THE WEEK IN CHESS 892 12th December 2011 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Alexander Prokhorov, Roland Wimmer, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Wolfgang Evers, Jack Peters, Herman Van Riemsdijk, Frank Berry, Adolivio Capece, Sinisa Joksic, Dragan Babic, Yuri Vovk and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Vladimir Kramnik took clear first place in the London Chess Classic. Having played all three Kramnik was obviously please to win this one above Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen. Luke McShane has a day job in the city but could have won the whole event had he beaten Kramnik in their key difficult round 8 struggle. These players all gained rating points. The event was disappointing for World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand who now goes into heavy preparation for his defence against Boris Gelfand. Levon Aronian never got going either. The English players disappointed. Nigel Short was pleased at least not to finish last and got an advantage against Magnus Carlsen in the final round. The previously in form Michael Adams had a very trying event indeed, he never seemed to recover from his early loss to Luke McShane. The event produced a lot of fighting chess with the mixed strengths and form of the players being key to that.

Having attended the final rounds of the Classic I found this issue very difficult to compile and it has mostly been done in a hurry towards the end of Monday and early hours of Tuesdays. Hopefully there will not be too many mistakes.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 3rd London Chess Classic

The 3rd London Chess Classic took place 3rd-12th December 2011. Vladimir Kramnik took clear first beating all the English players and drawing the remaining games. Hikaru Nakamura overtook Magnus Carlsen to take second place by beating Michael Adams in the final round. Luke McShane was in the chase for first in a difficult game against Vladimir Kramnik that went wrong in time trouble. All four gained rating points, everyone else lost them.

Event: 3rd London Chess Classic
Place: London
CountryCode: ENG
StartDate: Sat 3rd Dec 2011
EndDate: Mon 12th Dec 2011
Website

London Chess Classic
Sat 3rd Dec 2011
Mon 12th Dec 2011
London
ENG
9 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 120m:60m:15m+30spm(61)

3rd London Chess Classic London (ENG), 3-12 xii 2011											cat. XX (2748)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2800	*	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	16	2934
2.	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2758	½	*	0	½	1	1	½	1	1	15	2887
3.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2826	½	1	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	14	2879
4.	McShane, Luke J	g	ENG	2671	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	1	13	2852
5.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2811	½	0	½	½	*	½	1	½	½	9	2740
6.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2802	½	0	½	½	½	*	1	½	½	9	2741
7.	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2698	0	½	½	0	0	0	*	½	1	6	2613
8.	Howell, David W L	g	ENG	2633	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	*	½	4	2569
9.	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2734	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	*	3	2498

Round 1 (December 3, 2011)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	45	E04	Catalan
Carlsen, Magnus	- Howell, David W L	1-0	40	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Aronian, Levon	- McShane, Luke J	½-½	42	D15	Slav Defence
Adams, Michael	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	49	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Round 2 (December 4, 2011)
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Aronian, Levon	1-0	54	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
McShane, Luke J	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	83	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Short, Nigel D	- Kramnik, Vladimir	0-1	43	C48	Four Knights Rubinstein
Howell, David W L	- Adams, Michael	½-½	35	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Round 3 (December 5, 2011)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Nakamura, Hikaru	1-0	41	C50	Giuoco Piano
Anand, Viswanathan	- Howell, David W L	½-½	65	D16	Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Aronian, Levon	- Short, Nigel D	1-0	60	E15	Queens Indian
Adams, Michael	- McShane, Luke J	0-1	61	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 4 (December 6, 2011)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	55	E21	Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Anand, Viswanathan	- Nakamura, Hikaru	0-1	49	E97	King's Indian Classical
Howell, David W L	- McShane, Luke J	0-1	37	C45	Scotch Game
Adams, Michael	- Short, Nigel D	0-1	71	C03	French Tarrasch
Round 5 (December 8, 2011)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Adams, Michael	1-0	55	E00	Catalan
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Howell, David W L	1-0	38	A22	English Opening
Aronian, Levon	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	39	D12	Slav Defence
Short, Nigel D	- Anand, Viswanathan	0-1	62	B52	Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 6 (December 9, 2011)
McShane, Luke J	- Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	31	B40	Sicilian Classical
Anand, Viswanathan	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	39	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Howell, David W L	- Short, Nigel D	½-½	36	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Adams, Michael	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	34	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 7 (December 10, 2011)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Howell, David W L	1-0	40	D27	QGA
Carlsen, Magnus	- Adams, Michael	1-0	38	E21	Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Aronian, Levon	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	25	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Short, Nigel D	- McShane, Luke J	0-1	36	C34	Kings Knight Gambit
Round 8 (December 11, 2011)
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Short, Nigel D	½-½	90	A21	English Opening
McShane, Luke J	- Kramnik, Vladimir	0-1	69	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Anand, Viswanathan	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	33	D58	Queens Gambit Tartakover
Howell, David W L	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	54	B09	Pirc Defence
Round 9 (December 12, 2011)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	32	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Adams, Michael	1-0	41	C36	Kings Gambit Modern Variation
McShane, Luke J	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	25	B11	Caro Kann Two Knights
Short, Nigel D	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	77	C50	Giuoco Piano

FIDE Open
Sat 3rd Dec 2011
Mon 12th Dec 2011
London
ENG
231 Players.
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

FIDE Open London ENG Sat 3rd Dec 2011 - Mon 12th Dec 2011 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts	TPR
1	Gupta, Abhijeet	GM	IND	2640	1	1	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	8.0	2785
2	Grover, Sahaj	IM	IND	2515	1	1	1	1	½	0	1	1	1	7.5	2651
3	Jones, Gawain C B	GM	ENG	2635	1	1	1	1	½	½	1	0	1	7.0	2632
4	Hillarp Persson, Tiger	GM	SWE	2530	1	½	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	7.0	2530
5	Das, Arghyadip	IM	IND	2470	1	1	1	0	1	½	1	½	1	7.0	2535
6	Summerscale, Aaron P	GM	ENG	2422	1	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	7.0	2434
7	D`Costa, Lorin A R	IM	ENG	2409	1	1	1	1	=	0	1	½	1	7.0	2601
8	Cornette, Matthieu	GM	FRA	2548	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	½	1	6.5	2476
9	Wells, Peter K	GM	ENG	2492	1	1	½	1	1	1	½	½	0	6.5	2543
10	Smith, Axel	IM	SWE	2480	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	½	1	6.5	2412
11	Hunt, Adam C	IM	ENG	2458	1	1	½	1	1	½	½	0	1	6.5	2475
12	Pert, Richard G	IM	ENG	2455	1	1	1	0	½	1	½	1	½	6.5	2477
13	Arkell, Keith C	GM	ENG	2418	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	0	6.5	2429
14	Houska, Jovanka	IM	ENG	2415	1	1	1	1	½	1	½	½	0	6.5	2573
15	Slavin, Alexei	IM	RUS	2400	1	1	1	=	½	1	0	1	½	6.5	2529
16	Bates, Richard A	IM	ENG	2386	1	1	0	½	0	1	1	1	1	6.5	2365
17	Mikkelsen, Nikolaj	IM	DEN	2381	1	½	1	0	½	1	1	½	1	6.5	2379
18	Weber, Tom	FM	LUX	2355	1	1	½	1	0	1	½	½	1	6.5	2486
19	Stoma, Pawel		POL	2316	½	0	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	6.5	2294
20	Tikkanen, Hans	GM	SWE	2586	1	0	1	1	0	1	½	1	½	6.0	2389
21	Pert, Nicholas	GM	ENG	2563	1	1	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	6.0	2452
22	Hebden, Mark L	GM	ENG	2515	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	6.0	2395
23	Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi	IM	IND	2411	1	1	1	0	1	½	½	½	½	6.0	2383
24	Thorfinnsson, Bjorn	IM	ISL	2402	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	6.0	2460
25	Rendle, Thomas E	IM	ENG	2389	1	0	1	1	1	1	½	½	0	6.0	2410
26	Buckley, Graeme N	IM	ENG	2383	1	½	1	1	=	½	0	½	1	6.0	2395
27	Ferguson, Mark	IM	ENG	2374	1	½	1	1	½	½	=	1	0	6.0	2451
28	Getz, Nicolai	IM	NOR	2369	1	1	0	1	1	½	0	½	1	6.0	2420
29	Crouch, Colin S	IM	ENG	2366	1	1	0	1	1	½	0	1	½	6.0	2424
30	Gislason, Gudmundur		ISL	2318	1	1	0	1	1	0	½	1	½	6.0	2393
31	Alfred, Nathan S W	FM	ENG	2294	1	½	1	1	0	0	½	1	1	6.0	2302
32	Coleman, David J	CM	ENG	2244	½	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	½	6.0	2170
33	Smith, Andrew Philip	FM	IRL	2167	=	1	1	0	1	1	1	½	0	6.0	2404
34	Tozer, Philip A A		ENG	2159	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	6.0	2199
35	Berg, Emanuel	GM	SWE	2566	1	1	1	½	½	0	½	1	0	5.5	2405
36	Cox, John J	IM	ENG	2423	½	½	1	1	0	1	½	1	0	5.5	2260
37	Ansell, Simon T	IM	ENG	2389	1	½	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	5.5	2234
38	Richardson, John R	FM	ENG	2331	1	½	1	0	1	1	½	0	½	5.5	2314
39	Berry, Neil	FM	SCO	2312	1	½	1	0	½	1	1	0	½	5.5	2277
40	Radovanovic, Jovica	FM	ENG	2309	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	½	1	5.5	2306
231 players

Women's Invitational
Sat 3rd Dec 2011
Mon 12th Dec 2011
London
ENG
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

Women's Invitational London ENG Sat 3rd Dec 2011 - Mon 12th Dec 2011. Category: None. Ave: (2195)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts	TPR
1	Ciuksyte, Dagne	IM	ENG	2327	#	1	=	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	7.5	2454
2	Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan	WIM	KAZ	2227	0	#	1	1	=	1	1	1	1	1	7.5	2465
3	Daulyte, Deimante	WGM	LTU	2238	=	0	#	=	1	1	=	1	0	1	5.5	2270
4	Mirzoeva, Elmira	WGM	RUS	2244	1	0	=	#	1	0	0	0	1	1	4.5	2190
5	Steil-Antoni, Fiona	WIM	LUX	2104	0	=	0	0	#	=	=	1	1	1	4.5	2205
6	Srebrnic, Ana	WGM	SLO	2219	0	0	0	1	=	#	=	=	1	1	4.5	2193
7	Lalic, Susan K	IM	ENG	2279	0	0	=	1	=	=	#	=	=	=	4	2143
8	Vovk, Oksana	WIM	DEN	2213	0	0	0	1	0	=	=	#	=	=	3	2068
9	Grigoryan, Meri	WFM	ENG	2026	0	0	1	0	0	0	=	=	#	=	2.5	2048
10	Lauterbach, Ingrid	WIM	ENG	2075	0	0	0	0	0	0	=	=	=	#	1.5	1936

3) 71st ch-ITA 2011

Fabiano Caruana won the 71st Italian Championship with 10 points in this 11 round event running 30th November - 11th December 2011.

Event: 71st ch-ITA 2011
Place: Perugia
CountryCode: ITA
StartDate: Wed 30th Nov 2011
EndDate: Sun 11th Dec 2011
Website

71st ch-ITA 2011
Wed 30th Nov 2011
Sun 11th Dec 2011
Perugia
ITA
12 Players.
11 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 100:50:15+30spm(1)

71st ch-ITA 2011 Perugia ITA Wed 30th Nov 2011 - Sun 11th Dec 2011 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1
1	Caruana Fabiano	GM	ITA	2727	10.0	50.75
2	Dvirnyy Daniyyl	IM	ITA	2475	6.5	33.25
3	Brunello Sabino	GM	ITA	2575	6.0	31.50
4	Ortega Lexy	GM	ITA	2478	6.0	28.50
5	Godena Michele	GM	ITA	2548	5.0	25.25
6	Caprio Guido	FM	ITA	2354	5.0	25.25
7	Bruno Fabio	IM	ITA	2437	5.0	24.75
8	Rombaldoni Denis	IM	ITA	2533	5.0	24.50
9	Codenotti Marco	FM	ITA	2293	5.0	24.50
10	Genocchio Daniele	IM	ITA	2440	4.5	24.25
11	Mogranzini Roberto	IM	ITA	2469	4.5	22.75
12	Rombaldoni Axel	IM	ITA	2459	3.5	18.75
12 players

71st ch-ITA 2011 Perugia ITA Wed 30th Nov 2011 - Sun 11th Dec 2011. Category: 10. Ave: (2482)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts	TPR
1	Caruana, Fabiano	GM	ITA	2727	#	1	=	1	1	1	1	1	1	=	1	1	10	2843
2	Dvirnyy, Daniyyl	IM	ITA	2475	0	#	1	1	=	=	=	1	=	=	=	=	6.5	2548
3	Brunello, Sabino	GM	ITA	2575	=	0	#	=	1	=	1	0	=	1	=	=	6	2510
4	Ortega, Lexy	GM	ITA	2478	0	0	=	#	0	1	=	1	1	=	=	1	6	2519
5	Caprio, Guido	FM	ITA	2354	0	=	0	1	#	0	=	1	0	=	1	=	5	2458
6	Godena, Michele	GM	ITA	2548	0	=	=	0	1	#	=	=	0	1	1	0	5	2440
7	Bruno, Fabio	IM	ITA	2437	0	=	0	=	=	=	#	0	1	1	=	=	5	2450
8	Codenotti, Marco	FM	ITA	2293	0	0	1	0	0	=	1	#	=	1	=	=	5	2464
9	Rombaldoni, Denis	IM	ITA	2533	0	=	=	0	1	1	0	=	#	=	0	1	5	2442
10	Genocchio, Daniele	IM	ITA	2440	=	=	0	=	=	0	0	0	=	#	1	1	4.5	2421
11	Mogranzini, Roberto	IM	ITA	2469	0	=	=	=	0	0	=	=	1	0	#	1	4.5	2419
12	Rombaldoni, Axel	IM	ITA	2459	0	=	=	0	=	1	=	=	0	0	0	#	3.5	2351

4) SportAccord World Mind Games

The SportAccord World Mind Games takes place 9th-16th December 2011. Rapid, Blitz and Blindfold events. Wang Hao won the very strong rapid tournament.

