischuk	USA	Zonal 2.1
79	V. Akobian	USA	Zonal 2.1
80	Y. Shulman	USA	Zonal 2.1
81	J. Friedel	USA	Zonal 2.1
82	A. Fier	BRA	Zonal 2.4
83	R. Leitao	BRA	Zonal 2.4
84	L. Bruzon	CUB	Zonal 2.3
85	E. Iturrizaga	VEN	Zonal 2.3
86	J. Hebert	CAN	Zonal 2.2
87	J. Ehlvest	USA	Continental 2008
88	A. Shabalov	USA	Continental 2009
89	F. Corrales Jimenez	CUB	Continental 2009
90	J. Granda Zuniga	PER	Continental 2009
91	G. Milos	BRA	Continental 2009
92	D. Flores	ARG	Continental 2009
93	A. Ivanov	USA	Continental 2009
G) 19 players from Asia/Oceania
94	S. Ganguly	IND	Continental
95	Zhou Weiqi	CHN	Continental
96	Yu Yangyi	CHN	Continental
97	Yu Shaoteng	CHN	Continental
98	Le Quang Liem	VIE	Continental
99	A. Rogelio Jr	PHI	Continental
100	Hou Yifan	CHN	Continental
101	C. Sandipan	IND	Continental
102	A. Kunte	IND	Continental
103	Negi Parimarjan	IND	Continental
104	Zhou Jianchao	CHN	Zonal 3.5
105	Li Chao	CHN	Zonal 3.5
106	D. Smerdon	AUS	Zonal 3.6
107	J. Sriram	IND	Zonal 3.2
108	D. Laylo	PHI	Zonal 3.3
109	Wesley So	PHI	Zonal 3.3
110	Al Sayed, Mohamed N.	QAT	Zonal 3.1
111	Amonatov, A.	TJK	Zonal 3.4
112	Filipov, A.	UZB	Zonal 3.4
H) 6 players from Africa
113	B. Amin	EGY
114	K. Abdel Razik	EGY
115	E. El Gindy	EGY
116	W. Sarwat	EGY
117	M. Ezat	EGY
118	A. Rizouk	ALG
I) 6 nominees of the FIDE President
119	Robson, Ray	USA
120	Tkachiev, Vladislav	FRA
121	Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan	IRI
122	Caruana, Fabiano	ITA
123	Cheparinov, Ivan	BUL
124	Pelletier, Yannick	SUI
J) 4 nominees of the local Organising Committee
125	Pridorozhni, Alexei	RUS
126	Bezgodov, Alexei	RUS
127	Kabanov, Nikolai	RUS
128	Obodchuk, Andrei	RUS

World Blitz Championship

The World Blitz Championship takes place in Moscow following the Tal Memorial. 20 players compete.

V World Blitz 2009 (Moscow RUS)
Mon 16th Nov 2009 - Wed 18th Nov 2009 - Official Site

World Blitz (20 players 19 Rds SRR Indiv TC:5m)

World Blitz Moscow (RUS), 16-18 xi 2009				cat. XIX (2715)
Tal Memorial Players
Name	Ti	NAT	Elo Sept	DoB	Note
Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2788	1969
Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2773	1982
Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2772	1990
Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2772	1975
Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2762	1979
Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2756	1968
Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2756	1969	(2007 Champion)
Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2750	1977
Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2741	1976
Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2741	1983
Qualified from Aeroflot Blitz
Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2722	1990
Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	2740	1986
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2721	1985
Bareev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2633	1966
Tkachiev, Vladislav	g	FRA	2669	1973
Zhou, Jianchao	g	CHN	2623	1988
Invitees
Karpov, Anatoly	g	RUS	2619	1951
Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2733	1983	(2006 Champion)
Kosteniuk, Alexandra	g	RUS	2516	1984	(current WCh w)
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2719	1983	(2008 Champion)

BNbank Blitz 2009

On October 31 the stage is set for a great chess spectacle in Norway. In six citys - Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, Tromsø, Trondheim and Porsgrunn - there will be arranged blitz tournaments in shopping malls. The winner from each city will earn a spot in the final in Oslo on November 28 where he or she will compete against ten invited world class players for a prize fund of 74 000 NOK. You do not have to be a member of a federation or a chess club to participate in these qualifiers. Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura star in the final.

Official site: http://www.sjakk.no/bnbankblitz/index_en.html

Corus Wijk aan Zee 2010

The field for the 2010 Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee has been announced. Dates Friday 15th January 2010 - Sunday 31st January 2010.

