THE WEEK IN CHESS 800 8th March 2010 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Steve Giddins, Michael McDowell, Egidijus Zeromskis, Mitko Iliev, Daniel Panarotto, Daniel Mueller, Janos Rigo, Patricia Claros Aguilar, Javier Rubio, Dave Clayton, John Saunders, Miklos Orso, Attila Csonka, George Mirijanian and everyone else who helped with the issue.

800 issues up! Not really a major landmark but nevertheless it's always nice to see the hundreds tick over. I'm more interested in the improvement of the website as a whole which is a project that is very much ongoing. The main event of the week is the European Individual Championships which although lacking the very elite has a big percentage of the top 100 players in the world and which should be very interesting. The official site seems very organised with nice webcam coverage. It did struggle a bit with the load on the first day and this seems to be a bit of a trend this year, even on websites used to heavy traffic when broadcasting games. I can only think that more people are visiting websites to watch chess which has to be a good thing. Elsewhere the Gotth' Art Cup was won by Alexander Beliavsky half a point clear of Lajos Portisch who played impressively for a man who doesn't play very much these days. 13 year old Richard Rapport scored his final GM norm and should be a player to watch. Other events are far too numerous to mention but chess activity is still very much alive even in these times of global financial crisis.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 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 - http://chess-results.com/tnr29567.aspx

