THE WEEK IN CHESS 813 7th June 2010 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Zenon Franco Ocampos, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, David Cohen, Miklos Orso, Adolivio Capece, Gujuan Tzu, Erik Malmsten, Radu-Catalin Chirila, Mitko Iliev, Petr Pisk, Jeroen van den Berg, Sandor Videki, Michal Krasenkow, Beatriz Marinello, Mark Adams, George Mirijanian and everyone else who helped with the issue.

More great chess this week. The Poikovsky tournament continues with Dmitry Jakovenko and Alexander Riazantsev lead with 4/6 at just over the half way stage. Boris Gelfand came from behind to beat Levon Aronian of the final of the Leon Rapid Tournament over the weekend. There have been Team Events in France, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina and China. So plenty of chess to look at. I've tried to avoid chess politics as much as possible in recent years mostly because it is so utterly depressing. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has released his ticket and programme for the elections later in the year. There is much to take issue with but his point that "The unity of the chess world, achieved during my presidency, is now in danger." is the most contentious to me. There has never been unity, only the unity of the people left supporting someone who should always have been utterly unacceptable as a leader at any point. It's 15 years and counting now, even his supporters should ask the question, if Ilyumzhinov retains the presidency, when exactly is the right time for him to go? He is only 48 now, another 20 years? You can be sure he won't go of his own accord. The endorsement of the chess world is by extension an endorsement of his record in Kalmykia also, I fail to see how you could seriously examine that and feel at all comfortable at his presidency of FIDE.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 11th Poikovsky Karpov Tournament

The 11th Poikovsky Karpov Tournament takes place 2nd-14th June, 2010.

Official site: http://www.admoil.ru/chess_2010.html

11th Karpov Poikovsky (RUS), 2-13 vi 2010															cat. XVIII (2695)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2725	*	.	½	.	1	.	1	1	½	.	.	0	4	2806
2.	Riazantsev, Alexander	g	RUS	2674	.	*	½	.	.	.	½	½	½	1	.	1	4	2806
3.	Sutovsky, Emil	g	ISR	2661	½	½	*	.	.	½	.	½	.	½	1	.	3½	2760
4.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2739	.	.	.	*	0	½	½	½	1	.	.	1	3½	2746
5.	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	2707	0	.	.	1	*	½	½	.	½	.	.	½	3	2696
6.	Motylev, Alexander	g	RUS	2704	.	.	½	½	½	*	.	.	.	½	½	½	3	2694
7.	Bologan, Viktor	g	MDA	2668	0	½	.	½	½	.	*	.	.	.	?	1	2½	2699
8.	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	2715	0	½	½	½	.	.	.	*	.	½	½	.	2½	2643
9.	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	2686	½	½	.	0	½	.	.	.	*	½	½	.	2½	2651
10.	Rublevsky, Sergei	g	RUS	2704	.	0	½	.	.	½	.	½	½	*	½	.	2½	2632
11.	Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	2699	.	.	0	.	.	½	?	½	½	½	*	.	2	2622
12.	Sokolov, Ivan	g	BIH	2654	1	0	.	0	½	½	0	.	.	.	.	*	2	2577

Round 1 (June 2, 2010)
Sutovsky, Emil	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	½-½	58	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Bologan, Viktor	- Sokolov, Ivan	1-0	45	C64	Ruy Lopez Classical
Jobava, Baadur	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	38	D15	Slav Defence
Naiditsch, Arkadij	- Vitiugov, Nikita	½-½	33	C11	French Defence
Rublevsky, Sergei	- Riazantsev, Alexander	0-1	56	C07	French Tarrasch
Onischuk, Alexander	- Motylev, Alexander	½-½	44	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Round 2 (June 3, 2010)
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Jobava, Baadur	1-0	50	D53	Queens Gambit
Riazantsev, Alexander	- Sutovsky, Emil	½-½	37	D93	Gruenfeld 5.Bf4
Karjakin, Sergey	- Naiditsch, Arkadij	1-0	36	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Vitiugov, Nikita	- Bologan, Viktor	½-½	45	E53	Nimzo Indian
Motylev, Alexander	- Sokolov, Ivan	½-½	28	C64	Ruy Lopez Classical
Onischuk, Alexander	- Rublevsky, Sergei	½-½	32	D20	QGA
Round 3 (June 4, 2010)
Sutovsky, Emil	- Onischuk, Alexander	1-0	26	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Bologan, Viktor	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	16	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Jobava, Baadur	- Riazantsev, Alexander	½-½	18	A18	English Opening
Naiditsch, Arkadij	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	½-½	34	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Rublevsky, Sergei	- Motylev, Alexander	½-½	14	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Sokolov, Ivan	- Vitiugov, Nikita	½-½	40	E46	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Round 4 (June 5, 2010)
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Bologan, Viktor	1-0	58	E21	Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Riazantsev, Alexander	- Naiditsch, Arkadij	½-½	36	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Karjakin, Sergey	- Sokolov, Ivan	1-0	44	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Motylev, Alexander	- Vitiugov, Nikita	½-½	16	C11	French Defence
Rublevsky, Sergei	- Sutovsky, Emil	½-½	85	B84	Sicilian Scheveningen
Onischuk, Alexander	- Jobava, Baadur	½-½	24	D56	Queens Gambit Lasker's Defence
Round 5 (June 6, 2010)
Sutovsky, Emil	- Motylev, Alexander	½-½	21	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Vitiugov, Nikita	- Karjakin, Sergey	1-0	69	E55	Nimzo Indian
Bologan, Viktor	- Riazantsev, Alexander	½-½	13	C11	French Defence
Jobava, Baadur	- Rublevsky, Sergei	½-½	15	D27	QGA
Naiditsch, Arkadij	- Onischuk, Alexander	½-½	56	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Sokolov, Ivan	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	1-0	42	E46	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Round 6 (June 7, 2010)
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Vitiugov, Nikita	1-0	43	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Riazantsev, Alexander	- Sokolov, Ivan	1-0	33	A50	Queen's Indian (without e7-e6)
Sutovsky, Emil	- Jobava, Baadur	½-½	59	B65	Sicilian Rauzer
Motylev, Alexander	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	17	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Rublevsky, Sergei	- Naiditsch, Arkadij	½-½	73	C45	Scotch Game

3) XXIII Ciudad De Leon

The XXIII Ciudad De Leon took place 3rd-7th June 2010 in spite of the financial crisis.

First Semi-Final on Friday. Boris Gelfand beat Francisco Vallejo Pons 3.5-2.5 after two blitz playoff games. Second Semi-Final Saturday 3-30 UK time: Levon Aronian beat Leinier Dominguez 2.5-1.5 after a marathon win in game 4. Final Boris Gelfand beat Aronian 4-2 after two blitz game victories.

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

XXIII Rapid KO Leon
Vallejo Pons, Francisco	-	Gelfand, Boris	½-½	67	C43	Petroff's Defence
Gelfand, Boris	-	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	½-½	26	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Vallejo Pons, Francisco	-	Gelfand, Boris	½-½	70	C43	Petroff's Defence
Gelfand, Boris	-	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	½-½	39	E43	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Gelfand, Boris	-	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	1-0	32	E43	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Vallejo Pons, Francisco	-	Gelfand, Boris	½-½	71	A01	Larsen Opening

XXIII Rapid KO Leon (ESP), 4-6 vi 2010
Name	Ti	NAT	Rtng	R1	R2	R3	R4	B1	B2	Total	Perf
Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2741	½	½	½	½	1	½	3½	2760
Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	2703	½	½	½	½	0	½	2½	2684

XXIII Rapid KO Leon
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	-	Aronian, Levon	½-½	19	C64	Ruy Lopez Classical
Aronian, Levon	-	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	½-½	35	D27	QGA
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	-	Aronian, Levon	½-½	50	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Aronian, Levon	-	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	1-0	161	D27	QGA

XXIII Rapid KO Leon (ESP), 4-6 vi 2010
Name	Ti	NAT	Rtng	R1	R2	R3	R4	B1	B2	Total	Perf
Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2783	½	½	½	1	.	.	2½	2808
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2713	½	½	½	0	.	.	1½	2696

XXIII Rapid KO Leon
Aronian, Levon	-	Gelfand, Boris	½-½	78	A09	Reti Opening
Gelfand, Boris	-	Aronian, Levon	½-½	40	E06	Catalan
Aronian, Levon	-	Gelfand, Boris	1-0	58	A09	Reti Opening
Gelfand, Boris	-	Aronian, Levon	1-0	63	E42	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Gelfand, Boris	-	Aronian, Levon	1-0	40	E42	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Aronian, Levon	-	Gelfand, Boris	0-1	23	A09	Reti Opening

XXIII Rapid KO Leon (ESP), 4-6 vi 2010
Name	Ti	NAT	Rtng	R1	R2	R3	R4	B1	B2	Total	Perf
Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2741	½	½	0	1	1	1	4	2908
Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2783	½	½	1	0	0	0	2	2616

4) French League Top 16

The French League Top 16 concluded in Guingamp 3rd-6th June 2010. Chalons en Champagne (Anish Giri, Loek van Wely etc) took first place ahead of Evry Grand Roque (Vachier-Lagrave, Peter Svidler etc). Poule Haute contained the top teams. Poule Basse teams fighting relegation.

Time control 90mins for 40 moves, 30mins for the rest, 30 seconds per move from move one.

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

French Team Championship Poule Haute Guingamp (FRA), 3-6 vi 2010
Round 8 3rd June 2010
Evry Grand Roque	3	-	2	Clichy
Marseille Echecs	3	-	2	Mulhouse Philidor
Vandoeuvre	1	-	6	Chalons en Champagne
Noyon	1	-	5	Metz Fischer
Round 9 4th June 2010
Mulhouse Philidor	2	-	4	Evry Grand Roque
Clichy	4	-	2	Marseille Echecs
Metz Fischer	4	-	2	Vandoeuvre
Chalons en Champagne	4	-	0	Noyon
Round 10 5th June 2010
Evry Grand Roque	3	-	1	Metz Fischer
Marseille Echecs	0	-	2	Chalons en Champagne
Vandoeuvre	1	-	4	Mulhouse Philidor
Noyon	1	-	3	Clichy
Round 11 6th June 2010
Chalons en Champagne	1	-	1	Evry Grand Roque
Metz Fischer	0	-	7	Marseille Echecs
Clichy	2	-	2	Vandoeuvre
Mulhouse Philidor	3	-	2	Noyon

French Team Championship Poule Haute Guingamp (FRA), 3-6 vi 2010
Pl.	Team	Pts	j.	d.	p.	c.
1	Chalons en Champagne	32	11	41	47	6
2	Evry Grand Roque	32	11	32	42	10
3	Marseille Echecs	27	11	32	43	11
4	Metz Fischer	26	11	3	29	26
5	Clichy	26	11	23	38	15
6	Mulhouse Philidor	24	11	10	33	23
7	Vandoeuvre	22	11	0	28	28
8	Noyon	19	11	-13	19	32

French Team Championship Poule Basse Guingamp (FRA), 3-6 vi 2010 Players:
Round 8 3rd June 2010
Guingamp	1	-	3	Lyon Olympique Echecs
Drancy	5	-	F	Bischwiller
Deauville	1	-	6	Cannes
Montpellier	1	-	5	Strasbourg
Round 9 4th June 2010
Bischwiller	F	-	5	Guingamp
Lyon Olympique Echecs	2	-	3	Drancy
Strasbourg	4	-	2	Deauville
Cannes	6	-	1	Montpellier
Round 10 5th June 2010
Guingamp	2	-	2	Strasbourg
Drancy	0	-	3	Cannes
Deauville	5	-	F	Bischwiller
Montpellier	3	-	4	Lyon Olympique Echecs
Round 11 6th June 2010
Cannes	4	-	1	Guingamp
Strasbourg	3	-	0	Drancy
Lyon Olympique Echecs	4	-	2	Deauville
Bischwiller	F	-	5	Montpellier

French Team Championship Poule Haute Guingamp (FRA), 3-6 vi 2010
Pl.	Team	Pts	j.	d.	p.	c.
9	Cannes	25	11	16	35	19
10	Strasbourg	22	11	-3	28	31
11	Guingamp	20	11	-7	24	31
12	Drancy	19	11	-13	18	31
13	Lyon Olympique Echecs	19	11	-14	23	37
14	Deauville	15	11	-19	20	39
15	Montpellier	13	11	-33	15	48
16	Bischwiller		10	-50		50

5) Chinese Championships

The Chinese Chess Championships took place in Xinghua, Jiangsu 24th May - 4th June 2010. Most of China's major stars are competed. Wang Hao took first place on tie-break from Bu Xiangzhi and Zhou Jianchao after they all finished on 7.5/11. Ju Wenjun took the women's title.

Official site: http://chess.sport.org.cn/CICC/index.html

ch-CHN Xinghua (CHN), 24 v-4 vi 2010															cat. XIII (2561)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Wang Hao	g	CHN	2722	*	½	1	0	1	½	½	1	1	1	½	½	7½	2678
2.	Bu Xiangzhi	g	CHN	2681	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	7½	2682
3.	Zhou Jianchao	g	CHN	2652	0	½	*	1	½	1	1	1	1	0	½	1	7½	2685
4.	Li Shilong	g	CHN	2514	1	½	0	*	0	1	½	0	0	1	1	1	6	2600
5.	Ni Hua	g	CHN	2667	0	½	½	1	*	½	½	1	0	½	½	1	6	2586
6.	Li Chao b	g	CHN	2619	½	½	0	0	½	*	1	½	½	½	½	1	5½	2555
7.	Zhang Ziyang	m	CHN	2422	½	½	0	½	½	0	*	½	½	½	½	1	5	2537
8.	Ding Liren	g	CHN	2547	0	0	0	1	0	½	½	*	1	½	1	½	5	2525
9.	Lu Shanglei		CHN	2349	0	0	0	1	1	½	½	0	*	0	1	1	5	2543
10.	Zhou Weiqi	g	CHN	2585	0	½	1	0	½	½	½	½	1	*	0	0	4½	2493
11.	Hou Yifan	g	CHN	2589	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	0	1	*	1	4½	2492
12.	Ji Dan		CHN	2379	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	0	*	2	2315

Round 1 (May 24, 2010)
Wang Hao	- Ding Liren	1-0	53	E63	King's Indian 6...Nc6
Bu Xiangzhi	- Ji Dan	1-0	30	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Zhou Jianchao	- Hou Yifan	½-½	55	D38	QGD Ragozin
Zhang Ziyang	- Ni Hua	½-½	44	D77	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Lu Shanglei	- Li Chao b	½-½	44	B54	Sicilian Rauzer
Zhou Weiqi	- Li Shilong	0-1	31	A52	Budapest Defence Main Line
Round 2 (May 25, 2010)
Li Shilong	- Wang Hao	1-0	34	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Ni Hua	- Ding Liren	1-0	46	C03	French Tarrasch
Li Chao b	- Zhou Jianchao	0-1	40	B53	Sicilian Hungarian
Zhang Ziyang	- Lu Shanglei	½-½	37	D11	Slav Defence
Hou Yifan	- Bu Xiangzhi	0-1	56	C24	Bishop's Opening
Ji Dan	- Zhou Weiqi	1-0	53	B83	Sicilian Scheveningen
Round 3 (May 26, 2010)
Wang Hao	- Ji Dan	½-½	43	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Bu Xiangzhi	- Li Chao b	½-½	30	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Zhou Jianchao	- Zhang Ziyang	1-0	50	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Ding Liren	- Li Shilong	1-0	31	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Lu Shanglei	- Ni Hua	1-0	40	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Zhou Weiqi	- Hou Yifan	0-1	25	D38	QGD Ragozin
Round 4 (May 27, 2010)
Ni Hua	- Li Shilong	1-0	72	B80	Sicilian Scheveningen
Li Chao b	- Zhou Weiqi	½-½	48	C11	French Defence
Zhang Ziyang	- Bu Xiangzhi	½-½	62	D10	Slav Defence
Lu Shanglei	- Zhou Jianchao	0-1	43	B81	Sicilian Keres Attack
Hou Yifan	- Wang Hao	½-½	36	B36	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Ji Dan	- Ding Liren	½-½	35	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Round 5 (May 28, 2010)
Wang Hao	- Li Chao b	½-½	90	D72	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Bu Xiangzhi	- Lu Shanglei	1-0	30	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Zhou Jianchao	- Ni Hua	½-½	33	D14	Slav Exchange
Li Shilong	- Ji Dan	1-0	77	E06	Catalan
Ding Liren	- Hou Yifan	1-0	45	D38	QGD Ragozin
Zhou Weiqi	- Zhang Ziyang	½-½	58	E06	Catalan
Round 6 (May 29, 2010)
Zhou Jianchao	- Bu Xiangzhi	½-½	33	D10	Slav Defence
Ni Hua	- Ji Dan	1-0	27	B52	Sicilian Rossolimo
Li Chao b	- Ding Liren	½-½	31	C11	French Defence
Zhang Ziyang	- Wang Hao	½-½	73	A48	King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Lu Shanglei	- Zhou Weiqi	0-1	25	C42	Petroff's Defence
Hou Yifan	- Li Shilong	0-1	54	B83	Sicilian Scheveningen
Round 7 (May 31, 2010)
Wang Hao	- Lu Shanglei	1-0	38	D11	Slav Defence
Bu Xiangzhi	- Ni Hua	½-½	47	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Li Shilong	- Li Chao b	1-0	69	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Ding Liren	- Zhang Ziyang	½-½	35	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Zhou Weiqi	- Zhou Jianchao	1-0	46	E21	Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Ji Dan	- Hou Yifan	0-1	35	B84	Sicilian Scheveningen
Round 8 (June 1, 2010)
Bu Xiangzhi	- Zhou Weiqi	½-½	27	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Zhou Jianchao	- Wang Hao	0-1	60	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Ni Hua	- Hou Yifan	½-½	32	B83	Sicilian Scheveningen
Li Chao b	- Ji Dan	1-0	33	B98	Sicilian Najdorf
Zhang Ziyang	- Li Shilong	½-½	63	E91	King's Indian Classical
Lu Shanglei	- Ding Liren	0-1	49	C03	French Tarrasch
Round 9 (June 2, 2010)
Wang Hao	- Bu Xiangzhi	½-½	36	D17	Slav Defence
Li Shilong	- Lu Shanglei	0-1	49	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Ding Liren	- Zhou Jianchao	0-1	69	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Zhou Weiqi	- Ni Hua	½-½	47	D10	Slav Defence
Hou Yifan	- Li Chao b	½-½	58	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Ji Dan	- Zhang Ziyang	0-1	41	B63	Sicilian Rauzer
Round 10 (June 3, 2010)
Bu Xiangzhi	- Ding Liren	1-0	56	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Zhou Jianchao	- Li Shilong	1-0	53	A50	Queen's Indian (without e7-e6)
Ni Hua	- Li Chao b	½-½	57	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Zhang Ziyang	- Hou Yifan	½-½	40	D38	QGD Ragozin
Lu Shanglei	- Ji Dan	1-0	43	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Zhou Weiqi	- Wang Hao	0-1	62	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Round 11 (June 4, 2010)
Wang Hao	- Ni Hua	1-0	33	D10	Slav Defence
Li Shilong	- Bu Xiangzhi	½-½	31	D17	Slav Defence
Li Chao b	- Zhang Ziyang	1-0	54	C45	Scotch Game
Ding Liren	- Zhou Weiqi	½-½	47	A43	Old Benoni
Hou Yifan	- Lu Shanglei	0-1	53	C10	French Rubinstein
Ji Dan	- Zhou Jianchao	0-1	41	B83	Sicilian Scheveningen

