THE WEEK IN CHESS 825 30th August 2010 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Luis Blasco de la Cruz, Sinisa Joksic, Goran Urosevic, Manfred Mussnig, Alex Baburin Andrei Olsen, Rafal Siwik, Holger Lieske, Griffin Douglas, Zsuzsa Veroci, Dave Clayton, Azad Abasov, Philippe Dornbusch, Ilgar Bajarani and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Magnus Carlsen's ascent to World Number One has brought about a real revolution in chess in Norway. The Arctic Securities Chess Stars is an event that wouldn't have happened without him and saw World Champion Viswanathan Anand play with Judit Polgar and Jon Ludvig Hammer. Magnus Carlsen didn't have the best of second days but he won anyway with a victory in a two game mini-match on the final day. Elsewhere Boris Gelfand beat Peter Leko in a hard fought rapid match, the Baku Open, Russian Championship Higher League, Spanish Team Championships plus many and several opens make up another busy week of high quality games.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Arctic Securities Chess Stars

The Arctic Securities Chess Stars tournament took place in Kristiansund 28th-30th August 2010. Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Judit Polgar and Jon Ludvig Hammer played in the two stage event. The Double Round Robin between the four players was dominated by Anand. Time control: 20 minutes + 10 seconds a move. Carlsen beat Anand 1.5-0.5 in the final and Hammer beat Polgar to take third place.

Official site: http://ksk.no/

Arctic Stars Prelim Kristiansund (NOR), 28-29 viii 2010											cat. XX (2736)
					1		2		3		4
1.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2800	*	*	½	½	1	1	1	1	5	2987
2.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2826	½	½	*	*	1	0	1	½	3½	2763
3.	Hammer, Jon Ludvig	g	NOR	2636	0	0	0	1	*	*	½	½	2	2644
4.	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2682	0	0	0	½	½	½	*	*	1½	2561

Round 1 (August 28, 2010)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Hammer, Jon Ludvig	1-0	56	C54	Giuoco Piano
Polgar, Judit	- Carlsen, Magnus	0-1	35	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 2 (August 28, 2010)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Hammer, Jon Ludvig	1-0	73	D42	Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Polgar, Judit	- Anand, Viswanathan	0-1	34	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 3 (August 28, 2010)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	31	B77	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Hammer, Jon Ludvig	- Polgar, Judit	½-½	45	E54	Nimzo Indian
Round 4 (August 29, 2010)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Polgar, Judit	½-½	108	B40	Sicilian Classical
Hammer, Jon Ludvig	- Anand, Viswanathan	0-1	42	E06	Catalan
Round 5 (August 29, 2010)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Polgar, Judit	1-0	35	B40	Sicilian Classical
Hammer, Jon Ludvig	- Carlsen, Magnus	1-0	55	A31	English Symmetrical
Round 6 (August 29, 2010)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	40	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Polgar, Judit	- Hammer, Jon Ludvig	½-½	55	C48	Four Knights Rubinstein

Arctic Stars Bronze Kristiansund
Polgar, Judit	-	Hammer, Jon Ludvig	½-½	45	C45	Scotch Game
Hammer, Jon Ludvig	-	Polgar, Judit	1-0	55	E17	Queens Indian

Arctic Stars Bronze Kristiansund (NOR), 30 viii 2010
Name	Ti	NAT	Rtng	1	2	Total	Perf
Hammer, Jon Ludvig	g	NOR	2636	½	1	1½	2875
Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2682	½	0	½	2443

Arctic Stars Final Kristiansund
Carlsen, Magnus	-	Anand, Viswanathan	1-0	54	D78	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Anand, Viswanathan	-	Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	28	C95	Ruy Lopez Breyer

Arctic Stars Final Kristiansund (NOR), 30 viii 2010
Name	Ti	NAT	Rtng	1	2	Total	Perf
Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2826	1	½	1½	2993
Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2800	0	½	½	2633

3) Baku Open

The Baku Open takes place 23rd-31st August 2010. Gata Kamsky, Evgenij Miroshnichenko, Emil Sutovsky, Alexander Areshchenko, Rauf Mamedov, Ilya Smirin, Aleksej Aleksandrov, Boris Savchenko etc play.

Additional coverage at www.ulvichess.az with Photos from the event.

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

Open Baku (AZE), 23-31 viii 2010 Leading Round 8 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Kamsky Gata	GM	USA	2713	6,5	2469	6	0,0
2	Mamedov Rauf	GM	AZE	2660	6,5	2466	5	0,0
3	Aleksandrov Aleksej	GM	BLR	2642	6,5	2402	5	0,0
4	Golizadeh Asghar	FM	IRI	2481	6,5	2357	6	0,0
5	Savchenko Boris	GM	RUS	2623	6,5	2355	6	0,0
6	Safarli Eltaj	GM	AZE	2603	6,0	2492	4	0,0
7	Sutovsky Emil	GM	ISR	2665	6,0	2418	4	0,0
8	Abbasov Farid	GM	AZE	2549	6,0	2365	6	0,0
9	Smirin Ilia	GM	ISR	2646	6,0	2285	5	0,0
10	Esen Baris	IM	TUR	2518	6,0	2276	6	0,0
11	Abasov Nijat Azad Oglu	IM	AZE	2517	6,0	2233	4	0,0
12	Javakhishvili Leyla	IM	GEO	2469	6,0	2128	5	0,0
13	Miroshnichenko Evgenij	GM	UKR	2686	5,5	2421	4	0,0
14	Agaragimov Djakhangir	FM	AZE	2311	5,5	2395	4	0,0
15	Maghalashvili Davit	IM	GEO	2465	5,5	2355	4	0,0
16	Mammadov Ayaz Arzu oglu	FM	AZE	2327	5,5	2350	4	0,0
17	Guseinov Gadir	GM	AZE	2611	5,5	2317	4	0,0
18	Bajarani Ulvi	IM	AZE	2409	5,5	2316	5	0,0
19	Ibrahimov Rasul	GM	AZE	2534	5,5	2315	4	0,0
20	Rahmanov Shahriyar Teymur Oglu		AZE	2245	5,5	2240	5	0,0
21	Jojua Davit	GM	GEO	2530	5,5	2232	4	0,0
22	Sulashvili Malkhaz	IM	GEO	2498	5,5	2225	3	0,0
23	Abdulov Orkhan		AZE	2295	5,5	2222	5	0,0
24	Durarbeyli Vasif	GM	AZE	2501	5,5	2222	4	0,0
25	Hejazipour Mitra	WFM	IRI	2233	5,5	2207	5	0,0
26	Nigalidze Gaioz	IM	GEO	2478	5,5	2177	5	0,0
158 players

4) Russian Higher League 2010

The 63rd Russian Championships Higher League takes place in Irkutsk, Siberia starting 25th August 2010 (arrival) and running to September 5th . More than 50 GMs play. The top 5 qualify for the final in December. Ian Nepomniachtchi and Evgeny Tomashevsky are amongst the players (a preliminary list says: Alekseev, Riazantsev, Tomashevsky, Khismatullin, Timofeev, Siugirov, Nepomniatchi, Rublevsky, Lastin, Inarkiev, Grachev, Kokarev, I.Popov, Tseshkovsky etc).