11th EICC Men Rijeka (CRO), 6-17 iii 2010 Leading Round 3 (of 11) Standings:
Rk.	Name	FED	Ti	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp
1	Naiditsch Arkadij	GER	GM	2691	3	2	6	3	3345
2	Vallejo Pons Francisco	ESP	GM	2708	3	2	5.5	3	3350
	Jobava Baadur	GEO	GM	2695	3	2	5.5	3	3343
4	Pelletier Yannick	SUI	GM	2611	3	2	5	3	3315
5	Timofeev Artyom	RUS	GM	2655	3	2	4.5	3	3317
	Martinovic Sasa	CRO	IM	2509	3	2	4.5	3	3189
7	Skoberne Jure	SLO	IM	2509	3	2	4	3	3182
8	Krasenkow Michal	POL	GM	2652	3	1.5	5	3	3313
9	Inarkiev Ernesto	RUS	GM	2667	3	1.5	4.5	3	3325
	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	ROU	GM	2661	3	1.5	4.5	3	3321
	Efimenko Zahar	UKR	GM	2640	3	1.5	4.5	3	3301
	Maiorov Nikita	BLR	GM	2510	3	1.5	4.5	3	3208
13	Nepomniachtchi Ian	RUS	GM	2656	3	1	4	3	3316
14	Kurnosov Igor	RUS	GM	2674	2.5	2	6.5	2	2808
	Lysyj Igor	RUS	GM	2615	2.5	2	6.5	2	2718
16	Adams Michael	ENG	GM	2704	2.5	2	6	2	2822
17	Caruana Fabiano	ITA	GM	2680	2.5	2	5.5	2	2812
	Areshchenko Alexander	UKR	GM	2670	2.5	2	5.5	2	2807
	Zhigalko Sergei	BLR	GM	2648	2.5	2	5.5	2	2777
	Mamedov Rauf	AZE	GM	2639	2.5	2	5.5	2	2769
	Aleksandrov Aleksej	BLR	GM	2601	2.5	2	5.5	2	2766
	Erdos Viktor	HUN	GM	2593	2.5	2	5.5	2	2754
	Stocek Jiri	CZE	GM	2591	2.5	2	5.5	2	2751
	Nikolov Momchil	BUL	IM	2550	2.5	2	5.5	2	2736
25	Nabaty Tamir	ISR		2485	2.5	2	5.5	2	2405
26	Grigoryan Avetik	ARM	GM	2565	2.5	2	5	2	2772
	Chirila Ioan-Cristian	ROU	GM	2487	2.5	2	5	2	2547
28	Hovhannisyan Robert	ARM	IM	2498	2.5	2	4	2	2638
29	Potkin Vladimir	RUS	GM	2606	2.5	1.5	5.5	2	2778
30	Riazantsev Alexander	RUS	GM	2660	2.5	1.5	5	2	2794
	Sokolov Ivan	BIH	GM	2638	2.5	1.5	5	2	2761
	Kokarev Dmitry	RUS	GM	2622	2.5	1.5	5	2	2754
	Belov Vladimir	RUS	GM	2619	2.5	1.5	5	2	2742
	Lupulescu Constantin	ROU	GM	2598	2.5	1.5	5	2	2761
	Melkumyan Hrant	ARM	GM	2582	2.5	1.5	5	2	2737
	Mastrovasilis Dimitrios	GRE	GM	2574	2.5	1.5	5	2	2677
	Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula	ROU	GM	2525	2.5	1.5	5	2	2702
38	Grachev Boris	RUS	GM	2667	2.5	1.5	5	2	2794
	Sutovsky Emil	ISR	GM	2650	2.5	1.5	5	2	2777
	Gustafsson Jan	GER	GM	2646	2.5	1.5	5	2	2774
	Delchev Aleksander	BUL	GM	2625	2.5	1.5	5	2	2747
42	Sargissian Gabriel	ARM	GM	2675	2.5	1.5	5	2	2762
43	Fridman Daniel	GER	GM	2650	2.5	1.5	4.5	2	2781
44	Bareev Evgeny	RUS	GM	2667	2.5	1.5	4.5	2	2798
	Zvjaginsev Vadim	RUS	GM	2643	2.5	1.5	4.5	2	2770
	Khairullin Ildar	RUS	GM	2617	2.5	1.5	4.5	2	2725
	Petrosian Tigran L	ARM	GM	2612	2.5	1.5	4.5	2	2719
	Ragger Markus	AUT	GM	2572	2.5	1.5	4.5	2	2802
	Zelcic Robert	CRO	GM	2547	2.5	1.5	4.5	2	2741
50	Khismatullin Denis	RUS	GM	2657	2.5	1.5	4.5	2	2741
51	Sulashvili Malkhaz	GEO	IM	2490	2.5	1.5	3.5	2	2579
52	Podolchenko Evgeniy	BLR		2502	2.5	1.5	3	2	2648
53	Moiseenko Alexander	UKR	GM	2668	2.5	1	4.5	2	2802
	Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel	ESP	GM	2548	2.5	1	4.5	2	2741
55	Kovacevic Aleksandar	SRB	GM	2574	2.5	1	4	2	2300
56	Iordachescu Viorel	MDA	GM	2621	2.5	1	3	2	2696
	Halkias Stelios	GRE	GM	2580	2.5	1	3	2	2663
58	Navara David	CZE	GM	2708	2	2	7	2	2678
59	Socko Bartosz	POL	GM	2637	2	2	6.5	2	2600
	Vorobiov Evgeny E	RUS	GM	2616	2	2	6.5	2	2580
	Bosiocic Marin	CRO	GM	2577	2	2	6.5	2	2574
62	Howell David W L	ENG	GM	2612	2	2	6	2	2579
	Saric Ivan	CRO	GM	2607	2	2	6	2	2634
	Safarli Eltaj	AZE	GM	2606	2	2	6	2	2628
	Kotronias Vasilios	GRE	GM	2593	2	2	6	2	2613
	Reinderman Dimitri	NED	GM	2576	2	2	6	2	2568
	Iotov Valentin	BUL	GM	2568	2	2	6	2	2634
68	Bacrot Etienne	FRA	GM	2714	2	2	6	1	2642
	Lenic Luka	SLO	GM	2603	2	2	6	1	2555
70	Hera Imre Jr	HUN	GM	2574	2	2	5.5	2	2553
71	Movsesian Sergei	SVK	GM	2709	2	2	5.5	1	2670
	Akopian Vladimir	ARM	GM	2688	2	2	5.5	1	2664
	Giri Anish	NED	GM	2624	2	2	5.5	1	2600
	Banikas Hristos	GRE	GM	2617	2	2	5.5	1	2583
	Pantsulaia Levan	GEO	GM	2588	2	2	5.5	1	2614
	Gyimesi Zoltan	HUN	GM	2586	2	2	5.5	1	2610
	Grigoriants Sergey	RUS	GM	2562	2	2	5.5	1	2624
	Parligras Mircea	ROU	GM	2551	2	2	5.5	1	2601
	Jovanic Ognjen	CRO	GM	2538	2	2	5.5	1	2585
	Narciso Dublan Marc	ESP	GM	2530	2	2	5.5	1	0
81	Womacka Mathias	GER	IM	2452	2	2	5.5	1	2578
82	Bologan Viktor	MDA	GM	2684	2	2	5	2	2613
	Smirnov Artem	RUS	IM	2435	2	2	5	2	2758
84	Landa Konstantin	RUS	GM	2635	2	2	5	1	2609
	Tregubov Pavel V	RUS	GM	2625	2	2	5	1	2596
	Golod Vitali	ISR	GM	2590	2	2	5	1	2620
	Sedlak Nikola	SRB	GM	2570	2	2	5	1	2642
	Gdanski Jacek	POL	GM	2527	2	2	5	1	2577
	Jovanovic Zoran	CRO	GM	2526	2	2	5	1	2567
90	Stevic Hrvoje	CRO	GM	2610	2	2	4.5	1	2568
	Oleksienko Mikhailo	UKR	GM	2525	2	2	4.5	1	2566
	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel	ARM	GM	2513	2	2	4.5	1	2539
	Makarov Marat	RUS	GM	2510	2	2	4.5	1	2522
	Sebenik Matej	SLO	IM	2504	2	2	4.5	1	2504
	Prohaszka Peter	HUN	GM	2501	2	2	4.5	1	2491
	Levin Evgeny A	RUS	IM	2486	2	2	4.5	1	2379
97	Mastrovasilis Athanasios	GRE	GM	2511	2	2	4	1	2531
	Berczes David	HUN	GM	2510	2	2	4	1	2528
	Saric Ante	CRO	GM	2483	2	2	4	1	2252
100	Pavasovic Dusko	SLO	GM	2579	2	1.5	6	2	2586
101	Markus Robert	SRB	GM	2618	2	1.5	5.5	2	2552
	Volkov Sergey	RUS	GM	2612	2	1.5	5.5	2	2541
	Solak Dragan	SRB	GM	2553	2	1.5	5.5	2	2518
104	Kozul Zdenko	CRO	GM	2602	2	1.5	5	2	2526
	Sjugirov Sanan	RUS	GM	2602	2	1.5	5	2	2524
106	Alekseev Evgeny	RUS	GM	2700	2	1.5	5	1	2666
	Smirin Ilia	ISR	GM	2647	2	1.5	5	1	2622
	Predojevic Borki	BIH	GM	2639	2	1.5	5	1	2612
	Dvirnyy Daniyyl	ITA	IM	2450	2	1.5	5	1	2632
110	Beliavsky Alexander G	SLO	GM	2657	2	1.5	5	1	2596
	Kobalia Mikhail	RUS	GM	2637	2	1.5	5	1	2567
	Papaioannou Ioannis	GRE	GM	2630	2	1.5	5	1	2577
	L'Ami Erwin	NED	GM	2628	2	1.5	5	1	2564
	Hamitevici Vladimir	MDA	FM	2401	2	1.5	5	1	2784
115	Potapov Pavel	RUS	IM	2427	2	1.5	4.5	2	2745
	Firat Burak	TUR	FM	2398	2	1.5	4.5	2	2717
117	Iakemov Vladimir	UKR		2463	2	1.5	4.5	2	0
	Pankov German	RUS	FM	2353	2	1.5	4.5	2	0
119	Berkes Ferenc	HUN	GM	2659	2	1.5	4.5	1	2643
	Azarov Sergei	BLR	GM	2621	2	1.5	4.5	1	2590
	Gelashvili Tamaz	GEO	GM	2621	2	1.5	4.5	1	2591
	Rodshtein Maxim	ISR	GM	2609	2	1.5	4.5	1	2564
	Salgado Lopez Ivan	ESP	GM	2592	2	1.5	4.5	1	2531
	Babula Vlastimil	CZE	GM	2554	2	1.5	4.5	1	2613
125	Tomashevsky Evgeny	RUS	GM	2701	2	1.5	4.5	1	2635
	Postny Evgeny	ISR	GM	2641	2	1.5	4.5	1	2585
127	Korobov Anton	UKR	GM	2663	2	1.5	4.5	1	2564
128	Volokitin Andrei	UKR	GM	2687	2	1.5	4	1	2632
129	Macieja Bartlomiej	POL	GM	2625	2	1.5	4	1	2509
	Hracek Zbynek	CZE	GM	2615	2	1.5	4	1	2506
131	Gallagher Joseph G	SUI	GM	2486	2	1.5	3.5	1	2385
132	Sanikidze Tornike	GEO	GM	2566	2	1	5	2	2543
133	Arkell Keith C	ENG	GM	2474	2	1	5	2	2523
	Neubauer Martin	AUT	IM	2465	2	1	5	2	2512
135	Yemelin Vasily	RUS	GM	2576	2	1	4.5	2	2381
136	Georgiev Kiril	BUL	GM	2669	2	1	4.5	2	2606
	Savchenko Boris	RUS	GM	2652	2	1	4.5	2	2590
	Evdokimov Alexander A	RUS	GM	2564	2	1	4.5	2	2534
	Maslak Konstantin	RUS	GM	2560	2	1	4.5	2	2525
	Mrva Martin	SVK	GM	2485	2	1	4.5	2	2147
141	Shytaj Luca	ITA	IM	2472	2	1	4.5	2	2515
	Doric Darko	CRO	IM	2464	2	1	4.5	2	2458
	Potapov Alexander	RUS	GM	2446	2	1	4.5	2	2397
	Zufic Miroslav	CRO	IM	2445	2	1	4.5	2	2408
	Sahitaj Naim	EUR		0	2	1	4.5	2	2517
146	Nevednichy Vladislav	ROU	GM	2572	2	1	4	2	2568
	Holzke Frank	GER	GM	2526	2	1	4	2	2470
	Erdogdu Mert	TUR	IM	2502	2	1	4	2	2393
	Benidze Davit	GEO	IM	2499	2	1	4	2	2372
150	Carlsson Pontus	SWE	GM	2478	2	1	4	2	2541
	Durarbeyli Vasif	AZE	IM	2476	2	1	4	2	2533
	Onoprienko Vladimir	RUS	IM	2346	2	1	4	2	2466
153	Anisimov Pavel	RUS	IM	2519	2	1	3.5	2	2457
	Horvath Adam	HUN	GM	2501	2	1	3.5	2	2401
	Swiercz Dariusz	POL	GM	2488	2	1	3.5	2	2326
156	Najer Evgeniy	RUS	GM	2665	2	1	3.5	2	2150
	Kalegin Evgenij	RUS	IM	2456	2	1	3.5	2	2450
158	Almasi Zoltan	HUN	GM	2720	2	1	3.5	1	2474
	Berg Emanuel	SWE	GM	2594	2	1	3.5	1	2506
	Zhigalko Andrey	BLR	GM	2587	2	1	3.5	1	2549
	Popov Valerij	RUS	GM	2585	2	1	3.5	1	2533
	Rakhmanov Aleksandr	RUS	GM	2584	2	1	3.5	1	2498
163	Roiz Michael	ISR	GM	2652	2	1	3.5	1	2552
	Vuckovic Bojan	SRB	GM	2630	2	1	3.5	1	2526
165	Gasanov Eldar	UKR	GM	2514	2	1	3	2	2442
	Nanu Ciprian-Costica	ROU	IM	2505	2	1	3	2	2401
	Stern Rene	GER	IM	2501	2	1	3	2	2392
	Nigalidze Gaioz	GEO	IM	2486	2	1	3	2	2149
169	Baumegger Siegfried	AUT	IM	2442	2	1	3	2	2137
	Morchiashvili Bachana	GEO	IM	2345	2	1	3	2	2494
171	Drozdovskij Yuri	UKR	GM	2627	2	1	3	1	2526
172	Fercec Nenad	CRO	GM	2492	2	0.5	3	2	2351
173	Guseinov Gadir	AZE	GM	2609	1.5	2.5	6.5	1	2438
174	Fressinet Laurent	FRA	GM	2670	1.5	2	6.5	1	2525
175	Romanov Evgeny	RUS	GM	2600	1.5	2	5.5	1	2426
	Arutinian David	GEO	GM	2576	1.5	2	5.5	1	2454
	Janssen Ruud	NED	IM	2516	1.5	2	5.5	1	2423
178	Golubovic Boris	CRO	IM	2392	1.5	2	5.5	0	2615
	Zaslavsky Mikhail	ISR	FM	2391	1.5	2	5.5	0	2603
	Szamoskozi Gabor	HUN	FM	2347	1.5	2	5.5	0	2597
181	Stefansson Hannes	ISL	GM	2574	1.5	2	5	1	2538
	Minasian Artashes	ARM	GM	2568	1.5	2	5	1	2514
	Svetushkin Dmitry	MDA	GM	2554	1.5	2	5	1	2488
	Brkic Ante	CRO	GM	2543	1.5	2	5	1	2463
185	Boskovic Drasko	SRB	IM	2434	1.5	2	5	1	2534
	Caspi Israel	ISR	IM	2426	1.5	2	5	1	2523
	Malakhov Igor	RUS	FM	2425	1.5	2	5	1	2515
188	Jurcik Marian	SVK	IM	2510	1.5	2	4.5	1	2397
	Danielsen Henrik	ISL	GM	2494	1.5	2	4.5	1	2330
	Berescu Alin	ROU	GM	2486	1.5	2	4.5	1	2269
191	Zavgorodniy Sergiy	UKR	IM	2409	1.5	2	4.5	1	2481
	Sale Srdjan	CRO	IM	2396	1.5	2	4.5	1	2461
193	Balogh Csaba	HUN	GM	2622	1.5	1.5	6	1	2436
	Neverov Valeriy	UKR	GM	2542	1.5	1.5	6	1	2363
195	Pashikian Arman	ARM	GM	2652	1.5	1.5	5.5	1	2506
196	Meier Georg	GER	GM	2663	1.5	1.5	5.5	1	2487
	Mamedov Nidjat	AZE	GM	2623	1.5	1.5	5.5	1	2440
	Sulskis Sarunas	LTU	GM	2572	1.5	1.5	5.5	1	2434
	Ruck Robert	HUN	GM	2570	1.5	1.5	5.5	1	2435
	Godena Michele	ITA	GM	2561	1.5	1.5	5.5	1	2411
	Medvegy Zoltan	HUN	GM	2556	1.5	1.5	5.5	1	2403
	Raznikov Danny	ISR	FM	2331	1.5	1.5	5.5	1	2558
203	Bodiroga Predrag	SRB	IM	2422	1.5	1.5	5.5	1	2458
204	Jankovic Alojzije	CRO	GM	2569	1.5	1.5	5	1	2432
	San Segundo Carrillo Pablo	ESP	GM	2534	1.5	1.5	5	1	2355
	Papin Vasily	RUS	IM	2532	1.5	1.5	5	1	2367
207	Butnorius Algimantas	LTU	GM	2437	1.5	1.5	5	1	2488
	Fucak Emilijo	CRO	FM	2280	1.5	1.5	5	1	0
209	Petrosian Davit G	ARM	GM	2468	1.5	1.5	5	0	2561
	Azaladze Shota	GEO	IM	2433	1.5	1.5	5	0	2650
211	Cvitan Ognjen	CRO	GM	2550	1.5	1.5	4.5	1	2475
212	Damljanovic Branko	SRB	GM	2550	1.5	1.5	4.5	1	2377
	Miron Lucian-Costin	ROU	IM	2482	1.5	1.5	4.5	1	2032
214	Laznicka Viktor	CZE	GM	2659	1.5	1.5	4.5	1	2369
	Sakaev Konstantin	RUS	GM	2635	1.5	1.5	4.5	1	2357
	Yilmaz Mustafa	TUR	IM	2468	1.5	1.5	4.5	1	2383
	Petre Nad-Titus	ROU	FM	2410	1.5	1.5	4.5	1	2441
	Kanarek Marcel	POL	FM	2388	1.5	1.5	4.5	1	2420
	Sandalakis Angelos	GRE		2319	1.5	1.5	4.5	1	2270
220	Motylev Alexander	RUS	GM	2705	1.5	1.5	4.5	0	2448
	Bajarani Ulvi	AZE	FM	2395	1.5	1.5	4.5	0	2604
222	Banusz Tamas	HUN	IM	2517	1.5	1.5	4	1	2339
	Guliyev Namig	AZE	GM	2516	1.5	1.5	4	1	2325
	Llaneza Vega Marcos	ESP	IM	2514	1.5	1.5	4	1	2322
	Ekstroem Roland	SUI	IM	2491	1.5	1.5	4	1	2216
226	Bartel Mateusz	POL	GM	2634	1.5	1.5	4	1	2226
	Andriasian Zaven	ARM	GM	2609	1.5	1.5	4	1	2325
	Rasulov Vugar Ural Oglu	AZE	IM	2457	1.5	1.5	4	1	2550
	Schroll Gerhard	AUT	IM	2411	1.5	1.5	4	1	2457
	Lekic Dusan	MNE	IM	2396	1.5	1.5	4	1	2157
	Manea Alexandru	ROU	IM	2392	1.5	1.5	4	1	2397
	Medancic Rikard	CRO	IM	2311	1.5	1.5	4	1	2310
	Kunze Carlo	GER	FM	2306	1.5	1.5	4	1	2230
	Bente Bjoern	GER		2245	1.5	1.5	4	1	2082
235	Astengo Corrado	ITA		2136	1.5	1.5	4	1	2466
236	Berbatov Kiprian	BUL	IM	2481	1.5	1.5	3.5	1	2028
237	Kargin Arseny	RUS	IM	2400	1.5	1.5	3.5	1	2412
	Bentivegna Francesco	ITA	FM	2361	1.5	1.5	3.5	1	2361
	Hoffmann Paul	GER	FM	2361	1.5	1.5	3.5	1	2382
	Grimberg Boris	GER	FM	2352	1.5	1.5	3.5	1	2347
	Schiendorfer Emanuel	SUI	FM	2340	1.5	1.5	3.5	1	2358
	Chudinovskikh Alexander M	RUS	IM	2314	1.5	1.5	3.5	1	2266
	Djurovic Goran	CRO	FM	2276	1.5	1.5	3.5	1	2085
244	Ris Robert	NED	IM	2422	1.5	1.5	3.5	1	2312
245	Pavlidis Antonios	GRE		2376	1.5	1.5	3	1	2376
	Lorscheid Gerhard	GER	FM	2328	1.5	1.5	3	1	2347
247	Edouard Romain	FRA	GM	2617	1.5	1	4.5	1	2411
248	Goganov Aleksey	RUS	FM	2492	1.5	1	4	1	2201
249	Buhmann Rainer	GER	GM	2587	1.5	1	3.5	0	2309
250	Platzgummer Fabian	AUT	FM	2383	1.5	1	3	1	2383
251	Nijboer Friso	NED	GM	2562	1.5	1	3	0	2269
	Boros Denes	HUN	GM	2485	1.5	1	3	0	1921
253	Gagunashvili Merab	GEO	GM	2582	1.5	0.5	3.5	1	2398
254	Szabo Krisztian	HUN	IM	2513	1.5	0.5	2	1	2199
	Zueger Beat	SUI	IM	2425	1.5	0.5	2	1	2338
256	Cheparinov Ivan	BUL	GM	2657	1	2	6	1	2344
	Drazic Sinisa	SRB	GM	2545	1	2	6	1	2242
258	Gutov Andrey	RUS	GM	2437	1	2	6	1	2378
	Kurmann Oliver	SUI	IM	2432	1	2	6	1	2373
	Reutsky Sergei	RUS	IM	2404	1	2	6	1	2324
	Gradiser Dragoljub	CRO		1964	1	2	6	1	2319
262	Plat Vojtech	CZE	IM	2395	1	2	6	0	2495
	Tassopoulos Marios	GRE	FM	2245	1	2	6	0	2385
264	Gajewski Grzegorz	POL	GM	2567	1	2	5.5	1	2295
	Partys Petr	CZE		1977	1	2	5.5	1	2434
266	Vernay Clovis	FRA	IM	2440	1	2	5.5	1	2371
	Cioara Andrei-Nestor	ROU	IM	2430	1	2	5.5	1	2356
	Baron Tal	ISR	FM	2415	1	2	5.5	1	2338
	Jakovljevic Vlado	BIH	IM	2412	1	2	5.5	1	2326
	Neagos Raul-Alexandru	ROU		2110	1	2	5.5	1	2354
271	Feher Adam	HUN		2260	1	2	5.5	0	2423
272	Popilski Gil	ISR	CM	2441	1	2	5	1	1895
	Tosic Miroslav	SRB	GM	2439	1	2	5	1	2388
	Delorme Axel	FRA	IM	2429	1	2	5	1	2364
	Barle Janez	SLO	IM	2415	1	2	5	1	0
	Nedilko Vasily	UKR		2400	1	2	5	1	2318
	Ramesa Davor	CRO	FM	2339	1	2	5	1	2195
278	Zivkovic Elvis	CRO		0	1	2	5	0	0
279	Piscopo Pierluigi	ITA	IM	2418	1	2	5	0	2369
	Dimitrijevic Darko	CRO	FM	2272	1	2	5	0	2417
281	Buss Ralph	SUI	FM	2416	1	2	4.5	1	2344
	Martic Zlatko	CRO	FM	2404	1	2	4.5	1	2305
	Berkovich Mark A	ISR	IM	2401	1	2	4.5	1	2292
	Mazi Leon	SLO	IM	2375	1	2	4.5	1	2282
	Slavin Alexei	RUS	FM	2368	1	2	4.5	1	2268
	Valsecchi Alessio	ITA	FM	2360	1	2	4.5	1	2252
	Kozlitin Roman	RUS	FM	2344	1	2	4.5	1	2205
	Pavlidis Anastasios	GRE	FM	2338	1	2	4.5	1	0
	Sarbok Torsten	GER	FM	2319	1	2	4.5	1	2212
	Zelic Mladen	CRO	FM	2306	1	2	4.5	1	2173
	Bakalarz Mietek	LUX	IM	2300	1	2	4.5	1	2156
	Katzir Moshe	ISR		2288	1	2	4.5	1	2146
	Cucancic Sinisa	CRO		2271	1	2	4.5	1	2082
294	Bach Adrian-Kalman	ROU	FM	2251	1	2	4.5	1	1801
	Beletic Daniel	SLO		2232	1	2	4.5	1	2217
	Gebigke Martin	GER		2232	1	2	4.5	1	2214
	Tate Alan	SCO		2215	1	2	4.5	1	2207
	Ernst Michael	AUT		2166	1	2	4.5	1	2146
299	Djukic Nikola	MNE	GM	2509	1	2	4	1	2177
300	Kreisl Robert	AUT	IM	2389	1	2	4	1	2265
	Plenca Julijan	CRO	FM	2323	1	2	4	1	2164
	Boehnisch Manfred	GER	FM	2316	1	2	4	1	2202
	Baghdasaryan Vahe	ARM		2284	1	2	4	1	1965
	Pesotskyi Vitalii	UKR	IM	2282	1	2	4	1	2134
	Veleski Robert	MKD		2278	1	2	4	1	2100
306	Juranic Bruno	CRO		2220	1	2	4	1	2205
	Kostanjsek Zorko	CRO		2204	1	2	4	1	2191
	Jelecevic Ivo	CRO		2203	1	2	4	1	2183
	Pantaleoni Claudio	ITA		2179	1	2	4	1	2163
310	Shimanov Aleksandr	RUS	GM	2553	1	1.5	5	1	2261
311	Maevsky Nikolay	RUS		2275	1	1.5	5	0	2420
312	Lanzani Mario	ITA	IM	2371	1	1.5	5	0	2446
313	Hayes Peter J	IRL		2046	1	1.5	5	0	2314
314	Bar Aviv	ISR		2022	1	1.5	4.5	1	2322
315	Maiwald Jens-Uwe	GER	GM	2474	1	1.5	4.5	0	2464
	Wintzer Joachim Dr	GER	FM	2361	1	1.5	4.5	0	2437
317	Monjac Mislav	CRO		1882	1	1.5	4	1	0
318	Spika Ivica	CRO		2086	1	1.5	4	1	0
319	Sheskin Matan	ISR		2207	1	1.5	4	1	2200
320	Nyback Tomi	FIN	GM	2624	1	1.5	4	0	2278
321	Wittmann Walter	AUT	IM	2302	1	1.5	3.5	1	2093
	Jadrijevic Ante	CRO		2244	1	1.5	3.5	1	0
323	Mihok Oliver	HUN	FM	2403	1	1.5	3.5	1	0
	Spichkin Alexander	RUS		2241	1	1.5	3.5	1	2282
	Sgnaolin Davide	ITA		2234	1	1.5	3.5	1	2267
	Guidi Maurizio	ITA		2067	1	1.5	3.5	1	1913
327	Vdovenko Volodymyr	UKR		0	1	1.5	3.5	0	0
328	Papadakis Michalis	GRE		2244	1	1.5	3	1	2296
	Civric Zdravko	SRB		2207	1	1.5	3	1	2203
	Pogosian Vladimir	ARM		2204	1	1.5	3	1	2187
	Reinwald Patrick	AUT		2096	1	1.5	3	1	0
332	Loncar Robert	CRO	IM	2424	1	1	4.5	1	2164
333	Todorovic Goran M	SRB	GM	2453	1	1	4.5	0	2255
334	Rukavina Josip	CRO	IM	2409	1	1	4	0	2138
	Elkin Leonid	BLR		2189	1	1	4	0	2354
336	Faika Michael	GER		2114	1	1	3.5	1	2101
337	Brunello Sabino	ITA	IM	2476	1	1	3.5	0	2312
338	Jacobsen Bo	DEN		2375	1	1	3	1	2083
	Dragomirescu Robin-Alexandru	ROU	FM	2372	1	1	3	1	2101
	Barlocco Carlo	ITA	FM	2173	1	1	3	1	2167
	Milonakis Georgios	GRE		2154	1	1	3	1	2133
	Valenti Giuseppe	ITA	FM	2130	1	1	3	1	2108
	Chubar Vladimir	UKR	IM	2124	1	1	3	1	0
	Hetzer Volkhard	GER		2091	1	1	3	1	1922
	Schweitzer Werner	AUT		2081	1	1	3	1	1917
346	Hartung Jerry	LUX		2191	1	1	2.5	1	2181
	Sikanjic Bojan	CRO		2170	1	1	2.5	1	2156
	Demel Paul	GER		2155	1	1	2.5	1	2126
	Kinez Ivo	CRO		2138	1	1	2.5	1	2118
	Burstein Almog	ISR		2100	1	1	2.5	1	2093
	Bozinovic Boban	AUT		2086	1	1	2.5	1	2056
352	Ortega Lexy	ITA	GM	2479	0.5	2	5.5	0	2324
	Nedochetov Mikhail	RUS	IM	2299	0.5	2	5.5	0	2273
354	Pfeifer Antun	CRO		1900	0.5	2	4.5	0	2072
355	Voiteanu Gabriel	ROU	FM	2254	0.5	1.5	5.5	0	2256
356	Schmidt Raul	ROU	IM	2387	0.5	1.5	5	0	2313
	Nakar Eylon	ISR		2264	0.5	1.5	5	0	2261
	Kadric Denis	BIH		2171	0.5	1.5	5	0	2245
	Hamiti Gani	EUR		0	0.5	1.5	5	0	2242
360	Pancevski Filip	MKD	IM	2423	0.5	1.5	5	0	2040
	Bakin Alexander	RUS	FM	2232	0.5	1.5	5	0	2231
362	Dinter Brian	CRO		2124	0.5	1.5	4.5	0	2184
363	Krauss Josef	GER		2102	0.5	1.5	4.5	0	1915
	Dujic Davor	CRO		1606	0.5	1.5	4.5	0	2025
365	Mihalinec Damir	CRO		2232	0.5	1.5	4	0	2219
366	Ofstad Per	NOR		2197	0.5	1.5	4	0	2030
	Piro Valerio	ITA		2069	0.5	1.5	4	0	1893
368	Welz Peter Dr	GER	FM	2148	0.5	1.5	3.5	0	2193
369	Malachi Avraham	ISR		2188	0.5	1	4	0	2028
370	Levine Yonatan	ISR		2100	0.5	1	3.5	0	2186
371	Winkler Stefan	GER		1877	0.5	1	3.5	0	2066
	Tica Sven	CRO		1562	0.5	1	3.5	0	2002
373	Camber Ivan	CRO		1921	0	1.5	5.5	0	1551
374	Jambresic Jurica	CRO		1898	0	1.5	5	0	1545
	Rafaelic Denis	CRO		1714	0	1.5	5	0	1506
376	Haznedaroglu Kivanc	TUR	GM	2501	0	1.5	4.5	0	0
	Muskardin Mario	CRO		2085	0	1.5	4.5	0	0
	Lazic Dusko	CRO		2050	0	1.5	4.5	0	1644
	Nastic Milorad	CRO		2009	0	1.5	4.5	0	1582
	Stefan Mario	CRO		1973	0	1.5	4.5	0	1573
	Zrilic Bozo	CRO		1968	0	1.5	4.5	0	1568
	Pejic Igor	CRO		1912	0	1.5	4.5	0	1553
	Dubrovic Rafael	CRO		1577	0	1.5	4.5	0	1495
	Samanic Patrik	CRO		0	0	1.5	4.5	0	1480
385	Valkovic Kristian	CRO		2027	0	1.5	4	0	1587
	Jokic Miljenko	CRO		1949	0	1.5	4	0	1559
	Von Mahren Bivoj	CZE		0	0	1.5	4	0	1464
388	Mateta Marin	CRO		1718	0	1.5	3.5	0	0
389	Antoniacci Riccardo	ITA		1934	0	1	4.5	0	0
	Krsnik Cohar Ivan Vihor	CRO		1780	0	1	4.5	0	1519
391	Durandeau Jean-Marie	FRA		2040	0	1	4	0	1632
	Lanzani Giuliano	ITA		1992	0	1	4	0	1579
	Srdoc Nenad	FRA		1954	0	1	4	0	1563
	Nakas Spyridon	GRE		1949	0	1	4	0	1556
	Dubrovic Mihovil	CRO		1876	0	1	4	0	1539
	Gandolfi Gianfranco	ITA		1855	0	1	4	0	1532
	Lekic Lazar	MNE		1849	0	1	4	0	1536
	Russo Carmelo	ITA		1739	0	1	4	0	1510
	Dubrovic Gabriel	CRO		1687	0	1	4	0	1490
	Dubrovic Romuald	CRO		0	0	1	4	0	1487
	Rakita Risto	CRO		0	0	1	4	0	0
402	Porfireanu Serban	ROU		2034	0	1	3.5	0	1621
	Klasan Elvis	CRO		1995	0	1	3.5	0	1578
	Di Lazzaro Gabriele	ITA		1911	0	1	3.5	0	0
	Mravic Filip	CRO		1769	0	1	3.5	0	1524
	Plenca Jadranko	CRO		1718	0	1	3.5	0	1503
	Tomulic Teo	CRO		1598	0	1	3.5	0	1483
408	Cabrijan Ivan	CRO		1811	0	1	3	0	0

