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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
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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.
Men, round 5 :
Jobava Baadur (GEO) , Efimenko Zahar (UKR), Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter (ROU), Timofeev Artyomshare (RUS) share the lead with 4,5 points .
Women, round 5 :
Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan (SCO), Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS) and Socko Monika (POL) share the lead with 4,5 points.
Women
4 players share the lead with 3 points after 3rd round:
Socko Monika POL ,Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan SCO ,Chelushkina Irina SRB ,Kosintseva Tatiana
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Cannes International
February 28 - March 7 , 2010
Cannes, France.
91 players
Final standings, top 3
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA |
13,5 |
| 2 |
Bu, Xiangzhi | CHN |
13 |
| 3 |
Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS |
13 |
| 4 |
Mamedov, Rauf | AZE
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13 |
| 5 |
Savchenko, Boris | RUS
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13 |
| 6 |
Grachev, Boris | RUS
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13 |
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8th International Caspian Cup
February 12 - 19 , 2010
Rasht, Iran
89 players, Average ELO: 2259
Final standings, top 3
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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,
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Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Le, Quang Liem | VIE |
7 |
| 2 |
Korobov, Anton | UKR |
6,5 |
| 3 |
Motylev, Alexander | RUS |
6 |
| 4 |
Zhou, Jianchao | CHN
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6 |
| 5 |
Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son | VIE
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6 |
| 4 |
Grachev, Boris | RUS
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6 |
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Paris Blitz
Feb 7, 2010
Paris , France
Final Standings , top 4,
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Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Feller Sebastien | FRA |
11 |
| 2 |
Meier Georg | GER |
11 |
| 3 |
Shchekachev Andrei | FRA |
10 |
| 4 |
Shankland Samuel L | USA
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10 |
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Romanian chess championship
January 31 - Feb 7, 2010
Baile Olanesti , Romania
Final Standings Men, top 3,
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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,
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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,
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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,
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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,
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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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