THE WEEK IN CHESS 802 22nd March 2010 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Miklos Orso, Adolivio Capece, Mitko Iliev, Md. Haroon Or Rashid, Michael Rahal, Richard Palliser, Ted Jennings, Jon Speelman, William W Rhee, Gerardo Fernandez, Frank Berry, Per Rasmussen, Stefan Spiekermann, Henri Koskinen and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The Amber tournament is the main event of the week with many of the top players competing. Vassily Ivanchuk who I believe has played every (certainly the most) editions of the tournament leads after eight rounds undefeated. Magnus Carlsen has had a down and up event with big runs of wins and a couple of struggles. Three rounds to go and all to play for. The European Individual Championships saw the very talented Ian Nepomniachtchi take clear first place. This talented player reminds me quite a bit of a young Morozevich. This is the second big victory of his career, he has also won the Aeroflot Open. Team tournaments dominate the issue with many leagues heading towards a conclusion.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 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.

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

Round 4 Magnus Carlsen won 2-0 against Jan Smeets to catch Vassily Ivanchuk (who beat Aronian in their rapid game) in the lead. Gelfand played a superb blindfold game to defeat Vladimir Kramnik. Gelfand then won a crushing victory with black in the rapid game to complete a 2-0 win and move to 3rd= alongside Alexander Grischuk.

Round 5. Vassily Ivanchuk leads the overall and rapid sections and is 2nd in the blindfold section. He beat Jan Smeets 1.5-0.5 today. Magnus Carlsen is 2nd in the overall standings and top in the blindfold after beating Sergey Karjakin in the blindfold game, however Karjakin halted Carlsen's winning streak in the rapid by winning that game. Boris Gelfand's hot streak continues with a 2-0 win against Dominguez Perez. Vladimir Kramnik bounced back after his loss to Gelfand to win 2-0 against Ruslan Ponomariov. Peter Svidler beat the desperately out of form Levon Aronian 2-0 also.

Round 6. Magnus Carlsen beat Boris Gelfand 2-0 whilst Vassily Ivanchuk was held 1-1 by Ruslan Ponomariov (two draws). Carlsen found a way of complicating the rapid game against Gelfand just when a draw seemed likely and this was rewarded by a decisive blunder. This means that Carlsen overtook Ivanchuk to take the lead in the over all standings. Vladimir Kramnik was defeated by Jan Smeets in the blindfold event after over-ambitious early play was refuted. Sergey Karjakin beat Leinier Dominguez-Perez 2-0 in their match. Carlsen leads the blindfold section with 5/6 half a point clear of Alexander Grischuk who beat Peter Svidler. Kramnik beat Smeets in the rapid to join Ivanchuk in the lead in that section.

Round 7. Vassily Ivanchuk regained the lead in the over-all standings after beating Alexander Grischuk in their rapid game and overall 1.5-0.5. Magnus Carlsen lost the blindfold game against Vugar Gashimov to seed the lead. Boris Gelfand and Sergey Karjakin lie 3rd in the over all standings. Magnus Carlsen and Alexander Grischuk lead the blindfold section with 5/7. Vassily Ivanchuk leads the rapid with 5.5/7.

Round 8. Vassily Ivanchuk extended his over-all lead in spite of drawing both his games against Leinier Dominguez Perez. Ivanchuk leads the combined standings and rapid event by a point. Magnus Carlsen played a tremendously sharp game against Vladimir Kramnik in the blindfold tournament finally missing his way at the end when he had a draw available. He nearly got beaten a second time in the rapid too but just held on to draw. Alexander Grischuk won again in the blindfold tournament, this time against Sergey Karjakin extending his lead to a full point in that event. Rest day Monday.

19th Amber Blindfold Nice (FRA), 13-25 iii 2010															cat. XX (2746)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2756	*	½	.	½	1	1	½	1	.	½	.	1	6	2937
2.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2748	½	*	1	.	.	1	.	½	½	½	½	½	5	2835
3.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2813	.	0	*	1	0	1	0	1	1	.	1	.	5	2837
4.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2750	½	.	0	*	1	.	1	.	½	0	½	1	4½	2790
5.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2790	0	.	1	0	*	.	½	.	0	1	1	1	4½	2785
6.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2725	0	0	0	.	.	*	.	1	½	1	1	1	4½	2786
7.	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	2740	½	.	1	0	½	.	*	.	½	½	0	1	4	2749
8.	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2750	0	½	0	.	.	0	.	*	1	1	1	½	4	2740
9.	Smeets, Jan	g	NED	2651	.	½	0	½	1	½	½	0	*	.	0	.	3	2675
10.	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2737	½	½	.	1	0	0	½	0	.	*	.	½	3	2659
11.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2782	.	½	0	½	0	0	1	0	1	.	*	.	3	2658
12.	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2713	0	½	.	0	0	0	0	½	.	½	.	*	1½	2498

Round 4 (March 16, 2010)
Grischuk, Alexander	- Dominguez Perez, Leinier	1-0	63	B99	Sicilian Najdorf
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	25	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Carlsen, Magnus	- Smeets, Jan	1-0	36	A07	Barcza System
Gelfand, Boris	- Kramnik, Vladimir	1-0	41	E91	King's Indian Classical
Svidler, Peter	- Karjakin, Sergey	0-1	48	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Gashimov, Vugar	½-½	68	A77	Benoni
Round 5 (March 18, 2010)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	1-0	35	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Karjakin, Sergey	- Carlsen, Magnus	0-1	64	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Gashimov, Vugar	- Grischuk, Alexander	½-½	33	B97	Sicilian Najdorf
Smeets, Jan	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	63	B19	Caro Kann
Aronian, Levon	- Svidler, Peter	0-1	41	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	- Gelfand, Boris	0-1	60	C42	Petroff's Defence
Round 6 (March 19, 2010)
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	½-½	68	C70	Ruy Lopez
Carlsen, Magnus	- Gelfand, Boris	1-0	51	C48	Four Knights Rubinstein
Karjakin, Sergey	- Dominguez Perez, Leinier	1-0	33	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Svidler, Peter	- Grischuk, Alexander	0-1	31	D47	Queens Gambit Meran
Smeets, Jan	- Kramnik, Vladimir	1-0	41	B09	Pirc Defence
Aronian, Levon	- Gashimov, Vugar	1-0	38	A61	Benoni
Round 7 (March 20, 2010)
Grischuk, Alexander	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	37	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Gelfand, Boris	- Smeets, Jan	½-½	49	A11	Reti Opening
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Aronian, Levon	1-0	24	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Gashimov, Vugar	- Carlsen, Magnus	1-0	43	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Karjakin, Sergey	0-1	71	E06	Catalan
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	- Svidler, Peter	½-½	44	C99	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Round 8 (March 21, 2010)
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Dominguez Perez, Leinier	½-½	57	B96	Sicilian Najdorf
Carlsen, Magnus	- Kramnik, Vladimir	0-1	39	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Karjakin, Sergey	- Grischuk, Alexander	0-1	82	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Svidler, Peter	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	1-0	43	D11	Slav Defence
Smeets, Jan	- Gashimov, Vugar	½-½	45	B61	Sicilian Rauzer
Aronian, Levon	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	34	A13	Reti Opening

19th Amber Rapid Nice (FRA), 13-25 iii 2010															cat. XX (2746)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2748	*	1	.	.	½	½	.	1	½	1	½	1	6	2933
2.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2813	0	*	1	½	1	0	½	1	.	.	.	1	5	2837
3.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2750	.	0	*	1	.	.	1	½	0	½	1	1	5	2842
4.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2790	.	½	0	*	.	.	1	0	1	1	½	1	5	2837
5.	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2750	½	0	.	.	*	1	.	1	0	½	1	½	4½	2783
6.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2725	½	1	.	.	0	*	.	0	1	½	1	½	4½	2786
7.	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	2740	.	½	0	0	.	.	*	½	1	1	½	1	4½	2792
8.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2782	0	0	½	1	0	1	½	*	.	.	.	1	4	2745
9.	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2737	½	.	1	0	1	0	0	.	*	½	½	.	3½	2703
10.	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2756	0	.	½	0	½	½	0	.	½	*	1	.	3	2657
11.	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2713	½	.	0	½	0	0	½	.	½	0	*	.	2	2556
12.	Smeets, Jan	g	NED	2651	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	.	.	.	*	1	2440

Round 4 (March 16, 2010)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Gelfand, Boris	0-1	34	E15	Queens Indian
Karjakin, Sergey	- Svidler, Peter	0-1	38	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Gashimov, Vugar	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	1-0	64	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Aronian, Levon	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	0-1	37	A13	Reti Opening
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	- Grischuk, Alexander	0-1	50	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Smeets, Jan	- Carlsen, Magnus	0-1	56	C95	Ruy Lopez Breyer
Round 5 (March 18, 2010)
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Smeets, Jan	1-0	40	C48	Four Knights Rubinstein
Carlsen, Magnus	- Karjakin, Sergey	0-1	46	A20	English Opening
Gelfand, Boris	- Dominguez Perez, Leinier	1-0	66	D80	Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Svidler, Peter	- Aronian, Levon	1-0	31	C60	Ruy Lopez
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Kramnik, Vladimir	0-1	23	D38	QGD Ragozin
Grischuk, Alexander	- Gashimov, Vugar	0-1	45	A62	Benoni
Round 6 (March 19, 2010)
Gelfand, Boris	- Carlsen, Magnus	0-1	50	E92	King's Indian Classical
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Smeets, Jan	1-0	53	D11	Slav Defence
Gashimov, Vugar	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	49	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	21	E04	Catalan
Grischuk, Alexander	- Svidler, Peter	½-½	23	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	- Karjakin, Sergey	0-1	57	D13	Slav Exchange
Round 7 (March 20, 2010)
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Grischuk, Alexander	1-0	44	B97	Sicilian Najdorf
Carlsen, Magnus	- Gashimov, Vugar	½-½	58	D15	Slav Defence
Svidler, Peter	- Dominguez Perez, Leinier	1-0	60	D20	QGA
Karjakin, Sergey	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	1-0	23	C70	Ruy Lopez
Aronian, Levon	- Kramnik, Vladimir	1-0	51	E47	Nimzo Indian
Smeets, Jan	- Gelfand, Boris	0-1	61	C42	Petroff's Defence
Round 8 (March 21, 2010)
Gelfand, Boris	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	37	D80	Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	90	E97	King's Indian Classical
Gashimov, Vugar	- Smeets, Jan	1-0	33	C42	Petroff's Defence
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Svidler, Peter	1-0	57	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Grischuk, Alexander	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	30	D16	Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	54	B41	Sicilian Paulsen

19th Amber Combined Nice (FRA), 13-25 iii 2010																				cat. XX (2746)
					1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12
1.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2748	*	*	1	1	.	.	.	.	½	1	1	½	.	.	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	11.0	2881
2.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2813	0	0	*	*	0	½	1	1	.	.	1	0	0	½	1	1	1	1	.	.	1	1	.	.	10.0	2837
3.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2790	.	.	1	½	*	*	0	0	0	1	.	.	½	1	.	.	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	½	9.5	2807
4.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2750	.	.	0	0	1	1	*	*	½	½	.	.	1	1	.	.	½	½	0	0	½	1	1	1	9.5	2812
5.	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2756	½	0	.	.	1	0	½	½	*	*	1	½	½	0	1	½	.	.	½	½	.	.	1	1	9.0	2787
6.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2725	0	½	0	1	.	.	.	.	0	½	*	*	.	.	1	0	1	0	1	1	½	½	1	1	9.0	2786
7.	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	2740	.	.	1	½	½	0	0	0	½	1	.	.	*	*	.	.	0	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	8.5	2770
8.	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2750	½	½	0	0	.	.	.	.	0	½	0	1	.	.	*	*	1	1	1	0	1	½	½	1	8.5	2761
9.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2782	½	0	0	0	0	1	½	½	.	.	0	1	1	½	0	0	*	*	.	.	1	1	.	.	7.0	2702
10.	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2737	½	½	.	.	0	0	1	1	½	½	0	0	½	0	0	1	.	.	*	*	.	.	½	½	6.5	2681
11.	Smeets, Jan	g	NED	2651	½	0	0	0	1	0	½	0	.	.	½	½	½	0	0	½	0	0	.	.	*	*	.	.	4.0	2569
12.	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2713	½	½	.	.	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	.	.	½	½	.	.	*	*	3.5	2529

3) 11th European Individual 2010

The European Individual Championships for men and women took place 6th-18th March 2010 in Rijeka. Leading entries included: 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.

Ian Nepomniachtchi took clear first with 9/11, half a point clear of Baadur Jobava and Artyom Timofeev. There were playoffs for 12 places amongst the players in the tie on 7.5 for world championship qualification. Baadur Jobava took the silver medal after a playoff against Artyom Timofeev who took bronze.

23 players qualified for the World Cup (it is not at all clear to me why the regulations say 22 qualifiers but in the end there were 23): Nepomniachtchi, Jobava, Timofeev, Efimenko, Lysy, Almasi, Tomashevski, Rodshtein, Salgado Lopez, Pashikian, Mamedov, Movsesian, Drozdovskij, Babula, Vorobiov, Akopian, Berkes, Potkin, Halkias, Nisipeanu, Alekseev, Grachev and Socko.

14 players qualified for the Women's World Championship: Cramling, Cmilyte, Socko, T. Kosintseva, Sebag, Zhukova, Dembo, Stefanova, A. Muzychuk, N. Kosinsteva, M. Muzycduk Kovalevskaya, Ziazulkina, Rajlich.

