THE WEEK IN CHESS 845 17th January 2011 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Luis Blasco de la Cruz, Mitko Iliev, Pesdro Alberdi, Denis Vretenar, Jakub Fuksik, Mikel Larreategi, Justin Davis, Frank Quisinsky, Ronald Scott, John Donaldson, Elisabeth Paehtz, Jan Mazuch, George Mirijanian, Harun Taner and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The always wonderful Wijk aan Zee tournament started on Saturday with a new sponsors name, that of Tata Steel. Already the event promises to be both fascinating and hard to predict. Hikaru Nakamura leads on 2.5/3 at this very early stage. World Champion Viswanathan Anand is poised half a point behind, Levon Aronian has drawn all his games so far and World number one Magnus Carlsen just played dreadfully in round three against Anish Giri and lost in 22 moves. The players are just getting warmed up so there is plenty to look forward to.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 73rd Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee 2011

The 73rd Wijk aan Zee tournament sponsored by Tata Steel has got off to a very interesting start. The 13 rounds make it one of the longer elite events in the calendar so it is definitely early days. Full coverage on the front page of TWIC.

Event: 73rd Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee 2011
Place: Wijk aan Zee
CountryCode: NED
StartDate: Fri 14th Jan 2011
EndDate: Sun 30th Jan 2011
Website

A-Group
Fri 14th Jan 2011
Sun 30th Jan 2011
Wijk aan Zee
NED
14 Players.
13 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 100:50:15+30spm(1)

73rd Tata Steel GMA Wijk aan Zee NED Fri 14th Jan 2011 - Sun 30th Jan 2011. Category: 20. Ave: (2740)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pts	TPR
1	Nakamura, Hikaru	GM	USA	2751	#						=				1			1	2.5	3040
2	Anand, Viswanathan	GM	IND	2810		#			=	=		1							2	2844
3	Giri, Anish	GM	NED	2686			#		=					=			1		2	2826
4	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	GM	RUS	2733				#		=					=	1			2	2888
5	L'Ami, Erwin	GM	NED	2628		=	=		#			=							1.5	2747
6	Kramnik, Vladimir	GM	RUS	2784		=		=		#						=			1.5	2758
7	Aronian, Levon	GM	ARM	2805	=						#		=				=		1.5	2760
8	Ponomariov, Ruslan	GM	UKR	2744		0			=			#		1					1.5	2700
9	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	GM	FRA	2715							=		#		=	=			1.5	2770
10	Smeets, Jan	GM	NED	2662			=					0		#				1	1.5	2717
11	Grischuk, Alexander	GM	RUS	2773	0			=					=		#				1	2608
12	Wang, Hao	GM	CHN	2731				0		=			=			#			1	2619
13	Carlsen, Magnus	GM	NOR	2814			0				=						#	=	1	2613
14	Shirov, Alexei	GM	ESP	2722	0									0			=	#	0.5	2469

Round 1. Sat 15th Jan 2011
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	1/2-1/2	Kramnik, Vladimir	36	C45	Scotch
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	1/2-1/2	Wang, Hao	37	D19	QGD Slav
Nakamura, Hikaru	1-0	Grischuk, Alexander	42	D38	QGD
Carlsen, Magnus	1/2-1/2	Aronian, Levon	28	C45	Scotch
Smeets, Jan	1-0	Shirov, Alexei	25	C78	Ruy Lopez
L'Ami, Erwin	1/2-1/2	Giri, Anish	58	D16	QGD Slav
Ponomariov, Ruslan	0-1	Anand, Viswanathan	52	B92	Sicilian
Round 2. Sun 16th Jan 2011
Ponomariov, Ruslan	1/2-1/2	L'Ami, Erwin	21	E59	Nimzo-Indian
Shirov, Alexei	1/2-1/2	Carlsen, Magnus	28	C45	Scotch
Anand, Viswanathan	1/2-1/2	Kramnik, Vladimir	23	E32	Nimzo-Indian
Giri, Anish	1/2-1/2	Smeets, Jan	38	D44	QGD semi-Slav
Aronian, Levon	1/2-1/2	Nakamura, Hikaru	17	A89	Dutch
Wang, Hao	0-1	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	80	E60	King's Indian defence
Grischuk, Alexander	1/2-1/2	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	27	B30	Sicilian defence
Round 3. Mon 17th Jan 2011
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	1/2-1/2	Aronian, Levon	21	D37	QGD
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	1/2-1/2	Grischuk, Alexander	23	B90	Sicilian
Smeets, Jan	0-1	Ponomariov, Ruslan	40	C18	French
L'Ami, Erwin	1/2-1/2	Anand, Viswanathan	31	E11	Bogo-Indian defence
Carlsen, Magnus	0-1	Giri, Anish	22	D71	Neo-Gruenfeld, 5.cd
Nakamura, Hikaru	1-0	Shirov, Alexei	93	C78	Ruy Lopez
Kramnik, Vladimir	1/2-1/2	Wang, Hao	46	E25	Nimzo-Indian

B-Group
Fri 14th Jan 2011
Sun 30th Jan 2011
Wijk aan Zee
NED
14 Players.
13 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 100:50:15+30spm(1)

73rd Tata Steel GMB Wijk aan Zee NED Fri 14th Jan 2011 - Sun 30th Jan 2011. Category: 17. Ave: (2659)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pts	TPR
1	McShane, Luke J	GM	ENG	2664	#					1						1	1		3
2	Sargissian, Gabriel	GM	ARM	2667		#	=				=	1							2	2802
3	Navara, David	GM	CZE	2708		=	#							1	=				2	2811
4	Efimenko, Zahar	GM	UKR	2701				#	=			=						1	2	2793
5	Fressinet, Laurent	GM	FRA	2707				=	#				=			=			1.5	2640
6	Spoelman, Wouter	GM	NED	2547	0					#				=	1				1.5	2685
7	So, Wesley	GM	PHI	2673		=					#				=			=	1.5	2659
8	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	GM	IND	2651		0		=				#						1	1.5	2672
9	Nijboer, Friso	GM	NED	2584					=				#			=	=		1.5	2664
10	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	GM	POL	2726			0			=				#			1		1.5	2635
11	Le, Quang Liem	GM	VIE	2664			=			0	=				#				1	2518
12	Tkachiev, Vladislav	GM	FRA	2636	0				=				=			#			1	2527
13	Li, Chao b	GM	CHN	2649	0								=	0			#		0.5	2385
14	Hammer, Jon Ludvig	GM	NOR	2647				0			=	0						#	0.5	2402

Round 1. Sat 15th Jan 2011
Hammer, Jon Ludvig	0-1	Efimenko, Zahar	78	D38	QGD
Sargissian, Gabriel	1-0	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	38	D20	QGA
Le, Quang Liem	1/2-1/2	So, Wesley	36	E06	Catalan
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	0-1	Navara, David	58	D90	Gruenfeld
McShane, Luke J	1-0	Spoelman, Wouter	69	B51	Sicilian
Nijboer, Friso	1/2-1/2	Li, Chao b	33	C42	Petrov
Tkachiev, Vladislav	1/2-1/2	Fressinet, Laurent	33	A09	Reti opening
Round 2. Sun 16th Jan 2011
Tkachiev, Vladislav	1/2-1/2	Nijboer, Friso	35	E60	King's Indian
Spoelman, Wouter	1/2-1/2	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	34	E32	Nimzo-Indian
Li, Chao b	0-1	McShane, Luke J	55	E71	King's Indian
So, Wesley	1/2-1/2	Sargissian, Gabriel	26	C45	Scotch
Navara, David	1/2-1/2	Le, Quang Liem	58	D11	QGD Slav
Fressinet, Laurent	1/2-1/2	Efimenko, Zahar	30	C51	Evans gambit
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	1-0	Hammer, Jon Ludvig	67	C67	Ruy Lopez
Round 3. Mon 17th Jan 2011
Le, Quang Liem	0-1	Spoelman, Wouter	73	D16	QGD Slav
Nijboer, Friso	1/2-1/2	Fressinet, Laurent	32	C91	Ruy Lopez
Sargissian, Gabriel	1/2-1/2	Navara, David	27	D85	Gruenfeld
McShane, Luke J	1-0	Tkachiev, Vladislav	56	C78	Ruy Lopez
Efimenko, Zahar	1/2-1/2	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	99	B90	Sicilian
Hammer, Jon Ludvig	1/2-1/2	So, Wesley	63	D56	QGD
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	1-0	Li, Chao b	33	D72	Neo-Gruenfeld, 5.cd, main line

C-Group
Fri 14th Jan 2011
Sun 30th Jan 2011
Wijk aan Zee
NED
14 Players.
13 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 100:50:15+30spm(1)

73rd Tata Steel GMC Wijk aan Zee NED Fri 14th Jan 2011 - Sun 30th Jan 2011. Category: 11. Ave: (2507)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pts	TPR
1	Lahno, Kateryna	GM	UKR	2518	#		=			1		1							2.5	2761
2	Vocaturo, Daniele	GM	ITA	2570		#					=				1		1		2.5	2784
3	Bluvshtein, Mark	GM	CAN	2590	=		#		=							1			2	2654
4	Siebrecht, Sebastian	GM	GER	2439				#			=	=	1						2	2584
5	Nyzhnyk, Illya	IM	UKR	2530			=		#						1			=	2	2680
6	Tania, Sachdev	IM	IND	2391	0					#				1		1			2	2688
7	Bok, Benjamin	IM	NED	2453		=		=			#		=						1.5	2483
8	Pruijssers, Roeland	IM	NED	2484	0			=				#		=					1	2404
9	Van Der Werf, Mark	IM	NED	2439				0			=		#	=					1	2382
10	Ivanisevic, Ivan	GM	SRB	2630						0		=	=	#					1	2313
11	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	GM	KAZ	2637		0			0						#		1		1	2389
12	Swiercz, Dariusz	GM	POL	2540			0			0						#		1	1	2348
13	Van Kampen, Robin	IM	NED	2443		0									0		#	1	1	2423
14	De Jong, Jan-Willem	IM	NED	2437					=							0	0	#	0.5	2231

Round 1. Sat 15th Jan 2011
Van Kampen, Robin	0-1	Vocaturo, Daniele	83	C93	Ruy Lopez
Nyzhnyk, Illya	1-0	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	43	E94	King's Indian
Swiercz, Dariusz	1-0	De Jong, Jan-Willem	33	C80	Ruy Lopez
Lahno, Kateryna	1/2-1/2	Bluvshtein, Mark	44	C67	Ruy Lopez
Ivanisevic, Ivan	0-1	Tania, Sachdev	30	C25	Vienna
Siebrecht, Sebastian	1/2-1/2	Pruijssers, Roeland	71	E73	King's Indian
Van Der Werf, Mark	1/2-1/2	Bok, Benjamin	72	A29	English
Round 2. Sun 16th Jan 2011
Van Der Werf, Mark	0-1	Siebrecht, Sebastian	42	A20	English opening
Tania, Sachdev	0-1	Lahno, Kateryna	48	D80	Gruenfeld
Pruijssers, Roeland	1/2-1/2	Ivanisevic, Ivan	51	C41	Philidor
Bok, Benjamin	1/2-1/2	Vocaturo, Daniele	44	C80	Ruy Lopez
Bluvshtein, Mark	1-0	Swiercz, Dariusz	45	E46	Nimzo-Indian
Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	1-0	Van Kampen, Robin	54	D10	QGD Slav defence
De Jong, Jan-Willem	1/2-1/2	Nyzhnyk, Illya	67	E62	King's Indian
Round 3. Mon 17th Jan 2011
Lahno, Kateryna	1-0	Pruijssers, Roeland	41	C63	Ruy Lopez
Siebrecht, Sebastian	1/2-1/2	Bok, Benjamin	100	A15	English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)
Nyzhnyk, Illya	1/2-1/2	Bluvshtein, Mark	25	E10	Queen's pawn game
Swiercz, Dariusz	0-1	Tania, Sachdev	72	D37	QGD
Van Kampen, Robin	1-0	De Jong, Jan-Willem	43	C91	Ruy Lopez
Ivanisevic, Ivan	1/2-1/2	Van Der Werf, Mark	66	E32	Nimzo-Indian
Vocaturo, Daniele	1-0	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	62	C41	Philidor

3) 1st HDBank Cup 2011

The 1st HDBank Cup took place in Ho Chi Minh City 2nd-9th January 2011. Yu Yangyi edged out Wen Yang on tie-break after both finished on 7/9. Games from the final two rounds now available.

