THE WEEK IN CHESS 915 21st May 2012 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Alexander Prokhorov, Roland Wimmer, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Varlam Vepkhvishvili, Holger Lieske, Miguel E. Gomez Masjuan, Miklos Orso, Jan Mazuch, Gujuan Tzu, Bent Kolvig, Matt Phelps and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The World Chess Championship heated up in games 7 and 8 as Gelfand and then Anand traded wins. Daily coverage on TWIC. It's terribly late here as I try and finish up the magazine only after completing the daily coverage of the match. Anand is just about favourite especially after his 17 move record breaking win, but not by much at all. Plenty of other chess of interest this week including the US Championships won by Hikaru Nakamura and Irinia Krush, I enjoyed the live coverage very much. Fabiano Caruana won the Sigeman and Co tournament. David Navara took the Czech title.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) World Chess Championship 2012

The World Chess Championship in Moscow takes place 11th-30th May 2012. I have detailed daily coverage and am tweeting during play. There have been three draws so far.

Event: World Chess Championship 2012
Place: Moscow
CountryCode: RUS
StartDate: Fri 11th May 2012
EndDate: Wed 30th May 2012
Website

World Championship
Fri 11th May 2012
Wed 30th May 2012
Moscow
RUS
2 Players.
12 Rounds.
Match
Time Control: 120m:60m:15m+30spm(61)

WCh Moscow
Anand, Viswanathan	-	Gelfand, Boris	½-½	24	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Gelfand, Boris	-	Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	25	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Anand, Viswanathan	-	Gelfand, Boris	½-½	37	D70	Gruenfeld Defence
Gelfand, Boris	-	Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	34	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Anand, Viswanathan	-	Gelfand, Boris	½-½	27	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Gelfand, Boris	-	Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	29	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Gelfand, Boris	-	Anand, Viswanathan	1-0	38	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Anand, Viswanathan	-	Gelfand, Boris	1-0	17	E60	King's Indian without Nc3

WCh Moscow (BUL), 11 v - 31 v 2012
Name	Ti	NAT	Rtng	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total	Perf
Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2791	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	1	.	.	.	.	4	2727
Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2727	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	0	.	.	.	.	4	2791

3) 20th Anniversary Sigeman & Co 2012

The 20th anniversary of the first Sigeman and Co tournament took place in Malmo 9th-16th May 2012. Top seed Fabiano Caruana added yet more rating points this year with 5,5.7 and a 2853 performance. Peter Leko took second place with 5/7. Anish Giri won in the final round to hold on to most of his rating points with 4/7. Giri has had exams this year and his play has gone slightly backwards but I think school is important and there isn't much to worry about. Nils Grandelius gained a lot finishing on the same score.

Event: 20th Anniversary Sigeman & Co 2012
Place: Malmo
CountryCode: SWE
StartDate: Wed 9th May 2012
EndDate: Wed 16th May 2012
Website

20th Sigeman & Co
Wed 9th May 2012
Wed 16th May 2012
Malmo
SWE
8 Players.
7 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 120m:60m:30m

20th Sigeman & Co Malmo SWE Wed 9th May 2012 - Wed 16th May 2012 Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1
1	Caruana Fabiano	GM	ITA	2770	5.5	0
2	Leko Peter	GM	HUN	2723	5.0	0
3	Grandelius Nils	GM	SWE	2556	4.0	0
	Giri Anish	GM	NED	2693	4.0	0
5	Li Chao	GM	CHN	2703	3.0	0
6	Tikkanen Hans	GM	SWE	2566	2.5	0
7	Berg Emanuel	GM	SWE	2587	2.0	0
	Hector Jonny	GM	SWE	2560	2.0	0
8 players

20th Sigeman & Co Malmo SWE Wed 9th May 2012 - Wed 16th May 2012. Category: 16. Ave: (2645)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pts	TPR
1	Caruana, Fabiano	GM	ITA	2770	#	=	1	1	=	1	1	=	5.5	2857
2	Leko, Peter	GM	HUN	2723	=	#	=	=	1	1	=	1	5	2792
3	Giri, Anish	GM	NED	2693	0	=	#	=	=	1	=	1	4	2688
4	Grandelius, Nils	GM	SWE	2556	0	=	=	#	=	=	1	1	4	2707
5	Li, Chao b	GM	CHN	2703	=	0	=	=	#	0	1	=	3	2586
6	Tikkanen, Hans	GM	SWE	2566	0	0	0	=	1	#	0	1	2.5	2554
7	Hector, Jonny	GM	SWE	2560	0	=	=	0	0	1	#	0	2	2499
8	Berg, Emanuel	GM	SWE	2587	=	0	0	0	=	0	1	#	2	2495

Round 1. Wed 9th May 2012
Berg, Emanuel	1/2-1/2	Li, Chao b	60	B32	Sicilian
Leko, Peter	1/2-1/2	Grandelius, Nils	51	B78	Sicilian
Tikkanen, Hans	0-1	Hector, Jonny	39	A09	Reti opening
Caruana, Fabiano	1-0	Giri, Anish	41	C65	Ruy Lopez
Round 2. Thu 10th May 2012
Caruana, Fabiano	1-0	Tikkanen, Hans	33	D71	Neo-Gruenfeld, 5.cd
Giri, Anish	1/2-1/2	Li, Chao b	36	D11	QGD Slav
Grandelius, Nils	1-0	Berg, Emanuel	41	E62	King's Indian
Hector, Jonny	1/2-1/2	Leko, Peter	36	C25	Vienna
Round 3. Fri 11th May 2012
Berg, Emanuel	1-0	Hector, Jonny	47	D17	QGD Slav
Li, Chao b	1/2-1/2	Grandelius, Nils	54	B42	Sicilian
Leko, Peter	1/2-1/2	Caruana, Fabiano	39	C92	Ruy Lopez
Tikkanen, Hans	0-1	Giri, Anish	44	A15	English opening
Round 4. Sun 13th May 2012
Tikkanen, Hans	0-1	Leko, Peter	40	A13	English
Caruana, Fabiano	1/2-1/2	Berg, Emanuel	42	E68	King's Indian
Giri, Anish	1/2-1/2	Grandelius, Nils	15	D80	Gruenfeld
Hector, Jonny	0-1	Li, Chao b	40	B56	Sicilian
Round 5. Mon 14th May 2012
Grandelius, Nils	1-0	Hector, Jonny	51	D17	QGD Slav
Leko, Peter	1/2-1/2	Giri, Anish	22	C50	Giuoco Pianissimo
Li, Chao b	1/2-1/2	Caruana, Fabiano	34	D85	Gruenfeld
Berg, Emanuel	0-1	Tikkanen, Hans	31	C12	French
Round 6. Tue 15th May 2012
Tikkanen, Hans	1-0	Li, Chao b	49	A15	English opening
Giri, Anish	1/2-1/2	Hector, Jonny	43	D17	QGD Slav
Caruana, Fabiano	1-0	Grandelius, Nils	42	B52	Sicilian
Leko, Peter	1-0	Berg, Emanuel	67	E60	King's Indian, 3.Nf3
Round 7. Wed 16th May 2012
Berg, Emanuel	0-1	Giri, Anish	25	A02	Bird's opening
Hector, Jonny	0-1	Caruana, Fabiano	30	C29	Vienna gambit
Li, Chao b	0-1	Leko, Peter	75	E06	Catalan
Grandelius, Nils	1/2-1/2	Tikkanen, Hans	60	D31	QGD

4) US Championship 2012

The US Chess Championships took place in Saint Louis 8th-19th May 2012 (play-off, if required 20th). Hikaru Nakamura returned after missing last year. Nakamura regained the title after defeating defending champion Gata Kamsky in the penultimate round with black. Irina Krush won back her title from Anna Zatonskih after a rather strange rapid playoff.

Event: US Championship 2012
Place: Saint Louis
CountryCode: USA
StartDate: Tue 8th May 2012
EndDate: Sun 20th May 2012
Website

ch-USA 2012
Tue 8th May 2012
Sun 20th May 2012
Saint Louis
USA
12 Players.
11 Rounds.
SRR

ch-USA 2012 Saint Louis USA Tue 8th May 2012 - Sun 20th May 2012 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts	TPR
1	Nakamura, Hikaru	GM	2775	1	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	1	8.5	2831
2	Kamsky, Gata	GM	2741	1	½	1	0	1	½	1	1	1	0	½	7.5	2757
3	Onischuk, Alexander	GM	2660	1	½	0	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	6.5	2696
4	Akobian, Varuzhan	GM	2625	1	½	0	½	0	½	1	1	0	½	1	6.0	2670
5	Lenderman, Aleksandr	GM	2587	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	1	6.0	2674
6	Shulman, Yuri	GM	2571	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	6.0	2675
7	Robson, Ray	GM	2614	0	½	0	1	1	0	½	½	1	½	½	5.5	2635
8	Hess, Robert L	GM	2635	0	1	½	0	0	1	0	½	1	½	½	5.0	2597
9	Kaidanov, Gregory S	GM	2594	½	1	½	1	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	4.0	2535
10	Ramirez, Alejandro	GM	2593	0	½	½	0	0	½	1	0	½	1	0	4.0	2535
11	Seirawan, Yasser	GM	2643	0	0	0	1	0	1	½	½	0	½	0	3.5	2499
12	Stripunsky, Alexander	GM	2562	0	0	1	½	1	½	0	0	0	0	½	3.5	2507
12 players

ch-USA 2012 Saint Louis USA Tue 8th May 2012 - Sun 20th May 2012. Category: 16. Ave: (2633)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts	TPR
1	Nakamura, Hikaru	GM	USA	2775	#	1	=	=	=	=	1	1	1	=	1	1	8.5	2831
2	Kamsky, Gata	GM	USA	2741	0	#	1	=	1	1	=	=	0	1	1	1	7.5	2757
3	Onischuk, Alexander	GM	USA	2660	=	0	#	=	=	=	=	1	1	=	1	=	6.5	2696
4	Shulman, Yuri	GM	USA	2571	=	=	=	#	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	1	6	2675
5	Lenderman, Aleksandr	GM	USA	2587	=	0	=	=	#	=	1	=	=	1	=	=	6	2674
6	Akobian, Varuzhan	GM	USA	2625	=	0	=	=	=	#	0	1	1	1	0	1	6	2670
7	Robson, Ray	GM	USA	2614	0	=	=	=	0	1	#	1	=	1	=	0	5.5	2635
8	Hess, Robert L	GM	USA	2635	0	=	0	=	=	0	0	#	1	=	1	1	5	2597
9	Kaidanov, Gregory S	GM	USA	2594	0	1	0	=	=	0	=	0	#	0	1	=	4	2535
10	Ramirez, Alejandro	GM	USA	2593	=	0	=	=	0	0	0	=	1	#	1	0	4	2535
11	Stripunsky, Alexander	GM	USA	2562	0	0	0	=	=	1	=	0	0	0	#	1	3.5	2507
12	Seirawan, Yasser	GM	USA	2643	0	0	=	0	=	0	1	0	=	1	0	#	3.5	2499

