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World Chess Open Leon 2010
Final Standings, top 3,
|
Players | Country | Points | Tie-break |
1 |
Krasenkow Michal | POL |
8 | 57 |
2 |
Gurevich Mikhail | TUR |
8 | 56,5 |
3 |
Georgiev Kiril | BUL |
7,5 | 55,5 |
tie-break: Buccholz
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Pamplona chess tournament
December 21 - 29 , 2010, Pamplona,
Final Standings, top 4,
|
Players | Country | Points | Tie-break |
1 |
Meier, Georg | GER |
6 | 24,75 |
2 |
Granda Zuńiga, Julio E. | PER |
6 | 24 |
3 |
Laznicka Viktor | CZE |
6 | 23 |
4 |
Georgiev, Kiril | BUL |
6 | 23 |
tie-break: Sonnenborg-Berger
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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
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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
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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.
Players | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | G5 | G6 | G7 | G8 | Total |
Viktor Korchnoi | 1 | 0,5 | 0,5 | 0,5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0,5 | 4 |
Boris Spassky | 0 | 0,5 | 0,5 | 0,5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0,5 | 4 |
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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
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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,
|
Players | Country | Points | Tie-break |
1 |
Zelcic Robert | CRO |
6,5 | - |
2 |
Saric Ivan | CRO |
6 | 39 |
3 |
Drasko Milan | MNE |
6 | 37,5 |
4 |
Brkic Ante | CRO |
6 | 37 |
5 |
Saric Ibro | BIH |
6 | 36,5 |
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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
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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
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Brazil chess championship
Decembre 2-12,2009 , Americana, Brazil
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
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VI International Chess Festival of Figueira da Foz
November 28 - Decembre 6,2009 , Portugal
Final Standings, top 3,
|
Players | Country | Points |
1 |
Kovalyov Anton | ARG |
7 |
2 |
Petkov Vladimir | BUL |
6,5 |
3 |
Spraggett Kevin | CAN |
6,5 |
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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,
|
Players | Country | Points |
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 |
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ACP Women World Rapid Cup
Decembre 1-3,2009 , Konya, Turkey
Average rating : 2470
Final Standings,
Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
1 | Kosteniuk Alexandra | RUS | 10 |
2 | Cmilyte Viktorija | LTU | 8 |
3 | Kosintseva Tatiana | RUS | 7˝ |
4 | Cramling Pia | SWE | 7 |
5 | Socko Monika | POL | 7 |
6 | Kosintseva Nadezhda | RUS | 6˝ |
7 | Zhukova Natalia | UKR | 5˝ |
8 | Yildiz Betul Cemre | TUR | 4 |
9 | Klinova Masha | ISR | 4 |
10 | Javakhishvili Lela | GEO | 3˝ |
11 | Ozturk Kubra | TUR | 3 |
12 | Menzi Nezihe Ezgi | TUR | 0 |
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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
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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
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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 ,
|
Players | Country | Points |
1 |
Matlakov Maxim | RUS |
9 |
2 |
Salgado Lopez Ivan | ESP |
8,5 |
3 |
Piorun Kacper | POL |
8 |
4 |
Rozum Ivan | RUS |
8 |
Final Standings, U-18 GIRLS top 5 ,
|
Players | Country | Points |
1 |
Girya Olga | RUS |
8,5 |
2 |
Tsatsalashvili Keti | GEO |
8,5 |
3 |
Ozturk Kubra | TUR |
8 |
4 |
Savina Anastasia | RUS |
8 |
4 |
Nakhbayeva Guliskhan | KAZ |
8 |
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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 ,
|
Players | Country | Points |
1 |
Carlsen, Magnus | NOR |
31 |
2 |
Anand, Viswanathan | IND |
28 |
3 |
Karjakin, Sergey | UKR |
25 |
4 |
Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS |
24,5 |
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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
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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)
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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
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Juniors World Chess Championship
October 22 - November 3 ,
Puerto Madryn, Province of Chubut, Argentina
Final Standings, top 5 ,Boys
|
Players | Country | Points |
1 |
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA |
10,5 |
2 |
Zhigalko Sergei | BLR |
10,5 |
3 |
Olszewski Michal | POL |
9 |
4 |
Popov Ivan | RUS |
9 |
5 |
Lenderman Alex | USA |
9 |
Final Standings, top 3 ,Girls
|
Players | Country | Points |
1 |
Soumya Swaminathan | IND |
9,5 |
2 |
Cori Tello Deysi | PER |
9,5 |
3 |
Yildiz Betul Cemre | TUR |
9,5 |
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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
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FIDE November ratings
Topalov at the top with 2810. Details
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Sitges International
October 25 - November 1 , Barcelona,Spain
Final Standings, top 3
|
Players | Country | Points |
1 |
Filemon Cruz | PER |
6,5 |
2 |
Lars Karlsson | SWE |
6 |
3 |
Oms Fuentes Lluis | ESP |
6 |
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Corsica masters
October 25 - 31 , Bastia , Corsica, France
184 players
Swiss system, 9 rounds,
time control: 90 mn + 30 s/move
Final Standings, top 3
|
Players | Country | Points |
1 |
Sokolov, Ivan | BIH |
7,5 |
2 |
Malaniuk, Vladimir | UKR |
7,5 |
3 |
Hamdouchi, Hicham | FRA |
7,5 |
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17th European Team Chess Championship
October 21 - 31 , Novi Sad , Serbia
Men : 38 teams , Average ELO: 2534
Women : 28 teams , Average ELO: 2264
9 round , 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.
Open - Round 9:
Russia - Spain : 2 - 2
Netherlands - Azerbaijan : 1˝ - 2˝
Israel - Ukraine : 1 - 3
Switzerland - Armenia : 1˝ - 2˝
Germany - Romania : 2˝ - 1˝
Czech Republic - Poland : 1˝ - 2˝
Serbia 1 - France : 2˝ - 1˝
Hungary - Greece : 2˝ - 1˝
Georgia - Norway : 2 - 2
England - F. Y. R. Macedonia : 3˝ - ˝
Croatia - Denmark : 2 - 2
Bulgaria - Bosnia & Herzegovina : 2˝ - 1˝
Slovenia - Italy : 2˝ - 1˝
Finland - Lithuania : 2˝ - 1˝
Austria - Montenegro : 3 - 1
Wales - Belgium : 0 - 4
Serbia 2 - Scotland : 4 - 0
Luxembourg - Iceland : 1 - 3
Turkey - Monaco : 3 - 1
Women - Round 9:
Russia - Armenia : 2˝ - 1˝
Romania - Georgia : 1˝ - 2˝
Czech Republic - Ukraine : 2 - 2
Serbia - Israel : 1 - 3
Slovenia - Azerbaijan : 1˝ - 2˝
Greece - France : 1 - 3
Spain - Poland : ˝ - 3˝
Germany - Italy : 2˝ - 1˝
Bulgaria - Hungary : ˝ - 3˝
Austria - Croatia : 2 - 2
Finland - Netherlands : ˝ - 3˝
England - Turkey : 3 - 1
Montenegro - Norway : 2 - 2
F. Y. R. Macedonia - Bosnia & Herzegovina : 1 - 3
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M.Chigorin Memorial Open 2009
October 16 - 24 , Moscow , Russia
264 players
9 rounds,
time control: 90 m/40 + 30 m + 30 s/move
Final Standings, top 5
|
Players | Country | Points |
1 |
Volkov, Sergey | RUS |
7 |
2 |
Zhou, Weiqi | CHN |
7 |
3 |
Rychagov, Andrey | RUS |
7 |
4 |
Deviatkin, Andrei | RUS |
7 |
5 |
Melkumyan, Hrant | ARM |
7 |
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Hoogeven, Univé chess tournament 2009 - The Crown Group
October 18 - 24 , Hoogeveen , The Netherlands
4 players
Average rating: 2667
Double round robin tournament
Tviakov won the tournament.