ch-CHN w Xinghua (CHN), 24 v-4 vi 2010															cat. V (2373)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Ju Wenjun		CHN	2500	*	½	0	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	8	2536
2.	Huang Qian	wg	CHN	2437	½	*	0	½	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	7½	2499
3.	Tan Zhongyi		CHN	2464	1	1	*	0	0	½	1	0	1	½	1	1	7	2466
4.	Wang Yu A	m	CHN	2337	½	½	1	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	6½	2441
5.	Ding Yixin	wf	CHN	2327	0	0	1	½	*	0	0	1	½	1	1	1	6	2412
6.	Zhao Xue	g	CHN	2493	½	0	½	½	1	*	0	0	0	1	1	1	5½	2361
7.	Wang, Jue		CHN	2180	0	½	0	½	1	1	*	1	½	0	0	½	5	2354
8.	Zhang Xiaowen	wm	CHN	2426	0	0	1	½	0	1	0	*	0	1	1	½	5	2331
9.	Gu Xiaobing	wg	CHN	2361	½	½	0	0	½	1	½	1	*	0	0	½	4½	2308
10.	Shen Yang	wg	CHN	2452	0	½	½	½	0	0	1	0	1	*	½	½	4½	2300
11.	Wang Doudou		CHN	2216	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	0	1	½	*	½	3½	2254
12.	Zhang Jilin	wg	CHN	2280	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	3	2206

Round 1 (May 24, 2010)
Ju Wenjun	- Gu Xiaobing	½-½	25	E94	King's Indian Classical
Wang Yu A	- Huang Qian	½-½	31	B53	Sicilian Hungarian
Ding Yixin	- Zhang Xiaowen	1-0	26	C14	French Classical
Wang, Jue	- Wang Doudou	0-1	63	C48	Four Knights Rubinstein
Shen Yang	- Zhao Xue	0-1	46	E39	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Zhang Jilin	- Tan Zhongyi	0-1	32	B07	Pirc Defence
Round 2 (May 25, 2010)
Ju Wenjun	- Zhang Jilin	1-0	42	A41	Modern Defence
Huang Qian	- Ding Yixin	1-0	57	D38	QGD Ragozin
Tan Zhongyi	- Shen Yang	½-½	31	D15	Slav Defence
Zhao Xue	- Wang, Jue	0-1	71	E92	King's Indian Classical
Gu Xiaobing	- Zhang Xiaowen	1-0	35	C07	French Tarrasch
Wang Doudou	- Wang Yu A	½-½	51	A67	Benoni Three Pawns System
Round 3 (May 26, 2010)
Wang Yu A	- Zhao Xue	½-½	46	C03	French Tarrasch
Ding Yixin	- Wang Doudou	1-0	37	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Wang, Jue	- Tan Zhongyi	0-1	45	B06	Modern Defence
Zhang Xiaowen	- Huang Qian	0-1	38	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Shen Yang	- Ju Wenjun	0-1	41	E92	King's Indian Classical
Zhang Jilin	- Gu Xiaobing	½-½	58	B91	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.g3
Round 4 (May 27, 2010)
Ju Wenjun	- Wang, Jue	1-0	101	E62	King's Indian 6...Nc6
Tan Zhongyi	- Wang Yu A	0-1	42	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Zhao Xue	- Ding Yixin	1-0	54	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Gu Xiaobing	- Huang Qian	½-½	35	C07	French Tarrasch
Wang Doudou	- Zhang Xiaowen	0-1	37	E83	King's Indian Saemisch
Zhang Jilin	- Shen Yang	½-½	33	C50	Giuoco Piano
Round 5 (May 28, 2010)
Huang Qian	- Wang Doudou	1-0	22	E61	King's Indian Defence
Wang Yu A	- Ju Wenjun	½-½	25	B53	Sicilian Hungarian
Ding Yixin	- Tan Zhongyi	1-0	34	B08	Pirc Defence
Wang, Jue	- Zhang Jilin	½-½	33	C41	Philidor's Defence
Zhang Xiaowen	- Zhao Xue	1-0	85	C85	Ruy Lopez Steenwijker Defence
Shen Yang	- Gu Xiaobing	1-0	43	E94	King's Indian Classical
Round 6 (May 29, 2010)
Ju Wenjun	- Ding Yixin	1-0	36	E00	Catalan
Tan Zhongyi	- Zhang Xiaowen	0-1	27	E92	King's Indian Classical
Zhao Xue	- Huang Qian	0-1	51	E97	King's Indian Classical
Gu Xiaobing	- Wang Doudou	0-1	57	C24	Bishop's Opening
Shen Yang	- Wang, Jue	1-0	55	E92	King's Indian Classical
Zhang Jilin	- Wang Yu A	½-½	31	C24	Bishop's Opening
Round 7 (May 31, 2010)
Huang Qian	- Tan Zhongyi	0-1	39	E68	King's Indian Fianchetto
Wang Yu A	- Shen Yang	½-½	36	C00	French Defence
Ding Yixin	- Zhang Jilin	1-0	35	C41	Philidor's Defence
Wang, Jue	- Gu Xiaobing	½-½	82	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Zhang Xiaowen	- Ju Wenjun	0-1	55	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Wang Doudou	- Zhao Xue	0-1	53	E15	Queens Indian
Round 8 (June 1, 2010)
Ju Wenjun	- Huang Qian	½-½	50	E68	King's Indian Fianchetto
Tan Zhongyi	- Wang Doudou	1-0	45	E97	King's Indian Classical
Wang, Jue	- Wang Yu A	½-½	69	C96	Ruy Lopez
Gu Xiaobing	- Zhao Xue	1-0	23	C69	Ruy Lopez Exchange
Shen Yang	- Ding Yixin	0-1	47	D27	QGA
Zhang Jilin	- Zhang Xiaowen	½-½	45	C01	French Exchange
Round 9 (June 2, 2010)
Huang Qian	- Zhang Jilin	1-0	37	A38	English Symmetrical
Wang Yu A	- Gu Xiaobing	1-0	48	B53	Sicilian Hungarian
Ding Yixin	- Wang, Jue	0-1	37	B50	Sicilian Defence
Zhao Xue	- Tan Zhongyi	½-½	31	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Zhang Xiaowen	- Shen Yang	1-0	23	C77	Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Wang Doudou	- Ju Wenjun	0-1	50	A56	Old Indian Defence
Round 10 (June 3, 2010)
Ju Wenjun	- Zhao Xue	½-½	73	E06	Catalan
Wang Yu A	- Ding Yixin	½-½	31	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Wang, Jue	- Zhang Xiaowen	1-0	38	C10	French Rubinstein
Gu Xiaobing	- Tan Zhongyi	0-1	45	B09	Pirc Defence
Shen Yang	- Huang Qian	½-½	25	E92	King's Indian Classical
Zhang Jilin	- Wang Doudou	½-½	42	C24	Bishop's Opening
Round 11 (June 4, 2010)
Huang Qian	- Wang, Jue	½-½	31	E97	King's Indian Classical
Tan Zhongyi	- Ju Wenjun	1-0	86	E92	King's Indian Classical
Ding Yixin	- Gu Xiaobing	½-½	54	B56	Sicilian Defence
Zhao Xue	- Zhang Jilin	1-0	94	A61	Benoni
Zhang Xiaowen	- Wang Yu A	½-½	30	C99	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Wang Doudou	- Shen Yang	½-½	58	D37	QGD 5.Bf4

6) Chinese Chess League Division A

The Youngor Chinese Chess League Division A takes place April 16th - December 30th 2010 in China. 10 teams compete in the Double Round-Robin event.

Time control: 1 hour 30 minutes for the whole game with an incremental time of 30 seconds per move.

Prize: 500,000 yuan or Euro 50,000.

The first 3 rounds took place in Ningbo city.

Official website : http://ccl.sports.cn/ - http://games.sports.cn/chessorg.ccl2010/index.html

The live games broadcast : http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

Archive of games should be here eventually: http://ccl.sports.cn/2010/news/2010-04-01/1995059.html

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr32818.aspx

Rounds 4-6 take place June 6th - June 9th 2010 in Shenzhen

Rounds 7-9 in July 23th - July 26th 2010 in Shanghai

Rounds 10-12 9th-11th Sept 2010 in Guangzhou

Rounds 13-15 in Oct. 10th-13th 2010

Round 16-18 in Dec. 28th-30th 2010 in Beijing.

Leading players: Wang Yue g CHN 2749; Wang Hao g CHN 2713; Alexander Motylev g RUS 2705; Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2682; Zhou Jianchao g CHN 2650; Li Chao b g CHN 2613; Zhang Pengxiang g CHN 2605; Zhou Weiqi g CHN 2585; Peng Xiaominn g CHN 2581; Zhao Jun g CHN 2575; Yu Yangyi g CHN 2574; Hou Yifan g CHN 2570; Ding Liren g CHN 2564; Wen Yang g CHN 2520; Li Shilong g CHN 2514; Xu Jun g CHN 2513; Liang Chong g CHN 2502; Ju Wenjun wg CHN 2500; Xiu Deshun CHN 2493; Zhao Xue g CHN 2490; Ruan Lufei wg CHN 2479; Xu Yuhua g CHN 2478; Zhu Chen g QAT 2476; Tan Zhongyi wg CHN 2464; Wu Shaobin g SIN 2453; Lin Chen CHN 2448; Liu Qingnan m CHN 2445; Shen Yang wg CHN 2444; Huang Qian wg CHN 2439; Zhang Xiaowen wg CHN 2437; Le Thanh Tu wg VIE 2318

Gujuan Tzu Blog is http://blog.sina.com.cn/chessnews

6th TCh-CHN (CHN), 16 iv-30 xii 2010 Round 4 Standings:
Rk.	Team	1a	1b	2a	2b	3a	3b	4a	4b	5a	5b	6a	6b	7a	7b	8a	8b	9a	9b	10a	10b	TB1	TB2
1	SHANGDONG Linglong	*	*							3		3				4½				3½		8	14,0
2	BEIJING Aigo			*	*			2								3		4		4½		6	13,5
3	HEBEI					*	*	3				1½				3				3½		6	11,0
4	SHANGHAI Jianqiao			3		2		*	*					2½				3½				5	11,0
	Lanpo JIANGSU	2								*	*	3½		2½				3				5	11,0
6	ZHEJIANG	2				3½				1½		*	*							4		4	11,0
7	China Mobile CHONGQING							2½		2½				*	*	2		3½				4	10,5
8	TIANJIN Nan Kai	½		2		2								3		*	*					2	7,5
9	GUANGDONG Huateng			1				1½		2				1½				*	*			0	6,0
10	BEIJING Rendafuzhong	1½		½		1½						1								*	*	0	4,5

7) Maia Chiburdanidze Cup

The Maia Chiburdanidze Cup women's tournament took place in Tbilisi, Georgia 25th May - 3rd June 2010. Anna Muzychuk took clear first place with 8/9.

Official site: http://www.gcf.org.ge/

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr34474.aspx

Maia Chiburdanidze Cup Tbilsi (GEO), 25 v - 3 vi 2010 Leading Round 9 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	Muzychuk Anna	IM	SLO	2529	8,0	42,0	18573
2	Khurtsidze Nino	IM	GEO	2448	7,0	33,5	18359
3	Gvetadze Sopio	IM	GEO	2363	6,5	31,0	17817
4	Khukhashvili Sopiko	IM	GEO	2421	6,5	28,5	17128
5	Batsiashvili Nino	WGM	GEO	2325	6,0	33,0	18734
6	Khotenashvili Bela	IM	GEO	2410	6,0	32,5	18488
7	Mikadze Miranda	WIM	GEO	2351	6,0	32,5	18468
8	Purtseladze Maka	IM	GEO	2317	6,0	32,0	18391
9	Javakhishvili Lela	IM	GEO	2482	5,5	32,0	18415
10	Guramishvili Sopiko	WGM	GEO	2289	5,5	31,5	18370
11	Mammadova Gulnar Marfat Qizi	WFM	AZE	2287	5,5	30,5	18364
12	Nikoladze Sopio	WIM	GEO	2214	5,5	30,5	18250
13	Arabidze Meri	WIM	GEO	2298	5,5	30,0	18168
14	Charkhalashvili Inga	WGM	GEO	2352	5,5	29,5	18060
15	Tqeshelashvili Sopio	WGM	GEO	2274	5,5	29,0	18062
16	Vakhania Alexandra		GEO	2188	5,5	28,0	18341
17	Melia Salome	IM	GEO	2466	5,5	27,5	17536
18	Khazhomia Salome		GEO	2136	5,5	25,5	17288
19	Galojan Lilit	WGM	ARM	2402	5,5	25,5	16945
20	Mamedjarova Turkan	WGM	AZE	2279	5,5	23,5	16649
21	Khmiadashvili Tamar	WGM	GEO	2193	5,0	26,0	17765
22	Gavasheli Ana	WIM	GEO	2179	5,0	25,0	17045
23	Meskhi Teona		GEO	2073	5,0	19,0	16181
24	Umudova Nargiz	WIM	AZE	2214	4,5	30,0	18963
25	Khurtsilava Inga	WIM	GEO	2269	4,5	27,0	17286
26	Tereladze Sopiko	WIM	GEO	2196	4,5	26,0	17881
27	Danelia Mariam	WIM	GEO	2203	4,5	25,5	17773
28	Isgandarova Khayala Ilqar Qizi	WIM	AZE	2209	4,5	25,0	17432
29	Jalabadze Natia		GEO	2019	4,5	24,0	18227
30	Gevorgyan Maria		ARM	1939	4,5	22,5	17730
31	Zhorzholiani Meri	WFM	GEO	2133	4,5	22,5	17533
32	Gogishvili Dea		GEO	1902	4,5	22,5	17523
33	Unapkoshvili Nani		GEO	1976	4,5	21,0	16504
34	Martirosyan Lia	WFM	ARM	2108	4,5	20,5	16684
35	Ibrahimova Sabina Oqtay Qizi		AZE	2021	4,5	20,0	16815
36	Tandashvili Margarita		GEO	2029	4,5	19,5	16488
37	Tevzadze Mariam		GEO	1896	4,5	14,5	15825
38	Mamedjarova Zeinab	WGM	AZE	2269	4,0	24,0	17017
39	Guliyeva Sabina Ilqar Qizi		AZE	1973	4,0	19,5	14641
40	Khomeriki Nino		GEO	1808	4,0	19,0	14851
58 players

8) 14th Chicago Open 2010

The Chicago Open took place 27th-31st May 2010. Loek van Wely took clear first place with 7.5/9. Wins in the final two rounds took Michael Adams into a share of 2nd place with Evgeny Najer, Victor Mikhalevski and Jiri Stocek.

