THE WEEK IN CHESS 889 21st November 2011 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Tal Memorial 2011
3) Women's World Championship 2011
4) Russian Cup Final 2011
5) Max Euwe Memorial
6) Cultural Village Tournament 2011
7) Haye Kramer and Waling Dijkstra tournaments
8) 21st World Seniors 2011
9) 25th British Rapidplay
10) US Chess League 2011
11) 2nd Brno Open 2011
12) 5th Mediterranean 2017 Open 2011
13) Vilnius Open
14) World Youth Championships 2011
15) 12th Metropolitan Invitational
16) 3rd Pilsen Open
17) 8th Lippe Cup
18) Panama Open
19) 15th Zenica International 2011
20) Zakopane Open 2011
21) First Saturday November 2011
22) Martin Open 2011
23) 3rd Tancat IM
24) Hampshire Open 2011
25) OCF FIDE Fall 2011
26) TCh-CZE Extraliga 2011-12
27) Hungarian Teams 2011-12
28) Bundesliga 2011-12
29) TCh-FIN SM-Liiga 2011-12
30) TCh-BEL 2011-12
31) Active Team Events
32) 26th SEA Games 2011
33) 33rd Arco Open
34) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
Tal Memorial 201125 games
Women's World Championship 20115 games
Russian Cup Final 201132 games
Max Euwe Memorial20 games
Haye Kramer tournament12 games
21st World Seniors 2011252 games
25th British Rapidplay54 games
US Chess League 201112 games
2nd Brno Open 2011257 games
5th Mediterranean 2017 Open 2011180 games
World Youth Championships 2011434 games
12th Metropolitan Invitational45 games
8th Lippe Cup102 games
Panama Open220 games
Zakopane Open 201126 games
First Saturday November 2011112 games
Martin Open 2011153 games
3rd Tancat IM5 games
Hampshire Open 201142 games
OCF FIDE Fall 201148 games
TCh-CZE Extraliga 2011-1294 games
Hungarian Teams 2011-1272 games
Bundesliga 2011-12128 games
TCh-BEL 2011-1247 games
33rd Arco Open1 game
2377 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Alexander Prokhorov, Roland Wimmer, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Arthur Brameld, Frank Berry, Jack Peters, Miklos Orso, Peter Boel and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The Tal Memorial has seen a lot of draws but has been generally hard fought. The live video-cast of the play with lots of cameras which the Russians have pioneered (this must be expensive) and the press conferences with the players demonstrating the games either in Russian or English is just such great thing for the appreciation of the games and allows us to see something of the personality of the players.

Hou Yifan has taken a two game lead with just four left against Humpy Koneru. Hou had stomach pains that seem to have been due to the tension but this seems to be the only thing that can stop her now.

Plenty of team chess (including the Schachbundesliga), World Youth, World Seniors, British Rapidplay, the end of the US Chess League are amongst the other events of another busy week.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Tal Memorial 2011

There is a four way tie on 3/5 between Levon Aronian, Magnus Carlsen, Sergey Karjakin and Ian Nepomniachtchi with four rounds to go of the Tal Memorial in Moscow. It has been a hard fought event so far.

Tal Memorial 2011 Moscow RUS Wed 16th Nov 2011 - Fri 25th Nov 2011. Category: 22. Ave: (2776)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Aronian, Levon GM ARM 2802 # = = 1 = = 3 2866
2 Carlsen, Magnus GM NOR 2826 = # = = = 1 3 2849
3 Karjakin, Sergey GM RUS 2763 = # = = = 1 3 2851
4 Nepomniachtchi, Ian GM RUS 2730 # = = 1 = = 3 2850
5 Anand, Viswanathan GM IND 2811 = = = # = = 2.5 2770
6 Ivanchuk, Vassily GM UKR 2775 0 = = # 1 = 2.5 2783
7 Svidler, Peter GM RUS 2755 = = 0 # 1 = 2.5 2770
8 Kramnik, Vladimir GM RUS 2800 = = 0 = = # 2 2717
9 Nakamura, Hikaru GM USA 2758 = = = 0 # = 2 2687
10 Gelfand, Boris GM ISR 2744 0 0 = = = # 1.5 2617
Round 1. Wed 16th Nov 2011
Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 53 A37 English
Aronian, Levon 1/2-1/2 Carlsen, Magnus 57 E15 Queen's Indian
Anand, Viswanathan 1/2-1/2 Karjakin, Sergey 42 E32 Nimzo-Indian
Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 Svidler, Peter 61 D80 Gruenfeld defence
Nakamura, Hikaru 1/2-1/2 Gelfand, Boris 34 D37 QGD
Round 2. Thu 17th Nov 2011
Svidler, Peter 1/2-1/2 Anand, Viswanathan 23 B12 Caro-Kann
Karjakin, Sergey 1/2-1/2 Nakamura, Hikaru 43 B92 Sicilian
Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk, Vassily 76 B32 Sicilian
Aronian, Levon 1/2-1/2 Kramnik, Vladimir 49 D41 QGD
Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 Gelfand, Boris 38 D12 QGD Slav
Round 3. Fri 18th Nov 2011
Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 Aronian, Levon 57 C67 Ruy Lopez
Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 Svidler, Peter 48 D86 Gruenfeld
Anand, Viswanathan 1/2-1/2 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 27 D97 Gruenfeld
Gelfand, Boris 0-1 Karjakin, Sergey 59 E06 Catalan
Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 Carlsen, Magnus 41 A20 English opening
Round 4. Sat 19th Nov 2011
Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1/2-1/2 Nakamura, Hikaru 85 B70 Sicilian
Carlsen, Magnus 1/2-1/2 Karjakin, Sergey 67 E12 Queen's Indian
Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk, Vassily 57 D15 QGD Slav
Aronian, Levon 1/2-1/2 Anand, Viswanathan 60 D37 QGD
Svidler, Peter 1/2-1/2 Gelfand, Boris 40 A13 English opening
Round 5. Sun 20th Nov 2011
Karjakin, Sergey 1/2-1/2 Svidler, Peter 26 B42 Sicilian
Gelfand, Boris 1/2-1/2 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 62 D80 Gruenfeld
Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2-1/2 Carlsen, Magnus 74 D82 Gruenfeld
Nakamura, Hikaru 1/2-1/2 Aronian, Levon 53 D31 QGD
Anand, Viswanathan 1/2-1/2 Kramnik, Vladimir 36 D37 QGD

3) Women's World Championship 2011

The 10 game Women's World Chess Championship take place in Tirana, Albania 14th-30th November 2011. Hou Yifan has taken complete control of the match winning her second Ragozin Defence in game 6 to take a 4-2 lead with just four games to go.

WCh w Tirana
Koneru, Humpy - Hou, Yifan ½-½ 80 E06 Catalan
Hou, Yifan - Koneru, Humpy ½-½ 42 C42 Petroff's Defence
Koneru, Humpy - Hou, Yifan 0-1 37 D38 QGD Ragozin
Hou, Yifan - Koneru, Humpy ½-½ 58 C80 Ruy Lopez Open
Hou, Yifan - Koneru, Humpy ½-½ 43 C80 Ruy Lopez Open
Koneru, Humpy - Hou, Yifan 0-1 38 D38 QGD Ragozin

WCh w Tirana (ALB), 14 - 30 xi 2011
Name Ti NAT Rtng 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Perf
Hou, Yifan g CHN 2578 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 . . . . 4 2725
Koneru, Humpy g IND 2600 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 . . . . 2 2453

4) Russian Cup Final 2011

The Russian Cup took place throughout the year. They had a final knock out event amongst the best performers. 16 players in the men's section (4 rounds) and the women's 8 players (3 rounds) took place in Magnitogorsk 13th-20th November 2011. Vadim Zvjaginsev beat Denis Khismatullin 1.5-0.5 in the men's final. Anastasia Bodnaruk beat Varvara Saulina 2-0.

Russian Cup Final Magnitogorsk RUS Sun 13th Nov 2011 - Sun 20th Nov 2011
Round 4 19th-20th November 2011
Name - Name Res
Khismatullin,Denis-Zvjaginsev,Vadim0.5-1.5
Round 3 17th-18th November 2011
Name - Name Res
Kovalenko,Igor-Zvjaginsev,Vadim1.5-2.5
Khismatullin,Denis-Matlakov,Maxim1.5-0.5
Round 2 15th-16th November 2011
Name - Name Res
Zvjaginsev,Vadim-Bocharov,Dmitry1.5-0.5
Kovalenko,Igor-Maletin,Pavel2.5-1.5
Matlakov,Maxim-Andriasian,Zaven3-2
Smirnov,Pavel-Khismatullin,Denis2-3
Round 1 13th-14th November 2011
Name - Name Res
Aleksandrov,Aleksej-Maletin,Pavel0.5-1.5
Andriasian,Zaven-Dvoirys,Semen I1.5-0.5
Bocharov,Dmitry-Amonatov,Farrukh1.5-0.5
Geller,Jakov-Matlakov,Maxim1.5-2.5
Khismatullin,Denis-Onischuk,Vladimir2-0
Kovalenko,Igor-Kokarev,Dmitry3-2
Polschikov,Alexey-Zvjaginsev,Vadim0-2
Smirnov,Pavel-Ponkratov,Pavel3-1
Russian Cup Final w Magnitogorsk RUS Sun 13th Nov 2011 - Fri 18th Nov 2011
Round 3 17th-18th November 2011
Name - Name Res
Saulina,Varvara-Bodnaruk,Anastasia0-2
Round 2 15th-16th November 2011
Name - Name Res
Bodnaruk,Anastasia-Doluhanova,Evgeniya2.5-1.5
Eidelson,Rakhil-Saulina,Varvara0-2
Round 1 13th-14th November 2011
Name - Name Res
Eidelson,Rakhil-Charochkina,Daria1.5-0.5
Mirzoeva,Elmira-Bodnaruk,Anastasia0.5-1.5
Romanko,Marina-Saulina,Varvara0-2
Stepovaia,Tatiana-Doluhanova,Evgeniya2-3

5) Max Euwe Memorial

The Max Euwe Memorial commemorating the former World Chess Champion and President of FIDE who died 26th November 1981 took place in Amsterdam 13th-20th November 2011. A men's and women's 4 player double round robin and various events including Jan Timman's simul on Sunday 13th. All games and results now up. Peng Zhaoqin's defeat of Paul van der Sterren gave her clear 1st in Group 1. Robin Van Kampen's defeat of Stuart Conquest won him Group 2.

