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9th Asian Continental Open
April 21-29 , 2010
90 players in men, 24 players in women.
Final standings, top 5
|
Players | Country | Points |
Tie break |
| 1 |
Ni Hua | CHN |
7 | - |
| 2 |
So Wesley | PHI |
6,5 | 2550 |
| 3 |
Gupta Abhijeet | IND |
6,5 | 2528 |
| 4 |
Zhou Jianchao | CHN |
6,5 | 2518 |
| 5 |
Le Quang Liem | VIE |
6,5 | 2466 |
Tie Break: rating average of the opponents
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Bar Open
Grand prix of Balkans
April 17-24 , 2010
Bar, Montenegro
Swiss system, 9 rounds,
Time control: 90 minutes per player for the entire game plus 30 seconds for each move
64 players
Final standings, top 5
|
Players | Country | Points |
Tie break |
| 1 |
Miladinovic Igor | SRB |
6,5 | 41 |
| 2 |
Miron Lucian-Costin | ROU |
6,5 | 40,5 |
| 3 |
Georgiev Vladimir | MKD |
6,5 | 40 |
| 4 |
Rusev Krasimir | BUL |
6,5 | 38 |
| 5 |
Tosic Miroslav | SRB |
6,5 | 34 |
Tie Break: Buchholz
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Malakoff Open
Grand prix of Balkans
April 17-24 , 2010
Malakoff, France
Swiss system, 9 rounds,
Time control: 1h30/40 moves then 30 min with an increment of 30s/move (throughout the game)
197 players
Final standings, top 3,
|
Players | Country | Points |
Tie break |
| 1 |
Guliyev Namig | AZE |
7,5 | 42,5 |
| 2 |
Malaniuk Vladimir P | UKR |
7 | 41 |
| 3 |
Panbukchian Valentin | BUL |
7 | 40,5 |
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Judit Polgar - Navara rapid match
April 22-24, 2010
Prague, Czech Rep.
8 games
Time control: 25 minutes for a game with an increment of 10 seconds per move .
Game 1: Navara, David - Polgar, Judit: 0,5 - 0,5 --- Ruy Lopez, Open (Tarrasch) Defence )
Game 2: Polgar, Judit - Navara, David: 1 - 0 --- Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
Game 3: Navara, David - Polgar, Judit: 0 - 1 --- English Opening, Symmetrical
Game 4:Polgar, Judit - Navara, David: 1 - 0 --- Ruy Lopez Breyer
Game 5:Navara, David - Polgar, Judit: 0 - 1 --- Queen's Indian Defence
Game 6:Polgar, Judit - Navara, David: 0 - 1 --- Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
Game 5:Navara, David - Polgar, Judit: 0 - 1 --- Queen's Indian Defence
Game 6:Polgar, Judit - Navara, David: 0,5 - 0,5 --- French, Winawer
Day 1: Polgar, Judit (HUN) - Navara (CZE): 6 - 2
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Thailand Open
April 14-20 , 2010
Bangkok, Thailand
Swiss system, 9 rounds,
Time control: 90 minutes plus 30 seconds per move.
108 players
Final standings, top 3
|
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Hansen Sune Berg | DEN |
8 |
| 2 |
Short Nigel D | ENG |
7,5 |
| 3 |
Sunil Mokal Prathamesh | IND |
7 |
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UKM KL Masters 2010
April 13-19 , 2010
University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia
Final standings, top 4
|
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Iuldachev Saidali | UZB |
7,5 |
| 2 |
Fernandez Daniel Howard | SIN |
7 |
| 3 |
Ankit R Rajpara | IND |
6,5 |
| 4 |
Thakur Akash | IND |
6,5 |
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12th Dubai Open Chess Championship
April 4-14 , 2010
Dubai
Swiss system, 7 rounds,
Time control: 1 hour 30 minutes for the whole game with
an incremental time of 30 seconds per move.