Round 6 :
Polgar, Judit - Ivanchuk, Vassily : 0,5 - 0,5
Tiviakov, Sergei- Giri, Anish : 0,5 - 0,5
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2009 U.S. Women's chess championship
October 4 - 13 , St.Louis, USA
Average ELO: 2292
Round robin tournament
Round 9
Camilla Baginskaite - Sabina-Francesca Foisor : 1 - 0
Tatev Abrahamyan - Irina Krush : 1 - 0
Alisa Melekhina - Battsetseg Tsagaan : 1 - 0
Rusudan Goletiani - Iryna Zenyuk : 1 - 0
Anna Zatonskih - Yun Fan : 1 - 0
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9th Winterthur Chess Week
Master Open
October 3 - 10 , Winterthur, Switzerland
100 minutes / 40 moves + 50 minutes / 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the remaining moves with 30 seconds cumulative increment.
58 players
Final Standings, Master Open , top 5
|
Players | Country | Points |
1 |
Ulybin,Mikhail | RUS |
7 |
2 |
Sipos,István | HUN |
6,5 |
3-4 |
Bogner,Sebastian | GER |
6,5 |
3-4 |
Lund,Silas | DEN |
6,5 |
5 |
Hajnal,Zoltán | HUN |
6,5 |
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European Club Cups 2009
25th European Club Cup for Men - 14th European Club Cup for Women
October 4 - 11 , Ohrid, Macedonia
Men : 54 teams , Average ELO: 2334
Women : 11 teams , Average ELO: 2391
Men - Final Standings, top 4
|
Team | Country | Points |
1 |
Economist-SGSEU-1 Saratov | RUS |
14 |
2 |
Mika Yerevan | ARM |
12 |
3 |
Ural Svedrdlovskaya | RUS |
11 |
4 |
SPbChFed Sankt-Peterburg | RUS |
11 |
Women - Final Standings, top 5
|
Team | Country | Points |
1 |
Spartak Vidnoe | RUS |
12 |
2 |
Cercle d'Echecs Monte Carlo | MNC |
9 |
3 |
Samaia Tbilisi | GEO |
9 |
4 |
Economist-SGSEU Saratov | RUS |
9 |
5 |
T-com Podgorica | MNE |
9 |
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Nanjing Pearl Spring 2009
September 27 - October 9, Nanjing, China
Double round robin tournament
6 players , Average rating : 2765
Carlsen is winner:
Final round - Round 10
Leko, Peter - Wang Yue : 0,5 - 0,5
Topalov, Veselin - Radjabov, Teimour : 0,5 - 0,5
Carlsen, Magnus - Jakovenko, Dmitry : 1 - 0
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Marx György Memorial 2009
September 24 - October 5 , 2009
Paks, Hungary
Round robin
time: 100 minutes/40 moves + 50minutes/20 moves + 30 seconds/move from the first move.
6 players , Average rating : 2631
Almasi won the tournament:
Final round - round 10:
Berkes, F - Meier, G : 1 - 0
Ganguly, S - Ács, P : 0,5 - 0,5
Safarli, E - Almási, Z : 0,5 - 0,5
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Baku open 2009
September 21 - 29, Baku,Azerbaijan
Final Standings, top 6
|
Players | Country | Points |
1 |
Savchenko Boris | RUS |
7,5 |
2 |
Kamsky Gata | USA |
7,5 |
3 |
Smirin Ilia | ISR |
7 |
4 |
Sanikidze Tornike | GEO |
7 |
5 |
Erdogdu Mert | TUR |
7 |
6 |
Guliev Logman | AZE |
7 |
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Spice cup 2009
Final Standings, top 3
|
Players | Country | Points |
1 |
Kuzubov, Yuriy | UKR |
5,5 |
2 |
Andreikin, Dmitry | RUS |
5,5 |
3 |
Mamedov, Rauf | AZE |
5,5 |
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Inventichess 2009
September 18 - 26 , 2009
Antwerp, Belgium
9 rounds swiss system
time: 40 moves/90 mn + 30 mn with an increment of 30 sec per move.
10 players
Final round :
Sutovsky, Emil - Stefanova, Antoaneta : 1 - 0
Socko, Bartosz - Bacrot, Etienne : 1 - 0
Sargissian, Gabriel - Muzychuk, Anna : 0,5 - 0,5
Howell, David - Michiels, Bart : 1 - 0
Sasikiran, Krishnan - Timman, Jan : 0,5 - 0,5
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Efimenko vs Short
September 19 - 26 , 2009
Mukachevo (Ukraine)
The time control : 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds .
game 6: Zakhar Efimenko - Nigel Short : 0,5 - 0,5 ( Scotch gambit )
game 5: Nigel Short - Zakhar Efimenko : 1 - 0 ( Sicilian defense )
game 4: Zakhar Efimenko - Nigel Short : 0,5 - 0,5 ( Ruy Lopez open )
game 3: Nigel Short - Zakhar Efimenko : 0,5 - 0,5 ( Sicilian defense )
game 2: Zakhar Efimenko - Nigel Short : 0 - 1 ( Ruy Lopez open )
game 1: Nigel Short - Zakhar Efimenko : 0 - 1 ( Sicilian defense )
Players | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total |
Nigel Short (ENG) | 0 | 1 | 0,5 | 0,5 | 1 | 0,5 | 3,5 |
Zakhar Efimenko (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 0,5 | 0,5 | 0 | 0,5 | 2,5 |
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Kasparov - Karpov Match Valencia
September 21 - 24 , 2009
Valencia - Spain
4 rapid , 8 blitz games will be played on the 25th anniversary of the first meeting of Kasparov and Karpov in the world championship.
Final score: Kasparov - Karpov : 9 - 3
blitz games: Kasparov - Karpov : 6 - 2
rapid games: Kasparov - Karpov : 3 - 1
rapid game 4: Kasparov - Karpov : 1 - 0 ( Semi-Slav Defence )
rapid game 3: Karpov - Kasparov : 1 - 0 ( Gruenfeld Defence )
rapid game 2: Kasparov - Karpov : 1 - 0 ( Semi-Slav Defence )
rapid game 1: Karpov - Kasparov : 0 - 1 ( Gruenfeld Defence )
Players | Rapid 1 | Rapid 2 | Rapid 3 | Rapid 4 | Blitz games | Total |
Kasparov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
Karpov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
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7th Mediterranean Chess Championships
September 11 - 17 , 2009
Rijeka, Croatia
9 rounds swiss system
time: 90 mn + 15 mn with an increment of 30 sec per move.
64 players
Final Standings, top 3
|
Players | Country | Points |
Tie break |
1 |
Adly Ahmed | EGY |
8,5 |
2 |
Le Roux Jean-Pierre | FRA |
6,5 |
3 |
Rombaldoni Denis | ITA |
6,5 |
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4th Kolkata Open chess
September 1 - 10 , 2009
Kolkata, India
10 rounds swiss system
114 players
Final Standings, top 3
|
Players | Country | Points |
Tie break |
1 |
Le Quang Liem | VIE |
8 | - |
2 |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | AZE |
7,5 | 50 |
3 |
Filippov Anton | UZB |
7,5 | 48,5 |
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2nd Women World Team Chess Championship
September 2-11 , 2009
Ningbo, China
team tournament
10 teams
Final standings, top 3
|
Country | Points | Tie break |
1 |
China | 12 | 21,5 |
2 |
Russia |
12 | 21 |
3 |
Ukrain | 12 | 20,5 |
2 points for wins, 1 point for draws, 0 point for losses
Tie Break: points (game-points)
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Final Chess Masters Bilbao 2009
September 6 - 12 , 2009
Bilbao, Spain
Round robin tournament with 4 grandmasters
Time control: be 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes to finish the game, with 10 extra seconds per move from move number 41.