Official site: http://russiachess.org/

ch-RUS Higher League Irkutsk (RUS), 20 viii - 5 ix 2010 Leading Round 5 (of 11) Standings:
Rank	Name	Ti	Fed.	Elo	Pts	TPR	W-We	1
1	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	GM	RUS	2706	4.0	2876	+1.03	1
2	Maletin, Pavel	GM	RUS	2617	4.0	2881	+1.67	1
3	Timofeev, Artyom	GM	RUS	2690	3.5	2792	+0.68	1
4	Riazantsev, Alexander	GM	RUS	2682	3.5	2734	+0.34	½
5	Khismatullin, Denis	GM	RUS	2667	3.5	2784	+0.77	1
6	Kurnosov, Igor	GM	RUS	2662	3.5	2762	+0.66	1
7	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	GM	RUS	2656	3.5	2733	+0.52	1
8	Potkin, Vladimir	GM	RUS	2626	3.5	2745	+0.81	½
9	Frolyanov, Dmitry	GM	RUS	2587	3.5	2749	+1.09	0
10	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	GM	RUS	2708	3.0	2684	-0.15	1
11	Alekseev, Evgeny	GM	RUS	2691	3.0	2671	-0.13	1
12	Inarkiev, Ernesto	GM	RUS	2671	3.0	2634	-0.23	½
13	Grachev, Boris	GM	RUS	2668	3.0	2650	-0.13	½
14	Khairullin, Ildar	GM	RUS	2620	3.0	2722	+0.71	1
15	Sjugirov, Sanan	GM	RUS	2610	3.0	2664	+0.38	1
16	Galkin, Alexander	GM	RUS	2597	3.0	2650	+0.38	½
17	Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	GM	RUS	2590	3.0	2578	-0.06	1
18	Rychagov, Andrey	GM	RUS	2538	3.0	2700	+1.11	½
19	Rublevsky, Sergei	GM	RUS	2688	2.5	2581	-0.72	½
20	Najer, Evgeniy	GM	RUS	2672	2.5	2590	-0.56	1
21	Kokarev, Dmitry	GM	RUS	2629	2.5	2561	-0.46	½
22	Belov, Vladimir	GM	RUS	2625	2.5	2576	-0.34	½
23	Bocharov, Dmitry	GM	RUS	2618	2.5	2626	+0.05	1
24	Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V.	GM	RUS	2608	2.5	2626	+0.14	1
25	Kryakvin, Dmitry	GM	RUS	2603	2.5	2586	-0.11	1
26	Volkov, Sergey	GM	RUS	2597	2.5	2591	-0.03	1
48 players

5) Spanish Chess League Honor Division

The Spanish Chess Championships CECLUB Honor Division took place in Sestao, Vizcaya, 23rd-28th August 2010. 6 Rounds: 10 teams. First 4 rounds a Swiss, Final 2 Rounds settled the final placings. Kasparov Marcote took clear first place by beating Linex Magic 4.5-1.5 in the final. Hosts Setao Naturgas took 3rd place. There was a rapid playoff won by Gros XT to settle 5th place. The rather messy format has come in for a lot of criticism with round 4 seeing a lot of quick draws, some agreed before play. It seems very likely there will be a change next year. Shirov, Ponomariov, Caruana, Gashinov, Vallejo, Bacrot, Kasimdzhanov, Navara, Laznicka, Almasi, Harikrishna, Dreev, Krasenkow, Bruzon, Nakamura, Vachier, Short were 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 Final Standings:
Place	Team	League
Champion	ESCUELA I. KASPAROV MARCOTE
2nd	C.A. LINEX-MAGIC
3rd	C.A. REVERTE ALBOX
4th	C.A. SOLVAY
5th	C.A. SESTAO NATURGAS	Permanencia
6th	GROS X.T.	Permanencia
7th	MERIDA PATRIMONIO	Descenso
8th	SCC SABADELL	Descenso
9th	C.E. BARBERA	Descenso
10th	U.G.A.	Descenso
10 teams

6) Leko vs Gelfand Rapid Match 2010

Boris Gelfand beat Peter Leko 4.5-3.5 in an 8 game rapid match in Miskolc, 25th-29th August 2010. The time control was 25m + 10spm. This was the 6th such match Leko has played in Miskolc since the first one in 2005 (Adams, Karpov, Kramnik, Carlsen and Anand). Arbiter: Zsuzsa Veroci.

Rapid Match Miskolc
Gelfand, Boris	-	Leko, Peter	1-0	86	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Leko, Peter	-	Gelfand, Boris	½-½	78	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Gelfand, Boris	-	Leko, Peter	½-½	71	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Leko, Peter	-	Gelfand, Boris	1-0	76	C42	Petroff's Defence
Gelfand, Boris	-	Leko, Peter	1-0	45	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Leko, Peter	-	Gelfand, Boris	½-½	101	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Gelfand, Boris	-	Leko, Peter	½-½	28	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Leko, Peter	-	Gelfand, Boris	½-½	38	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit

Rapid Match Miskolc (HUN), 24-29 viii 2010
Name	Ti	NAT	Rtng	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total	Perf
Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2739	1	½	½	0	1	½	½	½	4½	2777
Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2734	0	½	½	1	0	½	½	½	3½	2696

7) 1st Campomanes Memorial Cup Open

The 1st Campomanes Memorial Cup Open takes place in Manila 28th August - 3rd September 2010.

Official site: http://www.ncfphilippines.org/ (Down through weight of traffic when I checked)

Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr37569.aspx

1st Campomanes Memorial Cup Open Manila (PHI), 28 viii - 3 ix 2010 Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	TB1	TB2	TB3	n
1	ZHAO Jun	GM	CHN	2586	2569	2657	2668	4
2	SO Wesley	GM	PHI	2674	2514	2559	2596	4
3	GAGUNASHVILI Merab	GM	GEO	2596	2504	2547	2674	4
4	ZHOU Jianchao	GM	CHN	2668	2557	2586	2586	4
5	DING Liren	GM	CHN	2574	2547	2624	2629	4
6	BITOON Richard	IM	PHI	2447	2505	2628	2637	4
7	KAZHGALEYEV Murtas	GM	KAZ	2619	2485	2511	2574	4
8	LI Chao B	GM	CHN	2629	2482	2511	2574	4
9	NI Hua	GM	CHN	2645	2476	2517	2586	4
10	GHAEM MAGHAMI Ehsan	GM	IRI	2585	2462	2531	2668	4
11	LE Quang Liem	GM	VIE	2681	2415	2429	2466	4
12	FILIPPOV Anton	GM	UZB	2609	2414	2437	2448	4
13	SHARAVDORJ Dashzegve	GM	MGL	2448	2378	2451	2637	4
14	ZHANG Zhong	GM	SIN	2582	2375	2409	2425	4
15	KOTANJIAN Tigran	GM	ARM	2551	2300	2306	2308	4
16	TORRE Eugenio	GM	PHI	2489	2295	2318	2360	4
17	GOMEZ John Paul	GM	PHI	2527	2279	2282	2289	4
18	NOLTE Rolando	IM	PHI	2425	2637	2652	2674	4
19	NADERA Barlo A	IM	PHI	2419	2613	2621	2637	4
20	SEGARRA Randy	FM	PHI	2308	2552	2567	2582	4
21	LOU Yiping		CHN	2425	2484	2594	2605	4
22	LAYLO Darwin	GM	PHI	2522	2450	2521	2674	4
23	OLAY Edgar Reggie		PHI	2289	2438	2471	2522	4
24	GELASHVILI Tamaz	GM	GEO	2605	2410	2422	2425	4
25	BARBOSA Oliver	IM	PHI	2458	2301	2317	2325	4
26	RANOLA Yves	IM	PHI	2397	2203	2234	2265	4
72 players

8) 6th Prospero A. Pichay Cup Open

6th Prospero A. Pichay Cup Open took place in the Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Manila 21st-26th August 2010. Anton Filippov won the event with 7/9.

Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr37300.aspx

6th Prospero A. Pichay Cup Manila (PHI), 21-26 viii 2010 Leading Round 9 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	FILIPPOV Anton	GM	UZB	2609	7,0	2519	2541	2561
2	KAZHGALEYEV Murtas	GM	KAZ	2619	6,5	2516	2533	2551
3	GELASHVILI Tamaz	GM	GEO	2605	6,5	2497	2516	2536
4	GOMEZ John Paul	GM	PHI	2527	6,0	2513	2545	2566
5	GAGUNASHVILI Merab	GM	GEO	2596	6,0	2505	2524	2550
6	LAYLO Darwin	GM	PHI	2522	5,5	2436	2462	2495
7	IRWANTO Sadikin	IM	INA	2419	5,5	2423	2450	2474
8	OLAY Edgar Reggie		PHI	2289	5,5	2408	2422	2441
9	ROQUE Merben		PHI	2244	5,5	2408	2422	2432
10	GHAEM MAGHAMI Ehsan	GM	IRI	2585	5,5	2402	2416	2429
11	YU Lie	IM	CHN	2447	5,5	2401	2423	2452
12	ELORTA David		PHI	2363	5,5	2353	2404	2430
13	SAPTARSHI Roy	IM	IND	2387	5,5	2343	2375	2397
14	NOLTE Rolando	IM	PHI	2425	5,5	2335	2365	2394
15	RANOLA Yves	IM	PHI	2397	5,5	2320	2341	2365
16	HAZNEDAROGLU Kivanc	GM	TUR	2501	5,5	2285	2291	2297
17	DIMAKILING Oliver	IM	PHI	2418	5,0	2409	2432	2459
18	POURKASHIYAN Atousa	WGM	IRI	2308	5,0	2408	2433	2457
19	LEGASPI Rhobel		PHI	2304	5,0	2402	2435	2457
20	KULKARNI Rakesh		IND	2194	5,0	2399	2413	2425
21	DABLEO Ronald	IM	PHI	2448	5,0	2382	2400	2423
22	SENADOR Emmanuel		PHI	2393	5,0	2373	2401	2425
23	NADERA Barlo A	IM	PHI	2419	5,0	2308	2342	2376
24	PASCUA Haridas	FM	PHI	2368	4,5	2501	2515	2530
25	GARMA Chito	IM	PHI	2341	4,5	2350	2375	2405
26	GONZALES Jayson	GM	PHI	2435	4,5	2343	2358	2376
47 players

9) Sants Open

The Sants Open took place in La Bordeta, Barcelona 20th-29th August 2010. Maxim Rodshtein won with 8.5/10.

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 10 (of 10) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Rodshtein Maxim	GM	ISR	2609	8,5	0	54,5	67,0
2	Markowski Tomasz	GM	POL	2628	8,0	50	52,0	64,0
3	Perez Mitjans Orelvis	FM	ESP	2424	8,0	60	47,0	58,5
4	Handke Florian	GM	GER	2494	8,0	70	51,5	64,0
5	Peralta Fernando	GM	ARG	2570	8,0	80	53,5	67,0
6	Nijboer Friso	GM	NED	2582	7,5	30	53,5	66,5
7	Barrientos Sergio E	IM	COL	2477	7,5	40	56,0	69,5
8	Gerzhoy Leonid	IM	CAN	2471	7,5	0	53,0	66,0
9	Khmelniker Ilya	IM	ISR	2483	7,5	0	52,0	63,5
10	Sidorenko Ilya	IM	ISR	2409	7,5	0	51,5	64,0
11	Cabrera Alexis	GM	ESP	2533	7,5	0	50,5	62,5
12	Reinaldo Castineira Roi	IM	ESP	2511	7,5	0	50,0	60,5
13	Bhat Vinay S	GM	USA	2536	7,5	0	49,0	61,5
14	Fier Alexandr	GM	BRA	2570	7,5	0	47,5	58,0
15	Cuartas Jaime Alexander	GM	COL	2529	7,5	0	46,5	58,0
16	Martinez Duany Lelys Stanley	GM	CUB	2510	7,0	0	56,0	68,5
17	Bluvshtein Mark	GM	CAN	2583	7,0	0	54,0	66,0
18	Narciso Dublan Marc	GM	ESP	2540	7,0	0	52,0	64,5
19	Bergez Luc	IM	FRA	2394	7,0	0	51,5	63,5
20	Brunner Nicolas	IM	FRA	2451	7,0	0	51,0	64,0
21	Rojas Keim Luis	IM	CHI	2437	7,0	0	51,0	63,0
22	Richter Michael	IM	GER	2428	7,0	0	50,0	63,0
23	Parligras Mircea	GM	ROU	2574	7,0	0	49,5	62,0
24	Anikaev Yuri N	IM	RUS	2411	7,0	0	49,5	61,5
25	Genutis Mindaugas	FM	LTU	2279	7,0	0	49,5	59,5
26	Escobar Forero Alder	IM	COL	2474	7,0	0	49,0	62,0
359 players

10) Noord-Brabantse Schaakbond 2010

GM Erik van den Doel won the 2010 Noord-Brabantse Schaakbond which took place over the weekend of 27th-29th August 2010.

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

11) BDO Chess Tournament

The BDO Chess tournament took place in Haarlem 21st-29th August 2010. Maxim Turov won the GM Group.

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	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	2679
2.	Reinderman, Dimitri	g	NED	2587	½	*	½	1	0	1	1	½	1	1	6½	2630
3.	Van Kampen, Robin	m	NED	2422	1	½	*	½	1	0	½	1	1	½	6	2607
4.	Ris, Robert	m	NED	2423	½	0	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	5	2525
5.	Markgraf, Alexander	f	GER	2456	0	1	0	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	5	2521
6.	Bok, Benjamin	f	NED	2449	0	0	1	½	½	*	½	1	1	½	5	2522
7.	Flumbort, Andras	m	HUN	2540	0	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	1	1	4½	2469
8.	Peng Zhaoqin	g	NED	2403	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	*	1	½	2½	2318
9.	Willemze, Thomas	m	NED	2405	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	*	1	2	2264
10.	Popilski, Gil		ISR	2451	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	½	0	*	1½	2206

BDO Challengers Haarlem (NED), 21-29 viii 2010															cat. IV (2330)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Turova, Irina	m	RUS	2394	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	6	2447
2.	De Wit, Tex		NED	2268	½	*	1	1	½	½	0	½	1	1	6	2461
3.	Bosboom, Manuel	m	NED	2455	½	0	*	½	½	0	1	1	1	1	5½	2396
4.	Gijswijt, Bart		NED	2311	½	0	½	*	1	½	½	½	½	1	5	2375
5.	Kuipers, Stefan	f	NED	2354	0	½	½	0	*	1	½	½	1	1	5	2370
6.	Admiraal, Miguoel		NED	2221	½	½	1	½	0	*	½	½	½	½	4½	2342
7.	Van Ruitenburg, Joost	f	NED	2296	0	1	0	½	½	½	*	1	1	0	4½	2333
8.	Manea, Alexandru	m	ROU	2390	½	½	0	½	½	½	0	*	1	1	4½	2323
9.	Rej, Tomek	f	AUS	2334	½	0	0	½	0	½	0	0	*	1	2½	2163
10.	Steadman, Michael		NZL	2277	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	0	*	1½	2062

12) US Chess League

The US Chess League takes place August 23rd - 20th November 2010.