Max Euwe Mem Gp1 Amsterdam (NED), 14-20 xi 2011 cat. IX (2454)
1 2 3 4
1. Peng, Zhaoqin g NED 2379 * * ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 2536
2. Cramling, Pia g SWE 2495 ½ ½ * * ½ ½ 1 0 3 2440
3. Olafsson, Fridrik g ISL 2428 0 1 ½ ½ * * ½ ½ 3 2462
4. Van Der Sterren, Paul g NED 2514 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ * * 2377
Round 1 (November 14, 2011)
Peng, Zhaoqin - Cramling, Pia ½-½ 53 A33 English Symmetrical
Olafsson, Fridrik - Van Der Sterren, Paul ½-½ 20 E54 Nimzo Indian
Round 2 (November 15, 2011)
Olafsson, Fridrik - Cramling, Pia ½-½ 21 A35 English Symmetrical
Van Der Sterren, Paul - Peng, Zhaoqin ½-½ 29 A29 English Four Knights
Round 3 (November 16, 2011)
Peng, Zhaoqin - Olafsson, Fridrik 1-0 52 E90 King's Indian Classical
Cramling, Pia - Van Der Sterren, Paul 1-0 43 D55 Queens Gambit Old Lasker Variation
Round 4 (November 18, 2011)
Cramling, Pia - Peng, Zhaoqin ½-½ 51 D25 QGA
Van Der Sterren, Paul - Olafsson, Fridrik ½-½ 30 E53 Nimzo Indian
Round 5 (November 19, 2011)
Olafsson, Fridrik - Peng, Zhaoqin 1-0 76 D23 QGA
Van Der Sterren, Paul - Cramling, Pia 1-0 30 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Round 6 (November 20, 2011)
Peng, Zhaoqin - Van Der Sterren, Paul 1-0 30 E15 Queens Indian
Cramling, Pia - Olafsson, Fridrik ½-½ 63 E60 King's Indian without Nc3
Max Euwe Mem Gp2 Amsterdam (NED), 14-20 xi 2011 cat. X (2500)
1 2 3 4
1. Van Kampen, Robin g NED 2558 * * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 2674
2. Socko, Monika g POL 2479 ½ 0 * * 1 1 1 ½ 4 2632
3. Conquest, Stuart C g ENG 2521 ½ 0 0 0 * * ½ 1 2 2368
4. Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan g SCO 2443 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * * 2326
Round 1 (November 14, 2011)
Socko, Monika - Van Kampen, Robin ½-½ 62 D11 Slav Defence
Conquest, Stuart C - Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan ½-½ 62 B00 Owen or Nimzowitsch Defence
Round 2 (November 15, 2011)
Conquest, Stuart C - Van Kampen, Robin ½-½ 35 D00 Queen's Pawn Game
Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan - Socko, Monika 0-1 50 B70 Sicilian Dragon
Round 3 (November 16, 2011)
Van Kampen, Robin - Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan 1-0 53 C41 Philidor's Defence
Socko, Monika - Conquest, Stuart C 1-0 79 A80 Dutch
Round 4 (November 18, 2011)
Van Kampen, Robin - Socko, Monika 1-0 41 B76 Sicilian Modern Dragon
Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan - Conquest, Stuart C 0-1 40 C50 Giuoco Piano
Round 5 (November 19, 2011)
Conquest, Stuart C - Socko, Monika 0-1 42 A18 English Opening
Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan - Van Kampen, Robin ½-½ 63 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 6 (November 20, 2011)
Van Kampen, Robin - Conquest, Stuart C 1-0 40 C70 Ruy Lopez
Socko, Monika - Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan ½-½ 34 A56 Old Indian Defence

6) Cultural Village Tournament 2011

The Cultural Village Tournament takes place 21st-30th November 2011 and provides the final place in the Tata Steel C-Group in January. Round 1 results and games not yet available.

Cultural Village GM Wijk aan Zee NED Mon 21st Nov 2011 - Wed 30th Nov 2011
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Lenderman, Aleksandr GM USA 2581 2021285
2 Adhiban, B. GM IND 2544 5018471
3 Sethuraman, S.P. GM IND 2543 5021596
4 Bok, Benjamin IM NED 2513 1017063
5 Naroditsky, Daniel IM USA 2472 2026961
6 Bernadskiy, Vitaliy IM UKR 2439 14100371
7 Klein, David FM NED 2378 1003623
8 Peelen, Piet IM NED 2362 1000403
9 Haast, Anne WIM NED 2268 1017292
10 Bottema, Tom NED 2219 1004778

7) Haye Kramer and Waling Dijkstra tournaments

The Haye Kramer and Waling Dijkstra tournaments took place in Leeuwarden 18th-20th November 2011. Games from the all-play-all are available, the open games are only available in a viewer right now. Sipke Ernst, Jan Werle and Daan Brandenberg finished on 3.5/5 in the round robin. Yuri Solodovnichenko, Namig Guliyev and Krasimir Rusev finished on 5/6 in the open.

Haije Kramer Quad Leeuwarden NED Fri 18th Nov 2011 - Sun 20th Nov 2011
Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
RkNameTiRtg1234Pts
1Ernst, SipkeGM2564xx10 01 3.5
2Werle, JanGM2542xx3.5
3Brandenburg, DaanGM251001 xx11 3.5
4De Jong, MigchielIM236910 00 xx1.5
4 players
Waling Dijkstra Open Leeuwarden NED Fri 18th Nov 2011 - Sun 20th Nov 2011
Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg123456PtsTB1TB2TPR
1Solodovnichenko, YuriGMUKR2629111½½1524.519.752714
2Guliyev, NamigGMAZE254911½11½523.518.752674
3Rusev, KrasimirGMBUL252111½1½1523182685
4Maiorov, NikitaGMBLR25581½1½1½4.52316.252584
5Lenderman, AleksandrGMUSA25811½10½1421.512.752476
6Jonkman, HarmenGMNED24121½110½421.512.752519
7Genov, PetarGMBUL2458½½111042012.252454
8Danin, AlexandreGMRUS253711010142010.52418
9Sumets, AndreyGMUKR2569½½101½3.521.5112373
10Lanchava, TeaIMNED23031½01½½3.520.5112413
11Ootes, LarsNED2345101½½½3.520.510.252321
12Arnaudov, PetarIMBUL2477110½103.520.59.752362
13Algra, JoukeNED21150½1=½13.519.5102265
14Maatman, NickNED207901101½3.519.592255
15Petkov, VladimirGMBUL25421½10013.5199.52328
16Langedijk, ArdjanNED2126100=113.5168.252145
17Schouten, EdNED2109½10=10318.57.252243
18Sparenberg, ErikNED21691½001½3176.52213
19Van der Heide, AukeNED216110100131762106
20Nicolai, AmirNED211810011031762237
21Lootsma, JanNED19910½0=113166.752095
22Ootes, LennartNED218510½1002.5195.752156
23Stavast, DickNED2095010=102.518.55.252191
24Auwens, MichelNED1927=001102.517.55.751953
25Etmans, MaartenFMNED203501½0012.5174.252051
26Kamstra, JippeNED20650½½10½2.5154.752046
27Bakker, JoukeNED18250100½12.5154.751963
28Van der Berg, WesselNED2006001½½½2.5133.52007
29Jonkman, FokkeNED202100½1012.512.52.751959
30Schriemer, OeneNED2019½=1000220.56.52100
31Gieben, StijnNED2066010=½0215.52.751991
32Dzaferspahic, ZahidNED18560001002142.251752
33De Jong, SiegbertNED18720½½00021331764
34Mulder, CatharinusNED19480=½0012132.251863
35Abma, KlaasNED18610=½½001.5163.251823
36Ykema, WimNED193000½=½01.515.53.251789
37Kruit, ErikNED1891000000112.50.251307
37 players

8) 21st World Seniors 2011

The 21st World Seniors take place in Rijeka 15th-26th November 2011. The official site has detailed coverage. I haven't had any time to devote to the event with the other important events this week.

21st World Seniors Rijeka CRO Tue 15th Nov 2011 - Sat 26th Nov 2011
Leading Round 5 (of 11) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
1Rashkovsky Nukhim NGMRUS25174.50.014.5
Komljenovic DavorinGMCRO24514.50.014.5
3Hulak KrunoslavGMCRO24804.50.014.0
4Vaisser AnatolyGMFRA25554.50.013.5
Jansa VlastimilGMCZE24784.50.013.5
Rukavina JosipIMCRO24214.50.013.5
7Kuyindzhi Alexander ARUS24354.00.014.0
8Cebalo MisoGMCRO24464.00.013.0
Van Riemsdijk Herman CIMBRA24044.00.013.0
Chernov EvgenUKR23114.00.013.0
11Timoscenko GennadijGMSVK24834.00.012.5
Kovacevic VlatkoGMCRO24824.00.012.5
Zhelnin Vladimir VIMRUS24304.00.012.5
Klundt KlausIMGER23834.00.012.5
15Suba MihaiGMROU24584.00.012.0
Pushkov NikolaiGMRUS23954.00.012.0
Katalymov BorisIMKAZ23744.00.012.0
18Chernikov Oleg LGMRUS24023.50.013.0
19Okhotnik VladimirIMFRA24273.50.012.5
Rajkovic DusanGMSRB24163.50.012.5
21Lederman LeonIMISR22673.50.012.0
22Kurajica BojanGMBIH25323.50.011.5
Shvedchikov Anatoli IIMRUS24233.50.011.5
Mishuchkov Nikolai MFMRUS24183.50.011.5
Sloth JornFMDEN23493.50.011.5
Malmdin Nils-AkeFMSWE23083.50.011.5
Kelleher WilliamFMUSA23003.50.011.5
Micheli CarloFMITA22653.50.011.5
Srebrnic VojkoSLO22613.50.011.5
30Danner GeorgIMAUT24063.50.011.0
Karasev Vladimir IIMRUS23773.50.011.0
Rooze JanFMBEL23213.50.011.0
Leskovar MarioIMARG23163.50.011.0
Wittmann WalterIMAUT22693.50.011.0
Kolbak JensDEN22623.50.011.0
Hoeschele Hans-UlrichGER21373.50.011.0
37Balashov Yuri SGMRUS24433.50.010.5
Brinck-Claussen BjornIMDEN22633.50.010.5
39Turikov ViktorFMRUS22703.50.010.0
Simon Padros EmiliFMESP22583.50.010.0
201 players
21st World Seniors w Rijeka CRO Tue 15th Nov 2011 - Sat 26th Nov 2011
Leading Round 5 (of 11) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
1Saunina LudmilaWGMRUS22744.50.014.0
2Gaprindashvili NonaGMGEO23604.00.012.5
3Miednikova SwietlanaWIMRUS21653.50.013.0
4Thipsay Bagyashree SatheWIMIND21523.50.012.5
5Strutinskaya Galina NWIMRUS22773.50.011.5
Khmiadashvili TamarWGMGEO21663.50.011.5
7Fatalibekova ElenaWGMRUS22853.50.011.0
Bogumil TatianaWFMRUS21153.50.011.0
Melashvili NinoWFMGEO21063.50.011.0
10Kozlovskaya ValentinaWGMRUS22813.50.010.5
11Bilunova Rimma IWIMRUS21513.00.010.5
12Dotan ValeriaWFMISR20833.00.010.0
13Titorenko Natalia IWIMRUS21433.00.09.0
Lopatin OlgaWFMGER20913.00.09.0
Kuznetsova LubaWFMRUS20873.00.09.0
Kabanova IrinaRUS19593.00.09.0
17Mira HeleneWIMAUT20983.00.08.5
18Komysheva MargaritaWFMRUS20813.00.07.0
19Fomina TatyanaWIMEST22152.50.08.5
Chernova NataljaRUS20952.50.08.5
21Chireykina NataliaRUS18532.50.07.5
22Khropova LarisaWFMRUS20692.50.06.5
Kierzek MiraWFMMKD20232.50.06.5
24Zaitseva TamaraRUS21832.50.06.0
25Sorokina TamaraWIMRUS21312.00.07.5
26Battsengel ShirchinWFMMGL20682.00.06.0
Shushpanova NinaWFMRUS19462.00.06.0
Milashevskaya ValentinaRUS17832.00.06.0
29Khalturina TatianaRUS18402.00.05.0
Savostina LarisaRUS02.00.05.0
31Shmyreva TatianaRUS17552.00.03.0
Jayashree P SankpalIND17102.00.03.0
33Abdikasova PanuKAZ19781.50.05.5
34Abolina Arija-SolveigaLAT19241.50.04.5
Blagonadezhnaya IdeyaRUS18981.50.04.5
36Hoose HanneloreGER17641.50.03.5
37Lein MarinaRUS18901.00.03.5
38Kapelkina GalinaRUS18411.00.01.0
39Richardson CharlotteUSA00.50.02.0
40Berezovskaya VeraRUS00.00.00.0
40 players

9) 25th British Rapidplay

The British Rapidplay took place at the Leeds Metropolitan University Beckett Park site where I went to University (cough Poly) over the weekend of 19th-20th November 2011. Brent Kitson has done a fantastic job in stabilising the finances to enable the event to run year after year. Gawain Jones won with 10.5/11 a point and a half clear of Matthew Turner.

