THE WEEK IN CHESS 798 22nd February 2010 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Linares 2010
3) Aeroflot Open 2010
4) Cappelle-la-Grande 2010
5) Gotth' Art Cup 2010
6) First Saturday February 2010
7) Chilean Championship
8) Solinger Karnevalsopen
9) 1st Novy Bor Open
10) 8th International Caspian Cup
11) Brazil Open Rio de Janeiro
12) Cotroceni Women's Tournament Bucharest
13) BSF 75th Anniversary
14) 2nd Batavia Amsterdam Chess Tournament
15) 8th Nancy Chess Festival
16) European Senior Teams
17) 18th Fajr International Chess Open Tournament
18) Shirov Simul in Toronto
19) Sao Paulo State Team Championship
20) Reykjavik Open
21) Judit Polgar vs Gregory Kaidanov Sicilian Theme Match
22) Indian Teams
23) Noteboom Tournament
24) 4NCL
25) Malaga Open
26) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
Linares 201015 games
Aeroflot Open 201078 games
Cappelle-la-Grande 201099 games
First Saturday February 201039 games
Chilean Championship30 games
Solinger Karnevalsopen134 games
1st Novy Bor Open177 games
Brazil Open Rio de Janeiro204 games
Cotroceni Women's Tournament Bucharest15 games
BSF 75th Anniversary162 games
2nd Batavia Amsterdam Chess Tournament20 games
8th Nancy Chess Festival10 games
European Senior Teams1403 games
18th Fajr International Chess Open Tournament48 games
Shirov Simul in Toronto25 games
4NCL32 games
Malaga Open87 games
2578 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Adolivio Capece, Miklos Orso, Christophe Philippe, Pasarelu Dan Gabriel, Frits Agterdenbos, David Cohen, Dinu-Ioan Nicula, Marius Fraenzel, Jan Mazuch and Laszlo Nagy and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Veselin Topalov is a point clear of Alexander Grischuk with two rounds to go of the Linares tournament. Grischuk will have white in their second meeting. Given that Topalov's openings will no doubt have not contained his best stuff which he will be saving for the match against Anand his performance has been very impressive. He has outplayed a number of his opponents from inferior positions, but they've all set problems his opponents haven't been able to solve. All very good news for someone warming up for a title match. Le Quang Liem won the Aeroflot Open in a great result which can hardly been seen as an accident as he shared first in the Moscow Open that immediately preceeded it. A number of items have been held over until next week as it took me forever to process the games from the European Senior Team Championships.

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.

XXVII SuperGM Linares (ESP), 13-24 ii 2010 cat. XXI (2758)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2805 * * 1 . ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ . ½ 1 5½ 2889
2. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2736 0 . * * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ . 4½ 2807
3. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2781 ½ ½ ½ ½ * * ½ . ½ . ½ ½ 4 2751
4. Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2759 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ . * * ½ ½ 1 . 3½ 2718
5. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2761 ½ . 0 ½ ½ . ½ ½ * * ½ ½ 3½ 2705
6. Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2705 ½ 0 ½ . ½ ½ 0 . ½ ½ * * 3 2686
Round 1 (February 13, 2010)
Aronian, Levon - Grischuk, Alexander ½-½ 26 E25 Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Gelfand, Boris - Gashimov, Vugar ½-½ 54 A61 Benoni
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Topalov, Veselin ½-½ 41 C95 Ruy Lopez Breyer
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
Round 4 (February 16, 2010)
Grischuk, Alexander - Vallejo Pons, Francisco ½-½ 34 D17 Slav Defence
Gashimov, Vugar - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 48 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Gelfand, Boris - Topalov, Veselin ½-½ 40 E05 Catalan
Round 5 (February 18, 2010)
Topalov, Veselin - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 69 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Aronian, Levon - Gelfand, Boris ½-½ 46 D48 Queens Gambit Meran
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Gashimov, Vugar 0-1 35 A61 Benoni
Round 6 (February 19, 2010)
Topalov, Veselin - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 40 A29 English Four Knights
Grischuk, Alexander - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 101 D39 QGD Ragozin
Gashimov, Vugar - Gelfand, Boris ½-½ 37 C42 Petroff's Defence
Round 7 (February 20, 2010)
Aronian, Levon - Vallejo Pons, Francisco ½-½ 48 D12 Slav Defence
Gashimov, Vugar - Topalov, Veselin ½-½ 42 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Gelfand, Boris - Grischuk, Alexander ½-½ 60 A29 English Four Knights
Round 8 (February 21, 2010)
Topalov, Veselin - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 45 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Grischuk, Alexander - Gashimov, Vugar 1-0 40 A62 Benoni
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Gelfand, Boris ½-½ 35 C42 Petroff's Defence

3) Aeroflot Open 2010

The 9th Aeroflot Open took place 8th February - 19th February 2010. Le Quang Liem scored 7/9 to take clear first place following on from his 7/9 which shared first at the Moscow Open. A huge triumph for the Vietnamese player. He beat Ian Neponiatchi in the final round. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Bu Xiangzhi, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Rauf Mamedov, Boris Savchenko and Boris Grachev were the top 6 finishers in the World Blitz Preliminaries and will play in the final.

