THE WEEK IN CHESS 797 15th February 2010 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Adolivio Capece, Miklos Orso, Mitko Iliev, Christophe Philippe, Pasarelu Dan Gabriel and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The Linares tournament has warmed up after a slow start in round one with a couple of very interesting rounds of chess. The performance of Veselin Topalov will be of interest in the lead up to his match against Viswanathan Anand. Anand, whilst not exactly playing badly, only won a couple of games in Wijk aan Zee so now it's time to see Topalov's form. Elsewhere the Aeroflot Open is heading for an exciting finish with a big tie for first with a couple of rounds to go. Also on at the moment is the Cappelle-la-Grande Open which used to be the big open at this time of year before Aeroflot and is still a pretty impressive tournament.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 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.

Round 1 was a very quiet with 3 fairly dull draws.

Round 2. Both in Topalov - Gashimov and Grischuk against Gelfand white ended up with quite nasty pressure and better king positions that meant that holding the positions practically was extremely difficult. Even though Gashimov reduced the pawns to one side the position was almost impossible to defend. Gelfand's 29...Kh8 was losing but he was facing a long defence anyhow. The game Vallejo - Aronain was a fairly dull Berlin Defence which ended in a sterile ending on move 41.

Round 3. Levon Aronian was held by Veselin Topalov in a Modern Benoni where he seemed on the verge of getting a decisive advantage but Topalov found just enough counter-play. Boris Gelfand was held to a draw after an amazing positional queen sacrifice in a Slav by Francisco Vallejo Pons. Vugar Gashimov and Alexander Grischuk drew a sharp Poisoned Pawn Najdorf Sicilian which burned out to a drawn ending.

XXVII SuperGM Linares (ESP), 13-24 ii 2010											cat. XXI (2758)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2805	*	*	.	.	½	.	½	.	1	.	.	.	2	2873
2.	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2736	.	.	*	*	½	.	.	.	½	.	1	.	2	2892
3.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2781	½	.	½	.	*	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2748
4.	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	2705	½	.	.	.	½	.	*	*	.	.	½	.	1½	2782
5.	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	2759	0	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	*	*	½	.	1	2642
6.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2761	.	.	0	.	.	.	½	.	½	.	*	*	1	2608

Round 1 (February 13, 2010)
Aronian, Levon	- Grischuk, Alexander	½-½	26	E25	Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Vallejo Pons, Francisco	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	41	C95	Ruy Lopez Breyer
Gelfand, Boris	- Gashimov, Vugar	½-½	54	A61	Benoni
Round 2 (February 14, 2010)
Topalov, Veselin	- Gashimov, Vugar	1-0	48	D11	Slav Defence
Grischuk, Alexander	- Gelfand, Boris	1-0	35	E55	Nimzo Indian
Vallejo Pons, Francisco	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	41	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 3 (February 15, 2010)
Aronian, Levon	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	51	A64	Benoni
Gashimov, Vugar	- Grischuk, Alexander	½-½	40	B97	Sicilian Najdorf
Gelfand, Boris	- Vallejo Pons, Francisco	½-½	42	D10	Slav Defence

3) 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).

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.

