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  • Norway Chess 2013 supertournament 

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    7th - 18th May,
    Stavanger, Norway
    10 players
    Round robin
    Average rating: 2770

    Players

    Carlsen, Magnus - NOR - 2872
    Aronian, Levon - ARM - 2809
    Radjabov, Teimour - AZE - 2793

    Karjakin, Sergey - RUS - 2786
    Anand, Viswanathan - IND - 2783
    Topalov, Veselin - BUL - 2771

    Nakamura, Hikaru - USA - 2767
    Svidler, Peter - RUS - 2747
    Wang, Hao - CHN - 2743
    Hammer, Jon Ludvig - NOR - 2631

    Karjakin ( RUS ) won with 6 points.

    Final Round ( 9)

    Aronian, Levon - Carlsen, Magnus : 0.5 - 0.5
    Hammer, Jon Ludvig - Nakamura, Hikaru : 0 - 1
    Karjakin, Sergey - Topalov, Veselin : 0.5 - 0.5
    Radjabov, Teimour - Svidler, Peter : 0.5 - 0.5
    Wang, Hao - Anand, Viswanathan : 1 - 0





  • European Individual Chess Championship 


    4th - 17th May 2013
    Legnica ( Poland )
    11 rounds
    Average rating: 2450
    286 players
    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.

    Final standings , top 3

    Rank PlayersCountryPointsTie-break
    1- Moiseenko Alexander UKR82643
    2- Alekseev Evgeny RUS82639
    3- Romanov Evgeny RUS82637


    Tie-break: Rating average of the opponents





  • Fide - Foundation Neva Women Grand-Prix Geneva 

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    2nd - 16th May 2013,
    Geneva, Switzerland
    12 players
    Round robin
    Average rating: 2511

    Players

    Hou, Yifan CHN 2617
    Muzychuk, Anna SLO 2585
    Lagno, Kateryna UKR 2548

    Dzagnidze, Nana GEO 2545
    Ju, Wenjun CHN 2544
    Cmilyte, Viktorija LTU 2522

    Kosintseva, Tatiana RUS 2517
    Khotenashvili, Bela GEO 2505
    Kosteniuk, Alexandra RUS 2491

    Ushenina, Anna UKR 2491
    Girya, Olga RUS 2463
    Batchimeg Tuvshintugs MGL 2298

    Khotenashvili (GEO9) won with 8 pts.

    Final round ( 11 )
    Anna Muzychuk - Alexandra Kosteniuk : 0.5 - 0.5
    Olga Girya - Viktorija Cmilyte : 0 - 1
    Kateryna Lagno - Tuvshintugs Batchimeg: 0.5 - 0.5
    Anna Ushenina - Bela Khotenashvili : 0.5 - 0.5
    Wenjun Ju - Tatiana Kosintseva : 1 - 0
    Yifan Hou - Nana Dzagnidze : 0 - 1





  • U.S. chess championship 2013

    us chess champ 2013





    2nd - 13th May 2013
    St.Louis, The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis
    10 players
    Round robin
    Average ELO: 2538


    US chess champion: Kamsky . He defeats Ramirez in Armageddon game

    Final Round ( 9 )
    Robson, Ray - Kamsky, Gata : 0.5 - 0.5
    Ramirez, Alejandro - Christiansen, Larry : 1 - 0
    Gareev, Timur - Holt, Conrad : 1 - 0
    Onischuk, Alexander - Troff, Kayden : 0.5 - 0.5
    Benjamin, Joel - Shankland, Samuel : 0.5 - 0.5
    Akobian, Varuzhan - Kaidanov, Gregory : 1 - 0
    Finegold, Benjamin - Shabalov, Alexander : 0 - 1
    Sevian, Samuel - Hess, Robert : 0.5 - 0.5
    Bryant, John Daniel - Norowitz, Yaacov : 0 - 1
    Shulman, Yury - Sammour-Hasbun, Jorge : 1 - 0
    Stripunsky, Alexander - Ivanov, Alexander : 0 - 1
    Khachiyan, Melikset - Arnold, Marc : 0.5 - 0.5





  • U.S. Women chess championship 2013

    us chess champ 2013





    2nd - 13th May 2013
    St.Louis, The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis
    24 players
    Swiss system
    Average ELO: 2280


    Krush won with 8 points.