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

The A-Group is category XIX and once again is a pretty exciting field.

Corus A Wijk aan Zee (NED), 15-31 i 2010				cat. XIX (2720)
Ti	Player	NAT	Elo Sept	WRk	DoB
GM	Viswanathan Anand	IND	2788	2	1969
GM	Magnus Carlsen	NOR	2772	4	1990
GM	Vladimir Kramnik	RUS	2772	5	1975
GM	Peter Leko	HUN	2762	6	1979
GM	Vassily Ivanchuk	UKR	2756	8	1969
GM	Hikaru Nakamura	USA	2735	16	1987
GM	Alexei Shirov	ESP	2730	18	1972
GM	Sergey Karjakin	RUS	2722	20	1990
GM	Leinier Dominguez Perez	CUB	2719	22	1983
GM	Nigel Short	ENG	2706	29	1965
GM	Sergey Tiviakov	NED	2670	57	1973
GM	Fabiano Caruana	ITA	2662	71	1992
GM	Loek van Wely	NED	2650	86	1972
GM	Jan Smeets	NED	2642	101	1985

The B-Group is a not too shabby category 16 and once again they have a mixed field of youth and experience that should provide some real entertainment.

Corus B Wijk aan Zee (NED), 15-31 i 2010			cat. XVI (2627)
Ti	Player	NAT	Elo Sept	DoB
GM	Ni Hua	CHN	2692	1983
GM	Arkadij Naiditsch	GER	2685	1985
GM	Emil Sutovsky	ISR	2676	1977
GM	Pentala Harikrishna	IND	2673	1986
GM	Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu	ROM	2664	1976
GM	Wesley So	PHI	2644	1993
GM	Varuzhan Akobian	USA	2637	1983
GM	David Howell	ENG	2624	1990
GM	Parimarjan Negi	IND	2615	1993
GM	Tomi Nyback	FIN	2615	1985
GM	Erwin l'Ami	NED	2606	1985
GM	Dimitri Reinderman	NED	2572	1972
GM	Anish Giri	NED	2552	1994
WGM	Anna Muzychuk	SLO	2533	1990

There will also be a C-Group, the field will be announced later.

Schachbundesliga 2009-10

The Schachbundesliga in Germany is the strongest league in the world. Although with the recession as it is we will have to see how their teams are affected. Games started on Friday 16th with some of the Round 7 games that were played on different dates for the teams. The real Round 1 and 2 were on Saturday and Sunday 17th-18th October 2009.

After two rounds (plus additional round 7 matches played on Friday night) Emsdetten have started with a perfect record of three wins and 6 points. Eppingham are a point behind after two wins and a draw. Bremen, top seeds Baden Baden and Hamberger SK are on two wins from two matches and 4 points.

Rounds 4 and 5 are on the 14th and 15th of November 2009.

Official site: http://www.schachbundesliga.de/

Hastings Chess Congress 2009-10

The Hastings Chess Congress takes place 28th December 2009 - 5th January 2010.

Contact details conpowr@aol.com

Official site: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk

Hastings Chess Congress (ENG), 28 xii 2009 - 4 i 2010 Leading Entries
DRODZOVSKIJ Yuri	UKR	gm	2627
EDOUARD Roman	FRA	gm	2620
HOWELL David	ENG	gm	2620
STRATESCU Andrei	ROM	gm	2620
WILLIAMS Simon	ENG	gm	2520
HEBDEN Mark	ENG	gm	2500
ARKELL Keith	ENG	gm	2478
PHILIPPE Christophe	FRA	im	2430
ZDEBSKAJA Natalia	UKR	wgm	2410
KOLBUS Dietmar	GER	im	2355
MARUSENKO Petr	UKR	im	2300
RUDD Jack	ENG	im	2296

Gibtelecom Masters 2010

The Gibtelecom Masters takes place 26th January - 4 February 2010.

Contact details: hotel conf.banq@caletahotel.gi; technical stewartreuben@aol.com.

