THE WEEK IN CHESS 804 5th April 2010 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Miklos Orso, Mihajlo Savic, Istvan Brindza, Zenon Franco Ocampos, Francisco Retamoza, Istvan Brindza, Mikel Larreategi, Radu-Catalin Chirila, Mariano Acosta, Peter Darby and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The Russian Team Championships are well under way. Big stars such as Ruslan Ponomariov, Alexander Motylev, Viktor Bologan, Wang Yue, Pavel Eljanov, Boris Gelfand, Sergey Karjakin, Vassily Ivanchuk, Peter Svidler, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Alexander Grischuk and Dmitry Jakovenko are playing. Already there have been some fabulous games. Elsewhere there have been plenty of tournaments over the Easter period.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Russian Team Championships 2010

The Russian Team Chess Championships take place in Dagomys 1st-10th April 2010. Premier, Major and Women's competitions. Defending Champions are Tomsk-400 (Ruslan Ponomariov, Alexander Motylev, Viktor Bologan etc). The Elo favourites are: Economist-SGSEU - 1 (Wang Yue, Pavel Eljanov etc), ShSM-64 (Boris Gelfand, Sergey Karjakin etc) and SPb Chess Fed (Vassily Ivanchuk, Peter Svidler etc). Ian Nepomniachtchi, Alexander Grischuk and Dmitry Jakovenko are some of the other stronger leading players.

Official site: http://russiachess.org

Premier League (80 players 9 Rds League Team TC: 100m:50m:10m+30spm(1))

17th TCh-RUS Premier Dagomys (RUS), 1-10 iv 2010 Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
Place	SNo.	Team	Fed.	Local	Match Points	Total	vs+	Wins	B.1
1	6	SPb Chess Fed	RUS	2700	9.0	20.5	5;10;7;9;	4	2.0
2	3	ShSM-64	RUS	2700	9.0	19.0	8;9;2;10;	4	3.0
3	4	Economist-SGSEU - 1	RUS	2704	8.0	20.0	7;9;2;	3	3.5
4	2	Yugra	RUS	2689	6.0	15.0	9;1;10;	3	2.5
5	5	M.Chigorin Chess Club	RUS	2584	6.0	14.5	7;8;1;	3	2.5
6	1	Ural	RUS	2618	4.0	15.0	10;	1	3.0
7	8	Tomsk-400	RUS	2687	3.0	14.0		0	3.0
8	7	Economist-SGSEU - 2	RUS	2548	3.0	10.5	10;	1	2.0
9	9	Etude-Contact	RUS	2555	2.0	12.5	5;	1	2.5
10	10	BelGU	RUS	2493	0.0	9.0		0	1.0

Higher League (60 players 9 Rds League Team TC: 100m:50m:10m+30spm(1))

17th TCh-RUS Higher League Dagomys (RUS), 1-10 iv 2010 Leading Round 4 (of 7) Standings:
Place	SNo.	Team	Fed.	Local	Match Points	Total	vs+	Wins	B.1
1	8	Narzan	RUS	2518	8.0	20.0	1;5;2;6;	4	3.5
2	7	SC MEPhI	RUS	2598	8.0	18.0	2;3;4;5;	4	2.0
3	3	Polytechnik	RUS	2569	5.0	15.0	6;2;	2	2.5
4	4	Perspektiva	RUS	2498	4.0	14.0	5;	1	2.0
5	1	Amateurs	RUS	2456	3.0	9.0		0	2.0
6	6	Center Corporation	RUS	2386	2.0	9.0		0	2.5
7	5	Atom-EGU	RUS	2339	1.0	6.0		0	1.0
8	2	DVGTU	RUS	2378	1.0	5.0		0	0.5

Women League (38 players 9 Rds League Team TC: 100m:50m:10m+30spm(1))

11th TCh-RUS Women Dagomys (RUS), 1-10 iv 2010 Leading Round 5 (of 7) Standings:
Place	SNo.	Team	Local	Match Points	Total	vs+	Wins	B.1
1	7	Giprorechtrans	2409	8.0	11.5	2;4;5;	3	3.0
2	1	SPb Chess Fed	2461	6.0	10.5	2;3;5;	3	3.0
3	4	AVS	2507	5.0	11.5	1;2;	2	4.0
4	6	ShSM	2448	5.0	9.5	5;	1	1.5
5	3	Economist-SGSEU	2446	4.0	8.0	2;	1	2.0
6	5	Dvorets	2294	2.0	5.5	4;	1	1.0
7	2	M.Chigorin Chess Club	2296	0.0	3.5		0	0.5

17th TCh-RUS Premier Dagomys (RUS), 1-10 iv 2010
SNo.	Title	Name	Fed.	FIDE	BYr
1	Ural		RUS	2618
1	GM	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	RUS	2656	1990
2	GM	Belov, Vladimir	RUS	2619	1984
3	GM	Kobalia, Mikhail	RUS	2637	1978
4	GM	Lysyj, Igor	RUS	2615	1987
5	IM	Ponkratov, Pavel	RUS	2593	1988
6	GM	Deviatkin, Andrei	RUS	2587	1980
7	GM	Shariyazdanov, Andrey	RUS	2576	1976
8	GM	Rashkovsky, Nukhim N	RUS	2519	1946
2	Yugra		RUS	2689
1	GM	Grischuk, Alexander	RUS	2756	1983
2	GM	Jakovenko, Dmitry	RUS	2725	1983
3	GM	Malakhov, Vladimir	RUS	2721	1980
4	GM	Rublevsky, Sergei	RUS	2697	1974
5	GM	Landa, Konstantin	RUS	2635	1972
6	GM	Sjugirov, Sanan	RUS	2602	1993
7	IM	Pridorozhni, Aleksei	RUS	2555	1981
8	GM	Kabanov, Nikolai	RUS	2516	1980
3	ShSM-64		RUS	2700
1	GM	Gelfand, Boris	ISR	2750	1968
2	GM	Karjakin, Sergey	RUS	2725	1990
3	GM	Wang, Hao	CHN	2715	1989
4	GM	Caruana, Fabiano	ITA	2680	1992
5	GM	Grachev, Boris	RUS	2667	1986
6	GM	Riazantsev, Alexander	RUS	2660	1985
7	GM	Najer, Evgeniy	RUS	2665	1977
8	GM	Savchenko, Boris	RUS	2652	1986
4	Economist-SGSEU - 1		RUS	2704
1	GM	Wang, Yue	CHN	2749	1987
2	GM	Eljanov, Pavel	UKR	2736	1983
3	GM	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	RUS	2701	1987
4	GM	Alekseev, Evgeny	RUS	2700	1985
5	GM	Ni, Hua	CHN	2667	1983
6	GM	Moiseenko, Alexander	UKR	2668	1980
7	GM	Roiz, Michael	ISR	2652	1983
8	GM	Andreikin, Dmitry	RUS	2645	1990
5	M.Chigorin Chess Club		RUS	2584
1	GM	Khairullin, Ildar	RUS	2617	1990
2	IM	Matlakov, Maxim	RUS	2600	1991
3	GM	Romanov, Evgeny	RUS	2600	1988
4	GM	Popov, Valerij	RUS	2585	1974
5	GM	Ionov, Sergey	RUS	2548	1962
6	GM	Shimanov, Aleksandr	RUS	2553	1992
7	IM	Anisimov, Pavel	RUS	2519	1986
8	IM	Levin, Evgeny A.	RUS	2486	1990
6	SPb Chess Fed		RUS	2700
1	GM	Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	2748	1969
2	GM	Svidler, Peter	RUS	2750	1976
3	GM	Vitiugov, Nikita	RUS	2710	1987
4	GM	Movsesian, Sergei	SVK	2709	1978
5	GM	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	RUS	2643	1976
6	GM	Efimenko, Zahar	UKR	2640	1985
7	GM	Sakaev, Konstantin	RUS	2635	1974
8	GM	Yemelin, Vasily	RUS	2576	1976
7	Economist-SGSEU - 2		RUS	2548
1	GM	Kovchan, Alexander	UKR	2595	1983
2	GM	Evdokimov, Alexander A.	RUS	2564	1985
3	GM	Novikov, Stanislav	RUS	2552	1985
4	GM	Dyachkov, Sergej	RUS	2573	1976
5	GM	Iljushin, Alexei	RUS	2532	1980
6	IM	Lushenkov, Mikhail	RUS	2469	1985
7	FM	Shukh, Nikolai	RUS	2466	1991
8	FM	Sharafiev, Azat	RUS	2439	1990
8	Tomsk-400		RUS	2687
1	GM	Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	2737	1983
2	GM	Motylev, Alexander	RUS	2705	1979
3	GM	Bologan, Viktor	MDA	2684	1971
4	GM	Kurnosov, Igor	RUS	2674	1985
5	GM	Inarkiev, Ernesto	RUS	2667	1985
6	GM	Khismatullin, Denis	RUS	2657	1984
7	GM	Timofeev, Artyom	RUS	2655	1985
8	GM	Amonatov, Farrukh	TJK	2637	1978
9	Etude-Contact		RUS	2555
1	GM	Khenkin, Igor	GER	2597	1968
2	GM	Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	RUS	2584	1989
3	GM	Chadaev, Nikolai	RUS	2562	1988
4	IM	Papin, Vasily	RUS	2532	1988
5	IM	Krylov, Mikhail	RUS	2530	1987
6	GM	Gabrielian, Artur	RUS	2524	1982
7	IM	Chernobay, Artem	RUS	2427	1989
8	IM	Orlinkov, Maxim L.	RUS	2364	1966
10	BelGU		RUS	2493
1	GM	Ivanov, Alexander Al.	RUS	2481	1965
2	GM	Potkin, Vladimir	RUS	2606	1982
3	GM	Gasanov, Eldar	UKR	2514	1982
4	GM	Panarin, Mikhail	RUS	2532	1983
5	GM	Bryzgalin, Kirill	RUS	2506	1982
6	FM	Uzhva, Andrey	RUS	2320	1988
7	IM	Fomichenko, Eduard	RUS	2462	1969
8		Khoroshilov, Nikita	RUS	2121

