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1) IntroductionMy thanks to Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Luis Blasco de la Cruz, Mitko Iliev, Zenon Franco Ocampos, Dave Clayton, Emmanuel Variniac, Juergen Daniel, Stanislaw Zawadzki, Olivier Breisacher, Ivan Kocovski and everyone else who helped with the issue.
Well a huge amount of chess this week. So much so I'll probably spend much of early next week catching up with the material I had to leave out. There is also top level chess. The Dortmund Chess Tournament has reached its half way stage and there has been something of a blood bath this year. At the half way stage everyone has lost at least one game. Ruslan Ponomariov leads with 3.5/5 half a point clear of the new boy Le Quang Liem and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. The Biel Chess Festival Young Masters is underway and the first round took place today. Looks a very interesting tournament. There was a lot more this week including Luke McShane's win in Canada but far too much to go into.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
2) Dortmund 2010The Sparkassen Chess-Meeting in Dortmund takes place 15th - 25th July 2010. Former World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik is the top seed. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Ruslan Ponomariov, Peter Leko, Arkadij Naiditsch and the winner of the Aeroflot Open Le Quang Liem compete.
Official site: http://www.sparkassen-chess-meeting.de/2010/
Sparkassen GM Dortmund (GER), 15-25 vii 2010 cat. XX (2731) 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2734 * * 0 . 1 . 1 . ½ . 1 . 3½ 2879 2. Le Quang Liem g VIE 2681 1 . * * 0 . ½ . ½ . 1 . 3 2812 3. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2761 0 . 1 . * * ½ . 1 . ½ . 3 2796 4. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2790 0 . ½ . ½ . * * 1 . ½ . 2½ 2718 5. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2684 ½ . ½ . 0 . 0 . * * ½ . 1½ 2591 6. Leko, Peter g HUN 2734 0 . 0 . ½ . ½ . ½ . * * 1½ 2581 Round 1 (July 15, 2010) Ponomariov, Ruslan - Leko, Peter 1-0 57 C45 Scotch Game Kramnik, Vladimir - Le Quang Liem ½-½ 64 D19 Slav Defence Naiditsch, Arkadij - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1 47 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation Round 2 (July 16, 2010) Ponomariov, Ruslan - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 36 E00 Catalan Le Quang Liem - Naiditsch, Arkadij ½-½ 35 D37 QGD 5.Bf4 Leko, Peter - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar ½-½ 50 E62 King's Indian 6...Nc6 Round 3 (July 17, 2010) Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Le Quang Liem 1-0 53 D11 Slav Defence Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter ½-½ 47 E06 Catalan Naiditsch, Arkadij - Ponomariov, Ruslan ½-½ 82 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin Round 4 (July 18, 2010) Le Quang Liem - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 52 D86 Gruenfeld Simagin Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½ 31 D37 QGD 5.Bf4 Naiditsch, Arkadij - Leko, Peter ½-½ 55 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence Round 5 (July 19, 2010) Ponomariov, Ruslan - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0 51 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 Kramnik, Vladimir - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1-0 51 E04 Catalan Leko, Peter - Le Quang Liem 0-1 59 B12 Caro Kann Advanced Helmut Kohls It Dortmund (GER), 15-25 vii 2010 cat. VII (2406) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1. Mainka, Romuald g GER 2484 * . ½ . ½ . . . . 1 2 2542 2. Schaefer, Markus m GER 2382 . * . . . ½ ½ 1 . . 2 2556 3. Zelbel, Patrick f GER 2345 ½ . * . . ½ . . 1 . 2 2563 4. Kotainy, Jens GER 2299 . . . * . ½ ½ . 1 . 2 2506 5. Klyuner, Vyacheslav UKR 2443 ½ . . . * . . . ½ 1 2 2556 6. Schmittdiel, Eckhard g GER 2485 . ½ ½ ½ . * . . . . 1½ 2342 7. Webb, Laurence E f ENG 2313 . ½ . ½ . . * ½ . . 1½ 2392 8. Saltaev, Mihail g UZB 2495 . 0 . . . . ½ * . ½ 1 2261 9. Voicu, Carmen wg ROU 2346 . . 0 0 ½ . . . * . ½ 2089 10. Mladenov, Svetlin BUL 2463 0 . . . 0 . . ½ . * ½ 2201 Round 1 (July 15, 2010) Mainka, Romuald - Mladenov, Svetlin 1-0 48 B47 Sicilian Paulsen Schaefer, Markus - Saltaev, Mihail 1-0 34 B18 Caro Kann Schmittdiel, Eckhard - Zelbel, Patrick ½-½ 43 A15 English counter King's Fianchetto Webb, Laurence E - Kotainy, Jens ½-½ 43 C02 French Advance Voicu, Carmen - Klyuner, Vyacheslav ½-½ 81 B07 Pirc Defence Round 2 (July 17, 2010) Schaefer, Markus - Webb, Laurence E ½-½ 19 C55 Two Knights Defence Zelbel, Patrick - Voicu, Carmen 1-0 49 B22 Sicilian Alapin Kotainy, Jens - Schmittdiel, Eckhard ½-½ 40 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov Klyuner, Vyacheslav - Mainka, Romuald ½-½ 31 B22 Sicilian Alapin Saltaev, Mihail - Mladenov, Svetlin ½-½ 35 B84 Sicilian Scheveningen Round 3 (July 18, 2010) Mainka, Romuald - Zelbel, Patrick ½-½ 22 C63 Ruy Lopez Schliemann Schmittdiel, Eckhard - Schaefer, Markus ½-½ 31 A10 Dutch, QI and KID Systems Webb, Laurence E - Saltaev, Mihail ½-½ 21 B13 Caro Kann Exchange Voicu, Carmen - Kotainy, Jens 0-1 31 C00 French Defence Mladenov, Svetlin - Klyuner, Vyacheslav 0-1 47 B07 Pirc Defence 3) 43rd Biel International Chess Festival 2010The 43rd Biel International Chess Festival takes place 17th-30th July 2010. There will be 9 events including a strong Open, Fischer, Rapid and blitz tournaments and of course the traditional closed tournament. This year they have decided to go with a tournament of youngsters and with the talent around at the moment they probably couldn't have chosen a better moment.
Official site with full details: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch/
YGM Biel (SUI), 19-28 vii 2010 cat. XVII (2658) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1. Rodshtein, Maxim g ISR 2609 * . . . . . . . . 1 1 2. So, Wesley g PHI 2674 . * . . . . . . 1 . 1 3. Andreikin, Dmitry g RUS 2650 . . * . . ½ . . . . ½ 2617 4. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2697 . . . * . . . ½ . . ½ 2723 5. Giri, Anish g NED 2672 . . . . * . ½ . . . ½ 2708 6. Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son g VIE 2617 . . ½ . . * . . . . ½ 2650 7. Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2708 . . . . ½ . * . . . ½ 2672 8. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2723 . . . ½ . . . * . . ½ 2697 9. Howell, David W L g ENG 2616 . 0 . . . . . . * . 0 10. Negi, Parimarjan g IND 2615 0 . . . . . . . . * 0 Round 1 (July 19, 2010) Rodshtein, Maxim - Negi, Parimarjan 1-0 30 E04 Catalan Andreikin, Dmitry - Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son ½-½ 28 C15 French Winawer Giri, Anish - Tomashevsky, Evgeny ½-½ 28 E11 Bogo Indian Defence Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Caruana, Fabiano ½-½ 44 C69 Ruy Lopez Exchange Howell, David W L - So, Wesley 0-1 32 B13 Caro Kann Exchange 4) US Women and Junior Championships 2010The US Women and Junior Championships 2010 takes place in St Louis 10th-20th July 2010.