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

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 +45 +9 +8 =7 =3 =5 =24 +19 +15 7 2871
2. Korobov, Anton g UKR 2648 =79 -22 +78 +55 =69 +41 =7 +24 +3 6½ 2775
3. Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son g VIE 2616 =70 +38 +11 +10 =1 =15 =5 +14 -2 6 2749
4. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2697 +44 =23 =46 =6 =40 =21 =34 +29 +26 6 2755
5. Grachev, Boris g RUS 2653 +37 =49 =69 +47 +41 =1 =3 =15 =13 6 2744
6. Zhou Jianchao g CHN 2632 =68 +66 =13 =4 =24 =12 +32 =11 +31 6 2777
7. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2660 +77 =46 +34 =1 =26 =10 =2 =17 =19 5½ 2714
8. Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2673 +30 +19 -1 =21 =46 =34 =20 +54 =17 5½ 2699
9. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2713 +55 -1 +57 =39 =28 +17 =26 =10 =18 5½ 2717
10. Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2652 +64 =48 +59 -3 +33 =7 =11 =9 =12 5½ 2707
11. So, Wesley g PHI 2656 =73 +54 -3 +59 +25 =23 =10 =6 =16 5½ 2693
12. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2680 =53 =20 =51 =30 +49 =6 =21 +46 =10 5½ 2681
13. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2730 =52 +67 =6 =19 -23 +54 +40 =26 =5 5½ 2700
14. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2665 +43 =39 =21 =33 =20 =46 +61 -3 +41 5½ 2698
15. Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2658 -59 +71 +52 +53 =17 =3 +23 =5 -1 5½ 2691
16. Iturrizaga, Eduardo g VEN 2616 -67 +64 -20 +66 =48 +25 =27 +42 =11 5½ 2676
17. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2643 =72 +78 =25 +48 =15 -9 +33 =7 =8 5½ 2699
18. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2650 =78 -25 +72 +51 =21 =20 =30 +22 =9 5½ 2676
19. Savchenko, Boris g RUS 2638 +76 -8 +79 =13 +27 =26 +31 -1 =7 5½ 2728
20. Khairullin, Ildar g RUS 2605 =27 =12 +16 =31 =14 =18 =8 =28 =24 5 2705
21. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2616 +74 =31 =14 =8 =18 =4 =12 =23 =36 5 2690
22. Grigoriants, Sergey g RUS 2560 =36 +2 =23 =40 -42 =35 +47 -18 +50 5 2687
23. Pashikian, Arman g ARM 2647 +75 =4 =22 =69 +13 =11 -15 =21 =37 5 2671
24. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2687 =47 -41 +56 +70 =6 +39 =1 -2 =20 5 2649
25. Melkumyan, Hrant g ARM 2583 =26 +18 =17 =28 -11 -16 +71 +61 =39 5 2667
26. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2653 =25 +73 =53 +49 =7 =19 =9 =13 -4 5 2681
27. Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2692 =20 =52 +44 =46 -19 =59 =16 =43 +54 5 2652
28. Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2642 =51 +72 =49 =25 =9 =30 =42 =20 =35 5 2649
29. Amonatov, Farrukh g TJK 2634 -49 =56 =38 +37 =43 =47 +57 -4 +58 5 2636
30. Belov, Vladimir g RUS 2595 -8 =76 +68 =12 +50 =28 =18 =39 =42 5 2677
31. Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2660 +58 =21 =41 =20 =39 +69 -19 +34 -6 5 2659
32. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2693 =41 -47 +65 =34 +53 =40 -6 +55 =33 5 2649
33. Kobalia, Mikhail g RUS 2637 =66 =51 +67 =14 -10 +48 -17 +44 =32 5 2642
34. McShane, Luke J g ENG 2616 =71 +68 -7 =32 +74 =8 =4 -31 +63 5 2646
35. Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2628 =63 -70 +76 =43 =65 =22 =58 +56 =28 5 2603
36. Predojevic, Borki g BIH 2642 =22 =79 =43 =74 =47 +65 =46 =41 =21 5 2620
37. Salgado Lopez, Ivan g ESP 2584 -5 =61 =50 -29 =66 +76 +72 +52 =23 5 2653
38. Novikov, Stanislav g RUS 2557 =40 -3 =29 -56 -44 +78 +70 +60 +46 5 2646
39. Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2640 +80 =14 =70 =9 =31 -24 +69 =30 =25 5 2658
40. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2641 =38 +63 =48 =22 =4 =32 -13 =58 =43 4½ 2606
41. Sjugirov, Sanan g RUS 2610 =32 +24 =31 +60 -5 -2 +59 =36 -14 4½ 2655
42. Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2677 =69 =57 =55 =54 +22 =61 =28 -16 =30 4½ 2603
43. Safarli, Eltaj g AZE 2594 -14 +80 =36 =35 =29 =52 =44 =27 =40 4½ 2631
44. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2611 -4 +75 -27 -65 +38 +74 =43 -33 +68 4½ 2587
45. Ragger, Markus g AUT 2568 -1 -55 +80 =62 =57 -50 +67 +65 =61 4½ 2599
46. Rodshtein, Maxim g ISR 2622 +65 =7 =4 =27 =8 =14 =36 -12 -38 4 2599
47. Ehlvest, Jaan g USA 2600 =24 +32 =60 -5 =36 =29 -22 =51 =48 4 2579
48. Kosintseva, Tatiana m RUS 2515 +61 =10 =40 -17 =16 -33 +62 -50 =47 4 2595
49. Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2533 +29 =5 =28 -26 -12 -58 +73 =57 =55 4 2584
50. Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2668 =57 -69 =37 +64 -30 +45 -54 +48 -22 4 2533
51. Shomoev, Anton g RUS 2559 =28 =33 =12 -18 =55 -57 +74 =47 =62 4 2578
52. Andriasian, Zaven g ARM 2613 =13 =27 -15 =79 +58 =43 =56 -37 =57 4 2580
53. Zhou Weiqi g CHN 2600 =12 +62 =26 -15 -32 =71 =63 =68 =56 4 2565
54. Bocharov, Dmitry g RUS 2594 =62 -11 +63 =42 +60 -13 +50 -8 -27 4 2617
55. Potkin, Vladimir g RUS 2611 -9 +45 =42 -2 =51 =72 +64 -32 =49 4 2571
56. Hou Yifan g CHN 2590 -60 =29 -24 +38 =71 +70 =52 -35 =53 4 2551
57. Lenic, Luka g SLO 2595 =50 =42 -9 =71 =45 +51 -29 =49 =52 4 2563
58. Maletin, Pavel g RUS 2591 -31 =74 =71 +67 -52 +49 =35 =40 -29 4 2537
59. Rakhmanov, Aleksandr g RUS 2591 +15 =60 -10 -11 +79 =27 -41 -63 +77 4 2580
60. Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2657 +56 =59 =47 -41 -54 =63 =65 -38 +71 4 2520
61. Volkov, Sergey1 g RUS 2623 -48 =37 =66 +73 +70 =42 -14 -25 =45 4 2536
62. Zhigalko, Sergei g BLR 2668 =54 -53 =73 =45 =72 =64 -48 +76 =51 4 2525
63. Danin, Alexandre m RUS 2519 =35 -40 -54 =80 +78 =60 =53 +59 -34 4 2563
64. Feller, Sebastien g FRA 2579 -10 -16 +75 -50 +67 =62 -55 =66 +72 4 2556
65. Khusnutdinov, Rustam g KAZ 2513 -46 +77 -32 +44 =35 -36 =60 -45 =73 3½ 2542
66. Papin, Vasily m RUS 2548 =33 -6 =61 -16 =37 =73 =77 =64 =78 3½ 2522
67. Krylov, Mikhail RUS m RUS 2511 +16 -13 -33 -58 -64 +75 -45 +78 =76 3½ 2520
68. Ajrapetjan, Yuriy g UKR 2525 =6 -34 -30 -72 =75 +80 +79 =53 -44 3½ 2509
69. Romanov, Evgeny g RUS 2599 =42 +50 =5 =23 =2 -31 -39 . . 3 2606
70. Salem, A.R. Saleh g UAE 2484 =3 +35 =39 -24 -61 -56 -38 -75 +79 3 2483
71. Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2493 =34 -15 =58 =57 =56 =53 -25 =73 -60 3 2483
72. Morovic Fernandez, Ivan g CHI 2561 =17 -28 -18 +68 =62 =55 -37 =77 -64 3 2485
73. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan g IRI 2589 =11 -26 =62 -61 =76 =66 -49 =71 =65 3 2457
74. Sebag, Marie g FRA 2510 -21 =58 +77 =36 -34 -44 -51 +79 -75 3 2470
75. Vazquez Igarza, Renier g ESP 2560 -23 -44 -64 =77 =68 -67 -78 +70 +74 3 2434
76. Iljushin, Alexei g RUS 2551 -19 =30 -35 =78 =73 -37 +80 -62 =67 3 2468
77. Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel g ESP 2593 -7 -65 -74 =75 +80 =79 =66 =72 -59 3 2438
78. Svetushkin, Dmitry g MDA 2573 =18 -17 -2 =76 -63 -38 +75 -67 =66 2½ 2410
79. Yudin, Sergei m RUS 2573 =2 =36 -19 =52 -59 =77 -68 -74 -70 2 2362
80. Laylo, Darwin g PHI 2556 -39 -43 -45 =63 -77 -68 -76 . . ½ 2148