Event: 1st HDBank Cup 2011
Place: Ho Chi Minh City
CountryCode: VIE
StartDate: Sun 2nd Jan 2011
EndDate: Sun 9th Jan 2011
Website
Results

1st HDBank Cup
Sun 2nd Jan 2011
Sun 9th Jan 2011
Ho Chi Minh City
VIE
65 Players.
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

1st HDBank Cup Ho Chi Minh City VIE Sun 2nd Jan 2011 - Sun 9th Jan 2011 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Yu Yangyi	GM	CHN	2607	7.0	49.5	37.25	4
2	Wen Yang	GM	CHN	2509	7.0	45.0	34.00	4
3	Gomez John Paul	GM	PHI	2527	6.5	53.5	36.75	5
4	Le Quang Liem	GM	VIE	2664	6.5	51.5	35.75	5
5	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	GM	VIE	2628	6.5	51.0	36.75	4
6	Zhou Weiqi	GM	CHN	2573	6.5	50.0	34.50	4
7	Xiu Deshun		CHN	2508	6.5	40.0	28.25	4
8	Barbosa Oliver	IM	PHI	2461	6.0	49.0	29.75	5
9	Lu Shanglei		CHN	2416	6.0	42.5	26.00	4
10	Salvador Roland	GM	PHI	2533	6.0	41.0	26.75	4
11	Lou Yiping	IM	CHN	2429	6.0	41.0	24.50	4
12	Zhao Jun	GM	CHN	2599	5.5	51.0	30.00	5
13	Cao Sang	GM	VIE	2558	5.5	49.0	28.50	5
14	Wang Li	IM	CHN	2394	5.5	47.0	24.75	4
15	Lu Yijie		CHN	2311	5.5	46.0	24.25	5
16	Dimakiling Oliver	IM	PHI	2432	5.5	46.0	23.50	5
17	Nguyen Duc Hoa	FM	VIE	2446	5.5	45.5	23.50	5
18	Dao Thien Hai	GM	VIE	2512	5.5	43.0	26.00	5
19	Nguyen Anh Dung	GM	VIE	2508	5.5	39.0	23.75	5
20	Li Hanbin		CHN	2321	5.5	35.0	18.25	4
21	Wang Chen		CHN	2426	5.0	50.0	25.00	4
22	Bitoon Richard	IM	PHI	2461	5.0	49.5	24.25	5
23	Tu Hoang Thong	GM	VIE	2452	5.0	43.0	22.50	5
24	Tu Hoang Thai	IM	VIE	2379	5.0	42.0	21.50	5
25	Yap Kim Steven	IM	PHI	2395	5.0	42.0	21.50	4
26	Panopio Jr Rodolfo		PHI	2179	5.0	41.5	20.50	4
27	Tan Weiliang		SIN	2246	5.0	40.0	19.50	4
28	Nguyen Van Huy	IM	VIE	2449	5.0	39.0	18.75	4
29	Tran Thanh Tu	CM	VIE	2286	4.5	51.0	24.50	5
30	Bao Khoa	IM	VIE	2264	4.5	47.5	22.25	5
31	Nguyen Thi Mai Hung	WIM	VIE	2266	4.5	45.0	20.25	4
32	Pham Le Thao Nguyen	WIM	VIE	2343	4.5	44.5	18.75	4
33	Goh Wei Ming Kevin	IM	SIN	2404	4.5	43.0	20.00	4
34	Pham Chuong	FM	VIE	2376	4.5	43.0	18.75	5
35	Nguyen Thi Thanh An	WGM	VIE	2310	4.5	41.5	16.50	4
36	Tran Quoc Dung		VIE	2310	4.5	39.0	16.50	4
37	Wang Jue		CHN	2252	4.5	37.5	16.50	5
38	Sukandar Irine Kharisma	WGM	INA	2382	4.5	37.0	15.75	5
39	Nguyen Thanh Son	IM	VIE	2437	4.5	36.0	12.75	4
40	Pascua Haridas	FM	PHI	2358	4.5	33.5	13.00	4

4) Australian Open 2011

The Australian Open took place 2nd-13th January 2011 in Cammeray. Zong-Yuan Zhao, George Xie and Moulthun Ly finished on 8.5/11.

Event: Australian Open 2011
Place: Cammeray
CountryCode: AUS
StartDate: Sun 2nd Jan 2011
EndDate: Thu 13th Jan 2011
Website

Open
Sun 2nd Jan 2011
Thu 13th Jan 2011
Cammeray
AUS
11 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

Open Cammeray AUS Sun 2nd Jan 2011 - Thu 13th Jan 2011 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts
1	Zhao, Zong-Yuan	NSW	2586	8.5
2	Xie, George	NSW	2478	8.5
3	Ly, Moulthun	QLD	2321	8.5
4	Smirnov, Vladimir	NSW	2382	8
5	Brown, Andrew	ACT	2175	8
6	Ikeda, Junta	ACT	2262	7.5
7	Canfell, Gregory J	NSW	2297	7.5
8	Feldman, Vladimir	NSW	2262	7.5
9	Papantoniou, John	NSW	2023	7.5
10	Mandla, Blair	NSW	2110	7.5
11	Illingworth, Max	NSW	2311	7
12	Solomon, Stephen J	QLD	2408	7
13	Morris, Michael	NSW	2112	7
14	Lester, George E	QLD	1951	7
15	Nakauchi, Gene	QLD	2149	7
16	Hamilton, Douglas G	VIC	2207	7
17	Salaberry, Gustavo	OS	2254	6.5
18	Zulfic, Fedja	SA	2024	6.5
19	Chen, Pengyu	NSW	1977	6.5
20	Stead, Kerry	VIC	2060	6.5
21	Dale, Ari	VIC	1848	6.5
22	Berezina-Feldman, Irina	NSW	2238	6.5
23	Kluger, Carsten	OS	2081	6.5
24	Grigg, Sam	QLD	2011	6.5
25	Mortensen, Henrik	OS	2015	6.5
26	Champion, Patrick	NSW	1729	6.5
27	Garner, David J	OS	2185	6.5
28	Rout, Ian C	ACT	1983	6
29	Tan, Kevin	NSW	1921	6
30	Smirnov, Anton	NSW	2002	6
31	Cabilin, Jeff	NSW	1988	6
32	Setiabudi, Allen	ACT	1906	6
33	Dunn, Michael Gl	NSW	1909	6
34	Vogel, Joerg	OS	2069	6
35	Chau, Adrian	NSW	1650	6
36	Kevork, Chris	ACT	1793	6
37	Lay, Peter D	NSW	1987	6
38	Choong, Mark	OS		6
39	Encel, Benjamin	NSW	1898	5.5
40	Mallari, Donato	NSW	1827	5.5
41	Perera, Pasan	NSW	1866	5.5
42	Selnes, Hamish	QLD	1895	5.5
43	Voon, Richard	VIC	1904	5.5
44	Zulkifli, Mat-Arif	NSW	1638	5.5
45	Gu, Sean	NSW	1858	5.5
46	Abbott, Peter	NSW	1951	5.5
47	McGuirk, Michael	NSW	1721	5.5
48	Jablon, Stephen	OS	1985	5.5
49	Van Der Wal, Fritz W	NSW	1906	5.5
50	Wang, Oscar	NSW	1942	5.5
51	Myers, Stephen P	NSW	1805	5.5
52	Rachmadi, Herman	NSW	1836	5
53	Papp, Alexander	NSW	1909	5
54	Chibnall, Alana	ACT	1807	5
55	Wijesuriya, Vineetha	VIC	1892	5
56	Zajac, Marios	NSW	1963	4.5
57	Webster, David	NSW	1809	4.5
58	Glissan, Paul	NSW	1887	4.5
59	Cheung, Benjamin	NSW	1899	4.5
60	Ilic, Ilija	NSW	1986	4.5
61	Christensen, Joshua	NSW	1841	4.5
62	Davis, Tony J	VIC	1895	4.5
63	Tomas, Tom	NSW	1832	4.5
64	Wu, Edwin	NSW	1870	4.5
65	Dibley, Shane E	NSW	1571	4.5
66	Bennett, Matthew	ACT	1650	4.5
67	Korenevski, Oleg	QLD	1954	4.5
68	Spirov, Tony	NSW	1251	4.5
69	Jacob, Binu	OS		4.5
70	Neudel, Bernd	OS	1967	4.5
71	Buciu, Aurel-John	QLD	1714	4
72	Baterowicz, Mark	NSW	1801	4
73	Fry, Peter	VIC	1870	4
74	Javor, Stephen	NSW	1762	4
75	Chen, Vincent	NSW	1882	4
76	Dickson, Ian C	NSW	1856	4
77	Egan, Bill	ACT	1740	4
78	Press, Brian J	NSW	1563	4
79	Reynolds, Paul J	NSW	1784	3.5
80	London, Shane	NSW	1532	3.5
81	Brockman, Roland	VIC	1727	3
82	Bleicher, Horst	NSW	1767	2.5
83	Sewell, Bob	NSW	1556	2
84	Howells, Colin	NSW	1023	2
85	Behar, Joshua	NSW	1388	1
85 players

5) Memorial Antonio Rocha 2011

The Antonio Rocha Memorial takes place 13th-25th January 2011.

Event: Memorial Antonio Rocha 2011
Place: Campinas
CountryCode: BRA
StartDate: Thu 13th Jan 2011
EndDate: Tue 25th Jan 2011
Website

Antonio Rocha Mem
Thu 13th Jan 2011
Tue 25th Jan 2011
Campinas
BRA
14 Players.
13 Rounds.
SRR

6) 10th Marienbad Open 2011

There are three closed, an open, rapid and blitz events in Marienbad 15th-22nd January 2012.

Event: 10th Marienbad Open 2011
Place: Marianske Lazne
CountryCode: CZE
StartDate: Sat 15th Jan 2011
EndDate: Sat 22nd Jan 2011
Website

Open
Sat 15th Jan 2011
Sat 22nd Jan 2011
Marianske Lazne
CZE
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

7) 10th Prague Open 2011

The Prague Open took place 7th-14th January 2011. Stepan Zilka edged out Ioan-Cristian Chirila, Jasmin Bejtovic, Marko Zivanic and Vitali Koziak on tie-break after all finished on 7/9.

Event: 10th Prague Open 2011
Place: Prague
CountryCode: CZE
StartDate: Fri 7th Jan 2011
EndDate: Fri 14th Jan 2011
Website

10th Open
Fri 7th Jan 2011
Fri 14th Jan 2011
Prague
CZE
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

10th Open Prague CZE Fri 7th Jan 2011 - Fri 14th Jan 2011 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Zilka Stepan	IM	CZE	2493	7.0	41.5	52.5	6
2	Chirila Ioan-Cristian	GM	ROU	2493	7.0	41.0	52.0	5
3	Bejtovic Jasmin	IM	BIH	2405	7.0	41.0	51.5	6
4	Zivanic Marko	IM	SRB	2489	7.0	38.0	49.0	5
5	Koziak Vitali	IM	UKR	2464	7.0	37.5	49.0	5
6	Danin Alexandre	IM	RUS	2538	6.5	42.0	54.0	6
7	Simacek Pavel	IM	CZE	2469	6.5	40.0	50.5	4
8	Kislinsky Alexey	GM	UKR	2485	6.5	39.5	50.5	4
9	Aguettaz Maxime	IM	FRA	2414	6.5	39.0	50.0	5
10	Vokac Marek	GM	CZE	2471	6.5	38.0	49.0	4
11	Smith Bryan	IM	USA	2458	6.5	35.5	46.0	4
12	Gavrilov Alexei	GM	RUS	2484	6.0	41.0	52.0	4
13	Studnicka Tomas	FM	CZE	2346	6.0	40.0	51.0	5
14	Cifka Stanislav	FM	CZE	2403	6.0	39.0	49.5	6
15	Golubka Petr	FM	UKR	2399	6.0	38.5	49.5	3
16	Aranovitch Emiliano	FM	ITA	2319	6.0	38.5	48.5	4
17	Malaniuk Vladimir	GM	UKR	2518	6.0	38.0	47.5	4
18	Szablowski Pawel		POL	2340	6.0	37.0	47.5	5
19	Jirka Jiri	IM	CZE	2424	6.0	35.5	46.5	5
20	Nemcova Katerina	WGM	CZE	2289	6.0	35.5	45.0	6
21	Sodoma Jan		CZE	2348	6.0	35.5	45.0	4
22	Nguyen Chi Minh	IM	FRA	2389	6.0	34.5	45.0	6
23	Michalczak Thomas	FM	GER	2370	6.0	33.0	42.5	4
24	Agopov Mikael	IM	FIN	2429	6.0	32.5	41.5	5
25	Omelja Artem		UKR	2264	5.5	40.5	49.5	5
26	Kovar Vojtech		CZE	2343	5.5	39.5	50.0	4
27	Kanovsky David	IM	CZE	2497	5.5	37.5	47.5	4
28	Mertanen Janne	FM	FIN	2333	5.5	37.5	47.5	3
29	Porat Maya		ISR	2246	5.5	37.5	47.0	4
30	Milchev Nikolay	IM	BUL	2358	5.5	37.0	47.5	5
31	Stubberud Ornulf	FM	NOR	2299	5.5	37.0	47.5	4
32	Schmidt-Schaeffer Sebastian		GER	2410	5.5	36.5	47.0	4
33	Chudinovskikh Alexander M.	IM	RUS	2286	5.5	35.0	45.0	4
34	Kislik Erik Andrew	FM	USA	2327	5.5	35.0	44.5	4
35	Stigar Petter	FM	NOR	2312	5.5	34.5	43.5	2
36	Dolezal Radoslav	IM	CZE	2415	5.5	34.5	43.0	3
37	Hasangatin Ramil	GM	RUS	2508	5.5	34.0	44.5	3
38	Lundin Jan	FM	SWE	2294	5.5	33.5	43.0	4
39	Doros Radu-Marian		ROU	2348	5.5	32.5	42.5	4
40	Tate Alan		SCO	2292	5.5	32.0	42.5	5
41	Bhakti Kulkarni	WIM	IND	2275	5.5	32.0	41.5	4
42	Del Rey Diego	IM	ESP	2374	5.5	31.0	40.0	5
43	Leks Maria	WCM	POL	2015	5.5	29.5	37.5	5
44	Sharapov Evgeny	GM	UKR	2468	5.5	28.5	37.5	5
45	Blikra Vea Odin		NOR	2214	5.0	38.5	46.5	4
46	Van Kerkhof David		NED	2235	5.0	38.0	48.0	3
47	Marholev Dimitar	IM	BUL	2401	5.0	37.5	47.5	4
48	Racz Zoltan	FM	HUN	2299	5.0	36.5	44.0	4
49	Bernasek Jan	IM	CZE	2490	5.0	36.0	46.0	4
50	Denisov Ivan		RUS	2251	5.0	35.5	45.5	4
146 players

