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Belarus championship
January 23 , 2010
Final Standings, top 3,
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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,
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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,
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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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