US Champs Women and Juniors 2010 (Saint Louis USA)
Sat 10th Jul 2010 - Tue 20th Jul 2010 - Official Site - Live
Women (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:120m:60m) - Games in PGN: Women | Women Live
Junior (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:120m:60m) - Games in PGN: Junior | Junior Live
ch-USA w St Louis USA (USA), 10-19 vii 2010 cat. III (2308) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1. Krush, Irina m USA 2476 * ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 . 7 2638 2. Zatonskih, Anna m USA 2470 ½ * ½ 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 7 2622 3. Abrahamyan, Tatev wf USA 2310 0 ½ * 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 6½ 2557 4. Melekhina, Alisa wm USA 2265 0 0 0 * ½ 1 . 1 1 1 4½ 2365 5. Rohonyan, Katerina wg USA 2319 0 0 . ½ * 0 1 1 1 1 4½ 2349 6. Baginskaite, Camilla wg USA 2343 ½ 0 0 0 1 * 0 ½ . 1 3 2234 7. Zenyuk, Iryna wf USA 2236 0 0 0 . 0 1 * 1 0 1 3 2235 8. Foisor, Sabina-Francesca wg USA 2317 0 . 0 0 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 2½ 2145 9. Marinello, Beatriz M wm USA 2160 0 0 0 0 0 . 1 0 * ½ 1½ 2070 10. Marshall, Abby wf USA 2182 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ * ½ 1858 Round 3 (July 12, 2010) Zatonskih, Anna - Krush, Irina ½-½ 33 A61 Benoni Abrahamyan, Tatev - Melekhina, Alisa 1-0 55 C55 Two Knights Defence Rohonyan, Katerina - Baginskaite, Camilla 0-1 32 D38 QGD Ragozin Marinello, Beatriz M - Zenyuk, Iryna 1-0 46 A48 King's Indian Defence /c2-c4 Marshall, Abby - Foisor, Sabina-Francesca 0-1 64 B27 Sicilian Early Fianchetto Round 4 (July 13, 2010) Krush, Irina - Rohonyan, Katerina 1-0 49 D15 Slav Defence Melekhina, Alisa - Zatonskih, Anna 0-1 74 B04 Alekhine's Defence Zenyuk, Iryna - Abrahamyan, Tatev 0-1 36 A58 Volga Gambit Foisor, Sabina-Francesca - Baginskaite, Camilla ½-½ 53 D38 QGD Ragozin Marshall, Abby - Marinello, Beatriz M ½-½ 50 B13 Caro Kann Exchange Round 5 (July 14, 2010) Zatonskih, Anna - Zenyuk, Iryna 1-0 41 A45 Trompowsky Abrahamyan, Tatev - Marshall, Abby 1-0 41 C58 Two Knights Defence Rohonyan, Katerina - Melekhina, Alisa ½-½ 38 C44 Scotch Gambit Baginskaite, Camilla - Krush, Irina ½-½ 12 E60 King's Indian without Nc3 Marinello, Beatriz M - Foisor, Sabina-Francesca 0-1 48 D04 Queen's Pawn Game Round 6 (July 15, 2010) Melekhina, Alisa - Baginskaite, Camilla 1-0 34 C46 Four Knights Zenyuk, Iryna - Rohonyan, Katerina 0-1 49 D15 Slav Defence Foisor, Sabina-Francesca - Krush, Irina 0-1 35 D20 QGA Marinello, Beatriz M - Abrahamyan, Tatev 0-1 32 A48 King's Indian Defence /c2-c4 Marshall, Abby - Zatonskih, Anna 0-1 68 B13 Caro Kann Exchange Round 7 (July 17, 2010) Krush, Irina - Melekhina, Alisa 1-0 34 E98 King's Indian Classical Zatonskih, Anna - Marinello, Beatriz M 1-0 50 D37 QGD 5.Bf4 Abrahamyan, Tatev - Foisor, Sabina-Francesca 1-0 52 B35 Sicilian Defence Rohonyan, Katerina - Marshall, Abby 1-0 48 D07 Tchigorin Defence Baginskaite, Camilla - Zenyuk, Iryna 0-1 46 A57 Volga Gambit Round 8 (July 18, 2010) Abrahamyan, Tatev - Zatonskih, Anna ½-½ 58 B19 Caro Kann Zenyuk, Iryna - Krush, Irina 0-1 23 E10 Blumenfeld Counter Gambit Foisor, Sabina-Francesca - Melekhina, Alisa 0-1 45 E92 King's Indian Classical Marinello, Beatriz M - Rohonyan, Katerina 0-1 47 B06 Modern Defence Marshall, Abby - Baginskaite, Camilla 0-1 52 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation ch-USA Junior St Louis USA (USA), 10-19 vii 2010 cat. V (2372) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1. Robson, Ray g USA 2562 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ . 1 6 2550 2. Zhao, Parker USA 2267 0 * 1 1 1 . 1 0 1 ½ 5½ 2522 3. Shankland, Samuel L m USA 2513 ½ 0 * 1 1 1 ½ . 0 1 5 2446 4. Yang, Darwin f USA 2396 ½ 0 0 * . ½ 1 1 1 1 5 2488 5. Rosen, Eric S USA 2179 ½ 0 0 . * ½ 0 1 1 1 4 2393 6. Bryant, John Daniel f USA 2403 0 . 0 ½ ½ * 1 1 0 1 4 2381 7. Zierk, Steven C f USA 2385 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 * 1 1 . 3½ 2335 8. Holt, Conrad f USA 2402 ½ 1 . 0 0 0 0 * 1 ½ 3 2264 9. Harper, Warren f USA 2304 . 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 * 1 3 2270 10. Hughes, Tyler B USA 2312 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 . ½ 0 * 1 2056 Round 3 (July 12, 2010) Zhao, Parker - Yang, Darwin 1-0 47 C00 French Defence Bryant, John Daniel - Shankland, Samuel L 0-1 57 B19 Caro Kann Zierk, Steven C - Robson, Ray 0-1 46 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo Holt, Conrad - Rosen, Eric S 0-1 27 E34 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 Harper, Warren - Hughes, Tyler B 1-0 33 A10 Dutch, QI and KID Systems Round 4 (July 13, 2010) Robson, Ray - Shankland, Samuel L ½-½ 31 B19 Caro Kann Yang, Darwin - Harper, Warren 1-0 60 E29 Nimzo Indian Saemisch Rosen, Eric S - Zhao, Parker 0-1 45 B23 Sicilian Closed Zierk, Steven C - Holt, Conrad 1-0 40 C01 French Exchange Hughes, Tyler B - Bryant, John Daniel 0-1 44 A60 Modern Benoni Round 5 (July 14, 2010) Zhao, Parker - Zierk, Steven C 1-0 79 A80 Dutch Shankland, Samuel L - Hughes, Tyler B 1-0 60 E68 King's Indian Fianchetto Bryant, John Daniel - Yang, Darwin ½-½ 28 C00 French Defence Holt, Conrad - Robson, Ray ½-½ 30 E35 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 Harper, Warren - Rosen, Eric S 0-1 52 E20 Nimzo Indian Round 6 (July 15, 2010) Robson, Ray - Hughes, Tyler B 1-0 41 B48 Sicilian Paulsen Yang, Darwin - Shankland, Samuel L 0-1 43 D10 Slav Defence Rosen, Eric S - Bryant, John Daniel ½-½ 60 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov Zierk, Steven C - Harper, Warren 1-0 48 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo Holt, Conrad - Zhao, Parker 1-0 35 D11 Slav Defence Round 7 (July 17, 2010) Zhao, Parker - Robson, Ray 0-1 35 E98 King's Indian Classical Shankland, Samuel L - Rosen, Eric S 1-0 41 D58 Queens Gambit Tartakover Bryant, John Daniel - Zierk, Steven C 1-0 49 A00 Irregular Openings Harper, Warren - Holt, Conrad 0-1 42 B14 Caro Kann Panov Hughes, Tyler B - Yang, Darwin 0-1 26 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3) Round 8 (July 18, 2010) Robson, Ray - Yang, Darwin ½-½ 25 D46 Semi-Slav Defence Zhao, Parker - Harper, Warren 1-0 66 C00 French Defence Rosen, Eric S - Hughes, Tyler B 1-0 43 B48 Sicilian Paulsen Zierk, Steven C - Shankland, Samuel L ½-½ 51 B19 Caro Kann Holt, Conrad - Bryant, John Daniel 0-1 34 E90 King's Indian Classical 5) International Championship of SlovakiaThe International Championship of Slovakia took place 10th-18th July 2010. Robert Cvek edged out Arkadiusz Leniart, Marian Jurcik and Eva Repkova on tie-break after all scored 7/9.
Official site: http://www.livechess.sk/en/
Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr33623.aspx
International Championship of Slovakia Open A Banska Stiavnica (SVK), 10-18 vii 2010The 4th Leiden Chess Tournament took place 8th-18th July 2010. Predrag Nikolic edged out Sergei Tiviakov and Eelke Wiersma on tie-break after all finished on 7/9. Former clear leader Erik van den Doel collapsed to losses against Tiviakov and Wiersma in the final two rounds and finished half a point further back.
