THE WEEK IN CHESS 817 4th July 2010 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Miklos Orso, Adolivio Capece, Luis Blasco de la Cruz, Yuri Vovk, Mitko Iliev, Zenon Franco Ocampos, Martin Matthiesen, Laszlo Nagy, Yuri Zimmerman, Dave Clayton and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The new FIDE Rating list sees Carlsen rise to 2826, a record for him, after his performance in Medias. That performance suggested that there was more to come too. Nana Dzagnidze won the women's Grand Prix in Jermuk, only a slowing towards the end stopped it being a huge Elo performance too after a 7.5/8 start. Viktor Laznicka leads the World Open (a great title for an open, even though there are many stronger in Europe, you can't not cover the World Open!) with a couple of rounds to go. Elsewhere Karpov has started a legal battle to see Ilyumzhinov's nomination papers, this is a story that is likely to run and run. Summer is here and its already hard to keep track of all the opens that are running at the moment. So plenty of chess to come.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) July FIDE Rating List 2010

The new FIDE rating list for July has been released. Magnus Carlsen remains World Number but this time he has extended his lead over Veselin Topalov after his triumph in Medias and Topalov's loss of points in his world title match against Anand. Anand moved to third in the world and these three players are 2800 and above. Ratings inflation is a real thing and it is a scandal that the ratings required to get titles have not moved with it.

Wang Yue was the major casualty dropping from 8 to 28 in the world. Ian Nepomniachtchi is at 34 in the world and Anish Giri up to 62.

There were very few other dramatic changes to the list with Boris Avrukh at 80 in the world last time dropping out as did Beliavsky, Seirawan, Lastin, Savchenko, Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son, Vuckovic and Sandipan. The actual mark to make the top 100 list dropped from 2640 to 2639.

Full list available at: http://ratings.fide.com/

FIDE Rating List July 2010 Top 100
Rk	May10	Name	Title	NAT	B-Day	ap09	ju09	se09	no09	ja10	Mar10	May10	Rat	Gms
1	1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	1990	2770	2772	2772	2801	2810	2813	2813	2826	10
2	2	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	1975	2812	2813	2813	2810	2805	2805	2812	2803	12
3	4	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	1969	2783	2788	2788	2788	2790	2787	2789	2800	13
4	3	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	1975	2759	2759	2772	2772	2788	2790	2790	2790	0
5	5	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	1982	2754	2768	2773	2786	2781	2782	2783	2783	0
6	6	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	1985	2725	2717	2721	2719	2741	2760	2763	2761	13
7	7	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	1983	2748	2733	2733	2736	2736	2756	2760	2760	0
8	9	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	1983	2693	2716	2717	2729	2736	2736	2751	2755	16
9	10	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	1972	2745	2732	2730	2719	2723	2737	2742	2749	7
10	13	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	1987	2756	2756	2757	2748	2733	2740	2740	2748	23
11	14	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	1990	2721	2717	2722	2723	2720	2725	2739	2747	11
12	12	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	1969	2746	2703	2756	2739	2749	2748	2741	2739	25
13	11	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	1968	2733	2755	2756	2758	2761	2750	2741	2739	23
14	18	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	1983	2726	2727	2741	2739	2737	2737	2733	2734	23
15	15	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	1976	2726	2739	2741	2754	2744	2750	2735	2734	18
16	16	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	1979	2751	2756	2762	2752	2739	2735	2735	2734	13
17	22	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	1980	2709	2707	2715	2706	2716	2721	2722	2732	16
18	24	Navara, David	g	CZE	1985	2654	2687	2692	2707	2708	2708	2718	2731	9
19	19	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	1987	2701	2710	2735	2715	2708	2735	2733	2729	10
20	21	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	1983	2753	2760	2742	2736	2730	2725	2725	2726	27
21	23	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	1989	2696	2690	2690	2708	2715	2715	2722	2724	36
22	30	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	1990	2684	2703	2718	2718	2730	2727	2710	2723	12
23	25	Movsesian, Sergei	g	SVK	1978	2747	2716	2711	2718	2708	2709	2717	2723	2
24	32	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	1987	2688	2681	2681	2694	2692	2710	2707	2722	18
25	29	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	1983	2728	2721	2709	2700	2713	2714	2710	2720	11
26	17	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	1986	2730	2740	2740	2758	2759	2740	2734	2719	17
27	20	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	1976	2685	2684	2685	2704	2710	2720	2725	2717	2
28	8	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	1987	2738	2736	2736	2734	2749	2749	2752	2716	29
29	28	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	1983	2721	2716	2719	2719	2712	2713	2713	2716	10
30	27	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	1977	2751	2751	2750	2750	2732	2715	2715	2715	0
31	36	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	1974	2720	2717	2692	2695	2693	2702	2702	2713	10
32	26	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	1983	2687	2684	2696	2696	2704	2695	2715	2710	17
33	31	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	1987	2684	2689	2688	2708	2705	2701	2708	2708	0
34	42	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	1990	2624	2632	2632	2626	2658	2656	2695	2706	20
35	41	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	1971	2703	2699	2682	2698	2694	2704	2697	2706	15
36	38	Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	1975	2684	2699	2699	2672	2670	2687	2699	2701	21
37	40	Nielsen, Peter Heine	g	DEN	1973	2668	2680	2687	2697	2697	2697	2698	2700	2
38	39	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	1979	2695	2672	2702	2705	2702	2702	2699	2699	0
39	57	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	1992	2649	2670	2662	2652	2675	2680	2675	2697	21
40	45	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	1981	2664	2667	2658	2653	2670	2670	2689	2697	8
41	35	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	1982	2688	2693	2696	2711	2705	2708	2703	2697	4
42	64	Bologan, Viktor	g	MDA	1971	2690	2689	2688	2692	2692	2684	2668	2695	28
43	37	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	1985	2716	2714	2725	2715	2703	2700	2700	2691	23
44	43	Akopian, Vladimir	g	ARM	1971	2696	2712	2698	2700	2678	2688	2694	2691	13
45	54	Timofeev, Artyom	g	RUS	1985	2677	2681	2668	2651	2652	2655	2677	2690	18
46	48	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	1965	2674	2684	2706	2707	2696	2686	2685	2690	14
47	53	Efimenko, Zahar	g	UKR	1985	2682	2654	2654	2668	2657	2640	2677	2689	10
48	34	Rublevsky, Sergei	g	RUS	1974	2702	2703	2703	2697	2697	2697	2704	2688	13
49	49	Miroshnichenko, Evgenij	g	UKR	1978	2680	2696	2690	2686	2686	2686	2684	2686	10
50	33	Motylev, Alexander	g	RUS	1979	2677	2710	2710	2695	2697	2705	2704	2685	14
51	47	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	1985	2700	2697	2685	2689	2687	2691	2686	2684	18
52	59	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	ROU	1976	2675	2675	2664	2677	2681	2661	2672	2683	21
53	58	Riazantsev, Alexander	g	RUS	1985	2635	2647	2646	2661	2661	2660	2674	2682	15
54	50	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	1976	2693	2687	2687	2680	2682	2682	2682	2682	0
55	46	Le, Quang Liem	g	VIE	1991	2591	2602	2602	2624	2647	2689	2687	2681	9
56	44	Sasikiran, Krishnan	g	IND	1981	2682	2669	2661	2664	2653	2686	2690	2679	9
57	84	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	1972	2622	2655	2650	2652	2641	2639	2653	2677	27
58	51	Bu, Xiangzhi	g	CHN	1985	2704	2702	2702	2682	2673	2682	2681	2676	26
59	74	Georgiev, Kiril	g	BUL	1965	2637	2645	2663	2672	2672	2669	2662	2675	13
60	67	So, Wesley	g	PHI	1993	2641	2646	2640	2640	2656	2665	2665	2674	18
61	55	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	1983	2660	2667	2678	2676	2680	2675	2677	2673	16
62	97	Giri, Anish	g	NED	1994	2517	2518	2552	2585	2588	2624	2642	2672	25
63	70	Najer, Evgeniy	g	RUS	1977	2669	2663	2681	2666	2665	2665	2663	2672	12
64	61	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	1985	2676	2675	2664	2645	2649	2667	2669	2671	13
65	56	Berkes, Ferenc	g	HUN	1985	2638	2647	2663	2661	2659	2659	2676	2670	8
66	77	Smeets, Jan	g	NED	1985	2626	2632	2642	2650	2657	2651	2659	2669	9
67	86	Zhou, Jianchao	g	CHN	1988	2635	2623	2623	2629	2632	2650	2652	2668	35
68	65	Grachev, Boris	g	RUS	1986	2652	2669	2684	2652	2653	2667	2667	2668	13
69	78	Khismatullin, Denis	g	RUS	1984	2601	2604	2614	2643	2651	2657	2657	2667	9
70	62	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	1980	2690	2682	2694	2677	2677	2668	2669	2667	7
71	90	Fedorchuk, Sergey A.	g	UKR	1981	2656	2655	2643	2619	2641	2649	2646	2665	27
72	75	Sutovsky, Emil	g	ISR	1977	2660	2675	2676	2666	2657	2650	2661	2665	20
73	71	Areshchenko, Alexander	g	UKR	1986	2657	2651	2667	2664	2670	2670	2663	2664	1
74	72	Bareev, Evgeny	g	RUS	1966	2636	2634	2633	2634	2643	2667	2663	2663	0
75	73	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	g	POL	1987	2630	2637	2640	2637	2639	2660	2663	2663	0
76	52	Kurnosov, Igor	g	RUS	1985	2658	2669	2669	2666	2668	2674	2680	2662	9
77	101	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	1986	2678	2678	2667	2671	2660	2657	2640	2661	7
78	69	Volokitin, Andrei	g	UKR	1986	2671	2678	2681	2691	2692	2687	2664	2661	4
79	81	Dreev, Alexey	g	RUS	1969	2668	2660	2662	2655	2650	2653	2655	2660	33
80	85	Mamedov, Rauf	g	AZE	1988	2645	2645	2626	2626	2640	2639	2653	2660	10
81	87	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	1985	2616	2623	2633	2642	2648	2663	2649	2657	6
82	89	Zhigalko, Sergei	g	BLR	1989	2622	2621	2646	2646	2668	2648	2647	2656	8
83	79	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	g	RUS	1976	2635	2635	2635	2641	2642	2643	2656	2656	0
84	60	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	g	IND	1983	2625	2637	2634	2654	2654	2672	2672	2655	9
85	63	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	g	CUB	1982	2617	2619	2619	2619	2615	2641	2668	2653	10
86	95	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	1990	2625	2648	2659	2636	2635	2645	2643	2650	10
87	--	Gharamian, Tigran	g	FRA	1984	2600	2615	2611	2614	2609	2597	2632	2650	9
88	--	Meier, Georg	g	GER	1987	2641	2658	2664	2653	2658	2663	2638	2648	13
89	88	Kobalia, Mikhail	g	RUS	1978	2645	2645	2648	2643	2637	2637	2648	2648	0
90	76	Harikrishna, P.	g	IND	1986	2686	2679	2673	2672	2672	2660	2660	2646	18
91	--	Smirin, Ilia	g	ISR	1968	2641	2650	2648	2662	2668	2647	2634	2646	16
92	92	Socko, Bartosz	g	POL	1978	2637	2656	2637	2643	2643	2637	2644	2646	9
93	66	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	1983	2724	2701	2692	2665	2657	2667	2667	2645	35
94	82	Fridman, Daniel	g	GER	1976	2646	2665	2661	2649	2654	2650	2654	2645	23
95	68	Roiz, Michael	g	ISR	1983	2635	2658	2658	2659	2657	2652	2664	2645	11
96	94	Milov, Vadim	g	SUI	1972	2659	2659	2659	2652	2644	2644	2644	2644	0
97	100	Gustafsson, Jan	g	GER	1979	2631	2622	2622	2622	2627	2646	2640	2643	11
98	--	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	g	BLR	1973	2624	2616	2639	----	2617	2601	2604	2642	31
99	83	Sokolov, Ivan	g	BIH	1968	2669	2655	2657	2652	2649	2638	2654	2641	25
100	--	Macieja, Bartlomiej	g	POL	1977	2601	2612	2618	2627	2624	2625	2618	2639	16