140 players
8 players share the lead. Iturrizaga is winner according to the tiebreak point (Sum of the ratings of the opponents )
Final standings, top 3
|
Players | Country | Points |
Tie break |
| 1 |
Iturrizaga Eduardo | VEN |
7 | 20280 |
| 2 |
Iordachescu Viorel | MDA |
7 | 20231 |
| 3 |
Aleksandrov Aleksej | BLR |
7 | 20155 |
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Turkey chess championship
March 25 - April 4 , 2010
Sinop, Turkey
round robin,
Final standings, top 3
|
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Seyhanoglu Deniz | TUR |
10 |
| 2 |
Kerigan Demre | TUR |
9 |
| 3 |
Topak Engin | TUR |
8,5 |
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Sydney International Open
April 4 - 11 , 2010
Sydney, Australia
Swiss system, 9 rounds,
78 players
Final standings, top 3
|
Players | Country | Points |
Tie break |
| 1 |
Bojkov Dejan | BUL |
7 | 53,5 |
| 2 |
Jones Gawain | ENG |
7 | 53 |
| 3 |
Zhao Zong-Yuan | AUS |
7 | 53 |
Tie-break: Buchholz
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IV International Tournament La Laguna
April 5 - 11 , 2010
San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife. Spain
Swiss system, 9 rounds,
time control: 1 hour 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move
122 players
Final standings, top 6
|
Players | Country | Points |
Tie break |
| 1 |
Kamil Miton | POL |
7 | 54,5 |
| 2 |
Bruzon Lazaro Batista | CUB |
7 | 54 |
| 3 |
Bojan Kurajica | BIH |
7 | 54 |
| 4 |
Gonzalez Vidal Yuri | CUB |
7 | 53,5 |
| 5 |
Evgeny Gleizerov | RUS |
7 | 53 |
| 6 |
Bartlomiej Heberla | POL |
7 | 52 |
Tie-break: Buchholz
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Russian Team Championship
April 1-10 , 2010
Sochi, Russia.
Round robin, 9 rounds,
time control: 100 mn /40 moves + 50 mn/20 + 10mn + 30s
Men
ShSM-64 won with 16 pts.
Final round - Round 9:
M.Chigorin Chess Club - BelGU : 4 - 2
SPb Chess Fed - Economist-SGSEU 1 : 3.5 - 2.5
Economist-SGSEU 2 - ShSM-64 : 1 - 5
Tomsk-400 - Yugra : 3 - 3
Etude-Contact - Ural: 2.5 - 3.5
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African Club Team Championship
April 1-5 , 2010
Cape Town, South Africa
Swiss system, 7 rounds,
Final standings, top 3
|
Teams | Country | Points |
| 1 |
El Dakhlia | EGY |
21,5 |
| 2 |
Grupo Desportivo da Epal | ANG |
20 |
| 3 |
Randburg | RSA |
18,5 |
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XXXVII International Tournament La Roda
March 31 - April 4 , 2010
La Roda Albacete, Spain.
Swiss system, 9 rounds,
time control: 1 hour 30 minutes plus 30 seconds / move
205 players
Final standings, top 3
|
Players | Country | Points |
Tie break |
| 1 |
Diamant Andre | BRA |
7,5 | 51 |
| 2 |
Cuenca Jimenez Jose Fernando | ESP |
7,5 | 48 |
| 3 |
Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo | CUB |
7 | - |
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33. San Sebastian Open
March 27 - April 4 , 2010
San Sebastian, Spain.
150 players.
swiss system, 9 rounds,
time control: 90 minutes + 30 seconds per move
Final standings, top 3
|
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Alvarez Pedraza Aramis | CUB |
7,5 |
| 2 |
Tratar Marko | SLO |
7 |
| 3 |
Alsina Leal Daniel | ESP |
7 |
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XXIV. Catalonia Open
March 27 - April 4 , 2010
Barcelona, Spain.
102 players.
swiss system, 9 rounds,
time control: 90 minutes + 30 seconds per move
Final standings, top 4
|
Players | Country | Points | Tie break |
| 1 |
Filemon, Cruz | PER |
7,5 | 43,5 |
| 2 |
Lorenzo De La Riva, Lazaro | ESP |
7,5 | 39,5 |
| 3 |
Rofes Lluis Maria Perpignan | ESP |
7 | 42,5 |
| 4 |
Perez Mitjans Orelvis | CUB |
7 | 42,5 |
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4. International Memorial H. Agzamova
March 22 - April 1 , 2010
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Swiss system, 9 rounds
time control : 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes before the end of the game, adding 30 seconds per move starting from the first.
