THE WEEK IN CHESS 824 23rd August 2010 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) NH Chess Tournament
3) Efimenko vs GM Naiditsch Match
4) Spanish Chess League Honor Division
5) Baku Open
6) French Championships
7) Abu Dhabi Open
8) Sants Open
9) Manhem Chess Week
10) 1st Negroponte International Open
11) First Saturday August
12) BDO Chess Tournament
13) 9th Mario Covas
14) XI Figueres Open "Miquel Mas"
15) 27th Collado Villalba Open
16) 44th Villa De Mislata
17) 13th Olomouc Chess Summer
18) 9th International Istanbul Chess Festival
19) Bratto Chess Open
20) Porto San Giorgio
21) 25th Schwarzacher Open
22) British Championships
23) Villa Martelli Bicentenary
24) Stockholm Open
25) XIV Paks open
26) 14th Mind Sports Olympiad
27) RAW Chess Challenge
28) Baden-Baden Summer Open
29) Vladimir Open
30) 6th Geller Memorial
31) 8th Davos Open
32) Dun Laoghaire Masters
33) Panevezys Open
34) Serbian League
35) Akiba Rubinstein Memorial
36) 25th Open Teteven
37) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
NH Chess Tournament52 games
Efimenko vs GM Naiditsch Match2 games
Spanish Chess League Honor Division18 games
Baku Open10 games
French Championships74 games
Abu Dhabi Open48 games
Sants Open54 games
Manhem Chess Week10 games
1st Negroponte International Open30 games
First Saturday August24 games
BDO Chess Tournament30 games
9th Mario Covas45 games
XI Figueres Open "Miquel Mas"83 games
27th Collado Villalba Open75 games
44th Villa De Mislata41 games
13th Olomouc Chess Summer432 games
9th International Istanbul Chess Festival36 games
Bratto Chess Open40 games
25th Schwarzacher Open20 games
British Championships43 games
Villa Martelli Bicentenary1 game
Stockholm Open36 games
1204 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Luis Blasco de la Cruz, Sandor Videki, Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, Mikhail Golubev, and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Youth weakened slightly towards the end but nevertheless won 26-24 against Experience in the NH Chess Tournament. One might be forgiven for saying that the real battle was between Anish Giri and Hikaru Nakamura for a place in next year's Amber tournament. Giri's great tournament performance was spoiled by a final round loss to Peter Heine Nielsen which allowed Nakamura to catch him. A match with a blitz timerate of 3 minutes and an increment of 2 seconds per move between Nakamura and Giri took place which was not surprisingly won by Nakamura. I have the feeling that a World Championship at that timerate might also be won by Nakamura. 16 year old Giri is 8th in the FIDE list of Juniors (and who really counts Carlsen, Karjakin, Vachier, Caruana as "Juniors" anyhow!) and rising fast, an Amber invitation might be in the post in any event. Ljubo who I mentioned last week performed to his rating, I still think it would be nice if he played a bit more than once a year.

The Spanish team Championships has some elite players to follow, Kamsky is in Baku playing their open, Naiditsch beat Efimenko, husband and wife team of Laurent Fressinet and Almira Skripchenko won the French men's and women's titles and the summer opens continue. Not to be too ungrateful for lots of chess, I'll be glad for some more normal weeks of chess that come when people go back to work.

One of my computers failed a couple of days ago so it is possible I missed events of which I was sent news that were stored on that computer (hopeful of an inexpensive cure tomorrow!). I'm viewing this magazine in a much more attractive format that you are. I had a design on my failed computer and have quickly knocked up another one on this, my computing skills are unrecognisable even from 12 months ago when I was having a near nervous breakdown getting the Content Management System up and running. This magazine section will look a lot nicer very soon when I decide what to go for and this will be a test for the reworking of the front page of TWIC too. I don't want to go through several versions over a few weeks. I can officially say that the style sheet I'm using right now isn't very good.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) NH Chess Tournament

The 5th NH Chess Rising Stars vs Experience Tournament took place in Amsterdam 12th-22nd August 2010. The experienced Gelfand, Svidler, PH Nielsen, Van Wely and Ljubojevic took on the Rising Stars of Nakamura, Caruana, Wesley So, Giri and Howell. The tournament finished with the Youth side defeating the Experience 26-24. Boris Gelfand scored 7/10 for the Experience team. Anish Giri lost his final game to allow Hikaru Nakamura to catch him on 6/10. The two had a play-off for a place in next year's Amber tournament. The blitz playoff with a time rate of 3m+2spm saw Nakamura win with a 2-0 score. It wouldn't really surprise me if Giri gets an invitation anyway.

Rather embarrassingly I got the edition wrong not only in TWIC last week but in fact for the whole event last year! This year's was the 5th and you should re-label last year's if you have a database from TWIC.

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

5th NH Chess Tournament Amsterdam (NED), 2010.08.12 - 2010.08.22
Score: Youth 26 Experience 24
Team Name Ti FED Elo + = - Pts Gms
Experience Gelfand, Boris GM ISR 2739 4 6 0 7 10
Experience Svidler, Peter GM RUS 2734 2 7 1 5.5 10
Experience Van Wely, Loek GM NED 2677 1 6 3 4 10
Experience Nielsen, Peter Heine GM DEN 2700 2 4 4 4 10
Experience Ljubojevic, Ljubomir GM SRB 2572 1 5 4 3.5 10
Youth Nakamura, Hikaru GM USA 2729 4 4 2 6 10
Youth Giri, Anish GM NED 2672 3 6 1 6 10
Youth Caruana, Fabiano GM ITA 2672 2 6 2 5 10
Youth Howell, David W L GM ENG 2616 3 3 4 4.5 10
Youth So, Wesley GM PHI 2674 0 9 1 4.5 10
5th NH Chess Tournament Playoff Amsterdam
Nakamura, Hikaru - Giri, Anish 1-0 40 D00 Queen's Pawn Game
Giri, Anish - Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 26 E00 Catalan
5th NH Chess Tournament Playoff Amsterdam (NED), 22 viii 2010
Name Ti NAT Rtng 1 2 Total Perf
Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2729 1 1 2
Giri, Anish g NED 2672 0 0 0

3) Efimenko vs GM Naiditsch Match

The 4th in a series of matches took place in Mukachevo, Ukraine 12th-18th August 2010. This year Zahar Efimenko played Arkadij Naiditsch in a six game match. Previously the Mukachevo matches, organised by Josef Resch & Universal Event Promotion were: Ivanchuk v Leko 2007 (rapid) Ivanchuk v Leko 2009 (rapid) Short v Efimenko 2009 (classical) In a tight match Arkadij Naiditsch's win in game 2 was enough to win the match 3.5-2.5, the remaining games were drawn.

The Transkarpathian Cup 2010 Chess Festival took place 10th-18th August 2010 in Mukachevo, Ukraine. IM Daniil Shkuran took clear first place with 7.5/9 half a point clear of Oleg Budnikov and Vitaly Bernadskiy. No games are available.

