THE WEEK IN CHESS 796 8th February 2010 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Nigel Freeman, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Adolivio Capece, John Saunders, Sinisa Joksic, Manfred Schoeneberg, Georgios Souleidis, Tomas Dvorak, Miklos Orso, Ian Watson, Zenon Franco Ocampos and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The busy start to the year continues. The Gibtelecom Masters overlapped with the finish to Wijk aan Zee last week. There was revamped web coverage with live commentary and plenty of reports and photos. Michael Adams seems on his way back as he tied for first and won the playoff to take the first prize. The Moscow Open is the now traditional precursor to the Aeroflot Open taking advantage of the fact that some players choose to play both. This was won by Konstantin Chernyshov on tie-break. In addition there was another pair of rounds of the Bundesliga and we've had a busy week. The Aeroflot Open starts tomorrow and before next week the Linares tournament will see Veselin Topalov head a strong field. Unusually there is no cross-over in personel between this event and Wijk aan Zee. Plenty to be getting on with.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Gibtelecom Masters 2010

The 8th Gibtelecom Chess Festival 2010 took place Tuesday 26th January - 4th February 2010. 10 rounds.

Stars included: Etienne Bacrot, Sergei Movsesian, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Michael Adams, Gata Kamsky, Laurent Fressinet, Ivan Cheparinov, Daniel Fridman etc.

There was a tie for first place. The top four players on tie-break played off in a knockout. Michael Adams beat Jan Gustafsson 2-1 and Francisco Vallejo Pons beat Chanda Sandipan 1.5-0.5. Adams beat Vallejo 1.5-0.5 in the final of the playoff to take the title.

8th Gibtelecom Chess Festival (Caleta ENG) Tue 26th Jan 2010 - Thu 4th Feb 2010 - Official Site - Results

8th Gibtelecom Open (10 Rds Swiss Indiv TC: 100:50:15+30spm(1))

Gibtelecom Masters (ENG), 26 i - 4 ii 2010 Leading Final Round 10 Standings (Top 4 played off):
Rank	Name	Ti	Fed.	Rating	Score	TPR	W-We
1	Adams, Michael	GM	ENG	2694	7.5	2764	0.97
2	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	GM	ESP	2705	7.5	2726	0.33
3	Gustafsson, Jan	GM	GER	2627	7.5	2769	1.88
4	Sandipan, Chanda	GM	IND	2622	7.5	2720	1.29
5	Kamsky, Gata	GM	USA	2693	7.5	2719	0.38
6	Bacrot, Etienne	GM	FRA	2713	7.5	2713	0.11
7	Movsesian, Sergei	GM	SVK	2708	7.5	2708	0.07
8	Geetha Narayanan Gopal	GM	IND	2584	7.5	2656	0.95
9	Lenderman, Alex	IM	USA	2560	7.5	2652	1.33
10	Zhukova, Natalia	WGM	UKR	2462	7	2686	3.02
11	Fressinet, Laurent	GM	FRA	2670	7	2666	0.04
12	Koneru, Humpy	GM	IND	2614	7	2663	0.77
13	Halkias, Stelios	GM	GRE	2566	7	2630	0.95
14	Hoffmann, Michael	GM	GER	2508	7	2630	1.73
15	Malakhatko, Vadim	GM	BEL	2549	7	2590	0.67
16	Cheparinov, Ivan	GM	BUL	2660	7	2568	-0.88
17	Istratescu, Andrei	GM	ROU	2607	7	2554	-0.49
18	Speelman, Jon S	GM	ENG	2525	7	2551	0.56
19	Boskovic, Drasko	IM	SRB	2454	7	2506	0.9
20	Guliyev, Namig	GM	AZE	2516	7	2505	0.18
21	Stefanova, Antoaneta	GM	BUL	2545	6.5	2614	1
22	Fridman, Daniel	GM	GER	2654	6.5	2613	-0.45
23	Bindrich, Falko	GM	GER	2512	6.5	2583	1.04
24	Cramling, Pia	GM	SWE	2528	6.5	2546	0.38
25	Hirneise, Tobias	IM	GER	2421	6.5	2541	1.66
26	Naumann, Alexander	GM	GER	2525	6.5	2535	0.31
27	Javakhishvili, Lela	IM	GEO	2493	6.5	2535	0.75
28	Shankland, Samuel L	IM	USA	2491	6.5	2535	0.68
29	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	GM	RUS	2523	6.5	2519	0.05
30	Lemos, Damian	GM	ARG	2556	6.5	2491	-0.64
31	Dzagnidze, Nana	GM	GEO	2506	6.5	2488	-0.02
32	Harika, Dronavalli	IM	IND	2471	6.5	2478	0.35
33	Bhat, Vinay S.	GM	USA	2540	6.5	2477	-0.64
34	Cmilyte, Viktorija	IM	LTU	2489	6.5	2445	-0.36
35	Siebrecht, Sebastian	GM	GER	2468	6.5	2427	-0.34
36	Sarkar, Justin	IM	USA	2378	6.5	2408	0.51
37	Cori T., Deysi	WIM	PER	2412	6.5	2393	-0.05
38	Karavade, Eesha	WGM	IND	2405	6.5	2360	-0.38
39	Reizniece, Dana	WGM	LAT	2341	6.5	2359	0.33
40	Nezad, Husein Aziz	IM	QAT	2408	6.5	2312	-0.99
41	Dworakowska, Joanna	IM	POL	2374	6.5	2273	-1.05
42	Edouard, Romain	GM	FRA	2608	6	2537	-0.83
43	Felgaer, Ruben	GM	ARG	2591	6	2533	-0.52
44	Krush, Irina	IM	USA	2455	6	2495	0.72
45	Kapnisis, Spyridon	IM	GRE	2510	6	2490	-0.09
46	Battaglini, Gabriel		FRA	2411	6	2484	0.98
47	Carlsson, Pontus	GM	SWE	2476	6	2477	0.18
48	Vernay, Clovis	IM	FRA	2442	6	2476	0.58
49	Cori, Jorge	IM	PER	2483	6	2464	-0.02
50	Maze, Sebastien	GM	FRA	2554	6	2456	-0.81
51	Saravanan, V.	IM	IND	2356	6	2365	0.28
52	Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel	GM	ESP	2440	6	2356	-0.93
53	Demac, Elias		NOR	2104	6	2351	3.16
54	Houska, Jovanka	IM	ENG	2401	6	2350	-0.46
55	Avalos Parra, Joao	FM	CHI	2245	6	2344	1.32
56	Zaremba, Andrie	FM	USA	2360	6	2338	-0.17
57	Forsaa, Espen	FM	NOR	2301	6	2325	0.3
58	Tjolsen, Katrine	WFM	NOR	2212	6	2325	1.45
59	Arvola, Benjamin		NOR	2218	6	2312	1.2
60	Ivanov, Stojan Emilov		BUL	2198	6	2303	1.48
61	Dittmar, Peter	FM	GER	2341	6	2275	-0.72
62	Wantiez, Fabrice	FM	BEL	2315	6	2275	-0.35
63	Perez Pardo, Juan Carlos	FM	ESP	2297	6	2266	-0.35
64	Meskovs, Nikita		LAT	2264	6	2217	-0.61
65	Zatonskih, Anna	IM	USA	2466	5.5	2411	-0.54
66	Lopez Martinez, Josep Manu	GM	ESP	2593	5.5	2390	-2.37
67	Gandrud, Vegar Koi		NOR	2158	5.5	2383	2.51
68	Tania, Sachdev	IM	IND	2398	5.5	2359	-0.41
69	Fokin, Sergey		RUS	2109	5.5	2344	2.91
70	Lovik, Lasse Ostebo	FM	NOR	2343	5.5	2341	0.12
224 players

3) Moscow Open

The Moscow Open took place 30th January - 7th February 2010 and was again pretty strong, as it immediately precedes the 9th Aeroflot Open, many players compete in both. Konstantin Chernyshov, Evgeny Bareev, Le Quang Liem and Ernesto Inarkiev finished on 7/9 with Chernyshov having the best tie-break (most wins).

Alexei Gubajdullin, the top seed in the B tournament was disqualified. The organisers believed he manipulated his ratiing prior to the event to lose enough points (57) to get under the 2300 limit for this event and the following Aeroflot Open (he presumably won't be allowed to play the B Group there either).

Moscow Open 2010 (Moscow RUS) Sat 30th Jan 2010 - Sun 7th Feb 2010 - Official Site - Results - Live

Moscow Open A (187 players 9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:105m+30spm(1))

Open A Moscow (RUS), 30 i-7 ii 2010 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Chernyshov Konstantin	GM	RUS	2556	7	6	46.5	33.5
2	Bareev Evgeny	GM	RUS	2643	7	5	52	37
3	Le Quang Liem	GM	VIE	2647	7	5	50.5	37
4	Inarkiev Ernesto	GM	RUS	2649	7	5	49.5	36
5	Sasikiran Krishnan	GM	IND	2653	6.5	5	50.5	35.5
6	Bologan Viktor	GM	MDA	2692	6.5	5	50.5	34.5
7	Andreikin Dmitry	GM	RUS	2635	6.5	5	48	36
8	Kurnosov Igor	GM	RUS	2668	6.5	5	47.5	34
9	Azarov Sergei	GM	BLR	2622	6.5	5	47	32.5
10	Rublevsky Sergei	GM	RUS	2697	6.5	4	51.5	33
11	Bu Xiangzhi	GM	CHN	2673	6.5	4	50.5	34
12	Belov Vladimir	GM	RUS	2595	6.5	4	49.5	34.5
13	Vorobiov Evgeny E	GM	RUS	2621	6.5	4	45	32
14	Savchenko Boris	GM	RUS	2638	6.5	4	44.5	30.5
15	Rakhmanov Aleksandr	GM	RUS	2591	6	6	38.5	25
16	Motylev Alexander	GM	RUS	2697	6	5	52	33.5
17	Khismatullin Denis	GM	RUS	2651	6	5	50.5	32.5
18	Zhigalko Sergei	GM	BLR	2668	6	5	47.5	31.5
19	Volkov Sergey	GM	RUS	2623	6	5	46.5	29.5
20	Pugachov Alexey	IM	RUS	2445	6	5	42	27.5
21	Kazhgaleyev Murtas	GM	KAZ	2643	6	5	41	26.5
22	Matlakov Maxim	IM	RUS	2587	6	4	51.5	33
23	Najer Evgeniy	GM	RUS	2665	6	4	48	31
24	Amonatov Farrukh	GM	TJK	2634	6	4	47	32.5
25	Nepomniachtchi Ian	GM	RUS	2658	6	4	43	28.5
26	Vescovi Giovanni	GM	BRA	2660	6	4	41	27.5
27	Shinkevich Vitaly	IM	RUS	2501	6	4	39	28
28	Grachev Boris	GM	RUS	2653	6	3	51.5	34
29	Khusnutdinov Rustam	GM	KAZ	2513	5.5	5	44	29
30	Krapivin Alexander	GM	RUS	2495	5.5	5	44	27.5
31	Kabanov Nikolai	GM	RUS	2510	5.5	5	43.5	25.5
32	Reshetnikov Alexey	FM	RUS	2447	5.5	4	48.5	31.5
33	Miton Kamil	GM	POL	2586	5.5	4	47	32
34	Bezgodov Alexei	GM	RUS	2490	5.5	4	46.5	28.5
35	Krivoborodov Egor	IM	RUS	2471	5.5	4	44.5	29
36	Iordachescu Viorel	GM	MDA	2629	5.5	4	43.5	29.5
37	Stukopin Andrey	IM	RUS	2423	5.5	4	43	27
38	Sjugirov Sanan	GM	RUS	2610	5.5	4	43	26.5
39	Dvoirys Semen I	GM	RUS	2539	5.5	4	42.5	27.5
40	Belous Vladimir		RUS	2419	5.5	4	42.5	23
41	Shomoev Anton	GM	RUS	2559	5.5	4	41.5	27.5
42	Ipatov Alexander	IM	ESP	2497	5.5	3	51.5	30.5
43	Zinchenko Yaroslav	GM	UKR	2538	5.5	3	47.5	29.5
44	Kharitonov Alexandr	GM	RUS	2538	5.5	3	45	29.5
45	Zhou Weiqi	GM	CHN	2600	5.5	3	40	23.5
46	Chernobay Artem	IM	RUS	2398	5.5	2	44	25.5
47	Zontakh Andrey	GM	UKR	2540	5.5	2	41	26
48	Ismagambetov Anuar	GM	KAZ	2497	5	5	46.5	27
49	Gasanov Eldar	GM	UKR	2536	5	4	47.5	29
50	Shimanov Aleksandr	GM	RUS	2535	5	4	47	30
51	Krylov Mikhail	IM	RUS	2511	5	4	46	27.5
52	Goganov Aleksey	FM	RUS	2448	5	4	44.5	27
53	Gochelashvili David	IM	RUS	2463	5	4	43	28
54	Pridorozhni Aleksei	IM	RUS	2548	5	4	41.5	23.5
55	Obolenskikh Dmitry		RUS	2435	5	4	37	20.5
56	Nozdrachev Vladislav	FM	RUS	2346	5	4	36.5	18.5
57	Kovalenko Igor	IM	UKR	2486	5	3	48	28.5
58	Shcherbakov Ruslan	GM	RUS	2505	5	3	47	27.5
59	Mozharov Mikhail	IM	RUS	2451	5	3	43.5	28.5
60	Iljushin Alexei	GM	RUS	2551	5	3	43.5	27.5
61	Shukh Nikolai	FM	RUS	2439	5	3	43.5	23.5
62	Evdokimov Alexander A.	GM	RUS	2561	5	3	42.5	26
63	Chadaev Nikolai	GM	RUS	2569	5	3	41.5	26.5
64	Korobkov Piotr		UKR	2482	5	3	41.5	25.5
65	Gabrielian Artur	GM	RUS	2523	5	3	40.5	28
66	Predke Alexandr		RUS	2402	5	3	40.5	22.5
67	Ulko Jaroslav	IM	RUS	2445	5	3	38	25
68	Papin Vasily	IM	RUS	2548	5	3	36.5	22
69	Pushkov Nikolai	GM	RUS	2468	5	3	35.5	25
70	Lintchevski Daniil	GM	RUS	2498	5	2	45.5	26.5
71	Gorovykh Eduard	IM	RUS	2410	5	2	45	25.5
72	Lastin Alexander	GM	RUS	2659	5	2	44	27.5
73	Panarin Mikhail	GM	RUS	2518	5	2	44	27
74	Sokolov Andrei	GM	FRA	2569	5	2	42	26
75	Belozerov Andrei	GM	RUS	2488	5	2	41.5	26
76	Grigoriants Sergey	GM	RUS	2560	5	2	39	24
77	Guerrero Juan Carlos	IM	COL	2241	4.5	4	43	23.5
78	Hou Yifan	GM	CHN	2590	4.5	4	42	23.5
79	Gagarin Vasilij	IM	RUS	2415	4.5	4	40	19
80	Shabalov Alexander	GM	USA	2611	4.5	4	39.5	23.5
187 players

4) Schachbundesliga 2009-10

The 8th and 9th rounds of the Bundesliga took place 7th-9th February 2010.