Event: SportAccord World Mind Games
Place: Beijing
CountryCode: CHN
StartDate: Fri 9th Dec 2011
EndDate: Fri 16th Dec 2011
Website
Results

Sport Accord WMG Rap
Fri 9th Dec 2011
Fri 16th Dec 2011
Beijing
CHN
16 Players.
7 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 20m+10spm(1)

Sport Accord WMG Rap Beijing CHN Fri 9th Dec 2011 - Fri 16th Dec 2011 Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	+	Pts	TB1	TB2
1	5	Wang Hao	GM	CHN	2736	5	5½	0	3
2	3	Gashimov Vugar	GM	AZE	2757	4	5	0	4
3	7	Kamsky Gata	GM	USA	2732	3	4½	0	4
4	11	Dominguez Perez Leinier	GM	CUB	2712	3	4	0	4
5	8	Ponomariov Ruslan	GM	UKR	2723	3	4	0	3
6	4	Grischuk Alexander	GM	RUS	2752	2	4	0	3
7	6	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	GM	AZE	2733	3	3½	0	3
8	15	Wang Yue	GM	CHN	2697	2	3½	0	4
9	12	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	GM	FRA	2710	2	3½	0	3
10	2	Karjakin Sergey	GM	RUS	2763	2	3½	0	3
11	16	Nielsen Peter Heine	GM	DEN	2693	1	3	0	3
12	14	Vallejo Pons Francisco	GM	ESP	2705	1	2½	2	4
13	13	Almasi Zoltan	GM	HUN	2707	1	2½	2	3
14	10	Le Quang Liem	GM	VIE	2714	1	2½	1	4
15	9	Giri Anish	GM	NED	2714	0	2½	1	4
16	1	Ivanchuk Vassily	GM	UKR	2775	1	2	0	4
16 players

SportAccord WMG Ra w
Fri 9th Dec 2011
Fri 16th Dec 2011
Beijing
CHN
16 Players.
7 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 20m+10spm(1)

SportAccord WMG Ra w Beijing CHN Fri 9th Dec 2011 - Fri 16th Dec 2011 Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	+	Pts	TB1	TB2
1	16	Kosteniuk Alexandra	GM	RUS	2439	5	6	0	3
2	3	Lahno Kateryna	GM	UKR	2549	4	4½	0	4
3	6	Dzagnidze Nana	GM	GEO	2516	3	4½	0	3
4	4	Ju Wenjun	WGM	CHN	2543	2	4½	0	4
5	7	Harika Dronavalli	GM	IND	2512	3	4	0	3
6	1	Hou Yifan	GM	CHN	2578	2	4	0	3
7	2	Muzychuk Anna	IM	SLO	2562	1	4	0	3
8	13	Dembo Yelena	IM	GRE	2468	2	3½	0	4
9	11	Cramling Pia	GM	SWE	2495	1	3½	0	4
10	5	Stefanova Antoaneta	GM	BUL	2531	1	3½	0	3
11	15	Paehtz Elisabeth	IM	GER	2457	2	3	0	4
12	12	Socko Monika	GM	POL	2479	2	3	0	3
13	9	Cmilyte Viktorija	GM	LTU	2503	2	2½	0	4
14	14	Skripchenko Almira	IM	FRA	2468	2	2	1	4
15	8	Zatonskih Anna	IM	USA	2506	1	2	0	4
16	10	Danielian Elina	GM	ARM	2497	0	1½	0	3
16 players

Sport Accord WMG Bl
Fri 9th Dec 2011
Fri 16th Dec 2011
Beijing
CHN
15 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 3m+2spm

SportAccord WMG Bl w
Fri 9th Dec 2011
Fri 16th Dec 2011
Beijing
CHN
15 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 3m+2spm

Sport Accord WMG BF
Fri 9th Dec 2011
Fri 16th Dec 2011
Beijing
CHN
7 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 20m+10spm(1)

SportAccord WMG BF w
Fri 9th Dec 2011
Fri 16th Dec 2011
Beijing
CHN
7 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 20m+10spm(1)

5) 78th ch-BRA 2011

The Brazilian Championship takes place 9th-20th December 2011.

Event: 78th ch-BRA 2011
Place: Campinas
CountryCode: BRA
StartDate: Fri 9th Dec 2011
EndDate: Tue 20th Dec 2011
Website

78th ch-BRA 2011
Fri 9th Dec 2011
Tue 20th Dec 2011
Campinas
BRA
12 Players.
11 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

78th ch-BRA 2011 Campinas BRA Fri 9th Dec 2011 - Tue 20th Dec 2011. Category: 10. Ave: (2484)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts	TPR
1	Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag	GM	BRA	2487	#			=							1	1	2.5	2665
2	Leitao, Rafael	GM	BRA	2626		#						=	1	1			2.5	2808
3	Mecking, Henrique	GM	BRA	2590			#		=	1					=		2	2574
4	Matsuura, Everaldo	GM	BRA	2487	=			#				=				1	2	2583
5	Fier, Alexandr	GM	BRA	2573			=		#				1	=			2	2644
6	Santiago, Yago De Moura	FM	BRA	2335			0			#				1	1		2	2631
7	Barbosa, Evandro Amorim	IM	BRA	2412							#	1	0			=	1.5	2455
8	Vescovi, Giovanni	GM	BRA	2637		=		=			0	#					1	2383
9	El Debs, Felipe de Cresce	GM	BRA	2477		0			0		1		#				1	2412
10	Di Berardino, Diego Rafael	IM	BRA	2491		0			=	0				#			0.5	2238
11	Jatoba de Oliveira Reis, Paulo	FM	BRA	2438	0		=			0					#		0.5	2198
12	Dos Santos, Haroldo Cunha	FM	BRA	2250	0			0			=					#	0.5	2189

6) Ragger - Rapport Match

Markus Ragger won the final game of an 8 game match to beat Richard Rapport 4.5-3.5 each in a match that ran 29th November - 6th December 2011 in Szombathely.

Event: Ragger - Rapport Match
Place: Szombathely
CountryCode: HUN
StartDate: Tue 29th Nov 2011
EndDate: Tue 6th Dec 2011
Website

Ragger-Rapport Match
Tue 29th Nov 2011
Tue 6th Dec 2011
Szombathely
HUN
2 Players.
8 Rounds.
Match

Ragger-Rapport Match Szombathely HUN Tue 29th Nov 2011 - Tue 6th Dec 2011 Player List
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Elo	FIDE Id
1	Ragger, Markus	GM	AUT	2662	1610856
2	Rapport, Richard	GM	HUN	2534	738590

7) Snowdrops vs Oldhands

The Oldhands beat the Snowdrops 21-11 in a match that took place 3rd-11th December 2011.

Event: Snowdrops vs Oldhands
Place: Prague
CountryCode: CZE
StartDate: Sat 3rd Dec 2011
EndDate: Sun 11th Dec 2011
Website
Results

Snowdrops vs Oldhand
Sat 3rd Dec 2011
Sun 11th Dec 2011
Prague
CZE
8 Players.
8 Rounds.
Schev
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

Snowdrops vs Oldhands Prague CZE Sat 3rd Dec 2011 - Sun 11th Dec 2011 Player List
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Elo	FIDE Id
1	Huebner, Robert	GM	GER	2580	4600010
2	Vaganian, Rafael A	GM	ARM	2577	13300016
3	Gulko, Boris F	GM	USA	2535	2000040
4	Hort, Vlastimil	GM	GER	2473	4600029
5	Muzychuk, Mariya	IM	UKR	2460	14114550
6	Pogonina, Natalija	WGM	RUS	2451	4147855
7	Tania, Sachdev	IM	IND	2428	5007844
8	Kulovana, Eva	WGM	CZE	2297	318779

8) 61st Greek Championships 2011

The 61st Greek Championships took place in Chania 27th November - 7th December 2011. Antonios Pavlidis edged out Nikolaos Galopoulos on tie-break I presume after both finished on 6.5/11. The women's event took place in Athens at around the same time and was won by Marina Makropoulou with 7/9.

Event: 34th Greek Women Championships 2011
Place: Athens
CountryCode: GRE
StartDate: Sat 26th Nov 2011
EndDate: Wed 7th Dec 2011
Website
Results

61st ch-GRE 2011
Sun 27th Nov 2011
Wed 7th Dec 2011
Athens
GRE
11 Players.
11 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

61st ch-GRE 2011 Chania GRE Sun 27th Nov 2011 - Wed 7th Dec 2011 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Pavlidis Antonios	IM	GRE	2414	6.5	24.75	6	0.0
2	Galopoulos Nikolaos		GRE	2379	6.5	23.25	6	0.0
3	Nikolaidis Ioannis	GM	GRE	2554	6.0	26.75	3	0.0
4	Aggelis Nikolaos	FM	GRE	2310	5.5	20.75	3	0.0
5	Mastrovasilis Athanasios	GM	GRE	2530	5.0	23.25	4	0.0
6	Moutousis Konstantinos	IM	GRE	2438	4.5	15.25	3	0.0
7	Pavlidis Anastasios	FM	GRE	2352	4.5	15.00	4	0.0
8	Kapnisis Spyridon	GM	GRE	2510	3.0	12.00	1	0.0
9	Naoum Spyridon		GRE	2131	2.0	6.00	1	0.0
10	Nikolaou Georgios		GRE	2233	1.5	6.50	1	0.0
11	Kourkounakis Ilias	IM	GRE	2381	0.0	0.00	1	0.0
11 players

34th ch-GRE w 2011
Sat 26th Nov 2011
Wed 7th Dec 2011
Athens
GRE
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

34th ch-GRE w 2011 Chania GRE Sun 27th Nov 2011 - Wed 7th Dec 2011. Category: None. Ave: (2140)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts	TPR
1	Makropoulou, Marina	WGM	GRE	2201	#	=	=	=	=	1	1	1	1	1	7	2353
2	Fakhiridou, Ekaterini	WIM	GRE	2180	=	#	=	=	=	1	1	1	1	=	6.5	2301
3	Pavlidou, Ekaterini	WIM	GRE	2176	=	=	#	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	6	2261
4	Makka, Ioulia	WIM	GRE	2126	=	=	1	#	=	0	=	1	1	=	5.5	2221
5	Iordanidou, Zoi		GRE	2169	=	=	0	=	#	1	1	0	1	=	5	2179
6	Ikonomopoulou, Maria	WFM	GRE	2129	0	0	1	1	0	#	0	=	=	1	4	2098
7	Pambalou, Fotini		GRE	2104	0	0	0	=	0	1	#	=	=	1	3.5	2064
8	Stefanidi, Maria-Anna	WFM	GRE	2073	0	0	0	0	1	=	=	#	0	1	3	2022
9	Markantonaki, Haritomeni	WFM	GRE	2128	0	0	0	0	0	=	=	1	#	=	2.5	1975
10	Makka, Evanthia		GRE	2110	0	=	0	=	=	0	0	0	=	#	2	1923

9) XVII Navalmoral Open

The XVII Navalmoral Open took place 3rd-7th December 2011. Sergey Fedorchuk won with 7.5/9.