25th British Rapid Leeds ENG Sat 19th Nov 2011 - Sun 20th Nov 2011
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPts
1Jones, Gawain C BGMENG263510½
2Turner, Matthew JGMENG25169
3Burns-Mannion, Stephen RIMSCO23518
4Longson, AlexanderENG2281
5Walker, David JFMENG2281
6Davies, Nigel RGMENG2494
7Wells, Peter KGMENG24927
8Shaw, PeterENG21807
9Burnett, JimENG21377
10Jaunooby, Ali RENG21447
11Richardson, AlexENG2114
12Surtees, Mike JENG2113
13Croad, NicolasFMNZL2292
14Wilkinson, GrahamENG
15Weller, Jean-LucENG20746
16Krishnan, Anand JENG17676
17Walton, Alan JCMENG21616
18Burke, Mitchell RENG18976
19Chipanga, TakaedzaZIM6
20Jones, Steven AENG18786
21Raoof, Adam NENG21276
22Birkin, Mark HENG19146
23Woodcock, SimonENG2104
24Milson, Samuel AENG2047
25Maroroa, SueWIMNZL2013
26Newton, Robert AENG2001
27Lau, AlanIRL5
28Combie, Alex BENG20395
29Grant, DavidSCO18635
30Armstrong, Malcolm JENG20165
31Batchelor, PeterENG20265
32Edwards-Wright, Miles DENG19955
33Cumming, RhysENG20105
34Bramson, MikeENG5
35Bowler, James PENG16925
36Hackner, Oskar AENG20145
37Taylor, William JENG1966
38Weller, PierreENG1987
39Mulleady, Peter JENG
40Hall, John BENG2305
52 players

10) US Chess League 2011

The US Chess League was won by New York Knights (GM Giorgi Kacheishvili, SM Matt Herman, IM Irina Krush, John Fernandez) who defeated Chicago Blaze 2.5-1.5 on Sunday November 20th. New York's internet connection died which lost each of the players 25 minutes off their clocks. The Semi-Finals were on Monday November 14th and saw New York beat Manhattan Applesauce and Chicago Blaze beat Los Angeles Vibe.

US Chess League 2011 ICC INT Mon 29th Aug 2011 - Sun 20th Nov 2011
Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
RkTeam+-TB1TB2
1# - Philadelphia 8.02.0241342.0-44.0 (49%)
2@ - New York 6.04.0241841.0-45.0 (48%)
3@ - Boston 6.04.02418 40.5-45.5 (47%)
4@ - Manhattan 5.54.5241644.0-42.0 (51%)
5X - New England 5.54.5241041.5-44.5 (48%)
6X - Baltimore 3.07.02421 47.0-39.0 (55%)
7X - Carolina 3.07.02408 40.5-45.5 (47%)
8X - New Jersey 2.57.52423 43.0-43.0 (50%)
1# - Chicago 8.51.5238341.0-45.0 (48%)
2@ - Los Angeles 6.53.5238641.0-45.0 (48%)
3@ - San Francisco 5.54.5240542.5-43.5 (49%)
4@ - Dallas 5.54.5239143.0-43.0 (50%)
5X - Arizona 4.55.52404 48.0-38.0 (56%)
6X - Miami 4.55.5237646.0-40.0 (53%)
7X - Seattle 3.56.52369 43.0-43.0 (50%)
8X - St. Louis 2.08.02401 44.0-42.0 (51%)
16 teams

Playoffs

Quarterfinals: Monday, November 7th 2011.

1. Chicago Blaze vs Dallas Destiny Tied 2-2 (Chicago advances due to draw odds)

2. San Francisco Mechanics vs Los Angeles Vibe Los Angeles 2.5-1.5

Wednesday, November 9th 2011.

3. Philadelphia Inventors vs Manhattan Applesauce Manhattan 3-1

4. New York Knights vs Boston Blitz Tied 2-2 (New York advances due to draw odds)

Semifinals: Monday, November 14th 2011.

1. Manhattan Applesauce vs New York Knights. New York 2.5-1.5

2. Chicago Blaze vs Los Angeles Vibe. Chicago 2.5-1.5

Championship: Sunday, November 20th 2011.

Chicago Blaze vs New York Knights. New York 2.5-1.5

11) 2nd Brno Open 2011

The 2nd Brno Open took place 12th-18th November 2011. Vitaliy Bernadskiy won with 8.5/9.

2nd Brno Open Brno CZE Sat 12th Nov 2011 - Fri 18th Nov 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Bernadskiy VitaliyIMUKR24398.541.552.58
2Potapov PavelIMRUS24577.042.556.05
3Vavra PavelIMCZE23897.042.054.06
4Potapov AlexanderGMRUS23966.540.554.06
5Kratochvil KarelCZE21716.538.048.56
6Vyskocil NeklanIMCZE23176.041.053.54
7Yakimenko Alexander A.RUS22606.039.552.54
8Chudinovskikh Alexander MIMRUS22826.037.048.05
9Smirnova AnastasiaRUS20496.036.046.06
10Semenova ElenaWFMRUS21826.035.044.04
11Cherednichenko ElenaWFMUKR21256.032.041.54
12Vermirovsky VlastimilCZE19915.538.550.04
13Van Vliet DennisBEL21035.536.547.05
14Spirliadis AchileasGRE20365.536.045.54
15Zemlicka VitCZE19545.536.043.54
16Pascenko JaromirCZE20835.535.546.05
17Chladek VaclavCZE20355.535.545.04
18Khamidov KomilPOL20565.533.545.55
19Perdek MiroslawFMPOL22335.533.544.04
20Zakharchenko ArnoldIMUKR22335.533.543.05
21Zeman ArnostCZE20065.037.047.03
22Benes PetrCZE21575.036.547.05
23Tsenov TsvetoslavBUL21425.036.047.04
24Pokorny PetrCZE22335.035.545.03
25Meduna-Jun. EduardCZE19775.034.543.53
26Medunova VeraWIMCZE20885.034.043.53
27Cip DaliborCZE21065.034.043.03
28Tesar JanCZE21075.033.543.04
29Castellano AlfonsoITA19355.032.041.54
30Hofirek BenediktCZE19495.031.540.54
31Messerschmidt StanislavCZE20215.030.538.54
32Spanton TimENG19785.030.039.54
33Petruska MiroslavCZE19124.535.044.04
34Novotny LubomirCZE20194.533.543.04
35Kosina VladimirCZE18114.533.043.03
36Veznik MichaelCZE18214.532.542.03
37Kubicek PavelCZE19724.532.540.04
38Zikan KarelCZE18094.532.041.03
39Kopcil OndrejCZE17164.531.038.54
40Van Steenkiste LucBEL18004.528.536.54
72 players

12) 5th Mediterranean 2017 Open 2011

The 5th Mediterranean 2017 Open took place 12th-19th November 2011. Davorin Kuljasević edged out Zdenko Kozul on tie-break after both finished on 7/9.

5th Mediterranean Op Rijeka CRO Sat 12th Nov 2011 - Sat 19th Nov 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Kuljasević DavorinGMCRO25607.043.054.56
2Kozul ZdenkoGMCRO25777.042.554.05
3Martinović SasaGMCRO25046.541.553.05
4Predojević BorkiGMBIH26426.541.553.04
5Sarić AnteGMCRO24976.541.552.55
6Dorić DarkoIMCRO25046.541.552.04
7Nevednichy VladislavGMROU25436.540.051.54
8Tratar MarkoGMSLO24956.538.549.05
9Jovanić OgnjenGMCRO24766.538.049.55
10Haznedaroglu KivancGMTUR24266.041.553.54
11Cvitan OgnjenGMCRO25236.041.052.04
12Žufić MiroslavIMCRO24096.039.550.05
13Lazić MiroljubGMSRB24596.039.049.04
14Baron TalGMISR25046.038.048.05
15Sale SrđanIMCRO23866.037.046.05
16Sutković DamirBIH23396.035.546.56
17Kanmazalp OgulcanIMTUR24016.035.545.05
18Battaglini GabrielIMFRA24236.033.043.56
19Loncar RobertIMCRO24156.033.043.54
20Solomon KennyIMRSA24265.539.048.04
21Solomunovic IgorIMGER24205.538.549.55
22Krkljes SlavenCRO21715.538.548.54
23Berescu Alin-MileGMROU25015.538.049.04
24Brumen DinkoIMCRO23455.537.048.05
25Dimitrov PavelIMBUL23535.537.046.54
26Dumpor AtifIMBIH23735.535.044.04
27Angelov ZvetomirBUL21225.534.543.05
28Ramesa DavorFMCRO23025.534.043.55
29BlaEeka MatejCRO21935.533.543.54
30Ionica Iulia-IonelaWGMROU22015.533.542.54
31Savić MiroslavFMCRO22645.532.041.05
32Dimitrijeski BorisGER22225.039.048.54
33Muskardin MarioCRO21865.038.547.54
34Glavas DraganFMCRO23205.037.548.04
35Ostović MatijaCRO23025.037.047.53
36Pregarac ValterSLO21195.035.543.55
37Kozarcanin SeadCRO21735.035.043.05
38Leskur DejanIMSRB24165.034.544.04
39BlaEeka DamjanCRO20205.034.044.05
40Monjac MislavCRO20135.030.038.04
97 players

13) Vilnius Open

The Vilnius Open takes place 19th-27th November 2011.

Vilnius Open Vilnius LTU Sat 19th Nov 2011 - Sun 27th Nov 2011
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Inants AghasiARM22882.01.02.02
Kalvaitis SigitasLTU22522.01.02.02
Gurbanov AndreiBLR22322.01.02.02
Lipskij ValerijLTU21142.01.02.02
Batkovskyte DominykaLTU21022.01.02.02
6Stremavicius TitasLTU21792.01.01.52
7Vasylius KestutisLTU21192.01.01.02
Rimeikis AndriusLTU20712.01.01.02
Dinter BrianCRO20692.01.01.02
Vaitonis VytautasLTU20402.01.01.02
Beinoraite ViktorijaLTU19992.01.01.02
12Rositsan BorisFMLTU21851.51.52.51
Valantiejus VaidotasLTU19481.51.52.51
Mindel ZalmanGER19301.51.52.51
15Gelman GennadiyAZE19551.51.52.01
Jalanskij SergejLTU01.51.52.01
17Olhovik AndreiBLR22191.51.51.51
Juknis PauliusLTU21611.51.51.51
Jankunas TomasLTU19321.51.51.51
20Stankevicius VytautasLTU01.51.01.51
21Duenas AlexisSWE19151.02.03.01
Gurevicius ArunasLTU01.02.03.01
Juodzevicius DariusLTU01.02.03.01
Kulakou VitaliBLR01.02.03.01
Misevicius ArturasLTU01.02.03.01
26Rutkauskas GediminasLTU19331.02.02.51
27Kuciel WladyslawPOL19951.02.02.01
Kuvsinov AnatolijLTU19891.02.02.01
Apanaviciute KristinaLTU19501.02.02.01
Gillespie GarySCO18661.02.02.01
Feofanov BorisLTU18361.02.02.01
32Barsciauskas GintautasLTU18271.02.02.01
Janulynas JonasLTU18161.02.02.01
Zukauskas PetrasLTU18061.02.02.01
Misiuk PatrikLTU15201.02.02.01
Abdullaev ElchinRUS01.02.02.01
37Prigodin RuslanLTU18661.01.52.50
38Vaitkevicius PauliusLTU16971.01.51.51
Kadonas KestutisLTU01.01.51.51
Macionis ZigmasLTU01.01.51.51
64 players

14) World Youth Championships 2011

The World Youth Championships take place in Caldas Novas 17th-27th November 2011. The organisers again are working hard on the website and it is well worth visiting. I just haven't had the time to pay any attention to the event with the work on the Tal Memorial.

