http://www.usefulchess.com Chess news about tournaments and events en mirabyte Feed Writer 1.0 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:58:03 +0200 http://www.usefulchess.com/kq.gif http://www.usefulchess.com 80 63 Play chess or learn the rules of chess and chess tactics . There are also chess news, problems , studies and chess quiz. Round 1

Van der Stricht , Geert - Hautot , Stéphane : 0-1
Michiels , Bart - Istratescu , Andrei : ½ - ½
Piceu , Tom - Hovhanisian , Mhère : 0-1
Docx , Stefan - Sokolov , Ivan : 1-0
Meier , Georg - De Jong , Jan -Willem : ½ - ½
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Round 1

Wang Hao - Levon Aronian: 0–1
Vladimir Kramnik - Alexei Shirov: ½-½
Standings ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/bilbao_chess.html {DC82EB7E-7EDD-4CDE-8E02-26D8EA51BCCE} Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:09:41 +0200

	Players	Country	Points	Tie break
1	Zhao Jun	CHN	7	2612
2	Le Quang Liem	VIE	7	2542
3	Ding Liren	CHN	6,5	-

Tie Break: rating average of the opponents ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#campomanesmem {6270EEE2-864F-4C53-866C-E34FF113B552} Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:40:06 +0200

	Players	Country	Points
1	Andriasian Zaven	ARM	7
2	Atalik Suat	TUR	6,5
3	Drozdovskij Yuri	UKR	6,5

]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#kalamaria {E28CCEFA-0DB6-4484-8A5D-0CE0052F5887} Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:12:17 +0200 Antwerp, Belgium
time control: 20 minutes + 10 seconds a move

participants:

Georg Meier GER 2648
Ivan Sokolov BIH 2641
Andrei Istratescu ROU 2620
Mhère Hovhanisian ARM 2479
Bart Michiels BEL 2460
John De Jong NED 2444
Stéphane Hautot BEL 2422
Geert Van der Stricht BEL 2393
Stefan Docx BEL 2370
Tom Piceu BEL 2362
Standings ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/inventichess.html {7E7D6156-48D3-43FC-8D65-7D81CE080B0F} Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:35:28 +0200 Top 100 players and top countries ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_players.html {7FBD2C49-54DB-4668-A88C-3B0D45470143} Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:46:49 +0200

	Players	Country	Points
1	Kamsky, Gata	USA	7,5
2	Sutovsky, Emil	ISR	7
3	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	BLR	7

]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#bakuopen {AD9D3017-343A-4EFE-A747-0A62C380D4D6} Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:37:34 +0200 Final:
Carlsen beat Anand 1,5 - 0,5 and is won the mini tournament.
3rd-4th:
Hammer - Polgar: 1,5 - 0,5 ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#arcticstars {B49EA1E6-FD46-4D1B-B5AA-9F72A07460BE} Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:59:46 +0200

	Players	Country	Points
1.	Anand, Viswanathan	IND	5
2.	Carlsen, Magnus	NOR	3½
3.	Hammer, Jon Ludvig	NOR	2
4.	Polgar, Judit	HUN	1½

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Day 4:
Leko - Gelfand: ½ - ½
Gelfand - Leko: ½ - ½
Play games and previous results ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/leko-gelfand.html {CEDC818F-F118-4F37-B197-9124DFB71DB6} Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:09:04 +0200

	Players	Country	Points
1	Sumets, Andrey	UKR	8
2	Bigaliev, Renat	RUS	7,5
3	Gasanov, Eldar	UKR	7,5

]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#istchessfest {5EED9BB2-5646-4EAB-A762-BBB2C2CBF054} Sun, 29 Aug 2010 08:06:50 +0200 Leko - Gelfand: : 0 - 1
Gelfand - Leko: ½ - ½
Play games and previous results ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/leko-gelfand.html {005222CE-AFA6-46EF-BD69-7347274E14F2} Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:54:32 +0200 Details ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#russiachamp {A1FE386D-A744-4228-AE11-F249E3F1F313} Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:49:57 +0200

	Players	Country	Points
1	Filippov, Anton	UZB	7
2	Kazhgalayev, Murtas	KAZ	6,5
3	Gelashvili, Tamaz	GEO	6,5

