THE WEEK IN CHESS 799 1st March 2010 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Adolivio Capece, Miklos Orso, Christophe Philippe, Jan Mazuch, Laszlo Nagy, Sean Hewitt, Frank Berry, Mitko Iliev, Janos Rigo, Michael Rahal, Joaquim De Deus Fo, Bill Townsend, Egidijus Zeromskis, Biro Sandor, Tomas Dvorak, and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Veselin Topalov squeaked home by winning a drawn ending against Boris Gelfand in the final round of Linares. Given that Topalov was no doubt playing with one hand tied behind his back with his best opening ideas being saved for his World title challenge against Viswanathan Anand his performance was an unqualified success. Half a point behind (and having a better tie-break he would have won if Topalov hadn't won his final round game) was Alexander Grischuk who sometimes frustrates but is clearly one of the very best in the world at the moment. Elsewhere there has been a huge amount of chess. The World Champion played his final chess before the match by playing two games for Baden-Baden in the Bundesliga. His team actually lost for the first time in three years in probably the strongest ever match in the Bundesliga. Anand's personal tally was a win and a draw. There was a huge amount of chess elsewhere too in a busy week.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Linares 2010

The Linares tournament took place in Spain 12th-25th February 2010. Veselin Topalov emerged as the winner for the first time. He beat Boris Gelfand in the final round and edged out Alexander Grischuk by half a point.

Official site: http://www.ajedrez.ciudaddelinares.es/index.htm

XXVII SuperGM Linares (ESP), 13-24 ii 2010											cat. XXI (2758)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2805	*	*	1	0	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	6½	2858
2.	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2736	0	1	*	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	6	2834
3.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2781	½	½	½	½	*	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	5½	2789
4.	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	2705	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	*	½	½	0	½	4	2696
5.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2761	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	*	½	½	4	2685
6.	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	2759	0	½	½	0	½	0	1	½	½	½	*	*	4	2685

Round 9 (February 23, 2010)
Grischuk, Alexander	- Topalov, Veselin	1-0	56	E15	Queens Indian
Gelfand, Boris	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	40	D15	Slav Defence
Gashimov, Vugar	- Vallejo Pons, Francisco	½-½	29	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Round 10 (February 24, 2010)
Topalov, Veselin	- Gelfand, Boris	1-0	62	C42	Petroff's Defence
Aronian, Levon	- Gashimov, Vugar	1-0	58	A61	Benoni
Vallejo Pons, Francisco	- Grischuk, Alexander	½-½	32	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation

3) FIDE Rating List March 2010

Magnus Carlsen remains top of the FIDE rating list for March 2010. Carlsen gained 3 points from his win in Wijk aan Zee. Veselin Topalov's win in Linares occurred too late to appear in the list (I still don't like the publication of a list that is out of date upon publication) and that would have lifted him extremely close to Carlsen again.

Vladimir Kramnik overtook Viswanathan Anand after a slightly better performance in Wijk aan Zee, but there isn't a lot between them. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov gained 19 points to move up to number 5 in the world, Alexander Grischuk moved from 15 to 7 in the world with more to come from his Linares performance.

Le Quang Liem moved from 93 to 42 after his recent performances in Moscow.

Michael Adams is back as England's number one after overtaking Nigel Short. Radoslaw Wojtaszek is the highest new entry at 70 in the world.

Giovanni Vescovi was the highest casualty dropping out of the list. The rating required to get into the list is still 2643

Source: http://www.fide.com. The full list is available for download there.

FIDE Rating List March 2010 Top 100
Rk	Ja10	Name	Ti	NAT	B-Yr	oc08	ja09	ap09	ju09	se09	no09	ja10	Rat	Gms
1	1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	1990	2786	2776	2770	2772	2772	2801	2810	2813	13
2	2	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	1975	2791	2796	2812	2813	2813	2810	2805	2805	0
3	4	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	1975	2772	2759	2759	2759	2772	2772	2788	2790	13
4	3	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	1969	2783	2791	2783	2788	2788	2788	2790	2787	13
5	5	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	1982	2757	2750	2754	2768	2773	2786	2781	2782	9
6	11	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	1985	2731	2724	2725	2717	2721	2719	2741	2760	9
7	15	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	1983	2719	2733	2748	2733	2733	2736	2736	2756	16
8	10	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	1976	2727	2723	2726	2739	2741	2754	2744	2750	9
9	6	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	1968	2719	2733	2733	2755	2756	2758	2761	2750	7
10	9	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	1987	2736	2739	2738	2736	2736	2734	2749	2749	0
11	8	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	1969	2786	2779	2746	2703	2756	2739	2749	2748	13
12	7	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	1986	2703	2723	2730	2740	2740	2758	2759	2740	7
13	16	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	1987	2751	2761	2756	2756	2757	2748	2733	2740	7
14	20	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	1972	2726	2745	2745	2732	2730	2719	2723	2737	13
15	13	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	1983	2719	2726	2726	2727	2741	2739	2737	2737	0
16	14	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	1983	2720	2693	2693	2716	2717	2729	2736	2736	0
17	28	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	1987	2704	2699	2701	2710	2735	2715	2708	2735	21
18	12	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	1979	2747	2751	2751	2756	2762	2752	2739	2735	13
19	18	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	1990	2716	2696	2684	2703	2718	2718	2730	2727	9
20	19	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	1983	2737	2760	2753	2760	2742	2736	2730	2725	14
21	21	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	1990	2730	2706	2721	2717	2722	2723	2720	2725	13
22	22	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	1980	2675	2692	2709	2707	2715	2706	2716	2721	7
23	26	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	1976	2663	2680	2685	2684	2685	2704	2710	2720	9
24	17	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	1977	2787	2771	2751	2751	2750	2750	2732	2715	6
25	23	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	1989	2736	2739	2696	2690	2690	2708	2715	2715	0
26	24	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	1983	2705	2722	2728	2721	2709	2700	2713	2714	19
27	25	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	1983	2719	2717	2721	2716	2719	2719	2712	2713	13
28	41	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	1987	2638	2687	2688	2681	2681	2694	2692	2710	15
29	29	Movsesian, Sergei	g	SVK	1978	2732	2751	2747	2716	2711	2718	2708	2709	10
30	31	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	1982	2664	2702	2688	2693	2696	2711	2705	2708	10
31	27	Navara, David	g	CZE	1985	2633	2638	2654	2687	2692	2707	2708	2708	0
32	35	Motylev, Alexander	g	RUS	1979	2672	2676	2677	2710	2710	2695	2697	2705	18
33	39	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	1971	2734	2712	2703	2699	2682	2698	2694	2704	10
34	40	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	1974	2729	2725	2720	2717	2692	2695	2693	2702	28
35	34	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	1979	2672	2687	2695	2672	2702	2705	2702	2702	0
36	30	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	1987	2646	2664	2684	2689	2688	2708	2705	2701	14
37	33	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	1985	2715	2718	2716	2714	2725	2715	2703	2700	9
38	36	Rublevsky, Sergei	g	RUS	1974	2702	2702	2702	2703	2703	2697	2697	2697	8
39	37	Nielsen, Peter Heine	g	DEN	1973	2662	2660	2668	2680	2687	2697	2697	2697	0
40	32	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	1983	2664	2669	2687	2684	2696	2696	2704	2695	9
41	44	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	1985	2678	2693	2700	2697	2685	2689	2687	2691	22
42	93	Le, Quang Liem	g	VIE	1991	2583	2591	2591	2602	2602	2624	2647	2689	35
43	49	Akopian, Vladimir	g	ARM	1971	2679	2700	2696	2712	2698	2700	2678	2688	9
44	57	Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	1975	2644	2659	2684	2699	2699	2672	2670	2687	9
45	42	Volokitin, Andrei	g	UKR	1986	2659	2671	2671	2678	2681	2691	2692	2687	9
46	83	Sasikiran, Krishnan	g	IND	1981	2694	2711	2682	2669	2661	2664	2653	2686	33
47	38	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	1965	2642	2663	2674	2684	2706	2707	2696	2686	13
48	45	Miroshnichenko, Evgenij	g	UKR	1978	2632	2667	2680	2696	2690	2686	2686	2686	0
49	43	Bologan, Viktor	g	MDA	1971	2682	2687	2690	2689	2688	2692	2692	2684	18
50	52	Bu, Xiangzhi	g	CHN	1985	2714	2702	2704	2702	2702	2682	2673	2682	18
51	46	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	1976	2711	2693	2693	2687	2687	2680	2682	2682	0
52	51	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	1992	2640	2646	2649	2670	2662	2652	2675	2680	22
53	48	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	1983	2642	2678	2660	2667	2678	2676	2680	2675	15
54	60	Kurnosov, Igor	g	RUS	1985	2606	2602	2658	2669	2669	2666	2668	2674	9
55	80	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	g	IND	1983	2603	2614	2625	2637	2634	2654	2654	2672	13
56	55	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	1981	2676	2666	2664	2667	2658	2653	2670	2670	10
57	56	Areshchenko, Alexander	g	UKR	1986	2664	2673	2657	2651	2667	2664	2670	2670	0
58	53	Georgiev, Kiril	g	BUL	1965	2645	2634	2637	2645	2663	2672	2672	2669	18
59	50	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	1980	2678	2676	2690	2682	2694	2677	2677	2668	9
60	82	Grachev, Boris	g	RUS	1986	2653	2655	2652	2669	2684	2652	2653	2667	27
61	98	Bareev, Evgeny	g	RUS	1966	2647	2645	2636	2634	2633	2634	2643	2667	18
62	72	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	1983	2710	2709	2724	2701	2692	2665	2657	2667	13
63	89	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	1985	2669	2656	2676	2675	2664	2645	2649	2667	9
64	77	So, Wesley	g	PHI	1993	2610	2627	2641	2646	2640	2640	2656	2665	22
65	61	Najer, Evgeniy	g	RUS	1977	2682	2669	2669	2663	2681	2666	2665	2665	18
66	91	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	1985	2605	2613	2616	2623	2633	2642	2648	2663	9
67	68	Meier, Georg	g	GER	1987	2558	2608	2641	2658	2664	2653	2658	2663	9
68	47	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	ROU	1976	2684	2675	2675	2675	2664	2677	2681	2661	13
69	54	Harikrishna, P.	g	IND	1986	2659	2673	2686	2679	2673	2672	2672	2660	27
70	--	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	g	POL	1987	2599	2608	2630	2637	2640	2637	2639	2660	18
71	63	Riazantsev, Alexander	g	RUS	1985	2656	2634	2635	2647	2646	2661	2661	2660	9
72	84	Laznicka, Viktor	g	CZE	1988	2591	2598	2598	2617	2634	2637	2652	2659	9
73	66	Berkes, Ferenc	g	HUN	1985	2645	2651	2638	2647	2663	2661	2659	2659	0
74	--	Lautier, Joel	g	FRA	1973	2657	2657	2658	2658	2658	2658	2658	2658	0
75	65	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	1986	2696	2679	2678	2678	2667	2671	2660	2657	19
76	86	Khismatullin, Denis	g	RUS	1984	2606	2601	2601	2604	2614	2643	2651	2657	18
77	70	Beliavsky, Alexander G	g	SLO	1953	2619	2646	2640	2662	2656	2648	2657	2657	0
78	69	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	1990	2616	2628	2624	2632	2632	2626	2658	2656	18
79	76	Avrukh, Boris	g	ISR	1978	2657	2645	2647	2641	2668	2655	2656	2656	0
80	85	Timofeev, Artyom	g	RUS	1985	2670	2671	2677	2681	2668	2651	2652	2655	18
81	62	Tiviakov, Sergei	g	NED	1973	2686	2684	2697	2674	2670	2664	2662	2653	13
82	87	Dreev, Alexey	g	RUS	1969	2670	2688	2668	2660	2662	2655	2650	2653	9
83	--	Savchenko, Boris	g	RUS	1986	2648	2654	2655	2650	2638	2644	2638	2652	18
84	94	Pashikian, Arman	g	ARM	1987	2611	2621	2655	2650	2663	2656	2647	2652	15
85	78	Krasenkow, Michal	g	POL	1963	2624	2620	2622	2631	2651	2656	2656	2652	9
86	75	Roiz, Michael	g	ISR	1983	2677	2647	2635	2658	2658	2659	2657	2652	6
87	73	Smeets, Jan	g	NED	1985	2604	2601	2626	2632	2642	2650	2657	2651	14
88	90	Seirawan, Yasser	g	USA	1960	2634	2634	2634	2646	2646	2649	2649	2651	1
89	74	Sutovsky, Emil	g	ISR	1977	2651	2660	2660	2675	2676	2666	2657	2650	20
90	79	Fridman, Daniel	g	GER	1976	2630	2650	2646	2665	2661	2649	2654	2650	10
91	--	Zhou, Jianchao	g	CHN	1988	2612	2612	2635	2623	2623	2629	2632	2650	9
92	--	Fedorchuk, Sergey A.	g	UKR	1981	2603	2633	2656	2655	2643	2619	2641	2649	18
93	58	Zhigalko, Sergei	g	BLR	1989	2592	2587	2622	2621	2646	2646	2668	2648	29
94	59	Smirin, Ilia	g	ISR	1968	2649	2647	2641	2650	2648	2662	2668	2647	14
95	--	Gustafsson, Jan	g	GER	1979	2634	2634	2631	2622	2622	2622	2627	2646	10
96	--	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	1990	2603	2614	2625	2648	2659	2636	2635	2645	9
97	81	Baklan, Vladimir	g	UKR	1978	2625	2627	2618	2639	2646	2655	2654	2644	9
98	96	Milov, Vadim	g	SUI	1972	2681	2669	2659	2659	2659	2652	2644	2644	0
99	--	Granda Zuniga, Julio E	g	PER	1967	2628	2625	2610	2647	2644	2640	2640	2643	18
100	67	Lastin, Alexander	g	RUS	1976	2651	2643	2650	2648	2648	2656	2659	2643	9
101	--	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	g	RUS	1976	2646	2636	2635	2635	2635	2641	2642	2643	9

FIDE Ratings Players Dropping out of list in March 2010 Top 100
Rank	ja10	Name	Title	NAT	B-Year	oc08	ja09	ap09	ju09	se09	no09	ja10	Rating	Gms
--	64	Vescovi, Giovanni	g	BRA	1978	2635	2635	2631	2631	2636	2648	2660	2629	25
--	71	Efimenko, Zahar	g	UKR	1985	2680	2688	2682	2654	2654	2668	2657	2640	9
--	88	Sokolov, Ivan	g	BIH	1968	2650	2657	2669	2655	2657	2652	2649	2638	11
--	92	Postny, Evgeny	g	ISR	1981	2674	2652	2648	2647	2651	2650	2648	2641	5
--	95	Landa, Konstantin	g	RUS	1972	2613	2626	2627	2655	2655	2664	2645	2635	9
--	97	Nyback, Tomi	g	FIN	1985	2634	2644	2655	2627	2615	2628	2643	2624	15
--	99	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	g	KAZ	1973	2640	2630	2626	2639	2643	2653	2643	2637	18
--	100	Socko, Bartosz	g	POL	1978	2631	2631	2637	2656	2637	2643	2643	2637	9

4) Gotth' Art Cup 2010

The Gotth' Art Cup takes place in Szentgotthard, Hungary 22nd February - 3rd March 2010.