Average ELO: 2740
Final round - round 6 :
Kariakin Sergey - Aronian Levon : 0,5 - 0,5
Shirov Alexei - Grischuk Alexander : 0,5 - 0,5
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10th Montreal International Chess Tournament
August 27 - September 7 , 2009
Montreal, Montreal
Round robin tournament
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.
Average ELO: 2615
round 11:
M. Bluvshtein - S. Mazé : 0,5 - 0,5
A. Moiseenko - Y. Shulman : 0,5 - 0,5
A. Naiditsch - V. Bhat : 1 - 0
A. Onischuk - T. Roussel-Roozmon : 0,5 - 0,5
V. Akobian - S. Tiviakov : 0,5 - 0,5
A. Kovalyov - É. Bacrot : 0,5 - 0,5
Naiditsch won the tournament.
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8th International Istanbul Chess Festival
August 31 - September 6 , 2009
Istanbul, Turkey
9 rounds swiss system
Time control: 90 mn + 30 sec per move
466 players
Final Standings, top 3
|
Players | Country | Points |
Tie break |
1 |
Babujian Levon | ARM |
8,5 | - |
2 |
Azaladze Shota | GEO |
8 | 54 |
3 |
Shanava Konstantine | TUR |
8 | 53 |
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Kuala Lumpur Open Chess
September 4 - 9 , 2009
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
9 rounds swiss system
58 players
Final Standings, top 3
|
Players | Country | Points |
Tie break |
1 |
Nguyen Ngoc | VIE |
7,5 |
2 |
Megaranto Susanto | INA |
7 |
3 |
Iuldachev Saidali | UZB |
6,5 |
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63 th Moscow Blitz Chess Championship
Final standings
|
Country | Points |
1 |
Grischuk |
17 |
2-3 |
Morozevich | 16,5 |
2-3 |
Karjakin | 16,5 |
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September ratings
New rating list September 2009
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NH chess tournament
August 20 - 31 , 2009
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Scheveningen tournament
Time control: 2h /40 moves + 30 mn for the remaining moves.
Final result:
Experience team - Rising Stars : 27,5 - 22,5
Round 10
Nakamura – Svidler : 0 - 1
Hou Yifan – Nielsen : 0 - 1
Stellwagen – Beliavsky : 0,5 - 0,5
Smeets – van Wely : 0,5 - 0,5
Caruana - Ljubojevic: 0,5 - 0,5
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8th Izmir international open chess tournament
August 20 - 30 , 2009
Izmir, Istanbul
9 rounds swiss system
265 players
Final standings, top 5
|
Players | Country | Points |
Tie break |
1 |
Shanava Konstantine | GEO |
8 | - |
2 |
Tsereteli Tamar | GEO |
7,5 | 45 |
3 |
Secer Ata | TUR |
7,5 | 44,5 |
4 |
Khotenashvili Bella | GEO |
7,5 | 43,5 |
5 |
Annageldyev Orazly | TKM |
7,5 | 42,5 |
Tie-break: Buccholz
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6th International Open of Kalamaria
August 22 - 29 , 2009
Kalamaria, Greece
9 rounds swiss system
102 players in group A
Final standings, top 3
|
Players | Country | Points |
Tie break |
1 |
Llaneza Vega Marcos | ESP |
7 | - |
2 |
Aroshidze Levan | GEO |
6,5 | 36 |
3 |
Berescu Alin | ROU |
6,5 | 34,5 |
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Jermuk chess grand prix
August 9 - 23 , 2009
Jermuk, Armenia
Ivanchuk is winner with 8,5 points
Final round - 13 :
Gelfand Boris - Leko Peter : 1 - 0
Eljanov Pavel - Kasimdzhanov Rustam : 0,5 - 0,5
Karjakin Sergey - Kamsky Gata : 0,5 - 0,5
Bacrot Etienne - Cheparinov Ivan : 0,5 - 0,5
Jakovenko Dmitry - Alekseev Evgeny : 0,5 - 0,5
Akopian Vladimir - Ivanchuk Vassily : 0 - 1
Aronian Levon - Inarkiev Ernesto : 1 - 0
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11th Chess open de Sants
August 21 - 30 , 2009
Barcelona, Spain
10 rounds, Swiss system
Time control: 90mn + 30 seconds for 40 moves and half hour + 30 seconds to guillotine.
300 players in Group A
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84th French championship
August 10 - 21 , 2009
Nimes, France
11 round
Time control: 90 m/40 moves + 30 m + 30 s/move.
Players (National A):
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 2703
Vladislav Tkachiev - 2650
Hicham Hamdouchi - 2589
Laurent Fressinet - 2667
Jean-Marc Degraeve- 2559
Sébastien Cossin - 2486
Matthieu Cornette - 2578
Romain Edouard - 2597
Andrei Sokolov - 2570
Sébastien Feller - 2576
Sébastien Maze - 2546
Jean-Pierre Le Roux - 2485
Final standings, men top 3
|
Players | Country | Points |
Tie break |
1 |
Tkachiev Vladislav | FRA |
8,5 | - |
2 |
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA |
8 | - |
3 |
Fressinet Laurent | FRA |
6 | - |
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Baltic Queen International Tournament
August 11 - 20 , 2009
St. Petersburg, Russia
Time control: 90 m/40 moves + 30 m + 30 s/move.
Players:
Cramling, Pia - 2525
Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan - 2506
Paehtz, Elisabeth - 2474
Cmilyte, Viktorija - 2470
Zhukova, Natalia - 2465
Atalik, Ekaterina - 2434
Peng, Zhaoqin - 2418
Bodnaruk, Anastasia - 2388
Turova, Irina - 2387
Demina, Julia - 2378
Final standings, top 3
|
Players | Country | Points |
Tie break |
1 |
Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant | SCO |
6 | - |
2 |
Ekaterina Atalik | TUR |
5,5 | - |
3 |
Elisabeth Paehtz | GER |
5 | - |
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Howard Staunton Memorial Tournament
August 8 - 17 , 2009
London, UK
SCHEVENINGEN SECTION
Final result :
UK - NETHERLANDS : 26,5 - 23,5
round 10
L'Ami - Adams : 0,5 - 0,5
Van Wely - Short : 0 - 1
Werle - Howell : 0,5 - 0,5
Smeets - McShane : 1 - 0
Sokolov - Jones : 0,5 - 0,5
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18th Open International Kavala 2009
August 1 - 8 , 2009
Kavala, Greece
37 GMs, 11WGMs, 20 IMs, 5 WIMs, 6 FMs and 4 WFMs.
9 rounds, swiss system
time: 90 min for the first 40 moves + 30 min until the end of the game + 30 sec per move from the 1st move
Final standings, top 3
|
Players | Country | Points |
Tie break |
1 |
David Alberto | LUX |
7 | 40 |
2 |
Sandipan Chanda | IND |
7 | 39 |
3 |
Gupta Abhijeet | IND |
7 | 37,5 |
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British Championship
Torquay, UK
July 27 - August 7 , 2009
76 players ,
Timings: First 40 moves in 120 mins. Next 20 moves in 60 mins. 30 mins to completion.
11 rounds swiss system
Final standings, top 3
|
Players | Country | Points |
Tie break |
1 |
Howell, David | ENG |
9 | - |
2 |
Williams, Simon | ENG |
8,5 | 60,5 |
3 |
Hebden, Mark | ENG |
8,5 | 53,5 |
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Spain Women's Championship 2009
July 28 - August 2 , 2009
Almansa,Albacete, Spain
43 players.
Final standings, top 3
|
Player | Points |
Tie break |
1 |
Calzetta Ruiz Monica |
6 | - |
2 |
Gutierrez Castillo Paloma |
5 | 32,5 |
3 |
Vega Gutierrez Belinda |
5 | 30,5 |
Tie Break : Buchholz
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110th US chess open
August 1 - 9 , 2009
Indianapolis, USA
132 players.