Baden-Baden are the only team left on 100%.

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

Bundesliga (GER), 16 x 2009 - 11 iv 2010 Round 7-9 Results:
Round 7 5th February 2010
	SC 1950 Remagen					:	SG Solingen					(2,5 : 5,5)
B	Fed	SC 1950 Remagen	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	SG Solingen	ELO	T	Rnr	Res
1	FRA	Gharamian, Tigran	2611	GM	46	:	BIH	Nikolic, Predrag	2602	GM	50	0.5 : 0.5
2	UKR	Goloshchapov, Alexander	2580	GM	62	:	GER	Buhmann, Rainer	2603	GM	55	0.5 : 0.5
3	GER	Huebner, Robert Dr.	2605	GM	51	:	NED	Werle, Jan	2563	GM	66	0 : 1
4	FRA	Degraeve, Jean-Marc	2573	GM	63	:	FRA	Edouard, Romain	2620	GM	40	0 : 1
5	BEL	Dgebuadze, Alexandre	2521	GM	119	:	GER	Jussupow, Artur	2566	GM	74	0.5 : 0.5
6	GER	Teske, Henrik	2545	GM	92	:	NED	L'Ami, Erwin	2606	GM	49	0.5 : 0.5
7	SRB	Popovic, Petar	2496	GM	134	:	AUT	Ragger, Markus	2561	GM	79	0 : 1
8	GER	Schulz, Klaus-Juergen	2385	IM	198	:	NED	Ernst, Sipke	2589	GM	59	0.5 : 0.5
	SV Muelheim Nord					:	SF Katernberg					(5 : 3)
B	Fed	SV Muelheim Nord	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	SF Katernberg	ELO	T	Rnr	Res
1	FRA	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2718	GM	8	:	BEL	Chuchelov, Vladimir	2598	GM	60	0.5 : 0.5
2	RUS	Landa, Konstantin	2655	GM	31	:	UKR	Firman, Nazar	2571	IM	72	1 : 0
3	GER	Fridman, Daniel	2661	GM	28	:	GER	Seel, Christian	2493	IM	139	1 : 0
4	GER	Berelowitsch, Alexander	2551	GM	88	:	GER	Bischoff, Klaus	2561	GM	76	0.5 : 0.5
5	GER	Levin, Felix	2481	GM	148	:	GER	Glek, Igor V	2537	GM	94	0 : 1
6	GER	Hausrath, Daniel	2528	IM	110	:	NED	Ris, Robert	2420	IM	177	1 : 0
7	UZB	Saltaev, Mihail	2492	GM	141	:	GER	Thesing, Matthias	2419	IM	181	0.5 : 0.5
8	GER	Schebler, Gerhard	2486	GM	145	:	GER	Scholz, Christian Dr.	2373	IM	204	0.5 : 0.5
	SF Berlin 1903					:	SK Koenig Tegel					(4 : 4)
B	Fed	SF Berlin 1903	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	SK Koenig Tegel	ELO	T	Rnr	Res
1	SVK	Markos, Jan	2565	GM	69	:	GER	Rabiega, Robert	2531	GM	102	0.5 : 0.5
2	GER	Lauber, Arnd	2517	IM	117	:	GER	Stern, Rene	2501	IM	136	0 : 1
3	GER	Polzin, Rainer	2491	GM	140	:	CRO	Muse, Mladen	2448	GM	167	0.5 : 0.5
4	GER	Kraemer, Martin	2482	IM	147	:	GER	Von Herman, Ulf	2424	IM	182	1 : 0
5	GER	Schneider, Ilja	2500	IM	138	:	CRO	Muse, Drazen	2367	IM	210	0.5 : 0.5
6	FIN	Agopov, Mikail	2452	IM	165	:	GER	Fruebing, Stefan	2337	FM	223	0 : 1
7	GER	Thiede, Lars	2450	IM	164	:	GER	Breier, Andreas	2405	FM	194	0.5 : 0.5
8	GER	Abel, Dennes	2380	-	201	:	GER	Kachibadze, Georg	2239	-	250	1 : 0
Round 8 6th February 2010
	FC Bayern Muenchen					:	Hamburger SK					(2 : 6)
B	Fed	FC Bayern Muenchen	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	Hamburger SK	ELO	T	Rnr	Res
1	GER	Bezold, Michael	2517	GM	113	:	POL	Wojtaszek, Radoslav	2640	GM	35	0 : 1
2	GER	Bromberger, Stefan	2518	IM	123	:	GER	Baramidze, David	2532	GM	105	0 : 1
3	GER	Schenk, Andreas	2509	IM	126	:	DEN	Hansen, Sune Berg	2552	GM	81	0.5 : 0.5
4	GER	Stangl, Markus	2455	GM	162	:	DEN	Rasmussen, Allan Stig	2535	GM	103	0 : 1
5	GER	Renner, Christoph	2440	IM	171	:	SVK	Ftacnik, Lubomir Dr.	2532	GM	106	0 : 1
6	UKR	Belezky, Alexander	2463	IM	155	:	GER	Mueller, Karsten Dr.	2523	GM	111	1 : 0
7	GER	Meissner, Bernd	2410	IM	190	:	GER	Heinemann, Thies	2484	IM	146	0.5 : 0.5
8	GER	Jorczik, Julian	2374	FM	202	:	GER	Sebastian, Dirk	2443	-	170	0 : 1
	Erfurter SK					:	Werder Bremen					(4 : 4)
B	Fed	Erfurter SK	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	Werder Bremen	ELO	T	Rnr	Res
1	RUS	Romanov, Evgeny	2588	GM	57	:	ENG	McShane, Luke James	2615	GM	45	0.5 : 0.5
2	CZE	Haba, Petr	2541	GM	100	:	UKR	Efimenko, Zahar	2654	GM	30	0.5 : 0.5
3	GER	Casper, Thomas	2395	IM	193	:	FRA	Fressinet, Laurent	2658	GM	27	0.5 : 0.5
4	GER	Enders, Peter	2467	GM	157	:	FIN	Nyback, Tomi	2615	GM	42	0.5 : 0.5
5	GER	Mueller, Matthias	2410	IM	191	:	CZE	Hracek, Zbynek	2606	GM	48	0.5 : 0.5
6	GER	Schoene, Maria	2274	WM	242	:	CZE	Babula, Vlastimil	2569	GM	75	1 : 0
7	GER	Schuetze, Norman	2278	-	241	:	ESP	Llaneza Vega, Marcos	2504	IM	137	0 : 1
8	GER	Krueger, Rainer Dr.	2211	-	256	:	FRA	Skripchenko, Almira	2448	IM	161	0.5 : 0.5
	SV Muelheim Nord					:	SV Wattenscheid 1930					(4 : 4)
B	Fed	SV Muelheim Nord	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	SV Wattenscheid 1930	ELO	T	Rnr	Res
1	FRA	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2718	GM	8	:	RUS	Vitiugov, Nikita	2681	GM	17	0.5 : 0.5
2	RUS	Landa, Konstantin	2655	GM	31	:	POL	Bartel, Mateusz	2609	GM	52	0.5 : 0.5
3	GER	Fridman, Daniel	2661	GM	28	:	POL	Czarnota, Pawel	2537	GM	97	0.5 : 0.5
4	GER	Berelowitsch, Alexander	2551	GM	88	:	RUS	Rustemov, Alexander	2532	GM	99	1 : 0
5	GER	Levin, Felix	2481	GM	148	:	GER	Appel, Ralf	2551	GM	90	0.5 : 0.5
6	GER	Hausrath, Daniel	2528	IM	110	:	GER	Holzke, Frank Dr.	2526	GM	114	0.5 : 0.5
7	UZB	Saltaev, Mihail	2492	GM	141	:	GER	Handke, Florian	2513	GM	129	0 : 1
8	GER	Schebler, Gerhard	2486	GM	145	:	GER	Straeter, Timo	2347	FM	221	0.5 : 0.5
	SF Katernberg					:	SK Turm Emsdetten					(4,5 : 3,5)
B	Fed	SF Katernberg	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	SK Turm Emsdetten	ELO	T	Rnr	Res
1	BEL	Chuchelov, Vladimir	2598	GM	60	:	GEO	Mchedlishvili, Mikheil	2613	GM	41	0.5 : 0.5
2	UKR	Firman, Nazar	2571	IM	72	:	NED	Giri, Anish	2552	GM	85	0.5 : 0.5
3	GER	Seel, Christian	2493	IM	139	:	SWE	Hector, Jonny	2568	GM	71	1 : 0
4	GER	Bischoff, Klaus	2561	GM	76	:	GER	Feygin, Michael	2546	IM	87	0.5 : 0.5
5	GER	Glek, Igor V	2537	GM	94	:	SWE	Cramling, Pia	2535	GM	107	0.5 : 0.5
6	NED	Ris, Robert	2420	IM	177	:	ESP	Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel	2430	GM	173	0.5 : 0.5
7	GER	Thesing, Matthias	2419	IM	181	:	GER	Breder, Dennis	2427	IM	175	0.5 : 0.5
8	GER	Scholz, Christian Dr.	2373	IM	204	:	GER	Zumsande, Martin	2413	IM	187	0.5 : 0.5
	SF Berlin 1903					:	OSG Baden-Baden					(0 : 8)
B	Fed	SF Berlin 1903	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	OSG Baden-Baden	ELO	T	Rnr	Res
1	SVK	Markos, Jan	2565	GM	69	:	FRA	Bacrot, Etienne	2709	GM	11	0 : 1
2	GER	Lauber, Arnd	2517	IM	117	:	SVK	Movsesian, Sergei	2711	GM	10	0 : 1
3	GER	Polzin, Rainer	2491	GM	140	:	ENG	Adams, Michael	2682	GM	18	0 : 1
4	GER	Kraemer, Martin	2482	IM	147	:	GER	Naiditsch, Arkadij	2685	GM	20	0 : 1
5	GER	Schneider, Ilja	2500	IM	138	:	ROU	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	2664	GM	22	0 : 1
6	GER	Berndt, Stephan	2442	IM	169	:	ITA	Caruana, Fabiano	2662	GM	24	0 : 1
7	FIN	Agopov, Mikail	2452	IM	165	:	GER	Gustafsson, Jan	2622	GM	38	0 : 1
8	GER	Thiede, Lars	2450	IM	164	:	GER	Schlosser, Philipp	2555	GM	83	0 : 1
	SK Koenig Tegel					:	Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim					(4 : 4)
B	Fed	SK Koenig Tegel	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim	ELO	T	Rnr	Res
1	GER	Rabiega, Robert	2531	GM	102	:	RUS	Ikonnikov, Viacheslav	2558	GM	77	0.5 : 0.5
2	GER	Stern, Rene	2501	IM	136	:	MDA	Svetushkin, Dmitry	2570	GM	68	1 : 0
3	CRO	Muse, Mladen	2448	GM	167	:	GER	Ginsburg, Gennadi	2537	GM	96	0 : 1
4	GER	Von Herman, Ulf	2424	IM	182	:	UKR	Gurevic, Vladimir	2470	GM	152	0.5 : 0.5
5	CRO	Muse, Drazen	2367	IM	210	:	ROU	Chernov, Vadim	2433	IM	172	0 : 1
6	GER	Fruebing, Stefan	2337	FM	223	:	GER	Schwalfenberg, Joerg	2317	FM	232	0.5 : 0.5
7	GER	Breier, Andreas	2405	FM	194	:	GER	Maier, Christian	2350	IM	216	0.5 : 0.5
8	GER	Kachibadze, Georg	2239	-	250	:	GER	Syska, Albert	2255	FM	247	1 : 0
	SC 1950 Remagen					:	SC Eppingen					(5,5 : 2,5)
B	Fed	SC 1950 Remagen	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	SC Eppingen	ELO	T	Rnr	Res
1	UKR	Ivanchuk, Vassily	2756	GM	3	:	NED	Tiviakov, Sergei	2670	GM	21	0.5 : 0.5