Round 1. Tue 8th May 2012
Nakamura, Hikaru	1-0	Hess, Robert L	33	C51	Evans gambit
Kamsky, Gata	1-0	Ramirez, Alejandro	39	B42	Sicilian
Lenderman, Aleksandr	1-0	Robson, Ray	64	D97	Gruenfeld
Stripunsky, Alexander	0-1	Onischuk, Alexander	11	B11	Caro-Kann
Shulman, Yuri	1/2-1/2	Kaidanov, Gregory S	84	E11	Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation
Akobian, Varuzhan	1-0	Seirawan, Yasser	56	D37	QGD
Round 2. Wed 9th May 2012
Robson, Ray	1/2-1/2	Kamsky, Gata	28	B27	Sicilian
Onischuk, Alexander	1/2-1/2	Lenderman, Aleksandr	39	D38	QGD
Kaidanov, Gregory S	1-0	Stripunsky, Alexander	53	D43	QGD semi-Slav
Akobian, Varuzhan	1/2-1/2	Shulman, Yuri	42	D45	QGD semi-Slav
Seirawan, Yasser	0-1	Hess, Robert L	47	E32	Nimzo-Indian
Ramirez, Alejandro	1/2-1/2	Nakamura, Hikaru	40	E60	King's Indian, 3.Nf3
Round 3. Thu 10th May 2012
Shulman, Yuri	1-0	Seirawan, Yasser	42	E17	Queen's Indian
Stripunsky, Alexander	1-0	Akobian, Varuzhan	40	C03	French
Hess, Robert L	1/2-1/2	Ramirez, Alejandro	41	B42	Sicilian
Lenderman, Aleksandr	1/2-1/2	Kaidanov, Gregory S	30	A33	English
Nakamura, Hikaru	1-0	Robson, Ray	49	B75	Sicilian
Kamsky, Gata	1-0	Onischuk, Alexander	48	A45	Queen's pawn game
Round 4. Fri 11th May 2012
Akobian, Varuzhan	1/2-1/2	Lenderman, Aleksandr	33	D38	QGD
Kaidanov, Gregory S	1-0	Kamsky, Gata	48	D15	QGD Slav
Robson, Ray	1-0	Hess, Robert L	34	C54	Giuoco Piano
Seirawan, Yasser	1-0	Ramirez, Alejandro	93	D11	QGD Slav
Onischuk, Alexander	1/2-1/2	Nakamura, Hikaru	41	A40	Queen's pawn
Shulman, Yuri	1/2-1/2	Stripunsky, Alexander	77	D47	QGD semi-Slav
Round 5. Sat 12th May 2012
Hess, Robert L	0-1	Onischuk, Alexander	39	C78	Ruy Lopez
Nakamura, Hikaru	1-0	Kaidanov, Gregory S	70	E04	Catalan
Stripunsky, Alexander	1-0	Seirawan, Yasser	40	B10	Caro-Kann
Ramirez, Alejandro	0-1	Robson, Ray	63	D34	QGD
Kamsky, Gata	1-0	Akobian, Varuzhan	50	C67	Ruy Lopez
Lenderman, Aleksandr	1/2-1/2	Shulman, Yuri	30	E10	Queen's pawn game
Round 6. Sun 13th May 2012
Onischuk, Alexander	1/2-1/2	Ramirez, Alejandro	38	D45	QGD semi-Slav
Seirawan, Yasser	1-0	Robson, Ray	49	A16	English
Akobian, Varuzhan	1/2-1/2	Nakamura, Hikaru	30	A40	Queen's pawn
Shulman, Yuri	1/2-1/2	Kamsky, Gata	47	A37	English
Stripunsky, Alexander	1/2-1/2	Lenderman, Aleksandr	50	B12	Caro-Kann
Kaidanov, Gregory S	0-1	Hess, Robert L	33	D45	QGD semi-Slav
Round 7. Tue 15th May 2012
Ramirez, Alejandro	1-0	Kaidanov, Gregory S	64	D43	QGD semi-Slav
Lenderman, Aleksandr	1/2-1/2	Seirawan, Yasser	53	D37	QGD
Nakamura, Hikaru	1/2-1/2	Shulman, Yuri	101	D31	QGD
Kamsky, Gata	1-0	Stripunsky, Alexander	64	B17	Caro-Kann
Robson, Ray	1/2-1/2	Onischuk, Alexander	41	C47	Four knights
Hess, Robert L	0-1	Akobian, Varuzhan	67	B12	Caro-Kann
Round 8. Wed 16th May 2012
Kaidanov, Gregory S	1/2-1/2	Robson, Ray	28	D90	Gruenfeld
Shulman, Yuri	1/2-1/2	Hess, Robert L	35	D45	QGD semi-Slav
Seirawan, Yasser	1/2-1/2	Onischuk, Alexander	26	D58	QGD
Stripunsky, Alexander	0-1	Nakamura, Hikaru	71	C04	French
Akobian, Varuzhan	1-0	Ramirez, Alejandro	51	A43	Old Benoni defence
Lenderman, Aleksandr	0-1	Kamsky, Gata	44	D15	QGD Slav
Round 9. Thu 17th May 2012
Hess, Robert L	1-0	Stripunsky, Alexander	33	D12	QGD Slav
Ramirez, Alejandro	1/2-1/2	Shulman, Yuri	30	E17	Queen's Indian
Onischuk, Alexander	1-0	Kaidanov, Gregory S	64	A30	English
Robson, Ray	1-0	Akobian, Varuzhan	58	B13	Caro-Kann
Kamsky, Gata	1-0	Seirawan, Yasser	35	B19	Caro-Kann
Nakamura, Hikaru	1/2-1/2	Lenderman, Aleksandr	121	D38	QGD
Round 10. Fri 18th May 2012
Kamsky, Gata	0-1	Nakamura, Hikaru	50	B90	Sicilian
Akobian, Varuzhan	1/2-1/2	Onischuk, Alexander	33	D20	Queen's gambit accepted
Shulman, Yuri	1/2-1/2	Robson, Ray	88	A16	English
Lenderman, Aleksandr	1/2-1/2	Hess, Robert L	37	A14	English
Stripunsky, Alexander	0-1	Ramirez, Alejandro	43	B23	Sicilian
Seirawan, Yasser	1/2-1/2	Kaidanov, Gregory S	29	A13	English
Round 11. Sat 19th May 2012
Ramirez, Alejandro	0-1	Lenderman, Aleksandr	42	B18	Caro-Kann
Kaidanov, Gregory S	0-1	Akobian, Varuzhan	33	E55	Nimzo-Indian
Hess, Robert L	1/2-1/2	Kamsky, Gata	58	D15	QGD Slav
Nakamura, Hikaru	1-0	Seirawan, Yasser	30	C00	French
Onischuk, Alexander	1/2-1/2	Shulman, Yuri	33	E92	King's Indian
Robson, Ray	1/2-1/2	Stripunsky, Alexander	38	B42	Sicilian

ch-USA w 2012
Tue 8th May 2012
Sun 20th May 2012
Saint Louis
USA
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR

ch-USA w 2012 Saint Louis USA Tue 8th May 2012 - Sun 20th May 2012 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts	TPR
1	Zatonskih, Anna	IM	2510	1	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	7.0	2519
2	Krush, Irina	IM	2457	1	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	7.0	2523
3	Goletiani, Rusudan	IM	2333	1	0	1	0	1	½	1	0	1	5.5	2397
4	Ni, Viktorija	WIM	2228	½	0	0	1	½	1	½	½	1	5.0	2371
5	Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	WGM	2364	0	1	½	1	½	0	1	½	0	4.5	2313
6	Abrahamyan, Tatev	WGM	2329	½	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	4.5	2317
7	Zenyuk, Iryna	WIM	2224	½	1	1	½	0	0	½	0	1	4.5	2329
8	Melekhina, Alisa	FM	2242	½	½	0	½	1	1	0	0	0	3.5	2247
9	Baginskaite, Camilla	WGM	2358	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	1	0	2.0	2094
10	Kats, Alena	WFM	2137	0	0	1	0	0	0	½	0	0	1.5	2063
10 players

ch-USA w 2012 Saint Louis USA Tue 8th May 2012 - Sun 20th May 2012. Category: 3. Ave: (2318)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts	TPR
1	Zatonskih, Anna	IM	USA	2510	#	=	1	=	1	=	1	=	1	1	7	2517
2	Krush, Irina	IM	USA	2457	=	#	=	1	=	1	1	=	1	1	7	2523
3	Goletiani, Rusudan	IM	USA	2333	0	=	#	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	5.5	2397
4	Ni, Viktorija	WIM	USA	2228	=	0	1	#	0	=	=	1	=	1	5	2371
5	Zenyuk, Iryna	CM	USA	2224	0	=	0	1	#	1	1	=	0	=	4.5	2329
6	Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	WGM	USA	2364	=	0	1	=	0	#	0	1	=	1	4.5	2313
7	Abrahamyan, Tatev	WGM	USA	2329	0	0	0	=	0	1	#	1	1	1	4.5	2317
8	Melekhina, Alisa	FM	USA	2242	=	=	0	0	=	0	0	#	1	1	3.5	2247
9	Baginskaite, Camilla	WGM	USA	2358	0	0	0	=	1	=	0	0	#	0	2	2094
10	Kats, Alena	WFM	USA	2137	0	0	0	0	=	0	0	0	1	#	1.5	2065

Round 1. Tue 8th May 2012
Zatonskih, Anna	1-0	Kats, Alena	33	D11	QGD Slav
Goletiani, Rusudan	1-0	Baginskaite, Camilla	36	A13	English
Krush, Irina	1-0	Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	41	B14	Caro-Kann
Zenyuk, Iryna	1/2-1/2	Melekhina, Alisa	67	D34	QGD
Ni, Viktorija	1/2-1/2	Abrahamyan, Tatev	68	A57	Benko gambit
Round 2. Wed 9th May 2012
Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	1-0	Goletiani, Rusudan	53	E47	Nimzo-Indian
Melekhina, Alisa	1/2-1/2	Krush, Irina	44	B52	Sicilian
Ni, Viktorija	0-1	Zenyuk, Iryna	34	A57	Benko gambit half accepted
Abrahamyan, Tatev	1-0	Kats, Alena	35	B90	Sicilian
Baginskaite, Camilla	0-1	Zatonskih, Anna	38	E41	Nimzo-Indian
Round 3. Thu 10th May 2012
Zenyuk, Iryna	1-0	Abrahamyan, Tatev	70	E98	King's Indian
Krush, Irina	1-0	Ni, Viktorija	43	A38	English
Kats, Alena	1-0	Baginskaite, Camilla	36	B98	Sicilian
Zatonskih, Anna	1/2-1/2	Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	43	D07	QGD
Goletiani, Rusudan	1-0	Melekhina, Alisa	29	A10	English opening
Round 4. Sat 12th May 2012
Abrahamyan, Tatev	1-0	Baginskaite, Camilla	38	C50	Giuoco Piano
Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	1-0	Kats, Alena	28	D45	QGD semi-Slav
Melekhina, Alisa	1/2-1/2	Zatonskih, Anna	44	B22	Sicilian
Ni, Viktorija	1-0	Goletiani, Rusudan	28	A81	Dutch defence
Zenyuk, Iryna	1/2-1/2	Krush, Irina	30	D45	QGD semi-Slav
Round 5. Sun 13th May 2012
Goletiani, Rusudan	1-0	Zenyuk, Iryna	58	A10	English opening
Baginskaite, Camilla	1/2-1/2	Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	34	A40	Modern defence
Kats, Alena	0-1	Melekhina, Alisa	60	B00	King's pawn opening
Krush, Irina	1-0	Abrahamyan, Tatev	33	E63	King's Indian
Zatonskih, Anna	1/2-1/2	Ni, Viktorija	33	B41	Sicilian
Round 6. Tue 15th May 2012
Ni, Viktorija	1-0	Kats, Alena	61	D48	QGD semi-Slav
Zenyuk, Iryna	0-1	Zatonskih, Anna	53	E59	Nimzo-Indian
Krush, Irina	1/2-1/2	Goletiani, Rusudan	51	A43	Old Benoni defence
Melekhina, Alisa	1-0	Baginskaite, Camilla	30	B51	Sicilian
Abrahamyan, Tatev	1-0	Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	47	C41	Philidor
Round 7. Wed 16th May 2012
Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	1-0	Melekhina, Alisa	56	E87	King's Indian
Goletiani, Rusudan	1-0	Abrahamyan, Tatev	42	A15	English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)
Zatonskih, Anna	1/2-1/2	Krush, Irina	31	D02	Queen's pawn game
Baginskaite, Camilla	1/2-1/2	Ni, Viktorija	41	E60	King's Indian
Kats, Alena	1/2-1/2	Zenyuk, Iryna	72	B00	King's pawn opening
Round 8. Thu 17th May 2012
Zenyuk, Iryna	0-1	Baginskaite, Camilla	84	E47	Nimzo-Indian
Abrahamyan, Tatev	1-0	Melekhina, Alisa	63	B33	Sicilian
Ni, Viktorija	1/2-1/2	Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	68	D11	QGD Slav
Goletiani, Rusudan	0-1	Zatonskih, Anna	95	A09	Reti
Krush, Irina	1-0	Kats, Alena	56	A30	English
Round 9. Sat 19th May 2012
Melekhina, Alisa	0-1	Ni, Viktorija	81	E98	King's Indian
Kats, Alena	0-1	Goletiani, Rusudan	55	B42	Sicilian
Zatonskih, Anna	1-0	Abrahamyan, Tatev	40	E63	King's Indian
Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	0-1	Zenyuk, Iryna	40	A45	Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)
Baginskaite, Camilla	0-1	Krush, Irina	39	A40	Modern defence

ch-USA w Playoff
Tue 8th May 2012
Sun 20th May 2012
Saint Louis
USA
2 Players.
3 Rounds.
Match
Time Control: 25m+5spm

ch-USA w Playoff St Louis
Zatonskih, Anna	-	Krush, Irina	0-1	35	B15	Caro Kann
Krush, Irina	-	Zatonskih, Anna	1-0	48	D45	Anti-Meran Variations

ch-USA w Playoff St Louis (USA), 20 v 2012
Name	Ti	NAT	Rtng	1	2	Total	Perf
Krush, Irina	m	USA	2457	1	1	2
Zatonskih, Anna	m	USA	2510	0	0	0

5) Czech Championship 2012

The Czech Championship took place in Kouty nad Desnou 12th-20th May 2012. David Navara won the title with 7/9.

Event: Czech Championship 2012
Place: Kouty nad Desnou
CountryCode: CZE
StartDate: Sat 12th May 2012
EndDate: Sun 20th May 2012
Website
Results

ch-CZE 2012
Sat 12th May 2012
Sun 20th May 2012
Kouty nad Desnou
CZE
47 Players.
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

ch-CZE 2012 Kouty nad Desnou CZE Sat 12th May 2012 - Sun 20th May 2012 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Navara David	CZE	2706	7.0	40.5	51.5	2472
2	Kislinsky Alexej	CZE	2532	7.0	38.5	49.5	2479
3	Babula Vlastimil	CZE	2563	6.5	40.5	52.0	2476
4	Cvek Robert	CZE	2563	6.0	37.5	48.5	2461
5	Bern�sek Jan	CZE	2476	6.0	35.5	46.0	2440
6	Ras�k V�tezslav	CZE	2495	6.0	31.0	40.5	2303
7	Cernousek Luk�s	CZE	2440	6.0	29.0	37.0	2244
8	Pol�k Tom�s	CZE	2514	5.5	38.0	48.5	2428
9	Jansa Vlastimil	CZE	2454	5.5	35.0	45.0	2416
10	Žilka Step�n	CZE	2513	5.5	34.0	45.0	2432
11	V�vra Pavel	CZE	2368	5.5	33.5	43.0	2416
12	Stocek Jir�	CZE	2595	5.5	31.5	42.5	2354
13	Konopka Michal	CZE	2452	5.5	31.5	41.0	2375
14	Olsarov� Tereza	CZE	2209	5.0	34.5	44.5	2360
15	Kanovsk� David	CZE	2445	5.0	33.5	43.0	2347
16	Simek Petr	CZE	2327	5.0	32.5	43.5	2324
17	Biolek Richard	CZE	2412	5.0	32.0	40.0	2303
18	Lecht�nsk� Jir�	CZE	2382	5.0	30.5	40.0	2297
19	Sochorov� Petra	CZE	2205	5.0	28.0	35.5	2233
20	Talla Vladim�r	CZE	2382	4.5	37.5	48.0	2425
21	Volosin Leonid	CZE	2434	4.5	35.5	47.0	2371
22	Votava Jan	CZE	2538	4.5	35.5	44.5	2374
23	Straka Vojtech	CZE	2259	4.5	35.0	44.5	2320
24	Pecha Tom�s	CZE	2243	4.5	32.0	41.0	2358
25	Vlas�k Luk�s	CZE	2247	4.5	31.5	40.0	2349
26	Kraus Tom�s	CZE	2255	4.5	31.0	39.0	2360
27	Bures Jaroslav	CZE	2406	4.5	29.0	37.5	2279
28	Siebenbürger Vlastimil	CZE	2111	4.5	27.0	35.0	2244
29	Freisler Pavel	CZE	2307	4.0	36.0	45.5	2379
30	Nepomuck� Ondrej	CZE	2254	4.0	32.5	42.0	2285
31	Bartos Jan	CZE	2235	4.0	31.0	40.0	2249
32	Folk Petr	CZE	2244	4.0	29.5	39.0	2225
33	Miturov� Magdal�na	CZE	2064	4.0	29.0	36.5	2251
34	Ad�mek Jir�	CZE	2320	4.0	29.0	36.0	2241
35	Sikorov� Olga	CZE	2271	4.0	28.0	37.5	2286
36	Mach�n Jan	CZE	2017	4.0	28.0	36.0	2273
37	Nguyen Thai Dai Van	CZE	1942	4.0	25.5	34.0	2223
38	Koz�k Milos	CZE	2216	3.5	30.5	39.5	2243
39	Vechet Stanislav	CZE	2230	3.5	28.5	37.0	2181
40	Pokrupa Marek	CZE	2216	3.5	28.0	35.0	2269
47 players

6) Serbia Cup Final 2012

The Serbia Cup Final team competition took place 14th-20th May 2012. Novosadski sk DDOR won with a superior tie-break.