11th EICC Women Rijeka (CRO), 6-17 iii 2010 Round 3 (of 11) Standings:
Rk.	Name	FED	Ti	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp
1	Socko Monika	POL	GM	2465	3	2	6	3	3114
2	Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan	SCO	GM	2447	3	2	5.5	3	3116
3	Chelushkina Irina	SRB	WGM	2319	3	2	5	3	3152
4	Kosintseva Tatiana	RUS	GM	2524	3	1.5	4	3	3158
5	Muzychuk Mariya	UKR	IM	2444	2.5	2	6.5	2	2563
6	Kosintseva Nadezhda	RUS	IM	2554	2.5	2	6	2	2637
7	Muzychuk Anna	SLO	IM	2533	2.5	2	5.5	2	2620
	Moser Eva	AUT	IM	2437	2.5	2	5.5	2	2634
9	Skripchenko Almira	FRA	IM	2456	2.5	1.5	5	2	2582
	Zawadzka Jolanta	POL	WGM	2404	2.5	1.5	5	2	2579
	Sedina Elena	ITA	IM	2334	2.5	1.5	5	2	2637
12	Cmilyte Viktorija	LTU	IM	2485	2.5	1.5	5	2	2576
13	Stefanova Antoaneta	BUL	GM	2555	2.5	1.5	5	2	2564
14	Cramling Pia	SWE	GM	2523	2.5	1.5	4.5	2	2604
	Rajlich Iweta	POL	IM	2459	2.5	1.5	4.5	2	2561
	Gunina Valentina	RUS	WFM	2457	2.5	1.5	4.5	2	2558
17	Zhukova Natalia	UKR	WGM	2492	2.5	1.5	4.5	2	2574
18	Dzagnidze Nana	GEO	GM	2479	2.5	1.5	4	2	2568
	Ushenina Anna	UKR	IM	2452	2.5	1.5	4	2	2554
	Khurtsidze Nino	GEO	IM	2434	2.5	1.5	4	2	2521
	Galojan Lilit	ARM	WGM	2380	2.5	1.5	4	2	2491
22	Purtseladze Maka	GEO	IM	2299	2.5	1.5	3.5	2	2506
23	Bodnaruk Anastasia	RUS	WGM	2384	2.5	1	4	2	2229
24	Bojkovic Natasa	SRB	IM	2384	2.5	1	3	2	2462
	Matveeva Svetlana	RUS	IM	2373	2.5	1	3	2	2484
26	Cosma Elena-Luminita	ROU	WGM	2346	2.5	0.5	2.5	2	2557
27	Javakhishvili Lela	GEO	IM	2500	2	2	6.5	2	2385
28	Romanko Marina	RUS	IM	2409	2	2	6	2	2411
29	Sebag Marie	FRA	GM	2506	2	2	6	1	2446
	Hoang Thanh Trang	HUN	GM	2487	2	2	6	1	2431
31	Kovanova Baira	RUS	WGM	2385	2	2	5.5	2	2396
	Schneider Veronika	HUN	WIM	2314	2	2	5.5	2	2499
33	Gaponenko Inna	UKR	IM	2472	2	2	5.5	1	2416
34	Gvetadze Sopio	GEO	IM	2342	2	2	5	1	2513
35	Kochetkova Julia	RUS	WGM	2313	2	2	4.5	1	2435
	Kadziolka Beata	POL	WGM	2311	2	2	4.5	1	2423
	Doluhanova Evgeniya	UKR	WGM	2297	2	2	4.5	1	2307
38	Foisor Cristina-Adela	ROU	IM	2433	2	1.5	5.5	2	2457
39	Pavlidou Ekaterini	GRE		2135	2	1.5	4.5	2	2451
40	Melia Salome	GEO	IM	2467	2	1.5	4.5	1	2417
	Vega Gutierrez Sabrina	ESP	WGM	2314	2	1.5	4.5	1	2477
42	Peng Zhaoqin	NED	GM	2401	2	1.5	4.5	1	2388
43	Savina Anastasia	RUS	WGM	2391	2	1.5	4	1	2373
44	Kovalevskaya Ekaterina	RUS	IM	2438	2	1	5	2	2385
45	Motoc Alina	ROU	WGM	2348	2	1	4.5	2	2450
46	Kashlinskaya Alina	RUS	WGM	2332	2	1	4.5	2	0
47	Paehtz Elisabeth	GER	IM	2486	2	1	4	2	2404
	Majdan Joanna	POL	WGM	2364	2	1	4	2	2457
	Mammadova Gulnar	AZE	WFM	2299	2	1	4	2	2266
	Vojinovic Jovana	MNE	WGM	2296	2	1	4	2	2081
	Ziaziulkina Nastassia	BLR	WFM	2188	2	1	4	2	2476
52	Melnikova Yana	RUS	WGM	2272	2	1	4	2	2406
	Mamedjarova Turkan	AZE	WGM	2269	2	1	4	2	2363
	Lomako Anna	RUS	WFM	2258	2	1	4	2	2333
55	Manakova Maria	SRB	WGM	2315	2	1	4	1	2357
56	Kursova Maria	RUS	WGM	2296	2	1	3.5	2	2210
	Kostiuk Tatiana	UKR	WGM	2294	2	1	3.5	2	2079
58	Zdebskaja Natalia	UKR	WGM	2390	2	1	3.5	2	2359
	Mrvova Alena	SVK		2239	2	1	3.5	2	2115
60	Milliet Sophie	FRA	IM	2391	2	1	3.5	1	2363
61	Dembo Yelena	GRE	IM	2457	2	1	3.5	1	2370
62	Zakurdjaeva Irina	RUS	WGM	2313	2	1	2.5	1	2211
63	Papp Petra	HUN		2263	2	0.5	3	2	2035
64	Nikolova Adriana	BUL	WIM	2348	2	0.5	3	1	2414
65	Brunello Marina	ITA	WIM	2217	1.5	2.5	7	1	2399
66	Kachiani-Gersinska Ketino	GER	IM	2346	1.5	2.5	6	1	2398
	Borosova Zuzana	SVK	WIM	2307	1.5	2.5	6	1	2292
	Sargac Rajna	CRO	WIM	2157	1.5	2.5	6	1	2367
69	Berend Elvira	LUX	WGM	2299	1.5	2.5	5.5	1	2205
70	Arabidze Meri	GEO	WIM	2292	1.5	2.5	5.5	1	2415
	Guramishvili Sopiko	GEO	WGM	2266	1.5	2.5	5.5	1	2414
72	Calzetta Ruiz Monica	ESP	WGM	2296	1.5	2.5	5	1	2146
73	Danielian Elina	ARM	IM	2491	1.5	2	4.5	1	2308
	Paulet Iozefina	ROU	WGM	2303	1.5	2	4.5	1	2283
75	Przezdziecka Marta	POL	WGM	2254	1.5	2	4.5	1	2345
76	Girya Olga	RUS	WGM	2362	1.5	1.5	6	1	2321
77	Kouvatsou Maria	GRE	WGM	2161	1.5	1.5	5.5	1	2340
78	Mkrtchian Lilit	ARM	IM	2503	1.5	1.5	5	1	2289
	Nebolsina Vera	RUS	WGM	2310	1.5	1.5	5	1	2275
80	Dolzhykova Kateryna	UKR	WIM	2290	1.5	1.5	5	1	2316
	Sandu Mihaela	ROU	WGM	2278	1.5	1.5	5	1	2288
82	Lomineishvili Maia	GEO	IM	2385	1.5	1.5	4.5	1	2244
	Worek Joanna	POL	WIM	2245	1.5	1.5	4.5	1	2414
84	Yildiz Betul Cemre	TUR	WIM	2244	1.5	1.5	4.5	1	2106
85	Aginian Nelly	ARM	WGM	2296	1.5	1.5	4	1	2128
	Solic Kristina	CRO	WIM	2192	1.5	1.5	4	1	2293
87	Tarasova Viktoriya	RUS	WIM	2261	1.5	1.5	4	1	2336
	Ivakhinova Inna	RUS	WIM	2218	1.5	1.5	4	1	2266
89	Dworakowska Joanna	POL	IM	2356	1.5	1.5	3.5	1	2239
	Butuc Maria	RUS	WIM	2194	1.5	1.5	3.5	1	2310
91	Borsuk Angela	ISR	IM	2338	1.5	1	4.5	1	2263
	Zimina Olga	ITA	IM	2319	1.5	1	4.5	1	2234
93	Molchanova Tatjana	RUS	WIM	2369	1.5	1	4	1	2311
94	Vasilevich Tatjana	UKR	IM	2414	1.5	1	3	1	2154
95	Sikorova Olga	CZE	WIM	2256	1.5	0.5	3.5	1	2121
96	Paikidze Nazi	GEO	WIM	2322	1.5	0.5	3	1	2181
97	Charkhalashvili Inga	GEO	WGM	2338	1.5	0.5	2.5	1	2196
98	Fakhiridou Ekaterini	GRE	WIM	2252	1	2.5	5	1	2037
99	Umudova Nargiz	AZE	WIM	2211	1	2.5	5	1	2013
100	Fuchs Judith	GER	WIM	2222	1	2	6	0	2260
101	Makropoulou Marina	GRE	WGM	2225	1	2	5.5	1	2257
102	Mamedjarova Zeinab	AZE	WGM	2289	1	2	5.5	1	2176
	Ozturk Kubra	TUR	WIM	2260	1	2	5.5	1	2176
104	Shaydullina Sandugach	RUS	WGM	2218	1	2	5.5	0	2163
105	Pertlova Sona	CZE	WIM	2262	1	2	5	1	2194
	Gromova Iulia	RUS	WIM	2226	1	2	5	1	2242
107	Kharatyan Anahit	ARM		2117	1	2	5	1	1965
108	Samanic Lorena	CRO		0	1	2	5	0	0
109	Drljevic Ljilja	SRB	WIM	2248	1	2	4.5	1	2043
	Franciskovic Borka	CRO	WIM	2245	1	2	4.5	1	1994
111	Schut Lisa	NED	WIM	2224	1	2	4.5	1	2116
112	Toma Katarzyna	POL	WIM	2259	1	2	4	1	2132
	Videnova Iva	BUL	WIM	2258	1	2	4	1	2123
	Jelica Mara	CRO	WIM	2235	1	2	4	1	1853
	Berke Ana	CRO	WFM	2097	1	2	4	1	2157
116	Partac Elena	MDA	WGM	2172	1	2	4	1	1984
117	Boyarchenko Marie	LUX		2009	1	1.5	5	0	2221
118	Van Weersel Arlette	NED	WIM	2197	1	1.5	5	0	2238
119	Papadopoulou Vera	GRE	WIM	2228	1	1.5	5	0	2205
120	Khotenashvili Bela	GEO	IM	2448	1	1.5	4.5	1	2121
	Semenova Irina	RUS	WGM	2272	1	1.5	4.5	1	2136
122	Kushka Alena	RUS	WFM	2164	1	1.5	4.5	0	2187
123	Coimbra Margarida	POR	WFM	2123	1	1.5	4.5	0	2161
	Cherednichenko Elena	UKR	WFM	2100	1	1.5	4.5	0	2159
125	Bogumil Tatiana	RUS	WFM	2201	1	1.5	4	1	2046
126	Makka Ioulia	GRE	WIM	2180	1	1.5	3	1	1941
127	Tsatsalashvili Keti	GEO	WIM	2326	1	1	4	0	2056
128	Isgandarova Khayala	AZE	WIM	2224	1	1	4	0	2165
129	Severiukhina Zoja	RUS	WIM	2355	1	1	3.5	1	1921
	Haast Anne	NED		2235	1	1	3.5	1	2176
	Baciu Diana	MDA	WFM	2146	1	1	3.5	1	1810
132	Abdulla Khayala	AZE		2141	1	1	3.5	0	2172
133	Cherednichenko Svetlana	UKR	WGM	2337	1	1	3.5	0	2068
134	Kopinits Anna-Christina	AUT	WIM	2183	1	1	3	1	1956
	Ikonomopoulou Maria	GRE		2081	1	1	3	1	1800
136	Kanceljak Dalia	CRO		1939	1	1	2.5	1	2152
137	Danelia Mariam	GEO	WIM	2199	0.5	2	6	0	2079
	Trofimova Antonina	RUS	WIM	2182	0.5	2	6	0	2044
	Efroimski Marsel	ISR	WFM	2178	0.5	2	6	0	2043
140	Brunello Roberta	ITA		2043	0.5	2	4.5	0	2012
141	Kazimova Narmin	AZE	WIM	2212	0.5	1.5	5.5	0	2091
142	Hoolt Sarah	GER	WIM	2215	0.5	1.5	5	0	2104
	Tonel Giulia	ITA		2023	0.5	1.5	5	0	1968
144	Djukic Sandra	SRB		2214	0.5	1.5	5	0	2075
	Semenova Elena	RUS	WFM	2195	0.5	1.5	5	0	2044
146	Medic Mirjana	CRO	WGM	2279	0.5	1.5	5	0	1981
147	Kukic Lora	CRO		1723	0.5	1.5	4	0	2030
148	Starcevic Andrea	CRO		1712	0	2	5	0	1443
	Rakipov Natasa	CRO		0	0	2	5	0	1405
150	De Seroux Camille	SUI		2019	0	1.5	4.5	0	1469
	Batory Lucija	CRO		1575	0	1.5	4.5	0	1440
152	Yusuphanova Sadi-Carolin	ISR		1843	0	1	4.5	0	1453
153	Racki Barbara	CRO		1698	0	1	4	0	1453
	Hrlec Mia	CRO		0	0	1	4	0	1426
155	Nemcova Katerina	CZE	WGM	2264	0	1	3.5	0	1376
	Tomulic Vesna	CRO		1930	0	1	3.5	0	1462
	Goslawska Cecylia	POL		1683	0	1	3.5	0	1420
	Samanic Verena	CRO		1607	0	1	3.5	0	1441