129 players
Final standings, top 4
|
Players | Country | Points | Tie break |
| 1 |
Turov, Maxim | RUS |
7 | 54 |
| 2-3 |
Zhigalko, Sergei | BLR |
7 | 53,5 |
| 2-3 |
Jumabayev, Rinat | KAZ |
7 | 53,5 |
| 4 |
Golod, Vitali | ISR |
7 | 49,5 |
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Cup of Rector (Female tournament)
March 26 - 29 , 2010
Kharkov, Ukraine.
8 players.
1 Gaponenko Inna, Ukraine, 2472
2 Karlovich Anastazia, Ukraine, 2180
3 Mkrtchian Lilit, Armenia, 2503
4 Doluhanova Evgeniya, Ukraine, 2297
5 Ushenina Anna, Ukraine, 2452
6 Soloviova Liza, Ukraine, 2315
7 Burtasova Anna, Russia, 2301
8 Klinova Masha, Israel, 2303
circular system, 7 rounds,
time control: 45 minutes for each player to finish the game with extra 10 seconds for each move from the start
|
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Ushenina Anna | UKR |
6 |
| 2 |
Gaponenko Inna | UKR |
4,5 |
| 3 |
Mkrtchian Lilit | ARM |
4 |
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25th North American Masters
Final standings, top 3
|
Players | Country | Points |
| 1-2 |
Finegold, Ben | USA |
6,5 |
| 1-2 |
Molner, Mackenzie | USA |
6,5 |
| 3 |
Kolev, Atanas | BUL |
6 |
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Vasily Smyslov has passed away
Vasily Smyslov has passed away on 27th March 2010 at the age of 89 in Moscow.
He was world chess champion from 1957-1958 after the win against Botvinnik.
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Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament
March 13 - 25 , 2010
Nice, France.
12 players.
Carlsen and Ivanchuk are the joint winners of the Amber tournament.
Round XI:
Blind
Gashimov - Svidler : 0,5-0,5
Dominguez - Aronian : 0-1
Ponomariov - Smeets : 0,5-0,5
Gelfand - Ivanchuk : 0,5-0,5
Kramnik - Karjakin : 1-0
Grischuk - Carlsen : 1-0
Rapid
Svidler - Gashimov : 0,5-0,5
Aronian - Dominguez : 0,5-0,5
Smeets - Ponomariov : 0-1
Ivanchuk - Gelfand : 1-0
Karjakin - Kramnik : 1-0
Carlsen - Grischuk : 1-0
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SPICE Spring International 2010
March 13 - 19 , 2010
Lubbock, Texas, USA.
10 players.
Final standings, top 3
|
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Becerra Rivero, Julio | USA |
6,5 |
| 2 |
Antal, Gergely | HUN |
5,5 |
| 3 |
Finegold, Benjamin | USA |
5,5 |
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11th European Individual Chess Championship
men and women
March 5 – 19, 2010
Rijeka - Croatia
Swiss system ,
Time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one.
420 male (average ELO: 2389), 163 female (average ELO: 2389) players from 41 European countries.
The 11th Individual European Chess Championship for men and women is qualification
event for the next World Cup. According to FIDE regulations and the decision
of the ECU Board, 22 players will qualify.
Final standings, Men, top 3
|
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Nepomniachtchi Ian | RUS |
9 |
| 2 |
Jobava Baadur | GEO |
8,5 |
| 3 |
Timofeev Artyom | RUS |
8,5 |
Tie break for 2nd place: Jobava - Timofeev: 1,5 - 0,5
Nepomniachtchi ,Baadur , Timofeev , Lysyj, Efimenko, Almasi, Tomashevski, Rodshtein, Pashikian and Salgado Lopez are qualified for the World Cup.
Final standings, Women, top 3
|
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Cramling Pia | SWE |
9 |
| 2 |
Cmilyte Viktorija | LTU |
8,5 |
| 3 |
Socko Monika | POL |
8 |
Socko get the 3rd place after tie brek games among Socko Monika, Kosintseva Tatiana, Sebag Marie,Zhukova Natalia and Dembo Yelena. All these players are qualified for the World Cup.
