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    List of the chess tournaments with detailed information.
    Corus -- Reggio Emilia -- World Team Chess Championship -- Rilton cup --
    Russian super final -- Edmonton festival -- London chess classic -- World cup --
    Tal Memorial -- 17th European Team Chess Champ. -- FIDE Grand prix series
    Nanjing Pearl Spring -- NH chess -- M-tel masters -- Corus Linares Morelia -- Amber
    Olympiad -- World Chess Challenge -- Aerosvit -- Grandmaster Memorial tournaments -- Country championships
    All chess tournaments












  • 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



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  • 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
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    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



  • World Chess Open Leon 2010


    Final Standings, top 3,
    PlayersCountryPointsTie-break
    1 Krasenkow Michal POL 857
    2 Gurevich Mikhail TUR 856,5
    3 Georgiev Kiril BUL 7,555,5


    tie-break: Buccholz




  • Pamplona chess tournament
    December 21 - 29 , 2010, Pamplona,

    Final Standings, top 4,
    PlayersCountryPointsTie-break
    1 Meier, Georg GER 624,75
    2 Granda Zuñiga, Julio E. PER 624
    3 Laznicka Viktor CZE 623
    4 Georgiev, Kiril BUL 623


    tie-break: Sonnenborg-Berger




  • Russian championship Super final
    December 20 - 29, Moscow, Russia
    Round robin tournament

    Final round - men
    Timofeev - Riazantsev: 0 - 1
    Jakovenko - Sjugirov: 1 - 0
    Alekseev - Grischuk: 0,5 - 0,5
    Tomashevsky - Svidler: 0 - 1
    Vitiugov - Khismatullin: 1 - 0


    Final round - women
    Bodnaruk - Romanko: 1 - 0
    Kosintseva, T - Kosintseva, N: 0,5 - 0,5
    Gunina - Galliamova: 0,5 - 0,5
    Stepovaia - Manakova : 1 - 0
    Zaiatz - Pogonina: 1 - 0




  • Tata Steel Asian Team Chess Championship
    December 20 - 29, Kolkata, India
    Swiss System , 7 rounds
    Time Control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes
    for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.



    Final round , round 7 - men
    Srilanka - India A : 0 - 4
    Iran - India B : 3 - 1
    Vietnam - Nepal : 4 - 0
    Bangladesh - Singapore : 3,5 - 0,5
    Yemen - Indonesia : 0,5 - 3,5

    Final round , round 7 - women
    Nepal - Vietnam : 0 - 4
    Iran - India B : 3 - 1
    Indonesia - Singapore : 1,5 - 2,5
    Srilanka - Bangladesh : 1 - 3
    India A - **  : 2 - 0



  • Korchnoi vs Spassky
    Battle of giants: Viktor Korchnoi - Boris Spassky
    Decembre 17-27, 2009 , Elista, Kalmykia Russia
    8 games
    Time control : 90 minutes + 30 seconds per move.

    PlayersG1G2G3G4G5G6G7G8Total
    Viktor Korchnoi 10,50,50,50100,54
    Boris Spassky 00,50,50,51010,54



  • Edmonton Chess Festival
    Decembre 16-21, 2009 ,
    Edmonton, Canada
    Average rating : 2412
    Round robin tournament

    Final round

    Jesse Kraai - Josh Friedel : 0,5 - 0,5
    Dale Haessel - Keith Mackinnon : 0,5 - 0,5
    Victor Mikhalevski - Marc Esserman : 0,5 - 0,5
    Gergely Antal - Eric Hansen : 1 - 0
    Vladimir Pechenkin - Edward Porper : 0,5 - 0,5




  • Zadar Open
    December 13 - 19, Zadar , Croatia
    43 players
    90 minutes + 30 seconds bonification for every move / from the beginning of the game
    Swiss system

    Final Standings, top 5,
    PlayersCountryPointsTie-break
    1 Zelcic Robert CRO 6,5-
    2 Saric Ivan CRO 639
    3 Drasko Milan MNE 637,5
    4 Brkic Ante CRO 637
    5 Saric Ibro BIH 636,5





  • World cup 2009
    November 21 - December 14, Khanti-Mansiysk , Russia
    128 players
    Knock out system


    Final - game 1: Ponomariov - Gelfand: 0,5 - 0,5
    Final - game 2: Gelfand - Ponomariov: 0,5 - 0,5
    Final - game 3: Ponomariov - Gelfand: 0,5 - 0,5
    Final - game 4: Gelfand - Ponomariov: 0,5 - 0,5
    4 tie-break rapid games : Gelfand - Ponomariov: 2 - 2
    4 tie-break blitz games : Gelfand - Ponomariov: 3 - 1
    Gelfand is winner: Gelfand - Ponomariov: 7 - 5




  • London Chess Classic


    Decembre 8-15,2009 , London, UK
    8 players
    Average rating : 2697



    Carlsen wins the tournament.