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.	Beliavsky, Alexander G	g	SLO	2657	*	½	0	1	½	1	1	1	.	.	5	2659
2.	Rapport, Richard	f	HUN	2444	½	*	.	1	½	½	1	½	1	.	5	2684
3.	Portisch, Lajos	g	HUN	2519	1	.	*	½	½	½	½	.	½	1	4½	2609
4.	Banusz, Tamas	m	HUN	2517	0	0	½	*	1	1	.	½	.	1	4	2564
5.	Prohaszka, Peter	m	HUN	2501	½	½	½	0	*	.	1	.	½	½	3½	2499
6.	Vajda, Levente	g	ROU	2519	0	½	½	0	.	*	.	½	½	1	3	2461
7.	Neubauer, Martin	m	AUT	2465	0	0	½	.	0	.	*	1	½	1	3	2459
8.	Ftacnik, Lubomir	g	SVK	2546	0	½	.	½	.	½	0	*	1	0	2½	2397
9.	Bokros, Albert	m	HUN	2479	.	0	½	.	½	½	½	0	*	½	2½	2385
10.	Fodor, Tamas jr	f	HUN	2417	.	.	0	0	½	0	0	1	½	*	2	2348

Round 1 (February 22, 2010)
Rapport, Richard	- Beliavsky, Alexander G	½-½	37	E12	Queens Indian Petrosian
Prohaszka, Peter	- Portisch, Lajos	½-½	27	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Neubauer, Martin	- Ftacnik, Lubomir	1-0	59	D52	Queens Gambit Cambridge Springs
Bokros, Albert	- Vajda, Levente	½-½	14	C86	Ruy Lopez Worrall Attack
Fodor, Tamas jr	- Banusz, Tamas	0-1	46	E04	Catalan
Round 2 (February 23, 2010)
Portisch, Lajos	- Beliavsky, Alexander G	1-0	45	D80	Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Banusz, Tamas	- Rapport, Richard	0-1	33	A33	English Symmetrical
Prohaszka, Peter	- Neubauer, Martin	1-0	36	E06	Catalan
Vajda, Levente	- Fodor, Tamas jr	1-0	31	C91	Ruy Lopez
Ftacnik, Lubomir	- Bokros, Albert	1-0	56	D38	QGD Ragozin
Round 3 (February 24, 2010)
Beliavsky, Alexander G	- Banusz, Tamas	1-0	35	D15	Slav Defence
Rapport, Richard	- Vajda, Levente	½-½	45	E90	King's Indian Classical
Neubauer, Martin	- Portisch, Lajos	½-½	60	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Bokros, Albert	- Prohaszka, Peter	½-½	16	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Fodor, Tamas jr	- Ftacnik, Lubomir	1-0	34	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Round 4 (February 25, 2010)
Portisch, Lajos	- Banusz, Tamas	½-½	19	D13	Slav Exchange
Prohaszka, Peter	- Fodor, Tamas jr	½-½	37	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Vajda, Levente	- Beliavsky, Alexander G	0-1	34	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Neubauer, Martin	- Bokros, Albert	½-½	31	C10	French Rubinstein
Ftacnik, Lubomir	- Rapport, Richard	½-½	38	A35	English Symmetrical
Round 5 (February 26, 2010)
Beliavsky, Alexander G	- Ftacnik, Lubomir	1-0	29	D80	Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Rapport, Richard	- Prohaszka, Peter	½-½	62	D11	Slav Defence
Banusz, Tamas	- Vajda, Levente	1-0	34	E67	King's Indian Fianchetto
Bokros, Albert	- Portisch, Lajos	½-½	70	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Fodor, Tamas jr	- Neubauer, Martin	0-1	39	D38	QGD Ragozin
Round 6 (February 27, 2010)
Portisch, Lajos	- Vajda, Levente	½-½	14	D35	QGD Exchange
Prohaszka, Peter	- Beliavsky, Alexander G	½-½	60	E04	Catalan
Neubauer, Martin	- Rapport, Richard	0-1	53	C15	French Winawer
Ftacnik, Lubomir	- Banusz, Tamas	½-½	65	D12	Slav Defence
Bokros, Albert	- Fodor, Tamas jr	½-½	22	C90	Ruy Lopez
Round 7 (March 1, 2010)
Beliavsky, Alexander G	- Neubauer, Martin	1-0	22	A10	Dutch, QI and KID Systems
Rapport, Richard	- Bokros, Albert	1-0	57	E12	Queens Indian Petrosian
Banusz, Tamas	- Prohaszka, Peter	1-0	53	D17	Slav Defence
Vajda, Levente	- Ftacnik, Lubomir	½-½	20	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Fodor, Tamas jr	- Portisch, Lajos	0-1	45	D36	QGD Exchange

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	1	½	.	½	½	1	5½	2576
2.	Lorand, Norbert	f	HUN	2346	0	*	½	1	.	1	0	1	1	.	4½	2435
3.	Nagy, Gabor		HUN	2278	.	½	*	0	½	½	1	1	.	1	4½	2453
4.	Gergacz, Attila	f	HUN	2421	0	0	1	*	.	.	1	½	1	1	4½	2416
5.	Szabo, Bence		HUN	2261	0	.	½	.	*	½	1	½	½	1	4	2372
6.	Paschall, William M	m	USA	2398	½	0	½	.	½	*	.	0	1	1	3½	2309
7.	Biro, Sandor	m	ROU	2298	.	1	0	0	0	.	*	1	1	½	3½	2329
8.	Baratosi, Daniel	f	ROU	2396	½	0	0	½	½	1	0	*	.	.	2½	2224
9.	Feher, Adam		HUN	2260	½	0	.	0	½	0	0	.	*	½	1½	2105
10.	Banas, Jan	m	SVK	2341	0	.	0	0	0	0	½	.	½	*	1	2005

Round 1 (February 22, 2010)
Rudolf, Anna	- Gergacz, Attila	1-0	36	C53	Giuoco Piano
Nagy, Gabor	- Biro, Sandor	1-0	52	C76	Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
Szabo, Bence	- Baratosi, Daniel	½-½	49	E35	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Paschall, William M	- Lorand, Norbert	0-1	48	D94	Gruenfeld Closed
Banas, Jan	- Feher, Adam	½-½	39	B13	Caro Kann Exchange
Round 2 (February 23, 2010)
Lorand, Norbert	- Rudolf, Anna	0-1	47	C16	French Winawer
Gergacz, Attila	- Nagy, Gabor	1-0	81	A34	English Symmetrical
Baratosi, Daniel	- Paschall, William M	1-0	62	B35	Sicilian Defence
Feher, Adam	- Biro, Sandor	0-1	30	C74	Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
Banas, Jan	- Szabo, Bence	0-1	65	A33	English Symmetrical
Round 3 (February 24, 2010)
Rudolf, Anna	- Baratosi, Daniel	½-½	8	C24	Bishop's Opening
Nagy, Gabor	- Lorand, Norbert	½-½	32	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Szabo, Bence	- Feher, Adam	½-½	40	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Paschall, William M	- Banas, Jan	1-0	53	B23	Sicilian Closed
Biro, Sandor	- Gergacz, Attila	0-1	54	B10	Caro Kann
Round 4 (February 25, 2010)
Lorand, Norbert	- Biro, Sandor	0-1	52	C10	French Rubinstein
Szabo, Bence	- Paschall, William M	½-½	23	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Baratosi, Daniel	- Nagy, Gabor	0-1	47	B89	Sicilian Sozin Attack
Feher, Adam	- Gergacz, Attila	0-1	66	B77	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Banas, Jan	- Rudolf, Anna	0-1	32	A28	English Four Knights
Round 5 (February 26, 2010)
Rudolf, Anna	- Szabo, Bence	1-0	42	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Nagy, Gabor	- Banas, Jan	1-0	69	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Gergacz, Attila	- Lorand, Norbert	0-1	42	C53	Giuoco Piano
Paschall, William M	- Feher, Adam	1-0	75	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Biro, Sandor	- Baratosi, Daniel	1-0	28	C46	Four Knights
Round 6 (February 27, 2010)
Szabo, Bence	- Nagy, Gabor	½-½	24	A61	Benoni
Paschall, William M	- Rudolf, Anna	½-½	54	E48	Nimzo Indian
Baratosi, Daniel	- Gergacz, Attila	½-½	38	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Feher, Adam	- Lorand, Norbert	0-1	46	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Banas, Jan	- Biro, Sandor	½-½	45	A28	English Four Knights
Round 7 (March 1, 2010)
Rudolf, Anna	- Feher, Adam	½-½	50	B91	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.g3
Lorand, Norbert	- Baratosi, Daniel	1-0	24	C58	Two Knights Defence
Nagy, Gabor	- Paschall, William M	½-½	39	B06	Modern Defence
Gergacz, Attila	- Banas, Jan	1-0	38	B53	Sicilian Hungarian
Biro, Sandor	- Szabo, Bence	0-1	25	B22	Sicilian Alapin

5) Reykjavik Open

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

Official site: http://www.skaksamband.is/?c=webpage&id=379&lid=305&option=links

Reykjavik Open Reykjavik (ISL), 24 ii-3 iii 2010
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1.	Sokolov, Ivan	g	BIH	2649	+63	+35	+50	-29	+12	+9	+6	.	.	6	2782
2.	Stefansson, Hannes	g	ISL	2574	+78	+24	=31	+22	=8	=17	+11	.	.	5½	2656
3.	Nyzhnyk, Illya	m	UKR	2495	+41	=37	+39	=6	=7	+30	+17	.	.	5½	2644
4.	Gupta, Abhijeet	g	IND	2577	+71	+30	-29	+46	=18	+22	+26	.	.	5½	2616
5.	Nataf, Igor-Alexandre	g	FRA	2534	+72	+53	=7	+31	=17	=8	+21	.	.	5½	2673
6.	Kuzubov, Yuriy	g	UKR	2634	+48	+26	=20	=3	+14	+29	-1	.	.	5	2609
7.	Dreev, Alexey	g	RUS	2650	+55	+28	=5	=20	=3	=26	+29	.	.	5	2589
8.	Danielsen, Henrik	g	ISL	2495	+64	=36	+66	+25	=2	=5	=9	.	.	5	2592
9.	Baklan, Vladimir	g	UKR	2654	+83	+32	+13	=17	+29	-1	=8	.	.	5	2627
10.	Shulman, Yuri	g	USA	2624	+81	+23	-17	=18	=33	+40	+31	.	.	5	2549
11.	Miezis, Normunds	g	LAT	2533	=67	+77	=49	+43	+35	+23	-2	.	.	5	2477
12.	Krush, Irina	m	USA	2455	+51	=66	=59	+36	-1	+38	+33	.	.	5	2462
13.	Lenderman, Alex	m	USA	2560	+52	+43	-9	-30	+81	+46	+18	.	.	5	2526
14.	Ivanov, Mikhail M	g	RUS	2465	+76	=39	+54	=19	-6	+51	+44	.	.	5	2467
15.	Kveinys, Aloyzas	g	LTU	2536	+61	=49	-18	+58	+53	=32	+35	.	.	5	2478
16.	Maze, Sebastien	g	FRA	2554	=34	+99	=33	=53	+56	=27	+32	.	.	5	2443
17.	Harika, Dronavalli	m	IND	2471	+75	+44	+10	=9	=5	=2	-3	.	.	4½	2562
18.	Boskovic, Drasko	m	SRB	2454	+86	=54	+15	=10	=4	+19	-13	.	.	4½	2556
19.	Ehlvest, Jaan	g	USA	2600	+45	+46	=22	=14	=20	-18	+43	.	.	4½	2506
20.	Romanishin, Oleg M	g	UKR	2512	+74	+60	=6	=7	=19	=31	=24	.	.	4½	2560
21.	Grandelius, Nils	m	SWE	2515	=59	+67	=36	+44	=30	+28	-5	.	.	4½	2416
22.	Cori, Jorge	f	PER	2483	+62	+42	=19	-2	+37	-4	+57	.	.	4½	2505
23.	Thorfinnsson, Bragi	m	ISL	2398	+73	-10	+52	+59	+25	-11	=27	.	.	4½	2451
24.	Kjartansson, Gudmundur	f	ISL	2391	+89	-2	-61	+62	+45	+36	=20	.	.	4½	2343
25.	Hillarp Persson, Tiger	g	SWE	2581	+82	=33	+37	-8	-23	+63	+56	.	.	4½	2437
26.	Karavade, Eesha	wg	IND	2405	+96	-6	+78	+61	+50	=7	-4	.	.	4½	2480
27.	Galego, Luis	g	POR	2487	-58	+103	=81	+55	+60	=16	=23	.	.	4½	2319
28.	Thorhallsson, Throstur	g	ISL	2426	+80	-7	+82	=60	+84	-21	+54	.	.	4½	2395
29.	Bromann, Thorbjorn	m	DEN	2434	+68	+88	+4	+1	-9	-6	-7	.	.	4	2462
30.	Gislason, Gudmundur		ISL	2382	+70	-4	+74	+13	=21	-3	=37	.	.	4	2394
31.	Grover, Sahaj	f	IND	2448	+65	+58	=2	-5	+42	=20	-10	.	.	4	2428
32.	Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor	m	ISL	2429	+79	-9	+34	=33	+54	=15	-16	.	.	4	2412
33.	Sachdev, Tania	m	IND	2398	+97	=25	=16	=32	=10	+70	-12	.	.	4	2392
34.	Player, Edmund C		ENG	2156	=16	+56	-32	=38	=49	=60	+73	.	.	4	2380
35.	Cori T., Deysi	wm	PER	2412	+91	-1	+71	+48	-11	+39	-15	.	.	4	2385
36.	Carstensen, Jacob	f	DEN	2317	+95	=8	=21	-12	+59	-24	+68	.	.	4	2284
37.	Westerinen, Heikki M.J	g	FIN	2333	+87	=3	-25	+67	-22	+84	=30	.	.	4	2324
38.	Lagerman, Robert	f	ISL	2347	-88	+68	=62	=34	+61	-12	+76	.	.	4	2135
39.	Ptacnikova, Lenka	wg	ISL	2315	+93	=14	-3	=51	+64	-35	+77	.	.	4	2216
40.	Ansell, Simon T	m	ENG	2381	+69	-50	-58	+76	+71	-10	+67	.	.	4	2273
41.	Tozer, Philip		ENG	2119	-3	+98	-43	=47	+79	=49	+60	.	.	4	2183
42.	Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn	f	ISL	2317	+98	-22	=51	+75	-31	+65	=50	.	.	4	2230
43.	Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn		ISL	2358	+102	-13	+41	-11	+78	+50	-19	.	.	4	2371
44.	Thorsteinsson, Thorsteinn	f	ISL	2278	+94	-17	+76	-21	+74	+53	-14	.	.	4	2276
45.	Thorgeirsson, Sverrir		ISL	2176	-19	=73	=80	+86	-24	+64	+69	.	.	4	2196
46.	Arngrimsson, Dagur	m	ISL	2383	+85	-19	+72	-4	+82	-13	+59	.	.	4	2342
47.	Johannsson, Orn Leo		ISL	1710	-49	-64	+97	=41	=62	+83	+72	.	.	4	2189
48.	Halldorsson, Gudmundur		ISL	2197	-6	+96	+86	-35	-51	+62	+70	.	.	4	2181
49.	Johannesson, Ingvar Thor	f	ISL	2330	+47	=15	=11	-50	=34	=41	=51	.	.	3½	2230
50.	Kogan, Artur	g	ISR	2524	+84	+40	-1	+49	-26	-43	=42	.	.	3½	2367
51.	Vaarala, Eric		SWE	2032	-12	+92	=42	=39	+48	-14	=49	.	.	3½	2223
52.	Ocantos, Manuel		ARG	2158	-13	+70	-23	+85	=57	-56	+80	.	.	3½	2188
53.	Thorfinnsson, Bjorn	f	ISL	2383	+101	-5	+64	=16	-15	-44	+84	.	.	3½	2282
54.	Thompson, Ian D	f	ENG	2266	+104	=18	-14	+65	-32	+75	-28	.	.	3½	2196
55.	Olafsson, Thorvardur		ISL	2217	-7	=80	+73	-27	-65	+85	+82	.	.	3½	2153
56.	Sareen, Vishal	m	IND	2364	=99	-34	+88	+83	-16	+52	-25	.	.	3½	2171
57.	Olsen, Heini	f	FAI	2355	=103	-59	+91	=81	=52	+58	-22	.	.	3½	2103
58.	Bergsson, Stefan		ISL	2079	+27	-31	+40	-15	=63	-57	=66	.	.	3	2330
59.	Omarsson, Dadi		ISL	2131	=21	+57	=12	-23	-36	+89	-46	.	.	3	2280
60.	Zaremba, Andrie	f	USA	2360	+90	-20	+77	=28	-27	=34	-41	.	.	3	2164
61.	Bjornsson, Tomas	f	ISL	2155	-15	+102	+24	-26	-38	=80	=65	.	.	3	2150
62.	Flaata, Alexander R		NOR	2069	-22	+95	=38	-24	=47	-48	+90	.	.	3	2028
63.	Steil-Antoni, Fiona	wf	LUX	2198	-1	=91	=90	+77	=58	-25	=75	.	.	3	2111
64.	Thorsteinsson, Erlingur		ISL	2123	-8	+47	-53	+88	-39	-45	+96	.	.	3	2055
65.	Christensen, Esben		DEN	2008	-31	+100	=83	-54	+55	-42	=61	.	.	3	2106
66.	Einarsson, Halldor	f	ISL	2260	+92	=12	-8	-84	-70	+101	=58	.	.	3	1989
67.	Andersson, Christin	wm	SWE	2135	=11	-21	+94	-37	=89	+96	-40	.	.	3	2119
68.	Kleinert, Juergen		GER	2004	-29	-38	+87	-82	+88	+71	-36	.	.	3	2072
69.	Fivelstad, Jon Olav		ISL	----	-40	-72	-100	+93	+86	+74	-45	.	.	3	1934
70.	Fridthjofsdottir, Sigurlaug Regina		ISL	1809	-30	-52	+104	+72	+66	-33	-48	.	.	3	2102
71.	Ni, Viktorija	wf	LAT	2162	-4	+85	-35	+80	-40	-68	+91	.	.	3	2116
72.	Ragnarsson, Johann		ISL	2140	-5	+69	-46	-70	+90	+91	-47	.	.	3	1973
73.	Benediktsson, Frimann		ISL	1930	-23	=45	-55	+103	+83	=82	-34	.	.	3	2104
74.	De Andres Gonalons, Fernando		ESP	2124	-20	+87	-30	+90	-44	-69	+89	.	.	3	2027
75.	Guttulsrud, Odd Martin		NOR	2061	-17	=94	+99	-42	+95	-54	=63	.	.	3	1989
76.	Scholzen, Wolfgang		GER	2040	-14	+93	-44	-40	+99	+81	-38	.	.	3	2100
77.	Johnsen, Sylvia	wf	NOR	2032	+100	-11	-60	-63	+102	+78	-39	.	.	3	2059
78.	Hjartarson, Bjarni		ISL	2162	-2	+101	-26	+96	-43	-77	+97	.	.	3	2104
79.	Yurenok, Maria S	wf	ENG	1974	-32	-83	=102	+100	-41	+95	=81	.	.	3	1926
80.	Brynjarsson, Helgi		ISL	1964	-28	=55	=45	-71	+87	=61	-52	.	.	2½	2042
81.	Halldorsson, Jon Arni		ISL	2189	-10	+97	=27	=57	-13	-76	=79	.	.	2½	2181
82.	Bjarnason, Saevar	m	ISL	2164	-25	+89	-28	+68	-46	=73	-55	.	.	2½	2102
83.	Bick, John D	f	USA	2248	-9	+79	=65	-56	-73	-47	+101	.	.	2½	1963
84.	Ingvason, Johann		ISL	2132	-50	=90	+103	+66	-28	-37	-53	.	.	2½	2100
85.	Jonsson, Olafur Gisli		ISL	1872	-46	-71	+93	-52	=92	-55	+98	.	.	2½	1857
86.	Sigurdsson, Sverrir		ISL	2016	-18	+104	-48	-45	-69	+92	=87	.	.	2½	1835
87.	Karlsson, Mikael Johann		ISL	1714	-37	-74	-68	+104	-80	+99	=86	.	.	2½	1863
88.	Antonsson, Atli		ISL	1716	+38	-29	-56	-64	-68	-93	+102	.	.	2	1932
89.	Gardarsson, Hordur		ISL	1888	-24	-82	=95	+94	=67	-59	-74	.	.	2	1868
90.	Palsson, Svanberg Mar		ISL	1769	-60	=84	=63	-74	-72	+100	-62	.	.	2	1909
91.	Unnarsson, Sverrir		ISL	1958	-35	=63	-57	=102	+98	-72	-71	.	.	2	1945
92.	Kjartansson, Dagur		ISL	1485	-66	-51	=101	=99	=85	-86	=95	.	.	2	1761
93.	Sigurdarson, Emil		ISL	1609	-39	-76	-85	-69	=94	+88	=99	.	.	2	1744
94.	Andrason, Pall		ISL	1587	-44	=75	-67	-89	=93	-97	+103	.	.	2	1790
95.	Brynjarsson, Eirikur Orn		ISL	1653	-36	-62	=89	+101	-75	-79	=92	.	.	2	1787
96.	Thorsteinsdottir, Hallgerdur		ISL	1946	-26	-48	+98	-78	+100	-67	-64	.	.	2	1866
97.	Botheim, Tor		NOR	1944	-33	-81	-47	-98	+104	+94	-78	.	.	2	1739
98.	Johannsdottir, Johanna Bjorg		ISL	1705	-42	-41	-96	+97	-91	+102	-85	.	.	2	1828
99.	Sverrisson, Nokkvi		ISL	1784	=56	-16	-75	=92	-76	-87	=93	.	.	1½	1745
100.	Sigurdsson, Birkir Karl		ISL	1446	-77	-65	+69	-79	-96	-90	=104	.	.	1½	1664
101.	Leifsson, Thorsteinn		ISL	1821	-53	-78	=92	-95	+103	-66	-83	.	.	1½	1758
102.	Finnbogadottir, Tinna Kristin		ISL	1750	-43	-61	=79	=91	-77	-98	-88	.	.	1	1676
103.	Helgadottir, Sigridur Bjorg		ISL	1725	=57	-27	-84	-73	-101	=104	-94	.	.	1	1669
104.	Lee, Gudmundur Kristinn		ISL	1534	-54	-86	-70	-87	-97	=103	=100	.	.	1	1536

6) Judit Polgar vs Gregory Kaidanov Sicilian Theme Match

Judit Polgar played Gregory Kaidanov in a 4 game match in Hilton Head, South Carolina.