]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#pichaycup {39F7B40A-D8C9-45EB-A5C0-477346D39653} Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:23:42 +0200 Day 2:
Gelfand - Leko: ½ - ½
Leko - Gelfand: : 1 - 0
Play games and previous results ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/leko-gelfand.html {013624AA-404B-43EF-ACD0-4584CDA082A6} Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:26:33 +0200 Gelfand - Leko: 1 - 0
Leko - Gelfand: : ½ - ½
Play games ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/leko-gelfand.html {1F855CF7-33D1-49BE-931C-C7B0EF330E81} Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:34:05 +0200
Participants, top 10:

1 GM Kamsky Gata USA 2713
2 GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij UKR 2686
3 GM Sutovsky Emil ISR 2665
4 GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2660
5 GM Smirin Ilia ISR 2646
6 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2642
7 GM Savchenko Boris RUS 2623
8 GM Guseinov Gadir AZE 2611
9 GM Safarli Eltaj AZE 2603
10 GM Shanava Konstantine GEO 2556
]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#bakuopen {AF6C091C-0598-41FE-87B4-760E992917AA} Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:16:34 +0200 350 players in Istanbul from August 21st - 28th August. http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#istchessfest {362AF69B-7679-44FE-B7CC-8529BAB44949} Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:16:52 +0200
Round 10

Gelfand – Nakamura: ½ - ½
Ljubojevic – Caruana: ½ - ½
van Wely – So: ½ - ½
Nielsen – Giri: 1 - 0
Svidler - Howell: 1 - 0
Standings ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/nhchess.html {F1634551-F6D3-40A3-948F-2425D6726562} Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:50:59 +0200 Round 9
Nakamura – Svidler ½ - ½
Caruana – Gelfand 0 -1
So – Ljubojevic ½ - ½
Giri – van Wely ½ - ½
Howell – Nielsen 1 - 0
Standings ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/nhchess.html {1F40FEF0-C532-4575-A907-42C1D79260A7} Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:17:06 +0200 Fressinet is champion after tie-break games.

Tie break games:
Romain Edouard - Laurent Fressinet : ½-½
Laurent Fressinet - Romain Edouard : 1-0
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	Players	Country	Points
1	Atalik, Suat	TUR	8
2	Hess Robert	USA	7,5
3-7	Burmakin Vladimir	RUS	7
3-7	Graf Alexander	GER	7
3-7	Bosiocic Marin	CRO	7
3-7	Nikolaidis Ioannis	GRE	7
3-7	Moradiabadi Elshan	IRI	7

]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#negroponte {1558E4D5-E77E-4B7E-B6AA-1B81A4BB70FE} Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:26:58 +0200 Round 8
Nielsen – Nakamura : ½ - ½
Svidler – Caruana : ½ - ½
Gelfand – So : ½ - ½
Ljubojevic – Giri: 0 - 1
van Wely – Howell : ½ - ½
Standings ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/nhchess.html {C83386F7-D6D6-485F-8CC3-F6F8BF6AED3B} Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:47:09 +0200 round 11:
Etienne Bacrot - Laurent Fressinet : ½-½
Vladislav Tkachiev - Matthieu Cornette :1-0
Andreï Sokolov - Romain Edouard : ½-½
Christian Bauer - Jean-Marc Degraeve : ½-½
Aliaksei Charnushevich - Hicham Hamdouchi : ½-½
Iossif Dorfman - Emmanuel Bricard : ½-½
Standings ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/francechamp.html {3F384B09-B361-4B9F-8ABE-2CF345C1CF8A} Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:41:08 +0200 round 10:
Hicham Hamdouchi - Etienne Bacrot : ½-½
Laurent Fressinet - Iossif Dorfman : ½-½
Romain Edouard - Vladislav Tkachiev : 1-0
Emmanuel Bricard - Christian Bauer : 0-1
Jean-Marc Degraeve - Andreï Sokolov : ½-½
Matthieu Cornette - Aliaksei Charnushevich : ½-½
Standings ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/francechamp.html {235F5D2E-9B5D-4C99-8151-1524C1FE5A7D} Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:12:57 +0200