11th TCh-RUS Women Dagomys (RUS), 1-10 iv 2010
1	SPb Chess Fed		RUS	2461
1	IM	Cmilyte, Viktorija	LTU	2485	1983
2	GM	Socko, Monika	POL	2465	1978
3	GM	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	SCO	2447	1968
4	IM	Atalik, Ekaterina	TUR	2445	1982
5	WGM	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	RUS	2384	1992
6	WGM	Demina, Julia	RUS	2339	1969
2	M.Chigorin Chess Club		RUS	2296
1	WIM	Molchanova, Tatjana	RUS	2369	1980
2	WIM	Akatova, Ekaterina	RUS	2275	1987
3	WIM	Bronnikova, Elizaveta	RUS	2271	1985
4	WIM	Ivkina, Olga	RUS	2268	1985
5	WIM	Solovjova, Valentina	RUS	2256	1986
6	WIM	Gromova, Iulia	RUS	2226	1985
3	Economist-SGSEU		RUS	2446
1	GM	Zhao, Xue	CHN	2490	1985
2	IM	Ushenina, Anna	UKR	2452	1985
3	IM	Paehtz, Elisabeth	GER	2486	1985
4	WGM	Iljushina, Olga	RUS	2356	1981
5	WGM	Kovanova, Baira	RUS	2385	1987
6	WIM	Tarasova, Viktoriya	RUS	2261	1989
4	AVS		RUS	2508
1	GM	Stefanova, Antoaneta	BUL	2555	1979
2	IM	Muzychuk, Anna	SLO	2533	1990
3	WGM	Pogonina, Natalija	RUS	2501	1985
4	IM	Muzychuk, Mariya	UKR	2444	1992
5	WGM	Savina, Anastasia	RUS	2391	1992
6	WGM	Shadrina, Tatiana	RUS	2431	1974
5	Dvorets		RUS	2294
1	IM	Romanko, Marina	RUS	2409	1986
2	WIM	Paikidze, Nazi	GEO	2322	1993
3	WFM	Repina, Varvara	RUS	2240	1992
4		Bukhteeva, Viktoria	RUS	2206	1993
6	ShSM		RUS	2448
1	GM	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	RUS	2524	1984
2	IM	Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina	RUS	2438	1974
3	WFM	Gunina, Valentina	RUS	2457	1989
4	IM	Matveeva, Svetlana	RUS	2373	1969
5	WGM	Girya, Olga	RUS	2362	1991
7	Giprorechtrans		RUS	2409
1	WGM	Zhukova, Natalia	UKR	2492	1979
2	WGM	Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	MGL	2428	1987
3	IM	Zaiatz, Elena	RUS	2391	1969
4	IM	Vasilevich, Irina	RUS	2324	1985
5	WIM	Fominykh, Maria	RUS	2268	1987

3) 4NCL

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

After 7 rounds, the top 4 teams in each preliminary pool qualified 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 Championship Pool tables (ENG), 24 x 2009 - 3 v 2010
	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	GP	MP
1	WGHK 1	xxx	4				5½	5½	7½	22½	7
2	Pride and Prejudice	4	xxx			5½		6	6½	22	7
3	Barbican 4NCL 1			xxx	3	5½	5½	4½		18½	6
4	White Rose 1			5	xxx	5	1		4½	15½	6
5	Guildford-A&DC 1		2½	2½	3	xxx	6			14	2
6	WGHK 2	2½		2½	7	2	xxx			14	2
7	The ADs	2½	2	3½				xxx	4	12	1
8	Cambridge Univ. 1	½	1½		3½			4	xxx	9½	1

4NCL 2009-10 Relegation Pool tables (ENG), 24 x 2009 - 3 v 2010
	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	GP	MP
1	Betsson.com	xxx		6	6			5½	6	23½	8
2	Barbican 4NCL 2		xxx			3½	6	6	7½	23	6
3	Pandora's Box Grantham	2		xxx	5½	4½			5½	17½	6
4	S. Wales Dragons	2		2½	xxx		6½		6	17	4
5	Oxford 1		4½	3½		xxx	3	5		16	4
6	Guildford-A&DC 2		2		1½	5	xxx	4		12½	3
7	Jutes of Kent	2½	2			3	4	xxx		11½	1
8	Poisoned Pawns 1	2	½	2½	2				xxx	7	0

4) 33rd San Sebastian International Open

The 33rd San Sebastian International Open took place March 28th - April 4th 2010 in the new chess club of Gros Xake Taldea. Aramis Alvarez Pedraza took clear first place with 7.5/9.

GM Norms for: IM Aramis Alvarez (CUB), IM Daniel Alsina (ESP) IM Norm for: Joaching Thomassen (NOR) WIM Norm for: Amalia Aranaz (ESP)

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

Live games: http://www.fgajedrez.org/directo

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr30848.aspx

33rd Open Donostia-San Sebastian (ESP), 28 iii-4 iv 2010 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	Rp
1	Alvarez Pedraza Aramis	IM	CUB	2486	7,5	2631
2	Tratar Marko	GM	SLO	2486	7,0	2616
3	Alsina Leal Daniel	IM	ESP	2548	7,0	2582
4	Gleizerov Evgeny	GM	RUS	2565	7,0	2600
5	Spraggett Kevin	GM	CAN	2580	7,0	2564
6	Korneev Oleg	GM	RUS	2558	7,0	2550
7	Movsziszian Karen	GM	ARM	2530	6,5	2517
8	Pogorelov Ruslan	GM	UKR	2486	6,5	2473
9	Llaneza Vega Marcos	IM	ESP	2514	6,5	2473
10	San Segundo Carrillo Pablo	GM	ESP	2534	6,5	2467
11	Argandona Riveiro Inigo	IM	ESP	2388	6,5	2470
12	Alonso Rosell Alvar	IM	ESP	2509	6,5	2435
13	Ledger Andrew J	IM	ENG	2431	6,5	2283
14	Marholev Dimitar	IM	BUL	2423	6,5	2395
15	Cabrera Alexis	GM	ESP	2533	6,0	2429
16	Thomassen Joachim	FM	NOR	2331	6,0	2447
17	Barria Zuniga Daniel	IM	CHI	2435	6,0	2353
18	Griffiths Ryan Rhys		IRL	2195	6,0	2356
19	Jakobsen Ole	IM	DEN	2332	6,0	2316
20	Diez Fraile David		ESP	2168	6,0	2286
21	Nava Pereda Carlos	FM	ESP	2254	6,0	2301
22	Recuero Guerra David	IM	ESP	2481	6,0	2242
23	Trepat Herranz Joan	FM	ESP	2305	6,0	2296
24	Martin Alvarez Inigo		ESP	2289	6,0	2222
25	Andonov Bogomil	IM	BUL	2304	6,0	2371
26	Nelson Jonathan P		ENG	2245	6,0	2205
27	Guijarro Galan Jose Luis		ESP	2104	6,0	2262
28	Huerga Leache Mikel	IM	ESP	2446	6,0	2198
29	Piasetski Leon	IM	CAN	2280	5,5	2425
30	Collins Sam E	IM	IRL	2401	5,5	2347
31	Cifuentes Parada Roberto	GM	ESP	2525	5,5	2313
32	Ulibin Mikhail	GM	RUS	2516	5,5	2334
33	Alvarez Fernandez Enrique	FM	ESP	2366	5,5	2174
34	Cruz-Lopez Claret Carlos	FM	ESP	2318	5,5	2294
35	Bae Torstein	IM	NOR	2414	5,5	2197
36	Aranaz Murillo Amalia		ESP	2083	5,5	2289
37	Andres Gonzalez Ivan	FM	ESP	2340	5,5	2174
38	Garro Beraza Haritz		ESP	2075	5,5	2306
39	Hernandez Elvis	FM	DOM	2277	5,5	2192
40	Segura Del Frago Imanol		ESP	2010	5,5	2074
41	Alonso Arburu Juan Ignacio	FM	ESP	2372	5,5	2072
42	Rodriguez Lapetra Pablo		ESP	2105	5,5	2200
43	Ros Eskisabel Jose Ramon		ESP	2143	5,5	2014
44	Almeida Toledano Daniel	FM	ESP	2367	5,0	2219
	Hagesaether Ellen	WIM	NOR	2269	5,0	2243
	Bjerke Silje	WIM	NOR	2218	5,0	2115
	Hagemann Tim Dr		GER	2164	5,0	2164
	Meneses Gonzalez Kevin Moises		ESP	2117	5,0	2119
	Torres Ganuza Fco Javier		ESP	2109	5,0	2140
	Lakunza Plazaola Asier		ESP	2093	5,0	2212
150 players

5) LVI Abierto Mexicano Monterrey

The LVI Abierto Mexicano Monterrey took place 30th March - 4th April 2010. Alexander Onischuk took clear first place with 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.fenamac.org.mx/torneos/abierto_2010/

LVI Abierto Mexicano Monterrey (MEX), 30 iii-4 iv 2010 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank	Name	Ti	Fed.	Score	BH	SB	Rating	TPR
1	Onischuk, Alexander	GM	USA	7.5	46	42.75	2687	2869
2	Hernandez Guerrero, Gilber	GM	MEX	6.5	47.5	37.5	2533	2613
3	Mitkov, Nikola	GM	MKD	6.5	42.5	32.25	2499	2551
4	Perez Rodriguez, Luis Manu	GM	CUB	6.5	41	32.25	2483	2513
5	De La Paz Perdomo, Frank	GM	CUB	6.5	43	32.5	2469	2546
6	Sanchez Enriquez, Oscar Ge	FM	MEX	6.5	38	30	2354	2448
7	Gonzalez Zamora, Juan Carl	GM	MEX	6	46	32	2552	2550
8	Gonzalez Garcia, Jose	GM	MEX	6	42.5	30.75	2512	2407
9	Perez Garcia, Rodney	IM	CUB	6	39.5	29	2424	2388
10	Ibarra Chami, Luis Fernand	IM	MEX	6	42	29.25	2423	2503
11	Fernandez Cardoso, Alexey	FM	CUB	6	40	31	2418	2486
12	Verduga Zavala, Denis	IM	MEX	6	37.5	27.25	2338	2369
13	Villarreal Felix, Jose Fel	IM	MEX	6	40.5	29.75	2330	2489
14	Morales Garcia, Sergio Jos	FM	MEX	6	42.5	29.5	2314	2399
15	Estrada Nieto, Julian	IM	MEX	6	36	26.5	2299	2392
16	Rojas Alarcon, Julian Anto		MEX	6	38	26.75	2298	2421
17	Garmendez Gonzalez, Floren	IM	MEX	6	34.5	24	2272	2286
18	Gonzalez Arroyo, Lenin		MEX	6	36	26.25	2237	2295
19	Ruiz Gonzalez, Guillermo J	FM	MEX	6	38.5	27	2122	2304
20	Cordova, Emilio	GM	PER	5.5	41.5	27.25	2564	2413
21	Norgaard, Jesper	FM	DEN	5.5	40.5	26	2438	2360
22	Martin Del Campo C., Rober	IM	MEX	5.5	38.5	26.25	2427	2309
23	Espinosa Flores, Rafael Em	IM	MEX	5.5	40	27.25	2405	2283
24	Capo Vidal, Uriel	IM	MEX	5.5	40	25.75	2335	2322
25	Blanco Fernandez, Alvaro	IM	MEX	5.5	38.5	26	2326	2209
26	Gutierrez, Fabian	FM	CUB	5.5	40.5	23.75	2297	2312
27	Ordaz Valdes, Lisandra Ter	WIM	CUB	5.5	40.5	26	2277	2377
28	Marrero Lopez, Yaniet	WGM	CUB	5.5	41	25.75	2269	2363
29	Vigoa Apecheche, Yanira	WFM	CUB	5.5	40	25.75	2268	2364
30	Vega Garcia, Jorge Arturo	FM	MEX	5.5	36	24.75	2260	2379
31	Tapie Amione, Pablo Adib		MEX	5.5	40.5	26.5	2244	2373
32	Duarte Barahona, Raul Alej		MEX	5.5	37.5	21.25	2232	2225
33	Tinajero Tristan, Dante	IM	MEX	5.5	39	23.25	2227	2259
34	Navarrete Mendez, Gonzalo		MEX	5.5	38.5	23.5	2220	2182
35	Gutierrez Carmona, Juan Al		MEX	5.5	38.5	24.75	2205	2262
36	Gomez Quezada, Juan	FM	MEX	5.5	40	22.75	2199	2227
37	Vega Granillo, Alejandro		MEX	5.5	38	24.25	2198	2323
38	Fontaine, Alain		FRA	5.5	34	20.75	2155	2186
39	Perez Avendano, Paul Omar	FM	MEX	5.5	38.5	24.5	2141	2303
40	Guerrero Rodriguez, Alejan	WIM	MEX	5.5	39	22.5	2125	2171
41	Garcia Morales, Ivette Ale		MEX	5.5	34	17.5	1971	2112
42	Benitez Lozano, Javier		MEX	5.5	37	24.25	1956	2292
43	SAINZ AGUIRRE, IGNACIO	NM	MEX	5.5	32.5	20.25	1953 *	2237
44	De La Parra Hurtado, Danie		MEX	5.5	38	22.5	1808	2214
252 players

6) Victor Ciocaltea Memorial

The Victor Ciocaltea Memorial took place in Bucharest 23rd March - 2nd April 2010. Andrei Murariu took clear first place with 8/11.