Schedule of all events (English): http://www.chess32x64.org/Tournaments/2010/Tr23/SheduleTC2010.htm

Efimenko vs Naiditsch Match - main page (English): http://efimenko.chess32x64.org/Najditch2010/eng/chessmatch2010.htm

Regulations - Open (English): http://www.chess32x64.org/Tournaments/2010/Tr23/TransCup-2010(eng).doc

Match Mukachevo
Efimenko, Zahar - Naiditsch, Arkadij ½-½ 53 E04 Catalan
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Efimenko, Zahar 1-0 43 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Efimenko, Zahar - Naiditsch, Arkadij ½-½ 34 E21 Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Efimenko, Zahar ½-½ 97 C97 Ruy Lopez
Efimenko, Zahar - Naiditsch, Arkadij ½-½ 26 C63 Ruy Lopez Schliemann
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Efimenko, Zahar ½-½ 54 C46 Four Knights

Match Mukachevo (UKR), 12-18 viii 2010
Name Ti NAT Rtng 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Perf
Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2684 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 3½ 2746
Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2689 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 2½ 2627

4) Spanish Chess League Honor Division

The Spanish Chess Championships CECLUB Honor Division takes place in Sestao, Vizcaya, 23rd-28th August 2010. 6 Rounds: 10 teams. First 4 rounds a Swiss, Final 2 Rounds settle the final placings. Shirov, Ponomariov, Caruana, Gashinov, Vallejo, Bacrot, Kasimdzhanov, Navara, Laznicka, Almasi, Harikrishna, Dreev, Krasenkow, Bruzon, Nakamura, Vachier, Short are amongst the high profile players.

Official site: http://www.feda.org/index.php

Results http://chess-results.com/tnr37376.aspx

TCh-ESP CECLUB Honor Sestao (ESP), 23-28 viii 2010
Leading Round 1 (of 6) Standings:
Rk.SNoTeamGames + = -TB1TB2TB3
17C.A. SOLVAY11004,020
25MERIDA PATRIMONIO11004,020
34SCC SABADELL11004,020
48C.A. REVERTE ALBOX11003,520
56GROS X.T.10103,011
61ESCUELA I. KASPAROV MARCOTE10103,011
73C.A. LINEX-MAGIC10012,500
89C.E. BARBERA10012,000
910U.G.A.10012,000
102C.A. SESTAO NATURGAS10012,000
10 teams

5) Baku Open

The Baku Open takes place 23rd-31st August 2010. Gata Kamsky plays.

Official site: http://www.chess.az

Open Baku (AZE), 23-31 viii 2010
Leading Round 1 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.NameTiFEDRtgPts.TB1TB2TB3
1Kamsky GataGMUSA27131,0208210,0
Miroshnichenko EvgenijGMUKR26861,0208210,0
3Sutovsky EmilGMISR26651,0208110,0
4Mamedov RaufGMAZE26601,0208010,0
Smirin IliaGMISR26461,0208010,0
6Aleksandrov AleksejGMBLR26421,0207710,0
7Savchenko BorisGMRUS26231,0207510,0
8Guseinov GadirGMAZE26111,0207310,0
9Safarli EltajGMAZE26031,0206310,0
10Shanava KonstantineGMGEO25561,0205410,0
11Abbasov FaridGMAZE25491,0205210,0
12Ibrahimov RasulGMAZE25341,0204010,0
13Esen BarisIMTUR25181,0203610,0
14Guliyev NamigGMAZE25101,0202410,0
15Toufighi HomayoonIMIRI25011,0201010,0
16Zhukova NataliaGMUKR24991,0200410,0
17Malkhaz SulashviliIMGEO24981,0200310,0
18Golizadeh AsgharFMIRI24811,0200110,0
19Yilmaz MustafaIMTUR24791,0198910,0
20Nigalidze GaiozIMGEO24781,0198310,0
21Javakhishvili LeylaIMGEO24691,0197710,0
22Paichadze LukaFMGEO24671,0197310,0
23Maghalashvili DavitIMGEO24651,0197210,0
24Azaladze ShotaIMGEO24431,0196510,0
Rasulov Vugar Ural OgluIMAZE24421,0196510,0
26Guliev LogmanIMAZE24371,0196310,0
158 players

6) French Championships

The French Championships took place in Belfort 9th-21st August 2010. Etienne Bacrot and Laurent Fressinet were the top seeds. Almira Skripchenko won the women's group and Jean-Pierre Le Roux the B-Group. Romain Edouard and Laurent Fressinet played off for the title on Saturday after topping the men's event with 8/11. Fressinet took the title by winning the second rapid game. Fressinet and Skripchenko are married so this gave an unusual husband and wife win.

Official site: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/Default.aspx?Cat=15