World Youth U18 Open Caldas Novas BRA Thu 17th Nov 2011 - Sun 27th Nov 2011
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
1Ter-Sahakyan SamvelGMARM25564.010.00.0
Salem A R SalehGMUAE25114.010.00.0
3Fedoseev VladimirGMRUS25233.59.50.0
Sadzikowski DanielFMPOL23803.59.50.0
Mammadov Zaur Fazahir OgluIMAZE23493.59.50.0
Ten Hertog HugoFMNED23443.59.50.0
7Petenyi TamasFMSVK23723.58.50.0
Debashis DasIMIND23693.58.50.0
9Graf FelixGER23563.09.00.0
Kantans TomsFMLAT23383.09.00.0
11Handler LukasFMAUT23273.08.00.0
Stanciu Alexandru-OvidiuROU23093.08.00.0
Torres Juan CamiloCOL22673.08.00.0
14Grandadam NicolasFMSUI23703.07.50.0
Rosen Eric SFMUSA23053.07.50.0
16Rios Cristhian CamiloFMCOL23883.07.00.0
Laceste Loren BrighamCAN23093.07.00.0
Salinas Herrera PabloCHI23073.07.00.0
Espinoza Palomino WillyamFMPER22733.07.00.0
20Aghasaryan RobertFMARM23313.06.50.0
21Cori T. DeyseWGMPER24142.57.50.0
Gusain HimalIND22262.57.50.0
23Vlasak LukasFMCZE23192.57.50.0
Kozganbay ErkenKAZ22492.57.50.0
Celis JoelMAC17862.57.50.0
26Zhou Yang-FanIMENG24362.57.00.0
Nagy GaborHUN23832.57.00.0
Hartl DanielFMAUT22722.57.00.0
Latorre MatiasPAR22702.57.00.0
30Stany G AIND23952.56.50.0
Gaehwiler GabrielSUI22442.56.50.0
Guttulsrud Odd MartinNOR21772.56.50.0
33Zelbel PatrickIMGER24032.56.50.0
Gaitan Juan ManuelARG22272.56.50.0
Neves PedroPOR22222.56.50.0
36Mendoza RodrigoBOL21042.55.50.0
Molina Pablo SebastianARG20592.55.50.0
38Caprio GuidoFMITA23542.55.00.0
39Mamani Joan FrancoPER21462.07.00.0
Cadena M Gustavo AdolfoCOL21262.07.00.0
93 players
World Youth U18 Girl Caldas Novas BRA Thu 17th Nov 2011 - Sun 27th Nov 2011
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
1Kashlinskaya AlinaWGMRUS23774.010.00.0
Arabidze MeriWIMGEO23294.010.00.0
3Kazimova NarminWIMAZE22413.59.50.0
Enkhtuul AltanulziiWFMMGL21833.59.50.0
5Papp PetraWIMHUN22653.58.50.0
6Hejazipour MitraWIMIRI22243.09.00.0
Abdulla KhayalaWIMAZE22163.09.00.0
8Saduakassova DinaraWIMKAZ21933.08.50.0
9Baciu DianaWFMMDA22053.08.00.0
Saranya JWFMIND20693.08.00.0
11Vo Thi Kim PhungWIMVIE21563.08.00.0
MartinezAyelenARG21233.08.00.0
Cancio-Bello Ayes FlaviaWFMCUB21193.08.00.0
Schulz AnjaGER21133.08.00.0
15Adamowicz KatarzynaWFMPOL20823.07.00.0
16Tallo EmilyUSA19543.06.00.0
17Krumova AniBUL19772.58.00.0
18Miladinovic LenaSRB20792.57.50.0
19Chumpitaz AnnWFMPER22032.56.50.0
20Kurbonboeva SarvinozUZB21352.56.50.0
Shangarayeva DaianaKAZ20162.56.50.0
Froewis AnnikaAUT19722.56.50.0
23Tjolsen KatrineWIMNOR22422.56.00.0
Olsarova KarolinaWIMCZE21672.56.00.0
Benedetti AntonellaARG20372.56.00.0
26Jardim Daphne TofanoWCMBRA19912.55.50.0
27Hakimifard GhazalWIMIRI22642.55.00.0
28Perera AnjanaWCMSRI18272.54.50.0
29A AkshayaIND20102.07.00.0
30Bayar AnuWFMMGL20502.06.00.0
Castro Natalia PatriciaCOL19922.06.00.0
Zyzlova SofiaRUS02.06.00.0
33Petrova IrinaWFMUKR21062.05.50.0
34Ainutdinova YekaterinaWFMKAZ20672.05.00.0
Kaplan EbruTUR18492.05.00.0
36Le Bail ArielleFRA18472.04.50.0
37Lugo Lozano Luz AdrianaCOL19042.04.00.0
Morales Flores MonserratCHI18982.04.00.0
Quino KhssaBOL18812.04.00.0
40Orlova YelizavetaWCMCAN19562.03.50.0
70 players
World Youth U16 Open Caldas Novas BRA Thu 17th Nov 2011 - Sun 27th Nov 2011
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
1Laurusas TomasLTU23633.59.50.0
Ynojosa Felix JoseFMVEN23073.59.50.0
3Kriebel TadeasFMCZE23593.59.00.0
Mons LeonGER23113.59.00.0
Javanbakht NimaFMIRI22993.59.00.0
Izzat KananFMAZE22633.59.00.0
7Dragun KamilIMPOL24243.58.00.0
Doros Radu-MarianROU23203.58.00.0
9De Filomeno SimoneFMITA22993.09.00.0
10Gabuzyan HovhannesFMARM23933.08.50.0
11Hernandez Sanchez Jairo AndresCOL22653.08.00.0
12Cori JorgeGMPER24823.07.50.0
Borisenko VjacheslavIMUKR23103.07.50.0
Emiroglu CankutCMTUR22323.07.50.0
Michailov MatiasURU21173.07.50.0
16Gascon Jose RafaelVEN22093.07.00.0
17Verstraeten ReinaertBEL21443.07.00.0
18Kowsarinia AmirFMIRI22333.06.00.0
Flermoen PeterCMNOR22243.06.00.0
20Martinez Romero MartinCOL23432.58.00.0
Srbis JuricaCRO22862.58.00.0
Igambergenov AlibekKAZ22592.58.00.0
23Andersen MadsIMDEN23842.57.50.0
Leiva GiuseppeFMPER21832.57.50.0
25Antonio Viani D'cunhaIND22452.57.50.0
Ebeling DanielFIN22422.57.50.0
27Drozdowski KacperFMPOL23142.57.00.0
Caceres Recalde FernandoARG21372.57.00.0
Koksal EgeTUR20862.57.00.0
30Pouya IdaniIMIRI24272.56.50.0
Georgiadis NicoFMSUI23162.56.50.0
32Mendonca Mateus NakajoBRA21882.56.50.0
Torres Rosas Luis CarlosCMMEX21582.56.50.0
Rozo PauloBOL21112.56.50.0
Marques Joao Paulo CasemiroBRA20972.56.50.0
36Grigoryan Karen HIMARM24842.56.50.0
Kadric DenisIMBIH24032.56.50.0
Supi Luis PauloBRA21982.56.50.0
39Terentjev VladislavFMRUS23442.55.50.0
Barros Raul JuniorFMCOL22632.55.50.0
104 players
World Youth U16 Girl Caldas Novas BRA Thu 17th Nov 2011 - Sun 27th Nov 2011
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
1Nandhidhaa PvIND21394.010.00.0
2Ziaziulkina NastassiaWIMBLR22723.59.50.0
Rodriguez Rueda Paula AndreaWFMCOL21453.59.50.0
4Iwanow AnnaWFMPOL21693.59.00.0
Tantsiura MarjaUKR21673.59.00.0
6Salazar Aura CristinaWFMCOL22373.58.50.0
Severina MariaRUS21833.58.50.0
Klek Hanna-MarieGER21543.58.50.0
9Fataliyeva UlviyyaWFMAZE21483.09.00.0
Tran My LinhGER20203.09.00.0
11Guimaraes Artemis PamelaBRA20283.08.50.0
12Osmanodja FilizWFMGER21273.08.00.0
Sviridova VladaRUS20693.08.00.0
Smirnova EkaterinaRUS20283.08.00.0
Dragieva DenitzaBUL20253.08.00.0
16Bea BoglarkaWFMHUN21163.07.50.0
17Oliveira Maria InesPOR18703.07.00.0
18Roy MyriamCAN19393.06.50.0
19Ballantyne RochelleUSA03.06.00.0
20Pratyusha BoddaIND20642.58.00.0
21Casusol CeciliaPER20152.57.50.0
Nguyen Thi Thuy TrienWFMVIE19282.57.50.0
Anjana Krishna SIND18582.57.50.0
24Pachon AdrianaWFMCOL20142.57.50.0
25Visanescu Daria-IoanaWFMROU20572.56.50.0
Rovira TairuWCMVEN19772.56.50.0
Brito DanyaECU18412.56.50.0
28Castrillon Gomez MelissaWFMCOL22102.56.00.0
29Kalaydina Regina VeronickaCAN18672.56.00.0
30Koselova ZuzanaSVK17732.55.50.0
31Orbezo Rosales Ximena LuciaPER17892.54.50.0
Ehr JenniferENG15092.54.50.0
33Jorquera Cabello ValentinaCHI19522.06.00.0
Bala Kannamma PIND19272.06.00.0
Herrera Arboleda Kerly DannaECU18842.06.00.0
36Movileanu DanielaITA20412.06.00.0
37Hansen Erle Andrea MarkiNOR17622.05.50.0
38Zarkovic MilaSRB19722.05.50.0
39Aflalo SophieFRA20902.05.00.0
Brizzi Milagros TatianaARG18152.05.00.0
84 players
World Youth U14 Open Caldas Novas BRA Thu 17th Nov 2011 - Sun 27th Nov 2011
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
1Ghosh DiptayanFMIND23414.010.00.0
Bellahcene BilelFMFRA23114.010.00.0
3Antipov Mikhail AlIMRUS24283.59.50.0
Bluebaum MatthiasFMGER24033.59.50.0
Vazquez GuillermoFMPAR23093.59.50.0
Ali Marandi Cemil CanFMTUR22753.59.50.0
Sanal VahapCMTUR22753.59.50.0
Sadikhov UlviAZE21403.59.50.0
9Duda Jan-KrzysztofFMPOL23793.58.50.0
Dastan Muhammed BatuhanCMTUR22203.58.50.0
11Wang RichardCAN22563.58.00.0
Brown Michael WilliamUSA21933.58.00.0
Ladva OttomarEST21063.58.00.0
14Ding JialinUSA21793.09.00.0
Tan JustinAUS21603.09.00.0
16Tomici StefanROU21603.08.50.0
17Bodek Michael HUSA22363.08.00.0
18Svane RasmusGER23633.08.00.0
Alekseenko KirillFMRUS23513.08.00.0
Wagner DennisGER23333.08.00.0
Saiyn ZhanatKAZ21933.08.00.0
Cuellar DiegoFMPER21793.08.00.0
Kukhmazov ArsenRUS21543.08.00.0
Black James AUSA21323.08.00.0
25Gajek RadoslawPOL21783.07.00.0
Pamatmat Jarod MUSA21323.07.00.0
Barros Rivadeneira CristhianCMECU21163.07.00.0
Fu JamesCAN20743.07.00.0
Fuentes Parra Victor IgnacioCHI19723.07.00.0
Foo William JENG19253.07.00.0
31Ruiz C Joshua DFMCOL22413.06.00.0
32Antal Tibor KendeFMHUN23522.58.00.0
33Oparin GrigoriyIMRUS24762.57.50.0
Asgarizadeh AhmadIRI22282.57.50.0
Bilguun SumiyaFMMGL22002.57.50.0
Williams Justus DUSA21862.57.50.0
37Sosa TomasARG21322.56.50.0
Krishnan VarunUSA21082.56.50.0
Leon Magallanes IsaacECU20082.56.50.0
Istona MartinSVK19932.56.50.0
132 players
World Youth U14 Girl Caldas Novas BRA Thu 17th Nov 2011 - Sun 27th Nov 2011
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1
1Goryachkina AleksandraWFMRUS23134.00.0
Khademalsharieh SarasadatWIMIRI22154.00.0
3Styazhkina AnnaWFMRUS20633.50.0
Monnisha GkWFMIND19923.50.0
Lasya GIND19583.50.0
Mahalakshmi MWFMIND19553.50.0
Amrayeva AytanAZE19323.50.0
Srija SeshadriWFMIND19263.50.0
9Haussernot CecileWFMFRA21003.00.0
Chiang SarahWCMUSA20563.00.0
Kostitsina LiubovRUS20553.00.0
Pastuszko KingaPOL19073.00.0
Assaubayeva DianaKAZ18543.00.0
Felix Vega Aurora EdithWFMPER18503.00.0
Hincu OlgaMDA18463.00.0
Dadello AleksandraPOL18263.00.0
Tlale TshepangWFMRSA17693.00.0
Jargalmaa SarantuyaMGL17443.00.0
Jansen Van Rensburg MonicaWCMRSA17303.00.0
20Rodionova DariaRUS19772.50.0
Hernandez Fonseca Maria PaulaCOL19752.50.0
Derakhshani DorsaWCMIRI19662.50.0
Fediuk IrinaUKR19052.50.0
Aponte Oriana IsabelVEN18882.50.0
Paredes Bustamante PaulaWFMPER18732.50.0
Franca VeronikaSLO18472.50.0
Alboredo JuliaBRA18132.50.0
Virkud ApurvaUSA18042.50.0
Coelho Ramyres SantanaBRA18002.50.0
Schwarz LarissaGER17942.50.0
Arguello Vinueza BerthaECU16462.50.0
Gomez Camacho MicaelaARG02.50.0
33Gologorsky RachelUSA20572.00.0
Khomeriki NinoGEO19302.00.0
Beinenson KatsiarynaBLR19212.00.0
Menzi Nezihe EzgiTUR19112.00.0
Malatsilava VolhaBLR19072.00.0
Valyi AdelHUN19042.00.0
Egorova AyyynaWCMRUS18552.00.0
Rodsmoen MaudNOR18122.00.0
86 players

