http://www.usefulchess.com Chess news about tournaments and events en mirabyte Feed Writer 1.0 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:50:02 +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. 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) sharethe lead with 4,5 points.]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#euroindivid {761EE184-EF68-4027-8E82-A863C26EFB5D} Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:49:54 +0200 Men: Jobava Baadur and Efimenko Zahar share the lead with 4 points out of 4.
Women: Socko Monika took the sole lead with 4 points. ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#euroindivid {C5561012-072C-433D-8E99-957CB8DB8A8C} Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:08:48 +0200 Naiditsch Arkadij GER, Vallejo Pons Francisco ESP ,Jobava Baadur GEO ,Pelletier Yannick SUI ,Timofeev Artyom RUS ,Martinovic Sasa CRO , Skoberne Jure SLO ,Krasenkow Michal POL ,Inarkiev Ernesto RUS ,Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter ROU ,Efimenko Zahar UKR, Maiorov Nikita BLR , Nepomniachtchi Ian RUS ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#euroindivid {93F8B55A-38D1-4655-BC3E-CF7214136630} Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:23:48 +0200 Final standings, top 3

	Players	Country	Points	Tie-break
1	Gharamian Tigran	FRA	7	2740
2	Malakhatko Vadim	BEL	7	2733
3	Sengupta Deep	IND	7	2645

]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#cannes {D771DE98-5652-4E06-BCE5-282132CD8A9A} Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:15:15 +0200 Final standings, top 3

	Players	Country	Points
1	Ulibin Mikhail	RUS	7
2	Brkic Ante	CRO	6,5
3	Radulski Julian	BUL	6,5

]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#zagreb Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:28:06 +0200 The tournament takes place in Rijeka ,Croatia. 583 players from 41 European countries. http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#euroindivid {C5CF65D7-537C-431B-9860-E9DDA893917B} Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:11:02 +0200 Final standings, top 4

	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

]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#reykjavik {32211D26-C42E-4B98-8BCB-DA42104200AE} Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:00:31 +0200 Final standings, top 3

	Players	Country	Points	Tie-break
1	Beliavsky Alexander G	SLO	6,5	-
2	Portisch Lajos	HUN	6	26,75
3	Rapport Richard	HUN	23,5	6

]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#gotthart {A32A849D-EC9F-43E5-B41B-99C85C985B3B} Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:54:48 +0200 top 100 players and top 10 women and countries. ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#ratings {D48A1DD9-CD74-4247-89BB-2206F43CDCF9} Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:07:14 +0200 Final standings, top 3

	Players	Country	Points
1	Kleijn, Christov	NED	6,5
2	Shiven, Khosla	IND	6
3	Wemmers, Xander	NED	5,5

]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#batavia {3C606FC2-65FD-454C-BF00-295E13DA57E0} Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:12:36 +0200 Final Standings , top 3, tournament A

	Players	Country	Points
1	Postny Evgeny	ISR	6
2	GRranda Zuniga Julio E	PER	5,5
3	Ninov Nikolai	BUL	5,5

]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#nancy {71493D6B-D648-4D11-98F3-7A878F5E4ABD} Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:10:48 +0200 Final standings, top 3

	Players	Country	Points	Tie-break
1	Shanava Konstantine	GEO	9	77
2	Tiviakov Sergei	NED	9	76
3	Grabliauskas Virginijus	LTU	9	67

]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#fajr {4D53D588-F807-4D24-90A0-79D88679F420} Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:33:29 +0200 Polgar beat Kaidanov 4-3 after blitz playoff matches. http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#polgarkaidanov {EFB969E7-47B0-4587-8228-CCD2FB24C0E7} Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:55:37 +0200 Reykjavik Open has started with 104 players in Iceland from February 24 to March 3 , 2010 http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#reykjavik {669E2EAE-31B5-45D2-A7B1-BBC75264F77B} Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:48:14 +0200

Answer ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#topalovwin {6C267E9F-F38B-483D-B844-CA801BBB3F8D} Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:41:04 +0200 Game 3, Kaidanov - Polgar: 1 - 0 (Najdorf) ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#polgarkaidanov {90D4B9A6-82D2-4DEB-A72C-953D2A728D4E} Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:02:36 +0200 Game 2, Polgar - Kaidanov: 1 - 0 (Dragon)
]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#polgarkaidanov {61FD979D-4501-45CB-AD06-1A497511A12E} Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:09:22 +0200
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

Final tandings ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/linares.html {222FC107-F261-41AC-9F6D-BBF57D3610D2} Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:31:07 +0200
Players of Tournament A