Time Controls range from 60+30 to 90+30 depending on the start time and time zone. Games take place on ICC.

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

USCL ICC (INT), 23 viii - 20 xi 2010
8/23/2010
New York				vs	Boston
1.	GM	Alex Lenderman	NY	vs	GM	Larry Christiansen	BOS	1-0
2.	SM	Denys Shmelov	BOS	vs	GM	Pascal Charbonneau	NY	0-1
3.	FM	Alec Getz	NY	vs	NM	Vadim Martirosov	BOS	1-0
4.	NM	Ilya Krasik	BOS	vs	NM	Aleksandr Ostrovskiy	NY	0-1
Philadelphia				vs	New Jersey
1.	IM	Bryan Smith	PHI	vs	GM	Joel Benjamin	NJ	0-1
2.	GM	Boris Gulko	NJ	vs	FM	Tom Bartell	PHI	0-1
3.	FM	Karl Dehmelt	PHI	vs	FM	Arthur Shen	NJ	1-0
4.		Sean Finn	NJ	vs	IM	Richard Costigan	PHI	0-1
St. Louis				vs	Los Angeles
1.	GM	Yury Shulman	STL	vs	GM	Melikset Khachiyan	LA	1-0
2.	FM	Alexandre Kretchetov	LA	vs	GM	Ben Finegold	STL	1/2-1/2
3.	IM	Michael Brooks	STL	vs	FM	Joel Banawa	LA	0-1
4.	NM	Ankit Gupta	LA	vs		Spencer Finegold	STL	1-0
Seattle				vs	Chicago
1.	FM	Slava Mikhailuk	SEA	vs	GM	Dmitry Gurevich	CHC	0-1
2.	IM	Florin Felecan	CHC	vs	FM	Michael Lee	SEA	1-0
3.	NM	Joshua Sinanan	SEA	vs	IM	Angelo Young	CHC	1/2-1/2
4.	NM	Eric Rosen	CHC	vs		Alex Guo	SEA	0-1
8/25/2010
Manhattan				vs	Carolina
1.	IM	Dmitry Schneider	MAN	vs	IM	Jonathan Schroer	CAR	1/2-1/2
2.	FM	Ron Simpson	CAR	vs	IM	Eli Vovsha	MAN	0-1
3.	SM	Gregory Braylovsky	MAN	vs	NM	Craig Jones	CAR	0-1
4.	NM	Udayan Bapat	CAR	vs		James Black	MAN	0-1
New England				vs	Baltimore
1.	IM	Robert Hungaski	NE	vs	IM	Tegshsuren Enkhbat	BAL	1-0
2.	WGM	Sabina Foisor	BAL	vs	IM	David Vigorito	NE	0-1
3.	FM	Braden Bournival	NE	vs	NM	Adithya Balasubramanian	BAL	1/2-1/2
4.	NM	Ian Schoch	BAL	vs	FM	Christopher Chase	NE	1-0
San Francisco				vs	Dallas
1.	GM	Patrick Wolff	SF	vs	IM	Puchen Wang	DAL	1-0
2.	IM	Salvijus Bercys	DAL	vs	FM	Daniel Naroditsky	SF	0-1
3.	FM	Steven Zierk	SF	vs	FM	Keaton Kiewra	DAL	1/2-1/2
4.	NM	Nelson Lopez	DAL	vs	FM	Andy Lee	SF	0-1
Miami				vs	Arizona
1.	GM	Julio Becerra	MIA	vs	IM	Rogelio Barcenilla	ARZ	1-0
2.	IM	Dionisio Aldama	ARZ	vs	IM	Blas Lugo	MIA	1-0
3.	NM	Eric Rodriguez	MIA	vs	IM	Daniel Rensch	ARZ	0-1
4.		John Gurczak	ARZ	vs	FM	Charles Galofre	MIA	1/2-1/2

13) 27th Collado Villalba Open

The 27th Collado Villalba Open took place 20th-28th August 2010. Eduardo Iturrizaga took first place on tie-break from Jose Angel Guerra Mendez and Renier Vazquez Igarza after all finished on 7/9. Games from the final round not yet available.

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 9 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Iturrizaga Eduardo	GM	2614	7,0	0,0	38,0	0,0
2	Guerra Mendez Jose Angel	IM	2480	7,0	0,0	33,5	0,0
3	Vazquez Igarza Renier	GM	2527	7,0	0,0	33,0	0,0
4	Moreno Ruiz Javier	IM	2494	6,5	0,0	37,0	0,0
5	Starostits Ilmars	IM	2486	6,5	0,0	33,5	0,0
6	Longa Yauca Javier		2285	6,5	0,0	33,5	0,0
7	Roa Alonso Santiago	IM	2454	6,5	0,0	33,5	0,0
8	Gomez Ledo Roberto Carlos	IM	2445	6,5	0,0	32,5	0,0
9	Ramirez Garcia Jorge Alberto	CM	2241	6,0	0,0	34,0	0,0
10	Gomez Garrido Camilo	IM	2499	6,0	0,0	32,5	0,0
11	Solaesa Navalpotro Luis Julio	FM	2227	6,0	0,0	32,5	0,0
12	Alcazar Jimenez Jesus	FM	2287	6,0	0,0	32,0	0,0
13	Samolins Vitalijs	IM	2408	6,0	0,0	31,5	0,0
14	Elissalt Cardenas Hector	IM	2357	6,0	0,0	31,5	0,0
15	Sanchez Gonzalez Sergio	FM	2311	6,0	0,0	31,5	0,0
16	Sanchez Jerez Emilio Miguel	FM	2301	6,0	0,0	31,0	0,0
17	Tudela Corbalan Carlos	FM	2209	6,0	0,0	29,5	0,0
18	Perez Gonzalez Jose Manuel	FM	2324	6,0	0,0	29,0	0,0
19	Valles Moreno Ivan		2394	6,0	0,0	28,0	0,0
20	De La Fuente Gonzalez Francisc	CM	2240	6,0	0,0	27,0	0,0
21	Semprun Martinez Fernando		2159	5,5	0,0	31,5	0,0
22	Garcia Salamero Gabriel		2157	5,5	0,0	29,0	0,0
23	Garcia Galeote Lorenzo		2058	5,5	0,0	27,0	0,0
24	Gomez Gonzalez Javier		2016	5,5	0,0	24,5	0,0
25	Madina Yadarola Martin		2226	5,0	0,0	32,0	0,0
26	Kovacevic Slobodan	IM	2392	5,0	0,0	31,0	0,0
27	Labarta Gonzalez Ivan B		2129	5,0	0,0	29,5	0,0
28	Estrada Martinez Cesar		2218	5,0	0,0	27,5	0,0
29	Pastor Alonso De Prado Emilio		2195	5,0	0,0	27,0	0,0
30	Sanz Castillo Santiago		2228	5,0	0,0	27,0	0,0
31	Davicce Canada Juan Antonio		2080	5,0	0,0	26,5	0,0
32	Lobato Lavin Alvaro		2044	5,0	0,0	26,0	0,0
33	Lopez De Turiso Jose Angel		2101	5,0	0,0	25,5	0,0
34	Cao Armillas Jesus		2191	5,0	0,0	25,0	0,0
35	Madurga Lopez Ignacio		2024	5,0	0,0	24,5	0,0
36	Erice Alonso Santiago		2060	5,0	0,0	24,5	0,0
37	Sanchez Garcia Manuel		2002	5,0	0,0	23,5	0,0
38	Ledo Galan Jose Emilio		1977	5,0	0,0	23,0	0,0
39	Lopez Heras Arturo		2024	5,0	0,0	23,0	0,0
40	Bolea Jover Jose		1909	4,5	0,0	26,0	0,0
95 players

14) 9th International Istanbul Chess Festival

9th International Istanbul Chess Festival, 21st August - 28th August 2010. Top seed Andrey Sumets took clear first place with 8/9.