Official Site - Results - Live
Leiden AGp (97 players 9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1))
4th LCT Leiden (NED), 10 - 18 vii 2010The 47th Canadian Open Chess Championship took place 10th-18th July 2010. Luke McShane took clear first place with an undefeated 8/9 beating Alexander Shabalov and Vladimir Malaniuk and drawing with the favourite Pentala Harikrishna and Eduardas Rozentalis along the way.
Official Site - Results - Live
Canadian Open (262 players 9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1))
Canadian Open Toronto (CAN), 10 - 18 vii 2010The Miguel Najdorf Memorial Festival takes place in Warsaw 17th-25th July 2010. The main open A has three top 100 players: Sergei Zhigalko, Aleksej Aleksandrov and Bartlomiej Macieja with Jon Ludvig Hammer just below that mark.
Official site: http://www.poloniachess.pl/najdorf2010/index.php?lang=en
Najdorf Mem Open A Warsaw (POL), 17 - 25 vii 2010The XIX Championship of Macedonia Open takes place in Struga 18th-24th July 2010. News: Ivan Kocovski.
Official site: http://www.chess.com.mk
Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr36295.aspx
XIX Open Championship Macedonia Struga (MKD), 18-24 vii 2010The 5th Nana Aleksandria Cup took place 9-19 July in Poti, Georgia. Konstantine Shanava took clear first place with 7.5/9. At the time of writing the full final standings were not available.
Official site: http://www.chesspoti.ge/axali/english/english.htm
11) Aarhus Chess SummerThe Aarhus Chess Summer took place in Aarhus, Denmark July 10th-18th 2010. Karsten Rasmussen took clear first place.
Official site: http://www.chesshouse.dk
Summer IM Aarhus (DEN), 10-18 vii 2010 cat. IV (2326) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1. Rasmussen, Karsten m DEN 2446 * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6½ 2479 2. Andersen, Jackie DEN 2276 0 * 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 6 2457 3. Colovic, Aleksandar m MKD 2452 ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6 2437 4. Berg, Klaus m DEN 2423 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 5½ 2395 5. Rewitz, Poul DEN 2306 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 4 2285 6. Matthiesen, Arne f DEN 2321 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 4 2284 7. Skrondal, Inge Sandstad NOR 2230 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 4 2294 8. Lahlum, Hans Olav NOR 2230 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ * ½ 0 3½ 2257 9. Gesser, Bella wg ISR 2276 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 3½ 2252 10. Matthiesen, Martin f DEN 2304 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 * 2 2108 12) La Fere OpenThe La Fere Open took place 3rd-10th July 2010 GM Evgeny Romanov (2590) took clear first place with 8.5/9. News: Emmanuel Variniac.
Official site: http://laferect.free.fr/Open2010/Sommaire.htm
La Fere Open (FRA), 3-10 vii 2010There were three more weekend opens in Sofia.
9th MGU Open 3rd-4th July Sofia. Dimitar Iliev won with 6/6. Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr35701.aspx
10th MGU Open 10th-11th July Sofia. Won by Tsvetoslav Tsenov with 6/6. Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr35867.aspx
11th MGU Open 17th-18th July 2010. Won by Alexander Dimitrov. Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr36066.aspx
News: Dimitar "Mitko" Iliev - rating officer of Bulgarian Chess federation
14) Scottish Championship 2010The Scottish Championship took place in Hamilton over 9 rounds over 7 days. Sunday 11 - Saturday 17 July 2010. Andrew Greet won the tournament with 7.5/9 and became eligible for the title as he has lived in Scotland for two years (working for the Quality Chess company). In 2nd was John Shaw whose final round win took him to an impressive 7/9. Top seed Colin McNab lost rating points and only a final round win took him to a finishing total of 6/9.
Official site: http://www.scottishchesschampionship.com/Scottish2010/Home.html
ch-SCO Hamilton (SCO), 11 - 17 vii 2010The 7th South Wales International took place 10th -15th July 2010. Vladimir Georgiev took first place on 7.5/9. Games from the final 3 rounds are not yet available.
Official site: http://www.southwaleschess.co.uk/SWI/home.html
7th South Wales International Pontypridd (WLS), 10-15 vii 2010The XXVIII Andorra International Chess Open takes place 17th-25th July 2010. Lazaro Bruzon, Aleksandar Delchev, Csaba Balogh, Romain Edouard and Hicham Hamdouchi are the leading entries.
Official site: http://www.escacsandorra.com
XXVIII Andorra Open La Massana (AND), 17-25 vii 2010The XXX Open Internacional "Villa de Benasque" took place 8th-17th July 2010. Kiril Georgiev edged out Eltaj Safarli on tie-break after both finished on 8.5/10.
Official site: http;//www.openbenasque.com
Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr35836.aspx
30th Open Benasque (ESP), 8-17 vii 2010The 85th Men's and 63rd Women's Championships of Argentina took place 6th-16th July 2010. Ruben Felgaer took clear first place with 8/11.
Official site: http://www.juegosajedrez.com.ar/FINALES-SUP-2010/index-final-abs-fem-2010.htm
85th ch-ARG Buenos Aires (ARG), 5-16 vii 2010The First Saturday July tournaments takes place 3rd-13th July 2010, Budapest. Daniel Naroditsky took clear first in the GM Group.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
FSGM July Budapest (HUN), 5-13 vii 2010 cat. VII (2406) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 1. Naroditsky, Daniel f USA 2356 * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 7½ 2544 2. Pap, Gyula m HUN 2503 ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 7 2499 3. Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo, Reynaldo g CUB 2499 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6½ 2463 4. Ilincic, Zlatko g SRB 2479 1 0 ½ * ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6 2435 5. Cabrera Trujillo, Jorge f ESP 2410 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 6 2442 6. Solomon, Kenny m RSA 2351 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ? 1 5½ 2451 7. Kislik, Erik Andrew f USA 2342 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ * . ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 2447 8. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2419 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ . * ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 2411 9. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2473 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 5 2364 10. Kjartansson, Gudmundur f ISL 2356 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 4½ 2346 11. Samhouri, A f JOR 2375 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ? ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 4 2343 12. Brinck-Claussen, Bjorn m DEN 2314 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1½ 2105 FSIM July Budapest (HUN), 5-13 vii 2010 cat. I (2252) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 1. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2244 * 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7½ 2446 2. Adams, Nick A USA 2211 1 * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 7 2405 3. Qu Yanqiao CHN 2124 0 0 * 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 6 2337 4. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2281 ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 2285 5. Berczes, Csaba m HUN 2384 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 5½ 2275 6. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2257 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5½ 2287 7. Lyell, Mark f ENG 2288 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 2248 8. Martini, Balazs HUN 2326 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 4½ 2208 9. Tran Tuan Minh f VIE 2083 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 3½ 2159 10. Szalanczy, Emil m HUN 2318 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 3 2096 11. Virag, Attila Aba HUN 2258 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 * 2 2011 20) 2nd Nettetal-OpenThe 2nd Nettetal-Open took place 3rd-11th July 2010. Anton Kovalyov won with 8.5/9. My thanks to Juergen Daniel for the news.
Details: http://www.nettetal-open.de
2nd Nettetal-Open (GER), 3-11 vii 2010The Swiss Championships took place in Lenzerheide 8th-16th July 2010. Yannick Pelletier finsihed on 7/9 half a point clear of Joe Gallagher. Legend Viktor Korchnoi started well but lost his last three games. Alexandra Kosteniuk's participation has raised some eyebrows as she is Russian. She is given as representing the club of Trubschachen. She finished in 4th place.