15) 12th Metropolitan Invitational

The 12th Metropolitan Invitational took place 10th-13th November 2011. Zhanibek Amanov and Harutyun Akopyan share first with 6.5/9.

12th Metro Inv Los Angeles USA Thu 10th Nov 2011 - Sun 13th Nov 2011. Category: 2. Ave: (2282)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Amanov, Zhanibek IM KAZ 2411 # 1 = 0 1 1 = = 1 1 6.5 2434
2 Akopyan, Harutyun FM USA 2233 0 # = 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 6.5 2453
3 Kavutskiy, Konstantin USA 2303 = = # = 1 = = 0 1 1 5.5 2360
4 Abrahamyan, Tatev WGM USA 2264 1 0 = # 0 = = 1 = 1 5 2327
5 Taylor, Timothy IM USA 2296 0 0 0 1 # 1 1 0 1 1 5 2323
6 Kudryavtsev, Vadim RUS 2097 0 0 = = 0 # = 1 1 1 4.5 2302
7 Matikozian, Andranik IM ARM 2457 = = = = 0 = # = = = 4 2219
8 Troff, Kayden W FM USA 2279 = 0 1 0 1 0 = # 0 0 3 2157
9 Casella, Michael FM USA 2268 0 = 0 = 0 0 = 1 # = 3 2158
10 Haessel, Dale R. FM CAN 2211 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 = # 2 2070

16) 3rd Pilsen Open

The 3rd Pilsen Open takes place 19th-26th November 2011.

3rd Pilsen Open Plzen CZE Sat 19th Nov 2011 - Sat 26th Nov 2011
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Pokrupa MarekCZE22092.00.02.52
2Kourousis EpaminondasGRE22772.00.02.02
Palek MiroslavGER22592.00.02.02
Blecha MiroslavCZE22352.00.02.02
Bartos JanFMCZE22302.00.02.02
Oussedik MahfoudCMALG22252.00.02.02
7Fiala RobertCZE22882.00.01.52
Ernst MichaelAUT21642.00.01.52
Paldus PetrCZE20032.00.01.52
10Tsenov TsvetoslavBUL21422.00.01.02
11Klement LukasCZE22502.00.00.52
Kozak MilosFMCZE21922.00.00.52
13Karhanek PavelCZE22071.50.02.51
Vales VaclavCZE22031.50.02.51
Berka LubosCZE01.50.02.51
16Piankov EvgenijIMUKR23481.50.02.01
Vorobyov YrijFMUKR21551.50.02.01
18Jiruse JosefCZE20331.50.01.51
19Arab AdlaneIMALG24031.50.01.01
Haddouche MohamedIMALG23861.50.01.01
Cherednichenko SvetlanaWGMUKR22831.50.01.01
22Goutali TarekFMALG23271.00.03.01
Gurtovoi BorysUKR19131.00.03.01
24Brem StephanGER20901.00.02.51
25Soutner JaroslavCZE01.00.02.50
Havelka JiriCZE01.00.02.50
27Toman JaroslavCZE21971.00.02.01
Cherednichenko ElenaWFMUKR21251.00.02.01
Janicek JindrichCZE20811.00.02.01
Rigopoulos-Tsigkos AlexandrosGRE20661.00.02.01
Mezioud AminaWIMALG20651.00.02.01
Hastik SvatoplukCZE20311.00.02.01
Gschwendtner StanislavCZE20111.00.02.01
Latreche KhadidjaWCMALG19361.00.02.01
Horyna JosefCZE19011.00.02.01
Prachar JosefCZE18891.00.02.01
Hamza AmiraWCMALG18771.00.02.01
Lasek FrantisekCZE18551.00.02.01
39Novotny LubomirCZE20191.00.01.51
Latreche SabrinaWFMALG19951.00.01.51
67 players

17) 8th Lippe Cup

The 8th Lippe Cup took place 28th-30th October 2011 and was won by Lev Gutman. Games now available.

8th Lippe Cup Lieme GER Fri 28th Oct 2011 - Sun 30th Oct 2011
Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg+-=PtsTB1TB2
1Gutman, LevGMGER24505005.015.016.0
2Wittke, Rene GER20414104.013.016.0
3Kemper, Meinolf GER21144104.012.014.5
4Klatt, Jan 19013113.512.514.5
5Naundorf, Maik GER21342033.512.014.5
6Izrajlev, Alexande RUS23133113.511.516.5
7Kind, Bertram GER22222033.510.514.0
8Remmler, Volker GER21482033.510.512.5
9Stukenbrok, Nils GER21113113.510.013.5
10Fenner, Martin GER19963113.59.512.0
11Himpenmacher, Andy GER21992123.010.512.5
12Gazic, JosipFMGER22763203.010.014.0
13Soelter, Reinhold GER20722123.09.513.5
14Scheck, Kyrill GER20312123.09.512.0
15Schalow, Daniel GER21282123.09.011.0
16Schmitz, Philipp GER19722123.06.511.5
17Pollmann, Sascha GER20302123.06.510.0
18Langenhop, Lars 19102212.510.016.0
19Wolf, Andre GER21742212.510.013.0
20Ruerup, Hans-Heinz GER20331132.59.014.5
21Eilers, Jochen GER20222212.58.013.0
22Ljuboschiz, Alexan GER21722212.58.012.0
23Fischer, Thomas 19292112.57.513.0
24Mann, Guenter GER19422212.57.512.5
25Peters, Stephan GER19131132.55.513.5
26Szobries, Harald GER19581132.55.511.0
27Stork, Joachim GER19912212.54.511.5
28Friesen, Viktor GER20962302.08.013.5
29Dittert, Volker 18242302.06.011.5
30Niediek, Cedric GER18541222.05.512.5
30Neukoetter, Moritz GER17841222.05.512.5
32Hagedorn, Alfons GER19451222.04.58.5
33Quehl, Thomas GER19452302.04.07.5
34Lamek, Dirk, Dr GER18911311.55.510.5
35Lueckner, Andreas GER18441311.55.013.0
36Henkemeier, Michae GER19131311.54.514.0
37Bentel, Robin GER19711311.52.58.5
38Maczkowiak, Thomas GER19230321.04.013.5
39Abbasov, Amil GER16831401.04.011.0
40Kuhn, Andreas GER19560321.03.511.0
43 players

18) Panama Open

The Panama Open was won by Sergei Tiviakov on 7.5/9 and took place 3rd-7th November 2011. My thanks to Roland Wimmer for the hard work he put into sorting out the games.

Panama Open 2011 Panama City PAN Thu 3rd Nov 2011 - Mon 7th Nov 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Tiviakov SergeiGMNED26507.538.052.541.0
2Arencibia Rodriguez WalterGMCUB25117.036.053.041.0
3Alvarez Pedraza AramisGMCUB25657.036.050.039.0
4Perez Rodriguez Luis ManuelGMCUB24757.035.050.538.5
5Shoker SamyIMEGY25127.033.545.035.0
6Ortiz Suarez Isan ReynaldoGMCUB25536.538.054.042.5
7Abreu Delgado AryamGMCUB24816.535.050.039.5
8Gomez Garrido CamiloIMCUB25376.534.550.039.0
9Corrales Jimenez FidelGMCUB25786.533.548.538.0
10Linares Napoles OleinyWGMCUB23356.533.050.039.5
11Espinosa Veloz ErmesFMCUB24526.532.045.035.0
12Lammers MarkusIMGER23926.529.042.033.0
13Ramirez AlejandroGMUSA25956.035.053.041.0
14Barrientos Sergio EGMCOL25176.033.551.040.0
15Ordaz Valdes Lisandra TeresaWGMCUB23586.033.550.540.5
16Prasca Sosa RafaelIMVEN24316.032.550.039.0
17Gongora Reyes MaikelIMCUB24286.031.047.537.5
18Martinez Romero MartinCOL23436.031.047.037.0
19Vitoux ColombanIMFRA24156.029.545.034.5
20Fernandez Rodriguez Angel LuisCUB21176.029.046.537.5
21Pina Vega SulennisWGMCUB23156.029.045.035.5
22Valdes RancesCMPAN21256.026.538.031.0
23Hevia Alejano Carlos AntonioFMCUB25205.534.555.543.5
24Pozo Vera SandroIMCUB24955.534.552.541.5
25Almeida Quintana OmarGMCUB25385.533.552.040.5
26Sanchez Alvarez Roberto CarlosFMCUB23945.532.549.540.0
27Ruiz Sanchez OrlenFMCUB24115.531.549.037.5
28Perez Garcia RodneyIMCUB24245.531.547.037.0
29Zapata AlonsoGMCOL24835.531.051.039.0
30Ostos JulioIMVEN23425.531.049.039.5
31Uribe Arteaga DanielCOL22285.528.547.537.0
32Contreras HenryFMCOL22405.528.546.537.5
33Arribas Robaina MaritzaWGMCUB23015.528.546.537.0
34Alvarez Marquez JohannIMVEN23985.527.543.533.0
35Molina JesusVEN22015.527.542.533.0
36Uribe MauricioIMCOL23485.527.540.030.0
37Ortiz MarcosNCA21865.526.542.533.5
38Sanchez Castillo SaraiIMVEN22375.523.034.526.5
39Arias Lemmys AIMESA23535.029.549.539.5
40Gallegos CarlosIMVEN24045.029.546.036.0
132 players

19) 15th Zenica International 2011

The 15th Zenica International took place 13th-19th November 2011. Goran Trkulja took clear first with 6.5/9. I could only find results on chess-results no official site nor games.