Event: XVII Navalmoral Open
Place: Navalmoral
CountryCode: ESP
StartDate: Sat 3rd Dec 2011
EndDate: Wed 7th Dec 2011
Website
Results

XVII Navalmoral Open
Sat 3rd Dec 2011
Wed 7th Dec 2011
Navalmoral
ESP
68 Players.
9 Rounds.
Swiss

XVII Navalmoral Open Navalmoral ESP Sat 3rd Dec 2011 - Wed 7th Dec 2011 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Fedorchuk Sergey A	GM	UKR	2632	7.5	47.5	52.0	41.0
2	Shanava Konstantine	GM	GEO	2576	6.5	47.5	51.5	33.5
3	Granda Zuniga Julio E	GM	PER	2636	6.5	47.0	51.0	35.0
4	Koziak Vitali	IM	UKR	2494	6.0	47.0	51.0	32.0
5	Perez Candelario Manuel	GM	ESP	2558	6.0	45.5	50.0	32.0
6	Peralta Fernando	GM	ARG	2590	6.0	45.0	49.0	31.5
7	Mirzoev Azer	GM	AZE	2510	6.0	44.5	49.0	30.0
8	Korneev Oleg	GM	RUS	2608	6.0	43.5	48.0	31.0
9	Guliyev Namig	GM	AZE	2549	6.0	43.5	48.0	30.0
10	Perez Mitjans Orelvis	IM	ESP	2457	6.0	43.5	47.0	31.5
11	Aloma Vidal Robert	IM	ESP	2424	6.0	42.0	45.0	28.5
12	Asis Gargatagli Hipolit	IM	ESP	2444	6.0	40.5	45.0	28.5
13	Campora Daniel H	GM	ARG	2493	6.0	38.5	43.0	28.5
14	Teske Henrik	GM	GER	2538	5.5	46.5	50.5	34.0
15	Khamrakulov Ibragim S	GM	ESP	2518	5.5	45.0	48.0	30.0
16	Lalic Bogdan	GM	CRO	2454	5.5	43.0	46.5	29.0
17	Palencia Wilson	IM	COL	2311	5.5	39.0	42.0	27.0
18	Sanikidze Tornike	GM	GEO	2531	5.0	44.5	48.0	30.0
19	Fier Alexandr	GM	BRA	2573	5.0	43.5	48.0	28.5
20	Del Rio De Angelis Salvador G	GM	ESP	2534	5.0	43.0	46.5	31.0
21	Barria Zuniga Daniel	IM	CHI	2438	5.0	41.5	44.0	27.5
22	Garcia-Ortega Mendez Jose M	FM	ESP	2357	5.0	41.0	44.5	27.0
23	Cabezas Ayala Ivan	FM	ESP	2300	5.0	40.5	41.5	26.0
24	Pogorelov Ruslan	GM	UKR	2412	5.0	40.0	43.0	27.0
25	Garcia Romero Benjamin Abel		ESP	2184	5.0	40.0	42.5	25.5
26	Melero Fidalgo Juan De Dios		ESP	2221	5.0	39.5	43.0	23.5
27	Larino Nieto David	IM	ESP	2458	5.0	39.0	42.5	24.5
28	Komljenovic Davorin	GM	CRO	2451	5.0	38.5	42.5	24.5
29	Villegas Pierre		MNC	2249	4.5	43.5	47.0	26.0
30	Figuero Toro Julian Francisco		ESP	2236	4.5	43.0	46.5	25.0
31	Moreno Tejera Emilio	FM	ESP	2319	4.5	40.5	43.0	24.0
32	Torres Ventosa Pedro Eugenio	FM	ESP	2303	4.5	39.0	41.0	26.0
33	Pena Torres Jose Carlos		ESP	2073	4.5	38.0	40.5	20.5
34	Vila Dupla Aurelio	FM	ESP	2198	4.5	37.0	40.5	21.0
35	Lopez Rivera Jesus		ESP	1732	4.5	35.5	38.0	18.0
36	De Lucas Bello Federico		ESP	2065	4.5	35.0	38.0	19.5
37	Silva Miguel Antonio Neto		POR	1922	4.5	34.5	37.5	20.0
38	Ribeiro Jose		POR	2091	4.5	33.0	36.0	19.0
39	Luna Bueno Pedro		ESP	0	4.5	28.5	31.0	16.0
40	Gallardo Fernandez Cesar		ESP	2190	4.0	41.0	44.5	23.5
69 players

10) 25th Belgrade Trophy 2011

The 25th Belgrade Trophy took place in the municipality Obrenovac 24th November - 2nd December 2011. Sipke Ernst took first place on tie-break from Miodrag R Savic after both scored 7.5/9. Games from the final two rounds now available.

Event: 25th Belgrade Trophy 2011
Place: Obrenovac
CountryCode: SRB
StartDate: Thu 24th Nov 2011
EndDate: Fri 2nd Dec 2011
Website

25th Belgrade Trophy
Thu 24th Nov 2011
Fri 2nd Dec 2011
Obrenovac
SRB
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 120m+30m

25th Belgrade Trophy Obrenovac SRB Thu 24th Nov 2011 - Fri 2nd Dec 2011 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Ernst Sipke	GM	NED	2593	7.5	48.5	52.0	42.00
2	Savic Miodrag R	GM	SRB	2523	7.5	45.5	50.0	42.25
3	Damljanovic Branko	GM	SRB	2597	7.0	51.5	56.0	43.00
4	Strikovic Aleksa	GM	SRB	2564	7.0	51.0	54.0	41.00
5	Blagojevic Dragisa	GM	MNE	2514	7.0	48.5	53.5	40.75
6	Perunovic Milos	GM	SRB	2576	7.0	46.5	51.5	39.75
7	Neverov Valeriy	GM	UKR	2537	7.0	46.0	50.5	38.25
8	Todorovic Goran M	GM	SRB	2482	7.0	45.5	49.0	36.00
9	Pap Misa	GM	SRB	2511	7.0	44.0	48.0	35.50
10	Radlovacki Jovan	IM	SRB	2429	6.5	50.5	54.5	37.00
11	Indjic Aleksandar		SRB	2411	6.5	49.0	53.0	36.75
12	Tadic Branko	GM	SRB	2486	6.5	47.5	52.0	35.75
13	Lajthajm Borko	GM	SRB	2500	6.5	46.0	51.0	35.75
14	Cabrilo Goran	GM	SRB	2463	6.5	45.5	49.5	34.00
15	Janev Tihomir		BUL	2366	6.5	45.0	49.0	31.75
16	Videnova Iva	WGM	BUL	2297	6.5	43.0	46.5	31.50
17	Anton Teodor	FM	ROU	2380	6.5	42.0	45.5	30.75
18	Pancevski Filip	IM	MKD	2442	6.0	51.5	56.0	34.50
19	Filip Lucian	IM	ROU	2471	6.0	51.5	55.5	34.75
20	Olenin Nikolay	IM	RUS	2323	6.0	50.0	54.5	33.00
21	Nenezic Marko		SRB	2329	6.0	49.5	52.0	31.50
22	Drenchev Petar	GM	BUL	2499	6.0	47.0	52.0	32.75
23	Skurikhin Dmitrij	FM	RUS	2345	6.0	46.5	50.5	31.25
24	Sarenac Ivan		SRB	2327	6.0	46.0	49.5	30.50
25	Tosic Miroslav	GM	SRB	2444	6.0	44.5	49.0	30.00
26	Zivkovic Sava	FM	SRB	2321	6.0	44.5	48.0	28.50
27	Pikula Dejan	GM	SRB	2535	6.0	44.0	47.0	29.50
28	Milanovic Danilo	GM	SRB	2516	6.0	43.5	48.0	30.75
29	Menkinoski Riste	FM	MKD	2349	6.0	43.5	47.0	28.00
30	Cioara Andrei-Nestor	IM	ROU	2453	6.0	43.0	47.0	30.00
31	Miron Lucian-Costin	IM	ROU	2513	6.0	43.0	46.5	29.25
32	Cvetkovic Srdjan	IM	SRB	2395	6.0	42.5	46.0	27.50
33	Okilj Tigran		SRB	2053	6.0	42.5	46.0	26.50
34	Andrijevic Milan	IM	SRB	2333	6.0	41.5	45.5	28.75
35	Nikcevic Nebojsa	GM	MNE	2412	6.0	40.0	44.0	28.50
36	Robin Samy	FM	FRA	2323	6.0	38.0	41.5	25.75
37	Radosavljevic Slobodan D	FM	SRB	2234	6.0	36.5	39.0	23.25
38	Pantelic Sasa	FM	SRB	2341	5.5	47.0	50.5	28.25
39	Abramovic Bosko	GM	SRB	2450	5.5	45.5	49.5	28.25
40	Skare Goran	FM	SRB	2323	5.5	43.5	46.5	24.50
198 players

11) XXXII Crespi Memorial

The 32nd Crespi Memorial took place 3rd-11th December 2011. Jobava Baadur won with 8.5/9.

Event: XXXII Crespi Memorial
Place: Milan
CountryCode: ITA
StartDate: Sat 3rd Dec 2011
EndDate: Sun 11th Dec 2011
Website

XXXII Crespi Mem A
Sat 3rd Dec 2011
Sun 11th Dec 2011
Milan
ITA
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

XXXII Crespi Mem A Milan ITA Sat 3rd Dec 2011 - Sun 11th Dec 2011 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Jobava Baadur	GM	GEO	2678	8.5	46.50	50.50	2465.67
2	Malaniuk Vladimir P	GM	UKR	2504	6.5	47.00	50.00	2415.67
3	Shishkin Vadim	GM	UKR	2449	6.0	47.00	51.50	2417.44
4	Drazic Sinisa	GM	SRB	2537	6.0	47.00	50.50	2445.00
5	Kosic Dragan	GM	MNE	2502	6.0	44.50	48.50	2413.00
6	David Alberto	GM	LUX	2597	6.0	44.00	46.00	2420.78
7	Solodovnichenko Yuri	GM	UKR	2629	6.0	42.00	46.50	2349.67
8	Colovic Aleksandar	IM	MKD	2451	6.0	42.00	45.50	2302.89
9	Bellia Fabrizio	IM	ITA	2418	6.0	41.50	44.50	2309.67
10	Sedlak Nikola	GM	SRB	2592	5.5	48.50	53.00	2414.22
11	Martinez Rolly	IM	PHI	2420	5.5	47.00	51.00	2388.56
12	Salvador Roland	GM	PHI	2500	5.5	47.00	50.00	2343.11
13	Lazic Miroljub	GM	SRB	2459	5.5	46.00	50.00	2314.00
14	Valsecchi Alessio	FM	ITA	2376	5.5	45.50	49.50	2448.44
15	Doric Darko	IM	CRO	2504	5.5	45.00	49.00	2391.11
16	Sbarra Marco	FM	ITA	2245	5.5	39.00	43.00	2237.56
17	Anurag Mhamal		IND	2222	5.5	38.50	40.00	2250.44
18	Massironi Marco		ITA	2171	5.5	37.50	41.00	2184.44
19	Miracola Massimilian		ITA	2007	5.5	37.50	40.50	2257.67
20	Bove Alessandro	FM	ITA	2369	5.0	41.50	45.00	2285.89
21	Stella Andrea	IM	ITA	2448	5.0	40.50	44.50	2240.22
22	Giretti Kanev Jasen		ITA	2199	5.0	39.50	42.50	2235.67
23	Vezzosi Paolo	IM	ITA	2321	5.0	37.00	40.00	2186.89
24	Cacciola Alfredo		ITA	2080	5.0	34.50	36.00	2139.89
25	Brunello Marina	WIM	ITA	2221	4.5	40.50	43.00	2280.56
26	Salmoiraghi Angelo		ITA	2174	4.5	40.00	44.00	2205.33
27	Thakur Akash		IND	2324	4.5	40.00	43.00	2219.78
28	Formento Paolo		ITA	2133	4.5	38.50	42.00	2217.78
29	Cani Gazmir		ALB	2174	4.5	38.50	42.00	2209.44
30	Gongalov Bojan		BUL	2084	4.5	35.50	37.00	2223.11
31	Andreoni Giuseppe		ITA	2122	4.5	33.50	36.50	2154.22
32	Bemporad Filippo		ITA	2070	4.5	26.50	28.50	2125.89
33	Bozzali Ermanno		ITA	2133	4.0	39.50	43.00	2152.11
34	Nicolo Filippo		ITA	2024	4.0	37.50	41.00	2170.33
35	Gori Andrea		ITA	2087	4.0	36.00	38.00	2214.56
36	Astengo Corrado		ITA	2095	4.0	35.50	37.00	2132.00
37	Radice Luca		ITA	1969	4.0	34.50	36.50	2192.56
38	Battistella Stefano		ITA	2081	4.0	34.00	36.00	2163.33
39	Sardo Gabriele		ITA	2218	4.0	34.00	35.50	2171.44
40	Tramalloni Luca		ITA	2111	4.0	32.50	34.50	2154.11
58 players

12) First Saturday December 2011

The First Saturday December tournaments are coming to a close.