Official site: http://www.eurorijeka2010.com - http://chess-results.com/tnr29567.aspx

11th EICC Men Rijeka (CRO), 6-17 iii 2010 Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB2	TB3	Rp
1	Nepomniachtchi Ian	GM	RUS	2656	9	63.5	77.5	2868
2	Jobava Baadur	GM	GEO	2695	8.5	64.5	79	2839
3	Timofeev Artyom	GM	RUS	2655	8.5	61.5	75	2801
4	Efimenko Zahar	GM	UKR	2640	8	64.5	78	2791
5	Lysyj Igor	GM	RUS	2615	8	60.5	73	2752
6	Almasi Zoltan	GM	HUN	2720	8	60	73	2719
7	Tomashevsky Evgeny	GM	RUS	2701	8	58.5	71.5	2746
8	Rodshtein Maxim	GM	ISR	2609	8	56	67	2728
9	Salgado Lopez Ivan	GM	ESP	2592	8	53	65	2685
10	Pashikian Arman	GM	ARM	2652	8	51	62	2683
11	Mamedov Rauf	GM	AZE	2639	7.5	64.5	78	2728
12	Movsesian Sergei	GM	SVK	2709	7.5	63.5	77.5	2726
13	Sokolov Ivan	GM	BIH	2638	7.5	62.5	76	2754
14	Maiorov Nikita	GM	BLR	2510	7.5	61.5	74	2715
15	Tregubov Pavel V	GM	RUS	2625	7.5	60.5	74	2694
16	Akopian Vladimir	GM	ARM	2688	7.5	60	74	2725
	Khismatullin Denis	GM	RUS	2657	7.5	60	74	2695
18	Alekseev Evgeny	GM	RUS	2700	7.5	60	73.5	2722
19	Sutovsky Emil	GM	ISR	2650	7.5	60	73	2718
20	Kurnosov Igor	GM	RUS	2674	7.5	60	72.5	2721
21	Halkias Stelios	GM	GRE	2580	7.5	60	72	2711
22	Hovhannisyan Robert	IM	ARM	2498	7.5	60	70.5	2670
23	Berkes Ferenc	GM	HUN	2659	7.5	58.5	72	2705
24	Vuckovic Bojan	GM	SRB	2630	7.5	58.5	71.5	2689
25	Potkin Vladimir	GM	RUS	2606	7.5	58.5	71.5	2749
26	Mastrovasilis Athanasios	GM	GRE	2511	7.5	58.5	70.5	2698
27	Grachev Boris	GM	RUS	2667	7.5	58	70.5	2705
28	Socko Bartosz	GM	POL	2637	7.5	58	70	2668
29	Inarkiev Ernesto	GM	RUS	2667	7.5	57.5	72	2712
30	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	GM	ROU	2661	7.5	57	70	2705
31	Zvjaginsev Vadim	GM	RUS	2643	7.5	57	69.5	2719
	Vorobiov Evgeny E	GM	RUS	2616	7.5	57	69.5	2675
33	Hracek Zbynek	GM	CZE	2615	7.5	57	69	2681
34	Belov Vladimir	GM	RUS	2619	7.5	57	68.5	2651
35	Navara David	GM	CZE	2708	7.5	56.5	69.5	2708
36	Sargissian Gabriel	GM	ARM	2675	7.5	56	69.5	2687
37	Volkov Sergey	GM	RUS	2612	7.5	54.5	67.5	2653
38	Howell David W L	GM	ENG	2612	7.5	53.5	65.5	2642
39	Drozdovskij Yuri	GM	UKR	2627	7.5	52.5	63	2632
40	Babula Vlastimil	GM	CZE	2554	7.5	52	63	2650
41	Naiditsch Arkadij	GM	GER	2691	7	64	77	2693
42	Vallejo Pons Francisco	GM	ESP	2708	7	63	77.5	2710
43	Fressinet Laurent	GM	FRA	2670	7	62.5	76	2674
44	Adams Michael	GM	ENG	2704	7	59.5	72.5	2691
	Stocek Jiri	GM	CZE	2591	7	59.5	72.5	2717
46	Ragger Markus	GM	AUT	2572	7	59.5	72	2724
47	L'Ami Erwin	GM	NED	2628	7	59	72	2619
48	Parligras Mircea	GM	ROU	2551	7	59	71.5	2680
49	Berg Emanuel	GM	SWE	2594	7	58.5	70.5	2650
50	Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula	GM	ROU	2525	7	58.5	69	2560
51	Motylev Alexander	GM	RUS	2705	7	57.5	70.5	2647
52	Reinderman Dimitri	GM	NED	2576	7	57	70	2651
53	Sjugirov Sanan	GM	RUS	2602	7	57	69.5	2628
54	Gyimesi Zoltan	GM	HUN	2586	7	57	69	2678
55	Balogh Csaba	GM	HUN	2622	7	56.5	68.5	2622
56	Najer Evgeniy	GM	RUS	2665	7	56	68.5	2525
57	Macieja Bartlomiej	GM	POL	2625	7	55.5	68	2644
58	Grigoryan Avetik	GM	ARM	2565	7	55.5	67	2632
59	Chirila Ioan-Cristian	GM	ROU	2487	7	55.5	66.5	2594
60	Khairullin Ildar	GM	RUS	2617	7	55	67.5	2627
61	Roiz Michael	GM	ISR	2652	7	55	67	2631
62	Kobalia Mikhail	GM	RUS	2637	7	53.5	65.5	2611
63	Laznicka Viktor	GM	CZE	2659	7	53	64.5	2602
64	Edouard Romain	GM	FRA	2617	7	52	64.5	2601
65	Stevic Hrvoje	GM	CRO	2610	7	52	64.5	2581
66	Guliyev Namig	GM	AZE	2516	7	51.5	62.5	2607
67	Buhmann Rainer	GM	GER	2587	7	51	63	2539
68	Gajewski Grzegorz	GM	POL	2567	7	50	61	2584
69	Guseinov Gadir	GM	AZE	2609	7	47.5	58.5	2441
70	Melkumyan Hrant	GM	ARM	2582	6.5	62	76.5	2670
71	Lupulescu Constantin	GM	ROU	2598	6.5	60.5	74.5	2647
72	Oleksienko Mikhailo	GM	UKR	2525	6.5	60.5	72	2631
73	Popov Valerij	GM	RUS	2585	6.5	60	73	2627
74	Riazantsev Alexander	GM	RUS	2660	6.5	59.5	73	2632
75	Podolchenko Evgeniy		BLR	2502	6.5	59.5	70	2615
76	Georgiev Kiril	GM	BUL	2669	6.5	59	72.5	2624
77	Areshchenko Alexander	GM	UKR	2670	6.5	58	71.5	2633
78	Delchev Aleksander	GM	BUL	2625	6.5	58	70.5	2608
79	Petrosian Tigran L	GM	ARM	2612	6.5	57.5	70.5	2623
80	Bareev Evgeny	GM	RUS	2667	6.5	57.5	70	2636
81	Brkic Ante	GM	CRO	2543	6.5	57	69	2627
82	Markus Robert	GM	SRB	2618	6.5	56.5	69	2588
	Safarli Eltaj	GM	AZE	2606	6.5	56.5	69	2624
84	Nikolov Momchil	IM	BUL	2550	6.5	56.5	68	2604
85	Papaioannou Ioannis	GM	GRE	2630	6.5	56	68.5	2563
86	Narciso Dublan Marc	GM	ESP	2530	6.5	56	68	2635
87	Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel	GM	ESP	2548	6.5	56	67.5	2568
88	Gagunashvili Merab	GM	GEO	2582	6.5	55.5	68	2553
89	Mastrovasilis Dimitrios	GM	GRE	2574	6.5	55.5	66.5	2632
90	Sanikidze Tornike	GM	GEO	2566	6.5	55	67.5	2578
91	Gelashvili Tamaz	GM	GEO	2621	6.5	55	67.5	2571
92	Giri Anish	GM	NED	2624	6.5	55	67	2609
93	Pavasovic Dusko	GM	SLO	2579	6.5	54.5	67.5	2574
94	Savchenko Boris	GM	RUS	2652	6.5	54.5	67	2598
95	Postny Evgeny	GM	ISR	2641	6.5	54.5	67	2512
96	Zhigalko Sergei	GM	BLR	2648	6.5	54.5	66.5	2607
97	Nyback Tomi	GM	FIN	2624	6.5	54.5	66.5	2518
98	Svetushkin Dmitry	GM	MDA	2554	6.5	54.5	66	2569
99	Bologan Viktor	GM	MDA	2684	6.5	54	66.5	2595
100	Romanov Evgeny	GM	RUS	2600	6.5	53.5	65.5	2560
101	Neverov Valeriy	GM	UKR	2542	6.5	53.5	65	2521
102	Iakemov Vladimir		UKR	2463	6.5	53.5	65	2558
103	Pantsulaia Levan	GM	GEO	2588	6.5	53	65	2571
104	Nanu Ciprian-Costica	IM	ROU	2505	6.5	53	64	2572
105	Evdokimov Alexander A	GM	RUS	2564	6.5	52.5	64	2582
106	Kokarev Dmitry	GM	RUS	2622	6.5	52	64	2560
107	Maslak Konstantin	GM	RUS	2560	6.5	51.5	63.5	2561
108	Sulskis Sarunas	GM	LTU	2572	6.5	51	63.5	2516
109	Stefansson Hannes	GM	ISL	2574	6.5	51	62	2589
110	Smirin Ilia	GM	ISR	2647	6.5	50.5	63	2549
111	Korobov Anton	GM	UKR	2663	6.5	50.5	62	2570
112	Rakhmanov Aleksandr	GM	RUS	2584	6.5	49.5	60	2498
	Nijboer Friso	GM	NED	2562	6.5	49.5	60	2490
114	Ruck Robert	GM	HUN	2570	6.5	49	60.5	2515
115	Solak Dragan	GM	SRB	2553	6.5	48.5	61	2496
116	Yilmaz Mustafa	IM	TUR	2468	6.5	48.5	60.5	2468
117	Cheparinov Ivan	GM	BUL	2657	6.5	48.5	60.5	2514
118	Jankovic Alojzije	GM	CRO	2569	6.5	48.5	60	2490
119	Brunello Sabino	IM	ITA	2476	6.5	48	59.5	2506
120	Kozlitin Roman	FM	RUS	2344	6.5	48	57.5	2481
121	Shimanov Aleksandr	GM	RUS	2553	6.5	47.5	59	2481
122	Yemelin Vasily	GM	RUS	2576	6.5	46.5	56	2446
123	Skoberne Jure	IM	SLO	2509	6	63.5	75	2603
124	Caruana Fabiano	GM	ITA	2680	6	63	76.5	2616
125	Iordachescu Viorel	GM	MDA	2621	6	58.5	70.5	2604
126	Grigoriants Sergey	GM	RUS	2562	6	58.5	70	2596
127	Zhigalko Andrey	GM	BLR	2587	6	58	70	2586
128	Moiseenko Alexander	GM	UKR	2668	6	57.5	71	2627
129	Dvirnyy Daniyyl	IM	ITA	2450	6	57.5	69.5	2569
130	Krasenkow Michal	GM	POL	2652	6	57	70	2565
131	Petrosian Davit G	GM	ARM	2468	6	57	70	2617
132	Gustafsson Jan	GM	GER	2646	6	57	69	2572
133	Aleksandrov Aleksej	GM	BLR	2601	6	56.5	69.5	2620
134	Mamedov Nidjat	GM	AZE	2623	6	56.5	68.5	2559
135	Lenic Luka	GM	SLO	2603	6	56.5	68	2576
136	Zelcic Robert	GM	CRO	2547	6	56	68	2525
137	Sedlak Nikola	GM	SRB	2570	6	56	68	2567
138	Predojevic Borki	GM	BIH	2639	6	56	67.5	2568
139	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel	GM	ARM	2513	6	56	67	2563
140	Gdanski Jacek	GM	POL	2527	6	55.5	67	2562
141	Volokitin Andrei	GM	UKR	2687	6	55	67	2567
142	Levin Evgeny A	IM	RUS	2486	6	55	65	2513
143	Kotronias Vasilios	GM	GRE	2593	6	54	67	2535
144	Swiercz Dariusz	GM	POL	2488	6	54	65.5	2534
145	Sebenik Matej	IM	SLO	2504	6	54	64.5	2501
146	Kozul Zdenko	GM	CRO	2602	6	53.5	65.5	2531
147	Beliavsky Alexander G	GM	SLO	2657	6	53.5	65.5	2542
148	Martinovic Sasa	IM	CRO	2509	6	53.5	64	2534
149	Saric Ante	GM	CRO	2483	6	53.5	62	2407
150	Azarov Sergei	GM	BLR	2621	6	53	65.5	2511
151	Erdos Viktor	GM	HUN	2593	6	53	65	2556
	Jovanovic Zoran	GM	CRO	2526	6	53	65	2541
153	Landa Konstantin	GM	RUS	2635	6	53	64	2547
154	Ekstroem Roland	IM	SUI	2491	6	53	63.5	2479
155	Gallagher Joseph G	GM	SUI	2486	6	52.5	63	2477
156	Kovacevic Aleksandar	GM	SRB	2574	6	52.5	62	2467
157	Minasian Artashes	GM	ARM	2568	6	52	64	2525
158	Banusz Tamas	IM	HUN	2517	6	52	63	2525
159	Zufic Miroslav	IM	CRO	2445	6	51.5	63	2453
160	Benidze Davit	IM	GEO	2499	6	51.5	62.5	2454
161	Sulashvili Malkhaz	IM	GEO	2490	6	51.5	61.5	2497
162	Berbatov Kiprian	IM	BUL	2481	6	51.5	60	2366
163	Todorovic Goran M	GM	SRB	2453	6	51	62.5	2503
164	Arkell Keith C	GM	ENG	2474	6	50.5	63	2417
165	Nigalidze Gaioz	IM	GEO	2486	6	50.5	60	2422
166	Janssen Ruud	IM	NED	2516	6	50	61.5	2472
167	Kreisl Robert	IM	AUT	2389	6	50	61	2306
168	Buss Ralph	FM	SUI	2416	6	50	61	2510
169	Danielsen Henrik	GM	ISL	2494	6	49.5	61	2443
170	Andriasian Zaven	GM	ARM	2609	6	49.5	61	2461
171	Zavgorodniy Sergiy	IM	UKR	2409	6	49.5	60	2501
172	Kalegin Evgenij	IM	RUS	2456	6	49	59	2458
173	Nedilko Vasily		UKR	2400	6	48.5	60	2462
174	Loncar Robert	IM	CRO	2424	6	48	61	2462
175	Damljanovic Branko	GM	SRB	2550	6	48	59	2467
176	Miron Lucian-Costin	IM	ROU	2482	6	48	58.5	2385
177	Jurcik Marian	IM	SVK	2510	6	47.5	57	2461
178	Saric Ivan	GM	CRO	2607	6	46	57	2430
179	Dimitrijevic Darko	FM	CRO	2272	6	45.5	55	2405
180	Goganov Aleksey	FM	RUS	2492	6	45	56.5	2403
181	Schmidt Raul	IM	ROU	2387	6	43.5	53.5	2401
182	Womacka Mathias	IM	GER	2452	5.5	60	72	2559
183	Makarov Marat	GM	RUS	2510	5.5	59	70	2541
184	Durarbeyli Vasif	IM	AZE	2476	5.5	58.5	70.5	2552
185	Prohaszka Peter	GM	HUN	2501	5.5	58.5	69	2529
186	Pelletier Yannick	GM	SUI	2611	5.5	58	70.5	2543
187	Morchiashvili Bachana	IM	GEO	2345	5.5	57.5	68.5	2528
188	Golubovic Boris	IM	CRO	2392	5.5	57	69	2484
189	Hera Imre Jr	GM	HUN	2574	5.5	55.5	68.5	2405
190	Maiwald Jens-Uwe	GM	GER	2474	5.5	55.5	68.5	2526
191	Iotov Valentin	GM	BUL	2568	5.5	55.5	67.5	2525
192	Hamitevici Vladimir	FM	MDA	2401	5.5	55.5	67	2541
193	Meier Georg	GM	GER	2663	5.5	55	66.5	2557
194	Nevednichy Vladislav	GM	ROU	2572	5.5	54	66.5	2487
195	Arutinian David	GM	GEO	2576	5.5	53.5	65.5	2506
196	Potapov Pavel	IM	RUS	2427	5.5	53.5	65	2553
197	Bajarani Ulvi	FM	AZE	2395	5.5	53.5	63.5	2520
198	Delorme Axel	IM	FRA	2429	5.5	53	65	2486