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

Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr31898.aspx

Victor Ciocaltea Mem Bucharest (ROU), 23 iii-2 iv 2010													cat. IX (2457)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Murariu, Andrei	g	ROU	2479	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	8	2629
2.	Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyula	m	ROU	2525	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	6½	2515
3.	Shishkin, Vadim UKR	g	UKR	2516	½	½	*	½	½	0	1	0	1	½	1	1	6½	2516
4.	Lupulescu, Constantin	g	ROU	2598	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	6	2480
5.	Enchev, Ivajlo	f	BUL	2418	½	½	½	½	*	½	0	1	½	½	1	½	6	2496
6.	Piorun, Kacper	m	POL	2501	0	½	1	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	0	1	6	2488
7.	Nestorovic, Nikola	m	SRB	2413	½	½	0	½	1	½	*	½	0	½	1	½	5½	2460
8.	Lapcevic, Milos		SRB	2414	0	0	1	0	0	½	½	*	1	1	1	½	5½	2460
9.	Georgescu, Tiberiu	f	ROU	2397	0	½	0	½	½	0	1	0	*	1	1	1	5½	2462
10.	Jianu, Vlad-Cristian	g	ROU	2516	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	0	*	0	½	4	2349
11.	Doros, Radu-Marian		ROU	2319	0	½	0	½	0	1	0	0	0	1	*	½	3½	2336
12.	Schmidt, Raul	m	ROU	2387	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	*	3	2288

Round 1 (March 23, 2010)
Lupulescu, Constantin	- Doros, Radu-Marian	½-½	40	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Enchev, Ivajlo	- Murariu, Andrei	½-½	15	D12	Slav Defence
Piorun, Kacper	- Georgescu, Tiberiu	1-0	35	A56	Old Indian Defence
Lapcevic, Milos	- Nestorovic, Nikola	½-½	9	D19	Slav Defence
Jianu, Vlad-Cristian	- Shishkin, Vadim UKR	½-½	22	D80	Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Schmidt, Raul	- Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyula	0-1	144	E04	Catalan
Round 2 (March 24, 2010)
Murariu, Andrei	- Lupulescu, Constantin	½-½	11	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyula	- Lapcevic, Milos	1-0	41	D05	Colle System
Shishkin, Vadim UKR	- Georgescu, Tiberiu	1-0	34	A65	Benoni
Nestorovic, Nikola	- Enchev, Ivajlo	1-0	47	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Jianu, Vlad-Cristian	- Schmidt, Raul	½-½	54	A26	English Sicilian Attack
Doros, Radu-Marian	- Piorun, Kacper	1-0	35	B15	Caro Kann
Round 3 (March 25, 2010)
Lupulescu, Constantin	- Nestorovic, Nikola	½-½	43	C26	Vienna Game
Enchev, Ivajlo	- Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyula	½-½	11	E94	King's Indian Classical
Piorun, Kacper	- Murariu, Andrei	0-1	33	A20	English Opening
Lapcevic, Milos	- Jianu, Vlad-Cristian	1-0	42	A57	Volga Gambit
Georgescu, Tiberiu	- Doros, Radu-Marian	1-0	27	A23	English Opening
Schmidt, Raul	- Shishkin, Vadim UKR	0-1	27	A16	English Opening
Round 4 (March 26, 2010)
Murariu, Andrei	- Georgescu, Tiberiu	1-0	25	B23	Sicilian Closed
Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyula	- Lupulescu, Constantin	½-½	13	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Shishkin, Vadim UKR	- Doros, Radu-Marian	1-0	43	A65	Benoni
Nestorovic, Nikola	- Piorun, Kacper	½-½	53	C12	French MacCutcheon
Jianu, Vlad-Cristian	- Enchev, Ivajlo	½-½	41	A37	English Symmetrical
Schmidt, Raul	- Lapcevic, Milos	½-½	65	E19	Queens Indian
Round 5 (March 27, 2010)
Lupulescu, Constantin	- Jianu, Vlad-Cristian	½-½	13	E91	King's Indian Classical
Enchev, Ivajlo	- Schmidt, Raul	½-½	25	E80	King's Indian Saemisch
Piorun, Kacper	- Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyula	½-½	55	B01	Centre Counter
Lapcevic, Milos	- Shishkin, Vadim UKR	1-0	34	D91	Gruenfeld 5.Bg5
Georgescu, Tiberiu	- Nestorovic, Nikola	1-0	42	A36	English Botvinnik
Doros, Radu-Marian	- Murariu, Andrei	0-1	45	B61	Sicilian Rauzer
Round 6 (March 28, 2010)
Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyula	- Georgescu, Tiberiu	½-½	18	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Shishkin, Vadim UKR	- Murariu, Andrei	½-½	39	D17	Slav Defence
Nestorovic, Nikola	- Doros, Radu-Marian	1-0	40	B81	Sicilian Keres Attack
Lapcevic, Milos	- Enchev, Ivajlo	0-1	31	E39	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Jianu, Vlad-Cristian	- Piorun, Kacper	½-½	46	E61	King's Indian Defence
Schmidt, Raul	- Lupulescu, Constantin	½-½	18	A30	English Symmetrical
Round 7 (March 29, 2010)
Murariu, Andrei	- Nestorovic, Nikola	½-½	24	C54	Giuoco Piano
Lupulescu, Constantin	- Lapcevic, Milos	1-0	79	B44	Sicilian Paulsen
Enchev, Ivajlo	- Shishkin, Vadim UKR	½-½	31	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Piorun, Kacper	- Schmidt, Raul	1-0	52	B07	Pirc Defence
Georgescu, Tiberiu	- Jianu, Vlad-Cristian	1-0	33	A36	English Botvinnik
Doros, Radu-Marian	- Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyula	½-½	27	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Round 8 (March 30, 2010)
Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyula	- Murariu, Andrei	½-½	13	B89	Sicilian Sozin Attack
Shishkin, Vadim UKR	- Nestorovic, Nikola	1-0	78	E38	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Enchev, Ivajlo	- Lupulescu, Constantin	½-½	40	A65	Benoni
Lapcevic, Milos	- Piorun, Kacper	½-½	83	D91	Gruenfeld 5.Bg5
Jianu, Vlad-Cristian	- Doros, Radu-Marian	0-1	54	A37	English Symmetrical
Schmidt, Raul	- Georgescu, Tiberiu	0-1	84	B36	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Round 9 (March 31, 2010)
Murariu, Andrei	- Jianu, Vlad-Cristian	½-½	13	B25	Sicilian Closed
Lupulescu, Constantin	- Shishkin, Vadim UKR	½-½	15	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Piorun, Kacper	- Enchev, Ivajlo	½-½	21	C00	French Defence
Nestorovic, Nikola	- Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyula	½-½	10	B85	Sicilian Scheveningen
Georgescu, Tiberiu	- Lapcevic, Milos	0-1	40	A37	English Symmetrical
Doros, Radu-Marian	- Schmidt, Raul	½-½	25	C54	Giuoco Piano
Round 10 (April 1, 2010)
Shishkin, Vadim UKR	- Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyula	½-½	10	D20	QGA
Lupulescu, Constantin	- Piorun, Kacper	½-½	12	C05	French Tarrasch
Enchev, Ivajlo	- Georgescu, Tiberiu	½-½	40	A57	Volga Gambit
Lapcevic, Milos	- Doros, Radu-Marian	1-0	44	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Jianu, Vlad-Cristian	- Nestorovic, Nikola	½-½	13	A59	Volga Gambit
Schmidt, Raul	- Murariu, Andrei	0-1	24	D10	Slav Defence
Round 11 (April 2, 2010)
Murariu, Andrei	- Lapcevic, Milos	1-0	63	B44	Sicilian Paulsen
Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyula	- Jianu, Vlad-Cristian	½-½	14	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Piorun, Kacper	- Shishkin, Vadim UKR	1-0	33	A16	English Opening
Nestorovic, Nikola	- Schmidt, Raul	½-½	57	C12	French MacCutcheon
Georgescu, Tiberiu	- Lupulescu, Constantin	½-½	20	D89	Gruenfeld Alekhine
Doros, Radu-Marian	- Enchev, Ivajlo	0-1	50	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2

7) 4th G.Agzamov Memorial

4th G.Agzamov Memorial International Chess Open took place 22nd March - 1st April 2010. Maxim Turov took first place on tie-break from Sergei Zhigalko, Rinat Jumabayev and Vitali Golod after all finished on 7/9.