15th Zenica Int 2011 Zenica BIH Sun 13th Nov 2011 - Sat 19th Nov 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Trkulja GoranFMBIH23716.52.040.0
2Novoselski ZoranIMSRB23766.02.530.0
3Mestrovic ZvonimirIMSLO23725.02.520.0
4Martinovic SlobodanGMSRB24335.02.010.0
5Dizdarevic EmirGMBIH24854.51.030.0
6Radlovacki JovanIMSRB24294.02.010.0
7Kojic TigranBIH22893.52.510.0
8Muratovic EnverFMBIH23053.51.510.0
9Goric EsadIMBIH23823.51.500.0
10Radic BojanBIH21653.50.520.0
10 players

20) Zakopane Open 2011

The Zakopane Open took place 6th-12th November 2011. Vladimir Malaniuk edged out Pawel Weichhold on tie-break after both scored 7.5/9. Games from the first 6 rounds now available.

Zakopane Open 2011 Zakopane POL Sun 6th Nov 2011 - Sat 12th Nov 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Malaniuk, Vladimir PGMUKR25047.541.002420-0.25
23Weichhold, PawelPOL23047.540.0024151.47
35Nasuta, GrzegorzPOL22306.540.5023041.24
44Parligras, CosminROM22516.040.0021740.07
59Sabuk, PiotrPOL21766.038.502111-0.15
67Goluch, PiotrPOL22036.038.0022080.53
710Pietruszewski, MarcinPOL21496.036.002068-0.27
88Sowul, BartoszPOL21966.035.502098-0.33
96Kocwin, BartoszFMPOL22246.033.502069-0.77
1011Wisniowska, KlaudiaPOL21005.537.5021391.13
112Stoma, PawelPOL23165.536.002036-1.80
1217Poswiatowski, MichalPOL19425.535.0019730.96
1312Zochowski, KacperPOL20485.036.5020340.04
1419Galaszewski, PatrykPOL18325.033.5018720.63
1515Koitka, JakubPOL19635.033.001930-0.15
1623Psyk, RadoslawPOL17325.032.5018801.33
1722Murawko, KatarzynaPOL18135.030.5018520.31
1816Zarow, ZdzislawPOL19505.029.501706-2.24
1924Ogonowski, JakubPOL17245.028.001746-0.15
2013Zmarzly, AleksandraPOL20344.538.0020310.13
2125Lada, MichalPOL17024.536.0020262.82
2214Tabola, MarcinPOL20104.533.501863-1.43
2321Swiderski, RadoslawPOL18164.533.0019481.12
2430Korpalska, JoannaPOL16204.529.0017800.72
2534Pultorak, JanPOL15694.526.001629-0.02
2618Guca, KrzysztofPOL18414.033.501769-0.91
2720Cyra, DariuszPOL18324.031.501752-0.85
2838Domusa, MateuszPOL12254.030.5016763.26
2926Jaskiewicz, KamilaPOL16634.029.001621-0.73
3028Witczak, JakubPOL16364.028.501615-1.00
3133Murawko, JuliaPOL15734.028.501627-0.17
3237Domanski, LukaszPOL14514.026.5016361.01
3329Lewczuk, AntoniPOL16234.025.501613-0.82
3432Bernaszuk, KrzysztofPOL15784.024.001506-1.18
3527Lascar, RadoslawaPOL16443.532.001664-0.55
3635Parol, PolaPOL15633.530.0016760.51
3739Malinowska, MonikaPOL03.026.5014650.00
3831Marszalek, JakubPOL15843.026.001472-2.48
3942Wlodarczyk, JanPOL03.023.5013960.00
4036Zarow, ElzbietaPOL15093.021.001369-1.03
43 players

21) First Saturday November 2011

The First Saturday November took place 5th-16th November 2011. Attila Czebe won the main GM double round robin with 9.5/14.

Kalman Tamas 1-0 Szonyi Bence from the FMC Group (actually they call it the FMB Group but have a really confusing two FMA Groups one of which was a double round robin) is probably the wrong game as it is clearly decisive for black in the PGN file.

FSGM November Budapest HUN Sat 5th Nov 2011 - Wed 16th Nov 2011
Leading Final Round 14 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Czebe AttilaGMHUN25039.562.250.05
2Arnold Marc TIMUSA25047.551.250.03
3Ilincic ZlatkoGMSRB24477.550.250.03
4Maximov DmitryGMUKR24927.049.250.03
5Hunt Adam CIMENG24587.046.750.03
6Battey AlexanderFMUSA23366.041.501.03
7Goh Wei Ming KevinIMSIN24516.041.501.02
8Inants AghasiARM22885.538.250.03
8 players
FSIM November Budapest HUN Sat 5th Nov 2011 - Wed 16th Nov 2011. Category: 2. Ave: (2295)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts TPR
1 Citak, Selim FM TUR 2363 # = = 1 = = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 9 2482
2 Coleman, Teddy FM USA 2310 = # 0 1 = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 8.5 2451
3 Szamoskozi, Gabor FM HUN 2378 = 1 # 0 = = 0 1 0 1 1 1 = 7 2345
4 Holm, Sejer FM DEN 2222 0 0 1 # = = = = 1 1 = 1 = 7 2358
5 Csonka, Balazs FM HUN 2303 = = = = # = 1 1 = = = 0 = 6.5 2323
6 Szeberenyi, Adam IM HUN 2324 = = = = = # = = 0 0 1 1 = 6 2292
7 Hou, Qiang CHN 2322 = 0 1 = 0 = # 0 1 0 = 1 1 6 2292
8 Lengyel, Bela IM HUN 2258 0 = 0 = 0 = 1 # = 1 = = 1 6 2298
9 Szalanczy, Emil IM HUN 2281 0 0 1 0 = 1 0 = # 1 0 1 = 5.5 2267
10 Keschitz, Gyorgy FM HUN 2315 0 0 0 0 = 1 1 0 0 # 1 = 1 5 2236
11 Lyell, Mark FM ENG 2189 = 0 0 = = 0 = = 1 0 # 0 = 4 2178
12 Farago, Sandor IM HUN 2317 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 = 0 = 1 # 1 4 2168
13 Meurs, Tom NED 2247 0 = = = = = 0 0 = 0 = 0 # 3.5 2141
FSFMA November Budapest HUN Sat 5th Nov 2011 - Wed 16th Nov 2011. Category: None. Ave: (2018)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts TPR
1 Gupta, Bhaskar IND 1998 # = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 10 2403
2 Mayer, Istvan FM HUN 2031 = # 0 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 9 2279
3 Lee, Kai Jie Edward SIN 2003 0 1 # = = = 1 0 1 1 1 1 7.5 2152
4 Juracsik, Jozsef HUN 2172 0 0 = # = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7 2106
5 Farkas, Richard HUN 2111 0 0 = = # = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2074
6 Cross, Ted USA 2058 0 0 = = = # 0 = 0 1 1 1 5 1978
7 Bellan, Istvan HUN 1973 0 0 0 0 = 1 # 1 0 = 1 1 5 1986
8 Letay, Gyula FM HUN 2029 0 = 1 = 0 = 0 # 1 0 0 1 4.5 1952
9 Kristinsson, Bjarni Jens ISL 2045 0 0 0 0 = 1 1 0 # 0 1 1 4.5 1950
10 Zala, Gyula HUN 1999 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 1 # 1 1 4.5 1955
11 Jamalia, Natalie HUN 1984 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 # 0 1.5 1712
12 Makrai, Peter HUN 1812 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 # 1 1654
FSFMB November Budapest HUN Sat 5th Nov 2011 - Wed 16th Nov 2011
Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Koczo KristofHUN21477.030.000.05
2Darazs ZoltanHUN21036.027.000.02
3Waisberg ArnoldISR20215.526.250.03
4Dancs ZsoltHUN21145.523.500.03
5Lakat GyulaHUN18713.517.250.02
6Bacsi AndrasHUN19052.512.000.02
6 players
FSFMC November Budapest HUN Sat 5th Nov 2011 - Wed 16th Nov 2011
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Csetneki MarkHUN167910.047.500.010
2Mirza SolyomHUN09.038.750.08
3Breen AnthonyIRL16598.540.500.07
4Kalman TamasHUN16188.034.250.07
5Szonyi BenceHUN06.023.750.05
6Nagy PeterHUN15755.021.000.05
7Koltai DanielHUN14225.016.500.04
8Mihajlova DianaENG14545.016.250.04
9Bella ZsoltHUN14574.010.500.04
10Szabo MiklosHUN13453.513.000.03
11Czipp JanosHUN14542.03.500.02
12Somogyi KristofHUN13750.00.000.00
12 players

22) Martin Open 2011

The Martin Open in Slovakia took place 16th-20th November 2011. Alexey Kislinsky and Vladimir Sergeev finished on 5.5/7.

Martin Open 2011 Martin SVK Wed 16th Nov 2011 - Sun 20th Nov 2011
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Kislinsky AlexeyGMCZE25295.533.029.525.0
2Sergeev VladimirGMUKR25265.532.529.023.0
3Andreev EduardGMUKR24785.531.528.023.5
4Jurcik MarianIMSVK24665.531.028.023.0
5Manik MikulasGMSVK23935.031.028.023.0
6Repka ChristopherSVK21295.027.026.021.0
7Nemergut PatrikSVK18995.023.022.017.0
8Svana PeterSVK22584.533.530.022.0
9Druska JurajFMSVK23234.530.027.020.5
10Puskar JanSVK20154.529.026.518.0
11Burdalev KirillFMUKR23144.528.526.018.5
12Ostrochovsky AntonSVK19594.525.524.018.5
13Sarmir MilosSVK20484.028.526.018.0
14Cech DominikSVK21224.026.525.018.0
15Nemergut MatejSVK19524.026.024.018.0
16Milcova ZuzanaSVK19404.026.023.017.5
17Danada TomasSVK20624.025.022.515.5
18Galbavy DusanSVK18884.024.522.015.0
19Galvanek LadislavSVK20004.024.022.015.5
20Baleja MarianSVK19343.528.025.514.5
21Vandlik JaroslavSVK18383.527.525.014.0
22Liptak DusanSVK20813.524.523.014.0
23Bakalar JanSVK20203.522.020.513.0
24Vinarcik MilanSVK17543.521.520.011.5
25Volcko RichardSVK17853.520.518.011.0
26Polak VratkoSVK20733.519.518.010.0
27Liska VladimirSVK19443.516.515.011.0
28Belak JurajSVK03.026.524.016.0
29Macek KamilCZE19873.026.023.516.0
30Nedoba MilanSVK17873.025.023.012.0
31Revay PeterSVK03.023.021.011.0
32Simo LubomirSVK17423.022.521.511.0
33Remen IgorSVK16982.523.521.510.0
34Simo MarianSVK02.521.520.010.5
35Kolibik JanSVK16772.521.519.510.0
36Balint VladimirSVK15922.521.020.08.0
37Mojs RichardSVK02.521.019.57.0
38Zigo MilanSVK17832.521.019.010.0
39Gazo DanielSVK16772.520.018.55.0
40Kunzo SlavomirSVK16242.019.518.55.0
45 players

23) 3rd Tancat IM

The 3rd Tancat IM in Barcelona takes place over a number of weeks.