Event: Serbia Cup Final 2012
Place: Kragujevac
CountryCode: SRB
StartDate: Mon 14th May 2012
EndDate: Sun 20th May 2012
Website
Results

Serbia Cup Final
Mon 14th May 2012
Sun 20th May 2012
Kragujevac
SRB
87 Players.
7 Rounds.
League
Time Control: 90m:15m:30spm(1)

Serbia Cup Final Kragujevac SRB Mon 14th May 2012 - Sun 20th May 2012 Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Team	Gms	+	-	=	TB1	TB2
1	1	Novosadski sk DDOR	7	6	0	1	19	20.5
2	2	Vodovod Kragujevac	7	6	1	0	18	20.0
3	3	Lasta Beograd	7	4	2	1	13	16.5
4	6	Radnicki Kragujevac	7	4	3	0	12	13.5
5	12	Stara Pazova	7	3	2	2	11	14.0
6	5	Jugovic Kac	7	2	1	4	10	15.0
7	4	Metalac Takovo G. Milanovac	7	3	3	1	10	14.0
8	7	Valjevski sk 2005	7	3	3	1	10	14.0
9	13	PTT Beograd	7	3	3	1	10	14.0
10	11	BAS Beograd	7	3	3	1	10	13.5
11	10	OSK Paracin	7	3	3	1	10	13.0
12	9	Borac Cacak	7	3	3	1	10	12.5
13	8	Trepca Kosovska Mitrovica	7	2	3	2	8	13.0
14	14	Hercegovac Gajdobra	7	1	5	1	4	8.5
15	15	Banovci Dunav	7	1	5	1	4	8.0
15 players

7) First Saturday May 2012

The First Saturday May events took place 5th-17th May 2012. Andras Flumbort won the GM group with 8.5/11.

Event: First Saturday May 2012
Place: Budapest
CountryCode: HUN
StartDate: Sat 5th May 2012
EndDate: Thu 17th May 2012
Website
Results

FSGM May 2012
Sat 5th May 2012
Thu 17th May 2012
Budapest
HUN
12 Players.
11 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

FSGM May 2012 Budapest HUN Sat 5th May 2012 - Thu 17th May 2012. Category: 6. Ave: (2393)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts	TPR
1	Flumbort, Andras	GM	HUN	2503	#	=	=	=	1	=	1	1	=	1	1	1	8.5	2594
2	Czebe, Attila	GM	HUN	2475	=	#	=	=	1	=	=	=	=	1	1	1	7.5	2519
3	Varga, Zoltan	GM	HUN	2451	=	=	#	=	=	=	=	=	1	=	1	1	7	2490
4	Simonian, Hrair	GM	ARM	2475	=	=	=	#	=	=	=	=	=	=	1	1	6.5	2451
5	Arngrimsson, Dagur	IM	ISL	2381	0	0	=	=	#	1	=	=	=	1	=	1	6	2430
6	Bagi, Mate	FM	HUN	2335	=	=	=	=	0	#	=	0	=	1	=	1	5.5	2398
7	Manca, Federico	IM	ITA	2424	0	=	=	=	=	=	#	=	=	=	1	=	5.5	2390
8	Battey, Alexander	FM	USA	2403	0	=	=	=	=	1	=	#	1	0	0	=	5	2356
9	Horvath, David		HUN	2420	=	=	0	=	=	=	=	0	#	=	=	1	5	2355
10	Estrada Nieto, Julian	IM	MEX	2309	0	0	=	=	0	0	=	1	=	#	=	1	4.5	2336
11	Wittmann, Walter	IM	AUT	2276	0	0	0	0	=	=	0	1	=	=	#	=	3.5	2271
12	Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael	IM	ESP	2265	0	0	0	0	0	0	=	=	0	0	=	#	1.5	2096

FSIM May 2012
Sat 5th May 2012
Thu 17th May 2012
Budapest
HUN
11 Players.
11 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

FSIM May 2012 Budapest HUN Sat 5th May 2012 - Thu 17th May 2012. Category: 1. Ave: (2260)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts	TPR
1	Galyas, Miklos	IM	HUN	2403	#	=	=	0	1	1	1	=	=	1	1	7	2395
2	Tesik, Csaba	FM	HUN	2339	=	#	0	=	1	=	1	=	=	1	1	6.5	2362
3	Gledura, Benjamin	FM	HUN	2312	=	1	#	=	=	1	=	1	1	0	0	6	2327
4	Gupta, Bhaskar		IND	2096	1	=	=	#	0	=	=	1	1	0	1	6	2349
5	Kojima, Shinya	FM	JPN	2264	0	0	=	1	#	1	=	0	1	1	1	6	2332
6	Korpa, Bence		HUN	2297	0	=	0	=	0	#	1	1	1	=	1	5.5	2293
7	Dolgener, Tobias		GER	2215	0	0	=	=	=	0	#	=	=	1	1	4.5	2229
8	Petran, Pal	IM	HUN	2365	=	=	0	0	1	0	=	#	=	=	=	4	2178
9	Lengyel, Bela	IM	HUN	2260	=	=	0	0	0	0	=	=	#	1	=	3.5	2150
10	Wang, Xinyue		CHN	2041	0	0	1	1	0	=	0	=	0	#	0	3	2133
11	Farago, Sandor	IM	HUN	2270	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	=	=	1	#	3	2110

FSFMA May 2012
Sat 5th May 2012
Thu 17th May 2012
Budapest
HUN
11 Players.
11 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

FSFMA May 2012 Budapest HUN Sat 5th May 2012 - Thu 17th May 2012. Category: None. Ave: (2058)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts	TPR
1	Koczo, Kristof		HUN	2126	#	0	1	0	1	=	1	1	1	1	1	7.5	2244
2	Juracsik, Jozsef		HUN	2134	1	#	0	=	1	=	=	1	=	1	1	7	2199
3	Farkas, Richard		HUN	2112	0	1	#	1	0	=	=	=	1	1	1	6.5	2162
4	Kis, Bela		HUN	2051	1	=	0	#	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	6.5	2169
5	Kozak, Adam		HUN	2001	0	0	1	1	#	1	0	=	1	1	=	6	2136
6	Darazs, Zoltan		HUN	2136	=	=	=	1	0	#	=	=	=	=	=	5	2050
7	Borda, Lajos		HUN	2115	0	=	=	0	1	=	#	=	=	0	1	4.5	2016
8	Jamalia, Natalie		HUN	1932	0	0	=	0	=	=	=	#	1	1	=	4.5	2034
9	Bodrogi, Laszlo		HUN	2012	0	=	0	0	0	=	=	0	#	1	1	3.5	1952
10	Nazarenus, Olaf		GER	2073	0	0	0	0	0	=	1	0	0	#	1	2.5	1863
11	Havaskori, Laszlo		HUN	1944	0	0	0	0	=	=	0	=	0	0	#	1.5	1773

FSFMB May 2012
Sat 5th May 2012
Thu 17th May 2012
Budapest
HUN
11 Players.
11 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

FSFMB May 2012 Budapest HUN Sat 5th May 2012 - Thu 17th May 2012. Category: None. Ave: (1641)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts	TPR
1	Mayer, Istvan	FM	HUN	2038	#	1	1	=	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9.5	2071
2	Lukacs, Albert		HUN	1776	0	#	1	=	=	1	1	1	1	1	1	8	1868
3	Mirza, Solyom		HUN	1671	0	0	#	=	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	6.5	1748
4	Gruz, Janos		HUN	1858	=	=	=	#	1	0	0	1	1	1	=	6	1691
5	Nemeth, Otto		HUN	1858	0	=	0	0	#	1	1	1	=	1	1	6	1691
6	Vasilev, Sergey		RUS	1462	0	0	1	1	0	#	0	1	=	=	1	5	1659
7	Mihajlova, Diana		ENG	1410	0	0	0	1	0	1	#	0	0	1	1	4	1592
8	Csiba, Tibor		HUN	1438	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#	1	1	1	4	1589
9	Karaiskakis, Petros		HUN	1751	0	0	0	0	=	=	1	0	#	0	=	2.5	1437
10	Nagy, Peter		HUN	1538	0	0	0	0	0	=	0	0	1	#	=	2	1411
11	Somogyi, Theodora		HUN	1252	0	0	0	=	0	0	0	0	=	=	#	1.5	1384

8) 30th Liechtenstein Open

The 30th Liechtenstein Open took place 11th-19th May 2012. Sebastian Bogner won with 7/9. Games not available.

Event: 30th Liechtenstein Open
Place: Triesen
CountryCode: LIE
StartDate: Fri 11th May 2012
EndDate: Sat 19th May 2012
Website
Results

30th Liechtenstein
Fri 11th May 2012
Sat 19th May 2012
Triesen
LIE
9 Rounds.
Swiss

30th Liechtenstein Triesen LIE Fri 11th May 2012 - Sat 19th May 2012 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Bogner Sebastian	GM	GER	2569	7.0	52.5	42.0	39.50
2	Hera Imre Jr	GM	HUN	2567	6.5	52.5	41.5	37.00
3	Ovsejevitsch Sergei	GM	UKR	2572	6.5	52.5	41.5	36.75
4	Froewis Georg	IM	AUT	2394	6.5	52.0	40.0	36.00
5	Wagner Dennis	FM	GER	2424	6.5	51.0	40.5	34.25
6	Dgebuadze Alexandre	GM	BEL	2558	6.5	51.0	40.0	35.75
7	Van Der Weide Karel	GM	NED	2456	6.5	50.5	39.0	35.25
8	Colovic Aleksandar	IM	MKD	2433	6.5	48.0	38.5	34.00
9	Cebalo Miso	GM	CRO	2437	6.5	47.5	37.5	33.25
10	Paehtz Thomas	GM	GER	2438	6.5	40.0	31.5	29.25
11	Farago Ivan	GM	HUN	2500	6.0	52.5	41.5	32.50
12	Dittmar Peter	FM	GER	2297	6.0	49.0	39.0	31.00
13	Sergeev Vladimir	GM	UKR	2486	6.0	48.0	37.0	31.25
14	Schachinger Mario	FM	AUT	2385	6.0	47.5	38.5	29.00
15	Kuijf Marinus	IM	NED	2419	6.0	41.5	33.0	26.25
16	Vucic Mladen	IM	USA	2336	5.5	50.0	40.0	28.50
17	Bezler Rainer		AUT	2217	5.5	49.0	39.0	26.75
18	Grabher Heinz	FM	AUT	2246	5.5	49.0	38.5	29.00
19	Izsak Gyula	IM	HUN	2483	5.5	49.0	37.5	28.25
20	Poettinger Harald		AUT	2227	5.5	48.0	37.5	27.75
21	Jicman Ligia-Letitia	WIM	ROU	2189	5.5	47.5	38.0	25.75
22	Guenthner Oliver	FM	GER	2261	5.5	47.5	37.0	27.75
23	Vogel Jaap	FM	NED	2163	5.5	47.0	37.5	25.25
24	Kessler Luca		AUT	2233	5.5	46.5	38.0	25.50
25	Bahl Felix		AUT	1891	5.5	46.5	36.0	26.50
26	Habibi Ali	IM	GER	2286	5.5	46.5	36.0	26.00
27	Peredy Ferenc	IM	HUN	2156	5.5	46.0	36.5	25.75
28	Benes Petr		CZE	2105	5.5	45.5	35.0	24.50
29	Matt Fabian		AUT	2213	5.5	44.0	34.0	24.00
30	Borsos Bogdan	IM	UKR	2271	5.5	43.5	33.5	24.00
31	Sarmir Milos		SVK	2070	5.5	39.5	30.5	19.75
32	Baumann Kurt		SUI	1975	5.5	37.0	30.0	19.25
33	Keller Manfred	CM	GER	2190	5.0	47.0	36.5	24.50
34	Neuberger Guido		GER	2172	5.0	45.0	35.0	22.50
35	Kelecevic Nedeljko	IM	SUI	2260	5.0	45.0	35.0	22.25
36	Zahn Alina		GER	1861	5.0	44.0	34.0	23.00
37	Laske Erich		AUT	2081	5.0	42.5	34.5	20.50
38	Marentini Marcel		SUI	2114	5.0	42.5	32.5	20.00
39	Raddatz Michael		GER	2027	5.0	41.0	32.5	19.25
40	Hehle Bernhard		AUT	1917	5.0	39.0	31.0	19.25
105 players

9) 85th St Petersburg Championship 2012

The 85th St Petersburg Championship took place 5th-15th May 2012. Alexander Shimanov took first place on tie-break from Dennis Yevseev and Valerij Popov after all scored 7.5/11.