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

4th G. Agzamov Mem Tashkent (UZB), 23-31 iii 2010 Final Round 9 Standings
Rank	Name	Ti	Fed.	Score	Rating	TPR	W-We	BH	BH-HiLo
1	Turov, Maxim	GM	RUS	7	2609	2702	1.16	54	42.5
2-3	Zhigalko, Sergei	GM	BLR	7	2648	2681	0.49	53.5	42.5
2-3	Jumabayev, Rinat	GM	KAZ	7	2542	2690	1.61	53.5	42.5
4	Golod, Vitali	GM	ISR	7	2590	2670	1.08	49.5	39
5	Tseshkovsky, Vitaly	GM	RUS	6.5	2549	2618	1.09	54.5	43
6	Dreev, Alexey	GM	RUS	6.5	2653	2661	0.28	52.5	42
7	Guseinov, Gadir	GM	AZE	6.5	2609	2616	0.29	52	40.5
8	Ismagambetov, Anuar	GM	KAZ	6.5	2508	2581	1.1	51.5	41
9	Kotsur, Pavel	GM	KAZ	6.5	2565	2581	0.48	51.5	40
10	Filippov, Anton	GM	UZB	6.5	2598	2536	-0.39	51	40
11	Yurtaev, Leonid	GM	KGZ	6.5	2469	2562	1.29	49.5	39.5
12	Mchedlishvili, Mikheil	GM	GEO	6.5	2634	2567	-0.5	49.5	39
13	Dzhumaev, Marat	GM	UZB	6.5	2525	2466	-0.36	45.5	34.5
14	Faizulaev, Akmal		UZB	6.5	2303	2415	1.54	40.5	33
15	Kvon, Andrey	IM	UZB	6.5	2455	2372	-0.64	38.5	29.5
16	Egin, Vladimir	IM	UZB	6	2410	2452	0.65	48.5	37.5
17	Akkozov, Berik	FM	KAZ	6	2269	2466	2.23	47	38
18	Vakhidov, Tahir	GM	UZB	6	2516	2410	-0.98	46	35.5
19	Temirov, Bakhyt		KAZ	6	2258	2476	2.56	45	35.5
20	Vakhidov, Jahongir		UZB	6	2177	2405	2.26	38.5	30
21	Tiviakov, Sergei	GM	NED	5.5	2653	2501	-1.47	51.5	40
22	Iuldachev, Saidali	GM	UZB	5.5	2511	2415	-0.85	50.5	39.5
23	Li, Georgiy		UZB	5.5	2110	2436	3.16	50	39.5
24	Karimov, I.		UZB	5.5	2340	2366	0.32	47	38
25	Djuraev, Sokhib	FM	TJK	5.5	2411	2317	-0.92	46	36
26	Ziatdinov, Raset	GM	USA	5.5	2410	2316	-0.96	45.5	35
27	Saduakassova, Dinara	WFM	KAZ	5.5	2094	2396	3.01	45.5	34.5
28	Nazhmeddinov, Sirodjiddin		UZB	5.5	2190	2444	2.46	44.5	36
29	Saidov, Beqali		UZB	5.5	2361	2343	-0.12	43	33.5
30	Tokhirjanova, Hulkar		UZB	5.5	2119	2371	2.85	41.5	33.5
31	Kosokin, Valeriy		UZB	5.5	0	2297	0.5	41	32.5
32	Khamrakulova, Iroda		UZB	5.5	2151	2326	2.1	38.5	31
33	Nukin, Askhat	FM	KAZ	5.5	2366	2242	-1.32	38.5	30.5
34	Lozhnikov, Vyacheslav	FM	KAZ	5.5	2323	2191	-1.39	37.5	30
35	Holmirzaev, Bahodir		UZB	5	2344	2351	0.07	46.5	36.5
36	Muminova, Nafisa	WIM	UZB	5	2338	2288	-0.59	45	35
37	Pak, Yevgeniy		KAZ	5	2333	2311	-0.26	44.5	34.5
38	Ibrayev, Nurlan	GM	KAZ	5	2405	2263	-1.54	44.5	34
39	Megaranto, Susanto	GM	INA	5	2527	2299	-2.12	44	33.5
40	Markov, Mikhail		KGZ	5	2119	2316	2.01	42.5	34.5
41	Alikulov, Elbek		UZB	5	2208	2286	0.66	42	33.5
42	Esonboeva, Gulruhsor		UZB	5	1992	2273	3.14	42	32
43	Dauletova, Gulmira	WIM	KAZ	5	2212	2227	0.04	40.5	33
44	Sydykov, Asyl	FM	KGZ	5	2266	2351	0.91	40.5	32.5
45	Sabirov, Farkhad		UZB	5	2346	2233	-1.32	40.5	30.5
46	Kasyan, Aleksandr	FM	UZB	5	2296	2212	-0.81	39.5	31.5
47	Grebenschikov, Vladimir	IM	KAZ	5	2254	2265	0.14	39.5	30
48	Zhunussov, Bibek		KAZ	5	2169	2181	0.16	38.5	30
49	Sabirova, Olga	WIM	UZB	5	2195	2260	0.67	38	30
50	Davletbakov, Saddam		KGZ	5	2174	2264	0.89	38	30
51	Kozganbayev, Erken		KAZ	5	2218	2088	-1.35	37	28
52	Agzamov, Viachesiav		UZB	4.5	2270	2276	-0.07	47	36.5
53	Khamroev, Ravshan		UZB	4.5	2175	2342	1.71	46.5	36.5
54	Eminov, Adkham		UZB	4.5	2218	2343	1.16	44.5	37
55	Sukandar, Irine Kharisma	WGM	INA	4.5	2316	2170	-1.64	42.5	33.5
56	Ohunov, Bobur		UZB	4.5	2150	2291	1.5	42	32.5
57	Rysbayeva, Aigerim	WFM	KAZ	4.5	2199	2248	0.33	41	33.5
58	Golcman, Evgeny		RUS	4.5	2292	2157	-1.44	41	32.5
59	Gubaydulin, Talgat	FM	UZB	4.5	2325	2167	-1.79	41	31.5
60	Hamrakulova, Yulduz	WIM	UZB	4.5	2249	2158	-1	40.5	31
61	Turaev, Halim		UZB	4.5	2284	2162	-1.45	40	31.5
62	Rakhmatullin, Kamil		UZB	4.5	2314	2121	-2.01	40	31
63	Khamrakulov, Dzhurabek	IM	UZB	4.5	2509	2190	-3.3	39.5	31.5
64	Sadykov, Ilyas		KAZ	4.5	2089	2183	0.81	39.5	31.5
65	Rustamov Alisher Abdusatta		UZB	4.5	2264	2257	-0.06	39.5	30
66	Galyamov, Vildan		UZB	4.5	2183	2118	-0.72	38	30
67	Ulkhanov, Azamat		KAZ	4.5	2178	2186	-0.02	37.5	28.5
68	Khoroshev, Nikita		UZB	4.5	2225	2144	-0.72	37	28.5
69	Khailaev, Mamatkul		UZB	4.5	2178	2138	-0.57	36.5	28
70	Saiyn, Zhanat		KAZ	4.5	1998	2111	1.02	35	28
71	Tologontegin, Semetey	FM	KGZ	4.5	2351	2122	-2.08	30	22.5
72	Aripov, Iskandar		UZB	4	2078	2208	1.42	45.5	35.5
73	Igambergenov, Alibek		KAZ	4	2199	2264	0.52	42.5	33.5
74	Lestari, Baiq Vina		INA	4	2156	2234	0.84	42.5	32.5
75	Mukashev, Assan		KAZ	4	2125	2166	0.31	41	33
76	Aitbayev, Aslan		KAZ	4	2351	2113	-2.75	41	31.5
77	Gevorgyan, Irina	WFM	UZB	4	2153	2163	0.1	39.5	31
78	Akhmetov, Ayan		KAZ	4	2001	2117	1.07	39	29.5
79	Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan	WFM	KAZ	4	2245	2121	-1.48	37.5	28.5
80	Artemenko, Oleg		UZB	4	2159	2106	-0.76	36	28.5
81	Irkabayev, Ahmad		UZB	4	2076	2028	-0.6	34.5	26.5
82	Shaymuratov, Inomjon		UZB	4	2182	2111	-0.84	34	26
83	Qurbonboeva, Sarvinoz		UZB	4	1996	2044	0.37	32.5	26
84	Miraliev, Mirzayokub		UZB	4	2116	2065	-0.49	29.5	22.5
85	Baymuradova, Sevara		UZB	3.5	2035	2180	1.48	42	33
86	Nodirjanova, Nodira		UZB	3.5	2138	2156	0.1	41	32
87	Abylkassymova, Raushan		KAZ	3.5	2002	2108	1.08	39	31
88	Ainutdinov, Alexander		KAZ	3.5	2047	2039	-0.15	37.5	29.5
89	Rysbayeva, Korlan		KAZ	3.5	2073	2106	0.2	36	29
90	Belyi, Anton		UZB	3.5	2193	2141	-0.71	36	27.5
91	Shangarayeva, Daiana		KAZ	3.5	1949	1990	0.35	35.5	27.5
92	Verbova, Elena		UZB	3.5	1982	1951	-0.38	34	26.5
93	Abdumalik, Zhansaya		KAZ	3.5	1865	2012	1.46	33.5	25.5
94	Nigmatov, Ortik		UZB	3.5	1900	1917	0.02	31.5	23.5
95	Gadoev, Timur		TJK	3.5	2068	1927	-1.32	26.5	20.5
96	Kholmatov, Yokubjon		UZB	3	2140	1979	-1.91	38	29
97	Igonin, Timur		UZB	3	1780	1970	1.76	37.5	29
98	Nazarov, Elyor	FM	UZB	3	2146	2005	-1.33	36	27
99	Ainutdinova, Yekaterina		KAZ	3	1967	1996	0.21	34.5	27
100	Karimov, Erkin		UZB	3	2035	1955	-0.88	34	27.5
101	Chkartina, Gerhana		INA	3	2047	1873	-1.34	34	27
102	Tashbulov, Normamat		UZB	3	2079	1798	-2.34	32.5	24.5
103	Khudoykulov, Nuriddin		UZB	3	0	1866	1866	29	23.5
104	Nuritdinov, Nizomiddin		UZB	2.5	0	1928	1928	39.5	31.5
105	Klynin, Vladimir		UZB	2.5	2009	1769	-1.48	31	24.5
106	Antonova, Nadezhda		TJK	2.5	1835	1798	-0.53	31	24.5
107	Artikova, M.		UZB	2.5	1975	1787	-1.87	30.5	23.5
108	Khaitov, Akmal		UZB	2.5	1872	1894	0.07	30.5	23.5
109	Irgaliyev, Alikhan		KAZ	2	0	1937	1937	37.5	29.5
110	Sangmamadov, Davlatmamad		TJK	2	0	1941	1941	34	25
111	Zakharov, Anatoliy		UZB	2	1965	1803	-1.36	33	26
112	Gruzdev, Oleg		UZB	2	0	1785	1785	32	24.5
113	Usseinov, Chingis		KAZ	1.5	1796	1628	-0.92	28.5	21
114	Khusnutdinov, Rustam	GM	KAZ	0	2527	0	0	40.5	31.5
115	Amanov, Zhanibek	IM	KAZ	0	2395	0	0	40.5	31.5
116	Samakov, Nurdin		KGZ	0	2379	0	0	40.5	31.5
117	Shukuraliev, Algis		KGZ	0	2322	0	0	40.5	31.5
118	Daurimbetov, A		UZB	0	2269	0	0	40.5	31.5
119	Chernenko, Yevgeniya	WFM	KAZ	0	2236	0	0	40.5	31.5
120	Ziyaev, Negmat		TJK	0	2204	0	0	40.5	31.5
121	Turebayeva, Alfiya	WIM	KAZ	0	2193	0	0	40.5	31.5
122	Davletbayeva, Madina	WFM	KAZ	0	2166	0	0	40.5	31.5
123	Sukhov, Maxim		KAZ	0	2164	0	0	40.5	31.5
124	Ismailov, Mukhit		KAZ	0	2062	0	0	40.5	31.5
125	Khaibulin, Damir		KAZ	0	1732	0	0	40.5	31.5
126	Rahmatova, Mehrangez		TJK	0	1618	0	0	40.5	31.5
127	Babadzhanov, Yuriy		TJK	0	0	0	0	40.5	31.5
128	Ilyashev, Yerzhan		KAZ	0	0	0	0	40.5	31.5
129	Solomatin, Sergey		KAZ	0	2000	1512	-0.39	32.5	23.5

8) II Genset Cup

The II Genset Cup IM Tournament took place 26th March - 3rd April 2010 in Szombathely. Gabor Nagy and Milan Rachela finished on 6.5/9.