3) Gotth' Art Cup 2010

The Gotth' Art Cup 2010 took place 22nd February - 4th March 2010. Alexander Beliavsky took clear first place with 6.5/9 half a point clear of Lajos Portisch and Richard Rapport. 13 year old Rapport earned his final GM norm. Anna Rudolf took clear first place with 6.5/9 in the IM Group.

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	*	0	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	6½	2655
2.	Portisch, Lajos	g	HUN	2519	1	*	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	6	2630
3.	Rapport, Richard	f	HUN	2444	½	0	*	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	6	2638
4.	Banusz, Tamas	m	HUN	2517	0	½	0	*	1	1	½	½	½	1	5	2548
5.	Prohaszka, Peter	m	HUN	2501	½	½	½	0	*	½	½	½	1	½	4½	2507
6.	Vajda, Levente	g	ROU	2519	0	½	½	0	½	*	½	½	1	1	4½	2505
7.	Ftacnik, Lubomir	g	SVK	2546	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	1	0	0	3½	2422
8.	Bokros, Albert	m	HUN	2479	½	½	0	½	½	½	0	*	½	½	3½	2429
9.	Neubauer, Martin	m	AUT	2465	0	½	0	½	0	0	1	½	*	1	3½	2431
10.	Fodor, Tamas jr	f	HUN	2417	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	½	0	*	2	2296

Round 8 (March 2, 2010)
Portisch, Lajos	- Ftacnik, Lubomir	½-½	16	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Prohaszka, Peter	- Vajda, Levente	½-½	69	E70	King's Indian Fianchetto
Bokros, Albert	- Beliavsky, Alexander G	½-½	51	C90	Ruy Lopez
Neubauer, Martin	- Banusz, Tamas	½-½	87	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Fodor, Tamas jr	- Rapport, Richard	0-1	29	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Round 9 (March 3, 2010)
Beliavsky, Alexander G	- Fodor, Tamas jr	1-0	36	D09	Albin Counter Gambit
Rapport, Richard	- Portisch, Lajos	0-1	39	D36	QGD Exchange
Banusz, Tamas	- Bokros, Albert	½-½	62	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Vajda, Levente	- Neubauer, Martin	1-0	53	A07	Barcza System
Ftacnik, Lubomir	- Prohaszka, Peter	½-½	115	D11	Slav Defence

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	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	6½	2499
2.	Gergacz, Attila	f	HUN	2421	0	*	0	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	6	2442
3.	Lorand, Norbert	f	HUN	2346	0	1	*	½	1	½	1	0	1	½	5½	2406
4.	Nagy, Gabor		HUN	2278	½	0	½	*	½	½	1	1	½	1	5½	2413
5.	Paschall, William M	m	USA	2398	½	½	0	½	*	½	0	1	1	1	5	2363
6.	Szabo, Bence		HUN	2261	0	0	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	1	4½	2335
7.	Baratosi, Daniel	f	ROU	2396	½	½	0	0	1	½	*	0	1	½	4	2277
8.	Biro, Sandor	m	ROU	2298	½	0	1	0	0	0	1	*	1	½	4	2288
9.	Feher, Adam		HUN	2260	½	0	0	½	0	½	0	0	*	½	2	2115
10.	Banas, Jan	m	SVK	2341	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	*	2	2106

Round 8 (March 2, 2010)
Rudolf, Anna	- Nagy, Gabor	½-½	20	B52	Sicilian Rossolimo
Paschall, William M	- Biro, Sandor	1-0	37	A00	Irregular Openings
Szabo, Bence	- Gergacz, Attila	0-1	44	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Feher, Adam	- Baratosi, Daniel	0-1	60	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Banas, Jan	- Lorand, Norbert	½-½	25	A29	English Four Knights
Round 9 (March 3, 2010)
Gergacz, Attila	- Paschall, William M	½-½	92	B27	Sicilian Early Fianchetto
Lorand, Norbert	- Szabo, Bence	½-½	42	B54	Sicilian Rauzer
Nagy, Gabor	- Feher, Adam	½-½	25	B87	Sicilian Sozin Attack
Baratosi, Daniel	- Banas, Jan	½-½	25	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Biro, Sandor	- Rudolf, Anna	½-½	12	C00	French Defence

4) Reykjavik Open

The Reykjavík Open 2010 took place 24th February - 3rd March 2010. Ivan Sokolov edged out Yurij Kozubov, Abhijeet Gupta and Hannes Stefansson on tie-break after all scored 7/9.