4) Cappelle-la-Grande 2010

The 26th Cappelle-la Grande Open took place 13th-20th February 2010. Ukrainian player Yaroslav Zherebukh took clear first place with 7.5/9.

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

26th Open Cappelle la Grande (FRA), 13-20 ii 2010
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl NameTi Elo Fed Pts Tr. Perf.
1ZHEREBUKH Yaroslav g 2527UKR 7,5 432734
2KRYVORUCHKO Yuriy g 2602UKR 7432695
3RADULSKI Julian g 2577BUL 7432683
4NEGI Parimarjan g 2621IND 7432663
5GUREVICH Mikhail g 2597TUR 742,5 2743
6AMIN Bassem g 2544EGY 742,5 2724
7EDOUARD Romain g 2608FRA 741,5 2705
8ARUTINIAN David g 2566GEO 740,5 2589
9DZIUBA Marcin g 2587POL 7402686
10KRAVTSIV Martyn g 2543UKR 7382556
11RIVAS PASTOR Manuel g 2531ESP 6,5 45,5 2636
12DROZDOVSKIJ Yuri g 2625UKR 6,5 452666
13KAZHGALEYEV Murtas g 2643KAZ 6,5 44,5 2654
14GAJEWSKI Grzegorz g 2568POL 6,5 43,5 2678
15HAMMER Jon Ludvig g 2627NOR 6,5 43,5 2654
16MAMEDOV Nidjat g 2610AZE 6,5 432666
17VOVK Andrey g 2512UKR 6,5 42,5 2617
18SZABO Krisztian m 2500HUN 6,5 42,5 2605
19LE ROUX Jean-Pierre m 2497FRA 6,5 422634
20ZAKHARTSOV Viacheslav g 2562RUS 6,5 422616
21SANDIPAN Chanda g 2622IND 6,5 41,5 2613
22BALOGH Csaba g 2619HUN 6,5 412643
23OLSZEWSKI Michal g 2562POL 6,5 40,5 2566
24TOMCZAK Jacek m 2500POL 6,5 40,5 2533
25VAN ASSENDELFT Floris f 2330NED 6,5 40,5 2484
26CORI T. Deysi mf 2412PER 6,5 402562
27GOLOD Vitali g 2591ISR 6,5 39,5 2570
28GREKH Andrey m 2333UKR 6,5 39,5 2498
29CORNETTE Matthieu g 2554FRA 6,5 392541
30BINDRICH Falko g 2512GER 6,5 392536
31DELORME Axel m 2428FRA 6,5 38,5 2499
32SHIRAZI Kamran m 2426FRA 6,5 38,5 2352
33CORRALES JIMENEZ Fidel g 2602CUB 6,5 382537
34GEETHA NARAYANAN GOPAL g 2584IND 6452622
35LEMOS Damian g 2556ARG 6442588
36HOUSIEAUX David m 2423FRA 643,5 2516
37BOGNER Sebastian g 2494GER 6432634
38BHAT Vinay g 2540USA 6432611
39VOVK Yuri g 2546UKR 6432519
40KHARITONOV Alexandr g 2538RUS 642,5 2577
41HEBDEN Mark g 2532ENG 642,5 2563
42BURMAKIN Vladimir g 2590RUS 642,5 2532
43DRAGUN Kamil f 2300POL 6422550
44APICELLA Manuel g 2518FRA 6422544
45TIKKANEN Hans m 2457SWE 6422505
46GOZZOLI Yannick m 2515FRA 6422490
47KOVALYOV Anton g 2601ARG 641,5 2576
48VOROBIOV Evgeny g 2621RUS 641,5 2550
49NYYSTI Sampsa m 2363FIN 641,5 2461
50HEBERT Jean m 2418CAN 6412472
51NAUMKIN Igor g 2484RUS 6412471
52TODOROV Todor g 2490BUL 640,5 2491
53BURG Twan m 2465NED 640,5 2466
54SIECIECHOWICZ Marcin 2386POL 6402534
55LUTHER Thomas g 2577GER 6402531
56SANIKIDZE Tornike g 2615GEO 6402484
57DAULYTE Deimante gf 2272LTU 6402464
58ROZENTALIS Eduardas g 2623LTU 639,5 2563
59LEON HOYOS Manuel g 2516MEX 639,5 2507
60CORI Jorge m 2483PER 639,5 2479
61FIER Alexandr g 2601BRA 6392474
62MASTROVASILIS Athanasios g 2510GRE 6392460
63HAUB Thorsten Michael m 2513GER 6392447
64HOFFMANN Michael g 2508GER 6392410
65RAYKHMAN Alexander f 2319GER 638,5 2452
66DEGRAEVE Jean-Marc g 2577FRA 638,5 2450
67BARYSHPOLETS Andrey m 2444UKR 638,5 2446
68PAYEN Arnaud m 2352FRA 638,5 2442
69KRZYZANOWSKI Marcin 2333POL 6382445
70PETKEVICH Jusefs g 2392LAT 637,5 2397
71CLERY Nicolas f 2390FRA 637,5 2383
72AGUETTAZ Maxime m 2399FRA 637,5 2376
73KULAOTS Kaido g 2584EST 6372522
74DINGER Florian f 2359GER 6372456
75GUPTA Abhijeet g 2577IND 6372423
76ZUDE Erik m 2402GER 6372375
77GIFFARD Nicolas m 2363FRA 6372348
78SANDULEAC Vasile g 2466MDA 6362410
79FROIS Antonio m 2405POR 6362357
80DUIJKER Rick 2224NED 635,5 2296
652 players

5) Gotth' Art Cup 2010

The Gotth' Art Cup takes place in Szentgotthard, Hungary 22nd February - 3rd March 2010. Round 1 games not complete.