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14.Grenkeleasing Rapid World Championship
One of the tournaments of Chess Classic Mainz 2009
July 31 - August 2 , 2009
Mainz, Germany
Average rating: 2716
time: 20min/game + 5s/move
Final : Aronian - Nepomniachtchi : 3 - 1
Players | game 1 | game 2 | game 3 | game 4 | Total |
Aronian | 1 | 1 | 0,5 | 0,5 | 3 |
Nepomniachtchi | 0 | 0 | 0,5 | 0,5 | 1 |
After 2nd day:
|
Players | Country |
Points |
1 | Levon Aronian | ARM | 4,5 |
2 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | RUS | 3,5 | 3 | Viswanathan Anand | IND | 2,5 |
4 | Arkadij Naiditsch | GER | 1,5 |
3rd - 4th : Anand - Naiditsch : 2 - 2
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42th Biel chess grandmasters tournament
July 18 - 31 , 2009
Biel, Switzerland
Average rating: 2716
10 rounds, double round robin
round 10
Alexander Morozevich (RUS) - Fabiano Caruana (ITA) : 0,5 - 0,5
Boris Gelfand (ISR) - Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) : 0,5 - 0,5
Evgeny Alekseev (RUS) - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) : 0,5 - 0,5
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Dutch Championship - Open NK 2009
Dieren, Netherlands
July 21 - 30 , 2009
93 players ,
time: 40 moves 2 hours, then 60 minutes extra time to end the party.
9 rounds swiss system
Final standings, top 4
|
Player | Points |
Tie break |
1 |
L'Ami Erwin |
7,5 | - |
2 |
Giri Anish |
7 | 56,5 |
3 |
Timman Jan H |
7 | 54,5 |
4 |
Miedema Roi |
7 | 50,5 |
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Najdorf International Chess Tournament
July 18 - 26 , 2009
Wrasaw, Poland Average rating: 2610
9 rounds, round robin
Wojtaszek (POL) won the tournament.
round 9:
Abasov, Nijat Azad Oglu - Macieja, Bartlomiej : 0,5 - 0,5
Aleksandrov, Aleksej - Nyback, Tomi : 0,5 - 0,5
Socko, Bartosz - Sasikiran, Krishnan : 0,5 - 0,5
Krasenkow, Michal - Olszewski, Michal : 0,5 - 0,5
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw - Rozentalis, Eduardas : 0,5 - 0,5
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Politiken cup
Copenhagen, Denmark,
July 18 - 26 , 2009
307 players , 20 GM, 14 IM
time: 90 min for 40 moves + 30 min for the rest of the game
10 rounds swiss system
Final standings, top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points | Tie break |
1 |
Parmerian Negi | IND |
8,5 | 57 |
2 |
Boris Avruk | ISR |
8,5 | 53 |
3 |
Vladimir Malakhov | RUS |
8 | - |
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Villarrobledo chess rapid
Villarrobledo, Spain
July 25 - 26 , 2009
Final standings, top7
|
Players | Country |
Points |
1 |
Naiditsch Arkadij | GER |
7,5 |
2 |
Grischuk Alexander | RUS |
7 |
3 |
Moiseenko Alexander | UKR |
7 |
4 |
Shirov Alexei | ESP |
7 |
5 |
Ni Hua | CHN |
7 |
6 |
Milov Vadim | SUI |
7 |
7 |
Fridman Daniel | GER |
7 |
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13th. Battle of Senta chess festival
Senta, Serbia
July 18 - 25 , 2009
77 players ,
time: 1 hour 30 minutes till the end of the games and plus 30 seconds per each move
9 rounds swiss system
Final standings, top3
|
Players | Country |
Points |
1 |
Savic Miodrag R | AUT |
7,5 |
2 |
Arsovic Goran | AUT |
7 |
3 |
Sarenac Ivan | AUT |
7 |
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Paleohora chess tournament
Crete, Greece
July 21 - 28 , 2009
219 players ,
time: 90 min for 40 moves + 15min + 30sec per move from the first move.
9 rounds swiss system
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Turkey women championship
July 9 - 15 , 2009
Konya, Turkey
54 players
9 rounds swiss system
Final standings, top3
|
Players | Country |
Points |
1 |
Yildiz Betül Cemre | TUR |
8,5 |
2 |
Topel Zehra | TUR |
8 |
3 |
Sop Selen | TUR |
7 |
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San Sebastian Chess Tournament
July 7 - 16 , 2009
San Sebastian , Spain
10 players
Average rating: 2682
9 round Round Robin
Nakamura won the tournament after tie-break: Nakamura - Ponomariov: 2 - 0
round 9:
San Segundo Carrillo Pablo - Karpov Anatoly : 0,5 - 0,5
Ponomariov Ruslan - Vallejo Pons Francisco : 1 - 0
Granda Zuniga Julio E - Svidler Peter : 0,5 - 0,5
Movsesian Sergei - Vachier-Lagrave Maxime : 0,5 - 0,5
Kasimdzhanov Rustam - Nakamura Hikaru : 0,5 - 0,5
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Kutxa Chess Tournament
July 7 - 16 , 2009
San Sebastian , Spain
10 players
Average rating: 2524
9 rounds, Round Robin tournament
Magem won the tournament.
round 9:
Magem Badals Jordi - Hamdouchi Hicham : 0,5 - 0,5
Fernandez Garcia Jose Luis - Van Wely Loek : 0,5 - 0,5
Cifuentes Parada Roberto - Bauer Christian : 1 - 0
Fernandes Antonio - Ubilava Elizbar : 1 - 0
Hauchard Arnaud - Argandona Riveiro Inigo : 1 - 0
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Int. chess open Villa de Benasque
July 3 - 12 , 2009
Huesca , Spain
463 players
Time: 90 minutes + 30 seconds per move
11 rounds swiss system
Final standings, top4
|
Players | Country |
Points |
1 |
Marin Mihail | ROU |
9 |
2 |
Georgiev Kiril | BUL |
9 |
3 |
Andriasian Zaven | ARM |
9 |
4 |
Geetha Narayanan Gopal | IND |
9 |
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Dortmund Sparkassen 2009
July 2 - 12 , 2009
Dortmund ,Germany
6 players
Average rating: 2744
Double round robin system
Kramnik won the tournament.
round 10:
Kramnik – Naiditsch : 1 - 0
Carlsen – Bacrot : 0,5 - 0,5
Leko – Jakovenko : 0,5 - 0,5
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Magistral Ciudad de Asuncion 2009
July 28 - July 7 , 2009
Asuncion, Paraguay.
10 players
Average rating: 2744
round robin system
Final standings, top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
1 |
Oswaldo Zambrana | BOL |
6,5 |
2 |
José Cubas | PAR |
6,5 |
3 |
Axel Bachmann | PAR |
5,5 |
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1st Big slick chess tournament
Final standings, top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
1 |
Arkel Keith | ENG |
6,5 |
2 |
Cherniaev | RUS |
6,5 |
3 |
Slavin Alexei | RUS |
5,5 |
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23th Pula Open
June 27 - July 4 , 2009
Pula, Croatia
100 players
Time : 90 m + 30 sec
9 round , swiss system
Final standings, top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points | Tie break |
1 |
Saric Ivan | CRO |
8 | 48,5 |
2 |
Schmidt-Schaeffer Sebastian | GER |
8 | 45 |
3 |
Sebenik Matej | SLO |
7 | 49 |
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Fide rating list - July
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Memorial Vicente Sebastian rapid chess
June 27 - 28 , 2009
Fornells Menorca ,Spain
78 players
8 round , swiss system
Final standings, top 4
|
Player | Country |
Points |
1 |
Georgiev Kiril | BUL |
7 |
2 |
Agrest Evgenij | SWE |
6,5 |
3 |
Lajthajm Borko | SRB |
6,5 |
4 |
Mateo Ramon | DOM |
6,5 |
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International Chess Festival Albena
June 20 - 28 , 2009
Albena, Bulgaria
91 players
Time : 90 m + 30 sec
9 round , swiss system
Final standings, top 4
|
Player | Country |
Points | Tie break |
1 |
Georgiev, Krum | BUL |
7 | 43,5 |
2 |
Mirzoev , Azer | AZE |
7 | 43 |
3 |
Georgiev , Vladimir | MKD |
7 | 41 |
4 |
Chatalbashev , Boris | BUL |
7 | 39,5 |
Tie-break: Buchholz Median
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Olympics of small european countries
June 21 - 27 , 2009
Andorra
10 countries
Final standings, top 3
|
Countries |
Points |
1 |
Faroe islands |
29 |
2 |
Andorra |
28 |
3 |
Luxembourg |
23,5 |
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IV International Tournament in Wroclaw Polonia Chess Club
June 20 - 26 , 2009
Wroclaw, Poland
9 rounds swiss system
90 mn for 40 moves and 30 mn per move.