2	FRA	Gharamian, Tigran	2611	GM	46	:	HUN	Balogh, Csaba	2620	GM	39	1 : 0
3	UKR	Goloshchapov, Alexander	2580	GM	62	:	HUN	Gyimesi, Zoltan	2594	GM	58	0.5 : 0.5
4	GER	Huebner, Robert Dr.	2605	GM	51	:	HUN	Ruck, Robert	2548	GM	86	1 : 0
5	FRA	Degraeve, Jean-Marc	2573	GM	63	:	HUN	Acs, Peter	2550	GM	89	0.5 : 0.5
6	BEL	Dgebuadze, Alexandre	2521	GM	119	:	GER	Bindrich, Falko	2516	GM	122	0.5 : 0.5
7	GER	Teske, Henrik	2545	GM	92	:	HUN	Medvegy, Zoltan	2556	GM	80	0.5 : 0.5
8	SRB	Popovic, Petar	2496	GM	134	:	AZE	Guliyev, Namig	2525	GM	115	1 : 0
	SG Solingen					:	SG Trier					(6,5 : 1,5)
B	Fed	SG Solingen	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	SG Trier	ELO	T	Rnr	Res
1	BIH	Nikolic, Predrag	2602	GM	50	:	HUN	Erdos, Viktor	2591	GM	61	0.5 : 0.5
2	GER	Buhmann, Rainer	2603	GM	55	:	HUN	Flumbort, Andras	2513	IM	121	0.5 : 0.5
3	NED	Werle, Jan	2563	GM	66	:	HUN	Gonda, Laszlo	2486	IM	144	0.5 : 0.5
4	FRA	Edouard, Romain	2620	GM	40	:	HUN	Galyas, Miklos	2464	IM	154	1 : 0
5	GER	Jussupow, Artur	2566	GM	74	:	GER	Seger, Ruediger	2407	IM	192	1 : 0
6	NED	L'Ami, Erwin	2606	GM	49	:	GER	Kolbus, Dietmar	2355	IM	218	1 : 0
7	AUT	Ragger, Markus	2561	GM	79	:	ROU	Rat, Dan Ovidiu	2315	FM	233	1 : 0
8	NED	Ernst, Sipke	2589	GM	59	:	GER	Korman, Maxim	2177	-	261	1 : 0
Round 9 7th February 2010
	Hamburger SK					:	Erfurter SK					(6,5 : 1,5)
B	Fed	Hamburger SK	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	Erfurter SK	ELO	T	Rnr	Res
1	POL	Wojtaszek, Radoslav	2640	GM	35	:	RUS	Romanov, Evgeny	2588	GM	57	0.5 : 0.5
2	GER	Baramidze, David	2532	GM	105	:	CZE	Haba, Petr	2541	GM	100	1 : 0
3	DEN	Hansen, Sune Berg	2552	GM	81	:	GER	Casper, Thomas	2395	IM	193	0.5 : 0.5
4	DEN	Rasmussen, Allan Stig	2535	GM	103	:	GER	Enders, Peter	2467	GM	157	0.5 : 0.5
5	SVK	Ftacnik, Lubomir Dr.	2532	GM	106	:	GER	Mueller, Matthias	2410	IM	191	1 : 0
6	GER	Mueller, Karsten Dr.	2523	GM	111	:	GER	Schoene, Maria	2274	WM	242	1 : 0
7	GER	Heinemann, Thies	2484	IM	146	:	GER	Schuetze, Norman	2278	-	241	1 : 0
8	GER	Sebastian, Dirk	2443	-	170	:	GER	Krueger, Rainer Dr.	2211	-	256	1 : 0
	Werder Bremen					:	FC Bayern Muenchen					(5,5 : 2,5)
B	Fed	Werder Bremen	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	FC Bayern Muenchen	ELO	T	Rnr	Res
1	ENG	McShane, Luke James	2615	GM	45	:	GER	Bezold, Michael	2517	GM	113	0 : 1
2	UKR	Efimenko, Zahar	2654	GM	30	:	GER	Bromberger, Stefan	2518	IM	123	0.5 : 0.5
3	FRA	Fressinet, Laurent	2658	GM	27	:	GER	Schenk, Andreas	2509	IM	126	0.5 : 0.5
4	FIN	Nyback, Tomi	2615	GM	42	:	GER	Stangl, Markus	2455	GM	162	1 : 0
5	CZE	Hracek, Zbynek	2606	GM	48	:	UKR	Belezky, Alexander	2463	IM	155	0.5 : 0.5
6	CZE	Babula, Vlastimil	2569	GM	75	:	GER	Meissner, Bernd	2410	IM	190	1 : 0
7	ESP	Llaneza Vega, Marcos	2504	IM	137	:	GER	Rodewis, Thomas Dr.	2367	-	211	1 : 0
8	FRA	Skripchenko, Almira	2448	IM	161	:	GER	Jorczik, Julian	2374	FM	202	1 : 0
	SV Wattenscheid 1930					:	SF Katernberg					(4,5 : 3,5)
B	Fed	SV Wattenscheid 1930	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	SF Katernberg	ELO	T	Rnr	Res
1	RUS	Vitiugov, Nikita	2681	GM	17	:	BEL	Chuchelov, Vladimir	2598	GM	60	1 : 0
2	POL	Bartel, Mateusz	2609	GM	52	:	UKR	Firman, Nazar	2571	IM	72	1 : 0
3	POL	Czarnota, Pawel	2537	GM	97	:	GER	Seel, Christian	2493	IM	139	0.5 : 0.5
4	RUS	Rustemov, Alexander	2532	GM	99	:	GER	Bischoff, Klaus	2561	GM	76	0 : 1
5	GER	Appel, Ralf	2551	GM	90	:	GER	Glek, Igor V	2537	GM	94	0.5 : 0.5
6	GER	Holzke, Frank Dr.	2526	GM	114	:	NED	Ris, Robert	2420	IM	177	0.5 : 0.5
7	GER	Handke, Florian	2513	GM	129	:	GER	Thesing, Matthias	2419	IM	181	1 : 0
8	GER	Straeter, Timo	2347	FM	221	:	GER	Scholz, Christian Dr.	2373	IM	204	0 : 1
	SK Turm Emsdetten					:	SV Muelheim Nord					(2,5 : 5,5)
B	Fed	SK Turm Emsdetten	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	SV Muelheim Nord	ELO	T	Rnr	Res
1	GEO	Mchedlishvili, Mikheil	2613	GM	41	:	FRA	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2718	GM	8	0 : 1
2	NED	Giri, Anish	2552	GM	85	:	RUS	Landa, Konstantin	2655	GM	31	0.5 : 0.5
3	SWE	Hector, Jonny	2568	GM	71	:	GER	Fridman, Daniel	2661	GM	28	0 : 1
4	NED	Janssen, Ruud	2520	IM	118	:	GER	Levin, Felix	2481	GM	148	1 : 0
5	SWE	Cramling, Pia	2535	GM	107	:	GER	Hausrath, Daniel	2528	IM	110	0 : 1
6	ESP	Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel	2430	GM	173	:	UZB	Saltaev, Mihail	2492	GM	141	0.5 : 0.5
7	GER	Breder, Dennis	2427	IM	175	:	GER	Schebler, Gerhard	2486	GM	145	0 : 1
8	GER	Zumsande, Martin	2413	IM	187	:	GER	Kaufeld, Juergen	2254	FM	245	0.5 : 0.5
	OSG Baden-Baden					:	SK Koenig Tegel					(6,5 : 1,5)
B	Fed	OSG Baden-Baden	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	SK Koenig Tegel	ELO	T	Rnr	Res
1	FRA	Bacrot, Etienne	2709	GM	11	:	GER	Rabiega, Robert	2531	GM	102	1 : 0
2	SVK	Movsesian, Sergei	2711	GM	10	:	GER	Stern, Rene	2501	IM	136	0.5 : 0.5
3	ENG	Adams, Michael	2682	GM	18	:	CRO	Muse, Mladen	2448	GM	167	0.5 : 0.5
4	GER	Naiditsch, Arkadij	2685	GM	20	:	GER	Von Herman, Ulf	2424	IM	182	1 : 0
5	ROU	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	2664	GM	22	:	CRO	Muse, Drazen	2367	IM	210	1 : 0
6	ITA	Caruana, Fabiano	2662	GM	24	:	GER	Fruebing, Stefan	2337	FM	223	1 : 0
7	GER	Gustafsson, Jan	2622	GM	38	:	GER	Sarbok, Torsten	2319	FM	228	1 : 0
8	GER	Schlosser, Philipp	2555	GM	83	:	GER	Breier, Andreas	2405	FM	194	0.5 : 0.5
	Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim					:	SF Berlin 1903					(4 : 4)
B	Fed	Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	SF Berlin 1903	ELO	T	Rnr	Res
1	RUS	Ikonnikov, Viacheslav	2558	GM	77	:	SVK	Markos, Jan	2565	GM	69	1 : 0
2	MDA	Svetushkin, Dmitry	2570	GM	68	:	GER	Lauber, Arnd	2517	IM	117	1 : 0
3	GER	Ginsburg, Gennadi	2537	GM	96	:	GER	Polzin, Rainer	2491	GM	140	0 : 1
4	UKR	Gurevic, Vladimir	2470	GM	152	:	GER	Kraemer, Martin	2482	IM	147	1 : 0
5	ROU	Chernov, Vadim	2433	IM	172	:	GER	Schneider, Ilja	2500	IM	138	0.5 : 0.5
6	GER	Schwalfenberg, Joerg	2317	FM	232	:	GER	Berndt, Stephan	2442	IM	169	0.5 : 0.5
7	GER	Maier, Christian	2350	IM	216	:	FIN	Agopov, Mikail	2452	IM	165	0 : 1
8	GER	Syska, Albert	2255	FM	247	:	GER	Thiede, Lars	2450	IM	164	0 : 1
	SC Eppingen					:	SG Solingen					(3,5 : 4,5)
B	Fed	SC Eppingen	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	SG Solingen	ELO	T	Rnr	Res
1	NED	Tiviakov, Sergei	2670	GM	21	:	BIH	Nikolic, Predrag	2602	GM	50	0.5 : 0.5
2	HUN	Balogh, Csaba	2620	GM	39	:	GER	Buhmann, Rainer	2603	GM	55	0.5 : 0.5
3	HUN	Gyimesi, Zoltan	2594	GM	58	:	NED	Werle, Jan	2563	GM	66	0.5 : 0.5
4	HUN	Ruck, Robert	2548	GM	86	:	FRA	Edouard, Romain	2620	GM	40	0.5 : 0.5
5	HUN	Acs, Peter	2550	GM	89	:	NED	L'Ami, Erwin	2606	GM	49	0.5 : 0.5
6	GER	Bindrich, Falko	2516	GM	122	:	AUT	Ragger, Markus	2561	GM	79	0 : 1
7	HUN	Medvegy, Zoltan	2556	GM	80	:	NED	Ernst, Sipke	2589	GM	59	0 : 1
8	AZE	Guliyev, Namig	2525	GM	115	:	GER	Hoffmann, Michael	2513	GM	124	1 : 0
	SG Trier					:	SC 1950 Remagen					(2 : 6)
B	Fed	SG Trier	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	SC 1950 Remagen	ELO	T	Rnr	Res
1	HUN	Erdos, Viktor	2591	GM	61	:	UKR	Ivanchuk, Vassily	2756	GM	3	0 : 1
2	HUN	Flumbort, Andras	2513	IM	121	:	FRA	Gharamian, Tigran	2611	GM	46	0.5 : 0.5
3	HUN	Galyas, Miklos	2464	IM	154	:	UKR	Goloshchapov, Alexander	2580	GM	62	0.5 : 0.5
4	GER	Seger, Ruediger	2407	IM	192	:	FRA	Degraeve, Jean-Marc	2573	GM	63	0 : 1
5	GER	Kolbus, Dietmar	2355	IM	218	:	BEL	Dgebuadze, Alexandre	2521	GM	119	0 : 1
6	MDA	Goriachnik, Dmitry	2324	-	230	:	GER	Teske, Henrik	2545	GM	92	0 : 1
7	ROU	Rat, Dan Ovidiu	2315	FM	233	:	SRB	Popovic, Petar	2496	GM	134	0 : 1
8	GER	Korman, Maxim	2177	-	261	:	GER	Schulz, Klaus-Juergen	2385	IM	198	1 : 0