Official site: http://www.chesspremier.com/gotart.html

Gotth' Art Cup GM Szentgotthard (HUN), 22 ii-3 iii 2010 cat. XI (2506)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Banusz, Tamas m HUN 2517 * . . . . . . . . 1 1
2. Neubauer, Martin m AUT 2465 . * . . . . . . 1 . 1
3. Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2657 . . * . . ½ . . . . ½ 2444
4. Bokros, Albert m HUN 2479 . . . * . . ½ . . . ½ 2519
5. Portisch, Lajos g HUN 2519 . . . . * . . ½ . . ½ 2501
6. Rapport, Richard f HUN 2444 . . ½ . . * . . . . ½ 2657
7. Vajda, Levente g ROU 2519 . . . ½ . . * . . . ½ 2479
8. Prohaszka, Peter m HUN 2501 . . . . ½ . . * . . ½ 2519
9. Ftacnik, Lubomir g SVK 2546 . 0 . . . . . . * . 0
10. Fodor, Tamas jr f HUN 2417 0 . . . . . . . . * 0
Gotth' Art Cup IM Szentgotthard (HUN), 22 ii-3 iii 2010 cat. IV (2328)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Rudolf, Anna wg HUN 2283 * . . . . . . . . 1 1
2. Baratosi, Daniel f ROU 2396 . * ½ . . . . . . . ½ 2261
3. Szabo, Bence HUN 2261 . ½ * . . . . . . . ½ 2396
4. Banas, Jan m SVK 2341 . . . * ? . . . . . 0
5. Feher, Adam HUN 2260 . . . ? * . . . . . 0
6. Lorand, Norbert f HUN 2346 . . . . . * ? . . . 0
7. Paschall, William M m USA 2398 . . . . . ? * . . . 0
8. Nagy, Gabor HUN 2278 . . . . . . . * ? . 0
9. Biro, Sandor m ROU 2298 . . . . . . . ? * . 0
10. Gergacz, Attila f HUN 2421 0 . . . . . . . . * 0

6) First Saturday February 2010

The First Saturday tournaments for February took 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 finished on 10/13. (He has a website: http://www.rapportrichard.hu/ if you wish to contact him)

Contact Laszlo Nagy (firstsat@hu.inter.net) if you wish to play in the March edition. There are still vacancies.

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 * ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 10.0 2680
2. Pap, Gyula m HUN 2478 ½ * ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 9.0 2597
3. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2485 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7.5 2498
4. Sharma, Dinesh K m IND 2344 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ 6.5 2444
5. Boros, Denes m HUN 2494 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 6.5 2432
6. Paschall, William M m USA 2398 1 0 ½ 0 ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 6.0 2411
7. Yu Lie CHN 2359 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 * 0 1 1 1 ½ 0 6.0 2414
8. Ilincic, Zlatko g SRB 2464 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6.0 2405
9. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2512 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 0 1 ½ 0 4.5 2314
10. Sahu, Sekhar Chandra m IND 2258 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 1 * ½ ½ 1 4.5 2335
11. Padmini, Rout wm IND 2294 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ 4.0 2294
12. Platzgummer, Fabian AUT 2401 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 4.0 2285
13. Quinn, Mark m IRL 2401 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 0 ½ 0 * 3.5 2252
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 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 7 2457
2. Binder, Michael AUT 2208 0 * 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 6½ 2409
3. Lyell, Mark f ENG 2224 0 0 * 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 5 2284
4. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2271 ½ 1 0 * 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 4½ 2236
5. Turzo, Attila m HUN 2309 1 0 1 0 * ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 4½ 2232
6. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2235 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ ½ 4 2197
7. Griffiths, Ryan Rhys IRL 2148 0 0 0 1 0 ½ * 1 1 ½ 4 2207
8. Szalanczy, Emil m HUN 2298 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 * 0 1 3½ 2153
9. Roberts, Paul SCO 2206 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 * 0 3 2118
10. Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2240 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 * 3 2115
FSIMB February Budapest (HUN), 6-15 ii 2010
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2234 * * ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 7 2397
2. Parkanyi, Attila m HUN 2324 ½ 1 * * 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 6 2302
3. Tran, Tuan Minh f VIE 2158 0 0 1 0 * * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 2299
4. Mozes, Ervin m ROU 2275 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * * 0 ½ 1 ½ 4½ 2203
5. Bakin, Alexander f RUS 2248 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * * 1 0 4 2173
6. Keschitz, Gyorgy HUN 2235 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 * * 3 2098

7) Chilean Championship

The Chilean Championship takes place in the Club de Ajedrez in the Universidad de Chile in Santiago.

Official site: http://www.fundaciondeajedrez.cl/verNoticia.php?codigoNoticia=171

ch-CHI Santiago (CHI), 18-28 ii 2010 cat. II (2287)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
1. Vasquez Schroeder, Rodrigo g CHI 2506 * . . ½ . . . 1 . . 1 1 1 4½ 2614
2. Salinas Herrera, Pablo CHI 2207 . * . . 0 1 . 1 . . . 1 1 4 2456
3. Egger, Jorge m CHI 2443 . . * . . 0 . ½ . . 1 1 1 3½ 2346
4. Lopez Silva, Hugo CHI 2412 ½ . . * . . ½ . 1 1 . . . 3 2567
5. Carrasco Miranda, Andres CHI 2183 . 1 . . * ½ . ½ . . . ½ . 2½ 2295
6. Alarcon Bahamondes, Roberto CHI 2154 . 0 1 . ½ * . . . . . 1 . 2½ 2371
7. Calvo Salas, Pablo CHI 2305 . . . ½ . . * . . ½ ½ . ½ 2 2291
8. Mesias Rojas, Rabindranath CHI 2168 0 0 ½ . ½ . . * 1 . . . . 2 2260
9. Garcia Cardenas, Pablo CHI 2324 . . . 0 . . . 0 * 0 1 . 1 2 2194
10. Valdes Escobar, Alvaro f CHI 2361 . . . 0 . . ½ . 1 * 0 . . 1½ 2194
11. Paez Medina, Guillermo CHI 2086 0 . 0 . . . ½ . 0 1 * . . 1½ 2238
12. Romero Araya, Diego CHI 2273 0 0 0 . ½ 0 . . . . . * . ½ 1932
13. Rios Escobar, Adan CHI 2305 0 0 0 . . . ½ . 0 . . . * ½ 1991