Event: FS December 2011
Place: Budapest
CountryCode: HUN
StartDate: Sat 3rd Dec 2011
EndDate: Tue 13th Dec 2011
Website
Results

FSGM December 2011
Sat 3rd Dec 2011
Tue 13th Dec 2011
Budapest
HUN
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

FSGM December 2011 Budapest HUN Sat 3rd Dec 2011 - Tue 13th Dec 2011 Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Antipov Mikhail Al	IM	RUS	2428	5.5	19.25	0.0	4
2	Szablowski Pawel	IM	POL	2433	5.0	18.25	0.0	4
3	Czebe Attila	GM	HUN	2503	4.5	10.75	0.0	3
4	Simonian Hrair	GM	ARM	2468	4.5	9.75	0.0	4
5	Akesson Ralf	GM	SWE	2421	4.0	10.00	0.0	2
6	Mihok Oliver	IM	HUN	2472	3.5	8.50	0.0	2
7	Kislik Erik Andrew	FM	USA	2371	3.5	8.00	0.0	2
8	Kargin Arseny	IM	RUS	2411	2.0	8.75	0.0	0
9	Keschitz Gyorgy	FM	HUN	2315	1.5	6.75	0.0	1
10	Rodriguez Lopez Rafael	IM	ESP	2296	1.0	1.50	0.0	1
10 players

FSIM December 2011
Sat 3rd Dec 2011
Tue 13th Dec 2011
Budapest
HUN
11 Players.
11 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

FSIM December 2011 Budapest HUN Sat 3rd Dec 2011 - Tue 13th Dec 2011 Leading Round 10 (of 11) Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Galyas Miklos	IM	HUN	2468	7.0	27.75	0.0	5
2	Bagi Mate	FM	HUN	2311	6.5	26.25	0.0	5
3	Szalanczy Emil	IM	HUN	2281	6.0	23.75	0.0	5
4	Krumpacnik Domen	IM	SLO	2377	6.0	21.00	0.0	5
5	Farago Sandor	IM	HUN	2317	5.0	16.75	0.0	4
6	Szeberenyi Adam	IM	HUN	2324	4.5	18.75	0.0	3
7	Lyell Mark	FM	ENG	2189	4.0	16.25	0.0	3
8	Kantor Gergely		HUN	2292	4.0	14.75	0.0	1
9	Lengyel Bela	IM	HUN	2258	3.5	13.00	0.0	1
10	Dolgener Tobias		GER	2231	3.0	8.25	0.0	2
11 players

FSFMA December 2011
Sat 3rd Dec 2011
Tue 13th Dec 2011
Budapest
HUN
12 Players.
11 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

FSFMA December 2011 Budapest HUN Sat 3rd Dec 2011 - Tue 13th Dec 2011 Leading Round 10 (of 11) Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Kozak Adam		HUN	1864	8.5	36.25	0.0	8
2	Juracsik Jozsef		HUN	2172	7.5	31.25	0.0	5
3	Dancs Zsolt		HUN	2114	7.5	28.50	0.0	6
4	Koczo Kristof		HUN	2147	7.0	28.25	0.0	6
5	Mester Attila		HUN	2084	6.0	27.00	0.0	5
6	Gupta Bhaskar		IND	1998	6.0	18.75	0.0	5
7	Gal Hanna Krisztina		HUN	1924	4.5	18.75	0.0	3
8	Farkas Richard		HUN	2111	4.5	15.25	0.0	3
9	Laza Szabolcs		HUN	1869	3.0	11.00	0.0	3
10	Zala Gyula		HUN	1999	3.0	5.50	0.0	3
11	Letay Gyula	FM	HUN	2029	2.0	10.00	0.0	1
12	Zilahi Gabor		HUN	2007	0.5	1.00	0.0	0
12 players

FSFMB December 2011
Sat 3rd Dec 2011
Tue 13th Dec 2011
Budapest
HUN
12 Players.
11 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

FSFMB December 2011 Budapest HUN Sat 3rd Dec 2011 - Tue 13th Dec 2011 Leading Round 10 (of 11) Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Csetneki Mark		HUN	1679	8.5	33.00	0.0	8
2	Mayer Istvan	FM	HUN	2031	8.0	32.00	0.0	8
3	Wanger Tamas		HUN	1846	8.0	31.50	0.0	7
4	Takacs Kevin		HUN	1788	7.5	33.00	0.0	6
5	Lukacs Albert		HUN	1715	7.0	22.50	0.0	6
6	Naghib Parisa		IRI	1653	5.5	14.50	0.0	5
7	Engelbrecht Imre Dr		HUN	1651	4.5	14.00	0.0	4
8	Shan He Jia Rita		HUN	1567	4.0	11.25	0.0	3
9	Breen Anthony		IRL	1659	4.0	8.50	0.0	3
10	Jones Peter		AUS	1377	2.0	5.25	0.0	0
11	Mihajlova Diana		ENG	1454	0.5	1.00	0.0	0
	Somogyi Akos		HUN	1258	0.5	1.00	0.0	0
12 players

13) Ascona Chess Festival 2011

The Ascona Chess Festival took place 4th-9th December 2011. Games may follow.

Event: Ascona Chess Festival 2011
Place: Ascona
CountryCode: SUI
StartDate: Sun 4th Dec 2011
EndDate: Fri 9th Dec 2011
Website
Results

Ascona Gp A
Sun 4th Dec 2011
Fri 9th Dec 2011
Ascona
SUI
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 100m+30spm
Email: sympa-marketing@bluewin.ch

Ascona Gp A Ascona SUI Sun 4th Dec 2011 - Fri 9th Dec 2011 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Ninov Nikolai	IM	BUL	2508	6.0	24.50	3	0.0
2	Oratovsky Michael	GM	ISR	2522	5.5	22.75	2	0.0
3	Zeller Frank	IM	GER	2375	5.5	21.50	5	0.0
4	Strikovic Aleksa	GM	SRB	2564	5.5	21.25	3	0.0
5	Botta Gabriele	FM	SUI	2303	5.0	20.00	3	0.0
6	Mirumian Vigen	GM	CZE	2530	5.0	19.75	3	0.0
7	Lund Silas	IM	DEN	2398	4.0	18.50	2	0.0
8	Foisor Cristina-Adela	IM	ROU	2418	4.0	15.00	3	0.0
9	Trois Francisco R T	IM	BRA	2275	4.0	14.75	2	0.0
10	Salvetti Alec	FM	ITA	2248	0.5	2.00	0	0.0
10 players

Ascona Gp B
Sun 4th Dec 2011
Fri 9th Dec 2011
Ascona
SUI
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 100m+30spm
Email: sympa-marketing@bluewin.ch

Ascona Gp B Ascona SUI Sun 4th Dec 2011 - Fri 9th Dec 2011 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Joie Sebastien		FRA	2249	7.0	28.25	5	0.0
2	Grunberg Mihai-Lucian	IM	ROU	2417	7.0	27.50	5	0.0
3	Foisor Mihaela-Veronica	WFM	ROU	2192	5.0	20.25	2	0.0
4	Foisor Ovidiu-Doru	IM	ROU	2386	5.0	20.00	2	0.0
5	Duport Nicolas		SUI	2193	5.0	19.25	4	0.0
6	Paleologu Vladimir		SUI	2174	4.0	17.75	1	0.0
7	Joksic Sinisa	IM	SRB	2255	3.5	13.25	1	0.0
8	Boschetti Claudio		SUI	2110	3.5	12.50	1	0.0
9	Brancaleoni Maurizio	FM	ITA	2275	2.5	11.00	0	0.0
10	Medici Simone		SUI	2090	2.5	9.25	0	0.0
10 players

Ascona Open
Sun 4th Dec 2011
Fri 9th Dec 2011
Ascona
SUI
5 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 100m+30spm
Email: sympa-marketing@bluewin.ch

14) 47th American Open 2011

The 47th American Open took place 24th-27th November 2011. Varuzhan Akobian won with 7/8.

Jack Peters sends games, results and reports: "The 47th annual American Open, which took place Nov. 24-27 in Orange, California. Grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian, California's best player, won convincingly with a score of 7-1. Second was GM Joshua Friedel, 6-2. Next were IM Zhanibek Amanov and IM Enrico Sevillano, each 5.5-2.5. There were 28 players in the Open section, and 235 players in the entire seven-section event."

Event: 47th American Open 2011
Place: Orange
CountryCode: USA
StartDate: Thu 24th Nov 2011
EndDate: Sun 27th Nov 2011
Website

47th American Open
Thu 24th Nov 2011
Sun 27th Nov 2011
Orange
USA
28 Players.
8 Rounds.
Swiss

47th American Open Orange USA Thu 24th Nov 2011 - Sun 27th Nov 2011 Leading Final Round 8 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pts
1	Varuzhan Akobian	GM	2698	W12	W14	D2	W24	W5	W18	W7	D3	7.0
2	Joshua Friedel	GM	2578	W24	W13	D1	D3	W9	W6	D5	D4	6.0
3	Enrico Sevillano	IM	2507	L13	W21	D16	D2	W24	W10	W18	D1	5.5
4	Zhanibek Amanov	IM	2509	D28	W27	W20	L5	D10	W13	W14	D2	5.5
5	Melikset Khachiyan	GM	2522	W9	H---	W18	W4	L1	H---	D2	D7	5.0
6	Edward Perepelitsky		2216	L7	W22	D26	W20	W11	L2	D12	W13	5.0
7	Larry A Remlinger	IM	2476	W6	W11	H---	D18	W13	H---	L1	D5	5.0
8	Harutyun Akopyan	FM	2273	D19	L9	W27	W25	L18	W11	W20	D10	5.0
9	Steven Breckenridge		2264	L5	W8	W17	W26	L2	L14	D15	W18	4.5
10	Peter Zavadsky		2301	W23	L18	W19	D11	D4	L3	W17	D8	4.5
11	Konstantin Kavutskiy		2324	W15	L7	W28	D10	L6	L8	W23	W19	4.5
12	David Adelberg		2357	L1	L24	B---	H---	W25	W15	D6	H---	4.5
13	Eduardo N Ortiz	FM	2290	W3	L2	W14	W16	L7	L4	W21	L6	4.0
14	John Daniel Bryant	FM	2454	W16	L1	L13	W21	W19	W9	L4	U---	4.0
15	Alexander B King		2133	L11	D23	D22	W28	W26	L12	D9	D16	4.0
16	Kyron W Griffith		2287	L14	B---	D3	L13	D22	D19	W27	D15	4.0
17	Vanessa A West		2175	H---	H---	L9	L19	B---	W22	L10	W27	4.0
18	Jack Peters	IM	2423	W25	W10	L5	D7	W8	L1	L3	L9	3.5
19	Phillip Perepelitsky		2173	D8	D28	L10	W17	L14	D16	W22	L11	3.5
20	Eugene Yanayt	FM	2309	W22	H---	L4	L6	W23	W24	L8	U---	3.5
21	Feiyue Yang		2058	B---	L3	L24	L14	W27	W25	L13	D23	3.5
22	Daniel Y Mousseri		2095	L20	L6	D15	W27	D16	L17	L19	B---	3.0
23	Mark R Rand		2044	L10	D15	L25	B---	L20	W27	L11	D21	3.0
24	Julian W Landaw	FM	2356	L2	W12	W21	L1	L3	L20	U---	U---	2.0
25	Jeff Phillips		2206	L18	H---	W23	L8	L12	L21	H---	U---	2.0
26	William Mark Duckworth	FM	2364	H---	H---	D6	L9	L15	U---	U---	U---	1.5
27	Michael Anderson		1912	B---	L4	L8	L22	L21	L23	L16	L17	1.0
28	Svetosl Dorobanov	FM	2254	D4	D19	L11	L15	U---	U---	U---	U---	1.0
28 players

15) 8th Vasylyshyn Memorial

The 8th Vasylyshyn Memorial took place 29th November - 7th December 2011. Yuri Vovk sends the games and won the GM group.