Official Site

Results

14th Chicago Open (USA), 27-31 v 2010 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
#	Name	Ti	Rtng	Post	St	Tot	Prize
1	Loek Van Wely	GM	2653	2665	NED	7.5	$10200.00
2	Michael Adams	GM	2697	2701	ENG	7	$2425.00
3	Evgeny Najer	GM	2663	2675	RUS	7	$2425.00
4	Victor Mikhalevski	GM	2614	2609	ISR	7	$2425.00
5	Jiri Stocek	GM	2593	2596	CZE	7	$2425.00
6	Timur Gareyev	GM	2599	2600	UZB	6.5	$433.34
7	Varuzhan Akobian	GM	2599	2615	CA	6.5	$433.34
8	Jaan Ehlvest	GM	2591	2576	NY	6.5	$433.34
9	Alexander Shabalov	GM	2585	2571	PA	6.5	$433.34
10	Alex Yermolinsky	GM	2528	2539	SD	6.5	$433.34
11	Samuel Shankland	IM	2507	2528	CA	6.5	$433.34
12	Jake Kleiman	FM	2353	2416	TN	6.5	$3000.00
13	Giorgi Kacheishvili	GM	2580	2582	GEO	6
14	Nikola Sedlak	GM	2567	2572	SRB	6
15	Melikset Khachiyan	GM	2539	2543	CA	6
16	Eugene Perelshteyn	GM	2534	2516	MA	6
17	Mesgen Amanov	GM	2479	2464	TKM	6
18	Goran Vojinovic	IM	2447	2455	SRB	6	$366.67
19	Mackenize Molner		2439	2435	NJ	6	$366.67
20	Mikheil Kekelidze	GM	2436	2451	GEO	6	$366.67
21	Salvijus Bercys	IM	2427	2434	NY	6	$366.67
22	Michael A Mulyar	IM	2398	2419	CO	6	$366.67
23	Alfonso A Almeida	IM	2380	2390	MEX	6	$366.67
24	Tatev Abrahamyan	WFM	2290	2346	CA	6	$2250.00
25	Raymond Kaufman	IM	2286	2358	MD	6	$2250.00
26	Leonid Gerzhoy	IM	2469	2456	CAN	5.5
27	Gabriel Battaglini	IM	2419	2402	FRA	5.5
28	Darwin Yang	FM	2393	2379	TX	5.5
29	Angelo Young	IM	2353	2370	PHI	5.5
30	Farai Mandizha	FM	2315	2340	ZIM	5.5
31	Tyler B Hughes		2296	2321	CO	5.5	$140.00
32	Seth Homa	FM	2295	2290	MI	5.5	$140.00
33	Iryna Zenyuk	WIM	2276	2235	PA	5.5	$140.00
34	Arun Sharma		2261	2290	CA	5.5	$140.00
35	Timur Aliyev		2218	2280	ISR	5.5	$140.00
36	Aleksander Lenderman	GM	2598	2575	NY	5
37	Benjamin Finegold	GM	2539	2512	MO	5
38	Joshua Ed Friedel	GM	2528	2520	NH	5
39	Nikola Mitkov	GM	2509	2514	MKD	5
40	Drasko Boskovic	IM	2450	2437	SRB	5
41	Florin Felecan	IM	2404	2381	IL	5
42	Justin Sarkar	IM	2378	2396	NY	5
43	Conrad Holt	FM	2375	2367	KS	5
44	Robby Adamson	FM	2328	2287	AZ	5
45	Keaton Kiewra	FM	2311	2304	NE	5
46	Carl B Boor	FM	2308	2295	OH	5
47	W Espinoza Palomino	FM	2286	2252	PER	5
48	Erik Santarius		2270	2223	WI	5
49	Alex Betaneli	FM	2260	2277	WI	5
50	Albert C Chow	FM	2253	2266	IL	5
51	Carey M Theil		2219	2246	MA	5
52	Michael H Bodek		2219	2239	NY	5
53	Gordon J Ruan		2190	2189	IL	5
54	Luciana Morales	WIM	2188	2197	PER	5
55	Viktorija Ni	WFM	2159	2214	LAT	5
56	Lorena M Zepeda	WIM	2152	2194	ESA	5
57	Mike Sailer		2132	2165	ND	5
58	Evelyn Moncayo	WIM	2122	2136	ECU	5
59	Sonia Zepeda	WIM	2107	2106	ESA	5
60	Sylvester Smarty		2057	2130	OH	5
61	Benjamin W Krause		unr.		MD	5
62	Daniel Fridman	GM	2654	2632	GER	4.5
63	Dmitry Gurevich	GM	2488	2474	IL	4.5
64	Eric Rodriguez		2315	2330	FL	4.5
65	Anatoly Lein	GM	2310	2283	OH	4.5
66	Gauri Shankar		2289	2294	IND	4.5
67	Oliver T Koo		2241	2203	OH	4.5
68	Jeffrey Haskel		2240	2260	FL	4.5
69	Jim H Dean	FM	2235	2232	IN	4.5
70	Aleksandar Stamnov	FM	2190	2186	MKD	4.5
71	Justin Le Gardner		2174	2186	TX	4.5
72	Adarsh Jayakumar		2169	2176	TX	4.5
73	Michael Dougherty	FM	2163	2191	CAN	4.5
74	Kenneth J Holroyd		2149	2169	TN	4.5
75	Andy F Applebaum		2140	2174	IL	4.5
76	Sean Vibbert		2098	2130	IN	4.5
77	Pappu Murthy		2085	2112	OH	4.5
78	Matt J Hassen		2070	2148	MI	4.5
79	John Gurczak		2069	2096	AZ	4.5
80	Lawyer Times		2064	2107	MA	4.5
81	Ariel Ofek		2014	2081	IN	4.5
149 players

9) Mitropa Cup

The Mitropa Cup took place in Chur 29th May - 6th June 2010. Italy took first place in both the men's and women's events.

Adolivio Capece reports: A wonderful result for Italy in Mitropa Cup 2010 (Chur, Switzerland) Italy won both the male and female tournament. The women team (wgm/im Elena Sedina, wgm/im Olga Zimina, wim Marina Brunello) got 3 team points of advantage 3 rounds before the end; they was matematically sure of the gold medal already at the end of the penultimate round! The men team (gm Caruana, gm Godena, gm Vocaturo, im S. Brunello, im D. Rombaldoni) had to sufffer owing to the great performance of Hungary. After losing against Switzerland in the 3rd round, Hungary won all the matches in a row up the 7th round when had to fight against Italy. The italian team in the meanwhile make a draw against Germany and won all the other matches, so that the standing before the direct match saw Italy ahead for 1 point. The match ended really after a great fight and the result was 2-2. In the last round Italy draw the match (without playing) against Switzerland, but Hungary was not able to win against Slovakia (they only draw 2-2). So Italy won the Cup with one full (team) point of advantage on Hungary. Gm Caruana, gm Vocaturo and wgm/im Zimina got the prize for the best performance. Gm caruana made also the best individual result

Official site: http://www.swisschess.ch/Mitropacup2010/teams.htm

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr33539.aspx

Mitropa Cup Chur (SUI), 29 v-6 vi 2010 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Ranking crosstable
Rk.		Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	ITA	Italy	*	2	2	3	2	3½	3	3½	4	3	15	26,0	0
2	HUN	Hungary	2	*	1½	2½	2½	2½	3	2	3	2½	14	21,5	0
3	SUI	Switzerland	2	2½	*	1½	2½	1½	2½	2½	1½	2½	11	19,0	0
4	CRO	Croatia	1	1½	2½	*	2	3	2½	3	1½	2	10	19,0	2
5	GER	Germany	2	1½	1½	2	*	2	2	3½	3½	2	9	20,0	0
6	AUT	Austria	½	1½	2½	1	2	*	2	2	4	2	8	17,5	0
7	CZE	Czech Republic	1	1	1½	1½	2	2	*	2	3	2½	7	16,5	0
8	SVK	Slovakia	½	2	1½	1	½	2	2	*	2½	2	6	14,0	0
9	FRA	France	0	1	2½	2½	½	0	1	1½	*	3	6	12,0	0
10	SLO	Slovenia	1	1½	1½	2	2	2	1½	2	1	*	4	14,5	0

Mitropa Cup Women Chur (SUI), 29 v-6 vi 2010 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.		Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	ITA	Italy	*	1	1	1½	1	1½	2	1	1½	1	13	11,5	0
2	SLO	Slovenia	1	*	½	1	1	1	1½	1½	1	2	11	10,5	0
3	HUN	Hungary	1	1½	*	1	1	1	1½	1	1	1	11	10,0	1
4	GER	Germany	½	1	1	*	1	1	1	1½	2	1	10	10,0	1
5	CRO	Croatia	1	1	1	1	*	1	½	1½	1	1½	10	9,5	0
6	CZE	Czech Republic	½	1	1	1	1	*	1	1½	½	1	8	8,5	2
7	SVK	Slovakia	0	½	½	1	1½	1	*	1	1½	1	8	8,0	0
8	FRA	France	1	½	1	½	½	½	1	*	1½	2	7	8,5	0
9	AUT	Austria	½	1	1	0	1	1½	½	½	*	1	6	7,0	0
10	SUI	Switzerland	1	0	1	1	½	1	1	0	1	*	6	6,5	0

Mitropa Cup Men Chur (SUI), 29 v-6 vi 2010 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
1. Italy (RtgAvg:2552, TB1: 15 / TB2: 26)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	Rp
1	GM	Caruana Fabiano	2675	ITA	2020009	1	1	1	1	½	½	1	½		6,5	8	2780
2	GM	Godena Michele	2554	ITA	800090		½	½		½		1	½	½	3,5	6	2574
3	GM	Vocaturo Daniele	2493	ITA	813192	1	1	½	½		1		1	½	5,5	7	2710
4	IM	Brunello Sabino	2467	ITA	813613	1	½	1	0	1	1	1	0	½	6,0	9	2582
5	IM	Rombaldoni Denis	2484	ITA	813575	½			½	1	1	1		½	4,5	6	2596
HUN 2. Hungary (RtgAvg:2511, TB1: 14 / TB2: 21,5)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	Rp
1	GM	Rapport Richard	2509	HUN	738590	1	½	0	0	½	1	1	½	0	4,5	9	2541
2	IM	Papp Gabor	2534	HUN	718602	1	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	6,0	9	2623
3	IM	Szabo Krisztian	2506	HUN	722901	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	0		4,5	8	2501
4	IM	Pap Gyula	2496	HUN	725323	½			1	1	1	0	1	1	5,5	7	2686
5	IM	Sipos Istvan	2461	HUN	720631		½	0						½	1,0	3	2222
SUI 3. Switzerland (RtgAvg:2477, TB1: 11 / TB2: 19)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	Rp
1	GM	Jenni Florian	2520	SUI	1304232	1	½	1	½	½		½	1	½	5,5	8	2669
2	GM	Gallagher Joseph G	2493	SUI	1303422	½	½	½	1	½	½		½	½	4,5	8	2543
3	IM	Hug Werner	2463	SUI	1300040		½	0		½	½	½	½	½	3,0	7	2425
4	FM	Buss Ralph	2430	SUI	1305697	½	0	1	½		½	½	½	½	4,0	8	2464
5		Wyss Jonas	2253	SUI	1311387	½			½	0	0	1			2,0	5	2310
CRO 4. Croatia (RtgAvg:2522, TB1: 10 / TB2: 19)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	Rp
1	GM	Bosiocic Marin	2562	CRO	14507927	½	0	½	0		½	½	0	½	2,5	8	2400
2	GM	Jovanovic Zoran	2520	CRO	14505320	½	½	½		½	½	½	½	1	4,5	8	2541
3	IM	Martinovic Sasa	2515	CRO	14509792	½	0	1	1	½	½	1	½	½	5,5	9	2536
4	GM	Saric Ante	2489	CRO	14506254	½	½		½	½					2,0	4	2484
5	IM	Doric Darko	2452	CRO	14507200			1	0	0	1	1	1	½	4,5	7	2488
GER 5. Germany (RtgAvg:2528, TB1: 9 / TB2: 20)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	Rp
1	IM	Huschenbeth Niclas	2457	GER	24604747	½	½	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3,0	9	2427
2	GM	Bindrich Falko	2539	GER	4676670	½	1	½	½	1	1	0	½	½	5,5	9	2571
3	GM	Prusikin Michael	2520	GER	4642325	½	0	1	1	½	½	½	½	½	5,0	9	2492
4	GM	Baramidze David	2534	GER	4667719	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	6,5	9	2594
AUT 6. Austria (RtgAvg:2465, TB1: 8 / TB2: 17,5)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	Rp
1	GM	Ragger Markus	2614	AUT	1610856	0	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	1	5,5	9	2614
2	IM	Neubauer Martin	2458	AUT	1602675	0		1	½	½	1	½	½	½	4,5	8	2557
3	IM	Kreisl Robert	2374	AUT	1613880	0	1	1	0	½	0	0	½	½	3,5	9	2385
4	IM	Baumegger Siegfried	2414	AUT	1602829	½	0		0			0		0	0,5	5	2106
5	FM	Platzgummer Fabian	2340	AUT	1617222		½	1		1	½		½		3,5	5	2508
CZE 7. Czech Republic (RtgAvg:2514, TB1: 7 / TB2: 16,5)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	Rp
1	IM	Simacek Pavel	2518	CZE	307165	1	½	0	1	½	0	½	½	½	4,5	9	2545
3	IM	Zilka Stepan	2509	CZE	315303	½	0	½	½	1	½	½	½	0	4,0	9	2455
4	IM	Krejci Jan	2455	CZE	322156	0	1	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	4,0	9	2413
5	GM	Talla Vladimir	2505	CZE	303445	1	½	0	½	1	0	0	½	½	4,0	9	2355
SVK 8. Slovakia (RtgAvg:2444, TB1: 6 / TB2: 14)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	Rp
1	IM	Jurcik Marian	2487	SVK	14907518	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	1	3,5	9	2468
2	IM	Meszaros Michal	2393	SVK	14905329	½	0	½	½	0	0	½	1	½	3,5	9	2418
3	FM	Pacher Milan	2396	SVK	14907445	½	1	0	1	½	0	½	1	0	4,5	9	2463
4		Petenyi Tamas	2381	SVK	14909090	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	0	½	2,5	9	2243
FRA 9. France (RtgAvg:2451, TB1: 6 / TB2: 12)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	Rp
1	GM	Fargere Francois	2489	FRA	615935	0	½	0	1	½	0	0	½	½	3,0	9	2423
2	IM	Monroy Charles	2459	FRA	621641	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	1,0	9	2155
3	IM	Roser Kevin	2429	FRA	608688	½	½	0	½	½	½	0	0	1	3,5	9	2377
4	FM	Tripoteau Nicolas	2425	FRA	621366	½	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	4,5	9	2428
SLO 10. Slovenia (RtgAvg:2526, TB1: 4 / TB2: 14,5)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	Rp
1	GM	Lenic Luka	2592	SLO	14603853	0	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	5,0	9	2580
2	GM	Borisek Jure	2561	SLO	14603152	½	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	3,0	9	2370
3	IM	Zorko Jure	2440	SLO	14604051	1	½	0	½	0	1	½	½	0	4,0	9	2412
4		Tomazini Aljosa	2231	SLO	14608154	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	0	0	2,5	9	2260

Mitropa Cup Women Chur (SUI), 29 v-6 vi 2010 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
ITA 1. Italy (RtgAvg:2326, TB1: 13 / TB2: 11,5)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	Rp
1	IM	Sedina Elena	2342	ITA	1		½	½	½	1		½	0	4,0	7	2308
2	IM	Zimina Olga	2309	ITA		1	1	1	½	1	½	½		5,5	7	2471
3	WIM	Brunello Marina	2218	ITA	½	0					½		1	2,0	4	2145
SLO 2. Slovenia (RtgAvg:2306, TB1: 11 / TB2: 10,5)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	Rp
1	WGM	Krivec Jana	2340	SLO	0	0	½	1	½	0	1	½	½	4,0	9	2220
2	WIM	Rozic Vesna	2271	SLO	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	6,5	9	2358
HUN 3. Hungary (RtgAvg:2307, TB1: 11 / TB2: 10)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	Rp
1	WGM	Rudolf Anna	2344	HUN	0	1	0		1	½	1	½	1	5,0	8	2370
2	WIM	Papp Petra	2270	HUN	1	½	1	0		½	0	½	½	4,0	8	2191
3		Erdos Boglarka	2147	HUN				1	0					1,0	2	0
GER 4. Germany (RtgAvg:2227, TB1: 10 / TB2: 10)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	Rp
1	WIM	Fuchs Judith	2231	GER	0	½	½	½	0	½	0	1	1	4,0	9	2232
2	WIM	Hoolt Sarah	2223	GER	1	½	½	0	1	1	1	0	1	6,0	9	2346
CRO 5. Croatia (RtgAvg:2266, TB1: 10 / TB2: 9,5)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	Rp
1	WGM	Medic Mirjana	2271	CRO	1	0	0	1	0	1	½	½	½	4,5	9	2267
2	WIM	Franciskovic Borka	2261	CRO	0	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	5,0	9	2219
CZE 6. Czech Republic (RtgAvg:2249, TB1: 8 / TB2: 8,5)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	Rp
2	WIM	Havlikova Kristyna	2251	CZE	1	½	½	1	½	½	0	0	½	4,5	9	2273
3	WFM	Olsarova Karolina	2191	CZE	0	½	0	0	1	½	1	½	½	4,0	9	2158
SVK 7. Slovakia (RtgAvg:2256, TB1: 8 / TB2: 8)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	Rp
1		Mrvova Alena	2298	SVK	0	½	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2,5	9	2101
2	WFM	Machalova Veronika	2214	SVK	1	1	½	1	0	0	½	1	½	5,5	9	2295
FRA 8. France (RtgAvg:2210, TB1: 7 / TB2: 8,5)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	Rp
1	WGM	Maisuradze Nino	2250	FRA	1	1	1	0	½	½	½	1	½	6,0	9	2390
2	WIM	Flear Christine	2170	FRA	0	1	½	½	0	0	½	0	0	2,5	9	2027
AUT 9. Austria (RtgAvg:2139, TB1: 6 / TB2: 7)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	Rp
1	WIM	Kopinits Anna-Christina	2158	AUT	0	½			0	1	½	1	0	3,0	7	2229
2	WFM	Exler Veronika	2119	AUT	½		0	1	1		½		0	3,0	6	2208
3		Schink Barbara	2063	AUT		0	½	0		0		½		1,0	5	1959
SUI 10. Switzerland (RtgAvg:2201, TB1: 6 / TB2: 6,5)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	Rp
1	WIM	Heinatz Dr Gundula	2220	SUI	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0		4,0	8	2268
2	WIM	Seps Monika	2181	SUI	0							1	1	2,0	3	2385
3		De Seroux Camille	2028	SUI		0	0	0	0	½	0		0	0,5	7	1792

10) Zalakaros Open

The Hungarian Open took place in Zalakaros May 26th - 3rd June 2010. Tamas Fodor Jr took first place on tie-break from David Berczes after both scored 7/9.

