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  • 9th Asian Continental Open
    April 21-29 , 2010


    90 players in men, 24 players in women.

    Final standings, top 5

    PlayersCountryPoints Tie break
    1 Ni HuaCHN 7-
    2 So WesleyPHI 6,52550
    3 Gupta AbhijeetIND 6,52528
    4 Zhou JianchaoCHN 6,52518
    5 Le Quang LiemVIE 6,52466


    Tie Break: rating average of the opponents



  • 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


    PlayersCountryPoints Tie break
    1 Miladinovic IgorSRB 6,541
    2 Miron Lucian-CostinROU 6,540,5
    3 Georgiev VladimirMKD 6,540
    4 Rusev KrasimirBUL 6,538
    5 Tosic MiroslavSRB 6,534


    Tie Break: Buchholz



  • 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,
    PlayersCountryPoints Tie break
    1 Guliyev NamigAZE 7,542,5
    2 Malaniuk Vladimir PUKR 741
    3 Panbukchian ValentinBUL 740,5





  • 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




  • 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


    PlayersCountryPoints
    1 Hansen Sune BergDEN 8
    2 Short Nigel DENG 7,5
    3 Sunil Mokal PrathameshIND 7





  • UKM KL Masters 2010
    April 13-19 , 2010

    University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia

    Final standings, top 4


    PlayersCountryPoints
    1 Iuldachev SaidaliUZB 7,5
    2 Fernandez Daniel HowardSIN 7
    3 Ankit R RajparaIND 6,5
    4 Thakur AkashIND 6,5





  • 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


    PlayersCountryPoints Tie break
    1 Iturrizaga EduardoVEN 720280
    2 Iordachescu ViorelMDA 720231
    3 Aleksandrov AleksejBLR 720155





  • Turkey chess championship
    March 25 - April 4 , 2010

    Sinop, Turkey
    round robin,
    Final standings, top 3

    PlayersCountryPoints
    1 Seyhanoglu DenizTUR 10
    2 Kerigan DemreTUR 9
    3 Topak EnginTUR 8,5





  • Sydney International Open
    April 4 - 11 , 2010

    Sydney, Australia
    Swiss system, 9 rounds,
    78 players
    Final standings, top 3

    PlayersCountryPoints Tie break
    1 Bojkov DejanBUL 753,5
    2 Jones GawainENG 753
    3 Zhao Zong-YuanAUS 753


    Tie-break: Buchholz




  • 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

    PlayersCountryPoints Tie break
    1 Kamil MitonPOL 754,5
    2 Bruzon Lazaro Batista CUB 754
    3 Bojan KurajicaBIH 754
    4 Gonzalez Vidal YuriCUB 753,5
    5 Evgeny GleizerovRUS 753
    6 Bartlomiej HeberlaPOL 752


    Tie-break: Buchholz




  • 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





  • African Club Team Championship
    April 1-5 , 2010

    Cape Town, South Africa
    Swiss system, 7 rounds,


    Final standings, top 3

    TeamsCountryPoints
    1 El DakhliaEGY 21,5
    2 Grupo Desportivo da Epal ANG 20
    3 RandburgRSA 18,5





  • 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

    PlayersCountryPoints Tie break
    1 Diamant AndreBRA 7,551
    2 Cuenca Jimenez Jose FernandoESP 7,548
    3 Ortiz Suarez Isan ReynaldoCUB 7-





  • 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

    PlayersCountryPoints
    1 Alvarez Pedraza AramisCUB 7,5
    2 Tratar MarkoSLO 7
    3 Alsina Leal DanielESP 7





  • 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

    PlayersCountryPointsTie break
    1 Filemon, CruzPER 7,543,5
    2 Lorenzo De La Riva, LazaroESP 7,539,5
    3 Rofes Lluis Maria PerpignanESP 742,5
    4 Perez Mitjans OrelvisCUB 742,5


  • 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

    PlayersCountryPointsTie break
    1 Turov, Maxim RUS 754
    2-3 Zhigalko, Sergei BLR 753,5
    2-3 Jumabayev, RinatKAZ 753,5
    4 Golod, VitaliISR 749,5





  • 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

    PlayersCountryPoints
    1 Ushenina Anna UKR 6
    2 Gaponenko Inna UKR 4,5
    3 Mkrtchian LilitARM 4






  • 25th North American Masters
    Final standings, top 3
    PlayersCountryPoints
    1-2 Finegold, Ben USA 6,5
    1-2 Molner, Mackenzie USA 6,5
    3 Kolev, Atanas BUL 6





  • 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.