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

Gibtelecom Masters (ENG), 26 i - 4 ii 2010 Leading Entries
Zhu Chen	QTR	GM	2473
Al-Modiahki Mohamad	QTR	GM	2570
Cmilyte Victorja	LTU	IM	2475
Zhukova Natalia	UKR	WGM	2465
Skripchenko Almira	FRA	IM	2450
Fressinet Laurent	FRA	GM	2667
Zatonskih Anna	USA	IM	2466
Fridman Daniel	GER	GM	2665
Dzagnidze Nana	GEO	GM	2536
Krush Irina	USA	IM	2458
Zozulia Anna	BEL	IM	2341
Malakhatko Vadim	BEL	GM	2573
Cramling Pia	SWE	GM	2531
Bellon Juan	ESP	GM	2430
Sachdev Tania	IND	IM	2410
Muzychuk Mariya	UKR	IM	2441
Houska Jovanka	ENG	IM	2380+
Roiz Michael	ISR	GM	2662
Golod Vitali	ISR	GM	2592
Calzetta Monica	ESP	WGM	2344
Koneru Humpy	IND	GM	2611
Siebrecht Sebastian	GER	GM	2456
Hoffmann Michael	GER	GM	2513
Stefanova Antoaneta	BUL	GM	2522
Dronavalli Harika	IND	IM	2449
Kruttika Nadig	IND	WGM	2264
Karavade Eesha	IND	WGM	2391
Mohota Nisha	IND	WGM	2336
Speelman Jon	ENG	GM	2525
Agdestein Simen	NOR	GM	2570
Arakhamia Ketevan	SCO	GM	2500
Sedina Elena	ITA	IM	2335
Adams Michael	ENG	GM	2682
Romain Edouard	FRA	GM	2622
Istratescu Andrei	ROU	GM	2624
Movsesian Sergey	CZE	GM	2711
Kosteniuk Alexandra	RUS	GM	2516
Gopal Naravanyan	IND	GM	2586
Sandipan Chandra	IND	GM	2585
Vitiugov Nikita	RUS	GM	2689
Romanov Evgeny	RUS	GM	2591

World Memory Championship 2009

The World Memory Championship takes place 12th-14th November 2009, plus training day 11th. Strand Palace Hotel, London Required voluntary staff as 'arbiters' from 11am-5pm on the 11th and 9am-6pm on 12-14. Skills required reading, writing and recognising playing cards. RECOMPENSE : £125 total including own refreshments.

Further details: http://www.worldmemorychampionships.com/schedule.asp

Contact RDKOBE@aol.com

Moscow Non-Stop Chess Events of the World Chess Tour

Following round-robin tournaments (GM. IM. rating) of the "World Chess Tour 2009/10" series. Autumn / Winter 2009/10:

2009: 1-12.11. 15-26.11. 29.11-10.12. 13-22.12.

2010: 2-13.01. 17-28.01. 9-20.02 etc.

Since November 2009 also "Non-stop" events are available. in different formats (depending of participant’s wish: 1) 5-6 days 2) 7-8 days 3) 9-11 days 4) 12-15 days 5) 16-21 days 6) 22-31 days 7) more than 1 month.

Contact: GM Igor GLEK: worldchesstour@gmail.com. Fax (7)495-4336634. Phone moblie (7)903-5593052.

Official site: http://www.chess-events.org/

II World Chess Open In Leon

The II WORLD CHESS OPEN in Leon (Spain) takes place 1st-3rd January 2010, from Friday to Sunday.

31st December 2009 sees a special dinner and a party, which will be of course optional for the players and companion and which will have an special price. We hope that all chess legends invited by the organisation will come and enjoy this celebration.

1st day of January first game starts at 17.00 pm and ches players who cannot arrive in time can ask 2 byes for both games of 1st of january (2 half points).

Total Prizes are around 30.000€, and first is 5000€. Prizes for players below 2350 ELO FIDE (10 prizes and 1st is 1000 €), below 2200 ELO FIDE, and below 2000 ELO FIDE.

TIME CONTROL: Players will have 35 minutes plus 3 additional seconds per move so they are not so rapid games as usual.

Amongst the players who can be invited by the organisation this time are Nigel Short, Robert Hubner, Mark Taimanov, Vlastimil Hort, Henrique Mecking, Bent Larsen, Eugene Torre, Jan Elhvest, Borislav Ivkov, Svetozar Gligoric, Maia Chiburdanidze, Oleg Romanishin, Lev Psakhis, Gyula Sax, Gheorguiu, Uhlmann, Sveshnikov, Smejkal, Vasiukov, Vaganian, Unzicker, Kurajica, Suba, Lilienthal…We will invite 8-10 players.