199	Carlsson Pontus	GM	SWE	2478	5.5	53	64.5	2362
200	Jovanic Ognjen	GM	CRO	2538	5.5	53	64	2468
201	Horvath Adam	GM	HUN	2501	5.5	53	63	2463
202	Neubauer Martin	IM	AUT	2465	5.5	52.5	65.5	2467
203	Drazic Sinisa	GM	SRB	2545	5.5	52.5	65	2435
	Anisimov Pavel	IM	RUS	2519	5.5	52.5	65	2546
205	Butnorius Algimantas	GM	LTU	2437	5.5	52.5	64	2477
206	Bosiocic Marin	GM	CRO	2577	5.5	52	64	2465
207	Kadric Denis		BIH	2171	5.5	52	63	2472
208	Godena Michele	GM	ITA	2561	5.5	51.5	63.5	2488
209	Berczes David	GM	HUN	2510	5.5	51.5	62.5	2479
210	Ris Robert	IM	NED	2422	5.5	51	63	2433
211	Boskovic Drasko	IM	SRB	2434	5.5	51	62.5	2473
	Piscopo Pierluigi	IM	ITA	2418	5.5	51	62.5	2435
213	Stern Rene	IM	GER	2501	5.5	51	62	2432
214	Pavlidis Anastasios	FM	GRE	2338	5.5	51	61.5	2446
215	Szabo Krisztian	IM	HUN	2513	5.5	50.5	62	2438
216	Fercec Nenad	GM	CRO	2492	5.5	50.5	61.5	2450
217	Cvitan Ognjen	GM	CRO	2550	5.5	50	61.5	2433
218	Sale Srdjan	IM	CRO	2396	5.5	50	60.5	2398
219	Bodiroga Predrag	IM	SRB	2422	5.5	50	60.5	2440
220	Erdogdu Mert	IM	TUR	2502	5.5	49.5	61	2409
221	Vernay Clovis	IM	FRA	2440	5.5	49.5	60.5	2479
222	Gutov Andrey	GM	RUS	2437	5.5	49	60	2441
223	Djukic Nikola	GM	MNE	2509	5.5	49	59.5	2392
	Maevsky Nikolay		RUS	2275	5.5	49	59.5	2395
225	Papin Vasily	IM	RUS	2532	5.5	48.5	59.5	2322
226	Bartel Mateusz	GM	POL	2634	5.5	48	57.5	2341
227	Mihok Oliver	FM	HUN	2403	5.5	47	57.5	2431
228	Banikas Hristos	GM	GRE	2617	5.5	47	57.5	2419
229	Onoprienko Vladimir	IM	RUS	2346	5.5	46.5	58	2316
230	Popilski Gil	CM	ISR	2441	5.5	46	57.5	2302
231	Shytaj Luca	IM	ITA	2472	5.5	46	57	2392
232	Malakhov Igor	FM	RUS	2425	5.5	46	57	2403
233	Valsecchi Alessio	FM	ITA	2360	5.5	46	56.5	2392
234	San Segundo Carrillo Pablo	GM	ESP	2534	5.5	46	56	2383
235	Baumegger Siegfried	IM	AUT	2442	5.5	46	55	2284
236	Ortega Lexy	GM	ITA	2479	5.5	45.5	57	2348
237	Hoffmann Paul	FM	GER	2361	5.5	45.5	55.5	2380
238	Nakar Eylon		ISR	2264	5.5	45.5	55.5	2354
239	Sandalakis Angelos		GRE	2319	5.5	45	56.5	2353
240	Kunze Carlo	FM	GER	2306	5.5	44.5	54.5	2292
241	Veleski Robert		MKD	2278	5.5	44	53	2280
242	Berkovich Mark A	IM	ISR	2401	5.5	43.5	54.5	2287
243	Cucancic Sinisa		CRO	2271	5.5	42.5	52	2189
244	Bach Adrian-Kalman	FM	ROU	2251	5.5	42	51.5	2220
245	Zelic Mladen	FM	CRO	2306	5.5	41.5	51	2304
246	Mrva Martin	GM	SVK	2485	5	56	67	2338
247	Fridman Daniel	GM	GER	2650	5	56	67	2527
248	Caspi Israel	IM	ISR	2426	5	55	67.5	2512
249	Bacrot Etienne	GM	FRA	2714	5	53.5	66.5	2560
250	Kurmann Oliver	IM	SUI	2432	5	53	65	2444
251	Baron Tal	FM	ISR	2415	5	53	64.5	2437
252	Schroll Gerhard	IM	AUT	2411	5	53	63.5	2460
253	Golod Vitali	GM	ISR	2590	5	52.5	66	2524
254	Zaslavsky Mikhail	FM	ISR	2391	5	52.5	64.5	2446
255	Plat Vojtech	IM	CZE	2395	5	52.5	64	2405
256	Djurovic Goran	FM	CRO	2276	5	52.5	60	2363
257	Reutsky Sergei	IM	RUS	2404	5	51	62.5	2383
258	Cioara Andrei-Nestor	IM	ROU	2430	5	50.5	62	2304
259	Lekic Dusan	IM	MNE	2396	5	50.5	61	2294
260	Sahitaj Naim		EUR	0	5	49.5	61	2402
261	Petre Nad-Titus	FM	ROU	2410	5	49.5	60	2374
262	Doric Darko	IM	CRO	2464	5	49	60	2375
	Fucak Emilijo	FM	CRO	2280	5	49	60	2334
264	Dragomirescu Robin-Alexandru	FM	ROU	2372	5	48.5	59.5	2358
265	Kanarek Marcel	FM	POL	2388	5	48.5	58.5	2236
266	Manea Alexandru	IM	ROU	2392	5	48.5	58.5	2374
267	Boehnisch Manfred	FM	GER	2316	5	48.5	58	2341
268	Medvegy Zoltan	GM	HUN	2556	5	48	59.5	2382
269	Holzke Frank	GM	GER	2526	5	48	59	2355
270	Martic Zlatko	FM	CRO	2404	5	47.5	58.5	2337
271	Bakalarz Mietek	IM	LUX	2300	5	47	56.5	2309
272	Tosic Miroslav	GM	SRB	2439	5	46.5	57.5	2273
273	Lorscheid Gerhard	FM	GER	2328	5	46.5	56.5	2215
274	Voiteanu Gabriel	FM	ROU	2254	5	45.5	56.5	2265
275	Rukavina Josip	IM	CRO	2409	5	45.5	56	2297
	Schiendorfer Emanuel	FM	SUI	2340	5	45.5	56	2239
277	Mazi Leon	IM	SLO	2375	5	45.5	55.5	2346
278	Boros Denes	GM	HUN	2485	5	44.5	56	2254
279	Tate Alan		SCO	2215	5	44.5	54.5	2357
280	Pancevski Filip	IM	MKD	2423	5	44	56.5	2261
281	Astengo Corrado		ITA	2136	5	42.5	52	2308
282	Ramesa Davor	FM	CRO	2339	5	42.5	51.5	2261
283	Baghdasaryan Vahe		ARM	2284	5	42.5	50.5	2132
284	Guidi Maurizio		ITA	2067	5	39.5	47	2055
285	Jacobsen Bo		DEN	2375	5	38.5	48	2153
286	Durandeau Jean-Marie		FRA	2040	5	36.5	44.5	2045
287	Nabaty Tamir		ISR	2485	4.5	61	74	2375
288	Smirnov Artem	IM	RUS	2435	4.5	56.5	69	2518
289	Azaladze Shota	IM	GEO	2433	4.5	54	65.5	2431
290	Raznikov Danny	FM	ISR	2331	4.5	51.5	61.5	2412
291	Barle Janez	IM	SLO	2415	4.5	51	62.5	2333
292	Szamoskozi Gabor	FM	HUN	2347	4.5	50.5	61.5	2392
293	Firat Burak	FM	TUR	2398	4.5	50.5	61	2400
294	Pankov German	FM	RUS	2353	4.5	50.5	61	2345
295	Kargin Arseny	IM	RUS	2400	4.5	50	61	2340
296	Gasanov Eldar	GM	UKR	2514	4.5	49.5	61	2362
297	Medancic Rikard	IM	CRO	2311	4.5	49.5	59	2303
298	Sarbok Torsten	FM	GER	2319	4.5	49	58.5	2367
299	Slavin Alexei	FM	RUS	2368	4.5	48.5	60	2350
300	Lanzani Mario	IM	ITA	2371	4.5	48.5	58.5	2327
301	Feher Adam		HUN	2260	4.5	48	58	2304
302	Pesotskyi Vitalii	IM	UKR	2282	4.5	47.5	59.5	2277
303	Sakaev Konstantin	GM	RUS	2635	4.5	47.5	59.5	2435
304	Jakovljevic Vlado	IM	BIH	2412	4.5	47.5	58	2287
305	Rasulov Vugar Ural Oglu	IM	AZE	2457	4.5	47	58	2356
306	Wintzer Joachim Dr	FM	GER	2361	4.5	47	57.5	2298
307	Bentivegna Francesco	FM	ITA	2361	4.5	47	56.5	2267
308	Wittmann Walter	IM	AUT	2302	4.5	47	56	2218
309	Potapov Alexander	GM	RUS	2446	4.5	46.5	57.5	2293
310	Sheskin Matan		ISR	2207	4.5	45.5	55	2248
311	Bakin Alexander	FM	RUS	2232	4.5	45.5	55	2257
312	Zueger Beat	IM	SUI	2425	4.5	45	56	2237
313	Hamiti Gani		EUR	0	4.5	45	55.5	2302
314	Berescu Alin	GM	ROU	2486	4.5	45	55	2158
315	Katzir Moshe		ISR	2288	4.5	45	54	2224
316	Ernst Michael		AUT	2166	4.5	45	54	2308
317	Pavlidis Antonios		GRE	2376	4.5	44.5	55.5	2332
318	Grimberg Boris	FM	GER	2352	4.5	44.5	55.5	2340
319	Milonakis Georgios		GRE	2154	4.5	44	54.5	2174
320	Bente Bjoern		GER	2245	4.5	44	53	2157
321	Platzgummer Fabian	FM	AUT	2383	4.5	43.5	53	2148
322	Sikanjic Bojan		CRO	2170	4.5	43.5	52.5	2214
323	Partys Petr		CZE	1977	4.5	43	55	2225
324	Levine Yonatan		ISR	2100	4.5	43	52.5	2265
325	Kostanjsek Zorko		CRO	2204	4.5	42.5	51.5	2201
326	Tassopoulos Marios	FM	GRE	2245	4.5	42	53	2230
327	Elkin Leonid		BLR	2189	4.5	42	51	2231
328	Spichkin Alexander		RUS	2241	4.5	41	51.5	2172
329	Pogosian Vladimir		ARM	2204	4.5	40	49.5	2188
330	Papadakis Michalis		GRE	2244	4.5	38.5	49	2092
331	Pantaleoni Claudio		ITA	2179	4.5	38.5	48	2137
332	Ofstad Per		NOR	2197	4.5	38	47	1870
333	Bozinovic Boban		AUT	2086	4.5	37	45.5	2085
334	Faika Michael		GER	2114	4.5	36	45	2020
335	Stefan Mario		CRO	1973	4.5	35	45	2036
336	Llaneza Vega Marcos	IM	ESP	2514	4	51.5	63.5	2320
337	Chudinovskikh Alexander M	IM	RUS	2314	4	47	56.5	2221
338	Sgnaolin Davide		ITA	2234	4	44.5	54.5	2085
339	Civric Zdravko		SRB	2207	4	44.5	53.5	2192
340	Gebigke Martin		GER	2232	4	44	53.5	2176
341	Valkovic Kristian		CRO	2027	4	43.5	54	2097
342	Nedochetov Mikhail	IM	RUS	2299	4	43.5	54	2180
343	Welz Peter Dr	FM	GER	2148	4	43.5	53	2128
344	Juranic Bruno		CRO	2220	4	43	51.5	2224
345	Kinez Ivo		CRO	2138	4	42.5	52	2152
346	Jelecevic Ivo		CRO	2203	4	42.5	51.5	2127
347	Mihalinec Damir		CRO	2232	4	42	51.5	2228
348	Bar Aviv		ISR	2022	4	42	50.5	2103
349	Neagos Raul-Alexandru		ROU	2110	4	41.5	51	2172
350	Demel Paul		GER	2155	4	41.5	49	2085
351	Monjac Mislav		CRO	1882	4	40.5	50.5	2140
352	Lazic Dusko		CRO	2050	4	40	49	2039
353	Chubar Vladimir	IM	UKR	2124	4	39.5	47	2023
354	Malachi Avraham		ISR	2188	4	39	49	2064
355	Krauss Josef		GER	2102	4	39	47.5	2071
356	Zrilic Bozo		CRO	1968	4	39	46.5	1988
357	Schweitzer Werner		AUT	2081	4	38.5	45.5	2011
358	Barlocco Carlo	FM	ITA	2173	4	38	46.5	2034
359	Piro Valerio		ITA	2069	4	38	46.5	1864
360	Lekic Lazar		MNE	1849	4	36.5	45	1963
361	Klasan Elvis		CRO	1995	4	36	44.5	1937
362	Dubrovic Gabriel		CRO	1687	4	35.5	44	2009
363	Nastic Milorad		CRO	2009	4	35.5	43	1944
364	Beletic Daniel		SLO	2232	3.5	46.5	56.5	2163
365	Plenca Julijan	FM	CRO	2323	3.5	44.5	55	2116
366	Porfireanu Serban		ROU	2034	3.5	43	52	2101
367	Pfeifer Antun		CRO	1900	3.5	43	50.5	2070
368	Hartung Jerry		LUX	2191	3.5	42	52	2135
369	Reinwald Patrick		AUT	2096	3.5	39	48.5	2015
370	Burstein Almog		ISR	2100	3.5	39	47.5	1903
371	Gradiser Dragoljub		CRO	1964	3.5	38.5	48.5	2042
372	Mravic Filip		CRO	1769	3.5	38	47	1997
373	Spika Ivica		CRO	2086	3.5	38	46.5	1963
374	Lanzani Giuliano		ITA	1992	3.5	37.5	46	1933
375	Srdoc Nenad		FRA	1954	3.5	37.5	45	1991
376	Hetzer Volkhard		GER	2091	3.5	37	44.5	1933
377	Pejic Igor		CRO	1912	3.5	35.5	44	1955
378	Hayes Peter J		IRL	2046	3	44	54	2021
379	Nakas Spyridon		GRE	1949	3	40	46.5	1899
380	Winkler Stefan		GER	1877	3	38.5	47.5	1996
381	Jokic Miljenko		CRO	1949	3	37	45.5	1889
382	Jambresic Jurica		CRO	1898	3	35.5	43	1762
383	Krsnik Cohar Ivan Vihor		CRO	1780	3	34.5	44	1911
384	Mateta Marin		CRO	1718	3	34.5	41.5	1834
385	Camber Ivan		CRO	1921	3	34	42.5	1756
386	Antoniacci Riccardo		ITA	1934	3	34	42	1789
	Plenca Jadranko		CRO	1718	3	34	42	1740
388	Vdovenko Volodymyr		UKR	0	3	33.5	42	1853
389	Russo Carmelo		ITA	1739	3	32.5	39	1662
390	Rafaelic Denis		CRO	1714	3	32	40	1748
391	Dubrovic Rafael		CRO	1577	3	32	39	1698
392	Rakita Risto		CRO	0	3	30.5	38.5	1739
393	Dubrovic Mihovil		CRO	1876	2.5	39	49	1973
394	Di Lazzaro Gabriele		ITA	1911	2.5	36.5	45.5	1862
395	Tica Sven		CRO	1562	2.5	36.5	44.5	1768
396	Dujic Davor		CRO	1606	2.5	35.5	43.5	1789
397	Gandolfi Gianfranco		ITA	1855	2.5	32.5	40	1717
398	Tomulic Teo		CRO	1598	2.5	30.5	37.5	1578
399	Cabrijan Ivan		CRO	1811	2.5	29.5	35.5	1572
400	Von Mahren Bivoj		CZE	0	2	30.5	38	1547
401	Dubrovic Romuald		CRO	0	2	26	33	1483
402	Samanic Patrik		CRO	0	1.5	30	37	1383
403	Jadrijevic Ante		CRO	2244	1	49.5	56.5	0
404	Valenti Giuseppe	FM	ITA	2130	1	45	55	2108
405	Dinter Brian		CRO	2124	1	39.5	48.5	2062
406	Zivkovic Elvis		CRO	0	1	30	38	1348
407	Haznedaroglu Kivanc	GM	TUR	2501	0	49.5	60.5	0
	Muskardin Mario		CRO	2085	0	49.5	60.5	0