3) 4th Women's Grand Prix Jermuk

The 4th Women's Grand Prix took place in Jermuk 24th June - 6th July 2010. Nana Dzagnidze took clear first place with 9/11, she slowed with three draws in the final rounds but started with 7.5/8.

Official site: http://jermuk2010.fide.com/

4th FIDE GP w Jermuk (ARM), 24 vi-5 vii 2010															cat. X (2486)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Dzagnidze, Nana	g	GEO	2478	*	1	1	1	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	9	2748
2.	Kosintseva, Tatiana	m	RUS	2534	0	*	0	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	7½	2614
3.	Danielian, Elina	m	ARM	2473	0	1	*	½	0	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	6½	2551
4.	Mkrtchian, Lilit	m	ARM	2477	0	½	½	*	1	0	½	½	1	1	½	1	6½	2551
5.	Stefanova, Antoaneta	g	BUL	2560	0	½	1	0	*	0	½	1	1	1	½	1	6½	2543
6.	Hou Yifan	g	CHN	2589	½	0	½	1	1	*	1	0	½	0	½	1	6	2512
7.	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2536	½	½	½	½	½	0	*	½	0	½	1	1	5½	2480
8.	Shen Yang	wg	CHN	2452	½	0	0	½	0	1	½	*	½	½	1	1	5½	2488
9.	Chiburdanidze, Maia	g	GEO	2514	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	*	1	½	1	4½	2417
10.	Xu Yuhua	g	CHN	2484	½	0	½	0	0	1	½	½	0	*	1	0	4	2383
11.	Kovanova, Baira	wg	RUS	2366	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	0	*	1	3	2321
12.	Fierro Baquero, Martha L	m	ECU	2363	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	*	1½	2187

Round 6 (June 29, 2010)
Dzagnidze, Nana	- Kosintseva, Tatiana	1-0	51	E46	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Mkrtchian, Lilit	- Chiburdanidze, Maia	1-0	36	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Stefanova, Antoaneta	- Danielian, Elina	1-0	28	A48	King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Hou Yifan	- Cramling, Pia	1-0	50	B47	Sicilian Paulsen
Shen Yang	- Fierro Baquero, Martha L	1-0	42	E92	King's Indian Classical
Xu Yuhua	- Kovanova, Baira	1-0	48	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Round 7 (July 1, 2010)
Kosintseva, Tatiana	- Shen Yang	1-0	51	C11	French Defence
Danielian, Elina	- Mkrtchian, Lilit	½-½	28	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Cramling, Pia	- Stefanova, Antoaneta	½-½	23	D17	Slav Defence
Chiburdanidze, Maia	- Dzagnidze, Nana	0-1	45	D47	Queens Gambit Meran
Kovanova, Baira	- Hou Yifan	½-½	51	B56	Sicilian Defence
Fierro Baquero, Martha L	- Xu Yuhua	1-0	66	C07	French Tarrasch
Round 8 (July 2, 2010)
Danielian, Elina	- Cramling, Pia	½-½	69	E12	Queens Indian Petrosian
Mkrtchian, Lilit	- Dzagnidze, Nana	0-1	43	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Stefanova, Antoaneta	- Kovanova, Baira	½-½	25	A45	Trompowsky
Hou Yifan	- Fierro Baquero, Martha L	1-0	55	B23	Sicilian Closed
Shen Yang	- Chiburdanidze, Maia	½-½	21	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Xu Yuhua	- Kosintseva, Tatiana	0-1	33	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 9 (July 3, 2010)
Dzagnidze, Nana	- Shen Yang	½-½	33	D16	Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Kosintseva, Tatiana	- Hou Yifan	1-0	48	C11	French Defence
Cramling, Pia	- Mkrtchian, Lilit	½-½	45	A04	Dutch System
Chiburdanidze, Maia	- Xu Yuhua	1-0	34	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Kovanova, Baira	- Danielian, Elina	0-1	63	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Fierro Baquero, Martha L	- Stefanova, Antoaneta	0-1	41	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Round 10 (July 4, 2010)
Danielian, Elina	- Fierro Baquero, Martha L	½-½	70	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Mkrtchian, Lilit	- Shen Yang	½-½	43	A28	English Four Knights
Stefanova, Antoaneta	- Kosintseva, Tatiana	½-½	57	D38	QGD Ragozin
Hou Yifan	- Chiburdanidze, Maia	½-½	39	B10	Caro Kann
Cramling, Pia	- Kovanova, Baira	1-0	52	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Xu Yuhua	- Dzagnidze, Nana	½-½	36	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 11 (July 5, 2010)
Dzagnidze, Nana	- Hou Yifan	½-½	13	E06	Catalan
Kosintseva, Tatiana	- Danielian, Elina	0-1	26	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Shen Yang	- Xu Yuhua	½-½	29	C07	French Tarrasch
Chiburdanidze, Maia	- Stefanova, Antoaneta	0-1	37	D12	Slav Defence
Kovanova, Baira	- Mkrtchian, Lilit	½-½	30	C45	Scotch Game
Fierro Baquero, Martha L	- Cramling, Pia	0-1	38	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo

Women's Grand Prix 2009-10

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

4) Polonia Wroclaw Chess Festival

The Polonia Wroclaw Chess Festival took place 26th June - 4th July 2010. Incorporating the 5th Open and 19th Adolf Anderssen Memorial. The Open saw Radoslaw Wojtaszek and Bartlomiej Macieja finish on 7/9. The Adolf Anderssen Memorial was won by Daniel Fridman. The games for this second event were broadcast live but I couldn't find an archive of the games from this knockout tournament.