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	+46	+38	+30	-19	+21	+5	+3	-2	+14	7	2714
2.	Gupta, Abhijeet	g	IND	2577	+56	+34	-19	+40	=17	+9	+23	+1	=4	7	2656
3.	Kuzubov, Yuriy	g	UKR	2634	+42	+23	=20	=18	+13	+19	-1	+12	+15	7	2685
4.	Stefansson, Hannes	g	ISL	2574	+74	+31	=49	+9	=12	=10	+11	+22	=2	7	2674
5.	Baklan, Vladimir	g	UKR	2654	+57	+26	+14	=10	+19	-1	=12	=11	+24	6½	2647
6.	Dreev, Alexey	g	RUS	2650	+45	+44	=22	=20	=18	=23	+19	+25	=8	6½	2632
7.	Ehlvest, Jaan	g	USA	2600	+43	+40	=9	=13	=20	-17	+41	+44	+18	6½	2582
8.	Shulman, Yuri	g	USA	2624	+76	+27	-10	=17	=28	+29	+49	+21	=6	6½	2593
9.	Cori, Jorge	f	PER	2483	+63	+59	=7	-4	+33	-2	+47	+31	+22	6½	2582
10.	Harika, Dronavalli	m	IND	2471	+55	+51	+8	=5	=22	=4	-18	+48	=11	6	2606
11.	Miezis, Normunds	g	LAT	2533	=66	+82	=35	+41	+38	+27	-4	=5	=10	6	2498
12.	Danielsen, Henrik	g	ISL	2495	+64	=37	+73	+48	=4	=22	=5	-3	+38	6	2579
13.	Ivanov, Mikhail M	g	RUS	2465	+58	=52	+53	=7	-3	+50	+51	-14	+36	6	2445
14.	Lenderman, Alex	m	USA	2560	+77	+41	-5	-34	+76	+40	+17	+13	-1	6	2535
15.	Kveinys, Aloyzas	g	LTU	2536	+61	=35	-17	+86	+54	=26	+38	+18	-3	6	2499
16.	Galego, Luis	g	POR	2487	-86	+104	=76	+45	+67	=25	=27	=23	+41	6	2378
17.	Boskovic, Drasko	m	SRB	2454	+85	=53	+15	=8	=2	+7	-14	-24	+52	5½	2525
18.	Nyzhnyk, Illya	m	UKR	2495	+65	=33	+52	=3	=6	+34	+10	-15	-7	5½	2528
19.	Bromann, Thorbjorn	m	DEN	2434	+69	+88	+2	+1	-5	-3	-6	+37	=32	5½	2474
20.	Romanishin, Oleg M	g	UKR	2512	+72	+67	=3	=6	=7	=49	=31	=27	=29	5½	2522
21.	Krush, Irina	m	USA	2455	+50	=73	=39	+37	-1	+32	+28	-8	=23	5½	2431
22.	Nataf, Igor-Alexandre	g	FRA	2534	+71	+54	=6	+49	=10	=12	+24	-4	-9	5½	2542
23.	Karavade, Eesha	wg	IND	2405	+75	-3	+74	+61	+30	=6	-2	=16	=21	5½	2478
24.	Grandelius, Nils	m	SWE	2515	=39	+66	=37	+51	=34	+44	-22	+17	-5	5½	2447
25.	Maze, Sebastien	g	FRA	2554	=36	+95	=28	=54	+62	=16	+26	-6	=27	5½	2418
26.	Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor	m	ISL	2429	+84	-5	+36	=28	+53	=15	-25	+59	=33	5½	2434
27.	Thorfinnsson, Bragi	m	ISL	2398	+78	-8	+77	+39	+48	-11	=16	=20	=25	5½	2470
28.	Sachdev, Tania	m	IND	2398	+93	=48	=25	=26	=8	+70	-21	=52	+50	5½	2384
29.	Ansell, Simon T	m	ENG	2381	+79	-30	-86	+58	+56	-8	+66	+42	=20	5½	2332
30.	Kogan, Artur	g	ISR	2524	+80	+29	-1	+35	-23	-41	=59	+77	+54	5½	2425
31.	Kjartansson, Gudmundur	f	ISL	2391	+97	-4	-61	+63	+43	+37	=20	-9	+48	5½	2386
32.	Lagerman, Robert	f	ISL	2347	-88	+69	=63	=36	+61	-21	+58	+65	=19	5½	2207
33.	Westerinen, Heikki M.J	g	FIN	2333	+81	=18	-48	+66	-9	+80	=34	+49	=26	5½	2391
34.	Gislason, Gudmundur		ISL	2382	+70	-2	+72	+14	=24	-18	=33	-36	+74	5	2346
35.	Johannesson, Ingvar Thor	f	ISL	2330	+60	=15	=11	-30	=36	=65	=50	=62	+71	5	2277
36.	Player, Edmund C		ENG	2156	=25	+62	-26	=32	=35	=67	+78	+34	-13	5	2394
37.	Carstensen, Jacob	f	DEN	2317	+96	=12	=24	-21	+39	-31	+69	-19	+72	5	2287
38.	Cori T., Deysi	wm	PER	2412	+91	-1	+56	+42	-11	+52	-15	+51	-12	5	2390
39.	Omarsson, Dadi		ISL	2131	=24	+47	=21	-27	-37	+97	-40	+79	+59	5	2335
40.	Arngrimsson, Dagur	m	ISL	2383	+83	-7	+71	-2	+89	-14	+39	=43	=49	5	2339
41.	Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn		ISL	2358	+101	-14	+65	-11	+74	+30	-7	+60	-16	5	2314
42.	Halldorsson, Gudmundur		ISL	2197	-3	+75	+85	-38	-50	+63	+70	-29	+62	5	2227
43.	Thorgeirsson, Sverrir		ISL	2176	-7	=78	=87	+85	-31	+64	+79	=40	=44	5	2246
44.	Thorhallsson, Throstur	g	ISL	2426	+87	-6	+89	=67	+80	-24	+53	-7	=43	5	2357
45.	Olafsson, Thorvardur		ISL	2217	-6	=87	+78	-16	-68	+83	+89	=47	+65	5	2215
46.	Steil-Antoni, Fiona	wf	LUX	2198	-1	=91	=90	+82	=86	-48	=55	+84	+64	5	2179
47.	Olsen, Heini	f	FAI	2355	=104	-39	+91	=76	=77	+86	-9	=45	+66	5	2162
48.	Hillarp Persson, Tiger	g	SWE	2581	+89	=28	+33	-12	-27	+46	+62	-10	-31	4½	2356
49.	Grover, Sahaj	f	IND	2448	+68	+86	=4	-22	+59	=20	-8	-33	=40	4½	2373
50.	Vaarala, Eric		SWE	2032	-21	+92	=59	=52	+42	-13	=35	+67	-28	4½	2258
51.	Thorsteinsson, Thorsteinn	f	ISL	2278	+98	-10	+58	-24	+72	+54	-13	-38	=55	4½	2228
52.	Ptacnikova, Lenka	wg	ISL	2315	+99	=13	-18	=50	+64	-38	+82	=28	-17	4½	2224
53.	Thompson, Ian D	f	ENG	2266	+103	=17	-13	+68	-26	+55	-44	-54	+60	4½	2163
54.	Thorfinnsson, Bjorn	f	ISL	2383	+102	-22	+64	=25	-15	-51	+80	+53	-30	4½	2307
55.	Guttulsrud, Odd Martin		NOR	2061	-10	=98	+95	-59	+96	-53	=46	+73	=51	4½	2090
56.	Ni, Viktorija	wf	LAT	2162	-2	+83	-38	+87	-29	-69	+91	=63	+80	4½	2152
57.	Bick, John D	f	USA	2248	-5	+84	=68	-62	-78	-60	+102	+85	+83	4½	2038
58.	Scholzen, Wolfgang		GER	2040	-13	+99	-51	-29	+95	+76	-32	=61	+77	4½	2151
59.	Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn	f	ISL	2317	+94	-9	=50	+55	-49	+68	=30	-26	-39	4	2159
60.	Johannsson, Orn Leo		ISL	1710	-35	-64	+93	=65	=63	+57	+71	-41	-53	4	2134
61.	Bjornsson, Tomas	f	ISL	2155	-15	+101	+31	-23	-32	=87	=68	=58	=63	4	2124
62.	Sareen, Vishal	m	IND	2364	=95	-36	+88	+57	-25	+77	-48	=35	-42	4	2148
63.	Flaata, Alexander R		NOR	2069	-9	+96	=32	-31	=60	-42	+90	=56	=61	4	2053
64.	Thorsteinsson, Erlingur		ISL	2123	-12	+60	-54	+88	-52	-43	+75	+69	-46	4	2061
65.	Tozer, Philip		ENG	2119	-18	+94	-41	=60	+84	=35	+67	-32	-45	4	2123
66.	Andersson, Christin	wm	SWE	2135	=11	-24	+98	-33	=97	+75	-29	+68	-47	4	2128
67.	Zaremba, Andrie	f	USA	2360	+90	-20	+82	=44	-16	=36	-65	-50	+87	4	2123
68.	Christensen, Esben		DEN	2008	-49	+100	=57	-53	+45	-59	=61	-66	+88	4	2062
69.	Kleinert, Juergen		GER	2004	-19	-32	+81	-89	+88	+56	-37	-64	+94	4	2032
70.	Fridthjofsdottir, Sigurlaug Regina		ISL	1809	-34	-77	+103	+71	+73	-28	-42	-80	+89	4	2108
71.	Ragnarsson, Johann		ISL	2140	-22	+79	-40	-70	+90	+91	-60	+82	-35	4	2015
72.	De Andres Gonalons, Fernando		ESP	2124	-20	+81	-34	+90	-51	-79	+97	+78	-37	4	2044
73.	Einarsson, Halldor	f	ISL	2260	+92	=21	-12	-80	-70	+102	=86	-55	+93	4	1988
74.	Hjartarson, Bjarni		ISL	2162	-4	+102	-23	+75	-41	-82	+93	+86	-34	4	2128
75.	Thorsteinsdottir, Hallgerdur		ISL	1946	-23	-42	+94	-74	+100	-66	-64	+99	+86	4	1941
76.	Halldorsson, Jon Arni		ISL	2189	-8	+93	=16	=47	-14	-58	=84	=87	=78	3½	2128
77.	Ocantos, Manuel		ARG	2158	-14	+70	-27	+83	=47	-62	+87	-30	-58	3½	2129
78.	Benediktsson, Frimann		ISL	1930	-27	=43	-45	+104	+57	=89	-36	-72	=76	3½	2075
79.	Fivelstad, Jon Olav		ISL	----	-29	-71	-100	+99	+85	+72	-43	-39	=82	3½	1926
80.	Ingvason, Johann		ISL	2132	-30	=90	+104	+73	-44	-33	-54	+70	-56	3½	2074
81.	Karlsson, Mikael Johann		ISL	1714	-33	-72	-69	+103	-87	+95	=85	=89	=84	3½	1908
82.	Johnsen, Sylvia	wf	NOR	2032	+100	-11	-67	-46	+101	+74	-52	-71	=79	3½	2020
83.	Jonsson, Olafur Gisli		ISL	1872	-40	-56	+99	-77	=92	-45	+94	+91	-57	3½	1911
84.	Yurenok, Maria S	wf	ENG	1974	-26	-57	=101	+100	-65	+96	=76	-46	=81	3½	1891
85.	Sigurdsson, Sverrir		ISL	2016	-17	+103	-42	-43	-79	+92	=81	-57	+98	3½	1852
86.	Bergsson, Stefan		ISL	2079	+16	-49	+29	-15	=46	-47	=73	-74	-75	3	2183
87.	Brynjarsson, Helgi		ISL	1964	-44	=45	=43	-56	+81	=61	-77	=76	-67	3	2048
88.	Antonsson, Atli		ISL	1716	+32	-19	-62	-64	-69	-99	+101	+92	-68	3	1888
89.	Bjarnason, Saevar	m	ISL	2164	-48	+97	-44	+69	-40	=78	-45	=81	-70	3	1980
90.	Palsson, Svanberg Mar		ISL	1769	-67	=80	=46	-72	-71	+100	-63	=98	=97	3	1868
91.	Unnarsson, Sverrir		ISL	1958	-38	=46	-47	=101	+94	-71	-56	-83	+103	3	1889
92.	Kjartansson, Dagur		ISL	1485	-73	-50	=102	=95	=83	-85	=96	-88	+99	3	1737
93.	Botheim, Tor		NOR	1944	-28	-76	-60	-94	+103	+98	-74	+96	-73	3	1785
94.	Johannsdottir, Johanna Bjorg		ISL	1705	-59	-65	-75	+93	-91	+101	-83	+97	-69	3	1852
95.	Sverrisson, Nokkvi		ISL	1784	=62	-25	-55	=92	-58	-81	=99	=104	+102	3	1805
96.	Brynjarsson, Eirikur Orn		ISL	1653	-37	-63	=97	+102	-55	-84	=92	-93	+100	3	1764
97.	Gardarsson, Hordur		ISL	1888	-31	-89	=96	+98	=66	-39	-72	-94	=90	2½	1796
98.	Andrason, Pall		ISL	1587	-51	=55	-66	-97	=99	-93	+104	=90	-85	2½	1770
99.	Sigurdarson, Emil		ISL	1609	-52	-58	-83	-79	=98	+88	=95	-75	-92	2	1640
100.	Sigurdsson, Birkir Karl		ISL	1446	-82	-68	+79	-84	-75	-90	=103	=102	-96	2	1639
101.	Finnbogadottir, Tinna Kristin		ISL	1750	-41	-61	=84	=91	-82	-94	-88	-103	+104	2	1686
102.	Leifsson, Thorsteinn		ISL	1821	-54	-74	=92	-96	+104	-73	-57	=100	-95	2	1685
103.	Lee, Gudmundur Kristinn		ISL	1534	-53	-85	-70	-81	-93	=104	=100	+101	-91	2	1627
104.	Helgadottir, Sigridur Bjorg		ISL	1725	=47	-16	-80	-78	-102	=103	-98	=95	-101	1½	1658

5) Zagreb Open

The Zagreb Open took place 25th February - 4th March 2010. Mikhail Ulibin took clear first place with 7/9.

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	+16	=8	+11	+9	=2	+5	=3	=4	+14	7	2739
2.	Brkic, Ante	g	CRO	2564	+21	+15	+4	=3	=1	=7	=11	+9	=5	6½	2686
3.	Radulski, Julian	g	BUL	2577	+28	+13	=7	=2	=6	+12	=1	=5	+4	6½	2690
4.	Kozul, Zdenko	g	CRO	2617	+31	+12	-2	+14	=5	+6	+7	=1	-3	6	2642
5.	Stanojoski, Zvonko	g	MKD	2499	+22	=9	+23	=7	=4	-1	+8	=3	=2	5½	2592
6.	Kovacevic, Blazimir	m	CRO	2447	=23	=10	+13	+8	=3	-4	=17	+12	=9	5½	2605
7.	Chatalbashev, Boris	g	BUL	2561	+25	+19	=3	=5	=9	=2	-4	=13	+17	5½	2601
8.	Gleizerov, Evgeny	g	RUS	2565	+24	=1	=14	-6	+25	=15	-5	+18	+11	5½	2529
9.	Palac, Mladen	g	CRO	2563	+27	=5	+18	-1	=7	+19	+15	-2	=6	5½	2559
10.	Drasko, Milan	g	MNE	2537	=18	=6	=27	=25	=14	=17	+26	=11	=13	5	2478
11.	Rogulj, Branko	m	CRO	2431	+32	=17	-1	+23	=19	+13	=2	=10	-8	5	2513
12.	Saric, Ibro	g	BIH	2556	+26	-4	=15	+27	+17	-3	=14	-6	+25	5	2522
13.	Cebalo, Miso	g	CRO	2500	+20	-3	-6	+26	+18	-11	+27	=7	=10	5	2491
14.	Saric, Ante	g	CRO	2480	=30	+29	=8	-4	=10	+22	=12	+19	-1	5	2517
15.	Fercec, Nenad	g	CRO	2492	+34	-2	=12	=18	+24	=8	-9	=16	+20	5	2493
16.	Bukal, Vladimir jr	m	CRO	2378	-1	=24	+33	-17	=20	+30	=19	=15	+28	5	2466
17.	Blagojevic, Dragisa	g	MNE	2528	=29	=11	=19	+16	-12	=10	=6	+28	-7	4½	2459
18.	Brumen, Dinko	m	CRO	2358	=10	+30	-9	=15	-13	=21	+20	-8	=26	4	2412
19.	Zufic, Miroslav	m	CRO	2450	+33	-7	=17	+20	=11	-9	=16	-14	=22	4	2393
20.	Armanda, Ivica	m	CRO	2345	-13	+28	=21	-19	=16	+25	-18	+27	-15	4	2377
21.	Zivkovic, Vjekoslav	m	CRO	2396	-2	=34	=20	=28	=30	=18	=22	=26	=23	4	2327
22.	Messing, Hrvoje	m	CRO	2331	-5	-27	=31	+32	+28	-14	=21	=24	=19	4	2370
23.	Ivekovic, Zvonimir		CRO	2283	=6	+31	-5	-11	+29	-27	-28	+33	=21	4	2365
24.	Biti, Ozren	m	CRO	2399	-8	=16	=29	=30	-15	=31	=33	=22	+32	4	2337
25.	Franic, Milan	m	CRO	2392	-7	=33	+34	=10	-8	-20	+30	+32	-12	4	2376
26.	Plenkovic, Zdenko	f	CRO	2388	-12	=32	=30	-13	+34	+33	-10	=21	=18	4	2352
27.	Mrdja, Milan	m	CRO	2392	-9	+22	=10	-12	=33	+23	-13	-20	=31	3½	2348
28.	Loncar, Robert	m	CRO	2424	-3	-20	+32	=21	-22	+29	+23	-17	-16	3½	2303
29.	Klasan, Vladimir		SRB	2353	=17	-14	=24	=34	-23	-28	-32	+31	+30	3½	2302
30.	Pandurevic, Miro		CRO	2314	=14	-18	=26	=24	=21	-16	-25	+34	-29	3	2261
31.	Runic, Zoran	m	BIH	2427	-4	-23	=22	-33	=32	=24	+34	-29	=27	3	2238
32.	Maras, Mile		CRO	2256	-11	=26	-28	-22	=31	+34	+29	-25	-24	3	2261
33.	Bender, Ivan	f	CRO	2310	-19	=25	-16	+31	=27	-26	=24	-23	-34	2½	2216
34.	Jurkovic, Ante		CRO	2330	-15	=21	-25	=29	-26	-32	-31	-30	+33	2	2149

6) 4NCL

The 4NCL takes place Sat 24th Oct 2009 - 3rd May 2010. Rounds 7 and 8 takes place 27th-28th March 2010. Games from round 6 now 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 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

7) 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. Additional games now available. My thanks to Javier Rubio for the games.