85th ch-FRA Belfort (FRA), 9-20 viii 2010 cat. XIV (2596)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Edouard, Romain g FRA 2620 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 8 2769
2. Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2697 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8 2762
3. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2720 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 7 2686
4. Bauer, Christian g FRA 2612 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6 2630
5. Dorfman, Iossif D g FRA 2583 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 2597
6. Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2639 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 5½ 2592
7. Bricard, Emmanuel g FRA 2478 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5 2570
8. Sokolov, Andrei g FRA 2596 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 2531
9. Charnushevich, Aliaksei m FRA 2497 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 4½ 2540
10. Hamdouchi, Hicham g FRA 2600 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ * 0 ½ 4 2493
11. Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2569 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 * 0 4 2496
12. Cornette, Matthieu g FRA 2543 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * 4 2499
Round 7 (August 16, 2010)
Fressinet, Laurent - Cornette, Matthieu 1-0 33 D76 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Bacrot, Etienne - Degraeve, Jean-Marc 1-0 38 B04 Alekhine's Defence
Dorfman, Iossif D - Edouard, Romain ½-½ 30 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Sokolov, Andrei 1-0 42 E03 Catalan
Charnushevich, Aliaksei - Bauer, Christian ½-½ 17 D46 Semi-Slav Defence
Hamdouchi, Hicham - Bricard, Emmanuel 0-1 48 C03 French Tarrasch
Round 8 (August 17, 2010)
Edouard, Romain - Bacrot, Etienne ½-½ 10 E36 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Bauer, Christian - Tkachiev, Vladislav ½-½ 56 D76 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Bricard, Emmanuel - Sokolov, Andrei ½-½ 9 A11 Reti Opening
Hamdouchi, Hicham - Fressinet, Laurent 0-1 33 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Degraeve, Jean-Marc - Charnushevich, Aliaksei ½-½ 51 C02 French Advance
Cornette, Matthieu - Dorfman, Iossif D ½-½ 32 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 9 (August 18, 2010)
Fressinet, Laurent - Bricard, Emmanuel 1-0 48 C16 French Winawer
Bacrot, Etienne - Cornette, Matthieu ½-½ 60 C04 French Tarrasch
Dorfman, Iossif D - Hamdouchi, Hicham ½-½ 43 E70 King's Indian Fianchetto
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Degraeve, Jean-Marc ½-½ 52 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Sokolov, Andrei - Bauer, Christian ½-½ 17 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Charnushevich, Aliaksei - Edouard, Romain ½-½ 48 A43 Old Benoni
Round 10 (August 19, 2010)
Edouard, Romain - Tkachiev, Vladislav 1-0 20 C70 Ruy Lopez
Fressinet, Laurent - Dorfman, Iossif D ½-½ 17 D94 Gruenfeld Closed
Bricard, Emmanuel - Bauer, Christian 0-1 55 A37 English Symmetrical
Hamdouchi, Hicham - Bacrot, Etienne ½-½ 21 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Degraeve, Jean-Marc - Sokolov, Andrei ½-½ 15 B40 Sicilian Classical
Cornette, Matthieu - Charnushevich, Aliaksei ½-½ 17 E00 Catalan
Round 11 (August 20, 2010)
Bacrot, Etienne - Fressinet, Laurent ½-½ 24 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Bauer, Christian - Degraeve, Jean-Marc ½-½ 14 C48 Four Knights Rubinstein
Dorfman, Iossif D - Bricard, Emmanuel ½-½ 11 A90 Dutch Classical
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Cornette, Matthieu 1-0 59 A05 Various
Sokolov, Andrei - Edouard, Romain ½-½ 16 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Charnushevich, Aliaksei - Hamdouchi, Hicham ½-½ 50 B06 Modern Defence
85th ch-FRA Playoff Belfort
Edouard, Romain - Fressinet, Laurent ½-½ 50 A35 English Symmetrical
Fressinet, Laurent - Edouard, Romain 1-0 31 D81 Gruenfeld Botvinnik
85th ch-FRA Playoff Belfort (FRA), 21 viii 2010
Name Ti NAT Rtng 1 2 Total Perf
Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2697 ½ 1 1½ 2813
Edouard, Romain g FRA 2620 ½ 0 ½ 2504
85th ch-FRA w Belfort (FRA), 10-20 viii 2010 cat. IV (2333)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2458 * * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 7½ 2500
2. Milliet, Sophie m FRA 2367 ½ ½ * * 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 6 2397
3. Leconte, Maria wg FRA 2337 0 ½ 1 ½ * * ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 5½ 2367
4. Collas, Silvia m FRA 2333 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * * ½ 1 ½ ½ 5 2332
5. Guichard, Pauline wm FRA 2320 0 0 0 1 1 0 ½ 0 * * ½ 1 4 2263
6. Roumegous, Marina wm FRA 2181 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * * 2 2123
ch-FRA NatB Belfort (FRA), 9-20 viii 2010 cat. IX (2469)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Le Roux, Jean-Pierre g FRA 2495 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 8 2641
2. Shchekachev, Andrei g FRA 2546 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 7½ 2594
3. Gozzoli, Yannick m FRA 2520 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 6½ 2529
4. Apicella, Manuel g FRA 2529 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 6 2499
5. Prie, Eric g FRA 2529 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 6 2499
6. Lagarde, Maxime f FRA 2414 0 1 1 0 ½ * ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 5½ 2473
7. Bailet, Pierre f FRA 2425 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ * 0 1 1 ½ ½ 5½ 2472
8. Vaisser, Anatoly g FRA 2515 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 * 0 1 ½ 1 5½ 2464
9. Benitah, Yohan m FRA 2382 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 * 0 0 1 4½ 2411
10. Housieaux, David m FRA 2423 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 * ½ 1 4½ 2408
11. Terrieux, Kevin m FRA 2437 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ 3½ 2338
12. Jolly, Jean-Francois f FRA 2411 1 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ * 3 2299

7) Abu Dhabi Open

The Abu Dhabi Open took place 12th-20th August 2010. The favourite Anton Korobov took clear first place with 6.5/9 in the Ramadan Master Open which had 26 players.

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

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr37078.aspx

Live http://www.abudhabichess.com/2010/online/tfd.htm

Ramadan Master Open Abu Dhabi (UAE), 12-20 viii 2010
Leading Round 9 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.NameTiFEDRtgPts.TB1TB2TB3
1Korobov AntonGMUKR26576,50,02000546,5
2Sturua ZurabGMGEO25126,00,52010247,0
3Guliev, SarhanGMAZE24856,00,51988847,0
4Anastasian AshotGMARM25785,50,02017749,0
5Grigoryan AvetikGMARM25845,50,01994148,0
6Sharbaf, MohsenFMIRI23705,50,01981442,0
7Amin BasemGMEGY25685,50,01934842,5
8Guseinov GadirGMAZE26115,50,01884339,5
9Alhuwar JasemFMUAE23115,00,01960141,0
10Narayanan SrinathIMIND24095,00,01941540,5
11Arun Prasad SGMIND25355,00,01934641,0
12Malakhatko VadimGMBEL25765,00,01875339,5
13Antonio, Viani D'cunhaIND22084,50,01987741,5
14Tissir, MohamedIMMAR24664,50,01926237,5
15Khouri Ibrahim MohamedFMUAE22084,50,01921637,0
16Koohestani, Sh.FMIRI23454,50,01901138,0
17Gabuzyan HovhannesARM22614,00,01972648,0
18Raetsky AlexanderGMRUS24424,00,01921338,5
19El Arousy Abdul HameedIMEGY22514,00,01916638,5
20Faisal AbdullaUAE22824,00,01897233,5
21Omearat AdelFMSYR22183,50,01957637,0
22Ankit R RajparaIND23623,50,01889537,0
23Ibrahim IsmailUAE21573,50,01657135,5
24Sarwat WalaaIMEGY23793,00,51849734,0
25Khademalsharieh, SarasadatWFMIRI20973,00,51671935,5
26Salem GhuloomFMUAE23020,00,01406833,5
26 players

8) Sants Open

The Sants Open takes place in La Bordeta, Barcelona 20th-29th August 2010.

A small observation, even with Wikipedea I am really confused as to why the organisers seem to cram so many places in the title of their tournament (Sants, La Bordeta and Hostafrancs, they put Barcelona as the venue in chess-results). The tournament is in "La Bordeta" which according to Wikipedea "is a neighborhood in the Sants-Montjuic district of Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). It is located between Sants and l'Hospitalet de Llobregat. The neighborhood was in the bottom of the former municipality of Sants." Quite what this has to do with Hostafrancs is anyone's guess. I'm sticking with La Bordeta this time as being the most specific even though I've given Barcelona in the past. Sants Open in La Bordeta is surely enough to work everthing out.

Official site: http://www.cotxeres-casinet.org/open

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr37045.aspx

Sants Open La Bordeta (ESP), 20-29 viii 2010
Leading Round 4 (of 10) Standings:
Rk.NameTiFEDRtgIPts.TB1TB2TB3
1Alonso Rosell AlvarIMESP25214,06,011,010,0
2Handke FlorianGMGER24944,05,511,010,0
3Martinez Duany Lelys StanleyGMCUB25104,05,510,510,0
4Escobar Forero AlderIMCOL24744,05,09,010,0
5Barrientos Sergio EIMCOL24774,04,08,510,0
6Cruz CristhianIMPER25363,56,011,09,5
7Khmelniker IlyaIMISR24833,55,511,09,5
8Bluvshtein MarkGMCAN25833,55,510,59,5
Brunner NicolasIMFRA24513,55,510,59,5
10Mamedov NidjatGMAZE26043,55,010,59,0
11Kanarek MarcelFMPOL23873,55,010,09,0
Oms Fuentes LluisFMESP23603,55,010,09,0
13Michielsen JoostNED23973,55,09,58,5
14Cori JorgeGMPER24863,55,09,09,5
15Leniart ArkadiuszIMPOL24233,55,09,09,0
16Cuartas Jaime AlexanderGMCOL25293,55,07,59,0
17Alonso Garcia Rene MarcialIMCUB23963,54,510,09,0
18Rodshtein MaximGMISR26093,54,59,59,5
Oms Pallisse JosepGMESP24943,54,59,59,5
20Nijboer FrisoGMNED25823,54,59,59,0
Zoler DanIMISR24743,54,59,59,0
22Fernandez Aguado EnriqueIMESP23433,54,59,08,5
23Ootes LarsNED23153,54,58,08,5
24Reinaldo Castineira RoiIMESP25113,54,57,58,0
25Richter MichaelIMGER24283,54,09,59,5
26Sidorenko IlyaIMISR24093,54,08,59,5
359 players

9) Manhem Chess Week

Manhem Chess Week took place in Gothenburg, Sweden 10th-18th August 2010. Emanuel Berg took clear first place with 7/9.