They played the following Sicilian Variations: Gm1) Sveshnikov, Gm2) Dragon, Gm3) Najdorf and Gm4) Scheveningen.

The match was drawn 2-2 with white winning every game. Wins for white continued in the Blitz playoff. When that finished 1-1 Polgar won a final Armageddon game (white had 6 minute, black had 5 but white had to win) to win the match. These blitz games don't appear to be available.

Official site

Match Hilton Head
Kaidanov, Gregory S	-	Polgar, Judit	1-0	40	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Polgar, Judit	-	Kaidanov, Gregory S	1-0	36	B78	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Kaidanov, Gregory S	-	Polgar, Judit	1-0	37	B99	Sicilian Najdorf
Polgar, Judit	-	Kaidanov, Gregory S	1-0	33	B80	Sicilian Scheveningen

Match Hilton Head (USA), 22-25 ii 2010
Name	Ti	NAT	Rtng	1	2	3	4	Total	Perf
Kaidanov, Gregory S	g	USA	2583	1	0	1	0	2	2687
Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2687	0	1	0	1	2	2583

7) Zagreb Open

The Zagreb Open takes place 25th February - 4th March 2010.

Official site: http://www.zgchess.hr/

Zagreb Open GpA Zagreb (CRO), 25 ii-3 iii 2010
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1.	Ulibin, Mikhail	g	RUS	2548	+20	=11	+7	+6	=2	+9	.	.	.	5	2773
2.	Brkic, Ante	g	CRO	2564	+23	+13	+4	=3	=1	=5	.	.	.	4½	2724
3.	Radulski, Julian	g	BUL	2577	+26	+17	=5	=2	=8	+10	.	.	.	4½	2701
4.	Kozul, Zdenko	g	CRO	2617	+32	+10	-2	+12	=9	+8	.	.	.	4½	2688
5.	Chatalbashev, Boris	g	BUL	2561	+30	+16	=3	=9	=6	=2	.	.	.	4	2632
6.	Palac, Mladen	g	CRO	2563	+18	=9	+22	-1	=5	+16	.	.	.	4	2593
7.	Rogulj, Branko	m	CRO	2431	+31	=15	-1	+25	=16	+17	.	.	.	4	2552
8.	Kovacevic, Blazimir	m	CRO	2447	=25	=14	+17	+11	=3	-4	.	.	.	3½	2570
9.	Stanojoski, Zvonko	g	MKD	2499	+24	=6	+25	=5	=4	-1	.	.	.	3½	2540
10.	Saric, Ibro	g	BIH	2556	+21	-4	=13	+18	+15	-3	.	.	.	3½	2556
11.	Gleizerov, Evgeny	g	RUS	2565	+29	=1	=12	-8	+30	=13	.	.	.	3½	2516
12.	Saric, Ante	g	CRO	2480	=27	+33	=11	-4	=14	+24	.	.	.	3½	2509
13.	Fercec, Nenad	g	CRO	2492	+34	-2	=10	=22	+29	=11	.	.	.	3½	2519
14.	Drasko, Milan	g	MNE	2537	=22	=8	=18	=30	=12	=15	.	.	.	3	2432
15.	Blagojevic, Dragisa	g	MNE	2528	=33	=7	=16	+20	-10	=14	.	.	.	3	2450
16.	Zufic, Miroslav	m	CRO	2450	+28	-5	=15	+19	=7	-6	.	.	.	3	2456
17.	Cebalo, Miso	g	CRO	2500	+19	-3	-8	+21	+22	-7	.	.	.	3	2424
18.	Mrdja, Milan	m	CRO	2392	-6	+24	=14	-10	=28	+25	.	.	.	3	2430
19.	Armanda, Ivica	m	CRO	2345	-17	+26	=23	-16	=20	+30	.	.	.	3	2423
20.	Bukal, Vladimir jr	m	CRO	2378	-1	=29	+28	-15	=19	+27	.	.	.	3	2407
21.	Plenkovic, Zdenko	f	CRO	2388	-10	=31	=27	-17	+34	+28	.	.	.	3	2377
22.	Brumen, Dinko	m	CRO	2358	=14	+27	-6	=13	-17	=23	.	.	.	2½	2410
23.	Zivkovic, Vjekoslav	m	CRO	2396	-2	=34	=19	=26	=27	=22	.	.	.	2½	2332
24.	Messing, Hrvoje	m	CRO	2331	-9	-18	=32	+31	+26	-12	.	.	.	2½	2356
25.	Ivekovic, Zvonimir		CRO	2283	=8	+32	-9	-7	+33	-18	.	.	.	2½	2367
26.	Loncar, Robert	m	CRO	2424	-3	-19	+31	=23	-24	+33	.	.	.	2½	2319
27.	Pandurevic, Miro		CRO	2314	=12	-22	=21	=29	=23	-20	.	.	.	2	2274
28.	Bender, Ivan	f	CRO	2310	-16	=30	-20	+32	=18	-21	.	.	.	2	2279
29.	Biti, Ozren	m	CRO	2399	-11	=20	=33	=27	-13	=32	.	.	.	2	2296
30.	Franic, Milan	m	CRO	2392	-5	=28	+34	=14	-11	-19	.	.	.	2	2316
31.	Maras, Mile		CRO	2256	-7	=21	-26	-24	=32	+34	.	.	.	2	2263
32.	Runic, Zoran	m	BIH	2427	-4	-25	=24	-28	=31	=29	.	.	.	1½	2173
33.	Klasan, Vladimir		SRB	2353	=15	-12	=29	=34	-25	-26	.	.	.	1½	2214
34.	Jurkovic, Ante		CRO	2330	-13	=23	-30	=33	-21	-31	.	.	.	1	2106

8) Movsesian - Swiercz Match 2010

Sergei Movsesian beat Dariusz Swiercz 3.5-0.5 in a four game match. This was followed by a four game rapid match which finished 2-2. The match took place in Wroclaw, Poland Sun 21st Feb 2010 - Thu 25th Feb 2010. TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) and rapid TC:25m+5spm.

Official Site

Match Wroclaw
Movsesian, Sergei	-	Swiercz, Dariusz	1-0	42	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Swiercz, Dariusz	-	Movsesian, Sergei	0-1	60	D15	Slav Defence
Movsesian, Sergei	-	Swiercz, Dariusz	1-0	39	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Swiercz, Dariusz	-	Movsesian, Sergei	½-½	40	E04	Catalan

Match Wroclaw (POL), 21-24 ii 2010
Name	Ti	NAT	Rtng	1	2	3	4	Total	Perf
Movsesian, Sergei	g	SVK	2708	1	1	1	½	3½	2810
Swiercz, Dariusz	g	POL	2474	0	0	0	½	½	2386

Rapid Match Wroclaw
Movsesian, Sergei	-	Swiercz, Dariusz	1-0	46	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Swiercz, Dariusz	-	Movsesian, Sergei	1-0	48	D15	Slav Defence
Movsesian, Sergei	-	Swiercz, Dariusz	1-0	46	B25	Sicilian Closed
Swiercz, Dariusz	-	Movsesian, Sergei	1-0	36	E94	King's Indian Classical

Rapid Match Wroclaw (POL), 25 ii 2010
Name	Ti	NAT	Rtng	1	2	3	4	Total	Perf
Movsesian, Sergei	g	SVK	2708	1	0	1	0	2	2474
Swiercz, Dariusz	g	POL	2474	0	1	0	1	2	2708

9) Schachbundesliga 2009-10

The 10th and 11th rounds of the Bundesliga took place 27th-28th February 2010.

SV OSG Baden-Baden lost their 100% record in Round 10 when they were beaten by Werder Bremen in spite of having an Elo advantage on every board and the World Champion on top board. Baden-Baden top the league from Werder Bremen and SG Solingen with a vastly superior board count. All teams have 20 match points. They all won in round 11. Rounds 12 and 13 take place 20th-21st March 2010.