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Cannes International
February 28 - March 7 , 2010
Cannes, France.
91 players
Final standings, top 3
|
Players | Country | Points |
Tie break |
| 1 |
Gharamian Tigran | FRA |
7 | 2740 |
| 2 |
Malakhatko Vadim | BEL |
7 | 2733 |
| 3 |
Sengupta Deep | IND |
7 | 2645 |
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Zagreb Open
February 25 - March 4 , 2010
Zagreb, Croatia.
34 players
Final standings, top 3
|
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Ulibin Mikhail | RUS |
7 |
| 2 |
Brkic Ante | CRO |
6,5 |
| 3 |
Radulski Julian | BUL |
6,5 |
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Reykjavik Open 2010
February 24 - March 3 , 2010
Reykjavik, Iceland.
Swiss system , 9 rounds
Time control: 90 min. + 30 minutes after 40 moves. Increment of 30 sec. for every move.
104 players
Final standings, top 4
|
Players | Country | Points | Tie-break |
| 1 |
Sokolov Ivan | BIH |
7 | 53 |
| 2 |
Kuzubov Yuriy | UKR |
7 | 52 |
| 3 |
Gupta Abhijeet | IND |
7 | 51,5 |
| 4 |
Stefansson Hannes | ISL |
7 | 51 |
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Gotth' Art cup
Fberuary 22 - March 3, 2010
Average ELO: 2506
Final standings, top 3
|
Players | Country | Points | Tie-break |
| 1 |
Beliavsky Alexander G | SLO |
6,5 | - |
| 2 |
Portisch Lajos | HUN |
6 | 26,75 |
| 3 |
Rapport Richard | HUN | 6 | 23,5 |
Tie Break: Sonneborn-Berger
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Nancy 2010
February 22 - 28 , 2010
Nancy, France.
Swiss system , 9 rounds
Time control: 1 hour 30 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes to finish the game
per player (+30 seconds per move).
And 1 hour 30 minutes per player (+30sec) for the 8 players-4 days-groups.
19 different tournaments and simultaneous games.
Final standings, top 3,Tournament A
|
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Postny Evgeny | ISR |
6 |
| 2 |
GRranda Zuniga Julio E | PER |
5,5 |
| 3 |
Ninov Nikolai | BUL |
5,5 |
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2nd Batavia Amsterdam Chess Tournament
February 19 - 28 , 2010
Cafe Batavia 1920, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
10 players , round robin tournament.
Final standings, top 3
|
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Kleijn, Christov | NED |
6,5 |
| 2 |
Shiven, Khosla | IND |
6 |
| 3 |
Wemmers, Xander | NED |
5,5 |
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Fajr Open
February 19 - 28 , 2010
Mashhad - Iran
Final standings, top 3
|
Players | Country | Points | Tie-break |
| 1 |
Shanava Konstantine | GEO |
9 | 77 |
| 2 |
Tiviakov Sergei | NED |
9 | 76 |
| 3 |
Grabliauskas Virginijus | LTU |
9 | 67 |
Tie Break: Buchholz
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Judit Polgar vs. Gregory Kaidanov
February 22 - 25 , 2010
February 26 Friday Blitz games.
South Carolina, USA.
Sicilian Theme Match :
Dragon, Scheveningen, Najdorf or Sveshnikov,
4 Classical 100 min /40 move games, Possible Blitz playoff
Game 1, Kaidanov - Polgar: 1 - 0 (Sveshnikov)
Game 2, Polgar - Kaidanov: 1 - 0 (Dragon)
Game 3, Kaidanov - Polgar: 1 - 0 (Najdorf)
Game 4, Polgar - Kaidanov: 1 - 0 (Scheveningen)
Blitz Playoffs: Polgar - Kaidanov: 2 - 1
Aggregate: Judit Polgar - Gregory Kaidanov: 4 - 3
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How did Topalov won ?