8) 12th Czech Christmas 2010-11

Jan Bernasek won the 12th Czech Christmas 2010-11 tournament. Final round games now available.

Event: 12th Czech Christmas 2010-11
Place: Litomysl
CountryCode: CZE
StartDate: Sun 26th Dec 2010
EndDate: Sun 2nd Jan 2011
Website
Results

Christmas Open
Sun 26th Dec 2010
Sun 2nd Jan 2011
Litomysl
CZE
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

Christmas Open Litomysl CZE Sun 26th Dec 2010 - Sun 2nd Jan 2011 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Bernasek Jan	IM	CZE	2490	7.5	54.0	43.0	2287
2	Likavsky Tomas	GM	SVK	2466	7.0	53.5	42.0	2276
3	Biolek Richard	IM	CZE	2413	7.0	53.0	41.5	2268
4	Olsarova Karolina	WIM	CZE	2202	6.5	53.0	42.0	2250
5	Kanovsky David	IM	CZE	2497	6.5	53.0	41.0	2258
6	Bures Jaroslav		CZE	2373	6.5	52.0	40.0	2234
7	Cerveny Martin	FM	CZE	2317	6.5	48.0	37.5	2177
8	Navratil Jiri		CZE	1996	6.5	43.5	34.0	2022
9	Strebkovs Andrejs	IM	LAT	2329	6.0	52.5	41.0	2188
10	Bolacky Jiri		CZE	2237	6.0	51.0	39.5	2208
11	Heinzel Olaf	IM	GER	2328	6.0	51.0	39.0	2146
12	Novotny Michal	FM	CZE	2255	6.0	48.5	37.5	2189
13	Madan Augustin	IM	ROU	2339	6.0	46.5	37.0	2108
14	Jedlicka Ales	FM	CZE	2261	6.0	46.0	35.0	2075
15	Volodin Viktor	IM	RUS	2223	6.0	45.5	34.5	2104
16	Cizinsky Petr		CZE	2148	6.0	44.5	35.0	2071
17	Pekar Vaclav		CZE	2114	6.0	43.0	33.5	2008
18	Sabol Marian	FM	CZE	2392	5.5	52.5	42.0	2246
19	Svana Peter		SVK	2227	5.5	49.0	38.5	2206
20	Kantorik Marian	IM	SVK	2351	5.5	46.5	36.0	2041
21	Navratil Jiri		CZE	2120	5.5	44.0	34.5	2136
22	Klima Lukas	IM	CZE	2396	5.5	44.0	34.5	2023
23	Kastner Oldrich		CZE	2070	5.5	43.5	34.5	2017
24	Olsarova Tereza	WIM	CZE	2185	5.5	43.0	34.0	2058
25	Niemers Johannes		GER	1999	5.5	40.5	32.0	1973
26	Lys Josef	FM	CZE	2199	5.5	40.5	30.5	1945
27	Kotva Milan		CZE	2070	5.0	44.5	35.5	2018
28	Weissmann Lukas		CZE	2146	5.0	44.5	34.5	2041
29	Konstacky Matej		CZE	2110	5.0	43.5	33.5	1998
30	Olsar Zdenek		CZE	1984	5.0	43.0	33.5	1994
31	Dowgird Filip		POL	2096	5.0	43.0	33.0	1986
32	Seidl Stepan		CZE	2088	5.0	43.0	32.5	2031
33	Seidl Antonin		CZE	1983	5.0	42.5	34.5	1975
34	Bombek Peter	FM	SVK	2228	5.0	42.5	33.5	1983
35	Trhal Michal		CZE	1982	5.0	42.0	34.5	1973
36	Bakalar Jan		SVK	2081	5.0	42.0	33.5	2016
37	Lorenc Oldrich		CZE	2077	5.0	42.0	32.5	2032
38	Machan Jan		CZE	1905	5.0	41.5	33.0	2009
39	Kaczmarek Maciej		POL	2009	5.0	41.5	32.5	2030
40	Svoboda Karel		CZE	2043	5.0	40.0	32.5	1963
41	Kimerling Martin		SVK	1931	5.0	39.5	30.0	1936
42	Ruzicka Vaclav		CZE	2024	5.0	39.0	30.0	1908
43	Galvanek Ladislav		SVK	2091	4.5	46.5	35.5	1983
44	Chladek Vaclav		CZE	2099	4.5	45.5	34.5	1981
45	Jiruse Josef		CZE	2059	4.5	43.0	33.5	1991
46	Stodola Marek		CZE	1799	4.5	42.5	33.5	2059
47	Skoda Martin		CZE	2034	4.5	42.5	33.0	1923
48	Hrabal Michal		CZE	1972	4.5	42.0	32.5	1959
49	Rode Thomas		GER	1876	4.5	41.0	32.0	2025
98 players

9) 36th Seville Open 2011

Stewart Haslinger edged out Deep Sengupta on tie-break after both finished on 7.5/9.

Event: 36th Seville Open 2011
Place: Seville
CountryCode: ESP
StartDate: Fri 7th Jan 2011
EndDate: Sat 15th Jan 2011
Website

36th Open
Fri 7th Jan 2011
Sat 15th Jan 2011
Seville
ESP
245 Players.
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

36th Open Seville ESP Fri 7th Jan 2011 - Sat 15th Jan 2011 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2
1	10	HASLINGER, Stewart G	GM	2536	7½	47	39½
2	11	SENGUPTA, Deep	GM	2530	7½	44½	40
3	23	FERNANDEZ ROMERO, Ernesto	IM	2453	7	46	38
4	14	GONZALEZ GARCIA, Jose	GM	2503	7	45½	40
5	19	CAMPORA, Daniel H.	GM	2488	7	44	37
6	5	LEMOS, Damian	GM	2553	7	44	36½
7	6	MATAMOROS FRANCO, Carlos S.	GM	2545	7	43½	37
8	1	CORRALES JIMENEZ, Fidel	GM	2591	7	43½	36
9	12	TESKE, Henrik	GM	2520	7	43	38
10	3	SPRAGGETT, Kevin	GM	2575	7	43	36½
11	18	LALIC, Bogdan	GM	2491	7	43	35½
12	4	MIRZOEV, Azer	GM	2563	7	42	34½
13	7	DIZDAR, Goran	GM	2544	7	41	35
14	20	SARIC, Ante	GM	2482	6½	45½	35½
15	8	RIZOUK, Aimen	GM	2539	6½	45	36
16	9	ABBASOV, Farid	GM	2537	6½	44½	37½
17	13	PAUNOVIC, Dragan	GM	2509	6½	43	36½
18	21	DAS, Arghyadip	IM	2479	6½	43	34
19	2	KORNEEV, Oleg	GM	2576	6½	42½	34
20	28	BELLIA, Fabrizio	IM	2417	6½	41	34
21	16	STAROSTITS, Ilmars	GM	2494	6	45	36½
22	33	KOVACEVIC, Slobodan	IM	2330	6	45	34½
23	26	TERAN ALVAREZ, Ismael	IM	2432	6	43½	36
24	17	KHAMRAKULOV, Ibragim S.	GM	2494	6	43½	35½
25	25	RAZMYSLOV, Alexander	IM	2439	6	43	35
26	29	ALONSO GARCIA, Rene Marcial	IM	2403	6	42	35
27	40	GARCIA JIMENEZ, Francisco Javie	FM	2274	6	42	33
28	42	CODENOTTI, Marco		2264	6	42	32½
29	31	STELLA, Andrea	FM	2361	6	42	32½
30	27	POGORELOV, Ruslan	GM	2427	6	41½	35
31	39	BURGOS FIGUEROA, Carlos E.	IM	2280	6	41½	34
32	53	URBINA PEREZ, Juan Antonio	CM	2189	6	40½	32
33	44	PRADOS MONTANO, Antonio		2244	6	40½	32
34	36	PIASETSKI, Leon	IM	2303	6	40	32½
35	61	ARANAZ MURILLO, Amalia	WFM	2137	6	40	32
36	56	ESTRADA MARTINEZ, Cesar		2167	6	39½	30½
37	50	BARRENECHEA BAHAMONDE, Gustavo		2215	6	38½	32
38	35	ESTRADA NIETO, Julian	IM	2309	6	38½	31½
39	22	KOMLJENOVIC, Davorin	GM	2457	6	38½	31
40	65	KIERZEK, Matthias Dr.		2127	6	38½	29
41	30	BARRERO GARCIA, Carlos	FM	2395	6	38	31
42	41	LADRON DE GUEVARA PINTO, Paolo		2267	6	38	31
43	47	MELERO FIDALGO, Juan De Dios		2227	6	38	29
44	70	MORALES ARAUJO, Francisco Javie		2106	6	38	29
45	54	GOMEZ REBOLLO, Alfonso Carlos		2176	6	37½	29½
46	55	CAMPORA PEREZ, Daniel		2172	6	36½	29
47	43	CARRETERO ORTIZ, Francisco		2259	6	36	28½
48	75	FERNANDEZ RODRIGUEZ, Jose A.		2077	6	33	25
49	38	SGNAOLIN, Davide		2290	5½	40	30
50	59	ROMERO SANCHEZ, Jesus		2144	5½	40	29½
246 players

10) 71st ch-ARM 2011

In a very unusual move the Armenian Championships have been pushed back a week to allow Zaven Andriasian to play. No games nor results available yet from the first round.

Event: 71st ch-ARM 2011
Place: Yerevan
CountryCode: ARM
StartDate: Mon 17th Jan 2011
EndDate: Sat 29th Jan 2011
Website

71st ch-ARM
Mon 17th Jan 2011
Sat 29th Jan 2011
Yerevan
ARM
12 Players.
11 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

71st ch-ARM Yerevan ARM Mon 17th Jan 2011 - Sat 29th Jan 2011 Player List
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Elo	FIDE Id
1	Pashikian, Arman	GM	ARM	2640	13301578
2	Melkumyan, Hrant	GM	ARM	2617	13302485
3	Petrosian, Tigran L.	GM	ARM	2604	13301616
4	Andriasian, Zaven	GM	ARM	2585	13302000
5	Grigoryan, Avetik	GM	ARM	2580	13302191
6	Anastasian, Ashot	GM	ARM	2578	13300059
7	Minasian, Artashes	GM	ARM	2563	13300040
8	Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel	GM	ARM	2541	13302531
9	Hovhannisyan, Robert	GM	ARM	2530	13302507
10	Kotanjian, Tigran	GM	ARM	2519	13301250
11	Petrosian, Davit G.	GM	ARM	2485	13301349
12	Minasian, Ara	GM	ARM	2464	13300377

11) Balogh-Rapport Match

Csaba Balogh beat GM Richard Rapport 4.5-3.5.