Official site: http://www.ssmanhem.se/

Manhem Chess Week GM Gothenburg (SWE), 10-18 viii 2010 cat. IX (2453)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Berg, Emanuel g SWE 2612 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 7 2655
2. Rasmussen, Allan Stig g DEN 2510 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 6 2571
3. Smith, Axel m SWE 2416 ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 5½ 2537
4. Tikkanen, Hans m SWE 2469 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 2531
5. Nithander, Victor m SWE 2409 ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 4½ 2458
6. Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2538 ½ 0 0 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 1 4½ 2443
7. Spirin, Oleg m RUS 2468 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ 3½ 2371
8. Ivanov, Mikhail M g RUS 2486 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 3½ 2369
9. Carlhammar, Magnus SWE 2311 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 1 * ½ 3 2343
10. Kovachev, Daniel Jakobsen NOR 2312 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * 2 2248

10) 1st Negroponte International Open

The 1st Negroponte International Open took place 9th-17th August 2010. Suat Atalik took clear first place with 8/9.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr33842.aspx

Official site: http://www.negroponte2010.gr/

Negroponte Open Chalkis (GRE), 9-17 viii 2010
Leading Round 9 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.NameTiFEDRtgIPts.TB1TB2TB3
1Atalik SuatGMTUR26078,00,042,00,0
2Hess Robert LGMUSA25887,50,039,50,0
3Burmakin VladimirGMRUS26057,00,037,00,0
4Graf AlexanderGMGER25907,00,036,00,0
5Bosiocic MarinGMCRO25437,00,036,00,0
6Nikolaidis IoannisGMGRE24937,00,035,00,0
7Moradiabadi ElshanGMIRI25717,00,034,00,0
8Andriasian ZavenGMARM25886,50,039,00,0
9Papaioannou IoannisGMGRE26216,50,035,50,0
10Ghaem Maghami EhsanGMIRI25856,50,035,50,0
11Parligras MirceaGMROU25746,50,035,50,0
12Ganguly Surya ShekharGMIND26556,50,035,00,0
13Rychagov AndreyGMRUS25386,50,034,50,0
14Baghdasaryan VaheARM22296,50,033,50,0
15Rozentalis EduardasGMLTU26316,50,033,50,0
16Zablotsky SergeiGMRUS25536,50,033,00,0
17Atalik EkaterinaIMTUR24446,50,032,50,0
18Gupta AbhijeetGMIND25876,00,034,50,0
19Vishnu Prasanna VFMIND23416,00,034,50,0
20Mastrovasilis AthanasiosGMGRE25396,00,034,50,0
21Khismatullin DenisGMRUS26676,00,034,00,0
22Nikolov MomchilGMBUL25526,00,034,00,0
23Vorobiov Evgeny EGMRUS25926,00,034,00,0
24Sandipan ChandaGMIND26376,00,033,50,0
25Melia SalomeIMGEO24426,00,033,50,0
26Charkhalashvili IngaWGMGEO23466,00,032,50,0
204 players

11) First Saturday August

The First Saturday GM-IM-FM events took place 7th-17th August 2010. The GM Group is the 1st Karoly Borloy-Androvitzky Memorial named after a master who died 25 years ago. The GM Group was won by Oliver Mihok with 8.5/11.

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

FSGM August Budapest (HUN), 7-17 viii 2010 cat. VI (2400)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Mihok, Oliver m HUN 2438 * 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 8½ 2607
2. Hoang Thanh Trang g HUN 2474 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 7½ 2526
3. Kargin, Arseny m RUS 2394 0 ½ * ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6½ 2465
4. Kosic, Dragan g MNE 2512 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6 2425
5. Konnyu, Janos m HUN 2353 1 0 0 ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5½ 2404
6. Szabo, Bence HUN 2338 0 0 1 ½ 1 * 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 2405
7. Eid, Fadi m LIB 2385 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 2401
8. Genov, Petar g BUL 2442 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 2360
9. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2488 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 5 2355
10. Feher, Adam HUN 2319 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ 4 2305
11. Kislik, Erik Andrew f USA 2329 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 3½ 2273
12. Lorscheid, Gerhard f GER 2326 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 3½ 2273
FSIMA August Budapest (HUN), 7-15 viii 2010
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Zhao, Parker USA 2267 * 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 8 2598
2. To, Nhat Minh m HUN 2441 0 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5½ 2307
3. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2251 ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 5 2291
4. Nguyen Thi Mai Hung wf VIE 2240 0 0 1 * ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 5 2293
5. Adams, Nick A USA 2244 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 0 4½ 2249
6. Kaufman, Raymond m USA 2333 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 4½ 2239
7. Hardicsay, Peter m HUN 2271 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ 4 2203
8. Battey, Alexander USA 2150 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 * ½ 1 3½ 2180
9. Lyell, Mark f ENG 2162 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 3 2133
10. Privitera, Franco ITA 2131 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 * 2 2042
FSIMB August Budapest (HUN), 7-15 viii 2010 cat. I (2261)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Kashtanov, Ruslan m RUS 2319 * 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 6½ 2421
2. Erdelyi, Zombor HUN 2336 0 * 1 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 5 2296
3. Maryasin, Boris m ISR 2339 0 0 * ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 5 2295
4. Tran Tuan Minh f VIE 2244 1 0 ½ * 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 4½ 2263
5. Omarsson, Dadi ISL 2150 ½ 0 0 1 * 1 0 ½ ½ 1 4½ 2273
6. Szalanczy, Emil m HUN 2272 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ ½ 4½ 2260
7. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2243 0 1 0 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ 1 4½ 2263
8. Martynov, Pavel2 RUS 2190 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 0 3½ 2189
9. Qu Yanqiao CHN 2149 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 3½ 2193
10. Petran, Pal m HUN 2372 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 * 3½ 2169

12) BDO Chess Tournament

The BDO Chess tournament takes place in Haarlem 21st-29th August 2010.