Topalov - Gelfand: 1 - 0 (Linares 2010)
61. Rxa7 Rxa7
62. Kb7 1-0
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Linares 2010
February 12 - 25 , 2010
Linares , Spain
Chess Grand Slam: 10 rounds, round robin tournament.
Topalov (BUL) won with 6,5 points.
Round 10 :
Francisco Vallejo Pons - Alexander Grischuk: 0,5 - 0,5
Veselin Topalov - Boris Gelfand: 1 - 0
Levon Aronian - Vugar Gashimov: 1 - 0
Boris Gelfand - Levon Aronian: 0,5 - 0,5
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26th Cappelle La Grande chess tournament
February 13 - 20 , 2009
Cappelle la Grande , France
Time control: 1h 30 plus 30 seconds/move for the first 40 moves. Then 30 minutes plus 30 seconds per move until the end.
652 players
9 rounds
Final standings, top 10
|
Players | Country | Points | Tie-break |
| 1 |
Zherebukh Yaroslav | UKR |
7,5 | - |
| 2 |
Kryvoruchko Yuriy | IKR |
7 | 43 |
| 3 |
Radulski Julian | BUL |
7 | 43 |
| 4 |
Negi Parimarjan | IND |
7 | 43 |
| 5 |
Gurevich Mikhail | TUR |
7 | 42,5 |
| 6 |
Amin Bassem | EGY |
7 | 42,5 |
| 7 |
Edouard Romain | FRA |
7 | 41,5 |
| 8 |
Arutinian David | GEO |
7 | 40,5 |
| 9 |
Dziuba Marcin | POL |
7 | 40 |
| 10 |
Kravtsiv Martyn | UKR |
7 | 38 |
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World Blitz Championship-Preliminaries
February 18 , 2010
Double nine-round Swiss Blitz Tournament : Preliminaries of World Blitz Championship will take place in Moscow in November 2010. It will consist of 20 players (10 participants of Mikhail Tal Memorial 2010, 6 winners of the Qualification Tournament of Feb.18, 2010 and four to six wild cards named by the Organizers).
Qualified players for the final tournament
|
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA |
13,5 |
| 2 |
Bu, Xiangzhi | CHN |
13 |
| 3 |
Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS |
13 |
| 4 |
Mamedov, Rauf | AZE
|
13 |
| 5 |
Savchenko, Boris | RUS
|
13 |
| 6 |
Grachev, Boris | RUS
|
13 |
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8th International Caspian Cup
February 12 - 19 , 2010
Rasht, Iran
89 players, Average ELO: 2259
Final standings, top 3
|
Players | Country | Points | Tie-break |
| 1 |
Abbasov Farid | AZE |
7 | 48 |
| 2 |
Mirzoev Azer | AZE |
7 | 47,5 |
| 3 |
Toufighi Homayoon | IRI |
7 | 42,5 |
tie-break: Buchholz
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Aeoroflot open
February 8 - 19 , 2010
Moscow , Russia
Four Open Tournaments (A1,A2, B and C)
Time control:
Tournament A 1 and A 2: 40 moves in 100 minutes, then 20 moves in 50 minutes, finally 15 minutes
for the remaining moves with an increment of 30 seconds per move from move one.
Tournament B and C: 90 minutes for the whole game with an increment of 30 seconds per move from move 1.
Final Standings , top 6,
|
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Le, Quang Liem | VIE |
7 |
| 2 |
Korobov, Anton | UKR |
6,5 |
| 3 |
Motylev, Alexander | RUS |
6 |
| 4 |
Zhou, Jianchao | CHN
|
6 |
| 5 |
Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son | VIE
|
6 |
| 4 |
Grachev, Boris | RUS
|
6 |
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Paris Blitz
Feb 7, 2010
Paris , France
Final Standings , top 4,
|
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Feller Sebastien | FRA |
11 |
| 2 |
Meier Georg | GER |
11 |
| 3 |
Shchekachev Andrei | FRA |
10 |
| 4 |
Shankland Samuel L | USA
|
10 |
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Romanian chess championship
January 31 - Feb 7, 2010
Baile Olanesti , Romania
Final Standings Men, top 3,
|
Players | Points | Tie-break |
| 1 |
Lupulescu Constantin |
7 | 44 |
| 2 |
Nevednichy Vladislav |
7 | 38,5 |
| 3 |
Dragomirescu Robin-Alexandru |
7 | 38 |
Tie Break: Buchholz
Final Standings Women, top 4,
|
Players | Points | Tie-break |
| 1 |
Cosma Elena-Luminita |
7 | 42,5 |
| 2 |
Paulet Iozefina |
7 | 37,5 |
| 3 |
Foisor Cristina-Adela |
6,5 | 39,5 |
| 4 |
Dragomirescu Angela |
6,5 | 37,5 |
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Moscow open
Moscow, Russia
7 tournaments take place during the international chess festival.