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

Bundesliga (GER), 16 x 2009 - 11 iv 2010 Round 10-11 Results:
Round 10 27th February 2010
	SV Muelheim Nord					:	FC Bayern Muenchen					(4 : 4)
B	Fed	SV Muelheim Nord	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	FC Bayern Muenchen	ELO	T	Rnr	Ergebnis
1	RUS	Landa, Konstantin	2655	GM	31	:	GER	Bromberger, Stefan	2518	IM	123	0.5 : 0.5
2	GER	Fridman, Daniel	2661	GM	28	:	GER	Schenk, Andreas	2509	IM	125	0.5 : 0.5
3	GER	Berelowitsch, Alexander	2551	GM	88	:	FRA	Marcelin, Cyril	2499	GM	136	0.5 : 0.5
4	GER	Levin, Felix	2481	GM	148	:	UKR	Belezky, Alexander	2463	IM	155	0.5 : 0.5
5	GER	Hausrath, Daniel	2528	IM	110	:	GER	Meissner, Bernd	2410	IM	190	0.5 : 0.5
6	UZB	Saltaev, Mihail	2492	GM	141	:	GER	Meister, Peter	2396	IM	195	1 : 0
7	GER	Schebler, Gerhard	2486	GM	145	:	GER	Reich, Thomas	2368	IM	209	0.5 : 0.5
8	GER	Wittenberg, Andreas	2188	-	257	:	GER	Jorczik, Julian	2374	FM	202	0 : 1
	SF Katernberg					:	Erfurter SK					(5 : 3)
B	Fed	SF Katernberg	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	Erfurter SK	ELO	T	Rnr	Ergebnis
1	BEL	Chuchelov, Vladimir	2598	GM	60	:	RUS	Romanov, Evgeny	2588	GM	57	0.5 : 0.5
2	UKR	Firman, Nazar	2571	IM	72	:	BEL	Michiels, Bart	2462	IM	156	0 : 1
3	GER	Seel, Christian	2493	IM	139	:	GER	Casper, Thomas	2395	IM	193	0 : 1
4	GER	Bischoff, Klaus	2561	GM	76	:	GER	Enders, Peter	2467	GM	157	0.5 : 0.5
5	GER	Glek, Igor V	2537	GM	94	:	GER	Mueller, Matthias	2410	IM	191	1 : 0
6	GER	Zaragatski, Ilja	2475	IM	150	:	GER	Schoene, Maria	2274	WM	242	1 : 0
7	GER	Siebrecht, Sebastian	2456	GM	159	:	GER	Troyke, Christian	2350	IM	222	1 : 0
8	GER	Scholz, Christian Dr.	2373	IM	204	:	GER	Schuetze, Norman	2278	-	241	1 : 0
	Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim					:	Hamburger SK					(3 : 5)
B	Fed	Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	Hamburger SK	ELO	T	Rnr	Ergebnis
1	RUS	Ikonnikov, Viacheslav	2558	GM	77	:	POL	Kempinski, Robert	2616	GM	43	0 : 1
2	MDA	Svetushkin, Dmitry	2570	GM	68	:	IRI	Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan	2579	GM	63	0 : 1
3	GER	Ginsburg, Gennadi	2537	GM	97	:	GER	Baramidze, David	2532	GM	105	0.5 : 0.5
4	UKR	Gurevic, Vladimir	2470	GM	152	:	ROU	Rogozenco, Dorian	2541	GM	95	0.5 : 0.5
5	ROU	Chernov, Vadim	2433	IM	172	:	GER	Heinemann, Thies	2484	IM	146	0.5 : 0.5
6	GER	Gerigk, Erasmus	2335	FM	225	:	GER	Reeh, Oliver	2442	IM	166	0.5 : 0.5
7	GER	Schwalfenberg, Joerg	2317	FM	232	:	GER	Huschenbeth, Niclas	2411	IM	184	0.5 : 0.5
8	GER	Vatter, Hans-Joachim	2321	FM	229	:	GER	Sebastian, Dirk	2443	-	170	0.5 : 0.5
	OSG Baden-Baden					:	Werder Bremen					(3 : 5)
B	Fed	OSG Baden-Baden	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	Werder Bremen	ELO	T	Rnr	Ergebnis
1	IND	Anand, Viswanathan	2788	GM	1	:	AZE	Gashimov, Vugar	2740	GM	4	0.5 : 0.5
2	RUS	Svidler, Peter	2741	GM	5	:	AZE	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	2721	GM	7	0.5 : 0.5
3	ESP	Shirov, Alexei	2730	GM	6	:	UKR	Eljanov, Pavel	2717	GM	9	0.5 : 0.5
4	FRA	Bacrot, Etienne	2709	GM	11	:	UKR	Efimenko, Zahar	2654	GM	30	0.5 : 0.5
5	SVK	Movsesian, Sergei	2711	GM	10	:	FRA	Fressinet, Laurent	2658	GM	27	0.5 : 0.5
6	ENG	Adams, Michael	2682	GM	18	:	UKR	Areshchenko, Alexander	2667	GM	23	0 : 1
7	GER	Naiditsch, Arkadij	2685	GM	20	:	ISR	Roiz, Michael	2658	GM	26	0 : 1
8	DEN	Nielsen, Peter-Heine	2687	GM	15	:	FIN	Nyback, Tomi	2615	GM	42	0.5 : 0.5
	SG Solingen					:	SV Wattenscheid 1930					(5 : 3)
B	Fed	SG Solingen	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	SV Wattenscheid 1930	ELO	T	Rnr	Ergebnis
1	BIH	Nikolic, Predrag	2602	GM	50	:	RUS	Najer, Evgeniy	2681	GM	19	0.5 : 0.5
2	GER	Buhmann, Rainer	2603	GM	54	:	POL	Macieja, Bartlomiej	2618	GM	44	0.5 : 0.5
3	NED	Werle, Jan	2563	GM	66	:	NOR	Johannessen, Leif Erlend	2532	GM	96	0 : 1
4	GER	Jussupow, Artur	2566	GM	74	:	GER	Appel, Ralf	2551	GM	90	1 : 0
5	AUT	Ragger, Markus	2561	GM	79	:	GER	Handke, Florian	2513	GM	129	1 : 0
6	NED	Ernst, Sipke	2589	GM	59	:	GER	Straeter, Timo	2347	FM	220	0 : 1
7	GER	Naumann, Alexander	2522	GM	116	:	GER	Thiel, Thomas	2280	FM	240	1 : 0
8	GER	Hoffmann, Michael	2513	GM	124	:	GER	Koerber, Matthias	1898	-	271	1 : 0
	SC 1950 Remagen					:	SK Turm Emsdetten					(5,5 : 2,5)
B	Fed	SC 1950 Remagen	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	SK Turm Emsdetten	ELO	T	Rnr	Ergebnis
1	ROU	Parligras, Mircea	2547	GM	92	:	NED	Giri, Anish	2552	GM	85	0.5 : 0.5
2	GER	Huebner, Robert Dr.	2605	GM	51	:	NED	Janssen, Ruud	2520	IM	118	1 : 0
3	BEL	Dgebuadze, Alexandre	2521	GM	119	:	NED	Brandenburg, Daan	2480	IM	149	0 : 1
4	NED	Swinkels, Robin	2511	GM	126	:	GER	Breder, Dennis	2427	IM	175	1 : 0
5	GER	Teske, Henrik	2545	GM	93	:	GER	Fiebig, Thomas	2416	-	185	0.5 : 0.5
6	SRB	Popovic, Petar	2496	GM	134	:	NED	Pruijssers, Roeland	2415	IM	179	0.5 : 0.5
7	GER	Schulz, Klaus-Juergen	2385	IM	198	:	GER	Richter, Christian	2412	IM	188	1 : 0
8	NED	Bok, Benjamin	2351	FM	214	:	GER	Zumsande, Martin	2413	IM	187	1 : 0
	SG Trier					:	SF Berlin 1903					(5 : 3)
B	Fed	SG Trier	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	SF Berlin 1903	ELO	T	Rnr	Ergebnis
1	ROU	Lupulescu, Constantin	2599	GM	55	:	GER	Lauber, Arnd	2517	IM	117	0.5 : 0.5
2	POL	Cyborowski, Lukasz	2503	GM	132	:	GER	Polzin, Rainer	2491	GM	140	0.5 : 0.5
3	ENG	Haslinger, Stewart	2529	GM	112	:	GER	Schneider, Ilja	2500	IM	138	0 : 1
4	ENG	Gordon, Stephen	2535	GM	108	:	FIN	Agopov, Mikail	2452	IM	165	1 : 0
5	POL	Jaracz, Pawel	2547	GM	91	:	GER	Thiede, Lars	2450	IM	164	0.5 : 0.5
6	HUN	Flumbort, Andras	2513	IM	121	:	GER	Degtiarev, Evgeny	2374	FM	208	1 : 0
7	GER	Seger, Ruediger	2407	IM	192	:	GER	Wintzer, Joachim Dr.	2361	FM	212	0.5 : 0.5
8	ROU	Cioara, Andrei Nestor	2415	IM	189	:	GER	Abel, Dennes	2380	-	201	1 : 0
	SC Eppingen					:	SK Koenig Tegel					(6 : 2)
B	Fed	SC Eppingen	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	SK Koenig Tegel	ELO	T	Rnr	Ergebnis
1	HUN	Berkes, Ferenc	2663	GM	29	:	GER	Rabiega, Robert	2531	GM	103	1 : 0
2	HUN	Gyimesi, Zoltan	2594	GM	58	:	GER	Stern, Rene	2501	IM	135	1 : 0
3	GER	Braun, Arik	2519	GM	120	:	CRO	Muse, Mladen	2448	GM	167	0.5 : 0.5
4	GER	Bindrich, Falko	2516	GM	122	:	GER	Von Herman, Ulf	2424	IM	181	1 : 0
5	HUN	Medvegy, Zoltan	2556	GM	80	:	GER	Fruebing, Stefan	2337	FM	223	0.5 : 0.5
6	SLO	Muzychuk, Anna	2533	IM	99	:	GER	Sarbok, Torsten	2319	FM	228	0.5 : 0.5
7	GER	Paehtz, Elisabeth	2482	IM	143	:	GER	Breier, Andreas	2405	FM	194	1 : 0
8	GER	Vogt, Lothar	2422	GM	182	:	GER	Kachibadze, Georg	2239	-	250	0.5 : 0.5
Round 11 28th February 2010
	FC Bayern Muenchen					:	SF Katernberg					(2,5 : 5,5)
B	Fed	FC Bayern Muenchen	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	SF Katernberg	ELO	T	Rnr	Ergebnis
1	GER	Schenk, Andreas	2509	IM	125	:	BEL	Chuchelov, Vladimir	2598	GM	60	0.5 : 0.5
2	FRA	Marcelin, Cyril	2499	GM	136	:	UKR	Firman, Nazar	2571	IM	72	0 : 1
3	GER	Renner, Christoph	2440	IM	171	:	GER	Seel, Christian	2493	IM	139	1 : 0
4	UKR	Belezky, Alexander	2463	IM	155	:	GER	Bischoff, Klaus	2561	GM	76	0.5 : 0.5
5	GER	Meissner, Bernd	2410	IM	190	:	GER	Glek, Igor V	2537	GM	94	0 : 1
6	GER	Meister, Peter	2396	IM	195	:	GER	Zaragatski, Ilja	2475	IM	150	0.5 : 0.5
7	GER	Reich, Thomas	2368	IM	209	:	GER	Siebrecht, Sebastian	2456	GM	159	0 : 1
8	GER	Jorczik, Julian	2374	FM	202	:	GER	Scholz, Christian Dr.	2373	IM	204	0 : 1
	Erfurter SK					:	SV Muelheim Nord					(1,5 : 6,5)
B	Fed	Erfurter SK	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	SV Muelheim Nord	ELO	T	Rnr	Ergebnis
1	RUS	Romanov, Evgeny	2588	GM	57	:	RUS	Landa, Konstantin	2655	GM	31	0.5 : 0.5
2	BEL	Michiels, Bart	2462	IM	156	:	GER	Fridman, Daniel	2661	GM	28	0.5 : 0.5
3	GER	Casper, Thomas	2395	IM	193	:	GER	Berelowitsch, Alexander	2551	GM	88	0 : 1
4	GER	Enders, Peter	2467	GM	157	:	GER	Levin, Felix	2481	GM	148	0.5 : 0.5
5	GER	Mueller, Matthias	2410	IM	191	:	GER	Hausrath, Daniel	2528	IM	110	0 : 1
6	GER	Troyke, Christian	2350	IM	222	:	UZB	Saltaev, Mihail	2492	GM	141	0 : 1
7	GER	Schoene, Maria	2274	WM	242	:	GER	Schebler, Gerhard	2486	GM	145	0 : 1
8	GER	Schuetze, Norman	2278	-	241	:	GER	Kaufeld, Juergen	2254	FM	245	0 : 1
	Hamburger SK					:	OSG Baden-Baden					(1,5 : 6,5)
B	Fed	Hamburger SK	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	OSG Baden-Baden	ELO	T	Rnr	Ergebnis
1	POL	Kempinski, Robert	2616	GM	43	:	IND	Anand, Viswanathan	2788	GM	1	0 : 1
2	IRI	Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan	2579	GM	63	:	RUS	Svidler, Peter	2741	GM	5	0.5 : 0.5
3	GER	Baramidze, David	2532	GM	105	:	ESP	Shirov, Alexei	2730	GM	6	0 : 1
4	ROU	Rogozenco, Dorian	2541	GM	95	:	FRA	Bacrot, Etienne	2709	GM	11	0.5 : 0.5
5	GER	Heinemann, Thies	2484	IM	146	:	SVK	Movsesian, Sergei	2711	GM	10	0 : 1
6	GER	Reeh, Oliver	2442	IM	166	:	ENG	Adams, Michael	2682	GM	18	0.5 : 0.5
7	GER	Huschenbeth, Niclas	2411	IM	184	:	GER	Naiditsch, Arkadij	2685	GM	20	0 : 1
8	GER	Sebastian, Dirk	2443	-	170	:	DEN	Nielsen, Peter-Heine	2687	GM	15	0 : 1
	Werder Bremen					:	Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim					(7,5 : 0,5)
B	Fed	Werder Bremen	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim	ELO	T	Rnr	Ergebnis
1	AZE	Gashimov, Vugar	2740	GM	4	:	RUS	Ikonnikov, Viacheslav	2558	GM	77	1 : 0
2	AZE	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	2721	GM	7	:	MDA	Svetushkin, Dmitry	2570	GM	68	1 : 0
3	UKR	Eljanov, Pavel	2717	GM	9	:	GER	Ginsburg, Gennadi	2537	GM	97	1 : 0
4	UKR	Efimenko, Zahar	2654	GM	30	:	UKR	Gurevic, Vladimir	2470	GM	152	0.5 : 0.5
5	FRA	Fressinet, Laurent	2658	GM	27	:	ROU	Chernov, Vadim	2433	IM	172	1 : 0
6	UKR	Areshchenko, Alexander	2667	GM	23	:	GER	Gerigk, Erasmus	2335	FM	225	1 : 0
7	ISR	Roiz, Michael	2658	GM	26	:	GER	Schwalfenberg, Joerg	2317	FM	232	1 : 0
8	FIN	Nyback, Tomi	2615	GM	42	:	GER	Vatter, Hans-Joachim	2321	FM	229	1 : 0
	SV Wattenscheid 1930					:	SC 1950 Remagen					(5 : 3)
B	Fed	SV Wattenscheid 1930	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	SC 1950 Remagen	ELO	T	Rnr	Ergebnis
1	RUS	Najer, Evgeniy	2681	GM	19	:	ROU	Parligras, Mircea	2547	GM	92	0.5 : 0.5
2	POL	Macieja, Bartlomiej	2618	GM	44	:	GER	Huebner, Robert Dr.	2605	GM	51	1 : 0
3	NOR	Johannessen, Leif Erlend	2532	GM	96	:	BEL	Dgebuadze, Alexandre	2521	GM	119	0.5 : 0.5
4	GER	Appel, Ralf	2551	GM	90	:	NED	Swinkels, Robin	2511	GM	126	1 : 0
5	GER	Handke, Florian	2513	GM	129	:	GER	Teske, Henrik	2545	GM	93	1 : 0
6	GER	Straeter, Timo	2347	FM	220	:	SRB	Popovic, Petar	2496	GM	134	0.5 : 0.5
7	GER	Gohla, Ulf	2181	-	258	:	GER	Schulz, Klaus-Juergen	2385	IM	198	0.5 : 0.5
8	GER	Koerber, Matthias	1898	-	271	:	NED	Bok, Benjamin	2351	FM	214	0 : 1
	SK Turm Emsdetten					:	SG Solingen					(2,5 : 5,5)
B	Fed	SK Turm Emsdetten	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	SG Solingen	ELO	T	Rnr	Ergebnis
1	NED	Giri, Anish	2552	GM	85	:	BIH	Nikolic, Predrag	2602	GM	50	0.5 : 0.5
2	NED	Janssen, Ruud	2520	IM	118	:	GER	Buhmann, Rainer	2603	GM	54	0.5 : 0.5
3	NED	Brandenburg, Daan	2480	IM	149	:	NED	Werle, Jan	2563	GM	66	0.5 : 0.5
4	GER	Breder, Dennis	2427	IM	175	:	GER	Jussupow, Artur	2566	GM	74	0 : 1
5	GER	Fiebig, Thomas	2416	-	185	:	AUT	Ragger, Markus	2561	GM	79	0 : 1
6	NED	Pruijssers, Roeland	2415	IM	179	:	NED	Ernst, Sipke	2589	GM	59	0 : 1
7	GER	Richter, Christian	2412	IM	188	:	GER	Naumann, Alexander	2522	GM	116	0.5 : 0.5
8	GER	Zumsande, Martin	2413	IM	187	:	GER	Hoffmann, Michael	2513	GM	124	0.5 : 0.5
	SF Berlin 1903					:	SC Eppingen					(3,5 : 4,5)
B	Fed	SF Berlin 1903	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	SC Eppingen	ELO	T	Rnr	Ergebnis
1	GER	Lauber, Arnd	2517	IM	117	:	HUN	Berkes, Ferenc	2663	GM	29	0 : 1
2	GER	Polzin, Rainer	2491	GM	140	:	HUN	Gyimesi, Zoltan	2594	GM	58	1 : 0
3	GER	Schneider, Ilja	2500	IM	138	:	GER	Braun, Arik	2519	GM	120	0 : 1
4	FIN	Agopov, Mikail	2452	IM	165	:	GER	Bindrich, Falko	2516	GM	122	0 : 1
5	GER	Thiede, Lars	2450	IM	164	:	HUN	Medvegy, Zoltan	2556	GM	80	1 : 0
6	GER	Degtiarev, Evgeny	2374	FM	208	:	SLO	Muzychuk, Anna	2533	IM	99	0 : 1
7	GER	Wintzer, Joachim Dr.	2361	FM	212	:	GER	Paehtz, Elisabeth	2482	IM	143	0.5 : 0.5
8	GER	Abel, Dennes	2380	-	201	:	GER	Vogt, Lothar	2422	GM	182	1 : 0
	SK Koenig Tegel					:	SG Trier					(2,5 : 5,5)
B	Fed	SK Koenig Tegel	ELO	T	Rnr		Fed	SG Trier	ELO	T	Rnr	Ergebnis
1	GER	Rabiega, Robert	2531	GM	103	:	ROU	Lupulescu, Constantin	2599	GM	55	0.5 : 0.5
2	GER	Stern, Rene	2501	IM	135	:	POL	Cyborowski, Lukasz	2503	GM	132	0.5 : 0.5
3	CRO	Muse, Mladen	2448	GM	167	:	ENG	Haslinger, Stewart	2529	GM	112	0.5 : 0.5
4	GER	Von Herman, Ulf	2424	IM	181	:	ENG	Gordon, Stephen	2535	GM	108	0.5 : 0.5
5	GER	Fruebing, Stefan	2337	FM	223	:	POL	Jaracz, Pawel	2547	GM	91	0 : 1
6	GER	Sarbok, Torsten	2319	FM	228	:	HUN	Flumbort, Andras	2513	IM	121	0.5 : 0.5
7	GER	Breier, Andreas	2405	FM	194	:	GER	Seger, Ruediger	2407	IM	192	0 : 1
8	GER	Kachibadze, Georg	2239	-	250	:	ROU	Cioara, Andrei Nestor	2415	IM	189	0 : 1

Bundesliga (GER), 16 x 2009 - 11 iv 2010 Leading Round 11 Standings:
Pl	Team	R	+	=	-	MP	BP
1	OSG Baden-Baden	11	10	0	1	20	64
2	Werder Bremen	11	9	2	0	20	56
3	SG Solingen	11	10	0	1	20	56
4	SV Muelheim Nord	11	7	3	1	17	55
5	SV Wattenscheid 1930	11	7	1	3	15	50
6	Hamburger SK	11	6	1	4	13	48
7	SC 1950 Remagen	11	6	0	5	12	47
8	SF Katernberg	11	6	0	5	12	42.5
9	SC Eppingen	11	5	1	5	11	46
10	SK Turm Emsdetten	11	5	0	6	10	44.5
11	SG Trier	11	4	0	7	8	39.5
12	SF Berlin 1903	11	2	2	7	6	39
13	FC Bayern Muenchen	11	1	2	8	4	33.5
14	Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim	11	0	4	7	4	29.5
15	SK Koenig Tegel	11	0	2	9	2	27.5
16	Erfurter SK	11	0	2	9	2	26

10) 4NCL

The 4NCL takes place Sat 24th Oct 2009 - 3rd May 2010. Rounds 5 and 6 took place 20th-21st February 2010. Games from round 6 not yet available.

After 7 rounds, the top 4 teams in each preliminary pool qualify for the final championship pool. At the end of the season 4 teams will be relegated.