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
120 players

8) 81st German Championship 2010

The 81st German Championship takes place in Bad Liebenzell, 5th-13th March 2010. Igor Khenkin and Leonid Milov are the top seeds.

Official site: http://www.schachwochebadliebenzell.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=59

81st ch-GER Bad Liebenzell (GER), 5-13 iii 2010
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1.	Khenkin, Igor	g	GER	2597	+30	+12	+23	+7	.	.	.	.	.	4
2.	Milov, Leonid	m	GER	2556	+11	=9	+15	=3	.	.	.	.	.	3	2619
3.	Bogner, Sebastian	m	GER	2522	+39	+8	=5	=2	.	.	.	.	.	3	2613
4.	Naumann, Alexander	g	GER	2528	+42	=15	+9	=5	.	.	.	.	.	3	2588
5.	Zeller, Frank	m	GER	2420	+37	+19	=3	=4	.	.	.	.	.	3	2574
6.	Mueller, Oliver	f	GER	2297	-9	+40	+27	+23	.	.	.	.	.	3	2568
7.	Bindrich, Falko	g	GER	2532	+43	+27	+20	-1	.	.	.	.	.	3	2649
8.	Strunski, Andreas	f	GER	2378	+40	-3	+36	+20	.	.	.	.	.	3	2566
9.	Fiebig, Thomas		GER	2428	+6	=2	-4	+22	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2498
10.	Baramidze, David	g	GER	2528	=32	+18	=16	=12	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2472
11.	Lubbe, Nikolas		GER	2353	-2	+33	+24	=16	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2477
12.	Meister, Peter	m	GER	2407	+28	-1	+37	=10	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2510
13.	Lentrodt, Thomas	f	GER	2367	=24	=22	+41	=14	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2395
14.	Siebrecht, Sebastian	g	GER	2457	=38	=36	+21	=13	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2434
15.	Huschenbeth, Niclas	m	GER	2404	+41	=4	-2	+34	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2512
16.	Hirneise, Tobias	f	GER	2438	=36	+38	=10	=11	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2467
17.	Engelmann, Jakob		GER	2213	-35	+42	=18	+32	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2430
18.	Heinig, Wolfram	f	GER	2345	+31	-10	=17	=19	.	.	.	.	.	2	2366
19.	Roehl, Rainer		GER	2182	+26	-5	=34	=18	.	.	.	.	.	2	2347
20.	Heimann, Andreas	m	GER	2458	+34	+29	-7	-8	.	.	.	.	.	2	2396
21.	Feuerstack, Aljoscha		GER	2382	=22	+32	-14	=25	.	.	.	.	.	2	2320
22.	Dauenheimer, Torsten		GER	2233	=21	=13	+35	-9	.	.	.	.	.	2	2381
23.	Tischbierek, Raj	g	GER	2433	+25	+35	-1	-6	.	.	.	.	.	2	2377
24.	Kotainy, Jens		GER	2243	=13	=31	-11	+35	.	.	.	.	.	2	2402
25.	Natsidis, Christoph	f	GER	2270	-23	+39	=29	=21	.	.	.	.	.	2	2375
26.	Schwing, Hans-Elmar	f	GER	2308	-19	=28	=31	+37	.	.	.	.	.	2	2315
27.	Figura, Atila Gajo	f	GER	2418	+33	-7	-6	+41	.	.	.	.	.	2	2348
28.	Krassowizkij, Jaroslaw		GER	2244	-12	=26	+43	=29	.	.	.	.	.	2	2357
29.	Kummerow, Heiko	f	GER	2361	+44	-20	=25	=28	.	.	.	.	.	2	2308
30.	Bastian, Herbert	m	GER	2351	-1	-37	+44	+36	.	.	.	.	.	2	2361
31.	Prusikin, Michael	g	GER	2542	-18	=24	=26	=33	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2210
32.	Schulze, Ulrich	m	GER	2320	=10	-21	+38	-17	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2272
33.	Hirneise, Jens	f	GER	2294	-27	-11	+42	=31	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2323
34.	Ritscher, Jan-Paul	f	GER	2316	-20	+44	=19	-15	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2239
35.	Tabatt, Hendrik		GER	2347	+17	-23	-22	-24	.	.	.	.	.	1	2087
36.	Issing, Peter		GER	2291	=16	=14	-8	-30	.	.	.	.	.	1	2213
37.	Schloetzer, Waldemar		GER	2293	-5	+30	-12	-26	.	.	.	.	.	1	2178
38.	Schoene, Ralf	m	GER	2316	=14	-16	-32	=39	.	.	.	.	.	1	2192
39.	Namyslo, Holger	f	GER	2326	-3	-25	=40	=38	.	.	.	.	.	1	2139
40.	Hager, Joshua Aarash		GER	2221	-8	-6	=39	=43	.	.	.	.	.	1	2145
41.	Koller, Jens		GER	2270	-15	+43	-13	-27	.	.	.	.	.	1	2192
42.	Vatter, Hans-Joachim	f	GER	2328	-4	-17	-33	+44	.	.	.	.	.	1	2131
43.	Raykhman, Alexander	f	GER	2352	-7	-41	-28	=40	.	.	.	.	.	½	1994
44.	Vogel, Christian		GER	2263	-29	-34	-30	-42	.	.	.	.	.	0

9) 128th Varsity Chess Match

The 128th Varsity Chess Match between Oxford University and Cambridge University took place at the RAC Club, Pall Mall, London on 6th March 2010. The match sponsor was Henry Mutkin. The match was drawn 4-4. News: John Saunders who has a special report at the BCM site..

128th Varsity Match London (ENG), 6 iii 2010
Bd	Oxford	Rating	4-4	Cambridge	Rating
1b	Gustavo German (Worcester)	2515	½-½	Gabor Pinter (Queens')	2349m
2w	Athanasios Tsanas (St Cross)	2264	1-0	Li Wu (Churchill)	2344
3b	Michael Healey (University)	2089	0-1	Peter Roberson (Churchill)	2256
4w	Steffen Schaper (Exeter)	(2115)	1-0	Sven Quist (Dept. of Genetics)	2141c
5b	Szymon Pozimski (St Peters)	(2066)	½-½	J Stuart Robertson (Trinity)	(2120)
6w	Graham Morris (St Anne's)	2034	0-1	Mikhail Tyomkyn (Corpus Christi)	2111
7b	Yangshi Yu (Exeter)	1978	1-0	Richard Lee (Christ's)	(2058)
8w	Agnese Salputra (Keble)	(1730)	0-1	Selina Khoo (Murray Edwards)	1981

10) Belgrade Women's Tournament

The traditional Belgrade Women's Tournament has suffered a bit in strength in recent times from the clash with the European Individual Championships but it has reached its 42nd edition which deserves respect. Tatania Grabuzova is the top seed.

Official site: http://www.beochess.rs/2010/8mart2010/8mart2010en.htm

42nd WGM Belgrade (SRB), 3-11 iii 2010
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Voiska, Margarita	wg	BUL	2320	*	.	½	1	½	½	.	.	1	1	4½	2402
2.	Eric, Jovana	wf	SRB	2183	.	*	.	1	½	½	1	½	.	1	4½	2435
3.	Benderac, Ana	wg	SRB	2299	½	.	*	0	.	1	1	½	1	.	4	2348
4.	Petrovic, Marija	wm	SRB	2182	0	0	1	*	.	.	1	1	½	.	3½	2287
5.	Grabuzova, Tatiana	wg	RUS	2347	½	½	.	.	*	.	0	1	1	½	3½	2258
6.	Boric, Elena	wm	BIH	2263	½	½	0	.	.	*	½	.	1	½	3	2205
7.	Petrenko, Svetlana	m	MDA	2268	.	0	0	0	1	½	*	.	.	1	2½	2176
8.	Maksimovic, Suzana	wg	SRB	2272	.	½	½	0	0	.	.	*	0	1	2	2070
9.	Miladinovic, Lena		SRB	2038	0	.	0	½	0	0	.	1	*	.	1½	2087
10.	Stefanidi, Maria-Anna	wf	GRE	2125	0	0	.	.	½	½	0	0	.	*	1	2002

Round 1 (March 3, 2010)
Eric, Jovana	- Maksimovic, Suzana	½-½	44	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Petrovic, Marija	- Benderac, Ana	1-0	55	A80	Dutch
Grabuzova, Tatiana	- Miladinovic, Lena	1-0	44	E00	Catalan
Petrenko, Svetlana	- Boric, Elena	½-½	42	B04	Alekhine's Defence
Stefanidi, Maria-Anna	- Voiska, Margarita	0-1	38	B32	Sicilian Labourdonnais
Round 2 (March 4, 2010)
Voiska, Margarita	- Grabuzova, Tatiana	½-½	15	A10	Dutch, QI and KID Systems
Boric, Elena	- Benderac, Ana	0-1	40	C00	French Defence
Petrenko, Svetlana	- Eric, Jovana	0-1	38	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Maksimovic, Suzana	- Stefanidi, Maria-Anna	1-0	73	B38	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Miladinovic, Lena	- Petrovic, Marija	½-½	83	B06	Modern Defence
Round 3 (March 5, 2010)
Eric, Jovana	- Boric, Elena	½-½	76	B04	Alekhine's Defence
Benderac, Ana	- Miladinovic, Lena	1-0	76	A04	Dutch System
Petrovic, Marija	- Voiska, Margarita	0-1	60	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Grabuzova, Tatiana	- Maksimovic, Suzana	1-0	45	E00	Catalan
Stefanidi, Maria-Anna	- Petrenko, Svetlana	0-1	31	B41	Sicilian Paulsen
Round 4 (March 6, 2010)
Voiska, Margarita	- Benderac, Ana	½-½	10	D79	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Eric, Jovana	- Stefanidi, Maria-Anna	1-0	27	B70	Sicilian Dragon
Boric, Elena	- Miladinovic, Lena	1-0	23	A46	Queen's Pawn Opening
Petrenko, Svetlana	- Grabuzova, Tatiana	1-0	63	B18	Caro Kann
Maksimovic, Suzana	- Petrovic, Marija	0-1	35	E81	King's Indian Saemisch
Round 5 (March 7, 2010)
Benderac, Ana	- Maksimovic, Suzana	½-½	13	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Petrovic, Marija	- Petrenko, Svetlana	1-0	51	A48	King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Grabuzova, Tatiana	- Eric, Jovana	½-½	47	D19	Slav Defence
Miladinovic, Lena	- Voiska, Margarita	0-1	39	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Stefanidi, Maria-Anna	- Boric, Elena	½-½	24	C06	French Tarrasch
Round 6 (March 8, 2010)
Eric, Jovana	- Petrovic, Marija	1-0	16	B06	Modern Defence
Boric, Elena	- Voiska, Margarita	½-½	12	D10	Slav Defence
Petrenko, Svetlana	- Benderac, Ana	0-1	35	B00	Owen or Nimzowitsch Defence
Maksimovic, Suzana	- Miladinovic, Lena	0-1	37	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Stefanidi, Maria-Anna	- Grabuzova, Tatiana	½-½	16	B18	Caro Kann

11) Dutch League

The Dutch League takes place 26th September 2009 - 18th April 2010. Round 7 took place on the 6th March 2010.

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

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

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

Dutch League (NED), 26 ix 2009 - 18 iv 2010 Round 5 Standings:
Pl	Team	Mp	Bp	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1	HSG	12	52½	x	.	8½	8½	7	7	.	8½	8½	4½
2	Groningen 1/Hotels.nl	12	42	.	x	3½	7½	6	6½	6	6	.	6½
3	Utrecht	11	41	1½	6½	x	.	8	5	.	5½	7	7½
4	Homburg Apeldoorn	8	39	1½	2½	.	x	4½	.	5½	8	8	9
5	Schrijvers Rotterdam	8	34½	3	4	2	5½	x	6	6½	.	.	7½
6	LSG	7	35	3	3½	5	.	4	x	6½	7½	5½	.
7	HMC Calder	4	31½	.	4	.	4½	3½	3½	x	3	6	7
8	Braceland ESGOO	4	27	1½	4	4½	2	.	2½	7	x	5½	.
9	HWP Sas van Gent	2	26½	1½	.	3	2	.	4½	4	4½	x	7
10	SMB	2	21	5½	3½	2½	1	2½	.	3	.	3	x

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

12) Festival da Uva 2010

The XI International Chess tournament Festival da Uva 2010 took place 6th-7th March 2010.

Leading players: GMs: Vassily Ivanchuk, Giovanni Vescovi, Rafael Leitao, Gilberto Milos,Andre Diamant, Ulf Andersson, Diego Flores and Andres Rodrigues. IMs: Francisco Trois, Krikor Mekhitarian, Dragan Stamenkovic, Herman Claudius, Everaldo Matsuura, Rodrigo Disconzi, Sandro Merenco and WIM Regina Ribeiro.

The event was a Swiss System event. The first two rounds were g/16, the next two g/30 and the final five g/60. In the final round result if the first game was drawn would be settlled with a g/6/5 (Armageddon playoff) for the full point.

In the final round: Vassily Ivanchuk (7) beat Diego Flores (7) and this was enough to take the title on tie-break. Sandro Mareco (7) beat Rafael Leitao (7) with black to take 2nd place. Both finished on 8 points.