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

XXIX Open A Zalakaros (HUN), 26 v-3 vi 2010 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
No.	PNo.	Name	Score	WP	SB	PS	rat.	TPR	W-We
1.	15	Fodor, Tamas Jr.	7.0	49.5	36.75	36.0	2420	2659	+2.76
	5	Berczes, David	7.0	49.0	37.50	35.0	2519	2623	+1.18
3.	2	Erdos, Viktor	6.5	53.0	36.75	36.5	2589	2591	+0.13
	8	Gonda, Laszlo	6.5	51.5	35.50	36.0	2512	2594	+1.06
	3	Groszpeter, Attila	6.5	50.5	34.50	34.0	2530	2574	+0.58
	6	Vajda, Levente	6.5	49.5	35.25	34.5	2519	2572	+0.72
	12	Sergeev, Vladimir	6.5	49.5	34.75	33.5	2473	2574	+1.29
	4	Banusz, Tamas	6.5	45.5	33.00	31.5	2524	2504	-0.07
9.	7	Medvegy, Zoltan	6.0	53.5	33.25	36.0	2518	2540	+0.34
	9	Prohaszka, Peter	6.0	52.0	32.75	32.5	2510	2501	-0.04
	1	Ovsejevitsch, Sergei	6.0	51.5	32.25	33.0	2600	2531	-0.70
	10	Horvath, Adam	6.0	51.0	31.75	34.0	2494	2515	+0.32
	16	Szabo, Zsolt Jozsef	6.0	49.5	30.75	34.0	2418	2521	+1.31
	18	Gergacz, Attila	6.0	47.0	28.00	31.5	2417	2465	+0.70
	22	Csonka, Attila Istvan	6.0	45.0	28.25	31.0	2385	2417	+0.46
	17	Csiszar, Csaba	6.0	41.5	27.50	28.0	2417	2376	-0.42
	48	Feher, Adam	6.0	40.0	25.25	26.0	2247	2372	+1.58
	14	Meszaros, Tamas	6.0	38.5	25.25	25.0	2434	2340	-0.95
19.	23	Ianov, Viktor	5.5	47.5	25.50	31.0	2375	2409	+0.47
	13	Nemeth, Miklos	5.5	47.0	26.00	31.5	2468	2444	-0.19
	27	Kernazhitsky, Leonid	5.5	46.0	23.75	29.5	2354	2389	+0.54
	32	Nagy, Gabor	5.5	44.0	23.50	26.5	2338	2338	+0.07
	25	Kilgus, Georg	5.5	42.5	23.75	29.0	2365	2327	-0.27
	36	Szabo, Bence	5.5	41.5	21.50	26.0	2316	2325	+0.17
	21	Tompa, Janos	5.5	37.0	22.25	26.5	2387	2308	-0.86
26.	19	Berczes, Csaba	5.0	47.5	23.25	31.0	2397	2399	+0.04
	38	Pataki, Gyozo	5.0	46.5	21.50	28.5	2310	2325	+0.20
	61	Csonka, Balazs	5.0	45.0	21.75	23.5	2197	2326	+1.54
	43	Molnar, Peter	5.0	44.5	21.00	25.5	2261	2323	+0.64
	31	Schneider, Veronika	5.0	43.5	21.25	28.5	2339	2276	-0.60
	51	Vukovic, Ivo	5.0	42.5	20.75	25.5	2229	2340	+1.24
	56	Zakharchenko, Arnold	5.0	42.0	20.75	24.0	2209	2341	+1.53
	41	Szalanczy, Emil	5.0	42.0	18.50	24.0	2277	2277	+0.01
	54	Makk, Robert	5.0	41.5	18.50	22.5	2222	2308	+0.96
	33	Borsos, Bogdan	5.0	41.0	20.00	26.0	2334	2292	-0.40
	39	Pergel, Laszlo	5.0	41.0	19.50	25.5	2285	2251	-0.36
	35	Racz, Zoltan	5.0	41.0	20.50	24.5	2316	2275	-0.48
	37	Vas, Peter	5.0	40.5	20.25	27.0	2312	2268	-0.44
	29	Takacs, Balazs	5.0	40.5	21.00	25.0	2346	2259	-0.98
	59	Radnai, Adam	5.0	40.5	20.00	24.5	2198	2343	+1.73
	42	Vegh, Endre	5.0	40.0	19.50	25.0	2266	2269	+0.11
	62	Kovacs, Lajos	5.0	39.5	18.25	21.0	2197	2207	+0.15
	44	Kincs, Imre	5.0	39.0	19.50	25.5	2259	2211	-0.36
	24	Horvath, Gyula	5.0	39.0	21.75	24.5	2367	2226	-1.63
	40	Juhasz, Kristof	5.0	38.5	17.25	21.0	2278	2193	-0.92
	63	Kozak, Milos	5.0	37.0	18.00	21.0	2184	2262	+0.92
47.	77	Nemeth, Denes	4.5	48.0	22.50	27.5	2108	2369	+2.84
	55	Steiner, Bruno	4.5	44.0	19.50	25.5	2209	2351	+1.63
	46	Istvanovszki, Martin	4.5	42.5	17.25	23.0	2258	2225	-0.32
	53	Boronyak, Arpad	4.5	41.0	18.50	20.0	2224	2231	-0.01
	49	Goczo, Melinda	4.5	40.0	17.50	24.5	2234	2291	+0.60
	34	Jamrich, Gyorgy	4.5	38.5	14.75	23.0	2322	2203	-1.32
	85	Dankhazi, Andras	4.5	34.5	15.00	17.0	2049	2167	+1.37
54.	20	Nagy, Bence	4.0	47.0	20.00	25.0	2389	2204	-2.02
	66	Tesik, Csaba	4.0	45.0	19.50	22.0	2162	2273	+1.31
	45	Deak, Ferenc	4.0	44.5	15.50	23.0	2259	2204	-0.59
	91	Kaczur, Florian	4.0	44.0	17.00	25.0	1948	2201	+2.06
	78	Gledura, Benjamin	4.0	40.5	16.75	19.5	2102	2207	+1.26
	47	Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij	4.0	39.5	14.75	23.0	2254	2225	-0.22
	58	Eperjesi, Laszlo Dr.	4.0	39.5	15.75	21.5	2203	2187	-0.18
	79	Greeff, Melissa	4.0	39.5	14.75	18.0	2075	2141	+0.72
	26	Vajda, Szidonia	4.0	39.0	16.25	23.5	2363	2191	-2.02
	60	Straubinger, Daniel	4.0	39.0	14.00	19.0	2198	2162	-0.38
	86	Kantor, Gergely	4.0	38.5	14.00	18.5	2041	2163	+1.07
	52	Kende, Gyorgy Dr.	4.0	37.5	12.25	19.5	2224	2135	-1.06
	74	Vincze, Robert	4.0	37.5	14.00	15.5	2127	2115	-0.10
	30	Rigo, Janos	4.0	36.5	14.50	19.0	2340	2067	-2.92
	97	Sonnberger, Thomas	4.0	36.0	15.25	17.5	0000	2153	2153
	76	Gaal, Ede	4.0	36.0	11.75	15.0	2110	2108	-0.08
	69	Antal, Tibor Kende	4.0	35.5	12.50	19.5	2153	2157	+0.10
	28	Chetverik, Maxim	4.0	35.0	14.75	19.5	2354	2110	-2.82
72.	70	Hrbolka, Ladislav	3.5	43.5	16.50	19.5	2135	2206	+0.76
	64	Korpa, Bence	3.5	40.0	12.00	18.0	2172	2182	+0.09
	73	Kabai, Zsuzsanna	3.5	38.5	13.75	20.0	2130	2148	+0.12
	71	Lyell, Mark	3.5	38.0	11.00	18.0	2132	2095	-0.39
	80	Ferencz, Istvan	3.5	36.0	12.75	13.5	2072	2044	-0.38
	93	Varadi, Benedek	3.5	34.5	12.00	16.0	1846	2060	+2.11
	50	Bereczki, Janos	3.5	34.0	11.25	17.5	2229	2050	-2.24
	72	Lazar, Andras	3.5	34.0	11.00	13.5	2132	2065	-0.89
	90	Nagy, Kristof	3.5	31.5	10.75	14.0	1952	2010	+0.54
	81	Voegerl, Ronald	3.5	31.0	10.00	14.0	2064	2009	-0.74
	88	Szajbely, Zsigmond	3.5	29.5	7.75	11.5	2004	2021	+0.14
83.	57	Kreindl, Helmut	3.0	36.5	8.00	15.0	2206	2059	-1.79
	84	Bea, Boglarka	3.0	35.5	11.00	16.5	2055	2079	+0.20
	87	Genda, Karoly	3.0	34.0	10.00	15.0	2016	2014	-0.09
	98	Stifter, Ewald	3.0	33.5	10.25	18.0	0000	2109	2109
	94	Munka, Bela	3.0	31.5	10.00	13.0	1838	1955	+1.12
	82	Huber, Stefan	3.0	30.0	6.00	11.5	1973	1958	-0.36
	89	Lacha, Jan	3.0	27.5	7.50	11.0	1981	1933	-0.63
90.	11	Bokros, Albert	2.5	47.5	28.00	20.5	2486	2626	+0.54
	65	Bemak, Mikhail	2.5	36.5	8.00	13.5	2171	2024	-1.52
	68	Marton, Jozsef	2.5	34.0	6.75	11.5	2154	1961	-2.03
	96	Liebl, Korbinian	2.5	29.5	5.25	8.5	1781	1805	+0.07
	83	Vrchotka, Josef	2.5	26.5	4.75	9.5	2060	1902	-1.88
95.	75	Gal, Lajos	2.0	36.5	7.00	13.0	2115	1972	-1.65
96.	92	Toplak, Stefan	1.5	32.5	4.25	9.5	1909	1806	-1.14
	95	Nemeth, Gergely	1.5	27.5	2.50	3.5	1835	1743	-1.03
98.	67	Schmid, Siegfried	1.0	35.5	14.75	7.5	2156	1898	-0.

11) First Saturday June 2010

The First Saturday June tournaments take place 5th-15th June 2010, Budapest.

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

FSGM June Budapest (HUN), 5-13 vi 2010															cat. VII (2411)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Kovacs, Gabor2	m	HUN	2521	*	.	1	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	2
2.	Balog, Imre1	m	HUN	2494	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1	2
3.	Husari, Satea	m	SYR	2334	0	.	*	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	1	2437
4.	Mihok, Oliver	f	HUN	2425	0	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	2378
5.	Fogarasi, Tibor	g	HUN	2425	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	?	.	½	2360
6.	Vajda, Levente	g	ROU	2519	.	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	?	.	½	2353
7.	Kislik, Erik Andrew	f	USA	2353	.	.	0	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	½	2233
8.	Toth, Ervin	m	HUN	2360	.	0	.	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	½	2266
9.	Ilincic, Zlatko	g	SRB	2447	.	.	.	.	?	?	.	.	*	.	0
10.	Nadig, Kruttika	wg	IND	2236	.	0	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	*	0

Round 1 (June 5, 2010)
Balog, Imre1	- Toth, Ervin	1-0	22	A25	English Sicilian Attack
Husari, Satea	- Kovacs, Gabor2	0-1	67	D36	QGD Exchange
Mihok, Oliver	- Nadig, Kruttika	1-0	70	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Kislik, Erik Andrew	- Vajda, Levente	½-½	48	C89	Ruy Lopez Marshall
Round 2 (June 6, 2010)
Kovacs, Gabor2	- Mihok, Oliver	1-0	27	D46	Semi-Slav Defence
Kislik, Erik Andrew	- Husari, Satea	0-1	44	B76	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Toth, Ervin	- Fogarasi, Tibor	½-½	28	D70	Gruenfeld Defence
Nadig, Kruttika	- Balog, Imre1	0-1	50	A05	Various

FSIMA June Budapest (HUN), 5-15 vi 2010															cat. I (2266)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn		ISL	2394	*	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	1	.	.	.	2
2.	Iwamoto, Takashi	f	USA	2268	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1½	2444
3.	Njili, Kamel	f	TUN	2247	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1½	2445
4.	Szeberenyi, Adam	m	HUN	2308	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	1	1½	2490
5.	Lengyel, Bela	m	HUN	2266	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	1	.	?	.	.	1
6.	Kett, Tim		WLS	2223	0	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	1	.	.	1	2262
7.	Kahn, Evarth	m	HUN	2247	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	?	.	½	2277
8.	Rooze, Jan	f	BEL	2338	.	.	.	½	0	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	½	2094
9.	Szalanczy, Emil	m	HUN	2277	0	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	*	.	.	.	½	2127
10.	Tavoularis, Nicholas		GRE	2130	.	.	.	.	?	0	.	.	.	*	.	.	0
11.	Antipov, Mikhail Al		RUS	2237	.	.	0	.	.	.	?	.	.	.	*	.	0
12.	Brustkern, Juergen	f	GER	2256	.	0	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	0

Round 1 (June 5, 2010)
Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn	- Kett, Tim	1-0	29	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Njili, Kamel	- Antipov, Mikhail Al	1-0	37	B91	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.g3
Kahn, Evarth	- Szalanczy, Emil	½-½	15	A68	Benoni Three Pawns System
Rooze, Jan	- Szeberenyi, Adam	½-½	68	B52	Sicilian Rossolimo
Brustkern, Juergen	- Iwamoto, Takashi	0-1	47	D21	QGA
Round 2 (June 6, 2010)
Iwamoto, Takashi	- Njili, Kamel	½-½	37	B00	Owen or Nimzowitsch Defence
Szeberenyi, Adam	- Brustkern, Juergen	1-0	29	A56	Old Indian Defence
Lengyel, Bela	- Rooze, Jan	1-0	28	B43	Sicilian Paulsen
Szalanczy, Emil	- Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn	0-1	37	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Tavoularis, Nicholas	- Kett, Tim	0-1	28	A45	Trompowsky

FSIMB June Budapest (HUN), 5-14 vi 2010											cat. I (2264)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	To, Nhat Minh	m	HUN	2413	*	*	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	1	.	2
2.	Farago, Sandor	m	HUN	2268	.	.	*	*	.	.	½	.	1	.	.	.	1½	2406
3.	Tran Tuan Minh	f	VIE	2211	.	.	.	.	*	*	.	.	½	.	1	.	1½	2378
4.	Parkanyi, Attila	m	HUN	2321	0	.	½	.	.	.	*	*	.	.	.	.	½	2147
5.	Qu Yanqiao		CHN	2105	.	.	0	.	½	.	.	.	*	*	.	.	½	2046
6.	Mitchell, Martin		SCO	2266	0	.	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	*	*	0

Round 1 (June 5, 2010)
Tran Tuan Minh	- Qu Yanqiao	½-½	45	B07	Pirc Defence
Parkanyi, Attila	- Farago, Sandor	½-½	32	B26	Sicilian Closed
Mitchell, Martin	- To, Nhat Minh	0-1	34	D13	Slav Exchange
Round 2 (June 6, 2010)
To, Nhat Minh	- Parkanyi, Attila	1-0	66	B76	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Tran Tuan Minh	- Mitchell, Martin	1-0	41	B07	Pirc Defence
Qu Yanqiao	- Farago, Sandor	0-1	43	B24	Sicilian Closed

12) 3rd Mumbai Open

The 3rd Mumbai Open takes place 2nd-10th June 2010.