Official site: http://schachbund.ch/turniere/sem.php
ch-SUI Lenzerheide (SUI), 8-16 vii 2010 cat. X (2480) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1. Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2589 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 7 2688 2. Gallagher, Joseph G g SUI 2499 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 6½ 2644 3. Forster, Richard m SUI 2438 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 6 2610 4. Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2519 0 0 0 * 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 5½ 2556 5. Zueger, Beat m SUI 2404 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 4 2445 6. Ekstroem, Roland m SUI 2496 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 0 1 4 2435 7. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2564 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 4 2428 8. Kurmann, Oliver m SUI 2449 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 * ½ 1 3½ 2403 9. Jenni, Florian g SUI 2542 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ 3½ 2393 10. Huss, Andreas m SUI 2304 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ * 1 2149 Round 1 (July 8, 2010) Pelletier, Yannick - Jenni, Florian 1-0 29 E15 Queens Indian Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Zueger, Beat 1-0 30 C12 French MacCutcheon Ekstroem, Roland - Forster, Richard ½-½ 29 B22 Sicilian Alapin Korchnoi, Viktor - Huss, Andreas 1-0 38 A13 Reti Opening Kurmann, Oliver - Gallagher, Joseph G 0-1 48 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation Round 2 (July 9, 2010) Gallagher, Joseph G - Pelletier, Yannick ½-½ 21 B07 Pirc Defence Forster, Richard - Kosteniuk, Alexandra 1-0 44 A13 Reti Opening Zueger, Beat - Kurmann, Oliver ½-½ 15 A34 English Symmetrical Korchnoi, Viktor - Ekstroem, Roland ½-½ 77 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian Huss, Andreas - Jenni, Florian ½-½ 12 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian Round 3 (July 10, 2010) Pelletier, Yannick - Zueger, Beat 1-0 20 C11 French Defence Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Korchnoi, Viktor ½-½ 39 C13 French Classical Ekstroem, Roland - Huss, Andreas 1-0 68 E06 Catalan Kurmann, Oliver - Forster, Richard 1-0 42 B42 Sicilian Paulsen Jenni, Florian - Gallagher, Joseph G ½-½ 17 B22 Sicilian Alapin Round 4 (July 11, 2010) Forster, Richard - Pelletier, Yannick ½-½ 26 A15 English counter King's Fianchetto Zueger, Beat - Jenni, Florian ½-½ 23 A21 English Opening Ekstroem, Roland - Kosteniuk, Alexandra 0-1 40 D12 Slav Defence Korchnoi, Viktor - Kurmann, Oliver 1-0 49 A40 Unusual Replies to 1.d4 Huss, Andreas - Gallagher, Joseph G 0-1 39 E92 King's Indian Classical Round 5 (July 12, 2010) Pelletier, Yannick - Korchnoi, Viktor ½-½ 55 E00 Catalan Gallagher, Joseph G - Zueger, Beat ½-½ 27 A45 Trompowsky Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Huss, Andreas 1-0 47 C15 French Winawer Kurmann, Oliver - Ekstroem, Roland 0-1 29 C45 Scotch Game Jenni, Florian - Forster, Richard 0-1 22 A46 Queen's Pawn Opening Round 6 (July 13, 2010) Forster, Richard - Gallagher, Joseph G ½-½ 48 A20 English Opening Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Kurmann, Oliver 1-0 50 B07 Pirc Defence Ekstroem, Roland - Pelletier, Yannick 0-1 52 E00 Catalan Korchnoi, Viktor - Jenni, Florian ½-½ 35 E14 Queens Indian Huss, Andreas - Zueger, Beat ½-½ 16 A58 Volga Gambit Round 7 (July 14, 2010) Pelletier, Yannick - Kosteniuk, Alexandra 1-0 37 E04 Catalan Gallagher, Joseph G - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 30 C10 French Rubinstein Zueger, Beat - Forster, Richard ½-½ 10 A20 English Opening Kurmann, Oliver - Huss, Andreas 1-0 45 C09 French Tarrasch Jenni, Florian - Ekstroem, Roland 1-0 46 B12 Caro Kann Advanced Round 8 (July 15, 2010) Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Jenni, Florian 1-0 59 B01 Centre Counter Ekstroem, Roland - Gallagher, Joseph G ½-½ 20 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo Korchnoi, Viktor - Zueger, Beat 0-1 23 A57 Volga Gambit Kurmann, Oliver - Pelletier, Yannick ½-½ 26 C10 French Rubinstein Huss, Andreas - Forster, Richard 0-1 38 E92 King's Indian Classical Round 9 (July 16, 2010) Pelletier, Yannick - Huss, Andreas 1-0 40 A07 Barcza System Gallagher, Joseph G - Kosteniuk, Alexandra 1-0 49 C33 Kings Bishops Gambit Forster, Richard - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 40 A13 Reti Opening Zueger, Beat - Ekstroem, Roland ½-½ 14 A30 English Symmetrical Jenni, Florian - Kurmann, Oliver ½-½ 9 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation 22) 2nd Leros OpenThe 2nd Leros Open Artemis Cup takes place 13th-20th July 2010.
Official site: http://www.leroschess.gr/
Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr35350.aspx?lan=1
23) Rethymno OpenThe Rethymno Open takes place 13th-20th July 2010.
Official site: http://www.daor.gr/index.php?chessgr
Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr36082.aspx
24) 3rd Paracin Chess FestivalThe 3rd Paracin Chess Festival took place 9th-16th July 2010. Branko Damljanovic took clear first place with 7.5/9.
Official site: http://www.paracinchess.rs/
Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr34308.aspx
3rd Open Paracin (SRB), 9-16 vii 2010The Paraguayan Championship saw Guillermo Vazquez, (13 years old on March 16th), is the new Paraguayan Champion, after winning the Torneo Mayor, which was played June 12th-July 4th in Asuncion. The venue was La Pergola Jardin Restaurant. The time control was 90 minutes plus 30 seconds, 9 round Swiss System.
Vazquez is the youngest ever Paraguayan Champion, the previous record was held by GM Axel Bachmann, 14 years. Leonardo Lipiniks (86 years) was the oldest player, he made 4½ points, in the Round 5 he played against the youngest anticipant, Marcelo Gomez Harika (9 years, he made 3½ points), it was a draw. Arbiter was AF Luis Abdo.
Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr34804.aspx
Official site: http://www.feparaj.org.py
Paraguayan Championship Asuncion (PAR), 12 vi - 4 vii 2010The 21st Czech Open takes place in Pardubice 15th July - 1st August 2010. There are a huge number of events. The main open starts next week.
Official site: http://www.czechopen.net/
27) XI Figueres Open "Miquel Mas"The XI Figueres Open "Miquel Mas" took place 11th-18th July 2010. I couldn't find the final results.
Official site: http://www.escacsfigueres.com/
Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr33579.aspx
28) 32nd Oberwart OpenThe 32nd Oberwart Open took place 10th-18th July 2010. Imre Hera was the top seed but he finished half a point behind the winner, Aleksandr Shimanov who scoredd 7/9. I will round up the games next week
http://www.oberwart.gv.at/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=291&Itemid=273
Results and games at: http://chess-results.com/tnr30180.aspx
29) 1st Vaujany International Chess FestivalThe 1st Vaujany International Chess Festival took place July 10th-18th 2010. Deep Sengupta took clear first place with 7.5/9. I will round up results and games next week.
Details: http://promoechecs.free.fr/
30) Dresden ZMDI-OpenThe Dresden ZMDI-Open took place 10th-18th July 2010. Georg Meier took first place. I will round things up next week.
Official site: http://www.schachfestival.de/www_festival/fbcb037387e821a6b1898467b076c0d5.php
31) Turkish Women's ChampionshipThe Turkish Women's Championship took place in Konya 8th-15th July 2010. Yildiz Betul Cemre won with 8.5/9. I will round things up next week.
Official site: http://kadinlar2010.tsf.org.tr/
32) "Maria Albulet" MemorialThe third edition of the Woman International Tournament of Romania - Memorial "Maria Albulet" is scheduled at the Theater of Braila (port at the Danube) between 15 and 21 July. The 10 participants are: WGM Marina Makropoulou (Greece) - daughter of late WGM Maria Albulet (1932-2005), WGM Elena Partac (Moldova), WGM Elena-Luminita Cosma (Romania), WIM Lyubka Genova (Bulgaria), WIM Katarzyna Toma (Poland), WIM Joanna Worek (Poland), WIM Angela Dragomirescu (Romania), WFM Teodora Traistaru (Romania), WFM Silvia-Raluca Sgircea (Romania), WNM Adeline-Ramona Uta (Romania). The winner of the first two editions, WGM Corina-Isabela Peptan (Romania), is missing. The Chief Arbiter of this round-robin tournament, organized by Romanian Chess Federation and the Mairy of Braila, is FM Gheorghe-Nicolae Doroftei.
Official site: http://www.frsah.ro
33) Polideportivo de Galapagar Open 2010The Polideportivo de Galapagar Open takes place 17th-25th July 2010. Jose Manuel Perez Gonzalez is the top seed.
Results and pairings: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr35610.aspx
34) XIV "Battle Of Senta 1697"The XIV "Battle Of Senta 1697" takes place 17th-24th July 2010.
Official site: http://www.chess-senta.org.rs/
35) Satu Mare Romanian OpenSPI Open" International Chess Tournament Venue: Satu Mare takes place 16th-23rd July 2010.