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

9th Aeroflot Open A Moscow (RUS), 9-17 ii 2010
Rank	Name	Ti	Fed.	Score	Rating	TPR	W-We
1	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	GM	RUS	5	2658	2758	0.95
2	Grachev, Boris	GM	RUS	5	2653	2756	0.97
3	Le, Quang Liem	GM	VIE	5	2647	2811	1.57
4	Savchenko, Boris	GM	RUS	5	2638	2805	1.6
5	Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son	GM	VIE	5	2616	2773	1.5
6	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	GM	FRA	4.5	2730	2713	-0.11
7	Bacrot, Etienne	GM	FRA	4.5	2713	2735	0.23
8	Naiditsch, Arkadij	GM	GER	4.5	2687	2702	0.17
9	Najer, Evgeniy	GM	RUS	4.5	2665	2722	0.56
10	Cheparinov, Ivan	GM	BUL	4.5	2660	2735	0.74
11	So, Wesley	GM	PHI	4.5	2656	2712	0.55
12	Sasikiran, Krishnan	GM	IND	4.5	2653	2719	0.65
13	Timofeev, Artyom	GM	RUS	4.5	2652	2710	0.59
14	Korobov, Anton	GM	UKR	4.5	2648	2700	0.53
15	Bareev, Evgeny	GM	RUS	4.5	2643	2708	0.65
16	Zhou, Jianchao	GM	CHN	4.5	2632	2753	1.18
17	Motylev, Alexander	GM	RUS	4	2697	2676	-0.18
18	Sargissian, Gabriel	GM	ARM	4	2680	2641	-0.35
19	Moiseenko, Alexander	GM	UKR	4	2677	2653	-0.21
20	Bu, Xiangzhi	GM	CHN	4	2673	2670	-0.02
21	Vescovi, Giovanni	GM	BRA	4	2660	2664	0.05
22	Dreev, Alexey	GM	RUS	4	2650	2635	-0.13
23	Pashikian, Arman	GM	ARM	4	2647	2688	0.4
24	Predojevic, Borki	GM	BIH	4	2642	2617	-0.22
25	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	GM	RUS	4	2642	2653	0.13
26	Mamedov, Rauf	GM	AZE	4	2640	2673	0.34
27	Amonatov, Farrukh	GM	TJK	4	2634	2629	-0.04
28	Rodshtein, Maxim	GM	ISR	4	2622	2699	0.76
29	Iturrizaga, Eduardo	GM	VEN	4	2616	2626	0.11
30	Khalifman, Alexander	GM	RUS	4	2616	2698	0.82
31	McShane, Luke J	GM	ENG	4	2616	2657	0.43
32	Sjugirov, Sanan	GM	RUS	4	2610	2706	0.94
33	Khairullin, Ildar	GM	RUS	4	2605	2712	1.05
34	Belov, Vladimir	GM	RUS	4	2595	2677	0.82
35	Bocharov, Dmitry	GM	RUS	4	2594	2704	1.07
36	Grigoriants, Sergey	GM	RUS	4	2560	2690	1.27
37	Kamsky, Gata	GM	USA	3.5	2693	2602	-0.87
38	Volokitin, Andrei	GM	UKR	3.5	2692	2614	-0.76
39	Van Wely, Loek	GM	NED	3.5	2641	2610	-0.3
40	Kobalia, Mikhail	GM	RUS	3.5	2637	2585	-0.5
41	Tregubov, Pavel V.	GM	RUS	3.5	2628	2545	-0.8
42	Volkov, Sergey	GM	RUS	3.5	2623	2580	-0.4
43	Andriasian, Zaven	GM	ARM	3.5	2613	2633	0.18
44	Potkin, Vladimir	GM	RUS	3.5	2611	2615	0.04
45	Shabalov, Alexander	GM	USA	3.5	2611	2589	-0.21
46	Safarli, Eltaj	GM	AZE	3.5	2594	2621	0.28
47	Maletin, Pavel	GM	RUS	3.5	2591	2564	-0.25
48	Hou, Yifan	GM	CHN	3.5	2590	2589	-0.01
49	Salgado Lopez, Ivan	GM	ESP	3.5	2584	2605	0.21
50	Melkumyan, Hrant	GM	ARM	3.5	2583	2622	0.38
51	Kosintseva, Tatiana	GM	RUS	3.5	2515	2640	1.18
52	Smirin, Ilia	GM	ISR	3	2668	2538	-1.28
53	Efimenko, Zahar	GM	UKR	3	2657	2524	-1.3
54	Ehlvest, Jaan	GM	USA	3	2600	2597	-0.05
55	Zhou, Weiqi	GM	CHN	3	2600	2573	-0.28
56	Romanov, Evgeny	GM	RUS	3	2599	2606	0.07
57	Lenic, Luka	GM	SLO	3	2595	2566	-0.31
58	Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	GM	RUS	3	2591	2593	-0.01
59	Ragger, Markus	GM	AUT	3	2568	2558	-0.11
60	Shomoev, Anton	GM	RUS	3	2559	2568	0.05
61	Novikov, Stanislav	GM	RUS	3	2557	2543	-0.14
62	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	IM	RUS	3	2533	2585	0.47
63	Ajrapetjan, Yuriy	GM	UKR	3	2525	2535	0.08
64	Danin, Alexandre	IM	RUS	3	2519	2557	0.35
65	Khusnutdinov, Rustam	GM	KAZ	3	2513	2585	0.65
66	Zhigalko, Sergei	GM	BLR	2.5	2668	2470	-1.91
67	Lopez Martinez, Josep Manu	GM	ESP	2.5	2593	2458	-1.31
68	Feller, Sebastien	GM	FRA	2.5	2579	2511	-0.68
69	Morovic Fernandez, Ivan	GM	CHI	2.5	2561	2516	-0.46
70	Iljushin, Alexei	GM	RUS	2.5	2551	2493	-0.57
71	Papin, Vasily	IM	RUS	2.5	2548	2509	-0.4
72	Javakhishvili, Lela	IM	GEO	2.5	2493	2503	0.06
73	Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan	GM	IRI	2	2589	2447	-1.35
74	Svetushkin, Dmitry	GM	MDA	2	2573	2432	-1.33
75	Yudin, Sergei	GM	RUS	2	2573	2449	-1.16
76	Krylov, Mikhail	IM	RUS	2	2511	2454	-0.56
77	Sebag, Marie	GM	FRA	2	2510	2446	-0.61
78	Salem, A.R. Saleh	GM	UAE	2	2484	2462	-0.23
79	Vazquez Igarza, Renier	GM	ESP	1	2563	2268	-2.36
80	Laylo, Darwin	GM	PHI	0.5	2556	2148	-2.86