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

3rd Mayor's Cup Mumbai (IND), 2-10 vi 2010 Leading Round 8 (of 11) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1
1	Kokarev Dmitry	GM	RUS	2612	7,0	41,5
2	Bocharov Dmitry	GM	RUS	2592	6,5	41,5
3	Dreev Alexey	GM	RUS	2655	6,5	40,5
4	Aleksandrov Aleksej	GM	BLR	2604	6,5	40,5
5	Maletin Pavel	GM	RUS	2584	6,5	40,0
6	Kovalyov Anton	GM	ARG	2615	6,5	39,5
7	Varga Zoltan	GM	HUN	2479	6,5	37,0
8	Fier Alexandr	GM	BRA	2581	6,5	37,0
9	Khusnutdinov Rustam	GM	KAZ	2525	6,5	36,0
10	Harutjunyan Gevorg	GM	ARM	2460	6,0	38,5
11	Deepan Chakkravarthy J	GM	IND	2488	6,0	38,5
12	Greenfeld Alon	GM	ISR	2561	6,0	38,5
13	Hera Imre Jr	GM	HUN	2558	6,0	38,0
14	Ovetchkin Roman	GM	RUS	2519	6,0	38,0
15	Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi	IM	IND	2473	6,0	37,5
	Prathamesh Sunil Mokal	IM	IND	2411	6,0	37,5
17	Kunte Abhijit	GM	IND	2523	6,0	37,5
18	Lafuente Pablo	GM	ARG	2587	6,0	37,0
19	Vorobiov Evgeny E	GM	RUS	2612	6,0	36,5
20	Turov Maxim	GM	RUS	2624	6,0	36,5
21	Negi Parimarjan	GM	IND	2636	6,0	36,5
22	Kulkarni Rakesh		IND	2149	6,0	36,0
23	Udeshi Aditya		IND	2316	6,0	36,0
24	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	IM	IND	2504	6,0	36,0
25	Kravtsiv Martyn	GM	UKR	2546	6,0	35,0
26	Sundararajan Kidambi	GM	IND	2520	6,0	35,0
27	Pogorelov Ruslan	GM	UKR	2454	6,0	34,5
28	Luther Thomas	GM	GER	2541	6,0	33,5
29	Konguvel Ponnuswamy	IM	IND	2412	6,0	32,5
30	Palit Somak		IND	2385	5,5	40,5
31	Venkatesh M R	IM	IND	2452	5,5	39,0
32	Laxman R R	GM	IND	2476	5,5	38,5
33	Himanshu Sharma	IM	IND	2440	5,5	38,0
34	Kasparov Sergey	GM	BLR	2504	5,5	38,0
35	Murali Krishnan B T	IM	IND	2412	5,5	37,5
36	Farago Ivan	GM	HUN	2453	5,5	37,5
37	Sangma Rahul	IM	IND	2358	5,5	37,0
38	Ankit R Rajpara		IND	2350	5,5	37,0
39	Mehar Chinna Reddy C H		IND	2295	5,5	36,5
40	Shiven Khosla		IND	2337	5,5	36,0
354 players

13) Copper State International

The Copper State International takes place in Mesa, USA Thu 3rd Jun 2010 - Wed 9th Jun 2010

Official site: http://americanchess.net/

Copper State Int A Mesa (USA), 4-9 vi 2010															cat. X (2497)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Ramirez, Alejandro	g	CRC	2556	*	.	½	.	.	½	.	½	1	1	3½	2600
2.	Lenderman, Alex	m	USA	2598	.	*	1	1	.	1	0	.	.	.	3	2685
3.	Molner, Mackenzie		USA	2439	½	0	*	½	1	.	.	.	.	1	3	2618
4.	Gareev, Timur	g	UZB	2599	.	0	½	*	.	½	1	1	.	.	3	2556
5.	Shankland, Samuel L	m	USA	2507	.	.	0	.	*	.	1	½	½	.	2	2438
6.	Ippolito, Dean	m	USA	2480	½	0	.	½	.	*	0	.	1	.	2	2450
7.	Bartholomew, John	m	USA	2451	.	1	.	0	0	1	*	.	.	0	2	2459
8.	Krush, Irina	m	USA	2455	½	.	.	0	½	.	.	*	½	½	2	2437
9.	Andrianov, Nikolai	m	RUS	2409	0	.	.	.	½	0	.	½	*	1	2	2422
10.	Stopa, Jacek	m	POL	2474	0	.	0	.	.	.	1	½	0	*	1½	2313

Round 1 (June 4, 2010)
Lenderman, Alex	- Molner, Mackenzie	1-0	36	E00	Catalan
Gareev, Timur	- Krush, Irina	1-0	40	B40	Sicilian Classical
Shankland, Samuel L	- Andrianov, Nikolai	½-½	0
Bartholomew, John	- Ippolito, Dean	1-0	52	E43	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Stopa, Jacek	- Ramirez, Alejandro	0-1	38	B40	Sicilian Classical
Round 2 (June 4, 2010)
Molner, Mackenzie	- Gareev, Timur	½-½	25	C51	Evans Gambit
Ippolito, Dean	- Ramirez, Alejandro	½-½	27	A57	Volga Gambit
Bartholomew, John	- Lenderman, Alex	1-0	51	D15	Slav Defence
Krush, Irina	- Shankland, Samuel L	½-½	37	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Andrianov, Nikolai	- Stopa, Jacek	1-0	23	A04	Dutch System
Round 3 (June 5, 2010)
Ramirez, Alejandro	- Andrianov, Nikolai	1-0	49	A30	English Symmetrical
Lenderman, Alex	- Ippolito, Dean	1-0	55	E00	Catalan
Gareev, Timur	- Bartholomew, John	1-0	41	D12	Slav Defence
Shankland, Samuel L	- Molner, Mackenzie	0-1	35	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Stopa, Jacek	- Krush, Irina	½-½	35	B47	Sicilian Paulsen
Round 4 (June 6, 2010)
Lenderman, Alex	- Gareev, Timur	1-0	30	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Molner, Mackenzie	- Stopa, Jacek	1-0	39	C58	Two Knights Defence
Ippolito, Dean	- Andrianov, Nikolai	1-0	52	A56	Old Indian Defence
Bartholomew, John	- Shankland, Samuel L	0-1	48	D17	Slav Defence
Krush, Irina	- Ramirez, Alejandro	½-½	42	D15	Slav Defence
Round 5 (June 6, 2010)
Ramirez, Alejandro	- Molner, Mackenzie	½-½	21	E45	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Gareev, Timur	- Ippolito, Dean	½-½	45	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Andrianov, Nikolai	- Krush, Irina	½-½	42	A06	Zukertort Opening
Stopa, Jacek	- Bartholomew, John	1-0	37	C52	Evans Gambit

14) 8th MGU Open

The 8th open MGU took place 5th-6th 2010 in Sofia. Goran Krustev edged out Alexander Dimitrov on tie-break after both finished on 5/6.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr34675.aspx

15) 2nd Limpedea Cup

The 2nd Limpedea Cup GM Norm Tournament took place 23th May - 3rd June 2010 organised by the Baia Mare Chess Club, in cooperation with Romanian Chess Federation and the local authorities, organizing at Limpedea Hostel in Baia Sprie (Maramures County). Vlad-Cristian Jianu won with 7.5/11.

Official site: http://www.limpedea.ddt.ro/

2nd Limpedea Cup Baia Sprie (ROM), 24 v-3 vi 2010															cat. VIII (2441)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Jianu, Vlad-Cristian	g	ROU	2492	*	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	7½	2568
2.	Grigore, George-Gabriel	g	ROU	2532	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	7	2534
3.	Manolache, Marius	g	ROU	2527	0	½	*	1	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	7	2534
4.	Sieciechowicz, Marcin	m	POL	2427	½	½	0	*	½	½	0	1	1	½	1	1	6½	2506
5.	Warakomski, Tomasz	m	POL	2499	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	0	1	½	½	1	6	2471
6.	Shishkin, Vadim UKR	g	UKR	2513	½	½	½	½	½	*	1	½	0	½	½	½	5½	2433
7.	Szabo, Attila1	f	ROU	2306	½	½	0	1	½	0	*	½	0	1	1	0	5	2416
8.	Manea, Alexandru	m	ROU	2396	0	½	½	0	1	½	½	*	1	½	0	½	5	2408
9.	Thesing, Matthias	m	GER	2425	½	0	½	0	0	1	1	0	*	1	½	½	5	2405
10.	Dvirnyy, Daniyyl	f	ITA	2459	½	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	0	*	1	1	4½	2373
11.	Burnoiu, Nicolae-Costel	m	ROU	2403	0	½	½	0	½	½	0	1	½	0	*	½	4	2341
12.	Bonte, Andrei-Mihai		ROU	2307	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	½	0	½	*	3	2277

Round 8 (May 31, 2010)
Jianu, Vlad-Cristian	- Warakomski, Tomasz	½-½	25	A43	Old Benoni
Manolache, Marius	- Burnoiu, Nicolae-Costel	½-½	34	D80	Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Shishkin, Vadim UKR	- Szabo, Attila1	1-0	33	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Manea, Alexandru	- Thesing, Matthias	1-0	53	B43	Sicilian Paulsen
Dvirnyy, Daniyyl	- Grigore, George-Gabriel	0-1	39	D35	QGD Exchange
Bonte, Andrei-Mihai	- Sieciechowicz, Marcin	0-1	59	D12	Slav Defence
Round 9 (June 1, 2010)
Grigore, George-Gabriel	- Jianu, Vlad-Cristian	½-½	46	A58	Volga Gambit
Sieciechowicz, Marcin	- Shishkin, Vadim UKR	½-½	39	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Warakomski, Tomasz	- Manolache, Marius	½-½	54	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Szabo, Attila1	- Dvirnyy, Daniyyl	1-0	39	B01	Centre Counter
Thesing, Matthias	- Bonte, Andrei-Mihai	½-½	40	B04	Alekhine's Defence
Burnoiu, Nicolae-Costel	- Manea, Alexandru	1-0	38	B06	Modern Defence
Round 10 (June 2, 2010)
Jianu, Vlad-Cristian	- Szabo, Attila1	½-½	35	D11	Slav Defence
Manolache, Marius	- Manea, Alexandru	½-½	85	D15	Slav Defence
Warakomski, Tomasz	- Grigore, George-Gabriel	½-½	74	E81	King's Indian Saemisch
Shishkin, Vadim UKR	- Thesing, Matthias	0-1	32	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Dvirnyy, Daniyyl	- Sieciechowicz, Marcin	½-½	86	B97	Sicilian Najdorf
Bonte, Andrei-Mihai	- Burnoiu, Nicolae-Costel	½-½	27	A00	Irregular Openings
Round 11 (June 3, 2010)
Grigore, George-Gabriel	- Manolache, Marius	½-½	39	A53	Old Indian Defence
Sieciechowicz, Marcin	- Jianu, Vlad-Cristian	½-½	27	A57	Volga Gambit
Szabo, Attila1	- Warakomski, Tomasz	½-½	45	B06	Modern Defence
Manea, Alexandru	- Bonte, Andrei-Mihai	½-½	44	B76	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Thesing, Matthias	- Dvirnyy, Daniyyl	1-0	45	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Burnoiu, Nicolae-Costel	- Shishkin, Vadim UKR	½-½	37	B67	Sicilian Rauzer

16) Philippines Championships 2010

The Philippines Championships took place in Tagaytay City 25th May - 3rd June 2010. The favourite for the men's event was Wesley So who took clear first place with 8.5/11.

Official site: Official Site

Results: Results

ch-PHI Tagaytay City (PHI), 25 v-2 vi 2010															cat. IX (2472)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1
1.	So, Wesley	g	PHI	2665	*	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	8½	2749
2.	Gomez, John Paul	g	PHI	2507	½	*	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	7½	2662
3.	Antonio, Rogelio jr	g	PHI	2572	0	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	7	2611
4.	Sadorra, Julio Catalino	m	PHI	2450	0	0	½	*	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	7	2623
5.	Laylo, Darwin	g	PHI	2527	½	½	½	0	*	½	1	½	1	½	1	6	2539
6.	Nolte, Rolando	m	PHI	2420	½	½	0	0	½	*	0	1	½	½	1	4½	2441
7.	Bitoon, Richard	m	PHI	2476	0	½	½	½	0	1	*	0	0	½	1	4	2400
8.	Dableo, Ronald	m	PHI	2464	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	*	½	1	1	4	2401
9.	Pascua, Haridas	f	PHI	2358	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	*	1	½	3½	2373
10.	Dimakiling, Oliver	m	PHI	2443	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	0	*	½	2	2235
11.	Garcia, Jan Emmanuel	f	PHI	2315	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	*	1	2122

Round 8 (June 1, 2010)
Gomez, John Paul	- Antonio, Rogelio jr	½-½	23	B10	Caro Kann
Sadorra, Julio Catalino	- Dimakiling, Oliver	1-0	50	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Laylo, Darwin	- Nolte, Rolando	½-½	46	D12	Slav Defence
Pascua, Haridas	- Bitoon, Richard	1-0	31	E17	Queens Indian
Garcia, Jan Emmanuel	- Dableo, Ronald	0-1	41	A11	Reti Opening
Round 9 (June 1, 2010)
Antonio, Rogelio jr	- Garcia, Jan Emmanuel	1-0	32	B09	Pirc Defence
Nolte, Rolando	- Gomez, John Paul	½-½	56	D10	Slav Defence
Bitoon, Richard	- So, Wesley	0-1	24	B78	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Dableo, Ronald	- Sadorra, Julio Catalino	0-1	47	A00	Irregular Openings
Dimakiling, Oliver	- Pascua, Haridas	0-1	43	B24	Sicilian Closed
Round 10 (June 2, 2010)
So, Wesley	- Dimakiling, Oliver	1-0	32	A43	Old Benoni
Antonio, Rogelio jr	- Nolte, Rolando	1-0	40	C49	Four Knights Metger
Laylo, Darwin	- Bitoon, Richard	1-0	76	E12	Queens Indian Petrosian
Pascua, Haridas	- Dableo, Ronald	½-½	10	D15	Slav Defence
Garcia, Jan Emmanuel	- Sadorra, Julio Catalino	0-1	49	A13	Reti Opening
Round 11 (June 2, 2010)
Sadorra, Julio Catalino	- Pascua, Haridas	1-0	10	E76	King's Indian Four Pawns
Nolte, Rolando	- Garcia, Jan Emmanuel	1-0	37	B09	Pirc Defence
Bitoon, Richard	- Gomez, John Paul	½-½	26	C02	French Advance
Dableo, Ronald	- So, Wesley	0-1	20	A01	Larsen Opening
Dimakiling, Oliver	- Laylo, Darwin	½-½	31	D15	Slav Defence

ch-PHI w Tagaytay City (PHI), 25 v-2 vi 2010
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Jose, Rulp Ylem		PHI	1986	*	½	1	½	½	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	8½	2233
2.	Camacho, Chardine Cheradee	wf	PHI	2186	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	8	2179
3.	Perena, Catherine	wf	PHI	2090	0	½	*	0	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	7½	2145
4.	Mendoza, Beverly	wm	PHI	2078	½	½	1	*	0	0	½	1	1	1	½	1	7	2116
5.	Docena, Jedara		PHI	2008	½	½	½	1	*	½	½	½	1	0	½	½	6	2056
6.	Bernales, Christy Lamiel		PHI	2043	0	0	½	1	½	*	1	½	½	1	0	½	5½	2017
7.	Cherry, Ann Mejia		PHI	1868	1	0	0	½	½	0	*	½	1	½	½	1	5½	2033
8.	Cua, Shercila	wf	PHI	2142	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	*	0	1	1	1	4½	1943
9.	Salvador, Aices		PHI	2058	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	*	1	½	1	4	1913
10.	Suede, Mikee Charlene		PHI	1949	0	1	0	0	1	0	½	0	0	*	1	0	3½	1892
11.	Suede, Akiko Charmaine		PHI	1945	0	0	0	½	½	1	½	0	½	0	*	0	3	1851
12.	Palomo, Jenny Rose		PHI	1879	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	1	1	*	3	1857

Round 8 (May 31, 2010)
Camacho, Chardine Cheradee	- Perena, Catherine	½-½	69	C42	Petroff's Defence
Bernales, Christy Lamiel	- Mendoza, Beverly	1-0	44	C44	Scotch Gambit
Cherry, Ann Mejia	- Docena, Jedara	½-½	47	B06	Modern Defence
Cua, Shercila	- Palomo, Jenny Rose	1-0	61	D25	QGA
Salvador, Aices	- Suede, Mikee Charlene	1-0	32	C00	French Defence
Suede, Akiko Charmaine	- Jose, Rulp Ylem	0-1	60	B00	Owen or Nimzowitsch Defence
Round 9 (June 1, 2010)
Jose, Rulp Ylem	- Camacho, Chardine Cheradee	½-½	76	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Perena, Catherine	- Salvador, Aices	1-0	40	D19	Slav Defence
Mendoza, Beverly	- Cherry, Ann Mejia	½-½	38	B23	Sicilian Closed
Docena, Jedara	- Cua, Shercila	½-½	22	C01	French Exchange
Suede, Mikee Charlene	- Bernales, Christy Lamiel	0-1	35	C00	French Defence
Palomo, Jenny Rose	- Suede, Akiko Charmaine	1-0	34	D11	Slav Defence
Round 10 (June 1, 2010)
Camacho, Chardine Cheradee	- Palomo, Jenny Rose	1-0	43	C44	Scotch Gambit
Perena, Catherine	- Jose, Rulp Ylem	0-1	48	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Cherry, Ann Mejia	- Suede, Mikee Charlene	½-½	47	C00	French Defence
Cua, Shercila	- Mendoza, Beverly	0-1	58	E87	King's Indian Saemisch
Salvador, Aices	- Bernales, Christy Lamiel	½-½	56	C00	French Defence
Suede, Akiko Charmaine	- Docena, Jedara	½-½	49	B23	Sicilian Closed
Round 11 (June 2, 2010)
Jose, Rulp Ylem	- Salvador, Aices	1-0	0
Mendoza, Beverly	- Suede, Akiko Charmaine	½-½	0
Docena, Jedara	- Camacho, Chardine Cheradee	½-½	0
Bernales, Christy Lamiel	- Cherry, Ann Mejia	1-0	0
Suede, Mikee Charlene	- Cua, Shercila	0-1	0
Palomo, Jenny Rose	- Perena, Catherine	0-1	0

17) 1st Citta' Di Roseto Chess Festival

The 1st Festival Internazionale takes place 4th - 12th June 2010 in the Citta' Di Roseto.

http://www.rosetoscacchi.net/Roseto_scacchi/Home_page.html

Live: http://www.scacchirandagi.com/diretta/

18) XIII Rhein-Main-Open Bad Homburg

The XIII Rhein-Main-Open Bad Homburg took place 2nd-6th June 2010. Igor Khenkin edged out Gerald Hertneck, Hedinn Steingrimsson and Ryhor Issorman after all finished with 6/7. Couldn't find any games.