8) 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. Games now 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
1Mladenov, Svetlin 24584104.518.574
2Seger, Ruediger IM 24074104.51675.5
3Helbig, Mark FM 2362320416.572
4Michalczak, Thoma FM 236340141674.5
5Zaitsev, Mikhail IM 250032041674
6Menacher, Manfred FM 226432041673
7Wegerle, Joerg IM 2450401415.570.5
8Biedekoepper, Robe 2105401413.568
9Wolter, Dr. Kai FM 22033113.51670
10Henrichs, Thomas IM 24713113.51566
11Henrichs, Wenke 204822131561.5
12Harff, Marcel U20 217430231560
13Nagel, Bernhard 2264302314.563.5
14Klamp, Christoph 212930231468
15Flesch, Dr. Stefa 213422131463
16Hobusch, Jan U20 1714221313.565
17Speck, Stefan 2031302313.564
18Lasschuit, Rene 1881302313.561
19Eulering, Dr. Geo 209430231365.5
20Ortleb, Thomas 189630231257.5
21Fichtner, Ewald U20 1956302311.562.5
22Maczkowiak, Thoma 194322131164.5
23Taeger, Torsten 2120301310.551.5
54 players

9) 1st Novy Bor Open

The 1st Novy Bor Open took place 13th-20th February 2010. Pawel Szablowski took clear first place with 8/9.

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

Open Novy Bor (CZE), 13-20 ii 2010
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.NameTiFEDRtgIPts.TB1 TB2 TB3 Rp
1Szablowski PawelPOL22308554321642515
2Vrana JanCZE229875441.521642384
3Marie MaximeFRA2247752.54121882408
4Plischki SebastianIMGER23646.5493721612327
5Bednar MarcelCZE21856.54936.520532219
6Hantak AdamGER21956.548.53721072273
7Loktiev IvanIMRUS2243651.54021302255
8Golcman EvgenyRUS22906503921422267
9Filinkov AlexanderRUS22616503921172242
10Jakovlev JuriEST0649.53821872312
11Dalecky BretislavCZE2159645.53519792104
12Oresky JanCZE2144644.533.520432168
13Ter-Karapetian ArmenGEO20636433520592184
14Sindler MichalCZE21685.54937.520702150
15Marchadour EmilieFRA20685.54738.520762156
16Ter-Karapetian AlexGEO21785.5473721092189
17Navratil-Sen. JiriCZE21635.54434.520182098
18Baum BerndFMGER22605.5423319462026
19Karlik VladimirFMCZE2248549.53821412184
20Bores RomanCZE218554937.521162159
21Jinova LucieCZE21495483720722115
22Vorobyov YrijFMUKR2259547.53721032146
23Snorek MilanCZE2146546.53720552098
24Moehn HansGER2015545.533.520242067
25Galochkin SergeiRUS20375443420032046
26Cakl ZdenekCZE2116543.535.520072050
27Bakalar JanSVK2155543.533.519381981
28Jiruse JosefCZE2054542.53219632006
29Drabek MiloslavCZE20675423320022045
30Navratil-Jun. JiriCZE1941540.532.519962039
31Havranek MiroslavCZE222854030.519121955
32Hronik PetrCZE19665372919271970
33Tejnsky BretislavCZE195753627.518041847
80 players

10) 8th International Caspian Cup

The 8th International Caspian Cup Chess Tournament (A Class) takes place February 11th-18th 2010 in Rash/Iran. Farid Abbasov edged out top seed Azer Mirzoev and Homayoon Toufighi on tie-break after all finished on 7/9. 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

8th International Caspian Cup (IRI), 11-19 ii 2010
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.NameTiFEDRtgPts.TB1 TB2 TB3 Rp
1Abbasov FaridGMAZE255374843.5412672
2Mirzoev AzerGMAZE259474742.5402675
3Toufighi HomayoonIMIRI2462742.53935.52640
4Golizadeh AsgharFMIRI24106.55044.5432622
5Moradiabadi ElshanGMIRI25626.54843412609
6Benidze DavitIMGEO24916.54338.536.52546
7Hovhannisyan RobertIMARM2473646.542.539.52564
8Chibukhchian ArturGMARM249864642.5392496
9Ter-Sahakyan SamvelGMARM250964338.5362539
10Harutjunyan GevorgGMARM2475641.537.5352476
11Ibrahimov RasulGMAZE2550640.536342436
12Mallahi AmirIMIRI2370639.535.5342318
13Shanava KonstantineGMGEO25516383432.52444
14Abedi AliIRI2125635.532292372
15Nigalidze GaiozIMGEO24625.54843412435
16Roghani ArashIMIRI23575.546.54239.52531
17Sriram JhaIMIND25115.546.54239.52458
18Soozankar A MFMIRI22045.54237.535.52493
19Maghalashvili DavitIMGEO24735.540.53634.52358
20Mammadov Ayaz Arzu OgluFMAZE23385.5403733.52171
21Koohestani ShIRI21965.539.535.533.52444
22Babujian LevonIMARM24975.539.535.5332403
23Grigoryan Karen HCMARM22265.536.532.5312461
24Rasulov Vugar Ural OgluIMAZE244354641.5392411
25Minasian AraGMARM247754540382306
26Pourramezanali AmirrezaIRI22775444037.52444
27Morchiashvili BachanaIMGEO235454036342181
28Inants AghasiARM223053935.532.52272
29Hejazipour MitraWFMIRI218353834.5322321
30Kowsarinia AmirIRI2100537.533.531.52367
31Babaee RezaIRI053632.5302363
32Behmardi K RustamIRI2259535.532.5302397
33Sulashvili MalkhazIMGEO24974.54338.5362472
80 players

11) Brazil Open Rio de Janeiro

The Brazil Open took place in Rio de Janeiro 19th-21st February 2010. Diego Rafael Di Berardino won with 5.5/6. Final round games not yet available.