Open A: January 30 - February 7 , 2010
187 players for Open A.
Konstantin Chernyshov won the tournament with 7 points after 4 way tie. Konstantin Chernyshov, Bareev Evgeny, Le Quang Liem, Inarkiev Ernesto concluded the tournament with 7 points.
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Azerbaijan championship
Final Standings, top 3,
|
Players | Points | Tie-break |
| 1 |
Safarli Eltaj |
6,5 | - |
| 2 |
Mamedov Nidjat |
6,5 | - |
| 3 |
Durarbeyli Vasif |
6 | - |
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70th Armenian championship
January 22 - 31, 2010
Yerevan , Armenia
Final Standings, top 4,
|
Players | Points | Tie-break |
| 1 |
Grigoryan Avetik |
7,5 | 30 |
| 2 |
Petrosian Tigran L |
5,5 | 24 |
| 3 |
Andriasian Zaven |
5,5 | 21,25 |
| 4 |
Minasian Artashes |
5,5 | 20,25 |
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Chennai Open 2010
January 25 - February 3 , 2010
Chennai, India
387 players.
ELO of 13 players is over 2500.
Final Standings, top 4,
|
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Turov Maxim | RUS |
9,5 |
| 2 |
Rahman Ziaur | BAN |
9 |
| 3 |
Siddharth R | IND |
9 |
| 4 |
Lalith Babu M R | IND |
9 |
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Gibtelecom Chess Festival 2010
Gibtelecom Masters (Open to all)
Gibraltar
January 26 - February 4 , 2010
10 rounds Swiss, FIDE rated
218 players. ELO of 57 players are over 2350.
Other events:
Challengers A (Under 2250) - 26-30 January 2010 (5 rounds Swiss, FIDE rated)
Challengers B (Under 2250) - 31 January - 4 February 2010 (5 rounds Swiss, FIDE rated)
Amateur A (Under 1800) - 26-30 January 2010 (5 rounds Swiss)
Amateur B (Under 1800) - 31 January - 4 February 2010 (5 rounds Swiss)
Junior Congress - 6-7 February 2010.
Michael Adams won the tournament after the playoff games among Michael Adams, Paco Vallejo Pons, Jan Gustafsson and Chanda Sandipan.
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Corus chess tournament 2010
January 15 - 31 , 2010
Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands
round robin tournaments.
Grandmaster Group A : 14 players; Average rating : 2719 ;
Category : 19
Group B : 14 players; Average rating : 2629 ; Category : 16
Group C : Average rating : 2455 ; Category : 9
Carlsen won the tournament with 8,5 points.