Event: 85th St Petersburg Championship 2012
Place: St Petersburg
CountryCode: RUS
StartDate: Sat 5th May 2012
EndDate: Tue 15th May 2012
Website

ch-St Petersburg
Sat 5th May 2012
Tue 15th May 2012
St Petersburg
RUS
12 Players.
11 Rounds.
SRR

ch-St Petersburg St Petersburg RUS Sat 5th May 2012 - Tue 15th May 2012. Category: 9. Ave: (2468)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts	TPR
1	Shimanov, Aleksandr	GM	RUS	2600	#	0	=	=	1	1	1	=	1	1	0	1	7.5	2588
2	Yevseev, Denis	GM	RUS	2529	1	#	=	=	0	1	=	=	=	1	1	1	7.5	2595
3	Popov, Valerij	GM	RUS	2550	=	=	#	=	=	0	=	1	1	1	1	1	7.5	2593
4	Levin, Evgeny A.	GM	RUS	2499	=	=	=	#	=	=	=	1	=	1	1	=	7	2567
5	Rozum, Ivan	IM	RUS	2477	0	1	=	=	#	=	1	1	0	=	=	1	6.5	2532
6	Klimov, Sergey	GM	RUS	2505	0	0	1	=	=	#	=	1	1	=	0	1	6	2500
7	Malakhov, Igor	FM	RUS	2431	0	=	=	=	0	=	#	=	1	1	1	=	6	2507
8	Goganov, Aleksey	IM	RUS	2523	=	=	0	0	0	0	=	#	=	1	1	1	5	2426
9	Fedoseev, Vladimir	GM	RUS	2546	0	=	0	=	1	0	0	=	#	0	1	=	4	2358
10	Sichinava, Zviad		RUS	2308	0	0	0	0	=	=	0	0	1	#	1	1	4	2380
11	Martynov, Pavel		RUS	2284	1	0	0	0	=	1	0	0	0	0	#	0	2.5	2273
12	Usmanov, Vasily		RUS	2358	0	0	0	=	0	0	=	0	=	0	1	#	2.5	2266

10) 71st Georgian Championship 2012

The 71st Georgian Championship takes place 13th-23rd May 2012. Top seed Baadur Jobava is already a point clear with three rounds to go.. Levan Pantsulais withdrew from the event.

Event: 71st Georgian Championship 2012
Place: Tbilisi
CountryCode: GEO
StartDate: Sun 13th May 2012
EndDate: Wed 23rd May 2012
Website

71st ch-GEO 2012
Sun 13th May 2012
Wed 23rd May 2012
Tbilisi
GEO
12 Players.
11 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

71st ch-GEO 2012 Tbilisi GEO Sun 13th May 2012 - Wed 23rd May 2012 Leading Round 8 (of 11) Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	Rtg	Pts
1	Jobava Baadur	g	2721	7
2	Gagunashvili Merab	g	2570	6
3	Paichadze Luka	m	2480	6
4	Shanava Konstantine	g	2589	5.5
5	Zarkua Davit	m	2446	5
6	Javakadze Zurab		2418	4
7	Arutinian David	g	2561	4
8	Beradze Irakli		2298	3.5
9	Quparadze Giga	m	2471	3
10	Lomsadze Davit		2345	2.5
11	Pantsulais Levan	g	2581	1.5
12	Chighladze Iveri	m	2390	0
12 players

71st ch-GEO 2012 Tbilisi GEO Sun 13th May 2012 - Wed 23rd May 2012. Category: 10. Ave: (2489)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts	TPR
1	Jobava, Baadur	GM	GEO	2721	#			1	1	=		=	1	1	1	1	7	2777
2	Gagunashvili, Merab	GM	GEO	2570		#	1			=	1	0	=	1	1	1	6	2636
3	Paichadze, Luka	IM	GEO	2480		0	#		=	1		1	1	=	1	1	6	2633
4	Shanava, Konstantine	GM	GEO	2589	0			#	0		=	1	1	1	1	1	5.5	2618
5	Zarkua, Davit	IM	GEO	2446	0		=	1	#		=	1	0	1		1	5	2577
6	Javakhadze, Zurab		GEO	2418	=	=	0			#	=		1	0	=	1	4	2515
7	Arutinian, David	GM	GEO	2561		0		=	=	=	#	=	=		=	1	4	2470
8	Beradze, Irakli		GEO	2298	=	1	0	0	0		=	#		=		1	3.5	2470
9	Quparadze, Giga	IM	GEO	2471	0	=	0	0	1	0	=		#		1		3	2459
10	Lomsadze, Davit		GEO	2345	0	0	=	0	0	1		=		#	=		2.5	2372
11	Pantsulaia, Levan	GM	GEO	2581	0	0	0	0		=	=		0	=	#		1.5	2268
12	Chighladze, Iveri	IM	GEO	2390	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				#	0	2510

11) Catalan Championship 2012

The Catalan Championship took place 12th-19th May 2012 in Barcelona. This was a 16 player knockout with top seed Marc Narciso Dublan being defeated in the final by Miguel Munoz Pantoja after a playoff.

Event: Catalan Championship 2012
Place: Barcelona
CountryCode: ESP
StartDate: Sat 12th May 2012
EndDate: Sat 19th May 2012
Website
Results

ch-Catalan 2012
Sat 12th May 2012
Sat 19th May 2012
Barcelona
ESP
16 Players.
4 Rounds.
KO

ch-Catalan 2012 Barcelona ESP Sat 12th May 2012 - Sat 19th May 2012 Leading Final Round 4 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	Rtg	Pts	TB1
1	Munoz Pantoja Miguel	IM	2484	5	1
2	Narciso Dublan Marc	GM	2541	5	0
3	Asis Gargatagli Hipolito	IM	2473	4.5	1
4	Fluvia Poyatos Joan	IM	2490	4.5	0
5	Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel	GM	2506	3	0
6	Alsina Leal Daniel	GM	2540	2.5	0
7	Alonso Rosell Alvar	IM	2510	2	0
8	Perez Mitjans Orelvis	IM	2471	2	0
9	Fluvia Poyatos Jordi	IM	2467	1	0
10	Sanchez Ibern Marc	FM	2359	1	0
11	Martinez Ramirez Erik	FM	2296	1	0
12	Lacasta Palacio Joaquim	cm	2177	0.5	0
13	Monell Camarasa David	cm	2260	0	0
14	Farran Martos Josep	cm	2210	0	0
15	Mundet Riera Jaume	cm	2173	0	0
16	Ruiz Font Elisabet		2041	0	0
16 players

12) X World Youth Stars 2012

The X World Youth Stars (Somov Memorial) takes place 11th-25th May 2012. This fine junior event is in its 10th edition.

10th Somov Mem Kirishi RUS Fri 11th May 2012 - Fri 25th May 2012. Category: 6. Ave: (2383)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts	TPR
1	Artemiev, Vladislav	FM	RUS	2459	#	=	=	1	1	=		1	=	1	1		7	2619
2	Belous, Vladimir	IM	RUS	2518	=	#		=	1	=	1	=	1		1	1	7	2586
3	Chigaev, Maksim	FM	RUS	2438	=		#	=		=	1	0	1	=	1	1	6	2498
4	Oparin, Grigoriy	IM	RUS	2494	0	=	=	#		0	=		1	1	1	1	5.5	2456
5	Sanal, Vahap	CM	TUR	2277	0	0			#	=	1	1	1	=	1	=	5.5	2456
6	Mammadov, Zaur	IM	AZE	2393	=	=	=	1	=	#	0	1	0	1			5	2459
7	Boruchovsky, Avital	FM	ISR	2434		0	0	=	0	1	#	1	1		=	0	4	2330
8	Vakhidov, Jahongir	IM	UZB	2439	0	=	1		0	0	0	#		0	1	1	3.5	2288
9	Codenotti, Marco	FM	ITA	2345	=	0	0	0	0	1	0		#	=		1	3	2260
10	Izzat, Kanan	FM	AZE	2341	0		=	0	=	0		1	=	#	0	=	3	2241
11	Antal, Tibor Kende	FM	HUN	2345	0	0	0	0	0		=	0		1	#	1	2.5	2224
12	Styazhkina, Anna	WFM	RUS	2107		0	0	0	=		1	0	0	=	0	#	2	2183

13) 69th Georgian Women's Championship 2012

The 69th Georgian Women's Championship took place 28th April - 9th May 2012. Bela Khotenashvili took clear first place with 8/11. All games are now available.

Event: 69th Georgian Women's Championship 2012
Place: Anaklia
CountryCode: GEO
StartDate: Sat 28th Apr 2012
EndDate: Wed 9th May 2012
Website
Results

69th ch-GEO w 2012
Sat 28th Apr 2012
Wed 9th May 2012
Anaklia
GEO
12 Players.
11 Rounds.
SRR

69th ch-GEO w 2012 Anaklia GEO Sat 28th Apr 2012 - Wed 9th May 2012. Category: 5. Ave: (2354)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts	TPR
1	Khotenashvili, Bela	IM	GEO	2490	#	1	1	0	=	1	=	1	=	=	1	1	8	2517
2	Arabidze, Meri	WIM	GEO	2337	0	#	0	1	1	1	=	1	=	=	=	1	7	2458
3	Batsiashvili, Nino	WGM	GEO	2438	0	1	#	=	=	0	=	0	1	1	1	1	6.5	2412
4	Paikidze, Nazi	WGM	GEO	2406	1	0	=	#	0	1	=	=	0	=	1	1	6	2386
5	Melia, Salome	IM	GEO	2400	=	0	=	1	#	=	=	=	0	=	=	1	5.5	2350
6	Guramishvili, Sopiko	WGM	GEO	2395	0	0	1	0	=	#	=	1	=	=	1	=	5.5	2351
7	Lomineishvili, Maia	IM	GEO	2366	=	=	=	=	=	=	#	=	=	=	0	=	5	2317
8	Gvetadze, Sofio	IM	GEO	2334	0	0	1	=	=	0	=	#	=	=	=	1	5	2320
9	Bokuchava, Madona	WFM	GEO	2058	=	=	0	1	1	=	=	=	#	0	0	0	4.5	2316
10	Charkhalashvili, Inga	WGM	GEO	2334	=	=	0	=	=	=	=	=	1	#	0	0	4.5	2291
11	Khurtsilava, Inga	WIM	GEO	2286	0	=	0	0	=	0	1	=	1	1	#	0	4.5	2296
12	Khukhashvili, Sopiko	IM	GEO	2408	0	0	0	0	0	=	=	0	1	1	1	#	4	2247

14) 3rd Hradec Kralove Open

The 3rd Hradec Kralove Open took place 12th-19th May 2012. Sebastian Plischki won with 7.5/9.

Event: 3rd Hradec Kralove Open
Place: Hradec Kralove
CountryCode: CZE
StartDate: Sat 12th May 2012
EndDate: Sat 19th May 2012
Website

3rd Hradec Kralove
Sat 12th May 2012
Sat 19th May 2012
Hradec Kralove
CZE
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

3rd Hradec Kralove Hradec Kralove CZE Sat 12th May 2012 - Sat 19th May 2012 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Plischki Sebastian	IM	GER	2333	7.5	43.5	55.0	6
2	Gorbatov Alexey	IM	RUS	2363	7.0	41.0	51.0	6
3	Rosko Lubos	FM	CZE	2321	7.0	40.5	52.5	5
4	Vorobyov Yrij	FM	UKR	2241	6.5	42.0	52.5	6
5	Seidl Stepan		CZE	2165	6.5	39.5	51.0	6
6	Larsen Flemming Bo	FM	DEN	2229	6.5	39.0	50.5	5
7	Jedlicka Ales	FM	CZE	2215	6.5	38.0	49.5	6
8	Meszaros Ludek		CZE	2152	6.0	39.5	50.5	6
9	Kastner Oldrich		CZE	2102	6.0	35.0	45.5	5
10	Kozusek Daniel		CZE	1889	6.0	35.0	45.0	5
11	Stanek Stanislav		CZE	1998	6.0	34.5	44.0	5
12	Braun Marek		CZE	2167	5.5	40.0	51.5	4
13	Fiedler Bedrich		CZE	2123	5.5	36.5	48.0	5
14	Pulpan Jakub		CZE	2058	5.5	36.5	47.0	4
15	Steiner Pavel		CZE	1851	5.5	36.5	45.0	4
16	Larsen Peter		DEN	2232	5.5	36.0	47.0	4
17	Vavra Pavel		CZE	2116	5.5	35.5	44.5	4
18	Smolej Lukas		CZE	1983	5.5	31.5	40.0	5
19	Jiruse Josef		CZE	1997	5.5	31.0	40.5	4
	Kubat Pavel		CZE	1920	5.5	31.0	40.5	4
21	Kraus Ondrej		CZE	1995	5.0	37.0	47.0	5
22	Korinek Pavel		CZE	1969	5.0	35.0	46.5	4
23	Lasek Frantisek		CZE	1789	5.0	34.5	43.5	2
24	Vochozka Jindrich		CZE	1726	5.0	34.0	43.5	4
25	Skaloud Dusan		CZE	1956	5.0	34.0	43.0	5
26	Pulpan Matej		CZE	1749	5.0	33.0	41.0	3
27	Szucs Matyas		CZE	1861	5.0	31.0	40.5	4
28	Majerik Vladimir		CZE	1856	5.0	31.0	39.5	2
29	Prachar Josef		CZE	1922	5.0	30.5	39.0	2
30	Vlckova Katerina		CZE	1829	4.5	36.0	46.5	3
31	Paldus Petr		CZE	2005	4.5	35.5	46.0	3
32	Flasar Jaroslav		CZE	1961	4.5	33.5	44.0	3
33	Portych Vaclav		CZE	1840	4.5	32.5	41.0	3
34	Gurtovoi Borys		UKR	1955	4.5	32.0	41.0	4
35	Sedlacek Jan		CZE	1919	4.5	32.0	41.0	3
36	Horyna Josef		CZE	1895	4.5	31.5	40.5	2
37	Nosek Jan		CZE	0	4.5	31.5	40.0	1
38	Sedivy Martin		CZE	1864	4.5	31.5	38.5	2
39	Mares Ilja		CZE	1813	4.5	31.0	41.5	2
40	Novotny Lubomir		CZE	1982	4.5	31.0	38.5	3
77 players

15) Turkish-Algeria Friendship Match 2012

The Turkish-Algeria Friendship Match took place 12th-20th May 2012. Men's and women's Scheveningen tournaments with 8 rounds. Turkey 15 MP/24 Pts beat Algeria 1 MP/8 Pts in the Mens and Turkey (15 MP/25 Pts.) beat Algeria (1 MP/7 Pts.) in the women's.