Details: http://www.cxg.org.br/abertodobrasil/abertobrasilrio2010.htm

Brazil Open Rio de Janeiro (BRA), 19-21 ii 2010
Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
Rank Name RtgFED Pts Fide
1 Di Berardino Diego Rafael 2460BRA 5½ 20
2 Toth Christian Endre 2360BRA 5 19½
3 Cramling Dan 2408SWE 5 18½
4 Rego Vinicius V. de Almeida 2249BRA 4½ 17½
5 Santiago Yago de Moura 2256BRA 4½ 17½
6 Kubrusly Jose Cristovam S 2226BRA 4½ 17½
7 Fontes Carlos Henrique Batista 2209BRA 4½ 17½
8 Mascarenhas Alberto 2238BRA 4½ 16½
9 Abdalla Luiz Guilherme Aurelli 2219BRA 4½ 15½
10 Matsuura Everaldo 2467BRA 4½ 15½
11 Mariano Martins Marceley 2013BRA 4½ 15½
12 Gomez Gustavo Pizzocaro 2128BRA 4½ 14
13 Guimaraes Wagner Peixoto 2265BRA 4 16½
14 Mourao Igor A.C. Lofredo 2053BRA 4 15½
15 Barbosa Evandro Amorim 2379BRA 4 15
16 Bil Angelo 2152BRA 4 15
17 Maia Marco Aurelio Ferreira 2136BRA 4 14½
18 Rodrigues Nei Jorge 2017BRA 4 14½
19 Viana Dirceu 2274BRA 4 14
20 De Oliveira Aquiles Machado 0BRA 4 13
21 Requiao Rodrigo Diaz 0BRA 4 11½
85 players

12) Cotroceni Women's Tournament Bucharest

The Cotroceni Women's Tournament took place in Bucharest 10th-18th February 2010. Salome Melia won the event with 6/9.

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 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 6 2530
2. Muzychuk, Mariya m UKR 2447 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 5½ 2483
3. Peptan, Corina-Isabela m ROU 2411 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5 2450
4. Cosma, Elena-Luminita wg ROU 2332 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 2459
5. Turova, Irina m RUS 2386 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 2453
6. Gara, Anita m HUN 2370 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 1 5 2455
7. Vajda, Szidonia m HUN 2369 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 4 2369
8. Repkova, Eva m SVK 2434 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 0 3½ 2325
9. Khotenashvili, Bela m GEO 2461 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 * 1 3 2277
10. Foisor, Cristina-Adela m ROU 2440 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 * 3 2279

13) BSF 75th Anniversary

The 75th Anniversary of the BSF (Bronshoj Skak Forenings) took place 15th-20th February 2010. Jonny Hector took clear first with 8/9.

Official site: http://www.kobenhavnsskakunion.dk/

BSF 75th Ann. Bronshoj (DEN), 15-20 ii 2010
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1. Hector, Jonny g SWE 2572 +18 +4 +30 -2 +9 +6 +5 +3 +11 8 2725
2. Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2581 +12 +11 +14 +1 -6 =3 +7 +5 =8 7 2570
3. Danielsen, Henrik g ISL 2495 +8 +7 -9 +10 +16 =2 +4 -1 +6 6½ 2546
4. Mikkelsen, Nikolaj m DEN 2381 +35 -1 +19 +34 -5 +17 -3 +16 +9 6 2434
5. Rosenkilde, Alexander DEN 2215 =33 +27 +23 =9 +4 +10 -1 -2 =7 5½ 2391
6. Hoi, Carsten g DEN 2393 -7 +18 +33 +30 +2 -1 =9 +10 -3 5½ 2428
7. Skovgaard, Peter2 DEN 2279 +6 -3 +28 -16 +20 +18 -2 +15 =5 5½ 2437
8. Andersen, Mads f DEN 2300 -3 =12 +31 =21 =19 +34 +18 =9 =2 5½ 2363
9. Picard, Romain f FRA 2365 =10 +15 +3 =5 -1 +14 =6 =8 -4 5 2410
10. Nielsen, Lars Aaes DEN 2248 =9 +13 +21 -3 +14 -5 +12 -6 =17 5 2341
11. Bromann, Thorbjorn m DEN 2434 +17 -2 +22 -14 =13 +19 =16 +20 -1 5 2359
12. Aabling-Thomsen, Jakob f DEN 2312 -2 =8 +29 +23 =15 =16 -10 +22 =13 5 2351
13. Rendboe, John f DEN 2247 =20 -10 =27 +33 =11 =15 =22 +21 =12 5 2322
14. Akdag, Dara DEN 2157 +36 +29 -2 +11 -10 -9 -15 +30 +24 5 2332
15. Rasmussen, Allan Stig g DEN 2542 =16 -9 +26 =17 =12 =13 +14 -7 =18 4½ 2260
16. Teplyi, Igor DEN 2305 =15 =20 +32 +7 -3 =12 =11 -4 =19 4½ 2329
17. Brinck-Claussen, Bjorn m DEN 2300 -11 +22 =24 =15 +21 -4 =20 =19 =10 4½ 2278
18. Saada, Julien f FRA 2307 -1 -6 +25 +27 +30 -7 -8 +23 =15 4½ 2287
19. Kragh, Niels Kristian DEN 2147 =24 =33 -4 +35 =8 -11 +34 =17 =16 4½ 2245
20. Carstensen, Jacob f DEN 2317 =13 =16 -34 +24 -7 +28 =17 -11 =22 4 2177
21. Andersen, Alf R NOR 2200 +32 =23 -10 =8 -17 =25 +24 -13 =26 4 2111
22. Rossen, Claus DEN 2223 +34 -17 -11 =28 +26 =35 =13 -12 =20 4 2193
23. Huguet, Sergio f HON 2138 +25 =21 -5 -12 =28 =29 =35 -18 +31 4 2132
24. Jorgensen, Rasmus DEN 2015 =19 =28 =17 -20 =34 +30 -21 +35 -14 4 2153
25. Christensen, Esben DEN 2008 -23 =26 -18 =29 +27 =21 -30 =32 +36 4 2106
26. Jensen, Michael Agermose DEN 2070 -30 =25 -15 +32 -22 =31 =33 +36 =21 4 2108
27. Petersen, Steen DEN 2154 =31 -5 =13 -18 -25 +36 =29 =28 +35 4 2105
28. Petersen, Nils DEN 2059 =29 =24 -7 =22 =23 -20 =31 =27 =30 3½ 2091
29. Hvenekilde, Jorgen DEN 2190 =28 -14 -12 =25 =31 =23 =27 =33 =32 3½ 2030
30. Petersen, Peter Birk DEN 2203 +26 +35 -1 -6 -18 -24 +25 -14 =28 3½ 2124
31. Frisk, Hans SWE 2022 =27 -32 -8 =36 =29 =26 =28 +34 -23 3½ 2044
32. Jensen, Soren Holm DEN 2060 -21 +31 -16 -26 -35 =33 +36 =25 =29 3½ 2049
33. Hansen, Lars-Henrik Bech DEN 2083 =5 =19 -6 -13 -36 =32 =26 =29 =34 3 2038
34. Andersen, Ole Bo DEN 2125 -22 +36 +20 -4 =24 -8 -19 -31 =33 3 2043
35. Naes, Flovin Tor f FAI 2262 -4 -30 +36 -19 +32 =22 =23 -24 -27 3 2024
36. Andersen, Daniel DEN 2024 -14 -34 -35 =31 +33 -27 -32 -26 -25 1½ 1831

14) 2nd Batavia Amsterdam Chess Tournament

The 2nd Batavia Amsterdam Chess Tournament takes place 21st-28th February 2010.