Round 13
L. van Wely - V. Anand : 0,5 - 0,5
N. Short - J. Smeets : 0,5 - 0,5
H. Nakamura - S. Tiviakov : 1 - 0
M. Carlsen - F. Caruana : 0,5 - 0,5
V. Ivanchuk - P. Leko : 0,5 - 0,5
A. Shirov - L. Dominguez : 0,5 - 0,5
V. Kramnik - S. Karjakin : 0,5 - 0,5
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Belarus championship
January 23 , 2010
Final Standings, top 3,
|
Players | Rating | Points |
| 1 |
Podolchenko, Eugene | 2450 |
8 |
| 2 |
Zhigalko, Sergey | 2668 |
7,5 |
| 3 |
Fedorov, Alexey | 2619 |
7 |
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Sevilla Chess Open
January 8 - 16, 2010, Sevilla, Spain
9 rounds swiss system
Time control: 120 minutes for each player and 30 seconds per move
216 players
Top 15 participants according to their ELO
1- Hicham Hamdouchi 2601 FRA
2- Azer Mirzoev 2594 AZE
3- Josep Manuel Lopez Martinez 2593 ESP
4- Vladimir Burmakin 2590 RUS
5- Kevin Spraggett 2586 CAN
6- Ulf Andersson 2575 SWE
7- Oleg Korneev 2573 RUS
8- Joerg Hickl 2572 GER
9- Renier Vazquez Igarza 2560 ESP
10- Matamoros Franco Carlos S 2545 ECU
11- Damian Lemos 2544 ARG
12- Vinay S Bhat 2540 USA
13- Zenon Franco Ocampos 2535 251 PAR
14- Rizouk Aimen 2532 ALG
15- Rivas Pastor Manuel 2531 ESP
Final Standings, top 5,
|
Players | Country | Points | tie-break |
| 1 |
Igarza, Renier Vazquez | ESP |
7 | 46 (prog 40 ) |
| 2 |
Hamdouchi, Hicham | FRA |
7 | 46 (prog 37,5) |
| 3 |
Bhat, Vinay S | USA |
7 | 43 |
| 4 |
Berbatov, Kiprian | BUL |
7 | 42,5 |
| 5 |
Spraggett, Kevin | CAN |
7 | 42 |
Tie break: Buccholz
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Balkan grand prix
January 10 - 17, 2010
Pleven, Bulgaria
A round-robin tournament.
Time control: 90 min + 30 sec per move for 40 moves,
then 30 minutes + 30 sec per move.
Average rating: 2543
Vuckovic Bojan won the tournament with 6 points.
Final round
Vuckovic Bojan - Lupulescu Constantin : 0,5 - 0,5
Drasko Milan - Krivokapic Marko: 1 - 0
Iotov Valentin - Sedlak Nikola : 1 - 0
Stojanovic Dalibor - Chatalbashev Boris : 0,5 - 0,5
Nikolov Momchil - Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula: 1 - 0
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World Team Chess Championship
January 3 - 14, 2010
Bursa, Turkey
10 teams, round robin tournament.
Russia won the gold medal.
Final round
Egypt - Armenia: 1 - 3
Israel - Russia : 1 - 3
Brazil - India : 0,5 - 3,5
Greece - Turkiye : 2,5 - 1,5
United States - Azerbaijan : 2 - 2
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Reggio Emilia chess tournament
December 28 - January 5, 2010, Italy
Round robin tournament
Kamsky won the tournament with 6,5 pts.
round 9
Vocaturo Daniele - Safarli Eltaj : 0,5 - 0,5
Kamsky Gata - Almasi Zoltan : 1 - 0
Godena Michele - Bologan Viktor : 1 - 0
Caruana Fabiano - Landa Konstantin : 1 - 0
Jobava Baadur - Brunello Sabino : 0 - 1
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Hastings Masters chess tournament
December 28 - January 5, 2010, Hastings, USA
Final Standings, top 4,
|
Players | Country | Points | Rating |
| 1 |
Istratescu, Andrei | ROU |
6,5 | 2624 |
| 2 |
Edouard, Romain | FRA |
6,5 | 2620 |
| 3 |
Howell, David W L | ENG |
6,5 | 2597 |
| 4 |
Hebden, Mark L | ENG |
6,5 | 2522 |
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Rilton Cup
December 27 - January 5, Stockholm, Sweden,
Three groups: Rilton Cup, Rilton Elo and Rilton Open
197 players in Rilton Cup
9 rounds, swiss system
Time control: 40 moves in two hours, then one hour for the rest of the game.
Final Standings, top 5,
|
Players | Country | Points | Tie-break |
| 1 |
Rozentalis Eduardas | LTU |
6,5 | 36,5 |
| 2 |
Wojtaszek Radoslaw | POL |
6,5 | 34,5 |
| 3 |
Ponkratov Pavel | RUS |
6,5 | 33,5 |
| 4 |
McShane Luke | ENG |
6,5 | 33,5 |
| 5 |
Lysyj Igor | RUS |
6,5 | 33 |
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January 2010 rating lists
Ratings of the top players & countries and top 100 players
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