Event: Turkish-Algeria Friendship Match 2012
Place: Ankara
CountryCode: TUR
StartDate: Sat 12th May 2012
EndDate: Sun 20th May 2012
Website

TUR-ALG Friendship
Sat 12th May 2012
Sun 20th May 2012
Ankara
TUR
8 Players.
8 Rounds.
Schev
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

TUR-ALG Friendship Ankara TUR Sat 12th May 2012 - Sun 20th May 2012
Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Gms	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pts
Ali Marandi Cemil Can	FM	TUR	2351	8	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	7
Dastan Batuhan	CM	TUR	2272	8	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	½	6½
Emiroglu Cankut	CM	TUR	2253	8	1	1	0	1	½	1	½	0	5
Koksal Ege		TUR	2200	8	1	1	1	1	½	0	0	1	5½
Haddouche Mohamed	IM	ALG	2442	8	½	0	1	1	0	1	½	½	4½
Oussedik Mahfoud	CM	ALG	2271	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
Seraoui Mohcen		ALG	2165	8	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	½
Nassr Ali	FM	ALG	2026	8	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	1
8 players

TUR-ALG Friendship w
Sat 12th May 2012
Sun 20th May 2012
Ankara
TUR
8 Players.
8 Rounds.
Schev
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

TUR-ALG Friendship w Ankara TUR Sat 12th May 2012 - Sun 20th May 2012 Leading Final Round 8 Standings:
Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Gms	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pts
Cemhan Kardelen	WCM	TUR	1941	8	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	7
Ozturk Hilal		TUR	1830	8	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	½	5½
Kaplan Ebru		TUR	1857	8	1	1	½	1	1	1	½	1	7
Ulusoy Nisan		TUR	1711	8	1	0	1	½	1	½	½	1	5½
Hamza Amira	WCM	ALG	1859	8	0	1	½	0	0	½	½	½	3
Latreche Khadidja	WCM	ALG	1926	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	½	0	2½
Nouali Djouher		ALG	1756	8	0	1	0	½	0	0	0	0	1½
Mazous Louiza		ALG	1667	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 players

16) 6th Wunsiedel Open 2012

The 6th Wunsiedel Open took place 17th-20th May 2012. Vitaly Teterev edged out David Howell on tie-break after both scored 6/7.

Event: 6th Wunsiedel Open 2012
Place: Wunsiedel
CountryCode: GER
StartDate: Thu 17th May 2012
EndDate: Sun 20th May 2012
Website
Results

6th Wunsiedel Open
Thu 17th May 2012
Sun 20th May 2012
Wunsiedel
GER
106 Players.
7 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 120m+30m

6th Wunsiedel Open Wunsiedel GER Thu 17th May 2012 - Sun 20th May 2012 Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Teterev Vitaly	GM	BLR	2516	6.0	30.5	5
2	Howell David W L	GM	ENG	2607	6.0	30.0	5
3	Miezis Normunds	GM	LAT	2577	5.5	30.5	5
4	Kunin Vitaly	GM	GER	2513	5.5	26.5	5
5	Danin Alexandre	GM	RUS	2519	5.0	29.0	4
6	Richter Michael	IM	GER	2482	5.0	27.5	3
7	Wegerle Jörg	IM	GER	2445	5.0	26.5	4
8	Neuman Petr	IM	CZE	2472	5.0	26.5	3
9	Göbel Constantin		GER	2239	5.0	26.0	4
10	Schubert Chr. Prof. Dr.		MEX	2284	5.0	23.0	3
11	Stips Felix		ITA	2196	4.5	27.5	4
12	Cech Pavel	IM	CZE	2380	4.5	27.5	3
13	Fedorovsky Michael	IM	GER	2403	4.5	26.5	3
14	Arnaudov G. Petar	IM	BUL	2477	4.5	26.0	4
15	Maiwald Jens-Uwe	GM	GER	2467	4.5	26.0	3
	Seyb Alexander	FM	GER	2300	4.5	26.0	3
17	Grandadam Patrik		SUI	2186	4.5	26.0	2
18	Grimberg Boris	IM	GER	2363	4.5	25.5	3
	Schröder Jan-Christian		GER	2306	4.5	25.5	3
	Van Ginkel Pieter		NED	2180	4.5	25.5	3
21	Rücker Benjamin		GER	2254	4.5	25.0	4
22	Reichmann Hendrik	FM	GER	2370	4.5	24.5	3
	Grandadam Nicolas	FM	SUI	2308	4.5	24.5	3
24	Chetverik Maxim	IM	RUS	2272	4.5	24.0	4
25	Bartsch Berthold	FM	GER	2275	4.5	24.0	3
26	Troyke Christian	IM	GER	2357	4.5	23.5	3
27	Schulz Karsten	FM	GER	2350	4.5	23.5	2
28	Klundt Klaus	IM	GER	2365	4.5	23.0	3
29	Motycakova Monika	WFM	SVK	2121	4.5	21.5	4
30	Löw Gerald	FM	GER	2277	4.5	21.5	3
31	Lorenz Mark		GER	2250	4.5	21.0	4
32	Seyb Dieter	FM	GER	2257	4.5	21.0	2
33	Roeberg Frank		GER	2245	4.0	26.0	3
34	Hilverda Alexander		GER	2233	4.0	24.0	3
35	Spitzl Philipp		GER	2066	4.0	23.0	3
36	Zier Oliver		LIE	2121	4.0	22.5	3
37	Bottema Martin		NED	2063	4.0	22.5	2
38	Novak Pavel Dr.		CZE	2372	4.0	22.0	3
	Schaarschmidt Kay		GER	2019	4.0	22.0	3
40	Wolf Christoph		GER	2061	4.0	22.0	2
106 players

17) Asian Nations Chess Cup 2012

The Asian Nations Chess Cup takes place 17th-26th May 2012.

Event: Asian Team Championships 2012
Place: Zaozhuang
CountryCode: CHN
StartDate: Thu 17th May 2012
EndDate: Sat 26th May 2012
Website
Results

Asian Teams Men 2012
Thu 17th May 2012
Sat 26th May 2012
Zaozhuang
CHN
68 Players.
9 Rounds.
Swiss

Asian Teams Men 2012 Zaozhuang CHN Thu 17th May 2012 - Sat 26th May 2012 Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
Rk	SNo	Team	Gms	+	-	=	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	China 1	4	3	0	1	7	13.0	0
2	2	India	4	3	0	1	7	12.5	0
3	5	Kazakhstan	4	3	1	0	6	10.0	0
4	3	Vietnam	4	2	1	1	5	10.5	0
5	4	China 2	4	2	1	1	5	9.0	0
6	6	Iran	4	2	1	1	5	9.0	0
7	7	Singapore	4	2	2	0	4	9.0	2
8	12	Indonesia	4	2	2	0	4	9.0	0
9	9	Iraq	4	2	2	0	4	7.5	0
10	8	Mongolia	4	1	2	1	3	8.0	0
11	11	Korea	4	1	3	0	2	5.0	0
12	10	Yemen	4	1	3	0	2	4.5	0
13	13	Hong Kong	4	1	3	0	2	3.5	0
14	14	ChineseTaipei	4	0	4	0	0	1.5	0
14 teams

Asian Teams Women
Thu 17th May 2012
Sat 26th May 2012
Zaozhuang
CHN
49 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR

Asian Teams Women Zaozhuang CHN Thu 17th May 2012 - Sat 26th May 2012 Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
Rk	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	China 1	*		2½	4	3	3½					8	13.0	0
2	India		*			1		2½	3	2½		6	9.0	0
3	Iran	1½		*			2	2½	2½			5	8.5	0
4	China 3	0			*	3½			2	3		5	8.5	0
5	China 2	1	3		½	*				4		4	8.5	0
6	Indonesia	½		2			*	2			4	4	8.5	0
7	Mongolia		1½	1½			2	*			3	3	8.0	0
8	Vietnam		1	1½	2				*		3½	3	8.0	0
9	Kazakhstan		1½		1	0				*	2½	2	5.0	0
10	Singapore						0	1	½	1½	*	0	3.0	0
10 teams

18) Deltalift Open 2012

The Deltalift Open took place 17th-19th May 2012. Emanuel Berg took clear first on 7/8.

Event: Deltalift Open 2012
Place: Tylosand
CountryCode: SWE
StartDate: Thu 17th May 2012
EndDate: Sat 19th May 2012
Website
Results

Deltalift Open 2012
Thu 17th May 2012
Sat 19th May 2012
Tylosand
SWE
131 Players.
8 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 120m+30m

Deltalift Open 2012 Tylosand SWE Thu 17th May 2012 - Sat 19th May 2012 Leading Final Round 8 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2
1	Berg Emanuel	GM	SWE	2627	7.0	45.5	35.5
2	Tikkanen Hans	GM	SWE	2636	6.5	45.5	34.5
3	Hillarp-Persson Tiger	GM	SWE	2663	6.5	44.5	33.5
4	Brynell Stellan	GM	SWE	2555	6.5	43.0	32.0
5	Ziegler Ari	IM	SWE	2418	6.5	40.5	30.0
6	Mohammadi Amir		SWE	2324	6.5	39.5	30.0
7	Hector Jonny	GM	SWE	2630	6.0	41.5	31.0
8	Lundstedt Peter		SWE	2200	6.0	39.5	29.5
9	Östling H�kan		SWE	2269	6.0	37.5	28.0
10	Lindgren Philip		SWE	2304	6.0	37.0	27.5
11	�berg Anton		SWE	2403	6.0	35.5	27.5
12	Arnelind Mikael		SWE	2256	5.5	41.0	30.5
13	Lind Jan-Olov		SWE	2238	5.5	40.5	31.0
14	Rosell Tomas		SWE	2200	5.5	39.0	29.5
15	Frisk Kockum Anton	FM	SWE	2410	5.5	39.0	29.0
16	Fransson Peter		SWE	2312	5.5	39.0	28.5
17	Nilsson Patrik		SWE	2113	5.5	37.0	28.0
18	Lindh Fredrik		SWE	2290	5.5	36.5	27.5
19	Lindborg Patrik		SWE	2230	5.5	36.0	26.5
20	Madebrink Lars		SWE	2271	5.5	35.0	25.5
21	Kumar Rahul		SWE	2252	5.5	33.0	24.5
22	Jönsson Krister		SWE	2133	5.5	30.5	23.0
23	Johansson Linus		SWE	2379	5.0	39.5	29.0
	Näslund Mikael	FM	SWE	2241	5.0	39.5	29.0
25	Nilsson Sebastian	FM	SWE	2399	5.0	39.0	29.0
26	Aira Johannes		SWE	2070	5.0	38.5	29.5
27	Lindhe Magnus		SWE	2169	5.0	37.0	27.0
28	Wahlström Lennart		SWE	2157	5.0	36.5	27.5
	Olofsson-Dolk Mattis		SWE	2144	5.0	36.5	27.5
30	Nilsson Weine		SWE	2199	5.0	36.0	26.5
31	Cardilin Tim		SWE	1844	5.0	35.5	28.0
32	Ask Josef		SWE	2206	5.0	35.5	27.0
	Lindahl Emil		SWE	2154	5.0	35.5	27.0
	Gromark Per-Olof		SWE	1955	5.0	35.5	27.0
35	Persson Andreas		SWE	2177	5.0	35.0	25.0
36	Bengtsson Jessica		SWE	1945	5.0	34.5	27.0
37	Svensson Leif		SWE	2236	5.0	33.0	24.0
38	Fritz Anton		SWE	2185	5.0	32.5	24.0
39	Svensson Anders		SWE	2098	5.0	27.0	20.0
40	Rotman Peter		SWE	2197	4.5	38.0	29.5
131 players

19) KNSB Bekerfinale 2012

The KNSB Bekerfinale, Dutch Cup took place on the 17th May 2012. SISSA took the title.

Event: KNSB Bekerfinale 2012
Place: Bunschoten
CountryCode: NED
StartDate: Thu 17th May 2012
EndDate: Thu 17th May 2012
Website

KNSB Bekerfinale
Thu 17th May 2012
Thu 17th May 2012
Bunschoten
NED
16 Players.
2 Rounds.
KO

20) Salento Open 2012

The Salento Open in Gallipoli takes place 19th-26th May 2012.