Bundesliga (GER), 16 x 2009 - 11 iv 2010 Leading Round 9 Standings:
Pl	Team	R	+	=	-	MP	BP
1	OSG Baden-Baden	9	9	0	0	18	54.5
2	SG Solingen	9	8	0	1	16	45.5
3	Werder Bremen	9	7	2	0	16	43.5
4	SV Muelheim Nord	9	6	2	1	14	44.5
5	SV Wattenscheid 1930	9	6	1	2	13	42
6	Hamburger SK	9	5	1	3	11	41.5
7	SK Turm Emsdetten	9	5	0	4	10	39.5
8	SC 1950 Remagen	9	5	0	4	10	39
9	SF Katernberg	9	4	0	5	8	32
10	SC Eppingen	9	3	1	5	7	35.5
11	SF Berlin 1903	9	2	2	5	6	32.5
12	SG Trier	9	2	0	7	4	28.5
13	Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim	9	0	4	5	4	26
14	FC Bayern Muenchen	9	1	1	7	3	27
15	SK Koenig Tegel	9	0	2	7	2	23
16	Erfurter SK	9	0	2	7	2	21.5

5) Chennai Open

The Chennai Open took place 25th January - 3rd February 2010. Maxim Turov took clear first place with 9.5/11.

Official site: http://www.indianchessfed.org/News/2010/chennaiopen/chennaiopendgtlive.asp

2nd Chennai Open Chennai (IND), 25 i-3 ii 2010 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	Turov Maxim	GM	RUS	2584	9.5	85	71	55.5	1.57	10	15.7
2	Rahman Ziaur	GM	BAN	2548	9	85	69	53.5	1.28	10	12.8
3	Siddharth R		IND	2424	9	82	67.5	52.5	3.11	15	46.7
4	Lalith Babu M R	IM	IND	2457	9	81	67	52.5	2.59	15	38.8
5	Kamble Vikramaditya	IM	IND	2364	8.5	81	67	52	2.75	10	27.5
6	Jumabayev Rinat	GM	KAZ	2536	8.5	79.5	64.5	49.5	0.52	10	5.2
7	Bitoon Richard	IM	PHI	2458	8.5	78.5	64.5	50.5	0.82	10	8.2
8	Sundararajan Kidambi	GM	IND	2526	8.5	75	61.5	48	0.2	10	2
9	Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman	IM	IND	2464	8.5	70	57	44	0.21	10	2.1
10	Anwesh Upadhyaya		IND	2400	8	82	68	53	2.36	15	35.4
11	Dzhumaev Marat	GM	UZB	2515	8	82	67	52.5	0.53	10	5.3
12	Manik Mikulas	GM	SVK	2435	8	81	67	52	0.92	10	9.2
13	Venkatesh M R	IM	IND	2432	8	79	65	51	0.9	10	9
14	Fenil Shah		IND	2201	8	78.5	65	51	3.83	15	57.5
15	Deepan Chakkravarthy J	GM	IND	2492	8	78.5	65	50	-0.01	10	-0.1
16	Zubarev Alexander	GM	UKR	2544	8	78.5	64	50	-0.25	10	-2.5
17	Ashwin Jayaram	IM	IND	2434	8	78	63.5	49.5	1.25	10	12.5
18	Swayams Mishra		IND	2340	8	77	62.5	49	2.3	15	34.5
19	Kotsur Pavel	GM	KAZ	2568	8	74.5	60.5	47	-0.99	10	-9.9
20	Thejkumar M S	IM	IND	2435	8	69	57.5	45	-0.35	10	-3.5
21	Laxman R R	GM	IND	2503	8	69	57	44.5	-1	10	-10
22	Thakur Akash		IND	2331	8	69	57	44	1.02	15	15.3
23	Kryakvin Dmitry	GM	RUS	2575	7.5	83	67.5	52.5	-0.58	10	-5.8
24	Dimakiling Oliver	IM	PHI	2435	7.5	80	66	51.5	0.45	10	4.5
25	Kravtsiv Martyn	GM	UKR	2545	7.5	78	63.5	49	-0.86	10	-8.6
26	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan	GM	IRI	2589	7.5	76	62	48	-1.86	10	-18.6
27	Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi	IM	IND	2413	7.5	76	61.5	47.5	0.93	10	9.3
28	Swapnil S Dhopade		IND	2429	7.5	75.5	63	49.5	0.93	10	9.3
29	Palit Somak		IND	2386	7.5	75.5	62	48.5	0.81	15	12.1
30	Iuldachev Saidali	GM	UZB	2519	7.5	75.5	62	48	-1.55	10	-15.5
31	Arun Prasad S	GM	IND	2567	7.5	75.5	61.5	48	-1.68	10	-16.8
32	Murali Krishnan B T	IM	IND	2385	7.5	75	61	47	0.39	10	3.9
33	Praveen Kumar C		IND	2421	7.5	74.5	61	47.5	-0.69	15	-10.4
	Suvrajit Saha	IM	IND	2343	7.5	74.5	61	47.5	1	10	10
35	Ramesh R B	GM	IND	2482	7.5	74	61	48	-0.96	10	-9.6
36	Saptarshi Roy	IM	IND	2407	7.5	74	61	47.5	0.06	10	0.6
37	Gutov Andrey	GM	RUS	2444	7.5	74	60.5	47	-0.43	10	-4.3
38	Konguvel Ponnuswamy	IM	IND	2420	7.5	73	60	46.5	-0.5	10	-5
39	Ram S Krishnan		IND	2273	7.5	72.5	59.5	45.5	0.38	15	5.7
40	Rathnakaran K	IM	IND	2402	7.5	72.5	59	46	-0.23	10	-2.3
41	Shyam Sundar M	IM	IND	2377	7.5	71.5	58.5	46	-0.47	10	-4.7
42	Jaiswal Puneet		IND	2259	7.5	70.5	59	46	0.85	15	12.8
43	Mohota Nisha	WGM	IND	2330	7.5	70.5	57.5	44.5	0.27	10	2.7
44	Girinath P D S	IM	IND	2370	7.5	70	57.5	44.5	0.15	10	1.5
45	Barua Dibyendu	GM	IND	2493	7.5	69.5	57	45	-1.7	10	-17
46	Babu N Sudhakar	IM	IND	2330	7.5	69.5	56.5	43.5	0.13	10	1.3
47	Ramnathan Balasubramaniam	IM	IND	2272	7.5	69	57	44.5	0.1	10	1
48	Shantharam K V	FM	IND	2096	7.5	68.5	57.5	46	2.78	15	41.7
49	Singh D P	IM	IND	2303	7.5	68	55.5	42.5	-0.22	10	-2.2
50	Navin Kanna T U		IND	2271	7.5	67.5	56.5	43.5	0.97	15	14.6
51	Satyapragyan Swayangsu	IM	IND	2480	7	77	63.5	49.5	-1.14	10	-11.4
52	Koshy Varugeese	IM	IND	2281	7	76.5	63	49	1.02	10	10.2
53	Ankit R Rajpara		IND	2298	7	76	64	51.5	2.22	15	33.3
54	Sai Krishna G V	FM	IND	2238	7	75	62.5	49.5	1.97	15	29.5
55	Meenakshi Subbaraman	WGM	IND	2353	7	75	61	47	-0.34	15	-5.1
56	Stany G A		IND	2349	7	74.5	60.5	46.5	-0.21	15	-3.2
57	Natarajan C		IND	2184	7	73.5	61.5	48	2.44	15	36.6
58	Saravana Krishnan P		IND	2323	7	73	61	47	0.15	15	2.3
59	Ramnath Bhuvanesh R		IND	2382	7	73	59.5	46.5	-1.47	15	-22
60	Bartakke Amardeep S		IND	2206	7	73	59	46	1.07	15	16
61	Abhishek Kelkar		IND	2246	7	72.5	60	47	1.57	15	23.5
62	Mehar Chinna Reddy C H		IND	2258	7	72.5	60	46.5	1.14	15	17.1
63	Prakash G B	IM	IND	2389	7	72	58.5	45	-0.4	10	-4
64	Visweswaran K	FM	IND	2297	7	72	58	45	-0.51	15	-7.7
65	Ganesh Bhat R		IND	2152	7	71.5	59.5	46.5	2.24	15	33.6
66	Nimmy A G		IND	2224	7	71.5	59	46	0.49	15	7.3
67	Kulkarni Chinmay		IND	2339	7	71.5	58	45	-0.46	15	-6.9
68	Das Sayantan	FM	IND	2204	7	71	57.5	44.5	0.97	15	14.6
69	Himanshu Sharma	IM	IND	2457	7	70.5	58	45.5	-1.95	10	-19.5
70	Priyadharshan K	IM	IND	2362	7	70.5	58	45	-1.42	15	-21.3
71	Udeshi Aditya		IND	2327	7	70	56	43	-0.71	15	-10.6
72	Phoobalan P		IND	2312	7	69.5	56.5	43.5	-0.74	15	-11.1
73	Saranya J	WFM	IND	2111	7	66.5	54.5	42	0.7	15	10.5
74	Vikram Saralaya		IND	2175	7	65.5	53.5	41	0.29	15	4.3
75	Singh S Vikramjit		IND	2214	7	64.5	53	41.5	0.24	15	3.6
76	Aravind Subramanian N		IND	2103	7	60.5	50	38.5	-0.2	15	-3
77	Patil Pratik		IND	2060	7	59.5	49	38	0.53	15	7.9
78	Shyam Nikil P	FM	IND	2386	6.5	83	68.5	53	0.22	15	3.3
387 players

6) Romanian Championship

The Romanian Championship took place in Baile Olanesti 31st January - 7th February 2010. Constantin Lupulescu edged out Vladislav Nevednichy and Robin-Alexandru Dragomirescu on tie-break after both players finished on 7/9. Games from the final rounds still not available.