9th Aeroflot Open A Moscow (RUS), 9-17 ii 2010
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1.	Le Quang Liem	g	VIE	2647	+65	+7	+17	=6	=2	=3	=11	.	.	5	2810
2.	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	g	VIE	2616	=73	+62	+12	+14	=1	=4	=3	.	.	5	2773
3.	Grachev, Boris	g	RUS	2653	+48	=54	=52	+53	+26	=1	=2	.	.	5	2756
4.	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2658	-55	+66	+39	+58	=15	=2	+29	.	.	5	2758
5.	Savchenko, Boris	g	RUS	2638	+70	-17	+74	=9	+38	=13	+22	.	.	5	2805
6.	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	2660	+72	=20	+35	=1	=13	=14	=16	.	.	4½	2735
7.	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2713	+45	-1	+60	=36	=27	+15	=13	.	.	4½	2735
8.	Najer, Evgeniy	g	RUS	2665	+47	=36	=24	=44	=18	=20	+50	.	.	4½	2721
9.	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2730	=39	+77	=10	=5	-29	+32	+41	.	.	4½	2712
10.	Zhou Jianchao	g	CHN	2632	=64	+68	=9	=19	=11	=25	+42	.	.	4½	2753
11.	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	2687	=53	-26	+46	+73	=10	+36	=1	.	.	4½	2702
12.	So, Wesley	g	PHI	2656	=76	+32	-2	+55	+37	=29	=14	.	.	4½	2712
13.	Sasikiran, Krishnan	g	IND	2653	=37	+76	=58	+54	=6	=5	=7	.	.	4½	2718
14.	Timofeev, Artyom	g	RUS	2652	+71	=40	+55	-2	+44	=6	=12	.	.	4½	2709
15.	Bareev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2643	=67	+78	=37	+40	=4	-7	+44	.	.	4½	2707
16.	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	2648	=74	-21	+78	+45	=52	+26	=6	.	.	4½	2700
17.	Bu Xiangzhi	g	CHN	2673	+28	+5	-1	=24	=20	=35	=18	.	.	4	2669
18.	Khairullin, Ildar	g	RUS	2605	=38	=25	+34	=22	=8	=31	=17	.	.	4	2712
19.	Motylev, Alexander	g	RUS	2697	+51	=29	=20	=10	=41	=24	=35	.	.	4	2676
20.	Rodshtein, Maxim	g	ISR	2622	+59	=6	=19	=38	=17	=8	=33	.	.	4	2698
21.	Grigoriants, Sergey	g	RUS	2560	=33	+16	=29	=41	-23	=43	+53	.	.	4	2690
22.	Vescovi, Giovanni	g	BRA	2660	+49	=24	=26	=18	=36	+52	-5	.	.	4	2664
23.	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2677	=52	=60	=45	=32	+21	=50	=27	.	.	4	2653
24.	Khalifman, Alexander	g	RUS	2616	+75	=22	=8	=17	=31	=19	=25	.	.	4	2697
25.	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	2680	=58	=18	=57	=28	+54	=10	=24	.	.	4	2641
26.	Sjugirov, Sanan	g	RUS	2610	=42	+11	=22	+56	-3	-16	+55	.	.	4	2705
27.	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	g	RUS	2642	=57	+67	=54	=37	=7	=28	=23	.	.	4	2653
28.	Belov, Vladimir	g	RUS	2595	-17	=70	+64	=25	+61	=27	=31	.	.	4	2677
29.	Pashikian, Arman	g	ARM	2647	+79	=19	=21	=52	+9	=12	-4	.	.	4	2687
30.	Amonatov, Farrukh	g	TJK	2634	-54	=46	=62	+48	=47	=53	+60	.	.	4	2629
31.	Dreev, Alexey	g	RUS	2650	=78	-37	+67	+57	=24	=18	=28	.	.	4	2634
32.	Bocharov, Dmitry	g	RUS	2594	=69	-12	+63	=23	+56	-9	+61	.	.	4	2703
33.	Predojevic, Borki	g	BIH	2642	=21	=74	=47	=75	=53	+59	=20	.	.	4	2617
34.	Iturrizaga, Eduardo	g	VEN	2616	-77	+71	-18	+68	=40	+37	=38	.	.	4	2626
35.	McShane, Luke J	g	ENG	2616	=66	+64	-6	=42	+75	=17	=19	.	.	4	2657
36.	Mamedov, Rauf	g	AZE	2640	+80	=8	=73	=7	=22	-11	+52	.	.	4	2673
37.	Melkumyan, Hrant	g	ARM	2583	=13	+31	=15	=27	-12	-34	+66	.	.	3½	2621
38.	Volokitin, Andrei	g	UKR	2692	=18	=39	+51	=20	-5	=55	=34	.	.	3½	2613
39.	Andriasian, Zaven	g	ARM	2613	=9	=38	-4	=74	+49	=47	=46	.	.	3½	2632
40.	Kosintseva, Tatiana	m	RUS	2515	+50	=14	=41	-15	=34	-44	+69	.	.	3½	2640
41.	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2641	=62	+63	=40	=21	=19	=42	-9	.	.	3½	2610
42.	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2693	=26	-53	+59	=35	+58	=41	-10	.	.	3½	2601
43.	Tregubov, Pavel V	g	RUS	2628	=63	-73	+70	=47	=59	=21	=49	.	.	3½	2544
44.	Kobalia, Mikhail	g	RUS	2637	=68	=57	+77	=8	-14	+40	-15	.	.	3½	2584
45.	Potkin, Vladimir	g	RUS	2611	-7	+65	=23	-16	=57	=67	+71	.	.	3½	2615
46.	Hou Yifan	g	CHN	2590	-56	=30	-11	+62	=66	+73	=39	.	.	3½	2589
47.	Safarli, Eltaj	g	AZE	2594	-8	+80	=33	=43	=30	=39	=51	.	.	3½	2621
48.	Salgado Lopez, Ivan	g	ESP	2584	-3	=50	=61	-30	=68	+70	+67	.	.	3½	2605
49.	Maletin, Pavel	g	RUS	2591	-22	=75	=66	+77	-39	+54	=43	.	.	3½	2564
50.	Volkov, Sergey1	g	RUS	2623	-40	=48	=68	+76	+73	=23	-8	.	.	3½	2580
51.	Shabalov, Alexander	g	USA	2611	-19	+79	-38	-59	+62	+75	=47	.	.	3½	2589
52.	Romanov, Evgeny	g	RUS	2599	=23	+61	=3	=29	=16	-22	-36	.	.	3	2606
53.	Ehlvest, Jaan	g	USA	2600	=11	+42	=56	-3	=33	=30	-21	.	.	3	2596
54.	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	m	RUS	2533	+30	=3	=27	-13	-25	-49	+76	.	.	3	2584
55.	Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	g	RUS	2591	+4	=56	-14	-12	+74	=38	-26	.	.	3	2592
56.	Efimenko, Zahar	g	UKR	2657	+46	=55	=53	-26	-32	=63	=59	.	.	3	2523
57.	Shomoev, Anton	g	RUS	2559	=27	=44	=25	-31	=45	-60	+75	.	.	3	2567
58.	Zhou Weiqi	g	CHN	2600	=25	+69	=13	-4	-42	=66	=63	.	.	3	2573
59.	Khusnutdinov, Rustam	g	KAZ	2513	-20	+72	-42	+51	=43	-33	=56	.	.	3	2585
60.	Lenic, Luka	g	SLO	2595	=61	=23	-7	=66	=65	+57	-30	.	.	3	2566
61.	Smirin, Ilia	g	ISR	2668	=60	-52	=48	+71	-28	+65	-32	.	.	3	2537
62.	Novikov, Stanislav	g	RUS	2557	=41	-2	=30	-46	-51	+78	+73	.	.	3	2542
63.	Danin, Alexandre	m	RUS	2519	=43	-41	-32	=80	+78	=56	=58	.	.	3	2557
64.	Ajrapetjan, Yuriy	g	UKR	2525	=10	-35	-28	-67	=79	+80	+74	.	.	3	2534
65.	Ragger, Markus	g	AUT	2568	-1	-45	+80	=69	=60	-61	+77	.	.	3	2558
66.	Javakhishvili, Lela	m	GEO	2493	=35	-4	=49	=60	=46	=58	-37	.	.	2½	2502
67.	Morovic Fernandez, Ivan	g	CHI	2561	=15	-27	-31	+64	=69	=45	-48	.	.	2½	2515
68.	Papin, Vasily	m	RUS	2548	=44	-10	=50	-34	=48	=76	=72	.	.	2½	2508
69.	Zhigalko, Sergei	g	BLR	2668	=32	-58	=76	=65	=67	=71	-40	.	.	2½	2470
70.	Iljushin, Alexei	g	RUS	2551	-5	=28	-43	=78	=76	-48	+80	.	.	2½	2492
71.	Feller, Sebastien	g	FRA	2579	-14	-34	+79	-61	+77	=69	-45	.	.	2½	2510
72.	Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel	g	ESP	2593	-6	-59	-75	=79	+80	=74	=68	.	.	2½	2458
73.	Salem, A.R. Saleh	g	UAE	2484	=2	+43	=36	-11	-50	-46	-62	.	.	2	2462
74.	Yudin, Sergei	m	RUS	2573	=16	=33	-5	=39	-55	=72	-64	.	.	2	2449
75.	Sebag, Marie	g	FRA	2510	-24	=49	+72	=33	-35	-51	-57	.	.	2	2446
76.	Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan	g	IRI	2589	=12	-13	=69	-50	=70	=68	-54	.	.	2	2446
77.	Krylov, Mikhail RUS	m	RUS	2511	+34	-9	-44	-49	-71	+79	-65	.	.	2	2453
78.	Svetushkin, Dmitry	g	MDA	2573	=31	-15	-16	=70	-63	-62	+79	.	.	2	2431
79.	Vazquez Igarza, Renier	g	ESP	2560	-29	-51	-71	=72	=64	-77	-78	.	.	1	2268
80.	Laylo, Darwin	g	PHI	2556	-36	-47	-65	=63	-72	-64	-70	.	.	½	2148