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

4NCL 2009-10 Hinckley Island (ENG), 24 x 2009 - 3 v 2010
Division 1A results - Round 5 20th Feb 2010
RD 5		WOOD GREEN HILSMARK KINGFISHER 1	2462	5½-2½	BARBICAN 4NCL 2	2253
1	w	McShane, Luke J	2616	1 - 0	Morrison, Graham	2328
2	b	Speelman, Jon S	2525	½ - ½	Piper, Matthew S	2320
3	w	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan E (F)	2470	1 - 0	Berry, Neil	2320
4	b	Tissir, Mohamed	2434	½ - ½	Lewis, Andrew P	2273
5	w	Hanley, Craig A	2429	0 - 1	Poobalasingam, Peter S	2341
6	b	Greet, Andrew N	2423	1 - 0	Dorrington, Chris J	2262
7	w	Martin, Andrew D	2423	½ - ½	Twyble, Michael S	2264
8	b	Tiller, Bjorn	2378	1 - 0	Morrison, Lynne GP (F)	1918
RD 5		CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1	2240	6 - 2	GUILDFORD-A&DC 2	2034
1	w	Pinter, Gabor	2349	½ - ½	Singleton, Michael PF	2159
2	b	Mah, Karl CC	2417	½ - ½	Stimpson, Philip M	2085
3	w	Moskovic, David M	2305	1 - 0	Allinson, Julian RJ	2135
4	b	Bisby, Daniel L	2297	1 - 0	Punnett, Alan K	2094
5	w	Eckersley-Waites, Adam	2197	1 - 0	Eckloff, Colin	2097
6	b	Pickard, Charles	2191	0 - 1	Roset, Christophe	2056
7	w	Quist, Sven Roy	2143	1 - 0	Bryant, Richard BE	1945
8	b	Chevannes, Sabrina L (F)	2022	1 - 0	Shepherd, Katherine M (F)	1698
RD 5		PRIDE AND PREJUDICE	2364	5 - 3	JUTES OF KENT	2192
1	w	Rowson, Jonathan W	2579	0 - 1	Williams, Simon K	2548
2	b	Flear, Glenn C	2514	1 - 0	Harakis, Alexis M	2232
3	w	Emms, John M	2484	1 - 0	Mack, Andrew L	2213
4	b	Hunt, Harriet V (F)	2452	½ - ½	Naylor, John	2189
5	w	Ward, Chris G	2431	1 - 0	Rich, Mark C	2151
6	b	Kilpatrick, Callum	2260	1 - 0	Rice, Chris B	2082
7	w	Sahl, Sheila (F)	2183	½ - ½	Wilson, Alexandra (F)	2075
8	b	Auckland, Elliott	2010	0 - 1	Donovan, Nigel P	2042
RD 5		OXFORD 1	2210	2 - 6	THE ADS	2204
1	w	Savage, Ben DM	2290	0 - 1	Cernousek, Lukas	2417
2	b	Rose, Matthew	2282	0 - 1	Jirka, Jiri	2398
3	w	Shaw, David A	2241	½ - ½	Richardson, John R	2298
4	b	Rawlinson, Aidan M	2207	0 - 1	Wheeler, Darren P	2240
5	w	White, Michael JR	2239	1 - 0	Snape, Ian L	2176
6	b	Smallbone, Kieran D	2218	½ - ½	Swindells, Jonathan E	2170
7	w	Tidman, Sophie E (F)	2110	0 - 1	Bellin, Jana (F)	2151
8	b	Nitz, Tomos	2090	0 - 1	Daley, Eugene	1782
Division 1A results - Round 6 21st Feb 2010
RD 6		GUILDFORD-A&DC 2	2011	½-7½	WOOD GREEN HILSMARK KINGFISHER 1	2462
1	w	Singleton, Michael PF	2159	0 - 1	McShane, Luke J	2616
2	b	Punnett, Alan K	2094	0 - 1	Speelman, Jon S	2525
3	w	Eckloff, Colin	2097	0 - 1	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan E (F)	2470
4	b	Stimpson, Philip M	2085	0 - 1	Tissir, Mohamed	2434
5	w	Roset, Christophe	2056	0 - 1	Hanley, Craig A	2429
6	b	Shaw, Matthew H	1956	0 - 1	Greet, Andrew N	2423
7	w	Bryant, Richard BE	1945	0 - 1	Martin, Andrew D	2423
8	b	Shepherd, Katherine M (F)	1698	½ - ½	Tiller, Bjorn	2378
RD 6		THE ADS	2204	2 - 6	PRIDE AND PREJUDICE	2364
1	w	Cernousek, Lukas	2417	½ - ½	Rowson, Jonathan W	2579
2	b	Jirka, Jiri	2398	0 - 1	Flear, Glenn C	2514
3	w	Richardson, John R	2298	½ - ½	Emms, John M	2484
4	b	Wheeler, Darren P	2240	0 - 1	Hunt, Harriet V (F)	2452
5	w	Snape, Ian L	2176	0 - 1	Ward, Chris G	2431
6	b	Swindells, Jonathan E	2170	0 - 1	Kilpatrick, Callum	2260
7	w	Bellin, Jana (F)	2151	0 - 1	Sahl, Sheila (F)	2183
8	b	Daley, Eugene	1782	1 - 0	Auckland, Elliott	2010
RD 6		BARBICAN 4NCL 2	2274	3½-4½	CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1	2239
1	w	Berry, Neil	2320	1 - 0	Pinter, Gabor	2349
2	b	Piper, Matthew S	2320	0 - 1	Mah, Karl CC	2417
3	w	Morrison, Graham	2328	1 - 0	Moskovic, David M	2305
4	b	Lewis, Andrew P	2273	0 - 1	Bisby, Daniel L	2297
5	w	Poobalasingam, Peter S	2341	1 - 0	Spencer, Carl J	2136
6	b	Chapman, Terry PD	2221	½ - ½	Pickard, Charles	2191
7	w	Coleman, David J	2239	0 - 1	Eckersley-Waites, Adam	2197
8	b	Regan, Natasha K (F)	2152	0 - 1	Chevannes, Sabrina L (F)	2022
RD 6		JUTES OF KENT	2219	3 - 5	OXFORD 1	2205
1	w	Williams, Simon K	2548	½ - ½	Savage, Ben DM	2290
2	b	Cooley, Chris M	2265	1 - 0	White, Michael JR	2239
3	w	Mack, Andrew L	2213	½ - ½	Rawlinson, Aidan M	2207
4	b	Harakis, Alexis M	2232	0 - 1	Shaw, David A	2241
5	w	Rich, Mark C	2151	½ - ½	Smallbone, Kieran D	2218
6	b	Naylor, John	2189	0 - 1	Eckersley-Waites, Tom	2247
7	w	Wilson, Alexandra (F)	2075	½ - ½	Tidman, Sophie E (F)	2110
8	b	Rice, Chris B	2082	0 - 1	Nitz, Tomos	2090
Division 1B results - Round 5 20th Feb 2010
RD 5		SOUTH WALES DRAGONS	2193	2 - 6	GUILDFORD-A&DC 1	2322
1	w	Cobb, James E	2415	1 - 0	King, Daniel J	2494
2	b	Cooper, John G	2346	0 - 1	Berzinsh, Roland	2423
3	w	Morris, Charles F	2189	0 - 1	Buckley, Graeme N	2390
4	b	Zeidler, Sven P	2221	0 - 1	Wall, Gavin	2296
5	w	Redmond, John P	2196	½ - ½	Povah, Nigel E	2336
6	b	Smith, Jeff R	2185	0 - 1	Thompson, Ian D	2266
7	w	Roberts, David L	2101	0 - 1	Anderton, Matthew N	2244
8	b	Wilson, Julie C (F)	1890	½ - ½	Grigoryan, Meri (F)	2125
RD 5		WHITE ROSE 1	2281	4½-3½	BETSSON.COM	2292
1	w	Wells, Peter K	2492	1 - 0	Ledger, Andrew J	2431
2	b	Palliser, Richard JD	2435	½ - ½	Bates, Richard A	2402
3	w	Buckley, Simon T	2348	1 - 0	Ansell, Simon T	2381
4	b	Townsend, M Paul	2222	½ - ½	Baker, Chris W	2357
5	w	Barrett, Stephen J	2181	0 - 1	Webb, Laurence E	2321
6	b	Adams, David M	2217	½ - ½	Ledger, Dave J	2227
7	w	Gayson, Peter M	2205	1 - 0	Nelson, Jonathan P	2245
8	b	Fernandez, Lucia Fidalgo (F)	2150	0 - 1	Yurenok, Maria S (F)	1974
RD 5		POISONED PAWNS 1	2119	½-7½	BARBICAN 4NCL 1	2380
1	w	Dunn, Andrew	2220	½ - ½	Turner, Matthew J	2508
2	b	Swanson, Stephen	2263	0 - 1	Ferguson, Mark	2393
3	w	Posazhennikov, Alex	2252	0 - 1	D'Costa, Lorin AR	2466
4	b	Richter, Hans S	2165	0 - 1	Collinson, Adam R	2393
5	w	McEwan, Ken B	2142	0 - 1	Cox, John J	2387
6	b	Byway, Paul V	2158	0 - 1	Devereaux, Maxim L	2387
7	w	Goodger, Martyn	2147	0 - 1	Knott, Simon JB	2348
8	b	Mountford, Corinne (F)	1602	0 - 1	Lauterbach, Ingrid (F)	2158
RD 5		WOOD GREEN HILSMARK KINGFISHER 2	2296	5 - 3	PANDORA'S BOX GRANTHAM	2139
1	w	McDonald, Neil	2421	½ - ½	Slaby, Jerzy	2470
2	b	Sowray, Peter J	2334	0 - 1	Slavin,Alexei	2368
3	w	Pein, Malcolm	2391	½ - ½	Birtwistle, Nigel	2179
4	b	Houska, Jovanka (F)	2401	1 - 0	Burrows, Martin P	2186
5	w	Moen, Andreas	2309	0 - 1	Stockwell, Mark B	2242
6	b	Briscoe, Chris	2232	1 - 0	Milson, Samuel A	1994
7	w	McFarland, Robert S	2215	1 - 0	Mangione, Claudio	2074
8	b	Hegarty, Sarah N (F)	2067	1 - 0	Milson, Amy F (F)	1602
Division 1B results - Round 6 21st Feb 2010
RD 6		GUILDFORD-A&DC 1	2305	3 - 5	WHITE ROSE 1	2314
1	w	King, Daniel J	2494	½ - ½	Wells, Peter K	2492
2	b	Berzinsh, Roland	2423	½ - ½	McNab, Colin A	2475
3	w	Buckley, Graeme N	2390	0 - 1	Palliser, Richard JD	2435
4	b	Wall, Gavin	2296	0 - 1	Buckley, Simon T	2348
5	w	Povah, Nigel E	2336	1 - 0	Barrett, Stephen J	2181
6	b	Anderton, Matthew N	2244	0 - 1	Townsend, M Paul	2222
7	w	Allinson, Julian RJ	2135	½ - ½	Gayson, Peter M	2205
8	b	Grigoryan, Meri (F)	2125	½ - ½	Fernandez, Lucia Fidalgo (F)	2150
RD 6		BARBICAN 4NCL 1	2396	5½-2½	WOOD GREEN HILSMARK KINGFISHER 2	2296
1	w	Turner, Matthew J	2508	½ - ½	Houska, Jovanka (F)	2401
2	b	Parker, Jonathan F	2523	½ - ½	McDonald, Neil	2421
3	w	D'Costa, Lorin AR	2466	½ - ½	Pein, Malcolm	2391
4	b	Ferguson, Mark	2393	½ - ½	Sowray, Peter J	2334
5	w	Cox, John J	2387	1 - 0	Moen, Andreas	2309
6	b	Devereaux, Maxim L	2387	1 - 0	Briscoe, Chris	2232
7	w	Knott, Simon JB	2348	1 - 0	McFarland, Robert S	2215
8	b	Lauterbach, Ingrid (F)	2158	½ - ½	Hegarty, Sarah N (F)	2067
RD 6		BETSSON.COM	2275	6 - 2	SOUTH WALES DRAGONS	2193
1	w	Ansell, Simon T	2381	1 - 0	Cobb, James E	2415
2	b	Bates, Richard A	2402	½ - ½	Cooper, John G	2346
3	w	Ledger, Andrew J	2431	1 - 0	Morris, Charles F	2189
4	b	Baker, Chris W	2357	1 - 0	Zeidler, Sven P	2221
5	w	Webb, Laurence E	2321	1 - 0	Redmond, John P	2196
6	b	Ledger, Dave J	2227	1 - 0	Smith, Jeff R	2185
7	w	Ledger, Stephen C	2106	0 - 1	Roberts, David L	2101
8	b	Yurenok, Maria S (F)	1974	½ - ½	Wilson, Julie C (F)	1890
RD 6		PANDORA'S BOX GRANTHAM	2167	5½-2½	POISONED PAWNS 1	2119
1	w	Slaby, Jerzy	2470	1 - 0	Swanson, Stephen	2263
2	b	Slavin,Alexei	2368	1 - 0	Posazhennikov, Alex	2252
3	w	Stockwell, Mark B	2242	0 - 1	Dunn, Andrew	2220
4	b	Burrows, Martin P	2186	0 - 1	Richter, Hans S	2165
5	w	Birtwistle, Nigel	2179	1 - 0	McEwan, Ken B	2142
6	b	Cumbers, Paul	2218	1 - 0	Byway, Paul V	2158
7	w	Mangione, Claudio	2074	1 - 0	Goodger, Martyn	2147
8	b	Milson, Amy F (F)	1602	½ - ½	Mountford, Corinne (F)	1602

4NCL 2009-10 Hinckley Island (ENG), 24 x 2009 - 3 v 2010 Standings Round 5 of 7:
	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	GP	MP
1	Pride and Prejudice	xxx	4	6½		6	7	7½	5	36	11
2	WGHK 1	4	xxx	7½	5½	5½	6	7½		36	11
3	Cambridge Univ. 1	1½	½	xxx	4½		5½	6	5½	23½	8
4	Barbican 4NCL 2		2½	3½	xxx	4	3½	6	6	25½	5
5	The ADs	2	2½		4	xxx	6	3½	4½	22½	5
6	Oxford 1	1	2	2½	4½	2	xxx		5	17	4
7	Guildford-A&DC 2	½	½	2	2	4½		xxx	4	13½	3
8	Jutes of Kent	3		2½	2	3½	3	4	xxx	18	1

4NCL 2009-10 Hinckley Island (ENG), 24 x 2009 - 3 v 2010 Standings Round 5 of 7:
	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	GP	MP
1	Barbican 4NCL 1	xxx	3	5½	5½	6	5½		7½	33	10
2	White Rose 1	5	xxx	5	1	4½		4½	5	25	10
3	Guildford-A&DC 1	2½	3	xxx	6	5	7½	6		30	8
4	WGHK 2	2½	7	2	xxx		5	5	8	29½	8
5	Betsson.com	2	3½	3		xxx	6	6	6	26½	6
6	Pandora's Box Grantham	2½		½	3	2	xxx	5½	5½	19	4
7	S. Wales Dragons		3½	2	3	2	2½	xxx	6	19	2
8	Poisoned Pawns 1	½	3		0	2	2½	2	xxx	10	0

11) Chilean Championship

The Chilean Championship took place in the Club de Ajedrez in the Universidad de Chile in Santiago. Play continued after the catastrophic earthquake that has made worldwide news with a couple of players missing. Rodrigo Vasquez Schroeder won with 11/12.

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

Report: http://www.chessbase.com/espanola/newsdetail2.asp?id=8079

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	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	11.0	2669
2.	Lopez Silva, Hugo		CHI	2412	½	*	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	0	1	1	10.0	2549
3.	Egger, Jorge	m	CHI	2443	0	0	*	1	1	1	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	8.5	2431
4.	Salinas Herrera, Pablo		CHI	2207	0	0	0	*	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	6.5	2322
5.	Garcia Cardenas, Pablo		CHI	2324	0	0	0	1	*	0	1	½	0	1	1	1	1	6.5	2312
6.	Valdes Escobar, Alvaro	f	CHI	2361	0	0	0	½	1	*	½	1	½	½	0	1	1	6.0	2280
7.	Calvo Salas, Pablo		CHI	2305	½	½	0	0	0	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	5.0	2228
8.	Alarcon Bahamondes, Roberto		CHI	2154	0	0	1	0	½	0	½	*	½	0	1	½	1	5.0	2240
9.	Mesias Rojas, Rabindranath		CHI	2168	0	0	½	0	1	½	½	½	*	½	0	½	½	4.5	2209
10.	Rios Escobar, Adan		CHI	2305	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	1	½	*	1	1	0	4.5	2198
11.	Paez Medina, Guillermo		CHI	2086	0	1	0	0	0	1	½	0	1	0	*	0	½	4.0	2178
12.	Carrasco Miranda, Andres		CHI	2183	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	½	½	0	1	*	½	3.5	2137
13.	Romero Araya, Diego		CHI	2273	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	1	½	½	*	3.0	2094

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

13) 2nd Batavia Amsterdam Chess Tournament

The 2nd Batavia Amsterdam Chess Tournament took place 21st-28th February 2010. Christov Kleijn won the event with 6½/9.

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.	Kleijn, Christov	f	NED	2359	*	0	1	1	½	1	1	0	1	1	6½	2499
2.	Shiven, Khosla		IND	2291	1	*	½	½	½	1	1	0	1	½	6	2465
3.	Wemmers, Xander	m	NED	2404	0	½	*	1	½	0	½	1	1	1	5½	2408
4.	Riemersma, Li	m	NED	2431	0	½	0	*	1	1	1	1	0	½	5	2368
5.	Vedder, Henk		NED	2377	½	½	½	0	*	½	0	1	1	½	4½	2331
6.	Bezemer, Arno	f	NED	2343	0	0	1	0	½	*	½	½	1	1	4½	2334
7.	Singh, Gurpreet Pal		IND	2303	0	0	½	0	1	½	*	½	1	1	4½	2339
8.	Motoc, Alina	wg	ROU	2349	1	1	0	0	0	½	½	*	0	1	4	2291
9.	Schut, Lisa	wm	NED	2219	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	*	½	2½	2182
10.	Afek, Yochanan	m	ISR	2280	0	½	0	½	½	0	0	0	½	*	2	2121

Round 5 (February 23, 2010)
Kleijn, Christov	- Wemmers, Xander	1-0	64	C16	French Winawer
Shiven, Khosla	- Singh, Gurpreet Pal	1-0	56	B39	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Vedder, Henk	- Schut, Lisa	1-0	50	B50	Sicilian Defence
Motoc, Alina	- Bezemer, Arno	½-½	68	D48	Queens Gambit Meran
Afek, Yochanan	- Riemersma, Li	½-½	30	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Round 6 (February 25, 2010)
Riemersma, Li	- Vedder, Henk	1-0	47	E38	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Bezemer, Arno	- Wemmers, Xander	1-0	35	D16	Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Singh, Gurpreet Pal	- Kleijn, Christov	0-1	23	B23	Sicilian Closed
Motoc, Alina	- Afek, Yochanan	1-0	41	E70	King's Indian Fianchetto
Schut, Lisa	- Shiven, Khosla	0-1	55	B63	Sicilian Rauzer
Round 7 (February 26, 2010)
Kleijn, Christov	- Schut, Lisa	1-0	36	C11	French Defence
Shiven, Khosla	- Riemersma, Li	½-½	23	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Wemmers, Xander	- Singh, Gurpreet Pal	½-½	60	E92	King's Indian Classical
Vedder, Henk	- Motoc, Alina	1-0	42	B50	Sicilian Defence
Afek, Yochanan	- Bezemer, Arno	0-1	32	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Round 8 (February 27, 2010)
Riemersma, Li	- Kleijn, Christov	0-1	29	B10	Caro Kann
Bezemer, Arno	- Singh, Gurpreet Pal	½-½	66	C05	French Tarrasch
Motoc, Alina	- Shiven, Khosla	1-0	37	D19	Slav Defence
Schut, Lisa	- Wemmers, Xander	0-1	26	C03	French Tarrasch
Afek, Yochanan	- Vedder, Henk	½-½	118	C02	French Advance
Round 9 (February 28, 2010)
Kleijn, Christov	- Motoc, Alina	0-1	32	B98	Sicilian Najdorf
Shiven, Khosla	- Afek, Yochanan	½-½	12	B38	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Wemmers, Xander	- Riemersma, Li	1-0	30	D11	Slav Defence
Vedder, Henk	- Bezemer, Arno	½-½	17	B50	Sicilian Defence
Singh, Gurpreet Pal	- Schut, Lisa	1-0	26	B23	Sicilian Closed

14) 8th Nancy Chess Festival

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

Christophe Philippe reports: "168 players were playing last week in 8th international chess festival in Nancy (France). All players were divided in 17 closed tournaments of 8 players (4 days option) or 10 players (7 days option). This chess festival has strong support of French Chess Federation, Bank "Populaire Lorraine Champagne", cultural shop "FNAC", and of course the "conseil général" of this french department "Meurthe et Moselle" where the all tournament takes place.