36) Ikaros Chess Festival (Aegean Open) 2010The Ikaros Chess Festival 2010 is a traditional annual chess event which sees its 33rd consecutive edition on the picturesque island of Ikaria in Greece.
The main event of the festival, the International Aegean Open Championship, takes place from 13th-21st July 2010.
Official site: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros
37) 33rd Taminco Open33rd Taminco Open International Chess Tournament Gent (Belgium) takes place 17th-21st July 2010, 9 rounds Swiss. Shchekachev and Dgebuadze lead on 5/6.
Official site: http://www.kgsrl.be
38) Championnat International de Paris 2010Le Championnat International de Paris took place 3rd-11th July 2010. Sebastian Feller took clear first place with 8/9. Games from the final two rounds that were missing are now available.
Official site: http://idf-echecs.com/competitions/ChamParis2010/ChamParis2010.htm
ch-Paris Open Paris (FRA), 3-11 vii 2010The Irish Championships took place in Dublin Alex Lopez (actually in the FIDE rating list it is Astaneh Lopez which took me a very long time to realise) won. Games from the final round not yet available.
Official site: http://www.icu.ie/articles/display.php?id=262
40) British ChampionshipsThe British Championships take place in Canterbury, Kent 25th July - 7th August 2010. Michael Adams is the top seed.
Official site: http://www.britishchess2010.com/index.htm
Live Games - http://www.britishchess2010.com/live_games.htm
41) Lake Sevan TournamentThe Lake Sevan Tournament took place 11th-19th July 2010. Arman Pashikian edged out Tigran Petrosian on tie-break after both finished on 6/9.
Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr36058.aspx
Official site: http://www.sevan.chessacademy.am/
Lake Sevan GM Martuni (ARM), 11-19 vii 2010 cat. XIV (2586) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1. Pashikian, Arman g ARM 2630 * ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 6 2705 2. Petrosian, Tigran L g ARM 2597 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 6 2709 3. Matlakov, Maxim g RUS 2603 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 2626 4. Lenic, Luka g SLO 2602 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 4½ 2584 5. Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel g ARM 2525 0 ½ 0 ½ * 0 ½ 1 1 1 4½ 2592 6. Gopal, Geetha Narayanan g IND 2611 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ 0 0 4 2540 7. Arutinian, David g GEO 2573 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 4 2544 8. Grigoryan, Avetik g ARM 2584 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 4 2543 9. Ponkratov, Pavel m RUS 2604 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 * 1 3½ 2503 10. Hovhannisyan, Robert ARM 2529 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 ½ 0 * 3½ 2512 42) Forthcoming Events and Links 8th Davos OpenAfter one year Davos and "Sunstar Park Hotel" host again the International Chess Tournament. Switzerland is the famous tourist country particular popular is tremendous Davos. European's summers starting to be very hot, more than 40 C. In Davos you can face 25C maximum 28C always with a fresh area.
8th Davos Open, 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end). Prize is: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. Natural prizes for 5 and more points. Special prizes. Entry fee 140 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, GMs and IMs free; juniors lodging at Sunstar Park Hotel free; at the door 20 SF more. Time table: Registration desk 12.00-17.30 August 8th; Rounds 1 18.00-23.00 August 8th; Round 2/6 15.00-20.00 August 9th-13th; Round 7 9.30-14.30 August 14th. Venue: "Sun star Park Hotel" Congress Center. Closing ceremony August 14th, 3 p.m. Unbelievable chess-rates.
All information at: http://www.sinchess.com/davos or http://www.beochess.ch E-mail: davos@sinchess.com or event@beochess.ch Tel: +381 63 346 128 (Sinisa Joksic) or
+41 62 965 46 59 (Robert Spoerri)
Euro Chess Tournament 2010The Euro Chess Tournament takes place 9th-14th August 2010 including the University of Twente Young Masters invitation tournament and the 36th Open Dutch Youth Championships. This year it is also part of the ECU Youth Grand Prix.
Invite for all European Youth players to take part in the Open Dutch Youth Tournament. Registration via the website and no upper limit to participants!
Details: http://www.onjk.nl. Or contact the secretary at secretaris@onjk.nl.
NH Chess TournamentThe NH Chess Tournament Rising Stars vs. Experience
The fifth NH Chess Tournament, organized by NH Hoteles in close cooperation with the Association Max Euwe of Dutch chess maecenas Joop van Oosterom in Monaco, is held from August 12-22 at the NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in Amsterdam.
The NH Chess Tournament is a 'Scheveningen' team tournament between an 'Experience' team and a 'Rising Stars' team. All members of each team play all members of the other team twice, once with the white pieces and once with the black pieces. There's a special prize for the best Rising Star (provided he has a positive score): an invitation to the prestigious 2011 Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament.
The 'Experience' team consists of Boris Gelfand (Israel, 2739), Peter Svidler (Russia, 2734), Peter Heine Nielsen (Denmark, 2700), Loek van Wely (The Netherlands, 2677) and Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Serbia, 2572). The 'Rising Stars' are Hikaru Nakamura (United States, 2729), Fabiano Caruana (Italy, 2697), Wesley So (The Philippines, 2674), Anish Giri (The Netherlands, 2672) and David Howell (England, 2616).
Spectators are welcome at the venue, where they can watch the games live and there is daily expert commentary. The entry is free.
Further information you can find at the tournament website: http://www.nhchess.com
Politiken Cup 2010The Politiken Cup takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark, 31st July - 8th August 2010.
Official site: http://www.ksu.dk/politiken_cup/
Women's Grand Prix 2009-10The Women's Grand Prix series will see four more in 2010.
The 5th Grand Prix will take place in Ulanbaatar, Mongolia, on 29 July - 12 August 2010
The 6th Grand Prix will take place in Santiago, Chile, on 27th October - 9th November 2010
The first Grand Prix was in Istanbul 5th-20th March 2009 and was won by Humpy Koneru. The 2nd Grand Prix was in Nanjing, China, 27th Sept - 9th October 2009 and was won by Xu Yuhua. The 4th took place in Jermuk Nana Dzagnidze took clear first place with 9/11.
Paignton CongressThis year's week-long Paignton Congress starts on Sunday September 5th, the 60th consecutive congress held in the same room, the magnificent Ballroom of Oldway Mansion. This record of consistency is probably unique in chess.
To commemorate this milestone, the committee has planned several extra features. Michael Adams is coming to put on a simultaneous display, and there will be a Junior International tournament held in the Mayor's Parlour.
In addition, Committee Member, Bob Jones, is publishing a book on the history of the event, which was won spectacularly by Harry Golombek after he beat the former World Champion, Max Euwe, on the very first day of the first congress. Since that day, many top players have tested the Paignton waters; from the likes of Barden, Wade, Yanofsky, Alexander and Clarke in the early days, to youngsters like Keene, Hartston, Adams, Hodgson, Norwood, Arkell, the list goes on.
Details can be found on the chessdevon website, or obtained from the Congress Secretary, Alan Crickmore on 01752-768206.
4th Rijeka open chess tournament "Mediterranean 2017"The 4th Rijeka open chess tournament "Mediterranean 2017" takes place 13th-20th November 2010 in the city of Rijeka, located at the North-west part of the Croatian coast of the Adriatic sea.
The president of the Republic of Croatia, Ivo Josipovic, has accepted to be a sponsor of this chess event while the County primorsko-goranska and the City of Rijeka are the co-sponsors.
Details: http://www.mediteran2017.com/en/home/About_the_tournament/Application
IX Festival Internacional de Ajedrez Benidorm 2010The IX Festival Internacional de Ajedrez Benidorm 2010 takes place 3rd-12th December 2010.
Further details: http://www.ajedrezenelbali.com
Entries: info@ajedrezenelbali.com
Information: festivaldebenidorm@gmail.com
Movil: 0034-615547567 Geller Memorial 2010The 6th Efim Geller Memorial (Open) will take place in Odessa, Ukraine on 21-29 August 2010 (Open A, Open B), the children's open will take place on 16-19 August. There also will be a blitz tournament on 30 August.
Details in Russian: http://chessportal.od.ua/news.php?extend.758.10
Contact with organisers: chess@te.net.ua
X Savaria Summer Chess FestivalX Savaria Summer Chess Festival 27.07.2010.- 04.08.2010. Szombathely, Hungary GM,IM Round-Rubin, Open A,B,C Group Contact: Csonka Attila attila_csonka@hotmail.com
Details: http://chess-results.com/Tnr31363.aspx?lan=1
London Chess Classic 2010Viswanathan Anand will become the first reigning world chess champion to play in a major tournament in London since Anatoly Karpov in 1984 when he joins the eight-player field for the second London Chess Classic, which runs from 8-15 December 2010 at the Olympia Conference Centre.