82 players
Final standings, top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
1 |
Tiviakov, Sergei | NED |
7 |
2 |
Malakhatko, Vadim | BEL |
7 |
3 |
Baklan, Vladimir | UKR |
7 |
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Bazna King's chess tournament
June 14 - 25 , 2009
Bazna, Romania
Average tournament's rating: 2729
Final round - Round 10
Shirov Alexei - Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter : 1 - 0
Radjabov Teimour - Ivanchuk Vassily : 0,5 - 0,5
Kamsky Gata - Gelfand Boris : 0,5 - 0,5
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Ruy Lopez International chess tournament
June 14 - 25 , 2009
Zafra, Spain
Average tournament's rating: 2595
Cheparinov (BUL) won the tournament with 5 points.
Final round - Round 7
Cheparinov, Ivan - Adams, Michael : 0,5 - 0,5
Granda Zuniga, Julio E - Cramling, Pia : 1 - 0
Caruana, Fabiano - Perez Candelario, Manuel : 1 - 0
Koneru, Humpy - Larino Nieto, David 1 : 1 - 0
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44th Capablanca in Memoriam
June 7 - 18 , 2009
La Habana , Cuba
Average tournament's rating: 2656
Final Round - 10
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro - Dominguez Perez, Leinier : 0,5 - 0,5
Meier, Georg - Khenkin, Igor : 0,5 - 0,5
Savchenko, Boris - Timofeev, Artyom : 1 - 0
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Poikovsky chess tournament 2009
June 3 - 12 , 2009
Khanty-Mansi , Russia
Average tournament's rating: 2694
Final round 9
Gashimov, Vugar - Efimenko, Zahar : 0,5 - 0,5 -- Spanish Berlin
Bologan, Viktor - Motylev, Alexander : 0,5 - 0,5 -- Petrov's Defense
Rublevsky, Sergei - Naiditsch, Arkadij : 1 - 0 Scotch party
Onischuk, Alexander - Inarkiev, Ernesto : 0,5 - 0,5 -- King's Indian Defense
Shirov, Alexei - Sutovsky, Emil : 0,5 - 0,5 -- French Defense
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Hamburg International Individual Championship
May 30 - June 5 , 2009
Hamburg, Germany
9 rounds swiss system
90 mn for 40 moves and 30 mn for the rest with 30 sec increment per move.
67 players
Final standings, top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points | Tie-break |
1 |
Bosch, Jeroen | NED |
6,5 | 44 |
2 |
Siebrecht, Sebastian | GER |
6,5 | 38,5 |
3 |
Lanka, Zigurds | LAT |
5,5 | 2655 |
Tie-break: Buccholz
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Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament
June 3 - 7 , 2009
Malmö, Sweden
Average tournament's rating: 2620
5 rounds
Time limit: 40 moves in 2 hours, then 20 moves in 1 hour, then 30 minutes for the rest of the game.
Round 5 :
Tiger Hillarp Persson - Nils Grandelius : 0,5 - 0,5
Ivan Sokolov - Nigel Short : 0 - 1
Emanuel Berg - Tomi Nybäck : 0 - 1
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Leko - Anand chess rapid match
June 3 - 7 , 2009
Miskolc, Hungary.
Rapid chess
Leko - Anand : 3 - 5
Players | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
Leko (HUN) | 0,5 | 0 | 0,5 | 0,5 | 0 | 0,5 |
0,5 | 0,5 |
Anand (IND) | 0,5 | 1 | 0,5 | 0,5 | 1 | 0,5 |
0,5 | 0,5 |
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Lublin 1st International Grandmasters' Tournament
May 29 - June 6 , 2009
Lublin, Poland
Average tournament's rating: 2614
9 rounds swiss system
90 mn for 40 moves and 30 mn for the rest with 30 sec increment per move.
Final round - Round 9 :
Bartel, Mateusz - Zhigalko, Sergei : 0,5 - 0,5
Dziuba, Marcin - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw : 0,5 - 0,5
Grachev, Boris - Socko, Bartosz : 0 - 1
Khenkin, Igor - Roiz, Michael : 0,5 - 0,5
Gajewski, Grzegorz - Malakhatko, Vadim : 1 - 0
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3rd ENCI Limburg Open
May 9 - June 1 , 2009
Maastricht, Netherlands
The tournament consists 3 open group.
108 players whose ELO is over 2000 play in Group A
Final standings, top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points | Tie-break |
1 |
Berg, Emanuel | SWE |
5,5 | 2693 |
2 |
Solodovnichenko, Yuri | UKR |
5,5 | 2666 |
3 |
Spoelman, Wouter | NED |
5,5 | 2655 |
4 |
Ernst, Sipke | NED |
5,5 | 2640 |
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Cez Chess Trophy 2009
May 27 - 31 , 2009
Prague, Czech Rep.
Rapid chess
Final result: Ivanchuk - Navara: 5,5 - 2,5
Players | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
Ivanchuk (UKR) | 0,5 | 1 | 0,5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1 | 0,5 |
Navara (CZE) | 0,5 | 0 | 0,5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
0 | 0,5 |
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Serbia chess cup
May 19 - 24 , 2009
Beograd , Serbia
Final standings, top 3
|
Team |
Points |
1 |
SK Lasta |
18 |
2 |
SK Beograd Beopublikum |
16 |
3 |
NSK Ddor |
14 |
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8th Asian Continental
May 13 - 23 , 2009
Subic , Philippines
Final standings, top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points | Tie-break |
1 |
Ganguly Surya Shekhar | IND |
8 | 2546 |
2 |
Zhou Weiqi | CHN |
8 | 2505 |
3 |
Yu Yangyi | CHN |
7,5 | 2575 |
Tie break: rating average of the opponents
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3rd ACP World Rapid Cup
May 22 - 24 , 2009
Odessa, Ukraine
Final
Gelfand - Svidler : 3 - 1
Semi -final
Grischuk - Svidler : 0,5 - 1,5
Gelfand - Jakovenko : 3 - 2
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M-Tel Masters
May 12 - 23 , 2009
Sofia , Bulgaria
6 strong chess masters with 2755 average ELO.
Round 10 :
Shirov, A - Carlsen, M : 1 - 0
Wang, Y - Topalov, V : 0,5 - 0,5
Ivanchuk, V - Dominguez, L : 1 - 0
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17th World Computer Chess Championship
Final standings, top 4
|
Program | Country |
Points |
1 |
Rybka | USA |
8 |
2-4 |
Deep Sjeng | BEL |
6,5 |
2-4 |
Shredder | GER |
6,5 |
2-4 |
Junior | ISR |
6,5 |
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Calgary International
May 14 - 18 , 2009
Calgary , Alberta ,Canada
20 players
Time Control :
40 moves in 90 minutes, then 30 minutes with a 30 second increment for each move from move 1.