11th EICC Women Rijeka (CRO), 6-17 iii 2010 Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB2	TB3	Rp
1	Cramling Pia	GM	SWE	2523	9	61.5	74.5	2677
2	Cmilyte Viktorija	IM	LTU	2485	8.5	59.5	73.5	2622
3	Socko Monika	GM	POL	2465	8	63.5	77.5	2595
4	Sebag Marie	GM	FRA	2506	8	60.5	73.5	2555
5	Kosintseva Tatiana	GM	RUS	2524	8	63	76	2595
6	Zhukova Natalia	WGM	UKR	2492	8	60.5	72.5	2556
7	Dembo Yelena	IM	GRE	2457	8	57	69.5	2545
8	Stefanova Antoaneta	GM	BUL	2555	7.5	65.5	80.5	2552
9	Muzychuk Anna	IM	SLO	2533	7.5	63.5	77	2550
10	Kosintseva Nadezhda	IM	RUS	2554	7.5	61	74.5	2540
11	Muzychuk Mariya	IM	UKR	2444	7.5	61	74.5	2550
12	Khurtsidze Nino	IM	GEO	2434	7.5	60.5	74	2526
13	Skripchenko Almira	IM	FRA	2456	7.5	60	73.5	2514
14	Ushenina Anna	IM	UKR	2452	7.5	58	70.5	2511
15	Rajlich Iweta	IM	POL	2459	7.5	56.5	70	2477
16	Ziaziulkina Nastassia	WFM	BLR	2188	7.5	56.5	69	2543
17	Kovalevskaya Ekaterina	IM	RUS	2438	7.5	53	66	2457
18	Zawadzka Jolanta	WGM	POL	2404	7	64.5	77.5	2478
19	Hoang Thanh Trang	GM	HUN	2487	7	61.5	74.5	2442
20	Moser Eva	IM	AUT	2437	7	60.5	73.5	2517
21	Romanko Marina	IM	RUS	2409	7	59.5	72	2488
22	Gvetadze Sopio	IM	GEO	2342	7	57.5	69.5	2485
23	Savina Anastasia	WGM	RUS	2391	7	56.5	69.5	2484
24	Gunina Valentina	WFM	RUS	2457	7	56.5	69	2415
25	Dzagnidze Nana	GM	GEO	2479	7	55.5	67	2472
26	Bodnaruk Anastasia	WGM	RUS	2384	7	55.5	65	2351
27	Gaponenko Inna	IM	UKR	2472	7	54.5	66.5	2415
28	Paehtz Elisabeth	IM	GER	2486	7	53.5	64.5	2397
29	Galojan Lilit	WGM	ARM	2380	6.5	61.5	74	2473
30	Guramishvili Sopiko	WGM	GEO	2266	6.5	59.5	71.5	2467
31	Nebolsina Vera	WGM	RUS	2310	6.5	58.5	70	2436
32	Sedina Elena	IM	ITA	2334	6.5	58	70.5	2468
33	Schneider Veronika	WIM	HUN	2314	6.5	56.5	68.5	2423
34	Cosma Elena-Luminita	WGM	ROU	2346	6.5	55	68	2403
35	Danielian Elina	IM	ARM	2491	6.5	54.5	66	2387
36	Melia Salome	IM	GEO	2467	6.5	54.5	65.5	2369
37	Molchanova Tatjana	WIM	RUS	2369	6.5	54	67	2398
38	Girya Olga	WGM	RUS	2362	6.5	54	66	2373
39	Peng Zhaoqin	GM	NED	2401	6.5	53.5	65.5	2411
40	Manakova Maria	WGM	SRB	2315	6.5	53	63.5	2391
41	Charkhalashvili Inga	WGM	GEO	2338	6.5	52.5	64.5	2399
42	Kashlinskaya Alina	WGM	RUS	2332	6.5	51.5	64.5	2399
43	Kovanova Baira	WGM	RUS	2385	6.5	51.5	63.5	2358
44	Vega Gutierrez Sabrina	WGM	ESP	2314	6.5	51.5	63	2374
45	Khotenashvili Bela	IM	GEO	2448	6.5	50.5	61.5	2334
46	Zdebskaja Natalia	WGM	UKR	2390	6.5	50.5	61	2339
47	Kochetkova Julia	WGM	RUS	2313	6.5	48.5	59.5	2345
48	Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan	GM	SCO	2447	6	64.5	78	2457
49	Matveeva Svetlana	IM	RUS	2373	6	59	71.5	2434
50	Javakhishvili Lela	IM	GEO	2500	6	58	69.5	2369
51	Chelushkina Irina	WGM	SRB	2319	6	57.5	69.5	2411
52	Kursova Maria	WGM	RUS	2296	6	53.5	63.5	2317
53	Doluhanova Evgeniya	WGM	UKR	2297	6	53.5	63.5	2340
54	Arabidze Meri	WIM	GEO	2292	6	53	65	2391
55	Mkrtchian Lilit	IM	ARM	2503	6	53	64.5	2313
56	Schut Lisa	WIM	NED	2224	6	53	63	2343
57	Vojinovic Jovana	WGM	MNE	2296	6	51	61.5	2262
58	Franciskovic Borka	WIM	CRO	2245	6	51	61	2305
59	Milliet Sophie	IM	FRA	2391	6	50.5	61	2300
60	Foisor Cristina-Adela	IM	ROU	2433	6	50	63	2320
61	Przezdziecka Marta	WGM	POL	2254	6	50	62	2363
62	Majdan Joanna	WGM	POL	2364	6	50	61.5	2345
	Tarasova Viktoriya	WIM	RUS	2261	6	50	61.5	2379
64	Danelia Mariam	WIM	GEO	2199	6	49.5	59.5	2302
65	Kostiuk Tatiana	WGM	UKR	2294	6	49.5	59	2234
66	Vasilevich Tatjana	IM	UKR	2414	6	48.5	59.5	2301
67	Lomineishvili Maia	IM	GEO	2385	6	47.5	58	2286
68	Aginian Nelly	WGM	ARM	2296	6	47	57	2243
69	Solic Kristina	WIM	CRO	2192	6	45.5	55.5	2333
70	Videnova Iva	WIM	BUL	2258	6	43	52.5	2262
71	Severiukhina Zoja	WIM	RUS	2355	6	41.5	52	2123
72	Berend Elvira	WGM	LUX	2299	5.5	58.5	70	2317
73	Purtseladze Maka	IM	GEO	2299	5.5	57.5	68.5	2366
74	Melnikova Yana	WGM	RUS	2272	5.5	56.5	68.5	2349
75	Kadziolka Beata	WGM	POL	2311	5.5	53.5	65	2335
	Dolzhykova Kateryna	WIM	UKR	2290	5.5	53.5	65	2335
77	Sikorova Olga	WIM	CZE	2256	5.5	53	64.5	2288
	Worek Joanna	WIM	POL	2245	5.5	53	64.5	2346
79	Lomako Anna	WFM	RUS	2258	5.5	52.5	63.5	2298
80	Papp Petra		HUN	2263	5.5	52.5	62.5	2233
81	Bojkovic Natasa	IM	SRB	2384	5.5	51.5	63	2277
82	Ozturk Kubra	WIM	TUR	2260	5.5	51.5	62	2314
83	Mrvova Alena		SVK	2239	5.5	51.5	61.5	2240
84	Motoc Alina	WGM	ROU	2348	5.5	51	62.5	2263
85	Mamedjarova Turkan	WGM	AZE	2269	5.5	50.5	61.5	2312
86	Butuc Maria	WIM	RUS	2194	5.5	49	60	2318
87	Abdulla Khayala		AZE	2140	5.5	47	57	2292
88	Kazimova Narmin	WIM	AZE	2212	5.5	46	56	2226
89	Toma Katarzyna	WIM	POL	2259	5.5	43	54.5	2223
90	Drljevic Ljilja	WIM	SRB	2248	5.5	36.5	46.5	2050
91	Borosova Zuzana	WIM	SVK	2307	5	52.5	63	2235
92	Papadopoulou Vera	WIM	GRE	2228	5	52	64	2250
93	Mammadova Gulnar	WFM	AZE	2299	5	52	63	2217
94	Gromova Iulia	WIM	RUS	2226	5	52	62.5	2256
95	Dworakowska Joanna	IM	POL	2356	5	51	62.5	2212
96	Ivakhinova Inna	WIM	RUS	2218	5	50	61	2289
97	Fakhiridou Ekaterini	WIM	GRE	2252	5	50	60	2196
98	Calzetta Ruiz Monica	WGM	ESP	2296	5	49	59	2193
99	Mamedjarova Zeinab	WGM	AZE	2289	5	48.5	59.5	2185
100	Medic Mirjana	WGM	CRO	2279	5	47	58	2188
101	Semenova Irina	WGM	RUS	2272	5	47	56.5	2209
102	Haast Anne		NED	2235	5	46	56	2220
103	Tsatsalashvili Keti	WIM	GEO	2326	5	45.5	56	2176
104	Umudova Nargiz	WIM	AZE	2211	5	45	55	2201
105	Paikidze Nazi	WIM	GEO	2322	5	44.5	56	2169
106	Hoolt Sarah	WIM	GER	2215	5	44	54	2164
107	Kopinits Anna-Christina	WIM	AUT	2183	5	44	52.5	2161
108	Jelica Mara	WIM	CRO	2235	5	43.5	54	2112
109	Sandu Mihaela	WGM	ROU	2277	5	42.5	55.5	2199
110	Borsuk Angela	IM	ISR	2338	5	42	54.5	2185
111	Nikolova Adriana	WIM	BUL	2348	5	42	54	2200
112	Nemcova Katerina	WGM	CZE	2264	5	42	52	2131
113	Cherednichenko Svetlana	WGM	UKR	2337	5	42	52	2177
114	Cherednichenko Elena	WFM	UKR	2100	5	40.5	51	2210
115	Ikonomopoulou Maria		GRE	2081	5	36.5	45	1910
116	Fuchs Judith	WIM	GER	2222	4.5	51.5	64	2238
117	Pavlidou Ekaterini		GRE	2135	4.5	50.5	62	2228
118	Yildiz Betul Cemre	WIM	TUR	2244	4.5	47.5	56	2143
119	Brunello Marina	WIM	ITA	2217	4.5	47	58	2180
120	Sargac Rajna	WIM	CRO	2157	4.5	47	56.5	2213
121	Kachiani-Gersinska Ketino	IM	GER	2346	4.5	46	58.5	2198
122	Kushka Alena	WFM	RUS	2164	4.5	46	56	2216
123	Berke Ana	WFM	CRO	2097	4.5	45.5	56.5	2197
124	Zimina Olga	IM	ITA	2319	4.5	44.5	55	2127
125	Isgandarova Khayala	WIM	AZE	2224	4.5	44.5	53.5	2103
126	Paulet Iozefina	WGM	ROU	2303	4.5	44	54.5	2143
127	Trofimova Antonina	WIM	RUS	2182	4.5	43	53	2145
128	Kouvatsou Maria	WGM	GRE	2161	4	51.5	63.5	2221
129	Makropoulou Marina	WGM	GRE	2225	4	51	63	2212
130	Djukic Sandra		SRB	2214	4	47	57.5	2161
131	Shaydullina Sandugach	WGM	RUS	2218	4	47	57.5	2168
132	Pertlova Sona	WIM	CZE	2262	4	45	56	2098
133	Partac Elena	WGM	MDA	2172	4	45	54.5	2024
134	Baciu Diana	WFM	MDA	2146	4	44.5	53	1968
135	Bogumil Tatiana	WFM	RUS	2201	4	44	54	2132
136	Van Weersel Arlette	WIM	NED	2197	4	41.5	51	2079
	Efroimski Marsel	WFM	ISR	2178	4	41.5	51	2082
138	Makka Ioulia	WIM	GRE	2180	4	41	49	1994
139	Brunello Roberta		ITA	2043	4	40.5	50	2037
140	Semenova Elena	WFM	RUS	2195	4	39.5	49	2026
141	Kukic Lora		CRO	1723	4	39.5	48	1939
142	Kharatyan Anahit		ARM	2117	4	39	47.5	1999
143	Tonel Giulia		ITA	2023	4	38	46	1918
144	Boyarchenko Marie		LUX	2009	3.5	44	52.5	2042
145	Yusuphanova Sadi-Carolin		ISR	1843	3.5	41.5	50	2029
146	Coimbra Margarida	WFM	POR	2123	3.5	41	50.5	2021
147	Kanceljak Dalia		CRO	1939	3.5	40.5	49	1945
148	Zakurdjaeva Irina	WGM	RUS	2313	3	42	53	2093
149	De Seroux Camille		SUI	2019	3	40	48.5	1911
150	Racki Barbara		CRO	1698	3	37.5	45.5	1854
151	Tomulic Vesna		CRO	1930	3	36	44	1785
152	Rakipov Natasa		CRO	0	3	34.5	43	1773
153	Starcevic Andrea		CRO	1712	3	32	39.5	1698
154	Samanic Verena		CRO	1607	2.5	35.5	43.5	1682
155	Samanic Lorena		CRO	0	2.5	32.5	41.5	1630
156	Goslawska Cecylia		POL	1683	2.5	29.5	37.5	1498
157	Hrlec Mia		CRO	0	2.5	28.5	36.5	1639
158	Batory Lucija		CRO	1575	2.5	28.5	36.5	1512