4) Cappelle-la-Grande 2010

The 26th International Open of Cappelle-la-Grande takes place 13th-20th February 2010. Ivan Sokolov, Murtas Kazhgaleyev, Sergey Fedorchuk, Jon Ludwig Hammer, Yuri Drozdovskij, Eduardas Rozentalis are the leading players.

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

5) Noteboom Tournament

The Noteboom Tournament took place in Leiden 12th-14th February 2010. Ali Bitalzadeh won the tournament with 5.5/6. The final round 6 games are not yet available.

Official site: http://www.lsg-leiden.nl/noteboom/2010/noteboom2010.html

Noteboom Mem Leiden (NED), 12-14 ii 2010 Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	ELO	TPR	Pnts	#	Bhlz
1	Bitalzadeh, Ali	(IM)	2444	2675	5.5	6	22
2	Hammes, Michael	(IM)	2375	2576	5	5	24.5
3	Slingerland, Fred	(IM)	2385	2575	5	6	21.5
4	Pruijssers, R.	(IM)	2421	2465	5	6	19.5
5	Meijers, Viesturs	(GM)	2470	2521	4.5	6	23
6	Ikonnikov,V.	(GM)	2564	2465	4.5	6	22.5
7	Oosterom, C. van	(IM)	2379	2325	4.5	5	19.5
8	Kaufeld, Juergen		2254	2309	4.5	6	19.5
9	Ootes, Lars		2400	2392	4.5	6	19
10	Rens, C.		2000	2294	4	5	23.5
11	Meijenfeldt, Bart von		2154	2327	4	6	23.5
12	Repplinger, Marc		2191	2402	4	6	22.5
13	Edeling, Jeroen		2120	2278	4	5	22
14	Driessens, Patrick		2325	2294	4	5	21.5
15	Ducarmon, Quinten		2149	2316	4	5	21
16	Kohlweyer, Bernd	(IM)	2448	2229	4	6	20.5
17	Ouden, Lendert van den		2030	2237	4	6	20.5
18	Admiraal, Miguoel		2235	2311	4	5	19.5
19	Wilschut, Peter		2212	2152	4	6	18.5
20	Koudinov, D.		1991	2204	4	5	18
89 players

6) First Saturday February 2010

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

Rapport Richard (HUN) has achieved his second GM norm. He will be just 14 year old on 25th March 2010. He scored 7 points of nine games with TPR 2638 with all GM norm requirements fulfilled.

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

FSGM February Budapest (HUN), 6-18 ii 2010													cat. VII (2410)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3
1.	Rapport, Richard	f	HUN	2444	*	1	½	.	.	1	0	.	1	.	1	½	1	6	2601
2.	Varga, Zoltan	g	HUN	2485	0	*	.	1	½	.	½	½	½	1	1	.	1	6	2539
3.	Pap, Gyula	m	HUN	2478	½	.	*	0	1	.	1	1	.	1	1	.	.	5½	2639
4.	Yu Lie		CHN	2359	.	0	1	*	0	.	1	1	.	1	½	1	.	5½	2556
5.	Boros, Denes	m	HUN	2494	.	½	0	1	*	½	.	½	½	0	.	1	1	5	2442
6.	Sharma, Dinesh K	m	IND	2344	0	.	.	.	½	*	1	0	1	1	½	.	½	4½	2464
7.	Paschall, William M	m	USA	2398	1	½	0	0	.	0	*	.	½	1	.	1	½	4½	2391
8.	Farag('o), Ivan	g	HUN	2512	.	½	0	0	½	1	.	*	.	0	.	1	.	3	2337
9.	Ilincic, Zlatko	g	SRB	2464	0	½	.	.	½	0	½	.	*	.	½	.	1	3	2373
10.	Sahu, Sekhar Chandra	m	IND	2258	.	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.	*	.	½	.	2½	2279
11.	Platzgummer, Fabian		AUT	2401	0	0	0	½	.	½	.	.	½	.	*	0	1	2½	2267
12.	Padmini, Rout	wm	IND	2294	½	.	.	0	0	.	0	0	.	½	1	*	½	2½	2267
13.	Quinn, Mark	m	IRL	2401	0	0	.	.	0	½	½	.	0	.	0	½	*	1½	2164

FSIMA February Budapest (HUN), 6-14 ii 2010
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Szabo, Bence		HUN	2261	*	1	1	½	1	0	½	.	1	1	6	2430
2.	Binder, Michael		AUT	2208	0	*	1	½	.	1	0	1	1	1	5½	2396
3.	Lyell, Mark	f	ENG	2224	0	0	*	½	1	.	1	1	1	.	4½	2339
4.	Kahn, Evarth	m	HUN	2235	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	.	½	4	2233
5.	Griffiths, Ryan Rhys		IRL	2148	0	.	0	½	*	0	1	½	1	1	4	2255
6.	Turzo, Attila	m	HUN	2309	1	0	.	½	1	*	.	½	0	½	3½	2228
7.	Lengyel, Bela	m	HUN	2271	½	1	0	½	0	.	*	½	½	½	3½	2184
8.	Eperjesi, Laszlo	m	HUN	2240	.	0	0	½	½	½	½	*	0	1	3	2150
9.	Szalanczy, Emil	m	HUN	2298	0	0	0	.	0	1	½	1	*	0	2½	2092
10.	Roberts, Paul		SCO	2206	0	0	.	½	0	½	½	0	1	*	2½	2105