Final standings, top 3
|
Team | Country |
Points |
1 |
Kovalyov | ARG |
6,5 |
2 |
Porper | CAN |
6,5 |
3 |
Castellanos | ESP |
6 |
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USA Championship 2009
May 7th - 17th , 2009
Saint Louis, United States
24 players
GM Yury Shulman 2697 , GM Gata Kamsky 2798
GM Hikaru Nakamura 2757 , IM Robert Hess 2545
GM Alexander Onischuk 2736 ,GM Jaan Ehlvest 2649
GM Joel Benjamin 2650 , GM Joshua Friedel 2568
GM Julio Becerra 2672 , Tyler Hughes 2293
GM Varuzhan Akobian 2664 , IM Ray Robson 2542
IM Samuel Shankland 2464 , GM Melikset Khachiyan 2632
IM Michael Brooks 2419 , IM Enrico Sevillano 2549
GM Ildar Ibragimov 2628 , GM Larry Christiansen 2681
GM Gregory Kaidanov 2662 , IM Anna Zatonskih 2503
IM Irina Krush 2496 GM Boris Gulko 2631
Charles Lawton 2350 ,GM Alexander Shabalov
Final standings, top 3
|
Team | Country |
Points | Tie-Breaks |
1 |
Nakamura, Hikaru | USA |
7 | - |
2 |
Hess, Robert L | USA |
6,5 | 40,5 |
3 |
Onischuk, Alexander | USA |
6,5 | 38,5 |
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Bosna 2009
May 8 - 18 , 2009
Bosna-Herzegovina ,
Eljanov is winner.
round 10
Predojevic, Borki - Sokolov, Ivan : 0,5 - 0,5
Wang Hao - Movsesian, Sergei : 1 - 0
Harikrishna, P - Eljanov, Pavel : 0,5 - 0,5
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31. Banicky kahanec chess tournament
May 2nd - 12th , 2009
Chess Club Prievidza , Slovakia
round 10
Polak Tomas - Markos Jan : 1 - 0
Ftacnik Lubomir - Miton Kamil : 0,5 - 0,5
Babula Vlastimil - Bartel Mateusz : 0 - 1
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The President's cup
May 7th - 9th , 2009
Baku, Azerbaijan
Teams | round 1 | round 2 | round 3 | round 4 | round 5 | round 6 | round 7 | round 8 | total |
Azerbaijan - Fide world team : | 2,5 - 1,5 | 1 - 3 | 1,5 - 2,5 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 3 | 1,5 - 2,5 | 0,5 - 3,5 | 1,5 - 2,5 | 10,5 - 21,5 |
Azerbaijan team: Radjabov Teimour,Gashimov Vugar,Mamedyarov Shakhriyar ,Guseinov Gadir,Mamedov Rauf
Fide world team: Anand Viswanathan,Kramnik Vladimir,Shirov Alexei , Karjakin Serqey
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Ostravsky Konik 2009
May 3rd - 9th , 2009
Ostrava , Slovakia
Round-robin grandmasters' supertournament for 4 players
Final standings
|
Team | Country |
Points |
1 |
Laznicka Viktor | CZE |
3,5 |
2 |
Hracek Zbynek | CZE |
3,5 |
3 |
Socko Bartosz | POL |
2,5 |
4 |
Azarov Sergei | BLR |
2,5 |
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XXII Open International Benidorm 2009
April 24th - May 5th ,2009
Benidorm, Spain
10 Round Swiss system.
Time: 1 hour and 30 minutes plus 30 seconds per move for each player.
183 players
Final standings, top 3
|
Team | Country |
Points | Tie-Breaks |
1 |
Iturrizaga Eduardo | VEN |
8 | 61 |
2 |
Kempinski Robert | POL |
8 | 60,5 |
3 |
Arizmendi Martinez Julen Luis | ESP |
8 | 57,5 |
Tie Break: Buchholz
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Nalchik chess grand prix
Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
14th-29th April 2009
Round 13
Ivanchuk Vassily - Kamsky Gata : 0,5 - 0,5
Bacrot Etienne - Alekseev Evgeny : 1 - 0
Svidler Peter - Grischuk Alexander : 0,5 - 0,5
Gelfand Boris - Karjakin Sergey : 1 - 0
Eljanov Pavel - Akopian Vladimir : 0 - 1
Kasimdzhanov Rustam - Mamedyarov Shakhriyar : 0,5 - 0,5
Aronian Levon - Leko Peter : 1 - 0
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Algimantas Cesnauskas Memorial
April 20th - 26th ,2009
Panevezys Chess Club , Lithuania
10 players
Final standings, top 3
|
Team | Country |
Points |
1 |
Neiksans Arturs | LAT |
7 |
2 |
Kovalev Andrei | BLR |
6,5 |
3 |
Starostits Ilmars | LAT |
5,5 |
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Asian Cities Championship (Dubai Cup)
Lebanon , April 15th - 23th 2009
Final standings, top 4
|
Team | Country |
Points |
1 |
Tehran | IRN |
17 |
2 |
Bangalore | IND |
14 |
3 |
Damascus | SYR |
13 |
4 |
Furn El Chebak A | LBN |
13 |
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Serbia chess championship
Round 13
Miladinovic Igor - Sedlak Nikola : 0,5 - 0,5
Bogosavljevic Boban - Ivanisevic Ivan : 0,5 - 0,5
Damljanovic Branko - Drazic Sinisa : 1 - 0
Zlatic Mihailo - Rajkovic Dusan : 0,5 - 0,5
Perunovic Milos - Sarenac Ivan : 1 - 0
Antic Dejan - Vuckovic Bojan : 0 - 1
Popovic Aleksandar - Pikula Dejan : 0 - 1
Ivanisevic won with 11,5 pts.
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Arnold Eikrem Memorial
Oslo, Norway,
Final standings, top 5
|
Player | Country |
Points |
1-5 |
Bartlomiej Maciej | POL |
6 |
1-5 |
Aloyzas Kveinys | LIT |
6 |
1-5 |
Emanuel Berg | SWE |
6 |
1-5 |
Leif E. Johannessen | NOR |
6 |
1-5 |
Jon Ludvig Hammer | NOR |
6 |
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Thailand Open Chess Championship
April 1 - 6 , 2009
Bangkok, Thailand
Swiss System, with 9 rounds
Time control : 90 minutes plus 30 seconds per move
Final standings, top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
1 |
Xiu Deshun | CHN |
8 |
2 |
Moradiabadi Elshan | IRI |
7,5 |
3 |
Short Nigel | ENG |
7 |
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Victor Ciocaltea Memorial
Bucharest, Roumania,
March 23 - April 4, 2009
Final standings, top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points | Tie-break |
1 |
Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula | ROU |
7,5 | 39 |
2 |
Lupulescu Constantin | ROU |
7,5 | 38,25 |
3 |
Chirila Ioan-Cristian | ROU |
7,5 | 38 |
Tie-break method: Sonneborn-Berger
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Turkey chess championship
Safranbolu , Karabuk
March 25th - April 6th,
Mustafa Yilmaz is Turkish chess champion.