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

9th International Istanbul Chess Festival (TUR), 20-28 viii 2010 Leading Round 9 (of 9) Standings:
Rg.	SNr	Name		EloI	FED	Pts.	BH.	BH.	SB	vict
1	1	SUMETS ANDREY	GM	2618	UKR	8	46½	34½	50,50	7
2	6	BIGALIEV RENAT	IM	2412	RUS	7½	47½	34½	49,50	6
3	2	GASANOV ELDAR	GM	2482	UKR	7½	47	34	46,50	6
4	4	ANNABERDIEV MEILIS	IM	2476	TKM	7½	44½	31½	44,25	7
5	8	ATAKISI UMUT	IM	2384	TUR	7½	44	32	46,25	7
6	5	BAGATUROV GIORGI	GM	2447	GEO	7½	43½	31½	45,25	6
7	13	GRIGORIEV ARMEN		2281	GEO	7½	43½	30½	43,75	7
8	3	KARPATCHEV ALEKSANDR	GM	2476	RUS	7½	42½	30	44,50	6
9	9	HAKKI IMAD	IM	2379	SYR	7	42½	30½	41,00	6
10	10	GHANE SHOJAAT	GM	2368	IRI	7	41	29	38,00	7
11	7	ODEEV HANDSZAR	GM	2410	TKM	7	40	29½	37,25	6
12	15	KILICASLAN HASAN	IM	2245	TUR	7	40	28½	36,50	7
13	11	GVETADZE SOPIO	IM	2355	GEO	7	39½	28½	38,50	7
14	37	UZUN FUAT		2043	TUR	7	39	28	33,75	6
15	25	KUMKUMOGLU MEHMET BARIS		2122	TUR	6½	44	32	38,25	5
16	21	ALI MARANDI CEMIL CAN	FM	2149	TUR	6½	42½	30	37,00	5
17	12	DARBAN MORTEZA	IM	2344	IRI	6½	41½	29½	37,25	5
18	19	ISIK ENGIN YASAR		2183	TUR	6½	41	30	37,75	5
19	16	DUMAN AYDIN		2227	TUR	6½	41	29½	37,00	5
20	74	KOKSAL EGE		1867	TUR	6½	40	29½	33,25	6
21	55	UNVER CUMALI		1933	TUR	6½	40	29½	29,75	5
22	18	MARASLI TUTKU KAHRAMAN		2185	TUR	6½	40	28	33,25	6
23	23	SANAL VAHAP	CM	2135	TUR	6½	40	27½	34,50	6
24	48	CAKMAK SARVEN		1951	TUR	6½	39½	28½	34,75	6
25	67	ACARBAY AYDIN		1885	TUR	6½	39½	28	34,50	5
26	53	ORAK ERSIN		1936	TUR	6½	39½	28	34,25	6
27	46	YUKSEL ATILLA KOKSAL	CM	1975	TUR	6½	39½	28	32,75	6
28	38	UZUNOGLU EFE KEREM		2041	TUR	6½	39½	27½	35,50	5
29	20	MIYAK MELIH BURAK		2173	TUR	6½	38½	27	33,25	6
30	90	ASIKUZUN BERKAY		1836	TUR	6½	37½	26½	33,00	6
31	29	YARAMIS HAKAN		2103	TUR	6½	37	26½	34,50	4
32	30	UZUNER TUFAN CAN		2102	TUR	6½	37	26	30,75	6
33	95	SEVGI VOLKAN		1825	TUR	6½	36½	25½	32,00	6
34	56	OZDEMIR TIMUR		1931	TUR	6½	35½	25	29,50	6
35	22	GOKERMAN ERSAN		2147	TUR	6½	35	24½	31,75	5
36	24	GUNER BULENT		2129	TUR	6½	34½	24	30,75	5
37	101	BAGLAN ESAT		1800	TUR	6½	33	23	29,25	6
350 players

15) Bratto Chess Open

The 28th Bratto Chess Open took place 22nd-30th August 2010. Final results not available at the time of writing as the offical site was down.

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

16) Porto San Giorgio

The Porto San Giorgio International Open takes place 21st-29th August 2010, at the Astoria Hotel in Fermo, Italy. There were live games but I couldn't find an archive of rounds. Roland Salvador took first place on tie-break from a group of 6 players on 7/9.

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

1st Fermo Open Porto san Giorgio (ITA), 21-29 viii 2010 Leading Round 9 (of 9) Standings:
Pos	NAME	T	Fed	PRtg	Pts	Buc1	BucT	ARO
1	Salvador Roland	IM	PHI	2585	7.0	51.00	55.50	2365.33
2	Epishin Vladimir	GM	RUS	2585	7.0	50.00	54.00	2365.22
3	Prohaszka Peter	GM	HUN	2559	7.0	49.50	54.00	2338.56
4	Meijers Viesturs	GM	LAT	2542	7.0	49.50	53.00	2322.22
5	David Alberto	GM	LUX	2523	7.0	47.50	50.00	2302.67
6	Leon Hoyos Manuel	GM	MEX	2457	7.0	43.50	45.00	2236.67
7	Naumkin Igor	GM	RUS	2437	6.5	47.50	51.50	2271.00
8	Mogranzini Roberto	IM	ITA	2444	6.5	46.50	50.00	2277.56
9	Raineri Valerio	--	ITA	2298	6.5	38.50	41.50	2132.33
10	Vezzosi Paolo	IM	ITA	2497	6.0	49.50	54.00	2371.89
11	Fierro Baquero Marth	IM	ECU	2432	6.0	48.50	52.50	2306.89
12	Pap Gyula	IM	HUN	2377	6.0	47.00	52.00	2252.11
13	Cordova Emilio	GM	PER	2350	6.0	44.50	48.50	2225.44
14	Dervishi Erald	GM	ALB	2323	6.0	44.00	48.50	2198.00
15	Calavalle Giulio	--	ITA	2297	6.0	44.00	47.00	2171.56
16	Calandri Fausto	--	ITA	2177	6.0	40.00	43.50	2052.44
17	Vuelban Virgilio	IM	PHI	2218	6.0	39.00	42.50	2092.56
18	Certic Branimir	IM	SRB	2352	5.5	47.00	50.50	2271.89
19	Panjkovic Aleksandar	CM	SRB	2290	5.5	44.50	48.00	2209.89
20	Martinez Rolly	IM	PHI	2316	5.5	43.00	46.50	2235.67
21	Borgiani Flavio	--	ITA	2211	5.5	42.00	45.50	2130.78
22	Spornberger Maximili	--	ITA	2251	5.5	42.00	44.00	2171.00
23	Boscolo Marco	--	ITA	2197	5.5	40.00	43.50	2116.67
24	Damia Angelo	FM	ITA	2131	5.5	39.00	42.00	2051.11
25	Tomini Marco	--	ITA	2130	5.5	37.00	40.00	2049.56
26	Garro Beraza Haritz	--	ESP	2104	5.5	35.50	38.50	2023.67
27	GRAZIANI Claudio	CM	MC	2258	5.0	45.00	49.00	2215.33
103 players

17) Pan-Armenian Chess Olympiad

The Pan-Armenian Chess Olympiad took place in Yerevan, Armenia 15th-23rd August 2010.