Event: 8th Vasylyshyn Memorial
Place: Lviv
CountryCode: UKR
StartDate: Tue 29th Nov 2011
EndDate: Wed 7th Dec 2011
Website

8th Vasylyshyn GM
Tue 29th Nov 2011
Wed 7th Dec 2011
Lviv
UKR
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR

8th Vasylyshyn GM Lviv UKR Tue 29th Nov 2011 - Wed 7th Dec 2011. Category: 9. Ave: (2459)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts	TPR
1	Vovk, Yuri	GM	UKR	2571	#	=	1	1	=	=	=	1	1	1	7	2667
2	Vovk, Andrey	GM	UKR	2551	=	#	=	=	1	0	=	1	1	=	5.5	2529
3	Goganov, Aleksey	IM	RUS	2484	0	=	#	=	1	1	0	1	1	=	5.5	2536
4	Vysochin, Spartak	GM	UKR	2552	0	=	=	#	=	=	1	1	=	1	5.5	2529
5	Chekhov, Sergei	FM	RUS	2421	=	0	0	=	#	=	=	1	1	1	5	2506
6	Baghdasaryan, Vahe		ARM	2362	=	1	0	=	=	#	1	0	1	0	4.5	2470
7	Molnar, Peter	FM	SVK	2363	=	=	1	0	=	0	#	=	0	=	3.5	2390
8	Tregubov, Vadim		UKR	2397	0	0	0	0	0	1	=	#	=	1	3	2341
9	Semcesen, Daniel	IM	SWE	2490	0	0	0	=	0	0	1	=	#	1	3	2331
10	Ris, Robert	IM	NED	2400	0	=	=	0	0	1	=	0	0	#	2.5	2300

8th Vasylyshyn IM
Tue 29th Nov 2011
Wed 7th Dec 2011
Lviv
UKR
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR

8th Vasylyshyn IM Lviv UKR Tue 29th Nov 2011 - Wed 7th Dec 2011. Category: None. Ave: (2248)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts	TPR
1	Yildiz, Betul Cemre	WIM	TUR	2297	#	1	1	1	=	1	1	=	=	1	7.5	2516
2	Kostin, Alexey	IM	RUS	2333	0	#	1	0	1	1	1	=	1	1	6.5	2405
3	Petrosyan, Tigran S.		ARM	2255	0	0	#	1	0	1	1	=	1	1	5.5	2327
4	Buksa, Nataliya		UKR	2062	0	1	0	#	0	0	1	1	=	1	4.5	2269
5	Terletsky, Oleg		UKR	2185	=	0	1	1	#	1	0	0	0	=	4	2212
6	Volovikov, Anton	FM	UKR	2315	0	0	0	1	0	#	0	1	1	1	4	2198
7	Vetoshko, Volodymyr		UKR	2242	0	0	0	0	1	1	#	=	=	1	4	2206
8	Zajarnyi, Anatolyi	IM	MDA	2333	=	=	=	0	1	0	=	#	=	0	3.5	2159
9	Nester, Ihor	IM	UKR	2341	=	0	0	=	1	0	=	=	#	=	3.5	2158
10	Shtembuliak, Evgeny	FM	UKR	2119	0	0	0	0	=	0	0	1	=	#	2	2043

16) 45th ch-RSA 2011

Keith Rust sends news of the 45th South African Championship. "45th South African championships took place from 26/11 to 4/12 in Cape Town. Single round robin with standard FIDE time control of 40 in 90m plus 30m with 30s increment. The joint winners on 9/11 were Henry Steel and Watu Kobese, with Steel taking the trophy on tiebreak after his win in their direct encounter. Photos and coverage on newly launched chessbuddy.co.za website as well as the CHESSA website. "

Event: 45th ch-RSA 2011
Place: Cape Town
CountryCode: RSA
StartDate: Sat 26th Nov 2011
EndDate: Sun 4th Dec 2011
Website

45th ch-RSA 2011
Sat 26th Nov 2011
Sun 4th Dec 2011
Cape Town
RSA
12 Players.
11 Rounds.
SRR

45th ch-RSA 2011 Cape Town RSA Sat 26th Nov 2011 - Sun 4th Dec 2011. Category: None. Ave: (2191)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts	TPR
1	Steel, Henry Robert	FM	RSA	2388	#	1	0	=	1	1	1	1	1	=	1	1	9	2436
2	Kobese, Watu	IM	RSA	2355	0	#	1	1	1	=	1	1	=	1	1	1	9	2439
3	Cawdery, Daniel	CM	RSA	2269	1	0	#	=	=	1	=	1	1	=	1	1	8	2359
4	Van den Heever, Donovan	CM	RSA	2287	=	0	=	#	1	1	=	=	=	1	1	=	7	2285
5	Dole, Anant		RSA	2113	0	0	=	0	#	=	1	=	1	1	=	1	6	2235
6	Mosetlhe, Kgaugelo		RSA	2138	0	=	0	0	=	#	1	1	=	=	=	=	5	2160
7	Ovcina, Dennis		RSA	2249	0	0	=	=	0	0	#	0	1	1	=	1	4.5	2121
8	Van Rensburg, Ryan Pierre		RSA	2103	0	0	0	=	=	0	1	#	=	=	=	1	4.5	2134
9	Bouah, Lyndon	CM	RSA	2148	0	=	0	=	0	=	0	=	#	=	1	=	4	2093
10	Klaver, Cornelis		RSA	2098	=	0	=	0	0	=	0	=	=	#	=	=	3.5	2067
11	Hercules, Benjamin Vincent		RSA	2056	0	0	0	0	=	=	=	=	0	=	#	=	3	2029
12	Klaasen, Calvin Jong		RSA	2093	0	0	0	=	0	=	0	0	=	=	=	#	2.5	1989

17) 3rd OCF Thanksgiving Open 2011

The 3rd OCF Thanksgiving Open took place 25th - 27th November 2011. Frank Berry sends games and results. William Orton and Tom Braunlich finished on 6.5/7.

Event: 3rd OCF Thanksgiving Open 2011
Place: Stillwater
CountryCode: USA
StartDate: Fri 25th Nov 2011
EndDate: Sun 27th Nov 2011
Website

3rd OCF Thanksgiving
Fri 25th Nov 2011
Sun 27th Nov 2011
Stillwater
USA
24 Players.
8 Rounds.
Swiss

3rd OCF Thanksgiving Stillwater USA Fri 25th Nov 2011 - Sun 27th Nov 2011 Leading Final Round 8 Standings:
Rk	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts
1	Orton, William R	USA	2150	6.5
2	Braunlich, Tom	USA	2191	6.5
3	Gradsky, Ben	USA		6
4	Langer, Michael	USA	2206	5.5
5	Long, James	USA	2020	5
6	Holliman, Bob	USA	2070	4.5
7	Hatcher, Wayne	USA	1932	4.5
8	Zhong, Howard	USA		4.5
9	Berry, James E.	USA	2003	4.5
10	Johnson, Chuck	USA	1885	4
11	Giminez, Randy	USA	1811	4
12	Bohanan, Jesse	USA	04/08/11	4
13	Nickels, Erik	USA	1732	4
14	Kelly, Joey	USA	1856	4
15	Latino, Carl	USA	2020	3.5
16	Chikkala, Srikar	USA	1810	3.5
17	Anderson, Mark	USA	1840	3
18	Dutiel, Tony	USA	1957	3
19	Morgan, James	USA	02/06/11	3
20	Jiang, Bryan	USA		3
21	Garrett, Bill	USA	1950	3
22	Crumpler, Ken	USA	1750	2.5
23	Wharry, Steve	USA	2000	2.5
24	Burklow, Ron	USA		1
24 players

18) ITT Pre Jahv Mcgregor 2011

The ITT Pre Jahv Mcgregor took place 30th November - 4th December 2011. Emilio Cordova won on tie-break.

Event: ITT Pre Jahv Mcgregor 2011
Place: Bogota
CountryCode: COL
StartDate: Wed 30th Nov 2011
EndDate: Sun 4th Dec 2011
Website
Results

ITT Pre Jahv Mcgregor
Wed 30th Nov 2011
Sun 4th Dec 2011
Bogota
COL
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR

ITT Pre Jahv Mcgregor Bogota COL Wed 30th Nov 2011 - Sun 4th Dec 2011. Category: 6. Ave: (2393)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts	TPR
1	Cordova, Emilio	GM	PER	2538	#	=	=	=	=	1	1	=	1	1	6.5	2543
2	Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo	GM	CUB	2553	=	#	0	=	1	1	=	1	1	1	6.5	2541
3	Zuluaga, Cesar	FM	COL	2365	=	1	#	=	0	0	=	1	1	1	5.5	2476
4	Perez Rodriguez, Luis Manuel	GM	CUB	2475	=	=	=	#	=	=	=	=	=	1	5	2427
5	Martinez Romero, Martin		COL	2343	=	0	1	=	#	=	=	0	1	1	5	2442
6	Shoker, Samy	IM	EGY	2512	0	0	1	=	=	#	=	1	0	1	4.5	2380
7	Rios, Cristhian Camilo	FM	COL	2388	0	=	=	=	=	=	#	0	1	1	4.5	2394
8	Becerra, Juan David		COL	2280	=	0	0	=	1	0	1	#	1	0	4	2363
9	Rojas Barrero, Andres Humberto		COL	2249	0	0	0	=	0	1	0	0	#	1	2.5	2243
10	Uribe Arteaga, Daniel		COL	2228	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	#	1	2060

19) Porec Open 2011

The Peroc Open took place 1st-4th December 2011.

Event: Porec Open 2011
Place: Porec
CountryCode: CRO
StartDate: Thu 1st Dec 2011
EndDate: Sun 4th Dec 2011
Website
Results

Porec Open 2011
Thu 1st Dec 2011
Sun 4th Dec 2011
Porec
CRO
47 Players.
7 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

Porec Open 2011 Porec CRO Thu 1st Dec 2011 - Sun 4th Dec 2011 Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Jovanić Ognjen	GM	CRO	2476	6.0	22.5	31.5	25.5
2	Žaja Ivan	GM	CRO	2508	5.5	23.0	31.5	24.0
3	Fercec Nenad	GM	CRO	2451	5.5	22.5	31.5	23.0
4	Martinović Sasa	GM	CRO	2504	5.0	25.0	35.0	22.5
5	Havas Janko	MK	CRO	2174	5.0	18.5	26.0	19.0
6	Rubil Marko	MK	CRO	2181	5.0	17.5	24.5	20.0
7	Žufić Miroslav	IM	CRO	2409	4.5	22.5	31.5	20.5
8	Vidic Miha		SLO	2068	4.5	19.5	25.5	17.5
9	Licardo Renato	MK	CRO	2200	4.5	19.0	26.5	17.5
10	Havas Juraj	MK	CRO	2070	4.5	19.0	25.5	18.5
11	Havas Ladislav	FM	CRO	2280	4.5	16.5	23.0	16.5
12	Konić Zlatko	I	CRO	2118	4.5	16.5	23.0	14.5
13	Crepan Marjan	FM	SLO	2316	4.0	23.0	31.0	19.5
14	Matijevic Filip		SLO	2012	4.0	22.5	31.0	15.5
15	Žnidarcic Andrej		SLO	2177	4.0	21.5	30.0	17.5
16	Ivanovic Andrej		SLO	2039	4.0	20.5	28.0	17.5
17	Antunović Ivo	MK	CRO	2140	4.0	19.0	26.5	17.5
18	Sunjić Vitomir	MK	CRO	2193	4.0	18.0	25.0	18.0
19	Monjac Mislav	MK	CRO	2013	4.0	17.5	24.5	15.5
20	Gakić Miodrag	MK	CRO	1887	4.0	17.0	24.5	15.0
21	Orak Tugomir	MK	CRO	2047	4.0	15.5	21.5	15.5
22	Bratkovic Sham		SLO	1853	4.0	14.5	20.5	14.5
23	Valković Kristian	MK	CRO	2101	3.5	20.0	28.5	16.5
24	Grbac Boris	MK	CRO	2190	3.5	20.0	28.0	16.5
25	Grgurić Dragan	NM	CRO	2073	3.5	20.0	26.5	17.5
26	Rafaelić Denis	III	CRO	1745	3.5	18.5	25.0	12.5
27	Kukurin Luka	III	CRO	1787	3.5	17.0	22.5	10.0
28	Ghersinich Giuseppe	MK	CRO	1926	3.5	15.0	21.0	12.5
29	Samblić Silvano	I	CRO	2003	3.5	14.5	21.5	11.5
30	Bratkovic Jakob		SLO	1847	3.5	13.5	20.0	10.5
31	Pasalić Enio	I	CRO	2082	3.0	18.0	26.0	15.0
32	Sarić Husnija	II	CRO	1849	3.0	15.5	22.0	11.0
33	Brzac Marijan	II	CRO	1870	3.0	14.5	19.0	11.0
34	Lazić Dusko	I	CRO	2041	2.5	21.5	27.0	15.0
35	Rajkovic Nikola		SLO	0	2.5	18.0	25.0	12.5
36	Ikica Ante	MK	CRO	2029	2.5	17.5	25.0	11.5
37	Mehmeti Tahir	IV	CRO	1766	2.5	16.5	23.0	11.0
38	Mainenti Kevin	IV	CRO	0	2.5	15.0	21.0	8.5
39	Udovicić Roland	III	CRO	1742	2.5	14.5	19.5	7.0
40	Bursić Elvis	MK	CRO	1979	2.5	13.0	19.0	7.0
47 players

20) Frauenbundesliga 2011-12

The Frauenbundesliga takes place 29th October 2011 - 22nd April 2012. I have teams lists and games from the early rounds.