Official site: http://www.turniej.polonia.wroclaw.pl/

5th Open Wroclaw (POL), 26 vi-2 vii 2010 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl	Name Imie	Ti.	Rank.	Pkt.	MBch.	Bch.
1	WOJTASZEK, Radoslaw	GM	2663	7	40.5	51.5
2	MACIEJA, Bartlomiej	GM	2618	7	38.5	49.5
3	MARKUS, Robert	GM	2615	6.5	42	51
4	TIVIAKOV, Sergei	GM	2634	6.5	39.5	50.5
5	FRIDMAN, Daniel	GM	2654	6.5	37.5	47
6	RODSHTEIN, Maxim	GM	2626	6.5	37	48
7	PAIKIDZE, Nazi	WIM	2317	6.5	33	41.5
8	BARTEL, Mateusz	GM	2609	6	39.5	50.5
9	MARKOWSKI, Tomasz	GM	2628	6	38.5	48
10	BUTNORIUS, Algimantas	GM	2439	6	30	38.5
11	STOMA, Pawel	m	2309	6	30	38
12	BALOGH, Csaba	GM	2621	5.5	39.5	50.5
13	WARAKOMSKI, Tomasz	IM	2499	5.5	37.5	47
14	BAKLAN, Vladimir	GM	2633	5.5	37	48
15	DOBROWOLSKI, Piotr	IM	2397	5.5	36.5	47
16	SAKALAUSKAS, Vaidas	IM	2412	5.5	36	45.5
17	SWIERCZ, Dariusz	GM	2501	5.5	35	45.5
18	ALIAVDIN, Nikolai	IM	2367	5.5	34.5	44
19	KALVAITIS, Sigitas		2290	5.5	34.5	44
20	KREJCI, Jan	IM	2455	5.5	34	42
21	SADZIKOWSKI, Daniel	k++	2258	5.5	33	42
22	SIECIECHOWICZ, Marcin	IM	2427	5.5	31.5	41
23	LENIART, Arkadiusz	IM	2423	5.5	30.5	39
24	WIECZOREK, Oskar	m	2305	5.5	30	38.5
25	PIORUN, Kacper	IM	2499	5	39	49
26	SIMACEK, Pavel	IM	2518	5	37	48.5
27	KRUPA, Monika	WGM	2214	5	37	46.5
28	MATUSZEWSKI, Michal	m	2308	5	36.5	46
29	SOLYS, Laimutis	FM	2305	5	35.5	44.5
30	ZEBERSKI, Jakub	IM	2403	5	33.5	43.5
31	FEUERSTACK, Aljoscha		2371	5	32.5	41.5
32	LUCH, Michal	IM	2398	5	29	37
33	BAKALARZ, Mietek	IM	2305	5	26.5	34
34	ZAWADZKA, Jolanta	WGM	2415	4.5	37.5	48
35	BEBEL, Arkadiusz	k	2247	4.5	35.5	46
36	BURES, Jaroslav		2327	4.5	34	44.5
37	STRZEMIECKI, Zbigniew	FM	2381	4.5	32	41.5
38	SOKALSKY, Alexander	k	2217	4.5	32	39.5
39	ORZECHOWSKI, Jacek	m	2283	4.5	31.5	40.5
40	KRZYZANOWSKI, Marcin	m	2377	4.5	31.5	40
41	OBRUSNIK, Michal	k	2184	4.5	30	39
42	DUDA, Jan-Krzysztof	FM	2175	4.5	30	38
43	DAULYTE, Deimante	WGM	2334	4.5	27	36
44	LAURUSAS, Tomas		2222	4	34.5	43.5
45	LACH, Piotr	I++	2164	4	32	40
46	BARTEL, Michal	k	2287	4	31.5	41
47	LACH, Aleksandra	WFM	2179	4	31	39.5
48	LEKS, Hanna	WIM	2165	4	31	39
49	SZUMILAS, Piotr	I++	2197	4	30.5	38.5
50	SABUK, Piotr	k	2193	4	29.5	37
51	POZNANSKA, Katarzyna	k+	2068	4	29.5	36.5
52	SZCZEPKOWSKA-HOROWSKA, Karina	WGM	2297	4	29	38
53	SZABLOWSKI, Pawel	I++	2312	4	28.5	36
54	KUCHYNKA, Lukas	FM	2334	4	28	36.5
55	WARAKOMSKA, Anna	WFM	2192	4	26	33.5
56	SETKAUSKAS, Vaidas		2246	4	25	34.5
57	IWANOW, Anna	WFM	2097	4	24.5	31.5
58	KUDZMA, Laimonas	k	2207	3.5	35	45
59	SVANE, Rasmus		2206	3.5	30.5	38.5
60	MALEC, Sebastian	I++	2114	3.5	29	36
61	SCHNEIDER, Veronika	WIM	2339	3.5	28.5	36
62	GOLUCH, Piotr	I++	2139	3.5	25	34
63	KRAWCZYK, Andrzej	I++	2137	3.5	23.5	30
64	CZYZ, Artur	I+	2061	3	32	40
65	GOSLAWSKI, Michal	I	2044	3	30.5	38.5
66	LEKS, Maria	WCM	1987	3	29	37
67	CHRZASZCZ, Malvina	k	2032	3	27	34
68	ZMARZLY, Aleksandra	I++	2026	3	25.5	32.5
69	BELENKAYA, Dina	k	2125	3	24	31.5
70	PRZEZDZIECKA, Marta	WGM	2278	2.5	30.5	39
71	LEWICKI, Miroslaw	I++	2094	2.5	30.5	38.5
72	OTTO, Andreas		2131	2.5	27	35
73	KACZMAREK, Maciej	I	2032	2	22.5	29.5
74	LIMONTAITE, Simona	WIM	2230	2	21	29.5
75	HETZER, Volkhard		2063	2	21	29.5
76	ZYSKO, Jan	I++	2203	1.5	20	27.5

5) 38th Greek Team Championships 2010

The 38th Greek Team Championships takes place in Peristeri 5th-11th July 2010. 7 Rounds (I think), I don't have the time control. Vassily Ivanchuk, David Navara, Peter Heine Nielsen, Viktor Bologan etc play.

Official site: http://aethniki10.peristerichess.gr/

Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr35841.aspx

6) Championnat International de Paris 2010

Le Championnat International de Paris takes place 3rd-11th July 2010.