The twitter page and http://xadrezgaucho.wikispaces.com/2010-TorneioFestaUva-Caxias were the main sources of info.

XI Torneio Festa da Uva - Caxias do Sul (BRA), 6-7 iii 2010 Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl	Name	Elo	Pts	Prog	M-Buch	Buch
1	Vassily Ivanchuk	2748	8	41.0	45.0	57.5
2	Sandro Mareco	2533	8	41.0	42.0	52.0
3	Gilberto Milos	2606	7.5	41.5	46.0	59.0
4	Krikor Mekhitarian	2490	7.5	38.5	40.5	52.0
5	Giovanni Vescovi	2629	7.5	37.5	41.5	53.0
6	Rafael Leitao	2619	7	40.5	46.0	58.0
7	Henrique Costa Mecking	2548	7	40.5	43.0	54.5
8	Diego Flores	2580	7	40.0	43.5	55.5
9	Bernardo Roselli	2386	7	38.0	44.5	56.5
10	Everaldo Matsuura	2479	7	38.0	42.5	54.5
11	Andres Rodriguez	2504	7	38.0	42.5	54.0
12	Alfeu Junior Varela Bueno	2349	7	37.0	42.5	53.5
13	Dragan Stamenkovic	2384	7	37.0	41.0	54.0
14	Edson Tsuboi	2413	7	37.0	39.5	52.5
15	Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk	2416	7	36.5	40.5	51.5
16	Yago de Moura Santiago	2285	7	36.0	43.0	53.5
17	Alvaro Aranha	2294	7	36.0	40.0	51.0
18	Geanfrancesco Pereira	1967	7	33.0	38.0	48.5
19	Ulf Anderson	2566	6.5	37.5	41.5	53.0
20	Allan Gattass	2249	6.5	36.0	43.0	55.0
21	Andre Diamant	2486	6.5	36.0	38.5	48.0
22	Vinicius Martins	2315	6.5	35.5	39.5	51.0
23	Jose Luiz Cominato Neto	2231	6.5	35.0	37.0	48.5
24	Rodrigo Disconzi	2366	6.5	34.0	36.5	46.0
25	Flavio Olivencia	2217	6.5	33.0	36.5	47.0
26	Luiz Ney Menna Barreto	2313	6.5	32.0	39.0	50.5
27	Murilo Gimenez Salustiano		6.5	30.5	34.0	42.5
28	Regina Ribeiro	2073	6.5	30.5	33.5	44.0
29	Gustavo Gomez	2137	6.5	30.0	34.0	44.5
30	Lincoln Lucena	2167	6.5	29.5	34.5	44.0
221 players

13) Cannes Open 2010

The Cannes Festival of Games took place 3rd-7th March 2010. The chess event actually started a bit earlier, on the 28th February but traditionally appears as part of the festival. Tigran Gharamian edged out Vadim Malakhatko and Deep Sengupta on tie-break after all finished on 7/9. Only two games per round from rounds 1-7 are currently available.

Official site: http://ns20.webmasters.com/*cannes-echecs.org/httpdocs/ace/

Open GpA Cannes (FRA), 28 ii-7 iii 2010 Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	Elo	Pts	Perf	Tr.	Bu.
1	GHARAMIAN Tigran	g	2609	7	2740	45	55
2	MALAKHATKO Vadim	g	2549	7	2733	43½	53½
3	SENGUPTA Deep	m	2480	7	2645	39½	46
4	FEDORCHUK Sergey A.	g	2641	6½	2653	39½	47½
5	BAUER Christian	g	2610	6½	2629	43½	53
6	HAMDOUCHI Hicham	g	2601	6½	2608	40½	49
7	ABASOV Nijat Azad Oglu	m	2510	6½	2597	38½	45½
8	DAS Arghyadip	m	2396	6	2621	42	50½
9	ITURRIZAGA Eduardo	g	2616	6	2600	41	50
10	FIER Alexandr	g	2601	6	2595	41	48½
11	DEGRAEVE Jean-Marc	g	2577	6	2580	43	51½
12	LEON HOYOS Manuel	g	2516	6	2537	41½	48½
13	SHANKLAND Samuel L	m	2491	6	2507	35	43½
14	SHCHEKACHEV Andrei	g	2546	6	2476	36	45
15	SULAVA Nenad	g	2539	6	2468	36½	45
16	HEBERT Jean	m	2418	6	2429	34	40½
17	BHAT Vinay S.	g	2540	5½	2518	40	48½
18	MILADINOVIC Igor	g	2559	5½	2513	43	52
19	APICELLA Manuel	g	2518	5½	2481	36	44
20	SARAVANAN V.	m	2356	5½	2469	35½	42
21	CORNETTE Matthieu	g	2554	5½	2454	34½	40½
22	AGUETTAZ Maxime	m	2399	5½	2449	36	42½
23	DANIN Alexandre	m	2519	5½	2442	38½	47½
24	BORGO Giulio	m	2442	5½	2353	34	42
25	KAZHGALEYEV Murtas	g	2643	5	2452	36½	45
26	PETAKOV Uros	f	2356	5	2446	39	46
27	GOVCIYAN Pavel	m	2422	5	2430	36	42
28	ABELLO Sebastien		2297	5	2402	36	43
29	BUJISHO Benjamin	m	2420	5	2388	37	44
30	SAPTARSHI Roy	m	2407	5	2381	36	41½
31	DUBESSAY Bastien		2175	5	2380	32½	40
32	CHETVERIK Maxim	m	2351	5	2368	35	42
33	SUAREZ REAL Alberto	f	2396	5	2354	35½	43
34	DE FILOMENO Simone		2232	5	2341	32	37
35	SONG Julien	f	2297	4½	2425	40½	48
36	GRANDADAM Nicolas		2215	4½	2424	34½	43
37	QENDRO Llambi	m	2350	4½	2399	39½	46
38	BRESSAC Stephane		2204	4½	2386	38	45
39	LIBISZEWSKI Fabien	g	2499	4½	2374	36	44
40	BRIH Said		2325	4½	2370	34	40½
41	NGUYEN Chi-Minh	m	2416	4½	2355	35	42
42	FANTIN Ludwig		2230	4½	2349	37½	43½
43	BENSDORP Marlies	mf	2313	4½	2347	34	39½
44	ZOZULIA Anna	m	2321	4½	2341	36	42
45	KOVACEVIC Vladimir		2207	4½	2331	32½	38½
46	AMDOUNI Zoubaier		2259	4½	2328	37	41½
47	ANIC Darko	g	2428	4½	2324	36½	44
48	JOVIC Stevan		2282	4½	2320	35½	41½
49	DE FLORIO Federico		2156	4½	2303	34½	40
50	RASCH Holger	f	2282	4½	2264	30½	35
51	MOISAN Fabrice		2220	4½	2246	28½	33½
52	PERIC Slavisa	m	2237	4½	2206	28½	33½
53	MOLINA Fabrizio	f	2228	4½	2202	28½	33½
54	SALVADOR Roland	m	2472	4	2427	37	45
55	GUERRERO Juan Carlos	m	2241	4	2315	38	45½
56	GIROYAN Gary		2181	4	2301	34	41½
57	SANCHEZ Joseph	g	2490	4	2290	33½	40½
58	LIBENS Michel		2115	4	2281	32½	39½
59	MARCANTONI Herve	f	2220	4	2248	35	41
60	COCCHI Andrea	f	2245	4	2235	32½	38
61	BOZZALI Ermanno		2120	4	2231	29½	35½
62	GAUDINEAU Eric		2346	4	2204	31½	37
63	FLEAR Christine	mf	2147	4	2198	28½	34
64	VILLEGAS Pierre		2237	3½	2256	35	41
65	GIUA Frederic		2215	3½	2221	32½	37½
66	MULLER Anne	mf	2202	3½	2204	31½	37½
67	VAN HOOLANDT Patrick	f	2207	3½	2191	29½	32
68	MIDOUX Sebastien		2379	3½	2177	30½	37½
69	METRAL Jean-Paul		2188	3½	2176	26	30½
70	LAMARD Guillaume	f	2108	3½	2173	33	40½
71	JAULIN Marc		2142	3½	2147	27	31½
72	L'HERMITTE Emmanuel		2025	3½	2109	31½	35
73	BELLIA Fabrizio	m	2408	3½	2108	30	36
74	NJILI Kamel	f	2294	3½	2106	29	34
75	VALETTE Christian		2098	3½	2100	28½	33½
76	DERIEUX Christian		2112	3½	2092	24	26
77	CODENOTTI Marco		2169	3½	2091	28	33
78	DESLANDES Pascal	f	2316	3	2165	35½	41½
79	MALEKI Nicolas		2202	3	2127	32½	37½
80	HAUSSERNOT Cecile	ff	1935	3	2047	24½	29
81	MOAL Alain	f	2247	3	2035	25½	30
82	HEINIS Vincent		2095	2½	2063	29½	34½
83	BATTISTELLA Stefano		2099	2½	2051	30½	35½
84	GAUDINEAU Gilles		2072	2½	2049	28½	33½
85	BENEDIC Patrick		2077	2½	2039	27	32½
86	VUITTON Gilles		2141	2½	2029	29½	34
87	SAINT-AMAND Paul		2131	2½	1988	25½	30
88	LAGUNES Jean-Renaud		2107	2½	1897	25	29½
89	CORDARA Michele	f	2108	2	1980	24½	29
90	KIERZEK Matthias Dr.		2173	2	1979	26	30½
91	FERRIGNO Jean-Pierre		2116	0	1719	9½	9½
91 players

14) 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. Hebraica A won.

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

Sao Paulo State Team (BRA), 20-28 ii 2010 Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
Cl	Team	FPXm	Pts	PE	Neust
1	Hebraica A	2270	22	18	269.50
2	Pinheiros A	2356	19	18	231.25
3	AD Santo Andre A	2253	17	11	189.75
4	Clube de Xadrez Santos A	2343	17	11	186.75
5	Canarinho	2288	14½	9	172.25
6	Clube de Xadrez Santos B	2113	12	10	121.50
7	Circulo Militar "A"	2151	7½	4	79.25
8	AAS Sao Jose Guaira A	2091	3	0	43.25

Sao Paulo State Team (BRA), 20-28 ii 2010 Leading Performers:
Tab	Ti	Player	Team	Pts	J	%	Perf
1st	GM	Andre Diamant	Hebraica A	7	7	100	3037
1st	IM	Luis Henrique Pinto Coelho	CX Santos A	5	5	100	2997
2nd	IM	Rodrigo Disconzi da Silva	Pinheiros A	4	4	100	2919
3rd		Aron Antunes Correa	Pinheiros A	4½	7	64	2147
3rd		Davy Maurice D'Israel	Hebriaca A	4½	7	64	2126
4th		Eduardo da Costa Marra	Pinheiros A	5	6	83	2229
5th		Leandro Fabricio Campelo	CX Santos A	3	4	75	2372
6th		Leandro Jukemura	Canarinho	4½	6	75	2360
7th		Gilberto Guimaraes da Silva	CMSP A	1	4	25	1520
8th		Tiago Filipe da Silva Jonas	CX Santos B	2	5	40	1897

15) 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. Alexander Morozevich withdrew a week before the start of the tournament and has been replaced by the higher rated Alexander Grischuk. News: Association Max Euwe.

Official site: http://www.amberchess2010.com/

19th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Nice (FRA), 12-25 iii 2010				cat. XX (2746)
Rk	Name	Ti	NAT	B-Yr	Rat
1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	1990	2813
3	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	1975	2790
5	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	1982	2782
7	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	1983	2756
8	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	1976	2750
9	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	1968	2750
11	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	1969	2748
12	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	1986	2740
15	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	1983	2737
21	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	1990	2725
27	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	1983	2713
87	Smeets, Jan	g	NED	1985	2651

16) Blackpool Chess Congress

The Blackpool Chess Congress took place 1st-5th March 2010. Mark Hebden took clear first place with 4.5/5.

Official site: http://www.blackpoolchess.org.uk/index.html and blogged at: http://blackpoolcongress.wordpress.com/

Congress Blackpool ENG (FRA), 1-5 iii 2010 Final Round 5 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	NAT	Rat	Pts
1.	Hebden, Mark L	g	ENG	2468	4.5
2.	Wolstencroft, Darryl		ENG	2196	4.0
2.	Haslinger, Stewart G	g	ENG	2538	4.0
2.	Britton, Richard L	f	ENG	2254	4.0
2.	Chapman, Terry P D		ENG	2232	4.0
45 players

17) 4th SOP-SMAOK Open

The 4th SOP-SMAOK Open SOP (S.O. Pangrati, one of the more active Athens-based chess clubs) took place on Tuesday nights over a couple of months. 40 players competed. Georgios Mastrokoukos took first place with 6/7. Table below derived from the games. My thanks to Spiros Ilandzis for the games.