4) SPICE Cup

The SPICE Spring International 2010 took place March 13th-19th 2010 on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX. Julio Becerra Rivero won with 6.5/9.

Official site: http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/

SPICE Spring Inv Lubbock USA (USA), 13-19 iii 2010												cat. X (2491)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Becerra Rivero, Julio	g	USA	2538	*	½	½	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	6½	2651
2.	Antal, Gergely	m	HUN	2511	½	*	½	1	1	½	½	0	½	1	5½	2568
3.	Finegold, Benjamin	g	USA	2534	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	5½	2565
4.	Ippolito, Dean	m	USA	2466	½	0	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	1	5	2536
5.	Kuljasevic, Davorin	m	CRO	2552	1	0	½	½	*	1	0	1	½	0	4½	2483
6.	Papp, Gabor	m	HUN	2542	0	½	½	½	0	*	½	1	1	½	4½	2484
7.	Yang, Darwin	f	USA	2378	0	½	0	0	1	½	*	0	1	1	4	2460
8.	Krush, Irina	m	USA	2461	0	1	½	½	0	0	1	*	½	0	3½	2413
9.	Kraai, Jesse	g	USA	2508	0	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	*	½	3	2363
10.	Hansen, Eric	f	CAN	2415	0	0	0	0	1	½	0	1	½	*	3	2373

Round 4 (March 15, 2010)
Antal, Gergely	- Kuljasevic, Davorin	1-0	77	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Finegold, Benjamin	- Ippolito, Dean	½-½	77	D38	QGD Ragozin
Yang, Darwin	- Papp, Gabor	½-½	25	E24	Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Krush, Irina	- Hansen, Eric	0-1	52	E49	Nimzo Indian
Kraai, Jesse	- Becerra Rivero, Julio	0-1	84	B08	Pirc Defence
Round 1 (March 16, 2010)
Krush, Irina	- Finegold, Benjamin	½-½	57	D51	Queens Gambit Cambridge Springs
Round 5 (March 16, 2010)
Becerra Rivero, Julio	- Yang, Darwin	1-0	41	C18	French Winawer
Ippolito, Dean	- Kraai, Jesse	½-½	36	A61	Benoni
Kuljasevic, Davorin	- Finegold, Benjamin	½-½	48	D12	Slav Defence
Papp, Gabor	- Krush, Irina	1-0	37	B19	Caro Kann
Hansen, Eric	- Antal, Gergely	0-1	47	B67	Sicilian Rauzer
Round 6 (March 17, 2010)
Antal, Gergely	- Papp, Gabor	½-½	52	C41	Philidor's Defence
Finegold, Benjamin	- Kraai, Jesse	½-½	27	E30	Nimzo Indian Leningrad
Kuljasevic, Davorin	- Hansen, Eric	0-1	30	D76	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Yang, Darwin	- Ippolito, Dean	0-1	27	E24	Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Krush, Irina	- Becerra Rivero, Julio	0-1	80	E76	King's Indian Four Pawns
Round 7 (March 17, 2010)
Becerra Rivero, Julio	- Antal, Gergely	½-½	16	B81	Sicilian Keres Attack
Ippolito, Dean	- Krush, Irina	½-½	57	D11	Slav Defence
Papp, Gabor	- Kuljasevic, Davorin	0-1	65	C08	French Tarrasch
Kraai, Jesse	- Yang, Darwin	0-1	28	D46	Semi-Slav Defence
Hansen, Eric	- Finegold, Benjamin	0-1	59	B39	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Round 8 (March 18, 2010)
Antal, Gergely	- Ippolito, Dean	1-0	37	B11	Caro Kann Two Knights
Finegold, Benjamin	- Yang, Darwin	1-0	31	D44	Anti-Meran Gambit
Kuljasevic, Davorin	- Becerra Rivero, Julio	1-0	54	E62	King's Indian 6...Nc6
Krush, Irina	- Kraai, Jesse	½-½	20	E27	Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Hansen, Eric	- Papp, Gabor	½-½	44	A41	Modern Defence
Round 9 (March 19, 2010)
Becerra Rivero, Julio	- Hansen, Eric	1-0	32	B67	Sicilian Rauzer
Ippolito, Dean	- Kuljasevic, Davorin	½-½	14	D78	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Papp, Gabor	- Finegold, Benjamin	½-½	67	B39	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Yang, Darwin	- Krush, Irina	0-1	37	D10	Slav Defence
Kraai, Jesse	- Antal, Gergely	½-½	78	A87	Dutch Leningrad

5) Six Seasons GM

The Six Seasons GM tournament took place in Dhaka, Bangladesh 16th-22nd March 2010. Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury took clear first place with 7/9. News: Md. Haroon Or Rashid.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr31639.aspx?lan=1

Six Seasons GM Dhaka (BAN), 16-22 iii 2010												cat. VI (2387)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi	m	IND	2429	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	7	2602
2.	Iuldachev, Saidali	g	UZB	2511	½	*	½	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	6½	2539
3.	Barua, Dibyendu	g	IND	2479	½	½	*	½	1	½	1	0	1	½	5½	2457
4.	Murshed, Niaz	g	BAN	2413	½	½	½	*	1	½	½	0	1	1	5½	2464
5.	Praveen Kumar, C1		IND	2405	½	1	0	0	*	0	½	1	½	1	4½	2385
6.	Grover, Sahaj	m	IND	2434	0	0	½	½	1	*	0	1	½	½	4	2339
7.	Islam, Kh. Aminul	f	BAN	2300	0	0	0	½	½	1	*	½	½	½	3½	2317
8.	Rahman, Syed Mahfuzur	f	BAN	2294	0	0	1	1	0	0	½	*	0	½	3	2272
9.	Minhazuddin, Ahmed	f	BAN	2289	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	1	*	½	3	2273
10.	Abu Sufian, Shakil	f	BAN	2320	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	*	2½	2228

Round 1 (March 16, 2010)
Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi	- Praveen Kumar, C1	½-½	48	A30	English Symmetrical
Iuldachev, Saidali	- Rahman, Syed Mahfuzur	1-0	49	C02	French Advance
Grover, Sahaj	- Minhazuddin, Ahmed	½-½	59	C42	Petroff's Defence
Islam, Kh. Aminul	- Murshed, Niaz	½-½	7	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Abu Sufian, Shakil	- Barua, Dibyendu	½-½	15	C11	French Defence
Round 2 (March 17, 2010)
Barua, Dibyendu	- Iuldachev, Saidali	½-½	30	C54	Giuoco Piano
Praveen Kumar, C1	- Abu Sufian, Shakil	1-0	34	D20	QGA
Grover, Sahaj	- Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi	0-1	30	B70	Sicilian Dragon
Rahman, Syed Mahfuzur	- Islam, Kh. Aminul	½-½	74	D59	Queens Gambit Tartakover
Minhazuddin, Ahmed	- Murshed, Niaz	0-1	43	C10	French Rubinstein
Round 3 (March 17, 2010)
Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi	- Minhazuddin, Ahmed	1-0	28	C27	Vienna Game
Iuldachev, Saidali	- Praveen Kumar, C1	0-1	58	C02	French Advance
Murshed, Niaz	- Rahman, Syed Mahfuzur	0-1	40	D18	Slav Defence
Islam, Kh. Aminul	- Barua, Dibyendu	0-1	26	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Abu Sufian, Shakil	- Grover, Sahaj	½-½	51	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Round 4 (March 18, 2010)
Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi	- Abu Sufian, Shakil	1-0	25	B31	Sicilian Rossolimo
Barua, Dibyendu	- Murshed, Niaz	½-½	34	C04	French Tarrasch
Praveen Kumar, C1	- Islam, Kh. Aminul	½-½	15	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Grover, Sahaj	- Iuldachev, Saidali	0-1	33	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Minhazuddin, Ahmed	- Rahman, Syed Mahfuzur	1-0	31	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Round 5 (March 19, 2010)
Iuldachev, Saidali	- Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi	½-½	63	B72	Sicilian Dragon
Murshed, Niaz	- Praveen Kumar, C1	1-0	39	D03	Queen's Pawn Game
Islam, Kh. Aminul	- Grover, Sahaj	1-0	38	D05	Colle System
Rahman, Syed Mahfuzur	- Barua, Dibyendu	1-0	56	A95	Dutch Stonewall
Abu Sufian, Shakil	- Minhazuddin, Ahmed	½-½	32	C43	Petroff's Defence
Round 6 (March 19, 2010)
Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi	- Islam, Kh. Aminul	1-0	90	C28	Vienna Game
Praveen Kumar, C1	- Rahman, Syed Mahfuzur	1-0	42	E46	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Grover, Sahaj	- Murshed, Niaz	½-½	9	C10	French Rubinstein
Minhazuddin, Ahmed	- Barua, Dibyendu	0-1	38	C06	French Tarrasch
Abu Sufian, Shakil	- Iuldachev, Saidali	0-1	45	C64	Ruy Lopez Classical
Round 7 (March 20, 2010)
Iuldachev, Saidali	- Minhazuddin, Ahmed	1-0	51	C42	Petroff's Defence
Barua, Dibyendu	- Praveen Kumar, C1	1-0	38	C03	French Tarrasch
Murshed, Niaz	- Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi	½-½	6	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Islam, Kh. Aminul	- Abu Sufian, Shakil	½-½	7	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Rahman, Syed Mahfuzur	- Grover, Sahaj	0-1	29	C17	French Winawer
Round 8 (March 21, 2010)
Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi	- Rahman, Syed Mahfuzur	1-0	48	B23	Sicilian Closed
Iuldachev, Saidali	- Islam, Kh. Aminul	1-0	52	C48	Four Knights Rubinstein
Grover, Sahaj	- Barua, Dibyendu	½-½	81	C14	French Classical
Minhazuddin, Ahmed	- Praveen Kumar, C1	½-½	82	C03	French Tarrasch
Abu Sufian, Shakil	- Murshed, Niaz	0-1	34	B08	Pirc Defence
Round 9 (March 22, 2010)
Barua, Dibyendu	- Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi	½-½	13	B32	Sicilian Labourdonnais
Murshed, Niaz	- Iuldachev, Saidali	½-½	7	C45	Scotch Game
Praveen Kumar, C1	- Grover, Sahaj	0-1	43	E40	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Islam, Kh. Aminul	- Minhazuddin, Ahmed	½-½	6	A13	Reti Opening
Rahman, Syed Mahfuzur	- Abu Sufian, Shakil	½-½	91	D23	QGA

6) First Saturday March 2010

The First Saturday tournaments for March took place 6th-18th March 2010. 21 year-old Laszlo Gonda won the GM tournament with 7/9 and made his 2nd GM norm. Csaba Berczes won the IM Group with 9/11. WFM Nguyen Thi Mai Hung (VIE) achieved her first WGM norm scoring 6.5 after R9.