FSIMB February Budapest (HUN), 6-15 ii 2010
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Farago, Sandor	m	HUN	2234	*	*	1	1	½	0	½	.	1	1	½	.	5½	2387
2.	Tran, Tuan Minh	f	VIE	2158	0	0	*	*	1	.	1	½	½	.	1	1	5	2352
3.	Parkanyi, Attila	m	HUN	2324	½	1	0	.	*	*	½	½	½	.	1	.	4	2287
4.	Mozes, Ervin	m	ROU	2275	½	.	0	½	½	½	*	*	0	.	1	½	3½	2196
5.	Bakin, Alexander	f	RUS	2248	0	0	½	.	½	.	1	.	*	*	1	0	3	2192
6.	Keschitz, Gyorgy		HUN	2235	½	.	0	0	0	.	0	½	0	1	*	*	2	2047

7) 32nd Bulgarian Open Championship

The 32nd Bulgarian Open Championship - Georgi Tringov Memorial took place 31st January - 6th February 2010. Atanas Kolev edged out Vasil Spasov and Julian Radulski after all finished on 7.5/9.

Official site: http://tringov-memorial-2010.chessmix.com/

Georgi Tringov Mem Plovdiv (BUL), 31 i-6 ii 2010 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank	Ti	Name		IRtg	FED	Pts	BH.	BH.	vict	Fide
1	GM	Kolev Atanas		2571	BUL	7,5	44,5	57,0	6	39,0
2	GM	Spasov Vasil		2587	BUL	7,5	44,5	56,0	6	40,5
3	GM	Radulski Julian		2577	BUL	7,5	43,5	55,0	6	39,5
4	GM	Rusev Krasimir		2547	BUL	7,0	44,5	55,0	6	39,5
5	GM	Iotov Valentin		2575	BUL	7,0	43,0	54,0	5	37,5
6	IM	Miljkovic Miroslav D		2477	SRB	7,0	42,0	53,5	5	37,0
7	IM	Arnaudov G Petar		2413	BUL	7,0	40,5	52,0	6	35,5
8	GM	Drasko Milan		2537	MNE	7,0	40,0	52,0	5	36,5
9	GM	Chatalbashev Boris		2561	BUL	7,0	40,0	51,0	5	33,5
10	IM	Dimitrov Radoslav		2394	BUL	7,0	38,5	50,0	7	36,0
11	GM	Janev Evgeni		2461	BUL	7,0	38,0	49,5	7	36,0
12	GM	Georgiev Vladimir		2583	MKD	7,0	37,0	47,5	7	33,0
13	IM	Petrov Marijan		2500	BUL	6,5	44,0	55,5	5	38,5
14	GM	Antic Dejan		2503	SRB	6,5	41,5	54,5	5	36,0
15	GM	Vasilev Milen		2466	BUL	6,5	41,0	52,5	4	35,0
16		Krivokapic Marko		2422	MNE	6,5	40,5	51,5	5	36,5
17	IM	Dochev Dimitar		2428	BUL	6,5	40,0	51,0	4	34,5
18	IM	Kozhuharov Spas		2395	BUL	6,5	40,0	50,5	5	35,0
19		Nadj Hedjesi Balind		2415	SRB	6,5	39,5	51,0	6	35,0
20	IM	Marholev Dimitar		2431	BUL	6,5	39,5	50,5	4	34,5
21		Vutov Mario		2331	BUL	6,5	39,0	49,5	5	33,5
22	FM	Badev Kiril		2369	BUL	6,5	38,5	49,5	5	36,5
23		Vasilev Vasil Aleksandrov		2358	BUL	6,5	38,5	49,5	5	32,0
24	IM	Dimitrov Pavel		2361	BUL	6,5	38,0	49,5	6	33,0
25	IM	Stamenkov Vanco		2333	MKD	6,5	38,0	48,5	6	32,5
26	GM	Spassov Liuben		2419	BUL	6,5	37,5	49,0	5	34,0
27	IM	Pancevski Filip		2428	MKD	6,5	37,0	48,5	5	33,5
28		Livaja Mario		2164	SRB	6,5	37,0	48,0	6	30,5
29		Cappai Davide		2192	ITA	6,5	36,5	45,5	6	32,5
30	GM	Radulov Ivan		2295	BUL	6,5	35,5	45,5	6	32,5
31	FM	Lilov Valeri		2409	BUL	6,0	42,5	53,5	6	36,0
32	IM	Panbukchian Valentin		2361	BUL	6,0	42,0	53,5	5	34,5
33	GM	Petkov Vladimir		2490	BUL	6,0	42,0	52,5	5	36,5
34		Stoinev Metodi		2268	BUL	6,0	41,0	52,0	5	32,5
35	IM	Drenchev Petar		2477	BUL	6,0	40,5	52,5	4	34,5
36	GM	Georgiev Krum		2447	BUL	6,0	40,0	51,0	5	35,0
37	WIM	Nikolova Adriana	w	2336	BUL	6,0	40,0	51,0	3	32,5
38	IM	Nikolov Sasho		2403	BUL	6,0	39,5	50,0	5	33,5
39		Dimov Kiril		2167	BUL	6,0	38,5	49,5	6	31,0
40		Ivanov Bogidar		2169	BUL	6,0	38,0	49,0	6	29,0
41	GM	Dimitrov Vladimir		2414	BUL	6,0	38,0	49,0	5	34,0
42	FM	Bove Alessandro		2343	ITA	6,0	37,5	48,5	5	31,5
43	FM	Galunov Todor		2377	BUL	6,0	37,5	48,0	5	31,5
44		Shishkov Minko		2286	BUL	6,0	37,0	47,0	4	29,0
45	FM	Pantev Veselin		2369	BUL	6,0	36,5	47,0	5	31,5
46		Kjurkchiiski Georgi		2266	BUL	6,0	36,0	46,5	4	30,5
47		Simeonov Stefan		2366	BUL	6,0	35,5	44,5	5	33,5
48		Yordanov Nikolay		2189	BUL	6,0	34,5	44,0	5	31,0
49		Miljkovic Mihajlo		2279	SRB	6,0	34,5	44,0	4	28,0
50		Ljangov Petar		2107	BUL	6,0	34,0	43,5	6	29,0
51	IM	Angelov Kosta		2246	BUL	6,0	33,5	43,5	5	28,5
52	FM	Enchev Ivajlo		2434	BUL	6,0	33,0	42,0	6	27,0
53	GM	Blagojevic Dragisa		2528	MNE	5,5	41,0	52,5	3	33,0
288 players