Official site: http://www.frsah.ro/

Results: http://chess-results.com/Tnr29864.aspx?lan=1

ch-ROU m Baile Olanesti (ROU), 31 i-7 ii 2010 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Lupulescu Constantin	GM	ROU	2592	7	44	42.25	36.5
2	Nevednichy Vladislav	GM	ROU	2574	7	38.5	37.5	35
3	Dragomirescu Robin-Alexandru	FM	ROU	2348	7	38	36.25	33.5
4	Ungureanu Vlad	FM	ROU	2316	6.5	42	36.25	35.5
5	Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula	GM	ROU	2541	6.5	42	36	35.5
6	Berescu Alin	GM	ROU	2476	6.5	41.5	36.5	36.5
7	Badea Bela	GM	ROU	2487	6.5	41.5	34.25	36
8	Miron Lucian-Costin	IM	ROU	2478	6.5	40.5	36.5	35.5
9	Parligras Mircea	GM	ROU	2555	6.5	40.5	36	34.5
10	Sofronie Iulian	IM	ROU	2457	6.5	40	33.75	35
11	Nemes Silviu-Virgil	NM	ROU	2254	6.5	36	31.25	30.5
12	Nanu Ciprian-Costica	IM	ROU	2506	6	41.5	33	36
13	Manolache Marius	GM	ROU	2539	6	39	30.5	33.5
14	Dobre Claudiu-Cristian	FM	ROU	2338	6	39	27.25	32.5
15	Dumitrache Dragos-Nicolae	IM	ROU	2472	6	38.5	31	32.5
16	Burnoiu Nicolae-Costel	IM	ROU	2408	6	38.5	29.5	32.5
17	Petrisor Adrian-Marian	FM	ROU	2347	6	38.5	29	31.5
18	Schmidt Raul	IM	ROU	2385	6	38	29.25	32.5
19	Ardelean George-Catalin	IM	ROU	2525	6	37	30	31.5
20	Foisor Ovidiu-Doru	IM	ROU	2420	6	36.5	31.25	30.5
21	Doros Radu-Marian	NM	ROU	2313	6	36.5	29.25	31.5
22	Malureanu Costin-George	CM	ROU	2096	6	36.5	27.5	29
23	Voiteanu Gabriel	FM	ROU	2261	6	34.5	30	28.5
24	Hajbok Robert	NM	ROU	2295	6	34.5	28.5	28.5
25	Pop Alexandru	I	ROU	2067	6	34.5	27	27.5
26	Chirila Ioan-Cristian	GM	ROU	2504	6	34.5	26.5	29
27	Manea Alexandru	IM	ROU	2400	6	33.5	28	30
28	Bida Mihai-Eugen	I	ROU	2034	5.5	38.5	27.75	28.5
29	Baciu Stefan	FM	ROU	2181	5.5	38	27	31
30	Miroiu George-Catalin	CM	ROU	2216	5.5	36.5	24	28
31	Anton Teodor	FM	ROU	2347	5.5	36	26.75	30.5
32	Moldovan Daniel	IM	ROU	2443	5.5	35.5	27.5	29.5
33	Spulber Cicirone	FM	ROU	2312	5.5	35.5	26.75	29
34	Bonte Andrei-Mihai	NM	ROU	2305	5.5	34.5	25	29.5
35	Baratosi Daniel	FM	ROU	2396	5.5	34.5	24	28
36	Berechet Otiliu-Octavian	IM	ROU	2198	5.5	34.5	23.75	28
37	Posedaru Bogdan	NM	ROU	2257	5.5	34	25	28.5
38	Stanculescu Claudiu	CM	ROU	2229	5.5	30.5	24	26
39	Daianu Cristian-Clement	CM	ROU	2290	5.5	29	21.25	28.5
40	Ciobanu Aurelian	NM	ROU	2297	5	39.5	24	30.5
41	Breahna Radu	FM	ROU	2288	5	39	24.25	30.5
42	Chifor Ovidiu-Emanuel	CM	ROU	2247	5	38.5	25	28.5
43	Ciobanu Viorel-Adrian	NM	ROU	2261	5	38	24.25	30
44	Pessi Emil-George	FM	ROU	2224	5	36	23	28
45	Paval George	CM	ROU	2168	5	36	22.25	28.5
46	Dolana Andrei-Theodor	I	ROU	1918	5	34.5	22.75	23
47	Chirita-Mihaila Marius-Constan	CM	ROU	2136	5	34	21	25
48	Telea Stefan	CM	ROU	2158	5	34	21	25
49	Corlatescu Dragos-Georgian	CM	ROU	2151	5	34	20.5	23.5
50	Dragomir Constantin	CM	ROU	2069	5	33.5	23.25	25
51	Motounu Vlad-Stefan	I	ROU	1819	5	33	20.75	24
52	Horvat Dan-Sebastian	CM	ROU	2164	5	33	20.5	25.5
53	Iordache Adrian	I	ROU	1991	5	33	19	24
54	Siclovan Cristian-Daniel	CM	ROU	2024	5	32.5	20.25	25.5
55	Russu Eduard	CM	ROU	2202	5	32.5	19.5	26
56	Cirjan Daniel	I	ROU	2000	5	32.5	19	25.5
57	Stoicescu Horia	CM	ROU	1913	5	32.5	18.5	20
58	Gulie Cosmin	I	ROU	2109	5	32	21	25.5
59	Stegariu Alexandru	I	ROU	2042	5	32	19	26
60	Georgescu Gabriel-Ioan	FM	ROU	2031	5	31	18.75	24
61	Ciortan Mihail	CM	ROU	1760	5	30.5	21.25	22
62	Porfireanu Serban	CM	ROU	1036	5	30.5	21	21
63	Nedelcu Ionut	I	ROU	1806	5	30	19.5	21.5
64	Senetia Teodor	CM	ROU	2190	5	29	18.25	23.5
65	Anuta Elefterie-Laurentiu	CM	ROU	2048	5	28	16.25	24.5
66	Acsinte Matei-Ionut	I	ROU	1725	5	27	16	17.5
67	Gilea Lucian	CM	ROU	2272	4.5	36	20	28.5
68	Taga Georgica	FM	ROU	2202	4.5	35	20	26.5
69	Stefanache Mihail	I	ROU	2067	4.5	35	18.25	26
70	Arghirescu Marius	I	ROU	1897	4.5	34	18.25	22.5
71	Ciubotariu Maricel	I	ROU	1918	4.5	34	17.75	21.5
72	Stegariu Vlad-Ionut	I	ROU	2036	4.5	33	16.5	25
73	Nastase Robert-Paul	I	ROU	1747	4.5	32.5	18.25	23.5
74	Marin Constantin	I	ROU	1933	4.5	30	16.25	18
75	Secheres Adrian-Simion	I	ROU	1793	4.5	29.5	15.25	19
76	Miulescu Gabriel	IM	ROU	2301	4.5	29	15.5	21.5
77	Albescu Nicolae	I	ROU	1860	4.5	28.5	14.75	19
78	Toma Mihail	I	ROU	1990	4.5	25.5	16.25	20
79	Fugulyan Grigore	CM	ROU	1944	4.5	25.5	14.25	15.5
80	Martian Dragos-Daniel	I	ROU	1867	4	36.5	20.25	25.5
81	Tomici Stefan	I	ROU	1935	4	36.5	18	22
82	Jugaru Lucian	I	ROU	1914	4	35.5	19	20.5
83	Smarandoiu Adrian-Ion	I	ROU	2045	4	34	17.75	23.5
84	Tufa Mihai	NM	ROU	2076	4	34	15.5	25
85	Damian Pavel	CM	ROU	1997	4	33.5	16.5	23.5
86	Dan Cristian	CM	ROU	1979	4	33	16.5	20
87	Panainte Daniel-Iulian	I	ROU	1902	4	32	14.25	21
88	Arghirescu Andrei	I	ROU	1993	4	32	13.5	23
89	Costachi Mihnea	I	ROU	1790	4	31	16	18
90	Manole Stefan	I	ROU	1943	4	31	14.5	20.5
91	Spirea Mihai	CM	ROU	1982	4	30.5	17.5	24
92	Radulescu Gabriel	I	ROU	1960	4	30.5	14.75	18.5
93	Toma Radu-Cristian	I	ROU	2067	4	30.5	13.25	22
94	Carapit Vasile	I	ROU	1815	4	30	15.75	20
95	Baratosi Iosif-Gavril	II	ROU	431	4	29	15.25	16
96	Dobre Mihai	I	ROU	1843	4	29	15	17.5
97	Gheorghiu Calin	I	ROU	1887	4	29	14	19.5
98	Manate Laurean	I	ROU	1881	4	28.5	13.75	17
99	Bogdan Horia-Daniel	I	ROU	1797	4	27.5	13.5	16
100	Ionita Gheorghe	I	ROU	1743	4	27.5	13.5	15
101	Coman Liviu	I	ROU	1839	4	27	14.5	17
102	Secheres Alexandru	I	ROU	1825	4	27	13.5	15
103	Lazarean Colea-Valentin	CM	ROU	1899	4	27	11.5	19
104	Nistor Mihai	I	ROU	1923	4	26.5	13.25	19
105	Ionita Ioan	I	ROU	1758	4	26	13	15
106	Dima Mihai	I	ROU	1973	4	25.5	12	14
107	Pisu Robert-Daniel	I	ROU	1874	3.5	32	14.25	19.5
108	Barbucenescu Alexandru-Marian	I	ROU	1900	3.5	31.5	11.75	18.5
109	Cican Gheorghita-Adrian	I	ROU	1916	3.5	28.5	11.5	17.5
110	Cornea Alexandru	CM	ROU	1958	3.5	27.5	10.5	15
111	Teodorescu Daniel	I	ROU	1820	3.5	25	8.75	11.5
112	Oloeriu Ioan-Catalin	II	ROU	1728	3.5	24	10.5	14.5
113	Lupascu Matei-Alexandru	I	ROU	1740	3.5	24	8.75	12.5
114	Salim Riza	I	ROU	1865	3	31	12.75	17
115	Sandulescu Gheorghe	I	ROU	1914	3	31	10.5	17
116	Rusu Vasile	I	ROU	1852	3	31	8.5	16
117	Toculet Gheorghe-Cristache	I	ROU	1900	3	30	8.5	18
118	Buzgaru Gabriel	I	ROU	1955	3	29	11	15
119	Mihalea Stefan	II	ROU	522	3	27.5	11	16.5
120	Stoia Denis-Iulian	II	ROU	1598	3	27.5	10.75	13.5
121	Andrei Gheorghe	I	ROU	1942	3	26	7.5	14.5
122	Vrajitoru Vlad-Laurentiu-Flori	I	ROU	1905	3	25.5	8.75	13
123	Condurat Florin-Marian	I	ROU	1733	3	24.5	9.5	11.5
124	Salagean Gheorghe	I	ROU	1923	3	24	6.75	9.5
125	Nicolae Radu-Danut	II	ROU	1620	3	23.5	8.5	12.5
126	Rosca Grigore	I	ROU	1691	3	23	5.5	10
127	Talu Mircea	II	ROU	708	3	21	7	9.5
128	Kaunz Werner	I	ROU	1935	2.5	31	10.75	14.5
129	Grigore Mitica	CM	ROU	2019	2.5	28	9.75	18
130	Fulger Ionut	I	ROU	1749	2.5	27	7.5	15
131	Porumb Alecu	II	ROU	512	2.5	26.5	10	16.5
132	Herea Sergiu-Gabriel	I	ROU	1743	2.5	26	8.25	12.5
133	Copie Radu-Gabriel	II	ROU	1659	2.5	25.5	7.75	9
134	Raducu Marcel	I	ROU	1869	2.5	24.5	6.5	13
135	Brisan George-Iulian	I	ROU	717	2.5	23.5	5.75	9.5
136	Sandu Marian-Catalin	I	ROU	1731	2	25.5	7	11
137	Balacianu Alexandru-George	I	ROU	1658	2	25.5	6.25	9
138	Fluerariu Radu-Cristian	I	ROU	1593	2	23.5	5.5	7
139	Jidanu Florin	I	ROU	1658	2	23	4.25	5.5
140	Zlatea Cezar-Stelian	II	ROU	623	2	23	3	7
141	Muresan Mihai-Alexandru	II	ROU	1452	2	22.5	6	6.5
142	David Alexandru-Vasile	I	ROU	1740	1.5	24	4.5	9
143	Stoica Eduard-Constantin	II	ROU	639	1	22.5	2.5	5
144	Puscas Filip-Andrei	II	ROU	502	1	18	4.5	1
145	Niculescu-Gorpin Mihail	II	ROU	401	0	31.5	0	0

ch-ROU w Baile Olanesti (ROU), 31 i-7 ii 2010 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Cosma Elena-Luminita	WGM	ROU	2332	7	42.5	41	39
2	Paulet Iozefina	WGM	ROU	2314	7	37.5	36.75	33.5
3	Foisor Cristina-Adela	WGM	ROU	2440	6.5	39.5	34.75	33.5
4	Dragomirescu Angela	WIM	ROU	2162	6.5	37.5	33.25	32.5
5	Sandu Mihaela	WGM	ROU	2259	6	41	32	34
6	Motoc Alina	WGM	ROU	2349	6	41	30.75	34.5
7	Padurariu Ioana-Smaranda	WIM	ROU	2181	6	38	30.5	32
8	Moldovan Corina	WIM	ROU	2257	6	33.5	26.25	29.5
9	Bulmaga Irina	WIM	ROU	2239	5.5	39.5	28.25	31
10	Foisor Mihaela-Veronica	WFM	ROU	2145	5.5	35.5	24.75	27.5
11	Lolici Iselin-Amanda	WCM	ROU	1960	5.5	35.5	24.25	28.5
12	Baciu Anca-Otilia	WFM	ROU	2163	5.5	35	24	30.5
13	Marin Irina-Luiza	WIM	ROU	2144	5.5	34	22.75	28.5
14	Uta Adeline-Ramona	WNM	ROU	2057	5	37.5	23.5	30
15	Morea Georgiana-Steluta	WCM	ROU	1810	5	31.5	20.75	20.5
16	Stanciu Ioana-Georgiana	I	ROU	1676	5	30	18.75	21.5
17	Adam Andrea	WCM	ROU	1912	4.5	32	17.25	25
18	Gelip Ioana	WCM	ROU	1810	4.5	32	15.75	20
19	Anton Roxana-Ana	WCM	ROU	1774	4.5	30	16.5	18
20	Bogdan Elizaveta	I	ROU	1852	4.5	28.5	17.75	19.5
21	Serbanescu Diana-Maria	I	ROU	1735	4.5	27.5	15.5	19.5
22	Anusca Madalina-Maria	WCM	ROU	2024	4	35	17.75	24
23	Vasilescu Maria	WCM	ROU	1780	4	34.5	16	23
24	Visanescu Daria-Ioana	WFM	ROU	1915	4	31	14.5	22
25	Bulmaga Elena	I	ROU	1769	4	29.5	14.5	17.5
26	Moldovan Petruta-Alisia	I	ROU	1741	4	28.5	12.5	17.5
27	Cusmuliuc Diana-Elena	I	ROU	1640	4	27.5	13.5	17
28	Olarasu Ioana	WCM	ROU	1803	4	27	12.5	16
29	Cosman Andreea-Marioara	I	ROU	1468	4	26.5	14	18
30	Ilie Maria-Ruxandra	WCM	ROU	2006	3.5	33	14	20.5
31	Berintan Teodora	I	ROU	1862	3.5	33	11.25	23
32	Adoamnei Roxana	WNM	ROU	2000	3.5	28.5	11.5	17.5
33	Cirlig Ioana-Andreea	I	ROU	1579	3.5	25.5	8.75	14
34	Taposu-Matei Alexandra	I	ROU	1816	3	27	10.5	14
35	Ciungan Diana-Alexandra	I	ROU	1652	3	24	6.5	12.5
36	Sonfalean Maria-Laura	I	ROU	1654	2.5	26	7	11
37	Brezeanu Alexandra	I	ROU	614	2.5	22.5	4.5	10
38	Brezeanu Daniela	I	ROU	547	2	24	4	8
39	Poama-Covaci Iulia	II	ROU	443	1	21.5	1	4
40	Secuiu Veronica	II	ROU	401	0	20.5	0	0

7) 15th HIT Open

The 15th HIT Open took place in Nova Gorica, Croatia, 31st January - 6th February 2010. Luka Lenic took clear first place with 7/9.

Official site: http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/1001/hitopen/

15th HIT Open A Nova Gorica (SLO), 31 i-6 ii 2010 Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	Fed	ELO	Pts	MBuch	Pl
1	Lenic,Luka	GM	SLO	2595	7	38	1
2	Markus,Robert	GM	SRB	2620	6	38	2
3	Pavasovic,Dusko	GM	SLO	2574	6	36	3
4	Miezis,Normunds	GM	LAT	2533	6	34.5	4
5	Kovacevic,Aleksandar	GM	SRB	2576	5.5	37	5
6	Leon Hoyos,Manuel	GM	MEX	2542	5.5	36.5	6-7
7	Drazic,Sinisa	GM	SRB	2540	5.5	36.5	6-7
8	Jovanic,Ognjen	GM	CRO	2533	5.5	35.5	8
9	Tratar,Marko	GM	SLO	2493	5	38	9
10	Srebrnic,Marko	FM	SLO	2322	5	35	10
11	Cebalo,Miso	GM	CRO	2500	5	34.5	11-12
12	Gombac,Jan	FM	SLO	2310	5	34.5	11-12
13	Sivic,Jernej	MK	SLO	2062	4.5	32	13
14	Srebrnic,Vojko	MK	SLO	2216	4.5	28	14
15	Mestek,Igor	MK	SLO	2197	4.5	26.5	15
16	Povse,Martin	MK	SLO	2104	4	33	16
17	Buzeti,Jernej	MK	SLO	2236	4	29.5	17
18	Ceschia,Ivano	FM	ITA	2279	4	25.5	18
19	Gjuran,Denis	FM	SLO	2358	3.5	32	19
20	Debevec,Blaz	I	SLO	2029	3.5	28	20
21	Milazzo,Mario	MK	ITA	2059	3.5	27	21
22	Tonel,Giulia	MK	ITA	2004	3.5	26.5	22
23	Kersic,Matej	MK	SLO	2131	3.5	25.5	23
24	Lazar,Ales st.	MK	SLO	2128	3.5	25	24
25	Capaliku,Aleks	MK	ITA	2104	2.5	28.5	25
26	Petrovic,Marko	II	SLO	2017	1	28	26