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

FSGM March Budapest (HUN), 6-14 iii 2010												cat. VII (2423)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Gonda, Laszlo	m	HUN	2482	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	7	2636
2.	Czebe, Attila	g	HUN	2479	½	*	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	6½	2582
3.	Varga, Zoltan	g	HUN	2483	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	5½	2495
4.	Simantsev, Mikhail	g	UKR	2524	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	5½	2491
5.	Kislik, Erik Andrew	f	USA	2370	0	0	½	½	*	½	0	1	1	1	4½	2428
6.	Sharma, Dinesh K	m	IND	2361	½	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	4	2386
7.	Sipos, Istvan	f	HUN	2491	0	½	0	½	1	½	*	½	0	1	4	2372
8.	Yu Lie		CHN	2407	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	*	1	½	3½	2344
9.	Konnyu, Janos	m	HUN	2366	0	0	½	½	0	½	1	0	*	0	2½	2262
10.	Olape, Bunmi		NGR	2263	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	1	*	2	2220

FSIM March Budapest (HUN), 6-16 iii 2010
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Berczes, Csaba	m	HUN	2376	*	1	½	1	1	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	9	2495
2.	Nguyen Thi Mai Hung	wf	VIE	2224	0	*	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	7½	2380
3.	Turzo, Attila	m	HUN	2290	½	½	*	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	0	1	7	2343
4.	Szalanczy, Emil	m	HUN	2280	0	½	½	*	0	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	6	2278
5.	Kojima, Shinya	f	JPN	2312	0	0	0	1	*	1	½	½	1	1	0	1	6	2275
6.	Farago, Sandor	m	HUN	2256	½	½	½	½	0	*	1	0	½	0	1	1	5½	2244
7.	Baba, Masahiro		JPN	2213	1	0	0	½	½	0	*	1	½	0	1	1	5½	2248
8.	Kovacs, Lajos2		HUN	2192	0	½	0	0	½	1	0	*	½	1	1	½	5	2214
9.	Lengyel, Bela	m	HUN	2267	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	4½	2178
10.	Tran, Tuan Minh	f	VIE	2203	0	½	½	0	0	1	1	0	½	*	0	½	4	2147
11.	Lyell, Mark	f	ENG	2179	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	*	1	4	2149
12.	Arsenault, Nicolas		CAN	2153	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	*	2	1991

7) Francisco Benko Memorial

The Francisco Benko Memorial took place in Buenos Aires 8th-14th March 2010. Ramiro Dos Santos won the event with 6.5/9. The games Bueno,Alfe 1/2 Liascovich,L (1) and Quiroga,F 1/2 Liascovich,L (2) are missing. Barreto Filho,C - Filion,C (6) result and game is missing or the game wasn't played.

Official site: http://www.cargentinodeajedrez.com.ar/2010/torneos/itt_benko/magistral_ITT_benko.htm

ITT Benko Club Argentino Buenos Aires (ARG), 8-14 iii 2010												cat. IV (2331)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Dos Santos, Ramiro	f	ARG	2436	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	6½	2485
2.	Cuevas, Alex	f	ARG	2272	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	6	2462
3.	Perelman, Hernan		ARG	2312	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	6	2458
4.	Liascovich, Lucas	m	ARG	2422	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	½	1	½	5½	2401
5.	Ginzburg, Maximiliano	m	ARG	2400	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	5	2366
6.	Barreto Filho, Carlos Alberto	f	BRA	2362	½	½	0	0	½	*	½	1	?	1	4	2341
7.	Quiroga, Facundo	m	ARG	2334	0	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	4	2288
8.	Granara Barreto, Sebastian A	f	URU	2209	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	*	0	1	3	2219
9.	Filion, Charles		CAN	2217	0	½	0	0	½	?	0	1	*	0	2	2148
10.	Bueno, Alfeu Junior Varela		BRA	2349	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	1	*	2	2109

8) 11th Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas"

Michael Rahal reports: The 11th Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas" (Spain) has always been considered the best and strongest online event in the world. However, traditionally the rating favorites have never actually won the title. This year's event took place on ICC (http://www.chessclub.com) March 12th to 20th 2010. At last, this year the tide has turned with GM Hikaru Nakamura’s victory. The fastest "blitz" player in the world defeated consecutively GM Simonian Hrair by 4 to 2, IM Federico Perez Ponsa (3-0), GM Rodrigo Vasquez Schroeder (2.5-1.5) and in the final GM Yaroslav Zinchenko by a clear 3.5-1.5. After several participating in previous Dos Hermanas events with uneven results, Nakamura, currently number 17 in the world with a 2735 rating, has finally been able to take the title down, at the same time wining a 2.000 euro cash prize. His recent results have been very good: he won the USA championship for the second time in May 2009 while more recently he has performed very well in the elite Corus and London Chess Classic events. Also remarkable was his incredible score as first board at the last World Team Championship in Turkey, helping his team along to the silver medal. With this event, the Seville city and its Sports Council continue to promote chess as an educational tool and for sports promotion, combining it with the seventh edition of the OTB open that will be held on the 10th and 11th of April 2010.

On the qualifying rounds: The online event features twelve 12-round Swisses (3/0 games) qualifying 32 players to the knockout final stage. More than 1200 players fought for the 2.000 euro first prize, as well as all the special prizes and raffles. Not only great players participate: many chess fans got the opportunity to play against one of the best players in the world at rapid chess in one of the 12 qualifiers that took place until Wednesday. The best 32 will qualified for the finals, and a KO on Friday and Saturday 19th-20th March 2010. After the first games: GMs Lazaro Bruzon (Cuba), Hikaru Nakamura (USA), Farruk Amonatov (Tijkistan), Alexander Lastin (Russia) and IMs Ismael Karim (Morroco) and Alexander Lenderman (USA).

The best qualifier was American GM Hikaru Nakamura, (2735 rating), and is considered the fastest player on the planet. He currently occupies the 17th place on the World rating list. Another famous player who qualified was American GM Gata Kasmsky, boasting a 2702 international rating and 32nd on the rating list. Other contenders for the first place who are in the 100 best players in the world were the Russian Grand Masters Dmitry Andreiken (2645) and Alexander Lastin (2643).

At the same time, several really good players were not able to qualify including Bulgarian Grand Master Kiril Georgiev (2669) and young German star Georg Meier (2663).

Dos Hermanas also organises the 7th Internacional Chess Open "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas", which will be held on the 10th and 11th of April, featuring a 1500 euro first prize.

Official site: http://www.doshermanas.net

Dos Hermanas Blitz ICC (INT), 12-20 iii 2010 Prizes:
Leading Final standings
1	GM	Hikaru Nakamura	USA	2735	2.000 euros
2	GM	Yaroslav Zinchenko	UKR	2546	1.300 euros
3	GM	Rodrigo Vasquez Shroeder	CHI	2506	700 euros
4	GM	Alexander Lastin	RUS	2643	700 euros
Other cash prizes
Best ICC Amateur member from all over the world (<1800 ICC blitz rating).
1		David Arturo Gomez Mota	MEX		250 euros
2		Guillermo Munoz	PER		150 euros
Best ICC FIDE Rated members (No FIDE title) from all over the world
1		Jared Defibaugh	USA		250 euros
2		Alexandr Bortnik	UKR		150 euros
Best ICC Spanish Amateur member (<2000 ICC blitz rating).
1		Gustavo Gaviria Velazquez	ESP		200 euros
2		Jorge Fernandez Vasquez	ESP		100 euros
Best ICC Latin American Amateur member(<2000 ICC blitz rating).
1		David Magana Morales	MEX		200 euros
2		Elton Carlos Caceres	BRA		100 euros
Best ICC Amateur member who also is a Peon de Rey magazine subscriber (<2000 ICC blitz rating).
1		Franklin Manotas	COL		200 euros
2		Juan Pablo Chamorro Villoria	ESP		100 euros

Dos Hermanas Blitz Final ICC (INT), 19-20 iii 2010 Prizes:
Final 20th March 2010
Zinchenko,Ya	1.5	Nakamura,Hi	3.5
Semi-final 20th March 2010
Zinchenko,Ya	4.5	Lastin,A	3.5
Vasquez Schroeder,R	1.5	Nakamura,Hi	2.5
Quarter-final 20th March 2010
Zinchenko,Ya	2.5	Bruzon Batista,L	0.5
Lenderman,A	1.0	Lastin,A	3.0
Vasquez Schroeder,R	4.0	Amonatov,F	2.0
Perez Ponsa,F	0.0	Nakamura,Hi	3.0
Round 2 19th March 2010
Zinchenko,Ya	3.0	Kamsky,G	1.0
Jones,G	0.0	Bruzon Batista,L	3.0
Lenderman,A	3.0	Hammer,J	1.0
Khusnutdinov,R	1.0	Lastin,A	3.0
Vasquez Schroeder,R	2.5	Andreikin,D	0.5
Shipov,S	1.5	Amonatov,F	2.5
Perez Ponsa,F	5.0	Barbosa,O PHI	3.0
Simonian,H	2.0	Nakamura,Hi	4.0
Round 1 19th March 2010
Bortnik,A	3.0	Kamsky,G	5.0
Gurevich,D	2.0	Jones,G	4.0
Tristan,L	0.0	Bruzon Batista,L	3.0
Bryzgalin,K	1.5	Lenderman,A	0.5
Karim,I	0.0	Hammer,J	3.0
Khusnutdinov,R	3.5	Vovk,Y	2.5
Sorkin,I	0.5	Lastin,A	2.5
Vasquez Schroeder,R	2.5	Gonzalez Zamora,J	0.5
Valdes,Le	1.0	Andreikin,D	3.0
Bykhovsky,An ISR	1.5	Shipov,S	2.5
Perez Ponsa,F	2.5	Deviatkin,A	1.5
Barbosa,O PHI	2.5	Kacheishvili,G	0.5
Norowitz,Yaacov	0.0	Nakamura,Hi	3.0

9) Bad Woerishofen

The 26th ChessOrg Schachfestival took place in Bad Woerishofen 6th-14th March 2010. Vladimir Malaniuk won the event with 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.chessorg.de/bad_woerishofen.php

26th ChessOrg Schachfestival Bad Woerishofen (GER), 6-14 iii 2010 Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	NAT	Pts	Buch.	Feinw.
1	Malaniuk Vladimir	GM	GER	7.5	55.5	460.5
2	Rusev Krasimir	GM	BUL	7	56.5	445
3	Burmakin Vladimir	GM	RUS	7	55	459.5
4	Abergel Thal	GM	FRA	7	53.5	447
5	Romanishin Oleg	GM	UKR	7	52.5	430
6	Karpatchev Alexandr	GM	GER	7	52	447.5
7	Luther Thomas	GM	GER	7	51	443.5
8	Zude Arno	IM	GER	6.5	54	428
9	Rozentalis Eduardas	GM	GER	6.5	51.5	449
10	Teske Henrik	GM	GER	6.5	51	436
11	Welling Gerard	IM	GER	6.5	50	428
12	Friedrich Norbert	FM	GER	6.5	48	423.5
13	Lupor Stefan	FM	GER	6.5	45.5	412
14	Nyzhnyk Illya	IM	GER	6	53.5	439
15	Farago Ivan	GM	HUN	6	53.5	431
16	Koepke Christian	FM	GER	6	53.5	429
17	Mainka Romuald	GM	GER	6	52.5	422.5
18	Peschlow Patrick	FM	GER	6	51.5	419
19	Arnaudov Petar	IM	BUL	6	51.5	418.5
20	Espig Lutz	GM	GER	6	49.5	415
21	Huhndorf Arnold	FM	GER	6	49	412
22	Hammes Michael	IM	GER	6	48.5	409.5
23	Vandrey Wolfgang	FM	GER	6	48.5	405
24	Rolle Eric		GER	6	48.5	403
25	Szablowski Pawel		POL	6	48	422
26	De Santis Alessio	FM	ITA	6	47.5	414
27	Safyanowsky Mark	IM	GER	6	47	411
28	Haessler Wolfgang		GER	6	44.5	399.5
29	Rogobete Nikolas		GER	6	43	372
30	Woerl Richard		GER	6	42	377
31	Rahls Peter	FM	GER	6	41.5	386.5
32	Pirrot Dieter	IM	GER	5.5	51.5	408.5
33	Meier Volker	FM	GER	5.5	50	419
34	Kozlov Alexander		GER	5.5	49	405.5
35	Eperjesi Lazlo Dr.	IM	HUN	5.5	48.5	402
36	Babar Michael	FM	GER	5.5	48.5	401
37	Loew Gerald	FM	GER	5.5	48.5	397.5
38	de Francesco Klaus	FM	GER	5.5	47.5	410
39	Pierecker Markus		AUT	5.5	47.5	400.5
40	Grafe Wilhelm		GER	5.5	47	382.5
41	Wittfoth Kai-Uve		GER	5.5	46	401
42	Gutman Lev	GM	GER	5.5	45.5	395
43	Pfretzschner Roland	FM	GER	5.5	45.5	391
44	Ballon Guenther Jan	FM	GER	5.5	44.5	391
45	Partenheimer Axel		GER	5.5	43.5	394
46	Pluemer Detlef		GER	5.5	43.5	378.5
47	Naegele Thomas		GER	5.5	42	371
48	Wind Maurits		NED	5.5	41.5	377.5
49	Daeubler Heinrich		GER	5.5	41	392
50	Kunz Konstantin		GER	5.5	41	391.5
51	Bartels Holger		GER	5.5	40	378
52	Ries Berthold		GER	5.5	39.5	368
53	Zeindlmeier Thomas		GER	5.5	36.5	370.5
192 players

10) NordWest-Cup Bad Zwischenahn

The NordWest-Cup took place in Bad Zwischenahn 18th-21st February 2010. Henrik Teske won on tie-break from Vladimir Epishin and Tobias Jugelt after all finished on 6/7.