Israelian GM Evgeny Postny took first place with 6/9 in strong group A (average 2526 elo). Then Peruvian GM Granda Zuniga with 5,5/9 was second, with Bulgarian IM Nikolay Ninov who scored his first GM-norm.

Group B was won by Dmitri Stets with 6,5/9 and french Xavier Bedouin finished second, scoring his third IM-norm with 6/9. "

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.	Postny, Evgeny	g	ISR	2648	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	6	2637
2.	Ninov, Nikolai	m	BUL	2511	½	*	1	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	5½	2607
3.	Granda Zuniga, Julio E	g	PER	2640	½	0	*	0	1	½	½	1	1	1	5½	2593
4.	Pelletier, Yannick	g	SUI	2602	½	0	1	*	½	½	0	1	½	1	5	2560
5.	Charnushevich, Aliaksei	m	FRA	2501	½	½	0	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	5	2571
6.	Brunner, Nicolas	m	FRA	2420	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	0	4½	2537
7.	Solodovnichenko, Yuri	g	UKR	2578	0	½	½	1	½	½	*	0	½	1	4½	2520
8.	Wirig, Anthony	m	FRA	2497	0	½	0	0	½	½	1	*	1	½	4	2486
9.	Milliet, Sophie	m	FRA	2404	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	0	*	½	2½	2373
10.	Mullon, Jean-Baptiste	m	FRA	2458	0	½	0	0	0	1	0	½	½	*	2½	2367

Round 1 (February 22, 2010)
Granda Zuniga, Julio E	- Postny, Evgeny	½-½	22	A11	Reti Opening
Pelletier, Yannick	- Milliet, Sophie	½-½	35	D11	Slav Defence
Charnushevich, Aliaksei	- Mullon, Jean-Baptiste	1-0	26	A28	English Four Knights
Brunner, Nicolas	- Solodovnichenko, Yuri	½-½	44	A41	Modern Defence
Wirig, Anthony	- Ninov, Nikolai	½-½	27	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Round 2 (February 23, 2010)
Postny, Evgeny	- Brunner, Nicolas	½-½	46	E04	Catalan
Ninov, Nikolai	- Granda Zuniga, Julio E	1-0	40	B18	Caro Kann
Charnushevich, Aliaksei	- Pelletier, Yannick	½-½	18	E14	Queens Indian
Milliet, Sophie	- Wirig, Anthony	0-1	32	C18	French Winawer
Mullon, Jean-Baptiste	- Solodovnichenko, Yuri	0-1	36	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 3 (February 23, 2010)
Granda Zuniga, Julio E	- Milliet, Sophie	1-0	38	A36	English Botvinnik
Pelletier, Yannick	- Mullon, Jean-Baptiste	1-0	42	A07	Barcza System
Brunner, Nicolas	- Ninov, Nikolai	½-½	74	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Solodovnichenko, Yuri	- Postny, Evgeny	0-1	43	C97	Ruy Lopez
Wirig, Anthony	- Charnushevich, Aliaksei	½-½	22	B17	Caro Kann
Round 4 (February 24, 2010)
Ninov, Nikolai	- Solodovnichenko, Yuri	½-½	22	B78	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Pelletier, Yannick	- Wirig, Anthony	1-0	33	E06	Catalan
Charnushevich, Aliaksei	- Granda Zuniga, Julio E	0-1	44	D12	Slav Defence
Milliet, Sophie	- Brunner, Nicolas	0-1	43	B97	Sicilian Najdorf
Mullon, Jean-Baptiste	- Postny, Evgeny	0-1	55	C48	Four Knights Rubinstein
Round 5 (February 25, 2010)
Postny, Evgeny	- Ninov, Nikolai	½-½	23	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Granda Zuniga, Julio E	- Pelletier, Yannick	0-1	40	E15	Queens Indian
Brunner, Nicolas	- Charnushevich, Aliaksei	½-½	20	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Solodovnichenko, Yuri	- Milliet, Sophie	½-½	108	C41	Philidor's Defence
Wirig, Anthony	- Mullon, Jean-Baptiste	½-½	30	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Round 6 (February 25, 2010)
Pelletier, Yannick	- Brunner, Nicolas	½-½	43	B13	Caro Kann Exchange
Charnushevich, Aliaksei	- Solodovnichenko, Yuri	½-½	29	A21	English Opening
Wirig, Anthony	- Granda Zuniga, Julio E	0-1	58	E17	Queens Indian
Milliet, Sophie	- Postny, Evgeny	½-½	39	C55	Two Knights Defence
Mullon, Jean-Baptiste	- Ninov, Nikolai	½-½	18	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 7 (February 26, 2010)
Postny, Evgeny	- Charnushevich, Aliaksei	½-½	59	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Ninov, Nikolai	- Milliet, Sophie	½-½	28	C42	Petroff's Defence
Granda Zuniga, Julio E	- Mullon, Jean-Baptiste	1-0	33	A29	English Four Knights
Brunner, Nicolas	- Wirig, Anthony	½-½	32	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Solodovnichenko, Yuri	- Pelletier, Yannick	1-0	77	C10	French Rubinstein
Round 8 (February 27, 2010)
Granda Zuniga, Julio E	- Brunner, Nicolas	½-½	75	A11	Reti Opening
Pelletier, Yannick	- Postny, Evgeny	½-½	52	D16	Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Charnushevich, Aliaksei	- Ninov, Nikolai	½-½	63	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Wirig, Anthony	- Solodovnichenko, Yuri	1-0	48	A43	Old Benoni
Mullon, Jean-Baptiste	- Milliet, Sophie	½-½	19	C49	Four Knights Metger
Round 9 (February 28, 2010)
Postny, Evgeny	- Wirig, Anthony	1-0	29	E04	Catalan
Ninov, Nikolai	- Pelletier, Yannick	1-0	40	B47	Sicilian Paulsen
Brunner, Nicolas	- Mullon, Jean-Baptiste	0-1	40	D16	Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Solodovnichenko, Yuri	- Granda Zuniga, Julio E	½-½	61	C97	Ruy Lopez
Milliet, Sophie	- Charnushevich, Aliaksei	0-1	58	B40	Sicilian Classical

Masters B Nancy (FRA), 22-28 ii 2010															cat. V (2366)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Stets, Dmitry	m	UKR	2444	*	0	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	6½	2523
2.	Bedouin, Xavier	f	FRA	2381	1	*	½	1	½	1	½	½	0	1	6	2489
3.	Fomichenko, Eduard	m	RUS	2515	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	6	2474
4.	Genzling, Alain	f	FRA	2398	½	0	½	*	1	½	½	½	1	½	5	2405
5.	Brethes, Francois		FRA	2257	0	½	½	0	*	1	½	1	½	½	4½	2377
6.	Marzolo, Cyril	m	FRA	2480	½	0	½	½	0	*	1	0	1	1	4½	2353
7.	Taddei, Benoit	f	FRA	2295	0	½	½	½	½	0	*	½	½	½	3½	2293
8.	Wiley, Tom E	f	ENG	2302	0	½	0	½	0	1	½	*	0	½	3	2247
9.	Iglesias, Joachim		FRA	2284	0	1	0	0	½	0	½	1	*	0	3	2249
10.	Henris, Luc	f	BEL	2302	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	1	*	3	2247

Round 1 (February 22, 2010)
Stets, Dmitry	- Brethes, Francois	1-0	32	C11	French Defence
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
Henris, Luc	- Taddei, Benoit	½-½	24	C30	King's Gambit Declined
Round 2 (February 23, 2010)
Bedouin, Xavier	- Marzolo, Cyril	1-0	40	C41	Philidor's Defence
Fomichenko, Eduard	- Iglesias, Joachim	1-0	61	E91	King's Indian Classical
Brethes, Francois	- Wiley, Tom E	1-0	30	A85	Dutch
Taddei, Benoit	- Genzling, Alain	½-½	21	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Henris, Luc	- Stets, Dmitry	0-1	58	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Round 3 (February 23, 2010)
Stets, Dmitry	- Taddei, Benoit	1-0	33	B43	Sicilian Paulsen
Genzling, Alain	- Fomichenko, Eduard	½-½	28	B47	Sicilian Paulsen
Marzolo, Cyril	- Brethes, Francois	0-1	32	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Wiley, Tom E	- Henris, Luc	½-½	25	D07	Tchigorin Defence
Iglesias, Joachim	- Bedouin, Xavier	1-0	48	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Round 4 (February 24, 2010)
Stets, Dmitry	- Wiley, Tom E	1-0	69	C16	French Winawer
Bedouin, Xavier	- Genzling, Alain	1-0	55	B01	Centre Counter
Brethes, Francois	- Iglesias, Joachim	½-½	11	A61	Benoni
Taddei, Benoit	- Fomichenko, Eduard	½-½	49	B48	Sicilian Paulsen
Henris, Luc	- Marzolo, Cyril	0-1	45	C02	French Advance
Round 5 (February 25, 2010)
Fomichenko, Eduard	- Bedouin, Xavier	½-½	58	B36	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Genzling, Alain	- Brethes, Francois	1-0	41	C11	French Defence
Marzolo, Cyril	- Stets, Dmitry	½-½	15	E92	King's Indian Classical
Wiley, Tom E	- Taddei, Benoit	½-½	24	A45	Trompowsky
Iglesias, Joachim	- Henris, Luc	0-1	34	A80	Dutch
Round 6 (February 25, 2010)
Stets, Dmitry	- Iglesias, Joachim	1-0	46	B77	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Brethes, Francois	- Fomichenko, Eduard	½-½	52	D15	Slav Defence
Taddei, Benoit	- Bedouin, Xavier	½-½	57	B45	Sicilian Classical
Wiley, Tom E	- Marzolo, Cyril	1-0	44	A45	Trompowsky
Henris, Luc	- Genzling, Alain	½-½	41	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Round 7 (February 26, 2010)
Bedouin, Xavier	- Brethes, Francois	½-½	53	C06	French Tarrasch
Fomichenko, Eduard	- Henris, Luc	1-0	22	A96	Dutch Defence
Genzling, Alain	- Stets, Dmitry	½-½	54	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Marzolo, Cyril	- Taddei, Benoit	1-0	32	E94	King's Indian Classical
Iglesias, Joachim	- Wiley, Tom E	1-0	34	E26	Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Round 8 (February 27, 2010)
Stets, Dmitry	- Fomichenko, Eduard	½-½	23	C69	Ruy Lopez Exchange
Marzolo, Cyril	- Iglesias, Joachim	1-0	46	A65	Benoni
Taddei, Benoit	- Brethes, Francois	½-½	68	C11	French Defence
Wiley, Tom E	- Genzling, Alain	½-½	36	A45	Trompowsky
Henris, Luc	- Bedouin, Xavier	0-1	29	C39	Kings Gambit
Round 9 (February 28, 2010)
Bedouin, Xavier	- Stets, Dmitry	1-0	23	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Fomichenko, Eduard	- Wiley, Tom E	1-0	33	A09	Reti Opening
Genzling, Alain	- Marzolo, Cyril	½-½	44	C17	French Winawer
Brethes, Francois	- Henris, Luc	½-½	66	A80	Dutch
Iglesias, Joachim	- Taddei, Benoit	½-½	21	A52	Budapest Defence Main Line

15) Malaga Open

The XIII Malaga took place 20th-27th February 2010. Aleksa Strikovic edged out Carlos Matamoros Franco, Pontus Carlsson, Jose Fernando Cuenca Jimenez and Gary Quillan on tie-break after all finished on 7/9. Games from the final round not yet available.

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

XIII Open Malaga (ESP), 20-27 ii 2010 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	w-we
1	Strikovic Aleksa	GM	SRB	2531	7	51	38	0.83
2	Matamoros Franco Carlos S.	GM	ECU	2545	7	50	37	0.42
3	Carlsson Pontus	GM	SWE	2476	7	47.5	38	1.53
4	Cuenca Jimenez Jose Fernando	IM	ESP	2453	7	46.5	35.5	0.78
5	Quillan Gary	IM	ENG	2364	7	46.5	34	1.75
6	Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo	IM	CUB	2527	6.5	51.5	38.5	0.52
7	Arribas Lopez Angel	FM	ESP	2441	6.5	47.5	35	0.91
8	Recuero Guerra David	IM	ESP	2480	6.5	47	36.5	0.74
9	Munoz Moreno Francisco Javier	FM	ESP	2295	6.5	45	33.5	1.08
10	Walton Alan J	CM	ENG	2137	6.5	38	27.5	0.97
11	Berbatov Kiprian	IM	BUL	2455	6	48.5	34	0.16
12	Paunovic Dragan	GM	SRB	2551	6	48	35.5	-0.51
13	Rodriguez Lopez Rafael	IM	ESP	2314	6	47	33	0.89
14	Korneev Oleg	GM	RUS	2573	6	46.5	32.5	-1.26
15	Naranjo Moreno Antonio		ESP	2290	6	46	32	0.48
16	Karim Ismael	IM	MAR	2386	6	45.5	32	-0.51
17	Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel	GM	ESP	2440	6	44	32.5	-0.56
18	Terron Elena Francisco Miguel		ESP	2278	6	43	31.5	-0.27
19	Nava Baro Enrique	CM	ESP	2208	6	42.5	31	1.04
20	Ortega Valle Jose Ramon		ESP	2054	6	42.5	28	1.37
21	Garcia Rodriguez Victor		ESP	2137	6	41.5	30	1.7
22	Fernandez Garcia Jose Miguel		ESP	2225	6	40	28	-0.44
23	Colovic Aleksander	IM	MKD	2464	5.5	45	32	-1.18
24	Ivanov Jordan	IM	BUL	2409	5.5	45	31.5	-0.71
25	Lopez Gonzalez Daniel		ESP	2202	5.5	44.5	29	0.14
26	Camacho Collados Marcos		ESP	2284	5.5	44	30.5	-0.87
27	Aranaz Murillo Amalia		ESP	2057	5.5	43.5	28.5	2.74
28	Charro Calvo Jesus		ESP	1729	5.5	43	26.5	4.37
29	Ruiz Gutierrez Manuel		ESP	2226	5.5	42.5	28.5	-0.82
30	Ladron De Guevara Pinto Paolo		ESP	2079	5.5	42.5	26.5	1.44
31	Guadamuro Torrente Anabel	WFM	ESP	2118	5.5	41.5	28.5	0.9
32	Claros Egea Cristian		ESP	2271	5.5	41	29	-0.59
33	Gutierrez Castillo Paloma	WIM	ESP	2161	5.5	40.5	28	0.68
34	Spence David J		ENG	2268	5.5	40	30	-0.49
35	Cardoso Garcia Sergio		ESP	2125	5.5	39	25	-0.18
36	Cisnero Alvarez Juan Jose		ESP	2110	5.5	37.5	24.5	-0.44
37	Jurado Vazquez Jose Carlos		ESP	1956	5.5	35.5	21	-0.61
38	Fenollar Jorda Manuel	FM	ESP	2328	5	44.5	32	0.9
39	Picazo Lopez Juan Antonio		ESP	2269	5	43	28.5	-0.3
40	Gavilan Diaz Mario	FM	ESP	2278	5	43	28	-1.14
41	Anaya Lopez Victor Jose		ESP	2157	5	41.5	27	0.08
42	Jimenez Martinez Jose Vicente		ESP	2241	5	40.5	28	-0.55
43	Rodriguez Perez Angel Mariano		ESP	2089	5	40	27.5	0.31
44	Ramos Moreno Francisco Jose		ESP	2132	5	39.5	28	0.48
45	Ladron De Guevara Pinto Fermin		ESP	2044	5	39.5	25.5	0.3
46	Lopez Guerrero Jose Miguel		ESP	2001	5	39	24	-0.43
47	Jimenez Ruiz Jose Carlos		ESP	1979	5	39	21.5	0.95
48	Cuenca Jimenez Francisco Javie		ESP	2205	5	38	26	-0.95
49	Anaya Lopez Gonzalo Javier		ESP	1872	5	37	22	1.52
50	Ladron De Guevara Pinto Miguel		ESP	2020	5	33	22.5	-0.61
51	Serna Lara Sergio		ESP	2263	4.5	43.5	27.5	-0.77
52	Nieto Asencio Maria Del Carmen		ESP	1900	4.5	41.5	20.5	0.87
53	James David	FM	WLS	2110	4.5	41	26	-0.39
120 players

16) US Amateur Teams East

The U.S. Amateur Team championship celebrated its fortieth anniversary this year, and the latest edition was held over Presidents Day weekend (Feb. 13-15) in four parts of the United States. However the East is where it all started back in 1971, and Team East generally dwarfs the other 3 tournaments in size.

At Team East this year 1,140 players competed in 268 teams - down a little from last year’s total - the record was 1,251 players and 291 teams set in 2008. The terrible weather (AKA the Snowpocalypse) that the southern part of the East Coast was having just before the tournament hurt turnout a bit.

Three teams tied for first with a 5 1/2-1/2 total, with the final places being decided by tiebreak. The winning team was the Cambridge Springers, four players from the Boston area: IM William Kelleher, Joseph Fang, Leonard Morrissey and Anatoly Levin. The Springers have been regulars at this tournament for many years and have always been one of the highest rated teams, but they’ve never managed to win - until now. The other two teams with 5 1/2 both featured younger players: Hunter High School and Our Weiner is Looking to Mate.