    Round 9
    Zatonskih, Anna - Foisor, Sabina : 1 - 0
    Belakovskaia, Anjelina - Zenyuk, Iryna : 0.5 - 0 .5
    Chiang, Sarah - Kats, Alena : 1 - 0
    Krush, Irina - Baginskaite, Camilla : 0.5 - 0 .5
    Ni, Viktorija -Abrahamyan, Tatev : 0 - 1





  • Ratings May 2013

    Carlsen at the top with 2868 points . Aronian 2813.
    List of the Top 100 players & top 10 countries




  • Capablanca Memorial

    20th April - 1st May,
    La Havana, Cuba
    6 players
    Round robin
    Average rating: 2688

    Players

    Dmitry Andreikin ( RUS ) 2727
    Inarkiev Ernesto ( RUS ) 2688
    Harikrishna Pentala ( IND ) 2705
    Almasi Zoltan ( HUN ) 2689
    Leinier Dominguez ( CUB ) 2723
    Yuniesky Quesada ( CUB ) 2596

    Almasi Zoltan (HUN) won with 6.5 points.

    Final Round ( 10 )
    Pentala Harikrishna - Ernesto Inarkiev : 0.5 - 0.5
    Yuniesky Quesada Perez - Leinier Dominguez Perez : 0.5 - 0.5
    Zoltan Almasi - Dmitry Andreikin : 0.5 - 0.5






  • Alekhine Memorial 2013

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    20th - 26th April 2013 , Paris,France / 27th April - 2nd May, St. Petersburg , Russia.
    10 players
    Round robin
    Average rating: 2745

    Aronian won with better tie-break (Sonneborn-Berger) point.

    Final Round ( 9 )
    Aronian - Vachier-Lagrave : 1 - 0
    Gelfand - Anand: 0.5 - 0.5
    Adams - Kramnik: 0 - 1
    Vitiugov - Ding: 0.5 - 0.5
    Svidler - Fressinet: 0.5 - 0.5






  • Renova Group Grand Prix - Zug 2013

    grandprix




    17th April - 1st May, 2013
    Zug, Switzerland
    Round robin system
    12 players

    Average rating: 2755

    Topalov won with 8 points.

    Final round ( 11 )

    Leko Peter - Kasimdzhanov Rustam : 0.5 - 0.5
    Kamsky Gata - Giri Anish : 0.5 - 0.5
    Topalov Veselin - Karjakin Sergey : 1 - 0
    Nakamura Hikaru - Caruana Fabiano : 0.5 - 0.5
    Radjabov Teimour - Mamedyarov Shakhriyar : 0.5 - 0.5
    Ponomariov Ruslan - Morozevich Alexander : 0.5 - 0.5






  • Russian Team Championship 
    Russian Team Championship

    6th - 14th April , 2013

    Loo, Krasnodar-Krai , Russia.


    Men:
    Round robin, 7 rounds,
    time control: 90 mn /40 moves + 30 mn + 30s increments per move, starting from move one.
    Average rating: 2527
    7 rounds
    Swiss system
    The players cannot agree to a draw before move 40.

    Round 7

    SPb Chess Fed - PGMB Rostov: 2.5 - 3.5
    Malakhit Chess Club - SHSM Nashe Nasledie: 3 - 3
    AGU - Belorechensk - Yugra: 1.5 - 4.5
    Economist-SGSEU - Politekhnik: 5 - 1
    Navigator - Kazan: 3.5 - 2.5
    Rakita Chess Club - Atom: 2.5 - 3.5
    Zhiguli - Tverskaya : 4.5 - 1.5
    Yamal - EGU-Perspektiva: 4.5 - 1.5
    Kaluzhskaya - M.I.Chigorin Chess Club: 1 - 5






  • 54th Mexican International Championship

    26th-31st March, 2013
    Pueblo, Mexico
    9 rounds, Swiss system.
    192 players

    Final standings , top 3

    Rank PlayersCountryPoints
    1- Otero Acosta, Diasmany CUB7.5
    2- Ramirez, Alejandro USA7.5
    3- Onischuk, Alexander USA7.5









  • Candidates Tournament 2013

    Carlsen and Kramnik lost their game in the final round. Thus Calsen won on tie-break rule:
    He has more wins (5) than Kramnik (4).
    Carlsen will be challenger of Viswanathan Anand for World Chess Champion title.

    14th March - 2nd April
    London, UK
    8 players
    Double round robin
    Average rating: 2786
    The Prize Fund : €510,000.