Event: Salento Open 2012
Place: Gallipoli
CountryCode: ITA
StartDate: Sat 19th May 2012
EndDate: Sat 26th May 2012
Website

Salento Open 2012
Sat 19th May 2012
Sat 26th May 2012
Gallipoli
ITA
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

Salento Open 2012 Gallipoli ITA Sat 19th May 2012 - Sat 26th May 2012 Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Mogranzini Roberto	IM	2461	3.5	8.0	10.0	2291.5
2	Khenkin Igor	GM	2670	3.5	8.0	9.5	2377.8
3	Malakhatko Vadim	GM	2526	3.0	6.5	8.0	2360.8
4	Levin Felix	GM	2506	3.0	6.5	8.0	2238.5
5	Bentivegna Francesco	FM	2276	2.5	9.0	10.5	2322.0
6	Thorfinnsson Bjorn	IM	2388	2.5	8.5	9.5	2407.0
7	Bellia Fabrizio	IM	2425	2.5	7.0	8.0	2278.2
8	Collutiis Duilio	IM	2513	2.5	6.5	8.0	2233.8
9	Naumkin Igor	GM	2472	2.0	8.5	10.0	2409.8
10	Pizzuto Samuele Tull		2132	2.0	8.5	9.5	2315.2
11	Piscopo Pierluigi	IM	2366	2.0	7.5	8.5	2297.2
12	Quaranta Cristiano		2088	2.0	6.5	7.5	2088.0
13	Lanzani Mario	IM	2327	2.0	5.5	6.0	2177.0
14	Sprotte Norbert		2180	1.5	7.5	8.5	2221.0
15	Akshat Chandra		2155	1.5	7.0	8.0	2321.2
16	Midonet Matthieu		2116	1.5	6.5	7.0	2255.5
17	Delfino Luigi		2190	1.5	6.5	7.0	2251.2
18	Minerba Paolo		1808	1.5	6.0	7.0	2127.8
19	Ambrosanio Raffaele		1967	1.0	6.0	7.5	2098.5
20	Arnetta Maria Teresa	WFM	2020	1.0	5.5	6.5	2194.2
21	Hocevar Nikola		2044	1.0	5.0	5.5	2143.5
22	Ottaviani Gianluca		1949	0.5	5.0	6.0	2169.2
22 players

21) 21st Croatian Chess Federation Festival 2012

The 21st Croatian Chess Federation Festival 2012 took place 16th-20th May 2012. HASK Mladost, Zagreb won.

Event: 21st Croatian Chess Federation Festival 2012
Place: Sibenik
CountryCode: CRO
StartDate: Wed 16th May 2012
EndDate: Sun 20th May 2012
Website
Results

RH Cup Final 2012
Wed 16th May 2012
Sun 20th May 2012
Sibenik
CRO
131 Players.
6 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

RH Cup Final 2012 Sibenik CRO Wed 16th May 2012 - Sun 20th May 2012 Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Team	Gms	+	-	=	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	HASK Mladost, Zagreb	6	6	0	0	12	19.0	119.0
2	3	GSK Mravince-Cemex, Mravince	6	4	1	1	9	17.0	95.0
3	10	SK Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik	6	4	1	1	9	13.0	88.0
4	2	SK Liburnija, Rijeka	6	3	1	2	8	16.5	108.5
5	4	SK Zagreb, Zagreb	6	3	1	2	8	15.0	93.5
6	5	SK ETF-Osijek, Osijek	6	3	1	2	8	14.5	81.5
7	6	SK Rijeka, Rijeka	6	4	2	0	8	13.0	66.0
8	13	SK Brda, Split	6	3	2	1	7	14.5	67.0
9	7	SK Djuro Djakovic Holding, Slavonski Brod	6	3	2	1	7	14.0	67.0
10	8	SK Djakovo, Djakovo	6	3	2	1	7	13.5	61.5
11	11	SSK Podravka, Koprivnica	6	2	2	2	6	13.0	57.0
12	12	SK Sibenik, Sibenik	6	3	3	0	6	12.0	45.0
13	17	SK Goranka-Allianz, Ravna Gora	6	3	3	0	6	11.5	46.0
14	21	SK Mornar, Split	6	2	2	2	6	11.0	34.5
15	20	SK Beli Manastir, Beli Manastir	6	2	2	2	6	10.5	48.0
16	9	SK Stridon, Strigova	6	2	3	1	5	12.0	48.5
17	18	SK Liburnija zene, Rijeka	6	2	3	1	5	11.5	49.0
18	14	SK Sljeme-Agroproteinka, Sesvete	6	2	3	1	5	11.0	38.5
19	16	SK Polet, Zabok	6	2	3	1	5	10.5	48.5
20	15	SD Varazdin, Varazdin	6	2	3	1	5	10.0	44.0
21	22	SK Dalekovod, Zagreb	6	1	3	2	4	10.0	34.5
22	19	SD Sisak, Sisak	6	1	3	2	4	9.0	29.5
23	23	SK Velika Gorica, Velika Gorica	6	2	4	0	4	8.5	37.5
24	25	SK Strmac, Nova Gradiska	6	1	4	1	3	8.5	28.0
25	26	SK Bosnjaci, Bosnjaci	6	1	4	1	3	7.5	21.5
26	24	SK Vladimir Gortan, Porec	6	0	6	0	0	5.5	16.5
26 players

Sibenik Festival Op
Wed 16th May 2012
Sun 20th May 2012
Sibenik
CRO
25 Players.
5 Rounds.
Swiss

22) Hans Christian Andersen Mind Games 2012

The Hans Christian Andersen Mind Games Festival took place 16th-20th May 2012. Henrik Danielsen Henrik edged out Vladimir Georgiev on tie-breka after both scored 7/9.

Event: Hans Christian Andersen Mind Games 2012
Place: Odense
CountryCode: DEN
StartDate: Wed 16th May 2012
EndDate: Sun 20th May 2012
Website
Results

HC Andersen Games
Wed 16th May 2012
Sun 20th May 2012
Odense
DEN
56 Players.
9 Rounds.
Swiss

HC Andersen Games Odense DEN Wed 16th May 2012 - Sun 20th May 2012 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2
1	Danielsen Henrik	GM	ISL	2498	7.0	41.0	40.00
2	Georgiev Vladimir	GM	MKD	2555	7.0	39.5	38.25
3	Hagen Andreas Skytte	IM	DEN	2445	6.5	38.5	35.50
4	Aagaard Jacob	GM	DEN	2505	6.5	37.5	34.25
5	Smith Axel	IM	SWE	2483	6.0	38.0	30.75
6	Fries-Nielsen Jens Ove	IM	DEN	2363	6.0	37.5	30.25
7	Skytte Rasmus	IM	DEN	2394	6.0	37.5	28.25
8	Haub Thorsten Michael	IM	GER	2476	6.0	37.0	30.75
9	Lund Silas	IM	DEN	2401	6.0	36.0	28.25
10	Antonsen Mikkel	IM	DEN	2446	6.0	35.0	27.50
11	Maksimenko Andrei	GM	UKR	2554	5.5	40.0	29.75
12	Hansen Mads	FM	DEN	2302	5.5	38.5	27.50
13	Bromann Thorbjorn	IM	DEN	2411	5.5	37.0	27.00
14	Rusev Krasimir	GM	BUL	2525	5.5	36.0	26.00
15	Carlstedt Jonathan	IM	GER	2354	5.5	35.5	25.75
16	Tari Aryan		NOR	2216	5.5	33.5	23.50
17	Christensen Bo Garner		DEN	2251	5.5	32.5	24.00
18	Rewitz Poul	FM	DEN	2253	5.5	30.5	20.50
19	Hauge Lars Oskar		NOR	2071	5.0	35.5	23.75
20	Frisk Ellinor	WFM	SWE	2181	5.0	31.0	20.00
21	Dirlis Nikolaos		GRE	1852	5.0	30.0	20.00
22	Becker Martin		GER	1849	5.0	28.0	17.00
23	Ochsner Bjorn Moller		DEN	2285	4.5	39.0	21.50
24	Jacobsen Bo		DEN	2337	4.5	35.0	20.25
25	Fries-Nielsen Niels Jorgen		DEN	2326	4.5	35.0	18.50
26	Rostgaard Tobias Valentin		DEN	2255	4.5	34.0	19.00
27	Nielsen John Bauneborg		DEN	2163	4.5	33.5	17.75
28	Bonnelykke Ole		DEN	2027	4.5	32.5	15.75
29	Frantsen Tom		DEN	2122	4.5	31.5	18.75
30	Eriksson Christian		DEN	2149	4.5	31.0	15.50
31	Stolberg-Rohr Thomine	WFM	DEN	1985	4.5	30.0	16.00
32	Poulsen Iver		DEN	2084	4.5	29.5	15.50
33	Hansen Lars-Henrik Bech		DEN	1992	4.5	29.0	18.00
34	Munksgaard Daniel		DEN	1877	4.5	29.0	14.25
35	Nielsen Brian		DEN	1998	4.5	28.0	15.50
36	Pedersen Henrik Bolding		DEN	2112	4.0	35.5	18.25
37	Pedersen Nicolai Kvist Brondt		DEN	2138	4.0	34.5	15.75
38	Johansen Johnny Holler		DEN	1967	4.0	32.5	15.50
39	Sorensen Alex		DEN	1993	4.0	32.5	15.25
40	Wilton Lars		DEN	2151	4.0	30.5	16.00
56 players

23) Ladies Vienna International 2012

The Ladies Vienna International took place 5th-13th May 2012. Eva Moser won with 8.5.9.

Event: Ladies Vienna International 2012
Place: Vienna
CountryCode: AUT
StartDate: Sat 5th May 2012
EndDate: Sun 13th May 2012
Website
Results

Vienna Ladies 2012
Sat 5th May 2012
Sun 13th May 2012
Vienna
AUT
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR

Vienna Ladies 2012 Vienna AUT Sat 5th May 2012 - Sun 13th May 2012 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Moser Eva	IM	AUT	2469	8.5	34.25	0.0	8
2	Kochetkova Julia	WGM	SVK	2282	6.5	22.50	0.0	5
3	Pokorna Regina	WGM	SVK	2355	6.0	20.75	0.0	4
4	Osmanodja Filiz	WFM	GER	2160	5.5	17.00	0.0	5
5	Ionica Iulia-Ionela	WGM	ROU	2210	4.5	17.50	0.0	2
6	Newrkla Katharina	WFM	AUT	2162	4.5	17.00	0.0	3
7	Batyte Daiva	WFM	LTU	2124	3.5	11.25	0.0	3
8	Mader Manuela	WIM	GER	2228	3.0	8.25	0.0	2
9	Novkovic Julia	WFM	AUT	2063	1.5	5.75	0.0	1
10	Exler Veronika	WFM	AUT	2133	1.5	3.75	0.0	1
10 players

Vienna Ladies 2012 Vienna AUT Sat 5th May 2012 - Sun 13th May 2012. Category: None. Ave: (2219)
Rk	Name	Title	FED	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts	TPR
1	Moser, Eva	IM	AUT	2469	#	1	1	1	=	1	1	1	1	1	8.5	2635
2	Kochetkova, Julia	WGM	SVK	2282	0	#	=	1	=	=	1	1	1	1	6.5	2378
3	Pokorna, Regina	WGM	SVK	2355	0	=	#	=	=	1	1	=	1	1	6	2328
4	Osmanodja, Filiz	WFM	GER	2160	0	0	=	#	1	0	1	1	1	1	5.5	2305
5	Ionica, Iulia-Ionela	WGM	ROU	2210	=	=	=	0	#	0	=	1	=	1	4.5	2220
6	Newrkla, Katharina	WFM	AUT	2162	0	=	0	1	1	#	0	=	1	=	4.5	2225
7	Batyte, Daiva	WFM	LTU	2124	0	0	0	0	=	1	#	1	0	1	3.5	2149
8	Mader, Manuela	WIM	GER	2228	0	0	=	0	0	=	0	#	1	1	3	2093
9	Novkovic, Julia	WFM	AUT	2063	0	0	0	0	=	0	1	0	#	0	1.5	1963
10	Exler, Veronika	WFM	AUT	2133	0	0	0	0	0	=	0	0	1	#	1.5	1955

Round 1. Sat 5th May 2012
Batyte, Daiva	0-1	Novkovic, Julia	72	A16	English opening
Mader, Manuela	0-1	Ionica, Iulia-Ionela	57	B22	Sicilian
Osmanodja, Filiz	1-0	Exler, Veronika	42	B19	Caro-Kann
Kochetkova, Julia	0-1	Moser, Eva	45	B07	Pirc defence
Pokorna, Regina	1-0	Newrkla, Katharina	36	B78	Sicilian
Round 2. Sun 6th May 2012
Novkovic, Julia	0-1	Newrkla, Katharina	66	B90	Sicilian
Moser, Eva	1-0	Pokorna, Regina	67	A00	Benko's opening
Exler, Veronika	0-1	Kochetkova, Julia	28	B22	Sicilian
Ionica, Iulia-Ionela	0-1	Osmanodja, Filiz	31	B63	Sicilian
Batyte, Daiva	1-0	Mader, Manuela	45	E63	King's Indian
Round 3. Mon 7th May 2012
Mader, Manuela	1-0	Novkovic, Julia	43	A41	Modern defence
Osmanodja, Filiz	1-0	Batyte, Daiva	36	C11	French
Kochetkova, Julia	1/2-1/2	Ionica, Iulia-Ionela	15	B40	Sicilian defence
Pokorna, Regina	1-0	Exler, Veronika	52	B10	Caro-Kann
Newrkla, Katharina	0-1	Moser, Eva	42	C11	French
Round 4. Tue 8th May 2012
Novkovic, Julia	0-1	Moser, Eva	51	B01	Scandinavian (centre counter) defence
Exler, Veronika	1/2-1/2	Newrkla, Katharina	12	B33	Sicilian
Ionica, Iulia-Ionela	1/2-1/2	Pokorna, Regina	14	C88	Ruy Lopez
Batyte, Daiva	0-1	Kochetkova, Julia	41	A25	English
Mader, Manuela	0-1	Osmanodja, Filiz	46	B21	Sicilian
Round 5. Wed 9th May 2012
Osmanodja, Filiz	1-0	Novkovic, Julia	40	C67	Ruy Lopez
Kochetkova, Julia	1-0	Mader, Manuela	83	B11	Caro-Kann
Pokorna, Regina	1-0	Batyte, Daiva	88	C05	French
Newrkla, Katharina	1-0	Ionica, Iulia-Ionela	52	B81	Sicilian
Moser, Eva	1-0	Exler, Veronika	39	A01	Nimzovich-Larsen attack
Round 6. Thu 10th May 2012
Novkovic, Julia	0-1	Exler, Veronika	72	B18	Caro-Kann
Ionica, Iulia-Ionela	1/2-1/2	Moser, Eva	88	C41	Philidor
Batyte, Daiva	1-0	Newrkla, Katharina	59	E63	King's Indian
Mader, Manuela	1/2-1/2	Pokorna, Regina	63	C69	Ruy Lopez
Osmanodja, Filiz	0-1	Kochetkova, Julia	28	B47	Sicilian
Round 7. Fri 11th May 2012
Kochetkova, Julia	1-0	Novkovic, Julia	64	C55	Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)
Pokorna, Regina	1/2-1/2	Osmanodja, Filiz	62	B56	Sicilian
Newrkla, Katharina	1/2-1/2	Mader, Manuela	54	C42	Petrov
Moser, Eva	1-0	Batyte, Daiva	45	A00	Benko's opening
Exler, Veronika	0-1	Ionica, Iulia-Ionela	46	B22	Sicilian
Round 8. Sat 12th May 2012
Novkovic, Julia	1/2-1/2	Ionica, Iulia-Ionela	20	B80	Sicilian
Batyte, Daiva	1-0	Exler, Veronika	54	A13	English opening
Mader, Manuela	0-1	Moser, Eva	45	B01	Scandinavian (centre counter) defence
Osmanodja, Filiz	0-1	Newrkla, Katharina	64	B90	Sicilian
Kochetkova, Julia	1/2-1/2	Pokorna, Regina	19	C55	Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)
Round 9. Sun 13th May 2012
Pokorna, Regina	1-0	Novkovic, Julia	34	C44	Scotch gambit
Newrkla, Katharina	1/2-1/2	Kochetkova, Julia	22	B48	Sicilian
Moser, Eva	1-0	Osmanodja, Filiz	40	B20	Sicilian defence
Exler, Veronika	0-1	Mader, Manuela	76	A45	Queen's pawn game
Ionica, Iulia-Ionela	1/2-1/2	Batyte, Daiva	25	C01	French

24) Orlova Chess Festival 2012

The Orlova Chess Festival takes place 21st-27th May 2012.