Official site: http://idf-echecs.com/competitions/ChamParis2010/ChamParis2010.htm

Championnat International de Paris (FRA), 3-11 vii 2010 Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	NAT	Elo	Pts	Perf.
1	FELLER Sebastien		FRA	2611	2	3000
2	DAVID Alberto		LUX	2622	2	2996
3	SOLODOVNICHENKO Yuri		UKR	2558	2	2994
4	VIDIT Santosh Gujrathi	m	IND	2492	2	2982
5	SETHURAMAN S.P.	m	IND	2513	2	2966
6	CORI Jorge	g	PER	2486	2	2961
7	ADHIBAN B.	m	IND	2483	2	2954
8	SHOKER Samy	m	EGY	2472	2	2907
9	CHOMET Pascal	m	FRA	2327	1.5	2699
10	RICHTER Michael	m	GER	2428	1.5	2652
11	LARSEN Karsten	f	DEN	2293	1.5	2641
12	RENDBOE John	f	DEN	2252	1.5	2608
13	NEFFE Axel		GER	2235	1.5	2606
14	MEENAKSHI SUBBARAMAN	gf	IND	2331	1.5	2592
15	KIRAN Manisha Mohanty	gf	IND	2272	1.5	2589
16	LOISEAU Quentin		FRA	2214	1.5	2578
17	GHARAMIAN Tigran		FRA	2650	1.5	2574
18	POOBALASINGAM Peter S	f	ENG	2326	1.5	2563
19	AL-MODIAHKI Mohamad	g	QAT	2566	1.5	2507
20	ZOLER Dan	m	ISR	2474	1.5	2496
21	ZHU Chen	g	QAT	2476	1.5	2454
22	BREDER Dennis	m	GER	2429	1.5	2454
23	D'COSTA Lorin A R	m	ENG	2456	1.5	2448
24	ARANOVITCH Emiliano	f	ITA	2355	1.5	2423
25	BERNARD Christophe	m	FRA	2356	1.5	2386
26	MANOEUVRE Antoine		FRA	2271	1	2472
27	LAGARDE Maxime	f	FRA	2414	1	2436
28	SHIVEN Khosla		IND	2335	1	2436
29	LAMORELLE Julien		FRA	2278	1	2434
30	STRUGNELL Carl		FRA	2236	1	2434
31	CORI T. Deysi	gf	PER	2403	1	2432
32	GIROYAN Gary		FRA	2225	1	2427
33	PLUKKEL Sjoerd		NED	2279	1	2410
34	MANOUCK Thierry	m	FRA	2330	1	2403
35	WILLEMZE Thomas	m	NED	2405	1	2403
36	DEN HEETEN Djurre	f	NED	2277	1	2386
37	LE QUANG Kim	f	BEL	2314	1	2371
38	SOCHACKI Christophe	f	FRA	2365	1	2371
39	NEZAD Husein Aziz	m	QAT	2398	1	2366
40	SAATDJIAN Thomas	f	FRA	2369	1	2358
41	CARSTENSEN Jacob	f	DEN	2295	1	2350
42	DEBRAY Christopher	f	FRA	2362	1	2350
43	FIDERER Lukas		GER	2192	1	2302
44	KUNTE Abhijit	g	IND	2521	1	2300
45	BERGEZ Luc	m	FRA	2394	1	2282
46	SRIRAM Jha	g	IND	2490	1	2266
47	KARAVADE Eesha	m	IND	2378	1	2260
48	NGUYEN Chi-Minh	m	FRA	2408	1	2227
49	LANZANI Mario	m	ITA	2362	1	2210
50	RABINEAU Clement		FRA	2305	0.5	2339
51	SPIELMANN Alain	f	FRA	2286	0.5	2321
52	LECONTE Maria	gf	FRA	2337	0.5	2242
53	BERTHIER Hugo		FRA	2200	0.5	2192
54	HOLM Sejer	f	DEN	2240	0.5	2181
55	SALVETTI Alec	f	ITA	2313	0.5	2176
56	PERRIN Guillaume	f	FRA	2301	0.5	2168
57	BRETHES Francois		FRA	2238	0.5	2166
58	FAYARD Alain	f	FRA	2227	0.5	2160
59	BOULARD Eric		FRA	2227	0.5	2146
60	HAGER Joshua Aarash		GER	2181	0.5	2123
61	SHCHEKACHEV Andrei	g	FRA	2546	0.5	2118
62	SHIRAZI Kamran	m	FRA	2428	0.5	2094
63	SOCHACKI Wojtek		FRA	2268	0.5	2079
64	DAURELLE Herve		FRA	2239	0.5	2072
65	MOUSSARD Jules	f	FRA	2372	0.5	2060
66	GUILLEUX Fabien	f	FRA	2422	0.5	2054
67	SALAUN Yann	m	FRA	2341	0	1838
68	GOMES Mary Ann	gf	IND	2284	0	1807
69	JABLONSKI Noham	f	FRA	2283	0	1791
70	SPRANGERS Remco	c	NED	2260	0	1748
71	RABEYRIN Jean-Jacques	f	FRA	2246	0	1742
72	TEN HAGEN Yorick		NED	2227	0	1714
73	CARPENTIER Pierre		FRA	2214	0	1702
74	DRAOUI Najib	f	March	2389	0	1632

7) HSG Open

The HSG Open took place in Hilversum 26th June - 4th July 2010. Leading players: Konstantin Landa, Friso Nijboer and Hedinn Steingrimsson. Friso Nijboer took clear first place with 7/9.

Official site: http://www.hsgopen.nl/

HSG Open Hilversum (NED), 26 vi-4 vii 2010 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank	Name	Ti	Fed.	Rating	Score	BH	SB	TPR
1	Nijboer, Friso	GM	NED	2567	7	51	39.25	2585
2	Steingrimsson, Hedinn	GM	ISL	2550	6.5	53.5	37.25	2566
3	Landa, Konstantin	GM	RUS	2603	6.5	53	37	2544
4	Nyzhnyk, Illya	IM	UKR	2544	6.5	49.5	33.75	2519
5	Lalith, Babu M.R.	IM	IND	2493	6	51.5	32	2469
6	Goudriaan, Etienne		NED	2249	6	46.5	28.75	2271
7	Afek, Yochanan	IM	ISR	2282	6	45.5	28.5	2333
8	Hendrikx, Niels		NED	2063 *	6	43	25.75	2376
9	Piasetski, Leon	IM	CAN	2301	5.5	46.5	25.5	2362
10	De Rover, Yong Hoon		NED	2245	5.5	45.5	25	2296
11	Galje, Hans		NED	2133	5.5	41.5	22.75	2272
12	Slingerland, Fred	IM	NED	2397	5	48	24.5	2362
13	Nagtegaal, Kees		NED	2200	5	45.5	22.5	2246
14	Vogel, Jaap	FM	NED	2210	5	44.5	22.25	2191
15	Van Apeldoorn, Janton	CM	NED	2156	5	42.5	22.5	2223
16	Van Engen, Herman		NED	2161	5	41.5	20.75	2035
17	De Wit, Albert		NED	1955	5	41	21.25	2104
18	Wieringa, Helmer		NED	2083 *	5	39.5	19.75	2098
19	De Jongh, Adriaan		NED	2227	4.5	44	19	2240
20	Spiler, Angelo		NED	2115 *	4.5	41.5	15.75	2092
21	Henseler, Jorgen		NED	2073	4.5	40	17	2034
22	Kampman, Tijmen		NED	2058	4.5	39	14.75	2118
23	Bonoo, Iwan		NED	1949 *	4.5	37.5	17	2042
24	Burton, Graham P		ENG	2083	4.5	37	17.25	2067
25	Schroer, Marcel		NED	2105	4.5	37	14.25	2008
26	Van Den Hoogen, Arie		NED	1998	4.5	33	12.75	1931
27	Koudinov, Dimitri		NED	2063	4	42	19.5	2106
28	Van De Groep, William		NED	1970	4	42	17.25	2071
29	Zimmermann, Luc		NED	2057	4	42	16.75	2056
30	De Visser, Arno		NED	1883	4	41	18.25	2053
31	Veldhuysen, Klaas		NED	2010	4	38.5	14.25	2006
32	Van den Bergh, Ben		NED	2008	4	32.5	10.5	1950
33	Ten Have, Roland		NED	1654	3.5	41.5	13.75	2027
34	Van Den Bergh, Jan		NED	2124	3.5	38	10.25	2003
35	Abma, Klaas		NED	1981	3.5	37	11.75	1995
36	Kunnen, Ruurd		NED	1986	3.5	34	8.75	1992
37	Bloem, Mark		NED	1905	3.5	32	9.75	1923
38	Van Brussel, Bert		NED	1887	3.5	28	9	1857
39	Van Der Kooij, Paul		NED	2054	2.5	38.5	13.75	2032
40	Tulfer, Paul		NED	1901	2.5	29.5	4.5	1636
41	Mostertman, Loek		NED	2090	2	41	15.5	1951
42	Van De Peut, Aart		NED	1989	2	33	6.25	1774
43	De Groot, Rene		NED	1814 *	2	28.5	2.25	1654
44	Lasschuit, Rene		NED	1917	1.5	32	1.25	1307

8) ROC Nova College GpA Haarlem

The ROC Nova College tournament took place 2nd-4th July 2010 in Haarlem. Matthew Sadler won with 5/6.