  • 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




  • SPICE Spring International 2010
    March 13 - 19 , 2010

    Lubbock, Texas, USA.
    10 players.

    Final standings, top 3
    PlayersCountryPoints
    1 Becerra Rivero, JulioUSA 6,5
    2 Antal, GergelyHUN 5,5
    3 Finegold, BenjaminUSA 5,5





  • 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
    PlayersCountryPoints
    1 Nepomniachtchi IanRUS 9
    2 Jobava BaadurGEO 8,5
    3 Timofeev ArtyomRUS 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
    PlayersCountryPoints
    1 Cramling PiaSWE 9
    2 Cmilyte ViktorijaLTU 8,5
    3 Socko MonikaPOL 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.



  • Cannes International

    February 28 - March 7 , 2010
    Cannes, France.

    91 players

    Final standings, top 3
    PlayersCountryPoints Tie break
    1 Gharamian TigranFRA 72740
    2 Malakhatko VadimBEL 72733
    3 Sengupta DeepIND 72645





  • Zagreb Open

    February 25 - March 4 , 2010
    Zagreb, Croatia.

    34 players

    Final standings, top 3
    PlayersCountryPoints
    1 Ulibin MikhailRUS 7
    2 Brkic AnteCRO 6,5
    3 Radulski JulianBUL 6,5





  • 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
    PlayersCountryPointsTie-break
    1 Sokolov IvanBIH 753
    2 Kuzubov YuriyUKR 752
    3 Gupta AbhijeetIND 751,5
    4 Stefansson HannesISL 751






  • Gotth' Art cup

    Fberuary 22 - March 3, 2010
    Average ELO: 2506

    Final standings, top 3
    PlayersCountryPointsTie-break
    1 Beliavsky Alexander GSLO 6,5-
    2 Portisch Lajos HUN 626,75
    3 Rapport RichardHUN 623,5


    Tie Break: Sonneborn-Berger


  • 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

    PlayersCountryPoints
    1 Postny EvgenyISR 6
    2 GRranda Zuniga Julio E PER 5,5
    3 Ninov NikolaiBUL 5,5






  • 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

    PlayersCountryPoints
    1 Kleijn, Christov NED 6,5
    2 Shiven, Khosla IND 6
    3 Wemmers, XanderNED 5,5





  • Fajr Open
    February 19 - 28 , 2010
    Mashhad - Iran
    Final standings, top 3
    PlayersCountryPointsTie-break
    1 Shanava Konstantine GEO 977
    2 Tiviakov Sergei NED 976
    3 Grabliauskas VirginijusLTU 967


    Tie Break: Buchholz




  • 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




  • How did Topalov won ?
    Topalov - Gelfand: 1 - 0 (Linares 2010)

    topalov-gelfand.jpg

    61. Rxa7 Rxa7
    62. Kb7 1-0



  • 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
    topalov-gelfand.jpg




  • 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
    PlayersCountryPointsTie-break
    1 Zherebukh Yaroslav UKR 7,5-
    2 Kryvoruchko Yuriy IKR 743
    3 Radulski Julian BUL 743
    4 Negi Parimarjan IND 743
    5 Gurevich Mikhail TUR 742,5
    6 Amin Bassem EGY 742,5
    7 Edouard Romain FRA 741,5
    8 Arutinian David GEO 740,5
    9 Dziuba Marcin POL 740
    10 Kravtsiv Martyn UKR 738





  • 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
    PlayersCountryPoints
    1 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 13,5
    2 Bu, XiangzhiCHN 13
    3 Nepomniachtchi, Ian RUS 13
    4 Mamedov, RaufAZE 13
    5 Savchenko, BorisRUS 13
    6 Grachev, BorisRUS 13