Event: Balogh-Rapport Match
Place: Szombathely
CountryCode: HUN
StartDate: Tue 4th Jan 2011
EndDate: Tue 11th Jan 2011
Website
Results

Balogh-Rapport Match
Tue 4th Jan 2011
Tue 11th Jan 2011
Szombathely
HUN
2 Players.
8 Rounds.
Match
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

12) 68th ch-GEO w

Event: 68th ch-GEO w
Place: Anaklia
CountryCode: GEO
StartDate: Mon 10th Jan 2011
EndDate: Sun 23rd Jan 2011
Website
Results

68th ch-GEO w
Mon 10th Jan 2011
Sun 23rd Jan 2011
Anaklia
GEO
14 Players.
13 Rounds.
SRR

68th ch-GEO w Anaklia GEO Mon 10th Jan 2011 - Sun 23rd Jan 2011. Category: 6. Ave: (2377)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pts	TPR
1	Khotenashvili, Bela	IM	GEO	2440	#		1	1	=	=						1	1	5	2630
2	Khurtsidze, Nino	IM	GEO	2436		#		0	1	1	=		1	=	=			4.5	2466
3	Melia, Salome	IM	GEO	2449	0		#	1	=	=	=			1			1	4.5	2447
4	Nikoladze, Sopio	WIM	GEO	2254	0	1	0	#	0			1				1	1	4	2431
5	Purtseladze, Maka	IM	GEO	2323	=	0	=	1	#							1	=	3.5	2433
6	Javakhishvili, Lela	IM	GEO	2438	=	0	=			#		=	1			=	=	3.5	2398
7	Danelia, Mariam	WIM	GEO	2248		=	=				#	0	0		1	=	1	3.5	2400
8	Lomineishvili, Maia	IM	GEO	2345				0		=	1	#	=	=	1			3.5	2428
9	Khukhashvili, Sopiko	IM	GEO	2437		0				0	1	=	#	1	0			2.5	2329
10	Batsiashvili, Nino	WGM	GEO	2396		=	0					=	0	#	=	1		2.5	2357
11	Paikidze, Nazi	WGM	GEO	2455		=					0	0	1	=	#	0		2	2246
12	Mikadze, Miranda	WIM	GEO	2362	0			0	0	=	=			0	1	#		2	2207
13	Arabidze, Meri	WIM	GEO	2315	0		0	0	=	=	0						#	1	2086

Round 1. Mon 10th Jan 2011
Khukhashvili, Sopiko	0-1	Khurtsidze, Nino	36	B47	Sicilian
Paikidze, Nazi	0-1	Mikadze, Miranda	54	D17	QGD Slav
Batsiashvili, Nino	0-1	Melia, Salome	27	E11	Bogo-Indian defence
Danelia, Mariam	1-0	Arabidze, Meri	40	E32	Nimzo-Indian
Javakhishvili, Lela	1/2-1/2	Khotenashvili, Bela	52	D85	Gruenfeld
Nikoladze, Sopio	0-1	Purtseladze, Maka	61	A15	English opening
Round 2. Tue 11th Jan 2011
Khotenashvili, Bela	1-0	Nikoladze, Sopio	25	A15	English opening
Arabidze, Meri	1/2-1/2	Javakhishvili, Lela	20	D71	Neo-Gruenfeld, 5.cd
Melia, Salome	1/2-1/2	Danelia, Mariam	24	B92	Sicilian
Mikadze, Miranda	0-1	Batsiashvili, Nino	27	B22	Sicilian
Khurtsidze, Nino	1/2-1/2	Paikidze, Nazi	37	D11	QGD Slav
Lomineishvili, Maia	1/2-1/2	Khukhashvili, Sopiko	44	B93	Sicilian
Round 3. Wed 12th Jan 2011
Paikidze, Nazi	0-1	Lomineishvili, Maia	25	B61	Sicilian
Batsiashvili, Nino	1/2-1/2	Khurtsidze, Nino	59	D38	QGD
Danelia, Mariam	1/2-1/2	Mikadze, Miranda	23	D17	QGD Slav
Javakhishvili, Lela	1/2-1/2	Melia, Salome	20	D31	QGD
Nikoladze, Sopio	1-0	Arabidze, Meri	45	A46	Queen's pawn
Purtseladze, Maka	1/2-1/2	Khotenashvili, Bela	56	D92	Gruenfeld
Round 4. Thu 13th Jan 2011
Arabidze, Meri	1/2-1/2	Purtseladze, Maka	49	D66	QGD
Melia, Salome	1-0	Nikoladze, Sopio	40	B00	Owen defence
Mikadze, Miranda	1/2-1/2	Javakhishvili, Lela	16	B22	Sicilian
Khurtsidze, Nino	1/2-1/2	Danelia, Mariam	53	D94	Gruenfeld
Lomineishvili, Maia	1/2-1/2	Batsiashvili, Nino	38	B12	Caro-Kann
Khukhashvili, Sopiko	0-1	Paikidze, Nazi	36	B13	Caro-Kann
Round 5. Fri 14th Jan 2011
Batsiashvili, Nino	0-1	Khukhashvili, Sopiko	79	E11	Bogo-Indian defence
Danelia, Mariam	0-1	Lomineishvili, Maia	63	D31	QGD
Javakhishvili, Lela	0-1	Khurtsidze, Nino	74	D55	QGD
Nikoladze, Sopio	1-0	Mikadze, Miranda	43	D00	Queen's pawn game
Purtseladze, Maka	1/2-1/2	Melia, Salome	21	D37	QGD
Khotenashvili, Bela	1-0	Arabidze, Meri	59	E00	Catalan opening
Round 6. Sat 15th Jan 2011
Melia, Salome	0-1	Khotenashvili, Bela	74	B14	Caro-Kann
Mikadze, Miranda	0-1	Purtseladze, Maka	38	B14	Caro-Kann
Khurtsidze, Nino	0-1	Nikoladze, Sopio	41	E11	Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation
Lomineishvili, Maia	1/2-1/2	Javakhishvili, Lela	50	B40	Sicilian defence
Khukhashvili, Sopiko	1-0	Danelia, Mariam	27	B90	Sicilian
Paikidze, Nazi	1/2-1/2	Batsiashvili, Nino	54	A88	Dutch
Round 7. Mon 17th Jan 2011
Purtseladze, Maka	0-1	Khurtsidze, Nino	65	A37	English
Javakhishvili, Lela	1-0	Khukhashvili, Sopiko	46	E11	Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation
Khotenashvili, Bela	1-0	Mikadze, Miranda	43	A15	English opening
Nikoladze, Sopio	1-0	Lomineishvili, Maia	28	A46	Queen's pawn
Arabidze, Meri	0-1	Melia, Salome	29	E12	Queen's Indian
Danelia, Mariam	1-0	Paikidze, Nazi	24	E35	Nimzo-Indian
Danelia, Mariam	1-0	Paikidze, Nazi	24	E35	Nimzo-Indian

13) 9th Delhi Parsvnath International Open 2011

The 9th Delhi Parsvnath International Open took place 7th-16th January 2011. Alexander Areshchenko edged out Parimarjan Negi, Yuriy Kuzubov, Markus Ragger and Ni Hua after all finished on 9/11.

Event: 9th Delhi Parsvnath International Open 2011
Place: Delhi
CountryCode: IND
StartDate: Fri 7th Jan 2011
EndDate: Sun 16th Jan 2011
Website

Open
Fri 7th Jan 2011
Sun 16th Jan 2011
Delhi
IND
11 Rounds.
Swiss

Open Delhi IND Fri 7th Jan 2011 - Sun 16th Jan 2011 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Areshchenko Alexander	GM	UKR	2671	9.0	86.0	79.5	73.0
2	Negi Parimarjan	GM	IND	2607	9.0	85.5	78.5	72.0
3	Kuzubov Yuriy	GM	UKR	2624	9.0	80.0	76.0	71.0
4	Ragger Markus	GM	AUT	2615	9.0	79.0	72.5	66.0
5	Ni Hua	GM	CHN	2645	9.0	78.5	74.0	67.5
6	Lenic Luka	GM	SLO	2613	8.5	83.0	76.0	70.0
7	Oleksienko Mikhailo	GM	UKR	2552	8.5	82.5	76.0	70.0
8	Danielsen Henrik	GM	ISL	2519	8.5	81.5	75.5	69.5
9	Postny Evgeny	GM	ISR	2592	8.5	80.5	74.0	67.0
10	Nabaty Tamir	IM	ISR	2565	8.5	77.5	72.5	66.0
11	Zeng Chongsheng		CHN	2377	8.5	77.0	71.5	66.0
12	Rahman Ziaur	GM	BAN	2528	8.5	73.5	68.5	63.0
13	Gupta Abhijeet	GM	IND	2590	8.0	83.0	77.5	71.0
14	Stefansson Hannes	GM	ISL	2580	8.0	82.0	75.0	68.5
15	Babujian Levon	GM	ARM	2456	8.0	80.0	74.0	68.0
16	Greenfeld Alon	GM	ISR	2557	8.0	80.0	74.0	68.0
17	Laxman R R	GM	IND	2463	8.0	78.0	73.5	67.0
18	Chernyshov Konstantin	GM	RUS	2597	8.0	78.0	72.5	66.5
19	Zherebukh Yaroslav	GM	UKR	2565	8.0	78.0	71.5	65.0
20	Kravtsiv Martyn	GM	UKR	2566	8.0	76.5	70.0	64.0
21	Shyam Nikil P	IM	IND	2381	8.0	76.0	73.5	68.0
22	Karthikeyan P	IM	IND	2380	8.0	76.0	70.5	64.5
23	Sangma Rahul	IM	IND	2386	8.0	75.5	69.5	64.0
24	Saptarshi Roy	IM	IND	2399	8.0	72.5	70.0	64.0
25	Krishna C R G		IND	2296	8.0	72.0	69.5	65.0
26	Yang Kaiqi	IM	CHN	2391	8.0	71.5	67.0	61.5
	Rathnakaran K	IM	IND	2381	8.0	71.5	67.0	61.5
28	Chatterjee Debaraj	FM	BAN	2312	8.0	69.5	68.0	63.0
29	Bhattacharya Niladri Shekhar		IND	2119	8.0	63.5	63.0	58.5
30	Grover Sahaj	IM	IND	2462	7.5	84.0	77.5	71.5
31	Sundararajan Kidambi	GM	IND	2449	7.5	81.5	74.5	68.5
32	Arun Prasad S	GM	IND	2513	7.5	81.5	74.0	67.5
33	Vaibhav Suri	IM	IND	2421	7.5	78.5	73.5	68.0
34	Himanshu Sharma	IM	IND	2400	7.5	78.0	73.5	68.0
35	Kamble Vikramaditya	IM	IND	2367	7.5	77.0	73.0	67.0
36	Koshy Varugeese	IM	IND	2309	7.5	77.0	72.5	67.0
37	Sai Krishna G V	FM	IND	2319	7.5	76.5	71.5	65.5
38	Suvrajit Saha	IM	IND	2378	7.5	74.5	70.5	65.5
39	Swapnil S Dhopade	IM	IND	2418	7.5	74.5	69.5	64.0
40	Arun Karthik R		IND	2294	7.5	74.5	69.5	63.5
41	Dzhumaev Marat	GM	UZB	2493	7.5	73.5	71.0	67.0
42	Lamorelle Julien	FM	FRA	2342	7.5	73.5	70.5	65.0
43	Neelotpal Das	GM	IND	2477	7.5	72.5	71.0	65.5
44	Singh D P	IM	IND	2338	7.5	72.0	68.5	63.0
45	Abu Sufian Shakil	FM	BAN	2358	7.5	71.0	66.5	61.0
46	Tiwari Arjun		IND	2346	7.5	70.5	67.5	62.0
47	Gagare Shardul	FM	IND	2225	7.5	70.0	65.0	59.5
48	Surendran N		IND	2063	7.5	69.0	65.0	60.5
49	Mohota Nisha	WGM	IND	2326	7.5	69.0	64.5	59.0
50	Imocha Laishram		IND	2210	7.5	68.5	64.5	59.0
51	Kulkarni Rakesh		IND	2236	7.5	65.5	61.0	56.0
52	Ramakrishna J	FM	IND	2268	7.5	64.5	62.5	58.0
53	Nebolsina Vera	WGM	RUS	2388	7.5	62.5	65.5	60.0
54	Bykhovsky Avigdor	GM	RUS	2428	7.0	79.0	73.5	67.5
55	Shivananda B S		IND	2372	7.0	76.5	71.5	66.0
56	Stany G A		IND	2395	7.0	76.0	71.5	66.0
57	Ankit R Rajpara		IND	2362	7.0	74.5	70.5	65.0
58	Saravana Krishnan P		IND	2280	7.0	74.0	69.0	63.5
59	Jain Naveen		IND	2188	7.0	73.5	68.0	63.0
60	Kulkarni Chinmay		IND	2317	7.0	73.0	69.0	63.0
407 players

14) 22nd MGU Open

Alexander Dimitrov won the 22nd MGU Open 15th-16th January 2011 with 6/6.