ROC Nova College GpA Haarlem (NED), 2-4 vii 2010 Final Round 6 Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	Rating	Score	TPR	W-We	BH-HiLo
1	Sadler, Matthew	GM	2590	5	2709	0.86	16
2	Kravtsiv, Martyn	GM	2546	4.5	2603	0.5	14
3	Van Oosterom, Chiel	IM	2381	4.5	2490	0.97	14
4	Turov, Maxim	GM	2512	4.5	2526	0.25	13
5	Van den Doel, Erik	GM	2576	4	2576	0.07	15
6	Swinkels, Robin	GM	2485	4	2547	0.58	15
7	Perez Garcia, Hebert		2047	4	2372	2.01	12.5
8	Peng, Zhaoqin	GM	2388	3.5	2380	0.09	15.5
9	Haslinger, Stewart	GM	2548	3.5	2461	-0.54	15
10	Ris, Robert	IM	2418	3.5	2430	0.23	15
11	Turova, Irina	IM	2409	3.5	2292	-0.6	14
12	Hortensius, Lisa		2080	3.5	2326	1.53	13.5
13	Wunnink, Michael		2295	3.5	2271	-0.03	12.5
14	Strating, Sybolt	FM	2321	3.5	2343	0.23	12
15	Haast, Mark		2320	3.5	2298	-0.11	12
16	Kerkvliet, Max		1957	3.5	2197	1.46	11
17	Vroombout, Enrico		2150	3	2230	0.43	13
18	De Roode, Peter		2148	2.5	2198	0.23	13
19	Beeke, Bob		2202	2.5	2132	-0.51	12
20	Von Meijenfeldt, Bart		2191	2.5	2209	-0.03	12
21	Van der Lende, Ilias		2141	2.5	2169	0.11	11.5
22	De Bruijn, Aad		1963	2.5	2052	0.49	11
23	Mulder, Bart-Piet		2215	2.5	2009	-1.38	10.5
24	De Ruiter, Danny		2172	2.5	2161	-0.2	9.5
25	Nieland, Wim		1961	2.5	2036	0.4	9.5
26	Lie, Michael		2131	2.5	2099	-0.27	9
27	Lambrechts, Koen		2233	2	2002	-1.77	11
28	Thoma, Sophia		1935	2	2012	0.39	8
29	De Roode, Martijn		2061	1.5	1955	-0.86	9.5
30	Sparreboom, Wil		1970	1.5	1875	-0.56	9
31	Helder, Marc		2120	1.5	1976	-1.14	8
32	Ypma, Peter		2160	1	1801	-2.72	10
33	Burggraaf, Jan-Theodoor		1969	0	1584	-0.11	10

9) Kfar Saba Experience vs Youth

The Experience against Youth Scheveningen tournament took place in Kfar Saba 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 .

Scheveningen Kefar Sava (ISR), 20 vi 1 vii 2010
Youth
1	Boruchovsky,Avital	2159	5.5/10
2	Efroimski,Marsel	2170	5.0/10
3	Ben Artzi,Ido	2143	4.5/10
4	Steinberg,Nitzan	2221	4.0/10
5	Foo,Benjamin	2112	4.0/10
6	Levine,Yonatan	2085	3.5/10
7	Veinberg,Nimrod	1952	3.0/10
8	Wee,Chun Jie Eugene	2024	2.5/10
9	Beker,Ziv	1834	2.0/10
10	Reshef,Omer	1950	2.0/10
Experience
1	Zilberman,Yaacov	2437	9.0/10
2	Lerner,Konstantin Z	2530	8.5/10
3	Nedobora,Mikhail	2388	8.0/10
4	Kudischewitsch,David	2352	8.0/10
5	Botvinnik,Mikhail2	2348	7.0/10
6	Tarnopolsky,Anatoly	2312	5.5/10
7	Libov,Gennady	2198	5.0/10
8	Shnaider,David	2247	4.5/10
9	Arlinsky,Uriel	2293	4.5/10
10	Belytsky,Alexandr	2323	4.0/10

10) King's Gambit Tournament Lipetsk

The "King's Gambit" Chess Festival took place in Lipetsk, Russia, June 22nd (arrival day) - July 1st, 2009. The festival consisted of two round-robin tournaments (one with GM norm and one with IM norm) and an open for FIDE rating. Andrey Zontakh won the A-Group with 8/9. Konstantin Tarlev won the B-Group with 7.5/9.

Festival director: Yuri Zimmerman who sent the games.

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

King's Gambit A Lipetsk (RUS), 23 vi-1 vii 2010															cat. IX (2458)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Zontakh, Andrey	g	UKR	2532	*	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8	2800
2.	Neverov, Valeriy	g	UKR	2542	½	*	½	0	½	½	1	1	1	1	6	2573
3.	Gladyszev, Oleg	m	RUS	2480	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	5	2498
4.	Kasparov, Sergey	g	BLR	2504	0	1	½	*	½	0	1	½	½	½	4½	2452
5.	Lomako, Pavel	m	BLR	2431	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	4½	2460
6.	Romanko, Marina	m	RUS	2411	0	½	½	1	½	*	1	0	0	½	4	2420
7.	Airapetian, Gor	f	RUS	2429	0	0	½	0	½	0	*	1	1	1	4	2418
8.	Kargin, Arseny	m	RUS	2392	0	0	½	½	½	1	0	*	1	0	3½	2385
9.	Slugin, Sergey	m	RUS	2439	0	0	½	½	½	1	0	0	*	½	3	2334
10.	Ovod, Evgenija	m	RUS	2418	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	1	½	*	2½	2296

Round 5 (June 27, 2010)
Neverov, Valeriy	- Slugin, Sergey	1-0	32	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Lomako, Pavel	- Kasparov, Sergey	½-½	68	B01	Centre Counter
Airapetian, Gor	- Gladyszev, Oleg	½-½	45	E69	King's Indian Fianchetto
Kargin, Arseny	- Romanko, Marina	1-0	64	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Ovod, Evgenija	- Zontakh, Andrey	0-1	73	E20	Nimzo Indian
Round 6 (June 28, 2010)
Zontakh, Andrey	- Kargin, Arseny	1-0	29	D12	Slav Defence
Kasparov, Sergey	- Gladyszev, Oleg	½-½	57	A49	King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Lomako, Pavel	- Ovod, Evgenija	1-0	60	D10	Slav Defence
Romanko, Marina	- Neverov, Valeriy	½-½	8	E62	King's Indian 6...Nc6
Slugin, Sergey	- Airapetian, Gor	0-1	44	D15	Slav Defence
Round 7 (June 29, 2010)
Neverov, Valeriy	- Zontakh, Andrey	½-½	38	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Gladyszev, Oleg	- Slugin, Sergey	½-½	19	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Airapetian, Gor	- Romanko, Marina	0-1	68	D78	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Kargin, Arseny	- Lomako, Pavel	½-½	12	B13	Caro Kann Exchange
Ovod, Evgenija	- Kasparov, Sergey	½-½	41	A43	Old Benoni
Round 8 (June 30, 2010)
Zontakh, Andrey	- Airapetian, Gor	1-0	43	D11	Slav Defence
Kasparov, Sergey	- Slugin, Sergey	½-½	27	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Lomako, Pavel	- Neverov, Valeriy	½-½	17	A46	Queen's Pawn Opening
Romanko, Marina	- Gladyszev, Oleg	½-½	51	E69	King's Indian Fianchetto
Ovod, Evgenija	- Kargin, Arseny	1-0	59	D18	Slav Defence
Round 9 (July 1, 2010)
Neverov, Valeriy	- Ovod, Evgenija	1-0	44	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Gladyszev, Oleg	- Zontakh, Andrey	½-½	9	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Airapetian, Gor	- Lomako, Pavel	½-½	61	E16	Queens Indian
Kargin, Arseny	- Kasparov, Sergey	½-½	10	C41	Philidor's Defence
Slugin, Sergey	- Romanko, Marina	1-0	50	E92	King's Indian Classical