  • 8th International Caspian Cup
    February 12 - 19 , 2010

    Rasht, Iran
    89 players, Average ELO: 2259

    Final standings, top 3
    PlayersCountryPointsTie-break
    1 Abbasov Farid AZE 748
    2 Mirzoev AzerAZE 747,5
    3 Toufighi HomayoonIRI 742,5

    tie-break: Buchholz




  • 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,
    PlayersCountryPoints
    1 Le, Quang Liem VIE 7
    2 Korobov, AntonUKR 6,5
    3 Motylev, Alexander RUS 6
    4 Zhou, JianchaoCHN 6
    5 Nguyen, Ngoc Truong SonVIE 6
    4 Grachev, BorisRUS 6




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  • Paris Blitz
    Feb 7, 2010

    Paris , France


    Final Standings , top 4,
    PlayersCountryPoints
    1 Feller Sebastien FRA 11
    2 Meier Georg GER 11
    3 Shchekachev Andrei FRA 10
    4 Shankland Samuel L USA 10





  • Romanian chess championship
    January 31 - Feb 7, 2010

    Baile Olanesti , Romania


    Final Standings Men, top 3,
    PlayersPointsTie-break
    1 Lupulescu Constantin 7 44
    2 Nevednichy Vladislav 738,5
    3 Dragomirescu Robin-Alexandru 738


    Tie Break: Buchholz

    Final Standings Women, top 4,
    PlayersPointsTie-break
    1 Cosma Elena-Luminita 7 42,5
    2 Paulet Iozefina 737,5
    3 Foisor Cristina-Adela 6,539,5
    4 Dragomirescu Angela 6,537,5





  • Moscow open
    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.




  • Azerbaijan championship
    Final Standings, top 3,
    PlayersPointsTie-break
    1 Safarli Eltaj 6,5 -
    2 Mamedov Nidjat 6,5-
    3 Durarbeyli Vasif 6-





  • 70th Armenian championship
    January 22 - 31, 2010

    Yerevan , Armenia


    Final Standings, top 4,
    PlayersPointsTie-break
    1 Grigoryan Avetik 7,5 30
    2 Petrosian Tigran L 5,524
    3 Andriasian Zaven 5,521,25
    4 Minasian Artashes 5,520,25





  • Chennai Open 2010
    January 25 - February 3 , 2010

    Chennai, India
    387 players.
    ELO of 13 players is over 2500.

    Final Standings, top 4,
    PlayersCountryPoints
    1 Turov Maxim RUS 9,5
    2 Rahman Ziaur BAN 9
    3 Siddharth R IND 9
    4 Lalith Babu M R IND 9





  • 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.





  • 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





  • Belarus championship
    January 23 , 2010

    Final Standings, top 3,
    PlayersRatingPoints
    1 Podolchenko, Eugene 2450 8
    2 Zhigalko, Sergey 2668 7,5
    3 Fedorov, Alexey 2619 7








  • 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,
    PlayersCountryPointstie-break
    1 Igarza, Renier Vazquez ESP 746 (prog 40 )
    2 Hamdouchi, Hicham FRA 746 (prog 37,5)
    3 Bhat, Vinay S USA 743
    4 Berbatov, KiprianBUL 742,5
    5 Spraggett, Kevin CAN 742

    Tie break: Buccholz



  • 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




  • World Team Chess Championship
    worldteamchess.jpg
    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





  • 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





  • Hastings Masters chess tournament
    December 28 - January 5, 2010, Hastings, USA

    Final Standings, top 4,
    PlayersCountryPointsRating
    1 Istratescu, Andrei ROU 6,52624
    2 Edouard, Romain FRA 6,52620
    3 Howell, David W LENG 6,52597
    4 Hebden, Mark LENG 6,52522





  • 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,

    PlayersCountryPointsTie-break
    1 Rozentalis Eduardas LTU 6,536,5
    2 Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 6,534,5
    3 Ponkratov PavelRUS 6,533,5
    4 McShane LukeENG 6,533,5
    5 Lysyj IgorRUS 6,533




  • January 2010 rating lists
    Ratings of the top players & countries and top 100 players



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