Official site: http://www.chessorg.de/nwcup.php

NordWest-Cup Bad Zwischenahn (GER), 18-21 ii 2010 Final Round 7 Standings:
Rk	Player	Ti	NAT	TWZ	Pts	Buchh
1	Teske,Henrik	GM	GER	2512	6	34
2	Epishin,Vladimir	GM	RUS	2591	6	30.5
3	Jugelt,Tobias	IM	GER	2344	6	27.5
4	Manolache,Marius	GM	ROU	2539	5.5	33.5
5	Carlstedt,Jonathan		GER	2309	5.5	32.5
6	Meins,Gerlef	IM	GER	2437	5.5	32.5
7	Nyzhnyk,Illya	IM	UKR	2496	5.5	31.5
8	Schneider,Ilja	IM	GER	2449	5.5	31.5
9	Radovanovic,Jovica	FM	SRB	2337	5.5	31.5
10	Ivanov,Mikhail	GM	RUS	2465	5.5	31
11	Gutman,Lev	GM	GER	2422	5	32
12	Schulz,Jens		GER	2091	5	30
13	Hess,Christian	FM	GER	2239	5	30
14	Nedic,Dusan		GER	2330	5	29.5
15	Korba,Roman		GER	2177	5	28
16	Diez,Gerhard		GER	2077	5	27
17	Tchetchelniski,Mikhail		GER	2140	5	26.5
18	Lick,Patrick		GER	2147	5	26.5
19	Wewers,Reinhard		GER	2016	5	25
20	Petzold,Golo		GER	2038	5	25
21	Buescher,Andre		GER	2023	5	24
22	Jacoby,Gisbert		GER	2155	5	23
23	Stotyn,Fabian		GER	2008	5	22.5
24	Raum,Sebastian		GER	2040	4.5	31
25	Cevik,Dietmar		GER	2216	4.5	30
26	Guennigmann,Manuel		GER	2126	4.5	29.5
27	Rosmann,Ilja		GER	2252	4.5	29
28	Reinecker,Kai		GER	2172	4.5	29
29	Meessen,Max		GER	2087	4.5	28.5
30	Groothoff,Franz		GER	2080	4.5	28.5
31	Boehme,Arne		GER	2064	4.5	28.5
32	Cremer,Jochen		GER	2104	4.5	28
33	Zimmermann,Julian	FM	GER	2256	4.5	27.5
34	Nabavi,Parwis		GER	2172	4.5	27.5
35	Thimm,Torsten		GER	2086	4.5	27.5
36	Bielmeier,Ludwig		GER	2075	4.5	27
37	Harder,Clemens		GER	2058	4.5	26.5
38	Jordan,Juergen		GER	2153	4.5	26
39	Hoellmann,Ludger		GER	2181	4.5	24.5
40	Schreiner,Till		GER	2064	4.5	24.5
41	Meyner,Hannes		GER	2111	4.5	23
42	Heinemann,Ernst		GER	2118	4.5	23
43	Lau,Udo		GER	2104	4.5	22.5
44	Bendfeldt,Tim		GER	1975	4.5	22.5
167 players

11) Bulgarian Under-20 Championships

The Bulgarian Under-20 Championships took place in Sofia 8th-14th March 2010. Radoslav Dimitrov won the boys title with 7.5/9. Ani Krumova took the girls title on tie-break from Maria Vladimirova after both finished on 6.5/9. News: Mitko Iliev.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr31268.aspx - http://chess-results.com/tnr31272.aspx

ch-BUL U20 Sofia (BUL), 8-14 iii 2010
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Dimitrov, Radoslav	m	BUL	2386	*	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	7½	2466
2.	Ivanov, Stojan Lubomirov		BUL	2197	½	*	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	6½	2380
3.	Janev, Tihomir		BUL	2325	0	½	*	1	1	½	1	1	½	1	6½	2366
4.	Georgiev, Steljan		BUL	2134	0	0	0	*	0	1	1	1	1	1	5	2264
5.	Janev, Pavel		BUL	2033	½	½	0	1	*	1	0	0	0	1	4	2189
6.	Dimitrov, Pavel	m	BUL	2369	½	½	½	0	0	*	0	1	1	½	4	2152
7.	Andreev, Sasho		BUL	2187	0	0	0	0	1	1	*	½	1	0	3½	2135
8.	Kurtenkov, Atanas	m	BUL	2426	0	0	0	0	1	0	½	*	1	1	3½	2109
9.	Ninov, Dayan		BUL	2012	0	½	½	0	1	0	0	0	*	½	2½	2069
10.	Dimov, Venimir		BUL	2058	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	½	*	2	2009

ch-BUL U20 Girls Sofia (BUL), 8-14 iii 2010
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Krumova, Ani	BUL	1905	*	1	½	½	0	½	1	1	1	1	6½	2088
2.	Vladimirova, Maria	BUL	2038	0	*	1	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	6½	2073
3.	Galunova, Tsveta	BUL	1984	½	0	*	1	½	1	½	1	½	1	6	2038
4.	Stefanova, Milena	BUL	1991	½	½	0	*	0	1	½	1	1	1	5½	1993
5.	Sirkova, Darena	BUL	2084	1	1	½	1	*	0	0	½	0	1	5	1945
6.	Todorova, Kalina	BUL	1786	½	0	0	0	1	*	1	½	1	1	5	1978
7.	Naydenova, Yordanka	BUL	1926	0	0	½	½	1	0	*	1	1	½	4½	1920
8.	Tsekova, Viktoria	BUL	1860	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	*	1	1	3	1802
9.	Ivanova, Simoneta	BUL	1816	0	0	½	0	1	0	0	0	*	½	2	1712
10.	Venkova, Polina	BUL	1818	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	*	1	1581

12) BUL CSKA Semifinal

The BUL CSKA Semifinal took place in Sofia 13th-14th March 2010.News: Mitko Iliev.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr31581.aspx

BUL CSKA Semifinal Sofia (BUL), 13-14 iii 2010
Rank	SNo.	Ti	Name	IRtg	FED	Pts
1	2	NM	Stoyan Emilov Ivanov	2209	BUL	6.0
2	3	NM	Iliyan Popov	2248	BUL	4.5
3	6		Goran Krustev	1996	BUL	4.0
4	14		Delajn Dochev		BUL	4.0
5	1	IM	Petar Orev	2243	BUL	3.5
6	17		Delyan Genov	1800	BUL	3.5
7	8		Andrey Mladenov		BUL	3.5
8	4		Vasil Iliev	2123	BUL	3.0
9	9		Krasimir Ivanov Hristov	1944	BUL	3.0
10	13		Radoslav Ignatov		BUL	3.0
11	12		Emil Mihov	1800	BUL	3.0
12	7		Vladimir Toshev	1870	BUL	3.0
13	5		Tsvetoslav Stoev	1695	BUL	3.0
14	11		Stanimir Stankov		BUL	2.0
15	10		Petko Petkov	2040	BUL	2.0
16	16		Miroslav Mladenov		BUL	1.0
17	15		Ivan Punchev		BUL	1.0

13) Schachbundesliga 2009-10

TThe 12th and 13th rounds of the Schachbundesliga took place 20th-21st March, 2010. Venues Emsdetten, Essen, Berlin and Munich. With two rounds to go OSG Baden-Baden lead over SG Solingen with vastly superior board count. Both teams have 24 points. Werder Bremen dropped a point drawing with 4th place Muelheim Nord in the clash of the weekend. Muelheim remained in fourth place after this draw which they need in order to qualify for the European Club Cup. SK Konig Tegel and Erfurter SK are now marooned at the bottom of the table and are relegated. Four teams are relegated in total so FC Bayern Muenchen and Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim are favourites to join them, they have 5 points, the only other team that can go down is SF Berlin 1903 currently on 7. However there is still some tension because four of the five teams (Berlin, Munich, Berlin Tegel and Erfurter SK) play each other in the last two rounds.

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

Round 13 Results 21st March 2010
Trier	4.5	-	3.5	Bay Muenchen
Hamburg	3.5	-	4.5	Muelheim
Heidelberg-HSH	1.5	-	6.5	Emsdetten
Baden-Baden	6.5	-	1.5	Wattenscheid
SC Remagen	5.5	-	2.5	Koenig Tegel
Solingen	4.5	-	3.5	Berlin
Eppingen	5.5	-	2.5	Erfurt
Bremen	7.5	-	0.5	Katernberg

Round 12 Results 20th March 2010
Muelheim	4	-	4	Bremen
Katernberg	2.5	-	5.5	Hamburg
Wattenscheid	4	-	4	Heidelberg-HSH
Emsdetten	2.5	-	5.5	Baden-Baden
Berlin	3	-	5	SC Remagen
Koenig Tegel	2.5	-	5.5	Solingen
Erfurt	1.5	-	6.5	Trier
Bay Muenchen	4	-	4	Eppingen

Bundesliga (GER), 16 x 2009 - 11 iv 2010 Leading Round 13 Standings:
Pl	Team	R	+	=	-	MP	BP
1	OSG Baden-Baden	13	12	0	1	24	76
2	SG Solingen	13	12	0	1	24	66
3	Werder Bremen	13	10	3	0	23	67.5
4	SV Muelheim Nord	13	8	4	1	20	63.5
5	SV Wattenscheid 1930	13	7	2	4	16	55.5
6	Hamburger SK	13	7	1	5	15	57
7	SC 1950 Remagen	13	7	1	5	15	56.5
8	SC Eppingen	13	6	2	5	14	55.5
9	SK Turm Emsdetten	13	6	0	7	12	53.5
10	SG Trier	13	6	0	7	12	50.5
11	SF Katernberg	13	6	0	7	12	45.5
12	SF Berlin 1903	13	2	3	8	7	46.5
13	FC Bayern Muenchen	13	1	3	9	5	41
14	Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim	13	0	5	8	5	35
15	SK Koenig Tegel	13	0	2	11	2	32.5
16	Erfurter SK	13	0	2	11	2	30

14) Finnish Team Championships 2009-10

The Finnish Team Championships took place 19th September 2009 - 21st March 2010. EtVaS (Meelis Kanep, Olav Sepp etc) from Vantaa won the event and they along with Tammer-Shakki from Tampere qualify for the European Club Cup.

Henri Koskinen reports: EtVaS Vantaa defended their title successfully after beating Tampere in exiting last round match. Tampere had to settle for silver. GM Tomi Nybäck missed Bundesleague round but lead Betfair-Aatos into their first medal position.

Games, individual results etc. can be found on the website: http://www.shakki.net/pelaaminen/turnaukset/liiga.html

TCh-FIN 2009-10 Finland (FIN), 19 ix 2009 - 21 iii 2010 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl	Team	R	+	=	-	BP	-	T/B	BP	Qual
1.	EtVaS, Vantaa	9	5	4	0	23	-	13	14	-->EUROCUP
2.	Tammer-Shakki, Tampere	9	5	3	1	24	-	13	13	-->EUROCUP
3.	Betfair-Aatos, Helsinki	9	5	1	3	23	-	22	11
4.	MatSK, Espoo	9	4	2	3	24	-	16	10
5.	HSK, Helsinki	9	3	3	3	23	-	21	9
6.	Velhot, Porvoo	9	3	2	4	21	-	20	8
7.	VammSK, Sastamala	9	3	2	4	23	-	27	8
8.	SalSK, Salo	9	2	3	4	15	-	21	7
9.	TuTS, Turku	9	2	1	6	22	-	31	5	--> Qual.match
10.	Garde, Helsinki	9	2	1	6	12	-	26	5	--> DIV I

15) Swiss Team Championships 2010

The Nationalliga A of Switzerland takes place 14th February - 7th November 2010. Round 1 now available.

Dates: Round 1 (2010.02.14), Round 2 (2010.03.21), Round 3 (2010.04.25), Round 4 (2010.06.13), Round 5 (2010.06.27), Round 6 (2010.08.28), Round 7 (2010.08.29), Round 8 (2010.11.06) and Round 9 (2010.11.07).