Event: 22nd MGU Open 2011
Place: Sofia
CountryCode: BUL
StartDate: Sat 15th Jan 2011
EndDate: Sun 16th Jan 2011
Website
Results

22nd MGU Open
Sat 15th Jan 2011
Sun 16th Jan 2011
Sofia
BUL
14 Players.
6 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

22nd MGU Open Sofia BUL Sat 15th Jan 2011 - Sun 16th Jan 2011 Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Dimitrov Alexander		BUL	2152	6.0	13.0	19.5	6
2	Raykov Stefan		BUL	1869	4.0	14.0	21.5	4
3	Sisoev Robert		BUL	1707	4.0	13.5	22.0	4
4	Kostov Nikolay		BUL	1919	4.0	12.5	17.5	4
5	Petkov Matey		BUL	1687	3.0	12.0	18.5	2
6	Tsyntsarski Boyko		BUL	1851	3.0	11.5	18.5	3
7	Nikolov Orlin		BUL	1838	3.0	11.0	18.0	2
8	Dobrev Petko		BUL	2030	3.0	10.0	17.5	2
9	Spasov Ivaylo		BUL	1884	2.5	14.0	22.5	2
10	Atamer Tuncay		TUR	1909	2.5	11.5	17.0	1
11	Balimezova Margarita		BUL	1700	2.5	10.0	14.0	1
12	Peycheva Gergana		BUL	1528	2.0	10.0	14.0	1
13	Ignatov Radoslav		BUL	1806	1.5	10.5	15.5	1
14	Kolev Nikiola		BUL	1783	1.0	10.5	16.0	1
14 players

15) 118th New Zealand Championship 2011

The 118th took place in Auckland 2nd-12th January 2011. IM Anthony Ker won his 12th Championship title. My thanks to Justin Davis for the news.

Event: 118th New Zealand Championship 2011
Place: Auckland
CountryCode: NZL
StartDate: Sun 2nd Jan 2011
EndDate: Wed 12th Jan 2011
Website
Results

118th ch-NZL 2011
Sun 2nd Jan 2011
Wed 12th Jan 2011
Auckland
NZL
26 Players.
11 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

118th ch-NZL 2011 Auckland NZL Sun 2nd Jan 2011 - Wed 12th Jan 2011 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk	Name	Rtg	Pts
1	Ker, Anthony	2444	9
2	Krstev, Antonio	2129	7.5
3	Smith, Robert	2371	7.5
4	Watson, Bruce	2321	7.5
5	McLaren, Leonard	2244	7
6	Steadman, Michael	2362	6.5
7	Shen, Daniel	2258	6.5
8	Dive, Russell	2460	6
9	Bennett, Hilton	2046	6
10	Barlow, Matthew	2137	6
11	Gibbons, Robert	2086	5.5
12	Milligan, Helen	2148	5.5
13	Ansell, Alan	2050	5.5
14	Li, Luke	1992	5
15	Gao, Hans	1987	5
16	Fuatai, Fuatai	2027	5
17	Pinic, Noel	2121	5
18	Stuart, Peter	2070	5
19	Dordevic, Ivan	2080	5
20	Goodhue, Nathan	2030	4.5
21	Gao, Judy	1964	4.5
22	Jackson, Ross	2013	4.5
23	Forster, William	1990	4.5
24	Yao, Winston	1676	4
25	Gold, Hamish	1927	2.5
26	Taylor, Richard	2065	2.5
26 players

16) ch-CRO 2011

The Croatian Championship is under way in Marija Bistrica.

Event: ch-CRO 2011
Place: Marija Bistrica
CountryCode: CRO
StartDate: Mon 17th Jan 2011
EndDate: Thu 27th Jan 2011
Website
Results

ch-CRO 2011
Mon 17th Jan 2011
Thu 27th Jan 2011
Marija Bistrica
CRO
12 Players.
11 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

ch-CRO 2011 Marija Bistrica CRO Mon 17th Jan 2011 - Thu 27th Jan 2011. Category: 13. Ave: (2558)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts	TPR
1	Sulava, Nenad	GM	CRO	2565	#										1		1	2576
2	Stevic, Hrvoje	GM	CRO	2621		#								1			1	2489
3	Saric, Ivan	GM	CRO	2609			#									1	1	2538
4	Jovanovic, Zoran	GM	CRO	2539				#				1					1	2544
5	Martinovic, Sasa	IM	CRO	2511					#				1				1	2564
6	Brkic, Ante	GM	CRO	2564						#	=						0.5	2578
7	Palac, Mladen	GM	CRO	2578						=	#						0.5	2564
8	Dizdar, Goran	GM	CRO	2544				0				#					0	2539
9	Jankovic, Alojzije	GM	CRO	2564					0				#				0	2511
10	Jovanic, Ognjen	GM	CRO	2489		0								#			0	2621
11	Kozul, Zdenko	GM	CRO	2576	0										#		0	2565
12	Zelcic, Robert	GM	CRO	2538			0									#	0	2609

Round 1. Mon 17th Jan 2011
Jovanic, Ognjen	0-1	Stevic, Hrvoje	40	A56	Czech Benoni defence
Palac, Mladen	1/2-1/2	Brkic, Ante	32	B91	Sicilian
Saric, Ivan	1-0	Zelcic, Robert	38	B11	Caro-Kann
Kozul, Zdenko	0-1	Sulava, Nenad	65	D38	QGD
Martinovic, Sasa	1-0	Jankovic, Alojzije	79	D10	QGD Slav defence
Jovanovic, Zoran	1-0	Dizdar, Goran	56	C11	French

17) I Victorio Riego Prieto Mem

Event: I Victorio Riego Prieto Mem
Place: Asuncion
CountryCode: PAR
StartDate: Wed 5th Jan 2011
EndDate: Fri 14th Jan 2011
Website
Results

I Prieto Memorial
Wed 5th Jan 2011
Fri 14th Jan 2011
Asuncion
PAR
12 Players.
11 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

I Prieto Memorial Asuncion PAR Wed 5th Jan 2011 - Fri 14th Jan 2011. Category: 1. Ave: (2270)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts	TPR
1	Latorre, Manuel	FM	PAR	2296	#	0	=	1	1	=	1	=	1	0	=	1	7	2369
2	Spata, German		ARG	2330	1	#	=	=	=	=	1	0	1	0	1	=	6.5	2329
3	Brito, Luismar	FM	BRA	2319	=	=	#	=	1	=	=	0	=	=	1	=	6	2301
4	Catelli, Hernan		ARG	2212	0	=	=	#	1	=	0	1	1	1	=	0	6	2311
5	Della Morte, German	IM	ARG	2345	0	=	0	0	#	1	1	1	0	1	=	1	6	2299
6	Valiente, Cristobal	IM	PAR	2257	=	=	=	=	0	#	=	1	=	=	=	=	5.5	2271
7	Kropff, Ricardo	IM	PAR	2294	0	0	=	1	0	=	#	=	=	1	=	1	5.5	2268
8	Guimaraes, Wagner Peixoto	FM	BRA	2289	=	1	1	0	0	0	=	#	=	=	0	1	5	2232
9	Villalba, Marcelo	IM	PAR	2149	0	0	=	0	1	=	=	=	#	1	=	=	5	2245
10	Larrea, Manuel	FM	URU	2308	1	1	=	0	0	=	0	=	0	#	=	=	4.5	2201
11	Vazquez, Guillermo	FM	PAR	2168	=	0	0	=	=	=	=	1	=	=	#	0	4.5	2214
12	Peralta, Eduardo	FM	PAR	2270	0	=	=	1	0	=	0	0	=	=	1	#	4.5	2205

Round 1. Wed 5th Jan 2011
Della Morte, German	0-1	Villalba, Marcelo	33	C65	Ruy Lopez
Spata, German	1-0	Vazquez, Guillermo	60	A89	Dutch
Brito, Luismar	1/2-1/2	Catelli, Hernan	48	C00	French
Larrea, Manuel	1/2-1/2	Valiente, Cristobal	66	E20	Nimzo-Indian
Latorre, Manuel	1-0	Peralta, Eduardo	43	B30	Sicilian
Kropff, Ricardo	1/2-1/2	Guimaraes, Wagner Peixoto	51	E15	Queen's Indian
Round 2. Thu 6th Jan 2011
Villalba, Marcelo	1/2-1/2	Guimaraes, Wagner Peixoto	16	B46	Sicilian
Peralta, Eduardo	0-1	Kropff, Ricardo	70	C43	Petrov
Valiente, Cristobal	1/2-1/2	Latorre, Manuel	28	A15	English opening
Catelli, Hernan	1-0	Larrea, Manuel	55	A30	English
Vazquez, Guillermo	0-1	Brito, Luismar	48	A04	Reti opening
Della Morte, German	1/2-1/2	Spata, German	16	C10	French
Round 3. Fri 7th Jan 2011
Spata, German	1-0	Villalba, Marcelo	44	E61	King's Indian
Brito, Luismar	1-0	Della Morte, German	65	B48	Sicilian
Larrea, Manuel	1/2-1/2	Vazquez, Guillermo	33	B35	Sicilian
Latorre, Manuel	1-0	Catelli, Hernan	48	E92	King's Indian
Kropff, Ricardo	1/2-1/2	Valiente, Cristobal	16	E11	Bogo-Indian defence, Nimzovich variation
Guimaraes, Wagner Peixoto	1-0	Peralta, Eduardo	80	B31	Sicilian
Round 4. Sat 8th Jan 2011
Villalba, Marcelo	1/2-1/2	Peralta, Eduardo	23	C01	French
Valiente, Cristobal	1-0	Guimaraes, Wagner Peixoto	41	D27	QGA
Catelli, Hernan	0-1	Kropff, Ricardo	28	A06	Reti
Vazquez, Guillermo	1/2-1/2	Latorre, Manuel	19	E65	King's Indian
Della Morte, German	1-0	Larrea, Manuel	32	B33	Sicilian
Spata, German	1/2-1/2	Brito, Luismar	20	E41	Nimzo-Indian
Round 5. Sat 8th Jan 2011
Latorre, Manuel	1-0	Della Morte, German	61	E84	King's Indian
Brito, Luismar	1/2-1/2	Villalba, Marcelo	15	B53	Sicilian, Chekhover variation
Larrea, Manuel	1-0	Spata, German	54	B14	Caro-Kann
Kropff, Ricardo	1/2-1/2	Vazquez, Guillermo	41	E91	King's Indian
Guimaraes, Wagner Peixoto	0-1	Catelli, Hernan	53	C11	French defence
Peralta, Eduardo	1/2-1/2	Valiente, Cristobal	13	D03	Torre attack (Tartakower variation)
Round 6. Sun 9th Jan 2011
Vazquez, Guillermo	1-0	Guimaraes, Wagner Peixoto	45	D27	QGA
Della Morte, German	1-0	Kropff, Ricardo	38	B90	Sicilian
Spata, German	1-0	Latorre, Manuel	41	A05	Reti opening
Villalba, Marcelo	1/2-1/2	Valiente, Cristobal	19	C26	Vienna
Catelli, Hernan	0-1	Peralta, Eduardo	40	E62	King's Indian
Brito, Luismar	1/2-1/2	Larrea, Manuel	26	B18	Caro-Kann
Round 7. Mon 10th Jan 2011
Kropff, Ricardo	0-1	Spata, German	36	D31	QGD
Larrea, Manuel	0-1	Villalba, Marcelo	59	B35	Sicilian
Latorre, Manuel	1/2-1/2	Brito, Luismar	16	E10	Queen's pawn game
Guimaraes, Wagner Peixoto	0-1	Della Morte, German	30	B07	Pirc
Peralta, Eduardo	1-0	Vazquez, Guillermo	28	E91	King's Indian
Valiente, Cristobal	1/2-1/2	Catelli, Hernan	24	C09	French
Round 8. Tue 11th Jan 2011
Villalba, Marcelo	0-1	Catelli, Hernan	49	E81	King's Indian
Vazquez, Guillermo	1/2-1/2	Valiente, Cristobal	38	D03	Torre attack (Tartakower variation)
Della Morte, German	1-0	Peralta, Eduardo	42	B38	Sicilian
Spata, German	0-1	Guimaraes, Wagner Peixoto	57	D91	Gruenfeld
Brito, Luismar	1/2-1/2	Kropff, Ricardo	43	B99	Sicilian
Larrea, Manuel	1-0	Latorre, Manuel	41	C11	French
Round 9. Wed 12th Jan 2011
Latorre, Manuel	1-0	Villalba, Marcelo	52	A05	Reti
Guimaraes, Wagner Peixoto	1-0	Brito, Luismar	36	B98	Sicilian
Peralta, Eduardo	1/2-1/2	Spata, German	75	A05	Reti opening
Valiente, Cristobal	0-1	Della Morte, German	21	C48	Four knights
Catelli, Hernan	1/2-1/2	Vazquez, Guillermo	42	C10	French
Round 10. Thu 13th Jan 2011
Villalba, Marcelo	1/2-1/2	Vazquez, Guillermo	34	C54	Giuoco Piano
Della Morte, German	0-1	Catelli, Hernan	53	C11	French
Spata, German	1/2-1/2	Valiente, Cristobal	33	E42	Nimzo-Indian
Brito, Luismar	1/2-1/2	Peralta, Eduardo	46	B39	Sicilian
Larrea, Manuel	1/2-1/2	Guimaraes, Wagner Peixoto	10	C42	Petrov
Latorre, Manuel	1-0	Kropff, Ricardo	27	D02	Queen's pawn game
Round 9. Thu 13th Jan 2011
Kropff, Ricardo	1-0	Larrea, Manuel	31	D55	QGD
Round 11. Sat 15th Jan 2011
Kropff, Ricardo	1/2-1/2	Villalba, Marcelo	13	E40	Nimzo-Indian
Guimaraes, Wagner Peixoto	1/2-1/2	Latorre, Manuel	13	B33	Sicilian
Peralta, Eduardo	1/2-1/2	Larrea, Manuel	42	E04	Catalan
Valiente, Cristobal	1/2-1/2	Brito, Luismar	16	B00	Owen defence
Catelli, Hernan	1/2-1/2	Spata, German	11	A16	English opening
Vazquez, Guillermo	1/2-1/2	Della Morte, German	56	A05	Reti