Official site: http://www.hwphaarlem.nl/bdohomeindex.php

BDO Premier Haarlem (NED), 21-29 viii 2010 cat. X (2476)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Turov, Maxim g RUS 2628 * . . ½ . . . . 1 1 2½ 2714
2. Peng Zhaoqin g NED 2403 . * . . . . 1 ½ . ½ 2 2590
3. Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2587 . . * . 0 . . 1 1 . 2 2606
4. Ris, Robert m NED 2423 ½ . . * . ½ ½ . . . 1½ 2485
5. Markgraf, Alexander f GER 2456 . . 1 . * 0 . ½ . . 1½ 2516
6. Van Kampen, Robin m NED 2422 . . . ½ 1 * . . 0 . 1½ 2442
7. Willemze, Thomas m NED 2405 . 0 . ½ . . * . . 1 1½ 2425
8. Flumbort, Andras m HUN 2540 . ½ 0 . ½ . . * . . 1 2357
9. Bok, Benjamin f NED 2449 0 . 0 . . 1 . . * . 1 2420
10. Popilski, Gil ISR 2451 0 ½ . . . . 0 . . * ½ 2205
Round 1 (August 21, 2010)
Turov, Maxim - Bok, Benjamin 1-0 33 A29 English Four Knights
Reinderman, Dimitri - Flumbort, Andras 1-0 35 A33 English Symmetrical
Van Kampen, Robin - Markgraf, Alexander 1-0 32 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Willemze, Thomas - Ris, Robert ½-½ 16 C48 Four Knights Rubinstein
Popilski, Gil - Peng Zhaoqin ½-½ 44 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Round 2 (August 22, 2010)
Peng Zhaoqin - Flumbort, Andras ½-½ 59 D80 Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Ris, Robert - Turov, Maxim ½-½ 32 E10 Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Markgraf, Alexander - Reinderman, Dimitri 1-0 56 C11 French Defence
Bok, Benjamin - Van Kampen, Robin 1-0 49 B96 Sicilian Najdorf
Popilski, Gil - Willemze, Thomas 0-1 32 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Round 3 (August 23, 2010)
Turov, Maxim - Popilski, Gil 1-0 41 D77 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Reinderman, Dimitri - Bok, Benjamin 1-0 40 A29 English Four Knights
Van Kampen, Robin - Ris, Robert ½-½ 45 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Willemze, Thomas - Peng Zhaoqin 0-1 42 C00 French Defence
Flumbort, Andras - Markgraf, Alexander ½-½ 54 A87 Dutch Leningrad
BDO Challengers Haarlem (NED), 21-29 viii 2010 cat. IV (2330)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2455 * . . . ½ . 1 . . 1 2½ 2595
2. Kuipers, Stefan f NED 2354 . * . . . . ½ 1 . 1 2½ 2537
3. Manea, Alexandru m ROU 2390 . . * ½ . ½ . . 1 . 2 2429
4. De Wit, Tex NED 2268 . . ½ * ½ . . . 1 . 2 2497
5. Turova, Irina m RUS 2394 ½ . . ½ * ½ . . . . 1½ 2344
6. Gijswijt, Bart NED 2311 . . ½ . ½ * ½ . . . 1½ 2360
7. Van Ruitenburg, Joost f NED 2296 0 ½ . . . ½ * . . . 1 2248
8. Admiraal, Miguoel NED 2221 . 0 . . . . . * ½ ½ 1 2196
9. Rej, Tomek f AUS 2334 . . 0 0 . . . ½ * . ½ 2020
10. Steadman, Michael NZL 2277 0 0 . . . . . ½ . * ½ 2070

13) 9th Mario Covas

The 9th Mario Covas took place 13th-19th August 2010 in Sao Paulo Brazil. Sandro Mareco took clear first place with 7/9.

Official site: http://www.fpx.com.br/2010/paulistao2010/9covas.html

Official site: http://www.fpx.com.br/2010/paulistao2010/7regina.htm

9th Mario Covas Jr Santos (BRA), 13-19 viii 2010 cat. XI (2523)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Mareco, Sandro g ARG 2527 * 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 2742
2. Rodriguez Vila, Andres g URU 2508 1 * ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 0 1 5 2567
3. Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2629 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 2553
4. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2606 ½ 1 ½ * 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 5 2556
5. El Debs, Felipe de Cresce m BRA 2499 0 ½ ½ 1 * ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 4½ 2525
6. Bachmann, Axel g PAR 2552 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 4½ 2519
7. Fier, Alexandr g BRA 2570 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 0 1 4 2474
8. Coelho, Luis Henrique m BRA 2381 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ * 0 0 3½ 2458
9. Cubas, Jose Fernando m PAR 2463 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 * 0 3½ 2449
10. Di Berardino, Diego Rafael m BRA 2492 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 * 3 2401

14) XI Figueres Open "Miquel Mas"

The XI Figueres Open "Miquel Mas" took place 11th-18th August 2010. Lelys Martinez Duany won the event on tie-break from Levan Aroshidze after both scored 7.5/9.

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

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr33579.aspx

11th Miquel Mas Open Figueres (ESP), 11-18 viii 2010
Leading Round 9 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.NameTiFEDRtgIPts.TB1TB2
1Martinez Duany Lelys StanleyGMCUB25107,50,040,0
2Aroshidze LevanGMGEO25487,50,039,5
3Corrales Jimenez FidelGMCUB25747,00,041,0
4Barria Zuniga DanielIMCHI24196,50,042,5
5Alonso Rosell AlvarIMESP25216,50,041,0
6Campos Moreno Javier BGMCHI24846,50,038,5
7Cuadras Avellana JorgeFMESP23056,50,038,5
8Carlstedt JonathanGER23796,50,035,5
9Anikaev Yuri NIMRUS24116,00,040,5
10Sorbe StephaneFMFRA23586,00,039,5
11Vehi Bach Victor ManuelIMESP24056,00,036,5
12Huerga Leache MikelIMESP24246,00,036,0
13Sabria Batlle PolcmESP22116,00,035,0
14Sola FlavienFRA19546,00,033,0
15Lillo Castay VictorESP22845,50,039,5
16Casanellas Ruano LluisESP21825,50,039,5
17Vidal Zamora AlexESP21505,50,038,5
18Adrian ClaudeIMFRA22925,50,038,0
19Abdalla Luiz Guilherme AurelliBRA22535,50,038,0
20Vilar Lopez MonicaWFMESP21665,50,037,5
21Spielmann AlainFMFRA22865,50,035,5
22Parals Marce LuisESP20585,50,035,0
23Triadu Cassa JordiESP20255,50,033,5
24Buch Prades JoanESP18775,50,032,5
25Garcia RichardFRA17615,50,030,0
26Gomez Gustavo PizzocaroBRA21425,00,040,0
100 players

15) 27th Collado Villalba Open

The 27th Collado Villalba Open takes place 20th-28th August 2010.