Official site: http://www.schachklub-bad-homburg.de/

XIII Rhein-Main-Open Bad Homburg (GER), 2-6 vi 2010
Pl	Name	Ti	ELO	Pts	PktSum
1	Khenkin,Igor	GM	2627	6	26.5
2	Hertneck,Gerald	GM	2521	6	25
3	Steingrimsson,Hedinn	GM	2550	6	24
3	Isserman,Ryhor	FM	2291	6	24
5	Poetsch,Hagen	FM	2392	5.5	24
6	Milov,Leonid	IM	2561	5.5	23.5
7	Specht,Christian		2102	5.5	22.5
8	Warns,Heiko		2149	5.5	22
9	Matt,Fabian		1971	5.5	20
10	Klein,Felix	FM	2277	5	24
11	Overbeck,Thorsten		2292	5	23.5
12	Schroeder,Jan-Christian		1965	5	23
13	Kutzner,Joachim		2132	5	22.5
13	Donchenko,Alexander		2148	5	22.5
15	Reefschläger,Helmut,Dr.	IM	2312	5	22
15	Geske,Julian	FM	2356	5	22
15	Ocantos,Manuel		2125	5	22
18	Drill,Frank		2134	5	21.5
18	Seifert,Christopher		2158	5	21.5
18	Herbold,Manfred		2149	5	21.5
21	Barthel,Ansgar		2209	5	21
22	Lebeda,Timo		1966	5	20.5
23	Sobolevsky,Leonid	IM	2271	5	19.5
23	Koch,Markus		2053	5	19.5
25	Mews,Bernhard		2059	5	19
25	Henrich,Thomas		2230	5	19
25	Toenniges,Thomas		2089	5	19
25	Muheim,Sebastien		2086	5	19
25	Koenig,Peter		2088	5	19
30	Willems,Matthias,Prof. Dr.		2071	5	18
31	Ruecker,Benjamin		2259	5	17
214 players

19) Bayer Leverkusen Schachclub

The Bayer Leverkusen Schachclub Centenary Open took place 2nd-6th June 2010. Raj Tischbierek won the event with 6/7. No games available.

Official site: http://www.schachclub-bayer-leverkusen.de/index.php

Bayer Leverkusen Schachclub Centenary Open (GER), 2-6 vi 2010
Nr.	Name	ELO	Pts	Buchh	BuSumm
1	Tischbierek,Raj	2433	6	31.5	212.5
2	Mladenov,Svetlin	2465	5.5	31.5	209
3	Berelowitsch,Alex	2553	5.5	31	207.5
4	Hoffmann,Michael	2497	5.5	31	196
5	Zubarev,Alexander	2536	5	35	203.5
6	Hammes,Michael	2375	5	33	206
7	Henrichs,Thomas	2464	5	32.5	200.5
8	Tugui,Adrian	2376	5	31	202
9	Negele,Michael,Dr	2249	5	31	196
10	Troyke,Christian	2350	5	30.5	197.5
11	Peschlow,Patrick	2307	5	29.5	191
12	Cioara,Andrei Nes	2430	5	29.5	190
13	Michalczak,Thomas	2367	5	28	173.5
14	Ljuboschiz,Alexan	2203	4.5	29	185.5
15	Meertens,Martin	2135	4.5	28.5	179.5
16	Stolz,Mike	2380	4.5	27.5	198
17	Khanukov,Boris	2373	4.5	27	181
18	Glienke,Manfred,D	2327	4.5	26.5	185.5
19	Winterberg,Lukas	2060	4.5	26.5	184.5
20	Eichhorn,Andreas	2276	4.5	26	176
21	Henrichs,Wenke	2054	4.5	25.5	184.5
22	Dgebuadze,Alexand	2539	4.5	24	170.5
23	Thiel,Kuno	2241	4.5	23.5	177.5
24	Lommen,Frank	2156	4.5	21	174.5
95 players

20) Calgary International Chess Classic

The Calgary International Chess Classic took place 20th-24th May 2010. Victor Mikhalesvski took clear first place with 7/9.

http://www.albertachess.org/2010CICC/index.html

CICC Calgary (CAN), 20-24 v 2010
Pl	Name	Ti	NAT	Elo	Pts
1	Mikhalevski, Victor	g	ISR	2614	7
2	Castellanos Rodriguez, Renier	m	ESP	2465	6
3	Porper, Edward	m	CAN	2431	6
4	Torre, Eugenio	g	PHI	2506	6
5	De Firmian, Nick E	g	USA	2549	5½
6	Hansen, Eric	f	CAN	2410	5½
7	Piasetski, Leon	m	CAN	2301	5½
8	Fedorowicz, John P	g	USA	2456	5
9	Haessel, Dale R	f	CAN	2207	4½
10	Gardner, Robert		CAN	2144	4½
11	Panjwani, Raja	m	CAN	2401	4
12	Wang, Richard		CAN	2149	4
13	MacKinnon, Keith		CAN	2140	3½
14	Day, Lawrence A	m	CAN	2288	3
15	Me, Kevin		CAN	2103	2½
16	Neven, Knut		CAN	2180	2
17	Yam, Alex		CAN	2167	2
18	Esserman, Marc	m	USA	2419	1½

21) 32nd Nezhmetdinov Memorial

The 32nd Nezhmetdinov Memorial takes place in Kazan 31st May - 7th June 2010. Viacheslav Zakhartsov leads with 6.5/7 with two rounds to go. No games seem to be available.

Official site: http://tatchess.ucoz.ru/

22) 2nd Kahraman Olgac Memorial

The 2nd Kahraman Olgac Memorial took place in Istanbul 24th-28th May 2010. Games from Round 7 are still missing.

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

23) Internacional Copa AES Dominicana

The Internacional Copa AES Dominicana took place 2nd-6th 2010. Jaan Ehlvest took clear first place with 6.5/9. At the moment only games from the first couple of rounds are available.

Official site: http://fdajedrez.com/

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr34750.aspx

International Cup Santo Domingo (DOM), 2-6 vi 2010 Leading Round 9 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1
1	Ehlvest Jaan	GM	USA	2591	6,5	36,5
2	Becerra Rivero Julio	GM	USA	2547	6,0	36,0
3	Mitkov Nikola	GM	MKD	2509	6,0	35,5
4	Perez Garcia Rodney	IM	CUB	2424	6,0	34,0
5	Martinez Duany Lelys Stanley	GM	CUB	2515	5,5	33,5
6	Mateo Ramon	GM	DOM	2455	5,5	31,5
7	Machin Rivera Mark		PUR	2212	5,5	30,5
8	Puntier William	FM	DOM	2327	5,5	30,0
9	Estrada Nieto Julian	IM	MEX	2304	5,5	30,0
10	Vega Lemay	FM	CUB	2357	5,0	31,5
11	Munoz Lisandro	IM	DOM	2373	5,0	31,0
12	Smith Bryan G	IM	USA	2468	5,0	30,5
13	Vazquez Reyes Raul		PUR	2218	5,0	29,5
14	Infante Miguel		DOM	2277	5,0	29,5
15	Douriet Duany Alexis	FM	CUB	2291	5,0	29,0
16	Pinal Nelson B	IM	DOM	2318	5,0	26,5
17	Berrios Echevarria Gabriel	FM	PUR	2187	5,0	25,5
18	Duarte Martires		DOM	2181	5,0	25,5
19	Michelen Victor Isaac		DOM	2134	5,0	25,0
20	Alvarez Franklin		DOM	2156	5,0	25,0
21	Subervi Jonathan		DOM	2218	4,5	27,5
22	Hernandez Alexander	FM	VEN	2266	4,5	26,5
23	Mazara Adan		DOM	2274	4,5	25,0
24	Jaquez Juan		DOM	2159	4,5	24,5
25	Montes De Oca Alexis		DOM	2265	4,5	24,0
26	Guzman Christopher		DOM	2104	4,5	23,5
27	Mendez Ruddy		DOM	2085	4,5	22,0
28	Arvelo Gian		DOM	2037	4,5	20,5
29	Sanchez Jose Rafael		DOM	2116	4,5	20,0
30	Garcia Hector Osiris		DOM	2081	4,5	19,5
31	Rodriguez Jose		DOM	2231	4,0	25,0
32	Flaquer Luis	FM	DOM	2316	4,0	24,5
33	Santos Genesis		DOM	2116	4,0	21,5
34	Rodriguez Manuel		DOM	2115	4,0	20,0
35	De La Rosa Willy		DOM	2029	4,0	20,0
36	Jose Polanco Kenia		DOM	2004	4,0	18,5
37	Lorenzo Luis		DOM	2046	4,0	17,5
38	Moscoso Carlos		DOM	2059	3,5	23,5
39	Velez Brunildo	FM	DOM	2137	3,5	20,5
40	De Los Santos Eddy		DOM	2125	3,5	19,5
60 players

24) 9th Premier League Bosnia and Herzegovina

The 9th Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina takes place 5th-13th May 2010.

Official site: http://www.bihchess.ba/

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr34704.aspx

25) Aberto do Brasil

Aberto do Brasil took place in Etapa Fortaleza 3rd-6th June 2010. Rafael Leitao edged out Reis Paulo Jatoba De Oliveira and Darcy Lima on tie-break after all finished with 6/7. I will round up the games next week.

Official site: http://www.aeecxadrez.com.br/

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr34706.aspx

Aberto do Brasil Fortaleza (BRA), 3-6 vi 2010 Leading Round 7 (of 7) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1
1	Leitao Rafael	GM	BRA	2628	6,0	25,0
2	Jatoba De Oliveira Reis Paulo	FM	BRA	2335	6,0	24,0
3	Lima Darcy	GM	BRA	2492	6,0	22,5
4	Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag	IM	BRA	2499	5,5	25,0
5	Macedo Maximo Iack	FM	BRA	2354	5,5	23,5
6	Pinheiro Iung Alicio De O		BRA	2239	5,5	23,0
7	Pereira Silvio Cunha	FM	BRA	2280	5,5	21,0
8	Torres Douglas Da Silva		BRA	2084	5,5	19,5
9	Okamura Milton Kasuo		BRA	2170	5,0	22,5
10	Palacio Igor Da Paz		BRA	2118	5,0	22,0
11	Limp Eduardo Thelio	IM	BRA	2396	5,0	21,5
12	Barreto Filho Carlos Albert	FM	BRA	2345	5,0	20,0
13	Abreu Nilton Silva		BRA	0	5,0	19,5
14	Monteiro Neto Cesidio Rocha		BRA	2080	5,0	19,0
15	Macedo Maximo Valerio	FM	BRA	2108	5,0	17,5
16	Lucas Leone Moreno		BRA	2228	4,5	22,0
17	Nunes Marcelo Basilio		BRA	2013	4,5	21,5
18	Barreto Ignacio C De Barros		BRA	2262	4,5	21,5
19	Higino De Oliveira Antonio		BRA	0	4,5	20,5
20	Pinto Carlos Henrique Lo	FM	BRA	2083	4,5	20,0
21	Nonato VerasDa Silva Raimundo		BRA	2033	4,5	19,5
22	Guara Neto Argemiro Braga		BRA	2120	4,5	19,5
23	Reis Ernesto Guevara		BRA	1926	4,5	19,5
24	Leitao Nicolau		BRA	2098	4,5	17,5
25	Lucena Lincoln	FM	BRA	2108	4,5	16,5
26	Lima Neto Pedro		BRA	2010	4,0	21,5
27	Fernandes Filho Bergson Fragos		BRA	0	4,0	21,0
28	Damous Felipe Soares		BRA	2030	4,0	20,5
29	Luz Diego Lima		BRA	1920	4,0	20,0
30	Cavalcanti Francisco De Assis	FM	BRA	2298	4,0	20,0
31	Brandao Marcius Gomes		BRA	1981	4,0	19,5
32	Martins Romildo Magalhaes		BRA	0	4,0	19,5
33	Amorim Daniel Madson De Med		BRA	0	4,0	19,5
34	Santos Antonio Inacio Dos		BRA	0	4,0	18,5
35	Lucena Jose Silvio Bezerra		BRA	2139	4,0	18,0
36	Carneiro Francisco Caninde Sa		BRA	1974	4,0	18,0
37	Lima Jose Sampaio De		BRA	0	4,0	18,0
38	Souza Marcos Valerio A		BRA	2133	4,0	17,5
39	Azevedo Eduardo Jose E De		BRA	1979	4,0	17,5
40	Santos Lucas Rocha De Azeve		BRA	2016	4,0	17,5
104 players

26) 14th Voronezh International Chess Festival

The 14th Voronezh International Chess Festival takes place June 10th-21st 2010.

Official site: http://homes.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open/

27) 4th International Ruy Lopez Festival

The 4th International Ruy Lopez Festival takes place in Villafranca de los Barros 11th-19th June 2010.

There will be encounters, simultaneous exhibitions, tournaments for young amateurs, conferences, a Masters tournament, an International Open, an essay competition, etc. a great number of activities in the Extremenan chess festival.

All under the co-ordination and organization of Linex-Magic Chess Club of Extremadura and the Ruy Lopez Association of Zafra.

Players: Malakhov, Cheparinov, Sargissian, Pia Cramling, Deisy Cori, Ivan Salgado, Caruana and Candelario.

Official site: http://ruylopez.juntaextremadura.net/modules/news/

4th International Ruy Lopez Festival Villafranca de los Barros (ESP), 11-19 vi 2010 Starting list
SNo.	Ti	Name	EloInt	FED
1	GM	Malakhov, Vladimir	2722	RUS
2	GM	Sargissian, Gabriel	2677	ARM
3	GM	Caruana, Fabiano	2675	ITA
4	GM	Cheparinov, Ivan	2640	BUL
5	GM	Salgado Lopez, Ivan	2606	ESP
6	GM	Cramling, Pia	2536	SWE
7	IM	Perez Candelario, Manuel	2527	ESP
8	WIM	Cori T, Deysi	2409	PER

28) Kings Tournament Bazna

The 4th Kings tournament takes place in Bazna, Romania, Monday, June 14, 2010 - Friday, June 25, 2010. A very strong field including World Number One Magnus Carlsen competes.

Official opening 13 June 2010 with the drawing of lots, at 20 hours. Double round-robin system. The rounds are scheduled daily from 15.30 hours, except the last round which will be from 13.30 hours.

Time control: 120 minutes for the first forty moves, 60 minutes for the next twenty moves and then each player will be allotted 15 minutes after the second time control and an increment of 30 seconds per move. No draw agreement by the players are allowed before move 30.