I Prieto Mem IRT
Wed 5th Jan 2011
Fri 14th Jan 2011
Asuncion
PAR
31 Players.
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

18) 3rd Chennai Open 2011

Alexander Areshchenko and Ni Hua are the top seeds in the 3rd Chennai Open.

Event: 3rd Chennai Open 2011
Place: Chengdu
CountryCode: CHN
StartDate: Mon 17th Jan 2011
EndDate: Wed 26th Jan 2011
Website

Open
Mon 17th Jan 2011
Wed 26th Jan 2011
Chengdu
CHN
11 Rounds.
Swiss

19) Frauenbundesliga 2010-11

The Frauenbundesliga takes place 6th November 2010 - 13th March 2011. There was a round on the 9th January 2011. I will round up games and results when available.

Event: Frauenbundesliga 2010-11
Place: Baden Baden
CountryCode: GER
StartDate: Sat 6th Nov 2010
EndDate: Sun 13th Mar 2011
Website
Results

Frau Bundesliga
Sat 6th Nov 2010
Sun 13th Mar 2011
Baden Baden
GER
11 Rounds.
League
Time Control: 100:50:15+30spm(1)

Frau Bundesliga Baden Baden GER Sat 6th Nov 2010 - Sun 13th Mar 2011 Leading Round 5 (of 11) Standings:
Rk	Team	Gms	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Mpts	Bpts
1	OSG Baden Baden	5	+	3½		4	3½			5½			5½		10	22
2	Rodewischer Schachmiezen	5	2½	+			3½	4			6		3		7	19
3	SV Chemie Guben 1990	5			+			3½	3		1	4½		5	7	17
4	USV Volksbank Halle	4	2			+			3½			3½	4		6	13
5	SC Bad Koenigshofen	5	2½	2½			+	3			6		5		5	19
6	SV Muelheim-Nord 1931	5		2	2½		3	+			4½			4	5	16
7	SK Grosslehna	5			3	2½			+	1½		3½		5	5	15½
8	Hamburger SK 1830	4	½						4½	+		3	5½		5	13½
9	TSV Schott Mainz	5		0	5		0	1½			+			4	4	10½
10	SC Leipzig Gohlis	5			1½	2½			2½	3		+		4½	3	14
11	Karlsruher SF 1853	5	½	3		2	1			½			+		1	7
12	SAV Torgelow	5			1			2	1		2	1½		+	0	7½
12 teams

20) Swedish Elitserien 2010-11

Round 6 was on the 15th January 2011. Games should follow next week.

Swedish Elitserien 2010-11
Stockholm
SWE
Fri 8th Oct 2010
Sun 13th Mar 2011
Website
Results

Elitserien
Fri 8th Oct 2010
Sun 13th Mar 2011
Stockholm
SWE
11 Rounds.
League
120m+30m

Elitserien Stockholm SWE Fri 8th Oct 2010 - Sun 13th Mar 2011 Leading Round 6 (of 11) Standings:
Rk	Team	Gms	+	-	=	Mpts	Bpts
1	Lunds ASK	6	6	0	0	12	38.5
2	SK Rockaden, Sthlm	6	6	0	0	12	36.5
3	Team Viking	6	4	1	1	9	30
4	SS Manhem	6	2	2	2	6	23.5
5	Limhamns SK	6	1	1	4	6	23.5
6	Eksjo-Aneby-Alliansen	6	2	2	2	6	21.5
7	Solna SS	6	3	3	0	6	20.5
8	SK Kamraterna	6	2	4	0	4	20
9	Upsala ASS	6	2	4	0	4	20
10	Orgryte SK	6	1	4	1	3	17
11	Vasteras SK	6	1	5	0	2	19
12	Farsta SK	6	0	4	2	2	18
12 teams

21) TCh-SVK Extraliga 2010-11

The Slovakian Team Championships take place 27th November 2010 - 8th May 2011. Rounds 3-4 took place 15th-16th January 2011. Games should follow next week.

Event: TCh-SVK Extraliga 2010-11
Place: Zilina
CountryCode: SVK
StartDate: Sat 27th Nov 2010
EndDate: Sun 8th May 2011
Website
Results

TCh-SVK Ex 2010-11
Sat 27th Nov 2010
Sun 8th May 2011
Zilina
SVK
221 Players.
11 Rounds.
League
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

TCh-SVK Ex 2010-11 Zilina SVK Sat 27th Nov 2010 - Sun 8th May 2011 Leading Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
Rk	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	SK Prievidza	*						4½	6			5½	7	12	23.0
2	SK Caissa Cadca		*						5	4½	4½		5½	12	19.5
3	SK Trencin			*				4		6	5½	6		10	21.5
4	SK Dunajska Streda				*			5	4			5½	6	10	20.5
5	INBEST Dunajov					*			3½	5½	4½		5	9	18.5
6	SKS Dubnica n/V						*	1		3½	5	5½		6	15.0
7	SK Slovan Bratislava	3½		4	3		7	*						4	17.5
8	TJ Slavia TU Kosice	2	3		4	4½			*					4	13.5
9	MSK KdV Kezmarok		3½	2		2½	4½			*				3	12.5
10	BSK Edymax Bardejov		3½	2½		3½	3				*			0	12.5
11	SK Modra	2½		2	2½		2½					*		0	9.5
12	Zemplin Michalovce	1	2½		2	3							*	0	8.5
12 teams

22) 49th Danish XtraCon Chess League 2010

The 4th and 5th rounds of the 49th Danish XtraCon Chess League took place Jan 15th-16th 2010. I will round up games and results next week.

49th Danish XtraCon Chess League 2010
Copenhagen
DEN
Sat 6th Nov 2010
Sun 13th Mar 2011
Website
Results

49th Danish Teams
Sat 6th Nov 2010
Sun 13th Mar 2011
Copenhagen
DEN
9 Rounds.
League
120m:60m

23) 4NCL 2010-11

Next: Rounds 3 and 4 took place 15th-16th January 2011. I will round up the games and standings next week.

4NCL 2010-11
Daventry
ENG
Sat 6th Nov 2010
Mon 2nd May 2011
Website

4NCL 2010-11
Sat 6th Nov 2010
Mon 2nd May 2011
Daventry
ENG
11 Rounds.
League
120m:60m:30m

24) Active Team Events

A list of ongoing team events without an update this week.

TCh-CZE Extraliga 2010-11

Rounds 3-4 took place 4th-5th December 2010. Games now available. Round 6 22nd January 2010.

TCh-CZE Extraliga 2010-11
Frydek Mistek
CZE
Sat 6th Nov 2010
Sun 17th Apr 2011
Website
Results

TCh-CZE 2010-11
Sat 6th Nov 2010
Sun 17th Apr 2011
Frydek Mistek
CZE
182 Players.
11 Rounds.
League
90m:30m+30spm(1)

TCh-CZE 2010-11 Frydek Mistek CZE Sat 6th Nov 2010 - Sun 17th Apr 2011 Leading Round 5 (of 11) Standings:
Rk	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1. Novoborsky SK	*			4½	5				4			6	10	19.5	6.0
2	SK Labortech Ostrava		*				4½	5		4			4½	10	18.0	5.0
3	SK Rapid Pardubice			*	2½	3½	4½	4½				4½		9	19.5	4.5
4	A64 VALOZ Grygov	3½		5½	*				4			6		7	19.0	6.0
5	Tatran Litovel	3		4½		*			4			6		7	17.5	4.5
6	SK Mahrla Praha		3½	3½			*	3			5½	4½		6	20.0	5.0
7	Vystaviste Lysa nad Labem		3	3½			5	*			4	4		5	19.5	4.0
8	SK Zikuda Turnov				4	4			*	3			5½	5	16.5	3.5
9	BSS Frydek-Mistek	4	4						5	*	3			5	16.0	3.5
10	SK Zlin						2½	4		5	*		4	5	15.5	3.5
11	2222 SK Polabiny			3½	2	2	3½	4				*		1	15.0	3.0
12	TZ Trinec	2	3½						2½		4		*	1	12.0	1.0
12 teams

Dutch League

The 4th Round of the Dutch League took place on 11th December 2010. Round 6 12th February 2011.

Dutch League
Amsterdam
NED
Mon 18th Oct 2010
Sun 15th May 2011
Website

Dutch Teams 2010-11
Mon 18th Oct 2010
Sun 15th May 2011
Amsterdam
NED
9 Rounds.
League
120m:60m

TCh-NED 2010-11 Netherlands NED Sat 25th Sep 2010 - Sun 15th May 2011 Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
Rk	Team	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Mpts	Bpts
1	HSG	2550				6½		6½	7½		8	8½	10	37
2	Homburg Apeldoorn	2363			5½		3½	5½		8		5	7	27½
3	HMC Calder	2374		4½		4½	5		5½	6			5	25½
4	Voerendaal	2404	3½		5½			4½		5		5½	5	24
5	Groningen	2298		6½	5				3	3		6½	5	24
6	Utrecht	2417	3½	4½		5½			4½		6		4	24
7	LSG	2353	2½		4½		7	5½			4		4	23½
8	SO Rotterdam	2347		2	4	5	7				5		4	23
9	Braceland ESGOO	2318	2					4	6	5		4½	3	21½
10	Caissa	2285	1½	5		4½	3½				5½		3	20
10 players

Bundesliga 2010-11

Rounds 5-6 took place 11th-12th December 2010. Next: Rounds 7-9 3rd-5th February 2011.