1. Postny Evgeny 2648 ISR
2. Granda Zuniga Julio E 2635 PER
3. Pelletier Yannick 2602 SUI
4. Solodovnichenko Yuri 2578 UKR
5. Ninov Nikolai 2511 BUL
6. Charnushevich Aliaksei 2501 FRA
7. Wirig Anthony 2497 FRA
8. Mullon Jean-Baptiste 2458 FRA
9. Brunner Nicolas 2420 FRA
10. Milliet Sophie 2404 FRA
]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#nancy {18D1CF2B-2297-4F05-AEE2-3FCA6368A51D} Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:16:54 +0200 Game 1, Kaidanov - Polgar: 1 - 0 (Sveshnikov) ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#polgarkaidanov {ACD24D38-9E9D-485E-A9C8-A43016C34D12} Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:32:15 +0200 Round 9 :

Alexander Grischuk - Veselin Topalov: 1 - 0
Vugar Gashimov - Francisco Vallejo Pons : 0,5 - 0,5
Boris Gelfand - Levon Aronian: 0,5 - 0,5
Standings ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/linares.html {17A63FFE-C70A-4160-AC1C-3E1E89F091F9} Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:17:31 +0200 The tournament is taking place in Cafe Batavia 1920, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 10 players , round robin tournament. http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#batavia {3C850917-EFEC-4443-9D68-CBF00446277F} Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:43:17 +0200 Round 8 :

Veselin Topalov - Levon Aronian: 0,5 - 0,5
Francisco Vallejo Pons - Boris Gelfand: 0,5 - 0,5
Alexander Grischuk - Vugar Gashimov: 1 - 0
Standings ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/linares.html {910E26F4-8F76-4D01-83BF-1FCF0DBB2A6F} Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:16:14 +0200 Round 7 :

Vugar Gashimov - Veselin Topalov: 0,5 - 0,5
Levon Aronian - Francisco Vallejo: 0,5 - 0,5
Boris Gelfand - Alexander Grischuk: 0,5 - 0,5
Standings ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/linares.html {7D06AA33-F463-4EA3-89B5-38C4F0141429} Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:08:55 +0200 Final standings, top 10

	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

]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#cappelle Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:54:57 +0200 Round 6 :
Alexander Grischuk - Levon Aronian: 0,5 - 0,5
Veselin Topalov - Francisco Vallejo: 1 - 0
Vugar Gashimov - Boris Gelfand: 0,5 - 0,5
Standings ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/linares.html {A9544C29-6091-4B49-AFE8-1BF900269018} Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:14:17 +0200 Final standings, top 3

	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

]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#caspian {DAFFB828-051E-40D0-BFD6-858350D1AA55} Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:07:49 +0200

	Players	Country	Points
1	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	FRA	13,5
2	Bu, Xiangzhi	CHN	13
3	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	RUS	13
4	Mamedov, Rauf	AZE	13
5	Savchenko, Boris	RUS	13
6	Grachev, Boris	RUS	13

]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#worldblitz {5E366DC3-AB44-40C2-810F-03DEAFC896B9} Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:58:01 +0200 Round 5 :

Veselin Topalov - A. Grischuk: 1 - 0
Francisco Vallejo Pons - Vugar Gashimov: 0 - 1
Levon Aronian - Boris Gelfand: 0,5 - 0,5
Standings ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/linares.html {0FAFE70E-A2B0-448A-9F54-FF27A2BB7803} Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:06:22 +0200 Final Standings , top 6,

	Players	Country	Points
1	Le, Quang Liem	VIE	7
2	Korobov, Anton	UKR	6,5
3	Motylev, Alexander	RUS	6
4	Zhou, Jianchao	CHN	6
5	Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	6
6	Grachev, Boris	RUS	6

]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#aeoroflot {8DF0439A-6F62-498C-AAFA-AA9E840D7E19} Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:26:20 +0200 Tournament A1 Standings after round 8:
1.Le, Quang Liem (VIE) 6 points
2.Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son (VIE) 6 pts
3.Nepomniachtchi, Ian (RUS) 5,5 pts
4.Grachev, Boris (RUS) 5,5 pts
5.Korobov, Anton (UKR) 5,5 pts
]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#aeoroflot {FB3F21DB-D52F-4D57-A62F-2E1690263420} Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:14:55 +0200 Round 4 :

Boris Gelfand - Veselin Topalov: 0,5 - 0,5
Vugar Gashimov - Levon Aronian: 0,5 - 0,5
Alexander Grischuk - Francisco Vallejo Pons: 0,5 - 0,5
Standings ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/linares.html {9A717C05-1F7E-4087-A860-8A7041E10F27} Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:05:31 +0200 Round 3 :

Levon Aronian - Veselin Topalov: 0,5 - 0,5
Boris Gelfand - Francisco Vallejo Pons: 0,5 - 0,5
Vugar Gashimov - Alexander Grischuk: 0,5 - 0,5
Standings ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/linares.html {57C694B2-8730-4882-9DE9-4F8380A2DD77} Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:53:54 +0200 26th Cappelle La Grande chess tournament has started. February 13th to 20th. 628 players. http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#cappelle {ED9EBCDF-9BE8-40D1-9C9A-BA164D726329} Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:44:10 +0200 Round 2 :