Event: Frauenbundesliga 2011-12
Place: Germany
CountryCode: GER
StartDate: Sat 29th Oct 2011
EndDate: Sun 22nd Apr 2012
Website
Results

Frauenbundesliga
Sat 29th Oct 2011
Sun 22nd Apr 2012
Germany
GER
11 Rounds.
League

21) 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.

Rounds 6-7 took place 10th-11th December 2011. Rounds 8-9 4th-5th February 2012.

Event: Bundesliga 2011-12
Place: Germany
CountryCode: GER
StartDate: Fri 14th Oct 2011
EndDate: Sun 15th Apr 2012
Website
Results

Bundesliga 2011-12
Fri 14th Oct 2011
Sun 15th Apr 2012
Germany
GER
15 Rounds.
League
Time Control: 100:50:15+30spm(1)

Bundesliga 2011-12 Germany GER Fri 14th Oct 2011 - Sun 15th Apr 2012 Leading Round 7 (of 15) Standings:
Rk	Team	Gms	+	-	=	Mpts	Bpts
1	OSG Baden-Baden	7	6	1	0	12	35.5
2	Werder Bremen	7	5	1	1	11	35
3	SG Solingen	7	5	1	1	11	34
4	SC Eppingen	7	5	1	1	11	31.5
5	SV Muelheim Nord	7	4	2	1	9	31
6	SF Katernberg	7	4	2	1	9	26.5
7	SF Berlin 1903	7	3	2	2	8	29.5
8	SG Trier	7	3	3	1	7	28.5
9	SV Wattenscheid 1930	7	3	3	1	7	28
10	SV 1930 Hockenheim	7	2	3	2	6	26.5
11	SK Koenig Tegel	7	2	4	1	5	22.5
12	USV TU Dresden	7	2	5	0	4	26
13	Hamburger SK	7	1	4	2	4	25.5
14	SK Turm Emsdetten	7	1	4	2	4	24.5
15	SC Hansa Dortmund	7	1	5	1	3	20.5
16	SC 1950 Remagen	7	0	6	1	1	23
16 teams

22) Chinese League 2011

The Chinese League took place 12th April - 7th December 2011. This year's coverage has been a bit of a mess after last year's clarity. The archive Chinese League Games hasn't been updated for a long time (maybe there is an archive elsewhere). Rounds 16-18 took place 5th-7th December 2011 but the games weren't made available. Beijing won.

Event: Chinese League 2011
Place: Ningbo
CountryCode: CHN
StartDate: Mon 11th Apr 2011
EndDate: Tue 6th Dec 2011
Website

Chinese League
Mon 11th Apr 2011
Tue 6th Dec 2011
Ningbo
CHN
18 Rounds.
League
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

Chinese League Ningbo CHN Tue 12th Apr 2011 - Tue 6th Dec 2011 Leading Final Round 18 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Team	Gms	+	-	=	TB1	TB2
1	10	Beijing	18	14	2	2	30	54.5
2	5	Shanghai	18	11	3	4	26	52.0
3	9	Qingdao	18	9	4	5	23	47.5
4	6	Shandong	18	8	6	4	20	49.5
5	2	Zhejiang	18	5	7	6	16	44.0
6	4	Tianjin	18	5	9	4	14	43.0
7	8	Jiangsu	18	5	9	4	14	41.5
8	7	Chongqing	18	4	8	6	14	40.5
9	3	Hebei	18	3	8	7	13	41.0
10	1	Sichuan	18	0	8	10	10	36.5
10 teams

23) Active Team Events

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

Hungarian Teams 2011-12

The Hungarian Team Championship take place 25th September 2011 - 20th May 2012. Round 4 took place on 27th November 2011 games now available. Round 5 29th January 2012.

Event: TCh-HUN 2011-12
Place: Budapest
CountryCode: HUN
StartDate: Sun 25th Sep 2011
EndDate: Sun 20th May 2012
Website

TCh-HUN 2011-12
Sun 25th Sep 2011
Sun 20th May 2012
Budapest
HUN
11 Rounds.
League

TCh-HUN 2011-12 Budapest HUN Sun 25th Sep 2011 - Sun 20th May 2012 Leading Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
Rk	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts
1	HVSE						9.5	8				11.5	9.5	38.5
2	ASE Paks							8	9.5	7.5	9			34
3	Aquaprofit-NTSK					7.5			6.5	9	10			33
4	MLTC					6.5			6.5		5.5		10	28.5
5	Z.Csuti-Hydrocomp SK			4.5	5.5		7					9		26
6	Penzugyor SE	2.5				5					7.5		9.5	24.5
7	Komaromi VSK SE	4	4							5.5		7		20.5
8	Hungaropharma Decs		2.5	5.5	5.5					6.5				20
9	Honved ASE		4.5	3				6.5	5.5					19.5
10	ASS-Makoi SVSE		3	2	6.5		4.5							16
11	Vasas SC	0.5				3		5					6.5	15
12	Toth Laszlo SE	2.5			2		2.5					5.5		12.5
12 players

Dutch League 2011-12

The Dutch League takes place 17th September 2011 - 22nd April 2012. Round 3: 26th November 2011, games and results now available. Round 4: 17th December 2011.

Event: Dutch League 2011-12
Place: Amsterdam
CountryCode: NED
StartDate: Sat 17th Sep 2011
EndDate: Sun 22nd Apr 2012
Website

Dutch Teams 2011-12
Sat 17th Sep 2011
Sun 22nd Apr 2012
Amsterdam
NED
9 Rounds.
League
Time Control: 120m:60m

Dutch Teams 2011-12 Amsterdam NED Sat 17th Sep 2011 - Sun 22nd Apr 2012 Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
Rk	Team	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Mpts	Bpts
1	De Stukkenjagers	2290						6	5½	7			6	18½
2	Voerendaal	2414				6½		5½			6		6	18
3	Utrecht	2377					5		7	7½			5	19½
4	LSG	2359		3½							5½	6½	4	15½
5	Accres Apeldoorn	2361			5					4	5½		3	14½
6	SO Rotterdam	2391	4	4½								7½	2	16
7	Groningen	2303	4½		3							8	2	15½
8	HSG	2300	3		2½		6						2	11½
9	HMC Calder	2411		4		4½	4½						0	13
10	BSG	2302				3½		2½	2				0	8
10 teams

TCh-SVK Extraliga 2011-12

The Slovakian Team Championships take place 22nd October 2011 - 11th March 2012. Round 3-4 November 26th-27th 2011 couldn't find the games section. Round 5 14th January 2012.

Event: TCh-SVK Extraliga 2011-12
Place: Bratislava
CountryCode: SVK
StartDate: Sat 22nd Oct 2011
EndDate: Sun 11th Mar 2012
Website

TCh-SVK Ext 2011-12
Sat 22nd Oct 2011
Sun 11th Mar 2012
Bratislava
SVK
11 Rounds.
League

TCh-SVK Ext 2011-12 Bratislava SVK Sat 22nd Oct 2011 - Sun 11th Mar 2012 Leading Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
Rk	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	TB1	TB2
1	7 Statocnych Kosice	*		5	5½	5							7	12	22.5
2	SK Slovan Bratislava		*				5	5½			4	6		10	20.5
3	INBEST Dunajov	3		*			5½	4	5					7	17.5
4	SK Caissa Cadca	2½			*		4	4½	6					7	17
5	SK Dunajska Streda	3				*			4		5	4½		7	16.5
6	SK PK Trencin		3	2½	4		*			7				4	16.5
7	SKS Dubnica n/V		2½	4	3½			*		4½				4	14.5
8	MSK KdV Kezmarok			3	2	4			*				5	4	14
9	SK Doprastav Bratislava						1	3½		*	5	4		4	13.5
10	SK MAGIC Liptov		4			3				3	*		4	2	14
11	SK Prievidza		2			3½				4		*	4	2	13.5
12	SK Modra	1							3		4	4	*	2	12
12 teams

TCh-FIN SM-Liiga 2011-12

The Finnish SM Liiga takes place 17th September 2011 - 11th March 2012. Round 7 14th January 2012.

Event: TCh-FIN SM-Liiga 2011-12
Place: Finland
CountryCode: FIN
StartDate: Sat 17th Sep 2011
EndDate: Sun 11th Mar 2012
Website
Results

TCh-FIN SM 2011-12
Sat 17th Sep 2011
Sun 11th Mar 2012
Finland
FIN
139 Players.
11 Rounds.
League
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

TCh-FIN SM 2011-12 Finland FIN Sat 17th Sep 2011 - Sun 11th Mar 2012 Leading Round 6 (of 11) Standings:
Rk	Team	Gms	Mpts	TB1
1	HSK, Helsinki	6	10	9
2	Tammer-Shakki, Tampere	6	9	14
3	Velhot, Porvoo	6	9	14
4	MatSK, Espoo	5	9	11
5	OSS, Oulu	7	9	2
6	EtVaS, Vantaa	6	7	3
7	SalSK, Salo	5	6	4
8	VammSK, Sastamala	6	5	-2
9	JoeSK, Joensuu	7	5	-5
10	TuTS, Turku	6	2	-8
11	Aatos, Helsinki	6	1	-16
12	SSK, Helsinki	6	0	-26
12 teams

TCh-CZE Extraliga 2011-12

The Czech League takes place 8th October 2011 - 22nd April 2012. Division 1 Round 4 was on 27th November 2011 but only the Zapad games were available when I last checked, I haven't had chance to catch up on games and results this week. Round 5: 11th December 2011.

Extraliga Round 3 on 3rd December 2011.

Event: TCh-CZE Extraliga 2011-12
Place: Prague
CountryCode: CZE
StartDate: Sat 8th Oct 2011
EndDate: Sun 22nd Apr 2012
Website
Results

TCh-CZE Ext 2011-12
Sat 8th Oct 2011
Sun 22nd Apr 2012
Prague
CZE
11 Rounds.
League

TCh-CZE Ext 2011-12 Prague CZE Sat 8th Oct 2011 - Sun 22nd Apr 2012 Leading Round 2 (of 11) Standings:
Rk	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	BSS Frydek-Mistek	*	5		5									6	10.0	2.5
2	Vystaviste Lysa nad Labem	3	*	5½										3	8.5	2.0
3	Slavoj Ostrava - Poruba		2½	*	5½									3	8.0	3.0
4	TJ Bohemians Praha	3		2½	*									0	5.5	1.5
5	SK Zikuda Turnov					*								0	0.0	0.0
6	1. Novoborsky SK						*							0	0.0	0.0
7	A64 VALOZ Grygov							*						0	0.0	0.0
8	SK Rapid Pardubice								*					0	0.0	0.0
9	2222 SK Polabiny									*				0	0.0	0.0
10	Tatran Litovel										*			0	0.0	0.0
11	SK Zlin											*		0	0.0	0.0
12	SK Labortech Ostrava												*	0	0.0	0.0
12 teams

TCh-CZE Liga 1 Zapad
Sat 8th Oct 2011
Sun 22nd Apr 2012
Prague
CZE
190 Players.
11 Rounds.
League

TCh-CZE Liga 1 Zapad Prague CZE Sat 8th Oct 2011 - Sun 22nd Apr 2012 Leading Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
Rk	Team	+	-	=	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	SK Mahrla Praha	4	0	0	12	22.0	14
2	TJ Slavia Hradec Kralove	3	0	1	10	21.0	14
3	ERA-Postovni sporitelna A	3	1	0	9	22.5	16
4	JOLY Lysa nad Labem B	2	1	1	7	15.0	8
5	SK Holdia DP Praha B	2	2	0	6	17.5	12
6	OAZA Praha	1	1	2	5	16.5	10
7	SK AD Jicin	1	2	1	4	15.0	8
8	TJ Pankrac	1	2	1	4	14.5	10
9	Sakal Kozolupy	1	2	1	4	14.0	7
10	SK Sokol Vysehrad	1	3	0	3	13.0	6
11	1. Novoborsky SK B	1	3	0	3	11.5	6
12	ERA-Postovni sporitelna B	0	3	1	1	9.5	3
12 teams

TCh-CZE Liga1 Vychod
Sat 8th Oct 2011
Sun 22nd Apr 2012
Prague
CZE
194 Players.
11 Rounds.
League

TCh-CZE Liga1 Vychod Prague CZE Sat 8th Oct 2011 - Sun 22nd Apr 2012 Leading Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
Rk	Team	+	-	=	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	TZ Trinec	5	0	0	15	25.0	16
2	A64 Grygov B	3	0	1	10	19.5	14
3	2222 SK Polabiny B	2	0	2	8	17.0	12
4	SK Zlin B	2	3	0	6	19.0	13
5	Tatran Litovel B	2	2	0	6	18.0	14
6	SK Gordic	2	2	0	6	14.0	9
7	Slavia Kromeriz	1	2	1	4	16.0	10
8	SK Duras BVK Brno-Kralovo Pole	1	2	1	4	15.0	8
9	Sachovy klub Karvina	1	2	1	4	13.5	7
10	Slavia Orlova	1	3	0	3	14.5	8
11	SK Stare Mesto	1	3	0	3	14.0	8
12	Labortech Ostrava B	0	2	2	2	14.5	8
12 teams

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.