The final standing of the players will be determined according to points. In case of sharing of places - the following criteria will be decisive for the tie-break: · A greater number of wins. · The result of the direct mini-matches between contenders. · Berger. · A tie-break match will be played in case of a tie for the first place in the tournament between the first two players in the final standing (according to points, or the additional criteria). The match will consist of two games with a time-control of 15 minutes per player + 3 seconds added for every move played. In case of a tie, another match of two blitz-games will be played with a time-control of 5 minutes per player + 3 seconds for every move played. In case of another tied result – there will be played a last "sudden-death" decisive game with a time-control 5 minutes for the whole game for the White-player and 4 minutes for the whole game for Black-player. The White-player will only need a victory in this game to win the tournament, whole the Black-player will win the tournament by just not losing that final decisive game.

Round 1 Monday, 14 June Rest day - Friday, 18 June and Wednesday, 23 June Final Round 10 Friday, 25 June

4th Kings Tournament Bazna (ROM), 14-25 vi 2010
Names	Ti	NAT	Mar10	DofB
Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2813	1990
Wang, Yue	g	CHN	2749	1987
Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2750	1968
Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2740	1987
Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2737	1983
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	ROU	2661	1976

29) 45th Capablana Memorial

The 45th Capablanca Memorial takes place 9th-22nd June 2010. The Elite Group will see Vassily Ivanchuk who won the event three times in a row 2005-7 back alongside Evgeny Alekseev, Ian Nepomniatchi, Nigel Short and Leinier Dominguez and Lazaro Bruzon, the Cuban representatives.

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

45th Capablanca Memorial Havana (CUB), 9-22 vi 2010			cat. XVIII (2691)
Name	Ti	NAT	Mar10	DoB
Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2748	1969
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2713	1983
Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2700	1985
Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2686	1965
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2656	1990
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	g	CUB	2641	1982

30) 79th Massachusetts Open

George Mirijanian reports: The 79th Massachusetts Open took place 29th-31st May 2010 at the Sheraton by Four Points Hotel in Leominster, Mass., USA. GM Alexander Ivanov of Newton, Mass. and IM Igor Foygel of Brookline, Mass. were declared state co-champions after tying for first place with scores of 5-1, including a draw with one another in the final round. The was Ivanov's 10th state championship victory. He won previously in 1988, 1989, 1990, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2009. Foygel was state champion or co-champion in five previous years: 1992, 1997, 2000, 2001 and 2005. Finishing as runner-up in this year's state championship was national master Henry "Hal" Terrie of Manchester, New Hampshire, who tallied 4.5-1.5. The three-day tournament drew 132 players in 11 sections and had an additional 80 players compete in six one-day scholastic divisions. FIDE arbiter F. Alexander Relyea of Bedford, New Hampshire was the chief tournament director. He was assisted by associate national TD Kenneth Ballou of Framingham, Mass., senior TD Robert Messenger of Nashua, New Hampshire, and local TDs Nita Patel of Bedford, New Hampshire and Nicholas Sterling of Needham, Mass.

31) Hustopece Open

There was a strong Rapid tournament in Hustopece, in the Czech Republic with David Navara and Sergei Movsesian. Viktor Laznicka took clear first place with 8/9. I will round up the games next week.

Official site: http://www.nss.cz/?modul=zpravodajstvi&akce=aktual&orderby=3456&strankovani=0#prispevky_zalozka

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr34774.aspx

Rapid Hustopece (CZE), 5 vi 2010 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1
1	Laznička Viktor	GM	CZE	2636	8,0	43,5
2	Navara David	GM	CZE	2718	7,5	42,5
3	Haba Petr	GM	CZE	2513	7,5	40,5
4	Rašik Vitězslav	IM	CZE	2480	7,0	41,0
5	Sosna Jan	IM	CZE	2396	7,0	37,0
6	Movsesian Sergei	GM	SVK	2717	6,5	43,5
7	Sergeev Vladimir	GM	UKR	2473	6,5	40,5
8	Škliba Martin	FM	CZE	2309	6,5	40,0
9	Cvek Robert	GM	CZE	2495	6,5	39,5
10	Plachetka Jan	GM	SVK	2348	6,5	39,5
11	Babula Vlastimil	GM	CZE	2536	6,5	39,5
12	Zpěvak Pavel	IM	CZE	2401	6,5	38,5
13	Petrik Tomas	GM	SVK	2532	6,5	37,0
14	Bernašek Jan	IM	CZE	2495	6,5	37,0
15	Polak Tomaš	GM	CZE	2525	6,0	42,0
16	Hraček Zbyněk	GM	CZE	2632	6,0	42,0
17	Štohl Igor	GM	SVK	2514	6,0	41,5
18	Vokač Marek	GM	CZE	2454	6,0	40,5
19	Jirovsky Pavel	IM	CZE	2318	6,0	40,0
20	Urbanec Ladislav		CZE	2318	6,0	38,5
21	Kochetkova Julia	WGM	SVK	2302	6,0	37,5
22	Holemař David	FM	CZE	2289	6,0	37,0
23	Velička Petr	GM	CZE	2479	6,0	36,5
24	Federič Jozef		SVK	2283	6,0	35,0
25	Vyskočil Neklan	IM	CZE	2390	6,0	29,5
26	Plat Vojtěch	IM	CZE	2401	5,5	38,5
27	Juřek Josef	IM	CZE	2340	5,5	37,5
28	Kulovana Eva	WGM	CZE	2362	5,5	37,0
29	Bažant Petr		CZE	2403	5,5	36,0
30	Zezula Rudolf		CZE	1896	5,5	35,0
138 players

32) 14th Unive Tournament

The 14th Unive Tournament takes place in Hoogeveen, Netherlands Fri 22nd - Sat 30th Oct 2010.

The 4 player double round robin sees Alexei Shirov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri and Sergei Tiviakov compete.

There is an open alongside for which entry is invited on the official site. Both events don't have a rest day in order to accommodate travel to Bulgaria for the European Club Cup.

(4 players 6 Rds DRR Indiv TC: 90m:30m+30spm(1))

Official Site

14th Unive Chess Tournament (NED), 25-30 x 2010			cat. XVIII (2682)
Name	NAT	May Elo	World Rnk
Alexei Shirov	ESP	2742	10
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	FRA	2710	30
Anish Giri	NED	2642	97
Sergey Tiviakov	NED	2634	111

33) Potential legal cases (Chessbase and Karpov)

Two potential legal cases may or may not reach courts in the near future. The organisers of the World Championship in Sofia are said to be taking action against ChessBase on the strictly limited idea that you can't dynamically take content from a website and sell it for profit.

Incidently as I was producing this article here is an article from complete outsiders to chess but insiders to technology: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100604/1516129698.shtml

The next is that Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is planning to take Anatoly Karpov to the FIDE Ethics Commission over saying he was corrupt. Well I don't know the rules of this commission but I highly doubt Karpov will be scared. The article also says he is taking it to court in Russia, whilst Karpov may be on trial Ilyumzhinov will also have to take the stand and I highly doubt he would enjoy that very much. Looks like a completely empty threat on his behalf.

One of the interesting things is what comments Ilyumzhinov is referring to precisely as Karpov has apparently been quite circumspect on the accusations he has made. Ilyumzhinov seems to be making the point about FIDE internal finances not being corrupt, Karpov doesn't appear to have made any accusations about that.

Details: http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/politics/potential-legal-cases

34) Ilyumzhinov announces 2010 Presidential Ticket

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has announced his presidential ticket. In the announcement he claims the support of 35 countries including Russia which is also claimed by Karpov. He also says that Ignatius Leong is back on his ticket as General Secretary. Leong had announced only very recently that he was standing down in a press release sent to many chess outlets including to me.

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Presidential Ticket 2010
President:	Kirsan Ilyumzhinov	President of Kalmykian Republic	FIDE President since 1995
Deputy President:	Georgios Makropoulos	President of Greek Chess Federation	FIDE Deputy President since 1996
General Secretary:	Ignatius Leong	President of Singapore Chess Federation	FIDE General Secretary since 2005
Treasurer:	Nigel Freeman	President of Bermuda Chess Federation	FIDE Treasurer since 2006
Vice-President:	Beatriz Marinello	Former President of the US Chess Federation	Member of FIDE Verification Commission since 2006
Vice-President:	Lewis Ncube	Former President of Zambia Chess Federation	FIDE Vice-President since 2006

Details: http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/politics/ilyumzhinov-announces-2010-presidential-ticket

35) Prize Money for the Olympiad

FIDE have announced that for the first time there will be prize money for the winners at the FIDE Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk. Whilst welcoming the idea of money for teams Michal Krasenkow has some objections to the idea of individuals receiving money because of the potential conflict with the team ethic.

Prize Money for Olympiad

FIDE and the Organising Committee of the Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk announce that for the first time in Olympiad history there will be cash prizes for teams.

The following prizes will be paid to the winning teams in the Open and Women’s events:

1st. - EUR 20.000

2nd. - EUR 12.000

3rd. - EUR 8.000

The three winning teams for the best composite scores in the Open and Women’s sections

(The Nona Gaprindashvili International Trophy) shall receive:

1st. - EUR 10.000

2nd. - EUR 6.000

3rd . - EUR 4.000

Best Individual performance in both Open and Women’s sections

ALL Boards:

1st. - EUR 5.000

2nd. - EUR 3.000

3rd. - EUR 2.000

Special prizes for the best performance among new players in the Olympiad in Open and Women’s sections - EUR 2.000 [Only payable to participants that have not received another cash prize]

http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/4550-prizes-for-the-2010-olympiad.html

Open letter to FIDE and the organizers of the Khanty-Mansiysk Chess Olympiad

Dear chess friends,

Sorry for this format of an open letter. I am not against anyone and don't want to criticize anyone - please don't be offended. However, I think the matter is extremely urgent. The Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk can be completely ruined. I think the organizers wanted to make an excellent thing funding money prizes for individual results but they probably didn't quite catch the devastating effect on the team competition this move can bring.

I kindly ask FIDE and the organizers to urgently reconsider this decision. See the explanation and details in the following letter.

Board prizes at the Chess Olympiad.

I have just seen the news of the money prizes founded for the best results at the Khanty-Mansiysk Chess Olympiad this year. The news is partly excellent but partly, alas, sad and devastating.

The team money prizes is the excellent part of the news. The best squads deserve to get rewards for their successful effort! And parity of men's and women's prizes is an absolutely just idea!

However, as as experienced participant and occasional team captain at Chess Olympiads and European Team Championships, I am extremely concerned about the individual money prizes. They can ruin performances of many strong teams and lead to pressure and conflicts within the squads.

For many years we had a similar situation in the Polish national team, when individual board medals were rewarded with government prizes and stipends. That led to the situation of players with good percentage scores (which guaranteed them medals) being not interested in playing in subsequent matches as they could just lose money! As they were the strongest points of the team, that led to tremendous problems. Even if the players were convinced or forced to play, they couldn't play normally, usually lost and spoiled their individual and the team's results. The most spectacular story happened at the European Team Championship in 1999, when GM Robert Kempinski was going to win his board (and government stipend) with 2 rounds to go. But at the same moment our team was sharing the 2nd place. Being the playing captain of the team, I convinced him to play. Both Kempinski (who played extremely nervously) and our team terribly lost in the penultimate round. Subsequently I had to withdraw Robert from the last round, saving the bronze board medal and the stipend for him but "sacrificing" our team result altogether (finally Poland ended up on the 17th place). With high money prizes for individual board results such situations will become typical for many teams!

Therefore I kindly ask FIDE and the organizers of the Olympiad to reconsider their decision.

The best solution would be to cancel individual money prizes (including the rating performance prizes) and increase the number of team prizes.

If the organizers insist on rewarding individual results, then the sytem of awarding medals and prizes should be definitely changed, i.e. point scores, and not percentage scores, should be counted for the board rankings. That would encourage players to play more games and score more points. A similar system was successfully used in the Polish league. Although, taking into consideration the high value of the prizes, cheating and pre-arranged results can still be possible.

As for the performance rating prizes, I don't see any way to eliminate their devastating effect on team results, and such prizes should be definitely cancelled.

I am sure team captains and federation activists from many countries will back this appeal.

Kind regards,

Michal Krasenkow, Grandmaster (Poland)

36) London Chess Classic 2010

Viswanathan Anand will become the first reigning world chess champion to play in a major tournament in London since Anatoly Karpov in 1984 when he joins the eight-player field for the second London Chess Classic, which runs from 8-15 December 2010 at the Olympia Conference Centre.

Alongside him will be World Number one Magnus Carlsen, former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, US number one Hikaru Nakamura and the top four English players Michael Adams, Nigel Short, Luke McShane and David Howell.

IM Malcolm Pein is back as tournament director.

Vishy Anand is the one change from the stellar field which brought spectators flocking to London to watch elite chess in December 2009. The great Indian player, who will turn 41 during the tournament, recently retained his title as the undisputed champion of the world by defeating Veselin Topalov in the latter’s home city of Sofia, Bulgaria. In London he will meet his immediate predecessor as champion, Vladimir Kramnik, 36, of Russia, and also the young man who is currently riding high as the world’s highest rated player and widely tipped to be Anand’s next challenger – Magnus Carlsen of Norway, who will be 20 by the time the tournament starts.

London is thus privileged to witness a clash of the past, present and likely future chess champions. At the time of writing Carlsen is world number one on the FIDE (World Chess Federation) Rating List, Kramnik is number three and Anand number four. Looking forward, London is also bidding to host the 2012 World Championship title match, so Anand’s clashes with Carlsen and Kramnik could well be a preview of what happens in London’s Olympic year.

Five more players make up the field of eight, all of whom played in the exciting 2009 event. Each one earned his place for his fighting play last year. The fourth non-British player is Hikaru Nakamura, USA, who will turn 23 during the London event. The American is known as the ‘H-Bomb’ for his explosive and totally uncompromising style of play. He has won the US Championship twice and also won major events in San Sebastian and Gibraltar in the past couple of years. He is improving all the time and can be expected to press hard for wins against the leading trio of players.

England has an established quartet of elite players and all four will be playing in London. Michael Adams, 39, from Cornwall, has recently wrested back his position as England number one and he spent a number of years as the world number four. He is fresh from winning the prestigious Gibraltar International. Nigel Short, 45, became a chess legend when he broke the Kasparov-Karpov strangehold on world title matches, beating Anatoly Karpov on the way to a title match with Garry Kasparov in 1993. He is still one of the most entertaining players on the circuit – and not to be missed in the commentary room after the game! Luke McShane, 26, started a financial career after university but couldn’t resist the lure of the international chess scene. He is now re-establishing his status as one of the most talented of the world’s young grandmasters. David Howell, 20 in November, had a sensational elite tournament debut in this event last year when he finished third behind Carlsen and Kramnik. He had recently won the British Championship by a handsome margin and has subsequently shared first at Hastings and won the British Rapidplay Championship for the second year in succession. Tournament Line-Up

Name	Title	Country	Rating (May 2010)	World Rnk May	Date of Birth
Carlsen, Magnus	grandmaster	NOR	2813	1	30.11.1990
Kramnik, Vladimir	ex-world champion	RUS	2790	3	25.06.1975
Anand, Viswanathan	world champion	IND	2789	4	11.12.1969
Nakamura, Hikaru	grandmaster	USA	2733	19	09.12.1987
Adams, Michael	grandmaster	ENG	2697	41	17.11.1971
Short, Nigel	grandmaster	ENG	2685	48	01.06.1965
McShane, Luke	grandmaster	ENG	2623	138	07.01.1984
Howell, David	grandmaster	ENG	2620	144	14.11.1990

For more information and to buy tickets to The London Chess Classic, please go to www.londonchessclassic.com Tickets will go on sale in July.

For further information please call:

Malcolm Pein

Tournament Director, London Chess Classic

T: 020 7388 2404

E: info@chess.co.uk

37) Forthcoming Events and Links

VIII Marx Gyorgy Memorial

The VIII Marx Gyorgy Memorial takes place 5th-16th August, 2010.

Double Round Robin with 6 players.

Time limit: 100 minutes/40 moves+40minutes+30 seconds/move from the first move. Sophia rule: The players can offer a draw in the first 40 moves only with arbiter’s permission in particular cases. Criteria used for tie: 1. more wins, 2. result against each other, 3. Berger.

http://www.ase.hu/marxgy

XIV. Paks open 11th-15th August 2010

7 rounds swiss tournament A and B (under1900) groups, 90 minutes + 30 seconds/move.

Application and information Videki Sandor (0036-75421225; 0036-304012866 Email: videkis2001@yahoo.com )

Children-tournament 8th August, 2010 Rapid-tournament 10th August, 2010 Blitz-tournament 13th August, 2010

VIII Gyorgy Marx Memorial Men Paks (HUN), 5-16 viii 2010			cat. XVI (2627)
Ti	Name	Rating	Country
g	Almasi, Zoltan	2725	HUN
g	Berkes, Ferenc	2676	HUN
g	Laznicka, Viktor	2636	CZE
g	Timman, Jan	2586	NED
g	Acs, Peter	2569	HUN
g	Robson, Ray	2569	USA

VIII Gyorgy Marx Memorial Women Paks (HUN), 5-16 viii 2010			cat. IV (2343)
Ti	Name	Rating	Country
wg	Galojan, Lilit	2402	ARM
m	Madl, Ildiko	2393	HUN
m	Kononenko, Tatiana	2374	UKR
m	Vajda, Szidonia	2363	HUN
g	Gaprindashvili, Nona	2348	GEO
wm	Toth, Lili	2175	HUN

38th Annual World Open

38th Annual World Open Chess Championships take place June 29th - July 5th 2010 at the Valley Forge Convention Center Scanticon and Radisson Hotel in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.