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

9 -11 round Robin 90 minutes/40 moves + 30 minutes , 30 sec addition after each move

II Genset Cup Szombathely (HUN), 26 iii-3 iv 2010												cat. II (2293)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Nagy, Gabor1		HUN	2278	*	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	6½	2460
2.	Rachela, Milan	f	SVK	2363	0	*	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	6½	2451
3.	Rudolf, Anna	wg	HUN	2293	½	0	*	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	5½	2373
4.	Kiss, Attila	m	HUN	2342	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	5½	2367
5.	Sipos, Istvan	f	HUN	2491	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	5	2314
6.	Lakos, Nikoletta	wg	HUN	2292	0	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	4½	2293
7.	Stavrianakis, Ioannis		GRE	2243	½	0	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	4	2255
8.	Majeric, Zoran	m	CRO	2255	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	*	½	½	3	2172
9.	Makk, Robert		HUN	2130	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	*	1	3	2186
10.	Farkas, Gabor1		SVK	2245	0	0	½	0	½	0	0	½	0	*	1½	2025

9) Austrian Bundesliga

The third and final weekend of the Austrian Bundesliga (11 rounds) took place 27th-30th March 2010 in Baden, Austria. Sparkasse Jenbach took clear first place.

Time control: 100 minutes for 40 moves an additional 50 minutes with 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.

Official site: http://www.chess.at/staatsligen/stl_a.htm

Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr21147.aspx

Austrian Bundesliga (AUT), 6 xi - 30 iii 2010
Rg.	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Wtg1	Wtg2	Wtg3
1	Sparkasse Jenbach	*	4½	3½	3½	5	4½	3½	6	4	5½	5	4½	22	49,5	0
2	Holz Dohr	1½	*	2	3	3½	3½	5	5½	3½	4	5½	5	17	42,0	0
3	SK Advisory Invest Baden	2½	4	*	4	2½	3	4	2	3½	5	4	5	15	39,5	0
4	Styria Graz	2½	3	2	*	4	3	3½	5	2½	5	4½	4½	14	39,5	0
5	ASVÖ Wulkaprodersdorf	1	2½	3½	2	*	4½	2½	3½	4	4	3½	5	14	36,0	0
6	SK Sparkasse Fuerstenfeld	1½	2½	3	3	1½	*	2½	5	4½	3½	4½	5½	12	37,0	0
7	SK Kl.Ztg.MPÖ Maria Saal	2½	1	2	2½	3½	3½	*	4	2½	4½	4½	3½	12	34,0	0
8	ASVÖ SK Lackenbach	0	½	4	1	2½	1	2	*	4	4½	5½	5½	10	30,5	0
9	SK Hohenems	2	2½	2½	3½	2	1½	3½	2	*	4	3	3½	9	30,0	0
10	Mayrhofen/Zillertal	½	2	1	1	2	2½	1½	1½	2	*	4	4½	4	22,5	0
11	ASVÖ Pamhagen	1	½	2	1½	2½	1½	1½	½	3	2	*	3	2	19,0	0
12	Husek Wien	1½	1	1	1½	1	½	2½	½	2½	1½	3	*	1	16,5	0

10) XXXVII Open La Roda Albacete

The XXXVII Open La Roda Albacete took place 31st March - 4th April 2010. Andre Diamant took first place on tie-break from Jose Fernando Cuenca Jimenez after both scored 7.5/9.

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

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr31966.aspx

XXXVII Open La Roda Albacete (ESP), 31 iii-4 iv 2010 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	Diamant Andre	GM	BRA	2486	7,5	51,0	55,5
2	Cuenca Jimenez Jose Fernando	IM	ESP	2453	7,5	48,0	52,5
3	Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo	IM	CUB	2527	7,0	50,5	55,0
4	Bruzon Batista Lazaro	GM	CUB	2641	7,0	50,0	54,0
5	Paunovic Dragan	GM	SRB	2551	7,0	49,0	53,5
6	Burmakin Vladimir	GM	RUS	2604	7,0	46,0	51,0
7	Monroy Charles	IM	FRA	2449	7,0	45,5	50,0
8	Granda Zuniga Julio E	GM	PER	2643	6,5	53,0	57,5
9	Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag	IM	BRA	2490	6,5	49,5	54,5
10	Martinez Martin David	IM	ESP	2390	6,5	49,0	54,0
11	Gonzalez Vidal Yuri	GM	CUB	2512	6,5	49,0	53,0
12	Almeida Quintana Omar	GM	CUB	2540	6,5	48,5	52,0
13	Antoli Royo Joaquin Miguel	IM	ESP	2399	6,5	46,5	50,0
14	Ramiro Ovejero Juan Luis	FM	ESP	2375	6,5	46,0	50,5
15	Cano Sanchez Josue	FM	ESP	2343	6,5	46,0	50,0
16	Pap Misa	IM	SRB	2521	6,5	45,5	50,0
17	Del Rio De Angelis Salvador G	GM	ESP	2524	6,5	45,0	49,5
18	Guerra Bastida Diego	IM	ESP	2432	6,5	42,5	47,0
19	Forcen Esteban Daniel	FM	ESP	2343	6,5	42,5	46,5
20	Gemy Jose Daniel		BOL	2215	6,5	37,5	40,0
21	Suba Mihai	GM	ROU	2451	6,0	48,5	53,0
22	Rojas Keim Luis	IM	CHI	2421	6,0	48,0	51,5
23	Kovacevic Slobodan	IM	SRB	2383	6,0	47,0	50,5
24	Valmana Canto Jaime	FM	ESP	2354	6,0	46,5	50,5
25	Chueca Forcen Alberto		ESP	2282	6,0	45,0	48,5
26	Aloma Vidal Robert	IM	ESP	2462	6,0	44,5	48,5
27	Cori T Deysi	WIM	PER	2434	6,0	43,5	47,0
28	Rizouk Aimen	GM	ALG	2540	6,0	43,5	47,0
29	Cruz Lledo Pablo		ESP	2232	6,0	43,5	46,5
30	Pardo Simon David	FM	ESP	2316	6,0	43,0	47,5
31	Anton Guijarro David	FM	ESP	2304	6,0	43,0	46,5
32	Diogo Vasco	FM	POR	2315	6,0	37,0	40,0
33	Ocana Lameiro Oliver		ESP	1968	6,0	34,5	36,5
34	Picard Romain	FM	FRA	2363	5,5	48,5	52,5
35	Plaskett H James	GM	ENG	2494	5,5	47,5	52,0
36	Llorente Zaro Alfonso	IM	ESP	2456	5,5	47,5	52,0
37	Larino Nieto David	IM	ESP	2462	5,5	46,5	51,0
38	Espinosa Aranda Angel	FM	ESP	2383	5,5	45,0	49,0
39	Santos Jose Alves		POR	2246	5,5	45,0	48,0
40	Gallardo Garcia Andres	IM	ESP	2412	5,5	43,5	48,0
41	Granero Roca Antonio	IM	ESP	2447	5,5	43,0	47,0
42	Ontanon Gomez Pablo		ESP	1961	5,5	43,0	46,0
43	Fernandez Lledo Javier		ESP	2080	5,5	43,0	43,5
44	Bendayan Claros Aaron		ESP	2196	5,5	42,5	46,0
45	Van Hoolandt Patrick	FM	MNC	2201	5,5	42,5	46,0
46	Alcaraz Ortega Javier		ESP	2235	5,5	42,5	45,5
47	Camacho Collados Marcos		ESP	2279	5,5	42,0	44,0
48	Sanchez Gonzalez Sergio	FM	ESP	2322	5,5	40,5	44,5
49	Bermejo Martinez Jorge		ESP	2267	5,5	40,5	44,0
50	Vidarte Morales Arturo	IM	ESP	2438	5,5	40,5	44,0
205 players

11) First Saturday April 2010

The First Saturday tournaments for April takes place 3rd-14th April 2010.

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

FSGM May Budapest (HUN), 3-14 iv 2010
SNo.	Ti	Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pts.	SB.	Rank
1	IM	Gonda Laszlo	2482	HUN	* *	1	½			½	2	1,50	3
2	FM	Kislik Erik Andrew	2370	USA	0	* *			0	0	0	0,00	6
3	GM	Bindrich Falko	2532	GER	½		* *	0	½		1	2,25	5
4	IM	Rajlich Iweta	2459	POL			1	* *	0	½	1½	2,00	4
5	GM	Baramidze David	2528	GER		1	½	1	* *		2½	2,00	1
6	GM	Berczes David	2510	HUN	½	1		½		* *	2	1,75	2

12) Easter Open Medellin 2010

The Easter Open took place in Medellin 31st March - 4th April 2010. Neuris Delgado Ramirez won the event with 8.5/9. The games from the final round are not yet available.

Official site: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr32162.aspx

Results: http://www.ligadeajedrezdeantioquia.org/

Easter Open Medellin (COL), 31 iii-4 iv 2010 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Delgado Ramirez Neuris	GM	8,5	55,0	44,0	52,00
2	Guerrero Juan Carlos	IM	7,0	54,5	37,0	39,00
3	Echavarria Johann	FM	7,0	53,5	36,5	37,25
4	Macias Murillo Bryan	FM	7,0	53,5	36,0	38,75
5	Panesso Rivera Henry	IM	7,0	52,0	36,5	39,50
6	Guerra Tulcan Lenin		6,5	53,5	36,0	35,75
7	Aponte Castillo Jose Ernesto		6,5	51,0	34,0	32,75
8	Arango Andres Mauricio		6,5	48,0	32,0	28,75
9	Zabala Fidel		6,5	46,0	30,0	31,25
10	Osorio Bedoya Jeison		6,5	45,5	29,0	27,00
11	Benitez Rodriguez Carlos		6,0	51,5	32,5	26,75
12	Chirivi C Jenny Astrid	WIM	6,0	48,0	32,0	28,50
13	Herrera Jesus D		6,0	47,0	27,5	28,75
14	Miranda Jorge		6,0	44,0	29,0	23,00
15	Arenas David	IM	5,5	51,0	32,0	27,00
16	Tovio Israel		5,5	49,5	32,0	26,50
17	Castaneda Jhon David		5,5	49,5	31,5	27,00
18	Garces Javier		5,5	49,5	28,5	27,75
19	Rios Parra Juan Fernando		5,5	47,5	30,5	26,50
20	Castano Ortiz Eder		5,5	47,0	27,5	24,75
21	Prieto Ernesto		5,5	46,5	30,0	25,50
22	Cuartas Jorge Humberto	FM	5,5	45,5	32,5	23,00
23	Escobar Medina Andres F		5,5	45,5	32,0	21,25
24	Vallejo Diego		5,5	45,5	25,5	28,00
25	Romero Echeverria Abigail		5,5	44,5	26,5	24,50
26	Zapata Cuartas Juan Carlos		5,5	44,0	29,0	26,25
27	Alvarez Alvaro		5,5	44,0	27,5	22,25
28	Agudelo Carlos Daniel		5,5	43,0	25,0	24,25
29	Corredor Fabian		5,5	42,5	24,0	16,50
30	Sanchez Sanchez Andres Felipe		5,5	41,0	22,5	19,75
31	Franco Valencia Angela Maria	WFM	5,5	40,5	22,0	21,50
32	Nino Juan Camilo		5,5	40,0	25,0	24,50
33	Arias Braulio		5,5	39,0	20,0	21,75
34	Remicio Duque John H	FM	5,0	45,0	28,0	20,50
35	Cespedes Cesar Ivan		5,0	44,0	28,0	17,00
36	Reyes Rios Juan Camilo		5,0	42,5	28,5	21,00
37	Cely Juan Carlos		5,0	40,5	25,0	17,00
38	Sierra Mejia Juan Pablo		5,0	40,5	25,0	16,75
39	Torres Saulo De Jesus		5,0	40,0	23,0	15,75
40	Martinez Mauricio		5,0	39,5	23,5	19,00
41	Gonzalez Andres G		5,0	39,5	23,5	16,00
42	Paniagua Fabio De Jesus		5,0	37,5	24,0	16,75
43	Echeverry Maria Yesenia		5,0	37,0	23,0	13,50
44	Lopez Juan David		5,0	32,5	20,0	14,50
45	Ramirez Benjamin Dario		4,5	48,0	29,0	20,75
46	Valderrama Castano Julian Cami		4,5	47,5	26,0	19,00
47	Mesa Francisco Alonso Jr.		4,5	47,0	22,5	19,00
48	Pena Dario		4,5	46,5	26,5	19,25
49	Carvajal Montoya Juan Camilo		4,5	45,5	25,5	20,00
50	Ossa Vladimir		4,5	44,0	25,5	18,75
103 players

13) Danish Championship

The Danish Championship took place 27th March - 5th April 2010. Allan Stig Rasmussen won with 7/9.