    Players:

    Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2872
    Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2810
    Aronian, Levon ARM 2809
    Radjabov, Teimour AZE 2793
    Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2764
    Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 2757
    Svidler, Peter RUS 2747
    Gelfand, Boris ISR 2740

    Final Round - 14

    Carlsen Magnus - Svidler Peter: 0 - 1
    Ivanchuk Vassily - Kramnik Vladimir: 1 - 0
    Gelfand Boris - Grischuk Alexander: 0.5 - 0.5
    Aronian Levon - Radjabov Teimour: 1 - 0






  • Women's World Chess Team Championship

    Women's World  Chess Team Championship 2nd - 13th March, 2013,
    Astana, Kazakistan
    Round robin system




    Final round ( 9 )

    China - India : 2.5 - 1.5
    France - Turkey : 3.5 - 0.5
    Georgia - Kazakhstan : 2.5 - 1.5
    USA - Romania : 2 - 2
    Russia - Ukraine : 2 - 2






  • 27th Cannes Chess Festival

    25th February - 3rd March,
    Cannes , France
    9 rounds, Swiss system.
    Average rating: 2324
    92 players

    Final standings , top 3

    Rank PlayersCountryPoints
    1- Akshayraj Kore IND7.5
    2- Lgaer Ruben ARG7
    3- Safarli Eltaj AZE7









  • 29th International Chess Open Capelle-la-Grande 2013

    23rd February - 2nd March , 2013
    Cappelle la Grande, France.
    9 rounds , Swiss system
    560 players
    Time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with a 30 seconds increment per move.

    Final standings , top 3

    Rank PlayersCountryPoints
    1- Sjugirov Sanan RUS7
    2- Negi Parimarjan IND7
    3- Rodshtein Maxim ISR7







  • Zurich Chess Challenge

    23 rd February - 1st March,
    Zurich , Switzerland
    4 players
    Round robin
    Average rating: 2772

    Fabiano Caruana won with 4 points.

    Final Round ( 6 ):

    Anand - Kramnik: 1 - 0
    Caruana - Gelfand: 1 - 0






  • Reykjavik Open 2013

    19th - 27th February, 2013
    Reykjavik, Iceland
    10 rounds , Swiss system
    113 players
    Time control: 90 min for 40 moves + 30 minutes after 40 moves. Increment of 30 sec. for every move.

    Players whose rating is over 2700

    Giri Anish NED 2722
    Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2715
    Navara David CZE 2710
    Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2709
    Ding Liren CHN 2709
    Yu Yangyi CHN 2688
    So Wesley PHI 2684
    Eljanov Pavel UKR 2678
    Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2675
    Gajewski Grzegorz POL 2644
    Sokolov Ivan NED 2644
    Socko Bartosz POL 2643
    Jones Gawain C B ENG 2637
    Amin Bassem EGY 2631
    Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2622
    L'ami Erwin NED 2622
    Baklan Vladimir UKR 2609
    Solak Dragan TUR 2603
    Dziuba Marcin POL 2602

    Final standings , top 3

    Rank PlayersCountryPoints
    1- Eljanov Pavel UKR8
    2- So Wesley PHI8
    3- Amin Bassem EGY8







  • French blitz championship

    17th February, 2013
    Paris, France
    13 rounds , Swiss system
    125 players

    Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is the champion. ( 12 out of 13 )

    Final standings , top 3

    Rank PlayersCountryPoints
    1- Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA12
    2- Bacrot Etienne FRA11.5
    3- Fedorchuk Sergey A. FRA10







  • Grenke Chess 2013

    grenke chess logo 7th - 17th February, 2013
    Baden-Baden , Germany
    6 players
    Double Round robin
    Average rating: 2715

    Anand won the tournament with 6.5 points.

    Final Round (10) :

    Fridman Daniel - Caruana Fabiano : 0.5 - 0.5
    Adams Michael - Meier Georg : 0.5 - 0.5
    Naiditsch Arkadij - Anand Viswanathan : 0 - 1






  • Aeroflot Open

    11st - 18th, February, 2013
    Moscow, Russia

    Schedule

    12nd -13th February, Qualifications of the rapid tournament
    14th February, Blitz tournament
    15th February, Rapid: Knockout tournament with 32 winners of the qualifying rounds
    16th - 17 th February, Grand final : 8 winners of the qualifying competition + 8 guest stars ( Alexander Grischuk, Peter Svidler, Dmitry Andreikin, Sergey Karjakin, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Wang Hao and Shahriyar Mammadyarov )