15th HIT Open B Nova Gorica (SLO), 31 i-6 ii 2010 Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	Fed	ELO	Pts	MBuch	Pl
1	Skrinjar,Matic	I	SLO	1981	8	36.5	1
2	Jaksa,Cvetko	I	SLO	2042	7.5	40	2
3	Pirs,Matjaz	I	SLO	1867	7	39	3
4	Skok,Joze	MK	SLO	2018	6.5	38.5	4
5	Kolaric,Spela	WMK	SLO	1981	6.5	37	5
6	Ursic,Aleksander	MK	SLO	2055	6	42	6
7	Laco,Giuseppe	M	ITA	2080	6	40	7-8
8	Franca,Veronika	WII	SLO	1714	6	40	7-8
9	Markoja,Sebastijan	II	SLO	1825	6	38.5	9
10	Picco,Ruggero	MK	ITA	2062	6	38	10
11	Brzac,Marijan	II	CRO	1906	6	36.5	11
12	Kralj,Samo	I	SLO	1899	6	35.5	12
13	Ivsek,Cveto	I	SLO		6	35	13-14
14	Grosar,Gari	II	SLO	1898	6	35	13-14
15	Samblic,Silvano	I	CRO	2027	6	33.5	15
16	Ivanovic,Andrej	I	SLO	1830	5.5	37.5	16
17	Matijevic,Filip	III	SLO		5.5	37	17
18	Vodopivec,Vladimir	I	SLO	2052	5.5	35	18-19
19	Kralj,Manca	WII	SLO	1769	5.5	35	18-19
20	Di Lazzaro,Gabriele	MK	ITA	1927	5.5	33	20
21	Belardinelli,Franco	II	ITA	1915	5.5	30	21
22	Savoia,Serge	II	FRA	1878	5	40.5	22
23	Janzekovic,Klemen	II	SLO	1868	5	38	23
24	Lakovic,Igor	I	ITA	1934	5	37.5	24
25	Djuricic,Domen	III	SLO		5	35.5	25
26	Stolfa,Rodolfo	II	ITA	1886	5	35	26
27	Mihelj,Edvard Danijel	II	SLO	1778	5	34	27-28
28	Kobold,Andrej	I	SLO		5	34	27-28
29	Menon,Carlo	II	ITA	1732	5	33	29
30	Pregelj,Maj	II	SLO		5	32	30
31	Brank,Bine	II	SLO	1901	5	31.5	31-32
32	Miele,Roberto	II	ITA	1875	5	31.5	31-32
33	Muzzolini,Claudio	II	ITA	1811	5	30.5	33
34	Nardin,Flavij	I	SLO	1963	5	28	34
35	Brank,Ziga	II	SLO	1636	4.5	36.5	35
36	Cokan,Mirko	I	SLO	1862	4.5	35.5	36-38
37	Japelj,Damjan	I	SLO		4.5	35.5	36-38
38	Desogus,Gianluigi		ITA		4.5	35.5	36-38
39	Gratton,Damjan	II	SLO	1745	4.5	33.5	39
40	Fantini,Marco	MK	ITA	1997	4.5	32	40-41
41	Petrovcic,Cvetko	II	SLO		4.5	32	40-41
42	Menon,Michele	II	ITA	1713	4.5	31	42
43	Bratina,Marjan	I	SLO		4	34	43
44	Savli,Marko	IV	SLO	1649	4	31.5	44
45	Feltrin,Kris	III	SLO		4	30	45
46	Tiselj,Peter	II	SLO	1626	4	29.5	46
47	Sambo,Pietro	III	ITA	1716	4	29	47-48
48	Zamar Kodelja,Jurij	IV	SLO		4	29	47-48
49	Pecchiari,Alberto	II	ITA	1608	4	28.5	49-50
50	Asanin,Zvest	IV	SLO		4	28.5	49-50
51	Portelli,Severino	I	ITA	1845	4	28	51
52	Isacco,Raimo		ITA		4	26	52
53	Asanin,Svarun	III	SLO		4	25	53
54	Aralica,Timotej Ulrih		SLO		4	21.5	54
55	Grosar,Vojko	I	SLO	1852	3.5	30	55-56
56	Papler,Peter				3.5	30	55-56
57	Obid,Marko	IV	SLO		3.5	28	57-58
58	Kroselj,Lucija		SLO		3.5	28	57-58
59	Pavlic,Petra	WII	SLO	1521	3.5	27.5	59-60
60	Muradore,Aldo	II	ITA		3.5	27.5	59-60
61	Povse,Martin Zan	III	SLO		3.5	25	61
62	Stepancic,Aleks	IV	SLO		3.5	22.5	62
63	Zavrtanik,Lenart		SLO		3	29.5	63
64	Markocic,Tine	IV	SLO		3	26.5	64-65
65	Bjelovuk,Marko		SLO		3	26.5	64-65
66	Pahor,Kristjan	III	SLO		3	26	66
67	Blaskovic,Aldo		SLO		3	23.5	67
68	Jarc,Jakob	IV	SLO		2.5	29.5	68
69	Mundjar,Aleksander	IV	SLO		2.5	26.5	69
70	Jeric,Tanja	IV	SLO		2.5	25	70
71	Dzamastagic,Elvis		SLO		2.5	24	71
72	Japic,Sabina	IV	SLO		2	25.5	72
73	Gruden,Andraz		SLO		2	23.5	73
74	Veliscek,Iza	III	SLO	1597
75	Markocic,Spela		SLO

8) LX Abierto De Verano

The LX Abierto De Verano tournament took place 20th-31st January 2010 and Federico Perez Ponsa finished in first place on 7.5/9. Games from the final round not available. Argentina are still absent from the FIDE rating list. I haven't seen why they are unable to pay their FIDE dues but it is starting to be a real problem, and I don't doubt this is also the case for the players.

Official site: http://www.ballesterajedrez.org.ar/

LIX Verano Open Villa Ballester (ARG), 6-18 i 2009 Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl	Name	Elo	Tit	Pts.	M-Buch.	Progr.	Buch.
1-2	PEREZ PONSA, Federico	2437	im	7.5	44.0	41.0	57.0
	GOLDWASER, Cristian	2441	im	7.5	44.0	40.0	55.5
3-5	GUERRERO, Alvaro	2225		7	42.5	36.5	54.0
	SLIPAK, Sergio	2449	gm	7	41.0	35.0	53.0
	SCARELLA, Enrique A	2363	im	7	40.5	40.0	51.0
6-15	OBREGON, Carlos	2443		6.5	44.0	36.5	55.5
	ANELLI, Antonio	2188	fm	6.5	41.5	36.0	53.5
	DELLA MORTE, German	2341	im	6.5	41.5	35.5	53.5
	PICHOT, Alan	2029	fm	6.5	41.0	33.0	52.5
	GRANARA BARRETO, Sebastian	2209		6.5	40.0	34.0	50.5
	REY BESADA, Fernando	2190		6.5	38.0	34.5	47.5
	PEREZ, Maximiliano Agustin	2191		6.5	38.0	32.5	45.5
	PANIAGUA CHNELIK, Sebastian	2095		6.5	37.5	32.5	47.0
	KRYSA, Leandro	2246		6.5	34.0	32.5	46.0
	OCAMPOS, Ian	2100		6.5	34.0	30.5	43.5
16-23	BIANCHI, Lucas	2141		6	40.0	35.0	51.5
	RADOSZTA, Armando	2077		6	38.0	30.5	48.5
	CABRAL, Matias	1934		6	38.0	29.5	47.5
	MIRANDA, Rafael			6	38.0	29.0	49.0
	PAPADOPULOS, Daniel Francisco	2160		6	35.0	31.0	45.5
	FRANCO, Gaston	1999		6	32.0	27.5	42.5
	GARCIA, Ezequiel Alejandro	2037		6	31.0	27.0	40.5
	FERRARO, Oscar Anibal	1850		6	30.0	25.0	39.5
24-40	APARICIO, Anibal	2274	fm	5.5	39.5	34.0	51.5
	MARTINEZ, Ayelen	2054		5.5	38.0	31.5	47.5
	CIURLANTI, Federico	2055		5.5	37.0	31.0	44.0
	KOCH, Juan	2090		5.5	36.5	31.0	47.5
	VILLARREAL, Ivan Nicolas	1957		5.5	36.5	29.5	47.0
	SOSA, Tomas	1995		5.5	36.5	28.5	47.5
	PRADINES, Emmanuel	2023		5.5	35.5	29.0	44.5
	MAGLIERI, Nahuel	1804		5.5	35.0	30.0	43.5
	ORTEGA MORALES, Javier	2008		5.5	35.0	26.5	46.0
	GODOY OLAZABAL, Arturo	1908		5.5	35.0	25.5	44.0
	MOLINA, Pablo	2012		5.5	34.5	29.0	45.0
	GOLDWASER, Romina	1905		5.5	33.5	25.5	43.5
	NIEVA, Jose Luis	2082		5.5	33.0	26.5	43.0
	VALLI, Americo Luis	1982		5.5	32.5	26.0	41.5
	MATTANO, Marcelo	1936		5.5	32.5	25.0	43.0
	CARDOZO, Diego	1778		5.5	32.0	23.5	40.5
	SANCHEZ, Alberto Jacinto	1720		5.5	30.5	22.5	38.5
41-56	CODIGONE, Maximiliano	1889		5	39.0	29.5	48.0
	CACERES RECALDE, Fernando	1935		5	37.0	28.0	46.0
	SCAFFINO, Luis	1800		5	36.5	26.0	46.0
	ANTONEL, Lucas Gonzalo	1926		5	35.5	27.5	44.5
	MEDINA, Gustavo	2059		5	35.5	27.0	43.0
	RICCHIO, Mario	1894		5	34.0	24.5	43.5
	GARCIA, Manuel Alberto	2018		5	33.0	27.0	42.5
	MARTINEZ DE NEGRI, Gonzalo	2032		5	33.0	26.5	43.0
	SAMPAOLESI, Nestor	1926		5	32.5	25.0	41.0
	TORELLA, Rodolfo	2068		5	32.0	26.0	42.0
	CARAMIA, Javier Arturo	2175		5	32.0	25.5	42.0
	ARIGANELLO, Sebastian	1809		5	32.0	24.5	41.5
	SOUTO, Esteban	1708		5	31.5	23.5	42.0
	DUARTE, Hernan			5	30.5	22.0	39.5
	BERNAL, Lucas	1959		5	29.5	22.5	38.0
	RICCIARDI, Gabriel	1651		5	28.5	19.5	37.5
57-76	MULLER, Thilo	2043		4.5	35.0	29.5	44.0
134 players

9) Ukrainian under-18 Championship

The Ukrainian under-18 Championship took place 26th January - 3rd February 2010. Stanislav Bogdanovich won the boys event with 9.5/11.

Official site: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/t214.html

ch-UKR b18 Kyiv (UKR), 26 i-3 ii 2010 Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	NAT	Elo	Pts	Perf
1	Bogdanovich, Stanislav	m	UKR	2386	9.5	2466
2	Nyzhnyk, Illya	m	UKR	2486	9.0	2418
3	Danilenko, Dmitriy		UKR	2290	8.0	2315
4	Sivuk, Vitaly		UKR	2346	7.5	2268
5	Borisenko, Maxim		UKR	----	7.0	2234
6	Borisenko, Vjacheslav		UKR	2032	7.0	2190
7	Ledakov, Alexandr		UKR	2108	7.0	2138
8	Skliarov, Viktor		UKR	2068	7.0	2143
9	Megur, Vladislav		UKR	2101	6.5	2211
10	Vdovichenko, Vladislav		UKR	2182	6.5	2207
11	Linker, Mikhail		UKR	1933	6.5	2159
12	Kurayan, Ruslan		UKR	2256	6.5	2093
13	Bereziuk, Yaroslav		UKR	2072	6.5	2073
50 players

ch-UKR g18 Kyiv (UKR), 26 i-3 ii 2010 Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	NAT	Elo	Pts	Perf
1	Shvayger, Yuliya	wf	UKR	2164	8.0	2116
2	Rakhmangulova, Anastasiya		UKR	2089	8.0	2157
3	Bulakh, Oleksandra		UKR	2029	8.0	2156
4	Ivanenko, Olga I		UKR	2066	7.5	2099
5	Osmak, Iulija		UKR	1876	7.5	2107
6	Korniyuk, Mariya		UKR	2067	6.5	2031
7	Tkachova, Anastasia		UKR	1855	6.5	2091
8	Tantsiura, Marja		UKR	1998	6.5	2078
26 players

10) First Saturday February 2010

The First Saturday tournaments for February takes place 6th-18th February 2010.

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

First Saturday GM 6-18th Feb 2010 BUDAPEST
Sharma, Dinesh K	IM	IND	2344
Ilincic, Zlatko	GM	SRB	2464
Quinn, Mark	IM	IRL	2401
Rapport, Richard	IM	HUN	2444
Platzgummer, Fabian	IM	AUT	2401
Paschall, William M.	IM	USA	2398
Boros, Denes	GM	HUN	2494
Farago, Ivan	GM	HUN	2512
Sahu, Sekhar Chandra	IM	IND	2258
Yu, Lie		CHN	2359
Pap, Gyula	IM	HUN	2478
Padmini, Rout	WIM	IND	2294
Varga, Zoltan	GM	HUN	2485

First Saturday IMA 6-18th Feb 2010 BUDAPEST
Kahn, Evarth Dr.	IM	HUN	1.	2235
Griffiths, Ryan Rhys		IRL	2.	2148
Turzo, Attila	IM	HUN	3.	2309
Roberts, Paul		SCO	4.	2206
Szabo, Bence		HUN	5.	2261
Lyell, Mark	FM	ENG	6.	2224
Lengyel, Bela	IM	HUN	7.	2271
Binder, Michael		AUT	8.	2208
Szalanczy, Emil	IM	HUN	9.	2298
Eperjesi, Laszlo Dr.	IM	HUN	10.	2240
Average:			2240

First Saturday IMB 6-18th Feb 2010 BUDAPEST
Tran, Tuan Minh		VIE	2158
Keschitz, Gyorgy		HUN	2235
Farago, Sandor	IM	HUN	2234
Parkanyi, Attila	IM	HUN	2324
Bakin, Alexander	FM	RUS	2248
Mozes Ervin	IM	ROU	2275
Mezonyatlag			2245.7

11) Dutch League

The Dutch League takes place 26th September 2009 - 18th April 2010. Round 6 took place on the 6th February 2010, Games are not yet available. A couple of matches were postponed for round 5.

Rounds: Round 1 - 26th September, Round 2 - 31 October, Round 3 - 21st November, Round 4 - 12th December 2009. Round 5 - 9th January Round 6 - 6th February, Round 7 - 6th March, Round 8 - 27 March, Round 9 - 18 April 2010.

Official site: http://www.schaakbond.nl/wedstrijdschaak/knsb-competitie.