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

IV Torneo Internacional A.D.San Juan

The IV Torneo Internacional A.D.San Juan takes place in Cerrado 24th July - 1st August 2010. Alexander Morozevich is the star. This actually appears to be the Pamplona tournament although this is completely unclear from the chess-results entry.

Chess Results entry: http://chess-results.com/tnr34216.aspx

http://www.clubajedrezorvina.com/Foro.aspx?postid=3208#3208

IV Torneo Internacional A.D.San Juan Cerrado (ESP), 24 vii - i viii 2009. Players
No.	Ti	Name	FED	Rtg
10	GM	Morozevich Alexander	RUS	2715
5	GM	Fressinet Laurent	FRA	2689
8	GM	Kurnosov Igor	RUS	2680
3	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	POL	2663
7	GM	Zvjaginsev Vadim	RUS	2656
9	GM	Fedorchuk Sergey A	UKR	2646
4	GM	Granda Zuniga Julio E	PER	2639
1	GM	Iturrizaga Eduardo	VEN	2599
6	GM	Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel	ESP	2548
2	IM	Reinaldo Castineira Roi	ESP	2511

7th South Wales International

The 7th South Wales International takes place 10th -15th July 2010. 4 GM’s and 2 IM’s are confirmed entrants to this year’s Tournament.

Titled Entrants so far: GM K.Arkell ENG, GM P.Wells ENG, GM K.Rusev BUL, GM V.Georgiev MAC, IM J.Rudd ENG and IM P.Marusenko UKR.

Official site: http://www.southwaleschess.co.uk/SWI/home.html

Kfar Saba Experience vs Youth

The Experience against Youth Scheveningen tournament in Kfar Saba takes place 20th June - 1st July 2010. Most of the young players are the students of Yoel Geva's young chess talents project and the representatives of the local Kfar Saba Chess Club .

Experience: Lerner K. ( GM, UKR, 2530); Zilberman Y. ( GM, 2437);Nedobora M. ( IM, UKR, 2388); Kudischevitsch D. (IM, RUS, 2352);Botvinnik M.( 2348); ); Belytsky A. ( FM, RUS,2323); Tarnopolski A. ( FM, 2312); Arlinsky A. (2293); Shnaider D. ( RUS, 2247); Libov G ( FM, BLR, 2198).

Average 2342.8 , IM - norm - 6.5; WGM - 6; WIM - 4.

Youth : Steinberg N. ( 2221);Efroimski M. ( WF, 2170 - current World and European Champion G14); Boruchovsky A. (2159); Ben Artzi I.(2143) ; Foo, Benjamin (SIN, 2112) ; Levine Y. ( 2085); Wee, Chun Jie Eugene (SIN, 2024); Veinberg N. (1952); Reshef O. (1950); Beker Ziv (1834).

News: Dr. Mark Berkovich,IM, captain of the national youth team.

Royal Residence Cup IM

Royal Residence Cup IM takes place June 8th-16th 2010 in Zhovkva (25 km north of Lviv and 35 kilometers east of the Polish border).

Organisers: (Zhovkva Region Chess & Checkers Federation). Yuri Galkin and Yuri Vovk (International Grandmaster; responsible for participants invitation and contacts with invited players) and Anton Romashov.

Round robin system . The playing time will be 90 minutes with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. 12 players to participate in the tournament. All players are offered a comfortable rooms on villa(2-3 persons per room).Accommodation + 2 meals per day(breakfast + evening meal) costs 120 UAH(12,5 Euros) per person per day. Villa is not far from playing hall.

To participate the tournament please contact the responsible for contacts tournament director GM Yuri Vovk (English,Ukrainian,Russian languages ) via:

e-mail:wolfisthegreatestpredator@gmail.com
mobile phone:+380 673912027
skype:Imperator15chess
ICC: Imperator15
Playchess: JohnConnor
Facebook: Yuri Vovk

Canadian Open Chess Championship 2010

The 47th Canadian Open Chess Championship takes place 10th-18th July, in Westin Harbour Castle, downtown Toronto, Ontario. This is a 9-round one-game-per-day single-section Swiss with a guaranteed prize fund of C$ 32,000. Additional side events will include the Speed Chess Championship, GM simuls (including one by GM Mark Bluvshtein), lectures, Chess960, and a chess camp for kids. Grandmasters already confirmed are P. Harikrishna, E. Bareev, L. McShane, E. Rozentalis, A. Shabalov, J. Friedel , M. Gagunashvili and W. Arencibia.

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.

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.

On 30th May 2010, a preliminary list had 204 players from 25 countries: ARG, AUT, BIH, CHI, CRO, ESP, FIN, FRA, GER, HUN, IRL, ITA, MDA, MNC, NED, NOR, POL, ROU, RUS, SLO, SRB, SUI, SVK, SWE, UKR. There are 49 titled players - 8 GM, 1 WGM, 11 IM, 2 WIM, 23 FM, 4 WFM. 186 players are FIDE rated.

Details: http://www.skpula.hr

Results/Preliminary Entries: http://chess-results.com/Tnr34498.aspx

E-mail: pulaopen@gmail.com

You can also contact the tournament director Mr. Denis Vretenar: +385/ 91/ 5268340

Satu Mare Romanian Open

SPI Open" International Chess Tournament Venue: Satu Mare Organiser: IO Ciprian-Sorin Muntean Period: 16-23 July 2010 Prize fund: 2000 Euro (1st place: 700 Euro) Free entrance for IM, WIM, GM and WGM (with FIDE rating >2400) Contact: ciprimuntean@yahoo.com

11th World University Chess Championship

The 11th World University Chess Championship takes place in Zurich 5th-11th September 2010.

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

Chinese Events 2010

Gujuan Tzu sends new of events in China in 2010. At the moment if you don't grab the games live they have a tendency to disappear (although http://ccl.sports.cn/2010/news/2010-04-01/1995059.html does now seem to have the early rounds of the Chinese League). It would be nice to find one spot where the Chinese Federation archives all their games.

1. The 4th All China Games in cluding chess game in 17-23 May 2010 in Hefei, Anhui, China. 11 rounds rapid games, Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

2. Chinese Championships: in 23 May-4 June 2010 in Xinghua, Jiangsu, China. Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

3. Chinese League A, Round 4-6, in 6-9 June 2010 in Shenzhan, China. Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

4. The 1st Chinese GM Super Tournament in 10-20 June 2010 in Hainan, China. 10 players: Wang Hao 2722; Bu Xiangzhi 2682; Ni Hua 2667; Zhou Jianchao 2652; Li Chao b 2619; Hou Yifan 2589; Yu Yangyi 2585; Zhou Weiqi 2585; Zhao Jun 2575; Ding liren 2547. Prize fund: 500,000 yuan or 50,000€. Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

5. Hou Yifan vs Kapov Match : 4-game and 4-rapid game in 9-15 July 2010 in Hainan, China. Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

6. Asia Boys and Girls in 8-18 July 2010 in Beijing, China. Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

7. Chinese League A Round 7-9 in 23-25 July 2010 in Shanghai, China. Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

8. The 7th China vs Russia Match in 14-25 August 2010 in Ningbo, China. Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

9. The 2nd Chess King and Queen Matches in 29 August-3 Sept. 2010 in Jiangzhou, China. Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

10. Chinese League A Round 10-12 in 9-12 Sept. 2010 in Guangzhou, China. Live Games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

11. Chinese League A Round 13-15 in 10-13 October 2010 in Hangzhou, China. Live Games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

11. The 3rd Nanjing Super Chess Tournament in 18-28 October 2010 in Nanjing, China. 6 players, Official site: http://www.chess-pearlspring.com/www/chess_pk/2009/cn/index.htm

12. The second half of Bilbao Final Masters in 10-16 October 2010 in Shanghai, China. Official site: http://www.bilbaofinalmasters.com/

13. Chinese League A Round 16-18 in 28-30 December 2010 in Beijing, China. Live Games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html

Gujuan Tzu Website: http://blog.sina.com.cn/chessnews

Ikaros Chess Festival (Aegean Open) 2010

The Ikaros Chess Festival 2010 is a traditional annual chess event which sees its 33rd consecutive edition on the picturesque island of Ikaria in Greece.

The main event of the festival, the International Aegean Open Championship, takes place from 13th-21st July 2010.

It is a 9 round swiss event with prize fund 3600 Euros in total (1st prize 1000 Euros, special money prizes for ladies and veterans). Special conditions are offered to GMs/IMs/WGMs/WIMs. Special discounts for families and club teams are also offered.

Apart from the Aegean Open, Ikaros Chess Festival 2010 also includes the 1st Mediterranean Rapid Team Tournament 2010 that will be a 5 round swiss event for 4-member teams coming from the countries of the Mediterranean Sea.

Detail: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros

E-mail is: ikaroschess@gmail.com (Mr. Ulysses Vazelakis) while participants can also call: (++30) 6947-829772 (Mr. Dimitris Kapagiannidis) or (++30) 6977-730286 (Mrs. Antzela Shiaka)

The island of Ikaria is a good choice for combining chess and vacation in a relaxing atmosphere - particiants can check at: http://www.island-ikaria.com

Grandcoach friends IM and CM Tournament

Two tournaments "Grandcoach friends IM and CM" take place June 18th-26th 2010 in Lviv, Ukraine. The tournaments will be held by round robin system with 10 participants. In IM tournament there will be norm of International Master, CM will be Fide rating calculated. To participate the tournament contact FIDE senior trainer Vladimir Grabinsky by email perfectchess@gmail.com

Official site: http://www.grandcoach.com. Also Read more about grandmasters Andrei Volokitin, Yuriy Kryvoruchko, Yaroslav Zherebukh, Yuri Vovk, Martyn Kravtsiv, their commented games, many photos, blogs at this website.

World Chess Tour Events

Tournaments, simuls and classes in Moscow.

Contact: Contact: Igor Glek, International Grandmaster, FIDE Trainer, Deputy Chairman of the RSUPES&T Chess Chair E-mail: worldchesstour@gmail.com Russia: (7)903-5593052, (Germany/World): (49)152-04014194

Web-site: http://www.chess-events.org

Guadeloupe tournament

The Guadeloupe tournament takes place 12th-13th June 2010.

Details: http://www.echecs-guadeloupe.com/

1st Marrakech International

The 1st Marrakech International takes place June 25th - July 1st 2010. 9 rounds - Swiss system - 75 min per player. · Registration : 50 Euros - Limited to 150 players · Registration at least (June 15th 2010)

Contact: Subscription from Morocco : inscription-maroc@callson.fr · Other subscriptions: inscription-international@callson.fr · Menara Chess Club : saidarif401@hotmail.com

Official site: http://www.callson.fr/chess/tournament.htm

King's Gambit Tournament Lipetsk

The "King's Gambit" Chess Festival takes place in Lipetsk, Russia, June 22nd (arrival day) - July 1st, 2009. The festival consists of two round-robin tournaments (one with GM norm and one with IM norm) and an open for FIDE rating.

Opening ceremony: 2.30 p.m. on July 23, 1st round at 3 p.m. Festival director: Zimmerman, Yuri . Tel.: +7-4742-720064, or +7-980-250-4375. E-mail: zimmerman@lipetsk.ru.

News: http://www.obninskchess.ru/news/

King's Gambit Tournament Lipetsk (RUS), 22 vi-1 vii 2010
Participants GM-tournament: Average rating 2459
1	Neverov, Valeriy	g	2542	UKR
2	Zontakh, Andrey	g	2532	UKR
3	Kasparov, Sergey	g	2504	BLR
4	Gladyszev, Oleg	m	2480	RUS
5	Slugin, Sergey	m	2439	RUS
6	Chernobay, Artem	m	2431	RUS
7	Lomako, Pavel	m	2430	BLR
8	Airapetian, Gor	m	2429	RUS
9	Romanko, Marina	m	2411	RUS
10	Kargin, Arseny	m	2392	RUS

King's Gambit Tournament Lipetsk (RUS), 22 vi-1 vii 2010
Participants IM-tournament: Average rating 2315
1	Ivanov, Oleg	m	2491	UKR
2	Tarlev, Konstantin	m	2484	UKR
3	Skurygin, Anton	m	2319	KAZ
4	Venevtsev, Andrey		2310	RUS
5	Morev, Ivan		2286	RUS
6	Nikitin, Yuri	f	2283	RUS
7	Apryshko, Gleb		2283	RUS
8	Vakhlamov, Igor		2280	RUS
9	Rysbayeva, Aigerim	wf	2219	KAZ
10	Bezgodova, Maria	wf	2193	RUS

Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting

The Sparkassen Chess-Meeting in Dortmund takes place 15th - 25th July 2010. Former World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik is the top seed. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Ruslan Ponomariov, Peter Leko, Arkadij Naiditsch and the winner of the Aeroflot Open Le Quang Liem compete.

Official site: http://www.sparkassen-chess-meeting.de/2010/

Sparkassen Chess-Meeting Dortmund (GER), 15-25 vii 2010
Name	Ti	NAT	Mar10	YofB
Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2790	1975
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2760	1985
Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2737	1983
Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2735	1979
Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	2691	1985
Le, Quang Liem	g	VIE	2689	1991

FISCA Chess Romania

International Chess Festival "FISCA 2010" Venue: Cap Aurora, on the Black Sea Coast Organiser: IO Mariana Ionita (vicepresident of Romanian Chess Federation and former champion of Romania) Period: 18-27 June 2010 There will be a main open for FIDE registered players, three tournaments for juniors (U8, U10, U12) and a solving tournament for all the categories. For children there are entertaining programs and an excursion to the historical places of Balchik.

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

Contact: IO Mariana Ionita, tel.+40723.574.212 , mail: ionitamar@yahoo.com

15th Pannonia-Nitrokemia Cup

The 15th Pannonia-Nitrokemia Cup takes place in Balatonalmadi 28th July - 1st August 2010.

Group A: International Open Tournament for FIDE ratings. Group B: International Open Tournament for FIDE ratings, but competitors over 2000 ELO points can't attend, and competitors under 18 years will be rated separately.

Swiss system chess competition with 7 rounds and without age limits

Venue: The air-conditioned Conference Hall of Pannonia Kulturalis Kozpont es Konyvtar Address: Balatonalmadi, Varoshaz Square 6.

Details: http://fancsyimi.fw.hu

Entry Address and further information Address: Fancsy Imre: 8222. Balatonalmadi, Gabor Aron utca 15. HUNGARY E-mail: almadikupa@freemail.hu

Eforie Chess Festival 2010

Eforie Chess Festival takes place 17th-27th June 2010.

Website http://www.clubulregilor.ro

Women's Grand Prix 2009-10

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

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.

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

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

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/

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

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, HEVÍZ, 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

Aosta Valley

Championship of Francophone countries, July 3th-10th 2010.

UE Championship, September 4th-12th 2010.

Official site: http:\\www.scacchivda.com

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/

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

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

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 813 7th June 2010 by Mark Crowther

Sponsored by the London Chess Centre

Prize Money for Olympiad

Open letter to FIDE and the organizers of the Khanty-Mansiysk Chess Olympiad

VIII Marx Gyorgy Memorial

38th Annual World Open

IV Torneo Internacional A.D.San Juan

7th South Wales International

Kfar Saba Experience vs Youth

Royal Residence Cup IM

Canadian Open Chess Championship 2010

24th Pula Open 2010

Satu Mare Romanian Open

11th World University Chess Championship

Chinese Events 2010

Ikaros Chess Festival (Aegean Open) 2010

Grandcoach friends IM and CM Tournament

World Chess Tour Events

Guadeloupe tournament

1st Marrakech International

King's Gambit Tournament Lipetsk

Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting

FISCA Chess Romania

15th Pannonia-Nitrokemia Cup

Eforie Chess Festival 2010

Women's Grand Prix 2009-10

Swiss Team Championships 2010

Mihajlo Savic Website

Chess Classic Mainz 2010

Torino Rapid Open

Arvier (Aosta Valley) July

Arvier (Aosta Valley) - September

Livigno (Sondrio, Valtellina)

Vitoria-Gasteiz Open

Victor Mikhalevski Website

33nd Taminco Open

7th Knokke International Open

11th World University Chess Championship

1st Vaujany International Chess Festival

XXX Villa de Benasque Open

Hungarian Tournaments March - October 2010

8th Davos Open

Aosta Valley

Chess Summer in Varna 2010

XXVIII Andorra International Chess Open

Czech Tour 2010-11

9th Czech Tour 2009/2010

International Correspondence Chess Federation

FIDE World Amateur Chess Championship

South Lakes Congress

Mundial Chess Internet Tournament

Ajedrez 21 English site

Kingpin Magazine

Historical Elo Ratings

European Union Website

Chess Study