Bundesliga 2010-11
Munich
GER
Fri 8th Oct 2010
Sun 10th Apr 2011
Website
Results

Bundesliga 2010-11
Fri 8th Oct 2010
Sun 10th Apr 2011
Munich
GER
272 Players.
15 Rounds.
League
100:50:15+30spm(1)

Schachbundesliga 2010-11 Munich GER Fri 8th Oct 2010 - Sun 10th Apr 2011 Leading Round 6 (of 15) Standings:
Rk	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	TB1	TB2
1	OSG Baden-Baden	*		4	5½				5½	5½		5	7		6½			13	39.0
2	Werder Bremen		*				3½		4½		5	5½		5		7	5½	12	36.0
3	SC Eppingen	4		*	3½				4½	6		6	5		4½			11	33.5
4	SG Solingen	2½		4½	*	5		5		6½			4					9	27.5
5	SF Katernberg				3	*	4				5			6	4½	5		9	27.5
6	SG Trier		4½			4	*	4		3½			2½	4½			7	8	30.0
7	SV Muelheim-Nord				3		4	*			4½			6	4	4½		8	26.0
8	Hamburger SK	2½	3½	3½					*		5½	4				5½	6½	7	31.0
9	SV Wattenscheid	2½		2	1½		4½			*			5	4	5			7	24.5
10	SV Nickelhuette Aue		3			3		3½	2½		*	4½				6	8	6	30.5
11	SF Berlin	3	2½	2					4		3½	*				7	4½	5	26.5
12	SK Turm Emsdetten	1		3	4		5½			3			*	4	3			4	23.5
	SV Griesheim		3			2	3½	2		4			4	*			5	4	23.5
14	SC Remagen	1½		3½		3½		4		3			5		*			3	20.5
15	FC Bayern Muenchen		1			3		3½	2½		2	1				*	7	2	20.0
16	Delmenhorster SK		2½				1		1½		0	3½		3		1	*	0	12.5
16 teams

Austrian Bundesliga 2010-11

The Austrian Bundesliga started 19th-21st November 2010. The games were covered live on the internet. The next rounds (4-6) are 20th-22nd January 2011.

Austrian Bundesliga 2010-11
Vienna
AUT
Fri 19th Nov 2010
Sun 6th Mar 2011
Website
Results

TCh-AUT 2010-11
Fri 19th Nov 2010
Sun 6th Mar 2011
Vienna
AUT
185 Players.
11 Rounds.
League
90m:30m+30spm(1)

TCh-AUT 2010-11 Vienna AUT Fri 19th Nov 2010 - Sun 6th Mar 2011 Leading Round 3 (of 11) Standings:
Rk	SNo	Team	Gms	+	-	=	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	12	SK Sparkasse Jenbach	3	3	0	0	6	13.5	0
2	9	SK MPÖ Maria Saal	3	3	0	0	6	13.0	0
3	10	ASVÖ Wulkaprodersdorf	3	2	0	1	5	11.0	0
4	7	ASVÖ SK Lackenbach	3	2	1	0	4	11.5	0
5	3	SK Advisory Invest Baden	3	1	0	2	4	10.0	0
6	11	ASVÖ Signum Siebdruck St.Veit	3	1	1	1	3	8.5	0
7	2	SK Sparkasse Fürstenfeld	3	1	2	0	2	7.5	0
8	5	ASVÖ VHS Pöchlarn	3	1	2	0	2	6.0	0
9	6	Wüstenrot SIR Salzburg	3	1	2	0	2	5.5	0
10	4	Mayrhofen/Zillertal	3	0	2	1	1	8.0	0
11	1	SK Hohenems	3	0	2	1	1	7.0	0
12	8	Styria Graz	3	0	3	0	0	6.5	0
12 teams

TCh-NOR Attack-Serien 2010-11

Next: Rounds 4-6 21st-23rd Jan 2011.

TCh-NOR Attack-Serien 2010-11
Oslo
NOR
Fri 5th Nov 2010
Fri 25th Mar 2011
Website
Results

TCh-NOR 2010-11
Fri 5th Nov 2010
Fri 25th Mar 2011
Oslo
NOR
78 Players.
9 Rounds.
League
120m:60m

TCh-NOR 2010-11 Oslo NOR Fri 5th Nov 2010 - Fri 25th Mar 2011 Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
Rk	Name	Rtg	Mpts	Bpts	TB1
1	OSS	2477	6,0	13,0	8,00
2	Porsgrunn	2334	5,0	11,0	6,50
3	Asker	2290	4,0	8,5	2,00
4	SK 1911	2291	3,0	10,0	4,50
5	SOSS	2221	3,0	9,0	3,50
6	Bergens	2247	3,0	8,0	2,50
7	Nordstrand	2201	3,0	7,5	1,50
8	Moss	2325	2,0	8,5	0,00
9	Akademisk	2299	1,0	8,0	2,50
10	Trondheim	2231	0,0	6,5	0,00
10 teams

25) Basel Chess Festival 2011

The Basel Hilton Open took place 1st-5th January 2011. There was a big tie on 5/7. Yannick Pelletier edged out Sergey Ovsejevitsch, favourite Etienne Bacrot, Andreas Heimann, Oleg Korneev,Azer Mirzoev, Hicham Hamdouchi, Farid Abbasov, Mihajl Stojanovic, Vadim Malakhatko, Max Scherer and Sinisa Drazic. Games from the final two rounds still not yet available.

Event: Basel Chess Festival 2011
Place: Basel
CountryCode: SUI
StartDate: Sat 1st Jan 2011
EndDate: Wed 5th Jan 2011
Website

Basel Open 2011
Sat 1st Jan 2011
Wed 5th Jan 2011
Basel
SUI
59 Players.
7 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

Basel Open 2011 Basel SUI Sat 1st Jan 2011 - Wed 5th Jan 2011 Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	+	-	=	Pts	TB1	TB2
1	Pelletier,Yannick	GM	SUI	2586	3	0	4	5.0	23.0	30.0
2	Ovsejevitsch,Serg	GM	UKR	2582	3	0	4	5.0	22.5	33.0
3	Bacrot,Etienne	GM	FRA	2723	3	0	4	5.0	22.0	32.0
4	Heimann,Andreas	IM	GER	2476	3	0	4	5.0	22.0	30.5
5	Korneev,Oleg	GM	RUS	2576	3	0	4	5.0	22.0	30.0
5	Mirzoev,Azer	GM	AZE	2563	3	0	4	5.0	22.0	30.0
7	Hamdouchi,Hicham	GM	FRA	2592	3	0	4	5.0	21.0	29.5
7	Abbasov,Farid	GM	AZE	2537	3	0	4	5.0	21.0	29.5
9	Stojanovic,Mihajl	GM	SRB	2572	4	1	2	5.0	20.5	30.0
10	Malakhatko,Vadim	GM	BEL	2546	4	1	2	5.0	19.5	24.5
11	Scherer,Max		GER	2252	4	1	2	5.0	17.0	26.0
12	Drazic,Sinisa	GM	SRB	2487	5	2	0	5.0	15.0	20.5
13	Zozulia,Anna	IM	BEL	2347	4	2	1	4.5	17.0	25.0
14	Kolbus,Dietmar	IM	GER	2332	2	1	4	4.0	18.5	28.5
15	Filipovic,Branko	IM	CRO	2413	4	3	0	4.0	18.0	28.0
16	Ibrahimov,Rasul	GM	AZE	2538	2	1	4	4.0	18.0	27.5
17	Battaglini,Gabrie	IM	FRA	2437	4	3	0	4.0	18.0	26.0
18	Hamdouchi,Adina-M	WGM	FRA	2293	3	2	2	4.0	17.5	27.0
19	Vulevic,Vjekoslav	FM	MNE	2293	3	2	2	4.0	17.5	24.5
20	Lekic,Dusan	IM	MNE	2389	2	1	4	4.0	17.0	26.0
59 players

26) Computer Chess Tournament

Frank Quisinsky is running a tournament amongst 32 of the best computer programs. "Now after 15 months SWCR with 40 moves in 10 minutes I played a computer chess tournament in WM football mode with the strongest 32 chess programs which are available for myself. With maximal conditions = 40 moves in 150 minutes, 40 moves in 150 minutes, rest in 60 minutes the best engines will play a great tourney. I am absolutley sure about it. So you and all others will get very good game material for analyzes. So far 25 of 672 games are online. Tournament started January 10th, 2011 for around 30-40 days on 4 fast Quad Core machines. ."

Website: http://www.amateurschach.de/swcr/_swcr-champions-league-2011.htm

27) Portsmouth Open

George Mirijanian reports: The Portsmouth Open took place January 15-16, 2011 at the Holiday Inn in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA. GM Alexander Ivanov, 54, of Newton, Massachusetts tallied 4.5-0.5 to finish first. Tying for second place with 4-1 scores were U.S. Chess Federation life master Max Enkin, 21, of Peabody, Mass., who drew Ivanov in the final round, and USCF expert Sheriff Khater, 25. of Nashua, New Hampshire, who lost to Ivanov in the second round. The tournament drew 38 players in two sections and was directed by national TD Kenneth Ballou of Framingham, Mass. for the sponsoring Relyea Chess affiliate of Bedford, New Hampshire.

28) Open letter regarding the Women's World Chess Championship 2010 in Antakya/Hatay

Most of the strongest European Women's Chess players have signed an open letter about the recently concluded Women's World Championship in Turkey.

We, the players of the Women's World Chess Championship 2010 in Antakya/Hatay who have signed this document below, would like to share with the chess community and FIDE our thoughts about the level of the organization of the recent women's world championship.

The reason for this letter is to make the governing chess body, FIDE, aware of the problems that exist. We are chess professionals and would like to see the women's chess world championship as the ultimate chess event which should be organized at the highest level. After qualifying for this prestigious event, we have to pay our own expenses to come and play in this championship. As such we would like to feel that we are the participants of a world chess tournament rather than are being overcharged, starting from the transfer and ending with the hotel.

There are certain points we neither understand nor accept, and to avoid disappointments in the future, we would like to express them now, so that next time around, the same problems do not occur.

Hotel and location:

Full board in the Hotel Anemon Antakya for the participants of the championship cost 130 Euros. The regular price for the same hotel with no food is 60 Euro per day. The hotel was located far away from the center of Antakya on a noisy, dirty road with nowhere towalk around. Some players tried to book their rooms through the official website of the hotel, where the room price per day was about 65-75 €, including breakfast. Obviously the remaining 60 € could be spent for a very adequate lunch and dinner. But they were informed that the hotel was booked out, and it was impossible to book a room without going through the organising committee.

Even though normally only the players are forced to stay in the official hotels, in Turkey everybody who came with a player needed to stay in the same official hotel. Which made the participation in the world championship even more expensive for players who decided to come with their trainers. 's an easy way for the organizers to force the players to pay more than they should.

The participants were given rooms in a four-star hotel, overlooking a dirty and very noisy highway, with unhealthy air conditions and nowhere to go walking at all! The walls between the rooms were so thin, the players could hear what was going on in the rooms next to theirs. Due to to all these conditions, the level of rest and preparation needed for players for such an important event was lower than usual.

Comparing to Nalchik 2008, where the players were obliged to pay only for accomodation and could buy lunch and dinner either in the hotel or in restaurants nearby, in Antakaya we didn't have a choice. We had to pay for the food, but in the first few days the players were left starving, since the size of the portions offered were quite small and there was no buffet to choose from. In such important events as the world championships, since participants from all over the world are taking part in the event, we believe that some variety of food has to be proposed.

The price of 130 €, given the location and market conditions, was unreasonably high, and players and their families had no choice but pay for poor service at prices far above market value to the organizers.

Considering all of the above, we would like to ask FIDE that even though the prize fund hasn't changed or improved since 2001, at least the venue of the championship shouldn't become more expensive, and the event should not be located in places where conditions seem bad and unhealthy for the participants. Transfer & Registration Fee

The participants were charged 40 € for a ten-minute trip from the airport to the hotel. A local taxi would have been DRASTICALLY cheaper, and these taxis had room for at least three players. So basically we were being overcharged!

The players were also asked to pay a "registration fee" or deposit of 100 Euros, which is something new for the World Championship, and not convenient for the players.

Organisation

Even though, this time, there were no politically interfering circumstances as in Nalchik, most players seemed disappointed when comparing this World Championship to previous editions. There we were no guides or warm welcomes for the participants in Turkey.

The first game of the first round was played in the Archeological Museum of Antakya which is a very beautiful place but was absolutely unacceptable for a serious chess tournament. All the noise of the road was heard inside the Museum and was disturbing to the players. A decision to move even a single round from the regular hall to another location is absolutely unacceptable for such high profile events.

There were also not enough qualified arbiters for the first rounds, especially for the tie-breaks. From the coverage of the championship, you could learn that coaches and other players who didn't play helped the organizers to monitor the rapid games during the tie-breaks.This should be absolutely avoided.

Next Steps:

The 2010 Women's World Championship was a real disappointment for most of us. The impression we got was that the organizers wanted to spend the least amount of money, while earning as much as possible from the players, which is unacceptable for such high profile events. Therefore, in order to avoid such unpleasant situations in the future, we ask FIDE to take more serious steps for choosing a city-candidate for such important events. A FIDE representative, preferably a female player, should visit a site which is bidding for such an important event before it is accepted as the venue by FIDE. Before being accepted, the organizer of a future world championship should sign a special contract with FIDE, guaranteeing minimum quality of organization. the points we discussed in this letter (quality of hotel, food, opening and closing ceremonies, hall of play, payments from players, etc.) should be specified in this contract and none of these should be changed before the event or without notifying FIDE.