Further info: http://www.schakers.info/

Dutch League (NED), 26 ix 2009 - 18 iv 2010 Round 5 Standings:
Pl	Team	Mp	Bp	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1	Groningen 1/Hotels.nl	12	38½	x	.	.	6	7.5	6.5	6	6	.	6.5
2	Utrecht	9	34½	.	x	1.5	8	.	5	5.5	.	7	7.5
3	HSG	8	37	.	8.5	x	.	8.5	7	8.5	.	.	4.5
4	Schrijvers Rotterdam	8	31½	4	2	.	x	5.5	6	.	6.5	.	7.5
5	Homburg Apeldoorn	6	30	2.5	.	1.5	4.5	x	.	8	5.5	8	.
6	LSG	5	28½	3.5	5	3	4	.	x	7.5	.	5.5	.
7	Braceland ESGOO	2	21½	4	4.5	1.5	.	2	2.5	x	7	.	.
8	HMC Calder	2	21	4	.	.	3.5	4.5	.	3	x	6	.
9	HWP Sas van Gent	2	20½	.	3	.	.	2	4.5	.	4	x	7
10	SMB	2	17	3.5	2.5	5.5	2.5	.	.	.	.	3	x

Dutch League (NED), 26 ix 2009 - 18 iv 2010 Round 5 Standings:
Round 1 - 26 September
01	SMB	-	Schrijvers Rotterdam	2½	-	7½
02	Groningen 1/Hotels.nl	-	Braceland ESGOO	6	-	4
03	HMC Calder	-	HWP Sas van Gent	6	-	4
04	Homburg Apeldoorn	-	HSG	1½	-	8½
05	LSG	-	Utrecht	5	-	5
Round 2 - 31 October
01	Utrecht	-	SMB	7½	-	2½
02	HSG	-	LSG	7	-	3
03	HWP Sas van Gent	-	Homburg Apeldoorn	2	-	8
04	Braceland ESGOO	-	HMC Calder	7	-	3
05	Schrijvers Rotterdam	-	Groningen 1/Hotels.nl	4	-	6
Round 3 - 21 November
01	SMB	-	Groningen 1/Hotels.nl	3½	-	6½
02	HMC Calder	-	Schrijvers Rotterdam	3½	-	6½
03	Homburg Apeldoorn	-	Braceland ESGOO	8	-	2
04	LSG	-	HWP Sas van Gent	5½	-	4½
05	Utrecht	-	HSG	1½	-	8½
Round 4 - 12 December
01	HSG	-	SMB	4½	-	5½
02	HWP Sas van Gent	-	Utrecht	3	-	7
03	Braceland ESGOO	-	LSG	2½	-	7½
04	Schrijvers Rotterdam	-	Homburg Apeldoorn	5½	-	4½
05	Groningen 1/Hotels.nl	-	HMC Calder	6	-	4
Round 5 - 9 January
01	SMB	-	HMC Calder		-	*
02	Homburg Apeldoorn	-	Groningen 1/Hotels.nl	2½	-	7½
03	LSG	-	Schrijvers Rotterdam	4	-	6
04	Utrecht	-	Braceland ESGOO	5½	-	4½
05	HSG	-	HWP Sas van Gent		-	*
Round 6 - 6 February
01	HWP Sas van Gent	-	SMB	7	-	3
02	Braceland ESGOO	-	HSG	1½	-	8½
03	Schrijvers Rotterdam	-	Utrecht	2	-	8
04	Groningen 1/Hotels.nl	-	LSG	6½	-	3½
05	HMC Calder	-	Homburg Apeldoorn	4½	-	5½
Round 7 - 6 March
01	SMB	-	Homburg Apeldoorn		-
02	LSG	-	HMC Calder		-
03	Utrecht	-	Groningen 1/Hotels.nl		-
04	HSG	-	Schrijvers Rotterdam		-
05	HWP Sas van Gent	-	Braceland ESGOO		-
Round 8 - 27 March
01	Braceland ESGOO	-	SMB		-
02	Schrijvers Rotterdam	-	HWP Sas van Gent		-
03	Groningen 1/Hotels.nl	-	HSG		-
04	HMC Calder	-	Utrecht		-
05	Homburg Apeldoorn	-	LSG		-
Round 9 - 18 April
01	LSG	-	SMB		-
02	Utrecht	-	Homburg Apeldoorn		-
03	HSG	-	HMC Calder		-
04	HWP Sas van Gent	-	Groningen 1/Hotels.nl		-
05	Braceland ESGOO	-	Schrijvers Rotterdam		-

12) Linares 2010

The Linares tournament takes place in Spain 12th-25th February 2010.

Players: Veselin Topalov, Levon Aronian, Alexander Grischuk, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Boris Gelfand and invited for the first time in a super-tournament Vugar Gashimov who deserves his chance in this company.

13) Bermuda International Open

The Bermuda International Open took place 5th-7th February 2009.

Final Placings:

1-2 GM Nick DeFirmian won the blitz play-off against GM Alexander Ivanov 4.5 points from 5.

3-7 GM Pascal Charbonneau, IM David Cummings, WIM Esther Epstein, Andrei Moffat and Aleksandr Ostrovsky. 4 points.

8- GM Larry Christiansen (lost to DeFirmian in last round) 3 1/2

58 players

More news and games should follow. My thanks to Nigel Freeman.

14) London Chess Centre closes after 18 years

The London Chess Centre will close its doors for the final time on the 12th of February 2010 after 18 years due to the termination of the lease on the property. However chess shoppers in London will still be able to find the full range of books, sets and software at the Baker Street Branch located at 44 Baker Street, London W1U 7RT.

About the BCM Shop: http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/shop.html and also: Here .

Mail order contact numbers will not change and the new postal address is 44 Baker Street, London W1U 7RT although a new mail order centre is planned.

The shop first opened in July of 1992 after a group led by Malcolm Pein acquired some of the assets of Robert Maxwell whose death and fall from grace led to his empire, which included some chess assets being broken up. Whilst Pergamon Press became Cadogan Books, his Chess Magazine, founded by BH Wood in 1935 was bought by Malcolm Pein who had become the UK ChessBase distributor and advertised regularly in it.

Appalled by the poor shopping experience in Foyles, the iconic bookshop in London's Charing Cross Rd where there was a huge range of books but noone on hand to give advice, Pein thought that a shop in Central London might work where players could gather, lectures held and customers served by knowledgeable staff. The idea was widely ridiculed at the time, few thought that a chess shop was viable but Pein thought that a mail order, shop and magazine would form a virtuous circle with each supporting the other. Initially the business was a disaster. While Pein was away at the Olympiad in Manila the shop was broken into three times and all the computers stolen. The administrators of the Maxwell Empire sealed the old prefab offices of Maxwell McMillan Chess and prevented the phone calls being transferred. The magazine subscriptions computer had to be smuggled out of Maxwell's former estate in Headington and Jimmy Adams the editor managed to keep publication continuous.

The staging of the world chess championship between Garry Kasparov and Nigel Short in 1993 was a stroke of luck that carried the shop through the initial difficulties and since then the business has gone from strength to strength and includes both the former BCM shop, Countrywide Computers in Cambridgeshire and two US businesses both based in Florida, Chess4Less.com and ChessBase USA. The rise of the internet has ensured continuous growth in the mail order side of the business.

The Chess Centre has hosted many events over the years, some connected with the various London tournaments and World Championships and some to promote books or indeed just chess itself. There are too many names to mention but four world champions have come to sign books or give lectures: Current World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand gave a computer exhibition in 1995, Garry Kasparov has appeared there many times, Anatoly Karpov and Vladimir Kramnik have also appeared while Viktor Korchnoi has been twice.

Many celebrities have shopped there and a small selection of names includes: Leonardo DiCaprio, Orlando Bloom, Griff Rhys Jones, Hugh Laurie, Clive Andersson, Dave Lee Travis, Steve Davis, Guy Ritchie and Edgar Davids.

15) Forthcoming Events and Links

European Chess Solving Championship

The European Chess Solving Championship takes place at the De Vere Sunningdale Park Hotel, at Sunningdale near Windsor on the outskirts of London. The event takes place from Friday April 9th to Monday April 12th, with the main European Championship competitions on the Saturday and Sunday mornings.

Contact: The ECSC Organiser Paul Valois at paulvalois@yahoo.co.uk or on 0113 2620609, or Ian Watson at ian@irwatson.demon.co.uk or on 07768 847476.

Favourite for the individual is the current European and World Champion Piotr Murdzia from Poland, but solving Grandmasters from Russia, Great Britain, Germany and many others will be keen to unseat him. Poland also hold the team title, but are likely to be outgraded by Russia who should start as favourites. Great Britain, with two former World Champions in their squad, are also expected to contend for the title.

Competitors have to solve chess problems and endgame studies, against the clock, and each round includes orthodox two-, three- and more-movers, as well as selfmates, helpmates and studies. Titles and gradings for chess solving are similar to the over-the-board system, with Grandmasters, International Masters and Fide Masters of solving. Murdzia is currently the highest rated solver with a rating of 2843.

Full details on the ECSC website: http://www.bstephen.me.uk/ecsc2010/home

Sao Paulo State Team Championship

The Sao Paulo State Team Championship takes place over two weekends in Sao Paulo 20th-21th - 27th-28th February 2010.

Official site: http://www.fpx.com.br/s2009/

22nd Lenk International Chess Festival

Unfortunately it will be the last tournament in the current venue, the Hotel Kreuz, Lenk.

The organisers have decided to withdrew after tournament and a replacement will need to be found.

The 21 previous editions of the Lenk Open have seen around 5.000 chess players compete.

So the Hotel Kreuz will be the venue for the Lenk Open 2010. Swiss system, 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end). The prizes: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 800, 600, 400, 2x300 and 3x200 SF. Special prizes: Ladies, senior (1949), junior(1990-93), schoolboy (1994) and amateur (under 2000) for all: 200 CHF. Entry fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 20 SF more, GMs and IMs free. Venue: Hotel "Kreuz". Time table: Round 1st 18.00-23.00 April 1,; Rounds 2/3 09.30-14.30 and 15.30-20.30 April 2,; Round 4 14.00-19.00 April 3,; Rounds 5/6 09.30-14.30 and 15.30-20.30 April 4,; Round 7 09.30-14.30 April 5. Closing ceremony April 5 at 15.00. Info: Beochess +41+62+965-46-50 (Robert Spoerri) or event@beochess.ch or site http://www.beochess.ch for more details.

31st annual Tournament Of Young Talents

The 31st annual Tournament Of Young Talents takes place 1st-5th April 2010 in Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic. It is a festival of three tournaments: Tournament of young talents - several groups for youth players under 14 years Up to 8 years children championship - open Czech Championship under 8 years Pobeskydi - FIDE open and at least one round-robin with the possibility to achieve IM/WGM norms.

Further details please visit http://www.chessfm.cz or send email to s.jasny@seznam.cz or reflexia2007@yandex.ru

3rd Kuala Lumpur Chess Championship 2010

The 3rd Kuala Lumpur Chess Championship takes place 7th-12th April 2010.

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

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr29862.aspx?lan=1

3rd Kuala Lumpur Chess Championship (INA), 7-12 iv 2010 Leading players
No.	Ti	Name	FED	Elo
1	GM	Mchedlishvili Mikheil	GEO	2634
2	GM	Iuldashev Saidali	UZB	2519
3	GM	Vakhidov Tahir	UZB	2516
4	GM	Marat Dzhumaev	UZB	2515
5	IM	Franco Alonso Alejandro	ESP	2472
6	IM	Wohl Aleksandar H	AUS	2458
7	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung	VIE	2445
8	GM	Murshed Niaz	BAN	2419
9	GM	Wong Meng Kong	SIN	2416
10	FM	Chan Nicholas	MAS	2398
11	GM	Zaw Win Lay	MYA	2382

III Magistral Ciudad de Asuncion

The III Magistral Ciudad de Asuncion, "Copa Roggio chess tournament takes place in Asuncion, Paraguay, May 19th-29th 2010.

Official site: http://www.ajedrezciudaddeasuncion.com.py/

The organizer is Eng. Julio Ingolotti, Secretary-General of the Feparaj. Email: julioingolotti@gmail.com

III Magistral Ciudad de Asuncion (URU), 19-29 v 2010 Provisional list
Soppe, Guillermo	m	ARG	2434
Rosselli Mailhe, Bernardo	m	URU	2386
Brito, Luismar	f	BRA	2335
Larrea, Manuel	f	URU	2333
Peralta, Eduardo	f	PAR	2282
Ferreira, Oscar	f	PAR	2282
Valiente, Cristobal	m	PAR	2258
Zacarías, M Ruben	f	PAR	2213

Cappelle-la-Grande 2010

The 26th International Open of Cappelle-la-Grande takes 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/

Aeroflot Open 2010

The 9th International Chess Festival "Aeroflot Open 2010" takes place in Moscow 8th February (the day of arrival) - 19th February 2010 (the day of departure). For the fifth year the festival will take place in the major tourist complex "Izmailovo", hotel "Gamma - Delta".

The festival has the same total prize fund as in 2009: € 180 000 (the prizes for the World Blitz Qualification Tournament included).

Four Open Tournaments (A1,A2, B and C) are made up according to the rating of the participants.

Tournament A1 for chessplayers with a FIDE rating higher than 2549. Prize fund 70000 €

Tournament A2 for chessplayers with a FIDE rating less than 2550, but higher than 2399. Prize fund: € 36000

Tournament B:for chessplayers with a FIDE rating less than 2400, but higher than 2199. Prize fund € 19500

Tournament C:for chessplayers with a FIDE rating lower than 2200 or without rating. Prize fund Group C: € 12000

All information regarding registration, the package payment details and the World Blitz QualificationTournament are published on the official site: http://www.aeroflotchess.com.

Contact details: e-mail: aeroflotchess@gmail.com

tel/fax: +7 (495) 691-8578 tel.: +7 (495) 690-6084

XXVIII Andorra International Chess Open

The XXVIII Andorra International Chess Open takes place 17th-25th July 2010. Prizes: 10.000 Euros / 1st Prize: 2.100 Euros

Details: http://www.escacsandorra.com

Contact: open@escacsandorra.com - FEVA - Tel/Fax: 00.376.824465

1st Novy Bor Open

The 1st Novy Bor Open, takes place 13th-20th February 2010.

Official site: http://www.czechtour.net/novy-bor-open/

Czech Tour 2010-11

The 10th International Chess Festivals Series Czech Tour 2010-11 has the following preliminary list. (Subject to small changes.)