King's Gambit B Lipetsk (RUS), 23 vi-1 vii 2010															cat. III (2303)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Tarlev, Konstantin	m	UKR	2484	*	½	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	7½	2555
2.	Lavretzkij, Roman	m	BLR	2289	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	6	2429
3.	Pogosian, Manvel		BLR	2373	0	½	*	1	1	1	½	1	0	0	5	2337
4.	Odnorozhenko, Evgenyi	m	UKR	2309	0	½	0	*	1	½	½	½	1	1	5	2344
5.	Bezgodova, Maria	wf	RUS	2193	1	½	0	0	*	0	1	½	1	½	4½	2314
6.	Venevtsev, Andrey		RUS	2310	0	½	0	½	1	*	0	1	½	1	4½	2301
7.	Vakhlamov, Igor L		RUS	2280	0	0	½	½	0	1	*	½	1	½	4	2262
8.	Rysbayeva, Aigerim	wf	KAZ	2219	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	*	1	1	4	2268
9.	Morev, Ivan		RUS	2286	0	0	1	0	0	½	0	0	*	1	2½	2138
10.	Nikitin, Yuri2	f	RUS	2283	0	0	1	0	½	0	½	0	0	*	2	2084

Round 5 (June 27, 2010)
Pogosian, Manvel	- Odnorozhenko, Evgenyi	1-0	26	D15	Slav Defence
Bezgodova, Maria	- Morev, Ivan	1-0	28	B06	Modern Defence
Venevtsev, Andrey	- Tarlev, Konstantin	0-1	38	B40	Sicilian Classical
Vakhlamov, Igor L	- Lavretzkij, Roman	0-1	74	D11	Slav Defence
Rysbayeva, Aigerim	- Nikitin, Yuri2	1-0	57	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 6 (June 28, 2010)
Tarlev, Konstantin	- Bezgodova, Maria	0-1	48	C85	Ruy Lopez Steenwijker Defence
Lavretzkij, Roman	- Venevtsev, Andrey	½-½	18	A45	Trompowsky
Odnorozhenko, Evgenyi	- Vakhlamov, Igor L	½-½	36	D10	Slav Defence
Rysbayeva, Aigerim	- Pogosian, Manvel	0-1	72	B15	Caro Kann
Nikitin, Yuri2	- Morev, Ivan	0-1	23	B08	Pirc Defence
Round 7 (June 29, 2010)
Pogosian, Manvel	- Nikitin, Yuri2	0-1	35	D47	Queens Gambit Meran
Bezgodova, Maria	- Lavretzkij, Roman	½-½	74	B36	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Venevtsev, Andrey	- Odnorozhenko, Evgenyi	½-½	15	B36	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Vakhlamov, Igor L	- Rysbayeva, Aigerim	½-½	58	B53	Sicilian Hungarian
Morev, Ivan	- Tarlev, Konstantin	0-1	33	B72	Sicilian Dragon
Round 8 (June 30, 2010)
Lavretzkij, Roman	- Morev, Ivan	1-0	19	B06	Modern Defence
Pogosian, Manvel	- Vakhlamov, Igor L	½-½	72	D13	Slav Exchange
Odnorozhenko, Evgenyi	- Bezgodova, Maria	1-0	55	D20	QGA
Rysbayeva, Aigerim	- Venevtsev, Andrey	0-1	38	C08	French Tarrasch
Nikitin, Yuri2	- Tarlev, Konstantin	0-1	53	C10	French Rubinstein
Round 9 (July 1, 2010)
Tarlev, Konstantin	- Lavretzkij, Roman	½-½	12	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Bezgodova, Maria	- Rysbayeva, Aigerim	½-½	53	B63	Sicilian Rauzer
Venevtsev, Andrey	- Pogosian, Manvel	0-1	42	B11	Caro Kann Two Knights
Vakhlamov, Igor L	- Nikitin, Yuri2	½-½	50	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Morev, Ivan	- Odnorozhenko, Evgenyi	0-1	42	B36	Sicilian Maroczy Bind

11) First Saturday July 2010

The First Saturday July tournaments takes place 3rd-13th June 2010, Budapest. Rey Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo is the top seed in the GM Group.

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

12) Guadeloupe tournament

The Guadeloupe tournament took place 12th-13th June 2010. Kevin Terrieux won with 6.5/7 ahead of the favourite Thal Abergal.

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

13) 1st Marrakech International

The 1st Marrakech International took place June 25th - July 1st 2010. 9 rounds - Swiss system - 75 min per player. Georg Meier of Germany and Sergey Fedorchuk of the Ukraine are the stars. Games from the final two rounds are missing.

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

1st Open Marrakesh (MAR), 26 vi-2 vii 2010
Pl	Name	Ti	NAT	Elo	Pts	NV	Tr.	SB	FFE
1	SHCHEKACHEV, Andrei	g	FRA	2549	7,5	7	43,5	41	2752
2	MEIER, Georg	g	GER	2638	7,5	6	48	48,5	2809
3	EVDOKIMOV, Alexander	g	RUS	2551	7	7	40	36	2637
4	KUNIN, Vitaly	g	GER	2535	7	7	37,5	32,5	2562
5	ANTONIEWSKI, Rafal	m	POL	2607	7	6	45	38	2761
6	GEORGIEV, Kiril	g	BUL	2662	7	6	44,5	39,25	2734
7	GUSEINOV, Gadir	g	AZE	2602	7	6	43,5	39,75	2711
8	ROMANOV, Evgeny	g	RUS	2594	7	5	45,5	41	2704
9	BERELOWITSCH, Alexander	g	GER	2566	6,5	6	40,5	32,75	2637
10	KRASENKOW, Michal	g	POL	2628	6,5	6	35,5	28,75	2525
11	DEL RIO DE ANGELIS, Salvador	g	ESP	2521	6,5	5	44,5	36,5	2683
12	TESKE, Henrik	g	GER	2542	6,5	5	39	33,25	2541
13	HAMDOUCHI, Hicham	g	FRA	2609	6,5	5	37,5	33,75	2537
14	LUTHER, Thomas	g	GER	2541	6	6	38,5	26	2462
15	ARNAUDOV, G. Petar	m	BUL	2416	6	6	37,5	25	2435
16	MAZE, Sebastien	g	FRA	2564	6	5	43	31,25	2639
17	MIKHALEVSKI, Victor	g	USA	2614	6	5	41	32	2575
18	MILADINOVIC, Igor	g	SRB	2559	6	5	41	27,5	2566
19	CHOUKRI, Adel		MAR	2105	6	5	40,5	29,75	2702
20	IOTOV, Valentin	g	BUL	2569	6	5	39,5	31	2550
21	ITURRIZAGA, Eduardo	g	VEN	2599	6	5	39,5	30	2527
22	PERALTA, Fernando	g	ARG	2570	6	4	39	30,25	2487
23	DAVID, Alberto	g	LUX	2631	5,5	5	45	30	2598
24	FEDORCHUK, Sergey A	g	UKR	2646	5,5	5	42	29,25	2560
25	SRIRAM, Jha	g	IND	2507	5,5	5	39,5	25,75	2398
26	STRIKOVIC, Aleksa	g	SRB	2557	5,5	4	42,5	28	2476
27	SEBBAR, Ali		MAR	2290	5,5	4	41,5	28	2569
28	BENITAH, Yohan	m	FRA	2385	5,5	4	40,5	27,5	2439
29	SHOKER, Samy	m	EGY	2466	5,5	4	40,5	24,25	2443
30	VERNAY, Clovis	m	FRA	2442	5,5	4	40	25,5	2511
31	DONCEA, Vladimir	m	ROU	2465	5,5	4	40	25	2444
32	FARGERE, Francois	g	FRA	2489	5,5	4	39,5	26	2476
33	LIBISZEWSKI, Fabien	g	FRA	2478	5,5	4	38	23,75	2452
34	MALAKHATKO, Vadim	g	BEL	2569	5,5	4	37,5	26,5	2442
35	BISSIERES, Matthieu	f	FRA	2341	5,5	4	36,5	25,5	2312
36	GLEIZEROV, Evgeny	g	RUS	2578	5,5	4	35,5	25,5	2377
37	KISS, Pal	m	HUN	2388	5,5	4	33	20,25	2225
38	TISSIR, Mohamed	m	MAR	2474	5,5	4	30,5	22,25	2153
39	COSSIN, Sebastien	m	FRA	2494	5,5	3	39	25,25	2400
40	ONKOUD, Abdelaziz	m	MAR	2377	5,5	3	37,5	24,25	2435
41	COLIN, Vincent	m	FRA	2428	5	5	40,5	23	2463
135 players

14) 38th Annual World Open

The World Open takes place in King of Prussia, Philadelphia June 29th - 5th July 2010. The event is extremely difficult to cover as it has multiple schedules and allows byes, re-entry if you start badly (although quite what Re-entry: $160, no re-entry from Open to Open means I'm not sure). Leading players from round 1: Francisco Vallejo Pons, Alexander Onischuk, Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Evgeny Najer, P Harikrishna, Loek Van Wely, Sandipan Chanda, Jan Gustafsson, Luke McShane etc. Gata Kamsky is in the list of advance entries.