Official site: http://www.skak-dm.dk/2010/

ch-DEN Hillerod (DEN), 27 iii-4 iv 2010												cat. IX (2465)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Rasmussen, Allan Stig	g	DEN	2513	*	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	7	2680
2.	Hansen, Sune Berg	g	DEN	2556	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	6½	2621
3.	Aagaard, Jacob	g	SCO	2538	0	½	*	1	1	1	½	½	0	1	5½	2537
4.	Antonsen, Mikkel	m	DEN	2439	0	½	0	*	½	1	1	1	½	½	5	2511
5.	Schandorff, Lars	g	DEN	2498	½	½	0	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	4½	2461
6.	Andersen, Mads	f	DEN	2331	½	0	0	0	½	*	½	½	1	½	3½	2400
7.	Pedersen, Steffen	m	DEN	2428	0	0	½	0	½	½	*	½	1	½	3½	2389
8.	Bromann, Thorbjorn	m	DEN	2435	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	*	1	½	3½	2388
9.	Glud, Jakob Vang	m	DEN	2481	½	½	1	½	½	0	0	0	*	0	3	2338
10.	Fries-Nielsen, Jens Ove	m	DEN	2435	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	1	*	3	2343

14) La Laguna Open

The La Laguna takes place 5th-11th April 2010. Lazaro Bruzon and Kamil Miton are the top seeds.

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

Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr32247.aspx

15) 21st Pobeskydi TS Cup Frydek-Mistek

The 21st Pobeskydi TS Cup Frydek-Mistek took place 1st-5th April 2010. Three all-play-all events and an open. Jan Bernasek won the main TS Cup with 7½/9.

Official site: http://www.chessfm.cz

21st Pobeskydi TS Cup Frydek-Mistek (CZE), 1-5 iv 2010															cat. II (2294)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Bernasek, Jan	m	CZE	2490	*	0	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	7½	2544
2.	Matuszewski, Michal		POL	2283	1	*	½	½	0	½	½	1	1	1	6	2419
3.	Vojta, Tomas	f	CZE	2370	0	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	5½	2365
4.	Petenyi, Tamas		SVK	2300	0	½	½	*	1	½	½	½	1	½	5	2335
5.	Klima, Lukas	m	CZE	2433	½	1	½	0	*	½	½	½	½	0	4	2235
6.	Kuchynka, Lukas		CZE	2317	0	½	0	½	½	*	1	½	½	½	4	2247
7.	Poloch, Petr	m	CZE	2275	0	½	½	½	½	0	*	0	½	1	3½	2215
8.	Szwed, Jacek	f	POL	2259	0	0	½	½	½	½	1	*	0	½	3½	2217
9.	Pagerka, Martin		SVK	2123	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	1	*	1	3½	2232
10.	Sosovicka, Juraj		SVK	2085	0	0	0	½	1	½	0	½	0	*	2½	2150

21st Pobeskydi Chance Cup Frydek-Mistek (CZE), 1-5 iv 2010															cat. II (2297)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Stachowiak, Kamil		POL	2401	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	6½	2451
2.	Luch, Michal	m	POL	2403	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	½	6	2409
3.	Sakalauskas, Vaidas	m	LTU	2418	½	½	*	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	6	2408
4.	Jurcik, Martin	f	SVK	2362	½	½	½	*	1	1	½	½	½	½	5½	2369
5.	Tuma, Jakub		CZE	2201	½	0	0	0	*	1	1	½	1	1	5	2350
6.	Petran, Peter	m	SVK	2370	½	½	½	0	0	*	0	1	½	1	4	2245
7.	Dvorak, Tomas	f	CZE	2297	0	0	½	½	0	1	*	0	1	1	4	2253
8.	Klecker, Tadeas		CZE	2175	0	½	0	½	½	0	1	*	0	1	3½	2230
9.	Kovac, Andrej		SVK	2126	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	1	*	½	2½	2149
10.	Bombek, Peter	f	SVK	2213	0	½	½	½	0	0	0	0	½	*	2	2085

21st Pobeskydi Distep Cup Frydek-Mistek (CZE), 1-5 iv 2010															cat. II (2296)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Khamitskiy, Sergei	m	BLR	2333	*	1	½	½	1	0	½	½	1	1	6	2416
2.	Pacher, Milan	f	SVK	2363	0	*	1	1	1	1	0	½	½	1	6	2413
3.	Vesselovsky, Serguei	m	CZE	2354	½	0	*	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	5	2332
4.	Straka, Josef jr		SVK	2246	½	0	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	5	2344
5.	Toma, Katarzyna	wm	POL	2259	0	0	½	½	*	0	1	1	1	1	5	2343
6.	Jasny, Stanislav	m	CZE	2347	1	0	½	½	1	*	0	½	0	½	4	2247
7.	Wiley, Tom E	f	ENG	2302	½	1	0	½	0	1	*	½	½	0	4	2252
8.	Pecha, Tomas		CZE	2233	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	*	1	0	3½	2222
9.	Kriebel, Tadeas		CZE	2203	0	½	½	0	0	1	½	0	*	1	3½	2226
10.	Motuz, Karol	f	SVK	2319	0	0	½	0	0	½	1	1	0	*	3	2168

21st Pobeskydi Arcelor Mittal Cup Frydek-Mistek (CZE), 1-5 iv 2010 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	Horak Jiri		7,5	38,0	48,5
2	Mroziak Maciej		7,0	41,0	52,0
3	Bury Rastislav		7,0	40,5	51,0
4	Skrzypczak Anna		7,0	35,5	43,0
5	Cherepov Alexej		6,5	41,5	52,5
6	Rabatin Jakub		6,5	40,0	51,0
7	Kozak Pavel		6,5	39,5	49,0
8	Kudzma Laimonas		6,5	39,0	50,5
9	Taus Martin		6,5	38,0	50,0
10	Leks Maria		6,5	37,0	46,0
11	Szczepkowska-Horowska Karina	WGM	6,5	36,5	47,0
12	Kawulok Marek		6,5	35,0	45,5
13	Farkas Gabor		6,0	38,5	50,0
14	Trombik Karel		6,0	36,5	46,5
15	Jiruse Josef		6,0	36,5	45,5
16	Pilch Roman		6,0	32,0	42,5
17	Kalvyte Vesta		5,5	38,0	49,5
18	Vysoglad Petr		5,5	38,0	48,5
19	Wesolowski Edgar		5,5	37,5	47,0
20	Cajka Tibor		5,5	37,5	46,5
21	Najgebauer Szemjon		5,5	37,0	47,5
22	Karhanek Pavel		5,5	36,0	46,5
23	Ruzicka Vaclav		5,5	34,5	45,0
24	Jones Steven		5,5	34,5	44,5
25	Bakalar Jan		5,5	34,0	44,0
26	Tropp Frantisek		5,5	34,0	43,5
27	Zadrapa Radek		5,5	33,5	43,0
28	Riha Jaroslav		5,5	33,0	43,0
29	Cerny Michal		5,5	31,5	41,0
30	Lys Josef	FM	5,0	40,0	51,5
112 players

16) 14th Neckar Open

The 14th Neckar Open took place 1st-5th April 2010. Pablo Lafuente edged out Markus Lemmers and David Miedema after all finished on 7.5/9.

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

14th Neckar-Open Deizisau (GER), 1-5 iv 2010
Pl	Names	Ti	TWZ	NAT	Pts	Buchh	BuSumm
1	Lafuente,Pablo	GM	2559	ARG	7.5	57	444
2	Lammers,Markus		2351	GER	7.5	51	429.5
3	Miedema,David	IM	2391	NED	7.5	50.5	427.5
4	Erdoes,Viktor	GM	2593	HUN	7	54.5	436.5
5	Lobzhanidze,Davit	IM	2510	GEO	7	52.5	435.5
6	Buhmann,Rainer	GM	2587	GER	7	51.5	441.5
7	Leon Hoyos,Manuel	GM	2521	MEX	7	51.5	435.5
8	Borovikov,Vladisl	GM	2594	UKR	7	50	429.5
9	Burg,Twan	IM	2449	NED	7	50	426
10	Milov,Leonid	IM	2556	GER	7	49	427
11	Heimann,Andreas	IM	2458	GER	7	49	425
12	Heinemann,Thies	IM	2484	GER	7	48.5	423.5
13	Manolache,Marius	GM	2528	ROU	7	48.5	414.5
14	Naiditsch,Arkadij	GM	2691	GER	6.5	57.5	421.5
15	Corrales Jimenez,	GM	2585	CUB	6.5	54.5	444.5
16	Bartel,Michal		2228	POL	6.5	52.5	424
17	Delemarre,Jop	IM	2441	NED	6.5	51.5	432.5
18	Zeller,Frank	IM	2420	GER	6.5	51.5	430.5
19	Schneider,Ilja	IM	2497	GER	6.5	51.5	423.5
20	Olszewski,Michal	GM	2549	POL	6.5	51.5	418
21	Velicka,Petr	GM	2485	CZE	6.5	50.5	432.5
22	Matamoros Franco,	GM	2540	ECU	6.5	50.5	422.5
23	Cvek,Robert	GM	2508	CZE	6.5	50	420
24	Richter,Michael	IM	2425	GER	6.5	49	426
25	Dziuba,Marcin	GM	2586	POL	6.5	49	425.5
26	Hirneise,Tobias	IM	2438	GER	6.5	49	415
27	Grimberg,Boris	FM	2352	GER	6.5	49	405.5
28	Jorczik,Julian	FM	2357	GER	6.5	48	410.5
29	Braun,Christian	FM	2334	GER	6.5	47.5	418.5
30	Solodovnichenko,Y	GM	2578	UKR	6.5	47	416
31	van Oosterom,Chie	IM	2402	NED	6.5	47	406
32	Skembris,Spyridon	GM	2475	GRE	6.5	47	406
33	Neuman,Petr	IM	2439	CZE	6.5	46	423.5
34	Schmidt,Georg	FM	2362	GER	6.5	46	415.5
35	Krejci,Jan	IM	2486	CZE	6.5	45.5	413.5
36	Kabisch,Thilo		2311	GER	6.5	43	378.5
37	Van Kampen,Robin	IM	2475	NED	6.5	41.5	396
38	Zwahr,Paul	FM	2301	GER	6	53.5	402.5
39	Graf,Alexander	GM	2598	GER	6	51.5	425.5
40	Huschenbeth,Nicla	IM	2404	GER	6	51	414.5
41	Tuncer,Ufuk	FM	2287	TUR	6	50	401
42	Tereick,Benjamin	FM	2380	GER	6	49	410.5
43	Levushkina,Elena	WGM	2307	GER	6	48.5	399
44	Zaragatski,Ilja	IM	2469	GER	6	48	419
45	Wigger,Jochen	FM	2316	GER	6	48	396
46	Schmitz,Thorsten	FM	2326	GER	6	48	384
47	Kleijn,Christov	FM	2382	NED	6	47.5	414
48	Gazic,Josip		2261	GER	6	47.5	395.5
49	Bosch,Jeroen	IM	2428	NED	6	47	409
50	Corvi,Marco	FM	2275	ITA	6	47	392.5
51	Kunin,Vitaly	GM	2553	GER	6	46.5	415
52	Koepke,Christian	FM	2370	GER	6	46	396.5
53	Van Ketel,Raoul	FM	2231	NED	6	46	391.5
54	Rogule,Laura	WGM	2290	LAT	6	46	388.5
55	Rindlisbacher,Jan		2073	SUI	6	45.5	391
56	Schuh,Dirk	FM	2291	GER	6	45.5	382
57	Farago,Ivan	GM	2476	HUN	6	44	403
58	Gutman,Lev	GM	2454	GER	6	44	388.5
59	Hirneise,Jens	FM	2294	GER	6	44	375
60	Swathi,Ghate	WGM	2323	IND	6	43.5	388.5
61	Kniest,Oliver	FM	2313	GER	6	43.5	379.5
62	Egle,Stefan		2151	GER	6	43	382
63	Fedorovsky,Michae	IM	2439	GER	6	42.5	399
64	Olsarova,Tereza	WFM	2179	CZE	6	42.5	391.5
65	Renner,Christoph	IM	2431	GER	6	42.5	376.5
66	Graf,Felix		2314	GER	6	42	398.5
67	Friedrich,Wiede		2138	GER	6	41.5	377
68	Kachibadze,Georg		2240	GER	6	41	368
69	Genov,Petar	GM	2452	BUL	6	40.5	388.5
70	Cernousek,Lukas	IM	2417	CZE	6	40.5	383
71	Germer,Philipp		2190	GER	6	40.5	381
397 players