Official web page, http://www.openmundialdeleon.com

Contact: GM Alfonso Romero Holmes, Tournament Director aromero64@yahoo.es

8th Nancy Chess Festival

The 8th Nancy (France) Chess Festival takes place 22nd-28th February 2010.

Website (with english informations page) : http://echecs54.free.fr Contact : philippe.chr@free.fr

Serie of closed tournaments round-robins 10 players each : Group A for GM-norm (in 2009 : category 13, average 2557, winner Harikrishna), group B for IM-norms, group C for 10 players over 2200 elo, group D for 10 players over 2100 elo, group E for 10 players over 2000 elo, group F for 10 players over 1900 elo ...etc...18 groups with 174 players in 2009. 9 rounds 90min/40moves+30min(+30sec). Entry fee : adult 56 euros young 28 euros. Possibilities of hotels with special chess prices : see tournament website.

Icelandic Teams

The Icelandic Team Championship takes place 25th September 2009 - 3rd March 2010. Rounds 1-4 have taken place.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr25745.aspx

Official site in Icelandic: http://www.skaksamband.is

4NCL

The 4NCL starts Sat 24th Oct - Sun 25th Oct. 2009.

Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/index.htm

Live games: http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/livechess/4ncl/0910/index.htm

Sydney International and Doeberl Cup

Entries are invited for the 2010 Sydney International Open and Challengers Chess Tournaments, to be held 7-11 April 2010.

The organisers have received financial support from a variety of sources and the principal sponsor for 2010 is GM Murray Chandler.

The venue is again the historic Parramatta Town Hall in Western Sydney and free hotel accommodation (twin share room) is offered to International Chess Grandmasters. There are two nine-round FIDE-rated swiss tournaments, the Sydney International Open (SIO) and the Sydney International Challengers (SIC). Cash prizes exceed A$16,000 and visas can be arranged on request for overseas players (please provide passport details). More Information is available at http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/index.cfm?site=open

For those players that want even more chess, the Doeberl Cup will be held in Canberra from 1-5 April 2010. See http://www.doeberlcup.com.au Transport from Canberra to Sydney on Tuesday 6 April 2010 will be provided free of charge for all overseas players.

18th Donau Open

The 18th Donau Open takes place in Aschach, Austria, 26th-31st December 2009.

Details: http://www.aschach.at/schach/

Contact: Guenter Mitterhuemer, Seebach 19, 4070 Eferding Tel.: 07272 / 4398 (Vorwahl Österreich: 0043) Email: guenter.mitterhuemer@schach.at

Leocity Cup

Leocity Cup Round Robin GM Tournament takes place November 25th - December 3rd 2009 Lviv , Ukraine

ORGANIZERS: GM Yuri Vovk (tournament director) IM Grabinsky Volodymyr (honorable coach of Ukrainian Youth team) The playing time will be 90 minutes with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. Under the auspices of Lviv Chess Federation.

PARTICIPATION 10 players participate in the tournament .11 rounds will be played. Players can participate only according to prior negotiations with tournament director.Also all non-GM players must pay entry fee according to the following table. ELO USD >2500 50 2500-2480 60 2480-2460 70 2460-2440 80 2440-2420 90 2420-2400 100 2400-2350 125 2350-2300 150 2300-2200 200 <2200 300

To participate the tournament please contact the tournament director IGM Yuri Vovk (English,Ukrainian,Russian languages ) via: e-mail:wolfisthegreatestpredator@gmail.com mobile phone:+380 673912027 skype:Imperator15chess

World Youth Championships

World Youth Championships takes place in Kemer-Antalya, Turkey, November 11th 2009 (arrival) - November 23rd 2009 (departure). These are of less historic interest although the under-18 group is always pretty well fought, there are way too many sections (I'd cut off at under-16 or under-14 and have a more fun based festival for the younger players) the idea of a World under-8 Championship of anything is just not right.