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

Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr36105.aspx

27th Open A Collado Villalba (ESP), 20-28 viii 2010
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.NameTiRtgIPts.TB1TB2TB3
1Madina Yadarola Martin22263,50,00,08,75
2Moreno Ruiz JavierIM24943,50,00,07,75
3Solaesa Navalpotro Luis JulioFM22273,50,00,07,75
4Ramirez Garcia Jorge AlbertoCM22413,50,00,07,50
5Roa Alonso SantiagoIM24543,50,00,07,25
6Iturrizaga EduardoGM26143,50,00,08,00
7Alcazar Jimenez JesusFM22873,00,00,06,00
8Garcia Salamero Gabriel21573,00,00,04,75
9Semprun Martinez Fernando21593,00,00,04,50
10Labarta Gonzalez Ivan B21293,00,00,02,50
11Sanchez Jerez Emilio MiguelFM23013,00,00,07,25
12Kovacevic SlobodanIM23923,00,00,06,00
13Sanchez Gonzalez SergioFM23113,00,00,07,00
14Elissalt Cardenas HectorIM23573,00,00,05,75
15Perez Gonzalez Jose ManuelFM23243,00,00,05,25
16Lobato Lavin Alvaro20443,00,00,04,50
17Vazquez Igarza RenierGM25273,00,00,04,25
18Starostits IlmarsIM24863,00,00,04,00
Guerra Mendez Jose AngelIM24803,00,00,04,00
Gomez Ledo Roberto CarlosIM24453,00,00,04,00
Samolins VitalijsIM24083,00,00,04,00
22Cerrato Torrijos Maria20643,00,00,03,50
23Gomez Garrido CamiloIM24993,00,00,03,50
24Longa Yauca Javier22852,50,00,05,00
25Madurga Lopez Ignacio20242,50,00,04,50
26Tudela Corbalan CarlosFM22092,50,00,03,00
27Pastor Alonso De Prado Emilio21952,50,00,04,75
28Cardenas Serrano Sergio21362,50,00,04,25
29Lorite Cruz Francisco21272,50,00,03,75
Davicce Canada Juan Antonio20802,50,00,03,75
31Pena Aumar Nicolas20832,50,00,04,25
32Rodriguez De Castro Ayar21212,50,00,02,50
33Perez De Villar Munoz Eusebio20382,50,00,02,00
34Estrada Martinez Cesar22182,00,00,03,50
35Sanz Castillo Santiago22282,00,00,03,00
36Ponce Lopez Miguel21062,00,00,04,00
Lopez De Turiso Jose Angel21012,00,00,04,00
38De La Fuente Gonzalez FranciscCM22402,00,00,03,75
39Valles Moreno Ivan23942,00,00,03,50
Bolea Jover Jose19092,00,00,03,50
95 players

16) 44th Villa De Mislata

The 44th Villa De Mislata saw its 2nd Master tournament won by Alexis Cabrera with 6.5/9.

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

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr34051.asp

44th Magistral Mislata (ESP), 16-22 viii 2010 cat. VIII (2437)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Cabrera, Alexis g ESP 2527 * ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 6½ 2593
2. Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis g ESP 2528 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5½ 2506
3. Galego, Luis g POR 2435 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 5½ 2517
4. Pardo Simon, David ESP 2321 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 5 2492
5. Garcia Roman, Daniel m ESP 2464 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 5 2477
6. Vassallo Barroche, Mauricio m ESP 2409 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 4 2397
7. Doncea, Vladimir m ROU 2460 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ 4 2391
8. Camarena Gimenez, Rufino m ESP 2402 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 3½ 2360
9. Matnadze, Ana m GEO 2413 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 3½ 2359
10. Dolezal, Cristian m ARG 2411 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 2½ 2273

17) 13th Olomouc Chess Summer

The 13th Olomouc Chess Summer - Olomouc saw FIDE opens, closed GM and IM tournaments, seniors tournament, active chess and blitz chess tournaments. 4th-12th August 2010.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr36842.aspx

Official site: http://www.a64.cz/tournaments/olomouc2010/vysledky_en.php

GM1 Valoz Cup Olomouc (CZE), 4-12 viii 2010 cat. VIII (2433)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Kanovsky, David m CZE 2492 * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7 2645
2. Baron, Tal m ISR 2438 0 * 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 7 2651
3. Vovk, Yuri g UKR 2561 0 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 6 2543
4. Voloshin, Leonid g CZE 2453 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 2430
5. Plat, Vojtech m CZE 2405 ½ 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 4½ 2435
6. Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg wg MGL 2321 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 0 1 1 4 2401
7. Dobrowolski, Piotr m POL 2397 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ 3½ 2356
8. Rojicek, Vojtech m CZE 2423 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 * ½ 0 3 2308
9. Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2470 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 3 2303
10. Sharma, Dinesh K m IND 2365 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ * 2½ 2274
GM2 Prima Pack Cup Olomouc (CZE), 4-12 viii 2010 cat. VIII (2431)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Adhiban, Baskaran m IND 2483 * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7 2644
2. Chernyshov, Konstantin g RUS 2578 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 6½ 2580
3. Vokac, Marek g CZE 2458 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 5½ 2507
4. Talla, Vladimir m CZE 2476 ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 5 2468
5. Krejci, Jan2 m CZE 2463 ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ 0 ½ 1 1 5 2469
6. Semcesen, Daniel m SWE 2420 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ 4½ 2431
7. Simacek, Pavel m CZE 2532 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ 0 ½ 4 2376
8. Oparin, Grigoriy f RUS 2309 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 0 ½ 2½ 2278
9. Krupa, Monika wg POL 2214 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 * 0 2½ 2288
10. Payen, Arnaud m FRA 2372 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * 2½ 2271
GM3 Proclient Cup Olomouc (CZE), 4-12 viii 2010 cat. VIII (2439)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Vovk, Andrey g UKR 2522 * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 7 2649
2. Janev, Evgeni g BUL 2463 0 * ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 6 2561
3. Matsenko, Sergei m RUS 2453 ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 5½ 2517
4. Batchuluun, Tsegmed m MGL 2388 ½ ½ 1 * 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 2524
5. Polak, Tomas g CZE 2544 0 0 ½ 1 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 5½ 2507
6. Warakomski, Tomasz m POL 2495 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 2475
7. Raznikov, Danny f ISR 2326 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ 4½ 2451
8. Petr, Martin m CZE 2511 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 3 2306
9. Rosko, Lubos f CZE 2351 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 * ½ 1½ 2175
10. Pisk, Petr m CZE 2337 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1½ 2177
IM1 Winsoft Company Cup Olomouc (CZE), 4-12 viii 2010 cat. II (2282)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Kolosowski, Mateusz f POL 2308 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 7½ 2552
2. Luch, Michal m POL 2387 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6½ 2436
3. Stachowiak, Kamil POL 2404 ½ ½ * 0 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 5½ 2348
4. Antipov, Mikhail Al RUS 2238 0 0 1 * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 5½ 2367
5. Kireev, Aleksei m RUS 2355 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 4½ 2274
6. Aharon, Ofir ISR 2199 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 4 2248
7. Sluka, Radek m CZE 2282 0 0 1 0 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 4 2239
8. Mikhailov, Viacheslav RUS 2139 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 * 1 ½ 3 2173
9. Aranaz Murillo, Amalia ESP 2190 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * 0 2½ 2126
10. Dukaczewski, Piotr m POL 2319 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 * 2 2058
IM2 Ceska pojistovna Cup Olomouc (CZE), 4-12 viii 2010 cat. I (2271)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Bures, Jaroslav CZE 2332 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 6½ 2429
2. Havlikova, Kristyna wm CZE 2299 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6½ 2433
3. Klima, Lukas m CZE 2392 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 2337
4. Drozdowski, Kacper POL 2223 0 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 5½ 2355
5. Butkiewicz, Lukasz POL 2375 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 5 2301
6. Gasik, Anna wf POL 2168 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 1 4½ 2281
7. Plischki, Sebastian m GER 2374 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 * ½ ½ ½ 4 2216
8. Volodin, Viktor m RUS 2222 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 3½ 2195
9. Van den Dikkenberg, Erik f NED 2139 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 2½ 2119
10. Musaev, Rasul RUS 2181 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1½ 2007
IM3 Ave-Kontakt Cup Olomouc (CZE), 4-12 viii 2010 cat. I (2273)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Biolek, Richard m CZE 2441 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6½ 2420
2. Jurek, Josef m CZE 2352 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 6½ 2430
3. Vrana, Jan CZE 2346 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 6 2389
4. Matuszewski, Michal POL 2317 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½ 2348
5. Brodowski, Piotr POL 2421 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 2336
6. Yanjindulam, Dulamsuren wm MGL 2224 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 5 2321
7. Chetverik, Maxim m RUS 2330 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ 4½ 2266
8. Mukashev, Assan KAZ 2116 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 0 ½ 2 2070
9. Chlost, Marlena wf POL 2163 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 2 2065
10. Chernyshova, Natalia RUS 2019 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1½ 2028