Alongside him will be World Number one Magnus Carlsen, former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, US number one Hikaru Nakamura and the top four English players Michael Adams, Nigel Short, Luke McShane and David Howell.
IM Malcolm Pein is back as tournament director.
Vishy Anand is the one change from the stellar field which brought spectators flocking to London to watch elite chess in December 2009. The great Indian player, who will turn 41 during the tournament, recently retained his title as the undisputed champion of the world by defeating Veselin Topalov in the latter's home city of Sofia, Bulgaria. In London he will meet his immediate predecessor as champion, Vladimir Kramnik, 36, of Russia, and also the young man who is currently riding high as the world's highest rated player and widely tipped to be Anand's next challenger � Magnus Carlsen of Norway, who will be 20 by the time the tournament starts.
London is thus privileged to witness a clash of the past, present and likely future chess champions. At the time of writing Carlsen is world number one on the FIDE (World Chess Federation) Rating List, Kramnik is number three and Anand number four. Looking forward, London is also bidding to host the 2012 World Championship title match, so Anand's clashes with Carlsen and Kramnik could well be a preview of what happens in London's Olympic year.
Five more players make up the field of eight, all of whom played in the exciting 2009 event. Each one earned his place for his fighting play last year. The fourth non-British player is Hikaru Nakamura, USA, who will turn 23 during the London event. The American is known as the 'H-Bomb' for his explosive and totally uncompromising style of play. He has won the US Championship twice and also won major events in San Sebastian and Gibraltar in the past couple of years. He is improving all the time and can be expected to press hard for wins against the leading trio of players.
England has an established quartet of elite players and all four will be playing in London. Michael Adams, 39, from Cornwall, has recently wrested back his position as England number one and he spent a number of years as the world number four. He is fresh from winning the prestigious Gibraltar International. Nigel Short, 45, became a chess legend when he broke the Kasparov-Karpov strangehold on world title matches, beating Anatoly Karpov on the way to a title match with Garry Kasparov in 1993. He is still one of the most entertaining players on the circuit � and not to be missed in the commentary room after the game! Luke McShane, 26, started a financial career after university but couldn't resist the lure of the international chess scene. He is now re-establishing his status as one of the most talented of the world's young grandmasters. David Howell, 20 in November, had a sensational elite tournament debut in this event last year when he finished third behind Carlsen and Kramnik. He had recently won the British Championship by a handsome margin and has subsequently shared first at Hastings and won the British Rapidplay Championship for the second year in succession. Tournament Line-Up
Name Title Country Rating (May 2010) World Rnk May Date of Birth Carlsen, Magnus grandmaster NOR 2813 1 30.11.1990 Kramnik, Vladimir ex-world champion RUS 2790 3 25.06.1975 Anand, Viswanathan world champion IND 2789 4 11.12.1969 Nakamura, Hikaru grandmaster USA 2733 19 09.12.1987 Adams, Michael grandmaster ENG 2697 41 17.11.1971 Short, Nigel grandmaster ENG 2685 48 01.06.1965 McShane, Luke grandmaster ENG 2623 138 07.01.1984 Howell, David grandmaster ENG 2620 144 14.11.1990For more information and to buy tickets to The London Chess Classic, please go to www.londonchessclassic.com Tickets will go on sale in July.
For further information please call:
Malcolm Pein
Tournament Director, London Chess Classic
T: 020 7388 2404
E: info@chess.co.uk
Chinese Chess League Division AThe Youngor Chinese Chess League Division A takes place April 16th - December 30th 2010 in China. 10 teams compete in the Double Round-Robin event.
Time control: 1 hour 30 minutes for the whole game with an incremental time of 30 seconds per move.
Prize: 500,000 yuan or Euro 50,000.
The first 3 rounds took place in Ningbo city.
Official website : http://ccl.sports.cn/ - http://games.sports.cn/chessorg.ccl2010/index.html
The live games broadcast : http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html
Archive of games should be here eventually: http://ccl.sports.cn/2010/news/2010-04-01/1995059.html
Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr32818.aspx
Rounds 4-6 take place June 6th - June 9th 2010 in Shenzhen
Rounds 7-9 in July 23th - July 26th 2010 in Shanghai
Rounds 10-12 9th-11th Sept 2010 in Guangzhou
Rounds 13-15 in Oct. 10th-13th 2010
Round 16-18 in Dec. 28th-30th 2010 in Beijing.
Leading players: Wang Yue g CHN 2749; Wang Hao g CHN 2713; Alexander Motylev g RUS 2705; Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2682; Zhou Jianchao g CHN 2650; Li Chao b g CHN 2613; Zhang Pengxiang g CHN 2605; Zhou Weiqi g CHN 2585; Peng Xiaominn g CHN 2581; Zhao Jun g CHN 2575; Yu Yangyi g CHN 2574; Hou Yifan g CHN 2570; Ding Liren g CHN 2564; Wen Yang g CHN 2520; Li Shilong g CHN 2514; Xu Jun g CHN 2513; Liang Chong g CHN 2502; Ju Wenjun wg CHN 2500; Xiu Deshun CHN 2493; Zhao Xue g CHN 2490; Ruan Lufei wg CHN 2479; Xu Yuhua g CHN 2478; Zhu Chen g QAT 2476; Tan Zhongyi wg CHN 2464; Wu Shaobin g SIN 2453; Lin Chen CHN 2448; Liu Qingnan m CHN 2445; Shen Yang wg CHN 2444; Huang Qian wg CHN 2439; Zhang Xiaowen wg CHN 2437; Le Thanh Tu wg VIE 2318
Gujuan Tzu Blog is http://blog.sina.com.cn/chessnews
6th TCh-CHN (CHN), 16 iv-30 xii 2010The 14th Unive Tournament takes place in Hoogeveen, Netherlands Fri 22nd - Sat 30th Oct 2010.
The 4 player double round robin sees Alexei Shirov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri and Sergei Tiviakov compete.
There is an open alongside for which entry is invited on the official site. Both events don't have a rest day in order to accommodate travel to Bulgaria for the European Club Cup.
(4 players 6 Rds DRR Indiv TC: 90m:30m+30spm(1))
14th Unive Chess Tournament (NED), 25-30 x 2010 cat. XVIII (2682) Name NAT May Elo World Rnk Alexei Shirov ESP 2742 10 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave FRA 2710 30 Anish Giri NED 2642 97 Sergey Tiviakov NED 2634 111 VIII Marx Gyorgy MemorialThe VIII Marx Gyorgy Memorial takes place 5th-16th August, 2010.
Double Round Robin with 6 players.
Time limit: 100 minutes/40 moves+40minutes+30 seconds/move from the first move. Sophia rule: The players can offer a draw in the first 40 moves only with arbiter's permission in particular cases. Criteria used for tie: 1. more wins, 2. result against each other, 3. Berger.
http://www.ase.hu/marxgyXIV. Paks open 11th-15th August 2010
7 rounds swiss tournament A and B (under1900) groups, 90 minutes + 30 seconds/move.
Application and information Videki Sandor (0036-75421225; 0036-304012866 Email: videkis2001@yahoo.com )
Children-tournament 8th August, 2010 Rapid-tournament 10th August, 2010 Blitz-tournament 13th August, 2010
VIII Gyorgy Marx Memorial Men Paks (HUN), 5-16 viii 2010 cat. XVI (2627) Ti Name Rating Country g Almasi, Zoltan 2725 HUN g Berkes, Ferenc 2676 HUN g Laznicka, Viktor 2636 CZE g Timman, Jan 2586 NED g Acs, Peter 2569 HUN g Robson, Ray 2569 USA VIII Gyorgy Marx Memorial Women Paks (HUN), 5-16 viii 2010 cat. IV (2343) Ti Name Rating Country wg Galojan, Lilit 2402 ARM m Madl, Ildiko 2393 HUN m Kononenko, Tatiana 2374 UKR m Vajda, Szidonia 2363 HUN g Gaprindashvili, Nona 2348 GEO wm Toth, Lili 2175 HUN European Individual Senior Championship 2011The European Individual Senior Championship 2011 has been awarded by the ECU to Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy 10th-20th April 2010.