    Aeroflot Open - Rapid - knouck out final :
    8 players are qualified to the final : Alexander Shimanov, Sanan Sjugirov, Dmitry Frolyanov (RUS),
    Anton Korobov, Pavel Eljanov (UKR),
    Gata Kamsky (USA), Le Quang Liem (VIE) & Rauf Mamedov (AZE)

    Other 8 invited players : Alexander Grischuk, Peter Svidler, Dmitry Andreikin, Sergey Karjakin, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Wang Hao, and Anatoly Karpov

    Final

    Karjakin is winner

    Karjakin Sergey - Grischuk Alexander : 2 - 1 ( 1-1 regular game; Armageddon tiebreak game 1 - 0 )


    Semi final

    Kamsky Gata - Grischuk Alexander : 0.5 - 1.5
    Karjakin Sergey - Nepomniachtchi Ian : 2 - 1


    Quarter final

    Grischuk Alexander - Mamedyarov Shakhriyar : 1.5 - 0.5
    Svidler Peter - Nepomniachtchi Ian: 1 - 2
    Wang Hao - Karjakin Sergey: 1.5 - 0.5
    Eljanov Pavel - Kamsky Gata: 0.5 - 1.5





    Aeroflot Open - Blitz

    Final Standings

    Rank PlayersCountryPoints
    1- Nepomniachtchi Ian RUS15.5
    2- Svidler Peter RUS14.5
    3- Grischuk Alexander RUS14









  • moscow open Moscow Open 2013

    2nd - 10th, February, 2013
    Moscow, Russia

    Group A

    Swiss system
    233 players

    Savchenko (RUS) won with 7.5 points.

    Group A, Final round ( 9 ), top 10 boards,

    Kokarev Dmitry - Nepomniachtchi Ian : 0.5 - 0.5
    Mamedov Rauf - Smirnov Pavel : 0.5 - 0.5
    Maletin Pavel - Khairullin Ildar : 0.5 - 0.5
    Ponkratov Pavel - Savchenko Boris : 0 - 1
    Ibragimov Ildar - Iturrizaga Eduardo : 0 - 1
    Kovalev Vladislav - Guseinov Gadir : 0.5 - 0.5
    Goganov Aleksey - Sandipan Chanda : 0 - 1
    Nyzhnyk Illya - Matinian Nikita : 0 - 1
    Demchenko Anton - Vidit Santosh Gujrathi : 0.5 - 0.5
    Gabuzyan Hovhannes - Ganguly Surya Shekhar : 0.5 - 0.5

    Group A, Final Standings, top 5

    Rank PlayersCountryPoints
    1- Savchenko Boris RUS7.5
    2- Nepomniachtchi Ian RUS7
    3- Maletin Pavel RUS7
    4- Mamedov Rauf AZE7
    5- Kokarev Dmitry RUS7







  • Turkish chess championship

    2nd - 9th, February, 2013
    Kemer-Antalya, Turkey
    11 rounds , Swiss system
    320 players

    Chess champion of Turkey : Dragan Solak

    Final round (11), top 5 boards,

    Solak Dragan - Sanal Vahap : 1 - 0
    Atakisi Umut - Ipatov Alexander : 0.5 - 0.5
    Seyhanoglu Deniz - Esen Baris : 0 - 1
    Can Emre - Ali Marandi Cemil Can : 0.5 - 0.5
    Haznedaroglu Kivanc - Kinsiz Onur : 0.5 - 0.5

    Final standings , top 6

    Rank PlayersCountryPoints
    1- Solak Dragan TUR9.5
    2- Esen Baris TUR9
    3- Ipatov Alexander TUR9
    4- Can Emre TUR8.5
    5- Yilmazyerli Mert TUR8.5
    6- Ali Marandi Cemil Can TUR8.5







  • Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2013 - Masters update

    21st - 31st, January, 2013
    Gibraltar,
    5 tournaments : Masters, Challenger A, Challenger B, Amateur A, Amateur B
    Masters tournament: 246 players ; Average rating:2210


    Players whose ratings are over 2700

    1- Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2758
    2- Kamsky Gata USA 2740
    3- Adams Michael ENG 2725
    4- Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2723
    5-Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2711
    6- Navara David CZE 2710
    7- Shirov Alexei LAT 2708
    8- Le Quang Liem VIE 2705