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

38th World Open King of Prussia (USA), 29 vi - 5 vii 2010 Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	Elo	FED	Pts
1	Viktor Laznicka	GM	2636	CZE	6.5
2	P Harikrishna	GM	2660	IND	5.5
3	Ilya Smirin	GM	2634	ISR	5.5
4	Luke McShane	GM	2623	ENG	5.5
5	Murtas Kazhgaleyev	GM	2609	KAZ	5.5
6	Robert L Hess	GM	2590	NY	5.5
7	Francisco Vallejo Pons	GM	2703	ESP	5.0
8	Surya Shekhar Ganguly	GM	2672	IND	5.0
9	Loek Van Wely	GM	2653	NED	5.0
10	Jan Gustafsson	GM	2640	GER	5.0
11	Vladimir Potkin	GM	2634	RUS	5.0
12	Aleksandr Lenderman	GM	2598	NY	5.0
13	Alexander Shabalov	GM	2585	PA	5.0
14	Alexander Stripunsky	GM	2570	NJ	5.0
15	Eugen Perelshteyn	GM	2534	MA	5.0
16	Gata Kamsky	GM	2702	NY	4.5
17	Evgeny Najer	GM	2663	RUS	4.5
18	Sandipan Chanda	GM	2640	IND	4.5
19	Jaan Ehlvest	GM	2591	NY	4.5
20	Giorgi Kacheishvili	GM	2587	GEO	4.5
21	Sergey Kudrin	GM	2571	CT	4.5
22	Ray Robson	GM	2569	FL	4.5
23	Mark C Paragua	GM	2497	PHI	4.5
24	Vladimi Romanenko	IM	2496	BLR	4.5
25	Puchen Wang	IM	2469	NZL	4.5
26	Amon Sol Simutowe	GM	2452	ZAM	4.5
119 players

15) Montcada Open

The Montcada Open took placed 25th June - 3rd July 2010. Lazaro Bruzon took clear first place with 7/9.

Games and results: http://chess-results.com/tnr33981.aspx

XVIII Open Montcada i Reixac (ESP), 25 vi - 3 vii 2010 Leading Round 9 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1
1	Bruzon Batista Lazaro	GM	CUB	2668	7,0	33,0
2	Gonzalez Vidal Yuri	GM	CUB	2543	6,5	33,5
3	Narciso Dublan Marc	GM	ESP	2535	6,5	32,0
4	Larino Nieto David	IM	ESP	2461	6,0	35,0
5	Cuartas Jaime Alexander	GM	COL	2529	6,0	33,0
6	Mihailovs Jurijs	IM	LAT	2405	6,0	28,5
7	Munoz Pantoja Miguel	IM	PER	2476	6,0	27,5
8	Cruz Filemon	FM	PER	2447	5,5	31,0
9	Karlsson Lars	GM	SWE	2453	5,5	30,0
10	Mestre Bellido Hector	FM	ESP	2404	5,5	28,0
11	Panelo Marcelo	IM	ARG	2450	5,5	27,0
12	Almeida Quintana Omar	GM	CUB	2541	5,0	29,0
13	Asis Gargatagli Hipolit	IM	ESP	2406	5,0	28,0
14	Perpinya Rofes Lluis Maria	FM	ESP	2344	5,0	26,0
15	Sanchez Ibern Marc		ESP	2241	5,0	25,0
16	Bhat Vinay S	GM	USA	2547	5,0	24,0
17	Cruz Jonathan		PER	2437	5,0	21,5
18	Alonso Garcia Rene Marcial	IM	CUB	2393	4,5	26,0
19	Cruz Cristhian	IM	PER	2533	4,5	22,5
20	Martinez Duany Lelys Stanley	GM	CUB	2515	4,5	21,5
21	Cotonnec Melkior		FRA	2296	4,5	21,5
22	Hernando Rodrigo Jose Maria	IM	ESP	2328	4,5	20,5
23	Perez Mitjans Orelvis	FM	ESP	2420	4,0	24,5
24	Lorenzo De La Riva Lazaro	FM	ESP	2390	4,0	24,0
25	Gomez Jurado Luis Alberto	FM	ESP	2287	4,0	21,0
26	Subirats Ruiz Sergi		ESP	2138	4,0	18,0
27	Fenollar Jorda Manuel	FM	ESP	2369	4,0	13,5
28	Randazzo Adrian		ITA	2243	3,5	19,5
29	Llaneza Vega Patricia	WIM	ESP	2287	3,5	17,5
30	Shatko Danil		ESP	2000	3,5	17,5
31	Carbonell Bofill Carlos Eloy	FM	ESP	2233	3,5	17,0
32	Capellades Subirana Marc		ESP	2254	3,5	15,0
33	Albets Armengol Roland		ESP	2133	3,5	15,0
34	Gonzalez Valenzuela Didac		ESP	2156	3,5	14,5
35	Ridameya Tatche Jose Miguel		ESP	2062	3,0	14,0
36	Martinez Ramirez Erik		ESP	2196	3,0	10,5
37	Gonzalez Hernandez Ferran		ESP	1885	2,5	11,0
38	Gardela Batlle Jordi		ESP	2171	2,5	10,5
39	Del Valle Cirera Adria		ESP	2199	2,0	14,0
40	Costa Trave Jaume		ESP	2065	1,0	2,0
41	Oms Fuentes Lluis	FM	ESP	2360	0,0	0,0
	Arribas Robaina Maritza	WGM	CUB	2326	0,0	0,0
	Fandino Reyes Roquelina	WIM	CUB	2177	0,0	0,0
43 players

16) Asian Junior Chess Championship

The Asian Junior Chess Championship took place June 14th-23rd 2010. International Master Shyam Sundar of India and WFM Vo Thi Kim Phung of Vietnam won the Stree Seva Mandir Asian Junior & Asian Junior Girls Chess Championships respectively.

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

17) 45th Capablanca Memorial

The 45th Capablanca Memorial took place in Havana, Cuba 9th-22nd June 2010. Vassily Ivanchuk had won the event three times in a row 2005-7, returned to the Elite Group alongside Evgeny Alekseev, Ian Nepomniatchi, Nigel Short and Leinier Dominguez and Lazaro Bruzon. Vassily Ivanchuk beat Nigel Short in Round 1 and Evgeny Alekseev in Round 2. All three games were drawn in Round 3. Nigel Short got back to a 50% score with a sacrificial win over Evgeny Alekseev in Round 4. Round 5 saw Ivanchuk defeat Nepomniachtchi and Short move into clear 2nd place with a win over Bruzon on the black side of a MacCutcheon French. In Round 8 Ian Nepomniachtchi found a difficult sacrificial idea against Nigel Short and won a crushing victory to move within half a point of the leader Vassily Ivanchuk. Round 9 Ivanchuk won with black against Bruzon to take a full point lead over Nepomniachtchi into the final round. Ivanchuk secured first place for the 4th time with a draw against Nepomniachtchi who finished second. Dominguez and Short both won in the final round and shared 3rd place.

Games from the final round of the Premier Group is now availabe but the last two rounds of the open are still not available.

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

45th Capablanca Mem Premier Havana (CUB), 10-20 vi 2010															cat. XIII (2574)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Quesada Perez, Yuniesky	g	CUB	2582	*	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	6	2697
2.	Cordova, Emilio	g	PER	2552	½	*	½	1	½	½	0	1	0	1	5	2619
3.	Khairullin, Ildar	g	RUS	2617	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	5	2611
4.	Hernandez Carmenates, Holden	g	CUB	2543	0	0	½	*	½	1	½	1	1	½	5	2620
5.	Potkin, Vladimir	g	RUS	2634	½	½	½	½	*	½	0	0	1	1	4½	2566
6.	Bachmann, Axel	g	PAR	2563	½	½	½	0	½	*	1	½	0	1	4½	2574
7.	Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus	g	CUB	2570	0	1	0	½	1	0	*	½	1	0	4	2531
8.	Almeida Quintana, Omar	g	CUB	2541	½	0	½	0	1	½	½	*	½	½	4	2534
9.	Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo	m	CUB	2544	0	1	½	0	0	1	0	½	*	1	4	2533
10.	Corrales Jimenez, Fidel	g	CUB	2590	½	0	½	½	0	0	1	½	0	*	3	2446

Round 9 (June 20, 2010)
Quesada Perez, Yuniesky	- Khairullin, Ildar	½-½	41	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Cordova, Emilio	- Bachmann, Axel	½-½	11	D27	QGA
Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus	- Potkin, Vladimir	1-0	38	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo	- Hernandez Carmenates, Holden	0-1	59	B99	Sicilian Najdorf
Corrales Jimenez, Fidel	- Almeida Quintana, Omar	½-½	11	D27	QGA

18) Arvier (Aosta Valley) July

2nd Festival Francophone (open, 9 rounds) ARVIER (Aosta Valley) - July, 3-9 2010.