18) 9th International Istanbul Chess Festival

9th International Istanbul Chess Festival, 21st August - 28th August 2010. Andrey Sumets is the top seed.

Official site: http://istfest2010.tsf.org.tr

19) Bratto Chess Open

The 28th Bratto Chess Open takes place 22nd-30th August 2010. After four rounds Vladimir Burmakin leads on 4/4.

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

20) Porto San Giorgio

The Porto San Giorgio International Open takes place 21st-29th August 2010, at the Astoria Hotel in Fermo, Italy. There are live games but I couldn't find an archive of rounds. After three rounds 8 players are tied on 3/3.

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

21) 25th Schwarzacher Open

The 25th Schwarzacher Open takes place 21st-29th August 2010. Mladen Palac and Robert Zelcic are the top seeds both have started with 2/2.

Official site: http://www.jacoby-info.at/herg/SchwarzacherOpen/index.htm

Results: http://www.jacoby-info.at/herg/SchwarzacherOpen/index.htm

Official site: http://www.ase.hu/marxgy

22) British Championships

Missing games from the final two rounds of the British Championships 2010 have now been made available.

23) Villa Martelli Bicentenary

The bicentenary tournament in Villa Martelli took place 4th-13th August 2010. Anatoly Karpov gave a simul on 7th August. Ruben Felgaer took clear first place in the main Category XIII event with 6.5/9.

Official site: http://ajedrezmartelli.org.ar/

Correction to a game by Ivan Morovic Fernandez

24) Stockholm Open

The Stockholm Open took place 16th-22nd August 2010. Tiberiu Georgescu won the event with 8/9.

Official site: http://www.stockholmschack.nu/

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr37173.aspx

25) XIV Paks open

XIV. Paks open took place 11th-15th August 2010. Albert Bokros edged out Ervin Toth on tie-break after both finished on 5.5/7. They were half a point clear of Sergey Kasparov and Denes Boros. No games available.

26) 14th Mind Sports Olympiad

The 14th annual Mind Sports Olympiad takes place at the Soho Theatre, London. The dates are 21st-30th August, 2010.

Chess Olympiad Championship 21st Aug 2010 10:30-18:00 (30 minutes) Exchange Chess (Siamese / Bughouse) 21st Aug 2010 18:30-23:00 (5 minutes blitz) Chess 960 24th Aug 2010 10:30-18:00 (20 min + 5 sec)

There will also be a number of other high quality fields in Chinese Chess, Go, Entropy and many other games. Spectators are welcome (free entry).

Official website: http://www.boardability.com

27) RAW Chess Challenge

The RAW World Chess Challenge under the tag-line "CAN YOU BEAT MAGNUS CARLSEN?" takes place the Cooper Star Hotel in New York City in New York City on Friday September 10th 2010. This one day match is part of Magnus Carlsen's G-Star fashion sponsorship (their RAW brand) and represents some of the best news for chess in years. The challenge see Carlsen take on registered viewers from throughout the world, they will receive help from Maxime Vachier-Lagrave from France, Hikaru Nakamura from the United States and Judit Polgar from Hungary who will suggest moves that will be voted on. The event is just one day but is similar to the hugely successful Kasparov versus the World in 1999. Kasparov will also be on hand as an Ambassador for this match.

Official site: http://rwcc.g-star.com/en/rawchess/

28) Baden-Baden Summer Open

The Baden-Baden Summer Open took place 11th-15th August 2010. Andrey Orlov edged out Maxim Turov and Maarten Solleveld on tie-break after all scored 6/7. No games available.

Official site: http://www.schachzentrum-baden-baden.de

29) Vladimir Open

The Vladimir Open took place 11th-20th August 2010. Vladislav Nozdrachev edged out Mikhail Mozharov on tie-break after both finished on 7/9. No games available.

Possible results at: http://www.obninskchess.ru/news/

30) 6th Geller Memorial

The 6th Efim Geller Memorial (Open) takes 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. I will round up the games next week.

Official site: http://ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/t237.html

31) 8th Davos Open

The 8th Davos Open took place August, 8th-14th 2010, in the Hotel "Sunstar". Nedeljko Kelecevic took first on tie-break from 5 other players after they all finished on 5/7.

Official site: http://www.sinchess.com/davos

32) Dun Laoghaire Masters

The Dun Laoghaire Master tournaments take place in Ireland 20th August 2010 to 29th August 2010. Two all-play-all tournaments, a GM and a Masters. The GM Group is Hebden, Bischoff, Baburin, Atlas, Collins Rochev, Quinn, Lopez, Heidenfeld and Manca.

33) Panevezys Open

The Panevezys Open takes place 18th-24th of August 2010. Yuri Malinin leads with 6.5/8 with a round to go. No games available.

Results http://chess-results.com/tnr34668.aspx

34) Serbian League

The Serbian League takes place in Vrnjacka Banja 21st-31st August 2010. I will round up the games next week.

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

35) Akiba Rubinstein Memorial

The 46th Akiba Rubinstein Memorial Chess Festival takes place in Polanica Zdroj 18th-28th August 2010. IM Kacper Piorun leads on 4.5/5 in the 9 round Swiss tournament. Games are being broadcast live but I can't find an archive.

Official site: http://www.rubinstein.polanica.pl/

36) 25th Open Teteven

The 25th Teteven Open, Bulgaria took place 14th-22nd August 2010. Velislav Kukov won the event with 7.5/9. Games are available in a viewer but the download link is broken.

Details: http://chessbul.hit.bg/teteven25/25tetevenen.htm

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr35891.aspx

37) Forthcoming Events and Links

Arctic Securities Chess Stars 2010

The Arctic Securities Chess Stars tournament takes place in Kristiansund 28th-30th August 2010. Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Judit Polgar and Jon Ludvig Hammer play in a two stage event. Double Round Robin between the four players followed by finals and 3rd-4th placed playoff on the Monday. 20 minutes + 10 seconds a move.

Official site: http://ksk.no/

Shanghai Masters 2010

The Shanghai Masters takes place 3rd-8th September 2010 just prior to the Olympiad. Wang Hao, as best Chinese player (20th ranked); Alexei Shirov, as best Spanish player (9th ranked); Levon Aronian, as winner of the Final Chess Masters 2009 (5th ranked);and Vladimir Kramnik compete for two places in the Bilbao Masters final after the Olympiad.