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

Computer events in Italy

The first event will be hosted in Genoa (Genova) on November 1st. It will start at 2.30 pm in the central "Biblioteca Berio" (Via del Seminario 16). After the conference, the chess program "Equinox" (it took part to the world championship in pamplona soe months ago) will challenge GM Igor Efimov and WGM Elena Sedina. http://www.festivalscienza.it/

The second event will be hosted in Carugate, a village near Milano, on November 6, 7 and 8. In the night of November 6, there will be the conference (Auditorium Atrium). On Saturday, November 7, afternoon there will be an international tournament for computer programs at the Commercial Centre Carosello. This tournament will go on and end on Sunday, November 8, at Auditorium Atrium, and at the end the first two programs classified will challenge GM Djuric and WGM Olga Zimina. http://alfierecarugate.altervista.org

CECLUB Spanish Teams

The Spanish Teams CECLUB Division de Honor - Grupo I took place 20th-24th September 2009 in Lugo. Escuela Internacional Kasparov Marcote (Gashimov, Vallejo) took first place ahead of Kutxa-Gros (Gelfand, Kasimdzhanov etc) Grupo 2 took place in Montcada 16th-20th September 2009 and saw Linex Magic, Ponomariov, Shirov, Adams etc win.

The final will be in Linares 7th-8th November 2009.

Officials site: http://www.feda.org/ - Results: http://chess-results.com/Tnr25154.aspx

The London Chess Classic in December

The London Chess Classic takes place in the Olympia Conference Centre 7th-15th December 2009

A star studded field comprising England's four leading Grandmasters; Nigel Short, Michael Adams, Luke McShane and David Howell, former world champion Vladimir Kramnik, 18 year old Magnus Carlsen widely seen as a future champion, one of China's finest players; Ni Hua and the US Champion Hikaru Nakamura completes the field.

The London Chess Classic 2009 will offer free admission to children for the duration of the event which runs from December 8th to 15th.

Adult tickets are just £10 per day or just £50 for all seven rounds. Adult and junior ticket holders receive admission to the tournament, which is being staged at London's prestigious Olympia Conference Centre, plus a guaranteed seat in the auditorium and access to the Commentary Room where some of the UK's leading Grandmasters will give insights into the play and answer questions.

Full details at: http://www.londonchessclassic.com or call the London Chess Center on 0207 388 2404.

Press Release Malcolm Pein 26th September 2009

A week long chess festival including a FIDE Rated Open with a guaranteed £8000 prize fund will run alongside the London Chess Classic 2009 which takes place at the Olympia Conference Centre from December 8-15 2009. The tournament has been scheduled to allow players to watch the opening moves of the Classic before their games in the Open begin. A minimum of six Grandmasters will be invited to the Open Classic and title norm opportunities will be available.

There will also be a weekend tournament, a one day Rapidplay and every evening, Blitz in the foyer. Anyone entering the Open, Rapidplay or Weekend Classic will receive free entry to the auditorium to watch the main event and they will also be able to access the Grandmaster Commentary Room. In addition the games will be relayed on screens throughout the Olympia Conference Centre.

Details on how to enter and the tournament regulations are at www.Londonchessclassic.com I am delighted to announce that there will be no entry fees to any Classic tournament for children under the age of 16.

For those who would rather just watch, tickets are now on sale and again, admission for children under 16 will be free throughout the event.

Adult tickets are just £10 per day or just £50 for all seven rounds. Adult and junior ticket holders receive admission to the tournament plus a guaranteed seat in the auditorium and access to the Commentary Room where some of the UK's leading Grandmasters will give insights into the play and answer questions. Tickets can be purchased from the London Chess Centre on 0207 388 2404 or online at www.Londonchessclassic.com

The London Chess Classic is the strongest all play all tournament to be held in Britain for 25 years with four of the world's finest players and England's leading quartet of Grandmasters. Heading the field is the fourteenth world champion Vladimir Kramnik and 18 year old Norwegian Magnus Carlsen already hailed as a future champion by Garry Kasparov who has recently agreed to train the chess genius.

Malcolm Pein (IM)

London Chess Centre

Official website: http://www.londonchessclassic.com

1st London Chess Classic (ENG), 8-16 xii 2009. Cat XIX (2699.75) Players list (September ratings)
No	Name	Ti	NAT	Sept Elo	DoB
1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2772	1990
2	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2772	1975
3	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2735	1987
4	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	2692	1983
5	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2682	1971
6	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2706	1965
7	McShane, Luke J	g	ENG	2615	1984
8	Howell, David W L	g	ENG	2624	1990

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

Cappelle-la-Grande 2010

The 26th International Open of Cappelle-la-Grande will take place 13th-20th February 2010.

For every players wishing to be invited, please contact Mr GOUVART at the following address: stephanegouvart@gmail.com phone: +33671624629

Official site : http://www.cappelle-chess.fr/

IV Open Internacional Ciutat de Palma

The IV International Open Chess City of Palma, Iberostar Trophy takes place 21st-28th November 2009.