Veselin Topalov - Vugar Gashimov: 1 - 0
Francisco Vallejo Pons - Levon Aronian: 0,5 - 0,5
Alexander Grischuk - Boris Gelfand: 1 - 0
Standings ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/linares.html {F35D68DE-54D4-4F9E-B190-AA489622DEE4} Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:50:40 +0200 Round 1 :

Levon Aronian - Alexander Grischuk: 0,5 - 0,5
Francisco Vallejo Pons - Veselin Topalov : 0,5 - 0,5
Boris Gelfand - Vugar Gashimov: 0,5 - 0,5
Standings ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/linares.html {6626AFFF-2411-4EBB-AE53-F7F52917510C} Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:16 +0200 89 players with 2259 average ELO from February 12 to 19, 2010. http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#caspian {38459153-590C-4CC7-A199-FD80EBCBBA6D} Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:09:43 +0200 Tournament A1 Standings after round 3:
1.Le, Quang Liem (VIE) 3 points
2.Cheparinov, Ivan (BUL) 2 pts
3.Timofeev, Artyom (RUS) 2 pts
4.Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son (VIE) 2 pts
]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#aeoroflot {34D69FA3-552C-435D-8F34-9DFEB4861344} Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:09:17 +0200 Aeoroflot open has started in Moscow. Four Open Tournaments (A1,A2, B and C) are hold in Moscow. http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#aeoroflot {49B6E39A-03E8-43D7-8F8F-BF9F73B485D4} Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:17:57 +0200 See logos ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#voteandwin {A9D4FA35-7B2A-41F3-8287-E9518C8DD236} Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:00:15 +0200 Final Standings , top 4,

	Players	Country	Points
1	Feller Sebastien	FRA	11
2	Meier Georg	GER	11
3	Shchekachev. Andrei	FRA	10
4	Shankland Samuel L	USA	10

]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#parisblitz {1502E64F-5573-4756-A952-25121F5606F9} Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:02:18 +0200 Final Standings Men, top 3,

	Players	Points	Tie-break
1	Lupulescu Constantin	7	44
2	Nevednichy Vladislav	7	38,5
3	Dragomirescu Robin-Alexandru	7	38

Final Standings Women, top 4,

	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

Tie Break: Buchholz ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#romanianchamp {81531651-3B96-4B34-A95F-9F8D23E5FDE4} Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:00:13 +0200 Chernyshov won the tournament with 7 points. http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#moscowopen {F75C441E-8624-40F4-9CA1-1EC34BA9AF8E} Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:11:30 +0200 ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#gibtelecom {65904AD5-14FE-422D-BF9C-99B314B63F3E} Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:50:42 +0200 Final Standings, top 3,

	Players	Points	Tie-break
1	Safarli Eltaj	6,5	-
2	Mamedov Nidjat	6,5	-
3	Durarbeyli Vasif	6	-

]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#azerbaijanchamp {36CA6B5E-1BCE-41AD-B4AD-40B8B8AC0A4C} Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:38:13 +0200 Final Standings, top 4,

	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

]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#armenianchamp {369837FA-B9E1-4D43-99EC-BF2E113A1B32} Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:22:00 +0200 Final Standings, top 4,

	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

]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#chennai {2AF3B4A2-5F82-409F-B314-6720BB15CEB8} Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:00:36 +0200
1. Movsesian, Sergei 5.5 SVK
2. Vallejo Pons, Francisco 5.5 ESP
3. Adams, Michael 5.5 ENG
4. Kamsky, Gata 5.5 USA
5. Fressinet, Laurent 5.5 FRA
6. Gustafsson, Jan 5.5 GER
7. Sandipan, Chanda 5.5 IND
8. Koneru, Humpy 5.5 IND
9. Halkias, Stelios 5.5 GRE
10.Lenderman, Alex 5.5 USA
11.Zhukova, Natalia 5.5 UKR
]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#gibtelecom {91B5010A-16FF-43E2-9792-A63BAC9BD222} Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:48:44 +0200 Rankings after round 6 :

1. Adams, Michael 5.0 ENG
2. Gustafsson, Jan 5.0 GER
3. Sandipan, Chanda 5.0 IND
4. Zhukova, Natalia 5.0 UKR
]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/chess_news.html#gibtelecom {BDC89C86-53E5-45F7-B9D1-3EB15AACA19D} Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:01:32 +0200 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
Standings ]]> http://www.usefulchess.com/others/corus.html {231A7072-0C6D-43AA-A9A3-57CCDBEF9F2C} Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:57:08 +0200