Official site: http://www.scacchivda.com
IV Torneo Internacional A.D.San JuanThe IV Torneo International Closed tournament A.D.San Juan takes place in Pamplona 24th July - 1st August 2010. Alexander Morozevich is the star.
Chess Results entry: http://chess-results.com/tnr34216.aspx
http://www.clubajedrezorvina.com/Foro.aspx?postid=3208#3208
IV Torneo Internacional A.D.San Juan Cerrado (ESP), 24 vii - i viii 2009.The 11th World University Chess Championship takes place in Zurich 5th-11th September 2010.
Official site: http://www.wucc2010.ch/
Chinese Events 2010Gujuan Tzu sends new of events in China in 2010. At the moment if you don't grab the games live they have a tendency to disappear (although http://ccl.sports.cn/2010/news/2010-04-01/1995059.html does now seem to have the early rounds of the Chinese League). It would be nice to find one spot where the Chinese Federation archives all their games.
1. The 4th All China Games in cluding chess game in 17-23 May 2010 in Hefei, Anhui, China. 11 rounds rapid games, Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html
2. Chinese Championships: in 23 May-4 June 2010 in Xinghua, Jiangsu, China. Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html
3. Chinese League A, Round 4-6, in 6-9 June 2010 in Shenzhan, China. Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html
4. The 1st Chinese GM Super Tournament in 10-20 June 2010 in Hainan, China. 10 players: Wang Hao 2722; Bu Xiangzhi 2682; Ni Hua 2667; Zhou Jianchao 2652; Li Chao b 2619; Hou Yifan 2589; Yu Yangyi 2585; Zhou Weiqi 2585; Zhao Jun 2575; Ding liren 2547. Prize fund: 500,000 yuan or 50,000€. Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html
5. Hou Yifan vs Kapov Match : 4-game and 4-rapid game in 27 Oct - 2 Nov 2010 (postponed) in Hainan, China. Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html
6. Asia Boys and Girls in 8-18 July 2010 in Beijing, China. Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html
7. Chinese League A Round 7-9 in 23-25 July 2010 in Shanghai, China. Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html
8. The 7th China vs Russia Match in 14-25 August 2010 in Ningbo, China. Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html
9. The 2nd Chess King and Queen Matches in 29 August-3 Sept. 2010 in Jiangzhou, China. Live games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html
10. Chinese League A Round 10-12 in 9-12 Sept. 2010 in Guangzhou, China. Live Games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html
11. Chinese League A Round 13-15 in 10-13 October 2010 in Hangzhou, China. Live Games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html
11. The 3rd Nanjing Super Chess Tournament in 18-28 October 2010 in Nanjing, China. 6 players, Official site: http://www.chess-pearlspring.com/www/chess_pk/2009/cn/index.htm
12. The second half of Bilbao Final Masters in 10-16 October 2010 in Shanghai, China. Official site: http://www.bilbaofinalmasters.com/
13. Chinese League A Round 16-18 in 28-30 December 2010 in Beijing, China. Live Games: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html
Gujuan Tzu Website: http://blog.sina.com.cn/chessnews
World Chess Tour EventsTournaments, simuls and classes in Moscow.
Contact: Contact: Igor Glek, International Grandmaster, FIDE Trainer, Deputy Chairman of the RSUPES&T Chess Chair E-mail: worldchesstour@gmail.com Russia: (7)903-5593052, (Germany/World): (49)152-04014194
Web-site: http://www.chess-events.org
15th Pannonia-Nitrokemia CupThe 15th Pannonia-Nitrokemia Cup takes place in Balatonalmadi 28th July - 1st August 2010.
Group A: International Open Tournament for FIDE ratings. Group B: International Open Tournament for FIDE ratings, but competitors over 2000 ELO points can't attend, and competitors under 18 years will be rated separately.
Swiss system chess competition with 7 rounds and without age limits
Venue: The air-conditioned Conference Hall of Pannonia Kulturalis Kozpont es Konyvtar Address: Balatonalmadi, Varoshaz Square 6.
Details: http://fancsyimi.fw.hu
Entry Address and further information Address: Fancsy Imre: 8222. Balatonalmadi, Gabor Aron utca 15. HUNGARY E-mail: almadikupa@freemail.hu
Swiss Team Championships 2010The Nationalliga A of Switzerland takes place 14th February - 7th November 2010. Round 2 games not yet available.
Dates: Round 1 (2010.02.14), Round 2 (2010.03.21), Round 3 (2010.04.25), Round 4 (2010.06.13), Round 5 (2010.06.27), Round 6 (2010.08.28), Round 7 (2010.08.29), Round 8 (2010.11.06) and Round 9 (2010.11.07).
TCh-SUI NatLigaA Switzerland (SUI), 14 ii-7 xi 2010 Round 2 21st March 2010 Tribschen 1 - Wollishofen 1 2 : 6 Reichenstein 1 - Bern 1 5½ : 2½ Zuerich 1 - Gen�ve 1 6 : 2 Luzern 1 - Riehen 1 5 : 3 Joueur 1 - Winterthur 1 5½ : 2½ Mihajlo Savic WebsiteThe international arbiter, FIDE master and international organizer, Mihajlo Savic, the author of the book Commentary on the Laws of chess, has launched a new column You ask, we answer at website: http://www.chessdiagonals.com
Chess Classic Mainz 2010The 17th Chess Classic Mainz takes place 6th-8th August 2010. The festival has suffered from the general economic slowdown with the open taking the lead along with simuls.
The rapid chess open has been upgraded to the Grenke Rapid World Championship. The tenth edition of the Chess Classic in Mainz is sponsored by GRENKE Group, FiNet AG, Livingston GmbH, Hilton Mainz, Congress Centre Mainz, Stadtwerke Mainz AG and our Prime-Partners ChessBase, DGT and Schach Niggemann.
The prize fund for the rapid chess world championship is no less than Euro 30.000. Chess960 has to take a break for a year.
On the first day of the event, 6th August 2010, Anand will play a standard simul on 40 boards. On the same day, Alexandra Kosteniuk will play a 20-board Chess960 simul.
The Grenke Rapid World Championship will also be a treat for chess lovers: Levon Aronian, who is the current rapid chess world champion and the winner of the 2009 ORDIX Open, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, will play the open tournament to face a unique mixture of numerous world-class grandmasters and amateurs.
The Open will be played in the same established format as in the previous editions. On 7th-8th August 2010 11 rounds will be played, in which the time control is 20 minutes + 5 seconds per move.
Official site: http://www.chesstigers.de
Arvier (Aosta Valley) - SeptemberARVIER (Aosta Valley) - September, 4-12 2010. 6th European Union championship (open, 9 rounds) - http://www.scacchivda.com Free to all the players of the countries belonging to European Union, plus players from Croatia, Fyrom and Turkey without the right to the title. Aosta Valley is one of the most famous touristic regions in Italy, very well known for its castles, food and wines
Livigno (Sondrio, Valtellina)LIVIGNO (Sondrio, Valtellina) - September, 10-18 2010. Open A (players more than 2000 elo) Open B (players less than 2000 elo) Open C (players without elo) http://www.livignoscacchi.it - http://www.livigno.eu Livigno is very well known as touristic skying town. It is said "the little Tibet". A few km far there is the village of Trepalle at 2250 metres above sea level, the highest inhabited place of Europe!
Vitoria-Gasteiz OpenThe Vitoria-Gasteiz Open takes place 26th July 2010 - 1st August 2010.
Details: http://sites.google.com/site/openvitoriagasteiz2010/Home/bases-del-torneo-1
Victor Mikhalevski WebsiteGM, author and coach Victor Mikhalevski has launched a new website at: http://vmikhalevski.webs.com/
7th Knokke International OpenThe 7th Knokke International Open takes place August 26th-29th 2010, consisting of 7 rounds "Swiss system" - 2 hours K.O.
Prize fund for a total amount of 3.730 Euros (increased by 1000 Euro this year)
Official site: http://www.knokkeschaak.be
email: knokkeschaak@knokkeschaak.be
11th World University Chess ChampionshipZurich hosts the World University Chess Championship 2010 5th-11th September 2010. The Academic Chess Club Reti, which is organising the event, is expecting that up to 150 participants from over 25 countries will enter the contest, to be held at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. Many international masters and grandmasters between 18 and 28 years of age will fight for individual and team medals. The tournament will comprise nine rounds and will be played in accordance with the Swiss System.