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Reykjavik Open 2009
Final standings, top 4
|
Player | Country |
Points |
1 |
Steingrimsson Hedinn | ISL |
7 |
2 |
Kryvoruchko Yuriy | UKR |
7 |
3 |
Stefansson Hannes | ISL |
7 |
4 |
Marin Mihail | ROU |
7 |
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April 2009 ratings
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3rd International Memory G. Agzamova
March 15 - 26 , 2009
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Final standings, top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
1 |
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly | RUS |
7,5 |
2 |
Amonatov, Farrukh | TJK |
7 |
3 |
Filippov, Anton | UZB |
6,5 |
Final result: PVK - KIEVCHESS - LAW ACADEMY : 11 - 9
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International Chess Championship Zagreb Open 2009
March 21 - 29 , 2009
Zagreb , Croatia
Swiss System , 9 round, 90 minutes for 40 moves+ 15 min to the end of game incl. 30 seconds bonification for every move (from the beginning of the game)
34 players with Average Elo 2388
Final standings, top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
1 |
Brkic Ante | CRO |
7,5 |
2 |
Simutowe Amon | ZAM |
6,5 |
3 |
Bachmann Axel | PAR |
6 |
4 |
Kovacevic Blazimir | CRO |
6 |
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11th Cup of Rector
March 25 - 29 , 2009
Kharkov, Ukraine
LAW ACADEMY (Kharkov) vs PVK - KIEVCHESS (Kiev)
Match between Law Academy (Average ELO 2570) and PVK Kievchess (Average ELO 2627)
5 rounds. 90 minutes for each player to finish the game with extra 30 seconds for each move from the start (Fischer system)
LAW ACADEMY | PVK - KIEVCHESS |
1 | Eljanov Pavel GM 2693 | 1 | Ponomariov Ruslan GM 2726 |
2 | Moiseenko Alexander GM 2676 | 2 | Efimenko Zahar GM 2688 |
3 | Firman Nazar IM 2546 | 3 | Miroshnichenko Evgenij GM 2667 |
4 | Kovchan Alexander GM 2543 | 4 | Beliavsky Alexander GM 2646 |
5 | Aveskulov Valeriy GM 2526 | 5 | Baklan Vladimir GM 2627 |
6 | Brodsky Michail GM 2517 | 6 | Vysochin Spartak GM 2526 |
7 | Onischuk Vladimir IM 2487 | 7 | Nyzhnyk Illya IM 2503 |
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18 th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament 2009
March 14 - 26 , 2009
Nice , France
Every day four sessions will be played, two blindfold sessions and two rapid sessions.
The rate of play is 25 minutes per game per player. With every move made in the blindfold games 20 seconds is added to the clock, with every move made in the rapid games 10 seconds is added.
Levon Aronian (ARM) won the tournament with 14 points.
Round XI:
Blind
Morozevich-Kamsky 1 - 0
Karjakin-Ivanchuk 1 - 0
Kramnik-Leko 1 - 0
Topalov-Aronian ˝ - ˝
Wang Yue-Anand ˝ - ˝
Radjabov-Carlsen 1 - 0
Rapid
Kamsky-Morozevich ˝ - ˝
Ivanchuk-Karjakin 0 - 1
Leko-Kramnik 0 - 1
Aronian-Topalov ˝ - ˝
Anand-Wang Yue 1 - 0
Carlsen-Radjabov 1 - 0
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10th European Individual Chess Championship
March 5 - 19th , 2009
Budva , Montenegro
306 players. 11 rounds, Swiss system .
90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move.
The Individual Open European Championship 2009 is qualification event for the next World Cup. 22 players will qualify.
Evgeny Tomashevsky won the tournament after beating Vladimir Malakhov in the tie-break final : 2 - 1
Final standings, top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
1 |
Tomashevsky Evgeny | RUS |
8 |
2 |
Malakhov Vladimir | RUS |
8 |
3 |
Jobava Baadur | GEO |
8 |
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10th European Individual Women's Championship
March 7 - 21 , 2009
St.Petersburg, Russia
174 players
Tie-break result= T. Kosintseva (RUS) - Mkrtchian (ARM) : 1 - 0
Final standings, top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
1 |
Kosintseva Tatiana | RUS |
8,5 |
2 |
Mkrtchian Lilit | ARM |
8,5 |
3 |
Pogonina Natalia | RUS |
8 |
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2009 Fide Women Grand-Prix, Istanbul
March 7 - 19 , 2009
Istanbul, Turkey
The FIDE Women Grand Prix is a new series of elite tournaments .
11 rounds, round robin tournament with the highest ranked women players.
Average rating : 2488
Humpy Koneru won Istanbul Grand Prix.
Round 11 :
Sebag Marie - Koneru Humpy : 0 - 1
Danielian Elina - Zhao Xue : 1 - 0
Shen Yang - Hou Yifan : 0,5 - 0,5
Chiburdanidze Maia - Fierro Baquero Martha : 0 - 1
Mamedjarova Zeinab - Yildiz Betul Cemre : 0,5 - 0,5
Stefanova Antoaneta - Cramling Pia : 0 - 1
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Linares 2009
February 19 - March 7 , 2009
Chess Grand Slam: 14 rounds, round robin tournament.
Grischuk won the tournament. He obtained 8 points as Ivanchuk but his number of win is greater than Ivanchuk.
Round 14 :
T. Radjabov - Wang Yue : 0,5 - 0,5
L. Dominguez - V. Ivanchuk : 0,5 - 0,5
L. Aronian - A. Grischuk : 0,5 - 0,5
V. Anand - M. Carlsen : 0,5 - 0,5
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8th Rochefort Open International
February 21 - 27 , 2009
Rochefort, France
142 players,
1h 40/40 moves + 30 mn with an increment de 30s/move
Final standings, top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
1 |
Dzhumaev Marat | UZB |
7,5 |
2 |
Barsov Alexei | UZB |
7 |
3 |
Gelashvili Tamaz | GEO |
6,5 |
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Aeoroflot 2009
February 17 - 26 , 2009
Moscow, Russia
4 different tournaments are organized. Tournament A1,A2,B And C
Tournament A 1 and A 2: 40 moves in 2 hours, then 20 moves in 1 hour, finally 15 minutes for the remaining moves with an increment of 30 seconds per move in the last period.
Tournament B and C: 90 minutes for the whole game with an increment of 30 seconds per move from move 1
78 players which have FIDE rating higher than 2549 participate to tournament A1.
Final standings, top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
1 |
Bacrot, Etienne | FRA |
6,5 |
2 |
Moiseenko, Alexander | UKR |
6,5 |
3 |
Zhou, Jianchao | CHN |
6 |
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Topalov vs Kamsky , World Chess Challenge 2009
February 17 - 27 , 2009
The World Chess Challenge took place in Sofia . Topalov won the match. He will play Anand for the World Chess Championship.
Topalov - Kamsky: 4,5 - 2,5
Game 7
Kamsky
Topalov
45.h4 1 - 0
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7th International Chess Festival Meurthe & Moselle
February 16 - 22 , 2009
Nancy, France
Time: Fischer 2 hours (+30 seconds per move) per player. And 1h30 (+30sec) for the 8 players-groups.
180 players : 18 round robins tournaments (10 players each)
Final standings, top 4
|
Player | Country |
Points | Tie-break |
1 |
Harikrishna | IND |
7 | - |
2 |
Meier | GER |
6 | - |
3 |
Feller | FRA |
5,5 | 21,75 |
4 |
Krasenkow | POL |
5,5 | 21,5 |
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Chess marathon record
Chess marathon record has broken by Bulgarian grandmaster Kiril Georgiev. He played 360 games within 14 hours and 8 minutes. He won 284 games, drew 70 and lost 6 games.
After 88 percent success rate Georgiev will for entry into the Guinness Book of World Records.