Details

TCh-SUI NatLigaA Switzerland (SUI), 14 ii-7 xi 2010
Round 1 14th February 2010
Reichenstein 1	-	Tribschen 1	6	:	2
Luzern 1	-	Zuerich 1	2½	:	5½
Winterthur 1	-	Genève 1	5	:	3
Bern 1	-	Joueur 1	3½	:	4½
Wollishofen 1	-	Riehen 1	2½	:	5½

TCh-SUI NatLigaA Switzerland (SUI), 14 ii-7 xi 2010 Round 1 Standings:
Pl	Club	MP	EP
1.	Reichenstein 1	2	6
2.	Riehen 1	2	5½
	Zuerich 1	2	5½
4.	Winterthur 1	2	5
5.	Joueur 1	2	4½
6.	Bern 1	0	3½
7.	Genève 1	0	3
8.	Luzern 1	0	2½
	Wollishofen 1	0	2½
10.	Tribschen 1	0	2

16) Danish Teams XtraCon-Skakligaen

The Danish team championship 2009-10 is called the XtraCon-Skakligaen. The event took place 7th November 2009 - 3rd March 2010. Arhus/Skolerne 1 Guldmedaljer won the event. Former champions in the last 9 year Helsinge Skakklub did not play in the tournament this year. GM Jonny Hector on board 1 for Nordkalotten won all 9 games. My thanks to Per Rasmussen for the news.

Details: http://www.divisionsskak.dk/holdarkiv/div0910/vis_rakke_tabel.asp?find=LIGA

48th XtraCon TCh-DEN 2009-10 Denmark (DEN), 7 xi 2009 - 3 iii 2010 Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl	Team	BP	MP	Nr
1	Arhus/Skolerne 1 Guldmedaljer	45½	15	1
2	K41 1 Solvmedaljer	45	12	2
3	Bronshoj 1 Bronzemedaljer	44	13	3
4	Jetsmark 1	43½	11	10
5	Nordkalotten	41	11	4
6	Sydostfyn	38	12	7
7	SK 1968 1	34½	7	9
8	Norresundby	28	5	6
9	Næstved Nedrykning	22	2	8
10	Aalborg 1 Nedrykning	18½	2	5

17) CXG Rio de Janeiro vs Angola

There was a match between the Chess Club CXG in Rio de Janeiro and Angola on 19th March 2010. CXG won 2.5-1.5.

Official site: http://www.cxg.org.br/nova/index.htm

CXG Rio de Janeiro vs Angola (BRA), 19 iii 2010
Bd	MATCH CXG				2½-1½	ANGOLA
1	MI	Pedro Aderito	2333	(ANG)	½-½	GM	Darcy Lima	2486	(CXG)
2	MF	Dirceu Viana	2261	(CXG)	1-0		Eduardo Pascoal	2193	(ANG)
3		Joao Simoes	2234	(ANG)	1-0		Cristovam Kubrusly	2235	(CXG)
4		Ocatacílio Freire	2123	(CXG)	1-0	MI	Armindo Souza	2200	(ANG)

18) 25th Annual Phillips 66 FIDE Chess Classic

The 25th Annual Phillips 66 FIDE Chess Classic took place March 13th-14th 2010. Tom Braunlich and Devin Hughes tied for 1st place with 3.5/4. The event was held on the grounds of the beautiful Woolaroc Ranch and Museum, a luxurious but rustic ranch retreat built in the Osage Hills during the early 20 century by extremely wealthy oil executives and now an Oklahoma State Museum celebrating the state’s rich cowboy and Indian heritage. See: http://www.Woolaroc.org. Herds of American bison, elk, ostrich, deer, llama and long horn cattle roamed the grounds right outside the chess playing hall. Steve Wharry, FA was the organizer/arbiter for this event that drew 28 players from 4 mid-western states. My thanks to Frank Berry, IA for this report.

Details: http://www.okchess.org

Phillips 66 FIDE Classic Woolaroc (USA), 13-14 iii 2010 Final Round 4 Standings:
Pl	Name	Elo	NAT	Pts
1.	Tom Braunlich	2182	USA	3.5/4
2.	Devin Hughes	2067	USA	3.5
3.	Nathan Fast		USA	3.0
4.	George Trammell	2055	USA	3.0
5.	Bran Whitcomb	1989	USA	3.0
6.	Ryan West		USA	3.0
28 players

19) 4NCL Correction

Buckley,G - Palliser,R (6) is now complete. 27th-28th March sees Rounds 7 and 8.

20) Bunratty Chess Festival 2010

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

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

21) Istvan Bilek 1932-2010

Wikipedia reports: Istvan Bilek (11th August 1932 - 21st March 2010) was a Hungarian chess Grandmaster (GM).

Three times he was Hungarian Champion (1963, 1965, and 1970) and he played in interzonals in 1962 and 1964. His most successful tournaments were Balatonfured 1960, Salgotarjan 1967 and Debrecen 1970, as he placed first in all three.

Bilek played on Hungarian team in nine Chess Olympiads (1958 through 1974), earning three individual medals: silver on board 4 in 1962, bronze on board 3 in 1966, and silver on board 2 in 1972. Born in Budapest.

Bilek was awarded the International Master title in 1958 and the GM title in 1962.

22) Forthcoming Events and Links

45th Capablana Memorial

The 45th Capablanca Memorial starts June 21st 2010. The Elite Group will see Vassily Ivanchuk who won the event three times in a row 2005-7 back alongside Nigel Short. Leinier Dominguez and Lazaro Bruzon will be the Cuban representatives. Two more foreign players will be invited.

Official site: http://www.capablanca.co.cu

4th G.Agzamov Memorial

4th G.Agzamov Memorial International Chess Open takes place 22nd March - 1st April 2010.

Official site: http://www.uzchess.uz/

33rd San Sebastian International Open

33rd San Sebastian International Open takes place March 28th - April 4th 2010.

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

Lacona - Isle Of Elba

LACONA - ISLE OF ELBA - May, 8th-18th 2010. Open A (players more than 1800 elo) Open B (players less than 1900 elo) - 9 rounds ask for the complete program (technical and touristic and for the conventioned prices) to booking@tuscanhotels.it Isle of Elba, very well known for the vestiges of Napoleon, is really very nice and in May prices are very convenient; moreover the seaside is wide and confortable

Torino Rapid Open

Rapid Open - TORINO - June, 19 2010. TORINO open - June 20-27 2010 tournaments for women and for not rated players during the Italian Champioships the former capital of Italy prepares itself to celebrate the 150 years of unity of Italy http://www.scacchisticatorinese.it

Arvier (Aosta Valley) July

ARVIER (Aosta Valley) - July, 3-9 2010. 2nd Festival Francophone (open, 9 rounds) - http://www.scacchivda.com Free to all the players of the about 70 countries belonging to the "Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie" (OIF) http://www.francophonie.org Aosta Valley is one of the most famous touristic regions in Italy, very well known for its castles, food and wines

Arvier (Aosta Valley) - September

ARVIER (Aosta Valley) - September, 4-12 2010. 6th European Union championship (open, 9 rounds) - http://www.scacchivda.com Free to all the players of the countries belonging to European Union, plus players from Croatia, Fyrom and Turkey without the right to the title. Aosta Valley is one of the most famous touristic regions in Italy, very well known for its castles, food and wines

Livigno (Sondrio, Valtellina)

LIVIGNO (Sondrio, Valtellina) - September, 10-18 2010. Open A (players more than 2000 elo) Open B (players less than 2000 elo) Open C (players without elo) http://www.livignoscacchi.it - http://www.livigno.eu Livigno is very well known as touristic skying town. It is said "the little Tibet". A few km far there is the village of Trepalle at 2250 metres above sea level, the highest inhabited place of Europe!

Vitoria-Gasteiz Open

The Vitoria-Gasteiz Open takes place 26th July 2010 - 1st August 2010.

Details: http://sites.google.com/site/openvitoriagasteiz2010/Home/bases-del-torneo-1

Victor Mikhalevski Website

GM, author and coach Victor Mikhalevski has launched a new website at: http://vmikhalevski.webs.com/

Anand - Topalov World Championship Sofia 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.

WCh Anand - Topalov Sofia (BUL), 23 iv - 12 v 2010 All games start at 15:00 local time (1pm UK time).
Day	Round	Date
1	Opening Ceremony	22.04.2010
2	Gm 1	23.04.2010
3	Gm 2	24.04.2010
4	Rest Day	25.04.2010
5	Gm 3	26.04.2010
6	Gm 4	27.04.2010
7	Rest Day	28.04.2010
8	Gm5	29.04.2010
9	Gm6	30.04.2010
10	Rest Day	01.05.2010
11	Gm7	02.05.2010
12	Gm8	03.05.2010
13	Rest Day	04.05.2010
14	Gm9	05.05.2010
15	Gm10	06.05.2010
16	Rest Day	07.05.2010
17	Gm11	08.05.2010
18	Rest Day	09.05.2010
19	Gm12	10.05.2010
20	Rest Day	11.05.2010
21	Tie-Break	12.05.2010
22	Closing Ceremony *	13.05.2010

* The Closing Ceremony takes place the day after the final game. 13th May is the latest it can take place. ie if Tie-Breaks are required.

Women's Grand Prix 2009-10

The Women's Grand Prix series will see four more events in 2010.

3rd Women's Chess Grand Prix Nalchuk

The 3rd Women's Chess Grand Prix takes place in Nalchuk, Russia, 25th April (arrival) - 8 May (departure) 2010.

The full list of participants for Nalchik is below:

3rd Women's Grand Prix Nalchuk (RUS), 25 iv - 8 v 2010
Name	Ti	NAT
Koneru, Humpy	GM	IND
Yifan, Hou	GM	CHN
Cramling, Pia	GM	SWE
Dzagnidze, Nana	GM	GEO
Xue, Zhao	GM	CHN
Kosintseva, Tatiana	IM	RUS
Chen, Zhu	GM	QTR
Danielian, Elina	IM	ARM
Batkhuyag, Munguntuul	WGM	MGL
Yildiz, Betul	WIM	TRK
Mrktchian, Lilit	IM	ARM
Kovanova, Baira	WGM	RUS

The 4th Grand Prix will take place in Jermuk, Armenia, on 23rd June - 6th July 2010

The 5th Grand Prix will take place in Ulanbaatar, Mongolia, on 29 July - 12 August 2010

The 6th Grand Prix will take place in Santiago, Chile, on 27th October - 9th November 2010

The first Grand Prix was in Istanbul 5th-20th March 2009 and was won by Humpy Koneru. The 2nd Grand Prix was in Nanjing, China, 27th Sept - 9th October 2009 and was won by Xu Yuhua.

33nd Taminco Open

33nd Taminco Open International Chess Tournament Gent (Belgium) takes place 17th-21st July 2010, 9 rounds Swiss, two hours KO chess, prize money 6875 Euros for 300 participants, first price 1800 Euros Guaranteed This traditional open tournament takes place near the center of the medieval town of Gent in the week of the famous annual Gent festivities. Organisers Royal Gent Chessclub (KGSRL).

Information and registration: http://www.kgsrl.be

Email: open2010@kgsrl.be

Info Gent annual festivities: http://www.gentsefeesten.be/

7th Knokke International Open

The 7th Knokke International Open takes place August 26th-29th 2010, consisting of 7 rounds "Swiss system" - 2 hours K.O.

Prize fund for a total amount of 3.730 Euros (increased by 1000 Euro this year)

Official site: http://www.knokkeschaak.be

email: knokkeschaak@knokkeschaak.be

11th World University Chess Championship

Zurich hosts the World University Chess Championship 2010 5th-11th September 2010. The Academic Chess Club Reti, which is organising the event, is expecting that up to 150 participants from over 25 countries will enter the contest, to be held at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. Many international masters and grandmasters between 18 and 28 years of age will fight for individual and team medals. The tournament will comprise nine rounds and will be played in accordance with the Swiss System.

The World University Chess Championship is held under the auspices of the Federation Internationale du Sport Universitaire (FISU). The organising club, the Academic Chess Club Reti in Zurich, will be celebrating its 50th anniversary next year. It is one of the four largest clubs in Zurich and has an ambitious team in the Swiss League. In 2009 many of the greatest champions and legends in the history of the game participated in the Zurich Chess Club’s 200-year jubilee. This year, some of the strongest champions of the future will be in Zurich.

Official site: http://www.wucc2010.ch

WUCC 2010 is an event of the FISU: http://www.fisu.net

1st Vaujany International Chess Festival

The 1st Vaujany International Chess Festival takes place July 10th-18th 2010.

Details: http://promoechecs.free.fr/

XXX Villa de Benasque Open

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

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

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

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

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

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		-

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 Laszlo 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/

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.

14th Neckar Open

The 14th Neckar Open takes place 1st-5th April 2010.

Official site: http://www.neckar-open.schachfreundedeizisau.de/11no/wordpress/

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.

European Union Website

The European Chess Union Website ECU website has changed address to http://www.europechess.org

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 802 22nd March 2010 by Mark Crowther

Sponsored by the London Chess Centre

45th Capablana Memorial

4th G.Agzamov Memorial

33rd San Sebastian International Open

Lacona - Isle Of Elba

Torino Rapid Open

Arvier (Aosta Valley) July

Arvier (Aosta Valley) - September

Livigno (Sondrio, Valtellina)

Vitoria-Gasteiz Open

Victor Mikhalevski Website

Anand - Topalov World Championship Sofia April/May 2010

Women's Grand Prix 2009-10

3rd Women's Chess Grand Prix Nalchuk

33nd Taminco Open

7th Knokke International Open

11th World University Chess Championship

1st Vaujany International Chess Festival

XXX Villa de Benasque Open

Icelandic Teams

Women's Bundesliga

4NCL

Dutch League

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

International Correspondence Chess Federation

FIDE World Amateur Chess Championship

South Lakes Congress

14th Neckar Open

Sydney International and Doeberl Cup

Mundial Chess Internet Tournament

Ajedrez 21 English site

Kingpin Magazine

Torch Real Estate Cup

Historical Elo Ratings

European Union Website

Chess Study