17) Philadelphia Open

The Philadelphia Open took place 31st March - 5th April 2010. GM Gata Kamsky won the Philadelphia Open 2010 on tie-breaks over GMs Ray Robson, Alex Stripunsky and Sergey Kudrin. All the winners finished with 7/9, just half-point ahead of a group of six players on 6½/9. Jake Kleiman and Alec Getz boths scored International Master norms from the event.

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

Philadelphia Open Philadelphia (USA), 31 iii-5 iv 2010
#	Name	Ti	Rating	Pts
1	Gata Kamsky	GM	2702	7
2	Ray Robson	GM	2559	7
3	Alexander Stripunsky	GM	2559	7
4	Sergey Kudrin	GM	2556	7
5	Jaan Ehlvest	GM	2598	6½
6	Alexander Shabalov	GM	2587	6½
7	Alexander Ivanov	GM	2534	6½
8	Mark C Paragua	GM	2497	6½
9	Amon S Simutowe	GM	2449	6½
10	Robert A Hungaski	IM	2407	6½
11	Varuzhan Akobian	GM	2610	6
12	Nick E De Firmian	GM	2557	6
13	Joshua Ed Friedel	GM	2543	6
14	Vladimir Romanenko	IM	2499	6
15	Samuel Shankland	IM	2486	6
16	John Bartholomew	IM	2447	6
17	Yury Lapshun	IM	2443	6
18	Mikheil Kekelidze	GM	2430	6
19	Angelo Young	IM	2334	6
20	Aleksandr Ostrovskiy		2205	6
21	Alonso Zapata	GM	2523	5½
22	Siddharth Ravichandran		2458	5½
23	Justin Sarkar	IM	2378	5½
24	Mladen Vucic	IM	2336	5½
25	Emory A Tate	IM	2326	5½
26	Farai Mandizha	FM	2326	5½
27	Shinsaku Uesugi	FM	2323	5½
28	Jake Kleiman	FM	2318	5½
29	Eric Rodriguez		2285	5½
30	Dov Gorman	FM	2266	5½
31	Iryna Zenyuk	WIM	2263	5½
32	Alec Getz	FM	2239	5½
33	Joshua A Bowman		unr.	5½
34	Justus D Williams		unr.	5½
35	Mauricio A Uribe	IM	2398	5
36	Ilye Figler	FM	2297	5
37	Alisa Melekhina	WIM	2271	5
38	Erik Santarius		2266	5
39	William J Aramil		2258	5
40	Oladapo O Adu	IM	2252	5
41	Yefim Treger		2239	5
42	Renard W Anderson	FM	2213	5
43	Adarsh Jayakumar		2109	5
44	Daniel Vulis		2086	5
45	Daniel Rozovsky	FM	2041	5
46	James C Pinkerton		2009	5
47	Alex M Fikiet		unr.	5
127 players

18) Doeberl Cup

The Doeberl Cup took place in Canberra from 1-5 April 2010. Li Chao took clear first place with 7.5/9. Games from the final 4 rounds not yet available.

Official site: http://www.doeberlcup.com.au

The 2010 Sydney International Open and Challengers Chess Tournaments follows and takes place 7th-11th April 2010.

Official site: http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/index.cfm?site=open

Doeberl Cup Canberra (AUS), 1-5 iv 2010
Rank	Ti	Name	Rating	Score
1	GM	Li, Chao	2613	7.5
2	IM	Xie, George	2470	7
3	GM	Malaniuk, Vladimir	2582	6.5
4	GM	Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran	2543	6.5
5	GM	Smerdon, David C	2530	6.5
6	IM	Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi	2429	6.5
7	GM	Barua, Dibyendu	2479	6
8	GM	Bojkov, Dejan	2505	6
9	IM	Solomon, Stephen J	2426	6
10	GM	Jones, Gawain	2556	6
11	FM	Rej, Tomek	2348	6
12	FM	Teichmann, Erik	2325	6
13		Ly, Moulthun	2315	6
14	FM	Boyd, Tristan	2308	6
15	GM	Zhao, Zong-Yuan	2592	5.5
16	GM	Kunte, Abhijit	2528	5.5
17	FM	Cheng, Bobby	2271	5.5
18	IM	Sandler, Leonid	2319	5.5
19	IM	Morris, James	2236	5.5
20	IM	Goldenberg, Igor	2386	5
21	IM	Lahiri, Atanu	2368	5
22	GM	Johansen, Darryl K	2457	5
23	IM	Sharma, Dinesh	2361	5
24	IM	Toth, Andras	2385	5
25		Stojic, Svetozar	2013	5
26		Ikeda, Junta	2302	5
27		Scott, Ronald	2266	5
28		McNamara, Gary	2117	5
29		Matheson, Laurence	2080	5
30		Stojic, Dusan	2192	5
31	FM	Steadman, Michael	2264	5
32		Schon, Eugene	2126	4.5
33	IM	Lane, Gary W	2380	4.5
34		Oliver, Gareth	2189	4.5
35		Wallis, Christopher	2221	4.5
36	FM	Nakauchi, Gene	2119	4.5
37		Garner, David J	2193	4.5
38		Wright, Neil S	2185	4.5
39		Wei, Michael	2113	4.5
40		Brown, Andrew	2149	4.5
41		Hu, Jason	2192	4.5
42		Dragicevic, Domagoj	2223	4.5
43		Yuan, Yi	2151	4.5
44	IM	Macak, Stefan	2470	4
45		Chowdhury, Sohel	2190	4
46		Broekhuyse, Paul	2108	4
47		Stevens, Tristan	2041	4
48		Guo, Emma	1941	4
49		Bennett, Hilton	2001	4
50		Grigg, Sam	1979	4
51	WIM	Dhar-Barua, Saheli	2151	4
52	WFM	Milligan, Helen	2016	3.5
53		Hacche, David J	2131	3.5
54		Lester, George E	1887	3.5
55		Zulfic, Fedja	2008	3.5
56		Watson, James	2112	3.5
57		Wang, Oscar	1943	3.5
58		Jackson, Ralph E	2081	3.5
59		Chmiel, Rad	1904	3.5
60		Rout, Ian C	1988	3
61		Encel, Benjamin	1884	3
62		Flitney, Adrian	1978	3
63		Yu, Sally	1933	3
64		Tan, Justin	2026	3
65		Kevork, Chris	1831	3
66		Shi, Dawen	2009	2.5
67		Morriss, Pete	2027	2.5
68		Van Der Wal, Fritz W	1931	2.5
69		Wyss, Felix	1974	2
70		Goundar, Sanmogam	1929	2
71		Tsagarakis, Angelo	1933	2
72		Saint, Andrew	0	1.5
72 players

19) III Montalvo Mem Gran Canaria

The III Montalvo Memorial Gran Canaria took place 29th March - 4th April 2010. Aleksa Strikovic edged out Bojan Kurajica on tie-break after both scored 7.5/9.

Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr31090.aspx

III Montalvo Mem Gran Canaria (ESP), 29 iii-4 iv 2010 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1
1	Strikovic Aleksa	GM	SRB	2544	7,5	50,5
2	Kurajica Bojan	GM	BIH	2525	7,5	50,0
3	Barlov Dragan	GM	SRB	2487	7,0	49,5
4	Hernandez Carmenates Holden	GM	CUB	2541	6,5	51,5
5	Vega Gutierrez Belinda	WFM	ESP	2233	6,5	46,0
6	Vega Gutierrez Sabrina	WGM	ESP	2314	6,5	44,5
7	Ortega Hermida Daniel	IM	ESP	2389	6,5	44,0
8	Gutierrez Olivares Daniel		ESP	2190	6,5	40,5
9	Morales Camacho Julian	FM	ESP	2240	6,5	39,0
10	Alvarado Diaz Alejandro		ESP	1935	6,0	46,5
11	Hernando Rodrigo Jose Maria	IM	ESP	2331	6,0	45,5
12	Cabrera Trujillo Jorge	IM	ESP	2370	6,0	45,0
13	Camino Carrio Nicanor		ESP	2128	6,0	44,5
14	Gonzalez Garcia Guillermo		ESP	2217	6,0	43,0
15	Lopez Colon Francisco		ESP	2245	6,0	42,5
16	Rodriguez Perez David		ESP	2032	6,0	40,0
17	Herrera Reyes Jose Antonio		ESP	2119	5,5	46,0
18	Alvarado Ascanio Francisco		ESP	2230	5,5	45,0
19	Menvielle Laccourreye Augusto	FM	ESP	2287	5,5	43,5
20	Gonzalez Intelangelo Gerardo		ESP	2095	5,5	43,5
21	Acosta Sosa Juan Manuel		ESP	2023	5,5	43,0
22	Cruz Pino Adrian		ESP	1808	5,5	42,0
23	Rodriguez Ferraz Borja		ESP	2037	5,5	41,0
24	Estevez Hernandez Cristo		ESP	1810	5,5	40,5
25	Ramirez Medina Victor		ESP	1774	5,5	37,5
26	Lopez Pereyra Antonio		ESP	2097	5,5	37,0
27	Machin Arbelo Pedro Alexis		ESP	2043	5,0	44,5
28	Ramirez Medina Oscar		ESP	1914	5,0	42,0
29	Capote Robayna Nathaniel		ESP	1933	5,0	41,0
30	Capote Robayna Johanna		ESP	1724	5,0	40,5
31	Mayor Gonzalez Julio		ESP	1913	5,0	39,5
32	Santos Izquierdo Carlos		ESP	1812	5,0	39,0
33	Ortiz Perez Hector		ESP	1988	5,0	38,5
34	Martin Hernandez Ruben		ESP	1998	5,0	38,5
35	Haenen Tom		NED	0	5,0	36,5
36	Garcia Rodriguez Sara		ESP	1840	5,0	36,5
37	Sanchez Montesdeoca Isaac		ESP	1668	5,0	36,0
38	Perez Aleman Pedro Tomas		ESP	2094	4,5	46,0
39	Navarro Molina David		ESP	1967	4,5	45,0
40	Rodriguez Melian Jose Luis		ESP	2084	4,5	41,5
41	Peinado Santana Victor		ESP	1675	4,5	41,0
42	Sanchez Quintero Raul		CUB	2094	4,5	41,0
43	Guerrero Ruiz Jose Luis		ESP	1747	4,5	39,5
	Schlittermann Wolfgang		GER	1676	4,5	39,5
45	Rodriguez Perez Jezabel		ESP	1943	4,5	39,0
46	Martinez Molina Jose Juan		ESP	1789	4,5	37,0
47	De La Hoz Sanchez Ruben		ESP	2052	4,5	36,5
48	Almeida Sanchez Ciriaco		ESP	2002	4,0	40,5
	Rivas Crespo Alejandro		ESP	1729	4,0	40,5
50	Diaz Suarez Cayetano		ESP	0	4,0	40,0
86 players

20) Thessaloniki International Open

The Thessaloniki International Open Tournament takes place 5th-11th April 2010.

Official site: http://gamesfestival.chessdom.com/

21) No MTel 2010 in Sofia (Cancelled)

In a Silvio Danailov interview with ChessDom he has confirmed there will be no MTel tournament in 2010. The sponsorship and organisation of the World Chess Championship match between Anand and Topalov in Sofia has taken time and resources away from organising the event. MTel decided that sponsorship of Topalov during the match was a far more effective use of their money. Danailov admits it will have some impact on the Grand Slam of which he is a founder but "Yes, it is not pleasant. But, regretfully, now there is nothing more to be done. There is a temporary crisis, the same in the rest of the world. Chess, after all, is not such an expensive sport and I hope that next year there will be no longer problems."

22) Forthcoming Events and Links

III Magistral Ciudad de Asuncion

The III Magistral Ciudad de Asuncion, "Copa Roggio chess tournament takes place in Asuncion, Paraguay, May 19th-29th 2010.

Official site: http://www.ajedrezciudaddeasuncion.com.py/

The organizer is Eng. Julio Ingolotti, Secretary-General of the Feparaj. Email: julioingolotti@gmail.com

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

III Magistral Ciudad de Asuncion B Group (PAR), 19-29 v 2010 Provisional list
Soppe, Guillermo	m	ARG	2434
Rosselli Mailhe, Bernardo	m	URU	2386
Brito, Luismar	f	BRA	2335
Larrea, Manuel	f	URU	2333
Peralta, Eduardo	f	PAR	2282
Ferreira, Oscar	f	PAR	2282
Valiente, Cristobal	m	PAR	2258
Zacarías, M Ruben	f	PAR	2213

European Chess Festival Lublin

The European Chess Festival takes place in Lublin 8th-18th May 2010.

Official site: http://www.lzszach.lublin.pl/arc2010/index.html

European Chess Festival Lublin (POL), 8-18 v 2010
Name	Ti.	NAT	Rank.	DofB.
Baklan Vladimir	GM	POL	2644	25.02.1978
Bartel Mateusz	GM	POL	2634	03.01.1985
Dziuba Marcin	GM	POL	2586	17.07.1983
Grachev Boris	GM	RUS	2667	27.03.1986
Kurnosov Igor	GM	RUS	2674	30.05.1985
Macieja Bartlomiej	GM	POL	2625	04.10.1977
Meier Georg	GM	GER	2663	26.08.1987
Socko Bartosz	GM	POL	2637	10.11.1978
Swiercz Dariusz	GM	POL	2488	31.05.1994
Tiviakov Sergei	GM	NED	2653	14.02.1973

10th Thailand Open

The 10th Thailand Open takes place in Bangkok 14th-20th April 2010. Nigel Short plays for the second year in a row.

Official site and details: http://bangkokchess.com/

Women's Bundesliga

The Women's Bundesliga took place 7th November 2009 - 28th March 2010. USV Volksbank Ha took the title after beating OSG Baden Baden in Round 8. Games from the final two rounds not yet available.

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

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

Women's Bundesliga (GER), 7 xi - 28 iii 2010
Pl	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Sp	MP	BP
1.	USV Volksbank Halle	+	3½	3½	3½	5	2	5	4½	3½	5	3½	3½	11	20	42½
2.	OSG Baden Baden	2½	+	5½	3½	3	3½	4	4	6	6	5	5½	11	19	48½
3.	SK Grosslehna	2½	½	+	3	3½	3½	3½	4	3½	3½	4½	4	11	17	36
4.	Hamburger SK 1830	2½	2½	3	+	4½	4½	2	3½	5½	4½	4	5	11	15	41½
5.	Karlsruher SF 1853	1	3	2½	1½	+	3½	2	5	4	4½	3½	4	11	13	34½
6.	SC Bad Koenigshofen	4	2½	2½	1½	2½	+	4	2½	5	4½	3½	5	11	12	37½
7.	SC Leipzig Gohlis	1	2	2½	4	4	2	+	1	3½	3½	4	4½	11	12	32
8.	Rodewischer Schachmiezen	1½	2	2	2½	1	3½	5	+	2½	4	4½	4	11	10	32½
9.	SAV Torgelow	2½	0	2½	½	2	1	2½	3½	+	2	3½	3½	11	6	23½
10.	SK Lehrte	1	0	2½	1½	1½	1½	2½	2	4	+	3	3	11	4	22½
11.	SV Wolfbusch	2½	1	1½	2	2½	2½	2	1½	2½	3	+	5	11	3	26
12.	SV Medizin Erfurt	2½	½	2	1	2	1	1½	2	2½	3	1	+	11	1	19

Swiss Team Championships 2010

The Nationalliga A of Switzerland takes place 14th February - 7th November 2010. Round 2 games not yet 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 2 21st March 2010
Tribschen 1	-	Wollishofen 1	2	:	6
Reichenstein 1	-	Bern 1	5½	:	2½
Zuerich 1	-	Genève 1	6	:	2
Luzern 1	-	Riehen 1	5	:	3
Joueur 1	-	Winterthur 1	5½	:	2½

Dutch League

The Dutch League takes place 26th September 2009 - 18th April 2010. Round 8 took place on the 27th March 2010. Games are available.

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 8 Standings:
Pl	Team	Mp	Bp	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1	HSG	14	60	x	8½	7½	7	8½	7	8½	.	8½	4½
2	Utrecht	13	47	1½	x	6½	8	.	5	5½	6	7	7½
3	Groningen 1/Hotels.nl	12	44½	2½	3½	x	6	7½	6½	6	6	.	6½
4	Schrijvers Rotterdam	10	41	3	2	4	x	5½	6	.	6½	6½	7½
5	Homburg Apeldoorn	9	44	1½	.	2½	4½	x	5	8	5½	8	9
6	LSG	8	40	3	5	3½	4	5	x	7½	6½	5½	.
7	Braceland ESGOO	6	33½	1½	4½	4	.	2	2½	x	7	5½	6½
8	HMC Calder	4	35½	.	4	4	3½	4½	3½	3	x	6	7
9	HWP Sas van Gent	2	30	1½	3	.	3½	2	4½	4½	4	x	7
10	SMB	2	24½	5½	2½	3½	2½	1	.	3½	3	3	x

French League Top 16

The French League Top 16 saw the first weekend of games 26th-28th March 2010. There were four venues and two groups. Time control 90mins for 40 moves, 30mins for the rest, 30 seconds per move from move one. The second set of games 29th April - 2nd May 2010 and the final set 3rd-6th June 2010.

There are two initial groups, each with two venues. Group A took place in Vandoeuvre (Deauville, Drancy, Montpellier and Vandoeuvre) and in Evry (Evry, Noyon, Guingamp and Marseille Echecs). Group B took place in Chalons-en-Champagne (Cannes, Lyon, Strasbourg and Chalonnais) and Clichy (Metz, Mulhouse and Clichy-Échecs-92 (Bischwiller seem to be defaulting)).

French Chess Federation: http://www.echecs.asso.fr

Venue Links: http://www.lechiquier-chalonnais.com - http://www.clichy-echecs.org/ - http://www.evry-grandroque.com/ - http://www.vandoeuvre-echecs.com/

Compiled game files: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/Tournois/2010/Equipes/2.pgn and http://www.echecs.asso.fr/Tournois/2010/Equipes/3.pgn

Mihajlo Savic Website

The international arbiter, FIDE master and international organizer, Mihajlo Savic, the author of the book Commentary on the Laws of chess, has launched a new column You ask, we answer at website: http://www.chessdiagonals.com

Chess Classic Mainz 2010

The 17th Chess Classic Mainz takes place 6th-8th August 2010. The festival has suffered from the general economic slowdown with the open taking the lead along with simuls.

The rapid chess open has been upgraded to the Grenke Rapid World Championship. The tenth edition of the Chess Classic in Mainz is sponsored by GRENKE Group, FiNet AG, Livingston GmbH, Hilton Mainz, Congress Centre Mainz, Stadtwerke Mainz AG and our Prime-Partners ChessBase, DGT and Schach Niggemann.

The prize fund for the rapid chess world championship is no less than Euro 30.000. Chess960 has to take a break for a year.

On the first day of the event, 6th August 2010, Anand will play a standard simul on 40 boards. On the same day, Alexandra Kosteniuk will play a 20-board Chess960 simul.

The Grenke Rapid World Championship will also be a treat for chess lovers: Levon Aronian, who is the current rapid chess world champion and the winner of the 2009 ORDIX Open, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, will play the open tournament to face a unique mixture of numerous world-class grandmasters and amateurs.

The Open will be played in the same established format as in the previous editions. On 7th-8th August 2010 11 rounds will be played, in which the time control is 20 minutes + 5 seconds per move.

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

Cez Trophy 2010

The Cez Trophy takes place 22nd-24th April 2010. 8 rapid games at 25 minutes plus 10 seconds per move. The match is between Judit Polgar and David Navara. There are additional simuls.

Official site: http://www.praguechess.cz/

Schachbundesliga 2009-10

The 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

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

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

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.

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

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/

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

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.

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