The Amateur Teams are kind of an odd event. The entry fees are low, and the only prizes won are clocks and trophies, but still many strong players turn out. For example, several grandmasters were in attendance, among them Arthur Bisguier, Alex Lenderman, Robert Hess, Semion Palatnik, Leonid Yudasin, as well as dozens of IMs and FMs. It may seem odd to see all these professional players at an amateur event, but so long as each four player team has an average rating below 2,200 USCF, anyone can play.

The tournament was organized by Steve Doyle for the New Jersey State Chess Federation.

Report: Bill Townsend.

17) Indian Teams

The Indian Team Championship took place in Gurgaon 21st-27th February 2010.

Air India won the 30th National Club Team Chess Championship with a perfect 18/18 match points score The Air India team was Parimarjan Negi, Tejas Bakre, Satyapragyan, Rahul Shetty and G B Joshi in the nine round swiss competition.

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

ch-IND National Teams Gurgaon (IND), 21-27 ii 2010
Board	Title	Name	Team	%	Games
1	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	PSPB	83.3	6
2	GM	Bakre Tejas	Air India	87.5	8
3	IM	Deshmukh Anup	LIC	83.3	9
4	GM	Kunte Abhijit	PSPB	85.7	7
5		Dhanunjay Rao L	Services	90.0	5

ch-IND National Teams Gurgaon (IND), 21-27 ii 2010
Rank	Name	MP	SB
1	Air India	18	289½
2	Petroleum Sports P B	16	284
3	Railway SPB - A	13	249
4	Railway SPB - B	13	214
5	Haryana - A	11	164
6	LIC	10	170½
7	Punjab	10	150
8	West Bengal	10	147
9	UP Chess	10	142
10	Kerala	10	141½

18) 18th Fajr International Chess Open Tournament

The 18th Fajr International Chess Open Tournament took 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. Konstantine Shanva took first place on tie-break from Sergei Tiviakov and Virginijus Grabliauskas after all finished on 9/11.

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 Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	Rtg	FED	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Shanava Konstantine	GM	2551	GEO	9	77	70.5	68
2	Tiviakov Sergei	GM	2662	NED	9	76	69.5	67
3	Grabliauskas Virginijus	IM	2422	LTU	9	67	62.5	59
4	Ibrahimov Rasul	GM	2550	AZE	8.5	76	70	67
5	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan	GM	2589	IRI	8.5	75	68.5	66
6	Ahmadinia E	FM	2343	IRI	8.5	73	67	64
7	Abbasov Farid	GM	2553	AZE	8.5	70	64	61.5
8	Minasian Ara	GM	2477	ARM	8.5	69.5	64	62
9	Mahjoob Morteza	GM	2512	IRI	8	77	71	68
10	Idani Pouya		2227	IRI	8	76.5	70	67.5
11	Poghosyan Suren		2257	ARM	8	70	65	61
12	Koohestani Sh		2196	IRI	8	70	64.5	61.5
13	Vassalam M T		2135	IRI	8	68	63	59
14	Mirzoev Azer	GM	2594	AZE	7.5	78	72.5	69
15	Malaniuk Vladimir P	GM	2573	UKR	7.5	73.5	67	65.5
16	Sharbaf Mohsen	FM	2381	IRI	7.5	72	65.5	63
17	Harutjunyan Gevorg	GM	2475	ARM	7.5	71	65	62.5
18	Ghane Shojaat	GM	2387	IRI	7.5	70.5	64.5	62
19	Hosseinipour Mehdi		2207	IRI	7.5	70	65.5	61.5
20	Kowsarinia Amir		2100	IRI	7.5	70	64.5	61.5
21	Neelotpal Das	GM	2445	IND	7.5	69.5	64	61
22	Khademi Mohammad Miran		2210	IRI	7.5	69	63	61.5
23	Isaev Jamshed	IM	2394	TJK	7.5	68.5	63	60
24	Valizadeh Ali		2061	IRI	7.5	66	61	57.5
25	Darban Morteza	IM	2344	IRI	7.5	65	60.5	56.5
26	Doostkam P		2165	IRI	7.5	63	59.5	54.5
27	Harandi Hootan		2144	IRI	7.5	62	57	54
28	Darini Pouria		2401	IRI	7	75	69	66
29	Abbasifar Hasan	FM	2334	IRI	7	71.5	67	63
30	Gaprindashvili Valeriane	GM	2433	GEO	7	71	65.5	62
31	Mahdavirad Mehdi		2204	IRI	7	70.5	65	62
32	Asnaashari Soroush		2102	IRI	7	67.5	63.5	58.5
33	Hosseinzadeh Nima		2293	IRI	7	67.5	63	58.5
34	Dzhumaev Marat	GM	2515	UZB	7	67	61.5	59
35	Khojasteh M		2059	IRI	7	67	61.5	58.5
36	Arabi Saeid		2110	IRI	7	65.5	61.5	56.5
37	Marfavi Jasem		2100	IRI	7	65.5	60	58
38	Inants Aghasi		2230	ARM	7	65	60	56.5
39	Pirmaleki S		2094	IRI	7	64.5	60	55.5
40	Dehghani Hamid		2202	IRI	7	63.5	59.5	54.5
41	Asadi Sadegh		2061	IRI	7	62.5	58	54.5
42	Akbari Zahmati Hamidreza		2095	IRI	7	62.5	57.5	54
43	Kardo Ako Mohammad		0	IRQ	7	61.5	57	54
44	Kiani Kiarash		1757	IRI	7	60.5	55.5	53.5
45	Mosadeghpoor Mohsen		2096	IRI	7	60	55.5	51.5
46	Tamim Ahmad		0	AFG	7	57	52	50
226 players

19) Uxbridge International

The Uxbridge International took place in the Denham Grove Hotel 13th-17th February 2010. Many all-play-alls took place alongside an open.

Sean Hewitt reports: "The Alekhine section was won by Danny Gormally 7.5/9 The Morphy section was won by Keith Arkell 7/9. Rafal Tymrakiewicz scored 6.5/9 and an IM norm. He also gained enough rating points to claim the FM title. The Tal Challengers was won by Adrian Ociepka with 7.5/9, the Fischer Challengers was won by Mark Josse with 7.5/9 on tie break from Ali Jaunooby also 7.5/9 and the Petrosian Challengers was won by Gavin Lock again with 7.5/9. All three Challengers winners gain a place in the Masters section at the next Uxbridge International, 11th - 15th August 2010."

Official site: http://www.e2e4.org.uk/international/2010/Uxbridge_Feb/index.htm

Uxbridge Int Alekhine Uxbridge (ENG), 13-17 ii 2010												cat. II (2288)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Gormally, Daniel W	g	ENG	2479	*	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	7½	2539
2.	Tissir, Mohamed	m	MAR	2483	½	*	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	6	2390
3.	Venkataramanan, T.S		IND	2302	0	0	*	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	5	2328
4.	Rudd, Jack	m	ENG	2286	½	½	1	*	0	1	0	0	1	½	4½	2287
5.	Shoker, Samy	m	EGY	2485	0	½	0	1	*	1	0	1	0	1	4½	2265
6.	Richter Becerra, Hans		CHI	2165	0	½	1	0	0	*	1	½	½	1	4½	2301
7.	Poobalasingam, Peter S		ENG	2341	½	½	0	1	1	0	*	0	0	1	4	2238
8.	Brown, Martin		ENG	2071	0	½	0	1	0	½	1	*	½	0	3½	2231
9.	Byron, Alan M		ENG	2196	0	0	0	0	1	½	1	½	*	½	3½	2217
10.	Seyfried, Claus		GER	2067	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	1	½	*	2	2092

Uxbridge Int Morphy Uxbridge (ENG), 13-17 ii 2010												cat. II (2281)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Arkell, Keith C	g	ENG	2462	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	7	2481
2.	Tymrakiewicz, Rafal		POL	2273	½	*	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	1	6½	2448
3.	Cox, John J	m	ENG	2387	½	½	*	½	1	0	½	1	1	1	6	2394
4.	McNab, Colin A	g	SCO	2475	½	0	½	*	½	½	1	1	1	1	6	2384
5.	Slavin, Alexei		RUS	2368	0	0	0	½	*	1	1	1	1	1	5½	2351
6.	Adair, James		ENG	2167	0	½	1	½	0	*	½	0	1	1	4½	2294
7.	Zhou, Yang-Fan		ENG	2279	0	½	½	0	0	½	*	1	1	1	4½	2281
8.	Larsen, Karsten	f	DEN	2319	½	½	0	0	0	1	0	*	½	1	3½	2197
9.	Brown, Thomas		WLS	2064	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	*	1	1½	2032
10.	Tserendorj, Sainbayar		MGL	2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	*	0

Uxbridge Int Petrosian Uxbridge (ENG), 13-17 ii 2010
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Lock, Gavin R	ENG	2170	*	1	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	7½	2239
2.	Buyandalai, Tumen	MGL	----	0	*	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	7	2205
3.	De Coverly, Roger D	ENG	2109	1	0	*	0	½	1	1	0	1	1	5½	2052
4.	Lenier, Jude	ENG	1913	0	0	1	*	1	1	½	½	1	0	5	2037
5.	Campbell, Eoin	SCO	1954	½	0	½	0	*	½	1	1	1	½	5	2033
6.	Jain, Radha	ENG	1879	0	0	0	0	½	*	1	0	1	1	3½	1918
7.	Pleasants, Allan J	ENG	2079	0	1	0	½	0	0	*	½	0	1	3	1851
8.	Armstrong, Malcolm J	ENG	2019	0	0	1	½	0	1	½	*	0	0	3	1857
9.	Karpinski, C Lucjan	ENG	----	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	*	1	3	1860
10.	Staneland, Peter E	ENG	1742	0	0	0	1	½	0	0	1	0	*	2½	1847

Uxbridge Int Tal Uxbridge (ENG), 13-17 ii 2010
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Ociepka, Adrian	POL	2120	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	7½	2265
2.	Thomassen, Thomas	NOR	2033	½	*	1	½	0	0	1	½	1	1	5½	2081
3.	Peat, Matthew	ENG	2067	½	0	*	½	½	1	1	1	0	1	5½	2078
4.	McKenna, Jason P	ENG	2147	0	½	½	*	1	½	½	½	1	1	5½	2069
5.	Harnett, Robert	ENG	----	½	1	½	0	*	½	½	½	½	1	5	2048
6.	Higgs, Anthony R J	ENG	1962	0	1	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	0	4	1966
7.	Healeas, Simon	ENG	1804	0	0	0	½	½	½	*	1	1	½	4	1984
8.	Tart, Peter K	ENG	2078	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	*	½	½	3	1871
9.	Kane, Robert	ENG	----	0	0	1	0	½	0	0	½	*	1	3	1880
10.	Turner, David	ENG	1839	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	½	0	*	2	1803

Uxbridge Int Fischer Uxbridge (ENG), 13-17 ii 2010
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Josse, Mark		ENG	2064	*	1	1	1	1	½	1	0	1	1	7½	2288
2.	Jaunooby, Ali R		ENG	2171	0	*	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	7½	2276
3.	Mcintyre, Paul		SCO	2100	0	0	*	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	6½	2177
4.	Ducatez, Raphael		FRA	1894	0	0	½	*	½	½	1	1	1	1	5½	2114
5.	Lewis, Andrew M		ENG	2066	0	½	0	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	4	1972
6.	Bailey, Kevin J		ENG	2103	½	0	0	½	½	*	0	½	1	1	4	1968
7.	Millward, Kevin P		ENG	1970	0	0	0	0	½	1	*	1	½	1	4	1983
8.	Yurenok, Maria S	wf	ENG	1974	1	0	0	0	0	½	0	*	1	1	3½	1945
9.	Melsom, Jonathan T		ENG	----	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	*	½	1½	1749
10.	O'Gorman, Brendan		ENG	1862	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	*	1	1687

20) Jerry Hanken Memorial FIDE Open

The Jerry Hanken Memorial FIDE Open was held 13th-15th Febraury 2010 in Stillwater Oklahoma USA with a schedule of 2-3-2. With 5.5 points from 7 rounds there were 3 players who tied for First Place: FM Langer from Austin, Texas with Devin Hughes and Sergey Galant both from Oklahoma City. Players from 9 states participated. The popular G-90 + 30 sec ea move time control was used. 6 players received their final FIDE rating norms so that they should be FIDE rated for the first time on March 1st. The event was directed by IA Frank K. Berry and the President of the USCF FA James Berry with help from Les Kline from Arkansas and Chris Baumgartner from Chicago. My thanks to Frank Berry for this report.

Website: http://www.okchess.org

Jerry Hanken Memorial FIDE Open Stillwater (USA), 13-15 ii 2010 Final Round 7 Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	NAT	Elo	Sco
1-3	Michael Langer	F	USA	2291	5.5/7
1-3	Devin Hughes		USA	2057	5.5
1-3	Sergey Galant		USA	2176	5.5
4	David Zelnick		USA	1978	5
5-7	Tom Patton		USA	2081	4.5
5-7	William Orton		USA	2168	4.5
5-7	Robert Stepp		USA	1938	4.5
40 Players

21) Guingamp 2010

There were three main tournaments Guingamp (France) 19th-27th February 2010. Tervel Serafimov won the main IM group with 7½/9. The Women's Group (a group to achieve women's norms so there were male players) were won with 7/9 by Lyubka Genova.

Official site: http://www.chessguingamp2010.com/

CMB Breizh Masters Men Guingamp-Pabu (FRA), 19-27 ii 2010												cat. IV (2332)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Serafimov, Tervel	m	BUL	2432	*	½	1	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	7½	2594
2.	Bailet, Pierre	f	FRA	2367	½	*	0	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	6	2453
3.	Koziak, Vitali	m	UKR	2482	0	1	*	1	½	½	½	1	0	1	5½	2395
4.	Fierro Baquero, Martha L	m	ECU	2354	0	½	0	*	1	1	½	1	½	1	5½	2409
5.	Laurent, Julien G	f	FRA	2319	0	½	½	0	*	½	1	0	1	1	4½	2333
6.	Jolly, Jean-Francois	f	FRA	2417	½	0	½	0	½	*	0	½	1	1	4	2279
7.	Massoni, Michael		FRA	2274	0	½	½	½	0	1	*	0	½	½	3½	2258
8.	Alanic, Xavier		FRA	2296	½	0	0	0	1	½	1	*	0	½	3½	2256
9.	Brunello, Marina	wf	ITA	2217	0	0	1	½	0	0	½	1	*	½	3½	2265
10.	Bouget, Alexandre		FRA	2165	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	*	1½	2077

CMB Breizh Masters Women Guingamp-Pabu (FRA), 19-27 ii 2010
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Genova, Lyubka	wm	BUL	2260	*	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	2338
2.	Piankov, Evgenij	m	UKR	2343	1	*	1	1	0	½	1	1	1	0	6½	2275
3.	Berthelot, Yannick	f	FRA	2296	1	0	*	0	1	½	½	½	½	1	5	2157
4.	Fruteau, Sabine	wf	FRA	2131	0	0	1	*	½	1	0	1	1	½	5	2175
5.	De Rosa, Maria	wf	ITA	2089	0	1	0	½	*	0	1	0	1	1	4½	2137
6.	Brunello, Roberta		ITA	2043	0	½	½	0	1	*	1	1	0	0	4	2099
7.	Le Diouron, Aurelie		FRA	1980	0	0	½	1	0	0	*	1	0	1	3½	2069
8.	Aflalo, Sophie		FRA	2033	0	0	½	0	1	0	0	*	1	1	3½	2063
9.	Lefevre, Margaux		FRA	2036	0	0	½	0	0	1	1	0	*	1	3½	2063
10.	Esposito, Marie-Christine	wf	FRA	2113	0	1	0	½	0	1	0	0	0	*	2½	1968