Event: Swedish Elitserien 2011-12
Place: Malmo
CountryCode: SWE
StartDate: Fri 7th Oct 2011
EndDate: Sun 11th Mar 2012
Website

TCh-SWE 2011-12
Fri 7th Oct 2011
Sun 11th Mar 2012
Malmo
SWE
9 Rounds.
League
Time Control: 120m+30m

TCh-SWE 2011-12 Malmo SWE Fri 7th Oct 2011 - Sun 11th Mar 2012 Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
Rk	Team	Gms	+	-	=	Mpts	Bpts
1	Lunds ASK	3	3	0	0	6	19
2	Team Viking	3	3	0	0	6	18.5
3	SK Rockaden, Sthlm	3	2	1	0	4	16
4	Eksjo-Aneby-Alliansen	3	2	1	0	4	10.5
5	Limhamns SK	3	1	2	0	2	11
6	Solna SS	3	1	2	0	2	10.5
7	SS Manhem	3	1	2	0	2	10
8	SK Rockaden Umea	3	1	2	0	2	10
9	Vasteras SK	3	1	2	0	2	8
10	SK Kamraterna	3	0	3	0	0	6.5
10 teams

TCh-BEL 2011-12

The Belgian Team Championships are under way. Next round 5: 4th December 2011.

Event: TCh-BEL 2011-12
Place: Belgium
CountryCode: BEL
StartDate: Sun 9th Oct 2011
EndDate: Sun 1st Apr 2012
Website

TCh-BEL 2011-12
Sun 9th Oct 2011
Sun 1st Apr 2012
Belgium
BEL
11 Rounds.
League
Time Control: 120m:60m

TCh-BEL 2011-12 Belgium BEL Sun 9th Oct 2011 - Sun 1st Apr 2012 Leading Round 4 (of 11) Standings:
Rk	Team	Mpts	Bpts
1	CREC 1	8	83
2	Ans 1	7	75
3	KGSRL 1	6	71
4	KSK Rochade 1	6	70
5	Amay 1	4	64
6	Fontaine 1	4	62
7	Borgerhout 1	4	56
8	KSK47-Eynatten 2	3	59
9	KSK47-Eynatten 1	2	61
10	Anderlecht 1	2	57
11	Jean Jaures 1	2	53
12	KBSK 1	0	55
12 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.

Event: TCh-ISL 2011-12
Place: Reykjavik
CountryCode: ISL
StartDate: Fri 7th Oct 2011
EndDate: Sat 3rd Mar 2012
Website
Results

TCh-ISL Div1 2011-12
Fri 7th Oct 2011
Sat 3rd Mar 2012
Reykjavik
ISL
64 Players.
7 Rounds.
League
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

TCh-ISL Div1 2011-12 Reykjavik ISL Fri 7th Oct 2011 - Sat 3rd Mar 2012 Leading Round 4 (of 7) Standings:
Rk	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	TB A	*			6	8	6½	7		27.5	8	0
2	TR A		*		4½		3½	5½	5½	19.0	6	0
3	Hellir A			*	3½	4		4	6½	18.0	4	0
4	TV A	2	3½	4½	*				6½	16.5	4	0
5	TB B	0		4		*	5		6½	15.5	5	0
6	SA A	1½	4½			3	*	4½		13.5	4	0
7	Matar	1	2½	4			3½	*		11.0	1	0
8	Fjolnir A		2½	1½	1½	1½			*	7.0	0	0
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.

Event: 4NCL 2011-12
Place: Staverton
CountryCode: ENG
StartDate: Sat 12th Nov 2011
EndDate: Mon 7th May 2012
Website

4NCL 2011-12
Sat 12th Nov 2011
Mon 7th May 2012
Staverton
ENG
11 Rounds.
League

4NCL 2011-12 Staverton ENG Sat 12th Nov 2011 - Mon 7th May 2012 Leading Round 2 (of 11) Standings:
Rk	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Mpts	Bpts
1	Guildford 1					5½-2½		6½-1½		4	12
2	Wood Green Hilsmark 1				5½-2½				5-3	4	10½
3	Barbican 4NCL 2				3-5				5½-2½	2	8½
4	e2e4.org.uk 1		2½-5½	5-3						2	7½
5	Blackthorne Russia	2½-5½					4½-3½			2	7
6	Bristol 1					3½-4½		4-4		1	7½
7	The AD's	1½-6½					4-4			1	5½
8	Anglian Avengers 1		3-5	2½-5½						0	5½
1	Cheddleton 1			4½-3½					6-2	4	10½
2	White Rose 1				4½-3½			5-3		4	9½
3	Barbican 4NCL 1	3½-4½				5½-2½				2	9
4	Jutes of Kent		3½-4½				5-3			2	8½
5	Cambridge University 1			2½-5½					4½-3½	2	7
6	Oxford 1				3-5			4-3½		2	7
7	Wood Green Hilsmark 2		3-5				3½-4			0	6½
8	Guildford 2	2-6				3½-4½				0	5½
16 teams in two groups

50th TCh-DEN 2011-12

The 50th Danish Team Championships takes place 29th October 2011 - 11th March 2012. Round 3 1st December 2011. Round 4 14th January 2012.

Event: 50th TCh-DEN 2011-12
Place: Copenhagen
CountryCode: DEN
StartDate: Sat 29th Oct 2011
EndDate: Sun 11th Mar 2012
Website

50th TCh-DEN 2011-12
Sat 29th Oct 2011
Sun 11th Mar 2012
Copenhagen
DEN
9 Rounds.
League
Time Control: 120m:60m

50th TCh-DEN 2011-12 Copenhagen DEN Sat 29th Oct 2011 - Sun 11th Mar 2012 Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
Rk	Team	Mpts	Bpts
1	Jetsmark 1 Guldmedaljer	6	17½
2	Aarhus/Skolerne 1 Solvmedaljer	5	14½
3	Bronshoj 1 Bronzemedaljer	5	14
4	Team Nordea Skb	4	14
5	Nordkalotten	2	12½
6	BMS Skak	4	11½
7	K41 1	2	11½
8	Sydostfyn 1	1	10
9	SK 1968 1 Nedrykning	1	7½
10	Hillerod teams	0	7
10 players

TCh-AUT 2nd Bundesliga 2011-12

The 2nd Division of the Austrian Bundesliga is split into West and Mitte sections. Some strong players compete. West 4-6 was 4th-6th November will look into that for next week. Rounds 7-8 28th-29th January 2012. Mitte Rounds 4-6 2nd-th December 2012. Rounds 7-8 2nd-3rd March 2012.

Event: TCh-AUT 2nd Bundesliga 2011-12
Place: Vienna
CountryCode: AUT
StartDate: Fri 7th Oct 2011
EndDate: Sun 29th Apr 2012
Website
Results

TCh-AUT 2 West 11-12
Fri 7th Oct 2011
Sun 29th Apr 2012
Vienna
AUT
179 Players.
11 Rounds.
League

TCh-AUT 2 West 2011-12 Vienna AUT Fri 7th Oct 2011 - Sun 29th Apr 2012 Leading Round 3 (of 11) Standings:
Rk	SNo	Team	Gms	+	-	=	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	3	SC Absam	3	3	0	0	6	12.0	0
2	8	Goetzis	3	2	0	1	5	10.5	0
3	10	ATSV Ranshofen	3	2	1	0	4	10.5	2
4	1	Zillertal	3	2	1	0	4	10.5	0
5	12	Kufstein / Woergl	3	2	1	0	4	10.5	0
6	11	ASK Salzburg 1	3	2	1	0	4	10.0	0
7	6	Sparkasse Jenbach 2	3	1	1	1	3	8.5	0
8	7	Bregenz	3	1	2	0	2	8.5	2
9	5	Hohenems II	3	1	2	0	2	8.5	0
10	4	Schwaz	3	1	2	0	2	7.0	0
11	2	Rochade Rum	3	0	3	0	0	6.5	0
12	9	Schwarzach	3	0	3	0	0	5.0	0
12 teams

TCh-AUT2 Mitte11-12
Fri 7th Oct 2011
Sun 29th Apr 2012
Vienna
AUT
181 Players.
11 Rounds.
League

TCh-AUT2 Mitte11-12 Vienna AUT Fri 7th Oct 2011 - Sun 29th Apr 2012 Leading Round 3 (of 11) Standings:
Rk	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	ZH-Technologies-Wolfsberg	*				4	3½	4½						6	12.0	0
2	ASK St. Valentin		*							3½		3½	3½	6	10.5	0
3	Union Ansfelden			*					3½		3		5	5	11.5	0
4	SV STEYREGG				*				4	3		3½		5	10.5	0
5	Union Styria Graz Kleine Zeitung	2				*				4	5			4	11.0	0
6	Strassenbahn Graz	2½					*				3½	3½		4	9.5	0
7	SpG. Sparkasse Grieskirchen/Schallerbach	1½						*	3				4½	3	9.0	0
8	SK Sparkasse Fuerstenfeld			2½	2			3	*					1	7.5	0
9	SC Die Klagenfurter		2½		3	2				*				1	7.5	0
10	SK MPO Maria Saal			3		1	2½				*			1	6.5	0
11	SV ASVO Fundermax St. Veit/Glan		2½		2½		2½					*		0	7.5	0
12	ESV Austria Graz		2½	1				1½					*	0	5.0	0
12 teams

24) II JAVH McGregor Open

The II JAVH McGregor Open in Bogota took place Tue 6th Dec 2011 - Sun 11th Dec 2011. Lazaro Bruzon Batista edged out Sergei Tiviakov and Bartlomiej Macieja on tie-break after all finished on 8.5/10. A huge event with over 1000 games available I didn't have chance to work on these.

Event: II JAVH McGregor Open
Place: Bogota
CountryCode: COL
StartDate: Tue 6th Dec 2011
EndDate: Sun 11th Dec 2011
Website
Results

II JAVH McGregor Op
Tue 6th Dec 2011
Sun 11th Dec 2011
Bogota
COL
402 Players.
10 Rounds.
Swiss

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II JAVH McGregor Op Bogota COL Tue 6th Dec 2011 - Sun 11th Dec 2011 Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Bruzon Batista Lazaro	GM	CUB	2689	8.5	0.0	8	48.0
2	Tiviakov Sergei	GM	NED	2650	8.5	0.0	7	50.0
3	Macieja Bartlomiej	GM	POL	2616	8.5	0.0	7	49.0
4	Contreras Henry	FM	COL	2240	8.0	0.0	8	41.0
5	Cordova Emilio	GM	PER	2538	8.0	0.0	7	49.5
6	Shoker Samy	IM	EGY	2512	8.0	0.0	7	46.0
7	Gallego Alcaraz Andres Felipe	IM	COL	2360	8.0	0.0	7	45.0
8	Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo	GM	CUB	2553	8.0	0.0	7	43.5
9	Ramirez Alejandro	GM	USA	2595	8.0	0.0	6	49.5
10	Baules Jorge	IM	PAN	2380	8.0	0.0	6	41.5
11	Zapata Alonso	GM	COL	2483	7.5	0.0	7	45.5
12	Rios Cristhian Camilo	FM	COL	2388	7.5	0.0	7	44.5
13	Arenas David	IM	COL	2433	7.5	0.0	7	44.5
14	Becerra Juan David		COL	2280	7.5	0.0	7	43.5
15	Pinzon Jairo David		COL	2198	7.5	0.0	7	42.5
16	Ruiz C Joshua D	FM	COL	2241	7.5	0.0	7	41.0
17	Rios Alejandro	IM	COL	2355	7.5	0.0	6	46.0
18	Barrientos Sergio E	GM	COL	2517	7.5	0.0	6	45.5
19	Ruiz Alciguel	FM	COL	2213	7.5	0.0	6	41.5
20	Herrera Juan Sebastian		COL	2141	7.5	0.0	6	41.5
21	Corradine Jorge Ricardo		COL	2162	7.5	0.0	6	38.5
22	Valle Efrain	CM	COL	2176	7.5	0.0	6	38.0
23	Vargas Pedro		COL	0	7.5	0.0	6	36.5
24	Perez Rodriguez Luis Manuel	GM	CUB	2475	7.5	0.0	5	45.5
25	Martinez Romero Martin	FM	COL	2343	7.0	0.0	7	45.0
26	Ruiz Aguilar Pablo Alexander	FM	COL	2294	7.0	0.0	7	41.0
27	Nunez V Daniel		COL	2212	7.0	0.0	7	40.0
28	Hernandez Agamez Gonzalo		COL	2136	7.0	0.0	7	38.0
29	Florez Luis Angel		COL	1919	7.0	0.0	7	36.0
30	Franco William		COL	2089	7.0	0.0	7	36.0
31	Ferreira Morales Jorge Luis		COL	1835	7.0	0.0	7	30.0
32	Cano Luis Fernando		COL	2210	7.0	0.0	6	45.5
33	Rodriguez Rueda Paula Andrea	WFM	COL	2145	7.0	0.0	6	42.0
34	Castrillon Gomez Melissa	WFM	COL	2210	7.0	0.0	6	42.0
35	Uribe Arteaga Daniel		COL	2228	7.0	0.0	6	41.0
36	Zuluaga Cesar	FM	COL	2365	7.0	0.0	6	40.5
37	Munoz Jhon Edison		COL	2238	7.0	0.0	6	40.5
38	Torres Juan Camilo		COL	2267	7.0	0.0	6	39.5
39	Murcia Pineda Richard Javier		VEN	0	7.0	0.0	6	37.5
40	Suarez Walter Camilo		COL	1988	7.0	0.0	6	35.5
403 players

25) IV Amitan Memorial

The IV Amitan Memorial is ongoing. Coverage all in Russian, will sort it out when it finishes.