Official site: http://www.francophonie.org - http://www.scacchivda.com

19) Forthcoming Events and Links

Aarhus Chess Summer

The Aarhus Chess Summer takes place in Aarhus, Denmark July 10th-18th and consists of a closed IM tournament (10 player round robin) and a candidates group, hopefully also with 10 participants (9 players have shown interest at the time of writing). The winner of the candidates group earns the right to participate in next years' IM group.

The tournament is being organized by the chess cafe Chess House, and there will be live coverage of all games from the IM group and some of the games from the candidates group.

Info on http://www.chesshouse.dk

The players, who are participating, are:

IM Aleksandar Colovic, MKD, 2452

IM Karsten Rasmussen, DEN, 2446

IM Klaus Berg, DEN, 2423

FM Arne Matthiesen, DEN, 2323

Poul Rewitz, DEN, 2306

FM Martin Matthiesen, DEN, 2304

CM Inge Sandstad Skrondal, NOR, 2230

Hans Olav Lahlum, NOR, 2230

Bella Gesser and Jackie Andersen.

Scottish Championship 2010

The Scottish Championship takes place in Hamilton over 9 rounds over 7 days. Sunday 11 - Saturday 17 July 2010.

Top 6 so far are: GM Colin McNab 2463, IM Andew Greet 2451, GM John Shaw 2445, GM Hans-Joachim Hecht 2374, FM Neil Berry 2343 and IM Harald Groetz 2315

Live Games

Web site is: http://www.scottishchesschampionship.com/Scottish2010/Home.html

XIV "Battle Of Senta 1697"

The XIV "Battle Of Senta 1697" takes place 17th-24th July 2010.

Official site: http://www.chess-senta.org.rs/

32nd Oberwart Open

The 32nd Oberwart Open takes place 10th-18th July 2010.

http://www.oberwart.gv.at/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=291&Itemid=273

Paignton Congress

This year's week-long Paignton Congress starts on Sunday September 5th, the 60th consecutive congress held in the same room, the magnificent Ballroom of Oldway Mansion. This record of consistency is probably unique in chess.

To commemorate this milestone, the committee has planned several extra features. Michael Adams is coming to put on a simultaneous display, and there will be a Junior International tournament held in the Mayor's Parlour.

In addition, Committee Member, Bob Jones, is publishing a book on the history of the event, which was won spectacularly by Harry Golombek after he beat the former World Champion, Max Euwe, on the very first day of the first congress. Since that day, many top players have tested the Paignton waters; from the likes of Barden, Wade, Yanofsky, Alexander and Clarke in the early days, to youngsters like Keene, Hartston, Adams, Hodgson, Norwood, Arkell, the list goes on.

Details can be found on the chessdevon website, or obtained from the Congress Secretary, Alan Crickmore on 01752-768206.

43rd Biel International Chess Festival

The 43rd Biel International Chess Festival takes place 17th-30th July 2010. There will be 9 events including a strong Open, Fischer, Rapid and blitz tournaments and of course the traditional closed tournament. This year they have decided to go with a tournament of youngsters and with the talent around at the moment they probably couldn't have chosen a better moment.

Official site with full details: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch/

43rd Biel International Chess Festival (SUI), 17-30 vii 2010
Name	Country	Age	MayRating
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	France	19	2710
Evgeny Tomashevsky	Russia	22	2708
Fabiano Caruana	Italy	17	2675
Wesley So	Philippines	16	2665
Dmitry Andreikin	Russia	20	2643
Anish Giri	Netherlands	16	2642
Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	Vietnam	20	2642
Parimarjan Negi	India	17	2636
Maxim Rodhstein	Israel	21	2626
David Howell	England	19	2620

4th Rijeka open chess tournament "Mediterranean 2017"

The 4th Rijeka open chess tournament "Mediterranean 2017" takes place 13th-20th November 2010 in the city of Rijeka, located at the North-west part of the Croatian coast of the Adriatic sea.

The president of the Republic of Croatia, Ivo Josipovic, has accepted to be a sponsor of this chess event while the County primorsko-goranska and the City of Rijeka are the co-sponsors.

Details: http://www.mediteran2017.com/en/home/About_the_tournament/Application

IX Festival Internacional de Ajedrez Benidorm 2010

The IX Festival Internacional de Ajedrez Benidorm 2010 takes place 3rd-12th December 2010.

Further details: http://www.ajedrezenelbali.com

Entries: info@ajedrezenelbali.com

Information: festivaldebenidorm@gmail.com

Móvil: 0034-615547567

Geller Memorial 2010

The 6th Efim Geller Memorial (Open) will take place in Odessa, Ukraine on 21-29 August 2010 (Open A, Open B), the children's open will take place on 16-19 August. There also will be a blitz tournament on 30 August.

Details in Russian: http://chessportal.od.ua/news.php?extend.758.10

Contact with organisers: chess@te.net.ua

X Savaria Summer Chess Festival

X Savaria Summer Chess Festival 27.07.2010.- 04.08.2010. Szombathely, Hungary GM,IM Round-Rubin, Open A,B,C Group Contact: Csonka Attila attila_csonka@hotmail.com

Details: http://chess-results.com/Tnr31363.aspx?lan=1

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

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 5 (of 18) 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		2½				4½				3½		9	16,5
2	HEBEI			*	*					1½		3				3		4		3½		8	15,0
3	Lanpo JIANGSU	2				*	*			3½				2½				3		3		7	14,0
4	BEIJING Aigo							*	*			2		2		3		4		4½		6	15,5
5	ZHEJIANG	2		3½		1½				*	*					4				4		6	15,0
6	SHANGHAI Jianqiao	2½		2				3				*	*	2½				3½				6	13,5
	China Mobile CHONGQING					2½		3				2½		*	*	2		3½				6	13,5
8	TIANJIN Nan Kai	½		2				2		1				3		*	*					2	8,5
9	GUANGDONG Huateng			1		2		1				1½		1½				*	*			0	7,0
10	BEIJING Rendafuzhong	1½		1½		2		½		1										*	*	0	6,5

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

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

European Individual Senior Championship 2011

The European Individual Senior Championship 2011 has been awarded by the ECU to Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy 10th-20th April 2010.

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

IV Torneo Internacional A.D.San Juan

The IV Torneo International Closed tournament A.D.San Juan takes place in Pamplona 24th July - 1st August 2010. Alexander Morozevich is the star.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 817 4th July 2010 by Mark Crowther

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Women's Grand Prix 2009-10

Aarhus Chess Summer

Scottish Championship 2010

XIV "Battle Of Senta 1697"

32nd Oberwart Open

Paignton Congress

43rd Biel International Chess Festival

4th Rijeka open chess tournament "Mediterranean 2017"

IX Festival Internacional de Ajedrez Benidorm 2010

Geller Memorial 2010

X Savaria Summer Chess Festival

London Chess Classic 2010

Chinese Chess League Division A

14th Unive Tournament

VIII Marx Gyorgy Memorial

European Individual Senior Championship 2011

IV Torneo Internacional A.D.San Juan

7th South Wales International

Canadian Open Chess Championship 2010

Satu Mare Romanian Open

11th World University Chess Championship

Chinese Events 2010

Ikaros Chess Festival (Aegean Open) 2010

World Chess Tour Events

Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting

15th Pannonia-Nitrokemia Cup

Swiss Team Championships 2010

Mihajlo Savic Website

Chess Classic Mainz 2010

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

XXVIII Andorra International Chess Open

Czech Tour 2010-11

9th Czech Tour 2009/2010

International Correspondence Chess Federation

FIDE World Amateur Chess Championship

Mundial Chess Internet Tournament

Ajedrez 21 English site

Kingpin Magazine

Historical Elo Ratings

European Union Website

Chess Study