8) 1st MGU Open

The 1st MGU Open took place in Sofia (Bulgaria), 6th-7th February 2010. Georgi Filev won with 5.5/6.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr30147.aspx

1st MGU Open (BUL), 6-7 ii 2010 Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Filev Georgi	FM	BUL	2382	5.5	14	21	5
2	Vlashki Nino		BUL	2280	5	15	23	4
3	Zhotev Jasen		BUL	2105	4	14.5	23	4
4	Andreev Dobrotich		BUL	2068	4	12.5	19.5	4
5	Vasilev Rosen		BUL	2028	4	12	18.5	4
6	Nikolova Adriana	WIM	BUL	2297	3.5	16	23	2
7	Uzunov Diko		BUL	1930	3.5	10	16	2
8	Petrov Plamen		BUL	2005	3	14	20.5	3
9	Temelkov Atanas		BUL	2150	3	11.5	18	3
10	Ivanov Ivo		BUL	1749	3	11	17	2
11	Neichev Ivan		BUL	2052	3	9.5	17	3
12	Ignatov Radoslav		BUL	1842	2.5	11.5	16.5	2
13	Krastev Stanimir		BUL	0	2.5	9	13	1
14	Krastev Krasimir Naidenov		BUL	1850	2	13	19	2
15	Shentov Petar-Delian		BUL	1718	2	13	19	1
16	Petkov Matey		BUL	1469	2	12.5	18	2
17	Kostov Nikolay		BUL	1910	2	11.5	18	1
18	Boshnakov Nikolay		BUL	1686	2	10	15	1
19	Iliev Dimitar		BUL	2126	1.5	10	14	1
20	Kalchev Velislav		BUL	0	1	10.5	16	1
21	Banushev Konstantin		BUL	0	1	10.5	15.5	0
22	Konstantinov Georgi		BUL	1925	1	10	15.5	1

9) Bulgarian Championship Semi-Final

The Bulgarian Championship Semi-Final took place in Plovdiv 24th-30th January 2010. Dimitar Marholev won the men's event ahead of Nikolay Michev on tie-break.

Results Men: http://chessbg.com/calendar.php?i=tournament&s=results&id=607 - Results Women: http://chessbg.com/calendar.php?i=tournament&s=results&id=608

ch-BUL S/F Men Plovdiv (BUL), 24-30 i 2010 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	Pts	BH.	BH.
1	5	IM	Marholev Dimitar	2431	6,5	38,5	49,0
2	10	IM	Milchev Nikolay	2382	6,5	36,0	45,0
3	1	GM	Petkov Vladimir	2490	6,0	41,0	51,0
4	2	GM	Janev Evgeni	2461	6,0	39,5	50,0
5	11	FM	Badev Kiril	2369	6,0	38,5	48,5
6	6	IM	Arnaudov G Petar	2413	6,0	37,5	48,0
7	3	IM	Berbatov Kiprian	2455	6,0	37,0	47,0
8	12	FM	Pantev Veselin	2369	6,0	35,0	43,0
9	13		Vutov Mario	2331	6,0	33,0	42,5
10	8		Tsvetkov Ilia	2392	5,5	36,5	46,5
11	17		Janchev Petar	2215	5,5	35,5	45,5
12	24		Ivanov Borislav	2128	5,5	32,5	42,0
13	4	FM	Enchev Ivajlo	2434	5,0	41,0	51,0
14	14		Stoinev Metodi	2268	5,0	36,0	46,0
15	15		Janachkov Angel	2231	5,0	36,0	45,5
16	7	IM	Mladenov Plamen	2394	5,0	33,5	43,5
17	18		Arnaudov Petar	2207	5,0	33,0	39,5
18	9	FM	Filev Georgi	2389	5,0	32,0	42,0
19	27		Nikolov Jordan	2090	5,0	31,5	39,0
20	22		Andreev Sasho	2153	5,0	30,0	39,5
21	25		Ljangov Petar	2107	4,5	34,0	40,5
22	31		Ivanov Ljubomir	1949	4,5	30,0	38,0
23	23		Ivanov Tsvetalin	2142	4,5	29,5	38,5
24	20		Stanoev Atanas	2202	4,0	35,5	43,0
25	19		Mishev Liubomir	2205	4,0	33,5	43,5
26	29		Angelov Boyan	2000	4,0	32,5	41,5
27	28		Kolev Atanas Tonchev	2017	4,0	31,0	40,5
28	34		Stankov Apostol	1897	4,0	30,5	35,5
29	33		Gudzhenov Valentin	1932	4,0	28,0	34,0
30	26		Asparuhov Parvan	2107	4,0	27,5	35,0
31	16		Panajotov Janko	2219	3,5	32,5	40,5
32	39		Pantev Tsvetelin	1721	3,5	29,5	37,5
33	21		Georgiev Steljan	2167	3,5	28,0	34,0
34	35		Hristov Nikolay Valeriev	1878	3,5	25,5	32,0
35	37		Kolev Hristian	1765	3,0	27,5	34,5
36	30		Sotirov Ilia	1996	3,0	25,5	32,0
37	36		Velikov Vladimir	1843	3,0	24,0	28,5
38	32		Rojdov Plamen	1941	2,0	23,5	29,5
39	40		Baltov Nikola	1700	2,0	22,0	27,0
40	38		Stankovski Marin	1731	0,0	24,0	30,5