Chess in Armenia reported "FM Pogos Nakhapetiane (Russia), GMs Tigran L. Petrosian (Armenia) and Krikor-Sevag Mekhitarian (Brazil) scored 6,5 points each out of 9 and shared the 1st-3rd places in the Pan-Armenian Chess Olympiad which was held in Yerevan, Armenia. Nakhapetiane was awarded the 1st prize in the tie-break. WGM Diana Arutyunova (Ukraine) had the best result among the women - 5 points. WFM Tatev Abrahamyan (USA) was the second with similar result. WIM Siranush Andriasian (Armenia) took the 3rd prize with 4,5 points and was ahead of WGM Katerina Rohonyan (USA) in the tie-break. The team of CIS (GM Arutinian, GM Y. Ajrapetjan, Pogosian, WGM Doluhanova), which scored 21 points, won among the 10 teams. The second were the representatives of Yerevan (GM T. L. Petrosian, GM Kotanjian, GM D. G. Petrosian, WFM A. Hairapetian) with similar result. The teams of Europe and Armenia scored 19 points each. The representatives of Europe (GM Mirumian, Inants, Giroyan, WGM Arutyunova) took the third place in the tie-break. "

Games from the final Round 9 not yet available.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr37142.aspx

Official site: http://www.armchess.am/

Pan-Armenian Chess Olympiad Yerevan (ARM), 15-23 viii 2010 Leading Round 9 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	Nahapetyan Poghos	FM	RUS	2449	6,5	45,0	48,0
2	Petrosian Tigran L.	GM	ARM	2597	6,5	43,5	47,5
3	Mekhitarian Grigor Sevak	GM	BRA	2511	6,5	43,0	46,5
4	Arutinian David	GM	GEO	2573	6,0	45,5	50,5
5	Ajrapetjan Yuriy	GM	UKR	2485	6,0	45,5	49,5
6	Hayrapetyan Hovik	FM	ARM	2324	6,0	40,0	43,0
7	Mirumian Vigen	GM	CZE	2504	5,5	46,5	50,5
8	Airapetian Gor	IM	RUS	2436	5,5	44,0	46,5
9	Kotanjian Tigran	GM	ARM	2551	5,5	43,5	47,5
10	Kalashian David	IM	ARM	2449	5,5	38,0	40,5
11	Petrosyan Manuel		ARM	1920	5,5	37,0	41,0
12	Ajrapetian Gevorg	IM	RUS	2427	5,0	42,5	46,0
13	Arutyunova Diana	WGM	UKR	2270	5,0	41,5	45,5
14	Petrosian David G.	GM	ARM	2492	5,0	41,5	44,5
15	Matikozian Andranik	IM	ARM	2478	5,0	40,5	43,5
16	Gabrielian Artur	GM	RUS	2559	5,0	40,0	44,0
17	Poghosyan Manvel		BLR	2364	5,0	40,0	43,0
18	Abrahamyan Tatev	WFM	USA	2310	5,0	38,5	41,0
19	Hambardzumian Yuri	IM	ARM	2342	5,0	33,5	36,5
20	Andriasian Siranush	WIM	ARM	2188	4,5	40,0	43,5
21	Rohonyan Katerina	WGM	USA	2319	4,5	33,5	36,0
22	Giroyan Gary		FRA	2225	4,5	33,0	35,5
23	Doluhanova Evgeniya	WGM	UKR	2312	4,0	40,0	43,0
24	Mouradian Knarik	WIM	LIB	2216	4,0	37,5	40,5
25	Inants Aghasi	M	ARM	2275	4,0	37,0	40,5
26	Hayrapetyan Arman	IM	ARM	2380	4,0	37,0	40,0
40 players

18) 7th Kalamaria Open

The 7th Kalamaria Open takes place 25th August - 1st September 2010.

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

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr37041.aspx

19) 25th Schwarzacher Open

The 25th Schwarzacher Open took place 21st-29th August 2010. Mladen Palac and Robert Zelcic were the top seeds but it was Vitaly Kunin with 7.5/9 who took clear first place.

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

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

25th Open Schwarzach (AUT), 21-29 viii 2010 Leading Round 9 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Kunin Vitaly	GM	GER	2534	7,5	48,0	43,25	2392
2	Krivoborodov Egor	IM	RUS	2499	6,5	49,5	38,25	2364
3	Palac Mladen	GM	CRO	2562	6,5	49,0	37,25	2375
4	Burg Twan	IM	NED	2449	6,5	49,0	37,00	2346
5	Zelcic Robert	GM	CRO	2554	6,5	47,5	36,25	2345
6	Smirnov Artem	IM	RUS	2446	6,5	46,0	34,25	2328
7	Eisenbeiser Amadeus	IM	GER	2397	6,5	44,0	31,25	2215
8	Wiesinger Robert	MK	AUT	2232	6,5	43,5	24,75	2261
9	Wohl Alexander	IM	AUS	2375	6,0	46,5	30,75	2318
10	Womacka Mathias	GM	GER	2478	6,0	46,0	30,75	2339
11	Feige Manuel		GER	2402	6,0	44,0	30,00	2272
12	Vatter Hans-Joachim	FM	GER	2349	6,0	40,5	25,25	2169
13	Panteleev Petar		BUL	2329	5,5	46,0	28,00	2298
14	Bodiroga Predrag	IM	SRB	2406	5,5	44,0	26,00	2253
15	Ocantos Manuel		LUX	2180	5,5	41,0	20,00	2169
16	Fuchs Georg	MK	AUT	2292	5,5	39,5	25,00	2176
17	Kleiser Gregor	FM	AUT	2258	5,5	39,5	23,75	2152
18	Hoenick Andreas		GER	2216	5,5	38,0	24,25	2095
19	Reefschlaeger Helmut	IM	GER	2302	5,5	37,5	24,25	2102
20	Bochis Julia		GER	2122	5,5	37,5	18,00	2110
21	Grimberg Boris	FM	GER	2355	5,0	46,0	23,50	2271
22	Schloetzer Waldemar		GER	2282	5,0	43,5	23,50	2206
23	Gruber Michael		AUT	2133	5,0	42,0	22,50	2214
24	Ljubic Juro		CRO	2186	5,0	40,5	20,25	2169
25	Biedekoepper Robert		GER	2112	5,0	40,0	21,75	2120
26	Hoffmeister Frank		GER	2185	5,0	40,0	21,25	2136
90 players

20) 6th Geller Memorial

The 6th Efim Geller Memorial (Open) took place in Odessa, Ukraine on 21st-29th August 2010. Boris Kharchenko won the event with 7.5/9.