Official site: http://www.athenschess.gr/

4th SOP-SMAOK Open Athens (GRE), 21 i-23 ii 2010 Final Round 7 Standings (Derived from the games)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1.	Mastrokoukos, Georgios	m	GRE	2301	+22	+16	+30	+12	+4	=2	=3	6	2423
2.	Tepelenis, Nikolaos		GRE	2273	=28	+7	=11	+30	+14	=1	+8	5½	2290
3.	Drakopoulos, Anastasios		GRE	2206	=7	+28	=18	+26	+9	+10	=1	5½	2317
4.	Delithanasis, Dimitrios		GRE	2201	+17	=27	+29	+11	-1	+14	+10	5½	2285
5.	Tassopoulos, Marios	f	GRE	2243	+15	=18	=26	=9	=24	+29	+16	5	2169
6.	Kaloskambis, Mihail		GRE	2068	+34	-11	+23	+19	-10	+24	+18	5	2099
7.	Nikomanis, Andreas		GRE	1936	=3	-2	+32	+27	+30	=8	=13	4½	2168
8.	Valden, Petros		GRE	2215	=25	=19	+38	+22	+12	=7	-2	4½	2064
9.	Zenelis, Konstantinos		GRE	2172	+40	=29	+27	=5	-3	+17	.	4	2161
10.	Papadakis, Michalis		GRE	2244	-24	+34	+17	+16	+6	-3	-4	4	2087
11.	Efentakis, Nikolaos		GRE	1791	+20	+6	=2	-4	=29	-16	+33	4	2110
12.	Koerant, Filipos		GRE	2061	+32	+24	+14	-1	-8	=13	=15	4	2093
13.	Marianidis, Dimitrios		GRE	1837	-18	=33	=15	+34	+26	=12	=7	4	2010
14.	Galanos, Dimitrios		GRE	2173	+33	+23	-12	+18	-2	-4	+24	4	2088
15.	Geroukalis, Athanasios		GRE	1947	-5	=32	=13	=23	+33	+27	=12	4	2020
16.	Gitsis, Hristos		GRE	2044	+31	-1	+35	-10	+21	+11	-5	4	2042
17.	Paouris, Nikolaos		GRE	1909	-4	+37	-10	+35	+20	-9	+29	4	2054
18.	Sideris, Theodoros		GRE	2024	+13	=5	=3	-14	=25	+19	-6	3½	2042
19.	Efthimiou, Georgios		GRE	1825	=36	=8	+28	-6	+22	-18	=20	3½	2028
20.	Siaparinas, Konstantinos		GRE	1978	-11	=21	+33	=24	-17	+25	=19	3½	1884
21.	Sarakenidis, Nikolaos		GRE	1879	-30	=20	=25	+38	-16	+32	=22	3½	1943
22.	Ntatsis, Georgios		GRE	1966	-1	+31	+39	-8	-19	+35	=21	3½	1958
23.	Georgiopoulos, Har		GRE	1872	+41	-14	-6	=15	=27	=26	+34	3½	2014
24.	Petsetidi, Maria		GRE	1948	+10	-12	+36	=20	=5	-6	-14	3	2058
25.	Delis, G		GRE	1947	=8	-26	=21	+31	=18	-20	=39	3	1939
26.	Savoglou, Nikolaos		GRE	1977	=38	+25	=5	-3	-13	=23	=31	3	1905
27.	Sigouros, Ioannis		GRE	2001	+37	=4	-9	-7	=23	-15	+35	3	1892
28.	Hristodoulou, Georgios2		GRE	1955	=2	-3	-19	=32	=31	+40	=30	3	1948
29.	Panagiotopoulos, Vas		GRE	1967	+35	=9	-4	+36	=11	-5	-17	3	1941
30.	Anairousis, Panag		GRE	2051	+21	+39	-1	-2	-7	=34	=28	3	1983
31.	Antoniadis, Konstantinos		GRE	1854	-16	-22	+40	-25	=28	+39	=26	3	1918
32.	Fanourgakis, Konstantinos		GRE	1885	-12	=15	-7	=28	=36	-21	+37	2½	1841
33.	Hatzigeorgiou, Mihail		GRE	1892	-14	=13	-20	+39	-15	+36	-11	2½	1857
34.	Nikolaidis, Georgios		GRE	1889	-6	-10	+37	-13	+38	=30	-23	2½	1846
35.	Koutsoukos, Konstantinos		GRE	1634	-29	+40	-16	-17	+37	-22	-27	2	1787
36.	Tsimboukidis, Anastasios		GRE	1992	=19	=38	-24	-29	=32	-33	.	1½	1681
37.	Gklavopoulos, Evangelos		GRE	1836	-27	-17	-34	=40	-35	+38	-32	1½	1618
38.	Soursos, Panayotis		GRE	1730	=26	=36	-8	-21	-34	-37	.	1	1691
39.	Troupis, Hristos		GRE	----	.	-30	-22	-33	=40	-31	=25	1	1660
40.	Karteri, Olga		GRE	1892	-9	-35	-31	=37	=39	-28	.	1	1635
41.	Karountzos, Nikolaos		GRE	2049	-23	.	.	.	.	.	.	0

18) First Saturday March 2010

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

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

FSGM March Budapest (HUN), 6-18 ii i2010			cat. VII (2423)
Name	Ti	NAT	Rk	Rat
Varga Zoltan	GM	HUN	1.	2483
Gonda Laszlo	IM	HUN	2.	2482
Olapi Bunmi		NIG	3.	2263
Yu Lie		CHN	4.	2407
Sipos Istvan	IM	HUN	5.	2491
Kislik Erik Andrew	FM	USA	6.	2370
Czebe Attila	GM	HUN	7.	2479
Sharma Dinesh K	IM	IND	8.	2361
Konnyu Janos	IM	HUN	9.	2366
Simantsev Mikail	GM	UKR	10.	2524

19) Icelandic Teams

The Icelandic Team Championship took place 25th September 2009 - 3rd March 2010. The final three rounds took place 1st-3rd March 2010.

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

Games should eventually appear at: http://www.skaksamband.is/?c=webpage&id=377&lid=304&option=links

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

Icelandic Team (ISL), 25 ix 2009 - 3 iii 2010 Final Round 7 Standings:
Rk.	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Bolungarvík a	*	4	5½	2½	7½	5	8	7	39,5	11	6428
2	TV a	4	*	3	4½	5½	6½	5½	7½	36,5	11	6040
3	TR a	2½	5	*	3	4	5	5	8	32,5	9	5341
4	Haukar a	5½	3½	5	*	4	4	3	6½	31,5	8	5262
5	Hellir a	½	2½	4	4	*	4½	8	8	31,5	8	5147
6	Fjoelnir a	3	1½	3	4	3½	*	5	7	27,0	5	4579
7	Hellir b	0	2½	3	5	0	3	*	5½	19,0	4	3106
8	Haukar b	1	½	0	1½	0	1	2½	*	6,5	0	1057

20) Women's Bundesliga

The Women's Bundesliga takes place 7th November 2009 - 28th March 2010. OSG Baden Baden leads the tournament after 7 rounds.

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

Games: http://www.schachbund.de/chronik/meister/dfmm/2010/index.html

Bundesliga Women (GER), 7 xi 2009 - 28 iii 2010 Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
Pl	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Sp	MP	BP
1.	OSG Baden Baden	+		3½		5½		3	4	6	5		5½	7	13	32½
2.	USV Volksbank Halle		+	3½	2	3½	4½		5	5		3½		7	12	27
3.	Hamburger SK 1830	2½	2½	+				4½		4½	4	5½	5	7	10	28½
4.	SC Bad Koenigshofen		4		+	2½	2½		4		3½	5	5	7	10	26½
5.	SK Grosslehna	½	2½		3½	+	4	3½	3½			3½		7	10	21
6.	Rodewischer Schachmiezen		1½		3½	2	+		5		4½	2½	4	7	8	23
7.	Karlsruher SF 1853	3		1½		2½		+	2	4½	3½		4	7	7	21
8.	SC Leipzig Gohlis	2	1		2	2½	1	4	+			3½		7	4	16
9.	SK Lehrte	0	1	1½				1½		+	3	4	3	7	4	14
10.	SV Wolfbusch	1		2	2½		1½	2½		3	+		5	7	3	17½
11.	SAV Torgelow		2½	½	1	2½	3½		2½	2		+		7	2	14½
12.	SV Medizin Erfurt	½		1	1		2	2		3	1		+	7	1	10½

21) 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/

22) Noteboom Tournament

The Noteboom Tournament took place in Leiden 12th-14th February 2010. Ali Bitalzadeh won the tournament with 5.5/6. 4 final round 6 games are now available.

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

23) 3rd and 4th MGU Opens Sofia

The 3rd MGU Open took place in Sofia, Bulgaria, 27th-28th February 2010. Dayan Ninov won the event with 5/6.

The 4th MGU Open took place in Sofia, Bulgaria, 6th-7th March 2010. Goran Krustev edged out Dayan Ninov on tie-break after both finished on 5/6.

News: Mitko Iliev.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr30683.aspx

3rd MGU Open Sofia (BUL), 27-28 ii 2010
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Ninov Dayan		BUL	2078	5	13	20	4
2	Tsekov Svetozar	NM	BUL	2289	4.5	14	21.5	4
3	Mladenov Andrey		BUL	1828	4	14	20.5	3
4	Toshev Vladimir		BUL	1910	4	11	16.5	4
5	Krastev Goran		BUL	2050	3.5	12.5	19.5	3
6	Vladimirova Maria	WFM	BUL	2112	3	15.5	23	2
7	Naydenova Yordanka		BUL	1872	3	12.5	18.5	2
8	Kolev Velio		BUL	1911	3	11	16.5	3
9	Uzunov Diko		BUL	1930	2.5	13.5	19.5	2
10	Galabov Mihail		BUL	1894	2.5	10.5	16.5	1
11	Stanchev Plamen		BUL	1901	2.5	10.5	15.5	2
12	Krastev Stanimir		BUL	0	2	9.5	14	1
13	Stankov Stanimir		BUL	1975	1.5	10.5	15.5	0
14	Spassov Borislav		BUL	1727	1	9.5	15	0

4th MGU Open Sofia (BUL), 6-7 iii 2010
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Krustev Goran		BUL	2007	5	14	22	4
2	Ninov Dayan		BUL	2173	5	13.5	20.5	4
3	Andreev Dobrotich	NM	BUL	2151	4	14.5	21	3
4	Mladenov Andrey		BUL	1954	4	11.5	17	4
5	Hristov Krasimir Ivanov		BUL	1946	3.5	14.5	21.5	2
6	Neychev Ivan		BUL	2055	3.5	11	18	3
7	Uzunov Diko		BUL	1849	3	16	22.5	2
8	Naydenova Yordanka		BUL	1893	3	13.5	20	2
9	Kolev Velio		BUL	1912	3	12	17.5	3
10	Stanchev Plamen		BUL	1876	3	9.5	16	2
11	Sisoev Robert		BUL	1764	2.5	11	16.5	2
12	Metodiev Veselin		BUL	1781	2	13.5	21	2
13	Tsyntsarski Boyko		BUL	1824	2	12	18.5	2
14	Genov Delyan		BUL	1727	2	11	16	1
15	Chunchukov Ivelin		BUL	0	1.5	10	15	1
16	Mitov Kiril		BUL	1666	1	10.5	15.5	1
17	Krastev Krasimir Naidenov		BUL	1848	0	8.5	14	0
18	Dzhalev Kostadin		BUL	0	0	7	11.5	0

24) XIV Memorial Fernando De Almeida Vasconcelos

The XIV Memorial Fernando De Almeida Vasconcelos takes place in Brasilia 8th-14th March 2010. The event marks the 50th Anniversary of Brasilia.

Official site: http://www.fbx.org.br/2010/xiv_memorial_vasconcelos_2010.php

XIV Memorial Fernando De Almeida Vasconcelos Brasilia (BRA), 8-14 iii 2010
Ulf Anderson	2566	GM
Darcy Lima	2486	GM
Juan Hobaica	2405	IM
Dragan Stamenkovic	2384	IM
Evandro Barbosa	2365	FM
Luis Rodi	2311	FM
Adriano Vall	2290	FM
Victor Shumyatsky	2288	FM
Lincoln Lucena	2167	FM
Lucas Aguiar	2059

25) 19th Eastern Class Championships

George Mirijanian reports: The 19th annual Eastern Class Championships took place March 5-7, 2010 at the Host Hotel at Cedar Lake in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA. Tying for 1st-3rd place with scores of 4-1 were GMs Joel Benjamin of New York and Alexander Ivanov of Newton, Massachusetts, and IM Robert Hungaski of Connecticut. Deadlocked in fourth place with 3.5-1.5 tallies were GM Alexander Shabalov of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Georgian GM Mikheil Kekelidze of New York, GM Sergey Kudrin of Stamford, Connecticut, and Dutch IM Jan Van de Mortel of Chicago, Illinois. The tournament drew 198 players in eight sections and was directed by William Goichberg, assisted by Robert Messenger, for the sponsoring Continental Chess Association.

26) 2009-10 British Chess Solving Championship

Report by Michael McDowell.

Official British Chess Problem Society website: http://www.bstephen.me.uk/

The final of the 2009-10 British Chess Solving Championship, sponsored by Winton Capital Management, was held at Oakham School on 20th February. Last year’s champion John Nunn was absent due to illness, and the event turned into a two horse race between ex-World Champion Jonathan Mestel and David Friedgood. Mestel took the title by one point, and both he and Friedgood outscored the current World Champion, Piotr Murdzia of Poland, who was guesting along with Dutch solving GM Dolf Wissmann. The relatively low scores reflect a set of problems which were tougher than usual.

British Chess Solving Championship Oakham School (ENG), 20 ii 2010 Leading Final Standings (Maximum 65):
1st	GM	Jonathan Mestel	57¾
2nd	IM	David Friedgood	56¾
3rd	GM	Piotr Murdzia	55
4th	GM	Dolf Wissmann	53
5th	IM	Colin McNab	52
6th	GM	Graham Lee	49¼

Two problems from the first round, in which three two-movers must be solved in 20 minutes:

Valery Kopyl: Uralski Problemist 2002

Black

White

Mate in 2

Mate are prepared for all Black moves, including 1...f any 2.Kg5, but White has no waiting move. The key sets up a new zugzwang, and changes the mates after moves of the f4 pawn.

1.Qd8
1...fxe3 2.Rxe3
1...f3 2.exf3
1...g2 2.Nf2
1...b3 2.Nc3
1... B any 2.Nf6
1...Nb any 2.Nd6
1...Nxg6 2.Bxg6
1...Nf7 2.gxf7

Peter Heyl: Freie Presse 1999

Black

White

Mate in 2

Any move of the c7 knight will threaten 2.Re4, but four attempts are defeated by only one Black move.

1.Ne8? Rf2! (2.Qh8?)
1.N7xe6? Nf3! (2.Nd3?)
1.Nb5? Bf2! (2.Qxb2?)
1.Nd5? exd5!

1.Na8! threat 2.Re4
1...Rf2 2.Qh8
1...Nf3 2.Nd3
1...Bf2 2.Qxb2

27) Forthcoming Events and Links

XXX Villa de Benasque Open

The XXX Open Internacional "Villa de Benasque" takes place 8th-17th July 2010.

Official site: http;//www.openbenasque.com

Schachbundesliga 2009-10

The 12th and 13th rounds of the Bundesliga take place 20th-21st March 2010.

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

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

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

II Genset Cup

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

Player list: http://chess-results.com/tnr30990.aspx?l

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

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

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

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

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

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 800 8th March 2010 by Mark Crowther

Sponsored by the London Chess Centre

XXX Villa de Benasque Open

Schachbundesliga 2009-10

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

Aosta Valley

III Magistral Ciudad de Asuncion

II Genset Cup

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

24th Pula Open 2010

Austrian Bundesliga

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

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