ch-BUL S/F Women Plovdiv (BUL), 24-30 i 2010 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	Pts	BH.	BH.
1	1	WIM	Yordanova Svetla	2138	5,5	20,0	28,0
2	4		Sirkova Darena	2079	5,0	19,5	28,0
3	14		Milanova Maria	1872	4,5	20,5	28,0
4	2		Bednikova Stefi	2094	4,5	20,0	26,5
5	6		Galunova Tsveta	1965	4,0	19,5	26,0
6	8		Ivanova Simoneta	1803	4,0	17,0	24,0
7	7		Krumova Ani	1923	4,0	15,5	22,5
8	9		Todorova Kalina	1782	4,0	15,5	22,0
9	3	WFM	Vladimirova Maria	2086	3,5	18,5	26,5
10	12		Vasileva Veronika	1612	3,5	18,5	26,0
11	11		Ivanova Gergana	1669	3,5	16,0	21,5
12	5		Stefanova Milena	1996	3,0	20,5	28,5
13	13		Vasileva Cveta	1451	3,0	16,0	21,0
14	15		Koleva Dzhuliana	1717	2,5	15,5	21,0
15	10		Shivacheva Donika	1682	1,5	15,0	20,5
16	16		Kostadinova Marieta	0	0,0	15,0	22,0

10) Dutch League

The Dutch League takes place 26th September 2009 - 18th April 2010. Round 6 took place on the 6th February 2010, Games are now available. A couple of matches were postponed for round 5 one of which has been played.

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	HSG	10	45½	.	x	8.5	.	8.5	7	8.5	8.5	.	4.5
3	Utrecht	9	34½	.	1.5	x	8	.	5	7	5.5	.	7.5
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	8	5.5	.
6	LSG	5	28½	3.5	3	5	4	.	x	5.5	7.5	.	.
7	HWP Sas van Gent	2	22	.	1.5	3	.	2	4.5	x	.	4	7
8	Braceland ESGOO	2	21½	4	1.5	4.5	.	2	2.5	.	x	7	.
9	HMC Calder	2	21	4	.	.	3.5	4.5	.	6	3	x	.
10	SMB	2	17	3.5	5.5	2.5	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	8½	-	1½
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		-

11) Solinger Karnevalsopen

The Solinger Karnevalsopen took place 12th-14th February 2010. Svetlin Mladenov finished in first place on tie-break from Ruediger Seger after both finished on 4.5/5. No games available.

Official site: http://www.schachgesellschaft.de/unsere-turniere/offene-turniere/solinger-karnevals-open-2010/

Solinger Karnevalsopen (GER), 12-14 ii 2010 Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	Elo	S	R	V	Punkte	Buchh	BuSumm
1	Mladenov, Svetlin		2458	4	1	0	4.5	18.5	74
2	Seger, Ruediger	IM	2407	4	1	0	4.5	16	75.5
3	Helbig, Mark	FM	2362	3	2	0	4	16.5	72
4	Michalczak, Thoma	FM	2363	4	0	1	4	16	74.5
5	Zaitsev, Mikhail	IM	2500	3	2	0	4	16	74
6	Menacher, Manfred	FM	2264	3	2	0	4	16	73
7	Wegerle, Joerg	IM	2450	4	0	1	4	15.5	70.5
8	Biedekoepper, Robe		2105	4	0	1	4	13.5	68
9	Wolter, Dr. Kai	FM	2203	3	1	1	3.5	16	70
10	Henrichs, Thomas	IM	2471	3	1	1	3.5	15	66
11	Henrichs, Wenke		2048	2	2	1	3	15	61.5
12	Harff, Marcel	U20	2174	3	0	2	3	15	60
13	Nagel, Bernhard		2264	3	0	2	3	14.5	63.5
14	Klamp, Christoph		2129	3	0	2	3	14	68
15	Flesch, Dr. Stefa		2134	2	2	1	3	14	63
16	Hobusch, Jan	U20	1714	2	2	1	3	13.5	65
17	Speck, Stefan		2031	3	0	2	3	13.5	64
18	Lasschuit, Rene		1881	3	0	2	3	13.5	61
19	Eulering, Dr. Geo		2094	3	0	2	3	13	65.5
20	Ortleb, Thomas		1896	3	0	2	3	12	57.5
21	Fichtner, Ewald	U20	1956	3	0	2	3	11.5	62.5
22	Maczkowiak, Thoma		1943	2	2	1	3	11	64.5
23	Taeger, Torsten		2120	3	0	1	3	10.5	51.5
54 players