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

6th Efim Geller Memorial Odessa (UKR), 21-29 viii 2010 Leading Round 9 (of 9) Standings:
No.	PNo.	Name	Irat	Score	WP	SB	PS	TPR	W-We
1	4	Kharchenko, Boris	2442	7.5	46	37.5	35.5	2525	0.88
2	3	Sivuk, Vitaly	2448	7	49	36.5	37	2499	0.66
	7	Budnikov, Oleg	2398	7	48.5	34.5	37	2545	1.7
	9	Rakhmangulov, Andrei	2394	7	42.5	32.5	31	2395	0.26
5	2	Bogdanovich, Stanislav	2464	6.5	56.5	38.5	38	2521	0.78
	1	Pavlov, Sergey	2524	6.5	52	35	37.5	2486	-0.23
7	12	Golovlev, Nikolay	2318	6	46	29.5	30.5	2345	0.39
	15	Kutsykh, Mikle	2294	6	44	24.75	30.5	2302	0.23
	16	Garifulin, Alexander	2277	6	43	26.5	29.5	2280	0.09
10	8	Kotenko, Pavel	2396	5.5	48	26	32	2347	-0.47
	10	Pavlov, Maxim	2364	5.5	47.5	24	32.5	2352	0.02
	42	Avetisian, Tigran	1991	5.5	44	24.5	25.5	2274	2.85
	18	Tregubov, Vadim	2255	5.5	43.5	23.5	26	2188	-0.48
	21	Reshetkov, Kirill	2192	5.5	42.5	24	26.5	2230	0.55
	13	Kurayan, Ruslan	2310	5.5	40	24	26	2256	-0.41
16	26	Muhtarov, Leonid	2169	5	48	18.25	30	2221	0.44
	5	Fingerov, Dmitry	2405	5	46	22.75	28.5	2270	-1.49
	39	Bugaev, Viktor	2049	5	46	23.25	25	2308	2.88
	34	Mirzoev, Emil	2109	5	45.5	24	24.5	2240	1.48
	22	Aliferenko, Aleksei	2182	5	43.5	22.75	26.5	2188	0.04
	33	Kigel, Dmytro	2131	5	43	18.25	23	2126	-0.07
	59	Makarevich, Vladislav	0	5	42.5	19.75	24	2183	2183
	19	Kovalyov, Eduard	2248	5	41.5	23	26.5	2128	-1
	17	Stets, Vasilij	2257	5	40.5	17.5	25.5	2159	-0.75
	30	Baranov, Jury	2142	5	39.5	21.25	24	2063	-0.62
	54	Boldysh, Maxim	1815	5	39.5	22.25	23	2171	3.73
	41	Olshevskiy, Maxim	2021	5	39	17.5	22	2163	1.38
28	58	Kozelov, Roman	0	4.5	47.5	21.5	27	2281	2281
	27	Makarov, Pavlo	2167	4.5	46	22.5	27	2223	0.46
	20	Zakharchenko, Arnold	2224	4.5	42.5	18.25	27	2246	0.32
	24	Fiodorov, Mikhail	2176	4.5	41.5	18.25	24	2037	-1.4
	28	Sshedrin, Ilya	2160	4.5	41	17.5	22.5	2116	-0.26
	35	Ivanenko, Olga I.	2103	4.5	40.5	17.25	22	2207	0.91
	32	Varchenko, Grigory	2138	4.5	35	11.5	17	2186	0.49
	47	Rudenko, Serhiy	1906	4.5	34	15	17	2103	1.63
36	25	Evdokimov, Alexander	2173	4	40.5	10.25	22	1975	-2.07
	23	Strygin, Alexandr	2179	4	40	15	21	1954	-2.46
	57	Bolotov, Leonid	0	4	39	13.5	19	2009	2009
	46	Shchuka, Fedor	1944	4	36.5	12	17	2032	0.75
	38	Afanasjev, Anatoly	2061	4	36	12.75	18.5	1889	-1.67
	52	Rudenkov, Sergei	1852	4	35	13	18	2042	1.73
42	37	Ivanov, Vladimir A.	2084	3.5	45.5	14.5	20	2040	-0.55
	31	Solovjov, Pavel	2139	3.5	41.5	13.25	19.5	1960	-1.9
	43	Kisel, Nikita	1988	3.5	41	13	17.5	1943	-0.64
	36	Lomakin, Viktor	2092	3.5	37	12.25	16	2043	-0.53
	53	Usoltseva, Polina	1822	3.5	32.5	10.25	17	1937	0.97
	50	Grigoryev, Jury	1861	3.5	31.5	9.5	14.5	1889	0.12
	48	Tropin, Vladimir	1887	3.5	30	9.25	12.5	2003	0.93
49	56	Benesh, Kiril	0	3	35	10.5	15	1858	1858
	45	Spodyniuk, Viktor	1952	3	35	6.5	12.5	1868	-1.01
	49	Grigoryev, Andrey	1867	3	32.5	8	14	1855	-0.3
	51	Campi, William	1854	3	29.5	4.25	8	1778	-0.85
53	11	Kozel, Roman	2354	2.5	45.5	25	20	2213	-0.57
54	6	Chernetskiy, Mykola	2402	2	34.5	17.25	14.5	2065	-1.14
	40	Daryev, Sergey	2028	2	34	5.5	15	1826	-2.41
	44	Tihonov, Gennady	1956	2	34	5.5	12	1898	-0.79
	60	Stepanenko, Dmitrij	0	2	31.5	5	9	1715	1715
58	55	Zabgaeva, Marina	1801	1.5	25.5	1.5	6.5	1247	-1.96
59	61	Vzdvizhkov, Dmitry	0	1	40.5	20.25	9	-	0
	14	Klinova, Masha	2303	1	38.5	17.75	9	2033	-0.64
	62	Morchadze, Lolita	0	1	33	12.25	8	1249	0
62	29	Prociuc, Evgenii	2147	0	40.5	20.25	0	-	0

21) 17th Graz Chess Festival

The 17th Graz Festival takes place 28th August - 5th September 2010. Includes the 17th Graz International Open. David Shengelia is the top seed.

Official site: http://styria.chess.at/grazopen/info.html

Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr31920.aspx

22) 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.

Sinisa Joksic sends the games and reports: "Davos host again chess players after one year break. There were 38 players from 7 countries enjoin tournament in tremendous Davos and surroundings. Tournament was extremely tough. Six players finished with 5 points and another six players had half points less. Tie-break decided two winners, IM Nedeljko Kedlecevic (SUI) and IM Ali Habibi (GER) with the same all four conditions. Third was IM from Poland Grzegorz Masternak. In last round everything could happened. First Tatjana Lematscko miss chance to win tournament and then in the very last moment Andrew Bigg miss to win tournament, allow Habibi to save draw in the lost position. In fact, anyone can win and it would be deserved. Very interesting in the two last rounds ware not any short drawn on the top boards. Organization was pretty good. The 9th Davos Open will be next year, in exactly same period, August 8 to 14. "

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

23) Dun Laoghaire Masters

The Dun Laoghaire Master tournaments took place in Ireland 20th August 2010 to 29th August 2010. Two all-play-all tournaments, a GM and a Masters. The GM Group was won by Mark Hebden.