The World University Chess Championship is held under the auspices of the Federation Internationale du Sport Universitaire (FISU). The organising club, the Academic Chess Club Reti in Zurich, will be celebrating its 50th anniversary next year. It is one of the four largest clubs in Zurich and has an ambitious team in the Swiss League. In 2009 many of the greatest champions and legends in the history of the game participated in the Zurich Chess Club's 200-year jubilee. This year, some of the strongest champions of the future will be in Zurich.
Official site: http://www.wucc2010.ch
WUCC 2010 is an event of the FISU: http://www.fisu.net
Hungarian Tournaments March - October 2010The list of the HUN GM-IM norm and Open chess tournaments from March until October 2010:
1. 6th-18th of March, FIRST SATURDAY (FS) GM-IM-rating Budapest, Org: Nagy Laszlo, http://www.firstsaturday.hu
2. 19th-28th of March, 26th Budapest Spring Festival, 9 rounds Swiss Open, org: Nagy Laszlo
3. 19th-27th of March IM + rating CAISSA Kecskemet (85 km from Budapest), Org: Dr.Erdelyi, http://www.caissachessbooks.com
4. 3rd-16th of April FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-rating Budapest, org: Nagy L,
5. 17th-25th of April, CAISSA Kecskemet, IM + rating, org: Erdelyi,
6. 1st-13th May, FIRST SATURDAY, Budapest, GM-IM-rating - org: Nagy L,
7. 14th-22nd May CAISSA Kecskemet IM + rating, org: Erdelyi,
8. 26th May-3rd June ZALAKAROS open, org: IM Horvath, Tamas, http://www.csutisk.hu,
9. 5th-17th June, FIRST SATURDAY Budapest, GM-IM-rating, org Nagy L,
10.19th-27h June, Balaton Open, HEV�Z, GM-IM, org: IM Rigo, e-mail: me-ri@t-online.hu
11.19th-27th June, CAISSA Kecskemet, IM + rating, Org: Erdelyi,
12.3rd-15th July, FIRST SATURDAY Budapest, GM+IM+rating, org: Nagy L,
13.17th-25th July, CAISSA Kecskemet, GM+IM+rating, org: Erdelyi,
14.27th July-4th August, GM-IM + Open, Szombathely (250 km West from Budapest), org: Csonka, Attila, e-mail: attila.csonka@lamived.hu
15.7th-19th August, FIRST SATURDAY Budapest GM+IM+rating, org: Nagy L
16.21st-29th August, CAISSA Kecskemet, GM+IM+rating, org: Erdelyi
17.4th-16th Sept, FIRST SATURDAY GM+IM+rating Budapest, org: Nagy L
18.17th-25th Sept CAISSA Kecskemet IM+rating, org: Erdelyi.
8th Davos OpenThe 8th Davos Open takes place August, 8th-14th 2010, in the Hotel "Sunstar". Sinisa Joksic will organise the event which he hopes to be an old fashioned friendly tournament.
All information at: http://www.sinchess.com/davos
Czech Tour 2010-11The 10th International Chess Festivals Series Czech Tour 2010-11 has the following preliminary list. (Subject to small changes.)
13th OLOMOUC CHESS SUMMER - Olomouc (FIDE open, closed GM and IM tournaments, seniors tournament, active chess, blitz chess tournament). 4th-12th August 2010.
9th Georgiev's and Kesarovsky�s Memorial - Sunny Beach, Bulgaria (FIDE open, active chess, blitz tournament). 28th August - 5th September 2010.
7th HIGHLANDS OPEN - Zdar nad Sazavou (FIDE open, active chess, blitz tournament). 25th September - 2nd October 2010.
11th LIBEREC OPEN (FIDE open, active chess, blitz tournament). 23rd-30th October 2010.
1st BRNO OPEN (FIDE open, active chess, blitz tournament). 14th-20th November 2010
4th SOUTH BOHEMIA OPEN - Cesky Krumlov (FIDE open, active chess, blitz tournament). 21st-27th November 2010.
2nd PILSNER OPEN (FIDE open, active chess, blitz tournament).4th-11th December 2010.
10th PRAGUE OPEN (2 FIDE opens, one of them with IM norm, active chess, blitz tournament). 7th-14th January 2011.
10th MARIENBAD OPEN (FIDE open, closed GM and IM tournaments, active chess, blitz tournament). 15th-22nd January 2011.
2nd NOVY BOR OPEN (FIDE open, active chess, blitz tournament). 12th-19th February 2011.
More detailed information: AVE-KONTAKT s.r.o., Sukova 1556, 530 02 Pardubice, Czech Republic tel./fax + 420 466 535 200, mobile phone + 420 608 203 007 e-mail: j.mazuch@avekont.cz
9th Czech Tour 2009/201013-20.2. 2010 1st NOVY BOR OPEN (the Prazak Grandhotel) http://www.czechtour.net/novy-bor-open/
8.-15.1. 2010 9th PRAGUE OPEN (TOP HOTEL Praha) http://www.czechtour.net/prague-open/
16.-23.1. 2010 9th MARIENBAD OPEN (the Kossuth hotel) http://www.czechtour.net/marienbad-open/
Dates of the first tournaments of the 10th jubilee CZECH TOUR 2010 / 2011 Series:
15.-22.5. 2010 1st HRADEC KRALOVE OPEN (the Cernigov hotel)
15.7.-1.8. 2010 21st CZECH OPEN (Pardubice, CEZ Arena)
4.-12.8. 2010 13th OLOMOUC CHESS SUMMER (the Sigma hotel)
Official site: http://www.czechtour.net/news/
International Correspondence Chess FederationThe International Correspondence Chess Federation has announced the Preliminary Sections of the World Correspondence Chess Championship will start on March 10th. 2010.
Also Slovenia's 15 Years Membership of ICCF tournament semi-finals.
Details on the ICCF Official site: http://www.iccf.com/content/index.php
FIDE World Amateur Chess ChampionshipFIDE World Amateur Chess Championship - an Official FIDE World Chess Championship! 9R-SS G/90 + 30/sec increment. Holiday Inn Hotel: 5300 W Touhy Ave Skokie, IL 60077. 847.679.8900. $20,000 Guaranteed. Open to players with no FIDE title and rated under 2000 FIDE. All players compete in a single section. Please see tournament website for more detailed rating regulations.
Prizes: Overall: $3000-2000-1600-1400; Top Women: $1000-600-400-200; (1799-1600): $1000-600-400-200; (1599-1400): $1000-600-400-200; (U1400): $1000-600-400-200; (Unrated): $1000-600-400-200;
EF: $120 by 6pm 02/15, $150 by 6pm 03/15; $200 thereafter and onsite. No re-entries allowed. No half-point byes allowed (zero point byes only). Onsite registration from 3-5pm 03/19.
Rds: 3/19 - 6:30pm; 3/20-21 - 12pm and 6:30pm per day; 3/22-25 - 6:30pm per night.
Mail entries with registration information to: North American Chess Association (make checks payable to) 4957 Oakton Street, Suite 113, Skokie, IL 60077.
More information and online registration available at: http://www.worldchesschamps.com. Questions via email only: sevan@worldchesschamps.com
Mundial Chess Internet TournamentThe organising Committee Mundial Chess invites all the players (from the amateurs to Grandmasters) to take part in the 1st Internet tournament with the prize fund of more than 130.000 EUR in cash and many special prizes. The 1st prize in the main tournament will be not less than 10.000 EUR.
Registration (and information in English) in the tournament is possible following the link - http://www.mundialchess.com/chess-online/en/zvfdxt6 Registration and information in Spanish - http://www.mundialchess.com/chess-online/es/zvfdxt6 Registration and information in Russian - http://www.mundialchess.com/chess-online/ru/zvfdxt6
Ajedrez 21 English siteAjedrez 21 now has an English site: http://www.ajedrez21.com/en/
Kingpin MagazineThe humourous and satirical chess magazine Kingpin has a new website.
New website address: http://www.kingpinchess.net
Historical Elo Ratingshttp://www.shakki.net/history/elotop.htm has a list of historical top ten FIDE lists. The text is in Finnish but is understandable anyhow.
European Union WebsiteThe European Chess Union Website ECU website has changed address to http://www.europechess.org
Chess StudyDr Robert Howard is making a study of rated chess players.
The full article: http://education.arts.unsw.edu.au/fidestudy/results
If you would like to participate, please go to this website: http://education.arts.unsw.edu.au/fidestudy/
For any queries, please contact Dr Robert Howard, University of New South Wales, on rwh@unsw.edu.au
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