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

Bilbao Masters Final 2010

The Bilbao Masters Final takes place October 9th-15th 2010. Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen plus two players from the Shanghai Masters compete in the four player double round robin.

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

Pearl Spring Masters Nanjing 2010

The Pearl Spring Masters (I'm assuming the sponsor remains the same) takes place in Nanjing 18th-30th October 2010. ChessDom reports that the field has been finalised and that it should be just about the strongest of the year with Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Veselin Topalov, Vugar Gashimov, Wang Yue and Etienne Bacrot. 6 players 10 Round Double Round Robin.

Official site: http://www.chess-pearlspring.com/

Gibraltar Masters

The 2011 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival takes place at the Caleta Hotel, Gibraltar, from Monday 24 January to Thursday 3 February 2011. The new primary sponsors, Tradewise Insurance Company Ltd, have enabled the prize fund to be increased to £126,000, with £17,500 going to the winner of the Gibraltar Masters, £10,000 to the top woman scorer and two extra rating prizes (of £2,000 and £1,000) being awarded to each of two further rating bands (2000-2099 and under 2000) in the Masters. The tournament will be powered by previous primary sponsors Gibtelecom.

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

Tal Memorial 2010

The likely dates for the Tal Memorial are 4th-13th November 2010. As yet there seem to be no details at all as to the composition of the field. I would welcome any news as to any early indications of the players and confirmation of the dates.

Izmir Open

Izmir International Open Chess Tournament, 28th August - 5th September 2010

Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2011

The 2011 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival takes place at the Caleta Hotel, Gibraltar, from Monday 24 January to Thursday 3 February 2011. The new primary sponsors, Tradewise Insurance Company Ltd, have enabled the prize fund to be increased to £126,000, with £17,500 going to the winner of the Gibraltar Masters, £10,000 to the top woman scorer and two extra rating prizes (of £2,000 and £1,000) being awarded to each of two further rating bands (2000-2099 and under 2000) in the Masters. The tournament will be powered by previous primary sponsors Gibtelecom.

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

Shanghai and Bilbao Masters

The Shanghai and Bilbao Masters takes place in two stages. The First stage is in Shanghai September 3rd-8th 2010. The Final in Bilbao, October 9th-15th 2010.

The four players who will participate in the first stage in Shanghai are: Wang Hao, as best Chinese player (20th ranked); Alexei Shirov, as best Spanish player (9th ranked); Levon Aronian, as winner of the Final Chess Masters 2009 (5th ranked);and Vladimir Kramnik, as fourth ranked in the world ranking (4th ranked).

The top two qualified in Shanghai will play in Bilbao along with Magnus Carlsen, winner of the tournaments of Wijk aan Zee, Nankin and Bazna, and current number one of the world (1st ranked) and Viswanathan Anand, current World Champion (3rd ranked). Among the best players of the world, only Veselin Topalov (winner of Linares and number 2 of the world) will miss the Final, due to personal reasons.

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

X Benidorm Chess Festival 2010

The X Benidorm Chess Festival takes place 3rd-12th December 2010.

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

Kristiansund Rapid with Carlsen, Anand, Polgar and Hammer

There is a Rapid chess tournament in Kristiansund (Norway) taking place 28th-30th August 2010. Players: Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Judit Polgar and Jon Ludvig Hammer.

25 minutes for a game with an increment of 10 seconds per move. The 4 players will meet 2 times, 3 games each on both Saturday and Sunday. Finals on Monday 30th August 2010.

No website available yet.

Vasylyshyn Memorial

The Vasylyshyn Memorial Chess Festival takes place in Lviv, Ukraine November 23rd - December 1st 2010. Men's and women's events.

For more details: http://www.grandcoach.com/en/students/11/blog/31/

Men's event 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

Women's tournament director IM Vladimir Grabinsky (English, Ukrainian, Russian languages) via: e-mail:perfectchess@ukr.net mobile phone:+380 977471673 skype: perfectchess ICC: grandcoach

Players in the GM event so far: GM round robin : Oleksienko, Mikhailo g UKR 2548 Vovk, Andrey g UKR 2522 Petr, Martin m CZE 2511 Semcesen, Daniel m SWE 2420 Smith, Axel m SWE 2416 Bernadskiy, Vitaliy m UKR 2414 Grabliauskas, Virginijus m LTU 2404

XL Rilton Cup 2010-11

The XL Rilton Cup takes place in Stockholm, Sweden 27th December 2010 - 5th January 2211.

Details: http://www.rilton.se

PDF Invitation: http://www.rilton.se/1011/inbjudan_eng/XL_RILTON_CUP_eng.pdf

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 July 23rd - 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 8 (of 18) Standings:
Rk.Team1a1b2a2b3a3b4a4b5a5b6a6b7a7b8a8b9a9b10a10b TB1 TB2
1SHANGDONG Linglong * * 2½33334½43½1526,5
2SHANGHAI Jianqiao2½ * * 2332½23½41022,5
3HEBEI3 * * 11½13343½1020,0
4BEIJING Aigo224 * * 22½344½924,0
5ZHEJIANG223½ * * 2½1½444923,5
6China Mobile CHONGQING22½432½ * * 2½23½922,0
7Lanpo JIANGSU222½3½2½ * * 2½33921,0
8TIANJIN Nan Kai½322132½ * * 2½616,5
9GUANGDONG Huateng11½1111½2 * * 4½213,5
10BEIJING Rendafuzhong1½11½½122½½ * * 110,5

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.

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

Mobile: 0034-615547567

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

NameTitleCountryRating (May 2010)World Rnk MayDate of Birth
Carlsen, Magnus grandmasterNOR2813130.11.1990
Kramnik, Vladimirex-world championRUS2790325.06.1975
Anand, Viswanathanworld championIND2789411.12.1969
Nakamura, HikarugrandmasterUSA27331909.12.1987
Adams, MichaelgrandmasterENG26974117.11.1971
Short, NigelgrandmasterENG26854801.06.1965
McShane, LukegrandmasterENG262313807.01.1984
Howell, DavidgrandmasterENG262014414.11.1990

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

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)
NameNATMay EloWorld Rnk
Alexei ShirovESP274210
Maxime Vachier-LagraveFRA271030
Anish GiriNED264297
Sergey TiviakovNED2634111

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

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

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

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

4. 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

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

6. 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

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

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 12:6
Reichenstein 1-Bern 15½:2½
Zuerich 1-Geneve 16:2
Luzern 1-Riehen 15:3
Joueur 1-Winterthur 15½:2½

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!

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

Hungarian Tournaments March - October 2010

1.21st-29th August, CAISSA Kecskemet, GM+IM+rating, org: Erdelyi

2.4th-16th Sept, FIRST SATURDAY GM+IM+rating Budapest, org: Nagy L

3.17th-25th Sept CAISSA Kecskemet IM+rating, org: Erdelyi.

Czech Tour 2010-11

The 10th International Chess Festivals Series Czech Tour 2010-11 has the following preliminary list. (Subject to small changes.)

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

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.