    Final round , top 10 boards,

    Vitiugov Nikita - Vachier-Lagrave Maxime : 0.5 - 0.5
    Navara David - Short Nigel : 0.5 - 0.5
    Zhao Xue - Ivanchuk Vassily : 0.5 - 0.5
    Georgiev Kiril - Adams Michael : 0.5 - 0.5
    Le Quang Liem - Sandipan Chanda : 0 - 1
    Kamsky Gata - Ibarra Jerez Jose Carlos : 1 - 0
    Felgaer Ruben - Wojtaszek Radoslaw : 0.5 - 0.5
    Cramling Pia - Yu Yangyi : 0 - 1
    Gordon Stephen - Fridman Daniel : 0 - 1
    Jones Gawain - Gallagher Joseph G. : 0.5 - 0.5


    Final standings , top 7

    Rank PlayersCountryPoints
    1- Vitiugov Nikita RUS8
    2- Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA8
    3- Sandipan Chanda IND8
    4- Short Nigel ENG8
    5- Georgiev Kiril BUL7.5







  • Asian zone 3.3 chess championship update

    22nd - 29th, January, 2013
    Tagaytay City, Phlipinnes

    Final standings, top 4

    Rank PlayersCountryPoints
    1- Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son VIE7.5
    2- So Wesley PHI7
    3- Megaranto Susanto INA6
    4- Antonio Rogelio Jr PHI6







  • Tata steel chess 2013

    12th - 27th January, 2013
    Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands

    Three main groups with 14 players each.
    Grandmaster Group A : Average rating : 2732 Category : 20

    Group B : Average rating : 2620 Category : 15
    Group C : Average rating : 2476 Category : 10

    Round robin system

    round 13

    Karjakin - van Wely: 1 - 0
    Hou - Leko: 0.5 - 0.5
    L'Ami - Sokolov: 0.5 - 0.5
    Wang - Anand: 1 - 0
    Nakamura - Harikrishna: 0.5 - 0.5
    Giri - Carlsen: 0.5 - 0.5
    Caruana - Aronian: 0.5 - 0.5






  • 73rd Armenian Championship

    12th - 21st, January, 2013
    Yerevan, Armenia
    10 players
    Round robin.
    Average rating: 2574

    Players

    Melkumyan Hrant 2656
    Petrosian Tigran L. 2648
    Hovhannisyan Robert 2615
    Pashikian Arman 2607
    Grigoryan Avetik 2599
    Andriasian Zaven 2598
    Ter-Sahakyan Samvel 2567
    Kotanjian Tigran 2518
    Hayrapetyan Hovik 2488
    Aghasaryan Robert 2443

    Petrosian won with 7 points.

    Final standings , top 3,

    Rank PlayersCountryPoints
    1- Petrosian Tigran L. ARM7
    2- Grigoryan Avetik ARM6.5
    3- Hovhannisyan Robert ARM6.5







  • 11th Delhi International Open Chess Festival

    5th - 13th, January, 2013
    New Delhi, India
    105 players
    10 rounds of Swiss system.
    Time control: 90 Minutes plus 30 second increment from move 1 for entire game.
    Average rating: 2307

    Aleksandrov (BLR) won with 8 pts.

    Final Standings, top 5,

    Rank PlayersCountryPoints
    1- Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR8
    2- Dzhumaev Marat UZB7.5
    3- Teske Henrik GER7.5
    4- Vaibhav Suri IND7.5
    5- Lalith Babu M.R. IND7







  • Basel Chess Festival 2013

    1st - 5th January, 2013
    Basel, Switzerland.
    90 players
    7 rounds of Swiss system.


    Grachev (RUS) won the tournament.

    Final standings, top 5,

    Rank PlayersCountryPointsTie break
    1- Grachev,Boris RUS5.525
    2- Vajda, Levente NED5.523.5
    3- Van Kampen, Robin NED5.523
    4- Istratescu,Andrej FRA5.522.5
    5- Vachier-Lagrave,M FRA522.5







  • AICF-AAI Chess Cup

    20th to 30th December 2012 , New Delhi, India
    Double round robin tournament
    Average rating: 2684

    Korobov (UKR) won with 6.5 pts

    Final round - Round 10

    Negi Parimarjan - Gupta Abhijeet : 0.5 - 0.5
    Alekseev Evgeny - Sasikiran Krishnan : 0.5 - 0.5
    Wojtaszek Radoslaw - Korobov Anton : 0 - 1






  • 36th Zurich Christmas Open

    26th - 30th December, 2012
    Zurich, Switzerland.
    133 players
    7 rounds of Swiss system.