We are also asking FIDE to improve the contract that all the participants sign before the world championship, as some points are not acceptable such as the requirements for the players to wear any clothes or brands that FIDE proposes (point 4.4).

The contract between FIDE and the players for the upcoming world championship should include the name of the hotel and the exact price the player will need to pay and exactly for what services. That price should be reasonably close to market prices for those accommodations. We hope that FIDE will take into serious consideration this open letter and will make sure all these very important questions are addressed in order to ensure all future events are held with fair conditions for the players.

Elina Danielian
Nana Dzagnidze
Jovanka Houska
Tatiana Kosintseva
Alexandra Kosteniuk
Maia Lomineishvili
Evgenia Ovod
Amina Mezioud
Lilit Mkrtchian
Elisabeth Paehtz
Anna Muzychuk
Maria Muzhychuk
Natalia Pogonina
Marina Romanko
Irina Slavina
Soumya Swaminathan
Anna Zatonskih
Natalia Zhukova
(in the alphabet order)

29) Forthcoming Events and Links

Zimski Open

Event: Zimski Open
Place: Belgrade
CountryCode: SRB
StartDate: Sat 22nd Jan 2011
EndDate: Sun 30th Jan 2011
Website

Zimski Open
Sat 22nd Jan 2011
Sun 30th Jan 2011
Belgrade
SRB
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 120m+30m

Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2011

Event: Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2011
Place: Caleta
CountryCode: ENG
StartDate: Mon 24th Jan 2011
EndDate: Thu 3rd Feb 2011
Website

Gibraltar Masters
Mon 24th Jan 2011
Thu 3rd Feb 2011
Caleta
ENG
10 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 100:50:15+30spm(1)

Oceana Zonal 2011

Event: Oceana Zonal 2011
Place: Rotorua
CountryCode: NZL
StartDate: Tue 25th Jan 2011
EndDate: Mon 31st Jan 2011
Website

zt Oceana
Tue 25th Jan 2011
Mon 31st Jan 2011
Rotorua
NZL
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

zt Oceana w
Tue 25th Jan 2011
Mon 31st Jan 2011
Rotorua
NZL
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

Moscow Open 2011

Event: Moscow Open 2011
Place: Moscow
CountryCode: RUS
StartDate: Fri 28th Jan 2011
EndDate: Mon 7th Feb 2011
Website

Young Masters
Fri 28th Jan 2011
Mon 7th Feb 2011
Moscow
RUS
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

Young Masters Girls
Fri 28th Jan 2011
Mon 7th Feb 2011
Moscow
RUS
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

Open
Fri 28th Jan 2011
Mon 7th Feb 2011
Moscow
RUS
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

1st Cento Open

Event: 1st Cento Open
Place: Cento
CountryCode: ITA
StartDate: Sat 5th Feb 2011
EndDate: Sun 13th Feb 2011
Website

1st Open
Sat 5th Feb 2011
Sun 13th Feb 2011
Cento
ITA
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

10th Aeroflot Open

Event: 10th Aeroflot Open
Place: Moscow
CountryCode: RUS
StartDate: Mon 7th Feb 2011
EndDate: Sat 19th Feb 2011
Website

Open A
Mon 7th Feb 2011
Sat 19th Feb 2011
Moscow
RUS
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 120m:60m:15m+30spm(61)
Email: aeroflotchess@gmail.com

Open B
Mon 7th Feb 2011
Sat 19th Feb 2011
Moscow
RUS
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 120m:60m:15m+30spm(61)
Email: aeroflotchess@gmail.com

Open C
Mon 7th Feb 2011
Sat 19th Feb 2011
Moscow
RUS
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)
Email: aeroflotchess@gmail.com

Bermuda Open 2010

Event: Bermuda Open 2010
Place: Southampton
CountryCode: BER
StartDate: Fri 11th Feb 2011
EndDate: Sun 13th Feb 2011
Website

Open
Fri 11th Feb 2011
Sun 13th Feb 2011
Southampton
BER
5 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 120m+30m

2nd Novy Bor Open

Event: 2nd Novy Bor Open
Place: Novy Bor
CountryCode: CZE
StartDate: Sat 12th Feb 2011
EndDate: Sat 19th Feb 2011
Website

2nd Open
Sat 12th Feb 2011
Sat 19th Feb 2011
Novy Bor
CZE
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

16th Lienz Open 2011

Event: 16th Lienz Open 2011
Place: Lienz
CountryCode: AUT
StartDate: Sat 12th Feb 2011
EndDate: Sat 19th Feb 2011
Website

16th Open
Sat 12th Feb 2011
Sat 19th Feb 2011
Lienz
AUT
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 120m:60m

Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament 2011

Event: Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament 2011
Place: Monaco
CountryCode: MNC
StartDate: Fri 11th Mar 2011
EndDate: Fri 25th Mar 2011
Website

Amber Blindfold
Fri 11th Mar 2011
Fri 25th Mar 2011
Monaco
MNC
12 Players.
11 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 25m+20spm

Amber Rapid
Fri 11th Mar 2011
Fri 25th Mar 2011
Monaco
MNC
12 Players.
11 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 25m+10spm

Amber Combined
Fri 11th Mar 2011
Fri 25th Mar 2011
Monaco
MNC
12 Players.
22 Rounds.
DRR

Amber Combined Monaco MNC Fri 11th Mar 2011 - Fri 25th Mar 2011 Player List
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Elo	FIDE Id
1	Carlsen, Magnus	GM	NOR	2814	1503014
2	Anand, Viswanathan	GM	IND	2810	5000017
3	Aronian, Levon	GM	ARM	2805	13300474
4	Kramnik, Vladimir	GM	RUS	2784	4101588
5	Karjakin, Sergey	GM	RUS	2776	14109603
6	Topalov, Veselin	GM	BUL	2775	2900084
7	Grischuk, Alexander	GM	RUS	2773	4126025
8	Ivanchuk, Vassily	GM	UKR	2764	14100010
9	Nakamura, Hikaru	GM	USA	2751	2016192
10	Gashimov, Vugar	GM	AZE	2736	13400630
11	Gelfand, Boris	GM	ISR	2733	2805677
12	Giri, Anish	GM	NED	2686	24116068

9th Nancy Chess Festival 2011

Event: 9th Nancy Chess Festival 2011
Place: Nancy
CountryCode: FRA
StartDate: Sat 12th Mar 2011
EndDate: Sun 13th Mar 2011
Website

Nancy Blitz
Sat 12th Mar 2011
Sun 13th Mar 2011
Nancy
FRA
13 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 4m+2spm

Nancy Rapid
Sat 12th Mar 2011
Sun 13th Mar 2011
Nancy
FRA
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 15m+3spm

12th European Indiv 2011

Event: 12th European Indiv 2011
Place: Aix Les Baines
CountryCode: FRA
StartDate: Mon 21st Mar 2011
EndDate: Sun 3rd Apr 2011
Website

12th Euro Indiv 2011
Mon 21st Mar 2011
Sun 3rd Apr 2011
Aix Les Baines
FRA
11 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

Ravenna Open

Event: Ravenna Open
Place: Ravenna
CountryCode: ITA
StartDate: Sat 2nd Apr 2011
EndDate: Sun 10th Apr 2011
Website

Ravenna Open
Sat 2nd Apr 2011
Sun 10th Apr 2011
Ravenna
ITA
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

11th BCC Thailand Open 2011

Event: 11th BCC Thailand Open 2011
Place: Pattaya
CountryCode: THA
StartDate: Mon 11th Apr 2011
EndDate: Sun 17th Apr 2011
Website

Open
Mon 11th Apr 2011
Sun 17th Apr 2011
Pattaya
THA
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

US Championship 2011

Event: US Championship 2011
Place: Saint Louis
CountryCode: USA
StartDate: Wed 13th Apr 2011
EndDate: Thu 28th Apr 2011
Website

ch-USA GpA
Wed 13th Apr 2011
Thu 28th Apr 2011
Saint Louis
USA
8 Players.
7 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 120m:60m

ch-USA GpB
Wed 13th Apr 2011
Thu 28th Apr 2011
Saint Louis
USA
8 Players.
7 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 120m:60m

ch-USA KO Final
Wed 13th Apr 2011
Thu 28th Apr 2011
Saint Louis
USA
4 Players.
2 Rounds.
KO
Time Control: 120m:60m

ch-USA w Prelim
Wed 13th Apr 2011
Thu 28th Apr 2011
Saint Louis
USA
8 Players.
7 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 120m:60m

ch-USA w KO Final
Wed 13th Apr 2011
Thu 28th Apr 2011
Saint Louis
USA
4 Players.
2 Rounds.
KO
Time Control: 120m:60m

ch-USA Blitz
Wed 13th Apr 2011
Thu 28th Apr 2011
Saint Louis
USA

34th San Sebastian Open 2011

Event: 34th San Sebastian Open 2011
Place: Donostia
CountryCode: ESP
StartDate: Sat 16th Apr 2011
EndDate: Sat 23rd Apr 2011
Website

34th Open
Sat 16th Apr 2011
Sat 23rd Apr 2011
Donostia
ESP
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

32nd Tournament Of Young Talents & Pobeskydi 2011

Event: 32nd Tournament Of Young Talents & Pobeskydi 2011
Place: Frydek Mistek
CountryCode: CZE
StartDate: Mon 18th Apr 2011
EndDate: Mon 25th Apr 2011
Website

32nd YM 2011
Mon 18th Apr 2011
Mon 25th Apr 2011
Frydek Mistek
CZE
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Email: jasny@seznam.cz

Pobeskydi GM 2011
Mon 18th Apr 2011
Mon 25th Apr 2011
Frydek Mistek
CZE
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)
Email: jasny@seznam.cz

Pobeskydi IM 2011
Mon 18th Apr 2011
Mon 25th Apr 2011
Frydek Mistek
CZE
9 Players.
10 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)
Email: jasny@seznam.cz

Pobeskydi Open 2011
Mon 18th Apr 2011
Mon 25th Apr 2011
Frydek Mistek
CZE
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)
Email: jasny@seznam.cz

5th Annual Philadelphia Open 2011

Event: 5th Annual Philadelphia Open 2011
Place: Philadelphia
CountryCode: USA
StartDate: Wed 20th Apr 2011
EndDate: Sun 24th Apr 2011
Website

5th Open
Wed 20th Apr 2011
Sun 24th Apr 2011
Philadelphia
USA
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 120m:60m

Doeberl Cup 2011

Event: Doeberl Cup 2011
Place: Canberra
CountryCode: AUS
StartDate: Thu 21st Apr 2011
EndDate: Mon 25th Apr 2011
Website

Doeberl Cup
Thu 21st Apr 2011
Mon 25th Apr 2011
Canberra
AUS
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

World Championship Candidates 2011

Event: World Championship Candidates 2011
Place: Kazan
CountryCode: RUS
StartDate: Tue 3rd May 2011
EndDate: Fri 27th May 2011
Website

WCh Candidates
Tue 3rd May 2011
Fri 27th May 2011
Kazan
RUS
8 Players.
3 Rounds.
KO
Time Control: 120m:60m:15m+30spm(61)

20th Annual Chicago Open 2011

Event: 20th Annual Chicago Open 2011
Place: Chicago
CountryCode: USA
StartDate: Thu 26th May 2011
EndDate: Mon 30th May 2011
Website

20th Open
Thu 26th May 2011
Mon 30th May 2011
Chicago
USA
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 120m:60m

25th Pula Open

Event: 25th Pula Open
Place: Pula
CountryCode: CRO
StartDate: Sat 18th Jun 2011
EndDate: Sat 25th Jun 2011
Website

25th Pula Open
Sat 18th Jun 2011
Sat 25th Jun 2011
Pula
CRO
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)
Email: pulaopen@gmail.com

8th World Teams 2011

Event: 8th World Teams 2011
Place: Ningbo
CountryCode: CHN
StartDate: Sat 16th Jul 2011
EndDate: Wed 27th Jul 2011
Website

8th World Teams
Sat 16th Jul 2011
Wed 27th Jul 2011
Ningbo
CHN
9 Rounds.
WTeams

39th Chess Meeting 2011

Event: 39th Chess Meeting 2011
Place: Dortmund
CountryCode: GER
StartDate: Thu 21st Jul 2011
EndDate: Sun 31st Jul 2011
Website

39th GM
Thu 21st Jul 2011
Sun 31st Jul 2011
Dortmund
GER
6 Players.
10 Rounds.
DRR
Time Control: 100:50:15+30spm(1)