14th Open Guingamp-Pabu (FRA), 19-27 ii 2010
Pl	Name	Ti	Elo	NAT	Pts	Bu.	Tr.	Perf.	FFE
1	LEON HOYOS Manuel	g	2516	MEX	8	49	41	2880
2	GENOV Petar	g	2473	BUL	7	54.5	45.5	2441	2379
3	JAKUBOWSKI Krzysztof	g	2502	POL	7	54	44.5	2441	2320
4	AUBRY Yannis		1956	FRA	7	49.5	41	2216	2256
5	KAZMIERCZAK Rafal		2191	POL	6.5	53.5	44.5	2256	2264
6	CROUAN Stephane	f	2229	FRA	6.5	53	43.5	2269	2266
7	BARBOT Pierre		2097	FRA	6.5	52.5	43	2208	2249
8	BOUVET Laurent		2118	FRA	6.5	47.5	41.5	2242	2287
9	LISOWSKI Krzysztof		2152	POL	6	53.5	45	2295	2339
10	MOGRANZINI Roberto	m	2415	ITA	6	52	43	2312	2189
11	MIGOT Tangi		2192	FRA	6	51.5	41.5	2173	2168
12	SERAFIMOV Dimitar	f	2267	BUL	6	51	42.5	2157	2065
13	STEPHAN Victor		2242	FRA	6	50.5	41.5	2165	2115
14	COLIN Vincent	m	2437	FRA	6	48	39.5	2307	2118
15	PRISER Patrick		2010	FRA	6	47	38.5	2014	2012
16	FOUSSARD Gervais		1919	FRA	6	45.5	38	2024	2046
17	BRIENT Yoann		1939	FRA	6	43.5	36.5	1909	1896
18	DELALEE Paul		1966	FRA	5.5	50.5	42	2042	2093
19	PEYRE Thomas		2054	FRA	5.5	48	39.5	2018	1999
20	DESLIAS Gregoire		1906	FRA	5.5	47	40	2004	2040
21	COENT Yann		1862	FRA	5.5	44.5	38	1898	1903
22	SANVOISIN Corentin		1866	FRA	5.5	44.5	37.5	1921	1922
23	DANIEL Jean-Claude		1854	FRA	5.5	43	39	2019	2024
24	MAULANA Kahfi		1820	FRA	5.5	43	37	1901	1911
25	SCHMOUCHKOVITCH Michel		1998	FRA	5.5	42	35	1862	1845
26	ILLIEN Jean-Marc		1988	FRA	5.5	41.5	33.5	1856	1840
27	SICLET Mathieu		1830	FRA	5.5	41	35.5	1971	1988
28	BAPST Valentin		1822	FRA	5.5	38	32	1855	1866
29	SZYMANOWSKA Lena		1979	POL	5	48	40.5	1994	2004
30	BAUDON Andrew		1933	FRA	5	46	38	1867	1848
31	LUCO Alain		2126	FRA	5	45	36.5	1924	1898
32	BUREL Iwan		1684	FRA	5	44.5	37.5	1930	2008
33	PEYRE Camille		1937	FRA	5	42.5	36	1927	1922
34	LE BAIL Arielle		1853	FRA	5	42.5	36	1826	1824
35	ROUSSEL Glenn		1583	FRA	5	42	34	1866	1954
36	GLEDEL Bernard		1747	FRA	5	41.5	38	1926	2068
37	KERAVEC Julien		1782	FRA	5	39.5	35	1831	1837
38	LE BLOAS Damien		1520	FRA	5	31.5	28	1648	1648
39	CHARPIOT Sebastien		1600	FRA	4.5	46.5	39	1799	1858
40	JEGOUIC Tanguy		1830	FRA	4.5	44.5	39	1865	1875
41	CONDAMINE Jean-Pierre		1840	FRA	4.5	43.5	36	1795	1786
42	COLLET Davy		1825	FRA	4.5	43	36	1778	1770
43	MERCIER Jean-Loup		1870	FRA	4.5	42	36	1928	2029
44	DUJARDIN Bernard		1731	FRA	4.5	41	35	1733	1734
45	JUBIN Thierry		1841	FRA	4.5	40	35	1804	1797
46	JOSSE Mathilde		1707	FRA	4.5	39.5	33	1732	1743
47	CAILLOT Arnaud		1715	FRA	4.5	39	34	1713	1713
48	CLERAN Anthony		1984	FRA	4.5	39	33	1772	1703
49	L'HOTELLIER Jean-Luc		1840	FRA	4.5	38.5	32.5	1760	1756
50	SCHONE Claude		1899	FRA	4.5	38.5	32	1727	1705
51	LE MOY Patrick		1744	FRA	4.5	38	32.5	1673	1652
52	GINOVART Axel		1752	FRA	4.5	36.5	33.5	1674	1662
53	LE COZ Yannick		1707	FRA	4.5	34	29.5	1589	1547
54	HOUEIX Adrien		1655	FRA	4.5	33.5	30.5	1722	1740
55	FOLKERINGA Richard		2025	FRA	4	49.5	41	1809	1748
56	LEPAGNOL Eric		1730	FRA	4	43	37.5	1771	1801
57	COLLIN Jean-Philippe		1696	FRA	4	40.5	34.5	1741	1749
58	GRANDI Paul		1852	FRA	4	40	33.5	1860	1861
59	PIROUELLE Michel		1704	FRA	4	37.5	32.5	1651	1647
60	ROUSSEL Yanis		1595	FRA	4	36.5	32	1689	1703
61	BERTHELOT Maeva		1841	FRA	4	36.5	31.5	1639	1639
62	BACON Bruno		1736	FRA	4	36	31	1640	1630
63	MARTINI Lionel		1646	FRA	4	36	31	1638	1636
64	LIAUZU Serge		1626	FRA	4	34	30.5	1625	1626
65	VILLALON Anthony		1615	FRA	3.5	42.5	35	1699	1710
66	PRIMAULT Loic		1610	FRA	3.5	41	34.5	1712	1743
67	DAMOUR Theo		1665	FRA	3.5	39.5	33.5	1713	1730
68	GEORGES Nicolas		1480	FRA	3.5	39	32	1637	1684
69	KERBAOL Jacques		1702	FRA	3.5	37	32.5	1643	1625
70	GAC Jean-Luc		1580	FRA	3.5	36	31	1582	1582
71	BIDET Michel		1582	FRA	3.5	35.5	30	1589	1588
72	LE BASTARD Ronan		1584	FRA	3.5	35	29.5	1542	1537
73	JUANICO Robert		1210	FRA	3.5	33	29	1402	1642
74	LEGRAS Sebastien		1630	FRA	3.5	33	28.5	1502	1486
75	THOMAS Jeannine		1300	FRA	3.5	32.5	28	1511	1628
76	OTTL Eric		1407	FRA	3.5	31.5	27	1451	1461
77	HERRY Jean		1544	FRA	3.5	28.5	25.5	1406	1406
78	PHILIPPE Yves		1500	FRA	3.5	28	24.5	1509	1509
79	ROUX Pierre-Yves		1633	FRA	3	36.5	31	1512	1499
80	PRISER Gwendal		1569	FRA	3	34.5	29	1556	1556
81	GEORGET Rene		1210	FRA	3	33.5	29.5	1346	1510
82	DESLIAS Alain		1480	FRA	3	32.5	26.5	1401	1393
83	PRISER Victor		1456	FRA	3	30.5	28	1462	1469
84	MARIE Olivier		1510	FRA	3	28	24.5	1449	1449
85	LE TELLEC Brice		1549	FRA	2.5	36	32	1514	1515
86	LETY Michel		1442	FRA	2.5	35.5	29.5	1365	1366
87	LE NEUTRE Baptiste		1510	FRA	2.5	34.5	29.5	1409	1409
88	CROOK Oliver-James		1320	FRA	2.5	28.5	25.5	1406	1464
89	RIVIERE Xavier		1696	FRA	2	37.5	32	1430	1310
90	BLONDEL Robert		1250	FRA	2	33	28	1209	1240
91	ROUSSEL Samuel		1520	FRA	2	30.5	26.5	1249	1249
92	ROUSSEL Stephane		1453	FRA	1.5	33.5	28	1332	1327
93	BAILLAIS Michel		1230	FRA	1	34.5	29.5	1000	1000

22) Bunratty Chess Festival 2010

The Bunratty Chess Festival took place 25th-27th February 2010. Alexander Baburin took clear first place with 5½/6. Games should follow.

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

Open Bunratty (IRL), 25-27 ii 2010 Final Round 7 Standings:
#	Name	Ti	Rtng	Tot
1	Alexander Baburin	GM	2531	5½
2	Adam Hunt	IM	2394	4½
3	Ryan-Rhys Griffiths		2225	4½
4	David Fitzsimons		2241	4
5	Kieran Moynihan		2100	4
6	Alex Lopez	FM	2353	4
7	Andrew Mendelson		2089	4
8	Tony Aherne		1953	3½
9	Zaidan Zulkipli		2029	3½
10	David Murray		1991	3½
11	Philip Short	FM	2244	3
12	Rory Quinn		2048	3
13	Brian Galligan		2023	3
14	Peter Cafolla		2038	3
15	Anthony Fox		2034	3
16	Oisin P. Benson		2084	2½
17	Arno Eliens		2015	2½
18	Colin Menzies		2060	2½
19	Hugh Doyle		1830	2½
20	Justin Daly		1964	2½
21	Kieran O'Brien		1700	2½
22	Eamon Keogh		2073	2½
23	Stephen Moran		1957	2
24	Frans Wolferink		2163	2
25	Aravind Menon		1783	1½
26	Oissine Murphy		1720	1½
27	Liam Porter		1987	½

23) Angora GM Scheveningen

The Angora GM Scheveningen tournament took place in Ankara 22nd-26th February 2010. The A-Group (av rating 2495) beat the B-Group (av rating 2402) comfortably.

Official site: http://angora.tsf.org.tr/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/lang,turkish/

Angora GM Schev Ankara (TUR), 22-26 ii 2010 Final Round 10 Standings
B Group								19.5
1	Yilmaz,M	2478	\|					5.5/10
2	Esen,B	2513	\|	\|				5.5/10
3	Firat,B	2413	\|	\|	\|			4.5/10
4	Erdogdu,M	2513	\|	\|	\|	\|		3.0/10
5	Sanal,V	2095	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	1.0/10
A Group								30.5
1	Moskalenko,V1	2538	10	½½	½1	11	11	7.5/10
2	Yakovich,Yur	2575	1½	½½	½0	11	11	7.0/10
3	Gofshtein,L	2540	10	½0	11	0½	11	6.0/10
4	Grigore,Ge	2542	01	½½	½½	0½	11	5.5/10
5	Paikidze,N	2278	00	01	0½	11	01	4.5/10

24) 2nd MGU Open Sofia

The 2nd MGU Open took place in Sofia, Bulgaria, 20th-21st February 2010. Svetozar Tsekov won the event with 5.5/6.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr30476.aspx

2nd MGU Open Sofia (BUL), 20-21 ii 2010
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Tsekov Svetozar	NM	BUL	2289	5.5	15.5	23	5
2	Filev Georgi	FM	BUL	2382	5	15	23	4
3	Krastev Goran		BUL	2050	4	15	22.5	4
4	Andreev Dobrotich	NM	BUL	2068	4	15	22.5	3
5	Neychev Ivan		BUL	2052	4	13	21	4
6	Mladenov Andrey		BUL	1828	4	11	17	4
7	Iliev Dimitar	NM	BUL	2126	3.5	14	21.5	2
8	Toshev Vladimir		BUL	1910	3.5	13	20	3
9	Yordanov Boris		BUL	1802	3.5	12.5	19	3
10	Vladimirova Maria	WFM	BUL	2112	3	12	18	2
11	Dobrev Petko		BUL	2015	3	11.5	16.5	2
12	Kostov Nikolay		BUL	1910	2.5	13	20.5	2
13	Kolev Velio		BUL	1911	2.5	13	18	2
14	Ignatov Radoslav		BUL	1842	2.5	11.5	18	1
15	Uzunov Diko		BUL	1930	2.5	11.5	17.5	2
16	Ruschukov Boyan		BUL	1928	2.5	10	16.5	2
17	Spassov Borislav		BUL	1727	2.5	9	14.5	2
18	Kalchev Sava		BUL	1742	2.5	9	13.5	2
19	Tsyntsarski Boyko Dr.		BUL	1870	2	12.5	17.5	2
20	Raykov Stefan		BUL	1679	1.5	10.5	16	1
21	Kalchev Velislav		BUL	0	1	9	13.5	1
22	Krastev Krasimir Naidenov		BUL	1850	1	8	13	1
23	Banushev Konstantin		BUL	1777	0	8	11.5	0

25) Alzira Tournament

The Alzira-Oliva-L'Alcudia tournament took place 9th-19th February 2010. Renier Castellanos Rodriguez won with 7½/9.

News: http://www.ajedrezenmadrid.com/torneos/torneo.asp?torneo=10020900

Magistral Alzira Oliva Alcudia (ESP), 9-19 ii 2010												cat. III (2310)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Castellanos Rodriguez, Renier	m	ESP	2438	*	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	7½	2568
2.	Gongora Reyes, Maikel	m	CUB	2470	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	6½	2458
3.	Fenollar Jorda, Manuel	f	ESP	2328	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	6½	2473
4.	Abreu Delgado, Aryam	g	CUB	2484	0	½	½	*	1	½	1	1	½	1	6	2415
5.	Palencia, Wilson	m	COL	2348	0	½	½	0	*	½	1	1	0	½	4	2262
6.	Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel	g	ESP	2440	0	0	½	½	½	*	½	0	1	1	4	2252
7.	Cucarella Montell, Angels		ESP	1968	0	½	0	0	0	½	*	½	1	1	3½	2267
8.	Pena Riasco, Alexander	f	COL	2211	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	*	1	1	3½	2240
9.	Sanchez Saez, Francisco		ESP	2193	0	0	0	½	1	0	0	0	*	1	2½	2156
10.	Del Valle Cirera, Adria		ESP	2218	½	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	*	1	1969

26) Sao Paulo State Team Championship

The Sao Paulo State Team Championship took place over two weekends in Sao Paulo 20th-21th - 27th-28th February 2010. All the results are available and games from the first 4 rounds. I couldn't find a final standings however.

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

27) 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

28) 11th European Individual 2010

The European Individual Championships for men and women take place 6th-18th March 2010 in Rijeka. Leading entries include: Etienne Bacrot, Zoltan Almasi, Sergei Movsesian, David Navara, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Evgeny Alekseev, Alexander Motylev, Michael Adams, Viktor Bologan, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Gabriel Sargissian, Vladimir Akopian, Alexander Moiseenko, Fabiano Caruana, Kiril Georgiev etc.

Official site: http://www.eurorijeka2010.com

29) Forthcoming Events and Links

11th Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas"

The 11th Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas" (Spain) will take place on the ICC Internet Chess Club playing zone (http://www.chessclub.com) from March 12th to 20th 2010.

The online event features twelve 12-round Swisses (3/0 games) qualifying 32 players to the knockout final stage. The 2.000 euro first prize will attract many top names (GM's Nakamura, Sargissian and Fridman are regular participants), in addition to all the class prizes and special cash prizes for amateur players.

Entry is completely free for all regular ICC members. New members can make out a free seven-day trial just before the event starts and also take part in some of the qualifiers.

Registrations should be made out at the Dos Hermanas website http://www.doshermanas.net/ where the full event rules can also be found. Last year nearly 2000 players participated in the biggest and most important chess tournament on the Internet.

31st annual Tournament Of Young Talents

The 31st annual Tournament Of Young Talents The event takes place from 1st April till 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.

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

Canadian Open Chess Championship 2010

The traditional Canadian Open Chess Championship takes place 10th-18th July, in Westin Harbour Castle, Downtown Toronto, Ontario. This year's event is a 9-round one-game-per-day single-section Swiss with a guaranteed prize fund of at least C$ 30,000. Additional side events will be included like Speed Chess Championship, GM simuls, and lectures, etc. Grandmasters E. Rozentalis, A. Shabalov, and J. Friedel have already confirmed their participation.

Contacts: Michael Barron ( barron045@yahoo.com ) and Brian Fiedler (fiedlerbrian@yahoo.com.au )

Registration form and more information is available at http://www.chess.ca/canopen.shtml, and http://www.monroi.com.

Hungarian Tournaments March - October 2010

The list of the HUN GM-IM norm and Open chess tournaments from March until October 2010:

1. 6th-18th of March, FIRST SATURDAY (FS) GM-IM-rating Budapest, Org: Nagy Laszlo, http://www.firstsaturday.hu

2. 19th-28th of March, 26th Budapest Spring Festival, 9 rounds Swiss Open, org: Nagy Laszlo

3. 19th-27th of March IM + rating CAISSA Kecskemet (85 km from Budapest), Org: Dr.Erdelyi, http://www.caissachessbooks.com

4. 3rd-16th of April FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-rating Budapest, org: Nagy L,

5. 17th-25th of April, CAISSA Kecskemet, IM + rating, org: Erdelyi,

6. 1st-13th May, FIRST SATURDAY, Budapest, GM-IM-rating - org: Nagy L,

7. 14th-22nd May CAISSA Kecskemet IM + rating, org: Erdelyi,

8. 26th May-3rd June ZALAKAROS open, org: IM Horvath, Tamas, http://www.csutisk.hu,

9. 5th-17th June, FIRST SATURDAY Budapest, GM-IM-rating, org Nagy L,

10.19th-27h June, Balaton Open, HÉVÍZ, GM-IM, org: IM Rigo, e-mail: me-ri@t-online.hu

11.19th-27th June, CAISSA Kecskemet, IM + rating, Org: Erdelyi,

12.3rd-15th July, FIRST SATURDAY Budapest, GM+IM+rating, org: Nagy L,

13.17th-25th July, CAISSA Kecskemet, GM+IM+rating, org: Erdelyi,

14.27th July-4th August, GM-IM + Open, Szombathely (250 km West from Budapest), org: Csonka, Attila, e-mail: attila.csonka@lamived.hu

15.7th-19th August, FIRST SATURDAY Budapest GM+IM+rating, org: Nagy L

16.21st-29th August, CAISSA Kecskemet, GM+IM+rating, org: Erdelyi

17.4th-16th Sept, FIRST SATURDAY GM+IM+rating Budapest, org: Nagy L

18.17th-25th Sept CAISSA Kecskemet IM+rating, org: Erdelyi.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

THE WEEK IN CHESS 799 1st March 2010 by Mark Crowther

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11th Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas"

31st annual Tournament Of Young Talents

Canadian Open Chess Championship 2010

Hungarian Tournaments March - October 2010

La Laguna Open

8th Davos Open

XXIII Leon Tournament 2010

Bosna 2010

Dutch League

Aosta Valley

III Magistral Ciudad de Asuncion

European Chess Solving Championship

22nd Lenk International Chess Festival

Chess Summer in Varna 2010

31st annual Tournament Of Young Talents

3rd Kuala Lumpur Chess Championship 2010

XXVIII Andorra International Chess Open

Czech Tour 2010-11

XXVIII Metz Open

11th European Individual 2010

4NCL

24th Pula Open 2010

2010 Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament

Women's Bundesliga

Austrian Bundesliga

II Genset Cup

9th Czech Tour 2009/2010

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

International Correspondence Chess Federation

FIDE World Amateur Chess Championship

South Lakes Congress

Czech Tour 2009-10

Moscow Non-Stop Chess Events of the World Chess Tour

Icelandic Teams

Sydney International and Doeberl Cup

Mundial Chess Internet Tournament

Ajedrez 21 English site

Kingpin Magazine

Torch Real Estate Cup

Historical Elo Ratings

Reno Far West Open

European Union Website

Alushta Diary 2009

Chess Study