Chess results calls this event the III Tancat Mi Sant Marti apparently means 3rd Closed Sant Marti so I guess the next time I cover this series of events I'll probably go with 4th Sant Marti IM. You learn something new every day...

3rd Tancat IM Barcelona ESP Sat 1st Oct 2011 - Sat 26th Nov 2011. Category: 3. Ave: (2301)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Cruz, Jonathan IM PER 2412 # = = = = 1 1 1 1 6 2480
2 Avila Jimenez, Javier ESP 2279 = # = 0 = 1 1 1 1 5.5 2465
3 Sanchez Ibern, Marc FM ESP 2337 = = # 1 = 0 1 1 = 5 2398
4 Nunez Lucero, Francisco ESP 2161 = 1 0 # 1 = = = = 4.5 2363
5 Rojas Keim, Luis IM CHI 2408 = = = 0 # 0 1 = 1 4 2271
6 Tallo Dominguez, Imar ESP 2141 0 1 = 1 # 0 0 1 0 3.5 2281
7 Gonzalez Rodriguez, Jorge A. IM COL 2436 0 0 0 = 1 # = = 1 3.5 2228
8 Martinez Ramirez, Erik ESP 2301 0 0 = 0 1 = # = = 3 2200
9 Ryan, Joseph FM IRL 2288 0 0 = = 0 = = # = 2.5 2179
10 Aranda Gonzalez, Jose FM ESP 2246 0 0 = 0 1 0 = = # 2.5 2162

24) Hampshire Open 2011

The Hampshire Open was won by Craig Hanley with 5.5/6. Peter Williams on 5/6 won the Hampshire title by finishing 2nd.

Hampshire Open 2011 Eastleigh ENG Fri 4th Nov 2011 - Sun 6th Nov 2011
Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
RkNameRtgPts
1Hanley, Craig2415 5.5
2Williams, Peter A2239 5.0
3Hackman, Paul 4.0
4Shiatis, Rohan 3.5
5Gill, Oliver2006 3.5
6McDougall, Andrew 3.0
7Dawson, D 3.0
8Tambini, Jasper1924 3.0
9Coburn, Joseph A1792 3.0
10Waterfield, John2008 2.5
11Davies, EG 2.5
12Corkett, Anthony R2306 2.5
13Fowler, DW1712 2.5
14Edney, Richard 2.0
15Butcher, Doug 1.5
16McDougall, William M 1.0
16 players

25) OCF FIDE Fall 2011

The OCF FIDE Fall event saw a round robin won by Sergey Galant on 4/5 and an open won by Jason Wawrzaszek also on 4.5/5.

OCF FIDE Fall RR Oklahoma USA Sat 12th Nov 2011 - Sun 13th Nov 2011
Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
RkNameRtgPts
1Galant, Sergey21354
2Braunlich, Tom21913.5
3Patton, Thomas A20703
4Veal, Joe Dean19582
5Zelnick, David20102
6Whitcomb, B19730.5
6 players
OCF FIDE Fall RR Oklahoma USA Sat 12th Nov 2011 - Sun 13th Nov 2011. Category: None. Ave: (2056)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts TPR
1 Galant, Sergey USA 2135 # 1 0 1 1 1 4 2280
2 Braunlich, Tom USA 2191 0 # 1 = 1 1 3.5 2178
3 Patton, Thomas A USA 2070 1 0 # 1 0 1 3 2125
4 Veal, Joe Dean USA 1958 0 = 0 # 1 = 2 2004
5 Zelnick, David E USA 2010 0 0 1 0 # 1 2 1993
6 Whitcomb, Bran USA 1973 0 0 0 = 0 # 0.5 1707
OCF FIDE Fall Open Oklahoma USA Sat 12th Nov 2011 - Sun 13th Nov 2011
Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
RkNameRtgPts
1Wawrzaszek, Jason19914.5
2Klenda, Michael3.5
3Anderson, Mark C18373
4Maldonado Jr, Ernest 17593
5Chikkala, Srikar18103
6Temple, Judson18913
7Johnson, Chuck18852.5
8Jiang, Bryan2.5
9Fritze, Melvin P17442
10Triplett, Bill16642
11Duke, Brian2
12Webber, Clay2
13Jones, Robert L.2
14Kendrick, Caleb0
14 players

26) TCh-CZE Extraliga 2011-12

The Czech League takes place 8th October 2011 - 22nd April 2012. Division 1 games from Round 3 were on 13th November 2011. Round 4 are on the 27th November 2011.

Extraliga Round 3 on 3rd December 2011.

TCh-CZE Ext 2011-12 Prague CZE Sat 8th Oct 2011 - Sun 22nd Apr 2012
Leading Round 2 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1BSS Frydek-Mistek*55610.02.5
2Vystaviste Lysa nad Labem3*38.52.0
3Slavoj Ostrava - Poruba*38.03.0
4TJ Bohemians Praha3*05.51.5
5SK Zikuda Turnov*00.00.0
61. Novoborsky SK*00.00.0
7A64 VALOZ Grygov*00.00.0
8SK Rapid Pardubice*00.00.0
92222 SK Polabiny*00.00.0
10Tatran Litovel*00.00.0
11SK Zlin*00.00.0
12SK Labortech Ostrava*00.00.0
12 teams
TCh-CZE Liga 1 Zapad Prague CZE Sat 8th Oct 2011 - Sun 22nd Apr 2012
Leading Round 3 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam+-=MptsBpts
1SK Mahrla Praha300917.0
2TJ Slavia Hradec Kralove201714.5
3JOLY Lysa nad Labem B201713.5
4ERA-Postovni sporitelna A210616.0
5SK Holdia DP Praha B210615.0
6OAZA Praha111412.5
7SK AD Jicin111412.0
81. Novoborsky SK B120310.0
9Sakal Kozolupy120310.0
10TJ Pankrac02119.0
11ERA-Postovni sporitelna B02117.5
12SK Sokol Vysehrad03007.0
12 teams
TCh-CZE Liga1 Vychod Prague CZE Sat 8th Oct 2011 - Sun 22nd Apr 2012
Leading Round 3 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1A64 Grygov B * 915.55.5
2TZ Trinec * 913.53.5
32222 SK Polabiny B * 4713.04.5
4SK Zlin B * 5613.05.0
5Sachovy klub Karvina * 46412.53.5
6SK Duras BVK Brno-Kralovo Pole * 4412.03.5
7Tatran Litovel B3 * 6312.55.0
8SK Stare Mesto * 311.53.5
9SK Gordic2 * 39.02.5
10Labortech Ostrava B44 * 211.53.0
11Slavia Kromeriz4 * 111.03.5
12Slavia Orlova2 * 09.02.0
12 teams

27) Hungarian Teams 2011-12

The Hungarian Team Championship take place 25th September 2011 - 20th May 2012. Round 3 took place on 13th November 2011, games now available. Round 4 takes place on 27th November 2011.

TCh-HUN 2011-12 Budapest HUN Sun 25th Sep 2011 - Sun 20th May 2012
Leading Round 3 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112Pts
1HVSE 9.5 8 11.5 29
2ASE Paks 7.5 9.5 9 26
3Aquaprofit-NTSK 7.5 6.5 10 24
4MLTC 6.5 5.51022
5Z.Csuti-Hydrocomp SK 4.55.57 17
6Penzugyor SE2.5 5 9.517
7Honved ASE 4.5 6.55.5 16.5
8Komaromi VSK SE4 5.5 7 16.5
9Hungaropharma Decs 2.55.5 6.5 14.5
10Vasas SC0.5 5 6.512
11ASS-Makoi SVSE 326.5 11.5
12Toth Laszlo SE 2 2.5 5.5 10
12 teams

28) Bundesliga 2011-12

The Schachbundesliga 2011-12 takes place 14th October 2011 - 15th April 2011. The German event is the world's premier national team competition 15 rounds with possible tie-breaks 27th-29th April 2012. There has been a slight change in format with the rather odd split round 9 being ended. Instead the event kicks off with a triple round 1-3 at one venue Muelheim Nord 14th - 16th October 2011. The main shock was Baden-Baden's round 2 loss to hosts Muelheim, just their second match defeat since 2006.

Rounds 4-5 took place on 19th-20th November 2011. Rounds 6-7 10th-11th December 2011.

Bundesliga 2011-12 Germany GER Fri 14th Oct 2011 - Sun 15th Apr 2012
Leading Round 5 (of 15) Standings:
RkTeamGms+-=MptsBpts
1Werder Bremen5410824
2OSG Baden-Baden5410823
3SC Eppingen5410822
4SV Wattenscheid 19305311721.5
5SG Solingen5311721.5
6SF Berlin 19035212621.5
7SV Muelheim Nord5221520.5
8SK Koenig Tegel5221517
9SF Katernberg5221516.5
10SV 1930 Hockenheim5122419.5
11USV TU Dresden5230418.5
12SK Turm Emsdetten5122418.5
13SG Trier5131318.5
14Hamburger SK5131318
15SC Hansa Dortmund5131316
16SC 1950 Remagen5050016.5
16 teams

29) TCh-FIN SM-Liiga 2011-12

The Finnish SM Liiga takes place 17th September 2011 - 11th March 2012. Rounds 5-6 were on 19th-20th November 2011 games not yet available. Round 7 14th January 2012.

TCh-FIN SM 2011-12 Finland FIN Sat 17th Sep 2011 - Sun 11th Mar 2012
Leading Round 6 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeamGmsMptsTB1
1HSK, Helsinki6109
2Tammer-Shakki, Tampere6914
3Velhot, Porvoo6914
4MatSK, Espoo5911
5OSS, Oulu792
6EtVaS, Vantaa673
7SalSK, Salo564
8VammSK, Sastamala65-2
9JoeSK, Joensuu75-5
10TuTS, Turku62-8
11Aatos, Helsinki61-16
12SSK, Helsinki60-26
12 players

30) TCh-BEL 2011-12

The Belgian Team Championships are under way. Games from the first three rounds now available. My thanks to Luc Cornet and Herman Van de Wynkele for their help. Next round 4: 20th November 2011.

TCh-BEL 2011-12 Belgium BEL Sun 9th Oct 2011 - Sun 1st Apr 2012
Leading Round 3 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeamMptsBpts
1CREC 1663
2KSK Rochade 1658
3Ans 1554
4KGSRL 1453
5Borgerhout 1442
6KSK47-Eynatten 2346
7Fontaine 1245
8Amay 1245
9Anderlecht 1243
10Jean Jaures 1242
11KSK47-Eynatten 1043
12KBSK 1040
12 teams

31) Active Team Events

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

Swedish Elitserien 2011-12

The Swedish Elitserien takes place 7th October 2011 - 11th March 2012. Games now available from first three rounds. Round 4 14th January 2012.

TCh-SWE 2011-12 Malmo SWE Fri 7th Oct 2011 - Sun 11th Mar 2012
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeamGms+-=MptsBpts
1Lunds ASK3300619
2Team Viking3300618.5
3SK Rockaden, Sthlm3210416
4Eksjo-Aneby-Alliansen3210410.5
5Limhamns SK3120211
6Solna SS3120210.5
7SS Manhem3120210
8SK Rockaden Umea3120210
9Vasteras SK312028
10SK Kamraterna303006.5
10 teams

TCh-ISL 2011-12

The Icelandic Team Championships rounds 1-4 took place 7th-9th October 2011. Final Rounds 5-7 2nd-3rd March 2012. Games from rounds 1-4 now available.