Official site: http://www.schaakbond.nl/data/batavia/index.html

Max Euwe Challenge Amsterdam (NED), 21-28 ii 2010 cat. IV (2336)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Shiven, Khosla IND 2291 * . ½ . . 1 ½ 1 . . 3 2563
2. Riemersma, Li m NED 2431 . * . 0 1 . . 1 1 . 3 2496
3. Wemmers, Xander m NED 2404 ½ . * . . . ½ . 1 1 3 2517
4. Schut, Lisa wm NED 2219 . 1 . * . . . 0 1 ½ 2½ 2445
5. Singh, Gurpreet Pal IND 2303 . 0 . . * . 1 . ½ 1 2½ 2454
6. Kleijn, Christov f NED 2359 0 . . . . * ½ 1 . 1 2½ 2417
7. Vedder, Henk NED 2377 ½ . ½ . 0 ½ * . . . 1½ 2252
8. Bezemer, Arno f NED 2343 0 0 . 1 . 0 . * . . 1 2132
9. Motoc, Alina wg ROU 2349 . 0 0 0 ½ . . . * . ½ 2017
10. Afek, Yochanan m ISR 2280 . . 0 ½ 0 0 . . . * ½ 1999
Round 1 (February 19, 2010)
Riemersma, Li - Singh, Gurpreet Pal 1-0 58 B28 Sicilian Early a7-a6
Schut, Lisa - Bezemer, Arno 0-1 34 B94 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Bg5
Vedder, Henk - Shiven, Khosla ½-½ 44 B50 Sicilian Defence
Motoc, Alina - Wemmers, Xander 0-1 49 E37 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Afek, Yochanan - Kleijn, Christov 0-1 33 B89 Sicilian Sozin Attack
Round 2 (February 20, 2010)
Wemmers, Xander - Afek, Yochanan 1-0 31 B70 Sicilian Dragon
Schut, Lisa - Riemersma, Li 1-0 30 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
Singh, Gurpreet Pal - Motoc, Alina ½-½ 45 B23 Sicilian Closed
Kleijn, Christov - Vedder, Henk ½-½ 46 C18 French Winawer
Bezemer, Arno - Shiven, Khosla 0-1 46 B88 Sicilian Sozin Attack
Round 3 (February 21, 2010)
Shiven, Khosla - Kleijn, Christov 1-0 64 B83 Sicilian Scheveningen
Riemersma, Li - Bezemer, Arno 1-0 36 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Vedder, Henk - Wemmers, Xander ½-½ 58 C00 French Defence
Motoc, Alina - Schut, Lisa 0-1 15 A15 English counter King's Fianchetto
Afek, Yochanan - Singh, Gurpreet Pal 0-1 24 C02 French Advance
Round 4 (February 22, 2010)
Riemersma, Li - Motoc, Alina 1-0 84 E97 King's Indian Classical
Wemmers, Xander - Shiven, Khosla ½-½ 47 B72 Sicilian Dragon
Schut, Lisa - Afek, Yochanan ½-½ 67 C00 French Defence
Singh, Gurpreet Pal - Vedder, Henk 1-0 35 C11 French Defence
Bezemer, Arno - Kleijn, Christov 0-1 60 D19 Slav Defence

15) 8th Nancy Chess Festival

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

Official site: http://echecs54.free.fr

GMA Nancy (FRA), 22-28 ii 2010 cat. XII (2526)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Charnushevich, Aliaksei m FRA 2501 * . . . . . . . . 1 1
2. Brunner, Nicolas m FRA 2420 . * . . . . . ½ . . ½ 2578
3. Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2640 . . * . . . ½ . . . ½ 2648
4. Milliet, Sophie m FRA 2404 . . . * . ½ . . . . ½ 2602
5. Ninov, Nikolai m BUL 2511 . . . . * . . . ½ . ½ 2497
6. Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2602 . . . ½ . * . . . . ½ 2404
7. Postny, Evgeny g ISR 2648 . . ½ . . . * . . . ½ 2640
8. Solodovnichenko, Yuri g UKR 2578 . ½ . . . . . * . . ½ 2420
9. Wirig, Anthony m FRA 2497 . . . . ½ . . . * . ½ 2511
10. Mullon, Jean-Baptiste m FRA 2458 0 . . . . . . . . * 0
Round 1 (February 22, 2010)
Charnushevich, Aliaksei - Mullon, Jean-Baptiste 1-0 26 A28 English Four Knights
Brunner, Nicolas - Solodovnichenko, Yuri ½-½ 44 A41 Modern Defence
Granda Zuniga, Julio E - Postny, Evgeny ½-½ 22 A11 Reti Opening
Pelletier, Yannick - Milliet, Sophie ½-½ 35 D11 Slav Defence
Wirig, Anthony - Ninov, Nikolai ½-½ 27 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Masters B Nancy (FRA), 22-28 ii 2010 cat. V (2366)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Genzling, Alain f FRA 2398 * . . . . . . . . 1 1
2. Stets, Dmitry m UKR 2444 . * . . . . . . 1 . 1
3. Bedouin, Xavier f FRA 2381 . . * . . . . ½ . . ½ 2302
4. Fomichenko, Eduard m RUS 2515 . . . * . ½ . . . . ½ 2480
5. Henris, Luc f BEL 2302 . . . . * . ½ . . . ½ 2295
6. Marzolo, Cyril m FRA 2480 . . . ½ . * . . . . ½ 2515
7. Taddei, Benoit f FRA 2295 . . . . ½ . * . . . ½ 2302
8. Wiley, Tom E f ENG 2302 . . ½ . . . . * . . ½ 2381
9. Brethes, Francois FRA 2257 . 0 . . . . . . * . 0
10. Iglesias, Joachim FRA 2284 0 . . . . . . . . * 0
Round 1 (February 22, 2010)
Stets, Dmitry - Brethes, Francois 1-0 32 C11 French Defence
Henris, Luc - Taddei, Benoit ½-½ 24 C30 King's Gambit Declined
Marzolo, Cyril - Fomichenko, Eduard ½-½ 58 D17 Slav Defence
Wiley, Tom E - Bedouin, Xavier ½-½ 47 A45 Trompowsky
Iglesias, Joachim - Genzling, Alain 0-1 18 E24 Nimzo Indian Saemisch

16) European Senior Teams

The European Senior Teams took place in Dresden took place 10th-18th February 2010. Russia took first and Switzerland came in second.