Event: IV Amitan Memorial
Place: Donetsk
CountryCode: UKR
StartDate: Thu 8th Dec 2011
EndDate: Wed 14th Dec 2011
Website

IV Amitan Mem GM
Thu 8th Dec 2011
Wed 14th Dec 2011
Donetsk
UKR
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR

IV Amitan Mem IM
Thu 8th Dec 2011
Wed 14th Dec 2011
Donetsk
UKR
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR

IV Amitan Mem WGM
Thu 8th Dec 2011
Wed 14th Dec 2011
Donetsk
UKR
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR

26) World Youth Championships 2011

The World Youth Championships took place in Caldas Novas 17th-27th November 2011. I haven't seen a final bulletin yet and don't have time to sort out the material that does exist.

27) 2nd St Louis Thanksgiving Open

The 2nd St Louis Thanksgiving Open took place 25th-27th November 2011. Alexander Shabalov won with 5.5/6. Games from rounds 4-6 are not yet available.

28) Zadar Open 2011

The Zadar Open has started.

Event: Zadar Open 2011
Place: Zadar
CountryCode: CRO
StartDate: Sun 11th Dec 2011
EndDate: Sat 17th Dec 2011
Website

Zadar Open A 2011
Sun 11th Dec 2011
Sat 17th Dec 2011
Zadar
CRO
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

29) CCSCSL Invitational

The CCSCSL Invitational took place 29th November - 3rd December 2011. Giorgi Kacheishvili demolished the event with 8/9. Remaining Round 6 games now available.

Event: CCSCSL Invitational
Place: Saint Louis
CountryCode: USA
StartDate: Tue 29th Nov 2011
EndDate: Sat 3rd Dec 2011
Website

CCSCSL Invitational
Tue 29th Nov 2011
Sat 3rd Dec 2011
Saint Louis
USA
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

CCSCSL Invitational Saint Louis USA Tue 29th Nov 2011 - Sat 3rd Dec 2011. Category: 9. Ave: (2451)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts	TPR
1	Kacheishvili, Giorgi	GM	GEO	2590	#	=	1	=	1	1	1	1	1	1	8	2787
2	Amanov, Mesgen	GM	TKM	2524	=	#	=	=	=	=	=	1	1	1	6	2568
3	Diamant, Andre	GM	BRA	2489	0	=	#	=	=	=	1	1	1	1	6	2572
4	Krush, Irina	IM	USA	2476	=	=	=	#	=	=	0	1	1	=	5	2492
5	Arnold, Marc T	IM	USA	2504	0	=	=	=	#	=	=	1	=	1	5	2489
6	Yang, Darwin	IM	USA	2442	0	=	=	=	=	#	=	1	=	1	5	2495
7	Shahade, Gregory	IM	USA	2459	0	=	0	1	=	=	#	=	1	=	4.5	2451
8	Rensch, Daniel	IM	USA	2416	0	0	0	0	0	0	=	#	1	1	2.5	2289
9	Abrahamyan, Tatev	WGM	USA	2264	0	0	0	0	=	=	0	0	#	1	2	2252
10	Young, Angelo	IM	PHI	2350	0	0	0	=	0	0	=	0	0	#	1	2112

30) World Senior Corrections

Hermn van Riemsdijk corrects two of his games.

31) Forthcoming Events and Links

11th Amplico Life International 2011

Event: 11th Amplico Life International 2011
Place: Warsaw
CountryCode: POL
StartDate: Fri 16th Dec 2011
EndDate: Sun 18th Dec 2011
Website

ch-Euro Rapid 2011
Fri 16th Dec 2011
Sun 18th Dec 2011
Warsaw
POL
13 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 15m+10spm

ch-Euro Blitz 2011
Fri 16th Dec 2011
Sun 18th Dec 2011
Warsaw
POL
13 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 3m+2spm

48th Groningen Chess Festival

Event: 48th Groningen Chess Festival
Place: Groningen
CountryCode: NED
StartDate: Wed 21st Dec 2011
EndDate: Fri 30th Dec 2011
Website

48th Groningen OpA
Wed 21st Dec 2011
Fri 30th Dec 2011
Groningen
NED
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

Solidarity Day Festival 2011

Event: Solidarity Day Festival 2011
Place: Baku
CountryCode: AZE
StartDate: Wed 21st Dec 2011
EndDate: Sat 31st Dec 2011
Website

Solidarity Day GM
Wed 21st Dec 2011
Sat 31st Dec 2011
Baku
AZE
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

Solidarity Day WGM
Wed 21st Dec 2011
Sat 31st Dec 2011
Baku
AZE
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

Solidarity Day IM
Wed 21st Dec 2011
Sat 31st Dec 2011
Baku
AZE
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

Czech Chess Christmas 2011

Event: Czech Chess Christmas 2011
Place: Litomysl
CountryCode: CZE
StartDate: Sun 25th Dec 2011
EndDate: Sun 1st Jan 2012
Website

13th Czech Christmas
Sun 25th Dec 2011
Sun 1st Jan 2012
Litomysl
CZE
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)
Email: a64@proclient.cz

5th Interlaken International Open

Event: 5th Interlaken International Open
Place: Interlaken
CountryCode: SUI
StartDate: Mon 26th Dec 2011
EndDate: Wed 4th Jan 2012
Website

5th Interlaken Open
Mon 26th Dec 2011
Wed 4th Jan 2012
Interlaken
SUI
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 120m+30m

54th Reggio Emilia 2011-12

Event: 54th Reggio Emilia 2011-12
Place: Reggio Emilia
CountryCode: ITA
StartDate: Tue 27th Dec 2011
EndDate: Fri 6th Jan 2012
Website

54th Reggio Emilia
Tue 27th Dec 2011
Fri 6th Jan 2012
Reggio Emilia
ITA
6 Players.
10 Rounds.
DRR
Time Control: 100m:50+30smp(1)

XLI Rilton Cup 2011-12

Event: XLI Rilton Cup 2011-12
Place: Stockholm
CountryCode: SWE
StartDate: Tue 27th Dec 2011
EndDate: Thu 5th Jan 2012
Website

XLI Rilton Cup
Tue 27th Dec 2011
Thu 5th Jan 2012
Stockholm
SWE
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)
Email: stockholms.schackfrbund@telia.com

XXII Krakow Open 2011-12

Event: XXII Krakow Open 2011-12
Place: Krakow
CountryCode: POL
StartDate: Tue 27th Dec 2011
EndDate: Wed 4th Jan 2012
Website

GM Krakow 2011
Tue 27th Dec 2011
Wed 4th Jan 2012
Krakow
POL
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

XXII Krakow Open
Tue 27th Dec 2011
Wed 4th Jan 2012
Krakow
POL
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

Donostia Chess Festival 2011-12

Event: Donostia Chess Festival 2011-12
Place: San Sebastian
CountryCode: ESP
StartDate: Wed 28th Dec 2011
EndDate: Thu 5th Jan 2012
Website

Donostia Open A
Wed 28th Dec 2011
Thu 5th Jan 2012
San Sebastian
ESP
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 120m+30spm

Hastings Congress 2011-12

Event: Hastings Congress 2011-12
Place: Hastings
CountryCode: ENG
StartDate: Wed 28th Dec 2011
EndDate: Thu 5th Jan 2012
Website

Hastings Masters
Wed 28th Dec 2011
Thu 5th Jan 2012
Hastings
ENG
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 100:50:15+30spm(1)

Northern California International

Event: Northern California International
Place: Fremont
CountryCode: USA
StartDate: Mon 2nd Jan 2012
EndDate: Sun 8th Jan 2012
Website

Northern California
Mon 2nd Jan 2012
Sun 8th Jan 2012
Fremont
USA
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)
Email: asharma@math.berkeley.edu

Northern California
Mon 2nd Jan 2012
Sun 8th Jan 2012
Fremont
USA
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)
Email: asharma@math.berkeley.edu

20th Fajr Open

Event: 20th Fajr Open
Place: Tabriz
CountryCode: IRI
StartDate: Wed 11th Jan 2012
EndDate: Fri 20th Jan 2012
Website

20th Fajr Open
Wed 11th Jan 2012
Fri 20th Jan 2012
Tabriz
IRI
11 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

12th Prague Open 2012

Event: 12th Prague Open 2012
Place: Prague
CountryCode: CZE
StartDate: Fri 13th Jan 2012
EndDate: Fri 20th Jan 2012
Website

11th Prague Open
Fri 13th Jan 2012
Fri 20th Jan 2012
Prague
CZE
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)
Email: j.mazuch@avekont.cz

74th Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee 2011

Event: 74th Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee 2011
Place: Wijk aan Zee
CountryCode: NED
StartDate: Sat 14th Jan 2012
EndDate: Sun 29th Jan 2012
Website

A-Group
Sat 14th Jan 2012
Sun 29th Jan 2012
Wijk aan Zee
NED
14 Players.
13 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 100:50:15+30spm(1)

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
Sat 14th Jan 2012
Sun 29th Jan 2012
Wijk aan Zee
NED
14 Players.
13 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 100:50:15+30spm(1)

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
Sat 14th Jan 2012
Sun 29th Jan 2012
Wijk aan Zee
NED
14 Players.
13 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 100:50:15+30spm(1)

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

Event: TCh-AUT 1st Bundesliga 2012
Place: Vienna
CountryCode: AUT
StartDate: Fri 20th Jan 2012
EndDate: Sun 22nd Apr 2012
Website
Results

TCh-AUT 1st 2012
Fri 20th Jan 2012
Sun 22nd Apr 2012
Vienna
AUT
183 Players.
11 Rounds.
League

Moscow Open 2012

Event: Moscow Open 2012
Place: Moscow
CountryCode: RUS
StartDate: Sat 28th Jan 2012
EndDate: Sun 5th Feb 2012
Website

Moscow Open A 2012
Sat 28th Jan 2012
Sun 5th Feb 2012
Moscow
RUS
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

3rd Novy Bor Open

Event: 3rd Novy Bor Open
Place: Novy Bor
CountryCode: CZE
StartDate: Sat 11th Feb 2012
EndDate: Sat 18th Feb 2012
Website

3rd Novy Bor Open
Sat 11th Feb 2012
Sat 18th Feb 2012
Novy Bor
CZE
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)
Email: j.mazuch@avekont.cz

Reykjavik Open 2012

Event: Reykjavik Open 2012
Place: Reykjavik
CountryCode: ISL
StartDate: Tue 6th Mar 2012
EndDate: Tue 13th Mar 2012
Website

Reykjavik Open
Tue 6th Mar 2012
Tue 13th Mar 2012
Reykjavik
ISL
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

1st Lanta Open 2012

Event: 1st Lanta Open 2012
Place: Koh Lanta Island
CountryCode: THA
StartDate: Thu 22nd Mar 2012
EndDate: Wed 28th Mar 2012
Website

1st Lanta Open
Thu 22nd Mar 2012
Wed 28th Mar 2012
Koh Lanta Island
THA
7 Rounds.
Swiss
Email: j.mazuch@avekont.cz