1st HRADEC KRALOVE OPEN (FIDE open, active chess, blitz tournament). 15th-22nd May 2010.

21st CZECH OPEN - Pardubice (European Youth Chess Teams Championship, European Amateurs Championship, GM open taken in ACP-TOUR, 4 FIDE opens, Open Championship of the Czech Republic in active chess taken in ACP-TOUR, Open Championship of the Czech Republic of 4-member teams, in blitz marathon, bughouse and Fischerandom chess, problem solving competition, blitz tournaments for individuals, pairs and teams, pairs active chess, youth tournament etc.). 15th July - 1st August 2010. http://www.czechopen.net

13th OLOMOUC CHESS SUMMER - Olomouc (FIDE open, closed GM and IM tournaments, seniors tournament, active chess, blitz chess tournament). 4th-12th August 2010.

9th Georgiev's and Kesarovsky´s Memorial - Sunny Beach, Bulgaria (FIDE open, active chess, blitz tournament). 28th August - 5th September 2010.

7th HIGHLANDS OPEN - Zdar nad Sazavou (FIDE open, active chess, blitz tournament). 25th September - 2nd October 2010.

11th LIBEREC OPEN (FIDE open, active chess, blitz tournament). 23rd-30th October 2010.

1st BRNO OPEN (FIDE open, active chess, blitz tournament). 14th-20th November 2010

4th SOUTH BOHEMIA OPEN - Cesky Krumlov (FIDE open, active chess, blitz tournament). 21st-27th November 2010.

2nd PILSNER OPEN (FIDE open, active chess, blitz tournament).4th-11th December 2010.

10th PRAGUE OPEN (2 FIDE opens, one of them with IM norm, active chess, blitz tournament). 7th-14th January 2011.

10th MARIENBAD OPEN (FIDE open, closed GM and IM tournaments, active chess, blitz tournament). 15th-22nd January 2011.

2nd NOVY BOR OPEN (FIDE open, active chess, blitz tournament). 12th-19th February 2011.

More detailed information: AVE-KONTAKT s.r.o., Sukova 1556, 530 02 Pardubice, Czech Republic tel./fax + 420 466 535 200, mobile phone + 420 608 203 007 e-mail: j.mazuch@avekont.cz

http://www.czechtour.net

XXVIII Metz Open

The XXVIII Metz International Chess Open organised by the Metz Alekhine chess club takes place Saturday, April 10th - Friday, April 16th 2010. 9 Round Swiss over 7 days. Rate of play : 90min. + 30 spm (40 moves), f.b. 30 min. + 30 spm for each player.

Chief Tournament Officer : Salvatore CENTONZE - (+33) 6 10 87 86 95 - salvat.111@free.fr 37 Rue de Queuleu 57070 METZ

Deputy Tournament Officer : Christophe HOLLER - (+33) 6 72 93 08 15 - ch.holler@numericable.fr

Details: http://www.metzalekhine57.fr/opmetz2010_1578.htm

11th European Individual 2010

The 11th European Individual Men and Women's Chess Championship takes place 5th-19th March 2010 in Rijeka, Croatia. Applications through the individual Federations can only be made not later than 10th February 2010.

Details: http://www.eurorijeka2010.com/home/Services/Accommodation

4NCL

The 4NCL took place Sat 24th Oct 2009 - 3rd May 2010. 16th-17th January saw rounds 3 and 4. Pride & Prejudice (Adams, Rowson, Haslinger, Hebden) v Wood Green (Bacrot, McShane, Hammer, Baburin) which was 1st v 2nd. The match was tied 2-2.

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

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

4NCL 2009-10 Sunningdale (ENG), 24 x 2009 - 3 v 2010 Division 1A Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE	3	1	0	7
WOOD GREEN HILSMARK KINGFISHER 1	3	1	0	7
BARBICAN 4NCL 2	2	1	1	5
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1	2	0	2	4
THE ADS	1	1	2	3
GUILDFORD-A&DC 2	1	1	2	3
OXFORD 1	1	0	3	2
JUTES OF KENT	0	1	3	1

4NCL 2009-10 Sunningdale (ENG), 24 x 2009 - 3 v 2010 Division 1B Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
WOOD GREEN HILSMARK KINGFISHER 2	3	0	1	6
GUILDFORD-A&DC 1	3	0	1	6
BARBICAN 4NCL 1	3	0	1	6
WHITE ROSE 1	3	0	1	6
BETSSON.COM	2	0	2	4
SOUTH WALES DRAGONS	1	0	3	2
PANDORA'S BOX GRANTHAM	1	0	3	2
POISONED PAWNS 1	0	0	4	0

24th Pula Open 2010

The 24th International Chess Tournament "Pula Open 2010" takes place 19th-26th June 2010 in Hotel Histria, Pula, Croatia. Swiss system 9 rounds, 90 minutes + 30 seconds per every move (from the beginning of the game). Prize fund is 11 000 EUR net (in Croatian kunas). There are 53 prizes in total. The prizes are not cumulative. Entry fee is 50 EUR but players younger that 18 years pay 25 EUR and IM-s and GM-s do not pay. Last year 295 players from 25 counties participated.

Details: http://www.skpula.hr

E-mail: pulaopen@gmail.com

You can also contact the tournament director Mr. Denis Vretenar: +385/ 91/ 5268340

2010 Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament

The 19th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament takes place at the Palais de la Mediterranée, a legendary hotel on the world-famous Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, March 12th-25th 2010. The event is organized by the Association Max Euwe of chess maecenas Joop van Oosterom, which is based in Monaco. The new number one in the world rankings, Magnus Carlsen, is the top-seed in Nice. Also present are Levon Aronian, the winner of the past two Amber tournaments, and Vladimir Kramnik, who won the Amber tournament a record six times.

Likely website: http://www.amberchess2010.com/

19th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Nice (FRA), 12-25 iii 2010				cat. XX (2746)
WRk	Name	Title	NAT	B-Year	Ja2010
1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	1990	2810
4	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	1975	2788
5	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	1982	2781
6	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	1968	2761
7	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	1986	2759
8	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	1969	2749
10	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	1976	2744
13	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	1983	2737
17	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	1977	2732
21	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	1990	2720
25	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	1983	2712
73	Smeets, Jan	g	NED	1985	2657

Women's Bundesliga

The Women's Bundesliga takes place 7th November 2009 - 28th March 2010. OSG Baden Baden leads the tournament after 5 rounds. I couldn't find a game file for the tournament.

Results: http://www.schachbund.de/SchachBL/bedh.php?liga=fb1

Bundesliga Women (GER), 7 xi 2009 - 28 iii 2010 Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
Pl	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Sp	MP	BP
1.	OSG Baden Baden	+			5½		3			5	4		5½	5	9	23
2.	Hamburger SK 1830		+	2½					4½	4		5½	5	5	8	21½
3.	USV Volksbank Halle		3½	+		2		4½	5			3½		5	8	18½
4.	SK Grosslehna	½			+	3½	3½	4			3½			5	8	15
5.	SC Bad Koenigshofen			4	2½	+		2½			4	5		5	6	18
6.	Karlsruher SF 1853	3			2½		+			3½	2		4	5	5	15
7.	Rodewischer Schachmiezen			1½	2	3½		+			5	2½		5	4	14½
8.	SK Lehrte		1½	1					+	3		4	3	5	4	12½
9.	SV Wolfbusch	1	2				2½		3	+			5	5	3	13½
10.	SC Leipzig Gohlis	2			2½	2	4	1			+			5	2	11½
11.	SAV Torgelow		½	2½		1		3½	2			+		5	2	9½
12.	SV Medizin Erfurt	½	1				2		3	1			+	5	1	7½

Austrian Bundesliga

The second weekend of the Austrian Bundesliga (11 rounds) took place 14th-17th January 2010 in Graz, Austria.

Time control: 100 minutes for 40 moves an additional 50 minutes with 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.

Remaining fixtures: 27th-30th March 2010 in Baden.

Official site: http://www.chess.at/staatsligen/stl_a.htm

Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr21147.aspx

II Genset Cup

The II Genset Cup IM Tournament takes place 26th March - 3rd April 2010 Szombathely.

9 -11 round Robin 90 minutes/40 moves + 30 minutes , 30 sec addition after each move

INFORMATION: CSONKA Attila 0036-70-200-4233 attila_csonka@hotmail.com PERGEL Lászlo 0036-70-775-4901 pergell@citromail.hu

9th Czech Tour 2009/2010

13-20.2. 2010 1st NOVY BOR OPEN (the Prazak Grandhotel) http://www.czechtour.net/novy-bor-open/

8.-15.1. 2010 9th PRAGUE OPEN (TOP HOTEL Praha) http://www.czechtour.net/prague-open/

16.-23.1. 2010 9th MARIENBAD OPEN (the Kossuth hotel) http://www.czechtour.net/marienbad-open/

Dates of the first tournaments of the 10th jubilee CZECH TOUR 2010 / 2011 Series:

15.-22.5. 2010 1st HRADEC KRALOVE OPEN (the Cernigov hotel)

15.7.-1.8. 2010 21st CZECH OPEN (Pardubice, CEZ Arena)

4.-12.8. 2010 13th OLOMOUC CHESS SUMMER (the Sigma hotel)

Official site: http://www.czechtour.net/news/

Anand - Topalov World Championship is in Sofia in April/May 2010

The World Chess Championship takes place in Sofia, Bulgaria 23 April (1st round) to 12 May 2010 (possible tiebreaks). The match is between World Champion Viswanathan Anand and Veselin Topalov. An agreement was signed by FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and the President of the Bulgarian Chess Federation Stefan Sergiev on the 16th December 2009. This was in the presence of the Prime Minister of Bulgaria Mr Boiko Borisov who is guaranteeing the match.

International Correspondence Chess Federation

The International Correspondence Chess Federation has announced the Preliminary Sections of the World Correspondence Chess Championship will start on March 10th. 2010.

Also Slovenia's 15 Years Membership of ICCF tournament semi-finals.

Details on the ICCF Official site: http://www.iccf.com/content/index.php

Reykjavik Open

The Reykjavík Open 2010 takes place 24th February - 3rd March 2010.

Details: http://www.chess.is and the contact e-mail of the organize commitee is reykjavikopen2010@gmail.com.

FIDE World Amateur Chess Championship

FIDE World Amateur Chess Championship - an Official FIDE World Chess Championship! 9R-SS G/90 + 30/sec increment. Holiday Inn Hotel: 5300 W Touhy Ave Skokie, IL 60077. 847.679.8900. $20,000 Guaranteed. Open to players with no FIDE title and rated under 2000 FIDE. All players compete in a single section. Please see tournament website for more detailed rating regulations.

Prizes: Overall: $3000-2000-1600-1400; Top Women: $1000-600-400-200; (1799-1600): $1000-600-400-200; (1599-1400): $1000-600-400-200; (U1400): $1000-600-400-200; (Unrated): $1000-600-400-200;

EF: $120 by 6pm 02/15, $150 by 6pm 03/15; $200 thereafter and onsite. No re-entries allowed. No half-point byes allowed (zero point byes only). Onsite registration from 3-5pm 03/19.

Rds: 3/19 - 6:30pm; 3/20-21 - 12pm and 6:30pm per day; 3/22-25 - 6:30pm per night.

Mail entries with registration information to: North American Chess Association (make checks payable to) 4957 Oakton Street, Suite 113, Skokie, IL 60077.

More information and online registration available at: http://www.worldchesschamps.com. Questions via email only: sevan@worldchesschamps.com

South Lakes Congress

The South Lakes Congress is taking place on w/e of 11-13th June 2010 at The Grand Hotel, Grange-over-Sands. The contact for the event is: Trevor Blower, 18 Blackbutts Lane, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria LA14 3AP. email: trevor.blower@talktalk.net, Phone No 01229 472100.

Two Hungarian events

1. 26th of Nov until 4th of Dec.Tenkes Cup, Harkany, Link to: http://baranyasakk.hu/index.php?cat=naptar&id=3&age=0&vid=15&lang=en&det=12 - Open 9 rounds Swiss, 250 km West from Budapest, free thermal bathes, Organizer: Mr. Fulop, Csaba e-mail address: fulopcsa@invitel.hu First rize: brutto 1800 Euros (in HUF)

2,5th-16th of December Budapest, First Saturday GM-IM-FM ELO tournaments, 9...11 rounds, Org: Nagy Laszlo, e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net - link to: http://www.firstsaturday.hu

Czech Tour 2009-10

5.-12.12. 2009 1st PILSEN OPEN (Central hotel) - http://www.czechtour.net/pilsen-open/

8-15.1. 2010 9th PRAGUE OPEN (TOP HOTEL Praha) - http://www.czechtour.net/prague-open/

16-23.1. 2010 9th MARIENBAD OPEN (Kossuth hotel) - http://www.czechtour.net/marienbad-open/

13-20.2. 2010 1st NOVY BOR OPEN (Grandhotel Prazak) - http://www.czechtour.net/novy-bor-open/

The registration deadline for 3rd SOUTH BOHEMIA OPEN, which takes place 14.-21.11. 2009 in the town of Cesky Krumlov (http://www.czechtour.net/south-bohemia-open/), which is one of the most beautiful places in the Czech Republic, has been prolonged without extra fee for the late enrolment till 9.11. 2009.

Preliminary starting lists on 4.11. 2009 should be found at http://www.czechtour.net/news/.

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: 18-28.11, 29.11-10.12, 13-22.12.

2010: 2-13.01, 17-28.01, 9-19.02, 20.02-3.03 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. Phone mobile: Russia: (7)903-5593052, (7)926-0523889 Germany: (49)152-04014194 Phone/Fax (Russia): (7)495-4336634 Skype: Prinzflorisel E-mail: wlct06@gmail.com, worldchesstour@gmail.com

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

Official site: www.chess-events.org/en_US/rr-tur.html

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

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.

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

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

Ajedrez 21 English site

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

Kingpin Magazine

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

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

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