12) 1st Novy Bor Open

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

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

Open Novy Bor (CZE), 13-20 ii 2010 Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp
1	Vrana Jan		CZE	2298	3	6	2	2084	2884
2	Marie Maxime		FRA	2247	3	5.5	2	2026	2826
3	Szablowski Pawel		POL	2230	3	5	1.5	2008	2808
4	Plischki Sebastian	IM	GER	2364	2.5	6.5	2	2087	2360
5	Vorobyov Yrij	FM	UKR	2259	2.5	6.5	2	2047	2320
6	Bores Roman		CZE	2185	2.5	5	2	2040	2313
7	Malivanek Jiri		CZE	2178	2.5	5	2	1997	2270
8	Jakovlev Juri		EST	0	2.5	5	1.5	2151	2424
9	Karlik Vladimir	FM	CZE	2248	2.5	5	1.5	2054	2327
10	Golcman Evgeny		RUS	2290	2.5	5	1.5	2045	2318
11	Ter-Karapetian Alex		GEO	2178	2.5	4.5	1	1990	2263
12	Loktiev Ivan	IM	RUS	2243	2.5	4	1.5	2022	2295
13	Hantak Adam		GER	2195	2.5	4	1.5	1978	2251
14	Navratil-Sen. Jiri		CZE	2163	2.5	3.5	1	1777	2050
15	Bednar Marcel		CZE	2185	2	6.5	2	2026	2151
16	Jinova Lucie		CZE	2149	2	5.5	2	1995	2120
17	Havranek Miroslav		CZE	2228	2	5	2	1968	2093
18	Palas Ales		CZE	2013	2	5	1.5	2079	2204
19	Filinkov Alexander		RUS	2261	2	5	1.5	2059	2184
20	Sindler Michal		CZE	2168	2	5	1	1856	1981
21	Ter-Karapetian Armen		GEO	2063	2	4.5	1.5	1985	2110
22	Scerba Jiri		CZE	1895	2	4.5	1	1995	2120
23	Horyna Josef		CZE	1928	2	4.5	1	1945	2070
24	Drabek Miloslav		CZE	2067	2	4.5	1	1905	2030
25	Stuchly Jaroslav		CZE	1920	2	4.5	1	1853	1978
26	Navratil-Jun. Jiri		CZE	1941	2	4.5	1	1835	1960
27	Oresky Jan		CZE	2144	2	4	1	1957	2082
28	Kucera Jaroslav		CZE	1979	2	4	1	1895	2020
29	Jiruse Josef		CZE	2054	2	4	1	1877	2002
30	Hronik Petr		CZE	1966	2	4	1	1859	1984
31	Dalecky Bretislav		CZE	2159	2	4	0.5	1735	1860
32	Machan Jan		CZE	1710	2	3.5	1	2012	2137
33	Skokan Frantisek		CZE	1924	2	3.5	0.5	1737	1862
34	Snorek Milan		CZE	2146	1.5	6	2.5	2073	2073
35	Marchadour Emilie		FRA	2068	1.5	6	2.5	2054	2054
36	Moehn Hans		GER	2015	1.5	6	1.5	1967	1967
37	Bakalar Jan		SVK	2155	1.5	5.5	2	1978	1978
38	Galochkin Sergei		RUS	2037	1.5	5.5	1.5	1919	1919
39	Malec Jan		CZE	1999	1.5	5	2.5	2017	2017
40	Rusek Walter		AUT	1849	1.5	5	1.5	1907	1907
41	Cakl Zdenek		CZE	2116	1.5	4.5	2	2036	2036
42	Ulanowski Karol		POL	1802	1.5	4.5	1.5	1961	1961
43	Hurn Robert		WLS	1857	1.5	4.5	1.5	1946	1946
44	Plchot Miroslav		SCO	0	1.5	4	1.5	1947	1947
45	Sedivy Roman		CZE	1863	1.5	4	1	1875	1875
46	Baum Bernd	FM	GER	2260	1.5	4	1	1824	1824
47	Majstr Jiri		CZE	0	1.5	3.5	1.5	1885	1885
80 players

13) 8th International Caspian Cup

The 8th International Caspian Cup Chess Tournament (A Class) takes place February 11th-18th 2010 in Rash/Iran. Top seed Azer Mirzoev started with 4/4. There don't appear to be any games on the official site.

Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr30294.aspx

Official site: http://www.prochess.ir/news.php

14) Cotroceni Women's Tournament Bucharest

The Cotroceni Women's Tournament takes place in Bucharest 10th-18th February 2010. Live coverage available.

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

Cotroceni Women Bucharest (ROU), 10-18 ii 2010												cat. VII (2408)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Melia, Salome	m	GEO	2431	*	½	.	1	.	.	½	1	0	1	4	2552
2.	Peptan, Corina-Isabela	m	ROU	2411	½	*	½	.	½	½	1	½	.	.	3½	2444
3.	Cosma, Elena-Luminita	wg	ROU	2332	.	½	*	½	½	½	.	.	1	½	3½	2476
4.	Muzychuk, Mariya	m	UKR	2447	0	.	½	*	.	1	½	1	.	½	3½	2453
5.	Turova, Irina	m	RUS	2386	.	½	½	.	*	.	½	½	½	1	3½	2465
6.	Vajda, Szidonia	m	HUN	2369	.	½	½	0	.	*	.	½	1	½	3	2410
7.	Repkova, Eva	m	SVK	2434	½	0	.	½	½	.	*	0	1	.	2½	2360
8.	Gara, Anita	m	HUN	2370	0	½	.	0	½	½	1	*	.	.	2½	2356
9.	Khotenashvili, Bela	m	GEO	2461	1	.	0	.	½	0	0	.	*	1	2½	2341
10.	Foisor, Cristina-Adela	m	ROU	2440	0	.	½	½	0	½	.	.	0	*	1½	2211

15) Forthcoming Events and Links

8th Davos Open

The 8th Davos Open takes place August, 8th-14th 2010, in the Hotel "Sunstar". Sinisa Joksic will organise the event which he hopes to be an old fashioned friendly tournament.

All information at: http://www.sinchess.com/davos

XXIII Leon Tournament 2010

The XXIII Leon Tournament takes place 3rd-7th June 2010. Levon Aronian, Boris Gelfand, Lenier Dominguez Perez and Francisco Vallejo Pons play in the knockout event. Each match will be played the best of four games (20 minutes per player + 10 seconds increment after each move). However, all four games will be played, even if the match winner has been already decided. If the result after four games is 2-2, a five minute games tiebreak match will be played immediately after the fourth normal game.

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

Bosna 2010

The Sarajevo "Bosna 2010" takes place May, 5th-14th with more than 100.000 euro in prizes.

Official site: http://open2010.skbosna.ba

Aosta Valley

Championship of Francophone countries, July 3th-10th 2010.

UE Championship, September 4th-12th 2010.

Official site: http:\\www.scacchivda.com

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%. Rounds 10-11 are on 27th-28th February 2010.

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

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 A Group (PAR), 19-29 v 2010 Provisional list
Rozentalis, Eduardas	g	LTU	2623
Delgado Ramírez, Neuris	g	CUB	2595
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan	g	CHI	2561
Bachmann, Axel	g	PAR	2553
Mareco, Sandro	m	ARG	2525
Zambrana, Oswaldo	g	BOL	2481
Cubas, Jose Fernando	m	PAR	2481
Wohl, Aleksandar H.	m	AUS	2458
Díaz Hollemaert, Nahuel	m	ARG	2456
Kropff, Ricardo	m	PAR	2306

III Magistral Ciudad de Asuncion B Group (PAR), 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

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.

Chess Summer in Varna 2010

V European OPEN Chess ClubTeams Championship and the VII European OPEN Festival "The Hopes of the World" - for school champions and IV International Open Chess Festival Varna takes place 11th-21st and 22nd-29th June 2010 in "Grand Hotel Varna", located in the Black Sea resort named "St. Constantine and Elena", 8 kilometers away from the city of Varna, Bulgaria.

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

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 (MAS), 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

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

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