Official site: http://www.schachfestival.de/www_festival/144b603f0ae6f2209ae92712e11c5a78.php

17) 18th Fajr International Chess Open Tournament

The 18th Fajr International Chess Open Tournament takes place February 19th-28th 2010 in Mashhad - Iran. 11 rounds Swiss System 90 minutes for the whole game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.

Official site: http://www.fajrchess2010.com/aspx/

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr30244.aspx

18th Fajr International Chess Open (IRI), 19-28 ii 2010
Leading Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
Rk.NameTiFEDRtgPts.TB1 TB2 TB3
1Ibrahimov RasulGMAZE2550410.5610.5
2Tiviakov SergeiGMNED2662410.55.510.5
3Mirzoev AzerGMAZE2594410.55.510.5
4Poghosyan SurenARM2257410.55.510.5
5Babujian LevonGMARM2497410610
6Shanava KonstantineGMGEO255149.55.59.5
7Harutjunyan GevorgGMARM247549.559.5
8Mahjoob MortezaGMIRI2512494.59
9Gaprindashvili ValerianeGMGEO24334848
10Malaniuk Vladimir PGMUKR25733.511.569.75
11Grabliauskas VirginijusIMLTU24223.59.558.25
12Darban MortezaIMIRI23443.594.58
13Abbasifar HasanFMIRI23343.58.546.75
14Neelotpal DasGMIND24453.57.54.56.25
15Darini PouriaIRI24013.573.56
16Moosavian S HamedFMIRI2407311.55.57.5
17Dzhumaev MaratGMUZB2515310.556.5
18Idani PouyaIRI2227310.54.56.5
19Khademi Mohammad MiranIRI2210310.54.56.5
20Minasian AraGMARM24773105.57.25
21Akbari Zahmati Amir HosseinIRI20833105.57
22Mahdavirad MehdiIRI220431056
23Koohestani ShIRI219631056
24Kowsarinia AmirIRI21003104.56
25Ghaem Maghami EhsanGMIRI258939.55.56.5
26Ghane ShojaatGMIRI238739.54.56.5
27Sharbaf MohsenFMIRI238139.54.56.5
28Khojasteh MIRI205939.54.56.5
29Hosseinipour MehdiIRI220739.54.56
30Inants AghasiARM223039.54.55.5
31Oliyazadeh PooyaIRI199039.54.55.5
32Nourdadashi MajidIRI208739.545.5
33Isaev JamshedIMTJK23943956.25
34Asnaashari SoheylIRI21023955
35Mosadeghpour MasoudIRI0394.56.25
36Zanganeh BabakIRI20503945
37Asadi SadeghIRI206138.545
38Akbari Zahmati HamidrezaIRI209538.544.5
39Vassalam M TIRI213538.53.54.5
40Safarinejad JaafarIRI205538.53.54.5
41Dinarvand JIRI198938.53.54.5
42Sheibani ShIRI2178384.55.5
43Rahimian RastinIRI2120384.55.25
44Abbasov FaridGMAZE2553384.55
45Abedi AbolfazlIRI21773845
46Ahmadinia EFMIRI23433844
47Abedi AliIRI21253834
48Nazarov AnvarIMTJK234637.545.5
49Pirmaleki SIRI209437.544
50Hosseinzadeh NimaIRI229337.533.5
51Valizadeh AliIRI20613744
52Boori JavadIRI2116373.55.25
53Taheri ArmanIRI1987373.54
54Doostkam PIRI2165372.53
55Asnaashari SoroushIRI210236.53.53.5
226 players

18) Shirov Simul in Toronto

GM Alexei Shirov gave a simultaneous exhibition at the Scarborough CC in Toronto, Canada, as part of the club's 50th anniversary celebrations. Thanks to Gordon Ritchie and Maurice Smith for organizing. Immaculately dressed in suit and tie, Shirov was gracious throughout, signing his books for fans and scoresheets for the players, and even offering players to go over their games with him afterwards. Final score: Shirov +17 -2 =6.

News: David Cohen, IA

19) 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/

20) 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.

21) Judit Polgar vs Gregory Kaidanov Sicilian Theme Match

The Judit Polgar vs Gregory Kaidanov Sicilian Theme Match takes place 22nd-25th February 2010.

Official site

22) Indian Teams

The Indian Team Championship takes place in Gurgaon and started on 21st February 2010.

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

23) 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 still not available.

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

24) 4NCL

The 4NCL takes place Sat 24th Oct 2009 - 3rd May 2010. There were rounds 5 and 6 this weekend. I will round up the results next week.

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

25) Malaga Open

The XIII Malaga takes place 20th-27th February 2010.

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

26) Forthcoming Events and Links

La Laguna Open

The La Laguna takes place 5th-11th April 2010.

Details: http://www.lalagunainternacionalajedrez.com/

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

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/

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, GuillermomARG2434
Rosselli Mailhe, BernardomURU2386
Brito, LuismarfBRA2335
Larrea, ManuelfURU2333
Peralta, EduardofPAR2282
Ferreira, OscarfPAR2282
Valiente, CristobalmPAR2258
Zacarías, M RubenfPAR2213

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

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)
WRkNameTitleNATB-YearJa2010
1Carlsen, MagnusgNOR19902810
4Kramnik, VladimirgRUS19752788
5Aronian, LevongARM19822781
6Gelfand, BorisgISR19682761
7Gashimov, VugargAZE19862759
8Ivanchuk, VassilygUKR19692749
10Svidler, PetergRUS19762744
13Ponomariov, RuslangUKR19832737
17Morozevich, AlexandergRUS19772732
21Karjakin, SergeygRUS19902720
25Dominguez Perez, LeiniergCUB19832712
73Smeets, JangNED19852657

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 123456789101112 Sp MPBP
1.OSG Baden Baden + 5½ 3 54 5½5923
2.Hamburger SK 1830 + 2½ 4½4 5½55821½
3.USV Volksbank Halle 3½ + 2 4½5 3½ 5818½
4.SK Grosslehna ½ + 3½3½4 3½ 5815
5.SC Bad Koenigshofen 42½ + 2½ 45 5618
6.Karlsruher SF 1853 3 2½ + 3½2 45515
7.Rodewischer Schachmiezen 1½23½ + 52½ 5414½
8.SK Lehrte 1½1 + 3 435412½
9.SV Wolfbusch 12 2½ 3 + 55313½
10.SC Leipzig Gohlis 2 2½241 + 5211½
11.SAV Torgelow ½2½ 1 3½2 + 529½
12.SV Medizin Erfurt ½1 2 31 + 517½

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

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

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:

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