Official site: http://www.chesspalma.com/index.php?le=en

Czech Chess Christmas 2009-10

Czech Chess Christmas 2009 Litomysl (CZE) 26th December - 2nd January 2010

11th christmas chess FIDE tournament, swiss system of 9 round, rate of game 2 x 1,5h + 30s/move, prize fund 64.000 CZK (1st prize 20.000 CZK = 800 EUR), special conditions for IM, WGM and GM, New Year’s Eve programme.

Contact: Proclient s.r.o., Jaroslav Fuksik, Svedska 3, 772 00 Olomouc, mobile: +420 608 364 664, e-mail: a64@proclient.cz, web: http://www.a64.cz/tournaments/litomysl2009/

Hungarian Tournaments October 2009 - April 2010

First Saturday chess tournaments, GM-IM-FM sections, 50-60-70 players usually out of 10-15 countries, for 9...14 days here.

Upcoming tournaments:

1. 3rd-15th of October, GM-IM-FM First Saturday Budapest, org: Nagy Laszlo, firstsat@hu.inter.net,

2. 23rd-31st of October, GM tmt, Pecs, 250 km West from Budapest,

3. 7th-19th of November, GM-IM-FM, First Saturday, Budapest, 4. 26th of Nov-3rd of Dec, Harkany Open, 250 km South-West from Budapest, org: Mr.Fulop, e-mail to: fulopcsa@invitel.hu

5. 5th-17th of December, GM-IM-FM, First Saturday, Budapest,

6. 8th-16th of January 2010 Perenyi memorial Open, 9 rounds Swiss, Budapest, info: Nagy Laszlo,

7. 6th-18th of February 2010 FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest,

8. 6th-18th of March 2010, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest,

9. 19th-28th of March 2010 26th Budapest Spring Festival, 9 rounds Swiss Open, org: Nagy Laszlo

10.3rd-16th of April 2010 FS GM-IM-FM Budapest

Contact: Nagy, Laszlo International chess organizer, member of the FIDE organizers' committee, "GENS UNA SUMUS" ET "PACTA SUND SERVANDA" http://www.firstsaturday.hu

Possible in the website online chat also... Mobile: +36-30-230-19-14 Phone-fax: +36-1-263-28-59 E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net ICC, SKYPE, YAHOO, MSN, www.chess.com nickname: mrfirstsaturday

2nd Haye Kramer Invitation tournament

The 2nd Haye Kramer Invitation tournament and 27th Waling Dijkstra tournament Friday 13th - Sunday 15th November 2009 in Provincial Library ‘Tresoar’, Leeuwarden, Holland.

Haye Kramer Invitation tournament This 5-round tournament features GMs Yge Visser, Sipke Ernst, Jan Werle, IMs Daan Brandenburg and Mark van der Werf, and FM Migchiel de Jong.

Waling Dijkstra Open tournament. This 6-round Open has 2 level groups. Starting fees for International (Woman) Grandmasters and free entry for (Woman) International Masters as well as youth players under 18. For the latter, cheap boarding can also be arranged (10 euros for 2 nights). Students pay an entry fee of 20 euros. Participants in the Waling Dijkstra Open will include grandmasters Malakhatko, Zherebukh, Y. Vovk, Swinkels, Peng, Kravtsiv, Zozulia, Kunin, Rusev, V. Georgiev and M. Ivanov.

For more information: mail info@philidor1847.nl, or see website http://www.philidor162.nl.

Kasparov and Karpov in Paris 2009

In addition to their match in Valencia, Kasparov and Karpov will play again in December 11th-13th 2009 as part of fund raising for medical research and UNICEF. There will be a whole host of activities. Full details in French and now a nice video in English.

Czech Coal Match 2009

Jan Timman, Viktor Korchnoi, Robert Huebner and Vlastimil Hort play against a team of ladies in the Czech Coal Match event which takes place 28th November - 5th December 2009 in the hotel Crystal Palace in Marianske Lazne. The final lineup is waiting for the women players and a potential clash with the FIDE Women's Grand Prix.

Details - Likely official site: http://www.praguechess.cz/

Milano

Milano (Italy), December 5th-13th 2009 - International tournament "Memorial Crespi" - edition number 30 details: http://www.scacchisticamilanese.it

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

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

Ajedrez 21 English site

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

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

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

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

THE WEEK IN CHESS 782 2nd November October 2009 by Mark Crowther

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