Centenary GM Dun Laoghaire (IRL), 21-29 viii 2010															cat. VIII (2436)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Hebden, Mark L	g	ENG	2556	*	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	6	2547
2.	Quinn, Mark	m	IRL	2377	0	*	0	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	5½	2522
3.	Heidenfeld, Mark	m	IRL	2360	½	1	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	5	2487
4.	Baburin, Alexander	g	IRL	2549	½	½	½	*	1	½	½	1	0	½	5	2466
5.	Manca, Federico	m	ITA	2356	½	½	½	0	*	1	½	½	1	½	5	2488
6.	Astaneh Lopez, Alex	f	IRL	2367	½	0	½	½	0	*	1	½	1	1	5	2486
7.	Bischoff, Klaus	g	GER	2553	0	0	½	½	½	0	*	1	1	1	4½	2423
8.	Atlas, Valery	m	AUT	2440	½	½	½	0	½	½	0	*	½	½	3½	2355
9.	Collins, Sam E IRL	m	IRL	2408	½	0	½	1	0	0	0	½	*	½	3	2314
10.	Rochev, Yury		RUS	2395	0	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	½	*	2½	2274

Centenary IM Dun Laoghaire (IRL), 21-29 viii 2010															cat. III (2319)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Ansell, Simon T	m	ENG	2398	*	0	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	7	2530
2.	Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael	m	ESP	2312	1	*	1	½	0	0	½	1	1	½	5½	2399
3.	Cech, Pavel	m	CZE	2410	½	0	*	½	1	0	½	1	1	½	5	2351
4.	Brady, Stephen	f	IRL	2376	0	½	½	*	0	½	1	1	1	½	5	2355
5.	Daly, Colm	f	IRL	2322	½	1	0	1	*	1	0	0	½	½	4½	2318
6.	Fitzsimons, David		IRL	2263	0	1	1	½	0	*	0	0	1	1	4½	2325
7.	Tvarijonas, Povilas	f	LTU	2370	0	½	½	0	1	1	*	0	½	1	4½	2313
8.	Moskow, Eric		USA	2193	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	*	0	½	3½	2252
9.	Short, Philip M	f	IRL	2296	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	1	*	1	3	2196
10.	Griffiths, Ryan Rhys		IRL	2249	0	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	0	*	2½	2160

24) Panevezys Open

The Panevezys Open takes place 18th-24th of August 2010. Yuri Malinin edged out Oleg Krivonosov on tie-break after both finished on 7/9. No games available.

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

25) 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/

26) Akiba Rubinstein Memorial

The 46th Akiba Rubinstein Memorial Chess Festival took place in Polanica Zdroj 18th-28th August 2010. IM Kacper Piorun won on tie-break with 7.5/10 ahead of Zbigniew Strzemiecki.

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

27) Persoonlijk Kampioenschap Noord-Brabant 2010

The Persoonlijk Kampioenschap Noord-Brabant takes place in Roosendaal, Netherlands 27th-29th August 2010.

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

28) Forthcoming Events and Links

4ncl Team and Individual Rapidplay Championship

The 4ncl Team and Individual Rapidplay Championship on takes place 9th-10th October 2010 at Harben House, Milton Keynes. Saturday - team championship Saturday - individual championship

Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/2010_rapidplay.htm

6th Dieppe Chess Festival

The 6th Dieppe Chess Festival took place in France 22nd to 29th August 2010 Open principal participants : 2 GM, 5IM (140 players)

Official site: http://www.chess-and-strategy.com/search/label/Dieppe%202010

Bansko Grand Chess Open

The Bansko Grand Chess Open 12th-19th December 2010, Bansko - Bulgaria.

Details: http://www.bansko.chessdom.com

Izmir Open

Izmir International Open Chess Tournament which was supposed to take place 28th August - 5th September 2010 has been postponed after it clashed with

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/

Gouda Open

The Gouda Open takes place on the 4th September 2010. 7 Round Rapid. Anish Giri, Erik van den Doel, Sipke Ernst, Daniel Fridman, Anna Zatonskih, Matthew Sadler play.

Official site: http://www.messemaker-1847.nl/OKG2010/

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 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

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.

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.	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	*	*	2½				3		3		3		3		4½		4		3½		15	26,5
2	SHANGHAI Jianqiao	2½		*	*	2		3		3		2½				2		3½		4		10	22,5
3	HEBEI			3		*	*	1		1½		1		3		3		4		3½		10	20,0
4	BEIJING Aigo	2		2		4		*	*			2		2½		3		4		4½		9	24,0
5	ZHEJIANG	2		2		3½				*	*	2½		1½		4		4		4		9	23,5
6	China Mobile CHONGQING	2		2½		4		3		2½		*	*	2½		2		3½				9	22,0
7	Lanpo JIANGSU	2				2		2½		3½		2½		*	*	2½		3		3		9	21,0
8	TIANJIN Nan Kai	½		3		2		2		1		3		2½		*	*			2½		6	16,5
9	GUANGDONG Huateng	1		1½		1		1		1		1½		2				*	*	4½		2	13,5
10	BEIJING Rendafuzhong	1½		1		1½		½		1				2		2½		½		*	*	1	10,5

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

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

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

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 1	2	:	6
Reichenstein 1	-	Bern 1	5½	:	2½
Zuerich 1	-	Geneve 1	6	:	2
Luzern 1	-	Riehen 1	5	:	3
Joueur 1	-	Winterthur 1	5½	:	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.

THE WEEK IN CHESS 825 30th August 2010 by Mark Crowther

Sponsored by the London Chess Centre

1) Introduction

2) Arctic Securities Chess Stars

3) Baku Open

4) Russian Higher League 2010

5) Spanish Chess League Honor Division

6) Leko vs Gelfand Rapid Match 2010

7) 1st Campomanes Memorial Cup Open

8) 6th Prospero A. Pichay Cup Open

9) Sants Open

10) Noord-Brabantse Schaakbond 2010

11) BDO Chess Tournament

12) US Chess League

13) 27th Collado Villalba Open

14) 9th International Istanbul Chess Festival

15) Bratto Chess Open

16) Porto San Giorgio

17) Pan-Armenian Chess Olympiad

18) 7th Kalamaria Open

19) 25th Schwarzacher Open

20) 6th Geller Memorial

21) 17th Graz Chess Festival

22) 8th Davos Open

23) Dun Laoghaire Masters

24) Panevezys Open

25) Serbian League

26) Akiba Rubinstein Memorial

27) Persoonlijk Kampioenschap Noord-Brabant 2010

28) Forthcoming Events and Links

4ncl Team and Individual Rapidplay Championship

6th Dieppe Chess Festival

Bansko Grand Chess Open

Izmir Open

RAW Chess Challenge

Gouda Open

Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2011

Shanghai Masters 2010

Bilbao Masters Final 2010

Pearl Spring Masters Nanjing 2010

Gibraltar Masters

Tal Memorial 2010

Shanghai and Bilbao Masters

X Benidorm Chess Festival 2010

Kristiansund Rapid with Carlsen, Anand, Polgar and Hammer

Vasylyshyn Memorial

XL Rilton Cup 2010-11

Chinese Chess League Division A

Paignton Congress

4th Rijeka open chess tournament "Mediterranean 2017"

IX Festival Internacional de Ajedrez Benidorm 2010

London Chess Classic 2010

14th Unive Tournament

European Individual Senior Championship 2011

11th World University Chess Championship

Chinese Events 2010

World Chess Tour Events

Swiss Team Championships 2010

Arvier (Aosta Valley) - September

Livigno (Sondrio, Valtellina)

7th Knokke International Open

11th World University Chess Championship

Hungarian Tournaments March - October 2010

Czech Tour 2010-11

Historical Elo Ratings