TCh-ISL Div1 2011-12 Reykjavik ISL Fri 7th Oct 2011 - Sat 3rd Mar 2012
Leading Round 4 (of 7) Standings:
RkTeam12345678TB1TB2TB3
1TB A*68727.580
2TR A*19.060
3Hellir A*4418.040
4TV A2*16.540
5TB B04*515.550
6SA A3*13.540
7Matar14*11.010
8Fjolnir A*7.000
8 teams

4NCL 2011-12

The 4NCL started over the weekend of 12th-13th November 2011 in Staverton Park. Smith-Nitz and Smith-Ward from Round 1 are identical. One is surely wrong.

4NCL 2011-12 Staverton ENG Sat 12th Nov 2011 - Mon 7th May 2012
Leading Round 2 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam12345678MptsBpts
1Guildford 15½-2½6½-1½412
2Wood Green Hilsmark 15½-2½5-3410½
3Barbican 4NCL 23-55½-2½2
4e2e4.org.uk 12½-5½5-32
5Blackthorne Russia2½-5½4½-3½27
6Bristol 13½-4½4-41
7The AD's1½-6½4-41
8Anglian Avengers 13-52½-5½0
1Cheddleton 14½-3½6-2410½
2White Rose 14½-3½5-34
3Barbican 4NCL 13½-4½5½-2½29
4Jutes of Kent3½-4½5-32
5Cambridge University 12½-5½4½-3½27
6Oxford 13-54-3½27
7Wood Green Hilsmark 23-53½-40
8Guildford 22-63½-4½0
16 teams in two groups

50th TCh-DEN 2011-12

The 50th Danish Team Championships takes place 29th October 2011 - 11th March 2012. Two rounds over the first weekend and now games are available.

50th TCh-DEN 2011-12 Copenhagen DEN Sat 29th Oct 2011 - Sun 11th Mar 2012
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeamMptsBpts
1Jetsmark 1 412
2K41 1 2
3BMS Skak 49
4Bronshoj 139
5Arhus/Skolerne 13
6Team Nordea Skb2
7Sydostfyn 11
8Nordkalotten07
9Hillerod 0
10SK 1968 1 1
10 teams

Dutch League 2011-12

The Dutch League takes place 17th September 2011 - 22nd April 2012. Round 2 took place: 29th October 2011. Round 3: 26th November 2011.

Dutch Teams 2011-12 Amsterdam NED Sat 17th Sep 2011 - Sun 22nd Apr 2012
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeamRtg12345678910MptsBpts
1De Stukkenjagers22907412½
2Voerendaal2407412
3Utrecht23685312½
4Accres Apeldoorn23535310½
5Groningen23248212½
6SO Rotterdam2384212
7LSG235629
8HMC Calder242409
9HSG226530
10BSG229820
10 teams

Chinese League 2011

The Chinese League started 12th April. This week saw rounds 10-12: 10th-12th July. This year has been a bit of a mess after last year's clear coverage. The archive Chinese League Games hasn't been updated for a long time (maybe there is an archive elsewhere). Rounds 16-18 take place 5th-7th December 2011.

Chinese League Ningbo CHN Tue 12th Apr 2011 - Tue 6th Dec 2011
Leading Round 15 (of 18) Standings:
RkTeam1a1b2a2b3a3b4a4b5a5b6a6b7a7b8a8b9a9b10a10bTB1TB2
1Beijing * * 23433333442445.5
2Shanghai * * 33334322244.0
3Qingdao32 * * 1134331939.5
4Shandong212244 * * 231341742.0
5Tianjin22 * * ½24431336.5
6Jiangsu1133 * * 2321335.0
7Zhejiang222213 * * 1441236.0
8Chongqing22½32½412 * * 1133.0
9Hebei212234 * * 1033.5
10Sichuan12111 * * 930.0
10 teams

TCh-SVK Extraliga 2011-12

The Slovakian Team Championships take place 22nd October 2011 - 11th March 2012. Round 3 November 26th 2011.

TCh-SVK Ext 2011-12 Bratislava SVK Sat 22nd Oct 2011 - Sun 11th Mar 2012
Leading Round 2 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1SK Slovan Bratislava * 5610.50
27 Statocnych Kosice * 5610.50
3SK Dunajska Streda * 569.50
4SK PK Trencin3 * 7310.00
5SK Caissa Cadca * 638.50
6INBEST Dunajov3 * 538.00
7SKS Dubnica n/V * 37.00
8SK Modra * 4428.00
9SK Prievidza4 * 17.50
10SK MAGIC Liptov34 * 17.00
11MSK KdV Kezmarok23 * 05.00
12SK Doprastav Bratislava1 * 04.50
12 teams

TCh-AUT 2nd Bundesliga 2011-12

The 2nd Division of the Austrian Bundesliga is split into West and Mitte sections. Some strong players compete. Rounds 4-6 2nd-4th December 2011.

TCh-AUT 2 West 2011-12 Vienna AUT Fri 7th Oct 2011 - Sun 29th Apr 2012
Leading Round 3 (of 11) Standings:
RkSNoTeamGms+-=TB1TB2TB3
13SC Absam3300612.00
28Goetzis3201510.50
310ATSV Ranshofen3210410.52
41Zillertal3210410.50
512Kufstein / Woergl3210410.50
611ASK Salzburg 13210410.00
76Sparkasse Jenbach 2311138.50
87Bregenz312028.52
95Hohenems II312028.50
104Schwaz312027.00
112Rochade Rum303006.50
129Schwarzach303005.00
12 teams
TCh-AUT2 Mitte11-12 Vienna AUT Fri 7th Oct 2011 - Sun 29th Apr 2012
Leading Round 3 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1ZH-Technologies-Wolfsberg * 4612.00
2ASK St. Valentin * 610.50
3Union Ansfelden * 35511.50
4SV STEYREGG * 43510.50
5Union Styria Graz Kleine Zeitung2 * 45411.00
6Strassenbahn Graz * 49.50
7SpG. Sparkasse Grieskirchen/Schallerbach * 339.00
8SK Sparkasse Fuerstenfeld23 * 17.50
9SC Die Klagenfurter32 * 17.50
10SK MPO Maria Saal31 * 16.50
11SV ASVO Fundermax St. Veit/Glan * 07.50
12ESV Austria Graz1 * 05.00
12 teams

32) 26th SEA Games 2011

The 26th SEA Games 2011 took place 11th-22nd November 2011. Small number of entries in three sections well documented on chess-results. I couldn't find any games.

26th SEA Blindfold Jakarta INA Fri 11th Nov 2011 - Tue 22nd Nov 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
1Le Quang LiemGMVIE27147.01.00
2Gomez John PaulGMPHI25067.00.00
3Laylo DarwinGMPHI25025.50.00
4Purnama Tirta ChandraIMINA23845.00.00
5Nguyen Anh DungGMVIE24384.50.00
6Myo NaingIMMYA23173.52.00
Zaw Win LayGMMYA23773.52.00
8Mok Tze-MengIMMAS23633.51.50
9Lioe DedeIMINA23753.50.50
10Liew Chee-Meng-JimmyIMMAS23032.00.00
10 players
26th SEA Mixed Jakarta INA Fri 11th Nov 2011 - Tue 22nd Nov 2011
Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
RkSNoTeamGms+-=TB1TB2TB3
12Vietnam5401908.5
26Philippines5410807.0
35Malaysia5320605.0
44Indonesia5221506.0
51Myanmar5140202.5
63Thailand5050001.0
6 teams
26th SEA ASEAN Jakarta INA Fri 11th Nov 2011 - Tue 22nd Nov 2011
Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
1Kongsee UaychaiTHA04.00.00.0
2Wynn Zaw HtunMYA02.00.00.0
3Nguyen Huynh Minh HuyVIE01.50.51.0
4Halay TaufikINA01.50.50.0
5Antonio Rogelio JrPHI01.00.00.0
5 players

33) 33rd Arco Open

Another Arco Open correction, after which I'm done with this event.

34) Forthcoming Events and Links

Vizag GM Open 2011

25th Belgrade Trophy 2011

XXVII International Silesian Governor's Cup

3rd London Chess Classic

XXXII Crespi Memorial

3rd Penang Heritage City International 2011

Zadar Open 2011

11th Amplico Life International 2011

48th Groningen Chess Festival

Solidarity Day Festival 2011

Czech Chess Christmas 2011

5th Interlaken International Open

54th Reggio Emilia 2011-12

XLI Rilton Cup 2011-12

XXII Krakow Open 2011-12

Donostia Chess Festival 2011-12

Hastings Congress 2011-12

Northern California International

20th Fajr Open

12th Prague Open 2012

74th Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee 2011

A-Group Wijk aan Zee NED Sat 14th Jan 2012 - Sun 29th Jan 2012
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Carlsen, Magnus GM NOR 2823 1503014
2 Aronian, Levon GM ARM 2807 13300474
3 Karjakin, Sergey GM RUS 2772 14109603
4 Topalov, Veselin GM BUL 2768 2900084
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily GM UKR 2765 14100010
6 Kamsky, Gata GM USA 2756 2000024
7 Gashimov, Vugar GM AZE 2756 13400630
8 Nakamura, Hikaru GM USA 2753 2016192
9 Radjabov, Teimour GM AZE 2752 13400924
10 Gelfand, Boris GM ISR 2746 2805677
11 Giri, Anish GM NED 2722 24116068
12 Caruana, Fabiano GM ITA 2712 2020009
13 Navara, David GM CZE 2705 309095
14 Van Wely, Loek GM NED 2689 1000268
B-Group Wijk aan Zee NED Sat 14th Jan 2012 - Sun 29th Jan 2012
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Motylev, Alexander GM RUS 2690 4121830
2 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro GM CUB 2682 3503739
3 Harikrishna, Pentala GM IND 2672 5007003
4 Potkin, Vladimir GM RUS 2671 4131061
5 Tiviakov, Sergei GM NED 2647 1008013
6 Reinderman, Dimitri GM NED 2594 1001302
7 L'Ami, Erwin GM NED 2592 1007998
8 Ernst, Sipke GM NED 2581 1004689
9 Nyzhnyk, Illya GM UKR 2561 14118084
10 Timman, Jan H GM NED 2555 1000012
11 Lahno, Kateryna GM UKR 2554 14109336
12 Vocaturo, Daniele GM ITA 2537 813192
13 Cmilyte, Viktorija GM LTU 2525 12801259
14 Harika, Dronavalli IM IND 2505 5015197
C-Group Wijk aan Zee NED Sat 14th Jan 2012 - Sun 29th Jan 2012
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Turov, Maxim GM RUS 2643 4120086
2 Sadler, Matthew D GM ENG 2625 400173
3 Tikkanen, Hans GM SWE 2591 1706446
4 Brandenburg, Daan GM NED 2522 1011014
5 Danielian, Elina GM ARM 2517 13300210
6 Grover, Sahaj IM IND 2514 5021103
7 Paehtz, Elisabeth IM GER 2461 4641833
8 Tania, Sachdev IM IND 2419 5007844
9 Hopman, Pieter NED 2351 1005669
10 Ootes, Lars NED 2340 1019708
11 Schut, Lisa WIM NED 2290 1019481
12 Haast, Anne WIM NED 2264 1017292
13 Goudriaan, Etienne FM NED 2250 1021150

TCh-AUT 1st Bundesliga 2012

Moscow Open 2012

3rd Novy Bor Open

Reykjavik Open 2012

1st Lanta Open 2012

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