Event: Orlova Chess Festival 2012
Place: Orlova
CountryCode: CZE
StartDate: Mon 21st May 2012
EndDate: Sun 27th May 2012
Website
Results

Orlova Open 2012
Mon 21st May 2012
Sun 27th May 2012
Orlova
CZE
92 Players.
7 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 120m+30spm

25) Tschaturanga Open 2012

The Tschaturanga took place in Vienna 7th-13th May 2012. Siegfried Baumegger won on tie-break from a group on 5.5/7.

Event: Tschaturanga Open 2012
Place: Vienna
CountryCode: AUT
StartDate: Mon 7th May 2012
EndDate: Sun 13th May 2012
Website
Results

Tschaturanga Open
Mon 7th May 2012
Sun 13th May 2012
Vienna
AUT
70 Players.
7 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

Tschaturanga Open Vienna AUT Mon 7th May 2012 - Sun 13th May 2012 Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Baumegger Siegfried	IM	AUT	2444	5.5	24.5	34.0	2217
2	Kilgus Georg	FM	AUT	2427	5.5	22.5	31.0	2191
3	Ganaus Hannes	IM	AUT	2306	5.5	22.5	31.0	2124
4	Stanec Nikolaus	GM	AUT	2532	5.5	22.5	30.5	2252
5	Trkulja Zoran	NM	AUT	2204	5.5	22.0	31.0	2178
6	Dueckstein Andreas Dr.	IM	AUT	2228	5.0	23.0	31.5	2098
7	Wallner Joachim	FM	AUT	2331	5.0	23.0	31.0	2144
8	Wu Min		AUT	1770	5.0	21.5	29.0	1930
9	Kende Richard Mag.		AUT	2085	5.0	20.5	27.5	1963
10	Lytvynets Dmytro		UKR	2136	5.0	19.0	27.0	1966
11	Ponjican Erich	CM	AUT	2124	5.0	17.0	23.5	1879
12	Wilke Werner DDr.		AUT	2203	4.5	24.0	32.0	2141
13	Sadilek Peter	CM	AUT	2269	4.5	23.0	31.0	2159
14	Albadri Abd Al Sattar	CM	AUT	2212	4.5	22.5	31.5	2007
15	Korn Andreas		AUT	2010	4.5	21.5	29.0	1983
16	Sepetavc Walter		AUT	2021	4.5	20.0	28.0	1968
17	Sadilek Maximilian	MK	AUT	2186	4.5	19.5	27.5	2007
18	Kunschek Horst		AUT	1938	4.5	19.0	26.0	1879
19	Stanivukovic Drago		BIH	2042	4.5	18.0	25.5	1941
20	Halvorsen Harald		NOR	1899	4.0	23.0	31.0	1615
21	Zanon Magnus		AUT	1907	4.0	21.0	26.5	2086
22	Kersten Julian		AUT	1930	4.0	19.5	26.5	1950
23	Somasundram Jayakumar Ing.		SRI	2004	4.0	19.0	27.5	1776
24	Kottisch Gustav		AUT	1986	4.0	19.0	26.5	1827
25	Schieder Josef Mag.		AUT	2069	4.0	18.5	26.0	1868
26	Karall Lorenz		AUT	1988	4.0	18.5	26.0	1854
27	Truppe Thomas		AUT	1702	4.0	18.0	25.5	1615
28	Riegler Andreas		AUT	2023	4.0	16.5	24.5	1615
29	Gutsch Franz Mag.		AUT	2033	4.0	15.5	23.5	1807
30	Bulgakova Oksana		AUT	1937	4.0	14.0	19.5	1706
31	Marjanovic Slavko		SLO	1928	3.5	21.5	29.5	1927
32	Gaspar Zdravko		AUT	1801	3.5	18.0	25.5	1741
33	Birg Jovan		AUT	1959	3.5	18.0	25.0	1817
34	Atiatalla Michael		EGY	1806	3.5	18.0	24.5	1451
35	Nu�baumer Josef		AUT	1912	3.5	16.5	23.5	1736
36	Kucharski Michael Mag.		AUT	1992	3.5	15.5	23.0	1773
37	Fritz Robert		AUT	1501	3.5	14.5	20.5	1451
38	Czvitkovics Helmut		AUT	1724	3.5	13.5	20.0	1722
39	Tamele Daniel		AUT	1860	3.0	20.0	28.5	1794
40	Galler Alexander Ing.		AUT	1855	3.0	20.0	28.0	1919
70 players

26) MMM Open 2012

The MMM open took place in Krakow 29th April to 6th May 2012. Artur Jakubiec won with 8.5/9.

Event: MMM Open 2012
Place: Krakow
CountryCode: POL
StartDate: Sun 29th Apr 2012
EndDate: Sun 6th May 2012
Website

MMM Open 2012
Sun 29th Apr 2012
Sun 6th May 2012
Krakow
POL
23 Players.
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

MMM Open 2012 Krakow POL Sun 29th Apr 2012 - Sun 6th May 2012 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2
1	1	Jakubiec, Artur	GM	POL	2531	8.5	34	45.5
2	3	Sadzikowski, Daniel	FM	POL	2394	8	35	47.5
3	4	Mikrut, Dariusz	IM	POL	2359	5.5	36.5	48
4	6	Gbyl, Andrzej	k	POL	2223	5.5	36.5	48
5	2	Shishkin, Vadim	GM	UKR	2464	5	37.5	50
6	10	Lach, Piotr	k	POL	2166	5	34.5	44
7	7	Szuper, Paul		USA	2189	5	33	44
8	22	Chmiel, Marcin	I	POL	1921	5	31.5	43
9	16	Bus, Konrad	I++	POL	1994	5	30.5	39
10	5	Jakubiec, Edyta	WIM	POL	2231	4.5	31.5	42.5
11	19	Parol, Pawel	I	POL	1951	4.5	31	37.5
12	11	Slabek, Grzegorz	k	POL	2054	4.5	30.5	39.5
13	15	Suliborski, Jakub	I++	POL	2009	4.5	30.5	39.5
14	9	Watorek, Marcin	k	POL	2178	4.5	29.5	41
15	20	Byrka, Joanna	I++	POL	1933	4.5	26.5	34
16	13	Wodzislawski, Marian	I+	POL	2014	4.5	26	32
17	18	Jablonska, Sabina	I++	POL	1954	4	30	39.5
18	23	Zaboklicki, Zbigniew	k	POL	1837	4	28.5	35
19	14	Kosturkiewicz, Jacek	I	POL	2012	4	27.5	36.5
20	12	Bednarczyk, Damian	I+	POL	2021	3.5	30	42
21	8	Betkowski, Andrzej	k	POL	2186	3.5	29	37
22	17	Kawula, Andrzej	k	POL	1990	3.5	27.5	34
23	21	Kolodkin, Daniil		NED	1926	1.5	26.5	32.5
23 players

27) Hungarian Teams 2011-12

The Hungarian Team Championship took place 25th September 2011 - 20th May 2012. Final Round 11 20th May 2012 games not yet available. Aquaprofit-NTSK took the title.

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 Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk	Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Bpts
1	Aquaprofit-NTSK		7	7.5	8	6.5	8.5	7.5	9	10	10	10.5	10.5	95
2	ASE Paks	5		8.5	5.5	9.5	7.5	8	7.5	9	10	8	10.5	89
3	HVSE	4.5	3.5		6	9	9.5	6.5	8.5	8.5	9.5	8	11.5	85
4	MLTC	4	6.5	6		6.5	5	6.5	7	5.5	10	8	10	75
5	Hungaropharma Decs	5.5	2.5	3	5.5		8.5	9.5	6.5	10.5	5	9	9	74.5
6	Penzugyor SE	3.5	4.5	2.5	7	3.5		5	6.5	7.5	9.5	10	8	67.5
7	Z.Csuti-Hydrocomp SK	4.5	4	5.5	5.5	2.5	7		6.5	5	6.5	6.5	9	62.5
8	Honved ASE	3	4.5	3.5	5	5.5	5.5	5.5		6.5	7.5	6.5	7	59
9	ASS-Makoi SVSE	2	3	3.5	6.5	1.5	4.5	7	5.5		5.5	8	9	56
10	Toth Laszlo SE	2	2	2.5	2	7	2.5	5.5	4.5	6.5		9	5.5	49
11	Komaromi VSK SE	1.5	4	4	4	3	2	5.5	5.5	4	3		7	42.5
12	Vasas SC	1.5	1.5	0.5	2	3	4	3	5	3	6.5	5		35
12 teams

28) Catalan Team Championship 2012

The Catalan Team Championship took place 28th January - 21st April 2012. ESCOLA ESCACS DE BCN took the title. Games to round 10 now available. Just one round to go.

Event: TCh-CAT 2012
Place: Barcelona
CountryCode: ESP
StartDate: Sat 28th Jan 2012
EndDate: Sat 21st Apr 2012
Website
Results

TCh-CAT 2012
Sat 28th Jan 2012
Sat 21st Apr 2012
Barcelona
ESP
11 Rounds.
League
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

TCh-CAT 2012 Barcelona ESP Sat 28th Jan 2012 - Sat 21st Apr 2012 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk	Name	Mpts	Bpts
1	ESCOLA ESCACS DE BCN	10	368
2	BARCELONA UGA	9.5	339.25
3	BARBERA	8	331.5
4	COLON SABADELL	7.5	344.5
5	MONTCADA	6	319.5
6	FOMENT	5.5	240.75
7	SANT JOSEP BADALONA	5.5	203.5
8	FIGUERES	4.5	232.25
9	CERDANYOLA VALLES	4.5	203.25
10	LLEIDA	3	219.75
11	TERRASSA	2	179.75
12	TARRAGONA	0	180.5
12 teams

29) Active Team Events

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

Chinese League 2012

The marathon Chinese League takes place 28th April to 9th October 2012. First four rounds took place in Beijing. Rounds 4-7 27th-30th June 2012. It seems we can't believe the dates on chess-results for the Chinese League as a fourth round of games were played. This is a very tricky league to cover at the best of times without the only reliable English source of information being so wrong.

Event: Chinese League 2012
Place: Beijing
CountryCode: CHN
StartDate: Sat 28th Apr 2012
EndDate: Tue 9th Oct 2012
Website
Results

TCh-CHN 2012
Sat 28th Apr 2012
Tue 9th Oct 2012
Beijing
CHN
90 Players.
22 Rounds.
League
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

TCh-CHN 2012 Beijing CHN Sat 28th Apr 2012 - Tue 9th Oct 2012 Leading Round 3 (of 22) Standings:
Rk	SNo	Team	Gms	+	-	=	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	4	Beijing AIGO Team	3	2	0	1	5	10.0	0
2	8	Jiangsu Taizhou Team	3	2	0	1	5	10.0	0
3	2	Chongqing Team	3	2	0	1	5	9.0	0
4	12	Wuxi Huafang Construction Team	3	2	1	0	4	8.5	0
5	1	Zhejiang Yinzhou Team	3	1	1	1	3	8.0	0
6	6	Shanghai Jianqiao Academy Team	3	1	1	1	3	8.0	0
7	3	Tianjin Qin Huangdao Team	3	1	1	1	3	7.5	0
8	9	Shandong Gree Team	3	0	1	2	2	6.5	0
9	5	Chengdu Bank Team	3	0	1	2	2	6.0	0
10	7	Guangdong Huateng Club Team	3	1	2	0	2	6.0	0
11	10	Qingdao School Team	3	0	2	1	1	6.0	0
12	11	Hebei Sports Lottery Team	3	0	2	1	1	4.5	0
12 teams

TCh-SUI 2012

The Swiss Team Championship takes place 18th March - 21st October 2012. Round 4 3rd June 2012.

Event: TCh-SUI 2012
Place: Zuerich
CountryCode: SUI
StartDate: Sun 18th Mar 2012
EndDate: Sun 21st Oct 2012
Website
Results

TCh-SUI National A
Sun 18th Mar 2012
Sun 21st Oct 2012
Zuerich
SUI
200 Players.
9 Rounds.
League

TCh-SUI National A Zuerich SUI Sun 18th Mar 2012 - Sun 21st Oct 2012 Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
Rk	Team	Mpts	Bpts
1	Riehen 1	6	16
2	Reichenstein 1	6	14
3	Geneve 1	5	14½
4	Zuerich 1	5	14
5	Reti 1	3	12½
6	Luzern 1	2	11½
7	Winterthur 1	1	11
8	Wollishofen 1	1	9½
9	Mendrisio 1	1	9
10	Neuchatel 1	0	8
10 teams

TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2012

The Polish Ekstraliga takes place 4th May - 30th September 2012 over three long weekends. David Navara and Radoslaw Wojtaszek are the highest rated players. There is a long break until rounds 4-6 (14-16 Sept) and then rounds 7-9 (28-30 Sept).