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2.Pfalz Open
February 15 - 22 , 2009
2 hours / 40 moves + 1 hour / rest of the game
9 rounds Swiss System
324 players
Final standings, top 3
|
Player |
Points |
1 |
Tiviakov, Sergei |
7,5 |
2 |
Bogner, Sebastian |
7 |
3 |
Kuzubov, Yuriy |
7 |
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23th International Open Pierre et Vacances
February 9 - 15 , 2009
Cannes, France
Time: 1h40/40 moves + 20 min + 30 sec/move
9 rounds Swiss system
77 players
Final standings, top 3
|
Player |
Points | Country | Tie-break |
1 |
Bauer Christian | FRA |
7 | 41,5 |
2 |
Hamdouchi Hichem | MAR |
7 | 37 |
3 |
Sanchez Joseph | PHI |
6,5 | 43 |
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80. German championship
February 5 - 15 , 2009
Time: 2 hours for 40 moves, a hour for the remaining per player
9 rounds Swiss system
43 players
Final standings, top 3
|
Player |
Points | Tie-break |
1 |
Braun,Arik |
7 | 37,5 |
2 |
Prusikin,Michael |
7 | 37,25 |
3 |
Bischoff,Klaus | RUS |
6,5 |
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Moscow Open 2009
January 30 - February 9 2009 , Moscow
1502 total chess players in all categories Open A, B,C,D,E,F and G
Open A : 311 players
105 minutes per player for the entire game + with extra 30 seconds per move
9 rounds Swiss system
Final standings, top 6
|
Player | Country |
Points | Tie-break |
1 |
Onischuk Alexander | USA |
7,5 | - |
2 |
Tiviakov Sergei | NED |
7 | 2579 |
3 |
Inarkiev Ernesto | RUS |
7 | 2558 |
4 |
Nepomniachtchi Ian | RUS |
7 | 2550 |
5 |
Korotylev Alexey | RUS |
7 | 2537 |
6 |
Iordachescu Viorel | MDA |
7 | 2504 |
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14. HIT Open 2009
January 31 - February 8 2009 , Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Tournament A : 25 players.
Tournament B : 66 players.
9 rounds Swiss system
Palac leads with 5 points after round 6.
Final standings, top 4
|
Player | Country |
Points | Tie-break |
1 |
Pavasovic,Dusko | SLO |
6,5 | 48,5 |
2 |
Lenic,Luka | SLO |
6,5 | 48 |
3 |
Palac,Mladen | CRO |
6 | 45 |
4 |
Sedlak,Nikola | SRB |
6 | 42,5 |
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7th Gibraltar's Gibtelecom Chess Festival
January 27th - February 5th 2009 , Gibraltar
10 rounds Swiss system
Peter Svidler won the tournament after a rapid play-off against Vadim Milov: 2 - 0
Final standings, top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
1 |
Svidler, Peter | RUS |
8 |
2 |
Milov, Vadim | SUI |
8 |
3 |
Gashimov, Vugar | AZE |
7,5 |
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Remembering Bobby Fischer Rapid Tournament
January 31th 2009 , Pancevo, Serbia
81 players
Final standings, top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
1 |
Govedarica Radovan | SRB |
8 |
2 |
Ivanisevic Ivan | SRB |
7,5 |
3 |
Todorovic Goran | SRB |
7 |
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34th Abierto International
January 23th - 31th 2009 , Sevilla, Spain
227 players
Final standings, top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points | Tie-break |
1 |
Rivas Pastor Manuel | ESP |
7,5 | - |
2 |
Spraggett Kevin | CAN |
7 | 46 |
3 |
Huerga Leach Mikel | ESP |
7 | 45,50 |
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Corus chess Wijk aan Zee
Karjakin won the tournament.
Final Round 13
G. Kamsky - S. Movsesian : 0,5 - 0,5
M. Adams - L. van Wely : 0,5 - 0,5
L. Dominguez - S. Karjakin : 0 - 1
A. Morozevich - V. Ivanchuk : 1 - 0
J. Smeets - L. Aronian : 0,5 - 0,5
Y. Wang - M. Carlsen : 1 - 0
T. Radjabov - D. Stellwagen : 0,5 - 0,5
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Marienbad Open 2009
January 17th - 25th 2009 , Marianske Lazne , Czech Republic
12 players with 2427 average rating.
Final standings, top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points | Tie-break |
1 |
Heberla Bartlomiej | POL |
7,5 | - |
2 |
Krejci Jan | CZE |
6,5 | 34,75 |
3 |
Roganovic Milos | SRB |
6,5 | 32,25 |
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Queenstown Chess Classic 2009
January 15 - 24 2009 , Queenstown, New Zealand
10 round Swiss tournament . 120 players.
Final standings, top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
1 |
Smerdon, David | AUS |
8 |
2 |
Rozentalis, Eduardas | LTU |
7,5 |
3 |
Mikhalevski, Victor | ISR |
7,5 |
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7th Parsvnath
International Open Chess Tournament
January 10 - 20 2009 , New Delhi, India
10 round Swiss tournament . 426 players.
Final standings, top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points | Tie-break (Buchholz) |
1 |
Ganguly Surya Shekhar | IND |
8,5 | 69 |
2 |
Ulibin Mikhail | RUS |
8,5 | 68,5 |
3 |
Kostenko Petr | KAZ |
8 | 80 |
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6th Mediterranean Chess Championship
January 11th - 17th 2009 , Antalya, Turkey
Final standings, top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points | Tie-break (BH) |
1 |
Georgiadis , Ioannis | GRE |
6,5 | 39,5 |
2 |
Wirig, Anthony | FRA |
6,5 | 39 |
3 |
Gurevich, Mikhail | TUR |
6 | 52 |
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Paul Keres Memorial
January 10 - 11 2009 , Tallinn, Estonia
Rapid tournament. 8 players round-robin for men and women .
Final standings men, top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points | Tie-break (Berger) |
1 |
Dreev, Alexey | RUS |
5 | 15,75 |
2 |
Yemelin, Vasily | RUS |
5 | 14,5 |
3 |
Sveshnikov, Evgeny | LAT |
4,5 | - |
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Gjovik chess festival
December 29 2008 - January 9 2009 , Gjovik , Norway
Moves: 9 rounds Swiss system, 93 players, Average rating: 2195
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28. Rilton cup
December 27 2008 - January 5 2009 , Stockholm , Sweden
Moves: 9 rounds Swiss system, 84 players, Average rating: 2297
Final standings , top 6
|
Player | Country |
Points | Tie-break |
1 |
Jon Ludvig Hammer | NOR |
7 | - |
2 |
Geetha.N. Gopal | IND |
6,5 | 43 |
3 |
Sergei Tiviakov | NED |
6,5 | 42,5 |
4 |
Boris Savchenko | HUN |
6,5 | 40,5 |
6 |
Kaido Kulaots | EST |
6,5 | 39 |
7 |
Aloyzas Kveinys | LTU |
6,5 | 38 |
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Ivanchuk vs Leko
Final result: Ivanchuk - Leko : 3,5 - 2,5
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Aker Chess Challenge
January 2 th - 5th 2009, Norway
Carlsen won the tournament.
Preliminary rounds
1-2. | Nakamura | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
1-2. | Carlsen | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
1-2. | Svidler | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
1-2. | K.Lie | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Blitz playoff
1 | Carlsen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2 | Svidler | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
3 | Nakamura | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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51th Reggio Emilia chess tournament
December 27 2008 - January 4 2009 , Italy
Round robin with 10 players whose average rating is 2576
Final round :
Ni Hua - Marin, Mihail : 1 - 0
Gustafsson, Jan - Cebalo, Miso : 1 - 0
Dreev, Alexey - Landa, Konstantin : 0 - 1
Leon Hoyos, Manuel - Ronchetti, Niccolo : 0,5 - 0,5
Shytaj, Luca - Almasi, Zoltan : 0 - 1
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III Chess International Open Illes Medes
December 27 2008 - January 4 2009 , Estertit , Spain
Moves: 9 rounds Swiss system,53 players, Average rating: 2216
Final standings , top 6
|
Player | Country |
Points | Tie-break |
1 |
Maslak Konstantin | RUS |
7 | 41,5 |
2 |
Narciso Dublan Marc | ESP |
7 | 39,5 |
3 |
Genov Petar | BUL |
6 | 39,5 |
4 |
Ivanov Alexey | RUS |
6 | 39 |
5 |
Alonso Rosell Alvar | ESP |
6 | 38,5 |
6 |
Moskalenko Viktor | UKR |
6 | 38 |
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