    Final round

    Hikaru Nakamura - Vladimir Kramnik: 0,5 - 0,5
    Ni Hua - David Howell: 0 - 1
    Michael Adams - Luke McShane: 1 - 0
    Nigel Short - Magnus Carlsen: 0,5 - 0,5




  • Brazil chess championship
    Decembre 2-12,2009 , Americana, Brasil
    Average rating : 2470

    Vescovi Giovanni won the tournament.

    Final round - Round 11

    Molina Roberto Junio Brito - Barreto Filho Carlos Alberto : 0,5 - 0,5
    Matsuura Everaldo - Bittencourt Jorge : 0,5 - 0,5
    Vescovi Giovanni - Milos Gilberto : 0,5 - 0,5
    Fier Alexandr - Santiago Yago De Moura : 0,5 - 0,5
    Macedo Maximo Iack - Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag : 0,5 - 0,5
    Diamant Andre - Leitao Rafael : 0,5 - 0,5




  • VI International Chess Festival of Figueira da Foz
    November 28 - Decembre 6,2009 , Portugal

    Final Standings, top 3,
    PlayersCountryPoints
    1 Kovalyov Anton ARG 7
    2 Petkov Vladimir BUL 6,5
    3 Spraggett Kevin CAN 6,5





  • 69th Italian Chess Championship
    November 23rd - December 4th, Sarre, Aosta Valley
    12 players
    GM Daniele Vocaturo
    GM Michele Godena
    GM Lexy Ortega
    GM Carlos Garcia Palermo
    IM Denis Rombaldoni
    IM Sabino Brunello
    IM Fabio Bruno
    IM Carlo D'Amore
    FM Andrea Stella
    FM Alessio Valsecchi
    FM Daniele Genocchio
    FM Axel Rombaldoni

    Final Standings, top 5,
    PlayersCountryPoints
    1 Ortega Lexy ITA 7,5
    2 Godena Michele ITA 7,5
    3 Bruno Fabio ITA 6,5
    4 Rombaldoni Denis ITA 6,5
    5 D'Amore Carlo ITA 6,5





  • ACP Women World Rapid Cup
    Decembre 1-3,2009 , Konya, Turkey
    Average rating : 2470

    Final Standings,
    Rank PlayersCountryPoints
    1 Kosteniuk AlexandraRUS 10
    2 Cmilyte Viktorija LTU 8
    3 Kosintseva Tatiana RUS 7½
    4 Cramling Pia SWE 7
    5 Socko MonikaPOL 7
    6 Kosintseva Nadezhda RUS 6½
    7 Zhukova Natalia UKR 5½
    8 Yildiz Betul Cemre TUR 4
    9 Klinova Masha ISR 4
    10 Javakhishvili Lela GEO 3½
    11 Ozturk Kubra TUR 3
    12 Menzi Nezihe Ezgi TUR 0




  • BNbank blitz Norway 2009
    November 28, Oslo, Norway
    16 players

    Nakamura is winner after defeating Carlsen.

    Final
    Magnus Carlsen - Hikaru Nakamura : 1 - 3

    Bronze final
    Emanuel Berg - Peter H. Nielsen : 1,5 - 2,5

    Semi final

    Magnus Carlsen - Emanuel Berg : 3 - 0
    Hikaru Nakamura - Peter H. Nielsen : 3 - 0

    Quarter final

    Magnus Carlsen - Jon Ludvig Hammer : 2.5 - 0.5
    Emanuel Berg - Victorija Cmilyte : 3 - 1
    Hikaru Nakamura - Kjetil A. Lie : 3 - 0
    Peter Heine Nielsen - Leif Erlend Johannessen: 2,5 - 0.5




  • IV. Open International Palma
    November 21 - 28, Palma , Spain
    166 players from 36 countries
    90 minutes per player is set for the whole game, with a 30 seconds increase per movement




  • 2009 World Youth Chess Championship



    November 11 - 23 , Antalya , Turkey
    12 categories: Under 8 - 10 - 12 - 14 - 16 - 18 (boys - girls)
    11 rounds , Swiss system
    90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game
    with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.