    Final Standings
    Rank PlayersCountryPoints
    1- Vajda, Levente RUM6
    2- Bartel, Mateusz POL5.5
    3- Melkumyan, Hrant ARM5.5







  • World Cities Team Champ.

    21st - 28th December , 2012 ,
    Al -Ain, UAE
    24 World city teams

    Hoogeveen (NED) are World Cities Team Champion after beating Tashkent: 2.5 - 1.5






  • Makita women chess match

    16th-22nd December, 2012
    Sekolah Catur Utut Adianto , Indonesia
    BlitzRapidClassicalTotal
    Indonesia1109.520.5
    France366.515.5











  • World Mind Games - Chess  

    14th - 19th December, 2012
    Beijing , China
    16 men, 16 women players
    Rapid, Blitz, Blindfold and Pair games

    *** Blindfold Chess ***

    18th-19th Dec

    Aronian, Levon ( ARM ) won the bllindfold chess tournament.

    Standings
    Rank PlayersCountryPoints
    1- Aronian, Levon ARM5.5
    2- Leko, Peter HUN5
    3- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE4.5
    4- Kamsky Gata USA4.5


    *** Blitz Chess ***

    16th-17th Dec: Blitz

    Karjakin Sergey ( RUS ) won the blitz chess tournament.

    Rank PlayersCountryPoints
    1- Karjakin Sergey RUS12.5
    2- Nakamura Hikaru USA11
    3- Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE9
    4- Aronian Levon ARM9
    5- Fressinet Laurent FRA9


    *** Rapid Chess ***

    14th-15th Dec: Rapid

    Fressinet Laurent ( FRA ) won the rapid chess tournament.

    Rank PlayersCountryPoints
    1- Fressinet Laurent FRA5.5
    2- Nakamura Hikaru USA5.5
    3- Grischuk Alexander RUS4.5
    4- Ding Liren CHN4.5
    5- Morozevich Alexander RUS4
    6- Radjabov Teimour AZE4







  • Snowdrops vs Oldhands

    8th - 16th December, 2012
    Podebrady , Czech Rep.
    2 round scheveningen match of two four-members teams.
    Time control : 90 minutes per 40 moves + 30 minutes till the end, increment 30 seconds per move

    Oldhands :Legendary grandmasters: Wolfgang Uhlmann, Fridrik Olafsson, Oleg Romanishin and Vlastimil Hort
    Snowdrops: New generation of women grandmasters: Valentina Gunina, Tania Sachdev, Alina Kashlinskaja and Kristyna Havlikova

    Final :Oldhands - Snowdrops : 17 - 15

    Individual results:
    Snowdrops
    Valentina Gunina 3.5 points
    Tania Sachdev 6
    Alina Kashlinskaya 3.5
    Kristyna Havlíková 2

    Oldhands
    Fridrik Olafsson 4
    Wolfgang Uhlmann 4
    Vlastimil Hort 4.5
    Oleg Romanishin 4.5






  • European Blitz Chess Championship 2012

    14th December, 2012
    Warszawa , Poland
    435 players

    Final standings

    1- Vachier-lagrave, Maxime, FRA , 18.5 pts
    2- Sargissian, Gabriel , ARM , 2666 17.5
    3- Tkachiev, Vladislav , FRA , 2647 17.0






  • London Chess Classic 2012

    london chess logo 1st - 10th December , 2012, London, UK
    Average rating : 2751
    Round robin system



    Carlsen won the tournament with 18 pts.

    Final Round ( 9 )

    Mickey Adams - Vladimir Kramnik : 0.5 - 0.5
    Judit Polgar - Levon Aronian : 0.5 - 0.5
    Hikaru Nakamura - Luke McShane: 1 - 0
    Magnus Carlsen - Vishy Anand : 0.5 - 0.5



















  • List of the chess tournaments with detailed information.
    World chess champ. -- Olympiads
    World Team Chess Champ.
    FIDE Grand prix series
    Russian super final
    European Team Chess Champ.
    Tal Memorial -- Bilbao masters

    Russian team ch. -- World cup
    M-tel masters -- Corus Linares Morelia
    Reggio Emilia -- Capablanca Mem.
    Candidates matches -- London chess classic

    Nanjing Pearl Spring -- World Chess Challenge
    Aerosvit -- Cap d'Agde
    Inventi chess -- NH chess
    Amber -- Corus

    Moscow open - Tata steel
    Dortmund -- Poikovsky
    Rilton cup -- Edmonton festival
    Univé -- Yinzhou Cup

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