Event: TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2012
Place: Warsaw
CountryCode: POL
StartDate: Fri 4th May 2012
EndDate: Sun 30th Sep 2012
Website
Results

TCh-POL Ekstraliga
Fri 4th May 2012
Sun 30th Sep 2012
Warsaw
POL
117 Players.
9 Rounds.
League
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

TCh-POL Ekstraliga Warsaw POL Fri 4th May 2012 - Sun 30th Sep 2012 Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
Rk	SNo	Team	Rtg	Mpts	TB1	TB2
1	1	KSz WASKO HetMaN Szopienice Katowice	2500	6	2	2
2	8	GK BASZTA MOS Znin	2450	6	1.5	2.5
3	7	AZS POLITECHNIKA POZNANSKA POCZTOWIEC	2383	4	2	2.5
4	10	KSz POLONIA Warszawa	2483	4	1	2
5	4	KSz STILON Gorzow Wlkp.	2417	4	2	1.5
6	5	IMPACT TEAM Ostroda	2367	2	1.5	1.5
7	9	ROTMISTRZ TWOJA SZKOLA Grudziadz	2400	2	0.5	0.5
8	2	KSz POLONIA VOTUM Wroclaw	2417	2	2.5	1
9	3	MLKS NADNARWIANKA Pultusk	2350	0	1	1.5
10	6	LKS WRZOS Miedzyborow	2317	0	1	0
10 teams

30) XLVII Capablanca Memorial 2012

The 47th Capablanca Memorial took place in Havana, Cuba 4th-14th May 2012. The Elite Group saw the return of 5 time winner (2005-7, 2010-11) and defending champion Vassily Ivanchuk and he won for the 6th time in a row with 6.5/10 by a point from Ian Nepomniachtchi who went down in flames in the final round trying to catch Ivanchuk and was defeated by Leinier Dominguez Perez who caught him on 5.5 points.

Further games from the Premier Group are still expected.

31) Copenhagen Chess Challenge 2012

The Copenhagen Chess Challenge took place 2nd-6th May 2012. Stellen Brynell took first on tie-break from a big group on 6.5/9. These games were reworked a day after the edition was produced, I give the games again.

32) Calgary International 2012

The Calgary International takes place 15th-21st May 2012. Detailed player listings and standings not yet available.

Event: Calgary International 2012
Place: Calgary
CountryCode: CAN
StartDate: Tue 15th May 2012
EndDate: Mon 21st May 2012
Website

Calgary Int
Tue 15th May 2012
Mon 21st May 2012
Calgary
CAN
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

Calgary Res
Tue 15th May 2012
Mon 21st May 2012
Calgary
CAN
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

33) Forthcoming Events and Links

1st Euro 2012 Open

Event: 1st Euro 2012 Open
Place: Lviv
CountryCode: UKR
StartDate: Mon 28th May 2012
EndDate: Sat 2nd Jun 2012
Website

1st Euro 2012 Open
Mon 28th May 2012
Sat 2nd Jun 2012
Lviv
UKR
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 120m

Mitropa Cup 2012

Event: Mitropa Cup 2012
Place: Sibenik
CountryCode: CRO
StartDate: Thu 31st May 2012
EndDate: Fri 8th Jun 2012
Website
Results

Mitropa Cup 2012
Thu 31st May 2012
Fri 8th Jun 2012
Sibenik
CRO
48 Players.
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

Mitropa Cup w 2012
Thu 31st May 2012
Fri 8th Jun 2012
Sibenik
CRO
7 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

World Women Rapid and Blitz 2012

Event: World Women Rapid and Blitz 2012
Place: Batumi
CountryCode: GEO
StartDate: Thu 31st May 2012
EndDate: Wed 6th Jun 2012
Website

World Women Rapid
Thu 31st May 2012
Wed 6th Jun 2012
Batumi
GEO
11 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 25m+10spm

World Women Blitz
Thu 31st May 2012
Wed 6th Jun 2012
Batumi
GEO
15 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 4m+2spm

1st Grand Europe Open

Event: 1st Grand Europe Open
Place: Golden Sands
CountryCode: BUL
StartDate: Mon 4th Jun 2012
EndDate: Tue 12th Jun 2012
Website

1st Grand Europe Op
Mon 4th Jun 2012
Tue 12th Jun 2012
Golden Sands
BUL
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

7th Mikhail Tal Memorial 2012

Event: 7th Mikhail Tal Memorial 2012
Place: Moscow
CountryCode: RUS
StartDate: Thu 7th Jun 2012
EndDate: Tue 19th Jun 2012
Website

7th Mikhail Tal Mem
Thu 7th Jun 2012
Tue 19th Jun 2012
Moscow
RUS
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 100:50:15+30spm(1)

XXV Ciudad de Leon

Event: XXV Ciudad de Leon
Place: Leon
CountryCode: ESP
StartDate: Fri 8th Jun 2012
EndDate: Sun 10th Jun 2012
Website

XXV Ciudad de Leon
Fri 8th Jun 2012
Sun 10th Jun 2012
Leon
ESP
2 Players.
6 Rounds.
Match
Time Control: 45m+15spm

26th Pula Open 2012

Event: 26th Pula Open 2012
Place: Pula
CountryCode: CRO
StartDate: Sat 9th Jun 2012
EndDate: Sat 16th Jun 2012
Website

26th Pula Open
Sat 9th Jun 2012
Sat 16th Jun 2012
Pula
CRO
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)
Email: pulaopen@gmail.com

16th Voronezh International Chess Festival 2012

Event: 16th Voronezh International Chess Festival 2012
Place: Voronezh
CountryCode: RUS
StartDate: Sun 10th Jun 2012
EndDate: Thu 21st Jun 2012
Website

16th Master Open
Sun 10th Jun 2012
Thu 21st Jun 2012
Voronezh
RUS
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

12th IPCA Championships 2012

Event: 12th IPCA Championships 2012
Place: Split
CountryCode: CRO
StartDate: Sun 17th Jun 2012
EndDate: Tue 26th Jun 2012
Website

ch-IPCA 2012
Sun 17th Jun 2012
Tue 26th Jun 2012
Split
CRO
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

Cez Trophy 2012

Event: Cez Trophy 2012
Place: Prague
CountryCode: CZE
StartDate: Wed 20th Jun 2012
EndDate: Sun 24th Jun 2012
Website

Cez Trophy 2012
Wed 20th Jun 2012
Sun 24th Jun 2012
Prague
CZE
2 Players.
4 Rounds.
Match
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

6th Kings Tournament 2012

Event: 6th Kings Tournament 2012
Place: Medias
CountryCode: ROU
StartDate: Sat 23rd Jun 2012
EndDate: Wed 4th Jul 2012
Website

6th Kings Tournament
Sat 23rd Jun 2012
Wed 4th Jul 2012
Medias
ROU
6 Players.
10 Rounds.
DRR
Time Control: 120m:60m:15m+30spm(61)

Mukachevo Summer 2012

Event: Mukachevo Summer 2012
Place: Mukachevo
CountryCode: UKR
StartDate: Tue 26th Jun 2012
EndDate: Sun 1st Jul 2012
Website

Mukachevo Summer
Tue 26th Jun 2012
Sun 1st Jul 2012
Mukachevo
UKR
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

9th Annual Philadelphia International

Event: 9th Annual Philadelphia International
Place: Philadelphia
CountryCode: USA
StartDate: Fri 29th Jun 2012
EndDate: Tue 3rd Jul 2012
Website

9th Philadelphia Int
Fri 29th Jun 2012
Tue 3rd Jul 2012
Philadelphia
USA
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

Russia vs China Match 2012

Event: Russia vs China Match 2012
Place: St Petersburg
CountryCode: RUS
StartDate: Sun 1st Jul 2012
EndDate: Mon 9th Jul 2012
Website

RUS-CHN Match 2012
Sun 1st Jul 2012
Mon 9th Jul 2012
St Petersburg
RUS
Match

40th Annual World Open

Event: 40th Annual World Open
Place: Philadelphia
CountryCode: USA
StartDate: Mon 2nd Jul 2012
EndDate: Sun 8th Jul 2012
Website

40th Annual World Op
Mon 2nd Jul 2012
Sun 8th Jul 2012
Philadelphia
USA
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

US Junior Closed 2012

Event: US Junior Closed 2012
Place: Saint Louis
CountryCode: USA
StartDate: Fri 6th Jul 2012
EndDate: Thu 12th Jul 2012
Website

US Junior 2012
Fri 6th Jul 2012
Thu 12th Jul 2012
Saint Louis
USA
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR

11th La Fere Open 2012

Event: 11th La Fere Open 2012
Place: La Fere
CountryCode: FRA
StartDate: Sat 7th Jul 2012
EndDate: Sat 14th Jul 2012
Website

11th La Fere Open
Sat 7th Jul 2012
Sat 14th Jul 2012
La Fere
FRA
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

6th Varna Open 2012

Event: 6th Varna Open 2012
Place: Varna
CountryCode: BUL
StartDate: Wed 11th Jul 2012
EndDate: Fri 20th Jul 2012
Website

6th Varna Open 2012
Wed 11th Jul 2012
Fri 20th Jul 2012
Varna
BUL
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2012

Event: Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2012
Place: Dortmund
CountryCode: GER
StartDate: Thu 12th Jul 2012
EndDate: Sun 22nd Jul 2012
Website

40th GM
Thu 12th Jul 2012
Sun 22nd Jul 2012
Dortmund
GER
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 100:50:15+30spm(1)

Sparkassen Open A
Thu 12th Jul 2012
Sun 22nd Jul 2012
Dortmund
GER
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 120m+30spm

Sparkassen Open A Dortmund GER Thu 12th Jul 2012 - Sun 22nd Jul 2012 Player List
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Elo	FIDE Id
1	Kramnik, Vladimir	GM	RUS	2801	4101588
2	Caruana, Fabiano	GM	ITA	2767	2020009
3	Karjakin, Sergey	GM	RUS	2766	14109603
4	Ponomariov, Ruslan	GM	UKR	2727	14103320
5	Leko, Peter	GM	HUN	2720	703303
6	Naiditsch, Arkadij	GM	GER	2702	4650891
7	Bartel, Mateusz	GM	POL	2665	1112635
8	Fridman, Daniel	GM	GER	2653	11600454
9	Meier, Georg	GM	GER	2647	4675789
10	Gustafsson, Jan	GM	GER	2642	4625498

35th Taminco Open

Event: 35th Taminco Open
Place: Ghent
CountryCode: BEL
StartDate: Sat 14th Jul 2012
EndDate: Wed 18th Jul 2012
Website

35th Taminco Open
Sat 14th Jul 2012
Wed 18th Jul 2012
Ghent
BEL
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 120m
Email: open2012@kgsrl.be

30th Andorra Open

Event: 30th Andorra Open
Place: Andorra la Vella
CountryCode: AND
StartDate: Sat 21st Jul 2012
EndDate: Sun 29th Jul 2012
Website

30th Andorra Open
Sat 21st Jul 2012
Sun 29th Jul 2012
Andorra la Vella
AND
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

99th British Championships 2012

Event: 99th British Championships 2012
Place: North Shields
CountryCode: ENG
StartDate: Sun 22nd Jul 2012
EndDate: Sat 4th Aug 2012
Website

99th ch-GBR 2012
Sun 22nd Jul 2012
Sat 4th Aug 2012
North Shields
ENG
11 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 100:50:15+30spm(1)

10th Davos Open 2012

Event: 10th Davos Open 2012
Place: Davos
CountryCode: SUI
StartDate: Sun 5th Aug 2012
EndDate: Sat 11th Aug 2012
Website
Results

10th Davos Open 2012
Sun 5th Aug 2012
Sat 11th Aug 2012
Davos
SUI
7 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 120m+30m
Email: sinisa.joksic@gmail.com

2nd Riga Tech Uni Open 2012

Event: 2nd Riga Tech Uni Open 2012
Place: Riga
CountryCode: LAT
StartDate: Mon 6th Aug 2012
EndDate: Sun 12th Aug 2012
Website

2nd Riga Tech Open
Mon 6th Aug 2012
Sun 12th Aug 2012
Riga
LAT
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

2nd Metropolitan International

Event: 2nd Metropolitan International
Place: Los Angeles
CountryCode: USA
StartDate: Tue 14th Aug 2012
EndDate: Sat 18th Aug 2012
Website

2nd Metropolitan Int
Tue 14th Aug 2012
Sat 18th Aug 2012
Los Angeles
USA
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

World Chess Olympiad 2012

Event: World Chess Olympiad 2012
Place: Istanbul
CountryCode: TUR
StartDate: Mon 27th Aug 2012
EndDate: Mon 10th Sep 2012
Website

Olympiad 2012
Mon 27th Aug 2012
Mon 10th Sep 2012
Istanbul
TUR
11 Rounds.
Olym
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

Olympiad Women 2012
Mon 27th Aug 2012
Mon 10th Sep 2012
Istanbul
TUR
11 Rounds.
Olym
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

Chess Train 2012

Event: Chess Train 2012
Place: Prague
CountryCode: CZE
StartDate: Fri 12th Oct 2012
EndDate: Tue 16th Oct 2012
Website

Chess Train 2012
Fri 12th Oct 2012
Tue 16th Oct 2012
Prague
CZE
13 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 25m

4th London Chess Classic

Event: 4th London Chess Classic
Place: London
CountryCode: ENG
StartDate: Sat 1st Dec 2012
EndDate: Mon 10th Dec 2012
Website

London Chess Classic
Sat 1st Dec 2012
Mon 10th Dec 2012
London
ENG
9 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 120m:60m:15m+30spm(61)