    Final Standings, U-18 top 4 ,
    PlayersCountryPoints
    1 Matlakov Maxim RUS 9
    2 Salgado Lopez Ivan ESP 8,5
    3 Piorun KacperPOL 8
    4 Rozum Ivan RUS 8


    Final Standings, U-18 GIRLS top 5 ,
    PlayersCountryPoints
    1 Girya Olga RUS 8,5
    2 Tsatsalashvili Keti GEO 8,5
    3 Ozturk KubraTUR 8
    4 Savina Anastasia RUS 8
    4 Nakhbayeva Guliskhan KAZ 8





  • World Blitz Championship
    November 16-18 Moscow , Russia
    22 players
    Average rating: 2719
    round robin tournament - 42 rounds

    Players:
    Carlsen, Magnus NOR - Anand, Viswanathan IND - Kramnik, Vladimir RUS
    Karpov, Anatoly RUS - Grischuk, Alexander RUS - Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR

    Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR - Leko, Peter HUN - Morozevich, Alexander RUS
    Karjakin, Sergey UKR - Bareev, Evgeny RUS - Aronian, Levon ARM

    Dominguez Perez, Leinier CUB - Gelfand, Boris ISR - Svidler, Peter RUS
    Kosteniuk, Alexandra RUS - Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS - Tkachiev, Vladislav FRA

    Naiditsch, Arkadij GER - Gashimov, Vugar AZE - Polgar, Judit HUN - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE

    Final Standings, top 4 ,
    PlayersCountryPoints
    1 Carlsen, Magnus NOR 31
    2 Anand, Viswanathan IND 28
    3 Karjakin, SergeyUKR 25
    4 Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 24,5





  • Tal Memorial

    November 4 - 19 , Moscow , Russia
    10 players
    Average rating: 2761


    round 9 :
    Leko, Peter - Carlsen, Magnus : 0 - 1
    Ivanchuk, Vassily - Kramnik, Vladimir : 0,5 - 0,5
    Anand, Viswanathan - Aronian, Levon : 0 - 1
    Svidler, Peter - Gelfand, Boris : 0,5 - 0,5
    Ponomariov, Ruslan - Morozevich, Alexander : 1 - 0





  • Russia cup final
    November 2 - 13 , St.Petersburg , Russia
    Knockout system
    Average rating: 2761


    Semi final:
    Ya Nepomnyashchii - S. Syugirov: 1,5 - 0,5
    E. Bareev - V. Zvyagintsev: : 1,5 - 0,5

    Final: Nov. 11 - 12

    E. Bareev is winner

    E. Bareev - Ya Nepomnyashchii : 2,5 - 1,5 (1-0 ; 0-1 ; 1-0 ; 0,5-0,5)





  • Magistral Casino de Barcelona Chess Tournament

    November 2 - 10 , Barcelona , Spain
    10 players
    Average rating: 2591
    time control: 90 mn + 30 sec increment for the first 40 moves + 30 seconds increment per move .
    Final round - Round 9 :
    Magem Badals Jordi - Andersson Ulf : 1 - 0
    Tregubov Pavel V - Dreev Alexey : 0,5 - 0,5
    Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel - Alsina Leal Daniel : 0,5 - 0,5
    Narciso Dublan Marc - Fier Alexandr : 1 - 0
    Peralta Fernando - Almeida Quintana Omar: 1 - 0





  • Juniors World Chess Championship October 22 - November 3 ,
    Puerto Madryn, Province of Chubut, Argentina


    Final Standings, top 5 ,Boys
    PlayersCountryPoints
    1 Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 10,5
    2 Zhigalko Sergei BLR 10,5
    3 Olszewski MichalPOL 9
    4 Popov Ivan RUS 9
    5 Lenderman AlexUSA 9



    Final Standings, top 3 ,Girls
    PlayersCountryPoints
    1 Soumya Swaminathan IND 9,5
    2 Cori Tello Deysi PER 9,5
    3 Yildiz Betul Cemre TUR 9,5





  • Anand vs Karpov

    October 31th Bastia & November 2nd Ajaccio
    time control: 15 mn + 3s/move

    Anand - Karpov : 3, 5 - 0,5

    Day 1:

    Anand - Karpov: 1 - 0
    Karpov - Anand: 0,5 - 0,5

    Day 2:

    Anand - Karpov: 1 - 0
    Karpov - Anand: 0 - 1




  • FIDE November ratings

    Topalov at the top with 2810. Details

    Ratings of the top 100 players .



  • Sitges International

    October 25 - November 1 , Barcelona,Spain
    Final Standings, top 3
    PlayersCountryPoints
    1 Filemon Cruz PER 6,5
    2 Lars Karlsson SWE 6
    3 Oms Fuentes LluisESP 6







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